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JAIPUR l MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 2022 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 4 l Issue No. 63
‘TAKE PART IN HANDLOOM STARTUP CHALLENGE’
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged
youngsters associated with the world of startups to take part in
the handloom startup grand challenge, underlining that it was
an excellent opportunity to ideate and innovate for weavers. P5
VISWANATHAN
ANAND ELECTED
FIDE DEPUTY
PRESIDENT
Chennai: Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand
was on Sunday elected deputy president of FIDE,
the sport’s world governing body, while incumbent
president Arkady Dvorkovich was re-elected for a
second term.
TOP BODY OF
SCIENTISTS
GETS 1ST
WOMAN BOSS
New Delhi: Senior scientist Nallathamby Kalaiselvi
has been appointed as director general of the
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR),
the first woman to lead the consortium of 38
research institutes across the country.
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI & MUMBAI
NITI AAYOG MEETING
7TH MEETING OF GOVERNING COUNCIL OF NITI AAYOG
Gehlot personally reminds Modi of his promise,
demands to declare ERCP a National Project!
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: CM Ashok
Gehlot, on Sunday, de-
manded that the Central
Government declare
Eastern Rajasthan Ca-
nal Project (ERCP) as a
National Project along
withhikingfinancial as-
sistance of the Centre in
various centrally spon-
sored schemes in the
seventh meeting of the
Governing Council of
the NITI Aayog organ-
ised at the Rashtrapati
Bhavan in New Delhi.
In the meeting
chaired by Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi, Ge-
hlot strongly presented
the issues related to Ra-
jasthan. Turn to P8
CM urges Centre for early payment
of State’s outstanding GST amount
PM Narendra Modi interacts with Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel at the seventh Governing Council
meeting of NITI Aayog, in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
BJP seeks PGV’s reply on
Gehlot’s rape law remarks
New Delhi (ANI): BJP
spokesperson Shehzad
Poonawala on Sunday
lashed out at Ashok Ge-
hlot-led government in
Rajasthan and demand-
ed Congress general sec-
retary Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra’s response on Ge-
hlot’s rape law remarks.
Poonawalla said that
Gehlot was blaming the
rape laws, which were
made stringent after the
Nirbhayaepisodewhich
took place under the
UPA watch, instead of
blaming the rapists. He
slammed the mindset of
the Congress party and
said it is suffering from
“blamegame”mentality
.
Poonawala said, “In
the past, Gehlot said
that most of the rape
cases filed by SC women
are fake and even
blamed rapes on rising
unemployment and
price rise.” More on P8
EX-BCR CHIEF,
ANONG 4 KILLED
IN ACCIDENT
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: Four people, in-
cluding former chairman
of the Bar Council of
Rajasthan (BCR), Sanjay
Sharma, died in an ac-
cident on National High-
way-11 in Sridungar-
garh, Bikaner on Sunday.
Sharma’s wife, Shalini,
was seriously injured in
the accident. According
to police, two vehicles
collided head-on. In the
accident, the driver of
Innova, Vinod, died on
the spot. Another woman
occupant of the vehicle,
also died. Sharma, a
resident of Gopalpura
Bypass, Jaipur, died dur-
ing treatment at PBM
Hospital. P3
AMIT SHAH IN
ODISHA TODAY
Bhubaneswar: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah will be in Odisha
which will be his maiden
visit after becoming HM.
Shah’s programmes
will start with a visit to
the Lingaraj Temple in
Bhubaneswar on the last
Monday of ‘Shravana’. P5
FIRING: CISF JAWAN
IN POLICE CUSTODY
Kolkata: A local court in
Kolkata has remanded
Akshay Kumar Mishra, the
Central Industrial Security
Force (CISF) jawan from
Odisha’s Dhenkanal
district who fired
indiscriminately inside the
Indian Museum premises
on Saturday.
MILITANT KILLED IN
ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE
Gaza City: An Israeli airstrike
killed a senior commander in
the Palestinian militant group
Islamic Jihad, the fighters said
on Sunday, their second leader
to be slain amid an escalating
cross-border conflict. The
killing late on Saturday of
Khaled Mansour, who led the
Iran-backed Islamic Jihad’s
operations in the southern Gaza
Strip, came a day after another
Israeli strike killed the militant’s
commander in the north.
FLYERS WALK ON
AIRPORT’S TARMAC
New Delhi: A significant
number of passengers who
disembarked from SpiceJet’s
Hyderabad-Delhi flight on
Saturday night had to walk
on the airport’s tarmac
as the airline could not
provide a bus for around
45 minutes to take them to
the terminal, sources said.
Aviation regulator DGCA is
investigating the incident.
RAJASTHAN GOVT
BANS CATTLE FAIRS
Jaipur: After the outbreak of
lumpy skin disease among
cattle, the State govt has
banned all cattle fairs to
be held from August 11.
Animal Husbandry Secretary
PC Kishan has issued
orders to cancel Gogamedi
cattle fair in Hanumangarh
and Veer Tejaji cattle fair at
Parbatsar in Nagaur with
immediate effect. P2
READ
Crucial
Crucial
First India Bureau
New Delhi: At the sev-
enthmeetingof theGov-
erning Council of NITI
Aayog, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi said on
Sunday that each state
should focus on promot-
ing its 3Ts — Trade,
Tourism, Technology,
through every Indian
Mission around the
world.
He said the States
must focus on reducing
imports, increasing ex-
ports and identifying
opportunities for the
same in every state.
Highlighting the ef-
forts of state govern-
ments in combating the
challenge of COVID-19,
PM Modi said collective
efforts in the spirit of
cooperative federalism
as a force helped India
emerge from the COVID
pandemic. PM Modi
said, “Every state
played a crucial role ac-
cording to its strength
and contributed to In-
dia’s fight against COV-
ID. This led to India
emerging as an exam-
ple for the developing
nations to look up to as
a global leader.”
Cooperative federalism helped India emerge from
COVIDpandemic,saysPrimeMinisterNarendraModi
PM TELLS STATES TO FOCUS ON
TRADE, TOURISM, TECHNOLOGY
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairing the 7th Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog, in New Delhi on Sunday. Also seen are Union
Ministers Nitin Gadkari, Rajnath Singh, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Suman Bery and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. —PHOTO BY ANI
Vice President-elect Jagdeep Dhankhar and his spouse Sudesh
Dhankhar meet with VP M Venkaiah Naidu and his spouse Usha
Naidu, at Upa-Rashtrapati Nivas, in New Delhi on Sunday.
NITISH KUMAR, KCR SKIP NITI AAYOG MEET
C’GARH CM BAGHEL
PUTS FIVE DEMANDS
CONGRATULATIONS
POUR IN FOR
DHANKHAR
ODISHA CM PATNAIK
LAUDS NITI AAYOG
HIGHLIGHTS
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Telangana CM K
Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) skipped the Niti Aayog governing council
meeting on Sunday, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The
meeting was attended by 23 chief ministers, three Lieutenant Gov-
ernors and two Administrators and Union ministers. This was the
first physical meeting of the governing council since the onset of the
pandemic, with the 2021 meeting held via video conferencing.
New Delhi: Chhattisgarh CM
Bhupesh Baghel made five
demands. He urged the revision
of the royalty rate of the main
minerals, including coal. De-
manded a refund of the deposits
in New Pension Scheme in the
interest of employees. He asked
that MGNREGA be implemented
in rural areas located near cities.
New Delhi (PTI):
Congratulations
continued to pour in for
Jagdeep Dhankhar after
his election as India’s
14th vice president.
New Delhi: Odisha CM Naveen
Patnaik said NITI Aayog can
resolve disputes between States
and Centre govets in the imple-
mentation of central schemes.
“We all accept that the State and
central governments are political
entities and sometimes there are
disputes in the implementation
of central schemes,” he said.
 Speaking about G20 presidency, Union
Minister of External Affairs, S Jaishankar
said, “The G20 Presidency presents a great
opportunity and a great responsibility. For the
first time in the history of G20, India will host
the G20 meetings over the year, not only in
Delhi but in every State and Union Territory.”
 While highlighting several initiatives
undertaken to boost learning outcomes,
capacity-building of teachers, and skilling,
Union Minister of Education Dharmendra
Pradhan, thanked and requested further support
of the States for the successful implementation
of the National Education Policy.
 Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Suman Bery,
reiterated that India’s transformation has to take
place in its states. He reaffirmed the need for
the combined efforts of the Centre and States to
realize the vision of a resurgent India post the
pandemic.
ECissuescertificate
ofelectionto
VP-electDhankhar
New Delhi (PTI): The
Election Commission
on Sunday issued a cer-
tificate announcing the
election of National
Democratic Alliance
(NDA) candidate
Jagdeep Dhankhar as
the 14th vice president
of India.
Chief Election Com-
missioner Rajiv Kumar
and Election Commis-
sioner Anup Chandra
Pandey signed the “Cer-
tification of the Elec-
tion” of Dhankar.
A signed copy of the
certificate was handed
over to the Union Home
Secretary by senior
Deputy Election Com-
missioner Dharmendra
Sharma and Narendra
N Butolia, senior Prin-
cipal Secretary in the
EC, the poll panel said.
The signed copy will
be read out at the time
of oath taking ceremo-
ny of the new vice pres-
ident on August 11.
NIA arrests ISIS active
member from Delhi
‘Satellites got placed into
wrong orbit, not usable’
CWG: India win 4 Gold
Medals on penultimate day
New Delhi (ANI): The
National Investigation
Agency (NIA) on Satur-
day arrested a radical-
ised and active member
of Islamic State (ISIS)
from his residence in
Delhiforhisinvolvement
in the collection of funds
for the terrorist outfit in
India as well as abroad
and sending it to Syria
and other places in form
of cryptocurrency
, the
agency said on Sunday
.
The accused, Mohsin
Ahmad, is a resident of
Batla House in Delhi.
“Yesterday, NIA con-
ducted search opera-
tions in the residential
premises of accused
Mohsin Ahmad and
subsequently arrested
him in the case pertain-
ing to online and on-
ground activities of
ISIS,” the agency said.
Sriharikota:Afterthe
launch of newly devel-
oped small satellite
launch vehicle (SSLV)
suffered some data
lossesinthefinalstage
of its maiden flight on
Sunday morning, the
ISRO said that the sat-
ellites were no longer
usable as the SSLV D1
placed them into the
elliptical orbit instead
of circular orbit.
ISRO Chairman S
Somanath said that
both Small Satellite
Launch Vehicle carry-
ingEarthObservation
Satellite(EOS-02)were
injected but the “orbit
achievedwaslessthan
expectedwhichmakes
it unstable.”
Birmingham: Eldhose
Paul won a historic tri-
ple jump Gold in a 1-2
finish for India as the
country bagged four
medals on Sunday at the
2022 Commonwealth
Games in Birmingham.
After the mad rush of
four medals coming
within 30 minutes, In-
dia’s medal tally from
athletics swelled to
eight — 1 Gold, 4 Silver,
3 Bronze — the best in
the CWG history out-
side the country
.
Amit Shah
@AmitShah
Dhankhar will prove to
be an ideal guardian of
the Constitution while
holding the post besides
functioning as chairman
of the Rajya Sabha.
Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
It is a proud moment for
the country to have ‘kisan
putra’ (son of farmer)
Jagdeep Dhankhar as
Vice President. I am
sure that your tenure will
take the country to new
heights of glory.
Men’s triple jump Gold medalist Eldhose Paul, right, of India
stands with Silver medalist and compatriot Abdulla Aboobacker
Narangolintevida, left, during the athletics event in the Alexander
Stadium on Sunday.
MODI-GEHLOT
SHARE A LAUGH
Naresh Sharma
On the sidelines of the NITI
Aayog meeting at Rashtra-
pati Bhawan in New Delhi,
an informal meet, of sorts,
happened between PM Modi
and CM Gehlot, during which
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh
Baghel was also present. PM
Modi and CM Gehlot met
in a pleasant atmosphere
and were seen smiling and
laughing while discussing
various issues and report-
edly cracked jokes too.
Shehzad Poonawala

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 2022
02
Mindaughter’scarstuckinwater
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rain intensi-
fied across Rajasthan on
Sunday
.InJaipur,itkept
raining intermittently
.
Amid heavy rain, a For-
tuner got submerged in
water at Malviya Nagar
Nandpuri underpass. It
is said that vehicle be-
longs to the daughter of
Minister Murari Lal
Meena. The minister’s
daughter, Niharika Jor-
wal, is contesting the
student union elections.
People helped the stu-
dents trapped in the car.
Besides, rain flooded
the Dholpur and a wom-
anwaskilledduetolight-
ning in Ajmer’s Masuda.
Speeding car splashes water on JLN Marg after heavy raining on
Sunday. (Inset) Minister Murari Lal Meena’s daughter’s car stuck at
Nandpuri underpass.
—PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA AND MUKESH KIRADOO
T
T
T
HEAVY RAIN ALERT IN 22 DISTRICTS
Lahoti asks for Kanwar
like curbs on Muharram
First India Bureau
Jaipur: After rules and
regulations were made
for Kanwar Yatra,
now MLA Ashok
Lahoti has writ-
ten a letter to
Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot de-
manding similar
restrictions on Ta-
zias during Muharram.
Lahoti said that several
restrictions were im-
posed on Kanwar yatris
in Rajasthan. Registra-
tion of Kavar yatris was
mandatory, DJs and
drums were banned.
Muharram is on Au-
gust 9 and during the
Tazia procession,
drums, DJ are played.
Lahoti demanded that
people coming out in
procession should
also get registered
and breaking of
tubelights and dis-
play of weapons
should be banned.
During Satur-
day’s meeting,
representatives of
many social communi-
ties, including the San-
ganer Trade Federa-
tion, have strongly ob-
jected to the Tazia pro-
cession from the main
market with hundreds
of drums as the festival
of Rakhi is around.
Sangeeta Sharma
Jodhpur: Jodhpur Rail-
way Station will now be
developed on the lines
of an airport. Keeping
in mind the increasing
passenger load, a grand
and such a huge railway
station will be con-
structed in place of the
existing building of
this station at a cost of
Rs 500 crore. For this, a
proposal was prepared
and sent to the HQs.
The construction
work will start from
the month of October.
The target has been set
to complete the work in
three years. All state-
of-the-art facilities will
be available at the sta-
tion when the new
building is built.
According to the in-
tention of the Railway
Minister Ashwini
Vaishnaw, Railways
through Rail Land De-
velopment Authority
has prepared a plan for
redevelopment of Jodh-
pur railway station.
Jodhpur DRM Geeti-
ka Pandey told that in
addition to the ground
floor, the new building
of the railway station
will be four-storey, in
which the booking win-
dow, reservation office,
VIP lounge will be built.
Jodh Rly Stn to be developed like airport
RAJASTHAN’S OLDEST...

The picture of
Jodhpur railway
station built
around 137
years ago will
change soon as
redevelopment
work of `500
crores will be
done
An overview from the 3D render model of Jodhpur Railway Station.
ABVP members adamant
on RUSU’s date extension
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: Student leaders
associated with ABVP
continued their protest
in Rajasthan Universi-
ty on Sunday demand-
ing an extension of the
dates of student union
elections. Three of the
protestors have
climbed a water tank
inside the university
premises and raised
slogans against the
state government.
Meanwhile, former
education minister
Kali Charan Saraf
reached Rajasthan Uni-
versity on Sunday to
support the protestors.
ABVP leader Hoshiyar
Meena said that the
government is only try-
ing to do a formality by
conducting student un-
ion elections.
ABVP members continue to stay
atop water tank on Sunday.
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Lumpydiseaseeffect:Rajgovtbanscattlefairs
Murari Gaur
Jaipur/Nagaur: The
state government has
banned all kinds of cat-
tle fair in Rajasthan af-
ter the outbreak of
lumpy skin disease
among cattle. The Ra-
jasthan government has
cancelled the state level
cattle fairs to be held
from August 11.
Meanwhile, Minister
of State Gopalan, Mines
and Petroleum Depart-
ment, Pramod Jain
Bhaya visited to Kucha-
man in Nagaur on Sun-
day and inspected the
cowsheds and gave nec-
essary guidelines re-
garding the lumpy skin
disease among cattle.
Jain called the gaush-
ala owners around Ku-
chaman,MakranaNawa
andParbatsarruralarea
for a meeting and asked
themtokeeptheinfected
cows away
. He said that
the Rajasthan govern-
mentissendingvaccines
first to places where the
situation is worse.
Minister Pramod Jain Bhaya in Kuchaman on Sunday.
Gajendra S Shekhawat
@gssjodhpur
In the context of Lumpy
virus infection in cows,
held a meeting with the
concerned officials of
Jodhpur, Pali, Jalore, Jais-
almer, Barmer and other
districts to know the effect
of prevention measures.
GAJENDRA SINGH REVIEWS LUMPY
VIRUS SITUATION IN RAJASTHAN
Gajendra S Shekhawat, Kailash
Choudhary during review meet.
Jodhpur: Union Minister
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
and Union MoS for Agri-
culture Kailash Chaudhary
on Sunday held a meeting
with district administra-
tion officials regarding the
outbreak of lumpy skin dis-
ease in Rajasthan. Union
Min Shekhawat reviewed
the measures taken for
preventing the spread of
the virus and gave neces-
sary directions after taking
district-wise feedback.
“Thousands of cows have
been killed in the state and
there is an urgent need to
take situation more seri-
ously,” said Shekhawat.
—Shiv Prakash Purohit
Minister Pramod J
Bhaya instructs
Nagaur gaushala
owners to isolate
infected cows
KANHAIYA IN JAIPUR
Former President of JNU-SU and Cong leader Kanhaiya
Kumar during his tour to Jaipur met Rajasthan Assembly
speaker Dr CP Joshion Sunday. He also met RTDC head
Dharmendra Rathore, where Omprakash Hudla and
Girish Rathore were also present.
Sarpanches protest: Deadlock
nearing its end as demands met
First India Bureau
Jaipur:Itseemsthatthe
‘stand-off’ between the
state govt and the Sar-
panch Sangh is nearing
its end as on Sunday,
most of demands made
by the Sangh were ac-
cepted by the govt. In
this connection, the Sec-
retariat was opened
even on Sunday
, during
which about 15 orders
were issued by govt.
Meanwhile, after the
arrivalof theCM,anun-
derstanding on the re-
maining issues will be
reachedfollowingwhich
orders will be issued.
The Sarpanch Sangh
gaveanultimatumtothe
govt till August 24. Al-
though the ‘Mahapadav’
has been postponed, but
the movement will con-
tinue as State Working
Committee and District
President will remain in
Jaipur to protest.
Officials of Sarpnach Sangh reading out the demands to agitators
during their protest on Sunday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Mahesh Joshi
on Denmark
visit, Dhariwal
skips tour
First India Bureau
Jaipur: PHED min-
ister Dr Mahesh
Joshi will leave for
his first foreign vis-
it with a 10 member
delegation to Den-
mark on Monday
.
The delegation
will get informa-
tion about other im-
portant water sup-
ply schemes includ-
ing smart water
supply in cities.
Apart from Dr Ma-
hesh Joshi, ACS
Subodh Agarwal,
Principal Secretary
Anand Kumar and
several other offi-
cials are part of the
delegation.
Notably, UDH
Minister Shanti
Dhariwal, who was
also scheduled to
visit Denmark will
not be leaving for
the tour as he is
currently down
with viral fever.
The tour is related
to supply of drink-
ing water.
Dr Mahesh Joshi
Lunaram Darji
Jalore: A three-member
committee formed on
the instructions of Con-
gress PCC Chief Govind
Singh Dotasra reached
Jaswantpura subdivi-
sion area of Jalore on
SundaywhereSantRavi-
nath committed suicide.
Revenue Minister Ram-
lal Jat, In-charge Minis-
ter Arjun Singh Bama-
nia,StateSecretaryBhu-
raram Sirvi reached the
spot and took stock of
the situation after meet-
ing people in ashram.
Targeting the BJP,
Ramlal Jat held the par-
ty responsible for the
saint’s death. “BJP does
politics in the name of
religion, takes votes in
the name of religion.
But we are not here to
do politics. A factual re-
port will be prepared
and submitted to CM
Gehlot,” he said, adding
that the state govt will
help the ashram in eve-
ry possible way
.
The team also met
Collector Nishant Jain
and SP Harshvardhan
Agarwala. The commit-
tee met the people asso-
ciated with the ashram
and Congress leaders of
the district.
Revenue Minister
Ramlal Jat, while inter-
acting with media, said
thatthestategovtisseri-
ous and action will be
takenwhileassuringthe
financial assistance of
Rs 11 lakhs to the people
of the ashram.
Cong’s 3-member committee
visits ashram, assures help
Revenue minister
Ramlal Jat also
assures financial
assistance of ` 11L
3-member team of Ramlal Jat,Arjun Singh Bamnania and Bhuraram Sirvi inspecting the spot on Sunday.
Jignesh Mevani
@jigneshmevani80
In Jalore, Rajasthan,
Sant Shri Ravinath ji
was first threatened
with casteist abuses
and then an attempt
was made to crush him
with a car. In the end,
his body was found
hanging on the tree.
If the accused are not
arrested soon, then a
call of "Chalo Jalore"
will be given.
JALORE SANT SUICIDE CASE
Youth shot dead after quarrel
breaks out at a restro in Kota
First India Bureau
Kota: A youth was shot
dead in Jawahar Nagar
police station area of
Kota city late Sunday
evening, police in-
formed. The incident
took place inside a cafe
located on Talwandi
Jawahar Nagar road. SP
Kesar Singh Shekhawat
said that on Sunday
evening there was an in-
cident of firing at ‘The
90FastFoodRestaurant’
located on Talwandi
Jawahar Nagar Road.
The victim has been
identified as Arkan, a
resident of the makbara
area. “It has come to
light that late in the
evening, a scuffle broke
out inside the cafe be-
tween Arkan and the
youths sitting with him
after which one of the
accused took out a pistol
andopenedfire.Thebul-
let hit him in the head
due to which he died on
the spot,” officials said.
The operator of the
restaurant informed the
police, after which top
officials reached the
spot along with the FSL.
Senior police officials inspecting the spot in Talwandi on Sunday.

RAJASTHAN
03
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: In a joint ac-
tion by mines, police,
and forest departments
in the last 17 days, 98
cases of illegal mining,
709 illegal transporta-
tions, and 62 illegal
storage have surfaced.
A total of 317 FIRs were
registered and 154 peo-
ple have been arrested
so far.
Besides, 43 big ma-
chines and 833 small
machines and vehicles
were seized. A total of
31,843 tonnes of miner-
als were seized and Rs
4.09 crore was recov-
ered through fine.
A nationwide cam-
paign against illegal
mining is being carried
out by the authorities
concerned. So far, 71
cases of illegal mining
have been exposed. Po-
lice made seven cases
and Forest Department
made 20 cases. Similar-
ly, 539 cases of illegal
transportation were ex-
posed. Police made 160
and the Forest Depart-
ment made 10 cases.
Mines and police de-
partment jointly regis-
tered 165 FIRs, made 79
arrests. Police seized
180 and the Forest De-
partment seized 29 ve-
hicles and machines,
said mining director
NK Kothari.
317 FIRs, 154 held so far in 17 days
NOOSE TIGHTENS AROUND ILLEGAL MINERS

Police along with
Mines dept
officials registered
165 FIRs and
made 79 arrests.
Police seized 180
and the Forest
Department seized
29 vehicles and
machines
14-MTH-OLD PANTHER SHIVA
DIES AT NAHARGARH PARK
12 BIG CATS, INCLUDING SHIVA, HAVE DIED IN LAST 34 MONTHS
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Panther Shiva,
separated from his
mother barely seven
days after his birth in
the forest of Raisar
about 14 months ago,
died on Sunday. Shiva
lacked panther-like ag-
gression as it was
brought up amid hu-
mans.
Shiva was in the res-
cue centre enclosure
and looked fine but the
caretaker found Shiva
dead inside his cage on
Sunday morning.
Senior veterinarian
Dr Arvind Mathur
said that Shiva possi-
bly died after being
bitten by a poisonous
reptile or insect. How-
ever, the real cause of
death will be revealed
only after the post-
mortem.
On July 10, the white
tiger, Chinu, died. Later,
on July 15, a panther
died. Within 29 days,
three big cats died in
Nahargarh Biological
Park. Shiva was
brought to Nahargarh
Biological Park last
year.
In the last 34 months,
12 big cats, including
panther Shiva, have
died in Nahargarh Bio-
logical Park. Untrained
wildlife caretakers, ad-
ministrative negligence
and lack of monitoring
are causing frequent
deaths. Despite con-
tracting leptospirosis,
special treatment was
not given.
In 2019, when three
big cats died within
nine days, there was a
stir in Nahargarh Bio-
logical Park but the
high officials covered
the negligence of their
subordinates.
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: Four people,
including former chair-
man of the Rajasthan
Bar Council, Sanjay
Sharma, died in an acci-
dent on National High-
way-11 in Sridungar-
garh,BikaneronSunday
.
Sharma’s wife, Sha-
lini, was seriously in-
jured in the accident.
According to police, two
vehicles collided head-
on. In the accident, the
driver of Innova, Vinod,
died on the spot. Anoth-
er woman occupant of
the vehicle, also died.
Sharma, a resident of
Gopalpura Bypass,
Jaipur, died during
treatment at PBM Hos-
pital. Presently
, he was a
member of the council.
Sharma’s driver also
died in the accident.
Sharma had come to
Bikaner to attend a
function at his sister-in-
law’s place. After get-
ting information of the
accident, many senior
lawyers of Bikaner
reached PBM Hospital.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A local court in
Jaipur on Sunday sent
Hemendra Alias Raju
(29), ac-
cused of ab-
ducting a
four-month-
old boy
from Bang-
er block of
SMS Hospital, to police
remand.
The accused was ar-
rested on Saturday, fol-
lowing which, he was
produced before a court
on Sunday
.
The court sent him to
one-day police remand.
SHO Navratan in-
formed that the child
was detained from the
accused’s house.
“The accused is being
interrogated and we are
trying to find out the
role of his other family
members,” he said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan re-
ported 600 fresh cases
of COVID-19 and one
death in the last 24
hours, taking the cumu-
lative tally of infections
in the state to 12,97,262
and fatalities
to 9,590, an
o f f i c i a l
said on
Sunday
.
Presently,
3,438 patients
are undergoing
treatment in the state.
Of the total infec-
tions reported on Sun-
day, 176 were recorded
in the capital Jaipur,
109 in Alwar, 38 each in
Udaipur and Nagaur, 37
in Jodhpur, 34 in Chit-
torgarhand31inAjmer,
the health official said.
Total 177 patients
have been cured and
discharged on Sunday
.
First India Bureau
Mount Abu (Sirohi):
Two youths drowned
while taking shower at
a waterfall in Mount
Abu on Sunday
.
Police informed that
one of them slipped
into deep water while
he was bathing. The
other boy jumped into
the water to save him
but eventually, he too
got drowned.
“The deceased have
been identified as
Rajesh Kumar and
Aman Kumar, both resi-
dents of Jhunjhunu dis-
trict. They had come to
Mount Abu on a trip
and were heading to-
wards Abu Road when
they stopped near pillar
number 20 and started
taking bath at a water-
fall,” police said.
“Their bodies were
fished out and taken to
a private hospital where
doctors declared them
dead. The family mem-
bers have been in-
formed and the post-
mortem will be done
soon,” police added.
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: It seems that
the Mayor and Minister
are in a tussle over the
work related to over-
head tank in the city
. On
Sunday, the foundation
stoneof areservoirtobe
built in Bikaner at a cost
of Rs 1.5 crore was laid
during which Minister
DrBDKallatargetedthe
Mayor and accused her
of not carrying out the
duties properly
.
“Mayor does not
know how to work. It is
not right to blame oth-
ers. Commissioner Go-
palaram Birda is a good
officer. It appears that
the Commissioner may
not be doing works that
smell of corruption.
The commissioner is a
RAS officer and the is-
sue should be resolved
by dialogue. The mayor
should also sit ten to
five in the corporation,”
Kalla said.
Meanwhile, Kalla
performed Bhoomi Pu-
jan of the high water
reservoir to be built at a
cost of Rs 1.5 crore in
the district hospital.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A 30-year-old
woman was allegedly
raped here by a man on
the pretext of marriage,
police said Sunday
. The
accused is already mar-
ried, they said.
The woman met the
while working at a pri-
vate firm in 2008. He al-
legedly promised to
marry her and estab-
lishedphysicalrelations
with her. The woman
also has a son with the
accused, the police said.
SHO, Chitrakoot po-
lice station, Ramkis-
han Bishnoi said after
court intervention, a
case has been regis-
tered under relevant
sections of the IPC.
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: Congress work-
ers in Kota on Sunday
protested against price
rise, inflation and levy-
ing of GST on food
products. The protest
march, called by Ha-
dauti Vikas Morcha,
started from Maharana
Pratap Circle and later
jammed National High-
way 27-52. Later, police
had to use water can-
nons to disperse the
agitating crowd.
Rajendra Sankhla of
Hadoti Vikas Morcha
said that the way infla-
tion has increased
across the country, it
has become difficult for
the common man to
live. “People have been
further troubled by im-
posing GST on food
items like flour and
milk,” Shankhla said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: TheIncomeTax
Department raids on
realestate,construction,
jewellery
,hotel,hospital-
ity and horticulture
businessmen in Jaipur
and Kota recovered
black money over Rs 100
crore. The raids have
been completed at 20 out
of 37locationsand17are
still being raided.
I-T officials have so
far seized Rs six crore
cash and seven crore
jewellery. Twenty out
of 24 lockers have been
searched. Four lockers
will be opened on Mon-
day. The raids are go-
ing on for four days at
Alok Kotawala and his
associates’ places.
According to income
tax sources, the firm
owners while accepting
undisclosed income of
Rs 55 crore have offered
to pay income tax. The
department has also got
documents of transac-
tions and investments
on the sale of flats.
First India Bureau
Sikar: State Congress
chief Govind Singh
Dotasra on Sunday at-
tacked the Central gov-
ernment saying that the
constitution is under
threat today
.
“India is the only
country in the world
where the Central gov-
ernment has imposed a
tax on flour. It is not
readytotalkonissuesof
public interest,” he said.
Dotasra called the
Central government’s
functioning style akin
to Hitler. The Congress,
with the padyatra, will
send a message of unity
and integrity
.
Dotasra, while talk-
ing about the Tricolour
yatra on Kranti Diwas
on August 9, said that
the party will under-
take a 75-km padyatra
with the Tricolour in
every block and dis-
trict. “On August 15,
the party will also hold
a state-level confer-
ence,” he said.
Name Date of Death Cause
Lioness Suzanne Sept 19, 2019 Canine Distemper
Tigress Riddhi Sept 21, 2019 Canine Distemper
Sita (White Tigress) Sept 27, 2019 Canine Distemper
Tiger Rudra June 10, 2020 Leptospirosis
Lion Siddharth June 11, 2020 Leptospirosis
Raja (White Tiger) August 4, 2020 Leptospirosis
Lion Kailash Oct 18, 2020 Cardiac arrest
Lion Tejas Nove 3, 2020 Leptospirosis
Tara’s Cubs Dece 12, 2020 Weakness
White Tiger Chinu July 10, 2022 Leptospirosis
Panther July 15, 2022 Tranquiliser
Panther Shiva August 7, 2022 Snake bite
DEATHS SO FAR
Ex-Raj Bar Council
chief among 4 die
Mangled remains of the car that was involved in the accident.
SMS Hospital
infant abductor
sent to one-day
police remand
State reports
600 new Covid
cases, 1 death
in last 24 hours
Woman raped
on pretext
of marriage
Two drown while bathing
at waterfall in Mount Abu
Kalla pulls up Bikaner
Mayor, says ‘she does
not know’ how to work
COURTESY MEET
Governor Kalraj Mishra on Sunday met former President
Ram Nath Kovind.After the meet, the Governor interacted
with newly elected Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and
conveyed his warm greetings, in New Delhi on Sunday.
MAN FALLS INTO RIVER DURING IDOL
IMMERSION IN BARMER DIST, DIES
ABVP PROTESTS OUTSIDE DOTASRA’S
HOUSE OVER POLL DATE EXTENSION
Barmer: A 25-years-old
man died during idol
immersion of the local
deity Dasama. Police said
that during the immer-
sion, suddenly a man got
slipped in the river and
drowned. Incident took
place on Sunday under
Gudamalani police station
area in Barmer. Deceased
was identified as Narana
Bharti, a resident of
Gandhav Kallan village
in Barmer. Though the
rescue operation was
launched immediately,
Bharti could not be save
and it took more than two
hours to trace his body.
—Mukesh Mathrani
Sikar: ABVP workers on
Sunday protested at the
Nawalgarh Road-located
residence of Congress
State President Govind
Singh Dotasra and
demanded the extension of
the date of students’ union
elections in Rajasthan.
During this, the workers
raised slogans against the
state government demand-
ing an extension of the
date. After a long protest, a
memorandum was submit-
ted in the name of the
Congress State President.
The memorandum read
that the state government
is conducting student
union elections on August
26 even before the admis-
sion process in universities
and colleges is completed.
This haste is an assault on
student interests and is
also anti-democratic. There
is a complete possibility
of rigging in this election
with the connivance of
the government and the
administration.
Kota: Police use water cannons
on protesting Congress leaders
Centre’s functioning is akin to Hitler’s: Dotasra
Black money worth over`100 cr
recovered in Jaipur,Kota raids
20 locations have been raided so far.
Demonstrators gather behind police barricade during the protest.
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IN-DEPTH
FREEBIES IN BAG,
ARVIND KEJRIWAL
PLAYS SANTA CLAUS
IN MODI’S GUJARAT
n the one hand we
have Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, the
Supreme Court and
the Election Com-
mission of India strongly object-
ing to the culture of freebies
started and nurtured by all the
political parties. The govern-
ment wanted the Supreme Court
to abolish freebies but the apex
court asked the Centre to take a
stand on freebies and wondered
if the Election Commission
could stop the practice.
The court asked the poll panel
to frame guidelines to regulate
distribution of what the prime
minister called “revdis”. The
poll body, on its part, said that it
cannot regulate “state policies
and decisions”. In the end the
Supreme Court decided to set up
a panel to suggest a way out.
Unmindful of the debate on
the issue, Aam Aadmi Party
president Arvind Kejriwal is
playing Santa Claus to win vot-
ers. After Delhi and Punjab, he
is now promising free electricity
and Rs 3000 dole to the jobless in
Gujarat. Who would want free-
bies to be stopped?
TOP TWEETS
O
o far, we have been discuss-
ing the interventions of the
Union government regard-
ing affordable housing in the
urban sector, where the main
hurdle was the astronomical
cost of land. While the cost
of land is not the main con-
straint for rural housing, ti-
tling and ownership is the
stumbling block, because ru-
ral land records were geared
primarily for agricultural
operations and collection of
land revenue. The residential
areas (Abadi) in the village
were never accounted for –
either in the revenue or the
panchayat records. As in the
urban areas, there is a clear
segmentation in rural hous-
ing as well – those who can
afford it, and those who can-
not and constitute the BoP
(bottom of the pyramid).
In this column we will take
both the segments: those in
the BoP, who are eligible for
assistance under the PMAY
(Gramin), and whose dwell-
ing has to come up on public
(panchayat land) and those
who can afford to take a loan
from a bank or an NBFC to
construct their own house.
However, for both categories,
land titling is an outstanding
issue, which the government
is trying to address through
Svamitva, about which we
shall discuss later in the col-
umn.
Let us first look at those
eligible to leverage the PMAY
(G.) Interestingly
, the scheme
is clearer about those who
have to be excluded: people
paying income tax/profes-
sional tax, owning a refrig-
erator or a landline phone,
holding a government job, or
a Kisan Credit Card (KCC)
with a limit greater or equal
to Rs 50,000 and those with a
motorised two-wheeler,
three-wheeler, four-wheeler
and agriculture equipment
or fishing boat. Therefore,
the target group is very clear-
ly spelt out. All those eligible
receive an assistance of Rs
1.20 lakhs in plains, and Rs
1.30 lakhs in hilly and diffi-
cult terrains. This amount is
given for the basic construc-
tion of a 370 square feet
house, in addition to another
twelve thousand for a toilet.
Thanks to the convergence
with the MGNREGA, one
who is eligible for the house
is also entitled to get employ-
ment to work on its construc-
tion as well. Funds are direct-
ly transferred to the Aadhar
linked bank or post office ac-
count of the beneficiary
.
When the PMAY (G) was
envisaged, the ‘unmet de-
mand’ was estimated at 29.5
million. By the close of 2021,
more than 13 million homes
had been built, but nearly 16
million were yet to be cov-
ered. This was perhaps the
reason for the extension of
the PMAY (G) to March 2024
to accomplish the mission of
providing a roof over every
head. But it was an end-to-
end programme, for it also
provided for the skilling of
five lakh rural masons, pro-
posed 200 different housing
designs across the country
based on a detailed study of
housing typologies, environ-
mental hazards and house-
holds’ requirements. The fo-
cus was on use of local mate-
rial, and a composite home -
with cooking space, provi-
sion for electricity, LPG, toi-
let etal through convergence.
We now come to those who
have the wherewithal to im-
prove their existing dwell-
ings. These are villagers who
own their homes, but do not
have any documentation
even if they stayed there for
generations. The key con-
straint in providing institu-
tional financial assistance is
that they have no proof of
being owners of the piece of
land on which they live. The
Svamitva scheme addresses
this issue squarely. It is now
a pan India initiative to es-
tablish clear ownership of
property in rural inhabited
(Abadi) areas, by mapping of
land parcels using drone
technology and providing
‘Record of Rights’ to village
household owners along with
legal ownership cards (Prop-
erty cards/Title deeds. The
Scheme is implemented with
the collaborative efforts of
the Union Ministry of Pan-
chayati Raj, State Revenue
and Panchayati Raj Depart-
ments and the Survey of In-
dia under the Union Ministry
of Science and Technology
. It
will facilitate monetisation
of properties, besides ena-
bling bank loan and reducing
property related disputes.
While banks have been re-
luctant to finance rural hous-
ing, the niche market was
discovered by Mahindra Ru-
ral Housing Finance Limit-
ed. Because of their wide
penetration in the rural mar-
kets because of tractors and
farm machinery and their
experience in financing trac-
tors, this was perhaps the
next logical step for them.
They also realized that many
borrowers are keen to bor-
row small amounts – from Rs
1-2 lakhs to improve their ex-
isting homes. This was a seg-
ment which was not being
addressed by the banks, or
the co-operatives. Now that
the Svamitva will ensure
land titling, one can expect
many financial institutors to
step into rural housing in a
bug way
.
As a senior functionary of
the country’s only rural
housing NBFC, Mahindra
Rural Housing Finance ex-
plained ‘by lowering cost of
land mutation mortgage cre-
ation, and conversion of
land, including ‘deemed ap-
proval’ beyond a certain
Turn-Around-Time (TAT) as
is already being done by
some states like Madhya
Pradesh’ will go a long way in
stabilising this segment.
They have also recommend-
ed that the credit linked sub-
sidy scheme (CLSS) should
be extended to rural areas.
This column recommends
that as rural housing is very
much a part of infrastruc-
ture development, NABARD
may consider funding NBF-
Cs under the RIDF to create a
positive ecosystem for rural
housing – for after all, for
many decades to come, most
of our population will con-
tinue to dwell in the villages.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
S
As a senior functionary of
the country’s only rural
housing NBFC, Mahindra
Rural Housing Finance
explained ‘by lowering cost
of land mutation mortgage
creation, and conversion of
land, including ‘deemed
approval’ beyond a certain
Turn-Around-Time (TAT)
as is already being done by
some states like Madhya
Pradesh’ will go a long way
in stabilising this segment.
They have also
recommended that the
credit linked subsidy
scheme (CLSS) should be
extended to rural areas.
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RAJ DHARMA 15
MAKING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING A REALITY
SANJEEV CHOPRA
The writer superannuated as the Director of the
LBS National Academy of Administration,
India’s apex training institution, and curates
Valley of Words: An annual Literature and Arts
festival at Dehradun, where he currently resides
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ON JULY 25, 2022
THE COLUMN ADDRESSES ISSUES SALIENT
TO THE GOVERNANCE OF THE COUNTRY
Raj Dharma, a fortnightly column, exclusive to this paper
addresses issues salient to governance of the country. After
a discussion on the ecosystem of training of civil servants,
it is now asking critical questions about the capacity of the
state to match the expectations of citizens with regard to their
fundamental needs like housing and shelter. Previous Raj
Dharma columns have discussed the link between urbanization,
migration and the acute housing shortage in urban areas.
In this edition the focus is on rural housing. The author
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INDIA
05
Renni Abraham
Mumbai: Recently ex-
pelled Janta Dal (Secu-
lar) spokesperson Dr
Ajay Alok’s tweet on
Sunday pulled up his
formerpartyChief Min-
ister of Bihar Nitish Ku-
mar for failing to attend
the meeting of the Regu-
latory Council of Niti
Ayog convened by Indi-
an PM Narendra Modi.
“Will not go to the
meeting of PM’s NITI
Aayog because “Nash
Kumar” has (just) come
out of Corona, but will
go to other ceremonies,
hold meetings of MPs,
even openly sing words
of Lalu ji. The season of
reversal has come and
every single day Kumar
remains in power is tak-
ing Bihar back by 1-1
years,” Dr Alok tweeted.
AdaybeforeJD(S)Ra-
jya Sabha member RCP
Singh and Union Minis-
ter, till a few days back,
resigned his party affili-
ation after first being
denied a fresh Rajya
Sabha tenure (after July
7) and then having a
case under Dispropor-
tionate Assets launched
against him by CM Nit-
ish Kumar who directed
state’s Anti-Corruption
Bureau to probe it.
RCP Singh has now
demanded that a similar
DA probe be initiated by
the CBI against CM Ku-
mar, his long-time politi-
cal ally and friend from
their younger days.
Both politicians belong
to the same Kurmi caste
of the influential agri-
culturist community of
Bihar
Very surprisingly
, La-
loo Prasad’s Rashtriya
Janata Dal (RJD), that
matched Nitish’s poli-
tics step for step in the
recent agitations over
Agneepathanddemands
for special status for Bi-
har, maintained a stoic
silence over RCP ’s exit
from the JD(S). Yadav
probably is hoping that
Singh may join up with
his party and bring an
important caste dynam-
icalongwithhimtoRJD
underLaloothatwasthe
originator of the Mus-
lim-Yadav political gam-
bit in India (along with
Mulayam Singh Yadav).
For the BJP this is po-
etic justice after having
witnessed its own depu-
ty CM in Bihar, Sushil
Modi, who despite being
in the BJP had forged
tooclosetieswithNitish
Kumar in the erstwhile
Bihar government. Sub-
sequently the BJP did
not repeat him as DCM
although it went along
with Kumar’s leader-
ship in the state al-
though he had fewer
MLAs to show.
Modi was first disem-
powered and the right to
pick BJP MLA candi-
dates in Bihar taken
away from him before
he was kicked upstairs
to New Delhi by PM
Modi. With the RCP
chapter playing out in
Bihar, the BJP feels the
shoe is on the other foot
now and will tacitly en-
courage Singh to battle
it out with Nitish to the
latter’s political detri-
ment or, if he chooses to
exit the alliance, which-
ever comes first.
RCP factor: In Bihar The Shoe is on the other foot now
Chennai (PTI): Inaleg-
up to the Indo-US strate-
gic partnership, US
navy ship Charles Drew
on Sunday arrived at
LarsenandToubroship-
yard at Kattupalli here
for undergoing repairs
and allied services.
The US Navy had
awarded a contract to
LT Shipyard for un-
dertaking maintenance
of the ship. The event
signifies the capabilities
of the country’s ship-
yards in the global ship
repairing market. Indi-
an shipyards offer wide
ranging and cost-effec-
tive ship repair and
maintenance services,
using advanced mari-
time technology
.
United States’ Mili-
tary Sealift Command’s
Lewis and Clark-class
dry cargo ship USNS
Charles Drew provides
critical support to the
U.S.Navyfleetoperating
in the Indo-Pacific Re-
gion, it said.
Defence Secretary
Ajay Kumar, Vice Chief
of Naval Staff Vice Ad-
miral SN Ghormade,
Flag Officer Command-
ing Tamil Nadu Pu-
ducherry Naval Area
Rear Admiral S Venkat
Raman and other senior
officials of Ministry of
Defence visited the ship-
yard to welcome the ves-
sel. Consul General of
US Embassy Judith
Ravin and Defence At-
tach at the US Embassy
at New Delhi Rear Ad-
miral Michael Baker
were also present.
Terming the event as
‘very significant,’ De-
fence Secretary, Ajay
Kumar said, “We are in-
deed pleased to welcome
US Naval Ship USNS
Charles Drew to India,
for making her voyage
ready
. India’s initiative
alsoassumesspecialsig-
nificance in furthering
of the strategic partner-
ship between India and
the US.”
In a first, US Navy ship at
LT facility in TN for repair
PM urges youth to take part
in handloom startup challenge
New Delhi (PTI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Sunday
urged youngsters asso-
ciated with the world of
startups to take part in
the handloom startup
grand challenge, under-
lining that it was an ex-
cellent opportunity to
ideate and innovate for
weavers.
On National Hand-
loom Day, the PM paid
tribute to India’s rich
cultural diversity and
all those working to cel-
ebrate our artistic tra-
ditions. Modi tagged a
tweet by Piyush Goyal
in which the Textiles
Minister had urged peo-
ple to participate in the
handloom startup
grand challenge, saying
it was a golden opportu-
nity to innovate cost-
effective solutions for
developing technologi-
cally upgraded hand-
looms for better quality
products with lesser
drudgery for weavers.
Goyal also posted a
link for applying in the
competition.
Pays tribute to India’s cultural diversity all those working to celebrate art traditions
NATIONAL HANDLOOM DAY
PM MODI’S PAKISTANI ‘SISTER’ SENDS
HIM RAKHI, WISHES FOR 2024 ELECTIONS
New Delhi: Ahead of the auspicious occasion of
Raksha Bandhan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s
Pakistani sister Qamar Mohsin Shaikh
sent the sacred thread--Rakhi and wished
him for the 2024 general election. Shaikh
said she has made all preparations and
expected to meet PM Modi this time. “I
hope he (PM Modi) will call me Delhi this
time. I have done all the preparations. I
made this rakhi by myself by using a Reshmi ribbon
with embroidery design,” she added. She wrote a letter
and prayed for his good health and long life.
HANDLOOM SECTOR SIGNIFIES
OUR RICH, DIVERSE CULTURAL
HERITAGE: AMIT SHAH
New Delhi: Home
Minister Amit Shah
on Sunday greeted
the people on National
Handloom Day and said
that India’s Handloom
sector signifies the rich
and diverse cultural
heritage of the country.
In a series of tweets,
Shah said Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi de-
clared August 7 as the
National Handloom Day
to commemorate the
Swadeshi movement.
“India’s Handloom
sector signifies our rich
and diverse cultural
heritage. In 2015, PM
Modi declared August 7
as Nat’l Handloom Day
to commemorate the
Swadeshi movement
that began in 1905
on the same day and
to revive this ancient
Indian art,” he said.
Shah in Odisha today on
first visit as Home Minister
Bhubaneswar (PTI):
Preparations are in full
swing in Odisha to wel-
come Home Minister
Amit Shah who will
reach Bhubaneswar on
Sunday night.
The twin cities of
Bhubaneswar and Cut-
tack are bedecked with
posters, banners and
placards of Shah, who
will visit the state for
the first time after
becoming the home
minister.
Shah’s programmes
will start with a visit to
Lingaraj Temple here
on the last Monday of
‘Shravana’. He will
then go to Cuttack to
visit Netaji Subhas
Bose’s birthplace.
He will also lead a
roadshow from Odia
Bazar to the Indoor Sta-
dium where he will at-
tend the 75th anniver-
sary of Odia daily ‘Pra-
jatantra’, founded by
former chief minister
Harekrushna Mahatab.
The newspaper’s an-
niversary programme
will also be attended by
Chief Minister Naveen
Patnaik, and BJD work-
ers have also planned
to give him a big recep-
tion when he reaches
the area, setting the
stage for a face-off.
Shah will then re-
turn to Cuttack and
hold a meeting of state
BJP’s core committee
at its headquarters,
they said. Later, he will
launch the Odisha edi-
tion of ‘Modi@20:
Dreams Meet Delivery’,
a book on Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi’s
completion of 20 years
in office — from becom-
ing the chief minister
of Gujarat in 2001.
He will leave Odisha
on Monday night.
“There is a lot of en-
thusiasm among the
party workers in the
state,” state BJP presi-
dent Samir Mohanty
said, adding that Shah
will be welcomed by
party workers at differ-
ent places when he
travels from Bhubane-
swar to Cuttack on
Monday.
Bhubaneswar
bedecked with
posters, banners
placards of Shah
A hoarding welcoming Amit Shah in Bhubaneswar.
‘ENTHUSIASM HIGH IN PARTY WORKERS’
Managing friction in Rajya Sabha will be
Dhankhar’s biggest challenge as V-P
New Delhi (Agencies):
For Jagdeep Dhankhar,
the win in the Vice Pres-
idential poll was easy,
but his biggest chal-
lenge will be to manage
the friction in the Rajya
Sabha.
As the Chairman of
the Rajya Sabha -- the
Upper House of Parlia-
ment -- running the
House smoothly, after
he takes the oath, will
require all his manag-
ing skills.
As the tenure of the
current Vice Presi-
dent Venkaiah Naidu is
ending on August 10,
Dhankhar will take
over as the new Vice
President of the coun-
try on August 11.
Jagdeep Dhankhar meets V-P Venkaiah Naidu, in New Delhi.
CREDIBILITY OF
SOME OPPN PARTIES
DAMAGED: ALVA
New Delhi: Opposition’s
Vice-Presidential candi-
date Margaret Alva said
some opposition parties
chose to support BJP
which damaged their
credibility. “It is my belief
that by supporting the
BJP, some opposition
parties and their leaders
have damaged their own
credibility.” she said.
‘JD(U) not to join Union council of
ministers again; all well with BJP’
Patna (PTI): Bihar CM
Nitish Kumar’s Janata
Dal (United) on Sunday
made it clear that it will
not join the Union coun-
cil of ministers again,
but rebuffed specula-
tions of a rift with ally
BJP. JD(U) national
president Rajiv Ranjan
Singh alias Lalan, how-
ever, dismissed queries
about Kumar’s absence
at the NITI Aayog meet-
ing chaired by PM Modi.
While there has been no
official word on the rea-
son behind Kumar’s ab-
sence, sources said he
has excused himself cit-
ing post-COVID debility
.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Industries Min Shahnawaz Hussain.
Nitish Kumar with RCP Singh. —FILE PHOTO
PM Modi meets Paralympian Deepa Malik at the third meeting of
the National Committee of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav in New Delhi.
Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar with US officials after arrival of US Navy Ship Charles Drew.
TMC has no
right to rule:
AAP protests
in Kolkata
Kolkata: Aam Aadmi
Party supporters hit the
streets here on Sunday,
protesting against the
TMC government in
West Bengal over the
school jobs scam.
Armed with placards
stating ‘Durnitir Sarkar
Aar Nei Dorkar’ (don’t
want this corrupt gov-
ernement), around 2,000
AAP supporters started
the march at Ramlila
Maidan and walked till
Mahatma Gandhi statue
on Mayo Road, a dis-
tance of 2 km. ED has
arrested former Educa-
tion Minister Partha
Chatterjee and aide
Arpita Mukherjee after
recovery of cash and
valuables at properties
linked to them.
“After the arrest of a
TMC heavyweight and
the recovery of huge
amounts of cash from
the two flats of his fe-
male friend, this gov-
ernment has no moral
right to stay in power
for a single day
,” said an
AAP leader.
RAKHIS COSTING
`5L ATTRACT
CUSTOMERS
CUET-UG 2022:
EXAM DATES FOR
PHASE II OUT
NATIONAL FLAG
SALES THROUGH
POST OFFICES
Surat: A shop here is
selling some really good
collections of Rakhis.
Starting from thread
rakhis to rakhis made up
of gold, silver, platinum to
diamond-studded rakhis,
people are admiring them
in awe. But the most at-
tractive thing is the most
expensive rakhi worth
Rs 5 lakh.
New Delhi: The second
phase of the Common
University Entrance Test
for Undergraduates (CUET-
UG) is now scheduled to
be conducted between
August 24 to August 28
and a new Admit Card
will be issued before the
exam, UGC chairman M
Jagadesh Kumar informed
on Sunday.
Kolkata: As part of the ‘Har
Ghar Tiranga’ campaign by
the Centre to encourage
citizens to hoist tricolour
from August 13 to 15, total
9,087 post offices across
West Bengal, Sikkim, An-
daman Nicobar Islands
are selling the National flag
for Rs 25. Around 90,000
flags have been sold from
the post offices from Aug 1
in West Bengal circle.
CRUCIAL READ
UP CM Yogi Adityanath
meets Home Minister Amit
Shah in Delhi on Sunday.
In 2015, PM Modi declared
Aug 7 as National Handloom
Day to commemorate Swadeshi
movement that began in 1905 on the
same day. —Amit Shah, Union Home Minister
—PHOTO BY TWITTER
—PHOTO BY ANI
—PHOTO BY ANI
—PHOTO BY PTI

INDIA
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Hastkala Utpadak Sahkari Samiti Ltd.
Renni Abraham
Mumbai: Mumbai’s
August Kranti Maidan
(aka Gowalia Tank
ground) come Tuesday
will host a rally to com-
memorate the 80th an-
niversaryof the‘Bharat
Chodo’ (Quit India) agi-
tation launched against
the British government
during India’s freedom
struggle as part of the
planned programmes to
mark the diamond jubi-
lee celebration of the
nation’s freedom.A
massive rally is planned
in Mumbai alongside
the other initiative of
‘Tiranga Rally’ being
carried out across the
nation with the CM
Eknath Shinde and
DCM Devendra Fad-
navis led Maharashtra
government launch-
ing the public cam-
paign of Ghar Ghar
Tiranga, Har Ghar Ti-
ranga in the run up to
August 15.
A person associated
with the development
said, “The BJP has
launched a major po-
litical initiative aimed
at redefining its con-
cept of Hindutva get-
ting subsumed by and
becoming synonymous
with Indian national-
ism. We are enthused
by the nationwide re-
sponse that the Tiranga
rallies have generated.
The statements by
Leader of Opposition
in Uttar Pradesh Akh-
ilesh Yadav who termed
the initiative as ‘Tiran-
ga nahin Danga’ while
his party leaders like
Azam Khan refusing to
unfurl the Indian tri-
colour have only fur-
ther bolstered our cam-
paign across the na-
tion.” The quit Indian
movement was the
turning point in India’s
freedom struggle.
August Kranti Maidan to host rally tomorrow
QUIT INDIA ANNIVERSARY
School children taking out a tricolour (1 km in length) march
under the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign, in Gwalior on Sunday.
CM TO TAKE PART
New Delhi (PTI):
Banking on cutting-
edge technology,
the Culture Minis-
try has envisioned a
plan to digitally map
boundaries of over
3,600 centrally-protect-
ed monuments for
greater security and
checking encroach-
ment through en-
hanced monitoring of
these sites.
Union Culture Minis-
ter G Kishan Reddy has
said technology giant
Google could help the
government in doing
this job, and talks be-
tween the ministry and
the software belwether
are ''in the pipeline''.
There are a total of
3,693 heritage sites in In-
dia protected under the
Archaeological Survey
of India. Reddy
said Google could help
the ministry in digital
mappingtheboundaries
of its over 3,600 central-
ly-protectedmonuments
that will help in better
monitoring and check
any encroachment. As
also, Google can help in
digitisation of rare
archival material, he
said. ''Therefore, we
urge Google to be a
partner in government's
transformative journey
,
as also promote
tourism destinations,''
Reddy said.
GOVT SEEKS
GOOGLE HELP
FOR MAPPING
OF ASI SITES
Bareilly (ANI): In a
shocking video mak-
ing rounds on the in-
ternet, a man could be
seen thrashing and al-
legedly misbehaving
with a woman and her
daughter.
Based on the FIR, the
UP police, on Saturday,
booked unknown per-
sons. The victim al-
leged that Jitendra
Rastogi, a Bharatiya
Janata Party leader
from UP, misbehaved
and abused her and her
daughter, however, Sat-
yarth Aniruddh Pan-
kaj, Senior Superinten-
dent of Bareilly Police
denied it and said, “the
man in the video is not
Jitendra Rastogi. It is
yet to be established
which party did the
said man belong to.
Meanwhile, an official
statement from the Po-
lice said that Rastogi
has been arrested on
the basis of filed FIR,
because his name was
involved in the matter.
The victim, who is
known to be a neigh-
bour of the BJP leader,
while registering the
case had accused him
of dangerously attack-
ing her and her daugh-
ter, with the intention
to kill them.
Meanwhile, the BJP
leader has claimed that
the woman already
had a charge over her
head while her sister is
already reeling in jail
for murder.
Police deny claims of BJP leader molesting woman
A video grab of the incident.
BJP MLA AMONG 40 ACCUSED
OF ILLEGALLY SELLING PLOTS
Ayodhya (PTI): Ayodhya's mayor, a local BJP
MLA and a former party legislator are among
the 40 people whom the Ayodhya Development
Authority has accused of illegally selling plots
and building infrastructure in such land. Mayor
Rishikesh Upadhyay and MLA Ved Prakash Gupta
have, however, alleged conspiracy in the list of
alleged offenders released by the authority.
SCINDIA FLAGS
OFF AKASA AIR'S
FIRST FLIGHT
92 KG OF GANJA
SEIZED IN BAJALI,
ONE ARRESTED
Mumbai: Union
Civil Aviation Minister
Jyotiraditya Scindia on
Sunday inaugurated
Akasa Air's Mumbai
to Ahmedabad flight.
Minister of State for
Road Transport and
Highways and Civil
Aviation General Vijay
Kumar Singh was also
present. Minister Jyoti-
raditya Scindia said that
the commencement of
Akasa Air was a new
dawn for airlines.
Dispur: The Bajali and
Nalbari district police forces
carried out a joint operation
at Mahtali Gaon in which
they seized 92.550 kg
of Ganja from the pos-
session of Koilash Das, a
shopkeeper. The operation
was conducted based on a
tip-off and the accused has
been arrested. In a similar
incident earlier this month,
the police have arrested five
drug peddlers who were
taking services of delivery
apps to supply drugs.
Lucknow: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar
Pradesh Police on Sunday recovered 295 fresh water
turtles being smuggled
to make aphrodisiacs,
officials said. The recov-
ery was done in a joint
operation with the WCCB
(Wildlife Crime Control
Bureau) and the forest department in Banthara area
in this district on Sunday. The STF also arrested
a person who is allegedly the member of a gang
involved in smuggling of protected animals.
STF RECOVERS 295 TURTLES IN
LUCKNOW, ONE ARRESTED
CRUCIAL READ
Kanpur: A minister in
Yogi Adityanath's UP
government has been
accused of fleeing from
a court in Kanpur after
a guilty verdict in a 1991
case, before the quan-
tum of sentence could
be decided. The minis-
ter, Rakesh Sachan, who
heads the medium,
small and micro enter-
prises and khadi depart-
ments in UP
, has denied
the allegations.He was
found guilty on Satur-
day in a case of keeping
an illegal weapon.
Oppositionleadersin-
cluding SP chief Akh-
ilesh Yadav alleged
Sachan fled from the
court before he could be
taken into custody
.
There is much that
needs to be examined.
We have been trying to
get in touch with all
stakeholders, Kanpur
senior police officer AP
Tiwari said.
The minister said,“I
have never run away
in my life. I reached
the court a little
before 11 am and re-
quested for the case to
be expedited since I had
other engagements.
Sachan said.
UP min leaves court ‘without bail bonds’
Minister claimed
the allegations
were false and
politically
motivated
Rakesh Sachan
Patna: Rashtriya Jana-
ta Dal (RJD) workers on
Sunday held a 'Prati-
rodh' march in Patna
over the issue of infla-
tion and unemploy-
ment. The march, from
Patna's Saguna more to
JP Golambar located at
Gandhi Maidan, is be-
ing led by the party lead-
er and Leader of Oppo-
sition in Bihar Assem-
bly Tejashwi Yadav.
The whole country
is sick of corruption,
inflation and unem-
ployment. They (the
BJP govt) have been
playing with constitu-
tional institutions. The
farmers here in Bihar
are fed up with floods
and droughts, but the
government is looking
away from these is-
sues, said Tejashwi
Yadav during the 'Prati-
rodh' march.
Earlier on August 5,
Congress staged a pro-
test against inflation
price rise, GST and un-
employment.
Congress marched
the protest to the Rash-
trapati Bhawan from
the Parliament. Later,
Several Congress lead-
ers were detained while
marching to Rashtra-
pati Bhavan.
Country sick of
inflation and job
crisis: Tejashwi
RJD workers holding Pratirodh March in Patna on Sunday.
‘WRONG POLICIES’
Bengaluru (PTI): Sev-
eral rivers are in spate
following heavy rains
lashing many parts of
Karnataka, especially
villages located near
Tunga and Tungabhad-
ra rivers, officials
said. At least one lakh
cusecs of water was re-
leased from Tungabhad-
ra dam into the Tungab-
hadra river following
heavy downpour in
catchment region.
The Tungabhadra
dam with a storage ca-
pacity of 1,633 ft already
has water level reach-
ing 1,631 ft. To maintain
the balance, one lakh
cusecs of water was re-
leased, which has cre-
atedafloodscareamong
the people living in the
lower riparian of Tung-
abhadra dam. Officials
have sounded an alert
for the locals. Of the 33
floodgates, 30 were
opened on Sunday, fol-
lowing which many
heritage sites of Vijay-
anagara dynasty in
Hampihavesubmerged.
Sources in the Water
Resources department
said Bhadravati,
Ghataprabha,Malaprab-
ha, Krishna, Cauvery
,
Supa and Varahi,
and their subsidiary riv-
ers are in spate.
RIVERS IN SPATE AS HEAVY RAINS
LASHMANYPARTSOFKARNATAKA
30 floodgates opened on Sunday; 1L cusecs water released from Tungabhadra dam
Students push a vehicle through a knee-deep waterlogged street after heavy downpour, at Civil
Lines, in Kanpur on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
WEATHER
AGENCIES HIT
BY CLIMATE
CHANGE: IMD DG
New Delhi: Climate change
has hampered the ability of
the forecasting
agencies to ac-
curately predict
severe events
and weather
bureaus across
the world are
focusing on augmenting
the observational network
density and the weather
prediction modelling to
improve predictability, India
IMD Director General Mrut-
yunjay Mohapatra has said.
He said the number of heavy
rainfall events has increased
and that of light rainfall
events has decreased due to
climate change.
Chandigarh: As North India continues to wit-
ness heavy rains for several weeks now, multiple
incidents of land-
slides and flash
floods have been
reported from
states which
have caused
roads to remain
blocked and
some also washed away due to flowing water. In
a recent case, a road in Himachal Pradesh got
washed away due to an increased flow of water
in the adjoining Chakki river. As reported by ANI,
the road which was leading to Pathankot airport in
Punjab was washed away on Saturday.
Idukki: In view of heavy rainfall, the State Water
Authority of Kerala on Tuesday opened a shutter of
Kerala’s Idukki dam as the water level continues to rise.
“Shutter No 3 of the Cheruthoni dam was opened at
6 in the morning by 40 cm but it was raised to 60 cm
on 8.30 am,” said Idukki district officials. The district
administration has issued an orange alert as the water
level in the reservoir there touched 2401.58 feet.
ROAD LEADING TO PATHANKOT
AIRPORT WASHES AWAY
IDUKKI DAM’S SHUTTER OPENED
AFTER HEAVY RAINFALL IN KERALA
GAMES HIGHLIGHTS
SHARATH, SATHIYAN
BAG SILVER IN TT
The sub-continental
pairing of Sharath and
Sathiyan went
down to the
English duo of
Liam Pitchford
and Paul
Drinkhall 2-3 in the final of
doubles table tennis event.
AMIT PANGHAL,
NITU STRIKE GOLD
Star Indian boxers Amit
Panghal and Nitu
Ghanghas won gold in
Men’s Over 48kg-51kg
and Women’s Over
45kg-48kg event final
respectively.
COMMONWEALTH
HOCKEY: INDIAN
WOMEN BEAT NZ
TO WIN BRONZE
SANDEEP KUMAR
WINS BRONZE
IN RACE WALK
IIndian women’s
team beat New
Zealand 2-1 in pen-
alty shoot-out to win
bronze at Birming-
ham on Sunday.
Athlete Sandeep
Kumar won
bronze
after
finishing
in third
position
in the final of the
10,000 m race walk.
NIKHAT ZAREEN WINS GOLD IN
FLYWEIGHT CATEGORY
India boxer Nikhat Zareen beats Mcnaul of Northern
Ireland to win gold in 48-50 Kg flyweight category on
Sunday. Nikhat, who is on
a winning spree since the
Nationals last year, asserted
her dominance over Carly
Mc Naul as she punched her
way to a comprehensive 5-0
win in her maiden CWG appearance.

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Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 52,030.00 6.00 0.01 (Per 10g)
SILVER 54,400.00 00.00 0.00 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 79.24 0.24 0.3020
GBPINR 96.1957 0.5808 0.6001
CURRENCIES
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: A `2,500 cr
rights issue in the pipeline
and healthy CRAR may
provide leeway to PNB
Housing Finance to re-en-
ter the high-yielding cor-
porate loans that it
stopped two years back, a
top company official said.
“We have still not decided
to go ahead with corpo-
rate loans, but at some
point in time, we will de-
cide. The reason I stopped
this business is that these
kinds of loans carry 100%
risk weightage and if you
have 100% risk, then I
need more capital,” Har-
dayal Prasad, the MD and
Chief Executive Officer of
PNB Housing Finance,
said. —PTI
New Delhi: Godrej Prop-
erties is looking to add
new housing projects
worth about `15K crore
this fiscal year by pur-
chasing land outright and
by forming JV with land-
owners. “We had laid out
`10K crore as our goal for
booking values during the
current fiscal year. We
have already achieved
25% of our target which
is a good start, especially
considering that sales in
the third and fourth quar-
ter are generally strong-
est,” GPL’s Executive
Chairman said. —PTI
GPL AIMS TO ADD
NEW PROJECTS
WORTH ` 15K CRORE
PNB HOUSING MAY
RE-ENTER
CORPORATE LOANS
New Delhi: Sebi has given
its nod to 28 companies
to raise funds totalling
`45,000 crore through
IPOs in April-July period
of 2022-23. Among the
firms that have secured
the regulator’s clearance
include FabIndia; Bharat
FIH; TVS Supply Chain
Solutions; Blackstone-
backed Aadhar Housing
Finance; Macleods Phar-
maceuticals and Kids Clin-
ic India, which operates
super-specialty mother
and babycare chain
Cloudnine. —PTI
28 COs SECURE
SEBI’s CLEARANCE
TO FLOAT IPOs
New Delhi : With telcos
eyeing 5G deployments,
India is poised for dra-
matically improved data
speeds and lag-free vide-
os, where applications
would range from con-
nected ambulances to
cloud gaming and even
augmented reality driven
tryouts for shoppers, say
experts. Retailers are
dabbling with augmented
reality (AR) in a 5G envi-
ronment to curate immer-
sive shopping experiences
that allow customers to
see how a piece of new
furniture would look in
their homes. —PTI
5G TECHNOLOGY TO
BRING NEW
APPLICATIONS
IRDAI TO REVAMP
GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL
MECHANISM
New Delhi: Insurance regula-
tor Irdai will soon launch a
revamped grievance redressal
mechanism
to make
complaint
redressal
more ef-
ficient with the option of cus-
tomers filing their complaints
in regional languages. The
Integrated Grievance Redres-
sal System (IGMS), launched
in 2011, is being upgraded to
make it more convenient for
customers. It is to be renamed
as Bima Bharosa, sources
said. The new portal will also
act as an industry-wide griev-
ance repository. —PTI
EIGHT OF TOP-10
FIRMS ADD `98,235
CRORE IN M-CAP
New Delhi: Eight of the 10
most valued firms together
added `98,234.82 crore in
market valu-
ation last
week, with
IT majors
Infosys and
TCS emerging as the biggest
gainers amid a positive mo-
mentum in equities. From the
top-10 pack, HDFC twins were
the only laggards. In the rank-
ing of top-10 firms, Reliance
Industries retained the title
of the most valued domestic
company, followed by TCS,
HDFC Bank, Infosys, HUL,
ICICI Bank, SBI, Bajaj Finance,
LIC and HDFC. —PTI
FPIs BUY SHARES WORTH `14,000 CRORE IN A
WEEK AMID SOFTENING DOLLAR INDEX
New Delhi: After turning net buyers last month, foreign investors
continued their positive stance on Indian equities and invested
over `14,000 crore in the first week
of August amid softening of the dollar
index. This was way higher than the
net investment of nearly `5,000 crore
by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs)
in entire July, data with depositories
showed. FPIs had turned buyers in
July after nine straight months of
heavy net outflows, which started
from October last year. Between October 2021 and June 2022,
they sold a massive `2.46 lakh crore in the Indian equity
markets. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
Industry needs tariff rise
at regular intervals: VIL
WITH EYE ON FUTURE
New Delhi (PTI): Strug-
gling telecom operator
Vodafone Idea Ltd says the
industry needs to raise mo-
bile tariffs at regular inter-
vals as the sector still oper-
ates at unsustainably low
prices and revisions will
allow it to generate reason-
able returns and support
future investments.
The joint venture of Adi-
tya Birla Group and Voda-
fone Group, which last year
got a fresh lifeline after the
government extended a re-
lief package to the sector,
said per user revenue re-
mains lower than historic
trends. All three private tel-
ecom operators — Reliance
Jio, Bharti Airtel and Voda-
fone-Idea Ltd (VIL) — last
yearraisedchargesfordata,
arresting average revenue
per user (ARPU) declines.
Despite this, “the indus-
try still operates on unsus-
tainably low tariffs”, VIL
said in its latest annual re-
port. “India continues to
have the lowest tariffs glob-
ally, while the proliferation
of unlimited data bundles
have led to India having
one of the highest data us-
age (per subscriber) in the
world,” it said.
The ARPU levels remain
lower in comparison to his-
toric trends, despite con-
sumers getting much more
value in terms of unlimit-
ed voice and daily data al-
lowances, compared to five
years ago.
“The company thus be-
lieves that the industry
will have to further raise
tariffs at regular intervals,
which is essential for op-
erators to generate reason-
able returns on their capi-
tal employed and support
future investments, includ-
ing new technologies,” the
firm said.
VIL had 24.38 crore sub-
scribers as of March 31,
2022, of which 11.81 crore
were 4G users. The com-
pany said while the Su-
preme Court allowed past
statutory dues to be paid in
10 years, the government
announced a relief pack-
age for the industry in Sep-
tember 2021 to address li-
quidity challenges facing
the telecom sector.
New Delhi (PTI): Quar-
terly earnings and global
developments would be the
major factors driving eq-
uity markets in the holi-
day-shortened week ahead,
analysts said.
Foreign fund movement
will also play a crucial role
in deciding the trend. Mar-
kets will remain closed on
Tuesday for Muharram.
This week market will
deal with the last batch of
Q1 earnings where it will
react to SBI, HPCL and
BPCL results on Monday,
while Adani Ports, Bharti
Airtel, PowerGrid, Coal In-
dia, Eicher Motors, Hin-
dalco, Grasim, Hero Moto-
corp, LIC, ONGC and Bata
India will be other promi-
nent earnings during the
week, said Santosh Mee-
na, Head of Research,
Swastika Investmart Ltd.
Global cues will be im-
portant as geopolitical con-
cerns are rising whereas
both domestic and global
macro numbers will play
an important role, Meena
added. India will announce
its CPI and IIP data on Au-
gust 12, while US inflation
numbers will be released
on August 10. This week is
a holiday-shortened one
and participants will be
closely eyeing global mar-
kets and domestic factors
viz. Earnings and macroe-
conomic data for cues.
Further escalation of
China-Taiwan tension may
result in volatile swings.
On the data front, we have
IIP and CPI inflation sched-
uled for August 12, said
Ajit Mishra, VP - Research,
Religare Broking Ltd.
TOP TALKING
POINTS
 All three private telecom
operators — Reliance Jio,
Bharti Airtel and Vodafone-Idea
Ltd (VIL) — last year raised
charges for data, arresting
average revenue per user
(ARPU) declines.
 Despite this, “the industry
still operates on unsustainably
low tariffs”, Vodafone Idea Ltd
(VIL) said in its latest annual
report.
 VIL had 24.38 crore
subscribers as of March 31,
2022, of which 11.81 crore
were 4G users.
Earnings, global
cues to set market
trend this week
MARKET
PREDICTION
 The 30-share BSE
benchmark Sensex
advanced 817.68 points or
1.42% last week.
 India will announce its CPI
and IIP data on August 12,
while US inflation numbers
will be released on August
10, 2022.
New Delhi (PTI): The auto
industry expects car sales
to be on the fast lane this
festive season on the back
of new launches and im-
proved production but is
cautiously optimistic on
the road ahead once the fes-
tivities peter out.
The festive season,
which usually witnesses a
spike in automobile sales,
begins this year on August
11 with Rakshabandhan
stretching up to Diwali on
October 25.
We expect the festive
season this year to be the
best in terms of passenger
vehicle sales on the back of
new launches and im-
proved production activity
.
The industry has been roll-
ing out over 3 lakh units on
an average in the past 4-5
months which is helping in
retails, automobile deal-
er's body President Vinke-
sh Gulati said.
He listed erratic mon-
soon in some parts of the
country, inflationary pres-
sures and the looming
threat of a China-Taiwan
war as some of the chal-
lenges to watch out for in
the days ahead.
FADA represents over
15,000 automobile dealers
across the country. Kia In-
dia Vice President and
Head of Sales Marketing
Hardeep Singh Brar said
that supply chain issues
are now showing signs of
easing off, and market sen-
timents remain bullish.
We are optimistic that a
good festive season is
ahead of us in terms of
sales, he added.
Car sales likely to increase
in upcoming festive season
WHAT’S IN
THE BAG
 Auto industry expects car
sales to be on the fast lane
this festive season on the
back of new launches
 The festive season this year
begins this year on August
11 with Rakshabandhan
stretching up to Diwali on
October 25.
New Delhi (PTI): Maruti
Suzuki India will increase
its production and aims to
produce 20 lakh units in
the ongoing fiscal with im-
proving availability of
semiconductors, according
to company’s Chairman RC
Bhargava.
In his address to share-
holders, he said the upcom-
ing mid-sized SUV Grand
Vitarawillplayakeyrolein
the challenge to touch 20
lakh units.
The vehicle production
would increase as the situ-
ation regarding the availa-
bility of semiconductors
has improved. Your com-
pany has also made further
improvisations to enhance
production. I am exhorting
our team to reach 2 million
units, though doing that
remains a challenge.
Maruti Suzuki to
produce 20 lakh
units in FY23
IOC,HPCL,BPCL post `18,480 cr loss in Q1
New Delhi (PTI): State-
owned IOC, HPCL and
BPCL posted a combined
loss of `18,480 crore on
holding petrol and diesel
prices despite a rise in cost.
According to stock ex-
change filings by the three
fuel retailers, the losses
were due to erosion in the
marketing margin on pet-
rol, diesel and domestic
LPG. This wiped away
gains from the record refin-
ing margin. IOC, HPCL and
BPCL, which are supposed
to revise petrol and diesel
prices daily in line with
cost, have not changed
rates for four months now
despite international oil
prices shooting up.
They have also not
changed cooking gas LPG
rates in tandem with cost.
IOC on July 29 reported a
net loss of `1,995.3 crore for
the April-June quarter. On
Saturday, HPCL reported
its highest ever quarterly
loss of `10,196.94 crore and
BPCL posted a loss of
`6,290.8 crore.
The combined loss at
`18,480.27 crore is the high-
est ever for any quarter in-
cluding the era when petrol
and diesel prices were reg-
ulated and the government
used to give subsidies to
the three retailers.
ON HOLDING PETROL, DIESEL PRICES
QUARTERLY
RESULTS
 HPCL reported its highest
ever quarterly loss of
`10,196.94 crore
 IOC on July 29 reported a
net loss of `1,995.3 crore
for the April-June quarter
and BPCL posted a loss of
`6,290.8 crore.
New Delhi (PTI): Out-
bound trips from India will
surpass $42 billion by 2024
and the government could
bring about certain policy
changes to boost this grow-
ing market, a report said.
The report’ titled ‘Out-
bound Travel and Tour-
ism’, highlights the up-and-
coming Indian travel mar-
ket and outline a frame-
work for creating a more
value for money experi-
ence for Indian tourists
and travellers.
To facilitate ease of do-
ing business and promote
the interests of Indian
firms dealing in outbound
travel the government
could look at steps like in-
creasing direct connec-
tions to popular and up-
coming destinations, al-
lowing foreign cruise ves-
sels to operate on Indian
waters, besides taking con-
certed and coordinated ef-
forts on multiple fronts to
propel the outbound tour-
ism market, report said.
India’s outbound tourism
to surpass $42 billion
=

First India Bureau
New Delhi: Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot at-
tracting the attention
of the Prime Minister,
During the seventh
meeting of the Govern-
ing Council of the NITI
Aayog organised at the
Rashtrapati Bhavan in
New Delhi, towards his
target of doubling the
income of farmers, said
that National Sample
Survey Organisation
(NSSO) in 2018-19 has
estimated the income
of farmer families to be
around Rs 10218 per
month. Now, keeping in
view the inflation rate,
this income should be
around Rs 21,600 per
month.
He said that the gov-
ernment will have to
take concrete steps to
achieve this target. To
increase the income of
farmers, the Chief Min-
ister demanded to make
sufficient increase in
the budget of Mahatma
Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guaran-
tee Scheme, Rural De-
velopment and Agricul-
ture and to increase the
amount paid to farmer
families under ‘Prad-
han Mantri Kisan Sam-
man Nidhi Yojana’ to
Rs 2,000 per month. He
said that the Rajasthan
government is giving a
benefit of Rs 1,000 per
month as electricity
subsidy to each farm-
er’s family
. He said that
the Rajasthan Govern-
ment from 2022-23 has
implemented a separate
agriculture budget and
has developed an inte-
grated agriculture por-
tal for the facility of
farmers. He said that
the Central Govern-
ment should increase
its share to 75% on all
the schemes related to
agriculture.
The Chief Minister
seeking an amendment
in ‘Pradhan Mantri
Fasal Bima Yojana’ and
‘Market Intervention
Scheme,’ has demanded
to abolish the provision
of putting a burden on
the State Government
if the tolerable loss lim-
it exceeds 25%.
One of the most beautiful ways to
live your life is to reach out to
others and be of help to them.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
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Bhanwar S Charan
Bhawani S Hada
Bundi: Lok Sabha
Speaker and Kota
Bundi MP Om Birla
reached Bundi for a day-
long visit on Sunday
.
During this, he reached
the Shaheed Smarak
and paid tributes to the
statue of martyr Ram
Kalyan and also paid flo-
raltributesatthememo-
rial while remembering
those who were mar-
tyred.
After this, the Lok
Sabha Speaker partici-
pated in the plantation
programme under the
Azadi Ka Amrit Mahot-
sav organised at the
Sports Complex and
also addressed the gen-
eral public .
Birla while planting
saplings also gave the
message of nature con-
servation and said that
thecommonmanshould
conserve nature as
much as possible. “Bun-
di itself is a district situ-
ated in the lap of the
Aravalli ranges and na-
ture. There should be
continuous plantation
so that the environment
remainspure.Moreover,
Bundi’s ancient
step-wells will be pro-
tected’ and a modern-
multifunctional sports
ground-track-garden
will be developed at the
Sports Complex with an
amount of Rs 15 to 20
crore,” he said.
Meanwhile, Birla
launched the ‘Har Ghar
Tiranga’ campaign in
Bundi and urged the
general public to hoist
the tricolour at their re-
spective homes from Au-
gust 13 to 15. “Tircolour
istheprideof Indians.It
is a symbol of our hon-
our. The Tricolour gives
new energy to Indians.
It gives us inspiration to
build a new India,” the
LS Speaker said. Bundi
MLA Ashok Dogra, Dis-
trict Collector Ravindra
Goswami, SP Jai Yadav
along with BJP officials,
officials of district ad-
ministration and police
department were pre-
sent during the event.
Tricolour inspires us to build a new India: Birla
PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN
lll
LS Speaker Om
Birla launched
the ‘Har Ghar
Tiranga’
campaign in
Bundi and urged
the general
public to hoist
the Tricolour at
their respective
homes from
August 13 to 15
INCREASE ASSISTANCE TO FARMERS
UNDER PM KISAN YOJANA: GEHLOT
I condemn BJP for twisting
my words, says Gehlot
CM’s RAPE LAW REMARKS
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Chief
Minister Ashok Ge-
hlot while interact-
ing with the media in
New Delhi on
Sunday, after the
meeting of
NITI Aayog
and respond-
ing on his
p r e v i o u s
c o m m e n t s
over rapes
and mur-
ders, said, “
The row over his
statement is ‘rub-
bish.’ “I said a verdict
was given to hang the
rapists and it was
done in good taste.
But the rapists now
know the victims will
become a witness and
they murder them
(victims). This is
what I said,” the
Chief Minister
said, adding
that he con-
demned the
BJP for
twisting his
words and
making it go
viral.
Om Birla launches the “Har Ghar Tiranga” drive in Bundi on Sunday.
CM Ashok Gehlot, Bhagwant Mann and Usha Sharma during the
7th
meeting of Governing Council of Niti Aayog in New Delhi.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The phone
tape case, which took
place during the politi-
cal crisis in Rajasthan,
has again gained mo-
mentum. Tourism
Minister Vishvendra
Singh said on Sunday,
that he is ready to give
voice sample, then why
is Gajendra Singh hes-
itating.
Tourism Minister
Vishvendra Singh
said, “Don’t feel bad,
but I am clearly speak-
ing for Gajendra Singh
ji that he and I had a
conversation when the
Manesar incident hap-
pened. Why is he hesi-
tating to give voice
sample to Rajasthan
police which has ap-
proached him four
times. I want to ask
honourable Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat Sa-
hib that you are throw-
ing mud on others,
when you yourself
have been accused.
Our government has
also registered a case,
against him as well as
against me, I am ready
to give voice sample.
Why is he hesitant to
give voice sample?”
On the other hand,
countering his father’s
claim, Vishvendra Sin-
gh’s son Anirudh Singh
said, “This is not the
voice of Gajendra Sin-
gh ji. This is the voice
of Pradeep Singh, who
is the director of Royal
Heritage Haveli
Khatipura, Jaipur.”
PHONE TAPPING CASE
I’m ready to give voice sample, why
is Shekhawat hesitant: Vishvendra
7TH MEETING OF GOVERNING COUNCIL OF NITI AAYOG
Ashok Gehlot
@ashokgehlot51
I would like to con-
gratulate Pooja Sihag,
a Sub Inspector in
Rajasthan Police, who
has brought laurels to
the country by winning
a Bronze Medal in 76
kg Freestyle Wrestling
in the Birmingham
Commonwealth Games.
Rajasthan has 89 universities including 3 women’s varsities which
is the highest in the country. Rajasthan is emerging as a new edu-
cation hub at the national and international level. The state is at
the first position in regard to the Performance Grading Index of schools. In
the last four years, 93 Girls’ Colleges have been opened. 1,494 Mahatma
Gandhi English Medium Schools have been opened in the state wherein,
more than 2.50 lakh students are studying. —Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot’s
comment regarding
increasing cases of
murder of rape vic-
tims across the coun-
try has been em-
broiled in controver-
sy
. Now, Gehlot’s OSD,
Lokesh Sharma has
come out giving clari-
fication on the state-
ment and said, “Lis-
ten and understand
the statement. The
form in which CM had
put forward his point,
is being made a mat-
ter of controversy for
no reason. CM called
it a dangerous trend,
which is a matter of
concern for all. We all
know in Rajasthan,
how speedy action is
taken against the hei-
nous crimes against
women. Several cul-
prits of POCSO crime
have been sentenced
life term or been
hanged. The State
Government is com-
mitted to the safety of
women and criminals
will be dealt with
properly
.”
‘CM’s point of view is embroiled
in controversy for no reason’
CM: Raj,a model
state in giving health
facilities to masses
Centre should increase its share to
75% on all agri schemes, he said
Sought Central aid of `400 cr for Digital
Varsity in Raj by 15th
Fin Commission
“This is not the
voice of Gajendra
Singh ji,” claims
Vishvendra’s son
Jaipur: Shashikant Sharma, OSD to CM Gehlot also defended the Chief
Minister’s remark. “He (Gehlot) had given a statement on rising unemploy-
ment, inflation, and increasing crimes, which has been presented in a
distorted manner by BJP’s IT cell,” he said.
Jodhpur (ANI): Union Minister of Jal
Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
flayed CM Ashok Gehlot for making
“controversial state-
ments to hide failures”.
The remarks came
as a reaction to the
CM’s statement on
Friday in Delhi during
the demonstration by
Congress against the
Central government over price rise and
unemployment. Shekhawat sought an
apology from Gehlot and also asked
for clarification from Congress General
Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra stat-
ing, “On one hand, the party gives
slogans like ‘I am a girl, I can fight
(Ladki hu, lad Sakti hu)’ and on the
other hand, their Chief Ministers give
such comments on the laws taken out
for the safety of the girls.”
“He (Gehlot) should justify the state-
ments he has made for hiding the
failures of their government,” he said
adding that it is the demand of the BJP
to receive an explanation on the matter
from the party’s (Congress) end.
Jaipur (PTI): Dy LoP Rajendra Rathore
said Gehlot’s statement is ‘unfortunate
shameful.’ The CM, who also heads
the home department,
can’t escape his govt’s
failure in curbing
increasing rape cases in
state by making absurd
statements, Rathore
said. Reacting to the
CM’s statement, BJP
leader Rathore said the statistics of
NCRB and police report show that the
state ranks first in the country in rape
cases. He also claimed that from Janu-
ary 2020 to January 2022, 4,091 cases
have been registered under the POCSO
Act.Rathore said that in the previous
BJP government, a law was made for
the provision of capital punishment
to those accused of raping a minor.
Unfortunately, the CM, who has failed
to curb incidents of rape of innocent
girls, is now opposing provision of
capital punishment. If you have the
courage to bring a resolution against
this law in Assembly, then we will give
a befitting reply to them, he said.
CM’s REMARKS HAVE BEEN DISTORTED BY BJP: SHARMA
SHEKHAWAT: CM SHOULD
JUSTIFY HIS REMARKS MADE
TO HIDE GOVT’S FAILURES
‘CM OPPOSED TO CAPITAL
PUNISHMENT AS HE FAILED TO
CURB RAPE INCIDENTS’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot will visit
Tijara in Alwar district
today, wherein, he will
take part in Congress’s
ongoing training pro-
gramme ‘Sangam’. Ge-
hlot is scheduled to
reach the venue at 11
AM and spend one and
a half hours there. No-
tably, the programme
has been ongoing for
the past ten days at
Chandralok Vatika.
Meanwhile on Tues-
day, Gehlot will reach
Bhinder and lay the
foundationstoneof Late
Gajendra Singh Shakta-
wat Girls College at Go-
palpura. Chief Minister
will also inaugurate the
gifts given to Vallabhna-
gar Assembly
. In this
regard, Vallabhnagar
MLA Preeti Gajendra
SinghShaktawathasap-
pealed to all the people
of Vallabhnagar area to
attend the event and
make the programme a
success.
CM to visit Tijara
today to attend
Cong’s ‘Sangam’
programme
From P1…
He said that ERCP is
an ambitious project
of Rs 37,000 crore
which will help aug-
ment irrigation facili-
ties in an area of
around 2 lakh hectares
in 13 districts of Ra-
jasthan. “Eastern Ra-
jasthan is a leading
area in the production
of oilseeds. Besides
this, by declaring it a
national project, the
problem of drinking
water in these districts
will also be resolved.
Prime Minister had
earlier promised to
adopt a positive stance
with regard to this pro-
ject. This project will
also help in successful
implementation of Jal
Jeevan Mission,” Ge-
hlot said.
Demand to
increase the share
of Centre in
centrally sponsored
schemes
Gehlot said that there
is an additional finan-
cial burden on the
states due to the chang-
es made in financial
participation pattern
in various centrally
sponsored schemes.
The Chief Minister
also demanded the
Centre to extend the
period of GST compen-
sation by five years to
June 2027 and to re-
lease the GST compen-
sation of approximate-
ly Rs 3,780 crore in a
lump sum that is out-
standing from 2017-18.
Increase Central
share in health
schemes
The Chief Minister
said that Rajasthan
has become a Model
State in the field of
providing free medical
facilities to the gener-
al public. “The entire
treatment is being pro-
vided free of cost and
all the tests are also
being done free of cost
in all the government
hospitals under ‘Niro-
gi Rajasthan Yojana’.
‘Mukhyamantri Chi-
ranjeevi Swasthya
Bima Yojana’ is the
next step in this direc-
tion, in which 88% of
families in the state
have been provided
with insurance cover.
Rajasthan tops the list
in this sector in the en-
tire country. In Chi-
ranjeevi Yojana, 1.34
crore families are get-
ting free treatment in
government and pri-
vate hospitals.”
The CM further add-
ed, “Till now, more
than Rs 2,202 crore has
been spent on treating
18 lakh patients. The
facility for liver, heart
and kidney trans-
plants is being provid-
ed under this scheme,”
He demanded from the
Central Government
to increase the ambit
of ‘Ayushman Bharat
Swasthya Bima Yoja-
na’ on the lines of this
scheme.”
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Vishvendra Singh
Till now, more than
` 2,202 cr has been
spent on treating 18
lakh patients, he said
Lokesh Sharma

he noteworthy
grand finale of
Miss Ra-
jasthan, one of
the most pres-
tigious and
government-
approved beauty pag-
eants, organised by Fu-
sion Group and in asso-
ciation with 5 by OYO
Metropolitan was held
at Birla Auditorium
where beautiful faces
across the state finally
presented their model-
lingpassiononthestage
with final touches.
The top 28 beauties
gave wings to their
dreams by challenging
5000 girls on this stage
of Miss Rajasthan.
Jagdeesh Chandra
graced the occasion as
the Chief Guest and en-
couraged the partici-
pants with his motivat-
ing words.
Various dignitaries
including Senior Con-
gress leader, Suresh
Mishra, Jyoti Khandel-
wal, former Mayor
Jaipur, Mahesh Shar-
ma State Minister, Ajay
Singh Meena, Prasna
Kumar, Pooja Agarwal,
Pawan Goyal, Somen-
dra Sharma, Yatindra
Negi, Shankar Gupta,
Lalit Natani, Puja
Agrawal were also pre-
sent as the special
guests.
Nikhil Anand, GK
Agarwal, Serena Khat,
Simran Sharma, Mit-
tali Kaur, Arshad Hus-
sain, Arvind Agrawal
and Nirmal Saraf were
present in the Grand
Jury
.
Tarushee Rai bagged
the crown as the win-
ner while Priyan Sain,
Paridhi Sharma, Riya
Jakhar and Sanjana
Sharma bagged the ti-
tles of First, Second,
Third and Fourth Run-
ner Up respectively
.
Yogesh Mishra and Ni-
misha Mishra, the or-
ganisers of Miss Ra-
jasthan, informed that
in the grand finale of
Miss Rajasthan, where
the top 28 contestants
performed the opening
act on the ramp wear-
ing the outfits of El-
len College of
Design in the
first round.
During the
grand finale,
various talent
rounds were
also held
w h i c h
l a u n c h e d
the semi-
bridal col-
lection of
K o l k a t a -
based famous
designer Nirmal
Saraf of Panghat.
The make-up and
makeover touch of
the finalists was
done by Geetu
Sachdev of Unisex
Salon, Photogra-
phy is done by
Vasu Jain, Show
is Choreo-
graphed by Shah-
rukh Khan.
Apart from the
winner category,
18 more titles
were given.
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glimpses of crowned
beauties of the Miss
Rajasthan 2022. The
grand finale of the
event took place at
Birla Auditorium
on Saturday
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BY
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Jagdeesh Chandra with Winner of Miss Rajasthan Tarushree Rai,
First runner up Priyan San, Second runner up Paridhi Sharma,
Third runner up Riya Jakhar and Fourth runner up Sanjana Sharma
Winner of Miss Rajasthan Tarushree Rai, First runner up Priyan San, Second runner up Paridhi Sharma,
Third runner up Riya Jakhar, Fourth runner up Sanjana Sharma along with Yogesh Mishra

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aksha Bandhan
is around the
corner and it is
a festival in
which siblings
can make each
other feel spe-
cial. It is a festival solely
dedicated to the affection
of brothers and sisters.
Sisters tie a sacred thread
called Rakhi around the
wrists of their brothers
for their protection and
pray for their longevity,
good health and prosperi-
ty on this auspicious
occasion.
All the brothers also
present their sisters with
their favourite gifts.
What could be a better
way to make your sister
feel loved and cherished
than giving her a very
thoughtful gift this
Raksha Bandhan?
Here are some smart gifts
that you may choose to
makeherrakhiamemora-
ble one:
FITNESS TRACKER OR
SMART WATCH
It is the most perfect and
thoughtful gift for your
sister in terms of fitness.
It is a multipurpose
gadget which is very
useful. Lives have be-
come sedentary
given to the
pandemic re-
strictions. A
gift like this
wouldsure-
ly motivate
your sister
to stay fit,
active and
healthy
. She
can also track her calorie
intake, step count, oxygen
levels and pulse beat.
SMART TILE
It is one of the most useful
gifts that one can think of
for Raksha Bandhan. It is
both a lifesaving as well as
a time-saving device. It is
a Bluetooth tracker which
comes with easy-to-use
app technology
.It canhelp
onefindpetsandeveryday
items in a matter of sec-
onds. For example, the tile
can be attached to the
phone, backpacks, keys
and pet’s collar to track
them quickly
.
SMART SPEAKER
This technologically ad-
vanced gift will be a good
option for your sister. The
latest speakers with an in-
tegrated virtual assistant
and hands-free activation
wouldsurelymakeherlife
all the easier.
3D PRINTER PEN
A 3D printer pen is one of
the most fascinating gifts
on this Rakhi. This would
enable your sister to draw
in thin air. It would be
akin to a hand-held ver-
sion of a 3D printer.
CAMERA
ACCESSORIES
The best gift for a photo
lover is nothing but cam-
era accessories. In case
your sister is an influenc-
er or fond of making vid-
eosbyclickingselfiesthen
the right accessories will
h e l p her fix the light,
position
the camera an-
gle better, ena-
ble rotation
and make her
vlogging a fun
as well as a
simpler task.
SMART JEWELLERY
It’sacombinationof beau-
tiful and wearable tech-
nology that is an exten-
sion of your smartphone
which helps to stay in
touch with your loved
ones.Itensuresconnectiv-
ity and provides informa-
tion about your wherea-
bouts to them. For exam-
ple, a digital mini-clutch
speakerwithconnectivity
,
a smart necklace and a
smart ring.
SMART BOTTLES
You can keep water within
reach with a good water
bottle but a smart water
bottle can do more for your
sister. It can nudge her to
drink more water. It can
track your sister’s water
intake. It can report the
temperature of the bever-
age.Itprovidestechsuchas
built-inBluetoothspeakers
or power banks
for charging
devices.
R
DHANUSHREE VYAS
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
NEVER GIVE UP ON
CITY FIRST BRINGS
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ROYALADDITION
INRAJASTHALI!
Some more glimpses from the spectacular launch of Swarn Mahal, a royal designer banquet held on
Saturday. Swarn Mahal is the latest addition to Rajasthali Resort Spa, located at Kukas. In the
presence of renowned Bollywood celebrity Urvashi Rautela, Rajasthali Resort’s royal designer
banquet was inaugurated in Kukas. The event witnessed the famous faces of the royal city including
Youth Icon Rishee Miglani, Girish Agarwal CMD of Rajasthali Resort and Spa, Akash Agarwal, MD
of the Resort, Vichin Sehgal, Himmat Singh, Narendra Singh Rathore, Dr. Puneet Bhargava and
Manav Manglani among the other notable attendees. —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Urvashi Rautela grooving on famous Rajasthani song
Urvashi Rautela cuts the cake with Asha, Girish, Akash, Rishee and Vichin with others Rishee and Rishika
Suvrat and Tanya Asha Agarwal Girish Agarwal and Naina Agarwal Dheeraj Rathore and Ashima Parnami
Varun Mehrotra,
Abhinandan Jamer and Anshal Sharma Dushyant, Parul and Doorva Gunjan and Kirti
Akash, Gyan Prakash, Puneet, Siroha and Vichin Meena, Neeta, Naina, Sadhna and Aishwarya
Rajukamur, Akash, Raichand, Girish, Asha and Neeta Smita, Puneet, Jiten and Raj
Mohit, Anjula and Jassi
Mahesh, Himmat and Narendra
Shivangi and Chitra Anjana, Rishika, Kewal and Kulsum
JD maheshwari and Uravshi Rautela
Rupesh and Anita Chopra
Rahul, Vinayak, Rohit, Akash and Sailesh
Ashna Vaswani and Rajesh Mirani
Anushka Baid and Tanushree Singhal Uravshi Rautela
Shalini Narukaa and Farha Ansari
Narendra, Kewal and Dheerja
Ankita Mishra and Rose Kawatra
Honey and Karishma
Nitin, Dr Swati and Ananta
Anirudh, Manav and Rishee
Mesmerizing Sufi musical band during the launch

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