17012022 first india jaipur

Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: As India’s
vaccination drive
completed a year on
Sunday, the health
ministry said 156.76
crore vaccines have
been administered
and more 92 per cent
of the adult popula-
tion have received at
least one dose. Over 68
per cent of them have
been fully vaccinated,
the ministry officials
added. The drive be-
gan on January 16
last year with
h e a l t h c a r e
workers get-
ting inoculat-
ed in the first
phase. Vacci-
nation of
f r o n t l i n e
workers started
from February 2.
On the occasion of
one-year anniversary
of the commencement
of vaccination pro-
gramme in the coun-
try, Prime Minister
N a r e n d r a
Modi saluted
“each and eve-
ry individual” asso-
ciated with it and
said the programme
added great strength
to the fight against
Covid-19. “Today we
mark 1 year of vacci-
nation drive. I salute
each and every indi-
vidual who is associ-
ated with the vaccina-
tion drive. Our vacci-
nation programme
has added great
strength to the fight
against Covid-19.
It has led to saving
lives and thus protect-
ing livelihoods,” he
tweeted.
India reported
2,71,202 fresh Covid-19
cases in the last 24
hours, marginally
higher than Satur-
day’s infections, data
updated by the Union
Ministry of Health
showed on Sunday
morning. The positiv-
ity rate was also lower
at 16.28 per cent from
16.66 per cent.
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DJOKOVIC LOSES APPEAL
AGAINST VISA CANCELLATION,
TO BE DEPORTED FROM AUS
l Tennis World No. 1 Novak Djokovic lost the bid to
restore his Australian visa on Sunday, a day before the
start of Australian Open. With the ederal court rejecting
his bid, he will be deported from Australia.
l This brings an end to the unvaccinated tennis
superstar Djokovic’s hopes of winning the Australian
Open and racking up a record-breaking twenty first
men’s Grand Slam title.
l In a ruling that has gripped tennis fans around
the world, the Serbian’s challenge to the decision of
Australian immigration minister Alex Hawke was rejected
by a three-judge bench of the Federal Court.
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD, LUCKNOW NEW DELHI
Gehlot’s master-stroke to counter saffron ‘surge’ as
govt decides to recommend Alwar ‘gangrape’ to CBI
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: With constant
demands from the oppo-
sition for a CBI inquiry
into the Alwar alleged
gangrape and assault
on a minor girl, the
state government has
decided to hand over
the investigation to the
Central Bureau of In-
vestigation (CBI). The
state government will
soon send a recommen-
dation for a CBI probe
to the Central govern-
ment.
The decision was tak-
en after a high-level
meeting with Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
late Sunday. It is worth
noting that even after
five days, the state po-
lice has not been able to
trace the accused.
Chief MinisterAshok
Gehlot had on Saturday
night tweeted that if the
victim’s family wanted,
then the investigation
of the case could be
done by CID, SOG or
CBI or any independent
agency
. Turn to P7
FOR SAKE OF JUSTICE!
The decision was taken in a high-level
meeting on Sunday, state govt to send
a recommendation to the Centre
PENCH RESERVE’S FAMOUS TIGRESS
‘COLLARWALI’ PASSES AWAY AT 16

z Collarwali — the
famous tigress of Madhya
Pradesh’s Pench Tiger Re-
serve — died on Saturday
evening at the age of 16.

z The Principal Chief
Conservator Alok Kumar,
said that they had been
monitoring the tigress
for the past few days and
it appears that she died
because of age-related
ailments.

z “Usually, it is an organ
failure like in the case
of humans. However,
the exact cause will be
ascertained following a
post-mortem,” Kumar
added.
CBSE to conduct class 10,12 phase-2
board examination amid covid surge
New Delhi: As exams
throughout the nation
have been scrapped in
view of the surging
Covid-19 circumstanc-
es, the CBSE Board and
the Union Ministry of
Education are all set to
conduct Term 2 of the
tenth and twelfth board
examinations, the pri-
mary part of which
have been held in No-
vember-December, 2021
and the second part is
scheduled to be carried
out in March-April.
The probabilities of
the second time period
of the board examina-
tion getting cancelled
this 12 months are very
slim, as well being spe-
cialists had earlier
talked about that the
third wave is under-
neath management.
However, college stu-
dents who determine to
skip the exams will like-
ly be graded on the idea
of their first time peri-
od’s check outcomes.
Maha, Punjab send
out invites to Elon
Musk after Telangana
BKU chief Naresh Tikait extends
support to SP-RLD candidates
New Delhi: US billion-
aire Elon Musk’s la-
ment that his electric
car company Tesla was
“working through a lot
of challenges” with the
Indian government that
have delayed plans to
launch in the country
have led to invitations
from two more states.
After Telangana’s in-
vitation earlier this
week, Punjab Congress
chief Navjot Singh Sid-
hu and a Maharashtra
minister today offered
Mr Musk a place to set
up Tesla’s manufactur-
ing plant in his state.
Maharashtra Water
Resources Minister Jay-
ant Patil, in a reply to
Mr Musk’s tweet, said,
“Maharashtra is one of
the most progressive
states in India. We will
provide you all the nec-
essary help from Maha-
rashtra for you to get
established in India.”
Muzaffarnagar: BKU
national president Nar-
esh Tikait extended his
support to SP-RLD can-
didates in the upcoming
Uttar Pradesh elec-
tions.
The alliance of the
Rashtriya Lok Dal
(RLD) and Samajwadi
Party (SP) had on Satur-
day announced its sec-
ond list of seven candi-
dates for the assembly
elections.
All candidates are
members of the Jayant
Chaudhary-led RLD, ac-
cording to the list
shared by the party on
social media.
The alliance has
fielded Rajpal Baliyan
from Budhana and
Chandan Chauhan
from Meerapur, both in
Muzaffarnagar district,
and Ashraf Ali from
Thana Bhawan in
Shamli.
“I hope people of the
state will support the
candidates of this coali-
tion,” Tikait said while
addressing people at
Sisauli.
EX- BJP MINISTER
DARA SINGH
CHAUHAN JOINS SP
Dara Singh Chauhan, a
former minister in the
Yogi Adityanath cabinet
and a BJP legislator
from the Madhuban
constituency, formally
joined the Samajwadi
Party in the presence
of its national president
Akhilesh Yadav in
Lucknow on Sunday.
MODI: VACCINATION LED TO
SAVING LIVES, LIVELIHOODS
PM PAYS TRIBUTE TO HEALTHCARE WORKERS ON 1 YEAR OF INDIA’S COVID JAB DRIVE
OVER 156.76 CRORE VACCINE DOSES GIVEN SO FAR AS DRIVE COMPLETES A YEAR:
The drive began on January 16 last year with healthcare workers getting inoculated in first phase
TIMELINE OF INDIA’S COVID
VACCINATION CAMPAIGN
CORONA CATASTROPHE
RAJASTHAN
9,669
NEW CASES
1,871
NEW CASES
IN JAIPUR
06
NEW DEATHS
NOW, ALWAR SP SAYS POSSIBILITY
OF RAPE NOT RULED OUT
Alwar: The Alwar SP, Tejaswini Gautam has once
again changed her statement regarding the rape with
a mentally challenged minor girl who was found
abandoned on a road with injuries to her private parts.
On Sunday, when the members of the Delhi Gurdwara
Committee met the SP, she told them that the possibility
of rape was not ruled out. Two days ago, the SP had
said that on the basis of the medical report, there is no
possibility of rape of the minor.
IF PEOPLE, GOVT UNITE,
COUNTRY CAN CONQUER
ANY CHALLENGE: SHAH
Taking to Twitter, Union Home Minister
Amit Shah congratulated the completion
of 1 year of COVID-19 vaccination drive
and wrote in Hindi, “I congratulate the
talented scientists, health workers, all corona
warriors and countrymen of the country
on the successful completion of 1 year of
the world’s largest free
vaccination campaign
in the fight against
Corona...” In
another tweet, Shah
added, “In the
efficient leadership,
determination and
constant efforts of
Prime Minister @
narendramodi ji,
India has set an ideal
in the world.”
CENTRE ISSUES POSTAL STAMP
TO MARK 1 YR OF VAX DRIVE
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on
Sunday released a commemorative postal stamp
on India’s achievement in developing the indigenous
Covid vaccine as the nation marked the first anniver-
sary of its Covid vaccine drive
which began on January 16 last
year. Health Minister Mansukh
Mandaviya released the postal
stamp at a virtual programme,
and termed India’s vaccination
drive as the “most successful
in the world”. “Today, on the
occasion of #1YearOfVac-
cineDrive, a postal stamp has
been issued on the indigenous
Covaxin developed jointly by ICMR and Bharat Biotech,
realizing PM Narendra Modi ji’s dream of Self-reliant
India,” Mandaviya said in a tweet.
Jan 16, 2021
Vaccination drive
began for healthcare
workers
Feb 02, 2021
Vaccination drive for
frontline workers
Mar 1, 2021
Vaccination drive
began for beneficiar-
ies aged above 60
years and those with
co-morbidities in the
45-60 years age group
Apr 1, 2021
All beneficiaries aged
above 45 years became
eligible for COVID-19
vaccination
May 1, 2021
All beneficiaries aged
above 18 years became
eligible for COVID-19
vaccination
Jan 3, 2022
Beneficiaries in the age
group of 15-18 years
became eligible for
COVID vaccination
Jan 10, 2022
Precautionary dose for
frontline worker, 60+
College students who determine to skip the
exams will likely be graded on the idea of their
first time period’s check outcomes.
CM Ashok Gehlot

First India Bureau
Jaipur: Five members
of a gang have been ar-
rested for duping people
with fake currency. Po-
lice also recovered mon-
ey worth Rs 18,52,500.
According to Bagru
police station in-charge
Vikram Singh, the ac-
cused used to cheat peo-
ple in the name of dou-
bling their money
. “A
special team of police
had got information
aboutthegang.Whenthe
police reached near Dah-
mikala, five people were
sittinginacarandatotal
of 3,705 notes of Rs 500
were found in the car.
RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2022
02
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan con-
tinued to reel under cold
wave conditions with
densefogengulfingmany
areas in the state on Sun-
day morning.
While Mount Abu re-
corded -3 degree Celsius,
in the plains, Karauli
was recorded as the cold-
est place with the lowest
night temperature of 2.4
degrees Saturday night.
The night temperature
in Mount Abu has been
below freezing point for
thelastthreedays.
Along with the state
capital, foggy conditions
prevailed in Ajmer,
Bhilwara, Pilani, Va-
nasthali, Pilani, Sikar,
Kota, Chittorgarh,
Dabok, Bikaner, Churu
and Ganganagar.
The areas were cov-
ered under a thick layer
of fog, which reduced
visibility and affected
movement on roads and
highways.Thecoldwave
conditionswouldremain
thesameinthestatedur-
ing the next 24 hours.
Raj reels under cold wave, fog engulfs parts of state
FREEZING
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Ashiana Housing Ltd.
Alwarcase:SPretractsherstatement
Says possibility of rape not ruled out
First India Bureau
Alwar: The Alwar SP,
Tejaswini Gautam has
once again changed her
statement regarding
the rape with a special-
ly-abled minor girl who
was found abandoned
on a road with injuries
to her private parts.
On Sunday, when the
members of the Delhi
Gurdwara Committee
met the SP, she told
them that the possibil-
ity of rape was not
ruled out. Two days
ago, the SP had said
that on the basis of the
medical report, there is
no possibility of rape
of the minor.
“I had given informa-
tion earlier by quoting
the medical report. At
present, investigation
is going on from every
angle at the police lev-
el. Our investigation is
not complete. I have
told the facts so far. We
are probing every an-
gle. No conclusion has
been given,” she told
the media.
It is clear from this
statement of the SP
that the possibility of
rape cannot be ruled
out right now. After the
meeting, committee
member Atma Singh
Lubana and other
members said that the
SP is saying that she
did not talk about the
minor not being raped
and it was published by
the media.
Meanwhile, Minister
of Social Justice and
Empowerment and
Prisons, Tikaram Jully
met the family mem-
bers of the Alwar vic-
tim and expressed pro-
found grief over the
incident
Jully told the family
members that the state
government stands by
the victim’s family. Un-
derstanding the seri-
ousness of this matter,
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot is personally
monitoring the entire
episode.
ASHOK CHANDNA TO LAY FOUNDATION
STONE OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION
Bundi: Minister of State for Youth Affairs and
Sports, Skill and Information and Public Rela-
tions Department, Ashok Chandna will lay the
foundation stone of the road
construction work at Devji
ka Thana and participate in
programmes organised in
different villages of Hindoli and
Nainwan subdivision on Mon-
day. Chandna will first attend
a programme in Runija village
at 10 am and then a board meeting of Nainwa
Municipality at 11 am. After this, he will attend
programmes in Modsa, Ranipura and Dablana.
Chandna will lay the foundation stone of the road
construction work at Devji ka Thana (Pech ki
Bawdi to Devji ka Thana) at 3.30 pm.
Jaipur: Rajasthan BJP
president Satish Poonia met
district head of Bharatpur
Jagat Singh on Sunday
to discuss the politics of
Bharatpur and issues per-
taining to the district BJP
organisation at the party headquarters here.
Jaipur: The sensation has spread a human skeleton
was found near forest pond area in Amer. As soon
as the information was received,
a team from Amer police station
police reached the spot and identi-
fied the skeleton as of 73-year-old
Ramswaroop Jangid, a resident
of Pili ki Talai in Amer. The police
identified him on the basis of
clothes. The family members had
lodged a missing report about two and a half months
ago and he was reported to be mentally disturbed.
BJP STATE CHIEF SATISH POONIA MEETS
BHARATPUR DIST HEAD JAGAT SINGH
POLICE FIND SKELETON OF MISSING
73-YEAR-OLD PERSON IN AMER
NEWS DIGEST
Rathore wrote to CM,hopes for justice from CBI probe
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Deputy Leader
of Opposition Rajendra
Rathore has written a
lettertotheChief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot on the
handling of the Alwar
‘rape case’ and has de-
manded that strict ac-
tion against the culprit
under the POCSO Act.
Rathore said that this
incident was similar to
the Nirbhaya case in
Delhi. “Criminals are
emboldened because of
thesorrystateof thelaw
and order situation.
They don’t fear
the police. It’s
been five
days since
the crime
occurred
and the
d e p a r t -
ment is
o n l y
c h e c k -
ing the CCTV footages,”
he said adding that SP
Tejashwi Gautam deny-
ing rape in the incident
on the basis of medical
report show that the po-
lice is trying to cover up
the case.
“Better late than nev-
er. Under the pressure of
the BJP Rajasthan and
increasing public anger,
finally the state govern-
menthadtotakethedeci-
sion to hand over the
caseof thedeaf girlchild
in Alwar for the CBI
probe. Now surely the
victim will get justice
and the criminals will
get the harshest punish-
ment,” said Rathore.
DOCTOR SAYS VICTIM STABLE
AFTER FIVE DAYS OF TREATMENT
Jaipur: After five days
of treatment at JK Lone
Hospital, the girl in the
Alwar case was given
liquid orally for the first
time. Hospital Super-
intendent Dr Arvind
Shukla monitoring the
child’s treatment said
her condition is stable.
She had two to four
spoons of water orally.
Shukla said if she re-
sponds well, she will be
given food in 3-4 days.
Regarding the medical
board report, he said
there was nothing that
would suggest penetra-
tion of any kind in the
child’s private parts.
The incident has sent
shock waves across
the state and different
reaction are coming
from various fields.
Rohina, a student, said
that the administra-
tion has now started
denying the incident of
rape. Had there been
an accident, there
would have been more
injuries on the body.
Students protest against Alwar
collector over ‘politics’ remark
First India Bureau
Alwar: A number of
students on Sunday pro-
tested outside the resi-
dence of Alwar collec-
tor Nannumal Pahadia
for his statement that
the students should not
protest and instead fo-
cus on studies.
Two days ago, some
girl students had gone
to meet Pahadia de-
manding security for
girls in the wake of al-
leged rape and torture
of a deaf and mute mi-
nor girl in Alwar.
The girl students re-
pliedtothecollectorthat
studiesteachthatjustice
should be sought. When
the girls seeking justice
aretoldthattheycometo
do politics. “The answer
is yes, we come to do
politics,” they said. A
large number of youth
had reached along with
Sandeep Ola. The collec-
tor, however, was not at
his residence.
Students protest against Alwar collector on Sunday.
Jhalawar: Father arrested under
POCSO for molesting daughter
First India Bureau
Jhalawar: A 32-year-old
man was arrested in Ra-
jasthan’s Jhalawar dis-
trictforallegedlymolest-
ing his minor daughter,
police said on Sunday
.
The mother of the
11-year-old had report-
ed the incident to the
e-Sampark Portal, fol-
lowing which an offi-
cial directed Pedawa
police to lodge a case in
this connection and
take action.
Based on the com-
plaint of the survivor’s
mother, a case under the
Protection of Children
from Sexual Offences
(POCSO) Act was regis-
tered against the ac-
cused father on Friday
and he was arrested the
same day
, Station House
Officer (SHO) Ram-
narayan, who is also the
investigating officer of
the case, said on Sunday
.
Themanwasarrested
under Criminal Proce-
dure Code (CrPC) sec-
tion151andwasreleased
onbailonSaturdayafter
he was produced before
the sub-divisional mag-
istrate court.
Father accused of raping daughter
for over a year; mother files plaint
First India Bureau
Udaipur: An incident
of a father repeatedly
raping her 16-year-old
girl for more than a year
has come to light in the
Lasadia region.
The victim narrated
her ordeal to her mother
three days ago when she
experienced pain and
discomfort after the
gruesome incident. The
victim’s mother then
lodged a complaint
which stated that the
girl’s father would rape
herinaninebriatedstate
every time he found her
aloneathomeandthreat-
enedtokillherif shedis-
closedthistohermother.
Police station officer
Vijender Singh said
that a case has been
registered after record-
ing the victim’s state-
ment. Two search
teamshavebeenformed
to nab the accused who
is absconding.
3-YR-OLD SEXUALLY ABUSED
BY MINOR FROM SAME FAMILY
Jhunjhunu: A three-year-old
girl was sexually molested after
being exposed to pornographic
content on the mobile by a mi-
nor from the same family in a
village near Haryana border. A
case has been registered under
the POSCO Act after the victim’s mother lodged
a complaint at the Khetdi police station. Inves-
tigation into the matter started after the victim’s
medical examination was done by the Medical
Board in the Government Ajit Hospital.
Fake currency gang
busted, 5 arrested
Bagru fake currency gang busted.
Raj HC schedule rejigged,Jaipur
bench to follow updated roster
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The High Court
has rejigged the roster
from Monday onwards,
the hearing will be held
in the High Court
Jaipur bench accord-
ing to the new roster.
Chief Justice Akil
Kureshi will hear from
Monday in the Jaipur
bench. In the new ros-
ter, 12 single benches
and two double benches
have been constituted.
Chief Justice Akil
Qureshi and Justice
Samir Jain will hear in
the first bench. Justice
MM Srivastava and Jus-
tice Birendra Kumar
will hear in the second
bench. Chief Justice’s
bench will hear DB Spe-
cial Appeal (Writ), DB
PIL Matters, DB Tax
Matters, etc. The second
Bench will hear DB Spe-
cial Appeal (Civil), DB
Family Matters, DB Cat
Matters, DB criminal
leave to appeal, habeas
corpus petition and
contempt cases.
JJM lacking in
Raj due to
negligence:
Ramlal Sharma
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party State Chief
Spokesperson and
MLA Ramlal Sharma
on Sunday said that it
is the dream of the
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi that by 2024
every resident of the
country can get clean
water and tap water
can reach their homes
and for this lakhs of
crores of rupees will
be spent.
“Due to the negli-
gence of the officials
in my assembly con-
stituency including
the rural area of the
state, a drinking water
plan of Rs 2 crores was
made inside the vil-
lage which has a popu-
lation of 3,000 and in
the village which has
a population of 1,000,
a drinking water
scheme of Rs 5 crores
was made,” he said.
‘WORKERS WILL FOLLOW COVID
PROTOCOLS DURING PROTESTS’
Jaipur: BJP State president Satish Poonia on
Sunday said about the BJP’s two-day demonstra-
tion in the Alwar case that it will be done under
the Covid guidelines. “Instructions have been
given to all the workers in this regard. We are
not doing big rallies and dharnas,”
he said. BJP will hold demon-
stration at the Mandal level on
January 17 and 18. He said
the party has stopped its Jan
Akrosh Rally due to corona up-
surge. He said the government
is not probing the Alwar
case with seriousness
and changing state-
ments.
Pink City wakes up to a foggy morning on Sunday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a bid to curb
crowding, roads were
deserted, markets in
Rajasthan remained
closed on Sunday due to
the curfew imposed by
the State Government
in view of containing
the spread of Covid-19.
However, stores selling
milk, vegetables, per-
ishable food items,
dairy products and
emergency services
were exempted.
In the wake of a surge
in Covid-19 infections,
the Government had on
January 9 issued guide-
lines that included cur-
few from 11 pm on Sat-
urday to 5 am on Mon-
day and it came into ef-
fect late on January 15.
Directions have been
issued to all superinten-
dents of police to en-
sure strict enforcement
of the guidelines, an of-
ficial of the home de-
partment said as the
Sunday curfew has
been reimposed after
six months.
The Rajasthan Police
made special arrange-
ments for the weekend
curfew on Sunday
. More
than 500 policemen
have been deployed
throughout the day
.
Markets, offices,
tourist spots, sanctuar-
ies and tiger reserves
remained closed.
Despite the restric-
tions, visitors were
seen clicking pictures
outside the iconic Hawa
Mahal in Jaipur and the
police were also seen is-
suing challans to com-
muters venturing out
without valid reasons.
Factories with con-
tinuous production cy-
cles and night shifts,
information technolo-
gy-related firms, e-com-
merce, wedding-related
services, emergency
services, and health ser-
vices, including phar-
macies, are exempted.
RAJASTHAN
03
New Delhi: The Na-
tional Commission for
Protection of Child
Rights (NCPCR) has in-
formed the Supreme
Court that a total of
1,47,492 children since
April 1, 2020, have lost
either their mother or
father or both parents
due to Covid-19 and oth-
er reasons. Of the total,
6,827 such children are
from Rajasthan.
Giving the details in
a suo motu matter on
children in need of care
and protection due to
loss of parents during
the Covid-19 pandemic,
the NCPCR said its fig-
ures are based on data
uploaded by states and
Union Territories on its
‘Baal Swaraj Portal-
COVID care’ up to Janu-
ary 11. The panel said
that it is taking steps to
ensure that children
should not be or are less
adversely affected in
the pandemic.
In the gender-wise
break-up, the panel
said, out of the 1,47,492
children, there are
76,508 boys, 70,980 girls
and four transgender.
Maximum number of
children are between
the age group of 8 to 13
years (59,010), 14 to 15
years (22,763), 16 to 18
years (22,626) and four
to seven years (26,080).
The NCPCR said that
the maximum number
of such children are
from Odisha followed
by Maharashtra.
SUNDAY CURFEW OBSERVED AS
COVID REARS ITS UGLY HEAD
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: BJP State pres-
ident Satish Poonia on
Sunday gave credit to
the Modi Government
for getting more than
150 crore people jabbed
in India, amid the na-
tion completed one year
of vaccination drive.
Poonia said in a Press
conference that India
has set a record in front
of the world.
Poonia said that the
opposition had accused
the Modi government
regarding the vaccine
and called it the ‘vac-
cine of the BJP’. He al-
leged that in Rajasthan,
11.50 lakh vaccine doses
was spoiled. The Pun-
jab Government even
sold the vaccine to a pri-
vate hospital.
About 43 lakh vac-
cines have been admin-
istered daily and now
even teenagers are also
getting vaccinated. Poo-
nia said that the critics
have let down when the
vaccine was given in
just 9 months. He said
157 crore people got
first shot and 66 crore
are fully vaccinated.
Satish Poonia heaps praise on
Modi Govt on anniv of vax drive
10,37,659
TOTAL CASES
9,669 IN A DAY
9,65,249
TOTAL
RECOVERED
9,005
TOTAL DEATHS
6 IN A DAY
63,405
ACTIVE CASES
20,127 IN JAIPUR
COVID-19
UPDATE
9,669 fresh
Covid cases,
6 deaths in
Rajasthan
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In Rajasthan,
9,669 new Covid cases
have been found on
Sunday while 6 positive
patients have died. 2
deaths have been re-
corded in Jaipur, and 1
each in Jalore, Jhala-
war, Rajsamand, and
Udaipur. The number
of active cases in the
state has increased to
63,732. The maximum
number of 1,871 posi-
tive cases have been
found in Jaipur. While
1,026 infected have been
found in Alwar, 909 in
Jodhpur, 734 in Udaipur.
During the third
wave in Rajasthan, 41
Covid infected have
died so far. This series
started with 1 death on
4 January, which has
increased to 8 deaths on
January 15.
Jaipur is the biggest
Covid hot spot. Due to
being the capital and
being the largest and
most densely populat-
ed, Covid infection is
spreading rapidly in
Jaipur. People from out-
side states also travel
the most in Jaipur.
Over 6K kids lost either one or
both parents to Covid in State
Aid afoot for kids
who lost a parent,
NCPCR tells SC;
nationwide more
than 1.47L kids
lost their parents
since April 2020
A deserted view of of Badi
Chaupar during Covid-
induced lockdown in Jaipur,
(inset) Cops check vehicles
at Ajmeri Gate in Jaipur.
Odisha 24,405
Maharashtra 19,623
Gujarat 14,770
Tamil Nadu 11,014
Uttar Pradesh 9,247
Andhra Pradesh 8,760
Madhya Pradesh 7,340
West Bengal 6,835
Delhi 6,629
Rajasthan 6,827
ORPHANED CHILDREN STATISTICS
Loss-ridden hotel industry seek hike in guest limit
Jaipur: After the Elec-
tion Commission al-
lowed political parties to
hold indoor meetings of
up to 300 people or 50%
of the venue’s capacity,
now the hotel industry
representatives have also
requested a maximum of
300 guests at wedding or
50% guests of the total
capacity of the marriage
hall. Hotel and restaurant
association officials will
give a memorandum
on Monday to the top
officials in the State
Government for allowing
more people. Industries
related to catering, mu-
sic, bands, florists, lights
and tents are facing the
brunt of Covid-induced
restrictions.
—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO AND SUNIL SHARMA
Satish Poonia with Pankaj Meena,Ashok Singh Shekhawat,andAnand
Sharma addresses the media —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
In Rajasthan,
11.50 lakh
vaccine doses
was spoiled under Ge-
hlot Government. The
Congress ruled Punjab
Government even sold
the vaccines to a pri-
vate hospital
—Satish Poonia,
Rajasthan BJP president
Revenue Minister Ramlal Jat tested positive for Covid-19
on Sunday and has self-isolated himself. “Today I got my
Covid test done which came positive. All the people who
came in contact with me in the last two days are requested
to isolate themselves and get their Covid test done,” the
Minister tweeted. Meanwhile, CM spoke to him and in-
quired about his health and wished him speedy recovery.
HIGHLIGHTS
A family in Kota was fined Rs 10,000
by Kunhadi police station for flout-
ing Covid norms at the engagement
ceremony. Police officer Gangasahay
Sharma said that information was re-
ceived that an ceremony was going on
at Balita Road, Adarsh Nagar, Kunhadi.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Finance
Ministry approved the
proposal moved by the
Union Ministry of
Home Affairs which
had sought the estab-
lishment of the Nation-
al Investigation Agency
(NIA) offices in Jaipur
and five other cities, in-
cluding Bhopal, Patna,
Bengaluru, Bhubane-
swar, and Ahmedabad.
The move will also lead
to the creation of 300
new posts.
Rajasthan shares a
large part of its border
with Pakistan. With the
setting up of NIA
branch screws will be
tightened on sleeper
cells and ISI operatives.
It will go a long way in
curbing terrorist activi-
ties in Rajasthan.
It was a much needed
step in view of the intel-
ligence about sleeper
cells operating from
Jodhpur and about
some people of Mewat
being in contact with
ISI. It is NIA’s job to col-
lect information related
to terrorist activities
Being a Central agen-
cy, it will be easier for
NIA to collect informa-
tion and act against ter-
rorist organisations. At
the state level it is the
ATS that takes action
against any suspicious
activity
. Recently, Intel-
ligence had disclosed
cases of honeytraps
passing on vital infor-
mation to the enemy
about army colonies
Many cases are under
lens since 2018.
NIA to get office in Jpr,
five more branches, and
300 posts across India
Unemployed’s leader Upen Yadav
booked for flouting Covid norms
Youth INTUC
prez critical after
drinking poison
Court cancels bail of four leaders
who gave fluoridated water to ACE
First India Bureau
Kota: Additional Dis-
trict Judge Deepak Par-
ashar has rejected the
anticipatory bail of the
four accused of forcibly
making the Additional
Chief EngineerMahesh
Jangid of the water de-
partment drink fluori-
dated water.
The petition was filed
on behalf of Amar Sin-
gh, Jaikishan Meena,
Hukam Chand Sharma
and Mukesh Jain. Ad-
ditional public prosecu-
tor Akhtar Khan Akela
argued it as an offense
of serious nature.
In December, former
BJP MLA Bhavani Sin-
gh Rajawat reached the
PHED department of-
fice with fluoridated
water in a bottle and
forced the ACE Mahesh
Jangid to drink it.
Earlier, he had said
that the common man is
getting sick after drink-
ing this water and offi-
cials must also get a
taste of fluoridated
water.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Once again the
unemployed and the
state government are at
loggerheads, this time
not about any entrance
examination but re-
garding Covid guide-
lines. While the unem-
ployed youth have start-
ed agitating, the police
have registered an FIR
against them.
On January 14, a
meeting was organised
by the Rajasthan Unem-
ployment Unified Fed-
eration in a village in
Amer.
The police have regis-
tered an FIR against
Upen Yadav, the state
president of Unem-
ployed Unified Federa-
tion, for flouting Covid
norms in this meeting.
This prompted the un-
employed to open a
front against the Gov-
ernment.
Upen Yadav accused
the Ministers and
MLAs of encouraging
large gatherings but no
action was taken
against them whereas
the unemployed are be-
ing targeted even for a
small ceremony con-
ducted as per the Covid
guidelines.
First India Bureau
Banswara: Youth IN-
TUC (Congress) district
president in Banswara
drank poison in his
house on Sunday. His
uncle’s son took him by
car to Mahatma Gandhi
District Hospital, where
he was referred to
Udaipur. At present, his
condition remains
serious.
—FILE PHOTO
Court seeks report of
revenue records in land
issue of Chelasi village
First India Bureau
Sikar: In the case per-
taining to the disputed
land in Chelasi village
of Sikar district, Jus-
tice Sudesh Bansal’s
single Bench has or-
dered to present the
current status report of
revenue records in the
court.
The court issued or-
ders on the contempt
petition of Mohan Ram.
Petitioner’s advocate
Dharamveer Tholia
told the court that the
court had passed orders
on the status of the dis-
puted land on 21.08.2006.
According to the 2015
report of the SDM and
Tehsildar, the private
applicants have built
the house.
Even after the order
of 21.08.06, Tehsildar-
Patwari opened the
transfer in 2011-2015.
With the discovery
of an IED bomb
in Ghazipur, Delhi,
just a few days before
the Republic Day,
Rajasthan has been
put on alert. Security
agencies have been
asked to keep an eye
on all suspicious
activities.
RAJ ON ALERT
CRAZE FLIES HIGH!
Keeping in mind the Covid restrictions, people flying kites
in Jaipur on Sunday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

PERSPECTIVE
04
l Vol 3 l Issue No. 222
l RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764.
Printed and published by
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Editor-In-Chief: Jagdeesh Chandra.
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under the PRB Act
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Where today, on one hand, honest and
dedicated people are joining the BJP,
while the chaotic elements, goons,
and mafia are joining the socialists.
Riot-free UP, a better future, good
governance, and social justice can
only be given by the BJP government.
Kiren Rijiju
@KirenRijiju
Very satisfying to see the completion
of Sports projects in Ladakh in less
than 2 years despite the pandemic!
Prime Minister @narendramodi Ji
gave a clear direction to execute all
the projects on time. These are funded
under the Khelo India scheme.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Letnonefindfaultwith
others;letnoneseethe
omissionsandcommissions
ofothers.Butletonesee
one’sownacts,doneand
undone.—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
DJOKOVIC HAS TO
LEAVE AUSTRALIA
TENTH TITLE
DREAM BEHIND
his is how the unsa-
voury saga of Novak
Djokovic was bound
to end. The world
number one invited
the strong disciplinary move
from the Australian government
for flouting the Covid-19 protocol
to enter the country which had
suffered heavily during the pan-
demic. The unvaccinated Djoko-
vic entered Australia on Janu-
ary 6 and his visa was immedi-
ately cancelled and he was de-
tained by immigration officials.
His first challenge was upheld
by a lower court but the Austral-
ian government wasn’t ready to
allow an un-inoculated person to
flout the country’s rules. Djoko-
vic moved a superior court
where the judges unanimously
dismissed his petition. The Aus-
tralian government said the ten-
nis star, who has won the Aus-
tralian Open titles nine times,
was a public health hazard.
It is strange that a tennis play-
er of his stature would so fer-
vently insist on flouting Covid
norms. Of course Tennis Aus-
tralia also has to share some of
the blame. When it comes to
public health issues, stature and
titles should not count.
TOP TWEETS
T
he World Econom-
ic Forum’s “Glob-
al Risk Report
2022” has a few
warnings for In-
dia. The report cites “frac-
ture in interstate relations,
debt crises, widespread youth
disillusionment, failure of
technology governance and
digital inequality” as top
risks for the country
. The re-
port is on WEF’s Executive
Opinion Survey
. While unem-
ployment among youth is a
huge issue facing the govern-
ment, the debt burden is a
bigger problem. The Interna-
tional Monetary Fund in its
Fiscal Monitor Report of 2021
said that India’s debt in-
creased from 68.9 percent of
its GDP in 2016 to 89.6 percent
in 2020. It was projected to
rise to 90.6 percent in 2021. By
March-end it had increased
by 21.1 percent. The IMF pre-
dicted its decline to 88.8 per-
cent in 2022 to finally settle at
85.2 percent in 2026. This rise
in external debt adds to the
debt liability of every citizen
of the country
.
The disillusionment of
youth is linked to their being
without jobs. The unemploy-
ment rate in the country rose
to 7.9 percent at the end of
December 2021. The CMIE
data showed that on January
14, 2022 it was marginally
lower at 7.6 percent. Manag-
ing the youth will be a chal-
lenge that the government
must tackle in 2022. It can be
done through investments in
the MSME sector. The MSME
sector has its wish list ready
for the Budget. Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi has un-
derlined the sector’s impor-
tance from time to time. He
recently inaugurated the
MSME Ministry’s Technolo-
gy Centre in Puducherry a
few days’ back. The centre
will train 20,000 youth and
incubate 200 start-ups.
DISILLUSIONED YOUTH
A BIG CHALLENGE
Managing the youth
will be a challenge that
the govt must tackle in
2022. It can be done
through investments in the
MSME sector. MSME
sector has its wish list ready
for Budget. PM Narendra
Modi has underlined
the sector’s importance
from time to time
T
RADICALIZATION PIPELINES
ave you had the experience of
looking at some product on-
line and then seeing ads for it
all over your social media
feed? Far from coincidence,
these instances of eerily ac-
curate advertising provide
glimpses into the behind-the-
scenes mechanisms that feed
an item you search for on
Google, “like” on social me-
dia or come across while
browsing into custom adver-
tising on social media.
Those mechanisms are in-
creasingly being used for
more nefarious purposes
than aggressive advertising.
The threat is in how this tar-
geted advertising interacts
with today’s extremely divi-
sive political landscape. As a
social media researcher, I see
how people seeking to radi-
calize others use targeted ad-
vertising to readily move
people to extreme views.
ADVERTISING TO AN
AUDIENCE OF ONE
Advertising is clearly power-
ful. The right ad campaign
can help shape or create de-
mand for a new product or
rehabilitate the image of an
older product or even of an
entire company or brand. Po-
litical campaigns use similar
strategies to push candidates
and ideas, and historically
countries have used them to
wage propaganda wars.
Advertising in mass media
is powerful, but mass media
has a built-in moderating
force. When trying to move
many people in one direc-
tion, mass media can only
move them as fast as the mid-
dle will tolerate. If it moves
too far or too fast, people in
the middle may be alienated.
BREADCRUMBS
TO THE EXTREME
One important part of the an-
swer is that people associated
with foreign governments,
without admitting who they
are, take extreme positions in
social media posts with the
deliberate goal of sparking
division and conflict. These
extreme posts take advantage
of the social media algo-
rithms, which are designed to
heighten engagement, mean-
ing they reward content that
provokes a response.
Another important part of
the answer is that people
seeking to radicalize others
lay out trails of breadcrumbs
to more and more extreme
positions.
HOW TO PROTECT
YOURSELF
First, I recommend a huge
dose of skepticism about so-
cial media recommenda-
tions. Most people have gone
to social media looking for
something in particular and
then found themselves look-
ing up from their phones an
hour or more later having lit-
tle idea how or why they read
or watched what they just
did. It is designed to be addic-
tive.
I’ve been trying to chart a
more deliberate path to the
information I want and ac-
tively trying to avoid just
clicking on whatever is rec-
ommended to me. If I do read
or watch what is suggested, I
ask myself “How might this
information be in someone
else’s best interest, not
mine?”
Second, consider support-
ing efforts to require social
media platforms to offer us-
ers a choice of algorithms for
recommendations and feed
curation, including ones
based on simple-to-explain
rules.
Third, and most impor-
tant, I recommend investing
more time in interacting
with friends and family off
of social media. If I find my-
self needing to forward a link
to make a point, I treat that as
a warning bell that I do not
actually understand the is-
sue well enough myself. If so,
perhaps I have found myself
following a constructed trail
toward extreme content rath-
er than consuming materials
that are actually helping me
better understand the world.
Source: The Conversation
H
JEANNA MATTHEWS
The writer is Professor of
Computer Science, Clarkson University
The detailed profiles the
social media companies
build for each of their users
make advertising even more
powerful by enabling
advertisers to tailor their
messages to individuals.
These profiles often include
the size and value of your
home, what year you bought
your car, whether you’re
expecting a child, and
whether you buy a lot of beer
Far from coincidence,
these instances of eerily
accurate advertising
provide glimpses into
the behind-the-
scenes mechanisms
that feed an item you
search for on Google,
“like” on social
media or come
across while browsing
into custom advertising
on social media
How targeted advertising on social
media drives people to extremes

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INDIA HAS LED
FIGHT AGAINST
COVID: NADDA
New Delhi: On the
completion of one
year of vaccination
drive, BJP chief JP
Nadda on Sunday
said that India has
led the fight against
Covid-19. He also
said that a task that
seemed impossible
was made possible
under the stellar
leadership of PM
Modi and the world
stood up and ap-
plauded the country.
In a series of tweets,
Nadda said, “Exactly
a year ago, India
embarked on the
arduous journey of
vaccinating its more
than 135 crore peo-
ple amidst the raging
Covid pandemic.”
INDIA
05
Anita Hada
New Delhi: These days,
it is visible in the media
and also in social media
that how the district ad-
ministration and mu-
nicipal administration
are taking down posters
and hoardings etc. Post-
ers, banners, hoardings
etc. are being taken
down by using heavy
machinery
. All these
posters, banners and
hoardings etc. belong to
the governments of the
states, which they had
put up to inform the peo-
ple of such achieve-
ments, which are not
visible to the public
with their own eyes, and
without giving adver-
tisements, the public
will not even know
about them. However,
there are reports from
all around that the Elec-
tion Commission has
started strictness and it
s on ECI’s instructions
that the hoardings are
being removed.
The question is that
why is the responsibili-
ty not put on the parties
or their governments
putting up hoardings,
that they should remove
all their posters and
hoardings within 24
hours of the implemen-
tation of the election
code of conduct, other-
wiseactionwillbetaken
against them? Why will
the Election Commis-
sion get this work done?
When governments get
such big hoardings,
posters, banners, cut-
outs etc. installed
through advertising
agencies, then why is an
agreement not made
with them at the same
time that they will re-
move it themselves as
soon as the code of con-
duct comes into force?
Perhaps, even the lead-
ers and babus want to
continue ‘influencing’
people and carry on the
work till the time it falls
in someone’s notice!
Why should ECI engage in work done by Corporations?
MODEL CODE ENFORCED
lll
There are reports
from all around
that the Election
Commission
has started
strictness and it
s on ECI’s
instructions that
the hoardings
are being
removed
Cooloffperiodforbabusbefore
electoralforayneedofthehour!
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Over the
course of past few
elections, an extreme-
ly worrying trend has
emerged which is in-
creasing rapidly
wherein IAS, IPS or
state service officers
are leaving govern-
ment jobs and jump-
ing directly into the
election fray. This
trend needs to be con-
trolled as this will af-
fect the quality of gov-
ernment service now
and politics will also
be affected.
There are a number
of control measures
in the service condi-
tions of government
officials. For exam-
ple, to leave govern-
ment service and join
a private company im-
mediately, officers
have to go through a
cooling-off period. In
some cases, the gov-
ernment even waives
off the cooling
off period, but
for that too a
process has to
be passed. A simi-
lar arrangement
should be put in
place for offi-
cials contest-
ing elections
a l s o .
W i t h
n o
provision for cooling
off, officials resign
immediately before
the election or take
voluntary retirement
and jump into the
polls.
This is perhaps
what has hap-
pened in the
case of
R a j e s h w a r
Singh and
Aseem Arun
right now.
With no peri-
od to cool
off, there
is a
danger that the officer
may enter compromise
during his service. pe-
riod and hold a differ-
ent attitude towards
the party he/she wants
to contest elections
from. They may com-
promise in work to im-
prove his relations
with the leader of the
said party. The second
danger is that they
may share government
secrets with the party
they belong to. There-
fore, there should be a
provision that wheth-
er the officer resigns,
takes VRS or retires
from service, he/she
will not be able to
contest elections
for two years or
three years.
New Delhi: As India
completed one year of
its COVID-19 vaccina-
tion drive on Sunday,
Union Health Minister
Mansukh Mandaviya
called it “the most suc-
cessfulintheworld”and
extended greetings to
health workers, scien-
tists and the people of
the country
.
Taking to Twitter, he
wrote, “Today the
world’s largest vaccina-
tion campaign com-
pletes one year. Started
under the leadership of
PM Modi, with every-
one’s efforts, today, it is
the most successful vac-
cination campaign in
theworld.Icongratulate
all the health workers,
scientists and country-
men.” India’s cumula-
tive COVID-19 vaccina-
tion coverage has ex-
ceeded 156.76 crore in a
span of an year.
India commenced its
nationwide COVID vac-
cination drive on Janu-
ary 16, 2021. Starting ini-
tiallybyinoculatingvac-
cinestohealthcarework-
ers,itwasthenexpanded
to frontline workers, fol-
lowed by people above 60
years of age and those
above 45 years with co-
morbidities.Lateritwas
also expanded to all
above45yearsof ageand
thenthoseabove18years
of age. —ANI
New Delhi: The Department of School Education and
Literacy under the Ministry of Education will organise
the iconic week from
January 17 to 21 as
part of Azadi ka Amrit
Mahotsav celebtrations.
As part of the iconic week,
the Dept will organize a
series of events. These
will include a two-day
International webinar on
toys and games to play, make and learn. The webinar on
inclusive education will be organised in partnership with
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) on Jan 17 through virtual
and physical mode. The theme of the webinar will be Ed
Tech start-ups focused on children with special needs.
Mumbai: The health
condition of legendary
singer Lata Mangeshkar,
who remains admitted
in the ICU of a hospital
in Mumbai, is improv-
ing, Maharashtra Health
Minister Rajesh Tope
said here on Sunday. The
92-year-old singer tested
positive for coronavirus
with mild symptoms
and was admitted to the
ICU of the Breach Candy
Hospital in south Mumbai
last week.
Mumbai: Anushka
Sharma has penned a
heartfelt note on Insta-
gram for her husband
and cricketer Virat Kohli
and said that she was
extremely proud of the
legacy he leaves behind
as the Test captain of the
Indian cricket team. She
wrote how she saw him
grow leaps and bounds
ever since he took on the
Test captaincy.
Mumbai: An unseemly
row has erupted be-
tween a retired NRI from
the US, Ketan Kakkad
and his neighbour Bolly-
wood megastar Salman
Khan over a plot of
land in the picturesque
environs of Raigad.
Taking strong umbrage
at Kakkad’s recent social
media outbursts, the
actor has hit back with
a civil defamation suit
against his next-door
neighbour.
New Delhi: The CBI
on Sunday arrested ES
Ranganathan, Direc-
tor (Marketing) of the
GAIL five others in an
alleged bribery case. The
CBI conducted multi-
ple raids in Noida and
Delhi on the premises of
accused persons. “We
have recovered around
Rs 1.29 cr cash and gold
worth Rs 1.30 crores,”
said a senior CBI official.
DEPT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION LITERACY TO
ORGANISE ICONIC WEEK FROM JAN 17-21
MANGESHKAR’S
HEALTH CONDITION
IMPROVES
ANUSHKA PENS
EMOTIONAL NOTE
FOR KOHLI
RETIRED NRI,
SALMAN KHAN
LOCK HORNS
GAIL DIRECTOR
ARRESTED BY CBI IN
BRIBERY CASE
Chandigarh: Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Depart-
ment Director Pankaj Nain on Sunday said that Padma Shri
awardee, speech and hearing impaired wrestler Virender
Singh, who had reiterated his demand to the Haryana govt
to recognize him as a para-athlete, has already been given
1.20 crore of cash award by the state govt and offered him
a job which he refused to take. “Virender has already been
given 1.20 cr of cash award by govt, which is highest in the
country. He is already working in the sports dept, Haryana.
He was offered a group B post on par with Paralympians,
which he refused to take,” the Director tweeted.
RS 1.20 CR, JOB GIVEN TO WRESTLER
VIRENDER SINGH: HARYANA SPORTS DEPT
CRUCIAL READ
Image for representational purpose only.
HIGHLIGHTS

z 2.71 Lakh New
Covid Cases In In-
dia, Positivity Down
Marginally

z India’s COVID-19
vaccination coverage
exceeds 156.76 cr

z Keeping schools
closed in view of
covid not justified:
World Bank Educa-
tion Director

z Superstar
Mammootty, Tirath
Singh Rawat, Ex-
Chief Minister of
Uttarakhand, Tel-
angana Legislative
Speaker Pocharam
Srinivas Reddy
tests positive for
Covid-19

z Mumbai sees
highest one-day
fatality since July

z Delhi logs over
20,000 cases; TPR
remains at 30.64%

z Karnataka:
Thirty-two cops
deployed at Meke-
daatu padayatra test
positive
India’s cumulative Covid-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 156.76 crore, confirmed the Union Health Ministry
JHARKHAND MUKTI MORCHA
CHIEF SHIBU SOREN TESTS +
‘PROUD THAT 10.72 CR COVID-19
VAX DOSES INOCULATED IN MP’
New Delhi: National President of Jharkhand Mukti
Morcha Shibu Soren has tested posi-
tive for COVID-19, the state health
minister Banna Gupta informed on
Sunday.“The guardian of all of us, the
former Chief Minister of Jharkhand,
respected @ShibuSorenJMM has
become COVID-19 positive and has
currently isolated himself. He is
recovering well. I pray to God for his
speedy recovery,” tweeted Gupta today. India recorded
2,71,202 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.
Bhopal : Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj
Singh Chouhan on Sunday inspected COVID-19
vaccination centre of Jaypee Hospital in Bhopal on
the occasion of completing one year of nationwide
vaccination drive.Chouhan said, “Earlier, about 30
to 40 per cent people needed to be admitted when
they got infected with COVID-19, but now only 3 to
4 per cent people need to be admitted, this has been
possible only through vaccination.”
Image for representational purpose only.
BJP’s hate politics very
harmful for country: RaGa
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi on
Sunday said the BJP’s
politics of “hatred” is
very harmful for the
country and is also re-
sponsible for unemploy-
ment.
The former Congress
chief said this a day af-
ter he attacked the BJP
government by putting
out an online quiz.
“I also believe that
the hate politics of the
BJP is very harmful for
the country. And this
hatred is also responsi-
ble for the unemploy-
ment,” he said in a
tweet in Hindi.
“Domestic and for-
eign industries cannot
run without peace in
the society. Will defeat
this growing hatred
around you everyday
with brotherhood. Are
you with me? #No-
Hate,” Gandhi added.
The Congress leader
had put out an online
quiz on Saturday, ask-
ing people about the
“biggest shortcoming”
of the BJP government.
The options he gave
were “unemployment”,
“tax extortion”, “price
rise” and an “atmos-
phere of hatred”. —PTI
Rahul Gandhi
Biharhoochtollclimbsto11
Bihar: Seven more peo-
ple have died here after
consuming spurious
liquor, raising the toll to
11 in the headquarters
of Nalanda district. Ac-
cording to SP, Nalanda,
Ashok Mishra, the SHO
of the police station
concerned has been
suspended and bodies
of eight of the deceased
have been handed over
to family members after
post mortem. “Four
people died in the early
hours of Saturday
while four others
breathed their last in
the evening. Three
more died this morn-
ing,” he said.
Police personnel carry out an investigation.
Goyal assures support to IT firms in
pushing growth, exports to $1 trn
New Delhi: Commerce
and Industry Minister
Piyush Goyal on Sun-
day assured full govern-
ment support to leaders
of India’s top IT compa-
nies in pushing the
growth of the sector
and taking services ex-
ports to USD 1 trillion
in a decade.
He said the country is
on track to achieve its
merchandise exports
target of USD 400 bil-
lion this year, while ser-
vices exports are likely
to be about USD 240 -250
billion. “Goyal has as-
sured leaders of India’s
top IT companies that
the central government
will give full support to
the sector to accelerate
growth and help India’s
services exports soar to
USD 1 trillion in a dec-
ade,” the commerce and
industry ministry said
in a statement.
Piyush Goyal
MANDAVIYA CALLS INDIA’S COVID
VAX DRIVE ‘MOST SUCCESSFUL’

HIGHLIGHTS
 PM to chair meeting
on Jan 19 to finalise
BJP candidates in Goa
 We received many
applications, taking us
time to select candi-
dates: Farmer leader
on SSM second list
 Denied Congress
ticket, CM Channi’s
brother to contest as
independent candidat-
ey in Punjab
 BJP, SAD seek
postponement of Pb
polls in view of Guru
Ravidas Jayanti
 Uttarakhand CM
Pushkar Singh Dhami
dismisses State Min
Harak Singh Rawat
from Cabinet: CMO
UP ASSEMBLY POLLS UPDATE
U’KHAND ASSEMBLY POLLS UPDATE GOA ASSEMBLY POLLS UPDATE
INDIA
06
New Delhi: Avinash
Negi assumed charge
as Director of Atal
Bihari Vajpayee Institute
of Mountaineering and
Allied Sports on Sunday.
Negi is a former Border
Security Force officer.
“Congratulations to
Avinash Negi, former
@BSF_India officer,”
tweeted BSF.
Bengaluru: BJP MLA
Ramesh Jarakiholi, a for-
mer state Cabinet Min-
ister who had resigned
from his post due to his
alleged involvement in
‘sex for job’ scandal last
year, met RSS leader
Arvindrao Deshpande to
be considered for next
cabinet expansion of
state govt, sources say.
Former BSF officer
assumes charge
as Director
Former Karnataka
Minister meets
RSS leader
CRUCIAL READ
Patna: Fresh tension
erupt between BJP and
Janata Dal (United) as
State President (SC Mor-
cha) of BJP Bihar Ajit
Choudhary on Sunday
slammed Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar
over the prohibition law
in the state and called
him an autocratic leader.
New Delhi: With an aim
to to derail electioneering
process and to increase
the Khalistani footprints
in Punjab, the Pakistan’s
ISI has activated its
terror outfits to execute
more terror activities
in the state and also in
some parts of UP, the
agencies have warned.
BJP questions
Nitish Kumar over
prohibition law
ISI activates terror
wings to derail Pb,
UP polls, says Intel
PEOPLE JOINING SP DO RIOTS, PEOPLE
JOINING BJP CATCH RIOTERS...
BJP’s Uttarakhand
core group meeting
held in New Delhi
AAP lists 13 point
agenda; to provide
free power, water
New Delhi: Bharatiya
Janata Party’s Uttara-
khand core group is
holding a meeting on
Sunday at the party’s
headquarters in Delhi.
Union HM Amit Shah
and Uttarakhand CM
Pushkar Singh Dhami
are also present in the
meeting along with the
party’s National Prez
JP Nadda, State Prez
Madan Kaushik, state
election in-charge Pral-
had Joshi, RP Singh
and others. —ANI Panaji: Ahead of the
Goa Assembly polls,
Delhi CM and AAP Na-
tional Convener Arvind
Kejriwal on Sunday
listed a 13-point agenda
for the State. In the
13-point agenda, the
party will bring re-
forms in the areas of
education, health, trade
and industry, liveli-
hood, Mining and infra-
structure. “Goa public
is looking forward to
polls on February 14.
AAP is fresh hope. They
didn’t have any choice
except BJP or Congress
earlier, they want a
change and are frustrat-
ed,” he said. —ANI
....saysAnuragThakurafterformerIPSofficerAsimArunjoinssaffronparty
Lucknow: Taking a
jibe at SP workers, Un-
ion Minister Anurag
Thakur on Sunday said
that “people joining SP
do riots, people joining
BJP catch rioters”.
Thakur said that it’s
clear people with clean
characters join BJP,
and rioters with blood-
covered hands join SP.
His remarks came
when former IPS officer
Asim Arun joined the
BJP in Lucknow on
Sunday in his presence.
Other party leaders
were also present. —ANI
ALERT!
SEVERE
WINTER IS
HERE...
New Delhi: The In-
dia Meteorological
Department (IMD)
on Sunday predicted
cold to severe cold
day conditions in
many states during
next two-three days.
It also predicted
dense to very dense
fog over parts of
northwest India till
19 January
.
Very Dense Fog
Also, department has
warned of very
dense fog over Ra-
jasthan and East UP
during next 2 days
and dense fog in Jam-
mu division and
Himachal Pradesh
today; over West UP
and north MP during
next 2 days.
Rainfall in East
and South India
In southern India, the
IMD has predicted
light to moderate
rainfall over Telanga-
na; over Coastal AP
today and over Tamil
Nadu, Kerala during
next 3 days. Rainfall is
also predicted over
Arunachal Pradesh,
Assam, Meghalaya,
Nagaland, Manipur,
Mizoram and Tripura
during on 19th 20th
January
. Rain is likely
in Himachal and Utta-
rakhand till Jan 20.
IMD predicts that severe cold day conditions are very likely over Punjab,
Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, UP, MP and Rajasthan. Amid the cold wave in
Rajasthan, Photojournalist Santosh Sharma captures Bhawani Niketan
building in Jaipur engulfed in fog on Sunday afternoon.
Asim Arun, former Kanpur Commissioner of Police joins BJP in presence of party state president
Swatantra Dev Singh and Union Minister Anurag Thakur at the party office in Lucknow on Sunday.
Arvind Kejriwal greets an elderly man during AAP’s door-to-door
campaign ahead of Goa polls at Cortalim, in South Goa on Sunday.
Akhilesh Yadav is giving
tickets to criminals: Yogi
PARTY TO FORM
TEAMS TO REDUCE
REBELLION IN BJP
‘Post-poll alliance
likely with non BJP’
‘Politics being done
over security breach’
SAMAJWADI PARTY RELEASES FIRST LIST
OF 30 CANDIDATES FOR U’KHAND POLLS
New Delhi: Witnessing
a bunch of resignations
in poll-bound UP, the
BJP has decided to form
teams under the leader-
ship of all its seven MPs
to reduce the possible re-
bellion in Uttarakhand as
the top leadership is likely
to announce the list of
candidates on Sunday for
the upcoming Assembly
polls in Uttarakhand.
Panaji: AAP fails to
secure a majority in the
upcoming Goa polls, the
party would think of form-
ing a post-poll coalition
with a non-BJP party, AAP
supremo Arvind Kejriwal
said on Sunday.
Panaji: Arvind Kejriwal on
Sunday said that politics
is being done over the
alleged security breach
during PM Modi’s recent
visit to Punjab. ‘Politics
is being done from both
(BJP and Cong),’ he said.
Lucknow: Samajwadi
Party (SP) on Sunday
released the first list of
candidates on 30 assem-
bly seats of Uttarakhand
for the upcoming polls. Of
the 30 candidates, there
are only three women
candidates. Lakshmi Devi
is fielded from Bagesh-
war. Sunita Rikhari will
contest from Ranikhet
and Manisha will contest
from Bazpur. Meanwhile,
Uttrakhand Chief Minister
Pushkar Singh Dhami on
Saturday had said that he
will contest the upcom-
ing Assembly polls in the
state from the Khatima
constituency and said that
BJP’s list of candidates
will be announced soon.
CM added that they have
set a target of winning
more than 60 seats out
of the 70 seats in the As-
sembly through a slogan
‘’Abki Baar 60 Paar’. In
the last Assembly polls,
BJP secured the win on
57 seats out of 70.
Lucknow: UP CM Yogi
Adityanath on Sunday
took a swipe at the SP,
which ruled the state
from 2012 to 2017, and
said that it has joined
hands with RLD but is
again encouraging hoo-
liganism, mafias and
anarchy
.
“The SP and RLD alli-
ance showed its charac-
ter from its 1st list re-
leased. Once again, SP
has given tickets to
criminals and rioters in
UP polls,” he said. The
CM alleged that Madan
Bhaiya who will contest
elections from the Loni
assembly constituency
is counted in the list of
mafias. Hitting out at SP
for giving a ticket to Na-
hid from Muzaffarna-
gar, he said that a total
of 17 cases were regis-
tered against him. Yogi
said that Akhilesh has
made it clear that SP is
ready to throw western
UP into communal fire
again by giving tickets
to such people. —ANI
Lucknow: SP chief Akh-
ilesh Yadav on Sunday
alleged that backward
classes and Dalits have
understood that it’s
BJP’s strategy to privat-
ize everything with time
and later jeopardize BR
Ambedkar’s Constitution
and finish the reservation
ystem.“Backward classes
Dalits have understood
that it’s BJP’s strategy to
privatize everything with
time, later jeopardize BR
Ambedkar’s Constitution
finish reservation. No one
can lie more than this BJP
CM one can lie more than
this BJP CM,” he said.
Akhilesh to complain to EC
about ex-cops joining BJP
Yadav also said he would
complain to EC to remove
ex-IPS Asim and other
retired bureaucrats who
have joined BJP over yrs.
Yogi Adityanath
Noida: Chhattisgarh
CM Bhupesh Baghel
expressed confidence in
his party securing a win
in polls in UP. Bhupesh
Baghel who is also an
observer for UP Assem-
bly election said, “The
situation of Congress is
strong in UP. Under the
leadership of Priyanka
Gandhi, the organisation
has become strong and
has fought for the farm-
ers, workers and women.
There is great support on
the ground for Congress.”
CONFIDENT BAGHEL SAYS SITUATION
OF CONGRESS IS STRONG IN UP
Bhupesh Baghel kickstarted door-to-door campaign in Noida
on Sunday. Baghel said only the grand old party is talking about
common people while others are busy playing ‘religion politics’.
AMIT SHAH LIKELY TO HIT TURF
AFTER JANUARY 23, SAY SOURCES
New Delhi: Union
Minister Amit Shah is
likely to hit the turf in the
battleground UP after
January 23 and hold a
series of meetings at vari-
ous places adhering to
the Model Code of
Conduct laid down
by the Election
Commission of
India in view of
the rising
Covid
cases
in the
country, said the sources
in the BJP. The EC on
Saturday extended the
ban on public rallies up to
January 22. According to
sources, if the poll body
extends the restrictions
further, then Amit
Shah is likely to vis-
it the constituencies
based on different
phases of elections.
Notably, UP polls
are scheduled
to be held in 7
phases. —ANI
BACKWARD CLASSES, DALITS KNOW THAT IT’S
BJP’S STRATEGY TO PRIVATIZE THINGS: AKHILESH
Where is Yadav
contesting from?
asks BJP MP
New Delhi: BJP elec-
tion co-incharge of
UP and RS MP Vivek
Thakur on Sunday
slammed SP chief
Akhilesh Yadav ask-
ing him from which
constitutency will he
contest the forth-
coming Assembly
elections. Thakur’s
comments came after
Yadav claimed that
Yogi had already been
sent home by the BJP.
ExGoacongressleaderquits
TMCwithinmonth,getsoffer
Panaji: A month after
switching over to the
TMC from Cong and
just weeks
ahead of the as-
sembly elec-
tions, ex-Goa
MLA Aleixo
R e g i n a l d o
Lourenco on
Sunday quit the Mama-
ta Banerjee-led party.
Lourenco was the MLA
from Curtorim and was
the working president
of Goa Congress when
he quit party
state assembly
in December.
The move in-
stantly prompt-
ed an invitation
from BJP-
turned-Congress leader
Lobo for Lourenco to
return to the Congress.
SHIV SENA, NCP TO CONTEST GOA
ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS TOGETHER
Mumbai: Shiv Sena and
the NCP have decided
to contest the upcoming
Goa Assembly elections
together in alliance,
Shiv Sena leader and
MP Sanjay Raut said on
Sunday. Raut said, “Shiv
Sena and NCP will contest
together in Goa assem-
bly elections. There will
be a discussion on seat
sharing on January 18.
NCP’s senior leader Praful
Patel will discuss seat-
sharing formula in Goa
on January 18. Only after
that, it will be clear who
will contest on how many
seats.” —ANI
Amit Shah
Akhilesh Yadav

First India Bureau
Bikaner: The Border
Security Force is on
alert due to the possibil-
ity of infiltration from
across the border. Fog-
gy weather conditions
have made it difficult
for the soldiers to keep
an eye on distant loca-
tions. ‘Operation Sard
Hawa’ will start from
January 22 with a spe-
cial alert for Republic
Day
.
The number of sol-
diers on the border will
be increased. BSF offic-
ers will also remain at
the border. Along with
patrolling on the border
roads, checkpoints will
be made. Modern weap-
ons and equipment will
be at the border and
there will be a rehearsal
of Protection of plan.
According to Hemant
Yadav, Commandant of
BSF 114 Battalion, the
BSF is prepared for sur-
veillance. Monitoring is
being done under the
direction of DIG Push-
pendra Singh Rathore.
Naveen Joshi
Bhilwara: Two people
died in an accident on
Sunday near Sadisahna
toll bypass when their
car overturned and fell
into a ditch. Prelimi-
nary investigation has
revealed the presence
of opium powder in
large quantities in the
car and the case ap-
pears to be related to
drug smuggling.
Shahpura police sta-
tion in-charge Ghan-
shyam Singh Deora
reached the spot and
the police and villagers
helped retrieve the bod-
ies and took them to sat-
ellite hospital mortu-
ary
.
According to the po-
lice, the car is from Ma-
harashtra while the
number plate is of Ra-
jasthan. The speeding
Swift car was coming
from Jahazpur towards
Jodhpur and over-
turned at Shahpura. A
large crowd gathered at
the site of the accident.
The police are trying
to identify the deceased
and their connection to
drug trafficking.
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Muslim Waqf Board
chairman’s election
will be held on Monday
at the Muslim Waqf
Board office in Jaipur.
After that, out of the
nine members, the can-
didature will be decided
for the chairman.
While there is a de-
mand to repeat the out-
going chairman of Ra-
jasthan Muslim Waqf
Board, Dr Khanu Khan
Budhwali, there are
many organizations
who do not want Budh-
wali as chairman. —FIB
Shubham Jain
Ajmer:There is a politi-
cal tussle going on re-
garding the Rajasthan
Board of Secondary
Education and the Di-
rectorate of Education
in Bikaner. Former
Minister Vasudev Dev-
nani said that intention
is being made to start a
branch of Rajasthan
Board of Secondary
Education in Bikaner
for the Directorate of
Bikaner. Devnani said
that Ajmer hasn’t got
the Rajasthan Board of
Secondary Education
for free. Before the
merger with Rajasthan,
Ajmer was a state.
While not making
Ajmer the capital, it got
many big departments
at the Centre and state
level on the recommen-
dation of the Ashart
Rao Commission.
Among them is the Ra-
jasthan Board of Sec-
ondary Education. Fur-
ther, Devnani said in
the RBSE case Ajmer
has the right on the
board. The employees
of the board are also
protesting about the
fragmentation. Board
chairman has made
such an action plan to
please his minister.
What is the need for an
office in Bikaner when
it already has the Direc-
torate of Education? If
an office of the Directo-
rate of Bikaner is
opened in Ajmer, then it
would be understood
that justice is being
done with Ajmer.
First India Bureau
Ajmer: A 31-year old
woman allegedly
hanged herself to death
on Saturday night over
torture by her husband
and in-laws in Ajmer,
police said on Sunday
.
According to a sui-
cide note left behind by
the woman, she was
harassed by her hus-
band, who is living in
Germany, and his par-
ents staying in Ajmer’s
Kishangarh area.
The victim, Anurad-
ha, got married to Anir-
uddha three years ago.
She was living with her
parents in Vaishali Na-
gar in Ajmer for some-
time after a dispute
with her in-laws, police
said. The woman com-
mitted suicide Saturday
evening and the matter
came to light when her
father returned home,
they said. In the suicide
note, she alleged that
she was taking the ex-
treme step because of
her husband and his
family members. She
also accused her hus-
band of having extra
marital affairs, police
said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
HC suspended the sen-
tence awarded to a fac-
ulty member in the col-
lege and the hostel war-
den booked under Sec-
tion 21 of the POCSO
Act (among other of-
fences) for their alleged
failure to report a ‘POC-
SO Case’ of the hostel
involving a minor girl.
The court noted that,
“Incidents are not un-
common where after
deliberations, it is de-
cided in a bonafide
manner not to report
such matters to the po-
lice, lest the reputation
of the girl is tarnished.”
As per the allegations
in the FIR, appellant no.
1 Pragya Prateek Shuk-
la was working as a Fac-
ulty Member in the
BSTC college, and her
wife, appellant no. 2
Priya Shukla was the
Warden in the hostel,
where the deceased mi-
nor girl was staying as
a boarder.
On the alleged date of
the incident, the girl
victim was found miss-
ing from the hostel and
when an extensive
search was made, she
was found present in-
side the room of the PTI
Vijendra Singh and
thereafter, the minor
girl (and the PTI) was
allegedly coerced to
write down the gist of
the circumstances in
which she was found in
the room of the PTI.
NEWS
07
BSF to launch
‘Operation Sard
Hawa’ on Jan 22
Two drug traffickers die as car
plunges into ditch in Bhilwara
Former Min Vasudev Devnani
opposes RBSE bifurcation
HC suspends sentence of faculty
and hostel warden in POCSO case
Woman ends life over
torture by hubby, in-laws
A crane pulling out drug traffickers’mangled car from the ditch.
RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT STAYS DEMOLISHING
RESIDENTIAL COLONIES IN JHUNJHUNU
Muslim Waqf
Board to elect
chairman today
DR SATISH POONIA AND EXPERTS PARTICPATE
IN VIRTUAL PRE-BUDGET MEET WITH FM
Jaipur: The High Court has put an interim stay on
the demolition of residential colonies built on en-
croached land in Johad under Chhapada village of
Jhunjhunu district. Hearing a petition on Saturday,
Justice Indrajit Singh asked the District Collector
to stop razing the colonies and sought a reply from
the state government in this regard. The petition-
ers Bramhanand and others have pleaded that
they have been staying in those colonies for half a
century now.
VIJAYVARGIYA
CONDOLES DEATH OF
PALIWAL’S MOTHER
LABOURER DIES, 2
HURT AS SCAFFOLDING
COLLAPSES IN BUNDI
Rajasmand: BJP
National General Sec-
retary Kailash Vijay-
vargiya reached Nath-
dwara on Sunday and
met the CMD of Miraj
group Madan Paliwal
in Sukhadia Nagar
at his residence to
condole the demise
of Paliwal’s mother,
Geeta Devi. Local BJP
workers and people
associated with the
industry were present
on the occasion.
Bundi: A migrant
labourer from Bihar
was killed and two
others sustained
injuries after a scaf-
folding at a construc-
tion site collapsed in
Bundi district, police
said on Sunday. The
deceased is identi-
fied as Manoj Yadav
(47). The two injured
men Anmol Yadav
(40) and Mithilesh
Yadav (38) were also
natives of Bihar.
NEWS DIGEST
Vasudev Devani
Jaipur: BJP State President Satish Poonia on
Sunday said that Union Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman has taken suggestions from all the
states regarding the General budget. “We have told
many things about the budget. We will send more
suggestions to the Modi government in future
also,” he said.
BJP DISTRICT PRESIDENTS
TO BE SHUFFLED
The BJP organization may be heading for an
overhaul as word is that several district
presidents would be shuffled in the days to come
and the appointment of new presidents would be
done on the basis of their performance. Sources
reveal that a high level meeting, to discuss the
names of such under-performing leaders was
held, which was attended by all the ‘relevant’
state leaders of the party.
From P1
A meeting was held on
Sunday under the
chairmanship of CM
Ashok Gehlot at the
CMR through VC. Min-
ister of State for Home
Rajendra Singh Yadav,
Chief Secretary Niran-
jan Arya, ACS Home
Abhay Kumar, DGP ML
Lather, Additional DGP
Crime RP Mehrada,
ADGP Security S Sen-
gathir, Dr. Sudhir
Bhandari, Principal of
SMS Medical College,
and Dr. Arvind Kumar
Shukla, Superinten-
dent of JK Lon Hospital
and other senior offi-
cials were present.
The 16-year-old vic-
tim is admitted to the
JK Lon in critical con-
dition.
CM Gehlot has tweet-
ed that the BJP is in-
dulging in malicious
publicity for the sake of
politics over the unfor-
tunate incident involv-
ing mentally challenged
girl from Alwar. They
are least bothered about
the agony family mem-
bers are undergoing
due to such malicious
campaign. This attitude
is condemnable.
“The state police is
conducting a free and
fair investigation into
the matter. However, if
the family members
would like to get the in-
cident investigated by
any specific officer or
CID, Crime Branch,
SOG or CBI, the State
Government is ready to
do so. The State Gov-
ernment’s intentions
are very clear that there
should be independent
and impartial investi-
gation and the truth
should prevail,” he
again tweeted on Sun-
day
.
Infact, through this
move, Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has
played a masterstroke
as he has silenced the
opposition, which was
trying to turn the mat-
ter political and paint a
sorry picture of the
government on law and
order.
In fact when an ‘envi-
ronment’ was created
in the nation on the
matter, Gehlot has giv-
en ‘Nyay’ to the victim
girl and ensured that no
further politicisation of
the matter happens
since even Congress
General secretary Pri-
yanka Gandhi became
witness to an agitation
on the matter by BJP in
Sawai Madhopur.
GEHLOT’S MASTER-STROKE...
GROWING INFLUENCE OF CBI IN RAJASTHAN! Satish Poonia@DrSatishPoonia
The BJP’s mass movement to acquire
justice for the victim has earned a moral
victory; The party’s movement
regarding the law order situation of
the state would continue relentlessly;
Still Priyanka ji cannot be absolved
of the guilt of not going to meet the
victim. The government should con-
tinue the efforts to find the culprit.
First India Bureau
Udaipur: As the stale-
mate continues over
bringing the dead body
of Hitendra Garasiya, a
resident of Godwa of
Udaipur district, who
died in Russia 6 months
ago, the family has
again moved to New
Delhi for protest.
The Central Govern-
ment had sought three
days time from the Ra-
jasthan High Court to
bring the body of Gar-
asiya but the dead body
has not been brought
even after this time pe-
riod is over. Significant-
ly
, during the hearing in
the High Court at Jodh-
pur on January 12, the
Central government
had said that the body
would reach in three
days. Garasiya’s wife
Asha, daughter Ur-
vashi, sons Piyush and
Mohanlal have an-
nounced a fast, while
Congress’s migrant as-
sistance in-charge
Charmesh Sharma will
also be on fast with the
family
.
In New Delhi, the
government has de-
clared a lockdown of
Saturday-Sunday. In
such a situation, the
fast-unto-death an-
nounced by the family
members from January
16, will now be held
from Monday
.
The issue was dis-
cussed between the
family members and
social activist
Charmesh Sharma,
who is campaigning to
bring Hitendra’s body
from Russia to India.
According to informa-
tion received from Rus-
sia, from July 17 to De-
cember 3, Hitendra Ga-
rasiya’s body was kept
in the deep freezer mor-
tuary
.
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: Team of ACB,
Jaipur has created a
stir in the Bikaner po-
lice dept. An accused
associated with gang
who cheated in REET
had given a complaint
to ACB, Jaipur. ACB
team reached Gan-
gashahar PS on Sunday
for verification. When
ACB sent complainant
for verification, CI dis-
appeared with the de-
vice on suspicion. Gan-
gashahar SHO Ranidan
is also out of touch
since that time. Consta-
ble Inder Singh of ACB
Jaipur IV has filed a
plaint against him in
the Gangashahar police
station. SP Yogesh Ya-
dav sent CI Ranidan, SI
Jagdish and constable
Rajaram to police lines.
FAMILY TO LAUNCH HUNGER STIR
AGAIN IN NEW DELHI FROM TODAY
Hitendra’s body was
kept in the deep freezer
mortuary. The family
hopes that if there is
no conspiracy in such
a situation, then the
body will come in the
right condition.
Charmesh Sharma,
Social activist
ACB trap fails:
SHO flees with
device during
verification
STALEMATE OVER BRINGING DEAD BODY FROM RUSSIA CONTINUES
Hitendra Garasiya’s wife Asha along with her son and daughter
and some other social activists had staged demonstration before
the Russian Embassy in New Delhi recently. —FILE PHOTO
Central govt had sought three-day time from Raj HC to bring the body of Hitendra
Garasiya, who died in Russia six-month ago, but the body has not been brought yet

Jaipur: At a time when
the Congress in Uttar
Pradesh is making news
for giving 50 per cent
tickets to women candi-
dates, the party’s gov-
ernment in Rajasthan is
garnering accolades for
launching a women-
friendly project, “I am
Udaan”. Costing Rs 200
crore,underthisscheme
each girl and woman in
the state will receive
free sanitary napkins,
no matter how remote
their dwelling is.
Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot termed it
as the most aspira-
tional scheme of the
state and said, “Peri-
ods or menstruation is
such an issue for our
society where there is
always hesitation in
discussing it while
this is a natural pro-
cess.”
Expressing
surprise at
the results of a recently
held survey, he said: “I
was surprised to know
that about 62 per cent of
women in the country
use products other than
the sanitary pad, which
has an adverse effect on
their health. Doctors
say that using a cloth
during menstruation
leads to several illness-
es, including cervical
cancer which may also
lead to death. Hence, we
announced in this
year’s budget to provide
sanitary napkins to all
women in the state with
Rs 200 crore.”
In the recently re-
leased national family
health survey, many
surprising facts have
been revealed which
say that 62 per cent of
the women are unaware
of period hygiene and
24 per cent of adoles-
cent girl students mark
their absence from
school during periods.
The survey also re-
veals that only 57 per
cent women in the
country use sanitary
napkins.
Going with these
facts, the Rajasthan
government has en-
sured that the females
of the state need not go
with these challenges
and hence has launched
the first of its kind “I
am Udaan” project,’ un-
der which neither will
the women have to ig-
nore personal hygiene
nor will they have to
spend money on it.
Under the first phase
of the project launched
on December 19 last
year, 26 lakh girls will
be benefited as 12 nap-
kins each month will be
provided to each girl in
senior secondary, sec-
ondary and higher sec-
ondary schools.
Under this signifi-
cant scheme introduced
by the state govern-
ment, In the rural are-
as, 1,412 Anganwadi
centres in 282 blocks of
village areas have been
identified in which san-
itary napkins are being
distributed to 3 lakh
adolescent girls and
women in the 18-45 age
group. —Agencies
COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
5,555,339
TOTAL DEATHS
266,658,231
TOTAL RECOVERED
55,018,228
ACTIVE CASES
327,231,798
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
486,094
TOTAL DEATHS
35,085,721
TOTAL RECOVERED
1,550,349
ACTIVE CASES
37,122,164
TOTAL CASES
If you want to make a life that
matters – make it matter in the
daily small things!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
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MAJOR ADMN OVERHAUL AS GOVT ENCOURAGES
‘YOUNG GUNS’,SHUFFLES LONG STANDING BABUS
52 IAS OFFICERS TRANSFERRED
Dr Rituraj Sharma/
Laxman Raghav
Jaipur: In an interesting
move, young IAS officers
havebeengivenachance,
in the shuffle, to show-
case their potential. IAS
Rajan Vishal, who had
been serving as Special
Secretary to CM Ashok
Gehlot has been appoint-
ed new Jaipur Collector.
Notably
, his silent perfor-
mance in the CMO has
earned him this position
afterCMGehlotobserved
his dedication to this ef-
fect. Vishal’s perfor-
mance in CMO has been
appreciated by everyone
as he believes in being
low profile while ensur-
ing delivery of result.
Known as an honest and
hardworking officer, he
stays away from the me-
dia and takes keen inter-
est in arts, and books.
Meanwhile,outgoingCol-
lector - Antar Singh Neh-
ra-hasbeenappointedas
Labour Commissioner.
Another important
transfer has been of IAS
Ashutosh AT Pednekar
who has been given an
importantresponsibility
.
During the second wave
of Corona, Pednekar,
serving then as Secre-
tary- Industries, was
given the hard task of
oxygenmanagementand
whether it was haggling
with the centre or trans-
portation of oxygen to
the states, ‘low profile’
Pednekar had managed
theentireoperationsina
smart way while also un-
derstanding the minute
details of the Medical
department. But no one
knows why Pednekar,
whowasinstrumentalin
carrying out the plan-
ning and detailing of In-
vestorSummit,wasshuf-
fledrightbeforethesum-
mit and T. Ravikant was
given his command.
Anotherimportantde-
velopment has been the
‘strengthening’ of IAS
Archana Singh, who has
till now been serving as
Commissioner, Indus-
tries and has now been
given the additional re-
sponsibility of MD of
DMIC and RIICO.
Interestingly
, IAS cou-
ples have been trans-
ferred together through
the list. For example IAS
RajanVishalandArchna
Singh have been trans-
ferred through the same
list. Similar is the situa-
tion with IAS Indrajit
Singh and his IAS wife
Neha Giri while Rukma-
niRiyar-SiddharthSihag
and Ashish Modi and
Bharti Dixit have also
beentransferredthrough
the list. Interestingly,
ModiandDixitbothhave
beenappointedasCollec-
tors of Bhilwara and
Jhalawar respectively
.
Earlier the husband was
servingasJaisalmerCol-
lectorandthewifewasin
a somewhat cold posting
in Jaipur but now both
will serving as Collec-
tors. It has been learnt
that due to personal is-
sued, Bharti wanted to
serveinadistrictcloseto
Jaipur but she has been
given a far flung district.
Similarly, Inderjeet
Singh has been removed
from Jodhpur Collector
and his wife Neha Giri
has also been trans-
ferred to Jaipur where
Indrajeet will be BIP
Commissioner while
Neha will serve as CMD,
Hathkargha Vikas Nig-
am. Indrajeet served as
Jodhpur Collector for 1,
1/2 and a half years and
for seven years and sev-
en months as Collector
of various districts.
IAS Ujjwal Rathore
has returned to the
Jaipur Development Au-
thority as its new Secre-
tary. His tenure as Kota
Collector has been re-
markable and therefore
has been brought to
Jaipur where he had
earlier served as Addi-
tional Commissioner.
Excise Commissioner
Jogaram has also been
transferredandhasbeen
appointed as LSG Secre-
tary
, a post that for a long
time was held by Bha-
wani Singh Detha, who
has now been trans-
ferred as Higher Educa-
tion department.
In what could be
termed as an act of fate,
an IAS has been appoint-
ed as Collector of a dis-
trict from whose assem-
bly constituency
, the
IAS’s grandfather won
and reached the assem-
bly
.IASNamitMehtahas
been appointed Pali Col-
lector from where his
grandfather - Manak Mal
Mehta - won and became
a legislator. Namit’s ten-
ure in Bikaner has been
remarkable as he
worked on various
schemes and also made
the district ‘top per-
former’ in Covid. In fact,
PM Modi had appreci-
ated Namit’s hard work.
In a major shuffle in
UDH and LSG depart-
ments, IAS Hridesh Ku-
mar has been appointed
as new Director of DLB,
in place of IAS Deepak
Nandi while Jogaram is
new LSG Secretary in
place of Bhawani Sin-
gh Detha. Collectors of
all divisional HQs have
also been changed as
Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota,
Bikaner, Bharatpur,
Ajmer, Udaipur will
have new Collectors, It
is probably for the first
time that the Collec-
tors of all major dis-
tricts were changed
simultaneously.
We have launched the first
phase of this scheme on Decem-
ber 19. I believe that there
should be a debate in the state and
across the country and the govern-
ments make schemes (for this) in the
interest of women and girls so that the
women feel that the governments stand
with them and they don’t need to feel
any hesitation. —Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister
ALL FOR THE BENEFICIARIES
 Overall 29 lakh women and girls will be ben-
efited in the first phase under the project.
 The sanitary napkins will be purchased by the
Rajasthan Medical Service Corporation Limited and
supplied to Anganwadi centres.
 The self help groups in the state will be trained
to manufacture these napkins and to sell, market
and distribute them to the target groups.
 Also NGOs will be roped in to spread awareness
about women’s health.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: As the vaccina-
tion drive completes a
year, half a dozen dis-
tricts of the state have
completed the hundred
percent vaccination.
With Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot instruct-
ing officials to complete
vaccination across state
by January 31, the pace
has further picked up
and as a result, Jaipur
I-team undertook an ad-
ditional 4% vaccination
against the target at
104.4 percent. Similarly,
in Bundi, 104.2 percent
have been administered
the first dose. Apart
from this the vaccine
coverage in districts
stands at 102.6 in
Pratapgarh, 102.4 in
Jaipur II and 100.5 in
Sikar while in Chittor-
garh district, 100.1% of
people were given the
first dose.
On the completion of
one year of the vaccina-
tion campaign, CM
Ashok Gehlot has
termed vaccination as
an important tool in the
fight against Corona.
Today marks the one
year since the start of
the vaccination cam-
paign. Vaccination is an
important tool of de-
fenseinthisfightagainst
Corona. In this one year,
our target has been to
maintain the pace of
vaccination in the state
and provide protection
toasmanypeopleaspos-
sible through vaccine
jab. I am happy that Ra-
jasthan has been a lead-
ing state in vaccination
in the country with the
cooperation of the gen-
eral public, the health
department, doctors,
nurses, personnel, and
officers.
Gehlot further said,
We will keep the state
on top in this campaign
in future also. The vac-
cination percentage in
all sections in state is
higher than the nation-
al average. So far 94%
of people over the age
of 18 have been admin-
istered the first vaccine
dose. The enthusiasm
with which children of
15 to 18 years, partici-
pated in this campaign,
is amazing. The per-
centage of people get-
ting precaution-dose in
the state is also increas-
ing continuously and is
much higher than the
national average. In the
coming days, our full at-
tention will be on reach-
ing the 100 percent sec-
ond jab target, booster
doses, and immunizing
adolescents. I urge eve-
ryone to get vaccinated
when it's their turn.
Raj leading in vax,
urge everyone to
get jabbed: Gehlot
6 districts complete
over 100 percent
vaccine target
ONE YEAR OF VACCINE DRIVE
The statistics may
appear rosy,
however, three dis-
tricts still need focus.
Jalore stands at the
lowest ebb of vac-
cination where 82.4
% people have been
administered first
dose. 84.3% got the
first dose in Bharat-
pur as against 83.2%
Dausa district. Out of
the target group in
the state, 4.83 crore
people have got first
dose, i.e. 94% eligible
people have received
at least a single dose
of vaccine, whereas
3.74 crore people
protected themselves
by receiving both the
doses, which is 77.5
percent of the target
group.
THREE DISTS
NEED FOCUS
CM Ashok Gehlot
23 DISTS IN RAJ GET NEW COLLECTORS
1. T. Ravikant : Principal Secretary,
Industry, MSME,, NRI and BIP
DMIC and OSD, BIDA
2. Bhawani Singh Detha: Sec-
retary, Higher and Technical
Education 3. Narayan Lal Meena:
Secretary, Sanskrit Education
4. Ashutosh AT: Secretary, Medical
,Health and Family welfare
5. Dr Pritvi Raj: Secretary, Water
Resource 6. Aruna Rajoria: CEO,
State Health Assurance Agency
Rajasthan 7. Dr Jogaram : Secre-
tary, LSG 8. KC Meena : Secretary,
Home 9. Suresh Chand Gupta :
Secretary, Finance( Revenue)
10. Dr Pratibha Singh : Collector
and District Magistrate, Jaisalmer
11. Sanwarmal Verma : Director,
Civil Aviation, Jaipur and Dy-Chief
Protocol Officer, GAD and Control-
ler, Circuit House, Jaipur
12. Deepak Nandi : Divisional
Commissioner, Kota 13. Zakir Hus-
sain : Special Secretary, Planning
14. Rajan Vishal : Collector and
District Magistrate, Jaipur
15. Archana Singh : MD, RIICO
16. Chetanram Devda : Commis-
sioner, Excise 17. Rajendra Kishan
: MD, JCTSL 18. Ujjwal Rathore :
Secretary, JDA, Jaipur 19. Umardin
Khan : Special Secretary, School
Education and Panchayati Raj
(Elementary Education ) 20. Antar
Singh Nehra : Commissioner,
Labour 21. Prakash Rajpurohit :
Mission Director, Jal Jivan Mission
22. Dr Jitendra Kumar Soni :
Mission Director, National Health
mission and Joint Secretary, Medi-
cal, Health and Family welfare 23.
Inderjit Singh : Commissioner,
BIP and Joint Secretary, Corporate
social responsibility 24. Neha Giri :
CMD , Rajasthan Handloom Devel-
opment Corporation 25. Mahendra
Kumar Parakh : Commissioner,
Industry ( Disinvestment and NRI)
26. Hridesh Kumar Sharma :
Director and Joint Secretary, DLB
27. Laxman Singh Kudi : Collector
and District Magistrate, Jhunjhunu
28. Rajendra Singh Shekhawat :
Collector and District Magistrate,
Karauli 29. MS Ratnu : Commis-
sioner, Horticulture 30. Rajendra
Vijay : Settlement Commis-
sioner and Ex-officio Director,
Consolidation Rajasthan, Jaipur
31. Nakate Shivprasad Madan
: Executive Director, RIICO 32.
Bhagwati Prasad Kalal : Collector
and District Magistrate, Bikaner
33. Tarachand Meena : Collector
and District Magistrate, Udaipur
34. Harimohan Meena : Collec-
tor and District Magistrate, Kota
35. Narendra Gupta : Collector
and District Magistrate, Baran 36.
Rukmani Riyar : Collector and
District Magistrate, Sri Ganganagar
37. Sidharth Sihag : Collector
and District Magistrate, Churu 38.
Himanshu Gupta : Collector and
District Magistrate, Jodhpur 39.
Namit Mehta : Collector and Dis-
trict Magistrate, Pali 40. Anshdeep
: Collector and District Magistrate,
Ajmer 41. Alok Ranjan : Collector
and District Magistrate, Bharat-
pur 42. Arvind Kumar Poswal :
Collector and District Magistrate,
Nagaur 43. Dr Rashmi Sharma :
State Project Director , SMSA, and
Commissioner , School Education
44. Shubham Choudhary : Collector
and District Magistrate, Dungarpur
45. Dr Bharti Dixit : Collector and
District Magistrate, Jhalawar 46.
Suresh Kumar Ola : Collector and
District Magistrate, Sawai Madhopur
47. Qummar Ul Zaman Choudhary
: Collector and District Magistrate,
Dausa 48. Dr Bhanwar Lal : Collec-
tor and District Magistrate, Sirohi
49. Ashish Modi : Collector and
District Magistrate, Bhilwara 50.
Piyush Samariya : Collector and
District Magistrate, Chittodgarh
51. Nilabh Saxena : Collector and
District Magistrate,Rajsamand 52.
Dr Inderjeet Yadav : Commissioner,
JDA, Jodhpur
ADDITIONAL CHARGES
1. Akhil Arora : Principal Secre-
tary, DIPR 2. Naveen Mahajan
: MD, RSWAL 3. Naresh Kumar
Thakral : Secretary, Youth Affairs
and Sports
Akhil Arora Rajan Vishal Joga Ram Archana Singh Hridesh Kumar
STATE GOVERNMENT’s WOMEN- FRIENDLY SCHEME, 'I AM UDAAN'
Shockedtoknow62%ofwomenareunawareofpersonalhygiene:CM
CM Ashok Gehlot termed it as the most aspirational
scheme of the state on personal hygiene
Costing `200 cr, under this scheme each girl
woman in state will receive free sanitary napkins
Women Child Dept has been entrusted with the
responsibility of successful implementation of project
Senior IAS Akhil Arora given addl charge
of DIPR, Rajan Vishal is new Jpr Collector

JAIPUR, MONDAY
JANUARY 17, 2022
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KARISHMA TANK, PARTICIPATING MODEL AT FIRST MISS
INDIA, HELD ON OCTOBER 30 IN GOA, GIVES A SNEAK PEEK
ABOUT HER ASPIRATIONS JOURNEY SO FAR!
ONWARDS AND UPWARDS
ell us some-
thing about
yourself.
I call myself
a castle-
builder be-
cause every
time I see my-
self in a mirror
I remind my-
self to build
the castle of
my dreams.
C o m i n g
from a
s m a l l
town Jahazpur in the
Bhilwara district and start-
ing a whole new life in the
direction of my dreams was
a huge task, but I never gave
up and fought with my fears.
When did you decide that
you shall take up model-
ling?
It was all started when I got
the golden opportunity to
work as a background artist
in the movie Housefull 4.
That was the turning point in
my life, which made me real-
ise that I have a thing for act-
ing in my nerve. After that, I
started taking up shoots.
When I was a child My moth-
er used to say “Meri beti badi
hokr heroine banegi”. And I
started modelling and In 2018
I bagged the title Miss attrac-
tive girl 2018. Initially, it was
for leisure time and without
any seriousness but lately,
the response was overwhelm-
ing because of which I am
here today and yet have to
achieve more.
What are your future
plans? Where do you see
yourself in the future?
Currently, I am in a quest to
more about myself, being a
spiritual person I want to
heal myself and want a
peaceful life. But at the same
time, I want to challenge my-
self and I need to adventur-
ous life full of fun. Becoming
a successful actress in the
Bollywood industry is my Ul-
timate goal.
What is your greatest
source of inspiration?
My parents are my ultimate
source of energy and biggest
inspiration. I want to make
them proud and that is why I
am working so hard.
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
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NO LOOKING BACK!
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Karishma Tak flaunting her Rajasthani attire during the grand finale
The gorgeous diva during the talent rounds
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ETC 10
he sky is home to birds,
and during Makar
Sankranti every year
they open their home to
your kites. They don’t
seem to mind it, except
when the Chinese man-
ja used to fly these kites takes the
life of and injures so many of
their friends and family mem-
bers. They now live in fear in
their own home. And it isn’t fair!
The Chinese manja is made of
nylon or synthetic thread and is
treated with glass and metal to
make it sharper. This can be dead-
ly for humans and birds alike. Yet
people use it. One of the high-
lights of such birds treatment
camps is that they garner the in-
terest of the youth who come for-
ward to volunteer. These organi-
sations, conduct Bird Rescue
Camps, in which many people
take part as volunteers. These vol-
unteers come to these camps for
free and work with these organi-
sations to learn things like bird
handling, first aid, etc. City First
ran an extensive interview with
people taking part in these camps.
Let’s see what they have to say
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THE PLEASURE OF ONE CAN BRING PAIN TO THE OTHER. CELEBRATING A
FESTIVAL IS ONE THING BUT CAUSING HARM DURING THE CELEBRATIONS AND
PAIN TO THE MOTHER NATURE. CITY FIRST BRINGS TO YOU THE WORDS
OF PEOPLE MAKING UP FOR OUR IRRESPONSIBLE CELEBRATIONS!
CELEBRATING
CELEBRATING
RESPONSIBLY
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DEVANSHI MUDGAL
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I too used to fly
kites and was crazy
about them since I
was a child. But after
experiencing the damage our
joy is inflicting on our feath-
ered neighbours. I restricted
myself from flying and started
helping in bird rescues with
Raksha NGO based in Jaipur.
Resident as well as migratory
birds both are being injured
from manjha as dec to mar is
migration time for birds from
Russia and Africa.
—ISHAN SHARMA
I’ve been working
as a volunteer for
five years now and I
can confidently say
that this is one of the most
rewarding things that I have
done. Knowing that I helped
someone in need brings me
peace and makes me sleep
better. It’s sad to see how
often and badly these birds
get hurt but I also know that
many people are working hard
to cntain or fix the damage. I
think everyone should do it.
—ADITI SHARMA
It was hectic.
Getting calls from
all over the city for
injured birds was a
little overwhelming. I can’t
believe how many of them
get hurt. Our camp alone
rescued over 100 birds and
to know that there are more
camps like us getting similar
calls is just so sad. Working
as a volunteer is rewarding
but it is not for the faint of
heart. I definitiely recom-
mend doing it though.
—RAKESH PRAJAPAT
I’ve been working as
a rescuer for as long
as I can remember.
It’s a difficult line to
follow but to see so many
people coming forth to work
is just beautful. People are
more aware and worried
about their environment
now. Though we still have
a long way to go, I’m glad
for how far we’ve come.
I hope in the future more
people come to the aid and
understand how to celebrate
festivals safely.
—SHAMROZ
This was the first
time I ever got in-
volved in a camp like
this. It’s so sad that
the fun we have on Sankranti
causes so much damage to
these innocent creatures. I
see the people working here
to make it all better and help
these injured birds get back
on their feet and it makes
my heart warm. I hope that
more people understand how
much we are hurting them
and stop using things like
plastic manja.
—YEDIK PUROHIT
Medical students and doctors healing injured birds at Nature Care
Doctors and volunteers at the BTC camp, Jaipur
A pigeon being rescued
Mariam Abuhaideri with the volunteers at the Help in Suffering Bird Camp
Volunteer Sourabh Kumawat rescuing a pigeon
A kite rescued by a Raksha Volunteer
A cattle egret was rescued and brought to HIS

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BEATBOXING...!
Human Beatbox
Divyansh, hailing
from the Pinkcity,
blurs the line
between human
and robot in his
performance,
bags the golden
buzzer in India’s
GotTalent, season
9, and makes it
directly to theTOP
16!The show is
being judged by
Kirron Kher,
Shilpa Shetty
Kundra, Badshah
and Manoj
Muntashir
D
D
D
t starts with
the beats.
The deep
sound of
percussion
begins to
overpower
the anxious silence
of the crowd. One,
two, three… the
beats flow, the tempo
rises and the cheers
set the tone.
Enter the base, the
sound of the strings
cranksuptheenergy
and the feet begin to
tap in sync. The
lights go dim, the
eyes shut, the hands
are stretched in the
air and the heads
bowdown.Thedrum
rolls begin… they
take you in, and the
cheers get louder.
The headbanging
peaks, the speaker
burst out, and all the
sounds equilibrate..
Such is the aura
whenmusicianDivy-
ansh Kacholia, 24
years old young tal-
ented artist from
Jaipur, popularly
known as DVK per-
forms on a stage.
Divyansh,
who earlier
made it to
season two
of the reali-
tyshowDil
Hai Hin-
dustani
and won
t h e
hearts
of thousands
of people all
across, includ-
ing the leg-
endary art-
ists of the Bol-
lywood music
industry is all
set to give jaw-
droppingmag-
ical perfor-
mances at In-
dia’s Got Tal-
ent, season 9
to be on aired
on Sony Televi-
sion.
T a l k i n g
about the
IGT 2022 judg-
es,wewillhave
Kirron Kher,
Badshah (Sing-
er), Shilpa Shetty
(Actress) and
Manoj Muntashir
(Poet/Screenwrit-
er). This season
will be hosted and
presented by actor
Arjun Bijlani. What
makes this season
more interesting is
the ‘GOLDEN BUZZ-
ER’ present with all
the 4 judges, which
only the heart touch-
ing performances
will win. The pride
of Pinkcity will be
performing with Ma-
nuraj Singh, an
equally talented flut-
ist, who is also a dis-
ciple of Pandit
Hariprasad Chaur-
asiya.
The duo won the
hearts of the jury in
their first perfor-
mance itself.
After the magical
moment, Divyansh
said,“Itfeelssurreal.
The pandemic was a
huge setback, per-
sonally and profes-
sionally
, both. But I
never gave up, nei-
ther on my dreams
and passion nor on
enhancing my skills.
With the love and
support of my
friends and family
, I
am once again a part
of a reality show. Dil
Hai Hindustani
taught me a lot, gave
me a huge exposure.
I am awestruck and
blessed to share the
stage with huge tal-
ents. I look forward
to performing better
with each episode.
For me, it ain’t
aboutthere-
sults but
what I
s h o w -
c a s e
during
the few
minutes
I have in
hand on
stage. It al-
ways comes
naturally
.”
I
BEATBOXING...!
ynamic
ynamic
ersatile
ersatile
ing
ing of
of
Superstar Badshah couldn’t resist and joined
the young talent on stage at IGT, Season 9
Divyansh with Pritam
Divyansh with the legend Asha Bhosle
Divyansh with Himesh Reshamiya
Divyansh Kacholia shares a warm moment with his show partner Manuraj Singh, flutist,
post their magnificent golden buzzer moment and direct entry in the TOP 16 at India’s Got Talent!
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
DVK amid the crazy fans at Dyal Singh College, New Delhi in 2018
Divyansh with Sunidhi Chauhan during the bollywood music project, 2019 Mumbai
Divyansh with Sukhwinder Singh
Divyansh with AR Rahman
Divyansh Kacholia
Divyansh with Shaan
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