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COVID-19
UPDATE
RAJASTHAN
789
DEATHS
52,497
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
2,652 DEATHS 71,064 CASES
Amaravati: As many as
10 patients died at a star
hotel converted to a cor-
onavirus treatment cen-
tre here on Sunday
when panic-stricken in-
mates tried to flee a fire
suspected to have been
caused by a short cir-
cuit, the government
said. Director General
of Disaster Response
and Fire Services De-
partment Md Ahsan
Raza said one COVID-19
patient was charred to
death while nine died of
asphyxiation caused by
the smoke.
Three women were
among the 10 victims.
The PMO announced
an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh
each to the kin of those
who lost their lives in
the fire. Apart from
this, a sum of Rs 50,000
each would be given to
those injured in the in-
cident, according to the
PMO. The ex-gratia and
compensation will be
paid out from the Prime
Minister’s Turn on P6
Jodhpur: Eleven mem-
bers of a family of Paki-
stan Hindu migrants
were found dead at a
farm in Rajasthan’s
Jodhpur district on Sun-
daymorning,policesaid.
A member of the family,
however, was found alive
outsidethehuttheylived
at Lodta village of the
Dechu area, over 100 km
away from Jodhpur city,
an officer said.
“But he claimed to
have no idea about the
incident, which be-
lieved to have happened
in the night,” said SP
(Rural) Rahul Barhat.
“We are yet to ascer-
tainthecauseandmeans
of death. They appeared
to have committed sui-
cide by consuming some
chemical in the night,”
Barhat said. He said
there was a smell of
some chemical in the
hut,suggestingtheycon-
sumed something.
The family belonging
to the Bhil community
had come Turn on P6
TRAGIC SUNDAY
10 patients killed in fire at
COVID care facility in AP
11 members of Pak migrant
family found dead in Jodhpur
Police personnel and other officials inspect the hotel, turned into Covid-19 care centre, where a
massive fire broke out early morning, in Vijayawada on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Policemen inspect the site, where 11 members of a family of Pakistan Hindu migrants were found
dead at a farm, in Jodhpur district on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
NARENDRA MODI
@NARENDRAMODI
Anguished by the fire at a Covid
Centre in Vijayawada. My thoughts are
with those who have lost their loved ones.
I pray that the injured recover as soon
as possible. Discussed the prevailing
situation with AP CM YS Jagan Mohan
Reddy Ji and assured all possible support.
UNION MIN SHEKHAWAT SLAMS STATE GOVT OVER DEATHS
Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Sunday slammed state gov-
ernment over deaths of 11 members of a Hindu migrant family from Pakistan,
saying the incident reflects the working style of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
“The deaths of nearly a dozen refugees from Pakistan put a question mark on
@ashokgehlot51’s working style. The deceased include two men, four women
and five children. One after other, very frightening incidents reflecting the
deteriorating situation of the state, are coming to the fore. The government
should swing into action and clear the picture,” Shekhawat tweeted.
PM’s SIXER SCORES `17,000 CR IN ACCOUNTS OF 8.5 CR KISANS
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Sunday released the
sixth instalment of fi-
nancing facility under
PM-KISAN scheme via
video conferencing. Un-
der the sixth instalment
of PM-Kisan scheme,
Rs17,000 crore of PM-
Kisan Samman Nidhi
has been deposited into
bank accounts of 8.5
crore farmers with a
single click.
Under the PM-KISAN
scheme, the govern-
ment is providing annu-
ally Rs6,000 in three
equal installments to 14
crore farmers.
Earlier in the day, he
tweeted, “Wishing
countrymen especially
farmers on the occasion
of Balaram Jayanti,
‘Hal Chhath’ and ‘Dau
janmotsav’. On this spe-
cial day at 11 am,
through video confer-
encing, I will introduce
a funding facility of Rs
1 lakh crore under the
Agriculture Infrastruc-
ture Fund.” “In this
programme, the sixth
installment of the assis-
tance amount under
‘PM-Kisan scheme’ will
also be released. Rs
17,000 crores will be
transferred to the ac-
counts of 8.5 crore
farmers. The scheme is
proving to be of great
help to farmers during
the COVID-19 epidem-
ic,” he said in another
tweet.
“The fund would
bring about the crea-
tion of post-harvest
management infra-
structures and commu-
nity farming assets
such as cold storage,
collection centres and
processing units. These
assets will enable farm-
ers to get greater value
for their produce, as
they will be able to store
and sell at higher pric-
es, reduce wastage and
increase processing
and value addition. Rs 1
lakh crore will be sanc-
tioned under the financ-
ing facility in partner-
ship with multiple lend-
ing institutions,” read a
release by the PMO.
Turn on P6
BIG BOON FOR FARMERS DURING COVID
Over 9 crore farmers registered
themselves under the scheme
between Dec 2018 & Nov 2019
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah is the most popu-
lar minister for Indians,
according to the India
Today Group-Karvy In-
sights Mood of the Na-
tion (MOTN) 2020, with
as many as 39% Indians
believe the second-most
powerful man in the
Modi cabinet is the best
performing minister.
Shah has been hit-
ting headlines ever
since the new Naren-
dra Modi-led Turn on P6
No consensus on Guj, now BJP badebandi in Jaipur
Aditi Nagar
Jaipur: Is the Bhartiya
Janta Party (BJP) going
through an internal
‘strife’ in Rajasthan?
Are two ‘factions’ si-
lently carrying out
veiled attempts to ne-
gate the other? Is it re-
ally true that the saf-
fron party’s ‘desert’
unit is being ‘polar-
ized’? questions like
these are making the
rounds in political cir-
cles in Rajasthan as
well as in New Delhi
and the recent ‘tussle’
on shifting legislators
out of Rajasthan and
Raje’s perpetual ‘Delhi
visit’ have only fanned
the fire.
Political observers,
highly familiar with the
internal workings of
the BJP, claim that
while all may look good
on the face, internally,
leaders are riled up.
Sources claim that
the central leadership
had asked for select few
MLAs to be shifted to
Gujarat and interest-
ingly, these legislators
are believed to be of
‘Raje camp’ in the party.
However, during Ra-
je’s Saturday meeting
with senior leader and
Defence Minister Ra-
jnath Singh, sources re-
veal that she raised an
objection to the ‘shift-
ing’, following which
less than Turn on P6
INDIA TODAY GROUP SURVEY SAYS...
SHAH MOST POWERFUL
‘WAZIR’ OF MODI CABINET!
Q.WHO,IN YOUR OPINION,IS THE BEST-
PERFORMING MINISTER IN THE MODI GOVT?
AMIT SHAH
RAJNATH SINGH
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NITIN GADKARI
NIRMALA SITHARAMAN
RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD
DHARMENDRA PRADHAN
PIYUSH GOYAL
SMRITI IRANI
RAM VILAS PASWAN
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IDUKKI LANDSLIDE TOLL
TOUCHES 43
Even as Kerala grapples with a
bout of heavy rainfall, the death
toll in the landslide that took place
in Idukki district two days ago
rose to 43 after rescue officials
retrieved 17 more bodies from the
debris on Sunday, say reports.
From Andhra to Rajasthan:
2 incidents claim 21 lives
BJP ridden with factionalism: CM
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot on
Sunday questioned
the shifting of BJP
MLAs to Gujarat, say-
ing the Opposition
party was ridden with
factionalism.
His comments came
in the wake of the BJP
herding its 18 MLAs in
the past two days to
party-ruled Gujarat
aheadof theRajasthan
assembly session be-
ginning August 14.
The BJP had claimed
that their MLAs were
being harassed by po-
lice and the adminis-
tration at the behest of
the Congress govern-
ment in the state.
Gehlot, on the other
hand,defendedthestay
of Congress legislators
at a Jaisalmer hotel,
saying the party re-
quired to keep them to-
gether to thwart horse-
trading. Turn on P6
KARNATAKA
3,198 DEATHS 1,78,087 CASES
INDIA
22,12,954
CONFIRMED CASES
44,457
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
17,757 DEATHS 5,15,332 CASES
TAMIL NADU
DELHI
WORLD
7,31,729
DEATHS
1,99,20,645
CONFIRMED CASES
(Figures in %)
PM Narendra Modi at the launch of the financing facility of Rs1 Lakh crore under Agriculture
Infrastructure Fund through video conferencing, in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI

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First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan govt
will felicitate corona
warriors of the depart-
ments of health, Jaipur
Municipal Corporation
and police on the state
level Independence day
function. A separate
placewillbereservedfor
corona warriors in SMS
stadium where the func-
tion will be held on Au-
gust15.Thefunctionwill
be on the theme of ‘Ka-
myab’ for which senior
officials inspected the
stadium and reviewed
the preparations. The of-
ficials discussed the
preparations for the
event. Principal Secre-
tary of General Admin-
istrationDepartmentDr
Preetam B Yashwant
gave necessary direc-
tions to the officials of
public works depart-
ment, art and culture
department, JMC and
police. He said that func-
tion will be held while
ensuring social distanc-
ing & health protocols in
view of the corona pan-
demic. A special perfor-
mance on ‘Hum Honge
Kamyab’ will be the key
highlight. The comm of
dept PR Mahendra Soni,
joint sec of GAD Dr Mo-
hal Lal Yadav were pre-
sent in the meeting.
Govt to felicitate corona warriors
I- DAY CELEBRATION
Partiestryinghardtokeepflockstogether
Now BJP camp for MLAs on Aug 11
Dotasara takes a dig at BJP
BJPmoves6RajasthanMLAs
fromSomnathinweehours
Vishnoi justifies
BJP camping
As the date for special Assembly session nears, both Congress and BJP are trying their best to chalk out strategy to win the political game
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The public pos-
turing by politicians by
way of bittersweet po-
litical statements from
both Congress and BJP
apart, the real politics
is getting ready to be
played out on the floor
of the house.
Seasoned Cong MLA
Ramnarayan Meena
has put up more than 25
questions for upcoming
assembly session which
cover departments like
UDH, Social Welfare,
Water Resources, PWD,
Developed Irrigated
Area, Energy, Youth Af-
fairs, Medical & Health
and Cooperative.
Meena has put up
questions concerning
student facilities too.
The upcoming ses-
sion is all set for a
stormy gathering with
govt answering ques-
tions like phone tap-
ping, suicide by police-
men, rape & kidnapping
of minors & women,
criminal cass of Nokha,
matters related to ille-
gal tobacco trade, inci-
dents of murder 7 da-
coties along with custo-
dial deaths. BJP MLAs
Poonia, Rajendra
Rathore, Kalicharan,
Ram Lal & Bihari Lal
Vishnoi will be target-
ing the law & order situ-
ation in the state. Kali-
charan Saraf will be
seen trying to corner
the govt on the phone
tapping issue. BJP
MLAs Chagan & Nir-
mal will try to shame
govt through the locust
attack while Poonia will
leave no stone unturned
by pointing out Home
department failures po-
lice suicide cases. Poo-
nia will also turn a leaf
from recent history of
black marketing of food
items during the lock-
down period. Kiran Ma-
heshwari will shock the
govt by raising issues
of electricity.
First India Bureau
Jaipur. It is finally offi-
cial that the state unit of
BJP will start the camp
for its 72 MLAs along
with 3 RLP MLAs at Ho-
tel Crown Plaza, Jaipur
at 4 pm on 11 August.
LOP Gulabchand Ka-
taria called MLA him-
self while state chief
Poonia conveyed the
message officially. Ka-
taria informed that for-
mer CM Raje too will be
part of the camp. Amid
the ongoing political
game of one-upmanship
BJP after dispatching
its 18 MLAs to Gujarat
has changed strategy.
The initial plan was to
send 12 more MLAs to
Gujarat but now the re-
sponsibility of all has
been given to the dis-
tricts who have been
asked to keep a strict
watch on their MLAs
and any probable con-
tact with Cong leaders
district admin to lure
them. BJP MLA San-
tosh was called by BJP
leaders to explain in de-
tail why couldn’t she
leave with the rest of
MLAs for Gujarat on
Friday. LOP Kataria too
had a talk with MLA
Shankar Singh and
some others who had
been attempted to con-
tact by Congress. An im-
portant meeting was
held at Kataria’s resi-
dence on Sunday which
was attended by state
chief Satish Poonia and
deputy LOP Rajendra
Rathore. It was decided
that MLA Ashok Lahoti
will be responsible for
accomodation. The in-
teresting aspect amid all
this caution is that BJP
has officially demanded
for President’s rule in
the state. BJP state unit
is enraged by the state-
ment given by Rajendra
Singh. Both Poonia and
Kataria have talked to
the national leadership
regarding Gudha’s
claim that BJP will not
be able to bring its 72
MLAs to assembly on 14
August.
Laxman Raghav
Jaisalmer: “BJP has
vindicated all our alle-
gations by camping its
MLAs in Gujarat”
said PCC president Do-
tasara. He said all along
Congress was saying
that the state unit of
BJP is being governed
by the central leader-
ship who want to pull
down the Gehlot govt
while there were some
state BJP leaders who
are against destabiliz-
ing an elected govt. Do-
tasara took a jibe at BJP
and said that MLAs get
votes from people of Raj
but are taken Gujarat,
Haryana & Karnataka.
PCC chief also com-
mented on central min-
ister Kailash Choud-
hary for contributing
forthespreadof corona-
virus in Jaisalmer with
testimony of his testing
corona positive. Do-
tasara didn’t spare cen-
tral minister Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat and
lambasted him for lay-
ing false charges of tap-
ping phones in Hotel
Suryagarh and said he
should first answer
about his voice on the
viral audio tapes. He
said our MLAs at Sury-
agarh are free to move &
talk. He also appealed to
all dissidents along with
Sachin Pilot that they
should break shackles &
come out. Dotasara also
criticized the Gujarat
model of politics which
doesn’t respect the man-
date of the people. He
also defended the merg-
er of 6 BSP MLAs with
Congress citing Su-
preme Court decisions.
First India Bureau
Junagadh: Taking no
chances, the Ra-
jasthan BJP that had
moved its 6 legisla-
tors to Gujarat ahead
of the crucial Assem-
bly session in that
State starting on Au-
gust 14, shifted them
yet again in the early
hours of Sunday.
Initially, there was a
suspense about where
they were taken from
the Somnath Darshan
hotel in Somnath after
an overnight stay.
It was found later
that they had been
moved to the farm
house of a political
leader in Junagadh,
which is a 2-hour drive
from Somnath.
The six MLAs land-
ed at Porbandar air-
port in a chartered
flight on Saturday
evening from they
drove straight to
Somnath after a
small break at Lord’s
resort on the Por-
bandar highway.
The Congress gov-
ernment in Rajasthan
under Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot is in
strife after Deputy
CM Sachin Pilot re-
belled and was sacked
from the post.
The 6 BJP MLAs,
who reached Gujarat,
told reporters that the
Congress government
in Rajasthan was “har-
assing” Opposition
MLAs, and that they
had come on a pilgrim-
age to Somnath to seek
mental peace.
Drunk son kills
father over an
argument
First India Bureau
Sriganganagar: In
Chaks 3 DD of Ghar-
sana, a son Ramkumar
stabbed and killed his
father with an axe. The
son was drunk and two
had an argument over
something. The post-
mortem was done in the
government hospital.
Acc to the information,
Ramswaroop hit the axe
on the hand of his son,
which angered Ramku-
mar, who attacked his
father with the axe, he
was then taken hospital
and was declared dead.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP MLA Pab-
baram Vishnoi tried to
justify the camping of
BJP MLAs by citing
the diff between the
two political parties.
Vishnoi said Cong has
kept its MLAs under
serious restrictions
where they have no
freedom of movement.
He charged Cong lead-
ership of not letting
the MLAs meet anyone.
He mockingly said that
he was also in a camp
surrounded by and at-
tending his voters
CM Ashok Gehlot planting a sappling in Jaisalmer where Govind S Dotasara Bhanwar Singh Bhati and others were present.
Dr Preetam B Yashwant, Mahendra Soni, & Dr Mohan Lal Yadav in
the meeting on Sunday
WEEKEND VIBES OF JAISALMER! —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Bhanwar Singh Bhati along with other MLAs at Jaisalmer.
CM Ashok Gehlot is accompanied by BD Kalla, Rajkumar Sharma and Sanyam Lodha on
board a chartered plane on way to Jaisalmer on Sunday.
Vivek Bansal and others
planting a sapling CM Gehlot in Jaisalmer
Cong MLA Krishna Poonia
Team Gehlot readies for August 14!
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: The political
environment is chang-
ing every minute before
the 14 August assembly
session. Congress and
BJP are trying to keep
their respective flock
together by camping
them at safe places.
Congress camp on Sun-
day discussed the floor
management in pres-
ence of KC Venugopal,
Avinash Pande, Govind
Singh Dotasara, Shanti
Dhariwal, Mahesh
Joshi, Mahendra Chod-
hary & others.
Their strategy is that
the frontal attack team
of the Cong will play a
proactive role whether
it is confidence motion,
vote division or voice
vote. The task of failing
aggressive opposition
attack is their task.
The team will be led
by Shanti Dhariwal,
BD Kalla. Meanwhile,
Mahesh Joshi and
Mahendra Chodhary
assisting Dhariwal,
will ensure the pres-
ence of Cong MLAs in
the house. Dhariwal
will handle policy
matters while Do-
tasara will focus on
individual MLAs.
The retaliatory at-
tack team includes Dr
Ragu Sharma, Govind
Singh Dotasara, Pratap
Singh Khachariyawas,
Mamta Bhupesh, Shale
Mod, Sukhram Vishnoi,
Subhash Garg, Ashok
Chandna, Madan Praja-
pat, Jagdish Jangid, Kh-
iladi Lal bairwa,
Ganesh Ghogra, Rohit
Bohra & others.
The frontal team in-
cludes non Cong MLAs
like Sanyam Lodha,
Babu Lal Nagar, Baljit
Yadav, Balwan Poonia
and rajkumar gaur
apart from others. San-
yam KLodha has been
assigned roles both in &
out the house.
MEENA CRITICISED BJP,
‘TRIBALS ARE LOYAL’
WHY WOULD CONG POACH
BJP MLAS: CHOUDHARY
Laxman Raghav
Jaisalmer: Leader Raguveer Meena
criticised BJP for calling
tribal ‘a soft target’ in ref
to their Gujarat camp. He
said tribals are loyal, they
prefer laying down their
lives than selling their
conscience. BJP always
mates out such derogato-
ry treatment to its tribal leaders,” citing
BJP insulting its tribal leader.
Jaisalmer: Revenue minister Harish
Chodhary reacted to BJP allegations of
fear of poaching its
MLAs. Chodhary said
why would Congress
poach anybody’s MLAs
when it has a majority
on its own. Speaking on
19 dissident Congress
MLAs Choudhary said
that first they should give up the BJP
hospitality and then the Congress high
command will take a call on them.
Dr Satish Poonia

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2020
With 1,169 new cases in 24 hrs, Raj
corona tally reaches 52,497 mark
State reported 11 deaths on Sunday, which takes the death toll to 789; City recorded 4 deaths
First India Bureau
Jaipur: About 1,169 new
corona cases were re-
ported in last 24 hours,
taking the total to 52,497
alongwith11deaths,tak-
ing the toll to 789. Jaipur
& Kota reported 4 deaths
each while one death
each was reported from
Pali, Jalore and Nagaur.
Jaipur added maximum
127 new cases followed
by115fromKota,98from
Ajmer, 79 from Jodhpur,
78 from Udaipur, 58 from
Chittorgarh, 57 from Si-
kar, 55 from Pali, 52 from
Rajsamand, 46 from
Bharatpur, 42 from Bar-
mer, 39 from Dholpur, 34
each from Baran & Na-
gaur, 31 from Sirohi, 29
from Bikaner, 26 each
from Alwar & Gangana-
gar, 25 from Sawai Mad-
hopur,23fromBhilwara,
19 from Karauli, 18 from
Jhalawar,15fromBundi,
11 from Jalore, 8 each
from Hanumangarh &
Pratapgarh, 5 each from
Dausa & Dungarpur, 4
from Jaisalmer, 2 from
Jhunjhunu
The cumulative dis-
trict wise tally of the co-
rona positives on Mon-
day is as follows – Ajmer
2,594, Alwar 5,163, Ban-
swara 281, Baran 261,
Barmer1,727,Bharatpur
2,906, Bhilwara 1,028, Bi-
kaner 2,557, Bundi 270,
Chittorgarh 429, Churu
717, Dausa 357, Dholpur
1514, Dungarpur 716,
Ganganagar 345, Hanu-
mangarh 249, Jaipur
6,480, Jaisalmer 245, Ja-
lore 1,250, Jhalawar 783,
Jhunjhunu694,Jodhpur
8,013, Karauli 402, Kota
2675, Nagaur 1,703, Pali
3194, Pratapgarh 206, Ra-
jsamand750,SawaiMad-
hopur 305, Sikar 1,350,
Sirohi 975, Tonk 378 and
Udaipur1,643alongwith
189 from other states .
So far, 38,235 patients
have turned negative af-
ter treatment and 35,553
patients have been dis-
charged.Thereare13,473
active patients undergo-
ing treatment.
Shivendra Pramar
Jaipur: The collector-
ate is all set not only to
save on electrical bills,
but also to contribute in
electricity production.
The solar electricity
project carried out by
REEL under Smart City
project has set up solar
panels on the roof of
the campus.
The solar project will
not only facilitate elec-
tricity in around 200
rooms and conference
halls in the district ad-
ministration building.
The average electric bill
which collectorate pays
in summers is Rs 4-5
lakh and Rs 2 lakh in
winters per month.
With the 200 KW solar
project in place the col-
lectorate will save 50%
of the expenses and pay
balance 50% to REEL as
per the MOU. The me-
ters installed with the
solar plant will let the
officers know how
much electricity they
produce, consume and
contribute to the grid. It
is being assumed that
the installed solar plant
will produce electricity
for 300 days a year with
production ranging be-
tween 2.90 – 3.40 lakh
units per annum. At
present collectorate is
consuming 4.20 lakh
units every year.
Collector Antar Sin-
gh Nehra and ADM Ra-
jendra Singh Kaviya
say that the office will
consume the electricity
production on week-
days but will contribute
to the grid on the week-
ends. Further the dis-
trict administration
will no more suffer dur-
ing unannounced elec-
tricity cuts.
This is an important
and positive step to-
wards good governance
and saving on state ex-
chequer while ensuring
service to the people
during working hours.
Jpr Collectorate to
go green, produce
solar energy!
Jodh cops set blockades;
Deshnok under lockdown
First India Bureau
Jodhpur:Onthesecond
day of the lockdown in
Jodhpur, the police de-
partment set up block-
ades at many crossings
in the district. DCP
Dharmendra Singh Ya-
dav did a surprise in-
spection and repri-
manded sepoys sta-
tioned on the blockade
when he saw that the
barricade was not set
properly. The govern-
ment and administra-
tion will consider and
decide to impose lock-
down in the future.
Administration has im-
posed a ban on the his-
toric Teja fair in Sursu-
ra village of Roopan-
garh. Also, a 5-day lock-
down has been imposed
in Deshnok of Bikaner.
Deshnok has been de-
clared as no mobility
zone. Udaipur district
administration imposed
complete lockdown on
Sunday. A lockdown was
implemented in the
Udaipur Municipal Cor-
porationboundary.Only
essential services have
been exempted.
Power tussle in dept
proves dear for wildlife
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: State wildlife
department instead of
conserving wildlife is
busy conserving fa-
vorite officers and in-
stead of targeting the
guilty of tiger deaths
are busy targeting rival
officers.
First Sariska and now
Mukundara, Chief
Wildlife Warden Arvind
Tomar is being targeted
by a particular lobby
which is blessed by the
forest department chief
GV Reddy. Tomar alone
isontheradarfordeaths
of tigers in Mukundara
tiger reserve while the
administrative officers
of the forest depart-
ment, higher officials
and all the employees
from smallest tracker to
the field director in the
tiger reserve are being
spared. This exposes the
shoddy working culture
in the state wildlife con-
servation department.
Recently the forest de-
partment employees
protested against PCCF
GV Reddy in Rantham-
bore which was only
subdued after tiger
deaths in Mukundara
reserve. This was fol-
lowed by a wildlife lover,
close to Reddy, taking to
social media and criti-
cizing Tomar which
clearly exposed that the
two weren’t getting
along well. This one up-
manship is on the costof
lives of wild animals.
Only intervention from
the CM level can change
the way the department
has got used to working.
Bajri mafia’s
influence takes
a life on road
Co-op leaders
hail Agri fund,
ask people to
take benefit
Former MP recalls his Quit
India Movement days
First India Bureau
Bhilwara: Road acci-
dents are on a hike in
the district due to the
reckless driving of
gravel vehicles and fear
of gravel mafia. A simi-
lar incident took place
in Mangrop on Sunday
after the death of the
SDMdriverinJahazpur
and the death of a bike
rider in Arjia village.
On Sunday, a tractor
trolley filled with grav-
el hit a motorcycle rider
at Devnala crossing
near Siyar village.
The young victim died
on the spot while his
sister got critically in-
jured and is undergoing
treatment at Mahatma
Gandhi Hospital. The
deceased’s family re-
fused to accept the body
until action is taken
against the tractor driv-
er and compensation is
given for the death.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Cooperative
leaders have welcomed
the Rs 1 lakh crore Ag-
ricultural Infrastruc-
ture Fund (AIF) an-
nounced by the central
government. Govern-
ment employee’s union
leader Surajbhan Am-
era hailed the an-
nouncement about the
fund and said that it
belatedly fulfils the de-
mand made by All In-
dia cooperative bank
employee’s federation
and its leader late P
Balakrishnan.
He said the Agricul-
tural Infrastructure
Fund will go a long way
in strengthening the
agriculture, farmers
and cooperative move-
ment throughout the
country. The fund will
also help in making
stronger, the post har-
vesting management,
storage, cold storage,
product storage cent-
ers, processing. Apart
from all that it will also
strengthen the activi-
ties carried out by
Packs and Lampas.
In the long run
around 1,000 packs and
lampas will benefit
from the fund which
initially will be picked
up by NABARD.
The fund will effec-
tively let the credit
float at zero percent
which is 3% at the an-
nounced rate. The co-
operative leaders have
appealed to all stake-
holders to get complete
knowledge of the AIF
and take maximum
benefit from it.
Laxman Raghav
Jaisalmer: Rajasthan
chief minister Ashok
Gehlot on Sunday,
asked the party MLAs
to present a united
face in the upcoming
assembly session
which would begin-
from August 14.
Addressing a Con-
gress Legislature Party
meeting in hotel Sury-
agarh in Jaisalmer, the
chief minister said
that the MLAs’ unity
has to be displayed in
the house.
Gehlot appeared
confidence ahead of
the assembly session
and said, “we all are
democracy warri-
ors.” He also said
that sometimes in
politics, for public in-
terest, it requires to
suppress feelings and
be hard.
“Janta ke hit ke liye
kai baar khoon ka
ghoont peena padta hai
to dil par pathhar bhi
rakhna padta hai,” said
Gehlot.
He said that the
government has to
win the battle of co-
rona as well. He as-
sured the party legis-
lators that the works
related to their con-
stituencies will be
done by the govern-
ment.
AICC general secre-
tary Avinash Pande
said that today is the
anniversary of Quit In-
dia Movement and stat-
ed that the Congress
party too has a long his-
tory of struggle.
He also expressed
gratitude to all six
MLAs who defected to
Congress last year and
also thanked two BTP
MLAs for supporting
the government.
Congress national
spokesperson Ran-
deep Surjewala, par-
liamentary affairs
minister Shanti Dha-
riwal, PCC president
Govind Dotasara,
chief whip Mahesh
Joshi and others
were present in the
meeting.
A confident Gehlot says, we are democracy warriors
CLP MEETING @JAISALMER
Video wall at Ravindra Manch to
display live cultural events: Kalla
First India Bureau
Jaipur: On the occa-
sion of ‘August Kranti
Divas’ Minister of Art
& Culture, Government
of Rajasthan, Dr B.D.
Kalla virtually inaugu-
rated the ‘Video Wall’ at
Ravindra Manch. Also
present on the occasion
were – Secretary, De-
partment of Art & Cul-
ture Mugdha Sinha;
Manager of Ravindra
Manch Shipra Sharma;
Director of Archaeolo-
gy and Museum PC
Sharma and Assistant
Professor, University of
Rajasthan, Abhimanyu
Singh. The programme
was broadcasted live on
the Facebook page of
Department of Art &
Culture, Rajasthan.
The Minister said
that the aim of the vid-
eo wall is to showcase
live cultural pro-
grammes of Ravindra
Manch to the people
free of cost. Informa-
tion of Government
schemes will also be
given through this wall.
Baran: The coronavirus positive patient, who
fled from the Covid Care Centre on Saturday
night in Baran, has not yet been found. Police
and the district administration are still search-
ing for him, said the officials. The man, a
resident of Tulsa in Baran, was admitted to the
Covid centre on Saturday after diagnosing as
positive. Sadar police had arrested him on Au-
gust 4 under the ST Act and assault. On August
5, the court ordered him to be sent to jail, but
during the proceedings, he tested positive on
Saturday. During the same night, he broke the
window on the second floor of the centre and
ran away. The coronavirus cases are increasing
in the district. On Sunday, five more positive
cases were reported, including two women,
which took the total tally of infected patients in
the district to 250.
Jaipur: The additional town planner of Rajasthan
Housing Board, Anil Mathur was tested positive
for coronavirus in Jaipur on Sunday. The Board
Commissioner Pawan Arora informed that the
office will be sanitized on Monday and it will
remain closed till afternoon.Visitors will not
be allowed in the RHB headquarters on Mon-
day and officers will be called on duty only for
urgent work. The office will function normally
from Tuesday. Arora informed that directions
were given to conduct tests of all officers and
employees who came in touch with Mathur.
CRIMINAL WHO FLED FROM COVID
CENTRE, STILL ON THE RUN
RHB OFFICER TESTS +VE, HQ TO BE
SANITISED, EMPLOYEES TO BE TESTED
First India Bureau
Bharatpur:Gandhicap
which is a symbol of In-
dia’s non-violent pur-
suit of Independence
and the protest against
the colonial rule, is still
a favourite for former
MP Pandit Ramkishan
and others like him.
They proudly wear
the cap which reflects
the days of the freedom
struggle they were part
of. On the 78th anniver-
sary of the Quit India
Movement on Sunday,
Ramkishan said that
Mahatma Gandhi gave
the slogan of ‘Karo ya
Maro’ in the Congress
working committee
meeting on August 8,
1942 in Bombay. Ramk-
ishan and former MLA
Mukut Bihari Goyal
and others from Bharat-
pur had also participat-
ed in the movement.
“That time I was stud-
ying in a middle school
in Ucchain. Nearly 20-25
students in support of
the movement had also
opposed a prayer meet-
ing. We all wore the
Gandhi topi and took
out a march. Seeing our
adamant behavior, the
headmaster did not in-
terfere later. After that,
I got associated with
Prajamandal and other
movements,” he re-
called.
The former MP, who
also has been MLA four
times, said that he still
wears the Gandhi cap.
Although corona cases are on the rise, people seem to have thrown all caution to the air as they gather
near Jal Mahal in Jaipur with no regards to corona guidelines. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
CM Ashok Gehlot, Avinash Pande, Randeep Surjewala, Ajay Maken, Govind Singh Dotasara and other
MLAs during the meeting.

PERSPECTIVEJAIPUR | MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2020
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edic culture is not religion
specific but a way of life. It
was the daily routine and
rituals during the Vedic Pe-
riod. The after-effects of co-
rona which would cripple
manyeconomies,makemany
individuals jobless and turn
many rich households to the
poor would need the internal
strength and peace to over-
come the trauma. There is
likely to be a paradigm shift
in our way of life with glitter,
extravagance giving way to
simplicity and purity.
It is very interesting to
know that some elements
of the culture of the Vedic
Age have survived for al-
most 3,000 years and con-
tinue to be a part of Indian
culture even today. The Ve-
dic period saw the emer-
gence and exploitation of
technology with the discov-
ery of Iron. Many crafts de-
veloped during this period
and growth of population and
surplus of food grain due to
extensive farming led to ur-
banisation. The period also
witnessed the emergence of a
sound system of governance
even though the hereditary
system prevailed. The Gu-
rukul system of education,
though not universal, was
aimed at the holistic develop-
mentof Shishyaswhichmade
them great warriors and
kings. Meditation was the
means to achieve inner peace.
Many of the things being
promoted now worldwide
as new norms of living to
avoid being affected by co-
rona were the usual norms
during the Vedic period as
very strict norms of hy-
giene were followed. Like
we are now being told not to
touch our eyes, nose, etc with-
out washing hands in
Manusamriti (4/144) it is
written “Without a reason
don’t touch your own in-
driyas (eyes, nose, ears,
etc). As regards frequent
washing of hands, Pad-
mashristi (51/88) states
“Wash your hands, feet,
mouth before you eat”. An-
other common thing being
insisted now is avoid re-use
and frequent change of cloth-
ing particularly after you re-
turn home from a visit out-
side. In the same scripture
shloka 51/83 says “Don’t
use the cloth (like towel)
used by another person for
drying yourself after a
bath.” The Mahabharat
teaches “Use different
clothes while sleeping
while going out while visit-
ing a place of worship”. In
Vishnusamriti shloka 64
preaches “Clothes once
worn should not be worn
again before washing.”
Aren’t these going to be the
norms in the post COVID – 19
era? The material (samagri)
used for Havan (fire worship)
in Indian Households includ-
ing incense sticks use many
ingredients that purify the
atmosphere and keep infec-
tions away. This is also a gift
of the Vedic period which if
promoted like Yoga could
change the way of life of
many.
The word ‘yoga’ is derived
from Sanskrit which means
to join or to unite. Yoga is a
physical, mental, and spirit-
ual practice that originated
in India. Yoga which was not
very popular internationally
and was desisted by some la-
belling it to be religion spe-
cific has now become popu-
lar worldwide due to the ef-
fort of PM Narendra Modi
who succeeded in United Na-
tions Organisation (UNO)
General Assembly 2014 de-
claring 21 June as The Inter-
national Day of Yoga. 21 June
was suggested as the date by
PM Modi since it is the long-
est day of the year in the
Northern Hemisphere and
shares a special significance
in many parts of the world. It
is being celebrated every
year since then with increas-
ing number of nations join-
ing the celebrations.
While addressing the UN
General Assembly on 27 Sep-
tember 2014, PM Modi advo-
cated the promotion of Yoga
internationally and stated,
“Yoga is an invaluable gift of
India’s ancient tradition. It
embodies unity of mind and
body; thought and action; re-
straint and fulfillment; har-
mony between man and na-
ture; a holistic approach to
health and well-being. It is
not about exercise but to dis-
cover the sense of oneness
with yourself, the world, and
nature. By changing our life-
style and creating conscious-
ness, it can help in wellbeing.
Let us work towards adopting
an International Yoga Day.”
The world was awakened
and the UN going through
its routine process de-
clared in December 2014
that henceforth the Inter-
national Day of Yoga will
be celebrated every year.
Despite objections by vari-
ous religious heads, it has
now been accepted that Yoga,
as practised internationally,
is devoid of any religious
content but at the same time
it is not only for physical fit-
ness but also helps in attain-
ing inner peace. Attainment
of inner peace is an individ-
ual requirement and is not
religion specific. Yoga has
now emerged as one of the
elements of India’s multifar-
ious soft power.
Namaste, Namaskar, or
Namaskaram, the Hindu
way of greeting has al-
ready gained wider accept-
ance and global recogni-
tion. Social distancing
would be the norm post
corona and Namaste is
considered the better and
appropriate form of greet-
ing maintaining the requi-
site distance. Persons
greeting each other place
their palms together, fin-
gers pointing upward, and
say “Namaste” with a bow.
“Namaste” is a combination
of words derived from San-
skrit that mean “I bow to
you.” It is a noncontact form
of greeting, as opposed to
hugging or shaking hands. It
is quite proper if a person
from a different culture uses
this form of salutation to an-
other person, Hindu or non-
Hindu. Thus, though recog-
nised as Hindu way of greet-
ing, Namaste can have uni-
versal acceptance due to its
spiritual component.
We are fortunate that we
are led at this crucial junc-
ture also by none other
than Narendra Modi. As
the world is accepting new
ways of living to avoid the
spread of corona, PM Modi
should take lead to pro-
mote the Vedic way of life
sans any religious compo-
nent. There are numerous
pluses of Vedic way of life
which the global commu-
nity would adopt happily
as they did while accepting
Yoga. Ayurveda is also
gaining popularity as an
alternative system of med-
icine. Clinical trials for
Ayurvedic medicine for COV-
ID have begun. If this experi-
ment succeeds, it would be-
come easier to sell the idea of
Vedic culture as the new
norminthepost-Covid-19era.
India through its various
organisations particularly
the Indian Council for Cul-
tural Relations (ICCR) should
take the lead to promote Ve-
dic culture worldwide itself
and through the UN. If need-
ed a separate vertical of In-
ternational Promotion of
Vedic Culture be added to the
existing organisation of
ICCR to provide it the neces-
sary impetus and funds.
When India advocates Vedic
way of life it is not doing
with a view to promote a par-
ticular religion but to pro-
mote the culture that con-
ceived the idea of Vasudhai-
va Kutumbakam (world is
one family).
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
VEDIC CULTURE A NEW
NORM POST COVID-19
V
We are now
being told to not
to touch our
eyes, nose etc
without
washing hands,
in
Manusamriti
(4/144) it is
written
“Without a
reason don’t
touch your own
indriyas (eyes,
nose, ears etc).
An ayurvedic drug
in India called
ZingiVir-H has
gotten the go ahead
for clinical trials
with patients tested
positive for corona
o r o n a v i r u s
lockdowns have
led to a massive
reduction in
global emis-
sions, but there’s one area
where energy usage is up
– way up – during the pan-
demic: internet traffic.
Data-intensive video
streaming, gaming and
livestreaming for busi-
ness, university and
school classes, is chew-
ing up energy.
Estimates can be noto-
riously difficult and de-
pend on the electricity
source, but six hours of
streaming video may be
the equivalent of burn-
ing one litre of petrol,
due to emissions from
the electricity used to
power the data centres
which deliver the video.
In fact, the energy as-
sociated with the global
IT sector – from power-
ing internet servers to
charging smartphones –
is estimated to have the
same carbon footprint as
the aviation industry’s
fuel emissions (before
planes were grounded).
But Australia is a global
leader in research to lower
theenergyusedinIT,which
is vital for meeting the
streaming demand without
the environmental cost.
WHERE DOES THE
DATA COME FROM?
Video requires huge
amounts of data, and ac-
counts for around 80% of
the data transmitted on the
internet. Much of the en-
ergy needed for streaming
services is consumed by
data centres, which deliver
data to your computer or
device. Increasingly
housed in vast factory-
sized buildings, these serv-
ers store, process and dis-
tribute internet traffic.
Research in 2015 found
data centres may consume
as much as 13% of the
world’s electricity by 2030,
accounting for about 6% of
global carbon dioxide
emissions. And the Euro-
pean Commission-funded
Eureca project found data
centres in EU countries
consumed 25% more ener-
gy in 2017 compared with
2014.
Imagine what those
figures will look like at
the end of this year of
home-bound internet
use.
The growth in IT is of-
ten taken for granted. In
contrast to the old days
of dial-up internet, we
now demand a three-
hour movie, in high defi-
nition, to download im-
mediately. We want
phones that can take
video like a pro.
None of this is free.
Nor is it sustainable.
Every year the number
of computations, or
transmission of infor-
mation through space,
done globally, increases
by 60%, according to
2011 research.
All this computation
uses “transistors”. These
are tiny switches that am-
plify electrical signals, and
are made using silicon-
based technology.
For the past 40 years, our
ever-increasing need for
more computing was large-
ly satisfied by incremental
improvements in silicon-
based computing technol-
ogy – ever-smaller, ever-
faster, ever-more efficient
chips. We refer to this con-
stant shrinking of silicon
components as “Moore’s
law”.
For example, since the
late1970sthelengthof tran-
sistors reduces by about
30%, and the area by about
50%, every two years. This
shrinks the energy used in
switching on and off each
transistor by about 50%,
which is better for the envi-
ronment.
While each transistor
uses only a tiny amount of
energy, there are billions of
transistorsinatypicalcom-
puter chip, each switching
billions of time per second.
This can add up to a vast
amount of energy.
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Data-intensive
video streaming,
gaming and
livestreaming for
business,
university and
school classes, is
chewing up energy
Blessed are those who
mourn, for they will be
comforted. —Matthew 5:4
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INDIAJAIPUR | MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2020
PAKISTAN VIOLATES CEASEFIRE IN
JAMMU & KASHMIR’s POONCH
Poonch: Pakistan on
Sunday, initiated unpro-
voked ceasefire viola-
tions along LoC by small
arms firing and shelling
with mortars in Shahpur,
Kirni and Krishna Ghati
sectors in Poonch district
of J&K. Pakistan violated
the ceasefire at about
5.45 pm. Indian Army is
retaliating befittingly. The
shelling in Mankote sector
was going on when last
reports were received,
but there was no report
of any casualty, defence
spokesperson said. “At
about 6.45 am, Pakistan
Army initiated unpro-
voked ceasefire violation
by firing with small arms
& shelling mortars along
LoC in Mankote sector.
Indian army retaliates
befittingly,” he added.
UP ARTISTS CAST 2.1-TONNE
BRASS BELL FOR RAM TEMPLE
Jalesar: Dau Dayal has been making bells of
varied shapes and sizes for more than 30 years,
but what he and his team has pulled off this time
has surprised everyone in UP’s Jalesar town - a
bell weighing 2,100 kg for the Ram temple in
Ayodhya. Dayal and his collegue Iqbal Mistri say
this is the first time they have worked on a bell of
this size. “What’s unique about it is that it is just
one piece, from top to bottom. It doesn’t have
multiple pieces welded together. This is what
made the task much more difficult,” Mistri said.
BIHAR: FAMILY STABS COUPLE TO
DEATH, TRIES TO BURN BODIES
Aurangabad: In a suspected case of honour
killing in Bihar’s Aurangabad district, a 19-year-
old woman and his 22-year-old boyfriend were
stabbed to death allegedly by her family members
and an attempt was made to cremate their bod-
ies, a senior police officer said. Two persons have
been arrested in this connection, and at least
three others detained for questioning, SP Pankaj
Kumar said. The victims, residents of Kapasia
village in Mufassil police station area, were in a
relationship for the past two years, he said.
CONG MLA BOOKED FOR TWEETING
TAMPERED IMAGE OF PM MODI
Indore: A case was
registered against MP
Congress MLA Jitu
Patwari for posting a
doctored image of PM
Narendra Modi which the
ruling BJP claimed hurt
his dignity and religious
sentiments of Hindus.
In the image uploaded
by Patwari, the PM is
seen wearing a mask and
holding a bowl during
the Ram Temple bhoomi
pujan ceremony, with a
tweet in Hindi which said,
“The country’s economy,
business and income,
declining economic status
of farmers, jobs and
unemployment, decline of
economy, labourers and
their struggle. These are
not subjects of television
debate. Because, (we) will
walk with the bowl.”
New Delhi: The Minis-
try of Defence will in-
troduceimportembargo
on 101 items beyond
given timeline to boost
indigenisation of de-
fence production, De-
fence Minister Rajnath
Singh announced on
Sunday, while stating it
as a big step towards ‘At-
manirbhar Bharat’(self-
reliance) in defence.
In a series of tweets,
he made some major an-
nouncements and said
that Defence Ministry
haspreparedalistof 101
items for which there
would be an embargo on
the import beyond the
timeline indicated
against them. The Min-
ister also said that the
Defence Ministry has
also bifurcated the capi-
tal procurement budget
for 2020-21 between do-
mestic and foreign capi-
tal procurement routes.
A separate budget head
has been created with
an outlay of nearly Rs
52,000 crore for domestic
capital procurement in
the current financial
year, he said.
“The Ministry of De-
fence is now ready for a
big push to #Atmanirb-
harBharat initiative.
MoD will introduce im-
port embargo on 101
items beyond given
timeline to boost indi-
genisation of defence
production,” Singh
tweeted.
“Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi has given a
clarion call for a self-re-
liant India based on the
five pillars, i.e., Econo-
my, Infrastructure, Sys-
tem, Demography & De-
mand and announced a
special economic pack-
age for Self-Reliant In-
dia named ‘Atmanirb-
har Bharat’,” he said in
another tweet.
“Taking cue from that
evocation, the Ministry
of Defence has prepared
a list of 101 items for
which there would be an
embargo on the import
beyond the timeline in-
dicated against them.
This is a big step to-
wards self-reliance in
defence. #Atmanirb-
harBharat”,” he said.
The Defence Minister
said that the decision
will offer a great oppor-
tunity to the Indian de-
fence industry to manu-
facture the items in the
negative list by using
their own design and de-
velopment capabilities
or adopting the technol-
ogies designed and de-
veloped by DRDO to
meet Army require-
ments. “MoD has also
bifurcated capital pro-
curement budget for
2020-21 between domes-
tic and foreign capital
procurement routes. A
separate budget head
has been created with
an outlay of nearly Rs
52,000 crore for domestic
capital procurement in
the current financial
year,” Singh tweeted.
“Almost 260 schemes
of such items were con-
tracted by Tri-Services
at an approximate cost
of Rs 3.5 lakh crore be-
tween April 2015 & Au-
gust 2020. It is estimated
that contracts worth al-
most Rs 4 lakh crore will
be placed upon the do-
mestic industry within
the next 6 to 7 years,” he
tweeted. —ANI
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister of Commerce and
Industry Piyush Goyal
on Sunday, asked trad-
ers to undertake Cus-
tomer Awareness cam-
paign to make people
buy make in India
goods.
He asked traders to
fully contribute to-
wards the Aatma Nirb-
har Bharat campaign
and called upon them to
act as the whistleblow-
ers, in exposing traders
and businessmen who
are hell-bent on import-
ing poor-quality goods
from unfriendly coun-
tries. Goyal was speak-
ing to the traders’ fra-
ternity on the occasion
of the National traders’
day through virtual in-
teraction, in which he
said that the communi-
ty stands to benefit a lot
from the Aatma Nirb-
har Bharat campaign as
good quality products
made in India will ush-
er in economies of
scale, thereby lowering
prices, and also making
our products competi-
tive in the international
markets.
“This will lead to
more employment op-
portunities and pros-
perity of the people and
more purchasing pow-
er. The Government has
already put restrictions
on many imported
items, which can be eas-
ily produced in the
country like agarbatti
(incense sticks), sports
goods, TV, telephone,
tyres etc,” he said and
further added that an
estimated Rs 10 lakh
crore worth of imports
can be easily substitut-
ed with the indigenous-
ly produced goods.
He also assured them
that a National Traders
Welfare Board will soon
be constituted in the
country and invited
them to join the Gov-
ernment e-Marketplace
(GeM) portal.
He lauded role of
traders during the pan-
demic and asked them
to push for the PM’s
clarion call for ‘Vocal
for Local.’ —ANI
New Delhi: Amid bor-
der tension with China,
the armed forces are
pushing a case for arm-
ing their Heron UAVs
with laser-guided
bombs, precision-guid-
ed munitions and anti-
tank missiles for taking
out enemy positions
and armoured regi-
ments. The proposal
named Project Cheetah
has been revived by the
armed forces after be-
ing pending for a long
time and is expected to
cost over Rs 3,500 crores
to the government.
“Under this project,
around 90 Heron drones
of the three services
would be upgraded to be
armed with laser-guid-
ed bombs, air to ground
and air-launched anti-
tank guided missiles,”
government sources
said. The case is going
to be considered by a
high-level Defence Min-
istry body including
Defence Secretary Ajay
Kumar, who is now the
in-charge of all capital
procurements for the
three services.
In the proposal,
armed forces have pro-
posed to equip drones
with stronger surveil-
lance and reconnais-
sance payloads for keep-
ing an eye on enemy lo-
cations and stations and
take them out, if re-
quired. The upgraded
UAVs can be used
against conventional
military operations as
well as in counter-ter-
rorism operations in
future, if required,
sources said. —ANI
New Delhi: DMK lead-
er and LS MP Kani-
mozhi Karunanidhi
said she was asked by a
CISF officer at the air-
port whether she was
an Indian. The query
was posed to her by the
CISF woman officer
when Kanimozhi asked
the former to speak to
her either in Tamil or
English. She tweeted,
“Today at the airport a
CISF officer asked me
if “I am an Indian”
when I asked her to
speak to me in Tamil or
English as I did not
know Hindi. I would
like to know from when
being Indian is equal to
knowing Hindi,” she
posted on her tweet
along with the hashtag
#hindiimposition. CISF
has ordered a probe
into the matter. —ANI
AtmanirbharBharat:Rajnathdeclares
importembargoon101defenceitems
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT CONTRACTS WORTH ALMOST RS 4 LAKH CRORE WILL BE
PLACED UPON THE DOMESTIC INDUSTRY WITHIN THE NEXT SIX TO SEVEN YEARS
RAJNATH SINGH@rajnathsingh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given
a clarion call for a self-reliant India based
on the five pillars, i.e., Economy, Infrastructure,
System, Demography & Demand and announced
a special economic package for Self-Reliant India
named ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’. New Delhi: On the
78th anniversary of
QuitIndiaMovement,
President Ram Nath
Kovind on Sunday, re-
membered millions
of freedom fighters
who sacrificed their
lives for India’s inde-
pendence.
“On the 78th anni-
versary of #QuitIn-
diaMovement, we
gratefully remember
millions of our free-
dom fighters who sac-
rificed their all for
our Independence.
Their courage and
patriotism continue
to inspire us to work
for a prosperous and
ever stronger India.
#SalutingFreedom-
Fighters,” the Presi-
dent tweeted. Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah also remem-
bered the “brave
fighters of this revo-
lution”.
“The “Quit India
Movement”, popular-
ly known as the Au-
gust Revolution, chal-
lenged the British
Governmentfromthe
smallest village in
the country to the big
cities. Today, on the
78th anniversary of
this movement, I re-
member all the brave
fighters of this revo-
lution and salute
them,” he tweeted.
The Quit India
Movement was
launched by Mahat-
ma Gandhi on Au-
gust 8, 1941, during
the Second World
War, demanding an
end of British Rule
in India. It was an
important milestone
in the Indian free-
dom struggle. —ANI
QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT
ANNIVERSARY
NATIONAL TRADERS’ DAY#HINDIIMPOSITION
‘Courage of freedom
fighters inspires us’
‘Urge consumers to buy
‘Make in India’ goods’
Army seeks update
in fire-power
New Delhi: PM KP
Sharma Oli attempt-
ed to ignite a fresh
row over Lord Ram’s
birthplace, telling a
delegation that he
was convinced that
Lord Ram was born
in south Nepal’s Ayo-
dhyapuri and not
UP’s Ayodhya.
His remark on
Ayodhya, the second
in a month, comes
against the backdrop
of an acrimonious
power struggle with-
in the ruling Nepal
Communist Party
that is widely seen
headed for a split.
PM Oli has made it
clear that he isn’t go-
ing to step down any-
time soon as demand-
ed by the rival camp
led by the party’s co-
chairman Pushpa
Kamal Dahal and the
two other former
PMs, Madhav Nepal
& Jhalanath Khanal.
Oli’s rivals have
the majority within
the party but have
been unable to dis-
lodge the PM who
has been needling
India - Nepal’s new
map was one such ef-
fort - to endear him-
self to China’s com-
munist party.
The PM who has
been bunking meet-
ings of NCP’s top
leadership for weeks,
took out two hours to
meet a delegation
from Madi in Chit-
wan district to dis-
cuss his plans for
Lord Ram’s birth-
place. He told the del-
egation led by Madi
mayor Thakur Pras-
ad Dhakal that they
should get down to
prepping for Lord
Ram’s idol and pro-
mote Ayodhyapuri as
his place of birth. A
suggestion to rename
the municipality to
Ayodhyapuri was
also floated.
PM Oli’s continu-
ing effort to appro-
priate Lord Ram’s
birthplace has drawn
sharp reactions from
religious leaders in
Nepal, describing the
claim as absurd.
Nepal PM is back
with a claim on
Ram’s birthplace
Asked if I was
Indian for not
knowing Hindi:
Kanimozhi
Government has already put restrictions
on many imported items, which can be
easily produced in the country like agar-
batti. sports goods, TV, telephone, tyres etc.
—Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry
Rajnath Singh
Piyush Goyal
AMIT SHAH@AmitShah
Modi govt’s decision of import
embargo on 101 items and a
separate budget for domestic
capital procurement of nearly
Rs 52,000 crore for the current
financial year will surely provide
a major boost to the indigenous
defence sector. I thank PM @NarendraModi & RM
@RajnathSingh for this historic decision.
Ram Nath Kovind

INDIAJAIPUR | MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2020
New Delhi: A hotel be-
ing used as a coronavi-
rus disease (Covid-19)
facility in Andhra
Pradesh’s Vijayawada
city, where a fire killed
10 patients, violated
safety standards, a sen-
ior fire department of-
ficial said on Sunday.
The fire was reported
from Swarna Palace, be-
ing used as a care cen-
tre for Covid-19 patients
by Ramesh Hospitals,
early on Sunday.
“Thealarmbelldidn’t
ringatthetimeof theac-
cident and there was a
delay in opening the
back door,” Jairam
Naik, the fire safety di-
rector, said. “Investiga-
tion has been initiated
and there will be action
on hotel management
after it,” Naik added.
An electric short cir-
cuit is said to have
caused the fire, accord-
ing to officials. Staff
noticed flames from the
first floor at around
5am and it spread to the
third to fifth floors
quickly. Patients were
on the third, fourth and
fifth floors of the hotel.
There were about 30 pa-
tients of the coronavi-
rus disease and 10 med-
ical personnel at the
time of the accident.
YS Jagan Mohan Red-
dy, Andhra Pradesh’s
Chief Minister, said he
spoke with Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
after the accident. “We
are ensuring that things
are under control. An
ex gratia of Rs 50 lakh
has been announced to
the families of the de-
ceased. My thoughts &
prayers are with the be-
reaved families & the
injured,” he added.
Meanwhile, PM Nar-
endra Modi condoled
the loss of the lives in
the fire accident and
spoke to CM Jagan Mo-
han Reddy over phone.
During the conversa-
tion, PM extended all
possible help and as-
sured support to the
families of the victims.
“The incident took
place around 5am.
Around 22 patients are
being treated in the hos-
pital. We are evacuating
the entire building,”
Mohammad Imtiaz,
Krishna’s district col-
lector, said. He said that
the cause of the fire ap-
pears to be a short cir-
cuit, as per the prelimi-
nary report but needs
further investigation.
Rescuers brought 17 pa-
tients to safely using
ladders even as two
staff members, includ-
ing a security guard,
jumped from the second
and third floors of the
hotel after the fire.—ANI
‘VijayawadaCovid-19facilityviolatedsafetynorms’An electric short circuit is said to have caused the fire, according to the officials of fire department and an investigation has been initiated
New Delhi: India’s tal-
ly of the coronavirus
disease jumped to more
than 2.15 million on
Sunday morning after
349,315 cases and 5,244
deaths were recorded in
one week, according to
the Union Health Min-
istry’s data.
According to the min-
istry’s dashboard, there
are 2,153,010 infections
after 64,399 Covid-19
cases and 861 fatalities
were reported from
across the country be-
tween Saturday and
Sunday. On Monday,
there were 1,803,695
Covid-19 cases, includ-
ing 38,135 deaths.
Sunday saw a record
one-day jump in the
number of daily coro-
navirus disease cases
even as more than
60,000 infections were
reported for the third
straight day. There
were 61,537 cases on
Saturday and 62,538 on
Friday.
There are 628,747 ac-
tive cases and 43,379
death in the country so
far. “In last one month,
Covid-19 Recovery Rate
has shot up from 48.20%
to 68.32%. Effective
Clinical Management
based on a Standard of
Care approach has led
to more patients recov-
ering and lesser fatali-
ty,” Health Ministry
tweeted. —ANI
With 3.5L cases, India’s tally@ 2,153,010
‘7Lakhtestsdoneinaday,
recoveries reach 68.78%’
New Delhi: Scaling up
testing capacity, over
seven lakh samples
have been examined for
COVID-19 in a day tak-
ing the cumulative tests
conducted so far to
2,41,06,535, Union
Health Ministry said.
The number of recover-
ies too has surged to
14,80,884 with 53,879
coronavirus patients
having discharged in
24-hours, highest in a
day, pushing the recov-
ery rate to 68.78%. The
fatality rate has further
dropped to 2.01 % it
said. The ministry said
the number of single-
day tests has been grow-
ing exponentially &In-
dia has been testing
over six lakh samples
daily. —Agencies
Bengaluru: Karnataka
Health Minister, B.
Sriramulu tested posi-
tive for coronavirus on
Sunday. “From the time
of Corona’s appear-
ance, I had visited 30
districts and work in
harmony with govern-
ment’s desire to treat
people well. It is in this
backdrop that I am go-
ing to be hospitalised
and treated,” he tweet-
ed in Kannada.All
those who have been in
contact with me recent-
ly have been requested
to take precautionary
measures,” he said.
K’taka health
min B Sriramulu
tests positive
Mumbai: Actor Rhea
Chakraborty has
shared screenshots of a
WhatsApp conversa-
tion she had with boy-
friend Sushant Singh
Rajput, in which he’d
expressed concerns
about his sister Priyan-
ka’s behaviour with
Rhea. Sushant died by
suicide on June 14, and
his family has accused
Rhea of abetting it.
Rhea said that he be-
lieved his sister was
manipulating his friend
and roommate Sid-
dharth Pithani.
The conversations
begin with Sushant
praising Rhea and her
brother Showik. “Your
family is very epic.
Showik is compassion-
ate and you too who
are mine, you are a suf-
ficient cause for the
inevitable change and
respite globally. It will
be a pleasure for me to
be around you folks
Cheers my friend for
being a rockstar,” he
writes. In the next
message, Sushant
continues, “You
please smile, you look
great like that. I would
try to sleep now. I
wish I had a dream
like Jamila. Would it
be amazing? Bye.”
He then writes that
he is worried about his
sister, and says: ‘pure
evil’. He says that she is
manipulating ‘Sid
bhai’. He writes, (“To
Priyanka”), “You do
this, after the shameful
act, making this a
coverup to distract at-
tention playing the vic-
tim card to the most
non negotiable act of
molestation under the
influence of alcohol...”
Meanwhile, Enforce-
ment Directorate has
summoned actor Rhea
Chakraborty and two
of her family members
for questioning in the
case. In addition to
Chakraborty, her broth-
er,ShowikChakraborty,
and father, Inderjit
Chakraborty, Sushant’s
friend, Siddharth
Pithani, has also been
summoned by the ED.
This will be the second
time that the agency
will question
Chakraborty and
her father. It will be
the third time that
her brother will
appear before the
probe agency. —Agencies
SushantcalledSismanipulative,
Rhea shares whatsApp chat
SSR CASE
Rhea shared screenshots of a WhatsApp conversation.
Shah most...
government came back
to power in 2019 and has
been behind some of
the key decisions taken
by the government-
-from repealing Article
370 in the erstwhile
state of Jammu and
Kashmir to getting the
contentious Citizenship
Amendment Bill passed
through both houses of
Parliament despite BJP
not having enough
numbers in the upper
house.
Apart from this, the
Ministry of Home Af-
fairs has also been at
the forefront of India’s
fight against COVID-19,
from issuing rules for
the lockdown and un-
lock of the world’s sec-
ond-most populous
country to managing
the mammoth task of
ensuring all Indians re-
turn home safely and
stay fed during the un-
precedented crisis.
Amit Shah has only
seen a minor dip of
three percentage points
in popularity between
January and now.
After Amit Shah,
Defence Minister Ra-
jnath Singh has been
chosen as the second-
most popular minister
in the Modi cabinet
with 17% of respond-
ents voting for him.
However, Rajnath Sin-
gh has lost a signifi-
cant amount of favour
with the public in the
six-month period from
January to August. He
has seen a whopping
22% point drop in pop-
ularity.
The drop in Rajnath
Singh’s approval rat-
ings come at a time
when India is em-
broiled in a better bor-
der faceoff with China
for more than four
months now. In mid-
June, twenty Indian
Army personnel, in-
cluding a commanding
officer, were killed in a
fierce clash with Chi-
nese troops in the Gal-
wan Valley in Ladakh.
Despite India’s strong
stand, China has yet to
disengage from the
flashpoints of the con-
flict completely.
Other popular minis-
ters in the Modi cabinet
are Minister for Road
Transport & Highways
Nitin Gadkari (10%),
Finance Minister Nir-
mala Sitharaman (9%)
and Law Minister Ravi
Shankar Prasad (3%).
Meanwhile, Shah
has not undergone any
fresh COVID-19 test, an
official said on Sunday,
a clarification which
came after BJP’s Delhi
MP Manoj Tiwari
tweeted on the test.
Shah is recuperating at
a hospital in Gurgaon
after testing positive
for coronavirus last
week. A Home Minis-
try official said when a
test will be done, every-
one will be informed.
He also asked everyone
not to speculate on the
home minister’s
health.Soon, Tiwari
also deleted his tweet
that stated Shah has
tested negative for cor-
onavirus..
10 patients...
National Relief Fund
(PMNRF).32peoplehave
been rescued by Andhra
Pradesh Disaster Re-
sponseandFireServices
Department. —PTI
11 members...
to India from Pakistan’s
Sindh province in 2015
on a long-term visa.
They had been living at
the Lodta village farm,
which they had hired
for farming, for the past
six months.
There was neither
any injury mark on any
of the bodies nor any
evidences of any foul
play, the SP said. —PTI
PM’s sixer...
The beneficiaries of the
scheme will include
farmers, PACS, Market-
ing Cooperative Societ-
ies, FPOs, SHGs, Joint
Liability Groups (JLG),
Multipurpose Coopera-
tive Societies, agri-entre-
preneurs, startups, and
central/state agency or
local body sponsored
public-private Partner-
shipProjects,itsaid.—ANI
No consensus...
the intended number of
MLAs were sent to neig-
bouring Gujarat.
Back home at Jaipur,
the state party chief
termed it ‘exploration’,
while deputy leader of
opposition Rajendra
Rathore asked that the
entire issue should not
be looked at as ‘baade-
bandi’. Some senior
BJP leader also termed
it as ‘religious tourism’.
Now that it has been
ascertained that the
MLAs will finally go
into ‘baadabandi’ at
Crowne Plaza hotel at
Jaipur itself, Raje will
also join the legislative
party at the hotel from
the very first day itself,
ie 11th August.
BJP ridden...
But, what is worrying
the BJP? They are herd-
ing their legislators to
three-four places. I see a
big split in them,” Ge-
hlot told reporters in
Jaisalmer.
Lashing out at the op-
position party, Gehlot
said the tradition they
are setting up is danger-
ous to democracy. —ANI
FROM PG 1
RELIEF FOR VICTIMS
PRESIDENT OF INDIA
@rashtrapatibhvn
Struck with grief after
hearing tragic news
about COVID-19 care
centre in Vijayawada
where an accidental
fire caused loss of
lives. My thoughts and
prayers are with the
bereaved families. I
wish speedy recovery
for the injured.
AMIT SHAH
@AmitShah
Deeply anguished by
the news of tragic fire
accident at a COVID-19
facility in Vijayawada,
Andhra Pradesh. Centre
assures all possible
support to the state
government. My con-
dolences are with the
affected families in this
time of grief. Praying for
the speedy recovery of
those injured.
Mumbai: The tussle
between Bihar& Maha-
rashtra governments
over a CBI probe into
actor Sushant Singh
Rajput’s death flared up
as Maharashtra’s ruling
Shiv Sena hit back at
Nitish Kumar govern-
ment for ordering an
CBI probe. “Bihar
government should not
have interfered in mat-
ter of Sushant Singh
Rajput. Over the last
few years, Sushant was
a Mumbaikar. Mumbai
gave him prosperity
& Bihar didn’t stand
by him during his
struggle,” an article
in Sena mouthpiece
Saamna read.
‘MUMBAI GAVE
SUSHANT FAME,
NOT BIHAR’
There have
been reports
that coronavi-
rus cases are increas-
ing in the national
capital. Many pa-
tients from outside
Delhi are getting tested
here, hence the rise in
the number of cases.
There is otherwise a
decline in cases here.
—Satyendar Jain,
Delhi Health Minister
Police personnel and other officials
inspect the accident site on Sunday.
A man wearing protective gear, sprays sanitizer on the hand of
a woman during COVID-19 test in Mumbai. —PHOTO BY ANI
BMC Medical staff conducting screening swab test at Kohinoor
parking lot of Dadar. —PHOTO BY ANI
COVID-19 UPDATE

NEWSJAIPUR | MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2020
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Even as the po-
litical crisis deepens in
Rajasthan and BJP also
decided to marshal its
‘troops’ for ‘badabandi’
at Crown Plaza Hotel
from August 11 ahead
of the Rajasthan As-
sembly session sched-
uled to begin on August
14, CM Ashok Gehlot
wrote an emotional
three page letter to all
200 MLAs of Rajasthan
Assembly, appealing to
them to listen to peo-
ple’s voice to “save de-
mocracy and to stand
by truth”. CM sought
cooperation from them
to what he called ‘fulfil
the promises of devel-
opment and prosperity
of the desert state’.
“Victory and defeat
are part of elections.
However, as a leader,
you should stand with
people. I hope you shall
stand with truth. Peo-
ple’s mandate remains
over and above every-
thing. You should ex-
tend full cooperation in
fulfilling promises
made to the people.
Leaders like Indira
Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi,
and Atalji also faced de-
feat. However, they
never weakened demo-
cratic traditions and
constitutional values,”
Gehlot said.
He also informed
MLAs of painstaking
exercise of fight against
Corona that the entire
government machinery
is undertaking and how
with efficient manage-
ment by Rajasthan gov-
ernment is keeping the
virus in check. Howev-
er, he lamented at his
old colleagues’ action in
toppling his govern-
ment. “Even during the
COVID-19 pandemic, a
few of Congress MLAs
along with the opposi-
tion lawmakers were
engaged in a conspiracy
to destabilise our elect-
ed government, which
is quite unfortunate,”
he said.
Gehlot recalled that
in 1993-96, attempts
were made to topple
state government led by
BJP leader Bhairon
Singh Shekhawat by
buying and selling
MLAs.
“At that time, as Un-
ion Minister of State
and state Congress
President, I met then
Governor Baliram Bha-
gat and PM PV Nar-
asimha Rao and op-
posed idea of toppling
the elected government,
stating that this is
against our democratic
values. Even the people
of this state would nev-
er want such a tradition
to be established in Ra-
jasthan,” he added.
CM maintained that
six BSP MLAs joined
Congress by following
all norms. “They decid-
ed to merge with the
Congress Legislature
Party for forming a sta-
ble government and to
ensure developmental
work in their respective
areas within the pur-
view of law.”
He ended his letter by
saying that he is confi-
dent that all MLAs will
stand with by truth and
work for the develop-
ment and prosperity of
the state.
Rathore gets
nod for 24
road projects
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Former central
minister and Jaipur ru-
ral MP Colonel Rajya-
vardhan Singh Rathore
has been successful in
his efforts of getting
sanction for roads in his
constituency. Rathore
has been putting up
his case before the
central minister for
rural development
Narendra Singh
Tomar on a regular
basis (above in pic).
Rathore informed
that 24 roads of 240 km
stretch will be con-
structed at the cost of Rs
128 crore in his constitu-
ency. These road pro-
jects will be taken up in
Jhotwara, Phulera,
Amer, Jamwaramgarh,
Shahpura, Viratnagar
and Bansur assembly
constituencies.
Stand with truth: An emotional Gehlot to MLAs
First India Bureau
Jaipur: It seems the le-
gal countdown deciding
BSP MLAs merger into
the Congress last year
has begun.
BJPMLAMadanDila-
war has filed a Special
Leave Petition (SLP) in
Supreme court against
the order of Rajasthan
high court which did not
stay the defection of six
BSP MLAs to Congress
in Rajasthan.
A bench of three judg-
es headed by Justice
Arun Mishra will hear
the SLP on Monday at 11
am. Dilwar said in the
petition that the high
court’s single judge
bench did not stay the
defection on the stay ap-
plication and neither
passed any verdict. He
has requested the apex
court to stay the defec-
tionanddirectionstothe
six MLAs to not vote for
any party in floor test in
the assembly.
It was also requested
that the MLAs should
not be allowed to take
partintheassemblypro-
ceedings till the court’s
verdict.
Dilawar had chal-
lenged the assembly
speaker’s decision to al-
lowthemergerof thesix
MLAs through a writ
petition in the high
court, which issued no-
tices to the speaker and
secretary of the assem-
blyandthesixMLAslast
month.
The MLAs have
also appealed in the SC
that the petition chal-
lenging their defection
be transferred to the Su-
preme court from the
Rajasthan high court.
On the other hand, the
high court will hear the
matter on August 11 and
woulddecidethestayap-
plication.
Six BSP MLAs-- Sand-
eep Yadav, Wajib Ali,
Deepchand Kheria,
Lakhan Meena, Jogend-
ra Awana and Rajendra
Gudha-- defected to Con-
gress in September last
year which was a boost
to the Ashok Gehlot gov-
ernment and Congress,
as its tally of MLAs had
reached to 107.
The hearing in the
high court is crucial as
the Gehlot government
isfacingapoliticalcrisis
after the revolt by 19
MLAs including Sachin
Pilot. The assembly ses-
sion beginning on Au-
gust 14 is seen as a cru-
cial session as the floor
test is likely to happen
amid the political stabil-
ity in the state.
BJP’s Madan Dilawar
also files petition in SC
challenging BSP defection
Rajendra Chhabra
T
he renowned
movie ‘Pati, Pat-
ni aur Woh’ has
not been an out of con-
text movie for the Indi-
an society.
While there have
been innumerable inci-
dentsoutintheopenon
which the storyline of
the movie was based,
there are those inci-
dents too that are
hushedup,particularly
if it involves someone
in the power corridors.
Well, in Rajasthan
bureaucracy, which is
known to be one of the
fairest and responsible
bureaucracy in India,
there too have been
such “hiccups” that
have lent a bad name.
One of the most ‘fa-
mous’ feud was be-
tween an IAS couple,
wherein the husband
had reached the top bu-
reaucratic assignment
in Rajasthan.
The bitterness be-
tween the husband and
wife had reached such
levels that their issue
reached court. The
wife, who is the daugh-
ter of a firebrand bu-
reaucratic, went a step
furtherandcomplained
against her husband in
WomenCommissionas
well. Interestingly, the
woman’s brother and
sister also held power-
ful positions in the gov-
ernment.
On the contrary, the
husband-renownedfor
his simplistic attitude
and approach - used to
stay extremely trou-
bled due to the ‘excess-
es’ of the wife. Due to
the problems at his
home, the bureaucracy,
in general, was in the
husband’sfavorandthe
then CM, knowing all
this, gave him the high-
est posting from where
the man retired.
There is yet another
well-known incident
that involves two IAS -
an ACS and a principal
secretary. Both were
neighbors so they
would routinely go to
each other’s houses.
And one fine day, the
ACS eloped with his
neighbor’s wife. Mean-
while, the IAS also
found a certain some-
one, a teacher, whom
the man later married.
An incident involv-
ing an ACS rank officer
made headlines for sev-
eral days in the state’s
media. The year was
2013 and a senior IAS
was charged with rap-
ing a 23-year-old MBA
student. The girl used
to go to the IAS’s home
for coaching. When the
alleged rape occurred,
the student registered
anFIR,theIASwassus-
pended and the man
went underground and
during this time, he re-
tired. However, after
three years, the man
surrendered before the
cops.
An interesting inci-
dent of a feud between
an IAS couple from the
90s is fresh still in the
memories of the cur-
rent generation of sen-
ior bureaucrats. Theirs
was a love marriage
and while the husband
was extremely good
looking, he was also of
a ‘colorful personality’.
hehadtakenseveralin-
novative steps in the
education department
and on the other hand,
had several girlfriends
a well and this was the
reason for his constant
fights with his wife.
The duo was sent to
Delhi on deputation
and the husband got
posted in the education
ministry. The husband
then entered in a rela-
tionship with a female
assistantprofessor.The
husband would secret-
ly spend nights with
the professor however,
one day the wife came
to know of it and she
reached Bangalore and
caught the husband
and paramour, red-
handed.
But this was not the
only incident from the
90s. In fact, there was a
Collector ‘sahab’ in
Jaipurwhohadayoung
female IAS officer on
probation under him.
TheCollectorlosthis
heart to the young IAS
and since his wife used
to stay unwell, in a way,
he made the probation-
aryIAShissecondwife,
and their relationship
was a known fact!
The female IAS did
not marry anyone else
and the sahab that re-
tired in the 90s, stays in
Jaipur.
Next in line is the
‘stories’ around a fe-
male IAS who, while
being Collector, had
worked wonders in a
city known for its reli-
gious site. The woman
had entered in love
marriage with the son
of arenownedfigureof
Rajasthan, but since
the husband’s posting
was out of state, the
wife was at ‘play’.
Words of her ‘friend-
ship’ with several IAS
were rife.
Then there was an
IAS, who was not only
closetothethenCM,he
even held a senior posi-
tion in an important
ministry in New Delhi.
A former Rajasthan
University Student,
this IAS, stayed in vari-
ous institutions even
after his posting but he
wasmorerenownedfor
his ‘friendship’ with
several female IAS.
Such was his ‘efficacy’,
that he was ‘close’ to
two female politicians
too!
While these ‘inci-
dents’ were mostly un-
derwrapsfromthegen-
eral public, there was
one wherein the gener-
alpublicbecameaspec-
tator too. A senior IAS
officer, who got mar-
ried to the daughter of
a top bureaucrat of Ra-
jasthan cadre hailing
from Southern India,
also caught in this ‘Pati
Patni aur Woh’, a trian-
gle where the bureau-
crat, after divorcing his
wife, entered into a
friendly relationship
with one of his friend’s
wifewhichsubsequent-
ly became a talk of the
town, especially in bu-
reaucratic circles.
The climax of the
situation was that one
day, in broad daylight,
at a prominent cinema
hall in Jaipur, the wom-
an’s husband virtually
slapped and beat the
IAS officer and left the
cinema hall along with
his wife after this tus-
sle.Unfortunately,after
a few years, the lady’s
husband expired due to
some illness and after
having a long live-in re-
lationship with the
lady, the officer demon-
strated courage and
convictionandgotmar-
ried to the same wom-
an.
Now, they are one of
the most happily mar-
ried couples in the
town.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
government will soon
introduce a tourism
policy with an aim to
revive the tourism sec-
tor which has suffered a
great loss due to lock-
down and corona pan-
demic.
The draft of policy
focused on promoting
tourism activities at
iconic monuments, spe-
cial heritage village,
crafts villages, desert,
eco and adventure tour-
ism, is reportedly ready
and will be introduced
soon, an official said.
Along with these, cul-
tural, crafts, cuisine
tourism, rural, film and
wedding tourism will
also be the key focus ar-
eas of the policy.
Tourism season in
the desert state will be-
gin from September and
ahead of the season, the
government discussed
ways to restore the tour-
ism activities.
The discussion on the
draft of the new policy
was discussed in a
meeting chaired by
chief minister Ashok
Gehlot on last week.
The chief minister
had asked the officials
to strengthen the tour-
ism infrastructure and
prepare the plan as per
the emerging trends so
that both domestic tour-
ists and foreigners can
be attracted in large
numbers.
In order to give a new
lease of life to tradition-
al events, a fresh brand-
ing of Pushkar fair, de-
sert festival, Kumbhal-
garh and Bundi fairs
will be done.
Saying that there are
many heritage and reli-
gious places in the state
which are important
from an archeological
point of view, the chief
minister instructed the
officials to prepare a
plan for the develop-
ment of such sites.
He also said that a
permanent solution to
the problem of water in
Bharatpur’s Keoladeo
national park should be
found.
The issues of touts,
cheating with tourists
and other issues were
also discussed in the
meeting.
After the chief minis-
ter’s meeting and direc-
tions, senior officials of
the department met on
Friday and held de-
tailed discussions on
the draft of the new
tourism policy.
Principal secretary
Tourism Alok Gupta,
additional directors of
the department Manish
Arora, Sanjay Pandey,
joint director Anand
Tripathi and other offi-
cials held the discus-
sions.
In the meeting, dis-
cussions were held on
operating Palace on
Wheels trains on short-
er routes.
“After the chief min-
ister’s directions, ef-
forts are being made to
revive the tourism ac-
tivities. The new tour-
ism policy will be help-
ful in this direction,” an
official said.
DRAFT REVIVING TOURISM READY,
WILL FOCUS ON REBRANDING FAIRSNEWS
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‘RAJIV-RAHUL’
KEEPING CONG
FLOCK TOGETHER!
In the political parlance, two names,
whenever uttered bring about an
image of the Congress party in our
minds. These words are Rajiv and
Rahul. While Late Rajiv Gandhi
was transforming the nation, his
son Rahul, is also working at his
own pace in the political arena. One
would fathom that with all the Gehlot
supporting Congress MLAs camped
in Suryagarh hotel in Jaisalmer,
the mention of Rajiv and Rahul in
the political discussions would be
a given thing. However, there is yet
another Rajiv-Rahul duo that has
been carrying out the same work
the political Rajiv-Rahul duo have
had to do, ie keeping the Congress
flock together! Well, this Rajiv-Rahul
duo hail from the IPS stock and are
charged with ‘fortification’ of the
Congress ‘stronghold’. The duo has
been working relentlessly on a 24/7
hour mode. Interestingly, while in the
political family Rajiv is elder to Rahul,
among this duo, it is Rahul who is
‘senior’ to Rajiv. As SP, Rahul Prakash
has been doing an exemplary job and
keeps an eagle eye on the activities at
Suryagarh whereas four years junior
to him is Rajiv Pachar and since he
has served in Jaisalmer, knows the
area and its ‘political environment’
too. Notably, CM Ashok Gehlot trusts
both the officers as they are one of the
most updated officials in the district.
—Laxman Raghav
ONLY PILOT, NO ONE
ELSE, AS CM
O
nly two days before, one of
Rajasthan’s leading newspaper
carried Pilot camp MLAs’
unconfirmed view that they are ready
to sacrifice Pilot camp’s stand to
Sachin Pilot as the Chief Minister,
provided Congress high command
agrees for a third choice (other
than Gehlot and Pilot). Now in this
context, speaking to First India a
Pilot camp MLA has claimed that
none of their camp members have
been approached or have spoken
to the high command. “Any third
person is not an option for us for the
position of Chief Minister. We only
want Sachin Pilot as CM, the MLA
said. Denying moving to Gujarat, the
MLA said, “Where we were earlier,
we are camping still at the same
place,” the MLA said. Interestingly,
the group is now planning to release
an official statement on Friday
through a video message.
—Naresh Sharma
Jodhpur: The Border
SecurityForce(BSF)has
ordered disciplinary ac-
tion against a doctor of
theforceforallegedlaps-
es in declaring a jawan
weighing 160 kg fit for
undertaking a physical
fitness course during
which he died, officials
said on Thursday.
Constable Vinod Sin-
gh, 45, died on July 17
afterhe“feltgiddinessin
the evening hours near
his barracks” at the BSF
subsidiary training cen-
tre in Jodhpur.
BSF Director General
(DG) S S Deswal had or-
dered an immediate in-
quiry into the incident.
“Disciplinary action
hasbeenorderedagainst
adoctorof theforceafter
preliminary enquiry
was completed recently
in a case related to the
death of a jawan at a
training centre in Jodh-
pur,” a senior officer
said.“Furtherprocessto
fix accountability is un-
der progress,” he said.
The BSF had earlier
said that the jawan was
“a low medical category
person having weight
of 160 kgs with a BMI of
52.98”.
“However, it has been
found that the deceased
constable was declared
fit for the fitness course.
An inquiry has been or-
dered to ascertain the
circumstances under
which the individual
was declared fit for the
course,” it had said.
Singh, working as a
water carrier in the
114th battalion of the
force, had joined the
Jodhpur-based training
centretoundergoaphys-
ical fitness course on
July 15. These fitness
courses have been initi-
ated by DG Deswal, who
has ordered that all fat
and obese personnel in
the force should be iden-
tified and sent for physi-
cal training. —PTI
Disciplinary action by
BSF against doctor over
death of 160-kg jawan
Barmer: Union minis-
ter Kailash Chaudhary
on Thursday said the
Congress government
in Rajasthan, led by
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot, would collapse
and its countdown has
begun.
With this, he said, the
Congress’s politics too
would come to an end in
the state.
Chaudhary, who is on
a three-day visit to his
parliamentary constitu-
ency Barmer, said the
state government has
lost the confidence of
people and the chief
minister has to confine
MLAs to hotels.
“The Gehlot govern-
ment will fail to prove
its majority in the floor
test in the Assembly.
Not only the people of
Rajasthan have lost
faith in the govern-
ment, ministers and
MLAs too are not happy
with the chief minis-
ter,” he said.
Interacting with the
locals of Lakha, Jhin-
jhinyali, Devikot and
other villages of Jais-
almer, the Union minis-
ter of state for agricul-
ture said the Centre has
introduced
many
schemes and pro-
grammes for public wel-
fare.
He also pointed out
that the provisions of
Article 370 of the Con-
stitution were abrogat-
ed in Jammu and Kash-
mir and the foundation
for the construction of
a Ram temple in Ayod-
hya was laid during the
rule of the current gov-
ernment.
—PTI
Chaudhary:Cong
govtanditspolitics
willsoonendinRaj
Kailash Chaudhary
Kashiram Chaudhary
Jaipur.TheCoronapan-
demic has hit the world
economy hard and India
could be no exception to
it. This is being reflected
in the income Tax re-
turns filed so far.
Centre on its part
tried to stimulate the
economic activities in
the country by announc-
ing a 20 lakh crore eco-
nomicpackage.Withthe
economic package into
its implementation for
almost two months now
itisalmostclearthatthe
derailed economy is yet
to come back on track.
This is being instant-
ly proved by the income
tax returns filed so far.
The four months of the
financial year have wit-
nessed a sharp drop in
the number of I-T re-
turns in the state. At an
average there are
around 40 lakh I-T re-
turns filed every year
for which the last date
was 31 July 31.
The corona induced
lockdown for two
months forced the I-T
department to extend
the last date to file the
returns till November
30, 2020.
I-T sources say the ex-
tension of the last date
is one big reason for less
number of returns filed
sofarandthenumberof
returns will increase
significantly in October.
The I-T department
too had to change its
working due to less
number of I-T returns
by reducing the number
of cases taken for scru-
tiny. The I-T department
had selected only 0.13%
cases for scrutiny in
2017-18 and the same
trend is expected to con-
tinue this year as well.
Corona effect: With deadline extended
twice, dismal show of I-T returns so far
I-T RETURNS FILED IN LAST FEW YEARS
First India Bureau
Jaisalmer: Mining and
Gopalan minister
PramodJain‘Bhaya’has
saidthateverygrampan-
chayat will have a Nandi
Gaushala. The gopalan
minister said that the
state government has
startedprocessof setting
up Nandi Gaushala first
at district headquarter
followed by panchayat
headquarter and then
every gram panchayat.
Bhaya also said that the
governmentwascontem-
plating hiking financial
grants to gaushalas.
On Ram temple, the
minister said that he
welcomes construction
of grandtempleforLord
Ram but this matter
should be kept away
from the politics.
Pramod Jain Bhaya’s
love for cows is not a se-
cret. Even in Jaisalmer,
he visited gaushala, per-
formed pooja and
checked management of
gaushala. He also gave
instructionforproviding
fodderandwatertocows.
‘Gram panchayats to have Nandi Gaushala’
Pramod Jain ‘Bhaya’
INFOGRAPHIC: VINOD KUMAR SHARMA
Rajasthan outcry
PADHARO
MHARE DESH
THE FOOTFALL OF TOURISTS WHICH USED TO
BE IN ONE DAY DURING NORMAL TIMES PRIOR TO
CORONA HAS BEEN RECORDED IN ONE MONTH,
WHICH REFLECTS THE FEAR AMONG THE
TOURISTS, WRITES NIRMAL TIWARI
LIVELIHOOD AT STAKE
SHOCKING SCENARIO
8major
monuments and
museums in city
5,269
tourists visited
these in one
month
24other
major monuments
in state
3,537
tourists visited
the sites in same
period
19,326
tourists visited
various places in
the state
12,665
tourists in Jaipur
alone in July
8,806
visitors in June
3,531
tourists at Amber
5,667
tourists at Nahargarh
1,684
visited
Chittorgarh
Fort
601
tourists visited
Alwar
l A MARGINAL INCREASE WAS
WITNESSED AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF
MONSOON BUT STILL THE NUMBER OF
FAR LESS THAN THE EXPECTATIONS
l OUTSIDE THE STATE
CAPITAL, THE MAXIMUM
NUMBER OF TOURISTS VISITED
JHALAWAR’S GAGRON FORT
l THIS NUMBER USED TO
BE IN A SINGLE DAY PRIOR
TO CORONA, ACCORDING
TO STAKEHOLDERS
10 lakhpeople
associated directly and
indirectly with the state’s
tourism sector which
includes vendors, hawkers,
guides, folk artists, hotel
and resort owners who are
dependent on tourism
l “Padharo Mhare desh”
is what Pink city is really
dying for these days, post
lockdown, as the number
of tourists arriving is
not matching to the
expectations of tourism
industry’s stakeholders
l Like other industries,
global corona pandemic
has badly hit the tourism
sector of the desert state
also and despite opening
of monuments and
tourism sites, the arrival of
tourists is very grim
l Jaipur is one of the
distinguished tourism
spots in the world which
never witnessed this
situation before, be it the
spread of swine flu, zika
virus and many more
virus attacks but none
of them could affect the
tourism industry like
covid-19 has done
l The state government
closed all the tourism
spots and monuments
on March 18 in the wake
of coronavirus spread
which caused losses of
millions of rupees to the
industry. The monuments
were reopened on
June 1 and hotels,
restaurants were
also opened
from Jun 8 but
the situation
did not go well
due to lack of
tourists
l Government machinery is also making
tireless efforts to bring the industry back
on track after directions from chief minister
Ashok Gehlot and they are trying to restore the
ecosystem so that the upcoming tourism season
starting from September gets more tourists
EFFORTS TO IMPROVE
GRIM PICTURE
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Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot during the inauguration programme with Parsadi Lal Meena, Udai Lal Anjana, Govind Singh Dotasara,
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