First India-Jaipur Edition-08 May 2021

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First India Bureau
Jaipur: With the an-
nouncement of free
vaccination for those
above 18 years of age,
the government has
started reeling under
revenue shortage and is
now forced to increase
spending on the medi-
cal sector. As prices of
vaccination are re-
duced, the government
now needs Rs 2,300
crore as compared to
earlier budget of Rs
3,000 crore. The govern-
ment has now started
restructuring the budg-
et for this.
CM Ashok Gehlot has
said that money will be
incurred from Rs 2,700
crore of District Min-
eralFundTrust(DMFT)
to fund the cost of vac-
cination. Rs 600 crore
will be diverted from
the MLA Fund.
The government is
also looking for the pos-
sibility of cuts in the
budget of development
schemes and details of
the same are being pre-
pared. The financial
situation of the govern-
ment and restructuring
of the budget has been
discussed at the level of
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot.
The Finance Depart-
ment is preparing the
details of such schemes
and programmes,
where the money can
be stopped at the mo-
ment. Some centrally
promoted schemes may
also have an impact on
budget cuts.
According to rough
estimates, the funds of
schemes of many de-
partments can be cut
by up to 30 per cent.
Apart from vaccina-
tion, the expenditure
on social security
schemes will increase
continuously in the Co-
rona period, which will
also be compensated by
this deduction.
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 Third Covid wave may not happen if
we take ‘strong measures’, says Principal
Scientific Advisor to PM K Vijay Raghavan
 Maharashtra, UP, Delhi, Rajasthan,
Chhattisgarh, Telangana & Jharkhand
show plateauing of daily cases: Centre
New Delhi: India may
manage to dodge a
deadly third wave of
the coronavirus if nec-
essary steps are taken,
the government’s top
scientific adviser
said on Friday,
two days after
asking the
country to
brace for follow-
ing spikes in
COVID-19 infections.
“If we take strong
measures, the third
wave may not happen in
all the places or indeed
anywhere at all. It de-
pends much on how ef-
fectively the guidance
is implemented at the
local level, in the states,
in districts and in the
cities everywhere,” Dr
K VijayRaghavan said.
The comments were a
step-downfromWednes-
day when he said,
“Phase 3 (third wave) is
inevitable, given
the high levels at
which this virus
is circulating.
But it is not clear
at what time
scale this Phase
3 will occur.”
The current surge in
infections seems to be
because of the Indian
“double mutant” coro-
navirus and the spread
of the UK variant has
slowed, he had said,
Turn to P6
Disappointing...
Unexpectedly so:
Sonia on poll results
File report on post-poll
violence: Calcutta HC
to Bengal Home Secy
Will bear cost
of coronavirus
treatment for
all: Tamil Nadu
new CM Stalin
New Delhi: Congress
Interim President So-
nia Gandhi on Friday
described the party’s
performance in last
month’s Assembly
elections as “very dis-
appointing” and added
that it was “unexpect-
edly so”.
Gandhi said the
CWC (Congress Work-
ing Committee) - the
party’s highest deci-
sion-making body -
would meet soon to re-
viewtheresults.“...but
it goes without saying
that we, as a party col-
lective, must draw ap-
propriate lessons from
this setback in a spirit
of humility
,” she said.
“Unfortunately, our
own performance in
all the states was very
disappointing and if I
may say, unexpectedly
so. The CWC is meet-
ing shortly to review
results...” she said at a
virtual meet of the
Congress Parliamen-
tary Party, as she con-
gratulated Mamata
Banerjee and MK Sta-
lin for their wins.
Turn to P6
Kolkata: Taking a se-
rious view of violence
after the Assembly
poll results in West
Bengal, the Calcutta
High Court on Friday
ordered the state
Home Secretary to file
a report mentioning
the places where the
post-poll violence oc-
curred and the steps
taken to contain the
violence.
A five-member Con-
stitution Bench of the
Calcutta High Court
passed the order.
The next date of
hearing regarding the
matter is on May 10.
Violence has been
reported in several
parts of West Bengal
after the results of the
assembly elections
were declared on May
2. Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) alleged
that nine of its party
workers have been
killed in the post-poll
violence. However, the
TMC is denying the al-
legations. Turn to P6
New Delhi: Tamil
Nadu Chief Minis-
ter M K Stalin on
Friday said his gov-
ernment will bear
the cost of Covid-19
treatment for pa-
tients who are ad-
mitted in private
hospitals. This will
be covered under the
Chief Minister’s
C o m p r e h e n s iv e
Health Insurance
Scheme.
This was among
Stalin’s first of five
orders after assum-
ing office this morn-
ing. He also ordered
Covid-19 financial
aid of Rs 4,000 to
2,07,67,000 rice card-
holders across the
state. “To implement
the scheme, the
Chief Minister has
signed the order to
provide the first in-
stalment of Rs 2,000
in May itself at Rs
4,153.69 crore,” an
order said.
‘NATION SINKING
UNDER WEIGHT
OF MODI GOVT’S
INDIFFERENCE’
New Delhi: Slamming
the Modi government
over its handling of
the covid situation,
Sonia said the Centre
has failed the people of
India as the “country
is crippled by political
leadership that has
no empathy for its
citizens. The nation is
sinking under the Nar-
endra Modi govern-
ment’s indifference.”
SONOWAL,
SARMA TO BID
FOR ASSAM IN
DELHI TODAY
New Delhi: The hustle
to become the Chief
Minister in Assam has
intensified. The current
Chief Minister Sarbanan-
da Sonowal and Himanta
Biswa Sarma are the two
strong contenders for the
post of Assam Chief Min-
ister. On Saturday, both
will arrive in Delhi and
meet BJP National Presi-
dent JP Nadda at 10:30
am. It is believed that
the BJP high command
has called both of them
to Delhi. According to
sources, earlier on May
6, there was a discussion
about the Chief Minister
of Assam at Amit Shah’s
residence in Delhi.
Dena hi padega: Supply 700 MT oxy to Delhi: SC
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Friday
directed the Centre to
supply 700 metric tonnes
of medical oxygen to
Delhi everyday till fur-
ther orders as top hospi-
tals in the national capi-
tal have been struggling
totackleanunprecedent-
ed rise in Covid-19 cases.
A bench headed by
Justice DY Chandra-
chud took note of the
submission of the Delhi
government on defi-
cient supply of oxygen
to the national capital
and warned that it will
pass orders against of-
ficials concerned if 700
MT of LMO is not sup-
plied daily
. Turn to P6
CORONA
CATASTROPHE
INDIA
RAJASTHAN
4,14,188
18,231
3,915
164
new cases
new cases
new fatalities
new fatalities
ARMY’S PRIMARY
JOB ISN’T HANDLING
COVID: HC TO DELHI
VACCINES BE GIVEN
TO THE STATES FOR
FREE: BENGAL TO SC
New Delhi: While rejecting a
submission against Centre’s
refusal to accede to Delhi
government’s request for
setting up of field hospitals
by Army in the national
capital, the Delhi High Court
on Friday said that the
armed forces would have to
remain in readiness to first
discharge the duty for which
they havwe been raised, and
it does not want the corona-
virus to spread like “wildfire”
among the armed forces.
Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee’s
government in West Bengal
told the Supreme Court
today that there should be a
uniform vaccination policy
and the new differential pric-
ing mechanism in the latest
phase of inoculations must
be scrapped. The Centre
must take immediate steps
to ensure vaccines are made
available and given to states
free of cost, Bengal said in
an affidavit before hearing on
vaccine policy next Monday.
Beneficiaries in the age group of 45 and above get vaccinated
against COVID-19, at a drive-in camp in Mumbai on Friday.
Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi with Rahul Gandhi.
ITBP IG Anand Swaroop visits the wards of 500 oxygen bedded
Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre, Radha Soami Beas in New Delhi.
A covid patient looks on during her treatment at Jawahar Lal
Nehru Hospital in Ajmer on Friday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
DRIVE-IN VACCINATION
New Delhi: To cut back on data entry
errors about vaccination status and incon-
venience caused to citizens, the CoWIN
system will introduce a four-digit security
code from Saturday, the Health Ministry
has said. In some instances, the Ministry
noted, citizens who had booked their
appointments but could not go for the
vaccination received SMS notification that
a shot has been administered to them.
Upon enquiry it was found to be an in-
stance of data entry error by the vaccina-
tor, it stated. “In order to minimise such
errors and the subsequent inconvenience
caused to the citizens, the CoWIN system
is introducing a new feature of four-digit
security code in the CoWIN application
from May 8. The new feature will be ap-
plicable only for citizens who have done
an online booking for a vaccination slot
COWIN TO SEND 4-DIGIT
CODE FROM TODAY. KNOW
WHY THAT’S HAPPENING
Govt is looking into possibility of cuts in budget of development schemes, said CM Ashok Gehlot.
Money will be allocated from `2,700 crore of District
Mineral Fund Trust to fund the cost of vaccination &
`600 crore will be diverted from the MLA Fund: Gehlot

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | SATURDAY, MAY 8, 2021
02
Yunus Gesawat
Nagaur: Senior Con-
gress leader and Zila
Parishad member Dr
Sahdev Choudhary has
raised the demand with
the district administra-
tion to solve the prob-
lem of drinking water
crisis in many villages
of Jayal tehsil as soon
as possible.
Dr Choudhary also
demanded supply of ad-
equate water to farmers
for cattle rearing. He
said to quench the thirst
of the cattle, farmers
have to wander here
and there. He said that
every year the water is
supplied by tankers in
the summer season, but
this time all claims of
the water supply de-
partment have failed.
Along with Tanvara
and Rotu, the hamlet of
Meghwalas of Rajod,
including the hamlet of
Kadvasara, are such ar-
eas where normal life
has been completely
disturbed due to lack of
adequate water supply.
Women are not getting
enough water for their
domestic work, this is
the reason for increas-
ing anger against the
water supply depart-
ment and district ad-
ministration here.
Dr Sahdev seeks water for Jayal villages
WATER CRISIS

Dr Choudhary
said that every
year the water is
supplied by
tankers in the
summer season,
but this time all
claims of the
water supply
dept have failed
First India Bureau
Jaipur: As the elec-
tions are over, the
prices of petrol and
diesel have started
rising regularly.
Diesel crossed the
figure of Rs 90 per
litre on Friday as
the price soared to
Rs 90.25 with an in-
crease of Rs 1.05 in
the last four days.
The petrol has in-
creased by 88 paise
per litre and reached
Rs 97.65 per litre.
Premium petrol is
already Rs 101.64
per litre.
In fact, the Cen-
tral government has
increased taxes sev-
eral times in the last
14 months in the
form of Central Ex-
cise and State Gov-
ernment VAT. Al-
though the Ra-
jasthan government
had given relief in
VAT of 2% in petrol
and diesel, this re-
lief was similar to
‘cumin in camel’s
mouth’. Just before
the elections of five
states including
Bengal, the prices of
petrol diesel contin-
ued to rise.
DIESELCROSSES
`90PERLITRE,
PETROL@`97.65
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Women waiting for water at a village in Jayal tehsil.
Pratap Singh Singhvi
@PratapSSinghvi
There is a huge scandal
running in the state re-
garding the
purchase
of Rem-
desivir
injection
and selling
it to private hospitals.
The state government
buys it in 899, then
why are priavte hospitals
selling it in 1350? The
government is not giving
any invoice of injections
to private hospitals. @
ashokgehlot51
Time
TWEET
HC notice to govt over
closure of meat shops
15-year-old accuses cop,
others of gangrape
HC seeks response of Centre, Raj
govt on different prices of vax
First India Bureau
Jaipur : In a petition
filed by Abdul Hameed
Qureshi in the Ra-
jasthan High Court,
Justice Sanjeev
Prakash Sharma issued
notice to the state gov-
ernment and others
against the closure of
meat shops on Mahavir
Jayanti and other reli-
gious festivals in the
state.
Advocates Gitesh Joshi
and Kalim Ahmad
Khan said that by issu-
ing an order by the DLB
department, all the
meat shops operating in
the state were instruct-
ed to remain closed on
Mahavir Jayanti. Cur-
rently the holy Rama-
dan month is also going
on and in the Constitu-
tion, it is mentioned
that every person has
the freedom to practice
his fair trade and reli-
gion and this order is-
sued by DLB violates
the rights of traders do-
ing meat business.
Hence, the Court has
sought a response from
the government in the
petition.
First India Bureau
Chittorgarh: A dis-
turbing case of kidnap-
ping a 15-year-old girl,
her gang-rape, forceful
marriage and child traf-
ficking has come to
light from Chittorgarh.
According to the state-
ment of the victim and
her family members on
May 3, the police has
filed a case against a
woman and two others.
The victim has blamed
a policeman and anoth-
er person of raping her.
She revealed every-
thing in front of the
Child Welfare Commit-
tee and police officers.
The Child Welfare
Committee has re-
quested the police to
register a case. After
rescuing her, the police
took her for counseling
and medical checkup.
Bhadesar incremental
officer Aditi Choud-
hary is looking into the
investigation.
Jodhpur: The Ra-
jasthan High Court on
Friday sought the re-
sponse of the Centre
and the state govern-
ment on a petition chal-
lenging the different
prices of anti-coronavi-
rus vaccines and alleg-
ing mismanagement of
the COVID-19 situation.
The petition also
stated that the differ-
ent prices announced
for procurement of
vaccines for the cen-
tral government,
states and private hos-
pitals violated the fun-
damental and consti-
tutional rights of citi-
zens. Covishield,
which is being manu-
factured by the Pune-
based Serum Institute
of India, is priced at
Rs 150 a dose for the
Centre, Rs 400 a dose
for state governments
and Rs 600 a dose for
private hospitals.
The Hyderabad-
based Bharat Biotech’’s
Covaxin is priced at Rs
150 a dose for the Cen-
tre, Rs 600 a dose for
state governments and
Rs 1,200 a dose for pri-
vate hospitals. Both
vaccines are adminis-
tered in two doses. A
division bench of Chief
Justice Indrajit Ma-
hanty and Justice Vinit
Kumar Mathur issued
notices to the Centre
and state government
seeking their response
by May 24. —PTI
According to the
statement of victim and
her family members,
the police has filed a
case against a woman
and two others
3 HELD WITH REMDESIVIR INJECTIONS
Initial inquiries revealed that accused got two
injections for `60,000 from a doctor at govt PHC
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The police ar-
rested 3 accused, in-
cluding a government
doctor, on charges of
black marketing Rem-
desivir injections in
Jaipur on Friday.
Among the other two
accused, one is the ward
boy of the SMS hospital
and one is an employee
in a private hospital.
Ontheinformationof
the Special Team (DST)
of North district, Vidy-
adhar Nagar Police Sta-
tion caught the gang.
Initial inquiries re-
vealed that the doctor
who was caught was
providingtwoinjections
for about Rs 60,000.
DCP (North) Paris
Deshmukh said that the
arrested Dr. Amit Ku-
mar Sethi, 40, a resident
of Kaveri Path Mansa-
rovar is in-charge at the
Government PHC at Ag-
garwal Farm, Jaipur.
The second accused,
Abhijeet Sen (24), is a
resident of Dudu. He is
a ward boy at SMS. The
third accused is Chhot-
ulal Saini (22) is a resi-
dent of Manpur in
Dausa. He lives at Rajat
Path in Mansarovar
and works as a sample
collector at a private
hospital in Mansarovar.
Police also arrested a
person Mayank from
Film Colony and recov-
ered 45 oxymeters from
his possession in Kot-
wali area. He got oxym-
eters from Delhi and
was selling on higher
prices.
Dr.Amit Kumar Sethi,Abhijeet Sen and Chhotulal Saini were arrested
on charges of black marketing Remdesivir injections in Jaipur.
LOCKDOWN FEARS
As Rajasthan is bracing for a partial lockdown, people
start leaving the city in droves. A majority of the people
are migrant workers. However, the crowds were nothing
like the exodus the city witnessed during the national
lockdown in 2020. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
A Health worker ready to inoculate people with a dose of the
Covishield vaccine at a vaccination centre in Ajmer on Friday.
RTOControlRoomto
checkambulanceprices
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Transport De-
partment has set up a
Control room set in
Jaipur RTO office to
curb the arbitrariness
of ambulanceoperators.
Following instructions
from Transport Com-
missioner Mahendra
Soni, the helpline num-
ber 0141-2708318 has
been made operational
24-hour. If the fare is be-
ing charged more than
the fixed rate from any-
one then a complaint
can be made in this con-
trol room. Ambulance
fare rates hoardings are
being installed outside
all major hospitals.
RATHORE SEEKS METRES IN AMBULANCES
—PHOTO
BY
HIMANSHU
SHARMA

First India Bureau
Jaipur: Expressing dis-
pleasure over arrange-
ments at ESI hospital,
Health Minister Dr
Raghu Sharma on Fri-
day said patientsshould
be treated at 300 beds.
“When so many re-
sources are available in
the hospital then
why patients are
denied admis-
sion?” he ques-
tioned during a
visit along with
Transport Minister
Pratap Singh Khachari-
yawas who also echoed
the same.
Sharma assured that
oxygen cylinders and
other essential medi-
cines will be made avail-
able in the hospital. He
gave instructions to
Medical Education Sec-
retary Vaibhav Galriya
and instructed to ensure
round the clock availa-
bility of doctors in dedi-
cated Covid hospitals.
He asked physicians to
come in three shifts and
display the chart of
availabilityof doctorsat
appropriate sites. At TB
hospital, Sharma in-
structed to immediately
start 60 oxygen-bedded
Covid dedicated wards.
Meanwhile, 20 oxygen
concentrators were
made available by
Khachariyawas for this
ward.
RAJASTHAN
03
Ministers pull up city hospitals
for providing timely treatment
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra on Fri-
day appealed to all to
strictly follow ‘Pan-
demic Red Alert
Public Discipline
Fortnight’ an-
nounced by the
state government.
Mishra gave a call
not to leave the house
without necessary
work, to wear masks,
maintain a distance of
two yards, and fully
comply with the Covid
protocol. “With this we
will be able to break the
chain of corona infec-
tion,” he said. He
called for proper
management of
medical re-
sources availa-
ble, oxygen sup-
ply, availability of
medicines on time,
along with every per-
son, institution, public
representative for play-
ing an active role at
their level.
318 JDA
computers operators
have demanded their
salaries for last three
months
Asaram Babu
was shifted from
MGM hospital to
AIIMS in Jodhpur
on Friday
4 employees at
Jhalana Leopard
Safari test +ve;
home
quarantined
Eight
flights were
cancelled on
Friday from Jaipur
airport; only 14
flights were
operated
Jaipur
metro
services will
remain suspended
during lockdown
from May 10 to
24
KEY
Highlights
BUSES OF ROADWAYS AND JCTSL WILL REMAIN OFF THE ROADS DURING LOCKDOWN
FROM MAY 10 TO 24. OFFICES WILL REMAIN CLOSED BUT ALL STAFF MEMBERS HAVE BEEN
DIRECTED TO STAY CONNECTED THROUGH MOBILE PHONES AND WHATSAPP.
COVID-19 UPDATE
TOTAL CASES
CASES IN A DAY
RECOVERED IN A DAY
RECOVERED TOTAL
ACTIVE CASES
7,20,799
5,16,306
1,99,147
18,231
16,930
DEATHS IN A DAY
TOTAL DEATHS
5,346
164
JAIPUR 4902
JODHPUR 2602
UDAIPUR 1002
ALWAR 805
PROVIDE OXYGEN IN
RURAL AREAS: RATHORE
The state government
should provide oxygen
cylinders to hospitals and
community health centres in
the rural areas, BJP National
spokesperson and Jaipur ru-
ral MP Colonel Rajyavardhan
Rathore wrote to CM Ashok
Gahlot. He said oxygen
availability is very scarce
there and people are not get-
ting the best treatment and
have to shift to Jaipur city
adding pressure on hospitals
like RUHS, Jaipuria, SMS,
Bilwa COVID Centre, etc.
MISMANAGEMENT AT JAIPURIA HOSPITAL AS
PATIENTS WAIT FOR HOURS SEEKING TREATMENT
BJP LEADERS HOLD VIRTUAL MEETING
WITH PARTY’S MEDIA PANELISTS
‘NO OXYGEN’
NOTICE PASTED AT
ALWAR HOSPITAL
IRKS PATIENTS
The directions of the
medical department
for Corona management
are not being followed
in Jaipuria hospital as
patients have to wait
there for long hours seek-
ing treatment. Amid the
constant complaints about
the hospital, a team of First
India checked the ground
reality.
It was seen that even
after waiting for hours in
the emergency ward of the
hospital, there is an inabil-
ity to admit the patients.
The Availability Informa-
tion Board was mislead-
ing the patients. In fact,
the government has given
strict instructions in view
of the problems of patients
that no patients should be
admitted to the hospital.
Superintendent Dr. SS
Ranawat said that there is
no denial of admission to
any patient. He said that
daily the display board is
updated with information of
of the beds status.
BJP State In-Charge
and National
General Secretary
Arun Singh, BJP State
President Dr. Satish
Poonia, State Organi-
zation General Secre-
tary Chandrashekhar
conducted a virtual
meeting with the state
spokespersons, pan-
elists and district media
in-charges of the party.
The team said that they
are constantly working
for the affected people
and have started a
helpline for the needy.
They discussed as-
sistance offered by
the Modi government
and requested more
agility towards helping
people.
Another private
hospital in Alwar
city on Friday put a
board at the main
gate of the hospital
saying that they do
not have enough
oxygen as such could
not admit corona pa-
tients. Hospital Direc-
tor Dr. SC Mittal said
there were 54 beds
for corona patients
that were reduced to
22 beds as adequate
oxygen was not
being supplied.
He said there is
need of about
50 cylinders daily,
but the administra-
tion is providing only
33 cylinders. The
administration team
reached the spot
after the notice was
pasted and collected
information.
CANCEL 10th EXAMS AS
CBSE DID: DEVNANI
Former education minister
and BJP MLA Vasudev
Devnani wrote to education
minister Govind Singh Dotas-
ra about uncertainty facing 12
lakh student of class 10 due
to lack of communication
from RBSE. He suggested the
government should cancel
RBSE class 10 exams and
adopt method used by CBSE
to declare results in view of
corona crisis. Devnani said
that the students are strug-
gling as the exams have only
been postponed.
Guv urges for more
caution to break chain
O2
Diya thanks PM Modi for
LPM oxygen plants in state
Jaipur: MP Diya Ku-
mari expressed grati-
tude to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi for the
decision to install LPM
oxygen plant. The deci-
sion of the Centre is to
set up such plants at 12
hospitals in 8 districts
of Rajasthan, which is
satisfactory, she said.
A plant with 1,000
litres per minute
oxygen produc-
tion capacity
will come up
at Nathdwara
hospital. MP
Diya Kumari
spoke
up on
Congress’s tactics of
indulging in popularity
politics. She said that
labour has to be put
in to achieve success,
giving out news state-
ments which are not
true will not help the
situation.The MP said
that 303 oxygen beds
and 109 normal beds
were lying vacant
in Rajsamand
district till
Wednesday
night, yet Co-
rona patients
were not
getting
facili-
ties.
Two Globemaster aircrafts of Indian Air Force
airlifted empty oxygen containers to Jamnagar
from Jaipur and Jodhpur on Friday
RUN FOR O2
IN THE AIR, ON
THE GROUND
ailway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday informed
that the first Oxygen Express from Hapa has
reached Kota to supply oxygen for corona pa-
tients in Rajasthan. “Oxygen Express from Hapa
to Kota has reached its destination, to supply
oxygen for corona patients in Rajasthan,” Goyal
tweeted. Meanwhile, Indian Air Force cargo aircraft C-17
Globemaster airlifted four empty gas tankers from Jodhpur
to Jamnagar on Friday, while two liquid tankers filled with
liquid oxygen also reached Jodhpur via road. A tanker also
reached Jhalawar from Jamnagar. There was a problem
while loading oxygen containers at the Jaipur airport. Two
aircraft reached to airlift the tankers but they could not board
the plane as LPG tankers were modified for oxygen purpose.
R
Health minister Dr Raghu Sharma and transport minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas visited ESI
and TB hospitals to inspect facilities on Friday.
SAFETY FOR JOURNOS!
706 more beneficiaries
were inoculated at
the Pink City press
club on Friday. 611
had got jabbed on
Thursday. The camp
was held for the
journalists and their
family members with
the joint collaboration
of the Pinkcity Press
Club and the Medical
Department, said Club
President Mukesh
Meena. The club has
also demanded to
declare journalists as
frontline workers.
20 more trains cancelled
as passenger load falls
Now 20 trains
connected to
North-Western
Railway have been
cancelled. The most
impacted are Jaipur
to Mumbai and
Delhi trains. Trips of
Ahmedabad-Delhi
Rajdhani are also
reduced. Bombay
Super will now run
only 3 days a week.
During the
last 2 weeks, the
North-West Rail-
way administration
has canceled the
operation of more
than 50 trains. The
operation of trains
is being cancelled
till further orders,
which means that at
the moment these
trains are unlikely
to start anew. Apart
from the cancellation
of major trains, there
are many trains
which the railway
administration is
going to operate in
small numbers. In
fact, the passenger
load in these trains
has been reduced as
compared to earlier.
Jaipur Police
@jaipur_police
14 days com-
plete lockdown in
Rajasthan (10 May
2021 to 24 May
2021). Do not leave
home unnecessar-
ily, put on masks
and follow govern-
ment guidelines.
Together we can
defeat Corona.
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et us say I cannot see clearly,
and I need to walk through a
group of people, but I am very
confident. What will happen if
I walk through? A lot of people
are walking through their life
like this. They cannot see a
damn thing but it does not mat-
ter, they are confident. This is
disastrous for you and for eve-
ryone around you. If there is no
clarity in my vision but I have
confidence, I am a disaster.
There is a city called Manga-
lore on the west coast of India.
It is a beautiful, quaint, little
town and I have been associat-
ed with this place for some
time. I had not gone there for
almost four or five years, and
then I happened to visit. There
was a homeopathic doctor
there who was over seventy-
five years of age, but he was
still managing a small clinic. I
went there to visit him, not as
a client, but just to see him. The
clinic is in the Malabar region
– the land of the king cobra –
snake bites are common. Out-
side the clinic there was an
advertisement which said, “A
common antidote for all types
of snakes.” I know enough
about snakes. I have lived with
them, I have them all around
me, I have been bitten by them
any number of times, and
snakes and me have been very
closely associated for a very
long time. So, I know enough
about them to survive.
Essentially in India, there
are two basic varieties of ven-
oms. One is a neurotoxin and
the other affects your cardio-
vascular system; a very small
number of snakes have both.
These are two completely dif-
ferent kinds of chemicals, so
there cannot be a common an-
tidote. Today, because people
cannot identify what snake is
what, doctors are administer-
ing an antidote for both togeth-
er, which is very damaging for
the system.
I went in and was in conver-
sation with the doctor, casually
I said, “How did you allow this
board to come up in your clin-
ic? This is not right. Someone
is claiming there is a common
antidote.” He is a very wise
doctor. He said, “See, almost
ninety percent of the Indian
snakes are non-poisonous, and
this antidote works ninety per-
cent of the time.”
Ninety is a good percentage
for anything. Confidence is like
that. If a snake bites you, just
look up at the sky and say
“Dam-doom-dis-dis-dis!” the
venom will go away… ninety
percent of the time. And people
will get more confident because
it works ninety percent of the
time. That is a fool’s way to ex-
ist, isn’t it? What you need is
clarity, not confidence.
Everywhere, people are be-
ing taught to be confident. We
think confidence is a kind of a
substitute for clarity – it is not.
Let’s say whenever you want to
make big decisions in your life,
either professional or family-
related, all you do is get your-
self a 1-rupee coin and flip it,
“Heads we will do this, tails we
will do that.” It will work fifty
percent of the time! If you are
right only fifty percent of the
time, there are only two profes-
sions you can pursue – you can
either be a weatherman or an
astrologer. If you are in any
other job and you are right only
fifty percent of the time, you
would most likely be fired.
If we want life to happen the
way we want it, the first and
foremost requirement is to be
clear about what it is that we
really want. Even simple prac-
tices can go a long way in creat-
ing this. Every day when you
wake up in the morning, sit up
on your bed cross-legged, sit
with your hands open, eyes
closed and just look at every-
thing you are not. Appreciate
all that you have gathered –
your home, your family, your
relationships, your qualifica-
tions, your body, your clothes
– everything. Be thankful for
that. At the same time, identify
everything that is not you as
“This is what I have gathered”
and mentally keep it aside.
What you gather can be yours,
but it can never be you. Spend
ten minutes in the morning
and ten minutes in the night
every day
. This will bring clar-
ity. If one is properly initiated
by a Guru, this particular pro-
cess can take on a new dimen-
sion. But till such an opportu-
nity comes in your life, you can
do this by yourself. It will defi-
nitely have a big impact upon
your clarity
.
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If we want life to
happen the way we
want it, the first and
foremost requirement
is to be clear about
what it is that we
really want. Even
simple practices can
go a long way in
creating this
he average per-
son knows
about 5,000 fac-
es – from family
and friends to
the cashier at the local
store. Most people can rec-
ognise familiar faces with
ease, even from low-quality
images, or from photos
that are many years old.
We often recognise famil-
iar faces even if we cannot
remember a person’s name
or how we know them.
Most of us take this abil-
ity to recognise familiar
faces for granted – but
when public health issues
require our friends to
mask up, covering their
chins, lips, cheeks and nos-
es, are our facial recogni-
tion skills scrambled?
We investigated this
question in our recent
study and compared the
impact of masks (which
cover the lower portion of
the face) with that of sun-
glasses (which cover the
eye region). Despite face
masks covering a large
proportion of our faces, we
found that people find it
surprisingly easy to recog-
nise familiar faces behind
masks – speaking to the
remarkable versatility of
this human skill.
Familiar faces
Identifying familiar faces
is a useful day-to-day skill,
but the identification of
unfamiliar faces is also im-
portant in the context of
forensic investigations and
security scenarios. Our
study measured the recog-
nition of both familiar and
unfamiliar faces.
We presented our par-
ticipants with pairs of face
images and asked them to
decide whether the faces
belonged to the same per-
son or different people.
One image of the pair was
always presented with no
concealment, and the other
showed either no conceal-
ment, an image in sun-
glasses, or in a face mask.
Participants completed the
task for familiar faces (im-
ages of celebrities) and for
unfamiliar faces.
Even though face masks
cover a significant part of
the face, we found that our
participants identified fa-
miliar faces in masks with
around 90% accuracy – no
worse than the results for
faces wearing sunglasses,
and only slightly worse
than unconcealed faces.
These results demon-
strate just how robust fa-
miliar face recognition
can be. And our task only
involved comparisons of
still images of faces. It is
possible that in the real
world, information from
the body or gait or from
clothing may supplement
the reduced information
from the masked face, in-
creasing accuracy further.
For unfamiliar faces,
both masks and sunglasses
reduced recognition accu-
racy further. Face masks
reduced performance the
most, but only a little more
than sunglasses. But with
or without masks and sun-
glasses, recognising unfa-
miliar faces generally
tends to be difficult and
error-prone.
Still, some people are
highly adept at this task.
Super-recognisers – people
who excel at recognising
faces – were also recruited
to complete the tasks by
Professor Josh Davis from
the University of Green-
wich Face and Voice Rec-
ognition Lab database.
Super-recognisers were
also impaired by masks,
but they performed far bet-
ter than regular people in
all concealment condi-
tions.
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Ranked amongst the fifty most influential
people in India, Sadhguru is a yogi, mystic,
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Essentially in India, there are two basic
varieties of venoms. One is a neurotoxin
and the other affects your cardio-vascular
system; a very small number of snakes
have both. These are two completely different kinds of
chemicals, so there cannot be a common antidote.
Today, because people cannot identify what snake is
what, doctors are administering an antidote for both
together, which is very damaging for the system
IN-DEPTH
APEX COURT STEPS
IN TO SAVE LIVES
ne is witnessing a pro-people avatar of
the Supreme Court after a long time and
it has come as a boon to the populace in
these harsh times. In the last about five
years the apex court had come to be crit-
icized in a manner of speaking, for ignoring the
rights of the people, like the plight of migrants dur-
ing the lockdown last year . When the Police recent-
ly invoked the draconian NSA against those men-
tioning shortage of oxygen and hospital beds on
social media platforms, the Supreme Court cracked
the whip. Those arresting such people will be liable
for contempt of the court, it said.
IntheongoingfeudbetweenDelhiandtheCentral
governmentoversupplyof oxygenalsotheSupreme
Court ordered that 700 MT of medical oxygen was
the daily requirement and the Centre has to ensure
that the national capital continues to receive the
given quantity to avoid any coercive order from be-
ing passed by the apex court. The Bench of Justice
D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice M.R. Shah also up-
held the Karnataka High Court’s order of May 5,
directing the Centre to supply 1200 MT of oxygen to
the southern state every day
. The Supreme Court’s
proactive role will ensure that Covid-19 patients do
not die of oxygen shortage. In these catastrophic
timesitisencouragingtoseethehighestcourtof the
country drive the government to put logistics in
place to ensure that the life-saving gas is equitably
distributed among the crisis-hit states. Saving lives
is more important and courts are doing just that.
O
IPR WAIVER ON COVID
SHOTS A FAR CRY
tarting from scratch vaccine production
is a multi-billion dollar business, which
is unaffordable by poor countries. It is
the big multinational pharmaceutical
companies and billionaires like Bill
Gates with the wherewithal who invest in research
and creation of a vaccine. American companies
have enjoyed protection under their intellectual
property rights law from sharing the technology or
formula with other countries as it would cut into
their profits. In a recent statement President Joe
Biden strongly supported the idea of waiving intel-
lectual property rights (IPR) for Covid-19 vaccines
sending shockwaves in the pharma industry
. The
US President’s top trade negotiator Katherine Tai
backed him. A statement issued by Tai read, “This
is a global health crisis, and the extraordinary cir-
cumstances of the Covid-19 pandemic call for ex-
traordinarymeasures.TheAdministrationbelieves
strongly in intellectual property protections, but in
service of ending the pandemic supports the waiv-
er of those protections for Covid-19 vaccines.”
The protection of IPRs prevents poorer countries
from buying versions of Covid-19 vaccines at a
cheaper cost. Patents help big pharmaceutical com-
panies make billions in profit. Although Biden’s
statement did make the stocks of Moderna and
other pharma companies take a tumble, the compa-
nies maintained that Joe Biden won’t be able to go
fartoimplement his announcement.WaivingIPRis
importantformakingtheCovid-19vaccineavailable
to all. If the basic formula of a vaccine is shared
thosewithnecessaryinfrastructureandtechnology
can also produce those vaccines. This has led to a
situation where more people in rich countries have
been vaccinated than those in poor countries.
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SSR DRUG CASE: NCB ARRESTS
DRUG PEDDLER FROM GOA
MUMBAI: Narcotics
Control Bureau (NCB)
on Friday arrested a
drug peddler from Goa
in a case related to actor
Sushant Singh Rajput’s
death. The drug peddler
has been identified as
Hemal Shah and will be
produced before a court
later in the day.
Last month, the NCB
had detained two drug
peddlers after conducting
raids at several locations
in Mumbai (Malad, Parel
and Santacruz) in connec-
tion with the late actor’s
death and the agency
had also recovered drugs
from the possession of
the arrested persons. The
NCB has been probing
the drugs angle after it
received official commu-
nication from the ED.
DETERMINED TO HELP INDIA IN
‘HOUR OF NEED’: KAMALA
Washington: Asserting that the welfare of India is
critically important to the United States, US Vice
President Kamala Harris on Friday said Wash-
ington is determined to New Delhi in “its hour of
need” amid a COVID-19 surge in the country.
Addressing an event, Harris said that the surge of
COVID-19 infections and deaths in India is noth-
ing “short of heartbreaking”. “As many of you
know, generations of my family come from India.
My mother was born and raised in India. And I
have family members who live in India today.
JUSTICE (RETD) JOSHI SWORN IN
AS NEW GOA LOKAYUKTA
Panjim (Goa): Retired judge of the Bombay HC,
Justice Ambadas Haribhau Joshi on Friday took
oath as Goa’s new Lokayukta via video confer-
encing. Maharashtra and Goa Governor Bhagat
Singh Koshyari administered the oath of office to
Justice Joshi from Raj Bhavan, Mumbai. Justice
Joshi has also served as the chairman of the
Maha Administrative Tribunal, Mumbai from July
2014 to July 2019. In Jan this year, the Goa Gov-
ernment had amended the Goa Lokayukta Act, to
make the institution a powerless chair. —ANI
CJI RAMANA MOURNS PASSING
AWAY OF JUSTICE MY EQBAL
New Delhi: The Chief
Justice of India (CJI) Nut-
halapati Venkata Ramana
expressed deep sorrow
at the passing away of
former Judge of Supreme
Court Justice MY Eqbal
on Friday. Recalling his
association with Justice
(Retired) Eqbal, Justice
Ramana described him as
“a conscientious profes-
sional who stood for
humane values.” Justice
Ramana also offered con-
dolences to the bereaved
family. When the bench
assembled in court num-
ber 1 this morning, Chief
Justice Ramana made a
reference in this regard
and offered condolences
on behalf of the Supreme
Court. Justice Eqbal
passed away at a private
hospital in Gurugram.
New Delhi: A public
interest litigation (PIL)
in the Delhi High Court
on Friday urged that
students who will ap-
pear for class 12 board
exams should receive
the vaccine on priority
.
It asked the court to di-
rect the Centre and Del-
hi government to vac-
cinate all class 10 and 12
students who would be
appearing for board ex-
ams in the 2020-21 ses-
sion.
A bench of Chief Jus-
tice DN Patel and Jus-
tice Jasmeet Singh is-
sued notice to the min-
istries of Health and
Education and the Del-
hi government.
New Delhi: A public
interest litigation (PIL)
has been filed in the Su-
preme Court seeking
direction to convert the
religious and charitable
places that enjoy tax
benefits, into Covid
Care Centers as well as
cease any further trans-
actions with immediate
effect and utilise their
funds for Covid pa-
tients.
The plea also request-
ed for a district-wise
data collection of
Covid-19 patients
across the country con-
taining the details of
demand for oxygen,
medicine, hospitaliza-
tion etc. —ANI
IN THE COURTYARD
MoU signed for projects to
develop Badrinath temple
Dehradun: An agree-
ment for projects worth
Rs 100 crore was signed
on Friday between Shri
Kedarnath Utthan
Charitable Trust and
the PSUs of the Minis-
try of Petroleum and
Natural Gas to develop
Badrinath as a spiritual
township.
Secretary Tannu Ka-
poor, on behalf of the
Ministry of Petroleum
and Natural Gas, and
Tourism Secretary Dil-
ip Jawalkar, on behalf
of the state govern-
ment, signed the Memo-
randum of Understand-
ing (MoU) in the pres-
ence of Union Petrole-
um Minister Dharmen-
dra Pradhan and Chief
Minister Tirath Singh
Rawat.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, CM Tirath Singh
Rawat said reconstruc-
tion works that were
started in Kedarnath
under the guidance of
the PM after the 2013
natural disaster are in
their final stages.
“Under the inspira-
tion and guidance of
Prime Minister Modi,
the reconstruction
work started after the
disaster in 2013 which
is now in its final stag-
es. On the lines of Ke-
darnath, the PM also
decided to give a make-
over to Badrinath
where facilities are to
be developed gradually
over an area spread
over 85 hectares,” said
Rawat. —ANI
Central Vista: SC declines to interfere,
asks Delhi HC to consider early hearing
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court Friday de-
clined to interfere with
the Central Vista rede-
velopment project, cit-
ing that the matter is
already pending with
the Delhi HC, Bar and
Bench reported. While
pronouncing the order
on a petition seeking to
halt the construction
activities of the project,
a bench of Justices
Vineet Saran and
Dinesh Maheshwari,
however, granted the
petitioner the liberty to
mention it before the
Chief Justice of Delhi
High Court for early
hearing. The apex court
also asked the Delhi HC
to consider the plea for
an early hearing. “Since
the matter is pending
before High Court and
appeal is against order
of adjournment, we are
not inclined to enter
into the merits of the
case. In the given
circumstance, we re-
quest High Court to
take up the matter,” the
bench. —ANI
Visual of Badrinath —FILE PHOTO
New Delhi: The
Delhi HC on Fri-
day (May 7) issued
a notice to Arvind
Kejriwal govern-
ment over a PIL
that sought three
meals a day and
other basic neces-
sities for the
homeless in the
national capital.
The plea was filed
by Bandhua Mukti
Morcha (BMM), a
registered organi-
zation working for
the marginalized
people. It urged
the HC to direct
the Delhi govt and
the urban shelter
i m p r o v e m e n t
board, DUSIB, to
provide three
meals a day to the
homeless in all the
shelter homes.
Acting on the plea,
a bench asked the
Delhi govt to file
their response.
New Delhi: West
Bengal BJP Presi-
dent Dilip Ghosh
has launched a
protest against
post-poll violence
in the state saying
the saffron party will
not participate in
Speaker’s election
nor attend Vidhan
Sabha sessions.
Our protest will
continue until
safety is ensured,
he added. Violence
has been reported
in several parts of
West Bengal after
the results of the
assembly elections
were declared on
May 2. Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP)
has alleged that nine
party workers have
been killed in
post-poll violence.
—ANI
New Delhi: Jharkhand
CM Hemant Soren on
Thursday termed PM
Narendra Modi’s phone
call on Covid-19 situ-
ation as PM’s Mann Ki
Baat instead of any Kaam
ki baat—a comment
that did not go down
well with BJP leaders
who accused him of
“politicising” pandemic.
His Andhra counterpart
Jagan Reddy, too, urged
Soren that it is not the
time to point fingers but
work unitedly.
In a strongly-worded
message, Union Health
Minister Dr Harsh Vard-
han told Soren to “fight
Corona and not the PM”.
HC seeks
Delhi govt’s
response
WILL BOYCOTT
SPEAKER’S
ELECTION, SAYS
DILIP GHOSH
BJP leaders attack
Soren over PM jibe,
Jagan calls for unity
PIL seeks to vaccinate students
of class 12 appearing for Board
PIL requests SC to convert religious
places into Covid Care Centers
WELL CONSPIRED VIOLENCE: RSS
They even said that post-poll violence is against democracy and safety of people living in Bengal
New Delhi: The Rash-
triya Swayamsevak
Sangh on Friday con-
demned the post-poll
violence in West Bengal
and demanded that the
newly-elected govern-
ment in the state should
immediately contain
violence and effectively
establish rule of law as
its top priority
. The RSS
also urged upon the un-
ion government to take
necessary steps to es-
tablish peace in the
state.
In a statement,
Sarkaryavah (general
secretary) of RSS Dat-
tatreya Hosabale said
that the acts of violence
appeared “to be well
conspired”.
“In elections, there
are allegations and
counter-allegations
made in a fit of emo-
tions but it should be
remembered that all
parties contesting be-
long to the country in-
cluding candidates,
supported and voters.
The violence unleashed
state wide, soon after
the election results
came out, is not only
highly condemnable
but appears to be well
conspired also.
The RSS condemns
this gruesome violence
in severest terms. It is
our considered opinion
that this post-poll-result
violence is contrary to
the Bharatiya tradition
of co-existence and re-
spect to the opinion of
all, as also it is totally
opposed to the very
spirit of democracy and
one people enshrined in
our Constitution,” the
statement said.
Hosabale demanded
legal action against the
perpetrators of the vio-
lence to instill confi-
dence and safety
.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat during the inauguration of Bhagirathi Deepa Stambha, in Haridwar.
MAMATA WRITES TO PM MODI,
SEEKS INCREASE IN SUPPLY
MY VALUES NOT IN CONSONANCE WITH
EC: POLL PANEL COUNSEL RESIGNS
TEAM ASSESSES VIOLENCE-
AFFECTED AREAS IN WB
Kolkata: West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee Friday wrote
to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, seek-
ing increased supply
of medical oxygen for
COVID-19 treatment.
Banerjee also said that
the Centre hiked oxy-
gen allocation for other
states out of the total
production in Bengal,
despite its enhanced
requirement. The chief
minister said daily con-
sumption of oxygen in
her state has gone up
to 470 MT in the last 24
hours and is expected
to increase to 550
MT per day in about a
week. I would request
you to kindly have the
allocation of medical
oxygen reviewed and
instructions issued for
an immediate allocation
of at least 550 MT per
day of MO, she said in
the letter to Modi.
New Delhi: Advocate
Mohit D Ram, the panel
counsel representing the
Election Commission of
India, tendered his resig-
nation on Friday, 7 May,
pointing out that “my val-
ues are not in consonance
with the current function-
ing of the commission”.
Mohit D Ram had, as per
media reports, been the
panel counsel represent-
ing the poll-body in the
Supreme Court since
2013. In a letter ad-
dressed to the Director
(Law) of the Commission,
Ram wrote: “It was an
honour to represent the
Election Commission of
India. I had a cherishing
milestone of my career, in
the journey which began
with being part of the of-
fice of Standing Counsel
of ECI and progressed as
one of the counsels of the
ECI.” —ANI
Kolkata: A four-member
team of the Ministry of
Home Affairs (MHA)
visited Satgachhia and
Nodakhali areas of the
North 24 Parganas district
in West Bengal to assess
the ground situation amid
the reports of post-poll
violence in the state. The
team interacted with locals
and assessed the property
vandalism in those areas.
The MHA has deputed a
four-member team, led by
an Additional Secretary
level official including a
Central Reserve Police
Force (CRPF) official, to
visit the affected areas.
The team reached West
Bengal yesterday. —ANI

INDIA
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SYED SEHRISH ASGAR POSTED AS
MISSION DIRECTOR IN JK
Syed Sehrish Asgar has been posted as Mission
Director, Rural Livelihood Mission, JK. He is a
2013 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.
BASHIR AHMED BHAT IS VICE
CHAIRMAN, JK LWDA
Bashir Ahmed Bhat is posted as Vice Chairman,
JK Lakes and Waterways Development
Authority (LWDA). He is an IRS officer.
MANOJ YADAV IS ALSO CHAIRMAN,
HARYANA MINERALS LTD.
Haryana DGP Manoj Yadav has been given
additional charge of Chairman, Haryana Minerals
Ltd., New Delhi.
5 IAS OFFICERS GET NEW
POSTINGS IN MP
Five IAS officers have been given new postings
in MP. Kumar Purushottam has been posted as
Collector, Ratlam, while Frank Nobel was made
Collector, Guna and Anup Kumar Singh joins as
Collector, Damoh. Besides Gopal Chandra Dand
was made Additional Secretary in Mantralaya and
Tarun Rathi is appointed as Deputy Secretary.
H C KISHORE CHANDRA APPOINTED
AS CHAIRMAN, RERA KARNATAKA
H C Kishore Chandra has been appointed as
Chairman, Real Estate Regulatory Authority
(RERA). He is a 1984 batch retired IPS officer of
Karnataka cadre.
MS NEELAMANI N RAJU APPOINTED
AS MEMBER, RERA KARNATAKA
Ms Neelamani N Raju has been appointed as
Member, Real Estate Regulatory Authority
(RERA). She is a 1983 batch retired IPS officer of
Karnataka cadre.
V IRAI ANBU IS NEW CHIEF
SECRETARY, TAMIL NADU
V Irai Anbu has been appointed new Chief
Secretary of Tamil Nadu after the formation of
new Government in the State. He is a 1988 batch
IAS officer.
OUTGOING CS RAJEEV RANJAN IS NOW
CMD, TAMIL NADU NEWSPRINT PAPERS
Outgoing Chief Secretary, Rajeev Ranjan has
been appointed as CMD, Tamil Nadu Newsprint
and Papers Limited. Ranjan, who belongs
to 1985 batch IAS officer is due to retire in
September this year.
STALIN GIVES CLARION CALL
FOR MAJOR BUREAUCRATIC
CHANGES IN TAMIL NADU
Contrary to all expectations, the newly installed
Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin
has issued a clarion call for major bureaucratic
changes by appointing a new Chief Secretary
soon after taking on the mantle of Tamil Nadu
State. The bureaucrats were of the view that
present incumbent Rajeev Ranjan would continue
as Chief Secretary. After his removal, more
unexpected changes are to take place soon under
the new regime.
PRAVEEN KUMAR IS ALSO
SECRETARY, SCHOOL EDUCATION
Praveen Kumar has been assigned an additional
charge of Secretary, School Education Literacy
for the period of leave of Mrs Anita Karwal.
SATYA PRATAP SINGH RETURNS
TO PARENT CADRE
Satya Pratap Singh, Director, Central Vigilance
Commission, has been given premature
repatriation to his parent cadre in order to avail
of the benefit of promotion. He is a 2003 batch
IDAS officer.
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Disappointing...
The Congress struggled
to appeal to voters in
this round of Assembly
elections.
In Bengal, where the
party joined hands with
the Left, it was shut out
and the alliance was
decimated. By contrast
the Trinamool swept to
victory with 213 seats to
the BJP’s 77.
In Assam - widely
seen as a Congress
stronghold until it was
breached in 2016 - the
party did marginally
better, winning 29 of
95 seats it contested.
But the opposition alli-
ance failed to chal-
lenge the BJP, winning
just 50 seats to the rul-
ing party’s 75.
In Kerala, the Con-
gress at least held its
ground, losing just one
seat from 2016 to finish
with 41. The Left front,
however, registered a
commanding win by
claiming 99 seats. The
BJP won zero seats.
In Tamil Nadu, the
party was part of the
winning DMK-led alli-
ance and performed
relatively better, win-
ning 18 of 25 allocated
seats. It, however, failed
to return to power in
Puducherry - where its
government crashed
days before polling - af-
ter the NR Congress-
BJP pairing won 16 of
30 seats.
These results come
after a poor perfor-
mance in Bihar, where
elections were held in
October-November. The
party allied with the
Tejashwi Yadav’s RJD,
but won just 19 of 70
seats it contested and
the alliance finished
just 15 seats short of
overthrowing the BJP-
JDU government.
Over the past year
several senior Congress
leaders have called for
introspection over con-
tinuing poor perfor-
mances in elections,
including veterans like
Ghulam Nabi Azad,
Anand Sharma and Ka-
pil Sibal. In August, 23
of them wrote to Gan-
dhi to call for “full time”
and visible” leadership
to take the party for-
ward, triggering a row
that split the party
down the middle.
File report...
The Union Home Minis-
try has deputed a four-
member team, led by an
Additional Secretary
level official, to visit the
state and assess the
ground situation. The
team reached the state
on May 6
Additional Secretary
Home Ministry Govind
Mohan, Additional
Secretary Education
Ministry Vinit Joshi,
Joint Director of Intel-
ligence Bureau Ja-
nardan Singh and IB
Central Reserve Police
Force (CRPF) IB, Nalin
are among the team.
Meanwhile, Union
Minister V Muraleed-
haran’s car was at-
tacked in West Bengal’s
Panchkhudi on Thurs-
day. The Minister al-
leged that the attack
was perpetrated by Tri-
namool Congress
(TMC) goons.
Union Home Secre-
tary Ajay Bhalla has
also written to West
Bengal Chief Secretary
reminding him of the
letter written on May 3
to check the post-poll
violence and also to pro-
vide a report on the in-
cidents.
3rd wave...
adding that vaccines
will need to be updated
totacklethenewstrains
that are spreading the
contagion faster.
India’shealthcaresys-
tem is crumbling under
the weight of patients,
with hospitals running
out of beds and medical
oxygen. Morgues and
crematoriums can not
handle the number of
dead and makeshift fu-
neral pyres burn in
parks and car parks.
The country reported
another record daily
rise in coronavirus cas-
es, 4,14,188, on Friday.
Deaths from COVID-19
rose by 3,915 to 2,34,083.
Medical experts say
the real extent of COV-
ID-19 in India is five to
10 times the official tal-
lies. Since the start of
the pandemic, it has re-
ported 2.1 crore cases
and 2,34,083 deaths. It
currently has 36 lakh
active cases.
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi has been
widely criticised for not
acting sooner to sup-
press the second wave,
after religious festivals
and political rallies
drew tens of thousands
of people in recent
weeks and became “su-
per spreader” events.
Dena hi...
“We want 700 MT oxy-
gen to be supplied to
Delhi on daily basis and
we mean business. It
has to be supplied and
we don’t want to be co-
ercive. Our order will
take time to be upload-
ed by 3 pm. But you pro-
ceed and arrange the
oxygen,” said Justice
DY Chandrachud ac-
cording to the Bar and
Bench. “You have to
supply 700 MT oxygen
every day till further
orders,” the bench said.
FROM PG 1
New Delhi : Dr. Harsh
Vardhan, Union Minis-
ter of Health and Fam-
ily Welfare today re-
viewed in person the
preparedness of Dr
Ram Manohar Lohia-
Hospital, New Delhi for
clinical management of
the severe COVID19 pa-
tients. He has been per-
sonally reviewing the
management of COV-
ID19 in the Central Hos-
pitals that serve Delhi
and had also visited the
Lady Hardinge Medical
College recently
.
In view of the un-
precedented surge in
daily COVID19 cases,
uninterrupted require-
ment of oxygen, oxygen
supported and ICU beds
has increased manifold
in the Capital. The Gov-
ernment of India in
line with its pro-active
and graded approach
has continuously re-
viewed the emerging
situation in Delhi.
VARDHAN THANKS
HEALTHCARE WORKERS
New Delhi: More than
90 lakh Covid-19 vac-
cine doses are still
available with the states
and UTs and they will
receive over 10 lakh
more vaccine doses
within the next three
days, the Union Health
Ministry said on Friday
.
The Centre has so far
provided more than
17.35 crore vaccine dos-
es to states and UTs free
of cost. Of this, the total
consumption including
wastages is 16,44,77,100
doses, according to of-
ficial data. More than
90 lakh Covid vaccine
doses are still available
with the states and UTs
to be administered.
States with negative
balance are showing
more consumption (in-
cluding wastage) than
vaccine supplied as
they have not recon-
ciled the vaccine they
have supplied to armed
forces,” the ministry
said.
Furthermore, more
than 10 lakh vaccine
doses will be received,
it said in a statement.
Over10lakhCOVIDvaccinedosesto
be received by states, UTs in 3 days
Family members mourn the death of the COVID-19 patient outside an isolation ward outside mortuary
at LNJP hospital in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Dr. Harsh Vardhan interacts with medical staff of Ram Manohar
Lohia Hospital, New Delhi.
COVID UPDATE
 India reports highest-
ever single-day spike
with 4,14,188 new
COVID-19 cases
 Delhi reports 19,832
new COVID-19 cases,
341 deaths in last 24
hrs, positivity rate at
24.92 pc
 Air India to operate
flights from London
Heathrow to Mumbai
from May 17
 Health Ministry
requests States, UTs to
prioritise beneficiaries of
2nd dose of COVID-19
vaccine
 AIIMS Delhi refutes
reports of Chhota
Rajan’s death, says
gangster undergoing
COVID-19 treatment
 Delhi Police arrests
owner of ambulance for
charging Rs 1.2 lakh
from patient
 Tea estate in Dibru-
garh shut down as 133
test COVID positive
New Delhi: Congress
interim President So-
nia Gandhi, in its par-
liamentary party meet-
ing on Friday, demand-
ed an all-party meeting
and a meeting of Parlia-
ment Standing Commit-
tee on Health regarding
the COVID-19 situation
in the country. The
meeting is being held
under the chairman-
ship of Gandhi through
video conferencing. Ac-
cording to sources, the
meeting started with
paying tribute to all for-
mer MPs, including for-
mer President Pranab
Mukherjee, Ahmed Pa-
tel, Motilal Vora, Tarun
Gogoi, who have recent-
ly passed away
.
Earlier, the Congress
President had written a
letter to PM Narendra
Modi alleging the new
COVID-19 vaccination
policy was not only dis-
criminatory but also a
complete abandonment
of the youth and urged
the government to re-
verse the ill-considered
decision.
It is surprising that
despite the harsh
lessons of last year
and the pain inflicted
on our citizens,
she had written in the
letter. —ANI
Sonia Gandhi calls urgent all-party meet on Covid
New Delhi: Airports
Authority of India, Goa
International Airport
and its frontline corona
warriors are geared up
to combat COVID-19 by
facilitating the seam-
less delivery of medical
essentials, said the Min-
istry of Civil Aviation
on Friday
.
During the first
phase of the pandemic,
Goa International Air-
port catered to eight
LifeLine Udan flights
intended to transport
essential medical cargo
to remote parts of the
country amid lockdown
with a total inbound
cargo of 2.15MT and
outbound cargo of 3.96
MT. According to the
Ministry of Civil Avia-
tion, the Goa Airport
also handled three lots
of COVID-19 vaccine for
the state of Goa and one
lot for the neighbouring
state Karnataka.
AAI,Goa Airport geared up for
delivery of medical essentials
New Delhi: For more
than 20 days, 56-year-old
Delhi Police Assistant
Sub-Inspector (ASI),
Rakesh Kumar, has
been performing the
last rites of people who
had no one to cremate
them at the national
capital's Lodhi Crema-
torium amid the devas-
tating second wave of
COVID-19 pandemic.
Since April 13, Ku-
mar had performed last
rites of more than 50
bodies and assisted in
the cremation of at
least 1,100 bodies.
Delhi cop helps perform
1,100 cremations
Wardha: The Centre
has decided to increase
production of anti-viral
drug Remdesivir and it
will be provided to peo-
ple at government's
price, said Union Min-
ister Nitin Gadkari.
This comes after sever-
al cases of blackmar-
keting of Remdesivir
came to light amid the
COVID-19.
There was a short-
age of Remdesivir in-
jection. Because of this,
incidents of black mar-
keting took place, sev-
eral people lost their
lives as they have not
received Remdesivir, so
we decided to increase
its production, Gadka-
ri said. But we tried
(and to got manufactur-
ing rights), Remdesivir
will be provided to peo-
ple at government's
price. Now, I think there
will be no black market-
ing or no person will die
due to lack of it, there is
no reservation, can be
provided to other states
when there will be sur-
plus, he added.
On Thursday he vis-
ited Wardha to oversee
the production. —ANI
Remdesivir to
be available at
govt’s price,
says Gadkari
BJP LEADER CT RAVI SLAMS RAHUL
Visual from Goa Airport where essential medical cargo is being
transported. —PHOTO BY ANI
GOA TREATING
Sonia Gandhi

NEWS
07
COMMON ENTRANCE EXAM
FOR ARMY RECRUITMENT
POSTPONED AT JAIPUR, JODH
FIRE AT HOSP, ALL CORONA
PATIENTS SAFE
Jaipur: Common Entrance Exam (CEC) for Army
Recruitment which was scheduled on May 30, at
Jaipur and Jodhpur for the rally and medically fit
candidates stands postponed owing to COVID 19
situation, said Defence PRO, Rajasthan on Friday.
The fresh dates will be intimated later. It further
said that candidates can check newspapers and
Indian Army website (www.joinindianarmy.nic.in)
for fresh dates. Amid surge in COVID-19 cases in
the country, many examinations have been either
cancelled or postponed. —ANI
Jaipur: A fire broke out in Dirghayu Hospital located
at Sikar Road in the Harmada area of Jaipur, on
Friday. According to sources, the fire started from
the basement where 10 COVID-19 patients were
admitted. All the patients were taken out in a haste
and are reported to be safe. Harmada police and
fire brigade also reached the spot immediately and
are currently trying to control the fire. The reason
behind the fire is said to be a short circuit. The
hospital workers had tried to control the fire with
the fire fighting system at the premises and shifted
the patients to safer area without delay.
FOR WAR
ON CORONA
`5 CRORE
for vax in Nimbahera - Minister Udailal Anjana
`3 CRORE
for vax - Deputy
Chief Whip Mahendra
Chaudhary
`1 CRORE
for oxy plant in Malpura
– MLA Kanhaiyalal
Chaudhary
`35 LAKH
for oxygen plant - MLA
Girraj Singh Malinga
3 days salary
by CIC DB Gupta, and
commissioners Laxman
Singh, RP Barbar,
Sheetal Dhankar, and
Narayan Bareth
3 days salary
by IFS Association
(Rajasthan chapter)
officers for corona
relief
`30.18 LAKH
cheque handed to
higher education min
Bhanwar Bhati by RU
VC Rajiv Jain
AMID O2 CRISIS JODH GETS FIRST
OF ITS KIND BREATHING BANK
Sangeeta Sharma
Jodhpur: On the ini-
tiative of Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot and
efforts of Jodhpur Dis-
trict Collector Indrajit
Singh, Breathing Bank
was virtualy inaugura-
tion in a ceremony
chaired by Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot on
Friday
.
Working on a
model similar
to that of a
b l o o d
bank, this
bank will
supply port-
able oxygen
machines to
Covid patients
on a rental basis.
The idea behind this
bank was of Nirmal Ge-
hlot, a philanthropist,
who asked other social
workers to join hands
in the drive. Since then,
people have been pour-
ing all their help and
also donated funds to
buy the machines.
This machine will be
rented out to needy at
Rs 100 daily
. Rental will
be collected to ensure
they return the ma-
chine. Oxygen can be
given to patients via
pipeline.
Chairman State Hu-
man Rights Commis-
sion GK Vyas, Justice
Vinit Kothori, Justice
Arun Bhansali, Justice
Dinesh Mehta, Gaj Sin-
gh of Jodhpur royal
family, Prem Bhandari
from New York, Shyam
Kubhbat from Singa-
pore, Lalit Batra from
Australia and Manish
Mundhra from Dubai
attended the virtual
event.
WORKING ON A MODEL SIMILAR TO A BLOOD BANK, THIS BANK WILL SUPPLY
PORTABLE OXYGEN MACHINES TO COVID PATIENTS ON A RENTAL BASIS
O2
The machines will be rented out to needy at Rs 100 daily to those needing oxygen.
HC to Centre: Take steps to
procure oxygen concentrator
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A bench of Jus-
tice SP Sharma in the
Rajasthan High Court
has told Central Gov-
ernment that steps
should be taken to pro-
cure oxygen concentra-
tor for Corona patients.
Permission for pur-
chase of the concentra-
tor should be given to an
individual as well along
with Central or the
State Governments, so
that oxygen shortage
can be overcome. HC
has asked Centre to clar-
ify its intention in this
regard. Petition was
presented on behalf of
Mahatma Gandhi Medi-
cal College Hospital.
ALLEGATIONS OF THEFT OF VACCINE
AT CAMP IN HIGH COURT PREMISES
Jaipur: There was a big controversy on Friday at the
Vaccination Camp on campus of High Court when
advocates accused a doctor and nursing staff present
there of stealing vaccine. Later, Bar Association General
Secretary Girraj Prasad Sharma wrote a letter to Chief
Justice, Rajasthan HC, seeking action. The letter said
that after receiving complaints of theft at the camp,
wrongdoing was caught red-handed on May 7. It is al-
leged that vaccine was hidden under the table. The letter
demands action against the culprits.
Localman’sskillshelprescuekidfromborewell
Lunaram Darji
Jalore: A four-year-old
boy, who fell into over
90-feet-deep open bore-
well in Rajasthan’s Ja-
lore district on Thurs-
day morning, rescued
after 16-hour-long op-
eration on Friday, with
the help of a local
named Madharam Su-
thar alias Jugaadi Boss.
Anil fell into newly-
dug borewell while he
was playing at a field in
Lachhari village
around 10 am on Thurs-
day
.
Teams of NDRF and
SDRF made constant
efforts but failed. After
that, Madharam was
roped in with his local
skills and it led to res-
cue of the child at
around 2 am on Friday
.
“The child, Anil has
been rescued with joint
efforts of all. He is safe
and admitted to the
hospital where he is un-
der doctors’ observa-
tion. Three NDRF
teams from Gandhi Na-
gar, Vadodara and
Ajmer were involved in
the operation along
with one SDRF team,”
Sub-Divisional Magis-
trate (SDM) Bhupendra
Kumar Yadav said.
Forest and Environ-
ment Minister Sukh-
ram Bishnoi and the
SDM congratulated
Madharam on phone
and assured to honour
him for saving a life.
Madharam used
three pipes of ninety-
ninety feet connected
with a T-shape angle, a
rope, and a camera to
drag the child out of
the bore well.
Suket rape
case: Cops
submit challan
First India Bureau
Kota: In the famous
Kota’s Suket minor gan-
grape case, the rural po-
lice submitted 1,750-
page challan in POCSO
Court on Friday
. The
police investigation
took 2 months and 31 ar-
rests including that of 4
minors. The complaint
was filed on March 6 at
Suket police station
where the victim came
with her mother and
said that she was raped
several times, first in
Suket and then in Gaga-
ron of Jhalawar by
many people including
gangsters. Rural SP
Sharad Chaudhary said
that after presenting
the challan against 27
convicts, they will move
the juvenile court
against the four con-
victed minors.
Love-struck
couple die by
suicide
First India Bureau
Udaipur: A man
named Dalichand Mee-
na, 20, and woman,
Daksha, 19, from Oda
Dhabra Fala village of
Semari police station
area died by hanging
from a tree on the
Gomati river shore
near Kherua village.
SHO Karamveer Sin-
gh said the police imme-
diately reached the spot,
informed the family and
sent the bodies for post-
mortem. Investigation
has started on the re-
port filed by Ramesh
Meena, father of Dak-
sha.
Daksha and Dali-
chand were lovers, but
belonging to same caste
and gotra were not al-
lowed to get married to
each other and so they
chose to end their lives.
MINES AMNESTY
SCHEME FETCHES
`44.5 CR FOR DEPT
First India Bureau
Jaipur: During the
ongoing Corona cri-
sis, the government is
relieved by the record
recovery in the MNS
scheme of the Depart-
ment of Mines and
Minerals. In the Am-
nesty Scheme initiat-
ed by the department,
an amount of over
Rs44 crore 5 lakh has
been recovered by dis-
posing of 2,052 cases
till March 30. This is
the highest ever col-
lection of outstand-
ing and interest waiv-
er schemes of dept.
In the amnesty
scheme, the state gov-
ernment recovered
about Rs100 crore,
alongwithrecoveryof
Rs44 crore from min-
ing leaseholders, con-
tract holders, limited-
term permit holders,
royalty arrears, con-
struction contractors
andtherelief workers
as per various provi-
sions of the scheme.
Mining Petrole-
um Minister Pramod
Jain Bhaya said am-
nesty scheme was im-
plemented from Sep-
tember 24, 2020 to
March 31, 2021. “Re-
covery from planned
implementation of
the scheme led to re-
covery of over Rs144
crore 16 lakh. ACS
Mines Dr. Subodh Ag-
garwal said is the
first time 2052 cases
have been disposed of
in Amnesty scheme.
Madharam Suthar alias Jugaadi Boss helped NDRF and SDRF
teams in rescuing Anil (left) who fell into a borewell in Jalore.
BABU’S CASUAL TONE OVER
OXYGEN CRISIS DRAWS CM
GEHLOT’S IRE ON HIM!
In CM’s recent Covid management meeting
with ministers and officers, the principal
secretary appointed for the new oxygen
plants was asked to wrap up the work
quickly. However, the principal secretary,
in a casual tone, replied that he will see.
The reply made CM furious as he held his
head with both his hands and lambasted
the officer by saying that it is not the time
to see, it’s the time to act. CM didn’t stop
here; he went ahead and said that it’s my
bad luck that such officers get appointed
in the department. Let the Covid get under
control, and then I’ll see everything. From
the last two days, the talks of the above
incident are doing the rounds among top
officers in the Secretariat.
—Rajendra Chhabara
JUMPING THE
QUEUE! VACCINE
HOME DELIVERED
FOR MLA, FAMILY
As a large number of people are
visiting hospitals and medical
centres for vaccination, the doses
are being home delivered and
administered at the door steps for
a selected few due to their social
status. In some places, the queues
have become so long people
leave them midway and return
home without getting inoculated.
On the other hand, vaccine is
being administered to the ‘VIP’ at
their houses. Health workers are
reaching the homes of these public
representatives to apply the vaccine.
This came to fore when panchayat
pradhan Sushila Kanwar Aakya, wife
of BJP MLA Chandrabhan Aakya
from Chittorgarh, and Congress
MLA from Pratapgarh Ramlal
Meena shared their pictures on
social media while getting jabbed.
Interestingly, both Aakya and Meena
was not wearing masks while getting
vaccine dose from health workers
who were duly masked. Users on
the social media have flooded the
comments section of the leaders
asking them about mask protocol.
A large number have asked when
PM, CM and other leaders can go
to medical centres to get the jab
then why these two called health
worker at their places. The health
workers could have tended to other
patients during the time they spent
in travelling to and fro the houses of
the leaders, the users commented.
Ramlal Meena Sushila Kanwar Aakya

First India Bureau
Kota: With the inces-
sant efforts put in by
Lok Sabha Om Birla,
Rajasthan’s first Oxy-
gen Express from Hapa
reached Kota on Friday
morning at 7.32 am
with three oxygen tank-
ers, which were imme-
diately sent to their re-
spective destinations
after completing all
formalities.
The train reached
Kota after covering a
distance of 932 kms.
One tanker fulfilled the
requirement of oxygen
in Kota and Bundi while
another was dispatched
by road to Jhalawar and
Jaipur. He said that in
addition to the oxygen
train, a tanker had
reached Kota with ad-
ditional 28 metric
tonnes of oxygen from
the quota allotted to the
state on Thursday even-
ing. About 68 metric
tonnes of oxygen
reached the Kota via
tanker and oxygen
train, which has ca-
tered to the demand of
the entire division.
Birla urged individu-
als and organisations to
give their oxygen cylin-
der to their nearest
CHC. “It will be our re-
sponsibility to fill the
cylinders. Villagers will
be able to get treatment
near home by getting
cylinders. This will re-
duce the pressure on
hospitals and doctors at
the district level in Kota
and Bundi,” Birla said.
All oxygen cylinders in
Bundi were refilled.
Free ambulance service
will start on Saturday at
Simalia CHC to shift
Covid-19 patients to a
bigger hospital.
Today we need an education
system, which teaches a child to live
and survive in adverse challenging
circumstances and not just the curriculum.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
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First India Bureau
Jaipur: Urban Devel-
opment and Housing
Minister Shanti Ku-
mar Dhariwal on Fri-
day, assumed the office
of the Chairman of
Rajasthan Housing
Board in his chamber
at the Divisional Head-
quarters. Commission-
er of the Rajasthan
Housing Board Pawan
Arora welcomed him
by presenting a bou-
quet.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, Dhariwal told the
media that in a short
span of just 18 months,
RHB has achieved tre-
mendous feats under
the able leadership of
Commissioner Pawan
Arora. The Board,
which had to break the
FDR for its daily ex-
penses, has earned a
revenue of Rs 2,621
crore, the highest ever
since its inception.
“After formation of
Ashok Gehlot’s govern-
ment, the first focus of
the CM was on improv-
ing the condition of the
Board, he said. Pawan
Arora was given the re-
sponsibility of the
Board so that the it
could again stand on its
feet. I am happy that
Pawan Arora and his
team have given a new
identity to the Board,”
Dhariwal said.
Dhariwal said that
the Board, whose hous-
es were not being sold,
now has made two world
records of selling the
most houses within a
short period of time.
The Board has disposed
off 8,164 surplus houses
and 1,840 commercial
properties. The ‘Apni
Dukan Apna Business’
plan was brought out for
the unemployed. Under
this, revenue of Rs 133
crore was earned from
the sale of 855 shops.
The Board has not
only sold surplus hous-
es, but has also done a
great job by setting up
RHB Atish Market,
Ayush Market and Rana
Sanga Market and sell-
ing almost all of their
properties in a short
period of time. 18 new
residential schemes
were launched in small
cities, construction
work of 5,864 houses
has been started. Along
with this, the construc-
tion of Coaching Hub in
Pratap Nagar of Jaipur,
City Park in Mansaro-
var and Pratapnagar in
Jaipur, Mansarovar,
Nayala and Chowpati in
Jodhpur and Kota are
going on, which will ac-
celerate the develop-
ment in these cities.
RHB has achieved tremendous feats
under Arora’s able leadership: Dhariwal
COMBATING CORONA
Commissioner of Rajasthan Housing Board, Pawan Arora explaining the issues to the Board Chairman
Shanti Dhariwal during the RHB’s Board meeting on Friday. Principal Secretary UDH, Kunji Lal Meena
CTP RK Vijayvargiya and Secretary RHB, Sanchita Vishnoi were also present during the meeting.
‘ICU on Wheels’
Oxy plant to
be set up to aid
Corona patients
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Assembly
Speaker CP Joshi an-
nounced to launch
‘ICU On Wheels’ at Go-
vardhan State Hospital
in his constituency,
Nathdwara. Simulta-
neously, Jaipur Citizen
Forum’s Chairman,
Rajiv Arora will set up
an oxygen plant at
Jaipuria Hospital.
This plant is planned
to produce about 200
litres per minute of
oxygen at the speed of
12 CUM per hour.
The government has
given them permission
after consulting with
Health Secretary Vaib-
hav Galriya, Dr Sudhir
Bhandari and Dr Sunit
Ranaut. This plant is
expected to be function-
al within 15-20 days.
CHARTING GROWTH
Govt has planned to procure 50k O2 concentratorsfrom Russia: Dr Raghu
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Ra-
jasthan government
has planned to pro-
cure 50,000 oxygen
concentrators from
abroad to address the
shortage of the life-
saving gas for COV-
ID-19 patients, Health
Minister Raghu Shar-
ma said on Friday.
The Minister in a
video message, said
that the State Govern-
ment has already placed
an order for 1,250 oxy-
gen concentrators, out
of which, 100 have
reached Jaipur from
Russia on Friday
.
Dr Sharma further
added that on the in-
structions of Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot,
a team of Pritam B
Yashwant and Tina
Dabi, under the leader-
ship of Subodh Agarw-
al, Additional Chief
Secretary, Medical De-
partment, are connect-
ing with oxygen
concentrator manufac-
turing countries such
as Russia, China, UAE
etc. This will help cope
up with oxygen short-
age in the state and the
task of procuring 50,000
oxygen concentrators
will be completed by the
month-end.
Dr Sharma also said
that the state requires
615 metric tonnes of
medical oxygen, but the
Centre has allocated
only 270 MT to them.
Moreover, there is a
problem of its transpor-
tation due to long dis-
tance and a shortage of
tankers, he said, stress-
ing that oxygen concen-
trators will ease the re-
quirement of the life-
saving gas in the state.
Birla’s attempts bear fruit
asO2 ExpressreachesKota
PROVIDING RELIEF DURING CRISIS
Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma
Shanti Dhariwal
also made various
announcements on
the occasion. He in-
formed that the Board
will introduce hous-
ing schemes in small
cities of the state. A
survey is being con-
ducted in this regard.
Along with this, he
also announced that
in view of the suc-
cess of the coaching
hub in Jaipur, after
conducting the sur-
vey, coaching hubs
will also be set up
at Jodhpur, Udaipur,
Ajmer and Sikar as
per requirements.
Due to shortage of
personnel in the divi-
sion, about 573 va-
cant posts of various
cadres in RHB will be
filled soon, he said.
DHARIWAL
MAKES MAJOR
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR THE BOARD!

A team of three
IAS officers,
Subodh
Agarwal,
Preetam
Yashwant and
Tina Dabi is
looking after the
entire process
D
D
D
STRIKING A ‘DEAL’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The wait of
Congress workers, who
have been waiting for
political appointments
for more than two and a
half years in the state, is
going to be longer. Ear-
lier, political appoint-
ments were stuck due to
mutual tussle, and now
when the exercise start-
ed, Corona has put
brakes on the appoint-
ments and organisa-
tional expansion. The
government and organi-
sation are engaged in
fighting the Corona
pandemic, leaving the
exercise of political ap-
pointments and organi-
sational expansion
aside. The Congress
HighCommandhasalso
put all these exercises
on the back burner.
It is believed that if
the situation gets better,
the exercise will be ex-
ecuted after August.
The workers are now
getting impatient after
waiting for two and a
half years. The resent-
ment among the Con-
gress workers due to
lack of political ap-
pointments and organi-
sational expansion has
come in open now.
These demands have
been raised many times
before state in-charge
Ajay Maken and PCC
Chief Dotasra, after
which the exercise of
political appointments
started in a hurry
.
Besides, the list of
the District President
has also been prepared
and sent to Ajay Maken,
but this list is also not
being released now.
Contrarily, the govern-
ment needs maximum
support of district-level
organisation in the Co-
rona transition period.
‘Covid-19’putsthe
brakesonCong’s
Cabinetexpansion
Ajay Maken
CP Joshi Rajiv Arora
Om Birla
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: The Commis-
sioner of Rajasthan
Housing Board, Pawan
Arora said that the
246thBoardmeetingof
the Board of Directors
of Rajasthan Housing
Board was organised
on Friday, under the
leadership of Board
Chairman, Shanti Ku-
mar Dhariwal. Arora
said that 808 flats (G +
3) including 536 of
EWS and 272 flats of
LIG will be construct-
ed under the ‘Mukhy-
amantri Jan Awaas
Yojana’ at Bhiwadi in
Alwar. Also, 244 flats
(G + 12) including 130
of EWS and 114 of LIG
will be constructed in
Sector 8 of Pratap Na-
gar, Jaipur.
Studio Apartments
are to be constructed
near the coaching hub
in Pratap Nagar. Each
apartment will be built
on a 425 sq ft. of land,
costing around Rs 8,
50,000. This will pro-
videaccommodationto
the students of various
coaching centres.
1,052 flats to come up
under the ‘Mukhy-
amantri Jan Awaas Yo-
jana’ at Bhiwadi in Al-
war and Pratap Nagar
in Jaipur.
Adding further,
Commissioner Arora
said that the Farm
House Scheme will
also be launched under
the Mansarovar
Scheme wherein, 10
farm houses will be
constructed.
The Board will dis-
tribute 1 lakh free
masks under its CSR
initiative. The last date
to submit bids and the
remaining deposits for
the ‘Wednesday Auc-
tion Festival’ has been
extended till June 30,
2021, and all processes
are online, keeping the
Corona pandemic in
mind. Principal Secre-
tary of UDH Depart-
ment, Kunjilal Meena,
Chief City Planner, RK
Vijayvargiya, Chief
Engineer, KC Meena,
Secretary, Sanchita
Vishnoi, Financial Ad-
visor, Sanjay Sharma
and other senior offi-
cials were present dur-
ing the meeting.
Housethat!RHBtoconstructflats
underCM’sJanAwaasYojana
Shanti Dhariwal takes charge as the Chairman of RHB on
Friday. Also seen here is RHB Commissioner, Pawan Arora.
THE PLAN
—PHOTO
BY
SUMAN
SARKAR

JAIPUR, SATURDAY
MAY 8, 2021
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ALLURING
BEAUTY!
City First in conversation with Pari Sahni, the gorgeous beauty
from Mumbai, whose ambitions are bigger than excuses!
ari Sahni, a very as-
pirational self-de-
pendent modern girl
from Mumbai, whose
persona is bound to
impress everyone. In
an exclusive inter-
view with City First, Pari
talked about her journey
and her career goal!
Originally born and
brought up in Delhi, Pari
moved to Mumbai after high-
er secondary education to
pursue her dream and make
her mark in the industry
. She
rose to fame in Bangalore
when she started modelling
as a runway model and did a
few print shoots as well.
“
After my education, I
moved to Bangalore and
worked there as a dance cho-
reographer and did model-
ling side by side.” She fur-
ther added, “In 2013, I
shifted to Mumbai as I par-
ticipated in MTV Splits-
villa season 6. And then I
didn’t stop. My journey
began as a model and an
actor. I have been in love
with this city ever
since,” she said.
Pari has walked for
Fashion Weeks in-
cluding Lakme Fash-
ion Week, India
Fashion Week, India
Beach Fashion
Week, Times Fash-
ion Week among
others. Besides,
she has done
more than 200
ramp shows
with various renowned de-
signers and choreogra-
phers. “I have been fea-
tured in many music vid-
eos, TV serials and
TV ads. I am look-
ing forward to a
good break-in
acting. My
dream is to
work with big
banners and
do charity for
the poor peo-
ple,” the ac-
tress said.
—PHOTOS
BY
AJAY
JANGID
KARISHMA GWALANI
karishma.gwalani@firstindia.co.in
P
BEAUTIFUL!
uhi, a strong inde-
pendent woman,
grew up in a middle-
class family
.
When asked about
her journey, she
shared. “I was born
in Mumbai in a very support-
ive family
. I am the first girl in
my family to step up into the
field of modelling.” She fur-
ther added, “Coming from a
non-glamour background
family, it was inconceivable
for me to think of fashion and
modelling as my career. But I
am a competitive individual
who is driven and likes to win.
To my surprise, And fortu-
nately, my parents and family
have supported me in all my
ups and downs of life.”
When asked what advice
would she give someone start-
ing, the alluring beauty re-
plied, “To the girls who want
to come into this industry
should be mature enough to
tackle every situation with a
positive attitude and immense
patience. Well, Juhi was very
fortunate to have learned
so much at a young age and
she’s now using
those experi-
ences as a
platform to
speak truth
to others.
Juhi Kaur who hails from Mumbai earned a name and fame
in the field of fashion and modelling. In an exclusive interview
with City First, Juhi talks about her journey so far!
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ANNA SAMUEL, Designer
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Your dreams of achieving
big are likely to be realised
soon. Focussing on your
career graph at this
juncture will be a step that will take
you far. A rethink is in order for those
going in for a heavy investment.
Recovering a loaned amount from
someone will not pose difficulty.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
A long journey may prove
to be both tiring and
uncomfortable. A major
purchase may make a dent
in your savings, but will help in
keeping up with the Joneses!
Speculation may not be profitable
and you can very well burn your
fingers.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
You succeed in putting an
ambitious project on the
tracks and cross all
hurdles in making it a
success. Love beckons and promises
to give immense joy and fulfillment.
Your consistency in performance on
the academic front will be noticed by
those who matter.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Homemakers will get a
chance to implement their
ideas. You are likely to be
recognised for your efforts
on the professional front. Some of you
can be invited for guidance or
consultancy. Chance of a raise is
possible for some. Timely and correct
decision will help you in saving money.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
You will put in extra efforts
to complete a task
entrusted to you. Your
academic aspirations may
take some time to get realised. A
contentious property issue may not
show any signs of getting sorted out,
so have a backup plan ready.
Financial worries will evaporate.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Good budgeting will help you
save much, even for
splurging. Satisfaction is
foreseen for the image-
conscious people trying to achieve
perfect figure and physique. You will
enjoy the company of a younger aged
woman. You will succeed in
surmounting the odds to get a job back.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
It is one of those days
when you will feel satisfied
with whatever you do
today on the social front!
Those seeking love may not get
lucky, but persistence will pay! Those
in the rat race may find it difficult to
pip the rivals at the post. A friend or
relative can touch a sensitive nerve.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Job prospects for those
freshly out of professional
institutes are set to
brighten up soon. A
positive outlook will help you throw
out the negativity within. You will
manage to ignore distractions and
interruptions at work to complete a
pending task in time.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You remaining on the
saving mode will help you
strengthen your financial
front. Those planning to
study abroad are likely to get a
chance of a lifetime. Your innovative
ideas on the professional front are
likely to be well received. Spirituality
will have a special allure for you.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Although money is not a
problem, you will have to
curb wasteful expenditure.
Sticking to workout routine
may benefit you on the health front.
New opportunities will be seized on
the professional front. Meeting
relatives at a marriage or party
cannot be ruled out.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Your energy and dynamism
will get you what you aim
for today on the academic
front. This is the day to
play your winning card on the
professional front. A lot of time may
be wasted in socialising, but you will
love every moment of it. You will be
highly motivated today.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Health matters gain priority
and will motivate for
achieving total fitness. A
profitable day for
entrepreneurs is envisaged. You may
be played upon for spending on
someone else’s needs and desires.
Homemakers are likely to enjoy the
day in the company of neighbors.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
yunosuke Akuta-
gawa (1892-1927)
was a Japanese
writer, active in
the Taisho peri-
od.Heis regarded
as ‘the father of
the Japanese stories’. Ja-
pan’s premier literary
award ‘The Akutagawa
prize’ is named after him.
He was raised by his un-
cle, as his mother had
gone mentally deranged
shortly after his birth.
This fear of insanity
haunted him throughout
his brief life. He commit-
ted suicide at the age of 35,
by an overdose of barbital.
Akutagawa had the un-
canny ability to focus an
uncompromising lens into
the darker corners of the
human heart and the
murkier ambiguities of
their condition. He sought
to reconcile Eastern, par-
ticularly Japanese, phi-
losophy, thought and cul-
ture to Western moderni-
zation. He endorsed the
priceless Japanese herit-
age of Bushido. It is a
moral code of conduct,
followed in Japan, particu-
larly by the chivalrous
Samurai warriors, for
their philosophy, princi-
ples, attitude, behaviour
and lifestyle.
‘The Handkerchief’
story focuses on a profes-
sor- Kinzo Hasegawa, at
The Law School of Tokyo
Imperial University. He
considers himself a true
cosmopolitan. He has
studied abroad and his
wife is an American. He
often imagines himself
‘becoming a bridge be-
tween East and West. The
Gifu Lantern hanging in
his verandah is a true rep-
resentative of Japanese
Civilization. He reads
Western literature to keep
up with the thought pro-
cess of the young students
who are more inclined to-
wards modernity
.
On this particular Sun-
day, Professor Hasegawa
is seated in a cane chair,
reading Strindberg’s
‘Dramaturgy’ and admir-
ing his Gifu lantern. His
reading is interrupted by
a visit from Mrs Nishiy-
ama, the mother of one of
his students. She is the
epitome of Hasegawa’s ex-
pectation of a Japanese
‘wise mother’- one who
adheres to the traditions
of Japanese culture. She
has come to tell him of the
death of her son since he
was Hasegawa’s student.
She does it in an almost
detached manner. ‘There
were no tears. The voice
was calm. There was even
a trace of a smile in the
corner of her mouth’.
Mentally
, he compared her
dignified composure to
the impulsive-hyper-open
exhibition of expression
by the Westerners.
As they were formally
reminiscing the de-
ceased’s daily life routine,
along with his expected
glorious future, the profes-
sor accidentally drops a
fan that was in his hands.
He bends down under the
table to pick it up. His eyes
chanced to fall upon the
clenched hands of the
lady
. She held them down,
upon her lap, hidden un-
der the table. He was
shocked to see that her
hands were trembling vio-
lently. To suppress the
shaking, she clutched a
handkerchief so tightly as
to nearly tear it. “The
woman had been smiling
with her face but weeping
with her whole body”. He
was filled with uncompre-
hending sympathy and
awe for this Japanese lady
,
a believer of traditional
Bushido, exhibiting un-
matched bravado even in
her deepest sorrow.
Long after she had left,
he sat in his verandah in
deep reflection. He tries to
fathom the depth of her
profound pain. ‘He shook
his head once or twice, as
though to drive away from
the unpleasant thought,
then looked again at the
newly lit lantern’. Akuta-
gawa’s work is filled with
‘this sort of moment of
recognition- and then re-
jection- of truth.” His
characters exhibit person-
al preference to percep-
tions, based on their self-
delusion. He, therefore,
challenges readers to find
their interpretation, to
look hard at their selves in
search of ‘The Truth’.
This Japanese culture
brings to my mind the
comparable character of
Taka (Koyuki), of ‘The
Last Samurai’ fame. Ta-
ka’s husband is killed by
Algren(Tom Cruise), in a
battle. Algren is taken cap-
tive by Katsumoto, Taka’s
brother, the Chief of the
clan. Algren is lodged in
Taka’s house. She hides
her deep anguish, bitter-
ness, hatred and main-
tains a pleasant, hospita-
ble facade in Algren’s pres-
ence. She serves him as
one would do a most hon-
oured guest. Such is ‘the
Bushido Code’ of Japan!
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DEEPAK’S CORNER
THE HANDKERCHIEF
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Ryunosuke Akutagawa

S
everal Bollywood actors
have come forward to help
out amid the ongoing
COVID 19 pandemic
and Alia Bhatt is among them.
The Raazi star has been shar-
ing a lot of informative posts
about verified places and
their contact numbers that
could help people in the
hour of need. And the
latest addition to
that list is a post
featuring veri-
fied mental
health hel-
pline num-
bers that
Alia has
shared on
her Instagram
handle.
—Agency
H
o l l y -
w o o d
s t a r
Chan-
ning Tatum
shared he has
a good physique
thanks to his job
profile, as acting of-
ten requires him to
take his clothes off.
“As someone who
works out for a job, I
promise you I would
not look like this un-
less I had to be naked
in most of my mov-
ies mostly. At some
point I have to get
better at acting so I
don’t have to be naked
in all of them,” Tatum
said on the ‘The Kelly
Clarkson Show’.
—Agency
A
ctress Shilpa Shetty has taken
to social media to reveal that
for the last 10 days, her family
has been going through a dif-
ficult time due to COVID 19. The ac-
tress revealed that her kids Samisha
Viaan Raj, husband Raj Kundra, her
parents-in-law, her mom Sunanda Shet-
ty all tested positive for COVID 19 and
are currently in
home isolation
in their sepa-
rate rooms.
The ac-
tress her-
self test-
ed nega-
tive for
t h e
same.
—Agency
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S
wara Bhasker, a re-
nowned Bollywood
actress, is known
for being straight-
forward. She is very out-
spoken on all of the prob-
lems that are going on in
the world. Recently, she
received praise from
South actor Siddharth. He
recently revealed his lat-
est moniker on his Twit-
ter account. ‘Hindi-speak-
ing people’ refer to him as
‘South ka Swara Bhasker,’
he wrote appreciating the
actress. —City First
ETC
Familytested
POSITIVE
Raveena Tandon
STEPS UP
mid the COVID 19 pandemic, Bollywood
stars are also jumping in to help people
in meeting the demands. Raveena Tandon
also joined hands with a foundation to
donate oxygen cylinders amid the COVID
19 pandemic. The KGF 2 star shared a
photo on social media with the cylinders
and urged her fans to join in to help in their own
capacity
. The actress has masked up as she sends
the cylinders to their destination to help out those
battling COVID 19 in New Delhi where there has
been oxygen shortages in hospitals. Meanwhile,
many other celebs have jumped in to help amid
the COVID 19 crisis in India. Sushmita Sen also
was one of the stars from Bollywood who had ar-
ranged oxygen cylinders to help out amid the oxy-
gen crisis in Delhi a few weeks back. —Agency
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South Ka
SWARA
Workout
CITY FIRST
I
n these grim
times, one is of-
ten left alone
with their own
thoughts and so is
Kriti Sanon. In her
latest social media
post, she gets can-
did by sharing
what’s on her
mind. Beautifully
put in words the
current situation
she said, “What
breaks us also
unites us”. Kriti
took to her social
media to share a
video where she
has a heart to
heart with her
fans. She cap-
tioned it, “I try
and see a silver lin-
ing in everything..
a ray of light in
the dark, good in
the bad.. Ya.. I am
that person.”
‘DEAR DIARY’
MOMENT
Standing for a cause
T
he trailer for A Quiet Place Part II is
finally here! The highly-anticipated
horror sequel has finally been given
a release date of May 28 after experi-
encing massive delays due to the COVID-19
pandemic. The release of Quiet Place 2 is
pushed back to Memorial Day weekend 2021.
The film is unofficially kicking off the sum-
mer movie season alongside Walt Disney’s
Cruella with Warner Bros. -Agency
R
o b e r t
D o w n e y
Jr.’s long-
time assis-
tant Jimmy Rich,
who has been
RDJ’s “right hand
man” since The
Singing Detective
(2003), has sadly
passed away at the
age of 52 after a fatal car accident, which
took place on April 5 at 8 pm. A heartbroken
Robert paid tribute to his “brother” on Ins-
tagram, sharing several photos of Jimmy,
stating that it wasn’t news but “a terrible
and shocking tragedy
.” —Agency
V
anraj Bha-
tia, a well-
k n o w n
m u s i c
composer in the
entertainment in-
dustry, died at his
Mumbai resi-
dence on Friday.
He was 93 years
old and was well-
known in the mu-
sic industry for his legendary songs. He had
been ill for a few months and was bedridden.
The composer had written 7,000 commercial
jingles, including the well-known Liril and
Dulux. —Agency
H
ilary Duff, in her recent
interview, discussed what
went wrong with the Lizzie
McGuire revival. The ac-
tress who played the lead role in
the Disney series (2001-04) got a lot
of love from her teenage fans. She
said, “I think they are really trying
to figure out what kind of content
they want living on Disney+, and that
doesn’t totally align with, like, where
I see Lizzie right now.”
—Agency
The final trailer
Heartfelt tribute
Sad Demise
Series Cancelled
Alia Bhatt Hilary Duff
Kriti Sanon
Late Vanraj Bhatia
Robert Downey Jr and
Late Jimmy Rich
Shilpa Shetty Kundra
Channing Tatum
Swara Bhasker
Raveen Tandon
Shilpa Shetty Kundra with her family

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