First India-Jaipur Edition-24 May 2021

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13 DIE IN ITALY’S
MOUNTAIN CABLE
CAR CRASH
21 RUNNERS
KILLED IN HARSH
WEATHER IN CHINA
Rome: Thirteen people died and two children were seriously injured
Sunday when a cable car slammed into the side of a mountain in northern
Italy, emergency services said. The toll could rise further from the ac-
cident in Stresa, a resort town on the shores of Lake Maggiore in
Italy’s Piedmont region, the Alpine rescue service said on Twitter.
Beijing: Twenty-one people were killed after hail, freezing rain and high
winds hit runners taking part in a 100-kilometre cross-country mountain
race in China, state media said Sunday. One runner who had been missing
was found at 9:30 am, but “had already lost their vital signs”, state broad-
caster CCTV reported, citing the local rescue command headquarters.
‘MAKE SELF, BJP VISIBLE’
Caught on the back foot over its conspicuous absence during the second wave of
the pandemic and a groundswell of public fear and resentment, the BJP leadership
has asked its leaders to be visibly more “empathetic and sympathetic”
Jaipur: Caught on the
back foot over its con-
spicuous absence dur-
ing the second wave of
the pandemic and a
groundswell of public
fearandresentment,the
BJP leadership has
asked its leaders to be
visibly more “empathet-
ic and sympathetic”.
As part of this out-
reach, sources said,
party leaders have been
asked to step up their
“social activities” to en-
sure delivery of
m e d i c i n e s ,
availability
of hospital beds as well
as actively monitor the
ramping up of health
infrastructure, which
includes installation of
oxygen plants in gov-
ernment hospitals.
This comes when the
second wave is spread-
ing to rural areas and
the party has locked
horns with the Con-
gress alleging here’s an
attempt to malign the
image of the Centre. In
this context, it has high-
lighted what it called a
“toolkit” which the Con-
gress called fake and
Twitter flagged as “ma-
nipulated media.” On
Friday, the Centre told
Twitter that this tag-
ging was “prejudiced”
and should be removed.
“It’s true that a nega-
tive narrative against
the party Turn to P6
First India Bureau
Jaipur:AnFIRhasbeen
registered against BJP’s
National Vice President
Raman Singh and party
spokesperson Sambit
Patra in Chhattisgarh
for allegedly “forging”
the letterhead of AICC
Research Department
and printing “false and
fabricated” content.
They both have been
summoned for further
investigation, Raipur
Civil Lines Police SHO
RK Mishra said on Sun-
day
. “Today, we have
askedSambitPatratobe
present here in person
or via video conference.
The complaint was reg-
istered by Chhattisgarh
Pradesh Congress NSUI
president,” news agen-
cy ANI quoted Mishra
as saying.
The Congress has
also filed a complaint
with Delhi Police seek-
ing registration of an
FIR against BJP presi-
dent J P Nadda, Union
Minister Smriti Irani,
Sambit Patra, and BJP’s
National General Secre-
tary B L Santhosh.
On Tuesday, the BJP
had hit out at the Con-
gress over the alleged
toolkit of the opposi-
tion party, claiming it
wants to tarnish the im-
age of the country and
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi by calling the
new Covid-19 strain the
“India strain” or the
“Modi strain”.
The Congress had re-
torted accusing the BJP
of propagating a “fake
toolkit” to defame it. A
case for “spreading fake
news” and “promoting
enmitybetweenclasses”
was filed at Civil Lines
police station based on
the complaint of Akash
Sharma, state chief of
the National Students
Union of India.
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WE’LL ONLY DEAL WITH INDIAN
GOVT: MODERNA TO PUNJAB
Chandigarh: US pharmaceutical firm Moderna
has refused to send supplies of its Covid vaccine
directly to Punjab saying that, according to its
official policy, the company will deal only with
the Government of India. The Amarinder Singh
administration had reached out to all such manu-
facturers looking for direct purchases, officials
said. Punjab is exploring possibilities of floating
a global tender to procure vaccines from all pos-
sible sources, including Sputnik V manufacturer
Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and
Microbiology, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson.
This is a time when many have
lost their family members and
near ones. It’s time we soothe
their pain, ease their difficulties
and stand with them
—JP Nadda, BJP National President
INDIA
2,40,842
new cases
3,741
new fatalities
RAJASTHAN
6,521
new cases
113
new fatalities
CORONA CATASTROPHE
Raman Singh, Sambit
Patra summoned by
Chhattisgarh police
BJP leader Sambit Patra and ex-Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh
LOCKDOWN EXTENDED TILL JUNE 8,
FINE FOR NO MASK HIKED TO RS 1,000
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Gehlot govern-
ment on Sunday extended
‘three-tier public dicipline
lockdown’ in the state for 15
days till morning of 8 June as
per the recommendation by
the council of ministers and
experts on Saturday. The
weekend curfew has also
been extended and will be im-
posed from Friday afternoon
till Tuesday 5 am from May
28. On weekdays, the allowed
shops will open as per the
previous provision.
The state government also
increased the fine for not
wearing a face mask from Rs.
500 to Rs. 1,000. Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot said that
crowd gathering at the wed-
ding ceremony has been a
major reason for the spread
of the infection and in view
of this, on the advice of ex-
perts and suggestions of pub-
lic representatives, marriage
functions will remain post-
poned till June 30.
However, relaxation in
commercial activities may be
given from June 1 in districts
where the covid situation has
significantly improved.
All markets except dairy
and milk shops, mandis,
fruit-vegetable shops
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Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
l Weekend curfew
extended from
Friday afternoon to
Tuesday morning
from May 28
l Relaxation in
commercial activities
may be given from
June 1 in districts
where Covid situation
improves significantly
TWITTER ‘TOOLKIT’ ISSUE
GOVT PUTS PRICE
CAP ON BLACK
FUNGUS INJECTION
Jaipur: The Rajasthan Medical
Services Corporation Limited
fixed maximum price of
liposomal amphotericin-B
injection for the treatment of
mucormycosis (black fungus),
now an epidemic in the state.
The prices are Rs 5,271.20
for Sun Pharmaceutical, Rs
6,237 for Cipla, Rs 6,366.36
for Bharat Serum, and Rs
6,872.25 for injection of
Mylan. P3
CBSE 12TH EXAM
LIKELY IN JULY,
DATES ON JUN 1
New Delhi: The CBSE
board exam 2021
will most likely be
held in July, sources
confirmed the
decision taken at the
high-level meeting
chaired by Defence
Minister Rajnath
Singh. Education
Minister Ramesh
Pokhriyal will share
information about
format and exam
dates on June 1. The
option of holding
CBSE board exams
in 19 major subjects
found support from
many states.
Two Indore
sisters held for
online contacts
with ISI agents
Bhopal: The Indore po-
lice have detained two
sisters from the Mhow
cantonment on suspi-
cion of espionage after
they were allegedly
foundtobeintouchwith
two Pakistani nationals
suspected to be opera-
tives of that country’s
spyagency
,theInter-Ser-
vice Intelligence (ISI).
The police and Mili-
tary Intelligence are
probing the matter. The
women are now being
questioning and the cre-
dentials of their Paki-
stani contacts are being
verified, sources close to
the investigation said.
The sisters, aged 32 and
28, are school teachers
based in Dr Ambedkar
Nagar, better known as
Mhow, near Indore city
.
They have allegedly
been in touch with the
men from Pakistan for
over a year over social
media platforms
through fake identities,
the police allege. Their
cell phones and other
electronic equipment
have been seized, sourc-
es privy to the probe
disclosed. Turn to P6
3,000 RAF men called in
to block farmers in Hisar
PM Modi goes into huddle with Shah,officials
Hisar: Security has
been stepped up in Har-
yana’s Hisar district as
farmers have planned
to picket the residence
of a senior police offic-
er on Monday to protest
criminal cases filed
against more than 300
farmers who have been
on protest against the
centre’s new farm laws
since last November.
The Hisar Police have
registered cases against
350 farmers with charg-
es including attempt to
murder, rioting, unlaw-
fulassemblyandspread-
ing the coronavirus in-
fection after they pro-
tested in Hisar outside a
temporary COVID-19
hospital, disrupting
HaryanaChief Minister
Manohar Lal Khattar’s
plansof inauguratingit.
After the police regis-
tered the cases against
the protesters, the farm-
ers announced plans to
picket the Turn to P6
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Sunday held a meeting
with senior government
officials and ministers
to review the prepara-
tions for the approach-
ing Cyclone Yaas. PM
Modi directed senior
officers to work in close
co-ordination with
states to ensure the safe
evacuation of people
from high-risk areas.
The meeting was also
attended by Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah, along with senior
government officials
and representatives
from the National Disas-
ter Management Au-
thority (NDMA), Secre-
taries from Telecom,
Power, Civil aviation,
Earth Sciences Minis-
tries to review prepara-
tions against the ap-
proachingCycloneYaas.
As per the statement
issued by the Prime
Minister’s office, PM
Modi also instructed all
concerned departments
to ensure timely evacu-
ation Turn to P6
‘Depression in BOB to cross
Odisha-WB coast on May 26’
New Delhi: A depres-
sion that formed over
east-central Bay of
Bengal at 11:30 am on
Sunday is expected to
intensify into cyclon-
ic storm ‘Yaas’ by
Monday, the Indian
Meteorological De-
partment stated. The
depression is 670 kilo-
metres away from
Digha in West Bengal.
According to IMD,
the cyclonic storm
will move north-
northwest and cross
the north Odisha-
West Bengal coast be-
tween Paradeep and
Sagar Island by the
evening of May 26 as
a ‘very severe cyclon-
ic storm’. “From May
25, Midnapore, How-
rah, Hooghly, North
24 Parganas and
South 24 Parganas in
West Bengal will face
rainfall. This will
turn into extremely
heavy rainfall, in-
cluding in Kolkata,
on May 26,” IMD said.
CYCLONE YAAS
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high level meeting to
review preparedness and planning to tackle Cyclone ‘Yaas’,
through video conferencing in New Delhi on Sunday.

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | MONDAY, MAY 24, 2021
02
First India Bureau
Dungarpur: A team of
Income-Tax has started
investigation into the
recovery of Rs 4.5 crore
from a car. The amount
was recovered on Satur-
day from a car at the Ra-
tanpur border of Ra-
jasthan-Gujarat in Dun-
garpur district and
Bichhiwada police ar-
rested two persons. The
IT team reached Bichhi-
wada police station on
Sunday
.
Bichiwada police of-
ficer Mohammad Ri-
zwan said that the ac-
cused Ranjit Rajput,
resident of Patan of Gu-
jarat and Nitin Patel,
resident of Unjha were
arrested have so far told
the inquiry that the
amount was to be given
to a fertiliser trader
Kamleshof Ahmedabad,
Gujarat. The police are
now further investigat-
ing the case with Kam-
lesh on the radar. The
police had reported the
matter to the IT depart-
ment as it seemed to be
tax evasion.
The police had
stopped the car coming
from Udaipur on Ratan-
pur border
and on search a large
number of bundles
of Rs 500 denomination
were recovered.
IT team investigating `4.5 crore recovery
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
BREATHING SPACE!
Pink city will soon have a new destination
for health enthusiasts in the city. The
Rajasthan govt is developing the biggest
City Park of Jaipur in Mansarovar, with
more than 75 percent green area housing
21,000 fruit bearing and flower bearing
trees, plants, creepers and vines and
spread in a whopping 52 acres. The park is
being developed by the Rajasthan Housing
Board under the guidance of Commissioner
Pawan Arora.
—PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR
JMCGreatercouncillors&
commissioner on war path
BJP condemned action on encroachments in Vidyadhar Nagar
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Jaipur Munici-
pal Corporation Great-
er BJP councillors on
Sunday opened a new
front against Commis-
sioner Yagya Mitra
Singh Deo. They burnt
the effigy of the com-
missioner after the ac-
tion taken by the Com-
missioner against hunt-
ments in Vidyadhar
Nagar .
Taking a jibe at the
government, Union
Minister Gajendra Sin-
gh Shekhawat and Ra-
jendra Rathore con-
demned the action on
encroachment in Vidy-
adhar Nagar.
Mayor Dr Somya is
also furious by the ac-
tion taken after the or-
der of the commission-
er on Saturday. She ac-
cused Deo of taking ac-
tion arbitrarily. Mayor
said that there was no
need to take such action
during the pandemic,
but even after that, the
commissioner did not
understand situation
and removed poor peo-
ple at night.
She said due to lock-
down and section 144
there is no public trans-
port available. If it was
compulsory to remove
this colony they should
be given alternate land
and time to respond.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Drug Control
authority on Sunday
found irregular sale of
corona medicines, miss-
ing sales records of
drugs at two major hos-
pitals of Chomu,
Chomu Mahila and Eye
Hospital and Siddhivi-
nayak Hospital and Re-
search Centre, said
Drug Controller Rajar-
am Sharma.
Both the hospitals is-
sued bills to patients,
of which records were
not maintained and re-
cords of schedule H1
medicines were also
not maintained in both
the hospitals.
At Siddhi Vinayak
Hospital irregularities
in the sale of Oxytocin
were found. At the same
time, major irregulari-
ties were found in the
sale of Covid medicines
such as Enoxaparin,
Fabiflu and Tazar injec-
tion in Chomu Mahila
Hospital.
An unlicensed Go-
down was also found in
the hospital, where
drugs, which worth Rs
2,77,000 were stored and
sold without license.
The stock was seized by
getting Form 16 filled.
JMC Greater teams razed many huts in Vidyadhar Nagar area on
Saturday leading to adverse reactions from Mayor & councillors.
Bichiwada police arrested Ranjit Rajput and Nitin Patel on Saturday.
Drug controller takes action
against 2 Chomu hospitals
Bharat Singh
seeks ban on
opium cultivation
MINOR GANG-
RAPED,THROWN
INTO A WELL
First India Bureau
Kota: Congress MLA
and former minister
Bharat Singh has raised
the demand for immedi-
ate and complete ban on
opium cultivation
in Hadauti region, de-
scribing it the cause of
illegal activities and
crime. Sangod MLA,
who is the member of
central narcotics bu-
reau advisory commit-
tee, has written a letter
with his suggestion to
central narcotics depu-
ty commissioner Vikas
Joshi and sent its cop-
ies to all the MPs. Singh
also lashed out at the
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi saying opium
cultivation pushes
crime. He said working
with honesty and integ-
rity in the narcotics de-
partment is tough.
First India Bureau
Karauli:A case of gang-
rape of a minor at a vil-
lage in the Kaila Devi
area and subsequent at-
tempt to murder her has
come to light. The fami-
ly of the victim has
lodged an FIR at the
Women’s Police Station.
It has been told in the
FIR that three youth
took the minor to the
forest and gang-raped
her. After this, the ac-
cused also tried to kill
the minor by throwing
her into a well.
Diya Kumari
@KumariDiya
During the pendemic,
there are many fami-
lies in the state who
have lost their loved
ones, who were
the only support of
their livelihood. The
state government is
requested to provide
ration and financial
support to such
families by
identifying them.
Time
TWEET
Man dies in Kota after
beloved’s marriage, she
also attempts suicide
Twoheldforsellingintoxicants,
`5croremedicinesrecovered
First India Bureau
Kota: A woman un-
happy with her mar-
riage tried to kill
herself by consum-
ing poison in the Kis-
hanpura takiya area
of Railway Colony
police station area
of Kota. She drank
acid after the mar-
riage. She was im-
mediately brought to
the hospital where
her condition stabi-
lised. Meanwhile,
after this incident, a
young man living in
the Kishanpura tak-
iya area also gave up
his life after eating a
special substance.
After eating the poi-
son Ajay Panchal
was brought to MBS
Hospital, where he
died during treat-
ment.
According to the
police, the girl was
unhappy with her
marriage, which led
to her consuming
poison. The young
man Ajay Panchal
was married and
was also the father
of a child. The Rail-
way Colony Police
has denied the love
affair between the
young man and the
woman. However,
the police is investi-
gating the case. The
police has done
post-mortem of
Ajay and handed it
over to the family.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Under the op-
eration clean sweep,
big players of drugs
were arrested in Jaipur
on Sunday. The police
have seized 25 lakh
drugs and capsules
worth Rs 5 crore. From
Jaipur, they were being
sent to different cities
of the state. Vishwa-
karma police have ar-
rested the tempo driver.
The police are likely to
make several revela-
tions. The Vishwakar-
ma police have arrested
Mohamed Tahir resi-
dent Mahavatha Mo-
halla, Ghatgate.Police
officer Mangilal Bish-
noi said that on Sunday
morning, they got a tip
that a loading tempo
was carrying fake
drugs in Sanganer or
Vishwakarma. The po-
lice team got alerted.
In another case, the
police arrested a vi-
cious miscreant who
supplied drugs in sto-
len cars. They recov-
ered 97 vials of drugs
and 150 tablets of an-
other narcotic drug
from his possession.
Simultaneously, the po-
lice have also recovered
two vehicles stolen
from the possession of
the accused.
Poonia writes
to CM Gehlot
on Isarda dam
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP State
President Satish Poo-
nia has demanded
f r o m
C h i e f
Minister
A s h o k
Gehlot to
include
A m b e r
constitu-
ency of
J a i p u r
in the scheme pro-
posed under the sec-
ond phase of Isra-
da dam project. Poon-
ia, who represent the
constituency, wrote a
letter to Gehlot in this
regard and said it was
very unfortunate that
the rural areas of Am-
ber constituency have
been completely aban-
doned and not includ-
ed in the scheme.
Accused Mohamed Tahir
A team of drug control authority inspecting the documents of two
hospitals at Chomu on Sunday.
One held for stealing
and damaging idols
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Pragpura po-
lice station arrested a
miscreant who has
been stealing idols
from temples in several
areas of the district for
the last three years. Af-
ter a similar incident
in a temple two days
ago, the crook got his
head shaved to conceal
his identity. But a
CCTV footage, display-
ing his current looks,
was found by the police
in the investigation.
Jaipur Rural SP
Shankardutt Sharma
said that the arrested
accused Vikas Chaud-
hary (24) is a resident of
Kharia Wali Dhani, dis-
trict Jaipur. Late on
May 21, he reached Ra-
jnota village in the
Pragpura area.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A young man’s
body was found late Sat-
urday night outside a
shop in the town’s Jhaag
stand. Police said that at
around 10 pm on Satur-
day night, a youth was
reported to be lying un-
consciousoutsideashop
at the Jhaag stand in the
town. Reaching on the
spot, the police brought
the body to the CHC,
where the man was de-
clared dead after exami-
nation.Primafaciedeath
of the youth appears to
be due to excessive con-
sumption of alcohol or
heart attack. However,
the real cause of death
will be known after the
post-mortem. The de-
ceased youth could not
be identified at present.
The police is trying to
identify the deceased.
MAN FOUND
DEAD OUTSIDE
SHOP IN BAGRU
Accused Vikas Chaudhary
Bharatpur: The police
have been successful
in solving the brutal
murder of Roopan-
dra Jat alias Pappu
Chinayata, husband
of Ashadevi, the sar-
panch of Chinayata
Gram Panchayat in
Uttar Pradesh finally
after 26 days. The
Special Team (DST)
of the District Police
and the Surath Sta-
tion Police arrested
two main accused on
Sunday in Lakhanpur
police station area of
BharatpurThe help
of the cyber cell was
also taken in nabbing
the two accused.
POLICE ARRESTS
KILLERS OF
SARPANCH’S
HUSBAND

A DISTANT DREAM
Lockdown was on talks since May 19 and it is further
extended till June 8; On Sunday, people in large number
threw Covid caution to the wind at city’s Ambabari market
DISTANCING
RAJASTHAN
03
COVID-19 UPDATE
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
TOTAL CASES
9,16,042
CASES IN A DAY
6,521
TOTAL DEATHS
7,703
DEATHS IN A DAY
113
ACTIVE CASES
1,12,218
RECOVERED
TOTAL
7,96,121
RECOVERED
IN A DAY
16,520
Doctors assn of state
serve legal notice
to Baba Ramdev for
misleading comments
made on Allopathic
medical practices
Jaipur IAS Naveen
Jain tested corona
positive on Sunday,
on advice of the
doctors he is in
home quarantine
State government
sorts 3 private
companies to set up
40 oxygen plants of
50, 75, 100 & 150
cylinder/day capacity
3 more oxy plants
approved by Union
Min GS Shekhawat’s
efforts in Jodhpur
at AIIMS, Umaid &
Military hospital
2
4
1
3
First India Bureau
Ajmer: The controver-
sy has deepened over
the remarks made by
Ajmer South MLA Ani-
ta Bhadel about the oxy-
gen supply malfunction
at Ajmer’s JLN Hospi-
tal. The Resident and
Intern Physician and
Nurses Association has
condemned her remark
and sought apology
. The
association said that
the doctors are engaged
with full force.
As long as the MLA
does not apologise, 354
residents and 150 inter-
nal doctors will protest
by tying the black band-
age from today. In a let-
ter to the PM Modi, the
association also said
that for 20 years Bhadel
is an MLA but did not
give a single rupee for
the development of the
hospital. Resident Doc-
tors Association Presi-
dent Dr Govardhan Lal
Saini and President of
the International Physi-
cians Association Dr
Deepak Barala, Presi-
dent of the Nurses As-
sociation, Gangasharan
Jatav issued a state-
ment saying that the as-
sociation strongly con-
demns the statement
made by MLA Anita
Bhadel. Bhadel said she
did not say anything ob-
jectionable and only
pointed out drawbacks
of the administration.
“If this is wrong, I will
repeat this,” she said.
State govt sets PRICE CAP
on Black Fungus injections
Raje, Dushyant hold
VC with party workers
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state gov-
ernment on Sunday
capped the prices of in-
jections for treatment
of black fungus. RM-
SCL fixed maximum
price of Liposomal Am-
photericin-B injection
for 24 government and
private hospitals au-
thorised for the treat-
ment of the disease.
RMSCL Managing Di-
rector Alok Ranjan is-
sued orders for the
price restrictions.
The RMSCL has
made provision of 5%
margin to private hospi-
tals on its own purchase
rate. Dr Raghu Sharma
said that prices have
been fixed & dept has
started conducting
door-to-door surveys
to detect black fun-
gus so that treatment
can be started soon.
RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 2021
03
15 DISTRICTS SEE LESS
THAN 100 COVID CASES
In a sort of relief in covid infection in Rajasthan,
the number of new cases reported on Tuesday was
less than 10,000 which also reduced the number of
active cases in the state.
In the last 24 hours,
25,160 patients have re-
covered from Covid. It is
also a matter of relief that
now there are 15 districts
where the number of
new patients is less than
100. Except Jaipur dist,
less than one thousand
new positive cases were
reported on Tuesday whereas in Alwar, Jodhpur,
Udaipur, the number of cases was above 1,000.
As infection
eases, beds in
RUHS free
The issue of bed avail-
ability at RUHS hospi-
tal will now be a thing
of the past, due to a
steady decrease in the
number of patients in
the last two days. As
many as 150 to 200 pa-
tients treated in the hos-
pital have been dis-
charged. This informa-
tion related to patients
was shared by hospital
Superintendent Dr Ajit
Singh. Only 91.53% of
beds are in use by pa-
tients admitted out of
total bed capacity at
RUHS. The hosp cur-
rently has 1,275 beds
available for patients,
while number of admit-
ted patients is 1,167.
DR JOSHI CHECKS
OUT COVID CARE &
VAX DRIVE IN CITY
Chief Whip Dr Mahesh
Joshi was on a tour
of Hawa Mahal assembly
constituency on Tuesday.
He inspected the Gangauri
Bazar Hospital and took
information about the pro-
gress of the oxygen plant,
which is being set up at
the hospital. Moreover,
information regarding the
treatment arrangement for
patients was also done.
He also visited the primary
health centre at Purani
Basti. He took stock of
the ongoing vaccination
programme at this centre.
Regarding the lack of vac-
cine, he assured discus-
sion with health dept.
SOG BEGINS PROBE ON 510 MISSING
REMDESIVIR INJECTIONS IN BIKANER
SOG has started
investigation in the
case of black marketing
of 510 Remdesivir injec-
tions in Bikaner. There
are 20-25 doctors,
who have bought these
injections from stock-
ists, with the names of
the doctors accused of
black marketing is listed
in the FIR. In 1st phase,
questioning of stockists
started on Tuesday. On
the other hand, SOG
has said that there will
be no inquiry from any
doctor, stockists are
being questioned as of
now. SOG ASP Divya
Mittal said that investi-
gation is on disappear-
ance of 510 injections
from stockist record.
PRAN VAYUYAN! INTERNATIONAL VAISH
FEDERATION DONATES OXYGEN VEHICLE
Transport minister
Pratap Singh Khacha-
riyawas on Tuesday
dedicated a vehicle with six
oxygenated beds prepared
by International Vaish
Federation. State President
of the federation Suresh
Patodia and Vice President
Druv Das Agrawal were
also present in the pro-
gramme at TB hospital in
Shastri Nagar, Jaipur. The
vehicle has been named as
‘Pran Vayuyan’ which will
be operated for Covid pa-
tients. Apart from oxygen
cylinders, the vehicle has
fans and other equipment.
11 SHOPS SEALED IN JPR, 3 IN BHIWADI, 1
IN AJMER; 575 OXIMETERS SEIZED IN JPR
Department of Legal
Metrology inspected
the SS communication
Firm in the Brahmapuri
region of Jaipur where
they found 575 pulse
oximeters without decla-
ration and MRP. The team
has confiscated these and
registered a case against
the firm. Naveen Jain,
Secretary, Dept of Con-
sumer Affairs said case
was registered against 3
shops in Bhiwadi & 1 in
Ajmer for charging more
than MRP & imposed a
penalty of Rs 17,500. To
stop the black marketing
of medicines in Jaipur,
teams were formed to
inspect medical stores.
Licence of 11 medical
stores were suspended &
will remain closed for the
public.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan High
Court has issued notice
to the state government
seeking reply as to why
private doctors are not
considered as frontline
workers.
The bench of justice
SP Sharma issued no-
tice to the state govern-
ment on a petition filed
by the wife of a homoe-
opathic doctor who
died due to corona in-
fection in August last
year. The petitioner Ur-
mila said that the gov-
ernment has consid-
ered contractual work-
ers, Angawadi workers,
accredited journalist
and ration dealers as
the frontline workers
and the government
gives a compensation
of Rs. 50 lakh on their
death due to Covid in-
fection.
Relief for patients in Ajmer as one
oxygen tanker arrives from Centre
HC to Centre: Why pvt docs
are not in frontline category?
First India Bureau
Ajmer: Oxygen produc-
tion has begun from
Tuesday in newly estab-
lished oxygen plant in
Government Satellite
Hospital in Ajmer.
This plant can gener-
ate 500-litre oxygen in
one minute by directly
supplying oxygen
through the atmos-
phere and about 100 cyl-
inders can be filled dai-
ly. Dr Veer Bahadur
Singh, Principal of JLN
College, said Oxygen
plant sent by Union
Health Ministry can
help 60-70 patients
now. Only 3 plants have
been sent, out of which
state got two, Ajmer got
one. Another plant will
be set here within 15
days. The plant also has
a backup system that
will run on automatic
mode for patients.
TIGHT SECURITY! Tanker carrying Oxygen for Covid patients arrive
amid police escort in Jaipur. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
PIL FILED BY DOC’S WIFE
...HOMESTAY
MAY GET LONGER
OR
WAKE-UP
OVER 24% OF
THE ACTIVE
CASES (49K) ARE
IN JAIPUR CITY
ALONE OUT OF 2
LAKH ACTIVE
COVID PATIENTS
IN THE STATE
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state gov-
ernment is now in a
mood to be stricter in
the lockdown. There
has been a discus-
sion in government cir-
cles regarding this.
Last year, the govern-
ment created micro
containment zones dur-
ing the lockdown and
movement will be
stopped by making that
area a micro contain-
ment zones, such areas
will be increased.
The lockdown period
will also be extended in
these areas.
BRAIN
STORMING
CM Ashok Gehlot
instructed Health Min-
ister Dr Raghu Sharma
and administrative
officials to make special
arrangements to be
stricter. Experts have
advised the government
that as the movement
of people continues, the
cases of infection are
constantly increasing.
DISTS WITH
MORE CASES
As the cases of corona
infection are constantly
increasing in rural
areas. It is believed
that strict action will
be taken in the districts
where more cases of
corona are coming up
like Jaipur, Jodhpur,
Kota, Udaipur, Alwar,
Bikaner and Ajmer.
Movement
Restrictions
State government might
completely stop the
movement from May
23 as was done in the
previous lockdown. The
scope of the exemption
given in the lockdown
might reduce. The time
of buying essential goods
can also reduced.
Micro
Containments
The state government is
also preparing to create
strict micro containment
zones in the districts
which are more infected
with corona and more
than 4 patients are found
positive. The lockdown
period will also be
extended in these areas.
COVID POSITIVE ON COVID
Col Rajyavardhan Rathore@Ra_THORe
The corona crisis in rural
areas of Rajasthan has taken
a frightening form. People are
now dependent on hawks. Before the
situation is uncontrollable, the Rajasthan
government should take immediate
effective steps to improve the situ-
ation in rural areas with priority.
NO RELIEF IN
COVID DEATHS
There is no relief
about death cases in
the state, on Tuesday,
146 Covid patients
died with a maximum
of 35 deaths from
Jaipur, 12 in Jodhpur,
11 in Bikaner & more.
1.53
crore doses for the
free category of 45+
6,177
get the second
dose
1,58,118
get the
first dose
1,13,354
18+ get the first
dose
1
lakh Covaxin for
45 plus
12.60
lakhs for the
18+ category
93,7361
total beneficiaries
vaccinated
1.5
lakh Covishield
for 18 plus
STATE gets total of 1.65
CRORE doses SO FAR
TWO and a HALF MILLION
doses arrive in STATE
PEOPLE ADMINISTERED
VACCINE ON TUESDAY
1,64,295
COVID-19 UPDATE
TOTAL CASES
8,79,664
CASES IN A DAY
8,398
TOTAL DEATHS
7,080
DEATHS IN A DAY
146
ACTIVE CASES
1,59,455
RECOVERED
TOTAL
7,13,129
RECOVERED
IN A DAY
25,160
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
Nikhil Mehta class
11 student from New
York creates Oxygen
on wheels to provide
services in the rural
areas of state
State govt to give
Rs 1.70 crore to the
newly formed 17
ULBs, an amount of
Rs 10 lakh will be
given to each body
The oxygen van by
Jaipur Foot USA
with four oxygen
machines to provide
services in Jodhpur
and Pali districts
JMC Heritage sealed
7 establishments,
imposed Rs 7800
fine for non-
compliance of
corona guidelines
2
4
1
3
Amid restrictions,
people in large
number keeping
Covid guidelines
at bay throng
markets to buy
essentials in
Walled City area.
—PHOTO BY
SUMAN SARKAR
Bikaner
156 Jhunjhunu
145
Alwar
401
Jodhpur
620
Ajmer
203
Jaisalmer
302
Bharatpur
359
Sikar
397
Kota
367
Jaipur
2676
Udaipur
550
Barmer
201
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PP Chaudhary urges CM for
Black Fungus care in Pali
Pali MP and former
Union Minis-
ter PP Chaudhary
has requested the
CM Ashok Gehlot
for making proper
arrangements for
the treatment of
black fungus in Pali.
Chaudhary writes to
Gehlot and demanded
him to authorize Ban-
gar medical college of
Pali for Black Fungus
patients. He said that
two patients suffer-
ing from the disease
have died recently.
Chaudhary stated that
patients from Jalore,
Sirohi, Rajsamand,
Nagaur & surround-
ing areas come to
medical college in
Pali and looking at
situation, the govt
should include it in
the list of hosps au-
thorised for treatment
of Black Fungus.
First India Bureau
Jhalawar: Former
Chief Minister Vasund-
hara Raje on Sunday
held a virtual meeting
of party workers of
Jhalawar district and
asked them to serve
people during the coro-
na pandemic.
She expressed con-
cern over the black fun-
gus disease and asked
the party workers to be
vigilant and make oth-
ers aware of the dis-
ease. In the meeting,
Jhalawar MP Dushyant
Singh held discussions
on the drinking water
problem and cleanli-
ness. BJP district Presi-
dent Sanjay Jain ex-
pressed gratitude for
Covid relief works done
by Vasundhara Raje
and Dushyant Singh in
Jhalawar district.
He also apprised Raje
of the problems of the
party workers of Jhala-
war. Vasundhara Raje
also took feedback from
the workers in the vir-
tual meeting, BJP dis-
trict media in-charge
Vivek Dubey said.
Vasundhara Raje and Dushyant Singh in virtual discussion over
corona scenario with party workers of Jhalawar on Sunday.
Anita Bhadel speaks to docs at PC in JLN hosp, Ajmer on Saturday.
CYCLING IN COVID TIMES! It is well said when at home
‘Everyday is Sunday’, parents are having hard time to keep kids
busy round the clock; taking them out for cycling is new normal
as we see parents with kids seen cycling for the fun & fitness on
the city road on Sunday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
RAJ’S CAPITAL CITY REPORTS
MAX DEATHS IN BOTH WAVES
DR MAHESH JOSHI WRITES TO CM
GEHLOT TO OPEN PAID VAX FOR ALL
ASARAM BEING TREATED IN JAIL
AFTER HIS OXYGEN DROPS TO 92
In the first and second wave of corona in
Rajasthan, more than 7,500 people have lost
their lives and a maximum of 1,720 deaths
have occurred in the state capital Jaipur.
According to the medical department, after
Jaipur, the highest number of deaths 1,008 oc-
curred in Jodhpur while the lowest 41 were in
Bundi. During this period, the death toll in 15
districts of the state was below hundred. Due
to the strict lockdown imposed by the state
government since May 10 last year, new cases
are coming down almost continuously in the
week and new cases have fallen to around 6k.
Due to this, number of active patients has also
come down to 1,22,330. There has also been a
decline in deaths from corona in the state.
Irked Ajmer medics seek
apology from MLA for remark
ASSOCIATION WRITES TO PM MODI:
For 20 years Bhadel is an MLA & did not
give any penny for development of hospital
Chief Whip Dr Mahesh Joshi has suggested to
the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to give people
of the state an option to get
paid corona vaccine. Joshi
wrote a letter to CM and said
that many people are willing
to get the corona vaccine by
paying a reasonable price. In
such a situation, govt should
give this option to people
who are willing to get the vaccine by paying the
price voluntarily. He also said govt should take
care that free campaign is not affected.
The oxygen level of Asaram Bapu, who is now
free from corona infection, level came down to
92 again on Sunday. Prepa-
rations were again made to
take him back to AIIMS from
jail, but Asaram refused to
go for treatment there. After
this, a doctor was called
from Ayurveda University.
After being tested, he is be-
ing given oxygen. His health started deteriorating
Sunday morning in the Jodhpur jail.
COPING WITH LOCKDOWN!
NEW NORMS
FROM TODAY
—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Ration shops can be
opened daily
from 10 am
to 4 pm
and medi-
cal shops
24 hrs a day
Shops of agri items,
farming tools, animal
feed to open from 6
am to 11 am from
Tuesday to Friday
Optical shops can be
opened on Tuesdays
and Fridays from 6
am to 11 am
Veg/fruit carts per-
mitted from 6 am to
5 pm, grocery open
from 6 to 11 am
Wedding ceremonies,
processions,
parties etc.
will not be
allowed till
June 30
Marriage venue
owners, tent vends,
caterers must return
the advance booking
amount
Marriage at home or
court will be allowed
with 11 guests only
Home delivery of any
type of goods related
to the tent house and
confectionery will
also not be allowed
for the wedding
opened daily
from 10 am
cal shops
processions,
parties etc.
June 30
Shopkeepers will
be fined Rs.
500 on not
ensur-
ing social
distancing
in the shops
Procurement of
crops will be on
MSP will be al-
lowed in mandis
E-Mitra services
will be allowed till
4 pm
Rural Devp &
Panchayti Raj dept
to issue separate
guideline for MGN-
REGA works
Travellers coming
from outside
state must
to carry
negative
RT-PCR re-
ports not older
than 72 hrs
Barring medical
services, all private
& govt transport
such as buses,
jeeps, etc. not be
permissible
The movement of
goods vehicles will
be permitted &
workers be allowed
to work
Bus ops for indus-
try workers allowed
from outside
RT-PCR re-
be fined Rs.
distancing

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Those who have failed
to work toward the
truth have missed the
purpose of living.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
A SPORTS HERO
TAKES A MIGHTY
TUMBLE
he absconding Olym-
pic medalist wrestler
Sushil Kumar was
finally arrested for
allegedly murdering
a junior wrestler Sagar Rana
(23) causing shock and disap-
pointment in India’s sports fra-
ternity
. He had been evading ar-
rest for about 20 days and was
carrying a reward on his head.
The famous wrestler had won
two Olympic medals --- silver in
freestyle category in 2012 and a
bronze four years earlier. He
also won a world title. At present
his achievements lie in dust in
the wake of the heinous crime
he has been charged with and
his reputation is in tatters.
It is sad to see a sportsperson
who has been regarded as one of
India’s best athletes. Whatever
may have provoked Sushil Ku-
mar, to have allegedly snuffed
out a life was definitely not
sportsmanship. It will be some
time before India’s sports frater-
nity is able to come to terms
with a hero’s fall from pedestal.
He is not a convict yet, some
might argue.
TOP TWEET
T
fter Assembly
elections, Harid-
war Kumbh and
Panchayat elec-
tions in Uttar
Pradesh another challenge is
coming up for the Central and
state governments: Class 12
Central Board of Secondary
Education (CBSE) Board ex-
aminations and also board
exams in various states. A
high-level virtual meeting de-
cided to hold the exams, the
dates and mode of which will
be announced next month.
The government had earlier
this month said that for Class
12 examination it will review
the situation on June 1 for de-
ciding the dates which will be
announced two weeks before
the exams. The declining Cov-
id-19 cases across the country
appear to have weighed in fa-
vour of exams being held in
June. Along with the Board
exams, JEE (Main) for engi-
neering and NEET for medi-
cal colleges may also be held.
The apprehension is obvi-
ous. The pandemic may have
waned but it has not gone yet
and is infecting the younger
population. With the fore-
warning of a possible third
wave in July-August, there is
natural opposition to exams
being held. Despite Union
Education Minister Dr.
Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank’s
assurance that teachers’ and
students’ safety is of “su-
preme importance”, an upset
Twitter user wrote, “I urge
the government to make
space in crematoriums for us.
Delhi government has also
opposed holding of exams
with the contention that that
the 18-44 age group should
first be vaccinated. It appears
that the Centre is willing to
take the risk as postponing
exams will not help the stu-
dents’ future. With shots una-
vailable, Covid protocol
should be drilled in the
minds of students and teach-
ers before holding exams.
The declining Covid-19
cases across the country
appear to have weighed
in favour of exams
being held in June. Along
with the Board exams, JEE
(Main) for engineering
and NEET for medical
colleges may also be held
A
EFFECTS OF INFLATION
ON THE INDIAN ECONOMY
INTRODUCTION
he core Consumer Price In-
dex or CPI inflation in India
moves to an uncomfortable
5.52% in March as compared
to 5.03% in February of 2021.
A rise in commodity prices,
higher global inflation, de-
preciation of the currency
and lockdowns are worsen-
ing the price crisis.
This analysis highlights
why inflation could be India’s
next worry amid and after
the covid crisis.
REASONS FOR
INFLATION IN INDIA
Governments across the
globe in response to the pan-
demic have increased their
fiscal expenditures and India
is not an exception. Addition-
ally, the central banks have
pumped liquidity to drive
through the uncertainties of
the pandemic.
While the world is recover-
ing from the wounds of the
pandemic, the US inflation
rate and economic decisions
keep stirring the global
trends. Higher global infla-
tion would result in an in-
crease in domestic prices
through imports.
The RBI has new worries
as the rupee continues to de-
preciate against the US dol-
lar. The unexpected second
Covid wave caused a major
miscalculation in the banks’
inflation estimations.
RBI’s support to lower G-
Sec yields is eroding curren-
cy value and pushing infla-
tion further.
KEY SECTORS
AFFECTED BY INFLATION
Aviation and hospitality
The yields of the aviation in-
dustry are decreased at an
alarming rate because of in-
flation. Inflation, leads to an
increaseinthepricesof goods
and services, reducing the
purchasing power. The rise in
prices of basic crude oil caus-
es an increase in the cost of
fuel and will directly result in
a hike in ticket prices, cancel-
lation of routes and a signifi-
cant reduction in overall de-
mand in the airline industry
.
As a result of inflation, the
disposable income reduces
and they avoid taking vaca-
tions in general in order to
spend money on necessities.
When people are not using
the services like restaurants
and hotels it directly affects
the overall industry. Addi-
tionally
, inflation also results
in an increase in prices of
land, food etc. which are cru-
cial for the hospitality eco-
system to function.
Automobile and its
ancillary industries
Growing inflation is one of
the most crucial issues that
car manufacturers and buy-
ers face. The rising cost of
manufacturing equipment
directly means that the con-
sumer will have to pay more.
EFFECTS OF
INFLATION ON THE
INDIAN ECONOMY
The industry ecosystem fac-
es backlash with commodity
inflation, lower discounts,
operating leverages and cost-
cutting strategies.
The higher loan interest
rates have an impact on vehi-
cle sales. Additionally, there
can also be a shift in the taxa-
tion policies in the economy
as an escape tool to manage
inflation by the government
which make taking out auto-
mobile loans difficult.
With these factors affect-
ing the buy and sell side of
the automobile industry, in-
flation is a worry
.
Steel and other metals
Metals are the major cul-
prits for inflationary issues
across the globe. The price
rise in the metal is not just a
result of high demand cycles
but also a supply-side prob-
lem. There is a rise in de-
mand for steel and other
metals resulting that policy-
makers want to increase
their spendings and make
room for developments.
However, the big steel pro-
ducers including Brazil re-
duced their production by
25%whichcreatesatightsup-
ply chain leading to a short-
age and thus the price rise,
while giants like China de-
mand more despite expensive
freight and export charges.
While the stimulus plans
are put in place by govern-
ments across the world to
keep a check on prices the
medium to long term outlook
suggests that the metal pric-
es will soar until economic
conditions return back to
normal.
Raw material linked
industries like sugar,
oil, grains
If you are a buyer you may
have recently witnessed a no-
ticeable price increase across
all product types. The most
evident and crucial is the
price rise in the aisles of
your local supermarket.
When increased raw mate-
rial prices increase prices for
consumers, it is known as
cost-push inflation. The lock-
downs across the globe forced
labourers and manufactur-
ers to stay at home, due to
which there was a reduction
of production capacity
.
The consumers were stock-
piling and increased demand
by 4%. This resulted in an
imbalance and it led to a
price rise in the raw material
ecosystem.
EFFECTS OF
INFLATION ON THE
INDIAN ECONOMY
Conclusion
Inflation points towards a
struggling economy
. Inflation
erodes the purchasing power
greatly. It also decreases the
value of savings along with
depreciating the currency
.
Additionally, inflation at-
tracts more inflation and is
troublesome for all the play-
ers of the market in some
way or another.
Investors can consider the
following stocks (for trading
not investing) to benefit
from inflation given their
prolific numbers and con-
sistent performance during
such times.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
The RBI has new worries
as the rupee continues to
depreciate against the US
dollar. The unexpected
second Covid wave caused
a major miscalculation in
the banks’ inflation
estimations. RBI’s support
to lower G-Sec yields is
eroding currency value and
pushing inflation further
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INDIA
05
New Delhi: After being
on the run for more
than a week, wrestler
Sushil Kumar was ar-
rested by Delhi Police
on Sunday in connec-
tion with the murder
case involving a 23-year-
old wrestler following a
brawl at the Chhatrasal
Stadium in New Delhi.
The Olympic medal-
list and his associate
Ajay Kumar were ar-
rested in Mundka, a
town in West Delhi. As
it turned out, Sushil
and his associate had
left their car and were
riding a scooter while
on their way to meet
someone in the nation-
al capital.
In a bid to evade ar-
rest, Sushil was con-
stantly changing loca-
tions. It emerged that
Sushil had left for
Haridwar and Rishi-
kesh after the death of
Sagar Rana, the
23-year-old wrestler on
May 5. He returned to
Delhi later but was not
found at his residence
when Delhi Police raid-
ed his place.
Earlier, a reward of
Rs 1 lakh was an-
nounced. —ANI
MINOR GIRL GANG-RAPED IN
MP’S GWALIOR, TWO HELD
Madhya Pradesh: Two
persons have been
arrested for allegedly
raping a 12-year-old girl
in Gwalior, said Mad-
hya Pradesh Police on
Saturday. According to
the police the victim was
raped by her landlord’s
son and his friend. Amit
Sanghi Superintendent
of Police Gwalior said,
“The victim residing in
the Four City Naka area of
Gwalior was raped by the
son of the owner of her
rented house, along with
his friend. The police have
arrested both the accused
by registering a case un-
der the POCSO Act. Both
accused have been arrest-
ed and we have registered
a case under Protection
of Children from Sexual
Offences (POCSO) Act.”
INDIAN ARMY RUSHES TO AID
CONGO TOWN HIT BY VOLCANO
New Delhi: An active volcano overlooking
Congo’s Goma town erupted, Indian Army on
Saturday rushed to assist in evacuation of locals
and other UN personnel in the affected region.
Notably, the Indian Army has a significant
presence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
“As a precautionary measure, various country
contingents were told to be on the alert by the
UN’s internal security system who calculated that
evacuation will not be required. However, aviation
contingents evacuated immediately,” Army said.
BIHAR STUDENT DEVELOPS
‘ROBOT’ TO ASSIST TREATMENT
New Delhi: As the COVID-19 pandemic prevails
in India, the healthcare workers have outdone
themselves in saving the citizens. Meanwhile,
an engineering student from Patna has come
forward with her father in providing some relief
to the doctors. The father-daughter duo has
developed a robot that can assist doctors in
taking essential COVID-19 tests. According to
the 20-year-old daughter who is one of the devel-
opers, the project details have been given to the
Centre ato start the immediate use.
TELANGANA GOVT APPOINTS
VC’S FOR TEN UNIVERSITIES
Hyderabad: The Telan-
gana government has
appointed Vice Chancel-
lors for ten universities in
the State on May 22. The
committees constituted
on the instructions of
Chief Minister K Chan-
drashekhar Rao, have
undertaken the process
in tune with the UGC
Guidelines. The appoint-
ments included Prof D
Ravinder Yadav as the
Vice-Chancellor of the
Osmania University, Prof
T Ramesh for Kakatiya
University, Warangal, Prof
D Ravinder for Telangana
University, Nizamabad,
Prof Sita Rama Rao for
Dr BR Ambedkar Open
University, Hyderabad
and Prof T Kishan Rao for
Potti Sreeramulu Telugu
University, Hyderabad.
New Delhi: Congress
leader Priyanka Gan-
dhi Vadra slams over
the stretching issue of
CBSE Class 12 exams.
The talk regarding
board exams should be
cancelled or not or what
other solution can be
opted was going to be
held with government.
Opposition party lead-
ers criticised the gov-
ernment for stretching
the decision on the
matter for months now
calling it “insensitive
and unfair”.
Priyanka asserted
that the second wave of
COVID-19 has shown
that children are vul-
nerable to new strains.
They are easily coming
into contract with dead-
ly risk in such difficult
times government
should not risk the in-
nocents for an offline
exam. The Congress
leader suggests the Cen-
tre to cancel the Class 12
CBSE, ICSE board ex-
ams for this year. In a
series of tweets, the
Congress general secre-
tary said it was “insen-
sitive and unfair” to
expect children to sit
for their Class 12 board
exams wearing all
sorts of protective
gear. Gandhi’s remarks
came after the crucial
meeting being held to-
day to decide on Class
12 board exams re-
mains pending.
The meet has been
called by the Ministry
of Education and is
chaired by Defence
Minister Rajnath Sin-
gh. Education minis-
ters and secretaries of
all states and union ter-
ritorieshavebeenasked
to attend the meeting.
Asserting that the second wave of COVID-19 has shown that children are vulnerable to new strains
New Delhi: Cheetah,
the world’s fastest
land animal which
was declared extinct
in India in 1952, is ex-
pected to be re-intro-
duced into the coun-
try in November this
year at the Kuno Na-
tional Park in Mad-
hya Pradesh, state
Forest Minister Vijay
Shah said on Sunday
.
The country’s last
spotted cheetah died
in Chhattisgarh in
1947 and it was de-
clared extinct in the
country in 1952.
The Wildlife Insti-
tute of India (WII)
some years back pre-
pared a cheetah re-
introduction project.
The Supreme
Court had earlier
given its approval to
introduce African
cheetahs to a suita-
ble habitat in India
on an experimental
basis.
“We have started
the process of creat-
ing an enclosure for
around 10 cheetahs,
including five fe-
males, to be brought
from South Africa to
Kuno in Sheopur dis-
trict and it is going to
be completed by Au-
gust,” Shah told news
agency PTI.
Officials from In-
dia will be sent to
South Africa for sen-
sitisation and train-
ing in June and July
this year and accord-
ing to the plan, the
transportation of the
cheetahs will take
place in October and
November, he said.
Kuno, located in
the Chambal region,
is spread over an
area of over 750 sq
km and has a condu-
cive environment for
the cheetah, he said.
The protected
area, comprising a
considerable popula-
tion of four-horned
antelopes, chinkara,
nilgai, has a good
prey base for the
cheetahs, he said.
Raipur: The Chhattis-
garh Chief Minister
Bhupesh Baghel on
Sunday (May 23, 2021)
instructed to remove
collector of Surajpur
district Ranbir Shar-
ma from his post after
a video of him hitting
a man for breaking
COVID-19 norms went
viral on social media
platforms.
A coronavirus-in-
duced lockdown is in
place in the district,
some 340 kilometres
from Raipur. A man,
identified as Aman
Mittal (23), was stopped
by the collector and a
posse of police, an of-
ficial said.
In the video, the man
can be seen showing a
piece of paper and
something on his mo-
bile phone to the collec-
tor who takes the device
and throws it to the
ground.
The senior official is
then seen slapping the
man and encouraging
two policemen who
rush to the spot and
start hitting the man
with sticks.
When the viral video
caught the attention of
the Chhattisgarh Chief
Minister, he took it to
Twitter to address the
public and instructed
the officials to remove
the collector from the
post. Meanwhile, IAS
Gaurav Kumar Singh
has been appointed as
the new District Magis-
trate.
In a statement issued
on Saturday, Collector
Ranbir Sharma said, “I
sincerely apologize for
today’s behavior. I nev-
er had any intention to
disrespect the person in
the video.” —PTI
Cheetah to be
re-introduced in
India from Africa
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel
removes Surajpur district collector
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel removed collector of Surajpur who is seen in the photo hitting a man.
Jammu: A court here
has denied bail to two
illegal Rohingya immi-
grants who were ar-
rested two months ago,
saying their release
shall create law and or-
der problems.
The court also said
that it cannot be ruled
out that the accused per-
sons may be involved in
criminal as well as mili-
tant activities. The ac-
cused,AshiqurRahman
and Abdul Gafoor, who
were living in Bathindi
here, were arrested dur-
ing a major verification
drive against illegally
settled. Rejecting the
bail application on Sat-
urday, Additional Ses-
sions Judge, Jammu,
Kishore Kumar said it is
very strange that a large
number of documents
had been prepared to
them impersonate as In-
dian citizens. —ANI
Court denies bail to illegal
Rohingya immigrants Sovaninhousearrestafter
release from hospital
Kolkata: Former Tri-
namool Congress lead-
er Sovan Chatterjee,
who has been arrested
by the CBI in connec-
tion with the Narada
sting tape case, was
discharged from the
state-run SSKM Hospi-
tal late on Saturday
evening on personal
risk bond, sources in
the hospital said.
Chatterjee, a former
mayor of Kolkata, then
went to the Presidency
Correctional Home,
where he was lodged be-
fore being admitted to
the hospital, signed the
necessary documents
and left for his resi-
dence where he will be
under house arrest as
per the order of the Cal-
cutta High Court.
The former TMC
leader who had quit the
party to join the BJP
only to leave it before
the recently concluded
assembly election, suf-
fers from Chronic Ob-
structive Pulmonary
Disorder (COPD) and is
highly diabetic, hospi-
tal sources said adding
that he has developed
cirrhosis of the liver.
HELD IN NARADA CASE
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: The Delhi government is not in
favour of the CBSE exploring options to conduct
the Class 12 board examinations and going
ahead with the process without vaccinating the
students will prove to be a big mistake, Deputy
Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Sunday.
He said this during a high-level meeting called
by the Ministry of Education to decide the fate
of the pending Class 12 board exams.
Two options were discussed at the
meeting. The first was conducting
the exams in the present format for
the major subjects and marking for
the rest on the basis of the perfor-
mance. The second was
having the exams in
the students' home
schools. —PTI
‘DELHI GOVT NOT IN FAVOUR OF
CONDUCTING CLASS 12 EXAMS
CBSE CLASS 12 EXAM: PRIYANKA SLAMS CENTRE
‘Enclosure for 10
cheetahs’ the
process of creating
an enclosure has
started, including
five females ‘To be
brought from
South Africa to
Kuno in Sheopur
district
Sushil Kumar, Ajay
Kumar were riding
scooter when arrested
Ranchi: About
7,000 prisoners may
be granted interim
bail or parole to de-
congest overcrowd-
ed prisons in
Jharkhand state,
that is battling a
second surge of
Covid-19 pandemic
in the wake of a re-
cent Supreme
Court order, a top
official said.
An order has
been issued to jail
superintendents by
the High- Powered
Committee to
shortlist prisoners
on the basis of a di-
rective by the SC to
release prisoners
on parole. —PTI
New Delhi: A plea
has been filed in the
Supreme Court
raising the issue of
alleged overcharg-
ing for cremations
and ambulance ser-
vices during the
pandemic and seek-
ing a direction to
the Centre to con-
sider formulating a
policy to protect the
rights of the dead.
“It is primarily
due to exorbitant
amounts asked for
cremation and am-
bulance services
that scores of
people decided to
put the bodies in
the river Ganga,”
said plea. —PTI
About 7000
prisoners likely
to get bail
Fix cremation
ambulance
charges
Sushil Kumar
Sovan Chatterjee
Manish Sisodia
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

INDIA
06
Lockdown
extended...
and vendors who sell
fruits and vegetables on
handcarts, rickshaws
etc., will remain closed
from Friday 12 noon to 5
am on Tuesday from
May 28.
The home depart-
ment issued the guide-
line to extend the lock-
down from 5 am on May
24 to 5 am on June 8
while terming it a three-
tier public discipline
lockdown.
For vaccination, peo-
ple will be allowed to
move within the area of
the concerned urban lo-
cal body or panchayat
samiti.
Under the three-level
public discipline lock-
down, covid appropriate
behavior at the family,
ward, village, city and
state levels is expected
from people in accord-
ance with the covid pro-
tocol.
The government said
that realizing family re-
sponsibility at the first
level, people will have to
stop entry of outsiders
into the house for some
time. If necessary
, meet-
ing with outsiders
should be held at an
openspacesothatelders
and children can be kept
safe.
On the second level,
activities which may
spread infection will
have to be checked at vil-
lage level. It will be en-
sured that not more
than 5 people gather at
any place, the release
said. Similarly
, on third
level, inter-district and
inter-village movement
will remain banned.
‘Make self...
and the government has
been created,” a senior
BJP leader said.
“We can work against
it only after getting
things back to normalcy
.
This is a time when
many have lost their
family members and
near ones. It’s time we
soothe their pain, ease
their difficulties and
stand with them. The
party leaders as well as
workers across the
states have been asked
to be empathetic and
sympathetic to people.”
On Saturday, BJP
president JP Nadda
asked party-ruled states
to prepare a programme
for the welfare of chil-
dren orphaned by the
Covid pandemic and
said it should be
launched on May 30
when the Modi govern-
ment completes seven
years in power. “The
MPs and MLAs should
see that oxygen plants
are installed in hospi-
tals in their respective
areas, they should get in
touch with authorities
of private hospitals for
the availability of beds,
distribute medicines
and to be a moral sup-
port to the victims in
their difficult times,”
BJP leader said.
PM Modi...
of those involved in off-
shore activities.
The statement said,
“He spoke about the
need to ensure that time
duration of outages of
power supply and com-
munication network are
minimum and are re-
stored swiftly
. PM also
asked officials to ensure
proper co-ordination
and planning with state
governments to ensure
no disruptions in Covid
treatment and vaccina-
tion in hospitals.”
Two Indore...
Indore Inspector Gen-
eral Hari Narayan Cha-
ri Mishra said the local
police and intelligence
agencies are jointly
working on the matter.
“Thetwowomenwere
detained from Gawli
Palasia in Mhow. They
are suspected of send-
ing important informa-
tion from Mhow to other
countries,” said Mishra.
The two of them have
been on the police’s and
the Military Intelli-
gence’s radar following
specific inputs about
their online activities
involving the Pakistani
nationals, sources said.
Their contacts are sus-
pected ISI operatives
and possibly retired or
serving army and navy
officers of Pakistan,
they said.
Raman Singh...
Twitter had also tagged
someof thepostsonthis
alleged Congress
“toolkit” against the
Modi government as
“manipulated media”.
Among those whose
posts was tagged is BJP
spokesperson Sambit
Patra. The Ministry of
Electronics and Infor-
mation Technology (Me-
itY) then wrote to the
micro-blogging site ob-
jecting to the tag. In a
letter, the ministry said
the move by Twitter ap-
pears “prejudged”,
“prejudiced”, and “arbi-
trary”.
3,000 RAF...
residence of Inspector
Generalof Police-Hisar
Range.
According to official
sources, more than 30
companies or around
3,000 personnel of the
Rapid Action Force or
RAF have been called
into the Hisar while po-
liceof Range holdmeet.
FROM PG 1
New Delhi: Union
Health Minister Harsh
Vardhan has asked
yoga guru Ramdev, the
face of one of India’s
biggest consumer goods
and alternative medi-
cine empires, to rescind
remarks that ostensibly
said more people died
of modern medical
treatments during the
COVID-19 crisis than
the coronavirus itself.
“The people of the
country are very hurt
with your remark on al-
lopathic medicines. I
have already told about
this feeling over phone.
Doctors and health
workers are like gods
for the people of the
country for whom they
are fighting against the
coronavirus on war
footing,” Dr Vardhan
said. IMA has earlier
urged the health minis-
try to take action
against Ramdev, Patan-
jali denied its allega-
tion that the latter in-
sulted allopathy and
said he was reading a
“forwarded WhatsApp
message”.
New Delhi: A woman can
get vaccinated against
COVID-19 anytime after
the delivery of her baby,
healthcare experts have
said and stressed on the
need to permit vaccina-
tion of even pregnant
women to protect them
from the infection.
The government re-
cently allowed vaccination
for lactating mothers.
The NITI Aayog Mem-
ber (Health) has stressed
that there is no problem
in breastfeeding after
vaccination and it must
not be halted “even for an
hour”. Healthcare experts
have also said that a
woman can get vacci-
nated against COVID-19
anytime after the delivery
of her baby.
Dr Khan Amir Maroof,
Professor, Department
of Community Medicine,
University College of
Medical Sciences and
GTB Hospital, Delhi, said
there is no risk to the
neonate from a vaccinat-
ed, breastfeeding mother.
“There is no reason to
delay the vaccination after
delivery,” he said.
New Delhi: Defying
the Covid lockdown,
thousands of farmers
gathered at Haryana’s
Karnal and Panipat toll
plazas before leaving in
a convoy for Delhi in a
build up to the May 26
protest, organised to
mark six months of the
agitation against the
three controversial
farm laws enacted by
the centre.
The gatherings at the
two toll plazas, where
many farmers were not
seen wearing masks or
maintaining social dis-
tance, was also aimed
at dispelling the notion
that their protest,
which started at sever-
al points on Delhi bor-
ders in November last
year, was dying out
amid the second wave
of the Covid-19 pan-
demic.
On May 20, a large
convoy of farmers from
Punjab’s Taran Taran
had left for Delhi and a
prominent farmer lead-
er has promised that
convoys of around
2,000 vehicles each will
leave every week from
one district of the state
for Delhi to participate
in the May 26 protests.
Farmers have been pro-
testing at five sites in
large camps near Del-
hi’s borders: Singhu,
Ghaziabad, Tikri,
Dhansa and at Shahja-
hanpur on the Ra-
jasthan-Haryana bor-
der, demanding the
rollback of three laws
passed in September
last year to lift restric-
tions on trade in farm
produce. They have de-
scribed the laws as pro-
corporate. However,
the government has
maintained that the
laws are for their ben-
efit.
The continued pro-
tests have also sparked
concerns of a potential
spread of Covid-19 in-
fections, but the farm-
ers have refused to give
up the agitation, citing
it as a matter of liveli-
hood.
New Delhi: A police
case has been registered
against former Madhya
Pradesh CM Congress
chief Minister Kamal
Nath for his remarks
that tagged the B.1.617
Covid variant as the “In-
dian Variant”.
He has been accused
of spreadingmisleading
information under the
Disaster Management
Act and section 188 (Dis-
obedience to order duly
promulgated by public
servant). The BJP,
which filed the com-
plaint, had sought that
the Crime Branch of the
state police register a
case. At a press confer-
ence on Friday, Kamal
Nath had said the world
knows the B.1.617 strain
- first found in India - as
the “Indian variant”.
“Indians in the world
have become synony-
mous with corona and
‘Mera Bharat’ (Our In-
dia) has turned into
Covid (epicentre),” Mr
Nath was quoted as say-
ing by news agency PTI.
Questioning what he
called the number of
COVID-19 fatalities
“projected by India”, the
former Chief Minister
claimed that in reality,
1,02,002 Covid patients
had died in MP alone in
the March-April period.
NATION CONDUCTS RECORD COVID TESTS
With 2,40,842 new cases, overall case count had surged to 2,65,30,132
New Delhi: India con-
ducted the highest num-
ber of Covid-19 tests till
date in the last 24 hours,
the health ministry said
on Sunday. The overall
case positivity rate,
number of samples that
test positive in compari-
son to the total number
of samples tested, has
declined to 11.34%, it
said. “With more than
21.23 lakh tests conduct-
ed in the last 24 hours,
highest tests conducted
in a single day
. The dai-
ly positivity rate has
declined to 11.34%,” the
health ministry tweet-
ed. India recorded
2,40,842 cases on Sun-
day, taking the country
wide tally to 26,530,132.
The number of Cov-
id-19 fatalities are also
on the decline. With
3,741 deaths being re-
ported in the last 24
hours, the national mor-
tality rate now stands at
1.13%. The 10 states and
union territories of Ma-
harashtra, Karnataka,
Tamil Nadu, Uttar
Pradesh, Punjab, Delhi,
Kerala, West Bengal, Ut-
tarakhand Andhra
Pradesh account for the
73.88% of the deaths re-
corded on Sunday
.
Withdraw objectionable
remarks on doctors:
Health Min to Ramdev
New Delhi: The Health
Ministry on Saturday
in a letter to states and
union territories (UTs)
allowed family members
and dependants of the
employees to be covered
in the Covid vaccina-
tion drives conducted at
workplaces.
Earlier, in order to
increase the accessibil-
ity of Covid vaccines,
the Health Ministry had
allowed people above
the age of 45 years to
get vaccinated at public
and private workplaces.
With the extension of
vaccine beneficiaries to
the 18-44 age group in
the third phase of the
vaccination drive, the
guideline of opening it to
family members of the
employees increases its
accessibility multi-fold.
The official letter stat-
ed, “The family members
and the dependants of
the workers, as de-
fined by the respective
employers, can also be
covered with Covid-19
vaccination at the Indus-
trial Covid vaccination
centres (CVCs) and the
Workplace CVCs.”
CENTREALLOWSVAXOFEMPLOYEE’SFAMILYMEMBERSATWORKPLACE
Women can get
vax anytime
after delivery,
says experts
PATANJALI’S SUNIL BANSAL DIES OF COVID
ChaloDelhi:Farmers’gearup
for May 26 demonstration
Police case filed against Kamal Nath
Haryana farmers leaving for Delhi from Karnal to join protests
against Central farm laws during lockdown.
12 oppn parties back May 26 protest call
New Delhi: Twelve
major Opposition par-
ties on Sunday extend-
ed support to Samy-
ukta Kisan Morcha’s
call for a countrywide
protest on May 26, to
mark the completion
of six months of farm-
ers’ stir against three
central farm laws.
In a joint statement,
the political parties
said, “We extend our
support to the call
given by the Samyuk-
ta Kisan Morcha
(SKM) to observe a
countrywide protest
day on May 26 mark-
ing the completion of
six months of the he-
roic peaceful Kisan
struggle.” Demanding
immediate repeal of
the contentious agri-
culture laws and legal
entitlement to mini-
mum support price
(MSP) for crops as rec-
ommended by the
Swaminathan Com-
mission, they said the
central government
should “stop being ob-
durate and immedi-
ately resume talks
with the SKM on these
lines”. The parties
that joined hands for
the farmers’ cause are
Congress, JD(S), NCP,
Trinamool Congress,
Shiv Sena, JMM,
JKPA, Samajwadi
Party, RJD, DMK, CPI,
and CPI(M).
The parties said
they had written to
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi regarding
this on May 12.
...for his remarks that tagged the B.1.617
Covid variant as the “Indian Variant”
Kamal Nath’s comments were also criticised by the BJP leaders.
New Delhi: With Uttar
Pradesh assembly
polls slated to be held
next year, the Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP)
has started preparing
its strategy to repeat
its 2017 performance
once again. As per
sources, consultations
took place on Sunday
between Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi,
Home Minister Amit
Shah, BJP President
JP Nadda, General Sec-
retary of Rashtiya
Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS) Dattatreya Hos-
abole and UP In-charge
Sunil Bansal in New
Delhi.
Corona management
was also reportedly
part of the discussion.
There were reports of
differences between the
Sangh and BJP over the
management of the sec-
ond wave of Covid
across the nation, with
some Sangh leaders
even criticising the
Central government
over handling of Coro-
na wave in country
.
Modi, Shah
RSS discuss
UP polls, covid
Health workers in PPE kits attends a COVID19 patient inside a temporarily converted isolation ward for Covid-19 patients in a
Banquet Hall in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI

NEWS
07
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Appreciating
the role of non-resident
Rajasthanis (NRRs) dur-
ing the corona pandem-
ic,Chief MinisterAshok
Gehlot said that when-
everdisasterorcalamity
strikes, the NRR broth-
ers and sisters living far
and wide have risen to
help the state and for
this they are respected
all over the world.
Gehlot appreciated
their efforts for provid-
ing various medical
equipment, including
oxygen concentrators,
in various districts of
Rajasthan. He said this
while addressing an in-
teractive session with
global NRRs, organised
through video confer-
ence by the Rajasthan
Foundation, on the sub-
ject of telemedicine and
health services in the
state.
NRRs from USA, Can-
ada, United kingdom,
Germany, Paris, Ugan-
da, UAE, Australia, Ja-
pan participated in the
program.RajasthaniAs-
sociations like Marwadi
YuvaManch,Rajasthani
Seva Mandal from India
also participated.
Many well-known
NRRs put forth their
suggestions for fighting
the corona pandemic.
Kanak Golia, from USA,
said that he wanted to
take the Oxygen on
Wheels initiative to vil-
lages with the help of
Rajasthan Foundation.
Dinesh Kothari, from
Dubai said that they are
working to send oxygen
tankers to Rajasthan.
NRRs praised the ef-
forts of Rajasthan Foun-
dation in getting the
global NRRs together
under a single umbrella
and connecting them to
theirland.DeeptiSingh,
fromEgypt,saidthatthe
foundation has organ-
ised various cultural
programs and celebrat-
ed festivals. Shyam
Sundar Poddar, director
of Orissa Plasto Pipes
Private, announced his
plans to set up an indus-
trial project in the state.
Health Minister Dr.
Raghu Sharma, Indus-
tries Minister Parsadi
Lal Meena, and Princi-
pal of SMS Medical Col-
legeDr.SudhirBhandari
also thanked NRRs and
doctors for their help in
fighting corona.
Commissioner of Ra-
jasthanFoundationDhi-
raj Srivastava said with
efforts off NRRs about
6,000 single-use ventila-
tors,PSAplants,150con-
centrators, 2,500 concen-
trators from America
India Foundation, in-
cluding 1,350 concentra-
tors from ACT, have
reached different dis-
tricts of Rajasthan.
Nathdwara Temple
Board has also provided
325 concentrators. 1,325
oxygen concentrators
have been sent from
Dubai and 1,000 addi-
tional are to delivered
soon.Thesewillbemade
available in the PHC,
CHC, hospitals of the
districts, he said.
Srivastava has been
awarded the ‘Certificate
of Commitment’ by the
WorldBookof Recordsto
validate his relentless
commitment to incorpo-
rate the best practices in
societyfortheprevention
of Coronavirus as speci-
fied by the World Health
Organization (WHO).
Raj Foundation brings together Pravasi Rajasthanis to fight Covid
Promoted by
Ashok Chandana
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Paid tributes to martyrs
of Bundi district, who
played vital role in the
Gurjar movement of
Rajasthan. The Gurjar
community will always be
indebted to you for your
sacrifice and sacrifice.
TWEET
Time
CM Ashok Gehlot, Health minister Dr Raghu Sharma, Dhiraj Srivastava and NRRs during the virtual conference.
CM Ashok Gehlot and Dhiraj Srivastava during the virtual
interaction with the NRRs.
TELEMEDICINE APP LAUNCHED
The Call DORI APP was launched by the CM in the event.
Doctors of Rajasthan International (DORI) organisation
have developed a telemedicine platform for providing con-
sultation to residents of Rajasthan, free of cost. Dr. Romit
Purohit from Dubai, Dr. Jayveer Rathore and Dr. Brahmadu-
tt Sharma from USA gave information about the app.
MEDICAL COUNSELLING BY 112
SPECIALIST DOCS IN REMOTE AREAS
Dhiraj Srivastava said that 112 specialist doctors have
agreed to provide medical counselling in remote areas
of Rajasthan through the digital platform ‘WonderX’. The
people of Rajasthan can now register on the App and get
free tele-counseling related to Covid-19, and other diseases.
Nahargarh: Commercial activities upset NGT
National Green Tribunal has appointed a high-level committee to probe into the matter, the next hearing will be held on Aug 23
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In Ganganagar,
petrol price had already
touched Rs 100, now it
isRs101.24inSawaiMad-
hopur, Rs 101.19 in Na-
gaur,Rs101.03inUdaipur.
Apart from this, Rs 99.68
in Jaipur, Rs 99.27 in
Kota.OnSunday
,18paise
on petrol and 29 paise on
diesel have been in-
creased in the state.
First India Bureau
Barmer: Gudmalani
MLA Hemaram Chaud-
hary continued his
dharna outside the
main gate of Vedanta
Company for the second
day on Sunday
. He start-
ed protest on Saturday
against the company's
CSR fund allocation
and non-employment to
local youth. He said that
the company is making
profits but is not getting
any work done locally
.
Hemaram had re-
signed from the post of
MLA five days ago. He
is sitting on a dharna at
the main gate of
Cairn's Rageshwari
Gas Terminal (RGT)
saying that he would
continue sit-in until
the demands are met.
He accused the com-
pany that in the name
of CSR it has not spent
for the development of
Gudmalani region. He
also got the support of
the head and public rep-
resentatives of the Gud-
malani region.
“I am especially pro-
testing over two de-
mands. The company
does not have a short-
age of CSR funds.
Where has the compa-
ny spent the money
from the CSR fund? The
company is saying that
we have set up RO
plants, but not a single
RO plant is working.
What did the farmers
gain?,” he said.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: Union Jal
Shakti minister Gajen-
dra Singh Shekhawat
on Sunday said that 30
community health cent-
ers (CHCs) will be up-
graded over the next
three months by spend-
ing Rs 15 crore.
In these centers, 10-15
beds, oxygen, ECG ma-
chines, digital X-rays,
generators, air condi-
tioners, facility of blood
tests etc. will be provid-
ed.
The minister told re-
porters that the CHCs
will be upgraded with
the support of donors
and a discussion with
the state government
has been held.
Shekhawat said that
in the recent past, he
had requested the ad-
ministration that a 400-
500 bedded hospital can
be set up in Jodhpur
with the help of donors,
without putting any
burden on the govern-
ment, but the adminis-
tration could not take a
decision.
FirstIndia Bureau
Jaipur: In the second
wave of Covid, when life
is affected throughout
thecountry
,therailways
employees and officials
have helped about 90
porters working in
Jaipur railway junc-
tionwithfinancialassis-
tance. At the same time,
dry ration has also
been provided to the
vendors selling tea and
snacks in the railway
station and trains.
Around 300 people
were given 10 kg flour,
pulses, oil, rice, sugar,
salt, tea leaves and spic-
es at Jaipur station.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: A woman
from Nagaland, who
lived in a rented house
in Sindhi Colony of the
city, died by suicide by
hanging herself.
She was living sepa-
rately from her hus-
band for three to four
months.
In another case, a
man and a woman un-
der the Shergarh police
station area of Jodhpur,
died by suicide by hang-
ing themselves. The po-
lice are investigating
the case.
First India Bureau
Barmer: Three per-
sons killed and two oth-
ers were injured in a
collision between Eco
car and truck on the NH
68 under the Dhorima-
na PS. Mitesh Bhai (30),
Kistura Ram and Moti
Singh (30) died on the
spot, while Rekha (30),
Devraj (6) were criti-
cally injured.
In another accident,
an Alto car was over-
turned near the village
of Muklawa PS in Rais-
inghnagar. Car driver
killed on the spot,
while another person
got injured.
First India Bureau
Bhilwara: Two kids
died due to electrocu-
tion in Roadon ka Khe-
da village of Salera
Gram Panchayat in
Gangapur subdivision
area.
Gangapur police sta-
tion in-charge Dalpat
Singh Rathore reached
the spot and got the
post-mortem done of
both the kids. Rathore
said that 6-year-old Gee-
ta and Mahendra died
in Roadon ka Kheda vil-
lage in the area. Both
the minor died due to
electrocution inside
their house.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: National Green
Tribunal (NGT) has ex-
pressed serious con-
cern over the commer-
cial activities in Nahar-
garh Sanctuary and
appointed a high-level
committee to probe into
the matter.
The committee will
include Jaipur district
collector, chief wildlife
warden of forest de-
partment, and Ra-
jasthan Pollution Con-
trol Board.
The committee has
been directed to verify
the claims of the peti-
tion and present a re-
port.
Furthermore, due to
the Covid pandemic,
NGT has directed the
petitioner to send no-
tice to the concerned
parties via Email,
WhatsApp, and Tele-
gram.
If the petition filed by
Rajendra Tiwari is to be
believed, then Nahar-
garh and Aamer may
have to wind up the
Tourism, and Archaeo-
logical departments for-
est department may get
to start wildlife tour-
ism.
The next hearing will
be held on Aug 23. Ac-
cording to Tiwari, Co-
rona has put us in an
oxygen crisis, and the
greenery in the sanctu-
ary provides abundant
oxygen.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Ranthambore
is now becoming
smaller for tigers as
for the first time the
number of adult ti-
gers there has crossed
50. This is the reason
why the struggle
to mark territory
among tigers is in-
creasing. More than
half a dozen male ti-
gers are roaming on
the periphery of
the reserve, while
some tigers have to mi-
grate to Ramgarh or
Karauli-Dholpur.
If the new tiger re-
serve is not prepared
soon, the human-ti-
ger conflict may in-
crease. In the Ranth-
ambore tiger reserve
of about 1411.291 sq
km area, the number
of male tigers never
reached above 18. This
is the first time that
the number of male
tigers has reached 20
here. In such a situa-
tion, the territorial
fight between tigers is
increasing due to
which tigers and cubs
are losing their lives.
The reserve can have a
maximum of 50 tigers.
There are 20 male and
32 female tigers and 14
sub adults and cubs.
Chief Wildlife War-
den of the Forest De-
partment, Mohan Lal
Meena said that he has
sent a proposal to no-
tify Ramgarh Vish-
dhari as the fourth ti-
ger reserve.
Lok Sabha Speaker
Om Birla has been try-
ing to make Ram-
garh a tiger reserve.
The forest department
has also prepared a
plan to rehabilitate ti-
gers in Mukundra, the
first tiger reserve of
Hadoti.
TIGERS STRUGGLE FOR SPACE IN RANTHAMBORE
 In Ranthambore:
Total 66. Male 20, Female
32, sub adult/cubs 14
 Ramgarh Vishdhari
sanctuary: 1 (T-115)
 Dholpur: Male 1,
female 1, cubs 2
 Karauli: Male 2,
female 1, cubs 2
 Sariska: 23
 T62 and T92 missing
Petrol @ ` 100
is new normal
Hemaram’s dharna continues
on second consecutive day
30 CHCs will be upgraded with
support of donors: Shekhawat
RLY STAFF, OFFICIALS JOIN
HANDS TO HELP PORTERS
PETROL AND DIESEL RATES IN
MAJOR DISTRICTS OF RAJASTHAN
MLA Hemaram Chaudhary’s dharna outside Vedanta company
continued on the second consecutive day on Sunday.
GS Shekhawat
DRM Manjusha Jain distributes
relief materials to porters at
Jaipur railways station.
Three die by suicide by hanging
themselves in separate incidents
4 killed, 2 hurt in
separate road
mishaps in Raj
Two children
electrocuted in
Bhilwara village

One of the most beautiful and powerful
lessons of life is to enjoy the present,
nothing is more beautiful than the ever
changing sky at that very moment!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: The transfer
list of RAS officers is
awaited as several offic-
ers are under Awaiting
Posting Orders (APO)
status including seven
officers, who were re-
movedfrompostingdur-
ing the reshuffling of
IAS officers last month.
IAS officers were giv-
en posting in place of
these seven RAS officers
in districts and the
transfer list of RAS of-
ficers was also expected
subsequently, but the
list is still awaited.
The seven officers
were put under APO sta-
tus without citing any
reason and they are sit-
ting at home. However,
two of them have been
engaged in Covid-19
duty
. Ramjeevan Meena,
Navneet Kumar, Narain
Singh Charan, Parshu
Ram Dhhanka, Aanadi
Lal Vaishnav, Kailash
Narain Meena and
Prahlad Sahai Nag were
removed from posting
without any reason.
Navneet Kumar and
Parshu Ram Dhhanka
were engaged to render
their services in manag-
ing the Covid-19 pan-
demic during their APO
period.
Remaining five offic-
ers could also have been
given duty under the Co-
rona management, but
they are drawing salary
while sitting at home.
Being APO is a blot in
service record and these
seven offices have been
under this status for 50
days for no wrongdoing
committed by them.
Apart from them, oth-
er six officers are also
under the APO status
while several posts in
Zila Parishad and UITs
in some of the districts
are vacant. The other
six officers are Rajendra
Kumar Verma, Nar Sin-
gh, Bhawna Sharma,
Mahesh Chand, Kar-
tikeya Meena and San-
warmal Raigar.
I n t e r e s t i n g l y,
2006-batch RAS officer
Nar Singh has been un-
der the APO status since
March 2012. In six years
from 2006 to 2012, he was
put under the APO sta-
tus twice.
It is the first of its
kind case in the admin-
istrative history of the
state. Rajendra Verma
was the Jaipur RTO for
two years and was a
powerful officer, but he
was removed and put
under APO in the trans-
fer list issued in Janu-
ary this year.
Sanwarmal Raiger,
who was promoted to
RAS from Tehsildar ser-
vice in 2017, was SDM in
Jhalawar, but he was re-
moved last month after
complaints were regis-
tered against him.
Mahesh Chand and
Kartikeya Meena are
under APO since March
this year. Bhawna Shar-
ma was on maternity
leave and was late put
underAPOinNovember
last year. In the mean-
while,itisnoteworthyto
mention that there are
several RAS posts lying
vacant in various dis-
tricts including that of
the CEO of Zila Pari-
sahd in Kota and Secre-
tary UIT in Bhilwara.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Shanti Pahad-
ia, wife of former Ra-
jasthan CM Jagannath
Pahadia, died on Sun-
day, three days after
Jagannath died on May
20. Former MLA Shan-
ti Pahadia, 86, breathed
her last at a hospital in
Gurugram, where she
was being treated for
Corona.
Shanti was a two-
time MLA from Vair
Vidhan Sabha in
Bharatpur and Rajya
Sabha member. During
her tenure, she provid-
ed relief to the people
and raised her con-
cerns about various
problems being faced
by the people in the re-
gion.
Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot, PCC
chief Govind Singh Do-
tasra, former CM
Vasundhara Raje and
other leaders mourned
her death. CM Gehlot
while taking to Twitter
wrote, The news of the
demise of former PM
Jagannath Pahadia's
wife and former MLA
Shanti Pahadia is
heart-wrenching. Both
the leaders were active
in politics for their en-
tire lives and Shanti
Pahadia ji rendered
her services to the par-
ty as a public repre-
sentative.
Int he meanwhile, it
is noteworthy to men-
tion that Jagannath
Pahadia has been the
only Dalit CM of Ra-
jasthan.
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: In an ongo-
ing corona crisis, by
completely ruling out
any likely cabinet re-
shuffle or political ap-
pointments, the author-
itative sources close to
Congress High Com-
mand clarified on Sun-
day evening that at the
moment, the first prior-
ity before the govern-
ment and party in Ra-
jasthan is to handle co-
rona crisis manage-
ment and to take care of
the people’s woes.
Sources further clari-
fied that the Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot has
recently NOT sent any
list of probable candi-
dates under this catego-
ry to Sonia Gandhi or
Rajasthan Congress In-
charge Ajay Maken,
who is presently in
mourning due to two
corona deaths in his
family
.
However, Maken re-
mains in constant touch
with Sonia and Rahul
on certain key issues on
a day-to-day basis, but
cabinet reshuffle or po-
litical appointments are
not on their priority
agenda. After Hemar-
am’s resignation, a sec-
tion of the party tried to
create some impression
in AICC and national
media that Hemaram’s
resignation may trigger
off a larger political
controversy and many
of Pilot camp and a few
other ‘dissatisfied’
MLAs even from BSP
and Gehlot camp may
voice their dissent for
an ongoing unusual de-
lay in carrying out a
cabinet reshuffle or po-
litical appointments,
but according to politi-
cal observers, in the
present corona crisis,
there is no possibility
of the formation of a
‘powerful MLAs group’
to create some sort of
political instability
.
According to Pilot
camp sources, due to
the pandemic situation,
Pilot himself is slightly
confused whether to
take a ‘well-promised’
cabinet reshuffle and
political appointment
issue with Rahul or Pri-
yanka to a logical con-
clusion? As there is a
general feeling in the
top Congress leader-
ship that this is not the
proper time to raise po-
litical issues and every-
one should concentrate
only on corona manage-
ment.
Moreover, Hemar-
am’s resignation issue
has not been seriously
taken by the Congress
High Command and
neither Rahul or Ajay
Maken or CM Gehlot
have initiated any dia-
logue or fire-fighting
exercise with the rebel
Jat leader from Bar-
mer. However, in a self-
styled manner, Priyan-
ka did make a phone
call to Hemaram to
pacify him. In Jaipur,
another soft-spoken
and popular Jat leader
and PCC Chief Dotasra
certainly played some
re- conciliatory role.
According to sources,
Hemaram sometimes,
himself appears to be
confused whether to fi-
nally resign or not?
Meanwhile, another
‘aspirant’ and Hemar-
am’s political competi-
tor Revenue Minister
Harish Choudhary is
sitting cool at Barmer
and watching this en-
tire drama with silent
curiosity.
“No cabinet reshuffle, no political appointments at the moment”
Sonia Gandhi Ashok Gehlot Sachin Pilot
Ajay Maken
ConsiderateCMapprovesAmbedkarDBTvoucherschemeforstudents
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has ap-
proved a proposal to im-
plement the Ambedkar
DBT voucher scheme for
the students of SC, ST,
OBC, MBC and EWS cat-
egory
.
Under the scheme, the
State Government will
provide vouchers for resi-
dential facilities for stu-
dents who are studying in
different colleges in ur-
ban areas away from their
home.
As per the proposal of
the Social Justice and Em-
powerment Department,
a total of 5,000 students
who secured minimum 75
percent marks in the pre-
vious examination will be
given vouchers for 10
months in a year on the
basis of merit, according
to a release.
Under the scheme, the
students will be given Rs
7,000 per month for resi-
dential facilities at divi-
sional headquarters and
Rs 5,000 per month for
those residing in other
district headquarters.
As per the announce-
ment made in the State
Budget 2021-22, the
scheme will start in the
academic session of 2021-
22, which will be eligible
for regular students at
various government col-
leges.
Students living in hos-
tels run by various de-
partments of the state
government will not be
eligible for the scheme.
CM GEHLOT TO INAUGURATE
MULTIPLE PROJECTS TODAY
CM Ashok Gehlot
As per the proposal,
a total of 5,000
students who
secured minimum
75% marks in the
previous
examination will be
given vouchers on
the basis of merit
for 10 months
Several Bureaucrats
await transfer list in
anticipation!
EX-MLA SHANTI PAHADIA, WIFE OF FORMER
CM JAGANNATH PAHADIA, DIES OF COVID-19
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot with former MLA Shanti Pahadia. —FILE PHOTO
Jaipur: As many as
32,000 youths will be
made'youngwarriors'in
rural areas of Rajasthan
under a special cam-
paign to create aware-
ness on COVID-19, ac-
cording to a statement.
Thecampaignisbeing
organised by UNICEF
andtheNehruYuvaKen-
dra Sangathan, it said.
Youths from each dis-
trict will be enrolled for
the campaign and they
will trained virtually by
the UNICEF on various
aspect of preventing the
coronavirus infection,
the state director of
NehruYuvaKendraSan-
gathan, Pawan Am-
rawat, said in the state-
ment. Those interested
can contact district level
officers or register on
thewebsiteof theSanga-
than. —PTI
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Toensurethat
'No one sleeps hungry
,'
UDH Minister Shanti
Dhairwal has asked
theofficialstoprohibit
the operator of Indira
Rasoi from taking
money from poor peo-
ple in lieu of food.
He said that the set-
tlement of the amount
eitherbedonewiththe
help of donors or the
urban local body
should bear all the ex-
penses. Soon after the
UDH Minister's state-
ment, many donors
came forward to ex-
tend a helping hand in
Kota. Congress leader
Amit Dhariwal ap-
proached some Bha-
mashahs for Indira
Rasoi.
Onreceivingthecall
by the Minister, Kota
based Dr Saket Goyal
announced to take the
responsibility of
10,000 Indira Rasoi
Thalis.
The Minister fur-
ther said that if no do-
nor comes forward
then the state govern-
ment will bear all ex-
penses, but there
should be no com-
plaint against the In-
dira Rasoi operators.
The Minister fur-
ther warned that the
state government will
cancel the licence of
the Indira Rasoi if
there is any complaint
against the operator.
Licence of Indira Rasoi be scrapped
if complaint received, says Dhariwal
An Indira Rasoi set up to serve the needy in city.
People wait to get vaccinated against Covid-19 at Kanwatiya
Hospital in Jaipur on Sunday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
—PHOTO
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
Shanti Dhariwal
32k 'Young warriors' to
spread awareness on
Covid in rural areas

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