First india jaipur edition-07 may 2020

USA 1,245,857 73,145 +874
SPAIN 253,682 25,857 +244
ITALY 214,457 29,684 +369
UK 201,101 30,076 +649
GERMANY 167,372 6,993 +13
RUSSIA 165,929 1,537 +86
TURKEY 131,744 3,584 +64
BRAZIL 116,299 7,966 +45
IRAN 101,650 6,418 +78
CHINA 82,883 4,633 +4
CANADA 63,375 4,223 +180
BELGIUM 50,781 8,339 +323
COUNTRY TOTAL TOTAL NEW
CASES DEATHS DEATHS
GLOBAL STATE
OF AFFAIRS
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UPDATE
RAJASTHAN
93
DEATHS
3,317
CONFIRMED CASES
WORLD
2,61,703
DEATHS
37,80,522
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
52,559
CONFIRMED CASES
1,785
DEATHS
SAMPLE RECEIVED
SAMPLE NEGATIVE
2,091
UNDER EXAMINATION
1,39580
1,34172
IN RAJASTHAN
DISTRICT TOTAL NEW TOTAL
CASES CASES DEATH
AJMER 182 +5 1
ALWAR 16 +3 1
BANSWARA 66 — —
BARAN 1 — —
BARMER 3 — —
BHARATPUR 116 +1 2
BHILWARA 39 — 2
BIKANER 38 — 1
CHITTORGARH 100 +1 1
CHURU 14 — —
DAUSA 21 — —
DHOLPUR 17 +2 —
DUNGARPUR 7 +2 —
HANUMANGARH 11 — —
JAIPUR 1090 +43 51
JAISALMER 35 — —
JALORE 3 +3 —
JHALAWAR 45 +3 —
JHUNJHUNU 42 — —
JODHPUR 812 +50 15
KARAULI 4 +1 1
KOTA 221 — 9
NAGAUR 119 — 2
PALI 40 +12 —
PRATAPGARH 4 — 1
RAJSAMAND 6 +1 —
SWAI MADHOPUR 9 +1 1
SIKAR 8 +1 2
TONK 136 — 1
UDAIPUR 15 — —
OTHER DIST. 2 — 2(UP)
TOTAL 3224 +129 93
OTHER (Italy) 2 — —
EVACUEES 61 — —
BSF 30 +30 —
GRAND TOTAL 3317 +159 93
RAJASTHAN
SATARK HAIJaipur Police readies for flag march as dark clouds hover over
the Badi Chaupar area in Walled City on Wednesday. The Corona
Warriors in Rajasthan are fighting the pandemic with utmost grit. On
Wednesday, plasma therapy treatment too was formally launched at
SMS Medical College after it received permission from ICMR to treat
20 critical patients with this therapy. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
State of State: Gehlot apprises Sonia of Centre’s non-cooperation!
Aditi Nagar/Naresh Sharma
New Delhi/ Jaipur:
With only eleven more
daysleftbeforelockdown
3.0 formally ends, Ra-
jasthan Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot apprised
the Congress President
Sonia Gandhi of the
‘state’ of state’s ‘health’
amid Corona times.
Sonia held a video
conference with senior
Congress leaders in-
cluding former PM
Manmohan Singh, for-
mer party president Ra-
hul Gandhi, P. Chidam-
baram, KC Venugopal
and Congress Chief
Ministers on Wednes-
day. During the VC Ge-
hlot presented the dis-
mal situation the state
was reeling under.
“Unless the people
and states do not get a
financial package,
how will the country
progress. We have
faced a loss of revenue
worth ten thousand
crore rupees and we
are asked the Prime
Minister repeatedly
for a package, but we
haven’t heard any-
thing from the Central
Government till now,”
Gehlot told the mem-
bers. Interestingly, Ge-
hlot’s concerns were
shared equally by other
Chief Ministers as well.
Moreover, Gehlot
also informed the mem-
bers about his govern-
ment’s initiatives in the
fight against Corona
and how the health de-
partment has managed
to provide treatment to
non-covid patients too.
Speaking to First India
about the meeting,
AICC General secretary
and Rajasthan Incharge
Avinash Pande,
Turn on P7Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot during video conference where Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
 With 10k cr revenue deficit,
Gehlot says PM apprised of
situation, but no response
from Centre
 Congress leaders appreciate
Gehlot government’s decision
to fight Corona
 CM asks state officials to
ensure purchase of farm produce
and distributing compensation
to hail affected farmers
AHMEDABAD SHUTS ALL
SHOPS, EXCEPT MILK&
MEDICINES FOR A WEEK
Ahmedabad: All shops except
those providing milk and
medicines in Ahmedabad will
remain closed in Ahmedabad
till May 15 for effective
implementation of social
distancing and minimise crowding
in order to reduce coronavirus
spread. “All shops/parlours shall
be closed except providing only
milk and medicines,” said Mukesh
Kumar, AMC Commissioner.
HIZB’S DE FACTO CHIEF KILLED, PVT PHONES,
MOBILE INTERNET IN VALLEY SUSPENDED
Srinagar: Terror group Hizbul
Mujahideen’s de facto chief Reyaz Naikoo,
on the run for eight years, was killed on
Wednesday by security forces in his village
in Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said.
Anticipating a law and order problem,
authorities suspended mobile telephone
services of private operators and mobile
internet services across the Valley. The
gunning down of the Hizbul commander,
a major breakthrough in the fight against
terror, comes three days after 8 security
personnel, were martyred in Handwara. P6
RSS TO CONDUCT ‘SOCIO-ECONOMIC
SURVEY’ OF MIGRANT LABOURERS
New Delhi: The RSS is conducting a “socio-economic survey” of
migrant labourers to know their condition better and also find out
whether they would like to remain in their villages or come back
to cities for work once the COVID-19 situation normalises, its
joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said on Wednesday.
Interacting with foreign media via video conferencing, he said the
Sangh is helping local administration in crowd management and
providing food to migrant labourers. “We are also conducting a
survey to know whether migrant labourers would like to stay in
their villages or come back to cities for livelihood,” he said. When
contacted, Hosabale told PTI that this is a “socio-economic”
survey and the Sangh keeps on doing such surveys for a better
understanding of the society.
Corona cases
cross 50K
mark in India
New Delhi: The death
tollduetoCOVID-19rose
to 1,785 and the number
of cases climbed to
52,559 in the country on
Wednesday, registering
anincreaseof 126deaths
and 2,958 cases in the
last 24 hours, the Union
Health Ministry said.
Meanwhile, to bring
citizens with feature
phones and landlines
under the protection of
Aarogya Setu, an ‘Aaro-
gya Setu Interactive
Voice Response System
(IVRS)’ has been imple-
mented, the Ministry
said. This service is
available across the
country. It is a toll-free
service, where citizens
are asked to give a
missed call to the num-
ber 1921 and they will
get a call back request-
ing for inputs regarding
their health, Turn on P7
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Congress
president Sonia Gandhi
on Wednesday questioned
the government over the
criteria it adopted to judge
how long the COVID-19-in-
duced lockdown will con-
tinue. Addressing a meet-
ing of chief ministers of
states where the Congress
is in power, she asked
“what after May 17?”
India has been under
lockdown since March 25
to curb the spread of the
novel coronavirus. The
first and second phase of
the lockdown was from
March 25 to April 14 and
April 15 to May 3, respec-
tively. The third phase be-
gan from May 4 and would
end on May 17. Former
prime minister Manmo-
han Singh and former
Congress chief Rahul
Gandhi were part of the
meeting held through vid-
eo-conferencing.
“After May 17th, What?
and After May 17th, How?
What criteria is GoI (gov-
ernment of India) using
to judge how long the lock-
down is to continue...,”
Congress chief spokesper-
son Randeep Surjewala
quoted Turn on P7
WHAT AFTER MAY
17?: SONIA TO MODI New Delhi: Public
transport, which has
been shut since the first
lockdown announce-
ment on March 24, may
soon be in operation,
roadwaysministerNitin
Gadkari assured trans-
porters on Wednesday.
Opening of transport
and highways will go a
long way in instilling
confidence among the
public,saidtheminister,
addingthatpublictrans-
portmayopensoonwith
some guidelines.
He, however, cau-
tioned towards main-
taining social distance
and adopting all safety
measures like hand
wash, sanitising, face
masks, etc while operat-
ing buses and cars.
The minister was ad-
dressing the members
of Bus and Car Opera-
tors Confederation of
India through video
conferencing.
The nationwide lock-
down, necessitated by
the coronavirus out-
break,isinplacetillMay
17. No railway, flight ser-
vices are allowed in this
period.However,therail-
ways did run over 100
Shramik Special trains
to ferry stranded mi-
grants.
Gadkari expressed
confidence that the
country and its indus-
try will Turn on P7
Public transport to
roll out soon: Min
Congress President Sonia Gandhi chaired a meeting with Congress party
leaders via video conferencing, in New Delhi on Wednesday. —ANI
Nitin Gadkari

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DARK CLOUDS HAVE SILVER LINING
A view of dark thick clouds hovering over the skies of deserted Johari Bazar area at 3.45 PM on Wednesday amid the nationwide lockdown imposed to curb the spread of deadly coronavirus. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
First India News
Jaipur: Weather has
become completely un-
predictable in the state
of late. Despite May,
which is otherwise al-
ways a very hot month,
this time the tempera-
ture has been below 43
degrees. Not to men-
tion sudden rain with
howling winds. The
state has also wit-
nessed hailstorms
these days.
In Jaipur, the tem-
perature dropped two
points to 38 degrees.
By the evening on
Wednesday, gale winds
hit the state capital
along with dust storm.
The Weather depart-
ment recorded the
speed of dust storm at
around 30 to 40km per
hour. There were also
showers in some parts
of the city.
The clouds began
hovering on the city’s
sky in the afternoon.
Experts said that dust
storms are normal in
May albeit this time
the difference is that it
has been bringing the
temperature down.
Since people have to
reach home by seven
in the evening because
of the nationwide
lockdown which is im-
posed to curb the
spread of deadly coro-
navirus; they leave the
office around 5 pm.
However, on Wednes-
day they had to stop
the vehicle and take
cover because of the
dust storms and little
spell of rains.
Sky turns dark as dust storm, rain lash Jaipur
Clouds hover over Ana Sagar lake in Ajmer on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY NADEEM KHAN
UNPREDICTABLE WEATHER
Startworkasperhome
deptguidelines:Dhariwal
First India News
Jaipur: Urban Devel-
opment and Housing
(UDH) Minister Shanti
Dhariwal has asked
JDA to start work on its
projects as per guide-
lines issued by the home
department. JDC T Ra-
vikant informed that in
respect of state govt and
UDH minister’s orders
officers of the engineer-
ing section have been
asked to start work and
advisory has been is-
sued for conducting la-
bor activities while en-
suring safety and pre-
vention from COVID 19.
UDH minister informed
that construction work
on Jhotwara, Dantli,
Sitapura, and Jahota
overbridge has begun.
He said that instruc-
tions have been given to
start other work while
following advisory is-
sued under COVID 19
guidelines.
UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal
Construction work on Jhotwara, Dantli, Sitapura, and Jahota overbridge has begun
Two men held
for breaking the
police blockade
Pilot holds meeting
with committee
over migrants issue
Plea in HC demanding
closure of liquor shops
First India News
Jaipur: In the Mansaro-
var police station area at
around 6:30 pm, two
drunk youths broke the
blockade in a car. They
were chased for 8 km
and caught by the police.
Police informed that a
high speed car was seen
coming on Varun Path.
When the police came
forward to stop them,
the miscreants tried to
run over them.
First India News
Jaipur: Deputy CM
and PCC president
Sachin Pilot held a
meeting of the
coordination
c o m m i t t e e
constituted to
help the mi-
grant workers
on Wednesday
through VC.
Pilot launched a digi-
tal form during the VC
which needs to be filled
by all the DCC control
rooms which will carry
all details of migrant
workers needing help.
Pilot also made a link
to Google form availa-
ble to all members. Min-
isters Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas,
Govind Singh
Dotasara, Vishv-
endra Singh,
and Master
Bhanwar Lal
Meghwal were part of
the meeting. All mem-
bers opposed the notifi-
cation by the central
govt for the migrant
workers.
First India News
Jaipur: The decision
by the state govt to al-
low liquor sale has
been challenged in the
High Court by Advo-
cate Nikhilesh Katara
due to fear of infection
spread. The petition
has made CS, ACS
(Home), Joint Secre-
tary (Excise), and Ex-
cise Commissioner
answerable to the peti-
tion. The petition
highlights the heavy
rush at the liquor
stores across the state
without following pre-
cautions like social
distancing and thus
creating a perfect situ-
ation for coronavirus
infection spread. The
petition requests clo-
sure of liquor stores
or alternate arrange-
ments like home deliv-
ery of the liquor.
Rajasthan HC allows Alwar rape
survivor to abort pregnancy
CS Gupta raises issue of stranded
Rajasthani’s with Foreign Secy
First India News
Alwar: In a huge re-
lief to a minor rape
victim from Alwar,
Rajasthan High Court
has allowed abortion
of a fetus of 18 weeks.
The order came on a
petition filed by the
father of a 16-year-old
rape survivor. The
kidnapping and rape
case had been regis-
tered in the Tijara po-
lice station in Alwar
on March 23.
It was alleged that
some youths had
raped the girl for a few
months. When the girl
was recovered, she
found to be pregnant.
Justice Ashok Gaur
while hearing the pe-
tition of the girl’s fa-
ther ordered a medi-
cal checkup of the girl
by the board of expert
doctors. He also asked
CMHO to arrange for
abortion of the girl
monitored by senior
doctors if it was
deemed safe.
First India News
Jaipur: Central govt is
starting the process to
bring back Indians
stranded abroad. For-
eign Secretary Harsh-
vardhan Shringla held
a VC on Wednesday in
which CS DB Gupta and
ACS (Industries) Sub-
odh Agrawal took part.
CS Gupta raised the is-
sue of 8500 stranded Ra-
jasthani people.
After the VC Gupta
constituted an Air
Transport Cell under
Agrawal in accordance
with the instructions re-
ceived from the Foreign
Secretary. IAS Ashutosh
AT Pednekar, IAS
Dinesh Kumar, Commis-
sioner Rajasthan Foun-
dation Dhiraj Srivasta-
va, and IPS Sumit Bish-
wash will be the mem-
bers of the Air Trans-
port Cell. Foreign Secre-
tary Harshvardhan told
that the people brought
back from abroad will
be mandatorily quaran-
tined for 14 days.
Guv Mishra holds VC with BJP leaders
First India News
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra commu-
nicated with senior
BJP leaders on
Wednesday and held a
meeting via VC. State
BJP president Dr Sat-
ish Poonia, Central
Minister Kailsh Chod-
hary, LOP Gulab
Chand Kataria and
Deputy LOP Rajendra
Rathore joined the VC
to discuss corona situ-
ation in the state.
They accused state
govt of failing to prop-
erly handle the situa-
tion and sent a letter to
the governor regard-
ing various problems
faced by people.
The VC lasted for 90
minutes. Poonia re-
quested the governor
for intervention alleg-
ing that CM Ashok Ge-
hlot was doing nothing
except making politi-
cal statements. He al-
leged that the conta-
gion has been spread-
ing particularly in
state capital Jaipur
and CM’s hometown
Jodhpur.
Union minister of
state for Agriculture
Kailash Choudhary
complained that coro-
na virus was limited to
cities but due to care-
lessness of the state
government it has now
reached in villages. He
requested that the gov-
ernment should en-
sure compost and
seeds for farmers.
Governor Kalraj Mishra
DB Gupta
Ashutosh has made state, country
proud: Raje to martyr’s wife
First India News
Jaipur: Everyone in
the country is bowing
down to the sacrifice of
Pallavi Sharma, the
wife of martyr Colonel
Ashutosh Sharma. For-
mer CM Vasundhara
Raje called to console
Pallavi on Wednesday
and said that Ashutosh
has made the state and
country proud and his
sacrifice will not go in
vain.
Raje added that every-
one is with you and your
family and the whole
country is proud of
Ashutosh’s valor. The
new generation will al-
ways get motivated by
Ashutosh. Also, women
like you make our coun-
try proud. Raje also
promised Pallavi to vis-
it her residence to meet
after the lockdown ends.
Col Sharma, who was
killed during an anti-
terror operation in
Kashmir, was cremated
with full military hon-
ours in Jaipur on Tues-
day morning.
Vasundhara Raje
Jaipur: JDA Com-
missioner T Ravikant
on Wednesday held a
VC and instructed of-
ficials to settle the
matters pertaining to
titles, lease deed, title
transfer, etc online on
priority after scruti-
nizing them.
Ravikant took
some important deci-
sions for smooth func-
tioning and public
relief during the lock-
down. He instructed
the settlement of
pending matters us-
ing the minimum pos-
sible staff. Consider-
ing the demand for
small plots by the
middle class he also
stressed on e-auction
of such plots and for
this, he instructed
preparation of zone
wise proposals for
small-sized plots. JDC
instructed settlement
of pending title issues
of Prithviraj Nagar
which had already
been taken up in ear-
lier camps and also
asked for a plan for
camps after the lock-
down is lifted.
T Ravikant
‘Settle pending matters
with minimum staff’

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2020
BRIEF
in
z Jaipur: Home Depart-
ment has issued orders
for transfer of 6 Additional
Superintendent of Police in
the state. Surendra Kumar
Bhati - Ajmer ASP, Himan-
shu Sharma - Gangapur-
city ASP, Virendra Kumar
Meena - Jhunjhunu ASP
z Sri Ganganagar: Locusts
from Pakistan have at-
tacked various areas of Sri
Ganganagar, including 3H
Bada, 9H, Madera, Sangat-
pura, Kota and Pakhi.
z Jhunjhunu: Jhunjhunu
has become corona free af-
ter all 42 positive cases in
the district recovered. On
Wednesday, the reports of
the remaining two women
came negative informed
PMO Dr Shubhkaran Kler.
z Sirohi: Family mem-
bers of a young man who
committed suicide, along
with few locals carried out
a protest on the road. They
claim that it to be a murder
case, and that police want
to shut the case by term-
ing it a suicide. The family
members are demanding
the arrest of the accused
murderers.
z Jaipur: Journalist Kamal
Sharma lost the battle
against blood cancer and
died on Wednesday. Health
Minister Dr Raghu Sharma
and CM Ashok Gehlot ex-
pressed grief at the demise
of Kamal.
z Jaipur: A drunk man
threw acid on a woman and
a youth in Kotputli area.
Both the victims were ad-
mitted to Government BDM
Hospital and the accused
was arrested.
z Jodhpur: HC imposed
a ban on the FIR lodged
in Hanumangarh police
station area against BJP
IT Cell head Amit Malviya
for posting a tweet related
to Rahul Gandhi. Senior
Advocate RD Rastogi rep-
resented Malviya.
z Jaipur: An order has
been passed for increase
in the monthly deduction of
government personnel un-
der Rajasthan Pensioners
Medical Fund (RPMF). The
order will be implemented
from April 1. Deduction ac-
cording to basic pay is as
follows- Rs 3,000 or less
- Rs 265, Rs 3,000-6,000
- Rs 440, Rs 6,000-9,000 -
Rs 658, Rs 9,000 or more
- Rs 875
z Jodhpur: A special train,
carrying 921 Rajasthani
migrant labourers from
across the state, will reach
Jodhpur Railway Station
from Telangana at 8:45 am
today.
z Dausa: While returning
home from UP in a trailer,
two labourers died and ﬁve
got injured near Reta Dubbi
in Sikandra as the vehicle
collided with a tree.
z Jaipur: In a rape case of
a 6-year-old girl, the jailed
convict Mukesh Kumar has
been given interim parole
of seven days due to his
father’s death. The order
was passed by the division
bench of Chief Justice In-
drajit Mahanty and Justice
Satish Sharma.
z Kota: Lok Sabha
Speaker’s OSD Rajiv Dutta
paid a visit to Sultanpur on
Wednesday and took stock
of the situation.
z Jaipur: The construction
and renovation work of Ter-
minal-1 of Jaipur Airport,
going on since last 3 years,
has been resumed.
z Jaipur: RCDF has
given relief to Saras Ghee
consumers by not increas-
ing its prices due to the
agriculture welfare fee.
The state government has
imposed an additional 2%
fees other than the mandi
tax, but RCDF has included
it in the present cost of
Ghee. The information was
provided by the spokes-
person of Dairy Federation
Vinod Gira.
z Alwar: MP Rajyavardhan
Singh Rathore interacted
with Alwar District Col-
lector Indrajit Singh over
the phone regarding the
prevention of the spread of
coronavirus. Rathore also
spoke about the adminis-
tration getting the people
related to the sale of fruits
and vegetables tested and
making all the people go-
ing outside wear masks.
First India News
Jaipur: Four corona
deaths were reported
in last 24 hours taking
the death toll in state to
93. Wednesday report-
ed 159 new coronavirus
positive cases.
One death each was
reported from Jaipur,
Jodhpur, Sawai Mad-
hopur and Karauli.
Maximum 50 new cases
came from Jodhpur
while 43 cases were re-
ported from Jaipur. 30
BSF Jawans reported
positive on Wednesday,
12 from Pali, 5 from
Ajmer, 3 each from
Alwar,Jalore & Jhala-
war, 2 each from Dhol-
pur & Dungarpur and
one each from Bharat-
pur,Chittorgarh,Karau-
li, Rajsamand, Sawai
Madhopur and Sikar.
The state total for co-
rona positives stands at
3317. State has tested
139580 samples so far
out of which 134172
have reported negative
while reports for 2091
samples is awaited.
Jaipur leads the most
positive cases tally with
1090 cases followed by
Jodhpur 812, Kota 221,
Ajmer 182, Tonk 136,
Nagaur 119, Bharatpur
116, Chittorgarh 100,
Banswara 66, Jhalawar
45, Jhunjhunu 42, Pali
40, Bhilwara 39, Bikan-
er 38, Jaisalmer 35,
Dausa 21, Dholpur 17,
Alwar 16, Udaipur 15,
Churu 14, Hanuman-
garh 11, Sawai Mad-
hopur & Dungapur 9
each, Sikar 8 each, Ra-
jsamand 6, Pratapgarh
& Karauli 4 each, Bar-
mer & Jalore 3 each and
Baran with one case.
Apart from these 2 Ital-
ians, two from other
states, 61 Indians evacu-
ated from Iran and 30
BSF jawans also tested
positive. 30 out of 33 dis-
tricts officially corona
infected as of now.
Good news is that so
far 1739 cases have
turned negative after
being diagnosed posi-
tive. 1275 patients have
been discharged from
hospitals after full re-
covery and rest will
also be discharged af-
ter the mandatory
quarantine period.
With51coronadeaths
so far in Jaipur hotspot
Ramganj reported 13
new corona positive
cases, Shashtri Nagar 9,
Eidgaah 4, 2 each from
Jalupura,Bhatta Basti
& Kishanpole Bazar
and one each from MSB
Choraha,Govindpura
Goner Road, Chand-
pole, Janata Colony,
Paldi Meena, Chaura
Rasta, Railway Loco
Colony, Naya Kheda,
Bas Badanpura &
Hasanpura.
4DEATHS,159NEWCASESREPORTED;SO
FAR1275DISCHARGEDAFTERRECOVERY
Police ensuring strict enforcement of lockdown in walled city area of Jaipur. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
MP thanks JK Lon
staff for PPE kits
Record breaking 80 cases found in
24 hrs, including 30 BSF jawans
First India News
Jodhpur: Jodhpur re-
ported 80 new corona
positive cases which
include 30 BSF jawans
on Wednesday. With
this overall tally has
shot up to 812.
BSF’s 126th battalion
had been sent to Delhi
from Jaipur when
Tabligi Jamat matter
had come to light. It had
been deployed in Jama
Masjid and Nizamud-
din area where the
Tabligi Jamat markaz is
situated.
When three jawans
of Delhi police were
found positive, 57
jawans of this BSF bat-
talion were sent as pre-
cautionary measure to
Jodhpur. They were
quarantined in well-
ness center created for
corona suspects. How-
ever, when some of
them complained sick,
they were admitted in
the hospital situated in
BSF frontier head-
quarters.
The test report re-
leased by AIIMS Jodh-
pur confirmed that 30
of them were positive.
Subsequently, all these
jawans were taken to
AIIMS hospital. Re-
ports of others are
awaited.
Commanding Officer
of BSF STC center Y S
Rathore said that these
jawans had received in-
fection on duty in Delhi.
They were brought here
because of better medi-
cal facilities. The BSF
campus has been com-
pletely sealed.
Meanwhile 140 Indi-
ans who had been
brought from Iran to-
day returned to their
home in Ladakh in C 17
globemaster, a special
plane of Air Force. Af-
ter their report came
negative, all of them
including 92 from
Jodhpur and 48 from
Jaisalmer were sent
back today. They looked
happy and smiled
while arriving at Air
Force station.
First India News
Jaipur:MPRamcharan
Bohra visisted JK Lon
hospital on Wednesday
and thanked the doc-
tors, nursing staff and
health workers for tak-
ing initiative for the
safety of corona warri-
ors. He felicitated the
staff for preparing PPE
kits for SMS hospital
staff. Bohra was par-
ticularly appreciative
of hospital superinten-
dent Dr Ashok Gupta
and AsstProfessor Yo-
gesh Yadav for encour-
aging such noble acts.
Jaipur MP also an-
nounced Head Cooling
Machine and Portable
Sonography machine
with Heart Probe for in-
fants in JK Lon hospi-
tal. Dr Anil Sharma, Dr
Hitesh Sain and Niraj
Tamoliya were also pre-
sent on the occasion.
First India News
Jaipur: Police Commis-
sioner Anand Srivasta-
va lead a march by po-
lice which passed
through curfew im-
posed areas of the
walled city. Srivasatava
was accompanied by
Addl Commissioner
Ajay Pal Lamba & Ra-
hul Prakash, DCPs Ra-
jiv Pachar, Yogesh
Dhadheech and Manoj
Kumar and 400 person-
nel from QRT, ERT, STF,
RAC, Hadi Rani, Border
Home Guard and Zebra
Mic. They started from
Manak Chowk PS and
passed through Ram-
ganj, Char Darwaja,
Gangapole, Jorawar
Singh Gate and Sub-
hash Chowk. March
had. The march boosted
the morale of their fel-
low policemen posted in
those areas.
Bodies get
exchanged
after post
mortem
First India News
Alwar: District
hospital is under
fire for releasing
a dead body with-
out proper identi-
fication.
Sonu Prajapat
informed that his
father Pappu Pra-
japat was admit-
ted in the hospital
due to respiratory
problem and died
during treatment.
Doctors asked the
family to collect
the dead body the
next day after co-
rona test. But
when they
reached the hos-
pital, they found
out that the body
had been given to
a Dehradun based
family who also
were there to
claim a family
member’s body.
Sonu is alleging
carelessness on
the part of hospi-
tal staff for
wrongly sending
the dead body of
his father to Deh-
radun for crema-
tion. Meanwhile
PMO Dr Sunil
Chohan said that
an enquiry has
been ordered in
the matter as it is
the police which
gets post mortem
done and hands
over dead bodies
to the claimants.
—Pic for representation purpose only
Police force march by Hawa Mahal in Badi Chaupar on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Commissioner leads a march
to boost morale of fellow cops
Aishwarya Pradhan
Jaipur: Technical Edu-
cation Minister Dr Sub-
hash Garg raised the
issue of Kisan Kalyan
Fess in the state to CM
Ashok Gehlot on a let-
ter and phone call. He is
against the 2% Kisan
Kalyan fees and said
that after the levy of the
fees sale of mustard oil,
wheat and bajra has
turned costly compared
to neighboring states.
Currently there is man-
di charge of 50 paise on
bajra & corn, Rs 1.60 on
wheat & chana and Rs 1
on oil seeds. If all these
charges are homoge-
nized and put at 1%
each then it would make
total cost of commodi-
ties competitive leading
to ease for the farmers.
First India News
Jaipur: Social Empow-
erment Minister Master
Bhanwar Lal Meghwal
said that as per instruc-
tions from CM all dis-
trict collectors have pre-
pared a list of 1,79,000
destitute & poor people
who now will receive
pension from govt.
Meghwal said that
amount to be distribut-
ed with Rs 2,500 marked
foreachpersonhasbeen
forwarded to all collec-
tors. He assured that no
one will face hardships
during lockdown.
Meghwalalsoassured
workers in the state that
they can start working
on regular basis as the
state govt has issued di-
rection to all collectors
in this regard.
First India News
Kota: UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal de-
manded central govt to
deposit Rs 10000 in the
bank account of the
poor to balance the de-
mand & supply in the
market.
Dhariwal indicated
that he was planning a
war against corona on
two fronts, first the re-
covery of health and
second to revive the
urban infrastructure
improvement drive.
He was particularly
worried about revival
of coaching industry
in Kota.
Dhariwal held a high
level meeting in which
divisional commis-
sioner, collector, DIG,
SP, CMHO and other
senior officers of core
committee participat-
ed. The UDH minister
asked them pertinent
questions regarding
plans to get city out of
red zone.
He sent 400 PPE kits
& medical equipment
for the doctors and an-
nounced Rs 1 crore
from his MLALad fund
for food for the poor.
Garg writes to CM on
Kisan Kalyan Fees
‘On CM’s order, govt to
give pension to poor’
Deposit `10,000 in bank accounts
of poor: Dhariwal to Central govt
Shanti Dhariwal
Ramcharan Bohra felicitating the staff of JK Lon hospital.
Dr Subhash Garg Master Bhanwar Lal Meghwal

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CONG KEEPS UP
PRESSURE, FIRES
QUERIES AT BJP
he Congress Party kept up the
pressure on the ruling party at
the Centre raising questions
answers to which a large num-
ber of people are eager to know.
After raising the issue of “migrants being
made to pay railway fares for their return
journey”, Sonia Gandhi, the Working
president of the party, took on the BJP in
a video conference with chief ministers
of Congress-ruled states on Wednesday.
The first phase of the lockdown started on
March 24 and ended on April 4. It was extend-
ed till May 3 after which the government
thought it prudent to extend it by another two
weeks but allowed the phased opening of the
economy with a slew of curbs in place. The
corporate world and medium and small indus-
tries were not buoyed as they expected more.
As the third phase of lockdown ends on
May 17, Sonia asked, “What after May
17?” and “After May 17th how wanting to
know the criteria the Government of In-
dia is using to judge how long the lock-
down is to continue. Former Prime Min-
ister Manmohan Singh, who was also
present, backed Sonia and said, “CMs
need to deliberate and ask as to what is
the strategy of Government of India to
get the country out of lockdown.”
Former finance minister P. Chidambaram
accused the Centre of not allocation any
money, leaving the states “bleeding”.
Chief ministers who shared their nation-
al leaders’ concerns included Ashok Gehlot
of Rajasthan and Amarinder Singh of Pun-
jab. Gehlot reiterated his demand for a cen-
tral package to meet the economic crisis.
“Until extensive stimulus package is given,
how will the states and the country run?”
he asked. Saying that the states have repeat-
edly requested the prime minister for a
package, Gehlot pointed out that they were
yet to hear from the Union government.
Amarinder Singh raised the issue of clas-
sification of red, orange, and green zones
whichhasbecomeacontentiousissuebetween
the Centre and the governments of Delhi and
West Bengal. The Punjab CM said, “The con-
cern is that those sitting in Delhi are deciding
on the classification of Covid-19 zones without
knowing what is happening on the ground.”
Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh
Baghel also said that the states were fac-
ing a “dire economic crisis” and needed
“immediate economic assistance.
By raising these questions the Congress is
only repeating what it said after the exten-
sion of the lockdown beyond May 3. It then
wanted to know the purpose and the strategy
and whether the government of India will
persist with the lockdown until whatever
goals it has in mind are achieved.
Nobody can read the Union govern-
ment’s mind or intentions. So far it has
not given any hint of any financial pack-
age to states even as their revenue taps
have run dry putting millions of lives and
livelihoods at stake.
IN-DEPTH
T
GBTQ films
tend to provoke
debates about
authenticity, es-
pecially when it
comes to sex: should it be
represented explicitly or
not? Portrait of a Lady on
Fire (2019), the latest
award-winning film from
French director-screen-
writer Céline Sciamma,
refuses to choose, offering
instead a funny and sophis-
ticated response to the
politics of lesbian repre-
sentation.
Sciamma has a reputa-
tion for making films that
encourage audiences to
think differently about de-
sire. Her first three films,
Water Lilies (2007), Tom-
boy (2011) and Girlhood
(2014), avoid triumphant
coming out narratives. In-
stead, each follows the ten-
tative and ambivalent ex-
periences of their young
queer protagonists as they
negotiate hostile heter-
onormative worlds.
Sciamma’s latest film
turns from adolescent com-
ing-of-age drama to adult
lesbian romance. Set in
18th-century France, Por-
trait of a Lady on Fire cen-
tres on the painter Mari-
anne (Noémie Merlant) and
the reluctant portrait sub-
ject with whom she falls in
love. Resisting an arranged
marriage, Héloïse (Adèle
Haenel) refuses to pose for
a painting for her future
husband. Marianne is
hired ostensibly to be a
walking companion, but re-
ally to observe Héloïse and
paint her in secret.
Across scenes of Mari-
anne glancing surrepti-
tiously at her subject, the
film establishes a story of
desire. Héloïse’s reciprocal
gazes are freighted with
homoerotic meaning.
THE CODE
When the industry banned
explicit representations of
sex and so-called sex per-
version under the auspices
of the Production Code,
filmmakers responded by
developing a sophisticated
system for representing de-
sire and sex. A glance, ges-
ture, line of dialogue or
object could be coded with
sexual meaning. Because it
was “only” implicit or indi-
rect, that meaning could be
readily denied by Holly-
wood studios under pres-
sure to offer wholesome
entertainment.
Abdellatif Kechiche’s
Blue Is the Warmest Col-
our (2013) outraged some
lesbian critics for scenes
regarded as too explicit
and objectifying. On the
other hand, Luca Guadag-
nino’s decision in Call Me
By Your Name (2017) to
coyly pan to an open win-
dow rather than show sex
was castigated by influen-
tial critic D. A. Miller.
NOW YOU SEE IT,
NOW YOU DON’T
Sciamma has been criti-
cised for not being brave
enough to include an ex-
plicit sex scene in her film.
But the filmmaker insists
“there is a sex scene …
maybe you haven’t seen it”.
As the lovers lie in bed
together, Hélöise proposes
to Marianne they try a
tincture of psychedelic
herbs that promises to stop
time. With an arm
stretched upward, Hélöise
takes some ointment and
smears it along her armpit.
The film then cuts abrupt-
ly to a close-up image of
penetration. It’s puzzling
at first, but as the camera
drifts, we realise its source:
Hélöise’s finger held close
under Marianne’s armpit.
This visual joke plays on
our desires to see sex, de-
sires shaped in part by film
style and genre.
Sciamma’s film draws
attention to cinematic con-
ventions to upend what
counts as sex. In a brief,
startling, and exquisitely
erotic moment, Portrait of
a Lady on Fire plays with
how we see (and think we
see) sex between women.
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LGBTQ films tend
to provoke
debates about
authenticity,
especially when it
comes to sex:
should it be
represented
explicitly or not?
Death is as sure for that
which is born, as birth is for
that which is dead. Therefore
grieve not for what is
inevitable. —Bhagavad Gita
Spiritual
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When Congress party has
committed to bear the cost of
migrants to take the train back
to their villages, why are certain
BJP ruled states trying to disallow
these very trains? Why should
the poor pay the price for BJP’s
political opposition to the INC?
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@dpradhanbjp
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Russian Energy Minister H.E. Mr.
Alexander Novak. Wished speedy
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their efforts to address the #Covid19
pandemic. Discussed about global
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especially in the oil and gas sector.
nvesting can be a simple exer-
cise, yet simplicity often eludes
us. Such is the noise in the fi-
nancial markets, created by
product-peddlers, that we are
often befuddled about the na-
ture of investing.
Studies have been showing
that a set of well-diversified
exchange-traded funds
(ETFs) or index funds, firm-
ly entrenched in the passive
investment space, can out-
perform the broad market
indices by a sizable margin.
The din around what makes
for a savvy investment often
leads us to believe that a com-
plex route is often better for in-
vestment. Of course, the view is
backed by financial institutions
that profit even as we transact.
When we benchmark a ma-
jority of retail investor portfo-
lios against the broad market
indices such as the Nifty50 or
the Sensex over time, we find
the portfolios lacking the per-
formance of the indices — a
cost we, investors, pay for com-
plicating our investments.
THE FORCES WHICH
PREVENT SIMPLICITY
THE BELIEF OF US
KNOWING THE FUTURE
Most of us think that we know
or will get to know what will
happen in the markets in the fu-
ture.Weconstantlytrytopredict
events that are often random.
What we cannot predict, we
expect some expert to tell us
about and end up taking ran-
dom bets on stocks and invest-
ment funds that we regret later.
THE WAY WE
SEE PROFIT AND LOSS
There is also the matter of
how we view profit and loss.
In 1979, psychologists Daniel
Kahneman and Amos Tver-
sky published a paper titled,
“Prospect Theory: An Analy-
sis Of Decision Under Risk”
where they revealed that we,
humans, tend to make deci-
sions based on our perceived
loss or gain from an event,
rather than the actual out-
come. The prospect of a loss
weighsdownonusfarmorethan
the prospect of a gain, even if
they share the same probability
in an event or investment route.
What it does is make us less
willing to take risks with our
profits than with our losses. So,
we would be more likely to sell
a stock when we are making a
profit, avoiding the risk of a
possible decline in prices but
also forgoing the prospect of
further increase in prices.
We become risk-averse when
it comes to gaining and even
settle for meager profit, but
take on greater risk in trying to
limit our losses rather than
take a lesser loss on the chin.
THE FINANCIAL
MARKETPLACE
Thefinancialproductmarket-
ers keep coming up with com-
plex products peppered with
jargonlikesmartbeta,deriva-
tive instruments etc. that
sound intimidating and pre-
vent further questions. Sim-
ple products such as those in
passive investing strip away
excess service charges which
complex-sounding financial
products inevitably entail.
STABLE PASSIVE
ETF/INDEX PORTFOLIOS
GO A LONG WAY
Passive investing involves a
simple investment strategy
that takes little time, effort and
investment knowledge to out-
perform the markets.
The crux of such an invest-
ing route is to follow a bench-
mark market index and repli-
cate its performance. It banks
on the larger wisdom that gov-
erns macroeconomics and
eventually, regulates markets.
Hence, chances of unique dis-
asters get reduced.
With passive investments, an
investorcanjustinvestandforget.
Key products in passive in-
vesting include ETFs and in-
dex funds.
A Tavaga investor’s portfolio
is made up of six well-diversi-
fiedETFs.Wecomparedthefive-
year performance of the portfo-
lios of Tavaga’s user profiles
with that of Nifty. The chart
below shows actual returns on
those portfolios and proves that
pays to be a stable investor.
The portfolios’ performanc-
es in the Covid-19 crisis have
been highlighted in green —
theyholdtheirgrounddespite
the broader market crashes.
We further looked up the
portfolio returns of our users
across different investment pe-
riods, and it only reinforced the
benefits of passive investing.
THE IMPORTANCE
OF ASSET ALLOCATION
IN A PORTFOLIO
Our portfolio is as good as our
asset allocation. Asset alloca-
tion is the process of dividing
our investment money between
asset classes to minimise the
risk and maximize the return
on the portfolio.
It works on the principle of
negative correlations. For ex-
ample, if our portfolio consists
of two investment products,
and one of whose value goes up
when the other’s value suffers,
then it is beneficial. Because
the returns on such a portfolio
will be the weighted average
returns on both the assets,
while the risk in the portfolio
will be less than the weighted
average risk on both the assets.
This would mean we would get
higher returns with lower risk.
SOURCE: TAVAGA RESEARCH
WHY COMPLICATE
INVESTMENTS?
I
Studies have
been showing
that a set of
well-diversified
exchange-
traded funds
(ETFs) or index
funds, firmly
entrenched in
the passive
investment
space, can
outperform the
broad market
indices by a
sizable margin
PASSIVE INVESTING
INVOLVES A SIMPLE
INVESTMENT
STRATEGY THAT TAKES
LITTLE TIME, EFFORT
AND INVESTMENT
KNOWLEDGE
TO OUTPERFORM
THE MARKETS

JAIPUR | THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2020

INDIAJAIPUR | THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2020
New Delhi: Around 39
crore people have re-
ceived financial assis-
tance of Rs 34,800 crore
amid the COVID-19
lockdown under the
Pradhan Mantri Garib
Kalyan Package (PMG-
KP) as on May 5, the
government said.
These people re-
ceived the assistance,
which was announced
by Union Finance Min-
ister Nirmala Sithara-
man on March 26 to pro-
tect them from the im-
pact of the lockdown
due to COVID 19, via
digital payment infra-
structure.
The swift implemen-
tation of the free food
grain and cash payment
package under PMGKP
is being continuously
monitored by Central
and state governments.
Also, Fintech and digi-
tal technology have
been employed for swift
and efficient transfer to
the beneficiary. Rs
16,394 crore towards
payment of first install-
ment of PM-KISAN was
provided to 8.19 crore
beneficiaries. —ANI
`34,800 cr aid to 39 cr people under PMGKP
LENDING HELP
New Delhi: Union
Health Minister Harsh
Vardhan on Wednesday
held a meeting with the
officials of the states of
Gujarat and Maharash-
tra through video con-
ferencing to take stock
of the situation of COV-
ID-19 pandemic.
Speaking to the rep-
resentatives, the minis-
ter said that the situa-
tion in the states was a
matter of concern as at
least 36 districts were
affected by the COV-
ID-19 disease.
“Maharashtra and
Gujarat are states in the
country which is a mat-
ter of worry for us also
as 34 out of 36 districts
are affected from coro-
navirus. There are at
least 14,541 cases and
583 deaths that have
been reported from
here,” said the Minister.
“I will hold a meeting
with the Chief Minis-
ters also to discuss fur-
ther course of action to
control spread of the
virus in the state,” said
the Minister.
He also said that the
situation in Mumbai,
Pune, Thane, Nashik,
Aurangabad, Nagpur
and Solapur was more
worrying.
“We have to move to-
wards the direction of
making all districts as
green zones where no
case would be reported
in 21 days. This will be
possible for us through
proactive approach and
strong will power,” the
Minister said. —ANI
‘MAHA, GUJ, A MATTER OF WORRY FOR US’HealthMinisterHarshVardhansaidthatthesituationinthestateswasamatterofconcernas36districtswereaffectedbyCOVID-19
Bengaluru: The Kar-
nataka government an-
nounced an economic
relief package of Rs
1,610 crore for farmers,
MSMEs, handloom
weavers, autorickshaw
drivers and others
amid COVID-19 lock-
down. Addressing a
press conference, Kar-
nataka Chief Minister
BS Yediyurappa said,
“For more than one
and a half months,
workers in the unor-
ganised sector in the
state are facing tough
times due to the lock-
down. To address fi-
nancial difficulties
faced by them, a pack-
age of Rs. 1610 crore
will be released for
them as Covid-19 finan-
cial package.” —Agencies
Karnataka govt’s
`1,610 cr package
New Delhi: Eighty-five
more personnel of BSF
tested positive for coro-
navirus, taking the total
to 152. With this, total
cases of COVID-19 in-
fection in BSF have sur-
passed those in CRPF,
which has recorded 137
cases so far.
Majority of infected
BSF personnel are from
Delhi with over 110 cas-
es. Rest of the infected
personnel are from the
Tripura frontier of the
force. The forceHQs,
whose two floors were
sealed two days back, is
“functional” from
Wednesday. On Tues-
day, at least 24 people
including military per-
sonnel were tested posi-
tive for Covid-19 at a
hospital in Delhi. —PTI
152 +ve cases
in BSF, CRPF
tally surpassed
New Delhi: The team at
Aarogya Setu app
stressed that no person-
al information of any
user has been proven to
be at risk and no data or
security breach has
been identified in the
COVID-19 contact trac-
ing app.
Reacting to an ethical
hacker’s claim that a se-
curity issue has been
found in the app, the
team said the app is
completely safe.The
Aarogya Setu team said
the app fetches a user’s
location by design and
store the location data
on the server in a se-
cure, encrypted and an-
onymised manner,
“when users submit
their contact tracing
data voluntary through
the app of when we
fetch tracing data of a
user after they have
turned COVID-19 posi-
tive.” It said that the ra-
dius parameters to spot
COVID-19 positive pa-
tients are fixed and can
take one of the five val-
ues: 500 metres, 1 km, 2
km, 5 kn and 10 km.
All this information
is already public, the
team said. —Agencies
Aarogya Setu teams claims
‘Indian users’ data safe’
New Delhi: With the
West Bengal govern-
mentnotadheringtothe
Centre’’s guideline on
goodstransportthrough
the India-Bangladesh
border, the Union Minis-
try of Home Affairs has
issued strict direction to
the state to implement it
“without any delay”.
The state government
wasalsoaskedtosubmit
a compliance report im-
mediately.
“You (West Bengal
government) are direct-
ed to allow cross land
border transportation
throughallIndo-Bangla-
desh borders without
any delay and send the
compliance report on
opening of cross land
borders, by today itself,”
Home Secretary Ajay
Bhalla said in the in-
struction circulated on
Tuesday.
The instructions were
issued following reports
thatgoodstrafficthrough
the India-Bangladesh
land border, falling in
West Bengal, had not re-
sumed. A large number
of trucks, carrying es-
sential supplies to Bang-
ladesh, were stranded at
differentbordercrossing
points. The Home Secre-
tary, in the letter, said: “I
amconstrainedtosaywe
have not received the
compliance report from
West Bengal.” —Agencies
‘Allow transport via Indo-Bangla border’
New Delhi: The SC
has sentenced three
people, held guilty of
contempt of court for
making “scurrilous
and scandalous allega-
tions” against two sit-
ting judges of the apex
court, to 3-month jail
observing that it was a
“concerted effort to
virtually hold the judi-
ciary to ransom”.
The top court had on
April 27 held advocate
Vijay Kurle, state pres-
ident of Maharashtra
and Goa of the Indian
Bar Association, advo-
cate Nilesh Ojha, Pres-
ident of the Indian Bar
Association and
Rashid Khan Pathan,
national secretary of
NGO Human Rights
Security Council,
guilty of contempt of
court for making scan-
dalous allegations
against the judges.
A bench of Justices
Deepak Gupta and An-
iruddha Bose heard on
May 4, via vc. —ANI
Dehradun: The Utta-
rakhand police regis-
tered a case against
some people who
spread a rumour about
the death of CM Triv-
endra Singh Rawat on
social media. “An un-
fortunate rumour has
been spread about the
CM on social media.
Dehradun SSP has
been asked to register
a case against the cul-
prits and arrest them,”
DG Ashok Kumar said.
Those spreading ru-
mours on social media
will not be spared un-
der any circumstances
and stringent action
will be taken against
them, he said.
“They have crossed
all limits. Stern action
will be taken against
those who spread the
rumour and those in-
volved in conspiracy,”
Kumar said. —PTI
3 sentenced for allegations against judges
People booked for rumours on U’khand CM’s death
New Delhi: Two days after filing
an FIR in the case, Delhi Police’s
Cyber Crime Cell arrested the ad-
min of the Instagram group ‘Bois
Locker Room’. The police have al-
ready apprehended a 15-year-old
boy in the case and questioned five
students in front of their parents
on Tuesday.
The CCC had lodged an FIR after
they knew of agroup, where teen-
age boys from schools allegedly
shared photos of girls. —PTI
New Delhi: The
ED filed a
c h a r g e s h e e t
against Yes Bank
co-founder Rana
Kapoor, arrested
on money laun-
dering charges,
in a special court
in Mumbai. The
former MD and CEO of Yes Bank
was arrested by ED on March 8 un-
der the PMLA. —PTI
BOIS LOCKER ROOM: INSTA
GROUP ADMIN HELD
YES BANK: CHARGESHEET
AGAINST RANA KAPOOR
Srinagar: In a major
operation, the Jammu
and Kashmir Police on
Wednesday killed Hiz-
bul Mujahideen’s oper-
ational commander, Ri-
yaz Naikoo, along with
his two other associ-
ates, in an encounter in
south Kashmir’s Pul-
wama district.
The police termed
the killing of Naikoo a
major success. Naikoo,
a former math teacher,
was the longest surviv-
ing militant active since
2012. He was catego-
rized A+++ rank mili-
tant and carried a cash
reward of Rs 12 lakh on
his head.
The police said the
operation to nab Naikoo
was launched Tuesday
night in Beighpora area
of Pulwama -- his home
village -- after the secu-
rity agencies received
inputs about the pres-
ence of militants in the
area. The operation was
monitored by senior po-
lice officers.
Naikoo’s killing
comes days after mili-
tants killed eight secu-
rity personnel includ-
ing an Army Colonel,
Major and an SHO in
two separate encoun-
ters in north Kashmir.
Naikoo took over the
reins of Hizbul Mujahi-
deen in 2017 after its
commander Yasin Itoo
was killed in an encoun-
ter in Shopian. Naikoo’s
sudden ascendance in
2017 took observers by
surprise as he had
maintained a low pro-
file since he had joined
militancy in 2012.
Naikoo took over the
command of Hizb when
its another commander,
Zakir Musa, parted
ways with the outfit and
and swore allegiance to
Al-Qaeda. —Agencies
Hizb Chief Riyaz Naikoo,
killed in J&K encounter
Army soldiers during an encounter with militants at Beighpora area in Pulwama dist of South Kashmir.
A large number of trucks carrying essential supplies were stranded at border crossing points.
K’taka CM BS Yediyurappa addresses a press meet in Bengaluru.
Hizb Chief Riyaz Naikoo
RECOVERED
IN THE COURTYARD
THE ACCUSED
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS SECY
BAJAJ IS RBI’S DIRECTOR
Mumbai: “The Central Government
has nominated Tarun
Bajaj, Secy, Dept of Eco-
nomic Affairs, Ministry
of Finance, as a Director
on the Central Board of
Reserve Bank of India
vice Atanu Chakraborty,” RBI said.
VALIDITY OF E-WAY BILL
EXTENDED TILL MAY 31
In a tweet, CBIC said, “Notiﬁcation
No. 40/2020-Central Tax issued to
extend the validity of e-way bills
till 31.05.2020 for all those e-way
bills which were generated on or
before 24.03.2020 and had expiry
between the period from 20.03.2020
to 15.04.2020.”
‘Ensure availability of
critical drugs for Corona’
New Delhi: The
ministry has for-
warded a list of 55
drugs for ICU man-
agement of novel
coronavirus patients
and a list of another
96 drugs for general
availability and
treatment of various
co-morbid conditions
The Union Minis-
try for Health and
Family Welfare
(MoHF&W) has writ-
ten to the All India
Organisation of
Chemists and Drug-
gists (AIOCD), say-
ing its member
should ensure avail-
ability of critical
drugs for manage-
ment of COVID-19
and other essential
drugs during these
‘challenging times.’
The ministry has
forwarded a list of 55
drugs for ICU man-
agement of novel
coronavirus patients
and a list of another
96 drugs for general
availability and
treatment of various
co-morbid condi-
tions. The list was
prepared following a
detailed exercise un-
dertaken by the Di-
rector General
Health Services.
The ministry also
acknowledged the
contribution of the
Indian Pharma
Trade channels dur-
ing these difficult
times. —Agencies

INDIAJAIPUR | THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2020
EMPANELMENT OF 1993 AND 1994
BATCH IAS DELAYED
Covid-19 has reportedly delayed the empanel-
ment of 1993 and 1994 batch IAS officers to the
rank of Additional Secretary by a month or two.
2.1988 BATCH IFS OFFICER TO
BE SECRETARY EMPANELMENT
OF 1988 BATCH
Indian Foreign Service officers to the rank of Secre-
tary has been made. About half a dozen officers of
this batch are believed to have been empanelled.
DMA WANTS INCREASE IN RETIREMENT
AGE OF SERVICE PERSONNEL
The Department of Military Affairs (DMA) has report-
edly made a proposal to the Parliament Committee
to increase retirement age of service personnel.
DEPUTATION TENURE OF HUKUM
SINGH MEENA EXTENDED
The deputation tenure of Hukum Singh Meena,
working as Joint Secretary in Department of Land
Resources, has been extended for a period of
three months beyond May 18, 2020. He is a 1992
batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
DR ROUSHAN TO RETURN
TO GUJARAT IG SSB
Dr Prafulla Kumar Roushan is returning to the
parent Gujarat cadre after completion of central
deputation tenure. He is 1996 batch IPS officer.
RAJESH VERMA TO JOIN
AS SECRETARY, CORPORATE
AFFAIRS ON JUNE 1
Rajesh Verma will be taking over the charge as Sec-
retary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, on June 1, 2020.
He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.
RAJESH CHATURVEDI TO JOIN
AS SECRETARY, CHEMICALS &
PETROCHEMICALS ON JUNE 1
Rajaesh Kumar Chaturvedi will be taking over
charge as Secretary, Department of Chemicals
and Petrochemicals on June 1, 2020. He is a
1987 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.
RAMESHWAR PRASAD GUPTA
TO JOIN AS SECRETARY,
EF&CC ON JUNE 1
Rameshwar Prasad Gupta will be taking over
charge as Secretary, Ministry of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change on June 1, 2020. He
is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.
PRADIP KUMAR TRIPATHI TO JOIN
AS SECRETARY, STEEL ON JUNE 1
Pradip Kumar Tripathi will be taking over charge
as Secretary, Ministry of Steel, on June 1, 2020.
He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of J&K cadre.
WHY WERE ORDERS OF
B R SHARMA WITHDRAWN ?
The orders for appointment of former CS of J&K,
BR Sharma, as J&K Public Service Commission
(PSC) Chairman were issued only to be withdraw
within hours. He is former 1984 batch IAS officer.
TWO IAS OFFICERS GET NEW
ASSIGNMENTS IN ASSAM
Avinash Purushottam Das Joshi has been
appointed as Principal Secretary, Environment &
Forests and Excise with additional charge of Mines
& Minerals and Dr M Angamuthu was given an
additional charge of Commissioner & Secretary,
Sports & Youth Welfare in Assam.
MOHIT JAIN APPOINTED AS CIT
IN PCCIT OFFICE, MUMBAI
Mohit Jain has been appointed as CIT (OSD) in
the office of PCCIT, Mumbai Region. He is an
IRS-IT officer.
VIRENDER SINGH IS NEW DG, HOME
GUARDS IN DELHI GOVT
Virender Singh, Special CP, Security, has been
appointed as new Director General, Home Guards
in Delhi Govt. He is a 1991 batch IPS officer of
AGMUT cadre.
POWERGallery
New Delhi: Congress
leader Randeep Singh
Surjewala on Wednes-
day slammed the cen-
tral government for
r a i s i n g
“ i n s u r -
mounta-
ble” taxes
on petrol
and die-
sel, and
termed it
“econom-
ically anti-national”.
“The entire nation and
its 130 crore people are
fighting the COVID-19
pandemic today. The
poor migrant workers
and labourers, shop-
keepers, farmers, MS-
MEs are virtually pen-
niless, they are strug-
gling for every single
rupee. Yet, this draco-
nian government is
fleecing 130 crore Indi-
ans by raising insur-
mountable taxes on
petrol and diesel,” Sur-
jewala said.
“In times of this
COVID-19 pandemic as
also the economic crisis
that prevails across In-
dia, to fleece people of
India in this fashion is
economically anti-na-
tional. The manner and
fashion in which the il-
legal and forcible recov-
ery is being made from
people of India is an
example in itself which
has shocked the con-
science of each one of
us,” he added. Surjewa-
la said that on March 14,
Centre increased tax on
petrol and diesel by Rs 3
per litre.
“Yesterday again,
taxes on petrol was
raised by Rs 10/litre &
on diesel by Rs 13/li-
tre,” he said adding, “in
48 days, the Centre has
increased tax on diesel
by Rs 16 per litre and on
petrol by Rs 13 per li-
tre.” The Congress lead-
er stated that this in-
crease by itself will
lead to a recovery of Rs
1 lakh 40 thousand crore
annually from people of
India. —Agencies
Congslams‘draconian’govtovertaxesRaising ‘insurmountable’ taxes on petrol&diesel is an ‘economically anti-national’ move, said Surjewala
New Delhi: The Indian
Railways said that it
would have run a total
of 115 Shramik trains to
ferry migrants to their
home states by Wednes-
day, including 42
planned during the day.
Of these, 22 trains were
already en route to their
destinations by 1 pm.
“As per information
received on Tuesday,
we had run 38 special
trains. Today, we plan
to run 42 more trains.
Till 1300 hours, we had
run 22 of them. The to-
tal till now is 115
trains,” said a railway
official. —Agencies
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
will participate in a vir-
tual Vesak global cele-
brations on Buddha
Purnima on Thursday.
He will deliver the key-
note address in the
morning, an official
statement said. Buddha
Purnima celebrations
are being held virtually
due to COVID-19 pan-
demic. The event is be-
ing organised in the
honour of the victims
and the frontline war-
riors of COVID-19.
The Ministry of Cul-
ture, in collaboration
with the International
Buddhist Confedera-
tion (IBC), a global Bud-
dhist umbrella organi-
zation, is holding a vir-
tual prayer event with
the participation of all
the supreme heads of
the Buddhist Sanghas
from around the world.
Prayer ceremonies
on the occasion will be
streamed live from the
Sacred Garden Lumbi-
ni (Nepal), Mahabodhi
Temple (Bodhgaya);
Mulgandha Kuti Viha-
ra, Sarnath; Parinir-
vana Stupa, Kushina-
gar; Pirith Chanting
from Ruwanweli Maha
Seya in the historic
Anuradhapura stupa
premises, Sri Lanka;
Boudhanath, Sway-
ambhu, Namo Stupa,
Nepal, apart from oth-
er popular Buddhist
sites. —PTI
New Delhi: Delhi HC
upheld the bail granted
to Sanjeev Chawla, who
was extradited to India
for his alleged involve-
ment in a match-fixing
racket, and dismissed a
plea filed by Delhi Police
challenging the trial
courtorderinthematter.
Justice Asha Menon
had, earlier this month,
reserved its order on
the plea seeking cancel-
lation of regular bail
granted to Chawla by a
sessions court on April
30. Senior advocate Vi-
kas Pahwa appeared for
Chawla in the hearing
held through vc. —ANI
115 Shramik
trains run so far
to ferry migrants
PM Modi to address
Vesak event today
Delhi HC
upholds bail to
Sanjeev Chawla
New Delhi: National
air carrier Air India,
which is all set to
bring back Indian na-
tionals from the Gulf,
Europe and the United
States as part of a
mammoth exercise be-
ginning Thursday to
repatriate lakhs of
people, has advised all
operating cockpit and
cabin crew to stay in a
hotel until their COV-
ID-19 test turns out to
be negative.
“On the advice of
Govt of India, Air India
shall be operating spe-
cial flights to various
foreign stations for In-
dian nationals stranded
abroad as per the sched-
ule attached. The crew
which are part of evac-
uation flights have been
ordered to stay in a ho-
tel till his/her COV-
ID-19 test come out
negative. —ANI
Mandatory quarantine for Air India
evacuation crew till test is negative
New Delhi: Union Min-
isterJitendraSinghsaid
that elimination of top
HizbulMujahideencom-
mander Riyaz Naikoo
was a signal loud and
clear that those who
stand by gun, are con-
sumed by it. “India
stands by its Army! The
killingof RiyazNaikoois
a signal, loud and clear.
Those who stand by gun,
are consumed by gun,”
Singh said in a tweet.
In a major success, se-
curity forces killed Nai-
koo who was active in
the valley for almost
eight years. He was
killed in an operation
carried out by Indian
Army,CRPFandJammu
and Kashmir Police in
Beighpora area in Pul-
wama.Naikoo had Rs 12
lakh bounty on his head
and was in the hit list of
security forces. —ANI
New Delhi: The Cen-
tre rapped the West
Bengal government
over its COVID-19 man-
agement which it said
is characterised by a
very low rate of testing
and high mortality,
coupled with lockdown
violations like over-
crowding in markets,
people playing cricket
and bathing in rivers.
In a stern two-page
letter to West Bengal CS
Rajiva Sinha, Union
Home Secretary Ajay
Bhalla said stricter en-
forcement of lockdown
norms was necessary to
contain the spread of
coronavirus in the state.
The home secretary
said a strong surveil-
lance, testing regime
coupled with effective
use of ‘Aarogya Setu’
app could help curb the
spread of the virus. —PTI
India stands by its
Army: Jitendra Singh
Centre raps W Bengal
over COVID response
Jitendra Singh Ajay Bhalla
State of...
who is in his hometown
in Nagpur, said, “Chief
Minister Ashok Ge-
hlot’s leadership, in
these difficult times
when the state is going
through a rough phase,
was appreciated for the
various decisions taken
for the common man.
The Congress gov-
ernment and organiza-
tion in Rajasthan, un-
der CM Gehlot, has
taken several bold steps
for the benefit of the
people.”
Meanwhile, after the
VC with Congress Pres-
ident, CM Ashok Ge-
hlot chaired another
VC, this time with state
officials and directed
that the purchase tar-
get on MSP from farm-
ers should be met at all
cost. “Wheat, mustard
and gram should be
purchased on mini-
mum support price.
The farmers should
not face any problem
related to seeds and
manure,” gehlot in-
structed.
CM asked officials to
work on a scheme
which enables the state
government to increase
the purchase limit of
farm produce.
“The state govern-
ment has allowed more
than 1500 units to di-
rectly purchse farm
produce from farmers
and 592 cooperative
committees have been
registered as Gaun
mandis. Officials
should now ensure that
purchases are made
quickly at these places.
It should also be en-
sured that crowd does
not assemble since
there is risk of trans-
mission of Corona vi-
rus. Moreover, the free
kits of corn and millet
will be made available
to farmers soon,” Ge-
hlot said. The Chief
Minister also stressed
that providing tractors
and agricultural equip-
ments free of cost to
small and marginal
farmers has provided
relief to such farmers.
Gehlot asked officials
to frame a contingency
plan to control locusts.
“Demand should be
raised before central
government to provide
various resources to
fight this menace. The
state government’s ef-
forts were praised last
time and this time too
no slip-ups in handling
of the problem will be
allowed,” Gehlot said.
Meanwhile, Gehlot
also asked officials to
ensure that there was
no backlog of premium
for PM Crop Insurance
Scheme. “Timely pay-
ments should be en-
sured so that farmers
can get insurance bene-
fit in case their crops
get destroyed. Appro-
priate planning should
be done to ensure that
there is no backlog,” he
said while expressing
happiness that a premi-
um of 2200 crore rupees
have been deposited by
the state which has pro-
vided five thousand
crore rupee as compen-
sation to the farmers.
Gehlot also asked offi-
cials to hold survey of
crop damage due to re-
cent hailstorm and
stressed that those af-
fected should be provid-
ed relief at the earliest.
Public transport...
together win both the
battles – the one with
coronavirus, and the
one with economic
slowdown. —Agencies
Corona cases...
as per an official state-
ment. The questions
asked are aligned with
Aarogya Setu app, and
based on the responses
given, citizens will also
get an SMS indicating
their health status and
further alerts for their
health moving forward,
the statement added.
What after...
Sonia Gandhi as saying
in the meeting to dis-
cuss the COVID-19 situ-
ation and the post-lock-
down work. She
thanked farmers, par-
ticularly of Punjab and
Haryana, for ensuring
food security by giving
bumper wheat produce
despite all odds.
Former PM Manmo-
han Singh said, “We
need to know, as Soniaji
said, what will happen
after lockdown 3.0?”.
Congress leader Ra-
hul Gandhi said the cen-
tral piece of the strategy
to fight COVID-19 is to
protect the elderly as
well as those who are di-
abetic and with heart
conditions. —Agencies
FROM PG 1
ADHIR RANJAN IS NEW
PAC CHAIRMAN
New Delhi: Congress leader Adhir
Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday
took charge as Chairman of the
Public Accounts Committee of
Parliament in Delhi amid country-
wide COVID-19 lockdown. He was
appointed as the Chairperson of the
Committee for the term beginning
on May 1, 2020, and ending on
April 30, 2021. Chowdhury is the
only member from Congress in the
PAC from the House. Acc to LS Sec-
retariat, the appointment was made
by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
The fight against
coronavirus is becom-
ing a cause for serious
economic problem
for crores of our
brothers and sisters.
Instead of decreas-
ing the prices, at this
time, the decision of
the government to
increase the tax on
petrol and diesel by
Rs 10 and Rs 13 per
litre is improper and it
should be taken back.
—Rahul Gandhi,
Congress Leader
People should get the ben-
efits of the massive reduc-
tion in the prices of crude oil.
But the BJP government by
increasing the excise duty,
again and again, is putting
the benefits that should have
gone to people in its own
suitcase.People are not ben-
efiting and the money which
is collected is not being used
for workers, farmers, middle
class and industries. For
whom is the government
accumulating money?
—Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra, Cong Gen Secy
KOLKATA MEDICAL COLLEGE
CONVERTED INTO COVID-19 HOSP
BAN ON EXPORT OF
SANITIZERS
LIQUOR CAN
WEAKEN IMMUNITY
Workers prepare a quarantine center for non-critical COVID-19
patients at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Goregaon in Mumbai.
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee on Wednesday said that Kolkata Medical
College would be converted into a full- fledged
Covid hospital in the wake of the rising number of
coronavirus cases. The hospital will be operational
from Thursday, (May 7,2020). “Keeping in view the
increasing need of ramping up specialised Covid
treatment in the State, we have decided to notify
Medical College, Kolkata as a full-fledged tertiary
level Covid Hospital, which will start functioning
from 7th May 2020 onwards,” the CM tweeted.
New Delhi: The Union
government banned the
export of alcohol-based
hand sanitizers to other
nations also grappling
with the coronavirus
pandemic. “Alcohol-
based hand sanitizers are
prohibited for exports,”
the Directorate General of
Foreign Trade (DGFT).
New Delhi: Dr Manish
Jain, a Senior Consult-
ant Psychiatrist at BLK
Hospital, said. “When
we consume alcohol
directly or indirectly it
increases our stress.
Alcohol use, especially
heavy use, weakens the
immune system and re-
duces the body’s ability
to cope with infectious
diseases.

The beginning is most
important, it makes a lot of sense
to plan and start well, rather
than try and improve things as you go on.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
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Raghulaunchescoronacure
byplasmatherapythroughVC
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: Since the be-
ginning of the ongoing
corona crisis in Ra-
jasthan, the state police
has been standing like a
sentinel for the citizens.
The nearly one lakh
personnel strong Ra-
jasthan ‘Khakhi’ has
been carrying out its
role of keeping every-
one safe playing the
role of Corona War-
rior, but also helping
the state government
in management dur-
ing the crisis.
The enormous force
is under command of
one man - Director
General Of Police
(DGP) Bhupendra Sin-
gh - who has not left
any stone unturned to
ensure that his troops
stay motivated and
carry out the duty to
the hilt. Contrary to the
general reputation of
formerDGPsbeingmore
of apulicia (localslang),
Singh is considered as a
calm and humane face
of Rajasthan Police.
The responsibility to
enforce lockdown in Ra-
jasthan lies with the
state police and Singh
has been making sure
thatlockdowngoesonas
desired by the state gov-
ernment. As a result
the state police has
made a record, of
sorts, acting against
those who break the
lockdown rules. More
than 13,000 individu-
als have been arrested
in state while nearly
2.50 lakh vehicles have
been challaned and
1.20 lakh vehicles have
been impounded.
Moreover, state police is
also taking stern action
againstthosewhoperpe-
trate rumours on social
media and 190 FIRs have
been registered against
such people.
As the top cop in
state police force, DGP
has carried out his re-
sponsibility of keep-
ing the cops in field
highly motivated and
since lockdown was
put into effect, he has
visited hotspots like
JodhpurandBhilwara
and affected areas like
Udaipur, Rajsamand,
Churu including two
dozen corona affected
areas where he direct-
ly spoke with consta-
bles and field staff
and lauded them for
their efforts. Singh has
also visited Ramganj
multiple times to give
semblance to the ‘boots
on ground’ that they are
not alone and the entire
chain of command is
standing fervently with
them.
There was a time
when it was presumed
that cops would be de-
motivated after cases
of policemen testing
corona positive would
come to light, but
DGP held talks with
low rank personnel
and motivated them.
Whteher it is the
countless meetings
with Chief Minister
or overall monitoring
of daily situation,
Singh has been carry-
ing out his responsi-
bility with utmost
diligence. From time to
time he speaks with In-
spector Generals and
Superintendent of Po-
lice (SPs) to ensure that
supply chain is not ham-
pered. He has also asked
his force to ensure that
they deal with each and
every individual with
utmost humanity since
everyone is stressed in
the current situation.
He also adminis-
tered an oath to the
cops that they will en-
sure no poor goes to
sleep hungry and fol-
lowing their boss’s di-
rections, cops pitched
in to provide food for
homeless and poor.
It would not be wrong
to say that DGP Bhupen-
dra Singh has set a shin-
ingexampleof howaptly
to lead the khakhi in
times of crisis but dis-
playing sensitivity to-
wardsthelowrankoffic-
ers,courageintakingon
the crisis head one in a
disciplinedanddignified
manner. Singh knows
the fight against Co-
rona is a long one and
can not be won over
without a disciplined
police force, and thus
he has already pre-
pared a roadmap for
the future.
Corona Warrior: DGP = Dauntless. Gregarious. Prudent.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: State Health
Minister Raghu Shar-
ma on Wednesday for-
mally launched COV-
ID-19 treatment with
plasma therapy at the
city’s SMS Medical Col-
lege through video con-
ferencing.
SMS Medical Col-
lege has received per-
mission from ICMR to
treat 20 critical pa-
tients with this thera-
py. Dr Sharma said
that on the instruc-
tions of CM Ashok
Gehlot, plasma thera-
py trials were started
in the state and it was
formally launched
from Wednesday.
He congratulated
SMS Medical College
Principal Dr Sudhir
Bhandari and his entire
team for successful ex-
periments for the treat-
ment of COVID-19. The
team of SMS Medical
College first included
hydroxychloroquine in
the treatment of COV-
ID-19 patients and the
results of its use in the
treatment were success-
ful. The first use of hy-
droxychloroquine and
antiviral drugs started
brainstorming and its
trials all over the world.
During the video
conference, Addition-
al Chief Secretary Ro-
hit Kumar Singh said
that SMS Medical Col-
lege has done a great
job in all areas of
sampling and contact
tracing. He further said
that medical personnel
are also working in oth-
er medical colleges and
all hospitals of the state
with dedication.
Medical Education
Secretary Vaibhav
Galriya said that with
proper management,
meaningful efforts are
being made to prevent
the spread of corona
infection in the state.
Dr Bhandari provid-
ed information about
plasma therapy in de-
tail. He said that the
plasma samples of co-
rona patients who test-
ed negative will only
be taken after they are
tested 28 days later. Dr
Bhandari further said
that plasma therapy has
yielded very positive re-
sults in the initial trial.
Plasma therapy is start-
ed as per the ICMR
guideline and only after
thepatient’sbloodgroup
is matched, he added.
Health Minister ap-
pealed people to make
the corona precau-
tions a part of their
daily routine. Dr Shar-
ma said that it was dif-
ficult to spell a date for
the end of virus infec-
tion but if people sim-
ply keep on following
the guidelines like us-
ing mask, washing
hands at regular inter-
vals and not step out
of house unnecessari-
ly, the spread could be
effectively stopped. He
said awareness on the
part of people and pre-
caution were the only
waystocombatCovid-19.
Dr Sharma expressed
satisfaction on the fact
that out of identified
3,240 positives about 50
per cent i.e. 1596 persons
have already tested neg-
ativeand1,131havebeen
dischargedfromthehos-
pitals. Dr Sharma said
that the state govt was
constantly in pursuit of
increasing testing ca-
pacity in the state. Start-
ing with small figures,
today it has reached to
10,500 tests per day.
Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma during the formal launch of plasma therapy therapy at SMS
Medical College by video conferencing on Wednesday.
The Health Minister also appels to people to make
corona precautions a part of their daily routine
Borderssealed,inter-state
travelrulesmadestringent
Kartikey Dev Singh
Jaipur: CM Ashok ge-
hlot announced seal-
ing of inter-state bor-
ders of Rajasthan late
on Wednesday night
after a detailed review
meeting over Corona
situationinRajasthan.
“The borders will be
sealed to ensure that
unauthorized individ-
uals do not enter Ra-
jasthan. The borders
will be regulated and
only those people who
have been allowed by
stategovernmentafter
proper process, will be
allowed to enter,” Ge-
hlot said.
Gehlotobservedthat
over the past few days
an unprecedented in-
crease has been ob-
served in the number
of corona positives in
several states. “Only in
past three days 10,000
positive cases have
beenreportedandwith
the possibility of a
largenumberof people
entering Rajasthan
from neighboring
states, decision to seal
borders has been tak-
en. In this time of cri-
sis,ourutmostpriority
issavinglivesof people
in state,” he said.
Meanwhile, the per-
mission for inter-state
travel will be given
while following the
variousguidelinesand
directions issued by
Union Home Ministry.
Gehlot has directed
Chief Secretary DB
Gupta to write letter to
Chief secretariesof all
statesandinformthem
that only those indi-
viduals will be allowed
toenterRajasthanwho
fulfill the required pa-
rameterssetbytheUn-
ion Home Ministry
and take Rajasthan’s
prior approval too.
“Anyone wishing to
traveloutof Rajasthan
will be permitted by
home dept only on rec-
ommendation by the
District Collector, pro-
vided they fulfill the
parameters for travel
set by Central govern-
ment in its guidelines.
Nootherofficialwould
be eligible to give per-
mission for it. Only
medical emergency
and death in faimly
would be the basis un-
der which Collectors
issue an e-pass and the
home department will
have to be notified the
sameday,”Gehlotsaid.
New Delhi: Congress
treasurer Ahmed Pa-
tel has alleged that
business lobbies are
ensuring that state
governments don’t
permit migrants to
go home after the
Karnataka govern-
ment cancelled the
special trains for
them. The Congress
leader said that it is
“feudal” and a viola-
tion of the fundamen-
tal rights.
Ahmed Patel tweeted
“First Karnataka and
now Gujarat, some
business lobbies are en-
suringstategovtdoesn’t
permit migrants to re-
turn to their families.”
The Congress leader
said that this is a viola-
tion of their fundamen-
tal rights.
“To hold them
against their will is a
violation of human
and fundamental
rights Its a feudal
mindset. Do migrants
not get a choice be-
cause they are poor?”
said Patel.
The Karnataka gov-
ernment has cancelled
the trains for the mi-
grants and has written
to the Railways not to
operationalise these
trains. The state wants
to revive the economy
and lift the lockdown
partially and the work-
force is needed for this.
As per the easing of
guidelines under the
extended lockdown
since Monday till May
17, the state govern-
ment allowed manu-
facturing and servic-
es to function, keep-
ing social distancing,
wearing of masks
and sanitization man-
datory.
The decision report-
edly came after the
builders association
told the Chief Minister
that they had paid the
migrant workers and
given them facilities to
resume construction
activities.
The Chief Minister
asked Ministers R
Ashok and Suresh
Kumar to convince
the migrant workers
to stay back as con-
struction and other
economic activities
had resumed. —IANS
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: Sincethe‘dawn’
of coronavirus in Ra-
jasthan, the Chief Min-
ister’s Residence has
becomethede-facto‘War
Room’ to draw detailed
‘offensive’ strategies
against the virus. To a
limit, even the CMO is
being operated from
CMR and the function-
al incharge of this
‘strategic command
centre’ is Principal
Secretary to Chief
Minister - Kuldeep
Ranka, who operates
under a close supervi-
sion of CM Gehlot. Al-
though Kuldeep is al-
ready the senior-most
bureaucrat on call to the
Chief Minister,however,
these days his role and
responsibilities have
also increased manifold.
A typical day for
Kuldeep starts early
in the morning, when
he reaches CMR. Dur-
ing the day he spends
several hours at CMR
with CM Gehlot and
has participation and
involvement in all ac-
tivities at the CMR.
Not only does he sits in
all the VCs, meetings
and discussions of CM,
but also takes an active
part in them. Having
hardly any time for the
family, Kuldeep enters
his Gandhi Nagar offi-
cial residence around
midnight and this has
become a new normal
during Corona Times.
What ever be the
subject, whether law
and order, police de-
partment, civil ad-
ministration, health
or corona sampling,
his suggestions are
taken seriously. Al-
though there are of-
ficials for all subjects
that come across
state-work and Chief
Secretary is also
there, yet Kuldeep
Ranka is an ‘all in
one’ man for the
Chief Minister and
his role is also slight-
ly ‘different’. Kuldeep
coordinates all matters
of the state government
and also certain pend-
ing issues with the Gov-
ernment of India on
behalf of the Chief
Minister. In fact, as PS
to CM role is a very
‘tight-rope’, which is be-
ing played well by an
efficient Kuldeep.
Since day one, he has
beenCMAshokGehlot’s
one of the most trusted
bureaucrat and a confi-
dante. In the past one
and a half years, he has
left his mark with his
capabilities, brilliant
work ethics and hard
work. In the ongoing
‘War’ on Corona, he
has been walking
should to shoulder
with CM Gehlot and
everyone has observed
that Gehlot gives due
credence to Kuldeep’s
suggestions. English
magazine Outlook
had termed Kuldeep
Ranka to be the
‘Chanakya’ to Ashok
Gehlot. It seems the
observation was right!
In fact, the rise and
rise of Kuldeep’s stat-
ure in Gehlot camp only
indicates a growing
emergence of a silent
performer!
Islamabad: Pakistan
PM Imran Khan on
Wednesday claimed
that India could use
the current tension to
launch a “false flag
operation” against
his country on the pre-
text of infiltration. “I
have been warning the
world about India’s con-
tinuing efforts to find a
pretext for a false flag
operation targeting Pa-
kistan. Latest baseless
allegations by India of
infiltration’ across LoC
are a continuation of
this dangerous agenda,
Khan tweeted. —PTI
Business lobby not allowing
migrants to go home: Patel
The ‘Deep’ of CMR’s ‘Kul’!India could
launch ‘false
flag op’: Imran
AHMED PATEL @ahmedpatel
First K’taka & now Gujarat,
some business lobbies are
ensuring state govt doesn’t
permit migrants to return to
their families. To hold them
against their will is a viola-
tion of human & fundamental
rights. Its a feudal mindset.
Do migrants not get a choice
because they are poor?
AVINASH PANDE
@avinashpandeinc
Less purchas-
ing power
and expensive
essentials??
What a way to
save an eco-
nomic fallout!
#PMDoesNotCare
DGP Bhupendra Singh
CM Ashok Gehlot
CM Ashok Gehlot with Kuldeep Ranka —File photo

REALITY SHOWS ACROSS THE TELEVISION WORLD HAVE BEEN
HIT BY CORONA LOCKDOWN. CITY FIRST TAKES A PEEK AT
ANOTHER REALITY SHOW AND THE LOCKDOWN IMPACT!
ove Island has re-
portedly been hit by
yet another crisis
amid concerns coro-
navirus may stop
the series from go-
ing ahead. After ITV
bosses hinted the series may
be axed this year as it would
send the wrong signal to
viewers, sources are now
claiming the ITV2 is strug-
gling to get insurance to be
filmed in Mallorca. It’s re-
ported that bosses are consid-
ering asking its stars to iso-
late for two weeks before
filming starts this summer,
but without insurance, pro-
duction could be shut down
completely. ‘The current plan
is to fly crew and contestants
out to Majorca two weeks be-
fore filming starts and then
isolate everyone. But even
with these measures, insur-
ance companies won’t offer
cover. ‘ITV can’t do the series
without insurance. If the se-
ries is airing and even just
one person tests positive for
the virus, the whole thing
would have to be shut down
immediately.’
Love Island is a British
dating reality series. It is a
revival of the earlier celeb-
rity series of the same name,
which aired for two series in
2005 and 2006 on ITV. The se-
ries is narrated by Iain Stir-
ling, and was hosted by Caro-
line Flack until 2019; Laura
Whitmore began presenting
the series in 2020. In 2018, it
won a BAFTA Award for
Best Reality and Construct-
ed Factual show.
Love Island involves a
group of contestants, re-
ferred to as Islanders, living
in isolation from the outside
world in a villa in Mallorca,
constantly under video sur-
veillance.[38] To survive in
the villa the Islanders must
be coupled up with another
Islander, whether it be for
love, friendship or money, as
the overall winning couple
receives £50,000. On the first
day, the Islanders couple up
for the first time based on
first impressions, but over
the duration of the series,
they are forced to “re-cou-
ple” where they can choose
to remain in their current
couple or swap and
change.
Any Islander who re-
mains single after the
coupling is eliminat-
ed and dumped from
the island. Island-
ers can also be
eliminated via a
public vote, as
during the series
the public vote
through the Love
Island app available
on smartphones for their
favourite couple, or who
they think is the most
compatible. Couples
who receive the fewest
votes risk being elimi-
nated. Often a twist
has occurred where it
has been up to the Is-
landers to eliminate
couples. During the fi-
nal week, the public
vote for which couple
they want to win the se-
ries and therefore take
home £50,000.
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LAND OF LOVE
NEHAL NAYAR
nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in

AJAI V SINGH
s it time to finally bell
the cat. It’s been close to
20 years, of global mur-
mur of corruption fash-
ion has brought about.
And that there is an ur-
gent need of an over-
haul. Though the noise levels
to achieve this desire have
grown, yet no action has been
taken to correct the process.
Yes it’s not an easy solution or
a step to correct, considering
the size we are dealing with,
we wouldn’t even know where
to start. We are talking about
a global size of a Trillion dol-
lar. A global industry that not
only supports livelihoods, but
economies of countries like
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Viet-
nam, parts of America, Cen-
tral America and list goes on.
Others that activist on the
street there has been hardly
any serious attempt to change
the system. How do you even
disturb this system. Unless its
shut down and starts again.
So, can the forced isolation
be the very reboot this global
industry needs? Can this be
the start of a new normal in
fashion.
While fashion has an im-
mense positive impact, its hy-
per consumption has done
just the opposite, it has not
only degraded societal values
but also negatively impacted
the environment. This impact
has been shown in media and
has not left a good taste with
the consumers. If we pull
back and see, in the last 6
months, the events around us
may have been an indirect im-
plication of our current buy-
ing behaviour. The Australian
bush fires, that brought to fore
the environmental degrada-
tion as a result of climate af-
fect.
Hence by the time we got hit
by the pandemic, we felt sore,
and the lock downs took away
the desire to dress up. And
‘Fashion’ that originally pre-
pared us to be presented in the
society in a certain manner,
being an important aspect of
self expression, was now shut
inside our houses. It certainly
took a beating.
Now, the only way you could
appear outside was masked
and probably in a PPE (Per-
sonal Protection Equipment),
which covers in layers what
you are wearing. To me it is a
prophetic sign that no one
wants to see fashion its cur-
rent state. In a way this got
further confirmed when the
biggest fashion houses of the
world started converting their
fashion accessory production
lines to create sanitizers in-
stead of perfumes, face masks
and even PPE, while it was
their way of being compas-
sionate and helping out the
front line workers. To me this
carried a far deeper meaning,
of what a fashion supply
chain should look like in its
new avatar, where compas-
sion and personalization has
to be once again the basis of
creating fashion. There is an
emotional relationship in the
purchase of fashion, its a re-
lationship between the wear-
er and its creator of a design
aesthetics that connects the
two. It is made visible through
a piece of clothing. This rela-
tionship of fashion is what got
compromised when rational
discount driven stimulation to
drive big numbers of clothes
into your wardrobe became
the main objective of big fash-
ion houses, giving birth to Hy-
per consumption. Where the
value of discount overtook
the value of design, disturb-
ing the very equation that
fashion was based upon
since last few hun-
dred years.
The shutdown
maybe the cata-
lyst to shut the
engine off, re-
boot and start
again. With factories
and retail closed down
completely, fashion
which is part of
the basic societal
need of food,
clothing and shel-
ter, rise once
again with the ba-
sic principals of
first the solution
inspired by de-
sign. Design-
ers need to re-
focus on the
wardrobe and
create a solu-
tion, which
is fashioned
to connect
with an indi-
vidual’s self-
expression.
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NAGMA MIRAJKAR, Influencer
YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You are on with your fitness
regime and you will surely
get the results you
desperately desire. Going
abroad for settlement is on cards and
you must start with your preparations.
On domestic front, you will be quite in
demand and lots of things will keep
you busy.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Money is flowing into your
life from all directions and
your spouse is your lucky
charm. You must not be a
part of any controversies and you
know someone close to you involved
then guide them and show them a
way out. A new vehicles is on cards,
may also come as a gift.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
You are an outstanding
home maker and you take
care of your kids like no
one can. You are very
close to your parents and may visit
them frequently going forward. On
professional front, you will get the
break that you have been expecting.
You may get a job offer.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Those involved in export and
import business will see a
hike. You will complete all
your pending task today. On
personal front, you will manage to
sustain a peaceful environment at
home. You will be very busy today on
social front, as you can expect some
calls from friends today.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
You may feel challenged on
work front but its an
healthy competition which
will help you realise your
true potential. On domestic front, do
not indulge in any kind of argument
with your parents just for the sake of
it, sometime you need to understand
their concern.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
On professional front, you
have already proved your
metal and your career is
going great. Your friends
may be helping but can also
manipulate you sometimes so be
careful. Those who matters will always
understand you and those you don’t,
you should not care about them.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
You may feel financially
secure but your ambitions
have take away your sleep
of the night, try and relax
and sometime take it easy. You will
soon meet a friend who can
understand you and whose company
will make you happy. Remember
somethings take time.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
You are great when it come
to money management and
you have a big heart for
others. You will success-
fully complete the project, which kept
you occupying for long. Today is a
very auspicious day for any kind of
inauguration. You will be involved in
lot of charity.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You are very jovial and
kind hearted person. You
are a very nice parent and
always understand your
kids but you must know when to
stop pampering. You may bring a pet
to your house and it will be the best
decision in the recent times. You may
feel a lot of pressure from family.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Your new business is
doing good but you need
to have some patience
when it comes to profit.
Your child may need your serious
counselling so show them you are
there. You make take your family
along on a work trip. Its time to take
your love life to next level.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
You may find yourself in a
very perplexed position
when it comes to money,
unable to decide whether
to spend money on fun to have an
image in your circle or to be an odd
one out. Your teachers will be
extremely impressed with you. You
will enjoy your parents company.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You will feel very refresh
and energetic today. You
worry without any reason
so relax and enjoy what
you have. You may get an unexpect-
ed career call that will change your
life forever. Your spouse will pamper
you in many ways today. You are
very satisfied with everything.
Can Isolation Change
FASHION
FOR GOOD?
I
Ajai V Singh

P
arineeti Chopra has
stepped forward to
do more amid the
COVID-19crisis.She
has decided to go on a vir-
tual coffee date with peo-
ple to raise funds that
will feed 4000 family
membersof 1000daily
wage earners of our
country. Chopra has
come on board to
help raise funds
for GiveIndia’s
Mission:Ration
Kit that aims at delivering food
to those most affected by the cri-
sis.
The ‘Ishaqzaade’ star’s cam-
paign will see ration kits con-
tainingdal,rice,atta,salt,masa-
la, tea, sugar, oil, etc, to sustain
a family of 4 people, be distrib-
uted to families in Maharash-
tra, Rajasthan, Bihar and Tamil
Nadu. The ‘Namaste England’
star, who is doing this in asso-
ciation with Arjun Kapoor’s sis-
ter Anshula’s breakthrough
charity initiative Fankind, said,
“There are millions of
unemployed daily wage
earners who are strug-
gling to make two ends
meet today due to the
coronavirus crisis in our
country. During the COV-
ID-19 national lockdown,
they are unable to earn and
that is putting them at high
risk! Fankind, GiveIndia
and I have come together to
try and help them and their
families by providing them
with ration kits.” —ANI
W
ith his next movie,
Tom Cruise is going
out of the world, liter-
ally! The Hollywood
star is reportedly in talks with
NASA and Elon Musk’s space com-
pany SpaceX for an action adventure
movie, which will be shot in space.
Cruise and Musk’s aviation company
Space X are working on a project with NASA that would be
the first narrative feature film to be shot in outer space.
Being described as an action adventure, the film will be
shot aboard a real SpaceX vessel. The report states that the
project is in its early stage, and no studio is attached yet.
The Hollywood star, 57, has carved a reputation for taking
extreme risks to pull off jaw dropping stunt sequences,
mostly in the ‘Mission: Impossible’ franchise. —IANS
s she is spending time at home during the
lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of
coronavirus, Deepika Padukone on
Wednesday took out a moment to thank
‘music’whichhasbeenaconstantcom-
panion for many during the period.
The ‘Piku’ actor took to Insta-
gram to share a picture of her piano and
penned a caption dedicated to music and
describing how life would have been in-
complete without it.
“Thank you for the music, the songs
I’m(NOT)singing... Thanks for all the joy
they’re bringing. Who can live without it?
I ask in all honesty,” she wrote in her cap-
tion. “What would life be? Without a song
or a dance, what are we? So I say thank
you for the music, For giving it to me...
music,” her caption further read.
The picture of Padukone’s piano also fea-
turedherphotographskeptonthetopof the
piano. The 34-year-old actor has been shar-
ing such insights from her daily life ever
since the beginning of the lockdown. —ANI
D
ays after the de-
mise of her super-
star husband Ri-
shi Kapoor, veter-
an actor Neetu Kapoor
on Tuesday penned down
a long heart-touching
gratitude note for the
family of Mukesh Am-
bani with a throwback
picture of Rishi Kapoor,
herself, Mukesh Ambani
and his wife Neeta Am-
bani.
She took to Instagram
and said,
“For us, as a family, the
last two years have been
a long journey. There
were good days, there
were a couple of bad days
too.. needless to say, it
was full of high emo-
tion,” reads the caption.
She then indicated the
tough journey of Rishi
Kapoor’s battle with can-
cer and said that the jour-
ney would have been dif-
ficult to complete with-
out the support of the
Ambani family.
Thanking the family,
Kapoor wrote, “Over the
last seven months every
member of the family
has gone above and be-
yond in every way possi-
ble to care for our beloved
Rishi and ensure he expe-
rienced as little discom-
fort as possible.”
Terming each member
of the Ambani family as
their guardian angels,
the 61-year-old the actor
said that the Kapoor fam-
ily is blessed to have them
as their well-wishers.
“To Mukesh Bhai, Nita
Bhabhi, Akash, Shloka,
Anant, and Isha - you
have been our guardian
angels on this long and
trying experience - what
we feel for you cannot be
measured,” Kapoor said.
The Kapoor and Am-
bani families have been
close friends for a long
time and the friendship
grew even closer during
Rishi Kapoor’s battle
with cancer. —ANI
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AMBANIS, THE GUARDIAN ANGELS!
EXCITED
FOR FUTURE!
S
inger Katy
Perry, who is
expecting a
baby with fi-
ance Orlando Bloom,
says she misses
drinking alcoholic
beverages during
pregnancy. The
35-year-old star made
the comment while
filming a Facebook
Live video. She told
fans: “I’m not com-
plaining, but I can’t
drink because I’m
pregnant. Some of
you already have a
cocktail getting
ready or you have
your favourite IPA. I
mean, honestly, just
Bud Light with a lit-
tle lime, I’m very ex-
cited for the future
when that can hap-
pen. Which will be
years, probably.”
During the chat, she
also admitted she
probably wasn’t go-
ing to be able to have
a baby shower due to
the coronavirus pan-
demic. “I know not
everyone does a ba-
bymoon or a baby
shower. But I’m not
sure I’m gonna be
able to do any
of that,”
s h e
said.
—IANS
CONSTANT
COMPANION!
A
FIGHT
BULLYING!
I
n a first of its kind Internation-
al venture, youth icons Ananya
Panday and international vo-
calist and guitarist from ‘The
Vamps’ James McVey are all set to
come together on the former’s ‘So
Positive’ platform to raise aware-
ness about social media bullying.
The live session will be hosted on
8 May, 2020 at 7 pm.
James McVey, lead guitarist of
the internationally renowned
British band ‘The Vamps’, is
known globally for spreading so-
cial media positivity. The coming
together of the two, Panday and
McVey, marks a collaboration that
goes beyond the confines of lan-
guage and geography. —Agency
Out of the World!
WANNA DATE PARI?
Nita and Mukesh Ambani with Rishi and Neetu Kapoor
Ananya Panday
Deepika Padukone;
(inset) Her Instagrampost
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