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Ladakh: Indian Army
on Monday apprehend-
ed a Chinese soldier in
eastern Ladakh. The
Army said that the sol-
dier had “strayed across
LAC” and will be hand-
ed over to PLA soon.
In a statement, the
Army said, “a PLA sol-
dier identified as Cor-
poral Wang Ya Long
was apprehended in the
Demchok sector of
Eastern Ladakh on 19
October 2020 after he
had strayed across the
LAC.” “A request has
also been received from
the PLA about the
whereabouts of the
missing soldier,” the
Army said, adding that,
“as per established pro-
tocols, he will be re-
turned back to Chinese
officials at the Chushul
– Moldo meeting point
after completion of for-
malities”. Turn to P6
Mumbai: The Bombay
High Court on Monday
said if the Mumbai po-
lice crime branch pro-
poses to arraign Repub-
lic TV Editor-in-Chief
Arnab Goswami in the
TRP case, it should first
issue summons to him
as was done for eight
others in the case.
A division bench of
justices SS Shinde and
MS Karnik said if such
a summons is issued
then Goswami shall ap-
pear before police and
cooperate with probe.
The court also direct-
ed police to submit for
its perusal investiga-
tion papers pertaining
to the case in a sealed
cover by November 5
when it would hear the
matter. “The FIR is not
an encyclopedia. We
would like to peruse the
investigation papers
and see what probe has
been done from today
till the next date of
hearing,” the court said.
The court was hear-
ing a petition filed by
ARG Outlier Media Pvt
Ltd, Turn to P6
Chinese soldier ‘strays’ into Ladakh, held
Issue summons to Arnab
before arraignment: HC
Kolkata: In view of the COV-
ID-19 situation in West Bengal
and to contain the spread of the
virus, the Calcutta High Court
on Monday said Durga Puja pan-
dals would be no-entry zones for
visitors. Court also ordered that
people would not be allowed
within a five-metre distance for
small pandals and 10 metre for
big pandals.
The HC also asked each puja
committee to submit a blueprint
on crowd management and only
the organisers can enter the pan-
dal and for that names have to be
put up outside the pandals before-
hand. Only those people would be
allowed to enter whose names will
be mentioned outside the pandal.
Maximum 25 members are al-
lowed in the pandal premises and
the number of visitors is to be
fixed, which will remain the same
during the Durga puja celebera-
tions. The court’s order will apply
to all 34,000 registered Durga Puja
pandals in the state. Last week,
West Bengal CM Mamata Baner-
jee had urged Durga Puja Commit-
tees not to allow people without
masks in pandal.
This year, Durga Puja be cel-
ebrated from October 23 to Oc-
tober 26. —ANI
All Puja pandals in WB
no-entry zones: HC
SAFETY
FIRST!
Farooq grilled
for 6 hrs by ED
Srinagar: Enforce-
ment Directorate on
Monday questioned
National Conference
chief Farooq Abdullah
for over 6 hrs in con-
nection with a multi-
crore scam in Jammu
& Kashmir Cricket
Association, prompt-
ing accusations of
“political vendetta”
by newly-formed
People’s Alliance
comprising several
mainstream parties.
CBI has already filed
a chargesheet against
him. P5
Bleeding co-ops under RBI, how do we act upon them? CM asks PM
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Several frauds re-
lated to multi-state co-op-
erative societies have
come to light in recent
years and Rajasthan too is
facing its share of ‘brunt’
of these frauds! These
have caused much loss of
money to people and in
view of this, ‘sensitive’
chief minister Ashok Ge-
hlot has written a letter to
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi for giving powers to
states co-operative depart-
ments to take actions
against such fraud socie-
ties and ‘save the people’.
On Monday, the chief
ministertooktomicroblog-
ging site Twitter to take out
his anger and anguish over
the issue and also apprise
of thedemandhehasraised
before the PM.
“A large number of com-
mon people have invested
in Multi State Cooperative
Societies. In Rajasthan, we
have received complaints
from around 73,000 inves-
tors regarding irregulari-
tiesamountingtoRs1419.77
crore,” he said. Gehlot, in
a series of tweets, added,
“As Multi-State Coopera-
tive Societies are under
administrative control of
Government of India, (I
have) written a letter to
PM Narendra Modi ji seek-
ing remedial measures in-
cluding directing Central
Registrar to authorise
State’s Cooperative dept to
take action in matter in or-
der to save interests of
common people. Central
Government has recently
amended provisions of
Banking Regulation Act,
which are against basic
principles of cooperatives
and would have a negative
impact on functioning of
State Cooperative Banks. I
have written to PM Naren-
dra Modi ji asking him
that these amendments be
withdrawn.”
Meanwhile the chief
minister further said,
“Under the new provi-
sions, all administrative
control of the Co-operative
Banks has been given to
the RBI. As a result, the
the co-operative banks un-
der the state govt Turn to P6CM Ashok Gehlot
GEHLOT WRITES TO MODI
Under the new
provisions, all
Co-operative Banks has
been given to RBI. As a
result, the administrative
control of these banks
under the state govt will
go under RBI, which is
an encroachment on
principle of co-operatives
Siliguri: BJP national
president JP Nadda
Monday said the execu-
tion of the Citizenship
(Amendment) Act has
been delayed due to the
pandemic and asserted
that the law will be im-
plemented soon.
Nadda, who was
speaking at a meeting of
social groups of north
Bengal, accused the
Mamata Banerjee gov-
ernment in West Bengal
of indulging in “divide
and rule politics” in the
state to serve the politi-
cal interests of her par-
ty - the TMC, unlike BJP
which works for the de-
velopment of all.
All of you will get the
benefits of the Citizen-
ship (Amendment) Act.
It has been passed in
Parliament. We are com-
mitted to it,” he said at
the meeting.
“DuetoCOVID-19pan-
demic, implementation
of CAA got delayed. But
as the situation is slow-
ing improving, Turn to P6
NADDA IN WB: CAA TO
BE IMPLEMENTED SOON
JP Nadda reached Siliguri on Monday on a day-long tour of West Bengal where he and Kailash
Vijayvargiya communicated with party workers.
NADDA TO ADDRESS 4 RALLIES, NDA
MEETING IN BIHAR ON OCT 20, 21
New Delhi: BJP president JP Nadda will address four public rallies in poll-bound
Bihar on Tuesday and Wednesday and also speak at a meeting of leaders of the
ruling National Democratic Alliance during a two-day visit to the state. Nadda
will address election rallies in Buxar and Arrah on Tuesday afternoon, party
spokesperson Sanjay Mayukh said. The BJP president will then address the NDA
meeting in Arrah. District heads, MPs, district in-charges, assembly constitu-
ency in-charges, assembly convenors and candidates besides other important
leaders from the region will participate in the meeting, he said. On Wednesday,
Nadda will address election rallies in Bettiah and Motihari, Mayukh said.

First India Bureau
Jaipur: Corona pan-
demic took the sheen
out of the nomination
filing for municipal
elections as the candi-
dates were allowed to
enter the centres only
with one associate as
proposer. The whole
process lacked lustre as
compared to the earlier
years when the candi-
dates used to come with
hordes of supporters
for filing nominations.
Some fanfare was ex-
pected on the last day of
filing nominations on
Monday but the atmos-
phere remained som-
bre. Attention was also
missing as the Congress
announced the candi-
dates stealthily.
Heavy police and
municipal corporation
staff were deployed at
the nomination cen-
tres to ensure Covid-19
guidelines are fol-
lowed. The authorities
did videography of the
whole process so as to
ensure that the corona
protocol is followed.
Even then, some peo-
ple accompanying the
candidates were seen
flouting the norms of
wearing a mask and
maintaining social
distancing. In the
meantime, some of the
candidates were seen
wearing personal pro-
tective equipment kits
to ensure they did not
catch infection ahead
of the polls.
In Jaipur, nomina-
tions have been filed for
100 wards of JMC Herit-
age and 150 of JMC
Greater. The candidates
have now started pre-
paring for the campaign
part. To ensure social
distancing, the author-
ities had made ar-
rangements for a to-
ken system and a help-
desk was set up for the
help of the candidates.
The help desks also
had arrangements of
sanitizing hands and
providing masks.
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Kishangarh: The fami-
ly members of the de-
ceased submitted a
memorandum to the SP
regarding the demand
for an investigation by
the Special Operations
Group (SOG) in the case.
The family demanded a
thorough inquiry
against the main ac-
cused of the Bhanwar
Sinodia murder case,
Balwaram Jat, who is
lodged in the Dholpur
CentralJailbutissaidto
have orchestrated the
murder of Bhagchand
Chotiya in Kishangarh
on Sunday.
The Yagy Narayan
hospital of the township
bore the look of police
lines right from the
dawn on Monday. There
washeavypolicedeploy-
ment outside the post-
mortem room where de-
ceased Bhagchand
Chotiya’sbodywaskept.
SPKunwarRashtradeep
himself supervised the
deploymentwhileasize-
able number of the
Chotiya family along
with supporters gath-
ered in the hospital
premises.
The hospital adminis-
tration took no chances
andmadearrangements
for video recording of
the post-mortem of the
deceased. The doctors
found three bullet
wounds on the chest of
the deceased while one
was found on his skull.
The hospital adminis-
tration will soon submit
its final post-mortem re-
port to the police.
After the post-mor-
tem, the body of the de-
ceased was handed over
to the Chotiya family
who then took the dead
body, for the last rites, to
their native village Har-
mada.
Chotia’s family demands SOG probe
DEMANDING JUSTICE
Nominationfilinglackslustreamidstcorona
Nominations have been filed for 100 wards of JMC Heritage and
150 of JMC Greater. —PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR Candidates preparing for the campaign part.
Independent candidate Akshay
Mishra wearing PPE kit arrives
to fi le his nomination papers
for the civic bodies election in
Jaipur on Monday.
JMC ELECTION : Some fanfare was expected on Monday, the last day of filing nominations but the atmosphere remained sombre
Comedy of errors in BJP as candidates changed in last minute
Party changed about 50 candidates as the time for nomination was nearing end
ICICI bank robbery: Fourth
accused also in police net
Cong announces
candidates stealthily
to contain rebellion
Cong faces rebellion over ticket distribution
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: The leaders
of Bharatiya Janta Par-
ty remained busy on
Monday in sorting out
the candidates even a
few moments before the
last day of nomination
for the six municipal
corporations. The BJP
changed about 50 candi-
dates till a few minutes
before the nomination
process was completed
even then many ticket
aspirants rebelled.
Nine candidates were
changed in the JMC
Heritage and JMC
Greater.
In JMC Heritage’s
ward 74, the party gave
a ticket to Munni Devi
but at the last moment
replaced her with Ku-
sum Yadav while Mun-
ni Devi had already
filed her nomination.
The symbol submitted
by Yadav was not ac-
cepted as she reached
after the 3 pm deadline
of nomination on Mon-
day, the last day of nom-
inations.
Devi accused former
BJP MLA Mohanlal
Gupta of getting her
name dropped from the
candidate’s list. “I am a
loyal party worker and
will not rebel. But Ya-
dav will not win the
election,” Devi said.
BJP state president
Satish Poonia said there
were many ticket aspi-
rants in elections but
all could not be given
tickets. “Small protests
happen but we have to
work in the interest of
the party. More people
sought tickets from our
party as they are not in-
terested in Congress,”
he said.
Satya Narayan Sharma
Jaipur: ICICI Bank
Mansarovar robbery ac-
cused 3 robbers were
presented in the court
on Monday and were re-
manded for 3 days of
police custody.
The police has also
arrested the fourth ac-
cused Badarpur, Delhi
resident Ajay Kataria.
The police arrested
Gaurav Singh resident
of Prajapati Vihar, Mu-
hana, and Vipin Kashy-
ap & Saugandh Singh
resident of Mohan Baba
Nagar, New Delhi on
Sunday evening.
The police was able to
make the Delhi arrest
on the basis of the inter-
rogation of the three
accused arrested earli-
er. SHO Shipra Path
Khalil Ahmad said that
the mastermind of the
robbery Gaurav Singh
had been staying with
Vipin and Ajay at his
Prajapati Vihar resi-
dence for the past 20
days. Initially, they had
planned to rob the SBI
Bank situated on the
SFS crossing in Mansa-
rovar .
They zeroed in on rob-
bing the cash van of the
ICICI Bank finally.
The police’s success sto-
ry continued with the
identification of the rob-
bers of Rs 1 crore worth
jewellery looted from
thejeweller in theMurli-
pura police station area.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The ruling par-
ty Congress adopted ex-
tra caution in announc-
ing candidates for the
municipal corporation
elections in Jaipur. The
party did not publicly
release the list of cho-
sen candidates but in-
stead informed the can-
didates directly through
MLAs on Monday to file
nominations so that the
rebel candidates did not
get time for submitting
their papers.
As was expected, the
party allocated tickets
to the sitting councilors
and has also fielded the
BJP’s rebel councilors
who had helped the Con-
gress in taking BJP’s
Vishnu Lahta in its fold
and making him Jaipur
mayor during last elec-
tions.
The party insiders
said the row over distri-
bution of symbols by
the MLAs or by the or-
ganisation was also set-
tled with the interven-
tion of Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot and the
MLAs had an upper
hand in the distribution
of the tickets.
Instead of releasing
the list of candidates in
a usual manner, the
Pradesh Congress Com-
mittee left it up to the
MLAs to inform candi-
dates from their respec-
tive constituencies.
Many MLAs faced it
tough to announce the
names as a number of
aspirants were after
them seeking tickets.
Chief whip Mahesh
Joshi and transport
minister Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas showed
courage and openly an-
nounced the tickets of
the candidates in their
constituencies Hawa
Mahal and Civil Lines
respectively. Khachari-
yawas also announced
tickets for Vidyadhar
Nagar, Sanganer, and
Malviya Nagar constit-
uencies.
The party’s extra cau-
tion in publicly an-
nouncing the tickets has
the rumour mills run-
ning. There are specula-
tions whether the party
is suspecting a setback
in the election as it did
not announce the list
evenaftertheopposition
BJP had already an-
nounced its candidates.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Congress also
faced a rebellion from its
cadres over ticket distri-
bution on Monday. The
party gave 30 percent
tickets to minorities in
JMC Heritage and the
party’s chief whip Ma-
hesh Joshi got the most
of theticketsforthecom-
munity from his Hawa
Mahal constituency.
Many minority com-
munity candidates got
tickets from Adarsh
Nagar and Kishanpole
areas also but the party
workers irked over non-
disclosure of the list to
them. Total 100 council-
ors are to be elected
from JMC Heritage and
the Mayor would be
elected by 51 councilors
as such the number of
minority community
councilors matters a lot.
But Congress fielded
only 99 candidates as no
candidate was allotted
ticket from ward 89.
Fear of rebellion
among the party cadres
forcedmanyMLAstonot
announce the ticket pub-
licly. While transport
minister Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas and
chief whipMaheshJoshi
openly announced candi-
dates from their wards,
Kishanpole MLA
Aminuddin Kagzi and
Adarsh Nagar MLA Ra-
feek Khan hid the names
till the nomination time
was over.
The leaders informed
the selected candidates
over the phone and it has
led to resentment among
the party workers who
protested against the
MLAs. From Malviya
Nagar, Congress leader
ArchanaSharmabagged
about22outof ticketsfor
her supporters even
though she faced opposi-
tion from Hitesh Advani
and Akshay Jain.
Senior party leader
RajivAroraalsoensured
his share in tickets as he
had raised his voice
alongwithsixotherlead-
ers by holding a meeting
at his residence a few
daysago.Thematterhad
reached CM Gehlot who
d to intervene. Manoj
Mudgal, a confidante of
Khachariyawas, got the
ticket and he is consid-
ered in the race for depu-
ty mayoral post.
Bhagchand Chotia lying on ground. —FILE PHOTO
RAJE, MATHUR MISSING IN CIVIC POLL
NNN
NO CONG
NOMINATION
FROM WARD 89
Chief whip Mahesh Joshi speaking to the media.
Satish Poonia speaking to media regarding municipal polls
campaign at the BJP state headquarters on Monday.
‘Do not use
Speaker’s photo
for political
purpose’
First India Bureau
Kota: The office of
Lok Sabha Speaker
Om Birla on Mon-
day asked the candi-
dates of municipal
corporation elec-
tions not to use his
name and photo for
political purposes
on banners and
hoardings.
Jeevandhar Jain,
the personal assis-
tant to the Speaker,
said that since Birla
was holding a digni-
fied constitutional
post, it was not ap-
propriate to use his
name or photo for
political purposes in
view of constitu-
tional traditions.
Keeping this in
view, the LS Speak-
er’s Office urged all
the candidates not to
use his photo or
name in political ac-
tivitiesandelections.
The Raj Chief Secy,
the State Election
Commission,andthe
District Collector
were also informed
about this and to en-
sure compliance
with the constitu-
tional system. Elec-
tions in Kota North
and Kota South mu-
nicipal corporations
would be held along
with four other cor-
porations in Jaipur
and Jodhpur.
Manoj Bhargava, son of six-time MP Late
Girdhari Lal Bhargava who remained invincible
in Jaipur, was denied a councilor’s ticket after
which he decided to contest as an independent.
He had staked a claim for a parliamentary ticket
also but was sidelined.
Manoj, who has been serving the party for
years with his father, had sought a ticket from
Ward 58 of the JMC Heritage but the party
chose former deputy mayor Manish Pareek
instead. “I am a dedicated party worker. Why the
party did not give me a ticket, only the party can
tell. But I wish that I could carry on the works
that my father had started,” he said.
Besides Bhargava, Gaurav Tiwari from ward
145 in Malviya Nagar area, Swati Parnami from
ward 149, and former councilor Sanjeev Sharma
from ward 150 also filed nomination as inde-
pendents. Some party workers dissatisfied with
ticket distribution in ward 142 of Malviya Nagar
submitted their resignations.
REBELLION IN CADRES
3216 NOMINATIONS

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2020
CoronascareinRaj:
Statereports1,960
newcases,12deaths
Health workers wearing PPE kit at a Covid-19 testing centre. —FILE PHOTO
Udaipur cops bust
armed robbery gang,
arrest all accused
First India Bureau
Udaipur: In perhaps
the biggest disclosure
of the year, the Udaipur
police have successfully
resolved the October 13
armed robbery at the
residence of So-
hanlal Kothari
in Kanod
township of
the district
in which 1.5
kg gold, 125
kg silver and
Rs 16 lakh cash
were looted. The
police have arrested the
mastermind of the loot,
Suresh Dangi along
with the Mumbai based
Madrasi gang kingpin,
Anna alias Shakti Velu.
Disclosing the modus
operandi of the gang,
district SP Kailash
Chandra Vishnoi said
that the loot was execut-
ed by 3 teams with me-
ticulous planning.
The first team consist-
ed of Chittorgarh resi-
dents Satish alias Nana
& Shanti Singh
alias Shantilal
Meena, who
did the recce
and collect-
ed all infor-
mation re-
garding the
the house. Vish-
noi said that after
the loot, police collected
evidence from FSL mo-
bile unit, dog squad
along with CCTV foot-
age, this exercise re-
vealed that a South In-
dian gang & local crimi-
nals executed the act.
Folk arts, artists need to be conserved: Guv
Kashiram Chaudhary
Jaipur: Rajasthan Gov-
ernor Kalraj Mishra on
Monday, said that every-
one should participate
in the conservation of
folk arts and promotion
of folk artists.
In a review meeting
of the West Zone Cul-
tural Centre, the Gover-
nor said that changes
should be made in the
committees of the cen-
tre and participation of
all should be ensured.
The online meeting
was attended by repre-
sentatives from Ra-
jasthan, Gujarat, Maha-
rashtra, Goa, Daman
and Diu and Dadra Na-
gar Haveli.
Governor Kalraj
Mishra heard the sug-
gestions of artists, com-
mittee members, offi-
cials associated with
the cultural centre and
said that works should
be done in coordination
at all levels for conser-
vation and development
of tribal and rural arts.
The Governor fur-
ther said that efforts
should also be made to
financially empower
artists during the Co-
rona pandemic so as to
make them self-reliant.
Mishra added saying
that efforts should be
madetobringthenorth-
eastern states closer to
their member states un-
der “Ek Bharat Shresh-
tha Bharat”, a symbol
of the unity and integ-
rity of India.
Governor also said
that there is a need to
work to bring the ex-
tinct local folk arts,
tribal arts to the main-
stream.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The good news
on the COVID-19 front
continues on the third
consecutive day. The
state again reported be-
low 2,000 new Corona
cases, and even record-
ed less deaths than usu-
al. Besides this, the
number of active cases
in the state has also
gone below the 21,000
mark, according to a
health bulletin released
by the department of
health in the state.
Although Jaipur and
Jodhpur continue to be
the ‘cause of concern’
for the health officials
through reporting 300+
new Covid cases daily,
yet the recovery rate is
also encouraging.
The state reported
1,960 new cases in the
past 24 hours along with
12 deaths and the num-
ber of active cases went
down to 20,983 with
2,194 patients being re-
covered on Monday.
Jaipur reported maxi-
mum 391 new cases, fol-
lowed by 309 from Jodh-
pur, 213 from Alwar, 137
from Bharatpur, 92 from
Nagaur, 90 from Ajmer,
85 from Bikaner, 82 from
Churu, 76 from Kota, 73
fromJhunjhunu,60from
Udaipur, 58 from Pali, 46
from Ganganagar, 45
fromJalore,30eachfrom
Bhilwara & Hanuman-
garh, 23 from Sikar, 21
from Barmer, 20 from
Dausa,15fromJhalawar,
14 from Chittorgarh, 13
fromBundi,12fromJais-
almer, 11 from Tonk, 10
from Baran, 8 from Rajs-
amand, 7 from Ban-
swara, 5 from Karauli
and 4 from Dholpur.
Two deaths were re-
ported from Jaipur
while one death each
was reported from
Ajmer, Bharatpur, Bi-
kaner, Dausa, Dholpur,
Jaisalmer, Jhunjhunu,
Jodhpur & Udaipur.
The number of total in-
fected stands at 1,75,226,
while the death toll has
reached the 1,760 mark.
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strife, and a whisperer
separates close friends.
—Proverbs 16:28
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you asked it what new mov-
ies have good reviews, or to
recommend a cool restau-
rantinyourneighbourhood.
Artificial intelligence
and virtual assistants are
constantly being refined,
andmaysoonbemakingap-
pointmentsforyou,offering
medical advice, or trying to
sell you a bottle of wine.
Although AI technology
has miles to go to develop
social skills on par with
ours, some AI has shown
impressivelanguageunder-
standing and can complete
relatively complex interac-
tive tasks.
In several 2018 demon-
strations, Google’s AI made
haircut and restaurant res-
ervations without recep-
tionists realising they were
talking with a non-human.
It’s likely the AI capa-
bilities developed by tech
giants such as Amazon and
Google will only grow
more capable of influenc-
ing us in the future.
BUT WHAT DO WE
ACTUALLY FIND
PERSUASIVE?
My colleague Adam Duh-
achek and I found AI mes-
sages are more persuasive
when they highlight “how”
an action should be per-
formed, rather than “why”.
For example, people were
more willing to put on sun-
screen when an AI ex-
plained how to apply sun-
screen before going out,
rather than why they
should use sunscreen.
We found people gener-
allydon’tbelieveamachine
can understand human
goals and desires. Take
Google’s AlphaGo, an algo-
rithm designed to play the
board game Go. Few people
would say the algorithm
can understand why play-
ing Go is fun, or why it’s
meaningful to become a Go
champion. Rather, it just
follows a pre-programmed
algorithm telling it how to
move on the game board.
Our research suggests
people find AI’s recommen-
dations more persuasive in
situations where AI shows
easy steps on how to build
personalised health insur-
ance, how to avoid a lemon
car, or how to choose the
right tennis racket for you,
rather than why any of
these are important to do
in a human sense.
DOES AI HAVE
FREE WILL?
Most of us believe humans
have free will. We compli-
ment someone who helps
others because we think
they do it freely, and we pe-
nalise those who harm oth-
ers. What’s more, we are
willing to lessen the crimi-
nal penalty if the person
was deprived of free will,
for instance, if they were
in the grip of a schizo-
phrenic delusion.
But do people think AI
has free will? We did an ex-
periment to find out.
The fact people could ac-
cept unfair offers from AI
concerns me, because it
might mean this phenome-
non could be used mali-
ciously.Forexample,amort-
gage loan company might
try to charge unfairly high-
interestratesbyframingthe
decision as being calculated
byanalgorithm.Oramanu-
facturing company might
manipulateworkersintoac-
ceptingunfairwagesbysay-
ing it was a decision made
by a computer.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
HOW AI CAN AFFECT OUR DECISIONS
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plish more without severe
stress. Setting realistic goals
contributes to stability.
Modestly acknowledging
that we cannot accomplish eve-
rything ourselves, keeps one
from being opinionated, and
shows the balance on our part.
Learning the balance will help
us not to push ourselves be-
yond our limits but budget our
energies.
Our body does not have flash-
ing red lights and alarms that
tell us to stop or slow down. But
it does give us warning signals,
like tiredness or mood changes,
and a tendency to get infected
by viruses. If one has these
symptoms, it is time to re-ex-
amine one’s lifestyle and re-
serve some personal time for
oneself.
Everybody everywhere
seems to be busy. They find it
hard to meet the demands of
both, their work life and their
home life. When we constantly
try to do more than what time
may allow, we become stressed
and victims of ‘time pressure.’
Continuous overexertion leads
to exhaustion and undermines
our determination to carry on.
A balanced person establish-
es a practical schedule for all
activities. A frantic pace may
set records but cannot be main-
tained for long. Moving ahead
steadily in a routine protects
us from losing control. Reason-
ableness would require that we
take care of our health, with
enough sleep and exercise.
An enquiring mind makes us
eager to find out about things.
We are driven to explore the
world around us. Like many
other things in life, curiosity
can be a blessing or a curse, if
properly directed, it can un-
cover gems of knowledge.
Unbalanced thinking can
make one arrogant thus dam-
aging relationships with oth-
ers. A distorted view of self-
importance will prevent us
from having a fair and accurate
perspective of people and
events. Not taking ourselves
too seriously, allows for recon-
ciliation and mutual respect.
Like spices in appetizing
food, vacations achieve the best
results when used sparingly.
Extreme indulgence in work
and entertainment can leave us
dissatisfied. People, in their
normal lives, have jobs and
routines to diffuse emotions.
Vacations can be a pleasant ex-
perience only when the inter-
ests of everyone are balanced
out.
Hobbies prevent boredom
during leisure time and help to
develop skills. By determining
how much spare time can be
“hobby time”, we can handle
family responsibilities effec-
tively. All family members can
cooperate and support each
other.
Many of us are prone to ex-
tremes. Following the middle
course, helps us to achieve
more. Carrying out our duties
diligently helps us to gain expe-
rience and acquire skills that
may be useful in other areas of
life. Many mature persons ac-
cept that it took them time to
achieve balance in fulfilling
their responsibilities in an out-
standing way. They became an
asset to their organisation and
an example for everyone. Their
impression can be profound
and long-lasting.
Having much to do does not
mean that we cannot be happy.
The busiest people are amongst
the happiest if they are reason-
able, maintain a fine outlook,
and use good judgment to re-
main well-balanced.
To sum up, being organized,
having realistic goals, a practi-
cal schedule with quality “me
time”, and following modera-
tion in everything, are step-
ping stones towards leading a
balanced life.
Living life in a balanced way
is good for our mental, physi-
cal, and emotional health. It
would be wise to ask ourselves,
‘what do I want out of life?’
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
CAN BALANCED
LIFE BE ACHIEVED?
I
Balance means
a state in which
no one part,
factor, or
influence
overweighs
another or is out
of proportion to
the other. It is a
state of mental
and emotional
steadiness and
calm behaviour.
A balanced
person strives to
be orderly and
systematic in
daily activities.
Such a person
plans ahead
and shows
self-control in
all areas
REKHA
KUMAR
LIKE SPICES IN
APPETIZING FOOD,
VACATIONS ACHIEVE
THE BEST RESULTS
WHEN USED SPARINGLY.
EXTREME INDULGENCE
IN WORK AND
ENTERTAINMENT CAN
LEAVE US DISSATISFIED
The writer is a personal development
trainer working with corporate sector
and government departments
AUSTRALIATO JOIN
QUAD EXERCISE
iven China’s intransigence on resolving
the LAC issue and President Xi Jinping’s
asking the People’s Liberation Army to
be prepared for war, it became impera-
tiveforIndiatodemonstrateitsstrengths
and preparedness on all fronts. It is in this context
that the Malabar Exercise of Quad navies has to be
viewed. India, which was initially reluctant to in-
vite Australia to the Malabar Exercise for fear of
annoying Beijing, has thumbed its nose at the ex-
pansionist Communist giant. At the second minis-
terial-level Quadrilateral Security Dialogue held
in Tokyo recently the member countries - India, US,
Japan, and Australia - it was decided that navies of
all the four nations will take part in the Malabar
Exercise. The Malabar Exercise was earlier
planned to be bilateral between India and the US.
China’s hackles were raised when India invited
Japan to take part in the naval exercises. Reacting
sharply to the move, China said that it was hopeful
that Tokyo will not “provoke confrontation and
heighten tensions” in the region. By inviting To-
kyo, India took the naval exercise to a trilateral
level. India was hesitant to invite Australia to join
the important naval exercise because of its eco-
nomic relations with China. Canberra, which had
earlier wanted Quad to be focused on trade and
culture, described the Malabar Exercise 2020 as “a
milestone”. Australia’s Minister for Defence Lin-
da Reynolds even said that the “high-end military
exercises like Malabar Exercise are key to enhanc-
ing Australia’s maritime capabilities…”
G
IN-DEPTH
MISOGYNY IS NOT
CONFINEDTO CONG
isogynist remarks by politicians do not
shock top leaders of any party anymore.
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
KamalNath’sderogatoryremarkagainst
Imarti Devi, a Bharatiya Janata Party
leader, should be unequivocally condemned and the
party is justified in attacking the Congress. On its
part, Congress needs to chastise its senior leader
for the remark and warn others against disrespect-
ing women. But BJP’s Jyotiraditya Scindia, Smriti
Irani, and other leaders certainly can’t take high
moral ground on the issue. Before sermonizing the
Congress, these leaders would do well to recall
Kailash Vijayvargeey’s “chocolatey face” remark
against Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. They should also
recall the highly objectionable and casteist remark
which Daya Shankar Singh, its leader in UP, made
against Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati. The
party did expel Daya Shankar but only until the
elections. After the elections, he was made a vice-
president in the state unit.
At a rally in Meerut BJP’s Jayakaran Gupta re-
ferred to Priyanka Gandhi as “skirt waali bai has
now started wearing sari and visiting temples,
those who hate Ganga jal are now visiting the Gan-
ga”. He got away by saying that the remark was not
intended against anyone in particular.
Samajwadi Party’s Azam Khan’s remark against
actress Jaya Prada besides being sexist was the
cheapest of them all. He said it took him only 17
days to recognize that she wears khaki underwear.
Over the years sexist remarks have become part
of politicians’ lexicon. Criticism of one political
party by another is only a political gimmick. Poli-
ticians’ tongues can’t be leashed.
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INDIAJAIPUR | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2020
TejashwisympathiseswithChirag
NITISH’S BEHAVIOUR UNFAIR TOWARDS PASWAN
Patna: Mahagathband-
han’s chief ministerial
candidate Tejashwi Ya-
davexpressed sympathy
towards LJP president
Chirag Paswan and said
that Bihar CM Nitish
Kumar’s behaviour has
been unfair towards
Paswan when he needed
his father the most.
“What Nitish Kumar Ji
did with Chirag Paswan
is not good. Chirag Pas-
wan needs his father to-
day more than ever be-
fore but Ram Vilas Pas-
wan Ji is not among us
and we are sad about it.
Nitish Kumar did injus-
tice with Chirag Pas-
wan, his behaviour is
unfair,” Tejashwi said.
Yadav scion also
threw a challenge to Ni-
tish Kumar for a debate
on any achievement by
the JD(U) government
in the past 15 years.
“I would request Nit-
ish Kumar to debate on
anyof hisachievements
in past 15 years. We can
debate on his achieve-
ment and we should
start a new debating
trend. There should be a
Chief Minister candi-
dates’ debate. Nitish Ji
should accept my chal-
lenge,” he added.
Tejashwi spoke about
feedback from his ral-
lies, “People are angry
with incumbent govt &
we will be voted to pow-
er comfortably. Many
people are coming to my
rally.” —ANI
Bodh Gaya: In an effort
to reach out to the maxi-
mum possible people
amid ongoing COVID-19
pandemic, (BJP)willtel-
ecast Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s elec-
tion rallies digitally in
Bihar.
Devendra Fadnavis,
former Maharashtra
Chief Minister and Bi-
har Assembly election
in-charge leading a
strategy meet in Bodh
Gaya on Sunday, said
that Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s rally
will be telecast through
a digital medium in the
view of COVID-19 pan-
demic. —ANI
BJP to telecast PM Modi’s
election rallies digitally
Even single vote to JD(U) can spoil
future of Bihar: Chirag targets Nitish
Patna: Lok Janshakti
Party (LJP) President
Chirag Paswan said
that even a single vote
fortheJanataDal(Unit-
ed) can spoil the future
of the entire state.
Criticising Bihar
Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar, the LJP leader
further said, “We can
actually imagine the
upcoming five years by
looking at the Nitish
Kumar’s tenure of the
last five years.
We have to take ur-
gent measures to bring
Bihar out of this state
of helplessness. —ANI
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Monday highlighted
that the Central govern-
ment has established a
number of higher edu-
cation institutes, in-
cluding IITs, IIMS, IIITs
and AIIMS across the
country.
“A total of seven new
IIMs have been estab-
lished in the last five to
six years. Before this,
there were only 13 IIMs
in the country. Similar-
ly, for seven decades
only seven All India In-
stitute Of Medical Sci-
ence (AIIMS) were serv-
ing the country. After
the year 2014, more than
double i,e, 15 AIIMS
have been established
in the country or are in
the process of start-
ing,” the Prime Minis-
ter said, while virtually
addressing the cente-
nary convocation of the
University of Mysore.
He said that there were
16 Indian Institutes of
Technology (IITs) in the
country till 2014, even
after so many years of
independence.
“In the last 6 years,
on average, a new IIT
has been opened every
year. One of these is
also open in Dharwad,
Karnataka. As of 2014,
there were 9 IIITs in In-
dia. In the subsequent 5
years, 16 Indian Insti-
tutes of Information
Technology (IIITs) have
been established. A lot
of focus has been put
into the development of
infrastructure.” —ANI
‘Several IIMs, IITs & other
institutes opened in last few yrs’
KAMAL NATH’S ‘ITEM’ REMARK
CM Chouhan, Mishra,
Scindia, observe silent protest
Bhopal/Indore: Mad-
hyaPradeshCMShivraj
Singh Chouhan and
Home Minister Narot-
tam Mishra are observ-
ing a two-hour silent
protest in Bhopal
against former CM Ka-
mal Nath’s alleged re-
marks, referring to BJP
leader Imarti Devi as an
“item”.
Another BJP leader,
Jyotiraditya Scindia, is
leading a silent protest
in Indore, where sever-
al ministers of the state,
are also present. Chou-
han had expressed his
objections over choice
of words by Congress
leaders for a “daughter
who served Congress
for so long”. “It is an in-
sult not only to Imarti
Devi, but also to MP’s
daughters. Kamal Nath
is using objectionable
words for a daughter
who served Congress
for so long. It is a coun-
try where Mahabharat
took place when Drau-
padi was disrespected.
People won’t tolerate it.
Shame on him.” —ANI
Srinagar: The En-
forcement Directorate
on Monday, questioned
National Conference
(NC) president and for-
mer Chief Minister of
Jammu and Kashmir
Farooq Abdullah in Sri-
nagar in connection
with his alleged in-
volvement in the J-K
Cricket Association
scam.
The questioning is in
connection with alleged
misappropriation of Rs
43 crores when Farooq
Abdullah was the chair-
man of Jammu and
Kashmir Cricket Asso-
ciation.
Omar Abdullah, son
of Farooq Abdullah
said that the National
Conference (NC) will be
responding to ED sum-
mons.
“The party will be re-
sponding to this ED
summons shortly. This
is nothing less than po-
litical vendetta com-
ing days after the for-
mation of the People’s
Alliance for Gupkar
Declaration. To set the
record straight no
raids are being con-
ducted at Dr Sahib’s
residence,” tweeted
Omar Abdullah.
On October 15, Fa-
rooq Abdullah con-
vened an all-party meet-
ing at his home to chalk
out future course of ac-
tion on “Gupkar Decla-
ration” with regard to
the special status of
J&K which was revoked
by the Centre last
year.—ANI
ED questions Farooq in JKCricket Assn scam
Shivraj Chouhan along with senior BJP leaders, sits on a silent
protest against Kamal Nath’s remarks, in Bhopal on Monday.
Tejashwi Yadav

INDIAJAIPUR | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2020
CAA to...
work has started and
rules are now being
framed. It (CAA) will be
implemented very soon.
Nadda added.
He exuded confi-
dence that the BJP will
form the next govern-
ment in West Bengal
after the state assembly
polls in 2021 as the peo-
ple of the state are fed
up with the violence
and cut-money culture
of the TMC govern-
ment.
Nadda, who is on a
day-long visit to take
stock of organisational
matters ahead of 2021
assembly elections,
held separate meetings
with BJP leaders of
north Bengal region
and social and religious
groups.
Issue summons...
which owns Republic
TV, and Goswami seek-
ing to quash the FIR
lodged on October 6.
The petition has also
sought a direction to
transfer the case to CBI
to ensure a fair and
transparent probe and
also on the ground that
the case will have pan-
India repercussions.
The plea said the HC
should stay the investi-
gation and restrain po-
lice from taking any
coercive action against
the petitioners pending
hearing of their peti-
tion.
Appearing for the pe-
titioners, senior coun-
sel Harish Salve sought
the court to grant Gos-
wami protection from
arrest.
“The police have
been targeting Goswa-
mi and there is appre-
hension that he may be
arrested,” Salve said.
Senior counsel Ka-
pil Sibal, appearing
for Maharashtra gov-
ernment and police,
said since Goswami
has not been named as
accused in the case as
of now.
Sibal said till now
police have issued
summons to eight
persons in connec-
tion with the TRP
case and questioned
them. —PTI
Chinese soldier...
The soldier, the Indian
Army said, “has been
provided medical assis-
tance including oxygen,
food and warm clothes
to protect him from the
vagaries of extreme al-
titude and harsh climat-
ic conditions”.
—Agencies
Central govt...
will go under RBI,
which is an encroach-
ment on the principle
of co-operatives. Under
amended provisions,
the principle of “one
member-one vote” does
not hold any longer. The
previous structure and
provisions must be re-
stored in the interest of
cooperatives.”
FROM PG 1
POSTING OF 1988 BATCH IAS
OFFICERS THIS MONTH END ?
Posting of a couple of 1988 batch IAS officers as
Secretary in the Government of India is expected
October end. Half a dozen Empanelled IAS officers
of this batch in the GoI are currently waiting in the
wings for posting.
WILL BARUA BE NEW CHIEF
SECRETARY OF ASSAM ?
Jishnu Barua is likely to be appointed new Chief
Secretary of Assam. He is 1988 batch IAS officer.
TWO INDIAN POSTAL SERVICE
OFFICERS QUIT TO JOIN IAS
Two officers of Indian Postal Service, Katta Ravi Teja
and Abhinav Kumar Singh, have resigned from the
service after their selection in Indian Administrative
Service (IAS).
VIGILANCE COMMISSIONER TO
RETIRE THIS MONTH
Vigilance Commissioner in the CVC Sharat Kumar is
retiring on October 28. He is 1979 batch IPS officer
of Haryana cadre.
TENURE OF AJAY KUMAR BHALLA
AS HOME SECRETARY EXTENDED
The tenure of Ajay Kumar Bhalla as Home Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has been extended
from November 30, 2020 to August 22, 2021. He is
a 1984 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
DR. TIWARI LIKELY TO RETURN TO
PARENT CADRE
Dr. Brahma Deo Ram Tiwari, serving with the
Uttar Pradesh Government on inter cadre deputa-
tion (ICD), is expected to return to parent cadre in
November this year. He is a 2006 batch IAS officer
of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
TWO MORE ITS OFFICERS GET
EXTENSION
DoT has given extension to two more ITS officers
who are on deutation to different departments.
Accordingly, Anshuman Gupta to continue as DD,
AIIMs, Rishikesh till Oct 5, 2022 while Rajev Sharma
has been given extension till Oct 9 next year. He is
presently Dy Secretary in the MEA.
D S DHESI APPOINTED AS CHIEF
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO CM,
HARYANA
Former Haryana Chief Secretary D S Dhesi, has
been appointed as Chief Principal Secretary to Chief
Minister, Haryana, against a newly created post. He
is a former 1982 batch IAS officer.
PRAVEEN ADHITHYA APPOINTED
PROJECT OFFICER, ITDA
Praveen Adhithya has been appointed as Project Of-
ficer, Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA),
Rampachodavaram, Andhra Pradesh. He is an IAS
officer of 2017 batch.
ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR 3 IFS
OFFICERS IN MOEF & CC
Three IFS officers of the Ministry of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) have been
handed over additional charge. Accordingly, Pankaj
Asthana, IGF (NAEB), was given additional charge
of CEO, National Authority, CAMPA, while Ms Bharti,
IGF (SU/IFS), will hold additional charge of IGF (FC)
and MS VL Roul Kullai, DIGF (FP) of DIGF (RT).
MS NIRUPMA CHADHA PROMOTED
TO CHIEF ARCHITECT GRADE IN
CPWD
Ms Nirupma Chadha has been promoted to the
grade of Chief Architect in the Central Public Works
Department.
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‘Centre & state are making efforts to provide relief’
New Delhi: PM Naren-
dra Modi on Monday
expressed his sympa-
thies to flood-affected
families in Karnataka
and assured that Cen-
tral government and
state government are
making efforts to pro-
vide relief.
“There might be re-
strictions due to COV-
ID-19 but enthusiasm
for celebration (of the
festival) is still the
same. Heavy rains have
dampened the spirit of
festivities. I express my
sympathies to affected
families. Centre and
state are making ef-
forts to provide relief,”
PM said. Several parts
of Karnataka have
been severely affected
by incessant rain in the
last week. As per the
Karnataka Disaster
Management Authori-
ty, a total of 20,269 peo-
ple, including 15,078 in
badly hit Kalaburgi,
have been evacuated so
far by the personnel of
the Army, the NDRF
and the SDRF besides
local police and district
authorities.—ANI
PM Modi lauds Mysore Varsity for
its rich edu & future aspirations
New Delhi: Ad-
dressing the cente-
nary convocation of
the University of
Mysore on Monday,
PM asserted that the
institution was an
amalgamation of
the rich education
system of ancient
India and the aspira-
tions of the future.
Addressing the stu-
dents, PM Modi
said, “Now you are
moving from a for-
mal university cam-
pus to big campus of
real life. This will be
such a campus
where, along with
degree, your appli-
cability of knowl-
edge that you have
acquired will work,”
he added. —ANI
India invites Australia to
join Malabar naval exercises
India’s covid
tally breaches
75 lakh mark
New Delhi: Corona-
virus cases in India
crossed75-lakhmark
on Monday as new
cases dropped below
60,000 for the second
time this month. In
the last 24 hours, In-
dia recorded 55,722
new COVID-19 cases
and 579 new deaths
as per the Ministry
of Health data.
Thereare7,72,055ac-
tivecases,recoveries
have surged to
66,63,608 and case fa-
tality rate due COV-
ID-19 stands at 1.52
per cent.
New Delhi: In a signifi-
cant move that comes
amid a Sino-India bor-
der row, India on Mon-
day announced Austral-
ia’s participation in the
upcoming Malabar ex-
ercise along with the US
and Japan, effectively
making it the first mili-
tary-level engagement
between the four mem-
ber nations grouping
the Quad.
The invitation by In-
dia to the Australian
Navy for the exercise
next month came two
weeks after the foreign
ministers of the Quad
held extensive talks in
Tokyo with a focus on
enhancing their coop-
eration in the Indo-Pa-
cific, a region that has
been witnessing in-
creasing Chinese mili-
tary assertiveness.
It also said the par-
ticipants of the exercise
collectively support
free, open and inclusive
Indo-Pacific, remarks
which reflecteda subtle
change in India’s ap-
proach towards the drill
as well as larger mes-
saging. The exercise is
expected to be held in
the Bay of Bengal and
the Arabian Sea.
Australian Defence
Minister Linda Reyn-
olds CSC termed the
participation of her
country as a “milestone
opportunity” and said it
will showcase the “deep
trust” between 4 major
Indo-Pacific democra-
cies, their will to work
together on common se-
curity interests.
By Feb, 50% of Indians may
have had coronavirus: Panel
New Delhi: At least
half of India’s 1.3 bil-
lion people are likely to
have been infected with
the new coronavirus by
next February, helping
slow the spread of the
disease, a member of a
federal government
committee tasked with
providing projections
said on Monday.
India has so far re-
ported 7.55 million cas-
es of the coronavirus
and is second only to
the United States in
terms of total infec-
tions.
But Covid-19 infec-
tions are decreasing in
India after a peak in
mid-September, with
61,390 new cases report-
ed on average each day,
according to a Reuters
tally. “Our mathemati-
cal model estimates
that around 30% of the
population is currently
infected and it could go
up to 50% by February,”
Manindra Agrawal, a
professor at the IIT in
Kanpur and a commit-
tee member, said.
The committee
warned that their pro-
jections would not hold
up if precautions were
not followed, and cases
could spike by up to 2.6
million infections in a
single month.
Twitter team calls
‘technical issue’
on showing J&K
as Chinese area
New Delhi: Microblog-
ging site Twitter on
Monday called it ‘techni-
calissue’,saidthatteams
have worked swiftly to
investigate and resolve
geotag issue, a day after
it landed in a controver-
sy as the location tag in
live broadcast showed
J&K as a part of China.
Themicrobloggingsite’s
lapse was brought to at-
tention by a national se-
curity analyst, Nitin
Gokhale, who went live
from Leh’s popular war
memorial,Hallof Fame.
“Twitter folks, I just did
a live from Hall of Fame,
guess what it is saying
J&K, People’s Republic
of China! Are you guys
nuts?,”Gokhalesaidina
tweet.—ANI
Equity benchmarks
makes a winning
start to the week
Mumbai:Equitybench-
marks made a winning
start to the week on
Monday as banking and
financial counters saw
robust buying amid
largely positive cues
from global markets.
The 30-share BSE
Sensex ended 448.62
points or 1.12 per cent
higher at 40,431.60. The
broader NSE Nifty
surged 110.60 points or
0.94 per cent to finish at
11,873.05.
ICICI Bank was the
top gainer in the Sensex
pack, jumping 5.33 per
cent, followed by Axis
Bank, Nestle India, SBI,
HDFC, IndusInd Bank,
ONGC and Kotak Bank.
On the other hand,
Bajaj Auto, TCS, M&M,
Bharti Airtel and Maru-
ti were among the lag-
gards, shedding up to
2.12 per cent.
In the Sensex pack, 23
constituents logged
gainswhilesevenclosed
in the red. The domestic
market opened on a pos-
itive note tracking
largely positive cues
from global markets,
traders said.—PTI
QUAD SNUB TO CHINA
A file photo of the Malabar Exercise in 2015.
Centre open to option of another
stimulus package: Sitharaman
New Delhi: Union Fi-
nance Minister Nir-
mala Sitharaman on
Monday said that the
Centre has not closed
the option for another
stimulus package and
has started doing
‘some kind of’ assess-
ment on gross domes-
tic product contrac-
tion.
Speaking at the
launch of a book by
NK Singh, Chairper-
son of the 15th Fi-
nance Commission,
the Finance Minister
said, “We have not
closed the option for
another stimulus
package. We have now
started doing some
kind of assessment on
GDP contraction. We
will have to come up
with the assessment,
whether in parlia-
ment or in public.”
Earlier today, Sithara-
man held a VC with
Secretaries of Minis-
try of Petroleum and
Natural Gas, and Min-
istry of Coal, along
with the chairman
and managing direc-
tors of 14 central pub-
lic sector enterprises
belonging to these
Ministries, to review
the capital expendi-
ture in this financial
year. “The meeting is
to accelerate the eco-
nomic growth in the
background of COV-
ID-19 pandemic,” she
added.—ANI
TO MONITOR
Nirmala Sitharaman
PM Narendra Modi greets as he addresses during the convocation
of Mysore University via VC on Monday. — PHOTO BY ANI
Don’t arrest M Sivasankar till
Oct 23, Kerala HC tells Customs
Kochi: The Kerala High
Court has ordered the
Customs Department
not to arrest the former
Principal Secretary to
Kerala Chief Minister,
M Sivasankar, till Octo-
ber 23, on the day when
it will consider his an-
ticipatory bail applica-
tions in cases registered
by the Customs as well
as by the ED.
JusticeAshokMenon,
who heard the plea, also
directed the Customs to
file a counter affidavit
in this case before Octo-
ber 23. Senior Advocate
P Vijayabhanu, who ap-
peared for the former
PrincipalSecretary,sub-
mitted that “He is will-
ing to appear before any
investigating authority
and has also done so in
the past. 600 hours of
travelling for the pur-
pose of investigation
has taken a toll on the
health of M Sivasankar
(IAS). Every attempt is
being made to over-
reach the order passed
by the court in the ED
case. IAS officer being
prosecuted like a com-
mon criminal.”
Counsel who ap-
peared for the Customs,
opposed this plea and
sought time to get in-
structions in the matter.
“He (Sivasankar) is
playing politics, he is
now contradicting
Chief Minister’s state-
ment, as stated by him,”
the Counsel said. —ANI
Kerala HC rejects
state govt’s plea
against airport lease
to Adani group
Thiruvananthapuram:
The Kerala HC on
Monday rejected state
government’s plea
questioning Centre’s
decision to lease out
Thiruvananthapuram
international airport
to the Adani Ent.
While rejecting plea
of state govt and five
others, the court said it
did not want to inter-
fere with what it called
a policy decision of
Centre. —ANI

Jodhpur: Confedera-
tion of Indian Industry
(CII) organised a Vir-
tual Conference on ‘Wa-
ter: Role of Technology
Towards Smart Farm-
ing’ on Monday as part
of CII India Interna-
tional Food & Agri
Week 2020.
Jal Shakti Minister
Gajendra Singh Shek-
hawat said that water
security could be
achieved by participa-
tory water manage-
ment. It is necessary to
work fast on demand-
side management, he
added. Smart farming
and use of technology
in irrigation should
improve productivity
in agriculture. Drip ir-
rigation will save 50
per cent water in the
country.
Haryana is a good ex-
ample of crop diversifi-
cation and it is a big
achievement said Shri
Shekhawat. He aslo
said that we should
work towards food pro-
duction for global
needs and help farmers
to achieve good prices
for their produce to
booth income from ag-
riculture.
Dr Alka Bhargava,
Additional Secretary -
Agriculture empha-
sised that we should
encourage use of mi-
cro-irrigation for wa-
ter-guzzling crops. The
nexus between water,
food and energy is
gradually becoming
important. We should
focus on the intercrop-
ping and integrated
farming system, Dr
Bhargava said.
Ranganath N Krish-
na, Conference Chair-
man, and Water Am-
bassador, Grundfos
Pumps India Private
Limited remarked that
India’s water woes will
disappear if we save at
least 10 percent of the
water used in agricul-
ture. There is a need for
implementation of
technology, for which
quality and affordabil-
ity of technology, bet-
ter governance, ena-
bling policies for sus-
tainable development
need to be considered.
Nikhil Sawhney,
Chairman, CII North-
ern Region, and Vice
Chairman & Managing
Director, Triveni Tur-
bines Limited men-
tioned that technology
like drip irrigation can
play a major role in di-
minishing use of water
in the agricultural
space. There is a need
to overhaul, review and
reassess the way in
which water is used.
Farmers should be in-
centivised in the sense
that they must be given
water rights which
should be tradable,
Sawhney said.
‘Centre working to
make agri profitable’
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: In a major
boost for the sports fa-
cilities in the state, two
multipurpose in-
door stadiums
of interna-
tional stand-
ards have been
constructed in
Pratapgarh and Ban-
swara with an invest-
ment of Rs 5 crore each.
Currently, they are be-
ing given final touches
before the formal dedi-
cation to the people.
Sharing the informa-
tion ACS (TAD) Rajesh-
war Singh on Monday
said that the depart-
ment is currently oper-
ating 13 sports hostels
in the scheduled areas
out of 875 boys and girls
are under train-
ing. These sports stadi-
ums admit tribal stu-
dents from class 6 to 12
from across the state.
The selection of the eli-
gible candidates is done
through a special bat-
tery test (analysis of
complete body and
sports skills).
But due to the ongoing
corona crisis, the bat-
tery test could not be
conducted during the
current year and there-
fore the candidates are
being admitted directly
on the basis of their
sports certificates, in-
formed Singh.
He further said that the
sports hostels are situ-
ated in Lodha, Talvara
and Ghatol in Ban-
swara, Kherwara,
Sardarpura, Madhuban
and Khelgaon in
Udaipur, Teejvad and
Punali in Dungarpur,
Abu Road and Saantpur
in Sirohi and at the dis-
trict headquarters of
Pratapgarh district.
Athletes’ delight: 2 multipurpose indoor
stadiums ready in Pratapgarh,Banswara
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur. The Asiat-
ic Cheetah was declared
extinct in India in 1952.
According to reports,
the last Indian cheetah
died around 1948.
In India, cheetahs
brought in from abroad
have been kept in zoos.
Cheetahs became ex-
tinct due to various rea-
sons like hunting, de-
struction of habitat and
human intervention.
Experts say that for
cheetahs to survive, a
large area of grassland
and a prey base are re-
quired. The Supreme
Court ealier this year
had directed the Nation-
al Tiger Conservation
Authority to introduce
African cheetahs into
the Indian habitats.
Experts have identi-
fied Shahragh in Ra-
jasthan, Palpur Kuno
and Noradehi in Mad-
hya Pradesh and some
parts of Gujarat where
cheetahs from Namibia
and South Africa can
survive.
Will Cheetahs
return to their
original habitat?
ROYAL BUTTLER CONSUMES CSK!
Rajasthan Royals’ Ben Stokes appeals for a wicket. Guided by Jos Buttler (70 of 48), RR defeat Chennai Super Kings by 7
wickets in IPL-2020 in Abu Dhabi on Monday. Earlier, decision by CSK to bat first backfired as the team could only manage a
paltry 125/5 after 20 overs. Ravindra Jadeja finished the innings unbeaten on 35 from 30 deliveries. —PHOTO BY PTI
ON A HIGH: AVIATION AT JAIPUR
PUMPED UP IN FESTIVE SEASON
l The flight operations
got hit majorly and were
suspended with the start
of lockdown in March and
restarted from May 25.
l Now, with the arrival of
festive season, the number
of flights has picked up.
l Since lockdown, it is
the first occasion when
the passenger load
has witnessed sizeable
increase.
l In the month of
September, an average of 26
flights was operated from
Jaipur Airport daily which
has increased to 28 now.
l The average number of
passengers has also gone
up from 4,350 in September
to 4,850 in October.
l A total of 382 flights were
operated from Jaipur Airport
last week, with a total of
33,933 passengers traveling
in these flights.
REVIVAL HOPE
l Since the tourism
season in the state has
started and the footfall of
tourists is also increasing,
the stakeholders of the
civil aviation industry are
hoping for a revival of the
business.
l Apart from this, the
season of Navratri and
Diwali are also set to
increase the number of
passengers taking flights
to different destinations.
Maximum number of
passengers are travelling
to Mumbai and Kolkata
and an average of 5-5
flights are operating daily for both the cities.
Apart from this, 4 to 5 flights are also operating
for Bangalore, Delhi and Hyderabad. Mumbai and
Bangalore flights have a higher passenger load.
The lowest flight in major cities is for Chennai,
where only 1 flight is operating.
AVERAGE FLIGHTS
WINTER SCHEDULE
THE WINTER SCHEDULE OF FLIGHTS
WILL BE APPLICABLE AT JAIPUR AIRPORT
FROM OCTOBER 26 WITH FOUR TO
SIX NEW FLIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO
START OPERATIONS
FESTIVAL SEASON HAS BROUGHT
RELIEF TO AIRLINES AS PASSENGER
LOAD AT JAIPUR AIRPORT HAS
INCREASED DURING PAST ONE
WEEK AND LIKELY TO INCREASE
FURTHER IN COMING DAYS,
WRITES KASHIRAM CHAUDHARY
Experts have identified various locations in
Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and
Gujarat where cheetahs from Namibia
and South Africa can survive
Mumbai, Kolkata
5-5 flights daily
Bangalore and Delhi
4 to 5 flights daily
Hyderabad
4 flights daily
Pune, Ahmedabad
2-2 flights daily
Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat
z The Centre for
Cellular and Molecu-
lar Biology had even
initiated a project to
clone Indian cheetah,
but in vain.
z Around 7,000
cheetahs are now left
in the wild, mostly in
Africa. Being the mild-
est of the wild cats,
cheetahs need special
attention and care.
z The name cheetah
originated from the
Hindi word Chitti
which means spots
but ironically India
lost them all to human
greed. With British
ruling the major part
of the globe, the name
cheetah spread across
during colonial period.
FLASHBACK
NEWSJAIPUR | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2020
Jalore Horror: Minor cousins gang-raped, 1 arrested, 3 detained
First India Bureau
Jalore: The police ar-
rested a man and de-
tained three on charg-
es of raping two minor
girls in Bhinmal police
station area of Jalore
district. Four persons
allegedly raped the vic-
tims, aged 14 and 17, on
Saturday night and a
case in this regard was
filed on Sunday.
Taking cognisance
of the incident, Ra-
jasthan State Commis-
sion for Protection of
Child Rights (RSPCCR)
chairperson Sangeeta
Beniwal on Monday
met the victims and
their family members
and sought an action
taken report from the
police.
“I have asked the po-
lice officials to take
quick action and ar-
rest the accused. The
district administra-
tion has also been
asked to provide legal
aid to the victims’ fam-
ily members under the
State Victim Compen-
sation Scheme,” said
Beniwal. The commis-
sion is with the family
members and would
provide all support
they needed, she told
the media.
The two minors, who
are cousins, were ab-
ducted from their
home on Sunday
around 1 am by four
men, said a police offi-
cial. He said the ac-
cused gang-raped the
victims in the hills
near Rajpura.
The police said there
are contradictions in
the victims’ and their
family members’ state-
ments and the same
were being verified.
As the parents found
the girls missing, they
started searching for
them in nearby areas
and lodged a police
complaint. The vic-
tims were later found
in the hills from where
they were taken to a
hospital.
A first information
report (FIR) was
lodged against the ac-
cused under relevant
sections of the Protec-
tion of Children from
Sexual Offences (POC-
SO) Act, the police
said.
“We have arrested
one accused and de-
tained three others.
The medical examina-
tions of the girls were
conducted and their
condition is stable.
Their statements have
been recorded in front
of the judicial magis-
trate,” the SP said.
The National crime
records bureau report
2019 shows that Ra-
jasthan reported 902
gang rapes, the highest
in the country.
n Child rights
body seeks
strict action
n Girls, 14 and 17
years old, were
abducted from
their home on
Sunday by four
men and were
gang-raped in
mountains near
Rajpura
ASSAULT ON INNOCENCE

First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot said on
Monday that due to con-
tinuous efficient man-
agement of Covid-19,
there is a decrease in
the number of critical
symptomatic patients
in the state.
“This is a good sign
that in last few weeks,
the number of patients
requiring oxygen, ICU
and ventilators in hos-
pitals has come down
by one-third. Despite
this, we should keep our
best preparedness to
deal with any situation
of the rise of infection
in future,” Gehlot said
while reviewing Corona
situation in state and
‘Jan Aandolan’ against
Corona at the CMR on
Monday evening.
“Due to local ecology
and meteorological
changes in various
countries, the corona
infection and its death
rate are constantly
changing. The state’s
medical experts should
analyze and study these
changes and form a lo-
cal strategy to defeat the
corona,” Gehlot said.
In the meeting, Princi-
pal Secretary, Medical
and Health Department
Akhil Arora said that
on September 24, 2,902
such patients were ad-
mitted in hospitals in
the state who needed
oxygen, ICU and venti-
lator.
“Their number has
now come down to 1,884
on 17 October. In order
to ensure that there is
no shortage of oxygen
in the hospitals, com-
pressed air oxygen
plants are being set up
in all the district hospi-
tals of the state as well
as liquid oxygen plants
are being set up in Cov-
id hospitals affiliated to
6 major medical colleg-
es. These plants have
also been established in
twenty district hospi-
tals,” he said.
It was informed
in the meeting
that the utiliza-
tion capacity of
more than 20 thou-
sand oxygen cylin-
ders has been de-
veloped in the state
every day. Which is
targeted to increase
to 30 thousand cyl-
inders per day
by Novem-
ber.
Meanwhile Gehlot
also reviewed the ‘No
Mask-No Entry’ cam-
paign. Secretary LSG
Bhavani Singh Detha
informed that drive is
being continuously
monitored.
Medical and Health
Minister Dr Raghu
Sharma, MoS Medicine
and Health Dr Subhash
Garg, Chief Secretary
Rajeeva Swarup, Direc-
tor General (Crime) and
acting DGP ML Lathar,
Principal Secretary
Home Abhay Kumar,
Secretary Medical Edu-
cation Vaibhav Galaria
and other senior offi-
cials were also present
during the meeting.
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childrentoflybutitisalso
importanttogivethem
responsibilitytoanchorthemtotheground!
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Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Health minis-
ter Dr Raghu Sharma
on Monday said that
the mass awareness
campaign against coro-
navirus in the state has
delivered a positive im-
pact as the number of
positive cases is come
down daily.
“Nearly 2,200 cases
were being reported ear-
lier, which has come
down to around 1,900 per
day. This shows that peo-
ple are now aware and
the campaign is success-
ful,” the minister said.
He said that the state
government is making
all possible efforts to
contain the spread and
with the cooperation of
people, the chain of
coronavirus will be bro-
ken.
“Mass movement
against coronavirus
and ‘No Mask No En-
try’ initiative delivered
positive results. The re-
covery rate of Covid-19
patients has increased
to more than 85% and
more than 1.5 lakh pa-
tients have recovered
from the Covid infec-
tion,” he said.
The mass movement
against Corona was in-
troduced on October 2
under which various
awareness activities
were taken up and
masks were distributed
to people.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot has
decided to add 1500 ad-
ditional posts in the
process of recruitment
to 6,310 posts of Com-
munity Health Officer
(CHO) under National
Health Mission (NHM).
Now a total of 7810
posts of CHO will be
admitted. The Chief
Minister has approved
the proposal from
NHM for this.
According to the pro-
posal, 6310 posts of
CHOs are being recruit-
ed on contractual basis
for medical and health
centers in all districts
of the state. By adding
1500 additional posts in
this recruitment, now a
total of 7810 contractual
posts of CHO will be re-
cruited soon. Out of
this, 2310 contractual
posts of CHO were ap-
proved for the year 2019-
20, on which the process
for recruitment was
postponed. However, for
the year 2020-21, 5500
posts of CHOs have
been sanctioned.
It is noteworthy that
under the Ayushman
Bharat Abhiyan, the
target is to make all
health institutions up
to sub-health center
level in Rajasthan as
health and wellness
centers by the year
2022. The said contract
workers will be paid
honorarium and incen-
tives under the provi-
sions of Project Imple-
mentation Plan (PIP) of
NHM. Contractual ser-
vices to the post of CHO
will continue for the
duration of PIP.
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur : BJP national
vice president and for-
mer chief minister
Vasundhara Raje on
Monday targeted the
Ashok Gehlot govern-
ment over the deterio-
rating law and order
situation saying that
the state government
has failed in keeping
crime under control.
She said that rape
cases being reported
daily has shook the
state and gangrape with
two minor girls in Ja-
lore proves that there is
nothing like law and or-
der or government in
state. Deputy Leader of
Opposition Rajendra
Rathore also said that a
man Bhagchand Chotia
was shot dead in
Ajmer’s Kishangarh in
broad day light which
has brought reality of
the law and order in
state. He said the state
government has be-
come a puppet in the
hands of criminals.
Jan Andolan helped
in curbing Corona:
Dr Raghu Sharma
1,500 addl CHO
posts approved
by Gehlot
There is no govt in state: Raje
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has said
that the state govern-
ment will take strict ac-
tion against those who
are playing with the
health of the people by
mixing adulterated
foods. He said that Ra-
jasthan will create a
separate identity to-
wards ‘freedom from
adulteration’.
“Strict action will be
taken against those who
adulterate milk, milk
products, sweets, spices,
ghee, oil and other food
items to ensure that no
one can play with the
health of the people,”
Gehlot said during a
high-level meeting at the
CMR on Monday and in-
structed the officials to
launch a ‘war for purity’
campaign against adul-
teration across the state
from October 26, which
will last till the end of
November during the
festive season.
The campaign will be
conducted by forming a
group of senior officials
at state level. In all the
districts, the campaign
will be conducted under
the direction of the Dis-
trict Collector, in which
officers of medical and
health department, food
and civil supplies, home
department and the con-
cerned departments,
will take active partici-
pation. Gehlot instruct-
ed all district collectors
to send circulars imme-
diately for the prepara-
tion of the campaign.
“Focus of the cam-
paign will be on adulter-
ation of food, milk, ghee,
oil, sweets, spices, dry
fruits, etc. as well as mis-
branding in the quality
and packaging of the
food items. After check-
ing the quality of sam-
ples of suspicious sub-
stances in the lab imme-
diately, action will be
taken against those who
manufacture adulterat-
ed goods and who sell
such substances. If nec-
essary, criminal FIR will
also be filed against the
concerned,” he said.
“For success of cam-
paign, it is necessary
that common people
should also be aware and
support the government
in the ‘war for purity’
campaign. Names of
those giving info about
organised adulterants
will be kept confidential
and they will also be giv-
en appropriate reward if
the information is found
to be correct,” CM said.
CM warns of strict action against adulteratorsRAJASTHANWILLCREATEASEPARATEIDENTITYTOWARDSFREEDOMFROMADULTERATION,SAYSCMGEHLOT
Dr Raghu Sharma
Vasundhara Raje
CM Ashok Gehlot
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot has
said that the entire
world is going through
a crisis due to the Cov-
id-19 pandemic.
“According to the ad-
vice of medical ex-
perts, wearing masks
and observing social
distance is the surest
way to prevent this dis-
ease. The electoral pro-
cess is going on for 560
wards of 6 municipal
corporations of three
cities of Rajasthan,
namely Jaipur, Jodh-
pur and Kota - which
will conclude on 11 No-
vember 2020 with the
election of deputy
mayor posts. Corona is
not over yet, so the sur-
vival of the common
man is supreme for all
of us,” Gehlot said as
he requested candi-
dates and their associ-
ates to take special
vigilance during the
election campaign so
that their own lives
and others are not en-
dangered.
CM said Section 144
is already in force due
to Corona in 11 dis-
tricts with a prohibi-
tion on gathering of
more than 5 people.
“Guidelines for can-
didates have been is-
sued by State Election
Commission for safe
elections in Corona
times. Guidelines have
already been issued by
the Govt of India and
the State Govt as well.
Do not allow any form
of crowd gathering
during the election
campaign. Do not car-
ry more than one per-
son with you for cam-
paigning. Currently,
the best publicity can
be done through mo-
bile phones and virtual
mediums,” he said.
The need of the hour is
that we all have to com-
plete the election pro-
cess with masking and
social distancing.
Those who aspire to
become public repre-
sentatives have even
more responsibility, he
added and exuded con-
fidence that all politi-
cal parties, candidates,
voters and those em-
ployed in poll duty will
carry out their duty in
spite of this formida-
ble challenge.
‘Corona protocol must be followed in polls’
‘Efficient mgmt reduced no
of severe corona patients’
COVID-19 REVIEW MEETING
CM Ashok Gehlot taking a meeting at CMR where Dr Raghu Sharma, Dr Subhash Garg, Rajeeva Swarup, Kuldeep Ranka and others
were present on Monday.
MORE JOBS
Can’t deny
RTI plea if
applicant is a
lawyer: SIC
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: In an impor-
tant & far reaching
decision State Infor-
mation Commissioner
Ashutosh Sharma has
ruled that an appli-
cant seeking informa-
tion under RTI Act
can’t be deemed ineli-
gible for information
under Section 3 of RTI
Act 2005 simply be-
cause applicant men-
tioned himself as an
advocate in the offi-
cial address column
while filing plea.
Sharma ruled that it
was illegal not to con-
sider the applicant an
Indian citizen while
hearing the second ap-
peal by Razak K Haid-
er against Informa-
tion Officer &
DTO Ajmer. He said
that it is against exist-
ing law to refuse any
information to any ap-
plicant on basis of his
profession.
The plaintiff had
challenged the decision
of DTO Ajmer to deny
him desired info.
COVID-19
UPDATE
RAJASTHAN
1,760
DEATHS
1,75,226
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
3,646 DEATHS 1,60,722 CASES
DELHI
6,040 DEATHS 3,33,171 CASES
WORLD
11,21,231
DEATHS
4,05,20,685
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
75,93,886
CONFIRMED CASES
1,15,232
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
42,240 DEATHS 16,01,365 CASES
TAMIL NADU
10,694 DEATHS 6,90,936 CASES
KARNATAKA
10,542 DEATHS 7,70,604 CASES
Rajiv Gaur
Jodhpur. The sched-
uled hearing in the fa-
mous Laxmi Vilas Pal-
ace Hotel disinvest-
ment case could not
take place on Monday
as Justice PS Bhati ex-
cused himself from
hearing the case.
Now the case will be
heard on October 21
after Chief Justice In-
drajit Mahanty de-
cides the new bench
for the case. It is being
assumed that Justice
PS Bhati has excused
himself from the case
on personal grounds.
It is noteworthy that
the case involves for-
mer Central minister
Arun Shourie, MD
Bharat Hotels Ltd. Jy-
otsna Suri, former IAS
officer Pradeep Baijal,
Ashish Gupta and
Kantilal Karmse.
All these people are
being represented by
senior advocates like
HarishSalve,Prashant
Bhushan and others
but nobody got the
chance to defend their
clients due to Justice
Bhati’s decision.
It may be noted that
a special court at Jodh-
pur had asked CBI on
September 16 to file
cases against Shourie
Baijal over the sale of
an ITDC hotel, alleg-
edly at a loss of Rs 244
crore to the exchequer.
Laxmi Vilas hearing on Oct 21
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Everyone has their own sense of style as
per the occasion, let’s take a glance at the
B’Town actresses and how they pull off the
traditional and Mod-look effortlessly!
laying ‘dress-up’ is
probably the favour-
ite memory of al-
most every grown-up
woman, and choos-
ing between Indian
and Western outfits
has always been the big-
gest point of confusion.
There are women who
slay equally in both In-
dian and western at-
tires, whereas, there are
a few who can carry
only one of them and
pull it off in the best
way possible.
Talking about the
Bollywood industry,
there are various
versatile actresses,
who have pulled
off the look in both
the attires and a
few of them are
mentioned below.
KANGANA RANAUT:
Starting off with the ‘Queen’
herself, it is safe to say that
may it be an Indian or a West-
ern attire, this woman can
pull off anything that comes
her way. But after seeing her
in movies like ‘Manikarnika’
and ‘Queen’, we would say
that Indian is something that
suits her the most. But not to
forget her outstanding fash-
ion sense in the movie ‘Fash-
ion’- she absolutely nailed it
in western outfits too.
DEEPIKA PADUKONE:
In her debut film ‘Om Shanti
Om’,Deepikahadslayedinthe
Indian attire, as well as west-
ern-thedoublerolehaditsben-
efits of course. But later in the
movies like ‘Ram-Leela’, ‘Bad-
jirao Mastani’ and ‘Padmavat’,
she looked as royal as ever in
Indian outfits. But in movies
like‘Cocktail’,herwesternout-
fits had become a major fash-
ion statement of the year.
PRIYANKACHOPRAJONAS:
Having her feet in both Bolly-
wood and Hollywood indus-
tries,Priyankaisasversatileas
ever, and can rock any look
that comes her way. But
not to forget the fact
that she is going to be
the ‘Desi Girl’ forever.
KAREENA
KAPOOR KHAN:
Bebo, as people call
her, is known for pull-
ing off every look that
is styled on her. May it
be doing her pregnan-
cy, a film promotion or
a film itself, there is
nothing this one can-
not carry.
ALIA BHATT:
Lastbutnottheleast,
thisbubblyoneslays
both the looks ex-
tremelyeffortlessly
and looks adorable
in everything she
wears. But yes,
one has to accept
the fact that she
looks much more
elegant and grace-
ful when she puts
on Indian attire.
NEHAL NAYAR
nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in
P
EAST OR WEST

ear PM, we have
tried knocking on
many doors. They
remained shut.
Yours is now the
only one left. I
hope it opens and
you let us in.
Most humans believe
that it’s so easy to be an
animal, to be one of us.
But it isn’t all hunky-dory.
You do not want our life
for it is far from cool. I
hear so from my peers in
other developing coun-
tries too, perhaps because
their government too has
other priorities. But I live
in India and you are my
PM, and I haven’t lost
faith.
Dear PM, no one takes
us seriously. My peers are
attacked every day and
brutally at that. We are
tortured and killed. The
police refuse to file re-
ports of my peers being
abused. We are trafficked
and sold. We are subjected
to innumerable and unim-
aginable brutality. We are
made to entertain your
vote bank at the expense
of our mental and physi-
cal wellbeing. We are
locked down for life.
We are not your vote
bank. But the people
who love us are. We are
not the beneficiaries of
PM Cares, but you can
help us in kind. How about
you show you care by
changing the archaic
laws, followed by proper
implementation, and rec-
ognize our rights official-
ly in your speeches and
through your people in
different states? We can-
not express our pain, but
we are as sentient as you
are. I swear.
On October 1st, one of
my fellow brothers was
beaten to death by farmers
in West Bengal’s Malda
district. His only crime
was trespassing in search
of food. I didn’t realize
that we have to be issued
with passes too? I thought
that was for humans only.
I ask if this was right? I
ask if humans have lost
their minds during the
COVID pandemic? I ask
why the nation does not
rally for our beating
hearts just as they do
when a horrendous crime
like rape takes place? If
you ask me, in my opinion,
both should be tried as
harshly as harsh can be!
I say rape the rapists and
beat the beaters. I say hang
those who hang us, and
slaughter in cold blood
those who slice my
friends. But who
am I to speak?
Many even
c o n s i d e r
us voice-
less. But
we are
n o t .
This let-
ter is
proof of
it.
Just yesterday the lady I
have come to adopt as my
guardian angel during the
lockdown, received a call
about a momma dog and
her pups being poisoned.
She receives such calls
every day. It breaks my
heart to see her cry after
every call. And she is your
vote bank. Does that count?
Dear human PM, please
hear our voices. Feel our
pain. And do something
substantial about it. If you
are unable to come up
with a solution for miti-
gating our suffering, I can
help. In 1960, there was an
act authored by an ac-
claimed dancer and ani-
mal lover, Rukmini Devi
Arundale (God bless her
soul) for the Parliament of
our country. Its main aim
was to prevent the inflic-
tion of unnecessary pain
or suffering on us. She un-
derstood that animals,
similar to human beings,
have the capability of
comprehending physical
and mental pain. It is true
that we can understand
the severity of any physi-
cal or mental harm that is
inflicted on us. This earth
belongs to us as much as it
belongs to you, sir.
But the act is not pre-
venting crimes from hap-
pening. I have no under-
standing of law and poli-
tics. But I bet I know the
reason why. How can a 50
rupees fine deter anyone
from committing a crime?
We are not a favorite and
we become the first line of
attack of any frustration
well just because we are
an easy target for reasons
I have explained above
and crimes against us car-
ry the least severe penalty.
I am aware that you have
more pressing issues like
COVID, but trust me this
is not rocket science. And
we are not party to any po-
litical party. So you can be
assured that what you do
for us won’t upset your
supporters or favour your
opponents.
How about I make you
an offer? You make the
penalty stricter and pre-
ventive, and I guarantee
the votes of animal lovers.
Deal?
I want you to be the PM
that leaves a positive lega-
cy within the animal king-
dom and the people who
endorse it!
Yours Truly,
Jasmine
(I am the pup who survived a hit
and run. Now healing in the home
of Mariam Abuhaideri)
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YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
If you want any relationship
to grow, you need to talk
more and meet more often.
So do not quit making
efforts half way no matter what. You
feel interested in changing so many
things at home all at once but others
may not be on the same radar. Give
time to your close ones.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
You must increasing your
tolerance power when it
comes to your new office
or else you may likely
experience a little more discomfort.
Some of you may go for a new side
business with specific purpose of
more income. You can expect
relatives’ call who will cheer you up.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
If Somebody try to
intentionally target you at
your workplace, just ignore
as karma will reveal this
person’s true self sooner or later. You
do not need to necessarily voice out
your opinions. It would be better for
you to avoid giving any unsolicited
advices. Please be kind.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Don’t be a Jack of all trades
and master of none, too
much work on your platter
may prevent you from doing
justice to all, do one thing at a time and
give your best to it. If you do not find
new ways to promote yourself, your
fame will start to dwindle. Academically
do not leave any stone unturned.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
You will be catapulted into
a position of eminence.
You must continue with a
fixed routine and a
balanced diet for a healthy body.
“Ask and you shall receive” , well you
will get what you want or what you
may attract in your life. Your kid will
make you proud on academic front.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Forget about your personal
plans for today as you need
to deal with work related
matters on priority. On
academic front, read everything
without skipping anything at all.
Financially your good times are here
and you will make more money than
you use to. Maintain peace at home.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Your finances will be easily
managed and you need not
worry at all. You can
expect some changes as
far as your office is concerned. It
would be easy for you if you adapt
faster. It may be difficult for you to
spare time to socialize today at home
but you must not be upset.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
If you decide to choose
sides, not only it will bring
more harm but will also
take away those whom you
didn’t support so best thing to do is
to remain neutral. Your boss is
impressed with you and will put your
ideas to implementation. You must
not take little things to your heart.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Enjoy each moment of
your life with you near and
dear ones. You may find
yourself in a big mess if
you don’t stop making fake
promises. You may experience the
burden of domestic chores on due to
lack of any help. Some of you may
choose to renovate your house.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You will accomplish all that
you want just give some
time to it and never lose
hope because its just about
time. You will spend your day
productively during office hours
today. Professionally your capabili-
ties will be put to best use as no one
can beat you.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Covid has injected so
much fear in people’s
heart, don’t let it play with
your mind as there isn’t
much to worry if you are doing your
best to keep safe by taking
precautions . Forgive and forget
about those who have hurt you in the
past. You mustn’t ignore your family.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You will crack a deal that
will change your life
forever. You have become
more calm and tolerant in
life and your opinion towards other
people have really changed a lot. You
may focus on getting short term
profits in professional life. You may
not necessarily get what you want.
MARIAM ABUHAIDERI
thepersianladki@gmail.com
D
An APPEALAn APPEAL

H
ollywood veteran Johnny
Depp has been ordered to
attend a deposition in his
defamation lawsuit in-
volving ex-wife Amber Heard.
Deadline recently reported that
the order states the 57-year-old
actor to “appear for three succes-
sive days in counsel for Defend-
ant’s offices in Virginia …or at
such other place in Northern
Virginia designated by counsel
for Defendant, from November
10-12, 2020, beginning at 10:00
a.m. each day.”
The lawsuit was filed in 2019
by Johnny, who is seeking
damages after Amber wrote
an op-ed for The Washing-
ton Post in which she
claimed to be a victim of do-
mestic violence. —Agency
E
va Mendes recently
opened up about her life
at home with partner
Ryan Gosling and their
two daughters--Esmeralda, 6,
and Amada, 4. “Sometimes it
feels like we are running some
kind of bed-and-breakfast with
very drunk and aggressive
guests,” Eva said with a laugh.
“We really do feel like we are
working in a hotel, and the
guests are angry and bossy and
demand food brought to them.
And by the time they go to sleep,
we’re left to just clean up and
talk about how they’ve treated
us that day,” she added. —Agency
H
ailey Bieber and
Justin Bieber
are as madly in
love with each
other as they were
when they first began
dating. Now, Hailey has
inked her love for the
international singer on
her finger. The model
has gone under the nee-
dle to tattoo a J in the
honour of the Lonely
crooner. The new finger
tattoo was revealed by
tattoo artist Mr K on his
Instagram account a
few hours ago.
—Agency
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New in the squad
uicide Squad ac-
tress Margot Rob-
bie recently wel-
comed a new pup-
py into her home
and she just
shared the cutest
photo of the little pup! The
30-year-old two-time Oscar-
nominated actress took to
Instagram on Saturday
(October 17) to share a pho-
to of her holding the dog,
who was wrapped in a
white sweater.
Margot captioned the
post with the dog emoji and
the heart emoji. Margot‘s
longtime hairstylist Bryce
Scarlett was one of the first
commenters, leaving a few
heart emojis. Actress Kate
Bosworth also commented,
“OMG.” —Agency
S
AAMIR RESUMES
SHOOTING
TRAILER OUT
A
amir Khan is currently
shooting in Delhi for his much
awaited movie ‘Laal Singh
Chaddha’. It was on Sunday when
Kareena took to her social media
announcing that she has wrapped up
the shooting of the movie. A source
said, “While shooting for some ac-
tion sequences, Aamir khan suffered
a rib injury. However this did not stall
the shoot of the film. The actor just
took stock of his condition and in
no time resumed shoot by popping
some pain killers.” All necessary pre-
cautions and safety measures have
been followed by LSC team to have a
smooth shooting experience. Even in
the past, the actor suffered exertion
due to constant running. —Agency
T
he makers of the much-antic-
ipated film ‘Ludo’ on Monday
dropped an action-packed
trailer of the film, that featured an
ensemble star cast. The interesting
visuals and an impressive cast are
the two things that stand out in Lu-
do’s trailer dropped by Netflix India
on Twitter. The two-minute-forty-
eight-second trailer revolves around
the lives of four people who cross
paths with each other due to some
twist of fate. The trailer is a blend
of visuals - including gunshots, kid-
napping, and a lot of action, which
indicates that something is up with
our protagonists. —ANI
Coming together for
CIRKUS
Sunny turns 64
A
fter the great success of Simmba and
Sooryavanshi, actor Ranveer Singh
and director Rohit Shetty team up
for another project titled ‘Cirkus’.
The shooting will begin next month, that
is, November, and is expected to be released
in Winter 2021, confirmed film critic and
trade analyst Taran Adarsh on Monday.
“Cirkus starts next month in Mumbai... Win-
ter 2021 release,” tweeted Adarsh.
The primary cast of the upcoming film
includes Ranveer Singh, Jacqueline Fernan-
dez, Pooja Hegde and Varun Sharma. —ANI
INKED!
GREAT
Comeback O
n the occasion of
actor and Member
of Parliament
Sunny Deol’s 64th
birthday, his father Dhar-
mendra Deol and brother
Bobby Deol extended
their best wishes to him
on Monday. Taking it to
Twitter, veteran actor
Dharmendra in a tweet
(translated), wrote, “
Love you Jelly, live on.
You are the voice of my
soul.” Whereas brother
Bobby attributed the
‘Ghayal’ actor as father
and a friend. The father-
Son trio has shared the
screen together in movies
like ‘Apne’ and ‘Yamla
Pagla Deewana’. —ANI
Defamation lawsuit update
Margot Robbie
...poster of the film
...poster of the film
Sunny Deol
Eva Mendes
Amber Heard
& Johnny Depp
Team ‘Cirkus’
...her post
Justin & Hailey Bieber
...her post

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CITY BUZZ
C
inema halls have
been closed since
the lockdown was
announced in
March. On Wednesday, the
Centre announced that cin-
emas, multiplexes and the-
atres would be permitted to
open with 50% capacity
from October 15. However,
the State government has
decided to keep recreation-
al public places shut till
October 31 despite Centre’s
nod to open them as part of
the phased resumption of
economic activities under
its Unlock 5 guidelines.
“Swimming pools, Cinema
halls, theatres, multiplex-
es, entertainment parks
and similar places will re-
main closed for activities
till October 31,” the state
guidelines state.
s the global pandemic
continues, people have
moreorlessaccept-
ed the fact that
they have to live
with the corona-
virus, with all
the precautionary meas-
ures,of course.Aseverythingis
slowly getting back to normal,
with a few twists and turns, In-
dia’s biggest Fashion Week by
the Fashion Design Council of
India (FDCI) was organised dig-
itally from 14-18 October.
Talking to the Show Director
Lokesh Sharma, who directed
shows of designers like Neeta
LullaandSamantChauhan,
City First got to know a
few insights on the show.
“Before getting every-
oneonboard,wegotallthe
crew member’s COVID tests
done, just to be sure about eve-
rything we were doing. To be
more cautious, we had allotted
separate makeup kits for all the
models who were walking the
ramp,” said Lokesh. He added,
“Since everything was going
digital, we had the advantage of
taking re-shoots, to make sure
the outcome of the show turns
out to be just perfect.”
Lokesh also stated that one
drawback of going digital was
that no one could connect to the
live audience, and find out their
views about the collection,
which is something that gives
the team a great boost. There
were set-ups made for each de-
signer, according to their de-
signs, to make it look more mag-
ical and appealing.
CINEMA THEATRE OR THREAT?
MITALI DUSAD
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
My submission is that we can return to
normalcy only with certain precautions.
We have started our routine in other walks
of life. Not only the people but even the
owners of the theatres are well aware of
this pandemic and of course, they are
going to take all precautions required for
this. So I feel that reopening theatre is a
well come gesture by the government.
— PROF. SHIVANI D DESAI
It’s good that the state government de-
cided to keep theatres shut for a little
long. Though I and my husband, Pradeep
Khandelwal are fond of watching movies
on big screens in the first week of their
release still we are scared of visiting movie
theatres for a couple of months due to
safety reasons. Also, I have started to enjoy
watching movies with my family at home.
— KAVITA KHANDELWAL
Our prepara-
tions on the
hygiene and
disinfection
front will set
new bench-
marks for any
public prem-
ises, whether
inside the
auditorium or
in our lobbies and F&B coun-
ters. In addition to the govern-
ment’s guidelines, we will keep
PPE kits available for purchases,
which would include a mask, a
pair of gloves and sanitizer.” He
adds, “There will be pedal oper-
ated touch-free hand sanitizers
placed at important locations
across the cinema. Our shows
will be programmed in such a
manner that there are no simul-
taneous entries, intermissions
and exits. We will completely
rely on e-tickets instead of paper
tickets. We are also looking to
innovate with private screenings.
—ALOK TANDON,
CEO - INOX Leisure
DIGITALLY YOURSAccepting the ‘New Normal’, the Fashion Design
Council of India organised a virtual fashion show
recently, and here are a few glimpses of the same!NEHAL NAYAR
nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in
A
DURING THE DAY!
CITY FIRST
V
imukti Girls
School (VGS),
Jaipur distributed
nearly 400 tablets to its
students for free. The tablets
willenablethegirlstocontinue
with their studies, which had
been disrupted by the Covid
pandemic. VGS has made ar-
rangements to equip its stu-
dents with tablets that are
loaded with NCERT’s Diksha
educational app, and other rel-
evant software. The tablets
have been secured with Mo-
bile Device Management
softwareaswell,sostudents
can access only permitted
content.
Vimukti Girls School is
runbyVimuktiSanstha,an
NGO devoted to providing
free education to under-
privileged girls from the
slumsof Jaipur.Starting
with 20 students in 2004,
it now serves over 600 stu-
dents. “We are thankful to
Edu-Girlsof theUSA,whohave
been our major supporter over
thepastseveralyears.Weshare
a common vision of seeing our
girls gain financial independ-
ence. This initiative would not
have been possible without the
support of Edu-Girls,” said
Lavalina Sogani, founder of
Vimukti Sanstha.
EDUCATION TO
UNDERPRIVILEGED
CITY FIRST
T
he election of the
Shooting Ball Fed-
eration (SBF) of
India was suc-
cessfully held at Hotel
Fortune Plaza Ghazi-
abad, Uttar Pradesh, unop-
posed by President Anjul Ag-
garwal; General Secretary,
Ravindra Singh Tomar;
Treasurer JP Kadayan and
Technical Chairman Rafiq
Mohammad.
In the election, Rajasthan
Shooting Ball Association got
two posts in which Rafiq Mo-
hammed was appointed as the
Technical Chairman, OP
Machra as Executive Member.
OP Machra is the General Sec-
retary of Rajasthan Shooting
Ball Association. The
elections were held in
the presence of two for-
mer judges, RK Singh
and NK Modi. An observ-
er of Asian Shooting ball
Federation, Dharmapal Singh
was also present. Representa-
tives of 24 states of SBF of
India participated in this elec-
tion. Officials and players of
Rajasthan Shooting Ball As-
sociation have expressed hap-
piness over the appointment
of OP Machra from Rajasthan
as an executive member.
IAS Dr Ravikumar Supyar
and IAS Shilpa Singh
celebrated their birthdays
on 19 October, Monday.
We wish them all the
RAJ: Congress Youth leader Sagar Sharma visited the Gram Panchayats of Kushayta, Baad
ka jhoopda, & gram panchayat Sadariin in Kekri assembly area to congratulate the newly
elected panchs and sarpanchs. He has been visiting the gram panchayats across and also
spreading the message of safety in Corona times.
Sanjay Dutt was being
treated in Mumbai
hospital for cancer
past few months.
On Monday evening,
Sanjay Dutt’s close
friend Raj Bansal
posted a picture of
Dutt on Facebook and
wrote, “So happy for
you my friend, Sanju is
finally cancer-free.”
GUJ: Garba enthusiastic women were seen in traditional attire, playing Garba inside their
home on the third day of nine-day long Navratri Festival near Bilkeshwar Mahadev road in
Ahmedabad on Monday. —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI
RAJ: A
Navratri
special
photoshoot
was organised
at the
Destination
of Pictures in
Vaishali Nagar,
Jaipur, where
model Bidya
Shukla, Anoop
Choudhary
and Himanshu
Kumawat
shared
that shoot
focused on
the traditional
theme.
HAPPY B’DAY!
best!
ELECTION TIME
Lokesh Sharma

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