The document summarizes several key news stories from India: - The Supreme Court upheld the Central Vista redevelopment project in New Delhi, estimated to cost over 20,000 crore. - The Union Budget for 2021-22 will be presented in Parliament on February 1st. President Ram Nath Kovind will address both houses of Parliament on January 29th. - Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a new section of the Dedicated Freight Corridor between Haryana and Rajasthan on January 7th. - Polling for elections in 90 urban local bodies across 20 districts of Rajasthan will be held on January 28th. Nearly 29.51 lakh

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New Delhi: Supreme
Court on Tuesday up-
heldtheCentralGovern-
ment’splanforconstruc-
tion of the Central Vista
project and the govern-
ment’s proposal to con-
struct a new Parliament
in Lutyen’s Delhi.
This paves the way
for the government to
start construction work
on one of its ambitious
projects that is estimat-
ed to be worth over Rs
20,000 crore.
A three-judge bench
by 2:1 majority held
there were no infirmi-
ties in clearances
granted for the project.
“We hold that there are
no infirmities in clear-
ances given, change in
land use,” a three-judge
bench of the court said
in a majority verdict.
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New Delhi: The Union
budget will be presented
in Parliament on Febru-
ary 1, sources said, add-
ing that President Ram
Nath Kovind will ad-
dress both the Houses—
Lok Sabha and Rajya
Sabha—on January 29.
The Budget session
of Parliament will be
conducted in two parts.
The first phase of the
session will begin on
January 29 with Presi-
dent Kovind’s address
and end on February 15.
The second phase will
run from March 8 to
April 8, sources said.
The decision was tak-
en by the Cabinet Com-
mittee on Parliamenta-
ry Affairs or CCPA.
The Centre had last
month cancelled the
Winter Session of Par-
liament Turn to P6
PM to inaugurate Raj,
Har stretch of freight
corridor on Jan 7
New Delhi: Days after
inaugurating 351-km
Khurja-Bhaupur sec-
tion in the eastern arm
of the mega project,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi will inaugu-
rate a new stretch of the
Dedicated Freight Cor-
ridor for commercial
operations, between
Haryana’s Rewari and
Rajasthan’s Madar on
January 7 at 11 am via
video conferencing.
According to the
Prime Minister’s Office
(PMO), Modi will also
flag off the “world’s
first Double Stack Long
Haul” 1.5 km long con-
tainer train hauled by
electric traction from
Haryana’s Ateli to Ra-
jasthan’s Kishangarh.
It is expected to have an
“enhanced” axle load of
25 tonnes. Turn to P6
SC nod for Central Vista
project but with riders
Union Budget
on Feb 1, joint
address by
Prez on Jan 29
SC approves redevelopment plan of Parliament Building.
Ensure special vigilance of new Corona strain: CM
Kartikey Dev Singh
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has said
that the cases of new
strain of Covid-19 in the
country and the state
are a matter of concern.
“Any negligence to-
wards it can create a
huge crisis. In view of
this, special monitoring
should be done of the
passengers who came
in the country from
other countries. Moreo-
ver, Covid test and in-
tensive screening of
thesepassengersshould
be done,” Gehlot said
while reviewing Cov-
id-19 situation in Ra-
jasthan at the Chief
Minister’s residence on
Tuesday.
He said that due to the
new strain, a terrible
situation has arisen in
Englandandalockdown
has come into effect
there. Gehlot instructed
that necessary sugges-
tions should be sent to
theCentralGovernment
soon from the state re-
garding the new strain.
The Chief Minister
said that the condition
of Corona in Rajasthan
is under control with
excellent management
and cooperation of the
residents. “The recov-
ery rate has risen to an
all-time high of 96.31
percent. With positive
cases being zero in
some districts, the situ-
ation is better in other
districts as well,” he
said. In view of this, the
Chief Minister in-
structed to open classes
from 9 to 12 in schools,
last year classes of uni-
versity and college,
coaching centers
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CM Ashok Gehlot taking a meeting where Dr Raghu Sharma, Niranjan Arya, Kuldeep Ranka and
others were present on Tuesday.
 Schools, colleges and coaching
centres will open from January 18
 Medical, dental, nursing and
paramedical colleges will open
from January 11
3 DIE AS SPEEDING TRAILER GOES
BERSERK ON DELHI-BYPASS
INDIA READY TO ROLL
OUT VAX BY NEXT WEEKNew Delhi: The Union
Health Ministry on
Tuesday said it is pre-
pared to roll out COV-
ID-19 vaccine within 10
days from date of emer-
gency use authorisa-
tion, which was issued
on January 3, but noted
that the final decision
lies with government.
Addressing a press
briefing, Union Health
Secretary Rajesh
Bhushan said health-
care workers and front-
line workers need not
register themselves as
their database has been
populated on to the Co-
WIN vaccine delivery
management system in
a bulk manner.
“Based on the feed-
back of dry-run, the
Health Ministry is
ready to introduce
COVID-19 vaccine
within 10 days from
date of emergency use
authorisation,”hesaid.
However, while re-
sponding to a question
on rollout, Bhushan
said the final decision
will be taken by the
government.
The country’s drugs
regulator on Sunday
granted restricted
emergency use approv-
al to Oxford-AstraZen-
eca’s Covishield and
also to indigenously
developed Covaxin of
Bharat Biotech.
Bhushan said Co-
WIN system is made in
India and for the world,
and whichever country
wants to use it, the In-
dian government will
actively help. Turn to P6
London: British
Prime Minister Bo-
ris Johnson on Tues-
day cancelled his
planned trip to India
to be a chief guest on
Republic Day, saying
it was important for
him to remain in the
United Kingdom to
focus on the domestic
response to the virus.
A Downing Street
spokeswoman said
that Johnson spoke
to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi in
the morning and ex-
pressed his regret
that he will be unable
to visit India later
this month as
planned. Turn to P6
COUNTDOWN
BEGINS
British PM
cancels
India visit
for R Day
GATES HAILS INDIA’S LEADERSHIP
IN VAX MANUFACTURING
FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO
REGISTER FOR THE VACCINE
HOW CAN YOU
REGISTER FOR
THE VACCINE? New Delhi: US business magnate, philanthropist,
and co-founder of Microsoft Bill Gates on Tues-
day applauded India’s effort in the fight against
the Covid-19 pandemic. He also hailed India’s
leadership in scientific innovation and vaccine
manufacturing capability. “It’s great to see India’s
leadership in scientific innovation and vaccine
manufacturing capability as the world works to
end the pandemic,” he tweeted, tagging PMO.
 Self-register on the
CoWIN Website
 Upload government
photo identity or do an
AADHAAR authentica-
tion via biometrics,
OTP or demographic.
 Date and time will
be allocated for vac-
cination
 Only pre-registered
beneficiaries will be
allowed to proceed for
the vaccination.
Health Ministry has
introduced CoWIN,
a digital platform for
real-time monitoring
of vaccine delivery
which includes a mo-
bile application where
users will be able to
self-register to get
vaccinated. One can
register on it if they
want vaccine. There
are 5 modules in the
yet to be launched
App—administrator,
registration, vac-
cination, beneficiary
acknowledgement and
report module.
A healthcare worker fills the syringe during the
dry run of the COVID-19 vaccination program at a
hospital in Lucknow on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
A MiG-21 fighter jet of Indian Air Force
(IAF) crashed near Suratgarh, Rajasthan
on Tuesday. The incident happened at 8.15
pm. The pilot managed to eject safely. The
primary cause of the crash is suspected
to be - technical malfunction. A Court of
Inquiry has been ordered to probe the
accident, the IAF said. “During a training
sortie in the western sector, a MiG-21 Bi-
son aircraft experienced a major technical
malfunction this evening. The pilot ejected
safely at about 2015 hrs. There is no loss
of life. A Court of Inquiry has been ordered
to ascertain the cause of the accident,” the
Indian Air Force said in a tweet.
MIG-21 FIGHTER
JET OF INDIAN AIR
FORCE CRASHES
NEAR SURATGARH
COVID-19 REVIEW MEETING
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Three people
includingawomanwere
killed and 3 injured on
Tuesday evening when
a speeding trailer hit a
biker and overturned
on Delhi-Bypass Road.
Accident occurred at
Bengali Baba Ashram
Circle at Dhobi Ghat
turn in Brahmapuri
area of Jaipur.
The police said that
at around 7 pm, the
high speeding trailer,
loaded with rice sacks,
was going from Trans-
port Nagar in Jaipur
towards Delhi. The
truck driver was pass-
ing through the Delhi
bypass when the vehi-
cle hit a bike near Id-
gah. It dragged the bik-
er for a long distance.
Stunned over the inci-
dent, the driver sped up
the vehicle and it over-
turned at Dhobi Ghat
turn where two bike
riders were hit and
killed. The trailer also
hit about half a dozen
other vehicles. Turn to P6
ASHOK GEHLOT @ASHOKGEHLOT51
The Supreme Court has approved the
Central Vista project. This project could
have been avoided in this economic
crisis. On December 18, while hearing on the issue of
agricultural laws, the Supreme Court had asked the
central government to consider postponing agricultural
laws. If the Supreme Court directs GoI to repeal these
new agricultural laws, then the agitation of farmers will
be ended immediately. The Supreme Court should take
cognizance in the interest of farmers sitting in cold and
rain for 42 days. So far, 50 farmers have died too.

2. Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: The polling for
90 urban local bodies in
20 districts of Ra-
jasthan will be held on
January 28. With the
announcement of elec-
tions, the Model Code
of Conduct in the re-
spective areas have
come into force from
immediate effect, which
will remain in force till
the end of the election
process.
According to theState
Election Commission,
polling will be held in lo-
cal bodies of Ajmer,
Banswara, Bikaner,
Bhilwara, Bundi,
Pratapgarh, Chittor-
garh, Churu, Dungar-
pur, Hanumangarh,
Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhala-
war, Jhunjhunu, Na-
gaur, Pali, Rajsamand,
Sikar,TonkandUdaipur.
State Election Com-
missioner PS Mehra
said that the nomina-
tion filing process will
start right after election
notification is released
on January 11. The last
date for nomination pa-
pers can be submitted
till January 15. Scrutiny
of nomination papers
will be done on January
16andcanbewithdrawn
before January 19.
Election symbols will
be allotted on January
20. Voting will be held
from 8 am to 5 pm on
January 28, while count-
ing of votes will take
placefrom9amonJanu-
ary 31, a statement said.
Mehra said that noti-
fication for the election
of the chairperson will
be issued on February
1. Nomination papers
can be submitted by
February 3.
He said that polling
for the chairperson post
will be held from 7 am
to 2 pm on February 7,
while the counting of
votes will take place im-
mediately after the end
of polling. He said that
similarly the election
for the vice-chairper-
son will be held on Feb-
ruary 8.
He said that over
29.51 lakh voters have
been registered in 90 ur-
ban bodies. Of these,
15.11 lakh are male,
14.40 lakh are female
and 62 are other catego-
ry voters.
Mehra said that more
than 6,000 EVM ma-
chines will be used in
this election. He said
that 5253 polling sta-
tions have been set up.
He said that due to
the requirement of per-
sonnel or officers for
conducting elections,
there will be a complete
ban on the transfer and
posting of officers and
employees of all depart-
ments (other than es-
sential services) in
these 20 districts.
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REET2021notification
issued,examonApril25
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Board of Secondary
Education has issued
notification for REET.
Applicationfortheex-
amination can be filed
from11Januaryto8Feb-
ruary and admit cards
will be uploaded on the
board’s website on 14
April. The exam will be
conducted on 25 April.
Through REET 2021,
about 31,000 grade-3
teachers will be recruit-
ed in the state. Two ex-
ams- level I (for class 1
to 5) and level-II (for
class 5 to 8) will be
held. Taking a major de-
cision, the state govern-
ment has already de-
cided not to include B.
Ed. degree holders in
Level-I of the examina-
tion. Only BSTC quali-
fied candidates will be
allowed to appear in the
level-I.
Education minister
Govind Singh Dotasra
said that after REET,
the state government
will seek applications
for the recruitment of
31,000 teachers.
ASHA SAHYOGINIS BLOCK TONK ROAD
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The forbear-
ance of the Asha Sahyo-
ginis sitting on the dhar-
na in Jaipur since the
last 13 days took a furi-
ousturnwhenhundreds
of the health workers
sat on the dharna and
blocked the Tonk Road.
The Asha workers
closed the road and be-
gan sloganeering
againstthegovernment.
The sudden eruption
in the protest shocked
the city police and
brought the busy Tonk
road to a halt. After
which, the traffic was di-
verted to another route.
To control the agitating
crowd, an additional po-
lice force was sent but it
turned futile. They have
been sitting on dhar-
na since December 23
last year outside the
Women and Child Devel-
opmentOfficeinGandhi
Nagar.
The protesting work-
ers demanded an incre-
ment in their honorari-
um, permanent job, and
fulfillment of three oth-
er demands. They al-
leged that the govern-
ment is not providing
them with any written
assurance as they de-
mandtoaddtheirnames
to the list of the Center.
Women and Child
Development Minis-
ter Mamta Bhu-
pesh said that Chief
Minister Ashok Ge-
hlot is very serious
for Asha Sahyoginis
and that’s why he has
given an incentive in
the budget as well.
Moreover, the Chief
Minister has written
to the Prime Minister
requesting him to in-
crease the amount of
their salaries.
Mamta said that we
are in constant dia-
loguewithAshawork-
ers. As soon as the
centre agrees to in-
crease the amount,
the state will too raise
it by 40 percent. The
ratio of the amount is
always 60 percent by
the centre and 40 per-
cent by the state as
per the rule.
Hundreds of Asha workers blocked the Tonk Road on Tuesday.
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Govt proposes to set up
a testing lab in Jaipur
Model Code of
Conduct was
enforced in the
poll bound areas
4 from Alwar
die in road
accident in UP
First India Bureau
Alwar: Four people, in-
cluding two children,
died and five were in-
jured when a truck col-
lided with their car and
overturned on it in Ut-
tar Pradesh’s Hathras
district, police said on
Tuesday.
Nine people from Al-
war in Rajasthan were
headingtowardsKasganj
toimmersetheashesof a
family member in the
Gangawhentheaccident
occurred on the Mathu-
ra-Bareilly road on Mon-
day night, Sikandra Rao
police station in-charge
Praveen Kumar said.
Father Vishram (55)
died of cancer a few days
ago.Thefamilymembers
including an 11-year-old
girl from Rani of Alwar
were going to Kashganj
to immerse his ashes.
A crane was used to
remove the truck that
had fallen on the SUV.
The deceased have been
identified as car driver
Ram Niwas Meena (26),
RamBakshi(35),Juliebai
(10), and Anand Meena
(5), Kumar said. The bod-
ies of the deceased have
been sent for post-mor-
tem, the officer said.
—With PTI Inputs
Officers being
tortured by
transfers: Poonia
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Targeting the
state government over
transfers of officers,
BJP state president
Satish Poonia on Tues-
day alleged that the of-
ficers are being tor-
tured by transfers.
“It is the govern-
ment of transfers. The
officers and employees
are being tortured in
the name of transfers.
The government is
misusing transfers as
a political weapon
which is creating in-
stability in bureaucra-
cy,” he said.
He also held Con-
gress responsible for
the poor condition of
farmers.
Centreiswithfarmers,
issueswillberesolved:Goel
Ramawatar Singh
Mehandipur Balaji:
Rajya Sabha MP Vijay
Goel on Tuesday said
that the talks between
the farmers’ union and
the Central government
are on and will soon
reachafeasiblesolution.
He said the govern-
ment is sensitive to-
wards the farmers and
their issues. Goel, the
former Union Minister,
was on a visit to Mehan-
dipur Balaji temple.
In his prayer, Vijay
Goel wished for the hap-
piness and betterment
of the people. Showcas-
ing his gratification, he
lauded the arrange-
ments in the Balaji tem-
ple and around its prem-
ises.Duringhisvisit,the
templetrustofficerspre-
sented Balaji Maharaj’s
Prasadi to Vijay Goel.
Meanwhile, the MP
alsodistributedthepras-
ad to the devotees out-
side the temple. Goel
saidthatatBalajitemple
every one’s wishes and
prayers are answered.
MP Vijay Goel visited Mehandipur Balaji temple on Tuesday.
Tributes paid to former min Bhimsen Chaudhary
First India Bureau
Bikaner: Congresslead-
ers and workers paid flo-
ral tributes to former
minister Bhimsen
Chaudhary, the father of
former minister Viren-
draBeniwal,atBhimsen
circle on Tuesday. A trib-
ute ceremony was held
at the circle where the
local leaders and work-
ers remembered him
and paid homage.
Beniwal said that his
father was a farmers’
leader who took along
people of all the 36 com-
munities. Chaudhary
was a six-time MLA.
Virendra Beniwal was
alsotheministerof state
during the earlier rule
of Congress in the state.
Cong leader Virendra Beniwal
and others paid floral tributes
to Bhimsen Chaudhary at
Bhimsen circle on Tuesday.
Keep special watch for avian influenza: CM
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot on Tues-
day has given instruc-
tionstotakespecialvigi-
lanceinvariousdistricts
of the state in view of
death of crows due to
avian influenza and oth-
er incidents of death of
birds. He said that spe-
cialvigilanceneedstobe
undertaken in various
bird sanctuaries, Samb-
har lake and other wet-
lands of the state. “On
the death of any bird, its
sample should be sent to
the lab for examination
and the disposal of dead
birds by scientific meth-
od should be ensured,”
Gehlot said while re-
viewing this in relation
to Animal Husbandry,
Medical, Forest and oth-
er related departments
at the Chief Minister’s
residence on Tuesday
evening.
He said that the inci-
dence of death of birds
includingcrowsin16dis-
trictsof thestateisamat-
terof concern.“Of these,
avianinfluenzavirushas
been confirmed in dead
crows in four districts
Jhalawar, Kota, Baran
and Jaipur. Effective
measures should be en-
sured to prevent this vi-
rus from further spread-
ing. Veterinarians and
bird experts should ana-
lyzetheseincidentsclose-
ly and keep adequate ar-
rangements to prevent
them,” Gehlot said.
The Chief Minister
said that people have
special association with
birds here. “Due to care-
lessness and not follow-
ing protocol, this virus
can also affect humans.
In view of this, special
care needs to be taken,”
Gehlot said and ap-
pealed to the general
public to look out for
dead birds on the roofs
or surroundings of
their home, and to in-
form authorities on safe
disposal by contacting
the state level control
room (0141-2374617).
Gehlotsaidthatatpre-
sent there is no report of
outbreak of this disease
inchickensinRajasthan.
“Nevertheless, the offi-
cials of the Animal Hus-
bandry Department
should make the poultry
operatorsawareandmo-
tivate them to take spe-
cial vigilance,” he said.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Lal Chand Kataria, Raghu Sharma and officials during the meeting on Tuesday.
Kashiram Chaudhary
Jaipur: With repeated
and increasing instanc-
es of bird flu in the
state, the Gehlot govern-
ment is mulling over the
idea of setting up a test-
ing lab in Jaipur itself
due to saving the time in
getting results.
Principal Secretary
animal husbandry Kun-
jilal Meena spoke on
Tuesday to the Joint Sec-
retarytotheGovernment
of India in this regard
and a preliminary agree-
menthasbeenreachedin
thisregard.Theproposal
tosetupalabinJaipuris
being sent to the Govern-
mentof India,hesaid.At
present, two doctors are
trained in this type of ex-
amination.
Agriculture and Ani-
mal Husbandry Depart-
mentMinisterLalChand
Kataria held a review
meeting on Tuesday to
take stock of the situa-
tion. He said that the set-
ting up of the lab will be
discussed with Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot.
“Chicken and eggs
have not been affected
due to the virus but all
precautions are being
taken looking at the
large-scale deaths of
crows,” Kataria said.
281 more
birds dead
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Deaths of 281
more birds were report-
ed in the state on Tues-
day with which the
number of birds, which
died in the state in the
recentdays,hasreached
625, said officials of the
animal husbandry de-
partment. The fatalities
were reported in 16 of
the 33 districts.
After bird flu was con-
firmedinsamplesof car-
casses sent from Jhala-
war,avianinfluenzasub-
type H5N8, which ex-
perts said is less infec-
tious than H5N1 virus,
hasbeendetectedinKota
and Baran districts.
DeptsecretaryArushi
Malik said the virus
found in Kota and Baran
is avian influenza sub-
type H5N8, which is less
infectious than H5N1.
But precautions need to
be taken, Malik said.
Forest department official picks a sick crow from a roadside near
Jal Mahal in Jaipur. —PHOTO BY PTI
Experts requested
BIRD FLU ALARM
POLLING IN 90 CIVIC
BODIES ON JAN 28

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State records 5 more Covid deaths
State recorded 397 fresh cases on Tuesday, death toll climbed to 2,719
Jaipur: With 397 fresh
cases, Rajasthan’s Cov-
id-19 tally went up to
3,10,675 on Tuesday,
while the death toll due
to the disease climbed
to 2,719 in the state
with five more fatali-
ties, according to a
health department bul-
letin.
Of the total number
of cases, 7,830 are un-
der treatment, it said.
A total of 3,00,126 pa-
tients have been dis-
charged after treat-
ment in the state till
now, according to bul-
letin.
Of the 397 fresh coro-
nacases, Jaipur record-
ed 88, Udaipur 39, Kota
38, Jodhpur 32,
Bhilwara 31 and Na-
gaur 26.
Of the total number
of deaths caused by
the viral disease, 505
were reported from
Jaipur, 293 from Jodh-
pur, 220 from Ajmer,
167 from Kota, 166
from Bikaner, 120 from
Bharatpur, 112 from
Udaipur, 109 from Pali
and 98 from Sikar. —PTI
Worker hauling a Covid-19 waste disposal trolley, at Jaipur International Airport on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Priest’s family
member
murdered
Yunus Gasawat
Nagaur: A man was
killed late Monday
night in a house adjoin-
ing the temple at Mund-
wa, Nagaur. He was a
member of the local
priest’s family. When
people woke up on Tues-
day morning, the young
man identified as
Suresh was found dead
on the bed. A team of
the Forensic Science
Lab and the police
reached the spot. Sur-
prisingly, no one even
knew about the said in-
cident. Prima facie,
there have been traces
of severalknifewounds.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Lack of coordi-
nation between SMS
hospital administra-
tion and public works
department has de-
layed the implementa-
tion of the panic button
project, which was
planned to enhance the
security system of the
hospital in case of
emergency.
Recently, a male
nurse was thrashed
badly by the family
member of a patient
who died in the hospital
and the accused also
vandalised a ward and
this situation would
have been handed
promptly if there was a
panic button system.
Through the panic but-
ton system, the hospi-
tal’s staffers can alert
responsible officers in
case of eventuality but
the speed of implemen-
tation is quite slow due
to lack of coordination
among officials and it
has not yet been handed
over to the hospital au-
thorities. Under the pro-
ject, 80-100 panic but-
tons have been installed
with a cost of more than
Rs. 15 lakh but the sys-
tem has not been hand-
ed over to the hospital
authorities by the PWD.
It is also surprising that
the button has been in-
stalled in the chamber
of the superintendent
but the responsible of-
ficials are not bothered
for making the system
functional.
Delay in panic button system at SMS hosp
STAFF’S SECURITY AT STAKE
RELIGIOUS CALLING!
Governor Kalraj Mishra with his wife Satyawati Mishra, sons Rajan and Amit Mishra, their wives and children visited Kale
Hanuman Ji temple in the city on Tuesday. The family together prayed for prosperity of the country, Corona free state. Secy to
Guv Subir Kumar, principal OSD Govindram Jayaswal were also present. Mahant Gopal Das made arrangements for worship.
Aunt, nephew die by
‘suicide’ in HindaunManish Bansal
Hindaun: An aunt and
nephew, residents of
Kairada Kala village of
Hindaun, allegedly died
by suicide by jumping
in front of the train.
The GRP and Sadar po-
lice station police
reached the spot and
handed over the bodies
to the relatives after
conducting a post-mor-
tem at the government
hospital in Hindaun.
According to the in-
formation received,
30-year-old Vinita Jatav
fell in love with her
nephew Arun Jatav. It is
said that the family
came to know about
their love affair. Due to
shame, both of them de-
cided to end their lives
and left homes. On ap-
proaching Bajna rail-
way gate of Hindaun,
both of them jumped in
front of Duronto Ex-
press train going from
Delhi to Mumbai.
The train dragged
them for about 50 me-
ters. After the informa-
tion of the accident
from the Loco Pilot,
GRP and police reached
the spot. However, both
bodies were identified
on Tuesday. The police
took information about
both from the family
members and handed
over the bodies to them
after the post-mortem.
Avinash Pande@
avinashpandeinc
Congress abolished
the Zamindari system
after independence.
Congress has stood
for our Annadatas
then and now. From
1936 till today Con-
gress has been striv-
ing hard for the rights
of our Annadatas and
will continue to do so
no matter what.
Panel advises withdrawal of ‘Jumbo’ rides @ AmberJaipur: A central gov-
ernment panel has rec-
ommended the with-
drawal of elephant
rides at the iconic Am-
ber Fort in a phased
manner and to replace
them with electric or
battery-operated vehi-
cles.
The committee of
the Union Ministry of
Environment, Forests
and Climate Change,
formed on a SC order,
has made the recom-
mendation in its re-
port, given to media
persons by PETA India
here, a party to a peti-
tion on the matter,
pending in the apex
court.
In its report dated
December 28, the min-
istry’s panel has ad-
vised withdrawal of
elephant rides, consid-
ering the advancing
age of jumbos and de-
clining trend among
tourists for rides.
“In a phased manner,
the elephant rides in
Amber Fort may be
withdrawn and
switched over to other
modes of transporta-
tion like electric or
battery-operated vehi-
cles,” the report said.
“The declining trend
of tourists on elephant
rides and ageing ani-
mals are indicators for
changes. The owners
of the elephants also
may be rehabilitated
suitably in such situa-
tions. The new addi-
tion of elephants for
rides should be com-
pletely banned,” the
report added.
The committee was
appointed following a
SC order based on con-
cerns over alleged cru-
elty to elephants and
their illegal use for joy
rides and other activi-
ties at Amber Fort and
Elephant Village in
Jaipur, said a joint
statement by Wildlife
Rescue and Rehabilita-
tion Centre and PETA
India. The two outfits
are respectively peti-
tioner and intervenor
in the matter, pending
at the apex court.
The committee not-
ed in its report that
of the 98 captive ele-
phants inspected, 22
suffered from irre-
versible eye prob-
lems and 42 had foot
problems, including
overgrown nails and
flat footpads due to
walking on concrete
roads. Three ele-
phants who tested
positive for tubercu-
losis (TB) -- a poten-
tially fatal zoonotic
disease of public
health concern -- in
tests carried out by
the committee had
also been found to be
reactive for TB in
tests conducted by
the Animal Welfare
Board of India
(AWBI) in 2018, said
the report, refuting
the Rajasthan Forest
Department claim
that no elephant in
the state had TB. The
committee recom-
mended that they must
be screened for TB
twice a year.
Recently, the state
government has an-
nounced financial as-
sistance for mahouts,
allowed elephant
rides from Nov 24.
—PTI
Officer, smuggler hurt
in firing, stone pelting
PK Agarwal
Chittorgarh: In an en-
counter between the
smugglers and the Nar-
cotics Bureau team on
late Monday night in
village Padampura of
Dungla tehsil in Chit-
torgarh district, a
smuggler was shot at
while an officer Muke-
sh Khatri also got in-
jured.
After the encounter,
the injured smuggler
and the officer were ad-
mitted to the hospital in
Udaipur. A case has
been registered at the
Mangalwad police sta-
tion regarding the inci-
dent. The team of the
Narcotics Bureau in
Padampura raided
Narayan’s field, where a
Scorpio, a Brezza and a
pickup were being load-
ed with poppy husk.
The smugglers pelted
stones, fired a shot at
the team, which retali-
ated with a fire in the
air.
This created panic
and one of the smug-
glers named Bheenmal
was injured. Mukesh’s
hand was badly injured
in stone pelting.
The decision will affect livelihood of several mahouts in Jaipur.
—FILEPHOTOBYSUMANSARKAR
Lawyers to go on
hunger strike for
physical hearings
in courts
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Senior advo-
cate Poonam Chand
Bhandari on Tuesday
requested the Chief
Justice, Rajasthan High
Court to start physical
hearing in the courts
else the fraternity will
resort to hunger strike
from January 11.
“With due respect I
have to state that the
pandemic has subsided
to great extent, every
sector of economy has
been opened, however
the physical hearing of
the court is closed since
December causing
great hardship to the
citizens, lawyers,
stenos, clerks, apart
from denial of justice
which is core to the con-
stitutional democracy,”
advocate Bhandari said
in his letter.
Mamta Bhupesh to embark on
six-day padyatra for farmers
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Congress’
Kisan Smarthan Yatra,
a march in support of
the farmers, against the
central government’s
three agricultural laws
kick-starts from
Wednesday.
Women and Child De-
velopment Minister
Mamta Bhupesh will
speak against the agri-
cultural policies of the
Central Government by
uniting the farmers
through her six-day
padyatra (foot march).
Mamta Bhupesh will
connect with farmers
from Kothi to Ghazipur.
Mamta has said that the
farmers’ movement has
been going on for a long
time, yet the central
government is not melt-
ing due to its dogma.
Now farmers across the
country will not sit si-
lent, she said.
The Congress leaders
including Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot, other
ministers, MLAs, lead-
ers and party workers
had on Sunday held a
sit-in at Shaheed Sa-
marak against the Cen-
tre’s three agri laws and
support of the farmers.
Nursing staff protested in front of the hospital on Monday.
PS IN SMS: MINISTER
Mamta Bhupesh
—FILEPHOTO

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CENTRAL VISTA
NOW MOVES A STEP
CLOSER TO FRUITION
fter much criticism and some
strong words from the Supreme
Court, Prime Minister Narendra
Modi’s ambitious Central Vista
project moved a step closer to frui-
tion. The project’s foundation stone was laid
by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Decem-
ber 10, last year.
On Tuesday the Supreme Court upheld the
Central Vista redevelopment by a 2:1 majority
verdict. The project which covers the 3-km
stretch from Rashtrapati Bhawan to India Gate
in Lutyen’s Delhi will push the impressive Par-
liamentbuildingintothebackgroundandtrans-
form the landscape of Lutyen’s Delhi.
Announced in September 2019 the Central
Vista envisages a triangular Parliament with a
seating capacity for 900-1200 MPs. It will also
have a new residential complex with houses for
the prime minister and Vice-President, Central
Secretariat, and several government buildings.
The Vista is expected to be ready by August
2022 for the inauguration on India’s 75th Inde-
pendence Day. After the announcement, the
project got embroiled in litigation since Febru-
ary 2020 as the Delhi High Court asked the
Delhi Development Authority (DDA) not to no-
tify any change in the Master Plan without
seeking the court’s approval.
ThematterfinallyreachedtheSupremeCourt
which allowed foundation-stone to be laid but
stayedconstructionof thebuilding.OnTuesday
a three-judge Bench of the Apex Court cleared
the project with some riders. Justice AM Khan-
wilkar,JusticeDineshMaheshwari,andJustice
Sanjiv Khanna said that the project needed a
heritage conservation committee’s approval be-
fore construction was started.
Justice Khanwilkar and Justice Maheshwari
upheld “modifications regarding change in land
use”. Justice Sanjiv Khanna gave a dissenting
judgment.“…Onthequestionof grantof change
of landuse,Ihaveadifferentopinion.Ihaveheld
that the same was bad in law. There was no prior
approval of the Heritage Conservation Commit-
tee,” Justice Khanna said.
Objections were raised by three petitioners.
One of them questioned DDA’s powers to make
changes to land use. The other alleged that the
publichearingstoinviteobjectionswereamere
formalityandaformersecretaryintheenviron-
ment ministry raised environmental concerns.
The current Parliament building was built in
1927 and was not meant for a bicameral legisla-
ture. Centre has argued that the building does
notmeetthefiresafetynormsanditshaphazard
sewer and water lines were damaging the herit-
age structure. Above all, there is no space to seat
theMPsduringajointsessionof Parliamentand
plastic chairs are used to accommodate them.
The other argument proffered by the Centre
was that ministries were scattered here and
there. “We have to run around the city to go to
different ministries, increasing traffic and pol-
lution,” the government argued.
A group of 69 retired bureaucrats ques-
tioned the Rs 13,450 crore being spent on the
project when the country needed money for its
health infrastructure.
IN-DEPTH
A
or many of us,
coffee is essen-
tial. It allows us
to function in
themorningand
gives a much needed boost
during the day. But in new
research, we revealed the ef-
fect that our favourite caf-
feine hit has on the planet.
Weight for weight, coffee
produced by the least sus-
tainable means generates
as much carbon dioxide as
cheese and has a carbon
footprint only half that of
one of the worst offenders
– beef. And that’s all before
adding milk, which carries
its own hefty environmen-
tal baggage.
Over 9.5 billion kg of cof-
fee is produced around the
world each year, with a to-
tal trade value of US$30.9
billion. Global coffee de-
mand is expected to triple
production by 2050, raising
pressure on forests and
other habitats in the tropi-
cal regions where it’s
grown as farmers look for
new land to till.
Fortunately, there are
greener ways of growing
coffee. In our study, we cal-
culated and compared the
carbon footprints of con-
ventional and sustainable
Arabica coffee – the beans
baristas use to make a
high-quality brew – from
two of the world’s largest
producers, Brazil and Viet-
nam. We found that chang-
ing how coffee is grown,
transported and consumed
can slash the crop’s carbon
emissions by up to 77%.
DECARBONISING A
CUP OF COFFEE
Growing a single kilogram
of Arabica coffee in either
country and exporting it to
the UK produces green-
house gas emissions equiv-
alent to 15.33 kg of carbon
dioxide on average. That’s
raw, pre-roasted beans (oth-
erwise known as “green
coffee”) produced using
conventional methods. But
by using less fertiliser,
managing water and ener-
gy use more efficiently dur-
ing milling and exporting
the beans by cargo ship
rather than aeroplane, that
figure falls to 3.51 kg of CO
equivalent per kg of coffee.
The average cup of cof-
fee contains about 18g of
green coffee, so 1 kg of it
can make 56 espressos.
Just one espresso has an
average carbon footprint
of about 0.28 kg, but it
could be as little as 0.06 kg
if grown sustainably.
But what if you like your
coffee with milk? Lattes
have a carbon footprint of
about 0.55 kg, followed by
cappucinos on 0.41 kg and
flat whites on 0.34 kg. But
when the coffee is pro-
duced sustainably, these
values fall to 0.33 kg, 0.2 kg
and 0.13 kg respectively. Us-
ing non-dairy milk alterna-
tives is one way to make
white coffee more green.
There are plenty of other
ways to shrink the carbon
footprint of sustainable cof-
fee even further, like replac-
ing chemical fertilisers
with organic waste and us-
ing renewable energy to
power farm equipment.
Roasting coffee beans in
their country of origin
makes them lighter during
transporttoo,sovesselscan
burn less fuel transporting
the same amount of coffee.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
Coffee: Here’s the carbon cost of your daily cup
F
The life of this world is
only the enjoyment of
deception. —Quran 3:185
Spiritual
SPEAK
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TWEET
Dr Harsh Vardhan
@drharshvardhan
India is proud of being the vaccine
capital of the world & we are well
aware of our responsibility in this
regard. Led by Hon’ble PM Sh
@narendramodi Ji, we remain
committed to fulfilling our role in
ending this #pandemic!
When India decides, it leaves no
stones unturned
Piyush Goyal @PiyushGoyal
Indian Railways conducts trial
run of Double Stack Long Haul
Container Train using two electric
locos for the first time on Western
Dedicated Freight Corridor. With
this, Railways has set a record
for running double stack long
haul train using 2x25 kv electric
traction system.
umans are always engaged
with thinking about the confu-
sions of their mind. The mind
is very fickle. It becomes an ob-
stacle in a person’s growth. A
person, whose mind is free lives
a wonderful life. If you posi-
tively free your mind from con-
fusion, your mind becomes free
of all creation and living on
your own makes you feel free.
A person’s mind makes him
weak, which is full of negativ-
ity all the time. Out of a thou-
sand thoughts rarely five would
be positive. According to a great
spiritual guru, Osho “Freedom
means enormous responsibili-
ty, from which moment a per-
son takes all his responsibility
he becomes free from that mo-
ment. Freedom of mind means
only happiness. Freedom gives
you sweetness and gives you the
strength to be courageous.”
Toliveawonderfullifeonehas
to step out for freedom of mind
by being creative and hence one
can really live a wonderful life.
Here is a very short example.
One Monk went to the river
of the bank for meditating. At
that time a person who looked
like he was fully confused came
to him. He touched the Monks’
feet and said, “If I am not dis-
turbing you then can you please
give me a statement which can
make me mentally calm.” The
monk closed his eyes and sat
very quietly. He bowed his head.
And he fluttered in mind “Is
this man crazy? I am asking
him a question and he closes his
eyes.” He shook him and asked
him, “What about my ques-
tion?” The monk told him to sit
quietly, and not do anything. He
further said,” The Grass grows
itself; we don’t have to make the
efforts to grow it. Everything
will happen in its own time and
manner. Enjoy the peace. “The
person said, “I have so many
troubles in my mind and you
are telling me to sit quietly!”
The monk replied saying “Be
peaceful. Live for yourself a lit-
tle bit, Meditate, Enter into
your inner self from the outer
world, and firstly relax your
mind. If you give freedom to
your mind you will eventually
feel happy.”
That person became so pleas-
ant and sat for meditation on
the bank of that river to try and
attain freedom of mind.
The thing is that only we
have to find ways for our prob-
lems. Being surrounded by so
many problems but still, we
have to find out our ways. Our
mind is surrounded by external
problems, to live a peaceful life
we have to meditate and keep
our mind relaxed and calm.
Everyone needs to take
charge of themselves then only
he can attain peace of mind. By
being in charge of yourself, you
will achieve your first victory;
it will change you as well as
your surroundings. The mo-
ment you start thinking about
events taking place in my life
andabouttheproblemsthatyou
have, and accepting sole respon-
sibility for it despite it all; from
that very day, you can open the
door to your mind’s peace.
DO THIS
 For a free and peaceful mind,
be in touch with yourself and keep
talking to yourself. That will help
you to divert your mind towards a
positive approach.
 Come out of the thoughts
that make you feel you are sad
because of others. Get this su-
perstition out of your mind. Make
one thing very much clear to your
mind that I am the one who needs
to take responsibility for my mind
and I will take responsibility for all
my struggles and sadness.
 Your surrounding atmosphere
will keep filling your mind with sad-
ness and negativity. You can free
yourself from that outer aspect and
live an excellent life by making your
mind more powerful and peaceful.
 Get mental freedom and keep
your mind in control. Be peaceful
all the time and keep trying for
more mental peace. Let me tell
you once again that you are solely
responsible for your mental peace.
 Always meditate calmly. Medi-
tation will bring you near to the
greatest powers of your mind.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
A person’s mind makes him weak, which is
full of negativity all the time. Out of a
thousand thoughts rarely five would be
positive. According to a great spiritual
guru, Osho “Freedom means enormous
responsibility, from which moment a
person takes all his responsibility he
becomes free from that moment. Freedom of
mind means only happiness. Freedom
gives you sweetness and gives you the
strength to be courageous.”
EVERYONE NEEDS TO
TAKE CHARGE OF
THEMSELVES THEN ONLY
HE CAN ATTAIN PEACE
OF MIND. BY BEING IN
CHARGE OF YOURSELF,
YOU WILL ACHIEVE
YOUR FIRST VICTORY; IT
WILL CHANGE YOU AS
WELL AS YOUR
SURROUNDINGS
BHAVESH
UPADHYAY
BUSINESS/ HR EXPERT
H
A BETTER WAY
TO LIVE LIFE
FREEDOM OF MIND

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Poor weather forces farmers
to defer Jan 6 tractor march
New Delhi: Farmers
protesting against the
new Central agricul-
ture laws Tuesday de-
ferred their proposed
tractor march from
January 6 to January 7
due to a bad weather
forecast, even as they
asserted they will inten-
sify their stir in the
coming days.
Addressing media at
Singhu Border here,
Swaraj Abhiyan leader
Yogendra Yadav said “it
has been seven months”
since the new laws
came into force and the
government has held
seven round of talks
with farmers since
then, but it has not lis-
tened to “seven words”
of farmers which are:
“we want repeal of the
farm laws”. Union lead-
ers said thousands of
farmers will take out
the tractor march from
all protest sites on Jan-
uary 7. Yadav said deci-
sion to defer march was
taken over a forecast of
bad weather conditions
on Wednesday. —PTI
A farmer holds a poster during an ongoing farmer’s protest against the new farm laws, at the Delhi-
Ghazipur border in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
CHILLA & GHAZIPUR BORDERS TO
REMAIN CLOSED: TRAFFIC POLICE
TOMAR-LED CONSULTATIVE PANEL
TO DISCUSS REFORMS ON JAN 11
New Delhi: The Delhi Traffic Police on Tuesday
informed that the Chilla & Ghazipur borders will
remain closed for traffic. It also advised people
to take alternate routes. “The Chilla and Ghaz-
ipur Borders are closed for traffic coming from
Noida and Ghaziabad to Delhi because of farmer
protests. Please take alternate route for coming
to Delhi via Anand Vihar, DND, Bhopra and Loni
Borders,” Delhi Traffic Police tweeted, Singhu &
Mangesh borders are closed too. In another tweet,
Delhi Traffic Police said, “Singhu, Auchandi, Piau
Maniyari, Saboli and Mangesh borders closed.
Please take alternate route via Lampur Safiabad,
Palla and Singhu school toll tax borders. —ANI
New Delhi: With the farmers’ agitation in full
swing and the central government making an
effort to resolve the deadlock over its ambitious
farm laws, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra
Singh Tomar is ensuring that the agenda on
reforms should continue. Ensuring that reforms
to make the country & farmers self-reliant won’t
stop and policies are approved and carried
forward for implementation after deliberations,
the consultative committee is scheduled to meet
on January 11. The minister has called an inter-
session consultative committee meeting of the
ministry of agriculture and farmers’ welfare to
be held before the budget session 2021.—ANI
GOVT MUST SHED ARROGANCE,
REPEAL FARM LAWS: RAHUL GANDHI
New Delhi: The government should shed its
arrogance and repeal the agri laws against which
farmers are protesting, Con-
gress leader Rahul Gandhi
said on Tuesday. He also ac-
cused the Modi government
of apathy towards the death
of “over 60 farmers”. “The
Modi government’’s apathy
and arrogance have claimed
the lives of over 60 farmers.
Instead of wiping their tears, the government of
India (GOI) is busy attacking them with tear gas”.
Speed, scale and
scope of devp has
increased: PM
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Tuesday said that in re-
cent years, India has
increased its speed,
scale and scope of de-
velopment and the
country cannot develop
slowly now.
Earlier today, Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi also inaugurated
the Kochi-Mangaluru
natural gas pipeline,
via video conferencing.
“I do not want to talk
about the reasons be-
hind the rate of India’s
progress in previous
decades. India cannot
develop slowly now. In
recent years, the coun-
try has increased its
speed, scale, and scope
of development,” said
PM Modi during his ad-
dress at the event.
“The Kochi-Mangalu-
ru pipeline will provide
energy to Mangalore
Chemical and Fertilizer
Plant. This pipeline will
also provide energy,
clean fuel to Mangalore
Refinery and Petro-
chemical,” he added.
PM Narendra Modi addressing at the dedication of Kochi - Mangaluru
Natural Gas Pipeline, through video conferencing on Tuesday.
‘GAS-BASED
ECONOMY
CRUCIAL’
PM Modi said that a
gas-based economy
is crucial for At-
manirbhar Bharat
and work is being
done in the direc-
tion of “One Nation,
One Gas Grid”. PM
also inaugurated the
Kochi-Mangaluru
natural gas pipeline,
via video conferenc-
ing today. “It is an
honour to dedicate
the 450-km pipeline
to the nation. This is
an important day for
India, especially for
people of Karnataka
and Kerala. —ANI
Warnings for
avalanche
issued in J&K
Srinagar: The Jammu
& Kashmir Disaster
Management Authority
issued fresh medium
and low-level avalanche
warnings for the higher
reaches of avalanche-
prone areas in the Un-
ion Territory on Tues-
day. An official said a
medium-level ava-
lanche warning has
been issued for the high-
er reaches of Poonch,
Ramban, Doda, Anant-
nag, Kupwara and Ban-
dipora districts, besides
the Waltengu Nad,
south and north portals
of the Jawahar Tunnel,
Verinag, Gurez, Dawar
and Neeru areas. —PTI
NDRF inducts
100 women
officials
New Delhi: The first
batch of over 100 wom-
en disaster combat-
ants and rescuers has
been inducted in the
country’s National
Disaster Response
Force (NDRF). An all-
women team of NDRF
personnel was recent-
ly deployed for contin-
gency duties on the
banks of the Ganga
river in Uttar
Pradesh’s Garh Muk-
teshwar town, a senior
force official said.
“The first women res-
cuers’ team is already
on ground. —PTI
IN THE COURTYARD
CBIurgesHCtoallowexamine
foreignnationalinforgerycase
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral Bureau of Investi-
gation (CBI) has urged
the Delhi High Court to
allow examine one for-
eign national in a for-
gery case against con-
troversial arms dealer
Abhishek Verma. The
CBI has filed an appli-
cation challenging a
trial court order dated
October 23, 2020 where-
by the application for
examining one
C.Edmond Allen--a for-
eign national through
videoconferencingwas
declined. A Single
Judge Bench of Justice
Yogesh Khanna has
listed the matter for
January 27 for further
hearing. Accused Ab-
hishek Verma’s coun-
selhasopposedtheplea
submitting that peti-
tion is not maintaina-
ble in view of a earlier
order to complete the
trial within one year
and henceforth the
time stands completed
in January, 2019.
Verma’s counsel
submitted that the CBI
had tried to summon
this witness and in fact
on four occasions he
was summoned but de-
spite being served, he
did not appear before
the trial court con-
cerned.
Pragya gets relief from
appearance in court
HC notice to Centre on
vandalism of Jio towers
State govt to
SC: Bengal
machinery not
after people
New Delhi: Bharatiya
Janata Party MP Prag-
ya Singh Thakur, who
is one of the seven ac-
cused in the Malegaon
blast case of 2008, was
on Tuesday granted ex-
emption from regular
appearance by a special
National Investigation
Agency court in Mum-
bai. Thakur’s lawyer
J.P. Mishra had filed a
written application cit-
ing the MP’s difficulty
in travelling to Mum-
bai regularly due to
health and security
concerns. The applica-
tion cited various other
reasons including
“threat to her life” and
“responsibility to-
wards her constituency
in Bhopal”. Earlier, af-
ter failing to remain
present in the court
multiple times, Thakur
appeared before the
judge on Monday.
Chandigarh: The
Punjab and Haryana
High Court on Tuesday
issued notices to the
Punjab government
and the Centre on a
plea filed by Reliance
Jio Infocomm Ltd,
seeking action against
“miscreants” damag-
ing its telecom infra-
structure and forcibly
closing its stores in the
state. During the ongo-
ing agitation by farm-
ers against three new
farm laws enacted by
the Centre, over 1500
mobile towers in Pun-
jab have ben damaged.
The company has
made the state of Pun-
jab through its chief
secretary, Union Minis-
try of Home Affairs,
Department of Tele-
communications and
the Punjab Director
General of Police as re-
spondentsinthematter.
New Delhi: The Mama-
ta Banerjee govern-
ment in West Bengal
informed the Supreme
Court that the state ma-
chinery is not going af-
ter people having a dif-
ferent political ideology.
The response from the
state government came
in an affidavit ahead of
the Assembly elections,
scheduled for this year,
in a case of mysterious
death of a BJP MLA De-
bendra Nath Roy.
—PHOTO BY ANI

7. Kolkata: West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee stood in a
queue along with other
locals to collect her
‘Swasthya Sathi’ card
from a ‘Duare Sarkar
Camp’ near her resi-
dence in Kalighat here
on Tuesday.
On receiving the
card, Banerjee said she
would keep the card
safely in her archive
while urged other min-
isterstojointhescheme.
‘Swasthya Sathi’ is a
flagship scheme
launched by the WB
government to provide
health insurance of up
to Rs 5 lakh to a family
for secondary and ter-
tiary care.
Further, the Trina-
mool Congress govern-
ment had launched a
massive outreach pro-
gramme named ‘Duare
Sarkar’ (Government at
your doorstep) in the
state on December 1 last
year to make schemes
of her government
more accessible to the
public. —ANI
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NITI Aayog member
(Health) Dr VK Paul
said an optimistic sce-
nario is emerging with
the pandemic situation
in India consistently im-
proving in terms of ac-
tive cases and new
deaths declining.
British PM...
“The British prime
minister spoke to Prime
Minister Modi this
morning, to express his
regret that he will be
unable to visit India
later this month as
planned,” a Downing
Street spokeswoman
said. —ANI
Union Budget...
because of coronavirus
pandemic. Parliamen-
tary Affairs Minister
Pralhad Joshi had said
in a letter to the Con-
gress’s Lok Sabha lead-
er that all political par-
ties were in favour of
scrapping the session to
avoid any Covid spread.
SC nod...
JusticeAM Khanwilkar,
writing for himself and
Justice Dinesh Ma-
heswari, however, said
authorities executing
the project will have to
get clearance from the
Heritage Conservation
Committee, rejecting
the Centre’s stand that
the approval was to be
taken subsequently.
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Additional DCP Sumit
Gupta, Amber ACP Sau-
rabh Tiwari, Brahma-
puri police station per-
sonnel reached the spot
and with the help of lo-
cals they removed the
rice sacks and a crane
was used to remove the
trailer.
Ensure special...
and government train-
ing institutes from 18
January. In addition,
due to the procedure of
vaccination, instruc-
tions were also given to
open Medical College,
Dental College, Nursing
College and Paramedi-
cal College from Janu-
ary 11.In all these teach-
inginstitutes,50percent
of the total capacity of
each class will be pre-
sent on the first day and
the remaining 50 per-
cent will be on the sec-
ond day. The Health De-
partment will educate
teachers so as to cull the
spread of infection. “All
institutions should fol-
low social distancing
and other health proto-
cols including wearing
masks and ensure that
theyaregovernedunder
the guidelines and SOPs
of the center,” Gehlot
said, further adding,
“preparations for vacci-
nation in the state
should be completed on
mission mode. The en-
tire database of health
workers should be up-
loaded as soon as possi-
bleforvaccination.Only
authentic and substan-
tive information about
the vaccine should be
circulated in the media
since unproven infor-
mation can spread un-
necessary misconcep-
tions among people.”
Medical and Health
Minister Dr. Raghu
Sharma said that spe-
cial vigilance is being
undertaken in the state
regarding the new
strain of Corona. Con-
tact tracing and screen-
ing of passengers from
the UK as well as send-
ing samples to the ICMR
lab in Delhi for test is
being done.
Secretary, Medical
and Health department,
Siddharth Mahajan said
that the maximum num-
ber of active cases in the
state on November 29
was 28,758, which came
down to 8189 on January
4. Similarly, the number
of positive cases per day,
which reached 3314 on
24 November, has come
down to 457 on 4 Janu-
ary, he said. Vice Chan-
cellor of Rajasthan Uni-
versity of Health Sci-
ences, Dr. Rajababu
Panwar said “due to
good immunity level of
people in our country,
the risk of new strain
will be reduced here.”
Principal of SMS Medi-
cal College, Dr. Sudhir
Bhandari said that in
view of the new strain
of Corona, traffic from
the affected countries
should be kept to a mini-
mum. Also, effective
screening of such pas-
sengers at the entry
point should be done.
Medical Specialist Dr.
Ashok Panagaria said
that due to the continu-
ous efforts of the state
government, the infec-
tion has been controlled
and the death rate has
been very low here.
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signed for Dedicated
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ration of India by Re-
search Design & Stand-
ards Organisation’s
wagon department.
Governors and CM’s of
Rajasthan and Haryana
along with Union Minis-
ter Piyush Goyal will
also be present at the oc-
casion. —ANI
FROM PG 1
177 IPS OFFICERS DUE TO RETIRE
IN 2021
As many as 177 officers of Indian Police Service
(IPS) of various cadres and batches will be retir-
ing in the year of 2021.
FERTILIZERS SECRETARY TO BE
FROM 1989 BATCH ?
Whisper has it that a 1989 batch IAS officer will
be appointed to the post of Secretary, Fertilizers
after an empanelment of this batch.
DR JOY TO BE NEW CHIEF
SECRETARY OF KERALA ?
In all probability, Dr. V P Joy will succeed Vishwas
Mehta as Chief Secretary of Kerala on March 1.
He is 1987 batch IAS officer.
RENUKA KUMAR TO MOVE TO GOI ?
Renuka Kumar is reportedly moving to the Gov-
ernment of India. She is 1987 batch IAS officer of
Uttar Pradesh cadre.
HRISHEEKESH ARVIND MODAK
APPOINTED DEPUTY SECRETARY,
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Hrisheekesh Arvind Modak has been appointed
Deputy Secretary in the Department of Finan-
cial Services. He is a 2008 batch IAS officer of
Manipur cadre.
14 IAS OFFICERS OF AGMUT CADRE
SHIFTED
As many as 14 IAS officers of AGMUT cadre have
been shifted. Accordingly, Khilli Ram Meena has
been shifted to Delhi, while Jitendra Narayan
was posted to Andaman & Nicobar and Rajeev
Verma to AP. Similarly, Ashish Kundra is trans-
ferred to Delhi; A Anbarasu to Lakshadweep; P
Krishnamurthy to Delhi; Swetika Sachan to Goa;
Gaurav Singh Rajawat to DNHD Sakshi Mittal to
Delhi; R Menaka to Delhi, Soumya to AP; Shash-
wat Saurabh to AP; Jayanta Kumar Ray to AP and
Pankaj Kumar Jha was posted to AP.
12 IPS OFFICERS OF AGMUT CADRE
TRANSFERRED
As many as 12 IPS officers of AGMUT cadre
have been transferred. Accordingly, Sagar Preet
Hooda, Nabam Gungte and Kime Kaming have
been shifted to Delhi, while Bosco B George was
posted to AP and M Harsh Vardhan to Delhi.
Similarly, Rakesh Paweriya was transferred to
Mizoram; Akanksha Yadav to AP; Vikram Singh, R
Sathiyasundaram and Priyanka Kashyap to Delhi;
Pramod Kr Mishra to AP and Abhishek Dhania has
been posted to Goa.
AMIT KUMAR AGRAWAL RE-
DESIGNATED AS ADDL PRINCIPAL
SECRETARY TO CM HARYANA
The post of Amit Kumar Agrawal has been re-des-
ignated from Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief
Minister to Additional Principal Secretary to Chief
Minister in Haryana.
JASPREET SINGH SUKHIJA
APPOINTED AS FIRST SECRETARY
(TRADE), HIGH COMMISSION,
LONDON
Jaspreet Singh Sukhija has been appointed as
First Secretary (Trade), High Commission of India,
London for a period of three years.
13 IAS OFFICERS PROMOTED TO JAG
IN HARYANA
As many as 13 IAS officers of 2012 batch have been
promoted to Junior Administrative Grade (JAG)
in Haryana. The officers are: Ms Amna Tasneem,
Dhirendra Khadgata, Ajay Singh Tomer, Ms Priyanka
Soni, Shaleen, Dharamvir Singh, Dharmender
Singh, Ms Ritu, Ram Kumar Singh, Sushil Sarwan,
Manoj Kumar, Shakti Singh & Jai Krishan Abhir.
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Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech pledge to
work jointly to rollout Covid-19 vaccines
A public statement would be issued to clear up any miscommunication:Adar Poonawala
Pune: Serum Institute
of India and Bharat Bi-
otech jointly communi-
cated their pledge on
Tuesday for the smooth
rollout of Covid-19 vac-
cines to India and the
world.
“Adar Poonawala
and Dr Krishna Ella,
jointly on behalf of the
two companies, today
communicated their
combined intent to de-
velop, manufacture and
supply the Covid vac-
cines for India and glob-
ally,” read a joint state-
ment from SII and
Bharat Biotech.
“They said, the more
important task in front
of them is saving the
lives and livelihoods of
populations in India
and the world,” the
statement said.
It further said, “Now
that two Covid vaccines
have been issued EUA
(emergency use author-
ization) in India, the
focus is on manufactur-
ing, supply and distri-
bution, such that popu-
lations that need it the
most receive high qual-
ity, safe and efficacious
vaccines.”
“We are fully aware
of the importance of
vaccines for people and
countries alike, we
hereby communicate
our joint pledge to pro-
vide global access for
our Covid-19 vaccines,”
the statement further
said. —ANI
New coronavirus strain: Twenty more
test positive in India, tally reaches 58
New Delhi: Fifty-eight
people have been infect-
ed with the new strain
of coronavirus, first re-
ported in the UK, in In-
dia so far, the MoHFW
informed on Tuesday.
Out of the lot, 20 new
cases have been identi-
fied at the National In-
stitute of Virology
(NIV), Pune.
The Indian SARS-
CoV-2 Genomics Con-
sortium (INSACOG)
labs at NCBS InSTEM,
Bengaluru, CDFD Hy-
derabad, ILS Bhubane-
swar, and NCCS Pune
have so far found no
mutant virus.
All these persons
have been kept in single
room isolation in desig-
nated Health Care fa-
cilities. Comprehensive
contact tracing has
been initiated for co-
travellers, family con-
tacts, and others. The
Ministry informed that
situation is under “care-
ful watch” and “regular
advice is being provided
to the States” for en-
hanced surveillance,
containment, testing of
samples etc. —ANI
Students doing exercise with their teacher in school playground
as schools reopen after the Covid-19, in Guwahati on Tuesday.
(From Left) Adar Poonawala of the Serum Institute and Bharat
Biotech’s Krishna Ella. —FILE PHOTO
Tharoor lauds Haasan’s idea of
paying wages to homemakers
New Delhi: Senior
Congress leader and
Member of Parliament
Shashi Tharoor on
Tuesday appreciated
actor-turned-politician
Kamal Haasan’s pro-
posal of payments to
women homemakers
for domestic work.
“I welcome Kamal
Haasan’s idea of recog-
nising housework as a
salaried profession
with the state govern-
ment paying a monthly
wage to homemakers.
This will recognise and
monetise the services
of women homemakers
in society, enhance
their power and auton-
omy and create near-
universal basic in-
come,” tweeted Tha-
roor.
Makkal Needhi
Maiam chief Kamal
Haasan had promised
to pay women home-
makers a monthly wage
for their domestic work
in his seven-point agen-
da for the forthcoming
2021 Tamil Nadu As-
sembly polls. —ANI
(From Left) Kamal Haasan, Shashi Tharoor. —FILE PHOTO
CM Mamata stands in queue to collect health card
Sensex, Nifty scale fresh
peaks; bank, IT stocks shine
Mumbai: Despite
opening on a negative
note, the 30 share BSE
index pared all losses
and staged a smart re-
covery to end 260.98
points or 0.54 per cent
higher at 48,437.78. It
touched an all-time
high of 48,486.24 dur-
ing the day.
Similarly, the
broader NSE Nifty
rose 66.60 points or
0.47 per cent to settle
at a new peak of
14,199.50. It scaled a
record intra-day high
of 14,215.60.
Axis Bank was the
top gainer in the
Sensex pack, rallying
over 6 per cent, fol-
lowed by HDFC, In-
dusInd Bank, TCS,
Asian Paints, Titan,
HCL Tech and ICICI
Bank. On the other
hand, ONGC, Bajaj Fi-
nance, NTPC, M&M
and Reliance Indus-
tries were among the
laggards.
“Domestic equities
saw a brisk recovery
from today’s low
mainly led by sharp
rebound in banking
and IT stocks,” said
Binod Modi, Head
Strategy at Reliance
Securities. —PTI
—PHOTOBYANI
People stand in a queue to receive health card during an ongoing
‘government in doorstep’ program as WB CM Mamata Banerjee
looks on, in Kolkata on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Governor, CM
accept Laxmi
Ratan Shukla’s
resignation
Kolkata: WB CM Mamata
Banerjee on Tuesday ac-
cepted the resignation of
state minister Laxmi Ratan
Shukla and forwarded
the same to Governor.
Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar ac-
cepted the resignation of
Laxmi Ratan Shukla from
the state’s council of min-
isters on the advice of CM.
Shukla was the minister
of state for youth services
and sports. “Laxmi Ratan
Shukla ceases to be a
member of the Council of
Ministers with immediate
effect,” the governor said
in an order. —PTI
Laxmi Ratan Shukla resigns
as WB Sports Minister
Kolkata: West Bengal
Sports Minister Laxmi
Ratan Shukla resigned
from the cabinet, CM
Mamata Banerjee on
Tuesday has urged
people not to take the
matter in a negative
way. Briefing the me-
dia, CM said, “Anyone
can resign. He (Laxmi
Ratan Shukla) wrote in
his resignation letter
that he wants to give
more time to sports
and will continue as
an MLA. Do not take
it in a negative way.”
Former cricketer Laxmi
Ratan Shukla’s resigna-
tion from WB cabinet
comes just four days
before the scheduled
visit of BJP President
JP Nadda to the state
on January 9. —ANI
Laxmi Ratan Shukla

8. THE LEFT, THE
RIGHT AND THE
‘AXIS’...
IIn popular political ideological
culture there exists a left, right
and then the centre. True to the
word, the left and right are at
extremes of each other while
the centre stays on the middle
path. An interesting event
happened at the Chief Minister’s
residence (CMR) when CM
Gehlot invited MLAs for dinner
after the Congress agitation on
3rd January against farm laws.
A dais had been raised wherein
six chairs had been put so that
senior leaders including Chief
Minister could sit on. However,
since UDH Minister Shanti
Dhariwal could not come for
the dinner, his chair was later
removed leaving five chairs on
the dais. Meanwhile, former
Deputy Chief Minister Sachin
Pilot approached the dais and
started sitting on CM’s right
hand side. Immediately, Gehlot
signaled to Pilot to come and
sit on the chair vacant on his
immediate left. This was noticed
by all since the PCC Chief sits
on the right hand side of CM
and when Dotasra came, he
was given that place to sit. The
ministers and other MLAs kept
a close watch on this interesting
development and were making
deductions on the ‘Left-Right’
power balance with CM as the
centre much like the axis of
politics!
—Naresh Sharma
RTO IN DOCK!
RRTO Rajendra Verma
was finally put on APO
after repeated corruption
complaints and stalling the
automated driving track project
announced by CM Ashok
Gehlot. The biggest complaint
received about Verma was
regarding the roster system
and appointment of transport
incharge and clerks. Such were
the complaints that corruption
related allegations were laid
on the man in the postings
of information assistants.
Moreover, Verma could not even
perform on the revenue front as
well as he ranked last among
the 12 RTOs of the state and it
is perhaps the first time that an
RAS has been put on APO while
serving as RTO.
—Kashiram Choudhary
KALYAN HO!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met former
Chief Minister Kalyan Singh on Tuesday and extended his warm
wishes on Singh’s 89th birthday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
too sent his best wishes for the veteran BJP stalwart.
Govind Singh Dotasra, CM Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot
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First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state gov-
ernment has issued
instructions to district
collectors to conduct
survey of the damaged
crops due to hailstorm
and rains.
The Agriculture Min-
ister Lalchand Kataria
said here on Tuesday
that damages would be
notified under Prad-
han Mantri Fasal Bima
Yojna for Rabi season
for the year 2020-21.
Agriculture Minis-
ter said hailstorm and
rains have caused mas-
sive damage, which hit
the state on January 4.
He said under the Yo-
jana there was provi-
sion for estimation of
damages so that farm-
ers could be compen-
sated accordingly.
He informed that un-
der this provision, it is
necessary for farmers
to inform the insur-
ance company within
72 hours on its toll-free
number or in writing
within 7 days to their
bank or insurance
agent or agriculture
department officials.
He directed that appli-
cations should also be
received from the
farmers by the Agri-
culture Department as
well as the representa-
tives of the insurance
company.
The Agriculture Min-
ister has asked the dis-
trict collectors to com-
plete the survey work
of hailstorm-affected
farmers by a joint team
of representatives of
the Agriculture De-
partment, Revenue De-
partment and Insur-
ance Company so that
the affected farmers
can be compensated for
the losses in the Rabi
crops.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
government has started
e-auction process to
award 60 royalty con-
tracts to recover the
revenue payable on
mineral originating
from mining leases in
14 districts in the state.
These contracts will
get the department rev-
enue of more than Rs
481 crores.
Principal secretary
mines Ajitabh Sharma
said that contracts of
royalty collection con-
tract (RCC), excess roy-
alty collection contract
(ERCC), district miner-
al foundation trust
(DMFT) and Rajasthan
state mineral explora-
tion trust (RSMET) etc.
will be awarded for col-
lection of royalty on
mineral extracted from
released mining lease.
It is estimated that
more than revenue of
Rs 481 crore will be col-
lected through these
contracts.
He informed that the
notification for the e-
auction of 60 royalty
contracts was issued on
30 December 2020.
Sharma said that
along with providing
detailed information
for auction on the de-
partmental website, e-
auction has been ar-
ranged by the Govern-
ment of India on MSTC
portal for auction of
prime minerals.
Interested persons
will have to register on
the website. In Ra-
jasthan, mining activi-
ties of sand stone, mar-
ble, granite, masonry
stone, soap stone, gyp-
sum, feldspar, dolomite,
limestone etc. are going
on in the state.
Jaipur: Light to mod-
erate rain lashed sev-
eral parts of Ra-
jasthan, weather offi-
cials said on Tuesday.
Pilani recorded a
maximum of 39.4 mm
rains since Monday,
they said. Ajmer, Sikar,
Alwar, Churu, Ganga-
nagar and Jaipur re-
corded 27.4, 21, 15.6, 6.8,
4 and 2.5 mm rains re-
spectively.
The average night
temperatures in the
state settled above 8.6
degrees Celsius. —PTI
ASSESS CROP DAMAGE, OFFICIALS TOLDAgri Minister Lalchand Kataria says: Farmers should inform the insurance company within 72 hours on its toll-free number
First India Bureau
Jaipur: For the devel-
opment of the tourism
industry in the state,
the State Tourism Advi-
sory Committee has
been constituted under
the chairmanship of
the Chief Minister in
compliance with the
provisions of the Ra-
jasthan Tourism Policy
2020 issued by the state
government.
According to the or-
der issued in this re-
gard, the tourism min-
ister will be the vice-
chairman of this com-
mittee and the commis-
sioner and director of
tourism department
will be the member sec-
retary.
Similarly, Finance
Minister, Revenue Min-
ister, Urban Develop-
ment and Housing Min-
ister, Industries Minis-
ter, Arts and Culture
Minister and Forest
Minister have been
made members in the
committee.
Apart from these, the
Chief Secretary and
Principal Secretary of
Forest, Industry, Reve-
nue, Urban Develop-
ment and Housing and
Tourism Departments
and the Secretary of Lo-
cal Self Government
and Arts and Culture
Department have also
been made members in
the committee.
Compensate farmers
for crop damage :
BJP spokesperson
RAINS LASH SEVERAL
PARTS OF RAJASTHAN
Hailstorm and heavy rains hit several parts of Rajasthan.
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Raising the
issue of crops dam-
age due to hailstorm
and rains in the state,
BJP State chief
spokesperson Ramlal
Sharma on Tuesday
said that the govern-
ment should conduct
a survey and com-
pensate the farmers.
He said that even
during extreme cold
winters many dis-
tricts were facing
electricity problem
during night. He said
that state govern-
ment only makes big
announcements that
failed to show the re-
sults on the ground
level. He further add-
ed government
should give electrici-
ty to farmers of all
districts very soon.
Despite the Con-
gress government’s
tall claims of treat-
ing everyone in the
state equally, differ-
ent level power sup-
ply is being done by
the three power com-
panies. The consum-
ers of Ajmer and
Jaipur Discom are
treated differently.
Even today electrici-
ty bills are being
charged for two
months, whereas
Jaipur Discom con-
sumers are paying
bills every month.
COMPLETE SURVEY WITH JOINT TEAM
Farmers suffered a massive loss due to hailstorm and rains.
Ramlal Sharma
The average nigh
temperature in state
settled above 8.6
degrees Celsius
Govtstartse-auctionforminescontractsTourism committee
constituted under
CM’s chairmanship
CONGRESS PARTY BELIEVES IN DIVIDE
AND RULE POLICY: RAJYAVARDHANFirst India Bureau
New Delhi: BJP Na-
tional Spokesperson
and MP Jaipur Rural
Colonel Rajyavardhan
Rathore reacted strong-
ly to the statement
made by Congress party
during the sit-in protest
against farm laws,
where they had said
that BJP is attempting
to divide the country
into Hindus and Mus-
lims. He said that the
country was parti-
tioned during Congress
and it has always be-
lieved in divide and rule
policy, and has went to
all extremes for fulfill-
ing its vote bank.
He further added that
chief ministers may be
under pressure from It-
aly, but the country is
bigger than that. The
country has always
been greater than a
family. He also alleged
that Congress was re-
sponsible for imposing
Emergency. Now, they
are saying that democ-
racy is in danger.
He also advocated the
farm bills, saying they
are completely in the
interest of farmers. He
also tried to clear the
conceptions about MSP
saying the Food Securi-
ty Act of 2013 guaran-
tees that the govern-
ment will provide food
to a section of people,
and it is only possible
when the government
buys food.
Colonel Rajyavardhan Rathore
Interested person can register on website.

9. Swallow harsh words that
will hurt others- you will
save yourself and others
from discomfort.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
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Gehlot seeks PM Modi’s intervention in COVID-19 vax row
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot has said that the
exchange of remarks
between the Serum In-
stitute of India and
Bharat Biotech over
their COVID-19 vac-
cines is unfortunate,
and sought Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi’s
intervention.
Taking to Twitter, he
said the “bayanbaazi”
(remarks) between the
Serum Institute and
Bharat Biotech after the
approval of their vac-
cines by India’s drug
regulator, is unfortu-
nate. “It is a sensitive
issue in which PM must
intervene,” Gehlot
tweeted in Hindi.
He was apparently re-
ferring to a remark by
Adar Poonawalla, Chief
Executive Officer, Se-
rum Institute of India
(SII), in the media that
seemed to question the
efficacy of the vaccine
developed by Bharat
Biotech.
However, after their
ugly public spat, both
SSI and Bharat Biotech
buried the hatchet and
issued a joint statement
saying they will work
together to develop,
manufacture and sup-
ply the COVID-19 vac-
cines in the country and
globally.
Gehlot also said cases
of new coronavirus
strain(thathasemerged
in the United Kingdom)
are increasing in India,
adding that the Centre
should reconsider its
decision to resume
flights from Britain
from January 8. “If
flights from foreign
countries were stopped
in January, 2020 at the
beginning of COVID-19
outbreak, this situation
probably would not
have happened today,”
he said in a series of
tweets.
CM said central gov-
ernment must ensure
that after resuming the
flights from Britain, the
new COVID strain does
not spread like the cur-
rent one.
“I appeal to all who
have come back from
Britain in the recent
times, should come fur-
ther for their corona
test to prevent this new
strain from spreading
further, he tweeted.
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Chief secre-
tary Niranjan Arya
on Tuesday directed
officials to take meas-
ures like digging
trenches or installing
fencing on the sides
of railway tracks to
prevent animal acci-
dents on the tracks.
Chairing a meeting
of officials, he said that
it will be considered to
have such work done
under NREGA.
Along with this, aware-
ness campaigns will be
conducted in villages to
prevent the release of
domesticated cows, buf-
faloes, goats and camels
for grazing and gau-
shalas would also be
bound to not let cows go
in such areas for graz-
ing.
In the meeting at-
tended by district col-
lectors and officials of
other departments,
Arya said that Jodhpur,
Jaisalmer, Pali, Bar-
mer, Jalore, Nagaur, Bi-
kaner and Churu dis-
tricts have about 200 km
long area of railway
tracks where accidents
of domesticated and
stray animals take
place.
He said that it is im-
portant to prevent ani-
mals from coming on
tracks so that no acci-
dent occurs. CS also
sought suggestions
from officials and asked
them to take effective
measures to address the
issue. He also sought
cooperation from the
railways on the issue.
In another meeting
on the state business
reform action plan-
2020 through video
conference, Arya said
that all departments
should be aware of is-
sues such as transpar-
ency, reforms, single
window system and
improvement of poli-
cies and should sim-
plify the procedures
for setting up indus-
tries.
He said that the de-
partments should
work in coordination
to deliver good gov-
ernance in public in-
terest.
Arya said that the
Central government
gives ease of doing
business ranking to
states after the assess-
ment of execution of
points under the state
business reform action
plan.
He asked the depart-
ment heads to submit
progress reports of
their respective depart-
ments by January 31 to
the industries depart-
ment.
In the meeting, of-
ficials gave presenta-
tions on the progress
in their departments.
The CS said that
collective efforts
should be made to
bring Rajasthan on
top in the ranking. In
2019, Rajasthan’s
ranking was 8th with
improvement of one
position.
Senior officials of
revenue, UDH and
housing, local self
government, labour
and other depart-
ments were present
in the meeting.
Vishal
Jaipur: Underliningthe
importance of media in
democracy, DIPR com-
missioner Mahendra
Soni on Tuesday said
that the state govern-
ment has taken all steps
for the welfare of jour-
nalists in the state.
Hesaidthattheissues
related with journalists
are being addressed
with a positive ap-
proach. Soni was speak-
ing at a function at Pink
CityPressClubinwhich
renewed accreditation
cards of journalists
were distributed.
Extending New Year
wishes to journalists, he
saidthegovernmenthas
decided to extend the fa-
cility of medical diary
to all salaried journal-
ists and increased the
amount of Patrakar
Samman Yojna from
Rs5,000 to Rs 10,000. The
financial assistance
which is given in special
circumstances has also
been doubled from Rs1
lakh.
He said that earlier,
only a few serious dis-
eases were covered un-
der mediclaim cards for
journalists but now
most of the serious ill-
nesses are being cov-
ered. “Every possible
effort will be made fur-
ther in the interests of
journalists while keep-
ingapositiveapproach,”
he said.
Press Club President
Mukesh Meena request-
ed the Commissioner to
resolve the issue related
to housing schemes for
journalists. On the occa-
sion, Soni gave renewed
accreditation cards. A
total of 185 cards were
renewed in special
camp.
Joint director (news)
Arun Joshi, Press Club
VP Rajkumar Sharma,
executive members
Giriraj Gurjar, Anita
Sharma and other office
bearers were also pre-
sent. On the other hand,
the state government
has amended Rajasthan
senior accredited jour-
nalist honour Scheme,
Rajasthan Journalists
and Litterateur Welfare
Fund rules 2001 and Ra-
jasthanStateAccredited
Journalist Medical Fa-
cility Scheme 2005.
Govt committed towards journalists welfare: Soni
FACILITIES FOR SCRIBES
DIPR Commissioner Mahendra Soni, Pink City Press Club Prez
Mukesh Meena, Executive Member Girraj Gurjar presenting the
card to a channel journalist.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
Repeal farm laws, don’t make it
prestige issue: Gehlot to Centre
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot has said that
the Central govern-
ment should regularly
talk to farmers, accept
their demands to re-
voke the new farm
laws and not make it a
prestige issue.
“Why is the central
government taking
four days in between
every meeting with
the farmers? The
farmers have clarified
that central govern-
ment must withdraw
new agricultural laws.
In this cold weather,
the government
should talk to farmers
daily and must accept
their demands,” Ge-
hlot tweeted.
“If agovernmenthas
to withdraw a law ac-
cording to public senti-
ments, it is welcomed
in democracy. The cen-
tral government
should not make it a
prestige issue. Farm-
ersareourfoodprovid-
ers, and it is the moral
duty of the govern-
ment to accept their
demands,” he added.
IAS Rao suspended 14
days after ACB arrest
Team Gehlot babus, Ranka
& Goyal celebrate B’Day
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Fourteen days
after he was arrested
by ACB on bribery
charges, former Baran
collector and IAS offic-
er Indra Singh Rao,
was suspended by state
government.
DoP issued the sus-
pension order late on
Monday night. The sus-
pension is effective
from December 23, the
day when he was arrest-
ed. When Rao was post-
ed as Baran collector,
his PA Mahaveer Nagar
was arrested for taking
bribe of Rs 1.4 lakh for
issuing NOC for a petrol
pump on December 9.
After his involve-
ment came to light, the
ACB arrested him on
December 23. He was
later sent to judicial
custody by a court in
Kota. Rao (58) is a pro-
motee IAS officer. He
joined the state admin-
istrative service in 1989.
In his career of 31
years, Rao has been un-
der APO six times.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: It was a unique
coincidence when the
birthday of two IAS of-
ficerscoincidedonJanu-
ary 5.
These two able offic-
ers—Principal Secre-
tary to CM Kuldeep
Ranka and JDA Com-
missioner Gaurav Goy-
al—are both members
of CM’s core team.
WhileRankaishandling
charge of CMO, on the
other hand Goyal has
been tasked with beauti-
fying Jaipur. Through-
out the day, bureaucrats
wished the duo amidst
much elation.
Maken finalising
list,Cong political
appointments soon
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: A new
state unit of Con-
gress in Rajasthan
will be in place in
coming days and
chairpersons for
boards and corpora-
tions would be ap-
pointed by January
31 after holding wide-
ranging consulta-
tions and ensuring
equitable distribu-
tion to all sections.
AICC general sec-
retary in-charge for
the state, Ajay Mak-
en is sifting through
the final aspects of
the list and meeting
Congress MLAs and
workers back to back
everyday and trying
to hear everyone out,
to strike a balance
between all.
Now, as a green sig-
nal is awaited from
Congress President
Sonia Gandhi, Maken
seems to be working
on finalising names
for heads of boards
and corporations.
And in connection
with this, MLAs and
workers are in line
outside his AICC
chamber to recom-
mendthemselvesfora
positioninthe‘power-
pie’. Notably, former
minister Mahendra
Jeet Singh Malviya
also met Ajay Makan
in Delhi on Tuesday.
Ajay Maken
Niranjan Arya
Kuldeep Ranka Gaurav Goyal
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a major bu-
reaucratic reshuffle in
Rajasthan, the state
government trans-
ferred 183 Rajasthan
Administrative Service
officials on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, on Tues-
day, 127 Deputy Superin-
tendent of Police were
also transferred across
the state of which 59
have been given posting
after promotion. Inter-
estingly, majority of
these transfers and
postings have been un-
dertaken on the basis of
desires given by MLAs
to the various senior of-
ficials.
Moreover, 78 ASP
have also been shuffled.
For Jaipur Commis-
sionerate, Laxman Swa-
mi has been posted as
Additional DCP, HQ
while Mool Sing Rana
has been posted as
ADCP Abhay Com-
mand. Attar Singh Poo-
nia as ADCP Control
Room and Ashok Ku-
mar as ADCP Investiga-
tion while Suresh Jan-
gid as ADCP (West) and
Setharam as ADCP
Greater JMC. Notably,
DySP Bhupal Singh
Bhati has been posted as
Sodala ACP.
Earlier, the govern-
ment had transferred 21
IAS, 56 IPS and 28 IFS
officials on Monday
night. 58 SDOs and 19
ADMs are among the
183 RAS officials who
have been transferred.
In Jaipur, RTO Ra-
jendra Verma was
transferred and Rake-
sh Sharma was made
the new RTO.
DSO Jaipur-I Kailash
Chand Yadav was also
transferred. The gov-
ernment has made
Beerbal Singh Shekha-
wat and Ummed Singh
DSO Jaipur-I and DSO
Jaipur-II respectively.
TakeactiontopreventanimalsfromcomingonRlytrack:CS
If a government has
to withdraw a law
according to public
sentiments, it is
welcomed in
democracy
COVID-19
UPDATE
RAJASTHAN
2,719
DEATHS
3,10,675
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
4,325 DEATHS 2,48,581 CASES
DELHI
10,609 DEATHS 6,27,698 CASES
WORLD
18,67,366
DEATHS
8,64,19,360
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
1,03,73,287
CONFIRMED CASES
1,50,106
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
49,759 DEATHS 19,50,171 CASES
TAMIL NADU
12,177 DEATHS 8,22,370 CASES
UTTAR PRADESH
8,432 DEATHS 5,89,575 CASES
21 IAS, 28 IFS, 56 IPS, 183 RAS
and 205 RPS shifted in reshuffle

10. eserts happen to be one
of my favourite environ-
ments to shoot. The high
desert can be filled with
massive mountains,
spring wildflowers and
interesting plant life. On
the other hand, great
canyon-lands with
winding rivers run-
ning through and
winter snow dust-
ing along the
rims are epic
scenes. Then
there are
the beautiful dunes with miles of
winding peaks creating amazing
shapes and forms.
PREPARATION
How you prepare to head out for
desert photography can mean
the difference between a success-
ful trip and a dangerous one. So
before you go anywhere, be sure
to do a fair amount of research
on the area that you will be visit-
ing before your trip.
TEMPERATURE
During most of the year, deserts
can be extremely hot. In summer,
temperatures can hit up to 50°C
(122°+) in some regions. Know-
ing the general temperatures
that you’ll be dealing with is a
key component of your trip.
Also, bring a pair of sunglasses
to protect your eyes from sun
damage and a hat to keep the sun
off your head.
LIGHTING
The lighting in the desert can be
unforgiving for photography.
Learning how to photograph
sand and bright dirt can be tricky
with the sun beating down on it.
This is when the time of day and
angle of light becomes extremely
important.
Deserts can be some of the
most beautiful places to photo-
graph. Whether you’re after
dunes, salt flats, intricate rock
formations, cracked mud, fields
of wildflowers or beautiful slot
canyons, it is all out there. You
might surprise yourself and
come home with some truly stun-
ning images.
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
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The vastness
of the desert along
with the monochromatic
golden sand makes the
barren land a perfect backdrop
to bring out the sensuality and
the alluring quality of the person
being photographed. City First
gives an insight into desert
photography and some tips
for getting the most out
of your shots!
Torrid Beauties
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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Your energy and dynamism
will get you what you aim
for today on the academic
front. This is the day to play
your winning card on the professional
front. A lot of time may be wasted in
socialising, but you will love every
moment of it. Time is ripe for
investing in a scheme.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
It is one of those days
when you will feel satisfied
with whatever you do
today on the social front!
Those seeking love may not get
lucky, but persistence will pay! Those
in the rat race may find it difficult to
pip the rivals at the post. A friend or
relative can touch a sensitive nerve.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
A profitable day for
entrepreneurs is
envisaged. You may be
played upon for spending
on someone else’s needs and
desires. Health matters gain priority
and will motivate for achieving total
fitness. Homemakers are likely to
enjoy the day with friends.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Although money is not a
problem, you will have to
curb wasteful expenditure.
Sticking to workout routine
may benefit you on the health front.
New opportunities will be seized on the
professional front. Meeting relatives at
a marriage or party cannot be ruled
out.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Job prospects for those
freshly out of professional
institutes are set to
brighten up soon. A
positive outlook will help you throw
out the negativity within. Fiery
passions are waiting to be unleashed.
You will manage to ignore distrac-
tions and interruptions at work.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
You remaining on the saving
mode will help you
strengthen your financial
front. Those planning to
study abroad are likely to get a chance
of a lifetime. Your innovative ideas on
the professional front are likely to be
well received. Spirituality will have a
special allure for you.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Homemakers will get a
chance to implement their
ideas. You are likely to be
recognised for your efforts
on the professional front. Some of
you can be invited for guidance or
consultancy. Chance of a raise is
possible for some. Timely and
correct decision will help you.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Your dreams of achieving
big are likely to be realised
soon. Focussing on your
career graph at this
juncture will be a step that will take
you far. A rethink is in order for those
going in for a heavy investment.
Recovering a loaned amount from
someone will not be difficult.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You may become a proud
possessor of an expensive
item. Balancing act
between home and office
will remain most smooth for working
women. You succeed in putting an
ambitious project on the tracks and
cross all hurdles in making it a
success.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Good budgeting will help
you save much, even for
splurging! Satisfaction is
foreseen for the image
conscious people trying to achieve
perfect figure and physique. You will
succeed in surmounting the odds to
get a stalled job back on the tracks,
on the work front.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
A long journey may prove
to be both tiring and
uncomfortable. A major
purchase may make a dent
in your savings, but will help in
keeping up with the Joneses!
Speculation may not be profitable
and you can very well burn your
fingers.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
A piece of good news is
likely to warm your heart
and keep you aglow today.
You will put in extra efforts
to complete a task entrusted to you.
Your academic aspirations may take
some time to get realised. A
contentious property issue may not
show any signs of getting sorted.
YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
reams never let
you die” and In-
aya foundation
lives and works
with passion to
reach out to the
most deprived
and needy person in dis-
guise.
Inaya foundation is now
10 years old. The journey
has been struggling, fasci-
nating and equally recog-
nising. The team members
of Inaya feel every effort
counts. With achieving 5
district-level awards and
State Level awardee Inaya
Foundation believes till we
don’t reach out to the last
person won’t rest is the
motto and mission. With
10000 volunteers trained in
CPR and 5lakh people
made aware of road safety
in Kota Division.
Mission to make every
woman and girl safe with
Samajh Sparsh Ki –Chuppi
Todoh, making them aware
of 1098, 181 and POCSO act
and laws have made almost
1 lakh parents, teachers,
Kishori Balika, Arms,
Gems, Agan Bari Kar-
yakartas and school chil-
dren. The journey started
under Jhalawar Zila Pra-
shasan initiated by DM Dr
Jitendra Kumar Soni (IAS)
in the year were on 2 Octo-
ber 2018 the longest human
Chain for the safety of
girls, where 15970 people
joined hands and Inaya
foundation created an In-
dia Book of Records has
now have covered 6 dis-
tricts, Ahmedabad City
and Vrindavan in Uttar
Pradesh.
More extensive training
is planned along with coun-
seling for the school chil-
dren in the coming years
were the words of Nitisha
Sharma who is an educa-
tionist and a gold medal-
ist in Journalism, 15 years
of teaching experience in
B-schools and soft-skills
trainer extensively have
trained in corporate and
hospitality industry is now
dedicated to save girls from
atrocities and build up con-
fidence in them.
She works intensively in
interiors of panchayats of
Rajasthan to give a beauti-
ful and secure life to the
girls in rural areas.
One more step in this has
been taken by Ajmer Zila
Prasashan District Collec-
tor Prakash Raj Purohit
(IAS) in association with
Govindevji Trust, Jaipur
in Central Jail for the pris-
oners for both men and
women separately and in
railway junction for Kulis
and vendors Ajmer to have
an awareness workshop on
“Moral values and Good-
Bad touch’ under the awaz
campaign for the safety of
women and children by Ra-
jasthan Police.
Theprisonersweremade
to interact on moral values,
and through recitation and
painting competition they
participated fully. Oath on
the safety and protection of
children and women were
also part of this awareness
campaign. Prison inmate
Gaurav who sang a song on
the safety of children was
very happy to attend this
workshop.
Amrit Milk Bank first
HumanMilkinNorthIndia
Pvt hospital successfully
running in Mahatma Gan-
dhi Hospital ever since 2017
providing mothers milk to
needy infants from far and
wide districts and hospitals
to take pasteurized milk for
the infants who are de-
prived of mothers milk.
Nearly 1500 infants have
been benefitted and almost
900 mothers have donated
their milk.
Covid-19 pandemic worst
the world has seen. To lend
a helping hand to the mi-
grants who in the scorching
heat, where no water, food
and shelter was available.
Inayafoundationfor30days
provided snacks to the mi-
grants in the shelter home
inassociationwithZilaPra-
shasan Jaipur. From distri-
bution of masks to food to
providing charanpadukas
“Har Pao ko mile Charan-
Paduka” with this tag line
Inaya Foundation made sin-
cere efforts to reach out to
migrants in association
with Rajasthan State Scout
Guide Agra-Delhi Highway
where 800 charanpadhukas
were distributed to the
needy migrants.
Nitisha Sharma Secre-
tary Inaya Foundation
shared further that exten-
sively In Kota Division co-
rona awareness campaign
was run for 10 days under
the National Health Mis-
sion. A unique way of the
distribution of mugs and
medals was awarded to su-
perspreaders to motivate
them for making their cus-
tomers aware of “NO
MASK NO ENTRY”.
Organising Blood Dona-
tion camps for the Covid
patients and more aware-
ness on donating blood un-
der“RaktkoshFoundation”
Naliyo mei nahi Nariyo me
bahe rakht” has been one
more way Inaya always ea-
ger and forthcoming for the
noble cause in the society.
“Dreams never
let you die”
MITALI DUSAD
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12. A
dayafteractressTanyaRob-
erts’ publicist Mike Pingel
said that the Bond girl is
dead, he retracted from the
statement saying that it was a
mistake. Pingel told the reporter
that her partner Lance
O’Brien had earlier thought
that she had died. But the
hospital authority on
Monday morning
confirmed that she
is still alive. Howev-
er, Pingel also said
that Roberts is
still in the ICU
and her condi-
tion is not
good.
—Agency
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A
fter Hrithik Roshan, Janhvi Kapoor buys
multi crore property worth Rs 39
crores spread across 3 floors. Ac-
cording to a report, Janhvi Kapoor
finalised a property deal in December
2020 in Mumbai’s plush suburban
vicinity Juhu. The actress will
also reportedly have access to
six car parking spaces in the
building. —Agency
F
ilmmaker Ram
Gopal Varma
has shifted out
of Mumbai and
has stated in an inter-
view that his office is not
in Mumbai anymore.
Ram Gopal Varma’s office
‘Factory’ was situated in
the Andheri area of Mum-
bai and the filmmaker was
working in the city. He
has revealed that he has
shifted base to Goa.
—ANI
S
ources say San-
jay Leela
Bhansali to
make his web
debut with a historical
drama; in talks with
Richa Chadha for the
project. The actor was
recently spotted out-
side the filmmaker’s
Juhu office. A little bit
of digging revealed
that Chadha is in talks
with the auteur to
headline a web series
that will be produced
under his banner.
—Agency
M
usic maestro, who is known as ‘The Mozart
Of Madras’ celebrates his 54th birthday
today. He made his debut in 1992 as a
composer with Mani Ratnam’s ‘Roja’ and
shot to instant fame as the wonder kid in the industry,
who changed the grammar of music and sounds. After
that, he gave tracks to Bollywood movies like ‘Bombay’,
‘Dil Se’, ‘Taal’, ‘Saathiya’ and many more. The legend-
ary composer has been awarded four National awards,
two academy awards, two Grammy awards, a BAFTA
awards, a Golden Globe, fifteen Filmfare Awards and
sixteen Filmfare Awards south. He was also honoured
with the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian
award, in 2010 by the Government of India. —City First
A
ctor
Riteish
Deshmukh
lauded
Vikramaditya
Motwane’s ‘AK vs
AK’ and termed
the Netflix based
film “a phenom-
enal experience”.
Deshmukh took to
Twitter to share a
poster of the mov-
ie, which features
Anurag Kashyap
and Anil Kapoor
in lead roles.
“Mind has been blown!!! #AKvsAK is a phenomenal
experience - @VikramMotwane take a bow my friend,”
tweeted Deshmukh. He then went on to heap praise
on Kashyap, Kapoor, and his actor son Harshvardhan
Kapoor who has a cameo in the film. —ANI
E
mma Stone
is pregnant
with her and
husband
Dave McCary’s first
child. Rumours
were swirling for
quite some time
about Emma’s
pregnancy but
the super-private
actress managed to
keep mum about it
and continues to do
so. “Emma is preg-
nant and just loves
married life,” the
source exclaimed!
—Agency
I
t is safe to say that EXO member KAI has a new
fan from the West. The South Korean pop idol’s
Instagram account saw a new follower in the form
of R&B singer FKA Twigs and surprised everyone
on Tuesday. The singer is not only known for her
R&B music, but she is also popular for her dance and
theatrics. —Agency
O
livia Wilde and Harry Styles might be dating!
The duo who was recently spotted hanging out
together several times this week in pictures
obtained by the Daily Mail. The former 1Direc-
tion member is Harry is currently starring in Olivia‘s
upcoming film Don’t Worry Darling, which was being
shot in Los Angeles back in November. —Agency
A
fter Abhishek Kapoor’s
‘Chandigarh Kare
Aashiqui’ and Anubhuti
Kashyap’s ‘Doctor G’,
Ayushmann Khurrana is inking his
third project for
2021. An an-
nouncement
will be made
soon. He is
back in Mum-
bai after six
months, only
to sign the
project, as per
the sources.
—Agency
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ARR!
‘Phenomenal experience’
Congratulations Emma!
Huge Surprise...
Harry Styles dating Olivia?
Bikini
Shoot
lexandra Daddario, “Bay-
watch” face and blue-eyed beau-
ty, opened wide and flashed the
effects of tight clothing in the
New Year on Sunday. The
34-year-old “True Detective”
alum, who has been spending
weeks in Hawaii to shoot new project
“The White Lotus,” updated her Insta-
gram on Tuesday with snaps showing
her welcoming 2021 Alexndra was back
on the waters and looking gorgeous.
—Agency
A
Multi-crore
PROPERTY
Shifted OUT
P
arzaan Das-
tur, the
child actor
from Karan
Johar’s ‘Kuch
Kuch Hota Hai’,
tied the knot with
his girlfriend Del-
na Shroff, and
shared a series of
post on social me-
dia, to break the
news to his fans.
He also uploaded a
post on Instagram
of him with Delna,
captioning it as,
“hank you so
much for shower-
ing all your love!
We had a beautiful
engagement cere-
mony and I can’t
thank everyone
enough for coming
and blessing us.
Time to get ready
for the big day!”
—Agency
JUST MARRIED SLB’s web debut?
DREADFUL RUMOUR
Big Project
Alexandra Daddario
... her post
AR Rahman
Poster of the film
Olivia and Harry
Emma Stone
FKA Twigs KAI
Parzaan’s post
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Richa Chadha
Ayushmann Khurrana
Late Tanya Roberts
Janhvi Kapoor
Ram Gopal Varma