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RAJASTHAN
456
DEATHS
20,164
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
1,944 DEATHS 36,123 CASES
UTTAR PRADESH
785 DEATHS 27,707 CASES
WORLD
5,35,139
DEATHS
1,14,75,480
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
6,97,069
CONFIRMED CASES
19,699
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
8,822 DEATHS 2,06,619 CASES
TAMIL NADU
1,510 DEATHS 1,11,151 CASES
DELHI
3,067 DEATHS 99,444 CASES
Gehlot Cabinet expansion after
July 15, new faces to get a chance
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: By now it ap-
pears that without
waiting for the final
call of top Congress
leadership on the
likely appointment of
new PCC Chief, a tow-
ering Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has vir-
tually made up his
mind to go ahead with
the process of politi-
cal appointments and
cabinet reshuffle.
According to the
latest input, Ge-
hlot is likely to
reshuffle and ex-
pand his cabi-
net any time
after 15th
July and
he has already complet-
ed the required process
of consultations with
the senior party leaders
including Avinash Pan-
de and KC Venugopal.
Whether Sonia and
Rahul have given
their green signal or
‘go-ahead’ to Gehlot
on this sensitive is-
sue, it is yet not
known, but political
observers feel that
enough is enough and
keeping in view a tre-
mendous pressure
from independent and
BSP MLAs, Gehlot ap-
pears to be in no mood
to further delay this
long pending exer-
cise, come what may!
Interestingly, there is
a strong word in the
Congress party circles
that the expansion
would yield surprises,
on the lines of the re-
cent IAS and IPS shuf-
fle. While one fac-
tion of the grand
old party in Ra-
jasthan claims
that Turn on P6
DB GUPTA IS
ADVISOR TO CM
Three days after
conducting a major
bureaucratic reshuffle
in Rajasthan, late on
Sunday night, govern-
ment appointed DB
Gupta as the advisor
to CM. Moreover, three
more IAS officials
were appointed as
district collectors. IAS
Anandhi has been ap-
pointed as new Alwar
Collector while KK Shar-
ma has been named
as new Chittorgarh
Collector. Moreover,
IAS Chetnram Devra
has been appointed as
the new Collector of
Udaipur district.
New Delhi: India on
Sunday surpassed Rus-
sia to become the third
worst-hit nation, with
the number of cases
standing at 6,97,069, ac-
cording to to covid19in-
dia.org. Russia has re-
ported 6,80,283 cases, as
per the Johns Hopkins
University (JHU) track-
er. India is now preceded
only by Brazil and the
US, who have recorded
2,841,124 and 1,577,004
cases respectively. The
Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare, howev-
er,said21statesandUTs,
including Delhi, Gujarat
and Uttar Pradesh, have
a Covid-19 recovery rate
higher than the national
average of 60.77%.
Meanwhile, in a bid
to cut the chain of trans-
mission of the novel
coronavirus and to min-
imise the potential of
its spread, Kerala on
Sunday amended the
state Epidemic Disease
Ordinance, Turn on P6
8 killed in fire
at candle
factory in UP
Ghaziabad: Eight peo-
ple, including six wom-
en, were killed Sunday
when a fire ripped
through a candle-manu-
facturing factory in
Ghaziabad where they
worked, officials said.
One of the dead worker
was a 16-year-old boy.
At least three other
workers were injured in
the blaze at the Modi
Nagar unit which
stocked highly inflam-
mable material. They
have been hospitalised.
The police said more
than a dozen workers
were inside the factory
inGhaziabadinNational
Capital Region when an
explosion brought down
the roof and gutted the
building. Turn on P6
Amit Shah @AmitShah
@narendramodi ji is fully
committed to helping the
people of Delhi in these
challenging times and this
Covid hospital, yet again,
highlights the resolve.
I thank DRDO, Tatas
and our Armed Forces
Medical personnel who
have risen to the occasion
and helped tackle the
emergency.
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Sunday called
on President Ram Nath
Kovind at Rashtrapati
Bhavan and briefed
him on the issues of na-
tional and internation-
al importance.
“Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi called on
President Ram Nath Ko-
vind and briefed him on
the issues of national
and international im-
portance at Rashtrapati
Bhavan today,” read a
post on the official Twit-
ter handle of President
of India. The Prime
Minister on Friday
made a surprise visit to
Ladakh and was briefed
by senior officers at
Nimmoo amid ongoing
border tension with
China. He was accom-
panied by Chief of De-
fence Staff (CDS) Gen-
eral Bipin Rawat and
Army Chief General
Manoj Mukund Nara-
vane. —ANI
6,97,069 CASES
Corona blast: India overtakes Russia; now preceded only by Brazil & the US
Delhigetsworld’slargestCOVID-19carefacility
New Delhi: World’s
largest, 10,000-bed Sard-
ar Patel COVID Care
Centre and Hospital
(SPCCCH) at Radha
Soami Satsang Beas in
Chhatarpur area of the
national capital has
made operational on
Sunday.
Inaugurated by Lieu-
tenant Governor of
Delhi, Anil Baijal, the
facility has been creat-
ed on an emergency ba-
sis by the South Delhi
District Administra-
tion with support of the
Ministry of Home Af-
fairs in a record time of
10 days. Notably, this
coronavirus treatment
centre which is set up in
Chhatarpur area of the
national capital is said
to be the “largest” of its
kind in the world.
Most of the basic in-
frastructure such as
beds, mattresses and
linen has been donated
by various civil society
organisations and non-
governmental organisa-
tions. A recreational
centre has been made
available to the patients
along with a library,
board games and skip-
ping ropes. People ad-
mittedtothefacilitywill
be provided five healthy
meals a day, the state-
ment added. —ANI
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visits DRDO-built 1000 bedded
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel COVID-19 Hospital at Delhi Cantonment on Sunday.
J&K LG PERFORMS AARTI;
AMARNATH YATRA LIKELY TO
BEGIN ON JULY 23
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir
LG Girish Chandra Murmu at-
tended the first ‘Aarti’ at the Am-
arnath Cave temple on Sunday.
The Amarnath Shrine Board on
Sunday made special arrange-
ments, and for the first time live
telecasted the aarti and darshan of
Lord Amarnath. Locals and devo-
tees, who were unable to go to Am-
arnath cave in light of the COV-
ID-19 pandemic, were glued to tel-
evisions in order to get darshans.
Turn on P6
PM Modi meets Prez Kovind, talk
issues of nat’l & int’l importance
—PHOTOBYANI
INDIA 3RD WORST-HIT NATION
Washington DC: Rap-
per Kanye West, in an
Independence Day
tweet, announced that
he is running for the
president of the United
States. The 43-year-old
musician said used the
hashtag “2020 vision,”
appearing to indicate he
plans to toss his hat in
the ring for this fall’s
election, The Hill re-
ported. “We must now
realise the promise of
America by trusting
God, unifying our vision
and building our future.
I am running for presi-
dent of the United
States!” West wrote.
West, who has repeat-
edly floated running for
president in the past,
had recently posted a
photo of himself with
Musk with the caption:
“When you go to your
boys’ house and you are
both wearing orange.”
The rapper has fre-
quently supported Pres-
ident Donald Trump
and said in April that he
was going to vote for
him this fall.
“I am not going to be
told by the people
around me and the peo-
ple that have their agen-
da that my career is go-
ing to be over. Because
guess what: I am still
here!” he said.
West famously visited
the Oval Office in Octo-
ber 2018, sporting a red
“Make America Great
Again” hat and saying,
“I love this guy right
here,” while posing with
Trump. His wife and re-
ality TV star Kim Kar-
dashian also visited the
White House as an activ-
ist pushing for criminal
justice reform.
If West is to launch a
bid, it would come late
in the game, as the Re-
publican and Democrat-
ic National Conven-
tions, where each party
will formally announce
its respective candi-
dates, are set for next
month. It is unclear if
West seriously plans to
run this year and wheth-
er any official paper-
work for an election bid
has been filed. —ANI
Running for US President tweets Rapper Kanye West!
Kanye West with President Donald Trump at the Oval Office in 2018. —FILE PIC
Elon Musk @elonmusk
@kanyewest
You have my full support!
ye @kanyewest
We must now realize the
promise of America by
trusting God, unifying our
vision and building our
future. I am running for
president of the United
States Flag of United
States! #2020VISION
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CS Swarup, his wife
inaugurate food van
Exam scam @ Sukhadia
varsity: Four suspended
Guru Purnima:
Asaram followers
visit Jodhpur Jail
Jagan Gurjar’s wife
and brother arrested
JDC Goyal takes stock
ofseveralprojectworks
The van provided by ‘Feeding Hands’ will distribute
free food packets to needy people at Bangar hospital
Vikas Sharma/
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: CS Rajeeva
Swarup and his wife
Isha Swarup inaugurat-
ed a food van near the
Bangar hospital com-
pound in the SMS hospi-
tal premises. The van
provided by ‘Feeding
Hands’ will distribute
free food packets to
needy people in the hos-
pital.CSRajeevaSwarup
called it a noble initia-
tivewhileheandhiswife
distributed free food
packets to the needy.
The event was also at-
tended by Excise Com-
missioner Jogaram,
SMS Medical College
Principal Dr Sudhir
Bhandari along with
many doctors from the
hospital. On the side-
lines, CS Rajeeva
Swarup hailed the
work done in the state
during the lockdown in
accordance with CM
Gehlot’s vision that no-
body goes hungry.
He said free food was
provided to lakhs of
people and also ex-
pressed satisfaction on
the slow unlocking pro-
cess underway but cau-
tioned against any care-
lessness even now.
CS Swarup said that
the corona crisis has
changed the way people
think. Doctors, Police,
Administration, and
others came forward to
help people. He said the
responsibility of offic-
ers isn’t over yet as cor-
onavirus is still around.
Ravi Sharma
Udaipur: A big finan-
cial scam has come to
light in the Mohanlal
Sukhadia University’s
examination depart-
ment after Governor
Kalraj Mishra asked a
committee under Pro-
fessor Anand Paliwal to
investigate the whole
matter. Dr Paliwal
along with Professor
Hanuman Prasad, Dr
RC Kumawat, and two
others investigated the
matter and submitted
its report indicting Dep-
uty Registrar (Exami-
nation) Harkesh Mee-
na, Senior Administra-
tive Officer Hari Krish-
na Sharma, Senior As-
sistant (Accounts)
Dinesh Paneri and Sen-
ior Assistant
Satyanarayan Joshi.
All these have been
immediately suspend-
ed. Report against four
employees of the Self
Financing Scheme is
also being initiated at
the Pratap Nagar police
station. Sources say
that financial fraud was
done using a single re-
ceipt for more than one
transaction. Fee re-
cords of many students
could not be found
pointing to a wider
scam in the depart-
ment.
CM Gehlot might
have cancelled all the
UG and PG exams for all
universities but had the
exams been held then
ML Sukhadia Universi-
ty would not have been
in a situation to hold
them with virtually the
whole examination de-
partment either sus-
pended or transferred.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: Like every
year, supporters of
Asaram reached out-
side the Jodhpur Cen-
tral Jail to get a glimpse
of him on the occasion
of Guru Purnima. Some
devotees reached early
in the morning and lit
lamps with a rangoli by
naming the premises
outside the jail as ‘Jail
Mandir’, while others
expressed their senti-
ments by worshiping
from outside the jail.
Due to coronavirus, no
one is allowed to meet in
the Central Jail.
First India Bureau
Dholpur: Bari Police
have solved the mystery
of a blind murder com-
mitted three months
ago as it arrested for-
mer dacoit queen Ko-
mesh Gurjar along with
her brother in law Jan-
del Gurjar. Komesh is
the wife of dreaded da-
coit Jagan Gurjar. SP
Mridul Kachchawa said
that Komesh had been
in jail with her husband
in 2014. Her brother
Ramu was murdered by
Sitaram Kili and others
due to a plot dispute in
village Tilua Ka Adda.
Komesh took help
from her brother in law
Jandel Gurjar to avenge
the murder of her
brother. Both Komesh
and Jandel entered the
house of Sanjit Koli on
the night of April 21
and shot him in the
head. A team under
ASP Bachan Singh Mee-
na, CO Rajendra Singh
Dagur, and cyber cell
constable Neeraj Shar-
ma were constituted to
probe the case. The tim-
ing of the murder was
such that Jagan Gurjar
and his three real broth-
ers were in jail so the
needle of suspicion
couldn’t point to Jagan
or his family.
Bari Police with help
of cyber-cell were able
to connect Komesh and
Jandel with the murder.
Abhishek Srivastav
Jaipur: JDA Commis-
sioner Gaurav Goyal
took a stock of ring
road project, Dantli,
and Sitapura over-
bridge projects along
with visiting the quar-
antine facility set up at
BSUP flats in Bagrana.
Goyal checked the fa-
cilities being provided
to the quarantined
along with the quality
of the food. He instruct-
ed officials for neces-
sary arrangements.
JDC also called up
CMHO to increase the
medical staff and doc-
tors at the facility.
JDC visited the Ring
road project along with
Director (Engineering)
NC Mathur and other of-
ficers. He instructed to
expedite the cloverleaf
construction by holding
talks with the NHAI of-
ficials to do away the
obstacles. JDC also went
to see the Dantli and
Sitapura over bridge
projects where he in-
quired about the details
of the project.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CS Rajeeva
Swarup was busy in
taking meetings and
handling administra-
tive chores despite Sun-
day. There is an impor-
tant meeting of the dis-
trict development coor-
dination & monitoring
committee for rural de-
velopment to be chaired
by CM Gehlot sched-
uled for Monday. CS
Swarup chaired a meet-
ing to check the prepar-
edness for this meeting
on Sunday.
This meeting focused
on 42 central schemes
in 16 state departments.
CS saw the presentation
by departmental offic-
ers for all schemes fo-
cusing on the obstacles
in implementing the
schemes. CS asked the
officers to take a per-
sonal interest in the
schemes to ensure that
the people of state get
the designed benefits
from them. CS also saw
another presentation
for reviving the state
economy after Corona
crisis. He told the offic-
ers that some schemes
mighthavetobemerged
with the main scheme.
A busy
Sunday for
Swarup!
CHIEF SECRETARY
MEETS CJ MAHANTY
Rajeeva Swarup and his wife Isha Swarup inaugurating the food van near Bangar hospital on Sunday.
Rajendra Chhabra
T
he appoint-
ment, removal
and transfer of
Chief Secretar-
ies in state is a com-
plete prerogative of
CMs. It is a normal
process that to elevate
their choice of junior
officer, a current CS is
removed in the middle
of his term and there
are dozens of exam-
ples where CS of a
state has been re-
moved by its CM and
the freshest example
hails from Punjab
where after several
complaints by minis-
ters, CM Captain Am-
arinder Singh re-
moved CS Karan Aw-
tar Singh and elevated
several batch junior
officer Vini Mahajan
to the post of CS. How-
ever, Amarinder gave
Karan Awtar a honour-
able posting. Interest-
ingly, in all the other
cases, the ‘removed’
Chief Secretaries have
all been provided re-
spectable positions im-
mediately during their
removal from the post.
But in Rajasthan,
the removal or shift-
ing of former CS DB
Gupta is an unfortu-
nate and first of its
kind incident, where-
in although Gupta has
been ‘dislodged’ from
his seat of Chief Sec-
retary, he has not
been provided anoth-
er posting neither has
he been kept on APO.
Looking to DB’s low pro-
file and popular style of
functioning with his
senior and junior col-
leagues, he has run this
office with a popular
mood and in a demo-
cratic manner, where he
had no bias against any
individual or groups of
people. Therefore, in
general, there is a senti-
ment of sympathy to-
wards a ‘helpless’ DB,
who is certainly run-
ning through a bad time
and bad stars.
Barring a few excep-
tions, the relations be-
tween CMs and CSs in
Rajasthan have always
been cordial and the top
most individuals in
their constitutional
‘spots’ have always had
a profound understand-
ing of each other’s
workings, so much so
that even after the state
government would
change after election,
CS have continued to
serve on the position.
Prior to DB Gupta’s
‘unceremonial’ remov-
al, thrice it has hap-
pened that a working
CS has been removed
from the position, but
in all three incidents,
the outgoing bureau-
crats were given post-
ings till retirement.
In December 1980,
the then CM of Ra-
jsthan Jagannath
Pahariya had
r e m o ve d
GK Bha-
not and
placed
MML
Vali in his chair. Howev-
er, Bhanot was made
RTDC Chairman, send-
inghimoutsideSecretri-
ate. Second such inci-
dent occurred in July
1985 when CM haridev
JoshiremovedCSAnand
Mohan Lal and sent him
toAjmerinBoardof Rev-
enue, after Mohan cele-
brated his wed-
ding anni-
versary
on RT-
DC’s ex-
penses.
T h e
third in-
cident
occurred in 2013 when
VasundharaRajebecame
Cm for the second time
and removed the then CS
- CK Mathew, and made
him Chairam, Roadways
while giving the post of
CS to Rajeev Maharshi.
In all three incidents, the
outgoing CS were not
kept APO even for a day.
In the ongoing sce-
nario, the example of
the past CSs could be
cited. VBL Mathur
was probably the only
CS in the entire na-
tion, who served for
six years under three
CMs - Haridev Joshi,
Shivcharan Mathur
and Bhairon Singh
Shekhawat. Inter-
estingly, against
this, the shortest
term as CS was of
Harimohan mathur
who stayed CS for just
three days.
Only once has Ra-
jasthan had a woman as
Chief Secretary when
in March 2009, Khushal
Singh was appointed
CS and continued for
the next ten months. In
June 2007, the state
government had writ-
ten to centre for exten-
sion for CS Amit
Vaishya, but when the
answer came in nega-
tive, Vishya left his
seat and headed home.
However, in the case of
CS Rajan, the state re-
ceived extension of
three months, twice and
Rajan continued to
work as CS for six
months after his retire-
ment. Interestingly,
when Rajan was made
CS in October 2014, his
appointment order was
stalled for three days
and it was also the first
time when the chair of
CS of Rajasthan stayed
vacant for three days.
Four CS from state
have gone on higher po-
sitions in the centre. Of
these are Sunder Lal
Khurana, MMK Vali,
Naresh Chandra and
Rajeev Maharshi. In the
state, the CS who were
touted to be close to
CMs and stayed their
loyal were Meetha Lal
Mehta, VBL Mathur,
CK mthew and Rajeev
Maharshi. In contrast,
Anil Vaishya, DC Sa-
mant, OP Meena and
Ashok Jain are consid-
ered weak CSs.
DB’s unceremonial shifting: An unfortunate incident for Raj bureaucracy!
Gaurav Goyal
DB Gupta
MOONLIT
The sight of full moon
with the famous Jal Mahal
at the backdrop on the
occasion of Guru Purnima,
is a sight to behold, on
Sunday! With the holy
month of ‘Saawan’
beginning from Monday,
devotees in the Pink City
will not be able to perform
various religious rituals at
the famous Shiva temples
across the city due to the
Coronavirus pandemic.
—PHOTO BY
SANTOSH SHARMA

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | MONDAY, JULY 6, 2020
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Rajasthan is
rightly considered as a
tourist destination be-
cause of the historical
forts, palaces, havelies
& monuments apart
from the wildlife op-
tions the state offers to
its guests. The tourist
infrastructure of the
state is so strong and
popular that none out
of Swine Flu, Zika, An-
thrax, SARS etc could
shake its foundations.
Covid-19 changed it all.
The fear , rightfully so,
was such that the govt
ordered closure of all
tourist destinations
like monuments, muse-
ums, national parks,
biological parks, safari
etc on March 19. Even
other stakeholders like
hotels, restaurants, re-
sorts, Hathi Gaon etc
followed suit and in an
unprecedented situa-
tion business worth
crores of rupees came
to a sudden halt. After
bearing huge economic
cost the forts, palaces &
monuments opened on
June 1 followed by ho-
tels, restaurants etc on
June 8.
The footfall in the
first month after reo-
pening were not en-
couraging. A total 5,269
tourists visited all of 8
tourist destinations
opened by the state govt
in Jaipur. 24 such desti-
nations in the state out-
side Jaipur attracted
only 3,537 tourists. So
the total arrival was
8,806 in one month.
Such a footfall is wit-
nessed by Jaipur in one
day during off season.
Amer attracted maxi-
mum 1,585 tourists
while Nahargarh had
1,326 arrivals. 90 visited
Alwar, 500 Chittorgarh
and 369 went to Ajmer.
10 lakh people includ-
ing small vendors,
guides, folk artists etc
apart from the biggies,
have been adversely af-
fected by these figures.
CM Ashok Gehlot is
soon expected to an-
nounce a Covid-19 Re-
lief package for tour-
ism. Minister Vishwen-
dra Singh and his team
are also trying to put
the best foot forward by
devising ways & means
to attract domestic tour-
ists. All efforts are in
one direction that the
state is prepared in eve-
ry way for the season
starting from Septem-
ber onwards to beat the
unprecedented blues.
State tourism industry fighting tooth and nail to beat the blues
CORONA IMPACT
Corona blast: Raj records 632
new cases on a single dayThis is the highest single day figure so far in state; Sunday also witnessed 9 deaths
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state wit-
nessed a record 632 new
corona positive cases
reported from across
the state on Sunday.
This is the highest sin-
gle day figure ever since
the first positive case
was reported. State tal-
ly stands at 20164 with
3780 total active cases.
15928 patients have re-
covered so far. There
were 9 deaths reported
on Sunday taking toll to
456. 6 deaths were from
Jodhpur alone while
Kota, Udaipur and Bi-
kaner reported one
death each.
65 cases were from
Pratapgarh, 57 each
from Bikaner & Jodh-
pur, 47 each from Alwar
& Jaipur, 46 from Pali,
41 from Jalore, 37 from
Rajsamand, 34 from
Bharatpur, 30 from Na-
gaur, 31 from Ajmer, 28
from Dholpur, 27 from
Sirohi, 26 from Nagaur,
22 from Pali, 15 from
Jhunjhunu, 12 from Si-
kar, 10 from Udaipur, 8
from Kota, 11 from
Jhunjhunu, 8 from Siro-
hi, 7 each from Barmer
& Dausa, 5 from Churu,
4 from Baran, 3 each
from Bhilwara, Jhala-
war & Tonk, 2 each from
Hanumangarh & Ka-
rauli and one from Dun-
garpur along with 3 pa-
tients from other states.
The cumulative dis-
trict wise tally on
Thursday is as follows
– Ajmer 599, Alwar 703,
Banswara 99, Baran 71,
Barmer 442, Bharatpur
1769, Bhilwara 268, Bi-
kaner 492, Bundi 15,
Chittorgarh 211, Churu
336, Dausa 177, Dholpur
768, Dungarpur 462,
Ganganagar 60, Hanu-
mangarh 83, Jaipur
3526, Jaisalmer 115, Ja-
lore 392, Jhalawar 378,
Jhunjhunu 401, Jodh-
pur 3005, Karauli 110,
Kota 736, Nagaur 726,
Pali 1214, Pratapgarh
139, Rajsamand 313,
Sawai Madhopur 109,
Sikar 625, Sirohi 581,
Tonk 207 and Udaipur
782.
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JAIGARH FORT TO REOPEN FROM MON
2 women die due
to doc’s negligence
First India Bureau
Suratgarh: In a fatal
carelessness while con-
ducting a vasectomy,
two women died at a
govt hospital.
The families of both
the women were justifi-
ably upset and the mat-
ter went overboard
when BJP district pres-
ident Atmaram Tarad
and MLA Rampratap
Kasnaniya staged a sit
in demanding Rs 10
lakh compensation for
each woman along with
action against the
guilty doctors.
Former Congress
MLA Gangajal Meel
tried to mediate but the
matter wasn’t resolved
until the administra-
tion announced Rs 2
lakh for each woman,
Rs 50,000 from CM re-
lief fund and recom-
mendation to state govt
for an additional com-
pensation of Rs 7.5
lakh apart from action
against the incharge
Dr Darshan Singh APO.
Dr Darshan Singh had
operated on 7 women
and two of them died
soon after the minor
surgery.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Rajput
community is agitated
over the investigation
report filed by the CBI
in the Anandpal en-
counter case which in-
dicts 24 community
members for their role.
Community President
Giriraj Singh Lotwara
slammed the erstwhile
BJP govt of ditching
the Rajputs who have
helped the party carve a
space for themselves in
the state.
He said most of the
people indicted for the
Sanvrad violence had
in fact not gone to San-
vrad that day. Lotwara
accused the BJP govt of
trying to frame Rajput
leaders by letting the
CBI go out of its juris-
diction area and also
include Jaswantgarh
police station incident.
Lotwara demanded for
re-investigation.
First India Bureau
Sikar: Three buses full
of migrants returning
from Saudi Arabia
were sent directly to
Khatushyamji from the
airport without any
scanning. This was op-
posed by the residents,
on which Sub Division-
al Officer Ashok Ran-
wan spoke to the high
officials, but the high
officials asked them to
isolate them in Kha-
tushyamji.
Shivendra Pramar
Jaipur: Amid com-
plaints of implement-
ing a timekeeping sys-
tem with transparency
and making an arbi-
trary schedule route, a
major decision has been
taken by the Rajasthan
Roadways management
over the demands being
made by the operators
for a long time.
As a part of the inno-
vation and replacement
of the old pattern, em-
phasis will be given on
monitoring from head-
quarters. Along with
this, the work of posting
of timekeepers has been
entrusted to the officers
of the headquarters to
bring transparency in
the time management
system and ensure
smooth operation.
CMD of Rajasthan
Roadways Naveen Jain
said that the main time-
keepers and employees
were not performing
the allocated work and
responsibilities prop-
erly. Moreover, in view
of the complaints re-
ceived continuously
from the drivers and at-
tendants against them,
the Executive Manager
(Traffic/Installation)
and Assistant Adminis-
trative Officer (Me-
chanical) are given the
responsibility for moni-
toring at the headquar-
ters level.
Jain added that these
officers will appoint the
main timekeepers
(driving class) and
main timekeepers (at-
tendant class) for the
next month by the 25th
of every month at the
headquarters level. Re-
garding the complaints
received, the Deputy
General Manager (Sta-
tistics), on the basis of
last month’s income
and Diesel average, the
duty of the drivers and
attendants will be en-
sured by the 25th.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Governor of
Rajasthan and the
Chancellor of Univer-
sities Kalraj Mishra
will address a webinar
today at 12 pm on the
facebook page of Ba-
naras Hindu Univer-
sity.
The forty minute lec-
ture will focus on a self
reliant India and
swadeshi theme. The
address will assume
importance in context
of ongoing India-China
standoff. Governor will
join the webinar
through Video Confer-
ence from the Gover-
nor house.
Governor Mishra
has been joining vari-
ous events and pro-
grammes to boost the
morale of the people,
but only in accordance
with the guidelines is-
sued by the central gov-
ernment and the state
government due to the
ongoing coronavirus
pandemic. He joins
various events virtu-
ally through video con-
ference.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Justice
Indrajit Mohanty and
Justice Prakash Gupta
have issued contempt
notices to state govt,
Principal Secretary So-
cial Justice & Empow-
erment department,
DGP and JDC for non
compliance of Senior
Citizen Act in the state
and also not following
the orders issued on
May 5, 2018.
The orders were giv-
en in response to a peti-
tion by Lok Utthan San-
sthan. Appearing for it
advocate Rajendra
Saini said that the Sen-
ior Citizen Act is in
force in the state and
the High Court had or-
dered the state govt to
implement the act along
with certain new provi-
sions giving it time of
one year on 5 May 2018.
He alleged that the
state govt had failed to
execute the court order.
Advocate Saini in-
formed the court that
the state govt had failed
to begin senior citizen
residential and care
homes. The court asked
Additional Advocate
General CL Saini to list
the case on August 4.
First India Bureau
Sawai Madhopur: A
mother tried to sell her
daughter to some peo-
ple, but fortunately, the
girl managed to escape
from the clutches of
her tormentor and got
into a train.
But during her es-
cape, she fell from the
train near Gangapur
City railway station
and is now undergoing
treatment in the gov-
ernment hospital. Due
to a head injury, the
mental condition of the
girl is not stable and
she is not able to an-
swer many questions
as of now.
Social worker
Shailendra Kumar said
that he reached the
spot after hearing the
shout of a female fall-
ing from a train and
took her to the hospital
in critical condition.
The local police are
also trying to reach out
to the family of the girl.
First India Bureau
Kota: Nearly 15 months
have passed since Hem-
raj Meena of Vinod vil-
lage in Kota was mar-
tyred in the Pulwama
terror attack, but his
statue has still not been
installed.
Meanwhile, Hem-
raj’s wife Madhubala
expressed disappoint-
ment and outrage while
she was addressing a
press conference held
under the banner of
the Ex-Servicemen Ser-
vices Council on Sun-
day.
Madhubala said that
in 2019, she was offered
a ticket to contest the
Lok Sabha elections
from Congress, but she
is not interested in pol-
itics.
She also implied that
a Congress leader is the
reason behind the con-
struction work of the
statue not being done
in the village.
On February 14, 2019,
a convoy of vehicles
carrying security per-
sonnel on the Jammu
Srinagar National
Highway was attacked
by a vehicle-borne sui-
cide bomber at Lethpo-
ra in the Pulwama dis-
trict in which 40 Cen-
tral Reserve Police
Force personnel were
killed.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Late night on
Saturday, all the univer-
sities and colleges of
the state canceled the
undergraduate and
postgraduate examina-
tions following the in-
struction from Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
to promote all the stu-
dents. On Sunday, NSUI
workers reached the
Chief Minister’s resi-
dence and thanked him
for the decision. Along
with CM Gehlot, NSUI
workers also thanked
Higher Education Min-
ister Bhanwar Singh
Bhati and Deputy CM
Sachin Pilot.
There was a continu-
ous demand from NSUI
to promote students, in
which the organisation
has achieved success.
After the decision, the
students of Rajasthan
University, who were on
a hunger strike for sev-
eral days broke their
fast by drinking juice.
RSRTC asks headquarters to
monitor time for transparency
Guv to address webinar
on ‘self reliant India’
HC notice to govt on failure
to observe Senior Citizen Act
Escaping trafficking,
girl falls from train
Martyr’s statue on
hold since 15 mths
NSUI thanks govt for
cancelling exams
Anandpal case:
Rajputs ask for
re-investigation
Locals upset
over isolation
of migrants
The sit -in organised by BJP outside the govt hospital.
Passengers undergo thermal screening at Bikaner Railway Station.
Governor Kalraj Mishra

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here is no deny-
ing that single-
use plastic has
been a lifesaver
in the fight
against COVID-19, especial-
ly for frontline health work-
ers. It has also facilitated
adherence to social-dis-
tancing rules, by enabling
home delivery of basic
goods, especially food. And
it may have helped to curb
transmission, by replacing
reusable coffee cups and
shopping bags in many cit-
ies over fears that the virus
could stick to them.
But widely circulated
images of plastic sacks of
medical waste piling up
outside hospitals, and
used personal protective
equipment floating in
coastal waters and wash-
ing up on the world’s
beaches, illustrate yet
again the dark side of sin-
gle-use plastics. If we are
not careful, short-term
thinking during the pan-
demic could lead to an
even larger environmental
and public-health calami-
ty in the future.
Of course, the prolifera-
tion of plastic waste – and
its pollution of the world’s
waterways – already was a
major concern for a grow-
ing share of the world
population before the
COVID-19 pandemic, with
policymakers, companies,
and international organi-
zations like the United Na-
tions urged to take action.
Some national and local
governments implement-
ed taxes and bans on sin-
gle-use plastics (though
not all have followed
through on their pledges).
Major companies invested
in more environmentally
friendly packaging.
Now, however, the COV-
ID-19 crisis threatens to
stall and even reverse pro-
gress.
Though it will take time
to learn precisely how
much additional plastic
waste has been generated
during the crisis, prelimi-
nary data are staggering.
In China, the Ministry of
Ecology and Environment
estimates that hospitals in
Wuhan produced more
than 240 tons of waste dai-
ly at the height of the out-
break, compared with 40
tons during normal times.
Based on these data, the
consulting firm Frost &
Sullivan predicts that the
United States could gener-
ate an entire year’s worth
of medical waste in just
two months because of
COVID-19.
A similar uptick in
waste can be seen among
ordinary citizens. In Chi-
na, daily production of
face masks soared to 116
million in February, 12
times higher than the pre-
vious month. Hundreds of
tons of discarded masks
were being collected daily
from public bins alone
during the outbreak’s
peak; there is no telling
how many more were be-
ing discarded in house-
hold waste systems. Ac-
cording to the Thailand
Environment Institute,
plastic waste has in-
creased from 1,500 tons to
6,300 tons per day, owing to
soaring home deliveries of
food.
Compounding the prob-
lem, many waste-manage-
ment services have not
been operating at full ca-
pacity, owing to social-dis-
tancing rules and stay-at-
home orders. In the US,
curbside recycling pickup
has been suspended in
many places, including
parts of Miami-Dade and
Los Angeles counties.
During the COVID-19
crisis, it is essential to pro-
tect the vulnerable, ensure
that health workers have
the tools and support they
need to do their jobs safely,
prevent health-care sys-
tems from becoming over-
whelmed, and avoid addi-
tional waves of infection.
But, in meeting these im-
peratives, we cannot lose
sight of the other – per-
haps greater – long-term
challenges facing human-
ity, including the environ-
mental and public-health
risks generated by exces-
sive plastic waste.
For starters, companies
all along the plastic value
chain, from manufactur-
ers to retailers, should
show their commitment to
public health and welfare
by expanding and acceler-
ating their efforts to end
plastic waste.
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he story of the University of
Allahabad shows both the
early promise of what Indian
universities could have been
and its tragic decline.
In the decades after Inde-
pendence, the Allahabad Uni-
versity boasted of luminar-
ies like Meghnad Saha and
K.S. Krishnan in the Depart-
ment of Physics, Firaq Gora-
khpuri and Harivansh Rai
Bachchan in the Department
of English Literature and
B.N. Prasad and Gorakh
Prasad in the Department of
Mathematics. And not one of
them had obtained their doc-
toral or advanced academic
degrees at the Allahabad Uni-
versity.
But today, the Allahabad
University is an example of
what a university should not
be known for — the malaise
of severe academic inbreed-
ing. And it is not just the Uni-
versity of Allahabad, most
older Indian universities —
such as the Aligarh Muslim
University, M.S. University
of Baroda, Panjab University
and Rajasthan University —
suffer from it.
The scourge of academic
inbreeding strikes when the
faculty of a university most-
ly have degrees from that
very university. It is, perhaps,
not a coincidence that the de-
cline of the Allahabad Uni-
versity through the 1960s and
beyond also saw a marked
change in the academic pro-
files of its faculty. Most of
them had obtained their doc-
toral degrees from the same
university and had no aca-
demic experience outside of
it.
This academic inbreeding
affects ranking, quality of
research, variety in faculty,
and stagnates ideas while
creating a nepotistic ‘in-
group’. It’s one of the reasons
why Indian universities nev-
er make it to the top in global
rankings.
THE GLORIOUS ’60S
The tale of the decline of In-
dia’s universities is as tragic
as it is alarming, and the rea-
sons behind it almost always
include the story of them
succumbing to the lure of
academic inbreeding.
In the decades of the
1940s and the 1960s, there
were several universities
in India that had begun to
display great promise.
From the Aligarh Muslim
University to the Ra-
jasthan University. How-
ever and eventually almost
all have fallen by the way-
side. The Aligarh Muslim
University (AMU), during
the time that Dr Zakir Hu-
sain was its Vice-Chancel-
lor in the 1950s, saw a
great flowering. It had, on
its rolls, three of India’s
most promising young
mathematicians who were
products of the Sorbonne
and London University.
The Department of Histo-
ry was also distinguished
by similar characteristics.
The M.S. University of
Baroda (MSU) had been giv-
en a great head start by Han-
sa Jivraj Mehta who, in the
1950s, recruited outstanding
faculty from all corners of
India and even abroad. The
Mathematics Department of
the MSU was headed in the
1960s by a distinguished
young mathematician who
had obtained his doctoral de-
gree at Sorbonne, Professor
U.N. Singh. He managed to
attract young scholars from
outside the university and
the department’s research
was noted internationally.
Nobel laureate Venkatraman
Ramakrishnan, who ob-
tained his undergraduate
degree from MSU, has ac-
knowledged the role his
mathematical training at
Baroda played in his life. Sev-
eral other disciplines at the
MSU stood out for their high
standards and achievements
such as the Faculty of Fine
Arts, the Faculty of Music
and the Faculty of Home Sci-
ence. A large number of the
academic staff at MSU had
studied at institutions out-
side the MSU.
In the 1960s, the Mathemat-
ics Department of the Panjab
University at Chandigarh
was easily one of the finest
centres of research in India
and comparable to very good
institutions abroad. It was, at
that point of time, being
helmed by Professor R. P.
Bambah was a distinguished
mathematician who had
studied at the University of
Cambridge. A large part of
its faculty had studied out-
side India. The Panjab Uni-
versity had similar stories in
other disciplines as well.
The same story repeats it-
self in the 1960s in Rajasthan
University in Jaipur. The De-
partment of History had out-
standing scholars, as did sev-
eral other departments. The
university had attracted a
bright young faculty in sev-
eral disciplines.
It can be easily inferred
that the 1960s held potential
and good cheer for our insti-
tutions of higher education.
A SLOW POISON
India’s universities have,
however, failed to live up to
the promise they offered so
long ago. Their journey is
marred by an all-round de-
cline. One measure of this
decline is the low rankings
that our universities obtain
consistently in almost all
global lists. And one of the
chief reasons for such low
rankings is the rather indif-
ferent quality of research
output and teaching stand-
ards. The correlation be-
tween academic inbreeding
and these poor standards is
overwhelming. That inbreed-
ing happens at brazen levels
can be easily gauged by sim-
ply visiting the websites of
these institutions to examine
the academic lineages of the
faculty. The websites tell a
very disappointing story. A
huge number of academic
staff has been consistently
recruited from within the
rolls of these universities.
But academic activity is all
about new ideas and fresh
insights. If an institution re-
cruits largely its own stu-
dents who have been indoc-
trinated with the same ideas
as all others, then fresh view-
points are lost. The other
problem is that junior faculty
are generally overawed by
their mentors, more so in In-
dia, and they do not display
the boldness that is so vital to
break out of older academic
moulds. Also, during the
time of recruitment, an insti-
tution, as has been consist-
ently observed, tends to fa-
vour its own alumni regard-
less of merit for so many ob-
vious reasons. This is slow
poison and the sooner India
wakes up to the issue at hand
the better. I advocate no laws
and regulations.
None of the leading insti-
tutions of the world indulge
in such a practice. When I
was a graduate student at the
Imperial College of Science,
Technology and Medicine, it
was an unwritten rule under-
stood by all that every suc-
cessful doctoral student shall
have to seek jobs far and away
from his or her alma mater.
No one even remotely ex-
plored or discussed the pos-
sibility of seeking a job at the
home university. I have a sim-
ple prescription for the well
being of India’s universities.
Identify and put in place good
academic leaders of a calibre
identical to that of Dr Zakir
Husain or Hansa Jivraj Me-
hta and give them a little free-
dom and some time to set ex-
amples and minimise such
academic inbreeding.
VIEWS ARE PERSONAL
One look at Allahabad University will tell you
how inbreeding is ruining India’s academics
T
In the decades of
the 1940s and
the 1960s, there
were several
universities in
India that had
begun to display
great promise.
From the Aligarh
Muslim
University to the
Rajasthan
University.
However and
eventually
almost all have
fallen by the
wayside. The
Aligarh Muslim
University
(AMU), during
the time that Dr
Zakir Husain
was its Vice-
Chancellor in the
1950s, saw a
great flowering
THE SCOURGE OF ACADEMIC INBREEDING
STRIKES WHEN THE FACULTY OF A UNIVERSITY
MOSTLY HAVE DEGREES FROM THAT VERY
UNIVERSITY. IT IS, PERHAPS, NOT A
COINCIDENCE THAT THE DECLINE OF THE
ALLAHABAD UNIVERSITY THROUGH THE 1960S
AND BEYOND ALSO SAW A MARKED CHANGE IN
THE ACADEMIC PROFILES OF ITS FACULTY
l l l
THE SAME STORY REPEATS ITSELF IN THE
1960S IN RAJASTHAN UNIVERSITY IN JAIPUR
DINESH
SINGH
Former Vice Chancellor,
University of Delhi
PANJAB UNIVERSITY, MS UNIVERSITY OF BARODA, ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY ALL SHOWED
GREAT POTENTIAL IN THE 1960s. THEN THEY STARTED RECRUITING MORE OF THEIR OWN

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INDIAJAIPUR | MONDAY, JULY 6, 2020
With 24,850
new cases,
India’s tally
at 6,73,165
New Delhi: India has
reported its highest-ev-
er single-day spike of
24,850 COVID-19 cases
in 24 hours, informed
the Union Ministry of
Health and Family Wel-
fare on Sunday.
With these new cases,
India’s coronavirus
count now stands at
6,73,165 cases of which
2,44,814 patients are ac-
tive cases. India’s
cured/discharged pa-
tients crossed the 4 lakh
mark with 4,09,082 pa-
tients cured/dis-
charged and while one
patient has migrated.
613 deaths due to coro-
navirus were reported
in the country in the
last 24 hours taking the
death toll in the country
to 19,268.
As per the Health
Ministry, coronavirus
cases in Maharashtra --
the worst affected state
from the infection -- has
breached the 2 lakh
mark with 2,00,064 cas-
es including 8,671
deaths. Meanwhile, Ta-
mil Nadu has a total of
1,07,001 cases and 1,450
fatalities.
Delhi’s coronavirus
tally nears the 1L mark
with 97,200 cases and
number of people suc-
cumbing to the virus
stands at 3,004 in the
national capital. —ANI
New Delhi: Chief Min-
ister Arvind Kejriwal
on Sunday, said that as
of now there is no scar-
city of hospital beds in
the national capital,
over 15,000 beds are
available of which
5,300 are occupied.
However, there is a
shortage of ICU beds
here, he added.
“For now, there is no
scarcity of hospital
beds, we have over
15,000 beds out of
which 5,300 are occu-
pied. There is a paucity
of ICU beds. If there is
any spike in COVID
cases, these ICU beds
are very critical for
us,” the Chief Minister
said at DRDO-built
Sardar Vallabhbhai Pa-
tel COVID-19 Hospital.
Speaking about the
hospital he said, “This
1,000-bed facility was
very much needed at
this time. So many peo-
ple are being treated
under home isolation
in Delhi currently, a
person if goes in a seri-
ous condition starts
searching for a hospi-
tal so the hospital beds
are needed at this
time...this 1,000-bed
hospital will be helpful
in such a situation.”
He further said that
there was a spike in
cases in the national
capital when the lock-
down was lifted around
one month ago but
gradually the situation
was controlled. “It was
projected that Delhi
would have around
65,000 COVID-19 active
cases so we together
controlled this situa-
tion and today there are
only 25,000 active cases
here,” he added.
Home Minister Amit
Shah & Defence Minis-
ter Rajnath Singh also
visited DRDO-built
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Pa-
tel COVID-19 Hospital
in Delhi Cantonment.
Health Minister Dr
Harsh Vardhan was
also present. —ANI
No scarcity of hospital beds in
national capital, says Kejriwal
15,000 BEDS ARE AVAILABLE OF WHICH 5,300 ARE OCCUPIED, THE CM INFORMED
Beds at DRDO-built Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel COVID19 Hospital in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY ANI
Nagpur: Union Minis-
ter Nitin Gadkari at the
Atmanirbhar Bharat
web dialogue on Satur-
day said that India’s
government is pro-de-
velopment and pro-in-
dustry and wants to
create more employ-
ment potential and
eradicate poverty.
“India has got a huge
market, skilled man-
power, availability of
raw materials and the
government too is pro-
development and pro-
industry because we
want to create more
employment potential
and eradicate poverty,”
said Gadkari. “Four
days ago, Phillip Capi-
tal organised a pro-
gramme for investors
in the US. About 10,000
investors were with me
in that webinar. They
want to invest in India
as returns are good &
it’s now a safe destina-
tion for investment,”
he added. The Minister
said that foreign direct
investments in micro,
small and medium en-
terprises is being en-
couraged as well. “We
are trying to take in
more investment for
MSMEs and we are
also trying to change
the definition of MS-
MEs as well. The man-
ufacturing sector &
service sector were
classified separately
but now they have been
merged and we name it
‘Manufacturing and
Services’ sector,” he
said.
For micro-industry,
limit of investment in
plant, machinery &
equipment was of Rs
25L, now has been
amped up to Rs 1 crore.
“The turnover was pre-
viously 10 lakh, now we
have taken it to Rs 5
crore,” he said. —ANI
Centre is pro-industry,
pro-development: Gadkari
New Delhi: Delhi HC
has issued notice to SC
Bar Association on
plea filed by its sus-
pended Secretary
Ashok Arora, challeng-
ing his suspension.
Justice Mukta Gupta
asked SCBA & Bar
Council of India to file
reply on Arora’s plea
and listed the matter
for August 6. The court
was hearing a plea filed
by Arora challenging
resolution dated May 8
passed by the Execu-
tive Committee of SC
Bar Association sus-
pending Arora.
Arora has urged the
court to quash the reso-
lution. He has also
sought permanent in-
junction in favour of
plaintiff & to restrain-
ing the SCBA, its office
bearers and employees
from interfering in the
functioning of plaintiff
to perform his duties as
duly elected Secretary
of Supreme Court Bar
Association for the re-
maining term for which
he was elected. —ANI
HC notice to SC Bar
Association over
suspended Secy’s plea
Kanpur: An aide of Vi-
kas Dubey has told the
Uttar Pradesh police
that the gangster be-
hind the killings of
eight policemen in Kan-
pur district was in-
formed about the raid at
his house by a police-
man, a senior official
said on Sunday.
Daya Shankar Agni-
hotri, one of the ac-
cused in the killings,
was arrested earlier on
Sunday after a gun-
fight in Kalyanpur
area near Kanpur. Ag-
nihotri told the police
Vikas Dubey got a call
from the Chaubeypur
police station, inform-
ing him that a team
from three police sta-
tions led by Devendra
Mishra, the circle of-
ficer of Bilhaur, would
come to his village past
midnight.—Agencies
Dubey was tipped off
about police raid, says
the gangster’s aide
MP BYPOLLS: CONG STATE IN
CHARGE WASNIK MEETS NATH
Bhopal: Congress general
secretary incharge of
MP Mukul Wasnik arrived
in state on a two-day visit
to chalk out a strategy for
bypolls to 24 Assembly
seats and help choose an-
LoP. Twenty-two seats are
lying vacant as Congress
MLAs resigned from the
230-member House and
joined the BJP, and two
due to deaths of legisla-
tors. No date has been
announced as yet for the
bypolls. The Congress
government under Kamal
Nath fell in March, paving
way for Shivraj Singh
Chouhan to become chief
minister again. After
arriving here, Wasnik held
meetings with MP Con-
gress chief Kamal Nath,
veteran leader Digvijaya
Singh and others.
CAB CLOSES FOR 7 DAYS AS
EDEN STAFF TESTS POSITIVE
Kolkata: The Cricket Association of Bengal
(CAB) HQs was shut down for seven days after
a non-permanent staff of iconic Eden Gardens
ground tested positive for COVID-19. “Chandan
Das, who works in civil engineering department
on a temporary basis, has tested positive for
COVID-19 on Saturday, CAB president Avishek
Dalmiya said in a statement. “He is at present ad-
mitted at Charnock Hospital. Even though he had
not come to CAB for a week, we have asked all to
refrain from visiting the office for next 7 days.”
4 MAOISTS KILLED IN AN
ENCOUNTER AT ODISHA
Bhubaneswar: At least four Maoists were
gunned down during an exchange of fire with
security forces in a dense forest in Odisha’s
Kandhamal district. Some rebels have also
suffered injuries in the operation, DGP Abhay
said. Acting on a tip-off, a team of SOG person-
nel & DVF officers had launched a raid in forest
in Tumudibandha area of Kandhamal district,
he said. As the security personnel approached
their hideout, Maoists opened fire & a gun battle
ensued, leading to death of four rebels.
IED BLAST IN J&K’S PULWAMA
LEAVES CRPF PERSONNEL INJURED
Srinagar: A CRPF personnel was injured in a low-in-
tensity IED blast in Pulwama district, police said. The
CRPF personnel suffered injuries in his hands due to
the blast, but his condition is stated to be stable. The
security forces fired few shots in the air after the blast.
New Delhi: The call for
a self-reliant India is
not aimed at encourag-
ing ‘protectionism or
isolationism,’ but for
adopting a pragmatic
development strategy
to enable the country
recognise and capital-
ise on its inherent
strengths, Vice- Presi-
dent M Venkaiah Naidu
said on Sunday.
Speaking at virtual
launch of ‘Elyments’
mobile app, Naidu said
the “atmanirbhar
Bharat” campaign was
aimed at giving a new
boost to economic po-
tential of the country
by strengthening infra-
structure, using mod-
ern technologies, en-
riching human re-
source, & creating ro-
bust supply chains.
“It is not a call for pro-
tectionism or isolation-
ism, but for adopting a
pragmatic development
strategy that would en-
able the country to rec-
ognise and capitalise on
its inherent strengths,”
Naidu observed.
India has come to be
known as one of the IT
superpowers of the
world because of its tal-
ented scientists and
technology experts who
are occupying leader-
ship positions across
the globe, he said.
Naidu said it was
quite appropriate that
Prime Minister Naren-
draModiannouncedthe
‘Atmanirbhar Bharat
App Innovation Chal-
lenge’ on Saturday as it
would encourage Indian
IT specialists to prepare
apps for various uses to
enhance quality of life.
The vice president
noted that more than a
thousand IT profes-
sionals, who are also
volunteers of the Art
of Living, have togeth-
er created the ‘Ely-
ments’ app.
Art of Living founder
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
was also part of the vir-
tual launch.
On the YouTube link
of the launch event, the
developers said on Ely-
ments, ‘People will be
able to connect globally
and shop locally.’—PTI
Atmanirbhar Bharat call to help country
capitalise on its inherent strengths: Naidu
V-P Venkaiah Naidu virtually releases the ‘Elyments’ mobile app.
VIEWPOINT
Jammu: The Cen-
tral Government
has approved an
annual plan worth
Rs 574.16 crore for
national highway
works in Jammu
and Kashmir for
2020-21, an official
spokesperson said.
The major works
incorporated in the
approved annual
plan included con-
struction of 3.23
km three fly-overs
in Srinagar on NH-
44 (Jammu-Srina-
gar highway) at
Bemina, Sanatna-
gar and Nowgam
with Rs 220.68
crore, the spokes-
man said.
Quoting a com-
munication from
the centre, he said
the Union Minis-
try of Road Trans-
port and High-
ways has asked for
preparation of es-
timates for the
proposed works in
the approved an-
nual plan, incor-
porating the tech-
nical parameters
and designs as per
IRC codal provi-
sions or latest cir-
culars of the min-
istry, and submis-
sion to it for con-
sideration.
other works in-
corporated in the
approved plan in-
cluded expressway,
four laning, con-
struction of 6 km
3rd bypass on NH-
444 Shopian bypass
with Rs 120 crore.
`574Cr nod
for J&K NH
annual plan
Four days ago, Phil-
lip Capital organ-
ised aprogramme
for investors in the
US. About 10,000
investors jwere with
me in thate webinar.
They want to invest
in India as returns
are good.
—Nitin Gadkari,
Union Minister
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath
on Sunday, said big
events can be held
while adhering to the
protocol pertaining to
COVID-19 and the
‘Van Mahotsav’ will
be a witness to this.
“Pre-COVID, dur-
ing COVID and post-
COVID are three cat-
egories, which the
world will be able to
clearly see. These
will say what was the
situation of the world
before the COVID-19
outbreak, what was
the condition during
the outbreak and
what will be the
changes in the world
after COVID,” he said
at the commence-
ment of the ‘Van Ma-
hotsav’ here on Sun-
day. UP government
has set a target of
planting 25 crore sap-
lings during the ‘Van
Mahotsav.’ “At the
same time, we have to
fight the global pan-
demic as well. During
this plantation pro-
gramme, adherence to
social distancing can
be clearly seen. This
is a good effort & all of
us can organise big
events while adhering
to social distancing,
the CM said. —ANI
‘Big events can be held while
adhering to COVID-19 protocol’
Daya Shankar Agnihotri

INDIAJAIPUR | MONDAY, JULY 6, 2020
Cabinet
expansion...
old faithfuls like Ma-
hendrajeet Singh
Malviya, Dr Mahesh
Joshi, Ramlal Jat, Dr
Jitendra Singh,
Shakuntala Rawat
and Narendra Budha-
nia could be given a
ministerial berth,
there is no question
that former BSP MLA
Rajendra Singh Gud-
ha, who has always
sided with Gehlot in
state polity, could
also be given a role in
the cabinet. Gudha
had earlier served as
MoS Tourism under
Gehlot.
There is also a high
probability of Khiladi
Lal Bairwa, Murari lal
Meena, Manju Megh-
wal, Rita Choudhary,
independent MLA
Sanyam Lodha could
also be given position in
the cabinet even if as
Minister of State.
However, there is a
bigger ‘concern’ for
the current minis-
ters of Gehlot cabi-
net, since word is
that at least half a
dozen ministers
would be dropped
mainly on account of
poor performance in
their respective de-
partments.
Meanwhile CM Ge-
hlot has appealed to
students to play role in
Covid awareness cam-
paign run by the state
government. Gehlot
observed on Sunday
that the power of stu-
dents needs to be used
constructively to fight
off this virus. Gehlot
met student repre-
sentatives from vari-
ous universities who
had come to thank
Gehlot for taking
several steps in com-
bating Corona. Ge-
hlot also offered his
condolences on the
demise of freedom
fighter Isar Singh
Bedi saying, “Late
Bedi’s contribution
in freedom struggle
will always be re-
membered.” More-
over, Gehlot will also
hold a VC on Monday
afternoon with repre-
sentatives from block
level to lern about ef-
forts made to fight off
corona.
8 killed...
The police did not rule
out the possibility of
some people still being
trapped under the de-
bris. The death toll now
stands at eight, a senior
police officer said.
Officials said the ex-
act counts of the in-
jured and the dead
would be known after
the removal of debris.
UP CM Yogi Aditya-
nath has expressed
condolences on the
deaths and sought a re-
port from Ghaziabad
District Magistrate
Ajay Shankar Pandey
and Senior Superinten-
dent of Police (SSP)
Kalanidhi Naithani,
who reached the spot
after the fire was re-
ported. The factory
was being run in a
rented house.
The SSP said the fac-
tory was operating ille-
gally. “Candles general-
ly used in birthday
cakes were being manu-
factured at the factory.
These candles general-
ly have very small
amount of explosives in
them since they are to
be used at homes and
functions,” he added.
The in-charge of po-
lice post in the area was
suspended for alleged
dereliction of duty.
The factory owner is
on the run and efforts
are being made to nab
him, they added.
The administration
has announced a com-
pensation of Rs 4 lakh
each for the families of
the dead workers. The
injured will be given Rs
50,000 each and free
treatment.
J&K LG...
Even though an official
date of the Amarnath
yatra has not been an-
nounced yet, the state
government is trying to
organise the yatra this
year for which special
arrangements are be-
ing made. “Given the
constraints, a maximum
of 500yatrisonlycouldbe
allowed per day by road
from Jammu. It was in-
formed that Baba Amar-
nath Aarti this year will
be telecast live on
Doordarshan,” Jammu
and Kashmir Chief Sec-
retary B V R Subrah-
manyamsaidearlier.—ANI
6,97,069 cases..
putting the Covid-con-
trol regulations in the
state in place for the
next one year.
With coronavirus
cases gradually increas-
ing in Kerala, the state
government has issued
new guidelines to act as
preventive measures
against the pandemic.
The new regulations
known as ‘Kerala Epi-
demic Disease Corona
VirusDisease(Covid-19)
Additional Regulations,
2020’, will be in force for
a year i.e till July 2021,
or till further govern-
ment direction. This
means, people will have
to wear masks, main-
tain social distancing
and avoid large gather-
ings till July 2021. —ANI
FROM PG 1
New Delhi: The India
Meteorological Depart-
ment (IMD) said that
rainfall and thunder-
shower activity is ex-
pected over east and
adjoining parts of cen-
tral India during the
next 4-5 days.
“It is most likely to
cause fairly widespread
to widespread rainfall/
thundershower activity
along with isolated
heavy to very heavy
falls over east and ad-
joining parts of central
India during the next
4-5 days,” said IMD.
“A cyclonic circula-
tion lies over Westcen-
tral and adjoining the
northwest Bay of Ben-
gal off north Coastal
Andhra Pradesh and
south Odisha coast and
extends up to 7.6 km
above mean sea level,”
the weather agency
added.
Meanwhile, severe
waterlogging was wit-
nessed in several parts
of Maharashtra’s
Mumbai, following
heavy rainfall in the
city. Sion Flyover wit-
nessed traffic jam fol-
lowed by heavy rainfall
in the city.
Moreover, a red alert
was again issued for
heavy rains in Mumbai
in the next 24 hours.
Also, high tide is ex-
pected at 12.23 pm of
4.63 meters, it said. The
IMD has also issued a
warning of isolated ex-
tremely heavy falls over
Konkan during the next
24 hours. —Agencies
Vehicles ply on a waterlogged street during monsoon rain at Chembur in Mumbai on Sunday. Moreover, a red alert was again issued for heavy rains in Mumbai in next 24 hours. —PHOTO BY PTI
Kathmandu: Facing
growing demand for his
resignation, Nepal’s
embattled PM KP Shar-
ma Oli has said that the
ruling communist par-
ty is facing a grave cri-
sis, indicating that it
may split soon.
Oli, at an emergency
meeting of the Cabinet
at his official resi-
dence, told the Cabinet
ministers that some of
our party members are
also trying to remove
President Bidya Devi
Bhandari from the
power, My Republica
newspaper quoted a
senior leader as saying.
“Now, conspiracies
are being hatched to
remove me from the
post of PM and party
chairman, the PM said
on Saturday, adding
that he will not let it
happen. The ruling
party is facing a grave
crisis, Oli said.
After Oli’s remarks
about the conspiracy to
impeach the president,
three former PMs,
Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Prachanda’, Madhav
Nepal and Jhanalanth
Khanal -- met Bhandari
and clarified that the
rumour about the Ne-
pal Communist Party
(NCP) leaders trying to
remove her from office
were untrue, The Kath-
mandu Post reported.
On Saturday, a cru-
cial meeting of the
NCP’s 45-member pow-
erful Standing Com-
mittee to decide the
political future of Oli
was postponed until
Monday to allow more
time for the top leader-
ship to iron out their
differences over his
style of functioning
and anti-India state-
ments.
During the Cabinet
meeting, a defiant Oli
said that he will not be
forced to accept the par-
ty’s Standing Commit-
tee decision.
He also urged the
ministers to make
their position clear
whether they support
him or not.
“I had to make a
quick decision to pro-
rogue the budget ses-
sion of Parliament last
week after coming to
know that some of our
party members were
hatching conspiracy to
register an impeach-
ment motion against
the President at Parlia-
ment,” Oli told the
ministers.
Oli’sstatementcomes
at a time when the in-
tra-party rift in the NCP
is at its peak after ma-
jority of the party’s
Standing Committee
members and Central
Secretariat members
demanded his immedi-
ate resignation from the
post of Prime Minister
and party chairman, ac-
cusing the government
of failing to live up to
the people’s expecta-
tions. —Agencies
Nepal’srulingpartyingravecrisis:Oli
East, Centre to receive thundershowerA red alert was again issued for heavy rains in Mumbai in the next 24 hours. Also, high tide is expected at 12.23 pm of 4.63 meters, IMD said
New Delhi: A fresh
bout of rain and high-
velocity winds lashed
the national capital on
Sunday night, bring-
ing the mercury down
by several notches.
The Met depart-
ment has predicted
more rain, thunder-
storm and strong sur-
face winds during the
day. The Safdarjung
Observatory, which
provides representa-
tive figures for Delhi,
recorded 33.6 mm
rainfall till 8:30 am.
The Palam station
gauged 48.6 mm pre-
cipitation, the weath-
erman said. The
weather stations at
Lodhi Road, Ayanagar
and Ridge got 38.2 mm,
35.2 mm and 46.6 mm
rainfall respectively.
Morerainisexpected
over the next three to
fourdays,KuldeepSriv-
astava, the head of
IMD’sregionalforecast-
ing centre, said. —PTI
Rains drench Delhi, more expected
STORY SO FAR
10.75L AFFECTED
BY ASSAM FLOOD
LIGHTNING CLAIMS
23 LIVES IN UP
Guwahati: Two more
persons lost their lives
in the ﬂood which has
affected 10.75 lakh
people in 18 districts
of Assam, a govern-
ment report said. One
person died in Moriga-
on and another in Tin-
sukia district, taking
the number of deaths
to 61 across the state,
of which 37 people
were killed in the ﬂood
and 24 died due to
landslides triggered by
incessant rainfall, the
Assam State Disaster
Management Authority
(ASDMA) said in its
daily report.
Lucknow/Bhadohi: At
least 23 people were
killed and 29 others
injured after being
struck by lightning
in various districts
ofUP. Eight people
died in Allahabad, six
in Mirzapur, two in
Kaushambi and one in
Jaunpur. 9 others in
Prayagraj, 10 in Mir-
zapur suffered serious
burns. CM Yogi Adi-
tyanath has expressed
deep anguish over
the loss of lives and
directed respective
district magistrates to
extend compensation
of Rs 4 lakh to the
family of those killed.
New Delhi: Union
Minister for Home af-
fairs Nityanand Rai,
while addressing a vir-
tual rally in Purnea,
Bihar, hit out at Con-
gress & RJD for spread-
ing rumours that all is
not well within the
NDA and stated that
the ruling alliance was
in order and “will fight
the forthcoming As-
sembly elections in Bi-
har together”.
Rai’s reaction came
after Congress Rajya
Sabha MP Akhilesh
Prasad Singh, during a
VC meeting with party
leader Rahul Gandhi,
stated that Ram Vilas
Paswan was in touch
with him and the high
command was not giv-
ing time to meet and
discuss the possible al-
liance. After this claim,
the political atmos-
phere in Bihar heated
up and it was rumoured
that LJP may quit NDA
before the Assembly
poll in Bihar.
Union Minister Rai
said, “I want to tell lead-
ers of RJD & Congress
that they should not
spread rumours &
should worry about
their grand alliance.
There is no split in
NDA, we are one and we
will jointly contest elec-
tions and repeat the
performance of 2010 As-
sembly election again
in 2020.” “We will not
only perform well in up-
coming Assembly elec-
tions but also, we will
win more than 220 seats
& once again, the NDA
govt will be formed in
Bihar under the leader-
ship of Nitish Kumar,”
Rai added. —ANI
‘No rift in NDA, will fight
Bihar Assembly polls together’
Bihar Assembly
polls are likely to be
held in November

DESIGN: SITARAM SHARMA
idyavachaspati
Gulab Kothari,
editor-in-chief of
Rajasthan Patrika
is renowned
across for his con-
tributions to Vedic Studies. He
was conferred with the Moor-
tidevi Award in 2011, for his
book Mein Hi Radha, Mein Hi
Krishna.
Another feather in his cap is
the latest publication,’ Sam-
vaad Upanishad’ which has
been dedicated to his father
Kapoor Chandra Kulish who,
as Gulab Kothari says, “taught
him to write, who motivated
him to write, who wrote him-
self and one who lives on in
me’ my ‘pitra praan’ who is
like the Almighty to me.”
He earned his Ph.D. Degree
from the Intercultural Open
University, the Netherlands in
1995. His thesis entitled ‘News-
paper Management’ has al-
ready been published and is
being used as a reference work
by the students of journalism
in various universities of In-
dia. He was awarded D.Litt. in
Philosophy by the same Uni-
versity in 2002 and his thesis
has already been published
with the title : ‘Body Mind In-
tellect’.
In his regular editorial Gu-
lab Kothari promotes an
awareness of secular-
ism,infacthisworks
are focused on the
regeneration of
moral, social, cul-
tural and spiritual
values and are an
excellent example
of positive outlook
and holistic think-
ing. They reflect
agony of change
and transfor-
mation and provide new in-
sights for a balanced life.
Widely known for his classic
MANAS, an analytical study
of human mind from a Vedic
perspective, he is a sensitive
writer and profound scholar
of Ved Vigyan. He has au-
thored more than a dozen
books in Hindi and English on
various aspects of human life
which reveal their subtleties.
One signifi-
cant aspect of
the special
e d i t o r i a l s
that he con-
tributes to his
paper from
time to time
is that they
inspire indi-
viduals and
communities
to change
their outlook
on life and
create com-
munal har-
mony.
Taking this
entire aspect further he
has written the “Samvaad
Upanishad” in May 2020,
which focuses on ‘communica-
tion’ which forms the core of
life. Kothari brings forth the
many types of communica-
tion which we deal with in our
lives, the role of communica-
tion with ourselves, the world
and also with the universe and
Almightly, drawing upon his
vast knowledge of the histori-
caltextsandreligiousgranths.
Gulab Kothari
quotes exten-
sively from the Bhagwad Gita,
the most important communi-
cation for humanity till date.
The Samvaad Upanishad
comprising of 30 chapters with
750 pages is a long read but
every word is a learning and it
is a life changing book. Kotha-
ri reminds us that life is a cycle
of birth, karma, death and re-
birth and the humans’ close
relation to nature and trees
as part of life.
The commu-
nication of
the mother
with her un-
born child is
critical to the
development
of the child,
much as the
potter moulds
the clay into a
pot and hands
it over to the
c u s t o m e r,
which cannot
be changed;
in the same
way the moth-
er moulds the
child and hands him to the
society. It is this said and un-
said communication from a
mother that moulds the child.
Kothari gives another example
communication within the
natural environment by giving
examples of ants and their ex-
cellent communication and
discipline.
Kothari touches upon the
principles of communication
as puts forth that each commu-
nication has only one goal to
convince the listener , so that
he may accept the com-
munication in exact-
ly the same mean-
ing that it has been
transmitted. He
says that emotion-
al touch is critical
to effective com-
munication and
cites that the
strongest wordless
communication
is between a mother-child and
a guru-disciple.
Gulab Kothari says he
brought these very principles
to his journalism and his
newspaper also and he always
tries that his words should
touch the reader’s heart and
stay with him for times to
come. He says, “ Pathakon ko
bhagwaan kehte hain, meri
Jeevan mein ek hi chinta rehti
haikimerabhagwan(paathak)
mujhse rooth nahin jaaye,
varna main mit jaunga. Jo
l i k h u n , wahi paathak ki
pooja ka phool
bane, shabdon
par sawaar ho
kar in phoolon ke
saath main subah
subah uske
dwar pahonchun, vah mujhe
dekh kar prasann ho uthe …..
purn aastha ke saath ekakaar
ho jaayen hum dono, jo vah
hain wahi main hun” … this
quote gives a deep insight into
the ethics of journalism by
Kothari.
The mammoth work deals
with all aspects of communi-
cation and is a virtual Bible on
the subject. The chapters deal
with inter and intra communi-
cation of the individual touch-
ing upon the seen and unseen
aspects of this medium. He
has discussed mass communi-
cation, both written and ver-
bal in great details. With his
vast experience he touches
upon the various differences
in communication between
man and women, husband and
wife, man and nature and
within family.
Spirituality is communica-
tion with the self and Al-
mighty and works on four plat-
forms- body, mind, intelligence
and soul. The connection be-
tween knowledge and action is
also explored as is ‘teacher
and disciple’ learning ethos.
Kothari puts forth the essence
of the vices in a human be-
ing’s life and has devoted one
complete chapter to Ego, Fear,
Anger and Violence. Sacrifice
and Sensitivity with their im-
portance in our lives even as
we are drawn into the modern
day ethos is one of the best
chapters. In the last chapter
titled Agni, Yam, Som evam
Pitr, Kothari has held forth his
opinion on the ethos of the
world today and after death
and our relation to it.
For me, one of the most crit-
ical thought espoused by Gu-
lab Kothari is on page 699
wherein he says that, “ A per-
son’s thought process dictates
his aura and his aura changes
as per his thoughts”, (Manush-
ya ka jaisa bhaavmandal hota
hai waisa hi uska aabha man-
dal hota hai. Bhaavmandal ke
anusar uska aabhamandal
parivartiti hota rehta hai).
Our Aura is affected with pos-
itivity when we are in the com-
pany of ‘Saints and Good peo-
ple’ so Aura is also a means of
communication affected by
others.
V
ANITA HADA
anita.hada@firstindianews.com
A treasure trove of ancient history and culture
T
he Vedas and the
Puranas are the
most precious
and ancient
treasure of the cultural
heritage of India. They
not only discuss the origin
of theuniverse,itscosmol-
ogy, its creator and the
creation but they also deal
at length with the philo-
sophical questions relat-
ing to life and death that
baffle human beings. The
Vedic wisdom shows us
the way to steer clear of
the difficult situations in
lifeandliveabalancedlife.
The Vedas are generally
considered to have two
portions viz., Karma-Kan-
da (portion dealing with
action or rituals) and
Jnana-Kanda (portion
dealing with knowledge).
TheSamhitaandtheBrah-
manas represent mainly
theKarma-Kanda or the
ritual portion, while the
Upanishads chiefly repre-
sent the Jnana-Kanda or
the knowledge portion.
The Upanishads, however,
are included in the Shruti.
They are at present, the
most popular and exten-
sively read Vedic texts.
The Upanishads are of-
ten called ‘Vedanta‘. Liter-
ally, Vedanta means the
end of Veda, Vedasya an-
tah, the conclusion (Anta)
aswellasthegoal(Anta)of
theVedas.Chronologically
they came at the end of the
Vedic period. As Upani-
shads contain difficult dis-
cussions of ultimate philo-
sophical problems, they
weretaughttothepupilsat
about the end of their
course. The chief reason
why the Upanishads are
called the ‘end of the Veda’
is that they represent the
central aim of the Veda
and contain the highest
and ultimate goal of the
Veda as they deal with
Moksha or Supreme Bliss.
MEANING OF THE
WORD ‘UPANISHAD’
The word ‘Upanishad’ has
been derived from the root
Sad (to sit), to which are
added two prefixes: Upa
and Ni. The prefix Upa de-
notes nearness and Ni to-
tality. Thus, this word
means ‘sitting near by de-
votedly’. This no doubt
refers to the pupil’s sitting
down near his teacher at
the time of instruction.
The word in course of
time gathered round it the
senseof secretteachingor
secret doctrine (Rahasya)
which was imparted at
such sittings. Upanishads
are frequently spoken of
as Rahasya (secret) or
Guhya (mystery) also. We
find in Upanishads, that
due to secrecy and mys-
tery of the teachings, a
teacher refuses to impart
instruction to a pupil who
has not proved his worthi-
nesstoreceivetheinstruc-
tion. Through another
definition, the word pri-
marily signifies knowl-
edge, yet by implication it
also refers to the book that
contains that knowledge.
NUMBER OF THE
UPANISHADS
There is a good deal of
speculation concerning
the number of Upani-
shads. Traditionally, the
old Upanishads had their
place in the Brahmanas
and Aranyakas. There is
only one instance of a
SamhitacontainingUpan-
ishad – the Vajasaneyi
Samhita comprises the
Ishavasya Upanishad
forming the 40th Book.
In later times, the
Upanishads obtained a
more independent posi-
tion but still they pro-
fessed to belong more par-
ticularly to one or the
other of the four Vedas.
It is difficult to ascer-
tain the exact number
that should be regarded as
authentic Upanishads. A
religious system is con-
sidered valid in India only
when it is supported by
Shruti, hence the found-
ers of religious sects have
sometimes written books
and called them Upani-
shads in order to give
their views scriptural au-
thority. The AllahUpani-
shad, for instance was
composed in the sixteenth
century, at the time of em-
peror Akbar.
Different estimates of
their number have been
given by scholars and they
have been put by some
scholars at as many as 200.
One hundred and eight
Upanishads are enumerat-
ed in the Muktikopanishad
and a popular edition con-
tainsthem.However,among
these Upanishads, ten
Upanishads, the names of
whichhavebeenmentioned
in the Muktikopanishad,
areconsideredthemostim-
portant Upanishads from
the point of view of Vedan-
tic Philosophy.
Ten Principal Upani-
shads known as ‘Dashop-
anishad’ are :Isha, Kena,
Katha , Prashna , Munda,
Mandukya, Taittiriya, Ai-
tareya, Chandogya and
Brihadaranyaka.
Besides, Shvetashvata-
ra, Kaushitaki and
Maitrayaniya Upanishads
are often listed in old
Upanishads.
VEDAS & PURANAS
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autumn season but it’s far better
to be keenly interested in all
changing seasons.
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Naveen Sharma
Jaipur: Dark clouds
are around the hori-
zon. Well we are not
talking about mon-
soons, rather about the
state police’s elite
branch - the Special
Operations Group
(SOG) - which has been
the epi-centre of graft
case filed by the Anti-
Corruption Bureau.
And here is why: The
complainant in the
multi-crore credit
co-orperative brib-
ery scam, has identi-
fied a highly placed
SOG official, with
whom the two ac-
cused - ASP Satyapal
Middha and Inspec-
tor Vishnu Khatri -
organised the com-
plainant’s meeting.
Furthermore, the
complainant has also
revealed that the ini-
tial bribery amount
demanded by this
‘senior official’ was a
whopping Rs 8 crore!
Highly placed sourc-
es in the ACB reveal
that both Middha and
Khatri had accompa-
nied the complainant to
Tamanna Tower in
Vaishali Nagar area
where the ‘cop’ was in
position to meet and of-
fer a price for not regis-
tering a FIR in the mat-
ter. The ‘cop’ was
wearing a mask not
just to avert the Co-
rona infection but
also to hide his iden-
tity. When the trio
reached the spot, the
masked cop handed a
slip to the complain-
ant with the figure -
Rs 8 crore - written on
it. Sources reveal that
the complainant de-
nied providing such a
huge amount to which
the ‘cop’ cut the bribe
amount in half and
demanded Rs 4 crore,
however the com-
plainant declined
paying this too.
This irked the ‘cop’
and taking a cue, the
ASP and Inspector
took the complainant
away from the spot
and ‘counselled’ him.
Later they struck a
deal on Rs 2 crore of
which the first in-
stalment of Rs 30
lakh was to be paid
in a few days’ time.
However, in the inter-
im, the complainant
approached ACB and
narrated his ordeal
while also registering
it formally with the bu-
reau sleuths who in
turn tapped into the
phone calls of the three
SOG cops. The entire
matter is now being
monitored by ACB
DG Dr Alok Tripathi
and ADG Dinesh MN,
though the initial in-
vestigation was done
by outgoing ADG
Sourabh Srivastava.
But the SOG cops
were following all pre-
cautions, or so they
hoped. Sources reveal
that the men kept track
on their target’s loca-
tions and this is when
they learnt that he had
been to ACB Head-
quarter. It was after
this that the trio
started treading cau-
tiously and denied
accepting the bribe.
They even tried to
pressurise the man
into accepting that
he was bribing them
of his own will, how-
ever, the talks be-
tween the three men
prior to the incident,
was recorded by the
ACB based on which
the case was regis-
tered by it. Sources
claim that the com-
plainant has identi-
fied the ‘masked
man’ from his only
meeting with him
and now the bureau
sleuths are trying to
piece together the
entire story.
Complainant identifies ‘masked senior official’
part of bribery racket, says `8 cr were demanded
SOG BRIBERY CASE
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Even after 72
hours of an unceremonial
shifting of a low profile
and soft-spoken former
Chief Secretary DB Gupta
by his own mentor, tower-
ing Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot, in a sudden and
surprising midnight oper-
ation, the inside story or
mystery of this change of
guard has yet not been
solved or cracked. After a
45 minute long DB Gup-
ta meeting with Gehlot
on July 3, still there is no
clue what had exactly in-
spired Gehlot to take
such a drastic and tough
action in a ruthless man-
ner against the top civil
servant of the state,
which otherwise does
not suit the traditional
image of a sensitive, hu-
mane face and Gandhian
Chief Minister Gehlot?
What had actually ‘hurt’
Gehlot to the extent that
DB is neither given any
posting nor he had been
placed under APO till
Sunday late night?
Now there are different
theories and viewpoints
which suggest a number of
possible or potential rea-
sons for DB’s ‘untimely
ouster’, just 87 days before
his scheduled retirement
on September 30. The first
available indication has
come from sources close to
Congress high command
and Pilot camp itself say-
ing that they had a decisive
role in virtually ‘compel-
ling’ Gehlot to toe their line
to replace DB by Delhi’s
‘choice’ Rajeeva Swarup.
Knowledgeable sources re-
veal that almost for the last
one year, Pilot camp was
persuading New Delhi to
bring a new Chief Secre-
tary in the state in place of
DB Gupta, who was basi-
cally the choice of former
BJP Chief Minister
Vasundhara Raje.
Subsequently, DB’s
wife and ACS PWD
Veenu Gupta was also
dragged in this entire
controversy by Pilot
camp in front of Sonia
and Rahul by saying that
apart from her non-co-
operative attitude, she
was also involved in
some sort of ‘spying’ on
the ‘activities and move-
ments’ of her own min-
ister Pilot and also re-
porting certain sensitive
and confidential PWD
matters to CMO, without
the minister’s knowl-
edge. A persistent cam-
paign on these two sensi-
tive issues by Pilot camp
ultimately yielded the
desired result and under
advice from Sonia or Ra-
hul, Gehlot shifted his
own Chief Secretary DB
in an unsavoury manner
midnight of July 2.
A Pilot camp source
claims that a few more
high profile and Gehlot fa-
vourite top IAS and IPS of-
ficers are also on Congress
high command’s radar, ap-
parently via Pilot route.
According to political
observers, under a pow-
erful Gehlot regime, it
looks almost impossible
that at Pilot’s insistence
Sonia or Rahul will ‘in-
tervene’ in the govern-
ance of a third time Con-
gress Chief Minister,
who is a hardcore Gan-
dhi family loyalist and
also one of the most sen-
ior Congress lead-
er across the
country. But
still this
theory or
d e v e l o p -
ment cer-
t a i n l y
needs fur-
ther investi-
gation to
come to a logi-
cal conclu-
sion.
The other grapevine,
which is making the
rounds, says that during
the course of recent Rajya
Sabha elections, some
‘powerful people’ took ‘ex-
tra interest’ in getting re-
leased a few long pending
major payments to a few
influential PWD contrac-
tors and allegedly the mon-
ey was subsequently used
for the purpose of poach-
ing a few MLAs, as was
also openly alleged by the
Chief Minister himself
that certain forces in Delhi
and Jaipur are trying to
lure MLAs for cross voting
or to pull down his govern-
ment. According to a high-
ly reliable input, this ‘in-
formation’ was passed on
to Gehlot by his own intel-
ligence wing and other
‘sources’.
According to this the-
ory, after having a pri-
ma-facie look on these
inputs, Gehlot reported-
ly got hurt and furious
to the extent that he not
only removed his one
time favourite DB Gup-
ta, in a midnight move,
but also did not give him
any posting.
One more related grape-
vine is that a few months
back there were some seri-
ous media reports alleg-
ing DB’s involvement in
certain warehousing cor-
poration tender issues re-
lated to his son or his
friend’s business. In his
context, the latest com-
plaint was made by the
former collector of Bundi
Antar Singh Nehra who
conveyed it to CMO that
there was an increasing
pressure on him to release
a Rs 2.5 crore pending pay-
ment to DB’s son or
friend’s firm. After the
‘smart’ Collector’s report-
ing to higher ups in Jaipur
naturally after knowing
all this Gehlot must have
been upset because almost
eight months back also,
after reading some media
reports on his son’s in-
volvement in warehous-
ing tenders, a ‘concerned’
Gehlot had clearly given a
word of caution to DB to
keep off from such ‘family
matters’, which could
damage the reputation
and prestige of the state
government and his own
CS office. Knowledgeable
sources were sad to men-
tion that DB did not take
his mentor Gehlot’s ad-
vice seriously and kept on
‘interfering’ in the work-
ing of warehousing corpo-
ration. There was also a
loose talk about DB’s ‘in-
terference’ in one tender
related issue in Rajasthan
Seeds Corporation.
Interestingly, CMO was
already reportedly moni-
toring this seed corpora-
tion issue, because of some
‘other reasons’. According
to sources, this also must
have further disappointed
and frustrated Gehlot.
The fourth grapevine
is that for the last couple
of months, Gehlot was
upset with DB’s overall
poor or inadequate per-
formance in exercising
an effective supervisory
control over his senior
ACS level subordinate
officers, whose differ-
ences and cross media
allegations have bought
a bad name to the state
government. Gehlot also
had a feeling that the of-
fice of the Chief Secre-
tary is not properly exe-
cuting and implement-
ing Chief Minister’s
budget announcements,
a subject very close to
the heart of a grassroots
and popular Chief Min-
ister Gehlot.
Moreover, there were
day to day confronta-
tions between some min-
isters and their secretar-
ies, where DB also failed
to rein in the defiant bu-
reaucrats or to work as a
‘bridge’ between the two
warring camps. All these
impressions and some
handiwork of anti-DB
camp in IAS also played
a vital role in bringing
down DB’s stature to
this level.
In this ongoing uncer-
tain and complicated sce-
nario, neither Gehlot nor
DB have come out with a
specific explanation or
reason to convey a clear
message as to what had
exactly gone wrong be-
tween the two or DB has
been shifted under a spe-
cific mandate from the
Congress high command?
So, now it is left to the
guess work and judgement
of every individual in bu-
reaucratic and political
arena to have their own
conclusion or viewpoint
of this entire unfortunate
incident, which has cer-
tainly brought down the
status and authority of
the powerful office of the
Chief Secretary
among the bureau-
cracy and general
public. In fact,
the most serious
aspect of this
entire episode is
that if it is proved beyond
doubt that Pilot had any
decisive ‘role’ in this en-
tire episode, then it is not
a good signal for the ‘good
governance’ of CM Gehlot
in the coming days and
therefore, some major
strategic operation will
have to be planned by an
experienced and vision-
ary Ashok Gehlot to stop
all these ‘developments’ at
this primary stage itself.
At this juncture, it is
also pertinent to mention
that a democrat CM Ge-
hlot had virtually re-
stored the authority of
CS’s office, while giving a
second chance to DB to
continue as the Chief sec-
retary during his tenure
also. In his capacity as CS,
DB was fairly popular
among his colleagues and
specially RAS cadre. He
was fairly honest,
straightforward and a
hard working officer
and in his totality, he
was a low profile and
soft spoken leader, to
whom everybody had a
direct and easy access.
Meanwhile, in a late
night development, a
concerned Gehlot final-
ly appointed DB as one
of his advisors (apart
from Arvind Mayaram
and Govind Sharma),
the post which was of-
fered to DB before his
exit but was declined by
him at that moment.
DIDPILOTREALLYPLAYANY‘ROLE’INDB’SREMOVAL?
 ASP Middha and Inspector Khatri
took the complainant to Tamanna
Tower in Vaishali Nagar to strike a
deal, the ‘cop’ demanded `8 crore in
the first offer
 SOG cops even kept track of
complainant’s movements, learnt that
he visited the ACB and declined
accepting bribe
EXCLUSIVE
Dr Alok Tripathi Dinesh MN Satyapal Middha
 Apparently under a powerful Gehlot rule, it
does not look possible, but still the story needs
further investigation
Meanwhile,GehlotappointsDBashisadvisor
AVINASH PANDE
@avinashpandeinc
With one of the lowest testing rates, India is
now the fourth worst affected country in the
world with #COVID cases continuing to worsen.
More than 3 months of Lockdown without any
mass scale testing has resulted in the numbers
exploding. #BJPfailsCoronaFight
The Rajasthan government has decided to
promote all students to the next class without
conducting examinations for undergraduate
and postgraduate courses in all universities,
colleges and technical educational institutions in
the state this year.
Hearty con-
gratulations on
the auspicious
festival that is
symbol of Indian
culture "Guru
Poornima"! Best
wishes! #Guru-
Purnima
Centenary greet-
ings on the birth
anniversary of
former Governor,
State President,
senior Congress
leader late Pandit
Naval Kishore
Sharma.
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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
TGeriatric care may be
needed by house’s old
people. A new and more
paying job is indicated.
Only spend money on important
things. You will spend your day in
repairing some thing Marketing
personnel may be pressurised for
selling their products.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Lamenting over what has
been lost is not a trait of
warriors, always look
forward and march ahead.
Right now all your stars is
supporting a big change in life for
good. You kid have big dreams and
you will play a very important role in
making them come true.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Windfall can be expected
that will change your
financial position forever
for good. You will be in
limelight after you get the
professional opportunity which is not
easy. You may go for a new diet
which may not taste good but will be
extremely beneficial for you.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Yielding big profits must be
your priority at this moment.
Business will thrive,just
needs a little push. Don’t
give up so easily you never know your
little more efforts may change
someone’s life. There are always ups
and down in life doesn’t mean we stop
having hope in tough times.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Brevity of human life is
well known therefore one
should make the most of it.
Monetary benefits are on
the cards and the same money can
be used for your business expansion.
Professionally you leave no chance
to impress tour boss. Those unwell
can expect a quick recovery.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Reproaching in domestic
matters must not happen
rather sit and discuss
whatever it may be. Your
family is your strength and don’t let
anything shake it. You are blessed to
have a great mother from whom you
have inculcated all the best values and
virtues.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
TAcquisition of some firm
or some kind of small
business is on the cards
for some. You have a
strong desire for fame and power
and you can get it with patience and
diligence. Professionally you are
doing alright for now and definitely
you have a secure job.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Solidarity is must seeing
the current times, do not
forget that. You will save
money today by using your
bargaining skills. Those not feeling
well will have instant recovery.
Cooperate with your wife at home
and give them the opportunity to
rest.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Postulating the right ideas
to run the business is
whats need right now also
focus on being selective
with your staff. For startups you need
a good publicity program to see
profits coming your way. You need to
workout regularly if you occasionally
indulge in eating junk food.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Dominion over a certain
segment of business in the
market is what makes you
a known personality. You
may require some serious persuasive
skills to make your spouse agree for
something. You have a great bond
with your kids and you are both their
mentor and a friend.
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Tramify your business and
you shall see how
successful you will
become. Sometimes you
have to take a step back to take a
step forward. Your achievements
speaks for you. You are a good
parents and always try to understand
your child’s emotions.
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Surmount challenges is
something no one can
know better than you.
Make peace with whom
you haven’t talked with in a while.
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ine our most current con-
cerns.
The first episode, Strik-
ing Vipers, is – lightly,
obliquely – a meditation on
sexual and gender fluidity,
via the story of old college
friends Danny and Karl.
The pair meet up together
again a decade on and find
out that, as online avatars
in a wholly immersive vid-
eo game (discs are stuck to
temples and the players
zombie out on their respec-
tive sofas, their minds liter-
ally in the alternative
world), they have – despite
Danny’s happy marriage to
a woman and Karl’s string
of young girlfriends – an
overwhelming attraction
to each other. Mind-blow-
ing online sex between
them , ensues and suddenly
every boundary is porous:
real and online life; fidelity
and infidelity; heterosexu-
ality and homosexuality;
and lust, love and friend-
ship.
It’s one of the most ten-
der episodes of Black Mir-
ror, whose reputation for
bleak nihilism is overstat-
ed but not entirely unde-
served given how often it
prefers the pursuit of a
good idea to its extreme
end rather than following
up on its emotional impact.
The second episode,
Smithereens, is the slight-
est and perhaps least suc-
cessful of the trio. The sto-
ry questions our power-
lessness in the face of tech
developed to keep us ad-
dicted, but doesn’t twist
and turn as much as the
best of them. It is largely
held together by Andrew
Scott’s uniquely potent and
peculiar energy (whether
he’s hot priesting or Mori-
artying it), perfectly chan-
nelled into the role of a
grief-stricken, increasing-
ly desperate taxi driver
who kidnaps an employee
of an Apple-esque compa-
ny in order to force its CEO
to speak to him. Things,
inevitably, spiral out of
control.
Rachel, Jack and Ashley
Too is the barnstorming
finale – fast and perfectly-
paced, a mass of ideas en-
twining with masses of
action, and still with
enough heart to keep you
watching in more than
awe. It is the one that has
grabbed most of the ad-
vance headlines because it
stars Miley Cyrus, the
singer and former child
star who became famous
playing the character Mi-
ley Stewart, ordinary
schoolgirl by day and re-
cording sensation Hannah
Montana by night in the
Disney show Hannah Mon-
tana. What attracted her to
the part of Ashley O – a
denatured recording sen-
sation controlled in every
aspect by her manager-
aunt, and whose real per-
sonality is eventually un-
veiled to one of her ador-
ing fans via a malfunction-
ing robot intended as an
anodyne piece of merch –
we may never know.
It’s a grand caper, involv-
ing a daring break-in to a
celebrity mansion, anaes-
thetising syringes stabbed
in necks, a mouse-brain
laboratory in a basement
and a disastrous talent con-
test, but it also provides
plenty of mental meat to
chew on. It ruminates on
the power of celebrity and
AI to fill in the cracks of
lonely lives, seeming to
mend them but ultimately
only alienating us further
from each other. But it’s
also about the endless dif-
ferences between the sani-
tised images we see every-
where and the brutal reali-
ties behind them, and the
drive towards homogenei-
ty in all things – from inse-
cure adolescent teenagers
seeking safety in the crowd
until they figure them-
selves out, to the people
who just want to make the
biggest buck from the wid-
est possible demographic.
Miley Cyrus gives a
great performance as a star
hovering on the border be-
tween depression and re-
bellion. But a shout-out too
for the quieter but equally
sterling work from Angou-
rie Rice – absolutely con-
vincing as a shy, awkward
teen for whom no Holly-
wood transformation beck-
ons. The three instalments
vary in mood, genre and
just about everything else
(as anthologies are de-
signed to do) but they
share a new air of calm
authority.
BLACK MIRROR
Sweet, sadistic and
hugely impressive
thetising syringes stabbed authority.
hugely impressivehugely impressive
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Source: https://www.theguardian.com

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