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RAJASTHAN
405
DEATHS
17,660
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
1,828 DEATHS 32,023 CASES
UTTAR PRADESH
672 DEATHS 22,828 CASES
WORLD
5,06,091
DEATHS
1,03,32,175
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
5,67,233
CONFIRMED CASES
16,904
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
7,610 DEATHS 1,69,883 CASES
TAMIL NADU
1,141DEATHS 86,224 CASES
DELHI
2,680 DEATHS 85,161 CASES
New Delhi: After
weeks of escalated ten-
sions between India
and China following
the violent clash at Gal-
wan Valley in Ladakh
earlier this month, both
the countries have
agreed to hold a weekly
dialogue at the Working
Mechanism for Consul-
tation and Coordination
(WMCC) meeting to re-
solve the dispute.
India and China will
once again engage in
Corps Commander level
talks on Tuesday begin-
ning 10.30 am. Accord-
ing to reports, the third
round of military level
talks will be held on the
Indian side this time.
Meanwhile, after Indian
Navy was asked to raise
its alert level in the In-
dian Ocean Region
whereChineseNavyhas
been making regular
forays, they held a cru-
cial exercise with Japa-
nese Navy in the Indian
Ocean region, an area
where Chinese naval
vessels and submarines
aremakingfrequentfor-
ays. India and Japan are
part of the influential
“Quad”orQuadrilateral
coalition which also
comprises the United
StatesandAustralia.Ac-
cording to sources,
“This time the Corps
Commander level
talks will be held
in Chushul on the
Indian side. The
last two meetings
were held in Moldo
ontheChineseside,”
said sources while
adding that the agenda
of the meeting would be
to take forward the pro-
posals made Turn on P6
Social media was
flooded with pictures
of Chief Justice of
India SA Bobde sitting
on a Harley Davidson
superbike, prompt-
ing several reactions
among netizens. The
64-year-old, who was
an ardent biker when
he was a lawyer, was
photographed check-
ing out a guest’s mo-
torbike at a ceremony
in Raj Bhawan.
CJI
Swagger!
MODI’S DIGITAL STRIKE ON
59 CHINESE MOBILE APPs
Terrorists attack Pakistan
Stock Exchange; 11 killed
Karachi: Four heavily
armed militants, be-
lieved to be from a
banned Baloch terror
group, on Monday made
a brazen attempt to take
over the Pakistan Stock
Exchangebuildinghere,
killing four security
guards and a police of-
ficer & two civilians be-
fore being shot dead by
security forces.
The militants, who
arrived in a car around
10 am, opened indis-
criminate fire and
lobbed grenades at the
main gate of the multi-
storey building situated
in the city’s high-secu-
rity commercial hub as
they tried to storm it.
Armed with automat-
ic machine guns, gre-
nades and explosives,
they tried to Turn on P6
New Delhi: Modi-led
NDA govt on Monday
banned 59 mobile apps,
including China’s Tik-
Tok, SHAREiT and We-
Chat, terming them
prejudicial to sover-
eignty, integrity and
national security.
In an official state-
ment, the IT Ministry
said it has received
many complaints from
various sources, includ-
ing several reports
about misuse of some
mobile apps available
on Android and iOS
platforms for “stealing
and surreptitiously
transmitting users.
Full report P6
‘Govt ‘extorting’ people
with fuel price hikes’
New Delhi: Congress
president Sonia Gandhi
on Monday attacked the
BJP government at the
Centre for raising fuel
prices 22 times since the
lockdown, accusing it
of extorting people, and
sought an immediate
rollback of the hikes.
She charged the gov-
ernment with profiteer-
ing at the expense of the
people, saying its duty
wastohelpthemintimes
of crisis and not make
profits out of their hard-
earned money. Turn on P6
Geelani
separates
from
Hurriyat
Srinagar: Veteran sep-
aratist leader Syed Ali
Shah Geelani on Mon-
day an-
nounced
his disso-
c i a t i o n
from the
faction of
the Hur-
riyat Conference that
he floated in 2003 by en-
forcing a vertical split
in the amalgam.
In a four-line letter
and an audio message
to the media, a spokes-
person for the 90-year-
old leader said, “Geela-
ni has announced com-
plete dissociation from
Hurriyat Conference
forum.” Geelani said
the activities of Hurri-
yat Conference mem-
bers currently in Paki-
stan-occupied Kashmir
were being investigated
by the amalgam for var-
ious allegations.
In his 2-page letter, he
referred to inaction by
Hurriyat members post
the abrogation of the
special status of J&K,
and the division of the
erstwhile state into two
Union territories. —ANI
Maha lockdown
extended
till July 31
Mumbai: The Maha-
rashtra government on
Monday extended the
coronavirus-triggered
lockdown till July 31
without providing any
further relaxations
amid mounting cases of
COVID-19 in the state.
Announcing the ex-
tension, an order issued
by Chief Secretary Ajoy
Mehtasaidwearingface
covers or masks, main-
taining social distanc-
ing, restricted gather-
ings, and other meas-
ures shall continue to
prevail.
Turn on P6
Security forces kill all 4 terrorists who attacked Pakistan Stock
Exchange in Karachi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
AMID CHINESE PERFIDY, INDIA UPS VIGIL
ON SEAS, TO SIT ON TABLE FOR TALKS
GALWAN VALLEY CONFLICT
SURVEILLANCE ON
INDIAN OCEAN
 The Indian Navy has increased its
surveillance missions and beefed up operational
deployment in the Indian Ocean region.
 Is also ramping up its operational cooperation with
various friendly naval forces like the US Navy and
Japan Maritime Self Defense Force in view of the fast
evolving regional security landscape, said sources.
We are increasing
surveillance to
track Chinese activities
in Indian Ocean region.”
MILITARY EXPERT
StatesandAustralia.Ac-
cording to sources,
“This time the Corps
Commander level
talks will be held
last two meetings
were held in Moldo
ontheChineseside,”
said sources while
adding that the agenda
in Indian Ocean region.”
MILITARY EXPERT
ON SEAS, TO SIT ON TABLE FOR TALKS3rd
meeting between
XIV Corps Commander
Lt General Harinder
Singh and South
Xinjiang Military Region
Commander Major
General Liu Lin
June 6
and June 22
meetings were held at
Moldo on the Chinese side
while Tuesday’s meeting
will be at the border point
in Chushul
PMO INDIA @PMOINDIA
Prime Minister @
narendramodi will
address the nation at 4
PM tomorrow.
UNLOCK 2 ON TILL JULY 31
Wide yellow circles are made for people to maintain social
distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Mumbai.
Shut: Metro, schools,
colleges; Int’l flights
to remain grounded
New Delhi: Union
Ministry of Home Af-
fairs (MHA) has is-
sued new guidelines
for Unlock 2 to open
up more activities in
areas outside the con-
tainment zones.
According to the
new guidelines which
will come into effect
from July 1, the pro-
cess of phased re-
opening of activities
has been extended
further. After exten-
sive consultation
with States and Union
Territories, it has
been decided that
schools, colleges and
coaching institutions
will remain closed till
July 31.
“Domestic flights
and passenger trains
have already been al-
lowed in a limited
manner. Their opera-
tions will be further
expanded in a cali-
brated manner. Night
curfew timings are
being further relaxed
and curfew shall be in
force from Turn on P6
NOT ALLOWED
BJP’s governance insensitive, wrong policies leading to fuel hike’
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot has made
scathing attacks at
the central govern-
ment on the continu-
ous increase in fuel
prices over the past
fortnight. On the day
of Congress’s nation
wide campaign
against fuel hike, Ge-
hlot has come out
strongly against the
government calling
BJP’s governance, in-
sensitive.
Gehlot took to twitter,
as part of the online
campaign, and said,
“The rise in fuel prices
in the nation is a proof
of BJP’s totally insensi-
tive governance. NDA is
profiteering at a time
when people are facing
so many hardships.
Govt should stop fleec-
ing public.
Using the trending
hashtag #SpeakUpA-
gainstFuelHike in his
tweets, the Chief
Minister said, “In last
one month, petrol &
diesel prices have
been hiked almost
every day.This kind
of continuous price
rise is a result of
wrong policies. Pet-
rol, diesel hike would
increase inflation,
transportation costs
would go up, agricul-
ture inputs would be
costlier. Congress
Party is launching a
campaign to oppose
continuous and un-
precedented fuel hike
in the nation. Join the
fight & make your
voice heard.”
The senior Congress
leader also said that
Congress President So-
nia Gandhi is standing
with the people of the
country. “Sonia Gan-
dhi ji shares the trou-
bles of common men
as everybody is strug-
gling to make ends
meet due to Covid 19
pandemic & petrol-
diesel hike. Sonia ji
reminds the Govern-
ment that it is their
responsibility to sup-
port the countrymen
in difficult times, in-
stead of taking advan-
tage of their troubles
and profiteering. In-
flated fuel prices are to-
tally unjustified. INC
under leadership of So-
nia Gandhi ji demands
that the Govt rolls back
raised petrol, diesel
prices in order to pro-
vide relief to people
during the present time
of crisis. It is time to
support citizens not to
increase their suffer-
ing,” Gehlot said.
CONGRESS’S #SPEAKUPAGAINSTFUELHIKE
SONIA GANDHI JI SHARES
TROUBLES OF COMMON
MEN, GEHLOT SAYS
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
#TRENDS

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Rajendra Chhabra
E
ven after retir-
ing on Tuesday,
IAS Kiran Soni
Gupta could contin-
ue to hold her posi-
tion as Director-Gen-
eral of Jawahar
Kala Kendra. Relia-
ble sources reveal
that she could be
given this position
on a contractual ba-
sis. Gupta, a 1985
batch IAS, was made
the DG of JKK in No-
vember 2019 and is
retiring on June 30.
It has come to light
that in her ‘reappoint-
ment’ her ‘Punjab con-
nection’ is playing a
huge role. While she
hails from Punjab, her
husband, Madhukar
Gupta, himself a 1985
batch Rajasthan cadre
IAS, is also a native of
Punjab. The DGP of
Punjab Dinkar Gupta
is Madhukar Gupta’s
elder brother while
the Chief Secretary of
Punjab - Vini Mahajan
- is Dinkar Gupta’s
wife i.e. sister-in-law
to Madhukar Gupta.
Everyone knows
that the Dinkar-Vini
couple is extremely
powerful in the Pun-
jab government and
is close to Punjab
CM Amarinder Sin-
gh. It is reported
that Captain Singh
has, at the behest of
this couple, spoken
with Rajasthan
Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot recom-
mending Kiran Soni
Gupta’s name and it
is believed that Ge-
hlot will honor the
recommendation of
a CM from his own
party.
It should be noted
that since the begin-
ning, IAS has been ap-
pointed on the post of
DG-JKK but in the pre-
vious BJP govern-
ment this important
position was ‘out-
sourced’ and a private
individual - Pooja
Sood - was made the
DG at JKK. Sood held
this position from No-
vember 2015 to Febru-
ary 2020. Following
the same route, Kiran
Soni Gupta could also
be given the DG posi-
tion on a contractual
basis. Kiran Soni is a
renowned artist and
has mastery in pho-
tography and paint-
ing. Even while serv-
ing in the IAS, she
struck her name in
the art world and
has to her credit
more than three doz-
en solo art shows in
major cities in India
and abroad. Her hus-
band - Madhukar Gup-
ta - is on deputation
and will retire after
three months in Sep-
tember 2020.
Kiran Soni Gupta could continue to hold her JKK position
RUtoholdfinalyearexamsfromJuly15
The exams will be held in two shifts instead of three; first from 8 to 11 am and second from 2 to 5 pm
10th board exams: Schools flout rules
First India Bureau
Jaipur: During the
10th board examina-
tions held in the state
on Monday, the social
distancing was not ap-
propriately followed.
On one hand, the stu-
dents were seen gath-
ering outside the ex-
amination centre
without bothering
about social distanc-
ing. On the other
hand, the students
were allowed to enter
the exam room with-
out wearing their
shoes. The scene out-
side the government
school situated at
Gandhinagar was
looking like a student
fair at the time of
thermal screening.
Where CM Ashok
Gehlot decided to con-
duct the 10th board
examinations only af-
ter observing that the
education depart-
ment will strictly fol-
low the rules. But the
picture was entirely
different as the school
management was
seen putting the lives
of children at risk.
With the arrange-
ments made at the
board examination
centres, not only the
parents, but CM Ge-
hlot would also be
worried about the sit-
uation. Where the
teachers of the educa-
tion department
seemed negligent at
the entrance, they
took complete care of
the removal of shoes
and sandals of each
student before enter-
ing the examination
room.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Deputy LOP
Rajendra Rathore has
called the Congress agi-
tation against the fuel
prices a failed drama.
He alleged that Con-
gress flouted all social
distancing guidelines
issued by its own gov-
ernment.
He said Congress
should check its basics
before alleging any
charges on the Modi
government. He re-
called that the VAT
rates during the BJP
rule in the state were
26% & 18% on petrol &
diesel respectively
while they were in-
creased to 30% & 26%
respectively on July 5,
2019. The VAT rate was
further increased by
the Congress govern-
ment to 38% and 28%
recently.
Rathore alleged an
increase of 12% on pet-
rol and 10% on diesel in
the last one year and 7
months. He charged
Congress government
of doublespeak on the
issue and said that the
agitation would have
been justified had the
state government ra-
tionalized the VAT lev-
ied by it else it was a
sheer drama staged for
the people.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Nearly a month
after UDH minister
Shanti Dhariwal sought
details of allotment of
land on concessional
rate, the information is
still elusive to him.
Neither development
authorities nor urban
improvement trusts and
urban bodies have com-
piled the information to
be sent to the minister.
The minister had asked
for this information on
June 1. He had asked
that all cases of conces-
sional allotment so far
should be sent to him.
However, when the in-
formation did not reach
him, he once again had
to ask for it.
These authorities
have been shying away
from providing in-
formation to
the minister
because of
their sloppi-
ness. They
were sup-
posed to
e n s u r e
that the in-
s t i t u t i o n s
that received
land on con-
cessional
r a t e s
must adhere to the
conditions for it,
which they did not.
They did not bother to
take steps to enforce
compliance with
those condi-
tions.
The state
g o v e r n -
ment had
r e l e a s e d
allotment
policy in
O c t o b e r
2015. Ac-
c o rd i n g
to this policy, develop-
ment authorities, UITs,
and municipal bodies
were entrusted with
collecting allotment in-
formation in a pre-
scribed Performa and
keep a record of it so
that whenever the gov-
ernment needs it could
be provided at once.
They had to consti-
tute zone wise com-
mittees to see if insti-
tutions who got land
for hospital or a school
were providing free
treatment to the poor
or giving admission
to their children as
per allotment con-
ditions.
RBSE Class 10 students writing the exam in Jaipur on Monday.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Final year ex-
amination for under-
graduate and postgrad-
uate courses at Ra-
jasthan University
would be held from July
15 to August 29.
The RU administra-
tion has finalized a time
table for examinations
and the same would be
uploaded on the univer-
sity website on Tuesday.
The due papers would
be held from August 31
to September 09.
Simultaneous to the
finalization of exami-
nation dues, the RU ad-
ministration has com-
pleted all necessary
preparations to conduct
them.
Approximately, two
lakh students would sit
for these exams for
which 170 examination
centres have been cre-
ated. The number of
examinations centres is
high this time to follow
social distancing norms
in the wake of the co-
rona pandemic.
The exams will be
held in two shifts in-
stead of three earlier.
The first shift would be
from 8 to 11 in the morn-
ing while the second
shift will be from 2 to 5
in the afternoon.
The university ad-
ministration has issued
directions to follow co-
rona guidelines. Exami-
nations centres would
be sanitized between
the two shifts.
Considering the co-
rona pandemic, the RU
administration has
sought an affidavit from
all the examination cen-
tres to ascertain that
they have followed co-
rona guidelines. Be-
sides, every student will
have to bring own mask
and sanitizer. There
will be 1.20 lakh UG and
50,000 PG students who
will take the exams.
‘Cong’s agitation
against fuel prices
a failed drama’
Rajendra Rathore
Department negligence made
Dhariwal wait long for the details
Land worth over
`100 cr freed of
encroachment
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In the Nahar-
garh Sanctuary of
Jaipur, the bulldozers
of the forest depart-
ment demolished the
encroachments on the
forest land on Monday.
Ramnarayan Meena,
who retired as RPS and
has been the Bhoodan
Gramdan Board presi-
dent, had encroached
about 250 bighas of
land, worth over Rs 100
crore, hereby building
structures with five-
star facilities, gardens,
pools, and many other
things.
The forest depart-
ment was claiming this
disputed land as its own
for a long time.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: M Nagaraj,
CMD, Housing and Ur-
ban Development Cor-
poration (HUDCO),
shared the highlights of
HUDCO’s robust perfor-
mance in 2019-2020,
wherein the company
has recorded Outstand-
ing financial results in
its Golden Jubilee Year
witnessing a 45%
growth in Net Profit
that has touched an all-
time high of Rs
1708.42crore in 2019-
2020, from Rs 1180.15
crore in 2018-2019.
HUDCO has seen a
13% growth in its net
worth that has reached
Rs 12343.49 crore in
2019-20, from Rs 10955.77
crore in 2018-2019. The
net total income also
witnessed a quantum
jump of 35% to Rs
7571.64 crore in 2019-
2020, from Rs 5591.22
crore in 2018-2019.
Further, D Guhan, Di-
rector (Finance), has
shared that Housing
and Urban Develop-
ment Corporation
(HUDCO) board has
also approved an all-
time high dividend of
Rs 3.10 per share sub-
ject to approval by the
shareholders.
The above includes
interim dividend of Rs
0.75 per share paid in
March, 2020. The total
dividend recommended
by the Company is Rs
620.59 croreas against
Rs 165.16 crore in the
previous year.
Further, HUDCO’s
Net NPA is 0.19%,
which is among the
lowest in the sector.
During the year 2019-
2020, HUDCO’s empha-
sis was on sanction of
projects pertaining to
Housing-PMAY(U), Ex-
pressways and Water
Supply projects.
HUDCO posts robust financial
performance in 2019-20
Corona awareness campaign
in state extended till July 7
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Coronavirus
infection is a WHO de-
clared pandemic which
is still raging across the
world. The state govern-
ment in its unique ini-
tiative started a corona-
virus awareness cam-
paign across the state
from June 21 to June 30.
CM Gehlot has extend-
ed the campaign till
July 7 considering the
response to the initial
phase and its impor-
tance in preventing the
dreaded infection.
DIPR Commissioner
Mahendra Soni said
that the initial response
to the campaign has
been good and the dis-
trict collectors and
elected representatives
executed their roles
flawlessly until now. He
informed that the cam-
paign also features
songs and plays in local
dialects along with digi-
tal slogans with #Mein-
SatarkHoon.
Commissioner Soni
said that the campaign
also has slogan compe-
titions along with mask
distribution drives. He
repeated his resolve to
carry out the Covid
awareness campaign
until July 7.
First India Bureau
Churu: The CBI team
has reached Churu to
investigate the suicide
case of Rajgarh SHO
Vishnudutt Bishnoi. On
May 23, Bishnoi com-
mitted suicide by hang-
ing himself in the
premises of the police
station. A chat was also
made public in which
political pressure was
talked about. After that,
a protest took place in
the leadership of BJP
leader Rajendra
Rathore, MP Rahul Kas-
wa, and MLA Bihari
Vishnoi, demanding a
CBI probe.
Later, a delegation of
All India Bishnoi Sab-
ha, headed by Kuldeep
Bishnoi, met CM and
the family of also de-
mand a CBI inquiry.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A day after state
government transferred
144 RAS officers, the
state EC stayed transfer
of 24 officers. Objecting
to transfers, EC has
stayed the transfer of of-
ficials since the work re-
lated to electoral list was
going on for municipal
bodies. In its order, DoP
has also cited that out of
129 bodies where elec-
tion work was on, if any
officer there is trans-
ferred then the transfer
stands cancelled.
SHO Bishnoi case: CBI
in Churu, to start probe
SEC stays
transfer of 24
RAS officers
Man rapes woman after
blackmail and threats
First India Bureau
Bikaner: A matter of
raping a woman by giv-
ing death threats and
blackmailing her to get
her obscene picture vi-
ral on social media has
come to light. In the
matter, the victim has
filed a complaint
against the accused Pa-
than Khan, who is a
resident of ward no 15
of Mahajan.
The victim has ac-
cused Pathan of rap-
ing her by giving death
threats and then
clicked her obscene
images before making
them viral on social
media. The police have
registered a case un-
der section 376, 506,
and 509 against the ac-
cused and started the
investigation. The case
is being investigated
by Sub Inspector Mo-
har Singh.
Mahendra Soni
Vishnudutt Bishnoi
M Nagaraj
—File pic
Shanti Dhariwal
ALLOTMENT OF LAND AT CONCESSIONAL RATE

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2020
Nizam Kantaliya
Jaipur: High Court and
its subordinate courts
started regular hearing
after a gap of 100 days.
The courts had closed
March 22 during the
lockdown which was
clubbed with the sum-
mer vacations of the
court. The court staff
and the advocates were
allowed entry in the
court campus after
proper screening.
The court staff had to
compulsorily wear uni-
form and carry I-cards
where as the advocates
entered showing their
e-passes. There was an
arrangement of hand
sanitizer outside every
court and only five ad-
vocates were permitted
at one time in the court.
The number of chairs
in the courtroom were
reduced and kept at dis-
tance from each other.
The court has issued a
detailed guideline for
the court staff and the
lawyers which is to be
strictly followed while
attending the court.
The court has asked
the lawyers to present
cases personally till 3.30
pm as the last one hour
of the court will be re-
served for hearing
through VC. HC admin-
istration was successful
in implementation of
its guidelines but the
lower courts could not
do so due to lack of
space & facilities.
HC, subordinate courts in Raj start regular hearing after 100 days
JUSTICE AMIDST CORONA
Congstagesprotestsoverfuelpricehike
FUEL PRICE HIKE PRICES HIKE FOR THE 22ND
TIME IN OVER 3 WEEKS, CONG CALLS IT AN ‘UNPRECEDENTED’ INCIDENT
Jaipur: Deputy Chief
Minister Sachin Pilot
on Monday led a protest
against the Centre over
the “unprecedented”
hike in petrol and diesel
prices and said it has
hammered the people at
the time of economic
hardship imposed by
COVID-19 pandemic.
Addressing the pro-
testers, Pilot said, “Due
to the coronavirus cri-
sis, demand for fuel has
fallen all over the world.
Despite having full
stock of fuel, the gov-
ernment has burdened
the common people by
increasing fuel prices
continuously for last 20
days.” Such a steep
hike has not been ef-
fected in 70 years, he
said, adding that it is
“unprecedented”.
Diesel price on Mon-
day scaled a new high
after prices were hiked
for the 22nd time in just
over three weeks, tak-
ing cumulative increase
to Rs 11.14 per litre.
Petrol price was in-
creased by 5 paise per
litre and diesel 13 paise
a litre across the coun-
try, according to a price
notification of state oil
marketing companies.
Pilot said, “The poor
and the middle class
have been severely hit
by the recent hikes.
Such a situation has not
been seen in any other
country. All the coun-
tries are helping its peo-
ple during coronavirus
crisis. The Centre has
hammered the people
when the country is fac-
ing economic slow-
down. No government
has hit its people so
hard before.” He said
petrol and diesel prices
directly affect the com-
mon people but the Cen-
tre has not formulated
any policy to deal with
the economic slowdown
and they passed on the
burden to the masses.
“No government can
ignore people’s voice.
Hike in petrol and die-
sel prices will have to be
reversed,” he demand-
ed. Pilot and other Con-
gress leaders submitted
a memorandum to the
President through the
district collector. —PTI
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: Jodhpur Con-
gress, in leadership of
city Congress chief
Saeed Ansari, ex-
pressed its opposition
to unabated fuel price
rise at the collectorate.
PCC General Secre-
tary Vaibhav Gehlot
joined the demonstra-
tion. Vaibhav charged
Modi govt of being in-
human by allowing un-
abated fuel price rise
while people were al-
ready bearing the brunt
of Corona crisis. Vaib-
hav was joined by MLA
Mahendra Vishnoi.
Many local Congress
leaders joined the agita-
tion which culminated
with Vaibhav and An-
sari submitting a mem-
orandum for the Presi-
dent to additional col-
lector ML Nehra.
Meanwhile, Vaibhav
attended a lunch organ-
ized by Ansari. Con-
gress leaders Ayub
Khan, Sunil Parihar
and Anand Purohit
were seen sharing the
same table. Former
chairman Rajendra
Solanki, MLA Mahen-
dra Bishnoi and Heer-
alal Meghwal too at-
tended the event.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Former Min-
ister and sitting BJP
MLA Kalicharan
Saraf gifted a book to
former chief secre-
tary Arun Kumar de-
tailing the achieve-
ments of Modi 2.0.
This was part of
the special ongoing
PR campaign by BJP.
There have been
many schemes
launched by the Modi
govt during its first
year in its second ten-
ure. According to the
book the people are
benefitting from
these schemes across
the country.
Bhartiya Janta Par-
ty has started a spe-
cial campaign on
28/29 June to meet
eminent non political
people of society and
make them aware of
these achievements.
Saraf said that the
book will be gifted to
more eminent people
in the Malviya Nagar
constituency.
Saraf was accompa-
nied by many BJP
party office bearers
in his campaign to
meet people on one to
one basis.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief whip Dr
Mahesh Joshi de-
manded relief in the
electricity bills from
Energy Minister Dr BD
Kalla when the two met
at the demonstration
against fuel price rise.
Joshi said people
needed govt support
during such testing
times. Dr BD Kalla said
that there can’t be a per-
manent solution to the
problem by the state
govt and the central
govt should frame a uni-
form policy. Relief be-
yond a point is out of
the capacity of state
govt.
Kalla said that if the
central govt waives off
certain charges then
state will pass on the
benefit to the people.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: State reported
6 deaths on Monday tak-
ing the toll to 405 so far.
4 deaths were from
Jodhpur, 1 each from
Ajmer & Kota. 388 new
cases took tally to 17660.
58 cases were from
Dholpur followed by 54
each from Barmer &
Jodhpur, 38 from Bikan-
er, 32 from Bharatpur,
30 from Jaipur, 17 from
Sirohi, Kota 16, Ajmer
14, 12 each from Nagaur
& Udaipur, Jalore 9, Pali
8, Churu 6, with 5 each
from Dungarpur &
Jhunjhunu,Banswara,
4 from Rajsamand, 3
from Dausa, 2 each from
Bhilwara & Sawai Mad-
hopur, and one each
from Chittorgarh &
Jaisalmer along with 5
from other states.
Cumulative district
wise tally stands –
Ajmer 514, Alwar 503,
Banswara 99, Baran 65,
Barmer 342, Bharatpur
1572, Bhilwara 252, Bi-
kaner 327, Bundi 14,
Chittorgarh 211, Churu
309, Dausa 137, Dholpur
663, Dungarpur 436,
Ganganagar 53, Hanu-
mangarh 63, Jaipur
3291, Jaisalmer 109, Ja-
lore 291, Jhalawar 375,
Jhunjhunu 361, Jodh-
pur 2738, Karauli 96,
Kota 656, Nagaur 630,
Pali 1089, Pratapgarh 16,
Rajsamand 238, Sawai
Madhopur 97, Sikar 512,
Sirohi 477, Tonk 200 and
Udaipur 697.
To oppose price hike, Vaibhav
joins dharna at Jodhpur
6 deaths, 388 new cases on
Monday; toll reaches 405
Give relief in electricity
bills: Joshi to Kalla
Sachin Pilot, Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Mahesh Joshi interacting with media
during the Congress protest. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Congress MLA Rafiq Khan rides on a bullock cart in protest against
continuous fuel price hike.
As a part of corona awareness campaign, Jaipur cops took out a rally carrying placards with
precaution printed on them, on Monday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
PCC General Secretary Vaibhav Gehlot during the symbolic dharna at Jodhpur.
Saraf gifts ‘Modi 2.0 book’ to ex-CSDinesh MN to
investigate
‘bribe for
DIG case’
Notices issued
over online
classes, fees
Jaipur cops
recover drugs
worth `2crore
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: ACB ADG
Dinesh MN took over
the charge of the ongo-
ing investigation in the
‘Bribe for DIG’ case.
ADG Dinesh MN met
SP Mridul Kachhawa in
a closed room at the cir-
cuit house for an hour.
Earlier on reaching
Bharatpur on Sunday,
ADG had one to one
meetings with many
SHOs posted in the
range. The questioning
continued till late night.
Sources claim that
many SHOs got
‘creamy’ postings on
the recommendation of
the DIG Gaur. The inter-
rogation with accused
Pramod Sharma has
also revealed names of
some SHOs in the
wrong light. SHOs from
Dholpur and Karauli
too are in a tight spot.
Earlier Bari MLA
Giriraj Singh Malinga
had alleged clandestine
mining of sand dust
from the banned Cham-
bal area with some mid-
dlemen of the DIG and
SHOs hand in glove.
ADG Dinesh MN also
met SP Haider Ali Zaidi
for a while on his ar-
rival.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Justice
Indrajeet Mahanty and
Justice Prakash Gupta
issued notices to state
govt and Secretary
School Education, as to
why order should not be
passed against all
schools of the state for
charging unauthorised
fees during lockdown
and online classes from
nursery to class V must
be stopped with imme-
diate effect so that of
the students up to Class
5th do not suffer eye
diseases due to exces-
sive exposure to mobile
and computer screen.
The matter was argued
by Advocate SK Singh
from Ajmer via VC.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Under ‘Opera-
tion Clean Sweep’
launched by Jaipur Po-
lice Commissionerate
against drugs in Jaipur,
police arrested inter-
state drug smugglers
and recovered more
than 1300 kg of canna-
bis worth Rs 2 crore.
Additional Police Com-
missioner Crime
Ashok Kumar Gupta
said that the special
team of Jaipur Com-
missionerate got to
know about the net-
work of drugs smug-
gling and arrested in-
ter-state smugglers
Ramvatar Singh and
Bhupendra from
Bharatpur.
Jaipur: The hearing
in mining scam case
for bail application by
accused Ashok Singh-
vi was deferred till
July 2 due to absence
of ASG RD Rastogi,
who had objected to
reopening of regular
courts and had de-
manded hearing
through VC due to co-
rona. Advocate Anil
Upman for Rashid
Shekh too was availa-
ble via VC for Monday
hearingbutcounselfor
Singhvi, Deepak Cho-
han appeared person-
ally which was object-
ed to by ASG’s junior.
Justice SP Sharma de-
ferred the hearing ask-
ing the counsels to de-
cide mode of appear-
ance amongst them.
Jaipur: HC issued no-
tices to former Bharat-
pur DIG Laxaman
Gaur and ex MLA
Atar Singh Bhadana
in a case related to
fraud in mining lease
using fake partner-
ship deed. Single
bench of Justice In-
drajit Singh issued no-
tices on criminal peti-
tion by Mukesh Chand
Agrawal complaining
of forging partnership
deed thrice and no ac-
tion taken despite FIR
filed on September 6,
2019. The matter was
even brought to notice
of DGP and CM. Peti-
tion alleged pressure
tactics by Gaur to take
back the complaint
and had requested a
probe by SOG.
HC issues notice to former-DIG Gaur,
Bhadana in Mining lease fraud case
Bail hearing of Singhvi deferred to July
2 due to diff in mode of appearance
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hree countries
– the United
States, Brazil,
and Mexico –
account for
nearly half (46%) of the
world’s reported COV-
ID-19 deaths, yet they
contain only 8.6% of the
world’s population.
Some 60% of Europe’s
deaths are concentrated
in just three countries –
Italy, Spain, and the
United Kingdom – which
account for 38% of Eu-
rope’s population. There
were many fewer deaths
and lower death rates in
most of Northern and
Central Europe.
Severalfactorsdetermine
a country’s COVID-19 death
rate: the quality of political
leadership,thecoherenceof
the government’s response,
the availability of hospital
beds, the extent of interna-
tional travel, and the popu-
lation’s age structure. Yet
one deep structural charac-
teristic seems to be shaping
the role of these factors:
countries’ income and
wealth distribution.
The US, Brazil, and
Mexico have very high
income and wealth ine-
quality. The World Bank
reports the respective
Gini coefficients for re-
cent years (2016-18) at
41.4 in the US, 53.5 in
Brazil, and 45.9 in Mexi-
co. (On a 100-point scale,
a value of 100 signifies
absolute inequality, with
one person controlling
all income or wealth, and
zero means a completely
equal distribution per
person or household).
The US has the highest
Gini coefficient among the
advanced economies, while
Brazil and Mexico are
among the world’s most un-
equal countries. In Europe,
Italy, Spain, and the UK –
with Gini scores of 35.6,
35.3, and 34.8, respectively
– are more unequal than
their northern and eastern
counterparts, such as Fin-
land (27.3), Norway (28.5),
Denmark (28.5), Austria
(30.3), Poland (30.5), and
Hungary (30.5).
The correlation of
death rates per million
and income inequality is
far from perfect; other
factors matter a lot.
France’s inequality is on
par with Germany’s, but
its COVID-19 death rate
is significantly higher.
The death rate in rela-
tively egalitarian Swe-
den is significantly high-
er than in its neighbors,
because Sweden decided
to keep its social distanc-
ing policies voluntary
rather than mandatory.
Relatively egalitarian
Belgium was battered
with very high reported
death rates, owing part-
ly to the authorities’ de-
cision to report probable
as well as confirmed
COVID-19 deaths.
Moreover, higher ine-
quality leads to lower social
cohesion, less social trust,
and more political polariza-
tion, all of which negative-
ly affect governments’ abil-
ity and readiness to adopt
strong control measures.
Higher inequality means a
larger proportion of low-
income workers – from
cleaners, cashiers, guards,
and delivery persons to
sanitation, construction,
and factory workers – must
continue their daily lives,
even at the risk of infec-
tion. More inequality also
means more people living
in crowded living condi-
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A government that ruined the
economy by its monumental
mismanagement is now proﬁteering
at the cost of the people who
are suffering, by raising petrol
& diesel prices without any
justiﬁcation as crude prices at
historic lows in the global market.
#SpeakUpAgainstFuelHike
oday when the world is
watching China’s aggressive
transgressions on the Line of
Actual Control with India,
rarely does anyone know the
historical context of how this
border emerged in the first
place. It was due to an intrep-
id military genius called
Zorawar Singh Kahluria.
The treaty of Chushul signed
in 1842 between ‘Sri Sarkar
Khalsa Ji’ (the Lahore Darbar)
and the Dalai Lama of Tibet
not just marked the conclusion
of the campaign, it defined and
demarcated the border be-
tween India and Tibet in mod-
ern times.
ThiscampaignintoLadakh
and Tibet was led by Zorawar
Singh, a Dogra Rajput gen-
eral in the service of Raja-i-
Rajgan Gulab Singh of Jam-
mu, who was a subordinate
ruler owing allegiance to the
Sikh ruler at Lahore.
But the army marched under
the sovereign banner of Sarkar
Khalsa Ji of Punjab and its
then Maharaja Sher Singh son
of the legendary Sher-e-Pun-
jab, Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
Indian history books bare-
ly do any justice to Zorawar
Singh’s desire and persis-
tence to acquire the Western
Tibetan territory, and thus
his role in defining the criti-
cal northern Indian border.
Zorawar Singh had expressed
his readiness to ‘kindle the
fires of victory’ and take pos-
session of Tibet when he met
the then Maharaja, Ranjit
Singh, in village Jandiala
Sher Khan in March 1836; a
request which was politely
declined by the Maharaja.
This has been documented by
Sohan Lal Suri who wrote
history in 5 volumes, a monu-
mental work in Persian called
Umdat ul Tawarikh keeping
a record of all important
events at the Lahore court.
Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s ap-
prehension can be understood
from the letters of French bota-
nist Victor Jaquemont which
gives insight into his conversa-
tions with the Maharaja. The
wily monarch quizzed him on
Tibet. Victor described it as a
poor country with cold weather
and barren land where subsist-
ence was very difficult. This
and other intelligence made
Ranjit Singh mentally write off
the adventure.
But ambition motivated
Zorawar Singh and he re-
mained adamant in his desire
for acquisition and glory. Fol-
lowing the victory over
Ladakh in 1836, he again
sought permission of the Ma-
haraja to attack Tibet and an-
nex it to the Khalsa Sarkar,
which was declined again cit-
ing it as being an inopportune
time for the invasion. The as-
tuteMaharajawaswellaware
of the problems such an inva-
sion may lead to given the dif-
ficult terrains and long lines
required for logistics.
Zorawar Singh had better
luck with Maharaja Ranjit Sin-
gh’s successor Sher Singh, who
agreed to his long-pending pro-
posal of wanting to invade Ti-
bet, and the rest is well, not
very well documented history.
None of the Indian books
on Zorawar Singh mention
that he led Sikh soldiers in
his campaign to Ladakh and
Tibet. In his book ‘Footprints
in the Snow: On the Trail of
Zorawar Singh’ the then Brig-
adier GD Bakshi, gives credit
to Sikhs for the revival of
military spirit in the region
and acknowledges Maharaja
Ranjit Singh as a ruler with a
vision who modernised his
army. It says, “The Dogras
under Gulab Singh and Zora-
war Singh were part of this
Sikh military renaissance”.
The Ladakh and Tibetan
campaign of Zorawar Singh
and the subsequent treaty
eventually formed the basis of
the McMohan Line, the border
agreed by British India and Ti-
bet in 1914. China disputes its
legal status and on that basis
has occupied the area of Aksai
Chin which belongs to India. At
the time of the campaign in
1841 –China had no role, mili-
tarily or otherwise.
Zorawar Singh is not seen
as an aggressor by Tibetans
but remembered in a more
positive light because his
campaign and the subsequent
treaties between Tibetans and
Lahore Darbar proves even
now that Tibetans had a le-
gitimate claim of sovereignty.
It is perhaps time to rewrite
the campaigns of General Zora-
war Singh by incorporating Ti-
betan and other non-Dogra
sources.TheJammu&Kashmir
Rifles, an infantry regiment of
the Indian army, celebrates 15th
AprileveryyearasZorawarDay
to commemorate the birth and
career of the legendary com-
mander who is considered as an
architect of this regiment,
which now takes recruits from
J&K and Himachal Pradesh.
Zorawar Singh is duly
credited with the conquest of
Ladakh, which remained,
culturally, Tibetan Buddhist.
He later led a successful cam-
paign against Gilgit-Bal-
tistan (now part of Pakistan
administered Kashmir) in
1839-40. However, he is most-
ly remembered for his daring
campaign in Tibet in 1841
and enjoys an iconic status
among the Hindu Dogra com-
munity of Jammu.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
ZORAWAR SINGH KAHLURIA
THE GENERAL WHO
WANTED TO WIN TIBET
T
None of the
Indian books on
Zorawar Singh
mention that he
led Sikh soldiers
in his campaign
to Ladakh and
Tibet. In his book
‘Footprints in the
Snow: On the
Trail of Zorawar
Singh’ the then
Brigadier GD
Bakshi, gives
credit to Sikhs for
the revival of
military spirit in
the region and
acknowledges
Maharaja Ranjit
Singh as a ruler
with a vision
who modernised
his army. It says,
“The Dogras
under Gulab
Singh and
Zorawar Singh
were part of this
Sikh military
renaissance”
SHUBHRANSHU
SINGH
The writer is a corporate professional,
marketing leader, columnist and a social
and political commentator. He writes
on brand building, marketing, history,
politics, technology and business
Zorawar Singh is duly
credited with the
conquest of Ladakh,
which remained,
culturally, Tibetan
Buddhist. He later led
a successful
campaign against
Gilgit-Baltistan (now
part of Pakistan
administered
Kashmir) in 1839-40
IN-DEPTH
CONGRESS MAKES
FUEL PRICES A
RALLYING POINT
he hike in fuel prices may not be
hurting the supporters, better
known as bhakts, of the Naren-
dra Modi-led government as they
may have either cushioned them-
selves against its impact or they feel obliged
to defend the government against all criti-
cism. Even some ministers of the Union
cabinet who used to take to the streets at
the smallest hike when the Congress was
in power are in the forefront to defend the
indefensible.
With no other opposition party ready to ques-
tion the government, the Congress finds itself
alone while taking on the Modi government,
whether it is Chinese transgression or the fuel
price crisis. While former president Rahul
Gandhi has persistently raised the Chine issue,
Sonia Gandhi, the incumbent party chief, has
been raising the red flag over oil prices.
On Monday she attacked the BJP govern-
ment for raising fuel prices 22 times since
the lockdown was imposed in March. Call-
ing it extortion and profiteering at the cost
of the people, she demanded immediate
rollback of the prices. She also urged the
government to withdraw the rise of excise
duty on petrol and diesel since March.
The increase in excise was effected at a time
when crude oil prices were relatively low at
$23.86 a barrel. An official was reported to have
said, “The revenue generated from these duties
shall be used for infrastructure and other de-
velopmental items of expenditure.” He had
gone on to add, “Retail sale prices of petrol and
diesel will, however, not change on account of
increase in duties, so it will have no impact on
the consumer.”
Launching a nationwide campaign
“Speak Up Against Fuel Hike” Sonia said
in a video message, “I, along with all Con-
gressmen and others, together with de-
mand from the Modi government to imme-
diately roll back the increase in prices of
petrol and diesel raised during this crisis
due to the pandemic.”
Lashing at the government, Sonia said that
instead of helping people in these difficult
times the government was busy filling its cof-
fers. Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
joined the campaign on social media.
The country-wide protests are planned to
be launched between June 30 and July 1 at
the tehsil, block and district levels. In some
states, party members responded by stag-
ing protests.
The BJP now says that the party cares more
for the poor than the Congress party. Petroleum
minister Dharmendra Pradhan blamed the
pandemic for the sky-rocketing prices. “De-
mand for petrol went down by 70-80% in April-
May months in the country which directly im-
pacted the economy,” he said. He said that
prices in India will stabilise in sync with glob-
al markets but wondered why Congress-ruled
states weren’t reducing excise duty.
With Unlock 1.0 the demand has gone up.
As fuel prices soar, it is people’s turn to feel
the pinch.
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INDIAJAIPUR | TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2020
New Delhi: Keeping up
with his daily criticism
of the Centre, Congress
leader Ra-
hul Gandhi
on Monday
again took
a swipe at
the Modi
g o v e r n -
ment for
the rising fuel prices
and urged people to join
the protest against it.
Gandhi took to Twit-
ter to show his resent-
ment and stated,
“Come and join
#SpeakUpAgainstFu-
elHike campaign.”
This came after the
state-run oil marketing
companies raised the
prices of petrol and die-
sel on Monday, a day
after there was no hike
in rates that were in-
creasing continuously
for three weeks.Diesel
price on Monday scaled
a new high after prices
were hiked for the 22nd
time in just over three
weeks, taking the cu-
mulative increase to Rs
11.14 per litre. While,
petrol price was in-
creased by 5 paise per
litre and diesel 13 paise
a litre across the coun-
try, according to a price
notification of state oil
marketing companies.
The Wayanad MP
also shared a video
wherein a person could
be heard saying that the
government is “rub-
bing salt on the wounds
of people” by increas-
ing the prices at a time
when people are either
unemployed or not re-
ceiving salaries.
“Amid coronavirus
pandemic and tensions
with China, the Centre
has left the common
man to fend for them-
selves. It is looting the
country by increasing
the price of petrol and
diesel from the past 21
days. The poor and mid-
dle class people are
helpless,” the video nar-
rated. The video, shared
by Rahul Gandhi, went
on to urge people to
raise their voice against
hike, so that it lands on
‘deaf ears of the govt.’
“The Modi government
has ‘unlocked’ the Co-
rona epidemic & petrol-
diesel prices,” tweeted
Gandhi with a graph
showing a spike in Cor-
onavirus cases and fuel
prices. —Agencies
‘Speakupagainstrisingfuelprices’RaGa shared a video wherein, a person could be heard saying that the government is ‘rubbing salt on the
wounds of people’ by increasing prices at a time when they are either unemployed or not receiving salaries
Congress leader DK Shivakumar with Congress leader Siddaramaiah carries a bike on the shoulder
in protest against fuel price hike, in Bengaluru on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Vaishali
New Delhi: Amid the
rising fuel prices, Union
Petroleum Minister
DharmendraPradhanon
Monday hinted that the
prices of petrol and die-
sel in India may soon
comedown.“Worldecon-
omy as well as Indian
economy is going
through a challenging
time. Due to COVID19
pandemic, energy indus-
try is going through a
tough time. Demand for
petrol went down by 70-
80% in April-May
months in the country
which directly impacted
economy,” the minister
said, amid protests by
the Opposition over the
skyrocketing fuelprices.
“Now the demand is
picking up again. No
one can predict oil pric-
es, but we've estimated
that as prices in interna-
tional markets stabilise,
prices in India will also
stabilise,” the Petrole-
um Minister said.
Fuelpricesmay
comedowninIndia
soon,saysPradhan
Bengaluru: Former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah
along with Congress leaders rode a bicycle from
his residence to Minsk Square to protest against
the hike in fuel prices. KPCC President DK Shi-
vakumar too accompanied him.”We are carrying
out our duty. At the time of UPA government's
rule, when there was any hike in fuel prices, sev-
eral BJP leaders had made bold statements. It is
ironic that at the time of this COVID-19 pandem-
ic, even despite the price of barrels falling, they
have increased fuel prices,” said Shivakumar.
SIDDARAMAIAH RIDES BICYCLE TO
PROTEST AGAINST PRICE HIKE
Rampur: Union Minis-
ter Mukhtar Abbas
Naqvi said that the
Gandhi family is unable
to understand that the
current government is
not that of former PM
Dr Manmohan Singh
which they used to re-
mote control.
Reacting to Congress
leader Abhishek Manu
Singhvi's comment
stating, that PM-
CARES Fund has re-
ceived donations from
Chinese companies
which is ‘alarming for
national security,’ Naq-
vi said, “Gandhi family
is not able to under-
stand that this is not
Manmohan Singh's
government which they
used to remote control.
Modi government is
dedicated to nation’s
development & securi-
ty. Congress should
stop giving dictation.
Congress party is fitted
in a family photo frame
& will never accept
ground reality.” —ANI
‘This isn’t govt which Gandhis used to control’
New Delhi: Terming
India and Bhutan rela-
tionship as 'truly
unique', External Af-
fairs Minister S Jais-
hankar said the two
countries are fighting
the coronavirus pan-
demic together and as-
sured that New Delhi
stands with Thimphu in
dealing with challenges
post the global crisis.
The minister's re-
mark came at the sign-
ing ceremony of Con-
cession Agreement for
600 MW Kholongchhu
JV-Hydroelectric Pro-
ject in Bhutan. The
agreement was signed
between Bhutan gov-
ernment and Kho-
longchhu Hydro Ener-
gy Limited. Jaishankar
called the joint project
as yet another mile-
stone in “diverse” and
“multi-faceted bilater-
al cooperation” be-
tween the two neigh-
bouring countries. “600
MW Kholongchhu JV-
Hydroelectric Project
is the first joint ven-
ture to be implemented
in Bhutan. I congratu-
late both for this feat,”
he said. —ANI
‘India stands together with Bhutan
in dealing with various challenges’
Anirudh Tiwari
Bhopal: The way for
first cabinet expansion
of BJP government in
Madhya Pradesh, is
now cleared. After sev-
eral rounds of meetings
with BJP High Com-
mand in Delhi, names
of 25 to 28 ministers
have been finalised for
the Cabinet. For the
first time in MP, the
post of Dy CM is being
created in a BJP gov-
ernment. According to
sources, it has been
agreed to make Scindia
supporter, Tulsi Silavat
& senior BJP leader and
Home Minister Narot-
tam Mishra asDy CM.
Chief Minister Shivraj
Singh Chauhan imme-
diately left for Delhi af-
ter returning from
Tirupati, wherein, he
held met with BJP Pres-
ident JP Nadda and
Home Minister Amit
Shah as well as Agricul-
ture Minister Narendra
Singh Tomar.
MP: PAVING WAY FOR
CABINET EXPANSION
New Delhi: Delhi HC
extended the suspen-
sion of the function-
ing of the HC and
courts subordinate to
it till July 15 in view of
the ongoing coronavi-
rus pandemic.
Taking note of the
prevalent situation in
Delhi, the Adminis-
trative and General
Supervision Commit-
tee of Delhi HC said
that the regular func-
tioning of high court
as well courts subor-
dinate to it shall con-
tinue to remain sus-
pended till July 15. All
the pending matters
listed before the court
in this period will
stand adjourned.
It said that the sus-
pended functioning of
HC of Delhi shall
stand extended till
July 15 on same terms
as contained in order
dated June 13. How-
ever, hearing in ur-
gent matters would be
held via VC. —ANI
New Delhi: The Del-
hi HC adjourned to
July 6 hearing on sev-
eral petitions relat-
ing to the violence
that erupted in and
around the Jamia
Milia Islamia (JMI)
University in Decem-
ber last year.
A division bench
presided by Chief
Justice DN Patel and
Justice Prateek Jalan
adjourned the matter
as many of the par-
ties had not received
a copy of the replies.
The Crime Branch of
Delhi Police had ear-
lier submitted before
HC their response on
several pleas, includ-
ing one filed by law-
yer Nabila Hasan
through advocates
Sneha Mukherjee
and Siddharth Seem
seeking action
against cops over Ja-
mia violence.
Police said that
there is no need for a
separate inquiry as it
is already probing
the matter. —ANI
Functioning of Delhi
HC,district courts
suspended till Jul 15
Hearing on pleas
related to Jamia
violence adjourned
New Delhi: Masood, a
so-called commander
of terrorist group Hiz-
bul Mujahideen, was
killed by security forc-
es in an encounter in
south Kashmir’s
Anantnag district on
Monday. Masood was
the last surviving ter-
rorist from the Doda
district, Jammu and
Kashmir police chief
Dilbag Singh said.
Masood was wanted
in a rape case in Doda
and had joined the Hiz-
bul Mujahideen when
he was on the run, the
Kashmir police said. He
had shifted his area of
operation to Kashmir.
“Doda district in
Jammu Zone becomes
totally militancy free
once again as Masood
was a last surviving
terrorist of the Doda
District,” Dilbag Sin-
gh said. “Doda district
in Jammu Zone be-
comes totally militan-
cy free once again as
Masood was a last sur-
viving terrorist of the
Doda District,” Dilbag
Singh said. —ANI
Dodaismilitancyfree,afterHizb
terroristkilledinencounter:Cops
U’KHAND GOVT TO BEGIN
CHARDHAM YATRA FROM JULY 1
Dehradun: Uttarakhand government will begin
the Char Dham Yatra for residents of the state
from July 1, Uttarakhand Chardham Devastha-
nam Board Chief Executive officer said. “Uttara-
khand government will begin Char Dham Yatra
for the residents of the state from July 1, follow-
ing standard operating procedure (SOPs) issued
by the government in view of COVID-19,” the
board said. It said that people from containment
zones and quarantine centres within the state will
also not be allowed to take part in pilgrimage.
DEFENCE MIN LAUNCHES NEW PORTAL FOR SECURITY CLEARANCES
New Delhi: Defence
Minister Rajnath
Singh on Monday
launched a new
portal for according
security clearances
to various organisa-
tions for projects in
areas nearby defence
installations and also
for RSSE activities in
Indian Territorial Wa-
ters and EEZs, said
the Office of Defence
Minister. The newly
developed Ministry of
Defence portal will fa-
cilitate the applicants
in submitting their
proposals online for
seeking MoD Security
Clearance. The online
system will establish
an effective, speedy
and transparent
mechanism to pro-
cess these proposals,
said the officials.
‘PUNJAB TO BE SHORT OF 30,000
CR IN REVENUE THIS FISCAL’
Chandigarh: Punjab
Chief Minister Captain
Amarinder Singh said
that the state is estimated
to be short of Rs 30,000
crore in revenue this
financial year due to the
ongoing coronavirus
pandemic.“I have just
sent to the Prime Minister
a memorandum of the
Government of India
seeking fiscal and non-fis-
cal assistance from the
government. We have
covered all our areas. We
estimate, that by the end
of this financial year, we
will be short of about Rs
30,000 crore in revenue,”
Singh said in a press
conference.He observed
that trade is going down
and added that the Goods
and Services Tax (GST)
will be reduced.
IN THE COURTYARD
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Minister of Petroleum
& Natural Gas and
Minister of Steel,
Government of India.
Views personal. RTs
not endorsement.
Unlike @INCIndia’s
legacy of transfer-
ring money into the
accounts of mid-
dlemen, ‘National
Daamad’, ‘The Family’
and Rajiv Gandhi
Foundation, Modi ji’s
DBT is about putting
money in the hands
of the poor, farmers,
migrant workforce
and women.
‘BORN TO FOREIGNER, CAN'T BE PATRIOT’
New Delhi: Delhi HC refused to entertain
a PIL seeking uniform standard operating
procedure for arrests claiming there are no
guidelines for the same in Gazette of India.
A division bench of CJ DN Patel and Justice
Prateek Jalan disposed of the plea filed by
Abhijit Mishra but granted him liberty to
approach an appropriate forum if there is a
violation of legal provisions concerning ar-
rest in any individual case. Mishra, in his
plea, said that to date there are no uniform
guidelines or SOPs in regard to arrest of
citizen as published in the Gazette of India.
HC junks plea seeking
uniform SOP for arrests
Pune: Congress staged
a protest in Maharash-
tra’s Pune against the
surge in petrol and die-
sel prices across the
country.
Congress leader Bala-
saheb Thorat said: “The
protest is happening all
over the country today.
When petrol diesel pric-
es are hiked it impacts
common man, today
when the common man
is in problem already
due to coronavirus the
government is putting
another burden on them
by increasing petrol and
diesel prices.” Former
MLC Mohan Joshi “To-
day the prices in the in-
ternational market are
less but still govt is tak-
ing more money from
Pune for fuel. The gov-
ernment should pro-
vide fuel at the price of
international crude oil
price,” he said. —ANI
Maharashtra Cong
joins the protest

INDIAJAIPUR | TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2020
‘Govt ‘extorting’...
Participating in the
Congress’ “Speak Up
Against Fuel Hike”
campaign across the
country, she said on the
one hand, the COVID-19
pandemic was wreak-
ing havoc and on the
other, the rise in petrol
and diesel prices was
making life very diffi-
cult for the people.
The Congress
launched the country-
wide campaign on Mon-
day to press the central
government to roll back
fuel prices as they were
hurting the common
people.Party leaders Ra-
hul Gandhi and Priyan-
ka Gandhi Vadra also
joined the campaign on
social media, and urged
people to join them in
pressingthegovernment
to reduce fuel prices.
“I, along with all Con-
gressmen and others
together, demand from
the Modi government to
immediately roll back
the increase in prices of
petrol and diesel raised
during this crisis due to
the corona pandemic,”
Sonia Gandhi said in a
video message.”I also
urge them to roll back
the rise in excise duty
on petrol and diesel
since March this year
and give this benefit to
the countrymen. This
will be a big relief in
this period of economic
crisis,” she said. —PTI
Amid Chinese...
by both the countries for
disengagement.
It is also being said
that all contentious ar-
eas during the ongoing
standoff will be dis-
cussed in tomorrow’s
meeting to stabilise the
situation along the
Line of Actual Control
(LAC). The last two
meetings at the Corp
Commander level were
held on June 6 and
June 22. At the first
meeting between the
commanders of both
nations, it was mutual-
ly decided to disengage
at multiple locations in
Ladakh region and In-
dia had also asked Chi-
nese to return to their
pre-May 4 military po-
sitions along the LAC.
Also, Major Gener-
al-level dialogue took
place for three consec-
utive days after the vio-
lent clash at Patrolling
Point 14 in Galwan Val-
ley on June 15 left 20
Indian soldiers dead.
Maha lockdown...
No new loosening of
curbs have been an-
nounced and relax-
ations granted earlier
under “Mission Begin
Again” will continue
for citizens. —PTI
Shut: Metro,...
10 pm to 5 am. Further,
relaxations in night
curfew have been given
for the seamless opera-
tion of industrial units
in multiple shifts,
movement of persons
and goods on National
and State Highways,
loading and unloading
of cargo and movement
of persons to their des-
tinations after disem-
barking from buses,
trains and airplanes,”
MHA said.
Dates for the opening
of activities will be de-
cided separately, based
on the assessment of
situation, MHA said.
Lockdown shall con-
tinue to be implement-
ed strictly in the con-
tainment zones till
July 31.
Containment zones
are required to be care-
fully demarcated by the
State/UT Governments
with a view to contain-
ing the COVID-19
spread, after taking into
consideration the guide-
lines issued by the Min-
istry of Health & Fami-
ly Welfare (MOHFW).
The new guidelines,
issued on Monday, are
based on feedback re-
ceived from States and
UTs, and extensive con-
sultations held with re-
lated Central Ministries
and Departments.
“Shops depending
upon their area can
have more than five per-
sons at a time. However,
they have to maintain
adequate physical dis-
tance. Training institu-
tions of the Central and
State Governments will
be allowed to function
with effect from July 15,
2020. SOP in this regard
will be issued by the De-
partment of Personnel
and Training, Govern-
ment of India,” MHA
said. —ANI
Terrorists attack...
enter into the com-
pound leading to PSX
building through a
parking lot but security
forces foiled their at-
tack within the com-
pound itself, Deputy
Superintendent of Po-
lice (South) Jamil
Ahmed said. Baloch-
istan Liberation Army
(BLA) linked Majeed
Brigade claimed re-
sponsibility for the at-
tack. The group is
banned in Pakistan, the
UK and the US.
The BLA has carried
out several terrorist at-
tacks in the past, in-
cluding a suicide attack
in August 2018 that tar-
geted Chinese engi-
neers in Balochistan, a
November 2018 attack
on the Chinese consul-
ate in Karachi. —PTI
FROM PG 1
KAUN BANEGA CAG?
It will not be a surprise, if former Finance Sec-
retary, Hasmukh Adhia is appointed as new CAG.
He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.
NOW TWO VACANCIES IN CBDT
There is a shortage of two Members in the
CBDT. After the retirement of Akhilesh Ranjan in
November last, second vacancy has been caused
because of the superannuation of PK Dash.
Now third vacancy is expected in July. And the
Chairman will also retire in August. Why so much
delay in appointments in the CBIC and the CBDT?
ORDERS OF DR RAJ KIRAN RAI AS
UBI MD & CEO ISSUED
Orders regarding the tenure extention of Dr Raj
Kiran Rai, MD & CEO of Union Bank of India,
were issued on Monday, the sources said.
NOTIFICATION OF PP SENGUPTA
FOR MD & CEO OF INDIAN
OVERSEAS BANK TO BE
ANNOUNCED ON TUESDAY?
Notification for appointment of P P Sengupta as
MD & CEO of Indian Overseas Bank is expected
today. He is supposed to take over on July 1.
K RAJESWARA RAO IS NOW
ADDITIONAL SECRETARY, NITI AAYOG
K Rajeswara Rao, Additional Secretary, Ministry
of Mines, has been appointed as Additional Sec-
retary, NITI Aayog. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer
of Tripura cadre.
VINI MAHAJAN SUPERSEDES FOUR
OFFICERS TO BECOME PUNJAB CS
Vini Mahajan, a1987 batch Punjab cadre IAS
officer, appointed Chief Secretary of Punjab,
has superseded four IAS officers including KBS
Sidhu of the 1984-batch, senior-most officer in
Punjab due to retire in July 2021. Three other
officers, all of 1985-batch, are Satish Chandra
currently Home Secretary who retires in Sep-
tember 2020, Kalpana Mittal Baruah, who retires
in November 2020 and Arun Goel, who retires in
December 2022.
PESB YET TO HOLD INTERVIEWS
FOR CHAIRMAN, SAIL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is
yet to hold interviews for the post of Chairman,
Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), falling vacant
next year on January 1, 2021. The names of five
internal candidates including two Directors and
three Executive Directors are doing the rounds
for the post, informed the sources.
PP SHARMA APPOINTED SC’S
VACATION OFFICER FOR AUG 2020
Prem Prakash Sharma, Deputy Registrar in the Su-
preme Court has been appointed as Vacation Officer
in the Supreme Court for month of August 2020.
SASHI SHANKAR RELIEVED TO JOIN
CENTRAL DEPUTATION
Sashi Shankar, DCF, Chittorgarh, has been
relieved to join central deputation as Assistant
Inspector General of Forests (Central), Regional
Office, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Cli-
mate Change, Dehradun. He is a 2009 batch IFS
officer of Rajasthan cadre.
GOPAL MEENA IS ALSO ADDITIONAL
CEO IN BIHAR
Gopal Meena has been assigned an additional
charge of Additional Chief Electoral Officer (ACEO) in
Bihar. He is a 2007 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
SAJEEV KRISHNAN QUITS AS PART-
TIME CHAIRMAN OF DHANLAXMI BANK
Sajeev Krishnan, Part-time Chairman and
Independent Director of Dhanlaxmi Bank, has
resigned from the Board of the Bank w.e.f June
29, 2020 due to personal reasons, informed a
few reliable sources from the Bank.
POWERGallery
New Delhi: The Delhi
government will set up
a plasma bank to help
Covid-19 patients in the
city, announced chief
minister Arvind Kejri-
wal at a press confer-
ence this afternoon. It is
likely to be the first such
bank in the country.
Use of plasma thera-
py involves injecting
blood-component plas-
ma extracted from a
cured coronavirus pa-
tient into a positive case.
The plasma of a cured
patient is considered to
carry virus-fighting an-
tibodies which boost the
immune system’s re-
sponse to the disease.
Plasma is the almost-
clear liquid left behind
afterredandwhiteblood
cells and platelets are
removed from the blood.
The plasma bank –
which will operate
largely like a blood
bank – will be set up in
the Institute of Liver
and Biliary Sciences
(ILBS) hospital in south
Delhi and the services
can be availed by pa-
tients admitted in both
government and pri-
vate hospitals, but it
has to be recommended
by a doctor, the chief
minister said.
He further said, “The
Delhi government has
decided to set up a plas-
ma bank in ILBS Hospi-
tal. This will probably
be the first plasma
bank of the country.
Any Covid-cured indi-
vidual would be able to
donate plasma and ac-
tive Covid patients ad-
mitted in both private
and government hospi-
tals would be able to
avail it. But only a doc-
tor can recommend
plasma therapy and it
cannot be randomly
sought by any Covid pa-
tient. After recommen-
dation, the concerned
hospital has to inform
ILBS for plasma.”
He said that govern-
ment is working out the
modalities of plasma
bank & they shall be fi-
nalised in another two
days.” The CM also an-
nounced an honorary
amount of Rs 1cr to
family of Dr Aseem
Gupta, who died of Co-
rona. —ANI
‘Delhitogetplasmabanksoon’
The plasma bank at ILBS Hospital, will probably be the first such bank of the country
New Delhi: India’s cor-
onavirus recovery rate
has reached 58.67 per
cent as the gap between
recoveries and active
cases stands at 1,11,602,
according to the Union
Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare
(MoHFW).
A total of 12,010 COV-
ID-19 patients have been
cured in the last 24
hours. According to the
Ministry on Monday,
the total coronavirus
cases in the country
stands at 5,48,318 in-
cluding 2,10,120 active
cases, 3,21,723 cured/
discharged/migrated
and 16,475 deaths.
“The gap between re-
coveries and active cas-
es is 1,11,602 as of today.
So far, as many as
3,21,722 patients have
been cured of COV-
ID-19. The recovery rate
continues to steadily
improve. It has reached
58.67% amongst COV-
ID-19 patients today.
During the last 24
hours, a total of 12,010
COVID-19 patients have
been cured. Presently,
there are 2,10,120 active
cases and all are under
active medical supervi-
sion,” said a release by
MoHFW. —ANI
India’s recovery rate
reaches 58.67 pc: Govt
New Delhi: Congress
MP Abhishek Manu
Singhvi, who is being
treated for corona-
virus, tweeted on
Monday that while he
didn’t need plasma
“by god’s grace” as
he had a mild infec-
tion, he had pledged
his own as it was
the most effective
remedy available. The
Congress spokesper-
son tested positive
for the virus last week
and has been in home
isolation.
Puducherry: Puduch-
erry Chief Minister
V Narayanasamy
and the staff at his
residence on Monday
tested negative for
COVID-19.However,
the Chief Minister has
been advised seven
days home quaran-
tine, Director of Health
and Family Welfare S
Mohan Kumar said.
Narayanasamy and
staff at his residence
underwent examina-
tion for COVID-19 on
Sunday after one of
the staff had tested
positive a few days
ago. The chief minis-
ter and all the 52 staff
tested negative. —ANI
ABHISHEK MANU
SINGHVI IN HOME
QUARANTINE
PUDUCHERRY CM
TESTS NEGATIVE
FOR INFECTION
Ashwini K Singh is new BSF south Bengal IG
Kolkata: Ashwini Ku-
mar Singh took over as
the new IG of BSF’s
south Bengal frontier
that mans over 940 kilo-
metres of the India-
Bangladeshinternation-
alborder,aseniorofficer
said.Singhisa1984-batch
officer of BSF cadre.
Singh, who took over
from incumbent Y B
Khurania, also under-
took a tour of the border
areas in Malda district
and reviewed the secu-
rity preparedness.The
IG asked troops to en-
sure“zero”trans-border
crimes. He also asked
his personnel to use
technology tools to pre-
vent cross-border
crimes, an official said.
RAIN RELIEF...
A man holding an umbrella is silhoutted during light rainfall in Jalandhar. —PHOTO BY PTI
COVID 19 UPDATE
50L PPE SUITS’
MONTHLY EXPORT
Arvindkejriwal
@Arvindkejriwal
“Dr Aseem Gupta, a
senior doctor of LNJP
Hospital succumbed
to Covid yday. He was
known for going out
of his way to serve
his patients. We have
lost a very valuable
fighter. Delhi salutes
his spirit and sacri-
fice. I just spoke to
his wife and offered
my condolences and
support.”
New Delhi: In a huge
move, the Central Gov-
ernment on Monday
decided to ban 59 mo-
bile applications linked
to China on grounds of
national security.
A formal order, ask-
ing phone companies to
block the applications,
was issued after weeks
of discussions that
started much before the
Ladakh border standoff
with China.
The government said
the apps were blocked
“in view of information
available they are en-
gaged in activities
which is prejudicial to
sovereignty and integ-
rity of India, defence of
India, security of state
and public order.”
The statement from
the Ministry of Elec-
tronics and Informa-
tion and Technology
said it had received an
“exhaustive recommen-
dation” from Indian Cy-
ber Crime Coordination
Centre & MHA.
The ministry said it re-
ceived representations
from people on “security
of data & risk to privacy”
regarding few apps.
Digital strike on China!
Govt bans 59 China-linked phone applications
APPS THAT HAVE BEEN BANNED

TALKING POINTJAIPUR | TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2020
HEADING
BACK TO THE
ne of the most
profound ways
the COVID-19
pandemic has af-
fected our lives
has been in the
way we work. For people
lucky enough to keep their
jobs, and for those of us in
professions where it’s pos-
sible, working from home
has become the new nor-
mal.
Australia’s success in
“flattening the curve”
means restrictions are
now being lifted. With this,
many employers are bring-
ing their staff back into
the office, or at least con-
templating doing so.
But as the current out-
breaks in Victoria show,
it’s dangerous to think
we’re now safe from the
threat of COVID-19.
So, what do we need to
consider as we take those
first tentative steps back
into the office.
O
FOR PEOPLE LUCKY ENOUGH TO KEEP THEIR JOBS, AND FOR THOSE OF US IN PROFESSIONS
WHERE IT’S POSSIBLE, WORKING FROM HOME HAS BECOME THE NEW NORMAL
In many workplaces, em-
ployees share a small office
space, work in an open-plan
office, or use “hot desks”
that are shared between
several different employees
on different shifts.
Workers in these situa-
tions are often required to
work for long periods in
environments that make it
hard to maintain the recom-
mended 4m² distancing rule.
This combination —
several hours spent in
close contact — increases
the risk of COVID-19
transmission. This is il-
lustrated by an outbreak
in an open-plan call centre
in Seoul, where more than
43% of workers contracted
COVID-19 during February
and March.
While there’s a lot we
still don’t know about
SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus
that causes COVID-19, we do
know it spreads most effec-
tively from person to person
in droplet form. Infected
people emit these droplets
when they sneeze, cough,
and even speak.
Those droplets can be
transmitted directly through
the air — say when an infec-
tious person coughs in the
direction of someone else
close by — or they can settle
on surfaces, where they can
remain viable for hours.
The virus enters the body
of a non-infected person
through contact with mucous
membranes in the nose,
mouth or eyes and attaches
to cells in the upper res-
piratory tract to establish
infection.
OFFICE WORKERS
FIRST, HOW DOES THE VIRUS SPREAD?
First, each employee in a
shared office should be
able to have at least 4m²
to themselves. If this isn’t
possible, it would be a good
idea to stagger staff or allow
them to continue working
from home for now.
Second, think about
airflow. Small offices often
have insufficient airflow to
dilute the virus, and, if an
infectious person is present,
could end up with high con-
centrations of viral particles
over the course of an hour
or so.
Conversely, higher rates
of airflow combined with
poor ventilation can also
lead to infection, as droplets
can be carried further.
So where possible,
increase ventilation and
air exchange in open-plan
workspaces. Increasing the
ratio of fresh air intake to
recirculated air can reduce
the concentration of virus
particles in air conditioned
spaces. Even simply open-
ing windows can reduce
viral spread.
Third, cleaning proto-
cols need to be increased.
Where once a twice weekly
visit from a contracted
cleaner to vacuum the
floors, empty the bins and
quickly wipe over surfaces
was considered sufficient,
during COVID-19 you need
to ensure a thorough daily
clean of all surfaces.
Frequently touched sur-
faces, such as desks, light
switches, door handles,
phones, staircase railings,
touch screens, keypads,
taps and toilets should be
given special attention and
may require more frequent
cleaning.
Fourth, if a worker be-
comes sick with respiratory
symptoms, isolate them
from other staff and ar-
range for them to go home.
Advise them to get tested
for COVID-19 and not return
to work until they have a
negative result.
Similarly, reinforce the
message, “if you’re sick, get
tested and don’t come to
work”. Now more than ever,
the culture of “soldiering
on” while unwell puts others
at risk. Finally, you might
also consider asking em-
ployees to wear face masks
at work. Face masks are un-
likely to protect the person
wearing them but can limit
the disease being spread by
coughs and sneezes.
Cramped shared offices
and free-for-all hot-desking
are both known for their
negative impacts on quality
of workplace life. The results
are often interpersonal
conflict, reduced productivity
and higher rates of sickness.
CONSIDERATIONS FOR EMPLOYERS
First, you should clean
equipment like key-
boards, phones and mice
regularly, and definitely
between each user if
desks are shared. Simply
wipe your desk and equip-
ment with a domestic
spray cleaner.
Second, the best pro-
tection against the virus is
personal hygiene. Wash-
ing your hands with soap
and water offers excellent
protection against SARS-
CoV-2. When you can’t
wash your hands, use
an alcohol-based hand
sanitiser instead.
You should wash or
sanitise your hands
regularly throughout the
day, especially any time
you touch anything you
suspect someone else has
recently been in contact
with.
Third, maintain a dis-
tance of 1.5m from other
people to protect yourself
from airborne droplets.
Fourth, practise good
respiratory hygiene by
coughing and sneez-
ing into a tissue or the
crook of your elbow. This
prevents viral particles
spreading over surfaces
and toward people around
you.
Lastly, if you have any
symptoms, don’t go to
work. Get tested as soon
as possible and stay at
home until you receive the
results.
CONSIDERATIONS FOR EMPLOYEES
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
CONCEPT: DIVYA HEMNANI DESIGN: ABHISHEK GUPTA

Perseverance is hard work. It is
hard work continued, once you
finished working hard on
something which is still not complete. It is
also the key to success!.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
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PANDEmonium on BJP govt’s fuel hike
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: With the
Congress party initiat-
ing a massive online
campaign against fuel
price hike by the union
government, AICC Gen-
eral Secretary and Ra-
jasthan Incharge Avi-
nash Pande also rapped
the government claim-
ing that the government
has broken the back-
bone of every section of
the society. The senior
Congress leader took
to micro blogging site
twitter to vent out on
the government and
said, “By sharply in-
creasing fuel prices,
the government has
broken the backbone
of every section of the
society. I would urge
PM @narendramodi
to stop hurting people
of the country with
faulty economic man-
agement.”
With the hashtag
#SpeakUpAgainstFuel-
Hike trending on twit-
ter, Pande, in a series of
tweets against price
hike, said, “With price
hike of petroleum prod-
ucts, which will result
in inflation, the Central
government seems ada-
mant to devastate the
economic structure of
the country. People are
fed-up of Central gov-
ernment’s anti-people
policies and we want
thegovernmenttoknow
this. For the first time in
history, it has happened
that diesel prices have
overtaken petrol prices,
the recent spike being
for 21 consecutive days.
Why should the middle
class and poor people
pay for the “gifts crony
capitalists get”?”
Hinting that the gov-
ernment was not facing
steep price rise in crude
oil prices he said,
“There is no rise in
crude oil prices. So,
why give a free hand to
oil companies to raise
prices like this. People
are already affected by
unemployment, salary
cut, etc and now this
fuel surcharge adds to
their pitiable plight.
Rahul Gandhi ji kick-
starts the #SpeakU-
pAgainstFuelHike
campaign. Congress
volunteers and lead-
ers across the coun-
try are requested to
participate in the
campaign by raising
voice against fuel
price hike and let our
concerns for welfare
of public be heard
and addressed.”
New flavour of RHB: Applications
invited for Jaipur Chaupati
Yogesh Sharma
N
ow that the Rajya
Sabha election has
come to pass and
Congress managed, by pull-
inginvariousreins,tokeep
its house in order, there is
yet another bigger ‘game’
afoot. In murmurs of RS
election, that there were
two factions in the Con-
gress i.e. Gehlot camp
and Pilot camp, that ap-
pear to be still at logger-
heads and with the previ-
ous camp scoring one
goal on the latter during
the RS election gaffe, by
presenting the Pilot camp
MLAs as leaving the par-
ty’s side or being poached
by BJP, political observ-
ers claim that the next
big move is the ‘overhaul’
at PCC.
It is said that if you want
to know the future, you
should read the present in
detail.AndfortheCongress
party, it appears that the
present i.e. Monday, gave a
glimpse of the possible fu-
ture of the grand old party.
Mondaywasreservedfor
Congress’s agitation rally
against hike in fuel prices
andforthepurpose,agrand
assembly was organised by
the PCC. Although all sorts
of political remarks were
madeonthecentralgovern-
ment but there was some-
thing very significant, that
the current PCC Chief
Sachin Pilot came to men-
tion. While most Con-
gress workers consid-
ered his comments to be
made as a jibe on his col-
league - Transport Minis-
ter Pratap Singh Khacha-
riyawas. However, what
Pilot said, throws signifi-
cant light on probability
of things to come.
“For five years,
Pratap Singh lead
several agitations
and demonstra-
tions. Now that
he has become a
minister, I think
his heart still calls for
giving speeches. I think
he wants to work in the
organisation,” Pilot had
said.
This simple sentence has
initself theentirepermuta-
tions and combinations of
the polity in Rajasthan. But
why would Pilot give such a
statement? Considering
that Pilot has never made
such comments on anyone
in the political arena in Ra-
jasthan, it is indeed inter-
esting that the PCC Chief
thinks that a sitting minis-
ter would want to go back
into the organisation.
Well, sample this: the en-
tire Congress knows that
Pilot camp, knowingly or
unknowingly or under a
conspiracy hatched by
some people, have lost its
momentum of being up-
front or at par with the Ge-
hlot camp after the Rajya
Sabha poll issue. Word is
that the feedback given to
the high command about
Pilot also does not paint a
pretty picture and with Pi-
lot already serving a record
six years as PCC Chief, all
hints point that he will be
replaced very soon.
And this is where things
getinteresting.Goingoutof
the PCC meansPilot’s ‘pow-
er’ and current influence
would be exponentially re-
duced. And the chances of
Pilot receiving yet another
termatPCCarealmostneg-
ligible.Thelatestgrapevine
on this subject is that Pilot
camp has pleaded with the
Congress high
command to
retain Pilot
on his pre-
sentPCCas-
s i g n m e n t
till at least
coming Sep-
tember, by
the time all
the political
appointments and cabinet
reshuffle is done as well as
the Panchayat elections are
done, but according to
sources, the chances of this
‘possibility’ is very slim.
This is where Khacha-
riyawas comes in. The
transport minister, who
is known to be close to
Pilot, has over the course
of last one and half years
forged a good alliance in
Gehlot camp as well via
another Gehlot loyalist
and a Rajput leader Dhar-
mendra Rathore. With
the likes of Dr Raghu
Sharma and Dr Mahesh
Joshi, both of whom are
known to be Gehlot’s
trusted lieutenants, also
keeping Khachariyawas
in their ‘arsenal’, when
the political need arose in
the recent past, the trans-
port minister sits well in
both camps.
Barring ACB’s transport
department corruption ex-
posure, wherein the minis-
ter ran from pillar to post
to seek audience from CM
and apprise him of his ver-
sion, it is said that Gehlot
also is not too miffed with
him. But how will, if at all,
Khachariyawas take the
stepstothecovetedposition?
For that, he would need
an ‘NOC’ from both Ge-
hlot and Pilot camps but
final call will be taken by
Sonia Gandhi and Rahul
Gandhi, in consultation
with Ahmed Patel, Ashok
Gehlot and Avinash Pan-
de. There is a word in
Congress circles that Ra-
hul would be making a
comeback soon to the po-
sition of party president.
Pilot would like this equa-
tion since within the party
circles, Pilot is known to be
close to the Gandhi scion
andcouldthususethisposi-
tion to get his nominee into
the PCC. A nominee that
would, it is believed as of
now, not be objected by the
Gehlot camp and both
camps would thus maintain
their status-quo.
TETE
-A-TETE
Pilot to ‘fly away’, Khachariyawas as PCC’s ‘Pratap’?
The curious case
of Mahesh Joshi!
First India Bureau
Jaipur: It has been a
fortnightsincethepoliti-
cal tussle started in the
Rajya Sabha election.
With strong rumours
that Congress MLAs
could defect or be
poached by BJP and that
they are being lured by
an offering of twenty
five crores, the Gehlot
camp swung into action
andtriedtokeepthe‘am-
bitions’ in check.
For the purpose, the
state government de-
ployed its ‘watch-dog’
agenciesandthuscom-
plaints were regis-
tered with the ACB
and SOG by the Chief
Whip. ACB went a step
ahead and registered a
Source Information
Report (SIR) and hand-
ed investigation to an
ASP while SOG hand-
ed the investigation to
a SP rank officer. In
fact, Joshi himself had
said that attempts
were being made to
lure Congress and sup-
porting legislators. 15
dayssince,ACBandSOG
await Chief Whip for his
statements so as to start
their proceedings. Inter-
estingly, those who think
theywereinvolvedinthe
entire scenario, believe
that they are precarious-
ly hanging to a ‘thread’
andif theytrytoplayyet
another game, their
game could get over!
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: Riding on the
success of past projects,
the Rajasthan Housing
Board has now invited
applications for opera-
tion and management
of shops to be con-
structed at Chaupati in
Pratap Nagar, Mansa-
rover and Nayla. Ap-
plications have been
invited from people ac-
complished in the tra-
ditional culinary arts.
RHB Commissioner
Pawan Arora in-
formed that applica-
tions have been invited
for 28 shops at Pratap
Nagar Chaupati, 22 at
Mansarover and 16 at
Nayla where interest-
ed parties can apply
till July 31, 2020. The
chaupatis are being de-
veloped for locals and
tourists alike wherein
traditional Indian
snacks and beverages
will be served through
food outlets.
“For the first time,
the RHB will develop
‘Pratap Street Ave-
nue’ in one kilo meter
area at Pratap Nagar
Chaupati wherein
decorative plants,
jogging tracks, bench-
es, colourful lights
and other beautifica-
tion steps would be
taken. The avenue
will be developed on
the lines of food
streets in foreign
countries which will
give a feel of being in
foreign country and
almost Rs 4 crore will
be spent in the devel-
opment of the ave-
nue,” Arora said.
Moreover, the land-
scaping and green cover
will also be focussed on
by the RHB. “The chau-
patiswillbemadeattrac-
tive through landscap-
ingandfloweringplants,
herbs and shrubs will be
planted here. Music sys-
tem will also be installed
which will play classical
Indian and European in-
struments and at special
occasions, Rajasthan
singers and artists could
also play live. For the
youth,selfiepointwillbe
created and live shows
will be organized,” the
Commissioner said.
Notably, sanitiza-
tion centres will also
be erected around the
chaupati. Moreover,
hand wash machines
that could be operat-
ed with foot pedals
will also be installed.
“The rent for these
shops have been kept be-
tween Rs 20-30 thousand
and with a proposed five
percent annual increase
in rent. An applicant
shouldbeamasterof the
culinary art and should
hold required licenses
from the competitive de-
partment,” Arora said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Speaker of the
state assembly, Dr CP
Joshi has done a lot
for the development
of his constituency
Nathdwara, which
also happens to be his
birth place. His efforts
have given Nathdwara
a national highway
and ring road.
It is his vision for de-
velopmentof Nathdwara
that Dr Joshi is now try-
ing to underground all
electricity cables in the
town. It would spare peo-
ple from the danger of
overhanging wires and
will add to the beauty.
A meeting in this
regard was held on Dr
Joshi’s residence on
Monday. Feasibility
of underground ca-
bling for the entire
city including Chau-
pati was discussed.
The complete project
is estimated to cost Rs
54 crore. Chairman
and Managing Director
of DISCOM Ajitabh
Sharma, MD of Ajmer
DISCOM VS Bhati and
senior officers of PWD
and Energy depart-
ments were present.
Dr. Anita
New Delhi: Congress’
senior Rajya Sabha
MP and AICC Treas-
urer Ahmed Patel on
Monday gave out a
clarion call to the
people to fight the
“back-breaking” hike
in petrol and diesel
prices imposed by an
“insensitive and self-
ish” government till
it is rolled back.
“It is a high time that
we see through the
game of this BJP Gov-
ernment to misguide
and mislead us and
fight for this just de-
mand. It is not about the
Congress or any other
party, it is the serious
issue that needs to be
understood,” Patel twit-
ted in a video message,
as part of the “Speak
Up Against Fuel Hike”
campaign across the
country by the Con-
gress. The Congress
launched the coun-
trywide campaign on
Monday to press the
central government
to roll back fuel pric-
es as they were hurt-
ing the common peo-
ple.
“First in the name
of notebandhi, then
GST and now when co-
rona has hit the com-
mon man so hard, the
government has hiked
the prices when it is
very much possible to
bring them down, giv-
en the low crude oil
prices,” the Congress
leader asserted.
Patel went on, “In
such tough times, this
government is forcing
out money from the
pockets of the poor;
what should I call this,
nothing but a white
loot’’! This is such an
insensitive govern-
ment, which thinks
people would anyway
vote for them. And
whenever the elec-
tions come -- in this
case, they know it is
four years away --
they will use the same
loot money to woo the
people.”
PATEL’sCLARIONCALL:Fight‘looters&selfish’govt
Joshi reviews power
projects in Nathdwara
Mahesh Joshi
CM Ashok Gehlot, Pratap Singh Khachariyawas and Sachin Pilot
Avinash Pande
Dr CP Joshi with Ajitabh Sharma, VS Bhati and other officials
during the meeting on Monday.
AHMED PATEL
@ahmedpatel
We welcome the deci-
sion to ban Chinese
apps. In light of the
grave intrusion of
our territory & the
unprovoked attack on
our armed forces by
the Chinese army, we
expect our govern-
ment to take more
substantial & effective
measures.
Ahmed Patel —File photo

t one time,
t h i g h - h i g h
slits were a
rage but those
days are by-
gone, high
and higher
slits are all the rage
with the celebrities
but also make heads
turn like never before!
From the thigh-
high slits, we have
moved to the waist-
high slits or a slit all
the way! This fashion is
now increasingly com-
mon among the town
celebrities too across.
Before you decide to
carry the slit, City
First brings you a few
tips so that you make
heads turn for the right
reasons and not for a
fashion blooper!
Follow these tips
and you will have peo-
ple wondering what
sartorial sorcery
have you been up to
carry the slit with
such aplomb!
The first and
foremost is to
make sure the
dress fits like a
glove, there
should be no
extra spaces
for the dress
to move or
lift up. Or if
you don’t
have the fig-
ure to carry the slit in a
long flowing skirt which
looks lovely too, use strap-
less undies to ensure
there is no nudity in case
the dress moves. Also, re-
member high slits are
only for the night parties,
a modest slit is a norm for
the day, purely to ease
movement. The day time
slit skirts look good with
high boots and neon
sneakers too.
You don’t actually have
to go with a thigh-high
slit. You can take a mid-
calf or just a small slit.
Just the idea of having a
front or side slit will add
to your look and you can
decide the length as per
your choice and comfort.
Keep the focus on the legs
subtly and please ensure that
the legs being shown-off are
worth it, waxed, moisturised
and toned or you can wear
light skin colour stockings
too if you want. And make
sure you wear the highest
heels you can comforta-
bly walk in for the even-
ing party look. Mono-
chrome with the slit
with a few accessories
as possible, is the look
to kill for. Splits work
best when everything
else is covered. So, if
you are showing off
your legs, give the
cleavage a rest.
Last and the
most important is
comfort, don’t
show off the skin
you are not com-
fortable with. The
style will seriously
take a back seat if
you are not confi-
dent and comfortable.
JAIPUR, TUESDAY
JUNE 30, 2020
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SPLIT THE
STYLESlits have taken over the world of fashion
by storm in more ways than one!
A
NEHAL NAYAR
nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in

atisfying their creative ap-
petite and delivering path-
breaking campaigns since
2010, Pathfynder has been
handling 360 degrees
branding for various in-
dustry segments and
brands across Pan India. It has been
the proud pioneer of social media
in Rajasthan since it was started by
the visionary, Gaurav Hajela. Apart
from being the lead photographer
with unmatched energy levels,
Gaurav heads the marketing and
video production wing along with
his wife Anisha who heads the con-
tent department and manages the
day to day operations. The duo has
created some unique campaigns for
their clients in the past. Various
brands have increased their aware-
ness and created a good relation-
ship with their audience because of
their campaigns.
 How do you manage to deliv-
er excellence in these challeng-
ing times?
After the world has been hit by this
pandemic called COVID, like every-
one, we too were confined to our
houses. This was very challenging
as team Pathfynder was left with no
set working hours and all the team
members were working 24*7 for the
customers during the lockdown. Be
it a big or small brand, at this time
everyone wanted to grab the atten-
tion on digital media as the time
spent by masses on digital media
increased manifolds. Despite the
challenges of work from home, our
team was working each day without
complaining to achieve excellence
day-in-and day-out. In fact, we suc-
cessfully launched and carried out
some dynamic campaigns for our
new and existing customers during
the lockdown. I believe that the de-
terminationtowinisthebetterpart
of winning,andourteamstrivesfor
this in any circumstances.
 Digital transformation for
brands has become almost
mandatory in a very short time.
As a digital agency, how are
you handling this process?
Post lockdown, we are getting
many inquiries because people
have realized that now they can
not ignore the digital platform.
With so many businesses/ emerg-
ing struggling for visibility, any
brand can easily lose focus. And let
us not forget that even now we are
in partial lockdown. Hence people
are still confined to their houses.
We are helping our clients to focus
on what they are best at like plan-
ning for the present and future of
their business. And we will take
care of their digital presence to
reach out to a wider audience espe-
cially in today’s time.
 How do you define these test-
ing times in terms of branding?
Consumers/clients expect more
mindfulness in these testing times
by addressing the larger issues
than being just opportunistic and
marketing their products. This is
not an ideal time for direct product
marketing. Compassion and con-
cern towards society and human-
ity is the need of the hour.
We are driving our strategies to
communicate around the purpose
and values of a brand instead of
resorting to product push strate-
gies. The empathetic communica-
tion to connect with consumers
will now define the success of
brands while reinstating positivity.
 How has COVID affected your
Business?
As said, with all the negativity and
issues that COVID has presented
for businesses, I think it’d be naive
of us to not see this as an amazing
opportunity to challenge our busi-
ness model and use it to generate
newer, smarter, more robust busi-
ness strategies. As an entrepre-
neur, you have to see this as just
another business challenge and
face it proactively rather than sim-
ply placing yourself in ‘defensive
mode’. After the COVID-19 crisis, it
is expected that the need for digital
promotions will increase. Compa-
nies will invest in digital more
than ever. We are geared up to get
involved in new campaigns to help
companies in their digital brand-
ing as well as transformation.
About the new office
space: Visualizing the
growing need for digitali-
zation and to strike a
chord with this new de-
manding situation, Path-
fynder took a step further
and has redefined its
creative space as they
moved-in to a brand-
new office. Boasts of
stunning views, quirky
interiors with an ele-
ment of yellow and
grey, the new office
set up is not only
inviting but stirs
the team to deliver
the best. The state-
of-the-art décor has
deeply looked into
every aspect of
space planning and
presentation. With
dedicated sections for
Content writing,
graphic designing,
photoshoots and video
editing, each individu-
al has a lot to perform
and perform to their full
potential.
 What makes you take
this decision to shift to a
brand new workspace
when the world is
learning to work
from home.
A creative person can’t work
from home. We need a lot to
feed our creativity. “This new
space situated in the centre of
Jaipur is an exciting, creative
and progressive hub with an
amalgamation of culture and
character, says Gaurav. When
everything around us was so
negative and depressing, I want-
ed to design a space with only
positive vibes in every corner. A
visit to this premise is not just a
visit to an office but it is a visit to
free-flowing positivity. And of
course, a good cup of coffee is also
one of the excuses.”
FACEOFTHEDAY
DIVYA CHOUDHARY, Model
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Exquisite site will catch
your attention for building a
new house. You will get
full family support in new
business ventures you share a very
special bond with your father and he
is both your best friend and your
mentor. You may take help from a
health care expert.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Put a Pep in your step
while working towards
your goal. Goddess of
money has blessed you
with money comfort and security.
Luck is favouring you in every way
today. There is a happy atmosphere
at home today and you will simply
relax and breathe fresh air.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Helming an organisation is
not a child’s play and you
are doing a commendable
job. You may get reminded
to get it touch with someone from
the past and a long lost relationship
may revive. You will find yourself free
of any pain that you had for some
time. You may deal in profit.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Philanthropic work is a good
way to channelise your
energy in doing something
worthwhile. Money is no big
deal for you as you always earn back
the money you loose such is your luck.
Don’t let your piled up work become
insurmountable, you must stop
procrastinating.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
A whimsical sense of
humour is your trademark.
You will get some
outstanding investment
opportunities today that will make
you financially stronger even for the
future. You may have to lead your
team to do extra work so make sure
to be very convincing.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Hoarding essentials may be
on your priority list.
Investments are returns are
all under your control and
you have worked very hard to be at the
current position in life. Things are
moving smoothly as far as your career
is concerned. Pursue what you truly
want to and don’t compromise with it.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Solemn music makes you
think deeper. You like to
spend some good quality
time with your loved ones
everyday. You want to become rich
and powerful and you will surely
succeed in your endeavours. You
take care of people around you and
stand by their side.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Quirky sense of humour
put you off. You will make
big profits from clinching a
lucrative deal. You will
surely get shortlisted and you will get
the appointment letter from your
dream firm. Today you may be in the
mood to reminisce therefore you
may sit back at home and smile.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Venting your anger on
someone close should be
avoided. Your parents will
help you in times of
financial crisis be rest assured but
first you must try on your own to get
out of it, remember there is always a
way. Your good karma will recipro-
cate with interest.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Laden with responsibilities
and still you smile. Some
people deliberately like to
friendship you for your
money and status, keep miles away
from such people. On professional
front, the atmosphere is office is
highly competitive so make sure you
are seen and heard.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Stand by the side of people
who are left destitute
because of this pandemic.
You may go for some
speculative business or job. You
share a keen interest in stock market.
Your work contribution on
professional front will give your
image some must needed boost.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Hustle bustle should be
avoided when it comes to
building a firm. You are
very kind to other and
without giving a second thought you
go out of the way to help others and
sometimes even at the cost of your
own well being so please take care of
that. Try and eat healthy food today.
GO DIGITAL!
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