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STATE BUDGET 20-21
GEHLOT’S
BAGFUL OF
GOODIES
INSIDE
WHAT TO
EXPECT

SAY NO TO JOINT VENTURES
Avoid your friends like plague! When four buddies get
together, we all know the books feel ignored. But if
you can arrange a group study session with the studi-
ous topper, that can be permitted.
DO NOT GET CARRIED AWAY
Some students cannot bear the fact that others are
getting ahead. May be someone else has completed
a greater part of the syllabus, so what? Perhaps he
is not doing it as seriously as you are! Don’t bother
about others and stay focused.
DO NOT PUT PRESSURE ON YOUR HANDS
Yes, one must practice writing to improve his speed
and to remember things better, but one must not put
too much pressure on their fingers or they might get
stiff while writing the paper! That would be a pretty
bad situation!.
ENSURE BETTER SLEEP
Proper sleep is extremely important for everyone.
Many students consume caffeine during exams to
avoid sleepiness. A good night’s sleep is essential
for your body and mind to ensure proper rest. You
should also sleep properly for 6-8 hours a night
before exams.
MAKE A PLAN
Planning helps you reduce more than half of the
stress. Make a plan which can help you organise
your study time, playtime and how you are
going to study. It will help you prevent
last-minute stress and confusion.
INCLUDE ENERGY BOOSTERS IN YOUR DIET
Eat natural and healthy energy boosting foods in your
exam diet like bananas, apples, eggs, brown rice.
Eat more protein-rich foods like eggs, legumes, tofu,
chicken, turkey breast etc. The protein-rich foods
give you energy and help you stay satiated for longer.
Healthy carbs from sweet potatoes can also help you
stay energised and full for longer.
EAT MORE STRESS-BUSTING FOODS
Foods like berries, almonds, milk and yogurt, fatty fish
etc. help you beat stress. It’s important to recognise
when you are eating too much and too often that you
are doing that because of stress.
CONTROL YOUR CAFFEINE INTAKE
It is easy to drink multiple cups of coffee or tea during
exams. But excessive caffeine intake may leave you
dehydrated and more stressed. Instead sip on green
tea, matcha tea or any caffeine-free herbal tea.
DON’T IGNORE YOUR HUNGER, SNACK
OFTEN
Avoiding your hunger pangs makes things worse. It
may give you gas and may make you binge in your
next meal. Eat when you feel hungry instead of putting
your meals off. Keep a box of homemade trail mix with
low sugar on your study table.
AVOID RUSHING THROUGH YOUR MEALS
Stressed-out students often tend to rush through their
meals, as they are more than eager to get back to
their studies after eating. It is much healthier for you
to instead slow down during your meals and eat more
mindfully. You will not only feel more fulfilled, but it
will also refresh you and make you feel prepared
for long hours of studying.
EAT ON TIME
Eat your last meal as early
in the evening as possible
and follow a proper meal
schedule. It saves time,
and keeps your mind and
body healthy.
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EXAMS, NOT
YOUR HEALTH
Exams are loaded with stress for both students. They are highly busy with test papers, sample papers, extra classes, and
important questions to perform their best. But this is also a time of vulnerability when it comes to their mind and body
T
he Central
Board of
Secondary
E d u c a t i o n
(CBSE) is conducting
exams for the 10th and
12th standards in
schools affiliated with
the board, across the
country and abroad.
The exams will be held
over a period of the
next month and a half
and 31 lakh candidates
will reportedly appear
for their board exams.
Exams are loaded
with stress for both
students and parents.
Students are highly
busy to perform
their best.
With test
papers, sample papers,
extra classes, impor-
tantquestionetc.there
is an endless list of
tasks to be completed
in a short span. CBSE
exams 2019 began
this week and with
the exams came an
atmosphere of
stress, especially for
those appearing for
boards for the first
time. Many students
find it difficult to fo-
cus during exams
due to various
reasons. In-
c r e a s e d
stress can
also affect their per-
formance as well as
preparation. Exami-
nation stress can have
multifarious effects on
the body and mind. A
lot of students indulge
in stress-eating or de-
velop unhealthy eating
habits during the ex-
ams, which may not
only result in weight
gain, but may also trig-
ger sluggishness. It is
important for stu-
dents to
follow
a healthy diet and
maintain a good eating
schedule, in order to
stay alert during the
papers. Maintaining a
healthy weight is im-
portant for the overall
well-being of a stu-
dent. But students’
diet may go for a toss
in the months and
weeks preceding ex-
aminations, due to
excessive pressure
from parents, teach-
ers and peers, as well
as due to internal
stress. Stress fogs
the brain and ham-
pers clear thinking
and cognition, which
is important for
scoring well.
 Banish exam fear
While addressing the
nation on the No-
vember 2019 ‘Mann
Ki Baat’ programme,
Modi said that the
fear of exams needs
to be banished com-
pletely.
“I want to see my
young friends smiling
during examina-
tions, their parents
should be stress-free,
teachers should be
assured,” he said.
In his 2017 Mann
ki Baat address,
he said that exams
are not the test of a
lifetime but a test of
a year.
 Realise that marks
are not everything
Though good marks
are still held as a
benchmark by the
majority of parents
in India, the fact is
that the world is a
lot bigger and marks
are starting to matter
lesser and lesser.
PM Modi advised
parents not to pres-
surize their stu-
dents and reminded
everyone that the
world is full of op-
portunities.
 Take care of your
mental health
At the last Pariksha
Pe Charcha session,
PM Modi advised
students to identify
why they were feel-
ing low or why their
mood was feeling off.
He said managing the
mind and the mood
was all about exerting
self control.
When asked about
depression, he ad-
vised parents not to
put undue pressure
on their children to
keep them in their full
capacity like Spring.
He told parents to ac-
cept their kids as they
are.
 Manage technology-
use well
It is no secret that
mobile phones can
be extremely dis-
tracting during ex-
ams. PM Modi told
students to “not
let technology rule
you, rather, rule the
technology.”
 Don’t be afraid of
failure
One of the top causes
of exam stress is
the fear if failing in
exams. During the
Pariksha Pe Charcha
2020 session, PM
Modi gave the exam-
ple of Chandrayaan 2
and said, “Every fail-
ure is a step towards
success.”
He also advised
students to culture
confidence which can
help battle the stress
and improve their
focus in the exam
hall.
 Do something
instead of becoming
something
PM Modi told stu-
dents in Pariksha Pe
Charcha 2020 that
students face a lot of
stress because they
are worried about
becoming a great
person
“You think that if you
fail the exam, you’d
fail to become that.
It is this tension. We
should never dream
about becoming
something rather we
should dream of do-
ing something,” said
PM Modi.
 Take proper rest
Since adequate sleep
and a balanced diet
could improve one’s
health to a great
extent, PM Modi
advised students in
Mann Ki Baat 2017
to make sure they do
not skimp on either.
Take a leaf from NaMo’s book
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Jaipur:Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot will pre-
sent the second budg-
et in the Assembly
tomorrow. Different
sections of society, in-
cluding farmers,
youths, and industrial-
ists, have a lot of ex-
pectations from this
budget. The Chief Min-
ister could announce
health-for-all scheme
underNirogiRajasthan.
Therecouldbeannounce-
ment of Metro phase II.
A major announcement
on refinery—which is
Gehlot’sdreamproject—
can also be expected.
Important announce-
ments for female educa-
tion are also on cards.
Gehlot could also an-
nounce construction of
town halls in two cities
of the state. The Chief
Minister could also an-
nounce initiation of
Heritage Conservation
and Protection Regula-
tion wherein old build-
ings could be con-
served. There could be
a major announce-
mentsonrelaxationon
green building con-
struction and also on
increase of green
cover in cities. To fur-
therencouragesportsin
the state, Gehlot could
announcesopsforprivate
sector and sports clubs,
while also relaxing var-
ious taxes and fees. A
policy to provide infra-
structurefor“walks”for
better health of citizens
can also be expected.
Gehlot could also an-
nounce senior citizens’
housing scheme on the
lines of private builders
where all facilities will
be provided for occu-
pants.
Gehlotcouldmakemajor
announcements for sol-
id waste management
andenforcementof rules
madebygovernmentap-
plied in a different man-
ner. The name of An-
napurna Rasoi could be
changed to “Indira Ra-
soi”. Turn on P5
New Delhi/Washing-
ton:US President Don-
ald Trump has com-
plained that India has
not treated his country
“very well” on the
trade front and indi-
cated that a “very big”
bilateraldealwithNew
Delhi may not be
signed before the
American presidential
election in November.
“Well, we can have a
tradedealwithIndia,but
I’m really saving the big
dealforlateron,”Trump,
who is scheduled to vis-
it India on February 24
and 25, told on Tuesday
when asked whether he
expectsatradedealwith
India before his trip.
“We’re not treated very
well by India,” the US
president complained.
The Congress alleged
that the remarks made
by Trump are an insult
andaffronttothecoun-
try’s dignity and the
government should
respond accordingly.
Congress spokesperson
Manish Tewari said the
issueisseriousasitseeks
to undermine the pro-
gress made in the last
many years as regards
Indo-USties.Healsosaid
that the tone and tenor
of Trump’s visit seems
to be “transactional and
not strategic”. “The
president of the United
States, on the eve of his
visit for the first time to
India, has made certain
remarks. I think it is an
insult and affront to the
dignity of the country
and the ministry of ex-
ternal affairs should
respond to it,” he told
reporters. Trump, force-
fullypursuinghis“Amer-
ica first” policy, has pre-
viously described India
as a “tariff king” for
imposing “tremendous-
ly high” tariffs on Amer-
ican products. Turn on P5
New Delhi: Advocates Sanjay Hegde and Sad-
hna Ramachandran, who have been asked by
the Supreme Court to speak to the anti-CAA
protesters at Shaheen
Bagh and find a solu-
tion to the road-block
issue, visited the pro-
test site on Wednesday.
HedgeandRamachan-
dran met the protesters
and spoke to them. “We
havecomehereaccording
to the order of the Su-
premeCourt.Wehopeto
speak to everyone. We
hope to resolve the matter with everybody’s coopera-
tion,” said Hegde. Meanwhile, Delhi CM Arvind Ke-
jriwalmetUnionHomeMinisterAmitShahatShah’s
residence in the national capital. The meeting was
earlier scheduled at the Home Ministry. Turn on P5
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: According
to a reliable input, by
taking a U-turn on
their one-month-old
decision to defer Ra-
hul Gandhi’s crown-
ing as Congress Presi-
dent for at least a
year, now Gandhi
family sources indi-
cate that former Con-
gress President and
Gandhi-scion, Rahul
Gandhi is all set to
take over the Con-
gress ‘Presidency’
once again. Highly
placed sources in the
party reveal that Rahul
has indeed given his as-
sent to hold the reins of
the party once again,
but there is apparently
a ‘catch’. Sources re-
veal that Rahul has
given a few ‘condi-
tions’andhasstressed
that only when the
conditions are met,
can the formal
‘anointing’ occur.
Moreover, the re-chris-
tening can happen in
Rajasthan, where seven
years back, Rahul was
made the Vice-Presi-
dent of the party. High-
ly placed sources claim
that the plenary session
of the Congress, which
will be called after the
culmination of Parlia-
ment session, could be
held in Jaipur in April,
keeping in view excep-
tional organisational
skills of a towering
Congress leader and a
third time Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot and
also organising capaci-
ties of a 24/7 Congress
worker Avinash Pande,
who is also AICC Gen-
eral Secretary In-
charge of Rajasthan.
Interestingly, while one
section in the Congress
is already trying to fi-
nalise Delhi as the spot
for the ‘crowning’, there
is yet another section
that is making efforts to
shift the venue to
Jaipur, citing a repeat
of the successful grand
ceremony of 2013.
Even senior Congress
leaders say that it is the
right time to hand over
the command to Rahul,
specially keeping in
view the deteriorating
health conditions of
Congress President So-
nia Gandhi.
New Delhi: The Union
Cabinet has approved
Phase II of the Swachh
Bharat Mission (Gra-
meen)till2024-25tofocus
onOpenDefecationFree
Plus (ODF Plus), which
includes ODF sustaina-
bility and Solid and Liq-
uid Waste Management
(SLWM).Theprogramme
will also work towards
ensuring that no one is
leftbehindandeveryone
uses a toilet, Union In-
formation & Broadcast-
ing Minister Prakash
Javadekar said while
briefing the media after
the Cabinet meeting
chaired by Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi.
SBM-GPhase-IIwillalso
beimplementedinamis-
sion mode with a total
estimated budgeted fi-
nancial implication of
Rs 52,497 crore for the
period from 2020-21 to
2024-25 including the
Centralandstateshares.
In addition to this, the
15th Finance Commis-
sion has proposed ear-
marking Rs 30,375 crore
for rural water supply
and sanitation to be im-
plemented by rural local
bodies for the upcoming
financial year.
The ODF Plus pro-
gramme will converge
with Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employ-
ment Guarantee Act,
specially for greywater
management and will
complement the newly
launchedJalJeevanMis-
sion. Under the pro-
gramme, provision for
incentiveof Rs12,000for
construction of Indi-
vidual Household Toilet
to newly emerging eligi-
blehouseholdsasperthe
existing norms will con-
tinue. —IANS
HOPES
RIDE ON
BUDGET TODAYDifferent sections of society have specific and
wide-ranging expectations from the budget
CM Ashok Gehlot signing the state budget 2020-21 at the CMR on Wednesday, seen along with Niranjan Arya, Hemant Gera, Dr Prithviraj, Sudhir Sharma and Sharad Mehra.
Ahead of visit, Trump
WHIPS UP A STORM
US President says India not treating America well on the
trade front; Opposition says remarks are an insult to India
z Trump had previ-
ously described India
as a “tariff king” for
imposing “tremen-
dously high” tariffs on
American products
z The US President
indicated that a “very
big” bilateral deal with
New Delhi may not be
signed before the US
presidential election in
November.
z Says: “I’m really
saving the big deal for
later on.”
POTUS’ GROUSE
‘I LIKE PRIME MINISTER MODI’
Washington: Though President Trump is
not happy with bilateral trade ties with India,
he praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi
and said he is looking forward to his visit
to India. “I happen to like Prime Minister
Modi a lot,” Trump said. “He (Modi) told me
we’ll have seven million people between the
airport and the event. And the stadium, I un-
derstand, is sort of semi under-construction,
but it’s going to be the largest stadium in the
world. So it’s going to be very exciting... I
hope you all enjoy it,” he told reporters.
Nritya Gopal Das elected
Ram Temple Trust chief
New Delhi: Mahant
Nritya Gopal Das was
elected president and
Champat Rai general
secretary of the Ram
Temple Trust at its
first meeting here on
Wednesday.
The meeting, held at
the residence of senior
lawyerKParasaran,also
elected Prime Minister
NarendraModi’sformer
principal secretary
Nripendra Misra as the
head of the temple con-
struction committee of
the Shri Ram Janmab-
hoomi Tirth Kshetra
Trust. The meeting
was aimed at working
out modalities to speed
up the construction of
the Ram temple in
Ayodhya. It was also
decided to open an ac-
count in Ayodhya’s
SBI branch for dona-
tions for the Ram tem-
ple construction,
Chanmpat Rai told
reporters after the
meeting. Turn on P5
Centre’s nod to Swachh Bharat-II
Members of the Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra, the Trust
set up to oversee construction of the Ram Temple at Ayodhya,
during its first meeting at New Delhi on Wednesday. Ram Janam
Bhoomi Nyas chief Mahant Nritya Gopal Das (centre) is also seen.
A TASTY BITE
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi eats
litti-chokha
at a snacks
stall at Hunar
Haat in New
Delhi on
Wednesday.
SHAHEEN BAGH
Mediators to protesters:
Let’s work together
Rahul Raj again?...he sets riders for return
Interlocutors Sanjay Hegde (left)
and Sadhna Ramachandran
(centre) with the protesters.
BUDGET 2020-21
Union Ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, Prakash Javadekar and
Smriti Irani at a Cabinet briefing in New Delhi on Wednesday.
—PHOTOBYIANS
Rahul Gandhi
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FARMERS’ ISSUES HAVE NOT BEEN
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 Regarding the
construction of
Mahatma Gandhi
Institute and Gandhi
Adarsh Museum in
Jaipur, the land mark-
ing would be done
soon and advance
action would be taken.
Based on Budget
announcement of CM
Gehlot, Art, Literature
and Culture Minister
BD Kalla gave these
instructions in a meet-
ing held about the
matter in Secretariat
on Wednesday.
 During the meet-
ing, Kalla said that the
institute and museum
are being constructed
to inspire the youth to
imbibe Bapu’s ideals
and philosophy of life,
along with making the
society aware of his
thoughts. The details
of nature, theme and
activities of the insti-
tute were discussed
while taking sugges-
tions from senior
officials of the state.
Chief Secretary DB
Gupta, ACS Industry
Subodh Agrawal,
advisor to the CM
Govind Sharma,
Principal Secretary
Art, Literature and
Culture Shreya Guha,
coordinator of peace
and non-violence cell
Shyam Sundar Bissa
and other officials at-
tended the meeting.
 Responding to the
question of Shakun-
tala Rawat related to
insurance contribu-
tion of Anganwadi
workers, Minister
Mamta Bhupesh said
contribution of these
workers has ended
and it is being given
on behalf of the state
government.
 Kiran Maheshwari
raised a question
on vacant posts in
Ayurveda dispensa-
ries in Assembly to
which Health Min-
ister Raghu Sharma
said total of 3,579
dispensaries are
operational in state.
 Chief Whip Dr
Mahesh Joshi assured
two MLAs Comrade
Balwan Punia and
Girhdari Lal, who
were sitting on a
strike in Assembly, of
getting an appropriate
solution for their de-
mands. After getting
assurance from Joshi,
they agreed to sit on
their seats. Dr Joshi
had played the same
role on Tuesday, when
he interacted with the
angry BJP MLA group
to end their protest.
BRIEF
in
GUP
SHUP
FIRST TIME DISTRICT INCHARGE
GETS IN ‘REAL ESTATE’ TROUBLE
The entire PHQ is abuzz with the ‘doings’ of a
‘Tiger sahab’ in-charge of a district. Word is that
the Tiger has entered in a major land ‘deal’ in the
area he is posted in and a complaint of which has
been made to the senior officials at PHQ. However,
as soon as the ‘complaint’ reached PHQ, Tiger’s
sources apprised him of the developments after
which the cop has initiated a ‘damage control’
exercise! everyday the Tiger is speaking with one
or the other officer and informing of his innocence
in the matter. But all to no avail, as the vigilance
wing has initiated an investigation into the said deal.
Notably, it is for the first time that the tiger has been
given the ‘captaincy’ of any district!
HEARTBROKEN TIGER WANTS TO BE PANTHER
One ‘Tiger Sir’, who sits
in his office on the third
floor of the PHQ is quite
disappointed these days. The
reason: the Tiger was hoping
that he would be accorded
charge of a district but turned
to be naught. The cop believed
that he would be given charge
of a district in Bharatpur
range, however as the transfer
list came, the Tiger’s ‘heart
sank’ whereas the cop had
approached a ‘Bade sahab’ for the same. Interestingly, the cop Tiger was
hoping to replace is also eyeing a posting in Jaipur city as ‘Panther’!
2 ARRESTS IN 1 CASE? COMMISSIONER SAYS NO
Now, two arrests will not be made in same case. Jaipur police
Commissioner has instructed all DCPs and ADCPs over the same
in a meeting held in the RPA recently. Earlier, the police would arrest
anyone for breaking peace and after a case would be registered, the
man was ‘re-arrested’. Now, after Commissioner’s sermons, only one
arrest will be done!
MINISTERS HAVE
PANTHER’S BACK
After being accused of
involvement with sand
mafia, a Panther sahab has not
only successfully evaded the
controversy but also managed
to keep his posting intact! Well,
questions were being raised
on the Panther’s working style
after an MLA raised concerns
over the cop few days back.
After accusations were made,
there were rumours that the
panther would be removed off
his post, however as the matter
developed, the Panther sought
‘sanctuary’ in two cabinet
ministers and ‘managed’ them.
Notably, one of the minister is
associated with development!
Now, the word on Panther is
that no one can make him leave
the position unless by decree of
a ‘superior power’.
First India News
Jaipur: Goods & Ser-
vice Tax (GST) Amend-
ment Bill 2018 was
passed in the Assembly
on Wednesday, by voice
vote. Parliamentary af-
fairs Minister Shanti
Dhariwal said that all
the amendments in this
bill had been passed by
GST Council.
Dhariwal also used
this occasion to lash out
at Modi government
saying that it was be-
cause of his faulty poli-
cies that GDP which
was 10% during Man
Mohan Singh’s time has
now dropped to 4.5%.
He said that there is
going to be Rs2.5 lakh
crore shortfall in GST
collection. It has been
constantly declining
therefore the Central
government is not re-
leasing money due to
states. He said unem-
ployment is increasing.
Dhariwal also al-
leged that many GST
frauds took place dur-
ing the previous gov-
ernment of the BJP but
no action was taken.
“Our government took
action against frauds.
We caught fake bills
worth Rs 300 crore in
Kota,” he added.
Earlier, former min-
ister and BJP MLA
Kiran Maheshwari and
other BJP leaders laud-
ed Central govern-
ment’s economic poli-
cies. They congratulat-
ed Central government
on India becoming the
5th largest economy in
the world.
However, Dhariwal in
his reply tore into the
Opposition with his wit
and sarcasm. He said
that deputy LoP Rajen-
dra Rathore doesn’t
know about economics,
which is why he was
speaking on VAT in-
stead of GST.
Dhariwal added that
rumour is doing the
rounds that he along
with health minister
Raghu Sharma and
chief whip Mahesh
Joshi have been hatch-
ing a conspiracy against
leader of opposition so
thatdeputyLoPRathore
becomes the leader is
his place but this ru-
mour is baseless. “I
wish you remain where
you are and I respect Ka-
tariaji,” he chuckled.
Kataria did not like it
and said that he did not
need Dhariwal’s re-
spect; he was elected by
the people and will re-
main in the Assembly
till they like.
Dhariwal also took a
dig at Maheshwari say-
ing that she never sits in
the House and when she
comes she only talks
and never listen. “You
should listen to others,”
he told her.
First India News
Jaipur: The state gov-
ernment took an impor-
tant decision for expe-
diting urban develop-
ment process by consti-
tuting a Ministerial
Empowered Committee.
MEC will be coordinat-
ed by UDH minister
Shanti Dhariwal and
will have Industry min-
ister Parsadi Lal Meena,
Revenue Minister Har-
ishChodhary,Statemin-
isters Mamta Bhupesh
and Arjun Singh
Bamaniya as its mem-
bers while PS UDH will
be member secretary.
Ministerial secretar-
iat released the orders
to this effect on
Wednesday. MEC will
take decisions on land
allotment, regularisa-
tion of colonies and
other policy related
matters of the urban
development. It will
also deal with matters
related to land allot-
ment to social and
charitable organisa-
tions at concessional
rates. Committee will
be empowered to take
decisions on land allot-
ments at 30% of the
reserved price and
DLC rates to such or-
ganisations.
Matters for higher
concessions will be re-
ferred to the Cabinet.
Empowered committee
will send a copy of its
decisions to CM Gehlot
for his observation.
UDH department
will be the administra-
tive department of the
MEC. Important pow-
ers delegated to MEC
include decisions on
colonies on acquired
or govt land and colo-
nies which can’t be
regularised under cur-
rent rules.
MEC will be able to
deliberate on relaxation
in the rules for such
colonies and will also
consider complex mat-
ters of urban develop-
ment and cases decided
earlier but which need
to be reconsidered.
MEC has been con-
stituted with the aim
of providing relief to
the common man with
speedy, considerate
and transparent deci-
sions to facilitate or-
ganised urban develop-
ment of the state.
First India News
Jaipur: The Opposition
BJP tried to corner min-
isters over state govern-
ment’s failure to imple-
mentannouncementsin
previous budget. They
created uproar saying
government is going to
present its second Budg-
et but announcement in
the first Budget includ-
ing the one for CM’s
home town has not been
completed. They asked
if government will take
action against officers.
However, the real test
for ministers came
when Speaker CP Joshi
began asking questions,
making them uncom-
fortable. Minister Mam-
ta Bhupesh got so nerv-
ous that she called LoP
Gulab Chand Kataria as
deputy LoP and then
again called him leader
of the House.
First India News
Jaipur: City’s traffic
came ton a virtual stand
still on Wednesday near
the Vidhan Sabha when
BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP
Dr Kirodi Lal Meena led
a demonstration in sup-
portof SawaiMadhopur
cement factory workers
and unemployed youths
on Wednesday. Large
number of men and
women sat on dharna
nearParivahanBhawan
leading to traffic jam.
Meena took a train
from Sawai Madhopur
to Jaipur and then start-
ed his march from Ma-
hesh Nagar to the As-
sembly. The march cul-
minated at 22 Godam
where Meena said that
he would not sit quietly
till problems of cement
factory workers are re-
solved. Meena also ac-
cused the Gehlot gov-
ernment of patronising
big industrialists. He
said that the Gehlot gov-
ernment had come to
power by promising em-
ployment and unem-
ployment allowance but
even after a year did not
fulfill its promise.
He refused to talk to
industry minister Par-
sadi Lal Meena. Taking
a pot shot at the indus-
try minister, the BJP
MP said, “A Cabinet
minister who can’t help
a victim to get his com-
plaint registered how
would he provide justice
to workers from a big
industrialist.”
Meena would lead a
delegation to meet CM
Gehlot on Thursday.
KIRODI,SUPPORTERSBRINGCITYTOASTANDSTILL
BJP Rajya Sabha MP Kirodi Lal Meena led a demonstration in support of Sawai Madhopur cement factory workers and unemployed youths on Wednesday.
GST AMENDMENT BILL
PASSED WITH VOICE VOTEThere is going to be `2.5 lakh cr shortfall in GST collection: Dhariwal
Ministerial panel to facilitate
state’s organised urban devp
Oppn corners govt over
past Budget promises
First India News
Jaipur: The floor
management of the
ruling Congress
went wrong in the
AssemblyonWednes-
day. When the bill
was to be passed in
the House, 19 Con-
gress MLAs and 6 in-
dependent MLAs
supporting the Con-
gress were absent
from the session.
Chief Whip Ma-
hesh Joshi and Depu-
ty Whip Mahendra
Chaudhary conveyed
the entire scenario
through a report to
Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot. The
MLAs have been
warned to take note
of not repeating the
same in the future.
Poor show:19 Cong,
6 Independent MLAs
absent from session
 Speaker CP Joshi
reprimanded the ministers
and MLAs during the Zero
Hour when they stood
up from their seats and
the MLAs sat close to the
ministers.
 A discussion was
seen among three senior
leaders of Congress in the
Assembly. Raghu Sharma,
Pratap Singh Khachariya-
was and Lalchand Kataria
held a discussion, which
was also joined by Rafiq
Khan and Dinesh Abrar.
 On Wednesday, minis-
ters were surrounded by
Opposition MLAs as well
as MLAs of their party
on question regarding
Resurgent Raj. At first,
Congress MLA Panachand
Meghwal targeted min-
ister Parsadi Lal Meena
which was followed
by BJP’s Gyanchand
Parakh asking questions
while targetting minister
Bhanwarlal Meghwal.
Amin Khan demanded a
response from minister
Saleh Mohammad. Later,
LoP Gulab Chand Kataria
too cornered minister
Udai Lal Anjana.
 Health Minister Raghu
Sharma satisfied Opposi-
tion with his responses
in the Question Hour by
presenting to the point
answers. Departmental
planning was clearly vis-
ible in his replies.
 UDH Minister Shanti
Dhariwal said he was
going to be 80, so how
could he listen to Speaker
like a 25-yr old young
man. To this, Joshi said
he was praising his dress
in which he looked young.
IN ASSEMBLY
—PHOTOBYSUMANSARKAR
ABSENT INDEPENDENT MLAS
ABSENT CONG
MLAS

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020
z A Delhi-based tourist
guide was found dead
on Wednesday morning
under mysterious cir-
cumstances in a village
in Rajasthan’s Udaipur
district, police said. The
body of Anurag Patwa,
said to be around 34
years, was found in the
middle of a road near
a hotel in Nai village,
they said. The body
has injury marks and
it appears that he was
murdered with some
sharp-edged weapon,
SHO of Nai police sta-
tion Mukesh Soni said.
z Education minister
Govind Singh Dotasara
credited the Scout &
Guide by terming it
a parallel education
system. He was speak-
ing at the inauguration
of 5 day zone level
competition & rally
at Rajasthan Scout &
Guide State Train-
ing Center. Dotasara
said that all 65000
schools under state
Govt will have Scout &
Guide activities which
currently are only in
35000 Govt schools.
z Deputy CM Sachin
Pilot met key leaders
at his residence in
Jaipur on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, PCC will
organise camps from
February 29 to March
6 at Bara Padampura.
z A physical train-
ing instructor of a
government school
was arrested for alleg-
edly molesting a minor
girl in the district on
Wednesday, police
said. Accused, Prem
Singh, 45, posted at
a government senior
secondary school in
Chansda area, had
allegedly molested the
girl on Tuesday.
BRIEF
in
First India News
Jaipur: A team of
Mathania police station
in Jodhpur district
would go to Mumbai to
look for Dinesh Gawre,
one of the accused in
blackbuck poaching
case, involving Salman
Khan. DCP Dharmen-
dra Singh Yadav has as-
sured that Gawre would
be arrested and a police
team is being sent to
Mumbai to find him.
Gawre has been ab-
sconding for more than
two decades. He was a
spot boy and cases un-
der anti-poaching and
arms act were slapped
onhim.However,Gawre
got anticipatory bail
during primary investi-
gation. Since then nei-
ther Gawre came to po-
lice station or court nor
did police arrest him.
The police had de-
clared him absconder
but 21 years later, the
police have still not been
able to arrest him. It is
not that the police did
not try. It went to Mum-
bai several times but
came empty handed.
Every time the po-
lice went to Galaxy
Apartment, it was told
that Gawre did not live
there. DCP Yadav con-
ceded that cops have
failed to get any clue of
Gawre. And, one of the
reasons is that they do
not even have his pho-
to. So now how will the
police recognise him
after 21 years!
First India News
Jaipur: The atmos-
phere in the Transport
Department has
changed after action
taken by the ACB on
Sunday. ACB has found
34 accused in the entire
episode. After 15 ac-
cused were arrested on
Sunday, the ACB has
added the names of 19
more people to the FIR.
At the same time, the
names of many public
servants and private
persons are yet to be in-
cluded in the list.
While taking action
on Sunday, the ACB had
arrested eight transport
department officials
and seven brokers, in
which cash worth about
Rs1.5 crore was recov-
ered from them, along
with transaction proofs
of large bribe amounts.
Now, the accused are be-
ing interrogated on the
directions of ACB DG
Dr Alok Tripathi and
ADG Dinesh MN.
ACB Investigating Of-
ficer, Additional SP
Alok Chandra Sharma
and his team have inter-
rogated Jaswant Singh
Yadav, Manish Mishra,
along with DTO of
Transport Department
Gajendra Singh, Vinay
Bansal, Naveen Jain
and Udayveer Singh by
makingtheaccusedcon-
front each other.
Also, a special team
has been formed by the
ACB to search for ab-
sconding accused In-
spector Alim Khan,
Sukhbir Singh and Ra-
jeev Jain. ACB has also
charged the Transport
Inspectors of Jaipur,
Babulal Meena, Rajku-
mar Singh, Amritpal,
Mukund Rathore, SK
Sharma, Chaitanya Sa-
haiMathurandSukhbir
Chaudhary. Moreover,
among the brokers and
suspects, Kalyan from
Kotputli, Jagdish from
Sikar, Rajesh and Ravi
fromShahjahanpur,Jas-
wantYadavfromBehror,
Mukesh, Girwar, Shyoji
Garhwal from Jaipur,
Yogesh alias Bunty and
Rajendra Singh alias
have been made accused
in the matter.
If sources are to be
believed, ACB is in a
mood to take big action
againstroutinemonthly
operations around ACB
office, after catching big
fish in the game. In the
past, the ACB raided the
transport office in Jag-
atpuraaboutthreeyears
ago and found more
money than the receipts
in the cash counter, on
which department took
action against cashier
and other personnel.
TRANSPORT SCAM: ACB ADDS
NAMES OF 19 MORE ACCUSED
IN SPOTLIGHT
Tourism Minister Vishvendra Singh called on Governor Kalraj Mishra at the Raj Bhavan on
Wednesday
On the eve of State Budget, Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari met Chief Secretary DB Gupta
and presented him the documents of the approved and pending policies of all eight
Assembly constituencies of Rajsamand Lok Sabha area on Wednesday.
A blood donation camp was organised in memory on RAS ofﬁcer Pushpendra Singh at
St Xavier’s School and Amity University, Jaipur. Housing Board Commissioner Pawan
Arora too donated blood. 348 units of blood was collected from this camp across both
the locations.
Chinkarapoaching:Copsto
lookforGawreinMumbai
CRPFjawankilledinencounter
withMaoistscrematedinAlwar
First India News
Jaipur: The mortal re-
mains of CRPF jawan
Ajit Singh, killed in an
encounter with Mao-
ists, were consigned to
flames at his ancestral
village in Rajasthan’s
Alwar district on
Wednesday. CM Ashok
Gehlot and Deputy CM
Sachin Pilot offered
their condolences to the
martyr.
Singh succumbed to
injuries on Tuesday at
a hospital in Chhattis-
garh’s Raipur district
after he was injured in
an encounter with
Maoists in Bijapur dis-
trict of the state on
February 10. “The body
was taken to Ganda vil-
lage by road and the fu-
neral was conducted,”
Hardayal, SHO of
Neemrana police sta-
tion said.
He said CRPF IG, of-
ficials of the district
administration and po-
lice and large number
of villagers as well as
relatives paid floral
tributes to Singh.
The mortal remains of CRPF jawan Ajit Singh being consigned to
ﬂames with full military honours
Kartikey Dev Singh
Jaipur: According to
sources,toseniorCon-
gress leaders have
complained to Con-
gress president Sonia
Gandhi for an alleged-
ly ongoing massive
corruption in the
transport department
at the grass root level.
The complaint refers
to the arrest of three
DTO and 5 inspectors
by ACB. The depart-
ment is headed by a
strong Sachin Pilot
loyalist Pratap Singh
K h a c h a r i yaw a s.
Meanwhile, sources
close to officers lobby
of the transport de-
partment have clari-
fied that there was no
involvement of the
formertransportcom-
missioner Rajesh Ya-
davinthisentirescan-
dal and he was not a
partytoa‘mechanism’
under which a month-
lyaccountof allillegal
collections was being
sent to some ‘top-man’
on 16th of every
month. In fact, Rajesh
has been a lucky guy
who had a narrow es-
cape in this entire
defamation exercise
because he was trans-
ferred from the de-
partment only a week
back. Now a section
of Congressmen are
curious to know how
party high command
deals with this com-
plaint?
Transport extortion case reaches
Congress High Command
First India News
Jaipur: Transport min-
ister Pratap Singh
Khachariaywas dedi-
cated 101 new buses to
the people of the state
by allotting them to
various depots. He sym-
bolically waved off 11
buses out of total 876
buses purchased by the
RSRTC recently. He was
joined by Transport
Commissioner Ravi
Jain, MD Roadways
Naveen Jain and others.
First India News
Jaipur: After a long
hearing in Adarsh
Credit Cooperative So-
ciety scam cases of
Rs38,000croresthedivi-
sion bench of CJ Indra-
jit Mahanty and Ashok
Gaur reserved judg-
ment in the writ peti-
tion filed by Priyanka
Modiand5others.They
challenged SOG, ED
cases and case regis-
tered by Serious Fraud
investigation Office.
Addl SG RD Rastogi
alongwith Senior Pan-
el advocate for Union
of India Anand Shar-
ma argued that Cogni-
zance order of Guru-
gram Court cannot be
challenged in Raj HC.
It is a case of Forum
Shopping. Once they
arenotgettingrelief in
other courts, then they
have filed case before
Raj HC which is not
maintainable. Many
SC judgements were
cited by him. Rastogi
argued that co accused
RahulModichallenged
Order of Gurugram
court before Delhi HC
which was depreciated
by SC. He argued that
Rs38000 cr of 20 lakh
innocent people have
been duped by the ac-
cused.
IN THE COURTYARD
Judgment in Adarsh Credit
Coop Society scam reserved
Transport Min
dedicates 101
new buses
HOPES RIDE...
INDUSTRIALISTS:
The business class is
hoping for further sim-
plification of rules re-
garding investment, so
that maximum invest-
ment can come and Ra-
jasthan’s industrial sec-
tor can grow.
DRINKING WA-
TER: Even today, there
are many villages
where there is no drink-
ing water. The govern-
ment should be focused
on making water reach
such villages.
ROADS: If we look at
villages, there are no
roads even today. In
such a situation, the
common man is hopeful
for road construction
from the government.
EDUCATION: The
Gehlot government is
expected to open new
colleges and schools in
many places, so that
students do not have to
travel much for basic
education.
NEW DISTRICTS
ANNOUNCEMENT:
This is an issue which
has been pending for
many years. Last time,
Pratapgarh was de-
clared a district, but
since then, there are
many areas where peo-
ple are demanding to
make a district. Also,
there have been many
protests regarding it in
Kotputli, Beawar and
Bandikui.
Ahead of...
“We’re doing a very big
trade deal with India.
We’llhaveit.Idon’tknow
if it’ll be done before the
election (in November),
but we’ll have a very big
deal with India,” he said
during an interaction
with reporters at the
Joint Base Andrews out-
side Washington.
TheUSandIndiacould
sign a “trade package”
during Trump’s maiden
visit,accordingtomedia
reports.
US Trade Representa-
tive Robert Lighthizer,
thepoint-personfortrade
negotiations with India,
may not accompany
Trump to India, sources
said. However, officials
have not ruled it out al-
together.
Multiple rounds of
talks have taken place
betweenCommerceMin-
ister Piyush Goyal and
Lighthizerinthepastfew
weeks over telephone.
India is demanding
exemption from high
dutiesimposedbytheUS
on certain steel and alu-
minium products, re-
sumption of export ben-
efits to certain domestic
products under their
Generalised System of
Preferences(GSP),great-
er market access for its
products from sectors
including agriculture,
automobile,autocompo-
nents and engineering.
Ontheotherhand,the
USwantsgreatermarket
access for its farm and
manufacturingproducts,
dairy items and medical
devices, and cut on im-
port duties on some ICT
products.TheUShasalso
raised concerns over
high trade deficit with
India which was $16.9
billion in 2018-19.
Meanwhile,theUS-In-
diaStrategicandPartner-
ship Forum (USISPF) in
a report said the latest
quarterlydatadepictcon-
tinuation of overall pos-
itive bilateral trade
trends.Thethirdquarter
data reflects some
downslideingrowthrates.
“It may be due to sev-
eral reasons, including
the unexpected econom-
ic slowdown in India’s
economicgrowth,impact
of US-China trade war,
GSPwithdrawalfromthe
US side and retaliatory
tariffs on specific US
goods from the Indian
side,” it said.
Nritya Gopal...
Swami Govind Dev Giri
of Pune was appointed
as treasurer of the trust
at the meeting. Among
those present at the
meetingwerethecentral
government representa-
tive,additionalsecretary
in Home ministry Gya-
nesh Kumar, UP govern-
ment’s representative
Avinash Awasthy and
Ayodhya District Magis-
trate Anuj Kumar Jha.
Mediators to...
“MetHon’bleHomeMin-
isterShAmitShahji.Had
a very good and fruitful
meeting. Discussed sev-
eralissuesrelatedtoDel-
hi.Bothof usagreedthat
wewillworktogetherfor
development of Delhi,”
Kejriwal tweeted. Re-
sponding to a query, he
saidtherewasnodiscus-
sion on Shaheen Bagh.
Ramachandran, echo-
ing the Supreme Court
order,said,“TheSupreme
Court has said that you
have the right to protest.
The law (CAA) has been
challenged in the Su-
premeCourt.Butlikeus,
others too have their
rights, like the right to
use roads, open their
shops.” Both Hedge and
Ramachandran assured
the protesters to resolve
the on going conflict.
Meanwhile,justminutes
afterHegdeandRamach-
andran left the Shaheen
Bagh protest site, the
third member of the
team, former Chief In-
formation Commission-
er, Wajahat Habibullah,
reached the site with an
entourage of advocates.
FROM PG 1
First India News
Jaipur: Special Court
of Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED) has sent four
accused of mining scam
to judicial custody and
issued arrest warrant
against former IAS
Ashok Singhvi on
Wednesday.
The four accused Pan-
kaj Gehlot, Shyam Sun-
der Singhvi, Dhirendra
Singh and Pushkarraj
Ameta had surrendered
in the ED court on
Wednesday. Court sent
them to judicial custody
till March 17. Mean-
while, court will hear
their anticipatory bail
applications on Feb 20.
The court has also is-
sued arrest warrant
against former IAS
Ashok Singhvi, Taman-
na Begum, Rashid
Sheikh and Sanjay
Sethi. ED had registered
a case of money laun-
dering against Ashok
Singhvi in November
2015, after the ACB
booked him in Rs.
2.5crore bribery case re-
lated to mines allot-
ment. The special ED
court had taken cogni-
zance against the ac-
cused last month and
summoned them with
arrestwarrant.Courtre-
leased the four accused
on bail in ACB case in
complianceof theHCor-
der on February 17. But,
they were asked to pre-
sent themselves before
ED court today.
Miningscam:Four
accusedsenttoJC
SPL ED COURT ISSUES ARREST
WARRANT AGAINST SINGHVI

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ADAPTING TO A
FAST-FORWARD
WORLD
The world is going through a period of accelerating
change, as four secular developments illustrate
irms and governments must in-
creasingly internalize possibility
of an acceleration of four secular
developments that influence what
business and political leaders do
and how they do it. Decision-makers should
think of these trends as waves, which, espe-
cially if they occur simultaneously, could feel
like a tsunami for those who fail to adapt their
thinking and practices in a timely manner.
First and most important trend is climate
change,whichhasevolvedfromarelativelydis-
tant concern, on which there is ample time to
take remedial action, to an imminent and in-
creasingly urgent threat. Second, privacy con-
cerns have grown alongside technical innova-
tions involving AI and big data. Third secular
force involves disruptions to multi-decade pro-
cess of economic and financial globalization.
Finaltrendisdemographicandconcernsmore
than aging of societies in Europe and Asia and
thistrendseconomicandpoliticalimplications.
For starters, businesses need to be smarter
about “anywhere, any place, any time” deliv-
ery. Furthermore, job loyalty and tenure are
decreasing, while expectations of comprehen-
sivejobfulfillmentandengagementarerising.
Self-mobilisation for political and other caus-
es, often with no visible leadership structure,
hasbecomealoteasier,yetoftenislessdurable
and raises tricky questions about what comes
afterward. And all of this is taking place amid
continued migration of an ever-expanding
range of interactions from physical to virtual
spaces. Each of these secular forces will have
an important impact on the effectiveness and
success of companies and governments alike.
And while being challenging overall, the four
trends involve a diverse and geographically
dispersed set of winners and losers. Execu-
tives and policymakers therefore must make
timely revisions to both their tactical and stra-
tegic mindsets. Getting this right will require
cognitive diversity, openness to constructive
criticism, repeated scenario analyses, and
multi-disciplinary approaches. And this is
even before one considers unanticipated peri-
odic shocks such as the COVID-19 outbreak.
Consider another aspect of demographic
change: migration and humanitarian chal-
lenges with it. The combination of de-globali-
zation and misuse of AI and big data to in-
fringe individual privacy is similarly trou-
bling. This could lead to questionable behav-
ior by governments.
The world is in a period of accelerating
change, leading edge of which is ever-growing
list of developments that have gone from im-
possible to inevitable. Many challenges facing
business and political leaders may be broken
down into four secular changes that can help
anchor the timely formulation of required
responses at the local, national, regional, and
global levels. The faster that companies and
governments recognize this, the likelier they
will be to alter the balance of benefits, costs,
and risks in their favour. —MOHAMED A. EL-ERIAN
IN-DEPTH
F
NITISH CHANDAN
his is another one of those posts
which I am writing because of a
heavyamountof searchqueries.
“Pornography rules in India”,
are there any? If you ask a
straightforward question, the
answer is no. The reason so
many people (not just young-
sters) want an answer to this
questionisbecausetheyarecon-
suming pornography and are
afraidwhetherwatchingpornis
legal in India. To break the ice
for yet another time, it is legal.
Nobody in this country will
putyouinjailforwatchingporn
unlessyouaredoingitinpublic.
Well, there is the whole public
morality law in question. But
generallyspeaking,itisdefinite-
ly legal to watch porn in India
until and unless it is child por-
nography. For that even if you
are afraid about the Pornogra-
phy rules, you are as sick as this
gets. No vigilante groups, hack-
ers,statebodiesetc.anywherein
the world support the idea of
childpornography.Theveryfact
that child pornography exists is
afailureof theentireecosystem
of morals, internet, values and
the law. Even in USA and
UK where possession of por-
nography has never been an of-
fence,ChildPornographyiscon-
demned and is a penal offence.
That said, coming back to the
topic of Pornography rules in
India, it is apt to mention some
things here. Though watching
porn is legal yet making some-
one else watch it is a crime pun-
ishable by up to 5 years of im-
prisonment. Making someone
else watch it might sound a lit-
tle loose. Trust me when I say
this, there are several cases
where guys have often forced
upon girls to watch porn. It has
been while they have been in
relationships or just friends as
well. Within this ambit of
“making someone watch” as I
put it, the legal words are pub-
lishing, transmitting or caus-
ing any of the two. This means
that if you publish anything
containing a sexually explicit
act, even if it is an image, you
are liable for the same punish-
ment. The same goes for trans-
mitting in private messages,
Facebook Chats, WhatsApp
messages etc.
WHAT ARE THE
RELEVANT LEGAL
PROVISIONS?
Section 67, 67A, and 67B of the
Information Technology Act,
2000aretherelevantprovisions.
Section 67 talks about punish-
ment for publication or trans-
mission of obscene material in
electronic form. Though the
definitionof obscenityismostly
vague in the Indian context, we
have tried to trace the develop-
ments. It prescribes imprison-
mentuptothreeyearsorfineup
to`5lakhorbothonfirstconvic-
tion. As for second and subse-
quent convictions, imprison-
mentuptofiveyearsandfineup
to`10lakhhavebeenprescribed.
Section 67A criminalises the
publication or transmission of
any material depicting sexual-
ly explicit act or conduct in
electronic form. Imprisonment
up to five years or fine up to `10
lakh or both are prescribed in
this section. It also incorpo-
rates situations when a person
or group of person forces or
influences another person to
publish or transmit such con-
tent over the Internet. For sec-
ond and subsequent convic-
tions, the extent of fine re-
mains the same; however, im-
prisonment up to seven years
may be prescribed.
Section 67B focusses on child
pornography and it prescribes
for imprisonment up to five
years or fine up to `10 lakh or
both on first conviction. Just
like Section 67A, the extent of
fine on second and subsequent
convictions remain same, but
imprisonment up to seven
years may be prescribed. This
section mentions various acts
that can be considered as an of-
fence under its ambit:
 Publication or transmission of
material depicting children in
sexually explicit conduct or act,
or forcing/inﬂuencing the same
 Creating text or images
showing child pornography
 Collecting, searching,
browsing, downloading,
promoting, advertising,
distributing, or exchanging
any material showing child
pornography in electronic form
 Facilitating abuse of children
online
 Enticing or inducing children
to an online relationship with
other children for sexually
explicit acts
 Recording sexually explicit act
with children
WHAT IF I SENT
SOMEONE AN OBSCENE
PICTURE?
Thereisdefinitelyalawagainst
it. As for this post, we will keep
it to pornography. If you send
someone a picture that depicts
some sort of sexual act, you are
liable for punishment. For any-
thing else obscene, I will write
another post.
ARE SEX STORIES LEGAL?
If you go by the definition of
law, unless a text is for the pub-
lic good of creating awareness,
sex education etc., “sex stories”
though textual will still fall un-
der the ambit of being called
pornography and will be tried
the same way. So no, sex stories
are also within the ambit of the
law which will criminalize you
for publishing or transmitting.
Consumption, however, is le-
gal. So if sex stories are legal
in the US and you read them
here, it is totally legal.
IS PORN HOSTED
OUTSIDE INDIA LEGAL?
Outside India is outside India’s
jurisdiction in the practical
sense. If pornography is legal-
ized in the country where it is
hosted, India cannot force upon
the website to stop functioning.
Alternatively, as we have seen,
the Government or the Judici-
ary might ban it in India, if it
is thought to be unacceptable.
TO SUM UP ALL THE
PORNOGRAPHY RULES
IN INDIA
 Watching porn at home is not
illegal.
 Saving it on your personal
laptop, smartphone, storage
media is also not illegal.
 Distribution/Sale/Showcasing/
Publishing/Sending on private
messages etc. is illegal.
 Sending porn videos/images/
texts or anything depicting
sexually explicit acts (unless
educational) to someone is
also illegal.
 Sex stories are also sexually
explicit content.
 Whether ISPs are causing
transmission of such porn into
the country is a grey area but
practically they will not be held
responsible except for child
pornography.
 Child Pornography, in any
sense, watching, saving,
sharing etc. is totally illegal.
PORNOGRAPHY RULES IN INDIA
T
if you publish
anything
containing a
sexually explicit
act, even if it is
an image, you
are liable for the
same
punishment.
The same goes
for transmitting
in private
messages,
Facebook Chats,
WhatsApp
messages etc.
Section 67B focusses
on child pornography
and it prescribes for
imprisonment up to
five years or fine up
to `10 lakh or both on
first conviction
besity rates are
on the rise in
Australia and
across the
world. For
years, public health and
medical groups have called
for schools to ban sales of
junk foods as one way to
stem the tide.
Selling fatty or sugary
food and drinks has been
banned in Western Aus-
tralia’s public schools
since 2007. A 2018 study
found WA children were
eating healthier as a result
of the ban. But it also found
some regional schools
were struggling to comply
with it.
Some countries, includ-
ing Canada and Chile, have
banned junk food in
schools. Should Australia
do the same?
We asked five experts.
Four out of five experts
said yes.
The more junk food
available, the more kids
eat it, so changing the
foods available at schools
supports kids to eat
healthier. Kids spend a lot
of time at school, so if
providing them with at-
tractive, affordable and
nutritious options will
give them one more rung
on the ladder to health
and well-being, why
wouldn’t we do it?
But food is also tied to
other things in life includ-
ing culture, politics and
socialising. Bananas may
be nutritionally “healthy”
but many people who pick
them are subject to poor
working conditions. A
slice of sugary cake may
not meet nutrition guide-
lines, but when consid-
ered in the context of bak-
ing, sharing, celebrating
and the pleasure of eating
it, cake may enhance our
well-being.
Banning junk food may
demonise food in un-
healthy ways. For in-
stance, a child (and their
parent) could be shamed
by a teacher for bringing
a cupcake to school. And
it does nothing to disrupt
the structural inequities
that make it difficult for
children to access the
“right” food outside the
school gates.
Children are bombarded
with advertising including
on television, gaming de-
vices, public transport and
billboards. The enormous
range of food outlets and
foods, along with the rise
of delivery systems like
Uber Eats, make unhealthy
food seem appealing and
easy to access. Children
should be protected from
this, at least in a school set-
ting. Learning about good
food choices in a controlled
environment is one step
towards reducing child-
hood obesity rates.
In several countries,
such as Canada and Chile,
unhealthy foods cannot be
sold at school or provided
to children. In Australia,
some states, such as New
South Wales, have banned
unhealthy foods from
school canteens. Restric-
tions on unhealthy foods
are achievable, although
evidence shows schools
need support in the transi-
tion process.
Unhealthy diets can
compromise learning and
behaviour, partly due to
unstable blood sugar lev-
els, with spiralling impacts
on school performance. In
the long-term, they have
been linked to mental
health problems such as an
increased risk of anxiety
and depression.
On the upside, research
shows creating a positive
food environment (engag-
ing kids with gardening,
cooking and eating healthy
food together) can sway
their eating behaviours in
a healthy direction. It’s
high time schools jump
aboard the healthy canteen
wagon and its multiple re-
wards.
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INDIAJAIPUR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020
New Delhi: The con-
struction of the grand
Ram temple in Ayodhya
is likely to start in April
this year and will be
completed in the next
threeyears,SantGovind
Dev Giri of Pune, who
has been appointed as
the Treasurer of Shri
Ram Janmabhoomi
Teerth Kshetra Trust,
said on Wednesday.
Speaking to media out-
side Trust chairman ad-
vocate K Parasaran’s
residence,Girisaid,“We
believe the construction
should be completed
within three to three-
and-a-half years.”
Others who attended
the meet were Anil
Mishra, Vimlendu Mo-
han Mishra, Par-
manand Maharaj of
Haridwar, Dinendra
Das Maharaj of Nirmo-
hi Akhara, Dharmdas
Maharaj, Nirvani
Akhada (not part of the
Trust), Swamy Govind
Dev Giri of Pune, Jagat-
guru Prasannateerth of
Pejawar Matth and
Kameshwar Chaupal.
Among the officials
who were present were
Gyanesh Kumar, Addi-
tional Ssecretary MHA;
Avnish Awasthi, Addi-
tional Chief secretary
and Principal Secre-
tary, Home, UP govt,
and Anuj K Jha, Dis-
trict Magistrate of Ayo-
dhya. —ANI
TEMPLECONSTRUCTIONTO
BECOMPLETEDIN3YRS New Delhi: Congress
general secretary Pri-
yanka Gandhi Vadra on
Wednesday targeted the
Central Government
over the budget and
said that the issues per-
taining to farmers have
not been addressed in
the state budget, which
was presented yester-
day by the Yogi Adity-
anath led government.
Taking to Twitter,
the Gandhi scion stat-
ed, “ The budget of UP
has come. The prob-
lem of stray animals
belonging to farmers
has not been men-
tioned. The issue of
payment of sugarcane
to the farmers is miss-
ing from the budget.
The issue of compen-
sation for crop wast-
age of farmers is also
missing. The problem
of the price of the
crop to farmers is also
not mentioned in the
budget.”
She also shared a vid-
eo in which farmers are
narrating their ordeals.
Priyanka did a voice-
over claiming farmers
are in trouble. “They are
not able to sleep at night
as the animals enter
their farms during the
night. The investigation
must be carried out on
the same.” —Agencies
Farmers’ issue unaddressed
in UP budget: Priyanka
New Delhi: Hours be-
fore the very first
meeting of the Ram
Janmabhoomi trust
here in Delhi, a con-
troversy has erupted.
The Hindu Mahasab-
ha has alleged that
VHP, RSS and the BJP
have “occupied” the
trust through the pre-
sent government.
Calling the present
formation of the trust
as “unfair”, Hindu
Mahasabha Chief
Swami Chakrapani
said he is “hurt”.
“From 1949 we have
been fighting for this
cause. We were a party
to the case. Other Hin-
du organisations too
worked for it. But
when the Supreme
Court gave it’s verdict
and tasked the govern-
ment to form a trust,
the VHP and Sangh
occupied it. This is un-
fortunate,” he alleged.
He added, “The govt
didn’t feel the neces-
sity to call all stake-
holders and thank
them for the role they
played or ask for their
suggestions.”
The Shri Ram
Teerth Kshetra Trust
has invited veteran
and Ram Janmabhoo-
mi Nyas head Mahant
Nritya Gopal Das for
Wednesday’s meeting.
VHP VP Champat Rai
may also be made a
part of the trust,
sources said. —Agencies
Hours before trust meet,
allegations of occupation
SWAMI GIRI PROPOSES TO LEAD TRUST
MULLING ON CHIEFS
Chandigarh: BJP
nationalpresidentJP
Nadda on Thursday
willmeetAkalipatri-
arch Parkash Singh
Badal at his resi-
dence in Punjab’s
Muktsar, days after
theformerchief min-
ister said the minori-
ties ‘should be taken
along’ to run a gov-
ernment.
At a rally in Am-
ritsar on Feb 13, Bad-
al had said that all
religions should be
respected. Nadda
will be coming to
Punjab for the first
time after taking
charge of the party, a
party leader said on
Wednesday. “The
BJP president will
meet Badal Sahib at
his residence in Bad-
al village of Mukt-
sar on Thursday,”
said the BJP leader,
adding that it will be
a courtesy call.
Nadda will land at
the Bathinda airport
in morning from
where he will go to
Muktsar to meet
Badal. —Agencies
BJP chief
Nadda to meet
ex-Punjab CM
Badal today
NUMERO UNO
Government of Rajasthan was once again appreciated at national level for integrated
water resources management and participatory approach for irrigation water
management, this time central board of irrigation and power awarded efforts
of Water resources Rajasthan in two categories. Secretary of Water Resources,
GOR, Naveen Mahajan received the CBIP Awards 2020. The CBIP recognized the
outstanding work done under IWRM by Indira Gandhi Project and work done by
Rajasthan in the field of participatory irrigation management.

‘GST BIGGEST MADNESS
OF THE 21ST CENTURY’
Hyderabad: Describing India’s latest tax
reform GST as “the biggest madness of
the 21st century,” BJP leader and Rajya
Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy said
that the country needs to grow at 10%
per annum to become a superpower by
2030. He also demanded that former
Prime Minister, late P V Narasimha Rao,
be given the highest civilian award,
the Bharat Ratna, for the reforms he
introduced during his tenure.
SUNIL MITTAL, KUMAR
MANGALAM BIRLA MEET FM
New Delhi: Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal
and Vodafone Idea chief Kumar Mangalam
Birla on Wednesday met Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman to apprise her the
current stressed state of affairs in the
telecom sector due to huge Adjusted Gross
Revenue payment. “We are responding to
the Supreme Court judgment on AGR dues.
Have made our payments, working to cal-
culate the remaining AGR liability. Telecom
industry has seen a lot of stress for the past
three years,” Mittal said. On Tuesday, Mittal
met Telecom Secretary Anshu Prakash.
NOTHING CAN SAVE THOSE
WITH DEATH WISH: UP CM
Lucknow: UP CM Yogi Adityanath defended
police over the deaths of anti-CAA protest-
ers, saying they were shot by other rioters
and nothing can be done to save someone
with a death wish. Wrapping up the dis-
cussion in the assembly on the Governor’s
address, Adityanath said the role of the
police in dealing with rioters during the
anti-CAA protest should be appreciated. In
hard-hitting remarks, he said his govern-
ment supported democratic protests but will
maintain law and order by dealing strictly
with those indulging in violence.
INX MEDIA CASE
INDIAJAIPUR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020
NAME OF KOTHARI CLEARED FOR
CENTRAL VIGILANCE COMMISSIONER
Name of Sanjay Kothari, a 1978 batch retired IAS
officer of Haryana cadre and presently Secretary
to President, has reportedly been cleared for the
post of Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC).
NAME OF JULKA CLEARED FOR
CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER
Name of Information Commissioner Bimal Julka,
a 1979 batch retired IAS officer of MP cadre,
has reportedly been cleared for the post of Chief
Information Commissioner (CIC).
SURESH PATEL TO BE VIGILANCE
COMMISSIONER
Former CMD of Andhra Bank Suresh Patel has
reportedly been chosen as a Vigilance Commis-
sioner by the panel headed by PM Narendra Modi.
AMITA PANDOVE TO BE IC
Former member of Punjab Civil Services Com-
mission, Amita Pandove has reportedly been
chosen for the post of Information Commissioner
(IC) Central Information Commissioner.
60 SHORT-LISTED FOR SPECIAL
DIRECTOR IN ED
60 IPS and IRS officers have been short-listed for
over half a dozen posts of Special Director in ED.
THREE IRS-IT OFFICERS SHIFTED
Rajiv Kumar Singh has been appointed as CIT (OSD)
in the office of Pr. CCIT, Bhopal MP & Chattisgarh
Region, while Amitabh Kumar Sinha is CIT (OSD)
Delhi Region and Deepak is CIT(A), Jamshedpur.
RAGHVENDRA SINGH RELIEVED
TO JOIN MP GOVT
The Government of Bihar has relieved Raghven-
dra Singh of cadre responsibility to join Madhya
Pradesh Government cadre transfer. He is a 2013
batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
AFMC DEAN MRS KANITKAR
ELEVATED TO LT. GEN RANK
Dean and Deputy Commandant of Armed Forces
Medical College (AFMC), Pune, Major General
Mrs Madhuri Kanitkar had been elevated to the
rank of Lt. General now . She was empanelled in
October last year as Lt General.
SERVICETENUREOFMKBHATTACHARYA,
ED, INDIAN BANK EXTENDED
Central Government has extended the term of
office of M K Bhattacharya, Executive Director of
Indian Bank for a period beyond February 17, 2020
till date of his superannuation, i.e. Nov 30, 2020.
NAGESHWARA RAO Y GETS TENURE
EXTENSION AS WHOLE-TIME DIR OF
SYNDICATE BANK TILL MAR 30
The Central Government has extended the tenure
of Nageshwara Rao Y. presently posted as Officer
on Special Duty and Whole-time Director of
Syndicate Bank till March 30, 2020.
DR JUSTICE S MURLIDHAR’S TRANSFER
TO P&H HC RECOMMENDED
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended
transfer of Dr Justice S Murlidhar, Judge of Delhi
High Court to Punjab & Haryana High Court.
JUSTICE RANJIT V MORE’S TRANSFER
TO MEGHALAYA HC RECOMMENDED
transfer of Justice Ranjit V More, Judge of Bom-
bay High Court to Meghalaya High Court.
JUSTICE R V MALIMATH’S TRANSFER
TO UTTARAKHAND HC RECOMMENDED
transfer of Justice Ravi Vijaykumar Malimath,
Judge of Karnataka HC to Uttarakhand HC.
AWANISH KUMAR AWASTHI NOMINATED
AS MEMBERS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Awanish Kumar Awasthi, ACS, Home and Anuj Ku-
mar Jha, Collector, Ayodhya have been nominated
as ex-officio Members in Board of Trustees, in UP.
POWERGallery
New Delhi: Chief Jus-
tice SA Bobde on
Wednesday said that it
would like to hear
Transport Minister Ni-
tin Gadkari on the Cen-
tre’s policy of switching
all public transport and
government vehicles to
electric vehicles over a
period of time in order
to curb air pollution.
Additional Solicitor
General ANS Nadkar-
ni, appearing for Cen-
tre, objected to the pres-
ence of Minister in the
court, saying, him com-
ing to the Supreme
Court will be misused
politically. The Chief
Justice clarified that
the invitation to the Un-
ion Minister is not a
summon and sought re-
sponse from the Minis-
try on the plea.
A Bench of the Su-
preme Court, headed by
Chief Justice SA Bobde,
was hearing a plea of
Centre for Public Inter-
est Litigation (CPIL)
seeking implementa-
tion of Centre’s policy
to gradually convert all
public transport and
government vehicles to
electric vehicles.
The bench sought the
government’s response
on steps being taken to
implement its 2012 elec-
tric vehicles policy.
The court, while ex-
pressing its keenness to
interact with Gadkari
on implementation of
electric vehicles
scheme, said, “He (the
minister) has made
many statements on the
issue. We are not indict-
ing or ordering him.
But want to hear him”.
Passing the order, the
bench said the issue of
vehicles is related to a
number of other pollu-
tion-related cases pend-
ing before the apex
court and if the policy
is implemented it can
solve many pollution
related problems.
The court granted
Transport Ministry
four weeks to file re-
sponse on the plea of
CPIL.
Advocate Prashant
Bhushan appearing for
CPIL contended that for
electric vehicles there
is a requirement of you
charging infrastructure
or charging ports to
charge the battery. —ANI
SC KEEN TO KNOW GADKARI’S
VIEWS ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES
New Delhi: A special
court granted regular
bail to all the six
bureaucrats in the
INX media corruption
case. These bureau-
crats were charge-
sheeted by the Central
Bureau of Investiga-
tion (CBI) and are cur-
rently on interim bail.
Special CBI Judge
Ajay Kumar while con-
firming the interim bail
into regular bail, also
directed them not to
leave the country with-
out the permission of
the court. The court
granted regular bail to
all six bureaucrats on
a personal bond of Rs
2 lakh each and told
them not to tamper
with the evidence.
COURT GRANTS
REGULAR BAIL
TO SIX
BUREAUCRATS
CHINMAYANAND
APPEARS BEFORE
SPECIAL MP/MLA
COURT IN LKO
Why no lie detector test
on Asthana, asks Court
Hearing adjourned due
to pendency of sanctions
CBI VS CBIJNU SEDITION CASE
Lucknow: Former Un-
ion minister Chinma-
yanand, who is out
on bail in a case in
which he is accused
of sexually abusing a
law student, appeared
before a special
MP/MLA court on
Wednesday. Judge
PK Rai fixed March
4 as the next date
of hearing for the
framing of charges.
Chinmayanand, 72,
was released from
the Shahjahanpur
district jail after the
Allahabad High Court
granted him bail.
New Delhi: A Delhi
court rapped CBI on
Wednesday for not con-
ducting psychological
and lie detector tests on
its former special direc-
tor Rakesh
Asthana in a
bribery case in
which he was re-
cently given a
clean chit. Spe-
cial CBI Judge
Sanjeev Aggar-
wal directed the initial
investigating officer,
Ajay Kumar Bassi, in
the case to appear be-
fore it on February 28 to
explain the case diary.
The court asked the
CBI whether there was
anytelephonicconversa-
tion recording of Astha-
na, which the agency
denied. “What about
calls made to Asthana
viaWhatsApp?Thecom-
plainant, Sana Satish
Babu,hassaidthisinhis
statement recorded un-
der 164 CrPC (be-
foreamagistrate)
... Evidence can-
not be disregard-
ed at filing of
charge sheet,”
the court said.
“Did you col-
lect any electronic
equipment, mobile
phones from Asthana?
Did you confront him
with Manoj Prasad and
Someshwar Prasad,” it
asked.
The CBI said, “No, we
examined him but nev-
er confronted him with
anyone.”
New Delhi: Senior
Counsel RS Cheema is
settocontinueasSpecial
Public Prosecutor (SPP)
till June 30 to conduct
trials on behalf of ED in
the money laundering
case pertaining to the al-
leged irregularities in
coal block allocations.
“On our request RS
Cheema,seniorcounsel/
SPP has agreed to con-
tinue as a Special Public
Prosecutor to conduct
prosecution of the mon-
ey laundering cases un-
der the Prevention of
Money Laundering Act,
2002 pertaining to the
coal block allocation
matters till June 30,
2020.” stated an order
passedonFridaybyaDi-
vision Bench of the Su-
preme Court, compris-
ing of CJI SA Bobde and
Justice Deepak Gupta.
RS Cheema to
continue as SPP
till June 30
New Delhi: A Delhi
court on Wednesday ad-
journed till April 3, the
hearing in the Jawaha-
rlal Nehru University
(JNU) sedition case, in
which Kanhaiya Kumar
is an accused, as Delhi
government is yet to
grant the requisite
sanctions in the matter.
CMM Purshottam
Pathak adjourned the
matter after investigat-
ing officer informed the
court that the file re-
garding the grant of
sanctions is still pend-
ing with the Home De-
partment of Delhi gov-
ernment and that there
haven’tbeenanyfurther
updates. Patiala House
Courtalsoaskedthegov-
ernment to file a status
report in the matter and
asked Delhi Police to
send another reminder
to the Government of
NCTasnosanctionhave
been granted yet.
Earlier, the matter
was also adjourned af-
ter the public prosecu-
tor had informed that
sanction of charge-
sheet was still pending
and home department
had not given sanction.
In the charge-sheet filed
in a court in January,
Delhi Police said that
former JNUSU presi-
dent Kanhaiya Kumar
and others led a proces-
sion and raised anti-
national slogans in the
university campus dur-
ing an event on Febru-
ary 9, 2016.
Bhadohi: An FIR was
lodged against BJP
MLA Ravindra Nath
Tripathi and six others
on Wednesday for alleg-
edly raping a woman in
2017, police said.
The 40-year-old wom-
an, who is a widow, had
lodged a complaint on
February 10, they said.
The woman alleged
that she was first raped
by Tripathi’s nephew
Sandeepin2016.Shesaid
she did not lodge a com-
plaint back then as Ti-
wari had promised to
marry her, SP Ram
Badan Singh said. She
has alleged that in the
run-up to the 2017 UP As-
sembly polls, she was
kept at a hotel for a
month by Tiwari. All the
seven accused would
visitthehotelandrepeat-
edly rape her, the officer
said. She also claimed
thatshegotpregnantand
was forced to undergo
abortion, he added.
UP BJP MLA, 7 others
booked in rape case
INDIA 2020 YEARBOOK
Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday released the India 2020 yearbook that highlights
the flagship programmes of the government and important events of the year. Javadekar also released the e-version of the
publication. The book will be priced at Rs 300 and the e-book will be available at Rs 225. The book can be purchased online
from February 20, 2020, from the website of the Publications Division.
IN THE COURTYARD
Ravindra Nath Tripathi
SPICEJET TO LAUNCH
20 NEW FLIGHTS
Mumbai: No-frills carrier SpiceJetNSE
4.34% said it will launch 20 new flights
on its domestic routes, including some
services under govt’s regional con-
nectivity scheme, Udan, from late next
month. The new flights, starting from
March 29, include services to Patna
from Amritsar, Varanasi and Guwahati.
Besides, it will also launch flights on
Hyderabad-Mangaluru, Bengaluru-Ja-
balpur and Mumbai-Aurangabad routes.
CHHOTA SHAKEEL DENIES
MARIA’S ALLEGATIONS
Mumbai: Absconder mafiosi Chhota
Shakeel rubbished contentions by
Rakesh Maria that fugitive mafia don
Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar had allegedly
been given a contract to kill Ajmal
Kasab. Chhota Shakeel said, “all these
are absolute lies.” Maria has revealed
that Dawood had been assigned the
task of killing Kasab by LeT and ISI,
ostensibly to erase the only living evi-
dence of their heinous (terror) act.

SPORTSJAIPUR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Kenin loses to
Rybakina on WTA
Dubai: Sofia Kenin lost
her first WTA match
since winning the Aus-
tralian Open earlier
this month as she went
down 6-7 (2/7), 6-3, 6-3 to
Rybakina on Tuesday
(Feb 18) at the Dubai
Championships. World
number 7 Kenin’s loss
completed a hat-trick of
seeded upsets on the 4th
day of action in the
UAE. Title holder Ben-
cic was overhauled 1-6,
6-1, 6-1 by Anastasia
Pavlyuchenkova while
third seed and two-time
tournament winner
Svitolina was ham-
mered 6-2, 6-1 by qualifi-
er Brady. Kenin played
a pair of non-Tour Fed
Cup matches immedi-
ately after her Mel-
bourne win over Gar-
bine Muguruza, who
cut short Clijsters’
comeback on Monday.
Pujara to represent
Gloucestershire
Gloucester: India top-
order Cheteshwar Puja-
ra on Wednesday was
signed by England
county Gloucestershire
for the upcoming Coun-
ty C’ship. The batsman
will be representing the
County for the first six
matches of the Champi-
onship. He is currently
at the seventh spot in
the ICC Test batting
rankings. “I am really
excited to get the oppor-
tunity to represent
Gloucestershire this
season. The club has a
rich cricketing history,
and this is a great op-
portunity to be a part of
it and contribute to its
success,” Pujara said.
Assembly Cricket
tourney starts today
Jaipur: Two matches
will be played on Thurs-
day at the RCA Acade-
my ground under the
Assembly Budget Ses-
sion Cricket Tourna-
ment. RPS XI will com-
pete with Doctor’s XI
from 7 am. From 4 pm
onwards, there will be a
match between MLAs
XI and IAS XI. State
Sports Council Secre-
tary Mahendra Meena
said that two matches
will be played on Satur-
day and Sunday also.
Jai Bharti academy
enters finals
Jaipur: Rachit Pandey
of Jai Bharti Cricket
Academy scored 78
runs, Rohan Singh
scored 40 runs and
Manish Singh scored 40
runs helped in making
total 220 runs for 6
wickets. Khushant Sin-
gh Chauhan took 2
wickets for Lakshya
Cricket Academy. Lak-
shya Cricket Academy
in response to the target
of 221 runs made 146
runs in 31.4 overs. Jai
Bharti Academy won by
4 runs.
BRIEF
in
Sydney: Star batswom-
an Smriti Mandhana
believes the young play-
ers -- which are part of
the India squad -- have
brought in a whole, new
energy within the group
and that in turn will
benefit the team in the
T20 World Cup.
The average age of In-
dian team, taking part
in the World Cup, is just
23 and features four
teenagers.
“You can think of the
vibeif youseetheageof
ourteam!Withthatkind
of age group, there has
to be fun and if there’s
no fun there’s some-
thing wrong with the
girls” 23-year-old Mand-
hana was quoted as say-
ing by the ICC.
“It’s been like that for
the last one or two years.
I won’t say it wasn’t like
that in the years before,
but since the teenagers
have come, there is a dif-
ferent energy.
“Young players come
into it with fresh think-
ing, they don’t have any-
thingbehindthem.They
know nothing. They’re
very different people to
we were when we came
into the side at 17.
“They are very fear-
less, they don’t have a lot
of pressure on them.
They think like it’s any
other match and coming
into a World Cup, that’s
the best thing about
them.”
Rodrigues, 19, com-
posed a rap to mark
Harmanpreet’s 100th
T20I in September last
year alongside Harleen
Deol. —Agencies
‘Teens have brought in a different energy in team’
WOMEN’S WORLD T20

The average
age of Indian
team, taking
part in the
Women’s
World Cup, is
just 23 and
features four
teenagers
‘World Test C’ship
biggest of all events’
Wellington: India skip-
per Virat Kohli on
Wednesday put his
weight behind the
World Test Champion-
ship, terming it as the
mother of all other ICC
events.
“I think World Test
Championship as an
ICC tournament should
be right up there. All
the other tournaments
for me they start under
that. This is probably
the biggest of them all
as every team wants to
make it to the final at
the Lord’s. We are no
different. We are in that
zone. We want to make
sure that we qualify as
soon as we can and be in
that frame of mind to
hopefully win that
(championship),” said
Kohli ahead of the In-
dia’s first Test against
New Zealand at the Ba-
sin Reserve from Fri-
day.
Kohli said the Test
Championship has
made the longest for-
mat of the game more
exciting, adding that
India might be sitting
on top of the points
chart but they need to
perform away from
home to maintain that.
“It has made Test
cricket more exciting
and that’s something
we have experienced as
a side although we
haven’t had too many
games away from home.
Couple of games in the
Windies and we haven’t
had a tour of Australia
as a part of Test Cham-
pionship,” said Kohli.
—Agencies
Wellington: India
captain Virat Kohli is
preparing himself for a
“rigorous three years”
of playing all three
formats after which
he might reassess his
workload amid a “tran-
sition phase” setting
in. The world’s premier
batsman is looking at
the “bigger picture”
in Indian cricket with
two T20 and one
50-over World Cup in
the next three years
after which he might
decide on playing two
of the three formats.
—Agencies
‘Will play for
at least 3
more years’
Indian team are at the top of World Test Championship table
with 360 points whereas NZ are at sixth spot with 60 points
Gujrathi stays top in
Prague chess tourney
Prague: Indian Grand
Master Vidit Gujrathi
maintained a one-point
lead after settling for a
draw against Vitiugov
of Russia in the sixth
round of the Prague
Chess Festival’s Mas-
ters category here.
He has 4.5 points and
is ahead of Vitiugov
and top seed Jan-Kr-
zysztof Duda, both on
3.5 points. The 25-year
old Indian no.2 opted for
a London opening in his
game against the Rus-
sian GM and had to sign
the peace treaty in 39
moves late on Tuesday.
Gujrathi’s compatri-
ot P Harikrishna had to
be content with his fifth
draw in six games,
against lower-rated
Spanish GM David An-
ton Guijjaro. —Agencies
New Delhi:
A wrestler
whose family
story was im-
mortalised by
Bollywood is hop-
ing to create a
blockbuster of
her own by be-
coming her
country’s first
world cham-
pion in the
high-octane
sport of
mixed mar-
tial arts. Ritu
Phogat, who
initially fol-
lowed her father
and two elder sis-
ters into wres-
tling, is now chart-
ing a new path after
making an explo-
sive MMA debut in
November.
Ritu, 25, is forg-
ing a different ca-
reer. After winning
her first MMA fight
in less than three
minutes, she will
face China’s Wu
Chiao Chen at this
month’s ONE
C h a m p i o n s h i p
fight night in Singa-
pore, which will be
held behind closed
doors because of
the coronavirus.
Phogat is trading
an attempt at an
Olympic medal to
tackle MMA, but
she said she was at-
tracted by the lure
of making history
in her new sport.
“I got a chance to
train with best in
Singapore and
there was no look-
ing back,” she said.
“There was the
2020 Olympic
GamesbutIthought
that I would do well
in mixed martial
arts. I have come
with an aim of be-
coming the first girl
from India to be-
come a world cham-
pion in mixed mar-
tial art,” she added.
—Agencies
After her
explosive
MMA debut
in November,
Ritu Phogat
is going to
face China’s
Wu
ChiaoChen at
the ONE
Champion-
ship fight
night in
Singapore
Virat Kohli and NZ Captain Kane Williamson pose with the trophy after the practice session ahead of
the test match series, at the Basin Reserve cricket ground in Wellington on Wednesday.
Barcelona: India’s
Olympic bronze medal-
list shuttler Saina Ne-
hwal advanced to the
women’s singles second
round of the $170,000
Barcelona Spain Mas-
ters with a 21-16, 21-14
win over Germany’s
Yvonne Li on Wednes-
day. Saina took just 35
minutes to beat her op-
ponent in the first
round match.
In men’s singles, Kid-
ambi Srikanth and Ajay
Jayaram sailed into the
pre-quarterfinals with
easy wins over their re-
spective opponents.
While Jayaram beat
Christo Popov of
France 21-14, 21-12 in a
30 minute first round
match, third seeded Sri-
kanth defeated compa-
triot Subhankar Dey
23-21, 21-18 in a hard-
fought 41-min contest.
Srikanth and Jayaram
run into each other in
the pre-quarterfinals on
Thursday. —Agencies
New Delhi: After the
record-breaking gold
medal win on day one
of the Asian Wrestling
Championships, Indian
grapplers in the Greco-
Roman category had to
settle for three bronze
medals on the second
day of the competition
at the KD Jadhav Hall
in Indira Gandhi In-
door Stadium in New
Delhi.
Youngsters Ashu,
Aditya Kundu and Har-
deep managed to have
the consolation of a po-
dium finish, after hav-
ing missed a shot at the
gold medal.
Sunil Kumar, on
Tuesday, had overpow-
ered Azat Salidinov of
Kyrgyzstan 5-0 in the
87kg summit bout to
win India’s first Greco-
Roman gold medal in
Asian Wrestling Cham-
pionships in 27 years.
India now has five
medals in the champion-
ships, after Kumar’s his-
toric gold and Halakur-
ki’s bronze in 55kg
Greco-Roman category
on Tuesday. —Agencies
Asian Wrestling
C’ships: India bags 3
bronze on day 2
Saina advances to second
round but Prannoy loses
Hardeep
Aditya and Ashu
Wrestling royalty to MMA,
RITU EYES HISTORY

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If aggression is in your basic
nature then use it to fight
‘for’ something rather than
‘with’ something.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: It was a befit-
ting finale to Ra-
jasthan Housing
Board’s (RHB) Swarn
Jayanti Uphar Yojna
on Wednesday when
the board sold a
whopping 272 houses
generating Rs 83
crore in the process.
Moreover, 54 individ-
uals were selected to
be handed the keys to
Honda Activa scooter
under the scheme. No-
tably, the Wednesday
auction will be contin-
ued till March 31 2020.
“Under the rules of
the scheme, lottery
was taken out for gift-
ing Activa scooters to
one in five customers
under the scheme
wherein 54 persons
were announced as
winners,” said RHB
Commissioner Pawan
Arora.
“Notably, the board
sold 191 houses from
Jaipur’s first, second
and third circle which
generated a revenue of
Rs 72.60 crore. “Addi-
tionally, Rs 4.52 crore in
revenue has been gener-
ated by selling 12 hous-
es in Jodhpur first and
second circles, Rs 24
lakh from 3 houses in
Kota circle, Rs 43 lakh
from four houses in Bi-
kaner circle, Rs 2.42
crore from 37 houses in
Udaipur circle and Rs
2.67 crore from 25 hous-
es in Alwar circle has
been generated,” Arora
informed.
While the gift
scheme initiated by
the board, which re-
ceived mass recogni-
tion, ended on
Wednesday February
19, the Wednesday
auction will continue
till March 31.
First India News
Jaipur: Rajasthan So-
larpark Development
Corporation Ltd (RSD-
CL) a subsidiary of Ra-
jasthan Renewable En-
ergy Corporation Ltd
(RRECL), Rajasthan
and NTPC Ltd will sign
Implementation Sup-
port Agreement (ISA)
for development of so-
lar power projects of
925 MW in Nokh Solar
Park in Nokh, Jaisalm-
er. The agreement will
be inked between NTPC
and state officials at a
ceremony to be held in
Jaipur on Thursday.
The agreement will
bring approx Rs 4,000
crore investment that
is touted to be one of
the biggest invest-
ment in the state.
The NTPC board has
already approved of the
investment in a meeting
held on February 7 and
signing of the ISA will
officially mark com-
mencement of the in-
vestment inflow to
state.
First India News
Udaipur: Lok Sabha
speaker Om Birla ex-
pressed his confidence
in the liveliness of the
Indian democracy and
reiterated his commit-
ment to make it strong-
er to effectively resolve
the problems faced by
130 crore Indians. Birla
was on a one day tour of
Mewar region.
First on his itiner-
ary was Udaipur
where he attended a
school function and
interacted with the
students. Later, inter-
acting with the me-
dia, he supported Vid-
han Sabha speaker Dr
CP Joshi’s ‘By the
book’ attitude for
running the assembly.
Later Birla reached
Sagwara in Dungarpur
to participate in a reli-
gious congregation or-
ganised by the Gayatri
Shakti Peeth. He was
joined by Rajya Sabha
MP Harshvardhan Sin-
gh and Udaipur MP Ar-
jun Meena at the sanc-
tum sanctorum of the
‘Mahayagya’tocomplete
the oblation amid reli-
gious chants.
Astute Priyanka deserves
Upper House berth: PandePande briefed Sonia on Rajasthan coordination committee meeting on Wednesday
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: AICC Gen-
eral secretary and Ra-
jasthan Incharge Avi-
nash Pande met Con-
gress President Sonia
Gandhi at 10, Janpath
on Wednesday and ap-
prised her about the
meeting of the Ra-
jasthan coordination
committee held on
Tuesday. Pande also
handed a report card
of the party MLAs
and ministers to So-
nia while briefing her
about the coordina-
tion aspect between
the organisation and
‘power’.
Interestingly, now
that the trumpet for po-
litical appointments has
been sounded, Sonia
also discussed the issue
at length with Pande
who gave her feedback.
Notably, all the minis-
ter in-charges will
have to submit their
lists for political ap-
pointments by March
15. Pande also ex-
pressed to Sonia Gan-
dhi that like Madhya
Pradesh and Chattis-
garh Congress, Ra-
jasthan Congress too
desires that Priyanka
be sent to Rajya Sab-
ha from Rajasthan.
Moreover, amid spec-
ulation about her pos-
sible entry in Rajya
Sabha, senior Congress
leader and in-charge for
Rajasthan unit Avi-
nash Pande has said
that Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra deserves a
nomination to the up-
per house as she is an
undisputed leader of
the party.
Pande said this is
the feeling among
Congressmen in eve-
ry state but there has
been no discussion in
the party over it yet.
He said it is the pre-
rogative of the Con-
gress president on
whom to name as party
candidates for Rajya
Sabha, election to
which are slated in
April after 51 vacancies
are arising.
“Every Congress
worker desires that
Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra should be a Ra-
jya Sabha member.
She is an undisputed
leader of the party
and any state would
want to recommend
her name for nomina-
tion to the Upper
House,” Pande told
Asked if state units
have discussed her
name for the nomina-
tion,theAICCin-charge
for Rajasthan said no
discussion has taken
place yet on her name.
“She has the poten-
tial to be a Rajya Sab-
ha member and if
asked we will certain-
ly recommend her
name. Thereisageneral
feeling among Congress
leadersandworkersthat
she should be recom-
mended for a Rajya Sab-
ha berth, but no discus-
sion has taken place on
the issue yet,” he said.
There is wide-
spread speculation
over Priyanka Gan-
dhi being among
probable candidates
considered by the
Congress for a Rajya
Sabha nomination.
The Congress has,
however, remained si-
lent on the issue and
have dubbed it as specu-
lative. Asked about Pri-
yanka Gandhi’s name
among probable candi-
dates for Rajya Sabha
berth, the party chief
spokesperson said, “We
do not answer specula-
tive questions”.
Avinash Pande with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. —FILE PHOTO
Ajmer Resident Engineer Deepak Kaushik awarding the Activa
key to the winner.
SC PUTS ILLEGAL SAND
MINING IN ‘QUICK SAND’First India News
New Delhi: Supreme
Court on Wednesday
took strong note of
rampant illegal sand
mining in Rajasthan
and ordered the state
government, all the
District Collectors and
SPs to ensure no grav-
el/sand mining takes
place in the state with
immediate effect.
SCalsoaskedthestate
government to file a Ac-
tionTakenReport(ATR)
within4weeks.SCbench
headed by CJI SA Bobde
and including Justices
BR Gavai and Surya
Kant gave the orders on
a contempt petition filed
by Naveen Sharma. The
petitioner urged “The
Governments never
stoppedillegalminingin
our state. Both the par-
ties, BJP and Congress,
have been playing 20-20
cricket with people of
the state. It is not a hid-
den fact that Bhu-Mafias
are very much prevalent
in the state.” The three
member bench also ap-
pointed a Centrally Em-
powered Committee
(CEC) to investigate the
illegal mining in Ra-
jasthan and file a report
within 6 weeks.
Aishwary Pradhan
T
he ‘bhakti’ could
envelope anyone
and true to the
word, Congress
MLA Madan Prajapat
is totally engulfed by
it. The MLA has a
unique way of re-
membering the al-
mighty, for he likes to
write the word ‘RAM’
in copies. Such is the
dedication of Prajapat
that he finishes copies
after copies in a single
day just writing the
word when ever he gets
time! Even when he is
travelling the man
keeps himself occu-
pied by scribbling
away the word in his
copy. An interesting
episode occurred when
a few MLAs, who were
unfamiliar with Praja-
pat’s ‘dedication’ saw
him writing Ram in the
assembly itself while
the house was in ses-
sion! This came about
after Prajapat asked for
a piece of paper from a
MLA seated nearby and
the curiosity of finding
what Prajapat would do
with the paper resulted
in the fact coming to
light.
Seeing the entire epi-
sode, one MLA even
said, “Those individu-
als who keep chant-
ing Ram’s name but
stab in the back, can
learn a good thing on
spirituality and dedi-
cation from Madan-
ji.” it is rightly said
that Prajapat actual-
ly lives the saying,
“Ram Naam Rat te
raho, Jab Tak Ghat
mein Pran! Kabhi to
DeenDayalkebhanak
padegi kaan!”
Aditi Nagar
T
he political ap-
pointments in
the state will be
done in the days
to come for which not
just MLAs and minis-
ters incharge, even
Deputy CM Sachin
Pilot has submitted
a list and it is re-
ported that the list
contains names of
ten individuals in-
cluding Mahesh
Sharma, Rajesh
Choudhary, Saeed
Saudi, Ghanshyam
Mehar, Rajendra
Choudhary, Karan
Singh, Durga Singh
Rathore, Somendra
Gurjar, Rukshmani
Kumari and Sunita
Bhati. Interestingly,
highly placed sources
in the grand old party
claim that the first list
of political appoint-
ments could see the
names of renowned
leaders like Dharmen-
dra Rathore, Bina
Kak, Rameshwar
Dudi, Pukhraj Par-
ashar, Rajeev Arora,
Dr Chandrabhan and
Ramswaroop Meena.
While the appoint-
ments over various
boards etc are being
awaited eagerly, politi-
cal lobbies are active-
ly participating in
swinging the ‘wave’ in
their favour. Knowl-
edgeable sources re-
veal that recently
MLAs from one
camp got together
and ‘devised’ a strat-
egy to hand over a
memorandum to the
high command.
About two dozen
MLAs, including
ministers, are look-
ing to travel to Delhi
to hand the memo-
randum, albeit cov-
ertly! The entire ‘mis-
sion’ is being handled
by highly ‘skillful’ and
strategically experi-
enced ‘netaji’. All this
is being done after ru-
mours of a change of
PCC Chief ! Interest-
ingly, one senior Con-
gress leader has ob-
served an important
aspect and said,
“when during ‘power-
show’ in 2018, the ‘lob-
by’ could not muster
25 MLAs, have then
actually managed to
get hold of 25 men this
time around?”
MLA chants Ram naam 24X7
TETE
-A-TETE Pilot submits list of pol appointments
Jaipur: Hours after
the apex court
asked the Ra-
jasthan govern-
ment to take imme-
diate action against
illegal mining, BJP
MLA Ashok Lahoty
welcomed the deci-
sion, saying the
sand mafia has un-
leashed terror in
the state.
He alleged that the
state government
and the sand mafia
were working “in an
alliance” for the past
one year.
Earlier reacting
to the order, state
Revenue Minister
Harish Chaudhary
said the govern-
ment will submit a
report and other
information sought
by the Supreme
Court regarding
sand mining.
“The Supreme
Court’s direction is a
welcome step. The
sand mafia has writ-
ten a new chapter of
terrorism in Ra-
jasthan. Every night,
2,000 trucks trans-
port sand illegally.
This is a very serious
matter. The mafia at-
tacks the media and
police. An organised
crime is flourish-
ing,” Lahoty told re-
porters.
Sand mafia unleashed
terror in state: Lahoty
With prime properties,
RHB on hot wheels’ mode
COURTESY MEET
Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora meets Hamza Yahia-Cherif, Ambassador of Algeria
to India, on Wednesday at Nirvachan Sadan in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Birla hails Joshi for
‘by the book’ attitude
Om Birla at Gayatri Shakti Peeth event in Dungarpur. He was
accompanied by Harshvardhan Singh and Arjun Meena.
RSDCL to develop 925 MW solar park
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COUTURE
CARES
lamour and beau-
ty are never-end-
ing in Rajasthan,
with due respect
to the culture and
heritage of the
state. To show-
case glamour on-ramp
once again, Jaipur Cou-
ture Show is coming up
with its seventh season
next month and as men-
tioned at the first look
launch on Wednesday at
Retro, Jaipur. This year
the theme for the two-day
fashion show taking place
on March 3 and 4 at Jaipur
Marriott Hotel, is ‘The Col-
ours of Spring’. The main
attraction of the show is that
they have an entire sequence
dedicated to the acid attack
survivours.
Talking about the show, one
of the Directors, Gaurav Gaur
said, “There are going to be 8
sequences on each day, and the
designers are going to show-
case several varieties of styles
on both the days. Another in-
teresting thing that is going to
take place in this season is that
a model is going to donate 12
inches of her hair live, for the
cancer patients.”
The seventh season of
Jaipur Couture Show will
have film celebrities and
television stars as special
guests and a bevy of beautiful
models.
Couture Shows have been
successfully executed in
Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota in
the past, and another one is
slated to take place in Udaipur,
in a couple of months.
—PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
NEHAL NAYAR
nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in
THE FIRST LOOK OF JAIPUR COUTURE SHOW
SEASON 7 WAS REVEALED ON WEDNESDAY,
WITH VARIOUS INSIDERS OF THE SHOW
G
There are going to be 8
sequences on each day, and the
designers are going to show-
case several varieties of styles
on both the days. Another
interesting thing that is going to
take place in this season is that
a model is going to donate 12
inches of her hair live, for the
cancer patients.
—GAURAV GAUR
Models during the look launch on Wednesday
Gaurav Gaur, Yasheel Pandel, Pooja Chhablani, Varsha Jaswani, Mahesh Bang, Madhusadan Dadhich, Anil Bhattar,
Ritakshi Soni, Pooja Chandak, Auyush Vijay, Manisha Pandel, Pitu Mehra, Mukhtiyaar Singh Siddu and JD Maheswari

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