First india jaipur edition-19 may 2020

USA 1,534,883 91,306 +328
RUSSIA 290,678 2,722 +91
SPAIN 277,719 27,650 +59
UK 246,406 34,796 +160
BRAZIL 245,595 16,370 +252
ITALY 225,886 32,007 +99
FRANCE 179,569 28,108 +109
GERMANY 177,182 8,085 +36
TURKEY 150,593 4,171 +31
IRAN 122,492 7,057 +69
CANADA 77,309 5,805 +23
COUNTRY TOTAL TOTAL NEW
CASES DEATHS DEATHS
GLOBAL STATE
OF AFFAIRS
WWW.WORLDOMETERS.INFO
LAST UPDATED: MAY 18, 2020, 11:00 PM
SAMPLE RECEIVED
SAMPLE NEGATIVE
3,804
UNDER EXAMINATION
2,43,476
2,34,165
IN RAJASTHAN
DISTRICT TOTAL NEW TOTAL
CASES CASES DEATH
AJMER 256 +1 5
ALWAR 35 — 2
BANSWARA 72 +4 1
BARAN 4 — —
BARMER 33 +11 —
BHARATPUR 129 +6 3
BHILWARA 80 +25 2
BIKANER 53 +6 3
CHITTORGARH 159 +5 2
CHURU 46 — 1
DAUSA 38 +5 —
DHOLPUR 27 +3 —
DUNGARPUR 124 +64 —
HANUMANGARH 14 — —
JAIPUR 1623 +47 68
JAISALMER 59 +12 —
JALORE 97 +25 2
JHALAWAR 49 — —
JHUNJHUNU 58 +2 —
JODHPUR 1071 +35 17
KARAULI 10 — 2
KOTA 326 +2 12
NAGAUR 174 +2 4
PALI 132 +4 4
PRATAPGARH 5 — 1
RAJSAMAND 53 +10 —
SWAI MADHOPUR 17 — 1
SIKAR 45 +6 2
SIROHI 48 +6 —
TONK 149 +2 1
UDAIPUR 401 +21 1
OTHER DIST. 7 — 4
TOTAL 5394 +304 138
OTHER (Italy) 2 — —
EVACUEES 61 — —
BSF 50 — —
GRAND TOTAL 5507 +304 138
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UPDATE
RAJASTHAN
138
DEATHS
5,507
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
1,00,340
CONFIRMED CASES
3,155
DEATHS
WORLD
3,18,261
DEATHS
48,53,663
CONFIRMED CASES
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: The entire
country has rallied be-
hind Prime Minister
Narendra Modi during
the coronavirus pan-
demic, leading
American
newspaper The New
York Times has said.
PM Narendra Modi’s
popularity has soared
across the country amid
the coronavirus pan-
demic that has rattled
country’s health and
economic system, a re-
port published in the
New York Times said.
Calling PM Modi a
‘mobiliser’, the NYT re-
port stated that the In-
dian prime minister’s
already high approvals
ratings have soared even
higher, touching 80 per
cent, even 90 per cent.
Comparing PM Modi
with US President Don-
ald Trump and Russian
President Vladimir Pu-
tin, the report said that
unlike these world lead-
ers, PM Modi has han-
dled the COVID-19 crisis
quite well.
The report said the
Indian prime minister’s
popularity among the
Indians will soar fur-
ther if the country rides
out the coronavirus pan-
demic in a decent form.
The report stated that
Modi’s various calls
during the coronavirus-
induced lockdown were
whole-heartedly sup-
port. Even the softer,
feel-good exercises he
has insisted on,
Turn on P6
‘Modi’s popularity soars as India weathers Corona’
If India continues to ride out the virus in decent form then Modi may emerge a stronger
leader; Indians have trusted their PM and look upon him as a mobiliser, says NYT
Recent opinion polls show that in the
past few months Mr. Modi’s already
high approval ratings have soared even
higher, touching 80, even 90 percent.
Unlike two of the populist leaders to whom he is
often compared, President Trump and President
Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, Mr. Modi seems to be
thriving in this crisis. —NEW YORK TIMES
#SuperCycloneAmphan
New Delhi: The Union
Ministry of Home Af-
fairs (MHA) on Monday
said that the States and
Union Territories cannot
dilute restrictions as
mentioned in the guide-
lines for the fourth phase
of lockdown and can
only make them stricter
based on local level as-
sessment.
“MHA has reiterated to
the States/UTs that de-
spite widespread relaxa-
tions given in lockdown
restrictions under revised
guidelines, States/UTs
cannot dilute the restric-
tions imposed in the MHA
guidelines,” said the Min-
istry in an official release.
The MHA on Sunday ex-
tended till May 31 the
fourth phase of the lock-
down imposed to contain
the spread of the corona-
virus and issued revised
guidelines. Turn on P6
Can’t dilute Lockdown 4.0
curbs: MHA to States & UTs
New Delhi: India on
Monday joined nearly
120countriesatacrucial
conference of the World
Health Organisation in
pushingforanimpartial
andcomprehensiveeval-
uation of the global re-
sponse into the corona-
virus crisis as well as to
examine the origin of
the deadly infection.
The two-day 73rd ses-
sionof theWorldHealth
Assembly (WHA) of the
WHO began in Geneva
amid growing calls in-
cluding by US President
Donald Trump to inves-
tigate how the virus
originated in China’s
Wuhan city and subse-
quent action by Beijing.
Another flash point
between China and the
US has been over the
Trump administra-
tion’s push for inclusion
of Taiwan in the WHO.
China has been strongly
opposed to the move as
it considers Taiwan to
be part of its territory.
The WHA is also ex-
pected to delve into pool-
ing in additional re-
sources to deal with the
pandemic Turn on P6
India with WHO: Seeks
origin of coronavirus
UP ACCEPTS
PRIYANKA’s
PROPOSAL
New Delhi: UP govt
on Monday agreed
to Congress general
secretary Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra’s request
to run 1,000 buses for
migrant labourers.ACS
Home Avnish Awasthi
wrote informing her
in this regard and also
sought details of the
1,000 buses. Earlier,
she had requested UP
CM to allow buses
arranged by her party,
to enter State. P5
CBSE EXAM
DATESHEET
RELEASED
New Delhi: The
Central Board
for Secondary
Education on
Monday released
the much awaited
datesheet for
Class 12 boards
for remaining
papers and for
re-scheduled board
exams for Class
10. Exams for
the remaining 29
papers will be held
from July 1 to July
15, CBSE said. P6
KARNA BANS
PEOPLES’ ENTRY
FROM 4 STATES
New Delhi: Even
as govt announced
relaxations in the
lockdown, Karnataka
has decided not to
allow people from four
states — Kerala, Tamil
Nadu, Maharashtra
and Gujarat – inside
its borders till May 31
except under inevitable
circumstances, said
CM Yediyurappa after
holding a meeting with
ministers and senior
officials. P5
India steps up medicine diplomacy as
border tensions with China simmers
Cyclone Amphan is developing into a super cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal and can become severe in the next 24 hours, says NDRF.
Two states—Bengal and Odisha—have been alerted over the storm, which is expected to make a landfall in Bengal on Wednesday. As the
storm rolls in towards the Indian shores ominously, the cyclone is likely to unleash heavy rain and high-velocity winds in large swathes of
coastal Odisha, West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. PM Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting with officials of MHA and
NDMA to review the arising Cyclone Amphan situation where Union Home Minister Amit Shah was also present.
Huge traffic jam seen at UP border during the fourth phase of
nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in New Delhi
on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Raj opens up salons, parlours; cabs to ply in green, orange zones
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A day after the
Central government an-
nounced the extension
of coronavirus-induced
nationwide lockdown,
till May 31, several
states released new
guidelines on Monday.
The Ashok Ghelot-led
government in the state
has permitted to open
all shops across the
state, except in contain-
ment (red) zones. Govt
has also allowed taxis
and cabs with 2 passen-
gers to ply in orange
and green zones in the
state. State announced
that barber shops, sa-
lons and beauty par-
lours across the state
will remain open—with
complete safety precau-
tions—except in the
containment zones dur-
ing, lockdown 4.0, state
Home Department said
in its order.
“There will be a re-
striction on the move-
ment and gathering of
five or more people at a
public place unless
specified. However, all
movement of individu-
als, for non-essential
activities, shall remain
strictly prohibited be-
tween 7 pm to 7 am,”
said an order from the
government.
Thelistdoesnotallow
metro rail services, do-
mestic and internation-
al air travel except med-
ical and security pur-
poses or purposes per-
mitted by MHA. It said
schools, colleges, educa-
tional/training/coach-
ing/coaching institu-
tions etc. will remain
closed and online/dis-
tance learning shall be
encouraged. Turn on P6
Vehicle riders drive through Ghat Ki Guni in Jaipur on Monday morning after some restrictions were
lifted during coronavirus-induced Lockdown 4.0 in the country. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
 STADIUMS, GOLF & POLO CLUBS
SANS SPECTATORS TO OPEN
 FOR PVT OFFICES IN RED ZONES,
50% STAFF GETS NOD
 NO MOVEMENT, ASSEMBLY
BETWEEN 7 PM AND 7 AM IN THE
STATE AS PER HOME DEPT ORDER
Red Zone
Urban
Orange Zone
Amber, Bassi, Chaksu, Dudu,
Govindgarh, Jalsu, Jamwa
Ramgarh, Jhotwara, Kotputli,
Paota, Phagi, Sambhar, Sanganer,
Shahpura, Viratnagar
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Five children drown in
two different accidents
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Three girls
drowned in a pond in
Sogpura village under
Kalinjara police sta-
tion in the Bagidora
area on Sunday
evening. The deceased
Manisha, Meenakshi,
and Bhumika were
cousins.
The latter two had
gone to their maternal
uncle’s home in Sog-
pura. When they did
not reach, the family
members began search-
ing for them and also
informed the police.
Circle Inspector Dev-
ilal Meena and Deputy
SP Gopichand Meena
reached the village to
search the girls. The
police found their
clothes and shoes near
the pond, for which
they suspected that the
girls had drowned.
Later, their bodies
were recovered from
the pond and sent for
postmortem.
In another similar
incident, two 12-13
years old siblings, a
boy, and a girl drowned
while bathing in a river
in Amarapura of Abu
road in Sirohi.
The locals took out
the dead bodies from
the river and informed
the police about the in-
cident. After that,
RIICO police reached
the spot.
Bhandari seeks action against
officers for breaking laws
Minor girl found dead
with throat slit in Tonk
ShekhawatslamsRajgovtovermigrantlabourers’issue
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Advocate Poon-
am Chand Bhandari has
written to CS DB Gupta
in his capacity of Gen-
eral Secretary of Public
Against Corruption de-
manding legal action
against all the district
officers who attended a
community feast in Ka-
rauli. The letter accom-
panies a photograph
published in a Hindi
newspaper showing
many recognizable faces
sitting together, without
masks & social distanc-
ing. He alleged that the
officers who are respon-
sible for executing govt
orders of social distanc-
ing at a community
gathering themselves
are breaking the law.
First India Bureau
Tonk: A minor girl was
murdered in Tonk on
Monday. Her throat was
slit and the body was
found in an empty plot
in a forest near her
home.
SP Adarsh Sindhu
reached the spot on re-
ceiving the information
along with additional SP
Vipin Sharma, Dy Sp
Saurabh Tiwari, and
SHO Sadar Chotelal
Meena. After inspection
of the spot and collecting
evidence, the body was
sent for post mortem to
Saadat Hospital. The SP
said that some evidence
has been found from the
spot and the culprits
would be nabbed soon.
The police have also de-
tained some suspects.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Union minister
Gajendra Singh Shek-
hawat has accused Ge-
hlot govt of indulging
in politics over the is-
sue of sending migrant
workers home.
“The state govt talks
about deploying 4000
buses, then running
trains but does nothing.
The state govt has only
given permission for
running few trains that
too for only migrants
who want to go back to
their home states but
not for bringing back
Rajasthani workers in
other states,” the union
minister alleged.
According to him, he
would have been guilty
of not doing anything if
CM Ashok Gehlot had
given him a call for ar-
ranging 100 trains and
he had not arranged.
He claimed that UP
demanded 500 trains,
Bihar 300 and WB 106
whereas Rajasthan has
asked for only 20 trains.
He said that phone
numbers given by the
state government on so-
cial media are mostly
found closed.
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY
The iconic Amber Fort has been illuminated on the occasion of International Museum Day on Monday. Due to the nation-wide lockdown imposed due to Coronavirus, the Department of Art and Literature conducted various activities on its FaceBook Page.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief whip of
Congress Legislative
Party and senior Con-
gress MLA Dr Mahesh
Joshi has discarded pet-
ty politics by BJP amid
the corona crisis. Dr
Joshi has criticized Un-
ion Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman for
her undue remarks on
erstwhile Cong chief Ra-
hul Gandhi. He said that
Rahul Gandhi under-
stands the pain of the
migrant workers and
was sharing the same.
Dr Joshi also hailed
CM Gehlot for his ef-
forts to make Rajasthan
a model state in fight
against coronavirus.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Harmada po-
lice have solved the 11
day old case of half
burnt dead body of a
woman and arrested ac-
cused Rajendra Yadav,
Hanuman Yadav & Ban-
shi Yadav of Manohar-
pur. DCP Kevendra Sa-
gar said that the de-
ceased woman Puja was
from Bangladesh and
was in live in relation-
ship with Rajendra Ya-
dav for last two years.
First India Bureau
Poonch: Pakistan on
Monday violated cease-
fire by firing with small
arms and shelling with
mortars in Gulpur sec-
tor of Poonch district
in Jammu and Kash-
mir, police said. The
ceasefire violation be-
gan at 1900 hours. Indi-
an Army is retaliating
befittingly. On Sunday,
Pakistan had violated
ceasefire in Degwar
sector of Poonch dis-
trict. —(ANI)
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CJ Indrajit Mo-
hanty and Justice Satish
Sharma ordered two
Jaipur serial blast ac-
cused,Sarwar&Salman,
topresenttheiradvocacy
contract in case related
to death reference till 30
June.Courtwillhearthe
matter related to the
death reference of all 4
accused on 7 July. Advo-
cate Rajendra Yadav ap-
peared for state govt to
appeal against the ac-
quittal of one accused
Shahbaz Ahmed.
PIL for quarantine
centres at
residential areas
quashed
Jaipur: Double bench
of CJ Indrajit Mohanty
and Justice Satish
Sharma announced the
PIL regarding quaran-
tine centers in residen-
tial areas in Jaipur set-
tled after the reply
filed by AG MS Singh-
vi. AG had told the
court that the state
govt has right to take
decisions in epidemic
situation and its should
be given freedom to
take such decisions.
AG had demanded
quashing of the PIL
without essence.
PIL seeks CBI
enquiry of Malupura
juvenile gang rape
case quashed
Jaipur: High Court has
quashed the petition de-
mandingCBIenquiryof
the Malupura juvenile
gang rape case. CJ In-
drajit Mohanty and Jus-
tice Satish Sharma ob-
served that the appli-
cant has no direct rela-
tion with the victim and
has filed petition only
on basis of media re-
ports. Advocate Dharm-
raj had pleaded for CBI
enquiry citing doubts
raised by local MP on
the ongoing investiga-
tion in the case.
HC admn cancels
casual leaves of
registrar, employees
Jodhpur: HC adminis-
tration has cancelled
all the casual leaves of
registrar and other em-
ployees due to Covid-19
by releasing an order
to the effect.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Deputy CM
Sachin Pilot has criti-
cized the undue re-
marks by Finance Min-
ister Sitaraman on
Cong leader Rahul Gan-
dhi on his meeting the
migrant workers. Pilot
said that Rahul Gandhi
migrant workers facing
so many problems whie
returning home. Rahul
Gandhi met then and
knew about heir pain
and arranged for their
return. Pilot said that
the FM should be con-
centrating on providing
relief migrant workers
in distress rather than
making petty political
comments in this hour
of crisis. He asked BJP
leaders to not get in-
volved in political bick-
ering corona times.
‘BJP is doing petty politics
by commenting on Rahul’
3 held for setting
ablaze woman
in Harmada
Pak violates
ceasefire in
Gulpur sector
Pilot slams Sitharaman
for criticizing RahulPresent advocacy contract: HC to blast accused
While on one hand, industries in
Rajasthan have been severely
affected due to lockdown and their restart
is full of obstacles, however, on the
other hand instead of working in tandem
for smooth function of the industries
department, two IAS are at loggerheads
and their cold war is proving costly for the
officials under them.
These two officials - ACS Industries
Subodh Agarwal and Industries
Commissioner Muktanand Agarwal - are
reportedly two ends of a line. Word on
the duo is that younger babu Muktanand
does not take Subodh seriously and
spends most of his time in mobile phone
even during meetings chaired by the
ACS! In fact, officials from the Industries
Commissionerate have also started staying
a bit tensed since if they follow any
guideline of Subodh’s, they are allegedly
‘harassed’ since the young Agarwal has
been issuing notices upon notices. Due to
their ‘Cold War’ the Industries department
has come to a halt Such is a the situation
that the officials have been praying to
get out of the ‘harassment wing’ of the
department since the bureaucrat even
badmouths the colleagues and juniors.
Interestingly, two officials have even
defined their senior’s order and gave
a mouthful even going to the length of
challenging him to damage their CR but
they will not tolerate insolence.
A WAR ON ‘INDUSTRIAL
SCALE’!
OFF THE
RECORD
IN THE COURTYARD
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First India Bureau
Jaipur: A personal
fight between a doctor
and a lab technician
crossed all limits and
affected the ongoing
corona test reports.
The incident took place
in SMS hospital medi-
cal college when a doc-
tor and a lab techni-
cian confronted each
other in the microbiol-
ogy lab.
As the word spread
all the lab technicians
left their work and
joined to support their
colleague and started
raising slogans de-
manding action
against the doctor.
They were demand-
ing a proper inquiry
into the matter. Lab in
charge and some doc-
tors tried to reach out
to the agitating lab
technicians but were
of no use.
Meanwhile, all the
important corona test
reports were stalled as
nobody was working
on them.
The lab technicians
then assembled outside
Principal Dr Sudhir
Bhandari’s chamber
raising slogans. The
impasse continued
throughout the day af-
fecting corona tests.
Later in the night
the lab technician Ra-
jendra Kumawat was
suspended. Tuesday
might see a strong re-
action from the lab
technicians against the
action taken.
Mahesh Joshi
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Poonam Chand Bhandari
Lab technicians sit on protest at SMS hospital medical college.
Later in night technician Rajendra Kumawat
of SMS hosp medical college was suspended
Sachin Pilot
—PHOTOBYSANTOSHSHARMA

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2020
l Jaipur: The Sarpanch
of Amarsar police
station area in Chomu
Omprakash was shot
by bike riders at Kali
Mata Road of Amarsar.
Later, he died dur-
ing treatment in the
hospital.
l Udaipur: Two un-
known people riding
on a bike looted Rs. 2
lakh from a potato and
onion businessman by
showing a fake pistol
in the Krishi Upaj
Mandi in Hiranmagri
police station area of
Udaipur. The police are
looking for the culprits.
l Jaipur: Rajya Sabha
MP Kirodi Lal Meena
has said that click-
ing pictures of people
in the name of help
is their insult. These
things are still being
done after the ban
imposed by the High
Court. Meena also
targeted the opposition
and said that there is
a fashion of posting
pictures in the name of
helping in Dausa and
the situation on social
media is out of control.
There is only one
person taking help,
but several people are
there to get clicked.
l Jaipur: A reduction
of Rs. 100 per quintal
has been recorded
in the sale rate of all
three brands of Saras
animal feed, balanced,
gold and diamond.
The new rates will be
applicable from today
morning. About 8 lakh
milk producers associ-
ated with cooperative
dairies will benefit
from this decision.
l Jodhpur: After
a large number of
COVID-19 cases were
reported in the Jaipur
Central Jail, the medi-
cal department has
carried out a survey
in the Jodhpur Central
Jail. A list of 15 prison-
ers of more than 60
years of age, includ-
ing Asaram, has been
prepared, who might
be tested for corona.
l Barmer: In the mat-
ter of a girl committing
suicide five days ago
in Chauhtan of Barmer,
the dead body of the
deceased was taken
out from the grave
after the complaint by
her family members.
The postmortem was
carried out in the pres-
ence of police, admin-
istration and medical
board. Actually, many
threat messages and
call records by her
neighbour Hisam have
been found on the
phone of the deceased,
pressurising her to
have an illicit relation-
ship.
l Jaipur: Tobacco
worth about Rs. 48
lakh was recovered
near Shahpura of
Jaipur on Monday, in
the direction of Prin-
cipal Commissioner
State Tax. Actually,
illegal transportation
of 1 ton tobacco and
10 tons fennel was
being done without
bills in the name of
spices. The material
was being transported
from Unjha to Panipat
in a truck contain-
ing black pepper and
cumin, with tobacco
and fennel. The truck
has been seized and
sent to the Jhalana
regional office. The
physical verification of
goods will be done in
2-3 days.
BRIEF
in
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The ongoing
corona pandemic has
spared nobody of its
impact. The wild ani-
mals in the forest with-
out human interference
might be safer but the
animals in wild life
sanctuaries, parks and
zoo are prone to corona
infection.
This suspicion was
cleared, when a tiger in
the Bronx zoo in USA
was found corona posi-
tive. The state wild life
department had issued
health advisory imme-
diately after the inci-
dent. Since then the
park authorities in the
state are taking no
chance with the virus
infection.
The Nahargarh Bio-
logical Park in Jaipur
is adopting all the
measures advised to
keep the animals and
the forest officials safe.
Sodium Hypochlo-
rite is being sprayed in
the park at frequent in-
tervals to keep it sani-
tized. All the points of
human touch such as
gate knobs & railings
are disinfected often
along with the enclo-
sures themselves.
The personnel who
go inside the enclosures
on the animals to at-
tend or feed them have
been provided with
PPE kits. Infact, all the
forest officials are us-
ing masks and gloves to
keep themselves and
the animas safe.
ACF, Nahargarh Jag-
dish Gupta informed
that no animal care
taker is allowed near
any enclosure without
thermal scanning. The
animals are medically
examined for their well
being frequently. All
forest officials and
caretakers have been
given masks and sani-
tisers to keep them-
selves infection free.
Although there are
no visitors due to lock-
down but the officials
are not taking any
chances due, in fact
there are able to con-
centrate better on the
medical aspects due to
no outer disturbance
and distractions, which
is also contributing in
ensuring least chances
of infection being car-
ried inside the park.
Nahargarh Bio Park take ‘anti-corona’ steps to protect wild life
DANGER ZONE
lll
Following the
reports of a tiger
in the Bronx zoo
in the USA,
being tested
corona positive,
state wild life
department
issued a health
advisory
RAJ: MONDAY BRINGS 7
DEATHS, 304 NEW CASESFirst India Bureau
Jaipur: New corona
positive cases set a new
record with 304 new
cases surfaced in the
state. The death toll due
to corona also rose to
138 with 7 deaths re-
ported on Monday. 2
deaths were reported
from Jaipur while one
each from Kota, Pali,
Nagaur and Udaipur.
Maximum 64 new
cases were reported
from Dungarpur fol-
lowed by 47 from Jaipur,
35 from Jodhpur, 25
each from Bhilwara &
Jalore, 21 from
Udaipur,12 from Jais-
almer, 11 from Barmer,
10 from Rajsamand, 6
each from Bharatpur,
Bikaner, Sikar & Sirohi,
5 each from Chittorgarh
& Dausa, 4 each from
Banswara & Pali, 3 from
Dholpur, 2 each from
Jhunjhunu, Kota, Na-
gaur & Tonk and one
from Ajmer. One BSF
jawan also tested posi-
tive. The state total for
corona positives stands
at 5507 which included
656 Rajasthani arrived
from other states. State
has tested 243476 sam-
ples so far out of which
234165 have reported
negative while reports
for 3804 is awaited.
Jaipur leads the most
positive cases tally with
1623 cases followed by
Jodhpur 1071, Udaipur
401, Kota 326, Ajmer 256,
Nagaur 174, Chittor-
garh 159,Tonk 149, Pali
132, Bharatpur 129,
Dugarpur 124, Jalore 97,
Bhilwara 80, Banswara
72, Jaisalmer 59, Jhunj-
hunu 58, Bikaner & Ra-
jsamand 53 each, Jhala-
war 49, Sirohi 48, Churu
46, Sirohi 45, Dausa 38,
Alwar 35, Barmer 33,
Dholpur 27, Sawai Mad-
hopur 17, Hanuman-
garh 14, Karauli 10,
Pratapgarh 5 and Baran
4 . Apart from these 50
BSF jawans, 2 Italians, 7
from other states, 61 In-
dians evacuated from
Iran and 656 migrant
workers. 31 districts are
officially corona infect-
ed as of now.
So far 3218 cases have
turned negative from
positive. 2803 have been
discharged.
People stand in queue in curfew to get essential products. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Six corona
positive from
same village
in Sirohi
First India Bureau
Sirohi: Corona is con-
tinuously spreading in
Sirohi. Monday proved
to be dangerous for the
residents of the district
after six people were
tested positive in Jamo-
tra village of Sirohi
tehsil.
So many corona posi-
tives coming together
in the same village is a
matter of concern for
the locals as well as the
district administration
and medical depart-
ment. The district ad-
ministration immedi-
ately imposed a curfew
in the village while de-
claring the entire vil-
lage as a zero mobility
zone. Medical depart-
ment has quarantined
the family members
and neighbours of all
the corona positive pa-
tients and have sent
their samples for test-
ing. All the patients
were living in
Ahmedabad and came
in the same bus.
‘Only 5 people to
pray in mosques
during Ramzan’
First India Bureau
Kota: After the exten-
sion of the coronavirus
induced lockdown in
the country till May 31,
a meeting of main
maulanas was held at
the residence of city
Qazi in Kota on Monday.
In the meeting, the deci-
sion was taken regard-
ing offering prayers
during the holy month
of Ramadan and eid-ul-
fitr. It was decided in
the meeting that only 5
people will be allowed
to offer prayers in each
of the mosques for eid-
ul-fitr, shab e-qadr and
jamat-ul-vida namaz.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra praised
Rajasthan University
of Veterinary and Ani-
mal Sciences for mak-
ing it to top three Vet-
erinary and Animal
Sciences universities in
the country. It has also
ranked first in the state.
Addressing on com-
pletion of 10 years of
the university, Mishra
said that this was right
time to reflect on
achievements and
shortcomings so that in
the next decade even
better results can be
achieved.
He said that as a top
notch educational in-
stitute, the university
has done a commenda-
ble job in 19 districts.
The chancellor said
that animal husbandry
has been lifeline of
state’s farmers. For
centuries, cattle have
been symbol of social
and economic prosper-
ity. The farmers get
30% to 50% of their to-
tal income from animal
husbandry. The state
has a vast population
of animals. Therefore,
development of animal
husbandry is the best
way to bring prosperity
in rural areas.
He said that Ra-
jasthan has been treat-
ing animals with ad-
vanced technology and
equipments. He also
hailed 24 hours emer-
gency treatment and
animal ambulance ser-
vices by the university.
Guv hails RUVAS
for excellent work
on tenth anniv
GOI to release `100 coin on
Vijayaraje Scindia’s b’day
First India Bureau
Kota: The Government
of India is releasing a
commemorative coin
of Rs 100 on the occa-
sion of the birth anni-
versary of Vijayaraje
Scindia.
Rajmata Vijayaraje
Scindia, one of the
founding members of
the Jan Sangh, is well
known throughout the
world. This coin to be
minted in Kolkata will
weigh around 35 grams.
The coins made of four
metals will contain a
mixture of 50% silver,
40% copper, 5% zinc
and 5% nickel.
Vijaya Raje Scindia
has been a big contrib-
utor to the growth of
Jan Sangh and later
BJP. Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has
made her contribution
unforgettable. The
plant of the Bharatiya
Janata Party planted in
that era has now be-
come a huge tree.
Former Chief Minis-
ter Vasundhara Raje
said, “The unveiling of
the coin in the memory
of Amma Maharaj
shows her generous
character and great
gratitude. Thanks to
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi for the honour
of Rajmata’s ideals and
contribution to the up-
liftment of the nation
by the Indian govern-
ment.”
Vasundhara Raje
Will make Raj Atmanirbhar:
Poonia to BJP’s media cell
First India Bureau
Jaipur:SeniorBJPlead-
ers including BJP’s na-
tional joint secretary
(organisation) V Satish,
state president Dr Satish
Poonia,stategeneralsec-
retary (organisation)
Chandrashekharandun-
ion minister Arjunram
Meghwal, interacted
with members of party’s
media cell regarding PM
Modi’s Atmanirbhar
Bharat campaign and Rs
20-lakh crore package.
Pooniasaidthatevery
Rajasthani welcomes
the Atmanirbhar
Bharatcampaignwhole-
heartedly. They will par-
ticipate in this cam-
paign by making the
state Atmanirbhar.
According to him,
“All we have to do is
evoke the passion for
Atmanirbharta. Crore
of people in the state
have benefited from the
package and would con-
tinue to receive it.” .
BJP MP Jaskaur Mee-
na,NarayanPanchariya,
party’s MLAs, state me-
dia incharge Vimal Kati-
yar,statemediasampark
pramukh Anand Shar-
ma,sahpramukhNeeraj
Jain and spokesperson
Laxmikant Bhardwaj
were also present.
Meanwhile, former
minister and sitting
MLA Vasudev Devnani
met Poonia to handover
swadeshi kit including
mask and sanitizer.
Dr Satish Poonia
JDC chairs meet with
layout plan committee
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The layout plan
committee of Jaipur De-
velopment Authority
(JDA) disposed off 8
matters on Monday, in a
meeting chaired by JDA
commissioner T Ravi-
kant, while maintain
social distancing norms
to issue single patta, de-
ciding end use of facili-
ty area and approving
layout plan matters.
He instructed for spe-
cial efforts to get de-
mand money in matters
disposed off earlier, and
asked to prepare a list
of pending matters.
Meeting was attended
by JDA secretary Arch-
ana Singh, director
planning R K Vijayvar-
giya, BPC (LP) member
Rinku Bansal, addl
chief town planner O P
Pareek, deputy commis-
sioner Ramratan Shar-
ma, Ashok Kumar Yogi,
KuntalVishnoiandOSD
(Resources Develop-
ment) Devendra Arora.
Kalraj Mishra
‘PM’s campaign a
historic step’
First India Bureau
Kota: UnionMinisterof
State for Parliamentary
Affairs, Heavy Indus-
tries and Public Enter-
prises Arjunram Megh-
wal said, “Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi aims
tomakethecountryself-
reliant in the corona cri-
sis with the package of
Rs 20 lakh crores under
the Atmanirbhar India
campaign.”
“This campaign is a
historic step showing
PM Modi’s vision and
thinking,” he added.
Arjunram Meghwal
Improvement in Meghwal’s
health conditions, say docs
First India Bureau
Jaipur: There is an im-
provement in the health
of minister Master
Bhanwarlal Meghwal.
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot and Deputy CM
Sachin Pilot are in con-
stant touch with Dr
Trehan and his team.
Both the leaders also
talked to Meghwal’s
daughter Dr Banarasi
and inquired about the
minister’s health.
Other prominent per-
sonalities and leaders,
including Moti Dungri
Mahant Kailash Shar-
ma, former PCC Chief
Dr Chandrabhan, depu-
ty leader of the opposi-
tion Rajendra Rathore,
senior leader and MLA
P. Bhanwarlal Sharma,
MLAs Krishna Poonia,
Narendra Budania, JP
Chandelia, Prashant
Bairwa, Congress lead-
ers Dr. CS Baid, Rafif
Mandelia, Hamida Be-
gum and Rehan Riaz,
also asked for the well
being of Meghwal.
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SOME FREEDOM
BUT CHALLENGES
ABOUND
s predicted by this newspaper
lockdown 4.0 is here. If the num-
ber of Covid-19 cases continues
to rise the way they are doing,
lockdown 5.0 also cannot be
ruled out. For the last few days nearly 5000
cases are being reported everyday with Ma-
harashtra leading the table. The total num-
ber of positive cases is slowly inching to-
wards the 100,000 mark, going ahead of
China’s 90,927 infections. Even though the
recovery rate remains high and number of
deaths relatively low the Centre will bear
the numbers in mind before giving further
relaxations. For instance, if the number of
deaths crosses 5000 it will be a cause of
concern for the government as we would
have then overtaken China, the epicentre
of the pandemic. Lot will depend on how
we conduct ourselves once restaurants,
markets, malls, cinemas and parks reopen.
Breaking rules like social distancing, mask
wearing, as one saw when liquor shops
opened, and not washing hands with soap
could mean return of harsher restrictions.
Central government has allowed several re-
laxations including inter-state movement of
passenger vehicles with mutual consent of
states, intra-state and travel without e-permits
and opening of shops with staggered timings.
As “shops” have not been defined it will be for
the states to interpret which shops the rule will
apply to. Flights, metro and train services are
to remain shut along with schools, swimming
pools, gyms, hotels and restaurants. There was
something for e-commerce sites to cheer. Sale
of non-essential goods has been allowed with
orders that movement of cargo carrying trucks
were to ply unhindered.
States like Rajasthan and Gujarat issued
revised guidelines allowing barber shops,
salons and beauty parlours to open. In Del-
hi private taxi operators Uber and Ola were
permitted to resume services with specific
restrictions. Rajasthan also allowed res-
taurants to open but only for takeaways.
Shops in Khan Market, Karol Bagh and
Chandni Chowk are also scheduled to open
in the national capital from tomorrow.
Staggered timings apart, the shoppers have
to follow social distancing of six feet. It is
hard to imagine what Karol Bagh and Sa-
rojini Nagar markets (in case it is allowed
to open) would look like with the social dis-
tancing curb.
Uttar Pradesh has also not made any signifi-
cant changes to the earlier lockdown rules.
Maharashtra with the highest number of
positive cases and fatalities will rightly
provide no relaxations.
On May 12, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
had announced that lockdown 4.0 will have new
rules and will be “totally different” from the
previous three. “We cannot let our lives be con-
trolled by corona. We will have to live with it.
We will wear masks and maintain physical dis-
tancing but not give up on our dreams,” he said.
Lockdown 4.0 does offer hope provided we don’t
mess it up.
IN-DEPTH
A
n April, the In-
ternational La-
bor Organiza-
tion predicted
that 195 million
workers worldwide would
“suffer severely” in the sec-
ond quarter of this year,
owing to the economic fall-
out of the COVID-19 pan-
demic.Andmarketsremain
shaky, raising fears of a
recession more severe and
prolonged than that follow-
ing the 2008 financial crisis.
The stakes are high for eve-
ryone, but particularly for
women – and especially for
women in developing and
emerging economies.
A recession (or even de-
pression)wouldcausemore
than just economic losses.
The experience of the post-
2008 period suggests that
women’s advances will be
rolled back substantially,
even among those already
doing low-income work. In
that case, the gains will be
difficult, if not impossible,
to win back.
The COVID-19 crisis, like
the 2008 crisis, has revealed
features of globalization
that many take for granted
in normal times. When ad-
vanced economies like the
United States contract
sharply, their consumers
cut back on spending, and
demand for goods from ex-
port-oriented countries
plummets. Owing to the
pandemic, the low-wage
global garment industry is
facing what some manufac-
turers describe as an
“apocalyptic” situation.
Women make up over
three-quarters of the glob-
al garment workforce and
thus have the most to lose
from the downturn. Most
have long been subject to
poor working conditions,
which makes their situa-
tion even more precarious.
Since the 1970s, clothing
manufacturers in devel-
oped countries have off-
shored and outsourced
their productive capacity
to developing countries
with the lowest wages and,
by proxy, the weakest labor
standards. Along this glob-
al assembly line, employ-
ment is typically tempo-
rary, job-based, sub-con-
tracted, and insecure.
Nonetheless, while there
is rampant exploitation in
the industry, there are also
opportunities for women.
For many employed in the
garment sector, a job in a
clothing factory provides
an entry point to partici-
pate in the formal economy
– steady work for a stable
wage with tangible bene-
fits. Work in the sector
comes with the promise of
independence, skills devel-
opment, mobility, and a
better quality of life.
The COVID-19 crisis en-
dangersnotonlythesewom-
en’s jobs but also the poten-
tial for gender empower-
ment more broadly. In a re-
cent study of garment-sec-
tor workers in Kenya, Leso-
tho, Vietnam, Cambodia,
and Bangladesh, we found
that access to waged em-
ployment can broadly ad-
vance women’s prospects in
highly gender-unequal soci-
eties. The data show that
garment-sector employ-
ment for women has trans-
lated into broader improve-
ments in gender dynamics.
Among the countries con-
sidered,themostsignificant
shifts have occurred in fac-
tories where there have
been specific interventions
toimproveworkplacehealth
and safety, such as training
in manager-employee com-
munication.
The ripple effects from
women’s wage-earning in
manufacturing are evident
in household gender rela-
tions. Female study par-
ticipants demonstrated an
increased ability to lever-
age the material resources
that they contribute to en-
gage male partners more
effectively in decisions
about spending and other
household matters.
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eaders may recall that in ad-
dition to the excellent biog-
raphy of VP Menon: the Un-
sung Architect of Modern
India by his historian grand-
daughter Narayani Basu, we
have two excellent tomes by
Menon himself: Transfer of
Power and Integration of
Indian states. Together
these three books give us a
very comprehensive and
thorough account of the cru-
cial two and half years of
the Indian dominion (from
August 15th, 1947 to Janu-
ary 26th 1950) during which
times, the political land-
scape of India changed like
never before, and the 562
odd states in the Indian
princely order were inte-
grated into the Indian Union
without too many issues,
and with the exception of
J&K, Hyderabad, and Juna-
gadh, it could be called a
‘smooth succession’.
However in discussing the
story of the integration of In-
dian states in an earlier col-
umn, there was only a passing
reference the princely states
which acceded to Pakistan, and
here too the story of the failed
accession of Junagadh to Paki-
stan has been privileged over
the rest, for at the end of the
day, Junagadh remained with
India. As such this column will
be discussing the accession and
integration of princely states
of Pakistan from 1947-1955 and
is based mainly on the magiste-
rial work of Yaqoob Khan Ban-
gash in which he has referred
to hitherto, unused inaccessi-
ble primary sources to com-
plete the history of Pakistan.
The largest and the most
developed of the princely
states in Pakistan was Baha-
walpur, a seventeen gun sa-
lute state, with an area of
16,434 miles, a population of
about five lakhs, of which ap-
proximately ninety present
were Muslims. However,
with a contiguous border to
both India and Pakistan, it
could have theoretically ac-
ceded to either country and
in the first map of the Indian
Dominion. Bahawalpur was
put in the category of Punjab
states. However, as in the
case of several Indian princ-
es ( J&K, Bhopal, Hyderabad
and for some time Jodhpur),
the Ruler of Bahawalpur,
whose official title was Gen-
eral His Highness Nawab Sir
Sadiq Mohammad Khan Ab-
basi V, GCSI, GCSIE, KCVO,
too harboured the hope that
the lapse of paramountcy
meant Independence from
either dominion. On August
15th, 1947, he declared him-
self Amir and Jalalat –ul-
Mulk ala Hazrat, and ten
days later issued the follow-
ing statement: ‘ the states
have once again become fully
independent and sovereign
territories. These important
and far-reaching changes en-
able us to shape our own des-
tinies... In view of the geo-
graphical position of my
state and its cultural and
economic affinities with the
Pakistan Dominion, my rep-
resentatives should partici-
pate in the labours and delib-
erations of the Pakistan Con-
stituent Assembly... which
will enable the two states to
arrive at a satisfactory con-
stitutional arrangement ..’
Meanwhile, rumours were
afloat that Bahawalpur had se-
cret plans of a merger with In-
dia as the head of the Union of
Bahawalpur, Bikaner, and Jais-
almer. It may be mentioned
that during this period (July-
September 1947, the Ruler was
in England for long sojourns)
and when he returned, he
signed the Instrument of Ac-
cession on October 5, which
was drafted on much the same
lines as the one used by the
Ministry of States of India. In-
cidentally, the Political Depart-
ment of Pakistan (under Colo-
nel Shah, and Generals Iftikhar
and Ikramullah of the Paki-
stan Army) gave not so subtle
hints that independence was
out of the question.
Next, we come to Khair-
pur, a medium-sized state
with an area of 6,050 square
miles, a population of about
two lakhs, but as the Lahore
–Karachi railway track lay
in the state, its accession was
crucial to Pakistan Since
1944, the Ruler was in con-
finement in Poona for treat-
ment of ‘schizophrenic Sim-
ples’, and the minor George
Ali Murad Talpur was recog-
nized by the King-Emperor
as the heir apparent to the
Gaddi on July 24, 1947, and
even as he was holidaying in
Kashmir, Khairpur state cel-
ebrated its Independence on
August 15th, but in the fes-
tivities, there was no men-
tion of accession to Paki-
stan. As in the case of Baha-
walpur, after the initial
buster, the state accepted the
Instrument of Accession on
October 3, 1947.
In the next column, we shall
take up the very interesting
cases of the frontier states of
Chitral, Dir, Swat, Amb, Hunza
and Nagar, the frontier states
of Pakistan. The status of
these states was so obscure that
a report in the Kashmir Times
in its editorial piece on Febru-
ary 25 opined ‘we admit that
these states pay tribute to four
governments – British, Chi-
nese, Russian and Kashmiri
and situated as they are, derive
benefit from all of them!
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
PAKISTAN AND THE
PRINCELY ORDER
R
The largest and
the most
developed of the
princely states in
Pakistan was
Bahawalpur, a
seventeen gun
salute state, with
an area of 16,434
miles, a
population of
about five lakhs,
of which
approximately
ninety present
were Muslims.
However, with a
contiguous border
to both India and
Pakistan, it could
have theoretically
acceded to either
country and in
the first map of
the Indian
Dominion
MEANWHILE, RUMOURS
WERE AFLOAT THAT
BAHAWALPUR HAD
SECRET PLANS OF A
MERGER WITH INDIA AS
THE HEAD OF THE UNION
OF BAHAWALPUR,
BIKANER, AND
JAISALMER
The author is an IAS &
Director, Lal Bahadur
Shastri National Academy of
Administration Mussoorie
and Honorary Curator, Valley
of Words: Literature and Arts
Festival, Dehradun
DR SANJEEV
CHOPRA

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INDIAJAIPUR | TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2020
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh government on
Monday agreed to Con-
gress general secretary
Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra’s request to run
1,000 buses for migrant
labourers.
Additional Chief
Secretary (Home)
Avnish Awasthi wrote
to the personal secre-
tary of Gandhi inform-
ing her in this regard
and also sought details
of the 1,000 buses. Ear-
lier, the Congress lead-
er had requested Yogi
Adityanath to allow
the buses arranged by
her party, to enter the
State in order to take
migrant labourers to
their homes.
Gandhi took to Twit-
ter and posted a video
featuring buses queued
up in a row.
“Our buses are stand-
ing at the border. Thou-
sands of migrants and
labourers are walking
in the heat. Please give
permission CM Yogi
Adityanath ji, let us
help our brothers and
sisters,” Gandhi wrote.
In another tweet, she
wrote, “Respected
Chief Minister, I am re-
questing you, this is not
the time for politics.
Our buses are standing
on the border. Thou-
sands of labourers and
migrants, without eat-
ing anything, are walk-
ing towards their
homes. Let us help
them, give permission
to our buses.” —ANI
UPGOVTACCEPTSPRIYANKA’SPROPOSAL’The Congress General Secretary took to Twitter and posted a video featuring buses for migrants queued up in a row
‘Cong playing politics on migrant issue’
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh CM Yogi Adi-
tyanath has said that
he had sought the list
of 1,000 buses that
were being arranged
by the Congress to fer-
ry the migrant work-
ers but their leaders
did not provide him
with the same. “The
Congress should not
indulge in petty poli-
tics and that too, when
the nation is facing the
corona crisis,” he said.
The Chief Minister
said that he had earlier
sought a list of mi-
grant workers from the
various state govern-
ments but he had not
receive any so far.
He said that one of
the trucks involved in
Aurraiyya accident had
come from Punjab and
the other was from Ra-
jasthan. “What was the
Congress leadership
doing when money was
being taken from mi-
grant workers?” he
asked. — Agencies
Bengaluru: Karnataka
CM BS Yediyurappa
said that people from
Gujarat, Maharashtra,
Kerala and Tamil Nadu
will not be allowed in
the state till May 31.
“We have decided
not to allow entry of
people from Gujarat,
Maharashtra, Kerala
and Tamil Nadu till
May 31,” Yediyurappa
said after a meeting
with state ministers
and senior government
officers to discuss the
guidelines issued by
the Centre regarding
the fourth phase of na-
tionwide lockdown.
“State road transport
corporation buses in
Karnataka and private
buses will run. Strict
lockdown measures in
containment zones and
economic activities will
be permitted in other
areas. Sundays will be
total lockdown across
the state. Home quaran-
tine will be strength-
ened,” he added.
The Chief Minister
further said that all
shops will be allowed to
open and all trains run-
ning within the state
will be permitted.
The Centre extended
the ongoing COVID-19
induced nationwide
lockdown till May 31,
but with a set of new
relaxations. The Union
Home Ministry has
also given powers to
States/UTs demarcate
areas in Green, Orange
and Red zones, which
will allow them to start
activities except in con-
tainment zones. —ANI
K’taka bans entry
of people from Guj,
Maha, Kerala, TN
New Delhi: The Delhi
HC sought response of
accused-turned-approv-
er Rajiv Saxena on a
plea by the Enforce-
ment Directorate chal-
lenging the bail granted
to him in the Rs
3,600-crore VVIP chop-
per deal scam.
Justice C Hari
Shankar, who conduct-
ed the hearing through
video conferencing, is-
sued notice to Saxena
on ED’’s plea which
also sought revocation
of his approver status
on the ground that he
had undertaken to dis-
close all the facts relat-
ed to the offence but he
was not doing so.
The court listed the
matter for further hear-
ing on June 3.
The probe agency has
challenged the trial
court’’s order which re-
fused to cancel his bail
and revoke the approv-
er status given to him.
The Dubai-based
businessman was extra-
dited to India on Janu-
ary 31 last year in con-
nection with the Rs
3,600-crore scam case
relating to the purchase
of 12 VVIP helicopters
from AgustaWestland.
In its plea before the
trial court, the ED had
said that while seeking
pardon, Saxena said he
would make full disclo-
sure of the facts within
his knowledge. —ANI
HC seeks Saxena’s
reply on ED’s plea
to cancel bail
CHOPPER SCAM
MANALI-LEH HIGHWAY REOPENS
AFTER WINTER BREAK
Manali: Closed for over
five months due to heavy
snowfall, the Manali-Leh
highway was reopened
to motorists on Monday
with the completion of the
snow-clearing operations
amid the coronavirus pan-
demic, officials said. The
route is strategic for the
movement of the armed
forces and their supplies
and wares to the areas in
Ladakh. “Traffic between
Manali and Leh was
resumed. This time it was
reopened much earlier,”
a Border Roads Organ-
isation (BRO) official
said. The official further
added that the snow was
30-35 feet high in some
stretches close to the
Baralacha Pass, posing
a big challenge to those
clearing the snow.
GOM MEETS TO REVIEW
ECONOMIC PACKAGE
New Delhi: Meeting of group of ministers (GoM)
with the responsibility of monitoring Rs 21 lakh
crore special economic package took at the resi-
dence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. Union
Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman, Rural Development Minis-
ter Narendra Singh Tomar and Cabinet Minister
Smriti Irani among others attended the meeting.
Th GoM was held to review the announcement
of the economic revival package announced by
Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman.
9 EMPLOYEES OF OPPO
FACTORY IN NOIDA TEST +VE
Gautam Buddha Nagar: Nine employees of
OPPO mobile company factory in Greater Noida
have tested positive for COVID-19, said Gautam
Buddha Nagar District Magistrate Suhas LY on
Monday. “Medical Department has informed that
they have been told by OPPO company that they
have received reports of 1,200 people. Of them,
nine have tested positive for COVID-19, 8 from
our district and one from Ghaziabad,” Suhas told
reporters here. Operations at the factory have
also been suspended.
SENSEX PLUMMETS 1,068.75
POINTS; NIFTY TANKS 313.60 PTS
Mumbai: Equity bench-
mark Sensex crashed
1,069 points to close at
its lowest level in nearly
six weeks on Monday,
dragged mainly by heavy
selling in financial and
auto counters as the
government’s stimulus
package failed to live up
to market expectations.
Contrary to an overall
positive trend in world
markets, domestic
bourses ended sharply
lower as the Rs 20 lakh
crore economic package,
announced in five tranch-
es spread over as many
days, left investors disap-
pointed, besides worries
grew over the biggest
ever single-day spike in
the number of COVID-19
cases in the country,
informed the sources.
A large number of
migrant labourers
are waiting at Ramlila
Maidan in Ghaziabad
to go home. There is
no system from the
Uttar Pradesh gov-
ernment. If a proper
procedure to trans-
port them had been
established a month
ago, the labourers
would not have suf-
fered so much.
—Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra, Cong Gen Secy
New Delhi: Senior
Congress leader P Chi-
dambaram on Monday
expressed disappoint-
ment over the COV-
ID-19 economic pack-
age and requested the
Centre to announce a
revised and compre-
hensive fiscal stimu-
lus package of not less
than Rs 10 lakh crore.
“We express our
thorough disappoint-
ment and request the
government to recon-
sider the stimulus
package and an-
nounce a revised and
comprehensive fiscal
stimulus package of
not less than Rs 10
lakh crore of real Ad-
ditional Expenditure
equivalents to 10 per
cent of GDP,” he said.
Chidambaram, a
former Finance Minis-
ter, stated that there
can be no fiscal stimu-
lus to the economy
without Additional
Expenditure over and
above the Budgeted
Expenditure. “The
true value of the pack-
age will be known
when we know what is
the additional borr ow-
ing in 2020-21.” —ANI
‘Announceanpackageof `10lakhcr’
It is condemnable, entire case is false,
even if you have to identify them you
can call them for investigation.This
is to put fear in the minds of the students that
they will put you in custody. If this is the
state of the mind, it is incompatible with de-
mocracy. —P Chidambaram, Sr Cong Leader
UP CM Yogi Adityanath holds a meeting to review the situation arisen due to COVID-19 in Lucknow.
New Delhi: Taxis and
cabs will be allowed to
operate with two pas-
sengers at a time in the
national capital amid
the Lockdown 4.0, said
Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal. “Tax-
is and cabs will be al-
lowed but only two pas-
sengers at a time in a
car,” said Kejriwal in a
press conference. He
said that hotels, gymna-
sium, swimming pool,
entertainment parks
and auditorium, and
places of worship will
remain closed.
Moreover, social, po-
litical, sports, cultural
and religious gathering
will not be allowed.
The National Disas-
ter Management Au-
thority (NDMA) asked
Ministries/Depart-
ments of the GoI, State
Governments and State
Authorities to continue
the lockdown measures
up to May 31. —ANI
‘Cabswilloperatewith2passengers’
Mumbai: The Indian
Navy’s indigenously-
made PPE kit, ‘NavRak-
shak’, made for enhanc-
ing comforts of the
health workers under
Indian conditions, is
helping fight the war
against Covid-19 in a
better and effective
manner, officials said
here on Monday.
It was made by a doc-
tor who can understand
the agony of his frater-
nity wearing a multi-
layered coverall PPE
while treating patients
for upto 12 hours in hot
and humid conditions.
The ‘’NavRakshak’’
with an innovative
‘breathable’ fabric ma-
terial, has brought new
hopes to the medical
world and healthcare
professionals from
whose perspective it
has been designed.
“When it comes to
PPE, everyone is con-
cerned only about the
water, blood, body fluid
resistant levels of the
materialusedinmaking
PPE but the comfort and
breathability of such
PPE is something few
have paid attention to.
“This PPE is made by
a doctor, keeping in
mind a doctor’s pain,”
saidSurgeonLieutenant
Commander Arnab
Ghosh from Naval Medi-
cal Specialist of Innova-
tion Cell, Institute of
NavalMedicineinMum-
bai. Navrakshak-which
translates to a “novel
protector”, has two dis-
tinctive factors; optimal
protectiveness and opti-
mal breathability. —ANI
Navy’s ‘breathable’ PPE kit
Ghaziabad: Thousands of
migrant workers gathered
at Ramlila Ground for
registering themselves for
the three Shramik special
trains, which will leave
for different parts of Uttar
Pradesh later in the day.
The migrants here were
seen flocking the ground,
flouting social distancing
norms. Some of them were
seen without masks as
well. Meanwhile, the total
number of COVID-19 cases
in UP stand at 4,259.—ANI
THOUSANDS OF
MIGRANTS FLOCK
GHAZIABAD’S
RAMLILA GROUND
Rlys earns 76 cr from sale of 2.05L tickets
New Delhi: The Indian
Railways, which start-
ed bookings for 15 pairs
of Special Rajdhani Ex-
press, has earned Rs
76.22 crore from the
sale of 2.05 lakh tickets
in a week, officials said
on Monday.
On May 10, the na-
tional transporter had
announced the running
of Rajdhani trains from
May 12 and started tick-
et bookings a day later.
The officials said
tickets for 3.80 lakh pas-
sengers were booked in
a week’’s time.
On Monday, over
26,830 passengers will
travel by Special Rajd-
hani Express trains, as
against 30,039 passen-
gers on Sunday.
The railways has sus-
pended passenger, mail
and express train ser-
vices since March 25
amid the nationwide
lockdown to combat the
spread of coronavirus.
Gwalior: A fire
broke out in a house
on Roshni Ghar
Road near Inder-
ganj intersection.
The fire spread so
fast in the color and
other chemical in
the lower part of
the house that the
families living in
the upper floor of
the house were sur-
rounded by it. The
house is described
of Hariom Goyal of
the famous Rang-
wala House family
of the city. One by
one the fire brigade
trains ran to extin-
guish the fire. The
trains started
throwing water on
the fire as well as
the rescue opera-
tion with the help
of the police. Amid
the screaming, it
was found that
many people in-
cluding the family
and children of the
family were trapped
inside the house but
by the time they
were rescued they
were badly burnt.
7 of family
charred to
death in
house fire

INDIAJAIPUR | TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2020
WILL PROF JOSHI BE NEXT
CHAIRMAN OF UPSC?
If govt goes by the seniority then Prof Pradeep
Kumar Joshi will be appointed next Chairman of
UPSC in June this year. Presently, he is the senior
most Member in the Commission.
MAJOR JOINING AT BOARD LEVEL
IN VARIOUS PSUS IN JUNE
Around one dozen officials are due to join various
Boards in Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) at
Director and CMD levels on June 1, 2020.
1997 BATCH OFFICER FROM
UTTARKHAND, DR BHUPINDER
AULAKH QUITS IAS
A 1997 batch officer of Uttarakhand cadre,
Dr Bhupinder Kaur Aulakh has resigned from
Indian Administrative Service (IAS) with effect
from May 15, 2020.
TOP DEFENCE PROMOTIONS
MAY BE HELD UP
Whispers are in that the selection for top
defence promotions could be held up due to
COVID-19 situation for the next four months.
ANURAG JAIN IS SECOND IAS
OFFICER FROM MP TO BE VC, DDA
Anurag Jain, who has been appointed as Vice
Chairman, Delhi Development Authority (DDA),
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, is whis-
pered to be second IAS officer from Madhya
Pradesh after MN Buch to serve this post.
DEPUTATION TENURE OF
SHASHANK ANAND TO UT
CHANDIGARH ENDING SOON
Three-year deputation of Shashank Anand to
Union Territory of Chandigarh on inter cadre is
ending soon. He is a 2006 batch IPS officer of
Haryana cadre.
BBB MAY SOON ADVERTISE FOR POST
OF MD & CEO OF UNION BANK OF INDIA
Whispers are in that the Bank’s Board Bureau is
to soon advertise for the post of MD & CEO of
Union Bank of India as the incumbent Rajkiran
Rai G’s tenure is ending on June 30,2020.
VACANCY OF CMD, REC
ARISING ON JUNE 1
A vacancy of Chairman-cum-Managing Direc-
tor, Rural Electrification Corporation (REC)
is arising with the present incumbent Ajeet
Kumar Agarwal retiring on May 31. The Public
Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has with-
held the selection process to find his succes-
sor, due to COVID-19.
DIRECTOR (TECH) OR ADDL
SECRETARY LEVEL OFFICER LIKELY
TO GET CHARGE OF CMD, REC
Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, Director Technical, REC or
Additional Secretary level officer in Government of
India is expected to get an additional charge of Chair-
man-cum-Managing Director, Rural Electrification
Corporation (REC) till the joining of fulltime CMD.
ARUN KUMAR AGRAWAL TO JOIN AS
DIRECTOR (FIN), REC ON JUNE 1
Arun Kumar Agrawal, GM, MECON, will be taking
over the charge as Director (Technical) in MECON
Limited on June 1, 2020.
ZUBAIR IQBAL ALSO GOVT NOMINEE
NOW ON J&K BANK BOARD
The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has ap-
pointed Zubair Iqbal, Former Senior Vice President,
HDFC Bank as a Government Nominee Director
on the Board of Bank for a period of three years,
informed a few reliable sources from the organisa-
tion. The Board of Directors of the Bank have also
approved the appointment of Zubair Iqbal as Man-
aging Director of the Bank subject to the Reserve
Bank of India’s approval.
POWERGallery
Raj opens...
The ban on gutakha and
cigarette shops will con-
tinue while hotels and
other hospitality ser-
vices, except those
meant for housing
health/police/govern-
ment officials/health-
care workers, stranded
persons including tour-
ists and for quarantine
facilities, will remain
closed.
The Centre had on
Sunday extended lock-
down till May 31. Under
the new guidelines,
states and UTs will now
delineate red, green and
orangezonestakinginto
consideration the pa-
rameters shared by the
Health Ministry. The
zones can be a district,
or a municipal corpora-
tion/ municipality or
even smaller adminis-
trative units such as
sub-divisions. —ANI
‘Modi’s popularity...
like asking people to
stand in their doorways
and clap at a certain
time, or to light candles
at another, have been
followed by millions.
PM Modi never down-
played the virus threat
or said India had capa-
bilities it didn’t, this
workedinfavourof him,
the NYT report said.
Analysts say Modi
has worked well with
state-level officials
across India, regardless
of ideology. —Agency Inputs
Can’t dilute...
“Under the new guide-
lineseffectivefromtoday,
States and UTs would
now delineate the Red,
OrangeandGreenzones,
taking into consider-
ation the revised guide-
lines issued by Ministry
of Health and Family
WelfareonMay17,2020,”
the release said.
“Inside the red/or-
ange zones, contain-
ment and buffer zones
would be identified by
the local authorities,
based on local level
technical inputs and
health ministry guide-
lines,” it added. It said
that within the contain-
ment zones, the strict
perimeter would be
maintained as earlier
and only essential activ-
ities would be allowed.
“Limited activities
would continue to be
prohibited throughout
the country. All other
activities would be per-
mitted except the ones
that are specifically
prohibited under MHA
guidelines. They may
prohibit certain other
activities or impose re-
strictions as deemed
necessary on the basis
of the ground-level
analysis of the situa-
tion,” the release said.
It said that the States
and UTs must take into
consideration the
benchmark or thresh-
olds indicated in the
revised guidelines is-
sued by the Ministry of
Health and Family Wel-
fare while delineating
zones at the local level.
Union Home Secre-
tary Ajay Bhalla has
also written to Chief
Secretaries of all States
and Union Territories
(UTs) asking them to en-
sure the compliance of
new guidelines issued
for the extended lock-
downandalsoreiterated
not to dilute the guide-
lines. —ANI
India with...
that has killed over
310,000 people and in-
fected nearly 4.7 million
besides wrecking the
global economy.
A draft resolution
pushed by the 27-nation
European Union and
supported by a large
number of countries
for deliberations at the
WHA called for a step-
wise process of impar-
tial, independent and
comprehensive evalua-
tion of the WHO-coordi-
nated international re-
sponse to COVID-19.
It, however, did not
mention China. The
coronavirus pandemic
wasfirstreportedinWu-
han, a port city in China
in December last year.
Since then, it has spread
to over 180 countries.
The resolution
sought scientific and
collaborative field mis-
sions to trace the origin
of the coronavirus, say-
ing such an exercise
will enable targeted in-
terventions and a re-
search agenda to reduce
the risk of similar
events in future.
It also called for con-
tinuing to work closely
withtheWorldOrganisa-
tion for Animal Health,
theFoodandAgriculture
Organization of the UN
and other countries as
part of the “one-health
approach to identify the
zoonotic source of the
virus and the route of
introduction to the hu-
man population.
The resolution says
possible role of inter-
mediate hosts should
also be evaluated. It has
been uploaded on the
website of the WHO.
Besides India, the
countries which sup-
ported the draft resolu-
tion included Australia,
Bangladesh, Belarus,
Bhutan, Brazil, Canada,
Chile, Colombia, Dji-
bouti, Dominican Re-
public, Ecuador, El Sal-
vador, Guatemala, Guy-
ana, Iceland, Indonesia,
Japan etc. —ANI
FROM PG 1
New Delhi: Naval
fighter jets such as the
MiG-29K can fly with
the Indian Air Force
in different sectors
when they are not de-
ployed at sea, Indian
Air Force Chief RKS
Bhadauria said on
Monday. “Of course. It
is not just a possibili-
ty, it has always been a
part of the process
that if the naval fight-
ers are not deployed at
sea, then, they would
be deployed with other
air force elements for
undertaking tasks,”
he told ANI in an in-
terview.
The Chief, Bhadau-
ria was asked about the
possibility of using na-
val fighter aircraft in
the western sector or
northern border. He
added that: The CDS
has already spoken on
the issue and all assets
will be integrated to
achieve our aim.” —ANI
‘Naval fighter jets can fly with Air Force’
MiG-29K can fly in different sectors when they are not deployed at sea IAF Chief RKS Bhadauria said
New Delhi: The ICMR-
released a revised Cov-
id-19 testing strategy,
which included testing
of all symptomatic in-
fluenza like illness
(ILI) among returnees
and migrants within 7
days of illness.
According to new
strategy, no emergency
procedure should be de-
layed for lack of test.
But the sample can be
sent for testing simulta-
neously if the person
showed symptoms pre-
scribed in the guideline.
Frontline workers in-
volved in containment
and mitigation of Cov-
id-19 will also be tested.
Beside the earlier cat-
egories of individuals
fitting the testing crite-
ria, ICMR said asymp-
tomatic direct contacts
of confirmed cases be
tested once between day
5 and day 10 of coming
into contact.
“All hospitalised pa-
tients who develop ILI
symptoms, symptomat-
ic individuals with his-
tory of international
travel in the last 14 days,
symptomatic contacts
of laboratory con-
firmed cases, sympto-
matic healthcare work-
ers, patients of SARI,
ILI in hotspots &con-
tainment zones to be
tested for Covid-19,” the
ICMR said. —ANI
ICMR’s revised testing schemeMeghalaya
becomes 5th
NE state to be
Covid-free
Shillong: Meghalaya
on Monday became
the 5th Covid-19-free
state out of the eight
northeastern states
as its lone corona pa-
tient, a woman, re-
covered from the
dreaded disease,
Chief Minister Con-
rad K. Sangma said.
With Sikkim and
Nagaland have not re-
ported any cases, two
other northeastern
states - Arunachal
PradeshandMizoram
- currently have no ac-
tive cases as two pa-
tients, one in each
state, have recovered
and been discharged
from the hospitals.
Covid-19 cases are,
however, rising in the
other three NE states
- Tripura, Assam and
Manipur. Currently,
Tripuraleadsthetally
with 167 cases, among
which80areactive,fol-
lowed by Assam with
104 and Manipur with
seven cases, of which
five are active.—ANI
COVID -19 UPDATE No emergency procedure should be delayed for lack of test, say experts
New Delhi: The dates
for the remaining Cen-
tral Board of Secondary
Education (CBSE) Class
10 and Class 12 board
examinations have
been announced on
Monday. As per the lat-
est notification, the ex-
ams will be held be-
tween 1 July and 15 July.
CBSE was unable to
hold exams for Class 10
and Class 12 due to nov-
el the coronavirus and
the lockdown to stop the
spread of the disease.
In Northeast Delhi,
exams for English (elec-
tive and core), Physics,
Accountancy, Chemis-
try, Mathematics, Eco-
nomics, History, Biolo-
gy and Political Science
will be conducted too.
The exams were post-
poned due to violence in
February.
“On July 10, exams
will be conducted for
both courses of Hindi,
and on July 15 for both
courses of English,”
CBSE Controller of Ex-
amination Sanyam
Bhardwaj said. —PTI
CBSE releases datesheet
for pending Board exams
BJP Prez accuses oppn
of silencing dissent
New Delhi: Without
naming any party, BJP
President JP Nadda hit
out at “opposition-ruled
states” claiming that
BJP workers who have
been critical over the
handling of COVID-19
outbreakonsocialmedia
have been targeted.”In
last few days, it has
been observed that in
opposition-ruled states,
state machinery has
been used unfairly to
target BJP workers &
independent voices on
social media, critical of
local govt’’s handling of
Covid. In a vibrant de-
mocracy, this is unac-
ceptable,” he tweeted.
New Delhi: TikTok
star Faizal Siddiqui, , is
in hot water for a dis-
turbing video in which
he enacts an acid at-
tack. The National
Commission for Women
(NCW) has demanded
that action be taken
against him, after a vid-
eo of himself throwing
‘acid’ on the face of the
woman who left him for
another man surfaced
online. It is not known
when the video was
originally shared.
“@NCWIndia has
written to @DGPMaha-
rashtra Shri. Subodh
Kumar Jaiswal to take
action against #Faizal-
Siddiqui for the video
he posted that promotes
a grievous crimes of
#acidattack on social
media using @TikTok_
IN App. @CyberDost @
MahaCyber1,”theNCW
tweeted. —Agencies
TikTok star
‘glorifies’ acid
attack, NCW to
take action
Medical teams conducting thermal screening in Dehradoon.
JP Nadda
‘IAF TO ACQUIRE 450 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT’
NEW BEGINNINGS...
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray takes oath as a Member of Legislative
Council in Mumbai on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi: Uttar
Pradesh government
has given approval to
nearly 800 Shramik spe-
cial trains for migrants
labourers while West
Bengal government has
given nod to only 19
trains so far, Railway
Ministry sources said,
noting that “states
blocking trains” was
harming migrants.
“ U n f o r t u n a t e l y,
many states are not giv-
ing approvals for trains
carrying their own mi-
grants, resulting in mi-
grants being forced to
walk on roads or travel
through unsafe vehicles
like trucks etc. and vio-
lating social distancing.
Only UP has been able
to give as many approv-
als as required, result-
ing in nearly 800 trains
being approved for the
state. A large migrant
state like West Bengal
has approved only 19
trains till date,” a
source said. The sourc-
es said even Bihar is not
allowing more than 50
trains per day while the
requirement is of 200
trains per day.
They said that other
migrant-heavy states
have approved very less
trains - Chhattisgarh
only 19 trains, Ra-
jasthan only 33 trains
and Jharkhand only 72
trains. —ANI
‘800 Shramik trains for UP’
Stranded migrants board a
special train from Bhopal.

The only states
that observed a
significant decrease
of population – Face-
book users served as
a proxy – are Chandi-
garh, Goa and the
Delhi NCR. Delhi has
high level of commut-
ing, and cities in gen-
eral lost 7% of their
users, which would
represent around one
million individuals.
The map present-
ing the difference of
population reveals a
clear structure: cities
are losing population,
while rural areas are
gaining some. This is
confirmed by graphs
3 and 4: rural popula-
tion increased by 7%
while cities lost be-
tween 4% and 11% ac-
cording to their typol-
ogy – from metropolis
to small census
towns. As revealed by
the following map,
neighbouring coun-
tries seem to exhibit
the same pattern,
with cities losing a
significant share of
their population.
Bangladesh being ar-
chetypal.
Our data suggest
that prior to the lock-
down, cities are at the
centre of significant
population shifts dur-
ing the day from
neighbouring areas.
Because of the lock-
down, millions of in-
dividuals no longer
commute to them. In
that context, the pop-
ulation increase in
the rural areas sur-
rounding cities is the
result of the abrupt
stop of daily move-
ments toward city
centres.
However, some ar-
eas concentrate
cluster of localities
experimenting unu-
sual incoming flows
during this crisis:
this is the case in
West Rajasthan,
South India –around
Bangalore, Chennai
and Madurai, the
mountains located in
the North of Delhi
and Odisha.
Long-distance relo-
cation of individuals
explain the exception-
al increase in incom-
ing mobilities from
Delhi to the moun-
tains in North India.
In Rajasthan and Odi-
sha, they are the re-
sult of local adjust-
ment of residence
mainly toward re-
mote villages. In
South India, an exo-
dus from cities also
occurred, but was
limited to the state
level. Notably, some
Bangalore and Chen-
nai residents rushed
to distant and small
localities and migrant
workers went back to
their place of origin.
Our analysis sug-
gests that up to the
end of March, there
was no significant in-
crease of population
in the poorest states,
such as Bihar,
Jharkhand or Uttar
Pradesh, a source of
migrant workers.
Their mobility has
been severely con-
strained and delayed
by the lockdown: rail-
ways and buses
stopped, and inter-
state police road-
blocks were in place.
An exception is Uttar
Pradesh, which has
its border within the
Delhi metropolitan
region across the Ya-
muna River. We might
be able to better see
this return migration
pattern in the coming
weeks.
TALKING POINTJAIPUR | TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2020
SHIFT IN INDIA’S URBAN-RURAL
DEMOGRAPHIC POST LOCKDOWNMovement to most
cities has reduced and
number of people in the
suburbs has increased
T
he reduction in the number of
individuals commuting and
travelling have without a doubt
decreased the propagation of
the coronavirus, as indicated by recent
research. However, several articles un-
derline the necessity to take into account
urban and regional mobilities to better
understand the emergence of infectious
diseases in particular territories. The
difficulty for the research community in
considering such data contributes to the
vulnerability of societies, notably in
countries like India. However, prelimi-
nary results from ongoing research using
social network data could be a first step
to change this.
Economic development in India has
led to the development of significant in-
tra- and inter-regional mobilities. In ad-
dition to workers of the unorganised sec-
tors who are currently stranded due to
the nationwide lockdown, metropolitan
regions of India are at the centre of ma-
jor daily flows that have significant con-
sequences on pathogens diffusion such
as dengue and Covid-19.
At national level,
the data reveals
that the number of in-
dividuals who changed
locations between the
eight-hour gap de-
creased massively af-
ter the lockdown.
This global pattern
hides a more complex
one at the state level.
The mobility of indi-
viduals shrank by al-
most 90 per cent in
Delhi National Capital
Region, while in other
states, it fell by only 40
per cent.
Overall, the number
of users per state does
not change signifi-
cantly, as indicated in
figure 3.
CITIES LOSE POPULATION
DECREASE IN COMMUTING POINTING UP THE NEXT CLUSTERS
UNUSUAL INCOMING MOBILITIES
This first explora-
tion of Face-
book’s Data for the
Good platform in In-
dia reveals that the
lockdown was clearly
effective in reducing
mobility. While cities
are losing daily com-
muters, some long-
distance mobility was
detected, particularly
during the first week,
as other research sug-
gest. These move-
ments could point out
the next Covid-19
clusters to come.
A future collabora-
tion based on an on-
going project between
the Centre National
de la Recherche Sci-
entifique, Institut
Pasteur, India’s Cent-
er for Policy Research
and UK Liverpool
University will help
to define if the lock-
down impacted the
pandemic curve and
the spatial diffusion
of Covid-19.
Our preliminary
results show how us-
ing real-time social-
network data on pop-
ulation movements
can help to under-
stand how the virus
spread on local and
regional levels. These
in turn can point us
toward what confine-
ment strategies will
have the most im-
pacts on virus diffu-
sion, and thus reduce
significant humani-
tarian effects and so-
cial and economic im-
pacts caused by a to-
tal lockdown of popu-
lation.
FACEBOOK DATA
To better understand mobil-
ity patterns during this pe-
riod, we accessed Facebook mo-
bile users’ data provided
through the company’s Data for
Good platform. Keeping in mind
the potential digital divide, we
aimed to observe the changes
induced by lockdown on mobil-
ity patterns of more than 28
million users – approximately
3% of the total population 18
and over.
With the most up-to-date in-
formation, this data helps us
understand dynamically
where the people are. Meas-
ured every eight hours – 12 am,
8 am, and 4 pm GMT – it pro-
vides a grid with the number
of persons who moved from a
given cell to another between
two time periods.
The mode of detection is pas-
sive, fully anonymised and no
individually-identifiable infor-
mation is provided. For our pur-
pose, we combined it with data
from the 2011 census of India
since it constitutes a solid basis
to add further socio-demograph-
ic insights.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION CONCEPT: DIVYA HEMNANI DESIGN: ABHISHEK GUPTA
Changes in population.
Evolution of Facebook population between the March 19 and
30 per category of area.
Evolution of population per states between the March 19 and 30.
Source O TelleS BenkimounFacebook Data for Good
Number of individuals changing location each day and time.
Decrease of individuals between March 19 and 30.
Unusual mobility movements
during and after the lockdown
in comparison with mobilities
detected before.
Migrant workers, who were stranded in the western
state of Rajasthan due to the lockdown, look out
from a train upon their arrival in their home state of
eastern West Bengal. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

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live your life to the fullest. Don’t
waste it by living in half
measures, it is not worth it. All or Nothing
is the Mantra!
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2NDFRONTPOSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Once bitten, twice Shy? Not with these Congressmen!
Kartikey Dev Singh
Jaipur: Nearly 60 days have
passed since lockdown was
enforced and in the period a
lot has come to pass. With
the threat of Covid-19
looming large, politicians
have taken a step back
from dividing the society
along vote lines and oppo-
sition parties are seen
working together to fight
off Corona. While every-
thing appears ‘hunky-do-
ry’ on the outside, within
the party in power, how-
ever, is a different story
altogether since a few
Congressmen from Ra-
jasthan are playing their
own brand of politics in
the centre! One that is not
in the best interest of party
orgovernmentinRajasthan.
Sample this: A handful
of Congress MLAs have
suddenly become active in
the Delhi political circle
even as lockdown has
brought a halt on political
activities. Their ‘dream’ :
to corner their own gov-
ernment. Well as with any
story, their story also has a
history and let us give you a
quick flashback. These
handful of men had tried
to corner the government
in the past also, however
then they had miserably
failed. But once again
they have risen with a new
enthusiasm, probably
triggered by an ‘incident’
which was not in favor of
the grand-old party!
Although the men might
betryingtheirlevelbest,but
one truth stares back at
them in the face, which, in-
cidentally,theyareunableto
comprehend. These MLAs,
who come from the the
disgruntled lot of Cong-
MLAs, number less than
a dozen, while the ‘party’
they are contacting need
resignation of at least 24
MLAs, since Gehlot gov-
ernment has support of
122 MLAs. Hence this
‘camp’ is unable to get
proper response in Delhi.
Interestingly, a BJP lead-
er who is keeping a close
watch on the entire devel-
opment has observed that
this is not the right to time
to indulge in politics since
the entire nation is suffer-
ing under Corona and the
party high command is fo-
cussed in fighting it off.
This has resulted in the
‘vidhayakji’ to impose a
‘lockdown’ on themselves.
On the other hand, the Con-
gress high command is re-
portedly miffed at these de-
velopments and has initiat-
ed secret investigation
againstthe‘camp’andif the
truth is found, some MLAs
willfacedisciplinaryaction!
Interestingly, this ‘devel-
opment’ raises a pertinent
question: if Rajasthan is
also headed its neighbour’s
way? Word is that the basic
design of these ‘handful’ of
men is to create defections
among the MLAs with a
view to get them to cross-
vote during the RS poll
which is likely to occur
around 15th June. The ‘min-
imum design’ is to get cross
voting done of atleast 5-6
MLAs just to bring the Ge-
hlotgovernmentonbackfoot
and to embarrass the Chief
Minister in front of the Con-
gress high-command.
.. But, in Jaipur ground
realities are absolutely
different and a likely
success rate of their de-
sign is very low, owing to
a vigil and sharp ‘politi-
cian’ being at helm at the
state capital.
AHMED PATEL
@ahmedpatel
Exactly 46 years ago, a
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India became the first
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5 permanent UNSC
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nuclear test. Our tributes
to the leadership of our
scientists,military offic-
ers and Indiraji for this
feat.
GEHLOT GETS GOVERNMENT
MOVING AFTER A 7 WEEK LULL
‘Expatriates must be
housed for 14 days’
‘Locust attack may affect
more Raj districts this year’
l Approves formation of Census
coordination committees
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot has approved for-
mation of census coor-
dination committees
at the district, tehsil
and gram panchayat
levels in the state on
Monday. Gehlot has
also approved the pro-
posal to include non-
government members
in these committees.
The committees, formed
undertheDistrictCollec-
tor, who is also the Chief
Census Officer, will also
includeDistrictSP,Chief
ExecutiveOfficerof Zilla
Parishad, District Forest
Officer, Joint Director /
Chief DistrictEducation
Officer, Chief Census Of-
ficer (Commissioner) /
Municipal Census Offic-
er, Dy Director (ICDS),
CMHO, Dy District Cen-
sus Officer as member.
Moreover the tehsil /
Municipal Census Coor-
dinationCommitteecon-
stituted under the chair-
manship of subdivision
officer will include Dy
SP, Block Chief Medical
Officer, Development Of-
ficer, Block Statistics Of-
ficer,Chief BlockEduca-
tion Officer as Member
and Tehsil / Municipal
Census Officer as Mem-
ber Secretary.
In the Gram Panchay-
at level, census commit-
tee will be constituted
under chairmanship of
Sarpanch, Anganwadi
workers, ANM, Princi-
pal/Principalof school,
Village Development Of-
ficer will be member
and Patwari will be
member secretary. All
these temporary com-
mittees will continue
to function till the end
of census -2021.
In another decision,
Gehlot has provided
travelling relief to Ra-
jasthan born soldiers.
Gehlot has announced
that soldiers of Ra-
jasthan origin who
have been awarded the
Shaurya Chakra of the
Armed Forces will get
free travel facility in
roadways buses. Keep-
inginviewtheindomita-
ble courage, dedication
and sacrifice of these
soldiers, CM Gehlot has
approved this proposal.
With this, 770 jawans
of Rajasthan origin,
who have been award-
edtheShauryaChakra
of the Armed Forces,
will get free travel fa-
cility in all classes of
roadways buses.
Meanwhile, Gehlot
said on Monday that
Homoeopathic and
Unani medical officers
will also get 36 months
of higher study leave
in the state, just like
Ayurveda physicians.
CM Gehlot has approved
amendment in Rule 112
of Rajasthan Service
Rules-1951 for this.
Meanwhile on Mon-
day, CM tweeted, “For-
mer Finance Minister P
Chidambaramji’sanaly-
sis is most apt that the
relief package an-
nouncedbyCentralGovt
has given no relief to the
sections badly affected:
the poor people, migrant
workers, farmers, land-
less agriculture labour,
daily wagers & the desti-
tute,” adding, “As Chid-
ambaram ji requests,
Govt should announce a
realfiscalstimuluspack-
age to support poor and
margnalised, those most
hitbylockdown.Also,al-
lowing states to borrow
but with a number of
conditions defeats the
very purpose of it.”
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Health Min-
ister Dr Raghu
Sharma is in the
middle of handling
the migrant work-
ers’ infection spread
crisis and now he
has another task in
the form of Ra-
jasthani expatriates
coming back. Dr
Sharma said that the
central govt has se-
lected 5 airports in the
state for their arrival
namely Jaipur, Jodh-
pur, Bikaner, Udaipur
and Jaisalmer.
He said, as per the
guidelines, the ex-
patriates will be
quarantined in the
city of arrival for 14
days. State govt has
arranged for hotels
for their comforta-
ble stay. He said that
the quarantine period
increases the chances
of a person to convert
to negative from be-
ing a corona positive.
He informed that soon
the students, tourists,
workers and other Ra-
jasthani stranded
abroad will start com-
ing. They would be
first checked medi-
cally and then their
status of home/in-
stitutional quaran-
tine or corona care
center stay will be
decided. Dr Sharma
said that the health,
police and adminis-
trative personnel
were making all-out
efforts to set up quar-
antine, corona dedi-
cated hospitals and
corona care centers.
Dr Sharma agreed
to the fact that the
number of positive
cases have increased
with arrival of na-
tives from other
states and also asked
people to get used to
living with Corona
by following all the
precautions. He also
informed about the
free of cost Indira
Priydarshini baby kit
(IPB) which was for-
mally inaugurated by
CM Gehlot as part of
the budget announce-
ments. On the side-
lines, Health Minister
also distributed Ayur-
vedic Ashvagandha-
Giloy herbal powder
with an aim to boost
the immunity of peo-
ple without any side
effects. So far it has
been distributed to 20
lakh people including
4 lakh corona infected
and their families.
CM Ashok Gehlot kickstarted Indira Priyadarshani Baby kit distribution programme on Monday from
Chief Minister’s residence. CM Gehlot handed over the pink coloured kits to newborn girls of Sonam
and Meenakshi who had come from Janana Hospital, Jaipur. On the occasion, Medical and Health
Minister Dr Raghu Sharma, MoS for Medical and Health Dr Subhash Garg, ACS Health Rohit Kumar
Singh and MD of National Health Mission Naresh Kumar Thakral among others were present.
Jaipur: Locust out-
breaks may affect
more Rajasthan dis-
tricts adjoining Paki-
stan this year as com-
pared to the previous
one, officials said on
Monday. The Rajasthan
governmenthasmadean
emergency plan to deal
with it and preparations
are being made to spray
insecticides from drones
in remote inaccessible
areasforeffectivecontrol
measures, they said.
State Agriculture
Minister Lalchand
Kataria on Monday
reviewed locust con-
trol, kharif procure-
ment process and
Prime Minister’s Crop
Insurance Scheme
with officials.Kataria
said the Food and Agri-
culture Organization of
the United Nations has
warned of a large scale
locust outbreak this
year and the impact will
be 2-3 times higher that
the previous year. He
said locust swarms are
expected to reach other
districts besides the 12
affected last year.
Describing the locust
outbreak as a major
challenge during the
coronavirus pandemic,
he directed the official
to work in cooperation
with farmers to control
it effectively.
Principal Govern-
ment Secretary Nar-
esh Pal Gangwar said
12 districts of the
state were affected by
locusts last year. This
time a contingency
plan has already been
prepared, Gangwar
said. He said drones
will be used for spray-
ing insecticides for lo-
cust control where it is
difficult to reach with
vehicles. For this, the
tender process will be
completed soon, he of-
ficial added.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Tourism Min-
ister Vishvendra Sin-
gh has once again
stirred the beehive
with his tweets and
state BJP chief Satish
Poonia didn’t lose time
to create some smoke
to send the bees ‘buzz-
ing’. It all started with
Finance Minister Nir-
mala Sitaraman react-
ing to PM Modi’s tweet
on stimulus package for
self reliant India where-
in Sitaraman, predicta-
bly,endorsedPM’stweet.
It was here that twitter
‘extrovert’ Vishvendra
jumped in and said
that a self reliant In-
dia will be no. one in
world and Rajasthan
will also support it. He
added that if this hap-
pens then Rajasthan
tourism too will re-
sume with a big budg-
et. This was a God sent
political opportunity for
vigilant Satish Poonia
who tweeted back to Sin-
gh saying if all elected
representatives also join
the campaign with the
feeling of ‘Nation First’
then PM’s self reliant
India campaign will be
successful which will re-
instate India to its posi-
tion of ‘Vishwa Guru’ to
lead the world.
This tweet by Poon-
ia had Vishvendra
take the field again by
tweeting that he and
his ancestors have
been devoted to a self
reliant India always
and his ancestors, the
then rulers of Bharat-
pur kingdom, had ac-
ceded their kingdom
at single call of Sardar
Vallabh Bhai Patel for
a unified India. Wheth-
erVishvendragavePatel
referencedeliberatelyor
was a coincidence but it
has political pundits
reading between the
lines.Thistwitterbuzzis
sure to buzz for a while!
Twitter ‘chirps’ between Singh
Poonia sets tongues rolling Submit report of
postmortem: HC
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan
High Court has ex-
pressed displeasure
over continuous
death of migratory
birds in Sambhar
Lake. While hearing
a PIL filed on suo
motu cognizance by
the HC itself, the di-
vision bench of CJ
Indrajeet Mohanty
and Justice Satish
Sharma directed
state government to
immediately re-
move dead birds
from the lake.
The court has also
askedthegovernment
to conduct postmor-
tem of dead birds and
submit the report.
The government has
also been directed to
set up temporary
nursery on the bank
of the lake for treat-
ment of injured
birds. The court has
directed the govern-
ment to inform it
about the steps taken
for saving the birds.
It is to be noted
that for last two
weeks, migratory
birds have been dy-
ing in Sambhar
Lake. Amicus curiae
Nitin Jain submitted
report and asked for
earlyhearing. Healso
appealed for giving
the state government
directions for taking
necessary steps. The
division bench has
set next date of hear-
ing July 3.
SAMBHAR BIRD DEATHS
l Now, Rajasthan born soldiers awarded Shaurya
Chakra can travel free in Roadways
Vishvendra Singh Satish Poonia
Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma

JAIPUR, TUESDAY
MAY 19, 2020
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City First believes that, ‘a mango a day keeps the
doctor away’ and as the season of the King of Fruits is
here, we bring you some benefits of eating mangoes!
f you love fruits and
sweets, mangoes are
probably your favour-
ite. Mango is called the
King of Fruits not just
because of the rich-
ness of its taste and
sheer variety but also because
it single-handedly fights cancer,
alkalizes the body, regulates
diabetes, helps in digestion,
aids in weight loss, clears your
skin and of course, makes the
perfect snack.
Mangoes have antioxidants
such as isoquercitrin, querce-
tin, astragalin, gallic acid and
methyl gallate which protect
the body against cancer. It also
keeps cholesterol levels in
check as you get high levels of
vitamin C, fibres, and
pectin to help lower
serum cholesterol
levels.
Eat mangoes
in plenty in the
season and
also use it as
a face pack
to unclog
pores and
c l e a r
acne. It
actual-
ly aids in weight loss and diges-
tion as it is rich in vitamins and
nutrients and we feel stuffed
after eating it. Also, it’s fi-
bres boost our stomach’s
digestive functions by
burning excess calo-
ries while the en-
zymes found in man-
goes aid in diges-
tion.
Apart from the
fruit, mango leaves
are healthy too be-
cause they help
regulate insulin lev-
els. Just boil 5-6
mango leaves in a vessel, soak
it through the night, and drink
the filtrate in the morning.
Do you know that there is a
reason why people call mango
“the love fruit.” Mangoes have
the ability to increase virility in
men, has a particular nutrient,
vitamin E, which regulates sex
hormones and boosts sex drive.
It also prevents heat stroke and
strengthens immunity.
Mangoes help in increasing
memory retention, so they are
good for children who have dif-
ficulty concentrating on stud-
ies. The fruit may aid menopau-
sal and pregnant women be-
cause of its high iron and cal-
cium levels. Mangoes are sim-
ply the best healthy and tasty
nutrition filled wonders of na-
ture’s bounty.
NEHAL NAYAR
nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in
I
MANGO MAN
Padmashri Awardee Haji Kaleem Ullah Khan has a pro-
found love for mango cultivation. His 14-acre orchard in
Malihabad in Uttar Pradesh is unlike any other in aroma,
textures and hues. His passion led him to experimentation
and he actually grew over 300 varieties of mangoes of dif-
ferent shapes, colours and sizes all on one tree!
Not so Aam
MANGOES
here, we bring you some benefits of eating mangoes!

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