First india jaipur edition-30 april 2020

The
FINAL
ACT!
7 J A N U A R Y 1 9 6 7 - 2 9 A P R I L 2 0 2 0
aipur’s very own Irrfan
Khan, the versatile Bol-
lywood actor, passed
away on Wednesday
leaving a void in the
world of cinema!
Born Sahabzada Irfan Ali Khan
on 7 January, 1967 in Tonk, Irrfan’s
mother’s family had a royal line-
age and his father was a wealthy,
self-made businessman.
A veteran character actor in
Bollywood movies, he is termed as
one of India’s best-known exports
to Hollywood. Irrfan made his
screen debut in the Academy
Award-nominated 1988 drama “Sa-
laam Bombay. He later worked
with directors like Mira Nair, Wes
Anderson and Ang Lee and gave
movies like Life of Pi, The Name-
sake, The Warrior etc,.
Irrfan was hospitalised due to a
colon infection on Tuesday and
died of subsequent complications.
“Irrfan was a strong soul, some-
one who fought till the very end
and always inspired everyone who
came close to him,” a statement
released by the actor’s team said.
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Classy Irrfan finally surrenders to death
Narendra Modi @narendramodi
Irrfan Khan’s demise is a loss to
the world of cinema and theatre. He
will be remembered for his versatile
performances across different
mediums. My thoughts are with his
family, friends and admirers. May
his soul rest in peace.
Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi
I’m sorry to hear about the passing
of Irrfan Khan. A versatile & talented
actor, he was a popular Indian brand
ambassador on the global film & tv
stage. He will be greatly missed. My
condolences to his family, friends &
fans at this time of grief.
Ashok Gehlot @ashokgehlot51
I am saddened and shocked to
know about the untimely demise
of one of our country’s most
versatile actors, #IrrfanKhan. My
heartfelt condolences to his family,
friends and fans. May God give
them strength. May his soul rest in
peace. #IrrfanKhan was one of the
most talented actors of Rajasthan,
who rose to heights on basis of his
acting. He would always remain
an inspiration for theatre artists &
budding actors in #Rajasthan.
New Delhi: Migrant
workers, tourists, stu-
dents and other people,
who are stranded in dif-
ferent parts of the coun-
try, were on Wednesday
allowed to move to their
respective destinations
with certain conditions.
In an order, Union
Home Secretary Ajay
Bhalla said buses shall
be used for transport of
such groups of strand-
ed people and these ve-
hicles will be sanitised
and will have to follow
safe social distancing
norms in seating.
“Due to lockdown, mi-
grant workers, pilgrims,
tourists, students and
otherpersonsarestrand-
ed at different places.
They would be allowed
to move,” he said in an
order issued to all states
and union territories.
Listing the condi-
tions, the ministry said
all states and union ter-
ritories should desig-
nate nodal authorities
and develop standard
protocols for receiving
and sending such
stranded persons.
The nodal authorities
shall also register the
stranded persons with-
in their states and un-
ion territories, it said.
In case a group of
strandedpersonswishto
move between one state
and union territory and
another state and union
territory, Turn on P6
‘Stranded migrants can move with caution’
Buses used for transport will be sanitised  Will
have to follow safe social distancing norms in seating
UGC ISSUES NEW
CALENDAR FOR
VARSITIES
New Delhi: The new
academic session for
freshers may begin
in universities from
September and for
already enrolled students
in August, the UGC told
varsities on Wednesday.
The admission process
will begin in universities
from August 1. UGC said
exams for final semester
students be conducted
in July. Turn on P6
‘ONLY 0.33%
PATIENTS ON
VENTILATORS’
New Delhi: Union
Health Minister Dr Harsh
Vardhan said, “Only
0.33% patients are on
ventilators, 1.5% patients
are on oxygen support
and 2.34% are in ICU,
which reflects the quality
of care being provided
across the country.
Highlighting India’s
approach in combating
COVID-19, he said,
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New Delhi: Countries like
India, Indonesia and Thai-
land that are among world’’s
largest vaccine manufactur-
ers from the South-East
Asia region must play a
lead role in overcoming
the ongoing COVID-19
pandemic,” WHO said on
Wednesday.It has organised
a virtual meeting of vaccine
manufacturers and national
regulatory authorities from
the region. Turn on P6
COVID VACCINE: WHO
LOOKS UP TO INDIA
New guidelines to fight Corona war
a day after lockdown ends: MHA
New Delhi: The Home
Ministry Wednesday said
the government will issue
fresh guidelines on May 4,
a day after the nationwide
lockdown ends on, which
shall give “considerable
relaxations” to many dis-
tricts. This comes even as
Ministry issued revised
guidelines allowing move-
ment of migrant workers,
students, tourists and pil-
grims stranded in differ-
ent states.
Meanwhile, the gov-
ernment is also working
on a mega plan to deploy
a raft of naval ships as
well as military and com-
mercial aircraft to evacu-
ate thousands of Indians
stranded in the Gulf and
other regions after the
nationwide lockdown
ends, official sources said
on Wednesday. Govern-
ment has already reached
out to several states ask-
ing them to make neces-
sary arrangements for
the Indians when they
are brought back home
under the multi-agency
operation.
The Civil Aviation Min-
istry has conveyed to the
core group planning the
operation that it is ready
to make available majori-
ty of the nearly 650 com-
mercial planes including
freighters for the mission,
the sources said.
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Only asymptomatic people would be allowed to travel & second assessment of their health would
be made upon their arrival in their home state, said MHA.
IN RAJASTHAN
DISTRICT TOTAL NEW TOTAL
CASES CASES DEATH
AJMER 146 +11 —
ALWAR 7 — 1
BANSWARA 64 +1 —
BARMER 2 — —
BHARATPUR 111 +1 2
BHILWARA 37 +2 2
BIKANER 37 — 1
CHITTORGARH 16 +8 —
CHURU 14 — —
DAUSA 21 — —
DHOLPUR 11 +2 —
DUNGARPUR 6 — —
HANUMANGARH 11 — —
JAIPUR 878 +22 30
JAISALMER 35 — —
JHALAWAR 40 — —
JHUNJHUNU 42 — —
JODHPUR 413 +13 7
KARAULI 3 — —
KOTA 192 +3 6
NAGAUR 118 +1 1
PALI 12 +9 —
PRATAPGARH 2 — —
RAJSAMAND 1 — —
SWAI MADHOPUR 8 — —
SIKAR 6 — 2
TONK 132 — 1
UDAIPUR 8 — —
OTHER DIST. 2 — 2
TOTAL 2375 +74 55
OTHER (Italy) 2 — —
EVACUEES 61 — —
GRAND TOTAL 2438 +74 55
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Gehlot welcomes PM’s move, demands special trains to ferry people
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Chief Minister, on
Wednesday, wrote a let-
ter to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi yet
again, welcoming the
Centre’s order allowing
stranded labourers,
tourists and students to
return to their home
state. Gehlot observed
that a huge number of
Rajasthanis had been
stuck in other states
and people from other
states were also stuck in
Rajasthan, and were
looking to reach back to
their homes. “The state
government under-
stood their feelings and
continuously worked in
this direction as result
of which their return to
home has been made
possible,” Gehlot said.
The Chief Minister
has demanded that the
central government
should start special
trains to facilitate the
return of people. “Till
Wednesday evening
around 6.35 lakh mi-
grants have registered
themselves through on-
line registration and in
the coming days more
people are expected to
get registered. Under
this, it would be practi-
cal to start long dis-
tance trains, keeping in
mind the huge number
of people coming back.
Thus the trains should
be started without any
delay,” Gehlot observed
in the letter.
Notably, the Chief
Minister has continu-
ously brought the prob-
lems faced by migrants
in the notice of PM
Modi during the vari-
ous video conferences
and through letters he
wrote to PM. Moreover,
at his level, Gehlot ap-
pointed officials to han-
dle the management
and coordination aspect
needed to bring the mi-
grants back. Mean-
while, Gehlot also said
on Wednesday that the
Congress party has
made two recommenda-
tions to save the MSME
sector, Turn on P6Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
CHIEF MINISTER WRITES
LETTER TO MODI
MIGRANT RAJASTHANIS’ RETURN
CM HOLDS MEETING
Late on Wednesday night, CM Gehlot called a high
level meeting at CMR to discuss the impact of re-
laxation in lockdown. The meeting was attended by
health minister Dr Raghu Sharma, Chief Secretary
DB Gupta, ACS Home Rajeeva Swarup, ACS Health
Rohit KUmar Singh, ACS Finance Niranjan Arya
amongst other officials.

NEWSJAIPUR | THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2020
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Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: DOPT might
release a transfer list
of IAS officers on
Thursday. The list be-
comes imminent in
the view of the fact
that Divisional Com-
missioner of Kota LN
Soni and Collector of
Pali are due to retire
at the end of this
month and their posts
can’t be left vacant in
these crucial corona
times. The vacant
post of Divisional
Commissioner Bikan-
er also needs to be
filled. Apart from
this, two Divisional
C o m m i s s i o n e r s ,
Jodhpur’s BL Kothari
and his counterpart
in Ajmer LN Meena
are also due to retire
on May 31 so there
are fair chances to fill
in these posts also in
the same list.
As far as the choice in
front of the state govt
for the post of Division-
al Commissioner is con-
cerned, it doesn’t have
many. As per traditions,
a Secretary-level IAS is
posted on this hitherto
coveted post so the
choice zeroes down to
2001 to 2004 batch offic-
ers. Interestingly, 2001
batch IAS NL Meena
didn’t even join his post
of Divisional Commis-
sioner in Bikaner. Most
of the officers of these
batches are already dis-
charging responsibili-
ties on important posts
so it would be unwise to
unnecessarily disturb
them.
The names which
can be considered as
available are Suchi
Sharma, Neeraj K
Pawan, Somnath
Mishra, Veena Prad-
han, and Samit Shar-
ma. There is also a
possibility of ap-
pointing officers be-
low Secretary level
rank which means
considering officers
from batches after
2005 which gives the
govt a wide choice.
As far as the reshuffle
of the Collectors is con-
cerned there are few
names doing rounds
like Vishwamohan
Sharma, KB Pandya,
Dinesh Nayak, and
Dinesh Kumar Yadav.
Pali posting will cer-
tainly have the influ-
ence of a senior and
influential IAS officer.
Apart from Pali there
are half a dozen other
Collectors in the queue
due to either their con-
troversial orders or un-
called for actions and
off course due to ‘Per-
formance Not Up To
The Mark’.
Sirohi Collector
Bhagwati Prasad
Kala, Jalore Collector
Himanshu Gupta and
Bharatpur Collector
Nanumal Pahadia
have in the recent
past made the state
govt uncomfortable
due to their adminis-
tratively immature
and incomprehensi-
ble orders which went
viral on the social me-
dia. There are other
reasons associated
with the Collectors of
Kota, Ajmer, Jhunj-
hunu, Banswara, and
Jodhpur.
For instance, Kota
Collector Om Prakash
Kasera was on cloud
nine claiming that his
district was corona free
but when Kota exploded
with Covid-19 cases and
crossed the 100 figure in
no time, Kasera was
short of both words and
remedy.
There are reports
of local political
heavyweights from
Barmer not being
happy with Collector
Vishram Meena too.
Sources in the govt
also say that the state
govt is seriously con-
sidering appointing,
2014 batch IAS offic-
ers, as Collectors as
their performance
has been praisewor-
thy in recent times.
Thiscouldgiveachance
to Ashish Modi and
Bharti Dixit. There is
also mulling on for giv-
ing the 2016 officer their
due promotion and ap-
point them as ADMs to
strengthen the adminis-
tration.
AMID CORONA WOES, IAS SHUFFLE ON CARDS
New Delhi: As India
mourns the death of Ir-
rfan Khan, people from
all walks of life paid
tribute to the extraordi-
nary actor. Irrfan
Khan, who was admit-
ted to Mumbai’s Kokil-
aben Dhirubhai Am-
bani Hospital with a
colon infection, died on
Wednesday afternoon.
The Piku star battled a
tumour for several
months and returned
to Mumbai some
months ago after being
treated in London.
The 54-year-old actor
lost his battle with a
rare form of cancer
and died in a Mumbai
hospital on Wednesday.
He was buried at the
Versova graveyard in
the afternoon.
President Kovind
called Irrfan a “bril-
liant actor” and said
that his remarkable
performances will for-
ever be remembered by
the audiences.
“Saddened by the un-
timely demise of noted
actor Irrfan Khan. A
rare talent and a bril-
liant actor, his diverse
roles and remarkable
performances will re-
main etched in our
memories.
“A big loss to the
world of cinema and
millions of film lovers.
Condolences to his
family & admirers,”
the president said on
Twitter.
PM Modi said that Ir-
rfan’s death is a loss to
the world of cinema
and theatre.
“He will be remem-
bered for his versatile
performances across
different mediums. My
thoughts are with his
family, friends and ad-
mirers. May his soul
rest in peace,” the PM
said in a tweet.
Maharashtra CM Ud-
dhav Thackeray also
condoled Irrfan’s
death, saying he was a
hard-working and mul-
ti-faceted artiste whose
journey from the Indi-
an cinema to Holly-
wood was an inspira-
tion to budding actors.
“He has been snatched
away despite putting
up a valiant fight
against the rare form
of cancer,” he said, add-
ing that Irrfan accepted
the reality of his diag-
nosis and faced the
treatment bravely.
Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra tweeted, “His
acting broke the bound-
aries of languages, na-
tions and religions, cre-
ating an accent of act-
ing that united all hu-
manity through art and
compassion.”
Congress leader
Ahmed Patel also con-
doled Irrfan’s death, say-
ing, Extremely dis-
tressed to learn about
the untimely demise of
Irrfan. A talented &
versatile actor, a
genuine hu-
man being, he
made a differ-
ence in lives
of millions of
people. This is
a huge loss to
the cinema in-
dustry & the nation.
My thoughts and
prayers are with
his family.
—Agencies
Irrfandiesat54:Tributespourinonsocialmedia
Guv Mishra to hold
meeting with vice-
chancellors today
Corona suspects try to flee from
quarantine centre in Dholpur
First India News
Dholpur: Nearly two
dozen corona suspects
broke walls and win-
dows of quarantine
center of Dholpur dis-
trict hospital on
Wednesday. There are
also allegations against
them of misbehaving
with the medical staff.
The health depart-
ment informed the po-
lice about attempt of
corona suspects to es-
cape. Additional super-
intendent of police Ra-
jendra Verma reached
the hospital with heavy
police force. He spoke to
quarantined people and
straightened them out.
Principal health of-
ficer Dr Samarveer Sin-
gh said that corona sus-
pects kept in district
hospital have been mis-
behaving with medical
staff. They are misbe-
having with nurses who
go to give them medi-
cine and throw food.
They are not cooperat-
ing, he said.
Today, they even
broke windows and
walls in a bid to escape.
However, the police con-
trolled them and
warned that those who
try to break the law will
be dealt with strictly.
HC: Provide all
the facilities to
migrant workers
PM 1st to offer prayer as
Kedarnath shrine opens
First India News
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra will in-
teract with vice-chan-
cellors through video
conferencing regarding
higher education on
Thursday.
The governor had
constituted a high-lev-
el committee on higher
education three weeks
ago in wake of lock-
down. The task force
has made several rec-
ommendations regard-
ing e-education, train-
ing, and examination
in state universities.
The governor who
is also chancellor of
the state universities
will hold discussion
with vice-chancellors
on these recommenda-
tions. Besides, he will
also deliberate on up-
dating the syllabus,
state university man-
agement system, and
learning management
system.
Mishra is quite con-
cerned about the edu-
cation of youth and
girls. He said that be-
cause of a global pan-
demic the lockdown
has forced educational
institutes to close,
which has affected
studies of students.
According to the gov-
ernor, the state has an
important responsibil-
ity to secure the future
of children. He said
that the children must
not suffer.
First India News
Jaipur: While hearing
a PIL related to sending
migrant labourers back
to their homes, the Ra-
jasthan High Court has
directed the state gov-
ernment to provide all
the facilities to the mi-
grant labourers, which
are being given to the
local residents. The di-
vision bench of Chief
Justice Indrajit Mahan-
ty and Justice Satish
Sharma passed the or-
ders while hearing the
PIL filed by James Bedi
and Public Against Cor-
ruption.
The High Court said
that despite the mi-
grants having Aadhar
cards of their state,
they are not being given
the same benefits if
they do not have a local
identity card. The Ad-
vocate General has
sought time to reply to
these points on behalf
of the state govern-
ment. At the same time,
in the matter of sending
migrant labourers
back, the Advocate Gen-
eral said that as soon as
the central government
forms the policy, they
will implement it imme-
diately.
Rudraprayag: The
doors of the Himalayan
shrine the Kedarnath
Dham were opened on
Wednesday at 6.10 a.m.
and the ‘Rudrabhishek
Pooja’ was offered by
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi. On the occa-
sion, Uttarakhand
Chief Minister also
greeted all devotees.
This is the first time
when the ‘abhishek’
and ‘arati’ have been
conducted in the ab-
sence of devotees as the
Lord Shiva shrine
opened as per schedule
even amid the Covid-19
lockdown following the
coronavirus outbreak.
No one was allowed to
visit the temple.
A special worship
was conducted at the
temple at 3 a.m. and
thereafter chief priest
Shiv Shankar Ling did
the ‘Samadhi Pooja’
along with other for-
malities.
First India News
Jaipur: Around 2000
migrant workers from
Uttar Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh, West Bengal,
Bihar, Jharkhand, Ma-
harashtra and some
other states have been
stuck in Ambuja ce-
ment factory in Mund-
wa in Nagaur district.
They have been facing
problem after work
stopped here due to
nation-wide lockdown
because of Corona pan-
demic. They even held
protest a month ago de-
manding return to their
home but neither the
company nor the ad-
ministration took any
notice.
The workers once
again held protest on
Wednesday. Senior of-
ficials from local ad-
ministraton and police
reached the spot to rea-
son out with them but
the workers got agitat-
ed and started pelting
stones at them thus
forcing the officials to
run for cover.
The workers then
vented their ire on
bikes kept at the com-
pany campus and also
the hospital run by the
company. Only after
reinforcement came
that the workers
stopped. They told the
administration that
despite the govern-
ment order the com-
pany has not arranged
for them to go home.
They are not receiving
any facility and the
contractor is not
listening to their
problems.
Stranded workers vent ire on Ambuja Cement
Khan battled a tumour for several months & returned to Mumbai some months ago He died at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital
—PIC FOR REPRESENTATIONAL PURPOSE ONLY
Governor Kalraj Mishra
Migrant workers protesting at the plant.
President of India
@rashtrapatibhvn
Saddened by the untimely
demise of noted actor Ir-
rfan Khan. A rare talent and
a brilliant actor, his diverse
roles and remarkable
performances will remain
etched in our memories.
A big loss to the world of
cinema and millions of film
lovers. Condolences to his
family & admirers.
Kalraj Mishra
@KalrajMishra
I mourn the passing away
of the famous actor Irrfan
Khan, who made a mark in
the Hindi film industry with
his acting, This legendary
artist from Tonk, Rajasthan
will always be remembered
for his outstanding perfor-
mance. May God bless his
soul with peace and support
to his family and admirers.
Sachin Pilot
@SachinPilot
Saddened to know
about the demise of
acclaimed actor Irrfan
Khan. His contribu-
tion to the world of
cinema will always
be remembered. My
heartfelt condolences
to his loved ones and
fans. May his soul find
eternal peace.
Vasundhara Raje
@VasundharaBJP
Deeply saddened by the
passing of actor
#IrrfanKhan. An artist
par excellence, the face
of #ResurgentRajasthan
- today the World of
Cinema has lost a pow-
erhouse of versatility and
talent. He will be missed.
My sincere condolences
to the family.

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2020
z Jaipur: Two smug-
glers selling liquor at
expensive prices to
people in Vaishali Na-
gar were arrested on
Tuesday night by DST
Branch and Vaishali
Nagar police from a
liquor shop located in
Murlipura.
z Ajmer: In Kekri,
police arrested the
accused of raping
an 11-year-old girl
within 48 hours.
z Jaipur: The su-
perhit Raj Recording
studio of Rajasthan
caught fire due to
a short circuit. The
incident took place
in front of the Rayla
BSNL office.
z Jaipur: The PIL
filed on Shahban
Naqvi’s letter regard-
ing coronavirus was
dismissed by the
division bench of
Chief Justice Indrajit
Mahanty and Justice
Satish Sharma.
z Jaipur: In the
matter of firing from
the job during the
lockdown, the bench
of Justice Ashok
Kumar Gaur has im-
posed a stay on the
decision and sought
reply from the state
government, Direc-
tor of Modi Univer-
sity Lakshmangarh
Sikar and Registrar
in four weeks. Jaipur
resident Abhinav
Swami works at
Modi University as
Lawn Tennis coach,
who was relieved on
March 31.
z Jaipur: A total
of 5 IAS officers of
the Rajasthan cadre,
including a collector
and divisional com-
missioner, are retiring
today. Pali Collector
Dinesh Chand Jain
and Kota Divisional
Commissioner Lak-
shminarayan Soni are
retiring today. At the
centre, National SC
Commission Secre-
tary Pritam Singh will
also. Ajmer Revenue
Board member Modu
Dan Detha and TAD
Cooperation Federa-
tion MD Vinita Bohra
are also retiring.
z Jaipur: In the mat-
ter of arrangements
for birds and animals
during lockdown, Ad-
vocate General pre-
sented the response
on behalf of the state
government in HC.
He said that the gov-
ernment has made
control rooms at the
state level, along with
all districts. Animals
and birds are being
provided with food
and medical facilities.
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Jaipur: According to
the weather depart-
ment a new cyclone
system is to be blamed
for the change of
weather. The state
could witness dust
storm and rain in the
state over next two
days. Already, the tem-
perature has been mod-
erated by the westerly
winds.
The month of April
this year has been the
coldest in more than a
decade. The day and
night temperature has
dropped more than
usual. However, ex-
treme heat conditions
are likely in next cou-
ple of days. The weath-
er department says
that cyclonic system
will weaken at the be-
ginning of the month
of May. This indicates
that the state would
reel under extreme
heat.
However, the weath-
er department expects
areas of state to see
dust storm and rain in
last two days of April.
These area include 14
districts including Bi-
kaner, Churu, Srigan-
ganagar, Hanuman-
garh, Nagaur, Jhunj-
hunu, Sikar, Tonk,
Dausa, Bharatpur, Ka-
rauli, Dholpur, Jaipur
and Alwar.
In state capital
Jaipur, the day temper-
ature was 4 degree less
than normal but people
were troubled due to
slight increase in night
temperature.
Coldest April in a decade, May to make up for it
WEATHER FORECAST
First India News
Jaipur: Five corona
deaths were reported
in last 24 hours two of
them confirmed by the
health department late
at night, taking the to-
tal to 57 along with 74
new corona positive
cases. All of deaths
were reported from
SMS hospital, Jaipur.
22 new cases came from
Jaipur,13 from Jodh-
pur. 11 from Ajmer, (
from Pali, 8 from Chit-
torgarh, 3 from Kota, 2
from Bhilwara and one
case each from Bharat-
pur, Nagaur & Udaipur.
The state total for co-
rona positives stands
at 2348. State has test-
ed 97790 samples so far
out of which 80108 have
reported negative
while reports for 5244
samples is awaited.
New positive cases that
reported in Jaipur
were attributed to
Ramganj (6 cases), Jo-
hari Bazar (6 cases)
and one case each from
Chandwaji, MI Road,
Sodala, Police Lines,
Tonk Road, Purani
Basti, Shashtri Nagar
and Sikar House. One
positive patient was
from other state.
Jaipur leads the most
positive cases tally
with 878 cases followed
by Jodhpur 413, Kota
192, Ajmer 146, Tonk
132, Nagaur 118,
Bharatpur 111, Ban-
swara 64, Jhunjhunu
42, Jhalawar 40, Bikan-
er 37 & Bhilwara each,
Jaisalmer 35m Dausa
21, Chittorgarh 16, Ch-
uru 14, ali 12, Hanu-
mangarh & Dholpur 11
each, Sawai Madhopur
& Udaipur 8 each, Al-
war 7, Dungarpur &
Sikar 6 each, Karauli
3, Barmer & Pratap-
garh with 2 cases each
and Rajsamand one
case. Apart from this 2
Italians and 61 Indians
evacuated from Iran
also tested positive. 28
out of 33 districts are
officially infected.
First India News
Ajmer: District admin-
istration of Ajmer has
begun making arrange-
ments to send back zay-
reens who came for Urs
in Khwaza Moinuddin
Chishti’s dargah. Dis-
trict incharge Bhawani
Singh Detha informed
of the same.
Senior district offi-
cials held meeting with
members of dargah
committee and office
bearers of Khadim’s or-
ganisation to discuss
the plan to send thou-
sands of zayreens,
stuck in Ajmer, back
home. Several key deci-
sions were taken to en-
sure their return dur-
ing the holy month of
Ramzan.
Chief of dargah com-
mittee, Amin Pathan ap-
preciated steps taken by
district administration
and state government.
He said that because of
government’s order
these zayreens will now
be able to go home with-
out any trouble.
FIVE DIE IN SMS HOSP, 72
NEW CASES REPORTED
Cops ensuring curfew in Saraswati nagar area in Tonk Phatak where a positive case was reported.
Dist admn to
aid zayreens
reach home
RCDF hit by
lockdown crisis
First India News
Jaipur: Lockdown
has decreased
RCDF’s daily milk
collection, where ear-
lier, RCDF used to
collect 41 lakh liters
milk every day, now
it only gets 27 lakh
liters, raising doubts
on the decreased
quantity of either be-
ing adulterated or
spurious. At present
only 21 lakh liters
milk is being con-
sumed daily, shrink-
ing demand by 25-
30%. RCDF collects
milk from 21 district
milk federations.
With lockdown and
onslaught of sum-
mers coupled with
decreased price,
RCDF is only collect-
ing milk from federa-
tion members, avoid-
ing temporary sup-
pliers.
Currently, mem-
ber dairies are sup-
plying 21 lakh liters
per day out of which,
RCDF supplies 16
lakh liters while 5
lakh liters being pro-
cured from private
dairies. Unlike pre-
lockdown, when 8
dairies were supply-
ing dairy products,
now only Saras,
Amul and Lotus are
in the market. Ex-
perts say milk con-
sumption has in-
creased in rural are-
as up to 4 lakh liters
so rest of the short-
fall can be ascribed
to spurious supply
which is unable to
make it to market.
Maximum adulterat-
ed cases surfaced
from Alwar, Bharat-
pur, Dausa, Karauli
and Dholpur.
Experts feel that
lockdown has forced
producers from these
areas to shut their
shops for the time be-
ing giving respite to
the consumers for
the present at least.
HC: Ensure safety of
health workers in state
Panel created to monitor movement of migrants
First India News
Jaipur: On Wednesday,
while hearing the PIL
filed by an individual
named Ramvir, Chief
Justice and Justice Sat-
ish Kumar Sharma di-
rected the State Gov-
ernment to prepare
immidiately the guide-
lines for testing and
protection of Health
Workers. The Advocate
General on behalf of
State sought time to file
an affidavit on record
mentioning complete
update with respect to
safety of health work-
ers in Rajasthan in-
cluding supply of PPE
according to WHO
standards. Three weeks
time was granted to file
the affidavit, now this
PIL will come up on
May 22. PIL was argued
by Advocate SK Singh
on behalf of Ramvir.
First India News
Jaipur: After the Ge-
hlot government ap-
proved to help the mi-
grant workers to get
home, 5.5 lakh people
registered for the same
in 3 days. There are
more than 1.5 lakh mi-
grants who have to be
migrated from Ra-
jasthan to other states,
while the number of
migrants who would be
coming to Rajasthan
from other states is
more than 4 lakh.
Initially, 17 buses
have been arranged for
350 workers so far.
Among the registered
workers, Maharashtra
has the highest number
of more than 1.05 lakh
migrant workers while
West Bengal has the
lowest number.
A committee has
been formed for com-
plete monitoring of the
movement of migrants,
under the chairman-
ship of Additional
Chief Secretary Indus-
tries Department Sub-
odh Agarwal. Addition-
al Director Tourism
Department Sanjay
Pandey has also been
appointed to cooperate
in the assignment. On
the other hand, after the
revised order of Chief
Secretary DB Gupta,
various officers have
been made nodal or in-
charge officers for dif-
ferent states.
The in-charges have
been made for Andhra
Pradesh, Assam, Bihar,
Jharkhand, Gujarat,
Haryana, Himachal
Pradesh, Karnataka,
Kerala, Madhya
Pradesh, Maharashtra,
Orissa, Punjab, Tamil
Nadu, Uttar Pradesh,
Uttarakhand and West
Bengal.
SK Singh
5.5 lakh workers have registered in 3 days seeking help to go to their respective homes.
City was swept by rainstorm late in the evening, a view of temple situated in Choti Chaupar.
er
‘Bring stranded
Rajasthanis home’
First India News
Jaipur: BJP State
President Dr Satish
Poonia has welcomed
the exemption of going
home given by the Un-
ion Home Ministry to
migrant workers, stu-
dents and tourists
stranded in various
states during the lock-
down.
In compliance with
the order of the Home
Ministry, the BJP state
president has appealed
to Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot to make
arrangements to bring
the Rajasthanis who
are stranded in other
states to back to their
homes.
HUMBLE SUPPORT
FORTI’s youth wing under its president Dhirendra Singh presented addl commissioner
(Traffic) Rahul Prakash with umbrellas exclusively made for the police force on the road as a
gesture of support for towards the corona warriors, who are toiling in the merciless heat.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: To provide re-
lief to the farmers, the
state government has
decidedtodistribute5kg
free hybrid maize seeds
to 5 lakh farmers of the
Scheduled Tribe area,
worth about Rs 25 crore.
Similarly, 10 lakh small
andmarginalfarmersof
major millet producing
districts of the state will
be distributed 1.5 kg hy-
brid millet seeds for up
to 0.4 hectare area to 10
lakh farmers. It would
cost about Rs. 30 crore.
Preparations to start
this process have been
madebyAgricultureDe-
partment. On the in-
structions of Agricul-
ture Minister Lalchand
Kataria, Agriculture
Commissioner Dr Om-
prakash has sought de-
tails of the number of
farmers and seed re-
quirements from the
respective districts.
From the first week of
May, distribution of kits
to eligible farmers
would begin.
Raj Govt to provide
free seeds to farmers
Satish Poonia
First India News
Pushkar: On Wednes-
day, 11 British citizens
from Pushkar and one
from Ajmer left for Del-
hi.The British embassy
arranged special buses
and flight to take them
first to Delhi and then
home.
Though, there were
15 British citizens in
Pushkar only 11 left
while four stayed back
for unclear reasons.
12 foreigners stuck in
state leave for home
Foreigners being screened before they board the bus to Delhi.
—PHOTOBYSUNILSHARMA
—PHOTOBYMUKESHKIRADOO

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ost of the sports
world has
ground to a halt
over the corona-
virus pandemic.
The Tokyo Olympic Games,
theNBAseason,andsoccer’s
Champions League, along
withmanyothermajortour-
naments, have been post-
poned. Wimbledon has been
canceled for the first time
since World War II. These
cancellations and postpone-
mentsgoallthewaydownto
recreational competitions.
Given the impact that
any large gathering could
have on the further spread
of the pandemic, several
sports commentators, not-
ed that at this point in time,
sports did not matter. The
New York Times sports
commentator wrote, “Post-
pone it, cancel it, whatever.
There are more important
things to think about. It is
a sport, after all,” referring
to the cancellation of soc-
cer’s Champions League.
The present sentiment is
a reminder of a popular
phrase typically attributed
to former coach and player
Arrigo Sacchi that soccer
was “the most important
of the unimportant things
in life.”
At a time when the ut-
most urgency on every-
one’s mind is the fragility
of life itself, this couldn’t
appear to be more true.
At the same time, as phi-
losophers of sport, we be-
lieve that it is important to
recognise the role sports
play in our lives – even in
difficult times.
THE NATURE
OF SPORTS
The point of sports, as phi-
losopher Bernard Suits ar-
gues, lies in voluntarily at-
tempting to overcome arti-
ficial problems erected by
the rules.
Such rules stipulate the
use of specialised physical
skills to achieve the goal of
the game. For instance, the
rules of soccer prohibit
players to hit the ball with
their hands but allow kick-
ing and heading to put the
ball into the net.
Sports are activities gov-
erned, as Suits explains, by
a “gratuitous logic.” Under
this logic, participants at-
tempt to solve an unneces-
sary problem, such as kick-
ing a ball around a field and
into a net, just for the sake
of solving the problem.
THE VALUE
OF SPORTS
At the same time, there are
those who argue that
sports fulfill human func-
tions that are far from gra-
tuitous. For instance,
sports provide an arena for
honing different kinds of
capacities and fostering
character development.
Philosopher José Ortega
y Gasset argues that the
gratuitous character of
sports is a model for living
well – for a life with plenty
of vitality.
Herecommendsindividu-
alsapproachtheirliveswith
the “same spirit that leads
them to engage in sport.”
That is, individuals should
fill their lives with challeng-
ing activities that are not
necessary but voluntary.
Similarly, philosopher
Thomas Hurka includes
sports among some of the
challenging activities that
require dedication, plan-
ning and precision.
Hurka highlights that
these activities are valua-
ble because of the effort
required by the experience
of trying to achieve. In his
words, “We don’t call cross-
ingyourfingersanachieve-
ment because it’s too easy.
Achievements have to be
challenging, and the more
challenging the better.”
The attempt to achieve
difficult goals requires a
certain dedication. In this
sense, engagement in sport
represents a perfectionist
way of life.
As philosopher John
Rawls proposes in his dis-
cussion on justice and the
good life, perfectionism re-
quires the utmost dedica-
tiontoachievehumanexcel-
lence;inthiscase,weargue,
of the athletic variety..
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THE ATTEMPT TO ACHIEVE DIFFICULT GOALS
REQUIRES A CERTAIN DEDICATION. IN THIS
SENSE, ENGAGEMENT IN SPORT
REPRESENTS A PERFECTIONIST WAY OF LIFE
Now to him who is able to do
immeasurably more than all
we ask or imagine, according
to his power that is at work
within us. —Ephesians 3:20
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The UGC lays
too much
emphasis on
highly technical
criteria that are
extremely
detrimental
towards
attracting
talented and
wise individuals
to serve as vice-
chancellors. On
the other hand,
it pays no heed
to qualitative
attributes such
as placing a
premium on
possessing some
knowledge of the
history of higher
education
IRRFAN, AN ACTOR
EXTRAORDINAIRE
PASSES AWAY
ven as India counts it dead
from coronavirus the news of
actor Irrfan Khan’s demise has
come as a tragic blow. One of
Bollywood’s most versatile ac-
tors, a trailblazer, Khan passed away in
Mumbai’s Kokilaben hospital where he
was admitted on Tuesday where he lost
his battle to cancer.
Aged only 53, he has left behind his griev-
ing widow, two children and lakhs of fans. An
aspiring cricketer he was definitely Indian
cinema’s big gain.
Khan had been ailing since 2018 when
he was diagnosed with a neuroendocrine
tumour and went to Britain for treat-
ment. Aware of the seriousness of his ail-
ment, Khan said in a profound statement,
“I trust, I have surrendered.” Yet the
fighter that he was, he came back strong
enough to deliver another powerful per-
formance in Angrezi Medium. Because of
his illness the actor could not attend the
movie’s promotional events at which his
recorded message, in which he talked of
“unwanted guests in his body”, was
played to audiences. His alma mater, the
National School of Drama, New Delhi,
has all the reason to feel proud him.
He has bequeathed a rich body of cinemat-
ic work to perpetuate his memory for genera-
tions to come. Irrfan won wide acclaim for his
phenomenal and earthy acting in Pan Singh
Tomar, Maqbool, Haider, Piku, The Lunchbox,
The Namesake, Hindi Medium and Madaari
to name some of them. In each of his films he
put his heart and soul in the character he por-
trayed and left a lasting impression.
He was one Indian actor who was as
comfortable in Hollywood as he was in
Bollywood. Salaam Bombay, Danny
Boyle’s award winning Slumdog Million-
aire and Life of Pi made him a global star.
At times outspoken, he strongly denied
Bollywood aped Hollywood films.
Success did not come easy to Irrfan who
struggled for almost a decade doing theatre
and TV soap operas. It was a little known
British director Asif Kapadia who cast him
in his film The Warrior, which was shot in
Himachal Pradesh and released in 2002. The
film went on to win the Bafta award for best
British film. That gave Khan the much-need-
ed breakthrough. After Slumdog Millionaire,
in which he played a police inspector, he did
not look back.
Not just for his acting prowess, Irrfan
was a good human being who loved his
family. He was modest and soft-spoken.
In his death Rajasthan has lost a talented
artiste. Angrezi Medium gave a chance to
Khan, who was born Sahabzade Irfan Khan in
a Pathan family, to meet his kin. Sadly, he
couldnotattendhismother’sfuneralinJaipur
when she died on April 25 due to the lockdown.
Khan has left a void in the film world
but one can draw solace from the old say-
ing that those whom God loves die young.
Adieu Irrfan Khan.
IN-DEPTH
E
he debate about colleges hold-
ing timely online exams versus
delaying them until after the
coronavirus lockdown ends is
being conducted without any
historical knowledge.
It is almost a myopic debate
between the University Grants
Commission (UGC) and the
vice chancellors (VC). At the
heart of this debate are two
problem areas – the tradi-
tional insistence on complet-
ing syllabus instead of prun-
ing it and the quality of In-
dian VCs of late.
PRUNE THE SYLLABUS
As an illustration, I recall,
from my student days at Del-
hi University during the pe-
riod 1972-73, an occasion
when the university had to be
shut for more than three
months at a stretch due to
student disturbances. Yet the
university did not extend the
session but managed to con-
duct its examinations with-
out too much delay. My exams
were over by 12 May. It was de-
cided to prune the non-essential
partsof thesyllabiinwiseways.
Even the next session com-
menced on time. This was due
to a very wise pruning of the
teaching material, not an ob-
session with making sure eve-
ry single thing in the syllabi is
taught in complete detail.
The history of higher edu-
cation in India is replete
with innovative solutions
for such issues. In addition
to the instance of Delhi Uni-
versity, the example of the
Banaras Hindu University
(BHU) in 1985-86 and of the
Allahabad University in
1981-82 come to the fore.
Both these institutions had
dealt with such a problem in
creative yet simple ways.
At the Allahabad University
the academic session was run-
ning three years behind sched-
ule. It’s then VC UN Singh (my
late father) decided to provide
greater autonomy to the teach-
ers that helped the university
correct its academic calendar.
The BHU had also faced a
similar problem when Dr.
RP Rastogi was the VC. Ras-
togi too initiated similar
steps to restore the normal-
cy of the academic calendar.
QUALITY OF VCS
Such decisions to tricky prob-
lems depend a lot on the quality
of university VCs. It all comes
down to the business of recruit-
ingvice-chancellorsandtheUGC
has not displayed much wisdom.
The UGC lays too much em-
phasis on highly technical
criteria that are extremely
detrimental towards attract-
ing talented and wise individ-
uals to serve as vice-chancel-
lors. On the other hand, it pays
no heed to qualitative attributes
such as placing a premium on
possessing some knowledge of
the history of higher education.
It insists that to be eligible
for the post of VC, an indi-
vidual should possess ten
years of standing as a full
and formal professor. What
the UGC has failed to notice
or has willfully ignored is
that some of the truly great
vice chancellors in India’s
history would not have been
eligible to be considered for
the position had this always
been the case. In this galaxy of
distinguished names, we iden-
tify Pandit Madan Mohan
Malviya, Maurice Gwyer and
Hansa Jivraj Mehta. They did
not have a doctoral degree and
had never held the formal title
of professor. In fact, they were
not academics in the formal
meaning of the term. Yet they
are easily amongst the truly
great VCs that India has had.
This does not mean that
good VCs are not to be found
amidst formal academics. In
India, I can cite the example
of none other than Dr. Zakir
Husain who proved to be an
outstanding VC at the Ali-
garh Muslim University and
Dr. Amar Nath Jha who
steered Allahabad Universi-
ty so adroitly during the
years that spanned British
rule and beyond.
Another outstanding exam-
ple that comes to mind is that
of Robert Goheen at Princeton
University in the 1960s. Go-
heen was a 37-year-old assis-
tant professor on a contrac-
tual appointment at Prince-
ton when he was appointed
its president in 1957. He
proved to be one of the most
successful presidents of
Princeton University.
REFORM NEEDS LONGER
STAYS FOR VCS
There is another unfortunate
practice that has become almost
the norm in India during the
pastfewdecades.Itisbutrarefor
a VC to be re-appointed beyond
one term. Once again, it has not
struck the powers that be that
the truly great achievements of
thenamesthatIhavementioned
above happened over an extend-
ed period of time. Hansa Mehta
served for 9 years. Maurice Gw-
yer served for 12 years. Amar
Nath Jha served for 16 years and
Robert Goheen served for 17
years. Only then were they able
tobuildgreatinstitutions.Unfor-
tunately, the practice in India is
such that a VC is barely allowed
to complete a single term.
In fact, during the last five
years, there has been a very
disturbing trend that has be-
gun to manifest itself. It so
happens that VCs of five cen-
tral universities viz. Alla-
habadUniversity,CentralUni-
versity of Uttarakhand, Cen-
tralUniversityof SouthBihar,
Central University of Odisha
andtheMaulanaAzadNation-
al Urdu University, appointed
by the current government
have resigned before the com-
pletion of their tenures.
This does not augur well for
higher education in India, par-
ticularly in the light of my as-
sertion that for a university to
fare well, as history tells us, a
good VC must stay for more
than a single term.
The coronavirus lockdown
has put a lot of pressure on
universities, impacting their
activities, both on adminis-
trative as well as academic
fronts. Completing courses,
conducting exams, and start-
ing a new academic session
are the biggest challenges.
Perhaps, a well-structured aca-
demic administration would
have helped them sail through
the crisis with minimum diffi-
culty.
Academic administrators
would do well to take this pan-
demic as an opportunity to
identify the systemic problems
that hamper decision-making
in these difficult times and oth-
erwise. SOURCE: THEPRINT
SOMETHING’S WRONG
WITH QUALITY OF VCs
The practice in India is such that a VC is barely allowed to complete a single term
T
DINESH
SINGH
The author is the former
vice-chancellor of University of Delhi,
a distinguished mathematician and
an educationist

INDIAJAIPUR | THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2020
Chandigarh: Punjab
Chief Minister Captain
Amarinder Singh on
Wednesday announced
to extend the curfew for
two more weeks to
check the spread of cor-
onavirus in the State.
“Though the curfew
has been extended by
two more weeks, there
will be relaxation from
7 am to 11 am every day.
During this time, peo-
ple can come out of
their houses. Shops will
also be allowed to
open,” said Chief Min-
ister Singh in a video
address to the State’s
people. The nationwide
lockdown was imposed
on March 25 to prevent
the spread of coronavi-
rus, which was to end
on April 14. It is now
slated to end on May 3.
However, during a
recent video confer-
ence with Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi,
several state Chief
Ministers have re-
quested to extend the
lockdown period.
Union Ministry of
Health, the total num-
ber of COVID-19 cases
in the country stands at
31,332, of which 7,696
have recovered/dis-
charged and 1,007 peo-
ple have succumbed to
the disease. —ANI
Punjab CM announces to extend curfew for 2 more weeks
PREVENTIVE MEASURE
New Delhi: The Centre
has made the use of
Aarogya Setu app com-
pulsory for all central
government employees
saying the use of the
mobile application will
help in breaking the
chain of transmission
of deadly Covid-19.
In the latest memo-
randum on the use of
the Aarogya Setu app
by the Ministry of Per-
sonnel, Public Griev-
ances and Pensions, the
government said offi-
cials who are catego-
rised as high risk or
moderate based on re-
cent contact with infect-
ed person should not
come to office.
Such persons should
self-isolate for 14 days
until the status comes
to low risk. “Before
starting for office, they
must review their sta-
tus on Arogya Setu and
commute only when the
app shows safe or low
risk,” the order dated
April 29, 2020 states.
The order has been
sent to all departments,
ministries, Cabinet Sec-
retariat and the Prime
Minister’s Office.
Arogya Setu is a mo-
bile application devel-
oped by the government
of India to connect es-
sential health services
with people in the fight
against novel coronavi-
rus.
Those who have
downloaded the appli-
cation are informed if
they have come in con-
tact with Covid-19 posi-
tive cases in their sur-
roundings.
It detects other de-
vices that have the ap-
plication installed that
come in the bluetooth
or GPS proximity of the
phone and captures in-
formation regarding
Covid-19 positive cases.
All departments have
been asked to issue sim-
ilar instructions to au-
tonomous, statutory
bodies , PSUs attached
to them. —Agencies
ArogyaSetuappmustforcentralgovtstaffIn a memorandum, the Centre has asked all its officials to download the Aarogya Setu app to help in the fight against novel coronavirus
Workers spray disinfectant on a car at the entrance of Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi. —FILE PHOTO
New Delhi: Those
COVID-19 patients
who are asymptomat-
ic or have mild symp-
toms of the infection
will be kept under
home quarantine for
14 days and will be
treatedattheirhomes,
Delhi Health Minister
Satyendar Jain said.
There are currently
3,314 COVID-19 cases
in Delhi. So far, 1078
have been cured. 53
are currently in ICUs
and 12 patients are on
ventilators, the
Health Minister said.
“According to the new
protocol, those who
are asymptomatic or
have mild symptoms
of COVID-19 will be
kept under home
quarantine for 14 days
and will be treated at
their homes. There is
no need to hospitalise
such patients,” Jain
told media persons
here.
The decision taken
by government comes
after Ministry of
Health has issued
guidelines for home
isolation of people
who either have very
mild symptoms or are
in the pre-symptomat-
ic phase. —ANI
Asymptomatic COVID-19 patients
to be treated at home: Delhi Min
Satyendar Jain
Mumbai: Caught in a
constitutional entangle-
ment over his member-
ship in the state legisla-
ture, Maharashtra CM
and Shiv Sena leader
Uddhav Thackeray has
approached PM Naren-
dra Modi for coopera-
tion in resolving the
crisis, sources said.
“He (Thackeray)
called Prime Minister to
talk about his nomina-
tion. He asked for help
saying if it does not hap-
pen he would have to
resign,” said a source.
The PM said he would
look into the matter.
Although the Maha-
rashtra cabinet had rec-
o m m e n d e d
Thackeray’s
name to be
nominated
to the Legis-
lative Coun-
cil, the up-
per House in
Maharashtra,
from the Gover-
nor’s nomination quo-
ta, Governor B S Koshy-
ari has not approved it.
BJP leaders have point-
ed out that the approval
had legal barriers, as
it would be violating
the provisions in The
Representation
of the People
Act, 1951.
A party
leader fa-
miliar with
the develop-
ment added
that Thacker-
ay wanted the
BJP’s cooperation for
resolving the issue.
“Knowing that it
would be the PM who
would be taking the fi-
nal call on party’s deci-
sion, he approached
him directly. He wanted
BJP’s Maharashtra
leaders who are not
willing to cooperate
with the Shiv Sena, for
what it has done to the
party, to be directed by
Modiji,” the leader said.
Thackeray who took
oath on November 28
last year, will have
to get elected to either
of the Houses in the
state legislature before
May 24. —Agencies
Guwahati/Ahmedabad:
Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT)
Guwahati is collabo-
rating with Hester
Biosciences Ltd
to work on vaccine
development against
COVID-19, both organ-
isations said on
Wednesday.
IIT Guwahati and
Hester expect the vac-
cine to be ready by the
year-end to start ani-
mal studies. The work
is currently in its ear-
ly stage of develop-
ment. “The vaccine
will be based on re-
combinant avian para-
myxovirus based vec-
tor platform,” they
said in a statement.
Rajiv Gandhi, Manag-
ing Director and CEO
of Hester Biosciences
said that in the current
pandemic situation of
COVID-19, the world is
looking at developing
preventive and curative
measures to safeguard
mankind. —ANI
CMseatincrisis,UddhavseeksModi’shelpIIT Guwahati & pharma
firm to develop vaccine
Lucknow: “I repri-
manded him as he was
lying,” said BJP MLA
Brij Bhushan Sharan
on Wednesday after a
video, in which he was
seen harassing a vege-
table vendor here and
asking him not to enter
the area, went viral.
“Some time back, I
got a death threat.
When my security per-
sonnel asked him his
name, he lied. Yes, it
was my video. I repri-
manded him because
he was lying. He said
his name was Rajku-
mar while his name is
Rehmuddin,” BJP
MLA, Brij Bhushan
Sharan told ANI. “He
was accompanied by a
child. Both were not
wearing masks and
gloves. It is a violation
of lockdown. 16 vegeta-
ble sellers in Kanpur
and one in Lucknow
tested COVID-19 posi-
tive,” he said.
Muslim vendor
rebuked in
Lucknow
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral Board of Secondary
education (CBSE) reit-
erated that there has
been no change in the
decision of the board
regarding the holding
of Class 10 and Class 12
board examinations. It
further stated that its
decision to conduct
board exams for 29 sub-
jects of Class 10 and
Class 12 remains the
same.
The clarification was
issued amid specula-
tion regarding the con-
duct of board exams,
the CBSE said.
“Recently there has
been a lot of specula-
tion regarding 10th
CBSE Board exams. It
is reiterated that the
board’s decision to
take board exams for
29 subjects of class 10
and 12, stands the same
as mentioned in
circular dated 1st April
2020,” the CBSE
tweeted on Wednesday
afternoon. —ANI
‘Will conduct exams for 29
subjects of class 10 and 12’
New Delhi: A com-
plaint was moved in the
National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC) on
Wednesday seeking di-
rections to the Centre,
States and Union Ter-
ritories for mandating
“medical screening” of
all arrested persons be-
fore sending them to
jail in a bid to prevent
the spread of COVID-19.
The complaint, filed
by social activist Vish-
nu Kumar Gupta
through lawyer Gaurav
Bansal, said that sever-
al accused involved in
heinous and non-hei-
nous crimes are being
arrested and sent to jail
by the police across the
country. The complaint
expressed reservations
that if coronavirus in-
fected persons are sent
to prison, they might
infect all the inmates
and staff in the jail.
It sought the inter-
vention of the commis-
sion to direct Union of
India, States and UTs
to forthwith draft and
implement a policy re-
lated to making manda-
tory the medical
screening of all the ac-
cused persons who are
being arrested during
this period. —ANI
New Delhi: The Tele-
com Regulatory Au-
thority of India (TRAI)
issued its recommenda-
tions on ‘Review of
Television Audience
Measurement and
Rating System in India’
on Tuesday.
As a studied response
to concerns raised by
stakeholders relating to
neutrality and reliabil-
ity of the existing rat-
ing system, TRAI is-
sued a set of recommen-
dations for India’s sole
TV Viewership meas-
urement agency, BARC
India, a joint industry
body of the broadcast-
ers, advertisers and the
advertising agencies.
TRAI said that the rec-
ommendations are cul-
mination of a one and a
half month consulta-
tion process to review
the television audience
measurement and rat-
ing system in India.
“After considering
all comments received
from stakeholders dur-
ing the consultation
process and further
analysis of the issues,
the Authority has fi-
nalised its recommen-
dations,” informs the
regulator.
Meanwhile , Mahipal
Singh, Convener NBF,
said that Rajasthan has
close to 90 lakh plus Ca-
ble & Satellite homes,
but the viewership of
television channels is
measured through an
average of 1700+ meters
.This issue is prevailing
since inception and the
directive by TRAI has
been taken in the right
spirit by all stakehold-
ers and corrective
measure by BARC, will
lead industry towards
accomplishing many
progressive milestones.
Make screening of arrested
mandatory: Activist to NHRC
TRAI RECOMMENDS STRUCTURAL
REFORMS IN BARC GOVERNANCE
Varanasi: Three more
coronavirus cases have
been reported from
Varanasi on Wednes-
day, taking the total
number of cases in the
district to 52.
According to Vara-
nasi DM, Kaushal Raj
Sharma, three people
have tested positive for
coronavirus in Varana-
si today. “They were in
contact with a business-
man who was the first
person in ‘Saptasagar
Dawa Mandi’ to be test-
ed with COVID-19,” he
said. —ANI
3 more cases in
Varanasi, count
reaches 52
Volunteers shower ﬂowers petals on medics to appreciate their work, during a government-imposed
nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against COVID-19 in Amritsar. —PHOTO BY ANI
308 TEST POSITIVE IN HARYANA
Dharavi Medical Practitioners Association practice thermal screening for residents in Mumbai.
Shopian: Three mili-
tants were killed while
as an army officer, a sol-
dier and a civilian were
injured in an encounter
at Melhoora village of
Zainaporaareaof South
Kashmir’s Shopian dis-
trict officials said. The
Mehloora gunfight
started on Tuesday and
all three militant bodies
have been recovered
while as a woman sus-
tained injury. Pertinent-
ly. Meanwhile, security
forces are sanitizing the
area and have appealed
the people not to go clos-
er to the encounter spot
till the site is properly
sanitized.
Kochi: Chief Justice of
Kerala High Court S
ManiKumarispresently
onatwoweekisolationat
his residence after his
visit to his home town in
Tamil Nadu. He secured
permission for travel
from both Tamil Nadu
and Kerala government.
On arriving at the Palak-
kad border he went
through the mandatory
tests and then only his
vehicle was allowed to
pass. His staff who were
in the vehicle would also
be in two week isolation.
Kumar will take part on-
line in a retirement cere-
monyof aseniorjudgeto
takeplacelaterthisweek.
MELHOORA GUNFIGHT:THREE
MILITANTS KILLED,OPS OVER
Kerala HC Chief Justice
goes into isolation

INDIAJAIPUR | THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2020
Kolkata: Governor
Jagdeep Dhankar has
written a letter to TMC
MP Kalyan Banerjee
urging him to listen to
‘conscience’ and call of
duty rather than be
driven by an external
‘script’. This came after
Banerjee’s letter to
Dhankar in which he
stated that the Gover-
nor is acting as ‘loud-
hailer of the ruling
party’ at the Centre.
“Final response to
Kalyan Banerjee. Urged
him- listen to ‘con-
science’ and call of duty
rather than be driven
by external ‘script’. Re-
mote controlled steps
are unworthy for men
of worth. Time to en-
gage in Covid 19!battle
than be part of emerg-
ing strategy to combat
Governor,” Dhankar
tweeted along with pho-
tos of the letter to Ba-
nerjee.
“In Covid 19 combat
have had enormous
benefit of counsel from
leaders of all political
parties except TMC.
Outreach to TMC yield-
ed no result. I am ever
available to discuss is-
sues concerning wel-
fare of people of Ben-
gal. Let us not bicker.
Time to beat Covid 19,”
he tweeted. In the letter,
Dhankar stated: “I am
surprised that you are
positioning on behalf
of Hon’ble Chief Minis-
ter while you are no-
where in loop on this.
This pseudo defence is
unfortunate and you
are ignoring that my
communication is a re-
sponse to what Hon’ble
Chief Minister started
and put before the pub-
lic to take a call.” —ANI
‘Remote controlled
steps are unworthy
for men of worth’
RAJIV KUMAR IS NEW
CHAIRPERSON, PESB
Rajiv Kumar has been appointed as new Chair-
person, Public Enterprises Selection Board
(PESB). He is a 1984 batch retired IAS officer of
Jharkhand cadre.
39 IAS OFFICERS RETIRING
IN APRIL 2020
As many as 39 IAS officers of various cadres
and batches are retiring in April, 2020. They
are: M M Kutty of AGMUT; L V Subramanyam,
Preeti Sudan, Dr D Sambasiva Rao, Dr M Padma
of Andhra Pradesh; Rabindra Panwar of Bi-
har; Arvind Agrawal and Atanu Chakraborty of
Gujarat; Dhanpat Singh of Haryana; Madhu Bala
Sharma and Raghubir Singh Verma of Himachal
Pradesh; , Khurshid Ahmad Shah and Salma
Hamid of J&K; N Sivasailam, V Yashwanth and G
C Vrushabendra Murthy of Karnataka; Renu Pant,
Raja Bhaiya Prajapati and Sabha Jeet Yadav of
MP; Sanjeevanee Kutty and Shreekant Singh of
Maharashtra; M Patton and Alan Gonmei of Na-
galand; Dr Arun Kumar Panda, Prasanta Kumar
Senapati, Prasanna Kumar Jena, Dr Tribikram
Pradhan, Prafulla Kumar Rout of Odisha; Pritam
Singh, Laxmi Narayan Soni, Modudan Detha,
Vinita Bohra, Dinesh Chand Jain of Rajasthan;
Tenzing Dolkar of Sikkim; G Govindaraj of
Tamil Nadu; C Pardhasarathi of Telangana; S
Ramaswamy of Uttarakhand and Gopal Krishna
and Amit Chaudhuri of West Bengal.
EIGHT IPS OFFICERS RETIRING
IN APRIL 2020
As many as eight IPS officers of various cadres
and batches are retiring in April, 2020. They
are: P Hari Kumar of Andhra Pradesh; Prabhat
Singh of AGMUT; RP Agarwal of AM; RS Nayak
of Chhattisgarh; V N Sasidharan of Kerala; Anil
Kumar of Madhya Pradesh; Tajdeep Kaur Menon
of Telangana; V P Srivastava of UP cadre.
INDRA MANI PANDEY LIKELY TO
BE NEXT AMBASSADOR TO UN
There are whispers that Indra Mani Pandey, Ad-
ditional Secretary (Disarmament & International
Security Affairs), Ministry of External Affairs, is
being sent to Geneva as India’s Ambassador and
Permanent Representative to United Nations. He
is an Indian Foreign Service officer of 1990 batch.
RAVEESH KUMAR MAY BE
SENT TO FINLAND
Former MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar is
likely to be made Ambassador to Finland. Whis-
pers are in that he was earlier being considered
for being sent to Vienna. He is an Indian Foreign
Service officer of 1995 batch.
17 IPS OFFICERS OF 1991 BATCH
EMPANELLED AS ADG IN GOI
As many as 17 IPS officers of 1991 batch have
been empanelled for holding Additional Director
General or equivalent posts in Government of India.
GP SINGH EMPANELLED AS ADG IN GOI
G P Singh has been empanelled for holding
Additional Director General or equivalent posts
in Government of India. He is a 1991 batch IPS
officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
PRAVEN VASHISHTA EMPANELLED
AS ADG IN GOI
Praveen Vashishta has been empanelled for
holding Additional Director General or equivalent
posts in Government of India. He is a 1991 batch
IPS officer of Bihar cadre.
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Gehlot welcomes...
“The Central Govern-
ment should provide a
package of one lakh
crore rupees for saving
the laborers. Govern-
ment should announce
a one lakh crore credit
guarantee fund for
MSME,” he said.
Meanwhile, during
the day Gehlot tweeted
his elation on Rajas-
thanis helping people
thousands of kilome-
ters away in London.
“Rajasthanis are help-
ing locals in London by
providing food and dry
ration. I am proud of
the people. This is Ra-
jasthan’s culture,” he
tweeted. The Chief
Minister also thanked
the former legislator as-
sociation for donating
towards the CM Relief
fund as more than one
crore rupees have been
donated in the fund.
UGC issues...
The varsities may de-
cide whether to conduct
exams online or offline
keeping in view the
support system availa-
ble with them and en-
suring fair opportunity
to all students.
The UGC has said the
lockdown period may be
considered as “deemed
to be attended” by all
students and if the situ-
ation demands, the uni-
versities can have sum-
mer vacations for 30
days in June.
“Intermediate stu-
dents will be graded
based on internal as-
sessment of the present
and previous semester.
In states where the
COVID-19 situation has
normalised, there will
be exams in the month
of July. For terminal se-
mester students, exams
will be held in July,” the
UGC said. “Universities
may follow a six-day
week pattern and de-
vise proforma to record
travel or stay history of
staff and students for
the lockdown period.
Extension of six
months will be granted
to MPhil, PhD students
and viva-voice be con-
ducted through video
conference,” it added.
The commission clar-
ified that the guidelines
are advisory in nature
and varsities may chalk
out their own plan tak-
ing into consideration
issues pertaining to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
New guidelines...
They said the Navy and
the Indian Air Force
have also been told to
keep some of their plat-
forms on stand-by for
the evacuation which is
likely to be the biggest
after ‘Operation Raa-
hat’ when India brought
back over 6,700 people,
including citizens from
41 countries, from
strife-torn Yemen in
2015. The Navy has
identified the INS
Jalashwa, an amphibi-
ous ship, and two other
landing ship tanks for
the operation.
The sources said the
Indian Air Force is also
keeping a number of its
transport aircraft ready
fortheoperation.Theop-
eration will begin after
the lockdown is lifted.
Thecurrentphaseof the
lockdown ends on May 3.
It is not immediately
clear whether the gov-
ernment will further ex-
tendthedrasticmeasure.
‘Only 0.33%...
“This time the hallmark
of our approach has
been fivefold: (i) Main-
taining a continuous
situation awareness, (ii)
Pre-emptive and proac-
tiveapproach,(iii)Grad-
ed response as per con-
tinuously evolving sce-
nario, (iv) Inter-sectoral
coordination at all lev-
els, and lastly, but most
importantly (v) Creat-
ingapeople’smovement
to combat this disease.”
Commenting on In-
dia’s strengths in tack-
ling the disease, he
said, “India has suc-
cessfully tackled public
health emergencies of
international concern
and pandemics in the
past as well.” —ANI
‘Stranded
migrants...
thesendingandreceiving
states may consult each
otherandmutuallyagree
tothemovementbyroad.
The moving persons
would be screened and
those found asymptom-
atic would be allowed to
proceed, according to
the home ministry.
The states and union
territories falling on the
bus transit route will
allow the passage of
such persons to the re-
ceiving states and union
territories, it said.
On arrival at their
destination, such per-
sons would be assessed
by the local health au-
thorities, and kept in
home quarantine, un-
less the assessment re-
quires keeping the per-
sons in institutional
quarantine, the order
said. They would be
kept under watch with
periodic health check-
ups, it said. —ANI
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heart. Although he has
travelled across the
globe, Jaipur remained
his favourite destina-
tion. He is survived by
his wife, Sutapa Sikdar,
and sons Babil & Ayan.
President Ram Nath
Kovind, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, I&B
Minister Prakash Ja-
vadekar, Congress lead-
er Rahul Gandhi, Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
along with numerous
Bollywood and Holly-
wood actors took to
twitter to pay tributes
to the industry’s most
versatile actor.
As news of his death
broke, #IrrfanKhan,
#RIPIrfan and other
hashtags related to the
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Covid vaccine...
“The manufacturing ca-
pacity that exists in our
region is of the quality
and scale required to
produce and roll-out a
COVID-19 vaccine glob-
ally. This region is a
vaccine manufacturing
powerhouse and must
now also play a lead role
in overcoming the ongo-
ing pandemic,” said Dr
Poonam Khetrapal Sin-
gh, Regional Director,
WHO South-East Asia.
Leading manufactur-
ers from India, Indone-
sia and Thailand dis-
cussed timelines and
production capacity at
the meeting, while regu-
latory bodies deliberat-
ed on adjustments that
would be needed in pro-
cesses to make COV-
ID-19 vaccines available
at the earliest.
FROM PG 1
New Delhi: Former Fi-
nance Minister and sen-
ior Congress leader P
Chidambaram said
that in the absence of a
clear signal of assis-
tance from the Centre,
the private sector will
be forced to resort to
large scale retrench-
ments and lay-offs.
The Congress urged
PM Narendra Modi to
announce a package to
protect the wages, sala-
ries and pay cheques of
about 11 crore people
working in the MSMEs
sector.
He said workers are
waiting with bated
breath to know if they
will be paid their sala-
ries/wages for the
month of April. “There
is palpable tension and
rising uncertainty
among the working peo-
ple of India and their
families,” he said.
Citing the annual re-
port of the Ministry of
Micro, Small and Me-
dium Enterprises (MS-
MEs), he said 11 crore
people are engaged in
6.3 crore MSMEs. He
asked: “Most of them
would not have worked
a single day in the
month of April be-
cause the entire coun-
try was in a lockdown
imposed to contain the
coronavirus pandemic.
How will these people
feed themselves and
their families without
an income?”
He said the business-
es have had no sales this
month and their pay-
ments to their vendors
are also stuck, leaving
the vendors also in dis-
tress. “The time to
make bold decisions to
save the MSMEs is now.
If businesses do not see
hope, they will decide to
close,” he warned.
Chidambaram said it
is bewildering that
there has been absolute-
ly no financial package
for businesses since the
onset of Covid-19. “The
Government may have
the luxury of time, but
the MSMEs do not.
They need to know
right away whether
they will be helped to
stay afloat and thereby
pay salaries/wages to
those dependent on
these businesses,” he
said. —Agencies
MAKE BOLD DECISIONS: PC TO CENTRESenior Congress leader, P Chidambaram urged the Centre to announce wage protection package
New Delhi: The Con-
gress has hit back at
Finance Minister who
alleged that party is
misleading on facts on
issue of wil-
ful defaulters.
C o n g r e s s
Chief Spokes-
person Ran-
deep Sur-
jewala said
that Finance
Minister Nir-
mala Sithara-
man is twist-
ing facts instead of giv-
ing answers.
Surjewala said, “And
Nirmala Sitharaman ji,
cleaning the banks of
people’’s money by
writing off loans of ab-
sconders and fraud-
sters, is not called clean-
ing the system. It’’s
called weakening the
entire bank architec-
ture fiscally and impru-
dently, if not
maliciously.”
After Con-
gress alleged
that govern-
ment has
written off
loans of wil-
ful defaulters,
Finance Min-
ister said,
“Rahul Gandhi & RS
Surjewala, spokesper-
son of INC India have
attempted to mislead
people in a brazen man-
ner. Typical to INC In-
dia, they resort to sen-
sationalising facts.
Don’t twist facts:
Cong to Sitharaman
Mumbai: Extending its
gains for the third ses-
sion, equity benchmark
Sensexrallied606points
on Wednesday, buoyed
bybankingandITstocks
amid positive cues from
global markets.
Investor sentiment
improved on hopes that
gradual lifting of lock-
downs across world
would help start eco-
nomic recovery, traders
said. After surging
783.07 points during the
day, the 30-share BSE
index ended 605.64
points or 1.89 % higher
at 32,720.16.
NSE Nifty advanced
172.45 points, or 1.84%,
to close at 9,553.35.—PTI
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister Prakash Ja-
vadekar dismissed the
claim made by Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi that Centre has
waived off Rs 65,000
crore of loan defaulters,
stating that he must
taketuitionfromformer
Finance Min P Chidam-
baram to understand
the difference between
writing off & waiving
off. “I was taken aback
by Rahul Gandhi’s com-
ment that Modi govt has
waived off Rs 65,000
crore. Not a single pen-
ny has been waived off.
Writing off is not waiv-
ing off,” said Javadekar
in a video message.
Sensex rallies
606 points, Nifty
reclaims 9,500
Take tuition from
Chidu: Javadekar
to Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: BJP’’s West
Bengal in-charge
Kailash Vijayvargiya
has shot off a 6-page let-
ter to Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata Ba-
nerjee, accusing her of
“manipulating death
counts” due to COV-
ID-19.
The subject of the let-
ter reads, “Manipulat-
ing the reporting of
death count due to coro-
navirus in West Bengal,
confrontationist atti-
tude with Honourable
Governor and the cen-
tral government and
high handedness
against BJP leaders”.
The letter comes days
after Mamata Banerjee
tried to block the inter
ministerial team sent
by the Centre to the
state to assess the
ground situation as far
as tackling the Corona-
virus is concerned.
Vijayvargiya said,
“On one hand, the peo-
ple of West Bengal are
suffering due to the
coronavirus pandemic.
On the other hand, you
have been playing dirty
politics.” —Agencies
Fudgingdeathcounts:VijayvargiyatoDidi
New Delhi: Con-
gress leader and
MP from Wayanad
Rahul Gandhi has
interacted with the
local leaders of the
party in his constit-
uency and took
stock of the situa-
tion during the cov-
id lockdown. Dur-
ing the video con-
ferencing, the local
leaders raised the
issue of the condi-
tion of patients suf-
fering from chronic
ailments like kid-
ney and liver dis-
ease.arty sources
said Rahul Gandhi
assured his help to
these patients.
RaGa assures
help to patients
in Wayanad
On one hand,
the people of
West Bengal
are suffering due to
the coronavirus pan-
demic. On the other
hand, you have been
playing dirty politics.
—Kailash Vijayvargiya
BJP’s West Bengal in-charge
New Delhi: The Cen-
tre has decided to uti-
lise the forthcoming
monsoon season to
expand its water con-
servation efforts un-
der the national Jal
Shakti Abhiyan.
“Ministry of Home
Affairs has allowed to
take up MGNREGA
works/ drinking wa-
ter and sanitation
works during lock-
down with priority to
be given to irrigation
and water conserva-
tion works,” it added.
Central and State
sector schemes in ir-
rigation and water
conservation sectors
have also been al-
lowed to be imple-
mented with suitable
dovetailing with
MGNREGA works.
The Ministry of Jal
Shakti has stated in a
press note that due to
the current health
emergency in the
country, “Central
Government officials
will not be deployed
in Abhiyan this sum-
mer.” The Ministry of
Jal Shakti also en-
sured that all the
work will be carried
out under strict im-
plementation of so-
cial distancing & oth-
er measures. —ANI
CENTRE TO EXPAND JAL
SHAKTI ABHIYAN ACTIVITIES

TALKING POINTJAIPUR | THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2020
PHYSICAL DISTANCING
IS HERE FOR A WHILE
Governments have
listed exercise as
one of four
essential activities.
Increases in the
number of people
walking and
cycling, including
children
If you have walked or ridden
around your neighbour-
hood, you have probably no-
ticed more people on footpaths
and shared walking and cy-
cling paths. This increase in
numbers is exposing much of
our walking and cycling infra-
structure as inadequate. It sim-
ply doesn’t provide enough
space to follow physical dis-
tancing rules, leading to re-
ports of overcrowding on these
paths.
The pandemic has highlight-
ed the volume of street space
given to motor vehicles, at the
cost of space for people to walk
and cycle. Given the far lower
traffic volumes on roads, cities
across the globe have been real-
locating road space to enable
people to walk and cycle safely
while adhering to physical dis-
tancing. Australian cities ap-
pear to have lagged behind.
The pandemic has highlight-
ed the importance of our local
neighbourhoods and the need
to provide safe space locally for
walking and riding, particu-
larly for our children. As many
Australians are staying home,
most of our physical activity
occurs on the streets and paths
around our homes.
Therefore, we must focus
our efforts on our neighbour-
hoods, local streets and shop-
ping centres, where residents
need safe and easy opportuni-
ties to be active. This includes
providing safe routes to chil-
dren’s schools, activity centres
and other hubs.
Public transport typically
moves up to half of all peo-
ple travelling to work in some
city centres. However, physical
distancing is often a challenge
on public transport. As restric-
tions are eased, shifting even a
proportion of these passengers
to walking or cycling trips will
have infection-control advan-
tages that limit transmission.
If there is not a significant
shift to cycling or walking, pri-
vatecaruseislikelytoincrease.
The results will be increased
congestion and pollution and
reduced community amenity.
Never before have we seen
such a shift to active modes as
our population has sought to
stay healthy and active during
the COVID-19 pandemic. Our
immediate priority must be to
tackle the inadequacies of cur-
rent walking and cycling infra-
structure to enable physical
distancing.
Beyond this, we must look to
the future. To promote active
transport, we need more space
that encourages these modes.
We need space for health.
This is one moment in time
to undo the wrongs of past
transport policies that promot-
ed the use of private cars and
harmed population health and
the environment. We must use
this opportunity to future-
proof our cities, invest in ac-
tive modes of transport, and
ensure we provide safe and eq-
uitable mobility solutions for
people today and for genera-
tions to come.
INCREASED NUMBERS LEAD TO CROWDING
A TURNING POINT FOR OUR CITIESEXPERTS CALL FOR ACTION
AUSTRALIA LAGGING BEHIND
The call by more than 100
health and transport experts
for infrastructure to enable safer
walking and cycling has been
supported by key organisations
including the Heart Foundation,
Public Health Association of
Australia, the Australasian Col-
lege for Emergency Medicine,
the Australasian College of Road
Safety, the Royal Australasian
College of Surgeons Trauma
Committee, Kidsafe, the Austral-
asian Injury Prevention Net-
work, Doctors for the Environ-
ment Australia, The Committee
for Sydney and The Committee
for Adelaide.
Across the world we see many
examples of the rapid roll-out of
social distancing infrastructure
to support cycling and walking
during the COVID-19 pandemic:
 Paris is rolling out 650km of
emergency bicycle lanes
 Milan has announced 35km
of streets will be trans-
formed for walking and
cycling
 Oakland is allocating 10% of
the city’s streets for walking
and cycling
 New Zealand has announced
funding to help councils
create more people-friendly
spaces in towns and cities.
These are just a few examples.
We must also consider lowering
the default urban speed limit to
30km/h and reducing traffic on
residential streets and around
local business areas.
Despite the urgent need for
connected networks of
walking and cycling infrastruc-
ture in Australia, we have not
seen a similar response from
federal, state and territory gov-
ernments.
At the moment, local councils
often don’t have the authority to
make changes locally or take
road space without the approval
of the state or territory govern-
ment. We need these govern-
ments to recognise the need for
rapid action and provide tempo-
rary delegation powers to local
councils to enable quick infra-
structure changes to support safe
walking and cycling. This has
happened in New Zealand and
the UK.
The roll-out of this infrastruc-
ture will also be critical in reac-
tivating the economy when phys-
ical-distancing measures are re-
laxed.
Financial and planning ex-
perts have recommended against
investing in major road projects.
Instead, they recommend small-
er-scale projects that focus on
sustainable modes of transport.
Such projects will enable people
to travel to work and school us-
ing transport modes that are
both safe and healthy.
T
he coronavirus pan-
demic has dramati-
cally shifted our lives
and the ways we move
about our cities. Despite tight
restrictions on non-essential
work and outings, and on social
gatherings in every state and
territory, governments have
listed exercise as one of four
essential activities. As a result,
we have seen increases in the
number of people walking and
cycling, including children.
Physical activities such as
walking and cycling are per-
fectly compatible with physi-
cal distancing – but only with
the right infrastructure. More
than 100 Australian health and
transport experts have signed
an open letter calling on gov-
ernments to enact urgent
measures to support safe walk-
ing and cycling and social dis-
tancing during the COVID-19
pandemic.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION CONCEPT: DIVYA HEMNANI DESIGN: ABHISHEK GUPTA

There will always be something
that will not be entirely in our
control. Our acceptance will
make things easier, once we accept, we can
handle and mould it.
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CM, RAGHU OPEN WAY
FORFRESHEMPLOYMENT
Jaipur: Rajasthan’s
Labour Department
has intensified the
psychological counsel-
ling of stranded mi-
grant workers staying
in different shelter
homes as many states
including West Ben-
gal, Telangana and Bi-
har have refused to
allow their residents
to return from other
parts of the country,
officials said.
Stuck in shelter
homes for over a month
during the nationwide
lockdown and with
some states refusing to
facilitate inter-state
transfers of people, mi-
grant workers are in-
creasingly being affect-
ed by distress, fear and
anxiety, they said.
“West Bengal and Bi-
har have refused inter-
state transfer of mi-
grant workers whereas
other states have
agreed. With several
leaving shelters for
their homes, fear and
anxiety has increased
among those who are
left out. We have in-
tensified counselling
to assure them that
they will be sent back
to their homes soon,”
Labour Minister Ti-
karam Jully said.
He said till Tuesday
about 3.75 lakh migrant
workers stranded in
other states registered
with the Rajasthan gov-
ernment to return to
their homes in this state
whereas about 1.25 lakh
workers stuck in Ra-
jasthan want to move to
their respective states.
Rajasthan govern-
ment had started reg-
istration of migrants
and labourers willing
to return home on the
helpline number
18001806127, eMitra
Rajasthan portal, e-
Mitra mobile app or
at e-Mitra Kisosk. Af-
ter registration of the
workers, the state gov-
ernment would obtain
consent from the con-
cerned governments of
the registered workers’
states of residence.
“We knew that such
circumstances may
arise. So, a fortnight
ago I had asked offi-
cials to start counsel-
ling of migrants.
Now, there is fear and
anxiety in workers
who are left out as a
few states are not
ready to accept inter-
state transfer, said
Niraj K Pawan, Prin-
cipal Secretary, La-
bour Department.
Pawan, who has a
clinical psychology
background, said a
large number of mi-
grants from Bihar and
Telangana are stranded
here and want to go
back to their homes and
do not eat food. In such
a case, the department
is counselling them and
assuring the workers
that soon they will also
be able to go their
homes. —PTI
Raj govt’s counselling of
migrants stuck away
from homes intensifies
First India News
Jaipur: Separate
health guidelines
were on Wednesday is-
sued for pregnant
women during the
coronavirus crisis in
Rajasthan. Additional
Chief SecretaryMedical
andHealthRohitKumar
Singh in an order direct-
ed officials to ensure
that specialist services
are available in the dis-
trict to pregnant women
on time and that high
risk pregnant women
canbereferredtotheap-
propriate institute.
He said pregnant
women in containment
zones,hotspotsandclus-
ter areas, who are likely
to have a delivery in the
next two weeks, should
be screened for COV-
ID-19atthenearestinsti-
tution by ANM or Asha
worker, so that delivery
services are provided as
per their reports.
The official said
general delivery ser-
vices should be made
available at all prima-
ry health centres, com-
munity health centres
and sub-district level.
Antenatal services at all
these centres are to be
provided to all the wom-
en who are found nega-
tive in the coronavirus
confirmatory test.
He said that emergen-
cy services including
caesarean delivery ser-
vices are to be given at
all medical colleges, dis-
trict hospitals. Sepa-
rate medical colleges
or district hospitals
have been selected for
pregnant women who
are either coronavi-
rus positive or sus-
pected cases, he said.
State issues guidelines for expecting moms
Five from Kota sign up for
COVID-19 vaccine trial
TS Tirumurti appointed India’s
Permanent Representative to UN
TURNINGLOCKDOWNINTO
‘RE-INVENTION’:THERAJEWAY
Seniority to be
merit based:
SC’s relief for
judicial officers
Tikaram Jully Niraj K Pawan
First India News
Kota: As the world
awaits a vaccine for the
deadly coronavirus, five
residents of Kota have
come forward and of-
fered themselves for the
vaccine test on them.
President of Socie-
ty Has Eve (SHE) Dr
Nidhi Prajapati,
along with four oth-
ers, said that they are
ready to be used for
human trial of coro-
na vaccine.
Apart from Dr Ni-
dhi, the other four
who offered for vac-
cine test are govern-
ment teacher Shobha
Kanwar, national
weight lifter Madhu-
lika Dharmendra, di-
rector of Prerna Fire
and Safety Institute
Kavita Sharma and
research fellow
Pawan Raj.
They made this re-
quest to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and the
copy of their consent
was handed over to
medical college Princi-
pal Dr Vijay Sardana
who thanked them
and assured them
that whenever re-
quired, their help in
this noble cause will
be taken.
New Delhi: TS Tiru-
murti has been ap-
pointed the Perma-
nent Representative
of India to the United
Nations (UN) at New
York, said the Minis-
try of External Af-
fairs (MEA) on
Wednesday. Tirumurti
will be replacing Syed
Akbaruddin, who held
the post since January
2016 and is now retiring.
The other key ap-
pointment an-
nounced was that of
Deepak Mittal, an IFS
officer of the 1998
batch and currently
joint secretary (Paki-
stan-Afghanistan-
Iran) as the next am-
bassador to Qatar.
The current envoy to
Qatar, P Kumaran, is
expected to be appoint-
ed the new high com-
missioner to Singapore.
Piyush Srivastava, an
IFS officer of the 1998
batch and currently
joint secretary (north),
has been appointed as
the next ambassador to
Bahrain.
The high commis-
sioner to UK, Ruchi
Ghanshyam, who too
is set to retire this
month, is expected to
be replaced by Gaitri
Kumar, currently the
envoy to Belgium,
Luxembourg and the
European Union.
Namrata S Kumar,
Joint Secretary in
MEA, has been ap-
pointed the next Am-
bassador of India to
the Republic of Slove-
nia. Jaideep Mazum-
dar, the Ambassador
of India to the Repub-
lic of Philippines, has
been appointed the
next Ambassador of
India to Austria. —ANI
Aditi Nagar
Jaipur: Former Chief
Minister Vasundhara
Raje knows that it is
the smallest of steps
that make the biggest
of differences in the
life of a leader. The
two time Chief Minis-
ter of Rajasthan has
been holding up in Ut-
tar Pradesh’s Luc-
know since the time
she attended a party
where singer Kanika
Kapoor was present.
Since the time she
went into home quar-
antine, Madam has
been proactively ‘re-
inventing herself ’
keeping track of Co-
rona situation in Ra-
jasthan.
The BJP leader has
made a routine of daily
speaking to a dozen
party members, lead-
ers, former district
presidents, current or-
ganizational members,
contacts, priests, saints
and volunteers of social
organizations to take
latest stock of Covid-19
spread in Rajasthan. In-
terestingly, she has
not confined herself
with gathering infor-
mation, but using her
position, Madam has
been getting food
packets delivered
from her side for the
poor. The details that
she gathers everyday
along with the sug-
gestions and ideas of
scores of people she
interacts through tel-
ephone, Raje shares
the same with BJP
National President JP
Nadda during the dai-
ly VC that Nadda
holds.
While her entire day
passes by in doing her
bit for the state and its
people in the fight
against Corona, late in
the evening Madam re-
serves time for herself
which she spends read-
ing a book or getting a
hands-on experience
with technology.
Nizam Kantaliya
Jaipur: The Supreme
Court has set aside all
the pleas by Judicial of-
ficersfromadvocatequo-
ta and promoted officers
and ratified decision by
five-judge Committee of
the Raj HC. SC has also
givenrelief tojudicialof-
ficersof limitedcategory
by ordering merit based
seniority. SC also direct-
ed HC to release seniori-
ty list within 4 weeks.
Verdict was delivered
by bench of Justices UU
Lalit and Vineet Saran
while deciding petition
byDJDineshGupta,Kis-
hanchand, Rajasthan
Judicial Officers Asso-
ciationalongwith10spe-
cialleavepetitions.Rules
for Raj Judicial officers
were amended in 2010
which mandated 65%
seats for promoted judi-
cial officers, 25% for ad-
vocatequotaand10%for
limitedcategoryselected
through competitive ex-
ams. Controversy start-
ed when judicial officers
selected in 2013 demand-
ed seniority from 2010.
Committee constituted
under CJ Pradeep Nan-
drajogreleasedamended
seniority list in 2019 in
which1993batchjudicial
officerswererankedsen-
ior to advocate quota of-
ficers.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot and
Health Minister Dr
Raghu Sharma have
come forward with
the government em-
ployment bonanza
during the most un-
expected time of dis-
mal lockdown when
everyone is talking of
layoffs and wage cuts.
CM Gehlot has set
aside the sub-judice
posts of nursing em-
ployees and opened
the way for fresh em-
ployment of 9,000
ANM and GNM.
Health Minister Dr
Sharma hailed the deci-
sion by the Chief Min-
ister and called it his-
toric. The health work-
ers tirelessly involved
in the corona war were
also elated with the
news. Dr Sharma reas-
sured that the govern-
ment will not let the
manpower fall short.
He said that govt has
already inducted 735
doctors and has also
started the process to
induct 2000 more doc-
tors.
Dr Sharma, who is
on a mission to
achieve 10,000 tests
per day, informed
that Bharatpur and
Kota will immensely
benefit from 2 RTPCR
sent to each place. He
said that the CB-
NAAT, used for Tu-
berculosis tests, will
also be plied for Cov-
id-19 tests using the
RTPCI technique
which will add to the
testing capacity of
the state.
He said that the state
is fully prepared for the
plasma treatment and
are awaiting the ICMR
permission. He reiter-
ated that only maxi-
mum tests will be able
to give a true picture of
the infection spread
and help in defeating
the virus.
The Health Minis-
ter expressed satis-
faction on 98,000
tests being done in
the state so far with
6,500 tests per day.
Speaking on the side-
lines, Dr Sharma said
that the TB patients
will be given one
month medicine in
advance and now the
orders have been giv-
en to cover the non-
registered TB pa-
tients also.
Dr Sharma congratu-
lated the health work-
ers across the state for
playing such an impor-
tant role during such
pressing times which
has helped reduce the
doubling rate of posi-
tives to one day from
the earlier eight.
CM Gehlot and Dr Raghu Sharma have come forward with the govt
employment bonanza with new openings of 9,000 ANM and GNM
Maha buses
to bring back
Kota kids
Dhule: A fleet of 70
buses have started
for Rajasthan’s
Kota to bring back
an estimated 2,000
students from Ma-
harashtra strand-
ed there, an offi-
cial said on
Wednesday.
The buses have
been sanitized and
will maintain ade-
quate ‘physical dis-
tancing’ precau-
tions during the 650-
kms journey to and
from Kota. Each has
two drivers. The bus
fleet is expected to
reach Kota on
Thursday and after
the students board,
will return to the
state on Friday, said
an official from
Dhule. —Agencies
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot with Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma
Vasundhara Raje
Dr Nidhi Prajapati
Madhulika Dharmendra
TS Tirumurti
Rohit Kumar Singh
Pawan Raj
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HAIDER ALI ZAIDI
cannot believe that
Irrfan is no more.
On Wednesday at
11:30 am, I got a
call from Irrfan’s
brother Imran,
who said that he
had just been informed of
Irrfan’s demise and the
first phone call was to me.
I choked with emotion
when he has aid that Irrfan
was no longer in this world
and now I was in his place
for the family.
Irfan and I spent our
childhood together, we
were neighbours. He used
to study in St. Paul’s and I
studied in St. Xavier’s. We
did not go to the same
school but used to spend
time together after school.
His father had a tyre shop
at Chandi ki Taksal. They
had a jeep, which was mod-
ified and worked on kero-
sene, but while starting, he
used to put some petrol, Ir-
rfan would laugh and say
that we were fooling the
jeep. His father would take
all of us ion the jeep to
Amer, Irrfan was very fond
of his father though he did
not share his interest in
hunting.
We were fond of flying
kites as children and would
often get hurt due to falls,
in one such incident Ir-
rfan’s right hand was frac-
tured. The bone did not
mend with the result that
the healed right hand was
mildly crooked. He made
that very thing a weapon in
his fast bowling.
From the very begin-
ning, he was a man who
stood by you. Once when
we were in college, I
bumped into a roadways
booth at Ajmeri Gate,
where the current was
flowing and I was stuck to
it. All our friends ran away,
but Irrfan stayed and saved
me using his canvas shoes
made of rubber. He ran and
brought water and milk to
revive me.
When he was selected in
the National School of Dra-
ma, he came to meet me at
2 o’clock in the night and
said that it seems that the
connection with Jaipur is
ending forever. After com-
pleting his studies at the
National School of Drama,
he moved to Bombay. Ir-
rfan lived a life of immense
struggle. He used to tell me
that he had to eat such food
that it strains the mind.
When I travel in local, I
fantasise that some tiffin
will fall in my lap and I will
get good food for a change.
When his film Maqbool
was released, I could not
see it immediately, he kept
on calling constantly to tell
me to watch the film once.
When I finally went to
watch the film, he called
every once in a while, on
every scene to ask how me
and Rana (my wife) are lik-
ing it. He was a very in-
tense and hard-working
human. He was interested
in all living and non-living
things, used to live through
everything, be it books,
trees or the characters he
played. He was an avid
reader and would read a
different genre of books,
coaxing me to read as well
by giving me choicest
books.
Whenever he met, he
would ask hundreds of
questions to get all the
news about each member
of the family. We would go
to Murali paan shop late at
night during his trips to
Jaipur and would walk to-
gether on the empty roads.
We would revisit the places
of our childhood Jal Ma-
hal, Amer, and all the
places which carried the
stamp of our esca-
pades.
I even went to
England in Novem-
ber 2018 to meet him. He
hugged me as soon as I saw
him and said, “See, I called
you to London.” During
those seven days, his talks
were not focused on his ill-
ness but on where should I
eat, sightsee, and do activi-
ties to make the trip memo-
rable. When I went to him
to take his leave before re-
turning to India, he said
that today there is a pro-
gramme of Shreya Gho-
shal and Rahat Fatah Ali
Khan, so I should stay back
to enjoy. Later, whenever
we met, he did not discuss
his illness, nor did I ever
mention it publicly, but his
eyes were such that they
would speak loud and clear.
He was born a fighter and
lived like a fighter. Even
now, it seems that he will
come back after defeating
death and say that look, I
have come back.
I am remembering the
poetry of Faiz, as I think
of Irrfan:
“jis dhaj sy koe
maqtal me gaya, woh
shaan salamat rehti
hai…
ye jaan tu aani
jaani hai iss jaan
ki tu koe baat
nhi…”
When I finally went to
watch the film, he called
every once in a while, on
every scene to ask how me
and Rana (my wife) are lik-
ing it. He was a very in-
tense and hard-working
human. He was interested
in all living and non-living
things, used to live through
everything, be it books,
trees or the characters he
played. He was an avid
reader and would read a
different genre of books,
coaxing me to read as well
by giving me choicest
Whenever he met, he
would ask hundreds of
questions to get all the
news about each member
of the family. We would go
to Murali paan shop late at
night during his trips to
Jaipur and would walk to-
gether on the empty roads.
We would revisit the places
of our childhood Jal Ma-
hal, Amer, and all the
places which carried the
stamp of our esca-
I even went to
England in Novem-
ber 2018 to meet him. He
hugged me as soon as I saw
him and said, “See, I called
you to London.” During
those seven days, his talks
were not focused on his ill-
ness but on where should I
eat, sightsee, and do activi-
ties to make the trip memo-
rable. When I went to him
to take his leave before re-
turning to India, he said
that today there is a pro-
gramme of Shreya Gho-
shal and Rahat Fatah Ali
Khan, so I should stay back
to enjoy. Later, whenever
we met, he did not discuss
his illness, nor did I ever
mention it publicly, but his
eyes were such that they
would speak loud and clear.
He was born a fighter and
lived like a fighter. Even
now, it seems that he will
come back after defeating
death and say that look, I
have come back.
I am remembering the
poetry of Faiz, as I think
of Irrfan:
“jis dhaj sy koe
maqtal me gaya, woh
shaan salamat rehti
hai…
ye jaan tu aani
jaani hai iss jaan
ki tu koe baat
nhi…”
IRRFANGONE TOO SOON
“Dariya bhi main, darakht bhi main ... Jhelum bhi main, chinab bhi
main ... dair bhi hoon, haram bhi hoon ... Shia bhi hoon, Sunni bhi
hoon, main hoon pandit ... main tha, main hoon aur main hi rahoonga
I
Haider Ali Zaidi with Irrfan Khan
VERSATILE AND IRRESISTIBLE IRRFAN KHAN

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so try and become more
socially active.
Homemakers will remain occupied in
rearranging everything in the house
as a new obsession. You will be able
to keep upto the expectations of the
family members.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
You will be rewarded for
your performance by
higher ups. You can expect
some raise very soon.
Keep away from stress and take
things easy, tough time will soon
pass and happy days will be back
again. Don’t focus on impressing
people; work on yourself.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
You will have to deliver an
outstanding performance
on professional front to
come into the limelight, if
that’s what you desire. You have to
take care that you hire the right
person or people to manage your
finances. You will work hard like
anything on academic front today.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Not everything can go as
you have planned but there
is nothing wrong in that, life
surprises you in unexpected
ways. You must refrain from flaunting
your money or lifestyle as people can
misunderstand you to be rude. On
home front, your presence will keep
things peaceful and calm today.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Those of you who have just
entered your professional
life must give your all in
terms if efforts and hard
work. Those of you feeling a bit
restless today must try and meditate
a little. Your kid will make your proud
and you will be left totally surprised.
You get disheartened easily.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
You are back to normal
routine after a little break.
Things are really good with
you. You will be in much
demand in family today. Somehow
fitness has become your primary focus
for now. Exciting experiences in your
work place will make your day. You will
receive a good news today.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
You will get lots of praises
today in your office
specially from your
colleagues. A simple trip
may become the most memorable
trip ever leading to soul satisfaction.
You must always come to your
spouse’s rescue. Near and dear ones
will keep you entertained.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
You have so far managed
to keep yourself absolutely
fit and others derive
inspiration from you. You
must not commit to something that
you won’t be able to fulfil. On home
front, you will have to deal with
things with lots of patience. You have
to get over your fears.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You need to know the
tactics to get your work
done. You must make all
the efforts to get your
dream job and don’t stop in the
middle. You will easily manage to get
into your desired college. Your smile
will win many hearts today so make
sure to keep smiling whole day long.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You must prevent yourself
from thinking a lot today
and try and keep yourself
calm. However tempted
you feel to spend beyond your
pocket, you must refrain from it.
Your family will be in really good
mood today and you together will
have some awesome time together.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
You will be able to
complete a very time
consuming work within
allowed time. Sources of
earning will open up for you from
nowhere and you will be left
surprised. You will have much
enjoyment will your colleagues today.
Whatever you do, give your best.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You must do whatever it
takes to maintain your
relationship with those
who matters. You are
confident and ready to conquer the
world. You must know there are
others like you in this world and they
can see through you therefore don’t
consider anyone fool.
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