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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW
Extent of loan facilities in agri sector must be increased: CM
Kartikey Dev Singh
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has said
that farmers and agri-
culture are the main
axis of the economy of
the country and their
upliftment is the top pri-
ority of the state gov-
ernment. “The coopera-
tion of banking sector is
important in the devel-
opment of this sector.
Along with NABARD
and cooperative banks,
the nationalized banks
of the country should
also extend credit facili-
ties for agriculture and
allied sectors so that the
financial requirements
of the farmers are met
on time and their road
to prosperity is paved,”
Gehlot said while ad-
dressing NABARD’s
State Level Debt Semi-
nar through a video con-
ference at the Chief
Minister’s residence on
Tuesday. On this occa-
sion, he also released
NABARD’s ‘State Focus
Paper: Year 2021-22’.
He said that the geo-
graphical conditions of
Rajasthan are uneven,
but there are immense
possibilities of develop-
ment in the agricultural
sector. “Keeping this in
mind, NABARD, RBI
and other banks should
increase the ratio of
long-term agricultural
credit by 20 percent for
the progress of agricul-
tural infrastructure.
Currently this ratio is 20
percent of the total agri-
cultural credit,he said.
The Chief Minister
said that the farmer of
the country is sup-
pressed with debt, to
make it prosperous,
along with expansion in
credit facilities, bold de-
cisions like loan waiver
are needed. “As soon as
our government was
formed in the state, we
made the first decision
for waiver of farmers,
due to which about 20
lakh farmers were ben-
efited. If nationalized
banks cooperate in this,
then more farmers can
get the benefit.
Turn to P6Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
NABARD’S STATE LEVEL DEBT SEMINAR
New Delhi: With the
chances of a COVID-19
vaccine being available
soon increasing, Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Tuesday said
the mobile technology
will be used for mass
inoculation against the
pandemic.
Speaking at the India
Mobile Congress, he
said mobile technology
has enabled benefits
worth billions of dol-
lars to reach the deserv-
ing and also helped the
poor and vulnerable
during the pandemic.
“It is also with the
help of mobile technol-
ogy that we will embark
on one of the world’s
largest COVID-19 vacci-
nation drive,” he said.
He did not provide
details. Three leading
coronavirus vaccine
developers—Pfizer Inc
and AstraZeneca Plc
and Bharat Biotech—
have applied for emer-
gency use authoriza-
tion in India.
While Pfizer India
has applied to drug reg-
ulator for permission to
import its experimental
mRNA vaccine for sale
and distribution with-
out the requirement for
local clinical trials, Se-
rum Institute of India
Ltd, AstraZeneca’s In-
dia vaccine partner, has
applied for emergency
use authorisation.
Turn to P6
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Home Min-
ister Amit Shah met
with farmers on Tues-
day at 8 pm, raising
hopes for a resolution a
day before the govern-
ment’s sixth round of
negotiations to end
massive protests
against farm laws.
The meet which be-
gan after 8 pm was held
at the office of Indian
Council of Agricultural
Research. As many as
13 farmer leaders were
invited for talks with
Shah which ended post
11pm. The farmer lead-
ers said that Centre was
not ready to repeal the
farm laws.
The meeting finally
ended with farmer
leaders saying that
Centre was not ready to
repeal the farm laws.
CPI(M) Polit Bureau
member Hannan Mol-
lah post the meeting
said the home minister
told the government
would give in writing
about the amendments
it is willing to make, re-
ports PTI. Turn to P6
Ambani
hints at 5G
rollout by
2021 mid
New Delhi: Billionaire
Mukesh Ambani on
Tuesday hinted at roll-
ing out 5G telecom ser-
vices in the second half
of 2021 and said policy
steps are needed to ac-
celerate the early roll-
out of ultra-high-speed
5G services that are af-
fordable and available
everywhere.
5G is the 5th genera-
tion mobile network
that enables connecting
virtually everyone and
everything together in-
cluding machines, ob-
jects, and devices.
“In order to maintain
this lead, policy steps
are needed to accelerate
the early rollout of 5G,
and to make it afforda-
ble and available every-
where,” he said. “I as-
sure you that Jio will
pioneer the 5G Revolu-
tion in India in the sec-
ond half of 2021.”
Jio’s 5G will be pow-
ered by the indigenous-
ly-developed network,
hardware and technol-
ogy components. “Jio’s
5G service will be a tes-
timony to your inspir-
ing vision of AtmaNirb-
har Bharat.”
PM: Mobile tech to be used for mass
vaccination drive against pandemic
New Delhi: It seems
the Chinese had been
enhancing their prepar-
edness for situations
like the ongoing con-
flict with India on the
Line of Actual Control
(LAC) soon after the
2017 Doklam crisis as
they have developed
several military camps
in their depth areas all
along the LAC from
Ladakh to Arunachal
Pradesh.
The Chinese and In-
dian troops have been
engaged in a standoff
positionwithIndiasince
April-May timeframe
and are now sitting on
the heights upto 18,000
feet in the cold desert
area of Ladakh. “The
Chinesehavebeendevel-
oping military camps in
their depth areas all
along the LAC. Around
20 of such camps have
been observed with
some civilians also
around these places,”
government sources
told ANI. Turn to P6
China’s military camps
coming up along LAC
Self-register via Co-WIN app
to enter vax programme
New Delhi: With
three vaccine-makers
having applied for
emergency use au-
thorisation in India,
the vaccination drive
in India is likely to
begin shortly. The
health ministry on
Tuesday revealed de-
tails of how the entire
vaccination pro-
gramme will be con-
ducted, though no
date has been made
public so far.
Addressing a press
meet on Tuesday,
health secretary
Rajesh Bhushan said
Centre has created an
applicationwhichwill
monitor the process
from the beginning to
the end. Co-WIN, the
new app will be avail-
ableforfreedownload,
is an upgraded ver-
sion of the Electronic
Vaccine Intelligence
Network (eVIN).
RAJ PANCHAYAT SAMITI,
ZILA PARISHAD POLLS
Kartikey Dev Singh
Jaipur: In what could be termed as a surprise
to even political pandits, the BJP has recorded
a major upset for the Congress party, long con-
sidered to be a party backed by the rural popu-
lance, since the saffron party won as many as
1,835wardsinRajasthanPanchayatSamitiand
Zila Parishad elections, the state election com-
missionsaidonTuesday.TheCongressgrabbed
about 1,718 wards in the polls. Turn to P6
GOVT NOT READY FOR ROLLBACK, SAY FARMERS
FARMERS TAKE CENTRE STAGE! Bharat
Bandh ends peacefully; life hit in some states
New Delhi: Farmers
took the national cen-
trestage on Tuesday as
their call for a Bharat
Bandh’ to push for a re-
peal of the new agri
laws disrupted life in
myriad ways with
shops closed, transport
affected and protesters
squatting on roads and
train tracks in several
places, though many
states remained largely
unaffected.
The day wound to a
mostly peaceful close
even as thousands of
farmers who have been
protesting for last 12
dayssaidthatthebandh
was effective and was
observed in around
10,000placesin25states.
Emergency services
were exempted and
banks, too, continued
operations as the pan-
Indiashutdown,backed
by most opposition par-
ties and trade unions,
rolled out noisily but
peacefully with its im-
pact felt Turn to P6
z App will be useful
for all those engaged
in the process. Govt
will be vaccinating
priority groups in the
first two phases.
z There are five mod-
ules in Co-WIN app:
Administrator module,
registration module,
vaccination module,
beneficiary acknowl-
edgement module and
report module.
z The administrator
module is for admin-
istrators who will be
conducting these vac-
cination sessions.
z Registration
module is for people
to get registered for
vaccination.
z Vaccination module
will verify beneficiary
details and update
vaccination status.
z Beneficiary
acknowledgement
module will send SMS
to beneficiaries. It will
also generate QR-
based certificates after
one gets vaccinated.
z Report module will
prepare reports of how
many vaccine sessions
have been conducted,
how many people have
attended those, how
many people have
dropped out etc.
ALL ABOUT THE APP
OPPN TO MEET
PREZ TODAY
Oppn will meet Prez
Kovind on Wednes-
day and the delega-
tion of 5 will include
Rahul Gandhi, Sharad
Pawar and oth-
ers. “Leaders from
different political
parties (opposing
the farm bills) will
sit, discuss and take
a collective stand on
the contentious farm
laws before meeting
President Ram Nath
Kovind,” NCP chief
Sharad Pawar told
reporters.
Crowd at Azadpur vegetable market amid a nationwide strike called by agitating farmers to press
for repeal of agri laws, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
After 2018 LS polls, one
more surprising BJP
emergence in Rural belt!
PM Narendra Modi greets as he addresses inaugural session of
India Mobile Congress 2020 virtually in New Delhi on Tuesday.
SHAH’SMEETINGWITHFARMERLEADERS
ENDSWITHNOSOFTENINGOFSTAND
Satish Poonia & Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat emerge as star campaigners
Satish Poonia Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
60 ENVOYS TO VISIT
FIRMS IN HYDERABAD
DEVELOPING VAX
New Delhi: More than 60 foreign heads of mis-
sions will on Wednesday visit leading biotech
companies in Hyderabad - Bharat Biotech and
Biological E - which are developing vaccines
against the novel coronavirus, sources said.
They said that this is the first such visit and it
will be followed by visits to facilities in other cit-
ies. Meanwhile as per health ministry estimates,
300 mn people may get vaccinated simultane-
ously as per availability of doses.

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Rajiv Gaur
Jodhpur: Indian
Army and DRDO in a
joint exercise ran
through indigenously
manufactured and de-
veloped battle tank Ar-
jun Mark 1A through
its final test at the
Pokhran field firing
range on Monday. Ar-
jun Mark 1A came out
with flying colours on
all the parameters set
by the Indian Army
and is now all set to re-
place two old tank reg-
iments of the army.
The journey of the
indigenously manufac-
tured Arjun tank start-
ed in 2004 when it was
inducted in the Indian
Army. After using the
tank for some time, the
army demanded a
modified version of
the tank and suggested
72 modifications in the
first model.
The DRDO incorpo-
rating all the modifica-
tions suggested by the
army prepared the
new version of the Ar-
jun tank known as the
Hunter-Killer tank.
Hunter Killer was test-
ed at Pokhran in March
2020 and had passed
the tests successfully.
The army at this point
was ready with an or-
der of 118 Hunter Kill-
er tanks for DRDO giv-
ing it priority over
Russian manufactured
T90 tanks. But the sen-
ior technicians of the
Indian Army asked
DRDO to add 14 new
features to the Hunter
Killer.
Arjun Mark 1A all set to replace two old tanks
NEW BEGINNING
LEADERSFEELTHEPINCHASCLOSEONESLOSEDEFEAT OF ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL’S SON RAVI SHEKHAR CAME AS A SHOCKER IN BIKANER
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Tuesday
results of the Panchay-
at Samiti and Zila Pari-
shad elections not only
spring surprise for the
ruling Congress and the
opposition BJP but also
for some senior leaders
who saw their family
members and relatives
lose the elections.
The BJP grabbed 1835
Panchayat Samiti seats
while Congress got only
1718. Rashtriya Lok-
tantrik Party got 56
whileindependentswon
420 seats. In Zila Pari-
shad also, BJP secured
265 seats, Congress 203,
while RLP got 10.
Union minister of
state Arjun Ram Megh-
wal’s son Ravi Shekhar
lost Bikaner Zila Pari-
shadelections.BJPMLA
Gopichand Meena’s
mother Ugma Devi lost
panchayat Samiti elec-
tions in Bhilwara while
Congress MLA Krishna
Poonia’s mother-in-law
NihaliDeviandsister-in-
law also lost panchayat
Samiti elections.
Sardarshahar MLA
Bhanwarlal Sharma’s
wife Manohari Devi lost
theelectiontoherbroth-
er-in-law Shyamlal.
Former BJP MLA
Jhabar Singh Kharra’s
son Durga Singh, for-
mer health minister
Bansidhar Bajia’s wife
and son, former MLA
Tagaram Chaudhary’s
son Naina Ram and
daughter-in-law Sigarti
Devi also lost panchay-
at Samiti elections.
The wife of former
Congress MLA Ram-
narayan, former MLA
Kanta Bhil’s son, BJP
MLA Kailash Meena’s
daughter-in-law were
also defeated. Amar-
deen Fakir, brother of
Sale Mohammad, lost.
CongressMLAGovind
Ram Meghwal’s son,
daughter, and wife, for-
mer MLA Dheeraj Gur-
jar’s mother Sita Devi,
and wife Hemlat won the
panchayat Samiti elec-
tions while Gurjar’s four
other relatives lost.
The son of Congress
MLA Mahendra Jeet
Singh Malviya and the
brother of cooperative
minister Udai Lal An-
jana, Manohar Anjana,
won the panchayat
Samiti.
Indra Meena, the wife
of Congress MLA Ram-
lal Meena, won Zila Par-
ishad member, MLA
Mahadev Khandela’s
son Dr Giriraj Singh
and daughter in law
Meenakshi won pan-
chayat Samiti elections
whereas senior Con-
gressMLAAminKhan’s
grandson Salman Khan
also won Panchayat
Samiti elections.
Former Congress
MLA Kanta Bhil and
her daughter, Congress
MLA Bhanwarlal Shar-
ma’s brother Shyamlal
Sharma won the pan-
chayat Samiti election.
Former minister
Nasim Akhtar Insaaf
won the panchayat
elections in Ajmer.
First India Bureau
Chittorgarh: BJP reg-
istered a thumping vic-
tory in 9 out of 11 village
Panchayat Samities of
the district while Con-
gresscouldonlyregister
a victory in Gangrar
and Kapasan village
Panchayat Samities.
BJP got a clear majority
in Chittorgarh, Bhade-
sar, Nimbahera, Badi
Sadri, Dungla, Bhain-
srodgarh, Rashmi, and
Bhupalsagar Panchayat
samities.
Cooperative Minister
Uday Lal Aanjna’s
brother Manohar Lal
won his election from
ward number 15 of his
Panchayat Samiti but
lostbyabigmarginfrom
ward number 18 in the
Zila Parishad elections.
Ex-Congress MLA
Prakash Chaudhary’s
son Raja Chaudhary
was in the race to be-
come Pradhan from
Badi Sadri and had won
his Panchayat Samiti
member election also
but with BJP getting a
clear majority in Badi
Sadri Panchayat Sami-
ti, his dream remained
unfulfilled. Similarly,
the wife of Kapasan
BJP MLA Arjun Lal Ji-
nagar’s brother’s wife,
Sushila Jinagar, who is
an ex Zila Pramukh lost
her Raashmi Panchayat
Samiti election while
Chittorgarh BJP MLA
Chandrabhan Singh
Aakya’s wife Sushila
Kanwar won her
Bhadeshwar Panchayat
Samiti election with a
record margin.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Elated with the
performance of the BJP
in the panchayati raj
and zila parishad elec-
tions, BJP state presi-
dent Satish Poonia on
Tuesday called the vic-
tory the hard work of
the party workers. Poo-
nia accused the Gehlot
government of using
every unethical means
to win the elections but
the people of the state
replied by defeating
congress in PCC chief
Govind Singh Dotasra’s
constituency.
Union Jal Shakti
minister Gajendra Sin-
gh Sehkhawat, who ex-
tensively campaigned
for the elections,
thanked the votes and
party workers. “Thanks
a lot! Thank you from
the heart! The victory
of the BJP candidates
in the Panchayat elec-
tions of Rajasthan is a
blessing to the Janata
Janardan. This is the
result of the continu-
ous hard work of the
workers. The victorious
candidates will do what
they promised”.
Rajsamand MP Diya
Kumari said that by en-
suring participation in
good governance, trans-
parent system and im-
plementation of
schemes in the pan-
chayat area, the win-
ning candidates would
provide relief to the
general public.
Om Prakash Sharma
Jaipur: Another petiti
on challenging the elec-
tion of Jaipur Greater
municipal corporation
Mayor Dr Somya on the
ground of having her
name in voter lists at
two places has been
filed in the district
court of Jaipur.
Congress councillor
Divya Singh from ward
number 93, who was
contesting for the post
of Mayor against Dr
Somya, has filed the pe-
tition seeking cancella-
tion of Mayor’s election
sayingshehadhername
registered in voter lists
in Jaipur and Karauli at
the time of filing nomi-
nation papers.
She also claimed that
Dr Somya concealed the
information in nomina-
tion papers about FIR
againstherthatwasfiled
in 2016 under various
sections in Gangapur
city police station of
Sawaimadhopurdistrict.
Earlier, a similar pe-
titionwasfiledbyPinky
Yadav, who had contest-
ed the municipal elec-
tion against Dr. Somya.
The petition filed by
Yadav has already been
admitted and the court
has issued notices to
the Mayor.
First India Bureau
Dausa: Independent
candidate from Ward 50
Meena Sharma spoke
about the development
of thewardinSaraswati
Nagar, Patel Colony and
Meena Colony by inten-
sive public relations.
A large number of
people from Saraswati
Nagar, Patel Colony and
Meena Colony were also
present during the inau-
guration of the election
office. She is a resident
of Saraswati Nagar, and
ward number 50 has
stood as a candidate for
the city council election.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Former CM
Vasundhara Raje re-
minded the people of
the initiatives that
her government took
to encourage aviation
for intrastate connec-
tivity on Internation-
al Civil Aviation Day.
Raje stated that de-
spite Congress being
in power in the state
for around 50 years, it
never bothered about
expanding the avia-
tion services in the
state while her govern-
ment, soon after as-
suming power took up
the airport projects of
Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota,
Bikaner, Jaisalmer,
Udaipur, Kishangarh,
Sawai Madhopur, Sri
Ganganagar, and
Bhilwara. She said
that the initiatives tak-
en by her in the avia-
tion sector gave a boost
to tourism, industry,
and trade in the state,
and today the state can
boast of direct connec-
tivity with big cities of
Delhi, Gujarat, and
Maharashtra.
First India Bureau
Sikar: In a big setback
to PCC chief Govind
Singh Dotasra, in the
Panchayat Raj and Zila
Parishad elections, he
will have to see a BJP
candidate as Pradhan in
his native Laxmangarh
Panchayat Samiti.
In fiercely contested
elections for 25 seats,
BJP managed 13 while
Congress could only
manage 11 while one
BJP supported candi-
datewentpastthefinish-
inglineinthetraditional
Congress stronghold.
Political pundits were
amazed at Congress los-
ing in the area which
voted for Dotasra not
once but thrice in a row
during assembly elec-
tions. It is noteworthy
that Dotasra has also
served as Pradhan from
Laxmangarh. Interest-
ingly even in neigh-
bouring Nechwa Pan-
chayat Samiti with Con-
gress and BJP at a tie,
the keys to the coveted
chair are with an inde-
pendent candidate.
BJP registers
thumping victory in
Panchayat polls
Poonia, Shekhawat,
Diya Kumari thank
workers, voters
SHEKHAWAT ACCUSES GEHLOT
GOVT OF MISLEADING PEOPLE
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Accusing the
Ashok Gehlot govern-
ment of misleading
people, union Jal Shak-
ti minister Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat on
Tuesday said the state
government has pre-
sented a decision of
the Modi government
about eliminating the
need for permission to
dig tubewells as a state
government decision.
He said that the cen-
tre had issued a notifi-
cation on 24 September
clarifying that farmers
will no more require
obtaining permission
to dig tubewells in
farms and the water
department of Ra-
jasthan issued orders
to district collectors in
reference to the cen-
tre’s notification on 12
November.
The minister said
that the centre has
abolished the category
of a dark zone in agri-
culture and provided
relief to the farmers
but the Gehlot govern-
ment is presenting it as
its cabinet decision.
He said that lies and
deceits are in the DNA
of the Congress party.
SINGH CHALLENGES MAYOR’S ELECTIONMEENA SHARMA’S ELECTION
OFFICE INAUGURATED
BJP govt took initiative
to encourage aviation
Big setback for Dotasra
RELIEF FOR PUBLIC
I killed, 10 injured in
a clash in Sikar
Ramesh Sharma
Sikar: One person died
while 10 were injured
when two politically op-
posed groups clashed
during the victory pro-
cession of ward number
19 candidate Rubina
Khan in Balod Badi area
of Fatehpur Panchayat
Samiti. Kanhaiyalal ali-
as Kanaram Jat died in
the clash while two seri-
ously injured persons
were referred to Sikar
hospital. District SP Ga-
gandeep Singla reached
Fatehpur on the infor-
mation of the clash. Ac-
cording to the reports,
there was palpable ten-
sionintheareaafterBJP
fielded a Muslim candi-
date but everything re-
mained peaceful until
thevictoryprocessionof
Rubina khan was car-
ried out. When the vic-
tory procession reached
the losing Congress can-
didate Sanju Bagadiya’s
house some people from
Rubina Khan’s proces-
sion started pelting
stonesonSanjuBagadiy’s
house and within no
time some armed people
attacked the residents
of the Congress candi-
date’s house. The clash
also resulted in a loss of
property and damage to
many vehicles.
Meena Sharma
Govind Singh Dotasra
Divya Singh Dr Somya
Ravi Shekhar
PANCHAYAT SAMITI
TOTAL SEATS 4371
CONGRESS 1718
BJP 1835
CPIM 420
BSP 56
IND 16
CPI 03
RLP 0
NCP 0
AITMC 0
NPP 0
ZILA PARISHAD
TOTAL SEATS 636
CONGRESS 239
BJP 312
CPIM 2
BSP 10
IND 2
CPI 0
RLP 0
NCP 0
AITMC 0
NPP 0
AMARDEEP SINGH APPOINTED AS STATION COMMANDER
Election officials count votes for Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections, at a counting center in
Bikaner,Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Sheela Singh wife
of Shishupal Singh
Nimbara and sister-in-
law of first India family
member Mahipal Singh
won the Rani pan-
chayat samiti member
election from ward
number 15.
Sheela Singh

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2020
Rajiv Gaur
Jodhpur: Rajasthan
high court on Tuesday
gave the custody of a
five year old girl Lavan-
ya, whose mother was
murdered, to her aunt
as per the girl’s wish in
Jodhpur.
It was an emotional
moment in the court
when her aunt got cus-
tody and hugged her.
During the previous
hearing on a habeas
corpus writ petition on
December 3 filed by the
maternal grandfather
of the girl, the court
had directed the Jodh-
pur police to produce
the girl before the court
on 8 December. When
she was produced be-
fore a division bench on
Tuesday, justice Sand-
eep Mehta talked to the
girl and asked her wish.
The girl said she wants
to live with her aunt,
sister of her mother, fol-
lowing which the court
gave custody of the girl
to her aunt.
Lavanya’s mother Su-
nita Kanwar was mur-
dered allegedly for dow-
ry in Haryana earlier
this year, girl had been
living with her father’s
parents. Mohan Singh
requested court to give
custody of Lavanya to
his other daughter.
HC gives 5-yr-old’s custody to her aunt
CUSTODY WITH KID’S WISH
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The ‘Bharat
Bandh’ on Tuesday got
a mixed reaction in the
state where mandis
were closed but shops in
several places remained
open. Those in favour of
the bandh were seen re-
questing shopkeepers
with folded hands to
down the shutters. In
Jaipur, the Congress
Seva Dal members even
offered flowers to shop-
keepers to close the
shops.
A clash also broke out
between NSUI and
BJYM workers outside
the BJP office.
Roadways buses,
trucks and mini-buses
did not ply, but auto-
rickshaws and e-rick-
shaws were seen on the
roads. A group of Ra-
jasthan farmers, led by
former MLA and farm-
erleaderAmraram,was
stopped at Shahjahan-
pur border by Haryana
police. The group has
put up stay at the bor-
der. Around 3000 road-
ways buses, 2000 mini-
buses, 20,000 autos start-
ed plying after 3 pm on
Tuesday.
The strike affected
business of around Rs
18,000 crore across the
state and revenue of
about Rs 1600 crore was
also affected, said Ra-
jasthan Khadya Pdar-
ath Vyapar Sangh presi-
dent Babulal Gupta. He
said said 247 mandis of
the state were closed.
The biggest agricultur-
al market of the
state at Kukar Khe-
da also remained closed.
“Merchants also op-
posed the agricultural
laws. Business was com-
pletely stalled
here,” said Ramcharan
Natani, President of
Kukarkheda Agricul-
tural Produce Market.
Markets and business
activities were partially
affected at other places
such as Kota, Jodh-
pur, Bhilwara, Udaipur,
Jaisalmer, and Bikaner.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The members
of National Students
Union of India (NSUI)
holding a demonstra-
tion in support of pro-
testing farmers clashed
with BJP Yuva Morcha
workers outside the
BJP office here on Tues-
day.
“We were holding a
peaceful demonstration
but the Yuva Morcha
members hit some of
our members,” NSUI
spokesperson Ramesh
Bhati said. DCP Manoj
Kumar said some pro-
testors tried to force-
fully enter BJP office
and were stopped by
police. He said there
was no stone pelting.
Satish Poonia how-
ever alleged stone pelt-
ing by NSUI cadres.
“Congress party’s sup-
port to ‘Bharat Bandh’
is unfortunate. At the
behest of government,
the goons of the Con-
gress pelted stones at
BJP office today. To-
day’s incident is con-
demnable,” he said. Ra-
jendra Rathore also de-
manded action against
the NSUI members.
Mixed reaction to Bharat Bandh in Raj;mandis shut
Public transport was affected as buses and mini-buses remained off roads till 3 pm
NSUI, BJYM members clash
outside BJP headquarters
Transport min Pratap Singh
drives tractor on city roads
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Transport Min-
ister Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas on
Tuesday drove a tractor
and visited markets in
the Jaipur along with
his supporters. He ap-
pealed to the shopkeep-
ers to support the
“Bharat Bandh’ called
by farmers.
The minister passed
through several areas
including Civil Lines,
MI road, Johri Bazaar
etc, while waving at the
public. “Thanks to peo-
ple of Rajasthan for the
historic support given
to Bharat Bandh, with
your support it is clear
that whole country
stands with Annadata
farmer,” he tweeted.
Rally was taken out in
city with members
holding placards that
read “No Farmers, No
Food”.
Amid Covid surge, JMC officials don new
roles to take strict action against people
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: The officials of
both municipal corpo-
rations have pulled up
their socks and started
taking action against
people and establish-
ments not adhering to
Covid guidelines.
Tuesday witnessed in
531 persons paying fines
due to non-compliance
of the guidelines. Hawa
Mahal-Amer zone depu-
ty commissioner Suren-
dra Yadav seized Palm
resort marriage garden
of Jaisinghpura Khor,
Kishanpole zone deputy
commissioner Ramk-
ishore Meena seized
Himachal Juice centre
in ward 63 near Polovic-
tory while Sanganer
zone deputy commis-
sioner Abha Beniwal
collected Rs 49,500 as
fine from 105 persons
for not wearing masks,
not maintaining social
distancing.
Jhotwara-Jagatpura
zone deputy commis-
sioner Mamata Nagar
collected Rs 44,900 as
fine from 128 persons
for non-compliance of
corona guidelines.
Apart from the challan
and fine drive the cor-
poration officials also
organised awareness
rallies, free mask distri-
bution and warning ral-
lies in various munici-
pal zones of the city.
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: The Anti Corrup-
tion Bureau (ACB) ar-
rested the reader of Ad-
ditional Chief Judicial
Magistrate (ACJM)
court -1 and a senior
clerk of the same court
for allegedly taking a
bribe of Rs. 500 on
Tuesday.
The two accused had
demanded the bribe
from the client of a law-
yer for issuing of case’s
hearing dates, verifica-
tion of bail security and
other judicial works.
Additional SP-ACB
Kota Chandrasheel
Thakur said the lawyer
Shahazad Ali had filed a
complaint on Monday
alleging the reader Go-
pal Prasad Jain and sen-
ior clerk Chand Jat de-
manded a bribe of Rs.
500 from his clients for
judicial works done by
him soon.
JVVNL staff in ACB
net for taking bribe
Tonk: An ACB team un-
der the supervision of
Tonk ACB outpost ASP
Vijay Singh arrested JV-
VNL technical helper
Ajit Kumar Chandra-
vanshiacceptingabribe
of Rs 1,000 on Tuesday.
ASP Vijay Singh said
that complainant
Bhajan Lal had submit-
ted a report against the
technical helper Ajit al-
leging that he was de-
manding a bribe of Rs
1,000 in lieu of transfer-
ring an agricultural
electricity connection.
Sandeep Goyal
Sawai Madhopur: Lo-
cal Congress Member
of the Legislative As-
sembly (MLA) Danish
Abrar was issued a life
threat on the social me-
dia by members of infa-
mous Vijay Meena
gang.
As soon as the video
went viral, district Su-
perintendent of Police
(SP) Sudheer Chaud-
hary immediately
rushed police teams to
arrest the culprits iden-
tified from the video.
Chaudhary said that all
the people in the video
have been identified
and are residents of dif-
ferent police station ar-
eas and will soon be ar-
rested.
It is noteworthy that
Sawai Madhopur has
rivalry between
Saddam and Vijay Mee-
na gang and even a part
of the viral video
claims patronage by
MLA Danish Abrar to
the rival gang is the
reason for threatening
him with his life. De-
spite tall claims the po-
lice were empty-handed
at the time of this news
going to print.
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: Jaipur Develop-
ment Authority (JDA)
has approved creation
of new plots for Paki-
stani migrants in a re-
cently held project
works committee meet-
ing. JDC Gaurav Goyal
informed that as per the
budget announcement,
it has been decided to
create 100 new plots in
Govindpura in Zone-8
for Pak migrants.
In the past, 176 mi-
grantswereleftfromthe
allotment and 100 of
them will now be allot-
ted the newly created
plots in Govindpura.
Rest of the migrants
will be allotted plots in
other schemes. He said
that the JDA will soon
start the work of con-
structing 1448 flats for
the economically weak-
er section under the
Chief Minister Jan
Awaas Yojana-2015 (Ur-
ban) for which the com-
mittee gave administra-
tive and financial ap-
provals of Rs 74 crore.
Under the scheme, flats
will be constructed in
G+3 format with a su-
per-built area of approx-
imately 450 square feet.
Jaipur: A total of 20
more people died of
Covid-19 in Rajasthan
on Tuesday, taking the
pandemic death toll in
the state to 2,468, a
Health Department bul-
letin said.
The state also report-
ed 1,604 new cases on
the day, taking the total
number of coronavirus-
infected people to
2,84,116 in the state with
20,875 of them still un-
dergoing treatment. Ra-
jasthan reported 465
cases from Jaipur. —PTI
Supporters urges people to shut down shops at Choti Chaupar in
city to take active part in Bandh. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Bus movement in city hits badly by Bharat Bandh amid growing
support for farmers. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Jodhpur leaders demonstrate Bharat Bandh by lying and
kneeling.
NSUI activists, huge crowd gathered on Tuesday outside the BJP
state headquarters in Jaipur. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas drives tractor, visits markets along
with his supporters on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Rajasthan bus services hit badly on Tuesday due to Bharat
Bandh. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Court gives custody of Lavanya, whose mother was murdered, to aunt as per girl’s wish in Jodhpur.
Kukar Khera Anaj Mandi went on a strike in support of farmers. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
AVINASH PANDE
@avinashpandeinc
We have full support
for the ‘Bharat Bandh’
called by the country’s
donors against the
oppressive policies
of the government. In
honor of the farmers,
Congress is in the fray.
# Farmers_k_sang_
bharat_band
#IndiaSupport-
FarmerProtest
20 die of
Covid & 1,604
infected in Raj
2 court staffers nabbed
while accepting bribe
JDA approves new
plots for Pak migrants
MLA Abrar given life threat
on social media, police on toes
A medic collects a sample of a woman for testing of Covid-19 in
a city hospital on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Gaurav Goyal
Danish Abrar

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AMIT SHAH ENTERS
SCENE, DEADLOCK
CONTINUES
arring the Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty-ruled states, the nationwide
shutdown called by farmers for a
repeal of the three farm laws re-
mained peaceful. Sensing their
resolute mood, Union Home Minister Amit
Shah invited a delegation of farmers for talks
on Tuesday. He had to concede to their de-
mand of meeting at a neutral place instead
of Shah’s residence or office. Shah was later
joined by Agriculture Minister Narendra
Singh Tomar. The government agreed to give
its proposals in writing but ruled out a com-
plete rollback. The farmers were not en-
thused.
Until now Centre’s negotiating team con-
sisted of Tomar and Railways Minister Pi-
yush Goyal. After today’s talks, there is now
a question mark over the sixth round of talks
due on Wednesday. With Amit Shah entering
the scene there was talk of the Centre agree-
ing to amend the farm laws for parity be-
tween private and government mandis, give
a written assurance on the minimum support
price, and allow farmers to approach civil
courts to seek dispute resolution. Whether
the government will indeed take a few steps
back and agree to incorporate these points
and whether the farmers will drop their de-
mand was unclear as the talks were under-
way at the time of writing.
On Tuesday, life was disrupted in several
states due to the Bharat Bandh. Punjab re-
mained the epicenter of the protests with
over 50,000 government employees taking
mass casual leave in support of the agitating
farmers who stayed put along the Haryana-
Delhi border.
In Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
alleged that after he met farmers at Singhu,
he was placed under house arrest by the Del-
hi Police, which strongly denied the charge.
The BJP asked Kejriwal not to do theatrics
over the farmers’ strike.
Protests were held across Telangana, As-
sam, Rajasthan, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu
affecting normal life. In Chhattisgarh’s major
cities the streets looked deserted as business
establishmentsremainedclosed.Insomeother
stateslikeGoa,HimachalPradesh,Meghalaya,
and Arunachal Pradesh the bandh had no ef-
fect. Overall, the bandh remained peaceful.
Taking advantage of the situation the op-
position parties have also come together to
mount pressure on the government. Repre-
sentatives of 24 national parties wanted to
meet President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednes-
day. However, the President agreed to meet
only five leaders. Nationalist Congress Party
president Sharad Pawar, Congress’s Rahul
Gandhi, CPM’s Sitaram Yechury, and CPI’s D.
Raja and TR Balu are now expected to repre-
sent the Opposition.
The opposition parties had earlier written
to the President urging him not to give his
assent to the controversial ordinances. Argu-
ing that agriculture was a state subject, the
Punjab government had passed its own set of
laws and sought presidential approval but the
Rashtrapati Bhawan.
IN-DEPTH
B
any people feel
that their expe-
rience of time
has been a bit
off this year.
Even though the clocks are
ticking as they should be,
days stretch out and some
months seem to go on for-
ever. We all know that there
are 60 seconds in a minute
but 2020 has made us all
aware of how we can expe-
rience the passage of time
a bit differently.
The French philosopher
Henri Bergson (1859-1941),
who was a bit of a celebrity
in his time, came up with
an idea that can help us un-
derstand why the time has
felt so strange in the year
of the pandemic, la durée.
Bergsonarguedthattime
has two faces. The first face
of time is “objective time”:
the time of watches, calen-
dars, and train timetables.
The second, la durée (“du-
ration”), is “lived time,” the
time of our inner subjec-
tive experience. This is
time felt, lived, and acted.
LIVING ON
OUR OWN TIME
Bergson observed that we
mostly do not pay attention
to la durée. We do not need
to – “objective time” is far
more useful. But we can get
a glimpse of the difference
between them when they
come apart.
The stretch of objective
timebetween3pmand4pm
is the same as that between
8pmand9pm.Butthisdoes
not have to be so with la du-
rée. If the first interval is
spent waiting at the den-
tist’s office and the second
at a party, we know the first
hour drags and the second
just passes by too quickly.
An example of this that
Bergson would have loved
can be found in a highly
unlikely place, the 1998
animated film AntZ. In a
short scene halfway
through the film, two ants
get stuck to the soles of a
boy’s shoes. The two-min-
ute sequence involves them
talking to each other while
the boy takes four or five
individual steps.
In the scene, talking hap-
pens in normal time while
thestepshappeninslowmo-
tion. The filmmakers have
managed to squeeze two du-
rées of different speeds into
one sequence: the boy walks
in slow motion, while the
ants converse in real time.
Noneof thiscanbecaptured
if we took a stopwatch and
noted the precise positions
of the shoes and the content
of their conversations. “Ob-
jective time” is just irrele-
vant to the description of
the scene: the ants’ durée
really matters to the viewer.
THE PANDEMIC
SLOWDOWN
If we shift our focus from
“objective time” to la durée,
we can put our finger on the
feeling of strangeness sur-
rounding time this year.
It’s not just that that for
many la durée slowed down
during lockdown and sped
up towards the relatively
restriction-free summer.
For Bergson, no two mo-
ments of la durée can ever
be identical. The arrival of
a train at a particular mo-
ment of objective time is
always the same. But our
past feelings and memories
influence our present expe-
rience of time. People who
were lucky enough to not
have to cope with the nega-
tive effects of the pandemic
might have felt a sense of
“novelty” about the first
lockdown: the sales of exer-
cise equipment rose sharp-
ly, some started learning
Welsh, others began mak-
ing bread.
The reason why we often
struggle to get into the
same mindset now is that
the memory of the first
lockdown “flavours,” as
Bergson would say, the cur-
rent one. Countless yoga-
mats will end up behind
cabinets as we recall how
fed up we got having to stay
insidethefirsttimearound.
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INDIAJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2020
New Delhi: Accusing
them of “imposing” the
Bharat bandh for “po-
litical gain”, Union
minister Smriti Irani
on Tuesday said that the
opposition parties were
trying to disrupt peace,
and law and order in the
country in the name of
the farmers’ protest.
“The opposition,
which could not get to
power through people’s
support and votes, is in-
furiated and is trying to
disrupt the law and or-
der situation for politi-
cal gain. We have seen
scenes where workers of
the opposition parties
are forcefully shutting
down shops and mar-
kets. The country does
not want bandh. But a
bandh on the opposi-
tion’smisguidedpolicies
and corruption,” the
MinisterforTextilesand
Women and Child Devel-
opment told ANI here.
Iranireiteratedruling
BJP’s commitment to-
wards MSP and
claimedthatoppo-
sitionhavebeen
spreading ru-
mours about
MSP and
APMC.
—ANI
‘GOVT TO START 1000 KHELO INDIA
CENTRES TO EMPLOY RETD PLAYERS
New Delhi: Union
Minister of Youth Affairs
and Sports Kiren Rijiju
on Tuesday said that the
government has made
various policy changes
and has taken initiatives
to encourage and support
sportspersons and the
sporting community even
after they retire. Address-
ing the 10th Global Sports
Summit, TURF 2020,
organised by FICCI, Rijiju
said, “We are also starting
1000 Khelo India small
centres across the coun-
try that will help retired
sportspersons get em-
ployment or some role in
shaping the sports culture
of the country. “When a
sportsperson suffers, it
discourages generations.
The government is also
ensuring that the prize
BIHAR: NIA ARRESTS ARMS
TRAFFICKER FROM GAYA
New Delhi: National Investigation Agency has
arrested an alleged arms trafficker from Bihar’s
Gaya district in connection with stealing weapon
parts from Central Ordnance Depot, Jabalpur, MP,
according to an official statement. The accused
has been identified as Rajeev Ranjan Singh aka
Chunnu Singh, a resident of Atri in Bihar’s Gaya
district. He was arrested on Monday. According
to the investigating agency, three AK series weap-
ons were seized in district Munger, Bihar from
the house of one accused Rizwana Begum.
MARKETS SCALE NEW PEAKS;
SENSEX JUMPS 182 PTS
Mumbai: Rising for the
fourth straight session,
equity benchmark Sensex
jumped 182 points to
end at its fresh lifetime
peak on Tuesday, track-
ing gains in index majors
Reliance Industries,
TCS and Infosys amid
persistent foreign fund
inflows. After touching a
record intra-day high of
45,742.23, the 30-share
BSE index climbed 181.54
points or 0.40 per cent
to finish at 45,608.51.
Similarly, the broader NSE
Nifty rose for the sixth
consecutive day, up 37.20
points or 0.28 per cent
to 13,392.95 -- its new
lifetime closing high. It
touched its intra-day re-
cord of 13,435.45 in early
trade. UltraTech Cement
was the top gainer.
5 HELD FOR ATTACKING
POLICE TEAM IN MOGA
Moga: The Punjab police on said it have ar-
rested five people who allegedly attacked the
police party in Moga district on December
5 and recovered 315 bore pistols and 5 live
cartridges including AK-47 assault rifles from
them. Harmanbir Singh Gill, Senior Superin-
tendent of Police (SSP), Moga said that on
December 5, around 11:30 pm, SI Major Singh
735/Moga along with a PHG Sukhwinder Singh
had gone to attend a 112 red call at Village
Jalalabad, PS Dharamkot.
FARMERS’ PROTEST
‘OPPOSITION TRYING TO
DISRUPT PEACE, LAW & ORDER’
UNION MINISTER SMRITI IRANI REITERATED THE RULING BJP’S
COMMITMENT TOWARDS THE MINIMUM SUPPORT PRICE (MSP)
AMID BHARAT BANDH, FARMERS’ PROTEST
AGAINST AGRI LAWS ENTERS 13TH DAY
32-YR-OLD FARMER FOUND DEAD AT
DELHI’S TIKRI BORDER AMID STIR
New Delhi: Amid a Bharat bandh call, the farmers’ protest against the three re-
cently enacted agricultural laws entered its 13th day on Tuesday with demon-
strations continuing on Sant Nirankari Samagam ground in Burari on the out-
skirts of Delhi and at borders. Farmers at Burari’s Nirankari Samagam ground
started their day with the morning prayers as usual. The day ahead is expected
to be busy with the protesting farmer unions observing a nationwide bandh as
they are not satisfied with the amendments to the agricultural legislation being
proposed by the government during several rounds of talks. Farmers, however,
have informally assured police that the protest will be peaceful.—ANI
New Delhi: A 32-year-old farmer from Haryana’s Sonipat was found dead at
Tikri border here on Tuesday, on a day the farmers’ protest in and around Delhi
entered 13th day with a Bharat bandh called by them. The farmer has been
identified as Ajay Moor, a resident of Sonipat’s Gohana area. His family mem-
bers have been informed, police said. “Moor had been sleeping in an open
park. Today morning he was found dead. The body has been sent for the post-
mortem examination,” a police officer said. Further investigation is underway
to find out the cause of death. —ANI
CONG USING
FARMERS TO OPPOSE
PM MODI: UNION MIN
‘Congress’s
opposition to
farm laws
hypocritical’
NO RESTRICTION ON
MOVEMENT OF
KEJRIWAL: POLICE
New Delhi: Union Minister Giriraj
Singh said, “Congress has become
a party of dual policy, the Opposi-
tion has no issues left. They are
doing only PM Modi’s opposition
using farmers protest as a pretext.”
Taking a jibe at Rahul Gandhi, the
BJP MP said, “Rahul Gandhi thinks
that Adani and Ambani may make
wheat in a factory because once he
(Rahul Gandhi) was making potato
in a factory. So he has no idea. He
does not know about poverty and
what are the issues of farmers. He
uses words given by others.” —ANI
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister for I& Broadcast-
ing Prakash Javadekar
“I have full confidence
that this matter will be
resolved. If farmers
have any confusion,
then it is our job to clear
them. We’ll solve their
problems. But, the Con-
gress, who is asking to
roll back these laws, is
hypocritical as they
themselves had passed
the Contract Farming
Act while in power.
Many states, ruled by
the opposition parties,
also accepted the Model
Act on Agricultural
Produce Market Com-
mittee (APMC), pro-
posed by Sharad Pawar.
Congress also men-
tioned introduction of
these laws in their man-
ifesto,” he said. —ANI
New Delhi: Satish Golcha Special
CP said, “It has been claimed in
certain sections of social media
and otherwise that there is some
restriction on movement of CM
of Delhi, I would like to clarify in
this regard that these claims are
totally baseless . There’s absolutely
no restriction whatsoever. The
Honourable CM has been meeting
his usual engagements and has
been moving out of his residence.
There’s adequate security in the
area to maintain peace and to pre-
vent any untoward incident.” —ANI
MISLEADING PEOPLE HAS
BEEN OPPN’S WAY: NAQVI
New Delhi: Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that it has been the
way of Opposition to create confusion and mislead the people. Speaking
on the issue of farmers protest against the new agriculture laws, Naqvi
said, “We have no complaints from farmers, but unfortunately there is
a syndicate of criminal conspirators that tries to paint in a bad way the
good work done by PM Modiji. You can see the history of the past 6 years
how Modiji worked for all the sections of society, for development, eco-
nomic progress, and security of the country. Did they support any work?”
“To create confusion, mislead people of the country & do conspiracy to
defame image of the country, this has been their way,” Naqvi said. —ANI
SCstayscontemptnotice
againstMahaGuvKoshyari
BJP chief Nadda to begin his
two-day visit to Bengal today
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Tuesday
stayed the contempt of
court proceedings
against Maharashtra
Governor Bhagat Singh
Koshyari in connection
withtheallegednon-pay-
ment of the market rent
for the government bun-
galowallocatedtohimas
a former Chief Minister
of Uttarakhand.
A three-judge bench
of the apex court, head-
ed by Justice Rohinton
Fali Nariman and also
comprising Justices KM
Joseph and Krishna Mu-
rari,stayedthecontempt
proceedings against Ko-
shiyari on his petition
againstthenoticeissued
to him by the Uttara-
khand High Court.
The bench, after
hearing Koshyari’s peti-
tion, issued a notice to
the Uttarakhand gov-
ernment and tagged his
petition with a pending
plea challenging the ba-
sis at which market
rent rates were decided
by the Uttarakhand
High Court.
Koshyari had moved
the apex court on No-
vember 17 against the
notice issued by the HC
on a plea seeking to ini-
tiate contempt proceed-
ings against him for not
paying the market rent
of a government bunga-
low allocated to him as
a former Chief Minis-
ter. of Uttarakhand be-
tween 2001 and 2002.
—ANI
New Delhi: As part of
his 120-day tour of the
country, Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) chief
Jagat Prakash Nadda
will start his two-day
visit to West Bengal
from Wednesday, where
he will participate in
various programmes
aimed at “strengthen-
ing the party at the base
as well as at the booth
level”.
BJP’s national media
head Anil Baluni said
in a statement that Na-
dda will be on two days
‘Pravas’ to West Bengal
on December 9 and 10.
On December 9, Nadda
will inaugurate nine
BJP state party offices.
“He will also do a com-
munity outreach pro-
gramme on BJP’s mis-
sion of ‘Aur Noi Anyay’
in the Bhabanipur as-
sembly seat. He will
alsoprayattheKalighat
Kali Temple and will
interact with members
of the slum communi-
ty,” the statement re-
vealed.
Nadda will land at the
Kolkata airport on De-
cember 9 at 12 noon and
will receive a grand wel-
come. Post this at 1 pm
he will inaugurate the
party’s West Bengal
election office at Hast-
ings, Kolkata. At 1:05
pm he will virtually in-
augurate party offices
in nine districts. He will
then leave for Bhaban-
ipur Assembly seat
where he will conduct a
community outreach
programme called ‘Aur
Noi Anyay’.
“The programmes is
the BJP’s mission
against the hegemony
and the gunda raj of the
TMC (TMC),” the party
said. —ANI
I’ve been detained
again, alleges
Mehbooba Mufti
Srinagar: Former Jam-
mu and Kashmir Chief
Minister and Peoples
DemocraticParty(PDP)
chief Mehbooba Mufti
on Tuesday alleged that
she was illegally de-
tained at her residence
in Srinagar.
Mufti said she want-
ed to visit Budgam to
meet the families evict-
ed from their homes but
was stopped by security
forces deployed outside
her residence.
She further said that
the government of In-
dia was using illegal de-
tention as a method to
muzzle the opposition.
“Illegal detention has
become GOIs favourite
go to method for muz-
zling any form of oppo-
sition. Ive been detained
once again because I
wanted to visit Budgam
where hundreds of fam-
ilies were evicted from
their homes,” Mehboo-
ba tweeted.
“GOI wants to con-
tinue inflicting oppres-
sion & zulm on the peo-
ple of J&K without any
questions asked,” she
added. —Agencies
When the Bill
was tabled before
the Parliament,
the opposition tried to
spread rumour about the
MSP and APMC. They
claimed that the
government will close the
APMC markets. Nothing
of that sort happened.
The Government of
India did not even touch
the APMC law
—Smriti Irani, Union Minister
Farmers of Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan demonstrate during ‘Bharat Bandh’ against Centres’
farm reform laws, in Bhopal on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

INDIAJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2020
Govt not...
Earlier, the meeting
venue was moved to the
sprawling Pusa agricul-
tural institute campus a
few km from Shah’s of-
ficial home, reportedly
to restrict media glare.
The Home Minister’s
invite, indicating that
the government is en-
gaging with the farmers
at the highest level,
came as a nationwide
shutdown or Bharat
Bandh called by protest-
ing farmers hit road
and rail traffic in parts
of the country.
“I received a phone
call. Amit Shah has
called a meeting. We
have been called at 7
pm,” said farmer leader
Rakesh Tikait.
Tikait said various
representatives of
farmer groups protest-
ing on the highways
near Delhi would attend
the meeting.“There is
no midway. We will de-
mand just ‘yes’ or ‘no’
from the Home Minister
at today’s meeting,”
farmer leader Rudru
Singh Mansa said.
The meeting assumes
significance as Shah’s
intervention comes af-
ter the farmers called a
four-hour symbolic pro-
test on Tuesday, which
evoked mixed response
across the country.
—With inputs from agencies
Farmers take...
in Punjab, Haryana and
Delhi, the epicentre of
the snowballing pro-
tests, as well as in states
such as Odisha, Maha-
rashtra and Bihar.
In several parts of the
country, including in
BJP-ruled Goa,
Himachal Pradesh,
Meghalaya and
Arunachal Pradesh, life
continued unimpeded.
In other places, the
pandemic appeared to
recede into the back-
ground. Security was
stepped up, restive
crowds demonstrated in
some places and the
numbers swelled at Del-
hi’s border points. Pro-
testers also blocked rail-
way tracks in places in
West Bengal, Bihar and
Odisha.
In Delhi, where most
main markets were
open, tension spiralled
with the ruling Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) al-
leging that Delhi Police
had put Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal under
house arrest.
PM: Mobile...
H y d e r a b a d - b a s e d
Bharat Biotech has
sought nod Covaxin
which is being indige-
nously developed in
collaboration with
ICMR.
The applications
mean that a mass vac-
cine effort could be
shortly underway in a
nation that has the
world’s second-largest
coronavirus caseload.
Speaking on mobile
technology, he said it
was because of this that
the government was
able to provide benefits
worth billions of dollars
to millions of Indians.
China’s military...
Such camps can provide
ability to the Chinese
Army to better patrol
their side of the LAC as
well as to react faster to
the developing situa-
tions in the border are-
as, they said. —ANI
Extent of...
In this regard, we have
also written a letter to
the Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, to for-
mulate a comprehen-
sive settlement plan,”
he said
Gehlot stressed that
in order to provide the
farmers with a reason-
able price for the crop, it
is necessary that the
procurement should be
close to the farmers’
fields at the minimum
support price (MSP).
“For this it is necessary
to strengthen the Gram
Seva Sehkari Societies
(GSSS) and develop oth-
er basic facilities in-
cluding storage capaci-
ty there. NABARD can
play a big role in this
task. In the past, about
550 GSSS were author-
ized for purchase on
MSP in Rajasthan by
giving the status of sec-
ondary mandi, which
had positive results,” he
said. CS Niranjan Arya
said that banking pri-
orities should be com-
bined with the state’s
priorities, so that credit
facilities can be en-
hanced in the respective
areas as per their re-
quirement.
After 2018...
In fact, it would not be
wrong to say that post
the landslide victory
witnessed by the BJP in
the 2018 Lok Sabha
Polls, it is perhaps for
the first time in the elec-
toral landscape that
BJP has made major in-
roads in rural Ra-
jasthan, where Con-
gress and independents
dominated the Panchay-
at and local body elec-
tions. Moreover, for the
BJP, its state president
Satish Poonia and un-
ion minister Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat have
stamped their authority
on even the grassroot
politics since they duo
had campaigned in a
large section of Ra-
jasthan as BJP’s star
campaigners.
FROM PG 1
MEETING FOR EMPANELMENT OF 1990
AND 1991 IRS(IT) BATCH THIS MONTH?
Meeting for empanelment of 1990 and 1991 batch
officers to the rank of Principal Commissioner
(PCIT) is expected to take place this month.
WILL RAILWAY BOARD CEO YADAV
GET EXTENSION?
In the Rail Bhawan, all are curious whether Vinod
Yadav, CEO will get another extension ? Yadav is
already on extension.
WILL AJOY MEHTA SUCCEED ANAND
KULKARNI IN MAHARASHTRA?
Latest information says that Ajoy Mehta may
succeed Anand Kulkarni as Chairman of the
Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission
(MERC). He is former 1984 batch IAS officer.
INTER CADRE DEPUTATION TENURE
OF R SUDHAN EXTENDED
The inter cadre deputation tenure of R Sudhan
from Manipur to Tamil Nadu has been extended for
a period of two years beyond December 17, 2020.
He is a 2006 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre.
WHO IS THE MOST POWERFUL
BUREAUCRAT IN TELENGANA?
In bureaucratic circles, Somesh Kumar is consid-
ered to be the most powerful person in Telengana.
1989 batch IAS officer Somesh Kumar is present-
ly Chief Secretary.
THREE CANDIDATES APPOINTED TO IFS
Three candidates have been appointed to the Indi-
an Forest Service on the basis of the result of IFS
Examination, 2019 (Batch-2020). They are: Amit
Kaler, Shubham and Aman Verma.
8 IAS OFFICERS GET NEW
RESPONSIBILITY IN BIHAR
The Bihar Government has shifted eight IAS
officers. Accordingly, Sudhir Kumar was posted as
Additional Member, Board of Revenue, Bihar, Patna,
while Brajesh Mehrotra was made ACS, Industry
Department and he will continue to hold the addi-
tional charge of Parliamentary Affairs Department.
Similarly, Chaitanya Prasad is appointed as Principal
Secretary, Water Resources Department, while San-
jeev Hans will join as Secretary, Energy Department;
Robert L Chongthu is Secretary, Governor Secre-
tariat, Patna; Pankaj Kumar, Commissioner, Tirhut
Division, Muzaffarpur, will hold additional charge
of Commissioner, Saran Division, Chhapra; Lokesh
Kumar Singh is Secretary, Science and Technology
Department and will continue to hold additional
charge of Secretary (Resources), Finance.
FOUR IRS-IT OFFICERS
GET NEW POSTINGS
Ms Kavita Pandey has been appointed as PCIT
(OSD), in Pr. CCIT, Delhi region, while Shibanka
Das Biswas was posted as DCIT(OSD) in Pr.DGIT
(HRD) office and Sanjeev Kashyap is CIT (OSD)
in Pr CCIT, Mumbai Region. Besides, Ms Meera
Srivastava has been appointed as CIT (OSD) in Pr
CCIT, Delhi Region.
ANIL SINGHAL GETS FULL CHARGE OF
SPECIAL COMMISSIONER, AP BHAVAN
Anil Kumar Singhal, Principal Secretary, Health,
Medical & Family Welfare Department, has been
placed on full additional charge of Special Com-
missioner, AP Bhavan, New Delhi. He is a 1993
batch IAS officer of AP cadre.
MS ANURADHA PRASAD IS ALSO DG, ESIC
Ms Anuradha Prasad, Additional Secretary, Labour
& Employment, has been assigned an additional
charge of Director General, Employees’ State
Insurance Corporation (ESIC) for a period of three
months with effect from November 14, 2020. She
is a 1986 batch IDAS officer.
POWERGallery
By arrangement with: http://
whispersinthecorridors.com
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Tuesday said that India
is emerging as the most
preferred destination
for mobile manufactur-
ing. Addressing the In-
dia Mobile Congress via
video conferencing, he
said that every village
in India will have high-
speed optical fibre data
network connectivity in
three years.
"India is emerging as
the most preferred des-
tination for mobile
manufacturing. We
have also come up with
a production linked in-
centive scheme to pro-
mote telecom equip-
ment manufacturing in
India. Let us work to-
gether to make India a
global hub for telecom
equipment, design, de-
velopment and manu-
facturing," he said.
"Today we are a coun-
try with billion-plus
phone users, we have a
billion-plus people with
unique digital identity,
we have over 750 mil-
lion users, the scale and
speed of internet pene-
tration can be seen by
following facts," he said.
PM said that the gov-
ernment is able to pro-
vide benefits worth bil-
lions of dollars to mil-
lions of Indians due to
mobile technology. -ANI
‘Indiaemergingaspreferred
nationformobileinventing’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the inaugural session of India Mobile Congress 2020
virtually through video conferencing in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
UNCTAD declared ‘Invest India’ as winner of the UN Investment Promotion Award 2020
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Tuesday spoke to Shi-
romani Akali Dal (SAD)
patron Parkash Singh
Badal over phone and
extended best wishes on
his birthday, sources
said. Last week, Badal,
the five-time chief min-
ister of Punjab, re-
turned the Padma Vib-
hushan award "in pro-
test" against the "be-
trayal of the farmers by
the Government of In-
dia" and for the "shock-
ing indifference and
contempt" with which
the government is treat-
ing the ongoing peace-
ful and democratic agi-
tation of the farmers.
Badal's party SAD
also broke ties with the
BJP after the Central
government brought
farm Bills and got them
passed at the Parlia-
ment. Badal's daughter-
in-law and party leader
Harsimrat Kaur Badal
also resigned from the
Union Cabinet regard-
ing this issue.
PM extends
b’day greetings
to Parkash
Singh Badal
Bengaluru: Serum In-
stitute is amongst the 3
leading vaccine devel-
opers to have applied for
emergency use authori-
sation in India. The gov-
ernment is likely to seal
a deal for major supply
contract of the Astra
Zeneka vaccines.
Reportedly, there are
talks to fix prices at Rs
250 per dose of the vac-
cine which is quite low-
er as it was earlier
priced at Rs 1,000 per
dose. However, neither
Serum Institute nor the
government has react-
ed to the reports.
According to a report
in Business Standard,
Serum Institute of In-
dia will soon be signing
a deal with the central
government of India
and will also fix vaccine
price at Rs 250 ($3.39)
per dose of the vaccine.
Earlier, CEO Adar
Poonawalla had said
the vaccine price will be
somewhere around Rs
1,000 per dose in the In-
dian market. Serum In-
stitute of India on Mon-
day had applied to seek
emergency approval of
its Covid vaccine in the
country, followed by
Bharat Biotech and
Pfizer. The government
has high hopes for the
upcoming vaccines.
An expert committee
of the Central Drugs
Standard Control Or-
ganisation (CDSCO)
will meet on Wednesday
to review applications
of Pfizer, Serum Insti-
tute of India and Bharat
Biotech seeking emer-
gency use authorisa-
tion for their COVID-19
vaccine candidates.
Serum Institute likely to provide Covid
Vaccine at ` 250 per dose to Centre
New Delhi: Justice
Rajesh Bindal has been
appointed as the Chief
Justice of High Court
for the Union Territory
of Jammu and Kashmir
and Union Territory of
Ladakh. Bindal, the sen-
ior-most judge of com-
mon High Court for the
Union Territory of
Jammu and Kashmir
and Union Territory of
Ladakh will perform
the duties of the office
of Chief Justice of that
High Court with effect
from December 9 conse-
quent upon the retire-
ment of Justice Gita
Mittal, Chief Justice,
Common HC for the Un-
ion Territory of Jammu
and Kashmir and Union
Territory of Ladakh. He
was appointed as Per-
manent Judge of the
Punjab and Haryana
HC on March 22, 2006.
Bindal appointed as
Chief Justice of J&K
Raniganj: A day after a
BJP worker died during
a protest march in Silig-
uri, West Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata Ba-
nerjee on Tuesday
claimed that the "saf-
fron party kills people
at its rallies".
The BJP called a 12-
hour bandh on Tuesday
to protest the killing of
party worker Ulen Roy
and alleged police bru-
talities during their
march on Monday to
''Uttarkanya'', the
branch state secretariat
in North Bengal.
"The BJP indulges in
lies, kills people; it
holds rallies & kills peo-
ple," Banerjee said at a
public meeting. Assert-
ing that the TMC will
not allow the BJP-led
Centre to sell govern-
ment-owned coal mines,
Banerjee also said "coal
mafia are thriving un-
der the saffron party". I
had proposed that ille-
gal (coal) factories be
legalised by the Centre
and the state jointly, so
that people get employ-
ment. The Union gov-
ernment, however, did
not respond.
BJP indulges in lies; holds rallies
& kills people: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a public
rally, in Midnapore. —PHOTO BY ANI
Mumbai: Republic TV
editor-in-chief Arnab
Goswami moved to
Bombay HC on Tuesday
seeking a stay to fur-
ther investigation by
the Mumbai police in
the alleged Television
Rating Points (TRP) ma-
nipulation scam. The
petition, filed by Gos-
wami also alleged that
one of the employees of
the firm was tortured
by the police in custody.
It sought protection for
all employees from the
“malicious witch hunt”
allegedly being carried
out by the Maharashtra
authorities. -ANI
Arnab seeks
stay to probe
by Mum police
Kathmandu : Nepal
and China jointly an-
nounced that revised
height of the world’s
highest peak Mount Ev-
erest was 8,848.86 me-
tres, about 86 centime-
tres more than the pre-
vious measurement
done by India in 1954.
The new height of Mt
Everest, the world’s
highest peak, is 8,848.86
metres, China & Nepal
announced. The new
height is 86 cms more
than the previous meas-
urement. According to
the measurement done
in 1954 by Survey of In-
dia, the height of
Mount Everest is 8,848
metres.
Mount Everest higher than
thought, say Nepal & China
PPP
PM CONGRATULATES FOR THE WIN
INDIA IN POST
COVID WORLD

TALKING POINTJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2020
T
he globalizing
impulse has
led to entire
education systems be-
ing unmoored from au-
thentic experience and
unresponsive to local
needs. As a result, it
has fostered and val-
ourized the creation of
an alienating and al-
ienated elite. The reac-
tion to that is a dis-
tressing level of anti-
i n t e l l e c t u a l i s m
throughout the world.
That, of course, cre-
ates the fodder for the
assembly line that is
perhaps the holy grail
of the globalizing phi-
losophy in the first
place, but it also cre-
ates a dangerous level
of instability and irra-
tionality in society
that can eventually
only tear everything
apart.
To the extent that we
continue to regard glo-
balization as self-evi-
dently good, we create
the potential for dam-
aging our children, in-
hibiting their learning
and creating a world
that is less fit for them.
Time has come to drop
the fiction that local
wisdom is somehow in-
ferior and to engage in
a meaningful dialogue
that hasn’t foreclosed
on the alternatives.
To disregard such
fundamental questions
in an education policy
adopted in the middle
of the pandemic makes
little sense. These
should be the subject
of widespread dia-
logue, including in our
schools and colleges,
before and after the
adoption of the policy.
The sensibilities that
arise from such delib-
erations must inform
our liberal education
as well as the conduct
of professions such as
engineering, town
planning, medicine,
economics, sociology
and, indeed, education.
An education policy
that doesn’t even con-
sider the questions rel-
evant to how our edu-
cation system should
be structured has sure-
ly not paid attention.
U
rbanization
has caused
us to believe
that ghettoization of
people in cities is in-
evitable as we “devel-
op.” With economic
and social policies in
most countries ori-
ented toward this
shibboleth, we have
seen unhygienic con-
ditions grow exponen-
tially in cities, even as
rural communities
have been devastated
by the loss of popula-
tions. Mental health
challenges in urban
communities have be-
come alarming, ac-
centuated simply by
the inhuman stresses
that accompany ur-
ban living. For our
young, it has meant
few physical spaces
for wholesome growth
and play, little oppor-
tunity for meaningful
community engage-
ment, and a social
landscape tragically
barren of nurturing
experiences.
By attacking dense-
ly-packed urban com-
munities dispropor-
tionately, COVID-19
has laid bare the fal-
lacy of organizing
ourselves solely for
economic efficiency. It
asks us to reconsider
how physical commu-
nities should be laid
out, how large they
should be, how they
should harmonize
into the surrounding
landscape and how
their cultural, eco-
nomic and political
sinews should func-
tion.
We have also been
fed the inevitability of
globalization, almost
as a primal force. It is
true that it promises
economic efficiency,
but we have, in the
process, lost much. Di-
versity is the essence
of risk reduction and
long-term survival
and thriving, whether
at the level of an or-
ganization, a commu-
nity, a nation or, in-
deed, evolution of life
itself. In a few short
decades, blinded by
the promise of eco-
nomic efficiency, we
have traded diversity
away for massive ine-
quality and loss of lo-
cal skills, trades,
crafts, self-reliance,
agency and autonomy.
Our textbooks, the
only source of infor-
mation promoted by
our policies, have con-
sistently failed to ig-
nite an examination
of the underlying as-
sumptions and the all
too visible outcomes
among our children.
COVID-19 has alert-
ed us to the downsides
of these Faustian bar-
gains. Its dramatic
spread is certainly a
result of our way of
life, with air travel be-
ing the primary vec-
tor. The heart-break-
ing spectacle of tens
of millions of migrant
workers walking hun-
dreds of kilometres
and sleeping on as-
phalt roads in India’s
scorching summer
heat is another. They
discovered that they
had no means of sup-
port, no community,
no fallback when their
employment ceased.
COVID-19 has also
awakened us rudely to
the reality that having
the world’s fastest
GDP growth rate is no
protection against
ending up with the
world’s steepest fall in
GDP and widespread
misery.
T
hree impor-
tant mecha-
nisms of so-
cial organization that
have been taken for
granted in education
during recent decades
are institutionaliza-
tion, urbanization and
globalization. If COV-
ID-19 is not a one-off
event—and there is no
reason to assume that
itisgivenhowexploita-
tive our engagement
with our environment
continues to be—each
one of them must be
reassessed for worth,
especiallyforhowthey
affect the future of our
children.
Institutionalization
has promoted the idea
that the only learning
worth our children’s
time and our money is
theonethatisprovided
inschools,collegesand
universities. Across
most of the world, this
has made learning in-
formation-centric and
uncritical. It has
packed children into
rows and columns in
classrooms and made
them unfamiliar with
their surroundings. It
has taken them away
from the productive
use of their hands and
bodies, and valourized
“brain work,” creating
an artificial crisis of
periodic unemploy-
ment even before the
unimaginable destruc-
tion of employment
caused by COVID-19.
It has snapped chil-
dren’s’ connections
with their land, their
environment,theircul-
ture and their commu-
nities, replacing them
with words in ink on
paper or typeface on a
computerscreen.InIn-
dia, a mindless peda-
gogy has further en-
sured that institution-
alization fails even in
its own objectives as
student achievement
in “learning metrics,”
mainly focused on lit-
eracy, numeracy and
data, has kept falling.
Withpre-schoolcen-
tres closed, COVID-19
has brought attention
squarely to the role of
parents in the holistic
development of their
young children. (We
started Sajag, a pro-
gramme for coaching
caregivers in nurtur-
ing care in April 2020.
It now reaches over 1.5
million families and is
set to expand further.
Many others have
started similar pro-
grammes.) By forcing
the closure of schools
and colleges, COV-
ID-19 presents us with
the opportunity to ex-
plore what exactly is
being lost when
schools close. It also
creates the possibility
that we will discover
how much there is to
learn in communities,
on land, in relation-
ships and in discovery
and invention, outside
the school. It has the
promise of suggesting
a radical overhaul of
what we value in edu-
cation.
INSTITUTIONALIZATION
OF EDUCATION
GLOBALIZATION OF SOCIETY
URBANIZATION
OF COMMUNITIES
The COVID-19 pandemic
holds the promise of a
radical overhaul of what
we value in education
India’s New Education Policy
NOT PAYING
ATTENTION
Chittaranjan Kaul
I
t was instructive that probably the most
consequential event in the life of the In-
dian Republic merited nothing more
than three pro-forma single-sentence refer-
ences to “epidemics and pandemics” in the
recently-adopted National Education Policy
2020. The policy must have been discussed and
agreed by the Union Cabinet wearing masks,
a clear and present reminder of how much
has changed. Yet the document approved ac-
knowledges COVID-19 only to exhort higher
education institutions to undertake epide-
miological research and advocate greater use
of technology in delivery mechanisms.
That is a pity. COVID-19 has brought lessons
in its wake that we will ignore at our peril. In
a societal sense, the pandemic has laid bare
the fragile and counterproductive assump-
tions that underpin the way we have organ-
ized ourselves. Education, as the primary
mechanism that drives long-term change in a
society, must respond in a way that protects
and strengthens children today and the na-
tion tomorrow.
SOURCE: FAIROBSERVER.COM

Hope is the sunshine of life-
it makes difficult times
easier and good times better.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
JAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2020www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia
08
2NDFRONTPOSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Aditi Nagar
Jaipur: Now that Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
has laid serious charges
on the Bhartiya Janta
Party, claiming that the
saffron party’s leaders
are yet again colluding
to dislodge his govern-
ment, the central lead-
ership of the saffron
party is stunned on the
remarks by the senior
politician. Since Satur-
day, when Gehlot
charged the BJP, as one
of the most discussed
incidents between
BJP’s national and cen-
tral leaders has been
the remarks made by
the Rajasthan CM.
Word is that on Sun-
day, the issue was dis-
cussed at various levels
in the political circles.
At the national level,
however, leaders in Ra-
jasthan remained com-
pletely clueless about
these ‘developments’ or
rather were unaware of
any plans or designs by
the central leadership
of ‘uprooting’ the Con-
gress government of
Rajasthan.
However, knowledge-
able sources reveal that
after the failure of the
‘Manesar attempt’,
there has not been even
a single discussion on
the issue in the BJP nei-
ther has there been any
new attempt to form a
strategy to bring down
the Gehlot government.
Although, there are ru-
mours that plans are be-
ing made to bring down
Maharashtra and Ra-
jasthan governments.
According to a grape-
vine in Jaipur, inspite
of all ‘reservations’, a
former BJP chief min-
ister has been assigned
the ‘job’ and she has
also reportedly prom-
ised the higher-ups in
New Delhi to complete
the ‘mission’ in the next
three months.
Interestingly, while
on one hand, Gehlot
camp claims that their
leader - Ashok Gehlot
- does not lay any alle-
gation unless he has a
verified information of
the happening, on the
other hand, BJP main-
tains that if the gov-
ernment falls due to
Congress’s internal
strife, then the saffron
party cannot be blamed
for it.
Gehlot’s ‘attempted coup’ jibe leaves BJP stunned!
PLAYING THE BLAME GAME
Preparations started for first phase
of COVID-19 immunisation vaccine
Three State-level vaccination centres have been set up at Jodhpur,
Jaipur & Udaipur, Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma said
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The first phase
of COVID-19 immuni-
sation vaccination will
be started in the year
2021 to prevent COV-
ID-19 infection in the
State. Necessary prepa-
rations for this have
been started.
Health Minister Dr
Raghu Sharma said
that in the first phase,
personnel working
with the Government
and private medical
service and with the
Women and Child De-
velopment Department
in the State will be im-
munised by adminis-
tering COVID-19 vac-
cine. He said that the
COVID-19 vaccine Op-
eration Guide was dis-
cussed in detail with
the Health Department
officers in a video con-
ference organised by
the Union Health Min-
istry on Tuesday.
Dr Sharma said that
preparations for COV-
ID-19 vaccination have
been started in the
State and 2,444 cold
chain vaccination
points have been iden-
tified at district hospi-
tals and community
health centres. Three
State-level vaccination
centres have been made
at Jodhpur, Jaipur and
Udaipur and seven vac-
cination centres at the
divisional level. Be-
sides this, District Task
Force for Immunisa-
tion teams have been
made under the chair-
manship of the District
Collector at all the dis-
tricts.
According to the Un-
ion Health Ministry
guidelines, counting of
beneficiaries of COV-
ID-19 vaccine will be
done and their neces-
sary database will be
uploaded in ‘COVIN’
Software.
Dr Raghu Sharma
further added saying
that the UNICEF,
UNDP and the World
Health Organisation
will extend technical
assistance in this cam-
paign.
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Chief secre-
tary Niranjan Arya
on Tuesday, asked the
official to make farm-
ers aware about the
significance of micro-
irrigation so that
they can take advan-
tage of it.
Chairing a meeting
to review projects of
micro-irrigation, he
said that the centre
has introduced “per
drop more crop micro
irrigation scheme” un-
der which adoption of
modern irrigation
techniques is being
emphasised.
He said that the
state government is
monitoring the execu-
tion of the scheme.
The scheme is aimed
at increasing crop
quality and yield by
adopting drip and
sprinkler irrigation
techniques in horti-
culture and agricul-
tural crops, rational
use of water in plants
according to their
needs, saving water
and reducing the use
of chemicals.
Secretary of water
resources department
Naveen Mahajan and
other officials attend-
ed the meeting through
video conferencing.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Is the Pilot
camppresentingitself as
the ‘undeclared victim’
of a well thought strate-
gy of ‘someone’? If
sourcesaretobebelieved
then it could very well be
so!WordisthattheMLAs
forming the ‘Pilot camp’,
when touring their re-
spective constituencies,
have been clearly telling
people that they should
not approach their own
MLA for any work relat-
ed to the government.
Moreover, they cite the
reason that they are un-
able to get any work done
inthegovernmentstress-
ing that ‘as of now’, this
is their situation! How-
ever, even as the date of
political appointments,
cabinet expansion and
organization positioning
draws near, the camp
members are increas-
ingly becoming hopeful
that they will get a fair
share in the ‘power-pie’.
Interestingly, the Gehlot
camp is also keeping a
close watch on all these
‘interesting’ develop-
ments in the Pilot camp!
New Delhi:Congress
Interim President So-
nia Gandhi has de-
cided not to celebrate
her birthday on De-
cember 9 in support
of farmers’ agitation
against the farm laws
and COVID-19 situa-
tion in the country.
According to top
sources in the party,
Congress General
Secretary (Org) KC
Venugopal has com-
municated to all in-
charges & PCC Presi-
dents of states that in
view of the distress
caused by Covid-19
pandemic across the
country and amid the
ongoing farmer’s agi-
tation against the
“draconian” agricul-
ture bills Sonia Gan-
dhi has decided not to
celebrate her birth-
day this year. “Farm-
ers are on the street-
facing the harsh cli-
mate & brutal crack-
down from the Gov-
ernment, Congress
leaders instead of
celebrations should
strengthen the efforts
to provide relief to all
those who are suffer-
ing & extend support
tofightingAnndatas,”
SoniaGandhihascon-
veyed to all the in-
charges, according to
sources. —ANI
Yunus Gesawat
Nagaur: In Nagaur Zila
Parishad elections, former
Deputy Zila Pramukh Dr
SahdevChoudharylivedup
tohiscredibility&defeated
BJP candidate Mahipal
from ward no. 43 by a hand-
some margin of more than
2800 votes in what was be-
ing considered a BJP
strongholdarea. DrSahdev
is a grassroots leader and
highlypopularwithareach
amongallcommunitiesand
he campaigned strongly
breaking the BJP hold.
BJP front runner for Zila
Pramukh Bhagirath Me-
hariya lost along with Con-
gress’s Sunita Choudhary
lost the elections. BJP has
sufferedserioussetbacksin
Nagaur, Mundwa and Jayal
as BJP lost even in the con-
stituencyof itssittingMLA
and existing district presi-
dent Mohanram Choud-
hary. Overall BJP won 8
while Congress won 4 Pan-
chayatSamitiesoutof total
15 in the district. RLP has
claimed its stake for one
Pradhan seat as well. Two
Panchayat Samities didn’t
give a clear mandate to any
party. In prestigious Zila
Parishad elections, out of
total 47 wards BJP won 20
wards, Congress a close 18
while RLP could only man-
age 9 wards in the fiercely
contestedelections.Accord-
ing to party sources, in the
present scenario, after the
humiliating defeat of the
Congress MLA Mahendra
Choudhary’s wife and sit-
ting Zila Pramukh Sunita
Choudhary, Dr Sahdev has
virtually emerged as the
front runner for the Zila
Pramukh’s post.
CS chairs meet on
micro-irrigation
The self-proclaimed
victims?
Sonia won’t celebrate 74TH
b’day in support of farmers’
stir, Covid situation
Now, victorious Dr
Choudhary, a Zila
Pramukh front runner!
NGT directs Raj government
to deposit fine of ` 20 crore
Dr Raghu Sharma
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
Sahdev Chaudhary
Had parliamentary
proceedings been
followed, the situation
(ongoing farmers’ pro-
test at Delhi-border)
would have not arisen.
Opposition’s views
were not consid-
ered and laws were
made in haste without
consulting stakehold-
ers. If the Bill would
have sent to select
committee, even there
the ruling party would
have the majority, the
committee members
should have talked to
farmers’ leaders. If
they have enacted
new laws in
Parliament
after the
recommenda-
tions of the
committee,
it would
have been
different
output.”
No matter what,
they just follow
their goal, this is
their policy since the
last six years, due to
which the new farm
laws also enacted in
the same way, which
was not needed. It
was the huge mat-
ter, they should not
have rushed with
it, especially amid
coronavirus pandemic
when the States
governments along
with Centre are facing
a financial crisis.”
GEHLOT SAYS
POLLUTION IN BANDI RIVER
Scrutiny of farm bills by
parliament panel would have
prevented protest: Gehlot
Niranjan Arya
Sonia Gandhi
New Delhi: The Na-
tional Green Tribunal
has directed the Ra-
jasthan government to
deposit a fine of Rs 20
crore within a month
for not performing its
function properly to
control pollution in the
Bandi river by local tex-
tile industries.
A bench headed by
NGT Chairperson Jus-
tice A K Goel also
formed a monitoring
committee headed by
Justice Prakash Chan-
dra Tatia, (former Chief
Justice of Jharkhand
High Court) to take
stock of compliance of
environmental norms.
The committee also
comprises nominees of
Central Pollution Con-
trol Board, state pollu-
tion control board, Pali
District Magistrate and
Dr Ajit Pratap Singh,
Professor, BITS Pilani.
The tribunal said it
will be open to the com-
mittee to conduct pro-
ceedings by video con-
ference and associate
any other independent
Expert or Institution.
“The committee may
take stock of compli-
ance of environmental
norms with reference to
status found in the ear-
lier studies and the sta-
tus which may be found
on the ground now.
“The Committee may
interact with all con-
cerned stakeholders,
including the villagers
through their panchay-
ats and give its recom-
mendations for future
course of action, in-
cluding the final quan-
tum of compensation to
be recovered on ‘’Pol-
luter Pays’’ principles
and plan for restora-
tion,” the bench said.
The Committee may
hold its first meeting
within one month and,
after taking stock of the
situation, may update
the action plan within
one month thereafter
which may propose to
remedy the ground situ-
ation within six
months, it said.
The NGT noted that
four independ fact-find-
ing reports have shown
continuous and ram-
pant violation of indus-
trial norms by the in-
dustries in discharging
untreated effluents in
water bodies or on land.
“This has resulted in
contamination of water,
damage to the soil and
adverse impact on envi-
ronment and public
health. There is no au-
thentic and updated sta-
tus of compliance avail-
able,” the bench said.
A study of surface
and groundwater in
Pali, conducted by the
Centre for Science and
Environment in 2008,
had found almost 80 per
cent of the sample wa-
ter unfit for drinking.
The samples showed
high alkaline and chem-
ical oxygen demand lev-
els, indicating danger-
ous levels of organic
pollutants. The quantity
of total dissolved solids
was four times higher
than the standard. The
case was transferred to
the NGT from the Jodh-
pur High Court in 2012.
The NGT was hear-
ing a plea filed by Kis-
han Paryavaran Sanga-
harsh Samiti alleging
that dyeing and print-
ing industries of Pali
town are discharging
effluents in Bandi river
which is a tributary of
Luni river, leading to
water pollution which
is a source of drinking
water of the livestock
as well as the inhabit-
ants of the nearby vil-
lages. —PTI
COVID-19
UPDATE
RAJASTHAN
2,468
DEATHS
2,84,116
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
4,110 DEATHS 2,21,493 CASES
DELHI
WORLD
15,55,324
DEATHS
6,81,64,209
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
97,31,858
CONFIRMED CASES
1,41,344
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
47,774 DEATHS 18,55,341 CASES
UTTAR PRADESH
KARNATAKA
11,880 DEATHS 8,95,284 CASES

he high-heeled shoe, the
ultimate piece of fash-
ionable footwear, has
come a long way. This
shoe, which has often
been a matter of discus-
sion and debate, has not
always been what we know it as
today. Over time, it has consider-
ably evolved. But apart from all
this, it is equally important to
take care of these heels. City
First brings you some tips on
how to take care of those pretty
heels.
1. First and foremost don’t wear
them regularly. Give them a
rest day and opt for different
footwear so that they can rest
and breath and be ready for a
tough day’s battle ahead.
2. A shoe closet is a great way to
keep them safe and moist free.
Invest in a good shoe closet so
that they stay longer and
aren’t affected by outside ele-
ments.
3. Never drive in heels. Driving
in high heels is a sure way to
damage your shoes as the
pressure on your heels from
driving can cause heels or
shanks to break.
It’s the age-old question asked
by every shoe-loving woman at
one point or another: How in the
world do I wear high heels with-
out the pain? Is it even possible?
Are we relegated to a “grin and
bear” mentality for life in the
name of looking—and feeling—
awesome? Turns out, a fabulous
pair sky-high shoes and pain-
free feet aren’t mutually exclu-
sive.
Some things to remember can
be the fit as no matter how gor-
geous the shoe looks, make sure
they are neither too big nor too
small or try considering an open
toe! Let your little piggies
breathe!
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There’s no two way
about it that high
heels ups our
confidence levels and
when we walk in them
we feel like we are on
the top of the world
and there’s no
stopping us. For
many, the mere smell
of a freshly delivered
shoe can enliven the
minutest desires!
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Remembering
Ahmed Patel: A Family Man!
The Stalwart Congress leader Ahmed Patel’s tragic and untimely demise has left a void in
many hearts which can never be filled. Congress will never be able to find someone who can
fill his shoes and the lakhs he helped through his NGO have lost a father. His family is bereft
as they strive to learn to live without him. He was a doting grandfather and the loss to his
beloved grandchildren Esra, Miriam and Zyra, who will now grow up without his care, with his
memories can never be fulfilled. City First brings a tribute from the innocent hearts of the
children for their much loved and missed granddad and wherever Ahmed Bhai is today, we
know that he blesses them and knows how much he is loved. —Anita Hada
Dear Dadu,
I will always miss you and I always
thought your jokes were funny.
Dadu taught me to be nice and to
help others just like how he did. I
miss having popcorn and watching
movies with you. Dadu was kind,
calm and funny and he was a very
good dadu. And he treats people
very nicely and gets people every-
thing they need. I felt sad when I
found out dadu died and we all were
missing him when he was in the
hospital. We had fun doing video
calls with dadu every day. Dadu
always took time for us even if he
had work every day. We will pray
for you a lot. And we will always
remember you.
—Esra Patel
Dear Nanu,
You will forever be in our hearts, I know
that you will like it better up in heaven.
I know you as a person who would do
anything for anyone if you ever asked,
help others when they need it. I hope
you’re doing better up there, I wouldn’t
have wanted you to suffer in the hospital.
You were always very nice and sweet to
us all, you did everything for us. I know
you were a very busy man but you always
made time for us. We will pray for you and
never forget you. I know that you stood up
for what you believed in, you were a great
congress leader and everyone misses you.
When Zayra and I were very small we used
to steal your pens and paper from your
office, I remember I made this butterfly and
you taped it behind your door, you never
removed it. Last I came to 23 it was still
there. I know many people looked up to
you and still do. This was a very big loss
for us, you were a great man. We can’t
imagine our lives without you. Love you
forever and always.
—Miriam
Dear Nanu,
I will always love you and miss you andcherish the memories we had together. Iguess I never thought about what it would belike when you would no longer be here. Youhave always been such a key part of my life,and such a great person. I am so thankfulthat you were my Nanu. And I’m even morethankful that I was able to live so close to youand to be able to do so many things with youthroughout the years, creating the awesomerelationship that I have had with you. Whenyou were in the hospital I thought about allthe things you have done not only for us butfor the entire nation. You were not just a hugeloss for us but were for the entire nation.Everyone who personally knew you knowwhat a great person you were. We are all soso so thankful for you and are praying foryou every day. I’m very proud of what a greatperson my Nanu was and how is one of themost kind-hearted people I have ever met. Hewill forever be in our hearts and is gone butnever ever forgotten. He is truly a great manand has so many good memories with us.I will always remember the things you havedone for me, Miriam and Esra and for every-one else yet. When you were in the hospitalI couldn’t imagine the pain you were goingthrough, and even after that, you tried helpingall the people you could. I would never expectto see you in the kabrasthan and I thoughtthat day would come many many many yearslater. You were not just a Nanu or a dadu uwere an asset to everyone. I hope you areresting in peace and hopefully one day I canmeet you again. For now this is all I’m goingto say but words cannot describe how muchI love him, miss you and how great of aperson you were. LOVE YOU FOREVER..
—Zayra Siddiqui
Congress veteran Ahmed Patel
with (anti-clockwise)
daughter Mumtaz, his
wife Memoona and
grand-daughters Miriam,
Esra and ZayraAhmed Patel with his son Faisal

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