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RAJASTHAN
1,108
DEATHS
87,797
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
3,076 DEATHS 1,01,695 CASES
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court Friday dis-
missed the pleas, in-
cluding the one filed by
ministers of six opposi-
tion-ruled states, seek-
ing review of its August
17 order which paved
the way for holding
NEET and JEE exams.
One of the review
pleas was filed by minis-
ters from West Bengal
(Moloy Ghatak),
Jharkhand (Ramesh-
war Oraon), Rajasthan
(RaghuSharma),Chhat-
tisgarh (Amarjeet Bha-
gat), Punjab (B S Sidhu)
and Maharashtra (Uday
Ravindra Sawant).
A bench of Justices
Ashok Bhushan, B R
Gavai and Krishna Mu-
rari, which considered
the pleas in-chamber,
said there was no merit
in the review petitions.
The apex court also
rejected the applica-
tions seeking listing of
the review petition in
the open court.
Applications seeking
permission to file re-
view petitions are al-
lowed. We have careful-
ly gone through the re-
view petitions and the
connected papers. We
find no merit in the re-
view petitions and the
same are accordingly
dismissed, the bench
said in its order.
National Testing
Agency (NTA) which
conducts both the ex-
ams is holding JEE
Main Exams from Sep-
tember 1-6, while NEET
exams will be held on
September 13. The re-
view matters in the
apex court Turn to P6
Moscow/New Delhi:
Amid heightened bor-
der tension in eastern
Ladakh, Defence Min-
ister Rajnath Singh on
Friday held talks in
Moscow with his Chi-
nese counterpart Wei
Fenghe.
Defence Secretary
Ajay Kumar and Indian
Ambassador to Russia
DB Venkatesh Varma
are part of the Indian
delegation at the talks
that began at around
9:30 pm (IST) at a prom-
inent hotel in the Rus-
sian capital.
It is the first highest
level face-to-face meet-
ing between the two
sides after the border
row escalated in east-
ern Ladakh in early
May. External Affairs
Minister S Jaishankar
has previously held tel-
ephonic talks with his
Chinese counterpart
Wang Yi on the border
standoff.
Singh and Wei are in
Moscow to attend a
meeting of the defence
ministers of the Shang-
hai Cooperation Or-
ganisation (SCO)
which took place earli-
er in the day.
Indian government
sources said the meet-
ing has been requested
by the Chinese defence
minister.
Indian and Chinese
troops are engaged in a
bitter standoff in mul-
tiple places along the
Line of Actual
Control(LAC) in east-
ern Ladakh.
Tensions flared up in
the region again after
China unsuccessfully
attempted to occupy In-
dian territory in the
southern bank of Pan-
gong lake five days ago
when the two sides
were engaged in diplo-
matic and military
talks to resolve the pro-
longed border row.
—PTI
INDIA,CHINADEFMINSSITACROSS
TABLEINMOSCOW,AMIDLACROW
FIRST MAJOR POLITICAL CONTACT BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES SINCE MAY 2020
BORDER FLARE-UP; FENGHI IS BELIEVED TO HAVE ASKED FOR THE MEETING
Leh (Ladakh): Situa-
tion with China has
been tensed and India is
continuously engaging
with them at the mili-
tary and diplomatic lev-
el, said Army Chief
General MM Naravane
on Friday, who is visit-
ing Ladakh to review
the situation amid the
ongoing border tension.
“Situation has been lit-
tle tensed for the last
two to three months. We
have been continuously
engaging with China
both at the military and
diplomatic level. These
engagements are ongo-
ing and will continue in
the future as well. We
are very sure that
through this medium of
talks, whatever differ-
ences we have, will be
resolved and we will en-
sure that status quo is
not changed and we are
able to safeguard our in-
terests,” said Naravane.
He underlined that
some precautionary de-
ployment for the safety
of Indian troops have
been undertaken for
safety and security.
Turn to P6
Situation along LAC
tense: Army Chief
6 non-BJP states’ JEE, NEET pleas
hit the wall as SC rejects all
Bihar elections,65 by-polls to
be held simultaneously: ECI
Dr Anita
New Delhi: Consider-
ing that the General As-
sembly Elections of Bi-
har is due and required
to be completed before
November 29, 2020, the
Election Commission
of India (ECI) has de-
cided to conduct all the
65 by-elections in vari-
ous states around the
same time.
The decision was tak-
en by the ECI on Friday
in a meeting regarding
holding of by-elections
due in various states.
However, major issues
in conducting both the
elections processes to-
gether would be arrang-
ing sufficient Central
Armed Police Forces,
other law and order
forces, and related lo-
gistics issues. Turn to P6
Maharashtra is not someone’s
father’s property: Kangana
Mumbai: The controver-
sy triggered by actor Kan-
gana Ranaut’s tweet on
Mumbai, drawing a paral-
lel between the city and
PoK, escalated further on
Friday taking a political
turn. The BJP, the NCP,
the Congress and the Shiv
Sena slammed the actor
for drawing such compar-
ison, which they said was
unbecoming and disre-
spectful of the Maratha
people.
On the other hand,
Kangana Ranaut claimed
that “many people [are]
threatening her” ahead
of her visit to Mumbai on
September 9. In response,
the actor said, Turn to P6
TRUST, NON-AGGRESSION KEY
FOR REGIONAL PEACE: RAJNATH
Moscow: Peace and security in the SCO region
demands a climate of trust, non-aggression,
respect for international rules and peaceful reso-
lution of differences, Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh said on Friday, seen as an indirect message
to China which is engaged in a festering border
row with India in eastern Ladakh. Notably, Singh
made the comments in the presence of Chinese
Defence Minister Gen Wei Fenghe. In his address
at a ministerial meeting of the Shanghai Coop-
eration Organisation (SCO) here in the Russian
capital, Singh also referred to the Second World
War and said its memories teach the globe the
“folies of aggression” of one state upon another
that brings “destruction” to all. Both India and
China are members of the SCO, an eight-nation
regional grouping which primarily focuses on
issues relating to security and defence. Turn to P6Defence Minister Rajnath Singh meets Chinese Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe in Moscow
on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
CEC Sunil Arora
Govt & Actor spar over latter’s Mumbai-PoK remark
Kangana Ranaut
Army Chief Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane.
Students leave an exam centre after appearing for JEE 2020 exams amid a coronavirus pandemic.
DELHI
WORLD
8,76,070
DEATHS
2,66,50,338
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
40,14,878
CONFIRMED CASES
69,629
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
25,964 DEATHS 8,63,062 CASES
TAMIL NADU
KARNATAKA
Gandhi’s principles relevant today to
protect democracy & Constitution: CM
Aditi Nagar
Jaipur: Mahatma Gan-
dhi’s principles are very
relevant even today for
the protection of de-
mocracy and the Consti-
tution, said chief minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot on
Friday while calling
upon thinkers, experts
and institutions to come
together to take Gan-
dhi’s ideas to the people.
Gehlot said that Gan-
dhi’s message of truth,
non-violence and peace
should be passed on to
the new generation and
directed the officials to
connect a large number
of people and institu-
tions to the events being
held to commemorate
Gandhi’s 150th birth an-
niversary.
Chairing a review
meeting of the art and
culture department in
contextof theevents,Ge-
hlot said that Mahatma
Gandhi’s principles and
ideas are very relevant
andtheyshouldbepopu-
larised on a large scale.
He said the state gov-
ernment has extended
the events for one more
year so that the celebra-
tions are not just limit-
ed to a few conferences
or events.
Gehlot suggested the
officials to conduct
events fortnightly
through webinars in
view of corona pandem-
ic and ensure participa-
tion of maximum pub-
lic. He also instructed to
make preparations to
convene a global con-
clave on Gandhi
Turn to P6Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.

First India Bureau
Jaipur: Congress ruled
state government in Ra-
jasthan has claimed to
have fulfilled 10 out of 11
promises related to
women and child devel-
opment department
made in the election
manifesto.
AICC general secre-
tary in charge for Ra-
jasthan Ajay Maken has
also appreciated the
chief minister Ashok
Gehlot and women and
child development min-
ister Mamta Bhupesh
over the performance in
the department.
Countering the alle-
gation of the opposition
BJP said that the gov-
ernment has failed to
fulfil promises, the gov-
ernment has claimed
that the department
made successful efforts
to provide benefit of
various schemes to
girls, women and other
beneficiariesinthestate
and has put up a good
show in delivering on
promises.
Highlighting the per-
formance of the depart-
ment, sources said that
the system was made
transparent to address
the issue of malnutri-
tion and separate com-
mittees are being set up
under national nutri-
tion mission and will be
converge with other de-
partments. This was in
compliance of the prom-
ise to deal with the prob-
lem of malnutrition.
Against the promise of
recruitment on backlog
posts under reserved
categories, the depart-
ment has initiated re-
cruitment process on
15,100 posts like women
observers and others
whereas the honorari-
um of Anganwadi work-
ers was also increased
from 19-08-2019
Similarly, women self
help groups are being
empowered through In-
dira Gandhi Priya-
darshini Mahila Shakti
policy and the scheme
for the rehabilitation of
the victims of physical
assaults. Besides, the
sources said, the gov-
ernment has increased
the grant to promote
group marriages or
Samuhik vivah and a
round-the-clock women
helpline call centre has
been set up.
Itshouldbenotedthat
the state has registered
a sex ratio in 2019-20 as
compared to 2018-19 as a
result of effective imple-
mentation of Beti
Bachao Beti Padho
scheme for which the
state was felicitated.
Women & Child dept puts up good show by fulfilling 10 schemes!
EFFORTS IN AID TO HELP PEOPLE
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Raj teacher selected for
coveted national awardGeeta has been selected with 47 others from across the country
Durg Singh
Barmer: Geeta Ku-
mari, a government
teacher from Barmer,
has been selected for na-
tional award 2020 by the
union ministry of edu-
cation. She is one
among 47 teachers who
have been selected from
different parts of the
country for the award
and only teacher to get
selected from Ra-
jasthan.
The story of Geeta
Kumari inspires many
as she was married in
childhood yet she con-
tinued her studies de-
spite all odds and made
a difference in society.
Presently posted in gov-
ernment school in
Saruponi Maliyon Ka
vas bandra in Barmer,
Geeta is known for her
determination and
strong will and has set
many examples in life
which got her recogni-
tion at the national lev-
el. She was dropped out
after class 8 and was
married.
However, she contin-
ued studies despite all
challenges in married
life. Geeta, with her pos-
itive thinking, kept on
struggling to make eve-
ry difficulty easy. She
wasinnovativeinschool
and got many rewards.
On her motivation, her
family donated three
bighas of land for the
school in 2002 and now,
she is a teacher here.
As a result of her ded-
ication, two students of
the schools have also got
national scholarships.
She passed class 8th in
1997 and was married in
2000. She also conducted
adventure tours for stu-
dents in Nepal,
Himachal Pradesh, Sik-
kim. The school also
begged positions in var-
ious activities by the
education department.
She passed MA in 2015
and took admission in
MA (police administra-
tion) in 2019.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur. Female ele-
phant no 99 died late
Thursday night in
Hathi Gaon at Amer.
The news of the death
of the elephant equally
hit all the Mahavats in
the area.
There have been no
elephant rides at Amer
fort during the past five
months which has
brought the elephant
owners to brink of eco-
nomic collapse. The
news of the death of
each elephant comes as
a bolt to the elephant
owners and their col-
leagues.
This was the fourth
elephant to have died
in the past 5 months.
The said 40 year old fe-
male elephant, brought
from Assam 10 years
ago, wasn’t well for the
last 4 days and had giv-
en up food a day ago.
Veterinary doctor Dr
Niraj Shukla who con-
ducted the postmortem
of the dead elephant
said that the lack of
movement due to lock-
down had completely
disturbed the digestion
of the elephant. He said
a normal elephant
should walk between
20-40 Kms every day.
Dr Shukla demand-
ed from the govt that
the permission for the
elephant ride should
be given else more el-
ephants will perish in
similar manner. He
suggested that the el-
ephant owners should
take their elephants
for two rounds of the
Amer fort to keep
them fit.
HC notice to depts over
minimum wages isue
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Today Division
Bench comprising
Hon’ble Chief Justice
Indrajit Mahanty and
Hon’ble Justice Abhay
Chaturvedi issued no-
tices to Principal Secre-
tary, Labour and Em-
ployment and Addition-
al Labour Commission-
er and Joint Secretary,
in the matter filed by a
senior counsel. In this
matter, counsel, on be-
half of the Petitioner,
G4S Secure Solutions
Ltd., argued that PS, La-
bour and Employment
have issued a notifica-
tion with respect to re-
vision of minimum
wages. The aforesaid
notification is applica-
ble from 01.05.2019 the
same was issued on
19.08.2020, i.e company
to pay 15 months differ-
ence to the employees.
Geeta Kumari from Barmer has been selected for national award 2020 by Union Ministry of Edu.
Govt must take action
on sand mafia: Ramlal
Question Hr cancelled in past too: Diya
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur:Expressingcon-
cern over the incidents
of firing and accidents
involving sand mafia,
BJP MLA and chief
spokesperson Ramlal
Sharma said that the in-
cidents are shocking but
the government is tak-
ing no action.
He said that anar-
chism in the state is ris-
ing, incidents of loot,
firing have become rou-
tine affairs and there is
no rule of law.
“If the situation con-
tinues, it will be difficult
for people to come out of
their houses. BJP de-
mands from the state
governmenttotakestern
actiononallkindsof ma-
fias,” he said. He also ex-
pressedconcernoncoro-
navirus spread in the
stateandsaidthegovern-
ment has no arrange-
ments to contain it.
Sand mafia opened
fire at police in Bharat-
pur while a speeding
trolla carrying sand
crushed four persons to
death in Udaipur on
Wednesday night.
In Bhilwara, a clash
broke out between two
groups over the issue of
their areas.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajsamand MP
Diya Kumari on Friday
saidthatinthemonsoon
session of Parliament,
there is unnecessary is-
sue being by some oppo-
sition parties regarding
the lack of the ‘Question
Hour’.
The arrangement
that is being made at
this time regarding the
Question Hour is not
the first time. Due to the
extraordinary circum-
stances in the country,
the Government has
taken this decision with
the consent of many op-
position parties in the
past as well.
She said the coun-
try’s Parliament is go-
ing to discuss various
important issues of the
general public and oth-
er concerns. Short dis-
cussions will be held on
issues like Covid-19,
economy, states’ status
and development work,
calling attention notice,
among others. It is rep-
rehensible to make
baseless allegations on
the intentions of the
convening Parliament
session. The opposition
should be a part of the
solution, not the prob-
lem, which will be for
the good of the nation.
Diya said why is the
Opposition forgetting
what the ruling party
had done in the session
of Rajasthan assembly
recently. She said Oppo-
sition who questioned
the system of Question
Hour in Parliament
should also know that
this is not the first time
this has occurred. It
was earlier done in
1962, 1975, 1976, 1976,
2004 and 2009 for several
reasons.
Lockdown takes
life of elephant!
40 years old Elephant ‘Rani’ died on Thursday, cremated at ‘Hati
gaon’ in Jaipur on Friday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The mortal re-
mains of Indian Ar-
my’s Naib Subedar
ShamsherAliwhodied
in Arunachal Pradesh
reached Jaipur airport
on Friday.
The remains were
brought to Jaipur
from Guwahati. Army
officers paid tributes
to Ali by laying floral
wreaths. The Army
also gave a guard of
honor at the airport.
Officials from the sol-
dier welfare depart-
ment were also pre-
sent on the occasion.
Burial rituals will be
performed in Ali’s vil-
lage Hakampura in
Jhunjhunu on Satur-
day. It is a huge loss for
the brave family mem-
bers.
Martyr Ali to be laid to rest today
First India Bureau
Jaipur. The MeT de-
partment has predict-
ed perfect weather con-
ditions for an active
monsoon for the week
despite the season ap-
proaching its end.
The monsoon before
taking leave is drench-
ing many parts of the
state with several plac-
esrecordingdownpour
on Friday as well.
Jaipur had clouds hov-
ering right from the
morning which result-
ed in rains in certain
parts. Jaipur recorded
a temperature of 25 de-
gree celsius in the
morning while it was
five degrees higher on
Thursday.
By gone 24 hours wit-
nessed maximum
rains of 85 mm record-
ed in Kota, 45 mm in
Udaipur, 22.2 mm in
Ajmer & Jaipur. Maxi-
mum temperature of
37.5degreeCelsiuswas
recorded in Gangana-
gar on Thursday night
while Jaisalmer re-
corded 35 degrees and
Churu of 34.9 degrees
Celsius.
According to station
director of Jaipur
weather R S Sharma,
the monsoon will be
fully active for 4-5 days
in western and eastern
Rajasthan.Hesaidthat
the monsoon will get
weak by 8 September.
The monsoon normal-
ly, as per records of the
last 45 years, starts re-
treating by 17 Septem-
ber with 203 day devia-
tion. Eastern Ra-
jasthan witnesses the
retreat by 20 Septem-
ber. By the end of the
month the monsoon is
assumed to have left
the state.
Mortal remains of martyr Shamsher Ali who died in Arunachal reaches Jaipur airport on Friday.
‘Monsoon to be active for a week’
Ramlal Sharma
Diya Kumari
Mamta Bhupesh
FAILED OR PASSED?
BJP said that the govern-
ment has failed to fulfill
promises, on the contra-
ry, Congress has claimed
that the department made
successful efforts to pro-
vide the benefit of various
schemes in the state and
has put up a good show
in delivering on promises.

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2020
STATE ON CONTINUOUS HIKE OF
CORONA CASES : 1,570 IN 24 HRSFRIDAYALSOREPORTED13DEATHSTAKINGTOLLTO1,108;JAIPURREPORTEDMAXIMUMPOSITIVESWITH290
First India Bureau
Jaipur: State reported
1,570 new cases in last 24
hours taking tally to
87,797. Friday also re-
ported 13 deaths taking
toll to 1,108. 2 deaths
eachwerereportedfrom
Barmer & Jaipur while
one each was reported
from Bharatpur, Jodh-
pur, Kota, Pali, Ajmer,
Bikaner, Chittorgarh,
Jhalawar and Sirohi.
Jaipur reported 290 new
cases followed by 271
from Jodhpur, Kota 165,
Alwar 90, Ajmer 69, Si-
kar 64, 60 each from
Jhalawar & Baran, Bi-
kaner 54, Pali 40, Rajsa-
mand 38, Banswara 37,
Jhunjhunu 33, 27 each
from Bundi & Chittor-
garh, Nagaur 25, 23 each
from Churu & Sawai
Madhopur, 18 each from
Bharatpur & Tonk, Bar-
mer 17, Bhilwara 15, 14
each from Ganganagar
& Pratapgarh, 12 each
from Sirohi & Udaipur,
11 each from Dausa &
Dholpur,6eachfromHa-
numangarh & Jaisalm-
er, Karauli 5 & Jalore 4.
Shiksha Sankul on
JLN marg in Jaipur
found 10 corona posi-
tives. Jhotwara, Vaisha-
li Nagar, Malviya Na-
gar, Sodala, Jawahar
Nagar, Bajaj Nagar, Ja-
gatpura, Sanagner,
Mansarovar, Brahmpu-
ri and Durgapura are
the new corona hot
spots. The Keshoraipa-
tan police station SHO
along with 10 police per-
sonnel were found posi-
tive. A court employee
too was found positive
after which court cam-
pus was sanitized.
BJP leader Rajendra
Singh Shekhawat has
also been infected. In
the Income Tax depart-
ment a women officer
PCIT-1 tested positive.
Sawai Madhopur collec-
tor along with his wife
tested positive after his
92 year old mother’s
succumbing to the
deadly virus infection.
Jama Masjid at Johri Bazaar area in Jaipur being sanitised before its opening. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
State may give preference to
local candidates in govt jobs
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan gov-
ernment may adopt a
formula to ensure pref-
erence to the candidate
of Rajasthan in state
governmentjobsinstead
of not allowing candi-
dates of other states.
CS Rajeeva Swarup
held discussions with
officials and gave direc-
tions to examine data
related to the candi-
dates of other states in
past recruitments.
After CM Ashok Ge-
hlot’s directions, offi-
cials of department of
personnel, administra-
tive reforms and law
have started the exer-
cise on the matter.
Sources said that the
government may decide
to give preference to the
candidates of Ra-
jasthan in government
jobs on Haryana and
Bihar pattern.
The state govern-
ment may consider bo-
nus marks for local can-
didates or may put a
condition that the can-
didate should have
passed secondary or
senior secondary exam
from Rajasthan board.
In more than 20
states, local candidates
get preference in re-
cruitment on different
formulas.
In states like Odisha,
knowledge about the lo-
cal language is a condi-
tion in recruitments
which bars outside can-
didates from the compe-
tition while in Haryana,
local candidates get the
benefit of 10% marks.
CORONA WOES
Members of Rajasthan Tent Dealers & Rental Business Committee took out a Mashaal Julush in Jaipur, asking the Central govt and
state govt to increase the limit of people allowed to gather in a wedding event to 300-400 —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
ACB arrests RSRTC officer
Bhawar S Charan
Kota: A woman assis-
tant traffic inspector
of Rajasthan roadways
and a village develop-
ment officer are among
five persons who were
arrested by anti-cor-
ruption bureau in
three separate cases of
graft in Rajasthan on
Friday.
Sheela Chawla, As-
sistant Traffic Inspec-
tor of Rajasthan state
road transport corpo-
ration (RSRTC) and
conductor Mahendra
Singh Rathore, both
posted in Chittorgarh,
were arrested for al-
legedly taking a bribe
of Rs 2,500 as a month-
ly extortion amount
from a roadways con-
ductor.
They had already
taken Rs 3,500 for not
checking his bus on
Chittorgarh route. Af-
ter verification of com-
plaint, an ACB team
laid a trap and caught
them red handed.
Chawla was also ar-
rested in 2015 for taking
a bribe of Rs 18,000
through a middle man.
DEVELOPMENT
OFFICER TAKES
`50,000 BRIBE
Jaipur: In Rajsamand,
village development of-
ficer of Liki gram pan-
chayat Abhinav Shar-
ma was arrested for tak-
ing a bribe of Rs 50,000
from a contractor in
lieu of passing a bill of
Rs 1,99,826 .
He said that the ac-
cused had initially de-
manded Rs 90,000.
Another ACB team
arrested a woman Pat-
wari Ritu Patwari and a
middle man Madanlal
in Ganganagar district
for taking a bribe of
Rs10,000.
The accused Patwari,
posted in 19 ML Tehsil,
had demanded the bribe
for making changes in
revenue records after
partition of his ances-
tral property.
Reviewreligious
placesbefore
opening:Collector
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Jaipur collec-
tor Antar Singh Nehra
has instructed the offi-
cials to ensure compli-
ance of the covid guide-
lines including social
distancing protocols at
all the religious places
which will open from
September 7.
He asked the district
administration officials
to conduct visits to the
religious places along
with the police officials
to ask the management
of religious places for
followingtheguidelines.
He asked the officials
to impose fine if the
guidelines are violated.
The collector issued
the directions to SDMs
through video confer-
encing. He also asked
them to ensure proper
awareness for corona in
their areas and to moti-
vate the private hospi-
tals for the treatment of
corona patients.
SP Rural Shankar
Dutt Sharma also asked
the police officers to
work in coordination
with the officials of dis-
trict administration,
medical and health de-
partment and other de-
partments to combat
the corona pandemic.
He also asked the of-
ficials to get the slip
lane in Shahpura va-
cated from trucks and
other vehicles to re-
duce the gathering of
people there.
Antar Singh Nehra during a meeting over corona situation.
Aishwarya Pradhan
Jaipur: Rajasthan BJP
President Satish Poon-
ia, on Friday, took to
Twitter to inform that
he has tested positive
for COVID-19.
“Yesterday, my COV-
ID-19 test was conducted
after I returned home.
Even as there were no
signs, I have been tested
positive, and have been
advised by the doctors to
stayinisolation.Irequest
all who came in contact
with me in the last few
days, to get tested.
Thanks for the support,”
he said in his tweet.
Earlier on Septem-
ber 2, Deputy leader of
Opposition Rajendra
Rathore also tested
positive.
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot, former Chief
Minister Vasundhara
Raje, BJP National Vice
President Om Prakash
Mathur, PCC Chief Go-
vind Singh Dotasara,
LoPKataria,DeputyLoP
Rajendra Rathore, State
Organization General
SecretaryChandraShek-
har, RSS leader Nimbar-
am Prakash Chandra,
and other ministers and
many MP MLAs wished
Pooniaaspeedyrecovery.
BJP leaders, officials
and activists wished
him well through Twit-
ter and Facebook.
Poonia tests +ve,mins wish for speedy recovery
More than 6.15 lakh people have been slapped with
ﬁne, totalling over Rs 9 crore, in state for violation of
the Rajasthan Epidemic Ordinance, DGP (Crime) ML
Lather said. So far 7,966 persons have been arrested
for violating prohibitory and quarantine norms by
registering 3,634 FIRs. Under Motor Vehicles Act,
challan was issued to 9.05 lakh vehicle owners and
1.65 lakh vehicles were seized. More than Rs 16.37
crore ﬁne has been recovered from them.
VIOLATION OF CORONA NORMS
Ashok Gehlot
@ashokgehlot51
I have come to know,
State BJP President @
DrSatishPoonia ji has
tested positive for
#Covid_19. I wish him a
speedy recovery.
Shivendra Pramar
Jaipur: Having suf-
fered revenue loss of
crores of rupees due to
lockdown, the excise de-
partment of Rajasthan
has brought the reve-
nue collection on track
in the last four months.
Revenue collection of
excise department from
April to August this year
is Rs 3,301 crore which
wasRs3,606croreduring
the corresponding peri-
od last year.
During the lockdown,
the department suf-
fered a loss of nearly Rs
1,000 crore and the situ-
ation started improving
after liquor shops reo-
pened in May.
The government had
also increased excise
duty on liquor in May to
generate additional rev-
enue of Rs 300 crore.
The department has a
revenue target of Rs
12,500 crore in the pre-
sent fiscal year and the
team of excise commis-
sioner Joga Ram under
the monitoring of addi-
tionalchief secretary-fi-
nance and excise Niran-
jaAryaandfinance(rev-
enue) secretary Prithvi
Raj is making all efforts
to meet the target.
The state got revenue
of Rs 9,600 crore from
excise in 2019-20 against
thetargetof 11,000crore.
The officials are also
tryingtorecovertheloss-
es incurred during the
lockdownperiodthrough
planning and efforts.
However, the depart-
ment has the challenge
of present corona pan-
demicduetowhichthere
is a heavy fall in demand
of beer. Since wedding
events and corporate
meetings are not taking
place, the consumption
of liquor too is quite low.
Excise dept tries to balance losses of lockdown
REVENUE COLLECTION
COMPARISON OF REVENUE COLLECTION IN 2019 AND 2020
Month 2019 2020
April 670 Cr 145.17 Cr
May 857 Cr 697 Cr
June 648 Cr 740 Cr
July 779 Cr 900 Cr
Aug 652 Cr 819 Cr
Total revenue 3,606 Cr 3,301.17 Cr
Rajeeva Swarup

Do not speak in the hearing of
a fool, for he will despise the
good sense of your words.
—Proverbs 23:9
Spiritual
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oday’s unprec-
edented COV-
ID-19 crisis
has prompted
billions of
people to work, social-
ize, and consume digi-
tally. This shift creates a
historic opportunity to
unlock the potential of
digitalization to finance
more inclusive, sustain-
able development.
Digitalization is trans-
forming every aspect of fi-
nance. More than one bil-
lion people worldwide now
use mobile payment plat-
forms, which have turned
mobile phones into finan-
cial tools. Digital finance is
leveraging big data and
artificial intelligence to
underpin advances in
cryptocurrencies and cryp-
to-assets, peer-to-peer lend-
ing, crowdfunding, and
online marketplaces. Algo-
rithms are silencing noisy
stock-exchange floors, with
many equity trades in the
United States now execut-
ed in the absence of any
human input.
Investment in finan-
cial technology (fintech)
is powering this trans-
formation. In 2018, fin-
tech attracted a record
$120 billion in venture-
capital funding, or one-
third of the global total.
And financial investors
are pouring tens of bil-
lions more dollars annu-
ally into enabling digital
technology.
The pandemic has pro-
vided a major boost to these
developments. Digital mon-
ey transfers are enabling
governments to provide
immediate financial sup-
port to citizens. Crowd-
funding platforms have
mobilized resources for
medical supplies and emer-
gency relief. Algorithmic
lending is accelerating life-
saving funding for small
businesses. Similarly, e-
commerce platforms are
enabling people to buy now
and consume later in order
to support local businesses
and protect employment.
But such inspiring ex-
amples barely scratch
the surface of what is
both urgently needed
and possible. The world
is awash with literally
trillions of dollars. This
is ultimately the people’s
money, earned and bor-
rowed and then spent,
saved, invested, and
handed to governments
to use on their behalf.
Too often, however, these
funds do not flow to what
people need and want.
Inequality was already
increasing before the cri-
sis and is now accelerat-
ing. Moreover, the finan-
cial sector is not effec-
tively channeling money
and savings to address
longer-term develop-
ment challenges such as
climate change and bio-
diversity destruction.
Digitally driven transfor-
mation can better align fi-
nance with people’s needs,
as reflected in the Sustain-
able Development Goals
(SDGs). In November 2018,
United Nations Secretary-
General António Guterres
established a task force
comprising leaders from
the financial, policy, and de-
velopment communities to
identify ways of harness-
ing digitalization to finance
the SDGs. The panel (which
we co-chaired) has now
completed its deliberations
and presented its final re-
port to the secretary-gener-
al, having engaged with
thousands of individuals
and institutions across doz-
ens of countries.
The task force’s core
conclusion is that the
power of digital transfor-
mation provides an ex-
traordinary opportunity
to reset private and public
finance in ways that can
help to achieve the SDGs.
Its call to action seeks to
engage market partici-
pants and policymakers,
including central banks
and development-finance
institutions, in imple-
menting the task force’s
agenda of practical rec-
ommendations.
For starters, digitaliza-
tion can play a critical role
in ensuring that global
capital markets, which cur-
rently have a value of
about $185 trillion, take
greater account of social
and environmental risks
and outcomes. Second, big
data and algorithmic ana-
lytics can accelerate the
provision of the $5.2 tril-
lion in annual financing
required by developing
countries’ small and medi-
um-size businesses, which
are the source of much of
the world’s employment.
SOURCE: PROJECT SYNDICATE
Digital finance for a fairer post-pandemic world
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Top
TWEET
Ravi Shankar Prasad
@rsprasad
Aadhaar Enabled Payment System
(AePS) of IPPB has brought
banks to the doorsteps of the
people. From 23rd March 2020
till 28th August 2020, Rs 4,812
crore were disbursed in 2.3 crore
transactions through this.
Shashi Tharoor
@ShashiTharoor
A curtain-raiser to the Parliament
session: investments, economic
performance, unemployment,
#Covid19 mismanagement all
provide an unremitting picture of
under-performance by our woeful
Government. No wonder they
don’t want to take questions!
ndia has always been a land
of absolute freedom when it
comes to matters beyond the
material. It is from this con-
text that the culture evolved.
This is a culture with a mul-
tiplicity of thought, belief
and seeking. We call this
Sanatana Dharma, which
means an eternal religion
that will always be relevant.
You can choose your own
God – a man God, woman
God, animal God, tree God
– whatever you want. This is
known as Ishta Devata, a
God of your own choice.
This is the only culture that
allows you this freedom.
There are seven billion peo-
ple, so we can have seven bil-
lion religions. Every individual
is free to see what he can relate
to best at a certain time in his
life. He can create a God of his
own and give himself to that
process – because it is not about
God. It is about bringing a cer-
tain quality in you to make you
worshipful and reverential to-
wards life. The very reason re-
ligion was created was to bring
this quality within you. So you
worship a monkey, and I wor-
ship an elephant. What is the
problem? It is fine. And tomor-
row, if we want to exchange our
Gods, we can do that too. You
can choose God with form,
without form or even no God is
alright. It is not rigid, it can
change – that is why it is re-
ferred to as an eternal religion.
There is sufficient intel-
lect on the planet right now
for us to reconsider the very
fundamentals of religion on
this planet. Religion is an in-
ward step. It is something
very intimate that a human
being does within himself. It
is not something that you or-
ganize and do it on the street.
It is a step towards your cre-
ator. If you just observe your
own body, you can clearly see
that the source of creation is
within you. A step towards
your creator is naturally an
inward step, which you can
only take by yourself. You
cannot take a crowd of peo-
ple inward.
Because religion has become
systematized and organized,
what should have been a beau-
tiful process has become fanat-
icism. The moment you iden-
tify yourself with a doctrine
whose fundamental ambition
is to conquer the whole world
someday, or you assume that
your way is the only way, then
you are a fanatic. You may act
in civilized ways, but as long as
you nurture this thought, you
are a fanatic.
In indigenous cultures, re-
ligion was never juxtaposed
against the state. In the past,
religion was far more impor-
tant to people than it is now,
but still, there were no theo-
cratic states; the ruler had
his religion and the subjects
had the freedom to follow
theirs. There was no conflict
because people did not look
at religion as an organized
process. Unfortunately, to-
day it has begun to get or-
ganized and reached a point
where electoral politics and
national interests are poised
to oppose each other.
We have a situation where
politicians are openly and
proudly calling themselves as
‘Hindu leaders’ or ‘Muslim
leaders’ or ‘Christian leaders.’
Religion is becoming a matter
of number games and another
disguise for politics. If this is
encouraged or even allowed,
there will be organized and un-
natural attempts to change the
demographic complexion of
the nation. Whenever there are
such attempts to change the dy-
namics of the nation’s demo-
graphics – religious or other-
wise – large-scale violence will
erupt. It is threatening our
very nationhood.
We must understand that
nationhood is just an idea. If
we want to make this into a
living reality, we need to
work sufficiently on inculcat-
ing the sense of citizenship at
all levels of the population.
We must realize that we are
citizens of a nation first, and
religion comes later. Only
then will we have the agility
to respond to any challenging
situation. Otherwise, every
time we are challenged as a
nation, people will not know
which way to go. If we fail to
handle this without the need-
ed balance, the polarisation
of the nation on religious
grounds will become a wide-
spread and ugly reality, for
which we as a nation will pay
a heavy price. It is very im-
portant that the administra-
tion and the society at large,
particularly the religious
and spiritual movements, ap-
proach this with sensitivity
and long-term vision.
May all of us have the neces-
sary sense and wisdom to pre-
vent our beautiful, vibrant, and
inclusive culture from suc-
cumbing to mayhem caused by
divisive forces.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
I
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
INDIA BEYOND
RELIGION
There are seven
billion people,
so we can have
seven billion
religions. Every
individual is
free to see what
he can relate to
best at a certain
time in his life.
He can create a
God of his own
and give
himself to that
process –
because it is not
about God. It is
about bringing
a certain
quality in you
to make you
worshipful and
reverential
towards life
WE MUST UNDERSTAND
THAT NATIONHOOD IS
JUST AN IDEA. IF WE
WANT TO MAKE THIS
INTO A LIVING REALITY,
WE NEED TO WORK
SUFFICIENTLY ON
INCULCATING THE SENSE
OF CITIZENSHIP AT ALL
LEVELS OF THE
POPULATION
BATTLING COVID-19’S
RISING NUMBERS
he Union Health Ministry tweeted,
“#IndiaFightsCorona With a higher
number of patients getting cured. In-
dia’s total recoveries surpass 30 lakh.
Less than 0.5 percent of patients on
Ventilators, 2% in ICUs, and less than 3.5 percent
on Oxygen Support. Irrespective of the tweet on
Friday about the number of Covid-19 patients be-
ing cured, India’s load of positive cases daily is
heading towards the fearsome one lakh mark.
Just to get an idea, the country recorded a new
high of over 83 lakh positive cases on Friday. The
bigger concern is that seven months after its out-
break the pandemic’s peak is nowhere in sight.
The rising cases are bound to negate the advan-
tage of a high recovery rate given the shortage of
beds and doctors.
The other area of worry is the resurgence of a
novel coronavirus in places like Delhi. In June and
July, one got the impression that the pandemic was
on a downward slide after touching a peak in Delhi.
New cases had declined to 1000 a day and fatalities
were being reported in single digits. In contrast,
2700 new cases were reported on Thursday. If there
is an upsurge in Delhi, states like Maharashtra,
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, and
Tamil Nadu account for 62 percent of total active
COVID cases in the country. This when testing is
yet to be stepped up in states like UP.
The rise in cases has to be viewed in the context
of increased economic and social activities which
have now been allowed to ensure that the upcom-
ing festival season is not a dull affair.
T
IN-DEPTH
AFTER LADAKH SETBACK
CHINA WANTS TO TALK
ndia has turned the tables on China in
Ladakh by occupying nearly all the van-
tage heights in the Ladakh region. The
strategic points from Thakung Post,
Black Top to Rezang La in Chushul, and
Pangong Tso area came under India’s control after
the little known elite troops from the Special Fron-
tier Force codenamed ‘Establishment 22’, foiled
Chinesedesignsof gainingholdovertheseheights.
The bold move on August 29 riled China but proved
to be a game-changer as India can now push China
to pull back from the land it occupied through de-
ceit in the finer area of Pangong Tso Lake. Both
sides have an almost matching deployment in
terms of ground and air force and tanks. At least
India is ready for any eventuality.
The maneuver had its desired effect. China’s
defence minister General Weng Fenghe sought a
meeting with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on
the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organ-
isation meeting in Moscow. Singh initially ex-
pressed his reluctance to meet Fenghe but with
Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar saying that talks
are the only option the door has been kept ajar. One
report said that the “South Block has given the go-
ahead for Singh’s meeting with his Chinese coun-
terpart, hoping it leads to early and complete dis-
engagement as well as de-escalation along the Line
of Actual Control”.
The Chinese will have to come to the negotiating
table with a weak hand and agree to retreat from
the territory they grabbed in June after a bloody
skirmish in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed.
Unless Beijing chooses to junk peace.
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INDIAJAIPUR | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2020
BJP CANDIDATE ZAFAR ISLAM SET
TO WIN RAJYA SABHA BYPOLL
Lucknow: BJP UP unit
general secretary Govind
Narayan Shukla with-
drew his candidature for
by-elections to the lone
RS seat from the state,
thereby clearing the way
for the party’s original
nominee Syed Zafar Islam
to be elected to contest
unopposed on Friday.
Friday is the last date for
the withdrawal of nomi-
nations and now with just
Zafar left in the fray, the
RS election process will
not be stretched till Sept
11,the bypoll date, as the
RS bypoll has now been
reduced to a no-contest.
Zafar Islam would add to
BJP’s numbers in the RS
at the cost of Samajwadi
Party whose MP Amar
Singh’s demise in Singa-
pore on August 1.
RBI’S REVISED PSL GUIDELINES TO
INCREASE CREDIT PENETRATION
Mumbai: RBI issued revised guidelines for prior-
ity sector lending to enable better credit penetra-
tion to credit deficient areas and increase lending
to small farmers besides weaker sections.In ad-
dition, the initiative will boost credit to renewable
energy and health infrastructure. RBI said bank
finance to start-ups up to Rs 50 crore, loans to
farmers for installation of solar power plants for
solarisation of grid-connected agriculture pumps,
loans for setting up compressed bio-gas plants
have been included as fresh categories.
VAISHNO DEVI SHRINE TO
DELIVER ‘PRASAD’ AT HOME
Jammu: The management of Mata Vaishno Devi
Shrine said that it has arranged home delivery
of ‘Prasad’ to devotees throughout the country.
Ramesh Kumar Jangid, CEO of Mata Vaishno
Devi Shrine said on his Twitter handle, “Shri
Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board has introduced
the home delivery of Prasad to the devotees in
India. “For further details and placing orders,
please visit our website maavaishnodevi.org.
You can also get your queries redressed through
0-9906019475 from 8AM to 8PM JMD”.
CAS BHADAURIA VISITS CAW,
TALKS ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY
Secunderabad: Air Chief
Marshal RKS Bhadau-
ria, Chief of Air Staff on
Friday visited the College
of Air Warfare (CAW) in
Secunderabad and talked
about the emerging con-
tours of national security.
He also emphasised upon
the unique attributes of
airpower and apprised
the course officers about
the progress being made
in deliberations that are
ongoing for creating
integrated structures
towards enhancing syn-
ergy in future warfight-
ing. During his visit to
CAW, the CAS addressed
officers from all the three
Services undergoing the
44th (HACC). He sen-
sitized them about the
emerging contours of
National Security.
MAKE POLICE STNS CENTRES
OF SOCIAL TRUST, SAYS PMHe also spoke on how technology can be used positively by police to enhance work
New Delhi/ Hy-
derabad: Prime Minis-
terNarendraModiwhile
interacting with IPS of-
ficers during the ‘Dik-
shant Parade’ of IPS
probationers at Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel Na-
tional Police Academy
in Hyderabad on Friday
emphasised on chang-
ing the “culture” of our
police stations and mak-
ing these centres of “so-
cial trust”.
“Have we ever empha-
sised on the culture of
ourpolicestations? How
should our police sta-
tionsbecomethecentres
for social trust? Make a
list of all the police sta-
tions under your com-
mand to make changes.
Whether or not you can
change the person but
surely you can change
the system and the envi-
ronment. This should be
your priority,” he said.
“Whichever party is in
power a democracy, a
public representative
has great importance.
Respect for the public
representative means
respectforthedemocrat-
ic process,” he added.
“It is very important
thatyoushouldbeproud
of your uniform instead
of flexing power of your
uniform. Never lose the
respect for your Khaki
uniform,” the Prime
Minister said. He added
that there is a “need to
prevent youth from tak-
ingthewrongpathatthe
early stage itself. Wom-
en police personnel can
do that by involving fe-
males.”
He also talked about
how technology can be
usedinapositivewayby
the police in improving
theirwork.“Technology
has helped us a lot. It is
also helping us in solv-
ing cases. You must fo-
cus on how to use tech-
nology more positively,”
he added.
A total of 131 IPS pro-
bationers including 28
lady Probationers have
completed 42 weeks of
Basic Course Phase-I
trainingattheAcademy.
They joined the Acad-
emy on December 17,
2018, after completing
their Foundation Course
at Lal Bahadur Shastri
NationalAcademyof Ad-
ministration in Mus-
soorie & at Dr Marri
ChannaReddyHRDInsti-
tute of Hyderabad..—ANI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacting with the IPS Probationers during Dikshant Parade at
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, through video conferencing, in New Delhi.
‘IPS officers’ devotion
will inspire youth: Shah
The HM had underlined that there is a need for bringing
a positive change in public perception about the police
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Friday con-
veyed his best wishes to
IPS probationers on
their Dikshant Parade
at the Sardar Vallabhb-
hai Patel National Po-
lice Academy (SVP
NPA) and expressed
confidence that their
commitment will in-
spire youth to join the
service.
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi interacted
with the Indian Police
Service (IPS) probation-
ers on their Dikshant
Parade via video con-
ferencing. Home Minis-
ter also virtually par-
ticipated in the parade
encing.
In a tweet, Shah said
that Prime Minister’s
inspiring speech will
surely boost the morale
of our young officers
and guide them on how
to strengthen the police-
public relations.
“May they serve the
nation with utmost ded-
ication while ensuring
its security and integ-
rity. I am confident that
their commitment to-
wards service will in-
spire our youngsters to
join the Indian Police
Service,” he said.—ANI
PM’s inspiring speech will boost the morale of officers, Shah said.
AMIT SHAH @AMITSHAH
May they serve the nation
with utmost dedication
while ensuring its
security and integrity. I
am confident that their
commitment towards
service will inspire our
youngsters to join the
Indian Police Service.
‘Road projects crucial
for auto sector’
Vaishali
New Delhi: The rapid
pace of road infrastruc-
ture development will
be a crucial boost for
the India auto industry
which is reeling under
stress from multiple
headwinds, said Nitin
Gadkari, Union Minis-
ter of Road Transport
and Highways and
MSME.
Gadkari was speak-
ing at the 60th SIAM An-
nual Convention 2020
where he said the gov-
ernment is keenly inter-
ested to support the auto
industry keeping in line
with their vision to posi-
tion India as number
one manufacturing hub
in the world.
There has been a spe-
cial focus on road infra-
structure with 22 Green
Express Highways in the
pipeline which will in-
crease the productivity
and open up newer pros-
pects of employment.
India currently has the
second largest road net-
work in the world. The
road infrastructure de-
velopment are also
aligned to meet the de-
mand of future mobility.
We are mak-
ing 7 Express
Highways. In
January we are open-
ing Meerut - Delhi Ex-
press Highway, Delhi
to Amritsar to Mathu-
ra, Banglore to Chen-
nai. It is going to ben-
efit the auto industry.
—Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister
Pradhan’s
meet with
CHT staff
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister of Petroleum and
Natural Gas Dharmen-
dra Pradhan held a
meeting with officials
of the Centre for High
Technology (CHT) to
discuss the adoption of
best practices and pro-
motion of Research De-
velopment and innova-
tion in oil and gas op-
erations.
“Held a meeting with
officials of Centre for
High Technology to dis-
cuss the adoption of
best practices and pro-
motion of R&D and in-
novation in our oil and
gas operations to
achieve continuous im-
provement in perfor-
mance, processes and
energyefficiency,”Prad-
han tweeted attaching
the pictures of his VC.
Centre for High Tech-
nology (CHT) was es-
tablished as a dedicated
technology cell of the
Ministry of Petroleum
and Natural Gas in 1987
to assess futuristic re-
quirements, acquire,
develop and adopt tech-
nologies in the fields of
refinery processes, pe-
troleum products, work
relating to the moderni-
sation of technologies.
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court has re-
fused to grant bail to
former Congress leader
Sajjan Kumar, a convict
in the 1984 anti-Sikh ri-
ots case.
The apex court
bench, headed by Chief
Justice of India (CJI)
Sharad Arvind Bobde,
refused to grant bail to
Sajjan Kumar. The top
court said, his appeal
against his conviction
in the 1984 anti-Sikh
riot matter, may be tak-
en up for hearing after
the SC starts its physi-
cal hearing.
While refusing to
grant Sajjan Kumar’s
bail, the apex court not-
ed that the medical re-
port of the convict (Saj-
jan Kumar) stated that
his hospitalisation is
not needed at this pre-
sent time, and thereby
he should not remain in
hospital.
Advocate Vikas Sin-
gh, appearing for Sajjan
Kumar, had sought im-
mediate interim bail
claiming that Kumar is
ill,addingthathishealth
is not improving. —ANI
1984 ANTI-SIKH RIOTS CASE
SC REFUSES TO GRANT
BAIL TO SAJJAN KUMAR
New Delhi: There will
be no question hour in
the monsoon session of
Parliament, which is
scheduled to begin from
September 14 and only
zero hour will be al-
lowed, sources have
confirmed.
During zero hour,
parliamentarians can
raise matters of great
importance without the
mandatory ten days ad-
vance notice. While the
question hour is the
first hour of a sitting
session in which Mem-
bers of Parliament ask
questions from minis-
ters. Parliamentary Af-
fairs Minister Pralhad
Joshi had earlier said
that he has requested
Lok Sabha Speaker Om
Birla and Rajya Sabha
Chairman M Venkaiah
Naidu to keep the dura-
tion of the zero hour at
30 minutes.
However, he said that
the Lok Sabha Speaker
and Rajya Sabha Chair-
man will take the final
decision regarding the
zero hour.
“Opposition parties
are raising questions
regarding question
hour and zero hour. Ar-
jun Ram Meghwal, V
Muraleedharan & I had
spoken to every party
regarding this and ex-
cept for TMC’s Derek
O’Brien, everyone
agreed (to scrap ques-
tion hour),” Joshi told.
“I have suggested LS
Speaker & RS Chair-
man to keep the dura-
tion of the zero hour at
30 minutes. They will
take the final decision.
Govt is ready to have
discussions on every is-
sue. We have also re-
quested the Speaker to
take unstarred ques-
tions,” he said. The ses-
sion will begin from
September 14 & is slated
to conclude on October
1, without any day off.
—ANI
MONSOON
SESSION OF
PARLIAMENT No Question Hour, only Zero Hour this time
New Delhi: SC issued
a notice to its Secre-
tary-General on a PIL
filed by senior lawyer
IndiraJaisingseeking
appropriate direc-
tions with regard to
non-implementation
of its earlier 2017
judgement on desig-
nating senior advo-
cates.A bench headed
by Justice Rohinton
Fali Nariman, issued
notice and posted
matter hearing after
four weeks. —ANI
NewDelhi:TheCBSE
opposed in SC a plea
for postponement of
reappear exams for
Class 10 and 12, telling
the court that all
health safety meas-
ures are in place for
holdingtheexamsthis
month amid the coro-
navirus pandemic.
CBSE’scounselsaid
that the number of ex-
aminationcentreshas
been increased from
575 to 1,278, and that
only 12 students will
sit in a classroom for
reappear exams in
view of the social dis-
tance norm. Justices
AM Khanwilkar,
Dinesh Maheshwari,
Sanjiv Khanna que-
ried petitioner if the
postponement of the
examinations will
help students.
SC notice to
secy-gen
on adv’s PIL
Don’t defer
reappear
exams: CBSE
SC STAYS SEXUAL HARASSMENT INQUIRY AGAINST DJ
New Delhi: SC issued
notice on a plea by a
senior district judge in
MP, who is scheduled
to retire at the year-end,
for quashing of sexual
harassment charges
levelled against him by a
woman judicial officer in
2018. The apex court has
also stayed disciplinary
proceedings against the
district judge. A bench
comprising Chief Justice
S A Bobde and Justices
AS Bopanna and V Ra-
masubramanian issued
notice to the Madhya
Pradesh High Court on
the plea. Citing this case
where the judge is close
to elevation and then
something happens, the
bench said it is a regular
phenomenon in the sys-
tem, all kinds of things
start happening.
—Agencies

INDIAJAIPUR | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2020
Gandhi’s
principles...
ence. The Gandhian
leader asked the offi-
cials to involve NGOs
and other institutions
in the programmes re-
lated to Mahatma Gan-
dhi. Besides, the activi-
ties of the Ahimsa Cell
should also be regularly
organised in accord-
ance with Gandhi’s
principles.
CM also directed the
officials to prepare a
light and sound show
based on the biography
of the Mahatma. The
show will be screened
near the places where a
large number of domes-
tic and foreign tourists
visit. A detailed discus-
sion on Mahatma Gan-
dhi Museum, to be set
up in Jaipur, was also
held in the meeting
which was attended by
art and culture minis-
ter BD Kalla and senior
officials. Art and cul-
ture secretary Mugdha
Sinha informed that the
state-level Mahatma
Gandhi Sadbhavana
Awards will be given on
2 October, for which the
last date of nomination
is 15 September.
Chief minister Ge-
hlot also extended
greetings to teachers on
the eve of teachers’ day.
Calling the teachers
“true nation builders”,
Gehot said they have an
important role in build-
ing the character of the
students and making
them eligible citizens
and giving new direc-
tion to the society.
He said that the state
government is commit-
ted to the development
of the education sector.
The CM said that the
state government has
implemented various
schemes to ensure that
everyone has the oppor-
tunity to study and
move forward.
ECI to...
At present, there are 65
clear vacancies due for
by-elections in the As-
sembly/Parliamentary
Constituency, out of
which there are 64 va-
cancies in the state Leg-
islative Assemblies of
various states and one
vacancy for the Parlia-
mentary Constituency,
the Commission stated
in a press release.
Commission re-
viewed reports and in-
puts from CS/ CEO of
many of the states con-
cerned seeking defer-
ment of the by-elections
in their states in view
of several factors in-
cluding the extra-ordi-
nary heavy rains in
some places and other
constraints like pan-
demic. —With agency inputs
6 non-BJP...
are usually considered
‘in-chambers’ through
circulation of petition
among the judges of
the bench. The judges
then decide ‘in-cham-
bers’ whether there is
any merit in the review
petition to re-examine
the case in open court
hearing.
Maharashtra is...
“Kisi ke baap mein him-
mat hai to rok le (if any-
one’s father has the guts
to stop me, then try it).”
She said Maharashtra
is not someone’s fa-
ther’s property.w
In a series of tweets,
Kangana Ranaut tar-
geted those criticising
her for recent posts on
Twitter, saying, “Maha-
rashtra belongs to only
those who have
strengthened the Mara-
tha pride and I can say
with confidence that I
am a Maratha.”
Meanwhile, the Na-
tional Commission of
Women (NCW) has tak-
en a suo motu cogni-
sance of Kangana
Ranaut’s claims of re-
ceiving threats and de-
manded immediate ar-
rest of a Shiv Sena
MLA. Meanwhile,
Home Minister Anil
Deshmukh Those who
think Maharashtra or
Mumbai is not safe for
them have no right to
live in the state, said on
Friday after Bollywood
actor Kangana Ranaut
likened the megapolis
to Pakistan Occupied
Kashmir (PoK) and crit-
icised its police.
Trust,
non-aggression...
“Peaceful stable and se-
cure region of SCO
member states which is
home to over 40 per
cent of the global popu-
lation, demands a cli-
mate of trust and coop-
eration, non-aggres-
sion, respect for inter-
national rules and
norms, sensitivity to
each other’s interest
and peaceful resolution
of differences,” Singh
said. —ANI
Situation along...
“Keeping in view of the
situation, we had un-
dertaken some precau-
tionary deployment for
our own safety and se-
curity. These deploy-
ments we undertook
along the LAC (Line of
Actual Control)so that
our security n integrity
remains safeguarded,”
General Naravane stat-
ed. He underscored that
the morale of the
jawans present in the
region is high. —ANI
FROM PG 1
Very small proportion of the active cases are on ventilator support, said Health Ministry
INDIA’STOTALRECOVERIESSURPASS30LNew Delhi: India’s to-
tal COVID-19 recoveries
have crossed 30 lakh
and stand at 30,37,151
and a very small pro-
portion of the active
cases, amounting to less
than 0.5 per cent, are on
ventilator support, said
Union Ministry of
Health and Family Wel-
fare on Friday.
As per the Ministry,
a total of 2 per cent
cases are in ICUs and
less than 3.5 per cent of
the active cases occupy
oxygen-supported beds.
India’s Case Fatality
Rate (CFR) of COV-
ID-19 is lower than the
global average and pro-
gressively declining
and currently stands at
1.74 per cent, “With the
recovery of 66,659 in
the last 24 hours, India
has continued its tra-
jectory of posting more
than 60,000 recoveries
for the eighth consecu-
tive day. The recovery
rate amongst the COV-
ID-19 patients is 77.15
per cent demonstrating
that the number of pa-
tients recovering is on
a steady rise over the
past several months,”
Ministry said. The
higher number of re-
coveries has also led to
a steady enhancement
in the difference be-
tween the recovered
and active ones.
“This difference has
crossed 22 lakh, as on
date. This ensured that
the actual caseload of
the country stands at
8,31,124, which are un-
der active medical care.
The active cases cur-
rently comprises only
21.11 per cent of the to-
tal positive cases,” the
Ministry said.
As many as 83,341
new coronavirus cases
were recorded in the
last 24 hours, India’s
COVID-19 tally crossed
39-lakh mark on Friday,
according to the Health
Ministry.
COVID test report
mandatory to
enter Parliament
New Delhi: As Parlia-
ment is geared up for
the upcoming Monsoon
Session, the Lok Sabha
and Rajya Sabha Secre-
tariats have issued de-
tailed guidelines for
MPs, their personal
staff and parliamenta-
ry employees to follow
during the period.
The members have
been requested to get
their RT-PCR tests con-
ducted 72 hours prior
to arrival at Parlia-
ment after September
11 onwards. If the tests
are not done, then it
will be done at the re-
ception and the mem-
bers will have to wait
till the re
‘Widespread Covid-19 vaccines not expected until mid-2021’
Geneva: The WHO
does not expect wide-
spread vaccinations
against Covid-19 until
the middle of next
year, a spokeswoman
said on Friday, stress-
ing the importance of
rigorous checks on
their effectiveness
and safety.
None of the candi-
date vaccines in ad-
vanced clinical trials
so far has demonstrat-
ed a “clear signal” of
efficacy at the level of
at least 50% sought by
the WHO, spokeswom-
an Margaret Harris
said. Russia granted
regulatory approval to
a Covid-19 vaccine in
August after less than
two months of human
testing, prompting
some Western experts
to question its safety
and efficacy.
U.S. public health of-
ficials and Pfizer Inc
said on Thursday a
vaccine could be ready
for distribution as
soon as late October.
That would be just
ahead of the U.S. elec-
tion on Nov. 3 in which
the pandemic is likely
to be a major factor
among voters deciding
whether President
Donald Trump wins a
second term.
“We are really not
expecting to see wide-
spread vaccination un-
til the middle of next
year,” Harris told a UN
briefing in Geneva.
IGI to get India’s first
on-site Covid test lab
New Delhi: To test in-
coming international
passengers, the coun-
try’s first on-site Covid
testing facility is com-
ing up at the capital’s
Indira Gandhi Interna-
tional Airport and will
provide RT-PCR test
results within six
hours.
The facility, to be set
up by a private labora-
tory empanelled by the
Delhi government for
Covid testing, is expect-
ed to be operational by
mid-September.
Genestrings Diag-
nostic Centre Director,
Rajat Arora, said that
the facility would en-
sure incoming passen-
gers from abroad who
could not arrange for a
report on their Covid
status can get it at the
first airport upon
reaching India.
Besides, residents of
Delhi may choose to get
tested at the airport
laboratory and wait for
the results before enter-
ing the city, he added.
Doctors take a COVID-19 test, at Banjar sub-division of Kullu.
Showik, Miranda arrested by NCB
NCB officials nabbed Rhea’s brother Shovik Chakraborty after a raid at their house.
Mumbai: Rhea
Chakraborty’s brother
Showik and Sushant
Singh Rajput’s house
manager Samuel Mi-
randa were arrested on
Friday after being ques-
tioned by the Narcotics
Control Bureau (NCB)
which is probing allega-
tions of drug abuse sur-
rounding Rajput’s
death in June. The two
have been charged un-
der multiple sections of
the anti-narcotics law
and will be produced in
a court on Saturday,
sources said.
NCB sleuths, accom-
panied by police offi-
cials, raided the resi-
dence of Showik
Chakraborty in Santa
Cruz (West) and Miran-
da’s house in suburban
Andheri (West) from
6:30 am. Showik lives
with sister Rhea.
Both Showik
Chakraborty and Mi-
randa, who is Rajput’s
house manager, were
handed over the sum-
mons to join the in-
vestigation during
the search, the offi-
cials said.
CBI denies sharing any details with
media in Sushant Singh Rajput case
New Delhi: The CBI
is conducting investi-
gations in the death
of actor Sushant Sin-
gh Rajput in a profes-
sional manner and
media reports attrib-
uted to it are “specu-
lative and not based
on facts”, the investi-
gation agency said.
The CBI said that
as a matter of policy,
“It does not share de-
tails of an ongoing
investigation” and
further refuted that
any team member or
spokesperson has
shared the details of
its probe to the me-
dia. “The details be-
ing reported and at-
tributed to CBI are
not credible. It is re-
quested that media
may please confirm
details from CBI
spokesperson before
quoting CBI,” the in-
vestigation agency
said in a statement on
Thursday.
Sushant’s case
under medical
board perusal,
report to be CBI
Compartment
exams for
classes 10 and
12 to be held
from Sep 22-29
New Delhi: Actor Su-
shant Singh Rajput’s
death case is under pe-
rusal by the medical
board and the report
will only be submitted
to CBI in due course of
time, (Prof) Dr Sudhir
Gupta, Head of Foren-
sic Department at
AIIMS and Chairman
of Medical board told
on Friday.
Meanwhile, the NCB
has issued notices to ac-
tor Rhea ’s brother
Showik Chakraborty
and her associate Samu-
el Miranda under the
Narcotic Drugs and Psy-
chotropic Substances
(NDPS) Act and asked
them to join the investi-
gation. This came after
NCB conducted search-
es at residences of
Showik and Miranda
under the NDPS Act in a
case related to Sushant
Singh Rajput’s death.
New Delhi: The com-
partment examinations
for classes 10 and 12
will be conducted from
September 22 to 29, the
CBSE announced on
Friday.
“The compartment
examination for the two
classes will begin from
September 22 and will
conclude on September
29. All candidates will
carry their own hand
sanitiser in transparent
bottles and (their own)
water bottles, and will
be required to cover
their mouth and nose
with mask or cloth,”
CBSE Exam Controller
Sanyam Bhardwaj said
in an official notifica-
tion detailing the exam
schedule.
WILL GANAPATHY BE NEW DG, NSG ?
Latest information says that M A Ganapathy
is likely to succeed A K Singh as DG of NSG
this month end. He is 1986 batch IPS officer of
Uttarakhand cadre.
PUBLIC ENTERPRISES SELECTION
BOARD GOES HEADLESS
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB)
has gone headless after its Chairman, Rajiv
Kumar joined the Election Commission of India.
The Government of India has neither appointed a
new incumbent nor assigned an additional charge
to other Members.
HAS CEO OF PRASAR BHARTI
RESIGNED ?
There are strong rumours that CEO Prasar Bharti
Shekhar Vempati has submitted resignation some
time back. But there is no official confirmation.
His scheduled term expires next year.
DR. Y L P RAO LIKELY TO RETURN
TO PARENT CADRE IN SEPT
Dr. Y L P Rao, Deputy Director General, UIDAI,
HQ, New Delhi, presently on central deputation, is
expected to return to parent cadre in September.
He is a 1986 batch IFS officer of Maharashtra
cadre.
MALAY SRIVASTAVA OF MADHYA
PRADESH TO GET ACS RANK
Madhya Pradesh cadre 1990 batch IAS of-
ficer Malay Srivastava will get ACS rank on
October 1.
RAJ KUMAR SRIVASTAVA
APPOINTED AMBASSADOR TO
CROATIA
Raj Kumar Srivastava (IFS: 1997), presently
Deputy Chief of Mission in the Embassy of
India, Tokyo, has been appointed as the next
Ambassador of India to the Republic of Croatia.
DR. NEENA MALHOTRA IS NEW
AMBASSADOR TO ITALY
Dr. Neena Malhotra (IFS: 1992), presently
Additional Secretary in the Ministry, has been
appointed next Ambassador of India to the
Republic of Italy.
SHAILESH SINGH PROMOTED TO
DGP GRADE IN MP
Shailesh Singh presently ADG, Fire Services,
has been promoted to the grade of Director
General of Police (DGP) in Madhya Pradesh. He
is a 1987 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.
AJAY GUPTA PROMOTED TO ADG,
CPWD GRADE
Ajay Gupta has been promoted to the grade of
Additional Director General (Civil) in the Central
Public Works Department (CPWD).
FOUR IPS OFFICERS GET NEW JOBS
IN KARNATAKA
Dr Bheemashankar S Guled has been appointed
as Superintendent of Police, Criminal Investi-
gation Department, while C K Baba was made
Deputy Commissioner of Police, North East
Division, Bengaluru city and S Girish is Superin-
tendent of Police, Ramanagar district. Similarly,
Dr Anoop A Shetty has been appointed as Com-
mandant, 9th Battalion, Karnataka State Reserve
Police in Karnataka.
IFS OFFICERS GET NEW JOBS IN MP
Mrs Bindu Sharma has been appointed as
APCCF, Human Resources Development in PCCF
office, while Mrs Padmapriya Balakrishnan was
made OSD, Public Relations and Sale Depot,
New Delhi, while Surendra Singh Rajput was
made PCCF/MD, State Forest Minor Produce.
Similarly, Chitranjan Tyagi has been appointed
as APCCF, Development in PCCF office; H Y
Khan as APCCF Work Plan Region, Bhopal and
Ashish Kumar Verma will remain with NVDA in
Madhya Pradesh
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DOTASRA BUSY PUTTING
HOUSE IN ORDER!
Sushil Sharma and Shrawan Tanwar
are among some of the Congress
leaders who have been holding
positions of presidents in various
departments and cells for years.
Now, this may not go well with the
new PCC president Govind Singh
Dotasra. After Pilot’s departure from
PCC, Dotasra was appointed as the
new PCC chief. Apart from him, the
state presidents of Youth Congress
and Seva Dal too were changed. The
party had removed Mukesh Bhakar
as the youth congress president and
appointed Ganesh Ghogra as the new
state head of youth congress whereas
Hem Singh Shekhawat was made the
new state president of Seva Dal in
place of Rakesh Pareek. Dotasra is
brainstorming on his new executive
and he will recommend the names of
those who perform and are dedicated
to the party organisation’s works.
The new chief received complaints
about inactive office bearers of Mahila
Congress following which the executive
was dissolved. The search for a new
state president of Mahila Morcha has
also begun. Dotasra seems in no mood
to consider parachute candidates for
appointments in his new executive
which is yet to be formed.
—Yogesh Sharma
SPIRITUALLY YOURS!
Every single word spoken by a political
leader is seen and understood
politically and this time, it is former chief
minister Vasundhara Raje whose one
tweet on a verse from Bhagavad Gita
has created a stir in the political circle.
With hashtags #Quotesoftheday and
#Suvichar, Raje on Thursday tweeted the
Gita Shloka in Sanskrit with its meaning
in Hindi. It is about Lord Krishna’s advice
to Arjun to renounce the attachment of
success and failure and perform deeds
in full spirit, and the sense of ability
is called Yoga. Though she has been
deeply interested in spirituality, this tweet
is seen through political lenses in the
context of the present political situation
in the state. Deputy leader of opposition
Rajendra Rathore too has been posting
verses of Ramayana for over one month.
Rathore started posting the main verses
of the Ramayana on social media when
the Congress MLAs were confined to
hotels during the political crisis. During
the lockdown, Rathore was studying
Ramayana when he used to spend time
at home. Vasundhara Raje may have
been very fond of spirituality already but
Rathore’s growing interest in spirituality
is being discussed in the political circle.
However, when Rajendra Rathore takes
a bath in the morning and works out in
his gym, he also worships God through
mental chanting. —Aishwary Pradhan
NEWSJAIPUR | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2020
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: Indian gov-
ernment will grant spe-
cial permission to the
410 Indians stranded in
Pakistan due to Covid-19
restrictions.
Centre informed the
high court bench com-
prising Justice Sangeet
Raj Lodha and Justice
RameshwarVyasduring
the hearing on a PIL re-
garding the displaced
Indians.
These 410 people were
Hindus from Pakistan
stayinginIndiaonalong
term visa and had gone
to Pakistan to visit their
relatives on a 60-day visa
but had been stranded
due to the prevailing
travel restrictions.
Appearing for Centre,
advocate Vipul Singhvi
stated that the process to
frame the rules for Citi-
zen Amendment Act
(CAA) was on and the
deserving people will be
givencitizenshipassoon
the rules are in place.
Advocate Singhvi in-
formedthecourtthatthe
Government of India
will give a ‘No objection
to return India’ visa to
the stranded Hindus in
Pakistan as they were
already registered with
the Indian High Com-
mission in Pakistan.
Court asked the state
government to furnish
all the steps taken by it
for granting citizenship
to Pak displaced Hindus
residinginthestatefora
longperiod,gettingthem
the benefit of central &
state government food &
other schemes. Next
hearing is scheduled on
September 14.
Will grant spl
permission to
Indians stranded
in Pak: Cente
tells High Court
FATAL FLIGHT
z The case scenario in
Jaisalmer is totally dif-
ferent as many vultures
are killed due to high
power lines and windmill
projects in the area
z In Jodbeer the vultures
have to confront the
feral dogs. According to
Rogers Udaipur has a
good nesting site where
thousands of raptors visit
the trenches along with
Egyptian vultures
z The vultures searching
food in waste inhale the
poisonous smoke
z OWildlife activist Anil Rogers says that the nesting
site in Kota district is safe as it is part of Mukundra
Tiger Reserve but Giddh Karai falls under Jhalawar
territorial forest area. Efforts were made to enlist the
area as an Important Bird Area (IBA) but nothing has
materialised so far. Important to conserve their habitats
for them to survive in the fast-changing world
Baran: A forest guard
was critically injured
in Rajasthan’s Baran
after he was allegedly
run over by a tractor
and dragged some
200 metres by 5 to 7
people who attacked his
patrolling squad during
an anti-encroachment
drive on Friday, officials
said. The incident took
place in the early hours
of Friday near Agar for-
est check post and the
forest squad succeeded
in detaining one of the
encroachers, they said.
Assistant Conservator of
Forest (Baran) Moham-
mad Hafeez said the
department received
information about
encroachment being
carried out on govern-
ment land at 11 pm
on Thursday. A squad
comprising 12 person-
nel from Shahabad and
Baran forest ranges
reached the spot at 1.30
am on Friday when five
to seven people engaged
in the encroachment
attacked them with
sticks and sharp weap-
ons, Hafeez said. The
encroachers then ran
their tractor over forest
guard, Methun Fogdar
(24), and dragged him
for around 200 metres,
but they fled after vehi-
cle got stuck in drain.
NEED TO ACT FAST
ENCROACHERS ATTACK
FOREST SQUAD, 1 HURT
THE FIRST SATURDAY OF
SEPTEMBER IS CELEBRATED
AS INTERNATIONAL VULTURE
AWARENESS DAY. SCAVENGERS
ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF
ENVIRONMENT AND HOW,
WRITESNIRMAL TIWARI
z Rajasthan has a fair pres-
ence of vultures in Jorbeed of
Bikaner, dunes of Jaisalmer,
and the Chambal ravines
z The Chambal ravines
falling in the Mukundra tiger
reserve area is the biggest
nesting site of Indian vulture
in South East Asia
z So much for the vulture
population in the area that a
place near Kali Sindh river is
famous as the ‘Giddh Karai’
z There are some breeds
like Eurasian Griffon and
Himalayan griffon along
with cinereous vultures who
migrate to the region in the
winters and use the local
nesting
z The population of vultures
hiked after some pesticides
harmful for them were
banned but unless concrete
efforts to conserve their
nesting sites aren’t made, the
task will remain unfinished
INT’L VULTURE AWARENESS DAY:
CONSERVE HABITATS FOR SURVIVAL
Ashwani Yadav
Alwar: Unknown as-
sailants killed a disci-
ple of Mahant Purshot-
tam Das of the Ayodhya
Vaishnav Ashram in
Aravali Vihar area on
late Thursday night.
Body of the disciple
Ashu was discovered by
another disciple at 5.30
am when he was on his
way to milk the cow.
According to police,
the 30-year-old disciple
wasfromUttarPradesh,
was living at the ash-
ram for a year now and
used to do the cleaning
work apart from taking
care of the Mahant at
the ashram.
The deceased had
wounds on many parts
of his body including
the head. Police recov-
ered a blood-stained
hammer from the spot.
30-year-old sadhu
hammered to death
A mother of two abducted, repeatedly
gang-raped by several men in Pokhran
First India Bureau
Pokhran: A married
woman was allegedly
abducted and gang-
raped by three persons.
She lodged a case
against the accused at
Pokhran police station
in Jaisalmer district al-
leging that the accused
abducted her, forced her
to marry one of them,
and gang-raped several
times at different loca-
tions.
The victim also al-
leged that the accused
shot an obscene clip
and blackmailed her,
police said.
The woman, a mother
of two daughters, al-
leged that she came in
contact with Shayar-
ram and his brother
Durgaram some time
back.
They took her on a
vehicle six months back
and molested.
After that, they start-
ed threatening her and
also introduced her to
one Kishore Khoja.
Durgaram forced her
to marry Khoja.
Khoja threatened her
and called to Jodhpur
where he raped her in a
hotel.
Last month on Au-
gust 25, Khoja again
called her to Jodhpur.
After repeated threats,
she went to Jodhpur
where Khoja met her
and took her to Jaipur
and later to an Ashram
of his cousin brother in
Kota.
She alleged that Kho-
ja married her force-
fully in the ashram and
raped her several
times.
Later, on August 30,
he left the woman in a
market in Kota and ab-
sconded.
He also took away her
jewellery and mobile
phone.
The case has been
registered under rele-
vant sections and the
matter is being investi-
gated by a deputy SP
rank official.
Rajendra Chhabra
T
he state has cre-
ated an unu-
sual record of
running the govern-
ance with two dozen
IAS officers holding
an additional charge
of various depart-
ments apart from
their regular assign-
ment. This is unprec-
edented and never
before has the ad-
ministration adopt-
ed such an ad hoc
system of govern-
ance. Two instances
in this additional
charge system stand
out.
The Information
technology (IT) depart-
ment has assumed
great importance in
the past few years.
There was much work
done by the depart-
ment and much money
spent on it during the
previous govt’s tenure
while IAS Akhil Arora
was PS (IT). Arora had
come up with many in-
novations with the ‘Ab-
hay Command Center’
at PHQ being some-
thing that was ac-
claimed by all. When
the Gehlot govern-
ment assumed pow-
er, the responsibility
of the IT department
was given to senior
IAS Abhay Kumar
who took it to great-
er heights. Abhay
Kumar’s high tech
war room set up dur-
ing the initial days
of corona crisis is
one factor that has
ensured govt’s firm
grip on the war
against corona in the
state. When Abhay
Kumar fell sick, the ad-
ditional charge of the
IT department was
given for some time to
Akhil Arora but the
jumbo IAS transfer list
released on July 2
shifted this additional
charge to Ajitabh
Sharma. Some may be
surprised but Ajitabh
Sharma hasn’t taken
over this additional
charge of the IT de-
partment until to-
day. Ajitabh Sharma
not only has a full-
time job in the ener-
gy department but is
already overbur-
dened by additional
charges of the three
DISCOMS, RREC
and Energy Develop-
ment Corporation.
To top it all Ajitabh
is busy executing the
ambitious solar pro-
jects worth thou-
sands of crore ru-
pees.
The additional
charge of the IT de-
partment in such tax-
ing circumstances is
neither justified nor
practical for him to
handle.
So as of now the
additional charge of
the IT department is
in a limbo with
Ajitabh Sharma not
taking it and the
state govt not assign-
ing it to somebody
else. Abhay Kumar is
handling the affairs
of the department
informally with
most things on ‘auto-
pilot’ mode.
Then there is a
complete contrast-
ing case of IAS
PreetamBYashwant.
While Yashwant was
Commissioner Com-
mercial Taxes (CCT)
he was given addition-
al charge of MD of
Medical Services Cor-
poration in March
when GP Keshav Rao
was removed in just 8
months due to the
health minister’s dis-
satisfaction with him.
In the July 2 trans-
fer list Preetam B
Yashwant was trans-
ferred as Secretary
(GAD) but surpris-
ingly he still holds
the additional
charge of the MD,
Rajasthan Medical
Services Corpora-
tion (RMSCL). The
logic behind retain-
ing the additional
charge of RMSCL
with Yashwant de-
spite him having a
full-time job at GAD
is beyond any justifi-
cation.
The state is passing
through a heightened
phase of corona crisis
and RMSCL is in-
volved in the pur-
chase of medicines
and medical equip-
ment worth hun-
dreds of crores.
These purchases, ob-
viously, have an im-
portant role to be
played by the MD of
the corporation.
So whose interest is
being served by retain-
ing Preetam B
Yashwant with addi-
tional charge of MD,
RMSCL? Is it Preetam
himself not ready to
give up the ‘hot’ job or
is it the higher-ups who
want him retained?
Whoever might be the
real beneficiary but the
additional charge is
certainly under the
spotlight.
Ajitabh Sharma Preetam B Yashwant Abhay Kumar
The Governance With Ad Ons!

A mother’s love, hugs and
prayers always remain with
her children like their breath.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
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2NDFRONTPOSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
Housing Board (RHB)
Commissioner, Pawan
Arora has taken yet an-
other path-breaking ini-
tiative by announcing
the ambitious plan to
set up open gyms in as
many as 50 parks across
21 cities in the state.
Commissioner Arora
said that the work or-
ders worth Rs 1.5 crore
for the gym equipment
has been placed by the
Board. He said that the
open gyms will be an
ideal place for working
out for the residents of
various RHB colonies
as the gyms will be set
up in the parks owned
by RHB.
Commissioner Arora
said that the initiative
is another step to fulfill
CM Gehlot’s mission of
a healthy Rajasthan. He
said that the gym equip-
ment will include a full
array like skywalker,
leg press, sit up board,
rover, surf board, air
walker, triple hip twist-
er, chest press cum seat-
ed puller, multi func-
tional trainer, shoulder
builder, cycle along
with the instruction
board.
RHB Commissioner
Pawan Arora said that
the detailed planning
for the number of open
gyms in each city has
also been finalised.
Bhiwadi will have 3,
Alwar 2, Ajmer 4, Sikar
1, Pratap nagar, Jaipur
5, Indira Gandhi Na-
gar, Jaipur 5, Mansaro-
var, Jaipur 5, KBS,
Jodhpur 5, Kota 4,
Dausa 1, Beawar 2,
Bhilwara 1, Banswara
1, Udaipur 4, Phalodi 1,
Abu Road 1, Pindwara,
Sirohi 1, Partapur,
Dungarpur 1, Gulab-
pura, Bhilwara 1, Chit-
torgarh 1 and Badi Sa-
dari, Chittorgarh will
have 1 open gym ac-
cording to the RHB
plans.
Path-breaking: RHB to set up open gyms in 21 cities in Raj
Healthdeptfixesratesforcovidtreatmentinpvthosps
Action will be taken as per rule against the hospitals on not following the directions, says Health Min
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Health Minis-
ter Dr Raghu Sharma
providing a big relief
to people of Rajasthan,
has fixed the rates for
treatment of corona in
private hospitals
across the State. He
said that private hospi-
tals will have to treat
COVID infected ac-
cording to these rates.
Action will be taken
against the private hos-
pitals who do not
strictly follow these di-
rections.
Dr Sharma said that
better medical facili-
ties are being provided
to the general public at
COVID Care Centres
and COVID Dedicated
Hospitals in the entire
State. This arrange-
ment has been done so
that treatment rates of
corona in private hos-
pitals remain the same.
He said that with im-
plementation of these
rates, the patients will
not have any confusion
about the fees charged
during the treatment
and it will also stop un-
controlled collection by
the private hospitals.
The Health Minister
said that according to
the new rates, on get-
ting admitted to nation-
al accredited and non-
accredited hospitals,
fees charged from the
infected patient will be
up to Rs 5000; up to Rs
7,500 from serious pa-
tients and up to Rs 9,000
including ICU charges
from critical patients.
These rates include
fees such as consulta-
tion charges, PPE kit,
medicines, tubes, bed,
breakfast, lunch, din-
ner and others.
The Health Minister
said that the depart-
ment earlier had fixed
the treatment rates of
COVID-19 in private
hospitals, but it was
not clear as to what all
investigations, medi-
cines and various oth-
er expenses are includ-
ed in COVID treatment.
In such a situation,
confusion persists. He
said that in such a situ-
ation, protocol of COV-
ID-19 treatment and
maximum rates in pri-
vate hospitals were re-
decided after discus-
sions with all District
Collectors, all princi-
pal of Government
Medical Colleges, sen-
ior doctors and repre-
sentatives of private
hospitals.
Dr Sharma said that
soon a system will be
developed to know the
vacant and situation of
authorised beds in pri-
vate hospitals in the
State so that no hospi-
tal could send back the
patients stating that all
beds are full. With this
system, no hospital
could lie about the
number of beds in the
hospital.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Rajasthan gov-
ernment has formed a
threemembercommittee
headed by the Additional
Chief Secretary Subodh
Agarwal to review the
process of cancelling let-
ters of intents for 602
mining lease in the state
in 2015.
The committee will re-
view the cancellation of
leases in compliance
with High Court orders
from September 14-25,
2020.
Former BJP govern-
ment led by Vasundhara
Raje had in October 2015,
cancelled all the LOIs,
which were issued from
November1,2014toJanu-
ary12,2015followingcor-
ruption in the allotment
process.
Challenging the order,
mining operators ap-
proachedtheHighCourt,
which has passed an or-
der and in compliance of
the court order, the ad-
ministrative reforms de-
partment has set up the
committee to review the
cancellation process.
Thecommitteeheaded
by ACS Subodh Agarwal
with Principal Secretary
(Home), Abhay Kumar
and Planning Secretary,
Siddharth Mahajan will
review and hear the op-
erators through video
conferencefromsuperin-
tending mining engineer
offices in Jaipur, Kota,
Jodhpur,Udaipur,Bikan-
er, Ajmer, Rajsamand,
Bharatpur, Bhilwara and
Jaisalmer.
Former government
had cancelled mining
leases after the ACB un-
earthed corruption in
lease allotment and ar-
restedthenprincipalsec-
retary(mines)andsenior
IAS officer (now retired)
Ashok Singhvi for alleg-
edly running a multi-
crore bribery racket.
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: PHED and En-
ergy Minister, Dr BD
Kalla chaired the meet-
ing of ministerial sub-
committee to discuss
and summarise the ex-
ecution of ‘Jan Ghosh-
na Patra’ adopted by the
State government. The
meeting took place in
two sessions; with
morning session ana-
lysing issues related to
school education, social
empowerment, health
& medicine, women &
child development,
higher & technical edu-
cation and administra-
tive reforms. The after-
noon session discussed
finance, autonomous
governance, rural de-
velopment & panchaya-
ti raj, agriculture & hor-
ticulture, tourism, UDH
& housing and youth
affairs.
Committee Chair-
man Dr BD Kalla and
members Agriculture
Minister Lalchand Ka-
taria and Technical
Education Minister Dr
Subhash Garg took up
various departmental
issues with concerned
officers through CNIS
portal. The meeting
was also attended by
ACS (finance) Niranjan
Arya, ACS (Rural devel-
opment & Panchayati
Raj) Rohit Kumra Singh
along with the principal
secretaries, secretaries
and other senior offic-
ers of the concerned
departments. Secretary
(Planning), Siddarth
Mahajan briefed about
the progress of various
departments.
Speaking to media af-
ter meeting, Committee
Chairman Dr Kalla said
that out of total 510
points concerning vari-
ous departments as laid
in the ‘Jan Ghoshna
Patra’ 435 (85%) have
progressed well or have
been completed while
141 announcements
(27.6%) have been fully
completed. 97 points (19
%) are of ‘continue in
nature’ category while
197 (38.6%) are under
progress. The third
meeting of the Commit-
tee will be held on Sat-
urday, he added.
Bhilwara: The car car-
rying the Co-operatives
Minister, Uday Lal An-
jana met with an acci-
dent in the Rayla police
station area on the
highway, when a cow
suddenly came in front
of the vehicle.
The driver saved the
cow damaging the front
portion of the car. For-
tunately, nobody was
hurt in the accident.
According to Rayla
police, the accident
took place while the
minister was returning
from Jaipur just after
crossing the Lambiya
Kala toll plaza.
The minister and his
driver left for Nimba-
hera in another car.
The news of the min-
ister’s car meeting with
an accident had put the
whole administration
into a tizzy only to be
relieved after finding
him to be unhurt.
Jaipur: The exams of
technical education and
higher education will be
conducted online from
the last week of Septem-
ber in compliance of
SC’s directive.
The decision was taken
in a meeting chaired by
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot. Health Minister
Raghu Sharma, Techni-
cal Education Minister
SubhashGargandHigh-
er Education Minister
Bhanwar Singh Bhati
were present in the
meeting.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Corona test re-
port will be just a click
away for all persons,
who give samples for
testing. The test reports
will be made available
online for all those who
give samples, a facility
which so far, was avail-
able for testing in Sawai
Man Singh Hospital
only.
The State Govern-
ment has decided to up-
load the test reports on
ICMR portal and Ra-
jasthan health portal
from September 7 on-
wards. The person will
get a text message on his
registered mobile num-
ber as soon as the report
is uploaded.
Apart from the por-
tals, the reports can be
obtained through Rajco-
vidinfo app also, a sen-
ior official said.
Principal secretary
health, Akhil Arora has
issued orders for the
newarrangementwhich
have been made for the
convenience of patients,
who used to physically
collect the report.
Two officers have
been deputed as nodal
officers at the state level
to co-ordinate for the
new system and the de-
partment employees
will be given training
for this purpose.
So far, the arrange-
ment was in place at the
SMS Hospital but those,
who give samples at
CMHO office or commu-
nityhealthcentres,have
to collect the report.
Nearly 50,000 corona
tests are being conduct-
ed in the state daily and
in some cases, those
who were tested posi-
tive collected their re-
port. The online report-
ing system will also re-
duce the chances of the
deadly Coronavirus
spread.
Now, Corona test
report will be sent on
registered mobile
3-memberpaneltoreview
miningleasecancellations
ACS Subodh Agarwal chairs a departmental meeting on Friday.
435 pts in Jan Ghoshna
Patra complete: Kalla
Anjanaescapesunhurt
incar accident
Online exam for tech,
higher edu from Sept
The Health Minister said that the Government
is fully alert and cautious during the corona
infection. This is the reason that looking at
the spread of infection, RUHS in Jaipur was
declared at the State level for coronavirus treat-
ment along with Government Jaipuria Hospital in
Jaipur has also been declared as COVID Dedi-
cated Hospital. He said that the Jaipuria Hospital
will be equipped with all facilities so that around
500 patients could be treated.
82% PATIENTS RECOVERED
Dr Sharma said that the number of high-
flow oxygen beds is being increased by
four times on the directions of the Chief
Minister. Even COVID Care Centres are being
set up in the State. He said that with the
complete arrangements made in the State
and due to awareness of people, the positiv-
ity rate is 3.6% in the State, which compared
to the national average, is low. Although, the
number of infected is increasing, at the same
time 82% of the patients have recovered.
The Health Minister said that at present the
capacity to conduct 51,640 tests per day has
been developed in State, which in future will be
increased to more than 75,000 tests per day.
He informed that infrastructure has also been
developed in those 11 districts where testing fa-
cility was not developed. Soon testing facility will
start in these districts. He said that Cobas-8800
machine is being installed at SMS Hospital.
CAPACITY TO CONDUCT MORE THAN
75,000 TESTS PER DAY SOON
JAIPURIA HOSPITAL CONVERTED INTO
COVID DEDICATED HOSPITAL
FOR A HEALTHIER STATE
Dr BD Kalla
Uday Lal Anjana
Dr Raghu Sharma
Open gyms will be an ideal place for
working out for the residents of various
RHB colonies as the gyms will be set up
in the parks owned by the RHB. The initiative is
another step to fulfill CM Gehlot’s mission of a
Healthy Rajasthan. —Pawan Arora, Commissioner, RHB
RHB will set up a variety of gym equipment in 50 parks in 21
cities of Rajasthan.
Jodhpur: Mahipal Mad-
erna has been diagnosed
with cancer
after his bi-
opsy report
confir med
the worst
fears.The bi-
opsy was
doneonAug21inJodhpur
Central Jail, where he is
lodged in infamous Bhan-
wari Devi kidnapping &
murder case. Maderna
had requested for bail for
two months on ground of
his grave illness.
Maderna
diagnosed
with cancer

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MASTI ki
Paathshala!On Teachers’ Day, City First walks the
corridors of teaching with a few teacher-
student centric movies which have touched us
like our beloved teachers in real life
y favourite movie, as of so
many others, from the Teach-
er-Student genre, is ‘Taare Za-
meen Par’. For me, Aamir
Khan is what a teacher should
be, someone who guides chil-
dren to reach their potential
and be happy! It looks beyond the er-
rors to the unhappy heart of a child,
Ishaan and guides him beyond this to
joy and confidence. The movie beauti-
fully draws out that how parents, who
have the best interests of the child at
heart,maylosetheirwayinthe‘social
climbing’gameandactuallydoirrepa-
rable damage.
‘Black’ is amazingly beautiful on
two platforms, one is the introduction
of the viewer into the life for the deaf
and blind and of course other is the
heartrendingly beautiful relationship
between the student Rani Mukherjee
and the teacher Amitabh Bachchan.
Theirdependencyandlaterrolerever-
sal brings forth the cycle of life, the
movie also depicts the reality of the
role of a teacher who has to give
wings, teach to fly and then watch
the student touch the skies.
‘Chalk N Duster’ highlighted the
problems facing the education sys-
tem with a rather dramatic ending
butwasworthawatch.‘Hitchki’is
one of the best portrayals of a
teacher by Rani Mukherjee as
shefightsabattlewithher-
self suffering from Tou-
rette syndrome and in
the school for accept-
ance from her class
and later for her
class. It’s about
giving a chance,
a chance which
each one of us
deserves.
‘Mohabbatein’
and ‘Main
Hoon Na’
are block-
busters
that mixed romance and drama with
the backdrop of college life making
us all secretly hope for such teachers
and such a school life. Regardless of
the melodrama, the romance be-
tween Shahrukh and Sushmita was
the cutest.
‘Do Dooni Chaar’ was adorable, it
sets up the middle-class expecta-
tions so truly, the life of a common
teacher, family life and needs, social
obligations all tied together in the
Indian diaspora of day to day mean-
dering issues.
‘Rockford’ is about growing up,
and exploration of self all under the
guidance of teachers. It is a movie
that flows like a softly bubbling
brook sparking memories at the
turns and twists.
‘Paathshala’ was a little too stereo-
typical for my taste in every aspect.
‘Sir’ with Naseeruddin Shah in the ti-
tle role is worth a watch as it grapples
more than just the role of a teacher
taking on the Mumbai gang wars and
a romantic relationship against all
oddsalongwithmentoringPoojaBhatt
to overcome her shyness induced by
stammering.
ANITA HADA
anita.hada@firstindianews.com
M
‘Hitchki’
‘Black’
‘Rockford’
‘Main Hoon Na’
‘Paathshaala’
‘Black’
‘Chalk N Duster’
‘Taare Zameen Par’
‘Sir’

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