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PM OPENS TREASURY
FLOOD GATES FOR FARMERS
`1.35 LAKH CR DISBURSED SO FAR UNDER PM-KISAN SCHEME  PM SAYS VIRUS
RAPIDLY SPREADING IN RURAL AREAS, WARNS STATES AGAINST OXY HOARDERS
Kavita Pant & Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Friday said the Centre
has transferred around
Rs 1,35,000 crore so far
under the PM-KISAN
scheme with the pay-
ment of eighth instal-
ment on Friday and is
also procuring higher
quantity of paddy and
wheat at MSP to boost
farmers’ income.
For the first time,
farmers in West Bengal
have joined the scheme
and about 7 lakh Bengal
farmers received their
first installment today
.
“
All farmers, especial-
lyfromPunjab,aresatis-
fied with the scheme. I
have seen many videos
of farmers expressing
their satisfaction on so-
cial media,” PM said.
Out of total amount
disbursed since launch
Turn to P6, More on P5
RECOVERIES
OUTNUMBER
DAILY CASES,
2+ CR CURED
New Delhi: India’s dai-
ly COVID-19 recoveries
have outnumbered the
daily new cases, taking
the total recoveries to
over two crore, the Un-
ion Health Ministry
said on Friday
.
This is the third time
in the last four days that
recoveries have out-
numbered daily cases.
India’s cumulative re-
coverieshavesurpassed
2 crore (2,00,79,599) with
3,44,776 patients recu-
perating in a day
.
Ten states account
for 71.16% of the new
recoveries.A total of
3,43,144 new coronavi-
rus infections were reg-
istered in a day
. Howev-
er, the daily positivity
rate slightly declined to
20.08%, the ministry
said. Turn to P6
BLACK FUNGUS HAS
CLAIMED 52 LIVES IN
MAHARASHTRA SO FAR
Mumbai: As many as 52 people
have died due to Mucormy-
cosis, a rare but dangerous
fungal infection, in Maharashtra
since COVID outbreak last year,
a senior health department
official said on Friday. Mean-
while Union Health Minister Dr
Harsh Vardhan said on Friday,
“Awareness and early diagnosis
can help curb spread of the
fungal infection.”
 WHO urged wealthy coun-
tries to stop inoculating chil-
dren and adolescents against
Covid and instead donate
vaccines to poorer nations.
 No decision yet on pending
CBSE class 12 exams
 Vaccine purchase should be
centralised, distribution decen-
tralised: Rahul Gandhi
 7,900 MT oxygen delivered
via Oxygen Express trains to 12
states thus far, says Railways.
To West Bengal farmers, the benefit has
begun to reach for the first time. Today,
lakhs of farmers in West Bengal have
got their first instalment. Gradually
when the names of farmers are sent to
the Centre, the number of beneficiaries
will increase —Narendra Modi, PM
THE SAMMAN RASHI
History will judge
Bengal: Dhankhar
during Assam visit
Guwahati: It is a mat-
ter of “shame” for West
Bengal that its people
are taking refuge in
other states fearing vi-
olence, Governor
Jagdeep Dhankhar
said on Friday. “Noth-
ing can be more shame-
ful for us than people
of West Bengal taking
shelter in other states,”
Governor said while
visiting areas of As-
sam bordering Bengal
to meet people from
state camped there.
On Saturday he
would visit places in
Nandigram, where
post-poll violence was
allegedly reported.
On Friday he inter-
acted with those who
had taken refuge in a
camp at Agomoni area
of Dhubri. The Gover-
nor, who is involved in
a running feud with
Chief Minister Mama-
ta Banerjee over law
and order situation,
said history will judge
the bureaucracy of
West Bengal, police
and administration.
“History will judge
the bureaucracy of
West Bengal, police
and administration...
This is such an issue,
where nobody has the
right to play politics,”
Dhankar said. “I do not
understand till when
will the tussle with the
Governor, central forc-
es, central government
continue. I have seen
that in Cooch Behar. I
feel ashamed to speak
to you on this.” He said
he was not in favour of
confrontation but
champions coopera-
tion. —Agencies
BLACK EID: 12 DIE IN
KABUL MOSQUE BLAST
Cyclone Tauktae:
Red alert in 5
Kerala districts
Kabul: A bomb ripped through a mosque in northern
Kabul during Friday prayers, killing 12 worshippers,
and wounding 15, Afghan police said. No one imme-
diately claimed responsibility for bombing, the latest
in a surge in violence as US and NATO troops have
begun their final withdrawal from the country, after
20 years of war. According to Afghan police spokes-
man, Ferdaws Faramarz, the bomb exploded as
prayers had begun. Mosque’s imam, Mofti Naiman,
was among the dead, the spokesman said and added
that the initial police investigation suggests the imam
may have been the target. Taliban spokesman Zabi-
hullah Mujahid denied any insurgent connection. —AP
Thiruvananthapuram: Five
districts of Kerala were
put under a red alert on
Friday by IMD in view of the
developing low-pressure
areas over Lakshadweep
and the Arabian sea that
are expected to intensify
into Cyclone Tauktae.
In the revised weather
forecast, IMD sounded
a red alert for heavy to
extremely heavy rainfall
in Thiruvananthapuram,
Kollam, Pathanamthitta,
Alappuzha and Ernakulam
districts today. “The
National Disaster Response
Force (NDRF) teams have
been posted in nine districts
of Kerala particularly in
coastal areas Turn to P6
Create spl plan to prevent spread in Jaipur: CM
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Expressing
deep concern over the
continuous increase in
the number of Covid
patients in state capital,
Jaipur, Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot on Friday
directed the officials to
formulate a special plan
to prevent the spread of
infection.
He instructed to
strengthen the arrange-
ments for containment
zones, testing, contact
tracing and other meas-
ures in entire Jaipur
district to control the
infection.
In a high-level review
meeting on corona in-
fection, lockdown and
availability of resourc-
es, Gehlot said that
number of active cases
in Jaipur in last three
weeks has increased
from 18,000 to more than
51,000 which is a matter
of great concern. Look-
ing at the situation, he
directed the officials to
devise a new strategy
for effective prevention
of the infection.
For this purpose, a
high level meeting of
senior officials will be
held with health minis-
ter Dr Raghu Sharma
and minister of state
for health Dr Subhash
Garg on Saturday
.
CM expressed con-
cern over occurrence
of cases of black fun-
gus in Covid patients
and instructed officials
to prepare appropriate
medical protocols for
prevention of the dis-
ease and share it with
the doctors up to the
district hospital and
CHC level.
He said that it is very
important to identify
the black fungus in the
early stages and give
proper treatment to the
patients, so that the dis-
ease does not take seri-
ousforminthepatients.
Gehlot also asked the
officials to ensure ade-
quate availability of
medicines related to
this disease.
CM said there are
nearly 2 lakh active cas-
es in state but around
1.25 lakh are from only
7 districts and therefore
a new strategy is need-
ed to handle the situa-
tion. Most of the cases
are in Jaipur, followed
by Jodhpur, Udaipur,
Alwar, Bhilwara, Sikar
and Kota. Turn to P6
High-level meeting with Dr Raghu &
Dr Garg will be held on Saturday;
Gehlot said number of active cases in
Jaipur in last 3 weeks has increased
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
PETROL, DIESEL
PRICES RISE AGAIN,
REACH RECORD HIGHS
SENSEX ENDS
MARGINALLY HIGHER;
NIFTY BELOW 14,700
Petrol and diesel prices on Friday touched record high levels across the
country after rates were increased for the fourth time this week. Petrol
price was hiked by 29 paise/litre & diesel by 34 paise/litre. Rates had
already crossed `100-mark in several cities in MP, Maharashtra and
Rajasthan. Rajasthan levies highest VAT on petrol in the country.
Equity benchmark Sensex ended marginally higher after a choppy
session on Friday as concerns over economic impact of 2nd wave of
Covid & pace of vaccination weighed on investor sentiment. 30-share
BSE index ended 41.75 points or 0.09 per cent higher at 48,732.55, the
broader NSE Nifty fell 18.70 points or 0.13 per cent to 14,677.80.
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar
8th
`20,000cr
7lakh
`1.15lakhcr
`6000
installment of Pradhan Mantri
Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-
KISAN) scheme given to farmers
given to about 9.5 crore
beneficiaries
farmers of West Bengal started
getting benefit from Friday.
has been transferred
to farmer beneficiaries
under the scheme.
given per year,
payable in 3
equal 4-monthly
installments
of `2000
each
DR FAUCI: MOVE
TO EXTEND VAX
GAP REASONABLE
MAHA TOPS WITH 42,582 NEW
CASES, KERALA REPORTS 39,955
GOA HOSP TOLL RISES TO 75 AS
13 MORE DIE DUE TO O2 DEARTH
New Delhi: Indian
government’s decision
to extend the dura-
tion between the first
and second dose of the
Covishield vaccine is a
“reasonable approach”,
the United States’ top
infectious disease expert
Dr Anthony Fauci said in
an interview to ANI. Fauci
said the government’s
move would help ensure
that more people receive
at least one dose of the
vaccine.
India counted 3.43 lakh new cases of the
novel coronavirus on Thursday, and 4,000
deaths. Maharashtra contributed 42,582 new
cases, while Kerala reported 39,955. Uttar
Pradesh is no longer in top 5 contributors.
Andhra Pradesh has stepped in with more
than 22,000 cases. Maharashtra contributed
882 deaths, while 344 came from Karnataka.
As many as 75 Covid patients died in last 4
days at Goa Medical College and Hospital,
the state’s largest Covid facility, owing to
“logistic issues” in supply of medical oxygen.
The toll climbed up with the death of 13 more
patients on Friday. On Thursday, 15 deaths
were recorded, on Wednesday 21 people
died, and on Tuesday, 26 had lost their lives.
SPUTNIK V TO COST
`995.4/DOSE IN INDIA
New Delhi: Dr Reddy’s Labora-
tories on Friday launched vac-
cine Sputnik V in India and the
imported vaccine is priced at
`995.4 per dose. The first dose of
Sputnik V
, also the first foreign-
made vaccine used in the coun-
try, was administered in Hy-
derabad as part of a limited pi-
lot project. The vaccine is cur-
rently the second most expen-
sive Covid-19 jab in the country
.
The first consignment of im-
ported doses of Sputnik V land-
ed in India on May 1, Turn to P6
COVID HIGHLIGHTS
Deepak Sapra, Global Head of
Custom Pharma Services receives
first jab of Sputnik V, at Dr. Reddy’s
Lab in Hyderabad. —ANI
CORONA
CATASTROPHE
INDIA
3,43,144
New cases
4,000
New fatalities
RAJASTHAN
14,289
New cases
155
New fatalities

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2021
02
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A police consta-
ble and two of his
friends, including a
woman, were killed
when a truck hit them
on late Thursday night
astheyweretocelebrate
the birthday of the cop.
The accident took place
around 2 am near Ba-
darwas Tiraha in Man-
sarovar area, the police
said. The truck driver
fled from the spot.
Jagdish Chaudhary,
33, a police constable
posted at the Sodala po-
lice station of Jaipur
Police Commissioner-
ate, picked up his
friend Nikhil Sharma,
24, from Pancholi Vi-
har Colony in Sodala.
Sharma was a law stu-
dent and practiced in
the High Court.
Thereafter Chaud-
hary, who was original-
ly from Phagi tehsil of
Jaipur, picked up Gay-
atri alias Meenu, 30, a
resident of Vatika in
Sanganer at around 9
pm. The families, how-
ever, got news of their
deaths in the early
hours of Friday. The
police identified the de-
ceased by looking at the
ID card of Jagdish who
was driving the car.
Police constable and 2 friends out to
celebrate birthday killed in accident
CELEBRATION TURNS TRAGIC
Vasundhara Raje
@VasundharaBJP
Hearty congratula-
tions to all of you
on the city of lakes
‘Udaipur Foundation
Day’. This city, which
has become a bridge
of culture with the
view of water, forest
and land, still holds
its own identity in
the world with its
unique pole-steps,
orchards and tradi-
tions such as seven
festivities and nine
festivals.
Time
TWEET
Govtdoingthebesttosavelives:Dotasra
Satish Poonia along with 25 MPs of the state should get oxygen and other necessary resources from the Centre
First India Bureau
Sikar: PCC president
Govind Singh Dotasra
on Friday retaliated
against allegations of
corona mismanage-
ment levelled on the
state government by
BJP state president Sat-
ish Poonia. Dotasra,
however, lauded efforts
of Lok Sabha Speaker
Om Birla and said that
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot has also said
that Birla is providing
full support, whenever
needed.
Addressing a press
conference at his resi-
dence in Sikar, Dotasra
said that the state gov-
ernment is making the
best arrangements to
save the lives of people
from corona, which PM
Narendra Modi him-
self has praised many
times. However, oxy-
gen, medicines and
vaccines dependent on
the Central govern-
ment are not being
made available on time.
In such a situation,
instead of doing poli-
tics, Poonia along with
25 MPs of the state
should get oxygen and
other necessary re-
sourcesfromtheCentre.
When the state re-
quired 705 metric tonne
of oxygen, 366 metric
tonne of oxygen was be-
ing provided to the
state. And now, when
795 metric tonne of oxy-
gen is required for co-
rona patients, only 366
metric tonne is being
transported.
Govind Singh Dotasra addressed a press conference at his residence in Sikar on Friday.
‘WHERE IS MODI?’
‘RAJ TOP IN VAX, THEN
WHY BLAME CENTRE?’
7-year-old lured & raped by neighbour,
manhunt launched for accused
Ensure no one dies of
corona: Shekhawat
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Leader of Op-
position Gulab Chand
Kataria on Friday held
the Ashok Gehlot gov-
ernment responsible for
the mismanagement,
days after the ruling
Congress blamed the
centre for the same. He
said that the chief min-
ister and the leaders of
his party should stop ac-
cusing the center.
Kataria said Ra-
jasthan topped in the
vaccination for people
above the age of 45,
which was started by
the centre, but the state
government said noth-
ing about this.
“The responsibility
of administering vac-
cines to people in the
age group of 18-44 was
also with the state gov-
ernment but the gov-
ernment is proving to
be a laggard in this and
rather blaming the cen-
tre,” he said, while re-
jecting allegations
against the centre.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A seven-year-
old girl was raped by a
neighbour after luring
her with a candy in an
area under Bhatta Bas-
ti police station late
Thursday night. On the
complaint of victim’s
mother, the police filed
a case under the POC-
SO Act and other crim-
inal sections. The ac-
cused is absconding.
According to police,
the victim was playing
outside her house on
May 12 and she reached
home in the evening
crying. The victim’s
mother said that the
accused often used to
come to their house.
According to the po-
lice, the accused’s chil-
dren used to play with
the victim.
First India Bureau
Jaisalmer: Union Jal
Shakti Minister Gajen-
dra Singh Shekhawat
visited the Pokran on
Friday to check the Cov-
id arrangements. He
monitored CHCs at
Falsund, Bhaniyana,
Sankra and Pokran and
talked to the medical
authorities. He also
checked the vaccine
ward and sampling
work at the Pokran CHC
and gave required
guidelines to the offi-
cials. Shekhawat said
that all the medical au-
thorities should take ac-
tive participation in
caring for the patients
and ensure no one dies
due to corona.
GOOD NEWS!
Female Panther LK3 was spotted with her three cubs at Jhalana Leopard Safari in Jaipur on
Thursday night. The family was captured in a camera trap near a water hole.
CORONA CURE ON THE WHEELS!
The train coaches
converted into
isolation wards
are waiting near
Jaipur junction
as the situation is
getting grimmer with
increasing demand
for beds for Covid-19
patients.
—PHOTOS BY
SUMAN SARKAR
STATEMENT OF DR RAGHU CHILDISH
AND IRRESPONSIBLE: SARAF
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Former
Minister and BJP
MLA Kalicharan Saraf
on Friday termed a
statement of health
minister Dr Raghu
Sharma as very child-
ish and irresponsible
where he had held the
Centre responsible for
deteriorating law and
order situation in the
rural areas of the state
due to lack of vaccina-
tion. Saraf said that
the role of the leaders
of the Congress party
has been very negative
since the early period
of the pandemic.
“Congress leaders
have been misleading
the entire nation about
vaccine from the be-
ginning. When the vac-
cine first arrived in the
country, they tried to
create an atmosphere
of fear and confusion
Black marketing of
oxygen, ventilators,
injections and beds is
at a peak in the state
due to government
mismanagement and
hundreds of patients
are dying every day in
the state,” he said.
Rathore demands relief
in electricity bills
Jodhpur CP cycles
to monitor city
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Deputy lead-
er of opposition Ra-
jendra Rathore has
demanded from the
state government to
provide relief to peo-
ple in electricity bills.
Rathore said that that
commercial and in-
dustrial activities
stalled due to the sec-
ond wave of corona
and looking at this,
permanent charges,
late fees etc. in the
electricity bills of 1.52
crore consumers of
Jaipur, Jodhpur and
Ajmer DISCOMs
should be waived for
at least 3 months from
April to June.
BJP MLA Kalich-
aran also demanded
from the government
to give relief in elec-
tricity bills.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: Commis-
sioner of Police Jose
Mohan rode on a bicy-
cle in civil dress and
set out on the streets
of the city to take
stock of how police-
men are maintaining
the Corona guideline
along with law and
order in the city on
the occasion of Eid on
Friday. He reached
Jalori Gate Eidgah
via several police sta-
tion areas. Policemen
stationed outside Eid-
gah did not even rec-
ognize him and
stopped him there.
MAN SHOT DEAD OVER OLD
ENMITY, BROTHERS INJURED
Bundi: A man was murdered over an old enmity
and his two brothers received critical injuries
in Bundi district’s Naniwa area on Friday. Gopal
Gurjar, Kalyan Gurjar and Kashiram Gurjar were
returning to their village when the several assail-
ants attacked them with sharp edged weapons
near Nohra Ghati. While Gopal died on the spot,
Kalyan and Kashhiram received critical injuries
and were admitted to Kota district hospital, deputy
SP Kailash Chand Jat said. He said that there was
an old enmity between two families over a murder
case. The main accused is a habitual offender and
he along with his accomplices executed the murder.
CP Jose Mohan on cycle stunned police personnel on duty
as they could not identify him.
Jagdish Chaudhary
Rajendra Rathore
Kalicharan Saraf
Gulab Chand Kataria
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
takes stock of health services
at Shergarh.
The accident took
place around 2 am
near Badarwas
Tiraha in
Mansarovar area

COVID-19 UPDATE
TOTAL CASES
8,35,814
CASES IN A DAY
14,289
TOTAL DEATHS
6,472
DEATHS IN A DAY
155
ACTIVE CASES
2,12,753
RECOVERED
TOTAL
6,16,589
RECOVERED
IN A DAY
13,270
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
3 Indigo & 2 Air
India flights operated
on Friday whereas
SpiceJet, Air Asia
and Go Air flights
were all cancelled
RMSCL to purchase
Azithromycin,
Paracetamol,
Levocetirizine, Zinc
Sulphate & Ascorbic
Acid for corona kit
12 flights & direct
flight to Dubai from
Jaipur International
Airport cancelled on
Friday due to low
passenger load
56,501 people got
vaccinated in a day
in all categories;
39,272 got the first
dose while 17,229
got the second dose
CMHO Jaipur-I Dr
Narottam Sharma
was made incharge
of all covid activities
in city, he has new
duty of CMHO-II too
The state
government has
issued orders for the
purchase of drugs
used in black fungus
disease
2
6
4
1
5
3
VAX DRIVE IN
STATE IS
PARTIAL IN
NATURE: RAMLAL
BJP spokesperson
Ramlal Sharma blames
the vaccination drive in
state to be partial in
nature. He said that
neither the hospitals are
offering proper medical
facilities nor the
vaccination centres have
doses. Those people
who are not registered
on the site are being
offered the dose at their
home. But people who
have registered are
returning empty-handed
& also demanded probe
& strict action against
those who found guilty.
CHIEF WHIP
PERFORMS YAJNA
TO WARD OFF
CORONAVIRUS
Chief whip Dr Ma-
hesh Joshi on Friday
performed yajna at his
residence on Akshaya
Tritiya for the protection
from corona. Usually, in
politics, BJP leaders are
seen performing such
acts but this time a
secular Congress leader
gave message of Hindu-
tva. Joshi chose the day
when Akshaya Tritiya &
Eid were celebrated to-
gether. He is Congress
MLA from Hawa Mahal
constituency where a
large number of popula-
tion is minority.
SHOCKING! TAKE SERVICES OF QUACKS TO TREAT
PATIENTS, CONG SANGOD MLA URGES MINISTER
ACongress MLA wrote to Health Minister Dr
Raghu Sharma, urging him to avail services of
quacks to treat Covid patients in rural areas. On
Thursday, Sangod MLA Bharat Singh Kundanpur
said as doctors can’t reach 40k villages so services
of quacks should be utilised as people have faith in
them. While many people have died from the infec-
tion in medical colleges, there is hardly only one or
two people who could have died under the supervi-
sion of quacks, he said advocating amid pandemic.
Three accused in the police custody in Ajmer on Friday.
Bikaner
412
Sikar
674
Alwar
1368
Bharatpur
575
Jodhpur
708
Ajmer
496
Jaisalmer
496
Chittor
417
Kota
773
Jaipur
2823
Udaipur
688
Dausa
341
First India Bureau
Bikaner: Higher educa-
tion minister Bhanwar
Singh Bhati on Friday
reviewed the arrange-
ments at community
health centres and Covid
centres in Gajner & Sri
Kolayat.
He held a meeting of
officials to ensure com-
pliance of Covid norms,
particularly in villages
in view surge in cases in
rural areas and also re-
viewed ‘Ghar Ghar Aus-
hadhi Yojana’ status. “If
there is any problem, the
district level officials
should be informed im-
mediately,” he instruct-
ed. Bhati informed that a
30-bedded Covid centre
has been established in
Sri Kolayat & patients
are being treated there.
Edu Min also inspected
health centres in Gajner
where a 10-bedded care
centre has been set up.
First India Bureau
Kota: Efforts are being
made by the city police
to compel people to fol-
low the strict lockdown
to reduce the growing
threat of Corona. In
view of the problem of
patients during the
lockdown, emergency
medical services, hospi-
tals for emergency ser-
vices and auto services
are being made availa-
ble at major places. The
traffic police is imple-
menting a new system
from Saturday that will
give all auto drivers a
chance to operate in
turns. Traffic DSP
Kaluram Verma said
that about 10,000 autos
are operating in the city
.
With this rule, around
10,000 auto drivers in
thecitywillgetachance
to function.
First India Bureau
Ajmer: The ACB in
Ajmer on Friday held
two contractual em-
ployees of a dispensary
and a student doing in-
ternship with Rs 2,500
that they allegedly took
in lieu of Covid testing.
SP Sameer Singh said
that complainant Tarun
Aggarwal complained
that one of the accused
Sawan Rathore, intro-
duced him as a com-
pounder of JLN hospi-
tal & came home to col-
lect samples demanding
Rs 3k for three samples
to be checked at JLN
Hospital Ajmer but the
deal was fixed at Rs
2,500. They told that the
samples were to be
handed over to Naveen
Damore and a contrac-
tual computer operator
at Gulab Badi PHC and
were to pay Rs 200/sam-
ple. The ACB team ar-
rested Naveen also.
First India Bureau
Jaipur:TheHighCourt
has ordered a stay on
the removal of the con-
tractual staff appointed
under PPP mode at the
PHC. While issuing
this order, Justice
Ashok Kumar
Gaur has sum-
moned the reply
from the Health
Secretary, Mission
Director NHM, CMHO
Jhunjhunu and others.
This petition was filed
by Kamlesh Saini and
others. After this order,
there is now a ban on
the removal of ANM,
Lab Technician, GNM,
Computer Operator,
Pharmacists, Ward-
boys and Medical Offic-
ers engaged with the
placement agency. Ad-
vocate of the petition,
Ram Pratap Saini,
told the court
that the peti-
tioner in Jhunj-
hunu has been
working on the
various model
CHC-PHC for almost
two years on the post of
ANM, Lab Technician,
Computer Operator,
GNM, Wardboy, Phar-
macist, Medical Officer.
They are now being re-
moved, despite good
work in Covid crisis.
NGO provides oxy plants
to a health centre in Jodh
Jodhpur: With the as-
sistance of Maharaja
Shri Agrasen Welfare
Society, the Urban
Community Health
Centre received the
Oxygen Plant on
Thursday at Resi-
dency Road in the
city. Jodhpur City
MLA Manisha Panwar
thanked the authori-
ties and associated
representatives for it.
Maharaja Shri Agra-
sen Welfare Soci-
ety convenor Umesh
Leela and Secretary
Surendra Chamariya
said that the people
are in trouble due to
lack of oxygen. Both
these oxygen plants
will produce 10–10
i.e. 20 cubic meters
of oxygen per hour,
which will be suffi-
cient for 24 hours for
50 patients. CMHO Dr
Balwant Manda stated
that 60 oxygen-rich
beds have been ar-
ranged in Residency
Dispensary, which
will soon be scaled
up to 100 beds.
TWO NURSING STUDENTS HELD FOR BLACK
MARKETING OF OXYGEN CYLINDERS
Bhimganj police station of Bhilwara has
arrested two nursing students for the black
marketing of oxygen cylinders. According
to the police, Hemraj Meena, the father of
Durgesh Meena after being discharged, was
taken to the village for Durgesh took two
cylinders to village at rate of Rs 15k/cylin-
der where his father was on oxy support.
HC stays contractual
staff removal orders
Bhati takes stock of Covid care centre
arrangements in Gajner & Sri Kolayat
3 in ACB net for taking
money for Covid-19 tests
Autos to lend
helping hand
for combating
Covid in Kota
Bhanwar Singh Bhati distributes PPE kits, N-95 masks, sanitizers, 2 oxygen concentrators to the
doctors of the Community Health Centre in Sri Kolayat on Friday.
Col Rajyavardhan Rathore
@Ra_THORe
Rajasthan government after being
exposed by media on mismanage-
ment of life-saving ventilators in
coronavirus crisis; we do not have
trained staff, ventilators have been
given on rent and this ventilator is
dangerous for patients.
CHAOS...
Selected CHOs for Jaipur throng CMHO office violating
Covid norms on Friday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
TOO F A R
F A R
F A R
F A R
F A R
TOO LITTLE
3.60L DOSES ARRIVE FOR
18 PLUS ON THURSDAY
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In Rajasthan,
the vaccination of peo-
ple aged 45 plus can stop
anytime due to less vac-
cine doses. According to
sources, only 5.4 lakh
dosesareleftinstate,out
of which 3.5 lakh doses
are those which govt has
bought directly from
company for those be-
tween 18-44 years.
Health Minister Dr.
Raghu Sharma said on
Thursday that the state
received only 1.49 cr
doses from Central govt,
forpeople45plus.Outof
these, 1.42 crore doses
have been applied yet,
while 2.15 lakh doses
have been given to the
Army
. From May 1 till
now, 5.96 lakh people
agedbetween18-44years
havebeenvaccinated.In
such a situation, due to
lack of doses, there was
a crisis on vaccination.
Covid Vaccine
Update In City
 No vaccination was
done in area of CMHO-
I, while vaccination
took place at 42 sites
under CMHO-II
 Vaccine doses did not
reach the vaccination
sites in the city
 Vaccination for ben-
eficiaries of both the
categories remained
affected on Friday
MASS INOCULATION DRIVE! Health workers feel relieved after the much awaited vaccine
van reached JK Lon hospital on Friday. (L) The consignment of Covid-19 vaccine doses arrive
CMHO warehouse, Sethi Colony in Jaipur on Thursday. —PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR
WORK IN PROGRESS! Oxygen
plant being set up at the SMS
hospital in Jaipur on Friday.
—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
RAJASTHAN
03

PERSPECTIVE
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s a Muslim, at
least once a
year I go on pil-
grimage to Mec-
ca, Islam’s holi-
est city, located in Saudi
Arabia. Muslims perform
the short “Umrah” pilgrim-
age at any time of the year,
and there could be over 19
million pilgrims each year.
I have also been to Mecca a
couple of times for “Hajj”
– the annual major pilgrim-
age. Held once a year, this
is a mass gathering of over
2.5 million Muslims.
Both the Umrah and Hajj
pilgrimages weren’t possi-
ble for most of 2020 due to
the outbreak of the COV-
ID-19 pandemic.
However,SaudiArabiaas
a whole has fared well in
handling the pandemic. It’s
had low mortality rates and
minimalsocialandeconom-
ic disruption. There’s been
widespread testing and vac-
cine access. This allowed it
to open up for pilgrims.
TEST AND
QUARANTINE
For starters, the Saudi au-
thorities required foreign
pilgrims to have a negative
PCRtestresult.Thesehadto
be taken within 48 hours be-
forearrivalinSaudiArabia.
Upon arrival, all pil-
grims either had to do a
mandatory quarantine at a
government approved ho-
tel for six days, or take a
PCR test after 48 hours of
quarantine and, if it was
negative, could leave the
hotel. Travellers from
countries categorised as
“high-risk” were required
to do a mandatory seven
day quarantine, but also
needed to have a negative
PCR test upon completion.
In addition, all pilgrims
who wanted a permit to en-
ter Haram – the Grand
Mosque of Mecca – needed
to have a COVID-19 vacci-
nation certificate.
It’s important to use all
these measures as they add
layers of protection and
prevent situations from be-
coming super-spreader
events. A negative PCR test
alone may not be enough.
There’s always the risk of a
false negative for technical
reasons or due to fraud.
There have been reports of
large numbers of travellers
testing positive at their des-
tination points after testing
negative at departure.
SOCIAL DISTANCING
Before COVID-19, there
would be congestion and
crowding. This time the
flow of people within the
Grand Mosque was well or-
ganised. A limited number
of worshippers were al-
lowed in at a time and there
was clear demarcation to
ensure physical distanc-
ing. Police and mosque or-
derlies monitored and di-
rected the pilgrims.
Face masks – which pro-
vide a barrier and keep the
new coronavirus from
spreading – were manda-
tory. Harsh penalties were
imposed on anyone not
wearing a mask or trying
to enter the Haram without
a valid permit. Daily text
messages reminded us
about the penalties and
public health measures.
The markedly restricted
number of pilgrims – to
50,000 a day from a huge
capacity of hundreds of
thousands – made it easier
to manage people and en-
force measures.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
Lessons from Mecca on containing COVID-19
A
If we could see the miracle of a
single flower clearly, our whole
life would change. —Buddha
Spiritual
SPEAK
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TWEET
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
Had a fruitful discussion with
US Trade Representative @
AmbassadorTai focusing on India
US working together on Trade-
Related aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver.
This will ensure affordable
COVID-19 vaccines for all.
Adhir Chowdhury
@adhirrcinc
The flotilla of corpses on the holy
#GangaRiver exposed the uncouth
face of #NewIndia , I ask the
Chest-Thumping govt. why THE
MUCH TOUTED NIRMAL AND
ABIROL DHARA of #Ganga turned
into an obnoxious and chilling
horror of floating dead bodies
much to the pleasure of vultures.
he ray of hope regarding
peace across the western
border and normalization
of relations between the
two neighbours has be-
come a victim of power
politics in Pakistan with
the hawks all set to put
every spoke to ensure that
the process does not take
off. In a departure from
the past, the “status
quoists” do not belong to
the uniformed fraternity
only but a strong group of
hawks has emerged among
the nation’s polity as well.
The leading voice of hawks
in civies is the Pakistan
Foreign Minister Shah Mo-
hammad Qureshi who was
also instrumental in forc-
ing Imran Khan to take a
U-turn as regards resump-
tion of trade with India
was concerned. There ap-
pears to be a divide among
the power blocks in Paki-
stan. While Gen Qamar
Bajwa is behaving like a
moderate, desiring a para-
digm shift in Indo-Pak re-
lations, Qureshi on the
other hand is busy creat-
ing an impression that the
ball is in India’s court and
any talks with India are
subject to India agreeing
to restore status quo in
Jammu Kashmir. Is the
entire exercise genuine or
façade with the duo trying
to enact Jekyll and Hyde?
There is no doubt that the
India Policy of Pakistan is
conceived in the Army Head-
quarters known as General
Headquarters (GHQ) and not
by the Foreign Ministry, a
usual practice among democ-
racies. Is the authority of the
all powerful Army Chief be-
ing challenged? There is no
denying the fact that a very
strong group of hardliners
exists in the Pakistan Army
.
The group is least interested
in improving relations with
India which literally would
mean losing the Army’s par-
amountcy in the affairs of
Pakistan. For any General to
venture to cross the Rubicon,
it is mandatory to take into
confidence and win over the
Hawks within the Army
.
In the past Gen Zia and
Gen Musharraf attempted
to offer a hand of friend-
ship to India but both took
their time to stabilize
themselves and assume
firm control of the Army.
While Zia took nine years
and Musharraf five to sta-
bilize themselves and offer
an olive branch to arch ri-
val India, Gen Bajwa dared
to do it just after three
years and that too when on
an extended tenure. Obvi-
ously, he has failed to take
the status quoists on
board. The status quoists
enjoy the support of the
lower ranks and large sec-
tion of junior officers, a
group highly radicalized,
which perceives the move
as a surrender to India.
In order to ensure that Ba-
jwa’s vision of a shift from
geo-strategy to geo-econom-
ics does not see the light, the
hawks have floated a narra-
tive that it is India which
needs peace with Pakistan
rather than the vice-versa.
Bajwa found it easy to enun-
ciate his vision but is finding
it extremely hard to manage
the same. The hawks are sell-
ing the idea that India is a
bigger beneficiary of peace
due to its declining economy
and various internal chal-
lenges as well as the threat
from the Chinese. As per
them, it is the opportune mo-
ment to force India to roll
back 370/35A. Bajwa knows
that the hawks are day-
dreaming, living in a fool’s
paradise and evading reality
but finds himself isolated
among the hawks.
Bajwa to convince the
hawks has gone to the ex-
tent of letting out certain
state secrets which are
usually not revealed. Dur-
ing an Iftaar party hosted
for the foreign diplomats
he revealed that hectic
back door negotiations are
going on between the In-
dian National Security Ad-
visor Ajit Doval and the
DG ISI of Pakistan. This
revelation is necessitated
to give weight to Bajwa’s
narrative because when
the persons negotiating
enjoy status and confi-
dence of respective nation-
al leadership and also have
direct access to them gives
credence to the fact that
both nations are serious
and sincere towards the
peace process and these
are not rendezvous for ex-
change of pleasantries
and social niceties.
India on the other hand is
desirous of an end to cross
border terrorism and eradi-
cation of poverty from the
South Asian region. India
recognizes Pakistan as the
main stumbling block and
perceives negotiations with
the adversary a necessity for
the same. India therefore has
never shied away from talks
or negotiations with Paki-
stan beginning with the com-
posite dialogue in 1998 till as
recently as August 2015 as a
fallout of the Ufa statement
between PM Modi and PM
Nawaz Sharif. Every time the
hawks in Pakistan succeeded
in derailing the peace pro-
cess. That’s why despite de-
siring peace India has to be
very cautious.
The leader of the hawks
Shah Mohammad Qureshi
on the other hand is deter-
mined to upset the apple-
cart. In a latest interview
with a Turkish news agen-
cy in Istanbul he said, “If
India is willing to re-visit
some of the decisions it
took on August 5, 2019, Pa-
kistan will be more than
happy to engage, sit and
talk and resolve all out-
standing issues.” Though
he was wanting to sound
less hawkish the contents
of his statement were ob-
vious. It was a blatant at-
tempt to interfere in In-
dia’s internal matters and
sell the hawkish narrative
of India being a bigger
beneficiary and hence
keen on talks. He further
stated, “So, when the In-
dian leaders expressed an
interest in recommitment,
we welcomed it. And that
has, in my view, lowered
tensions and has gone well
on both sides. Sensible ele-
ments on this side and on
that side have welcomed
this new development.” A
highly spin-doctored state-
ment to support the hawk-
ish narrative at home.
During the above- men-
tioned interview, he not only
contradicted himself but also
the Army Chief Gen Bajwa.
Only a couple of days back in
another interview to a Turk-
ish television network, TRT,
he categorically rejected the
speculations of any “secret
talks” between Pakistan and
India through backdoor
channels or third - party in-
volvement. Obviously
, hawks
are not ready for the change
in status quo and Bajwa has
to do a lot of homework to
tame them. He may be forced
to use the Chanakya’s policy
of “Saam Daam Dand Bhed”
(Accord, Price or Incentive,
Punishment, Creating dis-
cord). Best option for India is
to wait and watch and not be
in any hurry
.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
THE HAWKS
IN PAKISTAN
T
In the past Gen
Zia and Gen
Musharraf
attempted to offer
a hand of
friendship to
India but both
took their time to
stabilize
themselves and
assume firm
control of the
Army. While Zia
took nine years
and Musharraf
five to stabilize
themselves and
offer an olive
branch to arch
rival India, Gen
Bajwa dared to do
it just after three
years and that too
when on an
extended tenure.
Obviously, he has
failed to take the
status quoists on
board. The status
quoists enjoy the
support of the
lower ranks and
large section of
junior officers, a
group highly
radicalized, which
perceives the move
as a surrender
to India
THE LEADER OF THE HAWKS SHAH MOHAMMAD
QURESHI ON THE OTHER HAND IS DETERMINED TO
UPSET THE APPLECART. IN A LATEST INTERVIEW
WITH A TURKISH NEWS AGENCY IN ISTANBUL HE
SAID, “IF INDIA IS WILLING TO RE-VISIT SOME OF
THE DECISIONS IT TOOK ON AUGUST 5, 2019,
PAKISTAN WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO
ENGAGE, SIT AND TALK AND RESOLVE ALL
OUTSTANDING ISSUES.” THOUGH HE WAS
WANTING TO SOUND LESS HAWKISH THE
CONTENTS OF HIS STATEMENT WERE OBVIOUS
BRIG VETERAN
ANIL GUPTA
The author is a Jammu
based veteran, political
commentator, columnist, security
and strategic analyst
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INDIA
05
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Friday said
the coronavirus pan-
demic is rapidly
spreading in rural are-
as, as he urged citizens
to take precautions,
wear masks and main-
tain social distance to
check spread disease
that has claimed at
least 2.6 lakh lives.
The government, he
said, is working on
“war footing” to control
the second wave of in-
fections and is setting
up new hospitals and
oxygen generating
plants while augment-
ing supplies of medi-
cines and vaccines. He
emphathised with the
pain of the countrymen
who have lost dear ones
recently in the COVID
battle. “The pain that
many people have gone
through, I have felt the
same pain. I am feeling
the same.” “We are
fighting with all our
might... We are over-
coming obstacles in re-
sources in the fight
against the second wave
of corona,” he said.
He asked states to crack
down on black market-
ing of medicines and
other essential items.
He asked states to
crack down on black
marketing of medicines
and other essential
items. “I want to warn
you about corona. This
pandemic is spreading
fast in rural villages.
Every government is
taking efforts to stop
this,” he said.
He was speaking at
the release of the 8th
installment of financial
benefit under the PM-
KISAN scheme via vid-
eo conference.
“India is not a coun-
try to lose courage. Nei-
ther India, nor Indians
will lose courage. We
will fight and we will
win,” Modi empha-
sised. —ANI
 Pain that many people have gone
through, I have felt the same pain.
PM asks states to crack down on
black marketing of medicines and
other essential items
PM: Facing invisible enemy, virus
rapidly spreading in rural areas
PM Modi interacting with the farmer-beneficiaries during the
release of the 8th installment of financial benefit under Pradhan
Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme, through video
conferencing, in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
BSF-BGB JAWANS EXCHANGE
SWEETS AT BORDER ON EID
Siliguri (West Bengal):
On the occasion of Eid ul-
Fitr the Border Guarding
Force (BSF) 51 battalion
exchanged sweets with
18 Border Guard Bangla-
desh (BGB) at the Fulbari
Indo-Bangladesh border.
BSF Deputy Comman-
dant (DC) SS Meenaa 51
battalion was present at
the programme. Earlier,
on Thursday, the Indian
Army and Pakistan Army
celebrated Eid-Ul-Fitr on
the Line of Control (LoC)
at Poonch-Rawalakot
Crossing Point and Mend-
har-Hotspring Crossing
Point in Poonch district
of Jammu and Kashmir.
“The gesture was appreci-
ated by both the armies
and is expected to pro-
mote goodwill and mutual
trust,” Army said.
REBEL YSRCP MP HELD OVER
‘HATE SPEECHES’
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh CID Friday ar-
rested the ruling YSR Congress Party MP from
Narsarapuram, Raghu Rama Krishna Raju, for
allegedly making “hate speeches” against certain
communities. A statement from CID said: “MP
from Narasapur Raghu Rama Krishna Raju has
been arrested at his residence at Hyderabad.
There was information against Raju, stating that
he has been indulging in hate speeches against
certain communities and promoting disaffection
against the government.”
NAXAL KILLED IN ENCOUNTER
WITH POLICE IN DANTEWADA
Dantewada: A Naxalite was killed during an
exchange of fire with the Dantewada District Re-
serve Guard here at Mustalnar village on Friday
morning. According to the district Superintendent
of Police Abhishek Pallav, a Naxalite was killed
today around 7: 30 am his body has been recov-
ered. “In exchange of fire at Mustalnar, Police
Station Geedam between Maoists and Dantewada
DRG at 7:30 am, a body of a 20-year Maoist has
been recovered,” he said. He further said that two
country-made weapons, two kg IED, recovered.
KP SHARMA OLI SWORN IN AS
NEPAL PRIME MINISTER
New Delhi: K P Sharma
Oli was sworn in as
Nepal’s Prime Minister on
Friday, days after he lost a
crucial vote of confidence
in Parliament. President
Bidya Devi Bhandari
administered the oath of
office and secrecy to Oli,
69, as the 43rd prime
minister of Nepal at a
ceremony at Shital Niwas,
the presidential palace.
Oli was appointed as
prime minister by the
president in his capacity
as leader of the largest
political party in Nepal’s
House of Representatives.
He was reappointed to
the post on Thursday
night as the Opposition
parties failed to secure
majority seats in Parlia-
ment to form a new
government.
HC denies interim
protection to Kalra
Stay on Telangana
govt order to stop
ambulances
Plea for
disclosure of
trials data
Didi: Centre dilly-dallied over
PM-KISAN amount transfer
Kolkata: As farmers
in west bengal re-
ceived the first install-
ment of funds under
the PM-KISAN
scheme on Friday, CM
Mamata Banerjee hit
out at the centre, ac-
cusing it of dilly-dal-
lying over the trans-
fer of funds to benefi-
ciaries in the state.
In an open letter to
farmers, Banerjee
also said the decision
to extend the benefits
of the scheme to eligi-
ble farmers in Bengal
was a result of her
government’s “con-
tinuous fight”.
“In 2018, the West
Bengal government
had started the
Krishak Bandhu
scheme that went on
to become a model for
the entire country
. Af-
ter this in 2019, the
Pradhan Mantri
Kisan Samman Nidhi
was launched. Com-
paratively, the state’s
programme is better
because it offers more
benefits to farmers....
we are planning to
add incentives to our
scheme in the near
future,” she said.
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on
Friday released the
eighth installment of
over Rs 20,000 crore to
more than 9.5 crore
farmer beneficiaries
under the scheme.
—ANI
Chitrakoot: Three
prisoners were shot
dead inside the Chitra-
koot district jail on Fri-
day, police said. The
three inmates gunned
down in the district jail
at Ragauli were identi-
fied by police as Anshu
Dixit, Merazuddin alias
Meraj Ali and Mukeem
Kala, belonging to Sita-
pur, Ghazipur and
Shamli in Uttar
Pradesh.
“Dixit shot dead Ali
and Kala, and held some
other prisoners at gun-
point and threatened to
kill them. He was later
killed in an exchange of
fire with police,” Chi-
trakoot Range Inspec-
tor General of Police K
Satyanarain said.
Asked how did a fire-
arm reach Dixit inside
the jail, the IG said, “A
judicial probe of the in-
cident has been or-
dered. Only after the
probe, it can be conclud-
ed how weapon reached
inside the jail.”
Jailor S P Tripathi,
however, had earlier
said Dixit had snatched
the service revolver of
a jail staff when the of-
ficial had intervened in
an argument among the
inmates. The IG said all
three inmates were
hardcore criminals and
had several criminal
cases pending against
them.
Taking note of the in-
cident, Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath ordered a
probe into the incident
by a joint team of Divi-
sional Commissioner D
K Singh, Chitrakoot IG
Satyanarain and DIG
(Prison) Sanjeev Trip-
athi. The chief minister
also demanded the
probe report at the earli-
est. The situation inside
the jail is now under
control, they added. —PTI
Lucknow: After a se-
ries of reports showing
dead bodies being
dumped in rivers in Ut-
tar Pradesh and Bihar
due to fear of COVID-19
infection, Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath on
Friday (May 14) ordered
patrolling by the Disas-
ter Response Force
(SDRF) and the Provin-
cial Armed Constabu-
lary (PAC). The chief
minister ordered SDRF
and PAC to patrol rivers
and ensure that bodies
are not dumped in the
rivers.
The order comes af-
ter hundreds of floating
corpses were spotted in
Ganga in Ghazipur.
“All those who died
deserve cremation with
respect. The state gov-
ernment has already
sanctioned funds for
performing the last
rites,” Adityanath was
quoted as saying by PTI.
“No one should be al-
lowed to dispose of bod-
ies in rivers due to reli-
gious traditions,” he
added.
The CM further said
that the “rivers get pol-
luted due to bodies of
human beings and ani-
mals” while his govern-
ment is running a cam-
paign for the cleaning
of rivers.
He said in areas on
banks of rivers, com-
mittees including vil-
lage development offic-
ers and village heads
should be formed to
ensure that no one
dumps bodies in rivers.
He said that if need-
ed, a fine may be im-
posed at the local level
to prevent it. —ANI
New Delhi: A Supreme
Courtlawyerhasmoved
the top court seeking
directions to utilise PM
Cares Fund to procure
COVID-19 vaccine, and
install oxygen plant/
generators for 738 dis-
trict hospitals where
medical services are
available free of cost for
COVID-19 patients.
The petitioner, advo-
cate Viplav Sharma also
prayed that Members of
Parliament (MP) and
Members of Legislative
Assemblies (MLAs) of
of all States should be
directed to spend their
MP/MLA funds “in a
disciplined manner
with full transparency
to best serve their re-
spective constituency
.
—Agencies New Delhi: A petition
has been filed in the
Supreme Court to
make public the segre-
gated data of clinical
trials of COVID-19 vac-
cines administered un-
der the Emergency Use
Authorisation granted
by the Drugs Control-
ler General of India.
Former member of Na-
tional Technical Advi-
sory Group on Immu-
nisation Dr. Jacob
Puliyel, represented by
advocate Prashant
Bhushan, asked the
court for the same.
Hyderabad: The Tel-
angana High Court on
Friday (May 14) stayed
an order by the state
government banning
the entry of ambulanc-
es from other states.
The order comes after
Telangana Police were
directed by the state
government to stop all
ambulances carrying
COVID-19 patients that
do not have prior per-
mission. Earlier, pa-
tients from AP died in
ambulances after the
Telangana Police did
not permit them.
Kerala: The High Court
here has asked the
Centre to suggest the
date by which COVID
vaccines could be made
available for Kerala.
A Division Bench of the
Kerala HC consisting of
Justice Raja Vijayara-
ghavan and Justice M.R.
Anita issued the direc-
tion on a Public Interest
Litigation seeking to
issue directions to the
Centre to set aside its
liberalised pricing and
Accelerated National
COVID 19 Vaccination
strategy, which, accord-
ing to the petitioners,
provided for differential
pricing for the vaccine
supplied to Centre and
the State governments.
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court on Friday
refused to grant any
interim protection
from arrest to Busi-
nessman Navneet
Kalra in connection
with a case relating to
the allegedly hoarding
of oxygen concentra-
tors in some restaurant
in South Delhi.
A single-judge bench
of Justice Subramoni-
um Prasad refused to
grant any interim
relief to Kalra and ad-
journed the matter for
further hearing on May
18. Senior Advocate
Abhishek Manu Sing-
hvi, appearing for
Navneet Kalra, pressed
for granting interim
protection to his client
but could not convince
the court. —ANI
New Delhi: The Na-
tional Students Union
of India (NSUI) has
filed a ‘missing person’
report with the Delhi
Police against PM
Modi and several of his
Cabinet ministers, ac-
cusing them of run-
ning away amid the
Covid-19 crisis.
The move by the stu-
dent wing of the Con-
gress came just two
days after a similar
complaint was filed
against Union minis-
ter Amit Shah over the
‘disappearance of the
country’s Home Minis-
ter at the time of the
pandemic’. The latest
missing person report
was filed by NSUI Gen-
eral Secretary Nagesh
Kariyappa against
Modi, Union ministers
Nirmala Sitharaman,
Piyush Goyal, Smriti
Irani, S. Jaishankar,
Ravi Shankar Prasad,
Dharmendra Pradhan,
Narendra Singh Tomar,
Prakash Javadekar, and
many more at the Par-
liament Street police
station.
The complaint, said
BJP leaders were last
seen during the Assem-
bly elections in West
Bengal. —ANI
The dead deserve respect: CM Yogi
IN THE COURTYARD
Plea in SC seeks
directions to
utilise PM Cares
NSUI files missing
plaint against Modi
Chitrakootprisonshootout:3
inmateskilled,probeordered
New Delhi: Hours
after Delhi Police
Crime Branch offic-
ers visited the office
of the Indian Youth
Congress, former
Congress chief Ra-
hul Gandhi on Fri-
day slammed the
government saying
the rescuer is always
greater than the one
who kills.
In a tweet in Hindi,
Rahul Gandhi said,
“The rescuer is al-
ways greater than
the one who kills.”
He used the hash tag,
I stand with IYC.
His remarks came
after some Delhi Po-
lice officers arrived
at the IYC office to
enquire how it has
been managing to
provide medicines,
oxygen cylinders and
several other things
required by Covid pa-
tients.
According to IYC
members, officers
of the Delhi Police
Crime Branch
arrived at the IYC
office on Raisina
Road in Central
Delhi around 11 a.m.
—PTI
Rescuer is greater than
one who kills: RaGA
KERALA HIGH COURT ASKS FOR DEADLINE FOR SUPPLYING VACCINE
MAMATA WRITES TO PM MODI
Yogi Adityanath

INDIA
06
PS TO RAILWAY MINISTER, DR GUPTA
GETS PREMATURE REPATRIATION
Dr Ravi Kant Gupta, Private Secretary to Railways,
Commerce Industry Minister, has been accorded
premature repatriation to his parent cadre. He is an
IRS-IT officer.
6 ICAS OFFICERS OF 2011
BATCH PROMOTED TO JAG
Six officers of Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS)
of 2011 batch have been promoted to the Junior
Administrative Grade (JAG). The officers are:
Dr. Richa Pandey, Padamsing Pradipsing Patil,
Neeraj Kulhari, Vaibhav Chandrakant Ghalme,
Mrs. Laboni Das Dutta and Harprit K Singh. Four
of the promoted officers have been given new
posting following promotion. Dr Richa Pandey has
been posted as Deputy CGA, Office of CGA, New
Delhi; Padamsing Pradipsing Pati as Director (A/
cs), Department of Fertilizers, New Delhi; Vaibhav
Chandrakant Ghalme as Controller of Accounts,
Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi and Mrs.
Laboni Das Dutta is appointed as Controller of
Accounts, Ministry of PPGP, New Delhi upon
promotion to the JAG.
TWO IAS OFFICERS GET NEW
POSTING IN W BENGAL
Mrs. Ayesha Rani A has been appointed as District
Magistrate, Dakshin Dinajpur and C Murugan as
Chief Executive Officer, West Bengal Industrial
Infrastructure Development Corporation (WBIIDC).
SEVEN EDS OF NATIONALISED
BANKS ELIGIBLE FOR MD CEO, SBI
As many as seven Executive Directors of nation-
alised banks are eligible for the post of Managing
Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
of State Bank of India (SBI) during the financial
year 2021-2021. They are: Shanti Lal Jain, Ajay
K. Khurana (both Bank of Baroda), PR Rajagopal
(Bank of India), Debashish Mukherjee, Manime-
khalai A (Canara Bank), Ajay Kumar Srivastava
(Indian Overseas Bank), and Vijay Dube (Punjab
National Bank).
D SENTHIL PANDIYAN APPOINTED
AS JOINT SECRETARY, AYUSH
D Senthil Pandiyan has been appointed as Joint
Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH. He is a 2002 batch
IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.
MS NIRUPAMA KOTRU APPOINTED
AS JOINT SECRETARY, COAL
Ms Nirupama Kotru has been as Joint Secretary
FA, Ministry of Coal. She is a 1992 batch IRS-IT
officer.
BHASKAR VERMA APPOINTED
AS JOINT SECRETARY, NMA
Bhaskar Verma has been appointed as Member
Secretary, National Monuments Authority (NMA),
Ministry of Culture. He is a 1995 batch ICAS
officer.
MS LILY PANDEYA APPOINTED
AS JOINT SECRETARY, CULTURE
Ms Lily Pandeya has been appointed as Joint
Secretary, Ministry of Culture. She is a 1998 batch
IRPS officer.
MAYANK TEWARI APPOINTED
AS JOINT SECRETARY, DEFENCE
Mayank Tewari has been appointed as Joint Sec-
retary, Department of Defence. He is a 1993 batch
IRSME officer.
MS NAZLI JAFRI SHAYIN APPOINTED
AS JOINT SECRETARY, DEFENCE
Ms Nazli Jafri Shayin has been appointed as Addl.
FA Joint Secretary, Ministry of Defence (Fi-
nance). She is a 1999 batch IAAS officer.
MS INDIRA MURTHY APPOINTED AS
JOINT SECRETARY, EARTH SCIENCES
Ms Indira Murthy has been appointed as Joint
Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences. She is a CSS
officer.
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For this, arrangements
of human resources
should be ensured as
per the requirement.
Dr Raghu Sharma
said that separate strat-
egies and action plans
for urban and rural ar-
eas are required to deal
with the covid situation.
Chief secretary
Niranjan Arya briefed
the CM about the dia-
logues being held with
the central government
officials for the ar-
rangement of oxygen.
PM opens...
of the scheme in Febru-
ary 2019, Modi said
around Rs 60,000 crore
has been transferred
during the COVID-19
pandemic, which is
helping farmers in
these difficult times.
The Prime Minister
on Friday released the
eighth instalment of
Rs 20,667 crore to more
than 9.5 crore farmers
under the Pradhan
Mantri Kisan Samman
Nidhi (PM-KISAN)
scheme via video-con-
ference.
He said the PM-
KISAN scheme was
launched to help farm-
ers, especially small
and marginal ones, in
meeting their input
costs.
The Prime Minister
said around 10 crore
farmers have received
the 8th instalment.
“To West Bengal
farmers, the benefit
has begun to reach for
the first time. Today,
lakhs of farmers in
West Bengal have got
their first instalment.
Gradually when the
names of farmers are
sent to the Centre, the
number of beneficiar-
ies will increase,” he
added.
Overall, around 11
crore farmers have re-
ceived around Rs
1,35,000 crore under
the PM-KISAN scheme
so far, Modi said, add-
ing that about Rs 60,000
crore has been trans-
ferred during the COV-
ID-19 pandemic. —ANI
Recoveries
outnumber...
India’s total active case-
load has decreased to
37,04,893 and now com-
prises 15.41 per cent of
the country’s total cas-
es. A net decline of
5,632 cases has been re-
corded in the active
caseload in a span of 24
hours.
The National Mortal-
ity Rate currently
stands at 1.09 per cent,
the ministry said.
A total of 4,000 deaths
were reported in a span
of 24 hours.
Ten states account
for 72.70 per cent of the
new deaths. Maharash-
tra saw the maximum
casualties (850). Karna-
taka follows with 344
daily deaths.
The cumulative num-
ber of COVID-19 vac-
cine doses adminis-
tered in the country is
nearing 18 crore, the
ministry said.
A total of 17,92,98,584
vaccine doses have
been administered
through 26,02,435 ses-
sions, according to the
provisional report till 7
am. More than 20 lakh
vaccination doses were
administered in a span
of 24 hours. —PTI
Sputnik V...
and received regulatory
clearance from the Cen-
tral Drugs Laboratory,
Kasauli, on May 13, ac-
cording to Dr Reddy’s
Laboratories. The vac-
cine has an efficacy of
over 91 per cent, accord-
ing to a publication in
scientific journal The
Lancet. This means it
has the ability to bring
down symptomatic Cov-
id-19 cases by over 91
per cent in those vacci-
nated compared with
those who have not re-
ceived a Covid vaccine.
“The imported doses
of the vaccine are pres-
ently priced at an MRP
of Rs 948 + 5 per cent
GST per dose, with the
possibility of a lower
price point when local
supply begins,” it said
in a statement.
Currently
, the import-
ed dose is priced at a
maximum retail price
of Rs 948 along with 5
per cent GST, which
amounts to Rs 995.4 per
dose. “With the rising
cases in India, vaccina-
tionisourmosteffective
tool in our battle against
COVID-19. Contributing
to the vaccination drive
in India is our biggest
priority right now to
help Indians be healthy
and safe,” Dr Reddy’s
Co-Chairman and MD G
V Prasad said.
Cyclone Tauktae...
and hilly terrains in-
cluding those in Idukki
district that in the past
has witnessed land-
slides due to heavy
rain,” said an NDRF of-
ficial. Meanwhile, dis-
trict administrations
have directed people in
disaster-prone areas to
relocate and temporary
relief camps and the
evacuation process have
been started.
For Saturday, a red
alert has been issued for
5 districts Malappuram,
Kozhikode, Wayanad,
Kannur and Kasargod
while remaining dis-
tricts put under orange
alert. —ANI
FROM PG 1
India receives shipment of ventilators,
Remdesivir from EU member states
New Delhi: Amid the
COVID-19 crisis in In-
dia, an aircraft carry-
ing a shipment of venti-
lators, Remdesivir and
medical equipment
from EU member states,
arrived in New Delhi on
Friday
.
External Affairs Min-
istry (EAM) spokesper-
son Arindam Bagchi ac-
knowledged the contin-
ued solidarity shown by
European countries in-
cluding Germany
, Neth-
erlands, and Portugal.
“EU solidarity and
cooperation continues.
Aircraft arrives carry-
ing 223 ventilators,
25000 vials of Remdesi-
vir and other medical
equipment from Ger-
many, 30000 vials of
Remdesivir from Neth-
erlands and 5500 vials
of Remdesivir from
Portugal. Value support
of our EU partners,”
EAM spokesperson.
Earlier today, India
welcomed the arrival of
5.6 million masks from
Kazakhstan.
Price hike in anti-Covid
supplies due to import
of raw materials: China
New Delhi: China on
Friday said the prices
of some of the COV-
ID-19 medical supplies
like oxygen concentra-
tors being procured by
Indian companies from
Chinese manufacturers
have gone up as they
had to import raw mate-
rials to meet the excess
demand from India. Re-
sponding to a question
from the official media
here on India’s Consul
General in Hong Kong
Priyanka Chauhan’s re-
cent remarks calling on
China to stop surging
prices of medical sup-
plies to India, Chinese
Foreign Ministry
spokesperson Hua Chu-
nying told a media
briefing that China has
been encouraging its
companies to meet In-
dia’s procurement to
meet the country’s
surge in corona cases.
Soaring prices of
medical supplies like
oxygen concentrators
and disruption of cargo
flights to India are slow-
ing arrivals of medical
goods, Chauhan said
this week. On price in-
creases, especially of
the oxygen concentra-
tors, the Chinese for-
eign ministry spokes-
person said that the
feedback from the Chi-
nese manufacturers
suggests that they had
to import raw materials
to meet the demand.
—ANI
New Delhi: President
Ram Nath Kovind on
Friday extended wishes
on the occasion of Eid-
ul-Fitr and said that the
festival is an occasion
to strengthen the spirit
of fraternity and reded-
icate ourselves to the
service of humanity
.
“Eid Mubarak to all
fellow citizens! This fes-
tival is an occasion to
strengthen the spirit of
fraternity and rededi-
cate ourselves to the
service of humanity.
Let us resolve to deal
with Covid-19 by follow-
ing the guidelines and
to work for the well-be-
ing of the society and
the country,” the Presi-
dent tweeted.
Earlier Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi ex-
tended Eid-ul-Fitr
greetings andexpressed
hope to overcome the
global pandemic and
work towards human
welfare. —PTI
Focus on curbing
Covid in Goa: Nadda
New Delhi: BJP chief
JP Nadda has asked
Goa’s CM Pramod
Sawant and Health Min-
ister Vishwajit Rane to
keep aside their differ-
ences and focus on con-
trolling the Covid pan-
demic in the state.
Amid the worsening
situation in Goa, differ-
ences between Sawant
and Rane over Covid
management have come
to the fore.
The central leader-
ship of the party be-
lieves that it will harm
the BJP a year ahead of
the state Assembly
polls. The Assembly
polls are likely to be
scheduled in the first
quarter of next year.
Taking note of re-
ports of differences be-
tween the Chief Minis-
ter and the Health Min-
ister, Nadda spoke with
them and suggested that
they reconcile. —PTI
Govt increases
import of
Tocilizumab
New Delhi: As many
as 30,000 vials of To-
cilizumab, a drug often
prescribed by doctors
to treat COVID-19
patients, were im-
ported to India within
11 days by the Central
government to cater to
the increasing demand
across the country
due to rising cases.
Sources of the Union
Chemical and Fertilis-
ers Ministry told. —ANI
Remdesivir supply from EU.
Anti-Covid supplies.
Kerala extends
lockdown till May
23 to curb virus
Kerala: Amid the ris-
ing COVID-19 cases in
Kerala, the state gov-
ernment on Friday stat-
ed that the total lock-
down announced from
May 8 to May 16 earlier,
will now be extended
till May 23 in order to
contain the massive
spread of the virus. CM
Pinarayi Vijayan said
that the decision to ex-
tend the lockdown was
taken in view of high
test positivity rates in
districts. The state is
currently under a 9-day
complete shutdown to
bring down the daily
caseload. —ANI
Prez Kovind urges people to
work for well-being of society
JP Nadda
Modi extends
greetings on
Akshaya Tritiya
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Friday greeted people
on the auspicious occa-
sion of Akshaya Tritiya
on Friday
. “May this fes-
tival associated with
fulfilling auspicious
works strengthen our
resolve to overcome the
COVID-19 pandemic,”
he tweeted. Modi also
greeted people on the
occasion of Lord
Parshuram’s birth
anniversary
.
Crime Branch questions
IYC chief over Covid aid
Srinivas was questioned over ‘illegal distribution of Covid medicines’
New Delhi: A team of
Delhi Police Crime
Branch on Friday visit-
ed the office of the In-
dian Youth Congress
(IYC) to question Srini-
vas BV
, the national
president of the IYC,
who has been at the
forefront of Covid relief
efforts.
The questioning was
in connection with al-
leged “illegal distribu-
tionof Covidmedicines,
etc”, police said. Police
had earlier approached
AAP MLA Dilip Pandey
in connection with the
same issue.
Police say they are
acting on the court’s di-
rections. Delhi Police
spokesperson Chinmoy
Biswal had earlier said,
“On a writ filed by Dr
Deepak Singh about
politicians involved in
the illegal distribution
of Covid medicines, etc,
the Hon’ble High Court
of Delhi has directed
Delhi Police to conduct
an enquiry. In compli-
ance with directions of
Hon’ble High Court, an
enquiry is being con-
ducted from several
concerned persons.”
Names given by peti-
tioner Singh, chairman
of the non-profit Hru-
daya Foundation, in his
complaint to police in-
clude Pandey, Srinivas
as well as BJP MPs Gau-
tam Gambhir and Sujay
Vikhe, Congress leader
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
and Congress MLA
Mukesh Sharma. —ANI
IYC National President Srinivas BV.
IAF aircraft
carrying oxygen
cylinders arrives
Chennai: Amid
shortage of the life
saving gas due to
the massive surge
in COVID-19 cases
across the country,
four IAF aircraft
arrived in Chennai
on Friday morning
carrying oxygen
cylinders from Sin-
gapore. As per the
Central Board of
Indirect Taxes and
Customs (CBIC),
Chennai Customs,
ensured their
smooth and swift
clearance.

z Chhattisgarh govt
to pay for education
of children who lost
parents to corona

z Delhi reports 8,506
new COVID-19 cas-
es, lowest number in
over a month

z A temporary 500-
ICU bed facility has
been set up at Delhi’s
iconic Ram Leela
Maidan to help ac-
commodate critically
ill Covid patients.

z Rajya Sabha com-
mittees can’t meet
online, Oppn told.
Rules stand in way.

z Delhi govt to extend
help to orphans,
families who lost
earning member.

z Maharashtra govt to
ask Bharat Biotech
to reserve 50%
doses made in Pune
plant for state, says
Ajit Pawar

z Karnataka Home
Minister converts his
residence into Covid
care centre

z After at least 11
Covid patients died
at Ruia Hospital in
Tirupati on May 10
due to oxygen short-
age, Andhra scaled
up efforts to procure
sufficient oxygen to
meet requirement.
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PRESS CONFERENCE
TURNS INTO
GRIEVANCE CELL
FOR THIS PANELIST!
The BJP leaders faced a piquant
situation during the virtual
press conference of state BJP
president Satish Poonia on
Thursday. Party’s TV panelist
Fateh Singh Gurjar explained his
problem before the start of the
press conference. Gurjar told the
leaders that he was standing for
the last 2 hours at mini health
bhawan but not getting important
medicine. At this, another TV
panelist Lakshmikant told him
with confidence that he would
talk to officer concerned Alok
Ranjan. What happened after that
no body knows. But after a few
moments, Gurjar again joined
the virtual press conference and
shared his plight with Poonia.
The state president consoled him
and assured him to look into the
matter and talk to him after the
press conference was over.
—First India Bureau
IS ROOM NUMBER
1036 JINXED?
The jinx attached to room
number 1036 in the main
building of the state secretariat is
not getting removed. When Ashok
Singhvi was in the secretariat,
the room was jinxed from that
time. He was suspended after
being charged in the high-profile
mines bribery case. He was
reinstated after 3 years but did
not get posting in the secretariat
and retired from Indira Gandhi
Panchayati Raj Institute. When
Ashwini Bhagat became CEO,
he got this room but on the
instructions of ECI, Anand Kumar
replaced him as the new CEO.
When Sudhansh Pant returned to
Rajasthan from the Centre, he got
this room but within 2 months his
services were temporarily handed
over to the Centre and
the room remained deserted for
more than 7 months. After that
Naveen Jain and retired IAS KC
Verma got this room. Since when
Pant returned from the Centre, he
has been working from a room
on the second floor. As such the
room number 1036 is empty for
almost 1 year and the corridor
remains silent.
—First India Bureau
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FOR WAR ON CORONA
`10 CRORE
by Prem Singh Bajor
for oxygen plants in
districts
`1 CRORE
by former CM
Vasundhara Raje for
medical infrastructure in
Jhalrapatan constituency
1 YEAR
salary by JMC Greater
Congress councillor
Divya Singh
50 OXYGEN
concentrators to
Nokha hospital by
philanthropist and Narsi
Group MD Narsi Kularia
108 OXYGEN
concentrators
across country by
Vipra foundation on
Parshuram Jayanti
10 OXYGEN
10 oxygen concentrators
by BJP leader
Danaram Chaudhary
in Sanchore
6 OXYGEN
6 oxygen concentrators
by ex-MP Badri Ram
Jakhar to Mathania and
Bawdi hospitals
1,000 PACKET
food daily and medicines
by Ratan Singh Jhalay
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The sacred fes-
tival of Eid-ul-Fitr was
celebrated with joy but
within strict lockdown
restrictions in the
state. The Eid prayers
were performed large-
ly in the houses with
very less people seen
on the road. In the
mosques, only the
Imam and the manage-
ment committee offi-
cials offered prayers to
get the world rid of Co-
rona epidemic.
Most of the people
greeted each other
through phone and so-
cial media, instead of
hugging each other. On
the occasion of Mithi
Eid, Muslim families
made other delicious
dishes including the
kheer in the hous-
es and there was no
round of feasts. Earli-
er on Thursday, Mus-
lim religious leaders
had appealed to the
people of the society to
offer Eid prayers at
their homes and its im-
pact was seen on Fri-
day
. The Idgah at Delhi
Bypass and at the
mosque located at
Johri Bazar remained
empty on Friday
.
The mosque at Johri Bazaar is seen illuminated on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan.The pandemic however, forced everyone
to stay at home celebrate the occassion with family to contain the virus spread. However, a few were seen extending Eid greetings. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
AT HOME
MOST OF THE PEOPLE GREETED EACH OTHER
THROUGH PHONE AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND MUSLIM
FAMILIES ENJOYED VARIOUS DELICIOUS DISHES
—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Decision on
10th, 12th
exam after June
First India Bureau
Ajmer: There will be
no examination of
class 10th and 12th due
to the present condi-
tion of the corona cri-
sis. Dr. DP Jaroli,
Chairman of Board of
Secondary Education,
said on Friday that
10th and 12th examina-
tions will be conducted
separately after the
situation normalises.
Dr. Jaroli demanded
from the govt that the
teachers be considered
corona Warriors and
should be vaccinated
on priority basis.
Army to set up 90-bed hosp in Bikaner
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: With the in-
creasing infection of
coronavirus and covid
patients in Bikaner, In-
dianarmyisnowprepar-
ingtotakeover90bedsof
the PBM hospital.
Union minister and
Bikaner MP Arjun Ram
Meghwal has started
coordination with SBI
and the army for estab-
lishing a 90-bed unit in
the ENT building of the
PBM Hospital.
An informal conver-
sation among Army of-
ficials, principal of the
medical College and
the superintendent of
the PBM Hospital was
held on Friday and of-
ficial talks are likely to
take place on Saturday.
After the clearance
from the state govern-
ment, the help of the
army will be taken.
Covid patients, who
are not able to get ad-
mission in MCH will be
admitted to this wing.
Meghwal was also
present during the visit
to the hospital today
. He
said that SBI founda-
tion is providing mate-
rial and doctors and
nursing staff will be
provided by the army.
Arjun Ram Meghwal addresses a press conference on Friday.
First India Bureau
Sikar: A man and a
woman died by suicide
in Joravar Nagar’s Rail-
way Gate No. 90 near
Kanwat village in Sikar
district. An abandoned
scooty has also been
found at the suicide
spot. Talking about the
suicide, Thoi station in
charge Sangita Meena
and DSP Girdhari Lal
Sharma said that the
deceased man, Mahen-
dra Bavaria is a resi-
dent of Sethon Ki Dha-
ni village in Bhadwadi
station jurisdiction,
Thoi.
SIKAR TRADER
ROBBED OF
`35 LAKH
Sikar: In the
Lakshmangarh village of
Sikar, a man was robbed
of 35 lakh rupees in
daylight on Friday.
Businessman Ratanlal’s
grandson Ankit of the
Sanwarmal Ratanlal firm
located in the grain
warehouse, was going to
his house after carrying
all their income from the
shop. Meanwhile, four
dacoits attacked him near
Sureka Bhavan and
snatched the money.
When his father and
uncle came to rescue,
they were also attacked.
Lovers jump before
train in Sikar,die
Actionwillbetakenif
hospschargemore:PSK
First India Bureau
Udaipur: Transport
Minister Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas said all
government and pri-
vate hospitals will have
to attend the patients
and no hospital can
deny treatment to any
patient. During his visit
to Udaipur, the Minister
said that the govern-
ment has decided the
rate of treatment by pri-
vate hospitals and no
hospital can take more
charges. “Appropriate
action will be taken if
the hospitals take more
than the fixed charges,”
he told reporters.
He visited ESIC hospi-
tal in Chitrakoot Nagar
and reviewed arrange-
ments said that it is
the responsibility to
treat patients and no pa-
tient can be denied
treatment.
“A patient can be re-
ferred if the condition
is serious,” he said, add-
ing that misbehaving
with patients or their
family members is also
not tolerable. District
Collector Chetan Deora,
SP Rajiv Pachar, Princi-
pal of RNT medical col-
lege Dr Lakhan Poswal
and other officers also
accompanied him.
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas shows a thumbs up sign to boost the morale of a patient at ESIC
Hospital, Udaipur on Friday.
‘GEHLOTJI IS ROLE MODEL FOR ALL’

Togetherness with loved ones, a
feeling of safety and security –
nothing can beat this feeling of
contentment!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: Probably for
the first time in the his-
tory of Tax Board-
Ajmer, the outgoing
Chairman of the Board
‘relinquished’ the post
as no new Chairman
was appointed.
Girraj Singh retired
on April 20, as the Chair-
man of the Tax Board.
Usually
, the government
appoints the new Chair-
man before the retire-
ment of the sitting
Chairman or gives the
additional charge of the
post to the Chairman of
Revenue Board.
However, this time,
the government neither
appointed the new
Chairman nor gave the
charge to the Revenue
BoardChairman,RVen-
kateswaran, who him-
self has not attended his
office after April 1.
Thepostof TaxBoard
Chairman is held by an
officer belonging to the
cadre of ACS or Princi-
pal Secretary, but no of-
ficial of this seniority is
available for this post at
present. Due to the Cov-
id-19 induced lockdown,
most of the government
offices are closed and
hence, the government
feels no urgency to ap-
point the Chairman of
the Tax Board.
Three officers of ACS
cadre- Veenu Gupta,
Pawan Kumar Goyal
and Rajeshwar Singh,
are currently posted
outside the Secretariat,
but none of them is
willing to go to Ajmer.
Below the rank of
ACS, a total of 19 Princi-
pal Secretaries are
there, but almost all of
themarecurrentlyhold-
ingimportantposts.The
post of Principal Secre-
tary in some of the im-
portant departments,
like Rural Development
Panchayti Raj Depart-
ment, are falling vacant
in such a situation, it
is difficult to spare any
of the officers to be as-
signedtheresponsibility
of Tax Board.
Around half a dozen
Principal Secretaries
are ‘over- burdened’
holding additional
charge of other depart-
ments. Recently, Akhil
Arora was given the ad-
ditional charge of Medi-
cal Health Depart-
ment due to deepening
Covid-19 crisis.
In a first, a significant post ‘relinquished’ in absence of a befitting ‘successor’
THE WAIT CONTINUES...

The post of Tax
Board Chairman
is held by
an officer
belonging to
ACS or Principal
Secretary cadre,
but no official of
this seniority is
available
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Health Minis-
ter Dr Raghu Sharma
on Friday, gave special
guidelines to the direc-
tors and controllers of
all Medical Colleges for
quick diagnosis of the
problems being faced
by infected patients and
their families in 'Covid
Dedicated' hospitals
and to further improve
the arrangements at
the hospitals.
According to the
guidelines, 'Covid Dedi-
cated' hospitals have
been advised to set up
an triage area, where
doctors examine before
admitting new patients,
counsel them properly
for home isolation and
hospitalise only in case
of an emergency. The
area should have oxy-
gen supply from the
pipeline, oxygen cylin-
ders, oxygen concentra-
tors, etc.
Medical Education
Secretary Vaibhav Gal-
riya said all the private
and state hospitals have
been instructed to up-
date information of bed
availability daily on the
RajCovid Info portal
and display the related
information in the wait-
ing area of the hospital.
In all 'Covid Dedicat-
ed' hospitals, the 'Round
the Clock' duty of phy-
sicians will be ensured.
He also advised that
while inspecting wards,
all doctors should talk
to the patients and
their relatives positive-
ly to help enhance their
confidence. The names
and contact informa-
tion of all the doctors
taking care of the pa-
tients should also be
pasted in each ward so
that the patient can
contact the doctors in
case of any problem.
First India Bureau
Kota: Lok Sabha Speak-
er Om Birla on Friday
,
asked people to follow all
Covid-19 guidelines to
break the chain of infec-
tion. He said that the Co-
rona pandemic is a big
crisis which can be over-
comebycollectiveefforts.
Birla, while speaking
to social workers and
intellectuals of Kesho-
raipatan area through
VC, said their role is
important in making
people aware of the is-
sue of Corona infection.
He asked them to set up
a team of volunteers for
the same.
Expressing concern
on surging infection in
rural areas, the LS
Speaker said that people
must stay at home, wear
face masks and main-
tain social distancing to
keep themselves and
others safe from infec-
tion. He said that the
second wave is more
dangerous and deadly
.
Greeting people on
Akha Teej and Eid, he
said that India is the
country of fairs and fes-
tivals and people cele-
brate them in harmony
.
However, this
time, the Corona pan-
demic has turned the
enthusiasm into sor-
row as many people
have lost lives.
New Delhi: UK-based
conglomerate SRAM
MRAM through its In-
dian partner ATD
Group has inked a pact
with Rajasthan govern-
ment to install 60 oxy-
gen generator plant in
the next two months to
fight the COVID-19 pan-
demic. As many as 200
members from the team
of SRAM MRAM are
working round the
clock towards procur-
ing oxygen concentra-
tor to India. So far, 200
units of oxygen concen-
trator, oximeter and
10,000 units of oximeter
have been airlifted from
Malaysia. Sailesh La-
chu Hiranandani,
Chairman, SRAM
MRAM Group while ex-
pressing his views said
that he endeavours to
provide help to the peo-
ple of India have been
pushing teams to work
round the clock. —PTI
SetuptriageareaatCovidhosps
to help patients: Dr Raghu
Follow Corona
norms to break
virus chain: Birla
SRAM teams
up with ATD for
med support
Govttoinstalloxyplantsin59cities:Dhariwal
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
government has issued
the work order to set up
oxygenplantsinninecit-
ies, which will benefit
5,786 oxygenated beds in
government hospitals.
After the plants are
madefunctional,oxygen
will be made available
daily through pipes or
through10,125cylinders.
UDH Minister Shan-
ti Dhariwal said that
97 metric tons of oxy-
gen will be made avail-
able daily through
these plants.
Kishangarh, Beawar,
Sumerpur, Kotputli, Ku-
chamancity, Sojatcity,
Bhinmal are among lo-
cal bodies where the
oxygen plants will be
set up in the first phase.
The state government
issued expression of in-
terest on direction by
the Chief Minister.
He said that firms
have been shortlisted
for establishing plants
in 59 cities. The plants
will be established in
Ajmer, Bharatpur,
Bhilwara ( for supply-
ing to 171 beds each),
Bikaner (229 beds),
Jaipur (857 beds), Jodh-
pur, Kota (600 beds
each), Udaipur (343),
Alwar (86 beds), Bhi-
wadi (43 beds) and Bar-
mer (29 beds).
Apart from them, the
plants will be set up in
Chittorgarh, Pratap-
garh, Dausa, Dungar-
pur,Tonk,Dholpur,Jais-
almer, Jhalawar, Jhalra-
patan, Makrana, Rajsa-
mand, Sawaimadhopur,
Gangapur city, Abu
Road and Nathdwara.
In these cities, the
plants will have the ca-
pacity to supply oxygen
to 57 beds each whereas,
the capacity will be of
supplying oxygen to 29
beds in Sujangarh,
Nimbahera, Ratangarh,
Sardarshahar, Naval-
garh, Merta city,
Fatehpur, Deoli, Surat-
garh, Pipar City, Shah-
pura (Jaipur), Reengus,
Pilani and Bamanwas.
• Oxygen cylinders oxygen concentrators will be available 24 hrs in
triage area • Hosp In-charge the resident will have to inspect the ward
onceaday•Namephonenumberofdocswillbeinscribedineachward.
Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma discusses Corona management with Minister in-charge of Ajmer
District, Lal Chand Kataria via video- conferencing on Friday, wherein, top administrative and police
officials of Ajmer district and doctors were also present.
Govt to act stringently against black marketeers of drugs: CM
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot on Fri-
day, said that the
State government
would take strict ac-
tion against hoarding
and black marketing
of medicines and oth-
er essential items. Ge-
hlot, in a social media
post, said that even in
the critical circum-
stances of the global
Corona pandemic, some
people are commit-
ting the evil act
of hoarding
and black
market-
i n g
and the State government
would take strict action
against such people.
In view of the shortage
and black marketing of
medicines in Rajasthan,
the State government is
not able to move towards
self-sufficiency of manu-
facturing medicines for
serious diseases. Pres-
ently, there are about 300
companies related to
manufacturing of medi-
cines in the state, but
there are no companies
manufacturing medicines
for serious diseases.
There is a huge short-
age of about half a dozen
medicines and injections
used in treating the Cov-
id-19 infection. These
medicines are being or-
dered from other states or
abroad. Regarding Rem-
desivir itself, the State
government has said that
obstacles are being cre-
ated to allow them to
come from the states
where these companies
are in place. At present,
there is shortage of Rem-
desivir Injection, tocili-
zumab, unilastin, methyl-
prednisolone, enoxaparin
injection, piperacillin
tazobactam, and ampho-
tericin B injection.
THESE MEDICINES OF CRUCIAL SIGNIFICANCE ARE BEING ORDERED FROM OTHER STATES OR ABROAD FOR COVID PATIENTS
G
G
G
VISIT VACCINATION CENTRES WHEN
APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED: CM GEHLOT
Rajendra Chhabra
P
rincipal Secre-
tary to CM, Kul-
deep Ranka had
recently shared his
Corona experience
with CM and Dr.
Raghu Sharma in a
VC and now his self-
thought combination
of Naturopathy,
Ayurveda and Yoga
has become a hit on
Social media. First
the video of the VC
went viral and now
his tips on combating
Corona successfully
through traditional
methods are generat-
ing lakhs of likes and
thousands of posi-
tive comments on so-
cial media platforms.
Such is the goodwill
of the media-shy gen-
tleman Ranka that he
has already got quite
a following and has
become a hit on So-
cial media. His video
has sent a signal of
positivity in these
difficult times. In
this context, some-
one remarked that
now he is not Kul-
deep but Dr. Kuldeep
Ranka. Many VIP cu-
rious corona patients
are likely to knock
Ranka’s door for
‘desi’ solutions.
Dr.(!) RANKA
SHOWS THE WAY!
Om Birla
Kuldeep Ranka
Shanti Dhariwal
CM Ashok Gehlot
The office of Tax Board in Ajmer. —FILE PHOTO
Gehlot
says
This video is heart-
wrenching. Dr Deepika
Arora was pregnant she
contracted Covid-19. Now
she is not among us, but
has conveyed an important
message to everyone to
take the Covid-19 infection
seriously. I extend my heartl-
felt tributes to Dr Deepika
and express my sincere
condolences to her family.
Best wishes on the occa-
sion of #Akshayatriya and
#Parshuram_Jayanti. The
occasion of Akshaya Tritiya
is considered to bring in hap-
piness and prosperity into
our lives, but this year we are
facing a serious challenge in
the form of Corona pandem-
ic. In such a situation, people
have willingly postponed
their marriages on this
auspicious occasion.
Ashok Gehlot @ashokgehlot51
‘Round the Clock’
Physicians will
be deputed at Covid
dedicated hospitals.

anu Choudhary,
a trailblazing
model who was
born and
brought up in
Ghaziabad, Ut-
tar Pradesh be-
came one of the
most exciting
faces to watch
from the model-
ling industry. Ta-
nu’s confidence
and the way she
embraces her
natural looks has
helped solidify
her as a role mod-
el for girls and
young women.
When asked
about her journey,
she shared. “I was born in
a small town in Ghaziabad
and completed my educa-
tion there only
. After that, I
moved to Jodhpur with my
parents.” She further add-
ed, “I was always a bright
student. Coming from a
conservative family and
city, it was inconceivable
for me to think of fashion
and modelling as my ca-
reer. Everyone in my fami-
ly opposed it. My real strug-
gle began from there. I re-
member not telling my
parents about the auditions
I was appearing for, only
my brother knew. Later,
when I got selected in Miss
Elite Rajasthan, my par-
ents believed in me and
gave me wings to fly and
follow my passion. I came
to Jaipur for a week-long
training program.
I was awarded as Elite
Miss Rajasthan Rising Star
which completely changed
my life. I am an in-
dependent woman
living in Jaipur now
and I can’t be more
proud of what I have
become.”
“I met Gaurav Gaur,
Director Elite Miss Ra-
jasthan, he is my mentor
who not only believed in
me but helped me tap my
potential. He showed me
the right path and guided
me at every step of my
journey so far. I can’t be
more grateful to him”,
Tanu said.
The model’s mantra of
self-love makes her the per-
fect fit. She strongly be-
lieves in fighting for a
world where every girl
chooses her future. Well,
Tanu was very fortunate to
have learned so much at a
young age and she’s now
using those experiences as
a platform to speak truth to
others.
Tanu Choudhary from Jaipur earned a name and fame in the field of fashion and modelling.
In an exclusive interview with City First,Tanu talks about changing perceptions within the
industry, her journey so far and the barriers that still need to be broken!
You Only Live Once
MITALI DUSAD
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JAIPUR, SATURDAY
MAY 15, 2021
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SHREYA KINGER, Model
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Getting into a favourable
situation on the academic
front is possible. Good luck
promises to brighten your
day. Some positive changes can be
expected on the home front. This
seems a good day for job seekers.
New avenues for earning open up as
you get more determined.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
This is the time to become
serious about getting in
shape and start eating
healthy. You have limited
income as of now and that could
trouble you but don’t worry the times
will change. Due to no work pressure
in office, you could spend more time
with near and dear ones.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Excellent opportunities
may knock at your door.
Professionals will be able
to give their best in a new
situation. Financially, this day may
prove lucky for you, so go ask for the
raise that is keeping you on
tenterhooks. Don’t take any chances
with your health today.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
You will continue to enjoy
your good health if you
stick to a proper diet and
exercise regime. You may
finally meet your financial savior who
will help you put the pieces at the
right place. Some of you may assist
your family by organizing a function
or an event.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Your performance at work
will be commendable. Your
own happiness is in your
hands today. Spouse may
need her space, respect that. This is
a favourable day for completing
pending jobs. Financially, no
problems are foreseen. It is best to
avoid outside food.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
A new deal is likely to come
through and give you a taste
of success. Those fond of
travelling may get their
chance soon. This is the time when you
enjoy yourself with a new group of
friends or colleagues. A change of job
is likely to give you better salary and
perks.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
You continue to stay fit and
healthy and there is
nothing to worry as far as
health is concerned.
Because of limit flow of money, your
financial condition is not stable yet.
Your hard in office will bring your
recognition and appreciation from
your senior.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
You are likely to take up
someone’s cause and earn
appreciation from all
quarters on the social
front. Remaining on the good side of
those who matter on the academic
front will help you achieve much.
Good tidings of your well wishers will
keep you going.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You may wait for
someone’s invitation for a
trip. Your professionalism
in handling problem areas
will be appreciated. Tenant troubles
are foreseen for some house owners.
You will find family life more than
fulfilling. A senior is likely to put in a
good word for you to the higher ups.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You may go for a cheat
meal all as a reward for
maintaining good health. If
you have been struggling
with money then that’s a thing of a
past now as money will flow in from
all the directions. In office, you will
support your colleague by sharing
his/her work pressure.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
You will have to be more
focussed on the academic
front. You may get busy
organising something on
the social front. You may need to put
your ideas into action, if you want to
prove yourself. A party may be
thrown in your honour at work. Your
good performance will be noticed.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Your optimism will keep
you going and you will find
yourself in absolute peace.
The more time you invest
in a project completion, the better it
will in terms of monetary gains. In
social life, avoid venting your anger
on some who is younger or elder to
you.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
Supreme dicta-
torship. Nazi
Germany, un-
der the blind
leadership of
Hitler, hell-bent
upon annihilating, the very ex-
istence of the Jews from the
face of the Earth. Meticulous
planning. All resources uti-
lized with stopwatch precision.
Utter disregard of life. Gas
Chambers. Torture cells. Bon-
fires of little children. Mass
Graves. Cattle trains suffocat-
ingly stuffed with human be-
ings. Blind autocracy
.
80 years hence, 2020!
The Dark Era ???
Open Democracy. Complete
Freedom. Man is liberated.
Educated. Every luxury at
hand. Independence to take
any action.
Look what we have brought
upon ourselves... An invisible,
insignificant, little virus, has
brought us down to our knees--
complete disregard of life. Peo-
ple again dying, like cattle.
Pyres burning everywhere. Pa-
tients dying... not in Freight
trains, but luxurious hospitals.
Gasping for a breath of pure
air. Utter chaos. Greed. Corrup-
tion. Complete disregard of hu-
man life. Where is humanity
headed? Abysmal degradation
of moral human values.
‘Night’ is a 1960, autobio-
graphical book by Elie Wiesel,
based on his Holocaust experi-
ences with his father, in the
Nazi German Concentration
camps at Auschwitz and Bu-
chenwald in 1944-45, towards
the end of the Second World
War in Europe. It’s a harrow-
ing, heartbreaking and brutal
memoir, and an unforgettable
account by a teenage survivor.
His narrative is subjective,
highly touching and personal.
By applying techniques like
irony, contrast and foreshad-
owing, he talks about the emo-
tions he experienced in the
concentration camps.
“We must take sides. Neu-
trality helps the oppressor,
never the victim. Silence en-
courages the tormentor, never
the tormented. Sometimes we
must interfere. When human
lives are endangered, when hu-
man dignity is in jeopardy, na-
tional borders and sensitivities
become irrelevant. Wherever
men and women are persecuted
because of their race, religion
or political views, that place
must- at that moment- become
the centre of the universe”.
In a substantive new preface,
Eliereflectsontheenduringim-
portance of ‘Night’, and his life-
long, passionate dedication to
ensuring that the world never
forgets man’s capacity for inhu-
manitytoman.Itmarksthecru-
cial first step in Wiesel’s project
to bear witness for those who
died. The book first published
in 1955, is a constant reminder
of man’s capacity for inhuman-
ity
. It was originally named
“And The World Remained Si-
lent”. He was awarded the No-
bel Peace Prize in 1986. Ironi-
cally
, when it comes to survival,
it’s the animal instinct that
wins, not cares, not empathy,
not relations. It’s a story of sur-
vival, strength, loss, of grief.
How can such events happen
in a modern Western country?
Did such a world exist- where
live babies were thrown into
chimneys as useless stuff. How
would it be to travel in a cattle
train, heaped on each other
with no breathing space? How
is it to steal a piece of dried
bread from one’s father, or
worse to kill him for it? Imag-
ine the pain of a 13-year-old
boy as he narrates, “An SS
came towards us, wielding a
club. He commanded: ‘Men to
the Left. Women to the Right’.
Eight words. Eight simple,
short words. Eight words were
spoken quietly, indifferently,
without emotions. It was the
last I saw of my mother and
three sisters”.
‘All that was left was a shape
that resembled me. My soul
hadbeeninvadedanddevoured
by a black flame’. ‘I was the ac-
cuser. God, the accused. My
eyes had opened, and I was
alone, terribly alone in a world
without God, without Man,
Without Love, Without Mercy’.
Elie Wiesel survives, an
empty shell of a man until 11th
April 1945, the day the Ameri-
can Army liberated the camp.
Millions of Jews were slaugh-
tered. The Nazis in Germany,
set out to build a society in
which there simply would be
no room for Jews. It is obvious
that the war which Hitler and
his accomplices waged was a
war, not only against Jewish
men, women, children but also
against Jewish religion, Jew-
ish culture, Jewish tradition
and therefore Jewish memory
.
The modern world watched
on!
Do you want this past to be-
come your future???
ElieWiesel’s
NIGHT
DEEPAK’S CORNER
DEEPAK
deepaklifemusings@gmail.com
1940
Late Elie Wiesel

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