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76% OF `2,000 NOTES HAVE
BEEN RETURNED TO BANKS: RBI
RBI said 76% of `2,000 banknotes in
circulation have been returned and has
urged members of the general public
to utilise 3 months to deposit notes. P6
HC DISMISSES SISODIA’S BAIL
IN MONEY LAUNDERING CASE
Delhi HC on Monday dismissed the
bail plea of AAP leader Manish Siso-
dia, who was arrested for his alleged
role in the money laundering case.
EC announces an online portal to allow registered political
parties file their financial statements, reports, audited
annual account and poll expenditure statement
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PALANHAR BENEFICIARIES DIALOGUE EVENT
No eligible child
should be deprived,
it’s responsibility of
all of us: CM Gehlot
CM GEHLOT TRANSFERS `146.74 CR
IN ACCOUNTS OF BENEFICIARIES
YOU ARE NURTURER OF CHILDREN
OF THE STATE, SAY BENEFICIARIES
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur
hief Minister
Ashok Gehlot
t r a n s f e r r e d
`146.74 crore in the bank
accounts of over 5.91
lakh Palanhar beneficiar-
ies through DBT on
Monday. This includes
assistance of `59.38 cr
for June 2023 to 5,92,630
beneficiaries and `87.36
crore for July month to
5,91,730 beneficiaries.
Addressing a state lev-
el programme of dia-
logue with Palanhar Ben-
eficiaries at CMR, Ge-
hlot said, “This would
put an addl burden of
approximately `300
crore on the state excheq-
uer with the increase in
the assistance amount.
Instead of closing the
Palanhar yojana that was
started by previous govt,
we have increased assis-
tance amount and the
categories. MORE ON P2
CM Ashok Gehlot pampers a beneficiary in presence of Shanti Dhariwal, Dr Mahesh Joshi, Usha Sharma,
Kuldeep Ranka, Bhajan Lal Jatav, Tikaram Jully, Gaurav Goyal and Shashikant Sharma at CMR on Monday.
C
CM GEHLOT SAYS IN POETIC MANNER...
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday said
in a poetic manner that he got injured and
fractured his leg and got pneumonia even then
he will serve the people of the state till his last breath.
AFTER ‘MAHA’ NCP COUP, UNCLE V/S NEPHEW, RIVAL SACKINGS...
PAWARPOWERPLAY!
l The NCP sacks 5 leaders, moves to
disqualify 9 MLAs including Ajit Pawar
l Ajit Pawar faction declares new Maha
NCP chief in tit-for-tat after the sackings
Ashish Tewari Moni Sharma
Mumbai/Satara/Karad
Lok Sabha MP Sunil Tat-
kare was appointed Ma-
harashtra NCP unit chief
by the Ajit Pawar faction
on Monday.Addressing a
pressconferenceinMum-
bai, Praful Patel, part of
the rebel NCP faction,
said Jayant Patil has been
removed from the post of
state president and Sunil
Tatkare has been appoint-
ed state party chief.
Meanwhile,NCPwork-
ingpresidentSupriyaSule
sought the disqualifica-
tion of MPs Sunil Tatkare
and Praful Patel for in-
dulging in “anti-party ac-
tivities” in following the
induction of Ajit Pawar
and eight MLAs into the
Eknath Shinde-led Maha-
rashtra government.
The Sharad Pawar fac-
tion also expelled 3 lead-
ers — Shivaji Rao Garje,
regional GS of the party,
Vijay Deshmukh, Akola
City District President of
party, Narendra Rane,
working chief of Mum-
bai division. MORE ON P5
Ajit Pawar with Chhagan Bhujbal, Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare and others during a press conference,
in Mumbai on Monday.
NEPHEW’S REBELLION DOES NOT HAVE
MY BLESSINGS, SAYS SHARAD PAWAR
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Monday
rejected speculation that his nephew Ajit
Pawar’s rebellion has his blessings. Sharad
also said
he has
launched a
statewide
tour to
strengthen
the NCP
and boost
the confi-
dence of
party workers, unfazed by actions of a few leaders.
Sharad Pawar also said some of our people fell
prey to BJP’s tactics to break other parties, adding,
there was a need to fight forces creating commu-
nal divide in Maharashtra and the country.
AJIT MEETS FADNAVIS FOR
POWER-SHARING TALKS!
KEY HAPPENINGS
SHARAD IS PARTY’S
NAT’L PREZ: AJIT
Ajit Pawar met Deven-
dra Fadnavis hours
after meeting rebel NCP
MLAs on Monday – reportedly
to discuss the power-sharing
formula. “A discussion was held
regarding allocation of ministries
to Ajit Pawar and the eight NCP
MLAs who have switched to
Shinde-led govt,” sources said.
l Sunil Tatkare has
been appointed as new
State chief of National-
ist Congress Party
l NCP appoints Jiten-
dra Awhad as Leader
of Opposition (LoP) in
Maharashtra Assembly
l I have appointed Ajit
Pawar as leader of the
NCP legislature party,
says Praful Patel
l NCP’s ‘sacked’
MP Praful Patel will
continues to hold the
Nationalist Congress
Party chief post
Ajit Pawar said
that under new
formula, Sharad
Pawar is national
president of the party.
Ajit faction said they do
not want polls again, so
NCP has been urged to
take decisions with mu-
tual consent, in case of
no mutual agreement,
the EC will have to take
a decision. Ajit Pawar
has said that at present
he is not expelling any-
one from the party but
is expanding party.
Rainproof Cycle Ride!
A child shields her father with an umbrella as they move
through waterlogged street during rain in Nadia on Monday.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur
For the care of mental pa-
tients, the State Mental
HealthAuthority has been
constituted in the state in
accordance with the Men-
tal Health Care Act-2017
and the State Mental
Health Authority
Rules-2018.
Shubhra Singh in-
formed that the state men-
tal health related rules and
bye-laws will be made
soon by organizing a
meeting of the Authority.
Along with this, mental
health boards will also be
constituted and rules re-
lated to the rights of men-
tal patients will also be
decided. In the Authority,
ACS has been designated
as Chairman, Mission Di-
rector National Health
Mission as CEO and Di-
rector Public Health as
Member Secretary. Apart
from these, there will be
ex-officio and non-offi-
cial members in this
authority.
Mental Health body for
caring mental patients
A gazette notification
has also been issued for
this, said Additional
Chief Secretary, Health,
Shubhra Singh
First India Bureau
New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Monday chaired
a meeting of the Council
of Ministers at Pragati
Maidan Convention Cen-
tre and said that the meet-
ing was fruitful.
“A fruitful meeting
with the Council of Min-
isters, where we ex-
changed views on diverse
policy-related issues,”
PM Modi tweeted. Sourc-
es said some ministries
presented reports of vari-
ous central schemes and
their implementation.The
govt is preparing agenda
for monsoon session of
Parl which is set to begin
on July 20. Opposition is
likely to raise issue of
UCC to corner the govt.
PM MODI CHAIRS ‘FRUITFUL’ MEET
PM Narendra Modi addresses a meeting with Union Council of Ministers, in New Delhi on Monday. PK Mishra, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh,
S Jaishankar, Nirmala Sitharaman, Narendra Singh Tomar, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Bhupender Singh Yadav and others also seen.
PM MODI TO HOST VIRTUAL SCO SUMMIT TODAY;
PUTIN, PAKISTAN PM, XI JINPING MAY ATTEND
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi all set to
chair the SCO summit today, the central govern-
ment is hoping to end its presidency of Eurasian
group with a consensus in form of a joint communique
that will address, among other things, issues related
to counter-terrorism, de-radicalisation, connectivity,
Afghanistan, energy and the need for improvement in
the architecture of global governance. The virtual sum-
mit will be completed in a single session that will last for
a little over two hours and may also see remarks made
by Russian President Vladimir Putin, his Chinese coun-
terpart Xi Jinping and Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif.
‘DRONE’ SPOTTED OVER PM MODI’S RESIDENCE
The Delhi Police received a call about a drone
hovering over the residence of PM Modi in New
Delhi on Monday morning. A search operation
was launched but nothing suspicious was found.
CJI: SC goes paperless,
free Wi-Fi for everyone
First India Bureau
New Delhi
The first five courtrooms
of the Supreme Court
have become WiFi-
enabled, CJI DY
Chandrachud an-
nounced on Mon-
day, in a significant
step towards the dig-
itisation of the top court.
The court has made facil-
ity available to all law-
yers, litigants, mediaper-
sons, and other stake-
holders visiting the prem-
ises. The step was taken
as part of the e-initiatives
and the facility can be
availed by logging
in to “SCI WiFi”.
“Please give me
the feedback
whether everything
is working well,” Jus-
tice Chandrachud said.
The top court reopened
on Monday after the six-
week summer vacation.
IN BRIEF
CBI’s fresh chargesheet
against Lalu, Rabri,
Tejashwi, 14 others
New Delhi/Bihar: The
Central Bureau of In-
vestigation has filed the
second chargesheet
against former Railway
Minister Lalu Prasad,
his wife Rabri Devi,
their son and Bihar
Deputy Chief Minister
Tejashwi Yadav, and 14
others in connection
with the alleged land-
for-job scam. This is the
first time that Tejashwi
Yadav is being named
in the case.
UCC: Parl panel, Law
Commission, law
ministry hold meeting
New Delhi: The parlia-
mentary panel on law
held an important meet-
ing on issue of UCC on
Monday. Committee
headed by BJP MP Su-
shil Modi has called
representatives of Law
Commission and law
ministry on a recent no-
tice issued by law panel
seeking views of stake-
holders on UCC issue.
ED grills Anil Ambani for
7 hours in FEMA case
Mumbai: Reliance
ADA Group Chairman
Anil Ambani appeared
before ED on Monday
in connection with a
probe linked to alleged
violation of the FEMA.
Ambani arrived at ED’s
Ballard Estate office in
South Mumbai and was
questioned for 7 hours.

Naresh Sharma
Jaipur
shok Gehlot in
the dialogue
with beneficiar-
ies said that the previous
Central Government im-
plemented Right to food,
employment, education
and information uni-
formly in the entire coun-
try. Similarly, the Ra-
jasthan government has
made a provision of min-
imum pension of Rs 1000
per month under social
security pension.
The Central Govern-
ment should also provide
economic support to the
needy by implementing
social security law across
the country. He said that
the Rajasthan govern-
ment has taken the re-
sponsibility of the health
of the people of the state
by bringing the Right to
Health and will further
strengthen it.
Tikaram Jully said
that around 6 lakh chil-
dren in the state are be-
ing supported through
this scheme.
UDH Minister Shanti
Kumar Dhariwal, Agri-
culture Minister Lal-
chand Kataria, PHED
Minister Dr. Mahesh
Joshi, PWD Minister
Bhajan Lal Jatav, Ashok
Chandna, Mahendra Ge-
hlot, Sangeeta Beniwal,
OBC Finance and Devel-
opment Corporation
chairman Pawan Godara,
MLA Ganga Devi, Alok
Beniwal, Narendra
Budania, Nikhil Dey,
Chief Secretary Usha
Sharma, Palanhar benefi-
ciaries and other senior
officers were present in
the function.
Slew of approvals from CM Gehlot
RAJASTHAN
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RAJ’S PALANHAR SCHEME
Prime Minister should implement Social Security Law: CM Gehlot
A
Jodhpur: A man has
alleged that his sister
was raped and mur-
dered. A man registered
a complaint at the Ba-
nad police station, ay-
ing that allegedly his
sister was raped and
thrown into a water
tank afterwards leading
to her deth. The Banad
police have registered a
case based on his com-
plaint and an investiga-
tion has been launched
in the matter.
Man alleges sister’s
rape and murder;
case registered
Jaipur: The enforce-
ment squad of Jaipur
Development Authority
(JDA) sealed illegal
buildings and demol-
ished structures in Dur-
gapura Maharani Farm
in Gayatri Nagar. The
construction was done
contrary to JDA’s ap-
proved map. A double
basement and a seven-
floor building was con-
structed on 312 square
yards and an additional
basement was built.
JDA seals, razes
structures in Gayatri
Nagar of Durgapura
IN BRIEF
Pratapgarh: Union
Road Transport Minis-
ter Nitin Gadkari will
be visiting Pratapgarh
today and lay the foun-
dation stone of the by-
pass to be built on Na-
tional Highway 56. A
dome has been con-
structed at Dussehra
Ground in Pratapgarh.
More than 10,000 BJP
workers will take part in
the rally. He will leave
for Udaipur at 2pm.
Nitin Gadkari to visit
Pratagarh today
Dungarpur turns
fortress over
community
violence fear
Five die as car rams into
tractor-trolley, 33 injured
Mahila Morcha to protest,
march to CMR tomorrow
Pitiful:Roads,potholespitfalls
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur
A press conference was
held at the BJP state of-
fice on Monday regard-
ing the increasing cases
of rape and harassment of
women. Addressing the
conference, BJP MP and
State General Secretary
Diya Kumari said that on
July 5, women under
leadership of Mahila
Morcha will march to-
wards the CM’s resi-
dence to wake up govern-
ment from its slumber.
Diya Kumari said that
crime against women has
increased by 46% under
Congress government.
`230 crore approved for
free uniform to students
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur
CM Ashok Gehlot has
approved a financial pro-
posal of Rs 230 crore to
provide free school uni-
forms to the students of
government schools up
to class 8 in the state.
With this decision, all
the students studying in
government schools of
the state up to class 8
will be able to get free
uniforms. With this, the
students will be relieved
from the worry of buy-
ing uniforms in the new
session and the financial
burden on their families
will be reduced.
`22.40 CRORE APPROVED FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF ANGANWADI CENTRES
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot has approved
a financial proposal
of Rs 22.40 crore for the
development of Anganwadi
centres and construction of
new buildings. Out of this amount, Rs 13.40 crore
has been approved for providing drinking water in
various Anganwadi centres and for other develop-
ment works and Rs 9 crore will be spent on the
construction of Anganwadi buildings across the state.
BHARATPUR ASP ADF
OFFICETOBESHIFTED
CM Ashok Gehlot has
approved the proposal
to transfer the head-
quarters of
ASP Bandit
Eradication
Force from
Bharatpur
to Bayana. Presently,
office is located at district
headquarters. Under
this, work area gets away
from the headquarters
due to formation of new
circle. In such a situation,
it has been decided to
transfer office in earnest.
27 NEW POSTS: SMS
TOWN HALL MUSEUM
CM Gehlot has approved
the proposal for creation
of 27 new posts for
operation of
Sawai Man
Singh Town
Hall Mu-
seum, Jaipur
whch is to be developed
as a heritage museum.
A total of 27 posts will be
created for the operation
of museum, including two
each for curator and cleri-
cal grade-I, 3 for clerical
grade-II and 20 posts for
class-IV employees.
Diya Kumari, Dr Somya, Pooja Kapil Mishra, Alka Mundra, Rama
Chopra Anand Sharma releasing a poster on women atrocities
at BJP HQs in Jaipur on Monday. SANTOSH SHARMA
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner
BJP State president CP
Joshi and Leader of Op-
positionRajendraRathore
on Monday took a meet-
ing of Bikaner Divisional
BJP office bearers, work-
ers regarding preparations
for Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi’s Bikaner pub-
lic meeting on July 8.
Talking to reporters, Joshi
said that this meeting will
be historic.
“The kind of enthusi-
asm that is being seen in
Bikaner, I am sure that
this meeting is going to be
biggest meeting of state
so far,” he said.
Rathore told that he
was not in the race for the
post of chief minister. He
said that the party will be
forming the state govern-
ment in the upcoming as-
sembly elections. “The
Cheif Minister will be of
BJP only. I can say that I
am not in this race,” he
said when asked about
race to CM post.
Puneet Chaturvedi
Dungarpur
Dungarpur in Rajasthan
has seen tensions rise af-
ter hundreds of protes-
tors encircled the local
police station in Aspur
town. They were demon-
strating against alleged
encroachments on gov-
ernment lands by a spe-
cific community.
The controversy began
when Aspur resident
Afzal, son of Raees Khan
Pathan, posted offensive
comments about Hindu
deities on his Instagram
account on June 22.
After his post went vi-
ral, various social groups
condemned his actions,
this also sparked the de-
mands of removal of un-
authorized encroach-
ments in the government
colonies of Som Kamla
Amba Bandh and Kheda
village areas.
First India Bureau
Bharatpur
Five people were killed
and 33 got injured when
a car rammed into a trac-
tor-trolley full of devo-
tees on the Agra-Delhi
highway on Monday.
The man driving the
car and his son and
daughter, along with two
people on the tractor died
in the accident. Mathura
police identified the de-
ceased as Govard-
han(74), Rupesh(45),
Mukhtyari(35), Mukesh
and Gayadeen. Govard-
han had gone to Mathura
to meet his ailing sister.
After the accident,
people on the highway
stopped to help. There
were 50 devotees in trac-
tor-trolley. A devotee
said that speeding car hit
trolley from behind.
Ajaypal Singh is BJP V-P, society hails
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The Sikh society ex-
pressed happiness over
the appointment of Ajay-
pal Singh as senior vice-
president in State BJP,
and the entire society
welcomed him at his res-
idence by offering Si-
ropa, Sri Sahib and gar-
land on Monday.
On this occasion,
Jawahar Nagar Gurd-
wara Management Com-
mittee, Mansarovar Gur-
dwara Management
Committee, Sikh Youth
Wing President Dev-
ender Singh Shanti,
Khalsa Helping Hand
General Secretary Jagjit
Singh Suri, Guru Nanak
Pura Gurdwara headAm-
arjit Singh, Raja Park
Gurudwara member Har-
vinder Singh, former
Mandal President Khush-
winder Singh, Ravi Nay-
yar, Managing Commit-
tee of Guru Tegh Baha-
dur Nagar Gurdwara,
Managing Committee of
Gobind Nagar Gurdwara
were present.
Sardar Ajaypal Singh celebrating with his supporters on Monday.
Another ‘pothole’
has occurred at
Shyam Nagar, New
Sanganer Road, due
to leakage in sewer
line. This is the same
sewerage line where
a major pothole
occurred on Sunday
at Ayodhya Marg.
The repair work of
sewerage line has
been started at both
locations. Repair
work is expected to
take 3-4 days, after
which reconstruction
will begin.
A 14-ft deep hole opened up at the busy New Sanganer Road in Jaipur on Monday. This is fourth such case this month.
Another such incident occoured on Sunday at Ayodhya Marg (R) where JDA filled the hole with sand bags.
DGP honours father, son
for foiling robbery bid
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur
Director General of Po-
lice Umesh Mishra fe-
licitated Saksham
Khandaka and his father
Mahesh Khandaka, who
foiled the armed robbery
attempt on June 29 at
Johri Bazar, at the police
headquarters on Monday.
Saksham and his father,
without caring for their
lives, caught and handed
over to the police the
armed robbers. Mishra
praised their bravery and
promptness and wished
him a bright future.
Director General Law
and Order Rajeev Shar-
ma, ADG Crime Dinesh
MN and Havasingh
Ghumaria and social
worker Sant Kumar
Khandaka were also pre-
sent on the occasion.
DGP Umesh Mishra with Saksham Khandaka and his father Mahesh
Khandaka during the felicitation ceremony in Jaipur on Monday.
DLB suspends
EO, AEN, JEN in
Tricolour light scam
First India Bureau
Jaipur
In an action on Tricolour
light scam in Chomu in
Jaipur, the DLB took ac-
tion against three em-
ployees, including EO
Jitendra Meena, AEN
Nidhi Jain, JEN Lokesh
Saini. They have been
suspended. Tricolor light
was installed at a cost of
about Rs 62 lakh. Disci-
plinary action will be
taken against employees.
THE FIVE CATEGORIES IN PALANHAR SCHEME
Orphan children, children of parents who have
been sentenced to death, life imprisonment
through judicial process, children of widow
receiving pension, children of remarried widowed, chil-
dren of parents suffering from HIV AIDS, children of
parents suffering from leprosy, children of mother who
has done Nata, children of specially-abled, children of
divorced or abandoned women receiving pension and
children of parents suffering from silicosis.
Igotsupportinraising
andeducatingthree
children.Ihavealsogot
benefitofScootyforwhich
Iextendmygratitude.
ASLAM HUSSAIN, KOTA
Amount received from
the Palanhar scheme has
helped me a lot. I am
preparing for JEE and
want to become an
engineer.
NEHA,CHURU
I have got relief with the
increase in assistance
amount and it will help in
making a bright future for
the children. Every section
is getting benefits.
KAVITA MEENA, DAUSA
Beneficiaries showing notification of money recieved in their accounts.
CM Ashok Gehlot
We have benefitted
with all the schemes
including Palanhar.
Children get motivation
from you and they also
want to serve people.
GANGA BAI,UDAIPUR
THANKFUL
PUBLIC
Rajendra Rathore and CP Joshi
speaking at the meeting in
Bikaner on Monday.
I’m not in the race of CM: Rathore
SANTOSH SHARMA

RAJASTHAN
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INDO-EAST AFRICA TRADE EXPO TO BEGIN ON JULY 5
Raj Fdn in Kenya for trade expo
First India Bureau
Jaipur
he Rajasthan
Foundation will
attend Indo-
East Africa Trade Expo-
2023, starting from July
5, to strengthen the rela-
tions with non-resident
Rajasthanis (NRR).
According to an offi-
cial statement, the three-
day expo will be held at
Kenyatta International
Convention Centre
(KICC) in Nairobi, Ken-
ya, which will prove to
be a platform to fortify
trade relations and foster
economic ties between
India and East African
countries. The expo will
be inaugurated by Prime
Minister of Kenya, Raila
Odinga.
A delegation left for
Kenya under the leader-
ship of MLA Rafeek
Khan. 150-member Nor-
bi-Forti delegation left
from Rajasthan. A total
of 200 passengers left for
Kenya. Rajasthan Foun-
dation Commissioner
Dhiraj Srivastava was
also present.
The expo is a collabo-
rative endeavour be-
tween the Rajasthan As-
sociation of Kenya, the
Federation of Rajasthan
Trade Industry (FOR-
TI), the Rajasthan Export
Promotion Council
(REPC) and the Kenya
National Chamber of
Commerce and Industry
(KNCCI), Dhiraj Srivas-
tava said.
Srivastava said that he
will engage in meaning-
ful meetings and interac-
tions with the esteemed
non-resident Rajasthanis
(NRR) community in
Kenya and neighbouring
countries.
Rafeek Khan, Dhiraj Srivastava, and delegation of FORTI pose for
group photo at IGI airport in New Delhi on Monday.
T
Jodhpur: A woman
along with her two chil-
dren died by suicide by
jumping in front of a
goods train near Man-
dore railway station on
Monday morning. All
three died on the spot in
the accident. The wom-
an is said to be a resi-
dent of Umaid Nagar.
The deceased have been
identified as Nirma (25)
wife of Suresh Vishnoi,
Karthik (7) Vishal (3).
According to informa-
tion received so far, the
woman used to doubt
character of her hus-
band. Because of this,
there used to be quarrels
between the two.
Woman suspects
husband, dies before
train with two kids
Jaipur:Acase has been
lodged against former DG
Navdeep Singh at the
Raysar police station un-
der the
provisions
of SC/ST
Act. The
case per-
tains to
taking pos-
session of
75 bighas of land. Singh
had arrived to take pos-
session of purchased land
but the people there pro-
tested. This confrontation
led to a direct face-off be-
tween Singh and locals.
People and villagers have
accused Singh of using
caste-indicative slurs.
Case against former
DG Navdeep Singh
under SC/SC Act
IN BRIEF
Jaipur: In-charge of
Punjab Congress and
Baytoo MLA Harish
Chowdhary has de-
manded setting up of
Sewing Art Board in the
name of Sant Shri Pipa-
ji. He has written a letter
to CM Ashok Gehlot
demanding formation of
the board. Chaudhary
shared this information
on social media. In the
letter, he mentioned that
people of Pipa regional
tailor society have in-
formed that the tradi-
tional business of the
tailor society is sewing.
Chaudhary demands
sewing art board
CMflagsoffawarenessvehicles
forRGRuralUrbanOlympics
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur
CMAshok Gehlot said on
Mondaythattheorganiza-
tion of Rajiv Gandhi Ru-
ral and Urban Olympic
Games-2023willgenerate
enthusiasm for sports
among the youth of the
state, which will lead to
good results in future. He
said that there is no dearth
oftalentinthestate.Better
opportunities are being
provided to sports talents
by the state govt, he said.
Gehlot on Monday
flagged off 10 vehicles at
the CMR to spread public
awareness about the Rajiv
Gandhi Rural and Urban
Olympic Games-2023.
These vehicles will go to
all the blocks and assem-
bly constituencies and
spread awareness about
sports. On this occasion,
the CM handed over the
torchrelatedtoorganizing
the games to former inter-
national volleyball player
Malti Chauhan. At the
same time, Gehlot also
released T-shirts, medals
and certificates to be giv-
en to the participants.
The CM said that rural
and urban Olympic
Games will be organized
from July 10. “About 57
lakh players have regis-
tered. Elders, children,
women and youth all play
together in these games,
due to which a positive
atmosphere is being cre-
ated,” he said.
On this occasion, MoS
forSportsAshokChandna
said that the spirit of Fit
Rajasthan-Hit Rajasthan
is being realized.
Shiv Prakash Purohit
Jodhpur
After reports of rat nib-
bling on patients in the
Psychiatry department of
MathuraDasMathurgov-
ernment hospital, the hos-
pital administration has
set up a committee to look
into the matter. The divi-
sion’s largest hospital has
become a home to rats
despite monthly expendi-
ture of Rs 27000 per
month for pest control.
Zila Parishad CEOAb-
hishek Surana reached the
hospitalandtookinforma-
tion about the matter from
the hospital superinten-
dent Dr. Vikas Rajpurohit
and also inspected the
psychiatry department
and the ward there.
Talking to media after
theinspection,Suranasaid
that whoever has been
negligent in such cases,
actionwillbetakenagainst
them as per rules. MDM
Hospital Superintendent
Vikas Rajpurohit said that
in view of seriousness of
matter, a notice has been
issued to ward in-charge
caretaker is removed.
Arif Mansoori
Jhalawar
Former CM Vasundhara
Raje visited various reli-
gious places on Guru
Purnima during her Jhala-
war visit on Monday. She
reached Pipaji Dham in
Gagron and took the
blessings. Raje attended
Guru Purnima function
there. Raje then reached
Raadi ke Balaji attend-
ed Maha Aarti. She also
offered prayers at Panch-
mukhi Balaji temple on
Forest Road.
Jhalawar-Baran MP
DushyantSingh,Manohar
Thana MLA Govind Ra-
nipuriya, Dag MLARam-
lal, Khanpur MLANaren-
dra Nagar, and several
otherswerepresent.Itmay
be noted that Raje’s elec-
tioncampaignbeginsfrom
RaadikeBalajitemple.An
Akhand Jyot is ignited be-
fore she files nomination.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
IAS officer Yagya Mitra
Singhdeo will take vol-
untary retirement on July
31, two months before
the retirement.
The VRS application
of Singhdeo has been ac-
cepted by the state gov-
ernment. Singhdeo, an
IAS officer 2007 batch, is
currently secretary in the
Rajasthan State Human
Rights Commission.
Yogesh Sharma
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur
Congress will organize a
booth conference in
Jaipur this month. AICC
president Mallikarjun
Kharge and Rahul Gan-
dhi will attend the confer-
ence to be held in the
third week of July.
The conference will be
of about 55,000 presi-
dents including 11,000
gram panchayat prez.
PCC will issue special ID
cards. On the lines of
ATM, the info of the pres-
idents will be in plastic
cards. General informa-
tion will be with name,
designation, region, Lok
Sabha constituency. The
party will issue this card
to about 65,000 workers.
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur
The assembly session
will begin with the ad-
dress of President Drou-
padi Murmu.
This will be the first
such instance in the his-
tory of the assembly.
For this, a special ses-
sion will be organised
which will be addressed
by the President. The ses-
sion will begin on July
14. During her Jaipur
visit, President Droupadi
Murmu will attend an-
other programme.
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur
Back to back tours of
BJP leaders to Rajasthan
months before the as-
sembly elections have
started giving sleepless
nights to Congress and
the Congress has started
talking about the unity in
the party. PCC state pres-
ident Govind Singh Do-
tasra said that there can
be differences of opinion
but not division in the
party. “We all are one
and will win the assem-
bly elections,” Govind
Singh Dotasra said.
“The differences have
been resolved and we
will fight the elections
together and win,” he
said. Meanwhile, Do-
tasra reached Delhi on
Monday but there will be
no meeting regarding
Rajasthan. Dotasra said
that he was in Delhi due
to personal reasons.
Congress president
Mallikarjun Kharge is
out of Delhi while Con-
gress in charge for Ra-
jasthan Sukhjinder Singh
Randhawa is also not
there. The party high
command is currently fo-
cused on Maharashtra
development.
Dotasra will return to
Jaipur after meeting
Randhawa on Tuesday.
Randhawa will come to
Delhi on Tuesday to
meet Dotasra. Talks will
be held on pending is-
sues adn list of new PCC
secretaries may also be
released on Tuesday.
Navin Sharma Ravi Sharma
Sikar
A junior engineer of Sa-
magra Shiksha Abhiyan
(SAMSA) posted in Sikar
was arrested
by ACB
while ac-
cepting a
bribe of Rs.
1.40lakhson
Monday. Po-
lice informed that junior
engineer, Sandeep Ku-
mar Chaudhary, is a
contractual employee and
was working as a junior
engineer in SAMSA
which falls under the edu-
cation department.
“The complainant filed
acomplaintandstatedthat
Sandeep Kumar Chaud-
hary was demanding a
bribe to pass bills of the
contracting firm valued
around Rs. 35.20 lakhs.
The ACB team verified
thecomplaintandarrested
the junior engineer with
Rs. 1.40 bribe,” police
said.Thesleuthsalsoraid-
ed the premises of the ac-
cused and are further in-
vestigating the matter.
(L) Broker, Saeed Khan, (C) Girdawar, Vimal Kumar, and Patwari, Ram
Prasad Bairwa (R) in ACB custody in Sawai Madhopur on Monday.
Condition of patients’ after Rats
nibbled their feet in MDM Hosp.
Droupadi Murmu, President
Former CM Vasundhara Raje and her son Dushyant Singh doing
aarti in Raadi ke Balaji temple in Jhalawar on Monday.
CM Ashok Gehlot flagging off 10 vehicles to spread awareness of
Rajiv Gandhi Rural and Urban Olympic Games at CMR on Monday.
Usha Sharma, Ashok Chandna and Malti Chauhan are also seen.
57L players have
registered for Rural
Urban Olympic
beginningonJuly10
Contractual JEn in ACB
net for taking `1.40 lakh
PATWARI, GIRDAWAR, BROKER HELD WITH `17K
Sawai Madhopur: A revenue inspector (Girdawar),
patwari and a middleman were arrested by ACB in
Sawai Madhopur on Monday for allegedly accepting
Rs. 17,000 as a bribe. ACB sleuths informed that revenue
inspector Vimal Kumar Agarwal and patwari Ram Prasad
Bairwa were posted in Malarna Dungar tehsil of S. Madhopur.
“The middleman, Saeed Khan, was employed as the driver of
the tehsildar. The complainant alleged that the accused were
demanding bribes for demarcating his land opening muta-
tion in revenue records. VK Agarwal was arrested with Rs 3K
bribe, while RP Bairwa took Rs 2K as a bribe. The middle-
man Saeed Khan took Rs 2K for himself Rs 10K on behalf
of tehsildar. The involvement of tehsildar Ghasidayaram is
being investigated,” police said. Sandeep Goyal
SMSEYEOTGETSCLEANCHIT,ACSTAKESFEEDBACK
Jaipur: No infection has been found in the testing of
samples collected from the operation theater of the
SMS hospital following pseudomonas infection in
17 patients who were operated in the hospital recently. As
many as 46 samples were collected for the culture report.
Sources said that no infection in the Eye OT has been
found in the testing so far. On the other hand, ACS Medical
Shubhra Singh called SMS medical college principal Dr
Rajeev Bagarhatta, SMS hospital superintendent Dr Achal
Sharma and took feedback from them. Vikas Sharma
HEADCONSTABLENABBEDWITH`10KBRIBEINJPR
Jaipur: The ACB on Monday arrested
a head constable in Jaipur while ac-
cepting a bribe of Rs. 10,000. Police
informed the head constable, Sobha Ram
Meena, was posted in Pratap Nagar Police
Station. “The complainant reported that
SR Meena was demanding a bribe of Rs.
1,00,000 to not arrest his mother and brother
in a case filed against them. The complaint was verified and
a trap was laid on Monday. The head constable was caught
red-handed while accepting bribe of Rs. 10K,” police said.
MURMUTOVISITKHATU
SHYAMJIONJULY14
Sikar: Dist Collector
Dr. Amit Yadav and
SP Karan Sharma
reached Khatu Shyamji in
view of the possible visit of
President Droupadi Murmu
to Khatu Shyamji between
July 13 and July 15. They
instructed to build a green
house and inspected the
VIP Darshan Marg and gave
necessary guidelines.
RAS AKASH RANJAN
ABSENT SINCE APRIL
RAS officer Akash
Ranjan, currently
posted as dy secy
in edu dept, is not attending
office since April. The state
govt had rejected his leave
application. However, he
has not attended office since
April. Ranjan was promoted
to RAS from Tehsildar. Secy
of the dept Naveen Jain has
sent a requisition to DoP for
a new deputy secretary.
Ratsgnawfeetofmentally-illpatients
inJodhpur’sMDMhosp,panelformed
RajeperformsMahaArtionGuru
Purnima,spendstimewithsaints
Dotasra to meet Randhawa in
Delhi today to discuss Raj issues
Congress’ booth conference
to be held this month in Jpr
YM Singhdeo to take VRS,
will retire two months early
Raj Assembly session to start with
Prez Droupadi Murmu’s address
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot during the unveiling of medalS and T-shirts for the Rajiv Gandhi Rural and Urban Olympics at the Chief
Minister’s Residence on Monday. Shanti Dhariwal, Mahesh Joshi, Lalchand Kataria, Tikaram Jully, Ashok Chandna, Bhajanlal Jatav along
with Usha Sharma, Kuldeep Ranka, Naresh Thakral and other officials are also seen here.
Govind Singh Dotasra

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PERSPECT VE
04
IN-DEPTH
FRAGMENTED
OPPOSITION WILL
FIND ACHIEVING
UNITY DIFFICULT
ith 2024 approaching opposition parties led
by the Congress are chasing a chimera called
unity. Will it happen?And if it does, will it be
strong enough to take on the BJP with some success?
It looks quite unlikely. Their differences, ideological
and regional, are far too many to be papered over.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi, which was described by
Rahul Gandhi as BJP’s B-team, will have a turf war
with the Congress when the state goes to poll. As-
sembly elections are due in Telangana later this year
and Rahul Gandhi is hoping for a Karnataka like win
in Telangana. Some BRS leaders are already joining
the Congress. All this may not please K. Chan-
drashekhar Rao.
Arvind Kejriwal will join the grand alliance on his
terms keeping Punjab in mind. Akhilesh Yadav and
Mayawati are going to be equally tough customers.
Besides, there are trust issues like which party is
likely to choose the BJP over the Congress. Clearly,
they have a long way to go.
W
BJP GETS EVEN WITH
SHARAD PAWAR
he Bharatiya Janata Party has got the better
of master strategist Sharad Pawar by baiting
his nephew Ajit Pawar to walk out of the
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). The first attempt
in 2019 had ended in huge embarrassment for the BJP
whenAjit Pawar took oath as Deputy Chief Minister
with Devendra Fadnavis as Chief Minister to keep
Maha Vikas Aghadi out of power. Ajit Pawar sprang
another big surprise three days later when he went
back to the NCP leaving the BJP red-faced.
Led by Devendra Fadnavis the BJP was not taking
any chances this time and held its cards close to its
chest until the final
blow was dealt. Two
NCP MPs — Praful
Patel and Sunil Tat-
kare — were present
at Ajit’s oath taking
ceremony along with
eight MLAs. Patel’s
leaving NCP is more
stunning than Ajit’s
as he has been a long
associate of Sharad
Pawar and was ap-
pointed NCP’s work-
ing president last
month.Patelisagood
example of there be-
ing no permanent
friends in politics.
Ajit Pawar has
joined the Eknath
Shinde government as Deputy Chief Minister along
with Fadnavis. After Shiv Sena, will the Congress
with 45 MLAs be BJP’s next target?
Equally important to watch will be the next move
by the wily Sharad Pawar who, instead of moping
over the split in NCP, appears to have hit the road
running to seek sympathy and support of his workers
for his party’s revival. The success of his move will
be politically important not only for the NCPbut also
Opposition unity.
T
Led by Fadnavis the
BJP was not taking
any chances this
time and held its
cards close to its
chest until the final
blow was dealt. Two
NCP MPs — Praful
Patel and Tatkare —
were present at Ajit’s
oathceremony along
with the 8 MLAs
he unprece-
dented lovef-
est between
the United
States and
India has been striking and,
frankly, puzzling. Follow-
ing the pageantry of US
PresidentJoeBidenhosting
a state dinner for Indian
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi,andofUSSpeakerof
the House Kevin McCarthy
inviting Modi to address a
joint session of Congress
for a second time, one won-
ders if America is giving
away the store and getting
very little in return.
Afterall,symbolssuchas
these are the least of it.
Amongotherthings,theUS
is transferring sensitive mil-
itary technology to a non-
treaty partner, nudging its
companiestoinvestinIndia,
easing visa restrictions for
Indian nationals, and desist-
ingfrompubliclychastising
Modi’s government for its
democratic backsliding. In
effect, America has drawn
Indiaintoaone-sidedquasi-
alliance: it seems to have
taken one, at most one-and-
a-half, to tango. The strate-
gic rationale, of course, is
the need to counter-balance
China. But what is the In-
dian quo for the American
quid?
The former US diplomat
Ashley J Tellis believes the
US is making a “bad bet,”
becauseIndiawillneverpar-
ticipate in coalition warfare
with the US against China
unless its interests are di-
rectly threatened. In a Sino-
American conflict over Tai-
wan, India would remain on
the sidelines, despite the
generositytheUShasshown
it. Even US National Secu-
rity Adviser Jake Sullivan
has acknowledged this.
But India experts such as
Pratap Bhanu Mehta, a for-
mer vice chancellor of
Ashoka University, point
out that the US will increas-
ingly need India as its own
hegemony erodes.The new
axis of autocracies includes
not only China, Russia, and
Iran but also Saudi Arabia
and even Turkey.
Faced with this geopo-
litical development, the US
at least needs to forestall
any potential cooling with
India, lest it find itself more
isolated. Not only is Amer-
ica’sadversarycountrising,
but its allies leave some-
thing to be desired. Europe
is predictably inconsistent
and ambivalent, especially
whenitcomestoChina;and
though Japan and South
Korea are reliable allies,
their demographic decline
deprives them of real heft.
But more to the point, it
is not clear that the US
needs to go to such lengths
to prevent India from join-
ing the axis of autocracies.
After all, China is a hostile
neighbor, SaudiArabia is a
global financier of militant
Islam, and Russia – its pri-
mary military supplier – is
headed for disorder. Part-
nership with such countries
is not remotely enticing for
India. Likewise, India,
with its influential diaspora
and basic congruence of
economic and military in-
terests, has little to gain by
openly snubbing the US.
So, the US is giving
away quite a lot either for
something that India will
never sign up to (military
engagement against Chi-
na), or for something that
India would do regardless
of the enticements on offer.
What are American strate-
gists thinking?
Yet for all the euphoria
aroundIndia’sgrowthpros-
pects, it is still a long way
from matching Chinese
economic and financial ca-
pabilities. China’s GDP is
more than five times great-
er than India’s at market
exchange rates, and about
2.7 times greater at pur-
chasing-power-parity rates.
Moreover, China’s military
spending is 3-4 times great-
er, and its foreign exchange
reserves (to the extent that
they can now be measured)
are easily 6-7 times larger.
The multiple on China’s
total trade over India’s is
similar, and its lead in glob-
al development lending is
astronomical.
Though by no means
guaranteed, this scenario is
plausible if India develops
better policies and stronger
institutions. It would not
eliminate the large China-
India hard-power differen-
tial, but it could narrow the
gap enough to force China
to re-calibrate its decision-
making. For example, if
China’s five-fold GDP ad-
vantage over India was to
be halved over the next
two decades, Chinese lead-
ers could no longer afford
to discount the possibility
of India retaliating on trade
or along the border.
Moreover, the future is a
process, not some hypo-
thetical endpoint. If Chi-
nese growth were to wane
and India’s were to remain
durably robust, its relative
attractiveness as a partner,
market, and investment
destination would in-
crease. In that case, the
strategic calculus would
change well before India
reached a size sufficient to
counterbalance China.
SOURCE: PROJECT SYNDICATE
BOOSTING
FORTUNES
True, whether India can
grow at 6% will be deter-
mined by Indian, not Amer-
ican, policymakers. But the
US believes it is providing
an important nudge at a
critical geopolitical moment
to boost India’s fortunes.
With China becoming more
aggressive as its long-
term growth prospects are
revised downward, US
actions also could encour-
age more capital to exit the
Chinese market.
And while re-shoring is
the preferred outcome, the
US will not object if fleeing
capital decamps to India.
US actions could also help
upgrade India’s military ca-
pabilities. In effect, the US
is proclaiming to the world
that India is “one of us.”
The fact that India is being
coy about openly embrac-
ing that status ultimately
may be less important.
Properly understood,
Biden’s “India Bet” is not
about securing Indian mili-
tary support in a hypotheti-
cal standoff with China, nor
is it designed to prevent
India from drifting toward
the axis of autocracies.
Rather, it is a calculated
prod aimed at narrowing
the real and perceived
power gap between India
and China. The smaller
their hard-power imbal-
ance, the more effective
the counter-balance for
America vis-à-vis China.
UnderstandingBiden’s
BigBetonIndia
With its new, unprecedentedly generous approach
to India, the United States would appear to be
giving away quite a lot in exchange for very little.
Yet when considered from a long-term
perspective, the American strategy makes
sense for an increasingly multipolar world
Arvind
Subramanian
The writer is a senior fellow
at Brown University, is a
distinguished non-resident
fellow at the Centre for
Global Development and the
author of Of Counsel: The
Challenges of the Modi-
Jaitley Economy (India
Viking, 2018)
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INDIA
05
Maha Political Drama
ShivSena(Shinde),BJPAjitPawar’s
Mahaallianceischristened‘Mahayuti'
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar with Praful Patel and others during a press conference, in Mumbai on Monday. PTI
First India Bureau
Mumbai
Shinde faction Shiv Sena,
BJP and Ajit Pawar alli-
ance is named ‘Mahayu-
ti’, the party leaders con-
firmed during a press
conference on Monday in
Mumbai.
A day after Ajit Pawar
led a rebellion in the Na-
tionalist Congress Party
and joined the Maharash-
tra ruling coalition, the
NCP vs NCP battle is un-
derway at full steam.
Ajit Pawar, the neph-
ew of NCP chief Sharad
Pawar, was sworn in as
the deputy chief minister
of Maharashtra on Sun-
day. Eight other NCP
MLAs also took oath and
joined the Eknath Shin-
de-led Maharashtra gov-
ernment, and Ajit Pawar
asserted that his camp
was the “real” NCP.
OnMonday,theSharad
Pawar-led camp filed a
disqualification petition
against the nine rebel
MLAs with Maharashtra
I have come to know
from media reports
that action is being
taken against our 9
MLAs. In this context,
we have sent an
application to the
Maharashtra Assembly
Speaker to disqualify
Jayant Patil and
Jitendra Awhad.
AJIT PAWAR, NCP LEADER
AND MAHA DEPUTY CM
All party workers
and leaders have
backed Ajit Pawar’s
leadership. Praful
Patel is appointed
officially. The
decision is not taken
by working
committee. You
cannot just remove
Praful Patel.
CHHAGAN BHUJBAL,
SENIOR NCP LEADER
We don’t want to go to
the Election
Commission. But if
there is no mutual
decision, we will have
no other option. We are
requesting Sharad
Pawar with folded
hands that he accept
what the maximum
party members want..
PRAFUL PATEL,
SENIOR NCP LEADER
Assembly speaker and
also approached the
Election Commission,
stating that party work-
ers from all districts
stood firmly with NCP
chief Sharad Pawar.
NCP NAMES AWHAD AS
MAHARASHTRA LoP
Mumbai: NCP has
appointed Jitendra
Awhad as Leader
of Opposition in the Ma-
harashtra assembly after
incumbent LoP Ajit Pawar
joined the Eknath Shinde
govt as deputy CM on
Sunday. The develop-
ment comes amid a close
aide of Pawar saying 36
out of 53 NCP MLAs have
extended support to the
new deputy CM and the
numbers could go to 46 in
a few days time.
“NO IDEA ABOUT No.
OF MLAs WITH AJIT”
Mumbai: Amid a
major develop-
ment in Maharash-
tra’s politics with NCP
leader Ajit Pawar and
eight other MLAs joining
the Eknath Shinde-led
government, State As-
sembly Speaker Rahul
Narwekar on Monday said
that he is unaware of the
exact numbers of MLAs
supporting Ajit Pawar.
JOINED GOVT FOR POLITICAL STABILITY: PATEL
Mumbai: NCP working president Praful Patel
has said the decision to join the Shiv Sena-
BJP government was a collective one which
was taken by the party to provide political stability
and ensure the development of Maharashtra and the
country. Talking to reporters, Patel took potshots at
Congress and Rahul Gandhi while referring to the
Patna meeting of Opposition parties.
AJIT WILL REPLACE
SHINDE: SAAMANA
Mumbai: Uddhav
Thackeray-led Shiv
Sena has claimed
that Ajit Pawar who was
sworn in as Maharashtra
Deputy CM on Sunday
would replace CM Eknath
Shinde soon. The mouth-
piece of Shiv Sena (UBT)
‘Saamana’ claimed that
Eknath Shinde along with
16 MLAs who were part
of the split in Shiv Sena
almost a year ago are go-
ing to be “disqualified” as
per the Constitution.
IT MAY HAPPEN IN UP,
BIHARTOO:ATHAWALE
New Delhi: Amid
the ongoing politi-
cal crisis in Maha-
rashtra, Union Minister
Ramdas Athawale on
Monday said that a similar
situation can also arise in
Uttar Pradesh and Bihar,
adding that some MLAs of
Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) and
Akhilesh Yadav’s Sama-
jwadi Party are upset with
their respective leaders.
BJP Central Observers
to elect LoP in K’taka
Agencies
New Delhi
Senior Karnataka BJPlead-
erBSYediyurappaonMon-
day said Union Minister
Mansukh Mandaviya and
party General SecretaryVi-
nod Tawade will visit Ben-
galuru as central observers
for the election of the Lead-
er of Opposition (LoP) in
Karnataka assembly.
“The central party lead-
ers have told me that they
would be sending two cen-
tral observers—Vinod Ta-
wade and Mansukh Man-
daviya—to Bengaluru for
theelectionofLoP,”hesaid
while speaking to reporters
on late Sunday night.
The duo would collect
the opinions of all the Kar-
nataka BJP legislators and
submit a report to the cen-
tral leadership,Yediyurap-
pa said.
BJP senior leader BS Yediyurappa. FILE
CONG’S SWIPE ON BJP
OVER KARNATAKA LoP
New Delhi: The Con-
gress on Monday took
a swipe at the BJP
over it not announcing its leg-
islature party leader in Kar-
nataka despite the assembly
session beginning Monday,
saying this BJP is loud when
it wins but “crumbles and
croaks when it loses”.
NextOppnmeetinB’luru
onJuly1718:Congress
PTI
New Delhi
The next meeting of op-
position parties will be
held in Bengaluru on July
17 and 18, the Congress
announced on Monday,
and asserted their resolve
to defeat the BJP has
been strengthened by the
“Mumbai operations” of
the “BJP washing ma-
chine”.
Congressgeneralsecre-
tary (organisation) KC
Venugopal made the an-
nouncementofOpposition
meeting dates on Twitter
and said “we are steadfast
in our unwavering resolve
to defeat the fascist and
undemocratic forces”.
“After a hugely suc-
cessful all-opposition
meeting in Patna, we will
be holding the next meet-
ing in Bengaluru on 17
and 18 July, 2023. We are
steadfast in our unwaver-
ing resolve to defeat the
fascist and undemocratic
forces and present a bold
vision to take the country
forward,”Venugopalsaid.
Congress General Secretary
KC Venugopal. FILE
KHARGERAPSCENTRE
FORARMYVACANCIES
New Delhi: Con-
gress chief Mal-
likarjun Kharge
on Monday attacked
the Modi government
over reported shortage
of officers at the Major
and Captain levels in the
Army, saying it has all
the time to break political
parties but no time to fill
important vacancies in
the armed forces.
AKHILESH URGES
OPPOSITION TO UNITE
Hyderabad:
Former Uttar
Pradesh Chief
Minister and Samajwadi
Party (SP) President
Akhilesh Yadav on Mon-
day called on Opposition
parties to unite in order
to oust the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) from
power at the Centre.
ACTING TOUGH ON TERROR
Khalistanis abroad on Govt’s radar
Agencies
New Delhi
“We have requested our
partner countries like
Canada, the United
States, the UK and Aus-
tralia not to give space to
the Khalistanis. This will
affect our relations. We
will raise this poster issue
with the government of
these countries,” External
Affairs Minister S Jais-
hankar said on Monday.
A poster displaying
pictures and names of In-
dian high commissioner
to Canada Sanjay Verma
and consul general
Apoorva Srivastava has
appeared in Canada,
showing the diplomats as
“killers” of Khalistan Ti-
ger Force chief Hardeep
Singh Nijjar, who was
shot dead there a couple
of weeks back.
The poster is about
a rally planned by
Khalistani elements in
Toronto on July 8,
which will culminate
at the Indian high com-
mission (the poster
reads Indian embassy).
The poster was tweet-
ed by former corre-
spondent of the Cana-
dian Broadcasting
Corporation (CBC)
Terry Milewski.
EAMJaishankarhad
last month said that
Canada giving space to
Khalistani elements
seems to be driven by
votebank politics.
S Jaishankar interacts with family of Tika Lal Taploo, who was
killed by terrorists in 1989 in Kashmir, in New Delhi on Monday.
IN BRIEF
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Monday sought
an updated status report
from the State of Manipur
regarding the present situ-
ation and measures taken
to curb the violence in the
State. A bench led by
Chief Justice of India DY
Chandrachud directed the
State to update the posi-
tion regarding rehabilita-
tion camps, recovery of
arms and law and order.
Manipur violence: SC
seeks fresh status
report from govt
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Monday refused
to entertain a PIL seeking
framing of guidelines to
deal with incidents of sui-
cide committed by mar-
ried men subjected to do-
mestic violence and the
constitution of a “National
Commission for Men” to
safeguard their interests.
A bench expressed disin-
clination to consider the
matter.
SC refuses to entertain
PIL seeking a National
Commission for Men

INDIA
06
ANI
Mumbai
About 76 per cent of the
Rs 2000 banknotes have
returned to the banking
system since the RBI in
May decided to withdraw
the high-value note from
circulation.
The total value of Rs
2000 banknotes in circu-
lation was Rs 3.56 lakh
crore at the close of
business on May 19,
2023 - when the RBI de-
cided to withdraw the
note. The total value of
Rs 2000 banknotes re-
turned to the system af-
ter the announcement on
May 19 is to the tune of
Rs 2.72 lakh crore, RBI
said Monday.
Hence, banknotes in
circulation now stand at
Rs 0.84 lakh crore.
“Data collected from
major banks indicates
that out of the total bank-
notes in Rs 2000 denom-
ination received back
from circulation, about
87 per cent is in the form
of deposits and the re-
maining around 13 per
cent has been exchanged
into other denomination
banknotes,” RBI said on
Monday in a statement.
People are requested to
utilise the next three
months to deposit or ex-
change their Rs 2000
banknotes to avoid any
rush at the last moment.
People can exchange
or deposit their Rs 2,000
notes in bank branches
and regional branches of
RBI. A non-account
holder also can exchange
Rs 2000 banknotes up to
a limit of Rs 20,000 at a
time at any bank branch.
September 30 has been
decided as the last date
for the purpose of com-
pleting the exercise in a
time-bound manner and
to provide adequate time
to the public. RBI may
later revisit the Septem-
ber deadline based on the
situation going ahead.
People are requested
to utilise the next 3
months to deposit or
exchange their Rs
2000 banknotes to
avoid any rush at the
last moment
SEEKING BLESSINGS
Sea of devotees throngs temples on Guru Purnima
ANI
Agra
evotees from all
over the coun-
try thronged the
Mankameshwar Ma-
hadev Temple in Agra’s
Rawatpara on Guru
Purnima on Monday.
According to officials,
devotees started worship-
ping Lord Shiva in the
early morning and visited
Shivalaya to worship the
deity and seek his bless-
ings. “Devotees had start-
ed worshipping Lord
Shiva since the morning.
Devotees reach Shivalaya
to worship Baba Bho-
lenath and are worship-
ping Lord Shiva for their
wishes,” they said.
Mankameshwar Ma-
hadev Temple Mahant
Yogesh Puri said that
there will be nine Mon-
days in the month of
Sawan and as per the rit-
uals, the devotees will
perform the sacred bath
on these days that would
be completed on a full
moon.
“There will be nine
Mondays in the month of
Sawan. On these days the
sacred bath will be per-
formed and will be fin-
ished as per rituals only
on a full moon,” said Ma-
hant Yogesh Puri.
As per the officials, the
Guru Purnima festival is
beingcelebratedenthusias-
tically today in Prayagraj,
the king of pilgrimages.
Prayagraj Jagat guru
Ramanujacharya Srid-
haracharya said a large
number of devotees took
a dip at the confluence of
holy Ganga andYamuna.
The Jagat guru also add-
ed that the disciples re-
ceived blessings from
their Gurus, he added.
As per the officials, the
religious festival of Guru
Purnima is being cele-
brated with great pomp in
Varanasi by devotees
from across the country.
Mankameshwar Mahadev Temple in Agra.
D
Chennai: A 34-year-
old alleged mastermind
of a fake input tax cred-
it racket, which caused
a loss of Rs 176 crore
to the government by
floating fictitious com-
panies in the names of
poor people and raising
fake invoices, has been
arrested while attempt-
ing to flee the country.
‘176-crore tax fraud
mastermind caught
while trying to flee
New Delhi: A Class 8
student of a govt school
died after he was hit al-
legedly by a truck while
crossing a road in outer
Delhi’s Nangloi area on
Monday, police said.
The accident took place
when Mani Ram was re-
turning home from
school and was hit alleg-
edly by the truck. The
boy died on the spot.
Class 8 student dies
after being hit by
truck in outer Delhi
IN BRIEF
Andra Pradesh: A po-
lice inspector ended his
life allegedly due to
family disputes, police
said on Monday. A
Ananda Rao, Tadipatri
town police circle in-
spector, took the ex-
treme step and hanged
himself.
Police inspector dies
by suicide in AP
ANI
New Delhi
The National Investiga-
tion Agency (NIA) on
Monday carried out
searches at five locations
in Maharashtra’s Mum-
bai and Pune in a case
related to Islamic State.
The searches are still
underway at one place in
Pune and four in Mum-
bai, sources told ANI,
adding the places raided
include the premises of
suspects having alle-
giance to ISIS. The anti-
terror agency filed the
case earlier this year and
started a probe against
suspects hatching terror
conspiracy as part of an
Islamic State (ISIS) plan
to carry out incidents of
terror and violence and
wage a war against India,
the sources, privy to the
development, added.
“NIAinvestigations are
continued to unearth the
whole conspiracy in the
case being spread by sup-
porters of IS ideology in
India,” said the sources.
The move comes two
days after the NIA filed
its first supplementary
chargesheet against nine
persons in the ISIS con-
spiracy case of Shi-
vamogga district in Kar-
nataka. In the case, the
accused had conducted a
trial IED blast in Shi-
vamogga, besides con-
ducting reconnaissance
of multiple places and
indulging in the arson of
properties and vehicles to
spread terror and scare
among the people, as part
of an Islamic State con-
spiracy, to carry out inci-
dents of terror and vio-
lence in India and wage a
war against India.
In March this year, the
NIA conducted searches
at four locations in Seoni
(Madhya Pradesh) and
one in Pune in the Islam-
ic State- Khorasan Prov-
ince (ISKP) case.
NIAconductssearchesat
5placesinMumbai,Pune
Places raided include the premises of suspects having allegiance to ISIS
76%of ‘2,000noteshave
returnedtobanks,saysRBI
Karnataka govt
orders SIT
probe into
Bitcoin scam
ANI
Bengaluru
Karnataka Govt has
formed a SIT to probe
into the alleged Bitcoin
scam. Karnataka Home
Minister Dr G Paramesh-
wara said, “Karnataka
Government has ordered
an SIT probe into Bitcoin
scam. Bengaluru Com-
missioner B Dayananda
had asked the Govern-
ment to order a CID
probe.” “Bengaluru Com-
missioner B Dayananda
hadaskedthegovernment
demands for a CID probe
into the scam. ADGP
Manish Karbikar will
head the probe,” he said.
Earthquake of
3.1 magnitude
jolts Chamba
Youth wing
activist of Kerala
CPI-M arrested
ANI
Himachal Pradesh
An earthquake of 3.1
magnitude struck
Himachal Pradesh’s
Chamba district on Mon-
day, according to the Na-
tional Center for Seis-
mology. The tremors
were felt around 11:35
am and the depth of the
quake was 5 km, Nation-
al Centre for Seismology
said. “Earthquake of
Magnitude:3.1, Occurred
on 03-07-2023, 11:35:36
IST, Lat: 32.31 and Long:
76.40, Depth: 5 Km, Lo-
cation: Chamba, HP,”
National Centre for Seis-
mology said in a tweet.
Agencies
Thiruvananthapuram
The students wing of the
CPI-M were arrested in
fake and forged certifi-
cate cases, another youth
wing activist of the party
has been arrested after it
was found that he had
forged his mark list of the
NEET exam. Sami Khan,
a 21 year old DYFI lead-
er from Kollam, got into
trouble when he ap-
proached the Kerala HC
with a petition that de-
spite getting good marks
in the 2021-22 NEET
examination he was not
able to get admission to
the undergraduate course.
PTI
Uttarakhand
A fresh crack has ap-
peared near a residential
building in subsidence-
hit Joshimath, sparking
concerns among resi-
dents and the administra-
tion that the problem
might worsen during the
monsoon.
The crack appeared a
couple of days ago be-
tween the residential
building and the retain-
ing wall of the Joshi-
math-Auli motor road in
Sunil ward, Joshimath
tehsildar Ravi Shah, who
led a team of PWD engi-
neers to the spot to exam-
ine the problem on Mon-
day, told PTI on the
phone.
“Local residents had
already filled the crack
with soil before our team
arrived at the spot to ex-
amine the issue,” he said,
adding the team will con-
tinue to keep a watch.
“Cracks were already
there in Sunil ward and
they may have started
widening due to the re-
cent spell of rains,”
Joshimath Bachao Sang-
harsh Samiti spokesper-
son Kamal Raturi said.
Locals worried as fresh
crack appears in Joshimath
PMImanufacturing
softensto57.8inJune
from58.7inMay
FILE
Agencies
New Delhi
India’s manufacturing in-
dustry expanded at the
second-fastest rate this
year in June, albeit at a
slightly slower pace than
in May, supported by ro-
bust demand despite
higher inflationary pres-
sures. The SP Global
Manufacturing Purchas-
ing Managers’ Index fell
to 57.8 in June from
May’s 58.7. That marked
two years of the index be-
ing above the 50-mark
separating expansion
from contraction.
Companies ramped up
production to meet the
rising sales in June. The
expansion in output was
sharp and among the fast-
est over the past year-and-
a-half, the release said.
“June’s PMI results
showed robust demand
for Indian-made products,
both in the domestic and
international markets,”
Pollyanna De Lima, eco-
nomics associate director
at SP Global Market
Intelligence said.
Canada:Studentsstranded
asAIflightgetscancelled
Agencies
New Delhi
Around 20 to 25 stu-
dents were left stranded
after the cancellation of
Air India flight AI 186
from Vancouver to Del-
hi on July 2.
Describing their or-
deal, the University of
British Columbia (UBC)
students mentioned that
the flight was initially
scheduled to depart from
Vancouver airport at
around 10:15 a.m. on
July 2 but was resched-
uled twice and eventually
cancelled.
One of the students,
speaking anonymously,
stated, “On July 1, around
9 p.m., we received an
email from Air India in-
forming us of a five-hour
delay, and the new depar-
ture time was set for 2:45
p.m. However, when we
arrived at the airport, we
discovered that the flight
had been delayed for an
additional hour.” “We
were waiting at the closed
boarding gate at the new
departure time of 3:45
p.m.,” she continued. “
Government calls off
Pawan Hans strategic
sale for third time
Pawan Hans divestment
PTI
New Delhi
The government on
Monday decided to call
off the strategic disin-
vestment of Pawan Hans
as the successful bidding
consortium Star9 Mobil-
ity Pvt Ltd was disquali-
fied in view of pending
legal cases.
The government had
inApril last year decided
to sell the helicopter ser-
vice provider for Rs
211.14 crore to Star9
Mobility Pvt Ltd — a
consortium of Big Char-
ter Private Ltd, Mahara-
ja Aviation Private Ltd
and Almas Global Op-
portunity Fund SPC.
However, in May the
sale process was put on
hold after it came to light
that the lead member of
the winning bidder con-
sortium —Almas Global
Opportunity Fund SPC
— has a case pending
against it at the NCLT.
UP CM WORSHIPS GURU GORAKSHANATH,
GURUS OF NATH PANTH ON GURU PURNIMA
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday
offered prayers to Guru Gorakshanath and the
gurus of the Nath Panth on Guru Purnima.The
rituals of Guru Purnima worship at the Gorakhnath
Temple here started at 5 am and concluded with a
‘maha aarti’. Amidst the chanting of Vedic hymns,
Adityanath, who is also the Gorakshpeethadhishwar,
offered prayers to the Nath Panth’s Adiguru, Lord
Gorakhnath, as well as other deities in the temple.
OPPTOADJUST
PRICINGSTRATEGIES
“Presented with buoy-
ant demand, manu-
facturers seized the
opportunity to adjust
their pricing strategies.
The increase in output
charges reflected
firms’ ability to pass on
higher cost burdens to
customers while main-
taining a competitive
edge,” added De Lima.
SALE PROCESS PUT
ON HOLD IN MAY
However, in May the
sale process was put
on hold after it came
to light that the lead
member of the win-
ning bidder consor-
tium — Almas Global
Opportunity Fund SPC
— has a case pending
against it at the Na-
tional Company Law
Tribunal (NCLT).
Dr G Parameshwara
FILE
FILE
FILE
FILE
The move comes two days after the NIA filed its
first supplementary chargesheet against nine
persons in the ISIS conspiracy case of
Shivamogga district in Karnataka. In the case,
the accused had conducted a trial IED blast in
Shivamogga, besides conducting
reconnaissance of multiple places.

NEWS
07
CONNECTING INDIA
Jio accelerates ‘2G-Mukt Bharat’vision with ‘Jio Bharat’phone platform
First India Bureau
New Delhi
hile India is
leading the 5G
revolution on
one side with the transfor-
mational Jio True 5G net-
work, there is a section of
society that is unable to
reap the benefits of digital
technology in its entirety.
India still has 250 mil-
lion mobile subscribers
trapped in the 2G era
with feature phones
which phones do not pro-
vide access to the inter-
net, especially at a time
when access to technol-
ogy is a necessity.
Lately, this digital dis-
empowerment and dispar-
ity for these feature phone
users has become worse,
with other telecom opera-
tors increasing the mini-
mum price to stay con-
nectedbymorethantwice.
This segment is most ex-
ploited by incumbent op-
erators because users in
this segment are unable to
afford smartphones. Not
only do these users face
the issue of affordability
but also restrictions from
accessing digital services.
Akash Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Jio.
Jio Bharat to enable
existing 250 million
feature phone users
with internet-
enabled phones
W
American fourth seed
Jessica Pegula enters
2nd round of Wimbledon
with a hard-fought
6-2 6-7(8) 6-3 win over
Lauren Davis on Monday.
Paris: Iran has hanged
at least 354 people in
the first six months of
2023, a rights group
said Monday, adding
that the pace of execu-
tions was much higher
than in 2022. Six wom-
en were among those
executed in the period
while 2 men were pub-
licly hanged, it added.
Iran executes 354
people in the first
half of 2023: Report
New York: A college
professor in the United
States has been fired for
allegedly asking female
students to remove their
shirts, according to Fox5
DC. The action was tak-
en after an investigation
by the Office for Civil
Rights within the De-
partment of Education
in the incident.
CollegeprofinUSfired
foraskingfemalesto
removeshirtsinclass
New York: A 50-year-
old Indian-origin attor-
ney a former candi-
date for the US House
of Representatives has
been arrested in the US
for defrauding an India-
based company of over
USD 5 million using
client funds for personal
expenses, the Depart-
ment of Justice said.
Indian-origin attorney
held in US for fraud
worth oer USD 5 mn
New Delhi: Elon
Musk’s Twitter is facing
another lawsuit after the
company was unable to
pay for services for of-
fices in London, Dublin,
Sydney Singapore,
The Guardian says. The
Australian firm’s law-
suit is the latest alleging
non-payment of bills
rent against Twitter.
Twitter faces lawsuit
over unpaid bills in
four countries
IN BRIEF
Toronto: Baltej Singh
Dhillon, who is a vet-
eran Canadian Sikh
police officer has be-
come the first South
Asian chair of an agen-
cy that promotes safe
and healthy workplac-
es in British Columbia
province.
Turbaned Sikh officer
honoured in Canada
9 Palestinians killed in West Bank militant stronghold
ISRAELSTAGESDEADLYRAID
Agencies
Jenin
PalestinianTerritories: Is-
rael on Monday began a
large-scale military raid
with drone strikes and
hundreds of troops in the
northern occupied West
Bank, killing seven Pales-
tinians in what the army
labelled an “extensive
counterterrorism effort.”
The operation under
the hard-right govern-
ment of Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu is
the biggest of its kind in
years, with bulldozers, ar-
moured vehicles and un-
manned aerial vehicles.
Murder probe on after
6 die, 1 hurt in South
Carolina house fire
Putin’s forces suffer losses during heavy fighting
France protests: Nearly
100 held on fifth night
AmoltobecomeIndian
women’steamcoach
Agencies
Green Pond
Authorities in South Car-
olina say a murder inves-
tigation is underway after
six people were found
dead and another in criti-
cal condition following a
house fire.
The Colleton County
Sheriff’sOfficeresponded
to a house fire in Green
Pond around 11 a.m. Sun-
day.Deputiessaidsixpeo-
ple were found dead, and
one woman was flown to
thehospitalincriticalcon-
dition, WCSC reports.
Investigators said
33-year-old Ryan Lenard
Manigo was arrested for
the attempted murder of
the surviving victim.
Deputies said additional
charges are pending the
victims’identificationand
autopsies. Manigo was
being held in the Colleton
County Detention Center.
Agencies
Kyiv
Ukraine’s forces have
gained ground near
Bakhmut amid “heavy
fighting,” officials said on
Monday. Deputy defence
minister Hanna Maliar
said that Russian forces
were attacking in the
Lyman, Avdiivka and
Mariinka directions in the
Donetsk region.
“Heavy fighting is go-
ing on there now,” Ma-
liar said on the Telegram
messaging app.
Ukraine had reclaimed
nine square kilometres
over the past week along
the eastern front “as a re-
sult of improving the op-
erational (tactical) posi-
tion and aligning the
front line”, Maliar said.
In the south, Ukraine
has regained 28.4 kilome-
tres of territory, bringing
the total area of re-cap-
tured territory along that
front to 158.4 kilometres,
the Deputydefenceminis-
ter Maliar added.
ANI
Paris (France)
Over 80 people were ar-
rested across France, in-
cluding 20 in Paris, fol-
lowing unrest after the
death of the teenager, who
wasfatallyshotbyapolice
officer in a Paris suburb.
The situation seemed
calmer after Sunday in
the country. Victim Nahel
Merzouk’s grandmother
appealed to protesters and
said not to damage the
schools, not break the
buses, it was the moms
who take the buses.”
Agencies
New Delhi
Domestic stalwart Amol
Muzumdar is set to take
on the role of head coach
of the Indian women’s
cricket team. Muzumdar
was among the short-
listed candidates who
were interviewed by the
Cricket Advisory Com-
mittee (CAC) in Mumbai
on Monday.
The CAC comprising
Ashok Malhotra, Jatin
Paranjpe and Sulakshana
Naik were most im-
pressed with Muzumdar’s
90-minute presentation
during the interview.
The others who were
interviewed by the CAC
were former Durham
coach Jon Lewis and
Tushar Arothe, who had
already served as India
head coach before resign-
ing in 2018. The develop-
ment comes days before
the commencement of
India’s tour of Bangla-
desh.Indiawerewithouta
head coach since Decem-
berlastyearwhenRamesh
Powar was sacked.
Agencies
Beijing
Max Verstappen took a
convincing win in Sun-
day’sAustrian Grand Prix
tocontinuehisdominance
of the 2023 Formula 1
season. Starting from pole
position, Verstappen held
off the threat from Ferra-
ri’s Charles Leclerc on the
opening lap, and as he has
been so often this year,
was never truly threat-
ened as he scored his fifth
consecutive win and his
seventh in nine races this
year, reports Xinhua.
Despite losing the lead
to Leclerc for several laps
afterelectingnottopitun-
der a Virtual Safety Car
period,Verstappenalways
seemed confident enough
thathewouldhaveenough
pace to retake the lead,
and so it proved.
A murder investigation is underway after 6 people were found
dead and another in critical condition in Colleton County, Sunday.
Tires set on fire by Palestinians in the streets. Israeli army also
fired missiles from helicopters in the militant stronghold.
Palestinian gunmen wearing balaclavas fired towards Israeli
soldiers in Jenin after the raids on Monday.
A Ukrainian serviceman fires a 122mm mortar towards Russian
positions at the front line, near Bakhmut, Donetsk region.
“THREATENED” BY
UKRAINE: MEDVEDEV
Russia’s Security
Council’s Deputy
Chairman Dmitry
Medvedev has claimed that
the country is “threatened”
by Ukraine, which can po-
tentially join North Atlantic
Treaty Organization, CNN
reported Monday. “We
(Russia) have always asked
for only one thing -- to take
into account our concerns
and not to invite the former
parts of our country into
NATO,” Medvedev said.
Police clash with rioters
during the protest. FILE
Amol Muzumdar
PTI
Islamabad
Debt-trapped Pakistan
will become the fourth
largest IMF borrower in
the world after receiving
a fresh loan of USD 3 bil-
lion in the next nine
months under the stand-
by arrangement reached
with the global lender.
Pakistan, which is fac-
ing its worst economic
crisis since independence
from Britain in 1947, was
onMarch31,2023,ranked
fifth in the list of countries
with the highest borrow-
ing from the International
Monetary Fund (IMF).
Pakistan set to
become 4th
biggest IMF
debtor: Report
MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS
l Israeli Defense
Minister Yoav Gallant
said the operation
was “proceeding as
planned,” but gave no
indication when the
incursion would end.
l As per reports, the
military blocked roads
within the camp, took
over houses and build-
ings and set up snipers
on rooftops.
l There are bulldozers
destroying the streets,
snipers are inside on
roofs of houses, drones
are hitting houses and
Palestinians are killed
in the streets.
l The Palestinian
Health Ministry said at
least eight Palestin-
ians were killed and 50
people were wounded
- 10 critically.
l A 21-year-old Pal-
estinian was killed by
Israeli fire near the West
Bank city of Ramallah.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
l Jio Bharat platform
leverages device and
network capabilities
to deliver internet-
enabled services on
entry-level phones
l Besides Reliance,
other phone brands
(starting with Karbonn),
to adopt the ‘Jio Bharat
platform’ to build ‘Jio
Bharat phones’
ROLE OF JIO BHARAT PHONE
l Jio Bharat is being launched
with the objective of empowering
every Indian with the power of
digital services, especially those
who cannot afford a smartphone.
l This will truly mark the begin-
ning of Digital Freedom for the
250 million feature phone users
in India and will bridge the digital
divide.
l High quality and affordable
data will be within the reach of
the common man.
l The phone will provide features
and digital capabilities that allow
different segments of society to
achieve more by doing more.
There is bombing
from the air and an
invasion from the
ground. Several
houses and sites have
been bombed...
smoke is rising from
everywhere.
MAHMOUD AL-SAADI,
DIR PALESTINIAN RED
CRESCENT IN JENIN
Technology will no longer remain a privilege for a
select few. The new Jio Bharat phone is another step in
that direction. It is at the center of innovation, and it
continues to demonstrate our focus on bringing
disproportionate and true value for different
segments of users with meaningful, real-life use cases.
At Jio, we have and will continue to take bold steps to
eradicate this DIGITAL DIVIDE and welcome every
Indian to JOIN THIS MOVEMENT. WE CARE for every
citizen of our nation, and we will go the extra mile to
ensure every single person reaps the benefits of this
DIGITAL SOCIETY that our great nation is turning into.
AKASHAMBANI,CHAIRMAN, RELIANCE JIO
Our Palestinian people
will not kneel, will not
surrender, will not
raise the white flag,
and will remain
steadfast on their land
in the face of this
brutal aggression.
NABIL ABU RUDEINEH,
PALESTINIAN PRESIDENTIAL
SPOKESPERSON
JIO BHARAT PLANS
Akash Ambani said, “there are still 250
million mobile phone users in India who
remain ‘trapped’ in the 2G era, unable
to tap into basic features of the internet at a
time when the world stands at the cusp of a 5G
revolution. 6 years ago, when Jio was launched,
we made it clear that Jio will leave no stone
unturned to democratize internet and pass the
benefits of technology to every Indian.”
Verstappen makes it five from five
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Greetings and blessings to
one and all as the auspi-
cious time of Shravan/
Saawan begins. May God shower
all his bounties and let us celebrate
this sacred time of Mother Earth.
Dr JAGDEESH CHANDRA,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
What gift has PM
Modi brought from
America to his home
state Gujarat?
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra:
His heart resides in
Ahmedabad, Surat, Ra-
jkot, in Gujarat state and
that is a fact. He has
ruled the state for so
many years and every-
one is aware of the fact
that the people of Guja-
rat love him immensely.
When he was the Chief
Minister, I used to ob-
serve that so many pro-
jects used to come to the
state and it was always
maintained that if there
needs to be industrial
development, then there
is the ‘Single window
system’ of Narendra
Modi, be it Tata or any
other company. Now, he
is the Prime Minister
and has got the chance
to do much more and in
Gujarat, execution is
better and there are min-
imal hurdles. He has
brought India’s first
semiconductor plant in
Gujarat and this is just
the beginning. Gujarat is
set to welcome a Google
Fintech Operation Cen-
tre in GIFT City and this
is going to be a trailblaz-
er in the fintech land-
scape of the country.
You will see that in the
next few years, Gujarat
will be India’s number
one business capital.
This is a matter of pride
for not just Gujaratis,
but for Indians.
Whom would you like
to give credit for the ex-
cellent administrative
arrangements made
during the Prime Minis-
ter’s visit to America
and Egypt?
See, the credit goes to
the team of PMO and
Minister of External Af-
fairs, S Jaishankar. This
team, which comprises
of four individuals is
extremely strong. It has
Ajit Doval, PK Mishra,
S Jaishankar and Hiren
Joshi and this is the core
group. Perhaps Joshi
wasn’t there this time
around as he had visited
earlier, but the other
three were there. So,
this is a well-knit team
of experts in their re-
spective domains. Also,
it is worth noting that
the Foreign Minister has
started attacking politi-
cally also. He is trying
to change his profile of
that of a ‘bureaucrat’ to
a ‘politician.’ When he
was given the responsi-
bility, people were sur-
prised that an officer of
the Indian Foreign Ser-
vices has been chosen as
the Foreign Minister.
However, it is for every-
one to see that this ex-
periment of Modi has
proven to be a great suc-
cess. Earlier, media
management used to be
a problem when our rep-
resentatives went
abroad, but this time,
media control was su-
perb. There is perfect
tuning and coordination
the planning for the
visit was impeccable.
And I would say that
Modi is lucky to have
this team.
How do you see S
Jaishankar’s role in
these recent foreign vis-
its of PM Modi?
First, he maintains a
low profile. Secondly,
he has good grasp over
the nuances of foreign
relations. Thirdly, he en-
joys complete faith and
trust of PM Modi. His
coordination with Ajit
Doval is seamless and
this is vital for security.
The arrangements dur-
ing this visit were close-
ly handled by him. If I
have to rate him, I would
say he is category one
Foreign Minister of In-
dia. He is outstanding.
What was the
controversy around
former President Oba-
ma during this visit?
It was unfortunate.
What was the need for
Obama to come out with
such a statement? But he
did and said that Modi
government has failed to
protect the rights of
Muslim minorities in In-
dia. Obama should have
considered the repercus-
sions of such controver-
sial remarks. Modi has
millions of followers in
India and abroad. Peo-
ple admire him to the
point of fanaticism and
there must be at least 10
to 12 crore men, women
and children that fall in
this category. Obama’s
remarks hurt this huge
number of people.
The Government of
India took cognizance of
it and said that such a
statement is irresponsi-
ble and also the timing
of these controversial
remarks was questioned.
Then Rajnath Singh and
Nirmala Sitharaman
took on Obama and
lashed out at him, stress-
ing that his government
bombed six Muslim ma-
jority nations with
26,000 bombs. Thus, it
was very clearly con-
veyed that you have no
moral authority to ques-
tion Modi over the treat-
ment of Muslims in In-
dia. Although some
people thought that the
matter was blown out of
proportions, but at the
end of the day, Obama is
history now. When Modi
has Biden standing next
to him and seeking his
autograph, then Oba-
ma’s remarks bear no
consequence. In fact,
people even said that
smart diplomacy also
requires listening and
not paying heed. So, it
was Obama’s viewpoint
and he had it back from
Modi’s team.
What is your
assessment of the visit
of an Indian Prime
Minister to Egypt?
Modi’s state visit to
Egypt was superb and it
was also the first bilat-
eral visit by an Indian
Prime Minister in 26
years. Modi has always
worked towards staying
close and connected
with nations that have
enjoyed deep-rooted
cultural ties with India
since the ancient times.
Egypt extended a spe-
cial invite to Modi and
we did read in school
how Egyptian civiliza-
tion and our Indus val-
ley civilization are of
the same time- period.
Egypt is a growing na-
tion and Modi was look-
ing forward to this visit.
Egyptian President El-
Sisi was invited as the
‘State Guest’ of India
for India’s 74th Repub-
lic Day and this was ex-
tremely symbolic.
Thereafter, our Defence
Minister and Foreign
Minister also visited
Cairo. Agreements have
been signed regarding
agriculture, archaeolo-
gy and it is indeed a
matter of pride that
Egypt honoured PM
Modi with its highest
civilian honour. Well,
Modi showed a very
heart warming gesture
by visiting the 1,000
year old Al-Hakim
Mosque in Cairo, which
was also recently re-
stored with the help of
India’s Bohra’s commu-
nity. The BJP is also in-
tensely reaching out to
the Bohra and Pasman-
da Muslim communities
in India. So, of course,
there was a connect and
it was a successful visit.
Impressed by Ameri-
can technology, can he
use any new technology
in his party’s election
campaign in the com-
ing days? After all, how
did America agree to
share its technology
with India?
See, answering your
second question, every-
one salutes the rising
sun. Narendra Modi to-
day, it seems, has been
given the power of an
‘Attorney’by Biden and
Modi can get anything
done from the USA. But
the point is that there
are mutual interests.
They must have thought
that this move will help
them, so they did it. It is
a moment of pride for
India. Regarding your
first question, Narendra
Modi’s electoral idea-
tion is excellent. The
manner in which he has
used digital media for
campaigning and even
for nation building is in
front of everyone. I
have heard that Infor-
mation Broadcasting
Ministry has taken out a
tender related to Artifi-
cial Intelligence and
when it goes through,
new companies would
come and work on it.
Meanwhile, BJP, at the
party level, is using AI
in such a way that sen-
ior leaders won’t even
know what hit them!
Such would be the at-
tacks that the Opposi-
tion leaders won’t know
how to defend them-
selves. Thus, these
leaders would be en-
grossed in combating
these attacks while the
old cases of ED and CBI
would continue, and
keep them busy. Above
all, there is the ever-
present, omnipotent
narrative of Modi’s In-
dia being a ‘Vishwa
Guru’ and a powerful
nation, and this has no
match. We must all re-
member that the next
general elections would
be contested on the dig-
ital platform, in a way.
What is the message
of this visit to the inter-
national community?
The message is that
Modi has become a
‘Global leader.’ This
message has two as-
pects – one is for
‘friendly’ nations, and
the other for ‘not so
friendly’ nations. For
Pakistan and China, it
means that they should
fear Modi and not try to
cross threshold limits
with India. It is not the
India of 1962, it is the
India of 2023. This is
Narendra Modi’s India
that will strike back and
America will be on In-
dia’s side. This USA
visit is an important
milestone. On the other
hand, other nations of
the world are looking
towards India and
seeking friendship with
Modi for better trade
and economic relations.
They would get invest-
ment opportunities, as
other nations have
reached a point of satura-
tion and India is still con-
sidered a ‘virgin econo-
my.’ Therefore, the mes-
sage is that the entire
world wants to be friends
with Modi’s India so that
it is a ‘Win-Win’ situa-
tion for all.
It was believed that
India’s traditional for-
eign policy towards Chi-
na had reached it’s tip-
ping point. Will this
Modi-Biden bonhomie
be successful in stop-
ping China’s expansion-
ism in South Asia?
Both of these things
are correct. Firstly, you
spoke about foreign
policy. Modi has re-
defined and re-drafted
the country’s foreign
policy. How is that? To-
day our policies are
based around what is
beneficial to us as a na-
tion. Let’s take the ex-
ample of India’s eco-
nomic benefit. If it is to
our advantage to pur-
chase crude oil from
Russia, then we will do
so. We will not worry
about what USA or Eu-
rope will say about
Ukraine. Earlier, we
used to worry a lot
about offending the
USA. But it is no long-
er the case. India’s in-
terests come first. The
United States too has
given up its staunch
stand and said that it is
our personal choice.
This has happened for
the first time and credit
goes to Modi for In-
dia’s strong, firm and at
the same time, warm
positioning in matters
of foreign policy, be it
with any nation in the
world. Secondly, you
asked about China.
China is a problem for
India and the US as
well and now, both the
countries have come to-
gether. Of course, this
does not imply that they
will be aggressive with
China, but this means
that they will not come
under pressure. See,
sometime when two
powerful entities en-
gage with each other,
two enemies may also
become close friends.
Therefore, India has
been at the advantage
that China’s expansion-
ism in South China Sea
or in Arunachal, has
sustained a shock as a
moral influence has
come to India’s side to
stop this expansionism.
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We pay tribute to our Gurus
on the holy occasion of
Guru Purnima. Our parents,
teachers and spiritual Gurus, due to
whom we are alive and able to give
meaning to life.
Dr JagDeesh ChanDra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
zHow do you view
Prime Minister Modi’s
6-day visit to America
and Egypt?
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra:
Historic! The visit has
been a ‘game changer’
in all aspects. Modi is
now a global spiritual
leader with a stupen-
dous 76 % popularity
graph across the globe.
On the domestic front,
Modi has again emerged
as the most powerful
and decisive Prime
Minister of the country,
who enjoys the trust and
confidence of 140 crore
people of this nation.
We feel proud to have
such a person as the
Prime Minister of the
nation.
zWhat would you like
to say about the manner
in which Modi set a
new narrative for the
2023 and 2024 elections
in Bhopal and attacked
the Opposition leaders
as soon as he returned
from the US trip?
Wonderful. There is
no match of Narendra
Modi when it comes to
setting the narrative.
Along with Uniform
Civil Code, he set his
agenda to work on cor-
ruption and he drove
home the point that those
who met in Patna for a
‘photo session’ in the
name of Opposition uni-
ty, are all corrupt politi-
cians. He said that every
Opposition leader in the
picture has indulged in
at least “Rs 20 lakh crore
corruption.” He guaran-
teed Rs 1.25 crore in
Stalin’s name, 70,000
crore in NCP’s name,
25,000 crore in TMC’s
name and several others.
So, this clearly indicates
that while on the one
hand, the narrative of
Uniform Civil Code
would be set, the other
narrative would be of
major action taken in
cases of corruption
against Opposition lead-
ers. So once again,
Modi’s super-hit narra-
tive has been set.
zHow did the interna-
tional media respond to
Modi’s very successful
visit? Do you feel that
economy has taken the
front seat considering
the defence and trade
agreements signed
during the US and
Egypt visit?
Of course. This has
been happening for the
past few years. What
has changed in Naren-
dra Modi’s nine years of
leadership is that pow-
erful nations that once
cold shouldered India,
today look at India as a
‘Linchpin.’ Nations
want to invest in India.
So, Modi has set the
economic agenda,
whom to purchase
weapons from and who
to sell them to, from
whom to purchase
crude oil, whom to in-
vite and to encourage to
invest in India! Modi
has made India a bold
nation through strong
d e c i s i o n - m a k i n g .
Modi’s multi-aligned
foreign policy has ena-
bled India to build eco-
nomic relations, not just
diplomatic relations. I
would say that today
economy and financial
matters are deciding the
fate of the country in
foreign matters.
zThe manner in which
the US Parliament and
the Indian community
welcomed Modi has
been unprecedented.
Why this craze for Modi
in New York and Wash-
ington?
Craze is still a smaller
word. This was mad-
ness. Those who wit-
nessed it, were baffled.
Public representatives
in American Congress
were standing in line for
autographs and selfies
with Modi. The Presi-
dent and the First Lady
organised a stunning
‘Vegetarian’ State Din-
ner for him. Biden and
the First Lady held
Modi’s hands as they
ushered him into the
White House. He ad-
dressed the Congress
for 58 minutes and he
was given 15 standing
ovations and every few
minutes the Congress
would start clapping for
him. People were in dis-
belief of what was being
streamed from the
American Senate on
their television screens.
It seemed as if Modi
was contesting elections
from America and was
there to address a rally.
Such was the madness!
When he stepped out, he
met people of Indian
origin and women wept
in joy to see him, much
as if they had seen Lord
Krishna in all His glory.
Well, the fact is that
PM Modi was given the
honour of being ‘State
Guest’ for the first time
in the US even though he
has been there seven
times in the past. The
body language of both
the leaders was such that
it never appeared that
the Prime Minister and
President of two nations
were meeting, rather it
appeared as if two
friends were meeting. So
this was remarkable and
quite unbelievable. This
tour has taken Modi’s
popularity to another
level altogether. Call it
popularity or craze,
words are no longer
enough to describe what
has just happened in the
past few days.
zFriends living in
America said that for
the first time, they felt
proud to be an Indian
there. What transpired
that this scenario
changed after all?
It seems that some
‘Daivik’ power moves
about with Narendra
Modi. What we have
seen, cannot come to
pass with an ordinary
human being. Truth be
told, be it USA or UK,
historically Indians
have been treated as
second grade citizens.
Indian passport held no
or little significance.
Today they saw that
American President is
taking autograph of our
Prime Minister and peo-
ple are clicking selfies
with him. Australian PM
is terming Modi as the
‘Boss’ and some PM is
touching Modi’s feet.
This is wonderful. This is
the capability and popu-
larity of Modi’s leader-
ship. Biden is raising ‘no
alcohol’toast and saying
that Modi and US are to-
gether. They felt that not
just the Indian Embassy,
but even the people living
there are Indian Ambas-
sadors. So, you feel proud
about it. Modi’s aura and
persona that came to fore
in the US, has filled Indi-
ans with pride.
zDoes a popular Indi-
an Prime Minister like
Narendra Modi influ-
ence the politics of
votes in America as
well?
He does. Modi is a
genius. About 54 lakh
Indians live in America
and obviously they
would vote for some-
one. Earlier, Trump too
used to do all this and
the politicians realise
the fact that a great
number of Indians re-
side in the US. It would
not be wrong to say that
about 97 percent of
those Indians would be
alert to the signalling by
Modi or would know
who to vote for given
that the US is tilting to-
wards India. So Modiji,
while seated in Delhi, is
able to affect the poli-
tics in US.
zHow do you rate
Modi as a Communica-
tor?
Wonderful! His one-
to-one connect at the
grassroots has no match.
We saw in America that
everyone wanted to
shake hands with Modi
and our PM obliged.
You saw how he con-
nected with everyone
through ‘Mann Ki Baat.’
People who were never
on forefront, he brought
them forward. You saw
how he changed the dy-
namics of Padma
Awards. Nowadays, he
has found one more way
to communicate. He ex-
plains everything to
people like a teacher
does. He uses hand ges-
tures to effectively con-
vey the message in a few
sentences and as a re-
sult, other orators fail
while Modi has a terrific
mass appeal. Modi is a
great communicator and
those who must be writ-
ing his speeches or giv-
ing him inputs, must be
elated to have someone
like Modi to present
their inputs, after value
addition, and in such a
charismatic fashion.
zIt is an emotional
question, Modi of 30
years back in America
and Modi of today.
What is the difference?
There is an immense
difference. Really, it is
an emotional question. I
feel that Modi’s erst-
while equation with
America would have
crossed his mind. His
mother, if she were
alive, would have been
happy to see her son,
who was once denied
US visa, has earned
such love and respect in
the US today. Modi
might have felt bad then
and it is only human to
feel so. And today it is
the same Modi, the son
of Gujarat, for whom
Americans are doing
everything that they
can. These were won-
derful moments. Modi
himself said that 30
years back when he had
visited America, he
stood outside the White
House. People usually
stand outside the White
House and get their pic-
tures clicked and he too
might have done that.
But today, he is domi-
nating the same White
House. Our journalists
who went with Modi
from India, must have
returned extremely im-
pressed with his status.
So, definitely this was
an emotional moment of
Modi’s life.
zAfter achieving 76%
global popularity, what
is on Modi’s mind now?
I have said this earlier
too that he is a ‘Fakir.’
He has evolved into a
Spiritual Guru and now
people say he is going to
become ‘Vishwa Guru’.
His heart is such that if
one day he remembers
the mountains of
Himachal, he would
pick up his ‘jhola’ and
head to the mountains,
leaving everything be-
hind. He would become
father of the nation,
whether formally or in-
formally. So he is like
an ascetic and when he
feels like, he will do so.
But one thing is sure, he
has said that he will
continue to serve the na-
tion till his last breath.
Besides, people close to
him say that only the
Nobel Prize is left for
him. Although Modiji is
in no need of awards,
people still feel that he
should get one. As far as
Modi is concerned, he
has become a spiritual
leader and is on the path
to becoming ‘Vishwa
Mitra’ and ‘Vishwa
Guru.’ He is extremely
strong emotionally and
spiritually and sudden-
ly, one fine day, if he
takes such a decision,
then it should not come
as a surprise. However,
I do not see such a thing
happening for the next
five-six years.
zHow do you see the
manner in which
Pakistan has been
warned in the US-Indo
joint statement?
It can be counted as a
major success of Naren-
dra Modi’s diplomacy
as a very strong joint
statement was issued.
Every time it was said
that their land should
not be used for anti-In-
dia activities. But this
time around, the matter
was extremely serious.
America has not forgot-
ten the 9/11 attack and
India has not forgotten
26/11. Both the nations
are scarred and the
wounds inflicted by ter-
rorists continue to hurt.
This brings both nations
on the same platform,
ideologically, when it
comes to countering
terrorism. And it has
happened for the first
time in Modi’s leader-
ship that Kashmir issue
has practically become
non-existent. Other-
wise, that issue used to
come up every time a
PM would visit USA.
Pakistan’s economy is
in a shambles. Foreign
Minister has clearly
said that trade during
the day and terror by
night will not work. In-
dia’s foreign policy is
extremely strong and
whenever the opportu-
nity presents itself, In-
dia will take its step
against Pakistan with-
out worrying about in-
ternational pressure.
For example, Article
370 was abrogated and
prior to this, everyone
said there will be inter-
national pressure, but
see, did anything hap-
pen? Such is the situa-
tion that G20 team went
to Srinagar for meeting
and everyone was sur-
prised that the valley is
peaceful. So, Modi has
gone beyond the im-
pression and controver-
sies of international
propaganda.
TO BE CONTINUED…
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Bharat24-Vision of New India and
First India; CMD, First India News, reveals the details of Modi’s successful visit to the
USA and how that all-powerful nation, appears subdued by the charismatic aura and
charm of the leader of the biggest democracy in the world. Excerpts… (Part-I)
MODIISNOWTRULYAVISHWAGURU:DrCHANDRA
z US President Joe Biden tells PM Modi that he must take latter’s autograph
z US First Lady plans elaborate State Dinner for PM Modi with immense care
z Aussie PM calls PM Modi the ‘Boss’ and a few leaders touch his feet
During the show
#JConBossIsBack
trended top All-India
on Twitter
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra in conversation with Astha Khandelwal, Shashikant Sharma, Shikha Thakur, Aditi Nagar Poornima Mishra during The JC Show.
You read Part-I on JULY 3, 2023

JAIPUR, TUESDAY | JULY 4, 2023
Glamour | Fashion | Bollywood | Hollywood | Lifestyle
THE CELESTIAL SYMPHONY!
he arrival of the monsoon season
brings with it a vibrant celebration of
music through the enchanting melodies
of Sawan songs. City First takes you on a
melodic journey and brings to you several
sawan songs to groove on. P11
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Anita Hada
anita.hada@firstindianews.com
s the auspicious
month of Shravan
starts today, let us
celebrate every day
of it with faith and
reverence, with deep
compassion for one
and all. Jai Bholenath!
The month of Shravan or Sawan is
the fifth month of the Hindu calendar
and holds a special place in the heart of
all Hindus. Sawan Purnima, the full
moon day during Shravan month,
aligns with the birth star of Lord Sri
Maha Vishnu's Shravan nakshatra.
Shravan maas marks the beginning
of the southwest monsoon in the Indian
subcontinent.
The entire month is dedicated to
Lord Shiva and Ma Parvati. During the
Samudra manthan when Devas and
Asuras churned the ocean for Amrit,
the poison also emerged. To save the
world, Lord Shiva consumed the poi-
son and Ma Parvati held the throat to
prevent the poison going down further
and thus Neelkantha.
With rain, as the blissful life-giv-
ing water flows from the heavens,
Mother Earth renews herself,
let us all renew our commit-
ment to faith, godliness,
truth, compassion and
humanity also.
A
JAIMAHADEV
JAIMAAGAURI

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