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Miami: Two people were killed and at least 20 injured Sunday when three
shooters fired indiscriminately into a crowd outside a concert in Miami,
Florida, local police said. Gunfire erupted during the early hours outside a
billiards hall. A Nissan SUV approached the scene and three subjects exited
the vehicle and began shooting indiscriminately in the crowd before fleeing.
New Delhi: The onset of the annual monsoon over the Indian subcontinent
has been delayed by two days. It is now expected to hit the Kerala coast
on June 3, the weather department said. “As per the latest indications, the
southwesterly winds could strengthen further gradually from June 1, result-
ing in a likely enhancement in rainfall activity over Kerala,” IMD data stated.
TWO DEAD, 20
HURT IN FLORIDA
MASS SHOOTING
MONSOON 2 DAYS
BEHIND, TO HIT
KERALA ON JUN 3
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW
Nearly 12 crore doses of Covid vaccine
to be available in June: Health Ministry
Pak will hold talks if India restores
Kashmir’s status, says Imran Khan
Islamabad: Pakistan
Prime Minister Imran
Khan said on Sunday
that Pakistan would
hold talks with India if
New Delhi restores the
pre-August 5, 2019 status
of Jammu and Kashmir.
India abrogated the
special status of Jammu
and Kashmir under Ar-
ticle370onAugust5,2019
and bifurcated it into
two Union territories.
“If Pakistan revives
its relations with India
(without the latter re-
storing the status of
Kashmir), it will be
similar to turning our
backontheKashmiris,”
Khan said during a live
questions and answers
session with the people.
Khan said that if In-
dia takes back the steps
it took on August 5,
“then we can definitely
hold talks”. New Delhi
has repeatedly said
Jammu and Kashmir is
an integral part of In-
dia and the country is
capable of solving its
own problems.
India has told Paki-
stan that it desires nor-
mal neighbourly rela-
tions with it in an envi-
ronment free of terror,
hostility and violence.
India has said the onus
is on Pakistan to create
an environment free of
terror and hostility
.
Ties between India
and Pakistan nosedived
after a terror attack on
the Pathankot Air Force
base in 2016 by terror
groups based in the
neighbouring country
.
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New Delhi: Nearly 12
crore doses of coronavi-
rusvaccinewillbeavail-
able in June, the Health
MinistrysaidonSunday
.
In May, 7,94 crore
doses were available for
vaccination.
In a statement, the
ministry said the alloca-
tion of supplies to states
and union territories is
decidedontheconsump-
tion pattern, population
and vaccine wastage.
“Visibility for avail-
ability of vaccines for
the entire month of
June 2021 has been pro-
vided well in advance to
States/UTs...,” it said.
“For the month of
June, 6.09 crore
(6,09,60,000) doses of
COVID vaccines will be
supplied to the States
and UTs for vaccination
of priority group of
Health Care Workers
(HCWs), Front-Line
Workers(FLWs)andper-
son aged 45 years and
above as free supply
from Government of In-
dia,” the ministry said.
“In addition, more
than 5.86 crore
(5,86,10,000)doseswillbe
available for direct pro-
curement Turn to P6
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has said
that the agriculture sec-
tor has supported the
economy of the state in
the era of Covid-19 epi-
demic. “The state gov-
ernment will also re-
lease more and more
agricultural power con-
nections in the coming
days with a view to en-
courage the agriculture
sector,” he said and in-
structed the power dis-
tribution corporations
to make special plans.
He said that according
to the pending list of do-
mestic connections in
the areas with presence
of distributionnetwork,
the connections should
be released.
During the review
meeting of the Electric-
ity Distribution Corpo-
rations at the Chief
Minister’s residence on
Sunday, Gehlot asked
the officials to make ef-
forts to release the pend-
ing agricultural connec-
tions as soon as possi-
ble, as demand for elec-
tricity for the new crop
season after the mon-
soon in the coming days
is going to grow. He said
that all the consumer
complaints should be
resolved quickly and ra-
tionally by the power
companies.
In order to prevent
accidents due to elec-
tricity and to ensure the
safety of the common
people, the Chief Minis-
ter instructed that it is
necessary to fix the dan-
gling wires in the mar-
kets etc. and make prop-
er arrangements for
electrical safety at high
risk points. “All neces-
saryprecautionsshould
be taken to protect the
personnel of the power
companies and the com-
mon people from the
dangers of electrical ac-
cidents during the
rainy season,” he said.
Gehlot lauded the
power corporations for
maintaining uninter-
rupted power supply at
domestic and other in-
stallations Turn to P6
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
MODI GOVT COMPLETES 7 YEARS
‘ACHIEVEMENTS OF GOVT
ARE ITS INCLUSIVENESS’
WITH ‘SABKA-SAATH,
SABKA-VIKAS, SABKA-
VISHWAS’ INDIA HAS
MOVED AHEAD IN
LAST SEVEN YEARS,
SAYS PM MODI
everal people
from various
places have
been writing
in to thank
the nation for their vil-
lage having finally re-
ceived power and road
connection after 70
years of independence,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi said today.
Highlighting the
achievements of the
seven years since he
took power, he referred
to them as laurels be-
longing to the country
and his countrymen.
“...we are on the right
track,” PM Modi said
on his monthly Mann
Ki Baat radio talk show
marking the seventh
year of his tenure as
Prime Minister.
He pointed out that in
seven decades since in-
dependence, only 3.5
crore rural homes had
water connections; yet,
in the past 21 months of
hisgovernance,4.5crore
more families had been
added to this category
.
“So many people...
thank the nation for
their sons and daugh-
ters being able to sit and
study under electric
lights and fans. So many
people say that ‘our vil-
lage,too,isnowconnect-
ed to the city through a
good road’,” he said.
It was in May 2014
that he became the
country’s Premier, hav-
ing won the election
with a full majority for
any party after almost
three decades. Turn to P6
Under Modi’s leadership, India will
overcome every challenge: Shah
New Delhi: Unionhome
minister Amit Shah on
Sunday greeted Prime
MinisterNarendraModi
on the completion of
seven years of his gov-
ernment and said the
country made “unprec-
edented achievements”
in fields of security
, pub-
lic welfare and reforms
during this period.
In a series of tweets
in Hindi, Shah credited
Modi for improving the
living standards of the
poor, farmers and de-
prived sections by
bringing them into the
mainstream with his
determined, holistic
and welfare policies
and making India a
powerful nation with
his strong leadership.
“The Modi govern-
ment has presented a
unique example of un-
paralleled coordina-
tion of development,
security, public welfare
and landmark re-
forms,” he said.
‘Meaningless
baat’ won’t
help battle
against covid’
New Delhi: Inaveileddig
at Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi’s monthly radio
programme “Mann Ki
Baat”, Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi on Sunday
said the country can not
fight the COVID-19 pan-
demic with “meaningless
talks” once a month.
Taking to microblog-
ging site Twitter, the Con-
gress leader said, to fight
against COVID-19, one
needs “right intention,
policy, determination.”
“To fight against Co-
rona, you need the right
intention, policy, deter-
mination. Turn to P6
We feel pride see-
ing that India
now walks its
own path and
not under the
views and pres-
sures of other na-
tions. Our confi-
dence has grown
manifold
—Narendra Modi, PM
VACCINES ARE PATH TO OUR
VICTORY AGAINST COVID: PM
PM MODI LAUDS OXY TANKER
DRIVERS, HEALTH WORKERS
PM MODI PRAISES FARMERS
FOR RECORD AGRI OUTPUT
New Delhi: Reiterating that vaccines are the path
to our victory against covid, PM Narendra Modi
said that India is moving forward with the pledge of
“service and cooperation” while maintining social
distancing and wearing masks. “The pandemic has
plagued the world, people have lost loved ones. Even
big countries were not spared. In the midst of this
pandemic, India is moving forward with the resolve
of service and cooperation,” he said in Mann ki Baat.
New Delhi: Addressing the “Mann Ki Baat” radio
programme, PM Narendra Modi thanked drivers
of cryogenic oxygen tankers, COVID warriors who
helped the country during the second wave of the
pandemic by working on a war footing. During
the programme, PM Modi conversed with a liquid
oxygen tanker driver Dinesh Upadhyay and Shirisha
Gajni, a loco pilot of Oxygen Express, who informed
him about the challenges they face in work.
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Sunday appre-
ciated the farmers across the country and pointed
out that there was a record production of crops
even during the COVID pandemic. He said that
every sector but the agricultural produced record
crops. “Our country faced such a big crisis that
it affected every system. The agricultural sector
protected itself from this attack to a great extent.
Not only did it keep itself safe, but the sector also
progressed, moving forward,” PM added.
CORONA CATASTROPHE
INDIA
RAJASTHAN
1,65,553
new cases
3,460
new fatalities
2,298
new cases
66
new fatalities
Pakistan PM Imran Khan
TO REASSURE DOCTORS, PATIENTS: Wearing a PPE suit, Tamil
Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin went for a visit to Covid wards and
ICUs in a Coimbatore hospital on Sunday. “I entered the Covid
ward against advise to reassure doctors and workers who risk
their lives besides patients and their families,” said Stalin.
CRUCIAL READ
SUPREME COURT TO HEAR CBSE CLASS 12
BOARD EXAM CANCELLATION PLEA TODAY
SIT SENDS NOTICE TO KAMAL NATH OVER
COMMENTS ON 2019 HONEY TRAP CASE
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India
will hear tomorrow, May 31, a plea
seeking cancellation of Class 12 board
exams conducted by the Central Board
of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the
Council for the Indian School Certificate
Examinations (CISCE). Both the boards
had earlier postponed exams for Class
12 students and are yet to arrive at a
final decision in this regard.
Dehradun: The Special Investigation
Team (SIT) of Madhya Pradesh Police
on Sunday issued a notice to former CM
Kamal Nath over his statement on the
honey-trap case, news agency AO re-
ported. SIT has also demanded that Nath
produces to pen drive that he mentioned
during a press meet on May 21.
Agri provided semblance during Covid crisis, make
special plan for pending agri electricity connections: CM
S

First India Bureau
Jaipur/Bharatpur:
The Bharatpur police
arrested two accused
involved in the murder
of Dr. Sudeep Gupta
and his wife Dr Seema
Gupta. The police have
also detained the own-
er of the bike which
the main accused Anuj
and his friend Mahesh
used during crime and
ran away on it. The po-
lice is also interrogat-
ing accused Anuj’s sis-
ter Radhika and search
for Anuj and Mahesh is
going on.
Anuj’s brother-in-law
Daulat alias Bholu Pa-
halwan and Nirbhan
Singh were arrested
with the cooperation of
Dholpur police, the po-
lice said on Sunday. In-
vestigation revealed
that the plot to murder
the doctor couple had
been going on for sev-
eral days. Daulat had
given Anuj a bike,
which the police has
seized.
Director General of
Police ML Lather said
that preliminary inves-
tigation suggests the
incident was a result of
mutual enmity between
two families.
He said an ADG and
Range IG are monitor-
ing the case.
CRIME HAPPENS EVERYWHERE: GARG
RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | MONDAY, MAY 31, 2021
02
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The last date
for registration for
CM Chiranjeevi
Health Insurance
Scheme is today. Any
person can register in
the scheme from any-
where to avail health
insurance. Those who
have registered by
April 30, they started
getting the benefit of
the scheme from May
1, said an official. The
treatment of corona
is also included in the
scheme.
Those who register
till May 31 will get the
benefit of this scheme
from the date of reg-
istration and those
who register after
that will be able to get
the benefit of this
scheme from August
1.
Under the scheme,
any family can take
advantage of health
insurance up to Rs 5
lakh for a premium of
Rs 850. The govern-
ment will bear full
premium amount of
eligible families,
small and marginal
farmers, contractual
workers under Socio
Economic Census
2011, and beneficiar-
ies of National Food
Security Act (NFSA).
Hurry! Last date for registration is today
CM CHIRANJEEVI HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME
Jaipur: Three Ra-
jasthan police officers
were removed from ac-
tive duty after a man
charged with illegal
transportation of sand
accused them of extort-
ing money every month
for facilitating passage
for trucks, officials said
on Sunday
.
The Dudu circle offic-
er (CO), the Phagi SHO
and an ASI were at-
tachedtotheofficeof the
Jaipur superintendent
of police (rural) on Sat-
urday
, they said. They
will remain attached to
the SP’’s office till the in-
vestigation into the mat-
ter is completed, the po-
lice officials said. SP
Jaipur Rural Shankar-
dutt Sharma said, “The
policeofficerswereshift-
edforanimpartialinves-
tigation,” he said. —PTI
Dudu CO, SHO, ASI
removed from field
Five accused arrested in illegal
transportation of sand.
ILLEGAL SAND TRANSPORTATION CASE
`8 lakh looted by
throwing chilly in
eyes of biker
Rajsamand: A biker
was looted at the tip of
a knife in broad day-
light near the Khandel
crossroads of Kun-
waria police station
area in Rajsamand dis-
tric. The four miscre-
ants on two bikes
threw chilli in his eyes
and escaped with cash
worth Rs 8 lakh. On the
information, Kunwaria
police station arrived
at the scene and got the
injured young man ad-
mitted to the Kurj Hos-
pital, where his treat-
ment is going on.
Fake FB of min
Bamaniya
surfaces
Jaipur: There was a
fake Facebook account
of TAD Minister
Arjun Singh
Bamaniya reported.
Friend
requests
have
been sent
to many
people
from the
fake
account.
It has been informed
by Bamania that at
present, the fake
account of Facebook
has been closed. In
this regard, the
minister’s team
talked to Facebook
and asked them to
take down the fake
account with
immediate effect.
Sikar: Two die of
gas in the well
Sikar: The shocking
death of two people due
to poisonous gas in the
well in the Neem ka tha-
na area left a wave of
grief among the locals.
According to the infor-
mation, Sohanlal went
inside a well to unin-
stall a motor at the
Gateron ki Dhani in
Harijan pura road. How-
ever, even after long
when he didn’t return,
his companion Ghuda-
ram Yadav also went
down the well to search
for him, where both
fainted by the poisonous
gas. The bodies of the
two deceased have been
kept in the state hospi-
tal morgue, while the
panchnama will be done
by the police in the pres-
ence of relatives.
55-year-old
woman crushed
under truck
Kota: A moped pil-
lion rider Rampyari
(55) was crushed un-
der a speeding truck
near Darra on Sunday
morning. Her hus-
band was injured.
The couple from Rai-
pura in Kota was re-
turning after visiting
Gopalpura Mata when
a speeding truck com-
ing from behind hit
their two wheeler.
BRIEF
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Two held in doctor couple’s murder
DGP said that separate teams of Bharatpur & Dholpur police are conducting raids to nab main accused
People waiting to get check-up outside Kanwatia Hospital in
Jaipur on Sunday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Police arrested Daulat and Nirbhan Singh in the case.
WEATHER CHALLENGES
A neem tree fell down damaging many vehicles in
Kishanpole Bazaar on Sunday. Sizzling tempera-
tures of Nautapa are the worst part of summer
and police personnel have to stand in the heat
for extended hours to make sure people follow
lockdown guidelines in Jaipur. Sri Ganganagar
and Churu received 5.2 mm and 1.6 mm rains.
The department has forecast thunderstorm and
dust storm in north western parts of the state over
next 4 days. Sri Ganganagar continued to remain
the hottest with a temperature of 46.3 degrees
Celsius, Churu at 46.1 degree Celsius, Bikaner at
44.8 degrees Celsius.
—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Cong hits back with
social media campaign
on fuel price hike
First India Bureau
Jaipur: As a counter at-
tack to BJP’s campaign
against crime in the
state, the Congress has
started a campaign on
social media attacking
the Central govt on the
issue of fuel prices.
The party has started
a social media cam-
paign #ModiMatlabMe-
hangai. PCC Chief Go-
vind Dotasra launched
the Speak-up campaign
on the social media.
Congress leaders
and workers are pro-
testing by broadcasting
video messages, vari-
ous memes and posters.
“Roti is slipping from
the plate of common
people in Modi
rule,” said Dotarsa.
About 100 leaders and
workers posted more
than 10,000 tweets on
first day of the cam-
paign. The trend
reached 7th position
and remained in top 20.
Energy minister Dr.
BD Kalla said that the
prices of crude oil are
coming down all over
the world, but the Modi
govt is breaking the
back of poor and mid-
dle class families. Chief
whip Dr Mahesh Joshi
said the public is re-
questing PM Modi to
return their old days.
CASHLESS SCHEME
Events mark 7-year of Modi govt
JanRasoicookingnewstorminBJP!
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP Rajasthan
unit on Sunday carried
out various service
works on the call of the
party president JP Na-
dda to commemorate 7
years of Modi govern-
ment. State president
Satish Poonia and other
leaders distributed food
items and ration kits in
various parts of the
state. Leaders also
boosted morale of blood
donors and gave certifi-
cates. Poonia said ser-
vice work is ultimate
goal of the BJP and the
govt led by PM Modi.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: To simmering
factionalism in the
state BJP, Vasundhara
Jan Rasoi has added a
new chapter. The sup-
porters of former CM
Vasundhara Raje are
providing food to the
needy in the name of
the initiative at many
places across the state
during the pandemic.
A programme is al-
ready being run by
the state BJP in the
name of ‘Seva Hi San-
gathan’.
The VJR was start-
ed on May 21 by dis-
tributing food packets
to about 300 families
in Hasanpura Basti of
Jaipur. For this, two
kitchen vans have
also been prepared
through Vyanka India
Limited Company.
Satish Poonia boosted the morale of blood donors in a camp.
Govind S Dotasra launched
the online campaign.
Man slits throat,sister
blames JK Lon doctor
Jaipur: An elderly
man died by suicide
by slitting his throat
with a blade in the
bathroom on Sunday
in Ramganj. His sis-
ter has accused a doc-
tor at JK Lon of a dis-
pute over the house.
The doctor lives in the
deceased’s neigh-
bourhood.
There are allega-
tions that the doctor
has been harassing
him for some time and
wanted to own the
house.RamganjPolice
has registered a case
onthereportof thede-
ceased’s sister. He was
rushed to SMS hospi-
tal where the doctors
declared him dead.
Vasundhara Jan Rasoi serving
food to needy in Kota.

RAJASTHAN
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COVID-19 UPDATE
TOTAL CASES
9,38,460
CASES IN A DAY
2,298
TOTAL DEATHS
8,317
DEATHSINADAY
66
ACTIVE CASES
49,224
RECOVERED
TOTAL
8,80,919
RECOVERED
IN A DAY
9,636
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
2,298 positive cases
reported in 24 hours,
1.5 lakh active cases
reduced in 21 days;
less than 50 infected
in 22 dists on Sunday
World No Tobacco Day! Governor Kalraj Mishra urged
people of state to abstain from tobacco; a virtual
program will be initiated today, wherein CM Ashok
Gehlot & Health Min Dr Raghu Sharma will be present
HC Judge Manoj K
Garg to inaugurate
Raj’s 1st child care in
Jodh today; Sangeeta
Beniwal, Collector &
others will be present
5
3
1
4
2
First India Bureau
Kota: Lok Sabha Speak-
er Om Birla on Sunday
interacted with ANM,
GNM, Asha Sahyogini,
Anganwadi workers of
Bundi district. Birla ex-
pressed his gratitude to
them for risking their
lives during pandemic.
He said that the 2nd
corona wave was much
more contagious than
the 1st and said that de-
spite absence transport,
door-to-door survey was
conducted to provide
medicines to Covid pa-
tients which led to de-
crease in cases. ‘To
strengthen health infra-
structure in rural areas
to face future pandem-
ics, teams of skilled
health workers will
soon be formed,’ LS
Speaker Om Birla said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Whip
and Hawa Mahal MLA
Dr Mahesh Joshi
launched Covid Vacci-
nation Camp at Cham-
ber of Commerce on
Sunday. The special
camp “First Blood Do-
nation, Then Vaccina-
tion” was organised for
18 plus.
About 600 people got
vaccinated here. About
500 doses were provided
by health dept but there
were more people. On
request of Dr Joshi
CMHO Dr Narottam
Sharma sent extra dos-
es. Vipra Foundation
Zone 1 President Col
Rajesh & youth leader
Rohit Joshi rendered
their services in the
camp. Rohit Joshi had
urged Health Minister
Dr Raghu Sharma to or-
ganise a camp for blood
donors.
Churu: MLA Dr Krish-
na Poonia laid the
foundation stone
for the oxygen
plant virtually at
the Government
Referral Hospital
in Sadulpur on
Sunday
.
MLA Krishna Poonia
was the chief guest of
the program organized
under the chairman-
ship of Municipal Pres-
ident Razia Gehlot. The
special guest of the
event was Block
Congress Presi-
dent Satish Poon-
ia. While laying
the foundation
stone of the oxy-
gen plant online,
she said that she re-
quested CM Ashok Ge-
hlot for the oxygen
plant due to the grow-
ing cases in the region. First India Bureau
Jaipur: Vipra Mahasa-
bha on Sunday organ-
ised a Maha Mrityun-
jaya puja to pray for
speedy recovery of Dr
Ashok Panagariya .
A special puja and ya-
jna was performed in
Someshwar mahadev
mandir in the presence
of the Mahasabha state
president Sunil Udeyia,
general secretary Man-
ish Mudgal and others.
Dr Panagariya is ad-
mitted to a EHCC hospi-
tal and suffering from
post coronavirus com-
plications.
D
espite the strict
lockdown, imposed
till June 8, people
are roaming on the roads
without any specific rea-
son and are seen making
excuses before the police
when stopped. Some
are making excuses to
go to the hospital to see
the sick or for getting
vaccinated. Police seized
vehicles and issued
challans and have put
blockades at 378 points
to ensure strict lockdown
on Sunday.
JAIPUR POLICE
ON TOES TO
ENSURE COVID
PROTOCOL
UNLOCKING
INPROCESS...
Dr Mahesh Joshi at the Chamber of Commerce, Jaipur on Sunday.
ACP Rai Singh Beniwal
Rishi Miglani with Hemlata
Nirbhaya Squad of Jaipur Police in the flag march on Sunday.
Birla asks health workers in Bundi
to prep up for future pandemics
Dr Joshi launches spl vaccination
camp at Chamber of Commerce
Krishna Poonia lays
fndn stone of oxy plant
Dausa MP accuses state govt
of Covid-19 help desk closure
Puja held for
speedy recovery
of Dr Panagariya
The help desk started
a few days ago in
the district hospital
by Dausa MP Jaskaur
Meena was permanent-
ly closed from Sunday.
The Dausa MP accused
the Congress Govern-
ment, Dausa collector
and officials and said
that they were being
pressured so much
that they had to close
the helpdesk. The MP
alleges that state govt
do not have any emo-
tions. However, it came
into controversy when
BJP’s symbol was seen
in the cabin.
Revenue Minister Harish Chaudhary takes selfie with doctors to boost their morale at Bayatu
Covid care centre in Barmer. He also applauded the medics for treating corona patients round-
the-clock by risking own lives while staying away from their families during the pandemic.
THANK YOU DOCS!
Dr Somya felicitates corona warriors in Jaipur on Sunday.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla interacts virtually with ANM, GNM,
Asha Sahyogini & Anganwadi workers of Bundi district on Sunday.
MP Jaskaur Meena speaks to people in Dausa on Sunday.
Cops arrested 2
accused, seized
items to operate
Hookah bar in the
house near Galtaji
JDA operated Radha
Soami Covid centre
gets vacant on
Sunday; 748 patients
were treated here
BEWARE OF
VIOLATIONS
3,825
ACTIONS IN JAIPUR
`5.25L
SEIZED 17 VEHICLES
`1.02L
FROM 102 PEOPLE
`17,500
FROM 35 SHOPS
`79,800
FOR SPITTING IN PUBLIC
`3.28L
FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING
I
n view of decreasing
corona cases in the
state, the state govt
is going to start partial
unlock from June
1. In the first phase
of unlock, a limited
number of shops will
be allowed to open.
The Home department
is busy preparing the
guidelines for the
unlock. Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot will ap-
prove the guidelines
of unlock. There is a
lockdown in the state
till June 8.
 The state govt is going to start partial unlock from tomorrow  In the 1st phase, more relaxation for
daily need shops  Unlock may be implemented in all the districts except the Containment Zones
AC unit copper
wire cables
stolen, kids
suffer in Kota
50% rly staffers
to resume work
from office today
Sood lauds
help from Jully
for patient at
AIIMS Bhopal
Unidentified thieves
allegedly cut and
stole copper wire of
the centralized cooling
system in JK Lon hos-
pital in Kota which has
created problems for
child patients in NICU.
Incident occurred 3
days back but cooling
system has not been
restored. 1st modular
NICU has 32 beds.
Sighting rising Corona
infection in the state,
the railway has issued a
new order. From May 31,
only 50% of the employ-
ees will attend the office.
However, higher officials
have been ordered to at-
tend office as usual. The
order has been issued
by Deputy GM Lt Shashi
Kiran on the direction of
Anand Prakash, GM of
NWR. Moreover, other
employees will be pro-
vided work from home.
The labour minister
of state Tikaram
Jully helped a patient
admitted in AIIMS
Bhopal through film
actor Sonu Sood. Sood
came in contact with
the minister through
Dr Vishal Kaushik of
Alwar. Sood requested
the minister to arrange
the injections for
patient if possible.
WHAT’S ON...
 Grocery shops,
allowed from 6-11 am,
may be extended
 Restrictions to
move from one dist to
another can be relaxed
 Gen stores, cloth-
ings, vehicle repairing
workshops can be
permitted
 Time for taking pet-
rol & diesel for private
vehicles will increase
WHAT’S OFF...
 Schools, colleges,
coachings, libraries
will remain closed
 Theatres, gyms,
swimming pools,
parks, stadiums will
remain closed
 Shopping malls will
remain closed
 Hotels, resorts to
remain closed
 Public transport will
be closed
FIRST BLOOD DONATION, THEN VACCINATION
FELICITATING!
COPS CONDUCT
FLAG MARCH
Police personnel participate in
Covid awareness rally taken out
on Sunday under the leadership
of ACP Ajay Pal Lamba and ACP
Rahul Prakash. During the event;
SHO Anil Jaiman, SHO Pannalal
Jangid and other officers were
also present in Jaipur on Sunday.
—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA

PERSPECTIVE
04
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Visited #CycloneYaas affected areas in
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of the areas are still water-logged. I
also interacted with the villagers, they
told me that the severe storm has
extensively damaged their crops and
houses. One of their key demands was
a pucca house.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
The dualities of desire
and aversion arise from
illusion. All living beings
in the material realm are
deluded by this.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
77TH MANN KI
BAAT ON 7
YEARS IN OFFICE
he Bharatiya Janata
Party celebrated
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi’s seventh
year in office amidst
criticism of the government for
shortage of vaccines. The occa-
sion coincided with the prime
minister addressing the nation
through the 77th edition of his
Mann ki Baat. Modi talked of the
severity of “the worst pandemic
in 100 years” and how the coun-
try has been able to increase the
production of Liquid Medical
Oxygen from 900 metric tonnes
to 9,500 metric tonnes daily. He
also lauded frontline corona war-
riors, farmers, lab technicians,
citizens etc. He also highlighted
the strides made by his govern-
ment in these seven years.
The Congress was, however,
not impressed. Spearheading the
attack on the prime minister was
Rahul Gandhi who tweeted that
to fight the pandemic one needed
to have the right intention and
determination. On Modi’s claim
on achievements, the Congress
reminded him of “disasters” like
demonetization and GST.
However, a large section of
the populace may not share Con-
gress leaders’ views.
TOP TWEET
T
veryone acknowl-
edges the havoc
wreaked by the
second wave of
the pandemic in
terms of human lives lost. As
the number of fresh Covid-19
cases decline in the country,
society is trying to come to
grips with an even bigger
tragedy---orphans.Aspergov-
ernment data between April 1
and May 25, an estimated 577
children were orphaned after
boththeirparentssuccumbed
to the virus. In scores of cases
the orphaned children are mi-
nors and have no kin to take
care of them. Yasmin Haque,
the India head of UNICEF,
summed up the situation.
“Such children are not only
living an “emotional trage-
dy”, but they are at high risk
of neglect, abuse and exploi-
tation,” she is reported to
have said.
The fear of abuse and ex-
ploitation is indeed high. So-
cial media platforms were
suddenly flooded with adop-
tion requests for adoption of
suchchildren.Althoughadop-
tion laws in the country are
tough,theirbreachbyunscru-
pulous elements cannot be
ruled out. Women and Child
Development Minister Smriti
Irani warned against people
taking the social media route
for adoption as they could be
“illegal” and “irresponsible”.
A way has to be found that
such children reach safe
homes and loving adopted
parents. Government homes
can keep them in safe custody
until their adoption, but not
allgovernment-runchildren’s
homes are ideal centres.
There have been quite a few
cases of children’s exploita-
tion and abuse by those run-
ning some of the centres.
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi’s promise of “aid” and
“free education” is a humane
gesture, provided it is not
misused.
GIVE COVID ORPHANS
A THOUGHT
Social media platforms
were suddenly flooded
with adoption
requests for adoption
of such children.
Although adoption laws
in the country are tough,
their breach by
unscrupulous elements
cannot be ruled out
E
RAJASTHAN CAN EMERGE AS A
MODEL STATE IN PUBLIC HEALTH
he COVID-19 pandemic has
shown how vital it is to have
a robust healthcare infra-
structure. States have a con-
siderable role in creating and
maintaining the healthcare
system. Over the last few
years, Rajasthan has consist-
ently endeavoured to im-
prove its health services with
public and private invest-
ments. The question is- Can
Rajasthan become a model
state with a strong and resil-
ient healthcare system?
Every year the State budg-
et contains important an-
nouncements on healthcare-
the budget for 2021-22 is no
different; health is the cen-
tral focus of the budget. It an-
nounced the ‘Rajasthan Mod-
el of Public Health’ compris-
ing preventive care, primary
care, and curative care to be
implemented as per WHO’s
norms. Towards this end, a
Universal Health Coverage
scheme for the entire popula-
tion of the State- perhaps the
first for any Indian state- was
announced. The ‘Chiranjeevi
Health Insurance Scheme’
with a cashless facility of Rs
5 lakhs per family was later
rolled out to fulfil the objec-
tive of universal coverage.
Other significant announce-
ments made were 25 Nursing
colleges at the district level,
8 Public Health Colleges at
the divisional level, ‘Hospital
Management Cadre’, ‘Right
to Health’ and a host of other
public health measures. With
several medical colleges
opened in the state, Ra-
jasthan would soon become
the first State in the country
where every district will
boast of a medical college-
this is no mean achievement.
During the second wave of
COVID-19, the Government
took steps towards installing
oxygen plants in hospitals,
free Covid treatment in gov-
ernment hospitals, distribut-
ing essential medicines and
opening several Covid cen-
tres. Before this, Mukhy-
amantri Nishulk Dava Yoja-
na, Mukhyamantri Nishulk
Janch Yojna, Janani Shishu
Suraksha Yojna, subsidized
food through Indira Rasoi Yo-
jana and many more pro-
grammes were launched.
The objective of all these ini-
tiatives is to reach out to the
most vulnerable and under-
privileged persons.
CRISIS HANDLING
Better preparedness and
strengthening of the health
infrastructure are the keys to
meeting any health crisis.
There is no dearth of success-
ful models in the country
.
Kerala has been lauded for its
robust and caring public
health infrastructure, which
helped reduce the State’s mor-
tality rates. Two places in Ma-
harashtra - Nandurbar dis-
trict and Brihanmumbai Mu-
nicipal Corporation (BMC)-
have done commendable
work at the local level during
the second wave of Covid-19.
Thereisalotof learningfrom
these models. Rajasthan has
been able to manage things
relatively better despite its
limited resources.
The State Government
should declare 2021-22 as the
year of health infrastructure
and start working post haste
for strengthening the same in
a time-bound manner.
DISTRICT ACTION PLAN
Each district is unique in
terms of the local resources
and potential for improve-
ment. Immediate mapping of
theexistinghealthinfrastruc-
ture should be carried out.
Based on this, an action plan
for improvement should be
prepared with resources re-
quired - hospital beds, ICU
beds, oxygen plants, ambu-
lances, medicines, human re-
sources- down to the PHC
level. Community participa-
tion can generate additional
resources at the district level,
and the state government can
do gap funding. Work done in
district Nandurbar can be the
guiding template for the dis-
tricts.ADistrict-levelEmpow-
ered Task Force under the
District Collector can be
formed to implement the plan
by 31 December 2021 (first
phase) and the remaining
work by 31 March 2022. A
State-level task force can
guide and oversee the imple-
mentation. A senior officer
should be made a full-time
NodalOfficerforthispurpose.
LONG TERM PLAN
India has one of the lowest
public health expenditures
globally - 1.26% of GDP in
2020-21, while most developed
countriesspend9-10%of GDP
,
the US is 16%, Brazil is 8%. As
pertheNationalHealthPolicy
2017, public spending on
health in India should be in-
creased to 2.5% of its GDP by
2025.Forthistohappen,States
must allocate 8% of their
budget to health (the average
figure for states is 5.4%, Ra-
jasthan appears to be 5.8% for
2021-22). And 70% of the state
health budget should go to-
wards primary healthcare.
Rajasthan can take the lead in
meetingthistwintargetwhich
will have a significant impact
on all the healthcare services.
A comprehensive plan is
needed to improve and sus-
tain the healthcare infra-
structure in the State. NITI
Aayog has started ranking
states in terms of their per-
formance based on 23 health
indicators. As per the second-
ranking of states in 2017-18,
Rajasthan ranks 16 with 43.10
points out of 100 (in 2015-16,
Rajasthan had ranked 20 out
of 21 large states).
The involvement of our
NRIs, particularly in health,
should be institutionalized
in a meaningful manner, now
that remote conferencing
and telemedicine have be-
come the new normal.
With visionary leadership,
constant focus on public
health, all-round efforts and
a participatory approach, Ra-
jasthan can, in the foreseea-
ble future, emerge as a Model
state in healthcare services
in the country
.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
DR GS SANDHU
The author is a
retired IAS, Rajasthan
During the second wave of
COVID-19, the Government
took steps towards
installing oxygen plants in
hospitals, free Covid
treatment in government
hospitals, distributing
essential medicines and
opening several Covid
centres. Before this,
Mukhyamantri Nishulk
Dava Yojana,
Mukhyamantri Nishulk
Janch Yojna, Janani
Shishu Suraksha Yojna,
subsidized food through
Indira Rasoi Yojana and
many more programmes
were launched
The involvement of
our NRIs, particularly in
health, should be
institutionalized in a
meaningful manner,
now that remote
conferencing and
telemedicine have
become the new normal
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INDIA
05
EXPELLED AIADMK LEADER
SASIKALA HINTS AT RETURN
Tamil Nadu: In an audio
conversation with a party
cadre, expelled AIADMK
leader V.K. Sasikala has
hinted about returning to
active politics after the
COVID-19 pandemic is
over. The audio recording
is being circulated on
social media platforms
and it has set the political
circles in Tamil Nadu
abuzz. Before the recently
concluded Assembly
elections in Tamil Nadu,
Sasikala had stepped
out saying that she will
not participate in crown
politics. The AIADMK is
currently going through
a political tussle and the
former CM’S kin is heard
saying that it pains her to
see how the party leaders
are fighting amongst
themselves.
BRO RESTORES ADI KAILASH
YATRA ROAD CONNECTIVITY
Dehradun: Border Roads Organisation (BRO)
on Sunday said that it has re-established the
Gunji-Kutti-Jolingkong axis on the India-China
border which is a critical route to the sacred Adi
Kailash Yatra. The axis is located at an average al-
titude of 14,000-feet and is subjected to massive
landslides. “65 Road Construction Company, part
of 765 Border Road Task Force of Project Hirak
was able to open the axis on 29 May this year as
compared to the axis being opened in Aug 2020
last year,” official statement by the BRO said.
‘94.5% ELECTION MANIFESTO
PROMISES FULFILLED’: AP
Andhra Pradesh: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mo-
han Reddy on Sunday completed two years of
governance in the state after a landslide victory
in 2019 assembly elections. Calling the journey
“satisfactory”, he thanked people for the support
and said the YSRCP-led government has fulfilled
94.5 per cent of the election manifesto promises
in the state.He said two documents will be shared
with every house in Andhra Pradesh through vol-
unteers which will carry all details of the election
manifesto promises fulfilled in the last two years.
TRAPPED BETWEEN ARMED
GUERRILLAS STATE FORCES
New Delhi: Thousands of
tribals have been camping
in Silger area in Chhat-
tisgarh’s South Bastar
for the past 16 days
in protest against the
increasing footprint of the
security forces. Accord-
ing to an estimate, more
than 5,000 tribals are
present at the spot. Till
date, 2,500 to 3,000 trib-
als are living and cooking
in small houses. Tension
is rising between the
security forces and the
local tribal community in
the Naxal-affected Sukma
and Bijapur districts of
Bastar. The tribals are
opposing the opening of
the CRPF camp in Silger.
Three villagers have died
in the shootout there. And
death due to the stam-
pede on May 17.
New Delhi: With the
western and eastern
coasts of the country
facing two major cy-
clonic storms over the
last 10 days, Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Sunday lauded the peo-
ple of affected states for
showing courage and
fighting the battle with
patience and discipline.
The Prime Minister,
while addressing the
77th episode of his
monthly radio pro-
gramme 'Mann Ki Baat'
today said, We are wit-
nessing how our nation
is fighting the battle
against COVID-19 with
full strength. At the
same time, the nation
has witnessed a few
natural disasters too.
In the last ten days,
the western and eastern
coast faced two major
cyclonic storms. Cy-
clone Tauktae hit the
western coast while Cy-
clone Yaas hit the east-
ern coast. The country-
men and the country
faced the cyclone storm
bravely, PM Modi said.
At the time of the
disaster, people of the
Cyclone-affected states
showed courage and
fought the battle with
patience and discipline.
I humbly acknowledge
their efforts, he added.
I salute the people
who participated in the
relief and rescue opera-
tions during the cyclon-
ic storms, PM Modi
said. I express my
deepest condolences to
those who have lost
their loved ones. We all
stand steadfastly with
those who have suffered
losses, he added.
The radio pro-
gramme comes on the
day when Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi-led
BJP government at the
Centre is completing 7
years in power. The
programme is broad-
cast on the entire net-
work of All India Radio
and Doordarshan and
also on the AIR News
website.
Mann ki Baat is the
Prime Minister's
monthly radio address
to the nation, which is
broadcast on the last
Sunday of every
month. —ANI
CYCLONE-AFFECTED STATES SHOWED COURAGE,
FOUGHT BATTLE WITH PATIENCE: PM MODI
He said while addressing the 77th episode of his monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’
New Delhi: BJP presi-
dent JP Nadda on Sun-
day said while his par-
ty workers and leaders
have been carrying out
relief work amid the
coronavirus pandem-
ic, the opposition par-
ties have gone into
quarantine.
Addressing party
workers virtually on
the seventh anniversa-
ry of the Narendra
Modi dispensation at
the Centre, the BJP
chief said all party
MPs, ministers and
MLAs will serve people
in at least two villages
following COVID-19
protocols and lockdown
guidelines to mark the
occasion.
BJP workers stand-
ing with the people dur-
ing the pandemic un-
like the Opposition
leaders who are only
visible in virtual press
conferences, he said.
Opposition quarantined
during pandemic: Nadda
NADDA CONGRATULATES PM MODI ON
SEVEN YEARS OF NDA GOVT
New Delhi: On completion of seven years of
BJP-led Central government on Sunday, Party
national President JP Nadda congratulated PM
Modi and said the party will celebrate the day as
“Seva Diwas” today. In a series of tweets he also
extended his wishes to the NDA family”, and said
PM Modi’s leadership and guidance has paved way
for “Atmanirbhar Bharat”. “Hearty congratulations
to Modi Ji on the completion of seven years of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji’s government,
and best wishes to the entire NDA family. Under
Modi Ji’s leadership, we will celebrate today’s day
as Seva Diwas. Today crores of our workers will do
public service in 1 lakh villages,” tweeted Nadda
and hashtagged the tweet as “7YearsOfSeva”.
New Delhi: New cases
against murder accused
Sushil Kumar have
started to pop up ever
since his arrest one
week ago. The 2-time
Olympic medallist's po-
lice custody was extend-
ed by 4 days yesterday.
While the court has
said that no one is above
the law, police believe
that the 37-year-old is
the mastermind of Sa-
gar Rana murder case.
Apart from being a
part of wrestler-crim-
inal nexus, seems like
Sushil Kumar was in-
volved in bullying
and threatening own-
ers of small kirana
stores as well.
Talking about the in-
cident, Satish said that
he had been supplying
rations at the stadium
for 18 years. According
to Satish, a coach
named Birendra or-
dered the rations dur-
ing the Covid-19 lock-
down in 2020. He got
transferred later. Upon
reaching the stadium,
Satish Goyal begged
Sushil for the payment
of his dues and said, I
will die if I don't get the
payment for the rations
provided. Oh! You will
die? Then OK die!! said
Sushil before thrashing
him with his boys.
Satish Goyal some-
how saved his life and
locked himself in his
house for weeks. —ANI
Delhi shopkeeper
alleges Sushil
Kumar beat him
New Delhi: A plea has
been filed in the Delhi
High Court seeking di-
rection to the Central
government to prior-
itize COVID-19 vaccines
for NRIs having valid
visas in the countries
where they live and
work, as well as stu-
dents with legitimate
offers of admission to
colleges overseas.
Pravasi Legal Cell, the
petitioner, has also re-
quested that the re-
spondents provide an
option to include pass-
port numbers in vacci-
nation certificates, as
well as an opportunity
to amend vaccination
certificates that have
already been issued
with passport for per-
sons who plan to travel.
Plea in HC to prioritize vaccination
of NRIs, students going abroad
New Delhi : The Delhi
High Court has directed
the West Bengal govern-
ment to relieve an IAS
officer of the State cad-
re to enable her to join
the cadre of her hus-
band who is an IAS of-
ficer in Himachal
Pradesh. A Bench of
Justice Manmohan and
Justice Navin Chawla
declined to entertain
the plea of the State
government.
Delhi HC directs
WB to relieve
IAS officer
New Delhi:TheDel-
hi High Court will
decide on Monday
whether to allow the
continuation of the
CentralVistaproject
work during the
prevailing Covid
pandemic. A bench
of Chief Justice D N
Patel and Justice Jy-
oti Singh, which had
been hearing a plea
for suspending the
ongoing construc-
tion work during the
Covid pandemic, has
fixed May 31 for de-
livery of its judge-
ment on it, the high
court’s cause list re-
vealed on Saturday
.
The court had re-
served its judgement
on May 17 on the
joint plea by Anya
Malhotra,andSohail
Hashmi.
Delhi HC to
rule on plea to
stop Central
Vista work
New Delhi: A number
of petitions have been
filed before the Su-
preme Court seeking to
initiate contempt of
court proceedings
against Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) Governor
Shaktikanta Das, Indi-
an Banks Association
(IBA) Chief Executive
and others for allegedly
flouting the apex court’s
earlier order, by declar-
ing the account of the
petitioners as Non Per-
forming Assets (NPA)
in connection with the
moratorium matter. Ac-
cording to a report by
news agency ANI, peti-
tioners have filed a plea
through lawyer Vishal
Tiwari. —PTI
ContemptpleasagainstRBI
Governor Shaktikanta Das
IN THE COURTYARD
A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during Mann Ki Baat in New Delhi on
Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Congress workers in Mumbai protest
against Centre over fuel price hike
Mumbai: As the PM
Narendra Modi-led
government complet-
ed seven years in of-
fice on Sunday, Con-
gress workers in
Mumbai held a pro-
test against the Cen-
tre over its handling
of the COVID-19 pan-
demic and fuel price
hike, among other is-
sues. “In the last sev-
en years, Centre has
ravaged the country
in the name of devel-
opment,” Maharash-
tra Congress Presi-
dent Nana Patole said.
Mumbai: Shiv Sena
parliamentarian
Sanjay Raut on Sun-
day alleged that the
Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) govern-
ment led by Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi was seeking to
censure the social
media it had once
used as its ‘toolkit’ to
win two general elec-
tions and to spread
misinfor mation.
Writing in his week-
ly column ‘Rokthok’
inShivSena’smouth-
piece Saamana, Raut
also said Centre’s
stance against social
media companies
came after Congress
effectively launched
its own toolkit to ex-
pose the NDA gov-
ernment’s alleged
mishandling of the
Covid-19 pandemic.
“The social media
is an effective medi-
um to run a cam-
paign or tarnish
someone’s name. The
BJP has been fore-
most in misusing
this medium. They
used it for a smear
campaign against
Manmohan Singh,
Sonia Gandhi and
Rahul Gandhi. The
same toolkit used by
the BJP against their
opponents has back-
fired,” Raut wrote.
Shiv Sena claims
BJP’s social media
‘toolkit’ backfired
JP Nadda
Sanjay Raut
Shaktikanta Das
Oh! You
will die? Then
OK die!
—Sushil Kumar, while
thrashing Satish Goyal

INDIA
06
Agri provided...
including Covid Hospi-
tals, Oxygen plants,
other medical centers
throughout the state
during the natural dis-
aster of Covid pandem-
ic and tauktae cyclone.
He directed to keep the
power supply smooth
even under normal cir-
cumstances in future
and promptly resolve
the complaints of con-
sumers with sensitivity
.
Meanwhile, the Chief
Minister has decided to
extend the date of not
cutting the connection
from May 31 to June 25,
2021 on the basis of the
prior outstanding
amount of electricity
bills, giving relief to the
electricity consumers
during the Covid peri-
od. In addition, he in-
structed to give 100%
exemption to late pay-
ment charges for all cat-
egories of consumers
including agriculture,
for which the amount
of bills issued in April
and May is up to Rs. 20
thousand, till June 25,
if the entire outstand-
ing amount is paid in
one lump sum.
Energy Minister BD
Kalla informed that af-
ter the action taken dur-
ing the vigilance in-
quiry on agricultural
electricity connections,
the farmers have bene-
fited from the Vigilance
App facility provided by
the DISCOMs for logi-
cal redressal of the
complaints made by the
consumers.
Principal Secretary
of Energy Department
Dinesh Kumar said in
the presentation that
1.90 lakh agricultural
connections have been
issued in the state from
December 2018 to April
2021. Kumar informed
that over the last 2
years, about 13.8 lakh
domestic connections
have also been issued,
out of which 8 lakh con-
nections have been re-
leased under ‘Saubhag-
ya Yojana’ and 2 lakh
connections under BPL
category
.
Pak will...
Subsequent attacks, in-
cluding one on Indian
Army camp in Uri, fur-
ther deteriorated the
relationship.
The relationship
dipped further after In-
dia’s war planes pound-
ed a Jaish-e-Moham-
med terrorist training
camp deep inside Paki-
stan on February 26,
2019 in response to the
Pulwama terror attack
in which 40 CRPF
jawans were killed.
Nearly 12 crore...
bythestate/UTsandPri-
vate Hospitals. There-
fore,inJune2021closeto
12 crore (11,95,70,000)
doses will be available
for the national COVID
vaccination pro-
gramme,” it said.
The ministry said the
delivery schedule for
this allocation will be
shared with states in
advance.
‘Meaningless baat’...
And not meaningless
talks once a month,”
tweeted the Congress
MP in Hindi.
“Mann ki Baat” is the
Prime Minister’s
monthly radio address
to the nation, which is
broadcast on the last
Sunday of every month.
Prime Minister Modi is
scheduled to address
the 77th episode of his
monthly radio pro-
gramme ‘Mann Ki
Baat” at 11 am today
.
On Friday, the Con-
gress leader had taken a
swipe at the Narendra
Modi-led Central gov-
ernment alleging that
the Prime Minister,
with his poor vaccine
strategy, was responsi-
ble for the second wave
of COVID-19 in the
country
.
The former Congress
President had said that
the COVID-19 death rate
put out by the Central
government was inac-
curate and underre-
ported and if the Centre
did not act immediately
it will be left grappling
with several successive
waves of the pandemic,
as the virus goes on mu-
tating.
The Wayanad MP had
also claimed that India
has no vaccination
strategy
.
‘Achievements of...
His winning catch-
phrase, “Achhe Din”
(Good days), had sym-
bolised hope for his vot-
ers. “The achievements
of the past seven years
have been those of the
nation’s and its people.
Together, we have expe-
rienced so many mo-
ments of national
pride,” PM Modi said.
“We feel pride seeing
that India now walks
its own path and not
under the views and
pressures of other na-
tions. Our confidence
grows when India
strongly answers those
who try to conspire
against it,” he said.
He also said that
when India resolves its
own age-old quagmires
like Article 370 and Ayo-
dhya, refuses to com-
promise on its security
interests and when its
forces grow in strength,
the country feels it is on
the right track.
FROM PG 1
TAKE VACCINE AT 1ST AVAILABLE
OPPORTUNITY: WHO TO INDIANS
Over 21 Crore doses of Covid vax administered in India so far
New Delhi: The World
Health Organisation’s
(WHO) Regional Direc-
tor for South East Asia
Dr Poonam Khetrapal
Singh issued a word of
caution as India is wit-
nessing a “plateau” in
daily COVID-19 cases,
advising people to get
the shots at the first
available opportunity.
“Lesson learned
from this surge is at no
cost can we let our
guards down. We must
take COVID-19 vaccine
at first available oppor-
tunity,” said Dr Poon-
am Khetrapal Singh.
“This surge has put
an immense burden on
already overwhelmed
health services. We’re
now witnessing a pla-
teau and even a de-
cline in cases in some
parts of India. Situa-
tion continues to be of
concern and chal-
lenge,” she added
while commending the
Indian efforts and ad-
vising the people to
remain vigilant about
the pandemic.
Daily cases continue
to decline further as
1,65,553 fresh infec-
tions were recorded in
the last 24 hours.
People stand in a queue to get vaccination during the lockdown in Pune. —FILE PHOTO
‘NEXT WAVE CAN’T BE PREDICTED
BUT CAN BE PREVENTED IN INDIA’
New Delhi: As the Cov-
id-19 graph of India is
plateauing, this is a
time to be more cau-
tious and get vaccinat-
ed, Dr Poonam Khetra-
pal Singh said. The
next surge — a possible
third wave of the pan-
demic — can not be pre-
dicted but can be pre-
vented and India must
work towards that, Dr
Singh said. The situa-
tion continues to be of
concern and challenge,
she said, though the
number of daily infec-
tions in India is declin-
ing steadily. The week-
ly positivity rate in the
country continues to
decline and stood at
9.36 per cent.
Vaccination in
hotels must be
stopped: Centre
New Delhi: Taking
congnisance of reports
regarding some private
hospitals giving pack-
age for vaccination in
collaboration with luxury
hotels, the Centre di-
rected states to stop the
violation of guidelines
and take action against
such institutions. Union
Health Ministry said,
“vaccination carried out
in star hotels is contrary
to the guidelines and
must be stopped imme-
diately”.
DRUGS FOR BLACK FUNGUS
TREATMENT REACHES INDIA
New Delhi: A con-
signment of 200,000
AmBisome (Ampho-
tericin B injection),
used in black fungus
treatment reached
India on early Sun-
day. “Another con-
signment of AmBi-
some from @Gilead-
Sciences, used in
Black Fungus treat-
ment, reaches India.
Total 200,000 doses
already there so far.
More to follow!”
tweeted Ambassador
of India to United
States, Taranjit Sin-
gh Sandhu. Mucor-
mycosis, commonly
known as black fun-
gus, has wreaked
havoc across India,
especially in Cov-
id-19 patients who
have been adminis-
tered heavy doses of
steroids to treat tis
deadly infection.
NATION RECORDS SINGLE-DAY
SPIKE OF 1.65 LAKH COVID-19
CASES, LOWEST IN 46 DAYS
New Delhi: India
recorded a single-
day rise of 1,65,553
new COVID-19 cas-
es, the lowest in 46
days, taking the
country’s infec-
tion tally to
2,78,94,800, as per
Health Ministry
on Sunday
.
The daily posi-
tivity declined to
8.02 per cent, re-
maining below the
10 per cent-mark
for the sixth con-
secutive day, while
the weekly positiv-
ity rate dropped to
9.36 per cent, it
said.
The death toll
due to the disease
climbed to 3,25,972
with 3,460 fatalities
being recorded in a
span of 24 hours,
the data updated at
8 am showed.
WHO, South-East Asia, Dr
Poonam Khetrapal Singh
Centre announces more benefits via
ESIC, EPFO for bereaved families
New Delhi: In a huge
relief to workers who
lost their earning mem-
ber to the COVID-19
pandemic, the Labour
Ministry on Sunday an-
nounced a slew of ben-
efits through ESIC and
EPFO schemes to ad-
dress the fear and anxi-
ety of such workers
about the well-being of
their family members.
The social security
cover by the Centre is
“sought to be provided
to the workers without
any additional cost to
the employer,” the min-
istry said.
Currently for the In-
sured Persons (IPs) un-
der ESIC, after death or
disablement of the IP
due to employment in-
jury a pension equiva-
lent to 90% of average
daily wage drawn by the
worker is available to
the spouse and widowed
mother for life long and
for children till they at-
tain the age of 25 years.
Family members mourn the death of their Covid victim.
Centre asks TV Channels to
display new helpline numbers
New Delhi: The Union
Ministry of Informa-
tion and Broadcasting
advised private televi-
sion channels to pro-
mote awareness about
the four national-level
helpline numbers set up
to provide assistance to
people. The numbers
are 1075 - national hel-
pline number of Health
Ministry, 1075 for 24x7
call centre for address-
ing queries on COVID,
1098 for child helpline
number of Ministry of
Women Child Devel-
opment, 14567 - senior
citizens helpline of the
Ministry of Social Jus-
tice and Empowerment.
Only 6 states left
with over 100k
active cases: Govt
New Delhi: The Centre
on Sunday pointed to an
improving Covid-19 sit-
uation in the country
, as
the Ministry of Infor-
mation and Broadcast-
ing (IB) shared a list
and a map of the “only
six states” with more
than 100,000 active cases
of the viral disease.
“Only 6 states with
more than one lakh ac-
tive Covid-19 cases (As
on 30th May, 2021 till
8AM),” India Fights Co-
rona, the official IB
ministry handle on Cov-
id-19 updates, tweeted.
Together, the six states
have 1,449,036 or 68.52%
of the total active cases
of the disease across the
country. As of Sunday
morning, India’s tally
of active Covid-19 cases
stood at 2,114,508, as per
health ministry
.
India sent jet, Choksi
deportation docus to
Dominica: Antigua PM
New Delhi: India has
sent the deportation
documents for Mehul
Choksi, the diamond
merchantwantedforthe
PNB loan scam, to Dom-
inica. Mehul Choksi is
currently in Caribbean
island nation, where he
was caught while trying
to flee to Cuba from An-
tigua. The 62-year-old
has been living in Anti-
gua since 2018 after ob-
taining citizenship.
Sources in India’s in-
vestigatingagencies--the
Central Bureau of Inves-
tigation and the Enforce-
ment Directorate -- said
only case files have been
sent Dominica. The for-
eign ministry is coordi-
nating the case of Mehul
Choksi with the govern-
ments of Dominica and
Antigua and the CBI and
theEnforcementDirecto-
rate are assisting with
casedetails,sourcessaid.
Asked about a private
jet that arrived in Domi-
nica on May 28, Antigu-
an PM Gaston Browne
confirmed it to local me-
dia. “My understanding
is that the Indian gov-
ernment has sent some
documentation from the
courts in India to con-
firm that Mr Choksi is
indeed a fugitive and my
understanding is that
the documentation will
be utilised in the court
hearing next Wednes-
day
,” Browne said.
“The Indian govern-
ment seems to be going
all out to ensure that he
is repatriated to India so
that he can stand charg-
es there,” he added.
 Oxygen Express
delivers 2114.21 MT
Oxygen to Kerala,
Tamil Nadu
 Delhi reports under
1,000 cases again,
deaths below 100
 Italy extends travel
ban for India, Ban-
gladesh, Sri Lanka
 Karnataka Lock-
down to continue till
June 7, says Min
 Ratio of registra-
tions on CoWIN
portal to doses im-
proved: Top Official
 50 Black Fungus
deaths, 650 receiv-
ing treatment: Hary-
ana Chief Minister
 Haryana Lockdown
extended, some
restrictions eased
HIGHLIGHTS
Unfair to call Kumbh
Mela Covid super
spreader: Top official
Dehradun: A top
Kumbh Mela official
said it was unfair to call
itaCovid“super-spread-
er” as just 0.2% of total
RT-PCR tests conducted
in Haridwar from Janu-
ary 1 till the conclusion
of the event returned a
positive result, while
0.5% police personnel
contracted the virus.
Mela IG Sanjay Gun-
jyal also said the reli-
gious event formally
began on April 1 when
the second wave of Cov-
id was already raging
in states like Maha-
rashtra and Haryana.
“If we scientifically
analyse the data of
Haridwar district right
from January 1 to the
conclusion of Kumbh
on April 30, attempts to
create a perception that
Kumbh was a super-
spreader of the pan-
demic look unfair,” San-
jay Gunjyal said. He
was in charge of the
entire security arrange-
ments in Haridwar and
adjoining areas during
the Kumbh mela.
Reeling off data to
make his point, the sen-
ior official said 8.91
lakh RT-PCR tests were
conducted in the dis-
trict from January 1 to
April 30 out of which
only 1,954 (0.2 per cent)
were positive.Citing an-
other reason why the
Kumbh Mela cannot be
considered a super-
spreader event, he said
out of over 16,000 police
personnel deployed in
the Kumbh Mela Kshet-
ra only 88 (or just a little
above 0.5 per cent) had
tested positive for Covid
by April 30.
“It is a fact worth tak-
ing note of as the secu-
rity personnel on duty
were directly dealing
with the crowds con-
verging at Har ki Pairi
and other Ganga ghats
for a holy dip in the riv-
er. In spite of that, a
very low percentage of
security personnel test-
ed positive,” Sanjay
Gunjyal said.
Kumbh Mela, which
is attended by people
from different parts of
the country in large
numbers, drew flak
from various quarters
as the number of cases
rose at a rapid pace.
Devotees at Kumbh Mela.
Can’t let guard down, prepare
to face third wave:Thackeray
Mumbai: Cautioning
people against a third
wave of Covid infec-
tions and asking them
not to lower their guard,
Maharashtra CM Ud-
dhav Thackeray an-
nounced that the re-
strictions imposed in
state to curb the spread
of the infection will be
extended till June 15.
He said that the state
government will take
stock of the situation in
each district and may
tighten or relax the
curbs in specific areas.
“I don’t know when and
what date the third
wave will come. So we
should not let our guard
down,” he said. “In the
last three-four days, the
numbers matched the
peak of the last wave.
But one good thing is
the recovery rate which
is now 92 per cent,” Ma-
harashtra CM said.
Mehul Choksi

NEWS
07
H
awa Mahal, one
of the most
popular tourist
destinations, is getting
renovated during the
lockdown as there is
no rush of tourists.
The renovation of the
monument, having
953 reticulated vents,
is taking place after 8
years to provide it a
fresh look. Hawa Ma-
hal staff said that the
colour coating of the
monument was done
in 2013 and it started
fading away.
 Hawa Mahal ranked
22nd among 50
global monuments in
a Golden Ratio survey
by world researchers
in March. Taj Mahal
ranked 8th.
 It was built by
Maharaja Sawai
Pratap Singh in 1799,
a devotee of Lord
Krishna.
 Red and pink sand-
stone were used to
make it.
 Five-storey building
was shaped like the
crown of Lord Krish-
na under supervision
of architect Lalchand
Ustad
 Amber Development
Management Author-
ity issues the work
order and look after
the monument
 It has 953 attractive
small forged win-
dows through which
women of the royal
family used to see
the city
 It has five floors
called Sharad Mandir,
Ratna Mandir, Vichitra
Mandir, Prakash
Mandir, and the fifth
Hawa Mandir.
 It has two doors
named Anandpol
(Ganeshpol) and
Chandpol.
MUCH NEEDED FACELIFT OF
HAWA MAHAL
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Custodial death: Entire
staff of PS removed
Sandeep Goyal
Sawai Madhopur: In a
custodial death case of
Ram Bhajan Meena of
Ekada village, Superin-
tendent of Police Su-
dhir Chaudhary sus-
pended SHO of Chauth
Ka Barwara Mukesh
Sharma, head constable
Salimuddin Khan and
constable Sitaram. Re-
maining staff members
of the PS, including two
ASIs and 4 head consta-
bles have been attached
to the police lines.
The family was prom-
ised compensation of
Rs. 5 lakh from CMRF
by district collector Ra-
jendra Kishan.
Deceased’s son file
murder case against his
uncle. SP said CID-CB is
investigating the case.
Ram Bhajan was cre-
mated on Sunday
. He
had fainted in the police
station and died while
being taken to a hospital
in Jaipur on Saturday
.
The family and the
villagers alleged the
police beat him up in
custody due to which he
sustained head injuries
and died.
First India Bureau
Sirohi: Independent
MLA Sanyam Lodha on
Sunday staged a dharna
demanding resignation
by Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi for anti-peo-
ple policies of the central
government.
He said that in seven
years, the Modi govern-
ment has done nothing
but introduced anti-peo-
ple policies and inhuman
treatment was given to
people.
During the symbolic
fast outside the Sarajwav
Gate, he demanded the
resignation of PM Modi.
He said that the PM
has not lived up to any of
the promises.
The MLA held the
Modi government re-
sponsible for slow vacci-
nation in the country
.
Extra police deployed at the
police station.
Shekhawat on social
work spree in Jodh
Rajiv Gaur
Jodhpur: Union Min-
ister for Jal Shakti Ga-
jendra Singh Shekha-
wat on Sunday distrib-
uted oxygen concentra-
tors and other items at
four places in Jodhpur.
He along with the
party workers attended
several programmes
throughout the day to
serve people to mark
the seven years of the
NDA government led
by PM Modi.
Under the ‘Seva hi
Sangathan’ campaign
of the party, various
programmes were or-
ganised in all 12 man-
dals in Jodhpur. The
minister motivated the
party workers to serve
people and distributed
sanitizers and other
items.
He began the day
with a visit to Gausha-
la where he gave fodder
to cows.
Shekhawat visited
the gaushala and took
information about it
from the gaushala own-
er Rajkumar Singh
Bhadari.
First India Bureau
Barmer: Gudamalani
MLA Hemaram
Choudhary, who re-
cently sent his resigna-
tion to Assembly
Speaker, has written a
letter to Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot seek-
ing approval for road
construction in his
constituency.
Hemaram Choud-
hary said that the peo-
ple of his constituency
have been constantly
demanding for the con-
struction of roads at
many places therefore
he has written the let-
ter to the Chief Minis-
ter.
He said that as per
the CM’s budget an-
nouncement 2019, a
provision has been
made to connect vil-
lages with a population
of more than 500 peo-
ple with asphalt roads.
Chaoudhary has sent
the names of 15 villag-
es in the letter.
First India Bureau
Jalore: Forest minis-
ter Sukhram Bishnoi’s
son Bhupendra Bish-
noi on Sunday joined
the dharna held by the
family members of a
rape victim outside
Jhab PS of Jalore.
The family members
are demanding arrest
of all the accused. Bhu-
pendra sat on dharna
along with them and
also demanded remov-
al of the SP. The police
have already arrested
one accused and de-
tained one minor in
connection of the rape
case.Sukhram Vishnoi
is the single Congress
MLA in Jalore and his
son, who is a govern-
ment doctor posted in
Sanchore CHC, has sat
on a dharna against
the government which
is reflection of active
involvement in politi-
cal activities.
First India Bureau
Sirohi: In a major ac-
tion against illegal liq-
uor, the excise depart-
ment has seized illegal
IMFL worth Rs 1.5
crore and seized 15 ve-
hicles, including nine
luxury cars in Sirohi
district of Rajasthan.
Excise Commission-
er Jogaram had formed
a five-member special
team led by additional
excise officer of
Udaipur to check ac-
tivities of illegal liquor
smuggling in Sirohi.
The team zeroed in
on a godown behind a
hotel in Rohida police
station area and took
action early in the
morning.
Jaipur: The 1.5 year long
extension period of DGP
ML Lather will start from
Monday after orders in
this regard
were issued
on 3 No-
v e m b e r
2020. The
order stat-
ed that the 2
year extension would be
counted from the time he
assumed the office of DGP
and therefore if he does
not opt for voluntary re-
tirement from service like
Bhupendra Yadav, he will
serve as the DGP till No-
vember 2022.
Hemaram writes to
CM for village road
construction works
Forest Min’s son joins dharna held by rape victim’s family
Illegal liquor
worth `1.5 cr
seized in Sirohi
DGP Lather’s
extension period
starts from today
Union Minister GS Shekhawat distributing to chocolate to
children in a programme in Jodhpur on Sunday.
Seized liquor in Sirohi
Sanyam Lodha on dharna.
Lodha stages dharna,
seeks PM’s resignation
First India Bureau
Jaipur: UDH Minis-
ter Shanti Dhariwal
on Sunday laid the
foundation stone of
town hall to be built
at a cost of Rs 18.40
crore in Dholpur.
The project was in
the budget announce-
ment made by Chief
Minister Ashok Ge-
hlot. Dhariwal said
that Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot is fo-
cusing on strength-
ening infrastructure
so that people of the
state can raise their
standard of living
and get maximum
benefit from the
schemes.
He said that gov-
ernment hospitals in
the state are being
made self-sufficient
for oxygen on the call
of the Chief Minis-
ter. For this, the min-
ister added, 236 oxy-
gen plants are being
set up in different
cities in the state in-
cluding Dholpur.
Dhariwal lays foundation
stone of town hall
`5 lakh to kin as
compensation
from CMRF
MEENA’S ALLEGED
VIDEO ‘MONOLOGUE’
BORDERS
CONTROVERSY!
From time to time there seems
to be a constant ‘tug of
war’ between bureaucracy and
legislative in the state wherein
one or the other ‘party’ would
try to score over the other. In
this connection, a video has
gone viral on social media which
allegedly shows MLA from Pilot
group PR Meena boasting about
his ‘power’ and claiming to
‘handle’ a few officials. Although
First India does not claim
that the video was authentic,
however, the said video shows
a man looking like Meena who
is seen saying, “I will handle
AEN, XEN and Naveen Mahajan.
I know how to handle everyone.”
This was said allegedly during
the stone laying ceremony of
an anicut at Bhopur village in
Todabheem and now it remains
to be seen, if the video is indeed
authentic as was claimed by
those making it viral, what will be
the reaction of the bureaucracy
towards it? —First India Bureau

The end of a month is not the end
but actually the beginning of a new
month, so it is with life! Wishing
all our readers a healthy month ahead!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Aditi Nagar/Yogesh Sharma
New Delhi / Jaipur:
After Rajeev Satav’s un-
timely demise, the post
of Gujarat Incharge is
lying vacant and Con-
gress party sources
have told First India
that Rajasthan leader
Sachin Pilot was con-
sidered for the same
but has informed high
command that he is not
interested in being Gu-
jarat Congress in
charge. Sources add
that Rajasthan chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
has suggested Avinash
Pandey’s name for the
post. If it really hap-
pens, Pandey will be
benefitted in a big way
from Gehlot’s Gujarat
experience when he
was Gujarat In-charge
in 2017 elections when
Congress won 77 seats,
its highest seat win for
the past 32 years in the
state.
Well, whoever is
made incharge of Guja-
rat, one thing is for
sure that like 2017, Ra-
hul Gandhi will be fo-
cusing on Gujarat elec-
tions and is this time
too he will spend good
time in the state cam-
paigning for the party.
And he would prefer a
leader who gives him
right feedback from
ground zero.
Sachin Pilot’s name
is also in the running
for Uttar Pradesh In-
charge, a post held by
Jyotiraditya Scindia
earlier before he quit
Congress to join BJP.
Pilot could be given the
charge keeping in mind
the political and caste
balance of Eastern UP,
which goes for elections
next year. It is said that
Pilot has refused to
leave Rajasthan but
brainstorming is on at
the highest levels in the
Congress leadership on
the issue. Before taking
up the responsibility of
any other state, Pilot
will push for resolving
the issues of Rajasthan
and expect the High
Command to agree to
his propositions.
The party has now
expanded its list for Gu-
jarat and is considering
Mukul Wasnik, B K
Hariprasad, and Mohan
Prakash. Mukul Was-
nik was Gujarat in-
charge from 2000 till
2005, B K Hariprasad
was from 2006 to 2010
and Mohan Prakash
was from 2010-12. So far,
Avinash Pandey is con-
cerned he has been in-
charge of NSUI and
Youth Congress and all
four have connections
with state leaders and
will not feel like playing
on an unknown pitch.
Pandey, Pilot , Wasnik or ...Who is to lead Gujarat Congress?
MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The commit-
tee constituted by the
Rajasthan govt for
timely completion of
various recruitment in
the state including
RAS and strengthening
the recruitment pro-
cess has started work.
The committee is ex-
pected to submit its re-
port in July.
The committee con-
stituted under the
chairmanship of for-
mer RPSC chairman
ML Kumawat includes
retired IAS Khemraj, IG
(stamps) Mahavir Pras-
ad, RPSC secretary
Shubham Chaudhary,
advisor to Rajasthan
Staff Selection Board
and retired RAS Badri
Narayan.
The committee is fac-
ing some difficulty in
preparing the report
due to non-availability
of the staff in RPSC and
other offices. The com-
mittee has held its four
meetings so far. The
committee has started
demanding necessary
documents from Ra-
jasthan Staff Selection
Board as well as Ra-
jasthan Public Service
Commission.
Panel gets
cracking to
submit reports
likely in July
RPSC RECRUITMENT
Rajendra Chhabra
The Department of
Personnel (DoP) is
the cadre controlling
authority for All India
Services and it deals
with the transfer, post-
ing, deputation and
leaves of IAS officers.
Recently, two IAS offic-
ers -R. Venkateshwaran
and Babulal Meena -
had recently gone ab-
sent from their post
without informing the
DoP, and now another
similar matter has
come to light.
Now, 2013 batch IAS
serving as MD of RTDC
- Ngikya Gohain - took a
fifteen day leave from
DoP in March 2021 to go
to his home in Assam,
however, the officer has
not yet returned! The
DoP has no information
of his whereabouts
from the last two
months, although it is
being said that he sends
the Tourism Depart-
ment a letter every fort-
night and says that due
to lockdown his return
is impossible.
But Gohain's absence
is proving to be hard
since without him files
are not moving for-
ward. Moreover, DoP is
not able to give Go-
hain's additional
charge to any officer.
Gohain was made
Jhalawar Collector in
July 2020 but due to
poor performance he
was transferred within
six months and in Jan-
uary 2021, he was sent
into the RTDC. Here he
worked for two months
and left for his home
state Assam. And now,
there is no informa-
tion as to the time of
his return!
Ngikya Gohain’s absence
keeps DoP guessing!
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot on Sunday
lashed out at the central
government over fre-
quent rise in fuel prices
and inflation, and said
thecommonpeoplehave
beenbadlyaffectedbyit.
He said that the price of
petrolhascrossed Rs 100
per litre in several
states. On the one
hand, the common man
is disturbed due to Cov-
id and declining income
and on the other hand,
the Modi government is
causing inconvenience
through high inflation,
the chief minister said.
Gehlot, a senior Con-
gress leader, claimed
one-third income of the
central government
comes from taxes on
petrol and diesel.
When the central gov-
ernment was supposed
to give relief by reduc-
ing tax on petrol-diesel,
it imposed a new tax (on
petrol and diesel) in the
budget this year. This
has increased transpor-
tation charges due to
which inflation is in-
creasing, he said. —PTI
Gehlot targets Centre over rise in fuel prices
When the central government was supposed to give relief by reducing tax, it imposed a new tax in the budget this year, he said
Frist India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot will
release the feature
film 'Road to Reform'
made to change the at-
titude of the society
towards prisoners on
May 31 from his resi-
dence at 5 pm. This
one-hour feature film
based on the theme
written by the Direc-
tor General of Pris-
ons, Rajiv Dasot, has
been produced by the
famous film director
of Mumbai, Sanjeev
Sharma.
DG Prisons Rajiv
Dasot informed that
the filming of this
audio-visual innova-
tion funded by the
Central Government
has recently taken
place at Jaipur's Cen-
tral Jail, Women's
Prison and Open Jail
at Sanganer. The big-
gest feature of this
film is that all the
characters acting in it
are officers-employ-
ees of jail department
and prisoners.
Under the guid-
ance of the Chief Min-
ister, Rajasthan Pris-
on Department is
working towards the
welfare, improvement
and rehabilitation of
the prisoners. In this
film, society has been
called upon to accept
the prisoners as new-
borns after their re-
lease and discharge
their important role
in their improvement
and rehabilitation,
Dasot said.
In the production of
this film, Additional
Director General of
Police Malini Agarw-
al, Inspector General
of Police Alok Vash-
isht, Inspector Gener-
al of Prisons Vikram
Singh Karnavat, Dep-
uty Inspector General
Prison Monica Agar-
wal, Superintendent
(Jail) Rakesh Mohan
Sharma along with
the officials of Cen-
tral Jail, Jaipur have
been an important
contributor.
Chief Minister to release ‘Road to
Reform’ feature film on 31 May
CM Ashok Gehlot
Ngikya Gohain
Avinash Pande Sachin Pilot Mukul Wasnik
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: While be-
ing the prime opposi-
tion party in Rajasthan
it is the job of the Bhar-
tiya Janta Party (BJP)
to corner the state gov-
ernment on various is-
sues, however, one of
its senior leaders - Ga-
jendra Singh Shekha-
wat - appears to be con-
tinuously updated and
vigilant to any short-
fall that comes forward
in the state. Shekhawat
leaves no stone un-
turned to corner the
government and takes
digs at senior minis-
ters as well. After the
recently concluded
West Bengal election,
Shekhawat has once
again turned his focus
on his home state
where he conducted
several tours of his
constituency Jodhpur.
Word is that once Co-
rona’s current spread
comes under control,
the leader, who has
regular conversations
with the ‘ideological
front’, will become
moreactiveinthestate.
Interestingly, in this
regard, a meeting be-
tween BL Santosh and
Shekhawat is being
considered extremely
important since politi-
cal circles are abuzz
that feedback regard-
ing Rajasthan was
taken from Shekhawat
with special emphasis
on bypoll results.
Meanwhile, politi-
cal circles are abuzz
that a change in New
Delhi will result in a
change in the political
powers in Rajasthan
as well. There are
murmurs of Modi
cabinet’s expansion
and there are three
ministers in Modi cab-
inet, hailing from Ra-
jasthan and therefore,
ir is said that their
roles could be
changed, since this
time around Uttar
Pradesh will get more
preference this time
around as Brahmin,
Kshtariya and Dalit
could be in focus and
therefore, the ‘Rajput
angle’ could be impor-
tant in state!
Shekhawat focuses back on Raj after Bengal polls
First India Bureau
Jaipur: To protect
against the outbreak
of the Corona epi-
demic and the virus,
the Government of
Rajasthan is bearing
the cost of vaccina-
tiontopeoplebetween
the ages of 18 and 45
years. In this alone,
the government will
spend more than Rs
2300 crore towards
free vaccination.
The state govern-
ment has decided to
cut the salary of
three days for IAS,
IPS and IFS and two
days for the officers
of RAS, Accounts
Service, RPS, RFS,
Rajasthan Commer-
cial Tax Service. In
this regard, on Sun-
day, the Finance De-
partment issued an
order directing all
district collectors.
For this, the deduc-
tion from the salary
of the officers of all
these 8 services in
the month of May,
2021 will be deposited
in the Chief Minis-
ter’s Assistance
Fund. It has been
said in the orders
that if salary is not
deducted from the
salary of May 2021
for some reason, then
this salary will be de-
ducted in the next
month of June.
Orders for officers’
salary cut issued
Ashok Gehlot
@ashokgehlot51
Greetings on Hindi
Journalism Day.
Hindi journalism
has a golden his-
tory in the country.
It has been playing
an important role
since the inde-
pendence move-
ment till today.
Fair journalism is
the need of our
democracy, the
stronger the jour-
nalism, the more
democracy will be
strong.
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat BL Santosh
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Ra-
jasthan Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot
has made Hindi
Journalism Day spe-
cial. He has made
his official account
on Koo App on Hindi
Journalism Day to
spread the impor-
tance of the mother
tongue among the
people. Now every-
one can download
Koo App and con-
nect with the Chief
Minister on his han-
dle, @gehlotashok.
Koo App is a micro-
blogging platform in
Indian languages.
Users can connect
with their leaders in
7 languages, includ-
ing Hindi, and com-
municate.
According to
sources, Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot
chose the special oc-
casion of Hindi
Journalism Day to
join the Koo App. Af-
ter joining Koo App,
he has also posted
the first message in
Hindi. In this post,
the Chief Minister
extended his best
wishes to his follow-
ers on Hindi Jour-
nalism Day
.
Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot prefers
to communicate in
his mother tongue,
Hindi. Most of his
messages and posts
are also in Hindi on
all social media plat-
forms. The Chief
Minister has now ac-
tivated his account
in Koo App to con-
nect with the com-
mon people.
It is noteworthy
that Koo App is a mi-
cro-blogging plat-
form in Indian lan-
guages. A user
needn’t be fluent in
the English language
to join this app. The
best thing is that
most of the people
present in the Koo
App communicate
only in the local lan-
guages. Comments
of common people
also remain in the lo-
cal language.
CM Gehlot joins
Koo App on Hindi
Journalism Day
CONNECTING PEOPLE

JAIPUR, MONDAY
MAY 31, 2021
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e were confined back
towards a safer
place, and while it
has been another ad-
venture for us to
stay amidst the four
walls, it is slowly
getting back towards the
time we step outside, once
again. We will be seeing
each other in the offices
once again, keeping in mind
all the Covid-19 protocols
and we cannot stop thinking
about our perfect outfit, be-
cause, we enjoy the hustle of
being prepped up for our
tasks. My suggestion, go for
the easy breezy Palazzos.
They are the perfect match
for summer as well as they
can blend in with every type
of clothing, they can make
you look super corporate,
classy, sassy, a professional,
and sometimes a lousy mar-
keteer.
For the professionals, the
Palazzos can ignore the col-
ourful display and follow a
chequered pattern or a mon-
ochrome array, which would
go perfectly with a shirt and
a coat if need be, matching
up with the perfect office
shoes or boots, if you are too
particular about the way
you present yourself.
For the easy-going ladies,
who aren’t afraid of a little
experiment, Palazzos can
match perfectly with a crop
top, a bralette, a tank top or
even an umbrella cut shirt.
You can colour code your
pants with your top if need
be or ditch colour coding
and go for the blend that
matches your hair or nail
paint, or perhaps your foot-
wear.
When we think of palaz-
zos the first picture that
comes to our mind is its ma-
terial, the fabric, while, the
most desired cloth is cotton,
but you may either go for
the denim palazzos and raw
silk or broquede too.
Well, another thing, don’t
forget to pair it all up with
your mask and always re-
member no matter what, do
gaj doori mask hai zaroori.
Let’s head to a safer and
fashionable world.
All
about
PalazzosLadies!
We
are
ready
to
conquer
the
world
as
we
slowly
get
back
to
our
battlefields
once
again,
yes,
right,
the
office,
which
has
been
our
home
for
a
little
while
now,
once
again.
Let’s
get
back
with
Palazzos!
SUSHMITA AIND
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
W

10
ETC
here has been an un-
precedented emotional
upheaval following the
second wave of the
Covid 19 pandemic.
People are more likely
to experience fear, anx-
iety and even panic. In extreme
cases, it may also lead to a feel-
ing of helplessness and depres-
sion. A deluge of news and in-
formation about the disease
also present a scary picture to
an already woebegone mindset.
In such a situation, it is para-
mount to relinquish fear and
worry to fight the crisis prag-
matically. Adopting Covid ap-
propriate behaviour which
talks about keeping safe dis-
tancing, wearing a mask, avoid
unnecessary outing helps in
the prevention of disease
spread and this is completely in
our command. Observing sev-
eral other important facts do
help in reducing ongoing fear
and worries.
Our profound acquaintance
with the scientifically proven
information than before helps
us mitigating undue stress and
fear. Availability of vaccines
has been a game-changer for us
to forestall the ongoing menace
with much hope and fortitude,
thus reducing our fear.
Our health infrastructure
has now exponentially been im-
proved in terms of health re-
sources specifically to deal
with Covid 19, enhancing our
confidence and allaying our
worries.
A positive change in our at-
titude and behaviour towards
patients and their caregivers
has been instrumental in re-
gaining confidence and emo-
tional strength.
Newer concepts of daycare
and care at home as an alterna-
tive is not only useful in mini-
mising the burden in hospitals
but also allaying patient’ s and
care giver’s worry. Besides
these facts, some important
tips such as refraining from un-
necessary and misleading in-
formation, following the advice
of a concerned specialist, en-
suring adequate sleep and nu-
tritious diet, exploring artist
within, implementing yoga,
meditation and other exercises
at home, keeping in touch and
sharing emotions with friends
and families, avoidance of alco-
hol and other addictive drugs,
reading positive books and sto-
ries can help us reducing un-
due stress and fear and enhance
our immune system.
However, the enormous
health infrastructure may still
not be adequate for serving
such a large population alto-
gether at a given point in time.
Hence, the importunate de-
mand is to own a collective re-
sponsibility to abide by all the
guidelines issued from time to
time and promote the vaccina-
tion to surmount this peril to
mankind at the earliest.
We can win the battle with
collective responsibility
DR AKHILESH JAIN
HOD, Psychiatry, ESI Model Hospital, Jaipur
A
timeless love
story so melodi-
ous that its res-
onance is felt
much after one finishes
reading it,” says Hansal
Mehta, a well known
Film Director.
She was the melody
queen
He ruled the pitch
Would they give up
their passions for the
sake of love?
On the eve of India’s
Independence, Maharaja
Uday Singh, the King of
Ranakpour Rajasthan,
urges his children to find
their place in the new In-
dia as their 600-year rule
on the princely state
comestoanend.Stripped
of his royal status, Uday
Singh’s middle son, Ab-
himanyu, lands in Bom-
bay to follow his passion
– cricket.
While the young
prince tries to adapt to
life in the metropolis as
a commoner, he meets
Meera Apte, a strug-
gling, working-class
singer with an angelic
voice, and they bond
over their common in-
terest: Indian classical
music.
As their friendship
transforms into deep
love, Abhimanyu finds
himself torn between
familial duties and his
growing longing for
Meera. Finally, they
make a choice that will
change their destinies
forever.
Inspired by true
events, The Prince and
the Nightingale is a
tragic tale of star-
crossed love, set against
the nascent years of a
newly independent na-
tion.
Abhishek Bhatt says,
‘Having spent most of
my adult life outside In-
dia, I was drawn to the
rich history and tapes-
try of India and this
book is my way of con-
necting to what was lost.
What better place to
start then than the start
of India as a new nation
itself. Inspired by true
events, the book tells the
tale of ordinary charac-
ters going through an
extraordinary time in
history
. The hope is that
readers identify with
the humanity of the
characters and find
themselves along the
way
.’
Swati Daftuar, the
senior commissioning
editor says, ‘We are so
thrilled to publish Ab-
hishek Bhatt’s moving
and evocative book. It’s
powerful and heart-
breaking with two very
strong and passionate
people at its centre. A
treat for anyone who
loves history, romance
and of course, cricket
and Indian cinema!’
THE PRINCE AND
THE NIGHTINGALE
NEETI GOPENDRA BHATT
Abhishek Bhatt, Author
Abhishek Bhatt works at
CNBC, New York. Before
this, he was at Sony Pic-
tures Entertainment and
OM. Abhishek’s career
has been in the creative
and commercial side of
the film, TV and web se-
ries business. This is his
first novel. He originally
belongs to Dungarpur,
Rajasthan
S
he is a daughter, a sister, a
mother, a daughter-in-law, a
friend but most of all, SHE is a
‘woman’. A woman who has a
dream to make it big but keeps procras-
tinating and is
reluctant to
come out from
the clutches
of her mun-
dane life. A
woman who is
calm as the
sea but has a
storm inside
her that can
jolt you upside
down without
letting you
know. SHE is a
giver who can
share all that
she has, her energies and resources but
little did she know that all her sacri-
fices are in vain and not valued in the
society that SHE lives in. She smiles
and loves with all her heart but deep
inside she is bleeding with deep
wounds that are given to her on a day-
to-day basis by all her dear ones. She is
strong like a mountain, every day she
gets up with a face like nothing has
happened and she is all set to welcome
the challenges that lie ahead, she can
face it all alone, she doesn’t need any-
body but little did anyone realizes that
She too is a human who needs to be
pampered, to be loved genuinely but
alas that’s just a mirage that SHE keeps
chasing throughout her life. But SHE
being SHE, doesn’t let her guard down
and is good to go every day and every
time. You may concede her for all her
endeavours but that doesn’t stop her
from doing her deeds. For ages we’ve
been hearing that it is difficult to un-
derstand a woman, there are volumes
written on and about her but little had
anyone heard that SHE doesn’t want
you to understand her, SHE just wants
you to love her for whatever SHE is and
let her be a free spirit. SHE is a creator,
nurturer, giver, passionate, determined
and confident woman who can give it
all for you but what SHE wants in re-
turn is just a little compassion that will
let her be herself.
‘SHE’– An
Astute Persona
I
t was one of those evenings
when after a long hard day’s
work, all the officers had
gathered together in the fab-
ricated field officers’ mess in a
remote corner of our large coun-
try
.
It was chilly and obviously,
everyone was trying hard to
keep himself warm with his fa-
vourite poison, and by huddling
around the only Bukhari. The
ongoing conversation had vari-
ety - right from the prevailing
national situation to pay and al-
lowances in the armed forces
besides light professional mat-
ters.
Suddenly a well-read young-
ster came out with a statistical
finding – “You know sir,” he said
with a very knowledgeable look
on his face, “The amount of am-
munition that is fired during
any hostilities does not commen-
surate with the kind of casual-
ties caused.” He blurted out fur-
ther, “War statistics say that for
every one lakh rounds fired dur-
ing the second world war, only
one fatal casualty was caused.”
“Oh Yes,” acquiesced the com-
manding officer, also referred to
as the old man, “that’s true. I will
tell you a story
.” The din of mur-
mur, if there was any, died down
instantly and all the eyes focused
on the old man.
“Way back in the sixties,” he
started, “A battalion was de-
ployed on the line of control.
Situation being tense, everyone
was on their tenterhooks”. The
battalion, as well as their friends
across the border, were equally
worried about each trying to
outsmart and subdue the other.”
The old man continued, “One
night the sentry noticed some
whitish structure moving to-
wards their post. As he was try-
ing to decipher what it was,
Boom! A tripwire went off.”
“Umm! sounds interesting,”
someone interjected.
“Bang! A lone gunshot rang
through the silent night,” the old
man continued.
“The sentry did not require
any further decipherment; he
promptly switched the safety
catch of his rifle to “Fire posi-
tion” and Bang! Bang! Bang!”
“Hearing this, everyone else
let loose. Our trigger-happy
friends across the border also
started, and what followed is
mayhem.”
“The firing continued well
into the night and after that, it
stopped as suddenly as it had
started.” The old man looked
around to see all eyes glued upon
him. “Well as the daylight broke,
all eyes scanned the intervening
gap to look for any tell–tale signs
of any infiltration attempt on
the previous eventful night”.
“Well,” he continued, “All they
found in the intervening no
man’s land, was a docile looking
donkey, quietly munching grass,
not knowing what else to do”.
“So, you see”, said the old man
in a sermonizing tone,” What
happens with uncontrolled fire;
absolutely nothing!” “The ass,”
he stressed, “did not even get a
scratch on it.”
The old man looked around to
see the effect of his story on the
others. Pin drop silence. All eyes
were glued upon their father fig-
ure. They all seemed to be re-
flecting on the story
.
Suddenly the silence was bro-
ken, as someone quipped, “You
mean the ass made an ass of all
of them.”
THE ASS
COL SOMBIT GHOSH
KOMAL VYAS
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11
hen an emer-
gency support
package for the
arts was
launched in the
face of COV-
ID-19 last July,
UK prime minister Boris
Johnson trumpeted their
value to industry and the
nation at large. “They
make our country great,”
he said. “They are the
linchpin of our world-
beating and fast-growing
creative industries.”
So the government’s re-
cent proposal to cut fund-
ing for arts higher educa-
tion by 50%, covering mu-
sic, dance, drama and per-
forming arts, art and de-
sign, media studies, and
archaeology, appears
somewhat contradictory
.
The immediate damage
to the sector from such
swingeing cuts in terms of
provision and access to
arts education – especially
for those on lower incomes
who rely on public funding
– is clear. But education
secretary Gavin William-
son’s assertion that arts
courses are not among the
government’s “strategic
priorities” belies the value
of the arts to the UK, eco-
nomically and culturally
.
This is demonstrated by
a range of research, in-
cluding work I have done
on the value of live music
as part of the Arts and
Humanities Research
Council’s Cultural Value
Project.
The UK’s vibrant cul-
tural output is a tool for
soft power and an academ-
ic asset. Siddhant Kumar
on Unsplash, FAL. Brit-
ain’s creative industries
are a significant economic
driver, a source of cultural
value and of diplomatic
soft power. They support
individual wellbeing and
social cohesion, as has
been starkly highlighted
during the pandemic.
The government’s eco-
nomic estimates for 2019
showed that, before the
pandemic, the creative in-
dustries employed 2.1 mil-
lion people. This repre-
sents an increase of 34.5%
from 2011, more than three
times the overall growth
rate of employment in the
UK overall. In 2018, the
sector contributed more
than £111 billion to the
economy.
The music industry
alone, according to trade
body UK Music’s figures,
contributed £5.8 billion to
the economy in 2019, gen-
erating £2.8 billion in ex-
port revenue and sustain-
ing 197,168 full-time equiv-
alent jobs.
HIGH VALUE
Underlying this economic
andsocialvalueisanexten-
sive pipeline of arts educa-
tion. The government-com-
missioned 2019 Augar Re-
view of education implied
that many art courses were
of low value. But to make
such broad generalisations
ignores the scale at which
arts graduates significant-
ly contribute to the sector
and to wider society
.
A report on creative-fo-
cused universities and col-
leges showed their gradu-
ates add £8.4 billion in in-
come to the UK’s economy
each year. And research
fromUniversitiesUKfound
that higher education was
“the primary producer of
the talent and skills that
feed the creative industries
and an important source of
research that informs new
ideas, practices and busi-
ness models”.
These contributions are
also entwined with arts
practice, education and
businessatalocallevel.For
example,theUKLiveMusic
Census report published in
2018 (which I co-authored)
illustrated the extent of the
relationshipsbetweenhigh-
ereducationandthevenues
and businesses which sup-
port both aspiring and es-
tablished musicians – an
important aspect of the tal-
ent pipeline.
Nearly60%of thevenues
that responded to the cen-
sus noted formal or infor-
mal links to educational
communities, universities
and colleges. Local econo-
mies,aswellasthenational
economy as a whole, bene-
fit from these ties.
What’s more, just as dis-
entangling the economic
and cultural contribution
of arts education is not
straightforward, it is a mis-
take to ignore the deeper
relationships at work in
higher education. In terms
of both teaching and re-
search, arts and science
subjects do not, as the Au-
gar review mistakenly sug-
gested, operate indepen-
dently and at the expense
of one another.
On the contrary
, students
and researchers alike ben-
efit from the cross-pollina-
tion of ideas and experi-
ence. Even beyond cross-
subsidy across teaching
and research, and across
arts and sciences, there’s a
degree of mutual benefit.
If the government ac-
knowledges that the arts
are beneficial, it should
also recognise that hitting
arts subjects in HE will de-
grade that capacity to con-
tribute to the broader econ-
omy
. As well as being in-
valuableincommunicating
findings and facilitating
public understanding of
scientific research, inter-
disciplinary collaborations
across humanities and sci-
enceshaveledtonewinitia-
tives in fields as diverse as
climate change and biology
.
The UK’s research cul-
ture, as well as its cultural
output, is stronger and bet-
ter equipped to meet the
digital challenges and op-
portunities of the future as
a result.
This strength didn’t
arise quickly but was the
result of longer-term rela-
tionships. It won’t be easy
to recover quickly
. The arts
have already been battered
by the pandemic. A sup-
portive environment is
needed that looks at their
value strategically, holisti-
cally and over the long
term. The government’s
own stated priorities of lev-
elling up across the coun-
try – along with equipping
the economy as a whole for
a competitive, connected
international arena – de-
pend on it.
W
THE RECENT TIMES
HAVE REVEALED
THAT ART ISN’T
JUST A MEDIUM TO
EXPRESS OUR
CREATIVE SIDES,
BUT, IT ALSO
HELPS US TO
COMMUNICATE TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT
LIES BEHIND OUR
MAGICAL MINDS.
BE IT IN ANY WAY,
POETRY, MUSIC,
PAINTING, AND ALL
THE OTHER FORMS.
ARTS MUST FIND
ITS VALUE IN THE
CURRENT WORLD,
THROUGH
EDUCATION
PERHAPS!
SOUL OF A
SOCIETY
Source:
https://theconversation.com/

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