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Jaipur, Saturday | February 3, 2024
PREZ MURMU INAUGURATES
SURAJKUND MELA IN HARYANA
President Droupadi Murmu on Friday
after inaugurated the 37th Surajkund
International Crafts Mela in
Haryana’s Faridabad district. P5
SCINDIA HOLDS MEET FOR
SPEEDY IMMIGRATION PROCESS
Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday held
a meet to discuss possible changes
to expedite immigration and security
check for international travellers.
RAHULGANDHI’SBODYDOUBLE
HASBEENIDENTIFIED:HIMANTA
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has
claimed the “body double” allegedly
used by Rahul Gandhi during ‘Bharat
Jodo Nyay Yatra’ has been “identified”.
MODEL, ACTRESS POONAM
PANDEY PASSES AWAY
Actress and model Poonam Pandey
has passed away due to cervical
cancer at the age of 32, according to
news reports on Friday.
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Yashasvi Jaiswal being
greeted by England’s Ben
Duckett on first day of
2nd India-England Test
match in Visakhapatnam,
on Friday. P7 PTI
IN BRIEF
Sensex zooms 1200
pts, Nifty crosses 22k
after Interim Budget
Mumbai: The Bombay
Stock Exchange (BSE)
Sensex has now
zoomed more than 1200
points on Friday as
markets absorb the In-
terim Budget 2024-25.
BSE Sensex is at
72,916.43 points, up
1271.13 points or 1.77
per cent.
Probeoninshooting
atNijjarfriend’shouse
inBritishColumbia
New Delhi: The Cana-
dian authorities and po-
lice are investigating an
overnight shooting at a
residence in South Sur-
rey, reportedly belong-
ing to Simranjeet Sin-
gh, an acquaintance of
the late Khalistan sepa-
ratist leader Hardeep
Singh Nijjar.
HC refuses to stay
order on Gyanvapi
Varanasi: Allahabad HC
on Friday denied the stay
on the Varanasi Court or-
der that allowed the Hin-
du side to offer prayers
in the southern cellar of
Gyanvapi mosque. The
court granted time until
Feb 6 for the Masjid In-
tezamia Committee of
Gyanvapi mosque.
JMM’sChampai
Sorentakesoathas
CMofJharkhand
First India Bureau
Ranchi
Veteran JMM leader
Champai Soren was
sworn in as the new Chief
Minister of Jharkhand
alongside two other min-
isters belonging to the
coalition constituents
Congress and RJD here
on Friday. Sixty-seven
year old Soren was ad-
ministered the oath of of-
fice and secrecy by the
state Governor CP Rad-
hakrishnan at a solemn
function in Raj Bhavan.
Congress legislature par-
ty leader Alamgir Alam
and Satyanand Bhokta of
the RJD took oath as
ministers after Soren,
who has been asked to
prove his majority within
ten days.
First India Bureau
New Delhi
PM Narendra Modi on
Friday said India is mov-
ing fast and will become
the world’s third largest
economy in the third term
of his government. The
general elections are due
in April-May this year.
Addressing the Bharat
Mobility Global Expo
here, the PM also an-
nounced that 1,000 mod-
ern rest houses in Phase-1
will be constructed along
national highways for
truck and taxi drivers.
“India is certain to be-
come the third largest
economy in the world in
the third term of our gov-
ernment,” he said.
Further, Modi said in
the 10 years before 2014,
around 12 crore vehicles
were sold in the country.
However, since 2014
more than 21 crore vehi-
cles have been sold in the
country. According to
him, 10 years ago, around
2,000 electric vehicles
were being sold.
Jharkhand Governor CP Radhakrishnan administers the oath of
office to JMM leader Champai Soren as the state CM during the
swearing-in ceremony, at Raj Bhawan in Ranchi, on Friday. PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits a stall during Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2024, at the Bharat
Mandapam, in New Delhi, on Friday. PTI
We are challenging seas
and mountains, and
building engineering
marvels in record time. From Atal
Tunnel to Atal Setu, India’s
infrastructural development is
creating new records. In the last 10
years, 75 new airports have been
built. Around 4 lakh rural roads
have been constructed.
NARENDRA MODI, PRIME MINISTER
Arvind Kejriwal skips ED’s
summons for fifth time
First India Bureau
New Delhi/Jaipur
The Centre on Friday no-
tified the appointments
of Chief Justices for 6
High Courts. Justice
Manindra Mohan
Shrivastava, presently
Acting Chief Justice of
Rajasthan High Court, is
appointed as the Chief
Justice of Rajasthan HC.
Justice Ritu Bahri,
presently Acting CJ of
Punjab and Haryana High
Court, has become the CJ
of Uttarakhand HC.
Justice Chakradhari
Sharan Singh, a Judge of
Patna High Court, is ap-
pointed as the Chief Jus-
tice of the Orissa High
Court. Two Judges from
Raj HC – Justice Vijay
Bishnoi and Justice Arun
Bhansali – have been ap-
pointed as the Chief Jus-
tices of the Gauhati High
Court and the Allahabad
High Court respectively.
JusticeSVaidyanathan,
a Judge of Madras High
Court, is appointed as the
CJ of Meghalaya HC.
The Supreme Court
Collegium in December
2023 made the recom-
mendations regarding the
elevation of Justices
Arun Bhansali, Justice
Vijay Bishnoi and Justice
Manindra Mohan Shriv-
astava as Chief Justices.
The other three recom-
mendations were made
by Supreme Court colle-
gium in November 2023.
6 HCs get CJs; MM
Shrivastava is Raj CJ
ANI
New Delhi
Reacting to Delhi CM
Arvind Kejriwal skipping
the Enforcement Directo-
rate’s summons for the
fifth time, BJP leader
Harish Khurana said that
it is just “a tactic to show
himself helpless.” “Once
again, Arvind Kejriwal
has skipped the ED sum-
mons. This is the fifth
time that he has skipped
an ED summons. Arvind
Kejriwal is calling it un-
lawful, so the question
arises: if the summons is
illegal, then why hasn’t
he gone to court and got-
ten it quashed? It is just a
tactic to show himself
helpless,” he said.
BJP supporters raise slogans during a protest against the AAP, in
New Delhi on Friday. PTI
OVER 200 WORKERS OF THE BJP AND RULING
AAP DETAINED DURING PROTEST IN DELHI
Over 200 BJP and AAP workers were detained
on Friday while they were marching towards
each other’s party offices at Deen Dayal
Upadhyay Marg. According to police, at 2 pm, around
150 workers of AAP and about 60 BJP workers were
detained. “They have been taken to different police sta-
tions,” said a senior police official.
THE CM’S MEN AT WORK
CMO gains strength with an ACS and 3 RAS officers
Dr Rituraj Sharma, Aishwary
Pradhan Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur
he Chief Minis-
ter’s Office is
likely to gain
strength and work in top
gear with appointment of
an Additional Chief Sec-
retary and 3 RAS officers
as Joint Secretaries and a
Deputy Secretary.
IAS officer of 1993
batch Shikhar Agrawal
was on Friday made Ad-
ditionalChiefSecretaryto
CMO. RAS officers Jas-
wantSinghandVivekKu-
mar have been appointed
Joint Secretaries to the
CM, while Manoj Kumar
has been made Deputy
Secretary to the CM. The
Personnel Department is-
sued these appointment
orders on Friday night.
Till now, T Ravikant was
temporarily handling the
responsibility of Principal
Secretary to the CM. The
Department of Personnel,
while releasing the trans-
fer list of 10 RAS officers,
also appointed special as-
sistants to both the Depu-
ty CMs and 5 ministers.
Visitors gift a painting of CM Bhajan Lal Sharma with PM Modi to the CM in Jaipur on Friday.
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INDIACERTAINTOBECOME3rdLARGEST
ECONOMYINOUR3rdTERM,SAYSMODI
PM HOLDS MEETING WITH TOP MINISTERS TO
DISCUSS GOVT’S STRATEGY IN PARLIAMENT
In view of the third day of the Budget session of
the Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
held a meeting with the top minister to discuss
the government’s strategy in the Parliament on Friday.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit
Shah, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi,
Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur, Union Transport
Minister Nitin Gadkari, and Union Law Minister Arjun
Ram Meghwal attended the meeting.
PMTOGIFT`68KCR
PROJECTSTOODISHA,
`11KCRTOASSAM
MODI TO ADDRESS
COMMONWEALTH
CONFERENCE TODAY
PM Narendra
Modi will launch
multiple develop-
ment projects worth over
Rs 68,000 crore in Odis-
ha on Saturday and worth
over Rs 11,000 crore in
Assam on Sunday during
his two-day visit to the
two states. In line with his
vision to strengthen the
country’s energy security,
the prime minister will
inaugurate and lay the
foundation stone of
several projects aimed
at boosting the sector at
a public programme in
Sambalpur in Odisha, his
office said in a statement.
PM Narendra Modi
will inaugurate the
Commonwealth
Legal Education Asso-
ciation-Commonwealth
Attorneys and Solicitors
General Conference on
Saturday. The theme
of the conference is
“Cross-Border Challenges
in Justice Delivery”. The
conference will deliberate
on important issues per-
taining to law and justice
like judicial transition and
the ethical dimensions of
legal practice; executive
accountability; and revisit-
ing modern-day legal
education, among others.
CM CHAMPAI TO SEEK
TRUST VOTE ON FEB 5
The Champai Soren-
led coalition govt in
Jharkhand will seek
trust vote on February 5,
state minister Alamgir Alam
said on Friday after a Cabi-
net meeting. Champai was
named as CM after Hemant
Soren’s arrest by the ED.
BJP slams Delhi CM
for skipping ED
summon again
Dr Rituraj Sharma
New Delhi
Chief Secretary Sud-
hansh Pant, while ad-
dressing the 16th Na-
tional Convention of the
National Real Estate
Development Council
(NAREDCO) held in
New Delhi on Friday,
said that the Rajasthan
govtiscommittedtoim-
plementthevisionofPM
Modi and CM Bhajan
Lal Sharma to provide
cheap and affordable
housing to the needy.
“There are many op-
portunities for work in
the housing sector in
two-tier and three-tier
cities of Rajasthan.
The state government
will work to provide
better facilities to all
working in the housing
sector,” Pant said. P8
Raj govt committed to
give housing to needy,
saysCSSudhanshPant
NAREDCO National President
G Hari Babu welcoming key
note speaker CS Sudhansh
Pant at Hotel Taj Palace,
Delhi on Friday. RAJREDCO
Vice Chairman Ashok Patni
is also seen.
CM WELCOMES SC DECISION ON ERCP MOU
CM Bhajan Lal Sharma welcomed the decision
of the Supreme Court on the MoU of the revised
Parvati-Kalisindh-Chambal Link Project (ERCP). He
said that the decision of the Supreme Court has paved the
way for the much awaited ERCP. He said that this MoU will
benefit both the states, which will directly benefit the farmers
and common people of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
SHIKHAR AGRAWAL
MADE ACS TO THE CM
Senior IAS officer Shikhar
Agrawal was on Friday
made Additional Chief
Secretary to CM Bhajan
Lal
Sharma.
Sharma,
a 1993
batch
IAS
officer, is
serv-
ing as ACS, forest
environment and climate
change. There had been
speculations that officer
from other cadre or Delhi
may head the CMO. The
Personnel Dept issued
the appointment order
on Friday night. With this
all the speculations have
come to an end.

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CASE REGISTERED
AGAINST 4 FOR SELLING
OBSOLETE MACHINE
WOMAN THREATENED
AND RAPED IN JAIPUR,
INVESTIGATION ON
Jaipur: Cheat-
ing worth lakhs of
rupees by selling an
obsolete machine cheaply
in the Lalkothi police sta-
tion area. A case has been
filed in the police station
on the complaint of victim
Ahmed Qureshi against
four individuals accused
of extorting Rs 15 lakh in
the pretense of selling the
equipment. The case is
being investigated by the
Lalkothi Police Station.
Jaipur: A woman
was raped through
intimidation in the
Shastri Nagar police station
area. The victim filed a com-
plaint with the police station
against a young man who is
accused of threatening and
raping her, as well as black-
mailing her by threatening
to make an obscene film
go public. Kishore Singh,
the incharge of the Shastri
Nagar police station, is
investigating the case.
WORLD WETLANDS DAY
Raj has 12625 wetlands, 75 notified
First India Bureau
Jaipur
ebruary 2 is
celebrated as
World Wet-
lands Day to spread
global awareness about
the importance of wet-
lands in climate change
and environmental pro-
tection. On this day in
1971, the Convention on
Wetlands was adopted in
Ramsar city of Iran and
the theme of 2024 is
‘Wetlands and Human
Wellbeing.’ There are
12625 wetlands in more
than 2.25 hectares in Ra-
jasthan. At present, 75
wetlands have been no-
tified by the state gov-
ernment.
Two Ramsar sites in
the state, Sambhar Lake
and Keoladeo National
Bird Sanctuary, are in the
world record. Besides,
Rajasthan State Wetland
Authority, Environment
and Climate Change De-
partment has prepared
proposals for Menar
Pond Udaipur, Chandlai
Jaipur, Khekhan (Jodh-
pur), Kanwas Bird Sanc-
tuary (Kota), Lunkaran-
sar (Bikaner) to be sent to
the Ramsar Secretariat
through the ministry.
Rajeev Gaur,
Shivprakash Purohit
Jodhpur
Union Ministers Man-
sukh Mandaviya, Gajen-
dra Singh Shekhawat and
Chief Minister Bhajan
Lal Sharma will attend
the fourth convocation of
All India Institute of
Medical Sciences Jodh-
pur today. On the occa-
sion, various healthcare
facilities and services at
AIIMS Jodhpur, Nagpur,
Bilaspur and other AI-
IMS will be inaugurated.
Union Minister of
Health and Family Wel-
fare and Chemicals and
Fertilizers Mandaviya
will be the chief guest
and Bhajan Lal Sharma
will be the special guest.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Parts of Rajasthan will
see rain and hailstorm be-
ginning today for two
days. Many districts of
Eastern and Western Ra-
jasthan will see this sud-
den change in the weath-
er. Meteorological dept
Jaipur has issued orange
and yellow alerts in view
of the western distur-
bance in the Himalayan
region.
Orange alert has been
issued in Bikaner, Jais-
almer, Jodhpur and
Nagaur districts of the
state and yellow alert of
light rain with thunder
and lightning in Jhunj-
hunu, Sikar, Barmer,
Churu, Hanumangarh
and Sriganganagar.
On Sunday, orange
alert for rain and hail-
storm has been issued in
Jaipur other districts.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Students in all govern-
ment and private schools
of the state will practice
Surya Namaskar after the
prayer meeting from
10.30 am to 10.45 am on
February 15, the occasion
of Surya Saptami. Educa-
tion Minister Madan Dil-
awar said this in a meet-
ing regarding the prepara-
tions for the Surya Na-
maskar programme in
Jodhpur on Friday. Prepa-
ration for this will start in
schools from Saturday by
trained persons. The ac-
tivity will be inspected by
officials in schools across
the state on February 15.
He directed the officers to
participate in the pro-
gramme and set a record
of organizing it on a large
scale by not confining it
to schools only.
Regarding this special
initiative of the School
Education Department, in
the state level video con-
ferencing (VC) held on
Friday, Rajasthan School
Education Council Com-
missioner and State Proj-
ect Director Avichal
Chaturvedi instructed the
departmental officers to
implement the pro-
gramme.
Sanskrit Education
Minister Madan Dilawar
has approved the new ap-
pointment of 101 profes-
sors of five subjects under
the Sanskrit Edu Dept.
Lalit Bansal
Kota
Kota District Collector
Ravindra Goswami and
Kota Division Commis-
sioner Pratibha Singh and
many top officials in-
spected Rajasthan’s big-
gest dam, Nonera Abra,
being built on Kali Sindh
River in Pipalda assembly
constituency of Kota.
Kota Rural SP Kavendra
Singh Sagar was also
present.
A dialogue meeting
was held with the officer
and guidelines have been
issued to them. The offi-
cials took stock of the on-
going work in view of the
Rajasthan Chief Minister
Bhajan Lal Sharma’s visit
to inspect the dam. No-
neraAbra Dam is the first
dam under ERCP scheme
which is on the verge of
completion. The CM is
likely to inspect the dam.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Rajasthan and Madhya
Pradesh have received in-
structionstoprepareaDe-
tailed Project Report
(DPR) of the Modified
Parbati-Kalisindh-Cham-
bal-ERCP Link Project
soon in the meeting with
the Jal Shakti Ministry.
Ministry advisor Shriram
Videreheldavirtualmeet-
ing where he has sought a
DPR from the two states
in this month itself. WRD
Chief Engineer Ravi So-
lankiattendedthemeeting
from Rajasthan.
On January 28, a tripar-
tite MoU was signed at
Shram Shakti Bhawan,
New Delhi between the
Centre, Rajasthan and
Madhya Pradesh govts in
the presence of Union Jal
Shakti Minister Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat and
others. Shekhawat said it
is a golden scheme for 26
districts of Rajasthan and
MP and it is a huge suc-
cess for the Govt of India.
This is the second proj-
ect under the Government
ofIndia’snationalperspec-
tiveplanoftheinterlinking
ofrivers(ILR)programme.
Both the states will make
their own detailed project
reports (DPRs) and will
create their own assets,
said a senior official in the
ministry.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Stones were thrown at
the Municipal Corpora-
tion personnel who
went to clear unlawful
encroachment in the
Muralipura police sta-
tion area. The glass of
Corporation JCB had
been broken in the inci-
dent. Municipal Corpo-
ration’s JEN Naveen
Kumar filed a police
report against Satish
Saini and his family,
who are accused of pelt-
ing stones at him and
the corporation’s vigi-
lance squad. Murlipura
police station is now
examining the case.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Chaos erupted in a meet-
ing of Jaipur city Con-
gress called to review the
candidates for the Lok
Sabha elections. Bagru’s
Congress leader Mahesh
Karadiya was unhappy
about the recently an-
nounced Jaipur district
executive committee and
expressed displeasure
over the ‘Jaichand state-
ment’ made by District
President RR Tiwari.
Former minister Mam-
ta Bhupesh and Tiwari
had called the meeting.
The leaders were made to
sit outside for opinion
polling. Meanwhile,
Karadiya expressed dis-
pleasure over not giving
place to those who were
working in the recently
announced Executive
Committee. Karadiya
said, “You made such
people officials who did
not even work. How will
you win the election?”
Jaipur Cong officials
tried to calm him down
but Karadiya got into a
verbal spat with them.
Light clouds hover in the sky in Jaisalmer on Friday.
Education Minister Madan Dilawar
Ravindra Goswami, Pratibha Singh and many top officials
inspecting the Nonera Abra Dam in Kota on Friday.
People at the accident spot in Dungarpur.
(Inset) Deceased Mahendra Singh.
There are 12625
wetlands in more
than 2.25 hectares in
Rajasthan. Two
Ramsar sites in the
state, Sambhar Lake
and Keoladeo
National Bird
Sanctuary, are in the
world record
This is the second
project under the Govt
of India’s national
perspective plan of the
ILR programme
Orange alert for rain
and hailstorm has
been issued in Jaipur
for Sunday
F
High drama, chaos prevail
during Jaipur city Cong meeting
MCteamassaultedduringanti
encroachmentdriveinJaipur
CRIME
ROUNDUP BODY OF CLASS 11 STUDENT MISSING SINCE 14
DAYS FOUND IN WATER TANK IN NAGAUR
POLICE RECOVERS ENGLISH LIQUOR WORTH `60
LAKHS IN PHALODI, TWO ARRESTED
BODY OF 51-YEAR-OLD FOUND IN APARTMENT
GOVERNMENT TEACHER RUN OVER BY
DUMPER IN DUNGARPUR, PROBE ON
4 MOBILE PHONES, 1
CHARGER FOUND IN
JODH CENTRAL JAIL
Nagaur: Yash, an 11th-grade student, has been
missing for 14 days, and his family has been plead-
ing with the authorities to find him. Shortly after,
Yash’s body was discovered near a water tank in the Baldev
Ram Sant Nagar area. The body was hidden by placing it
in a sack and burying it in cow manure. The police carried
the body to JLN Hospital’s mortuary. On the other hand,
the family members of the deceased Yash have raised
severe charges of police negligence in this case. Today,
the accused, Bablu, confessed to his crime, and the police
recovered the body based on his info. -Younus Gesawat
Phalodi: District Superintendent of Police Phalodi
Hanuman Prasad stated that District Special Team
Phalodi and Police Station Bhojasar were success-
ful in arresting two accused by retrieving illegal pricey
nglish liquor being carried in a truck worth Rs. 60 lakh. A
total of 415 cartoons of illegal expensive liquor brought in
the truck were discovered, which were confiscated, and
the accused Kanvararam, Bhanvararam, was detained. A
case has been filed against both accused under the Ex-
cise Act, and further investigation is being conducted by
Police Officer Lohawat, who is questioning the accused
about illegal alcohol supply.
Jaipur: The body of a 51-year-old man was discov-
ered in the Ashirwad Apartment. Police arrived at
the scene after receiving information, and the body
was recognized as Kishanlal. For several months, the
deceased lived at his friend’s residence. Police have taken
charge of the body and are conducting an investigation.
Dungarpur: A dumper collided with a bike near
Wada Ghodian Mahadev Temple in the Aspur
police station region of the district. The accident
claimed the life of a govt teacher riding his bike. Mean-
while, the dumper driver fled the scene. People pass-
ing by brought the injured to Aspur Hospital, where the
doctor confirmed him dead following an examination.
Following the post-mortem, the police handed over the
body to the relatives. The case has been registered by
police, and an investigation has begun.
Jodhpur: The po-
lice administration
and jail dept re-
covered one Android and
three keypad mobiles, as
well as a charger, during a
search of Jodhpur Central
Jail late Thursday night.
Call info and data from the
recovered cell phone have
been collected, and fur-
ther research is underway.
ADCP Nazim Ali, SDM
North Pankaj Kumar, SHO
Mahamandir Mangi Lal,
SHO Karvad Hanuman
Singh and others were
involved in this action.
151 HELD IN A SPECIAL DRIVE IN HANUMANGARH
Hanumangarh: District police participated in
the campaign, with 89 teams of 237 officers
conducting raids on 316 locations and arresting
151 criminals. This action was taken under the NDPS,
Excise, Arms, and Other Acts. Teams from numerous
police stations in the district performed this action.
Rain, hail alert in 17 districts
of the State for next 2 days
State govt, pvt schools to do Surya
Namaskar on Surya Saptami
AheadofCM’svisit,officials
inspectNoneraAbradam
Raj, MP asked to prepare
PKC-ERCP DPR soon
CM, Mandaviya others to attend
4th
convocation of AIIMS Jodh today
Preparation for this
will start in schools
from Saturday by
trained persons
JDA seals hotel
in Mahal B Block
Nikita Malhotra
awarded with
Vayu Sena Medal
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The JDA took action
against a hotel on resi-
dential plot number-B64
in Mahal B Block in
Zone-09 and against
commercial activiti3.5
in plot number-B21.
CCE Dharmendra Ku-
mar Yadav said that a no-
tice was issued to the
owner for operating Ho-
tel Karma Inn without the
permission of JDAon the
residential plot. The JDA
has asked to stop the
business but the notice
was ignored. So the JDA
sealed the building on
Friday.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Nikita Malhotra, Squad-
ron Leader in Indian Air
Force has been honoured
by the govt
on the Re-
public Day
with the
Award of
prestigious
Vayusena Medal for Gal-
lantry. This award has
been conferred in recog-
nition of the exceptional
courage and highest order
of professionalism exhib-
ited during a sortie on 24
May,2023, saving lives of
all the crew members.
Congress leaders in a heated argument during the review
meeting of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections.
FILE
21 ARRESTED FOR BREACHING PEACE IN JAIPUR
Jaipur: The Vaishali Nagar police station took a signifi-
cant measure, arresting 21 youngsters for breaching
the peace. The apprehended teenagers are now be-
ing interrogated, and their criminal records are being verified.

Jasol’s road mishap
JAIPUR LIT FEST 2024
Caste is right but casteism is wrong, says Vaidya
Pankaj Soni
Jaipur
hile discussing
the book ‘We
and the World
Around’in the front lawn
on Friday, the second day
of Jaipur Literature Festi-
val,SarkaryavahManmo-
han Vaidya attacked
casteism. Vaidya said that
duringaperiodincountry,
the caste used to decide
which profession to
choose for earning liveli-
hood. This system did not
exist earlier. Earlier there
were inborn characters.
Now it is not there. Co-
Sarkaryavah said that
caste is right but casteism
is wrong. He said that
caste is only a form of
clothing and people can-
not be discriminated
against on its basis.
“Youcannotbestopped
from entering anywhere
on this basis. The Consti-
tution of India gives equal
rights to everyone. RSS is
also working on casteism.
Inter-caste marriages are
being given importance.
There are benefits of hav-
ing a caste system, one is
that even today 90% of
marriagestakeplacewith-
in castes. For this reason
divorce rate in the country
is very low. Secondly, so-
cial change that needs to
be brought is easier to do
through caste leaders.
Therefore, caste is not
wrong, casteism is
wrong,” he said, further
adding, “The idea of Vas-
udhaiva Kutumbakam
originated from India.
People of India also went
to do business all over the
world. Our people did not
convert the people there.
As the people of Europe
and Arabia have done.
The word India was given
by the British after com-
ing to India. India has
beenapopularnamesince
ancienttimes.Thereforeit
should remain the same.
Lokmanya GangadharTi-
lak, in his explanation of
the word Hindu, said that
Hindus are those who be-
lieve in the Vedas.”
Manmohan Vaidya and Pavan K Varma during the discussion at
the JLF in Hotel Clarks Amer in Jaipur on Friday.
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RAJASTHAN 03
FI TOON
SHEKHAR
TOURISTACTIVITIESTILL
11AMINAMBERTOMM
Changes have been
conducted in tour-
ism arrangements in
Amber on 4th February due
to Literature Festival. Tour-
ism activities will take place
in Amber only till 11 am on
4th February and Amber
Palace will be completely
closed for tourists from
12 noon. Nirmal Tiwari
IITMadrasteamprobes
accidentspotinAlwar
Union Jal Shakti Min Gajendra S Shekhawat reaches a pvt hospital in Gurugram to meet Manvendra
S Jasol on Thursday night. Jasol was admitted there following the road accident on Tuesday.
CCTV grab of the incident in which, Manvendra Jasol’s wife died.
(In red circle) The Car getting off-track before the accident.
First India Bureau
Alwar
Former MP Manvendra
Singh’s car met with a
road accident onTuesday,
in the Rasgan-Khuspuri
area, adjacent to the Del-
hi-Mumbai Expressway
coming out of Alwar. His
wife Chitra Singh died in
the accident.The video of
this accident surfaced on
Wednesday. The car nei-
ther collided with anyone
nor came across any ani-
mal. The car traveling at
a speed of 200 km/hr
suddenly went out of
control and hit underpass
wall. With many acci-
dents in past on the ex-
pressway, the IIT Madras
team surveyed this tragic
accident to know the rea-
sons behind it.
On analysis of acci-
dents in last 10 months,
95 had died. The team
then reached the accident
spot on Thursday and
spent about five hours on
research. After the inves-
tigation, five major flaws
were found.
The car went out of control: Madras IIT team
FIVE FLAWS DETECTED
z Potholes at many places
on the road
z The level of the road is
not good, due to which the
vehicles are losing balance
z Shepherds often make
sheep and goats cross the
expressway
z Farmers and restaurant
owners have made short
cuts near expressway
z Illegal parking is also be-
ing done by truck drivers on
the expressway
B-tech student
ends life in Kota;
a hostel seized
over no ‘safe fan’
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota
A final year BTech stu-
dent allegedly commit-
ted suicide by hanging
from a ceiling fan in his
paying guest room in
Kota, police said on Fri-
day. Noor Mohammed
(27) took the extreme
step sometime on
Wednesday but his body
was recovered from his
room in Vigyan Nagar
area on Thursday night.
No suicide note was re-
covered, they said.
This is the third suicide
reported from Kota in
two weeks.
Meanwhile, following
a another tragic suicide at
Kanchan Residency in
Talwandi area of Kota,
where a coaching student
hanged himself due to the
absence of mandatory
hanging devices, authori-
ties took swift action.
They seized the hostel
for not complying with
coaching guidelines, rais-
ing concerns over student
safety. It highlights the
urgent need for stricter
adherence to safety pro-
tocols in coaching hostels
to prevent such tragic in-
cidents in the future.
WillpromoteIFSmodel,agro-tourism:DrKirodi
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Agriculture and Horticul-
ture Minister Kirodi Lal
Meena, while inspecting
the crop research field at
Rajasthan Agricultural
Research Institute, Dur-
gapura on Friday, said
that Integrated Farming
System (IFS) and rooftop
farming will be encour-
aged to augment farmers’
income. He said that pos-
sibilities of agro-tourism
development will also be
explored. Meena said that
agro-tourism will in-
crease income of farmers,
boost rural tourism in the
state provide employ-
ment opportunities in ru-
ral areas. He saw research
work on crops like wheat,
barley, vegetables, etc.
Meena was impressed
after seeing rooftop farm-
ing model. He said that by
adopting this, urban peo-
plecanproducechemical-
free fruits and vegetables.
Family refuses to take
jawan’s body as reason
cited suicide by BSF
Dr Kirodi Lal Meena during the visit to Raj Agri Research Centre
in Durgapura, Jaipur on Friday. VC of Agri University, Jobner, Dr
Balraj Singh and others were also present. NAIM KHAN
AGRICULTURE MINISTER DR KIRODI LAL MEENA
LAUNCHES MERI POLICY MERE HAATH CAMPAIGN
Agriculture Minister Kirodi Lal Meena inaugurated
the state level programme ‘Meri Policy Mere Haath’
campaign by distributing the policies of Pradhan
Mantri Fasal Bima
Yojana to the farmers
at Pant Krishi Bhawan
on Friday. He said that
farmers have to face
difficulties in getting
the insurance cover
for their crops in case
of damage as they
don’t get the hard copy
of the policy on time.
“Keeping this in mind,
policies are being distributed by organizing camps at Gram
Panchayat headquarters across state. Farmers who cannot
get the policy in these camps will be able to get it from the
agriculture supervisor,” he said. Vinod Singh Chouhan
Body of the jawan in BSF truck in Behror on Friday.
Jitendra Naruka
Behror
Naveen Kumar, 30, a BSF
jawan from Behror, died
in West Bengal while on
duty.OnFridayafternoon,
thesoldier’sdeadbodyar-
rived in his hometown of
Jakhrana. The accompa-
nying BSF officer reports
that the soldier committed
suicide, despite the fact
that his position is 125
kilometers from the bat-
talion headquarters.
He got two bullet
wounds in his chest. Fear-
ful of being murdered,
family members and vil-
lagers halted the BSF
truck at the bus stop. Peo-
ple are adamant about
wanting the postmortem
done again. The BSF
jawan’s family and par-
ents reside in Upvan Soci-
ety, Behror.
ARD team inspects Gangauri Hospital
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The Administrative Re-
form Department team
held a surprise inspection
in Gangauri Hospital
here on Friday and took a
report of the staff present
in the hospital. Hospital
Superintendent Dr
Leaneshwar Harshvard-
han handed over the bio-
metric and offline attend-
ance register to the team.
During this, some doc-
tors and nursing staff
were absent.
Surprise inspections
were conducted at Mu-
nicipal Corporation Her-
itage Kishanpole Zone,
VPHC Ramganj, Purani
Basti. During this, 29 out
of 73 gazetted officers,
32 out of 200 non-gazet-
ted personnel were found
absent. 39.72% gazetted,
16% workers found ab-
sent. Reports of discipli-
nary action against ab-
sent employees will be
presented at higher level.
Digitalwarofwords
escalatesbetween
DotasraRathore
Political titans trade barbs
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur
The digital confrontation
between Congress Presi-
dent Govind Singh Dotas-
ra and former LoP Rajen-
dra Rathore escalated after
a heated exchange on so-
cial media platform ‘X’.
Rathore criticized Dotas-
ra’s demeanor, suggesting
he might end up in Agra’s
mental asylum if he wins
again. Dotasra retorted,
urgingRathoretomaintain
dignity and accusing him
offalseaccusationsagainst
RAS exam candidates.
Rathore fired back, alleg-
ing corruption during Do-
tasra’s tenure criticizing
exam result manipulation.
Thespatcontinuedwith
accusations and counter-
accusations of corruption
and governance. Dotasra
challengedRathoretotake
actioninhisgovernmental
capacity, while Rathore
highlightedBJP’spurport-
ed humility despite politi-
cal victories. The verbal
clash reflected deep-seat-
ed political animosity and
differing ideologies.
The exchange also
touched upon the plight of
unemployedyouthandal-
legations of paper leaks,
underscoring broader is-
sues of governance and
accountability. Both sides
tradedbarbsoverhumility
andintegrity,withRathore
cautioning against losing
humility in victory and
Dotasra questioning
Rathore’s relevance in
contemporary politics.As
confrontation unfolded,
Rathore questioned Do-
tasra’s priorities and need
for civil discourse.
The exchange high-
lighted the challenges of
maintaining decorum in
online interactions. The
verbal sparring concluded
with Rathore’s warning
about the erosion of civil-
ity in political dialogue.
Empty chair during inspection.
LAST RITES OF ITBP
JAWAN HELD IN BHEROR
ITBP jawan Ajit
Singh (28), resident
of village Nasyrana
of Behror, died on Thursday
due to a heart attack while
on duty. Whose mortal
remains reached his native
village on Friday. Where the
last rites were performed
with military honors.
Faulty gravel
figures pose
question on
Mines dept
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur
Wrong calculation on
gravel lease in Tonk
has become a problem
for the Mines Depart-
ment. According to
the drone survey, six
gravel stocks were in
Tonk but Additional
Director (Geology)
NP Singh said that
there are about 16
lakh tonnes of gravel.
Now, questions are
being raised on arbi-
trary calculation in-
stead of calculating
gravel per cubic metre
as per rules.
The density of
gravel per cubic metre
in Banas River is 1.40
to1.60tonnes.Where-
as after the drone sur-
vey the drone compa-
ny is calculating 2.40
tonnes per cubic me-
tre. So the fine is also
calculated to be
around Rs 80 crore.
Even Mine Secretary
Anandi was not given
proper information in
the matter. Due to
blockade, hundreds of
trucks are waiting.
Rajendra
Rathore
Govind Singh
Dotasra
Ajit Doval’s
‘exclusive meet’
with Raj IAS
creates curiosity!
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur
National Security
Advisor Ajit Doval
had visited Jaipur in
the recent past for the
DGs-IGs Confer-
ence. During the two
d a y s
confer-
e n c e ,
D o v a l
stayed in
n e w l y
built MLA quarters
and although several
DGPs of states tried
to meet him, he did
not oblige anyone
with a meeting.
Instead, Doval
only met a senior IAS
from Rajasthan and
this meeting hap-
pened in the Raj
Bhavan. This meet-
ing has created a cu-
riosity in the entire
state bureaucracy
and administrative
experts are drawing
various conclusions
of this meet!
10 RAS shifted as Jt Secy, Spcl
Asst to CM, Dy CM Raj Mins
z Jaswant Singh Joint Secy of CM Bhajan Lal Sharma
z Vivek Kumar Joint Secy to CM Bhajan Lal Sharma
z Manoj Kumar Dy Secy to CM Bhajan Lal Sharma
z Jagveer Singh Spl Asst to Deputy CM Diya Kumari
z Umaid Singh Spl Asst to Min Rajyavardhan Rathore
z Kaluram Spl Asst to Minister Hiralal Nagar
z Rajendra Rathore Spl Asst to Deputy CM Dr PC Bairwa
z Bhagwat Singh Spl Asst to Min Kanhaiyalal Chaudhary
z Sanjay Kumar Spl Asst to Minister Kirodi Lal Meena
z Balwant Ligree Spl Asst to Min Gajendra S Khimsar

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PUSHING RELUCTANT
PRIVATE SECTOR
TO INVEST MORE
or the Indian economy to move to the next
level the corporate sector has to provide the
booster shot. In an earlier speech Finance
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had likened India Inc
to Hanuman who needed to be reminded of his po-
tential. Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nag-
eswaran also urged the industry to stop focusing too
much on the uncertain demand environment, which
may remain unchanged in the coming years due to
global headwinds, and boost investment. The indus-
try’s reluctance to increase capital expenditure per-
sists, leading to a fall in corporate investment.
Interestingly, apart from external factors high un-
employment and low consumption are reasons for
low private sector investment which is needed to
increase employment, create income and push con-
sumption. Forthcoming elections may have also
played on the investors’ minds.
This situation is expected to change as the finance
minister has “passed the baton” to the private sector.
Lower borrowings by the government will allow it to
provide the much-needed credit to the private sector.
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COURT VERDICTS SEAL
IMRAN KHAN’S FATE
n an expected turn of events, former Pakistan
Prime Minister Imran Khan finds himself
entangled in a legal quagmire, receiving
back-to-back jail terms. On Tuesday he, along with
former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi,
faced the brunt of justice with 10-year jail sentences
under the Official SecretsAct. The charges stemmed
from the alleged sharing of a confidential state com-
munication, suggesting a foreign power’s desire for
Imran’s removal. Also known as the cipher case, it
concerns national security.
The following day added another layer to the pre-
dicament as the cricketer-turned-politician and his
wife, Bushra Bibi,
were handed a 14-
year jail term in the
Toshakhana case.
This case revolves
around the alleged il-
legal sale of state
gifts, marking a se-
vere blow to Imran’s
political standing.
The accompanying
10-year ban on hold-
ing any public office
virtually seals the
fate of the once-cele-
brated cricketer.
These legal blows
couldn’t have come
at a more critical
juncture, with Paki-
stan’s general elec-
tions looming less than a week away. Imran Khan’s
legal team is gearing up to challenge the verdicts in
the Islamabad High Court, but time is of the essence.
Imran’s nomination papers were rejected last year
raising questions about the fairness of the electoral
process. The impending elections cast a shadow over
the star-crossed ex-prime minister’s political future,
and the challenges ahead seem formidable.
The elections also point to the Pakistan army estab-
lishment’s control over the country’s politics. No Paki-
stani prime minister has survived without the blessings
of the army top brass. The unfolding drama only con-
firms the view that democracy in Pakistan is a sham.
I
Imran’s nomination
papers were rejected
last year raising
questions about the
fairness of poll
process. The
impending elections
cast a shadow over
star-crossed ex-PM’s
political future, and
the challenges ahead
seem formidable.
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fter a shock-
ing defeat in
the first Test,
India is
grinding its
way to ascendancy in the
second Test. While every-
one expected before the
series that the margin of
victory can be as high as
5-0, the over optimism has
certainly come down. It
was evident in the way the
Indian camp batting first
set about scoring runs in a
rather circumspect man-
ner. All batsmen got starts
but failed to convert them
into a big score. But the
day was made truly special
by the young southpawYa-
shasvi Jaiswal who re-
mained unbeaten at the end
of the opening day on 179
and is now India’s biggest
hope to put up a strong first
innings total.
Winning the toss, it was
a no brainer for Indian cap-
tainRohitSharmatochoose
to bat first. The usual tem-
plate on Indian pitches is to
batwell,postbigscoresand
thenputopposingteamsun-
der pressure in the second
innings when the pitch be-
gins deteriorating.But to
achieve that, the batsmen
oncesetneedtocarryonfor
longer knocks. Unfortu-
nately, no one paid heed to
Indian Head Coach, Rahul
Dravid’s words after the
first match where he said
that his batters need to cap-
italize on starts and make
big runs!
Rohit began his innings
in an uncharacteristic man-
ner. He was overtly watch-
ful on a flat track against
an inexperienced bowling
line up barring James An-
derson. His misery came to
an end after he was caught
down the leg slip on 14 off
41 balls to the debutant
Shoaib Bashir. The open-
ing partnership was of 40
runs and interestingly,
each partnership after that
till the 5th wicket was at
least 49 runs or more.
Yashasvi Jaiswal,
though, remained the solo
star of the day as he stole
the spotlight with his
strokeplay, guiding India
to a position of some
strength. His scintillating
179 not out from 257 balls
showcased a fearless ap-
proach, setting the tone for
India’s redemption after
their first-Test setback.
Jaiswal’s innings,
marked by a mix of de-
fence and aggression,
stood out as the day’s out-
standing performance.
From his four off Joe
Root’s first ball to the
monstrous six that brought
up his second Test century,
Jaiswal was a class apart.
His fearless batting pro-
vided the much-needed
impetus for an otherwise
listless India, offering a
sharp counter to the tricky
challenges that the English
bowlers were presenting.
England’s resilience in
the field deserves a lot of
appreciation. Despite a
tough day on a pitch which
was more suitable for bat-
ting, the visitors claimed
six crucial wickets. It
stopped India from run-
ning away with the game.
Shoaib Bashir showcased
a calm temperament as he
picked up another crucial
wicket after Rohit. At the
fag end of the day with just
an hour left to play, Axar
hit one from Shoaib
straight in the hands of Re-
han Ahmed at point.
Besides Yashasvi, the
only other aggressive
spark came from India’s
wicketkeeper batsman,
K.S.Bharat who came out
to bat with all guns blazing
and hit 2 fours and a six in
his brief stay of 17 from 23
balls. But his aggression
ultimately got the better of
him as he got out just 10
mins before the day’s
close.Along with the spin-
ners, James Anderson, the
veteran at 41, displayed
ageless mastery, providing
control and guile. His cru-
cial wicket of Shubman
Gill typified his impact,
and his economy rate of
1.76 proved instrumental
in containing India’s bat-
ting lineup.
Apart from Jaiswal, the
rest of India’s batting pre-
sented a mixed bag, with
six dismissals between 14
and 34. As the day unfold-
ed, Jaiswal’s sublime form
overshadowed individual
struggles within the Indian
lineup. The young bats-
man’s career-best innings,
despite battling cramps to-
ward the end, showcased
his determination to an-
chor India to a safe first
innings score. In an era
when even the most sea-
soned and accomplished
batsmen are struggling to
keep pace with the varying
demands of white ball and
red ball batting, Yashasvi
seems a rare batter who is
comfortable in all formats.
He has already done well
in ODIs and T20s and his
performance in Test crick-
et now suggests that Ya-
shasvi Jaiswal is a special
talent who looks cutting
edge in every format!
After being ‘bazzballed’
in the first Test, fans expect
a lot more intent fromTeam
India. It will be interesting
to see in the next couple of
days whether Jaiswal has
doneenoughtocompensate
for team mates who threw
theirwicketsatcrucialjunc-
tures or whether England
will claw their way back
into the game. Either way, it
will be a fascinating watch
and could notch up another
victory for Test Cricket!
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
BRILLIANT
JAISWAL
Yashasvi Jaiswal, though,
remained the solo star of
the day as he stole the
spotlight with his stroke-
play, guiding India to a
position of some strength.
His scintillating 179 not out
from 257 balls showcased
a fearless approach, set-
ting the tone for India’s
redemption after their first-
Test setback.
Jaiswal’s innings, marked
by a mix of defence and
aggression, stood out
as the day’s outstanding
performance. From his
four off Joe Root’s first
ball to the monstrous six
that brought up his second
Test century, Jaiswal was
a class apart.
His fearless batting pro-
vided the much-needed
impetus for an otherwise
listless India, offering a
sharp counter to the tricky
challenges that the English
bowlers were presenting.
JAISWALSTANDS
TALLAGAINSTRESILIENTENGLAND
ONFIRSTDAYOFSECONDTEST
After being ‘bazzballed’ in the first Test, fans
expect a lot more intent from Team India. It will
be interesting to see in the next couple of days
whether Jaiswal has done enough to compensate
for team mates who threw their wickets at
crucial junctures or whether England will claw
their way back into the game. Either way, it will be
a fascinating watch and could notch up another
victory for Test Cricket!
A
Siddhaarth
Mahan
The writer is a specialist
on Sports and Cinema
who works as an actor in
the Hindi film industry

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PTI
New Delhi
Not a single person died
of hunger in the country
in the last 10 years, Un-
ion minister and BJP
leader SP Singh Baghel
has claimed, while accus-
ing the Congress of not
taking measures to eradi-
cate poverty.Speaking
during a debate on the
Motion of Thanks on the
President’s address, the
Minister of State for
Health hit out at former
prime ministers Indira
Gandhi and Rajiv Gan-
dhi.Baghel said while he
acknowledges Rajiv
Gandhi to be an “inno-
cent prime minister”, he
would also characterise
him as an “incompetent”
one because it was his
duty to prevent corrup-
tion and ensure that theft
does not occur under his
government.
Hitting out at former
prime minister Indira
Gandhi, he said despite
giving the slogan of ‘gar-
ibi hatao,’poverty could
not be eradicated by her
Congress government.
“If any responsible in-
dividual has deceived
this country, it is the late
Indira Gandhi who gave
the ‘garibi hatao’slogan.
If poverty had vanished,
who are the 80 crore peo-
ple we have inherited
and to whom Modi Ji is
providing five kilograms
of rice and wheat?”
Baghel said.
He said not a single
person out of 140 cr Indi-
ans has died of hunger in
the last 10 yrs. “Because
they get 5 kg of rice for
free, and it has been men-
tioned in the budget that
a guarantee has been
taken for the next five
years as well,” he said.
A WARM WELCOME FOR TANZANIAN PARTICIPANTS
Prez Murmu inaugurates Surajkund Mela
PTI
Chandigarh
rt and crafts cut
across borders
and build bridg-
es of understanding,
President Droupadi Mur-
mu said on Friday after
inaugurating the 37th
Surajkund International
Crafts Mela in Haryana’s
Faridabad district. Ad-
dressing the gathering,
the President said, “Tan-
zania’s participation as a
partner nation in this
mela highlights India’s
engagement with the Af-
rican union”.
Tanzania is the partner
country while Gujarat is
the theme state for this
year’s mela, which the
President inaugurated in
presence of Haryana
Governor Bandaru Dat-
tatreya, Chief Minister
Manohar Lal Khattar,
and Union Minister Kris-
han Pal, who is also the
MP from Faridabad,
among others.
The fair, in which
overall 50 countries and
various states are taking
part, will continue till
February 18.
President Murmu said,
“Art and crafts cut across
borders and build bridges
of understanding.Art and
craft persons are creative
ambassadors of humani-
ty”. Speaking about the
fair, which is organised
each year in Surajkund
near the national capital,
the President said that
she has been told that the
Centre and state govern-
ment jointly organises
this international mela.
She praised all ministries
and departments con-
nected with this mela.
This annual fair has
been successfully organ-
ised over the years, she
noted.
President Droupadi Murmu being presented a memento by
Haryana Guv Bandaru Dattatreya during the inauguration of the
37th Surajkund International Crafts Mela, in Faridabad. PTI
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I also extend a very
warm welcome to
participants from
several other
countries who are
here to enrich this
Mela. The presence of
participants from
Tanzania and other
countries makes this
mela truly
international.
DROUPADI MURMU,
PRESIDENT
‘Womenpersonnelarebeing
appointedasonboardwarships’
PTI
New Delhi
Women personnel are
being appointed onboard
warships and also as
special naval air opera-
tion officers in the Indi-
an Navy, the government
said in Lok Sabha on
Friday.
Defence Ajay Bhatt said
permanent commission
is being granted to wom-
en officers in 12 arms and
services of the Army in
addition to the medical
and dental corps as well
as military nursing ser-
vice.He was replying to a
question on the strength
of women in the armed
forces.
Bhatt said the experi-
mental scheme to induct
women officers in all
combat roles initiated by
IAF in 2015 was regular-
ised in 2022 into a per-
manent one. “Women
officers are being ap-
pointed onboard war-
ships in afloat billets and
also as Special Naval Air
Operation (NAO) offic-
ers in Indian Navy,” he
said without elaborating.
Lok Sabha proceedings underway during the third day of the Interim Budget Session of the
Parliament, in New Delhi on Friday. ANI
INDIA BLOC LIKE A CRICKET TEAM
WITH 11 CAPTAINS, SAYS BJP MP
CONG, OTHER OPPN PARTIES WALK
OUT OF RS OVER J’KHAND ISSUE
LS POLLS: SP, CONG
FINALISE AGREEMENT
AAP, BJP STIR: TRAFFIC
JAMS CHOKE DELHI
A BJP member in Lok Sabha on
Friday, took a swipe at the opposi-
tion by dubbing the INDIA bloc as
a cricket team with 11 captains not willing
to accommodate other players.Initiating
the debate on the Motion of Thanks on
the President’s address, Heena Gavit said
INDIA bloc leaders were like ‘Big Boss’
participants who live under one roof but
everyone eyes the “trophy” of becoming the
prime minister.After moving the motion, she
said under Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
the country is witnessing all-round develop-
ment and hence, it will not be surprising
that INDIA bloc leaders start switching
sides one after the other.
Opposition MPs walked out of
both Houses of Parliament in
protest against the arrest of former
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren by the
ED.The decision to put up a united stand
was taken at the INDIA bloc’s Parliamen-
tary strategy meeting on Friday morning,
the first meeting after the Janata Dal
(United)’s exit from the bloc and the TMC
announcement that it will not ally with the
Congress in West Bengal for the LS elec-
tions. The 10 a.m. meeting at the office of
the Leader of Opposition and Congress
president Mallikarjun Kharge had sparse
attendance, reflecting the diminished
ranks of the Opposition coalition.
Samajwadi Party
leader Ram Gopal
Yadav on Friday
said the Congress and
the Akhilesh Yadav-led
party have finalised their
seat-sharing agreement
in Uttar Pradesh. SP will
declare more candidates
soon for the upcoming Lok
Sabha elections. “We have
declared 16 seats. We will
declare more seats in a
couple of days. So on and
so forth. The Congress
and the SP have reached
a final agreement in Uttar
Pradesh,” Yadav said.
Protests by the BJP
the AAP a few
hundred metres
apart on DDU Marg here
left commuters stranded in
long traffic jams in central
Delhi as police barricaded
roads and diverted ve-
hicles. Bumper-to-bumper
traffic was also witnessed
on theNH-24 NH-9 near
Akshardham.Traffic move-
ment was affected on DDU
Marg and roads leading to
it, with long jams witnessed
at ITO, a major intersection
of the city. With barricades
put up on several areas in
Central Delhi, other roads
too saw traffic congestion.
PTI
Rampurhat (WB)
Maintaining that the IN-
DIA alliance is for the
2024 Lok Sabha elec-
tions and not for assem-
bly polls in any state, the
Congress on Friday, as-
serted that the opposition
bloc of 27 parties exists
and will fight together.
Bihar Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar-headed
JD(U) recently joined the
BJP-led NDAleaving the
opposition bloc, making
it a 27-party coalition.
Congress general sec-
retary Jairam Ramesh
claimed that the Rahul
Gandhi-led ‘Bharat Jodo
Nyay Yatra’ will be very
beneficial in the context
of the 2024 Lok Sabha
elections, though it is a
political programme and
not an election campaign.
“INDIA alliance is for
the general elections and
not for assembly polls of
West Bengal or Maha-
rashtra or any other
state,” he said.
Ramesh said that
though in Maharashtra,
the Assembly polls will
be fought together by
Congress, NCP and Shiv
Sena, in other state elec-
tions there will be no al-
liance of INDIApartners.
INDIA alliance for LS polls, not for
assembly polls in states: Ramesh
‘Perfectly okay if leaders like Himanta,
Milind’ leave Congress as...,’ says RaGa
If BJP can ‘rig’ mayoral
polls... Kejriwal’s warning
ahead of Lok Sabha polls
CM Siddaramaiah to lead
Cong demo in Delhi against
‘injustice’ to K’taka on Feb 7
BJP to connect with masses
in ‘gaon chalo’ drive: Dy CM
Manjhi wants
another cabinet
berth in Nitish govt
SEAT-SHARING TALKS
ON WITH TMC: RaGa
Baharampur: Con-
gress leader Rahul
Gandhi said his
party was discussing the
seat-sharing arrangements
for the LS polls with the
ruling TMC in West Bengal,
and the issue would be “re-
solved”. Gandhi made the
comment while interacting
with party’s ‘digital media
warriors’ in WB. Asked
why Cong was giving
importance to TMC chair-
person Mamata Banerjee
despite her unwillingness
to leave a single LS seat
for Cong in WB, Gandhi
said, “Neither Mamata-ji
has said, nor Congress
has come out of alliance.”
“Even Mamata-ji is saying
that she is in the alliance.
Seat negotiations are on
from both ends. It will be
resolved,” he said on X.
GOVT IN LOK SABHA
Not a single person died of hunger
in last 10 years, says BJP’s SP Baghel
PTI
Baharampur (WB)
Amid a series of depar-
tures from the Congress,
Rahul Gandhi has said
that leaders who are like
Himanta Biswa Sarma
and Milind Deora should
part ways with the party,
as they do not align with
its ideology.
Sarma who had defect-
ed to the BJP in 2014 is
now the chief minister of
Assam, while Deora
joined the Shiv Sena
headed by Maharashtra
CM Eknath Shinde last
month.
Addressing the party’s
‘digital media warriors’
in West Bengal on Thurs-
day night, Gandhi em-
phasised his commitment
to defending the princi-
ples upheld by the Con-
gress. “I want people like
Himanta (Biswa Sarma)
and Millind (Deora) to
leave. I am perfectly ok
with it. Himanta repre-
sents a particular kind of
politics, that’s not the
politics of the Congress
party,” he said.
IT IS NOT INTERIM BUDGET, BUT
‘ANTIM’ BUDGET OF BJP: DIDI
FM DIDN’T SAY SINGLE WORD ON
UNEMPLOYMENT: PRIYANKA
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee
on Friday dubbed the interim
budget for 2024-25 as the “antim” (last)
budget of the BJP government at the
Centre, indicating that the saffron party
will taste defeat in the Lok Sabha polls
this year.Banerjee made the remark
during a dharna in Kolkata, which
began earlier in the day to demand the
state’s “dues” from the Centre for vari-
ous social welfare schemes.“It is not an
interim budget, but the ‘antim’ budget,”
she asserted.
New Delhi: Congress leader
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Fri-
day alleged that there is neither
any vision nor any plan to create new
jobs in the Centre’s interim Budget.
“Unemployment has broken all records.
Big institutes of the country such as
IIMs and IITs are facing the challenge
of placements. There is neither any
vision nor any plan in the budget to cre-
ate new jobs and deal with unemploy-
ment. The biggest misfortune is that
the finance minister did not say a single
word on unemployment,” Gandhi said.
PTI
New Delhi
Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal on Fri-
day attacked the BJP,
saying if it can “rig” the
Chandigarh mayoral
polls, it could go to any
extent in assembly and
LS polls.He was address-
ing AAP leaders and
workers at a protest at the
party’s office. The dem-
onstration was planned in
front of BJP HQs, a few
hundred metres away on
the DDU Marg, but AAP
members could not reach
there because of heavy
police deployment and
barricading. The world’s
biggest party was caught
on camera ‘stealing’
votes in Chandigarh
mayoral polls, Kejriwal
said. “In last few years,
we had heard that BJP
rigs polls. If they can in-
dulge in such irregulari-
ties in Chandigarh may-
oral polls, what would
they be doing in LS
assembly polls. They can
sell the country for power
but we won’t allow them
to do it. We have to the
nation,” he said.
PTI
Bengaluru
The ruling Congress in
Karnataka would stage a
demonstration in New
Delhi on February 7
against the “injustice”
done to the state by the
Union government in re-
leasing its share of cen-
tral grants, Deputy Chief
Minister DK Shivakumar
said on Friday.
He said the Chief
Minister Siddaramaiah
would lead the agitation
and 138 MLAs, the Con-
gress MLCs and MPs
will take part in it.“The
Karnataka government
under the leadership of
Chief Minister Siddara-
maiah, all the 136 MLAs
plus two MLAs and the
MLCs will reach New
Delhi on February 6 and
stage a demonstration
on February 7. We want
the Central government
in Delhi to hear our
voice,” Shivakumar told
reporters.
He furhter appealed to
all the MPs to take part
in agitation keeping
aside their political dif-
ferences.
Arvind Kejriwal addresses during a protest against BJP over the
Chandigarh Mayor election issue, near the AAP office, in New
Delhi on Friday. Bhagwant Mann is also seen. ANI
Siddaramaiah
PTI
Mumbai
Bharatiya Janata Party
workers will connect
with every resident of vil-
lages that will be covered
under the ‘gaon chalo’
mass outreach pro-
gramme for the upcom-
ing LS polls, Maharashtra
Deputy Chief Minister
Devendra Fadnavis said
on Friday.
Talking to reporters af-
ter addressing a party
meeting, Fadnavis said
BJP workers will fulfil
PM Narendra Modi’s di-
rective of connecting to
the last person in society.
It will be a record as BJP
functionaries would have
reached and interacted
with 100 per cent villag-
ers under the campaign,
he said, adding the party
has done it earlier and
will start afresh again.
Queried about his
meeting with BJP presi-
dent JPNadda in Delhi on
Thursday, Fadnavis said
it was to get guidelines
for the upcoming Lok
Sabha polls and alliances.
PTI
Patna
Former Bihar CM Jitan
Ram Manjhi demanded a
greater share for his Hin-
dustani Awam Morcha in
state’s newly formed cab-
inet headed by JD(U)
President Nitish Kumar.
Manjhi, whose son San-
tosh Suman was sworn in
as a minister upon forma-
tion of an NDA govt in
state on Sunday, said he
wanted another cabinet
berth, ‘for an upper caste
candidate.’ “I had told
Union Home Min Amit
Shah and MoS, Home Ni-
tyanand Rai that HAM
wantstwocabinetberths.”

INDIA 06
VP JAGDEEP DHANKHAR AT JNU CONVOCATION
‘Ram temple consecration ends 500 years of pain’
PTI
New Delhi
ice President
J a g d e e p
Dhankhar on
Friday said the consecra-
tion ceremony at Ram
Temple inAyodhya sym-
bolised the civilisational
history of India and end-
ed the country’s 500
years’ pain.
“We had a celebratory
mood in the country on
January 22 when there
was consecration cere-
mony of Ram Lalla at
Ayodhya dham. What is
significant about the
event is that the pain of
500 years was undone
on the occasion. Our as-
pirations fructified with
commitment to right-
eousness through estab-
lished procedure of
law,” he said.
Dhankhar asked the
students to take pride in
the achievements of the
country and said the
youth shares a responsi-
bility in “neutralising”
the “anti-national” narra-
tives against India.
“I become sad when I
see informed minds tar-
nishing our image out-
side the country raising
questions on our demo-
cratic values. Some out-
side elements have be-
come hot beds of anti-
national narratives
backed by teachers and
students of indian origin.
The youth has to neutral-
ise these anti-national
narratives,” he said.
Dhankhar also spoke
about the abrogation of
article 370, which, he
claimed, was rejoiced by
the entire country.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar with others at the convocation
ceremony of Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, Friday.
VicePresidentJagdeep
DhankharDhankhar
askedthestudentsto
takeprideinthe
achievementsofthe
nation7saidtheyouth
sharesaresponsibility
in“neutralising”
the“anti-national”
narratives
againstIndia
V
Agencies
New Delhi
The Centre has merged,
with immediate effect,
four existing Home Min-
ister's medals to institute
one new medal named
Kendriya Grihmantri
Dakshata Padak.
The new medal is
named after merging the
Union Home Minister's
Special Operation Medal,
the Union Home Minis-
ter's Medal for Excellence
in Investigation, Asad-
haran Aasuchana Kusha-
lata Padak and the Union
Home Minister's Awards
for Meritorious Service in
Forensic Science.
The Ministry of Home
Affairs (MHA) an-
nounced in a notification
issued on Thursday, de-
claring the existing Un-
ion Home Minister's Spe-
cial Operation Medal,
Union Home Minister's
Medal for Excellence in
Investigation, Asadharan
Aasuchana Kushalata
Padak and Union Home
Minister's Awards for
Meritorious Service in
Forensic Science insti-
tuted by Ministry of
HomeAffairs are merged
with immediate effect to
institute one new medal
i.e. 'Kendriya Grihmantri
Dakshata Padak'.
The notification also
mentioned the Union
Home Minister is pleased
to institute the Kendriya
Grihmantri Dakshata
Padak to be conferred
on members of the Police
Forces, Security Organi-
zations and Intelligence
Wing/Branch/Special
Branch of States/Union
Territories/Central Police
Organizations(CPOs)/
Central Armed Police
Forces(CAPFs)/National
Security Guard/Assam
Rifles; and Forensic Sci-
ence (Central/State/Un-
ion Territories) through-
out the Indian Union in
consideration for excel-
lence in Operations (in
the areas such as Counter
Terrorism, Border Ac-
tion, Arms Control, Left
Wing extremism, Pre-
vention of Narcotics
Smuggling and Rescue
Operation.
As per the notification,
the personnel of Central
Board of Indirect Taxes
and Customs (CBIC) will
also be considered for
award under the area of
Prevention of Narcotics
Smuggling, outstanding
service in Investigation,
exceptional perfor-
mance, indomitable and
daring intelligence ser-
vice, meritorious work
done by serving govern-
ment scientists in the
field of Forensic Science
and to make, ordain and
establish the following
statues governing Ken-
driya Grihmantri Dak-
shata Padak, which
shall be deemed to have
effect from the date of
notification.
Mahesh Sharma
Jaipur
Veteran Congress leader
Mani Shankar Aiyar’s
admiration for Pakistan
has once again come to
the fore.
Aiyar was speaking at
the Jaipur Literature Fes-
tival (JLF), at Darbal
Hall. He said that there
should have been a table
discussion between India
and Pakistan on the
Kashmir issue. India
dares to carry out surgi-
cal strikes but does not
dare to talk to Pakistan at
the table.
Aiyar said that I had
talked to former Pakistan
President Pervez Mush-
arraf regarding Kashmir.
The Congress leader
had four important sug-
gestions regarding the
solution of Kashmir is-
sue. Don’t know why
this issue was not dis-
cussed.
Earlier in this inter-
view, Congress leader
Aiyar had said that if Pa-
kistan wants to have bi-
lateral talks with India,
then it will first have to
remove the Narendra
Modi government and
bring us (Congress).
Bilateral talks with Pa-
kistan are not possible
without removing Modi.
However, after the up-
roar in the media, Con-
gress distanced itself
from Congress leader ’s
statement.
Agencies
New Delhi
Uttarakhand Chief Min-
ister Pushkar Singh Dha-
mi on Friday said a spe-
cial session of the assem-
bly has been convened to
discuss the draft uniform
civil code (UCC) pre-
sented to him by a com-
mittee headed by Justice
(retired) Ranjana Prakash
Desai.
Addressing a press
conference at Uttara-
khand Sadan here, Dha-
mi said the special ses-
sion will start Monday.
The committee sub-
mitted about 749-page
report along with draft
UCC in four volumes to-
day. It will be tabled in
the state assembly on
February 6 for discus-
sion, he told reporters.
The state's law depart-
ment and parliamentary
affairs department will
also go through the com-
mittee's report and the
draft UCC, Dhami said.
PTI
New Delhi
Indian Navy units are
being deployed in strate-
gic waters in Djibouti,
Gulf ofAden, East Coast
of Somalia as well as in
the North and Central
Arabian Sea for protec-
tion of merchant vessels
in view of the regional
maritime security situa-
tion, the defence minis-
try said on Friday.
Defence Ajay Bhatt said
in Lok Sabha the Navy
deployed its units in the
Gulf of Aden and East
coast of Africa towards
anti-piracy patrols since
2008 and a total of 3,440
ships and over 25,000
seafarers have been
“safely escorted”. There
have been growing glob-
al concerns over Iran-
backed Houthi militants
attacking various mer-
chant ships in the Red
Sea since November, ap-
parently in response to
Israel’s military offen-
sive in Gaza.
ANI
New Delhi
Defence Minister Ra-
jnath Singh said on Fri-
day that the central gov-
ernment is committed to
fulfilling the needs of the
Indian Army and high-
lighted that there has
been an increase in re-
spect for the country on
the global stage.
Singh arrived in Vi-
sakhapatnam to attend the
commissioning ceremony
of ‘INS Sandhayak’
scheduled for tomorrow.
Singh arrived in Vi-
sakhapatnam to attend
the commissioning cere-
mony of ‘INS Sandhay-
ak’ scheduled for today.
“The government is
committed to fulfilling
the needs of the Indian
Army. I greet the Indian
army for fulfilling its re-
sponsibilities despite
having limited resourc-
es,” he added. The De-
fence Minister further
said, “I am not exagger-
ating it but I would like
to say that there has been
an increased respect for
the Indian Navy.”
Agencies
New Delhi
Several workers, includ-
ing women, are feared
trapped inside a cosmetic
manufacturing factory in
the Baddi industrial area
of Himachal Pradesh’s
Solan district following a
fierce fire that broke out
on Friday afternoon, of-
ficials said.
Fire engines have been
rushed to the spot from
Nalagarh and other ad-
joining areas and fire-
fighting operations are in
full swing, said Solan
Deputy Commissioner
Manmohan Sharma, add-
ing that the administra-
tion is on alert and a team
of the National Disaster
Relief Force (NDRF) is
expected to reach the spot
at Jhadmazri soon to res-
cue the trapped workers.
Thick smoke oozing
from the cosmetic mate-
rial was hindering the
fire-fighting operations,
and workers have
climbed on top of the
building for safety, eye-
witnesses said.
Govt brings new medal Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has introduced a new medal, Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak, after merging 4 existing medals.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
In a sharp retort, India’s
G20 sherpa Amitabh
Kant Friday said Ameri-
cans do protectionism of
the highest order and ad-
vocate laissez-faire for
the developing countries
as he dismissed US am-
bassador Eric Garcetti’s
suggestion of reforms in
India’s taxation and regu-
latory framework.
Speaking at the ongo-
ing Jaipur Literature Fes-
tival (JLF), Kant said the
government will make
India a global champion
through the ‘Make In In-
dia’initiative and by get-
ting the best practices,
“not necessarily follow-
ing what the American
ambassador is advocat-
ing in India”.
Garcetti, while ad-
dressing the Indo-Amer-
ican Chamber of Com-
merce (IACC) on Tues-
day, said the rhetoric that
everything has to be
made in India could slow
down the pace of the
country’s growth and
pitched for change in
“export control and ex-
port policies” in India for
it to achieve its goals in
the economic sphere.
“The US has grown
with protectionism…
throughitsCHIPSActand
through its Inflation Re-
duction Act, it has said
‘we’ll provide subsidiza-
tion only to companies
which produce hydrogen
intheUSA’.Itsprotection-
ism is of highest order.”
India’s G20 sherpa slams US envoy's statement
In JLF 2024
ProtectionisminUSisof
highestorder,saysKant
Amitabh Kant FILE
Veteran Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar at the Darbal Hall.
during the Jaipur Literature Festival, in Jaipur on Friday.
“US CONSUMES 90%
OF THE CARBON SPACE
IN THE WORLD”
Jaipur: The former
NITI Aayog CEO
Amitabh Kant also
accused America of doing
exactly the same on the
climate change front as
well, claiming the US con-
sumes “90 per cent of the
carbon space in the world”
in comparison to India’s
1.5 per cent only. India, he
argued, should be entitled
to “17.5 per cent” of the
carbon space. “They (US)
are neither providing you
(India) finance, nor are they
providing you technology ,
and they are trying to teach
you lessons? Don’t go by
what the US ambassador
is telling us, we should do
what is in the interest of
India, we should do what is
in the interest of the Indian
citizens,” he added.
ManiShankarAiyar’slovefor
PakistancomestoforeatJLF
Earlier in this
interview, Aiyar had
said that if Pakistan
wants to have
bilateral talks with
India, then it will first
have to remove the
Modi government
New Delhi: The Delhi
Public School in RK
Puram on Friday re-
ceived a bomb threat via
email following which
the premises were im-
mediately vacated and a
search operation
launched, police said.
Deputy Commissioner
of Police (southwest)
Rohit Meena said noth-
ing suspicious was
found during the search.
Noida: A court sen-
tenced a Noida resident
to life term in jail for
stabbing his pregnant
wife to death over dowry
demand. The matter re-
lates to the killing of
Shadab Parveen, 32, by
her husband Movin
Akhtar, 40, in 2013.
Parveen was 8-month
pregnant when she was
killed and the couple had
been married for 6 years
by then, as per a lawyer.
IN BRIEF
Man sentenced to
21 years for raping
daughter in Mizoram
Aizawl: A man in south
Mizoram’s Lunglei dis-
trict has been sentenced
to 21 years of rigorous
imprisonment by a spe-
cial court under the Pro-
tection of Children
From Sexual Offences
(POCSO) Act for raping
his daughter. The judg-
ment, delivered by spe-
cial court judge Vanla-
lenmawia on Wednes-
day, also includes a fine
of Rs 12,000 imposed
on the convict, Bawith-
awnghua. He was ar-
rested in September
2022 following a FIR
filed by the Lai Women
Association (LWA).
Noidamangetslife
termforkilling
pregnantwifein2013
Police: Delhi school
vacated after bomb
threat on email
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami with retired
Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai and others at Chief
Sevak Sadan, in Dehradun. PTI
Indian warship INS Sharda comes to the rescue of the vessel FV
Omaril with 11 Iranian 8 Pakistani crew members, on Friday.
U’khand assembly to talk draft
Uniform Civil Code next week
Navy units being deployed to save
merchant vessels: Centre to Parl
“Government committed
tofulfillingneedsofArmy”
HP:Severalworkerstrapped
aftermassivefireinfactory

NEWS 07
IN THE SECOND TEST MATCH
India reach 336/6 at stumps on Day 1 against England
PTI
Visakhapatnam
ashasvi Jaiswal
batted with su-
preme confi-
dence for an unbeaten
179 off 257 balls that
single-handedly drove
India to 336 for six on
day one of the second
Test against England
here on Friday and se-
cured his place at the top
of the order for the fore-
seeable future.
Unlike the series
opener, Jaiswal made
sure he converted his
strong start into a big
hundred but the other In-
dian batters failed to
make the most of batting
friendly conditions. The
22-year-old now has two
hundreds and as many
fifties to his name in
only his 10th Test in-
nings. Jaiswal, whose
special effort comprised
17 boundaries and five
sixes, had R Ashwin (5)
by his side at stumps.
India made 111 runs
in the final session for
the loss of three wickets
includingAxar Patel (27
off 51) and K S Bharat
(17 off 23). For Eng-
land, debutant Shoaib
Bashir and Rehan
Ahmed picked up two
wickets apiece.
Debutant Rajat
Patidar (32 off 72)
played one on to his
stumps while offering a
forward defence to leg-
spinner Rehan Ahmed.
A total of 93 overs were
bowled with four spin-
ners in operation.
Yashasvi Jaiswal being greeted by England’s Joe Root after the end of play on the first day of the
second cricket test match against England in Visakhapatnam on Friday. PTI
Y
Megadronedealtoensure
enhancedmaritimesafety
The US approves sale of 31 armed drones to India
PTI
Washington
Terming its partnership
with India as among the
most consequential ones,
the US has said the pro-
posed sale of 31 armed
drones to New Delhi at
an estimated cost of near-
ly USD 4 billion will en-
sure enhanced maritime
security for the country.
The US on Thursday
approved the sale of 31
MQ-9B armed drones to
India at an estimated cost
of USD 3.99 billion, an
acquisition that will bol-
ster India’s capability to
meet current and future
threats by enabling un-
manned surveillance and
reconnaissance patrols in
sea lanes of operation.
“I would say that our
partnership with India is
one of our most conse-
quential relationships.
We work closely with
India on our most vital
priorities,” State De-
partment Spokesperson
Matthew Miller told re-
porters at his daily news
conference. In response
to a question on the next
steps in the mega drone
deal and its importance,
Miller said: “I cannot
give you a timeline. This
was the initial step today,
notifying Congress. The
exact timeline of the de-
livery is something that
we will explore with the
Government of India
overthecomingmonths.”
Under the deal, India
will get 31 HighAltitude
Long Endurance
(HALE) UAVs, of which
the Navy will get 15
SeaGuardian drones,
while the Army and the
Indian Air Force will get
eight each of the land
version – SkyGuardian.
“I will say with re-
spect to the deal itself,
the USD 3.99 – almost 4
– billion sale of 31 MQ-
9B SkyGuardian aircraft
will provide India with
an enhanced maritime
security and maritime
domain awareness capa-
bility,” he said.
It offers India outright
ownership and a 16-fold
increase in the number of
aircraft, as compared to
their current lease of two
MQ-9Aaircraft,headded.
India pays USD
32.89 million
to UN Regular
Budget for 2024
PTI
United Nations
India has paid USD 32.89
million to the United Na-
tions Regular Budget for
2024, joining the “hon-
our roll” of 36 Member
States who have paid
their regular budget dues
in full to the UN on time.
The UN Committee on
Contributions said that as
of January 31 2024, 36
Member States have paid
their regular budget as-
sessments in full, within
the 30 day due period
specified in UN financial
regulations. India con-
tributed 32.895 million
dollars to the 2024 United
Nations Regular Budget.
UPI services launched at Eiffel
Tower after Macron’s India visit
ANI
Paris
The Unified Payments
Interface (UPI) has been
formally launched at the
Eiffel Tower in Paris, the
Indian Embassy in
France said on Friday
and termed it as part of
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi’s “vision of taking
UPI global.” The UPI
was formally launched at
the Republic Day recep-
tion held in France.
The Indian Embassy in
France stated, “UPI for-
mally launched at the
iconic Eiffel Tower at the
huge Republic Day Re-
ception. Implementing
PM @narendramodi’s an-
nouncement the vision
of taking UPI global.”
India and France com-
mitted to nurturing a
thriving ecosystem and
building collaborations
that empower their citi-
zens and ensure their full
participation in the digital
century, as per the India-
France joint statement.
Due to various reasons including natural causes
403 Indian students died
abroad since 2018: Govt
PTI
New Delhi
Atotal of 403 incidents
of death of Indian stu-
dents abroad have been
reported since 2018 due
to various reasons includ-
ing natural causes, acci-
dents and medical condi-
tions with Canada top-
ping the list with 91 cases
followed by 48 in the UK,
the government informed
Lok Sabha Friday.
External Affairs Min-
ister S Jaishankar said the
welfare of Indian stu-
dents abroad is one of the
foremost priorities for
the government.
“As per the informa-
tion available with the
ministry, 403 incidents of
death of Indian students
abroad have been report-
ed since 2018 due to
various reasons includ-
ing natural causes, acci-
dents and medical condi-
tions,” he said.
Jaishankar was reply-
ing to a question on safe-
ty of Indian students
abroad.
“Indian missions/posts
abroad respond to any is-
sues faced by Indian stu-
dents on priority basis,”
he said. Jaishankar also
provided the country-
wise details of deaths of
Indian students abroad
since 2018.
India A roar back to take upper
hand against England Lions
PTI
Ahmedabad
India A staged a remark-
able comeback to dismiss
England Lions for 199
before the batters pro-
pelled the home team to
a position of strength on
the second day of the
third and final unofficial
Test here on Friday.
At stumps, India A
were well-placed at 148
for three in their second
innings and 141 runs
ahead of the visitors, who
suffered an inexplicable
collapse after starting the
day at 98 for one.
Sai Sudharsan (54 off
141 balls) was going
strong in the middle, cap-
ping a fine outing for the
hosts who were in all
sorts of trouble on the
opening day. The right-
left pace duo of Akash
Deep (4/56) and Yash
Dayal (3/32) shared seven
wickets between them
while plotting the visiting
team batters’ downfall in
their first innings.
BopannapresentsPMwith
GrandSlam-winningracket
PTI
New Delhi
Ace tennis player Rohan
Bopanna, who won the
men’s doublesAustralian
Open title last week, met
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Friday and pre-
sented him with the rack-
et with which he won the
Grand Slam.
“I had the privilege to
meet our honourable PM
Modi ji today. This ac-
knowledgement is very
humbling it was my
honour to present the very
racket that led me to be-
come World no. 1 and the
AO grand slam champi-
on,” Bopanna said on X.
9th editionof Doctors’
SportsFestTablinton
heldinSMSStadium
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The 9th edition of Doc-
tors’Sports Festival Ta-
blinton will be played
from Friday at Khela
Sawai Man Singh
(SMS) Stadium.
The Chief coordina-
tor of the tournament,
Dr. Saurabh Jain said
that in this tournament
of doctors and their
families, there will be
competitions in bad-
minton, table tennis and
carrom.
This time the tourna-
ment will start with
children’s competi-
tions. The Kids Bad-
minton coordinators
Dr. Nafees and Dr.
Shagufta said that 8
teams are participating
in Kids Badminton.
In this, Tanay Kanka-
ria, Jyotiraditya, Ja-
nardan, Priyash, He-
mang, Harshit, Aditya
and Suhan will repre-
sent their respective
teams. Kids Table Ten-
nis coordinators Dr.
Ajay Nair and Dr.
Sandeep Kothari said
that there will be open
competitions for chil-
dren in table tennis.
“Will hear Russia-Ukraine genocide case”
Agencies
The Hague
The United Nations’
highest court on Friday
ruled that it will hear a
case in which Kyiv has
asked it to declare it did
not commit genocide in
eastern Ukraine, as Rus-
sia claimed as a pretext
for attacking its smaller
neighbour.
Ukraine brought the
case to the International
Court of Justice (ICJ),
also known as the World
Court,daysafterRussia’s
full-scale invasion of
Ukraine in February
2022. Judges found the
court had jurisdiction to
hear just a small part of
the original case. The
judges threw out a re-
quest by Ukraine to rule
on whether or not the
Russianinvasionviolated
the 1948 Genocide Con-
vention. Instead the panel
of16judgessaidtheywill
only rule at a later stage
onwhetherornotUkraine
committed genocide in
the Donetsk and Luhansk
areas of eastern Ukraine
now occupied by Russia.
“It is important that
the court will decide on
the issue that Ukraine is
not responsible for some
mythical genocide which
the Russian Federation
falsely alleged that
Ukraine has committed,”
Ukraine’s representative
Anton Korynevych told
journalists at the ICJ.
Boxing: Kota’s
Arundhati to play
for India in Bulgaria
3 killed as a small
plane crashes into
a Florida home
First India Bureau
Kota
Arundhati from Kota
(Rajasthan) will repre-
sent India in Bulgaria in
the 75th Standja Memo-
rial Boxing Cup.
Also, Arundhati was
selected for the Indian
Army Services team. She
also won Gold medal 6
times in international
boxing competitions,
alongside silver and
bronze medals.
Arundhati’s coach
Ashok Gautam, and Box-
er Association President
Suresh Chaudhary con-
gratulated Arundhati on
her selection in the team.
PTI
Clearwater (US)
About 10 people had en-
joyed a day of golf and
were having drinks inside
a woman’s mobile home
moments before a small
plane crashed and oblite-
rated the property, an eye-
witness said on Friday.
The pilot and two peo-
ple on the ground were
killed, the Federal Avia-
tion Administration said.
The last of the guests
had lingered to finish her
drink, and was in the
home along with her host
when it went up in
flames, their neighbour
Rick Renner told media.
For $3.99 bn
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.’s (GA-ASI) MQ-9B drone.
YASHASVI JAISWAL
JOINS ELITE COMPANY
Visakhapatnam:
Yashasvi Jaiswal
joined the likes
of India’s former batting
maestro Sachin Tendulkar
and Ravi Shastri follow-
ing his unbeaten 179-run.
Vizag witnessed Jaiswal’s
prowess with the bat and
his maturity to hold on
to his end and keep the
scoreboard ticking while
stitching up small yet effec-
tive partnerships.
President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Judge Joan
Donoghue speaks as the International Court of Justice (ICJ), also
known as the World Court, rules on Russia’s request to throw out
the Ukraine genocide case in The Hague, Netherlands on Friday.
PM Narendra Modi being
presented the racket by Rohan
Bopanna during a meeting.
National Payments Corporation of India’s (NPCI) Unified Payment
Interface (UPI) being launched at the Eiffel Tower during the 75th
Indian Republic Day celebration in Paris on Friday. PTI Akash Deep and Yash Dayal.
FILE
DATA SHOWS 91 INDIAN STUDENTS DIED IN CANADA
New Delhi: The data showed 91 Indian students
died in Canada, 48 in the UK, 40 in Russia, 36 in
the US, 35 in Australia, 21 in Ukraine and 20 in
Germany. According to the statistics, 14 Indian students
died in Cyprus, 10 each in Philippines and Italy and nine
each in Qatar, China and Kyrgyzstan.
Tilak Varma (46 off
85 balls) got out after
getting his eye in and
his dismissal brought
the day’s play to an
end. Thanks to the
brilliant display by
their bowlers, India
A limited England
Lions’ first-innings
lead to a mere seven
runs at the Narendra
Modi Stadium
Doctors’ Sports Festival
Tablinton was held at Khela
SMS Stadium on Friday.
This time. the
tournament will
start with children’s
competitions

Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur
Lal Sharma has once
again given a glimpse of
his abilities. His recent
speech in the State As-
sembly, was still rever-
berating in the ‘power
corridors’ when on
Thursday, he gave yet
another surprise and
held a major meeting
with 500 bureaucrats
through video confer-
ence.
hansh Pant, DGP, senior
PHQ officials, ACS of
all departments, Princi-
pal Secretaries, IGs and
all district SPs, all Divi-
sional Commissioners,
District Collectors,
SDOs and other officials
attended the significant
meeting.
The two and a half
hour marathon meeting
saw an imprint of the
Chief Minister’s vision
and abilities. And just
like his ‘Maiden’ speech
in the House, his first
major meeting was also
highly successful, which
also surprised several of-
ficials.
Although initially,
hansh Pant was sched-
uled to chair the meet-
ing, but at the last mo-
ment, Chief Minister
Bhajan Lal Sharma took
some time out from his
hectic schedule and
chaired the meeting!
First India Bureau
New Delhi
CS Sudhansh Pant while
addressing the 16th Na-
tional Convention of
NAREDCO held at Hotel
Taj Palace in New Delhi,
told the builders that in-
stead of being ambitious
and dependent on financ-
ers, it would be better for
the firm and its reputation
to take the work forward
slowly and deliver quality
product. “I know builders
who work on one project
at a time, are committed
and deliver well to the
consumers. Then there
firms that work on several
projects simultaneously
with divided attention,he
said. “Under PM’s guid-
ance, all sections have
benefited from affordable
housing. The PM Awas
Yojana is being executed
in a better way in Raj.”
Industries Min Rajyavardhan Rathore received
a warm welcome upon his arrival in Jodhpur.
Addressing media, he expressed optimism about
India’s devp trajectory under PM’s leadership vision for
a transformed India by 2047. Participating in Raj Udhyog
Hastshilp Utsav-2024, Singh engaged with officials from
Industries Dept underscored dept’s commitment to result-
oriented efforts, pledging top priority to investors, ensuring
support for all industries in Raj. Rajeev Gaur S Purohit
The Education Minister Madan Dilawar, during his
Jodhpur tour, took a jibe at ex- Education Min BD
Kalla for calling Akbar ‘great.’ He also attacked previ-
ous Congress govt saying that Kalla felt ashamed to say
‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai.’ Congressmen with such a mentality
have ruined the nation, he said. He held a meeting with offi-
cials of Education Dept gave necessary directions. Chair-
ing a review meet of activities under ‘Swachhta Pakhwada,’
he stressed on cleanliness at every level.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
In a pivotal meeting with
Forest Dept officials,
Minister Sanjay Sharma
demanded transparency
and action. Highlighting
shortcomings in field-
work data accuracy, he
asked for comprehensive
reports on departmental
activities over past 5 yrs.
In Pollution Control
Board meet, he stressedu-
pon zero-tolerance policy
for negligence. waste
management, legal com-
pliance, pollution con-
trol measures were dis-
cussed in the meeting.
PTI
Jaipur
The BJP government led
by CM Bhajanlal Sharma
has formed a four-mem-
ber cabinet committee to
review decisions taken
by previous Congress
government. According
to an official order, the
committee comprising
Health Minister Gajen-
dra Singh, Parliamentary
Minister Jogaram Patel,
Food and Civil Supplies
Minister Sumit Godara
and PWD Minister Man-
ju Baghmar will submit
its report in three months.
The committee will
review the two types of
decisions taken by for-
mer CM Gehlot-led
govt- those taken at the
council of ministers and
department levels be-
tween April 1, 2023
Dec 14, 2023. Also, the
committee will review
the works of the Gehlot
government done in the
past five years.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Former CM Ashok
Gehlot, has been diag-
nosed with both Cov-
id-19 and Swine Flu after
experiencing fever for
several days. Following
medical advice, he will
be isolating himself for
next 7 days, Gehlot him-
self shared this on ‘X’.
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that extra today!
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CMD and Editor-in-Chief of First India News, Dr Jagdeesh Chandra called on the patron of Shri Kshatriya Yuvak Sangh, Bhagwan Singh Rolsahabsar during a courtesy meeting at
the Sangh’s office in Jaipur on Friday. Dr Chandra congratulated Rolsahabsar for the recently organised programme on a large scale in New Delhi to mark the birth centenary of
Tan Singh, the Founder of Shri Kshatriya Yuvak Sangh. Dr Chandra also enquired about the well-being of Rolsahabsar. The Convener of Shri Pratap Foundation, Mahavir Singh
Sarwadi, and the Editor of First India News, Jinendra Singh Shekhawat were also present during the meeting. SANTOSH SHARMA
Courtesy Meeting
CMholdsmeetwith500officials,
sendsacross‘powerfulmessage’!
Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma lends a patient ear to people’s grievances during a ‘Jansunwai’ held
at OTS in Jaipur on Friday directs officials to resolve people’s problems at the earliest.
Rajasthan forms
panel to review
previous Cong
govt’s decisions
Ex-CM Gehlot
down with Covid
and Swine Flu
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur
The representatives from
the UN held discussions
with the Deputy Chief
Minister and Minister of
Tourism and Women and
Child Development,
Diya Kumari, at the Sec-
retariat in Jaipur on Fri-
day. The discussions in-
cluded topics such as
women empowerment,
anaemia prevention, gen-
der discrimination elimi-
nation, and the promo-
tion of girl child educa-
tion.
The Deputy CM con-
vened a meeting with UN
Resident Coordinator
Shombi Sharp, Chief
Field Officer of UNICEF
Rajasthan Isabel Bar-
dem, and Chief of Staff
of the Office of the UN
Resident Coordinator,
Radhika Kaul Batra.
During the meeting, Diya
Kumari expressed plans
to strengthen ‘Angan-
wadis’ in State.Addition-
ally, sustainable initia-
tives aimed at promoting
both domestic interna-
tional tourism were dis-
cussed. The conservation
of State’s heritage
through the development
of Geo Heritage Sites and
World Heritage Sites was
deliberated upon.
UNdelegatesmeetDeputyCMDiyaKumari,
discusstourism,womenempowerment
Listening to workers will keep
the Congress alive: Randhawa
Raj witnesses enhanced execution of
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana: CS
UN representatives including Shombi Sharp, Isabel Bardem,
Radhika Kohli Batra call on Deputy CM Diya Kumari, at her office
in the Secretariat in Jaipur on Friday.
Rajyavardhan Rathore witnesses and interacts with an artisan
during the Rajasthan Udhyog Hastshilp Utsav-2024 in Jodhpur.
RAJYAVARDHAN: WILL EXTEND SUPPORT TO ALL
INDUSTRIES IN RAJ, PRIORITISE INVESTORS
DILAWAR TAKES A JIBE AT DR BD KALLA, DIRECTS
OFFICERS OF EDUCATION DEPT IN JODHPUR
Minister Sanjay Sharma chairs meetings of
various depts, calls for officers’ accountability
Sanjay Sharma chairs a
meeting of Forest Dept at
Aranya Bhawan in Jaipur.
Madan Dilawar holds a review meet of activities under Swachhta
Pakhwada in Jodhpur District Collectorate Auditorium on Friday.
CS Sudhansh Pant being felicitated by (L to R) VP NAREDCO Bharat
Aggarwal, Chairman NAREDCO Dr Niranjan Hiranandani and
VP NAREDCO PS Reddy during 16th National Convention of the
NAREDCO at Hotel Taj Palace in New Delhi on Friday.
In a move to ad-
dress suspicions of
mismanagement,
Minister Sharma initiated
an inquiry into distribution
of 30 crore plants including
Tulsi, Giloy, Kalmegh,
Ashwagandha in the last
3 years. Amid allegations
of paper-only distribution,
probe aims to uphold ac-
countability in ecological
aspects.
PROBE ORDERED FOR
` 210 CR ‘GHAR GHAR
AUSHADHI’ YOJANA
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur
Congress is preparing to
bet on MLAs in Lok Sab-
ha elections and sources
reveal that preliminary
discussion has been held
with about half a dozen
MLAs regarding contest-
ing elections based on
regional and caste equa-
tions. Although some
MLAs said that there was
no “expense.” In such a
situation, Congress can
give assurance of contest-
ing the elections at its
own level. The names of
powerful and former min-
isters could also be seri-
ously considered. Con-
gress election committee
will prepare the initial
panel by February 5.
Interestingly, there is a
major churning in Con-
gress for Rajya Sabha as
Sonia Gandhi’s name is
being considered for Ra-
jya Sabha instead of Lok
Sabha. However, deci-
sion on this has to be
taken by Sonia Gandhi
herself. Names of Ajay
Maken and Abhishek
Manu Singhvi are also in
discussion. However, if
any leader from Ra-
jasthan is made the can-
didate, then Bhanwar Ji-
tendra will be in the race.
SoniaGandhi’s namefor
RSdoingtherounds;
InitialpollpanelbyFeb5
Both BJP Cong
are preparing for
Rajya Sabha elec-
tions as three candidates
will be sent from the State
to Rajya Sabha of which
it is certain that two seats
will go to BJP and one to
Congress. Names of Alka
Gurjar and Satish Poonia
are being considered from
BJP in the list of contenders
to go to Rajya Sabha with
a view to tapping Jat and
Gurjar vote bank before Lok
Sabha elections. On the
other hand, senior leader
Rajendra Rathore can
contest Lok Sabha elections
from Rajsamand.
Telangana
BJP MLA from
Goshamahal
seat, T Raja Singh,
was in Jaipur and met
Lal Sharma at Chief
Minister’s Residence
late on Thursday night.
It was his courtesy
visit to CM Sharma.
T Raja Singh discussed
various issues regard-
ing cow protection with
CM. Karan Singh Ya-
dav also accompanied
T Raja Singh during the
meeting.
THREE CANDIDATES
FROM RAJ TO BE SENT
TO RAJYA SABHA
T RAJA MEETS CM,
DISCUSSES COW
PROTECTION
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner
Ahead of the LS polls,
PCC Chief GS Dotasra,
Congress in-charge
Sukhjinder Randhawa,
LoP Tikaram Jully
reached Bikaner to hold
a dialogue with Congress
workers. During the
meeting, Dotasara criti-
cised the less number of
party workers and advis-
ing both the presidents,
he said, “If you people
can’t work then give a
chance to someone else.
There are 7 assembly
constituencies in Bikan-
er.” LoP Tikaram Jully
responded on CM’s VC
saying, “CM, don’t trust
God. God helps everyone
in difficult times. People
of Rajasthan want work.”
Meanwhile, Congress
state in-charge SS Rand-
hawa said, “I and Do-
tasra made a mistake. We
couldn’t take a stand. If
we had acted, Cong govt
would have been formed
in Raj, but we couldn’t
give an alternative. Lis-
tening to workers will
keep Congress alive. We
exist only if party exists.
Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, GS Dotasra and Tikaram Jully
during the Workers’ Dialogue Programme’ held in Bikaner
on Friday. Also seen are Dr BD Kalla, Govind Ram Meghwal,
Bhanwar Singh Bhati and others.
l The two and a half hour long marathon meeting saw an imprint of the CM’s vision
and abilities l Initially, CS Sudhansh Pant was to chair the meeting, but at the last
moment, CM Sharma took some time out from his hectic schedule chaired the meet

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he vibrant city of
Jaipur will come
alive with wagging
tails and enthusias-
tic barks as it hosts
the 25th Jaipur Dog
Show on February 3 and 4. Presented
byBharat24-VisionofNewIndia,the
fastest growing National Hindi news
channel and the Rajasthan Chapter of
the Kennel Club of India, the event
promises to be a spectacular display
ofcanineprowess.Takingplaceatthe
Dussehra Ground in Adarsh Nagar,
this year’s show will feature an im-
pressivelineupof500dogsrepresent-
ing over 50 different breeds.
From the elegant Chihuahua to the
majestic Tibetan Mastiff, and the
charming French Bulldog to the re-
gal Afghan Hound, the event will
showcase the diversity of breeds
beloved by dog enthusiasts.
What sets this year’s show apart
is the introduction of five rings,
a first in Rajasthan, each pre-
sided over by international
judges hailing from Chile,
Romania, Estonia, Aus-
tralia and Serbia.
Dr Jagdeesh Chan-
drawillgracetheocca-
sion and felicitate the
lovely winners. This
edition of the Jaipur
Dog Show, an initiative
by Dr Chandra, is set to
beamilestoneinthestate’s
canine community. “We are
proud to host five interna-
tionaljudgesandintroducefive
rings,elevatingthestandardofdog
shows in Rajasthan,” Dr Chandra
remarked.
The main com-
petition will see
dogs competing
for prestigious titles and a grand tro-
phy, while various activities and
competitions, including a hot dog
event open to all breeds, promise
entertainment for both participants
and spectators. Additionally, the
show will feature a free adoption
camp, allowing dog lovers to wel-
come a furry friend into their
homes at no cost.
Viren Sharma, the Or-
ganising Secretary of the
event, highlighted the in-
clusivity of this year’s
show, emphasizing that
entryisfreeforallattend-
ees. “We want to make
this event accessible to
everyone and celebrate
the joy that dogs bring to
our lives,” he stated. In
a nod to the importance
of responsible pet
ownership, an on-
the-spot registra-
tion camp for
dog licenses
will be set up by
the Municipal
Corporationand
the Kennel
Club of In-
dia. This initiative aims to ensure that
all dogs attending the show are prop-
erly registered and accounted for.
Beyond the competitions, the
Jaipur Dog Show 2024 promises a
range of novel activities, including a
dog and owner ramp walk, a drawing
contest for children focusing on ani-
mal cruelty awareness and
a grooming station for
pampering pooches.
Furthermore, a heart-
warming Dog Adop-
tion Camp will offer
adorable Indie
puppies to lov-
ing homes,
fostering a
culture of
c o m p a s -
sion and
adoption.
As Jaipurites gear up for the grand celebration of canine
companionship, from 10 am to 8 pm at the Dussehra Ground, the
city awaits an unforgettable weekend filled with furry friends,
exciting competitions and a shared love for man’s best friend!
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T A still from the previous season of The Dog Show
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her
cute
adorable
friend
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra with the adorable puppies and dogs
Rutvi Tiwari with her faithful companion
Tanu Chaudhary strikes the pose with fur-ever friend
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JLF 2024
JAIPUR, SATURDAY | FEBRUARY 3, 2024
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Gurcharan Das during the session ‘The Memoirists’ Former Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar addressing the session ‘The Memoirists’
Amitabh Kant during the session
‘The Elephant Moves: India’s New
Place In The World’
Anna Katharina Fröhlich
with her friend at JLF’ 24 Ashika, Sara and Parnika Lovely visitor caught in a candid moment
Visitors soak up the atmosphere at JLF Radhika
Shobha Rana
Komal Rangwani Christa Hart Raj
Yogini Desai and Radhika Desai
Anna Katharina Fröhlich
Visitors exploring literary wonders
The captivated audience during a session at the Front Lawn
Dive into
LIT FEST'S
Pulse!
SANTOSH SHARMA, MUKESH KIRADOO SUNIL SHARMA
The second day of Jaipur Bookmark (JBM)
at the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Series
Jaipur Literature Festival 2024 delved
into the intricacies of publishing. Held at
Hotel Clarks Amer in Jaipur, the conclave
united global writers, translators,
publishers and literary enthusiasts. Seven
sessions explored diverse themes like
modern marketing strategies, feminist
publishing pioneers, linguistic tools,
podcast-book dynamics, translation
landscapes, AI's impact on publishing,
and multilingual publishing in the Global
South. The day ended with anticipation
for upcoming discussions!
Arun Kumar, Amitabh Kant, Vrinda Kapoor, Amit Kapoor and Ajay Chowdhury in conversation with Nidhi Razdan
Gurucharan Das, Mani Shankar, Mandira Nayar
Visitor keenly admiring the art
Lovely guests captured while capturing
Guest lost in literature amid the wonderful aura of JLF’ 24

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