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BJP PRESIDENT JP NADDA LAUNCHED
HIS 120-DAY NATIONWIDE TOUR ON
FRIDAY BY VISITING UTTARAKHAND P6P5
JAVADEKAR ASKS DELHI GOVT TO TAKE
SWIFT ACTION ON THE COMPLAINTS
FORWARDED BY POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
Vijay Mallya’s
assets in France
worth 1.6 mn
euros seized
Kartikey Dev Singh
Jaipur: Giving voice to
the pains of the farm-
ers agitating against
the farm laws intro-
duced by the Central
government, Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot, on Friday,
lashed out at the Modi
government and de-
manded an apology for
the ‘misbehaviour’
while seeking their im-
mediate withdrawal.
The senior Congress-
man took to micro-blog-
ging site -Twitter -
blaming the Central
government for the
farmers being out on
roads and alleged that
the government did not
discuss the laws. “The
Central Government
did not discuss these
bills with anyone, due
to which farmers of the
entire country are on
the roads today. Chief
Minister of Punjab
Captain Amarinder
Singh sought time to
talk to the President on
behalf of the farmers
regarding these laws
but he was not given
any time,” the Chief
Minister tweeted.
The Chief Minister
further tweeted that
four Congress-ruled
states had asked to
speak to the President
but were denied.
“In a democracy, dia-
logue should always
take place. If that hap-
pened, the protest
would not be taking
place and common peo-
ple would not have to
suffer. The central gov-
ernment should imme-
diately withdraw all
three new agricultural
laws and apologise for
their misbehaviour
with the farmers,” the
Chief Minister added.
Gehlot’s tweets come
in light of the farmer
protests taking place on
the borders of the na-
tional capital that en-
tered its ninth day on
Friday. The Centre is
scheduled to hold the
fifth round of talks with
the representatives of
farmers on December 5.
DEMANDING WITHDRAWAL, GEHLOT
ASKS CENTRAL GOVT TO APOLOGISE
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Friday said
India’s vaccination
programme against
COVID-19 would begin
as soon as a go-ahead
from scientists is giv-
en, and asserted that
healthcare workers in-
volved in treating cor-
onavirus patients,
frontline workers and
old people suffering
from serious condi-
tions would be inocu-
lated on priority.
In his closing re-
marks at an all-party
meeting with leaders of
various political par-
ties to discuss the COV-
ID-19 pandemic situa-
tion in the country,
Modi said experts be-
lieve the wait for the
COVID-19 vaccine will
not be long and it may
be ready in a few weeks.
Turn to P6
PM MODI: COVID VACCINE
MAY BE READY IN FEW WEEKS
COUNTDOWN BEGINS
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs an all-party meeting to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the country, via video
conferencing, in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
“BlockallroadstoDelhi”,sayfarmers
astheycallfor‘All-IndiaBandh’OnDec8
Trudeau’s ‘farmers’ remark: India
summons Canadian high commissioner
New Delhi: Hardening
their position ahead of
the fifth round of talks
with the government,
agitating farmers on
Friday announced a
‘Bharat Bandh’ on De-
cember 8 and said they
would occupy toll pla-
zas on that day.
Addressing a press
conference, farmer lead-
er Gurnam Singh Cha-
doni said if the Centre
does not accept their de-
mandsduringSaturday’s
talks, they will intensify
their agitation against
the new farm laws.
“In our meeting to-
day, we have decided to
give a ‘Bharat Bandh’
call on December 8 dur-
ing which we will also
occupy Turn to P6
Hyderabad: The BJP’s
great push in the Great-
erHyderabadMunicipal
Corporation (GHMC)
polls has paid off par-
tiallyforthepartythatis
eyeing the Telangana
Assembly election due
in 2023. The BJP has
ended the single-party
dominance of Telanga-
na Chief Minister K
Chandrasekhar Rao’s
Telangana Rashtra
Samiti (TRS) in the
GHMC, thanks to high-
pitchedcampaignbyUn-
ionHomeMinisterAmit
Shah,UPCMYogiAdity-
anath and BJP National
President JP Nadda.
Shah hailed the BJP’s
impressive perfor-
mance in the GHMC
elections in Hyderabad.
Taking to Twitter, he
expressed gratitude to
the voters who ‘reposed
faith in PM Modi-led
BJP’s Politics of Devel-
opment.’ Turn to P6
New Delhi: India on
Friday summoned the
Canadian High Com-
missionerandconveyed
to him that the com-
ments made by Canadi-
an Prime Minister Jus-
tin Trudeau and some
other leaders there on
the farmers’ agitation
constituted an “unac-
ceptable interference”
in the country’s inter-
nal affairs.
The Canadian diplo-
mat was also told that
such actions, if contin-
ued, would have a “seri-
ously damaging” im-
pact on the bilateral
ties, the external affairs
ministry said.
Trudeau, backing the
agitating farmers in In-
dia, had said that Cana-
da will always be there
to defend the rights of
peaceful protests, and
expressed concern over
the situation.
“The Canadian High
Commissioner was
summoned to the Minis-
try of External Affairs
today and informed that
comments by the Cana-
dian Prime Minister,
some Cabinet Ministers
and members of Parlia-
ment on issues relating
to Indian farmers con-
stitute an unacceptable
interference in our in-
ternal affairs,” the MEA
said, adding a demarche
was made to the envoy.
The MEA said these
comments by the Cana-
dian leaders have en-
couraged “gatherings
of extremist activities”
in front of the Indian
High Commission and
Consulates in Canada,
raising issues of safety
and security. Turn to P6
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau
Vaccination prog would begin as soon as a go-ahead from scientists is given
Statement could
have ‘damaging
impact on bilateral
ties’, conveys India
SIKH BODY DEMANDS
KANGANA’S APOLOGY
Mumbai: It was Kangana
Ranaut versus not just
Diljit Dosanjh but several
other Punjabi artistes as
well as the Delhi Sikh
Gurdwara Management
Committee on Friday with
the actor’s comments
against an elderly
participant in farmers’
protest leading to a bitter
war of words and demands
for an apology. Delhi Sikh
Gurdwara Management
Committee President
Maninder Sirsa said
Ranaut’s tweets tried to
portray farmers protest as
“anti-national” and were
derogatory against the
aged mother of a farmer.
Farmers during Delhi Chalo protest against new farm law,
at Delhi-Haryana Singhu border, in New Delhi.
New Delhi: Fugitive bil-
lionaire Vijay Mallya’s as-
sets in France worth 1.6
million euros have been
seized by the Enforce-
ment Directorate, the
probe agency said in a
statement on Friday. “On
the request of Directorate
of Enforcement (ED), a
property of Vijay Mallya
located at 32 Avenue
FOCH, France has been
seized by the French
Authority. Investigations
revealed that a large
amount was remitted
abroad from the bank
account of Kingfisher
Airlines Ltd,” the ED said.
‘MISBEHAVIOUR’ ON FARM LAWS
Amit Shah K Chandrasekhar Rao Yogi Adityanath
We must make sure
rumours are not
spread during
vaccination. all political
parties must make sure
that we save all Indians
from such rumours and
spread awareness
—Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
FIRST TO 1 CRORE
HEALTH WORKERS
COVID-19 vaccine will be
first given to about one
crore health workers from
both the public and private
sectors, and then to about
two crore frontline workers,
the Union Health Ministry
said in its presentation at
the all-party meet on Friday,
said government during the
all-party meeting on Friday.
AZAD: PANDEMICS THREAT TO
COUNTRY’S INTERNAL SECURITY
COVID-like pandemics can pose a threat to
the country’s internal security and policy
makers should address this challenge,
senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad
said on Friday. Addressing the all-party
meeting, the Leader of Opposition in the
Rajya Sabha also said that the country
should be well placed to get vaccines at
affordable prices and at an early stage.
HYDERABAD CIVIC POLLS VERDICT
KCR LOSES TO
SHAH & YOGI!BJP MAKES KCR
DEPENDENT ON
OWAISI, YET AGAIN
AIMIM-BJP ENGAGE IN
NECK-AND-NECK FIGHT IN
HIGHLY POLARISED BATTLE
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MORAL VICTORY, PARTY ONLY ALTERNATIVE
TO RULING TRS IN TELANGANA, SAYS BJP
New Delhi: BJP’s performance in the Greater Hyderabad
Municipal Corporation (GHMC) polls is a “moral victory”
for the party and it has emerged as the “only alterna-
tive” to the ruling TRS in Telangana, its general secretary
Bhupender Yadav said on Friday.The BJP’s performance
has confirmed the trend that it is replacing the Congress
as the main challenger to the TRS, Yadav said.
DB GUPTA APPOINTED CIC,
BARETH, SHEETAL DHANKAR BECOME
INFORMATION COMMISSIONERS
Jaipur: Former
Rajasthan chief
secretary DB Gupta
was appointed as the
Chief Information
Commissioner (CIC)
of the state on Friday.
The post was lying
vacant after Suresh
Chaudhary completed
his tenure in December
2018 and the additional
charge of the CIC
was with Information
Commissioner Ashutosh
Sharma, whose tenure
also completed last
month. Governor Kalraj
Mishra issued the
appointment order. The
governor also appointed
senior journalist
Narayan Bareth and
Sheetal Dhankhar
as information
commissioners. DB
Gupta, who was
appointed as the chief
minister’s advisor prior
to retirement, has been
a well known name in
bureaucracy. A post
graduate in economics,
Gupta became IAS
officer in 1983 and held
various important posts
like ACS in finance
and PWD, principal
secretary in UDH,
agriculture, planning
etc. during his career.
He was also the district
collector in Sirohi and
Ajmer. A soft spoken
Gupta, known for his
generous behavior,
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T
ime bound dispos-
al of appeals, curb-
ing misuse of RTI
top priorities of new
Chief Information
Commissioner DB Gup-
ta. Dr Rituraj Sharma
talks to him:
 How do you see the
role of CIC?
The purpose of this
post is to ensure trans-
parency and accounta-
bility in working of
public authorities and
administration and
that will be done.
 Common people
still face difficul-
ties in getting infor-
mation, how will
you smooth this
process?
When ‘Jansoochna’
portal was introduced
last year, I was the
Chief secretary. The
aim of that initiative
was to make sure that
people have easy ac-
cess to information
without problems. RTI
applications should be
redressed in a time
bound manner but
there have been com-
plaints about the mis-
use of RTI, which
should be curbed.
 Now the full panel
of the Information
Commission has been
formed, how will the
pendency be cleared?
It will have to be
checked how much pen-
dency is there. The pan-
el of 1 plus 4 has been
formed. We will take an
appropriate decision
for clearing the penden-
cy of complaints and
appeals. Older com-
plaints and appeals will
be decided first.
 When will you take
charge?
I will talk to other com-
missioners and will
join next week.
RTI needs timely redressal, curbs on its misuse: DB Gupta
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
NNN
‘I WILL CONTINUE FULFILLING MY DUTIES TOWARDS WOMEN’
REDUCED SYLLABUS UPLOADED ONLINE
‘Love Jihad’: Youths tied to pole,beaten
for allegedly harassing woman in Tonk
Farecutofluxurybusesfailstoincrease
passengerloadforRajasthanroadways
MAN JUMPS
IN FRONT OF
TRAIN, DIES
Parents light candles to highlight school fee issue
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: The educa-
tion department has
made public the details
of the deleted chapters
and the remaining cur-
riculum after it was re-
duced from grade sec-
ond to eighth. The de-
partment has also given
an indication about reo-
pening the schools.
The syllabus has
been given on the web-
site of the State Insti-
tute of Educational Re-
search & Training
(SIERT) from where the
student and schools can
download it.
Interestingly the de-
partment has not re-
duced the syllabus of
standard one and has
said that ample oppor-
tunities should be made
available to teach stu-
dents. Therefore, it is
not logical to reduce the
syllabus of the stand-
ard one.
Students get intro-
duced to alphabets and
such things and stu-
dents of this grade
have not even seen the
schools. The beginning
of classes in govern-
ment schools is from
class one itself which
has not started this
year. The department
believes that as soon as
the teachers get an op-
portunity they should
introduce alphabets to
the students. It has
also been said that the
remaining course
should be taught in
second grade.
Ziyauddin
Tonk: While ‘Love Ji-
had’ is causing uproar
across the country and
in many states, strict
laws regarding this
have been made and
BJP and Congress are
opposing each other on
this, ruckus was creat-
ed in Diggi area in Mal-
pura, Tonk district.
In the Diggi area,
some youths of a com-
munity blackmailed a
minor girl of a different
community by creating
an obscene video which
was later uploaded on
social media to get viral.
When the victim and
her family members
came to know about
this, hell broke loose.
The family members
and villagers tied the ac-
cused youths with a pole
and thrashed them. On
getting the information,
Malpura Todraisingh
MLA Kanhaiya Lal
Choudharyalsoreached
on the spot. Meanwhile,
police reached where
two youth were being
beaten and got them re-
leased from the villag-
ers. MLA Choudhary
who had reached on the
spot termed this as
Love Jihad and de-
manded that the state
government should
form a law against
‘Love Jihad.’ As of now,
both the accused are ar-
rested and the police
are on the lookout for
two alleged accused. A
police force of 5 police
stations has been post-
ed in the area due to the
tense situation.
Kashiram Chaudhary
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Roadways had recently
reduced the fare of its
super-luxury buses ply-
ing on the Jaipur-Delhi
route by Rs 200. The
fare was reduced from
Rs 900 to Rs 700 from No-
vember 23. The idea
was to raise the income
of the roadways. How-
ever, despite this, road-
ways is looking for pas-
senger load. The Scania
and Volvo buses are not
getting passengers.
Seeing the farmer
agitation in Delhi and
corona infection the
movement of passen-
gers has reduced be-
tween Jaipur and Delhi.
The situation is such
that mere 5-7 buses are
being operated for Del-
hi from Sindhi camp
bus stand and due to
less passenger load one
or two buses are being
cancelled daily. The
buses going to Delhi are
not even able to meet
the expenses.
The roadways admin-
istration therefore feels
that they are not getting
the benefit of reducing
the fare.
Actually, the expendi-
ture incurred in operat-
ing the bus from Jaipur
to Delhi comes to about
15-17 thousand rupees
and when mere 10-12
passengers are trave-
ling in the bus, the in-
come generated is just
10 thousand rupees.
Roadways have a fleet
of 23 Scania and Volvo
buses which were being
operated to Delhi in pre-
covid days but after the
lockdown, the number
of buses has been re-
duced now.
Vishal
Jaipur: Voting in
the fourth and final
phase of elections
for Panchayat Sami-
ti and Zila Pari-
shad members in
21 districts of Ra-
jasthan will be
held on Saturday
amid tight security
and strict COV-
ID-19 protocols.
Polling will be
held from 7.30 am to
5 pm to elect 908
members of 46 Pan-
chayat Samitis and
respective Zila Pari-
shad members.
State Election
Commissioner P S
Mehra said nearly
18,000 EVMs will be
used. More than
36,000 employees
have been deployed
for the final phase
of the elections.
Mehra said 52.55
lakh voters - 27.12
lakh men and 25.43
lakh women - will
be able to exercise
their franchise at
7,346 polling sta-
tions in this phase.
Counting of votes
of all four phases
will be done on De-
cember 8.
Final phase
of elections
today
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A worker of a
food factory allegedly
committed suicide by
jumping in front of a
moving goods train in
the Shivdaspura area
in Jaipur on Friday.
The reason for the
suicide is not clear,
police said.
Anil Kumar, who be-
longed to Hanuman-
garh, was working in a
food factory in Sita-
pura industrial area.
He left the factory in
the afternoon and
walked towards the
ring road flyover.
He jumped in front
of the goods trains.
The body was shifted to
the mortuary of Ma-
hatma Gandhi hospital
and his family mem-
bers were informed.
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: The school fee
issue is unlikely to die
down soon. Hundreds
of parents under the
banner of All Rajasthan
Parents Forum on Fri-
day reached the Statue
Circle and protested as
the talks with educa-
tion department offi-
cials a few days ago re-
mained inconclusive.
After the demo at the
Statue Circle, the pro-
testing parents reached
the Shahid Samarak
andheldacandlemarch
against the private
schools and the govern-
ment and supporting
the ongoing strike of
the Joint Parents Un-
ion. The parents have
been demanding waiv-
ing off fees as the
schools are not open.
Two days ago a num-
ber of parents had
reached the residence
of minister Govind
Singh Dotasra after
which the minister
called them for a dia-
logue with the educa-
tion officers for action
on their demands. A
delegation of parents
had reached the Sikh-
sha Sankul where the
Director of Secondary
Education Saurabh
Swamy and School Ed-
ucation Secretary
Aparna Arora, which
lasted about 15 min-
utes, remained incon-
clusive.Parents demanding waiving off fees.
Parents reached the Shahid Samarak and held a candle march against the private schools and the
government. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Family members and villagers tied the accused youths with a
pole and thrashed them.
Roadways is looking for passenger load. The buses are not getting enough passengers.
DeswalisnewRajPrCCIT
Vimal Kothari
Jaipur: Saroj Deswal,
1986 batch IRS officer,
has been appointed as
the Principal Chief
Commissioner of In-
come Tax, Rajasthan.
The Central Board of
Direct Taxes issued
the order on Friday.
Apart from Deswal,
appointment orders
of four more PCCITs
were also issued.
Two IRS officers got
additional responsi-
bility. DC Patwari
will be PCCIT of Kar-
nataka and Goa, Atul
Pranay appointed
as Kolkata PCCIT
and he was given ad-
ditional charge of
PCCIT Orissa, Ruby
Srivastava is PCCIT
Nagpur, and KK
Singh appointed
as PCCIT Bihar
and Jharkhand. All
are 1986 batch IRS of-
ficers.
Apart from this, PC-
CIT Uttar Pradesh
East Pritam Singh, a
1985 batch IRS officer,
has been given charge
of PCCIT Uttar
Pradesh West.
Smoke billows out
of Pune bound plane
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A major
tragedy was averted
on Friday at the
Jaipur international
airport when smoke
started emitting from
an airplane that was
carrying 168 passen-
gers. An alarm was
blown after smoke
came out from the en-
gine of the plane.
The vigilant pilot
informed the ATC
and after stopping
the take off the plane
was brought again to
the apron area. The
fire brigade of Air-
port Authority also
came near the air-
craft. The incident
happened with Air
Asia flight I5-1427
which takes off from
Jaipur for Pune at
5:20 pm. When the
flight was departing
with 168 passengers
on board, a technical
snag was noticed.
The engineers thor-
oughly checked the
plane and rectified
the snag in about an
hour after which the
flight took off for
Pune, an official said.
Meanwhile, more
than one and a half
lakh passengers have
used the Jaipur Air-
port for travel in the
month of November.
As per the data is-
sued by the Airport
administration in
November month,
this is the maximum
passenger load dur-
ing the corona peri-
od.
—PHOTOBYSUMANSARKAR
DB Gupta
Sheetal Dhankhar
Saroj Deswal
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Banswara: A 25-year
old man was shot dead
by his father for siding
with his mother during
averbalspatbetweenthe
father and mother in
Banswara district. The
incident occurred in
Jokdi Mal village in Pa-
tan area where Nathu
and his wife were quar-
relling over some issue
on Thursday evening
and their elder son Ra-
man intervened.
He took side of his
mother, which irked
Nathu.LaterRamanand
other family members
went to attend a mar-
riage function and re-
turned late at night.
“When Ramesh re-
turned, his father shot
him dead in a fit of rage
outside their house. He
was rushed to local hos-
pital but he succumbed
to injuries,” SHO Patan
PS Ramesh Chand said.
Noarrestwasmadeso
far, he added.
First India Bureau
Alwar: Miscreants up-
rooted an ATM of PNB
in Bahadurpur village
in Sadar police station
areaof Alwar. Theinci-
dent happened during
the night and miscre-
ants uprooted the ATM
containing `4.28 lakh
and then fled away.
Bank manager has
reported the matter in
Sadar police station. It
is being said that there
was a suspicious white
colour Bolero. Police is
alsocheckingtheCCTV
of nearby locations but
many are said to be
non-functional. Police
are also finding out
about the CCTV in the
ATM, which was dam-
aged by the miscreants.
SI Banwari Lal the In-
vestigation Officer said
that search is on and
added that after such
incidents, usually
thieves throw away
ATM after taking out
money from it.
If needed daytime curfew
can be considered: Gehlot
1,934 new coronavirus cases
in Rajasthan, 19 more die
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Nineteen more
patients succumbed to
the novel coronavirus
in Rajasthan, pushing
the death toll to 2,389,
while 1,934 fresh cases
raised the infection
count to 2,76,420 on Fri-
day, according to an of-
ficial report.
Three new deaths
linked to COVID-19
werereportedinJaipur;
two each in Ajmer,
Bharatpur, Jodhpur
and Udaipur while Al-
war, Bhilwara, Bundi,
Churu, Dungarpur,
Kota, Rajsamand and
Sikar registered one fa-
tality each, the report
issuedheresaid.Jaipur
continued to report sin-
gle-day highest number
of new COVID-19 cases.
On Friday, the state cap-
ital recorded 548 fresh
cases, followed by Jodh-
purwhere295morepeo-
ple tested positive for
the infection.
First India Bureau
Ajmer: In what can be
termed as negligence on
partof JLNinAjmer,the
dead body of a Covid in-
fected patient remained
lying close to other pa-
tientsforseveralhoursat
Covid-19 ICU ward. The
body remained lying
near an old lady who was
undergoing treatment.
When the body was not
removed for a long time,
the family opposed and
after protest, hospital ad-
ministrationgotthebody
removed.
Covid positive’s
body lies close
to other patients
MARU MAHOTSAV CANCELLED
Youth shot dead by
father in a fit of rage
Miscreants flee with ATM
having `4.28 lakh cash
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Food and
Civil Supplies Depart-
ment, Government of
Rajasthanissuedorders
to fix stock limit of on-
ion traders to prevent
hoarding of and to re-
ducethepriceof onions.
‘Onion’ has been ap-
pendedinScheduleIIof
The Rajasthan Trade
Articles (Licensing and
Control) Order, 1980 on
item number 8.
Thestocklimitasper
the Government of In-
dianotificationisappli-
cable on traders in re-
gard to onion, which is
25 metric tonne for
wholesalers and 2 met-
ric tonne for retailers.
This stock limit will
remain effective till De-
cember 31, 2020.
Stock limit on onions
to curb price rise
Kartikey Dev Singh
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has in-
structed the officials
that to break the chain
of corona infection in
the state, it is necessary
to take strict action
against those who en-
danger the health of
otherpeoplebyviolating
the health protocol.
“Steps such as daytime
curfews in highly infect-
ed areas could also be
consideredtoprotectthe
health of the public if
necessaryand toensure
compliance of rules like
wearing masks and so-
cial distancing etc,” Ge-
hlot said while review-
ing the condition of co-
rona infection in Jaipur
and Jodhpur on Friday
evening through video
conference. He has also
given instructions to
take strict action like
banningceremoniesand
sealing establishments
on the neglect of health
rules.
“Jaipur and Jodhpur
are the largest cities in
the state and it is worri-
some that health proto-
col is not being followed
in marriage ceremo-
nies, markets while pro-
tocol in home isolation
andcontainmentzoneis
being violated. We have
to take it as a challenge
as we should stop it and
there should be no lacu-
nae in this work. Dis-
trict administration,
police, health depart-
mentandmunicipalcor-
poration should jointly
take action by forming
teams,” Gehlot said.
The Chief Minister
said that people with
suspected symptoms of
cough-cold-fever should
be screened from house
to house. “The District
Collector should issue
orders for the compli-
ance of the quarantine
rules to the patients
home isolation. In this
work, incident com-
mander should cooper-
atewithlocalpublicrep-
resentatives, NGOs and
aware citizens by mak-
ing ward committees.
However, if there is any
violation, then take
strict action under the
epidemicactandrelated
provisions,” he said and
instructedtheofficersof
the Health Department
to increase the number
of corona investiga-
tions. He said that in-
creasing the number of
positive cases may in-
crease once the investi-
gation increases, but it
willhelpbreakthechain
of infection.
In the meeting, the
Medical and Health
Minister Dr. Raghu
Sharma said that the
number of active cases
has shown a decrease in
the last few days due to
the special efforts made
to implement night cur-
fews which is a good
sign. He emphasized to
implement strategies to
prevent infection in
Jaipur and Jodhpur as
well as in Kota, Udaipur
and Ajmer.
REVIEW OF CORONA STATUS IN JAIPUR AND JODHPUR
CM Ashok Gehlot holding review meeting where Subhash Garg, Niranjan Arya, Kuldeep Ranka, Siddharth Mahajan and others were present.
Form joint teams
to stop protocol
violation
—FILE PHOTO
Hindus living in fear
in Raj: Poonia to CM
First India Bureau
Jaipur: State BJP presi-
dent Satish Poonia on
Friday issued a state-
ment targeting CM
Ashok Gehlot saying,
law and order situation
in Mewat area of the
state has deteriorated
completely. Hindu popu-
lation is living in an at-
mosphere of fear. A case
of attack on a Hindu
family has come to light
in Baleta village of
Malakheda PS area of
Alwar,inwhichaperson
was attacked by lathis
andcrushedunderajeep
and other family mem-
berssufferedsevereinju-
ries.
Poonia demanded
from CM that with the
early arrest of the at-
tackers, action should be
taken against the negli-
gent police officers, a
government job be given
to a person from the fam-
ily of the deceased along
with appropriate com-
pensation.

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he Boeing 737
Max began fly-
ing commer-
cially in May
2017 but has
been grounded for over a
year and a half following
two crashes within five
months. On October 29,
2018, Lion Air Flight 610
took off from Jakarta. It
quickly experienced prob-
lems in maintaining alti-
tude, entered into an un-
controllable dive and
crashed into the Java Sea
about 13 minutes after
takeoff. Then on March 10,
2019, Ethiopian Airlines
Flight 302 from Nairobi
suffered similar problems,
crashing into the desert
around six minutes after
leaving the runway.
In total, 346 people lost
their lives. After the sec-
ond crash, United States
regulator the Federal Avia-
tion Administration decid-
ed to ground all 737 Max
planes, of which around
350 had been delivered at
the time, while they inves-
tigated the causes of the
accidents.
Now, 20 months later, the
Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration has announced that
it is rescinding this order
and has set out steps for the
return of the aircraft to
commercial service. Brazil
has responded quickly, also
approving the 737 Max. So,
what went wrong – and can
we be confident that it has
been fixed?
The causes of the two ac-
cidents were complex, but
link mainly to the 737’s ma-
noeuvring characteristics
augmentation system,
which was introduced to
the 737 Max to manage
changes in behaviour cre-
ated by the plane having
much larger engines than
its predecessors.
There are some impor-
tant points about the ma-
augmentation system
which we must consider
when reviewing the “fix-
es”. The manoeuvring
characteristics augmenta-
tion system prevented stall
(a sudden loss of lift due to
the angle of the wing) by
“pushing” the nose down.
Stall is indicated through
an angle of attack sensor
– the 737 Max is fitted with
two, but manoeuvring
tion system only used one.
If that angle of attack sen-
sor failed, then the system
could activate when it
should not, unnecessarily
pushing the nose down.
The design meant that
there was no automatic
switch to the other angle of
attack sensor, and manoeu-
vring characteristics aug-
mentation system kept
working with the errone-
ous sensor values. This is
what happened in both
crashes.
The design of the ma-
augmentation system
meant that it was repeated-
lyactivatedif itdetermined
that there was a risk of a
stall. This meant that the
nose was continually
pushed down, making it
hard for pilots to keep alti-
tude or climb. The system
wasalsohardtooverride.In
both cases, the flight crews
were unable to override the
manoeuvring characteris-
tics augmentation system,
although other crews had
successfully managed to do
so in a similar situation,
and this contributed to the
two accidents.
THE FIXES
Have these things been
fixed? The Federal Avia-
tion Administration has
published an extensive
summary explaining its
decision. The manoeu-
vring characteristics aug-
mentation system software
has been modified and now
uses both angle of attack
sensors, not one.
The manoeuvring char-
acteristics augmentation
system software also now
only activates once, rather
than multiple times, when
a potential stall is signalled
by both the angle of attack
sensors. Pilots are provid-
ed with an “AoA [angle of
attack] disagree warning”
which indicates that there
might be an erroneous ac-
tivation of manoeuvring
tion system software. This
warning was not standard
equipment at the time of
the two accidents – it had to
be purchased by airlines as
an option.
Importantly, pilots will
now be trained on the op-
eration of the system and
management of its prob-
lems. Pilots claimed that
initially they were not even
told that manoeuvring
tion system existed. This
training will have to be ap-
proved by the Federal Avia-
tion Administration.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
Boeing 737 Max: Has enough been done to fix the aircraft?
T
There is neither this world,
nor the world beyond. nor
happiness for the one who
doubts. —Bhagavad Gita
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ol. Rajyavardhan Rathore:
The period of youth is defined
by challenges, goals, achieve-
ments, and ambitions. Many
chase success as defined by oth-
ers. In this hyper-connected,
information-saturated era,
there is the added stress of in-
formation overload and work-
related burnout. Such stress
takes away the happiness of
our youngsters. We see more
and more cases of depression
amongst youth. How can the
youth continually be happy in
such challenging times? I want
to know the truth about youth
and happiness.
Sadhguru: Namaskaram
Raj. In every generation, there
is a set of people who are al-
ways complaining about some-
thing. Of course, there are also
people who are making use of
the situations of their times.
As a generation today, we
have more conveniences and
comforts than ever before. The
world is not moving any faster
than what it was a few thou-
sand years ago – it is still spin-
ning at the same pace. But we
feel that the distances have
been reduced simply because
of technological progress.
Those who are complaining
about information overload
must visualize life a thousand
years ago. You would not know
what was happening just one
hundred kilometers away. Even
if something fantastic hap-
pened, or there was a great ca-
lamity, it would take one or two
months for you to get the infor-
mation. Today, whatever is hap-
pening anywhere in the world
comes to you quickly.
We are technologically em-
powered like never before. This
is one of the greatest privileges
we have as a generation. Right
now, people are complaining
about technology which has
made their life easy and com-
fortable. The problem is just
that they have not prepared
themselves for the life that they
need to handle.
ENHANCING YOUR
CAPABILITIES
I want you to just imagine if
you lived a thousand years ago.
In the morning when you woke
up, you would need water for
your use, so you would have to
walk down to the river and
carry two buckets full of water.
Believe me, most of the youth
today are not fit enough to car-
ry two buckets of water for a
mile. Physically, they are just
not capable of doing it.
If you were here a thousand
years ago without technology,
would you carry these buckets
of water without complaint?
You would definitely complain
because you are physically not
capable. Similarly, if you have
not made yourself mentally ca-
pable to handle the various re-
alities of today, then you will
complain.
You must engineer yourself
in such a way that you are fit
for life. In the early part of your
life, the most important thing
is not your ambitions, your de-
sires, or the lifestyles you as-
pire for. The only thing you
should be concerned about is
how to enhance this life to a
higher level of possibility. If
you invest enough time in the
inner development of who you
are, handling the present situ-
ations will be effortless. Above
all, you will not be complaining
about the greatest gifts that
have been offered to you.
Never before could you fly
from India to the United States
in fourteen hours’ time, or pick
up your phone and talk to
someone in any part of the
world, or see a million things
happening all over the world
and even in outer space. You
can see beyond your normal vi-
sion, hear beyond your normal
sense of hearing, and experi-
ence things beyond your nor-
mal sense of experience.
UPGRADING YOURSELF
The technology around you is
phenomenally upgrading itself
every few months or years. It is
time you upgrade yourself. In-
ner Engineering or yoga means
you focus on enhancing this
life. If you enhance your activ-
ity without enhancing this life,
of course, you suffer the activ-
ity. It is like taking an old,
junky car on an F1 track – it
will fall apart. That is all that is
happening to people.
Instead of educating our
children just to make a living
and find a job, we have to edu-
cate them first of all to enhance
themselves. Tools for self-trans-
formation are the most impor-
tant requirement of this age
because external situations are
largely going to be handled by
machines. It is very important
you are a little smarter than the
machines you handle.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
C
SADHGURU, ISHA FOUNDATION
Ranked amongst the fifty most influential
people in India, Sadhguru is a yogi, mystic,
visionary and a New York Times bestselling
author Sadhguru has been conferred the Padma
Vibhushan by the Government of India in 2017,
the highest annual civilian award, accorded for
exceptional and distinguished service
DEALING WITH INFORMATION
& TECH OVERLOAD
Those who are
complaining
about
information
overload must
visualize life a
thousand years
ago. You would
not know what
was happening
just one hundred
kilometers away.
Even if
something
fantastic
happened, or
there was a great
calamity, it
would take one
or two months
for you to get the
information.
Today, whatever
is happening
anywhere in the
world comes to
you quickly
THE TECHNOLOGY
AROUND YOU IS
PHENOMENALLY
UPGRADING ITSELF
EVERY FEW MONTHS OR
YEARS. IT IS TIME YOU
UPGRADE YOURSELF.
INNER ENGINEERING OR
YOGA MEANS YOU
FOCUS ON ENHANCING
THIS LIFE
BJP MAKES BIG INROAD IN
HYDERABAD CIVIC POLL
olarisation of votes is profitable politics.
This is evident from the significant
surge in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s
tally in the Greater Hyderabad Munici-
pal Corporation. The party which had
only four out of 150 divisions has won 48 divisions,
a massive gain of 44, after an extremely divisive
campaign unleashed by senior BJP leaders includ-
ing Union Home Minister Amit Shah and UP Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath. Ruling Telangana Rash-
tra Samithi (TRS), which held 99 divisions, has this
time won 58 suffering a loss of 41 divisions. The
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)
of Asaduddin Owaisi with 44 divisions has been
able to hold on to its 2016 tally of 44.
These elections are important for the BJP as five
districts contiguous to Hyderabad come under the
GHMC limits. Together they account for five Lok
Sabha and 24 assembly seats would give the BJP a
decisive edge over K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s TRS in
future electoral battles. The party is naturally
buoyed by the success, KCR will have to analyse its
losses. The results are a backlash against his gov-
ernment’s handling of the flood situation and
other local issues.
It was somewhat a pyrrhic victory for the BJP,
however. The party suffered a much bigger setback
in Maharashtra where it lost the prestigious Nag-
pur graduate constituency, BJP’s stronghold for 25
years, to the Congress. It is the home turf of Union
minister Nitin Gadkari and former Maharashtra
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. What’s more, it
also lost two Pune seats to Congress and the NCP.
P
IN-DEPTH
COVID GLOOM CLEARS AS
VACCINE ROLLOUT NEARS
here’s a need for caution, but not fear.
The Covid-19 vaccine is just a few weeks
away. Quoting experts, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi told an all-party meet-
ing that a vaccine could be rolled out in
the next few weeks. The encouraging news comes
close on the heels of the United Kingdom an-
nouncing an emergency rollout of Pfizer’s vaccine
from next week.
“It is believed that a vaccine would be available in
thenextfewweeks,”hesaid,addingthatvaccination
willbeginassoonasscientistsgivetheirnod.Earlier,
SerumInstituteof India’sCEOAdarPoonawallahad
said that the Centre was likely to buy 30-40 crore vac-
cinesbyJuly2021.Healsosaidthattheyweretoapply
for an emergency use trial in two weeks’ time. As
Poonawalla said this on November 28, his institute
should be preparing for its next move.
On logistics, the prime minister said that after
getting inputs from states the cold chain and other
support would get the necessary fillip. On the dis-
tribution network also the PM dispelled doubts,
claiming that it was much better than in many
other countries. The price of vaccines as yet re-
mains undecided.
According to a Duke University study, India has
secured 1.6 billion doses of coronavirus vaccine
for its people with healthcare, frontline workers
and the elderly to be vaccinated on priority.
Against 95,71,559 positive cases in the country,
90,16, 289 patients had recovered. The high recov-
ery rate has helped clear the gloom surrounding
the coronavirus. The good part is that three vac-
cines were being developed indigenously.
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Chandigarh: The win-
ners of Bhartiya Sahi-
tya Akademi Award in
Punjabi including Sir-
mour Shire Dr Mohan-
jit, eminent thinker Dr
Jaswinder Singh and
Punjabi playwright and
editor of Punjabi Trib-
une Swarajbir have re-
turned their awards to
show support for farm-
ers, said Central Pun-
jabi Writers’ Associa-
tion on Friday.
“It may be recalled
that earlier a large num-
ber of Punjabi writers
had protested against
the attitude of such a
tyrannical government
on the question of free-
dom of expression by
withdrawing the Acad-
emy Award. Today
again when the Govern-
ment of India, instead
of accepting the legiti-
mate demands of farm-
ers, is rolling them on
streets in the harsh win-
ter, Punjabi writers are
protesting at national
level by returning the
honour,” CPWA said.
Former Punjab CM
Parkash Singh Badal
had returned Padma
Vibhushan in support
of protest. —ANI
ROSHNI SCAM: CBI INITIATES
ENQUIRIES TO PROBE COMPLICITY
New Delhi: Widening its
probe in Roshni scam
cases in Jammu and
Kashmir, the CBI has
registered four pre-
liminary enquiries into the
alleged non-compliance
of high court directives
by officials of the Jammu
Development Author-
ity (JDA) and others to
“cover up” the complicity
in illegal acts of encroach-
ment of land. The first
enquiry registered by the
CBI relates to matter per-
taining to the encroach-
ment on 784 kanals, 17
marla of land in Gole,
tehsil Jammu which was
transferred to JDA. A pre-
liminary enquiry (PE) is
the first step initiated by
CBI to assess criminality
in prima facie allegations
levelled by a complainant.
PNB SCAM: NO BAIL FOR TOP
OFFICIAL OF CHOKSI’S FIRM
Mumbai: A special CBI court rejected the bail
plea of Vipul Chitalia, V-P of the Gitanjali Group
of Companies arrested in the multi-crore Punjab
National Bank (PNB) scam. Chitalia, who was
arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation
in March 2018, had filed a bail application for
the second time. Special CBI judge V C Barde
rejected the application. CBIhad alleged that Chi-
talia was the “mastermind” for putting through
fraudulent transactions along with absconding
accused Mehul Choksi, owner of Gitanjali group.
RUPEE SETTLES 13 PAISE HIGHER
AT 73.80 AGAINST US DOLLAR
Mumbai: The rupee
snapped its two-day
losing streak to close
13 paise higher at 73.80
(provisional) against the
US dollar on Friday as
the Reserve Bank of India
maintained status quo on
the benchmark interest
rate for the third time in
a row. At the interbank
forex market, the domes-
tic unit opened at 73.81
and saw an intra-day high
of 73.70 & a low of 73.81.
It finally closed at 73.80
a dollar, registering a rise
of 13 paise. On Thursday,
rupee had settled at 73.93
against the American
currency.RBI left interest
rates unchanged for the
third straight time amid
persistently high inflation
and said the economy
was recuperating fast.
1,525 KG OF EXPLOSIVES
SEIZED IN MEGHALAYA, 6 HELD
Shillong: Six persons were arrested in Megha-
laya’s East Jaintia Hills district with a huge
quantity of explosives and detonators, police
said. Acting on a tip-off about possible move-
ment of explosives, police conducted raids in
the 4 Kilo area on Wednesday night. An SUV
with Assam registration was intercepted at
Kongong in the Ladrymbai police outpost area,
police said. Ten cartons with 250 kg of explo-
sives, 1,000 live detonators, eight rolls of fuse
were found in car, said AIG Police GK Iangrai.
FARMER’S PROTEST
Bhartiya Sahitya Akademi Award
winners from Punjab return awards
Farmers sitting at Singhu border during their protest against the new farm law, in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Nitin Gadkari virtually also laid foundation stones of 14 NH projects.
IN THE COURTYARD
Beant Singh killing: SC quizzes
Centre over delay in proposal
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court Friday
questioned the Centre
over delay in sending
proposal to the Presi-
dent for commuting the
death sentence of Bal-
want Singh Rajoana,
convicted in the 1995 as-
sassination case of for-
mer Punjab Chief Min-
ister Beant Singh.
A bench headed by
Chief Justice S A Bobde
asked the Centre to ap-
prise it as to when the
authority would send
the proposal in this re-
gard to the President
under Article 72 of the
Constitution.
The article deals with
power of President to
grant pardon, suspend,
remit or commute sen-
tences in certain cases.
Apex court noted that a
letter was sent from
MHA to Punjab chief
secretary on September
7 last year intimating
that a proposal would
be sent to the President
to commute death sen-
tence of Rajoana.—PTI
SC declines to
revoke
approver status
to Rajiv Saxena
Nitish Katara
murder: 5-day
custody parole
to Sukhdev
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Friday
stayed the Delhi High
Court order that had de-
clined Enforcement Di-
rectorate’s (ED) plea
seeking the revocation
of approver status
granted to Rajiv Saxena
in the AgustaWestland
VVIP chopper case.
A bench headed by
Chief Justice of India
SA Bobde also issued
notice to Saxena on the
plea filed by the ED chal-
lenging the High Court
order. It had challenged
the June 8 order of the
High Court dismissing
its plea to revoke ap-
prover status of Rajiv
Saxena in the case.—ANI
New Delhi: Delhi High
Court granted custody
parole to Sukhdev Ya-
dav alias Pehalwan,
serving a 20-year jail
term without remission
for the murder of busi-
ness executive Nitish
Katara in 2002, to attend
the marriage of his
daughter.
Justice Anu Malhotra
allowed Pehalwan to go
to Kushinagar to attend
his daughter’s wedding,
scheduled on December
6, and other related
functions in custody pa-
role for five days.
The HC directed the
jail personnel to take
him to his native place
where the marriage is
scheduled and to bring
him back on expiry of
custodyparole.However,
the court said allega-
tions of animosity al-
leged by the witness
cannot be ignored and
did not grant him that
relief. —PTI
Gadkari unveils
NH projects in
Nagaland
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister Nitin Gadkari on
Friday inaugurated a
major National High-
way project in Naga-
land and laid a founda-
tion stone for 14 other
NH projects with a cost
of about Rs 4,127 crores.
According to the of-
ficial press release,
Gadkari virtually inau-
gurated and laid foun-
dation stones for 15 Na-
tional Highways pro-
jects in Nagaland today.
These NH Projects have
a length of about 266
km involving a cost of
about Rs 4,127 crores.
Nagaland Chief Minis-
ter Nephi Rio was also
present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, Gadkari stated
that Union Government
is committed to the de-
velopment of North
East and Nagaland and
informed that 667 km
were added to the NH
network in Nagaland
during the last 6 years,
which depicts growth
of nearly 76 percent.
“The NH network in
the State today has been
extended to 1,547 km up
from 880.68 km till
2014”, he added.
The Union Minister
said that almost all dis-
tricts in Nagaland now
have been connected
except a few, to a robust
network of National
Highways.
Gadkari requested
CM to urgently send es-
timates for Land &
Damage Compensation
in respect of Kohima
Bypass. He also in-
formed that NH and In-
frastructure Develop-
ment Corporation Lim-
ited has taken up two-
laning of Kohima-Mao
road in Nagaland, and
the civil work has al-
ready been awarded on
Sept 30, 2020.—ANI
On Wed, Former Punjab CM & SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal returned the Padma Vibhushan
CORONA FEAR: PIL
IN SC TO REMOVE
FARMERS
MAMATA EXPRESSES
SOLIDARITY WITH FARMERS
AMARINDER SINGH BEHAVING
LIKE BJP CM, SAYS SISODIA
New Delhi: A petition
has been filed in the
Supreme Court seek-
ing its directions for
immediate removal
of the protesting
farmers from the bor-
ders of the national
capital in view of the
COVID-19 pan-
demic, advocate on
record Om Prakash
Parihar said on
Friday. Advocate Om
Prakash Parihar, the
advocate on record
for the petitioner,
said that the petition
has been filed in view
of the fact that the
protests may pose a
risk of spreading the
COVID-19 pan-
demic in the national
capital and across the
country. This comes
as thousands of
farmers, mainly from
Punjab and Haryana,
have been protesting
at the gates of the na-
tional capital against
the recent farm laws
passed by the Central
government. —ANI
Kolkata: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee ex-
pressed her solidarity with protesting farmers
against three farm laws passed by the Centre. “14
years ago on 4 Dec 2006, I began my 26-day hunger
strike in Kolkata demanding that agricultural land
cannot be forcefully acquired. I express my solidarity
with all farmers who are protesting against draconian
farm bills (now laws) passed without consultation by
Centre #StandWithFarmers,” she tweeted. —ANI
New Delhi: Hitting out at Punjab CM Captain Ama-
rinder Singh for speaking on the lines of Bharatiya
Janata Party over the ongoing farmers’ protest, AAP
leader Manish Sisodia said, “Captain Amarinder
Singh met BJP leaders yesterday and is now defend-
ing BJP. He is saying that the farmers’ agitation
is a danger to national security. The Punjab Chief
Minister is behaving like a BJP Chief Minister. He is
speaking on the lines of BJP. —ANI
SC rejects plea seeking appointment of
govt nominees in trust for mosque Ayodhya
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Friday
dismissed a plea which
had sought directions
for nominating central
and state government
representatives to the
‘Indo Islamic Cultural
Foundation’ trust for
building a mosque in
Ayodhya.
The apex court on No-
vember 9 last year had
paved the way for the
construction of a Ram
Temple by a trust at the
disputed Ram Janamb-
hoomi-Babri Masjid site
at Ayodhya, and direct-
ed the Centre to allot an
alternative five-acre
plot to the Sunni Waqf
Board for building a
new mosque at a “prom-
inent” place in the town
in Uttar Pradesh.
The matter came up
for hearing before a
bench headed by Jus-
tice R F Nariman which
rejected the plea filed
by two lawyers. —PTI
Mins Goyal, Naik review status
of AYUSH Trade & Industry
New Delhi: The Minis-
ter of Commerce and In-
dustry Piyush Goel and
theMinisterof State(IC)
forAYUSHShripadNaik
took a review of the cur-
rent status of AYUSH
Trade and Industry in
the context of the vari-
ous initiatives taken by
the Ministry of AYUSH
at 4.00 pm on Friday.
As per the official
statement of the Minis-
try of AYUSH, the re-
view came against the
backdrop of the grow-
ing global interest in
Ayush-based disease-
preventive solutions in
the wake of the COV-
ID-19 pandemic.
“The last joint review
meeting of the Ayush
Trade and Industry was
taken by both Ministers
on April 9, 2020, and
since then the Ministry
of AYUSH has taken
many initiatives to inte-
grate AYUSH Systems
into the efforts to pro-
tect the people from
COVID-19 as well as to
treat them successfully.
Javadekar seeks Delhi govt’s
action on CPCB complaints
New Delhi: Union En-
vironment Minister
Prakash Javadekar on
Friday asked the Del-
hi government to take
swift action on the
complaints forwarded
to it by the Central
Pollution Control
Board (CPCB).
Javadekar said that
the CPCB has issued a
notice to the Delhi
g o v e r n m e n t . T h e
waste that is being
burnt in the open in
the national capital is
not disposed off prop-
erly. “Now the Delhi
government should
take action on the no-
tice. Burning of straw
ranges from 60 to 62
days but rest of the
days the menace of
pollution has to be
dealt by the NCR.”

INDIAJAIPUR | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2020
DB Gupta...
held the top post of
chief secretary from 30
April 2018 to 2 July 2020
and worked on the post
under both BJP and
Congress rules. His re-
moval as the chief sec-
retary in July this year
was a surprising deci-
sion but he was later
made the advisor to
chief minister. During
the former Vasundhara
Raje led BJP govern-
ment; he left his mark
as a transparent bu-
reaucrat while he was
instrumental in execut-
ing Gehlot govern-
ment’s schemes and
programmes with a pro-
people approach.
Be it implementing
Gandhian philosophy
or covid management,
he was at the forefront.
He also played an im-
portant role in prepar-
ing the draft of Ra-
jasthan Public Account-
ability bill. Two Infor-
mation Commissioners
have also been appoint-
ed. One of them, Naray-
an Bareth, is a well
known journalist who
had been associated
with BBC for a long
time and was also an as-
sociate professor in
Haridev Joshi Univer-
sity of Journalism and
Mass Communication
during the earlier ten-
ure of Ashok Gehlot.
As a journalist, he re-
ported on various social
and political issues
from Rajasthan. Anoth-
er Information Com-
missioner Sheetal
Dhankar is a social ac-
tivist who graduated
from Lady Shri Ram
College. She is the
daughter of former
RTDC chairman Ran-
deep Dhankar.
She has been active
in social service for the
last 10 years. She
worked to educate wom-
en and children in vil-
lages. Highlighting the
importance of virtual
meetings and hearings
during the corona pan-
demic, Dhankar said
that her priority will be
on ensuring that people
get information in a
time bound manner.
PM Modi...
Nearly eight vaccines
are at different stages
of trial with their man-
ufacturing assured in
India, Modi said. Three
vaccines from India are
also at different stages
of trial, he said.
Experts believe that
the wait for COVID-19
vaccine will not be long
and it is believed that it
may be ready in the
next few weeks, Modi
said.
“India’s vaccination
drive would begin as
soon as we get a go-
ahead from scientists.
The Centre is working
on the basis of sugges-
tions from state govern-
ments about who will be
inoculated in the first
phase of the vaccina-
tion drive,” he said.
KCR loses...
The BJP’s perfor-
mance in the GHMC
polls has worked well
for its rival Lok Sabha
MP Asaduddin Owaisi’s
AIMIM making the TRS
dependent on its ally.
The AIMIM is an ally of
the TRS but in the last
GHMC polls, KCR’s par-
ty did not need its ally
to govern Hyderabad
municipal body.
Trudeau’s ‘farmers’...
“We expect the Canadi-
an government to en-
sure the fullest security
of Indian diplomatic
personnel and its politi-
cal leaders to refrain
from pronouncements
that legitimize extrem-
ist activism,” MEA said.
“Block all...
all toll plazas,” said
Harvinder Singh Lakh-
wal, another farmer
leader. “We have
planned to block all
roads leading to Delhi
in the coming days if
new farm laws are not
scrapped,” he also said.
FROM PG 1
WILL PUJARI GET EXTENSION?
Latest information says that P K Pujari, Chair-
person , CERC is likely to get one year extension
in January. He was appointed as Chairman for
three years – till Jan next year.
WHO IS IMPORTANT IN
DEFENCE MINISTRY?
After Secretary Defence, who is considered
important in the Defence Ministry. Naturally, the
Secretary Defence Production but people say not
the Defence Production Secretary but the Special
Secretary Defence Acquisition.
LT GEN PARAMAJIT SINGH TO
BE DY CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF!
Lt Gen Paramjit Singh is being tipped to be Dep-
uty Chief of Army Staff (Strategy) as part of Army
headquarters’ reorganisation.
NO SECRETARY DEFENCE FINANCE
The post of Secretary, Defence Finance, is lying
vacant after the retirement of Ms Gargi Kaul in
October. She was a 1984 batch IA&AS officer. It
is said that this is for the first time that the post of
Secretary Defence Finance is vacant.
SUNIL KUMAR BARNWAL JOINS AS
JOINT SECRETARY, MHA
Sunil Kumar Barnwal has taken over the charge as
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
Barnwal, who is a 1997 batch IAS officer of
Jharkhand cadre, will serve till December 2, 2025.
RAJEEV RANJAN IS ALSO SECRETARY,
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY FOR A WHILE
Rajeev Ranjan, Secretary Fisheries, has been as-
signed an additional charge of Secretary, Animal
Husbandry & Dairying till December 13, 2020. He
is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
CENTRAL DEPUTATION TENURE OF A
K MOHANTY EXTENDED
The central deputation tenure of Anjan Kumar Mo-
hanty, working as Inspector General of Forests,
Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change
(MoEF & CC), New Delhi, has been extended for
a period of six months beyond October 17, 2020.
He is a 1992 batch IFS officer of Sikkim cadre.
FORMER IB CHIEF IS NO MORE
Former Chief of the Intelligence Bureau and
presently Administrator of Lakshdeep Dineshwar
Sharma has passed away. He was 1976 batch
former IPS officer of Kerala cadre.
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whispersinthecorridors.com
Bhubaneswar: The
Odisha government
has selected senior
IPS officer Arun Bo-
thra to head a special
investigation team
(SIT) which has been
formed to investigate
the alleged kidnap-
ping and murder of
Pari, a five-year-old
girl whose body had
been found days after
she went missing
while playing near
her house in a village
in Nayagarh district
in July this year. Orig-
inallyhailingfromSri
Ganganagar in Ra-
jasthan, Bothra be-
sides, donning the cop
hat, had also been the
horse power behind
Odisha Road Trans-
port Corporation (OS-
RTC) and Capital Re-
gion Urban Trans-
port. Given the jug-
gling of many hats, in
bureaucratic and po-
litical circles, Bothra
is well known as CM
NaveenPatnaik’sman
of all seasons. It’s
CM’s trust that saw
Bothra again being
sentonNayagarhMis-
sion,toinvestigatethe
kidnapping and mur-
der of 5-year old girl.
After completing
his graduation from
Sri Ganganagar col-
lege, Bothra cracked
the UPSC exams to
join the Indian Police
Service (IPS) of Odis-
hacadrein1996.Need-
less to say, Odisha be-
came Bothra’s ‘Kar-
ambhoomi’thereafter.
This celebrated cop’s
lifecanvasshowshues
of a social worker,
whenonetakesglance
at his NGO ‘India
Cares’. He hogged the
national headlines in
lockdowntimes,when
responding to a SOS
byadesperatemother,
Bothraarrangedcam-
el milk for her thalas-
semic son.
The death of Pari
hassparkedamassive
public outrage after
herparentsattempted
to commit suicide in
front of Odisha As-
sembly on Tuesday.
The victim’s parents-
Ashok and Saudami-
ni Sahu alleged that
Minister Sahoo was
shielding the prime
accused, Babuli Nay-
ak as he was a worker
in the BJD.
Pari Murder Case: Raj-
born senior IPS Arun
Bothra to head SIT
Arun Bothra
New Delhi: Defence
minister Rajnath Singh
described the Indian
Navy as an “outstand-
ing force” as he lauded
it on the occasion of the
Navy Day.
A number of union
ministers, diplomats
and prominent person-
alities also conveyed
their greetings to the
Indian Navy. The Indian
Navy has increased its
surveillance missions
and beefed up opera-
tional deployment in
the Indian Ocean in the
wake of increasing for-
ays into the region by
Chinese naval vessels
and submarines.
The Day is celebrated
on December 4 every
year to commemorate
the Indian Navy’s
achievement in inflict-
ing heavy damage on
the Pakistani vessels in
Karachi harbour dur-
ing the India-Pakistan
war in 1971.
Indian Navy is an outstanding
Force: Def Min Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during the 2nd edition of the Armed Forces Flag Day CSR Conclave, in New Delhi on Friday.
New Delhi: A comic
book series chronicling
India's maritime herit-
age was launched by
Navy Vice Chief Vice
Admiral G Ashok Ku-
mar on the occasion of
Navy Day, officials said.
"First of the three-
book comic series
chronicling India's
maritime heritage
launched on the occa-
sion of Navy Day. The
series, being published
in collaboration with
Amar Chitra Katha cel-
ebrates the glorious na-
val and maritime herit-
age of India," the Navy
spokesperson tweeted.
The Navy spokesper-
son, in the following
tweet, informed that the
comic book released to-
day tells the story of
our nautical past, while
the upcoming book two
and three will showcase
the transformation of
the Indian Navy since
the Independence.
Comic book
series launched
by Navy Vice
Chief Admiral
Singh hailed Navy’s professionalism and its efforts to keep India’s sea lanes safe
New Delhi: India's
COVID-19 active case-
load has fallen to com-
prise 4.35 per cent of
the total coronavirus
infections reported so
far from 4.44 per cent
on Thursday, the Un-
ion health ministry
said.
Continuing with the
trend of the last seven
days, the country has
also reported more
daily recoveries than
daily new cases in a
span of 24 hours, it
said on Friday.
The trend of more
daily recoveries than
daily cases has led to a
continuous contrac-
tion of India''s active
caseload which stands
at 4,16,082 as on date,
the ministry said.
While 36,595 persons
in India were found to
be infected with COV-
ID-19 in a span of 24
hours, 42,916 new re-
coveries were regis-
tered during the same
period, it said.
"The difference of
6,321 between new re-
coveries and new cases
has led to a net decline
of 6,861 cases from the
total active caseload in
a day," the ministry
said. —PTI
Activecaseloadfurtherdipsto4.35%
of total cases: Health minister
People wearing face masks when stepping outdoors to combat
the coronavirus spread. —FILE PHOTO
Bhopal: Madhya
Pradesh Home Minister
Narottam Mishra on
Friday said that he was
declared unfit to partici-
pate in the trial for the
COVID-19 vaccine and
added that he is pained
by the development.
"Iwaseagertopartici-
pate in the vaccine trial
and through that do
something for the socie-
ty.Iwasdeclaredunfitas
per the ICMR eligibility
criteria of the COVID-19
vaccine trial. It is an ex-
tremely painful develop-
ment," Mishra told re-
porters here. Earlier,
Narottam Mishra had
said he is ready to volun-
teer for the COVID-19
vaccine trial.
Mishra had consult-
ed a doctor to partici-
pate in the vaccine tri-
als. —ANI
Mishra declared
unfit to take
part in Covid
vaccine trial
Haridwar: BJP chief
JP Nadda began his 120-
day nationwide tour
with a visit to Dev San-
skriti Vishwavidyalaya
in Shantikunj, Harid-
war. The aim of the na-
tionwide tour is to
strengthen the party.
"I am starting my
journey of 120 days
where I will travel to all
the states to strengthen
my party. I have started
it from Shantikunj to
take the blessings of the
Gurus," Nadda said
while addressing an
event at Dev Sanskriti
Vishwavidyalaya. Na-
dda also attended Gan-
ga Aarti at Har Ki Pauri
Ghat in Haridwar dur-
ing his visit. In a bid to
strengthen party ma-
chinery in every nook
and corner of the coun-
try for the 2024 Lok Sab-
ha elections, BJP na-
tional president JP Na-
dda is undertaking a
120-day nationwide tour.
Earlier in November,
BJP national general
secretary, Arun Singh
had said that Nadda
during his country tour
will give priority to vis-
iting the constituencies
where the BJP had lost
in the 2019 Lok Sabha
elections.
BJP chief Nadda starts
his 120-day nationwide
tour to strengthen party
BJP National President JP Nadda being welcomed as he arrives
in Haridwar on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Mumbai: The BJP suf-
fered losses in key
polls in Maharashtra,
where it lost power last
year. Of the six seats
of the Maharashtra
Legislative Council
where polling was held
earlier this week, the
BJP could win only
one. Ruling Shiv Sena-
NCP-Congress coali-
tion won 4 seats and an
independent member
took remaining seat.
The Shiv Sena did not
win a single seat even
though its alliance part-
ners bagged four. The
Sena’s lone candidate
lost in Amravati, where
an independent candi-
date won.
The BJP only won by-
polls to the Dhule-Nan-
durbar local body seat,
the results for which
were declared earlier.
The BJP appears to
have lost out in its per-
ceived strongholds, the
graduate constituen-
cies. Its biggest loss is
the Nagpur seat, a party
stronghold that was
represented in the past
by Union Minister Ni-
tin Gadkari and former
CM Devendra Fad-
navis’s father Gangad-
har Rao Fadnavis. The
NCP of Sharad Pawar
held on to the Aurang-
abad constituency.
SETBACK FOR
BJP IN KEY
MAHA POLLS
TTT
KARNATAKA TO BAN NY CELEBRATIONS
PPP
‘FEARLESSLY PROTECTS OUR COASTS’
—PHOTOBYANI

NEWSJAIPUR | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2020
MAN OF HIS WORD!
Not for nothing is Gehlot said to
be one of the few politicians
who keep their word. After a
few months of waiting, Gehlot
appointed former Chief Secretary
DB Gupta as the the Chief
Information Commissioner, which
in the bureaucratic and political
circles is considered as fulfilling
the promise gehlot made to Gupta.
Interestingly, Gehlot had hinted to
DB in September itself about him
ascending to the important position
after which DB filed a formal
application for the same. With this
development, Gehlot’s ‘crdibility’
in the bureaucracy has jumped
four-fold, because everyone in the
politcal and bureaucratic circles
know that it is hard in politic
to stay on your word owing to
the various developments and
pressures from various quarters,
however, Gehlot has proved that
not only does he stood to his word,
but has been doing so for the past
four decades of his active public
life! —First India Bureau
EXCISE DEPARTMENT
PROPOSES, MLA
DISPOSES!
Over year has passed since
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
took office for his second term
and there are now rumors that
an ‘overhaul’ of the Modi cabinet
is on the cards. The relevant
political circles in New Delhi are
abuzz with the word that the much
awaited cabinet expansion can
happen around 10th December
wherein, leaders like Jyotiraditya
Scindia could be given a position.
However, amidst this, there is
good news for Rajasthan and
its polity since it is being said
that senior leader Arjun Ram
Meghwal’s ‘stature’ in the cabinet
could be ‘enhanced’. This has
come to be after the demise of
Ram Vilas Paswan and the new
‘equations’ that have arisen out of
his death. It is also being said that
Manoj Rajoria could also be made
a minister since his name is also
being discussed in the political
circles. —Shivendra Parmar
5 killed as SUV and
truck collide in Kota
First India Bureau
Kota: Five people were
killed after their SUV
collided head-on with a
truck while trying to
overtake another vehi-
cle and fell into a drain
on a highway in Ra-
jasthan’s Kota district,
police said on Friday.
Governor Kalraj
Mishra and Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla ex-
pressed condolences on
the deaths and wished
speedy recovery for the
injured on the social
media. All the deceased,
including the driver of
the vehicle, hailed from
Sheopur district. The
four passengers were
relatives. They were
farmers who had come
to Kota two days ago for
the procurement of
their crop at the grain
mandi, they said.
The SUV collided with
a truck coming from op-
posite direction on Kota-
Sheopur state highway
under Digod police sta-
tion around 12:15 AM on
Thursdaywhiletryingto
overtakeanothervehicle,
SHO Nand Singh said.
Due to the impact of
the collision, the vehicle
fell into a drain and
turned turtle, leaving
all four passengers and
the driver critically in-
jured, he said.
After receiving infor-
mation about the acci-
dent, the police reached
the spot and rushed
them to the hospital
where doctors declared
all of them brought
dead, he added. The de-
ceased have been identi-
fied as Ramveer Meena
(32), Hanuman Meena
(35), Mangilal Meena
(52), Ajay Meena (17),
and Jagdish Mali (45),
driver, the police said.
A case of negligent
driving has been lodged
against unidentified
truck driver who fled
from the spot.
The ill-fated SUV
Mother, 2 kids burnt alive
in house in Hanumangarh
First India Bureau
Hanumangarh: A
woman and her two
children were killed
when a fire broke out in
their house in Hanu-
mangarh district on
Thursday night.
The incident oc-
curred in Chak 6 BHM
Dhorewala area under
Pilibanga PS area
where the fire broke out
due to short circuit, po-
lice said
Urmila, 30, her
daughter Rekha, 5, and
son Ayush, 3, were
sleeping in the house
while her husband Sita-
ram was in his farm
when the incident took
place. Neighbour spot-
ted smoke emanating
from the house follow-
ing which the gate was
broken open and they
were rescued.
They were rushed to
a nearby hospital in an
unconscious state
where the doctors de-
clared them dead on ar-
rival, the police said.
Primary probe re-
veals that short circuit
was the cause of the
fire, the police said, add-
ing that the matter was
being probed.
People inspecting the charred remains of household items.
Dhariwal, Garg inaugurate
building in Raj Tech varsity
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: Technical edu-
cation minister Sub-
hash Garg and UDH
minister Shanti Dhari-
wal on Friday virtually
inaugurated Sarvepalli
Radhakrishnan build-
ing in Rajasthan Tech-
nical University of
Kota.
They attended the
event through a video
conference.
Garg said that the
state government has
taken several initiatives
in the education sector
and works for infra-
structure and facility
development is taking
place in institutions.
He said that the uni-
versity should not only
conduct exams and
award degrees, but
should also work on
preparing leadership
among the students.
Garg said that to im-
prove facilities in RTU,
the Sarvepalli Rad-
hakrishnan building
has been constructed
withacostof Rs.2crore.
Dhariwal also appre-
ciated Garg for his ef-
forts and innovations to
push technical educa-
tion in the state. He also
congratulated VC RTU,
RA Gupta for building’s
inauguration.
NGT slams NHAI for indifference
towards environment protection
New Delhi: The Na-
tional Green Tribunal
on Friday slammed
NHAI for showing indif-
ference towards envi-
ronment protection and
said that green cover on
both sides of highways
is absolutely essential
to mitigate the adverse
impact of vehicular pol-
lution. The NHAI stand
that roads are con-
structed by Concession-
ers and it is their re-
sponsibility to comply
with law is patently un-
tenable and shows indif-
ference and breach of
public trust and statu-
tory duties, NGT said.
The tribunal was
hearing a plea filed by
NGO Society for Protec-
tion of Culture, Herit-
age, Environment, Tra-
ditions and Promotion
of National Awareness
seeking execution of
the September 5, 2017
order of the NGT where
the NHAI had assured
the tribunal that it
would follow the Green
Highways (Plantation,
Transplantation, Beau-
tification and Mainte-
nance) Policy, 2015 in
true spirit & substance.
The plea said NGT
had directed Delhi, Ra-
jasthan, and Haryana to
ensure plantation on
government land which
are adjacent to the na-
tional highway and
state highways but no
action has been taken
by them.
“If NHAI in course of
its activities hires its
agents, the liability of
the principal does not
end. The Criminal as
well as Civil liability of
NHAI and its highest of-
ficers under Environ-
mental Law to be pros-
ecuted and to be re-
quired to pay compensa-
tion continues. Such
inalienable duty cannot
be abandoned on the
specious plea that a con-
tractor is being hired,”
a bench headed by NGT
Chairperson Justice A
K Goel said. —PTI
Had directed Raj,
Delhi, Haryana to
ensure plantation
adjacent to highways
1 killed, 2 hurt
after speeding
truck hits them
First India Bureau
Dausa: One man died
and two others were in-
jured when a truck hit
them in Gazipur area of
Dausa district on
Thursday night.
The victims were sit-
ting around a fire to
warm themselves near
a temporary toll booth
when they were hit by
the truck. One of them
died on the spot while
the other two were in-
jured, police said.
The villagers gath-
ered at the spot and held
a demonstration with
the body. Police officials
pacified them and shift-
ed the body to mortuary
for post-mortem.
INDIA THRASH AUSTRALIA
Canberra: A con-
cussed Ravindra Jade-
ja was replaced by Yuz-
vendra Chahal in the
first T20 International
against Australia here
onFridaywithboththe
players making match-
winning contributions
muchto thefrustration
of the home side.
Chahal turned out to
be the perfect concus-
sion substitute after an
injured Ravindra Jade-
ja did his part with the
bat as the duo played
their roles to perfec-
tion in India’s impres-
sive 11-run victory
over Australia in the
first T20 International
here on Friday.
While Jadeja
smashed an unbeaten
44 off 23 balls to propel
India to 161 for 7, his
head injury turned out
to be a blessing in dis-
guise with India un-
leashing Chahal (3/25
in 4 overs) on an Aus-
traliansidecaughtcom-
pletely off-guard. The
hosts could manage
only150for7in20overs.
Credit was also due to
the lion-hearted effort
from debutant Thanga-
rasu Natarajan (3/30)
and off-spinner Wash-
ingtonSundar(0/16in4
overs), who bowled well
in Powerplay.
ICC match referee
DavidBoonallowedthe
visitors a “like for like”
replacement, as man-
dated by the rules, for
Jadeja in Chahal even
though home team
coach Justin Langer
looked visibly angry.
And to make matters
worse,Chahaldimissed
two form men — Aaron
Finch (35) and Steve
Smith (12) — in his first
two overs to turn the
game on its head.
The Australians
were not prepared for
Chahal, who bowled
way better in his most
preferred format, var-
ying the pace of his
deliveries and using
the flight to good ef-
fect. Chahal’s 3/25 in
his four overs had a
massive role to play in
clinching that tri-
umph and he was ad-
judged player of the
match for it. The Aus-
tralians were not pre-
pared for Chahal, who
bowled way better in
his most preferred for-
mat, varying the pace
of his deliveries and
using the flight to good
effect.
BY 11 RUNSCHAHAL PROVES MATCH-WINNER AFTER SUBSTITUTING CONCUSSED JADEJA
Top: Ravindra Jadeja gets injured during the first T20 of the series at Canberra on Friday.
Indian captain Virat Kohli, Sanju Samson and others celebrate with teammates after taking a
catch to dismiss Australia’s Steve Smith during their T20 international cricket match at Manuka
Oval, in Canberra, Australia on Friday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
Shanti Dhariwal and Subhash Garg during virtual inauguration of
Radhakrishnan Bhavan at RTU, Kota.

In a team, the conduct of one
person reflects on all and the
results too, never ignore the
impact of an individual.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
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2NDFRONTPOSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Legalconciousnessneedsto
becreatedamongpeople:Guv
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: Describing
quality legal education
as of great need for the
presenttimes,Rajasthan
GovernorKalrajMishra
on Friday laid emphasis
on making effective ef-
forts to create legal con-
sciousness among the
people.
Addressing an online
inauguration ceremony
of the Law and Social
SciencesBuildingatMa-
harajaGangaSinghUni-
versity of Bikaner, the
Governorsaidthatalong
with theory, practical
knowledge is also neces-
saryforthedevelopment
of legal education.
The Governor also
talked about the inten-
tion of the new educa-
tion policy and stressed
on the implementation
of employment-oriented
courses in universities.
CMGehlotalsoattend-
edthefunctionthrougha
video- conference. While
referringtotheestablish-
ment of IITs, AIIMS,
NLU, Ayurved Universi-
ty in Rajasthan, the CM
saidthatthestateismov-
ing fast in the sector of
higher education be-
cause of these institu-
tions. Rajasthan is the
first state in the country
where 87 colleges have
been opened in a short
time, he added.
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: It is probably
the first time in the ad-
ministrative history of
the state that not one or
two, rather five IAS of-
ficers are on inter-state
deputation at the same
time in Rajasthan. Aru-
naRajoria,OmPrakash,
Amit Dhaka, Virendra
Singh and Abhishek
Bhagotia are posted in
Rajasthan on various
positions coming here
from their home cadre
and the most important
point is that these five
young IAS are posted on
key positions, in the
main stream of bureau-
cracy in the state. Inter-
estingly, the story so far
had been dismal since
those coming from in-
ter-state deputation,
would be given a bleak
and indifferent posting
since earlier, the officers
would come for their
own benefit on tempo-
rary basis for three or
five years.
Aruna Rajoria is a
2004 batch officer of As-
sam and Meghalaya
cadre, who shifted to Ra-
jasthan on personal
grounds for three years’
deputation in August
2019. She was appointed
as the Director of Liveli-
hoodProject,howeverin
July this year she was
given the chair of CEO,
State Health Assurance
Agency.
Similarly, Om
Prakash also hails from
Assam and Meghalaya
cadre and is a 2006 batch
IAS. He came to Ra-
jasthan in March 2017
on the deputation for
three years, but in
March 2020, his deputa-
tion period was extend-
ed for two more years
and since February
2020, he is serving as the
HOD of the Agriculture
Department and recent-
ly in October, he was
given the charge of Hor-
ticulture Department as
well. Traditionally, this
position was reserved
for individuals, who
have served in the state
for nearly two decades
or more!
Even Abhishek
Bhagotia hails from the
Assam and Meghalaya
cadre and is a 2007 batch
IAS. He came to Ra-
jasthan in June 2019 for
a period of three years.
He is posted on the pow-
erful position of Com-
missioner, Commercial
taxes, a position on
which the young IAS
from Rajasthan can be
seen trying extremely
hard. Being the first
choice of CS Niranjan
Arya for this post, Ab-
hishek has the mam-
moth task of realising
the revenue for the state
treasury.
Then comes Amit
Dhaka, an IAS of 2006
batchPunjabcadre,who
came to Rajasthan in
February2019onathree
year deputation. Imme-
diately on his arrival, he
landed in the CMO and
was given the position
of special secretary. He
is a relative of a, now
deceased, senior Jat
leader from Rajasthan
and with his work has
become a trusted officer
of CM Ashok Gehlot.
Currently, he is looking
after the entire working
of the CMR while keep-
ing an eye on the police
and administration.
Although hailing
from Nagaur, 2006 batch
IAS Virendra Singh
hails from Maharashtra
cadre and has come to
Rajasthan on a three
year deputation in
March 2019. Holding the
charge of important de-
partment such as IT, he
has considerable hold
on the department due
to direct connection
withtheCMOandthere-
fore is quite powerful, so
much so that he had a
spat with the Principal
Secretary as well. His
wife is a Rajasthan cad-
re IFS.
Interestingly, there is
a word going around in
the bureaucratic circles
of Rajasthan cadre
wherein the hindi say-
ing,“GharkaJogiJogna,
Aan Gaon Ka Siddh,” is
being circulated!
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan High
Court has stayed the in-
terviews of RAS-2018
examination, which
were scheduled to begin
from December 7.
Hearing a petition
filed by Amit Sharma,
Prem Singh Rathore
and others, the bench of
justice SP Sharma is-
sued the interim stay
order and posted the
matter for next hearing
on December 10.
The petitioners have
alleged that the Ra-
jasthan Public Service
Commission passed in-
eligible candidates un-
der ex-servicemen &
ministerial employees
quota in the mains
exam due to which, eli-
gible candidates could
not qualify for the in-
terview. Their counsel
said that RPSC should
have checked the docu-
ments of the candi-
dates before declaring
clearing them for inter-
view.
The Rajasthan High
Court ordered the Ra-
jasthan Public Service
Commission to not de-
clare a revised result
even after removing the
ineligible candidates.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Lieutenant
General Alok Kler,
PVSM, VSM, GOC-in-C,
Southern Western
Command, formally re-
leased “Project Na-
man” - a National ini-
tiative of Shree Cement
to provide free cement
to the families of
Armed Forces Person-
nel martyred in the
past twenty years, on
Friday. The release of
Naman Project comes
as a run up to the Vijay
Diwas which is ob-
served each year on De-
cember to mark India’s
victory in 1971 Bangla-
desh War and remem-
ber the sacrifices of
Indian soldiers.
Under the Naman
scheme, the family or
the next of kin (NOK)
of a Martyr who died in
battle between 1st Jan-
uary 1999 to 1st Janu-
ary 2019 (20 Years),
would be provided free
cement to build a house
on a plot size area of up
to 4000 sq ft. The family
of a Martyr may pro-
cure the cement in per-
son from any of Shree
Cement’s manufactur-
ing facilities spread
across India.
Addressing the
house, Lt Gen Kler said,
“It is a wonderful ges-
ture by Shree Cement to
extend their support for
our veterans, martyrs
who have given their
lives for the country.”
Governor Kalraj Mishra and CM Ashok Gehlot virtually address the inaugural ceremony of two academic buildings at Maharaja Ganga
Singh University, Bikaner on Friday.
CM’s 2 amnesty
schemes for
agri markets
Raj bureaucracy
not vocal for local?
Raj, first state to have 87 colleges in short time, CM Gehlot said
Raj HC stays RAS- 2018
examination interviews
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Keeping in view
the impact of Covid-19,
CM Ashok Gehlot has giv-
en relief to mandi traders
& land allottees by ap-
proving two amnesty
schemes submitted by the
Agricultural Marketing
Department.
On his instructions,
“Interest Waiver Scheme”
has been implemented in
various Agricultural Pro-
duce Market Committees
of for 75% interest waiver
on interest payable in re-
spect of Mandi fee, alloca-
tion fee & for disposal of
cases. Valid licensee trad-
ers of mandi committees
as well as non-licensed
holders will also be eligi-
ble to avail this scheme.
Under this scheme, the
outstandingamount,ason
Sept30,2019,canbedepos-
ited by Dec 31, 2020 with
25% interest.
In a first, free cement by Shree Cement
to martyrs’ families to build houses
A DAY’S VISIT TO THE CITY OF NAWABS!
Jagdeesh Chandra took the Editorial review meeting with his Lucknow team at Taj Lucknow on Friday. Seen here with him
are Vishal Srivastav, Tariq Khan, Ahtesham Siddiqui, Amit Raj, Sonu Chhabra, Rajesh Gupta, Santosh Shukla, Dilip Solanki and
Asheesh Shukla.
(L-R) Arvind Khicha, GOC-in-C Lt. Gen. Alok Kler & Sanjay Mehta.
During his one
day visit to
Lucknow on
Friday, Jagdeesh
Chandra met
ACS, Information
Department
Navneet Sehgal
and shared
with him the
growing role and
popularity of the
newly launched
Lucknow edition
of First India
newspaper
in bringing
out the state
government’s
popular policies
and programmes
to the grassroot
readers.
“GHAR KA JOGI JOGNA, AAN GAON KA SIDDH”
Amit Dhaka Virendra Singh
Om Prakash
Abhishek Bhagotia
Aruna Rajoria
CM APPRECIATES GUV
COVID-19
UPDATE
RAJASTHAN
2,389
DEATHS
2,76,420
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
4,049 DEATHS 2,15,819 CASES
DELHI
WORLD
15,18,338
DEATHS
6,58,92,936
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
96,06,810
CONFIRMED CASES
1,39,700
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
47,599 DEATHS 18,42,587 CASES
UTTAR PRADESH
KARNATAKA
11,834 DEATHS 8,90,360 CASES

JAIPUR, SATURDAY
DECEMBER 5, 2020
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A fabric that was once considered the old world, lace has
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storm. City First shares some trick to ace the lace!
ith winter still in full
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back and dream of
Spring and all the
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ric has shown surprising
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dresses tend to look elegant,
and while that may not be for
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nal. Personally, I love this
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thing depends on your style.
There are pretty much lots
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Balance the transparency
Although lace evokes ele-
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can produce the oppo-
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tant to com-
plement lace
pieces with
opaque fabrics.
Choose wisely
Sometimes it’s hard to notice
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you don’t want your blouse
to look like a negligé or a
robe, avoid combining it
with fabrics like satin
or tulle, ribbons, thin
stripes, or any other
detail that would re-
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Complement
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Consider that lace is a
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self and if you add huge
and showy accessories
you’ll overload your
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your jewellery and accesso-
ries, bear in mind that lace
looks classy and harmonious
when it’s combined with so-
ber and small accessories.
Pay attention to
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No matter what you do,
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Make sure the
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Use colours
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N o w a d a y s
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W
THE LOOK

he Book Thief’ was
published in 2006 in
Markus Zusak’s na-
tive Australia. In
2007 the novel re-
ceived a Michael L.
Printz Honor selec-
tion,acitationgivenforliter-
ary excellence in “Young
Adult Literature”.
The book is a brilliant
work of art. It’s made even
more fascinating by its nar-
rator- Death. Imagine death
beingitscentralprotagonist.
“I am haunted by humans”
sums up Death’s
inability to reconcile the
remarkablecrueltyandcom-
passion of which human be-
ings are simultaneously ca-
pable.Attheendof thenovel,
Death appears to be no more
capableof judginghumanity
than at the book’s outset. A
jaded metaphysical being so
used to dying could only be
fearful of- and at times
amazed- by those who live.
Death here, ironically is
“more alive” than many so
called humans. It is warm,
beautiful, compassionate
and most picturesque as it
revealseachepisodethrough
myriad colours.
“The Book Thief” is the
storyof LieselMeminger,a9
year old German girl, going
to a foster home to live with
Hans and Rosa Hubermann,
in the small town of Molch-
ing.She’stravellinginatrain
with her mother and her 6
yearoldbrotherWerner,who
dies and is buried enroute.
Liesel reaches alone, given
up by her mother, broken,
torn apart, traumatized by
her nightmares. Hans, the
foster father, is a gentle be-
ing, who brings her comfort,
helpsherlearntoread,start-
ing with the book Liesel took
fromthecemeterywhereher
brotherwasburied.Heplays
the Piano accordion, has
steel grey eyes, smokes self
rolled tobacco cigarettes and
us a man of remarkable in-
tegrityandbravery.Hedevel-
ops a deep, loving, comfort-
ing bond with Liesel. He
teaches her to read, word by
word,asshehungerstolearn
morebystealingbooks.Rosa,
the foster mother, a squat
woman, has a fiery attitude,
loudmouth, always cursing
but a solid practical woman
whofacescrisisandrunsthe
house in the most challeng-
ing times, deeply caring for
her family.
Liesel’s best friend in the
village is a little boy, Rudy
Steiner, “the boy next door,
who is obsessed with the
black American athlete,
Jesse Owens”. Motivated by
his love for Liesel, he does
everything possible to pro-
tect her. All through he pes-
ters her for a kiss, which he
finally does receive- but
only as a corpse, victim of
the senseless air raid of
Nazi Germany.
Over the course of the
novel Liesel befriends Max
Vandenburg, a 23 year old
Jew, who seeks refuge in the
Hubermann’s home and
heart. Like Liesel, he is a
fighter and together they
share a deep bond of friend-
ship. She reads to him every
night, when he is battling
death and he gifts her with
two books of sketched out
stories. They paint, write,
learn, sing together, hiding
in a very small basement,
as the world above them is
ripped apart by the horrors
of war.
The Book Thief, is set in
1939,NaziGermany.Hitleris
at his peak. The massacre
and torture of Jews contin-
ues. People are freezing and
starving to death. The
beauty of this book lies in
thefactthatbeingsetagainst
the horrific backdrop of the
atrocities of ll World War,
humanity still survives,
held forth by the poignant
power of friendship, hope
and love. ‘Death’ gently re-
covers the souls and takes
them to the place they are
meant to be. The tragedy
doesn’t strike you in the
face. It gradually creeps up
your nerves, as you accept
the grim reality in your soft
laughter, humour and the
stingingtearsthatoftenwell
up in your heart and eyes.
The sense of dread is all-
pervading. The country is
holding its breath. “Death
has never been busier, and
will become busier still.”
Writtenwithsuchadeepun-
derstandingof humancapa-
bilities, flaws and potential.
The words will not fail to
move you. The book empha-
sizes both: the danger of
words and their potential
redemptivevalue.Adolf Hit-
lerandhisNazipartyroseto
powerbysheerfireof words,
delivered through violent
speeches, propaganda and
his seminal book.
OnHitler’sbirthdayLiesel
defies the Nazis and steals a
smoldering book from a pub-
lic burning of banned litera-
ture. Hans hides a map and
keyinacopyof MeinKampf,
tohelpbringMaxtosafetyof
his home. Ironically, Max
ripsoutpagesfromthissame
book, paints them white and
draws on them a story that is
entirely different from the
virulent anti-Jew material
that Hitler originally wrote.
Beauty and kindness come
forth as words forge a re-
markable bond between a
hidden Jew and a German
girl. Together, they boldly
transformNaziideologyinto
compassion.Throughoutthe
book, communication, cul-
tural awareness and empa-
thy are concepts that are
strained across the pages.
When Liesel encounters
Max being forced to a con-
centration camp, she be-
comes hopeless and disdain-
ful, realising that Hitler’s
propaganda is to blame for
the senseless war, the Holo-
caust and also the death of
her biological parents. Ilsa
Hermann, the Mayor’s wife,
encourages Liesel to write
her story, by giving her a
blank book- a luxury beyond
expectation. Till now she
had been writing on used,
discarded, old newspapers,
that she scavenged from gar-
bage bins, straightened out
and painted white. Liesel
writes at a fevered pace, ne-
gating the viciousness of
humanity, by her words of
selflessness and love. “I have
hated the words and I have
loved them and I hope I have
made them right.” This is
actually the story that Death
remembers. After the air
raid on Himmel Street, in
which Hans, Rosa, Rudy and
manyothersdied,Deathhad
retrieved Liesel’s autobiog-
raphy lying on the sidewalk
in the bloodstained snow.
Humanity - Humane-ness
is all that survives the or-
deals that break apart all
people in this book. ‘The
Book Thief’ is set out in
short but powerful chapters,
each headed brilliantly with
the key themes covered on
those pages. Zusak has cre-
ated a cast of palpably un-
forgettable individuals, rich
up to their depths and clev-
erly juxtaposed them with a
wryly observant, mytholog-
ical presence, the Death. It’s
a truly magnificent combi-
nation. It is gripping, com-
pelling & thought provoking
read. One just cannot put it
down.
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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Investing in a lucrative
scheme is likely for some.
Don’t contest the
ownership of property
without mustering all your resources.
You may need to keep some options
handy on the professional front to
avoid getting stuck. Shrewd
investments will make you secure.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Your circle of friends will
help you in warding off
boredom. Laurels are likely
to be won on the academic
front. Those thinking of buying
property can find some good
bargains. Someone’s good gesture
will save you from facing the traffic
today.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
This is a good day, when
you achieve what you set
out for. There is no need to
become big hearted where
property is involved. A family
member may become a cause for
concern and can push you to the
limit. Things move smoothly on the
work front.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Your domineering nature is
likely to get you in a spot on
the social front. Outside help
on the academic front may
come as a boon for some. A property
that fits your budget is likely to be
found. Your competence in tackling
with issues at work may be in full
evidence today.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
You are likely to meet
someone who will help you
out in your current venture.
Excellent showing on the
academic front is likely to boost your
morale. A property booked by you
may come into your possession now.
A practical solution may be found for
a complex problem at work.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Making a choice was never
so difficult, but you will be at
liberty to take your time.
Some of you may get hard
pressed for something important, but
persistence will pay. A competitive
situation on the academic front is likely
to bring out the best in you. Shifting to
a new accommodation is on the cards.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Time management may
assume importance on the
academic front. Those into
real estate can strike it
rich. Drive carefully to avoid
problems. A marriage proposal for
the eligible will brighten the home
front. Someone at work may have a
pleasant surprise waiting for you.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
A tough competition is
likely to be cleared by
those pursuing academics.
Homemakers will be able
to balance the home budget
admirably. A new venture started by
you will show promising results.
Higher ups are likely to repose full
faith in you for carrying a project.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
A loan gets repaid and
finally makes you a proud
owner of a major purchase.
Buying a piece of land or a
constructed house is possible for
some. You may be required to go out
of the way to assist someone at
work. A bonus or increment is on the
cards for some.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Your brilliance on the
academic front is likely to
get you noticed by those
who matter. Money is not
likely to pose any problems for those
thinking of a new venture. You may
become much sought after for your
helpful nature. Partner’s bold ideas
are likely to make your day.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Your well wishers are likely
to ensure your popularity
on the social front. Those
pursuing higher studies are
likely to realize their ambitions.
Acquisition of property is in the
pipeline for some. Family will help in
putting you in a positive frame of
mind. Your love life will improve.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You are likely to become
popular on the social front,
just by keeping in touch
with others. Cracking a
tough competition on the academic
front seems possible. A new plot,
house or apartment can be acquired
by some. There is a possibility of a
transfer for some to another city.
YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
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