First india jaipur edition-09 february 2021

JAIPUR l TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2021 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 244
New Delhi: Farmer un-
ions agitating against
the three agri laws on
Monday asked the gov-
ernment to fix a date for
the next round of talks,
soon after PM Modi
urged them to end their
stir and invited them to
resume the dialogue.
They, however, objected
to PM’s remarks that a
new “breed” of agita-
tors called “andolan
jivi” has emerged in the
country, and said that
agitation has an impor-
tant role in a democracy
.
Farmer leader & BKU
spokesperson Rakesh
Tikait on Monday reit-
erated that a law is
needed on MSP for
crops, dismissing the
promise made by PM in
Parliament earlier.
“Prime Minister said
‘MSP hai, tha aur rahe-
ga’ today but he did not
say that a law will be
formed on MSP... the
country does not run on
trust. It runs on consti-
tution and law,” he said.
“There will not be
business over hunger in
the country
. Turn to P6
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Monday appealed to
protesting farmers to
end their agitation
against the new farm
laws even as he ques-
tioned Opposition par-
ties for their sudden “U-
turn” on the agricul-
ture sector reforms.
The prime minister
also hit out at those be-
hind the protests, say-
ing a new “breed” of
agitators called “an-
dolan jeevi” has
emerged in the country
who cannot live without
agitation and the nation
should guard against
them. He also said a new
FDI (Foreign Destruc-
tive Ideology) has come
up in the nation and “we
need to be more aware
to save the country from
such ideology”.
“I invite you to come
forward and solve the
problems of the agri-
culture sector by mak-
ing those protesting
against the laws to un-
derstand the reforms...
Let’s move forward to-
gether,” he said.
Defending Centre’s
policies for farmers and
referring to those tak-
ing a “U-Turn” from
laws, PM quoted his
predecessor Manmo-
han Singh who had
once called for making
one single market for
agriculture produce.
“Manmohan Ji is
here, I would read out
his quote. Those taking
a U-Turn (farm laws)
will perhaps agree with
him. ‘There are other
rigidities because of
marketing regime set
up in the 1930s which
prevent our farmers
from selling their pro-
duce where they get the
highest rate of re-
turn...” said PM Modi in
his reply to the Motion
of Thanks on the Presi-
dent’s Address in Rajya
Sabha. “...It is our inten-
tion to remove all those
handicaps, which come
in the way of India real-
ising its vast potential
at one large common
market,” he added.
“Manmohan Singh Ji
had made his inten-
tions clear to give farm-
ers the freedom to sell
their produce, and have
just one market.
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Dehradun: In the after-
mathof Uttarakhandgla-
cier burst, 26 bodies have
been recovered till re-
ports last came in. Ac-
cording to Uttarakhand
DGP Ashok Kumar 171
people still remain miss-
ing of which 35 are sup-
posed to be stuck in the
tunnel where rescue op-
erationsarestillgoingon.
However, Uttara-
khand Disaster Man-
agement Centre claims
197 people are missing
since the day of tragedy
.
A multi-agency res-
cue operation including
— Indo-Tibetan Border
Police (ITBP) and Na-
tional Disaster Re-
sponse Force (NDRF) —
is in full swing to release
people still stuck in the
tunnels. The forces have
cleared 90 meter stretch
of debris in the big tun-
nel at Tapovan till now,
withabout 100 meters of
clearing still left to do.
Uttarakhand CM
Trivendra Singh Rawat
visited Chamoli district
and said that saving
lives was their first pri-
ority. He will visit af-
fected areas in Chamoli
today and will also meet
people there. Turn to P6
MASSIVE RESCUE OPS ON
TO TRACK OVER 140
MISSING; TOLL RISES TO 26
Need to save India from ‘andolan jeevis’
& Foreign Destructive Ideology: Modi
Remove 1,178
Pak-Khalistani
handles: Govt
asks Twitter
New Delhi: Amid the
‘Toolkit’ controversy
surrounding the ongo-
ing farmers’ protest,
Centralgovthasdirected
microblogging platform
Twitter to remove 1,178
Pakistani-Khalistani ac-
counts spreading misin-
formation and provoca-
tive content on farmers
agitation, sources said.
Additionally
, govern-
ment feels that Twitter
CEO Jack Dorsey ‘lik-
ing’ a few tweets sup-
porting the protest rais-
es questions over the
platform’s neutrality
.
In an emailed re-
sponse, a Twitter
spokesperson said that
Twitter Turn to P6
GEHLOT CABINET to meet today to
chalk out strategy for BUDGET SESSION
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Ahead of the
Budget session of the
Rajasthan Assembly
scheduled to start on
February 10, an impor-
tant meeting of the Cab-
inet has been called on
Tuesday. During the
meeting proposed to be
held at 12 noon at CMR,
CM Ashok Gehlot will
discuss several issues
with the Cabinet along
with the Budget session.
It is believed that the
Chief Minister will dis-
cuss the bills to be ta-
bled in the Session.
Apart from this, there
will also be a discussion
in the Cabinet about the
legislative work of the
Assembly, and feedback
on the ongoing prepara-
tions for the two-day
state visit of former
Congress President Ra-
hul Gandhi. It is also
believed that Kisan
Sammelan can be held
in Hanumangarh and
Ganganagar during Ra-
hul Gandhi’s visit.
At the same time,
there will be a fresh dis-
cussion about the 3 ag-
ricultural bills passed
in the House during the
last session. All 3 bills
are awaiting Presi-
dent’s nod and current-
ly these are stuck in the
Raj Bhavan. Sources
say that the farmers’
agitation can be dis-
cussed in the Cabinet
and a strategy will be
chalked out to respond
to the Opposition’s at-
tack during the Assem-
bly Session. Along with
this, there will be a dis-
cussion in cabinet re-
garding the upcoming
by-elections on 4 seats.
Moreover, 7 pre-de-
cided proposals have
been included in the
agenda in which the
name of Gram Sevak is
to be changed to Village
Development Officer,
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GLACIER
DISASTER HANGING GLACIER MAY
HAVE BROKEN FROM MAIN
PART: DRDO SCIENTIST
Chamoli: Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) scientist Dr LK Sinha on
Monday said that a hanging glacier in Uttara-
khand’s Chamoli may have broken away from the
main glacier which caused damage. Sinha said
that DRDO scientists are analysing the data to
ascertain the cause of glacier burst. “Our team did
an aerial survey of the glacier where the incident
took place in Chamoli. Prima facie, it looks that a
hanging glacier broke away from the main glacier
and came down in the narrow valley,” the DRDO
scientist told ANI. “In the valley, it formed a lake
which burst later and caused the damage. The
data is being analysed by our scientists in detail
and if required, they would again go to get more
details.” The DRDO scientist further said.
Joint team of ITBP, Army, SDRF, NDRF trying
to reach trapped people in Tapovan tunnel
CARRY RELIEF WORK WITHOUT
HINDRANCE: RAHUL URGES
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on
Monday condoled the deaths of people in the
Uttarakhand glacier burst and said
there should be no hindrance
in relief work for few days.
“The whole country is with
Uttarakhand. At this time,
the most important thing
is that there should be no
obstructions in the relief work
for the next few days. I am with
the victims with all my heart
and wish for their safety,”
Rahul Gandhi tweeted.
Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat
directed SDRF to release Rs 20 crore funds
to carry out rescue and relief operations in
the state. Ration and relief materials were
transported by helicopter to villages that
were cut off from connectivity.
PM Narendra Modi and former PM Manmohan Singh during
Budget Session of Parliament in Rajya Sabha on Monday.
Ready for talks; fix
a date, say Farmers
SC allows pvt schools in Raj to
collect full fees in 6 instalments
First India Bureau
New Delhi: In what
may be seen as a major
setback for parents in
the school fees case,
the Supreme Court
while giving a big re-
lief to the school op-
erators, allowed pri-
vate unaided schools
in Rajasthan to collect
100% school fee,
through 6 monthly in-
stallments, from 5
March, 2021.
However, bench of
Justice AM Khan-
wilkar and Justice
Dinesh Maheshwari,
maintained that
schools cannot expel
students or reserve
theirexamresultsover
non-payment of fee.
SC also mentioned
thattheinstallmentar-
rangement would have
to be paid indepen-
dently of the amount
payable to schools in
the 2021-2022 academic
year. The court also
stayed an earlier judg-
ment of Rajasthan
High Court, which had
allowedprivateschools
to charge 60% to 70%.
SC gave this interim
order while holding a
joint hearing on the
SLP of Vidyabhavan
School Society along
with Managing Com-
mittee Sawai Man
Singh School Turn to P6
PM also quotes Manmohan while referring to those taking ‘U-turn’ over farm laws
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Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: In compliance
of the recommendation
of the committee con-
stituted by the union
ministry of environ-
ment, the state forest
department has direct-
ed to stop the use of 20
medically unfit ele-
phants for tourist rides
at Amer Fort.
As per the order, the
medically unfit ele-
phants include three
who tested positive for
tuberculosis (TB), those
suffering from im-
paired vision and
chronic foot problems,
and old and malnour-
ished animals.
The central govern-
ment committee was
constituted as per the
order of the Supreme
Court. Its report notes
that of the 98 captive el-
ephants inspected, 22
suffer from impaired vi-
sion resulting from cor-
neal opacity and cata-
racts and 42 have chron-
ic foot problems, includ-
ing overgrown nails and
flat footpads from walk-
ing on concrete roads.
Twenty-nine ele-
phants were found to be
above the age of 50
years, which is the aver-
age lifespan of an ele-
phant in captivity
.
Two out of three el-
ephants who were test-
ed positive for TB, a po-
tentially fatal zoonotic
disease of public health
concern, were con-
firmed reactive to TB
tests conducted by the
Animal Welfare Board
of India in 2018, too.
Forest dept declares 20 Elephants unfit for joy rides
TUSKER OWNERS TO CHALLENGE ORDER
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As per the order,
of the 20
elephants, three
tested positive
for TB while a
few others suffer
from impaired
vision, chronic
foot problems
etc.
Jodh North Mayor presents
`506.42 cr municipal budget The laws are brought only to benefit industrialists
BJP MLAs to meet today
for February 10 Session
Jaipur Heritage Board meet today
to present `500 cr loan proposal
Joshi: Farm laws framed
to help industrialists
Rajiv Gaur
Jodhpur: After the
formation of Jodhpur
Municipal Corpora-
tion North Board, the
first budget of Munici-
pal Corporation North
was presented by its
Mayor Kunti Deora
Parihar. In the board
meeting held in the
Municipal Corpora-
tion Auditorium, the
budget of Rs 506 crore
42 lakh of Municipal
Corporation North
was passed with a ma-
jority. Initially, North
Mayor Kunti Deora
Parihar addressed
members. She said
that the municipal cor-
poration area of the
north adorns the city’s
historic heritage
and culture. Moreover,
it attracts millions of
foreign tourists every
year.
The newly formed
board is working as
per the expectation of
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot. Our effort will
be to preserve our his-
torical and cultural
heritage and promote
tourism in the city.
Also, to present the
city population with a
clean, green, and
healthy surrounding,
cleanliness, smooth-
ening of the sewerage
and drainage system
along with the devel-
opment of new mod-
ern facilities is essen-
tial.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: 45 Congress
supported and 42 BJP
supported candidates
won elections for dep-
uty chairperson in
elections held on Mon-
day. Of the 90 local
bodies in 20 districts,
deputy chairpersons
were elected unop-
posed in 5.
After the results,
chief minister Ashok
Gehlot said that the
party now rules in 2/3
of the urban local bod-
ies in the state.
One transgender
and 13 woman candi-
dates were elected as
deputy chairpersons
in 90 local bodies.
Transgender Reena
defeated Rajesh Doda
by 17 votes in Sangar-
ia in Hanumangarh
and was elected as
deputy chairperson.
In 13 local bodies,
woman candidates
were elected while in
remaining local bod-
ies, male candidates
were elected as deputy
chairpersons.
Meanwhile, post of
vice president of
Kekri & Sarwad Mu-
nicipalities were won
by Congress. In Kekri
after 15 yrs a Cong
candidate, Arif Neb
was elected as VP
. And
in Sarwad after 25
years Sampath Devi
of Congress has won.
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: The budget
meeting of the Bikaner
Municipal Corporation
went through many ups
and downs on Monday.
The budget of Rs 377
crore was presented.
Congress councillors
accused BJP Mayor Su-
shila Kanwar of adopt-
ing a dictatorial atti-
tude, which incited an
uproar in the meeting.
Black flags were waved
in the house and Con-
gress councillors sat on
a dharna in front of the
Mayor. In the meeting,
the proposal to give lap-
tops to councillors and
municipal officers,
CUG SIMs and increase
the honorarium of
readers was tabled.
Some new development
works were also dis-
cussed like starting of
Pink City Bus.
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: The state unit
of the BJP will corner
the state government
over various public in-
terest issues, includ-
ing deteriorating law
and order, corruption,
unemployment, and
complete farmer debt
waiver during the as-
sembly session.
The budget session of
the assembly will com-
mencefrom10February
.
BJP state president
Satish Poonia said that
to discuss the issues, the
BJP Legislature Party
will meet on Tuesday in
which all the MLAs will
take part. However, for-
mer chief minister
Vasundhara Raje will
not attend the meeting.
Satish Poonia said
that law and order, cor-
ruption, unemploy-
ment, the entire farmer
debt waiver will remain
the key issues that will
require a thorough dis-
cussion in the House.
Poonia said that the
party MLAs have also
raised questions on is-
sues related to the prob-
lems in their respective
constituencies.
On the other hand,
differences among the
legislators has forced
party strategists to
think.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The investiga-
tion report of the death
of seven people after
consuming poisonous
liquor in village Chak
Samari of Roopbas,
Bharatpur is now out.
The investigation was
carried out by Division-
al Commissioner PC
Berwal. A 50-page in-
quiry report was pre-
sented to the Home De-
partment on behalf of
the Bharatpur Division-
al Commissioner. The
investigation has re-
vealed that the police
and excise department
had been negligent.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Former deputy
chief minister Sachin
Pilot will address a
Kisan Mahapanchayat
in Bharatpur district’s
Bayana town in solidar-
ity with the farmers
who have been agitat-
ing against farm laws.
The mahapanchayat
will be held at Fateh Sa-
gar taal in Jesora vil-
lage for which Bayana
MLA Amar Singh Jatav
along with other lead-
ers and workers took
stock of the prepara-
tions on Monday
.
The party workers
have appealed to people
to attend the Mahapan-
chayat in large num-
bers. Pilot will reach
Bayana via Dausa, Ma-
hua, Weir, and Bhusa-
war by road. It is worth
mentioning that Pilot
has faith in a religious
place at the Fateh Sagar
taal. He had visited this
place about 12 years ago
along with his mother
Rama Pilot. It is the sec-
ond Kisan Mahapan-
chayat which will be
addressed by Pilot.
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: The Heritage
Municipal Corporation
Board meeting will be
held in the councillor
building of Greater Mu-
nicipal Corporation on
Tuesday. In the board
meeting, 21 important
proposals will be tabled.
It will also include the
hyped proposal for a
loan of Rs 500 crores,
the increment of salary
allowance, and a nation-
wide tour of the coun-
cillors. Rs 500 crore loan
will be sanctioned by
HUDCO. Earlier when
Greater Corporation
had come with a similar
proposal Congress min-
ister Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas had ob-
jected the proposal.
However, now he has
agreed for the proposal
put up by Heritage Mu-
nicipal Corporation.
Before the board meet-
ing of the Greater Cor-
poration, minister
Khachariyawas had
raised the condition
that whoever takes the
Rs 500 crore loan, he
will have to justify the
reason behind it.
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Whip
Dr Mahesh Joshi
once again attacked
the Modi govern-
ment over the three
agricultural laws.
Accusing the Modi
government, Joshi
said that all three ag-
ricultural laws have
been framed under a
conspiracy so that
only industrialists
benefit. Talking to
the media at PCC
headquarters, Joshi
said that neither ag-
ricultural organiza-
tions nor opposition
parties were talked
to before enacting ag-
ricultural laws. It is a
law brought only to
benefit industrial-
ists.
Regarding the
budget session of the
assembly, Chief
Whip Joshi said that
the budget session of
the assembly will be-
gin from February 10
with the Governor’s
speech. Post address,
there will be a debate
on the Governor’s
speech and Chief
Minister will reply
on the address. After
the speech, the budg-
et will be presented.
The number of days
the proceedings of
the house will last
will be decided in the
BAC meeting.
Congress now rules in 2/3 of
urban local bodies: Gehlot
` 377 cr budget presented
by Bikaner Corporation
Mayor Kunti Deora Parihar presented first budget of Municipal Corporation North.
Mahesh Joshi paid tribute to Tikaram Paliwal on his death anniversary on Monday.
Hooch tragedy:
Police & excise
depts in soup
Pilot to address Kisan
rally at Bharatpur
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: The execu-
tive committee
meeting of the
Jaipur Develop-
ment Authority was
held on Monday in
which various deci-
sions were taken.
In the meeting
chaired by JDA com-
missioner Gaurav
Goyal, the decision
was taken to formu-
late a policy for
bringing symmetry
in action under sec-
tion 44, 90A and sin-
gle lease of JDA Act
1982.
Under Smart City
Phase-1, 2, 3, tender
form was approved
for operation and
maintenance of
smart solutions
equipment installed
at various places in
Jaipur city.
JDC holds meeting
of executive panel
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Supreme
Court provided interim
relief to Private Schools
by giving a balanced de-
cision asking parents to
pay 100% of the previ-
ous’ year fee for the cur-
rent session 2020-21.
The lead on behalf of
Private Schools was
taken by Progressive
Schools Association un-
der the leadership of Dr
Sandeep Bakshi CEO &
Director of the Seedling
Group of Schools and
Father Edward Olivera
on behalf of the Mis-
sionary Schools.
Dr Bakshi expressed
his faith in the judicial
system of the country
and hailed the decision
as a landmark decision
which had taken a bal-
anced view of the prob-
lem and provided all
round relief to both
parents and schools.
Father Edward Oli-
verafrom the Mission-
ary Schools felt that the
effort made by the
school management
and teachers to provide
quality education in the
virtual mode to stu-
dents during the chal-
lenging Corona pan-
demic had been recog-
nized by SC in its his-
toric decision.
Deepak Singh Direc-
tor Modern School,
Kota welcomed the SC
decision and said that it
would go a long way in
helping smaller educa-
tional institutions
which were unable to
sustain themselves to
continue their good
work in the post pan-
demic period.
Fee issue: Pvt schools welcome SC
decision to provide interim relief
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Mahesh Joshi, Amin Kagji, Munesh Gujar, Aslam Farukkhi during the
pre-board meeting of all the Congress councilors of JMC Heritage on Monday.

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Violation of norms again! Canter
moves close to big cat in R’bore
Nirmal Tiwari
Sawai Madhopur:
Days after a video of
showing violation of
tourists’ protocol in
Ranthambore national
park drew flak, anoth-
er video has gone viral
in which the driver of
a canter is purportedly
seen taking the vehicle
close to a big cat.
The tiger appeared
offended but did not
harm the tourists.
After the video of
the incident, which is
said to have taken place
on February 5, went vi-
ral, chief wildlife war-
den has sought clarifi-
cation from officials.
Prior to this, a video of
a tiger climbing over
the wall and walking
silently as tourists
seated in their vehicle
gaze on in excitement
and fear went viral.
While some of the tour-
ists were panic-strick-
en, others were seen
screaming in excite-
ment as they clicked
the big cat right in
front of them.
The vehicle was
parked in close proxim-
ity to the wall nearly 7
feet high, which pre-
vented the big cat, as
well as the people, from
seeing what was on the
other side. Taking seri-
ous notice of this inci-
dent, the National Ti-
ger Conservation Au-
thority has sought
clarification from
Principal Chief Wild-
life Warden of state.
CovidRingsAlarm: Teacher,3studentstest+ve
As schools reopened, scare gripped Jhalrapatan & Jhalawar
Arif Mansoori
Jhalawar: The positive
reports of Corona tests
of a teacher and 3 stu-
dents in the schools of
Jhalrapatan and Jhala-
war created commo-
tion.
While two students
were found positive in
Jhalrapatan, a student
and a teacher were re-
ported positive in Jhala-
war.
On the corona posi-
tive reports, the admin-
istration and health
department was stirred
up.
The team reached the
school and started tak-
ing samples of the stu-
dents.
All the students in
the school were in-
formed to follow strict
social distancing, wash-
ing of hands, maintain-
ing proper hygiene and
wear face masks. The
school buildings were
also sanitised. School
teachers have also been
asked to take special
care of the students.
Regarding the seri-
ousness of the case,
CMHO Sajid Khan ap-
pealed to parents to be
vigilant and make chil-
dren aware of special
precautions to follow.
Students of Class 6 at Government School in Murlipura maintain social distancing while studying.
Light, Camera, Action! Cinema halls
re-open after 11 months in Rajasthan
Kavita Chauhan
Jaipur: After a closure
of nearly 11 months due
to pandemic, cinema
halls and multiplexes
reopened in Rajasthan
on Monday with 50% of
seating capacity
.
Due to stringent rules
and absence of new
movies,only3to4shows
were held on the first
day
. In Rajmandir, only
20% of the seats were
booked and most of the
visitors were tourists
from other states. In
Inox, Ajmer road, 33 of
seats were occupied in
thefirstshowtoday
.Gur-
jeet Singh, of Inox said
we are providing safety
for the guests with mini-
mal human touch.
Rajasthan resumes
classes for 6 to 8
as Covid cases dip
Jaipur: Schools for stu-
dents from class 6th to
8th reopened in Ra-
jasthan on Monday af-
ter a gap of nearly 11
months. Most of the
students who attended
the school on the first
day were quite excited
on seeing their friends
and teachers. The turn-
out of students was
high in Jodhpur where
nearly 70% students at-
tended the schools
while the students re-
mained low in Kota.
Company
Garden
in Alwar
re-opens
Alwar: According to
the guidelines of the
state government, pub-
lic parks have opened
from Monday onwards.
The garden company
bagh of Alwar, the
biggest and impor-
tant garden, has been
opened for the people
to visit. With the open-
ing of company bagh,
about 2,000 people
of Alwar will ben-
efit. Chairman of the
Company Bagh Vikas
Samiti, Saurav Sharma
said that the Company
Bagh was closed in
November corona
patients were increas-
ing in Alwar. Company
Bagh Vikas Samiti sub-
mitted a memorandum
to the district collector,
demanded to open the
garden again.
Create action plan to conserve extinct
arts, connect youth with culture: GUV
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra on Mon-
day called for working
towards realising the
vision of ‘Ek Bharat,
Shrestha Bharat’ by
preserving the cultural
heritage. Addressing a
meeting of the govern-
ing body and executive
body of West Zone Cul-
tural Centre as its
chairman, Mishra said
art and cultural disci-
plines go beyond geo-
graphical boundaries
and there is a need to
provide a favourable
platform. The gover-
nor suggested West
Zone Cultural Centre
to work in a phased
manner to connect the
youth and children
with culture. —PTI
2 DEATHS, 101 CASES
61.5% JAB IN RAJ
Kalraj Mishra addressing a joint meeting of the Governing Body and Executive Body of the Council
as Chairman of Western Region Cultural Council at Raj Bhavan on Monday.
Dangi takes up toll
recovery of Jaipur
Ajmer Highway in RS
First India Bureau
New Delhi: RS MP
Neeraj Dangi, through a
starred question on
Monday, asked the Un-
ion Minister about the
toll recovery of ‘Jaipur-
Ajmer Express High-
way’ during the Ques-
tion Hour in RS Budget
session for raising the
toll rates. On which Un-
ion Minister Nitin Gad-
kari admitted that the
traffic on the said toll
road at the time of start-
ing the toll was 35,000 to
40,000 cars per day, in
which survey between
15 and 2019 in the year
2015 has doubled in ear-
lier calculation figures.
Transport dept to start
skill lab for life support
Shivendra Parmar/
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: With an aim to
save lives, the transport
department is going to
start a skill lab at every
division headquarters
in which basic life sup-
port training will be
given to policemen and
common people.
The first such lab was
recently inaugurated
by CM Ashok Gehlot in
SMS hospital of Jaipur
in which 40 policemen
were given training on
Monday
.
Similar labs will now
be opened in every divi-
sional headquarter lev-
el, transport commis-
sioner Ravi Jain said.
“Looking at the impor-
tance of ‘golden hour’
in protecting the lives
in case of road acci-
dents, the department
has decided to start the
labs by road safety
fund,” he said, adding
that government and
private ambulances
will be integrated with
the labs.
In the SMS hospital,
the lab has been estab-
lished with a cost of Rs.
4.90 crores where train-
ing on dummies will be
given to policemen,
NHAI staffers, school
and college students for
knowledge of basic life
support skills.
Andhra man
poisoned in
Jpr, probe on
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A case of
murder by poisoning
a young man who
came from Andhra to
Jaipur for interview
in a company has
come to light. On the
night of February 5,
the dead body of the
young man who had
reached Jaipur air-
port was found in
Shobhawaton ki dha-
niintheBassiareaon
the Jaipur Agra high-
way
. His uncle filed a
case of murder at
Bassi police on Sun-
day night against un-
known person. Police
is probing the case.
2 men, a woman
killed in accident
PK Agarwal
Chittorgarh: On the Chit-
torgarh-Bhilwara high-
way near Gangrar, bike
riders two men and a
young woman died in a
road accident. Police of-
ficer Shivraj told that two
youths and a young wom-
an were going to Bhilwara,
trailer hit the motorcycle.
Excited tourists react as tiger walks along their vehicle in R’bore.
STATUE UNVEILED!
Transport
Minister
Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas
unveiled the
statue of
martyr Rajiv
Singh at
Rajiv Chowk
in Luhakana
Khurd village
on Monday.
Safety First! Seat distancing at Raj Mandir to ensure less occupancy.
—
PHOTO
BY
SUMAN
SARKAR

So, if you think you are
standing firm, be careful that you
don’t fall! —Corinthians 10:12
Spiritual
SPEAK
PERSPECTIVE
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he Indian Penal Code IPC
was formed under the Brit-
ish rule that was around
150 years ago, defining
crimes and punishments.
Under the colonial rule,
the laws were made inter-
esting the Britishers only
as such laws helped the
Britishers to govern their
colonies with ample ease.
Though there have been
many amendments over
the years in the IPC there
are still some corners that
need to be looked at once
more and of course, this
should be done by keeping
in mind the values of de-
mocracy and human rights.
The rebuilding of IPC is re-
quired as a large number of
its arrangements have gotten
old with changing financial
turns of events and innova-
tive advances. Wrongdoings
like horde lynching, mone-
tary violations, middle-class
violations, financial wrong-
doings, and so forth, have not
discovered legitimate ac-
knowledgment in the IPC.
There have been numer-
ous revisions to guarantee
that IPC advances with
time, however, it has not
been changed absolutely
since the date of institu-
tion. Albeit certain changes
to the arrangements of IPC
have been made, as upheld
by the choices of the courts.
For instance in the instanc-
es of infidelity and the de-
criminalization of homo-
sexuality. IPC depends on
the obstruction hypothesis
pervasive around then how-
ever the criminal law needs
to move from the obstacle
or distributive hypothesis
to the reformative hypoth-
esis of discipline. A portion
of the progressions that
should be brought are:

z A sexually impartial meaning
of assault is required. Seg-
ment 375 of IPC does exclude
men, hijras, and young men
as the casualties of assault
and just thinks about ladies
as survivors of assault.

z Dissidence under Section
124 A of the IPC was embed-
ded by the Britishers in 1898
to control the uprisings
against them and to stifle the
opportunity developments.
Nonetheless, as of late, this
part is regularly abused
against individuals who
censure public authority.

z Area 57: Life Imprison-
ment as a discipline is at
the prudence of the court
concerning the number of
years. It relies more upon
the idea of the wrongdoing
that has been submitted.
In any case, with regards
to the computation of parts
of the discipline, it is fixed
for a very long time. This
removes the optional force
of an appointed authority
and contrasts emerge after
picking the methodology of
giving disciplines.

z Under Section 294, the
demonstration of irritating
somebody by playing out
any profane demonstration
openly puts is culpable. Not-
withstanding, the word ‘vul-
gar’ isn’t characterized under
the Act and this is frequently
abused by the police.

z The disciplines gave under
Chapter 3 are a traditional-
ist. It just accommodates
detainment or fine. There is
no notice of local area ad-
ministration or changing the
criminal in any capacity.
EARLIER AMENDMENTS
CRIMINAL
(AMENDMENT) ACT, 2013
The bill presented was addi-
tionally called the counter-
assault bill. The Act was ac-
quainted with making the
assault laws in India tougher.
This correction enlarged the
meaning of assault by includ-
ing oral sex and the penetra-
tion of different items into
ladies’ bodies as wrongdoing.
Thinking about the rising
number of assaults in India
this was a gigantic advance.
Following had likewise been
condemned under this dem-
onstration. It likewise
thought about the catching
and viewing of ladies in a pri-
vate exhibit without wanting
to, to be a wrongdoing.
CRIMINAL
(AMENDMENT) ACT, 2018
This Act was assisted to rein-
force the assault laws. The
quantum of discipline was
expanded from in any event 7
to 10 years. Arrangements for
discipline for assault of a
youngladyunder12yearsand
16 years were added under it.
The insertion of Section
153 A and 509 was made to
counter the racially motivat-
ed crimes. However, this did
not receive support from all
the states to that extent.
ASSESSING THE
POLITICAL AGENDA
BEHIND THE
RESTRUCTURING OF IPC
The Union Home Ministry
proposed the plan to patch up
the IPC, which was presented
duringtheBritishstandardin
India, in light of the “ace
worker” soul. Under the Bu-
reau of Police Research and
Development,apanelhaslike-
wise been set up to investigate
theprogressionstobebrought.
Theplanforthepublicauthor-
ity to remake this law which
has been in power for such
countlessyearsistosatisfythe
popularity-based desires of
the individuals and to guaran-
tee quick equity and stream-
line lawful strategies. Despite
the fact that the service guar-
anteesthegenuinemotivation
to do this is to guarantee expe-
dient equity and the disentan-
glement of the general set of
laws,onereallywantstothink
if there is any shrouded po-
liticalplanbehindthis.Chang-
es ought to, in this way
, be ex-
posed to popular assessment
before being actualized.
REFORMING THE
CRIMINAL SYSTEM
Numerousresearchersaccept
that the criminal framework
can’t be changed just by redo-
ing the IPC. The usage of the
code ought to likewise be pro-
ficient to guarantee achieve-
ment. IPC can’t be authorized
by similar police structures.
Police changes are required
for the progressions in IPC to
encourage its effective activi-
ty
. We need an adjustment in
the mentality of the police to-
wards complainants, snappy
enrollment of first data re-
ports (FIRs), and quick reac-
tion against wrongdoings. To
change the mentality of the
policetowardstheconveyance
of equity
, numerous interior,
outer,andunderlyingchanges
areadditionallyrequired.The
policeneedtorefinetheacces-
sible HR, nature of examina-
tions, and be more effective.
Furthermore, it ought to be
guaranteed that there is no
outer tension on the police.
Transforming the criminal
equity framework isn’t only a
one-venturemeasure.Redoing
IPC is a significant advance to
modernizethecriminallawof
India and make it as per the
Indian vote based system. The
Britishers utilized IPC for
their potential benefit and to
take care of political dissi-
dents, it depended on the im-
pediment hypothesis. Despite
the fact that redoing IPC will
prompt transforming the
criminal equity framework,
extra changes in the police
structure are likewise re-
quired.Regardlessof whether
IPC is changed, its usage will
be a test that the public au-
thority should survive.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
OBSOLETE LAWS AND
THEIR DUE AMENDMENTS
THE CHANGES REQUIRED IN INDIAN PENAL CODE
T
The Union Home
Ministry proposed
the plan to patch
up the IPC, which
was presented
during the British
standard in India,
in light of the “ace
worker” soul.
Under the Bureau
of Police Research
and Development,
a panel has
likewise been set
up to investigate
the progressions to
be brought. The
plan for the public
authority to
remake this law
which has been in
power for such
countless years is
to satisfy the
popularity-based
desires of the
individuals and to
guarantee quick
equity and
streamline lawful
strategies
TRANSFORMING THE CRIMINAL EQUITY FRAMEWORK
ISN’T ONLY A ONE-VENTURE MEASURE. REDOING IPC IS
A SIGNIFICANT ADVANCE TO MODERNIZE THE CRIMINAL
LAW OF INDIA AND MAKE IT AS PER THE INDIAN VOTE
BASED SYSTEM. THE BRITISHERS UTILIZED IPC FOR
THEIR POTENTIAL BENEFIT AND TO TAKE CARE OF
POLITICAL DISSIDENTS, IT DEPENDED ON THE
IMPEDIMENT HYPOTHESIS. DESPITE THE FACT THAT
REDOING IPC WILL PROMPT TRANSFORMING THE
CRIMINAL EQUITY FRAMEWORK, EXTRA CHANGES IN THE
POLICE STRUCTURE ARE LIKEWISE REQUIRED
MEGHNA
SHARMA
1ST YEAR, BA, LLB LAW
STUDENT FROM MANIPAL
UNIVERSITY JAIPUR
ational youth
poet laureate
Amanda Gor-
man’srecitation
of “The Hill We
Climb,” at Joe Biden’s pres-
identialinaugurationinthe
United States captured the
attention of a nation and
people globally
.
Gorman highlighted the
power of poets in our cur-
rent sociopolitical context
to speak unique and timely
truths, while tapping into
larger literary traditions.
Some commentators were
reminded of the legacy of
Black women poets like
Maya Angelou and Eliza-
beth Alexander who deliv-
ered inaugural poems re-
spectively at Bill Clinton’s
and Barack Obama’s inau-
gurations. The ring Gor-
man wore was a tribute to
Maya Angelou and a gift
from Oprah Winfrey
.
Gorman inspired people
of all ages with the notion
of seeing and being light.
The day after the inaugura-
tion two of her books
topped Amazon’s bestseller
list.
Gorman moved many in
a time of geopolitical un-
certainty and a pandemic
with the power of critical
hope, something that com-
bats hollow positivity. In
the words of educator and
literary theorist Ira Shor,
critical hope asks us to
“challenge the actual in
the name of the possible.”
We are researchers who
have studied how youth
carve out legacies and how
storytelling can teach and
inspire critical hope. What
struck us in hearing Gor-
man speak was how, at the
age of 22, the poet taps into
the power of generativity,
a concept that refers to cre-
ating a legacy that lasts
beyond our lifetimes to
shape future generations.
As she recited: “But one
thing is certain: If we
merge mercy with might,
and might with right, then
love becomes our legacy
and change our children’s
birthright.…”
SHAPING WHO
WE ARE BY THE
STORIES WE TELL
Research repeatedly indi-
cates that adults in their
30s and 40s who are in-
volved in creating some-
thing that will last beyond
their lifetime enjoy a bet-
ter quality of life until
death in many ways. (Par-
enting, teaching, social jus-
tice activism or engaging
in creative projects are
ways of leaving one’s mark
in the world after death.)
Can people in their early
20s already see themselves
carving out a legacy? Gor-
man’s poem suggests the
answer is yes. She reminds
people that what they do
(or don’t do) will shape the
legacy future generations
inherit: “We will not be
turned around or inter-
rupted by intimidation be-
cause we know our inac-
tion and inertia will be the
inheritance of the next
generation.”
Gorman’s poem speaks
to the creative and leader-
ship potential of youth.
Her display of being part
of a lasting legacy reso-
nates with our experiences
and some of our research.
Psychologist Erik Erik-
son popularized the idea
that in middle age many
adults become interested
in leaving a legacy, but
studies have found that
many youth are also inter-
ested in creating some-
thing that lasts beyond
their lifetime.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
POET AMANDA GORMAN’S RIFF ON LOVE
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‘ISRO experts say disaster caused by
part of snow-laden mountain sliding’
Dehradun: Uttara-
khand Chief Minister
Trivendra Singh Rawat
has said Indian Space
Research Organisation
(ISRO) Director told
him that the Chamoli
disaster was caused by
sliding of a part of a
mountain after receiv-
ing snowfall two-three
days ago.
“ISRO director, on
the basis of a report by
the organisation, told
me this place is not an
avalanche-prone area
and the images from
two-three days ago
showed that there was
no glacier at all on the
mountain.” “After re-
ceiving some snowfall a
couple of days ago, a
part of the mountain
slid and caused lakhs of
metric tonnes of snow
to fall down at once
causing the disaster,”
he added.
Meanwhile, Union
Power Minister RK Sin-
gh also visited Chamoli
on Monday to review
the situation after Tapo-
van Vishnugad hydro-
power project suffered
heavy damage. —ANI
5,133 CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS BY
PAK IN 2020: RAJNATH SINGH
New Delhi: Pakistan
resorted to 5,133
incidents of ceasefire
violations last year in
which 46 security force
personnel were killed,
Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh said on Monday,
referring to Pakistani
hostilities along the
Line of Control and
International Border in
Jammu and Kashmir. In
replying to a question
in Rajya Sabha, the
defence minister said
“appropriate retaliation”
to the ceasefire
violations, as required,
has been carried out
by the security forces.
The defence minister
said 299 incidents of
ceasefire violations were
reported till January 28
this year.
NEVER SEEN SUCH A CRUEL
GOVT AT CENTRE: MAMATA
Kolkata: West Bengal
CM Mamata Banerjee
called the centre “a
cruel government” for
its meagre advance to
the state after Cyclone
Amphan”. Didi took on
Opposition for criticis-
ing vote-on-account
presented by her and
saying it was done with
an eye on the coming
state polls. “Even if
vote-on-account is
what Oppn is saying,
where is the problem?
It is for the welfare of
the people. Some are
saying we are there
for a few days. We will
be back with a huge
mandate,” she said.
AVIAN FLU: MAHARASHTRA
CULLS 40,000 BIRDS
Mumbai: Maharash-
tra on Sunday culled
40,000 poultry birds
in Navapur in Nan-
durbar district, 340
km north of Mumbai,
after cases of avian
influenza or bird flu
were confirmed in
the four-layer poultry
farms in the region
Eight samples from
nearly 5,000 dead
poultry birds from
the four-layer poultry
units in Navapur were
sent to the National
Institute of High-Se-
curity Animal Diseases
for avian influenza test.
All the samples tested
positive.
100 KASHMIRI YOUTH VISITED PAK
IN LAST 3 YEARS ARE MISSING
New Delhi: The security
establishment has found
that in 3 years around
100 youth from Kashmir
travelled to Pakistan on
a visa are missing. “They
have either never returned
or have returned but are
missing,” said an IPS
officer adding that they
can be part of ‘sleeper
cells’ of terror organisa-
tions. The officer said as
more proactive outreach
programmes have been
taken up more surveil-
lance mechanisms placed,
the incidents of youth
going missing are “de-
creasing proportionately”.
The intelligence sleuths,
along with immigration
officials, are keeping a tab
on movement of youth at
Wagah border as well as
at the New Delhi airport.
UN CHIEF EXPRESSES GRIEF
OVER LOSS OF LIVES
A PHONE CALL THAT SAVED
12 LIVES IN UTTARAKHAND
New York: The United Nations Secretary-General
Antonio Guterres has expressed grief over the
loss of life in Uttarakhand due to the glacier burst
and the subsequent flooding. “The Secretary-
General is deeply saddened by the reported loss
of life and dozens missing following the glacier
burst and subsequent flooding in Uttarakhand
state, India, on Sunday. The Secretary-General
expresses his deep condolences to the families
of the victims and to the people and Government
of India,” said a spokesperson for the Secretary-
General in a statement. The UN stands ready
to contribute to ongoing rescue and assistance
efforts if necessary, the statement added.
Joshimath: They had lost hope of survival when
one of them found his mobile phone network
working, helping them contact the authorities
who rescued them from an underground tunnel
at Tapovan in Uttarakahnd’s Chamoli where flash
floods wreaked havoc following a glacier burst.
“We heard people screaming at us to come out
of the tunnel but before we could react, a sudden
gush of water and heavy silt swamped upon
us,” rescued Tapovan power project worker Lal
Bahadur said. He, along with 11 of his other
colleagues, was rescued by the Indo-Tibetan
Border Police (ITBP) from an underground
tunnel in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on
Monday evening.
SHOW MAMTA
towards farmers:
TMC on PM’s Barb
11 RAFALE AIRCRAFT IN COUNTRY,ENTIRE
BATCH EXPECTED BY APRIL 2022: RAJNATH
Ahead of Kerala polls, BJP
promises law against love jihad
Thiruvananthapuram:
Ahead of the upcoming
state Assembly elec-
tions, the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) has
promised to bring an
Uttar Pradesh-like law
against love jihad in
Kerala, if elected to
power.
The BJP state presi-
dent has made it clear
that if they come to
power, NDA will enact
a law against Love Ji-
had.
BJP has highlighted
the events of illegal
and forceful conver-
sions in the state.
The opposition, how-
ever, has slammed the
move and called it an
attempt to polarize.
NCP leader Majeed
Memon stated that Ker-
ala is one of the most
literate states and the
people there believe in
secularism and the
move will not woo the
voters in Kerala.
However, BJP state
President K Surendran
stated that the Love ji-
had is a serious issue
and apart from Hindu
organizations, Chris-
tians are also demand-
ing for the same law.
New Delhi: Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
on Monday said that 11
Rafale aircraft have ar-
rived in India while the
entire batch of aircraft
will come by April 2022
in the country
.
“11 Rafale aircraft
have arrived in India.
By this March, India
will have 17 Rafale air-
craft. By April 2022, all
Rafale aircraft (the en-
tire batch) will come to
India,” said Singh while
responding to a ques-
tion posed by Bharatiya
Janata Party MP Ma-
hesh Poddar in the Ra-
jya Sabha.
Poddar had asked the
Defence Minister about
how many Rafaels have
come to India, how
many are supposed to
come, and till when they
will be battle-ready
.
The minister also re-
sponded to a question
raised by All India Tri-
namool Congress MP
Dr Santanu Sen on “any
probability of privati-
sation of few aspects of
the Defence in coming
days?” Responding to
his query, Singh said
“We are emphasising
on indigenisation and
have chosen 101 items
that won’t be imported
from other nations but
will be manufactured in
India by Indians.”
Meanwhile, the Lok
Sabha on Monday took
up discussion on mo-
tion of thanks to the
President’s address af-
ter seeing disruptions
over four days last week
over opposition’s de-
mand for separate dis-
cussion on the new
farm laws.
When the House met
after an adjournment,
Defence Minister Ra-
jnath Singh said that
the House every year
expresses its thanks to
the President for his
address to the joint sit-
ting of two Houses and
opposition members
also agree that “healthy
democratic traditions”
should continue.
The minister, who is
Deputy Leader of the
House, said members
can say what they want
and also put across their
views on the farm laws.
—ANI
Kolkata: The ruling
TMC in West Bengal on
Sunday slammed Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi for his hard-hit-
ting comments against
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee and urged
him to soften his stand
on the ongoing stir
against farm laws and
show some “Mamta”
(compassion) towards
agitating farmers.
PM Modi during the
day made a scathing at-
tack at the TMC govern-
ment, saying it has
“criminalised politics,
institutionalised cor-
ruption and politicised
the police” and said the
people of the state ex-
pected ‘’Mamta’’ from
Mamata Banerjee but
got ‘’nirmamta’’ (cruel-
ty) instead in the last
ten years.
ReactingtoPMModi’s
barb, Senior TMC MP
and spokesperson Sau-
gata Roy said the people
of Bengal would show
the BJP “Red card dur-
ing elections”.
“Instead of blaming
CM Mamata Banerjee,
the PM should soften
his stand on farmers is-
sue and show some
‘’Mamta’’ towards the
agitating farmers, who
are protesting for the
last 70 days. —ANI
A farmer sitting at Tikri Border during their protest against farm
law, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
A team of SDRF and Uttarakhand Police pulling the dead body from mud after the glacier burst, in
Chamoli on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Uttarakhand Chief Minister trivendra Singh Rawat being briefed through maps about the ground
situation after the Glaciar burst in Chamoli on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
SC disposes plea
seeking NIA probe
in MLA’s murder
New Delhi: The SC on
Monday disposed of the
petition seeking direc-
tion for an NIA (Nation-
al Investigation Agen-
cy) probe into the al-
leged murder of West
Bengal MLA, Debendra
Nath Roy
.
A bench of the apex
court, headed by Jus-
tice Ashok Bhushan,
recorded the submis-
sions made by lawyer
Shashank Shekhar Jha,
and other parties, dis-
posed of the petition
filed by him, and said,
if the petitioner wants,
then he may approach
the concerned state
High Court to seek re-
lief in the case.
Apex court was hear-
ing the petition filed by
Jha, seeking a direction
for an NIA probe into
alleged murder of
MLA, Debendra Nath
Roy. Jha submitted to
the top court that he
wanted to file his reply,
also in the same case,
the deceased’s wife,
Chandima Roy
, has filed
a petition before the Su-
preme Court, so thereby
this Court should club
these petitions, but the
Supreme Court asked
him to approach the
concerned High Court
and disposed of the pe-
tition filed by Jha.
Chandima Roy al-
leged that her hus-
band’s alleged killing
was a case of pre-
planned murder and
prayed for a probe by a
central agency, prefera-
bly by CBI. —ANI
‘BJP trying to
divide farmers,
misleading
celebrities’
Sensex soars 617 pts,
Nifty ends over 15,100
New Delhi: Congress
leader Adhir Ranjan
Chowdhury on Mon-
day alleged that BJP
was “bereft of national
icons” and was remem-
bering Netaji Subhas
Chandra Bose to gain
an advantage in West
Bengal elections.
Participating in the
debate on the motion of
thanks on the Presi-
dent’s Address, Chowd-
hury alleged that BJP-
led government had
sought to create divi-
sions among farmers
protesting against the
new farm laws. He also
said that celebrities like
Sachin Tendulkar and
Lata Mangeshkar were
being misled.
“Is our country so
weak that an 18-year-
old-girl (Greta Thun-
berg) is being consid-
ered an enemy for
speaking in favour of
the protesting farmers?
he asked.
Chowdhury said BJP
leaders do not talk
about the contribution
of India’s first Prime
Minister Jawaharlal
Nehru towards self-reli-
ance of the country and
this shows their “small-
ness”. —ANI
Mumbai: Winning
streak extended at the
bourses into sixth
straight day on Mon-
day as investor opti-
mism stayed elevated.
An across-the-board
buying helped front-
line indices scale fresh
record highs in the in-
tra-day trade, before
settling at new closing
peaks.
M-cap of all the listed
firms on the BSE also
hit record Rs 203 tril-
lion in value.
Among key indices,
the benchmark SP
BSE Sensex settled tad
below the 51,350-mark,
at 51,349 levels today, up
617 points or 1.22 per
cent, aided by buying in
MM (up 7.4 per cent),
Bajaj Finserv, Infosys,
Tech M, and Bharti Air-
tel. On the downside,
however, HUL (down 1.5
per cent), Bajaj Finance
(down 0.7 per cent), and
ITC (down 0.5 per cent)
remained top laggards.
—Agencies

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Glacier Disaster...
A day after a portion of
the Nanda Devi glacier
possibly burst through
its banks at Joshimath,
triggering an avalanche
and a deluge that rip-
pled through the
Alaknanda river sys-
tem in the upper reach-
es of the Himalayas,
multiple agencies coor-
dinated efforts to search
for survivors.
Uttarakhand Direc-
tor General of Police
Ashok Kumar said ef-
forts were focussed on
rescuing 30-35 labourers
trapped in a 250-metre
tunnel at Tapovan. Two
villages, including
Raini, are cut off and es-
sentials are being sup-
plied to them. —PTI
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of crops will be decided
accordingly
.Thosewant-
ing business over hun-
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the country
,” Tikait.
Farmer leader Shiv
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senior member of the
Samkyukta Kisan Mor-
cha which is spearhead-
ing the ongoing stir, said
they are ready for the
next round of talks and
the government should
tell them the date and
time of the meeting.
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new AYUSH policy of
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of Forest Corporation,
Society for Clean India
Mission, handing over
Ambedkar Peeth from
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partment to Social Jus-
tice and Empowerment
Department, and others
will be discussed.
Meanwhile ruling
Congress party will fi-
nalise its strategy for
upcoming Budget ses-
sion in CLP meeting
which will include the
party and supporting
MLAs. This meeting
will be chaired by chief
minister Ashok Gehlot
on Wednesday evening.
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pected to entrust re-
sponsibility to MLAs
who have command
over parliamentary
matters and are good
orators.
The party’s trouble
shooters like PCC chief
Govind Singh Dotasra,
parliamentary affairs
minister Shanti Dhari-
wal, chief whip Mahesh
Joshi, deputy chief
whip Mahendra Chaud-
hary and others will
hold discussions in the
meeting.
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ter the floor manage-
ment and will defend
the government over
policy matters. He will
be assisted by energy
minister BD Kalla,
chief whip and deputy
chief whip while Do-
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on each MLA.
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of MLAs in the House.
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noi, Ashok Chandna,
Ramnarayan Meena,
Narendra Budhania,
Mahendrajeet Singh
Malviya, Khiladi Lal
Bairwa, Rohit Bohra are
among others who will
target the opposition.
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like Sanyam Lodha,
Baljeet Yadav, Babulal
Nagar, Rajkumar Gaur
will also defend the
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FROM PG 1
RAJA BABU SINGH
DEPUTED AS IG, BSF
Raja Babu Singh has been deputed as Inspector
General in Border Security Force (BSF) for a
period of five years. He is a 1994 batch IPS
officer of MP cadre.
DR SAGAR HANUMAN SINGH
APPOINTED AS DG, INSTITUTE OF
PLANT HEALTH MANAGEMENT
Dr Sagar Hanuman Singh, PG HQ, Regional
Telangana Circle, Hyderabad, has been appointed
as Director General, National Institute of Plant
Health Management, Hyderabad. He is a 1995
batch officer of Indian Postal Service.
EIGHT IAS OFFICERS GET NEW
POSTING IN W BENGAL
As many as eight IAS officers in West Bengal
have been given new assignments. Accordingly,
Ms V Lalithalakshmi has been posted as
Additional Secretary, Technical Education,
Training and Skill Development Department,
while Ms Sana Akhtar was appointed Director
of Consumer Goods under Food and Supplies
Department and Dr Deepap Priya P will join as
Joint Secretary, Agriculture Department. Besides
Krishnendu Sadhukhan is posted as Officer on
Special Duty, West Bengal Valuation Board;
Ms Joyoshi Das Gupta as Officer on Special
Duty, ATI, WB; Ms Mitali Bandyopadhyay as
Commissioner, Consumer Affairs; Ravi Ranjan
as Joint Secretary, Health and Family Welfare
and Nikhil Nirmal was appointed Secretary, West
Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission.
FIVE IAS OFFICERS GET NEW
RESPONSIBILITY IN HARYANA
Atul Kumar has been appointed as Secretary
to Governor, Haryana, while Amna Tasneem
was posted as Director, Consolidation of
Land Holdings Land Records, Haryana,
Special Officer (HQ) Special LAO, Revenue
Disaster Management. Similarly, Phool
Chand Meena, Director General and Secretary,
Skill Development Industrial Training and
Employment and Secretary, Finance, was handed
over an additional charge of Nodal Officer,
CPGRAM PG Portal. Besides, Shyam Lal Poonia,
Deputy Commissioner, Sonepat, will hold
additional charge of the post of Commissioner,
Municipal Corporation, Sonepat during the
training period of Jagdish Sharma, while Ms
Priyanka Soni, Deputy Commissioner, Hisar, will
also hold charge of Commissioner, Municipal
Corporation, Hisar during the training period of
Ashok Kumar Garg.
RASHMI SHUKLA
DEPUTED AS ADG, CRPF
Ms Rashmi Shukla has been deputed as ADG in
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) up to June
30, 2024 i.e. date of her superannuation. She is a
1988 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
SAURABH GOYAL DEPUTED AS
ADDITIONAL PS TO MOS FOR
SOCIAL JUSTICE
Saurabh Goyal has been appointed as Additional
Private Secretary to the Minister of State for
Social Justice and Empowerment on deputation
basis. He is an IRS-IT officer.
JK CADRE MERGES WITH UT
CADRE, AMENDMENT BILL PASSED
Rajya Sabha passed the Jammu and Kashmir
Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2021. It will
replace Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation
(Amendment) Ordinance of 2021 which merged
the Jammu and Kashmir cadre of the Indian
Administrative Service, Indian Police Service,
and Indian Forest Service with the Arunachal
Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, and Union Territory cadre,
also known as AGMUT cadre. The President had
promulgated the ordinance last month to amend
the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019.
TWO IPS OFFICERS SHIFTED
TO PHQ, BHOPAL IN MP
Rajesh Kumar Singh, SP Guna and Mrs Vahni
Singh, SP, Niwari have been appointed as
Assistant IGs, PHQ, Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh.
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COVID: INDIA WAS THE FASTEST COUNTRY TO REACH FOUR MILLION VACCINATIONS
Daily COVID deaths in India fall
below 100 for 4th time in Feb
New Delhi: India’s tal-
ly of COVID-19 cases
rose to 1,08,38,194, with
11,831 new infections,
while the daily deaths
fell below 100 for the
fourth time this month,
according to the Union
Health Ministry data
updated on Monday.
The death toll increased
to 1,55,080 with 84 daily
new fatalities, the data
updated at 8 am showed.
The number of people
who have recuperated
from the disease surged
to 1,05,34,505 pushing
the national COVID-19
recovery rate to 97.20
per cent, while the COV-
ID-19 case fatality rate
stands at 1.43 per cent.
The total COVID-19
active cases remained
below 2 lakh. There are
1,48,609 active cases of
coronavirus infections
in the country which
comprise 1.37 per cent
of the total cases, the
data stated. India’s
COVID-19 tally had
crossed the 20-lakh
mark on August 7, 30
lakh on August 23, 40
lakh on September 5
and 50 lakh on Septem-
ber 16. It went past 60
lakh on September 28,
70 lakh on October 11,
crossed 80 lakh on Octo-
ber 29 and had
surpassed the one crore
mark on December 19.
According to the ICMR,
20,19, 00,614 samples
have been tested up to
February 7 with 5,
32,236 samples being
tested on Sunday
.
The 84 new fatalities
include 30 from Maha-
rashtra and 19 from
Kerala, 6 from Chhattis-
garh, 5 from West
Bengal, 4 from Uttara-
khand, 3 from Karnata-
ka, 2 each from Delhi,
Goa, Haryana and Pun-
jab. A total of 1,55,080
deaths have been
reported so far in
the country including
51,310 from Maharash-
tra. —PTI
Malappuram: Two
schools have tested 192
students and 72 staff
members COVID-19
positive in Malappuram
district in Kerala, said the
District Health Authority.
In Maranchery Higher
Secondary School, 149
students and 39 staff
members have detected
COVID-19 positive, while
43 students and 33 staff
members tested positive
for the virus in Vannery
Higher Secondary School.
192 STUDENTS, 72
STAFF TEST
COVID-19 POSITIVE
Hyderabad: Hy-
derabad City Police
Commissioner Anjani
Kumar on Monday
took the first jab of
COVID-19 vaccine
along with several
other senior police
officers. Speaking to
the media after taking
the shot, Kumar as-
serted that the vaccine
is completely safe and
appealed to police
officers to come
forward for vaccina-
tion without any fear.
“I have participated
on the second day
of the vaccine drive.
Compared to the first
day, the response
from police personnel
has increased today.
Along with me, many
other senior police
officers have taken
the vaccine today,” he
said. “I appeal to all
the police officers to
come forward without
any fear and take the
vaccine for their safety
as well as the safety of
their family.” he adds.
HYD TOP COP GETS
VAX, APPEALS
COPS TO FOLLOW
Protecting
Sabarimala
custom is poll
stunt: Kerala BJP
Kochi: BJP State Vice
President of Kerala KS
Radhakrishnan said
that Kerala Pradesh
Congress Committee
chief’s promise of legis-
lation to protect the cus-
tom of Sabarimala was
just an election stunt.
He also challenged
the United Democratic
Front (UDF) to disclose
the number of leaders
in the alliance who
were implicated in the
Sabarimala agitation.
“UDF now introduced
the promis of legisla-
tion in line with Sabar-
amila traditions, it is
just an election stunt. “I
would like to ask my
UDF friends to reveal
the names of the UDF
leader,” he added.
Over 9K women serving as
officers in armed forces: Min
New Delhi: A total of
9,118 women are serv-
ing as officers in the
three defence forces
while the approval has
been granted for induct-
ing 1,700 females as
jawans in the corps of
military police, Minis-
ter of State for Defence,
Shripad Naik told the
Rajya Sabha.
In his reply, the min-
ister stated that the
highest percentage of
women officers was in
the Indian Navy as they
comprised 6.5 per cent
of its officer force with
704 lady officers. As per
the statement, the Indi-
an Army has 12,18,036
men against 6,807 wom-
en who constitute 0.56
per cent of the force.
The Indian Air Force
has 1,46,727 men against
1,607 and form 1.08 per
cent of the force. Indian
Navy has 704 female of-
ficers who constitute 6.5
per cent of the force.
The Indian Army is
the largest among the
three defence forces and
has the highest number
of women serving as of-
ficersandisnowthefirst
force to allow females to
join at the rank of
Sepoys.
The government said
there has been an
increase in the number
of women personnel in
the armed forces (ex-
cluding Medical, Dental
and Nursing cadres)
during the year 2020
compared to the figures
in the year 2019.
In addition to the pro-
vision of Permanent
Commission to Women
Officers in Judge Advo-
cate General and Army
Education Corps, the
Government of India
has recently announced
grant of Permanent
Commission to Women
Officers in all other
Arms in which they are
eligible for commis-
sion. Women are em-
ployed as officers in In-
dian Navy since 1992.
SASIKALARETURNSTOTNAFTERFOURYEARS;
AIADMKSAYSSHEHASNOLINKWITHPARTY
Krishnagiri: Expelled AI-
ADMK leader V K Sasikala
on Monday returned to Ta-
mil Nadu to a grand recep-
tion, days after completing
her four-year jail
term in Bengal-
uru in a cor-
r uption
c a s e ,
amid indications of a con-
frontation with the ruling
party which she once
controlled.
Sasikala, a close aide of
late Chief Minister J Jay-
alalithaa, crossed into Ta-
mil Nadu at Athipalli in
Krishnagiri district border-
ing Karnataka, around 10
am as her supporters broke
into celebrations, dancing
to drum beats and shower-
ing flower petals on her
convoy
.
She later offered prayers
at a Goddess Mariamman
temple in Hosur town in the
district, about 40 kms from
Bengaluru.
Her nephew T T V Dhina-
karan, who accompanied
her, said she would visit the
residence of AIADMK
founder and late Chief Min-
ister M G Ramachandran in
Chennai later.
He claimed several func-
tionaries to welcome Sasi-
kala planned. —PTI
T’gana Cong favours
Rahul as party chief
Hyderabad: Telangana
Congress unit has urged
Rahul Gandhi to take
overaspartychief again.
According to Telan-
gana Congress function-
aries, the presidents of
all the 33 District Con-
gress Committees
(DCCs) in the state on
Sunday passed a unani-
mous resolution urging
Gandhi to become AICC
president.
The unanimous reso-
lution was passed in a
meeting attended by all
the 33 DCC presidents in
the presence of AICC
Telangana in-charge
and Member of Parlia-
mentManickamTagore,
TelanganaPradeshCon-
gress Committee presi-
dent N Uttam Kumar
Reddy, Congress Legis-
lative Party leader Bhat-
ti Vikrarmarka and
other senior AICC and
TPCC leaders in Kham-
mam district.

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India-US joint training exercise
'Yudh Abhyas' commences in Raj
Laxman Raghav/
Sanjay Pareek
Bikaner: The 16th edi-
tion of the Indo-US joint
military training exer-
cise ‘Yudh Abhyas’
commenced at the Ma-
hajan Field Firing
Ranges in the western
sector of Rajasthan on
Monday
.
Brigadier Mukesh
Bhanwala, Commander
of the 170 Infantry Bri-
gade of the Indian
Army, welcomed the US
contingent at the firing
range and impressed
upon both the armies to
achieve optimum cohe-
sion and interoperabil-
ity during the exercise.
He laid stress on the
importance of free ex-
change of ideas, con-
cepts and best practices
between the troops and
the necessity to learn
from each other’s op-
erational experiences,
defence spokesperson
Lt Col Amitabh Shar-
ma said.
The opening ceremo-
ny saw unfurling of the
national flags of both
countries amidst play-
ing of the national an-
thems.
“The exercise will en-
rich both the contin-
gents from each other’s
rich experience in
counter-insurgency op-
erations. Besides coun-
ter-insurgency opera-
tions, exchange of expe-
riences in humanitari-
an assistance and disas-
ter relief will also be a
part of the exercise,”
the spokesperson said
in a statement.
The official said a
number of aerial plat-
forms, including the
newly inducted indige-
nous Advance Light
Helicopter WSI
‘RUDRA’, MI-17, Chi-
nooks, Stryker Vehicles
of the US Army and
BMP-II Mechanised In-
fantry Combat Vehicles
of the Indian Army
, will
be utilised in the exer-
cise, which will go on
till February 21.
On February 6, the
US Army contingent
consisting of a Brigade
Headquarters and a
Battalion group of 2nd
Battalion, the 3rd Infan-
try Regiment of 1-2
Stryker Brigade Com-
bat Team consisting of
270 persons landed at
Suratgarh.
11th Battalion of
Jammu and Kashmir
Rifles, part of the South
Western Command is
representing the Indian
Army in the exercise.
The 14 days schedule
is focused upon joint
training on Counter In-
surgency environment
under United Nations
mandate, he said.
The exercise with US
Army is significant in
terms of security chal-
lenges faced by both the
nations in the backdrop
of global terrorism.
The Joint military ex-
ercise will enhance the
level of defence co-oper-
ation between both ar-
mies which will also
foster the bilateral rela-
tions between both na-
tions and reiterate In-
dia’s key role as a key
partner in the Indo-Pa-
cific region.
The 14-day schedule is focused upon joint training on counter insurgency, says defence official
The opening ceremony was held on Monday at Mahajan Field Firing Range that saw the unfurling of the national flags of both
countries amidst playing of the national anthems.
Indo-US defence personnel at the site of joint training exercise.
Vaibhav discusses party,
devp issues with workers
Rajiv Gaur
Jodhpur: During his
two-day stay in Jodh-
pur, All India Congress
Committee (AICC)
member Vaibhav Ge-
hlot held detailed dis-
cussions with public
representatives in is-
sues such as election of
office bearers of organ-
isations like Jodhpur
City District Congress
Committee and Rural
Congress Committee
besides Mahila Con-
gress Committee, as
well as various schemes
for development of
Jodhpur.
Vaibhav, a candidate
from Jodhpur Lok Sab-
ha constituency, dis-
cussed various issues
with senior Congress
leaders and party work-
ers alike during his stay
in Jodhpur and also
held necessary discus-
sions about strengthen-
ing the organisation’s
expansion.
City MLA Manisha
Panwar, Rajasthan
State Child Protection
Commission chairper-
son Sangeeta Beniwal,
former chairman of
City Congress Commit-
tee Saeed Ansari and
PCC Secretary Shravan
Patel discussed various
development schemes.
AICC member Vaibhav Gehlot
Family court delegation
submits memo to CS
First India Bureau
Jaipur : A delegation
of lawyers headed by
Family Court’s advo-
cate Poonamchand
Bhandari and chair-
man DS Shekhawat met
Chief Secretary Niran-
jan Arya on Monday
and submitted a memo-
randum for Family
Court facilities and al-
lotment of a new build-
ing for Family Court. It
said that land behind
the court is empty and
should be allotted for
the court. In this re-
gard, the Family Court
Bar Association had al-
ready met Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot for
the land allotment for
the court.
He urged the Chief
Secretary Niranjan
Arya to act quickly in
this regard and alot the
land for court.
The team was given
an assurance that land
will be allotted for the
court. A high-level com-
mittee was formed
along with the Regis-
trar General to look
into the matter.
ASQ survey:
Jaipur Airport
service ranking
drops to 66
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: The ranking of
Jaipur International
Airport in providing
service to consumers
has dropped from
66th to 78 place in Air-
port Service Quality
(ASQ) quarterly survey,
results of which were
announced by the Air-
port Authority of India
(AAI).
22 airports which are
under the AAI were cov-
ered in the survey from
October to December
2020 and Jaipur Airport
slipped to 78th place
from 66 in the survey
results. The airport was
ranked first in the an-
nual survey in 2015 and
2016 and the award was
received in the category
of airports with annual
20 to 50 lakh passengers
but for the last four
years, the results have
not been encouraging
for the airport.
In the recent results,
Ahmedabad airport has
been at the forefront
while Goa airport at
number two and Amrit-
sar airport secured
third ranking. Luc-
know, Trivandrum and
Varanasi airports have
also recorded better
rankings than Jaipur
and provided superior
passenger amenities
and services as com-
pared to the Jaipur air-
port.
GST anti-evasion
team recovers
fine of `62 lakh
from 2 trucks
First India Bureau
Jaipur: GST anti-eva-
sion team of Jhunj-
hunu has recovered a
fine of Rs 62 lakh from
two trucks for tax eva-
sion. Of these, a truck
was fined Rs 56 lakh.
This is considered to
be the biggest action
ever in Bikaner divi-
sion. Umesh Jalan,
Joint Commissioner,
GST anti-evasion, said
that a campaign is be-
ing run in Bikaner divi-
sion under the direc-
tion of Additional
Commissioner Hari
Singh Charan.As part
of the campaign, the
team of State GST anti-
evasion- Jhunjhunun
stopped and checked
two trucks carrying
dry fruit and pepper
and detected tax eva-
sion following which
penalty was imposed.
Dotasra launches
‘Padhna Likhna’ drive
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Over four lakh
people above the age of
15 will be made literate
under a special ‘Padh-
na Likhna’ campaign
launched by the Educa-
tion Minister Govind
Singh Dotasra on Mon-
day
.
Under the campaign,
volunteers will be roped
in to make people liter-
ate in village level.
There are nearly 4.20
lakh persons including
3.15 women and 1.05
men illiterate in the
state and one volunteer
will make 10 persons
literate under the cam-
paign. The campaign
was launched at a pro-
gramme held at Birla
Auditorium.
Speaking in the func-
tion, Dotasra said that
the Congress govern-
ment has given special
emphasis on the educa-
tion sector due to which
enrolment in schools
has increased and the
number of drop out has
reduced.
Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasra speaking at the
function at Birla Auditorium in Jaipur on Monday.
With the flag cer-
emony, Khwaja
Garib Nawaz’s 809th
Urs informally began
here on Monday. The
family of Lal Moham-
mad Ghori of Bhilwara
city performed the flag
ceremony at the histor-
ic Buland Darwaza at
the Dargah of Khwaja
Sahab. However, the
Urs will duly start after
Rajab month’s moon is
seen. Maharashtra CM
Uddhav Thackeray of-
fered a chadar at Dar-
gah on the 809th an-
nual Urs of Sufi Saint
Khwaja Moinuddin
Hasan Chishti in Ajmer.
Syed Adil Chishti and
Syed Sohail Chishti,
who brought the cha-
dar from Mumbai on
behalf of Shiv Sena
chief Uddhav Thack-
eray prayed for peace
and complete eradica-
tion of corona.Chishti
said that Thackeray
had also offered a cha-
dar in the last Urs and
he has got a chance
to present it again on
Monday.
809TH AJMER URS BEGINS WITH FLAG CEREMONY
EPI-CENTRE OF GRAND
OLD PARTY IN RAJ!
For the upcoming two days of 12-13
February, four Congress leaders will
be the epi-centre of the grand old party
in Rajasthan. The ocassion is Rahul
Gandhi’s visit to Rajasthan and the
focus will be on Rahul-Gehlot-Maken
and Dotasra. Unlike the previously seen
three men along side Rahul viz Gehlot-
Avinash Pande - Dotasra, now only two
individuals from the ‘old stock’ are to
be seen i.e. Rahul and Gehlot, while
new faces have emerged since Rahul’s
last visit to Rajasthan namely Maken
and Dotasra who adorn the Congress’s
‘frame’. Notably, during this visit, the
state assembly will be in full swing owing
to the budget session and therefore only
MLAs and concerned ministers incharge
of districts where Rahul will visit, will
be in the field, while rest all ministers
and MLAs will hold ‘fort’ in the state
assembly! —First India Bureau
Rahul Gandhi Ashok Gehlot Ajay Maken Govind S Dotasra

A person who believes that
he has an amazing head
start on all the others, is
already halfway there.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi : The dead-
lock between the ruling
party and the opposi-
tion in the Lok Sabha
over the Farm Laws,
ended on Monday at the
initiative of Lok Sabha
Speaker, Om Birla.
As soon as the Lok
Sabha proceedings
started at 4 pm, the op-
position parties started
making noise. Mean-
while, Lok Sabha
Speaker, Om Birla
moved the Question
Hour. Information and
Broadcasting Minister
Prakash Javadekar an-
swered questions relat-
ed to his ministry
. Mem-
bers of Congress and
DMK shouted slogans
demanding repeal of
the farm laws, while
members of Trinamool
Congress and Shiroma-
ni Akali Dal also stood
at their places.
In such a situation,
Birla adjourned the
proceedings of the
House till 5 pm. After
this Birla held a meet-
ing with the leaders of
all parties. The meeting
included defence minis-
ter Rajnath Singh, Par-
liamentary Affairs
Minister Prahlad Joshi,
Congress leader Adhir
Ranjan Chowdhary and
leaders from Punjab. At
the meeting, on the de-
liberations of Birla and
an appeal by Rajnath,
the leaders of opposi-
tion parties agreed to
run the house. As soon
as the proceedings of
the House started at 5
pm, Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh said that
it is everyone’s respon-
sibility to run the house
smoothly
.
During the uproar in
the House, Lok Sabha
Speaker Birla said,
“Public has sent you for
dialogue and discus-
sion. Question hour is
the most important
time, in which you can
ask the government for
answers. The public has
not sent MPs to Parlia-
ment to raise slogans
and bring placards. It is
not in accordance with
parliamentary tradi-
tions,” he said.
Public hasn’t sent MPs to Parl to raise slogans: Om Birla
PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE
zzz
Members of
Congress DMK
shouted slogans
demanding
repeal of farm
laws, while that of
TMCSAD also
stood at their
places.
RaGa to attend farmers’
rally in 3 Raj districts
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Former Con-
gress President Rahul
Gandhi will be on a two
daytourof Rajasthanon
February12-13,wherein,
on the lines of the trac-
tor rally in Punjab and
Haryana, he will take
part in a similar nearly
70 kilometer long rally
from Kishangarh in
AjmerdistricttoMakra-
na in Nagaur. He will
then address a public
meeting organised at
Makrana and with only
a handful of days left,
PCC Chief Govind Sin-
ghDotasraistakingcon-
tinuous meetings for ar-
rangements and the ral-
ly route.
The Gandhi scion is
scheduled to address a
public meeting on Feb-
ruary12atPadampurof
Ganganagar and Pili-
bangaof Hanumangarh.
The next day
, he will ad-
dress a farmer rally at
Makrana where CM
Ashok Gehlot, PCC
Chief Dotasra and sen-
ior party leaders will be
present. Out of the four
districts he will tour in
twodays,hewilladdress
farmer rally in three;
whereas, his tractor ral-
ly will kickstart from
Kishangarh.
Afarmerrallyisbeing
organisedinNagaurdis-
trictwhichisconsidered
to be a hub of farmer
politics. Meanwhile,
Sriganganagar and Ha-
numangarh are majorly
‘agri- based’ districts
with Sikh and Jat com-
munities residing in
huge numbers. Similar-
ly
, a large number of
farmer population re-
sidesinKishangarh.For
years, this area has been
a fortress of Congress
thus, the tractor rally-
will start from here.
Meanwhile, Nagaur is
considered the ‘head-
quarters’ of farmer poli-
tics from where Pandit
Nehru had initiated the
Panchayati Raj. Right
before the bypolls, Ra-
hul’s visit is seen to be
crucial as it would also
help the party in swing-
ing the votes in its fa-
vour. However, the Gan-
dhi scion will have to
giveamessagenotjustto
the people but to his own
party members as well,
of unity
, since it is being
said that groupism is
rampant in the party as
of now. Meanwhile, the
Congress in Rajasthan
will hold public meet-
ings in all the blocks on
Feb 10 in support of
farmers’ agitation
through which the party
will make people aware
about the “damaging ef-
fects” of the laws.
A ‘tourism bailout package’ for state soon
‘Govt working towards
employment generation’
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: The govern-
ment is serious about
bringing the sluggish
tourism sector back
into the mainstream
and strengthening the
tourism infrastructure
in the state. Prior to the
State Budget, on Mon-
day, CS Niranjan Arya
took a meeting of the
concerned departments
and discussed various
important proposals to
revive the tourism sec-
tor. During the Corona
period in the state,
there has been a 90%de-
crease in the arrival of
domestic tourists and
more than 99 % decline
in the arrival of foreign
tourists.
In the meeting, vari-
ous proposals were dis-
cussed on ‘point by
point’ basis and it is be-
lieved that a tourism
bailout package can be
released by discussing
these proposals with
the CM soon.
Notably, tourism ac-
counts for 15% of the
state’s GDP and has pro-
vided employment to
about 3 million people
in the state. These in-
clude 10 lakh direct and
20 lakh indirect employ-
ments. The proposal to
take tourism in the pri-
ority sector was dis-
cussed in a meeting
chaired by the Chief
Secretary wherein, of-
ficers from tourism, en-
ergy, local bodies, fi-
nance and other depart-
ments were present. In
the meeting, it was pro-
posed to give the tour-
ism sector the classifica-
tion of industry, and
thereby extend benefits
of industrial rates etc
while proposal to extend
SGST recharge to tour-
ism sector by 31 March
was also floated. Issues
like 100% exemption in
motor vehicle tax, mar-
keting promotion of
Rajasthan tourism with
special focus on domestic
tourism, proposal to reg-
ulate tourism units oper-
ating in residential areas
for years were also dis-
cussed in meeting.
Jaipur: Chairing the
33rd State Empower
Committee meeting of
the Department of In-
dustries on Monday,
Chief Secretary Niran-
jan Arya said that the
State government is
constantly working on
investment and employ-
ment generation in the
state and it is included
in the government’s pri-
ority
.
The Chief Secretary
added further saying
that investment in the
state is increasing and
the state will soon set
a new record of devel-
opment in this direc-
tion.
Preps on to provide
govt accommodation
to 3 former ministers
First India Bureau
Jaipur: It appears
that the Gehlot gov-
ernment is going to be
‘kind’ to the three for-
mer ministers, in-
cluding former depu-
ty Chief Minister, re-
garding their govern-
ment bungalows.
Highly placed sources
reveal that prepara-
tions are going on for
the allocation of gov-
ernment accommoda-
tion to former deputy
CM Sachin Pilot and
former ministers
Vishvendra Singh
and Ramesh Meena in
the category of spe-
cific accommodation
in the Assembly pool.
Under this, the GAD
has shifted their ac-
commodation from
General pool to As-
sembly pool. In such a
situation, the commit-
tee of the Legislative
Assembly will now
decide whether to allot
their existing govern-
ment accommodation
to a specific category
of MLA or not. How-
ever, it is believed that
their existing govern-
ment accommodation
will be allotted in a
specific category of
the Assembly pool.
It is worth mention-
ing that ever since
these former minis-
ters were relieved
from their posts, there
was a discussion that
notice would be given
by the government to
these leaders to vacate
the government bun-
galows orginally re-
served for ministers.
Especially consider-
ing their revolt
against the govern-
ment, it was consid-
ered that they will
have to vacate the
bungalows, but it was
not done even after
many months and
now their bungalows
have been put in the
Assembly pool, so that
the committee can
take a proper decision
about it.
Gehlot
says
DR ZAKIR HUSSAIN’S ROLE IN FREEDOM
MOVEMENT CAN’T BE FORGOTTEN: GEHLOT
My humble tributes to former Chief Minister
of #Rajasthan Sh. Tikaram Paliwal ji on his
death anniversary.
Remembering legendary singer, composer
the King of Ghazals, Padma Bhushan Jagjit
Singh on his birth anniversary. His rich music
soothing renditions are his greatest contri-
bution, which continue to enthrall his admirers.
Humble tributes to former President Vice
President of India Bharat Ratna Dr Zakir
Husain on his birth anniversary. His role in the
freedom movement later in India’s progress
can never be forgotten.
Chief Minister of Meghalaya Sangma Conrad and Speaker of Meghalaya Metbah Lyngdoh called on
Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla on Monday.
TAKING NOTE....
Assembly Speaker
CP Joshi reached the
Rajasthan Assembly
in Jaipur on Monday
after about 6 months.
He also chaired
a meeting with
Secretary regarding
the preparations for
the Budget session.
All top Assembly
officials were also
present during the
meeting. CP Joshi
also inspected the
new security system,
which has been
installed on the lines
of Parliament.
NiranjanArya: Gehlot’s‘BPL’
experiment inbureaucracy!
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: A ‘strate-
gic’ Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot’s ‘BPL
or NREGA experi-
ment’ in Rajasthan
bureaucracy, by mak-
ing Niranjan Arya
the Chief Secretary
of the state, proves to
be a highly successful
experiment. A soft
spoken and hardcore
Gehlot loyalist, Arya,
who completes his
first 100 days in office
this morning, has al-
ready worked out a
detailed agenda for
his remaining eleven
months, may be he
gets one or two exten-
sions like CS Rajan.
Arya says that he
has only one line
agenda i.e. to ensure
timely and effective
execution of all the
schemes and pro-
grammes and public
announcements in
budget and outside
made by his ‘mentor’
CM Gehlot.
Arya has virtually
converted CS office
into a ‘mixed culture
centre’ of bureaucra-
cy and political re-
quirements of the
Chief Minister or the
state government.
Everyday, he receives
a huge crowd of com-
mon men petitioners
and also a number of
MLAs and MPs at his
residence and office
to work some sort of a
bridge between the
‘complaining’ legisla-
tors and the Chief
Minister.
After another per-
forming Gehlot loyal-
ist, Kuldeep Ranka
being a purely bu-
reaucratic and rule
book civil servant and
also maintaining a de-
cent distance from
the Chief Minister’s
‘political work’, now
apart from a discreet
and efficient Devar-
am, Arya has taken
over the charge of
sorting out MLAs and
MPs development re-
lated issues under an
overall supervisory
control of the Chief
Minister.
According to sourc-
es, Arya’s real chal-
lenge is to ensure a
proper ‘time manage-
ment’ to meet out his
bureaucratic and
public redressal re-
quirements. Now, per-
haps for the first
time, a ‘NREGA’ im-
age grassroots son of
the soil, Arya occu-
pies the official resi-
dence of the Chief
Secretary, courtesy
Gehlot! Gehlot’s ‘Arya
experiment’ has
proved that given an
opportunity and func-
tional support, any-
one can turn the ta-
bles!
Infact, Gehlot is
lucky to have an effi-
cient and ‘balanced’
team of Arya and
Ranka on his call.
With a single stroke,
by appointing Arya,
Gehlot has won the
heart and soul of the
entire SC community
which may prove to be
a crucial factor for
2023.
A NREGA IMAGE CS COMPLETES HIS FIRST 100 DAYS IN OFFICE TODAY
BEING EFFICIENT
Niranjan Arya
Rahul Gandhi Govind Singh Dotasra

f you’re looking for inspira-
tion, you’ll find plenty of
ideas for weird and wacky
proposals; try to give yours
the personal touch and pick
something relevant to you as
a couple. From the man who
created a discount coupon to propose
to his bride-to-be to geeky proposals
inspired by games and TV shows, a
wacky proposal shows imagination
and effort and is sure to sweep her
off her feet.
CHOOSE A FAVOURITE PLACE
When you’re at a beach, hotel
rooftop, underwater, monu-
ment or national park—
that has personal sig-
nificance to the two
of you, ask some-
one nearby to
take a
p i c -
ture of you together. Instead of pos-
ing, drop down on one knee or have
a choir, brass band or drum line
show up for a surprise performance
of your loved one. For a personal
touch, ask the performers if they can
incorporate your lovers’ name into
the lyrics.
DESTINATION PROPOSAL
Plan a romantic destination getaway
for two. When you’re on the plane, use
the loudspeaker system (of course,
run your plan by the flight attendants
first) and propose at 35,000 feet or rent
a Vespa, scooter or bikes to tour the
city or and invite your soon-to-be fi-
ance or lover for a ride, but remind
them to be safe and wear a helmet.
Hand over the helmet, with a box of
ring already in it then zip around
town to celebrate.
EASY PEASY PROPOSAL
Gather a bunch of your friends and
family for a party and have everyone
put on a T-shirt or carry balloons
filled with helium (otherwise they
won’t float) bearing one of the
letters in the phrase,
‘Will you marry me?’ Then during
the party suggest a group picture to
reveal the message or you can spell
your proposal out in glow-in-the-dark
star stickers on your ceiling. Get into
bed, turn the lights off and wait for
the gasp.
FOODY PROPOSAL
Make the box holding the ring as a
selection on the dessert tray at your
favourite restaurant or put togeth-
er a gift basket of yummy treats—
like dark chocolate, coffee or fresh
fruit—and hide the ring among
the presents (in its box, so it
doesn’t get lost in the goodies).
Whether you want to pop
the question in a cute but
simple way or you’re ready
to organize a super unique
surprise, there’s some-
thing here for you.
Whatever the case, re-
member that the best
proposal ideas are
those that truly
capture the cou-
ple’s relation-
ship.
JAIPUR, TUESDAY
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
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WACKY
PROPOSALS
WE
KNOW HOW NERVE-
WRACKING PLANNING A
PROPOSAL CAN BE. IF ALL THOSE
JITTERS ARE MAKING IT HARD TO DECIDE ON
HOW TO PROPOSE THIS VALENTINE, WE’VE GOT
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PROPOSAL IDEAS THAT WON’T GO IN VAIN!
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I

oney is delicious,
makes your sali-
vary glands active
and your taste
buds eager the mo-
ment you have the
honey jar before
your eyes. Honey
, then, ful-
fils your anticipated stand-
ards of satisfaction and
satiety as it has been doing
so for time immemorial.
Honey has an interesting
history, chemistry, myths
and much more.
Honey has a recorded
history of about 8000 years
as seen in Egyptian evi-
dence and Indian folklore
but must be known to man
from the day the first man
went out in search of food.
This may be the reason for
our love for honey - we
might be genetically mod-
elled to love honey and
hence, prone to be exploit-
ed by smart merchants of
unlimited profits.
Honey is made by bees
but contrary to common
belief all bees do not make
honey - only honeybees
and stingless bees make
honey, there being only
about seven types of bees
who are capable of making
honey. A worker bee goes
to a foraging trip of about
6-8 kilometres daily to col-
lect pollens in her special
stomach during warmer
months of the year and
usually dies after supply-
ing raw material for one-
twelfth of a teaspoon in
about six weeks, they are
born to perform this act of
collection and then die
without tasting the fruit of
their labour! They travel
an amazing distance of
more than 75 thousand km
to make about one and a
half kg of honey if we
combine the foraging trips
of all the worker bees.
Then there are house
bees who dehydrate, add
enzymes, make, store and
seal the honey in honey-
comb so that they can sur-
vive during winter months
and their newborns can
feed on it to sustain the bee
life on earth. Bees make
honey for their survival,
the man steals it and anni-
hilates many colonies
without any thought and
thankfulness.
We hear so much com-
mercial propaganda re-
garding the usefulness of
honey that it is a natural
curiosity to know about its
contents. Honey, in one ta-
blespoon, contains 64 calo-
ries, 17.3 gm sugars and
some minuscule amount
of vitamins and minerals,
no fat, no fibre and no pro-
teins. It has sugars and wa-
ter to the extent of 98 per
cent. Bees are not muscu-
lar creatures and live a
very basic life. They need
sugar as their only food
and store sugars which
when treated with some
bee enzymes takes the
form of honey. So, chemi-
cally speaking, honey is
natural fructose and glu-
cose and there is nothing
like miracle composition
as claimed by merchants
of profit. We love honey
because our ancestors sur-
vived hunger and possible
death during their jour-
neys when ‘on feet’, don-
keys and later on camel or
horses were the few means
of travel to places which
had no definitive travel
routes. This historical
memory, perhaps, lingers
in our genes. Secondly, all
the sweet things activate
the same places and path-
ways of our brain that
marijuana, heroin and al-
cohol do.
Honey is a good source
of instant energy and a
better sweetener than pro-
cessed sugar. It has some
healing effect on mouth
sore and superficial skin
wounds and helps in night
time coughs where it acts
better than cough syrup
because it is soothing and
causes no dryness of
throat. Taken with water, it
may help to reduce a few
kilograms of fat over a
longer period because its
fructose helps in accelera-
tion of base metabolic rate.
As it accelerates water ab-
sorption, it is of use in
managing diarrhoea at
home. These are the few
minor health benefits of
honey though the claims
are tall but unfounded.
Honey should never be
given to children below 12
months of age as it may
contain spores of a dread-
ed and often fatal disease
called botulism and infants
have no power to fight this
bacteria. One more inter-
esting thing about honey is
that it can be stored for
eternity if the container is
sealed properly to avoid
moisture. This is possible
because bees add a special
enzyme called gluconic
acid and hydrogen perox-
ide to sugars of honey to
prevent their degradation.
As mentioned earlier,
honey is delicious but it is
for bees and we need bees
for a much bigger role in
our ecosystem, we need
pollination much more
than satisfying our taste
buds. We are paying so
much more for better-
stored fructose and glucose
and destroying natural bee
life and starving our plants
of pollination under spells
of advertisements. Man
has become a beekeeper
but once again, he has en-
slaved poor hapless crea-
ture for profit. Honey is
sweet but is not worthy of
over 300 rupees a kilo and
so much damage to nature.
Finally, the decision is
left upon you by putting
forth the chemical analy-
sis of honey. It contains
fructose 38.2%, glucose
31.3%, maltose 7.1%, su-
crose 1.3%, water 17.2%,
higher sugars 1.5%, ash
0.2% and other contents
3.2% . Now let yourself be
informed about how a pre-
dominantly sugar-based
substance can help attain
miraculous health? Isn’t
the honey money?
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HIMANSHI TEKWANI, MODEL
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You are going to get
fantastic returns from a
recently made business
deal. You will spend a
pleasant day and will invest lot of time
with your spouse or parents or both.
You are health conscious but still
cheat often every now and that. You
love music.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
You will be very happy with
your finances today as you
will make some huge profit
from stocks. Good
earnings indicated for those in retails
business. If you are inclined towards
arts than give it a shot, do not decide
whether something is good or bad
for you until you try.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
If you have given money to
someone thinking about
his/her welfare or need
than you will surely get this
money back. You always have good
intentions about others but your
angel ruins it all sometimes. You are
desperate to have someone in life but
you don’t want to change for anyone.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Some of you may soon
become a parent or may
start planning your family. A
promotion is sure shot deal
even at this time. You are more than
satisfied and have nothing to complain
about. You keep experimenting with
your ideologies. You do not like doing
household stuff but still you contribute.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Those of you who are
willing to sacrifice your
sleep to reach achieve your
goal will certain make it
happen and for others you need
motivation and sincerity to follow the
same path. You believe in god but
you also believe in the fact that
nothing will happen on its own.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Risk taken in business will
fetch you amazing results
and also if you continue to
have the same attitude than
that day isn’t far when you will be
among wealth people. Face your fears
and do not run away. You desire
pleasure in doing charity work and this
satisfaction give you a kick in life.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
An increase in salary is
possible even amidst the
covid situation. The leading
a group in a company will
find the day very favourable. Sweat
out as much as you can because
thats the only way to show
improvement. You love your younger
sibling more than anything.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
You earn enough to satisfy
all your need and you
always encourage
everyone to be self
dependent. You have accomplished a
lot in life and it gives you immense
satisfaction too but you are still not
done and wish to do more. You are
someone who never fails to amaze.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Good budgeting is likely to
increase your buying
power and make you save
too. You will not go wrong
by following the instructions in letter
and spirit at work. Cheerful mood will
keep you both physically and
mentally contented. Aftermath of a
function will be as exciting!
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You may make a late loan
payment but it will have no
repercussions for you.
Those working part time
will have lots of work in hand today.
You may not be willing to continue
working in the same role in your
firm, discuss about it with your
senior.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Believe it or not, you have
it in you to make it big in
life and all you need is to
believe in yourself.
Something or some power is above
is all and you need to have faith.
Sometimes people take advantage of
your innocence and you dont even
realise it. Complete your work.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You are as pure as possible
inside and as tough as one
can be from outside. Be
brave in spirit and go and
confront your family incase if you
have made any mistakes. Helping
your spouse or mother in completing
house hold chores is a sign that you
care and love them.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
HONEY, MONEY
ETCETERA
H
DR RAMAWTAR
SHARMA
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