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First India Bureau
New Delhi: Both Hous-
es of the Parliament
were adjourned sine die
on Friday morning, a
weekaheadof thesched-
ule. The Winter Session
of Parliament, which
started on December 7,
was to otherwise end on
December 29. Adjourn-
ing RS Sabha Chairper-
son Jagdeep Dhankhar
talked about the impor-
tance of taking neces-
sary precautions to pre-
vent Covid-19 spread.
Session saw heated de-
bates over Tawang. P5
Winter Session ends, both Houses
of Parliament adjourned sine die
Houses record over
100% productivity
till Wednesday
(L) LS Speaker Om Birla, PM Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and UPA Chairperson
Sonia Gandhi attend customary meeting at end of Winter Session of the Parl on Friday. RS Chairman
Jagdeep Dhankhar greets as he conducts the proceedings of the House in New Delhi on Friday.
During the Tenth Session of the 17th Lok
Sabha, 13 sittings were held and Lok Sabha
sat for 68 hours and 42 minutes. The pro-
ductivity of the House during the Session was 97 per
cent and many important legislative businesses were
transacted. —Om Birla, Lok Sabha Speaker
RAM-SETU TO HELP BJP CROSS OVER
‘ELECTORAL SEA’ TO 2024 VICTORY?
Kartikey Dev Singh
New Delhi: With the
BJP already in 2024
election mode and for
this purpose it is al-
ready treating each and
every election, be it as-
sembly, bypoll or even
local body, with a sense
of extreme importance,
there is a word going
around in party’s ‘top
echelons’ that saffron
party will play its big-
gest masterstroke of
recent times in 2024!
Rumour going on ‘rel-
evantcircles’isthatthere
is a strategy to make
‘ModiSarkar3.0’ through
Ramsetu! Will PM Modi
himself contest from Ra-
manathapuram seat?
It is said that BJP top
leadership is doing ‘ex-
ercise’ on this new
strategy to strengthen
South to compensate for
possible losses in North
India because recently
many constituents of
NDA have separated
from BJP. Probably
Kashi Tamil Sanga-
mam in Varanasi is also
a part of this strategy
However, Ram-
anathapuram is also the
birthplace of former
President Abdul Kalam
and it is from here
where the Ramsetu
starts from which Shri
Ram had crossed into
Lanka. Moreover,
Rameshwaram, one
of 12 Jyotirlingas, is
also located in Ram-
anathapuram, TN.
In such a situation,
if BJP wins from this
seat, then 2 big roads
will open. Firstly, BJP
will make a big dent in
Cong bastion of South
and2ndisthatModiwill
be accepted in Mus-
lim-majority
area.
Among Governors, only Satyapal
Malik stood against the Centre: Gehlot
Ravi Katara
Bharatpur: CM Ashok
Gehlot on Friday said
that former Governor
Satyapal Malik was
only among the Gover-
nors who took stand
against Centre. “Satya-
pal Malik ji, despite be-
ing the Governor, did
not leave any stone un-
turned in pulling the
Central government,
which happens very
rarely
. He always talked
about farmers. Look at
the courage of the farm-
ers. Satypal ji himself
kept saying that the
farmers were sitting in
the winter, the whole
country was with them
in the fight of the farm-
ers. Charan Singh ji
was the inspiration of
the farmers. That’s why
the farmers won,” Ge-
hlot said while address-
ing an event of Kisan
Sabha. More on P8
Chaudhary Charan
Singh was an
inspiration for
farmers, said CM in
eventonChaudhary’s
120th birth anniv
TRUCK FALLS INTO GORGE IN NORTH SIKKIM
16 ARMY BRAVEHEARTS
‘MARTYRED’
First India Bureau
Zema: As many as 16
Army personnel were
killed and 4 injured on
Friday after a truck they
were travelling in skid-
ded down a steep slope
whilenegotiatingasharp
turn at Zema in North
Sikkim, the Army said.
The “ill-fated vehicle”
was part of a three-vehi-
cle convoy that moved
from Chatten in the
morning towards the
Thangu area. En route
at Zema, the vehicle
skidded down a steep
slope while negotiating
a sharp turn, PRO Lieu-
tenant Colonel Mahen-
dra Rawat said. Prez
Droupadi Murmu, PM
Modi, Amit Shah, Ra-
jnath Singh expressed
grief over the death.
A rescue mission was immediately
launched, 4 injured soldiers were
air evacuated from accident spot
President Murmu, PM Modi, HM
Shah, Rajnath, others condole the
deaths of Indian Army personnel
Nasal Covid vaccine cleared
for use; on CO-WIN soon!
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Health
Minister Dr Mansukh
Mandaviya said that
Bharat Biotech nasal
vaccine has been ap-
proved as a booster
dose. Bharat Biotech’s
intranasal Covid vac-
cine will be available in
private centres and will
be introduced on CoW-
IN on Friday evening.
“The government of
India has approved the
Nasal vaccine. It will be
used as a heterologous
booster and will be
available first in private
hospitals. It will be in-
cluded in Covid vacci-
nation program from
Friday evening,” offi-
cial sources said.
CHINA REPORTS 37 MN
COVID CASES IN A DAY
Beijing: China may have
reported 37 million coro-
navirus cases in a day this
week, making it the largest
single-day spike ever, as
per a report which quoted
an estimate from the
government’s top health
authority.
SALIENT FEATURES
 This needless jab
will be India’s first such
booster dose
 It will be adminis-
tered to people above
18 years age
 Pricing of the vac-
cine will be decided
soon by the dept
 It will be made avail-
able in govt and private
facilities
HIGHLIGHTS
 BF.7 variant of coro-
navirus not worrisome
for India, assures senior
scientist Rakesh Mishra
 India fully prepared to
deal with coronavirus situ-
ation: Jyotiraditya Scindia
 India ready to send
fever drugs to China amid
alarming Covid surge
 3 int’l passengers from
Australia, China, +ve in Guj
NATIONWIDE COVID
MOCK DRILL ON TUE
A mock drill to test Covid
emergency preparedness
would be conducted
in hospitals across the
country on Tue, Dec 27.
Dr Mansukh Mandaviya
will also be participating
in drill. The mock drill is
being conducted amid fear
of a Covid surge in the
wake of a spurt of Covid
cases reported globally.
JAIPUR l SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2022 l Pages 12 l 3.00 l RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 4 l Issue No. 198
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for `167 crore
during IPL Mini
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Kochi on Friday
 405 players
are part of the IPL
2023 auctions,
including 273
Indian players
 Joshua Little
becomes first
Irish player to play
in IPL; GT buy
pacer for
`4.4 crore
 Mohit Sharma
is back in the IPL.
Gujarat Titans
secure his services
for `50 Lakh
 Mayank Dagar
has a big day,
purchased by SRH
in `1.8 crore after
a huge bidding war
 Bengal pacer
Mukesh Kumar will
represent DC in
IPL 2023. Mukesh
Kumar joins them
for `5.5 crore
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CHARLES SOBHRAJ
RELEASED, SAYS “I
FEEL VERY GREAT”
Kathmandu: Confessed
French serial killer Charles
Sobhraj also known as
“The Serpent” was freed
from prison in Nepal on
Friday after serving most
of his sentence for the
murders of American and
Canadian backpackers.
BAIL TO RIYAZ KAZI IN
ANTILIA BOMB SCARE
& HIREN MURDER CASE
DELHI COURT EXTENDS
AAFTAB’S JUDICIAL
CUSTODY BY 14 DAYS
Mumbai: The Bombay High
Court on Friday granted bail
to Riyaz Kazi, co accused
with Sachin Vaze in the
Antilia bomb scare and
Mansukh Hiren murder
case. The court directed
Riyaz Kazi’s release on a
bail of Rs 25,000.
New Delhi: Delhi’s
Saket court on Friday
extended the judicial
custody of accused Aaftab
Amin Poonawala in the
Shraddha Walkar murder
case by a further 14 days.
The next date of hearing is
on January 6, 2023.
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CBI ARRESTS FORMER
ICICI CEO CHANDA
KOCHHAR, HUSBAND
VIDEOCON LOAN CASE
New Delhi: The CBI has
arrested former managing
director and chief executive
officer of ICICI Bank Chanda
Kochhar and her husband
Deepak Kochhar in a loan
fraud case. Both Chanda
Kochhar and her husband
were arrested from New
Delhi by the CBI after a
long investigation into a
money laundering case
involving the bank and the
Videocon Group, a consumer
electronics and oil and gas
exploration company. Chanda
Kochhar quit ICICI Bank in
October 2018 over allegations
of irregularities in loans
provided to the Videocon
Group when she was heading
the private sector bank.
KERALA JOURNO
KAPPAN GETS BAIL
AFTER 2 YEARS
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Kerala-based
journalist Siddique Kap-
pan, who was lodged in
a Uttar Pradesh jail after
his arrest in October
2020
while he
was on
his way to
Hathras in
the state,
where a
Dalit woman had died af-
ter allegedly being raped,
has been granted bail by
the High Court on Friday
in a money laundering
case. The Dalit woman
had died at a Delhi hos-
pital a fortnight after she
was allegedly gang-raped
on September 14, 2020.
Vaibhav Gehlot elected as
RCA President unopposed
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Vaibhav Gehlot
will be elected unop-
posedtothepostof Pres-
ident of RCA as rebel
Giriraj Sanadhya and
Nandu faction, who had
stood against Vaibhav,
has decided to withdraw
nomination. In such a
situation, the victory of
all 6 candidates of Dr CP
Joshi faction including
Vaibhav has been con-
firmed. This will be 1st
time in history of RCA
thatallpostsinRCAwill
be elected unopposed on
posts including Prez. P3
Vaibhav Gehlot submitting nomination to Sunil Arora in presence
of Kashwini Gehlot and Mahendra Sharma on December 20.
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Army personnel seen near the wrecked remains of an Army truck in Zema area of Sikkim on Friday.
Ashok Gehlot @ashokgehlot51
Deeply saddened by the loss
of lives of our Army personnel
in a road accident in Sikkim.
The nation shall always remain indebted to
our brave army personnel, who laid down
their lives in the line of duty. My sincere
condolences to the bereaved families.
3 of 16 who were killed
were from Rajasthan.
Those who have died are
Lance Naik Manoj Kumar
from Jhunjhunu, Subedar
Guman Singh from Jaisalmer
and Sukharam from Jodhpur.
CM Ashok Gehlot addresses
public at Bharatpur on Friday.
BJP USING COVID AS EXCUSE TO STOP
BHARAT JODO YATRA, SAYS CM GEHLOT
New Delhi: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said that
Bharat Jodo Yatra ended on December 20 in Rajasthan and
there was no reason for the Union Health Minister to write a
letter about Covid protocol. “BJP is nervous about the Yatra
and the Centre is distracted, while there are big issues like
inflation and unemployment in the country. BJP does not
give any answer on these big issues. The Centre has not yet
issued any guidelines regarding Corona. If issued, the same
will be followed,” CM Ashok Gehlot said. —Aditi Nagar

Kashiram Choudhary
Tonk: Administrator
and MD of Rajasthan
Cooperative Dairy Fed-
eration Sushma Arora
said on Friday that the
future of women associ-
ated with cooperative
dairies is secure. Many
effective steps are being
takenfortheireconomic
and social upliftment.
Arora said this while in-
augurating a 2000 liter
capacity bulk milk cool-
er at Sonari in Tonk.
“Women are an im-
portant link in the coop-
erativedairymovement.
They should join more
and more cooperative
dairies. Women can con-
tribute significantly in
increasing milk collec-
tion. Bulk milk coolers
will prove to be a mile-
stone in increasing milk
collection,” she said.
Arora asked the milk
producers to rear ad-
vanced types of animals
and pay attention to
their health. Arora also
inspected a dairy plant
of 50,000 liters per day
capacity in Malpura.
Along with milk pack-
ing, instructions were
also given to make oth-
er products in the plant
being built at a cost of
Rs 10 crore.
Bharatpur (FIB):
Son of tourism min-
ister Vishwendra
Singh, Anirudh Sin-
gh, on Friday created
a panic by tweeting
just before the visit
of CM Ashok Gehlot
to Bhatarpur.
In a tweet Anirudh
Singh said, “My Gur-
jar and Jat brothers,
today my mother and
I are being prevented
from going to the of-
fice by police. Minis-
ter Subhash has
blocked our way.
Our only fault is that
we are with Sachin
Pilot Ji. We will see!
Let us block the
highway now,”.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: ACS, Mines and
Petroleum, Dr Subodh
Agarwal said that apart
from mining and explo-
rationof mineraloiland
natural gas, Oil India
has now shown interest
in investing in renewa-
ble energy
, especially in
solar and wind energy
and this is the unique
and latest technology of
its kind in the state for
petroleum mining.
Significantly, Oil In-
dia is currently produc-
ing heavy oil and natu-
ral gas in Tanot Dande-
wala and Bagewala in
the state, while explora-
tion work is going on
under petroleum explo-
ration license at five
places in the state.
Oil India’s CMD Dr.
Ranjit Rath has made
this offer during a meet-
ing at Secretariat on Fri-
day
. He said that during
the last discussion, Oil
India CMD Rath was re-
questedtocomeforward
in the field of renewable
energyinthestate.CMD
Oil India Dr Rath in-
formed that Oil India
has a program of invest-
ment of Rs 663 crore in
mining and exploration
in the state by 2025, out
of which Rs 130 crore
has been invested.
Oil India shows interest in Raj
We waived off farmers’
loans, Kataria lying: PSK
PK Agarwal
Chittorgarh: Minister
in-charge Pratap Singh
Khachariyawasreached
Chittorgarh on Friday
and challenged Leader
of Opposition GC Ka-
taria saying that would
Kataria leave politics if
the State government
has waived off the
loans of the farmers
and the govt figures are
available for the same.
He said that seeing the
Bharat Jodo Yatra of
Rahul Gandhi, the Cen-
tral govt took plea of
Corona but there is no
fear of corona.
On the completion of
4 years of the Rajasthan
Govt, Khachariyawas
inaugurated the district
level development exhi-
bition and spoke about
the achievements of the
Rajasthan Government.
During a press confer-
ence, he said that Rs 350
crore loans of 80,000
farmers have been
waived off in Chittor-
garh district itself.
“It is surprising that
despite being an old
man, Gulab Chand Ka-
taria continues to lie.
Ask for statistics
through the Right to In-
formation and every
collector will give you
statistics. Your BJP’s
intention has gone
wrong,” he said.
Govthasfailedtokeeplawand
order under control: Rathore
Ramesh Sharma
Sikar: Attacking the
Congress govt over law
and order, deputy leader
of opposition Rajendra
Rathore on Fridays said
that there is no rule of
law and crime rate is in-
creasing everyday
.
Addressing a Jan
Aakrosh meeting at
Ramlila Maidan in
Neem ka thana, he said
that the govt has failed
to keep law and order
under control and the
cases of loot, dalit atroc-
ities, women harass-
ment, molestation etc.
are increasing daily
.
MLA Chandrakanta
Meghwal also said that
the Congress govt has
failed on all fronts and
people are suffering un-
der the Congress rule.
Former chairman of
soldier welfare board
Prem Singh Bajore also
addressed the meeting
and appealed to the
people to vote for BJP
in the upcoming elec-
tions. He also taunted
local MLA Suresh
Modi for deteriorating
law and order situation
in the area.
Meanwhile, the Vijay
Sankalp rally of former
BJP MLA Gunjal which
was scheduled in Kota
on Dec 25 has been can-
celled due to increasing
cases of Covid.
Anganwadi workers protest
Jaipur (FIB): Angan-
wadi women across
thestatetookouthuge
rally on Friday de-
manding permanent
jobs. State Gen Secy
of Anganwadi Em-
ployees Federation,
Radha Sharma told
that the govt has not
made the Anganwadi
workers permanent
and has not fixed their
minimum salary
.
“We work day and
night to take govt
schemes to masses,
but the govt is not pay-
ing attention,” angan-
wadi workers said.
Rajendra Rathore addressing the gathering in Neem Ka Thana on
Friday. Indira Chaudhary, Hariram Ranwan, Phool Chand Gurjar,
Daulatram Goyal, Suvalal Saini, Surendra Kharwas were also present.
RCDF MD Sushma Arora inspecting the dairy plant in Malpura on
Friday. Durgalal Jat, Jaidev Singh, Subedin Khan are also seen.
Traffic snarls were witnessed on MI Road as thousands of
Anganwadi workers gathered at Shaheed Smarak on Friday to
protest against govt. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
POWER CUTS OF 2-3 HRS
BEGIN ACROSS STATE
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In view of ris-
ing demand of electric-
ityfortheRabicropsin
ongoing agriculture
season,Rajasthanstate
discoms have started
power cuts for one to
three hours from Fri-
day
.It has been decided
that there will be pow-
er cut from 6.30 a.m. to
7.30 a.m. in municipal
towns and villages
having population of
over 5000, from 7.30
a.m. to 8.30 a.m. in dis-
trict headquarters
other than divisional
headquarters, from 5
p.m. to 8 p.m. for indus-
trial connection ex-
cept Japanese invest-
ment zone in industri-
al areas.
However, this deci-
sion will not apply to
water supply, hospital
oxygen centers and
emergency services.
—With agency input
Man stabbed to death in
VKI over minor quarrel
Future of women associated with
RCDF secure,says Sushma Arora
Tweet of Min’s
son creates
uproar
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Some miscre-
ants attacked and killed
a young man named
Shabbir (32) late Thurs-
day night in
the VKI
area of the
city
. The at-
tack took
place near
Vishwakar-
ma Road No.6. Seeing
the horrific incident in
front of their eyes, the
local people screamed at
the miscreants, and af-
ter this, they managed
to escape from the spot.
On getting informa-
tion, police reached the
spot and Shabbir was
admitted to Kanvatia
Hospital, where he died
during treatment. The
police kept the dead
body in the mortuary of
the hospital. As per the
family, the miscreants
attacked Shabbir merci-
lessly and there were
countless stabs in the
stomach and throat. The
deceased Shabbir was
resident of Topkhana
locality located in Chan-
dpole. No complaint of
any kind has been given
so far by the deceased’s
relatives. “Sahbbir was
working with courier
company and there was
a minor quarrel at his
workplace, leading to
his death” police said.
Dr Subodh Agarwal and Dr Ranjit Rath during the meeting on Friday.
During the discussion, Karan Singh Rathore, Neetu Barupal,Agade
Mehdi and other officials were also present.
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from interested bidders up to 5.00 PM on 5-1-2023. Other
particular of bid may be visited on the procurement portal
(http://sppp.rajasthan.gov.in http://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in.)
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Relief to BB Mohanty
from POCSO court
JUDICIARY ROUND-UP
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Retired IAS
BB Mohanty has got
relief from the POCSO
court as
Judge Nar-
endra Sin-
gh Mala-
vat reject-
ed the ap-
plication
filed by SPP Lalita
Sanjeev Maharwal de-
manding to charge Mo-
hanty under Sections
376C376(2)(F)of IPC.
Advocate BS Chau-
han said, “Application
was filed to delay the
case. Prosecution did
not respond to the final
written arguments
presented in 2021.
There is no evidence in
the file of the allega-
tions made by the pros-
ecution.” In the case
registered in 2015 at
Mahesh Nagar police
station, the challan
was presented in 2017
under sections 354, 376
and 377 of IPC.
ANIL K TAMBI’S BAIL PLEA REJECTED
Jaipur: The interim bail application of psychiatrist Anil
Kumar Tambi, who was arrested on December 20 in a case
related to keeping and selling banned drugs without any
valid documents, was rejected by Judge Krishna Swaroop
Chalana in the Special Court for NDPS cases. The court said
in the order that there has been a huge increase in the cases
of medicines containing narcotic/psychoactive substances,
as well as these crimes are against the country and society,
especially the tendency of drug addiction is increasing in
the young generation. Regarding suffering from serious
illness, the court said that there are hospitals in the jail and
in case of incurable illness, the jail administration takes the
prisoners to SMS hospital. Advocate Rajveer Singh had
sought interim bail for Tambi for two months on medical
grounds saying that he was suffering from heart disease.
Pratap S Khachariyawas, Surendra Singh Jadawat, Jogaram, AK
Poswal, Rajan Dushyant, and others launching the booklet on 4
years completion of State government, in Chittorgarh on Friday.
RAJ REELS UNDER COLD, CHURU SHIVERS AT 4.2°C
Cold wave to prevail in northern
Rajasthan amid drop in mercury
Vehicles passing through dense fog at Kotwali Tiraha in Fatehpur on Friday morning
as commuters are seen braving the chill. —PHOTOS BY RAKESH GURJAR
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The mercury
was recorded below 10
degrees Celsius at sev-
eral places in Ra-
jasthan where Churu
registered the lowest
temperature of 4.2 de-
grees Celsius in the
state, the Meteorologi-
cal dept said on Friday
.
Pilani in Jhunjhunu
emerged as the second
coldest place in the
state on Thursday
night, recording a low
of 5.1 degrees Celsius.
It was followed by Si-
kar, Alwar, Nagaur,
Phalodi and Sriganga-
nagar where the mini-
mum temperature
stood at 6, 6.5, 6.9, 7.4
and 7.5 degrees Celsi-
us, respectively. The
night temperature at
other places was above
8 degrees Celsius, ac-
cording to a MeT dept
report. Dense fog cov-
ered northern dis-
tricts of Srigangana-
gar, Bikaner, Churu,
Pilani (Jhunjhunu)
and Alwar on Friday
morning. The depart-
ment predicted that
the weather will re-
main dry in the state
during the next four or
five days.
GOOD NEWS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR AS...
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RAJASTHAN
03
Rajeev Gaur
Jaipur/Jodhpur: The
gas cylinder blast vic-
timsof Bhungravillage
inJodhpurdistricthave
started getting relief af-
ter former CM Vasund-
hara Raje adopted the
village. Large residen-
tial containers have
reachedthereforpeople
to live in, which have at-
tached bathrooms be-
sides beds and chairs.
Packets of food items
are also being distrib-
uted among the people.
The committee
formed by Raje under
the leadership of for-
mer MLA Babu Singh
Rathorehasstartedsur-
veying what other help
should be given. Raje
had reached Bhungra
village 3 days ago and
was deeply hurt to see
the devastation caused
by the gas tragedy
.
Talking to the work-
ers engaged in relief
work on Friday, she
said that it is time to
embrace the victims.
“There is a need to re-
duce the pain that
they have to lose their
loved ones. There
should be no shortage
in arrangements for
them,” she said.
Cylinder blast-hit village adopted by
Raje receives rehabilitation services
NCW team reaches Kota,
to meet victim, students
RTU ‘SEXUAL FAVOUR’ ISSUE
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: A team from Na-
tional Commission for
Women reached Kota
on Friday to inquiry
into the matter of seek-
ing sexual favors from a
female student by an as-
sociate professor of Ra-
jasthan Technical Uni-
versity (RTU).
Meanwhile, another
female student of the
university came out
with similar allegations
against the suspended
professorGirishParmar
and lodged a case of de-
manding sexual favors
and harassment with
Dadabari police station.
NCW’s 3-member
team led by Geeta Bhatt,
member of NCW’s advi-
sory committee, held a
meeting with Kota city
SP Kesar Singh Shekha-
watandtookstockof the
findings, facts and
course of action in the
case against RTU’s sus-
pendedprofessorGarish
Parmar. The case was
filed by a 21-year-old fi-
nal year student of RTU.
‘The team will in-
quire into the matter,
will meet with the vic-
tim and others who are
willing to share some-
thing in the matter’,
Geeta Bhatt said.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Followinganin-
crease in Covid-19 cases
in China, the State Gov-
ernmenthasalsostarted
preparing to prevent the
spreadof coronavirusin
Rajasthan. Secretary of
the Medical and Health
Department Dr Prithivi
on Friday chaired a
meeting of department
officials in the health di-
rectorate and reviewed
the arrangements for
covid management.
During the meeting,
it was decided to con-
duct a serosurvey to
check the immunity of
people and increase the
testing. “All the issues
were discussed in detail
regarding the corona
management. Presently
,
there is no need to wor-
ry for Rajasthan as the
the positivity rate of in
Rajasthan has been only
0.1 per cent in the last
few weeks. Everyday
testing of five thousand
people is being done and
it has been directed to
increase the testing,”
said Dr Prithvi.
“The microbiology
department of SMS
Hospital has been made
the nodal agency for
conducting the serosur-
vey
. The survey is being
conducted to know the
immunity status of the
people.,” added Secre-
tary Dr Prithvi.
Kota (FIB): In yet an-
other case of suicide in
Rajasthan’s Kota city, a
16-year-old coaching
student ended his life
by hanging himself
from a ceiling fan in his
hostel room, taking the
total number of such
cases to 15 this year.
The inci-
dent was
reported in
the Indira
Vihar area
under the
J a w a h a r
Nagar police station on
Friday
.
Police identified the
deceased as Aniket Ku-
mar (18), a resident of
Bareilly in Uttar
Pradesh (UP).
Kumar had passed
class 12th and was pre-
paring to crack the Na-
tional Eligibility cum
Entrance Test-Under
Graduate (NEET-UG)
for the last 3 years, po-
lice said.
A suicide note was
recovered from his hos-
tel room, however, it is
yet to be examined, Cir-
cle Officer (CO), Jawa-
har Nagar police sta-
tion area, DSP Amar
Singh said.
Kumar’s record is be-
ing collected from the
coaching institute and
hostel, he said, adding
that his body was placed
in the mortuary for
postmortem after the
arrival of his family
members.
Jaipur: Jaipur International Airport has put in place all
necessary measures to implement the latest COVID-19 guide-
lines on international passengers arriving in India. The new
guidelines take effect from 24th December 2022. As per the
directives, by Union Government, about 2 per cent passen-
gers arriving from all other countries will have to undergo
random post arrival testing at the airport. Separate testing
booths have been set up with the team of medical staff in the
arrival section of JIAL. Travellers will leave the sample and
will be allowed to leave the airport. In case any traveller is
found positive, the sample would be sent for Genomic testing
at the designated laboratory.
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: Following
DGP Umesh Mishra’s
initiatives, the Ra-
jasthan police set pri-
orities for 2023. Apart
from the traditional
priorities, this time
the police have set
some new targets.
By strengthening
criminal infor-
mation, action
against history-
sheeter hardcore
habitual crimi-
nals is the first
priority. Strict
preventive and
punitive action against
drug and illegal arms
trafficking, timely dis-
posal of crimes against
women, children
and weaker sec-
tions, planned ef-
forts to trace
missing chil-
dren, effective
control and legal
action against
land mafia and crimi-
nals who commit eco-
nomic crimes are in-
cluded.
First India Bureau
Banswara: A jeep full
of school students col-
lided with a dumper
coming from the front
late on Thursday night.
Two children died and
14 were injured in the
accident. Amidst hue
and cry
, the children
were taken to Kalinjara
CHC. The accident hap-
pened near Karji mode
ontheBanswara-Dahod
highway
. Three serious-
lyinjuredchildrenwere
takentothedistricthos-
pital, from where every-
one was referred to the
city hospital.
15 children of Saint
Paul’s School in the
Kalinjara area of Ban-
swara were returning
home at night after re-
hearsing for the an-
nual festival to be held
a day later.
The 12-year-old Mi-
tansh and Vidit Chan-
dravat died in the acci-
dent, while 10 others
were injured.
From P1…
Vinod Saharan, the
treasurer candidate
from the Nandu fac-
tion, said, “For the bet-
terment of state crick-
et, we have decided to
withdraw the name. In
such a situation, our
candidates have with-
drawn their names on
all the 6 posts includ-
ing the post of Presi-
dent. We will work to-
gether with RCA Presi-
dent Vaibhav Gehlot
for the betterment of
Rajasthan cricket in
future as well, so that
the cricket of the state
can be made better.”
Earlier on Thursday,
RCA Chief Electoral
Officer Sunil Arora re-
leased the final list of
candidates after scru-
tiny
. Under this, 13 can-
didates were in the fray
for 6 posts of RCA. The
candidates were given
time till 6 pm to with-
draw their nomina-
tions.
SIT RECORDS STUDENTS’ STATEMENTS,
PROTEST HELD FOR CBI INQUIRY
CHILD PANEL TAKES COGNISANCE IN
RTU CASE, SEEKS FACTUAL REPORT
Kota: City SP Kesar Singh Shekhawat
on Thursday formed a special investiga-
tion team (SIT) to probe into the case
against the professor and the male
student who was also arrested with the
professor. The SIT, headed by additional
superintendent of police (crime against
women) comprises investigating officer
DSP Amar Singh and experts of cyber
and technical cell. The team began
investigation on Friday and reached
RTU, where the officers recorded the
statements of the students. The NCW
team was also there in RTU that inter-
acted with students and held meeting
with the officials of the university. At the
same time, the students of JDB college
held a protest against the accused and
demanded a CBI inquiry in the matter.
Barmer: The Rajasthan State Commission
for Protection of Child Rights (RSCPCR)
has taken cognisance
in the matter of RTU.
RSCPCR Chairperson
Sangeeta Beniwal
said that a factual re-
port has been sought
from the district
administration in this
regard and the faculty
concerned has been
terminated from services. While speaking
to reporters during an annual function
of a school in Barmer, Sangeeta Beniwal
said, “Every day a public hearing is held
by the commission. In the RTU matter, a
detailed factual report has been sought
from the district administration.”
Panel head urges girl students to
come forward and tell everything
Members of the NCW panel at Rajasthan Technical University in Kota on Friday.
Food kits arrive at the village adopted by Vasundhara Raje to
carry out the rehabilitation works, in Jodhpur on Friday.
Cricketers Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Hooda, Kamlesh
Nagarkoti and others during a Ranji Trophy match in
Jaipur on Friday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
An injured student is being treated at district hospital on Friday.
Medical and Health Department Secretary Dr Prithivi and other
officials hold Covid-19 review meeting in Jaipur on Friday.
The three-member committee meets
Kota SP, takes stock of the issue
Covid threat: Govt to boost
testing, conduct serosurvey
JAIPUR AIRPORT RAMPS UP SAFETY
MEASURES AGAINST BF.7 THREAT
Timely disposal of cases,traffic
mgmt among priorities for ’23: DGP
School jeep, dumper
collide in Banswara, 2
students die, 14 hurt
Will work together
with Vaibhav: Saharan
Kota:Another
student kills
self, toll reaches
15 this year
RANJI TROPHY

PERSPECTIVE
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Printed and published by
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Editor-In-Chief: Dr Jagdeesh Chandra
Editor: Anita Hada Sangwan
responsible for selection of news
under the PRB Act
Amit Shah
@AmitShah
Former Prime Minister Chaudhary
Charan Singh ji fought for the interests
of farmers throughout his life. He
believed that prosperous farmers and
strong agriculture system are the
foundation of bright India. Remembering
Chaudhary Saheb on his birth
anniversary, I bow down to him and
wish everyone a Happy Farmer’s Day.
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur
The news of the casualties of jawans in
a road accident in Sikkim is extremely
distressing. My heartfelt condolences
are with the families of the victims. I
wish speedy recovery of the injured.
May God give place to the departed
brave souls at his holy feet. Om Shanti!
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Enter through the narrow
gate. For wide is the gate
and broad is the road that
leads to destruction, and
many enter through it.
—Bible
IN-DEPTH
BHARAT JODO
YATRA IS SET TO
ENTER A DIFFICULT
TERRITORY
harat Jodo Yatra may
notachieveitsgoal(s)
but it continues to
roll on. From Hary-
ana it is expected to
enter Delhi on Saturday and
reach the Red Fort unmindful of
the Covid-19 warning issued by
the Union Health Ministry.
Masks are on but social distanc-
ing is not possible when a crowd
accompanies a leader. It will be
interesting to see if the march-
ers are allowed to enter Delhi
while Covid-19 protocols are not
in place. There is apprehension
that it may be stopped. Will the
Congress gain any political
mileage if it is?
That may not happen and the
BJP may not lose any brownie
points either as it is too strongly
placed. It is the outcome of any
political move that eventually
decides its success or failure.
The Yatra’s objectives of fight-
ing fear, bigotry and prejudice
are laudable but the acceptabil-
ity of those objectives by the
masses is doubtful. That will
make Yatra’s unspoken agenda
of Congress revival difficult.
TOP TWEETS
B
nce again the is-
sue of Muslims’
insecurity has
cropped up. This
time it has been
raised by Rashtriya Janata
Dal’s senior leader Abdul
Bari who said that he has
asked his children to find a
job abroad and, if possible,
settle there as Muslims were
insecure in India. Bari said
that his son was studying at
Harvard University and his
daughter was a graduate of
LSE and it was hard for him
to ask his children to leave
the country
.
His worry was that his
children may not be able to
adjust in the prevailing inse-
cure environment. The BJP
spokesman Nikhil Anand re-
sponded that Bari should go
to Pakistan if he felt sup-
pressed and called his com-
ments an insult to the Hindu
community
.
In 2015 actor Aamir Khan
had also raised the issue of
growing intolerance in the
country and his wife Kiran
Rao wondered if they should
move out of the country
. Like
Bari he was also to either do
ghar wapsi (convert to Hin-
duism) or go to Pakistan.
To malign the actor a fake
video was also circulated
showing him in the company
of two Pakistani terrorists.
There is indeed increased
intolerance. Early release of
Bilkis Bano’s rapists from
prison and the warm wel-
come they were given, the
Dharma Sansad’s call to vio-
lence against Muslims did
not evoke a feeling of safety
in the minority community
and with bulldozer becoming
a new symbol of democracy
the community’s feeling of
insecurity was heightened.
Despite all this there is
harmony in the country and
there’s no reason to emigrate.
DON’T FEAR, THERE’S
HARMONY IN INDIA
Once again the issue of
Muslims’ insecurity has
cropped up. This time it
has been raised by
RJD’s senior leader
Abdul Bari who said
that he has asked his
children to find a job
abroad and, if possible,
settle there as Muslims
were insecure in India
O
nastrongresponsetoarecent
Twitter poll posted by Elon
Musk, users of the platform
have called for him to relin-
quish his position as CEO.
Muskhasrespondedthathe’ll
step down when he “finds
someone foolish enough” to
take over as CEO, saying he
will run the software and
server teams instead. But any
replacement will need to be
able to steer Twitter back to
calmer waters, with Musk re-
maining majority owner.
It’s been a tumultuous year
for Twitter and Musk. He be-
gan building up shares in the
company in January 2022
and his US$44 billion (£36 bil-
lion) bid to buy the platform
was accepted in April. He
then tried to pull out of the
deal in July, before finally
taking ownership in October.
Since then he has made – and
sometimes walked back – nu-
merous changes to the popu-
lar social media platform.
Indeed, Musk’s reaction to
finally getting his hands on
Twitter has been reminis-
cent of Christmas morning,
when children rip open pre-
sents, display initial excite-
ment and then quickly lose
interest. Musk may have im-
agined that owning the web-
site would be fun and make
him feel powerful.
But the reality has been
rather different. He has been
criticised and abused, both
online and in real life and
now 57.5% of more than 17.5
million Twitter users have
voted for him to stand down
as its CEO.
There has been some spec-
ulation that Musk has come
under pressure from other
Twitter shareholders and
lenders to move on. Further,
Musk has been selling bil-
lions in Tesla stock and its
share price is down by over
60% this year. Shareholders
in the car firm would proba-
bly like their hitherto suc-
cessful CEO back full time.
So, if Twitter wants to find
a new CEO, what sort of per-
son should the troubled so-
cial media platform be look-
ing for? As a student of lead-
ership, I can see three key
requirements for anyone con-
sidering – or being consid-
ered for – this role right now:
1. CONFIDENCE AND
INDEPENDENCE
A new Twitter CEO will want
assurances that they will be
free to take decisions about
the direction of the business
withoutbeingsecond-guessed
by Musk as the majority own-
er. So the new CEO will need
to be confident, perhaps even
arrogant, and ready to stand
their ground.
2. THE ABILITY
TO FACE FACTS
The new leader will have to
“confront the brutal facts” of
the situation – according to
management expert Jim Col-
lins, this is how to begin pro-
ductive change. Twitter is
struggling financially
.
Musk paid US$44 billion to
buy it, perhaps twice what it
was worth. He has borrowed
huge sums and sold large
tranches of Tesla stock to
help fund the acquisition.
But he could now face inter-
est payments to lenders of up
to US$1 billion a year unless
Twitter’s financial health
can be turned around. These
are the brutal facts a new
leader must confront.
3. AN IMAGINATIVE
APPROACH TO
MANAGEMENT
The social media platform’s
current position leads on to a
thirdrequirementforthenew
leader: imagination. Twitter
is a resounding practical suc-
cess. It is influential and pow-
erful. It has certainly sped up
the flow of information (ad-
mittedly
, inaccurate informa-
tionaswellastheusefulkind).
And it can be a force for
good – for example providing
data and advice during the
COVID-19 pandemic or help-
ing to highlight the failings
of politicians or the media –
even with the unpleasantness
and abuse that seem to be an
unavoidable part of tweeting.
This brings us to a very
valuable leadership lesson
that the maverick Musk has
taught everyone in recent
months: we should hesitate
before labelling forceful
people as great leaders in
any setting until we have
seen what their long-term
impact has been.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
I
And this leads us to a major
task for any future Twitter
CEO – and perhaps the
heart of the problem with
Twitter. Musk changes his
mind frequently –
sometimes within hours, as
we saw recently when he
appeared to walk back a
policy change regarding
users’ ability to link to other
social media accounts. He
may rethink stepping down,
or even appoint someone
only to sack them
STICKING
WITH PLAN
Musk has responded that he’ll step down
when he “finds someone foolish enough” to
take over as CEO, saying he will run the software
and server teams instead. But any replacement will
need to be able to steer Twitter back to calmer
waters, with Musk remaining majority owner
LEADERSHIP
QUALITIES
Musk’s
replacement as
Twitter’s CEO will
need to have
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INDIA
06
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister of State (MoS) Dr
Jitendra Singh on Fri-
day urged the industry
body, CII to come for-
ward in a big way to
promote Start-ups in
Jammu and Kashmir to
provide gainful employ-
ment to youth.
Dr Jitendra Singh
said, JK has huge un-
explored potential of
Agri-tech Start-ups as
the geography and cli-
matic conditions here
favour the cultivation of
medicinal and aromatic
plants. He said, the suc-
cess of Aroma Mission
or ‘Purple Revolution’
bears testimony to the
win-win proposition for
both farmers and youth
entrepreneurs.
Interacting with JK
Chapter of Confedera-
tion of Indian Industry,
Dr Singh said, the real
stakeholders from all
walks of life should
come out with an open
mind for overall devel-
opment of the UT. The
Minister recalled that
Prime Minister Modi
last year, while meeting
the political representa-
tives from JK called
for removing Dilli ki
Doori (the distance from
Delhi) as well as Dil ki
Doori (the distance from
the heart). He said, after
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi took oath for
the second term, ‘Mis-
sion JK’ was strongly
emphasised, of which
one of the important
steps taken has been the
extensive public out-
reach program involv-
ing Union Ministers,
apart from several im-
portant developmental
projects and new invest-
ments bestowed on the
newly created UT.
Sayed Ehsan Javaid,
Chairman of CII UT
Council,JKsaid,since
the abrogation of arti-
cle 370 post august 5th
2019, they have adopted
the theme “Making JK
an Aspirational Desti-
nation” by playing a
proactive role as a cata-
lyst for sustainable de-
velopment of the UT
and making it an aspira-
tional destination for
Investments, Quality
Education, and Ad-
vanced Infrastructure.
“Come forward to promote start-ups in JK”
MoS JITENDRA SINGH TO CII
Minister of State (MoS) Dr Jitendra Singh during the meeting with
the CII representatives on Friday.
NaddatolaunchBJP’sLokSabhaPravas2.0drive
New Delhi (ANI): With
the BJP focused on the
weak Lok Sabha seats
for upcoming General
Elections, the party’s
national president JP
Nadda will be going on
a tour of two days to Ta-
mil Nadu and Odisha. It
may be noted that in
these two states the BJP
has been trying to find
its foothold but has
been unable to form the
government so far.
While the BJP is in
an alliance with AIAD-
MK in Tamil Nadu, in
Odisha the saffron par-
ty has so far not been
able to breach the Pat-
naik bastion.
“Nadda will travel
across two Lok Sabha
seats both in Tamil
Nadu and Odisha spend-
ing a day each in both
states,” sources said.
“Kandhamal and
Puri are the two Lok
Sabha seats in Odisha
and Nilgiris and Coim-
batore in Tamil Nadu
zeroed down for the
visit of Nadda,” the
sources said.
“During the visit, the
party’s national presi-
dent will meet the Man-
dal and booth presi-
dent, parliamentary
team handling these
seats and other organi-
sational meetings are
on the agenda,” the
sources said.
“The visit for Tamil
Nadu is slated for De-
cember 27 and Odisha
will be on December
28,” the sources fur-
ther said.
New Delhi (ANI): The
NIA on Friday carried
out searches at 14 loca-
tions in Jammu and
Kashmir against people
involved in the spread-
ing of terrorist activi-
ties by various pro-
scribed terrorist outfits
in the UT by targeting
minorities and security
personnel. The search
operation was conduct-
ed by the NIA in Kul-
gam, Pulwama, Anant-
nag, Sopore and Jammu
districts. Various in-
criminating materials
such as digital devices,
SIM cards and digital
storage devices have
been seized from the
searched premises, the
NIA said in a statement.
NIA raids 14
locations in JK
in case linked to
terror activities
New Delhi (ANI): The
narco test report of
Aaftab Amin Poonawa-
la, who is accused of
murdering his live-in
girlfriend Shraddha
Walkar, has been pre-
pared, said the forensic
team on Friday
.
According to Foren-
sic Science Laboratory
(FSL) team, the Investi-
gation Officer has been
informed to collect the
report. A narco analy-
sis test of Aaftab was
completed on December
1 on Thursday at the
Baba Saheb Ambedkar
Hospital in the national
capital's Rohini.
Meanwhile, Shrad-
dha's father Vikas Walk-
er along with BJP lead-
er Kirit Somaiya ar-
rived at Delhi Police
headquarters on Friday
.
Accused Aaftab’s narco
test report prepared
SHRADDHA MURDER CASE
Cabinet approves MSP for
copra for 2023 season
First India Bureau
New Delhi:TheCabinet
CommitteeonEconomic
Affairs chaired by PM
Narendra
Modihasap-
proved Min-
imum Sup-
port Prices
(MSPs) for
copra for 2023 season.
Theapprovalisbasedon
recommendationsof the
CommissionforAgricul-
tural Costs and Prices
andviewsof majorcoco-
nut growing states.
TheMSPforFairAver-
age Quality of milling
coprahasbeenfixedatRs
10860 per quintal and for
ball copra at Rs 11750 per
quintal for 2023. This is
an increase of Rs 270 per
quintal for milling copra
andRs750perquintalfor
ball copra over the previ-
ous season. This would
ensure a margin of
51.82% for milling copra
and 64.26% for ball copra
over all India weighted
average cost of produc-
tion, Union Minister
Anurag Thakur said.
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ion Minister Jyotiradi-
tya Scindia on Friday
highlighted the ongoing
vaccination drive,
launched by the Centre
government, against
Covid-19 amid the fear
of a covid surge.
Addressing a press
briefing on the BJP gov-
ernment’s efforts to-
wards a ‘Healthy India’
on Friday, the Union
Minister said that 220
crore doses of vaccine
have been administered
till this Monday. “The
focus of our govern-
ment is to transform
health care into holistic
health care. Following
the PM's vision of ‘One
Nation One Health’, we
collectively handled
Covid. 220 crore doses
of vaccine have been
administered till this
Monday,” he said.
Shedding a light on
the Modi govt’s steps in
providing medical fa-
cilities in far-flung are-
as, the Civil Aviation
Minister said, “drones
are being used for the
delivery of blood, vac-
cines, and medicines in
remote areas. In 2014
there were only 6 All In-
dia Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS) and
today we have 22 AIIMS
in the country,” the Un-
ion Minister added.
We have administered 220 cr Covid
vaccine doses till date,says Scindia
Sohna (ANI): Con-
gress’s Bharat Jodo
Yatra led by Rahul Gan-
dhi resumed from Hary-
ana’s Kherli Lala in
Sohna on Friday
.
Many people were
seen joining the march
holding banners and
party flags. The ongoing
foot march of the grand
old party had entered
Haryana on Wednesday
.
Meanwhile, Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi on
Thursday slammed the
government for making
excuses to stop the
Bharat Jodo Yatra, al-
leging that the central
government is scared of
India’s truth.
‘It’s their (BJP) new
idea, they wrote a letter
to me saying Covid is
coming and stop the
Yatra. All these are ex-
cuses to stop this Yatra,
they are sacred of In-
dia’s truth,” said Rahul
Gandhi at a rally here.
Bharat Jodo Yatra
resumes from
Sohna in Haryana
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Win-
ter Session of the Lok
Sabha was adjourned
sine die on Friday.
On this occasion, Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Bir-
la, who was Presiding
the House, said that dur-
ing the 10th session of
the Lok Sabha, 13 sit-
tings were held and Lok
Sabha sat for 68 hours
and 42 minutes. The pro-
ductivity of the House
during the Session was
97percentandmanyim-
portant legislative busi-
nesses were transacted.
DuringtheSession,09
Bills were introduced
and07Billswerepassed.
Some of the important
bills which were passed
are: The Anti-Maritime
PiracyBill,2019;TheAp-
propriation (No.4) Bill,
2022; The Appropriation
(No.5) Bill, 2022; The
Constitution(Scheduled
Tribes) Order (Second,
Third, Fourth and Fifth)
Amendment Bill, 2022;
and The Repealing and
Amending Bill, 2022.
Supplementary De-
mands for Grants - First
Batch for 2022-2023 and
Demands for Excess
Grants for 2019-2020
which were passed on
December 14.
Premature adjournment of LS is with
consensus of all political parties: Birla
During the Session, 13 sittings were held and Lok Sabha sat for 68 hours 42 minute, says LS Speaker
MPs in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Rahul Gandhi with DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi and others
during ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, in Sohna, on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
BSF FOILS PAKISTAN DRONE BID TO
SMUGGLE DRUGS, ARMS INTO PUNJAB
Chandigarh: The BSF in Punjab on Friday foiled Paki-
stan’s attempt of smuggling drugs and weapons across
the border through a drone. The BSF personnel deployed
at the border heard the buzzing sound of a flying object
from Pakistan entering Indian territory near Mullakot vil-
lage in Amritsar district. As per the drill, the troops tried
to intercept the drone by firing. The area was cordoned
off and the security agencies were informed.
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has held that search engines
like Google cannot claim to be mere intermediaries with no
control over the content that appears in search results. This
came in a judgment by a division bench of Justices Muahmed
Mustaque and Shoba Annamma Eapen on the right to be
forgotten and the manner in which it applies to publication
of court judgments and proceedings, in the absence of any
specific legislation. The bench observed that even though
making court judgments available in search results cannot be
faulted, it cannot be said that Google has no control over the
information that gets thrown up in search results.
SEARCH ENGINES LIKE GOOGLE CANNOT
CLAIM TO BE 'CONTENT-BLIND': KERALA HC
Kabirdham: Four people were killed while four got injured
after the vehicle in which they were traveling in fell into a
40-feet deep ditch in Chhattisgarh’s
Kabirdham district, on the interven-
ing night of Thursday and Friday.
The police said that there were a
total of eight passengers, including
the driver in the car during the time
of the incident.Those who died were identified as Fagu
Yadav (60), a resident of Sakin, Sati Bai (35), a resident
of Sakin Damakheda, Kaushalya (70), a resident of Sakin
Kusmi and Malti (45), a resident of Sakin Bhanpuri.
4 DEAD, 4 INJURED AFTER VEHICLE FALLS
INTO DEEP DITCH IN CHHATTISGARH
CRUCIAL READ
Speaker Om Birla said that
56 Starred questions were
orally answered in the House
during the
Session. An-
swers to 2760
Unstarred
Questions
were laid on
the Table of
the House.
Besides, 298
matters of public importance
were raised under Rule 377.
Members raised 374 matters
of urgent public importance
during Zero Hour.
IMPORTANT BILLS WHICH WERE PASSED
z The Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill, 2019;
z The Appropriation (No.4) Bill, 2022;
z The Appropriation (No.5) Bill, 2022;
z The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order
(Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth) Amend-
ment Bill, 2022;
z The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2022
QUESTION HOUR
New Delhi (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress MP Sonia Gandhi and
other leaders on Friday attended the customary meeting at Lok Sabha Speaker Om
Birla’s chamber at the end of the Winter Session. Among leaders who attended
the meeting included Union Minister Rajnath Singh and other top leaders. The Lok
Sabha was adjourned sine die on Friday, six days ahead of the schedule.
PM MODI, OTHERS ATTEND CUSTOMARY MEETING HOSTED BY BIRLA
PRODUCTIVITY
OF LOK SABHA
97%
TOTAL
SITTINGS
13
BILLS
INTRODUCED
09
SITTINGS’
DURATION
68:42 Hrs
BILLS
PASSED
07
PAPERS TABLED
IN THE HOUSE
1811
New Delhi (FIB): LS Speaker Om Birla led MPs in paying
floral tributes at the portrait of former Prime Minister
Chaudhary Charan Singh in the Central Hall of Parlia-
ment House on his Birth Anniversary, on Friday. Defence
Minister Raj Nath Singh; Minister of Commerce Piyush
Goyal; Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi;
Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha Harivansh; other Min-
isters, MPs and former Members also paid floral tributes
to Chaudhary Charan Singh. A booklet containing the
profile of Chaudhary Charan Singh, brought out in Hindi
and English by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, was presented
to the dignitaries who attended the function.
MPs PAY TRIBUTES TO CHAUDHARY
CHARAN SINGH ON HIS BIRTH ANNIV
New Delhi (ANI): The Rajya Sabha was on Friday
adjourned sine die seven days ahead of the sched-
uled completion of the 258th session. Chairman
Jagdeep Dhankhar adjourned the house sine die
and said he felt privileged to be part of the August
House. The Chairman extended his greetings to the
members of the House for the upcoming festivals,
including Christmas, Pongal, Lohri and others, and
suggested that there is a need to be vigilant of the
rising cases of Covid pandemic and take necessary
precautions. “This session was marked with a dis-
play of wit, sarcasm, humour and intellect. I hope
to experience more of it with greater indulgence
from experienced members,” Dhankhar said.
RAJYA SABHA ALSO ADJOURNED SINE
DIE 7 DAYS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
Faridabad: Congress
leader Jairam Ramesh
on Friday
accused
the govt
of or-
chestrat-
ing the
“Covid
drama” to defame and
derail the Rahul Gandhi
led Bharat Jodo Yatra.
New Delhi: Parliamen-
tary Affairs Minister
Pralhad Joshi took a
swipe at Rahul Gandhi
after Jairam Ramesh’s
criticism of the manner
in which the govt had
decided to curtail the
winter session of Parlia-
ment and said “your
leader is breaking the
(Bharat Jodo) Yatra to
holiday abroad”.
‘COVID DRAMA’ IS
TO ‘DERAIL’ BJY:
JAIRAM RAMESH
PRALHAD JOSHI
SLAMS JAIRAM
RAMESH’S REMARKS
JP Nadda
Jyotiraditya Scindia

NEWS
07
Sant Ratinath to be laid to rest today
Rakesh Gurjar
Sikar: Revered saint of
Shekhawati Sant Rati-
nath passed away on
Thursday night. He
breathed last in Mum-
bai. He was the peetha-
dhishwar of Bau Dham
near Laxmangarh.
The funeral will be
performed on Saturday
during which most of
the towns in the dis-
tricts will remain
closed as a mark of
mourning.
Vice President
Jagdeep Dhankar, for-
mer Chief Minister
Vasundhara Raje, depu-
ty leader of opposition
Rajendra Rathore, PCC
President Govind Do-
tasara, former minister
Rajkumar Rinwan,
MLAs Hakam Ali, Ab-
hinesh Maharshi, Raj-
kumar Sharma, others
expressed condolences.
They described the
death as a great loss for
mankind. Saint Rati-
nath’s servant Pawan
Khedwal informed that
the the body will be
brought to Jaipur by a
chartered plane late at
night. He said that sa-
madhi will be given on
Saturday
.
Meanwhile, devotees
have started coming
from many places in-
cluding Mumbai, Kolk-
ata, Assam for his last
rites. Nearly one lakh
devotees are likely to at-
tend the last rites.
He popularly known
from his devotional
songs sung by even over
two decades or more.
Nearly one lakh devotees are likely to attend last rites at peethadhishwar of Bau Dham in Laxmangarh
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar meeting and greeting saint
Ratinath during an event. —FILE PHOTO
ACB nabs patwari, head
constable in two traps
First India Bureau
Sawai Madhopur/Tonk:
ACB on Friday held red-
handed Kaluram Mee-
na, Head Constable
posted at Kotwali Gan-
gapur City Police Sta-
tioninSawaiMadhopur
district while taking a
bribe of Rs 2,000 from
complainant.
Accused had sought a
bribe in lieu of not tak-
ing action against the
complainant in a motor-
cycle theft case.
In another ACB trap
in Tonk on Friday
, a pat-
wari held while accept-
ing a bribe of Rs 5,000.
Police informed the pat-
wari, Narayan Lal Sen,
posted in Sohela gram
panchayat of Tonk, was
demanding a bribe of
Rs. 1 lakh from the com-
plainant to correct his
name in the revenue re-
cord. Based on the com-
plaint, a trap was laid
and Narayan Lal Sen
was caught red-handed.
Patwari Narayan Lal Sen Head Constable Kaluram Meena
Bhaya writes to Birla for opium farmers
First India Bureau
Baran: Minister of
Mines Pramod Jain
Bhaya has written a let-
ter to LS Speaker Om
Birla seeking his inter-
vention to provide relief
to opium farmers of
Baran district. Bhaya in
its letter stated that opi-
um crop was sown by the
farmers after taking ap-
proval for year 2022-23,
but only 40 days has
passed and pressure is
being created by the
Narcotics Department
to destroy the standing
crop of opium, which
will lead to huge finan-
cial loss to farmers.
“Farmers Of Chabra
Chhipabarod areas of
Baran district are in a
fear of loss of their opi-
um crops. Permission
should be given for sow-
ing and weeding without
destroying the opium
crops. Also, a new opium
policy should be formu-
lated to issue 10 sawed
opium leases and to re-
store all broken licenses
from year 1996 to 2022-
23,” said Mining Minis-
ter Pramod Jain Bhaya.
Entrepreneurs get
exemption of `115cr
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The RIICO has
given exemption of Rs
114.78 crores to entre-
preneurs in 31,211 cas-
es under the Amnesty
Scheme-2022 that was
started with the aim of
providing maximum
benefits to the entre-
preneurs in the RIICO
industrial areas. There
is a lot of enthusiasm
among the industrial-
ists for this.
Under this scheme,
till Dec 15, a rebate of
Rs 114.78 crore has
been given in 31,211
cases. RIICO has organ-
ized 503 camps for the
amnesty scheme, due
to which an amount of
Rs 169.91 crore has
been recovered. In com-
pliance with the state
government’s budget
announcement, RICCO
implemented the am-
nesty scheme on March
30, in which 100 percent
of the outstanding ser-
vice charges, economic
rent, water charges and
CETP charges will be
deposited by Sept 30,
2022. Apart from this,
entrepreneurs are be-
ing given 50% discount
on fee payable on trans-
fer of land.
Army’s mega
blood donation
drive today
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In line with
nationwide celebra-
tion on occasion of
Aazadi ka Amrit Ma-
hotsav to mark 75th
year of India’s Inde-
pendence and as a
run up to 75th Army
Day being celebrated
at Bengaluru on 15
January 2023, Indian
Army has planned
mega blood donation
drives on Dec 24,
across 33 cities in 11
states. In Raj, blood
donation campaign
will be undertaken at
3 cities in Jaisalmer,
Jodhpur and Nasir-
abad.
Minister Pramod Jain Bhaya LS Speaker Om Birla
Govind Singh Dotasra
@GovindDotasra
Saint Ratinath Ji
Maharaj of Bau
dham in Laxmangarh
passed away today. He
breathed last in Mum-
bai. In this Kalyug,
saints like Ratinath ji
are the foundation
of religion and
spirituality.
AMNESTY SCHEME
Vasundhara Raje
@VasundharaBJP
Heartbroken to receive
the sad news of the
death of Bhajan singer
Shri Ratinath Ji Maharaj,
a saint of the holy city
of Bau Dham. His death
is a great loss to sant
samaj and spirituality in
Shekhawati. May God
give the departed soul.
Arif Mansoori
Jhalawar: MP Dushy-
ant Singh met Union
Railway Minister Ash-
wini Vaishnaw in New
Delhi on Thursday and
discussedthestoppages
closed during Corona
period to be restored
and other issues of ex-
pansion of rail servic-
es.Duringthis,Dheeraj
Gupta,amemberof the
Divisional Railway Ad-
visory Committee, was
also present. The Rail-
way Minister assured
quickaction.MPraised
the issue of restoring
the stoppage of trains
inBarandistrictonpri-
ority
.
Dushyant Singh meets Vaishnaw,
discusses issue of rail stoppages
Chief of Army
Staff Manoj
Pande in Jpr
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief of Army
Staff Manoj Pande is
scheduled to visit
Jaipur today. He will
visit the Jaipur Military
Station from 8:55 am to
1:40 pm, said an official.
Pande will leave in a
helicopter from the heli-
pad built in the military
station to the Jaipur air-
port. From there he will
leave for New Delhi in a
service aircraft at 2:10
pm, said official.
Corona has made a big change
in the field of education: Joshi
Ashish Choudhary
Rajsamand: Under
the scooty scheme, a
scooty distribution
program took place at
Nathdwara Upali Odan
School in Rajsamand
district on Friday.
Along with this, free
uniforms were distrib-
uted to the students of
government schools
under the scheme of
the state government.
Scooties were distrib-
uted to 42 girl students.
Program was pre-
sided over by Assembly
Speaker Dr CP Joshi
and Chief Guest was
Cooperation minister
and District In-charge
Udai Lal Anjana. A
large number of locals
including school chil-
dren were present
along with Dilwara
Pradhan Kasni Gameti
Municipality chair-
man Manish Rathi.
On the other hand,
Assembly Speaker Dr.
CP Joshi said that Co-
rona has made a big
change in the field of
education.
Anjana said, “Very
good scheme has been
started by govt for the
students.”
Dr CP Joshi, Udai Lal Anjana and others distributing Scooty to girls of the Govt School under the
Kalibai Devnarayan Scooty Distribution Scheme at the Opli Odhan village in Nathdwara disrict.
Dushyant Singh giving a letter to Railway Min Ashwini Vaishnaw.

Ravi Katara
Bharatpur: Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot dur-
ing the event held to
mark the 120th birth an-
niversary celebrations
of former PM Late
Chaudhary Charan Sin-
gh at MSJ College
Ground in Bharatpur,
said that State Govern-
ment is taking impor-
tant decisions in the
interest of the farmers.
“Schemes dedicated to
the farmers are being
run by the government.
Apart from providing
financial support to the
farmers of the state
through these schemes,
their lives have become
prosperous. Farmers
are an important link in
the economic policy of
the State. In view of
this, for the first time in
the country
, our govern-
ment presented a sepa-
rate budget for the
farmers,” Gehlot said.
During this, he also in-
augurated and laid the
foundation stone of de-
velopment works worth
about Rs 693.91 crore in
the region. The CM said
that Chaudhary Charan
Singh was rich in revo-
lutionary thoughts.
“His entire life was a
struggle, but still
Chaudhary ji did not
give up. Late Chaud-
hary ji also played an
active role in the free-
dom struggle. Even af-
ter independence, he
kept fighting for the
rights of the farmers
and the poor,” he said.
Gehlot said that Ra-
jasthan is the leading
state in the whole coun-
try in terms of public
welfare schemes imple-
mented in the field of
health. “Through the
Chief Minister Chiran-
jeevi Health Insurance
Scheme, the burden on
the common man’s
pocket has reduced. Un-
der this scheme, treat-
ment up to Rs 10 lakh
has been made free for
the people of the state. ”
he said, adding that
state is continuously
progressing in the field
of education masses
are benefitted by vari-
ous welfare schemes.
During this, the
Chief Minister paid flo-
ral tributes at the stat-
ue of Maharaja Suraj-
mal and inaugurated
the district level devel-
opment exhibition on
the completion of four
years of the State Gov-
ernment.
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: On RHB Com-
missioner Pawan Aro-
ra’s instructions, a
team of RHB officers,
while taking major ac-
tion in Sector-23 of
Pratap Nagar, freed
about 23,000 square me-
ters of valuable land
from encroachment.
The current market
value of this land is es-
timated to be around Rs
200 crore. Arora has
instructed the division-
al officers to dispose of
the land by planning.
It is worth mention-
ing that RHB has ac-
quired Khasra numbers
304, 305, 307, 308, 309,
319/339, 319/340, 319/341
and 319/342 near Mahal
Road Pratap Nagar
Chaupati awarded
the total area of 18
Bigha 11 Biswa to the
award holders. Out of
this, about 9 bigha and
5.5 biswa land had been
encroached upon. The
Board’s team got the il-
legal construction de-
molished by JCB and
installed boards of the
land owned by RHB.
Telephone network
tower of a private firm
installed at the spot,
has been sealed. Arora
has expressed grati-
tude to Jaipur Police
Commissioner Anand
Srivastava for his co-
operation in this entire
process.
During this opera-
tion, Jaipur Commis-
sionerate’s Pratapna-
gar Sanganer police
stations made available
additional police force.
First India Bureau
New Delhi/Kota: An
MSME and Startup Fair
will be organised in
Kota in February to en-
courage MSMEs and
startups in Hadauti re-
gion including Kota and
to provide employment
to the youth
through it.
A l o n g
with this, a
common fa-
cility will
be created
to help small and medi-
um businessmen in pro-
duction. Union MSME
Minister Narayan Rane
met Lok Sabha Speaker
Om Birla in this regard
on Thursday. Birla told
Rane “It is our effort
that the youths should
not become job seekers
but job providers.”
On Birla’s proposal,
Rane said that an action
plan will be prepared
for MSME Startup
Fair in Kota in Feb. In
this, leading MSMEs
and startups will set up
their stalls so that youth
locals can take inspira-
tion from the work be-
ing done in this area.
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: Former Dy
CM Sachin Pilot
thanked Jayant Chaud-
hary for inviting him to
the event. “This time is
very challenging.
Chaudhary Charan Sin-
gh fought for such a
class in his lifetime.
The class which is still
deprived, the class
which needs everyone’s
help, the farmer class
which produces grains
by working hard in
land, everyone will have
to come forward to help
cooperate with them.
This thing was true yes-
terday, is true today
will be true in future,
the time has come for
those who sit on the
dais to stand up for
those who feed people,”
Pilot said. “Jayant
Chaudhary I stayed
together in Parliament.
Ajit Singh ji I got a
chance to work together
in the Government of
India. Today there is a
need for everyone to
work together, everyone
will have to face the
challenges of the socie-
ty together,” Pilot said.
First India Bureau
Bikaner: Marwar
Trucking has secured
the No. 2 position in In-
dia in the ongoing Qual-
ity Quarters campaign
by BharatBenz Compa-
ny
. Marwar Trucking is
continuously scaling
heights in India since
2014 by maintaining its
customer centric quali-
ty for which, in the year
2021 also Marwar
Trucking had achieved
1st position in India.
Congratulating Mar-
war Trucking for main-
taining excellent ser-
vice quality, firm’s Di-
rector, Mahendra Mird-
ha credited success to
employees, who made it
possible through their
hard work.
Yogesh Sharma
New Delhi: After be-
coming the National
President of Congress,
Mallikarjun Kharge
held an important meet-
ing in Delhi. The focus
remained on the agenda
for the year 2023 and
2024 and the meeting
was attended be Ra-
jasthan CM Ashok Ge-
hlot and PCC Chief Do-
tasara. It has been
learnt that the pending
decisions will be re-
solved in January. Its
road map was conveyed
to the state unit on be-
half of Kharge. Moreo-
ver, there was no public
discussion on the con-
troversial issues of Ra-
jasthan, however a de-
tailed discussion on
‘Hath Se Hath Jodo’
campaign was held. It
was decided that the
performance of those
who will be made office
bearers in the party will
be checked. The Con-
gress will appoint only
those in the organiza-
tion who will be loyal.
Along with Rahul
Gandhi’s visit, more
than 2 crore Congress
workers will join the
‘Hath Se Hath Jodo’
campaign. AICC Prez
Mallikarjun Kharge
Gen Secy KC Venugopal
(Org) told in detail
about the meeting. Vri-
ous decisions were tak-
en. The ‘Hath se Hath
Jodo’ campaign in Kar-
nataka state is starting
from January 1, will be
implemented in all
states after January 26.
The Congress leader-
ship said that digital
membership has been
done, in which about 2.6
crore people have be-
come members of Con-
gress.
It takes one month to fully
instil a new habit- reading,
exercising, waking up early-
You can be there in 30 days.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: During the
ongoing ‘Bharat Jodo
Yatra,’ Rahul Gandhi
spent a fortnight in Ra-
jasthan, perhaps the
longest time that Rahul
has been in Rajasthan,
and learnt about the
culture and people of
Rajasthan first hand.
Interestingly, during
his meeting with Ra-
jasthan leaders in Al-
war, Rahul, who ap-
peared enamoured by
the Rajasthanis and
their state, said, “The
people of Rajasthan
talk very softly. They
meet with love, the peo-
ple here behave very
well. Even their behav-
ior with animals is dif-
ferent here. Two-three
times animals came
during the journey, no
one hurt them.
On this, Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot, who
was sitting near to Ra-
hul also agreed and
said, ‘Yes, we don’t hurt
animals.’
Meanwhile, Bhanwar
Jitendra Singh recount-
ed an anecdote to Rahul
Gandhi and said, “A
cow had entered a farm-
er’s field here. He tried
to drive away the cow
with a stone and threw
a stone just like that
which hit the cow’s
head, she died. On this,
the then Maharaj
reached Haridwar, did
atonement there and
came back on the 11th
day
.”
In fact, Rahul him-
self tied the Jodhpuri
Bandhej Safa during
the programme while
Congress organisation
Gen Secy KC Venugo-
pal tied the yellow tur-
ban. Similarly, other
leaders including Bhan-
war Jitendra Singh, GS
Dotasara, Govindram
Meghwal, Ramlal Jat,
Bhajanlal Jatav, Harish
Chowdhary, Danish
Abrar, Tikaram Jully,
Dheeraj Gurjar and oth-
ers tied turban on their
heads. And thereafter,
in the form of a ‘Chau-
pal,’ everyone was seen
narrating the BJY trav-
elogue to Rahul. Nota-
bly, Rahul also tried his
hand at ‘Rhythm of the
Mewat,’ Bhapang and
KC Venugopal, Bhan-
war Jitendra Singh and
Divya Maderna joined
him. During the cultur-
al programme in Alwar
in Yatra, Sachin Pilot
laughingly suggested in
Rahul’s presence, “Low
calorie food should be
offered in morning Tea
break, otherwise, as
much as we walked,
everything would be
equal.” Along with this,
Pilot asked GS Dotasra,
“Adhyakshji, you
walked so much, did
you loose 2-5 kg?” On
this Dotasra accepted
that he had lost two and
a half kgs.
On diet issue raised
by Pilot, Rahul ex-
pressed concern over
diet of the sportsmen
and athletes asked for
suggestions from the
government regarding
the diet of sportsmen.
Rajasthanis speak softly, are well-behaved, says Rahul during BJY
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Pratap Nagar: RHB frees land
worth ` 200cr from encroachers
CM Gehlot released
the District
Darshan booklet
published by DIPR
CM also interacted
with beneficiaries of
various govt schemes
during the exhibition
Arora expressed
gratitude to Anand
Srivastava for help
CM Ashok Gehlot during the programme to mark 120th birth anniversary of Chaudhary Charan
Singh at MSJ College Ground in Bharatpur. Also seen are GS Dotasra, Parsadi Lal Meena, Vishvendra
Singh, Ramesh Meena, Dr Subhash Garg, Bhajan Lal Jatav, Joginder Awana, Satyapal Malik, Jayant
Chaudhary, Nirmal Chaudhary others.
The team members of Marwar Trucking in Bikaner region flash a
victory sign as they celebrate the company’s feat on Friday.
Rahul being welcomed by
GS Dotasra with a Rajasthani
turban during BJY in
Malakhera. —FILE PHOTO
Mallikarjun Kharge chairs a meeting wherein, KC Venugopal,
Pawan Bansal, Mukul Wasnik, RS Surjewala, Bhanwar Jitendra
Singh, Avinash Pande, Kumari Selja and others were present.
Sachin Pilot pays floral tributes
to former PM Late Chaudhary
Charan Singh in Bharatpur.
A team of Board officials including Amit Agrawal, KC Dhaka,
Subhash Yadav, RC Budhaniya, Bhagwan Sahay, Rohit Singh and
others reached the Sector no. 23 in Pratap Nagar area of Jaipur
on Friday. They were accompanied by police officials.
The illegal construction being demolished by JCB Machine.
COURTESY MEET
Governor Kalraj Mishra calls upon Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar at the
Vice-President’s residence in New Delhi on Friday. It was Governor Mishra’s
courtesy visit to V-P Dhankhar.
Vasundhara Raje Dushyant Singh call upon Vice- President, Jagdeep
Dhankhar Sudesh Dhankhar at Upa-Rashtrapati Nivas in New Delhi on Friday.
We want youth to
be job providers,
not seekers: Birla
to Union Min Rane
Marwar Trucking stands 2nd
in Quality Quarters drive
Raj Congress office
bearers will be screened
before appointment
Pilot: Everyone needs to step
forward to support farmers
Bharatpur: A case of lapse
in CM Gehlot’s security has
come to light in Bharatpur,
when a young man, identi-
fied as Harsh went near CM’s
helicopter to take a selfie. As
soon as the jawans came to
know about this, the accused
was caught and taken away
from the chopper. He was
arrested taken to Mathura
Gate police station. After this
incident, the youth’s father
reached the police station
told that his son is mentally ill
also showed Harsh’s medi-
cal documents to cops after
which, he was released.
New Delhi: According to
reliable sources, two days
back former Deputy CM
Sachin Pilot met Sonia Gan-
dhi at her residence in New
Delhi. Prior to this meeting,
Pilot also met the Party Chief
Mallikarjun Kharge. Now,
Congress State in-charge
Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa
may meet Kharge before his
scheduled January 28 visit
to Jaipur. —Amit Mishra
For the cultural programme, PCC had given names of
28 leaders. However, when the list of names reached
Rahul Gandhi, he removed the names from the list to
only 12. Along with this, he also questioned those ac-
companying him in the Yatra as to why no ST leader’s
name appeared in the list. Upon this, the name of Minis-
ter Parsadilal Meena was added in last minute. Bhanwar
Jitendra Singh got Tikaram Jully’s name included since
he is also from Alwar and the list thus increased from 12
to 14 after the addition of two more names.
MAN HELD FOR
BREACHING CM
GEHLOT’s SECURITY
PILOT MEETS SONIA,
MALLIKARJUN KHARGE
RAHUL CUTS LEADERS’ LIST TO SIZE!

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he popular shouty logo fad
from the 1990s, known as
logomania, is returning.
Numerous high-end com-
panies, like Fendi, Gucci,
Burberry, Valentino and
others have discovered a
method to connect with millennials.
The favoured method of appealing
to a generation that thinks “if
you’ve got it, flaunt it” is to embla-
zon big, bright brand logos on cloth-
ing. One of the main forces behind
well-known logos making a come-
back in the fashion world after a 20-
year absence is social media. For a
generation that is dominated by
social media, starting new trends or
reviving existing ones is not diffi-
cult. Logos are a status symbol and
a means to demonstrate your fash-
ion know-how whether worn on t-
shirts or even skirts.
The best approach for companies
to make money and promote them-
selves is to prominently display
their logo. It has evolved into a tool
for celebrities to spread the word
about the company while growing
their fan bases. Logos are a sta-
tus symbol and a means to dem-
onstrate your fashion know-
how whether worn on t-shirts
or even skirts. The best ap-
proach for companies to
make money and promote
themselves is to prominently
display their logo. It has
evolved into a tool for celeb-
rities to spread the word
about the company while
growing their fan bases. As
a fashion statement, people
cover themselves from head
to toe with their opulent in-
signia. Aside from social me-
dia, we also saw logo fe-
ver at Milan Fashion
Week, not just on ap-
parel but also on
footwear and socks.
Kylie Jenner, an
American TV per-
sonality, offered a
great example of
how drawing atten-
tion to yourself by
putting the insignia
of popular busi-
nesses on your
clothing. More than
a million people
liked Kylie’s Insta-
gram image of her
wearing a branded
Fendi outfit.
The second use of
large, strong logos is to
signify a partnership,
like in the instance of
Fendi, which uses a soft
F to signify its partner-
ship with the sportswear
company Fila. Thirdly,
wearing the brand you
decide to represent
yourself by wearing
has always been a sta-
tus signal.
JAIPUR, SATURDAY,
DECEMBER 24, 2022
ABSTRACT OR
ITTY-BITTY
LOGOMANIA
Fashion is defined by what you purchase whereas
style is defined by what you do with it. City First brings
to you some amazing array of Logomania fashion!
ADITI KUSHWAHA
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
T

ow much new (different) is the sub-
variant BF
.7?
BF.7 is accounted for more than 5 per cent
of Covid-19 cases in the US and 7.26 per
cent in the UK in October 2022. Cases of
this variant are on raising hand from the
last 3 months. BF.7, short for BA.5.2.1.7, is
a sub-lineage of the OMICRON variant BA.5. BF.7
is believed to have an R0, or basic reproduction
number, of 10 to 18.6. BF.7 carries a specific muta-
tion, R346T, in the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 (a
protein on the surface of the virus that allows it
to attach to and infect our cells). This mutation,
which we also see in BF.7’s parent variant BA.5,
has been linked with enhancing the capacity of
the virus to escape neutralising antibodies gen-
erated by vaccines or previous infection.
Since the COVID variant OMICRON emerged
in late 2021, it has rapidly evolved into mul-
tiple subvariants. The subvariant, BF.7,
has been identified as the main variant
spreading in Beijing and is contribut-
ing to a wider surge of COVID infec-
tions in China.
Reports of 2 patients in Gujarat
are coming in showing they re-
covered at home. Does it make
the sub-variant less fatal?
BF.7 is believed to be less fatal as
compared to the previous deadly
delta variant and other sub-variant
of omicron. The symptoms of an
infection with BF.7 are similar to
those associated with other omicron
subvariants, primarily upper res-
piratory symptoms. Patients may
have a fever, cough, sore throat, run-
ning nose and fatigue, among other
symptoms. A minority of people can also
experience gastrointestinal symptoms
like vomiting and diarrhoea. BF.7 may
well cause more serious illness in people
with weaker immune systems.
Is it more infectious than before?
The BF.7 variant is reportedly more infectious
than the other variants of coronavirus known so
far. The R0 value of this mutant as per studies is
approximately 10-18.6 which means that any in-
fected individual can infect 10-18.6 people around
him. Reports from China indicate BF.7 has the
STRONGEST INFECTION ABILITY out of the
omicron subvariants in the country
, being quicker
to transmit than other variants, having a shorter
incubation period and with a greater capacity to
infect people who have had a previous COVID infec-
tion, or been vaccinated or both. To put this into
context, BF.7 is believed to have an R0, or basic re-
production number, of 10 to 18.6. This means an
infected person will transmit the virus to an aver-
age of 10 to 18.6 other people. Research has shown
omicron has an average Ro of 5.08. The high trans-
mission rate of BF.7, taken with the risk of hidden
spread due to the MANY ASYMPTOMATIC CAR-
RIERS, is understood to be causing significant dif-
ficulty in controlling the epidemic in China.
How immunity will play its role with
the new BF
.7 variant?
Compared with the BA.1, BA.2 and BA.5 variants
detected previously, Omicron BF.7 has more im-
mune escape capability, a shorter incubation pe-
riod and a faster transmission rate. These muta-
tions give BF.7 some immune-evasive abilities,
which means it can escape immunity from the vac-
cine or previous infection.
How India can buckle up before the
situation goes out of hand?
India with its focus on the five-fold strategy of test-
track-treat-vaccination and adherence to COVID-
appropriate behaviour has been able to restrict the
transmission of the coronavirus. BF.7 has been
detected in several other countries around the
world including INDIA, the US, the UK and several
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES such as Belgium, Ger-
many, France and Denmark. Despite BF.7’s im-
mune-evasive characteristics, and worrying signs
about its growth in China, the variant seems to be
remaining fairly steady elsewhere. Outside of In-
dia, mRNA vaccines like Pfizer and BioNTech’s
Bivalent vaccine and Moderna’s vaccine are be-
ing used from the point of view of boosting.
India needs to buckle up. BF.7 may well cause
more serious illness in people with weaker
immune systems. At present, no vaccine be-
ing used in India is a bivalent vaccine. India
needs BIVALENT vaccines, which target
omicron alongside the original strain of
SARS-CoV-2.
What age group is highly sensi-
tive to this new sub-variant?
Old age people, immunocompro-
mised patients, pregnant females
etc. are more prone to the infection
by this variant.
Should India impose early
restrictions on international
flights?
BF.7 is highly infectious and has
high transmissibility, hence to pre-
vent the spreading of this highly con-
tagious disease international travel-
ling should be monitored carefully
. The
situation looks different ONLY IN China.
BF.7’s high R0 might be due in part to a
LOW LEVEL OF IMMUNITY in the Chi-
nese population from the previous infection,
and possibly vaccination too. However, we
should be cautious about the data from China
as it’s based on reports, not peer-reviewed evi-
dence yet.
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ETC
CITY FIRST IN AN EXCLUSIVE CONVERSATION WITH DR SUDHIR BHANDARI, VICE CHANCELLOR – (RUHS) AND
RAJASTHAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCE, ABOUT THE NEW VARIANT OF COVID 19, BF.7!
BF.7: THE
BF.7: THE
NEWWAVE?
NEWWAVE?
What is the best recommendation to
stay safe at this time?
FDA approved the second booster dose of the
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine or Mod-
erna COVID-19 Vaccine which may be ad-
ministered to individuals 50 years of age
and older at least 4 months after receipt of
a first booster dose of any authorized or ap-
proved COVID-19 vaccine. The emergence
of BF.7 and other new variants is concern-
ing. But VACCINATION is still the best
weapon we have to fight COVID. India
needs BIVALENT BOOSTERS, which tar-
get omicron alongside the original strain of
SARS-CoV-2. At present, no vaccine being used
in India is a bivalent vaccine. Outside of India,
mRNA vaccines like Pfizer and BioNTech’s Bi-
valent vaccine and Moderna’s vaccine are being
used only from the point of view of boosting.
The best recommendation at this point is to pro-
vide boosters (though the effect is short-lived) to
those who have weak immunological defences.
H
Dr Sudhir Bhandari
GAJRAJ SINGH BHATI
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

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JEWELS OF THE STARRY NIGHT
JEWELS OF THE STARRY NIGHT
The grand launch of the brand named‘Its Ish’took place with much
fervour at Nebula,the rooftop lounge at Hilton Jaipur onThursday.Rajiv
Arora,Chairman of Raj Small Industries Corporation graced the
occasion as the chief guest and launched the brand.Rishee Miglani,
brand ambassador,First India Fashion Connect hosted the glamorous
evening.Brand owner,Ishita Gupta is an aspiring fashion designer and
soon will make her place in the heart of fashion lovers through her
lovely brand.Various people from all spectrums kicked off their day with
signature delicacies from Nebulae,Hilton.
Ravishing Ishita
(Top to bottom) Garima and Shaina
Ayesha, Ishita, Priyambi and Astha Mangal
Ajay, Rishee, Kanakh, Dushyant and Vinodh
Raju, Tina, Nisha and Kewal
Prateek, Ayesha, Sidharth, Ajay, Natasha and Tina
Rajiv Arora, Raj Bansal and Ishita
Ujawal, Karan and Honey
Jagdeep Singh, Meera Kataria and Natasha
Rajiv Arora, JD Maheshwari, Kewal Miglani and Kewal Mehra
Kulsum, Anjana and Ashima
Vijay, Aarti, Reena, Deepak, Amitabh and Jagdeep
Minal and Reema
Nimit, Kavita, Ayesha and Prateek
Rashi Agarwal, Khushi Sonkiya and Khushi Jain
Nishchay, Shaina and Ishita
Vatsal Goyal, Rishee and Ayan
Sidharth and Garima
Anjana and Hemant
Sudhir, Vijaylaxmi and Devraj
Rishee, Ishita
and Raj Bansal
Manish and Dushyant Rishee, Ravi and Kapil
Himmat singh and Rishee
Enthralling performance by Iliyas Khan
—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Vinay Gupta, Samita Gupta, Ishita, JD Maheshwari and Rishee
Lokesh Sharma and Rishee Miglani
Suvrat Jain

JOINING HANDS!
Jagdeesh Chandra was greeted by Pradeep Kumar,
Professor, Rajasthan University, Jaipur during a courtsey
meeting at the former’s residence on Friday, December
23. During the meeting, Professor Kumar also presented
his book titled ‘Yes, You are the Winner: A miracle
book for achieving success’ to him, the book is based
on revolutionary principles for achieving success and
will introduce some powerful theories and principles to
transform failure into success.
Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), India’s largest
hospitality company, announced its partnership
for a specialised skill centre at Jai Mahal Palace,
Jaipur in partnership with Ambuja Foundation
(ACF) and AU Foundation. This partnership brings
on board IHCL as the knowledge partner, AU
Foundation supporting it financially and Ambuja
Foundation (ACF) as implementing partner for
this unique to train the youth in the live working
environment at Jai Mahal Palace Jaipur.
12
CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
Supermodel Navya Singh Shekhawat celebrated her birthday with much fervour and enthusiasm at UPUP - THE MUSICAL TERRACE,Tonk Rd, Jaipur on Thursday, December 22.
Jagdeesh Chandra reached to bless the birthday girl on the occasion and wished her huge success.Various who’s who of the city including, Gaurav Gaur, director Elite Miss Rajasthan,
supermodel actress Akanksha Bhalla,Tanu Chaudhary, Rishika Chandani and Khushi Vijay along with various models, friends and family reached out to greet the birth girl.The
overwhelmed birthday girl said,“I am blessed to celebrate my special day with Gaurav Gaur and my EMR fam, truly a great day it was.” —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
BIRTHDAY
BASH
Way towards sustainable fashion!
Way towards sustainable fashion!
CITY FIRST
A
diti Jaggi Ras-
togi, an inter-
nationally fa-
mous designer,
who showcased her col-
lection in India and
well as Dubai Fashion
Week launched her up-
coming collection with
showstopper PCS ADM
Ritu Suhas, Mrs India
2019 walking the ramp
in her designer outfit in
Lucknow Times Fash-
ion Week held at The
Centrum, Lucknow
on Wednesday, De-
cember 21. Her as-
tonishing collection
attempts to promote
sustainable fashion.
The very unique organ-
ic dying procedure
from AMA herbals is
applied to all the sus-
tainable fabrics by de-
signer Aditi Jaggi Ras-
togi. The breatha-
ble fabrics and ex-
traordinary prop-
erties of herbal dy-
ing are put together to
make a collection fresh,
young, soulful and
Commercially Viable.
The designer and the
herbal duo are looking
forward to starting a
Global friendly Trend!
Aditi’s experience var-
ies from Pret, Luxe
Fashion and sustaina-
ble fashion to Bolly-
wood Designing. The
designer is currently
working towards the
globalization of Khadi
and skill training of
weavers and artisans to
help them generate em-
ployment.
Ritu Suhas with Aditi Jaggi Rastogi
PROUD
MOMENT!
CITY FIRST
D
ev Priya, a final
year B.Tech stu-
dent of IIT Del-
hi, scored 99.99
percentile in the Com-
mon Admission Test
(CAT) 2022, the results
of which were an-
nounced on
Wednesday
, Decem-
ber 21. Dev is the
son of ADG Jyoti
Narayan and he aspires
to get a seat in the In-
dian Institute of Man-
agement and excel in a
combination of B.Tech
with management.
Sharing his secrets of
scoring 99.99 percentile
the scholar replied,
“The CAT is highly
competitive. This year,
for instance, logical rea-
soning was very tough.
My CAT exam day strat-
egy was to remain calm.
I believe in hard work
consistency. I think my
consistent hard work is
behind this success.
Furthermore, the sup-
port that I got from my
family, friends, and
teachers helped me stay
motivated throughout
my CAT prepara-
tion.” A total of 11
students have
scored the perfect
100 percentile in Com-
mon Admission Test
2022. Dev claims that
his parents were sup-
portive throughout his
journey and always mo-
tivate him. He said,
“They never pressur-
ized me for marks and
motivated me to pre-
pare with positivity”.
He claims that he used
to do self-study for 6-7
hours daily
.
ADG Jyoti Narayan with his son Dev Priya
Gems:TheTimelessElegance!
CITY FIRST
e have put
forth our sug-
gestions for
the Union
Budget 2023-
24. In this re-
gard, we have
also recommended a
reduction in import
duty on cut and pol-
ished gemstones from
5% to 2.5%. The reduc-
tion in import duty will
have a positive impact
on jewellery exports.
This was said by Vipul
Shah, Chairman, of the
Gems and Jewellery
Export Promotion
Council (GJEPC). He
was speaking as the
Chief Guest at the
inauguration cer-
emony of the
country’s number
one B2B and B2C show
- ‘Jaipur Jewellery
Show’ (JJS) at Jaipur
Exhibition and Con-
vention Center (JECC)
in Sitapura, Jaipur.
The theme of JJS
2022, which will be held
at JECC till December
26, is ‘Emerald... Time-
less Elegance. Over 11,
000 visitors came dis-
playing huge enthusi-
asm for the event.
Chairman, of All In-
dia Gem and Jewellery
Council (GJC), Ashish
Pethe said that JJS and
GJC have a long-stand-
ing relationship. He
thanked the JJS team
forhostingGJCevery
year. Pethe said that
thisisthe20thyear
of JJS, which is
a big success in
itself.
The opening
ceremony of the
show was offici-
ated by Ajay Kala,
spokesperson of
JJS. The inaugural
function started
with the lighting of
the lamp by the
Chief Guests fol-
lowed by the re-
lease of the JJS
Show Guide. 5 wom-
en entrepreneurs
were felicitated after
the inaugural function
for their contribution
to the Gems and Jewel-
lery sector, which in-
cluded Leela Bordia,
Hetal Vakil Walia, Emi-
ly Chakraborty, Kichu
Dandiya and Chitwan
D. Malhotra.
MEET AND GREET!
W
OPENING!
The grand opening
of MRP will take
place at Opp. Alka
Cinema, Sikar
Road Vidhyadhar
Nagar, Jaipur on
December 24.
The event will also
showcase beautiful
performace by
ROCKNAAMA.
Various who’s
who of the city will
witness the grand
launch.
A Note of Optimism
CITY FIRST
S
eedling Group of
Schools Jaipur, is
hosting a two-day
C o n c l a v e
PULSE-2022 December
23-24 at the JNU
Campus where
qualified trainers
and educators from
across the country were
present
to address school lead-
ers and teachers repre-
senting more than 100
schools of the state. The
Conclavecommencedon
23™ December at JNU
with leading education
leaders joined by a com-
mon desire to make a
significant difference to
the educational land-
scape of the State. CBSE
Secretary
, Anurag Trip-
athi will be addressing
the School Leaders on
the 2™ day of the
Conclave. Dr Sand-
eep Bakshi, CEO
Director of the Seed-
ling Group of Schools,
in his opening address
reiterated the necessity
forbothteachersandstu-
dents to acquire a global
perspective with appro-
priate skills for collabo-
ration, creativity
, com-
passion and problem-
solving.
DURING THE DAY!
The three-day event titled ‘Nani Bai Ka Myra’ is being
organised by Acharya Madhur Krishna from Friday at
Mangalam Ananda Society, Sanganer, Jaipur. During the
occasion, Rasleela will also be organised on this occasion.
Minister of State for
Women and Child
Development Mamta
Bhupesh inaugurated
‘National Amrita Haat’
at Shilpgram, Jawahar
Kala Kendra in Jaipur to
provide a marketplace
for the sale of handmade
products by women of
Self Help Groups on Friday
and said that Amrita Haat
would encourage the hard
work and skills of these
women.
Mamta Bhupesh
cuts the inaugural ribbon
During the event
Lara Dutta with models showcasing the designer jewelery at JJS
Dignitaries on the dais releasing the JJS Show Guide
Jagdeesh Chandra greets Navya Singh Shekhwat. Also seen are (L-R)
Akanksha Bhalla, Tanu Chaudhary, Rishika Chandani, Khushi Vijay and Kalpana Yadav
Jagdeesh Chandra cuts the cake with birthday girl Navya Singh Shekhawat.
Also seen are Akanksha Bhalla, Akshita Tanwar, Kailash Rathore and Madhu Rathore
Navya Singh Shekhawat with Gaurav Gaur
—PHOTO
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
—PHOTOS
BY
SUNIL
SHARMA
—PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO

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