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Win
Gehlot
Kartikey Dev Singh
t will be yet another ‘feather in the hat’ moment for Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on
Friday when in the evening the two Congress candidates for Rajya Sabha from state—KC Venu-
gopal and Neeraj Dangi—will receive their electoral letter. The win would have marked Gehlot’s
resolve to bring out the party from any crisis and to do his political opponents ‘one better’.
Whether it was silencing the dissident voices within the party and bringing them ‘on track’, or
foiling BJP’s attempt at ‘poaching’ Congress MLAs, or to revive the feeling of oneness in the
legislative party, or to bring the Independents, BTP and CPM legislators in his fold, at every step
Gehlot has led from the front and as a result the party has 125 votes in its favour going ahead in
the election where it needs only 102 to make its two candidates win. Prior to 2018
Assembly elections, Gehlot had said, “Main thansu door koni” ( I am not far from you), however
a more appropriate version would be—Yo Jeet Su Door Koni —He is never far from victory!
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‘Constructing’corruptionatPWDOne Secretary & Project Director are accused of giving state exchequer loss of crores of rupees
Health min Sharma offers
5K Covid tests daily to UP
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Health Min-
ister Dr Raghu Shar-
ma has offered 5000
corona test per day
facility to neighbour-
ing UP. AICC national
secretary and former
UP MLA Vivek Bansal
met the health minis-
ter to congratulate
him on Rajasthan
achieving the feat of
the highest recovery
rate of 75%.
Bansal requested
Dr Sharma to help UP
in testing corona sam-
ples which will bene-
fit the common peo-
ple. Dr Raghu Sharma
told Bansal that the
Congress government
in the state has been
fighting the coronavi-
rus with zero political
bias and had kept the
purview of the tests
wide. He said that un-
der the visionary
leadership of CM
Ashok Gehlot, the
testing capacity
would be further in-
creased to 40,000 per
day. Dr Sharma said
that he was more than
ready to help UP with
5000 corona tests per
day if CM and health
minister of UP re-
quested the same.
AICC secretary
Bansal thanked Shar-
ma for his generous
offer. It is noteworthy
that the state govern-
mentissoontoachieve
its target of 40,000 co-
rona tests per day
which long with dedi-
cated Covid hospitals
and Covid Care Cen-
tres, are sure to bring
down the number of
active cases further
thus giving the state
privilege of being in a
position to help other
states in the fight
against corona.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: PWD and its
engineers are infamous
for their off-the-record
activities but this time
a big case of rampant
nature has surfaced
which involves Secre-
tary (PWD) Anup
Kulshreshtha and Pro-
ject Director (PPP)
Kaushlendra Bhardwaj
with the allegation of
giving state exchequer
loss of crores of rupees.
In the year 2016,
Package 3 of PPP was
started with help from
the Asian Develop-
ment Bank. The Rs 900
crore package also had
provision for the con-
struction of other dis-
trict roads (ODR) from
Pilibanga to Lakhuwa-
li. Despite it being an
ODR permission to
start a toll plaza on the
road was given against
the laid rules.
Under gross misuse
of the rules, there was
no action taken to con-
vert the road from ODR
to State Highway (SH)
to make it eligible for a
toll plaza thus doing a
big favor to M/S GR In-
fra against all rules
which state that the toll
plaza should begin im-
mediately on comple-
tion of the road.
Now the biggest part
of the whole corrupt
deal, in order to make
their activities legal
both Kulshreshtha and
Bhardwaj moved the
file for conversion from
ODR to SH in Septem-
ber 2018 to the CMO, as
it could only be ap-
proved from the CM.
Then CM approved
the proposal on Octo-
ber 5, 2018, and the
very next day Election
Commission imple-
mented the Moral Code
of Conduct (MCC) in
the state. It resulted in
a toll plaza being set up
only in February 2019
after formal conver-
sion from ODR to SH.
When the matter was
brought to the notice of
CM and CS an inquiry
under former CE Sunil
Gupta was instituted.
Gupta in his final re-
port found sitting sec-
retaryAnupKulshresh-
tha and then director
(PPP) Kaushlendra
Bharadwaj guilty of
the scam. Now the file
is pending with ACS
Veenu Gupta.
An important aspect
is that Anup
Kulshreshtha is due to
retire on June 30, 2020,
so a quick decision in
the case will not only
help the state govern-
ment recover the loss-
es incurred but will
also be able to take
proper action against
the guilty officers.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A major centre
of the Stone Processing
Machine manufactur-
ers, Rajasthan sets fo-
cus on R&D, Collabora-
tions, and Transfer of
Technology in the de-
velopment of indige-
nous technology. RIICO
during an online inter-
action with representa-
tives from Federation
of Indian Chambers of
Commerce and Indus-
try on Wednesday ex-
pressed support to the
industrialists in the
process and insisted
them to associate reput-
ed institutions like IITs,
NITs and Academia in
the state for R&D. The
web interaction organ-
ized by CDOS along
with FICCI was sup-
ported by RIICO.
“Indian machinery
sector has made fast
progress but Rajasthan
has emerged as a major
centre of the Stone Pro-
cessing Machine manu-
facturing in India and
this need to be lever-
aged further,” MD RII-
CO, Ashutosh AT Ped-
nekar expressed on the
objectives of the indus-
try representative meet.
Carving success: Raj focuses on
opportunities in machine sector
—Pic for representational purpose only
Fuel price hiked for 12th consecutive
day leaving Raj commuters in distress
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: After being
closed under the lock-
down, the Board of Rev-
enue will start its func-
tioning from July 1 on-
wards and with this,
preparations will also
begin for the farewell of
its Chairman- Mukesh
Sharma - who will re-
tire on July 31.
A 1984 batch IAS of-
ficer, Sharma took over
the post of Chairman
of the Board in Decem-
ber 2018, prior to whom
former Chairman V
Sriniwas toiled hard to
give a better shape to
the Board. Mukesh
Sharma too, with his
hard-work, tried to
shine Board’s name and
working and if Sharma
had more time at his
disposal, he would have
worked further better-
ing the board.
Sharma had to face
the with acute shortage
of full strength of mem-
bers too since there are
twenty posts of mem-
bers in the Board of
which, 5 are from IAS
quota, 11 from RAS quo-
ta, 2 from Judicial quota
and 2 from advocate
quota and one or the
other posts remained
vacant during his ten-
ure. As of now, all other
quotas are full but two
posts of IASs are va-
cant. In the IAS quota,
Vanita Srivastav and
Shikhar Agarwal are
seated as members and
the new government
had sent Shikhar Agar-
wal, Mukesh Sharma,
and Praveen Gupta to
the Board in 2018, but
Praveen got himself
posted back to Jaipur in
February next year.
Actually, no IAS
wants to go to the Board
of Revenue so much so
that no one is willing to
become Chairman too,
whereas this position is
the second most impor-
tant/powerful position
than Chief Secretary.
Chairman of the Board
of Revenueisapowerful
position as the entire
cadre of Tehsildar and
Patwari falls under the
Chairman.Butsincethe
headquarter is Ajmer,
no one wants to head to
the post and it so hap-
pens that since Board’s
bench is in Jaipur, eve-
ryone stays in Jaipur it-
self and even occupy the
government bungalow
in Jaipur.
Whichever officer a
government becomes
miffed with, they send
them to Ajmer and with-
in the bureaucracy, it is
believedas‘punishment
posting’. in 1985, the
then government had
sent then Chief Secre-
tary Anand Mohan Lal
to Board of Revenue as
Chairman. Anand had
organized a birthday
party on government
expense, on which the
government sent him to
Ajmer. In 2016, Ashok
Shekhar was also sent
to Ajmer after the ‘gov-
ernment’ alleged got
‘miffed’ with him.
In 2017, when OP
Saini was appointed the
Chairman, he left with
a heavy heart for the
new post, and for sever-
al days there was no in-
formation about his
whereabouts. Then the
Board’s advocates even
pasted ‘missing’ posters
of Saini. The bureau-
crat held this position
for seven months took
VRS and then contested
the Lok Sabha elections.
Several times it has
happened that the
Board Chairman and
Revenue Minister have
been at loggerheads
over transfer and post-
ings of patwaris and
tehsildars. In 2006,
when Parmesh Chan-
dra was Chairman, he
came at opposite ends
with the then minister
over transfers. Trans-
fers were to banned that
day and Parmesh Chan-
dra was not ready to re-
lease the list. The mat-
ter was reported to
higher authorities and
it was then that the
transfer list was re-
leased at 11 PM.
But in the current
government, neither
did V Sriniwas or Muke-
sh Sharma create any
hurdle in transfers, and
both the officers issued
the list according to the
minister. But the big-
gest question remains
as to who will be the
next chairman of the
board of revenue.
The name of Ravi
Shankar Srivastava is
doing the rounds based
onseniority,however,he
has been put behind
bars for corruption
while he was a member
of the Board of Reve-
nue. In the second posi-
tion is Giri Raj Singh
however he will retire
after 10 months. After
these two all those who
can become the Chair-
man, are all in the race
for the chair of Chief
Secretary.
IS REVENUE BOARD POSTING A PUNISHMENT?
SEARCH IS ON FOR A NEW CHAIRMAN!
Mukesh Sharma Revenue Board in Ajmer
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Apart from
hard weather and coro-
na, the common man is
also bothered by ever-
increasing fuel prices.
For the last 12-days, Pet-
rol and Diesel prices are
constantly on the rise.
Both, the central and
state governments have
been continuously in-
creasing taxes on Petrol
and Diesel.
In the last 85 days, Pet-
rol is up by Rs 11.47 to Rs
84.79 while Diesel is up
by Rs 10.15 to touch high
of Rs 77.34. In 12 days,
Petrol went up to Rs 6.99
and Diesel Rs 6.93. The
state government has
increased cess on Petrol
and Diesel twice during
lockdown while VAT
was increased thrice
since March 21. Vat on
Petrol went up eight per-
cent and six percent on
Diesel.
Just a day before an-
nouncing lockdown in
the state on March 22,
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot had increased
four percent VAT on
Petrol and Diesel each.
This followed by 2 per-
cent on Petrol and one
percent on Diesel twice;
first on April 15 and
later on May 7. Overall
VAT on Petrol in the
state is now 38% and on
Diesel 28%.
It has resulted in Pet-
rol and Diesel becoming
costly by Rs 4.48 per li-
tre and Rs. 3.22 per litre,
respectively. This is de-
spite the fact that crude
prices in the interna-
tional market have been
slipping to touch all-
time low.
Lt Gen SK Saini
visits Jaipur
Military Station
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Lt Gen SK
Saini, Vice Chief of
Army Staff visited
Jaipur Military Station
on Thursday. As Colonel
of the JAT Regiment,
the Vice Chief paid
homage to the martyrs
of JAT Regiment battal-
ion at the Battalion
Quarter Guard in Ni-
waru. He addressed the
troops of battalion mo-
tivating them to contin-
ue with their excellent
work. VCOAS thereafter
visited HQ Sapta Shakti
Command.
ASQ survey: Jaipur
Airport on 13th positionFirst India Bureau
Jaipur: The Airport
Authority has released
the service quality sur-
vey results of all major
airports in the country.
Jaipur International
Airport has been
ranked 13th in the sur-
vey. The survey is con-
ducted by Airport
Council International
and 22 airports of the
country were included
in the survey. The sur-
vey was conducted on
33 standards of various
facilities at the airport.
In this survey, infor-
mation is taken on vari-
ous points from the pas-
sengers regarding
reaching airport, park-
ing facilities, the behav-
iour of airlines during
departure, the behav-
iour of security person-
nel, cleaning system,
seating arrangement,
food facilities, shopping
facilities, etc.
‘Felicitatecoronawarriors,help
needy,tomarkRAGAsB’day’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Deputy CM and
PCC chief Sachin Pilot
has appealed to the Con-
gressmen to celebrate
former AICC President
Rahul Gandhi’s birth-
day today by felicitating
the corona warriors
and helping the poor in
the state. Pilot said that
due to the ongoing Cov-
id-19 crisis and to re-
spect the martyrdom of
the soldiers on Indo-
Chinese LAC, Rahul
Gandhi will not be cel-
ebrating his birthday
ceremonially. Pilot ap-
pealed to Congressmen
to also not organize any
function but use the oc-
casion to serve the poor
and needy by distribut-
ing food material. He
also invoked party men
to observe a two-minute
silence in respect of the
martyred soldiers. Pilot
asked his party mem-
bers to help the corona
warriors like doctors,
health workers, with
PPE kits, etc.
Sachin Pilot
Raghu Sharma Vivek Bansal
ECI rejects plaint by BSP, says it
does not come under purview
Dr Rituraj Sharma
New Delhi: ECI has
rejected the complaint
by BSP calling the
merger of 6 BSP MLAs
in INC. ECI has in-
formed the Rajasthan
Rajya Sabha election
returning officer and
the complaining party
of the same. This
clears the way for the
election and counting
for vacant seats of the
upper house from Ra-
jasthan as per laid
rules and regulations.
BSP in its complaint
hasstatedthatitisana-
tional party the merger
was unconstitutional
and had demanded ac-
tionagainstthe6MLAs
under the anti-defec-
tion law. BSP had
raised questions on the
Congress voting list
showing 6 BSP MLAs
as part of its legislative
party. The ECI had
called for a report from
the returning officer
who had stated that
taking a call on the is-
sue of the merger was
the prerogative of the
assembly speaker and
the complaint doesn’t
come under the pur-
view of the Election
Commission.

New York: India on se-
cured a comfortable vic-
tory in the United Na-
tions Security Council
electionstojointhepow-
erful 15-nation body as a
non-permanent mem-
ber for the 2021-22 term.
With 184 votes out of
thetotal192polled,India
which won the UN non-
permanent seat for the
eighthtimehasemerged
as the single-endorsed
candidate from the
Asian Pacific regional
group, amid the larger
push for the country to
be made a permanent
member of the five-na-
tion apex grouping, cur-
rently comprising the
US, UK, Russia, China,
and France.
The elections for
President of the 75th
session of the General
Assembly, five non-per-
manent members of the
Security Council as
well as members of the
Economic and Social
Council were held un-
der special voting ar-
rangements put in place
at the UN headquarters
due to COVID-19 related
restrictions.
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi on Thurs-
day said he is “deeply
grateful” for the over-
whelming support
shown by the global
community for India’s
membership of the
United Nations Securi-
ty Council (UNSC). The
Prime Minister said
that India will work
with all member coun-
tries to promote global
peace, security, resil-
ience and equity.
“Deeply grateful for
the overwhelming sup-
port shown by the global
community for India’s
membership of the @
UN Security Council.
India will work with all
member countries to
promote global peace,
security, resilience and
equity,” Prime Minister
Modi tweeted.
Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah Thurs-
day expressed gratitude
to the member coun-
tries for supporting
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RAJASTHAN
330
DEATHS
13,857
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
1,592 DEATHS 25,658 CASES
MAHARASHTRA
5,751 DEATHS 1,20,504 CASES
TAMIL NADU
625 DEATHS 52,334 CASES
UTTAR PRADESH
488 DEATHS 15,785 CASES
DELHI
1,904 DEATHS 47,102 CASES
WORLD
4,53,484
DEATHS
85,13,514
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
3,78,171
CONFIRMED CASES
12,539
DEATHS
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has been
regularly asking people
to follow Covind-19 re-
lated health protocols
in order to keep them-
selves and their family
members safe from Co-
rona infection.
In this regard, the Ge-
hlot government issued
a directive on Thursday
that poster displaying
the dos and don’ts of
Covid will be put up.
A regulation issued
by the Home Depart-
ment on Thursday, ex-
ercising the power
conferred by section 4
of the Rajasthan Epi-
demic Disease Ordi-
nance, 2020, read that
“Every head of office/
work place like pri-
vate, educational insti-
tutions, factories,
shopping malls, banks,
showroom, Vyapar
Mandal, Mandi asso-
ciation and shopkeep-
ers shall display post-
er at the entry point of
their premises.”
The poster will be
in Hindi and English
for ease of under-
standing and will be
pictorial as well de-
noting the health and
safety protocols.
WITH 184 VOTES INDIA
SECURES UNSC SEAT
l THE NON-PERMANENT SEAT ENSURES THAT
INDIA’S VOICE IS HEARD AT THE HIGH TABLE
l WILL ALSO WORK TO IMPROVE & DEPOLITICISE
SYSTEM OF SANCTIONING TERRORISTS
NOW MUST: POSTERS ON
CORONA DOs & DON’Ts
The Galwan Valley, located in eastern Ladakh, is a strategic area and is close to the
vital road link to Daulat Beg Oldie, the world’s highest landing ground next to the LAC.
This serves as an important aerial supply line and has been under Indian control.
Narendra Modi @narendramodi
Deeply grateful for the overwhelming
support shown by the global community
for India’s membership of the @UN
Security Council. India will work with all member
countries to promote global peace, security,
resilience and equity.
Ashok Gehlot @ashokgehlot51
Sh. #RahulGandhi ji has taken the decision
not to celebrate his birthday as the nation is
facing corona crisis and we are mourning the
tragic loss of our brave soldiers. His birthday would
be observed to pay tributes to the martyrs by serving
the poor and needy.
Amit Shah @AmitShah
Gratitude to the member nations
for unanimously supporting India’s
membership to UN Security Council.
Under the strong and visionary leadership of PM
@NarendraModi, India will uphold its mantra of
‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ and will work towards
peace & prosperity of the world.
India casting its ballot for the United Nations Security Council
elections to join the powerful 15-nation body as a non-permanent
member for the 2021-22 term.
NO INDIAN
TROOPS
MISSING: MEA
RS POLLS FOR 18 SEATS
Polling today, Cong
to win 2 Raj seats
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The stage is set
for election to 18 Rajya
Sabha seats on June 19.
The 18 seats are spread
across seven states—
four each in Gujarat
and Andhra Pradesh,
three each in Rajasthan
and Madhya Pradesh,
two in Jharkhand and
one each in Manipur
and Meghalaya.
The polling will be-
gin at 9 am and con-
clude at 4 pm. The
counting of the votes
will be done on the
same day at 5 pm.
The election for the
Upper House of the Par-
liament is crucial as the
outcome would impact
the upcoming monsoon
session, helping the rul-
ing Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) push its leg-
islative agendas. Of the
18 seats, four are from
Andhra Pradesh and
Gujarat, two from
Jharkhand, three each
from Madhya Pradesh
and Rajasthan and one
each from Manipur and
Meghalaya.
Among the six seats,
four are from Karnata-
ka, one each from
Arunachal and Mizo-
ram. Four MPs from
Karnataka will retire
on June 25.
inistry of External Affairs on
Thursday clarified that no In-
dian Army personnel were
missing in action following
Monday’s night’s violent showdown with
Chinese troops in Ladakh’s Galwan val-
ley, said MEA spokesperson Anurag Sriv-
astava while replying to questions.
Meanwhile, The third round of mili-
tary talks between India and China in
the Galwan Valley made headway
Thursday, with both sides agreeing on
certain issues thus breaking the dead-
lock ever since Monday’s violent clash-
es. Major General Abhijit Bapat, GOC,
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New Delhi: All Indian
troops guarding the bor-
der with China carry
arms, External Affairs
Minister S Jaishankar
said on Thursday, reply-
ing to Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi’s poser
that why Army person-
nel in Galwan Valley
were sent “unarmed to
martyrdom”.
The minister said ar-
mies of the two sides do
not use firearms as per
provisions of two bilat-
eral agreements sealed
in 1996 and 2005.
“Let us get the facts
straight. All troops on
borderdutyalwayscarry
arms, especially when
leaving post. Those at
Galwanon15Junedidso.
Long-standing practice
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Explained! Whynobullet
wasfiredatGalwan
Rlys end contract with Chinese firm
Indian Railways on Thursday terminated the contract it had
granted to a Chinese firm for the signalling and telecommu-
nication work on the 447-km Kanpur-Deen Dayal Upadhyay
stretch. “The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India
has decided to terminate Chinese signalling firm contract,”
said Railways sources.
Indian troops on border duty carry arms: Jaishankar to RaGa
Rahul Gandhi
@RahulGandhi
How dare China
kill our UNARMED
soldiers? Why
were our soldiers
sent UNARMED to
martyrdom?
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi won’t celebrate his 50th
birthday today. No celebratory activities will take place
in view of ongoing COVID-19 crisis and martyrdom of
soldiers. “Instead we should strengthen our efforts to
provide support and relief to all those who are suffer-
ing,” said AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal read.
Deputy CM Sachin Pilot too made a similar appeal. P2
RaGa won’t celebrate his B’Day

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2020
No Indian...
led the Indian team at
the talks with his Chi-
nese counterpart at Pa-
trolling Point-14 in the
Galwan Valley. A
fourth round of talks is
scheduled there Friday.
The talks, howev-
er, have not yet led
to further disen-
gagement or de-esca-
lation at various fa-
ceoff locations on
the Ladakh border.
Taking a strong
exception to China
claiming sovereignty
over the Galwan Val-
ley, India had said
that Bejing’s “exag-
gerated and unten-
able claims” are con-
trary to the under-
standing reached on
the issue between
the two sides. Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi also said India
wants peace but
“will give a befitting
reply” if provoked.
With 184...
India to become the
non-permanent mem-
ber of the United Na-
tions Security Council
(UNSC) for the term
2021-22 and said India
will work towards
peace and prosperity
of the world.
“Gratitude to the
member nations for
unanimously support-
ing India’s member-
ship to UN Security
Council. Under the
strong and visionary
leadership of PM @Na-
rendraModi, India will
uphold its mantra of
‘Vasudhaiva Kutum-
bakam’ and will work
towards peace & pros-
perity of the world,”
Shah tweeted. India’s
two-year term will be-
gin on January 1, 2021.
This is the eighth time
that India will sit at
the UN high-table,
which comprises five
permanent members
and 10 non-permanent
members.
India, one of the
founding members of
the world body has
been elected as a
non-permanent mem-
ber of the Council for 7
times during the years-
1950-1951, 1967-1968,
1972-1973, 1977-1978,
1984-1985, 1991-1992 and
most recently in 2011-
2012.
The UNSC com-
prises 15 members
including 10
non-permanent and
5 permanent mem-
bers.
The 193-member
UNSC holds elec-
tions every year to
elect five non-per-
manent members
for a two-year term
at the UN.
Apart from this,
there are five perma-
nent members of the
Council-China,
France, Russia, UK
and the US. —ANI
Explained! Why...
(as per 1996 & 2005
agreements) not to use
firearms during fa-
ceoffs,” Jaishankar
tweeted.
Earlier, Gandhi
questioned why Indian
soldiers were sent “un-
armed to martyrdom”
in Ladakh and who is
responsible for send-
ing them towards dan-
ger. He also asked how
China dared to kill the
Indian soldiers.
FROM PG 1
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state re-
ported record 17 deaths
in a single day taking
the death toll to 330 so
far. 6 deaths were from
Bharatpur, 2 each from
Jaipur, Barmer &
Bikaner and one death
each from Chittorgarh,
Churu & Kota.
On Thursday, 315 new
cases surfaced taking
the tally in state to
13,857. Maximum 92
cases were reported
from Bharatpur. Fol-
lowed by 46 from Jaipur,
33 from Pali, 29 from
Jodhpur, 14 from Sikar,
11 from Sirohi, 10 each
from Alwar & Jhun-
jhunu, 7 each from
Barmer & dausa, 6 each
from Bikaner & Jalore,
5 each from Ajmer &
Jhalawar, 4 each from
Churu, Dungarpur,
Nagaur & Udaipur, 3
each from Bhiwara &
Kota, 2 each from Ban-
swara, Rajsamand,
Swai Madhopur & Tonk
and one each from Dhol-
pur & Sri Ganganagar
along with 2 patients
from other states.
The cumulative dis-
trict wise tally of the
corona positives on
Thursday is as follows
– Ajmer 441, Alwar 325,
Banswara 92, Baran 62,
Barmer 163, Bharatpur
1190, Bhilwara 204,
Bikaner 152, Bundi 10,
Chittorgarh 202, Churu
23, Dausa 104, Dholpur
244, Dungarpur 395,
Ganganagar 32, Hanu-
mangarh 45, Jaipur
2720, Jaisalmer 81, Ja-
lore 210, Jhalawar 351,
Jhunjhunu 271, Jodh-
pur 2283, Karauli 46,
Kota 552, Nagaur 575,
Pali 886, Pratapgarh 14,
Rajsamand 170, Sawai
Madhopur 68, Sikar 424,
Sirohi 326, Tonk 189 and
Udaipur 633.
Nirmal Tiwari/
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: CS DB Gupta
reviewed couple of pro-
jects including, one re-
lated to emergency land-
ing, touchdown facility
on Phalodi-Jaisalmer
national highway under
Bharatmalaprojectpend-
ing with district forest
officerof Jodhpur,NHAI
project, which is await-
ing NOC from forest de-
partment. During the
meeting NHAI general
manager Pradeep Mud-
gal claimed that forest
minister Sukhram Vish-
noi is withholding 3 files
related to Delhi-Baroda
and Amritsar-Jamnagar
expressways for last four
months on pretext of
land compensation to
farmers despite, these
fileshavingnothingtodo
with land dispute. CS
said that he would refer
the matter to CM.
He reviewed prepa-
ration of agriculture
and animal husbandry
departments to see how
they can avail benefit
of ‘Atmanirbhar
Bharat’ scheme.
Principal Secretary
Agriculture Nareshpal
Gangwar informed that
government has re-
leased budget for agri-
culture, animal hus-
bandry,dairyandfisher-
ies. Five year work plan
was also discussed. CS
was informed that Rs
two lakh crore loan
through Kisan credit
card would be disbursed
among 2.5 crore farm-
ers.PMfisheriesscheme
of Rs 500 crore for Ra-
jasthan was discussed.
Animal husbandry de-
partment got a first year
budget of Rs 216 crore.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The special va-
cation bench of the
HighCourthasquashed
the petition by six in-
mates of Bharatpur jail
which claimed the
change in parole rules
done during the lock-
down period was un-
constitutional.
The petition had stat-
ed that the changed
rules of extending pa-
role period by 4 to 6
weeks for selected pris-
oners was unconstitu-
tional as it didn’t apply
uniformly on prisoners
under cases related to
POCSO, Acid attack,
Rape, Economic offenc-
es, NDPS, Corruption,
Sedition cases etc.
Special vacation
bench consisting of
Justice Pankaj Bhan-
dari and Justice NS
Dhaddha said that cas-
es which directly af-
fects society and state
could be barred from
any amnesty.
The bench also didn’t
find the changes in the
Rajasthan Prisoners
Rules rule 10 sub rule 3,
made due to corona epi-
demic unconstitution-
al. Bench held that the
changes were made due
to special circumstanc-
es that were keeping
with the spirit of the
Indian constitution.
Rajeev Gaur
Jhunjhunu: A minor
girl from Tripura was
reportedly sold for Rs
two lakh. Chairperson
of Rajasthan State
Commission for Protec-
tion of Child Right,
(RSCPCR) Sangeeta
Beniwal had taken cog-
nizance of child smug-
gling in Jhunjhunu.
Following instruction
of Tripura HC, an on-
line meeting was attend-
ed by Beniwal and
Tripurachildprotection
commission. The 15
year old is said to be co-
rona positive and is re-
ceiving treatment.
Tripura HC has taken
cognizanceof thematter
and sought reply from
concerned officials. The
court praised Beniwal
for her proactive role.
First India Bureau
Sirohi: Sirohi ACB
team arrested Deputy
Registrar of Coopera-
tives Department, Ra-
jendra Prasad Dayma
while taking a bribe of
Rs 8,000. The bribe was
in exchange for a copy
of departmental inqui-
ry which was done
against the com-
plainant Rajaram, who
was earlier working in
the Rohida Village Ser-
vice Cooperative Soci-
ety as administrator.
Rajasthan ACB
has gone into active
mode of late as com-
plaints have been in-
creasing in state. It has
carried out more than 3
dozens traps.
According to sources
DG (ACB) Alok Tripa-
thi, ADG Saurabh Shri-
vastava and Dinesh MN
have been involved in
regular monitoring and
ACB is likely to take a
big action for which
complaint verification
has been done.
CORONA CLAIMS 17 LIVES
IN RAJ IN LAST 24 HOURS
NHAI claims forest
min withheld files
for expressways!
‘Change of rules in
spirit of Constitution’
Tripura HC seeks reply
on sold minor case
Officer of
cooperatives
dept in ACB
net for bribe
6 died in Bharatpur, 2 in Jaipur; 315 new cases surfaced on Thursday
The bells at Moti Dungari Ganesh Temple have been wrapped up in view of Coronavirus pandemic.
DespiteassurancetoHC,stategovt’santi
coronaprepforboardexamsinadequate
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: Contrary to
state government’s
claim in the High
Court, preparation for
the board exams was
inadequate. Accord-
ing to the government
guideline, every stu-
dent was supposed to
be thermal screened.
To get the process
done the schools had
to write to the health
department, but the
department has not
yet replied to them.
According to the
guidelines, if a stu-
dent was found to have
high temperature,
they are to be restrict-
ed from entering the
examination center.
The education de-
partment had released
budget for schools to
arrange soap and san-
itizer. Every school
was given Rs 500.
Schools did arranged
for maintaining dis-
tance of 6 feet between
two students.
On thursday, the
number of students
was less but the num-
ber would increase on
22nd and 23rd.
While, government
has been running
awareness campaign,
this negligence and
carelessness might
prove costly.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: HC rejected a
PIL seeking postpone-
ment of board exams.
Special divisional
vacation bench of Jus-
tice Pankaj Bhandari
andJusticeNSDaddha
constituted however
asked the state govern-
ment to hold exams as
per centre’s guideline.
RajasthanPrivateEdu-
cation and Welfare So-
ciety had filed the PIL
seeking postponement
of board exams in
wake of increasing co-
ronacases.PILclaimed
that children are
stressed because of co-
rona and would be re-
quired to wear mask
for more than four
hours in soaring tem-
perature, thus won’t be
able to focus.
Advocate General
MS Singhvi responded
that state has done ex-
cellent arrangements
for protection and safe-
ty of children.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: State govern-
ment signed a tripar-
tite agreement
with Power
Grid Corpora-
tion of India
and Education
consultant In-
dia Limited to
provide 100
gover nment
schools with smart
classrooms at a cost of
Rs 1.85 crore.
4 teachers each in
these selected 100
schools would be
trained for teaching in
smart classrooms,
along with them com-
puter teacher
and lab assis-
tant will be
posted there.
Education
minister Gov-
ind Dotasara
said that prior-
ity has been
given to schools in re-
mote areas.
He described it as
important initiative by
the state government.
Postponing
exams: HC
rejects PIL
100 govt schools to
get smart classrooms
Students arriving at exam centre in Choti Chaupar failed to adhere to social distancing norms; a woman giving sanitizer to a girl.
z Yet again, AICC
General Secretary and
Rajasthan Incharge
Avinash pande has
proved himself to be
a brilliant political
handler and strate-
gist. Pande, who has
camped at Jaipur for
a week now, played
an important role in
keeping the Congress
‘flock’ together with
Gehlot. Pande held a
meaningful discus-
sion with Sachin
Pilot and worked as
a bridge between the
‘power’ and organisa-
tion. He also held a
one to one with all
the MLAs and even
pacified the disgrun-
tled lot and right
before the election, he
brought everyone on
the same platform.
z In RS poll, KC
Venugopal has been
given first prior-
ity by the party for
whom CM Ashok
Gehlot, Deputy CM
Sachin Pilot, Shanti
Dhariwal, Parsadi
Lal Meena, Ramesh
Meena, Vishven-
dra Singh, Mamta
Bhupesh, Udailal
Anjaja, Pramod Jain
Bhaya and others are
scheduled to vote.
z Assembly Speaker
Dr CP Joshi is
expected to cast his
vote in RS poll. Joshi
is expected to vote on
Friday. Although dur-
ing the mock poll on
Thursday he along with
Master Bhanwarlal
Meghwal, Parasram
Mordia, Wajib Ali were
not present. Mean-
while, right before
the mock poll, the
Independent MLAs met
deputy CM and PCC
Chief Sachin Pilot.
z In the past two
days, CM Ashok Gehlot
has held one on one
interactions with 120
MLAs wherein he
gave more time to the
‘disgruntled’ legisla-
tors. MLA Hemaram,
who became emo-
tional with CM’s large
heartedness was given
half an hour by Gehlot
to speak his heart out.
Meanwhile, after the
meeting, all the MLAs
appeared happy as
Gehlot patiently heard
the MLAs’ issues of
transfer-postings, wa-
ter workers, roadwork
and electricity supply.
Gehlot also held a
long discussion with
RS Candidate from
Rajasthan KC Venu-
gopal and Rajasthan
Incharge Avinash
Pande.
BRIEF
in
Govind Dotasara
DB Gupta
—PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR
—PHOTOSBYSUMANSARKAR
Imphal : The Congress
on Thursday staked
claim to form the gov-
ernment in Manipur
and wrote to the Gover-
nor calling for a floor
testtoprovetheirmajor-
ityinthestateAssembly.
This came a day after
three BJP MLAs re-
signed and joined Con-
gress while four Na-
tional People’s Party
(NPP) MLAs, an inde-
pendent MLA and Tri-
namool Congress
(TMC) MLA also with-
drew support to Chief
Minister N Biren Singh
government. Manipur
Congress Legislative
Party leader (CLP)
Okram Ibobi Singh has
written to the Gover-
nor, requesting to call a
special Assembly ses-
sion to adopt a resolu-
tion on ‘no-confidence
motion’ against N
Biren Singh’s govern-
ment and to invite the
newly formed SPF to
form the government
under his leadership.
In the letter, Okram
Ibobi Singh stated that
the strength of the
Congress in Manipur
Assembly is 20 as seven
of its MLAs are barred
from entering the
House by Manipur
High Court.
“The present minis-
try is now supported by
only 23 MLAs, 18 from
BJP, four from NPF and
one from LJSP. On the
other hand, SPF has a
total of 20 INC MLAs,
four NPP MLAs, one
MLA of TMC and one
independent MLA, to-
talling 26 members out
of an effective total
House strength of 49
members,” it said. —ANI
Manipur: Congress stakes
claim to form government

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IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: The SC re-
jected a petition for di-
rections to the Centre to
drag China to
International
Court of Jus-
tice (ICJ), seek-
ing compensa-
tion to the tune
of USD 600 bil-
lion for spread-
ing coronavirus.
A bench of the apex
court headed by Chief
Justice of India Sharad
Arvind Bobde rejected
the plea filed by a Ma-
durai resident KK
Ramesh. As coronavi-
rus emerged from Chi-
na’s Wuhan city, there
have been speculations
that the deadly
c o ro n av i r u s
might have
been produced
by the country
in attempts to
develop biolog-
ical weapons
of mega destruction.
This comes as lock-
down, induced to pre-
vent the spread of cor-
onavirus for over two
months now, has se-
verely affected India’s
economy. —ANI
INDIAJAIPUR | FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2020
New Delhi: Speaking
on the violent face-off
between Indian Army
and Chinese troops in
Ladakh’s Galwan Val-
ley, Former Congress
president Rahul Gan-
dhi, questioned why In-
dian security personnel
were “sent “unarmed to
martyrdom” in Ladakh
and asked who is re-
sponsible for sending
them towards danger.
“China has commit-
ted a big crime by kill-
ing unarmed Indian
soldiers. I want to ask
who sent these brave-
hearts towards danger
without arms and why.
Who is responsible for
this,” he asked in a vid-
eo message.
“How dare China kill
our unarmed soldiers?
Why were our soldiers
sent unarmed to mar-
tyrdom,” he said.At
least 20 Indian Army
personnel, including a
Colonel rank officer,
had lost their lives in
the violent face-off in
the Galwan valley area
of Ladakh on June 15.
The violent face-off
happenedinGalwanval-
ley as a result of an at-
tempt by Chinese troops
to “unilaterally change”
the status quo during de-
escalation in eastern
Ladakh & the situation
could have been avoided
if the agreement at the
higher level been scru-
pulously followed by the
Chinese side, India said
on June 16. —ANI
‘Who sent unarmed Indian
soldiers to martyrdom?’20 Indian Army jawans, including a Col rank officer, had lost their lives in violent face-off in Galwan valley
COVID-19
Mumbai:The Maharashtra Youth
Congress has announced a ‘Service
Week’ from Friday to mark sen-
ior party leader Rahul Gan-
dhi’s 50th birthday on June
19, a party leader said.The
‘Seva Saptah’ will see office-
bearers and workers carry-
ing out various welfare
activities to ease
the lives of the
poor and mi-
grants hit
by the
Coronavirus pandemic, said Maha-
rashtra Youth Congress
(MYC) President Satya-
jeet Tambe.The high-
light would be distri-
bution of ‘Nyay kits’
to thousands of peo-
ple in the unorgan-
ized sector like labour-
ers in the construction
and farm sectors, con-
taining foodgrains,
masks, sanitisers,
medication, etc.
‘Service Week’ by Maha Cong
to mark RaGa’s 50th birthday
Washington DC: The
tussle that started be-
tween China & the US
two years back, has
taken the shape of a
broader showdown
with the advanced de-
mocracies including
Australia and UK
weighing in on contest
against Beijing’s
pursuit of technologi-
cal dominance, dis-
criminatory trade
practices, and domes-
tic repression.
The UK is now re-
thinking on China’s
Huawei Technologies
Co. from its 5G telecom-
munications network
after saying it could
participate. Japan too
has offered a conces-
sion to companies to
reshore supply chains
from China. The Euro-
pean Union has just lev-
ied tariffs against Chi-
nese-subsidized compa-
nies based outside Chi-
na. Foreign ministers
of G7 issued a statement
on Hong Kong security
law, which underscored
‘grave concerns’ regard-
ing Beijing’s decision to
impose a national secu-
rity law on the semi-au-
tonomous region.
“China’s decision is
not in conformity with
Hong Kong Basic Law &
its international com-
mitments under the
principles of legally
binding, UN-registered
Sino-British Joint Dec-
laration,” foreign minis-
ters of G7 said. —ANI
Broader front takes shape on China
New Delhi: BJP has de-
cided to defer its politi-
cal events, for the next
two days to pay homage
to the Indian Army
bravehearts who lost
their lives in face-off
with China in Ladakh’s
Galwan Valley on Mon-
day. “The supreme sac-
rifice of our brave sol-
diers while guarding
our motherland in Gal-
wan valley will always
be remembered. I pay
homage to the mar-
tyrs,” BJP national
president JP Nadda
tweeted. “BJP has de-
cided to postpone all its
political programmes
including virtual ral-
lies for next 2 days,” his
tweet read. —ANI
New Delhi: BJP Gen Sec-
retary Ram Madhav said
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi ‘s comments help
inimical countries & these
countries don’t have to do
anything & can just use
opposition statements
against India. “Opposi-
tion’s behaviour is very
unfortunate. When the
entire nation should stand
with the Army & Govt,
it’s unfortunate that main
opposition party issues
statements that beneﬁt
India’s enemies. They use
Rahul Gandhi’s statement
to form their argument.”
BJP defers all
political events
OPPOSITION’S
BEHAVIOUR IS
UNFORTUNATE:
RAM MADHAV
India’s first mobile
testing lab launched
New Delhi: Union
Health Minister Harsh
Vardhan launched In-
dia’s first mobile labo-
ratory for COVID-19
testing in rural and
inaccessible areas of
India.
“To ensure testing fa-
cilities in far-flung are-
as, such innovations
have been developed in
the interior, inaccessi-
ble parts of the coun-
try,” said Union Health
Minister. “It can per-
form 25 RT-PCR tests
per day,” he said. —ANI
New Delhi: Indian
Council of Medical Re-
search (ICMR) in-
formed that 1,65,412
tests of coronavirus
were conducted by vari-
ous laboratories across
the country in the last
24 hours.
This is the highest
number of tests con-
ducted by the laborato-
ries in a single day. As
of now, a total of 953
laboratories across In-
dia have been given the
approval to conduct the
test. This includes 699
government laborato-
ries and 254 private
laboratories. —ANI
‘Over 1.65L
tests done in
last 24 hrs’
New Delhi: The Lord
Jagannath rath yatra
and activities connect-
ed to it will not be al-
lowed this year due to
the coronavirus pan-
demic, the Supreme
Court said. “Lord Jag-
annath will not forgive
us if we allowed the
rath yatra,” CJI SA
Bobde said while hear-
ing a petition seeking
to defer the rath yatra
in Odisha’s Puri which
is scheduled to start
on June 23.
“Such gatherings
can’t take place at the
time of the pandemic,”
the Supreme Court
said, referring to the
advice by health pro-
fessionals to maintain
social distancing as the
highly infectious coro-
navirus can spread via
respiratory droplets
and surface contact.
The risk increases
manifold in a crowded
environment.
The court said it can-
not allow the rath yatra
this year “in the inter-
est of public health and
safety of citizens”.
A non-profit, Odisha
Vikas Parishad, in its
petition said the annu-
al rath yatra in the
coastal district in Odi-
sha will draw some 10
lakh people and the re-
ligious event goes on
for 10-12 days.
The rath yatra amid
the COVID-19 pandemic
“will be an invitation to
infect lakhs of devo-
tees”, the petition said,
adding the Odisha gov-
ernment has also not
allowed religious places
to open before June 30.
“Thisisaseriousmat-
ter,” the Chief Justice
said. “Even if there are
only10,000people(inthe
event), it is also a seri-
ous thing,” the Chief
Justice said. —Agencies
SC stays this year’s Puri Rath Yatra Plea on moving ICJ
against China dismissed
First India Bureau
Dwarka: Popular reli-
gious preacher Morari
Bapu, who draws lakhs
during
his Ram
K a t h a ,
for the
f i r s t
time on
T h u r s -
day suf-
fered humiliation at the
hands of recently dis-
qualified BJP legislator
Pabubha Manek, who
was incensed over his
recent remarks about
Lord Krishna.
In a video that went
viral, an angry Manek
was seen rushing to-
wards Bapu, who was
addressing the media at
the Circuit House after
visiting the Dwarkad-
heesh temple here.
“I just wanted to ask
Bapu why he uttered
such words and from
where he learned such
things. Before I could
get close to him, his
supporters took me
away, thinking that I
had come there to at-
tack Bapu,” Pabubhai
Manek said.
Recently, the Gujarat
HC set aside Manek’s
election from Dwarka
for submitting a faulty
nomination form.
BJP leader heckles Morari
BapuoverKrishnaremarks
Vaishali
Bhubaneswar: Union
Minister Dharmendra
Pardhan has sought the
intervention of the
Culture and Tourism
Minister Prahlad Sin-
gh Patel in directing
the Archaeological
Survey of India for re-
storing and relocating
the 500-year-old Lord
Gopinath Temple that
re-emerged in the mid-
dle of Mahanadi River
near Baideswar in Pad-
mavati village in Naya-
garh district recently.
In a letter to the Cul-
ture and Tourism Min-
ister, Pradhan said, “A
500-year-old temple ded-
icated to Lord Gopinath,
a form of Lord Vishnu
has re-emerged out of
the Mahanadi River in
Nayagarh district. I un-
derstand that the non-
profit organization In-
dian National Trust for
Art and Cultural Herit-
age (INTACH) has ex-
amined the temple and
deemed it to be of major
historic significance
and in a good state of
preservation.”
The 55 to 60 feet sub-
merged temple dates
back to the late 15th or
early 16th century, con-
sidering its construc-
tion style and materi-
als used for the con-
struction. It is theo-
rised that the temple
was submerged in 1933
following floods in the
region, added Union
Minister Pradhan.
Therefore, keeping
in mind the intangible
historical, cultural,
and religious signifi-
cance of the temple to
the people of Odisha,
Pradhan urged the per-
sonal intervention of
Culture and Tourism
Minister in directing
officials of the ASI for
undertaking restora-
tion of Gopinath tem-
ple to a suitable site.
It may be noted that a
surveyteamof INTACH
had located the temple
in Mahanadi waters a
few days back. The na-
tional heritage watch-
dog had launched a one-
of-its-kind project on
Documentation of the
Heritage of the Maha-
nadi Valley under the
supervision of histori-
an Anil Dhir and the
discovery of Gopinath
Temple is also a part of
the project.
The top of Gopinath
Dev Temple was report-
edly last seen some 11
years ago and it has re-
appeared due to reduc-
tion in the water-level
of Mahanadi River.
Pradhan seeks ASI restoration for 500-yr-old submerged temple
REVIVING HERITAGE
An ancient temple resurfaces in Mahanadi in Nayagarh.
A 500-year-old temple dedicated to
Lord Gopinath, a form of Lord Vish-
nu has re-emerged out of the Mahana-
di River in Nayagarh district. I understand
that the non-profit organization Indian Na-
tional Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (IN-
TACH) has examined the temple
and deemed it to be of major
historic significance and in a
good state of preservation.
—Dharmendra Pradhan,
Union Minister
New Delhi: he govern-
ment is taking steps to
revamp the National
Highways Authority of
India (NHAI) and large-
scale reforms are need-
ed further, Union Min-
ister Nitin Gadkari said
on Tuesday.
NHAI has been man-
dated the task to devel-
op, maintain, and man-
age National Highways,
the arterial roads of the
country, for inter-state
movement of passen-
gers and goods.
The total length of
National Highways at
present is abut 150,000
km, about 2 per cent of
the length of all the
roads, but they carry
about 40 per cent of the
total traffic.
“We are taking steps
for revamp of NHAI....
major reforms are need-
ed in the Authority,” the
Road Transport and
Highways Minister said
addressing a webinar
organised by industry
body Assocham.
The minister said the
need of the hour is to
devise bankable pro-
jects suitable for the
market with acute preci-
sion and accuracy citing
how NHAI devised Rs
5,000 crore highway
monetisation projects
under TOT (toll-opera-
tor-transfer) mode
which could only be bid
by foreign players.
“It took six months to
convince them (Authori-
ty)tocomeoutwithsmall
Rs 500 crore packages for
assetmonetisationunder
TOT as Rs 5,000 crore
packagecouldonlybebid
by foreign players,” Gad-
kari said. —PTI
NHAI revamp in the
offing, says Gadkari
MINISTER SPEAK
GALWAN VALLEY FACE-OFF
GIVE STRONG
MESSAGE TO
CHINA: PRIYANKA
New Delhi: “Our 20
soldiers have been killed.
Centre should give a
strong message, but
govt has adopted the
strategy of kneeling by
handing over contract of
Delhi-Meerut Semi-High
Speed Rail Corridor to
a Chinese company. All
Indian companies are
also capable of building
this corridor,” Priyanka
Gandhi tweeted.
Union Health Minister Harsh
Vardhan launched India’s ﬁrst
mobile lab for COVID19 testing
in New Delhi on Thursday.
—PHOTOBYANI

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CALL TO BOYCOTT
CHINESE GOODS
GETS THRILLER
he anger over China’s pre-medi-
tated and barbaric attack on In-
dian troops in eastern Ladakh’s
Galwan valley a day ago is refus-
ing to subside. Twenty Indian sol-
diers were martyred in the attack. As tough
questions are hurled at the government,
clear-cut answers are not forthcoming. The
mood of the nation is for revenge. Acquisi-
tion of Sukhoi-30 and MiG-29s, along with
making Brahmos - the long-distance cruise
missile - ready for deployment is sending
right signals to the people. But it doesn’t
seem that our new acquisitions and battle
preparedness have sent a chill down China’s
spine. The outcome after over six-hour long
talks between top commanders of the two
armies is not yet known but word from Chi-
na remains unfriendly and unyielding.
Away from Ladakh, the country looks united
in its call to boycott Chinese goods. The tender
for the design and construction of the Delhi-
Meerut stretch of a tunnel for Rapid Rail
Transport System won by the Chinese compa-
ny Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Company
has been put on hold. The Centre said that the
bid was yet to be finalised. The government
also said that the tender guidelines “do not per-
mit discrimination based on country or com-
pany”. The Chinese firm was the lowest bidder
for the 5.6 km stretch.
In the telecom sector, the telecom minis-
try is learned to have redrafted the tender
for BSNL’s 4G network up-gradation to
keep Chinese companies out of the process.
Other telcos may also be asked to cut down
their dependence on Chinese components.
After the attack by the PLA, the company
likely to be hit hard is Huawei. The Chinese
telecom giant was allowed to participate in
5G spectrum auction in India despite sev-
eral countries having voiced security con-
cerns against Huawei.
TheConfederationof AllIndiaTraders(CAIT),
abodyof sixcroretradersacrossthecountry,has
announcedanambitiousplantoboycott3000Chi-
neseproductswhichitfeelscanbemanufactured
in India. This would require substituting $13 bil-
lion worth of imports from China by December
2021, a tall order given the present state of the
Indian economy. To get an idea, imports from
China in 2018-19 totalled $70 billion.
A bigger challenge lies in the pharma sec-
tor which is heavily dependent on active
pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) from the
hostile neighbour. In February this year, Un-
ion minister for chemicals and fertilisers told
the Lok Sabha that two-thirds of the total
import of bulk drugs or drug intermediaries
is from China. Further, 90 percent of APIs for
making antibiotics are imported from China.
It is not that India was blind to this over-de-
pendence. Ajit Doval, the NSA had warned in
2014 that this could be a national security
threat. After the Covid-19 outbreak, India did
put in place to reduce this dependence.
For national pride boycott, Chinese goods
need to be supported, including by TV channels
who have Chinese telecoms as sponsors.
IN-DEPTH
T
have deleted all Chinese Apps.
Have you?” This seems to have
caught up on social media.
Fired by the clarion call given
by our Hon PM to be At-
manirbhar, everyone is keen
to contribute emotionally,
howsoever symbolic it may
be, to the cause. We Indians
are highly emotional people.
Sometimes it gets better of
us by eclipsing the harsh reali-
ties around. Is it really so sim-
ple to wish away Chinese prod-
ucts?
Let us begin with mobile
phones - the most visible and
indispensable part of our
lives. Almost 95% of them
are made in China. The rest
are assembled in India with
parts imported from China.
The Apple CEO Tim Cook
wrote elaborately on why
iPhones are made in China.
It’s not merely the availabil-
ity of low-cost skilled labour
as the popular perception
goes. It’s about an abundant
source of extraordinary
craftsmen, like skilled work-
ers and the robust network
of millions of MSMEs built
by tech savvy owners. The
quantity of talent and skill
available in China cannot be
matched by any other coun-
try, including the US. He
very aptly sums up by stress-
ing on vocational training at
the school-level, which the
other countries still miss.
Mobile phones or electronics
arenottheonlysegmentswhere
we consume Chinese products
in large volumes. The bulk drug
in many medicines are from
China. The electricity genera-
tion plants are now mostly Chi-
nese. A big chunk of dairy ma-
chinery is from China. All the
major consumer products of
famous Indian brands are actu-
ally imported in ready-to-sell
packaging from China. Furni-
ture, air-conditioners, and the
list just goes on -- you name it.
The first thing we need to
realize is that this Chinese
dominance was not built
overnight. They first import-
ed highly sophisticated tech-
nologies in partnership with
global giants and absorbed it
in their system. They per-
fected the art of reverse en-
gineering and of late added
Research and Design to fur-
ther improvise. They have
been adding their global
scale manufacturing capaci-
ties on the back of a strong
network of clusters of MS-
MEs spread across various
industries’ verticals and
across the provinces of PRC.
Most significantly, all this
has happened with the govern-
ment concomitantly investing
in world class infrastructure
at a furious pace. What one
sees today are the results –
rather a paradigm shift- of 25
years of coordinated work
catapulting from one success
to another. That’s why even if
the entire world’s sentiments
may be anti-China, they are
the least bothered.
Cut to the Indian scene.
Chetan Bhagat wrote an ar-
ticle recently in a leading
English daily calling for a
change in the mindset, as he
enumerated three key rea-
sons for lukewarm economic
growth in India:
z Voters don’t care about the
economy.
z Goverment (of all parties) are
anti-business
z Indian industrialists lack in-
novation.
Add to that an antiquated
educational system that churns
out graduates who can’t talk
comprehensively about their
own subject for even one hour!
These issues just about sum up
the ills the society needs to tack-
le before even thinking about
boycotting Chinese products.
Democracy is a game of
participation. If one does not
actively engage in it, one lets
others decide it by default.
When the consequences stare
in your face, one would have
no reason or even the right
to complain. Most educated
classes live in their comfort
zones. They often avoid any-
thing, which seems uncer-
tain or uncomfortable to
their set lifestyles that may
upset their applecart. They
are aloof or often uncon-
cerned about the social reali-
ties around them. The long
term virtues like hard work,
skill development, innova-
tion, risk management and
the likes so much needed to
build a robust work culture
remain unattended. No won-
der, due to lack of entrepre-
neurial zeal, the growth of
the economy is slowing
down, and the frustration
amongst the educated unem-
ployed is rising.
So what we really do need is
for more sensible people to
start speaking up. Leverage
their knowledge with the power
of social media and build a con-
sensus amongst the youth. Feed
theirnaturalhungerforgrowth
and drive their ambition. The
businesses must not solely look
up to the government for doles
and preferential cuts. Instead
they must demand less red tape
and speedy approvals and min-
imum multiplicity of controls.
It’s only when the educated
class starts taking up entre-
preneurship as a vocation of
choice and not of compul-
sion, will you get to a point
where India is less dependent
on China. Only then it would
be redundant to trend “Boy-
cott Chinese Products.”
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
YOU CAN’T BOYCOTT THE
DRAGON BY RHETORIC
“
I
Mobile phones
or electronics
are not the only
segments where
we consume
Chinese
products in
large volumes.
The bulk drug
in many
medicines are
from China.
The electricity
generation
plants are now
mostly Chinese.
A big chunk of
dairy
machinery is
from China. All
the major
consumer
products of
famous Indian
brands are
actually
imported in
ready-to-sell
packaging
from China
Democracy is a game
of participation. If one
does not actively
engage in it, one lets
others decide it by
default. When the
consequences stare in
your face, one would
have no reason or even
the right to complain
ANIL
KUMAR JAIN
President of Gandhidham
Chamber of Commerce & IIM
Bangalore alumnus
oday, the world
faces one of its
most challeng-
ing crises of
the 21st centu-
ry. A tiny yet powerful
virus has been able to
shed light on a number of
questions we all knew but
might not have truly com-
prehended. First, we are
incredibly interconnect-
ed, from Wuhan to Milan
to New York. Second, we
are less immune to global
crises than we would like
to acknowledge, as the se-
riousness of the corona-
virus pandemic has
shown. Third, scarcity is
real, as anyone who has
been to a grocery store
looking for toilet paper at
the start of the outbreak
would agree. The new
norm has been closedness
rather than openness:
Everything from gyms to
public spaces to borders
has been closed, and
quarantine is the word on
everyone’s lips.
The last thing anyone
wants is for the situation to
become chaotic. The cur-
rent state of affairs has led
to a great deal of communal
fear and anxiety. When that
happens, we tend to expect
the worst, and rather than
sit and wait, it is an instinct
to get ready for the fight.
Stocking up is an under-
standable reaction in times
of uncertainty and fear like
these,andstockpilingof dry
andcannedfoodsisevenen-
couraged as preparation for
a crisis. But how can we as-
sure we have enough food at
home while also being
mindful of reducing food
waste?Andhowdowecoun-
tertheCOVID-19emergency
without losing sight of oth-
er creeping crises like envi-
ronmental degradation and
climate change?
HOW WAS IT BEFORE?
Let’s start by understand-
ing that the food waste
problem is not exclusive to
the current times. Accord-
ing to the UN Food and Ag-
riculture Organization, if
food waste were a country,
it would be the 3rd largest
contributor to greenhouse
gas emissions. In Sweden
in particular, 1.3 million
tons of food are wasted,
half of which researchers
classify as unnecessary
waste. Just to give a clear
idea, we are talking about
65 kilograms of unneces-
sary waste for each person
living in Sweden each year.
Sounds like a lot, right?
Most of it is due to house-
hold waste, although some
food is also spilled in the
logistics chain before it
even gets to our plates. But
all of this was before the
COVID-19 crisis.
Food waste reduction is
one of the UN Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs)
set to be reached before
2030 and is considered to be
a strong tool for the bold
goals set by the Paris Cli-
mate Agreement. Accord-
ing to Project Drawdown,
an initiative that lists the
most effective interven-
tions to reduce CO2 emis-
sions, reducing food waste
is the most important
measure to stop global
warming at 2° Celcius. The
whole of society needs to
act to make this goal
achievable. Associate Pro-
fessor Helen Williams,
from Karlstad University,
thinks that “This is a task
for collaborative action be-
tween governments, food
companies, retailers and
consumers.”
However, there are very
few initiatives focused on
reducing food waste in
households, where the
need for good solutions is
more critical as almost
50% of food waste occurs at
home. As a matter of fact,
household food waste is
greater than that of restau-
rant and industrial kitch-
ens combined.
WHAT HAS CHANGED
DUE TO THE CRISIS?
In the current situation,
measuring the impacts of
the crisis on food waste is
quite a challenge. Food
stores have, however, wit-
nessed a clear change in
consumption behavior
with stocking up on food
and a shift from sales from
restaurants to food stores.
In March, ICA, the biggest
food supplier in Sweden,
reported an increase in
consumption, with num-
bers as high as 11% com-
pared to the same time last
year. Similar numbers are
also seen among other
Swedish supermarkets.
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because of mind. If mind is
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remain?. —Buddha
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GEARING UP FOR D-DAY!Congress held a mock poll at
JW Marriott hotel for its
MLAs to ensure that they
don’t slip up during Friday’s
Rajya Sabha elections for
three seats from state. All
women MLAs present at the
venue, paid tribute to the
Army bravehearts, who lost
their lives in the violent
face-off in Galwan valley
area of Ladakh by lighting
up candles and observing
silence as well
Dr Raghu Sharma, Jogindar Avana and other MLAsCongress MLAs take part in mock poll ahead of Friday’s RS elections.
Sanyam Lodha, Manisha Panwar, Saﬁa Zubair & Mamta BhupeshMLAs wait for their turn to cast their mock vote.
Vishvendra Singh, Deependra Hudda, Deeraj Gurjar, Kaji Nizamuudin, Krishna Punia, Ramniwas Gawdia and others.
Sachin Pilot addressing the MLAs as Mahesh Joshi looks on.
Tarun Kumar, Rajendra Vidhudhi, Prashant Bairwa, Rajkumar Sharma, Mukesh Bhakar and others at JW Marriott on Thursday. Women MLAs wait for mock polling to start.
Randeep Surjewala and Prashant Bairwa
TALKING POINTJAIPUR | FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2020
DOWN THE MEMORY LANE
CM Ashok Gehlot has chosen Raghu Sharma as his right hand in the cabinet
and Gehlot has been guiding Raghu since the yesteryears, First India shares
exclusive photos from ‘Down the Memory Lane’ in 1982-83 when Gehlot
who was a central minister in the Indira Gandhi government at the time,
visited the union ofﬁce, at Rajasthan University, Jaipur. Raghu Sharma was
the President, Rajasthan University Students Union at the time.

If you are grateful, express it.
Say it in words or actions but
don’t leave it unsaid. Gratitude
is a form of prayer.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
JAIPUR | FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2020www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia
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2NDFRONTPOSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Vishal
Jaipur:DIPR Commis-
sioner Mahendra Soni
held a video confer-
ence with all district
PROs and Information
offices to take stock of
the corona awareness
campaign that will be
organised from June
21 to June 30.
Commissioner Soni
informed the district
PROsandIOsthatasper
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot’s instructions,
the corona awareness
campaign will reach
down to every village of
the state through news-
papers, TV, FM radio,
hoardings, digital me-
dia, wall painting, sun
boards, sun pack sheets,
posters, banners etc.
Speaking to First
India, Soni said that
all PROs were given
the details of the pre-
cautions that must be
followed during the
campaign like main-
taining 6-feet dis-
tance, wearing a
mask while venturing
out, to wash hands
with soap at regular
intervals and not spit-
ting at public places.
He instructed the
PROs to use the pub-
licity material to dis-
seminate the infor-
mation to people.
Soni stressed on a
proactive approach to
make the campaign a
success by involving
other government de-
partments as well. The
DIPR Commissioner
said that the PROs have
worked like corona
warriors and have set
new standards during
the crisis. He invoked
them to keep the same
spirit during the 10-day
campaign and make it a
big success with their
zeal and hard work.
Additional Director
(Administration) Raj-
pal Singh Yadav, Ad-
ditional Director (SU-
JAS) Premprakash
Tripathi, Additional
Director Alka Saxena,
Financial Advisor
Subhash Danodiya,
Joint Director (News)
Arun Joshi, Joint Di-
rector (Advertise-
ment) Shivchand Mee-
na and Deputy Direc-
tor (Publications)
Rajesh Vyas were also
present during the
video conference.
Soni instructs dist PROs to follow safety protocols during drive
(From left) Rajesh Vyas, Prem Prakash Tripathi, Rajpal Yadav, Arun Joshi, Mahendra Soni, Subhash
Chand Danodiya and Alka Saxena during the VC on Thursday.
Stage set in Rajasthan for Rajya Sabha polls today
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: The stage is
set in Rajasthan for
Rajya Sabha elections
on three seats on Fri-
day, with the Con-
gress and opposition
BJP keeping their
legislators in differ-
ent hotels after accus-
ing each other
of poaching
MLAs.
Vo t i n g
will take
place from 9
am to 4 pm
at Rajasthan
A s s e m b l y
building and
t h e
counting of votes will
take place from 5 pm.
“All the preparations
for the polls have al-
ready been complet-
ed. Special arrange-
ments for ensuring
social distancing,
santisation have also
been made,” Return-
ing Officer Pramil
Kumar Mathur said.
Hesaidthatentryand
exit of the MLAs will be
from separate gates. En-
try will be allowed after
thermal screening.
For three seats, four
candidates have filed
nomination. Congress
has nominated KC
Venugopal and Neeraj
Dangi, while BJP has
fielded Rajendra Ge-
hlot and Onkar Singh
Lakhawat. BJPhadini-
tially nominated Rajen-
dra Gehlot but it later
sprang a surprise by
fielding Lakhawat on
last day of nomination.
The seats were held
by BJP’s Ram Narain
Dudi, Vijay Goel and
Narayan Lal Panchari-
ya who have completed
their term. In the house
of 200, Congress has 107
MLAs and has support
of RLD, CPI (M), BTP
and independent
MLAs.Therulingparty
has more than enough
majority to win two
seats and the opposi-
tion BJP, which has 72
MLAs and support of
three RLP MLAs, has
numbers to win 1 seat.
State has a total of
10 RS seats and six of
them are currently
held by BJP, one by
Congress and three
seats are going to
polls. Congress’s only
RS MP from Rajasthan
is former PM Manmo-
han Singh, who was
electedunopposedinRS
bypolls when seat fell
vacant after demise of
BJP’s Madan Lal Saini.
A special purple-
inkedpenwillbeusedto
mark the ink on MLAs.
Normally, only one pen
used, but this time, Con-
gress has demanded
separate pens for all
MLAs due to corona cri-
sis. It is also mandatory
for all MLAs (except in-
dependents) to show
their vote after filling
the form to authorised
party agent. Vote will be
proved invalid
if they
show it to
rival
par ty
agent.
Another
s p e c i a l
provision
i s
that every voter has to
mention number allot-
ted to each candidate
while voting.
FinallyGSTintelligenceacts,raids
Miraj gutka Ajmer distributor!
Voting will take place from 9 am to 4 pm at Rajasthan Assembly building and the counting of votes will take place from 5 pm
Kaushal Jain
Ajmer. In one of the
biggest actions by the
DGGI, state’s one of the
biggest distributor for
Gutka and Miraj prod-
ucts - KT Enterprises in
Ajmer - was raided in
the wee hours of Thurs-
day. The raid on the
Miraj gutkha distrib-
utor by DGGI began
at 4 am on Thursday
morning under the
supervision of ADG,
GST Rajendra Kumar,
involving a large
number of officials
that arrived at the es-
tablishment’s offices
in more than three
dozen vehicles.
Over the past six
months, the GST intel-
ligence had been keep-
ing a close watch on the
big distributors of Mi-
raj gutka and other
brands, for which the
DGGI had received intel
that Miraj Gutka was
being clandestinely
sold at 5 to 20 times its
actual price especially
during the lockdown de-
spite ban by the state
government.
Thus, after six
month long study pe-
riod when the DGGI
officials learnt the
manner in which the
establishment oper-
ated as also about its
revenue stream, a
plan to raid the estab-
lishments was formu-
lated. At 4 am, the offi-
cials barged into the
establishments, thus
not giving anyone a
chance to flee.
Sources reveal that
the officials have un-
covered GST theft
worth crores of rupees
while recovering a hun-
dred bill and receipts
book along with 20
ledger account books.
Plastic bags containing
paper slips have also
been found that denote
large scale unaccount-
ed gutka business.
Sources further re-
veal that prima facie
the sales figure re-
covered from unac-
counted bills point at
exceeding the actual
purchase by KT en-
terprises of Miraj
Gutka and others
brands and a detailed
study of the books
and chits will put
light on the actual
range of GST theft.
Prior to Ajmer raid,
GST intelligence had
raided almost three doz-
en locations or estab-
lishments of Miraj
group including Nath-
dwara, Udaipur and
Ahmedabad and it was
a huge success. Apart
from a few crores undis-
closed income, 152 land
registries were also re-
covered from Miraj
premises and now this
matter is likely to be
taken up by the investi-
gation wing of Income
Tax department to ex-
amine the ‘benami an-
gle’ in these land deals.
According to sources,
inspired with the suc-
cess of Ajmer raid, a
few more major raids
are likely to take
place on various Mi-
rage and other Gutka
distributors in com-
ing days.
Avinash Pande
@avinashpandeinc
At a time when India is
facing Chinese aggres-
sion along the LAC
in Ladhak, reportedly
losing 60 sqkm of its
land to China, the Nar-
endra Modi led Govt
granted a contract
worth Rs. 1126 crore
to a Chinese Multina-
tional Company STEC.
#IndiaChinaFaceOff
Sunil Kumar Singh
@SunilKu63236960
I would congratulate
ADG (Intelligence) GST
Mr Rajendra Kumar
and his team to suc-
cessfully carry and ex-
ecute a much awaited
raid on an alleged
multi crore tax evasion
of Miraj Group’s Ajmer
Gutka distributor M/s
Kalumal Thawardas
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Congress Gen-
eral Secretary KC Venu-
gopal and Spokesperson
RandeepSinghSurjewa-
la have commented on
the martyrdom of sol-
diers at the Indo-China
border. “Entire country
isfeelingpainnotonlyby
the brutal martyrdom of
our soldiers, but also the
resentmentastowhyand
who forced them to fight
with China unarmed,”
the statement said.
“It is now clear that
China has committed
an unforgivable crime.
Chinese soldiers at-
tacked our military of-
ficers and soldiers with
rifle bayonets, iron
rods, thorn barbed
sticks and other weap-
ons. The mind of 130
crore countrymen is
shaken thinking about
the cruel and shameless
manner in which our
brave soldiers were
martyred,” it added
They also asked the
PManddefenseMinister
tobreaktheirsilenceand
said, “will the Prime
Minister and Defense
Minister answer the peo-
ple of the nation that:
Why were our brave sol-
diers unarmed? Who
sentourmilitaryperson-
nel without arms?”
Who forced our soldiers to fight with
China unarmed: Congress asks BJP
Under supervision of ADG, GST Rajendra Kumar, DGGI began the
raid at 4 am on Thursday morning.
Raje arrives in BJP ‘camp’, lifts
spirit a day before RS polls
(From left) Rajendra Rathore, Gulab Chand Kataria, Vasundhara Raje, Satish Poonia, Murlidhar Rao,
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, V Satish and Pukhraj Garg.
Aishwary Pradhan/
Aditi Nagar
Jaipur: Former CM
and BJP leader Vasund-
hara Raje’s charisma
was evident on Thurs-
day when finally she
reached the hotel where
BJP leaders have been
housed ahead of Rajya
Sabha polls. Her ar-
rival was akin to the
arrival of a star as
leaders thronged to
the porch to welcome
her and paparazzi
took clicks after
clicks to capture Raje
interacting with the
MLAs.
Interacting with the
media, Raje questioned
as to why was the Con-
gress so depressed.?
“Why is Congress so
worried when they have
two candidates, same as
ours. In any condition,
one of our candidate
will win,” she said.
The two time CM of
Rajasthan took part in
mock poll organised for
BJP legislators during
which Raje’s arrival
made the environment
relaxed and jolly. An-
other ‘attraction or
curiosity centre’ of
the crowd was the
sudden arrival of un-
ion minister Gajen-
dra Singh Shekhawat
who is being consid-
ered as the next Chief
Ministerial candidate
in 2023, if party
comes back to power.
Addressing the mock
poll session, Murlidhar
Rao gave a detailed in-
formation on Atmanirb-
har Bharat. LoP Gulab
Chand Kataria and Dep-
uty LOP Rajendra
Rathore oversaw the
mock polling. Notably,
the first 54 votes of
BJP, from the 75 in its
kitty including RLP
MLAs, will be given to
Rajendra Gehlot while
the remaining 21 votes
will be cast for Onkar
Singh Lakhawat.
State President Sat-
ish Poonia said that the
Congress party has
kept its MLAs in the ho-
tel for nine day. “Con-
gress is engrossed in
entertainment while
BJP is following its
Dharma as opposition,”
he said.
Meanwhile, Kataria
will be the collection
agent for Rajendra Ge-
hlot while MLA Ramlal
Sharma will be collec-
tion agent for Onkar
Singh Lakhawat. More-
over, Satish Poonia will
be counting agent for
Rajendra Gehlot and
Rajendra Rathore will
be counting agent for
Onkar Singh Lakhawat.
THE ‘STAR’ IS BACK!
Vasundhara Raje during the mock poll process.
Randeep Surjewala and KC Venugopal

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POOJA SHARMA, Model
YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Today is going to be a good
day, there are chances of
getting profit in business.
Today is the best day for
newly married people. It will be full of
love. which will further strengthen
your relationship. Students of this
zodiac will have to make their own
way today. It will be a happy day.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Today is going to be a
good day. Today you will
be able to complete the
office work on time. If you
want to start a new business online,
then it will be beneficial to take
advice from the people. Students will
be interested in studying. Today will
be a great and happy day for lovers.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
great day. Your personality
will smell like a good
fragrance. Today you are
expected to get great fame. The mind
will be happy with the completion of
any important work in the family.
Marriage of unmarried people will be
discussed at home with family.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Today you will spend more
time in creative work. Your
routine will change. Don’t
take any big decision today
without thinking. Today will be a good
day for the students. Today, the money
lent will be returned. If your business
is related to grocery then today there
will be a profit on your investment.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Today is going to be your
day. Today a colleague will
have to take your help to
complete the office work.
Today, your financial situation will be
better. You will play some responsi-
bilities at home, you will be
successful. A friend can ask you for
help and support in emergency.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Today is going to be a great
day for people with Aquarius
zodiac sign. Also, you are
likely to get a promotion.
Today you will get a chance to work on
a new project through which you will
also get to learn something new.
Women of this zodiac need to pay
attention to their healthy life.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Today you will think about
any change in life. Avoid
eating too much oily or
fried foods. Parental
cooperation will be obtained in the
work. Your relationship with the child
will be better. There will be happiness
in married life. Life partner will
understand your words.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Today your stars are going
to be good. Suddenly there
are chances of getting
benefits. You will discuss it
with a friend to increase the
business. Sweetness will remain in
married life. Today you will give a gift
to your spouse. People involved in
the field of modeling will get an offer.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Today is going to bring
golden moments in life.
You will remain strong
today financially.
Relationship will strengthen with
mutual trust in married life. Today
you will talk to an old friend on the
social networking website. Today is
going to be a good day for workers.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
mixed day. There will be
some lethargy at the
beginning of the day It will
be good to avoid laziness. You
should avoid any kind of stubborn
attitude today, otherwise you may get
in trouble. In case of money, you
may need your spouse’s help.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Today you will feel
energetic. An eagerness to
know new things will come
in the mind. Brothers and
sisters will help you completely. Your
responsibilities regarding the life
partner will increase. Today you will
get some new responsibilities at
workplace. Lovers will get surprises.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
When talking with your
spouse today, take care of
your language. This will
increase the sweetness in
the relationship. Today, you will make
up your mind to buy some household
items. Your positive behavior will
make the parents happy. Students
will get better exam results today.
TOGETHER WE CAN!
agriti, a social or-
ganization dedicat-
ed to the upliftment
for the underprivi-
leged section of the
society has been
working relentless-
ly since its inception, 24
April 2001.
It has had an unprece-
dented ‘Journey’, from day
one being at the helm of ma-
jor events since ‘Gujarat
Earthquake’intheyear 2001
where it was the Second Aid
to reach with truckloads of
relief material after the
Swiss Aid.
Though it has been an up-
hill task trying to strike at
the very roots of our ailing
system of not being able to
take care of the poorest of
poor in our society, ‘TEAM
JAGRITI’ has been success-
fulinbeingabletogivesome
semblance of dignity to
thesepooranddowntrodden
people. The key to this has
been possible through ‘Edu-
cation’.
We embarked on the jour-
ney of educating the under-
privileged but very soon in
our endeavour we realized
that the first step towards
their upliftment was to edu-
cate the masses and this
would be possible only
through the education of
theirchildren,astheywould
soontakeoverasourambas-
sadors in the coming years.
We started by going to the
slums early morning, when
the complete family is there,
enrolling parents and moti-
vating children to come to
school, was very difficult as
these small children were
also bread earner for them.
Since then there has been
no looking back. Besides
running our own schools in
the heart of biggest slum ar-
eas, we have also been able
to adopt 15 Government and
Private schools in the urban
slums of Jaipur and Ajmer.
Our work has a holistic
approach that includes – Ad-
vocacy and Counselling to
out of the School Students.
Reconstruction and Re-
pair of School Buildings,
Installing Water Stations
and Toilet Blocks Separate
for Boys, Girls and Staff, set-
ting up of Computer labs,
Science lab and Audio-Visu-
al Room and providing for
all other requirements for
running a Model School. All
this has been possible
through a team of dedicated
volunteers on regular basis
(Jagriti has approximately
1868 registered volunteers).
WHEN COVID-19 STRUCK:
All the schools were ordered
to be shut down completely
without any time to plan a
gradual closure in a phased
manner.Jagriti-anorganisa-
tion which is completely
committed to the holistic de-
velopment of slum children
(3800+)spreadacrossthecity
of Jaipurwasalsooneof the
affected Institution.
At Jagriti, the first
thought that came to my
mind was that ‘No Way we
would leave our slum chil-
dren unattended during
these uncertain times’.
No one had a clue how
long this lockdown would
continue. Just the thought
that if left unattended Stu-
dents will definitely fall
back on their old ways of
unhealthy living, wasting
awaytheirlifeasscavengers
and beggars, it was a night-
mare not acceptable at all
under any given circum-
stances.
Duringthetotallockdown
one peculiar problem was
food – getting even the raw
food was impossible – we
took due permissions from
the Government Authori-
ties and distribute the dry
ration food to the families of
our 600 students with the
help of BVG Foundation,
which would last for 1
month. Similarly, Dry Ra-
tion Food Packets were giv-
en to about 1300 needy and
underprivileged families at
Ajmer & Beawer by the Ma-
heshwari Foundation.
THE THINK TANK of
Jagriti Education Commit-
tee seriously contemplated
about the course of action to
be taken under these devas-
tating conditions. It did take
a while to decide how to go
about it, so that we could
rope in not only the students
but their families as well.
Within 10 days of closing
of theSchools,wewereback
to planning strategies to
keep our children safe in
these troubling times, to
help them face challenges
and to learn how to swim
against the tide with their
heads held high.
Theonlywayof gettingin
touch with them was via in-
ternet through mobile
phones.
Knowing that it would not
be easy we did not lose hope,
we started contacting the
students/families,ourteach-
ers started calling their stu-
dentsandsoonwehadagood
network connecting stu-
dents, teachers and family,
and the first step of commu-
nication was established.
Thenextobviousstepwas
to keep them in touch with
their studies. So we planned
Online Classes for our stu-
dents from class IV to class
XII. Counselling, guiding
parents, students and en-
couraging teachers to play a
very important role in being
the connecting factor. The
Online Whatsapp Video
classes are held daily from
10.30 am to 1.00pm.
We can proudly say that
we have been almost hun-
dred per cent successful
with the help of our very
dedicated staff in our mis-
sion ‘EDUCATION’.
“A hundred years from
now it will not matter what
my bank account was, the
sort of house I lived in, or
the kind of car I drove. But
the world will be different
because I was important in
a life of a child.”
EDUCATION FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED BY JAGRITI IN THE TIMES OF COVID-19
JK JAJOO
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K
risten Stewarts
who has deliv-
ered multiple
hit movies
will now be play-
ing the role of Di-
ana, Princess of
Wales in an up-
coming pro-
ject. The
movie has
been titled
‘ S p e n c e r ’
and will be
directed by
Pablo Nar-
rain. The biopic will be set against
the backdrop of the 90s era and it
will focus on the particular weekend
in which Diana had decided that
her marriage with Prince
Charles was not working out.
The production of this
much-speculated movie will
go on floors in early 2021. Pa-
blo, in an interview, has
called Kristen one of the
greatest actors who can be
many things at a time in-
cluding the one with a
mysterious, fragile, and
also strong personality.
He reveals that the
combination made
him think of the
‘Twilight’. —Agency
Much-awaited!
O
nline video streaming platform Amazon Prime Video
on Thursday shared the first look poster of Abhishek
Bachchan’s debut web series ‘Breathe Into The Shad-
ows.’ The poster features the ‘Banty Aur Babli’ actor
as seated on a chair in a dark room with a slight tint of light
entering from a shaft. Bachchan is seen holding a piece of
paper which had a person’s picture and ‘missing’ written
over it. ‘A father’s love can save a life...or take one,’ read the
text on the poster. Bachchan also shared the first look poster
on his social media and wrote, “Come back Siya. #BreatheIn-
toTheShadows.”
Created and produced by Abundantia Entertainment, the
web series has actors including Amit Sadh, Nithya Menen,
and Saiyami Kher in significant roles. —ANI
T
he fans are eagerly waiting for MCU’s phase 4
multi-starrer movie featuring Salma, Angeli-
na Jolie, Kumail Nanjiani, Kit Harington,
Richard Madden and Ma Dong-Seok. The film
will mark a new beginning for the universe and add
new superheroes to the scene. The film went on floors
earlier this year and was being shot in London when
the production of the movie was put on hold due to
the ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic.
In her latest Instagram post, Salma shared an im-
age of her new hairstyle and revealed that she dyed
the roots of her hair to prepare for reshoots. “In
anticipation for reshoots, I finally had to do my
roots,” she wrote in the caption. While it is not yet
clear which movie she was talking about, the Marvel
film is the most likely answer, considering the crea-
tors had already started shooting a few action scenes
before COVID 19 shut down. The film is scheduled
to hit the theatres on Febru-
ary 12, 2021.
—Agency
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s Bollywood actor, Sushant Singh
Rajput’s untimely death stirred
a debate over mental health, his
close friend and actor Kriti Sa-
non on Wednesday slammed so-
cial media stating it to be the
“most toxic place.”
“It’s strange that the otherwise troll-
ing, gossiping world suddenly wakes
up to your niceness and positive side
once you are gone..Social media is the
FAKEST, most toxic place,” she tweet-
ed. Sanon who was among the celebri-
ties who attended Rajput’s funeral was
being trolled all over the social media
for not posting condolence message on
social media despite being a close
friend of the actor.
“If you haven’t posted RIP or said
something publicly, you are considered
not to be grieving, when in reality,
those are the people grieving for REAL.
It seems Social Media is the new ‘Real’
world.. and the Real-world has become
‘Fake’,” the ‘Heropanti’ actor further
wrote.
In the next series of her post, Kriti
went on to talk about the stereotypes
in the society that condition men to
hide their sufferings and not cry.
“We need to stop phrases like “ladke
nahi rote”, “aise nahi rote”, “don’t cry,
be strong” .. Crying is not a sign of
weakness.. so cry your heart out,
scream if you need to, know every-
thing that you are feeling, its ok to not
be ok, but talk it out with the one you
feel might understand,” she wrote.
“Take your time to heal.. Hold onto
your family and people who genuinely
love you and care about you.. Never let
them go.. they are your strength and
will be by your side no matter what.. so
LET them be around.. no one is strong
enough to battle life alone,” her note
further read. —ANI
D
eepika Padukone, who has always
been vocal about her own experi-
ence of dealing with depression, on
Thursday, emphasised that depres-
sion is just like any other illness.
Repeating her message on mental ill-
ness, Padukone said depression too is an
illness just like diabetes and cancer. “Re-
peat after me: Depression is an illness like
any other illness such as cancer and diabe-
tes,” Padukone wrote on Twitter.
Padukone had started with the series of
mental health quotes after the sudden de-
mise of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who
committed suicide by hanging himself at
his Bandra residence in Mumbai.
The ‘Tamasha’ actress started voicing
her opinion on the importance of mental
health through her foundation ‘The Live
Love Laugh Foundation’ (TLLLF) in June
2015. Through the platform, the actor
keeps launching nationwide awareness as
well as destigmatisation campaigns.
Meanwhile, scores of comments fol-
lowed on her post on mental health, where
netizens shared their take on issue. —ANI
‘DEPRESSION IS
LIKE ANY
OTHER ILLNESS’
Piercinggame-on
C
ardi B has become more daring during the quar-
antine period. A few days ago, she hit back at a
user who posted her home address online and
made it viral. Then, Cardi B flaunted her bikini
body on Instagram after a few fans accused her of photo-
shopping her images. She
embraced her curves and
shared a video on social
media.AndnowtheAmer-
ican rapper has recently
got multiple piercings
done on her body. As Cardi
B sat down to get herself
pierced, she screamed
with pain but the end re-
sult was worth all the
pain.
The 27-year-old already
had one piercing on her neckline and she got two more
added down in a straight line. Cardi B also got a piercing
underneath her bottom lip. “This b**ch hurt. I forgot
how it felt,” Cardi B wrote. Her husband stood by her
side to extend his support while Cardi B got herself
pierced. A few days ago, she also gave her peacock hip
tattoo a new makeover and posted a before and after
collage of the same on social media. “ —Agency
‘Social media
is the FAKEST’
A
And it begins!
to hit the theatres on Febru-
ary 12, 2021.
The First Look
Kriti Sanon
Poster of the series
Deepika Padukone
...her postSalma Hayek
Kristen Stewarts
..her post
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CITY FIRST, RAJASTHAN
beautiful talk session,
‘Zindagi Gulzar Hai’
by FICCI Flo with
Anupam Kher was
witnessed by the
members of FLO
Jaipur Chapter. The
session was organised and
moderated by Chairperson
Wandana Parnami.
The conversation with Anu-
pam Kher was a mix of come-
dy, music and learning. Kher,
an eternal optimist finds hap-
piness in small things and
with what one has. Pro-
fessional success and
personal success accord-
ing to him is different. For an
actor playing different charac-
ters are difficult unless n until
you feel that character from
within. He said, “An
event fails not a person.”
Failure should be cele-
brated as it is multidimension-
al and progressing. Medita-
tion is to look inside you. He
felt believes that a good even-
ing spent with friends is better
than a party full of noises.
The most important thing in
this pandemic situation is to
talk to people. “Great conversa-
tions are great holidays. In this
lockdown I have learnt to be
patient and that I’m not rest-
less. A piece of advice for the
young generation is to spend
more time with their parents
and listen to their stories. Guts
and attitude of a person de-
fines himself. Three important
things a person should have is
ummeed, asha, dayabhav.”
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ZINDAGI
GULZAR HAI
A
COURTESY MEET!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!
HEALTH RUN!
Jagdeesh Chandra gifted a First India poster to Diya Kumari, which
has PM Narendra Modi being lovingly blessed by his mother; who
turned 100 years on May 25.
It was the wedding
anniversary of
Ishanee and Sachin
Sharma (SP, Umaria,
Madhya Pradesh) on
Thursday. They spent
the day at a resort
amidst natural beauty
in the forest area
near Umaira with
Ishanee’s parents,
Hemant Sharma,
News Director, TV9
News Network and
Veena Sharma,
along with Ishanee’s
brother Parth.
RAJASTHAN: As a part of
the ongoing ‘Online Learning
– Children’s Summer
Festival’, an online learning
session on ‘Tabla Vadan’
was conducted by tabla
maestro, Dr Ankit Pareek
from Jaipur on Thursday.
The guided session taught
the nuances of ‘Tabla’ with
special focus on rhythm,
beat and composition.
GUJARAT: Nitesh Modi and his group ‘Running Feet’ ran the 45 kms Half Comrades
Marathon, where more than 70 Surat Runners ran in this event in different
Categories like 10kms, 21kms and 45kms.
RAJASTHAN: SS
Jain Subodh PG
College distributed
300 masks and
gloves for the
protection of police
on Thursday. Prof.
KB Sharma with Dr
Richa Singha and Dr
Farah Diba handed
over the masks
and gloves to DCP
Rahul Prakash in his
office.
RAJASTHAN: A
successful operation of
an 87-year-old elderly
bowel cancer took place
at Geetanjali Cancer
Center. During the
Corona pandemic, the
treatment of patients
at the Cancer Center of
Gitanjali Medical College
and Hospital (GMCH),
Udaipur is being done
regularly, keeping in
mind all the medical
and administrative
standards of the corona.
WHAT’S HAPPENING!
Ishanee and Sachin Sharma
During the session
Anupam Kher
Ishanee and Sachin cutting the cake
watched lovingly by Veena and Hemant Sharma

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