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VICE PRESIDENT M VENKAIAH NAIDU
TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 P6
THE END OF AN ERA IN ACB!
TOP ACB COP DR ALOK TRIPATHI
RETIRES TODAY
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Quick decision must in cases of prosecution sanction: CM
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has in-
structed officials that a
firm system should be
made for deciding pros-
ecution sanction in a
time-bound manner
against government
personnel in cases of
corruption.
“Delay in prosecu-
tion sanction negative-
ly affects the morale of
Anti-Corruption Bu-
reau (ACB) and encour-
ages corruption,” Ge-
hlot said while review-
ing the functioning of
ACB through a video
conference at the CMR
on Tuesday.
He directed that the
system of sending cases
to the Chief Vigilance
Commissioner, in case
of delay in sanctioning
prosecution at the de-
partmental level,
should also be imple-
mented for the person-
nel of local bodies.
Instructing the Bu-
reau to take strict ac-
tion in corruption cas-
es, Gehlot said that ACB
has a big role in the gov-
ernment’s resolve to
provide sensitive, trans-
parent and accountable
good governance. ACB
should work more vig-
orously by making its
intelligence wing more
circumspect, the chief
minister stressed.
Gehlot said that the
system of appointing
Chief Vigilance Officer
to curb corruption in
government depart-
ments should be
strengthened Turn on P6CM Ashok Gehlot
 Delay in prosecution
sanction negatively affects the
morale of Anti-Corruption
Bureau and encourages
corruption, Gehlot said
 CM appreciates DG ACB
Alok Tripathi on a successful
career and especially on his
record ‘victories’ in over 4-yr
tenure in ACB as Tripathi
retires today
ACB REVIEW MEETING
Dehradun: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Tuesday launched a
scathing attack on those
opposing the farm re-
form bills, saying they
do not want farmers to
have the freedom of
selling their produce in
the open market.
They are insulting
farmers by setting fire
to the very equipment
he worships, said Modi
on Tuesday, launching a
full-blooded defence of
the farm laws and hit-
ting out at the Opposi-
tion a day after mem-
bers of the Punjab unit
of Youth Congress set a
tractor on fire at Raj-
path near the India
Gate lawns in the heart
of Delhi.
Without naming the
Congress, he said the
frustration of a party,
which ruled for four
generations, Turn on P6
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi on
Tuesday said the new
farm laws will have to
be opposed not just for
farmers but for the fu-
ture of the country, as
he alleged that they
were like a “stab in the
farmers’ hearts”.
Interacting with a
group of farmers from
across the country, he
said the GST and the
noteban were also at-
tacks on farmers, but
these three laws will
prove to be more detri-
mental. Gandhi also
claimed that the new
farm laws will foster
an East India compa-
ny-like culture and
this time, a “West In-
dia company” has
come in.
Meanwhile Rahul is
likely to join farmers’
protest in Punjab begin-
ning from October 2 on
the birth anniversary
of Mahatma Gandhi,
Punjab Pradesh Con-
gress Committee chief
Sunil Jakhar said on
Tuesday.
RaGa: Farm Laws
have to be opposed
for India’s future
They only want middlemen to thrive,
PM attacks Oppn, defends Farm Laws
BJP Kissan Morcha organized a Tractor rally in favor of Farmer Bills, in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
FARM LAWS WILL HELP
HOARDERS: MAMATA
WILL FIGHT ON ALL FRONTS:
AMARINDER SINGH
Siliguri: Hitting out at the Centre over the con-
tentious farm laws, West Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday that this legisla-
tion will devastate the farmers of the country and
help the hoarders. Addressing an administrative
meeting at branch secretariat ‘Uttar Kanya’ here,
Banerjee said she will speak to state officials and
take steps to protect the interest of the farmers.
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder
Singh extended his government’s full support to
the agitating farmers on Tuesday and assured
them of all possible legal and other steps to fight
the “draconian new farm laws”, including a special
session of the Assembly to discuss and decide the
way forward. Singh said the Punjab government
stands in full support of the farmers in these “dark
and difficult times”. Chairing a meeting with the
representatives of 31 farmers’ unions here to take
their views on the matter, the chief minister said he
would be discussing the issue with his legal team
later in the day to finalise the next steps, including
challenging the farm laws in the Supreme Court.
Frustration of a party which has ended up riding the shoul-
ders of others despite wielding power for four generations is
behind this politics of opposition. —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
New Delhi: The Elec-
tion Commission an-
nounced by-polls for
one Lok Sabha seat in
Bihar, and 56 Assembly
constituencies spread
across several states on
Tuesday. EC announced
by-polls for Chhattis-
garh, Gujarat, Haryana,
Jharkhand, Karnataka,
Madhya Pradesh, Ma-
nipur, Nagaland, Odis-
ha, Telangana, and Ut-
tar Pradesh. The Com-
mission, however, de-
cided not to hold As-
sembly by-polls in seven
seats spread across the
states of Kerala, Tamil
Nadu, Assam, and West
Bengal after receiving
requests from them.
“The Commission
has received inputs ex-
pressing difficulties in
the conduct of elections
and issues related to it
from Chief Secretaries/
Chief Electoral Officers
from four states, viz, As-
sam, Kerala, Tamil
Nadu and West Bengal...
In view of the above,
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Polling on Nov 7 & 10 for by-polls
on 56 Assembly & 1 LS seat: CEC
OCTOBER 10
Gazette notification for
by-polls to 54 Assembly
seats in various states,
except Manipur,
OCTOBER 16
Last date of filing nomi-
nations
OCTOBER 19
Last date for withdrawal
of nominations
OCTOBER 13
Date for issue of Gazette
notification in 2 Assem-
bly seats of Manipur,
and one Lok Sabha seat
in Bihar
OCTOBER 20
Last date of filing
nomination papers
OCTOBER 23
Last date for withdrawal
of nominations
NOVEMBER 3
Polling for all states
NOVEMBER 7
Polling for Manipur and
Bihar LS seat.
NOVEMBER 10
Counting of votes
New Delhi: India on
Tuesday said it has nev-
er accepted the so-called
unilaterallydefined1959
Line of Actual Control,
and that the county’s po-
sition has been consist-
entandwellknowntoall
including China.
Ministry of External
Affairs spokesperson
Anurag Srivastava at a
news briefing on Tues-
day rebutted reports
quoting a Chinese For-
eign Ministry state-
ment regarding China’s
position on the Line of
Actual Control (LAC) in
the India-China border
areas. “India has never
accepted the so-called
unilaterally defined
1959 LAC. This position
has been consistent and
well known, including
to the Chinese side,”
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Never accepted so-called unilaterally
defined 1959 LAC: India tells China
SCENARIO IS AT NO
WAR, NO PEACE
STATUS: IAF CHIEF
New Delhi: Present
security scenario along
our northern frontiers is
at an uneasy—no war, no
peace status, IAF chief Air
Chief Marshal RKS Bha-
dauria said on Tuesday—
seemingly referring to
the ongoing India-China
tension, and added that
the recent induction of
Rafales along with other
aircraft have enhanced
IAF’s capability.
UP Dalit woman dies after gang-rape
Hathras: A 19-year-old
Dalit woman from Ut-
tar Pradesh’s Hathras
died at Safdarjung hos-
pital in Delhi on Tues-
day morning, days af-
ter she was raped by
four men.
The family of the
woman said she died
around 3 am, Hathras
SP Vikrant Vir said.
The woman was
gang-raped on Septem-
ber 14 following which
she was admitted to a
hospital in Aligarh.
She was referred to the
Delhi hospital on Mon-
day after her condition
showed no signs of im-
provement.
The accused had
also tried Turn on P6
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
@priyankagandhi
Law and order in UP has
deteriorated to a great
extent. @myogiadityanath
you are accountable for
the safety of women in UP.
Criminals are committing
crimes in the open.
ELECTION ITINERARY
CEC Sunil Arora along with ECs Sushil Chandra and Rajiv Kumar at Jaiprakash Narayan Airport in
Patna on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
—PHOTOBYANI
‘FRUSTRATION OF ONE PARTY AT ROOT OF
POLITICS OF OPPOSITION ON FARM LAWS’
Om Birla’s
father dies
Kota: Lok Sabha Speaker
Om Birla’s father Shree-
krishna Birla died in Kota
on Tuesday. He was 92 &
was ill since a few days,
family said. His crema-
tion will take place on
Wednesday morning at
Kishorepura crematorium
in Kota. Governor Kalraj
Mishra, Vasundhara Raje
and a host of BJP leaders
condoled his death.
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Gracious words are like ahoneycomb, sweetness to thesoul and health to the body.
—Proverbs 16:24
Spiritual
SPEAK
t the recent
opening of the
United Nations
General Assem-
bly, UN Secre-tary-General
António Gu-terres warned that theUnited States and Chinacould “split the globe” intoseparatetradeandfinancial
blocs with diverging Inter-net and artificial-intelli-gence capacities. Moreover,
he said, such a “Great Frac-ture” between the world’stwolargesteconomiescouldbecome a geostrategic andmilitary divide.
TheemergingSino-Amer-
icantensionsininternation-
al organizations are indeedalarming. US President
Donald Trump’s adminis-
tration, having previously
accused the World HealthOrganization
of cozying upto China, has announced itsintention to withdraw theUS from the agency and iswithholding funding, thus
depriving the WHO of itslargest single financial con-tributor. The US has alsostalled the World Trade Or-ganization’s dispute-settle-ment system by vetoing theappointment of new judgesto its appellate body.
Fortunately,
however,
three strands of multilat-
eralism will contain therisk of a great superpower
fracture.
First,multilateralorgani-zations are changing, notcollapsing. China is notseeking to destroy the inter-national institutions thatAmericaestablishedandledin the aftermath of WorldWarII.Onthecontrary,Chi-na is seeking to increase itsinfluence within these or-ganizations, not least be-
cause it is thriving withinthe system they uphold.
After the US announced
that it was withdrawing
from the WHO, Chinapledged to give it $2 billionover two years to help itfight the COVID-19 pan-demic. And after the USsought to prevent theWTO’s appellate body fromfunctioning,
China circu-
lated a reform proposal
aimed at strengthening theorganization.
In the UN, China is nowthe second-largest contrib-
utor to the general budgetand to the peacekeepingbudget. Chinese officials
now head four of the UN’s15 specialized agencies.
And in the InternationalMonetary Fund and theWorld Bank, China is nowthe third most powerful
member state, with its ownseat on the executive boardand a Chinese official in thesenior management
team.
We are thus witnessing
two economic superpowers
competing for positions
within agencies that setand monitor global rules.Whereas China, the new-comer, is using carrots toadvance its position, theUS (not for the first time) isusing sticks – threats ofdisengagement and de-funding – to get its way.
The key for other coun-tries will be the quality ofthese international organi-zations’ leadership – as wasthe case during the ColdWar, when the US dominat-
ed such institutions. In thatera, for example, UN Secre-tary-General Dag Ham-marskjöld neatly side-stepped the US-Soviet stale-mate by introducing inter-national peacekeepingoverseen by the UN, whileWorld Bank President Rob-ert McNamara used his au-thority and mandate to ex-pand the Bank’s member-
ship and activities.
Countering
the GreatFracture will require lead-ers who can mobilize coali-tions of countries otherthan China or the US tocounter a dominant mem-ber’s view, and who canmaximize the impact oftheir organizations’ re-sources, staff, and policies.
SOURCE: PROJECT SYNDICATE
Multilateralism will survive the great fractureA Top
TWEET
Nirmala Sitharaman
@nsitharaman
Did @INCIndia give a falsepromise during the Lok Sabha2019 elections or are theyprovoking people now by askingstates to bypass the centrallegislation? Wonder who advisestheir President?
Adhir Chowdhury @adhirrcinc
NCB and Other Govt. agenciesare assumed to be hyper activeon Late Sushant Singh Rajput’sInvestigation till the BiharElection will be over, thereafter Iapprehend that this issue will notfind adequate chatterboxes in theprimetime show and will die anatural death.
AKALIS HAVE NO CHOICE
BUT TO BACK FARMERSday after Youth Congress workers burnta tractor in Delhi, Prime Minister Nar-endra Modi hit out at the oppositionparties. Those opposing the farm Actsare insulting the farmers by setting fire
to their equipment, Modi said while virtually in-
augurating development schemes in Uttarakhand.
He once again accused the opposition of “mislead-ing the farmers” and iterated that not only willthe farmers get minimum support price for theirproduce but they will also have the freedom to sell
their products anywhere in the country. The law
has struck at what was a source of black moneyfor some.
But the farmers are far from being convinced.The All-India Kisan Sangharsh Samiti has an-
nounced massive country-wide protests from Oc-
tober 2. The Congress, which sees an opportunityto revive its fortunes by taking up the farmers’cause, will observe October 2 as “Kisan- MazdoorBachao Diwas”. Congress’s gambit is understand-able but why has the Shiromani Akali Dal decidedto oppose the Acts? Until last month the Akaliswere defending the ordinances. Ironically, SukhbirSingh Badal charged Punjab Chief Minister Ama-rinder Singh of “misleading
the peasantry on
MSP”. His wife Harsimrat Kaur had also said thatCongress was creating doubts in the mind of farm-ers. That is no longer the case now.So far it is only the Punjab farmers who are vo-
ciferously and actively protesting the new legisla-tion. In that lies the reason for Akalis snapping ties
with the National Democratic Alliance. It is the
peasantry which will decide the fate of not justAkalis but also of other political parties.
A
IN-DEPTH
UP RAPE CASE REMINDSDELHI OF NIRBHAYAn Tuesday New Delhi witnessed scenesreminiscent of the 2012 Nirbhaya rapecase when the people of Delhi were outon the streets demanding justice for thegirl who was brutally raped and left to
die. Nirbhaya did not belong to Delhi but was stay-ing there as a physiotherapy intern. The crowdspilling onto roads outside the Safdarjung Hospitalis demanding justice for a 19-year-old Dalit girl
who was gang-raped and tortured in Hathras, Ut-
tar Pradesh. Police claimed that the girl was not
raped although the police had registered a case of
gang-rape. A case under Section 307 IPC and SC-STAct has been registered against the accused.As night descended the victim’s family and pol-
iticians, including the new Dalit leader Chan-drashekhar Azad Ravan, refused to leave demand-ing that her body be handed over to the family. Thegirl’s death will be used for political ends but the
question of how to stop the scourge of rape in Ut-
tar Pradesh and other states is hardly addressedwith seriousness.
The insensitivity
of police in not registering a
rape victim’s FIR and acting on her complaint withpromptness is a bigger issue. After the Nirbhayacase, the law that was framed made it mandatoryfor the police to register the complaint of everyvictim of sexual assault failing which an FIR has
to be registered against the police officer himself.The law remains confined to the pages of law
books as policemen in UP take sadistic pleasure in
turning women away from thanas. For Dalits andthe poor, getting police help is even more difficult.
O THE END OFAN ERA IN ACB!
TOP ACB COP DR. ALOK TRIPATHI RETIRES TODAY
Kartikey Dev Singh /Navin Sharma
hief Minister Ashok Gehlot’strusted top cop of the Anti-Cor-ruption Bureau, Dr Alok Trip-athi, after serving a record ten-ure of fifty months, will put inhis papers this afternoon aftera glorious service record of 34years.Dr Tripathi belongs to1986 batch of IPS. Out of 100policemen 99.9% would saythat being a policeman is athankless job yet there are fewupright cops who are not onlythanked by the common peoplebut also appreciated by the topelected leaders who they servedin official capacity. Dr AlokTripathi is all set to put anend to an illustrious ‘khakhi’career in which his inningsas the chief of ACB is an erain itself which will be worthemulating for any uprightofficer who has the vision ofstepping into his shoes.
Dr Tripathi perhaps hap-pens to be the longest everserving DG as DG ACB in anystate across the nation. Thismakes Dr Tripathi as the mostexperienced ACB hand in thecountry to investigate the cor-ruption cases and to nab theculprits. According to sourc-es, CM Gehlot rates Dr. Tri-pathi as one of the best per-forming officer in the statepolice’s administration andtherefore he might considerto give some important postretirement responsibility toDr Tripathi. During Tues-day’s VC to review ACB’sperformance, CM Gehlot ap-preciated the role and per-formance of Dr Tripathi inACB to carry out his anticorruption mandate.
In the current bureau-cratic race of our times,where every retiring IASand IPS officer still dreamsof some lucrative assign-ment, a hard honest and lowprofile Dr Tripathi has indi-cated his choice as the vicechancellor of the upcomingpolice university. However,after the completion of along series of proce-
dural formali-
ties, the Chief
Minister will
take a final
call on the future of Dr Tri-pathi.
During his more than fouryear long tenure at an unpleas-ant and thankless place likeACB, surprisingly Dr Tripathihas never antagonized any in-dividual or group of people,who were booked by him forcorruption charges, because heenjoyed the reputation andgoodwill of a fairly independ-ent and impartial officer. Amedia shy Dr Tripathi gotan opportunity
to work witha number of ‘different mood’IGs and ADGs in-
clud-
ing VK Singh, AshokRathore, Sachin Mittal, Sau-rabh Srivastava and a fire-brand ADG Dinesh MN.Dr Tripathi also broke themyth that lady officers arecomparatively less dishonestas he caught 66 female officerin ACB net. Over the course offour years, the senior IPS, stay-ing at helm in the Bureau,oversaw a whopping 1229 traps,a new record! Similarly, a re-cord number of 388 cases ofmisuse of office and 65 cases ofDisproportionate Assets wereregistered during Tripathi’stenure. In an overall perfor-
mance, Dr Tripathi’s
ACB stood at
number two
in the coun-
try just af-
ter Maha-
rashtra. Tripathi also didnot shy from putting hishands on the ‘big fish’, asCM Ashok Gehlot had di-rected when he came to ACBHeadquarter earlier in theyear and took a meeting ofACB officials.
At the grassroot level, Dr.Tripathi, who always believedin the principal of ‘completetrust with complete delega-tion’, was fairly popular amongthe field staff even at districtheadquarter level. One day be-fore his retirement, Dr. Trip-athi attended a video confer-ence meeting with all his staffatthedistrictlevelandthankedeveryone for their total sup-port and cooperation to himduring his more than fouryears tenure. Dr Tripathi’sbiggest achievemen
t wasthat he managed a challeng-ing ‘contradiction’ of beinga ‘hatchet-ma
n’ and at thesame time to be a popularperson also.
Now everyone awaits CMGehlot’s announcement thisafternoon to nominate or ap-point Dr Tripathi’s succes-sor, who will always have achallenge to beat Dr Trip-athi’s unbeatable
perfor-mance. Incidentally, just af-ter one day of his retire-ment, Dr Tripathi will cele-brate his 60th Birthday.
C
Now everyone
awaits CM
Gehlot’s
announcement
this afternoon
to nominate or
appoint Dr
Tripathi’s
successor, who
will always
have the
challenge to
beat Dr
Tripathi’s
unbeatable
performance.
Incidentally,
just after one
day of his
retirement, Dr
Tripathi will
celebrate his
60th Birthday
DURING TUESDAY’S VC
TO REVIEW ACB’S
PERFORMANCE, CMGEHLOT APPRECIATED
THE ROLE AND
PERFORMANCE OF DR
TRIPATHI IN ACB TOCARRY OUT HIS ANTICORRUPTION MANDATE
Shreekrishna Birla

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Udaipur: India’s 1328th
species of butterfly has
beenfoundinRajasthan
with efforts of Dungar-
pur based nature lover
and butterfly expert
Mukesh Panwar. Pawar,
who is a government
school teacher and
member of Vagad na-
ture club, spotted the
Spialia zebra butterfly
on 8 November 2013 at
Dharnraj farm house in
Sagwara in Dungarpur
and clicked pictures. Af-
ter a detailed research
and analysis, the Insti-
tute director Peter
Smetacek recognised
this as 1328th species of
butterfly of India. The
butterfly, which is only
2.5 centimeters wide,
can fly at a high speed.
It was seen in the city of
Attock, Pakistan in the
year 1888. At that time
the name of city was
Camp Bailpur. He said
this is also mentioned
in the book “Butterfly
of Pakistan” published
in the year 2016. Muke-
sh Panwar, who has
been doing research on
the butterflies of Ra-
jasthan for the last 15
years, has seen and
identified 111 species of
butterflies in state. He
has conducted research
on life cycle of 82 spe-
cies. Earlier, by Panwar
first Butterfly Festival
of Rajasthan was held
on February 24, 2018 in
Sagwara by forest dept,
Rajputana Society of
Natural History & Va-
gad Club. Dr Kamlesh
of Vagad Nature Club
has attributed this to
the awareness that has
been done due to di-
verse work being done
in environmental pro-
tection in South Raj.
Nature lover Pawar discovers 1328th butterfly
COLOURFUL DISCOVERY

Mukesh Panwar,
who has been
doing research
on butterflies of
Rajasthan for
last 15 years,
has identified
111 species of
butterflies in the
desert state
Man held for making
hoax bomb calls
First India Bureau
Kota: City police have
arrested a person in
connection with mak-
ing hoax bomb calls for
Mumbai and Bengalu-
ru. Police arrested per-
son from Hotel Gayatri
in the Bhimganj Mandi
PS area. Acting on in-
puts by Mumbai intelli-
gence, Kota police took
only 2 hours to nab the
culprit. SP City Gaurav
Yadav said, person ar-
rested is Piyush Purohit
from Juliasar in Sikar
district but is currently
resident of Dhule, Ma-
harashtra. Piyush Puro-
hit is wanted by both
Marine drive PS of
Mumbai and Bharti Na-
gar PS of Bengaluru in
connection with hoax
calls made for those cit-
ies. Piyush is said to
have worked in a call
centre and was jobless
since a year. Mumbai
police is supposed to
reach Kota. It is note-
worthy that person who
had threatened the Con-
gress MLAs camping at
Jaisalmer hotel was
also arrested from Kota.
HCdismissesgovt’splea
to defer civic body poll
BJP to hold an awareness
campaign for farm laws
Kumar takes feedback
from RSS workers
THREE WORKERS GET
BURIED UNDER SAND
New agri bills will change the
farmers’ fortune: Diya Kumari
‘Time of concept
& application
education now’After petition getting rejected the polls be held by 31 Oct 2020 only
Nizam Kantaliya
Jaipur: Rejecting the
state government’s ap-
peal to defer the civic
bodies’ poll till March
31, 2021 Rajasthan HC
on Tuesday directed
government to conduct
the elections by October
31, 2020.
The state govern-
ment had filed an ap-
peal in high court to
defer elections in mu-
nicipal corporations of
Jaipur, Jodhpur and
Kota districts in view of
corona. A division
bench of CJ Indrajit
Mahanty & justice
Prakash Gupta asked
when assembly elec-
tions in the country and
panchayat elections in
the state can take place
then why cannot the
elections of municipal
corporations be held.
Elections are to be con-
ducted in six municipal
corporations, two each
in Jaipur, Jodhpur and
Kota. The high court re-
jected the appeal of the
state government and
gave directions to con-
duct the elections by
October 31, 2020 in any
condition. The munici-
pal corporation elec-
tions are due since No-
vember 2019. The state
government has given
an assurance in high
court to conduct elec-
tions within six months
during hearing on a
PIL which was filed by
Bar association gener-
al secretary Satish Ku-
mar Sharma. There-
fore, elections were to
be conducted in April
but government filed
an application on
March 18 seeking a six-
week time, before the
deadline, which was
May 31. Yesterday, the
high court made it
clear that the elections
in these municipal cor-
porations will have to
be conducted before 31
October only.
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: BJP will con-
duct a public awareness
campaign in the state
from today about the re-
cently introduced agri-
cultural laws passed by
the Centre in the Parlia-
ment. BJP State chief
spokesperson and MLA
Ramlal Sharma said
that an awareness cam-
paign will be conducted
in the state from Sep-
tember 30 to October 10.
The party’s state
president Satish Poonia
will launch the cam-
paign at 9 am through
Faceboo. After that, Un-
ion ministers Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat, Ar-
jun Ram Meghwal and
Kailash Chaudhary will
give information about
these laws through Fa-
cebook Live. He said
that Kisan Kalyan
Gram Chaupal will be
held to make the farm-
ers aware of agricul-
tural laws. The infor-
mation about laws will
be provided to farmers,
common people by dis-
tributing 25 lakh leaf-
lets. For this, office
bearers have been given
task of 40-50 houses in
every booth to distrib-
ute leaflets.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: RSS’s Akhil
Bhartiya Prachar Pra-
mukh Arun Kumar
took feedback of the
workers on various is-
sues during his visit to
Rajasthan.
He also gave some im-
portant suggestions to
the workers and func-
tionaries. Kumar re-
mained busy in meet-
ings related with the
PracharvibhagatViswa
Samvada Kendra.
During his visit, he
also held informal talks
with some journalists
of different media hous-
es and gave insight into
social works done by the
organisation. He left for
Bharatpur from Jaipur
on Tuesday evening.
First India Bureau
Barmer: Three labour-
ers were killed when
they were buried under
soil during a construc-
tion work in Barmer
district.
The labourers were
working under MGN-
REGA for the construc-
tion of a water tank
when a portion col-
lapsed,leavingthework-
ers trapped under soil.
Otherworkersstarted
rescue operations im-
mediately. After some
time, three JCBs and
several tractors were
pressed into service to
rescue the victims from
a depth of nearly 20 feet.
The labourers identified
as Achadan, Pemaram
andDalaramwerekilled
in the incident. It took
nearly three hours to re-
cover their bodies, po-
lice said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Condemning
the Congress of manip-
ulating the public, MP
Diya Kumari said that
the agricultural bill
passed by the Modi Gov-
ernment in the mon-
soonsessionwillchange
the fortunes of the
country’s farmers. Be-
fore creating a self-reli-
ant India, we have to
make the farmers self-
reliant and in order to
realize this thinking,
the Modi Government
has introduced a new
agricultural bill in par-
liament. Addressing a
VC she said, those who
discount hard work of
the farmers or broker-
age eaters will be at loss,
because now the role of
middlemen will end.
The farmers will be able
to sell their goods at full
cost with complete free-
dom.
MP Diya Kumari said
under the new agricul-
tural law, a farmer can
deal with crop even ear-
lier; there will be no
need to mortgage the
land. The law will be
taken to Chaupal level
in addition to Mandals
and booths. Its benefits
will be conveyed to gen-
eral public and farmers.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Education will
be relevant for the soci-
ety if students focus on
conceptsandtheirappli-
cation, BJP national
presidentJPNaddasaid
on Tuesday, asserting
that the era of mugging
up books to just pass ex-
ams has gone. Nadda
wasaddressingconvoca-
tion of Pratap Universi-
ty through VC.
“The era of mugging
it up has gone. Now it is
the time of concept and
application. You should
think what you can do
for society from the ed-
ucation you have re-
ceived,” he said. “Stu-
dents are entering a
new life after under-
standing theory of edu-
cation. I believe that
you will dedicate your-
self to the service of the
country,” Nadda said.
Ramlal Sharma & Madhavram Chaudhary addressing PC on Tuesday.
KNOCK SC DOOR?
Diya Kumari
Spialia zebra is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.
Workers rescue victims from a
depth of approx 20 feet in Barmer.
‘BJP HAS LIBERATED FARMERS IN TRUE SENSE’
Arun Kumar
‘An org can work
but can’t violate
laws in India’
First India Bureau
New Delhi: BJP na-
tional spokesperson
R a j y a v a r d h a n
Rathore on Tuesday
alleged that Amnesty
International is in-
volved in multiple il-
legalities and it has
no right to lecture on
propriety. The state-
ment came hours af-
ter the human rights
watchdog said it was
halting India opera-
tions over an “inces-
sant witch-hunt”.
Addressing a press
conference at the par-
ty headquarters in
New Delhi, the
Jaipur rural MP said
“Any organization
can function in India,
but it has to be within
its legal ambit. Wear-
ing a veil of honesty
and acting in bad
faith is not some-
thing we will permit
to Indian or foreign
organisations,” he
said. “Multiple ille-
galities have been un-
dertaken by Amnesty
International, there-
fore, it has no right to
lecture on propriety,
especially when it
faces action over its
illegal practices,”
Rathore said.
He further said
that in 2009, Amnes-
ty International’s li-
cense had been re-
jected by UPA gov-
ernment for receiv-
ing foreign funds
and operations were
suspended.
Rajyavardhan Rathore
Cops arrest 3 for alleged betting
on IPL; recover `8.20 lakh cash
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: Three persons
were arrested for alleg-
edly betting on IPL
match in the city.
Rs. 8.20 lakh in cash,
a silver ingot weighing
more than 15 kg, 14 mo-
bile phones, 2 laptops
and other items were
also recovered from
their possession.
Following a tip off, a
police party raided a
house in Shyam Nagar
and caught the accused
identified as Mahendra
Kumar Agrawal, Sid-
harth Agrawal and
Ashish Agrawal while
betting on IPL match
through a website.
All the accused are
jewellers and belong to
one family. During the
primary investigation,
the name of a noted
jeweller was cropped
up, the police officials
said.
The accused Mahendra Kumar Agrawal, Sidharth Agrawal & Ashish
Agrawal arrested from residence in Shyam Nagar, Jaipur.
Couple jumps
into dam with
kid, woman
survives
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A woman
along with her six
months old daugh-
ter jumped into
Mahi dam in Ban-
swara district on
Tuesday.
Her husband too
jumpedintothedam
to save them but he
and the baby died in
the incident while
the woman survived
and is being treated
at a hospital.
Praveen, a resi-
dent of Pali wala
gadha area, along
with his wife Nan
and daughter Tinki
had gone for the
“darshan” of deity.
Soon after that, his
wife climbed the
wall and jumped
into the dam. He too
jumpedintothedam
to rescue them but
he and his daughter
were killed. Nani
was rescued and
admitted to a local
hospital for treat-
ment, police said.
Primary investiga-
tion reveals that the
woman was not
mentally stable
thereforeshejumped
into the dam.

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
CoronaMassawarenesscampaigninRajfromOct 2
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A mass aware-
ness movement on
COVID-19 will be intro-
duced in Rajasthan on
October 2, to encourage
people to adopt practic-
es like wearing masks
and social distancing in
order to prevent Coro-
navirus infection.
The decision to run
the campaign was tak-
en in a meeting held by
CM Ashok Gehlot on
Monday night. A Min-
isterial Committee set
up to plan and execute
the movement, held a
meeting on Tuesday, to
finalise the plan and
gave necessary direc-
tions to officials.The
movement will be run
in 11 district headquar-
ters, where the number
cases is high. Section
144 of CrPC is already
imposed in these 11 dis-
tricts in view of spike
in number of cases.
The district headquar-
ters include Jaipur,
Jodhpur, Kota, Ajmer,
Alwar, Bhilwara, Bi-
kaner, Udaipur, Sikar,
Pali and Nagaur. Urban
Development and
Housing Minister
Shanti Dhariwal said it
will be a mass move-
ment under which, ac-
tivities on large scale
will be run to ensure
that people seriously
follow COVID-19 relat-
ed guidelines.
District Collectors
will be the ‘Nodal Offic-
ers’ for the campaign.
He informed that all
the wards of the city
will be divided into 10
parts.
District Collectors
will hold a meeting
with all stakeholders
like ward councillors,
former councillors,
shopkeepers, traders,
etc on Sept 30 who will
create awareness from
October 2 onwards.
Masks will be dis-
tributed in crowded
areas like vegetable
markets, bus stands,
railway stations, hospi-
tals, religious places,
government offices,
etc. & announcements
about guidelines will
also be made. Aware-
ness stickers will also
be pasted on houses in
all wards, Dhariwal
said. “Spread can be
controlled within a
month if people wear
masks properly &
maintain distance,”
PCC President Govind
Singh Dotasra said.
Corona Blast: Raj reports 15
more deaths, 2,148 new cases
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state re-
ported 2,148 new cases
of Corona along with 15
deaths from across the
state in the past 24
hours, informed the
sources from the Health
Ministry.
Two deaths were re-
ported from Gangana-
gar, while one each was
reported from Ajmer,
Alwar, Banswara,
Baran, Bhilwara, Bi-
kaner, Jaipur, Jalore,
Jodhpur, Kota, Pali, Ra-
jsamand and Udaipur
taking the death toll to
1,471.
The state has touched
the total infection fig-
ure of 1,33,119 on Tues-
day with Jaipur con-
tributing maximum 422
new cases followed by
331 from Jodhpur.
About 124 new COV-
ID-19 cases were report-
ed from Ajmer, 106 from
Bhilwara, 103 from Bi-
kaner,101fromUdaipur,
86 from Kota, 83 from
Alwar, 76 from Nagaur,
69 from Pali, 68 from
Churu, 61 from Sikar, 48
from Sirohi, 51 from
Ganganagar, 49 from
Jhunjhunu, 45 from
Barmer, 35 from Dhol-
pur, 33 from Rajsamand,
28 from Hanumangarh,
26 each from Chittor-
garh & Sawai Mad-
hopur, 24 from Tonk, 22
from Bharatpur, 21 from
Jaisalmer, 20 each from
Jalore & Karauli, 16
from Dungarpur, 15
from Dausa, 11 from
Baran, 10 each from
Banswara & Jhalawar, 6
from Pratapgarh and 2
from Bundi.
According to data re-
leased by the Health
Ministry, about 1,11,272
patients have turned
negative after treat-
ment so far.
Meanwhile 1,10,254
have been discharged
from various hospitals
of the state. On Tuesday
the number of active
cases in the state was
20,376. There are 10,185
positive migrant pa-
tients in the state.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: DPC for Ra-
jasthan Commercial
Taxes, Rajasthan Ac-
count Services and Ra-
jasthan Excise Services
has been released. The
list for Commercial
Taxes dept has 39 offic-
ers promoted from AC-
TOs to CTOs. Over all
200 officers are expect-
ed to be promoted after
the meeting, which is
being held in Ajmer is
over.
The DPC meeting
will decide on promo-
tion of around 125 sales
tax officials from ACTO
to CTO, CTO to Assis-
tant Commissioner, As-
sistant Commissioner
to Deputy Commission-
er and Deputy Commis-
sioner to Additional
Commissioner.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Fight for Right
social organisation has
filed a PIL in Rajasthan
HC, seeking directions
to the state to impose a
weeklong lockdown
prior to the festivals of
Diwali and Navratri in
view of rising number
of corona cases. The
petitioner has said that
the lockdown is re-
quired to break the
chain of the virus
spread before the fes-
tive season. It has de-
manded free treatment
for covid patients in pri-
vate hospitals & ap-
pointment of govern-
ment officers as admin-
istrators there. It has
requested the High
Court to conduct early
hearing of the PIL.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan
High Court has directed
the State Government
to submit a factual re-
port on how many vehi-
cles were seized by po-
lice in the state during
and after lockdown.
The Court issued no-
tices to Chief Secretary,
Home Secretary, DGP,
Transport Commis-
sioner, Principal Secre-
tary Forest and SPs of
Sawaimadhopur, Ka-
rauli and Tonk dis-
tricts.
Hearing a PIL filed by
Mahesh Jhalani, the di-
vision bench of Chief
Justice Indrajit Mahan-
ty and justice Prakash
Gupta asked the addi-
tional advocate general
RP Singh to submit a
factual report on the
number of vehicles
seized by police during
and after lockdown in
the state.
The court asked how
many vehicles are lying
seized in police stations
and what action was
taken by the police to
dispose of the cases.
The counsel for the
petitioner Satish Khan-
delwal said that there
are clear directions of
SC regarding the sei-
zure of vehicles, but the
State Government has
not yet issued any
guideline in pursuance
of SC directions.
Whereas trucks,
tractors, motorcycles,
buses and other utility
vehicles have been
seized in the police sta-
tions across the state
and the value of the ve-
hicles runs in billions.
Submit report on seized
vehicles: Raj HC to Govt
Shanti Dhariwal during the press conference at his residence on Tuesday. Health Minister Dr
Raghu Sharma, Subhash Garg, Bhawar Singh Bhati, Ashok Chandna, Pratap Singh Khachariwas,
Govind Singh Dotasra and Mahesh Joshi were present on the occasion.
Students of Ahangaran Girls College carry out an ‘Corona
Awareness Drive’ in Ghat Gate area of Jaipur on Tuesday. They
also distributed 1,000 masks to people during the campaign.
About 200 officers to be
promoted after DPC meet
Weeklong lockdown ahead of festivals: PIL in HC
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HC Notice to authorities
over online edu system PIL
Parole to 2 convicts
in separate cases
Metro Smart Card: Now mobile vehicle to spread info
Dates for Local bodies
polls soon, says SEC
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Ra-
jasthan High Court is-
sued notices to Com-
missioner-RSCPCR,
PS (School Education)
and Director (Educa-
tion) on the petition
filed by advocate
Shashank Agrawal re-
garding absence of
any monitoring au-
thority for the inline
education being im-
parted in the state.
Appearing for peti-
tioner, Advocate Ashu-
man Saxena requested
the court to bring the
primary school educa-
tion under Rajasthan
fees regulation Act to
regularise it.
He also demanded
the formulation of a
specialised committee
by the State Govern-
ment to monitor the
online education with
regards to its syllabus
and study material.
The petition also
raised the issue of re-
trenchment of teach-
ing & non-teaching
staff due to the Coro-
na-induced lockdown
along with pleading
financial aid for
schools run by NGOs
and trusts on subsi-
dized fees.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan HC
has granted parole to
two terrorists in sepa-
rate cases. The court
granted permanent pa-
role to Pappu alias
Salim, who is serving
life imprisonment in
Samleti bomb blast
case, while Daya Singh,
a convict in Rajendra
Mirdha kidnapping
case, was given special
parole for four weeks.
A division bench of
CJ Indrajit Mahanty &
justice Prakash Gupta
while hearing the peti-
tions gave the orders.
Pappu alias Salim has
been lodged in jail for
23 years whereas, Daya
Singh has spent more
than 22 years in jail.
Both have been grant-
ed parole based on
their good conduct in
the jail.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Jaipur Metro
has started a mobile
vehicle to provide in-
formation about uses
and recharge of Metro
Smart Card to the peo-
ple. There is a provi-
sion of 10 percent con-
cession on fare on us-
ing Metro card, which
can be purchased from
any of the Metro rail-
way stations in Jaipur.
In view of Coronavi-
rus spread, the Metro
has asked its passen-
gers to use the smart
card and for dissemi-
nating information
about the same, the
Metro has engaged a
vehicle.
Jaipur Metro MD,
Bhaskar A Sawant
said that the Metro
services had resumed
services on September
23 and the trains are
running from 6.20 am
to 9.20 pm.
The train is cover-
ing the distance from
Mansarover to Badi
Chaupar in 26 min-
utes.
The passengers are
purchasing smart
cards while following
social distancing
norms at the stations
and efforts are being
made to spread infor-
mation about the
smart card further,
said the Jaipur Met-
ro MD.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The State Elec-
tionCommission(SEC)
may declare the dates
for election to the 129
urban local bodies and
6 municipal corpora-
tions any day now.
The court has in-
structed to hold the
elections by October 31.
If the state govt doesn’t
approach the SC, then
the ball must already
be rolling. SEC has al-
ready published the fi-
nal voters’ list already
on July 20. Elections to
4,450 wards spread
across 129 urban bod-
ies, are to be held for
which 7,400 polling
booths have been iden-
tified. With 21,31,613
males and 20,10,643 fe-
males total 41,42,340
voters will be eligible to
vote in the upcoming
local body elections.

Kartikey Dev Singh /Navin Sharma
hief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s
trusted top cop of the Anti-Cor-
ruption Bureau, Dr Alok Trip-
athi, after serving a record ten-
ure of fifty months, will put in
his papers this afternoon after
a glorious service record of 34
years.Dr Tripathi belongs to
1986 batch of IPS. Out of 100
policemen 99.9% would say
that being a policeman is a
thankless job yet there are few
upright cops who are not only
thanked by the common people
but also appreciated by the top
elected leaders who they served
in official capacity. Dr Alok
Tripathi is all set to put an
end to an illustrious ‘khakhi’
career in which his innings
as the chief of ACB is an era
in itself which will be worth
emulating for any upright
officer who has the vision of
stepping into his shoes.
Dr Tripathi perhaps happens
to be the longest ever serving
DG as DG ACB in any state
across the nation. This makes
Dr Tripathi as the most experi-
enced ACB hand in the country
to investigate the corruption
cases and to nab the culprits.
According to sources, CM Ge-
hlot rates Dr. Tripathi as one
of the best performing offic-
er in the state police’s admin-
istration and therefore he
might consider to give some
important post retirement
responsibility to Dr Tripathi.
During Tuesday’s VC to re-
view ACB’s performance,
CM Gehlot appreciated the
role and performance of Dr
Tripathi in ACB to carry out
his anti corruption mandate.
In the current bureaucrat-
ic race of our times, where
every retiring IAS and IPS
officer still dreams of some
lucrative assignment, a hard
honest and low profile Dr
Tripathi has indicated his
choice as the vice chancellor
of the upcoming police uni-
versity. However, after the
completion of a long series
of procedural formalities,
the Chief Minister will take
a final call on the future of
Dr Tripathi.
Because of his integri-
ty, efficiency and low
profile working, Dr. Tripathi en-
joyed the confidence of his two
mentors i.e. Vasundhara Raje
and Ashok Gehlot but ‘ideologi-
cally’ he is more close to Gehlot.
During his more than four
year long tenure at an unpleas-
ant and thankless place like
ACB, surprisingly Dr Tripathi
has never antagonized any in-
dividual or group of people,
who were booked by him for
corruption charges, because he
enjoyed the reputation and
goodwill of a fairly independ-
ent and impartial officer. A
media shy Dr Tripathi got
an opportunity to work with
a number of ‘different mood’
IGs and ADGs including VK
Singh, Ashok Rathore,
Sachin Mittal, Saurabh Sriv-
astava and a firebrand ADG
Dinesh MN.
Dr Tripathi also broke the
myth that lady officers are
comparatively less dishonest
as he caught 66 female officer
in ACB net. Over the course of
four years, the senior IPS, stay-
ing at helm in the Bureau,
oversaw a whopping 1229 traps,
a new record! Similarly, a re-
cord number of 388 cases of
misuse of office and 65 cases of
Disproportionate Assets were
registered during Tripathi’s
tenure. In an overall perfor-
mance, Dr Tripathi’s ACB
stood at number two
in the country just
after Maharashtra.
Tripathi also did
not shy from putting his
hands on the ‘big fish’, as
CM Ashok Gehlot had di-
rected when he came to ACB
Headquarter earlier in the
year and took a meeting of
ACB officials.
At the grassroot level, Dr.
Tripathi, who always believed
in the principal of ‘complete
trust with complete delega-
tion’, was fairly popular among
the field staff even at district
headquarter level. One day be-
fore his retirement, Dr. Trip-
athi attended a video confer-
ence meeting with all his staff
at the district level and thanked
everyone for their total support
and cooperation to him during
his more than four years ten-
ure. Dr Tripathi’s biggest
achievement was that he
managed a challenging ‘con-
tradiction’ of being a ‘hatch-
et-man’ and at the same time
to be a popular person also.
Now everyone awaits CM
Gehlot’s announcement this
afternoon to nominate or ap-
point Dr Tripathi’s succes-
sor, who will always have a
challenge to beat Dr Trip-
athi’s unbeatable perfor-
mance. Incidentally, just af-
ter one day of his retire-
ment, Dr Tripathi will cele-
brate his 60th Birthday.
THE END OF
AN ERA IN ACB!
TOP ACB COP DR. ALOK TRIPATHI RETIRES TODAY
C
Now everyone
awaits CM
Gehlot’s
announcement
this afternoon
to nominate or
appoint Dr
Tripathi’s
successor, who
will always
have the
challenge to
beat Dr
Tripathi’s
unbeatable
performance.
Incidentally,
just after one
day of his
retirement, Dr
Tripathi will
celebrate his
60th Birthday
DURING TUESDAY’S VC
TO REVIEW ACB’S
PERFORMANCE, CM
GEHLOT APPRECIATED
THE ROLE AND
PERFORMANCE OF DR
TRIPATHI IN ACB TO
CARRY OUT HIS ANTI
CORRUPTION MANDATE
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t the recent
opening of the
United Nations
General Assem-
bly, UN Secre-
tary-General António Gu-
terres warned that the
United States and China
could “split the globe” into
separatetradeandfinancial
blocs with diverging Inter-
net and artificial-intelli-
gence capacities. Moreover,
he said, such a “Great Frac-
ture” between the world’s
twolargesteconomiescould
become a geostrategic and
military divide.
TheemergingSino-Amer-
icantensionsininternation-
al organizations are indeed
alarming. US President
Donald Trump’s adminis-
tration, having previously
accused the World Health
Organization of cozying up
to China, has announced its
intention to withdraw the
US from the agency and is
withholding funding, thus
depriving the WHO of its
largest single financial con-
tributor. The US has also
stalled the World Trade Or-
ganization’s dispute-settle-
ment system by vetoing the
appointment of new judges
to its appellate body.
Fortunately, however,
three strands of multilat-
eralism will contain the
risk of a great superpower
fracture.
First,multilateralorgani-
zations are changing, not
collapsing. China is not
seeking to destroy the inter-
national institutions that
Americaestablishedandled
in the aftermath of World
WarII.Onthecontrary,Chi-
na is seeking to increase its
influence within these or-
ganizations, not least be-
cause it is thriving within
the system they uphold.
After the US announced
that it was withdrawing
from the WHO, China
pledged to give it $2 billion
over two years to help it
fight the COVID-19 pan-
demic. And after the US
sought to prevent the
WTO’s appellate body from
functioning, China circu-
lated a reform proposal
aimed at strengthening the
organization.
In the UN, China is now
the second-largest contrib-
utor to the general budget
and to the peacekeeping
budget. Chinese officials
now head four of the UN’s
15 specialized agencies.
And in the International
Monetary Fund and the
World Bank, China is now
the third most powerful
member state, with its own
seat on the executive board
and a Chinese official in the
senior management team.
We are thus witnessing
two economic superpowers
competing for positions
within agencies that set
and monitor global rules.
Whereas China, the new-
comer, is using carrots to
advance its position, the
US (not for the first time) is
using sticks – threats of
disengagement and de-
funding – to get its way.
The key for other coun-
tries will be the quality of
these international organi-
zations’ leadership – as was
the case during the Cold
War, when the US dominat-
ed such institutions. In that
era, for example, UN Secre-
tary-General Dag Ham-
marskjöld neatly side-
stepped the US-Soviet stale-
mate by introducing inter-
national peacekeeping
overseen by the UN, while
World Bank President Rob-
ert McNamara used his au-
thority and mandate to ex-
pand the Bank’s member-
ship and activities.
Countering the Great
Fracture will require lead-
ers who can mobilize coali-
tions of countries other
than China or the US to
counter a dominant mem-
ber’s view, and who can
maximize the impact of
their organizations’ re-
sources, staff, and policies.
SOURCE: PROJECT SYNDICATE
Multilateralism will survive the great fracture
A
Gracious words are like a
honeycomb, sweetness to the
soul and health to the body.
—Proverbs 16:24
Spiritual
SPEAK
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TWEET
Nirmala Sitharaman
@nsitharaman
Did @INCIndia give a false
promise during the Lok Sabha
2019 elections or are they
provoking people now by asking
states to bypass the central
legislation? Wonder who advises
their President?
Adhir Chowdhury @adhirrcinc
NCB and Other Govt. agencies
are assumed to be hyper active
on Late Sushant Singh Rajput’s
Investigation till the Bihar
Election will be over, thereafter I
apprehend that this issue will not
ﬁnd adequate chatterboxes in the
primetime show and will die a
natural death.
AKALIS HAVE NO CHOICE
BUT TO BACK FARMERS
day after Youth Congress workers burnt
a tractor in Delhi, Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi hit out at the opposition
parties. Those opposing the farm Acts
are insulting the farmers by setting fire
to their equipment, Modi said while virtually in-
augurating development schemes in Uttarakhand.
He once again accused the opposition of “mislead-
ing the farmers” and iterated that not only will
the farmers get minimum support price for their
produce but they will also have the freedom to sell
their products anywhere in the country. The law
has struck at what was a source of black money
for some.
But the farmers are far from being convinced.
The All-India Kisan Sangharsh Samiti has an-
nounced massive country-wide protests from Oc-
tober 2. The Congress, which sees an opportunity
to revive its fortunes by taking up the farmers’
cause, will observe October 2 as “Kisan- Mazdoor
Bachao Diwas”. Congress’s gambit is understand-
able but why has the Shiromani Akali Dal decided
to oppose the Acts? Until last month the Akalis
were defending the ordinances. Ironically, Sukhbir
Singh Badal charged Punjab Chief Minister Ama-
rinder Singh of “misleading the peasantry on
MSP”. His wife Harsimrat Kaur had also said that
Congress was creating doubts in the mind of farm-
ers. That is no longer the case now.
So far it is only the Punjab farmers who are vo-
ciferously and actively protesting the new legisla-
tion. In that lies the reason for Akalis snapping ties
with the National Democratic Alliance. It is the
peasantry which will decide the fate of not just
Akalis but also of other political parties.
A
IN-DEPTH
UP RAPE CASE REMINDS
DELHI OF NIRBHAYA
n Tuesday New Delhi witnessed scenes
reminiscent of the 2012 Nirbhaya rape
case when the people of Delhi were out
on the streets demanding justice for the
girl who was brutally raped and left to
die. Nirbhaya did not belong to Delhi but was stay-
ing there as a physiotherapy intern. The crowd
spilling onto roads outside the Safdarjung Hospital
is demanding justice for a 19-year-old Dalit girl
who was gang-raped and tortured in Hathras, Ut-
tar Pradesh. Police claimed that the girl was not
raped although the police had registered a case of
gang-rape. A case under Section 307 IPC and SC-ST
Act has been registered against the accused.
As night descended the victim’s family and pol-
iticians, including the new Dalit leader Chan-
drashekhar Azad Ravan, refused to leave demand-
ing that her body be handed over to the family. The
girl’s death will be used for political ends but the
question of how to stop the scourge of rape in Ut-
tar Pradesh and other states is hardly addressed
with seriousness.
The insensitivity of police in not registering a
rape victim’s FIR and acting on her complaint with
promptness is a bigger issue. After the Nirbhaya
case, the law that was framed made it mandatory
for the police to register the complaint of every
victim of sexual assault failing which an FIR has
to be registered against the police officer himself.
The law remains confined to the pages of law
books as policemen in UP take sadistic pleasure in
turning women away from thanas. For Dalits and
the poor, getting police help is even more difficult.
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INDIAJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
iDEX4Fauji, a step to make
us self-reliant: Gen Rawat
Budget allocated by Def Min will encourage security forces: CDS
New Delhi: Chief of
Defence Staff (CDS)
General Bipin Rawat on
Tuesday said that the
launch of iDEX4Fauji
is a step towards mak-
ing the country and its
forces Atmanirbhar
(self-reliant).
“The launch of iDEX-
4Fauji is a step towards
making us Atmanirb-
har. The budget allocat-
ed by Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh will en-
courage the security
forces.
The innovations that
we were doing will now
turn into developmen-
tal projects,” Rawat
said at the video confer-
ence. Regarding the
visit to Kupwara in
Jammu and Kashmir by
the Defence Minister
and him, Rawat said,
“Some months ago we
visited Kupwara sector
close to the Line of Con-
trol (LoC) and there our
Jawans showed several
innovations to the De-
fence Minister with
which they use to take
action against terror-
ists. So the defence min-
ister enquired how to
develop these innova-
tions so that the secu-
rity forces in border
areas benefit. Our sol-
diers made several in-
novations and to take it
to step forward iDEX-
4Fauji will give the
right direction.”
Defence Minister Ra-
jnath Singh on Tuesday
released the Project
Management Approach
(PMA) guidelines for
iDEX (Innovations for
Defence Excellence)
during the launch func-
tion of Defence India
Startup Challenge.
He congratulated all
stakeholders, including
those in MoD for creat-
ing such an environ-
ment where partici-
pants from various sec-
tors are coming togeth-
er to promote innova-
tion in defence.—ANI
NamamiGangeMission:
PMunveils6megaprojects
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi in-
augurated six mega pro-
jects in Uttarakhand
under the Namami
Gange Mission. He also
launched the logo of Jal
Jeevan Mission, via VC.
The projects include
construction of a 68
MLD sewage treatment
plant (STP), up-grada-
tion of the existing 27
MLD plant at Jagjeetpur
in Haridwar and con-
struction of an 18 MLD
STP at Sarai in Harid-
war. The inauguration
of 68 MLD Jagjeetpur
project also marks the
completion of the first
sewerage project taken
up on hybrid annuity
mode of PPP mode.
“In the past decades,
huge initiatives were
taken up to clean river
Ganga but those initia-
tives had neither public
participation nor far-
sightedness. As a result,
water of river Ganga
was never cleaned,” PM
Modi said.
PM Modi said in Praya-
graj Kumbh, the seren-
ity of Ganga was expe-
rienced by devotees and
now during Haridwar
Kumbh, the whole
world is going to experi-
ence the bathing of the
pure Ganga.
“Today, we are all see-
ing the results of this
all-round work of the
government. Today,
work on projects worth
30 thousand crores un-
der Namami Gange pro-
ject is going on or has
been completed. The
government moved for-
ward in four directions
simultaneously. First,
started laying a trap of
sewage treatment
plants to prevent dirty
water falling into the
Ganges. Second, build-
ing sewage treatment
plants that can meet the
needs of the next 10-15
years. Third, working
towards making 100 big
cities and 5,000 villages
situated on the banks of
river Ganga open defe-
cation free. Fourth, to
put pollution in river
Ganga & its tributar-
ies,” he said. —PTI
SHIMLA-CHANDIGARH NH BLOCKED
AFTER LANDSLIDE IN SOLAN
Shimla: The Shimla-
Chandigarh National
Highway number 22 was
blocked after a major
landslide occurred in
Himachal Pradesh’’s
Solan district on Mon-
day, police said.Major
cracks developed on the
road after the landslide
at Waknaghat, they said,
adding that there was no
possibility of opening the
road till Tuesday morning.
The police advised people
to use alternate routes of
Kufri-Kandaghat, Mehli-
Kandaghat via Junga and
Tutu to Kunihar to avoid
inconvenience.Similarly,
people coming from Ram-
pur, Rohru, Kotkhai and
Chopal may use Chhaila
to Solan route via Neripul
and Giripul, the cops
further added.
‘AMARINDER SINGH’S SIT-IN IS
SHAMEFUL POL NAUTANKI’
Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief
Sukhbir Singh Badal termed the sit-in protest at
Khatkar Kalaan by Punjab Chief Minister Captain
Amarinder Singh as “shameful political nautanki”.
“Pb CM’s dharna at Khatkar Kalaan, known for
Shaheed Bhagat Singh memorial, is shameful
political nautanki. Utter disrespect! These were
the very people Shaheed-e-Azam opposed when
he was alive. Do Amarinder and company share
any part of his ideology? They are only exploiting
sentiments,” Badal said.
MP GOVT SUSPENDS IPS OFFICER;
ANCHOR SAYS HE IS LIKE FATHER
Bhopa: Madhya Pradesh
government on Tuesday
suspended a senior IPS
officer seen beating his
wife in a viral video, after
being confronted by her
at the flat of a regional TV
channel’s news anchor.
Purushottam Sharma, a
1986 batch IPS officer,
was on Monday issued a
show-notice by the state
home department which
had asked to submit his
reply by 5 pm on Tuesday.
“Sharma’s reply to the
notice was found unsat-
isfactory and as a result
he has been suspended,”
ACS Home Dr Rajesh
Rajora said. The anchor
submitted a plaint against
Sharma’s wife and son
and claimed that IPS
officer is “like a father” to
her and calls her ‘beta’.
SHEKHAR KAPUR NAMED FTII
GOVERNING COUNCIL CHAIRMAN
Pune: Noted filmmaker Shekhar Kapur was on
Tuesday appointed president of the Pune-based
Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Society
and chairman of the institute’s governing council,
an official said. FTII Director Bhupendra Kainthola
said the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
has announced that Kapur has been appointed to
these posts. The 74-year-old filmmaker’s tenure
will be till March 3, 2023, the official said. Born on
December 6, 1945 at Lahore in Pakistan, Kapoor
is a critically acclaimed director.
BSP, RLSP to fight
together, Kushwaha
CM candidate: Maya
Lucknow: Bahujan Sa-
maj Party chief
Mayawati on Tuesday
said that her party will
fight upcoming Bihar
pollsinalliancewiththe
Rashtriya Lok Samta
Party and former union
minister Upendra
Kushwaha will be chief
ministerial candidate.
“We have decided to
fight elections in Bihar
in alliance with Upen-
dra Kushwaha’s Rash-
triya Lok Samta Party
and other parties. Upen-
dra Kushwaha will be
the CM if this alliance
gets the blessing of peo-
ple of Bihar in the
polls,” Mayawati said at
a press conference. —ANI
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court issued no-
tices to Delhi Univer-
sity, Delhi government
and several colleges on
a petition claiming
non-payment of sala-
ries to approximately
1,500 teachers of sev-
eral government-fund-
ed colleges.
A division bench of
Justices Hima Kohli
and Subramonium
Prasad also directed
four colleges to file sta-
tus reports in two
weeks and thereafter
for the Delhi govern-
ment to file a response
on the status report.
The matter was fixed
for further hearing on
November 4. Advocate
Ashok Agarwal, ap-
pearing for teachers,
sought directions to
Delhi government to
immediately release
grant to colleges. Sev-
eral professors and
teachers from differ-
ent colleges of the DU
have approached HC.
HC notice on non-
payment of salaries
How long can Mufti be
detained: SC asks J&K
New Delhi: “How
long can Mehbooba
Mufti be kept in cus-
tody”, the Supreme
Court asked the cen-
tre and the Jammu
and Kashmir admin-
istration today as it
heard her daughter’s
petition challenging
the former Chief
Minister’s detention
under the stringent
Public Safety Act
(PSA).
Mehbooba Mufti,
the chief of Peoples
Democratic Party
(PDP), has been in de-
tention for over a
year after was arrest-
ed on the eve of the
scrapping of Jammu
and Kashmir’s spe-
cial status and its bi-
furcation into two
Union Territories on
August 5 last year.
The top court today
gave two weeks’ time
to the Jammu and
Kashmir administra-
tion to give its stand
on how long Ms Mufti
can be kept in custo-
dy and whether her
custody can be ex-
tended beyond one
year.—Agencies
DELHI COLLEGE TEACHERS
FADNAVIS’S DIG AT TEJASHWI
‘JOBS TO 10L
MURDERERS’
Patna: Former Maha-
rashtra CM and BJP’s
Bihar election in-
charge Devendra Fad-
navis on Monday took a
jibe at Tejashwi Yadav’s
promise of 10 lakh gov-
ernment jobs and said
“Yesterday, I heard that
Tejashwi Yadav will
give jobs to 10 lakh peo-
ple in the first cabinet. I
get to know to whom
they will give jobs. They
will give the order for 10
lakh country-made pis-
tols and Bihar will
again see kidnappings
and looting. Yadav will
distribute those pistols
among his supporters.
This is the job, he was
talking about. He will
give jobs to 10 lakh kid-
nappers, looters and
murderers,” Fadnavis
said “We will see the
same kind of Bihar that
was there under Lalu
Yadav’s rule in which
girls could not go out-
side in the evening, no
one was allowed to buy
new car. We have seen a
Bihar which had no
electricity, water and
roads. the present Bi-
har is the “Bihar of PM
Narendra Modi, Sushil
Modi and Nitish Ku-
mar.” —Agencies
Bengal a ‘Police State’ under Mamata
Banerjee, says Governor Dhankhar
FM slams Sonia’s advice to
party-ruled states on farm bills
Kolkata: West Bengal
Governor Jagdeep
Dhankarhascomplained
that Mamata Banerjee
government is pulling
the purse strings for the
Raj Bhavan expenses so
tight that he may not be
abletoofferbiscuitswith
tea to the media at the
next press meet.
Dhankar said he had
asked for a fund of Rs 30
to 40 lakh beyond budget-
ary allocation for Raj
Bhavan. But the home
secretary wrote back de-
nying the funds, he said,
citing constraints be-
cause of the coronavirus
pandemic&CycloneAm-
phan to “a governor who
is a teetotaler and a veg-
etarian.”
“Kya mazak ho raha
hai.” “Free distribution
of moneybutnotevenRs
30L for Raj Bhavan!”
New Delhi: Union Fi-
nance Minister Nirma-
la Sitharaman targeted
Congress over party
chief Sonia Gandhi’s
advice to party-rules
states to bypass farm
laws brought by Centre
through legislative
measures and said the
opposition party in its
2019 Lok Sabha mani-
festo had promised re-
peal of Agricultural
Produce Market Com-
mittees Act.
Sitharaman said in
tweets that Congress
had promised to make
trade in agricultural
produce--including ex-
ports and inter-state
trade--free from all re-
strictions. “From Sec-
tion 7 page 9 of the
INCIndia Lok Sabha
2019 manifesto: ‘Con-
gress will repeal the Ag-
ricultural Produce Mar-
ket Committees Act and
make trade in agricul-
tural produce--includ-
ing exports and inter-
state trade-free from all
restrictions.” —ANI
BIHAR POLLS
Markets end
lower after
choppy trade
New Delhi: Markets
ended marginally lower
amid lack of directional
cues from domestic as
well as global markets.
The 30-share BSE
Sensex ended 8.41
points or 0.02 % lower at
37,973.22. Similarly, the
NSE Nifty slipped 5.15
points to 11,222.40. Ma-
jor gainers in Sensex
pack were ONGC, In-
dusInd Bank etc.
‘CHIRAG LJP’s CM
CANDIDATE’
Lucknow: A special
court here will deliver
the much-awaited judg-
ment on Wednesday in
the 1992 Babri Masjid
demolition case in
which BJP veterans L K
Advani and Murli
Manohar Joshi are
among the accused.
CBI judge SK Yadav
had on September 16 di-
rected all the 32 surviv-
ing accused to remain
present in the court on
the day of the judg-
ment. The accused in-
clude former deputy
PM Advani, former Un-
ion ministers Joshi and
Uma Bharti, former UP
CM Kalyan Singh, be-
sides Vinay Katiyar and
Sadhvi Rithambara.
With both Bharti and
Singh convalescing in
separate hospitals after
coronavirus infection,
it was not immediately
known if they would be
present in the court at
the time of pronounce-
ment of order. —ANI
Special court
to pronounce
Babri case
verdict today

INDIAJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
FORMER IRS OFFICER TO CONTEST
FOR CAPTAIN, DELHI GOLF CLUB
Former 1970 batch IRS (IT) officer Ashwini Luthra
is going to contest for Captain of the Delhi Golf
Club. For the first time, some body from the
Income Tax is in race for Captain.
ONE IPS OFFICER OUT OF
FIVE FROM AP EMPANELLED AS
ADDITIONAL SECRETARY
One IAS officer, out of a total of five of 1993 batch,
from Andhra Pradesh cadre has been empanelled
for holding Additional Secretary/Additional Secre-
tary equivalent posts in Government of India.
SANJAY DAYAL DEPUTED TO BIHAR
GOVT RETURNING IN OCTOBER
Sanjay Dayal, who was on cadre deputation to Bi-
har Government, will be returning to parent cadre,
Railway Board with effect from October 24, 2020.
He is an IRSS officer.
DR. TIWARI LIKELY TO RETURN TO
PARENT CADRE AFTER COMPLETION
OF ICD TENURE
Dr. Brahma Deo Ram Tiwari, serving with the
Uttar Pradesh Government on inter cadre depu-
tation (ICD), is expected to return to parent cadre
in November this year. He is a 2006 batch IAS
officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
DEPUTATION TENURE OF AGRAWAL
EXTENDED
The Prasar Bharati Secretariat has extended the
deputation tenure of Neeraj Agrawal, ADG (Con-
tent Operation), West Zone, Mumbai, for a period
of one year till Sept 25, 2021. He is an ITS officer.
DR. AGRAWAL AND SINGH
APPOINTED MEMBER, PSC, UP
Dr. Savita Agrawal and Harendra Pratap Singh
have been appointed new members of UP, PSC.
One more post of member is still vacant.
DOPT SEEKS OFFICER FOR POST
OF FINANCIAL ADVISER
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT)
is seeking an officer to fill up the post of Financial
Adviser, Khadi and Village Industries Commission
(KVIC), Mumbai, under the Ministry of Micro,
Small and Medium Enterprises.
J SWROOP’S TRANSFER ORDER CANCELLED
The transfer order of Janardan Swroop – who is
a Group ‘B’ officer in Stores Department – from
Rail Coach Factory (RCF) to Northern Railway has
been cancelled on his own request.
EIGHT POLICE OFFICERS AWARDED
IPS CADRE IN MP
As many as eight officers of Madhya Pradesh State
Police Service have been awarded Indian Police Ser-
vice (IPS) cadre. The officers are: Yashpal Singh Ra-
jput, Dharmvir Singh, Arvind Tiwari, Priyanka Mishra,
Veerendra Kumar Mishra, Pramod Kumar Sinha, Vijay
Kumar Bhagwani and Rajeev Kumar Mishra.
SIX OFFICERS OF HARYANA FOREST
SERVICE APPOINTED TO IFS
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change (MoEF) has appointed six officers of
Haryana State Forest Service to the Indian Forest
Service. The four officers of Select List 2008 have
been granted notional appointment. They are:
Om Prakash Sharma, Ram Karan Sharma, Rajesh
Kumar Gulia and Satyavir Singh Shoran. Besides,
Balbir Singh Khokha and Rajesh Kumar Chugh of
Select List 2012 were also awarded IFS cadre.
MALAYA SHRIVASTAVA PROMOTED
TO CHIEF SECRETARY GRADE IN MP
Malaya Shrivastav has been promoted to the
grade of Chief Secretary in Madhya Pradesh. He is
a 1990 batch IAS officer.
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and directed that the
declaration of property
and assets to be made
annually by the Gazet-
ted Officers including
All India Services,
State Services should
also be made compul-
sory for all government
personnel. This will
bring transparency in
government work and
will also help ACB in
highlighting cases of
disproportionate as-
sets, he said.
He also emphasized
on maximum publicity
of ACB’s helpline 1064
for complaints against
corruption. He directed
that posters giving in-
formation about this
helpline should be past-
ed in all government
offices. It was informed
at the meeting that 1107
complaints have been
received on this hel-
pline about dispropor-
tionate assets, misuse
of the post and bribe.
Based on this, ACB has
also been successful in
carrying out 25 trap op-
erations.
Gehlot instructed to
keep the name of the
complainant a secret.
“Proper protection
should be given to those
who raise their voice
against corruption so
that in future they will
not face any kind of
trouble,” he said and
congratulated the offic-
ers and employees of
the Bureau for taking
effective action contin-
uously even during the
challenging times of
Covid-19.
Chief Secretary Ra-
jeeva Swarup said State
Government has not
kept any shortage in
providing necessary re-
sources to ACB for bet-
ter functioning.
During the meeting,
ACB Director General
Alok Tripathi said that
the policy of the state
government against
corruption has been of
zero tolerance. “Taking
this as the basis, the
ACB has carried out
more than 500 actions
of the trap in the last
nearly almost 2 years.
In this case, Rajasthan
is second in the coun-
try. The average pun-
ishment for traps was
54%,” he said. Interest-
ingly, Gehlot lauded Dr
Tripathi for being a
hardworking cop who
put ideals above other
things. Meanwhile,
the Chief Minister also
interacted with the of-
ficers of ACB Head-
quarters, Special and
Investigating Unit of
the Division and offic-
ers posted in the dis-
tricts and took their
suggestions.
UP Dalit...
to strangulate her to
death as she resisted
their attempt and in the
process, she had also
ended up biting her
tongue and suffering a
severe cut on it. —ANI
Never accepted...
the MEA spokesperson
said. Srivastava pointed
out that under their
various bilateral agree-
ments including the
1993 Agreement on
Maintenance of Peace
and Tranquility along
the LAC, 1996 Agree-
ment on Confidence
Building Measures in
the military field, 2005
Protocol on Implemen-
tation of CBMs, 2005
Agreement on Political
Parameters and Guid-
ing Principles for settle-
ment of the India-China
Boundary Question,
“both India and China
have committed to clar-
ification and confirma-
tion of the LAC to reach
a common understand-
ing of the alignment of
the LAC.” —Agencies
Polling on...
the Commission has de-
cided not to announce
the conduct of elections
at this stage in the above
seven vacancies in leg-
islative assemblies of
these states,” the note
by Senior Principal Sec-
retary, ECI, read.
Meanwhile CEC
Sunil Arora and the two
Election Commission-
ers reached Patna on
Tuesday on a three-day
visit to review poll pre-
paredness and hold
meetings with state of-
ficials regarding up-
coming Bihar polls.
They only...
was at the root of this
politics of opposition
for opposition’s sake.
The prime minister
was speaking at the
launch of mega pro-
jects in Uttarakhand
via video conference.
The opposition has
got just one way of do-
ing politics and that is
by opposing, he said,
adding those protesting
farm bills are favouring
middlemen.
“Frustration of a
party which has ended
up riding the shoulders
of others despite wield-
ing power for four gen-
erations is behind this
politics of opposition,
Modi said. “They only
want middlemen to
thrive and want the
problems of farmers to
be perpetuated. The
real reason behind the
ongoing protests is
that yet another source
of black money has
been closed for them,”
PM said. —ANI
FROM PG 1
New Delhi: India’s
COVID-19 recoveries
have crossed 51 lakh,
which is highest in the
world, and the last 10
lakh recoveries came
about in 11 days,
Health Ministry said
on Tuesday.
“The number of re-
covered COVID-19 pa-
tients in the country has
crossed 51 lakh. It is the
highest in the world. In-
dia took 57 days for one
lakh recoveries to be-
come 10 lakh. However,
if we look at the last 10
lakh recoveries i.e. from
40 lakh to 50 lakh recov-
eries, it took us only 11
days. It is a significant
fact. It is the big pic-
ture,” Union Health Sec-
retary Rajesh Bhushan
said at a press confer-
ence on the COVID-19
situation in the country.
“Active cases in the
country constitute only
15 per cent of the total
cases in India. The re-
covered cases are 83 per
cent of total cases. The
percentage of active
cases has shown a con-
tinuous and sustained
decline from September
15 till date,” he said.
Bhushan said that In-
dia has one of the lowest
cases per million popu-
lation in the world.
“There are many
countries that have
20,000 cases per million
population. In compari-
son, India has 4, 453
cases per million popu-
lation. Cases per million
population in the US
and Brazil is 5 times
their corresponding fig-
ures in India,” he said.
India’s COVID-19
deaths per million popu-
lation is also amongst
the lowest in the world,
Bhushan said.
“India’s COVID-19
deaths per million popu-
lation stands at 70,
which is 9 times lower
thanBrazilandtheUK,”
he said.
Referring to COV-
ID-19 testing, Bhushan
said that over 7.30 crore
tests have been conduct-
ed in the country includ-
ing 77.8 lakh tests in last
week. “COVID-19 tests
per million population
have crossed 50,000 and
2.97 crore COVID-19
tests were conducted in
September,” he said.
The country’s COV-
ID-19 count stands at
61,45,292 including
9,47,576 active cases,
51,01,398 cured and dis-
charged or migrated pa-
tients and 96,318 deaths.
India’s COVID-19 recoveries
highest in the world: MoHFW
‘Number of recovered COVID-19 patients in the country has crossed 51 lakh’ said Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan
Pune: Serum Institute
of India will produce up
to an additional 100 mil-
lion COVID-19 vaccine
doses for India and low
and middle-income
countries (LMICs) in
2021. The company
made this announce-
ment taking forward the
collaboration between
SII, Gavi, Vaccine Alli-
ance and Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation. The
expansion follows Au-
gust’s announcement of
up to 100 million doses
to be delivered by the
collaboration and bring-
ing the total now to be
delivered by the part-
nership to up to 200 mil-
lion doses of vaccines.
“This association is
in line with our efforts
to see that the future
vaccines reaches the re-
motest part of the world
providing full immuni-
sation coverage in a bid
to contain the spread of
the pandemic,” Poona-
walla added.
Serum Institute
to produce
100 million
vaccine doses
IMAurgesPinarayito
declarehealthemergency
Thiruvananthapuram:
With the test positivity
rate reaching 12.59 per
cent and Kerala wit-
nessing a surge in COV-
ID-19 cases, the Indian
Medical Association
(IMA) on Tuesday re-
quested the Chief Min-
ister Pinarayi Vijayan
to declare a health
emergency in the state.
As per the official re-
lease, IMA said that the
COVID-19 protocol
should be strictly fol-
lowed and people
should follow social dis-
tancing along with the
use of masks and sani-
tisers. IMA said that in
the last 28 days COV-
ID-19 was confirmed in
more than one lakh peo-
ple in Kerala, and in
this backdrop, there
needs to be systematic
coordination between
various departments to
tackle the emerging
COVID situation in the
state in an efficient
manner. IMA also de-
manded that COVID-19
testing should be in-
creased in the state.
New Delhi: The Minis-
try of External Affairs
(MEA) has stated that
they have seen reports
regarding elections to
the so-called “Gilgit-
Baltistan” Assembly to
be held on November
15, 2020 and took strong
objection to it.
“The Government of
India conveyed strong
protest to Pakistan
Government and reit-
erated that Jammu and
Kashmir and Ladakh,
including the so-called
Gilgit and Baltistan,
are an integral part of
India,” the MEA stated.
The Government of In-
dia also completely re-
jected recent actions
such as the so-called
“Gilgit-Baltistan (Elec-
tions and Caretaker
Government) Amend-
ment Order 2020” and
continued attempts by
Pakistan establish-
ment to bring material
changes in areas under
its illegal and forcible
occupation, according
to MEA.
he ministry pointed
out that the govern-
ment of Pakistan has
no locus standi on ter-
ritories illegally and
forcibly occupied by it.
The statement said
action such as these
can neither hide the il-
legal occupation of
parts of Union Territo-
ries of Jammu and
Kashmir and Ladakh
by Pakistan nor the
grave human rights vi-
olations, exploitation
and denial of freedom
to the people residing
in Pakistan occupied
territories for the past
seven decades.
Gilgit-Baltistan
election:India
protestsPak’smove
New Delhi: Hitting out
at the BJP over the
Hathras gangrape inci-
dent, the Congress
Tuesday questioned the
“silence” of Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
and women leaders of
his party, and alleged
Uttar Pradesh under
the Yogi Adityanath
government has be-
come the “crime capi-
tal” of the country.
The Opposition par-
ty’s attack on the Cen-
tre and the state govern-
ment came after a
19-year-old Dalit woman
from Hathras died at
Safdarjung hospital in
Delhi Tuesday morn-
ing, days after she was
allegedly raped by four
men.
The Congress also
protested at the Vijay
Chowk over the inci-
dent, demanding justice
for the victim. The par-
ty said its leaders PL
Punia, Udit Raj, Amrita
Dhawan along with oth-
er functionaries were
detained at Mandir
Marg Police station for
the protest.
Congress leader Ra-
hul Gandhi attacked the
government over the
incident, saying the
“class-specific jungle
raj” of UP has killed an-
other young woman.
Hathras gangrape: Cong questions ‘silence’
of PM; terms Uttar Pradesh ‘crime capital’
New Delhi: Lufthansa
said Tuesday that it will
have to cancel all
“planned flights” be-
tween India and Ger-
many from September
30 to October 20 because
of an “unexpected re-
jection” of its flight
schedule by the Indian
authorities.
The German carrier
said it had applied for
continuation of the spe-
cial flights it was al-
lowed to operate until
the end of September
but will now have to
cancel the flights be-
cause of the “unexpect-
ed rejection”. Scheduled
international passenger
flights have been sus-
pended in India since
March23duetothecoro-
navirus lockdown.
New Delhi: The Home
Ministry on Tuesday
said Amnesty Interna-
tional’s statement that
it was being subjected
to an “incessant witch-
hunt.” The Union Home
Ministry said all the
“glossy statements”
about humanitarian
work and speaking
truth to power are noth-
ing but a “ploy to divert
attention” from their
activities which were in
clear contravention of
laid down Indian laws.
“Such statements are
an attempt to extrane-
ously influence the
course of investiga-
tions by multiple agen-
cies into the illegali-
ties carried out over
the last few years,” the
ministry said.
Lufthansa cancels all planned
flights to India citing govt snub
‘Amnesty International’s
statement far from truth’
Congress activists protest against the death of Dalit woman in
Hathras near GPO in Lucknow on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
M VENKAIAH NAIDU TESTS POSITIVE
A health worker collects nasal swab of a woman in New Delhi.

NO PREY BASE
FORLEOPARDSNirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: In search of
prey, food or water,
leopards move out of
the forest and stray
into human habitat
which is causing con-
flict with humans and
persecutioninvarious
districts of the state.
Nearly 2 dozen of
leopards who had en-
tered into human
habitat were killed by
people in the last 8
years while some
were poached in the
forest.
There are more
than 600 leopards pre-
sent in the state that
included 250 in sanc-
tuaries and more
than 300 in open for-
ests.
As per the informa-
tion by the forest de-
partment, more than
300 leopards have
been killed in various
incidents like acci-
dents on road passing
through the forest
area, electrocution,
poaching, fight with
other leopards, attack
by people etc. in the
last eight years.
Due to territorial
fight, hunger and
thirst, leopards go to
populated areas
where they are either
killed or caught in the
trap of predators.
Such incidents are
continuously coming
up in many districts
including Ajmer, Ban-
swara, Dungarpur,
Rajsamand, Pratap-
garh and Udaipur
which has posed a
challenge before the
department.
The state capital too
has witnessed leop-
ards straying in the
city area several times
in the recent years.
Theleopardscomeout
of the Jhalana forest
and move into resi-
dentialcolonieswhich
create panic among
the people.
The state govern-
ment had launched a
leopard project in
2017 in Jhalana forest
(Jaipur), Bassi (Chit-
torgarh), Mount Abu
(Sirohi), Kumbhal-
garh (Raoli Todgarh)
and a few other sanc-
tuaries to conserve
leopards. Rajasthan
was the first state to
introduce this kind of
project. Various fa-
cilities were to be de-
veloped but the pro-
ject could not be start-
ed except in Jhalana
due to lack of funds.
Indian Leopard is
an endangered ani-
mal listed as vulner-
able on the IUCN Red
list because of declin-
ing population.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: All the tiger
parks in the state will
reopen for tourists from
October 1.
The decision came
after the forest minister
Sukhram Vishnoi and
Principal Secretary
Shreya Guha reviewed
the preparations for the
reopening in a meeting.
Both Ranthambore
and Sariska tiger parks
were shut for tourists
due to monsoon season
since from July 1. Dur-
ing the three-month clo-
sure, there were many
apprehensions regard-
ing the reopening due to
the ongoing corona cri-
sis but with the opening
of major tourist attrac-
tions across the state
and also with the re-
sumption of the night
tourism, now wildlife
lovers can expect their
much-cherished safari.
The forest depart-
ment has released a
separate order stating
that all the tourists who
have made an advance
booking, but want to re-
schedule will be allowed
to do so.
It is noteworthy that
traditionally October is
a tourist season when
the number of tourists
is quite high and nor-
mally advance booking
for this season is done.
The situation is stark
opposite this year with
onlyafewroomsbooked
and most places bear-
ing a deserted look. Of-
ficials say the condi-
tions are very normal
as of now, the staff is
fully prepared and also
rehearsed for every-
thing.
The gypsy travelling
tracks, both in Ranth-
ambore and Sariska,
have also been repaired.
It is being assumed that
wildlife tourism is go-
ing to prove heavy on
the fear of corona.
Ready for safari! Tiger
parks to open gates for
tourists from tomorrow
Rajasthan to soon
have urban gas
distribution policy
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan will
have an urban gas dis-
tribution policy in the
times to come.
ACS and Chairman
of Rajasthan State Gas
Ltd (RSGL) Subodh
Agarwal said that with
the establishment of
PNG and CNG distribu-
tion networks, seam-
less guess supply will
soon be a reality, which
will reduce air pollu-
tion up to a large ex-
tent.
Agarwal informed
that RSGL has worked
on a war footing and es-
tablished eight CNG
stations in Kota to dis-
tribute piped gas to
10,000 households. He
said the target for the
current year is to in-
crease that to 24,000.
RSGL chairman said
that the mother station
established in Neemra-
na, is distributing CNG
for both industries and
vehicles while the
daughter booster sta-
tion in Kukas, Jaipur is
successfully dispensing
CNG to vehicles.
ACS Agarwal said
that RSGL is also estab-
lishing an urban gas
distribution system in
Gwalior.
The number of leopards in Rajasthan has
increased by 40 percent in the last five
years but the forest department has not
been able to ensure proper prey base and
availability of food in forest areas, which
is resulting in their conflict with humans
Monitoring Diesel digits: How Jain reduced
RSRTC operational cost during corona times
First India Bureau
Jaipur: When Naveen
Jain took over as the
Managing Director of
RSRTC in February this
year,RSRTCwasmarred
by issues like increasing
expenditure,lowmotiva-
tion, inadequate moni-
toring etc.
During the initial co-
rona days when revenue
was at the lowest, he fo-
cussed on bus level mon-
itoring. For this, a new
concept of ‘Zonal Engi-
neers’ was introduced
for effective monitoring
and to create a seamless
channel between units,
workshops, store and
Head Office. These engi-
neers ensured that low
mileagebuseswereiden-
tified and their perfor-
mance was tested and
improvedbeforesending
them on route. Low Die-
sel Mileage buses were
also classified in groups
based on the range of
diesel mileage such as
from 4 to 4.5 KMpL, from
4.50 to 4.80 and from 4.80
to 5.00. The target of
each bus was to move
from its present range to
higher range. Impor-
tance was given to meas-
uressuchasrecondition-
ing of assemblies, self-
starting functionalities,
use of new Fuel Injec-
tionPumpssothatdiesel
mileage could be in-
creased. The procedure
of regular diesel audit
was also adopted to en-
sure no wastage of die-
sel.
Alltheplanning,strat-
egiesandmeasureswere
proven to be moving in
the right direction when
the diesel mileage of
RSRTC increased from
an average of 5.03 KmpL
(pre CoVID times) to 5.42
in September 2020, help-
ing the Corporation
to reduce its operational
cost by Rs 3.08 crore
from July to September
this year.
Jaipur: Rajasthan Housing Board
(RHB) Commissioner Pawan Arora
on Tuesday released a book titled
‘Unveiling the Untamed’ written
by Abhikram Shekhawat at RHB
headquarters. Speaking on the
occasion, Arora stressed that tour-
ism has an important contribution
in the economy of the state. “This
book will prove useful to promote
the tourism of the state and attract
tourists during the Corona period.
This book is useful for people
associated with Tourism and for
ordinary people including wildlife
lovers,” he said. Moreover, ap-
plauding the 17-year-old author’s
efforts, the commissioner said,
“this book shares the experience of
4 years of Abhikram Shekhawat’s
wildlife photography of Rantham-
bore National Park and Jhalana
Leopard Park. In this book, an
attempt has been made to give a
detailed description of wildlife of
Ranthambhore through photog-
raphy, in the same way, a detailed
description of all the leopards of
Jhalana has also been included in
this book. This book will be a good
document for those interested in
the wildlife of Ranthambore,” he
said. —Shivendra Parmar
RSRTC MD Naveen Jain
 Spinner Rashid Khan (3/14) finally got back
to form and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar bowled his
heart out as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeat Delhi
Capitals by 15 runs, tasting first success in IPL
2020 at Abu Dhabi.
 For Delhi, only Shikhar Dhawan (28) and
Rishabh Pant (28) could show some resistance.
 Previously, some tight bowling by Delhi
Capitals helped them restrict Sunrisers
Hyderabad 162/4 after 20 overs. Kagiso Rabada
and Amit Mishra picked two wickets each. For
SRH it was their opener Jonny Bairstow who led
the attack, as he went on to complete his fourth
half-century in IPL.
 Bairstow along with Warner added 77
runs for the first wicket. The team then found
support with bat from Kane Williamson (41 of
26), who was dismissed in the final over of the
SRH innings.
RASHID
SPINS
SRH TO
MAIDEN
VICTORY
Mumbai: The Bombay
High Court on Tuesday
reserved the order on
the bail applications
filed by Rhea
Chakraborty and her
brother Showik
Chakraborty in the
drugs case, which sur-
faced after Bollywood
actor Sushant Singh Ra-
jput’s death.
Opposing bail pleas
of actor Rhea
Chakraborty, her broth-
er Showik and three
others in a drug case
related to actor Sushant
Singh Rajput’s death,
the Narcotics Control
Bureau (NCB) Tuesday
told the Bombay High
Court that the offences
were non-bailable as
the crime involved was
“worse than murder or
culpable homicide”.
Appearing for the
NCB, Additional Solici-
tor General Anil Singh
told the court that it
will have to keep in
mind the backdrop un-
der which the NDPS Act
is made with respect to
the social condition and
the legislative intent.
According to sourc-
es, 7 Bollywood A-lis-
ters, including some
big-ticket producers,
are likely to be sum-
moned by the NCB in
the next 48 hours in
the ongoing drugs
probe. Close to 50 ce-
lebrities from the en-
tertainment business
are under the Narcot-
ics Control Bureau
(NCB) scanner.
Meanwhile, actor
Payal Ghosh, who has
accused filmmaker An-
urag Kashyap of raping
her seven years ago, on
Tuesday met Maharash-
tra Governor BS Koshy-
ari to seek action
againsthim.UnionMin-
ister Ramdas Athawale
accompanied Ghosh
and gave a memoran-
dum to governor.
Crime worse than murder, culpable
homicide: NCB opposes Rhea’s bail
Medical board of AIIMS has expressed
its medicolegal opinion conclusively to
CBI in Sushant Singh’s case which can’t
be shared with anyone as the case is subjudice.
We don’t confirm speculation running in media
—Dr Sudhir Gupta, chairman of AIIMS SSR medical board
HC RAPS RAUT, ADJOURNS
KANGANA’S CASE TILL OCT 5
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday
adjourned the matter of actor Kangana’s property
demolition till October 5 for written submissions.
The court has asked all parties to file written
submissions and after that, it will pass an order
in the matter. Referring to an alleged threat given
by Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut to actor
Kangana Ranaut in an interview, the Bombay
High Court on Tuesday asked if this was the way
a parliamentarian should react. Raut has been
made a respondent to the petition filed by Ranaut
against the demolition.
‘OUR REPORT HAD RULED OUT
POISONING IN SUSHANT DEATH’
Mumbai: The Kalina Forensic Science Laboratory
in Mumbai on Tuesday said that its report in
July on the death of Sushant had ruled our any
kind of poison or organic poisoning. This comes
as a panel of doctors from All India Institute of
Medical Science (AIIMS), re-evaluating Sushant
Singh Rajput’s post-mortem and viscera reports
submitted their findings to CBI on Monday.
HC NOTICE ON RAKUL’S
PLEA TO RESTRAIN MEDIA
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday
issued notices to the Central government
and others on an urgent application filed
by actor Rakul Preet. A single-judge bench
of Justice Navin Chawla also directed the
Centre and others to file a status report
asking them to indicate the steps taken on
Actor Rakul Preet ’s representation and listed
the matter for further hearing on October 15.
Housing Commissioner Pawan Arora
releases book‘Unveiling the Untamed’
Pawan Arora said the book will prove to
be a milestone in boosting the tourism.
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