First India-Jaipur Edition-25 May 2021

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Jerusalem: An Israeli soldier and a civilian were stabbed near a light rail
station in east Jerusalem on Monday before the assailant was shot and
killed by police, who described it as a terrorist attack. The attack came in
the tense aftermath of an 11-day war between Israel and Gaza’s militant
Hamas rulers that was triggered by protests and clashes in Jerusalem.
Vaccination
Conundrum
UNDERCUT JAB: ONLY 57% OF TOTAL
DOSES PRODUCED REACHING PEOPLE AS PER
CENTRE’S DATA PRODUCED IN KERALA COURT
New Delhi: India is pro-
ducing over 8.5 crore vac-
cine doses a month, the
Centre told the Kerala
High Court on Monday
.
The average number of
vaccines administered
across the country in a day
is around 12 to 13 lakh,
added the Centre, which
has come under heavy op-
position criticism over the
crippling vaccine short-
age in the country
. Accord-
ing to the figures provided,
the daily production is
around 28.33 lakh, and
only 57 per cent of this
reaches the people.
The Kerala High Court
had taken up the issue of
Covid in the state suo motu
and in the last hearing on
May 20, asked the Centre to
provide a time frame for
vaccinationinthestate.De-
tailing its vaccination poli-
cy in an affidavit, Turn to P6
LOCKDOWN HAS CAUSED 80 PERCENT
REVENUE LOSS TO RAJASTHAN: GEHLOT
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot on Monday
said the state has witnessed
an 80 percent fall in its rev-
enue due to lockdowns im-
posed to curb the spread of
COVID-19. He said that after
corona cases come down, the
economic acitivity in Ra-
jashtan should increase in
such a way that the revenue
starts coming back.
The CM was speaking dur-
ing a virtual event during
which Hindustan Zinc Ltd
(HZL) handed over 500 oxy-
gen concentrators to the
state to support its fight
against COVID-19.
“We went for lockdown.
But, our financial condition
is not like that of the UK. So,
today, we are in trouble. Our
80 percent revenue has been
reduced due to the lock-
down,” he said. Stating that
the state is giving top prior-
ity to the vaccination for
COVID-19, he said the state
has done vaccination at
5,81,000 jabs per day
.
Gehlot said that the Cen-
tral government did not plan
enough for the vaccination
drive and as a last resort
handed the responsibility to
states. Now, major global
pharmaceutical companies
have refused to enter into
vaccine agreement with the
states, he said. Turn to P6
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
 Centre left responsibility
of vaccinations on states
and now global pharma
companies are refusing for
agreement with the states,
said the Chief Minister
 Vedanta’s Anil Agarwal
said he spoke to Adar
Poonawala to ensure that
Rajasthan gets the
maximum vaccine
WALK-IN VACCINE REGISTRATION
FOR AGES 18-44 AT GOVT CENTRES
New Delhi: The Centre has now allowed walk-in registra-
tion for vaccination for the 18-44 age group. However, the
option is only open at government-run Covid
vaccination centres for now.Walk-in vaccina-
tion at government-run centres now allowed
for people in 18-44 age group. The Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare stated that
making online appointments mandatory for
inoculation for the 18-44 age group has so
far prevented overcrowding at the vaccination
centres. But walk-in registration has now been opened up
for this age group in order to prevent vaccine wastage.
RDIF, PANACEA START SPUTNIK
VACCINE INDIA PRODUCTION
New Delhi: The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF)
and Indian drug firm Panacea Biotec on Monday
announced the launch of production of the Sputnik
V coronavirus vaccine in India. The first batch of the
COVID-19 vaccine produced at Panacea Biotec’s facili-
ties at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh will be shipped to the
Russia’s Gamaleya Center for quality control. Full-scale
production of the vaccine is expected to start this sum-
mer, RDIF and Panacea Biotec said in a joint statement.
COVID ANTIBODY COCKTAIL, USED
TO TREAT TRUMP, COMES TO INDIA
New Delhi: Drug major Roche India on Monday an-
nounced the launch of its first batch of antibody cocktail
against COVID-19 in India. The antibody cocktail --
Casirivimab and Imdevimab -- is priced at 59,750 per
dose. Roche’s antibody cocktail was given to former US
President Donald Trump when he contracted COVID-19
last year. In a statement, the company said that each of
the 1,200 mg dose of the drug contains 600 mg
of Casirivimab and 600 mg of Imdevimab.
NEARLY 18K
NEW CASES
IN KERALA,
RECORD 196
DEATHS ON
MONDAY
Thiruvnanthapuram: Kerala on Monday recorded 17,821
fresh COVID-19 cases , taking the total number of
covid-19 cases to 23,35,762, while record 196 deaths in a
single day pushed the death toll to 7,554. Days after being
sworn in as Kerala’s new Health Minister, Veena George
said focus is on increasing supply of vaccines
in the state. She said the state is “in desperate
need” of vaccines to help break the chain.
MAIDEN CASE OF
YELLOW FUNGUS
Ghaziabad: Amid the
rising cases of Black Fun-
gus infection in several
states of India, one case
of Yellow Fungus infec-
tion has been reported
from Ghaziabad in Uttar
Pradesh. Yellow Fungus
is considered more dan-
gerous than both Black
Fungus and White Fun-
gus. The infected patient
is currently undergoing
treatment at a hospital.
PFIZER, MODERNA
REFUSE DELHI NOW
New Delhi: A day after
Moderna refused to sell
vaccine directly to Pun-
jab, Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal said on
Monday that vaccine
manufacturers Pfizer and
Moderna had communi-
cated to them that they
will not sell vaccines to
states, but will deal only
with the government of
India and are in touch
with the Centre.
INDIA
RAJASTHAN
2,22,315
new cases
4,454
new fatalities
4,414
new cases
103
new fatalities
CORONA
CATASTROPHE
DOSES PRODUCED
IN A MONTH
8.5 CR
DOSES MADE
IN A DAY
28.33 L
PER DAY
ADMINISTERED
12 to 13 L
NARADA CASE
CBI moves SC
against house
arrest order of
Bengal leaders
New Delhi: The Central
Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) filed a Special
Leave Petition (SLP) be-
fore the Supreme Court
challengingtheCalcutta
High Court’s order
whichallowedthehouse
arrestof fourTrinamool
Congress(TMC)leaders,
who are accused in the
Narada case.
The probe agency,
CBI, in its appeal, filed
before the Apex Court,
sought deferment of the
larger Bench hearing,
fixed for today before
the five-Judge Bench of
theCalcuttaHighCourt.
The Calcutta High
Court, in its order re-
cently on May 21, had
allowed four TMC lead-
ers, including two sit-
ting ministers, accused
in the Narada case, to be
granted bail, and to be
keptunderhousearrest.
The Calcutta HC had
referred the bail pleas
of these four leaders to
be heard by a five-judge
bench after the split ver-
dict was passed by the
two-Judge bench.
3 NAMES SHORTLISTED
FOR NEXT CBI DIRECTOR
New Delhi: A meeting
to select the next chief
of the CBI was attended
by Chief Justice of In-
dia NV Ramana and
Leader of the Opposi-
tion Adhir Ranjan
Chowdhury at Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi’s house with the
powerful panel short-
listing three candidates.
Uttar Pradesh Direc-
tor General of Police
and a 1985-batch IPS of-
ficer HC Awasthi, Di-
rector General of Sa-
shastra Seema Bal
(SSB) KR Chandra and
Special Secretary (In-
ternal Security) at
home affairs ministry
VSK Kaumudi were
shortlisted for the post
in the meeting.
However, LoP Chowd-
hury, in a dissent note,
soon raised objections
over the selection pro-
cess and said the depart-
ment of personnel and
training had followed a
“casual approach” in
choosing the names of
the candidates for the
post of CBI chief.
Delhi cops knock
on Twitter’s doors
in toolkit case
New Delhi: The Delhi
Police Special Cell
visited the offices
of Twitter India in
Delhi and Gurgaon on
Monday evening. This
comes a day after po-
lice had sent a letter
to Twitter India after
the platform labelled
BJP national spokes-
person Sambit Patra’s
tweet as “manipulated
media”. Delhi Police
told media that the
team went to the of-
fice to serve a notice
to Twitter, as a part of
a routine process. P5
Shah holds meeting with Bengal, Odisha
CMs on preparedness of cyclone ‘Yaas’
NewDelhi:UnionHome
Minister Amit Shah on
Monday reviewed the
preparations for Cy-
clone Yaas including the
evacuation of people on
the high seas as well as
in vulnerable coastal ar-
eas and the safety of
COVID-19 facilities.
He discussed the pos-
sible impact of the cy-
clone on oxygen genera-
tion plants located in
West Bengal, Odisha
and Andhra Pradesh
and asked the state gov-
ernments to ensure
their safety
.
At a video conference
held with the chief min-
isters of Andhra
Pradesh, Odisha and
West Bengal and the
Lieutenant Governor of
Andaman and Nicobar
Islands, the minister
said a 24x7 control room
is functioning in the
MHA, which can be con-
tacted Turn to P6
BENGALURU
WITNESSES
SUNHALO
Residents of Bengaluru were left
marvelling as the ‘halo’ appeared
around the sun on Monday. A rare
optical and atmospheric phenom-
enon called ‘22 degree circular halo’
was visible from most parts of the
capital of Karnataka. It was first seen
around 11 am and lasted for over an
hour. The phenomenon occurs when
the sun’s or moon’s rays get deflect-
ed/refracted through the hexagonal
ice crystals present in cirrus clouds.
CENTRAL GOVT DISCRIMINATING WITH
BENGAL ON FUNDS FOR YAAS: MAMATA
Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on
Monday alleged that the Centre was depriving the state by
allocating insufficient funds to fight cyclone Yaas com-
pared to what was being allocated to Odisha and Andhra
Pradesh. “They have announced an advance fund of Rs
600 crore each to Andhra Pradesh and Odisha and a little
more than Rs 400 for West Bengal. I have questioned why
Bengal was being deprived despite being a larger state with
a dense population. I asked Shah why this discrimination.
He said would talk later and that allocation was based on
scientific views,” said Banerjee.
Home Minister Amit Shah
...as Congress raises
objections over the
selection process

RESTRAIN IS THE KEY FOR
UNLOCK FROM JUNE 1
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The three-tier public
discipline lockdown has been
extendedtillJune8butthegovt
hasdecidedtostarttheprocess
of unlocking the selected sec-
tor from June 1 onwards keep-
ing in mind the number of co-
rona cases. Unlock will start
from districts where cases are
low.Shopswithlesscongestion
potential will be allowed to
open earlier. The market will
be allowed to open with some
shops on 1 June. For this, the
Home Department will issue a
separate guideline.
Jalore, Pratapgarh, Dhol-
pur, Banswara are the dis-
tricts where the active cases
are less than 1,000. Recovery
rates are rising rapidly in
many other districts. Closed
MNREGA works in rural ar-
eas will be resumed for which
Rural Development Depart-
ment is issuing separate
guidelines. MNREGA works
were stopped from 10 May
.
TRADERS FACING
PROBLEM
The markets ahve been
closed since April 17,
except for medical, grocery,
vegetable and milk shops.
Many trade organizations
are also seeking to open
shops. Traders are losing a
lot due to the market being
closed. Small traders and
rent shop owners have the
biggest problem.
A deserted view of Chhoti Chaupar during lockdown
imposed in wake of rising Covid-19 cases on Monday.
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | TUESDAY, MAY 25, 2021
02
First India Bureau
Jaipur/Ajmer: After
raids and arrests in
Jaipur on Sunday, the
agencies conducted
raids in Ajmer on Mon-
day and created panic
among drug dealers.
The CIU team of Jaipur
commissionerate police
raided a warehouse in
Transport Nagar, Ram-
ganj, Ajmer and seized
117 cartons of intoxicat-
ingdrugs.Theseinclude
medicines from 3 com-
panies which are worth
over Rs11 crore.
These are said to be
distributed in other dis-
tricts of the state. The
copsareinvestigatingthe
case in presence of drug
controller and have tak-
en in custody Mobin and
Kaluwhoarebeingques-
tioned. The search for
mastermind Rahul
Chauhan & New Trans-
port warehouse owner
Latif is on. Latif had
rentedoutthewarehouse
for Rs 3,000 per month.
ASP Sulesh & DSP Chi-
narjilal Lal Meena said
medicines were handed
over to Ramganj police
stationof Ajmer.OnSun-
day
, Jaipur police had ar-
rested Mohamed Tahir a
resident of Ghat Gate
andrecovered2.5million
drug tablets & capsules.
Intoxicants worth `11 cr seized in Ajmer
HEALTH AT RISK
Pratap Khachariyawas
@PSKhachariyawas
The Central govern-
ment is bothering the
public by increasing
the rates of petrol and
diesel. The leaders
of the Modi govern-
ment are cheating the
people of the country
by increasing the
rates of petrol and
diesel by forgetting
the misery and pain
of the people.
Time
TWEET
MLA Jan Sahyog Kendra
to help people of Amber
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP State Pres-
ident Dr. Satish Poonia
on Monday inaugurated
the ‘MLA Jan Sahyog
Kendra’ in Radha Swa-
mi Satsang Bhawan
Daulatpura of Amber
constituency. Through
this centre helpline
number 8955988121, peo-
ple of Amber will get
medical facilities.
Teams of BJP’s Shak-
ti Kendra Heads and
Booth Presidents will
go door-to-door through
pulse scanners and
thermal scanners to
identify patients.
Through ‘MLA Jan
Sahyog Kendra’, free
medical consultation,
free corona examina-
tion, free medicines,
free food, thermal scan-
ner and pulse oximeter
will be provided to the
infected family. Distri-
bution of AYUSH im-
munity booster kit in
the area, sanitisation in
each gram panchayat,
providing necessary
medical equipment at
all CHC and PHC in the
area is also being done.
Satish Poonia with volunteers of Jan Sahyog Kendra and other
party workers on Monday.
Accused with the police and the seized consignment at Ramganj police
station in Ajmer on Monday. —PHOTO BY HIMANSHU SHARMA
Lab tech at BCMHO’s hosp
accused of rape attempt
JDA team seals 5-storey flat and
13 illegal duplex buildings in city
First India Bureau
Sikar: A lab technician
working at a hospital
being run by BCMHO
Dr Dalip in Fatehpur
has been accused of mo-
lesting a patient. The
accused Sandeep tried
to undress a woman in
the name of ECG diag-
nosis on Sunday and
when the woman re-
fused to comply, the ac-
cused told her that he is
just doing his job.
The accused then
tried to rape the woman
who then pushed him
aside and told the fami-
ly about the incident.
When the family com-
plained to BCMHO, he
also insisted on the pro-
cedure. After a heated
verbal spat, the matter
was reported at Kotwali
police station.
The victim filed a
case in connection with
rape attempt, SC/ST
Act and other sections.
According to police, the
victim is a final year
student from a nearby
village and as her
health deteriorated she
came to Fatehpur hospi-
tal with her aunt and
grandfather. After pri-
mary check-up, Dr
Dalip advised ECG.
When she went for it,
Sandeep asked her to lie
down & put a cloth over
her face and tried to mo-
lest her by unbuttoning
her dress, she said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The JDA En-
forcement Squad took
strict action against en-
croachment in the city
on Monday. The squad
sealed a five-storey flat
building in Dadudayal
Nagar and 13 illegal du-
plex buildings in the
Govardhan Dham on
Ropada Road in the Eco-
logical Zone of Kho Na-
gorian village.
The Chief Controller,
Raghuveer Saini in-
formed that the flats
under construction in a
five-storey illegal build-
ing-09 were constructed
with zero setbacks in
B-93 area 228 sq. km in
Dadudayal Nagar un-
der Zone-08 jurisdic-
tion.
Both the construc-
tions were sealed due to
serious violations of
bylaws. In the past too,
prevent both illegal
constructions, notices
under Section 32-33 JDA
Act were issued on a
regular basis, and tools
and equipment used in
illegal construction
were also seized.
Put dedicated
staff at hosp
ICUs, says
Rathore
Kataria corners
farmers over
Black Day
3 peacocks
found dead at
village in Hindoli
Newborn’s body
found in a drain
in Kartarpura
After tiff with wife,man
kills 6-month-old son
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Leader of
Opposition Rajen-
dra Rathore on
Monday demanded
that 24-hour dedi-
cated nurses, spe-
cial doctors and
trained technical
staff should be im-
mediately posted in
the ICU of RUHS
and other medical
colleges in the state.
In a letter to CM
Ashok Gehlot,
Rathore said that
the infection
spreads due to non-
cleaning of endotra-
cheal tubes used
during the treat-
ment of patients on
ventilators. There
havebeen442deaths
due to this at RUHS.
On the other hand,
the condition of
proper treatment to
the corona infected
patients who went
on ventilator in all
the hospitals of the
state remains a mat-
ter of concern.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Leader of Op-
position Gulab Chand
Kataria on Monday said
that some farmer or-
ganisations are plan-
ning to celebrate Black
Day on May 26. Kataria
said that the protest is
about the mandis being
closed but after the
passing of this law, no
mandis has been closed.
Kataria asked wheth-
er black day is being
observed because 1 lakh
15 thousand crore ru-
pees amount of Kisan
Samman Nidhi has
been deposited directly
in 8 installments in the
accounts of 10.50 crore
farmers.
First India Bureau
Bundi: 3 peacocks died
while several were in-
jured on Monday in
Kheda village of Ram-
chandra ji of Hindoli.
Villagers saw several
dead peacocks and in-
formed Regional Forest
Officer Deepak Kumar
Jasu. Teams of Wildlife,
Forest Department and
Veterinary Hospital
reached the spot and
treated the birds.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A disgustful act
came to light in the Ma-
hesh Nagar police sta-
tion area of Jaipur on
Monday. The body of a
newborn was found in
the Kartarpura drain.
The teams of Civil De-
fence and Mahesh Na-
gar police station
reached the spot. Police
conducted the post-mor-
tem by taking the body
of the newborn in pos-
session. The police have
registered a case and
started investigation.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: A man killed
his six-month-old boy
by banging him on a
stone after a quarrel
with his wife at BJS
Nat Basti of Jodhpur
Mahamandir. After the
incident, the accused
Mahendra Nat escaped
from the spot and his
wife Rahisha has given
the report of the mur-
der, said police officer
Lekhraj Sihag. She
was at her parents’
place for the last two-
three months and re-
turned on Saturday.
Then she had a fight
with her husband Ma-
hendra who started as-
saulting her. Then he
picked up his six-
month-old son Hrithik
and banged him on a
stone three or four
times. He was hospital-
ised for treatment but
died of Sunday.
JDA sealed a five-storey building and 13 other buildings.
1 killed,many hurt as 2 groups
fight over garbage dumping
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: A man was
murdered in the village
Savlana of Kaman po-
lice station area on
Monday over a dispute
over garbage dumping.
There was an argument
between the two parties
about the dumping of
garbage in the village.
The argument escalated
so much that the two
sides fought with sticks.
Many people from
both sides suffered seri-
ous injuries in this in-
cident, but a young man
named Rashid suc-
cumbed during treat-
ment. Police said there
was a tussle between
the relatives of Hasan
and Rashid of the vil-
lage for dumping gar-
bage in the village Sav-
lana. Due to the critical
condition of Rashid, he
was referred to the Dis-
trict RBM Hospital
where Rashid died this
morning. Rashid’s
family has registered a
case of murder.
Man dies by suicide after being
harassed by money lenders
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Disturbed by
threats of usury, a man
committed suicide by
hanging himself. Five
days later, the de-
ceased’s wife has filed a
case of instigating the
suicide against the
usurper at Harmada po-
lice station. He commit-
ted suicide on May 18.
ASI Rameshwar Lal,
who is investigating the
case, said that a suicide
note was found at the
scene which said that
he is committing sui-
cide due to constant
harassment from a per-
son named Surendra.
Jhalwar: An incident of firing took place due to
old enmity over money at the Mishroli police
station area, Rajgarh. Station in-charge Komal
Prasad said that complainant former sarpanch
Anar Singh’s father Ghisu Singh informed that
firing took place outside his house at night and
the miscreants told him to give Rs 10 lakh but fled
on seeing Singh’s nephew on the spot. Singh has
filed a complaint against the accused.
FIRING OUTSIDE SARPANCH’S HOUSE
Rashid succumbed during
the treatment at RBM Hospital
on Monday.
CIU team of Jaipur
commissionerate
raided a warehouse
in Ajmer & seized
117 cartons of
intoxicating drugs
Rajendra Rathore

First India Bureau
Sikar: In view of the
third wave of corona on
children, PCC Chief Go-
vind Singh Dotasra
took a meeting at the
Circuit House in Sikar
on Monday
. Dotsara en-
quired about the prepa-
rations from District
Collector Avichal
Chaturvedi about the
arrangements.
He instructed the col-
lector to start prepara-
tions in SK Hospital
along with Zanana Hos-
pital and assured com-
plete cooperation at the
government level. On
Black Fungus treat-
ment, he instructed
CMHO to send a doctor
to Jaipur for training so
that the patients can be
treated locally. On the
oxygen plant set up
with efforts of common
people, Collector in-
formed Dotasara that
plant will commence
soon. On the initiative
of Dotasra, Khatushy-
amji Temple Commit-
tee has also come for-
ward in the oxygen
plant campaign & do-
nated cheque of Rs 31
lakh. Dotasra also said
schools would not start
soon. The decision will
be taken only after look-
ing at the situation in
Corona for then online
classes will continue.
RAJASTHAN
03
COVID-19 UPDATE
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
TOTAL CASES
9,20,456
CASES IN A DAY
4,414
TOTAL DEATHS
7,806
DEATHS IN A DAY
103
ACTIVE CASES
99,875
RECOVERED
TOTAL
8,12,775
RECOVERED
IN A DAY
16,654
300 people gathered
in Mrityu Bhoj in
Khokhra village of
Sojat in Pali, cops
confiscated food &
distributed to needy
Nearly 5k cops have
tested positive in
just 50 days & 15
have died; due to
vaccination most
recovered at home
Over 200
Amphotericin-B
injection allocated
to Kota for the
treatment of black
fungus infection
56 cluster in-charges,
461 anti-Covid teams
conducted door-to-
door surveys for
public awareness to
various areas in city
Jaipur police collects
Rs 2,52,000 fine
from 505 people for
for not wearing mask
and loitering in city
without work
Air India flight
carrying 17 boxes of
Covishield vaccine
doses consignment
arrive Jaipur airport
from Mumbai
2
6
4
1
5
3
Man ferriesCovidvictim
daughter’sbodyincar
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In the coming
days, the campaign re-
lated to vaccination of
18 plus can be affected.
While the doses sent in
the districts are also on
the verge of ending.
The second wave of Co-
rona has instilled a
sense of fear in the pub-
lic due to which every-
one is rushing to get
vaccinated and in such
a scenario the slots for
18 to 44 age group is get-
ting booked rapidly
. The
rush is so huge that the
slots for vaccination in
all centers are booked
even before the booking
for online slots begins
at 8:30 PM.
Director RCH Dr Lax-
man Singh Ola says that
there has been shortage
of vaccine in the state
for some time. The vac-
cination program being
run for youth category,
in particular, is facing a
high shortage of vac-
cine. Although govt is
procuring the vaccine
in the required propor-
tion, they are not being
supplied as needed.
Former BJP state president
Ashok Parnami has de-
manded to setup a vaccina-
tion camp for 18-44 years
in Adarsh Nagar. He met the
CMHO of Jaipur, Dr Narot-
tam Sharma on Monday and
handed over the memoran-
dum. Parnami writes that
every ward should have a
vaccination camp under the
supervision of the elected
councillors. Right now, even
though the people of 18-44
age-group are getting the
vaccine, they are facing
difficulties in booking their
slots and the drive is weak-
ening. With such vaccina-
tion camps, vaccination can
be fast and we can restore
normalcy.
In sad news from Garhi,
Banswara, former Min-
ister of State and former
MLA Jeetmal Khant died
on Monday.
A wave of
mourning
spread in
the area by
the death
of Jeetmal.
He was admitted to the
RNT hospital of Udaipur
for almost 25 days. The
funeral will be held on
Tuesday morning in
the ancestral village of
Naughara. Health Min-
ister Dr Raghu Sharma,
Vasundhara Raje, Dr
Satish Poonia and other
leaders expressed deep
condolences on death of
former min who strength-
ened the Wagad region.
ACovid-19 vaccination camp was organised on Mon-
day in the Commercial Tax Department headquar-
ters where 191 employees and officers of the depart-
ment got vaccinated. Chief Tax Commissioner Ravi
Jain said that this covid vaccination drive was arranged
for those between 18-55 age group. The vaccinated
employees and workers can fight with Covid disease
now. Chief Tax Commissioner also said that vaccines
can help us restore normalcy back to our lives. Before
this, another covid vaccination drive was successfully
organised in the regional headquarters at Jhalana in
Jaipur where 151 employees of the office were vac-
cinated to fight with the corona disease.
First India Bureau
Kota: A man had to
carry the dead body of
his Covid patient
daughter in the car as
the ambulance driver
demanded Rs 35,000 in
Kota.
He also had to carry
body on shoulder from
hospital to the car as
the ward boy allegedly
demanded Rs 1,000 for
the job.
This is one of the
touching pictures that
are happening in hospi-
tals across the country.
He took the body in his
car to Jhalawar. Mad-
huraja, a resident of
DCM area of Kota, said
that his niece Seema
(34) from Jhalawar was
admitted to the New
hospital in Kota on May
7 after testing Corona
positive.
She was shifted to
ICU in the hospital in
very critical condition
but was later shifted to
general ward where
oxygen supply was not
proper. She died on 23
May
.
An ambulance driver
demanded Rs 35,000, an-
other Rs 18,000, and Rs
15,000 to carry the dead
body to Jhalawar.
Her father tied the
body with a seat belt on
the front seat and car-
ried it in the car.
‘SET UP VAX CAMP IN ADARSH NAGAR’
JEETMAL KHANT
DIES OF COVID-19,
LEADERS CONDOLE
3rd wave preps! Dotasra takes stock
of medical arrangements in Sikar
191 SGST STAFFERS GET VACCINATED
Vax Game: Fastest Finger First amid
Covid-19 vaccine crisis in Rajasthan
Consignment of Covishield doses arrive in Jaipur on Monday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Govind S Dotasra receives cheque from Khatushyam Temple Trust.
FLEECING COVID PATIENTS!
5G technology doesn’t
spread Corona: DoT
DOT Rajasthan
Office, Jaipur
has stated that there
is no connection be-
tween 5G technology
and spread of Coro-
na in Rajasthan.
DoT- Rajasthan Li-
cense Service Area,
Jaipur issued the ad-
visory and urged the
people not to believe
misleading messages
being spread on so-
cial media platform
in this regard. Mis-
leading messages are
being circulated on
social media plat-
forms claiming that
the second wave of
Corona has been
caused by the testing
of the 5G mobile tow-
ers. ADG, DOT Sid-
dharth Pokharna
said that claims link-
ing the 5G technolo-
gy with pandemic
are false and have no
scientific basis. The
claim that 5G trails
or network are caus-
ing coronavirus is
baseless and false.
ADG informed that
dept randomly tested
more than 45K Mo-
bile BTS located at
mobile towers of
various TSPs till
April 2021. For last 6
years, no complaint
has been found.
STATE VAX DATA
1,750
only doses available in state
13,16,193
consumed in state
14,95,000
doses received in state
14,93,000
doses sent to districts
With support of Namaste Doctor Helpline, ACP Rahul
Prakash inaugurated Covid Care Centre for Police
personnel & families at Jaipur Police Line on Monday.
COPS CARE!
he
second
wave
of co-
rona infection
is under control in state
but corona infection
among large number of
children in many districts
has come to light. In JK
Lon Hospital in Jaipur
60 to 70 positive cases
in children have been
reported. The reports also
say that 8 to 9 children
died of infection. While
last month, 50 such cases
were reported in state.
Apart from Jaipur, Dausa,
Dungarpur, Alwar, Bar-
mer, Dholpur, Jaisalmer
also have cases of large
number of kids getting
infected. Meanwhile, a
few days ago, corona
symptoms were also
seen in Hanumangarh
where 24 kids between 4
& 18 years of age found
infected. According to
report of district hospi-
tal, out of 423 testings
24 children were found
corona positive. This has
been a concern for state
govt and hospitals in Raj.
TESTING TIME
FORKIDS!
BJP State Chief Spokesperson and MLA Ramlal Sharma has alerted
the state government of the impact of Covid-19 third wave on the
kids. Sharma said that they are worried for the kids found positive in
Dausa and Dungarpur districts. He requested the state government
to take immediate actions and keep all the medical arrangements
ready for treating patients in the CHC. Our priority should be to
keep the kids safe. He also demanded for establishing NBSU
in every CHC and restarting the NBSUs that are closed
for lack of staff.
PREPARE ACTION PLAN TO FACE 3RD WAVE: RAMLAL
Amid the second wave
of COVID-19 cases, it
has come to light that
number of positive
cases among children
has been rising in
state, some have
even been admitted
to hosps in
serious
condition
T
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Let us hold
unswervingly to the hope
we profess, for he who
promised is faithful.
—Hebrews 10:23
IN-DEPTH
FOR REMARKS ON
DOCS RAMDEV
EATS HUMBLE PIE
his time Baba Ram-
dev bit more than he
could chew. In a video
theyogaguru-turned-
FMCG tycoon pur-
portedly called allopathy a “stu-
pid and bankrupt science” and
said that during the pandemic
lakhs of people died due to allo-
pathic treatment. These deaths,
he purportedly said, were far
more than those caused by short-
age of oxygen or because people
did not get treatment. Despite
Ramdev issuing a clarification
saying that his remarks were
taken out of context, the Indian
Medical Association, which has
3.5 lakh members, served a legal
notice on him for his “baseless
and unscrupulous claims made
for cheap publicity”.
Ramdev earlier claimed to
have developed “proof-based
drug” for Covid-19 but his claim
fell flat as the medicine did not
have the Union Health Minis-
try’s approval. Once again he has
had to eat humble pie after he
was directed by Dr Harsh Vard-
han to retract his remarks
against allopathy which has
saved lives during this pandem-
ic.HasRamdevlearnthislesson?
TOP TWEET
T
ssam Chief Minis-
ter Himanta
Biswa Sarma hit
the nail on its
head when he said
that global tenders being
floated for Covid-19 vaccine is
“an exercise in futility” and
has “no value beyond public-
ity”. Uttar Pradesh is among
the states to have floated a
globaltenderandPfizerisone
of the shortlisted vendors. “I
don’tknowwhetherithasany
value beyond publicity
. When
the Government of India is
not getting vaccines, from
where other companies will
give you in global tender. Ob-
serving the situation, I think
it might be an exercise in fu-
tility
. Except for publicity, I
don’t think anything substan-
tial will come,” Sarma said.
Sarma has been proved
right. Delhi and Punjab,
which floated tenders to meet
the shortage of vaccines as
the Central government is
struggling to meet the coun-
try’s requirement for shots,
have been rebuffed by the
multi-national vaccine mak-
ers. In the case of Delhi, the
Kejriwal government has
been told by Pfizer and Mod-
erna that they will deal only
with the Central government.
Pfizer also turned down Pun-
jab’s request for vaccines.
Thereareotherstatesawait-
ingapositiveoutcomeof their
“publicity” exercise. Karna-
taka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Ma-
harashtra and Uttar Pradesh
are the states banking on sup-
plies through their respective
tendering process. What will
be the outcome of their bid-
ding process can well be imag-
ined. Pfizer has categorically
stated that it deals with Cen-
tral governments and Moder-
na has no “extra supplies”.
The states should explain
to the masses why ramping
up production is impossible
and people should follow
safeguards until jabs are
available.
GLOBAL TENDERS
WILL NOT FETCH JABS
Delhi and Punjab, which
floated tenders to meet
the shortage of
vaccines as the Central
government is struggling
to meet the country’s
requirement for shots, have
been rebuffed by the multi-
national vaccine makers
A
NEW PRODUCTS AND
INNOVATIVE THOUGHTS
ounder of Amazon, Jeff Be-
zos, addressing a board
meeting, once told his em-
ployees and shareholders, “I
don’t worry much about
profitability; my prime focus
is to sow seeds of business
with fresh ideas.” He further
elaborated saying that the
amount of concentration
that we give to the current
business, in fact, the same
amount or rather more is re-
quired for the development
of new products and for new
business ideas. “I could get
considerably less profit in
the new business as com-
pared to my current busi-
ness; still I will be happier in
that situation.”
Business Innovation is a
sign of real growth. If we do
not have the ability to do
something new, then the
business will eventually face
a downfall. The market cur-
rently is very dynamic and
will remain more so in the
near future. If you want
your business to sustain for
a longer period, then you
have to develop new prod-
ucts and gain mastery and
achieve new techniques and
ideas. Amazon spends 40
million dollars every year
for new products and for de-
signing new business ideas.
To stay one step ahead of the
market is the company’s pre-
determined goal.
When Steve Jobs became
the Chief of Apple, the first
task he took up was to chal-
lenge the business plan of
the company. When he took
charge of the company, it
was witnessing a growth
rate of 10 percent. He ad-
vised the top management
of the company to give max-
imum importance to Innova-
tion. He formed a group of
young employees so that
there would be a continuous
flow of fresh ideas within
the company and he would
personally guide and moni-
tor this group. After relent-
less efforts, many innovative
products of Apple came into
the market, and today, Apple
has become the largest mo-
bile device company in the
world market scenario.
Multiple strategies for in-
novation are employed by
various top companies. Re-
cently, a global company,
keeping innovation in mind,
has placed a three-fold plan,
which is worth knowing. For
the growth plan, the compa-
ny has introduced for the
very first time, the “S-curve”
theory in the market.
According to this theory,
the company has set a goal
of keeping the growth pa-
rameters double as com-
pared to the prevalent mar-
ket standard, with the main
aim to introduce new prod-
ucts and expand the terri-
tory of its products in the
market. The other two strat-
egies consist of ways to
build direct contact with the
consumer and to view your
business as a designer.
These two can be considered
as very crucial Innovation
strategies.
PG, a top name in the
Consumer Durables Indus-
try, lays prime focus on In-
novation in Business. To
track the market for its new
products, the company has
set up a separate department
which only focuses on the
designing of new products
and deciphers consumer
feedback. The company tries
to keep its consumers up-
dated with new products and
new thought processes.
For business expansion,
Innovation holds the utmost
importance. The companies
which are able to blend In-
novation with expansion,
witness consistent growth.
Few tips

z Innovation should be an
important aspect of your
business.

z For a business to witness
growth, new products
should be introduced in the
market at regular intervals.

z Your company should be
famous for your products.

z You should deploy a sepa-
rate team to put across new
products in the market, who
can devote more time for
research and development.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
F
BHAVESH UPADHYAY
Business/ HR Expert
Business Innovation is a
sign of real growth. If we do
not have the ability to do
something new, then the
business will eventually
face a downfall. The market
currently is very dynamic
and will remain more so in
the near future. If you want
your business to sustain for
a longer period, then you
have to develop new
products and gain mastery
and achieve new techniques
and ideas
Multiple strategies for
innovation are employed
by various top
companies. Recently, a
global company,
keeping innovation in
mind, has placed a
three-fold plan, which is
worth knowing
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New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Mon-
day issued a notice to
the Centre, on hearing
petitions seeking direc-
tion to the concerned
authorities to provide
ex gratia compensation
of Rs 4 lakhs to the fam-
ily members of those
who have succumbed
to the COVID-19 pan-
demic as per the Minis-
try of Home Affairs
(MHA) letter in view of
Section 12 of The Dis-
aster Management Act,
2005.
A two-judge vacation
bench of the Apex
Court, headed by Jus-
tice Ashok Bhushan
and also comprising
Justice M R Shah, has
issued notice to the Un-
ion of India (UOI) after
hearing the petitions
filed by two lawyers--
Reepak Kansal and
Gaurav Kumar Bansal.
“We issue notice to
the Centre and will list
the matter for further
hearing on June 11,”
the Top Court said.
Lawyer for petitioner
Kansal, S Upadhyay,
submitted to the Apex
Court that a large num-
ber of deaths are tak-
ing place, and death
certificates need to be
issued.
Then in pursuance
of Section 12 of the Dis-
aster Management Act,
compensation needs to
be paid to the family
.
The bench said un-
less there was a uni-
form policy for issu-
ance of death certifi-
cate stating that the
cause of death was
COVID, the kin of the
victims would not be
able to claim benefits.
Family members mourn as they attend the funeral of a person who died from COVID-19, at Shastri
Nagar in Jammu on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Process of registration of migrant
workers needs to be expedited: SC
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court said the
process of registra-
tion of migrant
workers is very slow
and it must be expe-
dited so that benefit
of various schemes
can be extended to
them.
The apex court ob-
served it is not happy
with the efforts of
the Centre as well as
the states.
While stressing on
the need to register
migrant as well as
unorganised work-
ers, a bench of Jus-
tices Ashok Bhushan
said the benefit of
schemes meant for
them can be extend-
ed after they are reg-
istered. —ANI
Migrant workers on the way to their homes.
Sena targets
Maha guv
Mumbai: The Shiv
Sena on Monday ex-
pressed hope that Gov-
ernor Bhagat Singh
Koshyari would take
serious cognisance of
the Bombay HC’s ob-
servations on the de-
lay in the nomination
of 12 members to the
Legislative Council.
FDI jumps 19 pc
to USD 59.64 bn
New Delhi: Foreign
direct investments into
the country grew 19
per cent to USD 59.64
billion during 2020-21,
the commerce indus-
try ministry said.
Officers should
ensure no one
goes hungry in
J-K: LG Sinha
Jammu: Lieutenant
Governor Manoj
Sinha on Monday re-
viewed the relief mea-
sures for people affect-
ed due to the COVID-19
pandemic and said it
is the collective re-
sponsibility to ensure
that no one goes hun-
gry in Jammu and
Kashmir.
Prashant Kumar
Mishra, new CJI
of Chhattisgarh
High Court
New Delhi: Justice
Prashant Kumar Mish-
ra will assume charge
as the Chief Justice of
Chhattisgarh High
Court from June 1,
said Ministry of Law
and Justice on Monday
.
Now, ADM in MP’s
Shajapur seen
slapping
shopkeeper
Madhya Pradesh: In
a viral video, the Addi-
tional District Magis-
trate of Shajapur in
MP, who was out on a
drive to enforce lock-
down guidelines, was
seen slapping a shop-
keeper.
BRIEF
in IN THE COURTYARD
Same sex marriage plea: More urgent
matters at hand, Centre tells Delhi HC
New Delhi: Seeking
adjournment of peti-
tions praying for rec-
ognition of same-sex
marriages under exist-
ing law, the Centre on
Monday told the Delhi
High Court that there
are other urgent mat-
ters that need consid-
eration and that “no-
body is dying because
they don’t have a mar-
riage certificate.”
Appearing for Cen-
tre, Solicitor General
Tushar Mehta submit-
ted before the court
that the state is dealing
with a pandemic at
present and there are
other urgent matters
which need considera-
tion. “As a govern-
ment, our focus in
terms of urgency is on
urgent issues.”
Won’t arrest Param Bir
Singh till June 9: Maha govt
Maharastra: The
Maharashtra govern-
ment on May 24
agreed before
the Bombay
High Court to
not arrest for-
mer Police Com-
missioner Par-
am Bir Singh till
June 9 in an
atrocities case filed
against him. The court
said it was available as
a vacation court for
one week and
all arguments
in this case
needed to be
heard at length
therefore the
matter was
heard by a regu-
lar Bench. The
matter was posted for
June 9. —ANI
School teacher
accused of
harassment
Chennai: Several alle-
gations of sexual har-
assment against a
teacher of a prominent
Chennai school were
made public on Sunday
.
A police team led by
Deputy Commissioner
of Police H Jayalaksh-
mi is investigating the
case and the accused
has been questioned.
Delhi Police raids Twitter India offices over ‘toolkit row’
New Delhi: Hours after
sending a notice to
Twitter over a “manip-
ulated media” tag used
on tweets alleging a
Congress “toolkit”
against the Central gov-
ernment, a team of
Delhi Police Special cell
is carrying out a search
at the Twitter India of-
fices in Lado Sarai, Del-
hi and Gurgaon.
Further details into
the matter are awaited.
Earlier in the day, Delhi
Police sent a notice to
Twitter, seeking an ex-
planation from the mi-
croblogging site on
what grounds it tagged
BJP spokesperson Sam-
bit Patra’s tweet on the
allegedCongresstoolkit
designed to target the
Central government as
‘manipulated media’.
The Delhi Police Spe-
cial Cell asked Twitter
to explain the rationale
and share all the infor-
mation on how it de-
scribed the toolkit as
manipulated media.
“The Delhi Police is
enquiring into a com-
plaint in which clarifi-
cation is sought from
Twitter on the classifi-
cation of a tweet by
Sambit Patra as ‘ma-
nipulative’. It appears
that Twitter has some
information that is not
known to us on the ba-
sis of which they have
classified it as such,”
the Police said in the
notice sent to Twitter.
“This information is
relevanttotheenquiry
,”
the notice added. —ANI
Chhattisgarh cops record
Raman Singh’s statement
Raipur: The Raipur po-
lice on Monday record-
ed the statement of sen-
ior BJP leader and for-
mer Chhattisgarh chief
minister Raman Singh
in connection with an
FIR lodged on a com-
plaint that he, party col-
league Sambit Patra
and some others had
allegedly circulated a
fake toolkit, officials
said. A team under City
Superintendent of Po-
lice (Civil Lines) Nasar
Siddhiqui recorded Sin-
gh’s statement. Singh
gave written replies to
the questions men-
tioned in the notice sent
to him last week. —ANI
Govt doesn’t seem to
care about vax: Rahul
New Delhi: Asserting
that the number of dai-
ly inoculations in the
countryhascomedown,
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi on Monday said
vaccination is the key
to controlling the pan-
demic but the govt does
not seem to care.
He shared a graph
showing the decline in
the number of vaccine
doses administered
during April and May
(till 20th) and pointed
out that the average
number of vaccination
per day has fallen below
the daily production.
“Vaccination is the
key to controlling the
pandemic but GOI
doesn’t seem to care,”
he said. —ANI
Group of concerned citizens
write to Prez, seek SIT probe
New Delhi: A forum
of concerned citizens
including former judg-
es, senior civil and po-
lice services and am-
bassadors have sent a
memorandum to Presi-
dent Ram Nath Kovind
seeking a SIT probe
monitored by retired
Supreme Court Judge
into the post-poll vio-
lence in West Bengal
and said these cases in
the sensitive border
state should be handed
over to NIA to deal
with the “anti-national
onslaught on the cul-
ture and integrity of
the country”.
The memorandum,
signed by 17 former
judges, 63 former civil
servants, 10 former
ambassadors and 56
former officers of
armed forces, said the
“shocking nature and
degree of retributive
violence” in West Ben-
gal after the election
results “is the nega-
tion of the fundamen-
tal principle that there
is no place for violence
in retention of power
or change of power
through a peaceful
democratic process un-
der the Constitution of
India”. The results of
assembly polls in the
state were announced
on May 2. —PTI
POST-POLL WB VIOLENCE
146 prominent citizens have signed the memorandum
A team of Delhi Police reached the offices of Twitter India. Raman Singh
Rahul Gandhi

INDIA
06
Lockdown has...
Speaker of the Ra-
jasthan Legislative As-
sembly, Dr CP Joshi
said that future chal-
lenges will also have to
be predicted before-
hand. Joshi said that
more and more private
institutions will have to
come forward to help
the people of the state.
The CM praised Anil
Agarwal, the founder
and Chairman of Ve-
danta group, the parent
group of HZL, for help-
ing the state at a time of
need.
Agarwal said that he
spoke with Adar Poon-
awala, the CEO of SII,
to ensure that Ra-
jasthan gets the maxi-
mum vaccine. He added
that the Group will
work hand in hand with
the government to en-
sure that the people of
Rajasthan received the
best help possible.
“I am deeply con-
cerned about the im-
pact that the second
wave of COVID-19 has
created in our lives and
around us. Rajasthan
has always been close to
my heart and through
Hindustan Zinc and
Cairn India we will con-
tinue to ensure that ox-
ygen and hospital beds
are made available and
supplied on priority
from our units to the
administration,” he
said.
Agarwal was full of
praise for Chief Secre-
tary Niranjan Arya and
said that his company
will work with the gov-
ernment to even fight
against black fungus
infection.
Arya event said that
various institutions
and organizations are
coming forward to help.
Dr. Subhash Garg, Min-
ister of State for Medi-
cal Health Depart-
ment praised the state
government for manag-
ing the Covid in Raj.
Vaccination
Conundrum...
the Centre told the Ker-
ala HC that there is “no
fixed target for dispen-
sation of vaccines to
the states and Union
Territories”.
Giving data on vac-
cine production in the
same affidavit, the Cen-
tre said currently, the
Pune-based SII is pro-
ducing 6.5 crore doses
of Covishield a month.
Covaxin manufacturer
Bharat Biotech is pro-
ducing 2 crore doses of
a month.
Many states, includ-
ing Delhi and Maha-
rashtra, had to shut a
chunk of vaccination
centres, given the short-
age. Most states are also
desperately trying to
shop for vaccine from
abroad -- efforts that are
yet to meet with much
success.
The Serum Institute
has ramped up its pro-
duction from 5 crore
doses a month to 6.5
crore doses a month. A
further boost is expect-
ed by July, the Centre
said.
Bharat Biotech has
increased production
from 90 lakh doses a
month to 2 crore doses a
month. A boost by July
is expected there too –
the firm is expected to
produce 5.5 crore doses
a month.
The Russian vaccine
Sputnik-V
, which is now
available in India, is ex-
pected to increase pro-
duction from 30 lakh
doses to 1.2 crore doses
a month by July
.
Shah holds...
by them any time for as-
sistance. Shah specifi-
cally conveyed to the
states likely to be im-
pacted by the cyclone
which is forming in the
Bay of Bengal to make
adequate power backup
arrangements in all
Covid hospitals, labora-
tories, vaccine cold
chains and other medi-
cal facilities, a home
ministry statement
said. The HM advised
the states, AP, Odisha,
WB and UTs of Anda-
man Islands -- to make
advance planning for
keeping a buffer stock
of oxygen for two days
and movement of oxy-
gen tankers to allocated
states so that in case of
any disruption, the sup-
ply is not impacted.
The HM also re-
viewed the prepared-
ness of the states and
UT to ensure that all
fishermen are brought
back to shore and the
timely evacuation of
people from low-lying
and vulnerable areas,
the statement said.
Shah advised them to
ensure adequate stocks
of all essential medi-
cines and supplies in
hospitals, keeping in
view disruption of the
movement of vehicles.
FROM PG 1
3rd WAVE
TO HIT KIDS
HARD?
When the nation is fighting the 2nd wave
of Covid-19, experts are calling for
massive preparation for the next wave
Allopathy remarks: Ramdev
poses 25 questions to IMA
New Delhi: Having
been forced to withdraw
his statement question-
ing the efficacy of allop-
athy medicines, yoga
guru Ramdev on Mon-
day asked the Indian
Medical Association
(IMA) if allopathy of-
fered permanent relief
for ailments such as hy-
pertensionanddiabetes.
In an ‘open letter’
posted on his Twitter
handle, Ramdev posed
25 questions to IMA,
which had objected to
his video clip running
down allopathy treat-
ment for COVID-19.
He asked if allopathy
offered permanent re-
lief from hypertension
and type-1 and 2 diabe-
tes. “Does the pharma
industry have perma-
nent treatment for thy-
roid, arthritis, colitis
and asthma?” he asked.
Ramdev went on to
ask if allopathy had
medicines for fatty liver
and liver cirrhosis.
“Like you found a cure
for TB and chicken pox,
look for treatments for
liver ailments. After all,
allopathy is now 200
years old.” —Agencies
MID-AIR WEDDING INVITES DGCA WRATH
Hosting a wedding for a Madurai-based couple in the sky has proved costly for the guests
and the private airline as Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) cracked the whip for
violation of Covid-19 protocol during the joyride. It has de-rostered the crew of SpiceJet
aircraft for failure to enforce social distancing norms during two-hour flight. Airline has
been asked to file complaint against guests for flouting protocol onboard the flight that
had taken off from Madurai airport on Sunday morning. —PIC COURTESY NET
SWETA AGARWAL POSTED AS ADM,
PURBA MEDINIPUR IN W BENGAL
Ms Sweta Agarwal has been appointed as Ad-
ditional District Magistrate, Purba Medinipur. She
is a 2016 batch IAS officer of W Bengal cadre.
JUSTICE P K MISHRA TO PERFORM AS
CHIEF JUSTICE, CHHATTISGARH HC
Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, senior-most
Judge of Chhattisgarh High Court, has been
assigned to perform the duties of the office of
the Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court with
effect from June 1, 2021.
SURYADEVARA JOINS SC REGISTRY
Prasanna Kumar Suryadevara has joined the
Supreme Court Registry as OSD equivalent to the
Additional Registrar on deputation basis for three
years. He was posted as Administrative officer
AIR News hq.
SUVIL LTU PROMOTED TO IFS
Suvil Ltu of the State Forest Service of Nagaland
Cadre has been promoted to the Indian Forest
Service for the Select List 2019.
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 BCCI on Monday announced
that it will contribute 2000
10-litre Oxygen concentra-
tors to boost India’s efforts
in overcoming the Covid-19
pandemic.
 South Delhi Mun Corp has
set up a Covid care centre for
children at a Mun Corp of Delhi
school to treat Covid-positive
children with mild or moderate
cases.
 Bahrain will suspend entry of
travellers from countries on its
‘Red List’ which includes India,
Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and
Bangladesh due to the Covid-19
situation in these nations.
 Amid the shortage of vaccines
in country, Delhi Deputy CM
Manish Sisodia writes to Union
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan
urging the Centre to come
out with a centralised vaccine
procurement and allocation
policy.
 Hundreds of people violated
Covid restrictions to attend the
funeral of a horse belonging to
a local religious organisation in
Karnataka’s Belagavi district on
Sunday. Large gathering has
forced district officials to tem-
porarily seal village carry out
tests to check for new cases.
 Mumbai Gets 3 Bids From
Russia’s Sputnik Covid Vac-
cine Makers.
 Ensure transgender persons
face no discrimination at
COVID vaccine centres: Cen-
tre to states
HIGHLIGHTS
Daily recoveries trump new
cases for 11th straight day
New Delhi: Health
minister Harsh Vard-
han on Monday said
that the daily recover-
ies from the coronavi-
rus disease (Covid-19)
exceeded the new cases
in India for the 11th
straight days and indi-
cated that the country
is on the path of gain-
ing control over the
pandemic situation.
On Monday, India re-
corded 302,544 recover-
ies on Sunday 355,102
people recovered from
the disease. The recov-
ery rate which has been
witnessing an upward
trend since May 3 -- cur-
rently stands at 88.69%,
according to health
ministry’s dashboard.
Vardhan added that
the new cases remained
below the 300,000-mark
for the eighth consecu-
tive day
. On Monday In-
dia logged 222,315 new
cases while on Sunday
it reported 257,299 cas-
es, prompting the cu-
mulative positivity rate
to dip further to 8.09%.
New Delhi: The Union
Health Ministry on
Monday said that there
is no indication as of
now that children will
be severely affected in
the third wave of Cov-
id-19. Talking about the
effect of the pandemic
on children and young
people, AIIMS, Delhi di-
rector Randeep Guleria
noted, “Children suf-
fered collateral damage
due to mental stress,
smartphone addiction
and education challeng-
es amid the ongoing
pandemic.” A steady
decline in daily new
Covid-19 cases has been
observed since the last
17 days in India, the
health ministry said. It
said there has been 2.6
times increase in the
number of Covid tests
done in the past 15
weeks in the country
along with a steady dip
in the weekly positivity
rate reported in the last
two weeks.
3.6%hospitalisedpatients
hadfungalinfections:ICMR
DELHI GOVT
PREPARING FOR
3RD WAVE: KEJRI
Black
fungus: 18
states report
5,424 cases
New Delhi: As part of
preparations for the third
wave of the COVID-19,
the Delhi government
has started arranging
for oxygen cylinders.
The Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal on his
visit to the oxygen plant
at Delhi’s Mayapuri area
said that as many as
6,000 new oxygen cylin-
ders have been imported
from China as part of
these preparations. “The
capacity of the oxygen
plant has gone upto 55
metric tons. Delhi gov-
ernment has imported
6,000 new oxygen
cylinders from China. No
other such consignment
has been brought from
outside India during the
entire COVID period,” the
Delhi Chief Minister said.
New Delhi: As many as
5,424 cases of mucormy-
cosis or black fungus
have been reported
from 18 states, with a
majority of them in Gu-
jarat and Maharashtra,
Union Health Minister
Harsh Vardhan said on
Monday
. Nine lakh vials
of Amphotericin-B are
being imported by the
central government for
the treatment of Black
Fungus. Of this, 50,000
vials have been received
and around three lakh
vials will be available in
the next 7 days,” he said.
Speaking at the 27th
group of ministers
(GoM) meeting on COV-
ID-19, he said that Guja-
rat reported 2165 cases,
Maharashtra 1188, Ut-
tar Pradesh 663, Mad-
hya Pradesh 590, Hary-
ana 339 and Andhra
Pradesh 248 cases.
“Out of these 5,424
cases of mucormycosis,
we have seen that 4, 556
cases have a history of
COVID-19, while 875
cases are amongst non-
COVID patients. Diabe-
tes was present in 55
percent of the patients.
“We have been warn-
ing, issuing advisories
and, through our ex-
perts, it has been com-
municated that indis-
criminate use of ster-
oids must be avoided
diabetes must be treat-
ed thoroughly as best as
possible,” he said.
DELHI’S COVID POSITIVITY RATE DIPS
Had no role in
Bansal’s allopathic
treatment: Firm
New Delhi: Sunil
Bansal, who headed the
dairy business of Yoga
guruRamdev’sPatanjali
Ayurved, died of COV-
ID-19, the company said
onMonday
,addingithad
no “role in his allopathic
treatment.” Bansal, 57,
who was Vice President
in the Dairy Division of
Patanjali Ayurved Ltd,
died on May 19. “He died
of COVID-19 on May 19
in Rajasthan Hospital,
Jaipur where his wife is
a very senior health of-
ficial of Government of
Rajasthan,” the Harid-
war-based firm said in a
statement.
New Delhi: Just as
cases of black fungus
are being reported in
Covid-19) patients
during the second
wave of the pandem-
ic, secondary bacte-
rial and fungal infec-
tions affected at least
3.6% (ranging from
1.7% to 28% between
hospitals) of patients
hospitalised with
Covid-19 during the
last wave, found a
study by the Indian
Council of Medical
Research(ICMR)pub-
lished on Monday
.
The mortality in
patients with these
secondary infections
increased to 56.7% as
against 10.6% among
hospitalised patients
in the ten hospitals
from where data was
collected. The mortal-
ity in those with sec-
ondary infections
was as high as 78.9%
in one of the hospi-
tals, the data shows.
Guleria on Mon-
day said it is better to
identify mucormyco-
sis by its name rather
than by the colour as
labelling the same
fungus with names
of different colors
can create confusion.
—ANI
People who have recovered
and will recover from the
coronavirus will need medi-
cal support for a longer period of
time. If the symptoms are seen for
4-12 weeks, it is called ongoing
symptomatic Covid or post-acute
Covid syndrome. If symptoms are
seen for more than 12 weeks, it is
called post-Covid syndrome or non-
Covid. —Dr Randeep Guleria, Director AIIMS
Baba Ramdev

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ACB REVISITS AJMER
BOARD OF REVENUE
The ACB has sped up its
Operation search in the Board
of Revenue in Ajmer. The ACB
team from the last four days is
searching and investigating the
documents in Ajmer. The files in
the Chairman’s chamber are also
being scanned one by one. The
chairman has, however, not been
questioned yet. In response to the
ACB notice, the chairman initially
had said that he was told Covid
positive and in home isolation.
Later, he said that his wife was
Covid positive. Now, the ACB will
contact the chairman for the third
time in a bid to question him. The
investigation is going on since
April 10 when the ACB arrested
two Rajasthan Administrative
Service (RAS) officers BL Mehrda
and Sunil Sharma, the members
of Board of Revenue, and agent
Shashikant Joshi and seized cash
worth Rs 81 lakh after raiding
their Jaipur residences.
—Rajendra Chhabra
HOSPITALS IDENTIFIED FOR SETTING
UP OXYGEN PLANTS IN RAJASTHAN
First India Bureau
Jaipur: : The hospitals
of various cities in the
state in which the oxy-
gen plants will be set up
have been identified. In
Jodhpur, the plant will
be set up at Umaid Hos-
pital and MDM Hospi-
tal. A total of 7 plants
will be set up in Kota
city. Three plants will
be established in Super
Specialty Hospital, two
in MBS Hospital, 1 each
at JK Lone Hospital and
Rampura Satellite Hos-
pital. Each plant in
these two cities will
have a capacity of 150
cylinders per day
.
In Udaipur city total
5 oxygen plants will be
set up. Three of these
plants will be set up
with 150 cylinders ca-
pacity each at Super
Specialty Hospital, Za-
nana Hospital and at
the infected disease
ward of MB Hospital.
Two oxygen produc-
tion plants to be set up
in Alwar city
.
A plant with a capac-
ity of 150 cylinders at
New Building Rajiv
Gandhi Hospital and
another plant with 75
cylinders capacity at
the old building in Rajiv
Gandhi Hospital.
Roadways suffering
`3.75-cr loss daily
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The wheels of
Roadways buses
have stopped after the
strict lockdown from
May 10. As the lock-
down has been extend-
ed to June 8, the non-
operation of Roadways
buses has increased the
additional burden on
the government. The
Rajasthan Transport
Corporation is losing
Rs 3.75 crore daily due
to halting of wheels.
The Roadways suf-
fered loss of
Rs 1,100 crore in the last
2020-21 financial year.
The treasury of govern-
ment is already empty,
due to which the road-
ways employees could
not get salary for the
month of April.
Buses of Rajasthan
Roadways were run-
ning 1.2 million km
daily. Apart from Ra-
jasthan, services of
roadways buses were
operating in other
states including Delhi,
UP, Haryana and Utta-
rakhand, although from
May 1, the operation of
the buses were stopped
in many states.
Mining dept earns `535 cr
revenue in two months
MLA writes to CM, seeks
removal of Baran collector
To create Covid awareness, Harish
Chaudhary visits door-to-door
First India Bureau
Kota: After removal of
Ranbir Sharma, Sura-
jpur Collector of Chhat-
tisgarh state, for slap-
ping a man during lock-
down, Congress MLA
from Sangod Bharat
Singh on Monday wrote
to CM Gehlot regarding
Collector of Baran dis-
trict, Rajendra Vijay
.
Singhwrotethatwhen
Surajpur collector was
removed in Chhattis-
garh,whyactionwasnot
taken against Baran col-
lector who is accuse of
slapping a village devep
officer of Bhanwargarh.
Singh has cited in his
letter that he had written
a letter on May 16 also re-
questing removal of col-
lectorfromthepost.How-
ever, VDO Shankar Dey
has given a clean chit to
Collectorandhaswritten
a letter to Zila Parishad
CEOSDMsayingsome
people were trying to
take political advantage
of the incident.
First India Bureau
Barmer : Revenue Min-
ister Harish Chaudhary
is trying to create a
awarenessforCOVID-19
in the rural areas of his
home district. In this
connection, he went to
Panavara and Kolu of
Baytu Panchayat Sami-
ti on Monday to raise
awareness in rural area
and break the chain of
coronavirus spread.
Chaudhary went
from door-to-door talk-
ing raising awareness
about corona and black
fungus. He said that ru-
ral area core commit-
tees can conduct sur-
veys to stop the spread
of the virus. He also
urged to join CM Chi-
ranjeevi Health Insur-
ance Scheme.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Even in the
Covid time, the Depart-
ment of Mines is prov-
ing to be an earning pot
for the government in
terms of revenue. In the
current financial year,
the department has
earned revenue
of Rs 535 crore from
April to 23 May. Addi-
tional Chief Secre-
tary mines, Dr Subodh
Aggarwal has encour-
aged the officers and
also instructed to strict-
ly follow the Covid pro-
tocol in mining activi-
ties.Aggarwal was hold-
ing a review meeting of
mining activities.
He instructed the of-
ficials to effectively
curb illegal mining. He
said that major and mi-
nor mineable blocks are
being prepared and
preparation of their
auction is being done at
the directorate level. He
informed that under
the transparent system,
the process of auction
of new blocks will be
started soon through e-
portal. He
said 8,32,547 e-ravanna
has been released in
April 21 as compared to
35,375 of April 2020.
Similarly, in the month
of May, 5,01,622 e-ravan-
nas have been issued as
compared to 4,51,288 of
May 2020. He directed
for early disposal of the
cases under considera-
tion. If fine is not paid
the material seized
will be acquired in fa-
vour of the state gov-
ernment.
Satish Poonia
@DrSatishPoonia
The arson in Chhabra
has caused a huge loss
to the traders while the
CM has been crying
for democracy for his
selfishness. We strongly
oppose this dictatorial
attitude of the govern-
ment and demand
justice to the people.
TWEET
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GENERATING MORE MONEY
Health minister Dr Raghu Sharma
on Monday inaugurated 20 kilo litre
capacity oxygen tank at SMS hospital
where there are 1,500 oxygen
supported beds. Prior to An oxygen
generation plant set up in the hospital
is producing about 150 cylinders of
oxy per day, he said. —Photos by
Santosh Sharma
REMDESIVIR DEATH CASE: SHRC
SEEKS REPORT FROM AUTHORITIES
Kota: Rajasthan Human Rights Commission has
sought the report from the health department and
Kota District Collector within four weeks in Kota
Remdesivir death case, in which a woman Maya
died due to the glucose-filled injection instead of
Remdesivir recently. Woman was given injection
at Kota’s Shriji heart hospital. The Commission
has summoned a report in this matter from the
health department District Collector.
APRIL MAY
2021 `297 cr 2021 `238 cr
2020 `37 cr 2020 `215 cr
2019 `251 cr 2019 `349 cr
Till 23
First India Bureau
Jaipur: To overcome
stress, restlessness and
other mental health
problems among chil-
dren ‘Asha’ helpline has
been playing a vital
role.
Sangeeta Beniwal,
chairperson of the
State Child Rights Pro-
tection Commission,
expressed the need to
promote this child hel-
pline at a virtual meet-
ing held on Monday.
The initiative is
launched by Save the
Children, Mind Piper,
and Indus Action.
Any child or guardi-
an from across the state
can call on child hel-
pline number 0141-
4932233 and get a free
consultation by profes-
sionals regarding prob-
lems of stress, depres-
sion, etc.
Moreover, depart-
mental proceedings are
also conducted through
the Child Commission
by registering a com-
plaint of child crimes
on the helpline. Due to
depression, anxiety and
stress children may
have difficulty in living
a healthy life, which
can hamper their men-
tal development. Espe-
cially in the Covid pe-
riod, this problem has
increased even more, as
kids are not able to go
out of the house.
Beniwal launches Asha helpline
to tackle kids’ health problems
Sangeeta Beniwal, chairperson
of the State Child Rights
Protection Commission
virtually launched the helpline
number in Jaipur on Monday.
YARD
court
High Court administration
extends lockdown till June 8
Jaipur: With the state government increasing the
lockdown period, High Court administration too
has extended lockdown till June 8. Only urgent
cases will be heard said Registrar General Nirmal
Singh Medatwal in the circular. Meanwhile, the
summer holidays will begin in Rajasthan High
Court from May 31. Under these holidays, the
courts will remain shut till June 27. However,
Jodhpur main bench and Jaipur bench will have 4
single benches each.
Indra Rao bail issue: HC refuses
for early hearing on plea
Jodhpur: Suspended IAS officer
Indra Singh Rao, former Collec-
tor of Baran filed a petition for an
early hearing on the second bail
application in the High Court in
his ACB trap case. The court of
Justice Pankaj Bhandari in the
High Court refused to hear the second bail applica-
tion of Inder Singh Rao for early hearing. Now the
case will be heard in July.
Petition in SHRC over issue of
aid to Divyang lawyers
Jaipur: In the case of giving priority in financial aid
to divyang lawyers for corona, Hemant Bhai Goyal
National Vice-President of Divyang Rights Federa-
tion filed a complaint with State Human Rights
Commission. SHRC Chairman Justice GK Vyas
directed to present a factual report to Chief Gov-
ernment Secretary Law Department within 4 weeks
and instructed him to be present at next hearing on
June 20. CM has given approval of Rs10 crores in
budget for betterment of advocate families.
High court Bar writes to BCR
for Covid relief fund
Jaipur: The High Court Bar has written a letter to
the Bar Council of Rajasthan for financial assis-
tance using Covid Relief Fund. The letter requests
to turn the Advocate Bhavan into Covid Centre so
that advocates and their families do not have to
wander for treatment. The letter states that due to
Corona, many lawyers are facing financial crisis
and it comes as a direct responsibility of the Bar
Council. The government has already approved a
fund of 10 crores for the same. The information
was shared by Treasurer Vivek Joshi.
Constable recruitment 2019:
HC accepts state govt’s plea
Jaipur: In the case related to the Rajasthan
Police Constable Recruitment Examination
2019, a hearing was held in the bench of
Justice Sabina and Justice NK Vyas in the
High Court. The bench has set aside the order
of single bench of February 24, accepting
government’s appeal. On behalf of the govt,
Advocate General MS Singhvi was connected
through VC. Advocate Ajaj Nabi, appearing for
Zaheer Ahmed, said the order of single bench
of February 24 has been set aside. The court
has set aside the Cause of Action stating that
Zaheer’s numbers are less and he is not prov-
ing eligible for recruitment in any way.

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Coronais‘Behrupiya,’remainvigilantatalltimes:CM
lLarge number of children being infected by Corona is worrisome, said Gehlot l Union Government should have made a roadmap for vaccination much earlier
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot on Mon-
day, described the Co-
rona infection as
'Behrupiya' (polymor-
phic) as Prime Minister
Narendra Modi had ear-
lier used the term for
the virus.
“Corona is like a
Behrupiya. Whosoever
has said this about it, is
right. It is important to
be vigilant at all times.
We are conducting
'Door-to-door' surveys
in villages. Lockdown
has also been extended.
Now public awareness
is important. The Cov-
id-19 pandemic has also
reached children. A
large number of chil-
dren are testing posi-
tive in various districts.
I took the figures this
morning only,” Gehlot
said, while speaking at
the virtual foundation
stone laying ceremony
programme of the 30
km long road projects
in the Viratnagar area.
Gehlot said till now,
vaccinations in the
country has been free,
but this time, the Gov-
ernment of India has
put the onus for this on
the states. The Union
Government should
have made a roadmap
for vaccination much
earlier, but could not
make it. “We have 15-20
companies making
vaccines here. There
was no emphasis on
getting the vaccine on
time and making it in
the country. Sonia Gan-
dhi and former PM Dr
Manmohan Singh also
wrote to the PM to fo-
cus on vaccination, but
no attention was paid.
Had the vaccination
been on time, we would
have survived the cri-
sis,” he said.
In the second wave,
more young people are
dying because the el-
derly have been vacci-
nated. Now children
will be more affected by
the third wave as such
the biggest focus should
be on vaccination.
Gehlot said only
treatment in hospitals
cannot abolish Corona.
The real battle will be
won in the field and it is
necessary to follow and
take care of the Corona
protocol. “I myself test-
ed Corona positive but
due to two doses of vac-
cines it was mild and I
could be saved,” he said.
A lot of deaths are
being reported this
time due to Corona.
The Rajasthan Govern-
ment has made ar-
rangements to bear the
expenses of the funeral
of the Covid victims.
On the other hand,
dead bodies are being
thrown into the Ganges
in UP and Bihar. “The
country is becoming
infamous in the world,”
he alleged.
First India Bureau
Jaipur : Chief Secre-
tary Niranjan Arya said
that in view of the pos-
sibility of a third wave
of Covid, necessary
steps should be taken
for proper arrangement
of treatment of chil-
dren including enhanc-
ing the capacity of oxy-
gen production and
availability of neces-
sary medical equip-
ment in days to come.
Arya was reviewing the
status of Covid-19 and
Black fungus, need and
availability of oxygen
in the state along with
other arrangements for
Covid management
through Video Confer-
encing with officials at
the Government Secre-
tariat on Monday
.
Giving information
about the delivery of ox-
ygen concentrators be-
ingsourcedfromabroad,
Subodh Agarwal, Addi-
tional Chief Secretary
,
Department of Mines
and Petroleum said that
about 10,000 concentra-
tors have been received.
The Government Secre-
tary of Medical Educa-
tion Department, Vaib-
hav Galriya informed
aboutthestatusof Covid
patients admitted at the
Sawai Man Singh Hospi-
tal, RUHS, Jaipuria Hos-
pital and Bilwa Covid
Centre along with the
availability of beds and
ventilators.
CS Niranjan Arya
said that despite the sec-
ond wave of Covid-19
and emergency situa-
tions arising out of the
pandemic,226announce-
ments made in the budg-
et have been implement-
edwithinashortspanof
one and a half months.
He said that after pre-
senting the budget for
the year 2021-22, the
Chief Minister had in-
structed to complete the
budget announcements
as soon as possible so
that the public can get
immediate benefits.
CS Niranjan Arya chaired a review meet on Covid-19
management in the state at Secretariat on Monday, wherein,
Subodh Agrawal, Ashutosh T Pednekar, Siddharth Mahajan,
Kuldeep Ranka and Dhiraj Srivastava were present via VC.
SpeakerDrCP
Joshisummons
HemaramtoJaipur
BirlatoreviewCovid
prepsduring7-day
tourtoKota-Bundi
Banasthali’s VC,
Prof Aditya
Shastri dies
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Assembly
Speaker Dr CP Joshi
has called Hemaram
Chaudhary to Jaipur
amidst intensifying Jat
politics in the state.
Joshi has sent a letter
asking him to appear
within 7-days’ time af-
ter the lockdown ends.
Rajasthan Legislative
Secretariat has asked
him to be present in
context of Rule 173 (3)
of Rules of Procedure
Conduct of Business in
Rajasthan Legislative
Assembly. A few days
ago Chaudhary had
submitted his resigna-
tion from the post of
MLA to the Speaker.
On the other hand, the
political fervour contin-
ues within the Congress
concerning Choud-
hary’s resignation. For-
mer PCC secretary
Dhoop Singh Poonia
has lashed out at PCC
Vice-President Rajen-
dra Chaudhary
. He said,
“When the PCC Chief
has given his statement,
then why the officer un-
der him needs to speak
on it publicly. And in-
stead of cautioning the
party about the loss, he
should discuss his per-
sonal opinion with the
Speaker. I feel the party
High Command should
take action against of-
ficials making such
statements.” It is to be
noted that PCC VP Ra-
jendra Chaudhary had
stated fear of loss to
party due to Hemar-
am’s resignation.
First India Bureau
Kota: Lok Sabha Speak-
er Om Birla will be on a
seven-day tour to Kota-
Bundi parliamentary
constituencies from to-
day onwards. During
this time, he will visit
different parts of the
parliamentary constitu-
encies following the
Covid protocol. Accord-
ing to the information
received from the Lok
Sabha camp office, Bir-
la will leave from New
Delhi on Tuesday at 8
am and reach Jaipur at
9 am. He will leave for
Bundi at 9.15 am from
Jaipur. After reaching
Bundi at around 11.45
am, he will go directly
to the district hospital
and review the medical
arrangements.
From there, Birla will
visit the Agricultural
Produce Market (Krishi
Upaj Mandi) and review
the wheat procurement.
After that, he will hold
a meeting with the ad-
ministrative officials at
the Circuit House. The
Lok Sabha Speaker will
then leave for Kota.
While on his wat to his
hometown, Birla will
inquire about treat-
ment facilities availa-
ble at Talera Commu-
nity Health Centre. Af-
ter reaching Kota at
around 3.15 pm, Lok
Sabha Speaker Birla
will visit the New Med-
ical College Hospital
and interact with the
hospital management
to review the medical
arrangements.
First India Bureau
Tonk: Banasthali Vid-
yapeeth’s Vice-Chancel-
lor Aditya Shastri
passed away on Mon-
day. He was undergo-
ing treatment at a pri-
vate hospital in Jaipur
since May 5. Governor
Kalraj Mishra ex-
pressed his grief over
the demise of Profes-
sor Aditya Shastri.
Describing Prof
Shastri as a rare educa-
tionist, Governor
Mishra said that his
contribution in the field
of girl education will
always be remembered.
Mishra also prayed
to God to provide peace
to the departed soul and
strength to the bereaved
family to bear this grief.
‘Arrange for proper treatment of
kids in wake of Covid’s 3rd wave’
CS DIRECTS OFFICIALS
THE MLAs’ ADDRESS

z Viratnagar MLA
Indraj Gurjar in his
address said that in
the 3 budgets pre-
sented by the Gehlot
govt, the Viratnagar
Assembly constituen-
cy has received many
development projects
including road devel-
opment works worth
Rs 125 cr. He added
that a fund of Rs 40
cr have been assigned
for works related to
road infrastructure
in the budget for FY
2021-22.

z Jamwa Ramgarh’s
MLA Gopal Meena
too thanked CM
Gehlot for bringing
about more develop-
ment works in his
constituency.

z CM was praised by
MLAs for his excel-
lent Corona manage-
ment in the state.
CM Ashok Gehlot virtually addresses the foundation stone laying ceremony of Viratnagar-Chilpali diversion road on Monday. Also seen
here are the MLAs of Viratnagar and Jamwaramgarh, Indraj Gurjar and Gopal Meena.
‘MASTER STRATEGIST’
GEHLOT’S SMART MOVE!
The master of politics, CM Ashok Gehlot killed many
birds with one stone on Monday, by giving a befitting
reply to those, who are always looking for a chance to
taunt the government within the party. Earlier, two MLAs
of the Pilot camp, Hemaram and Ved Solanki, were critical
about the work and said that no work is being done in
their areas. The former leader even resigned 6 days back
citing no development work in his region. But on Monday,
Gehlot responded with a virtual programme of foundation
stone laying ceremony in Virat Nagar. Meanwhile, CM also
delivered a big message on the pretext of Indraj that those,
who take interest in their area’s development, the progress
in their region never ends. Indraj also went to Manesar
with Pilot during the political crisis, but he never publicly
criticised CM. Hence, CM also instructed to complete his
work without discrimination. Gehlot’s political strategy is
truly unmatched. Gehlot camp is likely to use Indraj as an
‘answer’ to the accusations of the Pilot camp in the future.
Ashok Gehlot@
ashokgehlot51
Remembering
paying tributes to
former #Rajasthan
PCC President
Padma Shri Laxmi
Kumari Chundawat
ji on her death
anniversary. Her
contribution to
Rajasthani literature
service to the peo-
ple would always be
remembered.
I offer my deep
condolences on
demise of the
Vice Chancellor of
Vanasthali Vidyapith,
Prof. Aditya Shastri.
Late Shri Shastriji
contributed signifi-
cantly to the field of
higher education.
May the departed
soul rest in peace
and May God gives
strength to the fam-
ily during this hour
of grief.
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: The post of
Secretary in Bhilwara
UIT, which is consid-
ered to be an important
UIT in the state due to
itsbudgetsize,hasbeen
lying vacant for the last
five months due to po-
litical reasons.
The District Collec-
tor has explained the
entire situation to the
Department of Per-
sonnel, saying that the
work of UIT is being
severely affected and
has written four let-
ters for the appoint-
ment of the Secretary
in the concerned de-
partment.
However, the deci-
sion is lying pending
because of the involve-
ment of Congress lead-
ers over the matter of
posting.
The Congress Dis-
trict President and a
local MLA want the
officer of their choice
to be appointed as the
Secretary in Bhilwara
UIT.
Sanjay Sharma, who
was the UIT Secretary,
was transferred in Jan-
uary this year, but no
officer was given this
posting and the charge
was given to a lower
rank official.
That time also, both
the Congress leaders
had recommended to
the Collector that of-
ficer of their choice
should be given the
charge.
Although, a woman
officer was given the
charge, but this did not
satisfy one of the lead-
ers. Later, another of-
ficer was given the
charge following
which, the woman of-
ficer went on leave.
It may be noted that
the Anti-Corruption
Bureau had raided the
Engineering Wing of
the UIT in November
last year and the law is
keeping a close eye on
three engineers. Shar-
ma got frightened due
to the ACB action and
stayed away from the
district headquarters
for a week.
He had put in a lot of
efforts to get shifted
and was finally trans-
ferred in January
.
Now, a faction of
Congress leaders is
trying for the RAS of-
ficer, who was holding
the post prior to Sanjay
Sharma.
‘Political gimmicks’ create vacuum in Bhilwara UIT!
Sanjay Sharma,
who was the UIT
Secretary, was
tranferred in Jan
Om Birla
Hemaram Choudhary
Late Prof Aditya Shastri
GEHLOT: RE-START
MGNREGA, OTHER
RURAL SCHEMES
CM Ashok Gehlot has
instructed to re-start
MGNREGA other rural
development schemes
during Covid pandemic.
Labourers have been
asked not to share food
equipment. Commissioner
MGNREGA, Abhishek
Bhagotia said that workers
should maintain social
distancing while working.

iss Grand India 2020,
Simran Sharma, is a
22-year-old girl from
Jaipur who is making
the world go crazy
with her beauty and
talent. She is a trained
classical and folk dancer, na-
tional level Volleyball player, a
passionate singer and actor.
Simran was born and brought
up in Guwahati, Assam and is
living in Jaipur for the past 10
years. Since childhood, she had
a keen interest in artistic fields
and at the young age of 12
years, she started learning
dance and got a degree n classi-
cal and folk dance.
When asked about her jour-
ney in modelling, she shared
that her journey as a model
started when she was crowned
as Miss Rajasthan in 2017 and
it completely changed her life.
Yogesh and Nimisha Mishra,
organisers of Miss Rajasthan
guided her in a new way to
move forward in this journey
.
Simran said, “This journey
was never easy, I faced many
ups and downs, rejections and
losses and that has helped me
to be the strong person that I
am today
.
After Miss Rajasthan 2017,
Simran participated in many
other beauty pageants and got
the titles like Miss Indian Diva
2017 1st runner-up, Global Su-
permodel India 2018 and Miss
Indian Multinational 2018, af-
ter which she represented the
nation at the Inter-
national beauty
pageant Miss
M u l t i n a t i o n a l
where she grabbed Miss
Beauty with Brain and
BestNationalCostumeAwards.
Talking about her latest jour-
ney, Miss Grand International
beauty pageant, Simran said,
“It was a next to impossible
journey for me just like a roller-
coaster ride. The love and sup-
port which I received from the
whole world will always stay in
my heart. I didn’t win the pag-
eantbutIknow
that I gave my
best on the stage and I
believe that my nation
is proud of me.”
She is inspired by Su-
shmita Sen and just
like her, Simran is
a s s o c i a t e d
with vari-
ous NGO’s
for the wel-
fare of chil-
dren.
A message
that the stun-
ning beauty wants to give to the
girls is, “People end up giving
up and take harsh decisions
with their lives. No matter
what, your family is your
strength. They will always sup-
port you if you will show dedi-
cation to your dream. Work
hard, believe in yourself and
live your dreams.”
Seraphic Simran
In an exclusive interview with City First, Simran Sharma shared her beautiful
journey, experiences and thoughts which are highly motivating!
MANSI BACHANI
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hen the message
of Vaccination
is being spread,
Raktkosh Foun-
dation is insist-
ing on Raktdan
Mahadan, The
noblest way to help man-
kind when it comes to serv-
ing humanity. The 15 min
of your life can save Some-
one’s Entire Life. It’s a
great gesture of kindness.
Jan Sevarth 24x7 tartar the
tag line of Rakthkosh
Foundation. Rak-
thkosh founda-
tion truly liv-
ing up
to its name where
the only mission is to
reach out to the maxi-
mum and save human
life,
“Blood donation be-
fore Vaccination is the
main agenda of Rak-
thkosh Foundation
and Inaya Foundation
Jaipur jointly doing
blood donation drives
to bring awareness
among the public. The
youth between the age
group of 18 years to 45
years are mostly the
most active donors. It
is a matter of great
concern that once vac-
cinated there is going
to be an acute short-
age of blood,” said Ni-
tisha Sharma, Presi-
dent Jaipur Rakht-
kosh Foundation.
This kind of drive
on blood donation
before Vaccination needs to
take place in the entire
state and nation Ram Gopal
Vishnoi National President
of Rakthkosh foundation
insisted.
Most youths donate as
they are being made aware
by Rakthkosh and Inaya
team members that once
vaccinated they will not be
allowed to donate blood for
a min period as per the vac-
cination norms.
Amid the scorching heat
Rakthkosh Foundation,
Jaipur team members and
the other districts have al-
ready started the aware-
ness drive of “Blood dona-
tion before Vaccination
drive in VT Road, Mansa-
rover Blood donation was
organised in
blood do-
n a t i o n
van taking care of a
covid protocol. 47 units of
blood were donated. In
Manav Seva Blood Bank
near SMS hospital, 15
units of blood were col-
lected by Jaipur and Sikar
Team Karan Chawla Sec-
retary Jaipur Rakthkosh
shared.
Even on Nurses day, 64
units of blood were do-
nated.
Request for organising
voluntarily blood dona-
tion before vaccination in
every vaccination centre
has been submitted to
Chief Minister Ashok Ge-
hlot, Health minister
Raghu Sharma, Chief
Whip Mahesh Joshi and
Police Commissioner of
Jaipur Anand Srivastava
sir Tarachand Sharma
General Secretary of Rak-
thkosh Foundation in-
formed.
Rakthkosh Foundation
team is presently working
in 23 districts of Rajasthan
under the guidance of
Founder Dr Jitender Ku-
mar Soni (IAS) DM Nagaur
at present. Voluntarily
members are associated
and working 24 x7 to reach
out to the needy and help-
less patients who are in
dire need of blood.
Started in the year June
14, 2018. Nearly 500+ blood
donation camps and 35000+
blood donation units have
been collected during lock-
down 1 to date.
During the Ramadan pe-
riod also which is a very
auspicious period here also
Abdul from Deedwana do-
nated O+ blood to the per-
son in help. Rakthkosh
team members where ever
required are always ex-
cited and forthcoming
for this selfless service
for mankind.
Recently I remember
a young 23 girl from
Bhopal Asma Khan
truly an inspiration for
many inspiring youths
to come forward and
donate. She has donat-
ed blood 23 times and
recently under Rak-
thkosh Foundation also
came forward to help
mankind. NBTC Na-
tional Blood Transfu-
sion Council also had
emphasised that for a
minimum of 28 days a
vaccinated person cant
donate.
The concern the
foundation is all about
is that once vaccinated
blood donation can t be
organised for a restrict-
ed no of days. Here the con-
cern is blood transfusion is
given to patients in a wide
range of circumstances, in-
cluding serious injuries,
surgeries, childbirth, anae-
mia, blood disorders, can-
cer treatments and also
seasonal diseases like ma-
laria and dengue patients.
There are numerous rea-
sons and concern why
blood donation is very im-
perative.
On average on normal
days in the government hos-
pital blood banks in Jaipur
(some of them includes Sms
hospital, Trauma hospital,
JKLon hospital, Mahila
chikitsalaya hospitals) min-
imum of 500-550 units of
blood is required other than
private hospitals.
During emergency days
like now for covid and
thalassemia patients, de-
livery cases also 150 units
of blood are required eve-
ry day. 80 to100 units only
getting so here there is a
shortfall of 50 to 70 units
per day. So the youth be-
tween the age group of 18
to 45 years need to come
forward whose minimum
haemoglobin should be 12
and 48 kg weight and at
least not suffering from
diabetes, high bp. Shri
Amit Sharma HOD SMS
blood bank informed and
urged on behalf of Rak-
thkosh and Inaya founda-
tion to come forward and
join in this awareness
campaign.
Rakthkosh Foundation
along with Inaya Founda-
tion is trying to bring
awareness and appeal to
all the citizens of Ra-
jasthan and India to please
come forward and donate
blood to save a life, save
family and help in fulfill-
ing the dreams by saving
their lives.
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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
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 is likely to be noticed.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
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. Those in business will soon
get a chance to make profits. A new
deal is likely to come through and
give you a taste of success.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
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. Lover may become your
pillar of strength.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
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.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
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.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Those looking for buying a
house can get a good
bargain. Appreciation is in
store for some homemakers.
A professional victory is yours if you
play your cards well today. Those in
business will be able to maintain good
earning. You are likely to enjoy good
health.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Good performance on the
academic front will help
enhance your reputation at
work. Some favourable
developments on the social front are
foreseen. Buying new furniture or a
major appliance is possible. With
good networking, a prized posting
can be yours.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
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.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You will manage to achieve
what you had aimed for on
the academic front. A
celebration can find you in
your element today. Praise and
honour are likely to greet you in
something that you have managed to
achieve. You will be a pillar of
strength to a friend or associate.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Success is foretold on the
academic front. Your
reputation is likely to boost
your image on the social
front. On the work front, you will
manage to keep your superiors in
good humour. This is an excellent
day to spend time with family. You
enjoy excellent health.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
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.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
A family youngster is likely
to do you proud. Your
strategy to promote
yourself on the profes-
sional front will bear fruits. You may
need to speed up things on the
academic front to remain ahead. On
the social front, the day finds you in
your element.
YOUR
DAY
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W

T
he prolific cricketer Vi-
rat Kohli started his in-
nings in the interna-
tional team around 2009.
Virat Kohli and Anushka Shar-
ma started dating in 2013 and
eventually got married in 2017.
Recently, some pictures have
suffered online of Virat Kohli
and Izabelle Leite. Reportedly
Virat was previously dating a
Brazilian actress, who also
acted in Indian films.
—Agency
A
midst the second wave of
COVID 19, the glitz and
glamour industry has not
had the opportunity to
fraternize at movie premieres or
high-profile social gatherings.
Post Varun Dhawan and Nata-
sha Dalal’s star-studded wed-
ding in January, there has
not been a big event in
Bollywood though it is
happening now. Karan
Johar has turned 49 today
on May 25 and the date will
mark a huge celebration in the
film parlance. Instead of Ban-
dra, Karan will be ringing in his
49th at Alibaug and the guest
list includes the likes of Ranbir
Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Ranveer
Singh, Deepika Padukone, Virat
Kohli, and Anushka Shar-
ma amongst oth-
ers. —Agency
PC increases TARGET to
22 CRORES!
riyanka Chopra and her
pop star husband Nick
Jonas kicked off the
fundraiser Together For
India, for COVID-19 re-
lief which has around
Rs 7.5 crores. Now, the
actress aims to raise Rs. 22
crores in order to help the coun-
try
. She recently appealed to peo-
ple to donate in whatever capac-
ity they can. “We know there is
a lot left to be done and so we’ve
increased our target to $3 mil-
lion (around Rs. 22 crores),” she
wrote. “We will now also look
towards supporting humanitar-
ian aid programmes such as
cooked meals and weekly dry ra-
tions. Unfortunately, the effects
over the past one year of the
Covid-19 pandemic has pushed
over 230 million Indians into
poverty.” —Agency
P
FINAL SEASON!!!
E
ver since it was announced that Money Heist
will be releasing its final season this year,
fans of the show have been emotional as well
as excited for the same. Netflix has now con-
firmed that the popular show also known as La
Casa de Papel will be releasing its final season in
two parts, Part 5: Volume 1 to premiere on Sep-
tember 3 and Volume 2 will be airing on
December 3, 2021. This major Mon-
ey Heist update is sure to
make fans reach out for
their calendars.
—Agency
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E
mma Stone has recently
given birth to a baby daugh-
ter, the name of whom she
had kept under wraps till
now. The birth certificate of
Emma and her director husband
Dave McCary’s daughter reveals
that the newborn has been named
Louise Jean McCary by her par-
ents. The girl has been named
Jean to pay tribute t Emma’s own
grandmother Jean Louise. The
couple had welcomed their first
child on March 13, but they kept
the details on the down-low and it
wasn’t even known for several
days that they had a girl. —ANI
Louise Jean
McCary
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T
he Billboard Music Awards cel-
ebrated yet another iteration of
its beloved show on Sunday,
with American singer-song-
writer The Weeknd dominating the
ceremony with 10 awards, including
the climactic top artist trophy, followed
by the late Pop Smoke with five, and
BTS and Bad Bunny with four apiece.
Meanwhile, Pink was honoured with
the Icon Award, and her daughter Wil-
low made a stunning cameo during her
performance. Here are some of the
winners:
 Top New Artist: Pop Smoke
 Top Male Artist: The Weeknd
 Top Female Artist: Taylor Swift
 Top Duo/Group: BTS
 Top Streaming Songs Artist: Drake
 Top RB Female Artist: Doja Cat
 Top Rap Female Artist: Megan Thee
Stallion
 Top Country Artist: Morgan Wallen
 Top Rock Artist: Machine Gun Kelly
 Top Dance/Electronic Artist: Lady
Gaga
 Top Christian Artist: Elevation
Worship
 Top Gospel Artist: Kanye West
The total category of listed awards were
58. The show was hosted by Nick Jonas
accompanied by his wife, Priyanka
Chopra Jonas.
he Billboard Music Awards cel-
ebrated yet another iteration of
its beloved show on Sunday,
with American singer-song-
writer The Weeknd dominating the
ceremony with 10 awards, including
the climactic top artist trophy, followed
by the late Pop Smoke with five, and
BTS and Bad Bunny with four apiece.
Meanwhile, Pink was honoured with
the Icon Award, and her daughter Wil-
low made a stunning cameo during her
performance. Here are some of the
Drake
Megan Thee
Morgan Wallen
Machine Gun Kelly
Lady
Elevation
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