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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
You have the right to
work, but never to the fruit
of work, You should never
engage in action for the
sake of reward, nor should
you long for inaction.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
Till the grand statue of Netaji Bose is
completed, a hologram statue of his
would be present at the same place. I
will unveil the hologram statue on 23rd
January, Netaji’s birth anniversary.
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
Warm greetings to my brothers
sisters of Meghalaya, Manipur
Tripura on their 50th Statehood Day.
The resilience, generosity, innovation
enterprise of the people of these
states is praiseworthy.May they
continue to shine and contribute to
India’s growth development.
TOP TWEETS
PRIYANKA CAUSES
A FLUTTER, BUT
WILL SHE RISK HER
POLITICAL FUTURE?
riyanka Gandhi has
caused a flutter in po-
litical circles by her
“tongue in cheek” re-
mark that she will be
her party’s chief minister face
in Uttar Pradesh Assembly elec-
tions. In reply to a question
about the Congress’s CM face in
the state, the Congress general-
secretary responded, “Dikh to
raha hai na sab jagah mera cheh-
ra.” It is a fact that she has led
her party from the front during
the pandemic and after that. She
has said often that the party has
succeeded in building her par-
ty’s network at the ground level.
How effective that network will
be, cannot be vouched for until it
passes the crucial test. Revival
of a party with barely 10 percent
of vote share will be a Herculean
task for Priyanka Gandhi.
It is still not clear, if she will
take the risk of throwing her hat
in the ring after the defeat of her
mother Sonia Gandhi and broth-
er Rahul Gandhi in the 2019 Lok
Sabha elections.
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DECISIONS! DECISIONS!
DECISIONS!
man went to his bank with Rs
5 lakh to place the money in a
fixed deposit. The banker ad-
vised him to invest in the
stockmarket,claimingthatin
the long run, the stock market
never loses its value. The man
decided to take this advice. In
a short time, his investment
lost much of its value.
This experience shows that
making wise decisions is a
challenge. What should I do?
Each one of us, time and
again, face this question that
affects our lives. Making deci-
sions is an inevitable part of
life, some are so small that we
hardly recognise them, such
as what to have for breakfast,
or what to wear.
Other decisions are more
serious, affecting our future
and happiness. People react
in different ways. Some pro-
crastinate, others want some-
one else to shoulder the re-
sponsibility. Yet, there are
others, prepared to make de-
cisions without having some-
one telling them what to do.
We know how difficult deci-
sion-making can be.
If you could re-live the last
tenyears,wouldyoulivethem
differently? Do you ever think
what life would be, if you had
made certain choices? Look-
ing back on our life markers,
one can plan a better future.
Indecision can be a thief
of time. A shopping trip may
end in exhaustion, if one can-
not make the final decision
between two different styles
or colours. Indecision, in
other areas of life too, can
prove costly
.
Life’s uncertainties can
make us indecisive, if we feel
we have to wait until we have
every scrap of relevant infor-
mation before making a deci-
sion. But in reality
, most deci-
sions involve some uncertain-
ty
. What may hinder our abil-
ity to make good decisions?
Fear may paralyse us – fear
of making the wrong deci-
sion, fear of failure, or fear
of appearing foolish to oth-
ers. Such mental limping or
hesitancy can be minimized
by consulting experienced
and mature friends.
Would life be more pleas-
ant, if we did not have to
make decisions? The ability
to think and make choices is
a gift we all have. Some do
what appeals to them at the
moment and look for immedi-
ate benefits. Others do what
friends and family tell them.
Experience in making the
rightdecisionsonaday-to-day
basis trains us to make proper
decisions on more important
issues.Manyprefertosettheir
standards.Buthowwoulditbe
to drive in a city where each
person made up his own traf-
fic rules and went by them?
No personal idea, whim or
prejudice can be compared to
the strength of having and
knowing universal principles
to make the right decisions in
all spheres of life. Basing de-
cisions on them, will unfail-
ingly bring the best results,
for they apply consistently
everywhere, at all times, and
under any circumstances.
Essential to the decision-
making process is our faculty
of conscience that has the
ability to render judgment. It
must be illuminated with the
knowledge of principles. It
aids in making decisions in
harmony with the values we
pattern our life by
.
It is best to keep a long-
range view and not just think
aboutcurrentbenefits.Bytak-
ing sufficient time to weigh
the pros and cons, we can con-
sider how our decisions will
affect our mental, emotional
and physical well-being in the
future. Prudent actions are
rarely a product of guessing,
acting on emotions or simply
following others. Rushing the
process will suppress our de-
cision–makingfaculties.Men-
tally living with each option,
one at a time, is rewarding.
To think decisively re-
quires that one thinks about
problems before they arise.
We cannot take the attitude
that we will worry when the
time comes.
Thinking systematically
does not allow our minds to
jump from one thought to an-
other. By knowing ourselves
– our personal preferences,
values, priorities, strengths,
and weaknesses – we can ar-
rive at the right conclusion.
No matter what choice we
make, there will always be
something to sacrifice. Every
time, when we say to our-
selves, “maybe I should have
….”, we rob ourselves of the
strength that could be used to
support the decision and
make it work.
The effort involved in mak-
ing a decision is wasted, if
not followed through and im-
plemented. Not all decisions
work out exactly as planned.
From time to time, reviewing
the decisions and making ad-
justments when circum-
stances change, is vital.
Our choices have a pro-
found effect on us and our re-
lationships with friends and
family
. Hence, the ability to
make good decisions can help
us to live a relatively smooth,
peaceful life rather than one
that is full of chaos, contro-
versy and disappointment.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
A
Thinking systematically
does not allow our minds to
jump from one thought to
another. By knowing
ourselves – our personal
preferences, values,
priorities, strengths, and
weaknesses – we can arrive
at the right conclusion. No
matter what choice we make,
there will always be
something to sacrifice. Every
time, when we say to
ourselves, “maybe I should
have ….”, we rob ourselves of
the strength that could be
used to support the decision
and make it work
If you could re-live
the last ten years,
would you live them
differently? Do you
ever think what life would
be if you had made
certain choices? Looking
back on our life markers,
one can plan a better
future. Indecision can
be a thief of time
REKHA KUMAR
The writer is a personal development trainer
working with corporate and SME sector
ndonesia is shift-
ing its capital
from Jakarta to
Nusantara as the
present capital is
sinking. At a time when the
Islamic country is in the pro-
cess of building its new capi-
tal one should look at the
country’s syncretic culture
and compare it with India.
Indonesia is a country
where over 87 percent of the
population practices Islam.
With 231 million followers of
Islam, it is the most populous
Muslim majority country
. In
comparison, only 1.74 per-
cent,approximately4million,
of the total population of 273
million follows Hinduism.
There’s some dispute over the
population of Hindus with
some claiming that 18 million
Hindus lived in the country in
2005,implyingthattheirnum-
bers should be more than 1.74
percent. By any count, Indo-
nesia has the fourth largest
population of Hindus after
India, Nepal and Bangladesh,
thanks to the early influences
of Vaisnavism (followers of
Lord Vishnu) in Java, Bali
and Sumatra. Mahabharata
also finds mention in some
Indonesian texts.
After Islam reached coun-
try’s shores, there was obvi-
ouslyfrictionbetweenthetwo
religions. With Islam becom-
ing the state religion, Hindus
came to be regarded as non-
citizens. Until Sukarno dis-
solved the constitution in a
setback to Islamists, the peri-
od from 1959 to 1962 was espe-
cially turbulent. In 1962, Hin-
duism was recognised as the
fifth official religion. Before
that Hinduism was not re-
gardedasareligion.Aspeople
without religion Hindus were
deniedcitizenshiprights.Hin-
dus were thus, required to be
converted. But today, Hindu
religioussymbolslikeGaruda
continue to adorn Indonesia.
In that lies a lesson for some
Indians.
LESSON IN HARMONY
FROM INDONESIA
By any count, Indonesia
has the fourth largest
population of Hindus
after India, Nepal and
Bangladesh, thanks to
early influences of
Vaisnavism(followers
of Lord Vishnu) in Java,
Bali and Sumatra
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An earthquake of 5.6 magnitude was on Friday reported near Champhai in
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NEW DEATHS
Gehlot warns of ‘rust’ in Sardar’s ‘Steel Frame’
due to proposed IAS deputation rule amendment
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has writ-
ten a letter to Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi urging him to stop
the proposed amend-
ments in Rule 6 (Deputa-
tion of Cadre Officers)
of the Indian Adminis-
trative Service (Cadre)
Rules, 1954. He has said
that these proposed
amendments are going
to affect the spirit of co-
operative federalism of
our constitution. “This
will violate the constitu-
tional jurisdiction pre-
scribed for the Central
and State Governments
and will reduce the spir-
it of working fearlessly
and faithfully in the All
India Service officers
posted in the state,” Ge-
hlot has said.
In his letter, Gehlot
made the statement
given by the country’s
first Home Minister
Sardar Vallabhbhai Pa-
tel during the debate on
All India Service in the
Constituent Assembly
on October 10, 1949, “If
you want an efficient
All India Service, I
would advise you to give
an opportunity to the
services to express
themselves freely. If
you are a service recipi-
ent, it will be your duty
to allow your secretary,
or chief secretary, or
other services under
you to express their
opinion without fear or
favour. Turn to P10
CHIEF MINISTER WRITES TO PRIME MINISTER
CM Ashok Gehlot
CRUCIAL READ
CIVIL SERVICES EXAM: SC JUNKS PLEA
SEEKING TO QUASH 2020’S FINAL LIST
SC TO SUPERTECH:
REFUND MONEY
CENTRE CALLS
ALL-PARTY MEET
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused
to hear a petition seeking to quash the UPSC
Civil Services Examination 2020 final selection
list to the extent that it violates the 50% ceiling
of reservation. L Nageswara Rao and Justice BR
Gavai, who were hearing the case, further warned
petitioner’s lawyer that it will dismiss it with a cost
and said that the court did not see any point to
hear the counsel any further.
New Delhi: Supreme
Court on Friday ordered
the real estate firm Su-
pertech to process the
refund to homebuyers,
who have been affected
due to the demolition of
its two 40-story towers
in Noida.
New Delhi: The Centre
has convened an all-
party meet likely at 3
pm on January 31 to
discuss Budget Session.
The meet is to deliber-
ate with the opposition
on issues they would
like to discuss. P6
AG okays contempt against
Narsinghanand over remarks
against the Constitution
New Delhi: Attorney
General K K Venugopal
on Friday gave consent
to a Mumbai-based ac-
tivist to initiate crimi-
nal contempt-of-court
proceedings against
Yati Narsinghanand
for his remarks about
the Supreme Court and
the Constitution, say-
ing they were “a direct
attempt to lower the au-
thority of the Supreme
Court in the minds of
the general public”.
“I find that the state-
ment made by Yati
Narsinghanand that
‘those who believe in
this system, in these
politicians, in the Su-
preme Court and in the
Army will all die the
death of a dog’ is a di-
rect attempt to lower
the authority of the Su-
preme Court in the
minds of the general
public,” said the attor-
ney general, adding the
remarks made during a
January 14, 2022 inter-
view “have been ex-
plained to me”.
The proposed amendment in the
deputation rules of the Indian
Administrative Service is against
the spirit of cooperative federalism.
Services will be weak in future
ETERNAL FLAME GOES OFF,
MERGES WITH WAR MEMORIAL
Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate extinguished after 50
years, flame shifted by ceremonial guard to torch at the
National War Memorial in a military ceremony
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: The Amar
Jawan Jyoti or “eternal
flame” for soldiers was
put out at India Gate in
Delhi today
, 50 years af-
ter it was first lit, and
merged with the torch at
the National War Memo-
rialinamilitaryceremo-
ny
.
The flame was taken
from India Gate by a cer-
emonial guard to the
new memorial around
400 metres away in the
heart of the capital.
The Amar Jawan Jyo-
ti or flame of the immor-
tal soldier was installed
at the India Gate after
the 1971 India-Pakistan
war that led to the crea-
tion of independent
Bangladesh.
It had burned ever
since, fuelled first by cyl-
inders of liquified petro-
leum gas and later with
piped gas, according to
AFP
.Asoldierlitasingle
torch from each of the
four flaming urns at In-
diaGatebeforetheirfuel
was cut off.
Air Marshal BR Krishna, Chief of Integrated Defence Staff lits the torch to merge the flame of Amar
Jawan Jyoti with the flame at the National War Memorial during a ceremony at India Gate in New Delhi
on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
INDIA LOSE WAY IN ODI SERIES TOO
l A young South
Africa punished a
jaded Indian team for
its outdated approach,
handing it one of the
most comprehensive
series defeats with an
easy seven-wicket vic-
tory in the second ODI
in Paarl on Friday.
l A target of 288 was
below-par on a flat
track and the seasoned
Quinton de Kock (78
off 66 balls) in the
company of rising
sensation Janneman
Malan (91 off 108
balls) added 132 for a
match-deciding open-
ing stand.
l The home team
eventually reached the
target in 48.1 overs to
take an unassailable
2-0 lead in the three-
game series.
2nd chargesheet in Lakhimpur case:
farmers named for killing of BJP men
New Delhi: A second
chargesheet has been
filed in the Lakhimpur
Kheri case where an
SUV -- allegedly driven
by the son of a Union
Minister--ploughedinto
a crowd of protesters
last year. While the first
chargesheetnamedAsh-
ishMishra,sonof Union
Minister Ajay Mishra,
over four farmers and a
journalist who got run
over, the second one in-
volves the violence that
followed, in which two
BJP workers and the
driver of the SUV were
beaten to death.
Seven farmers were
arrested by the police
during their investiga-
tionsinthiscase,butitis
not clear year if all of
them have been charged
with murder.
Thesecondpolicecase
was filed after a com-
plaint by one Sumit
Jaiswal, a local BJP
worker, against un-
named farmers, accus-
ing them of instigating
the violence.
Man attempts to set
self on fire outside SC
New Delhi: A 50-year-
old man allegedly tried
tosethimself onfireout-
side the Supreme Court
in New Delhi on Friday
afternoon. He was taken
to LohiaHospital,where
he is recuperating and
police are trying to con-
tact his family
.
According to the po-
lice, the man has been
identified as Rajbabu
Gupta, who works in a
factory in Noida Sector
128. “We received a call
around 2.20 pm that a
man had tried to self-
immolate and that he
was stopped by the secu-
rity personnel. Police
rushed to the spot and
the victim was taken to
hospital,” said police.
Priyanka declares self as
Congress‘CM’faceinUP
New Delhi: Senior Con-
gress leader Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra today de-
claredthatsheistheface
of the party in poll-
boundUttarPradeshbut
remained evasive on
whether she would con-
test the upcoming As-
sembly polls. UP Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath and Samajwadi
Party (SP) president
Akhilesh Yadav have al-
ready decided to contest
the elections.
Asked who would be
the Congress’s face in
UP
, Vadra said, “Aapko
kisi aur ka chehra dikh
raha hai Congress party
ki taraf se? To phir…
Dikh tho raha hai na sab
jagah mera chehra.”
(Are you seeing any oth-
er Congress leader’s
face…it is only my face
being seen everywhere
in UP
.)
Onwhethershewould
fight the polls and what
would be her constitu-
ency
, Vadra
said, “When
itisdecided,
you will get
to know. We
haven’t made
a decision
on it
yet.”
EXPELLED U’KHAND BJP MINISTER
HARAK RAWAT JOINS CONGRESS
PARRIKAR’S SON QUITS GOA BJP,
IGNORES AAP INVITATION; TO
FIGHT POLLS AS INDEPENDENT
OPPN SLAMS CENTRE
SIGNIFICANCE
OF AMAR
JAWAN JYOTI
AND WHY IT
WAS MERGED
The eternal flame at
the Amar Jawan Jyoti
underneath India Gate
in central Delhi was an
iconic symbol of the
nation’s tributes to the
soldiers who have died
for the country in various
wars and conflicts since
Independence. Estab-
lished in 1972, it was
to mark India’s victory
over Pakistan in the 1971
War, which resulted in
the creation of Bangla-
desh. The then PM Indira
Gandhi had inaugurated
it on Republic Day, 1972.
Centre said the flame will
not be extinguished, but
just moved to be merged
with the one at the
National War Memorial.
The eternal flame paid
homage to the soldiers
killed in the 1971 War,
but does not mention
their name, and the India
Gate is a “symbol of our
colonial past”.
Just months before assembly polls, expelled Bharatiya
Janata Party’s Uttarakhand Minister Harak Singh
Rawat rejoined his old party Congress
on Friday in the presence of former
Chief Minister Harish Rawat. Harak
Singh Rawat was dismissed from
the Uttarakhand Cabinet and expelled
from the BJP on Monday for “anti-
party activities”. He was one of the 10
MLAs who had left the Congress in
2016. Earlier, sources said that Harish Rawat was un-
comfortable with Harak Rawat’s re-entry into Congress.
Utpal Parrikar, the son of three-time Goa Chief Minister
and former Union Minister Manohar Parrikar, parted
company with the BJP after the party
refused to offer him ticket for the Panaji
seat in the coming assembly elections
of the seaside state. While ignoring in-
vitation by AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal, Utpal
announced that he would contest as
an Independent. He said the time has
come for him to “take some stand for my values... and let
the people of Panaji decide”. Full report on P7
The Opposition strongly hit out at the
Centre for its decision to “extin-
guish” the eternal flame of the Amar
Jawan Jyoti as it is to be merged with
the National War Memorial on Friday.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed
the move, saying “some people cannot
understand patriotism”. However, gov-
ernment sources said there was “a lot
of misinformation” over the decision.
ANALYSIS
STATUE OF SUBHASH BOSE TO BE
INSTALLED AT INDIA GATE: MODI
Ahead of Netaji Sub-
hash Chandra Bose’s
125th birth anniversa-
ry, PM Narendra Modi
announced that his
statue will be installed
at India Gate. Until in-
stallation is completed,
a hologram of Netaji
will be projected.
The Hologram of Netaji.
...but remained
evasive on
contesting polls
Family dispute
suspected
behind suicide
attempt: Police
Aparna Yadav, the daughter-in-law of Samajwadi Party (SP)
patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, met him on Friday morning
to take his blessings. Aparna posted a photo on her Twitter
handle which showed her touching the feet of Mulayam.

RAJASTHAN
04
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: There is good
news for the residents
of Jaipur and Jodhpur.
Now e-Mitra will reach
your home with more
than 40 services. From
now on, birth, death,
marriage certificates
and other works related
to e-Mitra can be done
sitting at home for a fee
of Rs 73. The state gov-
ernment has started E-
Mitra at Home service.
Togetabirth-death,or
marriage certificate sit-
ting at home, one just
needs to call the toll free
number 180018106127.
The nearby e-Mitra op-
erator will come to up-
load the necessary docu-
ments and the next day
the card or related docu-
ment will be delivered to
youatyourdoorstep.The
state government has
started‘E-MitraatHome’
scheme as a pilot project
in Jodhpur and Jaipur
on the lines of Delhi.
The responsibility of
implementing the
scheme has been en-
trusted to a private
company. DOIT Com-
missioner Sandesh
Nayak says that in the
first phase, Jaipur and
Jodhpur have been cho-
sen by CM Ashok Ge-
hlot. The initiative is
getting a good response.
So far about 586 peo-
ple have sought infor-
mation about this ser-
vice and 177 have
booked slots to avail
some service or the oth-
er. There are 85,000 e-
Mitra centers providing
over 500 services.
Over 40 services at doorsteps in Jpr, Jodh
HOME DELIVERY OF SERVICES VIA E-MITRA
PROCESS OF AVAILING
If the documents are found eligible, the applicant
will be informed about a vacant time slot. As
soon as the time slot is booked, a verification code
will be sent to the applicant on his or her mobile,
which will have to be shared with the e-Assistant
who has come to the applicant’s house for upload-
ing the application. The registered call will be allot-
ted to an e-Assistant selected by the department.
DEPRESSED UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
THREATENS SELF-IMMOLATION
Jodhpur: A professor of Psychology Department of
Jaynarayan Vyas University has written a letter to the
Vice Chancellor threatening to commit self-immo-
lation if harassment against him continues. Dr LN
Bunkar has accused former Head of Department of
Psychology, Dr Ravikant Gunthe and Congress leader
Kalpesh Singhvi of defaming him and forcing him to
quit his job. He warned of committing suicide if ur-
gent action is not taken. Kalpesh Singhvi has counter
alleged that the professor is involved in plagiarism
and action should be taken against him.
Jaipur: In a brazen attack at the Tantiyawas toll plaza in
Chomu area of the capital, a gravel laden trailer first hit
the jeep of the flying squad of Transport Department late
in the night and then beat up the officers and employees
of the flying squad in which Inspector Ashok Kaviya and
PD Soni were hurt. The trailer driver and the miscreants
accompanying him broke the posh machine of Inspector
PD Soni and the mobile phone was also snatched away.
TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT’S FLYING
SQUAD ATTACKED AT CHOMU AREA
Jaipur: IAS Naresh Thakral was on
Friday given the responsibility of
the post of Chairman of the Sports
Council in place of Rajesh Yadav.
Earlier, Thakral was given additional
charge of Secretary, Youth Affairs
and Sports along with finance.
IAS NARESH THAKRAL GETS CHARGE OF
CHAIRMAN OF RAJ SPORTS COUNCIL ALSO
Alwar‘rape’case:Admincleans
up crime spot ahead of CBI probe
First India Bureau
Alwar: At a time when
the alleged gangrape of
a minor Alwar girl sent
shock waves in the
country, the adminis-
tration has done a
strange thing before the
CBI takes over probe.
Instead of sealing the
area, the administra-
tion has washed the
spot where the hapless
victim was found in a
pool of blood, thereby
erasing the evidence be-
fore the investigators
could lay their hands on
them.
A team of municipal
sanitary workers were
seen doing the cleaning
job at the spot on Friday
.
The spot near the flyo-
ver was the only site
where any evidence
could have been found.
Meanwhile, People of
the Sarv Samaj took to
the streets with black
flags in Alwar on Fri-
day against incident.
Pappu Pradhan, repre-
sentative of Sarv Sa-
maj, said that Alwar
district will remain
closed on Saturday
.
Civic workers clean the spot on Friday at the flyover where the
victim was found injured in critical situation.
MP Diya thanks Rly Minister
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajsamand
MP Diya Kumari ex-
pressed gratitude to
Union Railway Minis-
ter Ashwini Vaishnaw
for allowing the stop-
page of trains at vari-
ous railway stations
falling under Rajsa-
mand parliamentary
constituency
. Express-
ing happiness over the
letter received from the
Railway Minister, the
MP said that the Gov-
ernment has given a big
gift to the region even
before the budget, for
which the entire parlia-
mentary constituency
is grateful to the Minis-
try of Railways
and the Modi Gov-
ernment.
MP Diya Kumari
said that the Min-
istry of Railways
has made an ef-
fort to provide
relief to the gen-
eral public by
allowing stop-
page of trains at
various railway
stations in the parlia-
mentary constituency.
Efforts will continue
for pending and new
works.
Adulteration in food
items will not be
tolerated: Meena
One killed, 11 injured in
bus-truck collision in Tonk
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Health Minis-
ter Parsadi Lal
Meena on Friday said
that adulteration in
food items will not be
tolerated at any level.
He has directed the of-
ficials to take maxi-
mum samples and
take strict action if
adulteration is found.
Meena was review-
ing the progress of the
‘Sudhh Ke Liye Yud-
hh’ campaign. “It is
the responsibility of
the government to pro-
vide pure food items to
the people. Since Jan-
uary 1, samples of
more than 1,700 food
items have been tak-
en,” he said.
Meena said that on
an average 100 sam-
ples are being taken
daily. He said that by
bringing more mo-
mentum, availability
of pure food items
would be ensured.
First India Bureau
Tonk: A dumper driver
died and 11 people were
injured due to a head-on
collision between a bus
and a dumper due to fog
on Friday in Niwai of
Tonk district. The bus
driverfledfromthespot.
The police reached the
spot and brought all the
injured to CHC Niwai.
SHO Ajay Kumar
said that a public trans-
port bus was coming
towards Baunli when it
collided with a dumper
going towards Jhilai.
Dumper driver Raghu-
nandan, 55, resident of
Tonk died and 11 people
aboard bus were hurt.
REET papers
were sold at
exam centre,
2 more held
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In the
matter of REET
paper leak, SOG
made a big dis-
closure on Fri-
day. Even before
the exam, the
REET paper was
distributed at a
school centre in
Gangapur City
. A
printer was in-
stalled and after
charging a hefty
amount, the
printouts of the
paper were dis-
tributed. After
inter ro g ating
master mind
Bhajan Lal, SOG
has also arrested
two accused in-
cluding a JEAN
in this case.
Whereas Bhajan-
lal has been tak-
en on remand till
January 27.
During inter-
rogation it was
revealed that the
cheating gang
had shared pa-
pers before the
examination.
for allowing the stop-
page of trains at vari-
try of Railways
and the Modi Gov-
ernment.
MP Diya Kumari
said that the Min-
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Bus and dumper collided
head-on at Niwai.
BID TO CURB DROPOUT
Cabinet Minister Pratap Khachariyawas distributes free
cycles to girls in Bani Park, Civil Lines Vidhan Sabha
on Friday, distribution of cycles was done with the aim
of curbing the tendency of dropout among girls due to
problems caused by more distance from schools.
Rajendra Rathore
@Rajendra4BJP
The functioning of the
police has been under
suspicion since begin-
ning in case of a deaf-
mute minor in Alwar. If
the Govt has decided to
hand over the investiga-
tion to the CBI, then
clearing the evidence in
the name of cleanliness
is definitely part of a
well-planned conspiracy.
THICK BLANKET OF FOG ENGULFSPINK CITY
Statue Circle is covered in dense fog
on a cold winter morning in Jaipur on
Friday. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
A man covered in warm clothes standing amid dense fog at Sikar
Road in Jaipur on Friday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Jal Mahal enveloped in a thick sheet of fog on Friday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Low visibility at Gandhi Nagar Jaipur Railway
Station. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO

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RAJASTHAN
05
16,878 COVID CASES, BIGGEST 1-DAY JUMP
11,00,961
TOTAL CASES
16,878 IN A DAY
10,07,115
TOTAL RECOVERED
9,059
TOTAL DEATHS
15 IN A DAY
84,787
ACTIVE CASES
21, 339 IN JAIPUR
COVID-19
UPDATE
Jaipur: Rajasthan on
Friday recorded 16,878
fresh COVID-19 cases,
the sharpest single-day
rise in eight months,
and 15 deaths, according
to a health department
bulletin.
While Jaipur report-
ed 4,035 fresh cases,
Jodhpur logged 2,222,
Alwar 1,371, Bharatpur
898, Udaipur 857, Chit-
torgarh 682, Ajmer 657,
Kota 594 and Pali 504,
the bulletin stated.
Of the latest deaths,
three were reported
from Jaipur, two each
from Ajmer and Bikan-
er, and one each from
Barmer, Bharatpur,
Dausa, Nagaur, Pali, Ra-
jsamand, Sikar and
Tonk, it said.
So far, 9,059 people
have succumbed to
COVID-19 in Rajasthan.
Till Friday evening,
8,99,42,441 doses of vac-
cine had been adminis-
tered. Of these,
8,66,25,079 beneficiaries
were aged above 18 and
27,30,346 were in the 15-
18 age group. —PTI
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Effect of Coro-
na is now clearly visible
in sports in the country
as well. This will be the
first time in the history
of Indian cricket that
the biggest domestic
tournament, the Ranji
Trophy, has been
canceled for the 2nd
con-
secutive year.
Rajasthan cricketers
had prepared for the
tournament, but now
the board has taken an
in-principle decision to
cancel Ranji Trophy
.
Rajasthan Cricket
Association had made a
lot of preparations for
Ranji Trophy, but now
not only the association
but also players have
given up hope.
Tournament was to
start on Jan 13 but due
to IPL, the Ranji Trophy
does not seem to get a
window in the domestic
calendar. IPL is likely to
start from April 2
prior to that on March
20, players will go into
the bio bubble. `
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: Intense fog hit
flight operations at the
Jaipur Airport on Fri-
day morning leaving
over a thousand pas-
sengers harried. The
airport remained
closed for 4 hours
flights neither landed
nor took off.
Besides, the equip-
ment guiding the planes
also got damaged. Cat
3B lighting system was
installed at the airport
to facilitate flight opera-
tions in fog, but it
stopped working.
Three flights were di-
verted between 8 am
and 12 noon. Another
two flights could land
after close to two hours.
Air Asia’s Mumbai to
Jaipur flight landed ar-
rived at 1:20 pm, Air In-
dia flight from Banga-
lore to Jaipur reached
Jaipur at 12:45 pm.
A total of six flights
from Jaipur got de-
layed.
Ashish Aman
Jaipur: Secretary, Gen-
eral Administration De-
partment, Jitendra
Kumar Upadhyay re-
viewed the progress of
arrangements for the
state level Republic Day
celebrations.
He said that the con-
cerned departments
should execute the pro-
grammes related to
their respective de-
partments with full en-
thusiasm dignity, fol-
lowing the COVID
guidelines social dis-
tancing.
Upadhyay was pre-
siding over the review
meeting regarding the
progress of prepara-
tions for the state level
Republic Day celebra-
tions to be held at SMS
Stadium in Govern-
ment Secretariat.
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: CS Niranjan
Arya said community
based programmes at
anganwadi centres have
created awareness
among people. Under
the programme, preg-
nancy counselling, an-
naprashan, nutrition
and public health mes-
sages have helped peo-
ple become more aware.
Arya was presiding
over the meeting of the
State Nutrition Conver-
genceCommitteeheldat
Secretariat on Friday
.
Arya directed the de-
partments concerned
for speedy redressal of
problems like construc-
tion of anganwadi
building, toilets and en-
suring drinking water
supply
. Department of
Women Child Devel-
opment Medicine has
been given instructions
to prepare a plan and
run a campaign for pre-
vention of anemia.
Appraising the pro-
gress related to nutri-
tion, Principal Secre-
tary, Women Child
Development, Sreya
Guha said that depart-
ment has developed a
nutrition tracker app.
“The details of benefi-
ciaries are being en-
tered by anganwadi
workers on app. Nutri-
tion gardens are also be-
ing developed at angan-
wadi centres,” Guha
said. Commissioner In-
tegrated Child Develop-
ment Services, Urmila
Rajoria said wheat, rice
dal are being distrib-
uted as supplementary
nutritional material.
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: In a major ac-
tion on Friday, Jaipur
ATS has exposed a gang
involved in stealing
students’ data and ar-
rested the prime ac-
cused.
Police have recov-
ered data of private
and government school
students of RBSE,
CBSE, GATE (RBSE,
CBSE, GATE), a laptop,
five keypads and a mo-
bile phone from ac-
cused. List of private
and government
schools of Bihar Board,
Rajasthan and infor-
mation related to stu-
dents.
ATS DIG Anshuman
Bhomia said that the
prime accused Rajen-
dra Puri Goswami (45),
a resident of Sadri, Pali
has been arrested. Gos-
wami is the proprietor.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra on Fri-
day laid emphasis on
promotion of “smart
agriculture” to make
farming sustainable
and profitable.
He said that agricul-
tural universities
through their directo-
ratesof extensioneduca-
tion and Krishi Vigyan
Kendras should moti-
vate farmers to adopt
smart agriculture and
help them with neces-
sary mobile applica-
tions. Mishra was ad-
dressingtheconvocation
of Shri Karan Narendra
Agricultural University
in Jobner virtually
.
Governor Mishra
also inaugurated an au-
ditorium and virtual
classrooms. He present-
ed the honorary degree
of Doctor of Science to
Trilochan Mohapatra,
Director General, Indi-
an Council of Agricul-
tural Research, for his
contributions in agri-
cultural education.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a close shave
for 165 passengers
aboard a Jaipur-bound
aircraft, the Air Arabia
flight was compelled to
fly back to Sharjah air-
port on Friday owing to
a technical snag.
According to airport
sources here, flight no.
G9-435 took off from the
Sharjah airport at 12.25
am and was scheduled
to land at the city air-
port at 3.25 am. But by
the time it reached the
Karachi airspace, the
pilots and the crew de-
tected a technical snag
in the airplane.
The Hotel Restaurant
Association of Raj
demanded exemption for
tourist places, safaris and
monuments from Sunday
curfew. The demand has
been made to increase
guests in the wedding
ceremonies. Associa-
tion President Kuldeep
Chandela, Joint Secretary
Rannvijay have raised the
demand.
Ranji Trophy 2nd season also cancelled due to
increasing cases, 3rd
season also uncertain
Sadulpur MLA Krishna Poonia
Corona positive, has been isolated
Assembly Speaker Dr. CP Joshi
got the precautionary dose
DC Rajan Vishal visited vax centres in Jaipur for inspection.
Governor Kalraj Mishra virtually addressing convocation of Shri
Karan Narendra Agricultural University in Jobner.
HOTELIERS
DEMAND SUNDAY
CURFEW REMOVAL
1 2
Dense fog affects flights from
Jpr airport, passengers harried
Flight from
Sharjah returns
due to tech snag
Must pay more emphasis on
smart agriculture: Guv Mishra
Prepare a plan run a campaign for prevention of
anemia, CS Arya directs WCD department officials
In the light of the new National Educa-
tion Policy, agricultural education
should be made more employable, skill
development linked and entrepreneurship based
—Kalraj Mishra, Governor
Sheel Dhabhai warns
officials to clean up or
face consequences
Students’ data theft: Raj
ATS arrests main accused
Ziyauddin Khan
Jaipur: Mayor of
Municipal Corpora-
tion Greater, Sheel
Dhabhai met all the
councillors of the
corporation and in-
structed them to im-
prove the cleanliness
system and speed up
development works.
The mayor has
warned the officials
to face consequences
if the problems are
not resolved within
15 days.
MLA Ashok Laho-
ti also attended the
meeting. Lahoti
questioned the offic-
ers over the sorry
state of affairs in
Sanganer area.
He said there was
neither cleanliness
nor development
work in the area. The
roads are broken and
the sewerage is also
choked here. He also
warned to picket out-
side the corporation
if the problems are
not resolved immedi-
ately
. Earlier on
Thursday
,shehaddis-
tributedmaskstopeo-
ple who did not wear
them and asked peo-
ple to follow protocol.
VIKAS JAKHAR ON
HUNGER STRIKE,
ADMITTED TO HOSP
PSKS: JDA TO
ORGANISE
REGULAR CAMPS
Jhunjhunu: A Shaurya
Chakra winner Vikas
Jakhar, who is on fast
unto death alleging
rigging in government
jobs, was admitted to
BDK Hospital here after
his health deteriorated
on Friday. SDM and City
CO Shankarlal Chhaba
reached the spot and
asked him to break the
fast Jakhar refused
Jakhar accused the
administration of forc-
ibly asking him to end
the fast. He said that
government is scared
of him.
Jaipur: Development
Commissioner Gaurav
Goel held a meeting
with officials concerned
with regard to the sec-
ond phase of Prashasan
Saharon Ke Sang
(PSKS) here on Friday.
It was decided that JDA
will organise regular
camps at different
colonies in the city very
soon. In case of unap-
proved colonies, survey
will be conducted in
consultation with the
Development Commit-
tee and suo moto action
will be taken.
Bikaner: Jamna Barupal, a former Congress MP
in RS, died late Thursday night. She was a Cong
MP from 2000 to 2006. Be it
Rahul Gandhi or CM Ashok
Gehlot, everyone used to call
her as aunt. Her leg had frac-
tured and she was admitted on
Thursday, where she died. CM
Ashok Gehlot tweeted, “The
news of the demise of former
RS MP Smt. Jamna Barupal ji is sad. Praying to God
to give strength to the bereaved family members to
bear this loss and give peace to the departed soul.
FORMER MP JAMUNA BARUPAL NO
MORE, CM GEHLOT MOURNS HER DEATH
NEWS DIGEST
Secy, general admin dept
reviews Republic Day preps
Uttam Goswami
Jalore: Five police-
men, including
Bhinmal police sta-
tionSHODulichand
Gurjar of Jalore
district were sent to
police lines over
charges of misbe-
having with a wom-
an constable.
About one-and-a-
half-months ago, a
woman constable
alleged that Duli-
chand Gurjar asked
her to sleep. The in-
vestigation is on in
the case. The Jalore
SP has issued an or-
der and five police-
men, including the
Gurjar were sent to
the police line. SP
H a r s h v a r d h a n
Agarwal said that a
departmental in-
quiry is on can-
not say much. Ac-
tion was taken af-
ter matter of ma-
nipulation in bet-
ting came to fore.
Bhinmal SHO,
5 cops sent
to police lines
Walled-city merely visible due to fog on Friday.
CS Niranjan Arya presiding over the meeting. Sreya Guha, Urmila
Rajoria and others are also seen.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: District Collec-
tor Rajan Vishal during
his visit to Ajmeri Gate,
Kishanpol, Chhoti
Chaupar, Badi Chaupar,
Ramganj Chaupar
Johri Bazar area of city
on Friday interacted
with people encour-
aged them to get vacci-
nated wear masks.
District Collector
Vishal inspected the
vaccination centre at
government hospital in
Banipark and took feed-
back on the status of
vaccinations from the
doctors, medical per-
sonnel and people.
The District Collec-
tor went to the micro
containment zone at
Banipark and talked to
the beat constables, in-
cident commanders and
the families of people
being treated for Covid.
Vishal also took
detailed information
about the functioning
of the Zilla Parishad
and Civil Defense and
the work being done un-
der various schemes, he
also gave his sugges-
tions for betterment.
DC inspects vax camps, urges
people to wear masks be safe
A woman gets her swab test done at Kanwatiya hospital.
Jitendra K Upadhyay reviewing
Republic Day preps.
—PHOTO
BY
SUMAN
SARKAR
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

INDIA
06
Congress demands all-party
delegation, PM to visit LAC
New Delhi: After the
Arunachal Pradesh in-
cident of abduction of
an Indian youth by Chi-
na’s People’s Liberation
Army (PLA), the Con-
gress Party is taking on
the Modi govt and de-
manding that an all-
party delegation of the
MPs should visit the
Line of Actual Control
(LAC) under the leader-
ship of the PM Naren-
dra Modi.
Speaking to the re-
porters, Cong MP and
spox Shaktisinh Gohil
said, “The Congress
party has always put
the interest of the coun-
try above the interest of
the party
. We have never
tried to derive political
gains but have worked
for the benefit of the na-
tion. Be it the security
of the nation, whether
it is our brave army,
whether it is issues of
terrorism. Even on top
of that we never did
vote-bank politics about
the brave army
. It is the
responsibility of all of
us to see that the bor-
ders of our nation are
safe. No one should en-
ter our borders even a
little bit.”
He further asked the
PM to say something on
China. “Modi ji, Gao is
a member of the nation-
al executive. Will you
ignore him now too? If
you do this, then re-
member Chanakya ji
had said that despite
having a strong army,
the ruler of the country
who has neither cour-
age nor spirit can land
nation in trouble. —ANI
It is the responsibility of all
of us to see that the
borders of our nation
are safe. No one should enter
our borders even a little bit.
—Shaktisinh Gohil, Congress MP
All Mumbai
schools to reopen
from January 24
Mumbai: Offline teach-
ing will resume at
schools in Mumbai
from class-
es 1 to 12
from Janu-
ary 24, mu-
n i c i p a l
c o m m i s -
sioner Iqbal Singh
Chahal told PTI.
The decision came as
new Omicron cases and
overall daily coronavi-
rus infections in the
city have begun to de-
cline. Earlier on Thurs-
day, Maharashtra
school education minis-
ter Varsha Gaikwad an-
nounced that govt has
allowed reopening of
schools for classes 1 to 9
for offline teaching
from January 24. —PTI
Centre calls all-party
meet on January 31
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral Govt has convened
an all-party meet likely
at 3 pm on Jan 31 to dis-
cuss Budget Session.
The Budget Session
will get underway on
the same day with the
Presidential address at
11 am followed by the
laying of the Economic
Survey. The Union
Budget will be present-
ed on Feb 1.
The all-party meeting
has been called by Par-
liamentary Affairs
Minister Pralhad Joshi
to deliberate with the
opposition on issues
that they would like to
discuss during the ses-
sion while the govt will
also give them a close
view of the agenda and
Legislative business
that they would likely
follow in the next one
year. Sources also told
media that the all-party
meeting would be fol-
lowed by a meeting of
the BJP Parliamentary
Executive Committee
and then the NDA floor
leaders meeting.
PM Modi has been at-
tending these meetings
and is often seen urging
the opposition to allow
smooth functioning of
the House. —ANI
‘Merging of Amar Jawan Jyoti is a historical step’
New Delhi: Ahead of
Republic Day celebra-
tions, Brigadier Chi-
tranjan Sawant (retd),
who has been the R-Day
commentator for the
past 49 years, on Friday
said that Amar Jawan
Jyoti will merge with
National War Memorial
flame.
“India Gate, war me-
morial built by the Brit-
ish. National War Me-
morial is built in mem-
ory of soldiers who
sacrificed their lives for
the nation from 1947 till
today
. Amar Jawan Jyo-
ti will merge with Na-
tional War Memorial
flame,” said Brig Chi-
tranjan Sawant(retd).
In a historical step
days before Republic
Day, the Amar Jawan
Jyoti at the India Gate
lawns would be extin-
guished and merged
with the flame at the
on Friday
.
“The Amar Jawan
Jyoti flame at India
Gate will be extin-
guished and merged
with the flame at the
on Friday at a ceremo-
ny,” an Indian Army of-
ficial informed.
The ceremony would
be presided over by the
Integrated Defence
Staff Chief Air Mar-
shal Balabadhra Radha
Krishna who would
merge the two flames,
officials said.
After a long wait and
multiple considera-
tions, the National War
Memorial was built in
the India Gate complex
by the Narendra Modi
government and was
inaugurated in 2019. Af-
ter the inauguration of
the building in War me-
morial, all military cer-
emonial events were
shifted to it from the
India Gate. The Nation-
al War Memorial has
the names of all the In-
dian defence personnel
who have lost their lives
in different operations
since 1947. —ANI
ROW OVER ‘AMAR JAWAN JYOTI’
India Gate, war memorial built by
the British. National War Memorial
is built in memory of soldiers who
sacrificed their lives for the nation from 1947
till today. Amar Jawan Jyoti will merge with
National War Memorial flame.
—Chitranjan Sawant, Retired, Brigadier
CRUCIAL READ
VIKRAM DEV DUTT
APPOINTED AS CMD
OF AIR INDIA
New Delhi: Vikram Dev
Dutt, an 1993-batch IAS of-
ficer of Arunachal Pradesh,
Goa, Mizoram and Union
Territory (AGMUT) cadre,
has been appointed as the
Chairman and Manag-
ing Director (CMD) of Air
India, an official statement
from Air India informed on
Friday. Dutt takes over from
Rajiv Bansal, Secy in the
Ministry of Civil Aviation,
who was at the helm of
Air India so far, the release
said. Prior to this, Dutt was
Principal Secy in Services
Department.
INDIAN NAVY’S FIRST
IL 38 AIRCRAFT
RETIRES AFTER 44-YRS
Panaji: IN 301, the first IL
38SD aircraft of the Indian
Navy, was decommis-
sioned after completing 44
glorious years of service
to the nation. According to
the Indian Navy, the aircraft
was decommissioned on
Jan 17. The aircraft was
commissioned in 1977 and
remained a formidable air
asset throughout its service
life. It was with the induc-
tion of IL 38 aircraft that
the Navy moved into the
arena of airborne LRMR
combined with anti-subma-
rine search and strike.
FOUR INDIANS FREEZE
TO DEATH TRYING TO
ENTER USA
New York: A family of
four, including a baby, all
believed to be Indians, has
died from exposure to cold
weather on the Canadian
side of the border with the
US in an apparent human
smuggling operation, ac-
cording to media reports.
Manitoba Royal Canadian
Mounted Police (RCMP)
on Thursday said that the
bodies of four people two
adults, a teen and an infant
were found on the Cana-
dian side of the US/Canada
border near Emerson on
Wednesday.
TWITTER FIXES TECH
BUG, SAYS THINGS
BACK TO NORMAL
New Delhi: Twitter on
Friday said that it has recti-
fied the technical issues
that affected users across
the world while accessing
Twitter. Users were expe-
riencing difficulties when
accessing the microblog-
ging site and also when
they were trying to log
in. Twitter was down for
users for some hours in
the morning. Twitter said
that it has fixed a technical
bug that was affecting
how tweets get routed to
the backend systems and
things are back to normal.
Chandigarh: Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi
on Friday said he will file a defamation case against
Arvind Kejrwal for dubbing him a dishonest man
after the ED carried out some raids, including at the
premises of the Congress leader’s nephew. Channi
alleged that the Delhi chief minister is a
“fraud” who is in the habit of levelling
accusations against others to malign
their image close to elections and
that in the past Kejriwal had to apolo-
gise to BJP leaders
Nitin Gadkari and
Arun Jaitley, besides
SAD leader Bikram
Singh Majithia.
CHANNI TO FILE DEFAMATION CASE
AGAINST ARVIND KEJRIWAL
PM HAILS TRIPURA ON BECOMING
LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES
New Delhi: PM Naren-
dra Modi on Friday said
thatTripuraisbecoming
a land of opportunities
and is performing well
today on many parame-
ters of development.
While virtually ad-
dressing the people of
Meghalaya on the occa-
sion of their 50th State-
hood Day, the Prime
Minister said, Today
Tripura is becoming a
land of opportunities.
The double engine gov-
ernmentisworkingcon-
tinuously to meet the
small needs of the com-
mon people of Tripura.
That is why Tripura is
performing well today
on many parameters of
development.
PM Modi said that
Tripuraisalsooneof the
six states in the country
wherenewtechnologyis
being used in housing
construction. Today on
one hand Tripura is do-
ing commendable work
inprovidingpuccahous-
es to the poor, and on the
other hand, it is also
adopting new technolo-
gy rapidly
. Tripura is
also one of the six states
in the country where
new technology is being
used in housing con-
struction, he said.
PM said,Fromtrans-
parency in administra-
tion to modern infra-
structure, the Tripura
that is being built today
will prepare the state for
decades to come. —ANI
‘AFTER FREEDOM
DEVP WAS ONLY
FOR FEW FAMILIES’
In a veiled attack on the
Congress, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Friday
said that after Independ-
ence, new construction
took place only for a “few
families from Delhi”, but
his government brought
the country out of this
“narrow thinking” and is
building new monuments
of national importance.
Speaking after virtually
inaugurating a newly-
built circuit house near
the famous Somnath
temple in Gir Somnath
district of Gujarat, he said
that earlier there used to
be hesitation in talking
about our religious and
cultural heritage.
‘COMMITTED TO
MAKE MANIPUR THE
SPORTS POWERHOUSE’
Greeting the people of
Manipur on its 50th state-
hood day, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi paid tribute
to the sacrifices and efforts
of each and every person
who contributed to this glori-
ous journey. He termed the
resilience and unity of the
Manipuri people in the face
of ups and downs of their
history as their true strength.
The Prime Minister reiter-
ated his continued efforts
to get first-hand account of
expectations and aspirations
of the people of the state
that enabled him to get a
better understanding of their
feelings and expectation
and find ways to tackle the
problems of the state.
WORKED HARD TO
REALIZE POTENTIAL
OF TOURISM: PM
PM Modi on Friday said
that in last seven years,
the country has worked
relentlessly to realize
the potential of tourism.
At the inauguration cer-
emony of the new Circuit
House near Somnath
Temple in Gujarat, PM
said, a“In the last seven
years, the country has
worked relentlessly to
realize the potential of
tourism. The country’s
heritage sites, develop-
ment of our cultural her-
itage is a great example
of this.” PM Modi said
that the initiatives like In-
credible India and Dekho
Apna Desh are opening
up endless possibilities.
‘MEGHALAYA
BECOMING WORLD
DESTINATION’
PM Modi said that
Meghalaya is becoming
an attractive destination
for the country and the
world, “Over the past
50 years, the people
of Meghalaya have
cemented their identity
of being close to nature.
To see the beautiful
waterfalls, to experience
the clean and serene
environment, to con-
nect with your unique
tradition, Meghalaya is
becoming an attractive
destination for the coun-
try and the world.” The
Prime Minister also said
that the state has given
the message of nature
and conservation.
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MEGHALAYA’S 50TH STATEHOOD DAY
PM Narendra Modi
IN THE COURTYARD
KALICHARAN MAHARAJ
SENT TO 14 DAYS
JUDICIAL CUSTODY
Mumbai: A local court on Fri-
day remanded 14 days judicial
custody to the controversial
Hindu religious
guru Kalich-
aran Maharaj
in connection
with his alleged
derogatory re-
marks against
Mahatma Gandhi in dharma
Sansad recently. Naupada
police had arrested him, fol-
lowing a complaint registered
by state Housing Minister and
NCP leader Jitendra Awhad for
his alleged remarks against
Mahatma Gandhi. He was
brought to Thane on Thursday
evening on transit remand
from Raipur, in Chhatishgarh
where he was lodged in jail
in a similar case. Apart from
Chhattisgarh, Kalicharan has
been facing multiple cases in
Maharashtra for the comments
he had made against Mahatma
Gandhi.
‘WHY SOCIAL MEDIA COS
CANNOT BE INCLUDED AS
ACCUSED OR ABETTOR’
Madurai (Tamil Nadu): The
Madurai Bench of Madras
High Court on Thursday
sought a reply from the
Tamil Nadu government and
state Police as to why social
media companies cannot be
included as accused or abet-
tor in criminal cases involving
social media platforms.
This comes in response to
a petition filed by the Tamil
Nadu police seeking to cancel
the bail granted to YouTuber
Saattai Duraimurugan who
came up for a hearing before
Justice B Pugalendhi.
New Delhi: The Delhi HC on Friday listed the matter for
February 3, a plea moved by Delhi State Legal Services
Authority (DSLSA) seeking payment of cost from Ac-
tress turned Environmentalist Juhi Chawla and others.
The cost was imposed on them by Justice JR Midha
(now retired) while dismissing a petition connected
with the rollout of 5G technology. On Friday, the bench
of Justice C Harishankar deferred the matter for Feb
3, after the Lawyer appeared for Juhi Chawla said he
didn’t serve with the petition copy. Court also noted that
the appeal in the matter is pending before the Division
Bench of Delhi HC. The DSLSA has recently moved to
the Delhi HC soughting payment of Rs 20 lakh to them.
DSLSA’S PLEA TO IMPOSE `20 LAKH FINE
ON JUHI CHAWLA TO BE HEARD ON FEB 3
New Delhi: The Supreme Courton Friday declined
to entertain a PIL searching for a path to censor
all future social media posts by Bollywood actress
Kangana Ranaut, on the grounds that she had made
a number of sacrilegious statements towards the
Sikh neighborhood, particularly in
reference to the protest towards
the farm legal guidelines. The
plea was filed by advocate
Charanjeet Singh Chanderpal.
A bench of Justices D.Y.
Chandrachud and Bela M.
Trivedi instructed Chander-
pal that the court respects
his sensitivities and further
said: “There are two ways,
ignore... there is also rem-
edy under the law,”.
‘IGNORE’: SC DECLINES TO HEAR PLEA
ON KANGNA’S SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS
SC JUDGE RECUSES FROM HEARING
TEJPAL’S PLEA IN SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE
New Delhi: Supreme Court judge, Justice L Nageswara Rao
on Friday recused himself from hearing an appeal filed by
former Editor-in-Chief of Tehelka magazine Tarun Tejpal
challenging the order of the Bombay High Court at Goa which
has rejected his application for in-camera hearing in the 2013
sexual assault case. A Bench headed by Justice Rao posted
the matter for hearing on Monday before another Bench say-
ing he had appeared in 2015 as the counsel for the State of
Goa in the case. Tejpal has sought an in-camera hearing of
the appeal filed by the State of Goa against his acquittal.

INDIA
07
Anita Hada
New Delhi: Can a
grand alliance of oppo-
sition parties be formed
in Goa? This is a mil-
lion dollar question, the
answer to which will be
found in a few days
from now as Goa goes to
polls on February 14.
Therefore, whatever de-
cision the opposition
parties have to take, it
will have to be done
within a day or two. In
the current situation, it
seems that if the Con-
gress accepts the pro-
posal of Trinamool
Congress and does not
face much problem on
seat-sharing, then a
grand alliance of oppo-
sition will be formed, in
which all parties except
Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam
Aadmi Party will be
there.
Seeing the rapidly
changing political situ-
ation in Goa, the Trina-
mool Cong on its part
has spoken to the Con-
gress and proposed an
alliance. State’s elec-
tion in-charge and TMC
MP Mahua Moitra her-
self has said that the
top leadership of the
party is in touch with
top Congress leaders. In
fact, the position of Tri-
namool has weakened
in the last few days.
Cong leaders who left
the party and went to
Trinamool, many of
them have returned
home to Congress. BJP
government minister
Michael Lobo has also
joined the Cong. With
this, the prospects of
Cong have started to
look strong. That is
when an attempt is on
to form a grand alliance
on the axis of Congress.
Keep in mind that the
Congress is already in
coordination with the
Goa Forward Party and
on the other hand there
is coordination between
the TMC and the Maha-
rashtrawadi Gomantak
Party. So, if Congress
and TMC come together
then both the regional
parties will become
part of the alliance au-
tomatically. Moroever,
Congress is in talks
with Sharad Pawar’s
party NCP as well and
according to informed
sources, Sharad Pawar
is not only talking about
coordination with his
party
, but is also in talks
to bring Trinamool
Congress into the oppo-
sition alliance. If he is
successful, a strong alli-
ance of five parties will
be formed.
Meanwhile, Shiv
Sena leaders have also
reached Goa for cam-
paigning and are pre-
paring to contest the
elections. The Shiv Sena
has influence in the
Konkan region and has
the potential to influ-
ence some seats in Goa.
So, if Cong and Pawar
make the Sena join the
five party alliance, then
the opposition alliance
will swell to six parties
and on the other hand
the BJP will fight alone.
WILL THERE BE A GRAND ALLIANCE IN GOA?
INFIGHTING IN
BENGAL BJP: NOW
COMPLAINT
AGAINST SANTANU
ANAND SHARMA
URGES HM AMIT SHAH
TO TAKE STEPS TO
CURB HATE SPEECH
Kolkata: The infight-
ing within the BJP
reached a flashpoint
after the state unit filed
a complaint against
Union Minister of State
Santanu Thakur and
the rebel leaders to
the central leadership
for fuelling anti-party
activities. It has been
learnt that the state unit
has named 10 rebel
leaders responsible for
the situation. Sources
in the party said that
BJP state general sec-
retary (organisation)
Amitava Chakraborty
has filed a complaint.
New Delhi: Chairman of
Parliamentary Standing
committee on Home Af-
fairs Anand Sharma has
written a letter to Home
Minister Amit Shah urg-
ing him to enact a law
to curb hate speeches.
The letter written on Wed
says, It is requested that
the Home Secretary be
advised to sensitise the
Chief Secretary and DGP
to take prompt and firm
action to enforce law and
secure order. Further, the
government may con-
sider a legislative action,
including amendments in
the IPC and the CrPC.
JAMMU KASHMIR TO BE FIRST UT TO
HAVE GOOD GOVERNANCE INDEX
New Delhi: In a move to bring in further transparency in
state administration, the Union Territory of Jammu and
Kashmir is set to launch the
‘Good Governance Index’, the
Department of Personnel an-
nounced on Friday. According
to the Department of Person-
nel, this is the first of its kind of
such index by any UT across
the country. The event will be organized jointly by the De-
partment of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances
(DARPG) and JK Institute of Management.
FLYERS CAN CARRY ONLY ONE HAND BAG:
CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL SECURITY FORCE
New Delhi: Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has
ordered airports and airlines to strictly follow the 'one
handbag rule' where the
passengers travelling by
flights will be allowed to
carry only one bag inside
the cabin of the aircraft.
CISF has asked the airlines
and airports to implement the earlier Bureau of Civil Avia-
tion Security (BCAS) one-bag order. As per BCAS AVSEC
Circular Nos. 06/2000 11/2000, no passenger should be
permitted to carry more than one handbag said the CISF.
GOVERNMENT AMENDS ARMS RULES TO
BOOST PRODUCTION OF FIREARMS
New Delhi: Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the new
amended Arms Rules have allowed the manufacturers
to enhance their annual
production of firearms or
ammunition or calibre wise
revision of its licensed ca-
pacity by giving intimation
to the licensing authority
and also to the state government concerned within ninety
days from the end of the financial year.
CRUCIAL READ
Muzaffarnagar: Con-
gress leader Mehraj Ja-
han threatened to self-
immolate herself after
she was denied a ticket
from the
Muzaffar-
nagar dis-
trict for
the up-
c o m i n g
UP elec-
tions and termed the
decision of the par-
ty as “injustice” de-
spite working for
the party for many
years.
Jahan who is Muzza-
farnagar’s party secre-
tary was also seen cry-
ing profusely in front of
the camera after she
was denied a ticket
from Muzaffarnagar.
The video of Congress
leader crying profusely
and inconsolably for
having denied a ticket
by the party is viral on
social media. Mehraj
accused his party of
giving tickets to people
with money and ex-
pressed disappoint-
ment for not providing
tickets to those who
have been working
with the party for
many years.
‘IF AKHILESH FIGHTS FROM
UP’S KARHAL, HE WILL LOSE’
New Delhi: SP President
Akhilesh Yadav will face
defeat by a huge margin,
if he contests from Karhal
assembly constituency,
said BJP MP Harnath
Singh Yadav on Friday.
Speaking to ANI ahead of
elections, the BJP Rajya
Sabha MP from
Mainpuri said,
Akhilesh is nerv-
ous and scared.
He is panicking
these days. Let me
tell you all that if Akh-
ilesh is going to contest
elections from Karhal,
considering that the seat
as safe... he will lose very
badly, he said.
CONG RELEASES YOUTH
MANIFESTO ‘BHARTI VIDHAN’
Lucknow: The Congress
on Friday launched
‘Bharti Vidhan’, the
party’s youth manifesto
for UP aheadof polls,
saying that the vision
document focuses on
providing employment
to the youth of the state.
The manifesto, which
promises 20 lakh jobs,
including 9 lakh jobs for
women, was released
by party leaders Rahul
Gandhi and PGV. “Con-
gress Party believes that
progress is founded on
a good education.
Mehraj Jahan threatens
suicide over denial of ticket
New Delhi:Piyush Go-
yal, Commerce and In-
dustry Minister, said
that the Indian industry
should aim to raise 75
unicorns in 75 weeks to
the 75th anniversary of
Independence.
He was at the release
of the NASSCOM Tech
Start-up Report 2022
where he emphasised
that India’s next UPI
moment can be the
ONDC, which will help
the common man access
new-age technology at
affordable costs. ”We
have 43 unicorns added
in 45 weeks, since the
start of ‘
Azadi ka Amrit
Mahotsav’ on March 12,
2021. Let us aim for at
least 75 unicorns in
these 75 weeks to 75th
Anniv of Independ-
ence,” he said.
India must aim to
raise 75 unicorns
in 75 weeks:
Piyush Goyal
tions and termed the
decision of the par-
spite working for
the party for many
Sabha MP from
Mainpuri said,
Akhilesh is nerv-
He is panicking
these days. Let me
UP
UP
ASSEMBLY POLLS 2022
—Picture for Representation
MP Harnath Singh Yadav
Mehraj Jahan
Sharat Verma
NewDelhi:TheSupreme
Court has given a verdict
in the case of Bharatiya
Janata Party MLA
Mukul Roy
. The Apex
Court has asked West
Bengal Assembly Speak-
er Biman Banerjee to
take a decision in two
weeks. It is worth men-
tioning that Mukul Roy
won the election from
BJP but later changed
party and went back to
his old party Trinamool
Congress. The BJP has
appealed to cancel his
membership, complain-
ingabouttheirdefection,
on which the speaker is
delaying any decision.
After this, the BJP chal-
lenged it in the Supreme
Court,onwhichthecourt
has directed the Speaker
to take a decision within
two weeks.
It is a surprise that if
a senior leader like
MukulRoylefttheparty
,
why didn't he resign
from the assembly? He
can contest the by-polls
after resigning and it is
not difficult for him to
win, considering the
situation in the state.
The second question
is, why is the speaker
taking so long? Do they
not know that sooner or
later Mukul Roy will
have to part away from
his membership? Actu-
ally, this time in West
Bengal, many amazing
things are happening.
Leaders are changing
parties but not giving
up their seats, while in
other states, MLAs are
resigning as they leave
the party. At least two
Lok Sabha MPs in Ben-
gal - Sishir Adhikari
and Sunil Kumar Man-
dal - have been com-
plained about to the Lok
Sabha Speaker by the
Trinamool Congress
asking them to cancel
their membership, as
both have gone to the
BJP. Interestingly, the
decision regarding
their membership in
the Lok Sabha has not
been taken and the mat-
ter is pending since
June last year.
WhenwillverdictonBengal
defectors be announced?
COMPLAINT BY THE LS MPs
Mahesh Sharma
NewDelhi: The case
of Utpal Parrikar, the
son of late Manohar
Parrikar, the former
Defence Minister of
the country and the
former Chief Minis-
ter of Goa, has be-
come a bone of con-
tention for the
Bharatiya Janata
Party
. The opposition
has made it such a big
issue that it has be-
come difficult for the
BJP to ignore it.
When Manohar
Parrikar died, the
party did not give tick-
et to Utpal and at that
time it did not become
much of an issue. But
now Utpal wants to
contest from his fa-
ther's traditional seat
Panaji, but BJP is giv-
ing ticket to Babush
Monserrate from this
seat. About the BJP
candidate, Utpal and
his close associates
have campaigned that
he is an accused in a
rape case. Think, if
Utpal Parrikar cam-
paigns about a BJP
candidate that he is
accused of rape, then
how big an impact
will be in that seat as
well as in the entire
state? That's when the
BJP is trying to con-
vince Utpal in some
way
. Senior leaders of
the party have spoken
to him and there has
been talk of adjusting
him at some good
place. It is also being
said that the party has
also offered him to
contest from a seat
other than Panaji, but
he is not ready for it.
Meanwhile, the op-
position parties have
created tremendous
pressure on the saf-
fron party. AAP has
directly offered the
seat to Utpal from its
party, on the other
hand Shiv Sena has
asked all the opposi-
tion parties to make
Parrikar's son a com-
mon candidate.
‘Junior’ Parrikar to
be candidate of
Opposition parties?
Panaji: Utpal Parrikar,
son of former Goa
Chief Minister late
Manohar Parrikar, an-
nounced on Friday that
he will be contesting
the upcoming Goa As-
sembly election from
Panjim constituency as
an Independent candi-
date.
“Manohar Parrikar
contested from Panaji
for two decades. He de-
veloped a bond with
Panaji and I too have
made that bond. I am
fighting for values,” Ut-
pal Parrikar said at a
press conference on Fri-
day. On Thursday, Aam
Aadmi Party national
convener Arvind Kejri-
wal had invited Utpal
Parrikar to join the
AAP after he was ex-
cluded from the BJP’s
list of candidates for
the Goa election. MLA
Atanasio “Babush”
Monserrate will be
fighting on the BJP tick-
et from Panjim. On this,
Utpal Parrikar said, “I
tried to convince
my party that
I can con-
test. De-
s p i t e
that, I
didn’t get
candida-
ture. The
party pre-
ferred a candi-
date who is opportunis-
tic and came to the
party recently. I had
only two options - BJP
or going independent. I
have chosen to contest
as an independent can-
didate.” Speaking to
media, he said, “I am
contesting as an inde-
pendent candidate
which means I have re-
signed from the BJP. I
can win against the
BJP candidate, I had
asked to contest [on
BJP ticket from Panaji
earlier too during by-
elections. My name was
in the list but was later
dropped... I am taking a
great risk by fighting in
this election.
UTPALPARRIKARTOCONTEST
AS INDEPENDENT FROM GOA
Devendra Fadnavis says that for our party the Parrikar family is always our family.
Utpal Parrikar
BJP MLA Mukul Roy
tried to convince
my party that
I can con-
test. De-
s p i t e
that, I
didn’t get
candida-
ture. The
party pre-
ferred a candi-
date who is opportunis-
GOA
ferred a candi-
GOA
AAP is fighting
Punjab polls with
different strategy:
Raghav Chadha
Chandigarh: AAPlead-
er Raghav Chadha
said that
the deci-
sion to field
Mann, who
is MP from
S a n g r u r,
from Dhuri
is part of
the elec-
tion strate-
gy. Mann
had contest-
ed the last polls from
Jalalabad against Shi-
romani Akali Dal
leader Sukhbir Singh
Badal. “Every elec-
tion has its own politi-
cal strategy. We want
Mann to campaign all
over Punjab.
He added that the
party was fighting the
upcoming polls with a
different strategy
. —ANI
Panaji: Lok Sabha MP and TMC national gen secy
Abhishek Banerjee said that the party is in Goa to win
and the Cong should take the blame if BJP forms
govt in the state. Abhishek Banerjee
hit out at Cong and party leader
P Chidambram for “misleading”
Goans with their claims that TMC
is dividing Cong votes. ”P Chid-
ambaram has been misleading the
party and the nation. Today, time
has come to expose him he added.
Banerjee added that every vote to
the Cong is a direct vote to the BJP.
”If Cong fails to defeat the BJP then
Mr Chidambaram should be the
first person to resign.
WE ARE HERE TO WIN, CONG TO
BLAME IF BJP WINS, SAYS TMC
P Chidambaram
Abhishek Banerjee
S a n g r u r,
from Dhuri
is part of
the elec-
tion strate-
gy. Mann
had contest-
had contest-
PUNJAB

BIZ BUZZ
08
New Delhi: In a bid
to spur capital ex-
penditure, the Fi-
nance Ministry has
relaxed spending
norms for the fourth
quarter with a view
to boost economic ac-
tivities. At present,
more than 33% and
15% of the BE shall
be permissible to be
spent by ministries
and departments in
the last quarter and
last month of the fi-
nancial year, respec-
tively. It has now
been decided to relax
the upper limit of
33% of the BE as ap-
plicable for the last
quarter of the cur-
rent financial year as
a one-time measure.
New Delhi: The total
business-to-business
spending in India is ex-
pected to rise by 10.3%
in 2022 with the spend
of the country’s busi-
nesses growing three
times faster than the
expectations from its
comparable peers in
other countries in the
third quarter of last
year, according to a
study. The total busi-
ness-to-business (B2B)
spend for India rose
9.4% in Q3 2021 on a
year-on-year basis.
Stating that the India
spending is on the rise
across nine key B2B cat-
egories, the report said,
“it is expected to rise by
10.3% in 2022.” The
study found bullishness
and greater confidence
with 74% of businesses
expecting to spend
more on technology
and 72% planning to
make more capital in-
vestments in
2022. —PTI
New Delhi: Edible oil
major Adani Wilmar
Ltd (AWL) on Friday
fixed a price band of
`218-230 a share for its
`3,600-crore IPO.
The three-day ini-
tial share-sale will
open for public sub-
scription on January
27 and conclude on
January 31. The bid-
ding for anchor inves-
tors will open on Janu-
ary 25, according to
the company
.
The public issue
comprises fresh issue
of equity shares and
there will not be any
secondary offering.
—PTI
New Delhi: India’s
smartphone market
registered its highest-
ever shipments at 169
million units in 2021, ac-
cording to a report by
Counterpoint Research.
Preliminary data from
research said India’s
smartphone shipments
crossed 169 million
units in 2021 to register
11% year-on-year
growth from about 152
million units in 2020.
The market showed
high resilience in a year
that witnessed a second
and more virulent COV-
ID-19 wave, it added.
The report said in-
creased adoption and
demand for 5G smart-
phones was one of the
key factors for high
shipments in 2021. 5G
smartphones contrib-
uted to about 17% of the
overall shipments in
2021, registering 6x
growth compared to
2020. “Intense competi-
tion among OEMs,
availability of cheaper
5G chipsets and declin-
ing prices of 5G devices
will enable brands to
push more 5G devices
into the market. The
price of entry-level 5G
devices has come down
by 40% in the last six
months. The increase in
affordability of 5G de-
vices has been a key
reason for high 5G
smartphone adoption,”
it noted. —PTI
New Delhi: India
has set up a target of
$500 billion exports
for the 2022-23 fiscal,
a top government of-
ficial said on Friday,
contending that the
COVID-19 pandemic
has taught the coun-
try to “reimagine”
world trade. In De-
cember 2021, exports
stood at $37.8 billion,
the highest-ever for
any month.
“We are bang on
target to touch $400
billion for the cur-
rent fiscal. So far in
the first nine months,
the country’s exports
were to the tune of
$301.38 billion,” he
said. Chandra said
India is targeting $1
trillion exports by
2027. “The apprehen-
sion that COVID-19
would lead to a sharp
decline in foreign
trade has turned out
to be negative. How-
ever, the pandemic
has taught us to re-
imagine world
trade,” he said.
The fulcrum of in-
ternational trade has
shifted from Europe
and the United States
to South East Asia,
DGFT official said.
He also said that
the world is moving
away from multilat-
eral trade agree-
ments to bilateral
ones, and India is
presently in the pro-
cess of entering into
six FTAs.
Chandra said go-
ing ahead, artificial
intelligence and oth-
er forms of technol-
ogy will become im-
portant in matters
relating to trade.—PTI
New Delhi: India’s farm
exports are likely to touch
a record $50 billion in FY22, led by a sharp growth in
shipments of rice and marine, meat and poultry items.
Export of rice is likely to touch $9.5 billion in value
terms, accounting for about half of the global rice ex-
port market, the officials said, adding that non-Basmati
rice shipments are likely to clock $5.8 billion. “We ex-
pect farm exports to reach the highest and record $50
billion this year,” said the official. In the April to Nov
2021 period, export of agricultural products, including
marine and plantation, amounted to $31.05 billion, up
from $25.2 billion in the year-ago period. —Agencies
India aiming at $500
bn exports for FY23
New Delhi: Cryptocurrencies sank on Friday taking
Bitcoin to the lowest level in more than five months
as risk aversion again swept across global markets.
The largest cryptocurrency dropped as much as
7.4% to $38,261, while second-ranked Ether slid
below $3,000. Digital tokens
overall have shed some
$1 trillion in value
since a Nov peak.
Other cryptocurren-
cies also dropped,
such as Binance Coin,
Cardano and Solana.
—Agencies
BITCOIN PLUNGES TO LOWEST
LEVEL SINCE AUGUST 2021
New Delhi: For the first time since its market
debut, Zomato shares have dropped below their
listing price, largely because of non-stop selling
in the last four sessions. On Friday, the scrip fell
another 10% to hit a fresh 52-week low of
`113.15. With this, the scrip also
slipped below the listing price of
`115 on NSE. The stock has
fallen nearly 17% in four
sessions. The stock’s
market cap also fell
below `1 lakh crore
during the crash.
—Agencies
ZOMATO SLIDS BELOW LISTING
PRICE; M-CAP DOWN `1 TN MARK
Mumbai: Extending its losses for the fourth straight
session, equity benchmark Sensex slumped 427
points on Friday, tracking weakness in Bajaj Fin-
serv, LT and Infosys amid a widespread sell-off
in global markets. Relentless foreign fund outflows
further weighed on the bourses, traders
said. The 30-share BSE index ended
427.44 points or 0.72% lower at
59,037.18. Similarly, the NSE Nifty
plunged 139.85 points or 0.79% to
17,617.15. Bajaj Finserv was the
top laggard in the Sensex pack,
shedding 5.37%, followed by
Tech Mahindra, Tata Steel. —PTI
SENSEX CRASHES 427 POINTS,
NIFTY DIPS TO 17,617
New Delhi: Shares of One 97 Communications,
owners of Paytm brand, on Friday plunged to a new
low, skidding for the 13th instance in the last 14
sessions amid selling in internet-based tech stocks.
On NSE, the scrip hit a lifetime low of `952, down
about 4%. It is now down 56% from its IPO price of
`2,150. The market cap of the company
fell to a low of `62,000
crore. Paytm is now even
closer to the most bearish
target price of `900 on the
counter, set by Macquarie
analysts.
—Agencies
PAYTM SHARES FALL ANOTHER
4% TO HIT LIFETIME LOW
RILQ3:Netprofitzooms
41%;firingonallfrontswith
strongJio,Retailgrowth
New Delhi: Reliance
Industries Ltd has re-
ported a 41.5% on-
year jump in net prof-
it to `18,549 crore in
the Oct-Dec quarter
of the current fiscal
year. Total income
soared 52% on-year
basis during the
quarter to reach `1.95
lakh crore. Segment
breakdown of Reli-
ance Industries’ re-
sults shows that the
oil to chemical busi-
ness of RIL reported
a revenue of `1.31
lakh crore, as against
`83,838 crore in the
year-ago period. Jio
Platforms reported a
revenue of `24,176
crore while net profit
came in at `3,795
crore. ARPU im-
proved to `151.6. The
retail business of RIL
delivered all-time
high revenue of
`57,714 crore and a
net profit of `2,259
crore. “Our digital
services business has
delivered broad
based, sustainable,
and profitable growth
through improved
customer engage-
ment and subscriber
mix,” said Mukesh
Ambani. —FIB
FARM EXPORTS
EXPECTED TO TOUCH
RECORD $50 BN
New Delhi: Gems and jewel-
lery exports in the April-Dec 2021
period grew by 5.76% to $29.08 bil-
lion on account of healthy demand, the
GJEPC said on Friday. It said that exports in Dec
2021 rose by 29.49% to $3.04 billion. “Holiday
and festive demand was robust in important trad-
ing centres such as the USA, Hong Kong. And we
have every reason to believe that this momentum
will carry through the end of FY2022, bringing
us closer to the set target of $41.67 billion in
exports,” GJEPC chairman said. —PTI
GEMS, JEWELLERY
EXPORTS UP 5.76%
IN APRIL-DECEMBER
COVID-19 has taught country to ‘reimagine’ world trade: DGFT Official
FinMin eases
expenditure
norms to spur
spending in
last quarter
B2BSPENDINGEXPECTEDTOGROW10.3%
India smartphone market logs 169 million
units shipment in 2021, highest till date
DoT mops up `69,179 cr from telecos
New Delhi: The De-
partment of Telecom-
munications has col-
lected `69,179 crore as
non-tax revenue dues
from telcos so far,
comfortably surpass-
ing the `54,886 crore
estimated from the
communications sec-
tor for FY22 in the
Budget. “This figure
is likely to go up in the
next few months as
telecom operators will
deposit their third
and fourth quarter
statutory dues,” a sen-
ior official said. More
than half of the pay-
ments have come from
Reliance Jio Info-
comm, which deposit-
ed over `41,000 crore.
New Delhi: The avia-
tion ministry is likely
to hold discussions
with industry stake-
holders and the DoT
before the launch of
5G mobile broadband
services in India to deal
with concerns over
these airwaves poten-
tially hindering airline
operations across the
country, sources said.
“If there is a concern
or issue that needs to
be addressed, it will be
done,” said an official.
AVIATION MIN
DoT MAY
DISCUSS 5G
CONCERNS
AdaniWilmarsetsIPOpricebandat`218-`230/share
ADANI EXPANDS GREEN PLAN,
EYES FORAY INTO EVs
New Delhi: Along with
steel, Gautam Adani,
India’s second-richest
person and head of the
ports-to-power conglom-
erate Adani Group, may
now be eyeing the auto sector. A trademark has
been registered for the name ‘Adani’, proposed
to be used for vehicles, by SB Adani Family Trust.
The plan is to enter the EV space. —PTI
New Delhi: Telecom major Voda-
fone Idea on Friday said its con-
solidated losses for the quarter
ending December 2021 expanded
to `7,230.9 crore from `4,532.1 crore
compared with the corresponding
quarter last year. The revenue
from operations for the quarter
also declined 10.80% year-on-year
to `9,717 crore from `10,894 crore.
Average revenue per user (ARPU)
for the quarter stood at `115 versus
`109 in prior quarter, a QoQ in-
crease of 5.2%. —Agencies
New Delhi: SBI Life Insurance
onFridayreporteda56%risein
net profit at `364 crore for the
third quarter ended December.
The private sector insurer’s
profit stood at `233 crore in the
same quarter of the previous
fiscal, according to a regulatory
filing. While, LIC-promoted
IDBIBank reporteda53%jump
in standalone net profit at `578
crore and HDFC Life re-
ported a 3% increase in
net profit to `273.65
crore. —PTI
Vi Q3 loss widens
to `7,231 crore
SBI Life,IDBI Bank Q3
profit up 56,53% resp
Mukesh Ambani

NEWS
09
First India Bureau
Udaipur : Mines, Petro-
leum and Animal Hus-
bandry Minister
Pramod Jain Bhaya
took a meeting with the
office bearers of
Udaipur Division’s
Mines Association and
departmental officers
at Udaipur Chamber of
Commerce and Indus-
try
. In the meeting, sug-
gestions and proposals
were sought from the
people associated with
mining business re-
garding the upcoming
mining policy of the
state. Minister said that
nature has given im-
mense mineral wealth
in whole of Rajasthan.
He said it is our endeav-
or that our mining policy
can become number one
in the whole country
.
Pramod Bhaya seeks suggestions
from industrialists on mining policy
KARBALA ISSUE: MUSLIM BODIES
HOLD DEMO AGAINST COPS’ INACTION
Jaipur: The dispute between the office bearers
of Muslim organizations and police personnel
in Karbala region is gaining momentum.
Demonstrations demanding action against the
police personnel were held at 40 different places
in Jaipur after the Friday namaz. Demonstrating
outside the mosque in Johri Bazaar, the officials of
Muslim organisations said that no action has been
taken against the guilty officials after an ultimatum
of 7 days to the police, therefore more protests
will be organised all over the city.
NEWS DIGEST
THREE JODHPUR YOUTHS BURNT
ALIVE IN SURAT TEXTILE MILL FIRE
Jodhpur : Three youths, including two real
brothers of Bapini village of Jodhpur, were
burnt alive in a fire that broke out at a textile
mill in Palsana in Gujarat’s Surat on Thursday.
All three had gone there to do woodwork.
The father had gone to meet his acquaint-
ance and slept there.In this way his life was
saved.A fire broke out in Palsana-based
Soumya Processing Pvt Ltd on Thursday.
Cong, BJP gird up their loins
for upcoming Budget session
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: The ruling
Congress and the Oppo-
sition BJP have girded
up their loins for the
upcoming Budget ses-
sion in February. The
Session is likely to be
stormy as the Opposi-
tion is gearing up to
corner the sate govern-
ment over issues like
gang rape, law and or-
der. The Agriculture
budget will be present-
ed separately for the
first time.
After the expansion
of the Council of Minis-
ters, the floor manage-
ment of the House will
also be changed. Chief
Whip Dr. Mahesh Joshi
will now appear in the
role of PHED Minister.
Till now the MLAs, Ma-
hendrajeet Singh
Malviya, Hemaram
Choudhary, Ramesh
Meena, Vishvendra Sin-
gh, Ramlal Jat, Govind
Meghwal, Shakuntala
Rawat, Brijendra Ola,
Murari Lal Meena, Ra-
jendra Singh Gudha
and Zahida will be seen
as new ministers.
RESPONSIBILITIES IN CONGRESS TEAM BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY
l UDH and Parliamentary
Affairs Minister Shanti
Dhariwal to command the
floor management
l PCC Chief Govind
SSingh Dotasara to
counter the attacks of the
opposition
l PHED Minister and
Chief Whip Dr. Mahesh
Joshi will aide Dhariwal in
floor management
l Agriculture Minister Lal
Chand Kataria will create
history by presenting
Agriculture budget for the
first time
l Deputy Chief Whip Ma-
hendra Chaudhary to tell
the subject to Congress
MLAs during the session
l Food Minister Pratap
Singh Khachariyawas to
blunt the opposition edge
l WCD Minister Mamta
Bhupesh as a strong
speaker to face sharp
opposition
l Disaster Relief Minister
Govind Meghwal expert in
talking about social issues
l Minister of State
Subhash Garg expert in
speaking on policy issues
l Leader of Opposi-
tion Gulab Chand Kataria
responsible for opposition
unity in the House
l Deputy Leader of the
Opposition Rajendra
Rathore responsible for
floor management
l BJP state president
Satish Poonia to make
legislators aware of burn-
ing topics
l Whip of BJP Legisla-
ture Party Jogeshwar Garg
responsible for covering
hot topics
l MLA Kalicharan Saraf
expert in raising burning
issues
l MLA Madan Dilawar a
master of creating panic
with sharp speech
l MLA Vasudev Dev-
nani known for his grip on
policy issues
l MLA and BJP spokes-
person Ramlal Sharma
skilled intelligence and
able to speak
Girl abducted by classmate at gunpoint, gang-raped
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: A minor girl
was abducted at gun-
point and later gang-
raped in Barmer. Inci-
dent took place under
Sheo police station area
in Barmer. Victim al-
leged that her classmate
kidnapped her at the
gunpoint and later took
her to an isolated loca-
tion where he and his
friends raped her. Pus-
pendra Singh Aada,
deputy superintendent
of police at SC/ST cell
in Barmer confirmed
the incident.
According to the in-
formation, victim fa-
ther lodged a case at
Sheo police station al-
leging that on January
16, a man had kid-
napped her daughter at
gunpoint and later took
her at an isolated loca-
tion where he and his
some friends raped his
daughter.
Anjana: One-
time settlement
scheme for
farmers soon
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur : Cooperative
Minister Uday Lal
Anjana said that gov-
ernment will bring one-
time settlement scheme
to provide relief to the
farmers due to Corona.
He said that the farm-
ers taking agricultural
and non-agricultural
loans through Central
Co-operative Banks and
Primary Land Develop-
ment Banks would get
the benefit of this
scheme, so that the
farmer would be able to
repay the loan easily
.
Anjana informed
that along with reduc-
ing the interest rate on
the loans of farmers
through the one-time
settlement scheme, the
term and penal interest
will also be reduced. Re-
lief will also be given to
such term loanee farm-
ers who have died.
Pali woman doctor
duped of Rs 55 lakh
First India Bureau
Pali: A woman doctor
Dr Deepika Chaudhary
was duped of Rs 55 lakh
in Pali by making her
enroll for PG after she
had completed her
MBBS. A youth from
Delhi deceived the fe-
male after making fake
documents on the pre-
text of getting her an
admission. The wom-
an’s suspicions were
aroused when she did
not receive any email
confirming her admis-
sion. When she asked
the accused to return
her money, he started
avoiding her and this
continued for a year. A
case has been regis-
tered at the Kotwali po-
lice station.
MARRIED WOMAN GANG-RAPED IN
UDAIPUR, TWO ACCUSED ARRESTED
Udaipur: In a horrific
incident, a married
woman walking alone
in Baghpura area of
Jhadol PS was alleg-
edly gang-raped.
While two accused
have been arrested
and another accused
is absconding. Three
men reportedly riding
a bike approached the
woman. Two of them
dragged the woman to
a field and fled after
gangraping her. The
second accused who
was held is Bherulal
Pargi.
Rajendra Rathore
@Rajendra4BJP
The incident of
gang-rape with
a tribal woman
in Udaipur is
a stigma on the forehead
of the deaf and dumb state
government. According to
the NCRB, the honour of 15
Ablas is robbed every day in
Rajasthan and there are many
such Ablas who do not come
forward to save their honour
despite being victims of cruelty.
ACB nets co-op official
with Rs 15k bribe
First India Bureau
Pali/ Sri Gangana-
gar: The sleuths of
Anti-Corruption Bu-
reau (ACB) caught the
administrator of the
Village Service Coop-
erative Society situated
on Jodhpur Road in Bar
town under Raipur sub-
division of the district
while he was taking a
bribe of Rs 15,000 on
Friday. ACB sources
saidtheaccusedShakur
Khan had demanded
10% commission to dis-
burse the Rs 1.5 lakh
grant given by the gov-
ernment to the com-
plainant.
LDC CAUGHT
RED-HANDED
In Sri Ganganagar, An-
ti-Corruption Bureau
caught a lower division
clerk (LDC) of the Gram
Panchayat red-handed
when he was taking
bribe on Friday
. The ac-
cused had demanded Rs
6,500 for changing the
muster roll. After pay-
ing him an advance of
Rs 1,500, the complain-
ant approached the in-
vestigative agency, who
in turn laid a dragnet.
TECH ASSITANT
HELD TAKING
RS 20K BRIBE
Jaipur: ACB arrested
Junior technical as-
sistant Nahar Singh
red-handed taking a
bribe of Rs 20,000 at
Sambhar in Jaipur.
The accused was de-
manding Rs 2.50 lakh
from the complainant
in lieu of payment of
pending bills, said an
ACB official.
Pramod Jain Bhaya addressing the meet in Udaipur.
Accused Shakur Khan
Main accused in police
custody in Udaipur.
Abhishek Srivastava
Jaipur: Urban Develop-
ment Housing advi-
sor GS Sandhu held a
meeting regarding
problems faced in the
Prashasan Shehron ke
Sang campaign here on
Friday
.
A workshop was or-
ganized at the district
level in the past to re-
view the functioning of
the bodies. In the meet-
ing, Sandhu decided on
simplification of proce-
dure.
Several leases are get-
ting stuck. For lands
which were once noti-
fied under the UIT Act
and notification was is-
sued under Section 32
but later the bodies did
not take any further ac-
tion and the notifica-
tion got lapsed, Sandhu
gave instructions to is-
sue guidance in the
matter.
Besides, Sandhu
sought to issue clarifi-
cation in matters where
agricultural land which
was later registered due
to being populated land
got recorded in the rev-
enue record and has
been stuck.
GS Sandhu asks officials to
clear stuck leases at PSKS
GS Sandhu
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur : The Cabinet
expansion undertaken
byChief MinisterAshok
Gehlot has brought the
‘political waves’ to a
halt, however now an-
other kind of trouble
seems to be brewing up.
Although, it is not a ma-
jor issue, nonetheless, it
isanissuethatwarrants
attention and addressal,
immediately
.
The budget session of
the Rajasthan assembly
will start from next
month. However, prior
to the session the state
government will have
to decide on a new face
for the position of Chief
Whip. This is due to the
fact that while till now
Mahesh Joshi holds the
charge of Chief Whip,
but after cabinet expan-
sion, when he was in-
ducted in Gehlot cabi-
net and appointed as
PHED Minister, he can
carry out only one role,
according to the one
person, one post policy
of Congress party.
Therefore, after being
inducted in cabinet,
Joshi will have to leave
the position of Chief
Whip and in all proba-
bility, deputy whip Ma-
hendra Choudhary may
be elevated to the posi-
tion of Chief Whip.
Mahendra Choudhary to take
on Joshi’s mantle in Assembly?
Mahendra Choudhary
3.14L PEOPLE AGREE
TO DONATE ORGANS
VIADRIVINGLICENCES
RAJASTHAN LEADS IN
ORGAN DONATION
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Ra-
jasthan government
under the leadership
of Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot, is mak-
ing efforts to prevent
road accidents in the
state. The initiative of
Transport and Road
Safety Department to
promote organ dona-
tion through driving
license has now taken
the form of a big cam-
paign in the country
.
In the year 2018, an
initiative was taken
by the department to
print the ‘heart sign’
with the ‘organ donor’
logo on the license
card. On seeing the
‘logo’ on the license, it
can be easy for the
doctor and the police-
man to get consent for
the organ donation of
the deceased from
his/her relatives.
l Minister of Transport Road
Safety Brijendra Singh Ola
and Transport Commissioner
Mahendra Soni are shaping this
initiative as a campaign. Now the
department will encourage the
general public to give consent for
the license via this mega drive.
l Rajasthan as the first state in the
country, made the declaration
of organ donation mandatory in
the online application form for
driving license in August 2020.
Without the declaration, the ap-
plication form does not proceed.
l The result of this innovative ini-
tiative was that till January 21,
more than 3,14,243 permanent
license applicants gave their
consent for organ donation.
A NOBLE INITIATIVE
—REPRESENTATIONAL PIC

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