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1. Nepalese rescue workers and civilians gather around the wreckage of a passenger plane that crashed near the Pokhara International Airport in Nepal on Sunday. THEILL-FATED DEADLIEST AIR CRASH IN NEPAL SINCE YEARS... 10 SECONDS CRASH RESCUE OPS HALTED, TO RESUME TODAY; 68 AMONG 5 INDIANS OF 72 REPORTED DEAD NEPAL GOVT ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HOLIDAY TODAY TO MOURN NATIONAL TRAGEDY Moni Sharma Pokhara/New Delhi: Atleast68peoplediedon Sunday in Nepal after a plane carrying about 72 people from Kathmandu crashed in Pokhara dur- ingmorning,policesaid. There were 68 passengers and 4 crew members on board the plane that crashed just 10 to 20 seconds between the old and new airports in the city , located in western Nepal. The twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft operated by Yeti Airlines was en route from Nepal's capital Kathmandu. Rescue operationshavebeendif- ficult because of a rag- ing fire at the wreckage. The search operation was halted late evening for Sunday and bodies are yet to be retrieved, said Army officials. PRECIOUS LIVES LOST, SAYS MODI PM Modi condoled loss of lives in the devastat- ing plane crash in Nepal. “Pained by the tragic air crash in Nepal in which precious lives have been lost, including Indian nationals. In this hour of grief, my thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved families,” PM Modi wrote on Twitter tagging the PM of Nepal. PM Prachanda calls emergency meeting Nepal PM Pushpa Ka- mal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ called an emergency cabinet meeting. Nepal govt has formed a five-member commission of inquiry to probe the incident. Prachanda expressed his sorrow and appealed for an effective rescue of passengers of the Yeti Airlines ANC ATR 72 plane crash in Pokhara. INDIAN EMBASSY ISSUES HELPLINE Helpline issued by the Indian Embassy are... KATHMANDU Diwakar Sharma: 977-9851107021 POKHARA Lt Col Shashank Tripathi: 977-9856037699 Key highlights l EAM S Jaishankar, Jyotiraditya Scindia condoles loss of lives l Yeti has cancelled all flights for today l Pokhara Int’l airport inaugurated 2 weeks ago is on China belt. RAMPUR BANDIPUR GORKHA MANBU DHUNCHE BENIGHAT KATHMANDU POKHARA 10:33 am 10:58 am Crash spot — bank of the Seti River, just before landing -7°C in Mount Abu, lowest since 1994 First India Bureau Mt Abu/Jaipur: Cold wave conditions pre- vailed in parts of Ra- jasthan where Mt Abu and Fatehpur recorded the coldest with -7°C and 4.7°C on Sunday, MeT dept said. Mt Abu recorded the lowest temperature since De- cember 12, 1994. P3 Miss USA R’Bonney Gabriel celebrates after being crowned Miss Universe during final round of 71st Miss Universe pageant, in New Orleans. It was the final question that sealed her faith. MISS USA CROWNED MISS UNIVERSE 2022 INDIA CELEBRATES 75TH ARMY DAY SALUTING OUR BRAVEHEARTS! First India Bureau Bengaluru: The Indian army is maintaining a strong defence posture along the Line of Actu- al Control (LAC), and is ready to deal with any contingency, Chief of Army Staff, General Manoj Pande said on Sunday. In his address at the 75th Army Day celebrations at Parade Ground, MEG & Centre here, he said northern border region has been peaceful and steps have been taken to maintain peace through established protocol and ex- isting mechanism. Pointing to the attempts to smuggle arms and drugs into Jammu and Punjab border regions using drones, General Pande said counter drone jammers were being used against such activities.”I re- quest our Armed forces to develop adaptation capabilities according to time. We should bring into practice what we have learned from con- flicts like Ukraine and keep ourselves updat- ed,” Rajnath said. More on P6 Army chief General Manoj Pande: Strong defence posture being maintained at LAC Defence Minister Rajnath Singh greets Chief of Army Staff, Gen Manoj Pande at Shaurya Sandhya event in Bengaluru on Sunday. Ceasefire at LOC continues and there has been a substantial reduction in violations. However, terror infra still remains on other side. Our counter insurgency mechanism is effectively foiling infiltration bid from Pakistan. —General Manoj Pande, Chief of Army Staff With technology acquiring centre stage in today’s world, the majority of the weapons are operated through artificial intelligence, thereby eliminating the need for any in-person human presence. —Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister —PHOTO BY ANI ARMY DAY PARADE CELEBRATED OUTSIDE NEW DELHI FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1949 For the first time, the Army Day parade, which used to take place in Delhi, was moved out of the national capital and took place in Bengaluru at Parade Ground, MEG & Centre. The 75th Army Day was first-of-its-kind event, taking place outside Delhi ever since the celebrations started in 1949. SALUTE ALL BRAVE SOLDIERS: PRESIDENT MURMU, PM MODI, OTHERS EXTEND WISHES President Droupadi Murmu, PM Narendra Modi, Rajnath Singh, S Jaishankar and others conveyed wishes on Army Day. “Let us recall countless stories of IA soldiers’ sacrifices! They have always pushed frontiers of valour and courage and also acted as saviours in times of ca- lamities,” tweeted Rashtrapati Bhavan. PM Modi said that the countrymen are proud and grateful to the soldiers. MP CM’S CHOPPER SUFFERS TECH GLITCH, LANDS SAFELY: POLICE Dhar: A helicopter carrying MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday landed in Manawar town of Dhar dist from where it had taken off sometime back due to a technical glitch, police said. CM’s chopper took off from Manawar, said SDOP Dhiraj. TIME TO MOVE ON: LALIT MODI NAMES SON HIS SUCCESSOR London: Former IPL Chairman and member of the Modi family trust, Lalit Modi, on Sunday announced his son, Ruchir Modi as the successor of the Lalit Kumar Modi (LKM) Branch of the KK Modi Family Trust (KKMFT). JAIPUR l MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2023 l Pages 12 l 3.00 l RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 4 l Issue No. 221 OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR & MUMBAI www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Vaishya community has very important contribution in country’s economy: CM First India Bureau Jaipur: Highlighting the contribution of the Vaishya community in the country’s economy, CM Ashok Gehlot said that the community has created its own identity in whole country with its entrepreneurship. “Vaishya community has an important contribution in country’s economy . Many person- alities like Jamna Lal Bajaj, GD Birla worked closely with Mahatma Gandhi. In natural ca- lamities, community has always gone ahead and cooperated in relief works,” he said. Turn to P8 Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot felicitates Sanjay Agarwal in presence of Dr Subhash Garg, Ashok Lahoty and others during International Vaishya Mahasammelan at Birla Auditorium in Jaipur on Sunday. Industrial houses from Rajasthan have made their own identity globally, says Gehlot READ Crucial Crucial 8TH AND LAST NIZAM OF HYDERABAD DIES Istanbul: Mukarram Jah, titular Nizam VIII, passed away at 89 in Istanbul, Turkey. As per his desire of being laid to rest in his home land, his kids will travel to Hyderabad with mortal remains. WOMEN’S RIGHTS NOT PRIORITY: TALIBAN Kabul: The Taliban said that overturning restrictions on women is not a priority for the administration in Af, days after denying there would be a permanent university education ban on women. J&K: WEAPONS SEIZED FROM TERRORISTS Jammu: Security forces on Sunday busted a terrorist hideout in Jammu and Kashmir’s border district of Poonch, leading to the recovery of a huge quantity of arms, ammunition and explosives, officials said. RECORDS TUMBLE AT GREENFIELD AS INDIA THRASH SRI LANKA BY MAMMOTH MARGIN India’s captain Rohit Sharma holds the winner trophy after winning the 3rd ODI match against Sri Lanka, at Greenfield International Stadium, in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. P6 2 more hotels lean on each other in Joshimath Joshimath: Two more hotels were dangerously leaning towards each otherwhilewidercracks have appeared near Auli ropeway and in other areas of land subsidence- hitJoshimathonSunday . Also, the flow of water increasedfromasuspect- edundergroundchannel burst in JP Colony in Marwari area of the town after a temporary decline a couple of days back. Muddy water has been percolating down from it constantly since Jan 2 but experts are not sure about its origins. SC TO HEAR PLEA ON JOSHIMATH SUBSIDENCE TODAY VANDE BHARAT SHOWS THAT INDIA WANTS BEST: MODI PM Narendra Modi flagged off Vande Bharat Express, connecting Secunderabad via VC and said the Vande Bharat shows India wants ‘the best of everything’. MODI WILL BE RE- ELECTED AS PM IN 2024: AMIT SHAH HM Amit Shah on Sunday seeks blessings of Jain Acharya Ratnasundar Surishwarji in Ahmedabad. He said Modi will be re- elected as PM in 2024. INSIDE P5

2. RAJASTHAN JAIPUR | MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2023 02 www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Sambhar (PTI): Two cousins, one 18 and the other six, struggling with deformed limbs and stunted growth, and several others, including toddlers and elders, in the joint family coping with fre- quent joint pains know- ing the water they drink could be the reason but doing so any- way because there are no options. That’s the story of not just Singh family but others as well in the villages of Devpura and Moondwara in Ra- jasthan’s Sambhar block, about 80 km from the Sambhar salt lake, India’s largest inland salt lake. The villagers, many of them unlet- tered, blame the lake water that has contam- inated the groundwater as the main reason for high salinity and fluoride content in drinking water. According to Om Prakash Sharma, head of the NGO Gram Chet- na Kendra that works in the area, disability in the two villages about 50 km from Jaipur averages about 10 in 1,000. The national number is 5 in 1,000 people. That is almost double the normal average, he pointed out. The disability is di- rectly linked to high fluoride content in the area, a fact backed by studies, he said. Long term effects of skeletal fluorosis takes place if the fluoride level in water is more than 1 mg/litre, said Dr Aman Dua, director, joint replacement and orthopaedics, at Delhi’s Fortis Escorts hospital. “So there is widen- ing of bones, deformi- ties in joints and the symptoms are special- ly marked in the spinal column where they may lead to nerve com- pression and weaken- ing of limbs because of long term use,” he told PTI. According to a Cen- tral Ground Water Board (CGWB) report, high fluoride in groundwater in Jaipur district where the villages are located is a matter of great concern with fluoride concentration going up to 16.4 mg/litre in some places at Samb- har block against the permissible 1mg/l. In the Sambhar lake itself, it is 2.41 mg/l. The signs are there for all to see. High fluoride in water takes toll on villages in Rajasthan DISABILITY ECHOING Cousinintocustodyover suspicion of murder Ravikant Sharma was found dead under mysterious circumstances First India Bureau Jaipur: The Shyam Nagar Police has taken the cousin brother of the deceased property dealer into custody for interrogation based on a suspicion of murder. Police informed that 33-year-old Ravikant Sharma, a resident of Rewari, was found dead under mysterious circumstances at his cousin brother’s home in Nirman Na- gar on Thursday evening. “The victim had bullet injuries in his head. His cousin brother Vikas Sharma is a retired RTO In- spector while Vikas wife Swati Dikshit is inspector in Transport Department. An FSL team was called to collect the samples while the post- mortem was also per- formed by a medical board,” police said. “It is suspected that Ravi- kant was killed in order to take revenge. Earlier, it was said that the victim incidentally shot him while he was check- ing the gun. However, there is a suspicion that where it was an acci- dent or planned murder,” police added. First India Bureau Jaipur: In the Ra- jasthan High Court, a division bench of Jus- tice Pankaj Bhandari and Justice Birendra Kumar, expressing dis- pleasure over not being able to find the abducted child from Khairthal police sta- tion area of Alwar within six months, has ordered to produced the child in the court by January 18. Failing to do so, the High Court has asked Bhiwadi's SP, Women's Crime In- vestigation Cell, Addi- tional SP of Bhiwadi and ASI to appear and give an explanation. While hearing the ha- beas corpus petition, theHighCourtobserved that perusal of the case diary shows that the mi- nor was abducted by a truck owner. However, neither the truck was seized nor the truck owner arrested. HC orders officers to find abducted child by Jan 18 I I I VILLAGERS NARRATES INCIDENTS First India Bureau Jodhpur: The 15th convocation ceremony of National Law Universi- ty, Jodhpur was held on January 15 on the university premises in the presence of Rajasthan High Court Chief Jus- tice Pankaj Mithal, Aca- demic Committee, Ex- ecutive Committee, General Assembly and High Court judges. Quoting the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, Chief Justice of the High Court Pan- kaj Mithal, said, “Youth is the agent of change”. “Not only our nation but the world is looking at the youth as the mes- senger of change in these uncertain times.” Presenting the annual progress report of the University, Profes- sor Poonam Saxena, Vice-Chancellor of the University, said that the university has been consistently providing the best legal education to its students. Raj Chief Justice Mithal attends convocation at NLU, Jodhpur First India Bureau Jaipur: A 21-year-old girl was allegedly black- mailed and raped for two months in Pratap Nagar area, police said. Police informed the accused, who is the neighbour of the victim, raped her in a sedated state and also filmed he- obscene videos. “The 40-year-old accused was known to the victim as both were neighbours in Jagatpura area. Nearly two months ago, the accused took the victim with him to the market to purchase medicines. The accused mixed some intoxicating sub- stance in the drink and gave her. When the girl became drowsy, the accused filmed her obscene videos and raped her,” police said. First India Bureau Jaipur: In a unique yet awkward move, Con- gress MLA Bharat Sin- gh Kundanpur has sent an invite to PCC Chief Govind Singh Dotasra to join a protest over illegal mining. Bharat Singh has sent a letter inviting Dotasra to join the movement against illegal mining. Now, there are talks in political circles whether Do- tasra will accept this invitation.Bharat Singh is known for opening front against his own govt and he has often cornered Mines minister Pramod Jain Bhaya. He has often shot off let- ters to CM Ashok Ge- hlot seeking action against illegal mining. First India Bureau Jaipur: India will become the world’s biggest power in the coming times, in which the Indian Army will contribute a lot, BJP state president Satish Poonia said. He said that with a budget of Rs 94 thou- sand crores for defense production under the rule of PM Modi, the In- dian Army today manu- factures 411 defense equipment and also ex- ports them to 75 countries. On the completion of 75 glorious years of the Indian Army, Poon- ia reached the Amar Jawan Jyoti Memorial and saluted the bravery and spirit of the Army . Girl raped for two months in Jaipur Cong MLA invites Dotasra to join protest over illegal mining Poonia salutes bravery of Army at Memorial First India Bureau Jaipur: In a jumbo transfer list, the health department on Sunday transferred 913 doctors on a large scale across the state. Meanwhile, 119 officers of commercial tax service were also transferred. The Finance De- partment issued the order. Three officers were put on APO. Sudhir Sharma, Premchand Verma and Laxman Sin- gh Rathore were put on APO. Officer Rajeev Ku- mar Sharma’s designa- tion was changed. Ra- mendra Sharma’s earli- ertransferwascanceled. Atotalof 36engineers were transferred in the Mines Department. The orders were issued by Neetu Barupal, Deputy Secretary, Mines De- partment. Transfers of seven Superintending Mineral Engineers, 12 Mineral Engineers, 17 assistant mineral engineers are to be done. Superintendent Min- eral Engineer YS Sehwal has been appointed Addi- tional Director Vigilance Udaipur Directorate Arvind Kumar Nand- wana has been posted as SuperintendentMineral Engineer, Bhilwara. Ra- jsamandtoKamleshwar Baregama, vigilance to OP Kabra, Bikaner. Sunil Kumar Sharma has been transferred to Bharatpur, Directorate of Vigilance to Shiv Prasad Sharma, Yashwant Damor gets vigilance in Bharatpur. KhemchandGoyalhas been posted as Superin- tendent Mineral Engi- neer Vigilance Jaipur. Satyanarayan Kumawat has been appointed Min- eral Engineer Bhilwara. Lakshmi Narayan Ku- mawattransferredtoRa- jsamand,vigilancequota to Puranmal Singhadia, Vineet Gehlot to Beawar, ShyamKapritoJodhpur, vigilance to Praveen Ku- mar Agarwal, Ajmer, Vigilance to Har Sukh- ram Bishnoi, Jodhpur, Jagdish Chandra Mer- awat to Chittor, Manoj Sharma to Bundi, Vigi- lance Udaipur to Gopal Bach and Pratapgarh to Lalit Bachhra. 913 docs,119 commercial tax officers shifted across State Deceased Ravikant Sharma. High Court Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal presenting the degrees to the students at convocation ceremony of NLU in Jodhpur. Niranjan Arya and Khushveer Singh Jojawar inaugurated the country’s first IVF center in Jojawar in Marwar junction. Villagers struggling with several health issues because of water. TAKING REVENGE 6miscreantsnabbedfor firinggunshotsinJpr First India Bureau Jaipur: The Mansaro- var Police on Sunday arrested six miscreants for allegedly firing gunshots at a family, police said. Police informed the incident took place on Saturday evening in the Mansarovar area wherein the accused tried to kill the victims. “The miscreants fired three rounds of gunshots in the air. However, no one was injured in the mishap. A country-made pistol and live cartridge was also recovered from the possession of the accused. Raids were given at different places and all the six accused were arrested within 12 hours,” police said. DCP (South) Yogesh Goyal praised Mansa- rovar SHO Dilip Soni for arresting the six accused immediately after the incident. Six miscreants in police custody for firing gunshots at a family in Mansarovar in Jaipur. MINOR GIRL RAPED BY STEPFATHER IN CHOMU Jaipur: A minor girl was allegedly raped by her stepfather in the Chomu, police said. Police informed the victim’s mother had a sec- ond marriage after getting divorced. “A few days back, an argument broke out between the accused and the victim’s mother. On see- ing this, the victim shouted at the accused and revealed to her mother that she was raped by her stepfather. The incident took place first in 2016. The victim’s mother went into shock after hearing this,” police said. “A case has been registered under provisions POCSO Act,” police added. PAYING TRIBUTE Floral tributes were paid to former Chief Minister Late Jagannath Pahadia on his birth anniversary on Sunday in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. Navrang Singh, Purushottam Sharma were also seen. NiranjanAryainaugurates 2 events in Pali & Jojawar First India Bureau Pali: Chief Minister’s advisor Niranjan Arya inaugurated a post office made by a donor family in Thakural village in Pali. He was given a grand welcome by the villagers. ShishupalSinghNim- bada, member of the Ra- jasthan Economic Back- ward Commission, and former MLA of Ahore Shankar Singh Rajpuro- hit were also present with him. In another programme, Niranjan Arya and MLA Khush- veer Singh Jojawar inaugurated the country’s first IVF center in Joja- warinMarwarjunction. In this, cow breeding will be improved by em- bryo transplant. A team of expert veterinarians transplantedembryosin 37 cows on the occasion.

3. RAJASTHAN JAIPUR | MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2023 03 www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia First India Bureau Jaipur: On the occasion of Makar Sankranti, the New Year Sneh Milan ceremony of Rajasthan IASOfficersAssociation was organized on the OTS campus and the themewasLohri.Onthe occasion, more than 75 officers along with their family members partici- patedintheprogramme. Theprogrammestart- ed with Lohri pujan. Or- ganized in the presence of Chief Secretary Usha Sharma and other senior officers, the programme was organized in a different form. The highlight of the programme was the antakshari, which was organised on the initia- tive of the Chief Secre- tary . The programme lasted for about two hours and aimed at promoting mutual harmony and administrative coordination. Recently retired IAS officers Ga- janand Sharma, Dinesh Yadav and Deepak Nan- di were also felicitated. On the occasion, Pawan Arora especially thankedtheChief Secre- tary for the new dimen- sion, direction and en- couragement from her. Raj IAS Assn celebrates New Year, Makar Sankranti SNEH MILAN Mt. Abu records -7°C, Fatehpur -4.7°C as cold wave prevails Schools in Jaipur to open from 10 am as holidays will not continue; District collector issues orders district education officers, now DEOs can take decision to change time till January 18 First India Bureau Mt Abu/Jaipur: Cold wave conditions pre- vailed in parts of Ra- jasthan where Mt Abu and Fatehpur recorded the coldest with minus 7 degrees Celsius and 4.7 degrees Celsius on Sun- day ,accordingtoasenior MeT dept official. Mt Abu recorded the lowest temperature since Dec 12, 1994 when mercury dropped to -7.4 degree Celsius. Last year the minimum temperature of Mount Abu was -2 degree Celsius. Severe cold wave with ground frost occurred at many places in West Ra- jasthan due to which minimum temperature dropped appreciably in Ajmer,KotaandUdaipur divisions, said the Met dept official. According to MeT, Chittorgarh re- cordedminus1.4degrees followedby0.5degreesin Sikar, 0.6 degrees in Bhilwara, 1.2 degrees in Bikaner, 1.6 degrees in Pilani, 1.7 degrees in Baran and 1.8 degrees in Sangaria.Allmajorcities across the state recorded minimum temperature below7degreeCelsiuson Sunday night. State capi- talJaipurrecordedmaxi- mumandminimumtem- perature of 19.5 and 5.6 degrees respectively . RAJ REELS UNDER COLD In Mt Abu, (Clockwise) dew and water freezes on the standing crops in the fields.Windshields of tourist’s car covered in snow.Tourists trying to get relief with hot tea amid bone chilling cold in Mt Abu on Sunday morning. —PHOTOS BY KAMLESH PRAJAPAT (L) CS Usha Sharma and BN Sharma with Prakash Rajpurohit, Ujjwal Rathore, Pawan Arora, Rashmi Gupta, Samit Sharma, ML Chauhan and Jogaram during Sneh Milan. (R) Punabi folk artists present a mesmerising dance performance to energize the evening. Jailstafffastinguntodeath; threefemaleguardsfallill First India Bureau Jaipur: The jail employees are observing a state-wide hunger strike over discrepan- cies in salaries. On Sunday, a female con- stable in Tonk was admitted to the hospital after her health dete- riorated due to the ongoing protest. The strike, being organised under the banner of Akhil Rajasthan Rajya Karmchari Sanyukt Mahasangh (Ekikrat). In Tonk Jail, 39 policemen are on a hunger strike and it is expected that more protesters will be admitted to hosp as their health also dete- riorating. In Sriganganagar, the jail guards protest- ed by boycotting the mess. After the health of two guards including a female guard de- teriorated, they were taken to the district hospitalfortreatment. In Gangapur City also, the jail personnel agi- tated for salary anom- alies and other demands, here also the women personnel sitting on hunger strike fell illl in the sub-jail. BSF nabs 2 with heroin worth `24 cr in Sgnr 9 new HC Judges to take oath today Sachin Pilot to address farmer’s rally in Nagaur today First India Bureau Jodhpur: The newly appointed nine judges of the Rajasthan High Court will take oath on Monday here. Chief Jus- ticeJusticePankajMith- alwilladministeroathto allnewlyappointedjudg- es. The oath taking program will be held in the court number 1. All the judgesof Jaipurwilljoin the program online. The appointment or- dershavebeenissuedfor 3 judges from advocate quota and 6 judges from judicial officer quota. Ganesh Ram Meena and AnilKumarUpmanfrom Jaipur and Dr Nupur BhatifromJodhpurhave been appointed from the advocate quota. Rajen- draPrakashSoni,Ashok Kumar Jain, Yogendra Kumar Purohit, and Ashutosh Kumar have been appointed from judicial officer quota. First India Bureau Jaipur: Former deputy CM Sachin Pilot will address a farmers meeting in Nagaur’s Parbatsar on Monday . He will also visit Veer Tejaji mandir in Kharnal. The Congress leader will hold the night stay in Nagaur circuit house. Next day, he will go to Pilibanga in Hanuman- garh and address the farmers meeting there. Pilot will also go to Amarpura Bhadrakali temple in Hanuman- garh after the farmers meeting. Former MLA Suchi- tra Arya held a press conference in Nohar, Hanumangarh to brief the media about Pilot’s visit. Youth leader Rajesh Kandoi, former Sarpanch Vikram Singh and Krishna Mahiya were also present. First India Bureau Sri Ganganagar: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday seized 6 kgs of heroin, worth over Rs 24 crores, from Sri Ganganagar’s Rais- inghnagar town. Police informed the drugs en- tered the Indian territory from Pakistan near pillar number 334/1S in Raisinghnagar. “The BSF officials opened fire after they spotted smugglers. Two smugglers were caught with three packets of heroin. The packets weighed around 6kgs. However, three smugglers managed to flee from the spot and later their vehicle was found in 62RB village. A WiFi dongle, clothes and other things were recovered from the vehicle. The value of narcotic drugs is around Rs. 14 crores in the international market. A search operation is being car- ried out to nab the three accused,” police added. Cubof T-79goesmissinginSMadhopur First India Bureau Sawai Madhopur: The 14-month-old male cub of Tigress T-79 Sharmili has gone missing from Phalodi range area in Sawai Madhopur. The cub has not been spotted in the CCTV cameras installed in forest area. The forest department has formed a team tosearchforthemissing cub using hi-technology . Continuous disap- pearance of tigers and tigresses in the sanctu- ary have raised ques- tions on the monitoring system. Ranger Phalodi Rajbahadur Meena said that the cub was not seen. Four tigers and tigresses have gone missing in the Mandrayal range.TigressT-118Var- sha went missing a month ago. Her mother tigress T-92 Sundari went missing five years ago. Tiger Sultan T-72 disappeared about a year ago. Dotasra inaugurates CC road in Laxmangarh First India Bureau Sikar: Congress State President Govind Singh Dotasra during his one- dayvisittoLaxmangarh on Sunday inaugurated the CC road in Durga Colony on Mukundgarh Road. He was the chief guest at the felicitation ceremony organized by the All India Safai Maz- door Congress Sangh. Dotasra said that he would take the demands of the sanitation employees to the chief minister. He announced the construction of a road from the city’s pucca pyau to the railway gate at a cost of about Rs 1 crore 14 lakh, Rs 5 crore for drinking water project, two classes for the community school building for Rs 15 lakh. He said that there would benoshortageof money for development work. JK Jajoo receives ‘VaishGaurav’award First India Bureau Jaipur: On 15 January, 2023, JK Jajoo was felicitated with the “Vaish Gaurav” award at the InternationalVaishFed- eration Jaipur Central by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Rajasthan Shri Ashok Gehlot for his fruitful impact and dedication in the field of social work. The ceremony took place at Birla Auditorium,Jaipur.The InternationalVaishFed- eration aims at community empowerment, the event was held in the same spirit to celebrate the people of this community who are making this society truly a better place. Jajoo is a philanthro- pist, working in the field of education with his NGO Jagriti. Jagriti aims to battle illiteracy and provide free quality and value based education to the children living in urban slums. CM Ashok Gehlot felicitating JK Jajoo on Sunday. Subhash Garg, Ashok Lahoty, Jyoti Khandelwal are also seen. GS Dotasra with AISMCS officials in Sikar on Friday. Demolitiondriveathouses ofpaperleakaccusedends First India Bureau Jaipur: The enforce- ment wing of Jaipur Development Author- ity (JDA) on Sunday razed the entire ille- galconstructionfrom the house of Bhupen- draSaran,anaccused inthepaperleakcase. Thethree-daydemoli- tion drive concluded on Sunday under the directions of Chief Controller (Enforce- ment) Raghuveer Saini.Thedemolition drive took place at Plot No. 67 of Rajni Vihar Colony located in Heerapura. As per the JDA tribunal’s order, the civic body de- molished the front 15-feet portion and 8-feet portion in the back that was constructed by covering the setback area. “The building should have been ide- ally 8 metres in height. However, two more floors had been constructedoverthe8 metres, and the tribunal accepted that these two floors were illegal. The two addi- tionalfloorswerealso razed during the 21 hours of demolition drive in the last three days,” said a JDA official. JDA’s demolition work on Bhupendra Saran’s residence completed on Sunday. Female cop undergoing treatment at Hospital in Tonk. Two accused in BSF custody. More than 75 officers attend programme In Sikar, (L) dew drops froze on the fencing of farm in Sikar’s Fatehpur on Sunday morning. (R) Water coming out of the tap also freezes. Newly appointed State Information Commis- sioner ML Lather, former DGP, will take oath on Monday. The ceremony will be held at 10:30 am in the State Election Com- mission office. LATHER TO TAKE OATH AS SIC TODAY

4. PERSPECTIVE JAIPUR | MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2023 04 www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia SPIRITUAL SPEAK Surrender yourself to God, that is the biggest support. Anyone who has come to recognize this support is free from fear, worry and suffering. —Bhagavad Gita Amit Shah@AmitShah Indian Army is synonymous with valour and courage. On #ArmyDay, I extend my greetings to soldiers, veterans and their families. India is proud of our Army for their resolve to keep the nation safe. We salute our Bravehearts and bow down to their supreme sacrifices. TOP TWEETS l Vol 4 l Issue No. 221 l RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764. Printed and published by Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of First Express Publishers. Printed at Bhaskar Printing Press, D.B. Corp Limited, Shivdaspura, Tonk Road, Jaipur. Published at 304, 3rd Floor, City Mall, Bhagwan Das Road, C-Scheme, Jaipur-302001, Rajasthan. Phone 0141-4920504. Editor-In-Chief: Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, Editor: Anita Hada Sangwan responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act Anurag Thakur@ianuragthakur Best wishes on Army Day to the brave soldiers and ex-servicemen of indomitable courage, extremely disciplined and dutiful Indian Army @adgpi. We are proud of the selfless service spirit of the brave soldiers of the Indian Army who are ready to sacrifice their everything every moment for the defense of the country. ELDERS YEARN FOR CARE, HEALTHY LIVING he United Na- tions “World Social Report 2023: Leaving No One Behind In An Ageing World” has called for urgent collective efforts to continued social and economic improvements for healthy ageing of the elderly whose population is on the rise. With the global population of those aged 65 and above is expected to double from 761 million in 2021 to 1.6 billion in 2050, the demand for long-term healthcare is also increasing. In India, the population of elders is expected to touch 149 million in 2031 after recording an increase of 41 percent over a decade. The World Health Organisation and the UN have marked 2021- 2030 as the Decade of Healthy Living. On one hand the rise in longevity is a “success story caused by improved sanitation and medical therapies, greater access to education and family planning, and strides towards gender equality and women’s empowerment”, the report said. Notwithstand- ing the constantly improv- ing “health and wealth” of countries the “inter-gener- ational solidarity” will continued to be required to sustain old-age support. The report points out that the “high and rising levels of inequality threaten to become a de- fining feature of present and future generations”. This inequality in in- comes extends to old age homes where class divide makes them as big a challenge as living in one’s own tenement. Doors of old age home open with difficulty for those who can’t afford them. Some of these homes charge for rent, medical care and personal care from in- mates as profit is their driving motive. Those run by government are gener- ally in a bad state. T The United Nations “World Social Report 2023: Leaving No One Behind In An Ageing World” has called for urgent collective efforts to continued social and economic improvements for healthy ageing of the elderly whose population is on the rise his year’s Union Budget— the 11th in a row from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Demo- cratic Alliance (NDA)—is being presented in the backdrop of exceptional circumstances. Not only is a deeply divided world facing an unprecedented economic challenge that is being compounded by climate change, this is also the last regular Budget ahead of the general election next year. Ever since the covid-19 pandemic struck in 2020, the world has been sub- jected to repeated shocks of unprecedented magni- tude—the Russia-Ukraine conflict, followed by the ratcheting up of interest rates by the United States Federal Reserve, and most recently the fresh surge in the covid-19 pandemic in China. The combined impact of the pandemic, geopo- litical tensions, drying up of global liquidity and the commodity price shocks has brought the world-- including the United States, the largest economy--dangerously close to a recession. However, Finance Min- isterNirmalaSitharaman, will have cause for cheer. India continues to challenge this grim global narrative with its economy poisedtologanimpressive 6.5-7 percent growth in 2022-23. Even better, the Fi- nance Minister has suffi- cient cause to believe that this is largely the outcome of the policy playbook the NDA adopted since it assumed power in 2014. THE NEW PLAYBOOK Since it assumed power nine years ago, the NDA has sought to pivot the In- dian economy . These policy changes have been ap- preciated and validated most recently , by the global investment banks, World Bank and the Inter- national Monetary Fund. It began with the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST)—the single biggest indirect tax reform— which, for the first time, economically unified the country. The GST princi- ple, ‘One Nation, One Tax’, made the economy more efficient by dramatically reducing friction. Not sur- prisingly, monthly gross GST collections now average over Rs 1 lakh crore— in November the accruals to the exchequer was Rs 1.45 lakh crore. To incentivise and revive private sector invest- ments the union government slashed corporate tax rates to 22 percent from the prevailing 30 percent; in addition, it fixed a lower rate of 15% for companies incorporated after 2019—this scheme is extended till 2023. Similarly, the passage of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) in 2016, helped with the miti- gation of the legacy bad debts of commercial banks. According to the Economic Survey of 2021- 22, financial creditors recovered Rs 2.55 lakh crore, of the Rs 7.94 lakh crore debt owed to banks, at the end of 30 September 2021. This repair of the financial sector, which also included capitalisation of bank balance sheets, re- stored the ability of commercial banks to lend. The NDA also under- took a major ideological resetafteritformalisedthe policy of privatisation— the most recent example was the sale of Air India to the Tata group. Simultane- ously the union government has taken to moneti- sation of idle assets owned by the public sector to gen- erate funds for big-ticket Greenfield infrastructure projects—the underlying strategy is to crowd-in private investment. The pursuit of fiscal prudence, unlocking of financial resources and buoyancy in tax collections has provided the wherewithal to the FM to fund infrastructure projects and the covid-19 relief packages.Moreimpor- tantly, it is now evident thatthestructuralreforms which improved economic efficiency, proved to be a buffer against the economic devastation unleashed by the pandemic. DIGITAL PUBLIC GOODS The Indian economy also received an unexpected boost from the rapid roll- outof DigitalPublicGoods (DPGs) like Aadhaar, Uni- fied Payments Interface (UPI), CoWin, Open Net- work for Digital Com- merce (ONDC), Account Aggregators, Health Stack and Open Credit Enable- ment Network (OCEN), over the last decade. These DPGs have been created as an open digital ecosystem, which enables the private sector to use these digital rails to create innovations in payments, health care and so on. At the same time, by dramatically lowering the cost of entry , these DPGs acceler- ated formalisation of the economy and democra- tised access to identity, covid-19 jabs, payments, credit and more recently e-commerce. These public digital rails have also been used by the union government to accelerate the rollout of the Direct Benefits Trans- fer, estimated to be cumu- latively over Rs25 lakh crore. The resulting disin- termediation has also pre- vented leakages and sav- ings to the exchequer up- wards of Rs 2 lakh crore. Further, these benefi- ciaries have become key stakeholders in the Indian economy—where previously they were outside looking in. PANDEMIC BLUES The onset of the covid-19 pandemic, consequent lockdown of the economy causedimmensedistressto both lives and livelihoods, not just in India but the en- tireworld.Unlikeotherna- tions though, India did not opt for a fiscal stimulus to revive the economy . Instead it pursued a calibrated strategy , wherein it initially focused on saving lives and then grad- ually put the spotlight on livelihoods—even while it bolstered the material basis of the vulnerable seg- ments by rolling out the free food grain scheme for 80 crore people; which has now been extended till De- cember 2023. While this extraordinary social safety net together with the big push for providing electricity, drinking water, sanitation and housing for all, succeeded in mitigating damage to those at the bottom of the pyramid, the struc- turalreformshasmadethe economy more efficient. The impact is yet to manifest itself as the In- dian economy was busy repairing the damage caused to the banking sector by an unprecedented surge in bad debts. Fur- ther, the back-to-back setbacks beginning with the pandemic, dampened the recovery process. Howev- er, with these one-off shocks fading the econo- myispoisedforarebound, providing a healthy backdrop for this year’s Budg- et. Over to Finance Minis- ter Nirmala Sitharaman. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL A BUDGET FOR BHARAT T ANIL PADMANABHAN The writer is a freelance journalist who tweets @capitalcalculus The impact is yet to manifest itself as the Indian economy was busy repairing the damage caused to the banking sector by an unprecedented surge in bad debts. Further, the back-to- back setbacks beginning with the pandemic, dampened the recovery process. However, with these one-off shocks fading the economy is poised for a rebound, providing a healthy backdrop for this year’s Budget. Over to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman While this extraordinary social safety net together with the big push for providing electricity, drinking water, sanitation and housing for all, succeeded in mitigating damage to those at the bottom of the pyramid, the structural reforms has made the economy more efficient THIS WILL BE THE LAST REGULAR BUDGET AHEAD OF GENERAL ELECTIONS NEXT YEAR This year’s Union Budget — the 11th in a row from the BJP-led NDA — is being presented in the backdrop of exceptional circumstances. Not only is a deeply divided world facing an unprecedented economic challenge that is being compounded by climate change, this is also the last regular Budget ahead of the general elections next year.

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6. INDIA JAIPUR | MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2023 05 www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Chennai (ANI): EAM S Jaishankar highlight- ed India’s ‘strong and firm’ counter-response to China, which tried to unilaterally change the status quo on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in May 2020, amid the Covid-19 pandemic, and more recently in the Ta- wang sector of Arunachal Pradesh in December, last year. The External Affairs minister said, “On the Northern borders, Chi- na is seeking to change the status quo by bringing large forces, violat- ing our agreements. Despite Covid, remem- ber, this happened in May 2020. Our counter- response was strong and firm.” He said the Indian forces deployed along the border were continuing to safeguard the frontiers in the most extreme and harshest weather conditions. “These troops deployed in thousands, safeguard our frontiers in the most extreme ter- rain and harshest weather,” he added. Expanding on why India mattered more to the world now, Jais- hankar said the world saw in India’s response to China that it is “a nation that will not be coerced and will do what it takes to ensure its national security”. Our response to China was strong, firm: EAM ON BORDER DISPUTES Hyderabad (PTI): Prime Minister Naren- dra Modi on Sunday virtually flagged-off the Vande Bharat train service between Secun- derabad in Telangana and the port city of Vi- sakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh on the auspicious occasion of Makar Sankranti. Vande Bharat is a true replica of India which is coming out of the mentality of de- pendence and moving towards Atmanirbhar- ta (self-reliance), the PM said before flagging off the train. Vande Bharat is a symbol of New India's capability and resolve. It is a symbol of that In- dia which has chosen the path of rapid development, the Prime Minister said. This Vande Bharat Express symbolises that India which expects everything to be the best. This Vande Bharat Ex- press symbolises India which wants to give better services to every citizen of its, he said. It was designed and made in India, he pointed out. This train will be the eighthVandeBharatEx- press to be introduced by Indian Railways and will be the first one connecting the two Telugu- speaking states. It will be covering a distance of around 700 km between Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam in eight and a half hours. The way all important days and festivals connect the country, In- dian trains also with their motion and jour- ney give opportunity to join and understand, Modi said. The PM said seven Vande Bharat trains (al- ready introduced) have covered the cumulative distance of 23 lakh kilo- metres, equivalent to 58 rounds of earth. More than 40 lakh passengers have travelled in Vande Bharat trains so far. ‘AsymbolofNewIndia’svision’ The first train will run between Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam in 8 hours and 30 minutes Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off the Vande Bharat train connecting Secunderabad to Vishakapatnam, via video conferencing, on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurates scouts and guide residence, in Ahmedabad, Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at the Tughlaq's 53rd Annual Day Function. —PHOTO BY ANI PM MODI’S ROADSHOW IN DELHI Several roads to be closed today, traffic to be diverted New Delhi (ANI): Del- hi Police has issued a traffic advisory in view of Prime Minister Nar- endra Modi’s roadshow inNewDelhionMonday . “Bhartiya Janta Par- ty is organizing a road show having mass public participation on Sansad Marg from Patel Chowk to Sansad Marg- Jai Singh Road Junc- tion on January 16 from 3 pm onwards. Prime Minister of India will grace the said road show with his presence. Special Traffic arrangements will be in place to ensure smooth traffic management in the vi- cinity of the roadshow route,” said Delhi Po- lice in a statement. The traffic advisory saidAshokaRoad(Wind- sor Place to Jai Singh Road GPO Both Car- riageways), Sansad Marg,TolstoyRoad(Jan- path to Sansad Marg), Rafi Marg (Rail Bhawan to Sansad Marg), Jantar Mantar Road, Imtiaz Khan Marg and Bangla Sahib Lane will remain closed on January 16 from 2:30 pm to 5 pm. Delhi Police further informed that Baba Kharak Singh Road, Outer Circle Connaught Place, Park Street/ Shankar Road, Minto Road, Mandir Marg, Barakhamba Road, PanchkuainRoad,Raisi- na Road, Tolstoy Road, Janpath, Firozeshah Road, Rafi Marg, Rani Jhansi Road, DBG Road, Chelmsford Road, Bhai Veer Singh Marg, DDU Marg, Ranjit Singh flyo- ver, Talkatora Road and Pandit Pant Marg are expected to experience a heavy volume of traffic during the roadshow. PAKISTAN MEDIA PRAISES INDIA'S RISING GLOBAL FOOTPRINT Islamabad (ANI): In a first, a leading Pa- kistan daily, The Ex- press Tribune, lauded India’s expanding global footprint and its growing stature and heft on the world stage under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he has brought India to the point where the nation has begun to cast a wider net of its influence and impact. The Op-ed column in the leading Pakistan daily further stated that under PM Modi, India’s foreign policy has treaded skil- fully and its GDP has grown to over three trillion USD. Call- ing it ‘monumental progress’, Shahzad Chaudhry, a noted political, security and defence analyst, writing in The Ex- press Tribune, called India a preferred destination for all investors. The writer further reiterated that India has, under the chairmanship of PM Modi, established its own domain on the foreign policy front. India is also a big producer of agri- cultural products and the IT industry, Chaudhry noted in his column. Shah inaugurates Scout and Guide Training Centre Ahmedabad (ANI): Union Home and Coop- eration Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that it is very important to inculcate the spirit of service, dedication and discipline in the citizens along with patriotism for making the country ‘great’. “If any country is to be made great, the citizens of the country have to be great, and for that, it is very important to inculcate the spirit of service, dedication and discipline in the citizens, patriotism is also necessary,” Shah said addressing after the in- auguration of the newly constructed training and residence building of Bharat Scout and Guide Gujarat Region. “The responsibility of making India a devel- oped and great nation in immortality rests with the children and youth sitting here. If every citizen of the country takes one resolution, the entire country will fulfil 130 crore resolu- tions. Even a small decision can change a person’s life,” Shah said. Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday ruled out an alliance with any party for the assembly polls in various states and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Key states of Karna- taka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattis- garh and Telangana would go for polls this year, besides states from the North-East. The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said, I would like to make it clear that in the assembly elections of Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan and in the Lok Sabha elections, which will be held next year, the BSP will not forge a coalition with any party, and will contest the polls on its own strength. Mayawati said it became necessary for her to make the announcement as the Congress and some other parties, as part of a conspiracy, are allegedly trying to create an impression that they would be forging an alliance with the BSP . In the electoral alliance made one or two times at the state level in UP and other states, bar- ring Punjab, their votes (allies) have not been transferred to us, due to which the BSP has in- curred loss, she said. Hence, our party has decided to contest the assembly polls and Lok Sabha polls on its own, she said. ‘BSP will contest alone in Assembly,LS polls’ Kozhikode (PTI): Ma- hatma Gandhi’s great grandson Tushar Gan- dhi has said there is no need for Home Minis- ter Amit Shah to talk about the contribution of armed revolutionaries in the country’s freedom movement as “Bapu” himself had acknowledged their role. Shah had recently said only one type of narrative of a non-vio- lent movement during the freedom struggle has been “forced through education, history legends”, where- as India’s independ- ence was a result of collective efforts, including the contribution of revolutionaries. “We do not need an Amit Shah to say these things. Shah needs to say these things because he does not have any- thing to say about himself. Bapu himself had acknowledged that inde- pendence was not achieved only because of hisattempts,”hesaid. New Delhi (Agen- cies): Sixteen opposition parties gathered for a meeting, called by the Congress, on Sunday to discuss the joint strategy for the meeting convened by the Election Commis- sion on Monday to demonstrate the con- cept of Remote EVMs for migrant voters. The Election Commis- sion has invited all rec- ognised national and state political parties on January 16 to demonstrate the function- ing of the multi-constituency prototype Remote EVM. Don’t need Shah to tell about revolutionaries’ role: Tushar Gandhi Remote EVM: 16 Opposition parties agree on joint stand New Delhi (PTI): De- fence Minister and senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh on Sunday said those alleging violation of press freedom forget that the governments of his party had never imposed any ban on any media organisation, nor curtailed anyone's right to free speech. The Congress government had amended the Con- stitution to curb free speech, he said refer- ring to the amendment of Article 19 in 1951. Singh also said a de- bate has again started in the country regarding freedom of expression. Theinterestingthing is that those who allege a violation of media freedom today forget thatwhetheritisAtalji's (former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee) government or Modi ji's government, they never imposed any ban on any media house, nor curtailed anyone's right to freespeechexpression in any manner, he said. Hitting out at Con- gress, he said the entire history of the grand old party is replete with incidents of violation of all kinds of freedoms. BJP govts never imposed any ban on media houses: Rajnath Singh Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati addresses a press conference, at the party office, in Lucknow on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI Rajnath Singh during the ‘Baat Bharat Ki’ programme, at The Ashok Hotel, in New Delhi on Sunday —PHOTO BY ANI ‘BJP LIED, GANGA VILAS-LIKE CRUISE SERVICE BEEN THERE FOR 17 YEARS’ New Delhi: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav recently said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is making false claims about the luxury river cruise MV Ganga Vilas. He said that he has been told that such a service has been running for a very long time. It has been in existence for the past 17 years. Talking to the media while attend- ing the death anniversary of party leader Manoj Kumar Pandey’s mother, he said, “This water cruise has been running for many years, this is not new. Someone has informed me that it has been running for 17 years and only some parts have been added to it, and they are saying that they have started it.” “The BJP people are far ahead in telling lies and doing publicity. It has also been heard that...it also has a bar,” said Yadav, further adding, only BJP people can tell whether there is a bar on the cruise or not. PM FLAGS OFF VANDE BHARAT EXPRESS Tushar Gandhi IT WILL TRANSFORM KIDS YOUTH: SHAH THE MATTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY “Scout and Guide work to transform children and youth into ideal and complete citizens. We are here to endorse such exemplary activities of Scout and Guide. The children of the country should be made aware of the sacrifices of India’s freedom fighters, to celebrate the achievements of India in 75 years and to ensure that India is first in every field by the next 25 years,” Shah stated. The External Affairs minister Jaishankar also said that the world saw through India’s response that it won’t be coerced and will do what needs to be done to ensure national security. —Representational Image

7. ARMY DAY BHARAT JODO YATRA INDIA JAIPUR | MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2023 06 www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Thiruvananthapuram (ANI): Team India became the first-ever team in ODI cricket to register a win by 300 runs or more, becom- ing the team with the biggest victory margin in terms of runs in the history of 50-over for- mat on Sunday. The Men in Blue ac- complished this during their third and final ODI against Sri Lanka at Thiruvananthapuram. Centuries from Virat Kohli (166*) and opener Shubman Gill (116) pow- ered India to 390/5 in their 50 overs. In their chase of 391, Lanka did not put up even an inch of fight and the match appeared to be over after Mohammed Siraj(4/32)delivereda brutal powerplay spell. The visitors were bun- dled out for 73 runs and India won the match by 317 runs. Previously, the biggest win by runs in ODI cricket was recorded by New Zealand. MASTERCLASS PERFORMANCE ‘Battle Squads’ to be converted into ‘Integrated Battle Groups’ Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande reviews the parade during the 75th Army Day Parade, at Parade Ground, MEG Centre, in Bengaluru on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI Army personnel of motorcycle team ‘Tornadoes’ perform a daredevil stunt at MEG Centre, in Bengaluru on Sunday. Bengaluru (ANI): Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) General Manoj Pande on Sunday announced to convert the “Battle Squads” into “Integrated Battle Groups” in an effort towards structuring and optimization of the force. General Pande made the announcement while speaking at the 75th Army Day event organised here at Go- vindaswami Drill Square ground. “In an effort towards force structuring and optimization, we are planning to convert our Battle Squads into Inte- grated Battle Groups, which will contribute effectively to the battle- field of the future,” Pande said. He further said that “old establishments and units are being dis- banded, or are being revamped with suitable changes.” To make the “teeth- to-tail” ratio effective with modernization and technological infu- sion, Pande said, “the Army will be right- sized so that human re- source or manpower can be used properly”. “Our aim will be to move from a manpower-intensive to a techno- logically driven Army,” said the Army chief, adding “our primary focus will be our soldiers, who will be fully prepared and equipped to face the challenges of the future.” Srinagar (PTI): A robust security grid is in place and adequate precautions have been taken to ensure smooth and joyous celebrations of the Republic Day in Jammu and Kashmir on January 26, a senior Army officer said on Sunday. “Things are under control. It (Republic Day) comes every year…. We take adequate precautions and are prepared both from the operational point of view as well as from the logistics point of view,” General Officer Commanding of the Army’s 19 Infantry Division, Major General Ajay Chandpuria, told reporters. He said a robust security grid has been put in place and all arrangements, coordination and synergy with the stakeholders are being ensured. Maj Gen Chandpuria said the situation in north Kashmir is nearly normal. Bengaluru (ANI): Army Chief General Manoj Pande on Sunday said that the counter- infiltration grid of the Indian Army is continuously foiling the infiltrations at the Line of Control (LoC) in western border areas.Addressing the 75th Army Day event at the Govindaswamy parade ground in Bengaluru, the Army Chief said that the ceasefire violations have been brought down. “Cease- fire continues at LoC in western border areas and ceasefire violations have been brought down. But across the border, terror infrastructure still remains. Our counter- infiltration grid is continuously foiling the infiltration from there,” the Army chief said in his address. He also acknowledged the attempts being made to smuggle weapons and drugs through drones in the international bound- ary sector areas of the country. ‘PRECAUTIONS TAKEN TO ENSURE SMOOTH R-DAY CELEBRATIONS’ CONGRESS MP WHO DIED DURING YATRA CREMATED IN NATIVE VILLAGE Chandigarh: Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaud- hary, who died after suffering a cardiac arrest during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, cremated at his native Dhali- wal village in Jalandhar on Sunday. The 76-year-old two-time MP died on Saturday in Punjab’s Phillaur. The yatra was suspended for 24 hours following his death. Many political bigwigs including Cong leader Rahul Gandhi attended the last rites of party MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary. Wreaths were laid by Rahul Gandhi, ex-CM Charanjit Channi, PPCC chief Amarinder S Raja Warring and LoP Partap Bajwa. Rahul’s Yatra garners support in JK region New Delhi: The buzz created by Rahul Gandhi’s long march across India’s length, whose last leg through Jammu and Kashmir is about to begin, has ensured that it is going to have an impressive start right at the entrance to the Union Territo- ry, from neighbouring Punjab. Veteran politicians like former Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah and former minister Choudhary Lal Singh have al- ready announced that they will join Ra- hul Gandhi in his Bharat Jodo Yatra at Lakhanpur next week. Congress leaders have informed the Yatra will reach Lakhanpur in the evening on January 19, and after a night halt there, will pro- ceed from Kathua’s Hatli Morh next morning, they added. Balkaur Singh, father of late Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala, walked with Rahul Gandhi during Bharat Jodo Yatra’s Punjab led in Jalandhar on Sunday. New Delhi (PTI): Former Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Sunday hailed the Bharat Jodo Yatra, saying that Rahul Gandhi has been able to bring together disparate elements of the society and made them realise how important it is to ensure unity in the country. Sibal, who had quit the Congress last year, said the party’s Kanyakumari to Kashmir Yatra “opti- cally” seems to have succeeded and gotten the support of non-Con- gress elements as well. Sibal said conceptually the Yatra is a “wonder- ful idea”. “I think that he (Rahul), made them realise how important it is to ensure unity in our country that respect for diversity is at the heart of our nation moving forward,” the former Union minister said. ‘RAHUL MADE PEOPLE REALISE HOW IMPORTANT UNITY IS FOR COUNTRY’ CRUCIAL READ Pune: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Supri- ya Sule’s saree accidentally caught fire during an event in Maharashtra’s Pune on Sunday. In a statement, Sule later confirmed that she is safe and there was no reason to worry. The Baramati MP was at an event in Hinjawadi to inaugurate a karate competition when her saree caught fire while she was garlanding a small statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. A video of the incident that went viral shows the NCP leader’s saree accidentally touching a lamp kept on a table while she garland- ed the statute. NCP MP SUPRIYA SULE’S SAREE CATCHES FIRE DURING PUNE PROGRAMME Chandigarh: The Punjab Police on Sunday said it has arrested an active member of the Goldy Brar gang from Himachal Pradesh. Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said Inderpreet Singh alias Parry was facing several murder cases in Punjab and Haryana. He was involved in a dozen cases of murder, including the killing of Pardeep Singh in Faridkot. “State Special Operations Cell @PunjabpoliceInd has arrested Inder- preet Singh @ Parry, operative of Gangster Goldy Brar from #HimachalPradesh,” said Mr Yadav in a tweet. MEMBER OF GOLDY BRAR GANG ARRESTED IN HIMACHAL PRADESH RLYS OFFICER HELD IN RS 50 LAKH CORRUPTION CASE New Delhi: The CBI has arrested an Additional Divisional Railway Manager posted in Guwahati in an alleged bribery case of Rs 50 lakh, officials said on Sunday. A 1997-batch Indian Railways Service officer Jitender Pal Singh was arrested along with a person identi- fied as Hari Om while allegedly demanding and accepting the bribe, they said. Lucknow: Former MLA from Haidergarh assembly seat and senior BJP leader Sunderlal Dixit died on Saturday after falling down the stairs at his home. The 80-year- old suffered a serious head injury during the fall and was rushed to Lohia Hospital in Lucknow where doctors declared him dead, family sources said on Sunday. Sunderlal Dixit was elected thrice from Haidergarh constituency. New Delhi: The Indian run-machine slammed yet another century in the third and final ODI against Sri Lanka on Sunday. This was Kohli’s third hundred in his last four innings and 46th in the ODIs, just three away to equal Sachin Tendulkar’s all-time record of 49 tons. New Delhi: Three avalanches hit Ganderbal and Bandipora districts of Jam- mu and Kashmir, but there was no loss of life, officials said. They said avalanche warnings have been issued for 12 districts of the Union Territory following moder- ate to heavy snowfall. Two simultaneous avalanches hit the Sarbal area of Sona- marg, in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, while another hit Gurez, in north Kashmir’s Bandipora, the officials said. The State Disaster Management Authority issued a ‘high danger’ avalanche warning for various districts. FORMER UP MLA SUNDERLAL DIXIT DIES AT 80 CENTURION KOHLI GOES PAST SACHIN TENDULKAR JK: AVALANCHES HIT SEVERAL PARTS Kohli, Siraj power India to monster ODI win Delhi to witness intense cold wave New Delhi: The weather office has predicted a return of the cold wave over many places in Delhi-NCR between MondayandWednesday . The minimum temperature is expected to settle around 3 degrees celsius. Dense to very densefogisverylikelyin some parts during night and morning hours over Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh during the next 5 days. The weather bureau said minimum temper- atures are likely to fall further by about 2 degrees celsius over many parts of northwest and central India till Janu- ary 17-18. Encounter breaks out in JK’s Budgam New Delhi: An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in the Budgam district of Jammu on Sunday following a search operation in the region. Security forces had launched a cordon search operation based on specific input about the presence of terrorists in the Red- bugh area of Magam in the central Kashmir. The official noted that the search operation turned into an encounter after terrorists fired upon a search party of the forces that caused retaliation. ‘Perpetrators will pay heavy price’ Jammu (PTI): JK Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday said the perpetrators responsible for the recent terror attack on a village in Rajouri district will have to pay a heavy price for their heinous action. Vehicles commute on the snow-covered Srinagar-Jammu Highway amid the cold winter, in Srinagar. —PHOTO BY ANI CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS BROUGHT DOWN ACROSS LOC: ARMY CHIEF BIDEN DECLARES EMERGENCY IN CALIFORNIA Indian players with trophy pose for photographs after winning the 3rd ODI match against Sri Lanka, at Greenfield Stadium, in Thiruvananthapuram, Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI

8. JAIPUR | MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2023 07 www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Commodity Price Change % Chg GOLD 56,342 467.00 0.84 (Per 10g) SILVER 69,421 778.00 1.13 (Per 1kg) COMMODITIES Currency Price Change % Chg USDINR 81.33 0.23 0.28 GBPINR 99.4651 0.1545 0.1556 CURRENCIES business BRIEFS New Delhi: The combined market valuation of seven of the top-10 most valued firms jumped `1,07,224. 82 crore last week, with IT majors Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys emerg- ing as the biggest gain- ers. Last week, the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 360.81 points or 0.60 per cent. While TCS, HDFC Bank, Infosys, Hin- dustan Unilever, ICICI Bank, HDFC and Life In- surance Corporation of India (LIC) were the gain- ers, Reliance Industries Limited, State Bank of In- dia and Bharti Airtel faced erosion from their market valuation. —PTI New Delhi: Foreign investors offloaded around Rs15,000 crore worth of Indian equities in the first two weeks of January amid risks of Covid in some parts of the world and recession worries in US. Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have been adopting a cautious stance towards Indian equity markets for the past few weeks. As per data with the depositories, FPIs have made a net withdrawal of Rs15,068 crore from the Indian equity markets during January 2-13. —PTI FPIS WITHDRAW `15K CR FROM EQUITIES IN 2 WEEKS OF JANUARY MCAP OF 7 MOST VALUED FIRMS JUMP OVER `1 LAKH CRORE New Delhi: The government has extended the tenure of managing director (MD) and CEO of Bank of Baroda (BoB) Sanjiv Chad- ha for about five months till June 30. The order dated January 14, 2023 comes ahead of his three-year tenure that ends on January 19. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal of the Department of Financial Services for extending the term of Chadha till June 30, 2023, sources said. —PTI GOVT EXTENDS TENURE OF BOB MD SANJIV CHADHA New Delhi: Rakesh Kumar Jain has taken over as the chairman of Indraprastha Gas Ltd, the firm that re- tails CNG to automobiles and piped natural gas to household kitchens in the national capital region and neighbouring towns. Jain, who is Director (Finance) at state gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd, took over as the company chairman on January 14, IGL said in a regulatory filing. IGL is a joint venture of GAIL and Bharat Petroleum Corpo- ration Ltd (BPCL), and they hold 22.5 per cent stake each. —PTI RAKESH KUMAR JAIN TAKES OVER AS CHAIRMAN OF IGL *Rates till the edition went to print. INDIA’S RUSSIAN OIL IMPORTS TOP 1 MN BARRELS A DAY IN DEC New Delhi: India’s import of crude oil from Russia increased further in December 2022, top- ping 1 million barrels per day for the first time ever as Moscow remained its top oil supper for the third month in a row, according to data from energy cargo tracker Vortexa. Russia, which made up for just 0.2 per cent of all crude oil India imported in the year to March 31, 2022, supplied 1.19 million bpd in December. —PTI SCRAP OLD VEHICLES: CENTRE EARMARKS `2,000 CR TO STATES New Delhi: The Union government will give an additional Rs2,000 crore to states under the Special Assistance for Capital Investment scheme to incentivise them to scrap old vehicles and also provide tax concessions to individuals for it. The government in 2022-23 Budget had introduced the ‘Special Assistance to States for Capital Invest- ment’ scheme with an outlay of Rs1.05 lakh crore. —PTI DEMAT ACCOUNTS RISE 34% TO 10.8 CR IN DEC New Delhi: The number of demat accounts rose to 10.8 crore in December 2022, a surge of 34 per cent on yearly basis, on at- tractive returns from the equity markets, ease of account opening process and increased financial sav- ings. Also, the incremental account additions of such accounts were higher in December in comparison with the preceding three months, however, below the financial year 2021-22 (FY22) average run-rate of 29 lakh. The incremental additions of such accounts were 21 lakh in December 2022, compared to 18 lakh each in October and November and 20 lakh in September.—PTI OTHER STORIES New Delhi (PTI): Real estate developers increased the pace of construction during 2022 with 4.02 lakh housing units getting completed across seven major cities as compared to 2.79 lakh homes in the previous year, according to Anarock. The construction works were affected during 2020 and 2021 calendar years because of lockdowns to con- troltheCOVID-19pandemic. Real estate consultant Anarock, one of the leading housing brokerage firms, tracks primary (fresh sale) residential markets of seven major cities namely Mumbai Metro- politan Region (MMR), Delhi-NCR, Pune, Bengalu- ru, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata. It compiles data of sales, new launch- es, prices and construction status of projects. As per the Anarock data, the completion of housing units was highest since 2017.About4.02lakhhomes were completed in 2022 across the seven cities, a 44 per cent increase from 2021 level when around 2.79 lakh homes got completed. Of the total completed homes in 2022, the highest were in Mumbai Metropol- itan Region (MMR) at 1,26,720 units, almost 80 per cent more than in 2021 when 70,500 units were completed. In Delhi-NCR, the project executions fell marginally to 86,300 units in 2022 from 86,590 units in the previous year. Pune saw 84,200 units completed in 2022, against 46,080 units in the previous year. Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Chennai combined witnessed completion of 81,580 units last year against 63,870 units in 2021. As many as 23,190 units got completed in Kolkata during2022calendaryearas against 11,620 units in 2021. Anarock Chairman Anuj Purisaid,“2022wasawater- shed year for the Indian housing sector, with sales breachingthepreviouspeak levels of 2014. In response to this high demand, developers remained focused on completingtheirpreviously launched projects.”Over 5.44 lakh units are sched- uled to be completed across these seven cities in 2023, he added. “Construction activity will hopefully remain least impacted even if the pandemic resurfaces, so most completions in 2023 may be as per schedule. Certainly, developers are committed to completing previously launched projects before launching new ones,” Puri observed. ‘Devt gathered momentum post lockdowns’ 4.02 L HOMES COMPLETED ACROSS TOP 7 CITIES Amendments to comp law likely in Budget New Delhi (PTI): The government is expected to pro- pose amendments to the competition law after taking into consideration various suggestions of a Par- liamentary panel, in the upcoming Budget session of Parliament, according to a senior official. Besides, discussions are going on with respect to amendments to the Insol- vency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) as well as the Companies Act, 2013. The official also said that the corporate affairs ministry is examining a Parlia- mentary panel’s suggestions on having a new digital competition law. The ministry is implementing the Competition Act, IBC and the Compa- nies Act, and amendments to these laws are expected this year. A bill to amend the competition law was introduced in Parliament on August 5 last year and was later referred to the Par- liamentary Standing Committee on Finance. The panel tabled its report on December 13 last year and the ministry will now be coming up with an amendment bill after taking into consideration various recommendations of the committee. The senior official said the bill to amend the competition law is expected in the Budget session of Par- liament. The introduction of a ‘Settlement and Commit- ment framework to reduce litigations’ and incentivis- ing parties in an ongoing cartel investigation in terms of lesser penalty to disclose information regarding other cartels were among the proposals in the bill that was introduced in August last year. In its report, the Parlia- mentary panel recom- mended various changes to the bill to amend the competition law, including bringing cartels under the scope of settlements as a “pragmatic recourse”. The Budget session of Parliament will commence from January 31 with Pres- ident Droupadi Murmu’s address to the joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. The session will have 27 sittings and will continue till April 6 with a month- long recess to examine the budget papers. The first part of the session will con- clude on February 14 and after a break, reconvene on March 12. THE ACT IMPLEMENTATION z Official said that corporate affairs ministry is examining a Parliamentary panel’s suggestions on having a new digital competition law z The ministry is implementing the Competition Act, IBC and the Companies Act, and amendments to these laws are expected this year Domestic automobile ind scaling up efforts New Delhi (PTI): The domestic automobile industry is scaling up efforts to enhance localisation of electronic components in order to curtail depend- ence on other countries, especially China, as per auto component industry body President Sunjay Kapur. In an interaction with PTI, Kapur noted that the Automotive Component Manufacturers Associa- tion of India (ACMA), So- ciety of Indian Automo- bile Manufacturers (SIAM) and the Ministry of Heavy Industries are working together to achieve the target of localisation especially in electronics. He noted that there lies a great opportunity for the auto component industry with the big push towards electrification. With growth in consumption of electric vehicles, the industry is witnessing fast transformation of the auto components sector to be an inte- gral part of the electric vehicle manufacturing supply chain. The component industry is making steady invest- ments and acquiring technology companies. “We will have to keep lo- calising...We as an industry are very fortunate that we can work with the electronics industry as well. Together with combined forces, we can look at scale for localisation efforts and that is something that we have to do,” Kapur stated. INDUSTRY BODY PRESIDENT SAYS z There lies a great opportunity for the auto component industry with the big push towards electrification z With growth in consumption of electric vehicles, the industry is witnessing fast transformation of the auto components sector CII Business Confidence Index rebounds sharply to two-year high GST not payable for promoting RuPay card, says Ministry New Delhi (PTI): Incen- tives paid by the government to banks for promoting RuPay debit cards and low-value BHIM-UPI transactions will not at- tract Goods and Service Tax (GST), the Finance Ministry said. Last week the Cabinet cleared a Rs2,600-crore in- centive scheme for banks to promote RuPay debit cards and low-value BHIM-UPI transactions in the current fiscal. New Delhi (PTI): The lat- estCIIBusinessConfidence Index for the October-De- cember quarter rebounded to its highest reading in almost two years of 67.6 from 62.2 in the previous quarter, reflecting optimism around India being in a ‘sweet spot’ despite the rising global un- certainties, the industry body said on Sunday . The sharp improvement in the value of the index was buttressed by subsid- ing of concerns around the impending recession and its impact on the Indian economy, CII stated. The Index is based on the find- ings of a survey of over 120 firms of varying sizes and across all industry sectors and regions of the country . However, a majority (70 per cent) of the survey re- spondents feel that the In- dian economy will expand in a range of 6.5 per cent to 7.5 per cent in the current financial year ending March from 8.7 per cent in the last fiscal. ‘Qtr earnings, inflation data major factors to drive trends’ New Delhi (PTI): WPI inflation data, the ongoing quarterly earnings and foreign fund trading activity would largely dictate terms in the equity market this week, analysts said. Global trends and Brent crude oil movement are also crucial factors to watch out for, they added. “The Q3 season has begun with big IT names and this week we will react to earnings of some major names, including HDFC Bank, IndusInd Bank, Asian Paints, JSW Steel and HUL. “On the global front, the US market will remain shut on Monday on account of Martin Luther King Jr Day. However, we will have lots of macro numbers from the US, Eu- rope and China. Apart from this, movement in crude oil prices, US bond yields and the dollar index will be other important factors,” said Santosh Mee- na, Head of Research, Swastika Investmart Ltd. Coal India should aim at providing power to nation at ‘just price’: Chief New Delhi (PTI): State- owned CIL chief Pramod Agrawal has said that the coal behemoth should aim at providing electricity to the county at “just price” as 80percentof thecompany’s supplies is directed towards coal-based power plants. Coal India (CIL) accounts for over 80 per cent of domestic coal supply and three quarters of the country’s power genera- tion is coal-based. In a recent message to its employees, Agrawal who is the chairman and managing director of CIL said that “our role is to supply assured energy at afforda- ble costs”. Stating that as there is a sizeable scope for energy expansion in the country for the next few decades, he said that the company has a greater responsibility to shoulder. “Aim for even loftier heights in the last quarter of the financial year and make FY23 momentous by shattering the annual targets as well. And, not rest there. Once we achieve 700 MT production target that should be a benchmark base for further growth,” he said. Agrawal asked the employees to make a concert- ed effort in meeting the country’s energy and de- velopmental goals with un- relenting commitment. “All the three performance parameters -- production of 479 MTs (million tonnes), supplies of 508 MTs and OBR of 1,155 M, Cu.M, till December, were ahead of the respec- tive progressive targets,” the message said.

9. First India Bureau Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will re- view the implementa- tionof budgetannounce- ments and performance of all departments at a Chintan Shivir which will be organised at Har- ish Chandra Mathur Ra- jasthan Institute of Pub- lic Administration in Jaipur from Monday . Ministers of all the departments will present the progress report of their departments’ four-year works, budget announcements, public manifesto, campaigns, implementation of innovations and other works before Gehlot. In different sessions, discussions will be held regarding the improvement in the present works as well as the pro- posed works for the coming year. A cabinet meeting will be held at 10 am on the first day on Mon- day. After the cabinet meeting, detailed information about the outline of the camp will be given by Chief Secretary Usha Shar- ma following which Ministers Parsadi Lal, BD Kalla, Rajendra Singh Yadav and Sub- hash Garg will present the progress report. First India Bureau Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has given consent to the public participation scheme in the village panchayats for gaushala/animal shelter and approved Rs 1,377 crore for construction and operation in 1,500 gram panchayats in the first phase of the scheme. Under the scheme, in gram panchayats where a competent executive agency (Gram Panchay- at/Voluntary organization) will be available to run gaushalas/animal shelters, construction will be on priority. An amount of up to Rs one crore will be used. Under this, construction will be in 200 gram panchayats in 2022-23 and 1300 in 2023-24. In this, the state govern- mentwillbear90percent andtheexecutiveagency will bear 10 percent. Rs 183.60 crore will be uti- lised in 2022-23 and Rs 1193.40 crore in 2023-24. Naresh Sharma Jaipur: The newly elected executive committee of Ra- jasthan Cricket As- sociation and office bearers of District Cricket Associations met Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot under the leadership of RCA President Vaib- hav Gehlot at CMR on Sunday . CM Gehlot con- gratulated the newly elected office bearers and also organised lunch for them. Chief Patron of RCA and Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi was also present. CM Gehlot discussed the development of crick- etinthestatewiththe district officials. RCA officials thanked him for allotment of land for stadium in Jaipur and renovation of Jodhpur stadium. Those district officers were also present in this meeting who were earlier in the Lalit Modi group, but this time Vaib- hav Gehlot was made them elect president unopposed. First India Bureau Jaipur: Father of AdarshNagarMLARa- feek Khan, Chotu Khan, passed away on Sunday .Hewas84.Cho- tu Khan was admitted toSMSHospital20days ago for treatment, but could not recover. He breathed last at 2:30 pm on Sunday while his family buried his remains at Nahri Ka Naka cemetery . Dr JagdeeshChandrapaid the visit and consoled Khan and his family . MinistersPratapSingh Khachariyawas, Ma- hesh Joshi and others also paid tributes to Khan’s father. First India Bureau Jaipur: The vision of RajasthanCMAshokGe- hlot is being implement- ed in other states ruled by the Congress. Gehlot first played masterstroke in Ra- jasthan by reviving the OPS for state government employees. Rahul Gandhi, in a tweet, said thatOPShasbeenimple- mented in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Himachal Pradesh. “Congress government fulfilled its prom- ise without delay . A committee was formed to implement ‘Har Ghar Laxmi’ scheme in Himachal to provide Rs 1500 per month to women. All this shows that Congress means trust’ Rahul has given example of OPS and praised Gehlot’s vision on many occasions. First India Bureau Jaipur: In the Youth Congress elections to be held in Rajasthan, a reserved seat has been kept for transgenders for the post of general secretary. For the first time in the political history of Rajasthan, a seat has been kept for a transgender in any party. Recently, Youth Congress elections have been announced in Rajasthan. In these elections, the Congress has increased the number of general secretaries in the organisation from 10 to 45. For the first time so many general secretaries will be elected. Out of these 45 general secretaries of Youth Congress, 14 seats will be open. Apart from this, one seat will be reserved for transgender and one seat will be reserved for a handicapped. Eleven seats have been reserved for women. Be- sides, there will be two seats for SC-ST women. Goals are necessary and a clearly defined goal benefits us by restoring a sense of focus to our life and clears our path of distractions. —Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India JAIPUR | MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2023 www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 08 2NDFRONT POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24 First India Bureau Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Sunday that it is necessary to maintain an at- mosphere of peace and harmony in the country. This paves the way for development. He said that late Rajiv Gan- dhi had dreamed of taking the country into the 21st century through communication revolu- tion, which is being re- alised today and electronic media has ex- panded on a large scale. Gehlot was addressing the launching ceremony of the news channel ‘Sach Bedhadak’ on Sunday. He hoped that the channel would play an important role in the field of social concern. During the programme, a film based on the public welfare schemes of the state government was screened. Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi, Ministers Dr Mahesh Joshi, Bhajan- lal Jatav, Subhash Garg, Lal Chand Ka- taria, RTDC Chairman Dharmendra Rathore, Mahendra Chaudhary, Pukhraj Parashar, Ra- jiv Arora, Kalicharan Saraf, Pawan Arora, Dr Somya, IPS Dinesh MN, Justice Pankaj Bhandari, and Found- er-Group Editor of Sach Bedhadak Media Vinayak Sharma were present. ‘Necessary to maintain peace, harmony in country’ First India Bureau Jaipur: To ensure good governance in State, CM Ashok Gehlot has instructed all Collec- tors Ministers to or- ganise public hearings and night chaupals twice a month. A detailed outline in this regard will be given to them in the Chintan Shivir to be held at OTS (Jaipur) on Jan 16-17. Sources say that this is aimed at tightening the administrative ma- chinery as well as gath- ering political feedback about govt’s performance. Theme of Chin- tan Shivir is ‘Good Gov- ernance,wherein, Mins will have to give presen- tations about work done on budget announcements manifesto promises time to complete pending tasks. Jaipur (PTI): With 24 of the 180 students selected in the IAS in the Civil Service Examina- tion (CSE-21) hailing from Rajasthan, the state has now edged out Uttar Pradesh to churn out the highest number of civil servants. Experts attribute the state’s good performance to the excellent coaching resources and risingawarenessamong the youth to appear for the examination. According to the fig- ures of the Department of Personnel and Train- ing, in the past four years, Rajasthan has given 84 IAS officers and the year-on-year graph is on a continuous rise in the last three years. A total of 16 candi- dates having domicile in Rajasthan state were selected in the civil service examination, 2019 conducted by the Union Public Service Commis- sion (UPSC). First India Bureau Jaipur: RANA Presi- dent and Jaipur Foot Chairman Prem Bhandari, who arrived in Jaipur, discussed issues related to NRIs with UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal and invited him for Holi milan ceremony to be held in USA. He expressed gratitude to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the 17th Prava- si Bhartiya Sammelan held in Indore. Bhandari thanked First India for raising the issues of NRIs and said that events like the one in Indore will prove to be milestones to help us remain connected with our motherland. Bhandari said that in 2009, RANA gave a grand welcome to Dha- riwal in California and in the history till date, the only minister from Rajasthan, Shanti Dha- riwal, has been award- ed the “Rajasthan Rat- na Award”. Dhariwal said that he will pre- pare a program for the Holi meet and will help solve NRIs’ problems. First India Bureau Jaipur: The transfer list of IPS officers was finally put on hold. The names of several senior IPS officers are there in the list which will now be issued after the State assembly session. There was a lot of buzz in the police department regarding the transfer list. In De- cember last year, the State Department of Personnel (DoP) had promoted 100 officers of the IAS, IPS, and IFS ranks. Vaishya community... The CM was addressing the International VaishyaMahasammelan organized at Birla Audi- toriuminJaipuronSun- day . He said that today the people of the community are settled in every corner of India. “The industrial houses that came out of Ra- jasthan have made their ownidentityinthecoun- try and the world. These industrialists have continuously maintained their association with their native areas and have worked for its progress,” he said. Gehlot said that during the Co- rona epidemic, the best corona management took place in the state. With the resolution that no one sleeps hungry , food and other arrangements were made available for the needy with the help of social workers. In this, the Vaishya community also went ahead and did a remark- able job. Former Jaipur Mayor Jyoti Khandelwal, San- ganer MLA Ashok La- hoty, and people of the community were present in the programme. CM asks Collectors, Mins to hold ‘night chaupals’ twice a month Civil Service Exam: Raj becomes top IAS churner State, UP 2nd Rafeek Khan’s father passes away at 84 Earlier the Col- lectors organised night choupals regularly, but for some reason this could not be done in the last one or two years. Now, they will start it again. —Dr Subhash Garg, MoS Night Chaupal held in Sikar district. —FILE PHOTO CM Gehlot, Subhash Garg, Pukhraj Parashar, Bhajanlal Jatav, Kalicharan Saraf, Mahendra Choudhary, Dr CP Joshi, Vinayak Sharma wife, Dharmendra Rathore, Rajeev Arora at the launch event. Vinayak Sharma with Pawan Arora at the launch on Sunday. CHINTAN SHIVIR TODAY; CM TO TRACK BUDGET PROMISES Ministers of all departments will present four-year progress reports before Chief Minister Gehlot CM approves `1,377cr for animal shelters in 1,500 gram panchayats RCA officials meet CM Gehlot at CMR CM Ashok Gehlot, CP Joshi, Mahesh Joshi, Dharmendra Rathore, Usha Sharma, Gayatri Rathore and others at Hawa Mahal Festival. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO CM Ashok Gehlot with CP Joshi, Vaibhav Gehlot, GS Sandhu and others at CMR on Sunday. Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas and others visit MLA Rafeek Khan’s residence to pay tributes to his late father. Dr Jagdeesh Chandra consoles MLA Rafeek Khan after his father’s demise on Sunday. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA CM Gehlot’s OPS vision being replicated in other States Youth Cong elections: Gen Secy seat reserved for transgender Jaipur: The sudden transfer of IPS officer Vishnu Kant has become a topic of dis- cussion in the police force. Sources said that an audio is the reason for the instant transfer of Vishnu Kant, who is a senior IPS officer of 2005 batch. He was posted in the Anti Corruption Bureau for the last two and a half years. Now he was given a marginal posting in civil defence. IPS VISHNU KANT’S TRANSFER CREATES BUZZ AMONG COPS RANA prez,Dhariwal discuss NRI issues IPS transfers likely post assembly session FROM P1… CM AT LAUNCH OF SACH BEDHADAK NEWS CHANNEL —PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA

10. WHENEVER YOU FEEL A BIT DULL, JUST ADD SOME SPARKLE TO YOUR CLOTHING STYLE. CITY FIRST GIVES YOU SOME INSIGHTS INTO THIS BREATHTAKING ARTISTRY OF MIRROR WORK FASHION irrors have always been used to depict India’s stunning scenery and natural beauty . It has been a favorite in most millennial’ ward- robes due to its ageless appeal and adaptability. Mirror work, also known as sheesha and abhala bharat embroidery, is a kind of hand embroidery that entails sewing tiny mirror bits to cloth. Mirror craftsmanship originated in Persia in the 13th century and traveled to India during the Mughal dynasty. The usage of mirrors and the art of mirror work come from traditional Islamic beliefs; mirrors assist to ward off ill luck and evil spirits by trapping or blinding the evil eye. Hinduism and Jainism adopted the religious practices, and shisha torans were placed on the entrance door to fend off bad spirits in these religions. Mirror work also has a lovely heritage feel to it; this is something that may inspire you. It can be passed down through generations. Different embroidery designs, colors, and silhouettes can be used with mirror work. Dresses that have reflective mirror designs are more appealing. One of the best things about mirror work is that it can be created to meet the demands of the customer and look fantastic. Wear it traditional or western you can don both the look without putting in additional effort. If you wish to be the highlight of any event then a mirror dress will do the best for you. Simply wear your Gold mirror dress and go for the natural makeup with a highlighter to get that glowy look. Wear simple metallic gold silhouettes to complete the look. www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur I twitter.com/ thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 09 JAIPUR | MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2023 MRIDULA SHARMA cityfirst@firstindia.co.in FASHION THAT FASHION THAT REFLECTS REFLECTS YOU! YOU! M

11. IT IS TERRIBLE THAT THE THREAT OF SYNTHETIC MANJHA CONTINUES DESPITE A BAN BY THE GOVERNMENT. CITY FIRST HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE AMAZING WORKS DONE BY VARIOUS BIRD RESCUERS AND NGOS! estivals mark the spirit of joy and celebration, they have direct and indirect impacts on people through the op- portunities they provide for; participation, skills development and volun- teering, one such hazardous effect of a Makar Sankranti festival was seen on Saturday . Kite flying has always been part of the celebrations in NorthandWesternIndia.How- ever, with a rising number of kites in the air and a sharper- than-ever competitive edge in kite-fighting, what was meant to be a celebration of nature’s rebirth has transformed these locations into killing grounds for their local and migratory bird populations. The increasing usage of glass-coated, especially non- biodegradable ‘Chinese’ manjha (kite string) composed of metallic/nylon yarn with an abrasive layer of broken glass bondedoverit,hasexacerbated the situation. Birds cannot see this tiny string while flying, and thousands of them become entangled and are maimed or killed each year during the event. After the kite flying is done, coils of this sharp manjha are seen hanging from trees and lampposts, posing a men- ace to both birds and humans. Over the last few years, the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has been collaborating with government authorities and local NGOs to solve this issue. This year’s Makar Sankranti festivities included a continuous awareness campaign in conjunction with the youth- based organisation Raksha to educate people in and around Jaipur about the long-term impact of kite-fighting, particu- larly with Chinese manjha, on bird populations in the area. RAKSHA NGO Raksha is a youth based organisation, established by a small group of individuals inspired to start a movement and make lasting change to work against cruelty towards animals, to improve the health and welfare of animals, to protect the environment. Since its launch in January 2003, Raksha has rescued close to 15,000 birds, 1200 mammals and 6000 reptiles in and around Jaipur and released them into their natural habitats. It is the only full- time bird and mammal rescue organisation in Jaipur. UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in F —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA AND MUKESH KIRADOO 10 ETC JAIPUR | MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2023 www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia CUT STRINGS NOT WINGS! ECO RESCUERS FOUNDATION The Delhi-based non-governmental organisation Wildlife SOS in collaboration with Eco Rescuers Foundation is conducting a free bird treatment camp in the Malviya Nagar area of Jaipur, Rajasthan. The four-day camp was set up as bird casualties during the festival of Makar Sankranti are the highest because of the use of glass-coated or ‘Chinese Manjhas’ during the kite-flying which is part of the festivities. These strings easily cut through the soft flesh of birds and cause damage to their wings and limbs. The camp which was started on January 12 was inaugurated by Rajiv Arora, Chairman of Rajasthan Small In- dustries Corporation is equipped with a state-of-the-art medical operation theatre, medical facilities, and transport carriers for injured birds. SAAHAS FOUNDATION Saahas Foundation is working for the conservation of animals for the last 5 years. Whether it is treatment or any problem related to food or organism. The team of organisation has worked even during the Corona period. Right now our NGO has set up bird medical camps at three places in Jaipur. And many birds have been rescued and treated using designated open spaces and choosing cotton thread or natural fibre can help reduce the risks of related fatalities and save numerous lives. HOPE AND BEYOND Hope and Beyond is a social organization that is committed to conserving wildlife and is famous as Wildlife NGO in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Our mission is to provide greater insight and appreciation of the natural world and the ways to protect it. We help to provide a haven to all animals in the wilderness. We have a team of committed, trained, and empathetic volunteers who excel in handling and rescuing reptiles and animals of feline, canine and avian family. Hope and Beyond strives to inculcate sensitiv- ity about the importance of wildlife fauna among masses, especially the youth, by organising awareness programs, seminars, and symposiums.

12. ETC www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia JAIPUR | MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2023 11 WOH PATANG, WOH PATANG, Ke RANG.... Ke RANG.... MAKAR SANKRANTI WAS CELEBRATED WITH MUCH FERVOUR AND ENTHUSIASM ACROSS THE NATION. DURING THIS FESTIVAL, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS GATHERED ON TERRACES ROOFS TO FLY KITES TOGETHER. CITY FIRST BRINGS TO YOU SOME MORE GLIMPSES FROM THE ENCHANTING FESTIVAL OF KITES SHARED BY OUR AVID READERS FROM ALL ACROSS! Parul Mahajan Rupal, Prachi and Daksh (L-R) Manali, Deepshree, Nikita, Sonal,Ankita, Priyal and Mahek Sudhir Mathur with Supriya and Charu Saloni and Manju Sharma Neelam Rathore Ananya, Pulkit and Harshvardhan Jahanvi, Saloni and Sarita Manisha and Khoobi Hanumandas,Vijay,Alok, Divya, Pranika, Isha, Navya, Nehal, Nandini, Neha,Arjun, Suvarna, sarvesh,Vikram, Sajal and Nandini Deepak Ajmera, Rohit,Aditya,Ananya, Jyoti, Sunil,Aatya, Palak,Ashu, Krishana, Kusum, Shreepriya,Vashundra,Arvind,Twicle and Madhuri Zaina and Rupal Sudhir Mathur Anirudh,Avika and Sharvya Ichchha, Drishti, Sandeep, Swayam and Santosh Kumari Chetan Aachrekar Swapnali Aachrekar The Agnihotri family Akshita Shaktawat Aayush Mahajan Preshati Kavyyaa and Nikita with others enjoying the kite festival Karan,Ajit, Nidhi,Yashaswi,Abhishek , Varun, Manveer,Abhishek, Apeksha,Viraj,Aditi, Dishant, Neha, Bharat, Navya —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA AND MUKESH KIRADOO

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