This document provides updates on the COVID-19 situation in various Indian states like Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka, as well as worldwide numbers. It also discusses political developments in Rajasthan, including the state government sending a revised proposal to the governor seeking an assembly session from July 31st. Other articles discuss the IAF chief receiving the first batch of Rafale fighter jets arriving from France, and the Women and Child Development Minister launching a 'Poshan Vatika' drive to develop nutrition gardens at Anganwadi centres.
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RAJASTHAN
644
DEATHS
38,636
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
2,372 DEATHS 57,982 CASES
KARNATAKA
2,057 DEATHS 1,07,001 CASES
GOVT BOUNCER! TELLS GOVERNOR
IT WANTS SESSION FROM JULY 31!
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Hours after
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot chaired a Cabi-
net meet, the state gov-
ernment on Tuesday
sent a revised proposal
to Governor Kalraj
Mishra seeking Assem-
bly session from July
31. The Cabinet dis-
cussed the points raised
by Governor and said it
is sticking to its de-
mand for holding the
session from July 31.
Responding to Gover-
nor’s query about safety
inlightof Covid,thegov-
ernment said, “It is pre-
rogativeof theSpeaker.”
Transport Minister
Pratap Singh Khachari-
yawas said a discussion
was held for the reply to
be sent regarding the
three points raised by
the Governor.
“The Cabinet
wants the As-
sembly session
from July 31.
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Nizam Kantaliya
Jaipur: Rajasthan BJP
MLA Madan Dilawar on
Tuesday filed two writ
petitions challenging
the assembly Speaker’s
decision to reject his
complaint against the
mergerof sixBSPMLAs
with the Congress.
Meanwhile, both the
petitions will be heard
in the High Court on
Wednesday and have
been listed in the single
bench of Justice Ma-
hendra Kumar Goyal.
The first petition was
filed on Tuesday morn-
ing against Turn on P6
‘Waited for right time to
teach Gehlot a lesson’
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
had “unconstitution-
ally” merged six MLAs
of the Bahujan Samaj
Party (BSP) with the
CongressinRajasthan,
he did the same in his
earlier tenure too, for
which we wanted to
teach him and his par-
ty a lesson, alleged
BSP chief Mayawati
on Tuesday.
She added that her
party could have gone
to courts earlier but
decided to wait for
the “right opportu-
nity”. “In Rajasthan,
after elections results,
BSP gave uncondi-
tional support of all its
6 MLAs to Congress.
Unfortunately, CM
Ashok Gehlot, out of
his malicious intent
and to damage BSP,
merged them with
Congress unconstitu-
tionally. He did the
same even during his
earlier tenure,”
Mayawati said.
“BSP could have
gone to the court ear-
lier too but we were
looking for the time to
teach Congress
party and CM
Ashok Gehlot a lesson.
Now we have decided
to go to the Court. We
will not let this matter
alone. Turn on P6
HC to hear
Dilawar’s twin
petitions today
Will revised proposal be 3rd time lucky?
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
will meet heads of large
banks and NBFCs on
Wednesday to take
stock of the economy
that has been hit hard
by the outbreak of coro-
navirus pandemic.
According to an offi-
cialstatement,theprime
minister will join stake-
holders from banks and
NBFCs on Wednesday to
discuss and deliberate
on vision and roadmap
for the future.
“Thetopicsonagenda
include credit products
and efficient models for
delivery, financial em-
powerment through
technology, prudential
practices for stability
and sustainability of fi-
nancial sector,” it said.
The banking sector
plays an important role
in economic growth
through financing infra-
structure, agriculture,
local manufacturing in-
cluding MSMEs. Finan-
cial inclusion can play a
big role in financial em-
powerment through
technology, it said.
Senior officers from
the government will
also be a part of the in-
teraction, it added.
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PM’s virtual meet with heads of banks today
BRAIN-STORMING SESSION TO TAKE STOCK OF ECONOMY
In what can be termed as a dramatic irony, this man dragging chairs on his rickshaw while passing through the Chief
Minister’s Residence, speaks volumes about the current political situation that Rajasthan is embroiled in.
Pilot camp MLAs to be shifted to a new state for 10 days?
Jaipur: Amid the 19-day long political drama in state, in a major development on Tuesday, the MLAs of
sacked ex-deputy CM Sachin Pilot Camp, are expected to be shifted to some other state for a period of
10 days. Sources say, all preparations have been made in this regard and family members of these MLAs,
who are presently in Delhi, have been asked to bring their daily necessity stuff. Their families might also
be called to Delhi to meet them. In a late night development on Tuesday, third SOG team, led by ASP Niraj
Pathak, reached Manesar while searching for the dissident Congress MLAs. The team was stopped by the
Haryana police 2 kms ahead of the said hotel. Earlier two teams under SP Vikas Pathak and DSP Kamal
Singh too returned empty-handed from Manesar. Sources say dissident MLAs have been given new
mobile phones two days ago. SOG ADG Ashok Rathore said that SOG recorded the statement of
Udaipur resident Tanveer on Tuesday and he was allowed to leave after that. —Shishir Awasthi
Election Commission objects
to speculation on J&K polls
A GUST OF WIND
ARRIVES TODAY!
New Delhi: The Elec-
tion Commission on
Tuesday took “excep-
tion” to the reported
remarks of Jammu and
Kashmir Lt Governor G
C Murmu on timing of
polls in the union terri-
tory, and said in the con-
stitutional scheme of
things, only the EC is
authorised to decide on
the poll schedule.
Taking note of a me-
dia report which quoted
Murmu on the delimita-
tionexerciseinJ&Kand
holding of polls, the EC
in a statement said it
“takes exception to such
statements and would
like to state that in the
Constitutional scheme
of things, the timings
etc. of elections is the
sole remit of Election
Commission of India.”
The Commission also
referred to similar state-
ments of the LG report-
ed by various media out-
lets in November last
year and June this year.
“It would be proper
for authorities other
than the Election Com-
mission to refrain from
making such state-
ments which virtually
tantamount Turn on P6
FIR against Rhea on
Sushant’s father’s plaint
EDsummons Gehlot’s
brother today
Patna: A FIR has been
registered against actor
Rhea Chakraborty at a
police station here un-
der various sections in-
cluding abetment of
suicide on the com-
plaint of Sushant Singh
Rajput’s father Krishna
Kishor Singh, the police
said on Tuesday.
It said that a four-
member team has been
sent to Mumbai follow-
ing registration of FIR.
“A four-member team
has been sent to Mum-
bai. The team will col-
lect case diary and other
important documents
from Mumbai Police,”
Sanjay Singh, Inspector
General, Patna Central
Zone said. Turn on P6
New Delhi: Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot’s el-
der brother Agrasain
Gehlot has been asked to
join investigation in an
alleged money launder-
ing case linked to the fer-
tiliser export scam that
took place between 2007
and 2009. The Enforce-
ment Directorate has
summonedhimforques-
tioning on Wednesday.
On July 22, the En-
forcement Directorate
had searched his prop-
erties in connection
with the case.
The Central probe
agency had also con-
ducted raids at 13 places
spread across Ra-
jasthan, West Bengal,
Gujarat and Delhi,
news agency PTI re-
ported. The Congress,
calling it a political ven-
detta had questioned the
timing of the raids,
which took place seven
years after the Directo-
rate of Revenue Intelli-
gence detected the al-
leged scam. —Agencies
J&K LG GC Murmu
Sushant Singh Rajput
KISSA KURSI KA
IAF chief Marshal RKS Bhadau-
ria would be visiting Ambala on
Wednesday to receive the batch
of first five Rafale combat aircraft
arriving from France. The five
Rafale fighter jets were seen being
re-fuelled mid-air from a French Air
Force tanker, and the pictures taken
at 30,000 feet were posted on Twitter
by the Indian embassy in France. The
Indian Rafales are expected to take
off from Al Dhafra in UAE at around
11 am IST and reach Ambala by 2
pm, sources said. The weather and
other conditions are at the moment
looking good and it is expected to
reach the Ambala air base on time.
The backup base for the arrival of the
aircraft in case there is a weather
issue in and around Ambala would
be the Jodhpur air base.
Rafale fighter jet being refuelled mid-air
on their way to Ambala from France.
—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Kalraj Mishra Ashok Gehlot
Mayawati
WORLD
6,60,140
DEATHS
1,67,73,553
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
15,31,783
CONFIRMED CASES
34,224
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
14,165 DEATHS 3,91,440 CASES
DELHI
3,881 DEATHS 1,32,275 CASES
TAMIL NADU
3,659 DEATHS 2,27,688 CASES
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Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: The Interna-
tional Tiger Day is cele-
brated around the world
on July 29, but we still
needtotakesomeimpor-
tantdecisionsregarding
the protection of tigers.
Rajasthan is moving for-
ward in this direction.
Actually, the state is
waitingforonlyacouple
more tiger reserves so
that it can become the
biggest tiger corridor in
thecountry.Rajasthanis
definitely big in area,
butduetohavingmostly
desert land, the forests
are less here.
Currently, there are 3
tiger reserves in Ra-
jasthan, Sariska in Al-
war, Ranthambore in
SawaiMadhopur-Karau-
li, and Mukundra Hills
Tiger Reserve in Kota,
Jhalawar, Bundi, and
Chittorgarh. If Bundi’s
Ramgarh gets the tiger
reserve status, then
there will be tiger con-
nectivity from Sawai
MadhopurtoChittor.On
theotherhand,if Kumb-
halgarh becomes a tiger
reserve, then there is a
possibility of a tiger cor-
ridor from Udaipur to
Rajsamand via Pali and
Ravali Todgarh, from
Ajmer and Ranakpur in
Udaipur to Mount Abu
Wildlife Sanctuary of
Sirohi and then to Phul-
wari ki Naal in Udaipur.
There is an unexpect-
ed delay in the forest ti-
ger reserves that can be
built in Rajasthan. Mad-
hya Pradesh is also
called the tiger state of
India, but there is no ho-
tel lobby like Rajasthan
which affects tiger re-
serves. Whereas, in Ra-
jasthan, there is a hotel
lobby that does not want
to make tiger reserves
other than particular
places. Due to money
and political approach,
this lobby continues to
influence every initia-
tive of the new tiger re-
serves in Rajasthan.
A total of 28 tigers
are missing from emi-
nent tiger reserves like
Ranthambore. At the
same time, the mining
mafia in Sariska is so
strong that the border
home guards are
crushed by tractors and
killed. In Mukundara, a
young tiger dies under
doubtful conditions, but
the Mukundara admin-
istration takes no ac-
tion about it.
Some time ago, hunt-
ers were caught in cam-
era traps in Rantham-
bore, Sariska, and
Mukundra, but later
were released on bail.
Raj on way to become biggest tiger corridor in country
ROAR GETS LOUDER
THE PICTURESQUE CIRCLE
A picturesque view of the iconic Statue Circle in Jaipur on Tuesday evening with colourful clouds hovering over the sky. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
The swearing-in of a lucky
gentlemen & a Gehlot nominee!
NEWLY-APPOINTED PCC CHIEF GOVIND DOTASARA WILL TAKE CHARGE TODAY
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Govind Singh
Dotasara, a humble
man who started his
career in Congress
while working in its
frontal organisation,
will formally take over
the charge of PCC Pres-
ident on Wednesday. He
is lucky that the event,
to be held at PCC, will
witness the presence of
a galaxy of top Con-
gress leaders including
CM Ashok Gehlot, Avi-
nash Pande, Randeep
Surjewala, KC Venugo-
pal along with elected
representatives of the
party. All past PCC
chiefs except Pilot have
also been invited. Oth-
er invitees include RS
MPs, ex MPs, former
central ministers,
AICC office bearers,
ministers from the
state, office bearers of
frontal organizations,
and various cells. The
function will be held on
the first-floor office of
the state president in
the PCC office.
Dotasara was ap-
pointed to the post im-
mediately after Pilot
was sacked as PCC
Chief a fortnight ago.
It will be after a gap
of 7 years that a Jat
leader will again be
heading the state organ-
ization of Congress.
This is for the first
time that a new PCC
chief is taking over af-
ter his predecessor was
suspended which itself
makes clear the chal-
lenging path ahead of
Dotasara as the new
chief. The first one to
purge the hardcore Pi-
lot loyalists from the
organization while con-
stituting his new team.
Dotasara has success-
fully passed his first
litmus test by getting
Congress workers to
protest on the road in
the ongoing political
crisis but this is just the
beginning.
AFTER 7 YEARS A
JAT RULES PCC!
Govind Dotasara taking blessings from CM Gehlot after he was
appointed PCC chief on July 14. —FILE PHOTO
Mamta Bhupesh along with other officials planting a sapling
under the campaign on Tuesday.
Bhupesh launches
‘Poshan Vatika drive’
Aishwarya Pradhan
Jaipur: Women and
Child Development Min-
ister Mamta Bhupesh
started the Poshan Vati-
ka campaign by planting
Amla, Guava, Chiku,
Beel fruit plants in the
Directorate of Women
and Child Development
office. In the fortnight
fromJuly30toAugust15,
Nutri gardens will be de-
velopedundertheplanta-
tion program in all the
centresselectedfordevel-
opment, out of the de-
partment’s nearly 62,000
Anganwadi centres.
The fruit plants are
being planted on such a
wide scale for the first
time in the department.
Along with this, season-
al vegetables will also
be planted at selected
centres by making flow-
er beds. The purpose of
the campaign is to con-
struct a garden in the
Anganwadi centre for
nutrition as well as to
make the general public
aware of nutrition.
If fruits and vegeta-
bles develop in the court-
yardof everyhouse,then
theproblemof malnutri-
tion will be reduced to a
great extent. Vitamins
required for many nutri-
ents will also be readily
available from them.
Joshi condoles the demise
of Lekh Raj Sharma
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Lekh Raj Shar-
ma, the father of Con-
gress Councillor from
Ajmer Sameer Sharma,
left for heavenly abode
on Monday night. Sa-
meer is the brother-in-
law of Rajasthan gov-
ernment’s chief whip
Mahesh Joshi. Late
Sharma was retired
from the post of Chief
Commercial Inspector
in Railways.
In the funeral on
Tuesday, several digni-
taries, including Ma-
hesh Joshi, Councillor
Chandan Singh and
Nikhil Tandon of the
Medical Cell Congress,
were present to pay con-
dolences to bereaved
family. Sameer in-
formed that the prayers
will be offered for the
departed soul on July
29, between 5 to 7 pm.
NSUI stages protest against ABVP prez
First India Bureau
Jaipur: NSUI is leaving
no chance to shame
ABVP after its national
president Dr S Subbiah
was charged with har-
assing a woman. Now
there is NSUI demand-
ing strict action against
Dr S Subbiah on one
end and ABVP support-
ing its president on the
other end.
NSUI staged a protest
on Tuesday at the Ra-
jasthan University cam-
pus only to be replied by
the ABVP with its dem-
onstration. Amid slo-
ganeering, members of
both the organizations
came face to face and
were disbursed by the
police.
ABVP’s Amit Bad-
badwal said that the
woman has taken her
charges back and NSUI
was attempting to paint
it politically. NSUI state
president Abhishek
Choudhary on the other
hand said that the
whole incident was cap-
tured on CCTV and was
being suppressed with
political pressure.
NSUI members during a protest at Rajasthan University on Tuesday.
—PHOTOBYSANTOSHSHARMA
Girls outshine boys in
RBSE class 10 results
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: The result of
the Rajasthan Board of
Secondary Education’s
Class 10 examination
was released on Tues-
day from Jaipur. Educa-
tion Minister Govind
Singh Dotasara re-
leased the result at Shi-
ksha Sankul. This time
too, in the 10th result,
girls left the boys be-
hind. While the pass
percentage of boys was
79.99%, the result of
girls was 81.41%.
A total of 11,78,570
students were regis-
tered in the Class 10 ex-
amination,outof which
11,52,201 candidates
took the exam. Among
these, a total of 9,29,045
students were declared
successful in the exami-
nation, while 90,648 stu-
dents were found eligi-
ble for the supplemen-
tary examination. The
10th result was 80.63%
this year, which is 1%
higher than the previ-
ous year.
On the other hand,
the entrance test results
of the students who ap-
peared for class 10 ex-
amination with San-
skrit subject were also
released. A total of 6,799
candidates appeared in
the entrance examina-
tion, out of which boy’s
result was 55.65% while
the result of girls was
56.32%. A few years ago,
the Rajasthan Board
had stopped issuing
merit lists. Hence, no
merit was released with
the result.
Dotasara also encour-
aged the officials of his
department for con-
ducting the examina-
tions and declaring the
result within a month.
While the pass
percentage of boys was
79.99%, the result of
girls was 81.41%
Govind Dotasara along with other officials releasing RBSE results
at Shiksha Sankul in Jaipur on Tuesday.
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
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CoronaBlast:1,072newcases
in state;deathtollreaches644
Ajmer cops nab 2 in
Vikram Sharma murder
First India Bureau
Jaipur. This week is
turning out to be the
most ‘corona positive
contributing week’ ever
since the epidemic
broke out in the state.
Tuesday added 1,072
new cases taking the
toll to 38,636 racing fast
towards the 40K mark.
The state also reported
11 deaths with 3 deaths
reported from Pali, 2
each from Jodhpur &
Bharatpur and one each
from Udaipur, Kota &
Jaipur taking the total
deaths due to corona to
644. Alwar continues to
be the ‘hotbed’ of the
virus by adding maxi-
mum 200 new cases to
the toll followed by 134
from Jodhpur, 98 from
Ajmer, 83 from Jaipur,
80 from Bikaner, 56
from Barmer, 47 from
Nagaur, 36 from Churu,
33 from Bharatpur, 29
from Udaipur, 28 from
Ganganagar, 24 from Ja-
lore, 22 from Dholpur, 20
from Sikar, 19 from Ka-
rauli, 15 each from Kota
& Pali,13 from Jhunuj-
hunu,11 from Ban-
swara, 9 from Bundi, 8
from Dungarpur, 7 each
from Jaisalmer &
Pratapgarh,, 5 from
Baran, 4 from Rajsa-
mand, 3 each from
Dausa & Tonk, 2 from
Chittorgarh and 1 from
Sawai Madhopur.
So far, 27, 317 people-
have turned negative
after treatment while
26,094 people have been
discharged from vari-
ous hospitals in the
state. There are 10,675
active patients undergo-
ing treatment. The total
number of positive mi-
grant patients is 7,412.
The total number of
positive cases crossed
the 5,000 mark in Jaipur
with addition of 83 new
cases on Tuesday. Maxi-
mum 9 cases were re-
ported from Mansaro-
var, 8 from Jamdoli, 7
from Vaishali Nagar, 4
each from Banipark,
Jhotwara & Sanganer, 3
each from Vidyadhar
Nagar & Kotputali, 2
each from Manak
Adarsh Nagar, Amer
Road, Brahmapuri,
Gandhi Nagar, Hasan-
pura, Jagatpura, Soda-
la, Ramganj, Sahstri
Nagar & Manak Chowk.
Shubam Jain
Ajmer: Ajmer police
seems to have cracked
the gangster Vikram
Sharma murder mys-
tery. Police said that
Varun Chodhary’s
Gang committed the
crime & two of its
members, Mohit Soni
and Chandresh Jain
have been arrested.
Ajmer SP Kunwar
Rashtradeep said that
the accused were pre-
sent on crime scene at
the time of shooting.
Gangster Vikram
Sharma was shot
dead on the night of
July 22 at BK Kaul na-
gar. Police said there
around 8-9 persons in-
volvedintheshootout.
Four people fired on
Vikram to avenge the
murder of Dharmen-
dra Chodhary. Police
has rounded up some
suspects and is inter-
rogating them and
soon more arrests are
in the offing. It is note-
worthy that slain
Dharmendra Chod-
hary was a former
cop, suspended from
the force on charges
of arms smuggling in
1998. When out on
bail, he started deal-
ing in disputed prop-
erty matters. Both
Vikram and Chod-
hary were in the same
gang at that time.
Vikram expanded his
circle by using Dhar-
mendra’s contacts &
including people from
Alwar, Bharatpur and
Dholpur in his gang.
However, later, both
parted ways. While
Vikram had gangsters
like Ramkesh Meena,
Sanjay Meena, Rajat
Meena and others in
his gang; Dharmen-
dra had Varun Chod-
hary and others work-
ing for him. In 2016,
Vikram’s Gang mur-
dered Dharmendra
retaliated by Chod-
hary Gang which
murdered Ramkesh
Meena in 2017. Now
Vikram was also
killed in the same war
of supremacy.
Alwar continues to be the ‘hotbed’ of the virus
with about 200 cases being reported from the city
Ayush workers hold a demo outside BJP office demanding they be retained in jobs.
ACB team nabs 2 govt
officers while taking bribe
GOVTTRANSFERSTWO
IAS,12RASOFFICERS
Dravyawati:
JDA eyeing
huge revenue
Diya Kumari
thanks Rlys for
new coaches
Naveen Sharma
Jaipur: A team of An-
ti-Corruption Bureau
trapped two govern-
ment employees while
taking bribe on Tues-
day.
In the first instance, a
clerk of POCSO court,
Kamlesh Kumar Meena
was trapped while tak-
ing Rs 3000 as bribe.
Meena had demanded
Rs 6000 in lieu of fa-
vourable judgment and
providing its copy to the
complainant.
Additional SP, Chan-
chal Mishra led the
team that caught the ac-
cused while accepting
money near dairy booth
outside the court prem-
ises. He was arrested
and interrogated.
The ACB also arrest-
ed an ASI Laxminaray-
an Meena in Shyam Na-
gar police station while
accepting a bribe of Rs
10000. He had taken the
money for making the
case weak against the
c o m p l a i n a n t
Satyanarayan Sharma
who had a case regis-
tered against him for
obstructing govern-
ment work in February.
Sharma was arrested
for his offence on July
13. The ASI told the
complainant that he
could weaken the case
against him & demand-
ed Rs 15,000. He was
caught red handed
while accepting rethe
maining amount of Rs
10, 000 at a tea stall on
Tuesday. The complain-
anthadalsoapproached
ACP Sodala Ramgopal
Pareek with the same
complaint.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: There is a big
news regarding Dravy-
awati River Project.
The JDA is planning to
earn huge revenue
from the reclaimed
land. Jaipur Develop-
ment Commissioner,
Gaurav Goyal gave in-
structions to officers in
a meeting.
He has asked them to
make separate list of
‘khasra’ of land at-
tached to the project
and the one that is out-
side. He also asked to
identify the govern-
ment owned & private
land. He further asked
them to plan for outside
land. JDA wants to
monetise this land.
through land auction.
Though, the HC has or-
dered stay on the sale
of the reclaimed land.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajsamand MP
Diya Kumari has ex-
pressed her gratitude to
Union Minister for Rail-
ways , Piyush Goyal and
officers of his depart-
ment for adding three
newcoachestotheDMU
train between Medta
Road and Medta City.
The people of the re-
gion had been demand-
ing it for a long time
Diya was relentlessly
trying to get it done. The
new coaches will come
as a big relief to people
who avail the service
frequently. Two coaches
have already reached
Medta, while one will
reach soon. Diya said
that she was in constant
touch with officers for
early commencement
of the service following
all corona guidelines.
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: The State Gov-
ernment transferred
two IAS and 12 RAS of-
ficers on Tuesday. Pub-
lic representative had
a big say in these
transfers. The govern-
ment has shifted these
officers in wake of im-
pending Municipal
and Panchayati Raj
elections.
After a huge list of
RAS, the government
has now changed SDOs.
Two IAS officers have
been appointed as
SDOs in Ajmer and
Beawar. Shweta Chou-
han and Avadhesh
Meena have been ap-
pointed as SDOs.
The government has
also given posting to
two officers promoted
from RTS to RAS cadre.
4 HC employees test
corona positive
Remdesivir to
be given to
Corona hosps
Udpr DM’s
slogan to
fight Corona
Jaipur. All the mat-
ters in Rajasthan
High Court will be
heard through VC till
August 15. The deci-
sion was taken after
four HC employees
were tested corona
positive. Citing the
rising number of co-
rona cases, the Ra-
jasthan High Court
Advocate Associa-
tion President, Ran-
jeet Joshi and Ra-
jasthan Lawyers’ As-
sociation President
Sunil Joshi request-
ed the HC CJ to hear
the cases through VC
till August 15.
The High Court ad-
ministration accept-
ed their request.
Even earlier, the
High Court adminis-
tration had adopted
hearing through VC
only for a week as
some of the staff
members tested co-
rona positive.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Rajasthan’s
Drug Control Depart-
ment has implemented
a new system to check
black marketing of an
anti-viral drug,
Remidisivir.
Though the medicine is
not much in demand in
Rajasthan, yet it will be
provided to only COV-
ID-19 designated hospi-
tals. Drug controller
Rajaram Sharma said
no case of black mar-
keting has been report-
ed in the state so far.
First India Bureau
Udaipur: Udaipur Col-
lector, Chetan Deora in
a bid to control the ris-
ing corona cases in the
city, has coined a slo-
gan, ‘Ek Dusre ko
Tokein, Corona ko
Badhne se Rokein.’ In
the appeal made
through the media, the
Collector has urged the
people to move out of
their houses only when
the need arises. The
number of Corona cas-
es in the district has
crossed the 1171 mark.
Kashiram Chaudhary
Jaipur: Two months
are over since the do-
mestic air travel re-
sumed operations
across the country, after
the corona- induced
lockdown, but the avia-
tion sector has not been
able to pick up pace as
yet. In the last couple of
months, various air-
lines made efforts to
increase the number of
flights, but were forced
to stop when the passen-
ger load did not rise. If
coronavirus cases are
reduced, the airlines
are hoping to see im-
provement in the busi-
ness by Diwali.
The air services re-
sumed operations from
May 25, after two
months of lockdown.
Four airlines started
domestic flights from
the Jaipur airport.
However, GoAir did not
start flight operations
from Jaipur Airport.
The airlines had given a
schedule to start 20
flights. However, all
these flights could not
be started due to lack of
passengers.
In the first week, an
average of 12 flights
were operational.
It may be noted that
the airlines made ef-
forts to increase the
number of flights last
month.
In the first phase,
when flights to 10 cities
resumed operations, ef-
forts were made to add
cities like Ahmedabad
and Lucknow into the
schedule. Despite this,
the number could not
increase as two flights
to Bangalore were
stopped. tInitially, the
passenger load was up
to 40%, which has
reached only 50% now.
A total of about 14
flights are being oper-
ated daily from Jaipur.
Airlines now hope to boost business after Diwali
THE CORONA EFFECT
Shocking! Another woman gang
raped at gunpoint in Dholpur
Bhati holds meeting over issue
pertaining to higher education
Dholpur: A 27-year-old
woman was allegedly
gang-raped at gunpoint
in the Saipau area of
Dholpur, according to
Saipau police station-
in-charge, Anoop
Chaudhary.
“The victim, a resi-
dent of Thana area, has
lodged a case of gang-
rape. Some suspects
have been brought in
for questioning. An in-
vestigation is under-
way,” Chaudhary told
reporters here.
He further assured
that the strictest possi-
ble action, under the
law, would be taken
against those who are
found guilty.
It is important to note
that this is the second
gang-rape incident re-
ported from the Dhol-
pur district in a matter
of a couple of days.
Earlier on Sunday, re-
ports of a 24-year old
woman being gang-
raped by six men in the
district had also sur-
faced. —ANI
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Higher Educa-
tion Minister Bhanwar
Singh Bhati held a meet-
ing of Rajasthan Higher
Education Council in
connection with the
Rashtriya Ucchtar Shi-
ksha Abhiyan (RUSA)
in Secretariat Jaipur on
Tuesday. V-C of Higher
Education Council Prof.
Dariyav Singh Chun-
dawat and other offi-
cials were present in the
meeting.
A detailed discussion
wasdoneonvarioustop-
ics related to the devel-
opmentandinnovations
in the state, along with
providing necessary
guidelines regarding re-
search, application of
new methods of teach-
ing-trainingandeasyac-
cessibility of higher ed-
ucation for the students
of remote areas. A dis-
cussionwasalsoheldfor
the grant money being
provided to the univer-
sity and state college un-
der RUSA.
z Meenu Verma-Sub
Division Officer
Bikaner (North)
z Mahaveer Singh
Jodha- Sub Divi-
sion Officer, Sheo
(Barmer)
z Bhawani Singh-Sub
Division Officer, Ga-
dra Road (Barmer)
z Om Prakash- Sub
Division Officer
,Bhinmal (Jalore)
z Dinesh Kumar Mee-
na-Commissioner,
Municipal Council,
Baran
z Anshul Ameria- Sub
Division Officer ,
Badnore (Bhilwara)
z Shakuntala- Sub
Division Officer,
Malsisar (Jhunj-
hunu)
z Rajendra Singh
Shekhawat-2- As-
sisant Collector
(Headquarter)
Chomu, Jaipur
z Mukut Singh- Sub
Division Officer
, Kishangarhbas
Alwar
z Surendra Prakash
Sharma- Assistantt
Collector (Head-
quarter) Kota
z Rajendra Prasad-
Assistant Collector
Digod (Kota)
z Ved Prakash - As-
sistant Collector
Sriganganagar
12 RAS OFFICERS TRANSFERED
Bhanwar S Bhati chairs meeting of Raj Higher Education Council
where Prof DS Chundawat and other officials were also present.
—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
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n 1954, when tel-
evision sets
were just be-
coming wide-
spread in Amer-
ican homes, Alfred Hitch-
cock made “Rear Window.”
The film portrays L. B.
“Jeff” Jeffries, a magazine
photographer played by
James Stewart, stuck at
home in a wheelchair with
a broken leg, whose only
entertainment is gazing
through his window and
observing his neighbors’
private lives in their
homes. “First I watched
them to kill time,” Stewart
tells the viewer, “but then I
couldn’t take my eyes of
them, just as you wouldn’t
be able to.”
The film is a subtle allu-
sion to the new medium of
television that would soon
change the world. Using
the window as a metaphor,
Hitchcock depicts the ef-
fects of television on pri-
vacy and, most important-
ly, people’s curiosity about
each other. Hitchcock an-
ticipated the cultural shifts
to be brought by the effects
of television on American
society in those times.
Watching one’s neighbors
through a rectangular win-
dow is not much different
from watching TV on a
couch. In this sense, Hitch-
cock anticipated the effect
of the couch potato, which
has now become common
in the English idiom.
But Hitchcock’s artistic
foresight went further than
that. He foresaw something
more profound, namely the
intersection between hu-
man curiosity and a new
form of communication
technology that was televi-
sion. Today, in the age of
the smartphone and social
networks, this intersection
is even more visible and
can easily be called the cu-
riosity economy.
GLOBAL VILLAGE
Since the heyday of televi-
sion, human curiosity has
driven technology further.
Thepost-TVagemadeenter-
tainmentportableandputit
in our pockets. There is a
reason smartphone screens
have been getting larger, not
smaller, over the years. If
television meant watching
random,unknownpeopleon
a wide screen, the smart-
phone allows us to observe
our neighbors on social me-
dia. This makes social me-
dia much more engaging
and personal than televi-
sion. Teens today can sur-
vive without TV, but they
can barely do without their
phones. A study last year
found that people will have
to be actually paid around
$1,000toquitFacebook,even
after the Cambridge Ana-
lytica scandal that exposed
the internet giant’s abuse of
user data.
The smartphone era is
sometimes referred to as
the attention economy,
where tech companies treat
human attention as a
scarce commodity and
bombard us with push no-
tifications and updates. But
our attention is fueled first
and foremost by our curios-
ity and the desire to know
what others do and say.
In the curiosity economy,
it is no longer enough to
interpret the content of a
book for oneself — Kindle
now allows you to do it “to-
gether” with other people.
It gives clues as to what the
public, not the individual
reader, perceives as worth
noting. Even listening to
music is not always private.
The music-streaming plat-
form Spotify has the “so-
cial” option always on by
default so friends can al-
ways see what music you
are listening to.
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WWW.FAIROBSERVER.COM
WELCOME TO THE CURIOSITY ECONOMY
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As the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our
transgressions from us.
—Psalm 103:12
Spiritual
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TWEET
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Tiding over the disruptions
caused by the #Covid_19
pandemic, India’s formal sector is
showing strong signs of revival.
Increase in situation vacants on
job-boards in July has brought
more reasons to cheer for job
seekers across several sectors.
Mallikarjun Kharge
@kharge
K’taka has had 5000 corona +ve
cases/day for 4 days in a row.
People are finding it difficult to
get access to ambulances,beds
& medicines. Govt has lost the
plot & need to set their priorities
right.They should have a single
minded focus on combating the
pandemic & nothing else.
ndian universities have suf-
fered immensely due to the
combined impact of rotating
headships and near-automat-
ic promotions for all. It start-
ed in 1970 at the University of
Delhi. Now, almost every-
body gets promoted regard-
less of merit, and heads of
departments are appointed
by rotation so all promotees
get to be HOD without being
qualified or suitable.
But not too long ago, the
University of Delhi would
have easily secured very high
rank in any global ranking
system. During the 1950s and
the 1960s, it had reached a pin-
nacleintermsof itsacademic
standing. The roll call from
those years boasted of distin-
guished names such as D.S.
Kothari and A.N. Mitra (De-
partment of Physics), P. Ma-
heshwari and B.M. Johri
(Botany), B.R. Seshachar and
M.R.N.Prasad(Zoology),M.N.
Srinivas (Sociology), V.K.R.V.
Rao, K.N. Raj, Amartya Sen,
A.L. Nagar, S. Chakravarty,
and J.N. Bhagwati (Econom-
ics), T.R. Seshadri (Chemis-
try), S.R. Ranganathan (Li-
brary Science), U.N. Singh
(Mathematics) and Nagendra
(Hindi). And this list is by no
means exhaustive.
Unfortunately, as things
stand today, Delhi Univer-
sity has been relegated to
the backwaters of all glob-
al rankings. However, such
a rise and subsequent de-
cline is not peculiar to just
Delhi University. Almost
every university in India
has a similar story.
WHEN MERIT WASN’T
JUST A TERM
There are several factors that
have contributed to this uni-
versal decline. One of them
has its roots in an action that
was unwittingly initiated at
the University of Delhi in
1970, and which was readily
and unthinkingly adopted by
universities around the
country over that decade.
Until 1970, all academic de-
partments of Delhi Univer-
sity were headed in similar
fashion by professors of
great eminence. It helped
greatly that they were at the
helm for a significant num-
ber of years, which enabled
them to provide sustained
momentum and direction to
their departments.
Of course, there was a
downside to this arrange-
ment. Sometimes, person-
al prejudices and even
highhandedness would
creep into the decisions
and actions of those head-
ing a department. But
overall, they discharged
their responsibilities mer-
itoriously. One of the most
important consequences
of their stewardship was
the fact that, in order to be
able to acquire an academ-
ic position or gain promo-
tion in any department, an
individual needed strong
credentials because genu-
ine merit was the main cri-
terion. In varying degrees,
such a situation was preva-
lent in most universities
across India.
DU’S DEBILITATING ACT
But a marked decline be-
gan to set in at Delhi Uni-
versity when, in 1970, it
suddenly switched to a sys-
tem where departmental
headships were rotated
among almost all faculty
— regardless of merit —
and that too for the short
duration of three years.
Soon, this measure began
to be adopted by almost all
Indian universities. It had
a detrimental effect since
more often than not, a de-
partmental head would be
unequal to the task of ad-
hering to high standards
— both academically and
administratively.
To compound this prob-
lem, the University Grants
Commission (UGC), in 1982
and under severe political
pressure, implemented a
system of promoting aca-
demic faculty — ‘Merit Pro-
motion Scheme’ — which, in
practice, resulted in auto-
matic elevation of all and
sundry on the basis of length
of service — a minimum of
eight years.
There are other reasons
but rotational headships and
automatic promotions are
common factors responsible
for the decline of India’s var-
ious universities. It is no co-
incidence that the Indian uni-
versity system has suffered
immensely since the 1980s,
when these twin measures
took effect. Academic merit
has been severely neglect-
ed as a consequence. Many
faculty members who
would ordinarily have re-
tired at lower positions are
now assured of being ap-
pointed as full-time profes-
sors and become heads of
departments in due course
of time.
Ordinarily, several of them
would not be appointed to
any position but that is where
an ineffective head of a de-
partment succumbs to un-
welcome pressure. The HoD
knows that he or she could be
at the receiving end post re-
tirement. More often than
not, this also results in aca-
demics who are not well-
qualified being anointed as
chairs of their respective de-
partments, only because they
managed to gain undeserv-
ing and automatic promotion
to a full professorship.
COURSE CORRECTION
It may be argued that a vice-
chancellor has the powers to
prevent near-automatic pro-
motions but as the records
show, very few of them have
shown any desire or commit-
ment to implement stricter
standards. Similarly, vice-
chancellors dare not inter-
fere in the business of
headship by rotation even
when they have some lee-
way in this regard because
the practice is heavily en-
trenched. This too could be
alleviated to a large extent
if vice-chancellors were
appointed with great care
and then granted longer
tenures subject to perfor-
mance.
This is not to say that pro-
motion for faculty should be
abolished altogether. The
point is to shun inbreeding at
entry-level appointment and
make merit the only criteri-
on. Standards need to be set
in the appointment process
at every level and that could
begin with appointing good
and deserving individuals as
vice-chancellors.
I have often argued that
any university in India or
abroad with a proven track
record has progressed large-
ly because of its vice-chan-
cellor, who not only enjoyed
total freedom but had their
tenures extended for longer
periods to achieve what they
had set out to. Maurice Gw-
yer served at Delhi Univer-
sity for 12 years and many of
the eminent faculty were
brought in at a young age
during his tenure. The same
happened during Robert Go-
heen’s distinguished tenure
at Princeton University.
But all such examples are
in the past. It’s time Indian
universities revisited their
glorious days by bringing
back some of the traditions
from the yesteryears. Ap-
pointment of deserving vice-
chancellors can be the start-
ing point.
SOURCE: THE PRINT
Almost everyone in faculty is promoted in Indian
universities. DU started the damage in 1970
I
There are several
factors that have
contributed to
this universal
decline. One of
them has its
roots in an
action that was
unwittingly
initiated at the
University of
Delhi in 1970,
and which was
readily and
unthinkingly
adopted by
universities
around the
country over
that decade
BUT A MARKED DECLINE BEGAN TO SET IN AT
DELHI UNIVERSITY WHEN, IN 1970, IT
SUDDENLY SWITCHED TO A SYSTEM WHERE
DEPARTMENTAL HEADSHIPS WERE ROTATED
AMONG ALMOST ALL FACULTY — REGARDLESS
OF MERIT — AND THAT TOO FOR THE SHORT
DURATION OF THREE YEARS
DINESH
SINGH
Former Vice Chancellor,
University of Delhi
TODAY, DELHI UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN RELEGATED TO THE BACKWATERS OF ALL GLOBAL RANKINGS,
WITH A SIMILAR STORY PLAYING OUT IN UNIVERSITIES ALL OVER INDIA. BUT THERE IS A WAY OUT
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ing the session is our
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porters. “The gover-
nor’s questions are sim-
ple and we discussed
their reply. He has no
right to be raising que-
ries yet we are giving
the reply,” he said.
Khachariyawas also
said that the govern-
ment wants no confron-
tationwiththegovernor
and hoped Mishra will
now accept the Cabinet
proposal for calling the
session. So far 4 cabinet
meetings have been held
in a span of 7 days.
Thrice meetings were
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dozen meetings were
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Cabinet meetings were
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sue of 21-day notice re-
quired for calling the
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“We have no competi-
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about the agenda of the
session, he said that it is
for the Business Advi-
sory Committee of the
Assembly to decide.
Regarding seating ar-
rangement as per social
distancing norms in the
Assembly, the minister
said that it was for the
Speaker to look after.
Targeting the BJP,
the minister said that
the party has made it a
prestige issue. “They
want to topple the state
government and have
made it a prestige is-
sue,” he said. “The BJP
stands exposed. They
are changing their
statements,” he said.
After Rajasthan, the
minister said the party
wants to target West
Bengal, Maharashtra
and Chhattisgarh. The
Rajasthan governor has
returnedcabinetrecom-
mendations for calling
the assembly session
twice with some points.
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ceived from Assembly
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that complaint has been
decided and rejected by
the Speaker, the counsel
forDilawarsaid. “Today,
wegotadetailedorderof
the Speaker (about the
rejection of the com-
plaint). Thereafter, we
filed a second petition
challenging the detailed
order,” the counsel said.
In the fresh petitions
filed on Tuesday against
Speaker’s order, he chal-
lenged validity, legality
and correctness of the
Speaker’s July 24 order
on his complaint filed in
March.Inhiscomplaint,
he had prayed that BSP
MLAs be disqualified
from the Assembly un-
der para 2 of 10th Sched-
ule of the Constitution.
Dilawar has alleged he
was not heard by Speak-
er before he decided his
complaint on July 24.
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The BSP chief further
reiterated that the party
has asked the six MLAs
to vote against the Con-
gress government led by
Ashok Gehlot if a trust
vote takes place on the
floor of the Rajasthan
Assembly, failing which
“their party member-
ship will be cancelled”.
“Ulta-chor kotwal ko
daante, they (Congress)
themselves indulge in
wrongdoing and accuse
us,” she further said.
Election
Commission...
to interfering with the
Constitutional mandate
of the Commission,”
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The poll panel said be-
fore deciding the timing,
it takes into considera-
tion all the relevant fac-
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phy, weather, sensitivi-
tiesarisingoutof region-
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gains”. Sushant’s father
allegedthatChakraborty
“got in touch with him
with a motive to estab-
lish herself in industry
and she and her rela-
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‘GovtworkingtoattractFDIin
Infratoaddressliquiditycrunch’
‘Troopsdisengagedonmost
ofIndia-Chinaborder’
Vaishali
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister Nitin Gadkari on
Tuesday, said the gov-
ernment is making ef-
forts to attract FDI in
infrastructure sector to
address liquidity
crunch faced by the
COVID-19-hit economy.
The Road Transport,
Highways and MSME
Minister also said that
talks are on with vari-
ous pension funds, in-
surance funds and fi-
nancial institutions.
“Infrastructure is the
most economically via-
ble industry. The inter-
nal rate of return of
projects is very good.
“We are trying to get
FDI (foreign direct in-
vestment) in Infrastruc-
ture as it is 100 per cent
allowed. We are trying
to bring Insurance
Fund, Pension Fund
etc, while talks are on
with the World Bank,
ADB. We are moving
fast in that direction,”
Gadkari said, address-
ing a webinar on Road
Development in India.
Urging private play-
ers to join hands with
the government, he said
the economy - hit by
coronavirus - is passing
through a crucial phase
and requires liquidity.
At the same, COV-
ID-19 crisis should be
turned into an opportu-
nity as the world is now
recognising India as a
good place for invest-
ment, he said, adding
the government has
taken a policy decision
to offer projects only af-
ter 90 per cent land ac-
quisition and regulato-
ry clearances like forest
and environment.
“In infrastructure,
we are trying as to how
we can get maximum
investment. Today,
there are huge opportu-
nities in highways,
power, transport, water,
communciation and
other sectors,” he said,
adding industrial devel-
opment and job crea-
tion was not possible
without propelling in-
frastructure.
Gadkari also stressed
the need to bring down
logistics costs and said
that Rs 1 lakh crore Del-
hi-Mumbai Expressway
will result in reducing
the travel time between
the two metropolises to
barely 28 hours result-
ing in lesser logistics
costbywayof enhanced
cargo movement in less-
er time.
“There is huge poten-
tial in alternative fuel
and electricity. I have
just purchased an elec-
tric SUV. Our petrol ex-
penditure which was
Rs 12-13,000 per month
has now slashed to Rs
600-Rs 800 per month,
while charging can eas-
ily be done,” the Union
Minister said.
—With Agency inputs
Beijing: Chinese and
Indian troops have
‘completed disengage-
ment’ on most parts of
the disputed border be-
tween their two coun-
tries, China’s foreign
ministry said Tuesday,
after violent clashes
broke out earlier this
year.
Tensions soared be-
tween the world’s two
most populous nations
in June after the deadli-
est fighting in decades
erupted between Indian
and Chinese troops on
the Himalayan border.
“The situation on the
ground continues to
cool down and de-esca-
late,” foreign ministry
spokesman Wang Wen-
bin said at a regular
press briefing.
“The frontline border
troops of the two coun-
tries have already com-
pleted disengagement
at most places,” he told
reporters in Beijing.
Wang said the two
sides were preparing
for a fifth round of talks
between military com-
manders at an unspeci-
fied date.
After the clash on
June 15, Chinese and
Indian officials met and
agreed to take steps to
ease the situation.
But the nuclear-
armed neighbours have
continued to reinforce
border between Ladakh
& Tibet. India has de-
ployed thousands more
troops & is conducting
extra military flights
over the mountainous
region. —Agencies
We are trying
to get FDI
(foreign direct
investment) in Infra-
structure as it is 100
per cent allowed. We
are trying to bring In-
surance Fund, Pen-
sion Fund etc, while
talks are on with the
World Bank, ADB. We
are moving fast in
that direction.
—Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister
for Road Transport & MSME
The situation on the ground
continues to cool down and de-
escalate.The frontline border troops
of the two countries have already completed
disengagement at most places.
—Wang Wenbin, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman
New Delhi: The ED
carried out raids at
multiple locations be-
longing to Hyderabad-
based GVK Group,
company that runs
Mumbai airport, and
its promoters in con-
nection with its mon-
ey laundering probe in
alleged irregularities
worth over Rs 800
crore in the develop-
ment and mainte-
nance of the airport,
two officials familiar
with raids said.
They said the
searches were primar-
ily conducted in Mum-
bai and Hyderabad of-
fices of GVK as well as
the office of Mumbai
International Airport
Ltd (MIAL) - the Joint
venture which runs
the Mumbai airport.
The probe agency
had registered a case
under PMLA in the
first week of July on
the basis of a CBI FIR
lodged on June 27.
The FIR named 13
people - including the
Chairman of GVK
Group, GVK Reddy -
the Mumbai Interna-
tional Airport Limited
(MIAL), and several
companies that were
given contracts at the
airport. —Agencies
ED raids GVK Group offices
IN THE COURTYARD
VIKAS DUBEY ENCOUNTER
MUM AIRPORT
SCAM CASE
RESTORATION OF 4G INTERNET IN J&K
SC junks pleas to remove
probe panel member
Verify reports of LG
proposing restoration
New Delhi: The SC
dismissed two peti-
tions seeking direc-
tions to replace re-
tired DGP KL Gupta
from the three-mem-
ber commission prob-
ing the death of eight
cops in Kanpur and
subsequent encoun-
ter of history-sheeter
Vikas Dubey and his
associates.
A bench headed by
Chief Justice of In-
dia, Sharad Arvind
Bobde was hearing
two petitions seeking
directions to remove
DGP KL Gupta from
the three-member
commission headed
by retired Supreme
Court judge Justice
(R) Shashikant Ag-
garwal.
The petitioner and
lawyer-in-person
Ghanashyam Upad-
hayay moved the apex
court and sought the
replacement of re-
tired DGP KL Gupta
alleging biasedness
in case. Upadhayay
submitted that Gupta
had supported the po-
lice version in the
matter. —ANI
New Delhi: The cen-
tral government sub-
mitted before the SC
that it will verify the
media reports of
Jammu and Kashmir
Lieutenant Governor
GC Murmu suggest-
ing the restoration of
4G internet in the Un-
ion Territory.
Solicitor General
Tushar Mehta, senior
lawyer for the central
government, told a
bench headed by Jus-
tice NV Ramana, that
it will verify the re-
ported statements of
LG Murmu. Mehta
said that he has re-
ceived a rejoinder by
the petitioner, Foun-
dation for Media Pro-
fessionals, (FMP), on
a counter-affidavit
filed by the Centre.
Senior advocate
Huzefa Ahmadi, ap-
pearing for the peti-
tioner, said that they
had received the
Counter very recently
and pointed out that
the Lt Governor has
reportedly said that
4G internet should be
restored in Jammu
and Kashmir. —ANI
No time capsule in Ayodhya Ram
Mandir foundation,says VHP leader
Ayodhya: No time cap-
sule will be immersed
in the foundation of
Ram temple at Ayodhya
on August 5, the founda-
tion-laying day.
The general secre-
tary of Ram Janma
Bhoomi Teerth Kshetra
Trust and Vishwa Hin-
du Parishad leader,
Champat Rai, said the
time capsule was pure
imagination on the part
of a few people. He said
that such a thing was
never discussed in any
meeting of the trust
and there are no such
plans.
Earlier it was report-
ed that a time capsule
made of steel would be
immersed in the foun-
dation of Ram temple at
Ayodhya. The entire
history of Ram Janma
Bhoomi temple move-
ment and other infor-
mation would be docu-
mented and inserted in
the capsule. The VHP
leader said all this is
fake and has no base.
The then Prime Minis-
ter Indira Gandhi car-
ried out a similar exer-
cise at Lal Qila in 1973.
—ANI
India is proud of its tiger assets, has 70%
of world’s big cats, asserts Javadekar
New Delhi: Union En-
vironment Minister
Prakash Javadekar re-
leased the report of the
Tiger Census on eve of
Global Tiger Day. “India
is proud of its tiger as-
sets. The country today
has 70% of the world’s
tiger population. We are
ready to work with all
the 13 tiger range coun-
tries in their actual
management of tiger
reserves,” Javadekar
said while speaking at a
function at the National
Media Centre, New Del-
hi. “At the international
level, we have a lot of
soft powers, but one soft
power is that the coun-
try has animals. India
has 30,000 elephants
3,000 one-horned rhinos
and more than 500 li-
ons,” he added.
MoS Babul Supriyo
was also present at the
event. —ANI
Economy is passing through a crucial phase, Nitin Gadkari said.
Workers clean Ram Ki Pauri ahead of the foundation laying
ceremony of Ram temple in Ayodhya. —PHOTO BY PTI
Prakash Javadekar and Babul Supriyo release a book on the eve
of International Tiger Day 2020 in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY ANI
MORARI BAPU
GIVES RS 5CR
New Delhi: Spiritual
leader Morari Bapu an-
nounced a donation of
Rs 5 crores to the Shri
Ram Janmabhoomi
Teerth Kshetra trust,
from his Vyaspeeth,
for the construction
of the Ram Temple in
Ayodhya. Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
is scheduled to lay
the foundation stone
of the Ram temple in
Ayodhya on August 5,
according to Mahant
Nritya Gopal Das, the
president of the Ram
Temple trust.
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Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: The plasma
therapy is proving
to be a lifesaver for
critical corona pa-
tients.
Taking an early
cue from other
states the Gehlot
govt timely estab-
lished a plasma
bank at the SMS
hospital but now the
need of the hour is
to motivate corona
survivors to donate
their invaluable
plasma to save oth-
ers.
According to doc-
tors, plasma therapy
has been found to be
particularly 100% suc-
cessful in the treat-
ment of critical coro-
na patients in ICU or
dependent on a venti-
lator.
Each such patient
treated with plasma
therapy recovered. It
is due to fear and lack
of information that
less number of corona
survivors are coming
forward to donate
blood for plasma.
CM Gehlot has
asked the health min-
istery to take the plas-
ma donation as a cam-
paign to make people
aware that corona
survivors can save
lives. Health Minister
Dr Ragu Sharma is
making every effort to
let people know every-
thing about plasma
therapy that plasma
donation picks up.
According to
health experts, any
person between the
age of 18 and 60
years who was diag-
nosed corona posi-
tive after an RTPCR
test with minimal
symptoms of fever
& cough and who
has completed 14
days of recovery of
Covid-19.
Senior Professor
and incharge of Blood
bank at the SMS hos-
pital Dr Sunita Bun-
das said that we are
making a list of peo-
ple who successfully
turned negative after
treatment as these
will be ideal donors.
She said that we are
holding counseling
sessions to allay fears
of the donors.
She clarified that
once antibodies de-
velop in a body then
they aren’t affected
even after plasma
donation. Dr Sunita
appealed to corona
survivors to donate
plasma without fear.
So far only 47 do-
nors in Jaipur, 20 in
Jodhpur, 3 in Kota
and one in Udaipur
have come forward
and saved 71 critical
patients in the state.
This is minuscule
considering that
Jaipur has 3,661 coro-
na survivors. Out 24
who have come
forward, 15 are BSF
jawans.
DONATE PLASMA AND SAVE A CORONA PATIENT’S LIFE:
CM GEHLOT ASKS HEALTH MINISTRY TO LAUNCH CAMPAIGN
Shed hotel life, perform
yajna for yourself: Diya’s
message to Cong MLAs
First India Bureau
Jaipur: While criticis-
ingtheritualistic‘yajna’
performed at Hotel Fair-
mont by the Congress
MLAs, Rajsamand MP
Diya Kumari, said that
the Chief Minister, on
one hand, says that the
Governorisboundtofol-
low the advice of the
Cabinet according to Ar-
ticle 174 of the Constitu-
tion and the Governor
cannottakeanydecision
at his discretion.
Whereas, on the other
hand, the entire Govern-
ment is performing a
ritualistic ‘yajna’ for the
Governor, which is ri-
diculous.
Instead of living a life
of luxury in the hotel, it
would have been more
appropriate for the CM
to perform a ‘yajna’ for
his own party.
Member of Parlia-
ment, Diya Kumari said
that this is probably the
first time in Rajasthan
when an entire Govern-
ment is being running
from a hotel and the rul-
ing party is keeping its
own MLAs captive.
There is an atmos-
phere of uncertainty in
the State today. The
Congress is caught in its
own web.
Abhishek Srivastav
Jaipur: The UDH de-
partment under Minis-
ter Shanti Dhariwal an-
otherlandmarkdecision
to increase the ease of
doing business in the
state.
UDH has decided to
consider the general
warehouses and go-
downstobeof industrial
andnottheexistingcom-
mercial category.
All the charges such
as lease amount, conver-
sion charges will now be
commiserated in the in-
dustrial category. Minis-
ter Shanti Dhariwal has
givenhisapprovalonthe
note sheet and soon the
department will official-
ly notify the same.
A big ambiguity re-
garding land use has
been done away by Dha-
riwal with this move.
Until now the land-use
change in case of lands
situated on the sides of
broad roads didn’t speci-
fy the depth up to which
the land use was to be
permitted.
Clarifying the situa-
tion, the department
has decided to permit
up to one and half
times of road width or
the depth of the land,
whichever is less, will
now be permitted for
changed land use for
mixed or commercial
use.Eventheprocessfor
changing land use has
been made hassle-free.
From now on land-use
changewillbeclearedby
the layout plan commit-
tee of the local body if
the desired land use is
permissible under the
master plan & zonal de-
velopment plan provi-
sions.
The revolutionary
changes as having come
up in the Rajasthan Ur-
ban Area Building By-
laws 2020 are the result
of the hard work put up
by the UDH Minister
Shanti Dahriwal and his
efficientteam.Themeet-
ingonMondayandTues-
day which took all im-
portant decisions was
attended by PS (UDH)
Bhaskar A Sawant, Sec-
retary (UDH) Bhawani
Singh Detha, CTP RK
Vijaywargiyaalongwith
other senior officers.
The changes will not
only prove a boon for
the resident real estate
businessmen of the
state but these policies
will also attract invest-
ment from other states
in Rajasthan.
Warehouses,godowns
now to be considered
in industrial category
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Municipal elec-
tions are likely to be
postponed. In wake of
rising corona cases, the
state government has re-
quested for postpone-
ment of elections in 129
municipal bodies.
Chief ElectionOfficer
ShyamSinghRajpurohit
said that LSG Secretary
Bhawani Singh Detha
has written to the state
election commission
seeking postponement
of municipal elections
citing corona pandemic.
He wrote that munici-
pal elections next month
are impossible due to co-
rona while asking for
postponing them for
three months.
Rohit said that Com-
missioner of state elec-
tion commission P S
Mehra will respond to
the government after
consultation with elec-
tion department offi-
cials. The tenure of 129
municipalbodieswillbe
over in August.
Earlier, Rajasthan
High Court has allowed
the state govt to com-
plete the election pro-
cess of the Jaipur, Kota
and Jodhpur municipal
corporations till Octo-
ber 31. The state govt
had requested postpone-
ment till December
31 due to the ongoing
corona crisis.
Stategovthadassured
the court of holding the
elections in six months
which were due in April
but due to the Corona
crisis the govt had then
received an extension
forsixweeks,whichwas
then deferred till Octo-
ber 31 by the court.
Govt urges postponement of polls to 129 municipal bodies
LSG Secretary Bhawani Singh Detha
has written to the state election
commission seeking postponement of
municipal elections citing corona pandemic.
—Shyam Singh Rajpurohit,
Chief Election Officer
Vaishali
New Delhi: Minister
of State for Finance
and Corporate Affairs
Anurag Thakur on
Tuesday marked his
presence at the 18th
FICCI CSR Awards vir-
tual presentation cer-
emony where eight
companies were con-
ferred with the FICCI
CSR Awards. Compa-
nies with Jury Com-
mendation Certifi-
cates and 18 finalists
were acknowledged
with an appreciation
Plaque.
Thakur said that
CSR is an opportunity
to work with like-
minded partners for
the betterment of the
society at large. Busi-
ness cannot be suc-
cessful if the society
around you does not
prosper.
A well planned and
well-executed CSR ac-
tivity can help in foster-
ing a strong bond be-
tween the company and
its people. It also helps
in developing a deeper
human connection.
He added that the
consumers now are
also aware and they
like to align with com-
panies that invest their
time, money and efforts
in creating a sustaina-
ble environment for all.
Thakur said that
CSR is the most perti-
nent means for corpo-
rates to connect with
their audience. Setting
up a plant at any loca-
tion, not only helps the
immediate locality but
the country at large by
the industry’s contri-
bution in uplifting and
helping the poor.
He added that corpo-
rate from diverse sec-
tors have been recog-
nised and rewarded
today for contributing
towards social good.
The Minister said
that in the unprece-
dented times of COV-
ID-19, the government
has responded deci-
sively with a strong ap-
proach and the need is
to strengthen partici-
pation from the private
sector. He added, “I
would urge each one of
you, to do your bit in
this battle against cor-
onavirus.”
Thakur also dis-
cussed, in detail, the
initiatives of the gov-
ernment in the space
of CSR and the amend-
ments made to the CSR
Act to decriminalise
some of its provisions.
Dr Sangita Reddy,
President, FICCI, said
that the applicant
companies showcased
exemplary CSR pro-
jects being implement-
ed in remote parts of
India on issues rang-
ing from skill develop-
ment for marginalised
youth, to digital and
financial inclusion of
women, to access to
quality education for
children with disabili-
ties, creating liveli-
hood through environ-
mentally sustainable
strategies.
“I am delighted to
share that FICCI was
the first business
chamber in India to
recognise the impor-
tance of CSR for inclu-
sive and sustainable
development of India
in the background of a
globalised world,” she
added.
Dr Reddy said that
through the FICCI Adi-
tya Birla CSR Centre
of Excellence, we de-
liberate on various
topics impacting our
society and build ca-
pacities of NGOs and
CSR professionals.
Highlighting work
of FICCI in the CSR
space, she added, “I
take this opportunity
and invite the govern-
ment and various busi-
ness houses present
here to support us in
our various endeav-
ours for collective
shared impact”.
‘CSR fosters strong bond between company and its people’
This is
probably the
first time in
Rajasthan when an
entire Government is
being running from a
hotel and the ruling
party is keeping its
own MLAs captive
—Diya Kumari,
Rajsamand MP
CSR is an
opportunity
to work with
like-minded partners
for the betterment of
the society. Business
cannot be successful
if the society around
you does not prosper
—Anurag Thakur,
Minister of State for Finance
Plasma Therapy involves taking antibodies from
the blood of a person who has recovered from
COVID-19 and then transfusing antibodies into a
patient to kickstart the immune system
The immune system produces antibodies to
fight infection and sufficient antibodies can help
the person recover
Plasma therapy aims at building a sick person’s
immunity, wherein, antibodies are transferred from
healthy to the sick person. Convalescent plasma is
referred to as the liquid part of blood
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Pilot-camp
MLA Mukesh Bhakar
targeted Transport
Minister Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas in a
video released on
Tuesday.
“It looks like that
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot has directed
Khachariyawas to
speak regarding the in-
ternal dispute of Ra-
jasthan Congress. Be-
fore giving statements
on someone regarding
being a slave and
changing the party,
Pratap Singh should
first see himself. He
kept doing BJP-Con-
gress for many years
and finally he got a po-
sition, whether it is be-
ing Jaipur District
President or Transport
Minister, due to Sachin
Pilot,” said Bhakar.
The MLA added, “I
would like to ask
Khachariyawas, is Ge-
hlot pressurising you
to say such things? It is
being said that the CM
has got hold of a video
in connection with the
recent ACB raids in the
transport department.
Being a senior leader,
you must not give such
statements. Also, you
should not speak
against Sachin Pilot by
being a slave of Gehlot
because every position
you have reached is be-
cause of Pilot.”
“Peopleof Rajasthan
very well understand
the foul language you
are using. The public
knows who is a slave
and who is fighting in-
dependently for his
right,” said Bhakar.
People know who is a slave? Pilot-camp
MLA Bhakar lambasts Khachariyawas
Mukesh Bhakar
Bhanwarlal petitions for NIA probe
Jaipur: Dissident
Congress MLA Bhan-
war Lal Sharma has
filed a petition in Ra-
jasthan High Court
demanding NIA en-
quiry in the horse
trading case of the
state. The High Court
accepting the applica-
tionhaslistedthecase
for August 4 hearing.
The SOG is already
investigating the case
after registering a
caseonthebasisof an
audio clip which went
viral on social media.
Advocate HS Hora
representing Bhan-
war Lal Sharma de-
manded either quash-
ing the ongoing SOG
investigationorhand-
ing over the investiga-
tion to the NIA. The
petition has named
state government, in-
vestigating officer
andthecentralgovtas
parties in the case.
Chief whip of Con-
gress Mahesh Joshi
had presented three
audio clips. In two of
them MLA Bhanwar
LalSharmawasalleg-
edly speaking regard-
ing conspiracy and
money dealing.
Bhanwarlal Sharma
Shanti Dhariwal
BIG MOVE: Agriculture activity
based warehouses will be allotted
at 50 percent of reserved price
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas
9. Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Amid po-
litical crisis in Ra-
jasthan, CM Ashok
Gehlot has brought
some solace to Con-
gress camp by stand-
ing up against the
BJP and rebel MLAs
like a solid rock. His
ability to keep the fight
on has compelled the
Governor to yield to the
demand to call the as-
sembly session, though
with conditions.
This belligerent face
of Congress is in com-
plete contrast to MP epi-
sode where the CM was
caught napping till the
MLAs flew to Bengalu-
ru. The MP political cri-
sis was left to Kamal
Nath and Digvijaya Sin-
gh till Congress pitched
in and it was too late.
Congress sources say
thatGehlot emerged as
a fighter at a time
whenevenKamalNath
and Digvijaya Singh
could not stop the BJP
onslaught which led to
the rebellion of Jyoti-
raditya Scindia and
ultimately to the fall
of MP government.
But in Rajasthan, Ge-
hlot kept the whole par-
tyonitstoes;evenRahul
and Priyanka Gandhi
tweeted in his favour.
As Ajay Maken, spe-
cialobserverof theparty
in Rajasthan said, “fight
in Rajasthan is political
and legal battle is just a
small part.” So the party
took the fight politically.
The first success Ge-
hlot got was that
Ahmed Patel managed
to wean away three
MLAs from Pilot camp
and got blueprint from
them of the whole op-
eration, said sources.
Gehlot also used legal
team of Congress very
cautiously and only
Speaker was made a par-
ty in courts, the Chief
Minister was not a party
to any of the litigations,
thus making a point of
constitutional crisis.
Gehlot also man-
aged three former
Law Ministers during
the UPA regime to
write a letter to Gov-
ernor Kalraj Mishra.
Former Home Minis-
ter P Chidambaram at-
tacked Governor and
said that he has no dis-
cretion on the issue of
callingtheassemblyses-
sion. After holding the
fort with more than 100
MLAs, Gehlot finally
spoke to PM Modi on
the issue, thus taking
the fight to the Prime
Minister’s doors.
Meanwhile, the party
kept the political battle
on with protests at Raj
Bhavansacrossthecoun-
try except Jaipur and
kept the pressure on the
Governor and BJP. For-
mer Congress General
Secretary BK Haripras-
ad said that in last six
years, BJP has misused
the Constitution to en-
sure that all democratic
institutions were weak-
ened to achieve their po-
litical goals.
The strategy of the
Congress is to lure
MLAs from the Pilot
camp. As such all
channels are being
used to reach
out to MLAs,
including con-
tacting their
family mem-
bers to bring
them back to
party fold.
—With agency
inputs
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Congress in-charge
Avinash Pande on
Tuesday launched a
scathing attack on
Governor Kalraj
Mishra over the pro-
posal of the conven-
ing Assembly session.
In a series of seven
tweets, Pande attacked
Mishra using the
hashtag– #GetWell-
SoonGovernor. “Shri
Kalraj Mishraji, identi-
fied as a skilled adminis-
trator and a mature
leader who respects po-
litical integrity, sits in
the dignified post of his
excellency,theRajasthan
Governor. His image has
always been that of an
idealistic, religious lead-
er. #GetWellSoonGover-
nor,” Pande said in a se-
ries of tweets.
In the second tweet,
Pande alleged that
Mishra is violating con-
stitutionalrules.“But in
the context of the cri-
sis that has arisen in
Rajasthan, Shri Kalraj
Mishra ji is adopting
an approach to fulfill
the interests of a par-
ticular party, which is
the common violation
of the rules mentioned
in our Constitution.
#GetWellSoonGover-
nor,” he tweeted.
“From this, it seems
that the democracy of
India is no longer gov-
erned by the provisions
of rules and laws, but it
is left to a special party.
It is invalid to sit in con-
stitutional institutions
and politicize a particu-
lar idea,” he added.
“The country is fight-
ingagainstthecoronavi-
ruspandemic.Rajasthan
lacks financial support
fromtheCentre.Rainfall
was not enough. The
swarms of locusts have
attacked nine times in a
month. His excellency,
the Governor should
give priority to the Ra-
jasthan Cabinet’s issues
andnottoanyparticular
party,” he said.
Pande alleged that
the Governor is biased
towards BJP. “The po-
litical developments in
Rajasthan are such that
our Governor is also af-
fected by the oppressive
thinking of the BJP, and
hedoesnotseemhealthy
with his biased think-
ing,” he said.
Pande appealed the
Governor to convene
an immediate assem-
bly session. “Myappeal
is to wish the Governor
to recover from the uni-
lateral thinking of the
transition so that he can
give his consent to con-
vene an immediate As-
sembly session to pro-
tect the Constitution
and democracy in a fair
manner, which protects
theprovisionscontained
in the Constitution,” he
said in the tweet. He
also urged everyone to
send opinions by us-
ing hashtag #GetWell-
SoonGovernor via so-
cial media. —ANI
New Delhi: Congress
general secretary Pri-
yanka Gandhi Vadra
on Tuesday took a
veiled dig at the BSP,
alleging that the whip
issued by it to its
MLAs in Rajasthan is
a clean chit to those
who “murdered” de-
mocracy and the Con-
stitution.
The BSP on Sunday
issued a whip to six
MLAs, who had left the
party to join the Con-
gress last year, to vote
against the ruling par-
ty in the state in case
of a trust motion in
the Assembly.
“ U n d e c l a r e d
spokespersons of the
BJP have issued a
whip in support of
the BJP. But, this is
not a whip but a
clean chit to those
who murder de-
mocracy and
the Constitu-
tion,” she
said in a
tweet in
Hindi.
While
the BSP
MLAs have claimed
that they have joined
the Congress of their
own will, the BSP has
been claiming that
since theirs is a nation-
al party, the local unit
cannot merge on its
own.
The Congress gov-
ernment in Ra-
jasthan led by Ashok
Gehlot is facing a
crisis after 19 of its
rebel MLAs includ-
ing Sachin Pilot re-
volted against it. Ge-
hlot is now keen to
prove his majority on
the floor of the House
and is now demanding
a session of the
Vidhan Sabha.
—PTI
Jaipur: The Ra-
jasthan high court on
Tuesday sought re-
sponse from the state
government on a peti-
tion challenging a
lower court order di-
recting investigation
against Union minis-
ter Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat and oth-
ers in a scam case.
The High Court, how-
ever, did not issue a stay
restraining the order of
the lower court asking
the Special Operations
Group (SOG) to investi-
gate Shekhawat’s role
in connection with the
Rs 884 crore Sanjivani
Credit Cooperative So-
ciety scam.
The order has been
passed on a petition
filed by one Kewal
Chand Dakalia, the
shareholder director
of Navprabha Build-
tech Pvt Ltd which is
said to be linked with
Shekhawat.
Senior Advocate Ma-
hesh Jethmalani ar-
gued the matter on be-
half of the petitioner
from Mumbai via video
conference. A city ADJ
court last week directed
a private complaint to
be investigated by the
SOG in relation to the
money trail that ended
at Navprabha Buildtech
in the Sanjeevani Cred-
it Cooperative Society
scam case. —PTI
AVINASH PANDE
@avinashpandeinc
I appeal to all of you,
please send your
opinion on #GetWell-
SoonGovernor more
and more from
your social media.
May righteousness
prevails, and iniquity
perish. Satyameva
Jayate. #GetWell-
SoonGovernor
#GetWellSoonGovernor: Pande attacks Mishra for being biased!
Cleanchittomurderers
ofdemocracy:Priyanka
Settle your house first: Poonia slams
Priyanka for comment over BSP whip
HC seeks govt response
on plea opposing probe
against Shekhawat
‘BJPleadershaveturnedPilot’sslaves’
‘Whole nation
watching
Guv’s actions’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP state
president Satish Poo-
nia took a dig at Pri-
yanka Gandhi’s
tweet calling BSP
leaders unofficial
spokesperson of BJP.
Poonia said that Pri-
yanka, like her
brother, was a late
riserasshedidn’t
tweet when CM
Gehlot was rid-
ing the elephant to
secure his govern-
ment. He advised the
Congress General Sec-
retary to read her fam-
ily’s history before
preaching democracy
and constitu-
tion to others.
P o o n i a
used poetry
to express
himself and said that
murder by Congress
isn’tdiscussedwhereas
even a sigh by BJP
makesnews.Pooniare-
minded of emergen-
cy and multiple
use of article 356
by Gandhi family
and advised Pri-
yanka to utilize
time to set-
tle her
o w n
house
in or-
d e r .
PooniaaccusedCMGe-
hlot for securing the
majority with help of
BSP. He recalled BTP
MLA’s videos as an ex-
ample of the way Con-
gress treats smaller
parties. He said BTP
MLA first complained
of harassment and
turned coat after pres-
surefromCongress.He
accused OSD of CM for
pressurizing MLAs
and CM Gehlot of us-
ing all his skills in sav-
ing government.
SACHIN PILOT
@SachinPilot
Hearty congratula-
tions to all the stu-
dents who passed the
Class 10 examination
of Rajasthan Board of
Secondary Education.
Students who did not
get the results as per
their expectation, try
not to be desperate
but try again, suc-
cess will be found. I
wish you all a bright
future.
Best wishes to all on
the occasion of 266th
Foundation Day of
Shri Salasar Balaji
Temple. May Shri
Balaji Maharaj fulfill
the wishes of all.
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Transport
Minister Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas ac-
cused the BJP of try-
ing to topple the Con-
gress govt and said
that the state BJP
leaders have turned
slave to Sachin Pilot.
He said the country will
not be able to function if
President Kovind re-
jects a proposal sent by
Modi cabinet. Khachari-
yawas took a jibe at Pilot
for arbitrarily using the
Congress symbol on so-
cial media handles with-
out coming out in open.
He said that Pilot is try-
ing to pull down his own
government and has
made all dissidents
mere puppets of BJP.
An irritated Khacha-
riyawas said that Pilot
used to call pressers at
the drop of hats but now
he is mum. He said BJP
can’t make him deputy
CM or party chief like
Congress did. Insulting
Gehlot was like insult-
ing the DNA of the Con-
gress, he added.
He appealed to the
Governor to act accord-
ing to the constitution
and convene the assem-
bly session. He reiter-
ated that no conspira-
cy can dethrone Ge-
hlot in the state.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Revenue minis-
ter Harish Choudhary
said that Governor has
no right to block the cab-
inet’sdecisionof conven-
ing Assembly Session.
Speaking to First In-
dia, Choudhary said,
whole country has been
watching Governor’s ac-
tion. “We have sent him
proposal for third time.
Hopefully he would give
his assent this time,” he
said. According to
Choudhary, Congress
government has been
taking every step to fol-
low the constitution and
the governor should also
maintaindecorumof his
post. Choudhary said
that the governor should
take decision without
succumbing to outside
pressure because reject-
ing the cabinet’s propos-
al doesn’t do good to the
governor’s prestige.
BSP WHIP TO MLAS
Deputy LoP Rajendra
Rathore has criticised
the Congress over the
verbal attack on Gover-
nor. Reacting to Avinash
Pande’s tweets, Rathore
said that it was unfor-
tunate that politics has
come to a level where
Congress has been
accusing the Governor
of being subjective and
suppressive. Rathore
alleged that Congress
must have misused
article 356 more than
100 times. The party
which conspired to
bring down democratic
governments in the
past now taking the
plea of democracy, he
said. Commenting on
Madan Dilawar’s peti-
tion, Rathore said that
it was surprising that
the speaker rejected it
because the speaker
himself could not verify
his order.
RATHORE ATTACKS PANDE
Don’t be satisfied with your
success - keep on striving. On
the other hand, be content
with your achievements.
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GEHLOT EMERGES AS FIGHTER AMID
POLITICAL CRISIS IN RAJASTHAN
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas
Avinash Pande
Satish Poonia
Priyanka Gandhi
THE WARRIOR GEHLOT!
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uring my childhood,
any kind of thought
of self-motivating
praise like “I am awe-
some! I can do it! I
don’t give up!” were
usuallyfrownedupon.
Itgivesmegreatpleasuretosee
the ‘SELF’ being celebrated.
I firmly believe that if we
don’t love ourselves, we will
not be able to believe in our
abilities which will lead to un-
fulfilled dreams and failure.
And loving oneself does not
mean being self-obsessed, in
fact, it is the opposite! When
you are secure about who you
are, then you have so much
more to give to others, be it ap-
preciation, love or support. If I
am floundering in self-doubt
what can I give to others?
Remember Kareena Kapoor
in the movie ‘Jab We Met’ say-
ing, “Main apni favourite
hoon”. That is the spirit.
Try and see the posi-
tiveinyourself andavoid
those who pull you down.
A person who tells you
your faults in a positive
way and supports you to
overcomethemisafriend
and has to be nurtured
but on the other hand,
a person who just
drags you down lists
your faults making it
personal and leaves
you with a bitter taste is
best avoided.
Encourage yourself! Devel-
op your thoughts and make
concrete plans to realize your
dreams.Mapyourprogress.Be
kind to yourself, if you have
fumbled, do not label yourself
a failure. Allow yourself some
breathing space.
Write down your achieve-
ments, started that long-de-
layed daily walk- pat yourself
on the back for every 500 me-
ters added!
When unpleasant memories
crowd you take a deep breath,
listen to your favourite music
and learn to say a tender firm
goodbye to them! Self-encour-
agement is something we all
need today. Meditation and
mindfulness can help you get
there faster.
Be kind and compassionate,
toyourself andothers!Holdthe
thought that you are responsi-
ble for your happiness, nobody
else. Sift through the things
which come on to you, what to
keep safely, look at and what
to send flying far! If you
will not fight for your-
self, who will?
City First got in
touch with it’s read-
ers from Rajasthan &
Gujarattoseewhatis
that one thing they
do for them self
which gives them
happiness.
MAIN MERI
FAVOURITEFrom being taught that ‘self-love’ is bad and should be
avoided, to ‘self-love’ is critical to life, self-analysis and
psychology have definitely taken a U-turn!
D
The one thing that I
love doing is working
to make my jewel-
lery brand better with
every passing day- it’s
extremely close to my
heart. Another thing
that I love is motivat-
ing people- it not just
benefits them, but it
also makes me feel
that I have helped
someone and that
gives me inner satis-
faction and peace.
KANIKA RANA,
Gujarat
I’m a content creator,
and I LOVE creating
content- this gives me
happiness. Making
videos relating to
dressing up, showing
hauls is what I love
and gives me peace
every single day.
ASHLESHAAHLUWALIA,
Rajasthan
NEHAL NAYAR
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VAISHALI PRADHAN, Model
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Cultivating harmony in
relationships isn’t easy, it
requires lot of hard work
and also a nice positive
behaviour. Your reputation is all that
you care about sometimes. You have
to really avoid bad food habits. Now is
the time to invest your hard earned
money in properties.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Apprehensions and
assumptions are waste of
time if you are confident
about yourself and your
actions. You are all time concerned
about your kids and thats not right,
you must have a life of your own and
you should do something to take
your mind off them sometimes.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Feeling abashed by
someone else’s behaviour
is not right everyone is
responsible for their only
karma so why care. Everyone
worships money but not you, you
value sentiments, affection, respect,
love before anything else. You are
always available for your parents.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
You live to see your near
and dear ones smile, all the
money that you earn and all
that you do is to make your
life and their’s as heavenly as possible.
You don’t trust anyone easily and you
can smell cheaters from distance, you
are very smart. You know ways to
make someone fall in love with you.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Bountiful opportunities are
there for you but you need
a sight for observe. You
help people and then forget
but those people don’t and one such
person will come back returning your
favour big time. You may start a new
business related with the essential
items of day to day life.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Dexterity will make you
super duper rich someday.
You will give someone
money without any
expectations of getting it back. You are
mentally very stable and nothing can
effect you. A good guidance can make
or destroy someone’s life so be wise
before advising someone.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Abstaining yourself
because you don’t think
you are worthy is not right,
self love is the most
important thing. You believe in
etiquettes and a good demeanour
and you don’t take both of these
lightly. You may have some naughty
thoughts about your lover today.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Vigour is not something
you were born with but its
is something that you have
worked on and got it.
Continue walking on the path that
you are chasing and you will reach
your destination. A gift from your
lover will make you cry. You love to
make food for others.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Marketing your products
or the service that you are
offering in your business
should be your primary
task. Extraordinary personalities are
not built overnight, you have to keep
polishing yourself and that how to
stand out. You will answer all your
unanswered questions of your lover.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Contradicting someone’s
views on professional front
special that of your boss’
may not be seen correctly
rather choose a gentle way to
communicate your ideas later. You
need to change your way of
approaching a situation as attitude
can make or break the whole game.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Indulging in making
someone’s career is very
exhausting and there is
always a risk whether
someone will reward you for it or
abuse. Don’t be harsh with your
family because of too much office
work learn to separate your personal
and professional life.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Judiciously spending
money is an act of wise
specially in times like now.
You are a ray of hope in
your family who will change the
situations. You are inclined towards
joining a government service. An
extraordinary mind leads to
inventions, you may be one.
YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
HAPPY B’DAY SANJU BABA
anjay Dutt has cre-
ated his history. It
was the resilience
that didn’t let the
storm sweep him
away. Even at his
61st birthday, he still
has the swag, style, and sub-
tle the sexiness that comes
with the streaks of salt and
pepper, which he wears with
pride. He is an Indian actor,
author, film producer and
has acclaimed several
awards, including two Film-
fare Awards and three Screen
Awards. Till now Dutt has
acted in 187 films, ranging
from romance to comedy gen-
res and established himself
as one of the most popular
Hindi film actors of the later
1980s, 1990s, 2000s & 2010s.
Sanjay Dutt made his Bolly-
wood movie debut with the
box office hit Rocky in 1981.
Later, he went on to star in
Vidhaata, the highest-gross-
ing Hindi film of 1982 along
with the super hit Main
Awara Hoon (1983). The
crime-thriller Naam (1985)
proved to be a turning point
in his career, his successes
continued in the 1990s, with
films such as Sadak, Saajan,
and Khal Nayak for which he
was also nominated in the
Filmfare Best Actor Award
category. He also won acco-
lades for playing an army of-
ficer in Mission Kash-
mir (2001), a soft-hearted
goofy gangster in Munna
Bhai M.B.B.S.(2003) and its
sequel Lage Raho Munna
Bhai(2006). He also host-
ed season 5 of Bigg
Boss (2011—2012). Dutt has
always followed his father
ustaad’s and made his dad
proud when he regained his
superstardom and stood by
his dad’s saying “Mera Beta
Koi Guzra Huwa Waqt Nahe
Hai… Jo Laut Ke Wapas Nahe
Aasakta”, when his biopic
‘Sanju’ came it helped him in
rejuvenating his lost fame.
Once again Sanjay Dutt has
proved his versatility by
playing the roles like ‘Bhairo
Singh’ a true and supportive
friend for Rajkumar Hirani’s
Indian satirical comedy-dra-
ma PK, supervillain ‘Afghan
king Ahmad Shah Abdali’for
Ashutosh Gowariker’s peri-
od drama Panipat and Combo
of Police wala gunda for Hin-
di-language action film K.S.
Ravikumar’s ‘Policegiri’.
GURMAN SINGH
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
S
Sanjay Dutt
12. haring several pictures of
herself in nature’s lap,
actor Anushka Sharma
on Tuesday marked the
World Nature Conserva-
tion Day by urging people
to protect and preserve
the environment.
She took to Instagram to
share the pictures along
with a long note dedicated
to environmental conserva-
tion. “A healthy environment is
the foundation for a stable and
productive society. Our lives, what
we breathe, where we live, what we eat
and our species’ and other species exist-
ence is directly related to Mother Na-
ture,” the actor-turned-producer wrote
in the caption.
“As human beings, the steps towards
conservation is being respectful, pro-
viding co-existing in harmony with Na-
ture. We all must participate to protect,
conserve and sustainably
manage our natural re-
sources,” she added.
The actor called for
more consciousness to-
wards climate change. she
wrote. —ANI
K
aty Perry has had a busy 2020, to say the least!
On the personal front, the singer and her fi-
ance Orlando Bloom will soon be embrac-
ing parenthood as Katy’s due date is al-
ready here and she could welcome her baby girl any
day now. On the work front, besides releasing impres-
sive singles like ‘Never Worn White and Daisies’,
Perry was all set to release her sixth studio album
Smile on August 14. However, those plans have now
been changed as revealed by the singer herself.
Taking to Twitter, Katy shared in a series of
tweets as to why Smile has been pushed back by
two weeks from its original release date. “Welp.
I hate to throw this bad news at you like a pie in
the face...but if there’s anything 2020 taught me,
it’s to not get too attached to plans and be malle-
able. Due to unavoidable production delays, my
album #SMILE will now be released two weeks
later on August 28,” Perry tweeted but made
sure to make up to her fans in the most Katy
Perry way possible. —Agency
World Nature
Conservation
DAY
‘C
limate Warri-
or’ and actor
Bhumi Ped-
nekarmarked
the World Nature Con-
servation Day on Tues-
day by urging people to
become environmental-
ly conscious by chang-
ing their daily habits.
Pednekar shared the
message on environ-
ment conservation by
sharing before an after
posts of different places
of the country where
plantations were con-
ducted. “Let it grow, let
it breathe,” she wrote in
the caption indicating
the need to let the natu-
ral flora of the country
grow. “Imagine a clean
and green world where
we all live together as
one big happy family!!
It’s important to protect
what nature gives us,”
shewroteinthecaption.
Pednekar had last year
launched her nature
protection initiative of
‘Climate Warrior.’ As a
part of the initiative,
theSaandKiAankh’
actor keeps
launching new
campaigns to
save the environ-
ment. World Na-
ture Conserva-
tion Day is ob-
served on July
28 every year
with the aim to
spread aware-
ness about the
natural resources
of the planet. —ANI
C
ongratulations to Joe Jonas and Sophie Turn-
er who just welcomed their daughter Willa
Jonas to the world. The 24-year-old Game of
Thrones star and her 30-year-old Jonas
Brothers musician husband reportedly welcomed
their newborn on Wednesday (July 22) at a hospital
in Los Angeles.
Previously, when their baby news was leaked
in February 2020, Sophie and Joe wanted to keep
it as quiet as possible. “The couple is keeping
things very hush-hush but their friends and
family are super excited for them,” a source
said at the time. A second insider added, “So-
phie has decidedly been choosing outfits to
wear on and off the carpet to accommodate
her changing body.” At the four-month mark
of Sophie’s pregnancy, a sources said Sophie
and Joe are extremely excited, add-
ing that everyone is ecstatic and
so happy for them. —Agency
D
ojaCathas
just con-
f i r m e d
that she
tested positive for
the coronavirus
disease, just
months after she
said the virus was
just a “flu” and
that she wasn’t
afraid of getting it.
The 24-year-old Say
So rapper went on In-
stagram Live back in March and
said, “I’m gonna get corona and
then I’m gonna get a Corona,
cause I don’t give a f–k about the
corona, b***h. It’s a flu!”
Now, Doja Cat revealed in an
interview that she had the virus.
“I got COVID. Honestly, I don’t
know how this happens but I guess
I ordered something off of Post-
mates and… I don’t know how I
got it but I got it,” she said. Doja
said that she is thankfully feeling
“OK now. It was a four-day symp-
tom freak out but I’m fine now.”
Last month, Doja made headlines
after being accused of making
some racist comments. The rap-
per reacted to the claims by releas-
ing a statement via Instagram re-
garding her participation in rac-
ist chat rooms. She addressed is-
sue with a tweet. —Agency
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WELCOMING WILLA COVID-19 ALERT
Good news-bad news
‘Protection of
Natural Resources’
S
W
ith the number of coronavi-
rus cases skyrocketing in
the country each day, Bol-
lywood’s diva Malaika Aro-
ra through an Instagram post taught
people the right way to wear a mask
amid the pandemic.
The Instagram post featured the
‘Chhaiya Chhaiya’ actor wearing face
masks in three ways, two of which
were the wrong ways to wear the
mask. In one of the pictures, Malaika
was seen wearing a mask around her
neck, in the other one she is seen
wearing it around her mouth and in
the third one she is seen wearing it
over her mouth and nose.
“Please wear a mask n wear it the
correct way. Protect urself and others
@my_bmc,” he wrote in the caption.
India on Tuesday reported 47,704
more COVID-19 cases in the last 24
hours, taking the country’s count of
coronavirus cases to 14,83,157, in-
formed the Union Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare.
—ANI
The Right Way!
Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner Doja Cathas
Anushka Sharma
Malaika Arora
Bhumi Pednekar
Katy Perry
One of her posts
... her post
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lobal Tiger Day often
called International Tiger
Day is observed on 29 July
every year. It was founded
in Saint Petersburg Ti-
ger Summit in Rus-
sia in 2010. The goal
of the day is to promote a
global system for protecting
the natural habitats of tigers
and to raise public awareness and
support for tiger conservation is-
sues.
In India, Tiger is considered a
national animal. India launched
‘Project Tiger’ in 1973 for tiger con-
servation. India has the maximum
population of tigers in the world.
The number of tigers in India was
2226 in 2014. According to the lat-
est data, the number of tigers in
India is now 2967. India is leading
the way in tiger conservation glob-
ally.
According to research, 6 out of
9 species is the ratio of still exist-
ing tigers in the world. A lot can be
done to save their lives. Let us
pledge the following :
“Not to cut down the forests for
our needs”.
“Let us help save forests hence
saving the natural habitat for Ti-
gers”.
“Lets us make efforts to con-
trol the climatic changes. A
decrease in tigers can lead to
an increase in the heat after
the melting of ice, eventually
rising the sea levels.
It can also increase in the Sea
levels is wiping out the Sundar-
bans (mangrove forests). Control-
ling the climate changes will help
us save Sundarbans, the largest
habitat for Royal Bengal tigers.
Wildlife Sanctuaries are bigger
spaces and when amongst nature,
tigers are much at home than be-
ing caged in a zoo. Hence encour-
age more Sanctuaries and natural
reservoirs.
Global Tiger Day: A tiger
conservation initiativeDr SEEMA SHARMA
Assistant Professor, IIS University
G
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY!
Making the
country proud
CITY FIRST
B
asically a professor, an in-
tellectual and a philoso-
pher Dr CP Joshi, the
straightforward Speaker
of Rajasthan Assembly turns 70
today. The professor of psychology
and former Union Minister hails
from the holy town of Nathdwara
and started his political career as
president of Mohanlal Sukhadia
University (MLSU) stu-
dent union.
Very recently Joshi
was in the national
headlines for his unu-
sual courage and convic-
tion to challenge the High
Court order restraining him from
taking action against rebel Con-
gress MLAs, in the Supreme
Court. It doesn’t matter that cir-
cumstances later virtually forced
him to withdraw his plea in the
Supreme Court.
Joshi knows the political histo-
ry of the state from cover to cover,
has a strong grasp on most the
booth-level politics too and he is a
rational man rarely giving in to
emotions which is the reason that
CM Ashok Gehlot often turns to
him for advice! His knowledge is
respected by his opponents as well,
in 2008 when Vasundhara Raje be-
came CM she invited experts from
various fields to discuss her vision
for the state and CP Joshi was the
only one from the Congress in that
meeting, it is said.
Joshi is a man who always puts
the party first, one can only imag-
ine his disappointment when he
lost by one vote in 2008 despite
leading the Congress to victory as
the party president but within an
hour he shrugged it off and was at
the party office for the celebration.
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
CITY FIRST
C
ricketer Reeshant Singh
Narwat from the Pink City,
who is a part of Saint Brice
Cricket Club- France, has
recently become the brand ambas-
sador of Valiant, a brand in
France.
Reeshant has always
wished of being a na-
tional level Cricketer
since his school days.
Not just this, he has always
been a part of social services,
something he has been inspired
for, from his parents. He is a true
environmentalist and has been
concerned about nature since the
very beginning- he has planted
about 5,000 saplings till now along
with his friends and colleagues.
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
W
ords have a lot of
power and they
play a very impor-
tant role in every-
one’s lives. A study by Dr Gail
Matthews says that you are
42% more likely to achieve
your goals and dreams by sim-
ply writing them down. Rash-
mie Pathak from Gurugram
had started her own brand
‘SoulThread’in2019focus-
ing on word affirma-
tions and eventually
motivating people to be
their best self and
achieve their dreams by
just looking at their wrist.
On being asked about how
she came up with the concept,
Rashmiestated,“Thisconcept
is purely based on word affir-
mations and power of words.
It is a custom wrist band that
reflects your purpose/intent
orbelief intheformof aword.
It literally works as a visual
reminder of your dreams and
goals, or what’s important for
you or who you truly are.”
There are times when peo-
pledon’treallyknowaboutthe
wordthatwouldbesuitablefor
them. To make this easier,
Rashmie has stated a fine the-
ory.Shesaid,“Findingthatone
word is little tricky but not dif-
ficult-Justdivideyourlifeinto
three sections: Roses- the
things that you are absolutely
proud of in your life; Buds-
things that you want to grow
or build on; Thorns- things
that you want to let go. Now,
out of this list, identify the top
2-3 things that deserve your
focus, and what’s that one
word which can bring you
closer to your goal, is the word
for you.”
NEHAL NAYAR
nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in
Poorvika Agrawal
C
hange is the law of na-
ture and this is very
necessarytoo.Mahatma
Gandhi once said that if
you want a change, first you have to change
yourself. The short film ‘Jurm Aur Kanoon’
directedbyPrathamSharmaisalsofilmedto
bring changes in society. With a social mes-
sage,thismonoactingfilmrecitesaconversa-
tionbetweenapolicemanandahooligan.The
storyrevolvesaroundthetransferof apolice-
man to a new police station. The local hooli-
ganSultanaskedthenewlytransferredoffice
bearer to visit his house ‘Saltanat’, where
both had a dramatic and hot conversation.
In the short movie of about 10 minutes,
the director tries to divert the nature of evil
things towards good. When the police of-
ficer enters the residence of Sultan, he also
keeps the ‘paan’ in his mouth and tries to
speak the dialogue like Amitabh Bachchan.
So for a second, the image of Bachchan
clicks in the viewer’s mind after the dia-
logue was delivered. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
DRAMATIC SOCIAL
MESSAGE
POWER OF
WORDS
DURING THE DAY!
RAJASTHAN: A Jaipur based renowned Singer Manju Sharma wooed Lord Indra through the
songs of Sawan on Monday. She started with ‘Mahara Lahariya Ra Nau 100 Rupiya Rokda Sa’
to spread the colour of Rajasthani culture. Pawan Dangi accompanied Manju during the event.
The efforts were highly appreciated by the audience.
HAPPY B’DAY!
IAS Pradeep Kumar Borad celebrated his
birthday on 28 July, Tuesday. We wish him all
the best!
The Soul Thread
Rashmie Pathak
Dr CP Joshi
Reeshant Singh Narwat
GUJARAT: MD National Chemical &
Pharmaceutical, Sanjay Ghorawat was
felicitated by Commanding Officer
Ahmedabad, Rajesh Kumar on Tuesday at
Ahmedabad Airport for his continuous work
of providing medical assistance to more
than 4000 CISF officers at Ahmedabad,
Chennai, Bhopal and Guwahati airports.
Among the duties of CISF are guarding
sensitive governmental buildings, the Delhi
Metro, and providing airport security. It
provides security cover to 300 industrial
units, government infrastructure projects
and facilities and establishments located
all over India. Industrial sectors like atomic
power plants, space installations, mines,
major ports, airports and hydroelectric/
thermal power plants owned and controlled
by Central Public Sector Undertakings
(PSUs), and currency note presses producing
Indian currency are protected by CISF.
Poster of ‘Jurm Aur Kanoon’