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RAJASTHAN
461
DEATHS
20,688
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
1,961 DEATHS 36,858 CASES
UTTAR PRADESH
809 DEATHS 28,636 CASES
WORLD
5,38,552
DEATHS
1,16,54,557
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
7,19,448
CONFIRMED CASES
20,174
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
9,026 DEATHS 2,11,987 CASES
TAMIL NADU
DELHI
New Delhi: NationalSe-
curity Advisor Ajit Dov-
al and Chinese Foreign
Minister Wang Yi held a
telephonic conversation
onSundayduringwhich
they agreed on disen-
gagement of troops
along the Line of Actual
Control (LAC) at the ear-
liest, the Ministry of Ex-
ternal Affairs said.
Doval and Wang are
special representatives
for border talks between
the two countries. In a
statement, the MEA de-
scribed the talks as
“frank and in-depth ex-
change of views” and
said they agreed that
both sides should com-
plete the ongoing disen-
gagement process along
theLAC“expeditiously”.
The troops of India
and China are engaged
in an eight-week stand-
off in several areas in
eastern Ladakh includ-
ing Pangong Tso, Gal-
wan Valley and Gogra
Hot Spring.
The Chinese military
on Monday began with-
drawing troops from
Galwan Valley and Go-
gra Hot Spring.
The MEA said both
sides agreed that it was
necessary to “ensure at
the earliest complete
disengagement of the
troops along the LAC
and de-escalation from
India-China border are-
as for full restoration of
peace and tranquillity.”
“In this regard they
further agreed that
both sides should com-
plete the ongoing disen-
gagement process along
the LAC expeditiously.
The two sides should
also ensure a phased
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Doval knocks some sense into China
l NSA Ajit Doval and Chinese FM Wang agree on expeditious disengagement of troops in eastern Ladakh
l The standoff began 60 days ago with violent faceoff at the Pangong Tso bank l Chinese troops have reportedly
pulled back a kilometre from the clash site, creating a buffer zone between the two armies
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot said
that the dedication
with which the repre-
sentatives of urban
bodies and sanitation
workers have worked,
have resulted in suc-
cessfully stopping the
spread of corona in-
fection.
“The hard work of all
of you including the
doctors, nursing work-
ers, anganwadi workers
and police involved in
the battle against Coro-
na has increased the
honor and respect of
Rajasthan in the coun-
try,” Gehlot said while
interacting with public
representatives of ur-
ban bodies and sanita-
tion through video con-
ference from the Chief
Minister’s residence on
Monday.
Around 1600 par-
ticipants from 196 ur-
ban bodies across the
state were directly
involved in the event.
Gehlot called upon
them to engage with
team spirit in the battle
against Corona. “For
the last four months,
Rajasthan has man-
aged to control coro-
na. Sanitation work-
ers have played a big
role in keeping the
city, street and neigh-
borhood free from in-
fection by risking
their lives. The state
government provided
one thousand rupees to
the these workers for
masks, gloves, sanitiz-
ers Turn on P6
‘Sanitation workers playing a big role in preventing infection’
CM’S VC WITH PUBLIC REPS OF URBAN BODIES & SANITATION WORKERS
CM Ashok Gehlot during the VC where Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma, UDH Minister Shanti
Dhariwal, Rajeeva Swarup and Niranjan Arya were present on Monday.
China criticises US
drills in S China Sea
NSA Ajit Doval spoke to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi a day before India and China showed first
sign of de-escalation in Galwan, Ladakh. —FILE PHOTO
China started pulling back
troops and dismantling tents
and structures on Monday,
from the standoff points in the
Galwan area. The move comes
after NSA Ajit Doval held a
video call with Chinese Foreign
Minister and State Councilor
Wang Yi, on Sunday. Both sides
agreed that it was necessary
to “ensure at the earliest
complete disengagement of
the troops along the LAC.”
CHINA
WITHDRAWS
TROOPS
New expat bill may
force 8L Indians
out of Kuwait
Kuwait: The legal and
legislative committee
of Kuwait’s National
Assembly has approved
the draft expat quota
bill which could result
in 8 lakh Indians leav-
ing the country.
The National Assem-
bly’s legal and legisla-
tive committee has de-
termined that the draft
expat quota bill is con-
stitutional, Gulf News
reported citing local
media report. The Bill,
according to which Indi-
ans should not exceed 15
per cent of the popula-
tion, is to be transferred
to the respective com-
mittee so that a compre-
hensive plan is created.
The outlet reported
that ‘this could result in
800,000 Indians leaving
Kuwait, as the Indian
community constitutes
the largest expat com-
munity in Kuwait, total-
ling 1.45 million’.
Of the 4.3 million
population of Kuwait,
expats account for 3
million.
The anti-expat rheto-
ric have spiked since
the beginning of the
COVID-19 pandemic
with lawmakers and
governmental officials
call for reducing the
number of foreigners in
Kuwait. Turn on P6
INDIA’S COVID-19 TALLY
CROSSES 7 LAKH MARK
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally neared the 7
lakh mark with 7,19,448 cases after 24,248 new
cases were reported in the last 24 hours, said
the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
There are 2,59,046 active cases in the country
while 4,40,099 patients have been cured or
discharged. While one patient has migrated. 472
new deaths were reported in the last 24 hours in
the country due to COVID-19, taking the number
of patients succumbing to the deadly virus to
20,173. As per the Health Ministry, Maharashtra
continues to be the most impacted state from the
infection with 2,06,619 cases and 8,822 fatalities
due to the virus. Tamil Nadu in second place has a
total of 1,11,151 cases and 1,510 fatalities.
SC dismisses plea, fines
lawyer for wasting time
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Monday
imposed a fine of Rs 100
onlawyerReepakKansal
and dismissed his peti-
tion seeking directions
totheapexcourt’sSecre-
tary-General, Registrar,
and officers to not give
preference to cases filed
by influential lawyers
and petitioners.
The order was pro-
nounced by SC over a
phone call. The top
court asked the peti-
tioner that he being a
member of the bar,
should not make such
allegation against the
registry. “We are impos-
ing a minimum cost of
Rs100 on you,” SC said
in its judgment.
A bench headed by
Justice Arun Mishra
had on June 19 reserved
its order Turn on P6
BIAS IN LISTING OF CASES
Beijing: China on
Monday accused the
US of flexing its mil-
itary muscles in the
South China Sea by
conducting joint ex-
ercises with two US
aircraft carrier
groups in the strate-
gic waterway.
Foreign ministry
spokespersonZhaoLi-
jian said the exercises
were performed total-
ly out of ulterior mo-
tives and undermined
stability in the area.
Againstsuchaback-
drop, the US deliber-
ately dispatched mas-
sive forces to conduct
large-scale military
exercises in the rele-
vant waters of the
SouthChinaSeatoflex
its military muscle,”
Zhao said at a daily
briefing. Turn on P6
New Delhi: Final-year
examinations in uni-
versities will have to be
conducted by Septem-
ber-end, HRD Ministry
announced on Monday,
deferring the
schedule from
July in view of
a spike in COV-
ID-19 cases.
However, stu-
dentsunabletoap-
pear in final-year ex-
ams in September will
get another chance and
universitieswillconduct
special exams “as and
when feasible”, accord-
ing to a revised guide-
lines issued by the UGC.
The decision by HRD
Ministrycamefollowing
a nod from MHA to con-
duct exams as per the
SOPapprovedbyit.
Theannounce-
ment has put to
rest specula-
tions that the
exams for final-
year students may
be cancelled.
The students having
backlog will compulso-
rily be evaluated by con-
ducting examinations
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yr exams by Sept end

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Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has said
that public needs to un-
derstand that the threat
posed by Corona has
not died down. “Experts
have opined that in the
coming days the pan-
demic could take up a
major shape and creat-
ing awareness about it
is the biggest weapons
against it. It is the re-
sponsibility of the offic-
ers that the general
public is made aware
and alert about Corona
infection and how to
stop it from spreading
further,” Gehlot said
while chairing Corona
review meeting at CMR
on Monday.
Terming that all the
efforts in combating Co-
rona leading to this
point will be successful
only if we continue to
curtail Corona spread
in the coming days, Ge-
hlot instructed officials
to take stern action
against people who are
fluting health protocol
and make them aware
of the threats. “All the
necessary facilities
needed for Corona com-
bat are functioning
properly in state and in
the coming days too, no
lacunae will occur in
test, treatment or any
help in Corona fight.
The state government
will ensure that re-
source crunch does not
appear before the state
government in treat-
ment of citizens.” he
stressed, and asked of-
ficials to micro-manage
the sample for quick
recovery of test results.
He stressed that the
state government is
committed to bring
down the death rate in
the state. “Focus should
be on reducing the
death rate as much pos-
sible. Experts have sug-
gested to focus on plas-
ma therapy and doctors
should mull that if
plasma therapy treat-
ment is proving to be
the right treatment for
it, then special camps
should be operated for
plasma donation,” he
said. Expressing con-
cern on the lacunae in
following health proto-
col of corona suspects
at institutional and
home quarantine, Ge-
hlot said that no one
can be allowed to play
with their or others’
lives and instructed of-
ficials to ensure that
quarantine rules are fol-
lowed to the hilt. “a hun-
dred percent checking
campaign of suspects in
home and institutional
quarantine should be
initiated soon,” Gehlot
instructed officials.
Awareness biggest weapon against Corona, says CM
First India Bureau
Bundi: A youth alleged-
ly raped a girl and per-
turbed over the incident
she set herself on fire
and died, police said on
Monday. “A youth alleg-
edly raped a girl at Chau-
tra Ka Khera village in
Gendoli area of Bundi
district in Rajasthan yes-
terday night. Perturbed
over the incident, she set
herself on fire early
morning today,” said
Azaz Ahmad, IO, Gen-
doli police station.
“The victim was taken
tohospitalwhereshewas
declared dead. The post
mortem has been carried
out” he said. The official
said that a case has been
registered against the
youth, who was neigh-
bour of the girl, under
relevantsectionsandmat-
ter is being investigated.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Jaipur Devel-
opment Commission-
er (JDC) Gaurav Goy-
al said that pro-
viding better
facilities to
people should
be the utmost
priority.
In the first
meeting after tak-
ing over charge of JDC,
Goyal said that the auc-
tion system would be
made smooth and sim-
ple so that maximum
people can avail the
benefit.
The reviewed JDA’s
residential, group hous-
ing, commercial, insti-
tutional, farm-
house and re-
sorts land and
asked officials
to work as a
team to auc-
tion these assets
and earn revenue.
He also gave in-
structions for consti-
tuting a team to re-
solve every matter of
common man.
Vishal
Jaipur: Creating public
awareness for preven-
tion and protection from
coronavirus is impor-
tant to fight the deadly
disease. Rajasthan CM
Ashok Gehlot knew the
importance of inform-
ing people, not just
about the dangers of the
disease but also simple
ways to beat it.
It is with this aim,
CM started fortnightly
COVID-19 public aware-
ness campaign on June
21. It was a huge cam-
paign that covered not
just cities but reached
out to people in villages
and even in tiny ham-
lets. It was a booster
that health minister Dr
Raghu Sharma also
happens to be the min-
ister of information
and public relation. His
acute planning made
this campaign success-
ful and became a model
for rest of the country.
Initially, the cam-
paign period was to run
up to June 30, however,
given the popularity, it
was extended till July
07. Commissioner of in-
formation and public
relations Mahendra
Soni said that CM had
urged everyone from
public representatives,
social organizations,
government employees,
and common man for
active participation in
the campaign like a co-
rona warrior.
“As a result, corona
se darna nahi satark
rahna hai (Be alert
don’t be afraid of the
corona) has reached
40000 villages and 7500
wards,” Soni said.
According to him, eve-
ry Rajasthani is united
in fight against corona.
They have been taking
necessary precautions
like not leaving home
without wearing masks,
maintaining physical
distance, not spitting in
public places, and regu-
larly washing hands,
which is why the conta-
gion has been stymied.
The holy month of Savan has started with moderate rainfall in parts of Rajasthan on Monday, while heavy rains lashed isolated places in the state, according to the Meteorological Department here. Ghatol in
Banswara district recorded the maximum rainfall of 8 cm during the 24 hours till Monday morning, it said. Mundwa (Nagaur), Shergarh (Jodhpur) recorded 7 cm and 6 cm of rainfall, respectively, during this
period. Many other places recorded rainfall below 6 cm. Vehicles wade through Narayan Singh Circle as it rains on Monday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
MODERATE SHOWERS
DRENCH CITY
Public awareness: Foresighted
Gehlot’s key to beat Covid-19
Initially, the campaign period was to run up to June 30 which later was extended till July 7
‘RAJ SATARK HAI’
CM Gehlot had launched public awareness drive on June 21.
CM Ashok Gehlot taking a meeting where Health Minister Dr
Raghu Sharma, Akhil Arora and others were present on Monday.
First India Bureau
Churu: CBI SP DM
Sharma investigat-
ing the Vishnu Dutt
suicide case of Raj-
garh is on his way to
Delhi with some im-
portant case related
documents. The CBI
team camping at the
Churu circuit house
since June 29 has
been scanning heaps
of documents having
the slightest connec-
tion with the case.
CBI is now trying to
break the pattern
lock on late Vishnu
Dutt Vishnoi’s mo-
bile handset with
help from cyber ex-
perts. Police had re-
covered two handsets
from the dead body
of late Vishnoi. One
was his official CUG
sim while other was
personal which was
locked by a pattern
which the CBI team
hasn’t been able to
open so far.
This handset is
very important to the
case as the sources
say that late Vishnoi
had received a call on
his personal mobile at
around 11 pm on the
night of May 22 after
which he had turned
sad & silent. Police
had recovered two
handsets and two sui-
cide notes from the
suicide room. Both
handsets were sent to
FSL but the pattern
lock didn’t let the in-
vestigation move for-
ward. So it is really
vital that the experts
unlock the phone and
know details of the
last call received by
late Vishnoi.
According to
sources, CBI will be
able to corroborate
the documentary
evidence it already
has with the mobile
details which will
help it crack the
case. Sources say
that the CBI is on its
way to the break-
through and may
soon make big reve-
lations in the case.
SHO suicide: CBI
recovers important
documents, to
reach Delhi soon
Girl immolates
self after rape
in Bundi, dies
BJP starts year-long plantation drive on
birth anniv of Syama Prasad Mookerjee
Aishwarya Pradhan
Jaipur: The BJP plant-
ed trees to observe the
birth anniversary of
Jan Sangh’s founder
Dr Syama Prasad
Mookerjee. The party
said that it would con-
tinue the tree planta-
tion program for one
whole year.
State BJP president
Dr Satish Poonia, gen-
eral secretary (organi-
zation) Chandrashek-
har and party workers
paid tribute to Dr Mook-
erjee and planted trees
in the party office.
Dr Poonia described
Dr Mookerjee as some-
one who laid the foun-
dation of undivided
India before and after
the partition and was
an idol for the modern
generation. Later, he
attended a programme
organised by the par-
ty’s Kisan Morcha in
Kanota Gaushala
where he planted tree
and said that Dr Mook-
erjee was inspiration
for everyone.
He said that we have
started a tree planta-
tion campaign on Dr
Mookerjee’s birth anni-
versary, which will run
for a year under which
10 trees would be plant-
ed in every booth.
Goyal reviews JDA
lands in first meeting
First India Bureau
Jaipur: There was out-
rage among Congress
workers when Pratap-
garh MLA Ramlal Mee-
na was threatened to be
shot through a com-
ment on Facebook. The
party workers staged a
protest at the Mini Sec-
retariat and handed
over a memorandum in
the name of CM to the
SDM and ASP, demand-
ing immediate action
against the accused.
Actually, there is a
tussle going on between
MLA Ramlal Meena and
BJP leader Prahlad Gur-
jar for upcoming city
council election. Some-
times there has been a
war between the two
through demonstrations
on social media. On
Monday, Yogi Avadhoot
threatenedtoshootMLA
Meena in a post related
to him on BJP leader
Gurjar’s Facebook ac-
count. Although MLA
Meena is not named in
the post, Congress offi-
cials are directly accus-
ing Gurjar of being in-
volved in the threat.
Congmen stage protest
against threat to MLA
Vishnu Dutt Vishnoi
Satish Poonia and Chandrashekhar plant sapling at BJP
headquarters on Monday.

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra said that
‘Atmanirbharta’ doesn’t
mean going into isola-
tion or breaking rela-
tions with other coun-
tries, but to improve our
skills and efficiency.
The Governor was
giving online lecture on
‘Atmanirbhar Bharat
and Swadeshi’ organ-
ised by the Banaras Hin-
du University.
He said Atmanirbhar
Bharat is a post COVID
concept. It is an impor-
tant national project
whose aim is not just to
fightillimpactof corona
but also reconstruction
of India’s future.
“Post COVID, India
will have to become a
world power with re-
newed vigour and deter-
mination,” he added.
According to the gov-
ernor, swadeshi is a
thought and adopted as
economic model for our
protectionist economy
and it is key to At-
manirbhar Bharat.
However, he said that
it didn’t mean breaking
off relation with the
world but in the age of
globalisation, we also
need to produce things
locally and make them
competitive by giving
economic support to lo-
cal manufacturers.
Mishra was of the
view that India is a vi-
brant democracy and
has advantage over Chi-
na. Those who support
democracy, human
rights and elimination
of child labour would
prefer to deal with India
than China.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal made
an important an-
nouncement while ad-
dressing the VC held by
CM Gehlot with local
body representatives.
He said that the State
Govt will distribute
two square meals a day
at a subsidised cost to
poor & needy through
Indira Rasoi. The
wholesome meal will
be available at Rs 8 at
permanent canteens
rather than mobile
vans. About 1, 30,000
people will benefit
through the scheme.
He informed that sur-
vey for the project is
over. Land for modern
kitchen will be allotted
free of cost by his de-
partment, he said.
Govt will give Rs 5 lakh
to each canteen along
with Rs 2 lakh for
maintenance. Initially,
there will be 20 can-
teens in Jaipur, while
Ajmer will have 10 can-
teens.Later,thescheme
will be taken up by mu-
nicipal bodies in other
cities. Dhariwal said
that CM Gehlot has
earnedpraiseacrossthe
country for his role dur-
ing the Corona crisis.
He praised the cleaning
staff, who didn’t refuse
for any duty assigned to
them. He took a dig at
govt employees saying
that people make excus-
es when given election
duty, but municipal
workers went to places
where even the doctors
refused to go. He was
satisfied that only a
very less number of
cleaning staff was in-
fected by the virus.
First India Bureau
Jaipur. In what may
come as a major set-
back to former IAS
Ashok Singhvi, the
High Court rejected his
bail plea.
Justice Satish Ku-
mar Sharma, who had
reserved the verdict on
bail after a marathon
hearing on June 2, also
rejected the bail appli-
cation of co-accused
Rashid Shekh. The
court in its detailed or-
der stated that Singhvi
was the main accused
against whom strong
evidence is available
and therefore granting
him bail will send a
wrong signal to other
people involved in cor-
ruption.
The court also reject-
ed the logic of granting
bail considering other
courts granting bails to
other co-accused in the
same case saying that
each case has to be
judged in its own light.
The court mentioned
recovery of Rs 2.55
crore bribe money
while Singhvi was PS
(Mines) and the call re-
cordings clearly set
apart Singhvi’s case
from other co-accused
in the case. The court
also mentioned Singh-
vi’s attempt to evade
surrender despite Su-
preme Court orders.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
High Court has ordered
the release of gangster
Raju Thehat on regular
parole for 20 days. The
state government had
refused to recommend
parole to him, saying
that there is a strong
possibility of a gang
war if Thehat comes
out of jail. In the report
sent by Sikar SP, it is
mentioned that Raju’s
release on parole can
lead to a big crime due
to his mutual rivalry.
The gangster had
pleaded for regular pa-
role as per jail rules,
after completing more
than 7 years in jail. The
division bench of Jus-
tice Sabina and Justice
CK Songara passed the
order on Monday.
First India Bureau
Jaipur. The double
bench of Rajasthan
High Court has re-
served its verdict on the
decision by single
bench cancelling the
counselling done for the
first round for PG seats
in govt medical colleg-
es. CJ Indrajit Mahanty
and Justice Prakash
Gupta reserved the de-
cision after a marathon
hearing for four hours.
The bench had can-
celled first round of
counselling as well as
the seats allotted, after
it found that 89 seats in-
creased due to quota
given to OBC had not
been included in the
process conducted.
State had challenged
single bench orders in
the double bench.
With 524 new cases in a day,
state toll reaches at 20,688
Vibrant democracy is
India’s strength: Governor
HC rejects bail plea of
ex-IAS officer Singhvi
Gangster Raju
gets 20 day
regular parole
HC reserves
verdict on PG
counselling
‘20 canteens to be set up in Jaipur
under Govt’s Indira Rasoi Scheme’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state wit-
nessed 524 new corona
positive cases from
across the state on Mon-
day taking the toll to 20,
688. Five deaths were
reported from the state
on Monday taking the
death toll to 461.
Two deaths were re-
ported from Ajmer
while Jaipur & Nagaur
reportedonedeatheach.
One more death was re-
ported from another
state.
Maximum 80 cases
were reported from Pali
followed by 65 from
Bharatpur, 58 each from
Jalore, 55 from Alwar, 47
from Jaipur, 46 from
Pali, 28 from Ajmer, 26
from Bikaner, 25 each
from Barmer & Jodh-
pur, 21 from Nagaur, 11
from Dholpur, 10 from
Udaipur, nine each from
Jhunjhunu, Kota & Siro-
hi, eight from Sikar,
seven from Dungarpur,
six from Rajsamand,
five from Dausa, four
each from Hanuman-
garh&SawaiMadhopur,
three from Karauli, two
from Bhilwara, one
from Tonk along with
five patients from other
states. One BSF jawan
too tested positive.
The cumulative dis-
trict wise tally of the
corona positives in-
cludes– Ajmer 627, Al-
war 758, Banswara 99,
Baran 71, Barmer 467,
Bharatpur 1,834,
Bhilwara 270, Bikaner
518, Bundi 15, Chittor-
garh 211, Churu 336,
Dausa 182, Dholpur 779,
Dungarpur 469, Ganga-
nagar60,Hanumangarh
87, Jaipur 3573, Jaisalm-
er 115, Jalore 450, Jhala-
war 378, Jhunjhunu 410,
Jodhpur 3,030, Karauli
113, Kota 745, Nagaur
747, Pali 1294, Pratap-
garh 139, Rajsamand
319, Sawai Madhopur
113,Sikar633,Sirohi590,
Tonk 208 & Udaipur 792.
Jaipur witnessed one
death and 47 new cases
in last 24 hours. Vaishali
Nagar reported 5, while
Raja Park & Jawahar
Nagar 4 each, 3 from
Jhotwara, 2 each from
Ghat Gate, Civil Lines,
Malviya Nagar, Jagat-
pura, two from Mansa-
rovar, who flew in from
a foreign location. One
case each was reported
from Tonk Phatak, Kot-
putli, Virat Nagar, Jalu-
pura, SMS Hosp, Bapu
Nagar, Amer, Mahesh
Nagar, Subhash Chowk,
Bhrahmapuri, Sodala,
Ajmer Road, Durgapu-
ra, Bassi, Sitapura, San-
ganer, Liniyawas & Gur-
jar Ghati.
First India Bureau
Jalore: 48 new cases
were reported in Ja-
lore on Monday, in-
cluding 24 cases from
Chandrai village.
Meanwhile, Barmer
CMHO Dr Kamlesh
Joshi informed that 22
newcaseswerereport-
ed in district taking
the tally to 465. 5 cases
each were reported
from Lakshmipura,
Jeengar & Balotra, 3
from Pachpadra, 2
from Jasol and 1 each
from Sindhari, Parlu,
Kanana, Kaluri, Akra-
li, Sambhra & Tapra.
On Monday, MLA
Joraram Kumawat
tested positive after
which both CM Ashok
Gehlot & Kumawat’s
opponent Ranju Ku-
mawat enquired about
his health. This ges-
ture depicts clean poli-
tics of state. Ranju
wished for MLA’s
speedy recovery.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: The Ramganj
area of the Walled City
of Jaipur is on its way to
become Corona free.
Alatesthealthdepart-
ment report shows that
now it has only 3 active
cases against 521 listed
three months ago. This
success assumes special
significance as it comes
amid increasing num-
ber of cases everywhere
after Unlock-1 was an-
nounced.
This certainly is the
result of hard work and
patience of the health &
medical teams with ac-
tive support of the ad-
ministration which got
into its act on March 26
when the first case sur-
faced. It started with a
door-to-door survey fol-
lowed by mass sampling
and then active tracking
by sealing the area.
The much discussed
‘Ramganj Model’ now
adopted in many places
including Madhya
Pradesh had three layer
screening which was
done by 10,976 teams
screening 30,84,948 peo-
ple out of which 1,14,781
were found high risk.
The search narrowed
down to 7,474 patients
screened by the doctors.
The success of health of-
ficials is reflected in the
rest of the walled city as
well which now has only
45 active cases.
Spike in COVID-19 cases in Jalore,
Barmer; MLA Kumawat tests +ve
A dairyman provides milk to his customers through a pipe to
maintain social distance wake of coronavirus pandemic, in
Bikaner on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Governor Kalraj Mishra giving online lecture on Atmanirbhar
Bharat & Swadeshi organised by Banaras Hindu University.
JAI BHOLENATH
Cops guard gates of Tarkeshwar Mahadev Temple on the occasion of ﬁrst Monday of
month-long Sawan as devotees pay obeisance outside the closed gates. The temples are
shut due to Coronavirus pandemic. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Once a hub, Ramganj all
set to become Corona free!

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GUIDELINES
n the midst of controversy over
Indian Council of Medical Re-
search trying to hasten the pro-
cess of vaccine development, In-
dia overtook Russia to become
the third worst-hit country by Covid-19.
With close to 700,000 cases against the com-
munist country’s tally of 673, 564, India is
now behind US and Brazil after a record
spike of nearly 25,000 new cases. It now has
19,289 fatalities against Russia’s 10, 027.
The only glimmer of hope lies in the recov-
ery rate which is almost 61 per cent. Maha-
rashtra continued to lead the table in India
with southern states of Tamil Nadu, Kar-
nataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
kept adding cases at a pace faster than the
country’s growth rate. Not that Delhi is far-
ing any better with nearly 100,000 cases.
The high recovery rate doesn’t mean that gov-
ernments are lowering guards yet. As state after
state mobilise resources to save lives, many of
them are cancelling university examinations to
prevent the pandemic from spreading among
the youth. Rajasthan became the latest state to
cancel all university examinations for the aca-
demic year 2019-20. Chief Minister Ashok Ge-
hlot said in a tweet that the government has
decided “not to hold graduate and post-graduate
examination in all universities and technical
institutions” for the current academic year. The
government said that the students will be pro-
moted to the next class and their marks will be
decided according to the guidelines of the Min-
istry of Human Resource and Development.
Punjab government also cancelled all ex-
aminations but left the universities with
the option of holding planned online ex-
aminations. Earlier, Odisha, Madhya
Pradesh and Haryana had announced can-
cellation of examinations in their respec-
tive states. Lucknow University has also
cancelled its exams scheduled to begin
from July 7. Some of Maharashtra’s stu-
dents are in a state of flux, while others
will have no exams.
Like in Rajasthan, students in other states
too will be promoted and their marks deter-
mined as per MHRD guidelines which are yet
to be finalised. The marking system could leave
lot of deserving students sulking and the unde-
serving ones happy. More worrying is the idea
of having a generation of ‘promoted’ students
in the country.
The delay in finalisation of guidelines
for the conduct of exams by a special com-
mittee appointed by the University Grants
Commission (UGC) is at the root of the
problem. It led to speculation among stu-
dents that the exams will be put off. The
committee chairman RC Kuhad has said
that it will be a few more days before the
guidelines are submitted to the UGC.
This sluggish approach of the committee on
an issue concerning the fate of thousands of
students is lamentable. The government would
do well to hasten this process instead of raising
“unrealistic hopes” for a Covid-19 vaccine.
IN-DEPTH
I
f the United
States had
quick-thinking
and efficient
leadership, the
pandemic would have in-
fected about 100,000 people
and killed only a couple
thousand.That’stheexperi-
ence of South Korea, times
seven to account for the dif-
ference in population.
If the United States had
overwhelmed but reasona-
bly sensible leadership, the
coronavirus pandemic
would have racked up
somewhere near a million
infections at this point and
killed about 36,000 people.
That’s what would have
happened here if we’d had
a German-style response.
Instead, as of the begin-
ning of July, the infection
rate in the United States is
a world-leading 2.7 million
andthedeathtollhastopped
128,000. There are countries
with worse death rates per
million people, but, with a
couple of exceptions,
they’re either small (like
Belgium) or presided over
by leaders (like Boris John-
son in the UK) as idiotic as
ours. That is tragic enough.
But now comes Act Two.
If the United States had
practically any administra-
tive team other than the
Trump-Penceclownshow,it
wouldhaveatleastflattened
the curve at this point, no
matterhowmanyinfections
and deaths had occurred
during the first wave of the
outbreak.Americanswould
then be cautiously enjoying
their summers, bracing for
a second wave of infections
that most epidemiologists
have predicted for the fall.
Instead, while Europe and
much of Asia are tracking
down and containing small
pockets of infection that
reach at most into three dig-
its, the United States is deal-
ing with its highest daily
number of infections yet —
over 50,000 a day.
Rememberthoseearlysta-
tisticsabouthowmanymore
tests South Korea was con-
ductingperdaycomparedto
what the United States was
doing in a week? We are cur-
rently suffering the conse-
quences of that disparity.
Every day, the United States
is now adding three times
the number of infections
that South Korea has had
during its entire outbreak.
TheTrumpadministration’s
response to the threat of a
second wave is, why wait?
Donald Trump doesn’t
like masks. He has refused
to wear them. He has ig-
nored the advice of health
officials, members of his
administration and his
congressional enablers.
Trump is such an outlier
on the mask issue that even
Dick Cheney has consent-
ed to being photographed
wearing facial protection.
Astonishingly, the presi-
dent said, in an interview
with The Wall Street Jour-
nal, that some people are
wearing masks “to signal
disapproval of him.” To the
extent that people associate
Trump with death itself or
are wearing masks so that
they can live long enough to
vote the Grim Reaper out of
office, the president is right.
The pandemic in America
has indeed become all about
Trump:hisappallinginepti-
tudeandsociopathiccruelty.
Trump not only went
ahead with the rally last
month, he seemed to do eve-
rything possible to ensure
that it would be a public
health hazard. His advance
team had eight people who
tested positive with the dis-
ease. His organizers re-
moved stickers from seats
that were designed to main-
tain a modicum of distance
between audience mem-
bers. In the end, the 6,000
people who showed up were
all crowded together like
sardine superspreaders.
Most followed their leader
by not wearing masks. Tul-
sa subsequently experi-
enced a new uptick in COV-
ID-19 cases, though it’s not
clear how many can be
traced back to the rally.
That’s because Oklahoma
has an inadequate contact
tracing system.
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Trump is playing peekaboo with the pandemic
I
nticipatory bail was granted
by Karnataka High Court to
a 27-year-old man against
whom FIR was lodged under
section 376 of the Indian Pe-
nal Code for committing
rape on a woman.
Justice Krishna S. Dikshit
took serious note of the uncom-
mon fact that the women, after
being ravished, had conveni-
ently gone to sleep.
The Judge while granting
bail to the accused, also con-
sidered the fact that the vic-
tim had gone to the office in
the odd hours and she enjoyed
drinks with the accused.
Anticipatory bail is granted
under Section 438 of the Code
of Criminal Procedure by the
Sessions Court/High Court, is-
suing directions to the con-
cerned Police station to release
the accused on bail in the event
of his/ her arrest. The peculi-
arity of this section is that the
accused is not required to ap-
pear in court when the matter
is taken up. The material that
is considered by the court is the
case diary of a police station
where the FIR is lodged.
Based on half-cooked ma-
terial of the case diary, the
court considers the plea of
the accused.
It appears that Karnataka
High Court, based on facts be-
fore it, prima facile was of the
view that the victim was a con-
senting party.
Since full facts are not be-
fore me I refrain myself
from making any comment
on the order passed by Kar-
nataka High court but if the
matter would have been be-
fore me I would have asked
the prosecution following
questions:
z Whether the investigation was
conducted from the angle that
the drinks had matter which
could cause unconsciousness?
z Whether the glass from which
the victim allegedly sipped the
drink, was examined by FSL
(forensic science laboratory)?
z Whether the offence of rape
was committed before taking
drinks or afterward?
z What was the relationship
between the accused and the
victim? Whether the victim
was a staffer in the ofﬁce of the
accused?
z Whether custodial interroga-
tion was necessary for extract-
ing the truth?
z What was the status of the
accused?
After considering the an-
swer to these questions it
could be very well inferred
the fact situation. The sleep
of the victim could be the ef-
fect of intoxication.
The State of Karnataka in
the facts of the case is required
to file SLP (Special Leave Peti-
tion ) in the Supreme Court.
assailing the order.
In the SLP along with oth-
er legal questions, the force
of the arguments may be
used on the question of cus-
todial interrogation. In our
country sexual offences are
increasing day by day. Now It
is on the judiciary to strike
the balance. The culprits,
these days are intelligent
enough with the invention of
the internet. They are well
versed in new techniques for
committing offences.
What is argued on behalf of
the accused may be thorough-
ly considered by the court but
the rights of the victim may
also be looked into. It is well
settled that one can not have
sex even with a woman of easy
virtue without her consent.
Having forcefully sex even
with wife by her husband
without her consent amounts
to the offence of rape.
The accused persists in en-
joying whiskey which is
gulped by her in large quan-
tity and she lost sense. Tak-
ing advantage of the situa-
tion the accused commits
sexual intercourse with her,
the act of the accused is also
an offence of rape.
The sleep of the victim was
the aftereffect of a heavy dose
of liquor gulped by her on be-
ing persisted by the accused.
In the SLP it may be stated
that this possibility can not
be ruled out that the accused
made a sketch to have sex
with the victim and thereaf-
ter filled colours in the
sketch. She was requested to
reach his office as she was
urgently required. When
she reached, she was offered
liquor and she was persuad-
ed till the last moment until
she agreed to consume liq-
uor. She was treated nicely
and when she lost senses
rape was committed on her.
In Alwar (Rajasthan) a for-
eigner woman agreed to have
sex with a young man but with
a condition that he will use a
condom before sex.
The young man failed to
abide by the condition and
had sex with the woman.
Even though the woman con-
sented to have se but it was
treated conditional consent
and the case under Section
376 of Indian Penal Code was
registered against the young
man for committing offence
of rape and he was arrested.
In the eyes of the judiciary,
the accused and the victim both
standonequalpedestals,andthe
judiciary is required to strike
the balance between the two.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
Judiciary should strike a balance
vis-a-vis rights of accused & victim
A
In the SLP along
with other legal
questions, the force of
the arguments may
be used on the
question of custodial
interrogation. In our
country sexual
offences are
increasing day by
day. Now It is on the
judiciary to strike
the balance. The
culprits, these days
are intelligent
enough with the
invention of the
internet. They are
well versed in new
techniques for
committing offences
THE JUDGE WHILE
GRANTING BAIL TO
THE ACCUSED, ALSO
CONSIDERED THE
FACT THAT THE
VICTIM HAD GONE TO
THE OFFICE IN THE
ODD HOURS AND SHE
ENJOYED DRINKS
WITH THE ACCUSED
JUSTICE
SHIV KUMAR SHARMA
Former Judge Rajasthan High
Court and Ex-Member of Law
Commission of India
They live in wisdom who see
themselves in all and all in
them, who have renounced
every selfish desire and sense-
craving tormenting the heart.
—Bhagavad Gita
Spiritual
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INDIAJAIPUR | TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
has once again targeted
the Narendra Modi gov-
ernment, calling its de-
monetisation policy and
implementation of
Goods and Services Tax
(GST) failures. He also
said that these policies
along with the govern-
ment’s failure in han-
dling of the coronavirus
situation will be studied
by the Harvard Busi-
ness School.
“Future HBS case
studies on failure: 1.
Covid19. 2. Demonetisa-
tion.3.GSTimplementa-
tion,” Gandhi said on
Twitter.
He also attached a clip
of Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi’s address to
the nation, superimpos-
ingagraphwhichshows
the number of Covid-19
cases rising in the coun-
try and India reaching
the third spot globally.
Gandhi and his Con-
gress party have been
attacking the govern-
ment over the Covid-19
situation in the country,
comparing its policies
with those of the west-
ern countries. He has
alsoheldaseriesof talks
with public intellectuals
and business leaders
where Gandhi accused
the government of cen-
tralising the power. He
also talked about the mi-
grant workers and the
poor people who were
hurt the most by the
Covid-19 lockdown. —ANI
‘Govt failures to be studied at Harvard’
New Delhi: BJP Presi-
dent Jagat Prakash Na-
dda on Monday, said
that Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi has not
attended a single meet-
ing of the Standing
Committee on Defence,
however, he continues
to demoralise the na-
tion and question the
valour of the armed
forces.
“Rahul Gandhi does
not attend a single
meeting of Standing
Committee on Defence.
But sadly, he continues
to demoralise the na-
tion, question the val-
our of our armed forces
and do everything that
a responsible opposi-
tion leader should not
do,” Nadda tweeted.
“Rahul Gandhi be-
longs to that glorious
dynastic tradition
where as far as defence
is concerned, commit-
tees don't matter, only
commissions do. Con-
gress has many deserv-
ing members who un-
derstand parliamenta-
ry matters but one dy-
nasty will never let
such leaders grow. Re-
ally sad,” Nadda added.
Rahul Gandhi had on
Friday said that the
voices of “patriotic
Ladakhis” must be
heard and ignoring
them would cost India
“dearly”. —ANI
‘RaGa continues to demoralise the nation’He belongs to that glorious tradition where as far as defence is concerned, committees doesn’t matter, only commissions do, Nadda tweeted
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Mon-
day set aside the Delhi
High Court order seek-
ing records of judicial
proceedings before spe-
cial courts in Delhi and
Mumbai in connection
with the transfer of ac-
tivist Gautam Nav-
lakha to Mumbai in
Bhima Koregaon case.
A bench headed by
Justice Arun Mishra
said that Delhi High
Court should not have
entertained interim
bail plea of Navlakha
in Bhima Koregaon
case as the case comes
within the jurisdiction
of BombayHighCourt.
The bench also ex-
punged adverse re-
marks made for the
National Investigation
Agency (NIA) by a sin-
gle-judge bench of Del-
hi High Court, while
allowing the plea.
Appearing for the
NIA, Solicitor General
Tushar Mehta told the
bench that the Delhi
High Court had passed
an “unprecedented”
order for “house cus-
tody” for Navlakha
and he was given pro-
tection while in house
custody.
At the time of the
surrender, Delhi was
under lockdown after
which Navlakha
moved his plea in Del-
hi HC, said Mehta add-
ing that a request was
later made for a pro-
duction warrant from
the Bombay HC & spe-
cial judge on judicial
side in Bombay passed
the order. —ANI
Bhima Koregaon Case: SC sets
aside HC order on NIA’s plea
Jammu: The National
Investigation Agency
(NIA) has filed a charge
sheet against suspend-
ed deputy superinten-
dent of Jam-
mu and Kash-
mir Police
Davinder Sin-
gh for his asso-
ciation with
t e r r o r i s t
groups in
Kashmir val-
ley, officials
said Monday.
Singh was arrested in
January this year for
providing safe passage
to terrorists Naveed
Babu, Rafi Ahmed Rath-
er and Irfan Shafi Mir.
Earlier last month, a
Delhi court had granted
bail to Davinder Singh
after the Delhi police
failed to file
charge sheet
against him
during the
statutory peri-
od of 90 days
in a conspira-
cy case.
The Delhi
police’s spe-
cial cell had
filed a case against Sin-
gh, for alleged criminal
conspiracy and activi-
ties against the interest
of the country. —ANI
NIA files charge sheet
against Davinder Singh
New Delhi: The Delhi
HC on Monday said that
it will hear on July 13
the final arguments on
a batch of petitions re-
lated to the Jamia vio-
lence, which took place
in December last year.
A division bench of
Chief Justice DN Patel
and Justice Prateek Ja-
lan said that it will hear
final hearing on these
petitions on July 13 and
asked to place before it
a consolidated list of is-
sues, to be considered
by the court.
Senior advocate Col-
in Gonsalves, appear-
ing for one of the peti-
tioners, also agreed to
delete some objectiona-
ble portions form re-
joinder after SG Tushar
Mehta raised objections
and court intervened.
“Why personal allega-
tions against any xyz...
Everyone was arguing
so nicely...” Chief Jus-
tice Patel said asking to
delete the objectiona-
ble content pointed out
by Mehta. “We appreci-
ate the stand taken by
senior advocate Colin
Gonsalves,” the bench
said after Gonsalves
agreed to delete cer-
tain portions from the
rejoinders. —ANI
Delhi HC to
hear final
arguments
on July 13
JAMIA VIOLENCE
Kanpur: The Office of
UP DGP announced on
Monday, that bounty on
the arrest of the main
accused of Kanpur en-
counter case, Vikas
Dubey, has been in-
creased to Rs 2.5 lakhs.
Vikas Dubey is the
main accused in Kan-
pur encounter case in
which eight police per-
sonnel lost their lives.
Currently, a search
operation is underway
for Dubey in Kanpur
encounter case, in
which a group of assail-
ants allegedly opened
fire on a police team
which had gone to ar-
rest him. Eight police-
men were killed in the
incident.—ANI
Bounty increased on Vikas Dubey to
`2.5 lakh,posters put up at toll plazas
KANPUR SHOOTOUT
KIREN RIJIJU GREETS DALAI LAMA
ON HIS 85TH BIRTHDAY
New Delhi: Union
Minister Kiren Rijiju on
Monday conveyed his
greetings to Tibetan
spiritual leader the Dalai
Lama on the occasion
of his 85th birthday and
said his values and ideals
are the guiding light
towards love and peace
for entire humanity. “On
the auspicious occasion
of the 85th birthday of His
Holiness The 14th Dalai
Lama, I offer my deepest
reverence, prayers, and
wishes for his long and
healthy life. His values
and ideals are the guiding
light towards love, peace
and compassion for entire
humanity,” Rijiju tweeted.
The minister also posted
his picture with the Dalai
Lama where the latter is
holding his hand.
Sensex jumps
466 pts on
global cues
Mumbai: Equity indi-
ces traded with a posi-
tive bias throughout
Monday’s session amid
a strong rally in all ma-
jor sectors. At the clos-
ing bell, the BSE S&P
Sensex was up by 466
pts or 1.29% at 36,487
while the Nifty 50 edged
higher by 156 points
Nifty pharma slipped
by 0.6% but all other
sectoral indices at NSE
were in the green with
Nifty auto gaining by
2.8 per cent. —Agencies
SUSHANT SINGH CASE: DIR
BHANSALI RECORDS STATEMENT
Mumbai: Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali ar-
rived at Bandra police station on Monday to join
investigations in the death of actor Sushant Singh
Rajput. Bhansali has been summoned by the
Bandra police to record his statement and will be
questioned regarding the films he had offered to
the late actor, which didn’t materialise. Bhansali
arrived at the police station at around 12:30 pm
and was accompanied by his lawyer and a few of
his staffers. Over 29 persons have recorded their
statements until now.
MP CHIEF MINISTER CHOUHAN
CALLS ON VICE- PRESIDENT
New Delhi: MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan on
Monday called on V-P M Venkaiah Naidu here.
Chouhan, who had recently inducted 28 ministers
in his council of ministers, has been meeting the
central leadership of BJP. Though there has been
no official comment, the issue of allocation of
portfolios to newly-inducted ministers has been
the focus of the meets. “Shri Shivraj Singh Chou-
han, CM of Madhya Pradesh called on the Vice-
President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu in New Delhi
today,” Vice -President’’s Secretariat tweeted.
LAST DATE FOR AADHAAR-PAN
LINKING EXTENDS TO MAR 31, 2021
New Delhi: The govern-
ment extended the last
date for linking Aadhaar
and PAN to March 31
next year. The decision
was taken keeping the
COVID-19 pandemic and
the resulting difficulties
in mind. “Understanding
and keeping in mind the
times that we are in, we
have extended deadlines.
PAN - AADHAAR linking
can be done till 31st
March, 2021. We do hope
this helps you plan things
better,” the (IT) Depart-
ment tweeted. Earlier, in
another big relief to tax
assessees, the IT Depart-
ment had extended the
last date of payment of
self-assessment tax, in
case of tax liability upto
Rs 1 lakh till November
30, 2020.
New Delhi: The World
Bank signed a 750 mil-
lion dollar (about Rs
5,600 crore) agreement
with the government
for MSME Emergency
Response Programme
to support the increased
flow of finance into the
hands of micro, small,
and medium enterpris-
es (MSMEs) severely
impacted by the Cov-
id-19 crisis.
The programme will
address immediate li-
quidityandcreditneeds
of nearly 15 lakh viable
MSMEs to help them
withstand the impact of
the current shock and
protect millions of jobs.
This is the first step
among a broader set of
reforms that are needed
to propel the MSME sec-
tor over time. The
agreement was signed
by Sameer Kumar
Khare, Addl Secy at
Dept of Economic Af-
fairs, on behalf of gov-
ernment & Junaid Ah-
mad, Country Director
(India) on behalf of
World Bank. Khare said
that the Covid-19 pan-
demic has severely im-
pacted the MSME sec-
tor leading to loss of live-
lihoods and jobs. —ANI
World Bank, India sign $750
million programme for MSMEs
BJP National President JP Nadda pays tribute to Bharatiya Jan Sangh leaders Syama Prasad
Mookerjee and Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay on the occasion of former’s birth anniversary, at BJP HQs.
IN THE COURTYARD
‘PAK OFFICIALS
WERE USING
HIM TO GET
SENSITIVE INFO’
UP GOVT FALSELY PROPAGATING
THAT CRIME IS OVER: PRIYANKA
New Delhi:
The National
Investigation
Agency on Monday
said that Davinder
Singh was in touch
with certain officials
of the Pakistan High
Commission in
New Delhi through
secure social media
platforms. The NIA
chargesheet said
that Singh was
being groomed
by the Pakistani
officials for
the purpose of
obtaining sensitive
information.
New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
said that UP accounts for one-third of the total
crimes against Dalits. Taking to Twitter, Congress
leader slammed Adityanath government for falsely
propagating that there is no crime in the state and
said that crime against women in UP
increased by 21% from 2016 to 2018.
“UP accounts for one-third of the
total crimes against Dalits. Crime
against women in UP increased by
21% from 2016 to 2018. Surprising-
ly, instead of fixing accountability
on crimes, the UP govern-
ment kept falsely propa-
gating crime is over”,
she tweeted. —ANI
New Delhi: In wake of
reports that Chinese
Army has retreated two
km behind the LAC, the
Congress, which has
been questioning the
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Chinese
transgressions, on
Monday credited the
armed forces for the de-
velopment.
“We know that the
PLA can''t withstand
the Indian forces, so
they have retreated but
the Prime Minister has
to reply to tough ques-
tions,” part spokesper-
son Pawan Khera said
at a press conference
here on Monday.
The PM should him-
self come forward and
tell what is the truth
though in the all-party
meeting, he had said
that no Indian territory
has been occupied, he
said. —Agencies
‘Credit to armed forces for
Chinese army retreat’
It's not
important that
Rahul Gandhi
attended a
meeting or not
but the
important thing
is the questions
that Rahul
Gandhi is asking
on Chinese
transgressions.
—Pawan Khera,
Congress spokesperson
3 MORE COPS SUSPENDED
He (Rahul Gandhi) does not do any work
and just keeps on agitating. A person full of
negativity will see everything as negative.
He is always complaining. They (Congress) fail to
see all that is being done in the field of agriculture,
sports, for women’s rights and business
—Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Union Minister of Minority Affairs

New Delhi: The gov-
ernment is not consid-
ering any proposal to
merge the Central
Board of Direct Taxes
(CBDT) and Central
Board of Indirect Taxes
and Customs (CBIC),
the Union Finance Min-
istry said on Monday.
The Centre refuted as
“baselessandunverified”
a media report which
claimed that the Union
government is consider-
ing a proposal to merge
the CBDT and CBIC.
As per the Ministry
of Finance, a leading
newspaper published a
news item which stat-
ed that the Govern-
ment is considering
such a proposal.
“This news item is
factually incorrect as
the Government has no
proposal to merge the
two Boards created un-
der the Central Boards
of Revenue Act, 1963,”
the Ministry said.
Itaddedthatthearticle
was published “without
due verification of facts
from the authorities of
Ministryof Finance.The
merger had been recom-
mended by TARC earlier,
butitwasnotacceptedby
the government, Minis-
try said. —ANI
FINANCE MINISTRY’S TAKE
INDIAJAIPUR | TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020
2008 BATCH IFS OFFICER UMESH
KUMAR QUITS
A 2008 batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) AGMUT
cadre officer, Umesh Kumar has resigned from
the service with effect from July 31, 2020.
IPS OFFICER SUDHEER KUMAR
REDDY GOES ON INTER CADRE
DEPUTATION TO AP
An inter cadre deputation of Sudheer Kumar
Reddy, from Karnataka to Andhra Pradesh, has
been approved for an initial period of three years.
He is a 2010 batch IPS officer.
SS SANDHU UNLIKELY TO BE NEW
CHIEF SECRETARY OF UTTARKHAND?
The name of Sukhbir Singh Sandhu was be-
ing bandied around as next Chief Secretary of
Uttarkhand in August after the superannuation
of incumbent Utpal Kumar Singh in July. The
extension to present posting as Chairman,
National Highways Authority of India, reduces the
possibility for the same.
WILL UTTARAKHAND CHIEF
SECRETARY GET EXTENSION?
Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh
is expected to get six months extension in service
beginning August 1. He is a 1986 batch IAS of-
ficer. If no extension, 1987 batch IAS officer Om
Prakash may be appointed Chief Secretary.
AJAY PRAKASH SAWHNEY TO BE NEW
CHIEF SECRETARY OF ANDHRA PRADESH?
In all probability, 1984 batch IAS officer Ajay
Prakash Sawhney will succeed Nilam Sawhney in
September as Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh.
Nilam Sawhney has been given a three months’
extension from July 1.
DEEPAK KUMAR GETS SECOND
EXTENSION AS CHIEF SECRETARY,
BIHAR
The Government of India has extended the term
of Deepak Kumar for yet another six months till
February 28, 2021. Kumar who belongs to a 1984
batch is presently Chief Secretary of Bihar.
C0J VENUGOPAL CONTINUES AS
CHIEF RESIDENT COMMISSIONER,
ODISHA BHAWAN
C J Venugopal will remain holding an additional
charge of Chief Resident Commissioner of Odis-
ha Bhawan in New Delhi. He is a 1988 batch IAS
officer of Odisha cadre.
POWERGallery
‘Sanitation
workers...
and other safety mate-
rial so that they would
avoid infection while
working as frontline
warriors. Along with
this, Rajasthan is the
first state to provide an
insurance cover of Rs
50 lakh to the to thoe
die fighting in the bat-
tle,” he said.
The Chief Minister
said that by taking the
cooperation of all sec-
tions and people work-
ing at the grassroots
level, using their expe-
riences and innova-
tions, Rajasthan has
been successful thus
far. Gehlot interacted
with public representa-
tives such as Mayor,
Chairman, Chairmen,
Councilors etc. of Mu-
nicipal Corporations
and took suggestions
from them. The Chief
Minister, while inter-
acting directly with
sanitation inspectors,
Jamadars and other
sanitation workers,
came to know their ex-
perience and asked
them their problems.
During this time, he
also released two post-
ers to create awareness
among the people to-
wards Corona.
Gehlot instructed all
district collectors and
municipal authorities
to ensure that no sanita-
tion worker has to enter
the chamber to clean
the sewerage. This work
should be done com-
pletely by machines.
Varsities to...
(pen and paper) online
blended (online and of-
fline) mode as per feasi-
bility and suitability,”
according to the UGC
guidelines. Union HRD
Minsiter Ramesh
Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
tweeted, “The UGC has
revisited its earlier
guidelinesrelatedtouni-
versity examinations.”
The minister said it
has been formulated
“in view of the safety,
career progression
and placements of the
students and their
larger interests, after
consulting” the home
ministry and the
health ministry. —PTI
SC dismisses...
after hearing argu-
ments from petition-
er-advocate Reepak
Kansal and other re-
spective parties in the
matter.
“Why you have raised
this issue?” the bench
had asked during the
last hearing, to which,
Kansal had replied, his
writ petition seeking
One Nation One Ration
Card was not listed.—ANI
Doval knocks...
and stepwise de-escala-
tion in the India-China
border areas,” the
MEA said.
It said Doval and
Wang re-affirmed that
both sides should
strictly respect and ob-
serve the LAC and
should not take any
“unilateral action” to
alter the status quo and
work together to avoid
any incident in the fu-
ture that could disturb
peace and tranquillity
in border areas.
Meanwhile, in the
first sign of de-escala-
tion of tension in east-
ern Ladakh, the Chi-
nese Army has removed
tents and started to
withdraw its troops
from Galwan Valley as
decidedduringhigh-lev-
el talks between the two
militaries, government
sources said on Monday.
China’s People’s Lib-
eration Army was seen
removing tents and
structures at patrolling
point 14, the sources
said, adding rearward
movement of vehicles
of Chinese troops was
seen in the general area
of Galwan and Gogra
Hot Springs.
They said disengage-
ment of Chinese troops
in the area has begun as
per decisions arrived at
during the Corps Com-
mander-level talks.
China criticises...
The US Navy said over
the weekend that the
USS Nimitz and the USS
Ronald Reagan along
with their accompany-
ing vessels and aircraft
conducted exercises de-
signed to maximize air
defense capabilities,
and extend the reach of
long-range precision
maritime strikes from
carrier-based aircraft
in a rapidly evolving
area of operations.
China claims almost
all of the South China
Sea and routinely ob-
jects to any action by
the U.S. military in the
region. Five other gov-
ernments claim all or
part of the sea, through
which approximately 5
trillion in goods are
shipped every year.
New expat...
According to latest data
from Johns Hopkins
University, more than
49,000 cases of corona-
virus have been report-
ed in the country.
The report stated
that ‘last month, Ku-
wait’s prime minister,
Sheikh Sabah Al Kha-
lid Al Sabah, proposed
decreasing the number
of expats from 70 per
cent to 30 per cent of
the population’. —ANI
FROM PG 1
New Delhi: To im-
prove highways, a rank-
ing system will be intro-
duced based on perfor-
mance audit of roads,
NHAI said on Monday.
NHAI has been man-
dated the task to devel-
op, maintain and man-
age National Highways,
the arterial roads of the
country, for inter-state
movement of passen-
gers and goods.
“In its effort to im-
prove the quality of
roads,NHAIhasdecided
to undertake perfor-
mance assessment and
rankingof thehighways
in the country,” NHAI
said in a statement.
The assessment audit
and ranking of NHs are
aimed to take corrective
recourse,whereverneed-
ed, to improve the quali-
ty and provide higher
level of service to high-
way commuters, it said.
The assessment pa-
rameters are based on
different international
practices and studies
for bench-marking
highway performances
in Indian context.
“The criteria for the
assessment have been
broadly categorised in
three main heads: High-
way Efficiency (45 per
cent), Highway Safety
(35 per cent) and User
Services (20 per cent),”
it said.
‘NHAI to rank highways to
ensure high quality roads’
New Delhi: Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal on Monday said that
despiteDelhi'sCOVID-19
cases having almost
reachedthe1-lakhmark,
peoplemust not panic as
the recovery rate in the
national capital now
stands at 72 per cent.
“The number of COV-
ID-19 cases have almost
reached the one lakh
mark in Delhi. However,
there is no need to be in-
timidatedbythenumber
onelakhasalmost72,000
people have also recov-
ered from the virus,”
said the Delhi Chief
Minister.Hefurthersaid
that Delhi's COVID-19
recovery rate now
stands at 72 per cent
which “is pretty big be-
cause it signifies that
even though people are
testing positive, they are
recovering as well”.
“Close to 20,000-24,000
samples are being tested
inthenationalcapitalon
a daily basis,” he added.
The national capital's
COVID-19 cases are also
nearing the 1-lakh mark
with 99,444 coronavirus
cases and 3,067 deaths,
according to the Union
Health ministry. —ANI
WITH DELHI’S RECOVERY RATE AT
72 PC, NO NEED TO PANIC: KEJRI
New Delhi: Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
walsaidthatthenumber
of ICUbedsatRajivGan-
dhiSuperSpecialityHos-
pital has been increased
from 45 to 200 to treat
coronavirus patients.
Kejriwal and Dy CM
Manish Sisodia paid a
visit to Rajiv Gandhi Su-
per Speciality Hospital
in order to review COV-
ID19 preparedness. “Del-
hi government's Rajiv
Gandhi Super Speciality
Hospital is playing an
important role in the
fight against COVID-19.
Thestaff of thishospital
isworkingdayandnight.
Around 1,000 patients
have been discharged.
Thecapacityof ICUbeds
has been increased from
45bedsto200bedsinlim-
ited time and resources.
We have asked the hospi-
talauthoritiestoincrease
it to 500 in the coming
times,” he said. —ANI
200 ICU beds available in Delhi Hospital
Arvind Kejriwal & Manish Sisodia felicitate patients after recovery at a hospital in New Delhi.
Kathmandu: Nepal”s
ruling communist
party”s crucial Stand-
ing Committee meeting
to decide PM K P Shar-
ma Oli”s future has
been postponed until
Wednesday,accordingto
sources. The reason for
the postponement was
notimmediatelyknown.
On Saturday as well,
the meeting was post-
poned for Monday as
the top leaders of the
Nepal Communist Par-
ty (NCP) required more
time to forge an under-
standing on the out-
standing issues.
Thecrucialmeetingof
the NCP’s 45-member
Standing Committee, the
most powerful body of
the party, was scheduled
to be held on Monday.
Top NCP leaders, in-
cluding former PM
Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Prachanda, have de-
manded PM Oli”s resig-
nation, saying his re-
cent anti-India remarks
were “neither political-
ly correct nor diplomat-
ically appropriate.” —PTI
Nepal’s ruling party
meet deferred again
No proposal to merge CBDT,
CBIC, says Centre
Chandigarh: In a ma-
jor development in a
five-year-old theft of the
Sikh holy scriptures in
Punjab, the Special In-
vestigation Team (SIT)
made controversial
Dera Sacha Sauda sect
chief Gurmeet Ram Ra-
him Singh, who is serv-
ing a 20-year jail sen-
tence for raping two of
his disciples, an accused
in the case. He was
named as a conspirator
in the crime, a senior
police official told.
The SIT, led by DIG,
Jalandhar Range, Ran-
birSinghKhatra,hadar-
rested seven Dera Sacha
Sauda followers from
Faridkot district for
stealing a “bir” of Guru
Granth Sahib from Burj
Jawahar Singh Wala vil-
lage in June 2015. The
case was registered in
Faridkot. Among the ar-
rested accused, five were
sent to judicial custody
by a Faridkot court on
Monday.
In 2015, two people
were killed in police fir-
ing and several others
injured in violent clash-
es during protests
against incidents of
sacrilege of holy book
at Behbal Kalan and
Kotkapura towns.
Ram Rahim
made accused
in theft of Sikh
holy scriptures
NATIONAL POSITIVE RATE AT 6.73% OVER 10 MILLION TESTS DONE: ICMR
New Delhi: The coordinated efforts of Centre & state
govts to effectively manage COVID-19 pandemic
has resulted in reduced COVID-19 positive rate
in the country. The national coronavirus positive
rate stands at 6.73 per cent, as per the MoHFW
on June 6. Further, the tests conducted per million
population in the country is at 6,859. The Centre has
emphasised on increasing testing, prompt contact
tracing and timely clinical management of the cases.
New Delhi: India has conducted over 10 million (1
crore) tests to diagnose COVID-19 so far, officials
from the ICMR said, as the cases of coronavirus rose
up to 6,97,413 in the country. In the past 24 hours,
about 1,80,596 samples were tested on July 5 in the
country with a total of 1,00,04,101 samples have been
tested till date. A senior ICMR official said, “In the last
14 days, average tests were 2.15 lakh and in last five
days 1 million tests have been conducted respectively.”
HOME QUARANTINE
KP Sharma Oli.
In its effort to
improve the
quality of
roads, NHAI has de-
cided to undertake per-
formance assessment
ranking of highways.
—Nitin Gadkari,
Union Minister
I urge all those who are eligible to come
forward and donate plasma. There is
no need to worry as it will neither cause
any pain nor any weakness. We have set up the
plasma bank at the ILBS which is a non-
COVID hospital. Those donating plasma are
doing selfless service to society.
—Arvind Kejriwal, CM, Delhi

NEWSJAIPUR | TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020
Naveen Sharma
Jaipur: Monday
brought with it a
shock wave for the
ACB officials as the
news spread that
Pramod Sharma, the
middleman who was
arrested by the Anti-
Corruption Bureau
(ACB) for extorting
money from SHOs al-
legedly on behalf of
formerDIG of Bharat-
pur, has been tested
positive for corona.
This sent the cops in a
tizzy and in a haste,
doctors were called to
get samples of offi-
cials since the bureau
sleuths had been in-
terrogating him.
As per government
andjailadministration’s
guidelines, a person is
subject to routine check-
up and coronavirus test.
Sharma was also tested
for coronavirus and his
third report came posi-
tive. The news has sent
shockwaves in ACB
headquarter where
top ACB sleuths had
been interrogating
him for past few days.
The ACB had arrested
Sharma while collect-
ing Rs 5 lakh in the
name of then DIG
Bharatpur who has
been since removed
from his post. ACB had
sought remand of Shar-
ma twice and time limit
of secondremandwasto
end on Monday. On
learning about Sharma,
bureau sleuths immedi-
ately informed health
department, which sent
teams to sanitize ACB
headquarter and took
samples of around 50
cops working in the
agency.
ACB officials have
instructed 11 mem-
bers, including re-
search officer Prith-
viraj Meena, to be on
quarantine. Meena
on Monday ques-
tioned a total of 18
SHOs of Bharatpur
range in the case.
Nine SHOs from
Bharatpur, five from
Sawai Madhopur and
four from Dholpur
reached ACB head-
quarters.
The team engaged
in interrogation of
middleman Pramod
at ACB headquarters
said that accused was
being questioned by
following social dis-
tancing protocol.
On completion of the
remand period, accused
was to be produced in
the court. But now as
per court’s directions,
accused has been ad-
mitted to hospital. The
guard posted at the gate
of ACB headquarter
was tested Corona posi-
tive a day before.
Accused used to go
to the same bathroom
that the guard used.
There is a possibility
that accused must
have touched the bath-
room gate or some-
where else, where the
guard had already
touched and hence got
the infection.
Accused corona shocker sends ACB into a tizzy
Pramod Sharma
With 7 VCs falling short,
search panel to meet today
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: Rajasthan Uni-
versity (RU) which is
among the seven univer-
sities where post of vice-
chancellor will fall va-
cant this month is likely
to get a new VC soon.
Thesearchcommittee
to select VC of RU is
scheduled for Monday
after the circular for the
same has been issued.
After the meeting, the
recommendation will be
sent to the Governor
Kalraj Mishra, who is
also the chancellor.
At present four uni-
versities have no perma-
nent VC while post will
fall vacant in three oth-
ers later this month.
The selection process
has been moving at
snail’s pace keeping
many important deci-
sions in abeyance in the
absence of a permanent
VC at Mohan Lal
Sukhadia University in
Udaipur, Maharaja Gan-
ga Singh University in
Bikaner, Deendayal
Upadhyaya University
in Sikar and Sardar Pa-
tel Police University in
Jodhpur.
Over three months
have lapsed since post
of VC lying vacant in
Sikar and Bikaner.
The selection process
fornewVCforUdaipur
University began but
soon postponed. A new
selection committee is
now finalising panel
of eligible candidates
for the post.
Three varsities are
going to be without vice
chancellor including
RU, Tribal University
Banswara and Ra-
jasthan Skill University
as all three VCs Prof R
K Kothari, Prof Kailash
Sodhani and Lalit K
Panwar are completing
their term respectively.
Crop insurance
awareness vans
hit the streets
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Agricultural
Minister Lalchand Ka-
taria flagged off pub-
licity vans to make
farmers aware of the
PM Crop Insurance
Scheme from Durgapu-
ra Agriculture Re-
search Institute. Speak-
ing on the occasion,
Kataria said that the
scheme was benefitting
the farmers by giving
them claims in case of
flood & famine situa-
tions and even in case
of locust attacks.
Kataria said that this
year the Centre has
made some changes in
the scheme including
making it optional for
the farmers under debt
and the farmers should
be made aware of all
the features of the
scheme. Last date for
insurance for Kharif
crop is July 15 for which
premium will be auto-
matically debited.
The enchanting Mehrangarh Fort, one of the largest forts in India, overlooks the blue Jodhpur city with Jaswant Thada in the foreground.
DARK CLOUDS
CAST SPELL ONCAST SPELL ONCAST SPELL ON
RAJ TOURISM
 The housing of MLAs
and independents in
various resorts and
hotels before the Rajya
Sabha elections were
the only high points
in the overall gloomy
tourism and hospitality
industry this season,
courtesy coronavirus
epidemic.
 As per state tourism
department report, 5.2
cr tourists visited state
in 2018, of which 17.5
lakh were foreigners.
 With not many takers
after the historic
heritage monuments
were opened from
June 2, the following
months are also
expected to receive
a cold response.
This could hit the
industry hard with
losses running into
several thousand
crore and leading to
unemployment of
lakhs.
 The state is clocking
high number of corona
cases each day, but in
the middle of the crisis,
the tourism industry
is looking towards
the government for
a bailout package,
which is reportedly
in the works and may
be announced by the
government in the
days to come.
The massive tourism industry contributes almost a quarter to the
state’s GDP, but while it was completely shut for several months due
to ongoing coronavirus epidemic, the relaxation with adhering to
tough guidelines haven’t found many takers this season so far
Jogaram hands over charge to Antar Singh Nehra at Collectorate on Monday.
Wait, I am not done here!
Jogaram ‘holds up’ Nehra
First India Bureau
Jaipur: History re-
peated itself when
newly-appointed
district collector of
Jaipur Antar Singh
Nehra had to wait
for two hours to re-
ceive charge of his
post. The reason be-
ing outgoing collec-
tor Dr Jogaram first
went to his new of-
fice in excise depart-
ment then came to
district collectorate
to handover charge
to his successor.
What may seem in-
nocuous has tongues
wagging in the corri-
dors of collectorate
about tussle between
officers of All India
Services and those
promoted through the
ranks of state admin-
istrative services.
While Dr Jogaram is
directly recruited IAS,
Antar Singh Nehra is
promoted from RAS.
Similar treatment
had been meted out to
Jagroop Singh Yadav
by IAS Siddharth Ma-
hajan in 2018.
Nehra was promot-
ed to IAS in 2018. He
was earlier collector
of Banswara and Bun-
di and known for his
knowledge on revenue
matters. He said that
his priority would be
to quick delivery of
justice.
Vigilance is the key, don’t panic:
Raghu Sharma’s appeal to people
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Health Minis-
ter Dr. Raghu Sharma
has called upon the
people of the state re-
garding the increasing
corona infection and
said that they should
not panic in this period
and combat the situa-
tion by being vigilant.
A pandemic like coro-
na can only be con-
trolled with the aware-
ness of the public.
Sharma appealed to
the people to follow the
corona protocol and
said that the slightest
negligence of some peo-
ple might not only risk
their families, society
and the state, but can
also take the form of a
major disaster.
Dr. Sharma said that
although the number of
corona cases in the state
have reached 20,688,
more than 16,000 people
have reached home also
after recovering.
At present, Rajasthan
has the highest recov-
ery ratio in the country
and 79% people have
turned negative from
positive. The death rate
due to COVID-19 is also
2.26% in the state. There
are a total of 3,949 active
cases in the state, which
are recovering rapidly
with normal treatment.
The minister added
that government’s focus
is on maximum testing
to control the spread of
virus. So far, 9,20,600
tests have been done,
which makes the state
ahead of many other
states. The doubling
rate has also reached 31
days in the state.
Dr. Raghu Sharma
App to keep a tab on drinking water projects
First India Bureau
Jaipur: For the time-
bound monitoring of
each phase of drink-
ing water projects in
the state, a special mo-
bile app has been de-
veloped under the
‘Pro-MIS’ module,
through which photo-
graphs will be cap-
tured with geo-tagging
on each stage of the
project.
In a regular review
meeting on Monday,
Principal Secretary
Rajesh Yadav instruct-
ed to roll out the app
this month.
In addition, the de-
partment has also de-
veloped an app called
‘JIMS’, which will be
used as a WhatsApp
alternative for the in-
ternal information ex-
change among the Ex-
ecutive Engineers up
to Junior Chemist lev-
el officers.

Competition is necessary, it
brings out the best in the
product and the people, just
ensure it is healthy.
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GREEN GIFT FOR JAIPUR BY RAJ
HOUSING BOARD: DHARIWAL
Aditi Nagar
A
fter a 48 hour long
wait, finally Ge-
hlot’s former
Chief Secretary DB
Gupta was appointed as
CM’s Advisor on Sunday
late night but still the
manner in which the ‘de-
velopment’ occurred,
has not been erased
from the memories of
those associated with
Rajasthan bureaucracy.
In fact, there are some
quarters, that are extreme-
ly close to the both the for-
mer and current Chief
Secretaries, who claim
that a ‘cordial deal’ had
been forged between DB
GuptaandRajeevaSwarup
on stepping down and tak-
ing over the position.
However, the manner
in which the ‘drama’
played out, according to
officials, must have re-
sulted in love lost among
the two senior IAS offi-
cials of Rajasthan. Thus
the entire bureaucracy
is abuzz with the ques-
tion as to who broke the
month old ‘agreement’?
Knowledgeable sourc-
es reveal that in the
month of May, DB and
Rajeeva had met and
chalked out an agree-
ment among themselves!
This agreement was re-
lated to DB’s voluntarily
leaving the CS’s chair
and taking some other
post, while Rajeeva
would be next in line to
fill in his ‘chair’. Accord-
ing to their understand-
ing, Gupta was to vacate
the office on July 31,
which would give Swarup
a time of four months in
the office, which would
make him eligible for an
extension after October
31, when he is slated to
retire. According to the
rules,anofficerhastoserve
in the office for two months
to be eligible for extension,
and July 31 would work for
Swarup since it would give
state government time to
prepare its argument to be
presented before Govern-
ment of India (DOPT) for
the extension.
Notably, had DB retired
on July 31, it would still
have given three months
i.e. August, September
and October to Rajeeva
and then the Personnel
department could have
used this time as well
for moving files
related to ex-
t e n s i o n .
H oweve r,
the high
point of
this en-
tire exer-
cise was that after the
extension would have
ended, currently ACS
PWD and wife of former
CS DB Gupta - Veenu
Gupta - was to be named
the next Chief Secretary!
But what transpired on
that evening of July 3 that
this understanding was
broken to pieces and DB
was forced to vacate the
seat on July 3, a full 27 days
prior to the scheduled
time. And who, among DB
and Rajeeva, broke this un-
derstanding?
The answer, as they
say, is blowing in the
winds. A highly placed
source from Delhi politi-
cal circles has revealed
that apart from DB’s per-
formance issues in
Jaipur, a powerful phone
call from New Delhi was
also instrumental in
shifting DB and putting
Rajeeva in his place be-
fore the scheduled date
of July 31. At the same
time, Rajeeva’s hard work
and performance during
Corona crisis had im-
pressed CM Gehlot,
since Rajeeva, in
absence of sub-
ordinate staff
in the Home
d e p a r t -
m e n t
d u r i n g
lockdown period had him-
self drafted not only state
government’s Corona cir-
cular but also assisted Gov-
ernment of India’s officers
to finalise the circular. In
fact, it was an extremely
technical endeavour, but a
knowledgeable ‘munshi’
played this role very well,
which raised Rajeeva’s
graph in the eyes of the
Chief Minister. And this is
how Gehlot ‘discovered’ a
new talent in Rajeeva and
‘blessed’ him with the chair
of the Chief Secretary.
Prior to issuance of
Rajeeva’s formal orders
as the new Chief Secre-
tary, a serious develop-
ment took place in DB’s
chamber where on the
evening of July 3, around
6.30 pm, Principal Secre-
tary to CM Kuldeep Ran-
ka reached CS’s chamber
and politely conveyed
CM’s desire to put Rajee-
va as the new CS. Ranka
requested DB to sign Ra-
jeeva’s orders as well as a
102IASofficerstransferlist
but a ‘stunned’ DB flatly re-
fused to do so, till he him-
self speaks to the Chief
Minister. It was then that
Ranka made DB speak with
CM Gehlot, who reportedly
shared with him of his ‘po-
litical compulsions’ and
thereafter the next moment
DB accepted and executed
Gehlot’s mandate to sign
Rajeeva’s orders, which
were a part of a major IAS
transfer list. After signing
the list, DB left the office for
hisresidence…andinthisa
high profile drama ‘Exit
DB’wassmoothlyexecuted,
under a close Gehlot super-
vision. Now the latest up-
date is that DB issue is by
now completely sorted
out and an ever smiling
face DB is all set to join
Gehlot team of advisors,
which not only includes
Arvind Mayaram and Go-
vind Sharma, but a ‘dis-
creet and low profile’
Kuldeep Ranka also.
TETE
-A-TETE
Rahul doing what responsible
oppn leader should do: Gehlot
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: UDH minister
Shanti Dhariwal on
Monday visited the
under construction
city park and foun-
tain square projects
in Mansarovar along
with Rajashan Hous-
ing Board (RHB)
Chairman Bhaskar A
Sawant and Commis-
sioner Pawan Arora
on Monday. Dhariwal
expressed satisfaction
over ongoing work of
both the projects and
appreciated RHB for
non-stop work during
lockdown due to co-
rona pandemic.
The UDH minister
said that despite this
land being invaluable,
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlotwantedabigpark
for common men. He
saidthattheparkspread
over 52 acre will be big-
ger than the central
park. He informed that
foundation work for the
park like tenders for
clearingthelandandlay-
ing new soil was com-
pleted during the lock-
down period. Once the
lockdown was lifted, the
RHB cleared garbage
and removed 10-15 big
structuresfromtheland.
“Now, we will have
big plantation drive
during monsoon season
in which educational
institutes, social organ-
isations, NGOs and pub-
lic will also participate.
Some organisations
have already given pro-
posal for planting trees
and taking care of
them,” he said.
CM is likely to launch
plantation drive soon by
plantingKalpvrikshand
Rudraksh. “I would like
to congratulate RHB
commissioner and his
team that completed two
months work in just one
month.” There was so
much filth and garbage,
which was cleared by
workingroundtheclock.
They cleared 12 lakh cu-
bic feet and cleaned 18
lakhsquaremeterarea,”
the minister said.
C o m m i s s i o n e r
PawanArorainformed
that the park will be
developed on interna-
tional parameters and
will have 75% green
area that is bigger
than the central park.
According to him, total
area would be 22 lakh
square feet of which 18
lakh would be park and
four lakh would be foun-
tain square. It will also
have 3.5 km long and 20-
feet wide clay jogging
track.Theparkwillhave
21,000 trees and plants of
different varieties.
The entrance gate
will be on Madhyam
Marg in addition to
three gates on VT Road,
Aravali Marg and New
Sanganer Road. Apart
from enough space for
food court and restau-
rants, it will have ade-
quate parking space.
Most important
thing is national flag
as high as the central
park will also be
hoisted here. The
fountain park will be
an added attraction
with musical foun-
tain and projector to
show short movies on
the fountain music.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Congress
party will not let BJP
succeed in its ploy to
silence the opposition,
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot said on Mon-
day, asking why the
saffron party’s leaders
are rattled when Ra-
hul Gandhi questions
government policies.
“Gandhi is doing
what a responsible op-
position leader should
do, seek answers, advise
and offer cooperation on
matters of national im-
portance,” Gehlot tweet-
ed, adding, “Why are the
BJP leaders so much
rattled whenever Rahul
Gandhi questions the
government’s wrong
policies? What kind of
democracy does BJP
want- one where nobody
sees their mistakes and
asks nothing? The INC
will not let the BJP suc-
ceedinitsploytosilence
the opposition.”
The Chief Minister
also expressed con-
cern over the rising
number of COVID-19
cases in the country
and suggested that the
centre run a special
awareness campaign
like what Rajasthan
did. “It is most worry-
ing that India has now
overtaken Russia as
the third worst-hit
country in the world
by the coronavirus.
The government of In-
dia should launch an
awareness campaign
like the state govern-
ment has done in Ra-
jasthan,” he said in
another tweet.
Meanwhile, he
slammed NDA govern-
ment over rising corona
cases and said, “NDA
government should not
compromise with the
health of lakhs of pa-
tients & all care should
be taken in purchasing
critical equipment.” in
another tweet he said,
“Rahul Gandhi ji has
questionedthequalityof
ventilatorspurchasedby
thegovernmentfromPM
CARES fund based on
objections raised by hos-
pitals & doctors. Central
government is putting
the lives at risk by pur-
chasing sub-standard
ventilators in this fight
against coronavirus.”
Reminding Centre of
their failures, he tweet-
ed, “Rahul Gandhi ji
has highlighted only
three monumental
failures of BJP led
NDA govt in last 6
years: noteban, GST
implementation and
Covid-19. BJP led NDA
government would be
always remembered
for its monumental
failures. And we still
have four more years of
this government.”
Jodhpur: When
Leelaram (34) set out
from home with his
family of four in Feb-
ruary to visit his ail-
ing mother-in-law in
Mirpur Khas in Paki-
stan, he had no idea
that he would have to
leave his wife behind.
Caught unawares by
the coronavirus-in-
duced lockdown in In-
dia, the family was
stranded in the neigh-
bouring country for
months.
After India and Pa-
kistan agreed to re-
patriate such persons
stuck on both sides,
authorities allowed
Leelaram and his
three children to re-
turn. However, his
wife Janta (33), who
doesn’t have Indian
citizenship, wasn’t
given permission. The
family returned home
last week without Janta.
“We ran from pillar
to post but the Indian
embassy in Islamabad
did not grant her the
permission to return. I
had to come back to In-
dia with my children,
leaving my wife be-
hind,” said Leelaram.
He first came to India
from Pakistan in 1986
and was eventually
granted Indian citizen-
ship. He married Janta
12 years ago. Janta had
been living in India on
a long-term visa
(LTV). She had left to
visit her mother on a
No Objection to Re-
turn to India (NORI)
visa for 60 days. After
the family’s visas ex-
pired, the Indian em-
bassy in Islamabad
only gave an extension
to Leelaram and his
children. Leelaram
said Janta’s applica-
tion for Indian citizen-
ship is pending with
the authorities. —PTI
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: State Agri-
culture Minister Lal-
chand Katariya is a
cricket buff. While
Katariya is known to
be an out and out Ge-
hlot-CP supporter,
not much is known
about his love for
cricket. In fact, not
only does he like to
play cricket on field, he
is equally enthusiastic
about cricket and its
‘off filed politics’. Re-
cently, when new office
of RCA President was
to be inaugurated, Ka-
tariya was seen at RCA
after a long time.
It is noteworthy
that it was Katariya
who along with other
leaders like Dhar-
mendra Rathore and
Raghu Sharma, had
burnt midnight oil to
get PCC General Sec-
retary Vaibhav Ge-
hlot, elected to the
Presidency of RCA.
However, after his vic-
tory, Katariya dis-
tanced himself from
RCA, only to be seen on
the day of opening of
the new office. This has
raised curiosity of ob-
servers both from po-
litical and cricket field
who are mulling if the
minister is cosying up
to cricket, once again.
It is worth men-
tioning that Katariya
is also on board of a
few cricket clubs as
well that have made
a good name for
themselves. But Ka-
tariya is not only poli-
tician who appears to
have a fancy for the
gentleman’s game. On
the day of opening of
new office, MLA Baljet
Yadav was also seen
congratulating Vaib-
hav. Yadav had reached
RCA with Congress
leader Dharmendra
Rathore and has been
actively taking part in
Gehlot camp’s activi-
ties to take a share of
the ‘power pie’.
Shanti Dhariwal Pawan Arora discuss the ongoing Mansarovar Park project with reference to the site-map while Bhaskar A Sawant
looks on. (Right) An open gypsy was used for the first time for a RHB field visit and Shanti Dhariwal was highly pleased with this
idea of Pawan Arora as it not only saved time but also the Minister was able to survey the entire area smoothly while being briefed
by the RHB commissioner during the ride itself. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Lalchand Katariya
CM Ashok Gehlot
Lalchand Katariya’s love:
cricket, both on and off field
Man returns to Raj,forced
to leave wife behind in Pak
AVINASH PANDE
@avinashpandeinc
A humble tribute
to freedom fighter,
enlightened thinker,
former Deputy
Prime Minister
of India, Vener-
able Jagjivan Ram
‘Babuji’ on his death
anniversary!
CM expressed concern over rising number of corona cases
DB OR RAJEEVA OR SOMEONE ELSE?… WHO
BROKE THE ‘GENTLEMEN AGREEMENT’?
UDH Minister
congratulated
RHB
Commissioner
Pawan Arora and
his team for
completing two
month’s work in
under one
month’s time!
DB Gupta Rajeeva Swarup

here are days when
you are in no mood
to smile and yet the
situation requires
you to present a
smiling face. Or
someone cracks a
not-so-amusing joke and ex-
pects if not your laugh, at
least a smile. The soulless
smile that you then flash is
the forced smile. While your
lips try to look happy and
smiling, your eyes betray it.
However, there are various
types of smiles- a lot more
than just a fake or genuine
one. All look pretty much
the same, but the context,
the personality, cultural
norms and small changes in
the physical appearance
of the grin gives it a
distinct meaning.
TIGHT LIPS SMILE
A tight-lipped
smile is used for
masking true
emotions and
can be an ex-
pression of
fear, shyness,
anger or re-
straining of
thoughts
and atti-
tude.
HALF SMILE
Half smile is one of the more
confusing expressions we
have - simply because it’s so
ambiguousinitsappearance-
it’s asymmetric.
OPEN MOUTH
SMILE
Surprisingly,
the big open
mouth smile is
also a fake.
But it has a
certain magic,
especially in
photographs as it
instils the ap-
pearance of joy
and carefree at-
titude.
FAKE SMILE
This smile lacks eye involve-
ment and suggests that the
person is feigning true hap-
piness. When people tell us
to “smile for the camera,”
odds are that we engage in a
fake smile.
SEDUCTIVE AND
FLIRTATIOUS SMILE
When people try to be se-
ductive, they typically dis-
play positive affect, a slight
smile that accompanies di-
rect eye contact, with a slow
glance away, but still hold-
ing the smile.
SARCASTIC SMILE
This smile suggests a
positive emotion, but the
eyesoftengiveitaway:There
is a look of disdain. Some-
times, a sarcastic smile can
look crooked, demonstrating
the conflicting emotions of
amusement and dislike. The
expression is obvious and
gives clear sarcastic signals.
WIDE SMILE
This type of smile, if genu-
ine, should always extend to
the eyes which squint in re-
sponse to the flexing of mus-
cles.
In fact, the act of smiling
activates neural messaging
that benefits your health
and happiness. Whichever
the smile you choose, just
remember that each time
you smile, you throw a little
feel-good party in your
brain, so keep smiling!
MUSKURAAHATCITY FIRST TAKE A LOOK INTO THE TYPES OF SMILES TO GIVEYOU AN IDEA WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND
EMPHASIZE ON THEIR DISTINCTIVE FEATURES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ‘THAT’ SMILE MEANT
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GLOW:Ariotousportrayalofwomen’swrestling
hen has TV ever de-
picted women of
every shape and
hue throwing off
allvanityandslam-
ming each other
into the floor with
abandon? Never. Or, at least,
rarely. Liz Flahive and Carly
Mensch’sbrilliantnewshow
about a bunch of misfit
women in 1985 Los Angeles
joining forces (and I mean
forces) to make a pilot for a
TV show, The Gorgeous La-
diesof Wrestling(orGLOW),
is a fictionalised account of
the true story behind an 80s
wrestling franchise.
Dreadful alcoholic mi-
sogynist director Sam Sil-
via (terrific standup Marc
Maron) puts out the call for
“unconventional” women
to attend a mystery audi-
tion in an out-of-town gym.
Among them is Mad Men
and Community’s Alison
Brie as serious actor Ruth
Wilder. She is at a low ebb
when she arrives to find all
the other women who can’t
get cast in 80s Hollywood
sitting on benches, unsure
what they are doing there.
The women in this are
real – not Hollywood “real”.
A breastfeeding woman
looks like we do, half hang-
ing out of her bra with a bag
of peas over the bleeding
nipple her son’s just bitten.
The fat women are fat, not
just a tad overasize10.They
say and do things that wom-
en on TV usually don’t.
Ruth looks as if she is be-
ing cut from the auditions
when her friend Debbie
(NurseJackie’sBettyGilpin)
arrives,screamingbluemur-
der and accusing her of
sleepingwithherhusband.It
should be an “oh, come on”
moment but every time this
show pulls a similar set-
piece, I find myself whoop-
ing American-style rather
than booing. “Is this real?”
asks one of the girls as the
two women scrap. “Who
cares?”repliesanother,sum-
ming up both wrestling and
theessenceof thisshow.Brie
and co are grabbing my
hand,pullingmethroughthe
ropes and I’m going with it,
grinning like a giddy fool.
The two women are
forced to work together
justastheirfriendshipun-
spools, director Sam has a
past that is about to catch
up with him, and the oth-
er women take it in turns
to ease their way to the
front as the episodes go on.
And there are so many sur-
prises. Rhonda, the quirky
Britishgirlwiththefamiliar
face, turns out to be singer
Kate Nash in a brilliant
break-outrole.Sheisatonce
dazzling and a total natural.
There are so many
magnificent wom-
en in this cast,
all of whom
had to learn
hardcore wrestling moves
to make the fake look “real-
fake” and not “body-dou-
bled fake”.
Sydelle Noel as ex-film
star Cherry Bang has quiet
power and a nice line in put-
downs. When spoilt rich kid
Melrose (Jackie Tohn)
winds her up, she chokes
her with a “sleeper hold”
until she passes out. “That’s
lunch,” she deadpans and
leaves the ring.
The one thing the awful,
bourbon-soaked director
gives the women (while hav-
ing his cake, naturally) is
an opportunity to express
themselves on screen in
an unselfconscious, pow-
erful way. Yes, the TV
pilot is funded by a giddy
rich boy with a Malibu
beach house and a robot
butler, but it’s the women
who take charge. I haven’t
seen a US show as smart,
grimy, snappy and ludi-
crous in a long time. It is
everything I want right
now with a big, lurid cherry
on top. If GLOW isn’t the
best fun you have in front of
a screen this year, I’ll give
you 10 bucks.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/
Community’s Alison Brie stars in this smart, grimy, ludicrous dramedy set against the weird, Spandex-heavy backdrop of 80s grappling!
W
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VAISHALI SONI, Model
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Buoyant temper is what you
are known for and people
love to be around you. No
one can beat you in
financial management but at the same
time you like to spend a lot on
accessories and clothes. You can start
a new business but you must be
mentally prepared for the hard work.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Exemplary behaviour on
professional front will be
rewarded in near future.
Keep away from people
who are not very clear with sides.
Don’t be confused about your future
just take a leap of faith. God is going
to bless you with a beautiful life
partner.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Highbrow critics is what
you must be prepared for
when it comes to your
business related
speculation. Today may be a wake up
call for you. Love your life and be
happy no matter what. Be grateful for
what you have. Make sure to express
your love towards your parents.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
YAttainment of goals is
possible and you will
surprise many around you.
You are motivated to try
something new in life. Some of you are
very enthusiastic about your career
even amidst the pandemic, in a way its
a good thing as you should always be
optimistic and hopeful.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Risible entertainment
fascinates you and you will
indulge in it more than
usual as of now to divert
your mind from something else. You
are a great friend and without
expecting much from someone you
always tend to give. You will be in a
cheerful mood today.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Accuracy in tallying your
accounts is must so try to
be focused while doing the
same. You are your parents’
pillar of strength and they are very
lucky to have you in life. You have an
active lifestyle and people derive
motivation from you. You will give
some inspirational lecture to your kid.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Travesting anyone by
making false stories is not
who you are and do not
forget that. Save money
and save as much as you can, this
money will be of big help in future
and you will be proud of yourself that
you decided to sacrifice your few
desires in the fast for amazing future.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Gyrating with happiness
even if its not a big thing is
what makes you special.
You light up the room with
your mere presence. Seeing the
current situation there can be delays
in your plans of abroad education.
You may invest in some business
which involves some kind of metal.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Quibbling in professional
life is not a good thing to
do so keep that in check.
Today everyone will ask for
you for something or the other,
basically you will be more in demand
than usual. You can become a good
teacher as you like to educate people
about things and you also love kids.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Inducing positivity is what
you must focus on doing
right now as far as your
business is concerned.
Where there is hope, everything is
possible. Good work speaks for itself
therefore let your performance speak
and don’t waste time in proving your
worth by talking.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Uncanny personality will
walk into your life and will
make your life heaven. You
will help an office
subordinate when other will refuse to
support him/her. There are chances
that you may switch your field for
monetary gains. Your spouse can
handle domestic matters better.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Sartorial fashion is a very
prominent part of your
personality. Gains from
parents is indicated. You
are a champion in turning things in
your favour. You can easily
manipulate people. Stand by the side
of people who are right even if some
people around you don’t agree.
YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva

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