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RAJASTHAN
194
DEATHS
8,831
CONFIRMED CASES
SAFE AND SOUND: GEHLOT BATS FOR GRADUAL ‘UNLOCK’
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Cautious and
steady. Even as the ‘Un-
lock 1.0’ would be for-
mally initiated from
Monday 1st June, Ra-
jasthan Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has de-
cided to be cautious of
yet another spread-out
of the infection like in
initial days. Opting for
the health and safety of
people as the state gov-
ernment’s priority, Ge-
hlot announced several
relaxations, however,
extended lockdown in
containment zones and
areas under curfew till
June 30.
From Monday, gov-
ernment offices will
work at full capacity,
however, the private sec-
tor can take its own de-
cision about calling all
employees while the
government has ap-
pealed to promote work
from home, “as far as
possible”.
State government’s
new orders said no re-
laxations were permit-
ted within the contain-
ment areas of hotspots
and cluster/curfew are-
as till the last day of
June. All religious plac-
es, malls, clubs hotels,
Metro trains, cinema
halls,citybusoperation,
educational institutions
would be under lock-
down 5.0 till further or-
ders, the order said. For
the containment zone/
curfew areas, a govern-
ment order read, “There
shall be strict perimeter
control to ensure that
there is no movement of
population in or out of
these zones.”
Meanwhile, all non-
essential activities shall
remain strictly prohib-
ited between 9 pm to 5
am (during night) in
non-containment areas
of the state. Emergency
services, police, medical
staff, IT companies, and
trucks and carrier vehi-
cles are exempted. Bar-
ber shops, salons, and
beauty parlours will be
opened provided they
take safety precautions
and disinfect and sani-
tize the place after each
customer. A number of
additional safety pre-
cautions are prescribed
for work places---offices,
establishments, facto-
ries and shops).
“These guidelines are
based on the principle
of cautious resumption
of normalcy through
adequate precautionary
and safety measure at
work places, public
places and public trans-
port and on the premise
of responsible self-regu-
lation by the public at
large,” the order said.
Notably, gatherings
for weddings and simi-
lar functions cannot be
more than 50 people. Or-
ganisers will need to
inform the sub-division-
al magistrate in ad-
vance and ensure social
distancing protocol is
strictly followed. Train
and air travel will con-
tinue to be regulated by
Ministry of Home Af-
fairs’ Standard Operat-
ing Procedure.Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
Rajasthan extends lockdown in
containment zones, curfew areas
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
was seen rejuvenating
bilateral ties with Scott
Morrison on Sunday
shortlyafterhisAustral-
ian counterpart shared
images of ‘ScoMosas’-
-samosas made by him--
and tagged the former
on the social media post
expressing his desire to
share with him the pop-
ular Indian snack as
wellasamango chutney
made to go with it.
“Connected by the In-
dian Ocean, united by
the Indian Samosa!
Looks delicious, PM @
ScottMor risonMP!
Once we achieve a deci-
sive victory against
COVID-19, we will enjoy
the Samosas together.
Looking forward to our
video meet on the 4th,”
the Prime Minister said
in a tweet. The two lead-
ers are scheduled for a
virtual meet on June 4.
Morrison rued that he
won’t be able to share
ScoMosas with Modi as
they will be meet-
ing via a video
link. Turn on P6
New Delhi: Indian and
Chinese armies were
moving in heavy equip-
ment and weaponry in-
cluding artillery guns
and combat vehicles to
their rear bases close to
the disputed areas in
eastern Ladakh as the
two militaries re-
mained engaged in a
bitter standoff along
the troubled border for
over 25 days, military
sources said Sunday.
The enhancement
of combat capability
by the two armies in
the region came even
as both the countries
continued their efforts
to resolve the dispute
through talks at mili-
tary and diplomatic
levels.
The Chinese Army
has been gradually
ramping up its strategic
reserves in its rear bas-
es near the the Line of
Actual Control in east-
ern Ladakh by rushing
in artillery guns, infan-
try combat vehicles and
heavy military equip-
ment, the sources said.
The Indian Army has
also been moving in ad-
ditional troops as well
equipment and weap-
ons like artillery guns
to aggressively match
up to the Chinese build-
up, they said, adding
that India will not relent
till status quo is re-
stored in Pangong Tso,
Galwan Valley and a
number of other areas.
The Indian Air Force
has been keeping a
strict aerial surveil-
lance in the disputed
region. A sizeable num-
ber of Chinese Army
personnel entered into
the Indian side of the
de-facto border earlier
this month and have
been camping in Pan-
gong Tso and Galwan
Valley since then. The
Indian Army fiercely
objected to the trans-
gressions by the Chi-
nese troops and de-
manded their immedi-
ate withdrawal for res-
toration of peace and
tranquility in the area.
The Chinese Army
has ramped up their
presence in Demchok
and Daulat Beg Oldie
too -- the two sensitive
areas with a history of
skirmishes involving
the two sides.
The Chinese army is
learnt to have deployed
around 2,500 troops in
Pangong Tso and Gal-
wan Valley besides
gradually enhancing
temporary infrastruc-
ture and weaponry.
However, there is no of-
ficial figure about the
numbers. Turn on P6
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Sunday said that if the
Ayushman Bharat
scheme was not in
place, the poor would
have had to pay an esti-
mated Rs 14,000 crore
from their own pocket
for medical treatment.
“In our country, for
decades, crores of im-
poverished citizens
have been living their
lives engulfed by the
constant concern- what
will happen if they fall
ill? To seek medical
treatment or worry
about earning bread for
the family? Realising
this distress, the ‘Ayush-
man Bharat’ scheme
was launched about one
and a half years ago to
ameliorate this con-
stant worry. A few days
ago, the number of ben-
eficiaries of the ‘Ayush-
man Bharat’ scheme
crossed over one crore.
More than one crore pa-
tients imply that more
than one crore families
of our country have
been served. Do you
know what more than
one crore patients
means? It means the cu-
mulative population of
two Norways and two
Singapores has been
provided Turn on P6
Border rumbling: India-China line up arsenal along LAC
Washington: US President Donald Trump has postponed an in-
person G7 summit from the end of June until at least September,
while saying that he would like to invite India, Russia, South
Korea and Australia. Trump said current G7 format is “outdated”.
“I am postponing it because I do not feel as a G7 it properly rep-
resents what is going on in the world”, said Trump. The summit
was scheduled to take place on June 10-12, but was shifted to
end of June due to the coronavirus. Trump wants to bring other
traditional US allies as well as those impacted by corona-
virus and to talk about the future of China. —ANI
MODI DIPLOMACY SEES BOTH AUSTRALIA, USA WOOING INDIA
Ahead of Indo-Oz virtual summit, PM Morrison engages in Twitter banter
with PM Modi; While US Prez Trump calls G7 format outdated, invites India
Modi-Morrison connect
on Twitter over samosa
TRUMP POSTPONES G7; WANTS INDIA IN
Scott Morrison@ScottMorrisonMP
Sunday ScoMosas with mango chutney,
all made from scratch - including the
chutney! A pity my meeting with @
narendramodi this week is by videolink.
They’re vegetarian, I would have liked
to share them with him.
People watching PM Narendra Modi’s Mann ki Baat on mobile
during Lockdown in Mathura on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
PM: Ayushman Bharat
scheme a boon for poor
200 special
trains to run
from today
India’s Covid
positives surge
to 1,90,536
New Delhi: Ministry
of Railways after con-
sultation with Ministry
of Health and Family
Welfare (MoHFW) and
Ministry of Home Af-
fairs (MHA) has an-
nounced that train ser-
vices shall be further
partially restored with
effect from June 1. Over
1.45 lakh passengers
will travel on 200 trains
from Tuesday. P6
MAY 5 India, China came to blows on the
banks of Pangong Lake, where Ladakh meets
Tibet, and where the two sides have registered
multiple confrontations in recent years.
MAY9 Dozens of soldiers from both sides
tussled along the Sikkim-Tibet border, resulting in
injuries on both sides. In both cases, tensions
were quickly defused, forces disengaged, and local
commanders opened lines of communication.
2,167-MILE China-India border, by some
estimates the longest disputed border in the
world, has witnessed ongoing friction since long.
FACE-OFF
NewDelhi:Indiarecord-
ed the highest ever spike
inCOVID-19casesas8,380
morecaseswerereported
in the last 24 hours, tak-
ing the country’s corona
count to 1,90,536, said Un-
ion Health Ministry on
Sunday. Total number of
cases in the coun-
try—1,90,536—includes
93,498 active cases, 91,621
cured/discharged/mi-
grated and 5,406 deaths.
The recovery rate has in-
creased to 47.76% in the
country.
“In the last 24 hours,
4,614 patients were
cured. A cumulative to-
tal of 86,983 people have
been cured. This takes
the total recovery rate
to 47.76 per cent,” reads
an official statement of
the Health Ministry.
HISTORIC NASA MISSION: SPACEX DRAGON
REACHES INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
Florida: SpaceX Dragon
capsule arrived at the
International Space
Station on Sunday, hours
after it took off from
Florida, completing the
first part of a historic
NASA mission. The
Dragon spacecraft
successfully docked with
the orbiting laboratory at
10:16 am (local time), a few minutes earlier than planned. The Crew Dragon
capsule carrying astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, now named
“Endeavour,” made significant progress over Saturday night toward the
International Space Station, reported The Washington Post. —ANI
INDIA
1,90,536
CONFIRMED CASES
5,406
DEATHS
WORLD
3,72,252
DEATHS
62,12,682
CONFIRMED CASES

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WILD REVIVAL: WAITING FOR THE RAIN RELIEF
Bird’s-eye view of hills near Nahargarh Fort in Jaipur, which look dry awaiting monsoon on Sunday at 2.30 pm. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Knowthenthyself:ConversationswithSadhguru
Sanjeev Chopra
Jaipur: The Isha Foun-
dation and the IC&AS
Association organized
an online interaction of
the members of the As-
sociation with Sadhguru
on Saturday evening.
Sadhguru, as most read-
ers would know, is a glob-
al thought leader who
dwells seamlessly on an
entire range of issues –
from the rejuvenation of
rivers to spiritual quest
for seekers, immersion
in social work as well as
for reinterpreting our
past to understand how
nations must have a civi-
lizational, rather than a
‘power’ based perspec-
tive, and last but not the
least, his focus is not on
the external world, but
inner engineering.
Let me take the read-
ers to the stimulating,
spiritually enthralling,
emotionally fulfilling
conversation which and
gave the members a
sense of purpose and di-
rection in these trying
times of COVID. The
panel from the IC&AS
included Dr Milind
Ramtek from the Tripu-
ra cadre, Balamurugan
from Punjab, Vijaylakhs-
mi, who is currently
with ISRO at Bengaluru,
Kaushal Raj, the current
DM of Varanasi, Rajesh
Lakhani from the Tamil
Nadu cadre and Amit
Ghosh from UP.
He appeared on the
screen with an impish
smile and a Namaskar
and reminded us that we
were the ‘spine’ of the
governance system. Not
the head, not the heart –
but the spine which is
strong, yet flexible, and
which ensures that we
can stand erect, take a
leap, bend forward, or
stretch the arms - de-
pending on the current
requirement. The spine
for the body, as well as
the nation, therefore,
had to be strengthened
to take the multiple chal-
lenges facing us as indi-
viduals as well as admin-
istrators.
Your columnist
briefed Sadhguru about
the motto of the Service
‘Yoga Karmasu Kaush-
alam’ which is drawn
from the 51st verse of
the Bhagwad Geeta.
The context is the de-
scription of a Sthit-
pragya: a person en-
dowed with the wisdom
of equanimity, who is
firm in his thought and
action under all cir-
cumstances. The ideal
person is not swayed by
every gust of wind: he
is committed to excel-
lence in action. Perfec-
tion in action is Yoga.
Sadhguru interacts with top IAS officers, calls them spine of nation.
USA 1,826,090 105,873 +316
BRAZIL 501,985 28,872 +38
RUSSIA 405,843 4,693 +138
SPAIN 286,509 27,127 +2
UK 274,762 38,489 +113
ITALY 233,019 33,415 +75
FRANCE 188,625 28,771 +57
GERMANY 183,426 8,602 +2
TURKEY 163,103 4,540 +25
IRAN 151,466 7,797 +63
COUNTRY TOTAL TOTAL NEW
CASES DEATHS DEATHS
GLOBAL STATE
OF AFFAIRS
WWW.WORLDOMETERS.INFO
LAST UPDATED: MAY 31, 2020, 11:30 PM
SAMPLE RECEIVED
SAMPLE NEGATIVE
4,157
UNDER EXAMINATION
4,09,777
3,96,789
IN RAJASTHAN
DISTRICT TOTAL NEW TOTAL
CASES CASES DEATH
AJMER 342 +6 7
ALWAR 53 — 2
BANSWARA 85 — 2
BARAN 15 — —
BARMER 99 — —
BHARATPUR 253 +18 4
BHILWARA 143 +3 2
BIKANER 106 +2 3
BUNDI 2 — —
CHITTORGARH 176 — 4
CHURU 106 +2 1
DAUSA 50 — 1
DHOLPUR 60 +7 —
DUNGARPUR 365 +9 —
GANGANAGAR 6 — —
HANUMANGARH 30 — —
JAIPUR 1991 +30 91
JAISALMER 74 — —
JALORE 162 — 2
JHALAWAR 264 +15 —
JHUNJHUNU 131 +7 1
JODHPUR 1530 +54 19
KARAULI 17 +1 3
KOTA 466 +14 16
NAGAUR 456 +10 8
PALI 465 +10 7
PRATAPGARH 14 +1 1
RAJSAMAND 141 +6 1
SWAI MADHOPUR 20 — 1
SIKAR 207 +5 5
SIROHI 159 +2 3
TONK 164 +1 1
UDAIPUR 552 +11 1
OTHER DIST. 14 — 8
TOTAL 8718 +214 194
OTHER (Italy) 2 — —
EVACUEES 61 — —
BSF 50 — —
GRAND TOTAL 8831 +214 194
The government is all set to make
overall changes in the Churu
administration. Collector Sandesh
Nayak may be at the receiving end
in the precipitation of the Rajgarh
episode. Sandesh Nayak had joined
the post of Collector Churu on
December 25, 2018. During these
16 months, he has failed to develop
synergy with both the politicians as
well as his subordinates and has been
part of controversies on and off basis.
His altercation with ADM Narendra
Thori in January 2020 made it to
headlines in the state. The role of the
Collector’s PA was suspicious in the
matter. The issue began with ADM
Thori and the PA at crossroads on a
particular file. Collector took sides
with his PA, predictably, and got ADM
Thori suspended by writing to DOP.
Narendra Thori didn’t sit quietly
and went to the High Court. The
High Court not only canceled his
suspension but also reinstated him
on the post of ADM. The whole affair
earned big minus points for Collector
Sandesh Nayak and put the DOP in
a bad spotlight. This incident not
only made Nayak’s graph look South
in the eyes of the state government
but also loosened his grip on his
subordinates in the district. The RAS
Association had demanded action
against Nayak but he was saved by
the intervention of some senior IAS
officers in Jaipur. But now it is ‘Clear
and Present Danger’.
Before Churu, Nayak has been
Collector of Sirohi for a year and
Bharatpur for 7 months. With
that yardstick, he has already
outperformed himself and his transfer
was overdue. By the way before
Nayak, Hanuman Sahai Meena and
Muktanand Agrawal lasted for 8 and 7
months respectively on the ‘Hot’ seat
of Churu Collector.
NOT A NAYAK? WILL CHURU
COLLECTOR BE SHUNTED!
OFF THE
RECORD
Return of the roar: Forest areas
in Raj open doors for tourists
First India Bureau
Jaipur: After two and a
half months of lock-
down, the forest areas in
Rajasthan have been
opened for tourists.
Apart from Rantham-
bore and Sariska, tour-
ists will be able to visit
all the wildlife safaris,
biological parks and
zoos in the state, which
were closed on March 18
due to COVID-19. All
three safaris of Jaipur
are also starting from to-
day. It is believed that
this move of the govern-
ment will prove to be a
strong victory of tour-
ism over coronavirus.
Elephant Safari in
Hathi Gaon, Lion Safari
in Nahargarh, and Leop-
ard Safari of Jhalana are
all set to open today.
Chief Wildlife Warden
Arindam Tomar has is-
sued orders to open the
forest areas of the state
to tourists after the ap-
proval of the central and
state government. There
has been no change in
the ticket prices in all
national parks, tiger pro-
jects, biological parks,
and zoos, including Ran-
thambore and Sariska.
According to the SOP
issued by the centre,
tourists can enter these
tourist areas while fol-
lowing strict guidelines.
Tourists can stay inside
for a maximum of 4
hours and wearing a
mask and gloves during
this time is mandatory. A
tracking register will
also be maintained,
which will contain all
the details of the safari
operator guides and
tourists. Sanitisation
and other arrangements
will also be taken care of
completely.
Actually, due to the
lockdown, the tourism
industry was suffering a
loss of about Rs 10 crore
daily. Many gypsy opera-
tors, guides, and hawk-
ers were struggling for
their livelihood.
View of Jhalana Leopard Safari in Jaipur. —FILE PHOTO
DJ Ashok Jain is
now member
secy to NSLSA
Teacher posts
vulgar photo to
WhatsApp group
First India Bureau
Jaipur: DJ Ashok Ku-
mar Jain has been ap-
pointed as the member
secretary to NSLSA. Dis-
trict and Session Judge
Ashok Kumar Jain is the
first one to achieve this
feat. He has reached the
national platform due to
his proactive role in
RSLSA. As member sec-
retary of RSLSA, Ashok
had lead many cam-
paigns under then work-
ing President Justice Mo-
hammad Rafique & exist-
ing-working President
Justice Sangeet Lodha.
Jain spearheaded legal
services along with cam-
paigns for plantation of
saplings, plastic ban, etc.
First India Bureau
Jaisalmer: The SMILE
project initiative to pro-
vide online education to
students during the lock-
down in the district has
been marred by a vulgar
picture. The picture was
posted on a WhatsApp
group that had teachers
and students. The teach-
er was informed of the
indecent and offensive
upload but he took no op-
tion leading to wide-
spread anger in the stu-
dents and their parents.
The episode is being dis-
cussed by everybody in
the education depart-
ment. Teacher Chunni
Lal from the primary
school of Jiaee village
posted a vulgar picture
on the official group.
‘Efforts will be made to
make city tobacco-free’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: On the occasion
of WorldTobaccoProhibi-
tion Day 2020 on Sunday,
DistrictCollectorDrJoga-
ram announced that ef-
fortswillbemadetomake
the city tobacco-free by
strictlyfollowingtheCOT-
PA legal regime in Jaipur.
In a brief ceremony at
the District Collectorate
office in the presence of
Transport Commissioner
RaviJain,DrJogaramex-
pressed his commitment
to make Jaipur tobacco-
free and hoped that the
residentsof Jaipurwould
continuetocooperateand
comply with the orders.
Ravi Jain said that the
use of tobacco in public
places is a punishable of-
fense even in regular
days, but the prohibition
on the use of tobacco be-
comes more necessary
during the time of COV-
ID-19 infection. He con-
gratulated the district
administration and Vaa-
gdhara team on their ef-
forts to make the city to-
bacco-free and outlined
the move as a gift for the
next generation.
Dr Jogaram
Ranthambore and
Sariska won’t open
from today

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2020
Naveen Sharma
Jaipur: MeT depart-
menthasissuedayellow
warning for Alwar,
Bharatpur, Dholpur, Ka-
rauli, Bikaner, Hanu-
mangarh, Ganganagar,
Jalore, Jodhpur, Sikar,
Sawai Madhopur and
Sirohi for light to medi-
um rains.
Despite the indige-
nousperiodof ‘Nautapa’
(Ninedaysof severheat)
having started since
May 25, the state has
been witnessing varia-
tion in weather for last 3
days. Jaipur witnessed
dark clouds on Sunday
morning with rise in hu-
midity. Jaipur experi-
enced the second coolest
day of May on Sunday.
Except for three places
no other place in the
stateregisteredtempera-
ture above 40 degree.
The maximum tem-
perature registered in
the state was 42 degrees
inKotawhileJaipursaw
a drop of 5.6 degrees.
MeT issues yellow warning to several dists
Walled City opens up, 23 containment zones still under restrictions
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: The walled
city area of Jaipur,
which has been under
curfew for two months
now, will be unlocking
as per new guidelines.
Commissioner Anand
Srivastava informed
the details of the new
system to be in place
from June 1. He said
that the walled city has
been divided into two
zones viz. Containment
and Buffer zones.
The 23 containment
zones will have restric-
tions as it was, except
for essential services.
Buffer zone will have
markets opened with
normal traffic permis-
sion. The Home depart-
ment has released
guidelines for the shop
owners according to
which small shops will
handle not more than
two customers at one
time, while the limit
will be five for large
shops. Everybody in-
cluding shopkeepers
will have to wear masks
at all times. All central-
ly air conditioned facili-
ties will remain closed.
The list of contain-
ment zone, with full re-
strictions, is as follows
– Ramganj, parts of
Heeda Ki mori, parts of
Luharon Ka Khurra,
parts of Ghat Gate
Bazar, parts of Ghat
gate, Areas near gate of
Khole ke Hanumanji,
Basbadanpura,Kotwali,
Manak Chowk, Radio
market, parts of Nehru
Bazar, selected areas
from Nehru Bazar and
tripoliyabazaar,partsof
khazane walon ka rasta,
Sardul singh ki naal,
parts of internal lanes
between kishampole ba-
zaarandchandpolegate.
The main areas under
Buffer zones are – Puro-
hit ji ka Katla, Ghee
walon ka rasta, Lal ji
Sand ka rasta, Dada
market, Dhula house,
No public transport
will ply inside walled
city area including
cabs, no hand carts sell-
ing vegetables will be
permitted except milk
& vegetables. Saloons,
spas and barber shops
will remain closed. Tea
stalls, chat/food stalls
will remain closed in
the walled city area.
FLUCTUATING WEATHER
ONE DEATH, 214 NEW POSITIVE
CASES ADDED TO TOTAL TALLYFirst India Bureau
Jaipur. The corona pos-
itive tally touched 8831
on Sunday with addi-
tion of 214 new posi-
tives. The death toll due
to corona also rose to
194 with one death re-
ported in Jaipur. Maxi-
mum 54 new cases were
reported from Jodhpur
followed by 30 from
Jaipur, 18 from Bharat-
pur, 15 from Jhalawar,
14 from Kota, 11 from
Udaipur, 10 each from
Nagaur & Pali, 9 from
Dungarpur,7 each from
Dholpur & Jhunjhunu,
6 each from Ajmer & Ra-
jasamnd, 5 from Sikar,
3 from Bhilwara, 2 each
from Bikaner, Churu &
Sirohi and one each
from Karauli, Pratap-
garh & Tonk.
The cumulative dis-
trict wise tally of the
corona positives on
Sunday is as follows –
Ajmer 342, Alwar 53,
Banswara 85, Baran 15,
Barmer 99, Bharatpur
253, Bhilwara 143, Bi-
kaner 106, Bundi 2,
Chittorgarh 176, Churu
106, Dausa 50, dholpur
60, Dungarpur 365, Gan-
ganagar 6, Hanuman-
garh 30, Jaipur 1991,
Jaisalmer 74, Jalore
162, Jhalawar 264, Jhun-
jhunu 131, Jodhpur
1530, karauli 17, Kota
466, Nagaur 456, Pali
465, Pratapgarh 14, Ra-
jsamand 141, Sawai
madhopur 20, Sikar 207,
Sirohi 59, Tonk 64 and
Udaipur 552.
On Sunday Jaipur re-
ported 30 new cases. 3
cases each were from
Kaladera & Hasanpura,
2 each from District Jail,
BhojpurPhagi,Jamwar-
amgarh & bagru Walon
Ka Rasta while one case
each was reported from
Malviya Nagar, Kalyan-
pura Bassi, Fil Colony,
Murlipura, Jawahar Na-
gar, Diggi Road, Green
Park Jhotwara, Kishan-
pole, Subhash Nagar,
Shashtri Nagar, Vatika,
Vidyadhar Nagar, Baba
Harishchandra Marg,
ChoganStatdium,Jawa-
har Nagar Slum and
Amanpura.
Luggage of the passengers being sanitised outside railway station. —PHOTO BY NAIM KHAN
People removing the barricades, erected during the corona-induced lockdown and preparing to open shops in Bapu Bazaar from Monday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
The cloudy view outside Albert Hall on Sunday.
Lack of social
distancing
during curfew
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: After
Bharatpur became a co-
rona hotspot, the dis-
trict administration
supposedly imposed
curfew in the entire
city, but the condition
of the markets seems to
say otherwise. The mar-
kets were seen as
crowded as it were on
regular days. However,
most of the people were
wearing face masks and
the shopkeepers were
also seen maintaining
social distance.
During the corona in-
duced curfew, an ex-
emption has been given
by the district adminis-
tration to shops of food
and essential items.
They have been allowed
to open from 8 am to 1
pm, therefore, lot of
movement can be seen
in the market.
On Guv’s orders, govt
gives free bus services
to awarded armymen
‘`64.52 cr sanctioned
to solve water issues’
Cop attempts suicide,
fourth case in state
Extra pay given to Lok Adalat
employees to be recovered: HC
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Jaipur rural
MP Col Rajyavardhan
Singh Rathore in-
formed that Rs 64.52
crore have been sanc-
tioned for drinking wa-
ter projects for five as-
sembly segments of his
constituency under Jal
Jivan Mission.
He said drinking wa-
ter problem of Amer,
Jamwaramgarh, Kot-
putli, Shahpura and Vi-
ratnagar will be solved
with the amount. He
further informed that
Rs 16.62 crore would be
for Amer constituency,
Rs 5.92 crore for Jam-
waramgarh, Rs 8.23
crore for Kotputli, Rs
6.19 crore for Shahpura
and Rs 22.41 crore for
Viratnagar.
First India Bureau
Ajmer: Hours after the
police captain gave a
motivational speech to
police personnel on
wireless, a soldier iden-
tified as Constable
Suresh Yadav attempt-
ed suicide by hanging
himself near the water
tank of Police Line on
Saturday night. He was
rushed to Jawaharlal
Nehru Hospital.
The Constable be-
longed to Jaipur Dis-
trict Police and was
transferred to another
district after being sus-
pended in a corruption
case for three and a half
years, due to which he
was depressed. His con-
dition is still critical.
Many top officials,
including SP Kunwar
Rashtradeep, reached
the hospital.
It is the fourth case
of suicide or attempted
suicide in the Ra-
jasthan Police in the
past week. In the other
cases, duty and exter-
nal pressure on the po-
lice came out as the rea-
son for suicide.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: State govern-
ment, on the instruc-
tions of Governor
Kalraj Mishra, decided
to let Rajasthan based
servicemen, awarded
for their bravery, to
travel free of cost in
state roadways buses.
The servicemen will
get the facility in all cat-
egory buses operated by
RSRTC. The state gov-
ernment has released
orders to this effect.
There was a meeting
of State Army Welfare
Board held on January
23 chaired by the Gover-
nor. This was first such
meeting chaired by
Governor Mishra after
assuming office and he
had taken this decision
of free bus services for
the awarded army per-
sonnel and forwarded it
to the state government.
The Governor is de
facto chairman of this
board. Governor said
that the bravery of
armed forces has al-
ways made the country
proud.
770 armed personnel
will benefit from this
decision made by the
state government.
Governor Kalraj Mishra
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
LIGHTNING KILLS 4
Out of 20, only 8 take off on Sunday;
flight to Kolkata to operate from today
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: It has been sev-
en days since domestic
flight resumed opera-
tions, but more than
half the flights from
Jaipur Airport re-
mained canceled.
Out of 20 flights, only
8 flights were operated
on Sunday. A total of 6
flights of SpiceJet re-
mained canceled, fol-
lowed by 4 out of 6
flights of IndiGo. Air-
lines are canceling
flights due to low pas-
senger load. On Sunday,
Air India also canceled
2 flights to Agra and
Delhi. However, there
could be signs of im-
provement in flight op-
erations from today.
Kolkata’s only flight
will also operate regu-
larly, starting today.
FLIGHTS CANCELED ON SUNDAY
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Despite the Lok
Adalat not being opera-
tional during lockdown,
the amount taken by
thousands of employees
of the state in the name
of duty in Lok Adalat
will be recovered and
deposited in the govern-
ment account. The HC
administration has is-
sued an order to all the
district and session
judges of the state to re-
cover the amount.
First India had, ear-
lier, revealed the matter
of taking the salary of
March and April by
over 1356 Lok Adalat
employees in the Jaipur
Metropolitan area. The
basic pay of two days in
a month is given sepa-
rately to ministerial
and class IV employees
for working overtime
for Lok Adalat. In
March and April, no em-
ployee did any work in
districts, including
Jaipur, but the employ-
ees took an extra two
days' salary along with
their salary bill.
The High Court ad-
ministration consid-
ered getting pay with-
out working a wrong
decision. After that,
High Court Registrar
General Nirmal Singh
Medatwal issued an or-
der to all district and
session judges late in
the night on Sunday and
directed them to recov-
er the honorarium giv-
en in the name of addi-
tional work in Lok Ada-
lat in the months of
March, April and May
and get the amount de-
posited it in the govern-
ment account.
—PHOTOBYSUNILSHARMA

PERSPECTIVEJAIPUR | MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2020
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othing exposes the mishan-
dling of the migrant crisis than
the two paragraphs that made
it to the front page of most
newspapers and the deplorable
indifference of the Central and
state governments. Both oc-
curred this week.
Earlier in the week, India
Today showed a toddler try-
ing to remove a piece of
cloth covering his mother’s
body. He/she did not know
that the mother was dead.
The mother was lying on her
back at the Muzaffarnagar
railway station. People
could be seen on the plat-
form. None came near the
dead woman or the toddler.
This devastating scene of a lit-
tle kid attempting to wake up
the mother will stay etched in
my mind for the rest of my life.
Who will take care of the little
fellow? Where was the mother
cremated? Who cremated her?
On May 29, the Hindustan
Times put a photo of a migrant
woman place two bundles on
her husband’s head at Bandra
railway station, in Mumbai.
The child, no more than 2 years
of age, is looking up at his par-
ents incomprehensibly. Inside
the two bundles are all their
belongings.
On Thursday, the Supreme
Court came down heavily on
the government. The Su-
preme Court directed that
no fare would be charged
from migrants for their
journey home. Arrange-
ments must be made to pro-
vide them with food.
During the hearing Justice
Kaul asked the Solicitor Gen-
eral, “What is the estimated
time required to shift mi-
grants? What arrangements
are being made? What is the
mechanism in place? Do they
know if they will be shifted on
the fifth day, seventh day or
tenth day?”
The Court directed that
migrant workers walking
should be immediately pro-
vided transport to their des-
tination. Food and water
must be provided to those on
the road.
The Court passed a seven-
point order. It will to a con-
siderable extent reduce the
misery of the migrants.
Train or buses fare cannot be
charged from migrant workers.
2. States/Union Territories will
give free food to migrant work-
ers at places notified to them
during their wait for transport.
3. Originating states will pro-
vide food and water, similar ar-
rangements to be made for
those in buses. 4. Originating
states to simplify and expedite
the process of registration of
migrants, set up help desk. 5.
Workers will be asked to board
a train or bus after registration:
information on mode of trans-
port should reach all those con-
cerned. 6. Migrants walking on
roads should be taken care of
by local authorities, workers
should be transported to their
destinations and get all facili-
ties. 7. Receiving states should
provide transport, health
screening and other facilities
free of cost.
Why could this not have
been done weeks before by
the Central Government and
State Governments? Which
agency will monitor the im-
plementation of the seven-
point order of the Supreme
Court? Will it be Central or
State governments or gov-
ernments of Union Territo-
ries? This should be clari-
fied.
Let’s now look at Sanjay Col-
ony in Delhi. The Times of In-
dia, dated May 29 has used
three-fourth of page 2 to high-
light the plight of workers and
their families in the colony.
“For the last three weeks, Asha
Devi has been lighting her
stove once every day, preparing
roti for her six-member family
and eating these with salt. The
self-imposed restriction on the
diet became necessary after the
39-year-old woman and her
husband lost their jobs as do-
mestic workers when the lock-
down began on March 24.
“Our employers did not pay
our dues and government has
not done anything for us so far.
We gave to ration our food and
so barely have enough to eat
every day. All our savings are
gone.” As the TOI writes, “This
is the burden of being poor.”
Sino-Indian relations have to
be addressed with caution, pa-
tience, diplomatic wisdom and
maturity. The Ministry of Ex-
ternal Affairs has a large num-
ber of China hands. Each one
reads, writes and speaks Chi-
nese.
The External Affairs Min-
ister, S. Jaishankar knows
China well. He is familiar
with the functioning of Wai
Chiau Pu—foreign office.
The foreign and defence poli-
cies of India are framed in
South Block and not on TV
channels. Each day I see and
listen to the immature, ill in-
formed and inane discussions
on TV channels. I am appalled
and distressed to see matters
of utmost gravity and impor-
tance being trivialised. No,
there will be no second Sino-
Indian war. Skirmishes and
intrusions will continue but
not a shot is likely to be fired.
Keep your powder dry and keep
your mouths over shut.
I first met Ajit Jogi in 1986
when he was collector of In-
dore. I had gone to Indore to
speak at Daly College, one of
the five educational institu-
tions meant exclusively for
princely India. The other four
were Mayo College Ajmer,
Aitcheson College Lahore, Raj-
kumar College Raipur and Ra-
jkumar College Rajkot. After
1947, this exclusivity disap-
peared.
In 1988, Ajit took prema-
ture retirement from the
IAS to join politics. We got
on well as politicians and
were often on the same
wavelength. I am deeply dis-
tressed by his passing away.
My heartfelt condolences to
the family.
MIGRANT CRISIS
MISHANDLEDThe Supreme Court directed that migrant workers walking should be immediately provided
transport to their destination. Food and water must be provided to those on the road
N
On Thursday,
the Supreme
Court came
down heavily
on the
government.
The Supreme
Court directed
that no fare
would be
charged from
migrants for
their journey
home.
Arrangements
must be made
to provide them
with food
iolence has
erupted across
several US cit-
ies after the
death of a black
man, George Floyd, who
was shown on video gasp-
ing for breath as a white
police officer, Derek Chau-
vin, knelt on his neck. The
unrest poses serious chal-
lenges for President Don-
ald Trump and former Vice
President Joe Biden as
each man readies his cam-
paign for the November 3
election.
If the coronavirus had
not already posed a threat
to civil discourse in the US,
the latest flashpoint in
American racial politics
makes this presidential
campaign potentially one
of the most incendiary in
history.
COVID-19 and Minneap-
olis may very well form the
nexus within which the
2020 campaign will unfold.
Trump’s critics have as-
sailed his handling of both
and questioned whether he
can effectively lead the
country in a moment of
crisis.
And yet, he may not be
any more vulnerable head-
ing into the election.
A presidency in crisis?
As the incumbent, Trump
certainly faces the most
immediate challenges. Not
since Franklin Roosevelt
in the second world war
has a US president presid-
ed over the deaths of so
many Americans from a
single cause.
The Axis powers and
COVID-19 are not analo-
gous, but any presidency is
judged by its capacity to
respond to enemies like
these. With pandemic
deaths now surpassing
100,000, Trump’s fortunes
will be inexorably tied to
this staggering (and still
rising) figure.
Worse, the Minneapolis
protests are showing how
an already precarious so-
cial fabric has been frayed
by the COVID-19 lock-
downs.
Americans have not
come together to fight the
virus. Rather, they have al-
lowed a public health dis-
aster to deepen divisions
along racial, economic,
sectional and ideological
lines.
Trump has, of course,
often sought to gain from
such divisions. But the
magnitude and severity of
the twin crises he is now
facing will make this very
difficult. By numerous
measures, his is a presi-
dency in crisis. And yet.
Trump, a ferocious cam-
paigner, will try to find
ways to use both tragedies
to his advantage and, im-
portantly, makes things
worse for his challenger.
For starters, Trump did
not cause coronavirus.
And he will continue to in-
sist that his great geo-stra-
tegic adversary, the Chi-
nese Communist Party,
did.
And his is not the first
presidency to be marked by
the conflagration of sev-
eral US cities.
Before Minneapolis, De-
troit (1967), Los Angeles
(1992) and Ferguson, Mis-
souri (2014) were all the
scenes of angry protests
and riots over racial ten-
sions that still haven’t
healed.
Trump may not have
healed racial tensions in
the US during his presi-
dency. But, like coronavi-
rus, he did not cause them.
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The Minneapolis
protests are
showing how an
already precarious
social fabric has
been frayed by the
COVID-19
lockdowns
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mistakes one can make
along the road to truth; not
going all the way, and not
starting. —Buddha
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WITH
FREEDOM IN
UNLOCK 1
COME RISKS
eep the mask on, maintain a dis-
tance but breathe easy. Gradual
unlocking of the country will be-
gin in a phased manner from June
1, as per the guidelines issued by
the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)
on Saturday. Lockdown will continue in con-
tainment zones till June-end with varying
curbs by states. Unlock 1 as the MHA calls it,
has pruned the negative list of earlier lock-
downs. The first important step towards un-
locking comes in the form of relaxation in
curfew hours which have now been extended
from 7 am to 9 pm, a huge relief for shopkeep-
ers, mainly retailers, who wanted their busi-
nesses to open for longer hours to attract
customer footfalls. The thrust of Unlock 1 is
to boost economic activities.
In the first phase, religious places and plac-
es of worship for public, hotels, restaurants,
shopping malls, and other hospitality ser-
vices will be allowed to open from June 8. The
Union Health Ministry will issue the stand-
ard operating procedures for these activities
in consultation with other ministries and
stakeholders for ensuring social distancing.
Activities that will have to wait include in-
ternational air travel, Metro Rail, cinema
halls, gymnasiums, swimming pools, enter-
tainment parks, theatres, bars, auditoriums,
assembly halls, and similar places. The dates
to restart these activities will be decided after
assessing the situation.
Other activities falling in this category in-
clude social/political/sports/ entertain-
ment/academic/cultural/religious functions
and other congregations. Those on the wait-
list are covered under Phase 3 of Unlock 1.
Phase 2 concerns the reopening of schools,
colleges, and other institutions. The decision
on opening educational institutions will be
taken in July. With much of the academic
year lost due to the pandemic, this phase will
depend on the way Covid-19 pans out in the
coming months.
In the end Unlock, 1 will depend largely on
the decisions of various states. Point number
5 given in bold in the guidelines says, “States/
UTs, based on their assessment of the situa-
tion, may prohibit certain activities outside
the Containment zones, or impose such re-
strictions as deemed necessary.”
Subsequently, there shall be no restriction
on inter-State and intra-State movement of
persons and goods. Then follows a rider: For
reasons of public health, a State/ UT can do
so with advance publicity. Both Haryana and
UP have refused to open their borders with
Delhi taking refuge behind Covid-19 cases.
A day after the announcement of guide-
lines, 8,380 new Covid-19 cases were recorded
in 24 hours. It’s a Catch-22 situation for Jaan
and Jahaan as some opposition-ruled states
claim that Centre is starving them of funds.
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INDIAJAIPUR | MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2020
New Delhi: Amid the
COVID-19 crisis, Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Sunday said
that people should stay
vigilant and it is impor-
tant to be even more
careful now as a major
part of our economy
has opened up.
Addressing the na-
tion through the 65th
edition of his monthly
radio programme
‘Mann Ki Baat’, the
Prime Minister said:
“When I spoke to you
last time then passen-
ger trains, air services,
buses were not opera-
tional but this time
curbs have been lifted.
Shramik special trains
are running, other spe-
cial trains have also re-
sumed.” “With all due
precautions, passenger
flights have resumed.
Gradually industrial
activities are rebooting.
It means a large chunk
of the economy has now
opened up. Now, we
need to be even more
vigilant. Be it maintain-
ing a distance of six
feet, wearing of masks,
staying home as far as
possible. We must fol-
low all these precau-
tions without slightest
laxity,” he said.
“In the country, the
battle against corona is
being fought strongly
with collective efforts.
Looking at the world we
realise how big is the
achievements of Indi-
ans,” the Prime Minis-
ter added.
On Saturday, the
MHA issued new guide-
lines for phased re-
opening of “all activi-
ties outside contain-
ment zones for the next
one month beginning
June 1”.
The PM had on
March 24 announced a
21-day nationwide lock-
down to contain the
spread of COVID-19.
The lockdown was later
extended, in phases, till
May 31. —ANI
‘Be vigilant as major
part of economy opens’
PM was addressing the 65th edition of Mann Ki Baat radio programme
PM Narendra Modi addresses the nation on Mann ki Baat to during lockdown in New Delhi on Sunday.
Lucknow: The corona-
virus-induced lock-
down will remain in
force till June 30 in Ut-
tar Pradesh with some
relaxations outside the
containment zones,
said Awanish Awasthi,
state’s ACS, Home. Ad-
dressing a press confer-
ence, Awasthi said that
religious places, hotels,
restaurants and shop-
ping malls will reopen
from June 8. According
to him, all government
offices will operate with
100 per cent workforce.
“Staggered timings will
be followed -- 9 am to 5
pm, 10 am to 6 pm and 11
am to 7 pm,” he said.
Awasthi further said
that all markets will re-
main open from 9 am to
9 pm. “Supermarkets
are allowed to open
with conditions of so-
cial distancing and oth-
er precautionary meas-
ures. Weekly markets
will be allowed in rural
areas,” he said.
Awasthi said the
State buses will be al-
lowed to operate on the
condition that only
passengers as per the
seating capacity of the
buses travel. “There
are 2,901 active cases in
the State. —ANI
Lockdown in UP
till June 30: Govt
Siliguri: A BSF in-
spector of North Ben-
gal Frontier tested
positive for COVID-19
on Sunday, said
Rajib Ranjan Sharma,
Deputy Inspector Gen-
eral (DIG), BSF, North
Bengal Frontier,
Kadamtala.
He is the in-charge of
the accumodetion, lo-
gistics for the BSF per-
sonnel who were re-
turning from leave.
He is undergoing
treatment at a 100-ned-
ed health facility of the
BSF at Kadamtala,
North Bengal Frontier
Headquarter.
Other 40 BSF jawans
,who came in contact
have been quarantined
at their own facility.
A total of 317 new
COVID-19 positive cas-
es were reported on
Saturday in West Ben-
gal, taking the total
number of cases to
5,130 in the state, the
officers of the West
Bengal health depart-
ment informed. —ANI
‘Delhi has asked
`5,000 crore
from Centre’
New Delhi: The Delhi
government has sought
an immediate assis-
tance of Rs 5,000 crore
from the Centre to pay
salaries to its employ-
ees and meet its expens-
es as revenues have
dried up during the
lockdown to curb the
spread of the coronavi-
rus disease, Dy CM
Manish Sisodia said.
Manish Sisodia, who
also holds the finance
portfolio, said he has
written to Union fi-
nance minister Nir-
mala Sitharaman for
help and added that
the Delhi government
has not received the
fund sanctioned to
states under the Disas-
ter Relief Fund.
“We reviewed the Del-
hi government’s reve-
nue and its minimum
expenses. We need
around Rs 3,500 crore
every month just to pay
salaries and bear office
expenses. In last two
months, GST collection
was Rs 500 crore each
and combining that
with other sources, the
government has Rs
1,735 crore,” Sisodia
said. The AAP said he
has asked for assistance
from the Centre so that
the Delhi government
can pay salaries to its
employees and every-
one who is fighting the
coronavirus pandemic.
“Due to corona and
lockdown, the tax col-
lection of Delhi govern-
ment is running low at
about 85%. Delhi has
not received any funds
from the Disaster Relief
Fund released by the
Centre to the remaining
states,” he also tweeted.
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral Information Com-
mission has pulled up
an official for “callous
and casual” response
in denying data on
stranded migrant la-
bourers under the RTI
Act, and asked the La-
bour Ministry to up-
load on its website as
much data as possible
on them.
Information Commis-
sioner Vanaja N Sarna
came down heavily on
CPIO of office of Chief
Labour Commissioner
who has told RTI activ-
ist Venkatesh Nayak
that it has no data on
stranded migrant la-
bourers. Nearly a fort-
night after the CLC cir-
cular, Nayak had filed
an RTI application
seeking to know state-
wise names of districts
from which data about
stranded migrants
were received. But he
was told the officer did
not have any data. Nay-
akthenfiledacomplaint
under RTI Act. —PTI
CIC rebukes
official for
denying RTI data
on migrants
BSF inspector
of North
Bengal Frontier
tests positive
New Delhi: Telecom
Regulatory Authority
of India (TRAI) has said
that as per its recom-
mendations the country
will continue with
10-digit numbering for
mobile telephone ser-
vices and it has categor-
ically rejected shifting
to 11-digit mobile num-
bering plan.
A statement by TRAI
with subject line states,
“Clarification regard-
ing TRAI recommenda-
tions on ‘Ensuring Ad-
equate Numbering Re-
sources for Fixed Line
and Mobile Services’
issued on 29th May
2020.” “TRAI released
its recommendations
on Ensuring Adequate
Numbering Resources
for Fixed Line and Mo-
bile Services’ on May
29. A press release was
also issued on the same
day. In this regard, it is
observed that some me-
dia houses have report-
ed that TRAI has recom-
mended 11-digit num-
bering scheme for mo-
bile services. It is com-
plete misinterpretation
of the aforesaid recom-
mendations. TRAI has
not recommended
11-digit numbering
scheme for mobile ser-
vices,” it said.
In fact, as per the
TRAI recommendation,
the country will con-
tinue to follow a 10-digit
numbering for mobile
services. We have cate-
gorically rejected shift-
ing to an 11-digit mobile
numbering plan. —ANI
10-digit numbering to continue:TRAI
PB CM CLEARS APPOINTMENTS OF
8 NEXT OF KIN OF MARTYRS
Chandigarh: Punjab CM
Amarinder Singh has
cleared the appointments
of eight next of kin of
martyrs in recognition of
their gallantry actions. A
spokesperson of the CMO
said that the appoint-
ments were recommend-
ed by a high powered
committee headed by CS
Karan Avtar Singh. The
state government has
appointed Amritbir Singh
as Tehsildar in the Rev-
enue Department for the
supreme sacrifice made
by his father, Inspector
Raghbir Singh, who be-
longed to village Sathiala
in Amritsar district and
had joined CRPF in 1991.
He was an outstanding
sportsperson and had
won medals in athletics at
the national level.
PIYUSH GOYAL ADDRESSES
PHARMA INDUSTRY ISSUES
New Delhi: Industry and Commerce, and Railway
Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday interacted with
stakeholders from the pharmaceutical industry
and addressed the issues faced by them in the
wake of COVID-19. “Interacted with stakehold-
ers from the Pharmaceutical industry & ad-
dressed the issues faced by them in the wake of
COVID-19. Discussed the structural changes to
mitigate the impact of the pandemic and emerge
as a major global exporter making India “Phar-
macy of the world,” tweeted Goyal.
7 INJURED AS BUS OVERTURNS
IN CHHATTISGARH
Rajnandgaon: Seven persons were injured after
the bus they were travelling in overturned in Ra-
jnandgaon on Saturday night. The bus that was
carrying around 37 passengers including migrant
workers enroute to Kolkata from Mumbai. Speak-
ing to ANI, one passenger said, “The incident oc-
curred at around 12:00 am, everyone is fine. We
were coming from Mumbai and heading towards
Kolkata.” “I was sitting behind the driver’s seat,
I think he felt asleep and bus overturned,” said
another passenger.
RIL JIO CONVENTION CENTRE TO
DEVELOP AS CORONA CARE CENTRE
Mumbai: The Reliance Jio
Convention Centre at Ban-
dra-Kurla Complex will be
converted into a Corona
Care Centre. Mumbai City
Guardian Minister Aslam
Shaikh and Mumbai Sub-
urban Guardian Minister
Aditya Thackrey gave this
information on Satur-
day. Aslam Shaikh and
Aditya Thackrey visited
Jio Convention Centre
on Sunday. They were
accompanied by senior
officials of Brihanmumbai
Municipal Corporation.
A few days ago, Aslam
Shaikh called on the Col-
lector of Mumbai Subur-
ban, Milind Borikar, DCP
Manjunath Singh, Deputy
Commissioner of Munici-
pal Corporation and other
high-ranking officials had
an inspection tour.
ALL DECKED UP...
Gurdwara Bangla Sahib being decorated ahead of the opening of religious places on June 8 in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY ANI
MAKING A CALL
New Delhi: The re-
covery rate of coro-
navirus patients has
increased to 47.76 per
cent, said the Union
Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare
on Sunday.
“In the last 24
hours, 4,614 patients
were cured. A cumu-
lative total of 86,983
people have been
cured. This takes the
total recovery rate to
47.76 per cent,” reads
an official statement
issued by the Minis-
try. The Ministry
said the number of
cases under active
medical supervision
as of now is 89,995.
“Through a grad-
ed, pre-emptive and
pro-active approach,
Government of India
is taking several
steps along with the
States/UTs for pre-
vention, contain-
ment and manage-
ment of COVID-19.
These are being regu-
larly reviewed and
monitored at the
highest level,” adds
the statement.
The total number
of coronavirus cases
in the country stands
at 1,82,143. —ANI
India’s recovery rate
increases to 47.76%
Health workers wearing a PPE kits sanitize the street of
Sarusajai Quarantine centre in Guwahati.
DELHI @19k MARK
GUIDELINES

INDIAJAIPUR | MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2020
Border rumbling...
Sources said satellite
images have captured
significant ramping
up of defence
infrastructure by
China on its side of
the de-facto border
including
construction
activities at a
military airbase
around 180 kms from
the Pangong Tso area.
The assessment by
the Indian Army is
that the build up is
aimed at putting
pressure on India.
“We are well aware
of the Chinese ploy.
The Indian Army is
firm on its stand that
we are not going to
accept anything less
than restoration of
status quo in the
area,” said a senior
military official. —ANI
Modi-Morrison...
Morrison said,
“They’re vegetarian, I
would have liked to
share them with him.”
India and Australia
are looking forward to
deepening their
strategic relationship,
with a range of pacts
from defence to trade
in strategic sectors
expected to be signed
during the upcoming
summit.
The virtual summit
follows the
cancellation of
Morrison’s planned
state visit to India in
January due to the
bushfires. Morrison
said last year, ahead of
his planned visit, that
India was “a natural
partner for Australia”,
referring to the
countries’ “shared
values” -- a point of
differentiation with
China.
Australia wants to
support India to
develop a domestic
critical minerals
processing industry,
which would provide
Western nations with
an alternative to
sourcing the
materials from China.
Meanwhile, India
has strong expertise
as a manufacturer of
drugs and medical
equipment, while
Australia is a centre
of biomedical
research, opening the
possibility for closer
co-operation in the
key sector, the media
reported further. —
With Inputs from ANI
PM: Ayushman...
free treatment in such a
short time,” Prime
Minister Modi said in
the 65th edition of his
monthly radio program
‘Mann Ki Baat’. “If the
poor had to pay for the
treatment post-
hospitalisation, had
they not received free
treatment, according to
a rough estimate, more
than Rs 14,000 Crore
would have been
required to be paid out
of their own pockets.
The ‘Ayushman Bharat’
scheme has saved
spending this huge
amount of money
belonging to the poor. I
congratulate not only
the beneficiaries of
‘Ayushman Bharat’ but
also all the doctors,
nurses and medical
staff who treated
patients under this
scheme,” he added. —ANI
FROM PG 1
‘Monsoon expected to
hit Kerala by June 1’‘However, we will be releasing the second stage of monsoon forecast
today,’ said Director IMD, Dr Mrutyunjay Mohapatra
New Delhi: Monsoon
has not yet set over Ker-
ala, said India Meteoro-
logical Department
(IMD) Director-General
Dr Mrutyunjay Mo-
hapatra on Sunday.
“We are expecting
favourable conditions
to develop from tomor-
row onwards (June 1)
after which we will be
able to find out when
we can declare the ar-
rival of monsoon in
Kerala,” he added. “As
per our first stage of
monsoon forecast,
which was issued on
April 15, we are expect-
ing normal monsoon
condition with 100 per
cent rainfall over the
country during Sep-
tember. However, we
will be releasing the
second stage of mon-
soon forecast today,”
said Dr Mohapatra.
Earlier, the MeT De-
partment had predict-
ed that the southwest
monsoon will hit Kera-
la on June 1.
Dr Mohpatra also
warned that a low-
pressure area, which
is building on the
western coast in the
Arabian Sea, will de-
velop into a ‘cyclonic
storm’ and will move
towards Maharashtra
and Gujarat, causing
rainfall in these States
on June 3 and 4.
IMD D-G Dr Mah-
patra has also advised
the fishermen not to
venture into the Arabi-
an sea for the next cou-
ple of days. —ANI
Lucknow: The IMD, on
Sunday predicted that a
few places in Uttar
Pradesh are likely to be
battered by rains in the
next 3 hours.
“ T h u n d e r s t o r m ,
lightning, rain very
likely during next 3 hrs
(valid up to 12:30 pm) at
few places over Muzaf-
farnagar, Moradabad,
Rampur, Bareilly, Pilib-
hit, Budaun, Sambhal,
Amroha, Bulandsha-
har, Aligarh, Etah, Kas-
ganj, Farrukhabad,
Shahjahanpur, Lakhim-
pur Kheri dist and ad-
joining areas,” the advi-
sory from the IMD, Luc-
know read. —ANI
‘Several areas
of UP likely to
receive rainfall’
Strong winds
and rain lash
Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Rains ac-
companied with gusty
winds lashed the Hy-
derabad on Sunday af-
ternoon, giving much-
needed relief for the
citizens in the middle
of the summer season.
For the past week, Hy-
derabad and other dis-
tricts in the state were
witnessing severe heat-
wave conditions.
However, on Sunday,
there were sudden
rains as predicted by
the Indian Metrologi-
cal Department (IMD).
Several citizens took to
Twitter to share pic-
tures and videos of the
rain from their homes.
In some parts of the
city like Jeedimetla,
hailstorms were also
reported.There were
moderate rains in Hy-
derabad and in Hayat-
nagar, Abdullapurmet,
Saroornagar, Ser-
lingampally, Qutubul-
lapur and other areas
around the city. The
highest rainfall in the
state on Sunday was re-
corded at Hayatnagar
with 61mm.
With the sudden
rains, some of the low-
lying areas were inun-
dated and the DRF has
been deployed to clear
the water.IMD officials
have attributed the
sudden rains to the
low-pressure area de-
veloping over the Ara-
bian Sea. —Agencies
New Delhi: Ministry
of Railways after con-
sultation with Ministry
of Health & MHA has
announced that train
services shall be fur-
ther partially restored
with effect from June 1.
Over 1.45 lakh passen-
gers will travel on 200
trains from Tuesday.
As an important step
in the graded restora-
tion of passenger train
services, Indian Rail-
ways will start 200
trains today in addition
to the existing Shramik
Special trains being
run with effect from
May 1 & Special AC
trains (30) being run
since May 12. “These
trains are on the pat-
tern of regular trains.
These are fully reserved
trains having both AC &
Non-AC classes. Gener-
al coaches have re-
served seats for sitting
accommodation. There
will be no unreserved
coach,” said Rlys. “Nor-
mal class-wise fare will
be charged. 2S fare for
General seating shall be
charged and seat will be
provided to all the pas-
sengers,” Rlys added.
At 9 am Sunday, to-
tal bookings of pas-
sengers were 25,82,671
for Advance Reserva-
tion Period June 1-30.
Online Booking of
tickets is being done
through the IRCTC
website or through
Mobile App. —ANI
200 special trains to run
across country from June 1New Delhi: Two per-
sons attached to the Pa-
kistan High Commis-
sion here were appre-
hended by security
agencies for indulging
in espionage activities
in the country, the exter-
nal affairs ministry
said, adding that the
two have been asked to
leave the country with-
in 24 hours.
India has declared
both persona-non grata
“for indulging in activi-
ties incompatible with
their status as members
of a diplomatic mis-
sion”, the MEA said in a
statement today. A per-
sona-non grata is a for-
eign individual whose
entry or stay in a par-
ticular country is pro-
hibited by that coun-
try’s government.
“Two officials of the
High Commission of
Pakistan in New Delhi
were apprehended to-
day by Indian law en-
forcement authorities
for indulging in espio-
nage activities,” the
MEA said.
“Govt has declared
both officials persona
non grata for indulging
in activities incompati-
ble with their status as
members of a diplomat-
ic mission and asked
them to leave the coun-
try within twenty four
hours,” it added. —ANI
2 Pak Embassy staff
caught spying in Delhi
Shimla: Himachal
Pradesh allowed
intra-state move-
ment of roadways
and private trans-
port buses from
June 1 for the first
time since the COV-
ID-induced lock-
down and has ex-
tended curfew in
the state till June 30
with relaxations in
timing. CM Jai
Ram Thakur an-
nounced that the
curfew timings
have been relaxed
from 6 am to 8 pm
daily via vc. —ANI
Himachal
relaxes
curfew from
6 am to 8 pm
A man walks with an umbrella during rainfall in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
SIGH OF RELIEF
A view of Gurugram with dark clouds hovering over the sky on
Sunday. The IMD has predicted that the southwest monsoon will
hit the southern part of the country on June 1. —PHOTO BY ANI
Karachi: A 200-year-
old temple here in Paki-
stan’s largest metropo-
lis is not only an impor-
tant place of worship
for the minority Hindu
community in the coun-
try but also a source of
livelihood for the young
and enterprising Mus-
lim boys in the area.
Members of the Hin-
du community visit the
Shri Laxmi Narayan
Mandir located at the
Native Jetty bridge
close to the Karachi
Port regularly for wor-
ship and during reli-
gious festivals, and this
has given an unusual
livelihood for the local
Muslim boys.
The temple is impor-
tant for the Hindus as
according to Ramesh
Vankwani of the Paki-
stan Hindu Council it is
also a sacred place for
performing funerals
and other religious ritu-
als by the sea. —PTI
Karachi’s200-yr-oldtemplehelps
Muslimyouthsearnanliving

TALKING POINTJAIPUR | MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2020
THE CRANE VILLAGE
B
efore the cur-
rent Covid-19
outbreak hit
us, Rajasthan
had gained a reputation
for being an excellent
host to foreign visitors.
The residents of Kh-
ichan, a small town in
western Rajasthan, also
appear to follow the say-
ing ‘Athithi Devo
Bhavah’, or Guests are
like our Gods, though
with a twist. The place
had gained recognition
over the last few dec-
ades as the preferred
destination of foreign
visitors of the feath-
ered kind - demoiselle
cranes. These cranes
start arriving by Sep-
tember every year to
disperse in smaller
flocks all over Ra-
jasthan and Gujarat.
Not being media savvy,
they should be making
their appearance again
with the onset of the
coming winter, unmind-
ful of the coronavirus
pandemic that may well
continue to terrorise
the global human popu-
lation.
These cranes breed
and raise their chicks
from April to August
along a vast stretch of
steppe grasslands from
eastern Europe to
north-eastern China.
Then, to escape the bit-
terly cold local winter,
they migrate to the
warmer plains of In-
dia. The eastern popu-
lations, for instance,
those from Mongolia
take a physically chal-
lenging route crossing
over the Himalayas of
central Nepal. They do
so by rising to 26,000
feet using the intermit-
tent warm thermal air
currents. Evading the
predatory golden ea-
gles of the Himalayas,
they descend into the
semi-arid north-west
India, close to man-
made or natural water
bodies.
Situated on the edge
of the Thar Desert,
Khichan is about 150 kilo-
metres from Jodhpur near
the town of Phalodi, and
almost equidistant from
Jaisalmer, Bikaner, and
Nagaur. As was the case
with many other locations
in western India, it used
to play host to migra-
tory demoiselle cranes
numbering 100 to 150
birds as far back in time
as the locals can recall.
The number of cranes
visiting Khichan increased
signiﬁcantly in the early
1970s propelled by the
deeds of one individual -
Ratanlal Maloo. Leaving
his job in Odisha, he came
back to Khichan to be with
his elderly mother. His
uncle suggested that he
should feed the pigeons
– a responsibility that he
enthusiastically adopted.
Soon, a dozen demoiselle
cranes also started visiting
his feeding ground. Then,
much to his amazement,
they disappeared in
March. Next September,
more than a hundred reap-
peared. Word of the good
Samaritan there must have
got around in the crane
world!
With the number of
migrant cranes steadily in-
creasing from year to year,
Ratanlal rallied the other
residents through the local
panchayat to set aside a
more substantial area on
the edge of the village to
feed the growing number
of these feathered visitors.
In 1983, the foundation
of the current Pakshi
Chuggaghar, or the Bird
Feeding Home, was laid.
Khichan currently plays
host to almost 20,000
cranes in some years. The
feed provided at the Chug-
gaghar takes the pressure
away from the loss of
agricultural produce to
the cranes and permits
Khichan to host such
large numbers. Either they
are fed in an organised
manner by those who can
afford it, or else they will
feed indiscriminately on
the standing crops. Ratan-
lal helped us to realise the
former option. The Salim
Ali Nature Conservation
Award was conferred on
him in 2009 in recognition
of his services.
A capable warrior for
the protection of the
cranes at Khichan in
recent years has been Se-
varam Mali whose primary
endeavour has been to
rescue and to rehabilitate
the injured cranes. Con-
cerned with the frequent
injury and deaths to the
cranes by the naked elec-
tricity wires, he petitioned
the local administration
and the High Court against
them. His persistence paid
off, and now the cables
near the Chuggaghar
have been shifted under-
ground, and others in
the vicinity provided with
rubberised insulation. For
his dedicated care of the
cranes, he was given the
Sanctuary Wildlife Service
Award in 2008. Migratory
birds always have a choice
of destination. Khichan
seems to be ticking all the
right boxes as an ideal
winter resort for them.
PROTECTION OF THE CRANES
Intrigued by these remark-
able stories, we decided
to experience this phe-
nomenon for ourselves.
The previous night their
feed consisting of the mil-
lets, jowar and bajra, and
watermelon seeds had been
spread out in neat rows
in the fenced 400-meter
compound. At the break
of dawn, looking down
at the still empty Chug-
gaghar from the terrace
of an adjoining house, the
approaching cacophony of
kurr kurr sounds behind us
was unmistakable. Hordes
of low flying cranes in neat
formations were converg-
ing on us from many
sides. From their landing
zone alongside, the cranes
walked across en masse to
where the grains had been
spread out, to commence
their frenzied feeding.
Almost 2,000 kilograms
of feed is consumed every
day, adding up to a cost
of nearly a crore rupees
per annum. The grains are
always there - thanks to
the donations in cash and
kind by the resident Oswal
Jains. The ties of the local
diaspora with their home-
land also remain. They
often commit various quan-
tities of grains to feed the
cranes at the time of death
of an elder in the family and
on other ritually significant
occasions.
The Vijay Sagar and
Raatdi Naadi ponds on
the outskirts of the town
are the favourite resting
spots for the cranes after
their morning feed. These
ponds, dug in the more
prosperous times to meet
the requirements of a larger
human population, continue
to serve the locals and
the cranes. These shy and
timid birds are surprisingly
tolerant of the movement
of people in Khichan. While
we were there, a raptor ap-
peared in the sky. The nerv-
ousness of the cranes was
palpable as hundreds took
to the air to fly around for a
while, before settling down
again. By evening, the
trigger for the demoiselle
cranes to depart from the
ponds came from the dis-
turbance created by a flock
of sheep and goats that had
come for a drink after their
grazing. The salty depres-
sion of Malhar Rinn, 25
kilometres from Khichan,
is one of their popular
roosting sites. A similar
routine is followed daily by
the cranes throughout their
stay at Khichan.
THE KHICHAN EXPERIENCE
The Khichan experi-
ence reminds us
that all is not lost
in the battle for the
conservation of
wildlife and that wild
birds can ﬂourish in
our human-dominated
landscapes. The
crucial question is,
can it last? The sad
fate of T-51, a crane
tagged in its birth-
place Mongolia, is
a reminder of the
threats looming over
this glorious example
of human-animal
peaceful coexistence.
T-51 managed the
2,766-kilometre ardu-
ous journey to reach
Khichan in November
2019. On the last day
of that year, he fell ill
and died on the 9th
of January along with
14 other cranes. The
post-mortem report
indicated pesticide
poisoning. Unfortu-
nately, there is still
no prior testing of
the grains used in the
Chuggaghar for the
presence of pesti-
cides.
The demoiselle
cranes are a long-
living species that
pair for life. That
characteristic has
found a sympathetic
resonance with us,
humans. Western
Rajasthan has had a
tradition of men going
away to far off places
for business, leaving
their wives behind.
Rajasthani folk songs
speak of lovesick
maidens trusting the
seasonally depart-
ing cranes to carry
their message to their
beloved far away.
In the middle of the
ongoing pandemic, we
can only hope that, as
a civilisation, we con-
tinue to make space
in our midst for these
lovely long-distance
travellers. Hopefully,
the excellent work at
Khichan can continue
so that it lives up to
its recognition by the
International Crane
Foundation as a World
Heritage Site.
THREATS TO THE CRANES
MAHENDRA SINGH
DG Income Tax
Investigation, Rajasthan
THE CRANES
MIGRATE
FROM AS
FAR AS
MONGOLIA
TO THIS
WELCOME
HOME IN
KHICHAN,
RAJASTHAN
DESIGN: ABHISHEK GUPTA

A freshly planted seed might feel
there is darkness all around but
it is the beginning of a new life.
In the same way, these darkest times are a
new birth, be positive and go forth.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
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‘Dedicated hosps for Corona,
SMStoseenon-Covidpatients’
Patel salvo corners BJP
in Centre and Gujarat!
People throng to RHB’s ‘site-visit’ endeavourJodh: Pak Hindu migrants
stitching masks for a living
It has provided
them not just a
means of
livelihood but
also a ray of hope
Jodhpur: A modest
initiative to stitch
cloth masks for the Pa-
kistani Hindu migrant
community here in
the wake of the COV-
ID-19 outbreak has
grown into an organ-
ised manufacturing
facility employing
over 70 women.
It has provided the
women of the displaced
community not just a
sustainable means of
livelihood but also a ray
of hope at a time em-
ployment opportunities
in the unorganised sec-
tors have been severely
hit due to the ongoing
lockdown to check the
spread of the novel cor-
onavirus.
“We had no idea
that an urge to pro-
vide masks to our
community members
by our own women
would one day turn
out to be a sustainable
means of livelihood
for them,” said Hindu
Singh Sodha, the sec-
retary of the Univer-
sal Just Action Socie-
ty (UJAS) which fights
for the interests of
the community.
Sodha said the initial
plan was to stitch about
12,000 pieces of mask
for the community
members, but soon af-
ter demands started
pouring in from medi-
cal stores, industries
and some other sectors.
With the help of
UJAS and community
leaders, the modest
initiative subsequent-
ly grew into an organ-
ised manufacturing
facility. A lot of ef-
forts went into fixing
the parameters of
mask making with re-
gard to its design,
quality and size in ad-
herence to the guide-
lines of the National
Centre for Disease
Control and the Gov-
ernment of India.
The women have
been making good qual-
ity three-layered elastic
masks of cotton cloth.
Sangeeta, one of the
women, said that with
the selling price of a
mask fixed at Rs 10, “we
are making Rs 4 a piece
while Rs 6 is incurred
on raw material and
other cost”. “This has
helped us support our
families at a time men
in the families have
been left distraught
due to the lockdown
and consequent job
loss,” she said. Sodha
said plans are afoot to
enhance production ca-
pacity and around 200
sewing machines have
been distributed among
the migrant households
with support from do-
nors. —PTI
Dr. Anita
New Delhi: While the
migrants are facing
troubles of their own,
it appears that tribals
have also been facing
the heat of the crisis
and on Sunday came
at loggerheads with
the government ma-
chinery while protest-
ing alleged land grab-
bing in Gujarat. Vet-
eran Congress lead-
er and Rajya Sabha
MP Ahmed Patel
opened a front
against the Central
and Gujarat BJP
government on Sun-
day claiming that
the government has
‘unleashed a cam-
paign to exploit the
poor’.
Commenting
on a tweet by
Gujarat PCC
Chief Amit
C h a v d a ,
which car-
ried a video
of cops misbehaving
with tribals, Patel
said, “What is going
on? First Gujarat
government ill
treats migrant
workers and now
beats up our fellow
Adivasis so they can
snatch their land.
The government has
unleashed a cam-
paign to exploit the
poor, the vulnerable
& the Adivasis.”
However, his verbal
barbs did not end
here. In another tweet
Patel, who tagged a
newspaper article,
said, “Truth is stran-
ger than fiction.
You can try and con-
ceal it but it still
shows up in various
forms, sometimes as
headlines. I agree,
60 years of hard
work has been un-
done in 6 years,”
and tweeted further,
“Enough is Enough.
In 73 years, I don’t
think India has seen
such a terrible man-
agement of Indian
Railways. It is high
time the Prime Min-
ister fixes accounta-
bility: If PM cannot
listen to concerns
raised by Opposition
let him at-least
listen to those
raised by
train pas-
s e n -
gers.”
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: With the
gloom of Coronavirus
affecting morale and
even the routine
working in the offices
of state government,
Rajasthan Housing
Board has pulled out
yet another surprise.
Even before the regis-
tration for its most ‘sim-
plistic’ housing scheme
could start, hordes of
people rushed to the
board’s site on Saturday
and Sunday for a ‘site-
visit’ organised by the
RHB. The board’s re-
cent initiative of hand-
ing over the keys to a
house at just 10 per cent
of its sale price while
the remaining amount
be paid in 156 EMIs over
13 years, has struck a
note with people and
the craze was apparent
for past two days.
For the three sites of
the board - Gomti, Gan-
ga and Pratap Apart-
ments, dozens of people
availed the board’s spe-
cial arrangements for
site visit. “The lock-
down has made it clear
to people how important
itistoownahome.Keep-
ing this in mind, UDH
Minister Shanti Dhari-
wal had launched the
‘Home for all’ scheme on
May 27. Due to the
houses being located
at prime location and
facilities like running
water, road, electricity
being provided, the
properties have gar-
nered peoples’ inter-
est. Thus the scheme
was named ‘makaan
ka 10% dijiye, Grah
Pravesh kijiye’,” said
Pawan Arora, Com-
missioner, RHB.
Notably, anyone can
register themselves for
the bidding procedure
and submit their bid
proposal from Monday
to 4 pm every Wednes-
day. The proposals will
be opened at 4.30 Pm
and houses will be allot-
ted. Registrations are
starting from today and
actual submission of
bids will start from next
Monday i.e. June 8.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: After success-
fully handling the Co-
rona ‘peak’ in Jaipur,
the medical department
is now looking to extend
its services to other pa-
tients too by dedicating
hospitals for Corona
and other health issues.
In this connection,
Health Minister Dr
Raghu Sharma has
informed that from
Monday June 1,
RUHS- Pratap Nagar
and Mahila Chikitsa-
lay at Sanganeri Gate
will be Covid dedicat-
ed hospitals in the
city while SMS hospi-
tal will be made co-
rona free to treat the
non covid patients. He
said that last two and
half months have been
testimony to govern-
ment’s seriousness on
corona virus crisis but
it also has to think
about non-covid pa-
tients who are in large
numbers.
“The Charak Bha-
wan OPD too will
soon be shifted to the
Pharmacy Council of-
fice. After shifting,
Charak Bhawan will
again resume ENT,
Skin and Eye treat-
ment services. Coro-
na infected pregnant
women and suspected
cases of corona will
keep on getting treat-
ment at Mahila
Chikitsalay,” Dr Shar-
ma said, further add-
ing, “when corona pan-
demic broke out in
state, SMS hospital
started providing OPD,
IPD and emergency ser-
vices for the corona in-
fected. “Since in rou-
tine a large number of
non-covid patients are
dependent on services
by SMS, so these ser-
vices will resume from
1st June.”
The Health Minis-
ter informed that
the Janana hospital
at Chandpole will of-
fer treatment for
general ailments.
Earlier the govern-
ment had made
Jaipuria hospital a
non-covid facility.
Moreover, on the
occasion of No tobac-
co Day, Health Minis-
ter Dr Raghu Sharma
appealed to the peo-
ple of the state to give
up tobacco products
like cigarette, bidi
and gutkha and also
motivate friends and
family members to do
the same. “Use of to-
bacco makes a person
more susceptible to co-
rona infection apart
from vastly increasing
the possibility of heart
ailment,” he said.
Quoting health ex-
perts Dr Sharma said
that the use of tobac-
co reduces the body’s
immunity which
proves fatal in case of
corona infection as it
creates complexities
in treatment of the
patient. He said that
all district hospitals
have Tobacco De-ad-
diction Centres which
should be used by
people for quitting
the life threatening
habit.
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Do you know
what is the biggest
worry of Rajasthan
Government in this
time of corona cri-
sis? No it is not the
state’s exchequer. No
it is not also the Co-
rona positives too,
since largely the gov-
ernment has kept
things under its con-
trol and as the daily
count of positive pa-
tients has hit a plateau
and moreover, the doc-
tors have, in a way, reg-
istered a victory in cur-
ing Corona with Ra-
jasthan leading in the
country in recovery
percentage and mini-
mum deaths per cent
too.
But the main prob-
lem the government
faces is ‘vacuum’ cre-
ated by retirement of
bureaucrats which is
resulting in several
posts being lying va-
cant. In a month
from now, the chair-
man of Revenue
Board Mukesh Shar-
ma will retire. His
retirement will be
followed with Chief
Secretary DB Gup-
ta’s retirement who
will ‘hang his boots’
in October.
CS’s retirement
will be closely fol-
lowed by the second
most powerful bu-
reaucrat ie ACS
Home Rajeeva
Swarup. And it is in
this context that there
are several specula-
tions being made about
the new CS and ACS
Home and the names
of Veenu Gupta, Dr
Subodh Agarwal and
PK Goyal are doing the
rounds.
However, one sec-
tion in the power cor-
ridor has thrown in
the name of Usha
Sharma, currently
posted in New Delhi,
who is touted to be a
strong contender for
filling up the vacu-
um. Interestingly, off
late, another ACS
rank officer, because
of his NREGA image
and grassroots back-
ground, may emerge
as a dark horse at the
11th hour because of
his old loyalties to
Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot.
Filling upcoming vacuum, state govt’s biggest worry!
Pak violates ceasefire
in J-K’s Poonch dist
Secretariat buildings sanitized
after corona panic grips staff Poonch: Pakistan vio-
lated ceasefire along
the Line of Control
(LoC) in Kirni, Qasba
and Degwar Sector of
Jammu and Kash-
mir’s Poonch district
on Sunday. At about
7:50 pm, Pakistan initi-
ated unprovoked cease-
fire violation. Also on
Saturday, Pakistan had
initiated unprovoked
ceasefire violation by
firing with small arms
and shelling with mor-
tars along the LoC in
Khari Karmara in
Poonch district.
On Saturday too, Pa-
kistan violated cease-
fire in Balakote and
Mendhar in Jammu
and Kashmir’s Poonch
district. PRO (Defence)
Jammu said that the
Army is retaliating be-
fittingly. At about 7:45
pm, Pakistan initiated
anunprovokedceasefire
violation by firing with
small arms and shelling
with mortars along LoC
in Poonch. —ANI
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The buildings
in Secretariat were
sanitized on Sunday
after a widespread
panic gripped the staff
after a war room em-
ployee and deceased
mother of a class four
employee were tested
positive for corona. Se-
curity officer Pradeep
Goyal, Registrar Prem
Narayan Sen and Nodal
officer Shankar Sharma
took the initiative to call
the municipal authori-
ties to sanitize the build-
ings of tourism, ARD,
State Insurance and Ir-
rigation departments
after the news of two co-
rona diagnosis spread in
the campus.
All buildings were
sprayedwithsodiumhy-
pochlorite.Earlier,when
the news of deceased
mother of an employee
being corona positive
surfaced, the whole sec-
ond floor of the SSO
building was sealed and
all 17 employees of the
Irrigated Area Develop-
ment Department were
home quarantined. Af-
ter this, the discovery of
corona positive in war
room led to widespread
panic. The sanitization
was done to relieve the
panic to some extent.
The employees and of-
ficers have been de-
manding preventive
gears.
Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma
DB Gupta Rajeeva Swarup Veenu Gupta
Ahmed Patel
Subodh Agarwal
l Two hospitals in Jaipur earmarked to
handle Coronavirus cases
l Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma
appealed people to give-up tobacco
Makaan ki
keemat ka 10%
dijiye, Grah
Pravesh kijiye
People thronged the site during the site visit organised by RHB.

ost people are given to
wearing some or the
other type of rings in
their fingers, some for
beauty, liking, astro-
logical belief, senti-
ment or even family
tradition. Very few probably
wear it for the ancient belief, that
a rope tied around some part of
the body would keep the soul
from escaping.
From being a symbol of slav-
ery to a symbol of prestige and
authority when being used a
seal and also marriage, with
deeper connotations, the
rings have definitely
travelled a full circle
as its shape! The
origin of the
ring is said to
be Greek.
The first
biblical
refer-
ence to a ring is in Genesis 41.42,
where an Egyptian pharaoh
(probably Apepi II), in about 1800
BC, gave his signet ring to Jo-
seph most possibly for business
or government transactions.
By the way, the ring has defi-
nite connections to occult and
magic and was also used as a
murder weapon. Called the
‘Ring of Death’; the ring was
filled with a deadly poison with
a tiny, pricking point, which was
powered by a spring, one deceit-
ful handshake and death fol-
lowed.
The use of a wedding band
may be traced back to the use of
the betrothal or engagement
ring by the Romans. The posi-
tioning of the wedding band on
the fourth finger, the left hand
could be because the vein on the
fourth finger, is commonly
known as the ‘heart vein’.
The ring is a very compact
form of the jewel, with its di-
mensions determined by the
size of the finger and thus
confining the maker to work
on a miniature scale. Rings
also signify allegiance to so-
cial groups and institutions.
Like everything else, hu-
mans tend to go overboard
and we do see people of both
genders with 8 to 10 rings on
their hands, all of the dif-
ferent coloured stones
to maintain the per-
fect balance of
the stars and
planets.
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TRADITION, MOVED TO BEING A SYMBOL
OF POWER, ARE TODAY ALSO MORE
THAN JUST A JEWELLED ACCESSORY!
M
NEHAL NAYAR
nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in
EVEN WHEN
YOU LOOK AT
THE VARIOUS
RINGS ON THIS PAGE,
WITHOUT SEEING THE
WEARER YOU CAN
FORM AN OPINION OF
THE WEARER AND GET
A HINT OF THE
PERSONAL STORY!
EVEN WHEN
YOU LOOK AT
THE VARIOUS
RINGS ON THIS PAGE,
WITHOUT SEEING THE
WEARER YOU CAN
FORM AN OPINION OF
THE WEARER AND GET
A HINT OF THE
PERSONAL STORY!

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YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Your achievements speak
for you and you never fails
to keep your promises. You
will get plenty of time today
to relax and take make others around
you to chill a bit. You will taste the
success today in your new venture
and remember you kids are very lucky
for you.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
You will find some hidden
treasure or some sudden
benefits will come your
way or you may also get a
property inheritance, something that
you never knew about. Overseas
business is on cards for some. You
have a female luck supporting you
today as per your stars.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
You will manage to save
the firm you work for from
a big loss and you shall be
rewarded for the same.
Your saving habit is benefiting you
each day in term of financial
prospects. You will find that dream
job for which you have been waiting
for a long time.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
You should not trouble
yourself with the worries of
tomorrow and you live for
the day.You will have an
awesome time in your educational
institution as learning will finally
become the fun for you. Today you will
spend the day working very hard not
by force but because of motivation.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Your team in office will be
a big support to you in a
very important official
project. A family is where
you feel heaven and you exactly have
that one. You enjoy luxury no matter
how. Your spiritual self will
encourage to do something big for
good.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
You will be whole day
involved in doing
preparation for some family
party. You will get some kind
of assistance from your sibling even
when you didn’t ask for it. You must
refrain from provoking you boss as he
or she may in some understandable
mood.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
You are a fit person and
people get inspired from
you because of which you
may consider fitness as
your career. All the businessmen who
have been facing downfall will see
the sun rising now as your business
will pick up. You may be too busy
today to attend a social affair.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Your dedication in your
business will make you a
successful business men/
women one day. Don’t be
impulsive when it comes to the
investments as you need to clearly
see your options and study about
them at first. You will sign a great
deal today.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You like to be lonely
sometimes but make sure
its not a permanent feeling.
You will be appreciated for
some deeds and criticised for others
but don’t let that effect your spirit.
You spouse is always there for you
mentally in the time of distress. Your
kids adores you too much.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You will spend the whole
day feeling light and happy.
You are great in budgeting
and this is one of your
strengths which will help you both on
professional and personal front. You
will see a rise in sale if you are in
buying-selling business. An elder in
family will feel very emotional today.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
People may sometimes call
you miser as you tend to
hoard money but its alright
to sometimes open your
heart and spend a little on the
happiness of those who matters. On
professional front, a sudden change
of job is on cards and for all the good
reasons.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Your persuasive power will
make your spouse agree
on things that they have
been rigid about. You are a
very smart person and you have a
great intuitive power when it comes
to judging people. You will try to
change yourself for someone you
love.
YOU ARE THE BEST WIFE
thought, how can a
human being in
love surrender
himself? I thought
I will not surren-
der. I’ll fight and
fight till the end.
For myself, my family, her
family, for others and, most
importantly, for Bhavna.”
As I always do, I read the
foreword and the introduc-
tion first and realised that
the book is based on the true
story of the author and his
wife. That touched me and
also equally intrigued me.
The book tells us the sto-
ry of Ajay and his wife
Bhavna. Ajay sees Bhavna
for the first time when he
joins his engineering col-
lege and it is there that Ajay
falls in love with her.
Hailing from the North-
ern part of India and com-
ingfromsocietieswhichstill
consider marriages outside
of one’s cast as a big taboo,
BhavnaandAjayfeelalotof
difficulties in facing and
convincing their parents.
Finally, after a long peri-
od of courtship and an
equally agonising period of
family melodrama, the two
get married. They had each
other and that is all they
wanted from their life.
But their blissful life is
shattered when Bhavna
falls fatally sick and her
death tears the two of them
apart “You are the Best
Wife” is written in such a
loving and passionate voice
that it is really difficult not
to fall in love with this story.
By the end, I was so much
invested in the story of
Bhavna and Ajay that I
found myself crying to
tears while reading the last
few pages.
Their story is such an in-
nocent one with a brutally
cruel twist that it is impos-
sible not to feel for the char-
acters.
This, I believe, is the best
thing about “You are the
Best Wife” – the ability to
make the readers feel the
same pain which the char-
acters do.
The storyline is quite
simple, follows a single plot
and focuses on the journey
of the two main characters.
The book is written with
the prime motive of keep-
ing Bhavna’s memories
alive or to literally immor-
talise her soul in words.
The narratives are inter-
spersed with some really
beautiful quotes from Bhav-
na which will surely make
your heart melt and make
you brood over her intellect
and wisdom at such a young
age. One such quote is my
favourite –
“Life is not measured by
the number of breaths we
take, but by the moments
that take our breath away.”
 Tell us a bit about
your work. What in-
spires you to write?
My first book, You are the
Best Wife, was not a
book but the true
story of my own
journey with my
beloved wife. I
was inspired to
write it to share
my experience of
love, loss and eve-
rything I learnt
about life.
My second book Her Last
Wish, however, was my at-
tempt at writing fiction
based on true events that
happened in the life of
someone I knew. The event
inspired me personally in
my life and I felt it needed
to be shared with the world
I find my stories in peo-
ple. Every problem has an
opportunity of becoming a
unique story.
I see people struggling to
handle their relationships
and facing issues, they stop
appreciating
what life
has given
t h e m .
This trig-
gers in
me the
need to frame my stories
around those issues and
help them out by sharing
my experiences.
 Advice for aspiring
writers who are trying to
complete their first book
or story.
My first advice would be to
read good books and try to
understand why did you
like the story while delving
more into the art of writing.
Once you have written
your first book, ask your-
self two basic questions
– Why would someone read
your book and how is your
story different from others?
If you are satisfied with
your own answers go ahead
or else you need to rework.
My message for budding
authors is simple – there is
a lot of competition in the
bookstores, but if you do
not surrender, definitely
one day you will find
your own space in a
bookstore and
more importantly
in the readers’
hearts too.
Source: http://blog.juggernaut.in, https://www.goodreads.com/
I
Ajay K Pandey

I
ndianCricketerHardikPandyadropped
a surprise for his fans on Sunday, where
he announced that he and Natasa Stank-
ovic are all set to welcome their first
child. But this is not it; the couple also tied
a knot, amid the national lockdown. “Na-
tasa and I have had a great journey to-
gether and it is just about to get better.
Together we are excited to welcome
a new life into our lives very soon.
We’re thrilled for this new
phase of our life and seek
your blessings and
wishes,” he wrote.
D
akota Johnson was forced to pick between her
FiftyShadesco-starJamieDornanandhischar-
acterChristianGreyandshepickedJamie.The
30-year-old actress recently played a round of
Would You Rather? on Comedy Central. During the
fun game, she was asked who she would she rather
be in an erotic book club with Dornan or Grey.
Shesaidshewouldjointheclubwiththe38-year-
old actor because he is a lot funnier than Chris-
tian. “Probably Jamie. He’s a lot funnier than
Christian Grey,” she said. Reflecting on fan
favourite Christian Grey, the actress made a
cringe face and stated that he is “a little one-
onewithChristian,sadly.”DakotaandJamie
shared the screen space in erotic romantic
drama film series Fifty
Shades of Grey. While
they shared flawless
on-screen chemis-
tryinthemovies,
therewerespec-
ulations that
the actors did
not get along
off-screen.
—IANS
K
ylie Jenner woke up to an
unpleasant piece of news
and she is furious. The
22-year-old makeup mogul
slammed Forbes after it published a
report accusing her of forging tax
documents to fake her billionaire
status. According to the magazine,
the Jenner family inflated figures and
forged tax returns for Kylie’s cosmetics
company. The accusations did not go down
well with ‘The Keeping up with the Kar-
dashian’, who stated that she never asked
for the title in the first place.
The television personality hogged head-
lines after Forbes named her the world’s
youngest self-made billionaire in 2019
and again in 2020. Expressing her sur-
prise over the magazine’s latest re-
port, Kylie tweeted, “What am I
even waking up to. I thought this
was a reputable site. All I see
are a number of inaccurate
statements and unproven as-
sumptions lol. i’ve never
asked for any title or tried
to lie my way there EVER.
Period.” She then asked
Forbes to prove it’s accusa-
tions about fake documents.
—IANS
A
ctress and former
beauty queen Urvashi
Rautela requests eve-
ryone to follow the
guidelines of lockdown and
assist Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi in combating the
novel coronavirus. The blue-
print for lockdown 5.0 was
laid out on Saturday evening.
The online sensation says
she herself has been spending
time at home, adding that she
has steadfastly avoided step-
ping out or meeting people.
“I have been spending time
with family. I am doing house-
hold chores. I am reading
books. I am actually enjoying
my time. I am at home, not
stepping out and not even
meeting anyone. I want
to request everyone to
follow the guidelines
given by Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi.
Let’s not go out and
stay home because
that is the only
way we can
fight this pan-
demic,” said
Urvashi.
—IANS
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YJHD
clocks 7!s ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’ (YJHD)
clocked seven years on Sunday, actress
Deepika Padukone went down memory
lane and shared a few unseen pictures of
herself with Ranbir Kapoor from their
first look test for the blockbuster movie.
In one of the images, Deepika is seen
wearing a satin saree as she hugs Ranbir. The
second one shows the two exchanging smiles and
looking into each other eyes.
Quoting her dialogue from the film, Deepika
wrote: “Our very first look test...’Yaadein mithai
ke dibbe ki tarah hoti hain...Ek baar khula, toh
sirf ek tukda nahi kha paoge’- Naina Talwar.”
Reacting to the post, several fans recalled how
the actors’’ wooed them with their chemistry. A
user commented: “Oh my god...Bunny and Naina.”
Another one wrote: “Please do one more film
like this.” Directed by Ayan Mukerji, the hit mov-
ie also stars Aditya Roy Kapur and Kalki Koechlin
in the lead roles. The friendship drama revolves
around a nerdy student Naina Talwar, essayed by
Deepika, who eventually falls for her former class-
mate Kabir aka Bunny, essayed by Ranbir, during
their trip in Manali. —IANS
A
AVATAR
SPREADING
AWARENESS
NEW
Game-zoned!
F
ormer beauty queen and former
Miss World Manushi Chhillar says
Wonder Woman has been a favourite
of hers because she feels the super-
hero is not just a character but also a state
of mind. Manushi took to Instagram and
posted an artwork shared by the artist
Swapnil Pawar, where she is seen in the
‘Wonder Woman’ avatar.
Alongside the image, she wrote: “’I am
the man who can’. ‘Wonder Woman’ has
always been a favourite because for me, she
isn’t just a character but a state of mind. @
swapnilmpawar, this is the best surprise!
Thank you for the love!
“P.S. - Maybe this picture is from a paral-
lel universe?” Manushi is all set to make her
BollywooddebutoppositesuperstarAkshay
Kumar in the upcoming film ‘Prithviraj’.
Directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi,
‘Prithviraj’ is based on the life of king Prith-
viraj Chauhan. It stars Akshay as Prithvi-
raj, while Manushi will play the role of the
Sanyogita, the love of his life. —ANI
Unpleasant
NEWS
Deepika Padukone;
(inset) Her post
Urvashi Rautela
Kylie Jenner
Manushi Chillar
Good news all the way
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