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AFTER 1 HR GLOBAL OUTAGE
Google’s services, including Gmail,
YouTube, Google Docs, Google Meet,
faced a global outage earlier on Mon-
day. Most the service were back online
after an hour. Users also took to Twitter
to complain about the issues. Google’s
Workspace Status Dashboard showed
an outage for all services appear of the
company. Google later shared a statement
explaining that the issue was caused by
an internal storage quota issue, and that
all services have now been restored. What
can only be termed as great the Google
blackout of 2020, the problem appears to
have started at 5.25 pm for Gmail.
New Delhi: The gov-
ernment is engaging
with farmer leaders to
decide on the next date
of talks, Union Agricul-
ture Minister Narendra
Singh Tomar said, as
unions intensified their
agitation against the
Centre’s 3 farm laws
and observed a day-long
fast on Monday.
“The meeting will
definitely happen. We
are engaging with farm-
ers,” Tomar told PTI.
The government is
ready for discussion
anytime. The farmer
leaders have to “decide
and convey” when they
are ready for the next
meeting, he added.
The farmers protest-
ing at Delhi’s borders
observed a day-long fast
on Monday even as the
agitation spread to dif-
ferent parts of the coun-
try with peasant unions
staging demonstrations
at district headquar-
ters.
Tomar is leading the
negotiations with 40
farmer unions, along
with Food Minister Pi-
yush Goyal and Minis-
ter of State for Com-
merce and Industries
Som Parkash.
“We tried to convince
farmers and farmer un-
ions leaders. Our wish
is that they come for
clause-by-clause discus-
sion. If they are ready
to express their views
clause by clause, we are
ready for discussion,”
he said. Turn to P6
New Delhi: Bharatiya
Kisan Union’s (BKU)
national spokesperson
Rakesh Tikait on Monday
said that there is no rift
among farmers after
the resignation of three
leaders of Bharatiya Kisan
Union (Bhanu) faction.
“There is no rift among
farmers. 3 leaders of
Bharatiya Kisan Union
(Bhanu) Turn to P6
Jaipur: Farmers from
Rajasthan on Monday
blocked Delhi-Jaipur
national highway at Shah-
jahanpur in Alwar after
police stopped them from
marching to Delhi. Due to
blockade, vehicular traffic
on Jaipur-Delhi highway
was diverted to Bansur and
other routes of Alwar. P7
TIKAIT DENIES RIFT
AMONG FARMERS
RAJ FARMERS
BLOCK DEL-JPR NH
FARMERS ON A FAST TRACK
AS GOVT HOPEFUL OF TALKS
Govt ready to hold dialogue
with farmers, says Rajnath
New Delhi: Defence
Minister Rajnath Sin-
gh on Sunday said that
thegovernmentiswill-
ing to hold dialogue
with farmers but as-
serted that the recent
reforms have been un-
dertaken with the best
interests of farmers.
“There is no ques-
tion of taking retro-
grade steps against
our agricultural sec-
tor ever. The recent
reforms have been un-
dertaken with the best
interests of India’s
farmers in mind”, Ra-
jnath Singh said while
addressing the annual
convention of the Fed-
eration of Indian
Chambers of Com-
merce and Industry.
As the farmers’ agi-
tation against the ag-
ricultural reforms
entered the 19th day,
Singh said the govern-
ment is “always will-
ing to listen to our
farmer brothers, alley
their misgivings and
provide them with as-
surances whatever
they can provide.
Turn to P6
Retail inflation declines
to 6.93% in November
New Delhi: Softening
prices of food items like
cereals, fruits and milk
pulled down retail infla-
tion to 6.93 per cent in
November, though it re-
mained above the com-
fort level of the Reserve
Bank of India.
Retail inflation based
on the Consumer Price
Index (CPI) stood at 7.61
per cent in October and
7.27 per cent in Septem-
ber. According to data
released by the National
Statistical Office (NSO)
on Monday, inflation in
the food basket was 9.43
per cent in November,
down from 11 per cent in
the previous month.
Inflation in the ‘cere-
als and products’ cate-
gory reduced to 2.32 per
cent from 3.39 per cent
in October.
The rate of price rise
in ‘meat and fish’ seg-
ment was 16.67 per cent
in November, as com-
pared to 18.7 per cent in
the previous month.
Similarly, inflation in
vegetables was lower at
15.63 per cent from 22.51
per cent.
Inflation in fruits and
‘milk and products’ was
also lower over October.
The rate of price rise
in the ‘fuel and light’
segment too moderated
to 1.9 per cent as against
2.28 per cent in October.
The RBI, which main-
ly factors in retail infla-
tion while arriving at
key policy rates, has
been mandated by the
government to keep in-
flation at 4 per cent (+,
- 2 per cent).
The central bank had
maintained status quo
in the policy rate earlier
this month due to high
inflation.
Commenting on the
data, Sachin Chhabra,
Founder of B2B grocery
business Peel-Works,
said it was heartening
to note that the infla-
tion subsided in No-
vember, riding primar-
ily on softer food prices.
“We expect inflation-
ary pressure to subside
even further in Q4 of
the current fiscal.
Turn to P6
Jio writes to TRAI,
says rivals portraying
it as anti-farmer
New Delhi: Reliance
Jio has written to the
Telecom Regulator Au-
thority of India (TRAI)
seeking strict action
against Bharti Airtel
and Vodafone Idea for
“unethical practices”
and “unscrupulous vio-
lations” and to stop
campaignsunderwhich
“false propaganda is be-
ing spread across the
country to get some ad-
ditional MNP port-ins”
by “capitalising on the
ongoing farmer protest
in the northern parts of
the country”.
In a letter to Secre-
tary, TRAI, Reliance Jio
said its letter was in fur-
therance of its letter of
September 28, 2020
“highlighting the un-
ethical and anti-compet-
itive MNP (mobile num-
ber portability) cam-
paign being run by Air-
tel and VIL to capitalise
on the ongoing farmer
protests in northern
parts of the country”.
“We submit that despite
the above submissions,
these companies con-
tinue to remain direct-
ly/indirectly involved
in supporting and fur-
thering the insinua-
tions and false and friv-
olous rumours of Reli-
ance being an undue
beneficiary of the farm
laws, for unethical pecu-
niary benefits in the
form of induced porting
of RJIL customers,” the
letter said.
It said that Airtel and
VIL “remain unabated
in pursuing this vicious
Turn to P6
Modi in Kutch on Dec 15 to lay
foundation stone of projects
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi is set to visit
Dhordo in Kutch, Guja-
rat on December 15 and
lay the foundation stone
of several development
projects in the State, the
Prime Minister’s Office
(PMO) said on Monday.
According to a state-
ment by the PMO, these
projects include a de-
salination plant, a hy-
brid renewable energy
park, and a fully auto-
mated milk processing
and packing plant.
Chief Minister of Guja-
rat will be present on
the occasion. Prime
Minister Modi will also
undertake a visit to the
White Rann, followed
by witnessing a cultural
programme. “Harness-
ing its vast coastline,
Gujarat is taking a sig-
nificant step towards
transforming seawater
to potable drinking wa-
ter with the upcoming
Desalination Plant at
Mandvi, Kutch. This
Desalination Plant,
with 10 crore litre per
day capacity (100 MLD),
will strengthen water
security in Gujarat by
complementing Nar-
mada Grid, Sauni net-
work and treated waste-
water infrastructure,”
the statement said. —ANI
Tatas bid for Air India
67 years after exit!
New Delhi: Salt-to-soft-
ware conglomerate
Tata Group was among
“multiple” entities that
on Monday put in pre-
liminary bids for buy-
ing the government’s
stake in loss-making
carrier Air India.
“Multiple expres-
sions of interest have
been received for strate-
gic disinvestment of
Air India. The Transac-
tion will now move to
the second stage,” De-
partment of Investment
and Public Asset Man-
agement (DIPAM) Sec-
retary Tuhin Kanta
Pandey tweeted.
Air India itself was
established as Tata Air-
lines in 1932, but sepa-
rated in 1946 and na-
tionalised in 1953, a fact
which prompts many to
consider the potential
buyout Turn to P6
KARNA IPHONE PLANT VIOLENCE
Bengaluru: Wistron
Infocomm Manufac-
turing India Pvt Ltd
has said it suffered
losses worth Rs 437.70
crore in the violence
where a section of
workers went on a
rampage at its facility
manufacturing Apple
iPhones and other
products in Bengalu-
ru’s Narasapura area
over non-payment of
promised wages.
According to the
complaint by Wistron
company executive
Prashanth TD, office
equipment, mobile
phones, production
machinery and relat-
ed gadgets worth Rs
412.5 crore was lost.
Infrastructure worth
Rs 10 crore, Rs 60 lakh
worth Turn to P6
160 held;
Company pegs
loss at `438 crore
Rajnath Singh
Farmers wash their clothes at Singhu border during their sit-in protest in New Delhi on Monday.
—PHOTO BY PTI
BJP statements on farmers’ protest unfortunate: CM
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot on Mon-
day slammed remarks
made by the BJP leaders
on farmers’ protest,
calling it “most unfortu-
nate and condemnable”.
Taking to Twitter, the
senior Congress leader
also urged the Centre to
find mutual ground and
address the issues
raised by the protesting
farmers.
“The statements is-
sued by BJP leaders de-
crying farmers’ protest
are most unfortunate
and condemnable,” he
twitted.
He said that farmers
are protesting in a
peaceful manner.
“Their protest is for
their most genuine con-
cerns, which the gov-
ernment is ignoring.
The farm laws that are
not in interest of the
farming community
must be taken back, “ he
demanded.
CM’s comment comes
amid ongoing protests
by farmers in and
around the borders of
Delhi against the three
farm laws that were im-
plemented by the Cen-
tre inSeptember.
Meanwhile, it was a
busy Monday for Gehlot
as some ministers and
MLAs met him during
the day. Prominent
among those who called
on the CM were Minis-
ter Bhanwar Singh Bha-
ti, MLA Manju Meghw-
al, Amit Chachan,
Baljeet Singh Yadav and
Ganesh Ghoghra. BJP
MLA Manjeet Choud-
hary from Mundawar,
too met the chief minis-
ter on late Monday even-
ing regarding transfer
of an engineer.
Chief Minister also slammed
Centre for ignoring the concerns
raised by the farmers
GEHLOT TAKES TO TWITTER
CM Ashok Gehlot and Amit Chachan.

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Kashiram Chaudhary
Jaipur: The first elec-
tric train from Jaipur
junction was flagged off
by Jaipur DRM Manju-
sha Jain on Monday.
MP Ramcharan
Bohra was scheduled to
flag off the Jaipur-
Prayagraj train but he
could not attend the
event as he was not
well.
After flagging off the
train, Jain said that 5
other electric trains
will start operating
from Jaipur junction in
the coming days.
The electrification
work on the remaining
section of Bassi-
Jaipur-Kanapura route
was completed last
month after which the
operations of electric
trains have started.
Running trains with
electric locomotives
will save time, revenue,
and the environ-
ment. Senior NWR of-
ficials including divi-
sion DRM Aditya Man-
gal, senior DMO Rake-
sh Kumar, senior DCM
Mukesh Saini, and oth-
ers were present at the
function.
First electric train from Jaipur flagged off
BOOST TO RAIL ELECTRIFICATION

Jaipur DRM
Manjusha Jain
said, 5
other electric
trains
will start
operating
from Jaipur
junction in
the coming days
‘FARMERSVOTEDFORBJPINPANCHAYATIRAJPOLLS’
‘BJP does not act to destabilize a government but what it can do if a government falls by its own misdeeds,’ said Arun Singh
Aditi Nagar/
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Targeting the
Ashok Gehlot govern-
ment in Rajasthan, BJP
state in-charge Arun
Singh said on Mon-
day that people are fed
up with the Congress
in just two years and
have voted in support
of the BJP in the re-
cent local body polls.
Singh said that a core
committee meeting of
the party will be held
after 15-20 days.
He said farmers in
large numbers voted in
favour of the BJP in the
Panchayati Raj elec-
tions. Singh, who is on
his maiden visit after
assuming the charge of
Rajasthan, said that
BJP does not act to
destabilize a govern-
ment but what it can do
if a government falls
by its own misdeeds.
“The condition of the
Congress party is be-
coming more pathetic
in the country,” he said
while addressing a
press conference at
BJP head office here.
Singh also expressed
concern over the situa-
tion in West Bengal,
saying democracy in
the state is under
threat and BJP work-
ers are being mur-
dered. He said that the
Centre will take appro-
priate action at an ap-
propriate time. He also
prayed at the Moti
Dungri temple.
Several leaders in-
cluding Vasundhara
Raje, Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat, Arjun Ram
Meghwal, Kailash
Chaudhary were not
present during Arun
Singh’s two-day visit.
Meena warns to stage
dharna if JEN paper
leak not investigated
‘AIMIM-BTP alliance only on social media’
Poonia dismayed over party
performance in 50 ULB polls
FIRST ELECTRIC BUS RUNS
ON JAIPUR-AJMER ROAD
‘Work with spirit of public interest’
Diya thanks
Modi, Gadkari
for `256 cr
roads projects
Plea against
Speaker’s
notice deferred
by HC till Mar 8
Kirodi Lal Meena took out a rally with candidates of JEN recruitment
exam at Jawahar Circle on Monday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
First India Bureau
Jaipur: MP Kirodi Lal
Meena on Monday took
out a rally with candi-
dates of JEN recruit-
ment exam, the paper
of which was allegedly
leaked.
Meena alleged that
the question paper was
leaked in the recruit-
ment examination held
on December 6 in which
the government should
conduct a fair investiga-
tion. A 5-member dele-
gation held talks with
the officials of Raj Staff
Selection Board and the
Police Commissioner,
whichassuredtheinves-
tigation at the earliest.
“Met the Jaipur Po-
lice Commissioner with
the delegation, he as-
sured a fair investiga-
tion into the paper leak
case in the next 7 days,
plus the Staff Selection
Commission will not de-
clare the results of the
JEN exam until the po-
lice did not give a clean
chit in the investigation.
If the police do not give
the inquiry report in the
next 7 days, then I will
sit on dharna with the
delegation at the police
commissionerate on De-
cember 23,” Meena said.
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Asserting that
Bharatiya Tribal Party
(BTP) is with Con-
gress, Chief whip Ma-
hesh Joshi on Monday
rejected the possibility
of the entry of Asadud-
din Owaisi’s AIMIM
party in Rajasthan and
alliance with the
BTP. He said on Monday
that the so-called alli-
ance between the two
parties is on social me-
dia and will end there.
BTP, which has two
MLAs and growing its
influence in tribal-dom-
inated southern Ra-
jasthan, has threatened
to cut ties with the rul-
ing Congress after it
was ditched in the re-
cently held Zila Pra-
mukh elections in Dun-
garpur.
After Owaisi took it
to Twitter, speculations
about his party’s plan to
enter Rajasthan politics
and form an alliance
with BTP for the next
elections were fuelled.
Sources said that Owai-
si’s members have be-
come active in Muslim
dominated areas of the
state and the party is
eyeing 40 Muslim domi-
nated seats and looking
for an alliance with the
regional parties.
In Southern parts of
the state, BTP‘s influ-
ence and presence is
spreading and there are
several areas that are
dominated by Muslims.
Jaipur: BJP presi-
dent Satish Poonia on
Monday expressed dis-
may over the party
performance in the
elections for the state’s
50 local urban bodies,
saying it was not as ex-
pected.
Poonia also empha-
sised upon the need for
more work by the party
in those areas of the
Bharatpur division,
comprising 12 districts
in the eastern part of
Rajasthan, where elec-
tions were held.
The BJP could not
perform as expected in
these 50 civic bodies,
largely falling in
Bharatpur division of
east Rajasthan, said
Poonia, pointing out
that the BJP had not
been able to win many
seats even in the last
assembly elections.
“There is only one
MLA in this entire di-
vision and there is a
need to work strongly
here in future,” Poonia
tweeted.
In his tweet, Poonia
added that the Con-
gress, however, has no
reason to be happy be-
cause despite being in
power, it has got major-
ity only in 14 of these
50 civic bodies seats
with independents
having an edge. —PTI
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Electric buses
will soon be operated
by the Rajasthan road-
ways as the first bus
was made available to
the roadways adminis-
tration by a private
company. The trial of
the bus was held at the
Ajmer road on Monday.
Some officers of the
roadways headquarters
boarded the bus and left
for Ajmer and returned
to Jaipur in the even-
ing. The roadways ad-
ministration is going to
take 48 electric buses
on contract through the
private company.
In March, the road-
ways will get 20 more
electric buses and after
6 months the remaining
27 buses will be deliv-
ered to the roadways,
said an official. The ad-
ministration will pay
per kilometer to the pri-
vate company for the
operation of these bus-
es. For electric charg-
ing done by roadways
Rs 48 per km will be
paid to the private com-
pany and Rs 54 per km
if done by the private
company. The roadways
is planning to ply only
electric buses on Delhi
Road after March.
Vinod Tiwari
Dholpur: Newly elect-
ed Zila Pramukh, Prad-
han, and Up-Pradhan
of BJP on Monday
called on former chief
minister Vasundhara
Raje at the Dholpur
Palace. She hosted
lunch for them in the
palace and asked the
newly elected public
representatives to work
with dedication.
MP Dushyant Singh,
Khanpur MLA Naren-
dra Dagar, Dag MLA
Kalulal Meghwal,
Manoharthana MLA
Govind Ranipuriya,
BJP district president
Sanjay Jain Tau, for-
mer RPG chairman
Shreekrishan Patidar,
former RPSC chairman
Shyam Sundar Shar-
ma, and others were
present on the occa-
sion. They gave a bou-
quet to Raje.
“Today I met all BJP
candidates, local lead-
ers, and workers who
won from Jhalawar
District Council and
Panchayat Samitis in
Dholpur and congratu-
lated them. During
this time, they were
motivated to work with
the spirit of public in-
terest paramount,”
Raje tweeted.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajsamand
MP Diya Kumari on
Monday expressed her
gratitude to Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi and Union Minis-
ter of Road Transport
& Highways Nitin Gad-
kari for the amount of
Rs. 256 crores sanc-
tioned by the Union
government for RoB,
bypass road construc-
tion and drainage con-
struction, major and
minor junction con-
struction, road im-
provement and renova-
tion work for National
Highway No. 89 that
passes through Merta
and Degana Assembly
constituencies in Rajs-
amand Lok Sabha con-
stituency.
Kumari has been
regularly meeting Gad-
kari and raising the is-
sue in the Lok Sabha.
She said that new di-
mensions of develop-
ment will be estab-
lished in the area.
Om Prakash Sharma
Jaipur: The hearing of
the application seeking
dismissal of former
deputy CM Sachin Pilot
and others’ petition has
been deferred by Ra-
jasthan HC till 8 March.
The petition filed by
Pilot and others is re-
lated to the notice
served to them by the
assembly speaker.
In the application,
Mohanlal Nama said
that a political settle-
ment has been reached
on both sides.
He said that MLAs,
including the petitioner
PR Meena, have given
their votes in favour of
the trust vote in the as-
sembly therefore there
is no justification for
keeping the petition
pending and it should
be dismissed.
In an earlier hearing,
the AG had verbally
told the court that the
bench has kept the mat-
ter for consideration of
deciding two legal
points, including Sched-
ule 10 of the Constitu-
tion and the petition
cannot be disposed of
until these legal points
are decided.
Arun Singh with Bhajan Lal Sharma at BJP head office on Monday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
TIWARI NEVER SPOKE AGAINST PARTY IDEOLOGY
FLORAL TRIBUTE
Dr Mahesh Joshi pays tribute to late Sanjay Gandhi on his birth anniversary, at the PCC headquarters on Monday.
—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
AICC SEEKS REPORT FROM THE PCC
Vasundhara Raje met BJP candidates, local leaders, and workers,
at the Dholpur Palace on Monday.
The first electric train from Jaipur junction was flagged off by
Jaipur DRM Manjusha Jain on Monday.

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2020
HUMAN RIGHTS TEAM SEEKS REPORT ON DEATHS
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: A team of the
State Human Rights
Commission inspected
the JK Lon hospital on
Monday to investigate
the case of neonatal
deaths. The team con-
sisted of Commission
Secretary BL Meena
and Registrar OP Puro-
hit. The team sought a
full report on the inci-
dent from the hospital
management, which
said that no complaints
have come to them re-
garding the deaths of
children.
Meena said that cor-
rective steps should be
taken expeditiously to
prevent recurrence of
such incidents.
The team oversaw the
intensive care unit and
other wards of new-
borns.
They have sought a
review report from phy-
sicians on the cause of
infant deaths. For this,
the District Collector
was instructed to con-
stitute a medical board.
The team members
asked the officials to
analyse the cause of
death of every child.
During the visit, the
team reviewed the ar-
rangements being made
for the treatment of
newborns in the Picu-
Nicu wards.
The officials also
took feedback about the
newly admitted new-
borns and about the im-
provement work being
done by the manage-
ment of the hospital to
avoid such incidents in
future.
The secretary and
registrar said that the
whole matter is still un-
der investigation.
The team seeks
corrective steps to
prevent recurrence
of such incidents
Human Rights Commission team inspecting JK Lon Hospital in Kota on Monday.
Friends killed
head constable
over liquor money
Ashwini Yadav
Alwar: The Alwar po-
lice have cracked the
case of the murder of
Rajpal, the head consta-
ble posted at the Lax-
mangarh police station.
Head constable Rajpal’s
body was found lying on
the roadside in Vaishali
Nagar area, Alwar on
December 11.
SP Tejaswini Gau-
tam said that the de-
ceased had come out
of the police station on
December 6 to give his
daughter’s page. Later,
he had liquor with two
other colleagues. After
some time, the consta-
ble and other two had
a feud over liquor
money in a warehouse
in Alwar.
ALARM OVER INFANT DEATHS IN KOTA
Jodhpur: A Jodhpur
courtonMondaysought
stands of filmmaker
Prakash Jha and actor
Bobby Deol on a plea
taking offence to the
controversial portrayal
of Hindu saints in their
recently released over-
the-platform web series
Aashram.
In the MX Player’s
web series, Bobby Deol
has played the central
role akin to some self-
styled godmen convict-
edandservingjailterms
for various penal offenc-
es in different parts of
the country, including
Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
Issuing notices to Jha
and Deol, Jodhpur Dis-
trict and Session Judge
Ravindra Joshi listed
the matter for hearing
on January 11.
The petition against
thewebseriesAashram,
resembling the name of
aconvictedgodman,was
filed by local resident
Khush Khandelwal.
The portrayal of Deol
asaHindusainthashurt
the religious sentiments
of Hindus, who respect
and worship saints. His
portrayalasarapist,cor-
rupt and drug dealer has
diminished the place
saints hold for Hindus,
Khandelwal contended
in his petition.
Khandelwal had ear-
lier complained to the
police, seeking registra-
tion of an FIR against
the duo, but with the po-
lice refusing to lodge
any case over his com-
plaint. With ACJM too
dismissing plea, Khan-
delwal approached the
Jodhpur district and
session judge challeng-
ing the ACJM’s deci-
sion. The 2nd season
has attracted condem-
nation for the contro-
versial portrayal of
Hindu saints. A social
media campaign had
also been launched
terming it to be a mali-
cious portrayal of Hin-
du culture. Karni Sena
had sent legal notice to
producers too. —PTI
Jha, Deol issued notices for ‘hurting sentiments’
OVER THE TOP (OTT) SERIES GONE WRONG!
‘Ineligible’ firm disqualified
from supplying valves to SMS
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: After questions
on the tendering of me-
chanical valves which
are used in heart opera-
tions, the SMS hospital
administration has
gone in defensive mode
and disqualified a firm,
which was included in
technical bid despite be-
ing ineligible, from the
tendering process.
Dr Rajesh Sharma,
the superintendent of
SMS hospital, said that
the technical commit-
tee had considered five
firms to be qualified
and only after this, in
financial bid it was
found that there is a
difference.
He said that the valve
priced at Rs 45,000 till
last year was offered by
a firm for Rs. 35000 in-
cluding GST, others
submitted quotations
of Rs 49,000 and above.
Sources said that some
doctors were trying to
get expensive valves ap-
proved but Superinten-
dent made it clear that
valves will be pur-
chasedfrom firmwhich
will approve only those
companies, which will
agree to give cheaper.
Ex-MLA Kanwar Lal
sentenced to 5-yr jail
Om Prakash Sharma
Jhalawar: Former
Manoharthana MLA
Kanwar Lal Meena was
on Monday sentenced
to two years imprison-
ment under 353 IPC for
hindering government
servant and to five
years under 506 IPC for
threatening an official
with death.
Meena was taken
into police custody af-
ter the Aklera ADJ
Court pronounced the
judgment.
The issue was related
to Panchayati Raj elec-
tions of February 3,
2005. Meena was ac-
cused of putting a re-
volver on the temple of
RAS officer Ramnivas
Mehta, the then SDM
Aklera, and forcing him
to change the result of
the deputy sarpanch. In
this regard, an FIR was
lodged against Meena
under Section
392,332,353,506 IPC and
Section 3 PDPP Act.
In 2018, Meena was
acquitted from the low-
er court of Manohar-
athana of ACJM in the
long running case. Me-
hta is currently Joint
Secretary, Home.
Meena is also facing
many criminal cases
including attacks on
social workers and ac-
tivists in the area. Two
cases of this attack
were registered and
both of them were
charged.
One case is now to be
heard in March 2021.
RPSC issue:
Next hearing
on Dec 16
Om Prakash Sharma
Jaipur: In matter of
passing ineligible can-
didates in ministerial
staff and ex-servicemen
quota in the main ex-
ams of RAS Recruit-
ment-2018, the RPSC
has rectified the mis-
take and excluded 97
candidates from Ex-ser-
vicemen and DC catego-
ry. The bench of SP
Sharma took the Com-
mission’s reply on re-
cord and, continuing
the ban on interview
fixed next hearing of
the case on 16 Dec. 78
ineligibles have been ex-
cluded from quota of
ministerial staff, 19 in-
eligible candidates from
ex-servicemen quota.
5 killed,17 injured in separate accidents in Raj
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Five persons
including a newly wed
couple were killed and
17 injured in two sepa-
rate road accidents in
Jaipur and Nagaur dis-
trict of Rajasthan.
Two weeks after they
were married, Mahesh
Kumar Yadav (25) and
his wife Sanjana were
killedwhenahighspeed
private bus hit their mo-
torcyclenearChandwaji
on Jaipur-Delhi high-
way on Monday.
After hitting the bike,
the bus also overturned
which left 15 passengers
injured.
They victims were
going to a relative’s
home for lunch when
the accident occurred.
The bus was at a high
speed and after hitting
the motorcycle, it over-
turned.
They were rushed to
a nearby hospital where
Mahesh was declared
brought dead while his
wife succumbed to inju-
ries during treatment.
In Nagaur, three
youths were killed and
two others injured in a
collision between two
bikes on Sunday night.
The impact of the ac-
cident, which occurred
near Kantiya area in
Khinvsar, was so high
that all the three youths
died on the spot. Pri-
mary investigation re-
veals that both the bikes
were at high speed.
The deceased were
identified as Asuram
Nayak (27), Kailash (18)
and Shrawan Meghwal
(20).
The injured, Ganesh
Nayak (13) and Gulab
Nayak (25), are under
treatment at a hospital
in Jodhpur, the police
said.
RAJE CONDOLES
LOSS OF LIVES
“I am shocked to hear
the news that 3 people
losing their lives in the
horriﬁc road accident
in Khinvasar, Nagaur.
I pray to God for the
peace of departed
souls. The ever in-
creasing graph of road
accidents in Rajasthan
is a matter of concern.
Now in the capital
Jaipur, the tragic news
of the death of one
passenger and injuries
to half a dozen people
was received after the
bus overturned. I pray
to God for the peace
of the departed soul
and the health of the
injured,” former CM
Vasundhara Raje said
in separate tweets on
Monday.
Ill-fated bus being pulled by JCB.
—PHOTO BY PANKAJ PAREEK
Chittorgarh accident: Three
transport officials suspended
Kashiram Chaudhary
Jaipur: Two inspectors
and Chittorgarh DTO
Manish were suspend-
ed on Monday in the
wake of Chittorgarh ac-
cident in which nine
people were killed on
Friday night, transport
minister Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas was in-
formed on Monday dur-
ing a review meeting
with RTOs and DTOs.
He expressed grief over
the accident victims
and said that the state
government is commit-
ted to bring down the
number of accidents in
the state.
“The department’s
focus is on road safety,”
he said. During the
meeting through a vid-
eo conference, the min-
ister gave instructions
to officials to run a cam-
paign to enhance the
level of awareness
among drivers for road
safety so that the num-
ber of road accidents
could be brought down.
He also directed the
officials to achieve the
revenue target and in-
crease challans. The
minister said that fall
in vehicles sale dur-
ing the corona pan-
demic has badly hit
the revenue collection
this year.
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas alongwith Abhay Kumar, Ravi Jain
reviews the work of Transport Department through VC on Monday.
—PHOTOBYSUMANSARKAR
Rajasthan records 13 more
fatalities, 1,250 new cases
Jaipur: Rajasthan re-
corded 13 more fatali-
ties due to the novel
coronavirus on Monday,
taking the death toll to
2,555 in the state, a
health department bul-
letin said. The state also
reported 1,250 fresh
Covid-19 cases on Mon-
day, it said.
The total number of
infected people in Ra-
jasthanstandsat2,92,539,
out of which, 16,200 are
under treatment.
As per the bulletin,
2,73,784 people have
been discharged after
treatment till now.
In Jaipur, the death
toll from the infection is
478 followed by 272 in
Jodhpur, 209 in Ajmer,
164 in Bikaner, 159 in
Kota, 116 in Bharatpur,
107 in Udaipur and 102
in Pali.
Of the1,250newcases,
256 cases were reported
in Jaipur, 101 in Pali, 99
in Jodhpur, 74 in
Bhilwara,61inSriganga-
nagar, 59 in Kota, 51 each
in Ajmer and Alwar. —PTI
SOJAT MLA CHAUHAN TESTS POSITIVE

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lobal emissions
are expected to
decline by
about 7% in
2020 (or 2.4 bil-
lion tonnes of carbon diox-
ide) compared to 2019 — an
unprecedented drop due to
the slowdown in economic
activity associated with
the COVID-19 pandemic.
To put this into perspec-
tive, the Global Financial
Crisis in 2008 saw a 1.5%
drop in global emissions
compared to 2007. This
year’s emissions decline is
morethanfourtimeslarger.
These are the findings
we show in the 15th global
carbon budget, an annual
report card of the Global
Carbon Project on the
sources and removals of
carbon dioxide, the prima-
ry driver of human caused
climate change.
It may sound like wel-
come news, but we can’t cel-
ebrate yet. A rapid bounce
back of emissions to pre-
COVID levels is likely, pos-
siblybyassoonasnextyear.
A recent study found emis-
sions in China snapped
backtoabovelastyear’slev-
els during late spring when
economic activity began to
return to normal.
These findings come
ahead of the Climate Am-
bition Summit on Satur-
day, where global leaders
will demonstrate their
commitments to climate
action five years since the
Paris Agreement. This
huge drop in emissions
should be taken as a unique
opportunity to divert the
historical course of emis-
sions growth for good.
EMISSIONS IN THE
PANDEMIC YEAR
Thetotalglobalfossilcarbon
dioxide emissions for 2020
areestimatedtobe34billion
tonnes of carbon dioxide.
Estimated emissions at
the beginning of Decem-
ber are lower than their
levels in December last
year, at least in the trans-
port sectors. However,
emissions have been edg-
ing back up since the peak
global daily decline of 17%
in early April.
The decline in emissions
in 2020 was particularly
steep in the United States
(12%) and European Union
(11%), where emissions
were already declining be-
fore the pandemic, mainly
from reductions in coal use.
Emissions from India
dropped by 9%, while emis-
sions from China, which
have returned to close or
above 2019 values, saw an
estimated drop of only
about 1.7%.
Australian greenhouse
gas emissions during the
peak of the pandemic lock-
down (the quarter of
March to June 2020) were
lower by 6.2% compared to
the previous quarter. The
largest declines were seen
in transport and fugitive
emissions (emissions re-
leased during the extrac-
tion, processing and trans-
port of fossil fuels).
Globally, the transport
sector also contributed the
most to the 2020 emissions
drop, particularly “surface
transport” (cars, vans and
trucks). At the peak of the
pandemic lockdowns, the
usual levels of transport
emissions were halved in
many countries, such as in
the US and Europe.
While aviation activity
collapsed by 75%, its con-
tribution to the total de-
cline was relatively small
given the sector only ac-
counts for about 2.8% of
the total emissions on an
average year. The number
of global flights was still
down 45% as of the first
week of December.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
Global emissions are down by an unprecedented 7%
G
he surrender at Dhaka on Dec
16, 1971, was a humiliating de-
feat for Pakistan and ended
with the largest surrender
since the second world war.
The operations led by Eastern
Command, in close coordina-
tion with the Mukti Bahini,
concluded in 13 days and led to
the creation of Bangladesh.
The seeds of defeat were sowed
from the time of Independence
in 1947, with India only ensur-
ing completion of the process.
Pakistan’s refusal to accept
Bengali as a state language in
the early years after Partition,
the economic disparity be-
tween the two parts, hegemony
of the West Pakistani ruling
elite over the country, regular
the imposition of martial laws,
and a demeaning attitude to-
wards Bengali culture and
population soured relations
between the two parts. Ten-
sions came to a peak in Decem-
ber 1970 when the Awami
League, led by Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman, won the national elec-
tions but Bhutto led Pakistan
People’s Party (PPP), refused to
hand over power.
In March 1971, using violence
asanexcuse,thePakistanArmy
intervened to crush the move-
ment supported by the Jamaat-
i-Islami and pro-Pakistani ele-
ments. It resulted in millions of
refugees streaming into India.
India had no option but to get
involved in the region as it was
facing economic pressure sup-
porting millions of refugees
streaming across the border.
The war ended and the Shim-
la Agreement of Jul 2, 1972, led
to the repatriation of the 93,000
prisoners of war. The agree-
ment failed to resolve the basic
issue of Kashmir which was
the major bone of contention
between the two nations. The
agreement was the end of part
1 of the Indo-Pak conflict and
the commencement of the next.
Strategically, India removed
one threat from Pakistan. If
viewed in the current Indo-
China standoff as also during
Doklam, East Pakistan would
have been a major threat for
India as they with the Chinese
could pose a serious threat to
the Siliguri Corridor. Chinese
string of pearls would have
been far easier in the current
environment had East Paki-
stan remained.
Militarily, it was India’s fin-
est moment. It reflected the pro-
fessionalism, integration, op-
erational readiness, and high
morale of the forces that shat-
tered the Pakistani military
and inflicted serious losses to
its strategic assets. It was a dis-
play of perfect synergy between
the political and military lead-
ership backed by excellent civil-
military relations. India wiped
off its memory the defeat in
1962 and limited gains in 1965.
It also had a negative impact.
Pakistan became a viable and
cohesive entity with its Armed
Forces capable of defending a
smaller nation. By creating
Bangladesh, we have made an
implacable enemy of Pakistan
for whom Balkanisation of In-
dia by whatever means has be-
come an article of faith. Paki-
stan had realised that it could
never match India in a conven-
tional war and its only deter-
rence was to develop nuclear
weapons, for which it fell to
China and North Korea for sup-
port. It also took up supporting
radical and secessionist forces
within India.
Bhutto supported the Khal-
istan movement which ended
with operation Blue Star. He is
stated to have said, ‘Pakistan
will also have a Bangladesh
carved out of India, except that
it will be on Pakistan’s border.’
This was further pushed by
Zia-ul-Haq who also launched
his philosophy of bleeding In-
dia with a thousand cuts. The
Kashmir militancy com-
menced in that period and sup-
port to the Khalistan move-
ment continues.
Pakistan believed that its nu-
clear deterrence and policy of
first use would deter India
from commencing a conven-
tional war, opening doors for it
to launch terrorist strikes
across the country, impacting
India’s growth, development,
and internal stability. It also
hoped that terrorist strikes
would result in religious strife
breaking internal cohesion.
Mumbai and the parliament at-
tacks were a result of this. It
was only after this myth was
broken by the cross border and
Balakote strike did Pakistan
realize that its nuclear bluff
has outlived its utility.
These strikes also laid down
limitsof Indiantolerance,push-
ing Pakistan back. Pakistan’s
militaryestablishmenthasreal-
ised that it needs to be careful as
the next Indian action may not
be hidden from its public as
Balakote was. Recent Indian de-
cisionsonKashmirwereuncon-
tested by Pak proxies as there
remained a fear within their
establishment of Indian coun-
ter actions. It could only resort
todiplomaticprojections,which
were a global failure.
Part 2 of the Indo-Pak conflict
continues even today. It is un-
likely to end soon. However, due
to lessons from Indian cross-bor-
der strikes, these will be limited
tosupportingsecessionistforces.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
INDIA-PAKISTAN
POST-1971
T
In March 1971,
using violence as
an excuse, the
Pakistan Army
intervened to crush
the movement
supported by the
Jamaat-i-Islami
and pro-Pakistani
elements. It
resulted in
millions of refugees
streaming into
India. India had
no option but to
get involved in the
region as it was
facing economic
pressure
supporting
millions of refugees
streaming across
the border
PART 2 OF THE INDO-PAK
CONFLICT CONTINUES
EVEN TODAY. IT IS
UNLIKELY TO END SOON.
HOWEVER, DUE TO
LESSONS FROM INDIAN
CROSS-BORDER
STRIKES, THESE WILL BE
LIMITED TO SUPPORTING
SECESSIONIST FORCES
HARSHA
KAKAR
THE WRITER IS MAJOR
GENERAL (RETD)
STAR WAR ON TAMIL
NADU’S HORIZON
nybody who thought that there’ll be a
star war in TN’s political firmament
would be disappointed as Makkal Nee-
dhi Maiam president Kamal Haasan,
who launched his election bid with a
pitch for Madurai as the state’s second capital,
made a broad hint at an alliance with the to-be-
announced political party of Rajnikanth. “Alli-
ances will break and new combinations will
emerge,” he said while reminding people of for-
mer CM MG Ramachandran’s dream of making
Madurai the second capital. The two superstars
coming together appears an unlikely scenario as
Rajnikanth has been cosying up to the BJP which
is aware of the superstar’s stupendous popularity.
It is expected that the two will enter into an alli-
ance to keep the two Dravida parties out of power.
Kamal Haasan has been critical of PM Narendra
Modi on various issues, the recent one being his
comments on the Rs 1000-crore expenditure on a
new parliament building “when half of India is
hungry”. Considering that the project is close to
the prime minister’s heart, his criticism should
make him an untouchable for the BJP.
By invoking MGR Kamal Haasan also sought to
take on the AIADMK, a party founded by the late
celebrity CM but which has considerably weakened
after the death of Jayalalitha and the internal dis-
sensions that followed. Tamil Nadu’s politics is set
to become even more interesting with Jayalalitha’s
confidante Sasikala likely to throw her hat in the
ring to claim her mentor’s legacy.
A
IN-DEPTH
CYBER ATTACK FEAR AS
GOOGLE, YOUTUBE CRASH
oogle services took a hit with multiple
outages being reported around 5 pm,
Monday. YouTube, Gmail, and other
Google services like Google Docs,
GMaps, and Google Analytics stopped
working for a short while causing security con-
cerns among users. In the case of Gmail, the mes-
sage popping up on screens read, “…the system
encountered a problem, retrying.” On YouTube, a
monkey’s cartoon appeared to say that something
went wrong. The outage was unusual as YouTube
and Google seldom crash. For Twitter users, it was
their first experience of the platform’s crash.
The outage was global, including in the US
where some feared that the disruption was due to
a cybersecurity attack launched by a foreign na-
tion”. Google officially denied any cyberattack and
said that the outage was due to a technical glitch.
Downdetector, which tracks cyber disruptions,
said that outages were experienced in Brazil, Chile,
Santiago, and Argentina. In Europe, parts of Ger-
manyandtheNetherlandsexperiencedabreakdown.
Such outages lead to loss of user trust. In Octo-
ber the tech giant had said that there was an expo-
nential growth in cybersecurity threats like dis-
tributed denial of services (DDoS) which attack
websites and online services. In July Twitter ac-
counts of several public figures and celebrities
were hacked in a crypto-currency attack. Twitter
had said 130 accounts were hacked.
Circa 2020 has been terrible with Covid-19 af-
flicting and killing large numbers of people and
the economy going into a tailspin. The cyber out-
age was the least expected trouble to strike in these
times and hopefully, the year will end without any
more outages of any kind.
G
There is nothing so disobedient
as an undisciplined mind, and
there is nothing so obedient as
a disciplined mind. —Buddha
Spiritual
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INDIAJAIPUR | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2020
New Delhi: Even as the
winter season started
getting intensified in
the national capital,
protestors continued
with their agitation
against the three farm
laws at the Chilla bor-
der on Monday.
In the morning, a
thick layer of smog sur-
rounded parts of the
national capital leading
to decreased visibility.
Despite facing such ad-
verse weather condi-
tions, protestors
seemed determined to
protest against these
farm laws.
Kuldeep Pandey, a
protestor at the site,
said, “Due to light rain-
fall early in the morn-
ing, the cold weather
condition has intensi-
fied. We had tea and
snacks in the morning.
We are surviving in this
cold weather only by
the mercy of God.”
An old man, said,
“We are surviving here
only by looking at the
farmers’ determination
against these black
laws.”—ANI
FARMERSTIRCONTINUESATDELHI-
NOIDABORDERBRAVINGCOLD
Govt’s plan is to make all
kinds of good films in
India, says Javadekar
Farmers gather at Singhu border during their sit-in protest against the Centres farm reform laws, in
New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi: Informa-
tion and Broadcasting
Minister Prakash Ja-
vadekar on Monday
said the government
plans to promote all
kinds of good films, in-
cluding documentaries
and short films. Ad-
dressing a session at the
online International
Coronavirus Short Film
Festival, he also said it
was nothing short of a
“communication revo-
lution” that everyone
with access to a smart-
phone and a story to tell
is a filmmaker today.
“People have now be-
come citizen journal-
ists, where they shoot
on mobile phones and
even edit them and are
ready with their short
films. This is a commu-
nication revolution,”
the minister said.
From the Interna-
tional Film Festival of
India (IFFI) to the Mum-
bai International Film
Festival for Documen-
tary, Short and Anima-
tion Films, all reward
the best talent in the
business, Javadekar
said.
“At IFFI, we will
showcase 21 non-fea-
ture films, even at Na-
tional Film Awards, we
have several categories
for short films under 70
minutes. The Mumbai
International Film Fes-
tival also awards docu-
mentaries and film-
makers. This is the gov-
ernment’s plan…that
all kinds of films, good
films, films which move
people are made…,” Ja-
vadekar said.
He said a film festival
for short films based en-
tirely on the deadly dis-
ease is a novel idea.
Organised by the In-
dian Infotainment Me-
dia Corporation (IIMC),
the International Coro-
navirus Short Film Fes-
tival has received over
2,800 entries from 108
countries. The festival
aims at showcasing sto-
ries based on cure, safe-
ty measure and lives
affected during the cor-
onavirus pandemic.
—PTI
Union Ministers Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (L) and Prakash Javadekar
during the inauguration of International Coronavirus Short Film
Festival, at NDMC Convention Centre in New Delhi on Monday.
Kailash Vijayvargiya’s vehicle was attacked on December 10.
MP: BJP TO ORGANISE
MEETINGS OF FARMERS
DELHI MINS, AAP MLAS
HOLD ‘HUNGER STRIKE’
Ujjain: The BJP will organise meet-
ings of farmers in various divisions
of Madhya Pradesh from Tuesday
to dispel “misconceptions” being
spread about the Centre’s three new
farm laws, state Agriculture Minister
Kamal Patel said. Enacted in Septem-
ber, the three farm laws have been
projected by the Centre as major
reforms in the agriculture sector
that will remove the middlemen and
allow farmers to sell anywhere in the
country. —ANI
New Delhi: Senior Delhi government
ministers and AAP MLAs, including
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Siso-
dia, are sitting on a ‘hunger strike’ in
support of farmers who are protest-
ing against the Centre’s farm laws.
Ministers Satyendar Jain, Gopal Rai,
and party leader Aatishi Marlena are
also present at the strike organised
at party headquarters. This comes
after Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal had
announced a one-day fast in support
of farmers’ protest on Sunday. —ANI
Speak for
Maha farmers
first: Fadnavis
Mumbai: The war of
words between Maha-
rashtra chief minster
Uddhav Thackeray and
the former CM Deven-
dra Fadnavis continued
on Monday after the
Bharatiya Janata Party
leader fired another
shot. Reacting to Thack-
eray’s recent comments
on farmers’ protest in
Delhi, Fadnavis asked
the chief ministerto
first speak about agri-
culturists in his own
state.
“The CM must speak
of Maharashtra farm-
ers first instead of com-
menting on protests in
Delhi. Protesters are
being beaten up in their
homes here and the
state government is
talking of protesters’
rights in Delhi and call-
ing it an emergency
situation,” ANI quoted
the BJP leader as say-
ing. —Agencies
BJP Bengal in-charge
Vijayvargiya’s security
upgraded after attack
New Delhi: Security of
the Bharatiya Janata
Party’s (BJP’s) general
secretary and West Ben-
gal in-charge Kailash
Vijayvargiya has been
upgraded and he has
been given a bullet-
proof car, according to
news agency PTI on
Monday, days after his
vehicle came under at-
tack in the eastern
state. Vijayvargiya cur-
rently has Z-category
security.
“As per the order of
the Union home minis-
try, I have been provid-
ed with a bulletproof
vehicle,” Vijayvargiya,
who is in Kolkata for a
programme in Ma-
thurapur in South 24
Parganas, said accord-
ing to news agency PTI.
The vehicle of the
BJP general secretary,
who was travelling
along with party presi-
dent JP Nadda, was at-
tacked on December 10
when he was on his way
to Diamond Harbour to
meet party workers.
The windscreen of his
car was damaged in the
attack. Vijayvargiya,
who was not harmed in
the incident, told re-
porters that when he
was going to a local hos-
pital to meet injured
party workers, his vehi-
cle was damaged “by
lathi- wielding TMC
miscreants who along
withpolicemencharged
towards BJP workers.”
Vijayvargiya and V-P
Mukul Roy sustained
injuries. — PTI
MP SET TO BE AMONG MOST
DEVELOPED STATES IN 3 YEARS: MIN
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh
will emerge as one of the
country’s most developed
states in three years due
to the work it is doing as
part of the Atmanirbhar
Bharat scheme, state
PWD minister Gopal
Bhargava said on Monday.
Addressing the inaugural
session of CII Madhya
Pradesh Infrastructure
Conclave, Bhargava said
strong infrastructure and
industries will play a huge
role in the effort. “After
2003, MP has made re-
cord progress in the areas
of infrastructure, agricul-
ture, irrigation, industrial
development,” he said,
adding that Chief Minister
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
had prepared a roadmap
for “Atmanirbhar Madhya
Pradesh.”
EQUITY INDICES CLOSE IN THE
GREEN, ENERGY STOCKS GAIN
Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices traded with
mild gains on Monday with energy stocks wit-
nessing handsome profits.The BSE S&P Sensex
closed 154 points or 0.34% higher at 46,253
while the Nifty 50 edged higher by 44 points or
0.33 per cent at 13,558. Most sectoral indices at
the National Stock Exchange were in the green
with Nifty metal up by 1.38 per cent, PSU bank
by 1.77 per cent and private bank by 0.47 per
cent. Among stocks, ONGC was the top gainer by
moving up 5.9% to Rs 102.55 per share.
SITHARAMAN HOLDS PRE-BUDGET
CONSULTATIONS WITH TOP BIZMEN
New Delhi: Finance
Minister Nirmala Si-
tharaman on Monday held
pre-Budget consultations
with top industrialists
in the national capital
ahead of the forthcoming
Union Budget 2021-22,
informed the Ministry of
Finance. Sitharaman has
concluded a compre-
hensive review of Aatma
Nirbhar Bharat Package
(ANBP) with the Secre-
taries of various Minis-
tries/Departments, the
Ministry of Finance said
on Sunday. In an ofﬁcial
release, Finance Ministry
said, the Ministries and
Departments concerned
have started implement-
ing announcements under
the three Aatma Nirbhar
Bharat Packages & pro-
gress is being monitored.
BJP RELEASES ‘TMC FAIL
CARD’, SAYS GOVT A FAILURE
Kolkata: Describing the report card released by
Trinamool Congress last week on its govern-
ment’s 10-year-rule as a bluff to fool the people
of West Bengal, the BJP on Monday brought
out the “TMC Fail Card” and accused the
Mamata Banerjee regime of peddling lies about
the development of the state. The “TMC Fail
Card - the true story of 10 years of TMC’s cor-
rupt and inept governance in West Bengal” was
released by senior BJP leaders Swapan Das-
gupta, Shishir Bajoria Shamik Bhattacharya.
IN THE COURTYARD
Delhi HC slams CBSE for
‘anti-student attitude’
Ban on online gambling
websites:HC notice to govt
New Delhi: Delhi HC
rapped the Central
Board of Secondary
Education (CBSE) for
its “anti-student atti-
tude”, saying it was
“treating students as
enemies” by dragging
them all the way to the
SC in certain matters.
A bench of CJ D N
Patel & Justice Prateek
Jalan made the obser-
vation while hearing a
plea moved by the
Board challenging a
single judge order,
which said CBSE’s reas-
sessment scheme for
students whose board
exams got cancelled due
to COVID-19 would ap-
ply to improvement
candidates also. “We
don’t like this anti-stu-
dent attitude of the
CBSE. You are dragging
students all the way to
SC. Should they be stud-
ying or going to court?
We should start impos-
ing costs on the CBSE.
They are treating stu-
dents as enemies,” the
bench added. “There is
no earthshaking emer-
gency for you to come to
court now all guns blaz-
ing,” the bench said,
adding that CBSE
should have gone to
apex court for a clarifi-
cation, instead of drag-
ging students to court.
—ANI
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court on Monday
issued notice to the Cen-
tral government on a
public suit seeking di-
rection to take steps to
ban and prevent online
gambling websites from
operatinginthecountry.
A division bench of
Chief Justice DN Patel
and Justice Prateek Ja-
lanaskedtheCentreand
other to file reply on the
publicinterestlitigation
seeking direction to the
Ministryof Information
Technology to exercise
its powers under sec-
tions of the Information
Technology Act, 2000, to
prevent online gam-
bling websites. The PIL,
filed by one Avinash
Mehrotra represented
through advocates
Awantika Manohar, Sid-
dharth Iyer and
PrashantKumar,sought
directions to the Minis-
try of Finance to take
steps to recover taxes
due from both persons
who played such online
gambling, and more im-
portantly, those who run
and operate these web-
sites. —ANI
SC to probe if
declaring
emergency
‘unlawful’
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Mon-
day agreed to examine
whether it would be fea-
sible or desirable, after
the passage of 45 years,
if the declaration of
Emergency in 1975 was
unconstitutional or not.
A three-judge bench
of Justices Sanjay Kis-
han Kaul, Dinesh Ma-
heshwari and Hrishi-
kesh Roy issued notice
totheCentreandsought
its response on the plea
filed by a 94-year-old
woman for the procla-
mation of Emergency
in 1975 to be declared as
unconstitutional. Dur-
ing the hearing, the
bench raised questions
about hearing the issue
after the passage of 45
years.
“This plea arises
from the passage of
time. It is Mr Salve’s
(senior advocate Harish
Salve appearing for pe-
titioner) submission
that ‘prayer A’ survives
and wrongs of history
must be corrected. We
asked Mr Salve whether
the petitioner is seek-
ing other reliefs too, the
bench said. —ANI
PIL seeking release of arrested Kerala journo adjourned
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Mon-
day adjourned for the
third week of January
a plea seeking immedi-
ate release of a senior
Kerala journalist Sid-
dique Kappan, who was
arrested along with
some others by the Ut-
tar Pradesh Police on
October 5 while on their
way to cover the Hath-
ras incident.
A bench, headed by
Chief Justice SA Bob-
de, adjourned the mat-
ter after the senior ad-
vocate Kapil Sibal, ap-
pearing for the Kerala
Union of Working Jour-
nalists (KUWJ), sought
time to file a reply to the
additional affidavit
filed by the Uttar
Pradesh government.
Earlier, the bench had
sought a response on
the plea from the Cen-
tre, the Uttar Pradesh
government, and its po-
lice chief on the matter.
An FIR had been reg-
istered under the Un-
lawful Activities Pre-
vention Act (UAPA) in
the case. Kappan is
lodged in the Mathura
jail, the court was in-
formed earlier.
The KUWJ had ap-
proached the Supreme
Court with a habeas
corpus plea to know the
whereabouts of its Del-
hi unit secretary and
senior journalist. But
earlier the court re-
fused to intervene while
advising the union to
move the Allahabad HC
instead. KUWJ has
sought fulfillment of
Kappan’s basic rights
such as legal help ac-
cess to family. —ANI

INDIAJAIPUR | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2020
IS PM ANNOYED WITH A COUPLE
OF SECRETARIES?
Insiders say that PM Narendra Modi is quite
annoyed with the style of functioning of a couple
of Secretaries. One can guess the names.
CENTRE CAN ONLY DEBAR IPS
OFFICERS FROM DEPUTATION ON
DECLINING OFFER?
The IPS officers, whose services are taken on the
central deputation by the Government of India,
can’t be forced without the permission of the State.
However, the Centre can debar such officers from
central deputation postings for a certain period of
time on declining deputation, according to sources.
SUDHIR KUMAR SAXENA PROMOTED
AS SPECIAL DIRECTOR GENERAL, CISF
Sudhir Kumar Saxena, Additional Director Gener-
al, CISF, has been promoted to the rank of Special
Director General. He is a 1987 batch IPS officer of
MP cadre.
ARUN KUMAR SINHA PROMOTED
TO DG GRADE
Arun Kumar Sinha, Director, SPG, has been
promoted to the rank of Director General. He is a
1987 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.
SANJAY CHANDER APPOINTED
AS SPECIAL DG, CRPF
Sanjay Chander, ADG, CRPF, has been appointed
as Special Director General, CRPF. He is a 1987
batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.
SURENDRA PAWAR APPOINTED
AS SPECIAL DG, BSF
Surendra Pawar, ADG, BSF, has been appointed as
Special Director General, BSF. He is a 1987 batch
IPS officer of Odisha cadre.
CHHATTISGARH CHIEF SECRETARY
TO HAVE LONGEST TENURE
Newly appointed Chief Secretary of Chhattisgarh
Amitabh Jain will create history in the bureaucracy.
1989 batch IAS officer Jain will retire in July 2025.
P K SINGH IS MEMBER LAW, CERC
ACC has approved the appointment of Pravas
Kumar Singh, Member (Legal), Jharkhand, SERC,
to the post of Member (Law), Central Electricity
Regulatory Commission (CERC).
22 OFFICERS IN GRADE OF DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OF ENFORCEMENT SHIFTED
As many as 22 officers in the grade of Deputy
Director of Enforcement (on deputation) have
been shifted. Accordingly, Vikrant Bangotra
was posted at Jalandhar and Richa Jaiswal was
shifted to Ahmedabad; Amit Kumar to Chan-
digarh; Yogesh Kumar to Jaipur; Mallikarjun
V Mamani to Chennai; Manish Kumar Yadav
to Allahabad; Prakash Chaudhary to New Delhi;
Bhanu Priya Meena to Jalandhar; Manoj Mittal to
Bangalore; Abhijeet Kumar Gautam to New Delhi;
Divya Vashishtha to Kolkata; Sudhakar Verma
to Ahmedabad; Pugalia Chandan Rajendra to
Lucknow; Visakh K to New Delhi; Arjun Singh to
Surat; Chandra Mohan Singh to Kolkata; Kamal
Deep to New Delhi; Money Jain to Bangalore;
Pankaj Jha to New Delhi; Ajit Kumar Nirala to
Srinagar; Avinash Parashar to Patna and Purna
Kam Singh has been posted to Ahmedabad.
R SUBRAMANYAM APPOINTED ED, RBI
R Subramanyam has been appointed Executive
Director (ED) by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
In this capacity, he will be responsible to look
after Foreign Exchange Department, Financial
Markets Regulation Department, Internal Debt
Management and International Department. Prior
to this, Subramanian was serving as Chief General
Manager-in-Charge, Enforcement Department.
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whispersinthecorridors.com
Farmers on...
Earlier in the day,
Tomar met Home Min-
ister Amit Shah and
discussed about the
way forward to end the
deadlock. Later, the ag-
riculture minister also
met a delegation of
farmers led by the All
India Kisan Coordina-
tion Committee (AI-
KCC) which extended
support to the farm
laws. This is the fourth
group of farmers who
have extended support
to the laws in last two
weeks. —PTI
Tikait denies...
factionresignedbecause
they were upset with
their President Bhanu
Pratap Singh, as to why
hecompromised,”Rake-
sh Tikait told ANI re-
garding 3 BKU (Bhanu
Faction) leaders’ resig-
nation.NationalSpokes-
person of the Indian
Farmers Union (Bhanu)
Mahendra Singh Chau-
roli, national spokesper-
son Satish Chaudhary
and a woman farmer
leaderhasresignedfrom
their post.
“The farmers are not
going anywhere. Farm-
ers are at loss with
these laws and they will
only benefit compa-
nies,” he said.
Farmers’ leaders in-
cluding Rakesh Tikait
of Bharatiya Kisan Un-
ion sit on a hunger
strike from 8 am-5 pm at
Ghazipur (Delhi-UP
border), where the pro-
test entered day 17 on
Monday.
Alleging that the
Central government is
working in favour of
the corporate sector,
Bharatiya Kisan Union
(BKU) spokesperson
Rakesh Tikait on Sun-
day reiterated that
farmers will not end the
agitation till the three
recently passed agricul-
ture sector laws are re-
pealed. —ANI
Retail inflation...
This will provide elbow
room to RBI to continue
its accommodative
stance, which is critical
for sustained revival of
demand,” he added.
Sunil Kumar Sinha,
principal economist,
India Ratings and Re-
search, said retail in-
flation at is still out-
side the comfort zone
of the RBI.
However, core infla-
tion (non-food and non-
energy) and core-core
inflation (non-food,
non-energy and trans-
port and communica-
tion) are broadly stable
in the range of 5 per
cent to 5.79 per cent and
4.72 per cent to 4.95 per
cent, respectively, since
May 2020, he said.
Tatas bid...
as Air India’s “return”
to the parent company.
Sources said Tata
Sons, the holding com-
pany of the Tata
Group, has put in an
Expression of Interest
(EoI) at the close
of the deadline on
Monday.
It was not, however,
immediately clear if
Tatas have bid alone or
in consortium with an
airline.
An official said trans-
action advisor will in-
form bidders before
January 6, if their bids
have been qualified.
Karna iPhone...
cars and golf carts,
smartphones and other
gadgets worth Rs 1.5
crore were among those
that were damaged,
were stolen or lost.
He stated in his com-
plaint that 5,000 con-
tract labourers and
about 2,000 unknown
culprits carried out the
vandalism in the facili-
ty. According to police,
a clear picture regard-
ing the total loss will
emerge only after as-
sessment by the insur-
ance company.
Superintendent of
Police (SP) Karthik Red-
dy said 160 people had
been arrested so far. Po-
lice said the arrests
were being made based
on CCTV footage and
after checking the list
of workers in the shift
to ascertain the cul-
prits.. —Agencies
Jio writes...
and divisive campaign
through its employees,
agents and retailers”.
“They are inciting
the public by making
preposterous claims
that migrating Jio mo-
bile numbers to their
networks would be an
act of support to farm-
ers’ protests,” said the
letter written on De-
cember 10. The letter
was accompanied by
pictures of “mislead-
ing and inciteful cam-
paign” across Punjab
and other northern
states. “We reiterate
that in order to reap
meagre gains in port-in
numbers, these service
providers are intention-
ally defacing RJIL by
depicting it as being
againstfarmersandpro-
jecting themselves as
farmer friendly, while at
the same time intention-
ally fanning the anti-
government protests”.
Govt ready...
He also said that his
government is always
open for discussion and
dialogue”. —ANI
FROM PG 1
New Delhi: Vaccinat-
ing 100-200 people in
each session per day,
monitoring them for 30
minutes after adminis-
tering the shots for any
adverse event and al-
lowing only one benefi-
ciary at a time are
among the guidelines
issued by the Centre for
the COVID-19 inocula-
tion drive.
According to the
guidelines issued to
states recently, the
COVID Vaccine Intelli-
gence Network (Co-
WIN) system—a digital-
ised platform—will be
used to track enlisted
beneficiaries for the
vaccination and anti-
coronavirus vaccines
on a real-time basis.
At the vaccination
site, only pre-registered
beneficiaries will be
vaccinated in accord-
ance with the prioriti-
sation, and there will be
no provision for on the-
spot registrations. The
states have been asked,
as far as possible, to al-
locate the vaccine from
one manufacturer to a
district to avoid mixing
of different COVID-19
vaccines in the field.
Govt issues guidelines
for vaccination driveIndia’s active caseload contracts to 3.52 lakh; lowest in 149 days
A healthcare worker collects a sample to conduct tests for the
COVID-19 at a Bus Depot in New Delhi on Monday.
New Delhi: Lauding
the "exemplary cour-
age" shown by the coun-
try's armed forces amid
the stand-off with Chi-
na, Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh said
there can be a debate on
the issue of military
might between the two
countries but as far as
soft power is concerned
India is "far ahead" of
China, in leading the
world with ideas.
"In these testing
times, our forces have
shown exemplary cour-
age and remarkable for-
titude. The coming gen-
erations of this nation
will be proud of what
our forces have man-
aged to achieve this
year," said Rajnath Sin-
gh while addressing the
'Valedictory Session' of
FICCI's Annual Con-
clave.
Talking about the on-
going military face-off
between the two coun-
tries, the Defence Min-
ister said, there can be
a serious debate on who
owns more military
might but when it
comes to soft power
there is no scope of am-
biguity. India is far
ahead of China when it
comes to leading the
world with ideas," he
said. —ANI
‘Indiaisfarahead
ofChinainleading
worldwithideas’
IIT-Madras under lockdown
after students,staff test +ve
Chennai: IIT-Madras
campus has been placed
under temporary lock-
down after 104 students
and staff members of
the institution tested
positive for coronavi-
rus. The state health
department and the IIT
management are yet to
identify the source of
the outbreak.
As per local reports,
the students had
claimed there had been
overcrowding in the
hostel mess and that
could have led the infec-
tion to spread. This is
one of the biggest clus-
ters that has emerged
in Chennai after the
state government per-
mitted educational in-
stitutions to function
from December 7. In the
last 10 days, 71 resi-
dents of IIT-Madras
tested positive for Cov-
id-19 and on Monday, 33
more were found to be
infected. According to
the officials, a total of
700 students are cur-
rently staying on the
campus and they are ac-
commodated across
nine hostels with less
than 20 per cent capac-
ity occupied in each.
India to establish
climate centre for
Himalayas: IMD
New Delhi: India is
planning to establish a
regional climate centre
for the Himalayan
mountain region which
will not only provide
weather-related advices
within the country but
also to its neighbours,
India Meteorological
Department (IMD) Di-
rector General Mrutun-
jay Mohapatra said on
Monday. Mohapatra
said the work for estab-
lishing such a centre
has already begun and
talks are also on with
the World Meteorologi-
cal Organisation.
China is also build-
ing a similar regional
climate centre on its
side of the Himalayas,
he said. Addressing a
webinar on ‘Weather
and Climate Services
over Mountains Re-
gion’, Mohapatra said
India has the eastern
ghats, western ghats
along the east and the
west coast and the My-
anmar hills in the
northeast.
Considering the size
of Himalayas and its
role in India’s hydrolo-
gy, meteorology, disas-
ter management, eco-
system and many other
activities, the world has
correctly recognised it
as the ‘third pole of the
world’, he noted.
New Delhi: Journalist
Priya Ramani on Mon-
day submitted before a
Delhi court that speak-
ing up on #MeToo is
not a crime and such
acts are of extreme
courage that requires
celebration and not
defamation cases.
Senior Advocate Re-
becca John, appearing
for Ramani in the defa-
mation case filed
against her by former
Union Minister MJ Ak-
bar, told Additional
Chief Metropolitan
Magistrate Ravindra
Kumar Pandey that she
felt #MeToo gave a plat-
form to women to un-
burden themselves.
"#MeToo came to In-
dia in 2018. It wasn't a
crime to speak up on
the #MeToo platform.
These are acts of ex-
treme courage that re-
quire celebration.
Kolkata: Chief of De-
fence Staff (CDS)
General Bipin Rawat
stated on Monday that
the People’s Liberation
Army (PLA) is carrying
out development activi-
ties in Tibet Autono-
mous Region of China,
amid the Sino-Indian
standoff at Ladakh.
He also underlined
that Indian forces are
well- equipped to deal
with any eventuality,
and similar activities
are being undertaken
in the country. “We are
locked in a stand-off in
Ladakh. There is some
development activity
which has been going
on in Tibet Autono-
mous Region of China.
Every nation will con-
tinue to make prepara-
tions to boost its secu-
rity based on its strate-
gic interests.
“I don’t think there
should be much con-
cern in that because
we, on our side, are also
carrying out similar
activities,” Rawat told
reporters after the
launch of indigenously
built state-of-the-art
stealth frigate ‘Himgi-
ri’ at Defence PSU Gar-
den Reach Shipbuild-
ers and Engineers here.
‘Speaking on MeToo
is an act of courage’
INDIA READY FOR ANY
EVENTUALITY: RAWAT
Mumbai: Maharashtra
Deputy Chief Minister
Ajit Pawar on Monday
said that the reports
about Rs 90 crores spent
on bungalow renova-
tion (of Ministers) is
not correct. Speaking to
reporters, the Deputy
Chief Minister said,
"The reports about Rs
90 crores spent on bun-
galow renovation (of
Ministers) is not cor-
rect. I don't know where
did they get this figure
from." "According to
the concerned depart-
ment, data on expendi-
ture has not been up-
dated yet," he said
Ajit Pawar
denies reports
on Rs 90 crore
1ST SHOT IN USA
A file photo of snow-capped mountain ranges of the Himalayas.
IIT (Madras) campus placed under temporary lockdown after 104
students & staff members tested positive for coronavirus.
Priya Ramani (L) MJ Akbar (R)
—FILE PHOTO
CLIMATE SERVICES
Rajnath Singh
—PHOTOBYANI

NEWSJAIPUR | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2020
Jaipur: Protesting
against the Centre’s re-
cent farm laws, farmers
from Rajasthan on Mon-
day blocked the Delhi-
Jaipur national highway
at Shahjahanpur in Al-
war district after police
stopped them from
marching to the national
capital.
With the police stop-
ping their march along
the state’s border with
Haryana, the farmers
camping at Jaisinghpur-
Khera border in Shahja-
hanpurundertheleader-
ship of Swaraj Abhiyan
chief Yogendra Yadav
andotherswentonaday-
long hunger strike, seek-
ing the repeal of farm
laws.
With the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh af-
filiates Swadeshi Jagran
Manch and Bharatiya
Kisan Sangh too raising
the demand for a legal
guarantee on the MSP
recently, Yadav dared
RSS to clarify its stands
on the farm laws. “I have
one simple question to
RSS-affiliated BKS and
SJM.Dotheysupportthe
farm laws in the existing
form? Let them come
clearonthis,”saidYadav,
addressing reporters. He
claimed the two right-
wing organisations were
not in favour of the farm
laws since day one. But
with the pressure build-
ing upon the RSS amid
the farmers’ agitation,
they have now started
saying that some amend-
mentsarerequired.Both
the organisations, SJM
and BKS, have said the
Centre’s farm laws fa-
vour farmers but they
need some amendments
to allay their fears over
theMSP.“Weareholding
a day-long fast today to
paytributetothefarmers
who lost their lives dur-
ing the country-wide agi-
tation. This fast is being
held to give a message
that God give wisdom to
the government,” said
Kisan Panchayat presi-
dent Rampal Chaudhary,
who is also camping on
the highway. One-way
traffic from Delhi to
Jaipur is open but the
Jaipur-Delhi traffic is
blocked, police said as
they keep a vigil on bor-
der areas. —PTI
RAJ FARMERS BLOCK JAIPUR-DELHI HIGHWAY
AT ALWAR AFTER COPS BLOCK CAPITAL PASSAGE
DUE TO BLOCKADE, TRAFFIC ON THE NH48 ROUTE IS BEING DIVERTED TO BANSUR
Activists of CPI(M) taking out a rally in support of farmers in Jaipur on Monday. (Left) A long queue
of vehicles on Jaipur-Delhi highway after farmers staged a stir. —PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR
NSUI state president Abhishek Chaudhary led a demonstration in Jaipur by creating a human chain.
POLICE ADVISORY
Avoid travelling to Delhi by road
Ashwini Yadav
Jaipur: After Delhi,
thefarmers’movement
intensified on Ra-
jasthan-Haryana bor-
der in Shahjahpura on
Monday where a large
number of farmers
havegatheredtoprotest
against the farm laws
enacted by the centre.
Additional police-
men from both Ra-
jasthan and Haryana
were deployed on the
border in view of the
farmers’ threat to
block the Jaipur-Delhi
highway. As a precau-
tionary measure, the
vehicles were diverted
to alternate routes.
Heavy motor vehi-
cles such as trucks
and containers were
diverted from Shahja-
hapur toll plaza to-
wards Behror.
Looking at the situa-
tion, IG Jaipur Range
has issued an advisory
to the travellers to take
J a i p u r- D a u s a - S i -
kandara-Bandikui-Al-
war-Tijara-Bhiwadi-
Daruheda-Gurugram
route to reach Delhi
instead of the national
highway-8, if it is nec-
essary to travel. The
police have advised
people to avoid travel-
lingtoDelhibecauseof
the farmers’ agitation.
Farmers
protest may
impact
economic
recovery: CII
T
he current agita-
tion by farmers
in many parts of
India has led to disrup-
tion in supply chains
and logistics. This will
have a bearing on the
economy over the com-
ing days and may im-
pinge the ongoing re-
covery from the eco-
nomic contraction due
to COVID.
The farmers’ protest
which has intensified
over the past couple of
weeks has led to ob-
struction of traffic and
road blockades across
multiple checkpoints in
the northern states of
Delhi-NCR, Punjab,
Haryana, Uttar Pradesh
and Rajasthan, and in
smaller measure, in
many other states. The
already broken supply-
chain which was recov-
ering post the pandemic
induced lockdown has
come under severe
stress.
Around two-third
consignment in transit
are taking 50 percent
extra time to reach des-
tination in states of
Punjab, Haryana, Ra-
jasthan and Delhi-NCR.
I assure you that govt is with
farmers: Kailash Choudhary
New Delhi: As farmer
protests continue along
the borders of Delhi,
Union Minister of
State Kailash Choud-
hary has assured that
the Government of In-
dia is with the farmers.
Speaking to ANI, the
minister said, “The
farmers should be
ready for mediation in-
stead of not listening to
anyone. I wish to assure
that the Government of
India is with the farm-
ers. These bills will fa-
vour the interests of the
farmers. Recently,
many farmers came
and greeted Narendra
Tomar ji.”
The minister request-
ed protestors to stop
agitating in such cold
weather conditions cou-
pled up with the Cov-
id-19 pandemic can
prove to be harmful to
the health of the people.
He raised questions
over the stand of the
Aam Aadmi Party and
Congress Party saying
that Delhi Chief Minis-
ter Arvind Kejriwal
Congress Party sup-
ported the bills in the
house and not in front
of the public. —ANI
99 percent farmers are with
Modi sarkar: Arun Singh
Jaipur: Amid a protest
by farmers against the
Centre’s three new farm
laws, BJP National Gen-
eral Secretary and in-
charge of Rajasthan
Arun Singh on Monday
claimed that more than
99 per cent farmers in
the country are with the
Modi government.
The BJP leader said,
“More than 99 percent
farmers in the country
are with the Modi gov-
ernment and if there is
confusion among the
rest, we will sit and the
confusion will be re-
moved.”
“They are innocent
farmersbutamongthem
are some elements who
need to be exposed. They
put up posters of Shar-
jeelImam,”hesaid,refer-
ring to anti-citizenship
law activists accused by
Delhi Police of being in-
volved in riots. —PTI
BJP National General Secretary and in-charge of Rajasthan Arun
Singh taking part in a Kisan Chaupal in Sikar.
Ashamed that poaching is not
stopped: Minister Vishnoi’s son
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Uncontrolled
incidents of hunting,
irregularities and no
action against accused
and guilty officials has
brought embarrass-
ment to the forest min-
ister Sukhram Vishnoi
who is now being called
‘Mauni Baba’ among
the wildlife lovers.
Even his son has ex-
pressedthepainonsocial
media saying, “I am sad,
ashamed that we are not
able to punish the crimi-
nals and irresponsible
officers,employeesof the
forest department.”
Apart from the rising
cases of poaching, miss-
ing of big cats, illegal
mining on forest land
and in Chambal sanctu-
ary, and complaints
againstillegalsafari,sev-
eral important matters
including transfer, post-
ing and recruitments,
work on new wildlife
sanctuaries, conserva-
tion reserves, tiger re-
serves,animalrelocation
programme, African
Cheetah reintroduction
programmeetc.arepend-
ing but the minister is
not able to pay attention.
Around 30 tigers have
gone missing in the
state but no concrete ac-
tion was taken. A red
alert was issued but
that too turned out to be
a formality. Hunting ac-
tivities are there and
poachers are active, but
again, no seriousness to
protect wild animals is
visible on the ground.
The indecisiveness
of the minister has
brought down the graph
of his reputation and he
is trolled on social me-
dia whenever he posts
anything. Social media
users point out his fail-
ure in tackling the is-
sues related to the for-
est and wildlife.
The case of appoint-
ment of honorary wild-
life warden has also
beenhangingfor7years.
The state of being inde-
cisive is not only taking
a toll on forest and wild-
life but his image is also
suffering because of it.
Forest min Sukhram Vishnoi
Soldiers are the real heroes of
country: Shekhawat at BSF race
Laxman Raghav
/Sunil Sihag
Bikaner/ Sri Ganga-
nagar: A 180-km relay
race to commemorate
India’s victory over Pa-
kistan in 1971 war was
held along Indo-Pak
border in Western sec-
tor of Rajasthan by BSF
under which the BSF
Jawan ran with baton
from Khajuwala to An-
upgarh.
Union Jal Shakti
minister Gajendra Sin-
gh Shekhawat , the hero
of historic Longewala
battle Bhairon Singh,
IG BSF Rajasthan Fron-
tier Ayush Mani Ti-
wari, DIG Madhukar
and other officials were
present in the closing
ceremony. Addressing
the troops, Shekhawat
said that the soldiers
are the real heroes of
the country. Folk artists
from Jodhpur and other
areas also gave perfor-
mance in the ceremony.
Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat with BSF ofﬁcers.
Shekhawat held a
press conference at
in Udaipur, where he
made it clear that all
the three agricultural
bills passed by the
central government
are in the interest of
farmers. He clariﬁed
that the misconcep-
tions that the op-
position parties are
spreading about these
bills are completely
wrong. Shekhawat
said that there is
nothing like abolishing
mandis or abolishing
the minimum support
price in these bills.

When you heal others with
compassion, you heal yourself
too. Love within is the best dose.
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2NDFRONTPOSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
New Delhi: The Minis-
try of Finance on Mon-
day released the sev-
enth weekly instalment
of Rs 6,000 crore to the
states to meet the Goods
and Services Tax (GST)
compensation short-
fall, an official state-
ment said here.
Out of this, an
amount of Rs 5,516.60
crore has been released
to 23 states and an
amount of Rs 483.40
crore has been released
to the three Union Ter-
ritories (UTs) with Leg-
islative Assembly (Del-
hi, JammuKashmir
and Puducherry) who
are members of the
GST Council, informed
the Ministry of Fi-
nance.
The remaining five
states -- Arunachal
Pradesh, Manipur, Mi-
zoram, Nagaland and
Sikkim -- do not have a
gap in revenue on ac-
count of GST imple-
mentation, the Finance
Ministry stated.
“Central govern-
ment had set up a spe-
cial borrowing window
in October this year to
meet the estimated
shortfall of Rs 1.10
lakh crore in revenue
arising on account of
implementation of
GST. The borrowings
are being done through
this window by the
Centre on behalf of the
States and UTs,” it
said.
“The borrowings
have been done in 7
rounds. The amount
borrowed so far was re-
leased to the states on
23rd October, 2nd No-
vember, 9th November,
23rd November, 1st De-
cember, 7th December
and 14th December,” it
further added.
“The amount re-
leased this week was
the 7th instalment of
such funds provided to
the States. The amount
has been borrowed this
week at an interest
rate of 5.1348 per cent.
So far, an amount of Rs
42,000 crore has been
borrowed by the Cen-
tral Government
through the special
borrowing window at
an average interest
rate of 4.7712 per cent,”
Union Finance Minis-
try stated.
The Statement add-
ed, in addition to pro-
viding funds through
the special borrowing
window, the Centre has
also granted additional
borrowing permission
equivalent to 0.50 % of
Gross States Domestic
Product (GSDP) to the
states choosing Option-
I to meet GST compen-
sation shortfall to help
them in mobilising ad-
ditional financial re-
sources. —ANI
Centre releases 7th instalment of GST of `6,000 cr to states
MOOLAH MATTERS

An amount of Rs
5,516.60 crore
has been
released to 23
states & Rs
483.40 crore
have been
released to the
three Union
Territories (UTs)
GEHLOT SAYS
‘Govt must shun arrogance’
My heartfelt condo-
lences at the pass-
ing away of Jodhpur's
eminent shayar SD
Rahi ji. May the Al-
mighty give strength to
his family members to
bear this loss. May his
soul rest in peace.
It’s most ironic that the
farmers who feed the
nation are compelled
to sit on a hunger
strike today because
Govt of India is not
listening to their
woes. Our farmers
have presented
an example of
peaceful agita-
tion in front of the
nation. Govt must
shun arrogance.
The statements issued
by BJP leaders de-
crying farmers’ protest
are most unfortunate
& condemnable. Govt
must find an amicable
solution & address the
grievances of farmers
sympathetically instead
of blaming gangs, anti
national elements for
these protests.
75 EV charging stations to facilitate e- mobility
CM approves proposals for
amendmentsinRTPP-2013
Farmers need to
integrate technology
in farming: CP Joshi
Dr CP Joshi during the inaugural ceremony of Customer Hiring
Centres of Udaipur Co-operative Bank in Rajsamand on Monday.
Target of generating 30,000 MW
renewable power in next 3 yrs: Kalla
The land will be made available by JDA to Rajasthan Electronics and Instrument Limited (REIL) and Energy Efficiency Limited (EESL)
Abhishek Srivastava
Jaipur: 75 charging
stations will soon be
started to promote elec-
tric vehicles in Jaipur
where the land will be
made available by JDA
to Rajasthan Electron-
ics and Instrument
Limited (REIL) and En-
ergy Efficiency Limited
(EESL) on revenue
sharing model.
The project was dis-
cussed in a meeting held
attheJDAheadquarters
on Monday which was
attended by the JDA,
REILandEESLofficials.
REIL and EESL officials
said that two types of
charging stations- fast
and slow- will be set up
in Jaipur.
The fast charging sta-
tion will take up to an
hour and a half to
charge the car while the
charging will take 4-5
hours at the slow charg-
ing station. Both the
companies have pro-
posed to open 75 sta-
tions in the city- 54 by
REIL and 21 by EESL.
However, it will depend
on availability of land.
6 to 8 vehicles can be
charged simultaneously
at one station, which
will require 800 sq feet
of area. Firms have
sought lands near malls,
multiplexes, large parks
& establishments to set
up the charging stations
for public convenience.
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: In view of the
economic effects of the
Corona pandemic, the
stategovernmenthasde-
cided to give securities
related exemption for
various works to be exe-
cuted through tender.
In this regard, Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
has approved the pro-
posal for amendments to
the Rajasthan Transpar-
ency in Public Procure-
mentRules(RTPP),2013.
As per the proposal,
after amendment to the
rules, only ‘Bid Securi-
ties Declaration’ will be
payable on behalf of the
bidder in place of ‘Bid
Securities’. Also, per-
formance security pay-
able will also be re-
duced. These exemp-
tions, which will con-
tinue till December 31,
2021, will speed up vari-
ous works to be execut-
ed through tenders.
First India Bureau
Rajsamand: Rajasthan
Assembly Speaker Dr C
P Joshi on Monday, sug-
gested the farmers to
integrate technologies
in the farming work
saying that today’s era
is the era of technology.
He said that the state
government has de-
signed schemes keeping
in mind the small and
marginal farmers and
development of the re-
gion.
Addressing a func-
tion in Rajsamand dis-
trict, Joshi also called
upon the presidents of
co-operative societies to
ensure that people in
villages get benefits
from the schemes.
Joshi was speaking at
the function to inaugu-
rate customer hiring
centres of the Udaipur
Central Co-operative
Bank in Nathdwara.
He said that farmers
should adopt modern
technological solutions
in farming in order to
increase their income
and efficiency.
Co-operative Minis-
ter Udai Lal Anjana
said the department is
making all efforts to
take the benefits of the
schemes to the village
level. He said that it is
the endeavor of his de-
partment to benefit
every single farmer in
the state with the gov-
ernment schemes and
programmes.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Energy Minis-
ter BD Kalla told the
officials of govern-
ment and private com-
panies working in the
solar energy sector to
focus on converting so-
lar energy into a bat-
tery form and that will
be a big advantage for
the state. He was
speaking at the 11th
Rajasthan Energy
Conservation Award
ceremony held virtu-
ally on Monday at Vid-
yut Bhavan.
Kalla, while speak-
ing to the media on the
occasion, said that Ra-
jasthan is self-suffi-
cient in the field of
electricity. He said
there is a target of
generating 30,000 MW
of renewable power in
Rajasthan in the next 3
years, out of which
27,000 MW projects are
under process. Kalla
said that we want 2 to
3 cities in the state to
be developed as green
cities.
The institutes that
took initiative for en-
ergy saving were hon-
oured. Applications
were received from 110
institutes for these
awards, out of which 40
institutes and indus-
trial groups have been
selected this year.
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Secre-
tary Niranjan Arya has
instructed officials to
implement the ‘file e-
tracking’ system in all
departments to bring
in transparency and
ease in the government
works.
Arya held discus-
sions with senior offi-
cials through video con-
ferencing on imple-
menting the system in
all departments. He said
that the system will in-
crease transparency
and speed in the move-
ment of files and it will
also become easier to
know when, where and
which files are under
process and will help of-
ficials to act quickly.
The Chief Secretary
instructed that the de-
partments where the
e-file tracking system
is not yet implemented
should implement this
with immediate effect.
Virendra Singh, the
Commissioner of In-
formation and Technol-
ogy Department, gave a
detailed presentation
about the file tracking
management module.
Implement file e- tracking system
in depts for ease: CS to officials
CS Niranjan Arya holds discussions with senior officials through video-conferencing on Monday.
JDA Commissioner Gaurav Goyal, Secretary Hridesh Sharma, Director Engineering VS Sunda and
officials of REIL and EESL during a meeting at JDA Headquarters on Monday.
Dr BD Kalla presents awards during the 11th Rajasthan Energy
Conservation Award ceremony held virtually at Vidyut Bhavan.
COVID-19
UPDATE
RAJASTHAN
2,555
DEATHS
2,92,539
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
4,182 DEATHS 2,28,803 CASES
DELHI
10,074 DEATHS 6,08,830 CASES
WORLD
16,22,818
DEATHS
7,28,59,198
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
99,04,096
CONFIRMED CASES
1,43,710
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
48,269 DEATHS 18,83,365 CASES
UTTAR PRADESH
8,083 DEATHS 5,66,728 CASES
KARNATAKA
11,954 DEATHS 9,02,240 CASES
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The Sash Ceremony of Elite Miss Rajasthan 2020 was held on Monday, where a total of
31 finalists were announced, who will further compete for the title
ALL SET TO COMPETE
fter audi-
tioning for
months in
order to se-
lect the best,
the team of
Elite Miss
Rajasthan 2020 final-
ly announced the top
31 finalists at Hotel
Hilton on Monday.
Jagdeesh Chandra
was the chief guest
of the event, and con-
gratulated the final-
ists on attaining the
finalists’ positions.
On talking about
the arrangements
made for the finale,
showdirectorGaurav
Gaur said, “We were
thrilled to the excite-
ment amongst girls
of Udaipur, Jodhpur,
Kota, and Jaipur.
Girls from small
towns, rural estab-
lishments and even
villages participated
in the auditions, and
now, 31 of the best
ones have been se-
lected. To bring them
at the same level of
preparation, a train-
ing and grooming
session of 7 days will
be conducted, where
famous celebrities
will give the girls a
few tips on fashion,
glamour, publicity,
etiquettes and style.”
He added, “The
grand finale of the
program will be held
on 20 December in
the Samskara Resort
at Ajmer Road. Keep-
ing the safety of the
contestants in mind,
all 31 girls, mentors,
directors and addi-
tional teams had to
undergo a COVID
test. Keeping the pan-
demic in mind, all the
guidelines issued by
the government will
also be followed.”
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Jagdeesh Chandra with the top 31 finalists of Elite Miss Rajasthan 2020
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Daisy Chaudhary
Isha Agarwal
Riya Sain
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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
It is best to make some
lifestyle changes to save
money rather than become
monetarily tight. You will
manage to pick up the threads from
where you left on the professional
front. Much happiness is foreseen on
the home front. A trip with friends will
not only be exciting.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Money is hard to come by
for everyone, so contribute
your share if someone is
spending on you. A lot of
activity is foreseen on the work front
and you will be right in the midst of
it. Some issues that seem unlikely to
get resolved on the family front will
begin to move towards a solution.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Becoming a confidante of
someone important cannot
be ruled out for some.
Something included in
your diet is likely to have a positive
effect on your overall health. A glib
talker may try to confuse you so be
aware. Disturbances at home will
need to be curtailed.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Keeping a close tab on
spending will leave you with
much to splurge later. You
may take some time in
bouncing back on the work front. No
problems are foreseen on health and
financial fronts. You manage to play
your cards well and avoid getting
involved in a contentious issue.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Window shopping is all
that you can do in order to
conserve money. You are
likely to swim with the tide
on the professional or academic
front. Indulging in excesses may
prove bad for health. Issue regarding
an ancestral property is likely to be
settled amicably.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
You may spend on
something not previously
catered for. You can struggle
to keep pace on the work
front. Condition of those ailing is set to
improve by leaps and bounds and get
them firmly on the road to good health.
Students will be able to keep pace on
the academic front and perform well.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Money loaned may take
some more time to be
returned. You will need to
keep your priorities right
on the professional front. Joining
health conscious people in daily
workouts is likely to keep you fit and
energetic. Someone can irritate you
and spoil your mood.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
You can become con-
cerned about a recent
heavy expenditure incurred
on something that you just
couldn’t help. Something important
may be entrusted to you at work
today. You may take up some activity
or sport just to keep trim and slim.
Good news may greet you.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You will need to follow the
directions in letter and
spirit in discharging a task.
Some of you can face a
medical problem on the health front,
but it will be nothing serious. Family
will prove to be a pillar of support for
those facing something important.
You may feel financially secure.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Repayment of a loan may
force you to make
adjustments. Changes
happening on the
professional front can have you
worried, but will turn out favourable.
More interest is required on the
health front. Family life will cruise
along smoothly.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Financially you may need
to be more secure than you
are now. There is a need to
come up with something
original, if you are in a creative field.
You will be motivated to get back into
shape and may even join a gym.
Those thinking of selling a property
will be able to get buyers.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
It is best to take the
opinion of others before
you put in your money. A
household remedy may
come in handy for those suffering
from body aches and pains.
Something that you wanted to get
done on the home front is likely to be
initiated now.
YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
he meaning of age has
become elusive. The vis-
ual clues of age are now
untrustworthy- children
dresslikeadultsandpar-
ents in figure-hugging
jeans and Ts. Some peo-
ple in their 50s are trying to re-
main transcendently youthful
while some 20-something are
showing signs of premature age-
ing. The rules of age-appropriate
behaviour drummed into us by
parents and teachers, religion
and state, no longer hold sway.
Madonna adopted children at the
age of 50 while John Elton fa-
thered a child at 62! What to talk
about Hugh Hefner......! Look at
the true agelessness of Meryl
Streep, Rekha, Jane Fonda, Simi
Grewal, Mithun and Milkha Sin-
gh. Not to forget the classical im-
mortality of Woody Allen - turn-
ing out 37 films in 40 years while
performing regularly at a jazz
band.
How do these people slow down
the process of ageing? Age is the
period you are alive while ageing
is what you look at a particular
age- you may look 60+ in your
early 50s or vice versa. Ageing is
both mental and bodily. Mental
ageing isn’t visible on the surface
butitstartsmuchearlierthanthe
bodily ageing. By the time you
reach 45-49 on your birth chart,
you lose about four per cent of
your reasoning ability. It is seen
more so in people with a seden-
tary lifestyle and in those who
don’tindulgeinmentalactivities.
It is not that everyone loses the
mental power but you have to put
some effort to stay mentally fit.
The brain, too, should be cared
like your heart whenever you
reach your 40th birthday.
Does natural curiosity arise?
How and why does a body age?
How and why we change in our
looks are per age? Why don’t we
stay young forever in our looks?
Is there a method to control or
slow down ageing? Is there a drug
which can slow down the ageing
process of our body?
We are not made to survive for-
ever. Nature has created a system
which causes an imperceptible
degeneration of body over a pe-
riod which finally reaches a state
at which its survival is impossi-
ble. There is an “ axis of ageing “
in our cells which takes care that
the body ultimately slows down
andthenstopsregenerating.This
axisstartswithspecialstrandsof
DNAcalledtelomeresthatcapoff
our chromosomes, each chromo-
some having its telomere. These
telomeres prevent mutation in
our chromosomes when they di-
vide.
As we progress in age, these
telomeres get shortened and
frayed. Once these telomeres
shorten to a critical length, our
cells can not divide, the regenera-
tion of cells stops, the power-
house of cells called mitochon-
dria starts losing energy and the
wholebodystartsdegenerating-it
is then a downhill course all the
way.
Once again a natural question,
a curiosity arises. Can we restore
telomeres? No, not at present but
still, we are capable to revitalise
our telomeres to some extent.
Regular meditation increases the
blood level of an enzyme called
telomeres which helps preserve
telomeres. A 10-15 minutes’ ses-
sion two to three times in a day
canpreserveyourtelomereslong-
er, you stay younger for more
length of time. Meditation is a
type of leisure- a relaxation of
body, its muscles, the mind, drop-
ping of thoughts, decluttering of
the brain.
Learn to relax, don’t work like
a junky. Every material gain ulti-
mately depreciates and so do you
andyourbody.Trytolearntheart
of no accumulation and enjoying
yourgains.Youarenotamachine
whoissupposedtoworkandwork
alone. You are here to understand
andenjoynatureandlife.Philoso-
pher Bertrand Russell, though
criticisedathistime,wasafterall
right when he advocated life lei-
sure. Leisure is your natural
right, a way of natural living, get
is back from forces and attitudes
who have conspired to turn you
into an aimless working zombie.
Work hard during your work-
ing hours but learn to say NO at
a stage and then enjoy your lei-
sure, solitude and relaxation.
Words alone can’t describe what
I’m trying to convey, do it and feel
the difference.
One can add 6.2 years to one’s
lifebyslowjogging,cycling,brisk
walketcforabout2hoursaweek.
Dying is certain but can be de-
layed.
If you drink 2-3 cups of coffee
per day, you increase your chanc-
es of living a bit longer provided
you drink for leisure rather than
stimulation to work more. Al-
ways remember, you are human,
not horse.
If you sleep less, if you sleep
poorly,youincreaseyourchances
of ageing fast and dying early.
Sleep deep, sleep adequately.
Sleep well even if you have to
buy it with a pill on medical
recommendation.
There is a natural age-
related decline in your
memory but you can
delayit.Readbooksand
eat berries whenever
you can. Mushrooms
contain some anti-
ageing ingredients,
try to make them part
of your menu.
Go for heart-
friendly fats like co-
conut oil, olive oil
etc. Also, go for an-
tioxidant-packed
and anti-inflamma-
tory foods like red
bell peppers. Nuts
havesignificantanti-ageingprop-
erties if consumed in modera-
tion, they contain omega-3. The
leafy green vegetables are your
great source to preserve your tel-
omeres and so is the vegetable
from the ocean- the fish.
At a certain stage of life,
preferably your late 50s, you
should let go of your attach-
ments to material things
and move towards living
life and it’s inherent lei-
sure. You are born for
that but have forgot-
ten. Some day in
your life you should
hail Bertrand Rus-
sell or that ancient
Indian concept
Charvak.
AGE AND ART
OF AGEING
DR RAMAWTAR SHARMA
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
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