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COVID-19 UPDATE

WORLD

5,10,736 1,05,00,639 CONFIRMED CASES

DEATHS

MAHARASHTRA 7,855 DEATHS 1,74,761 CASES

WOOING BIHAR? Aditi Nagar

TAMIL NADU 1,201 DEATHS 90,167 CASES

INDIA

17,347 5,82,921 DEATHS

CONFIRMED CASES

DELHI 2,680 DEATHS 85,161 CASES

RAJASTHAN

413

DEATHS

GUJARAT 1,848 DEATHS 32,643 CASES

18,008

CONFIRMED CASES

UTTAR PRADESH 697 DEATHS 23,492 CASES

DIWALI & CHHATH BONANZA FOR POOR: PM EXTENDS FOOD SCHEME TILL NOV 80 CR

people of the country to get free grain

`1.75 L CR

families in the last three months

`18,000 CR

deposited in the bank package was announced accounts of more than 9 crore farmers under the scheme

`31,000 CR

deposited in bank accounts of 20 cr poor

`90,000 CR

is the cost of extension of the scheme

Amit Shah @AmitShah

If the government today is able to provide free grains to the poor and needy today then the credit goes to two sections of people. The first are our hardworking farmers, our food providers and the second are the honest taxpayers of the country. You have submitted your taxes honestly, fulfilled your responsibility, that is why today the country’s poor are able to fight off this big problem. Today along with each poor, every farmer, I heartily greet every taxpayer and bow down to them.

—PM Modi

Appain! China concerned over India’s ban decision Beijing: China on Tuesday expressed concerns over India’s decision to ban 59 apps developed by Chinese firms and stressed that New Delhi has a responsibility to uphold the legal rights of international investors including Chinese.

In first reaction after the Indian government announced the ban, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said: “China is strongly concerned, verifying the situation.

We want to stress that Chinese Govt always asks Chinese businesses to abide by international & local laws-regulations.” “Indian Govt has a responsibility to uphold the legal rights of international inves-

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New Delhi: In his sixth address to the nation since the beginning of coronavirus pandemic in India, PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced that his government will extend till end of November, the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, under which foodgrains are being provided to the poor and needy.

“From July festival seasons start, Guru Purnima will be celebrated on July 5. Following this, the month of Saawan will start. In this season of festivals, needs and expenses of all increases. Keeping this in mind, the Yojana has been extended till Diwali and Chatth Puja, i.e till the end of November,” he said.

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tors including Chinese ones,”’ he added.

Amid the ongoing border tensions with China in Eastern Ladakh, the Centre had on Monday banned 59 mobile apps including Tik Tok, UC Browser and other Chinese apps “prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity and defence” of the country.

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REVIEWS PREP FOR VACCINATION PM chaired a high-level meeting to review the preparations being undertaken for vaccination against COVID-19, as and when a vaccine is available. He directed officials to evaluate various technology tools to ensure efficient and timely vaccination in due course of time. He also emphasised that detailed planning for such large scale vaccination should be undertaken immediately.

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In shayarana andaaz, Rahul asks Modi how the caravan was looted?

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took an apparent dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after his address to the nation. In his poetic jibe, the former Congress President asked the Prime Minister to “tell the truth and how the caravan was looted”.

“Tu idhar udhar ki baat naa kar, yeh bata ki kaafila kaise loota...mujhe rehjano se gila toh hai, par teri rehbeer pe sawal hai,” the 50-yearold Congress leader tweeted which roughly translates to “Don’t beat about the bush, tell clearly how the caravan

PM’S EXTENSION OF FREE RATION

Gehlot welcomes Centre’s move, asks to increase demand in market

INDIA, CHINA HOLD 10-HR MARATHON TALKS

Zhao Lijian

The extension of Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana shows the sensitivity of Shri @ NarendraModi ji to the millions of poor and his commitment for their welfare. Nobody slept hungry in a large country like India during the Corona period, thanks to Modiji’s foresight and successful implementation of the scheme

Shayar RaGa shoots poetic jibe at Modi

Indian and Chinese militaries on Tuesday held an over 10-hour Corps Commander-level dialogue with a focus on finalising modalities for the disengagement of troops from various standoff points in eastern Ladakh, and explored ways to ease tension in the region, government sources said. In the meeting, the Indian delegation conveyed concerns over China’s “new claim lines” in the region and demanded restoration of status quo ante as well as immediate withdrawal of Chinese troops from Galwan Valley, Pangong Tso and other areas.

 However, CM rapped Modi saying  Rahul Gandhi has been asking to he should have made a statement on give direct financial support to Indo-China stand off people, hope centre listens, he said.

Naresh Sharma Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have made a statement about the India-China stand-off in his address to the nation.

He, however, welcomed the step to extend free ration distribution till November.

“Extension of free ration till November end is a welcome step.

But so far not much has been done to cre-

CM Ashok Gehlot taking a meeting with Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma, Rohit K Singh, Bhupendra Yadav and others.

ate demand- oriented initiatives which will eventually help in reviving the economy, including Direct Cash Transfer,” Gehlot

said in a tweet. He also said that the decision has not been reached on direct cash transfer to increase the demand.

“Moreover, PM

should have made a statement on the IndiaChina stand off as Nation deserves to know the reality, he said.

Gehlot added that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been, in the interest of t people, demanding that the Centre launch a scheme on the lines of NYAY Yojana to give direct financial support to people. “I hope the government will provide answers to Rahul Ganhi’s questions,” he said.

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was looted, I have a grudge against the robbers, but your leadership is in question”.

Congress too expressed disappointment over PM Modi’s address and questioned why “he didn’t address the issue of Chinese incursions”. “Forget condemning China, the PM is too afraid to even talk about it in his national address,” the grand old party said in a tweet.

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Nepal ruling party asks PM Oli to resign Kathmandu: Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli, who had last week blamed India for his mounting troubles, on Tuesday faced a sharp attack from top leaders of the ruling Nepal Communist Party who demanded that the prime minister step down immediately, say sources.

At the party’s 44-member standing committee meeting on Tuesday, local media reports quoted communist party leaders such as Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Madhav Nepal, Jhala Nath Khanal and Bamdev Gautam stepping up their pitch to seek Oli’s removal. They have argued that the Oli-led government had failed to deliver on basic governance issues Turn on P6

DCGI APPROVES TESTS TO COMBAT CORONA

Vaccine tracker: India to start human trials of COVAXIN in July New Delhi: The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted permission to Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) to conduct Phase I and II Human clinical trials to develop an indigenous vaccine for COVID-19 -in the name COVAXIN. These trials are scheduled to start across India in July.

For this, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and BBIL had partnered to develop a fully indigenous vac-

cine for COVID-19 using the virus strain isolated at ICMR’s National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune.

“The Central Drug Standard Control Organization (CDSCO)-the office of DCGI has granted permission to initiate Phase I & II Human clinical trials after the company submitted results generated from preclinical studies, demonstrating safety and immune response.

Human clinical trials are scheduled to start

A health worker in PPE collects a blood sample from a man at a health centre to conduct tests for COVID-19, amid the spread of the disease, in New Delhi on Tuesday.

—PHOTO BY ANI

across India in July 2020,” stated the spokesperson of Bharat Biotech.

The indigenous, inactivated vaccine developed and manufactured in Bharat Biotech’s BSL-3 (Bio-Safety Level 3) high containment facility located in Genome Valley in Hyderabad.

“The strain was successfully transferred from NIV to Bharat Biotech International Ltd. (BBIL). Work on vaccine development has

been initiated between the two partners. ICMRNIV are providing continuous support to BBIL for vaccine development. ICMR and BBIL will seek fasttrack approvals to expedite vaccine development, subsequent animal studies and clinical evaluation of the candidate vaccine,” said ICMR official.

Announcing the vaccine development milestone, Dr Krishna Ella, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat

Biotech, said, “We are proud to announce COVAXIN, India’s first indigenous vaccine against COVID-19. The collaboration with ICMR and NIV was instrumental in the development of this vaccine.

The proactive support and guidance from CDSCO have enabled approvals to this project.

Our R&D and manufacturing teams worked tirelessly to deploy our proprietary technologies towards this platform.” —ANI

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Agri min flags off chopper to Raj for locust control Till now 12 drones also have been deployed for locust control

fare it was directed that the department must explore capabilities within the country to undertake such aerial spray operations through drones and helicopters/aircrafts.

Cabinet Secretary reviewed the locust situation on May 27 and directed that Ministry of Civil Aviation to assist the Department of Agri-

culture Cooperation and Farmers welfare (DAC&FW) in facilitating the procurement of goods and services for aerial spray of pesticides through drones, aircraft/helicopter.

On the same day, a meeting was held by Secretary, DAC&FW with Secretary of Ministry of Civil Aviation, representatives of NDMA and Pawan Hans. Thereafter, an Inter-ministerial Empowered Committee under the chairmanship of Additional Secretary, Agriculture was constituted for facilitating the procurement of goods and services for aerial spray of pesticides through drones, aircraft and helicopter.

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Shocking goof-up: Two bodies get exchanged at SMS

Om Birla holds public hearing in Kota

Vikas Sharma

Bhanwar S Charan

Jaipur: In a shocking incident, two corpses were exchanged in SMS hospital Jaipur mortuary due to the carelessness of the hospital staff.

Babulal from Jaipalpura in Phagi tehsil had died during treatment on Monday night. His family had been waiting to receive his body since morning. They created ruckus when the body was not handed over to them until the afternoon.

Finally, they were given the body but shocked to know that it was someone else’s body. When the doctors on duty in the mortuary

Kota: Loksabha speaker Om Birla reached his home town Kota on a four-day visit. Birla held a Jansuvai at his Shakti Nagar residence and met dozens of people from Kota and Bundi constituencies.

All throughout special care was taken to follow the social distancing guidelines. Later Birla interacted with the media.

Speaking on the IndoChina standoff, Birla said that India was fully capable of defending its borders and sovereignty. He said anybody with ill intentions has always received a perfect reply and will continue to get so in the future as well.

Gautam Buddh Nagar: Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar here on Tuesday flagged off a helicopter for locust control operations in Barmer, Rajasthan.

Presently major strategy of locust control is through 60 control teams with spray equipment mounted vehicles and more than 200 central government personnel engaged in such operations in states of Rajasthan, Madhya

Narendra Singh Tomar seen flagging off the chopper on Tuesday.

Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, read a statement. However, need was felt to strengthen air control capabilities for locust control through drones, helicopters and aircrafts. In the review meeting held by the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Wel-

came to know about the mix up there was chaos.

Follow up inquiries revealed that Babulal’s body was given to a different family from Kothun while the body of the person from the family was lying in the mortuary.

As a precautionary measure, the police were alerted and the family from Kothun was contacted. They came back around 4 pm

after which the mistake was rectified and the correct bodies were handed over to both the families.

During the entire episode, the hospital administration looked defensive. Superintendent of the SMS hospital Dr Rajesh Sharma said that report has been taken about the incident and an inquiry committee has been constituted.

Saraf questions govt over opening of temples First India Bureau

Jaipur: Senior BJP leader and former health minister Kalicharan Saraf has questioned the decision not to keep big religious placed closed in unlock 2.0.

“When Sai Baba, Tirupati, and other big temples have opened what is the problem in opening temples in Jaipur and the rest of the state,” he asked. According to Saraf, in the state capital, 90% of temples are small and situated in colonies. The government will have to make arrangements for only 10% big temples like Govind Dev Ji, and Hanuman temple Chandpol. Saraf said that the government should make arrangements for social distancing in these big temples.

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Raj to refund `14 L booking amount for Bikaner House The government has been facing problems in its operations Dr Rituraj Sharma Jaipur: Chief Secretary DB Gupta has decided to refund Rs 14 lakh booking amount for Bikaner House. The decision was taken during Bikaner House’s governing council meeting in the secretariat on Tuesday.

Corona has also affected the commercial activities of Bikaner House. The government has been facing problems in its operations.

Such is the situation that Chief Secretary DB Gupta had to decide about a refund of Rs 14 lakh received as a 25% advance for bookings between April and June.

DB Gupta

Now, commercial activities here would be organized as per the central government guideline.

According to officials, advance booking for Bikaner House is done by the month of December. Earns Rs 1 crore annual revenue to the state government.

There were 10 to 12 cases in which Bikaner House had been booked for various programs from March to June.

However, bookings were cancelled in the last three months because of the corona, which is why it was decided that the booking amount should be refunded.

‘SMART CITY’ PROJECT

SMS TO GET DOSE OF INFRA BOOST First India Bureau

Jaipur: Smart is the buzzword these days and SMS medical college is no exception to this. Soon, the SMS medical college and hospitals attached to it would become ‘SMART’.

Under the ‘Smart City’ project, the SMS medical college too will get an infrastructure boost. Several projects would be taken up to enhance facilities here.

The SMS hospital will have advance medical ICU, negative pressure ICU, and Neuro ICU. The super-speciality wing too will be completed soon.

Behind this change for better is the state

Dr Sudhir Bhandari

government’s decision to extend the service tenure of all the doctors working on administrative posts. The government has given them a one-year extension after completing 62 years of age.

This means the incumbent principal of

the SMS medical college, Dr Sudhir Bhandari will continue for another year. And, he is likely to focus on strengthening the infrastructure of the college as well as the development of medical facilities.

First India spoke with Dr Bhandari who

has been in limelight for excellent work during the corona crisis about his action plan and research for the next one year.

Dr Bhandari said that SMS would be developed as a centre of excellence for which infrastructure will be strengthened in the college and the hospital.

The infrastructure would be developed as per the requirement of academic and clinical needs. Dr Bhandari said there would be focus logistic issues for controlling the crowd in the hospital. He intends to create a world-class IPD block beside his priority would be to promote research and launch new courses.

Pilot releases new manual of Vaibhav to chair RCA ‘Tempering with syllabus is an Public Works Department executive meet on Fri assault on history of Mewar’ First India Bureau Jaipur: Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot released the new manual for the PWD department.

Pilot informed that the manual was first published in 1954 and then edited in 1984. There was a dire need to edit it in the changing times. The manual is the bible, which every employee of the department refers to while executing all govt instructions, orders, and circulars.

Sachin Pilot

The Deputy CM praised the officers for the work done by them in bringing out the new edition of the manual.

ACS (PWD) and Secretary (PWD) were also

present along with senior officers at the occasion.

Meanwhile, a delegation of farmers of Tonk assembly constituency met Pilot on Tuesday and apprised him of the problems due to a halt on the purchase of gram and mustard on support price in Tonk.

Due to this, there is a queue of tractors filled with gram and mustard outside the mandi and farmers are facing many problems.

Aishwarya Pradhan

First India Bureau Jaipur: The office of the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) will start today with prayers at 11 am. RCA President and PCC General Secretary Vaibhav Gehlot will be present on the occasion.

Assembly Speaker CP Joshi could

also be there.

After a long time, the meeting of the RCA executive is scheduled for July 3. The meeting will be chaired by Vaibhav Gehlot. The meeting is being held to discuss domestic tournaments and make some decisions on coaches and selection committee.

Jaipur: Former CM Vasundhara Raje has said that the changes made in class 10 syllabus of RBSE have been done with the wrong intent. Raje said that the portions which prove the failure of Akbar’s defeat have been removed while making an attempt to create an impression that Maharana Pratap lost the Haldi Ghati battle. She said there wasn’t any doubt

‘OUT OF TURN’ EMPLOYMENT

National, int’l level medallists in Raj to get govt jobs First India Bureau Jaipur: The players getting laurels to the state by winning medals at the national and international levels will now be inducted into state services directly.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has amended the existing rules to give ‘Out of Turn’ employment to the sports persons for this. The state government has started the

process of applications by the players with 465 already in the queue. Although the 2014 medallists have been kept out as the contention goes back only up to 2016.

Under the scheme grade A, B and C players will get a government job without appearing for the requisite examination for it.

Although the rules for this scheme were framed by the previous government,

Ashok Chandana and Bhaskar A Sawant addressing the media on Tuesday —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

Sports Minister Ashok Chandana has made changes by way of add-

ing some sports to the list. Chandana informed that the first

list consists of 465 players out of which 10 players from category A, 13 from category B, and 443 from category C will get the job. Category A includes Olympic, Para Olympic medal winners, World Cup, World Championship, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, Champions and Runner Ups of the Cricket World Cup. Category B includes medal winners of

Asian Championship & South Asian Games.

Category C includes medal winners of National Games, National Para Games, and winners of Ranji Trophy.

This policy by the Gehlot government, if executed in word & spirit, will not only allow new players to excel but also stop accomplished players from migrating to other states for jobs thus benefiting the state’s sports culture.

Vasundhara Raje

in the valour displayed

by Maharana Pratap in the Haldi Ghati battle.

Raje called Maharana Pratap an epitome of self-respect. She alleged that the Congress is po-

liticizing the issue for the sake of its vote bank.

Raje called the tempering with the syllabus an assault on the courageous history of Mewar.

She called the whole episode condemnable and unfortunate.

LOP Gulab Chand Kataria has too registered his objection by writing to CM Gehlot requesting him to personally intervene and do away with the tempering done with the syllabus.

Minor girl gang-raped, blackmailed in Churu First India Bureau Churu: A case of gang rape with a 13-year-old girl has been reported in Sadar police station area. The matter was revealed when the maternal uncle of the victim found some cash missing from his almirah. When inquired about it, the girl revealed that 6 people raped her by blackmailing and she was forced to take the money from her home. The police registered the case and

took the victim for the medical at the government Bhartiya Hospital.

As per the reported matter, when the girl was alone at home, the accused from the colony came there and clicked an obscene image of her. After that, she was constantly threatened of making the picture viral on social media. Moreover, the accused asked for Rs 5,000 in the name of deleting the picture and called the victim at his place.

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8 DEATHS, 354 NEW CASES IN RAJ ON TUE First India Bureau

UNLOCK 2.0

COMMERCIAL VEHICLES GET A GO

NIGHT CURFEW FROM 10 PM-5AM; GOVT TRAINING INSTITUTIONS MAY OPEN

Commuters pass by Corona awareness slogans drawn outside collectorate in Ajmer on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY NADEEM KHAN

First India Bureau Jaipur: Home Department of state government issued orders regarding Unlock 2.0, to be implemented from July 1 to 31. In Unlock 2.0, night curfew has been reduced by an hour, that is, from 10 pm to 5 am.

Rules regarding so-

cial distancing, face covering, consumption of tobacco and spitting will remain same. International flights and metro rail services, schools and colleges, cinema halls, gyms, swimming pools, entertainment parks, theatres and parks will remain shut. Training institutions of central

and state govts may function from July 15.

Rules for gathering at weddings or funerals will remain same.

Small places of worship, including temple, mosque and gurdwara, in rural areas where daily visit is up to 50 persons may open from July 1. Now, commercial passenger trans-

port vehicles, including bus, taxi, cabs and rickshaws, are also allowed with proper sanitisation of seats and touch points, before and after each journey.

However, city buses are not allowed to operate. Number of passengers in a vehicle should not exceed seating capacity.

Jaipur: State reported 8 deaths on Tuesday taking death toll to 413. 4 deaths were from Jodhpur, Jaipur 3 and one patient from another state died. 354 new cases took tally to 18014.

58 cases were reported from Bharatpur, Jodhpur 55, Sikar 44, Jaipur 27, Alwar 22, Dholpur 18, Sirohi 14, Kota 12 and 11 each from Barmer & Churu, 9 from Nagaur, 8 from Pali, 8 each Ajmer, Jalore & Sawai Madhopur, 7 each from Bikaner & Rajsamand, 6 each from Dungarpur & Udaaipur, 4 each from Bhilwara, Dausa & Pali and one each from Sri G a n g a n a g a r, Jhunjhunu, Karauli & Tonk along with 6 from other states.

Jodh advocate Bhati is new ASG at SC

Governor Kalraj Mishra turns 79 People should follow health

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Governor Kalraj Mishra is turning 79 today. He was born on July 1, 1941 in Malikapur village of Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh as the fourth child of Pandit Ramagya Mishra. Mishra had taken over as the Governor of Rajasthan on September 9, 2019.

His personality can be understood from the fact that the first place he

Jodhpur: Appointment Committee of Union Cabinet has appointed Jodhpur-based Senior Advocate Aishwarya Bhati as the Additional Solicitor General in the Supreme Court. Aishwarya was appointed as a Senior Advocate in SC on March 31, 2019. Now she has is placed in the legal team of the centre.

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Triple murder: Kid, mom, dad found dead First India Bureau Jodhpur: Unidentified assailants killed three members of a family including husband, wife and a child late night in Jatiwas village in Jodhpur. Two other children survived but got seriously injured. They have been admitted to Hospital in Bilara.

SP (Rural) Rahul Barhath along with other senior officers reached the spot. Dog squad and FSL team were also roped in as injured were unable to give exact details. One of them told the police

that there was only one assailant but police believe that more people could be involved.

Additional SP Sunil K Panwar said that Jawarilal (35) who worked as night watchman and made and sold coal was found dead along with wife Tola Devi and son Vikram. Two other children Ghanshyam and Sona were injured.

He said that prima facie it looked like that attack was intended to kill entire family that lived on the farm. He also denied robbery as motive but did not rule out personal animosity.

Governor Kalraj Mishra

visited after taking the oath was Amar Jawan Jyoti to pay his respect

to the martyrs. He then went to Lord Ganesh’s temple without any pro-

tocol. Mishra has deep respect for the constitution of India and therefore any programme which he presides over starts with Preamble of the constitution followed by the fundamental duties listed in it.

Governor Mishra has always demonstrated his sensitive side whether it was a calamity like flood or pandemic like corona. Mishra has always gone out of the way to help people.

BIDDING FAREWELL

DGP Bhupendra Singh bidding farewell to DGP (Reorganization and Rules) K Narsimha Rao on his retirement at police headquarters. Singh bid farewell to Rao on behalf of the entire Rajasthan Police department and wished him the best.

protocol diligently: Gehlot First India Bureau Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has appealed to the denizens of Rajasthan not to take chances that could lead to Corona infection and to diligently follow health protocol of maintaining social distancing, wearing masks and washing hands regularly. He said that the infection has not died down and there is a suspicion that the virus will stay active for a long time hence everyone should take necessary precautions to avert being infected.

Gehlot was reviewing the corona situation in Rajasthan on Tuesday at CMR and said, “to stop the spread of infection, few states had to enforce lockdown till 30th June. And thus the state government appeals to the people not to venture into crowded areas and be cautious. It is our collective responsibility that the health protocols that have been formed to fight corona are followed to the hilt,” he said. Gehlot also mentioned that

CM Ashok Gehlot

Special vigilance is needed in districts where positive cases are more.

ASHOK GEHLOT, CM

the Prime Minister of a country had to pay a penalty for not wearing a mask. This was informed by PM Modi in his address on Tuesday.

The chief minister stressed that Corona infection needs to be taken seriously. “Special vigilance is needed in districts where positive cases are more,” he said and directed officials of the health department to hold tests of people who live near to the spots where positive patient are found.

Gehlot also asked officials to hold random testing so as to find super spreaders.

“Rajasthan has come up as model state in Corona control and we will have to make concentrated efforts to the death and positive case rate at the minimum. Oxygen beds should be increased in district hospitals so that oxygen can be made available in emergency,” he said.

He also gave direction that farmers should be provided the right price for their crops and the demand should be raised to the Central government that the MSP should be increased from 25 to 50 percent.

IN THE COURTYARD HC ALLOWS STATE GOVT, RPSC TO RELEASE STAYED RAS 2018 RESULTS

NOTICE TO CS, EDU OFFICIALS FOR NEGLECT DURING EXAMS

COURT ISSUES DECREE IN UDAIPUR ERSTWHILE ROYAL FAMILY’S CASE

‘DELIVER ORDERS ON BASIS OF EVIDENCE NOT MEDIA REPORTS’

Jaipur: HC has cleared the way for filling up vacant administrative posts via RAS exam by allowing state govt and RPSC to release results for RAS 2018 exam. Justice Ashok Gaur ordered while hearing petitions by Surgyan Singh and others. The results for the preliminary exams for 1080 posts, the cut off for General category were 76.06% while it was 99.33% for OBC. Despite OBC marks being higher than General category their cut off was less and RPSC didn’t consider them for the mains considering OBC. This was challenged in court and the court stayed the results of RAS 2018 along with allowing the OBC category students with more marks than General category for the mains. In order to break the deadlock the state govt recently changed the rules and made merit the basis of selection.

Jaipur: HC issued notices to CS DB Gupta, Secretary (RBSE) Arvind Trivedi and Secretary (CBSE) for contempt of court by not making proper precautionary arrangements for corona infection as per its May 29 orders while holding board exams.

CJ Indrajit Mohanty and Justice Prakash Gupta issued notices in response to a contempt petition filed by PAC. Advocates Poonam Chand Bhandari and Dr TN Sharma told court that it had issued orders in response to its earlier petition asking the boards to strictly follow the guidelines issued by central & state govts regarding prevention of corona but the boards didn’t make arrangements accordingly jeopardizing lives of 20 lakh students as there were no thermal scanners or sanitizers.

Udaipur: In the ongoing property dispute of erstwhile royal family of Sisodiyas of Mewar, ADJ Court no 2’s Judge MK Dave issued a decree on the partition claim

by Mahendra Singh. Judge said that all commercial activities on all disputed properties will stop immediately barring those which have already been transferred.

Although the profit accruing from all properties will be divided among all claimants. The Judge, considering the historical Shambhu Niwas as HUF property, ordered right of all claimants with 4 years residing orders for each starting with Mahendra Singh followed by his sister Yogeshwari Kumari and then Arvind Singh. Court observed Late Maharana Bhagwat Singh, eldest son Mahendra Singh, Daughter Yogeshwari Kumari and younger son Arving Singh all as equal claimants.

Jaipur: Justice SP Sharma made strictures against the special judge of POCSO court in Sawai Madhopur, and said that the district judges should refrain from making judgments in accordance of the media reports. Justice SP Sharma was hearing a petition challenging the POCSO court order on bail application of accused Vinod Kumar. The POCSO court judge had commented on the accused along with the police and administrative officers which Justice SP Sharma found undue and considered them out of the purview of the judicial limits. He warned against any such practice in the future and delivered orders only on the basis of the evidence produced before the court.

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WITH POOR ON MIND, MODI EXTENDS SCHEME

COOPERATIVE BANKS UNDER RBI UMBRELLA

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pm was an unusual time for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sixth address to the nation after the outbreak of pandemic in the country. All his previous addresses were at 8 pm, the prime time slot of television channels.

So when it was announced that Modi will address the nation at 4 p.m. on Tuesday there were usual conjectures but without the fears that have come to be associated with his speeches. Unlock 2.0 guidelines were announced on Monday so one guess was that the PM will talk about the next bold step against China after the ban on TikTok and other Chinese applications. There was, however, no mention of China.

As it turned out that the prime minister’s concerns lay elsewhere. On his mind were the poor and migrants and ensuring ration to help them tide over these difficult times. To meet the foodgrain requirement of 80 crores poor, Modi announced the extension of the Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) till November. Announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on March 26, the scheme was only for April, May, and June. Every member of the family will be given 5 kg of wheat or an equal quantity of rice and one kilo of grams over and above their monthly entitlement. This will cost the exchequer Rs 90,000 crore and if the expenses incurred under the scheme in the last three months are added the total amount will come to Rs 1.5 lakh crore, Modi said.

The need to extend the scheme beyond April was felt as with monsoon setting in there was no work in any sector barring agriculture. The prime minister said, “In other sectors, there is a slowdown and with July begin a string of festivals like Guru Purnima, Saawan, Diwali and Chhathh puja. Festivities increase expenses.”

On June 22, Congress president Sonia Gandhi had written to Modi seeking an extension of the scheme. “…In light of the current situation, food entitlements should be expanded to address the hunger crisis facing some of the most vulnerable people in the country,” Sonia said.

Modi also spoke of one nation, one ration card especially for the migrant workers so that they do not face problems when moving from one place to another.

This too had been announced by the finance minister while giving details of the second tranche of an economic package in May. Originally, the scheme was mooted by Nandan Nilekani in 2011. If the prime minister made a mention of the scheme on Tuesday then the scheme may be formally launched soon.

Modi also cautioned that although COVID cases are the lowest in the world, precautions like social distancing and wearing of masks still need to be strictly enforced for individuals’ well-being.

KEWAL KHANNA The writer is author of Indian Economy Towards Globalisation & Former Financial Advisor, Indira Gandhi Canal Board

T Cooperative banks have been in existence almost for the last seven decades and to say that they have not played any role will be a misnomer though they have not attained much glory in their functioning.

Cooperative banks are currently under the dual control of Registrar cooperative societies of states as well as RBI. While the role of cooperative societies includes incorporation, registration, management, audit, supervision of the board of directors, and liquidation, RBI has been always responsible for the regulatory functions

o protect the interest of the depositors and strengthen cooperative banks by improving governance and allowing cooperative banks to raise money by public issue, the government of India has brought all the cooperative banks in the country under the regulatory supervision of the RBI. This major decision has been promulgated through an ordinance last week conferring all the powers with RBI. There are 1482 cooperative banks and 58 State Cooperative Banks having 8.6 crore depositors doing transactions of 4.84 lakh crore. Primarily the main function of central cooperative banks is to provide loans to primary cooperative societies. However, some loans are also provided to individuals and others. These banks raise their capital from their own funds, borrowing, and other funds.

The banks are registered under the States Cooperative Societies Act and also covered under the regulatory ambit of RBI under two laws Banking Regulations Act 1949 and the Banking laws (Cooperative Societies Act)1955. The primary objective of the cooperative banks is to provide credit to the common man at moderate interest rates eliminating the dominance of private money lenders and be a convenient credit line to the cultivators in rural India to strengthen the agriculture sector and allied activities. As on Marchend 2017 as per the RBI website, there were 33 state cooperative banks (Rs.1.2 lakh crore deposits), 370 district central cooperative banks (3.30 lakh crore deposits) and 95595 Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (with 1.15 lakh crore deposits).

Cooperative banks have been in existence almost for the last seven decades and to say that they have not played any role will be a misnomer though they have not attained much

glory in their functioning. Cooperative banks are currently under the dual control of Registrar cooperative societies of states as well as RBI. While the role of cooperative societies includes incorporation, registration, management, audit, supervision of the board of directors, and liquidation, RBI has been always responsible for the regulatory functions.

Most cooperative banks are controlled by powerful politicians which explain their poor supervision and the lack of political will to change them despite regular losses suffered by innocent depositors. Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs) have reported nearly 1000 cases of fraud with more than Rs.220 crore in the last five fiscals, according to RBI responding to an RTI besides the big frauds having come out on banks like PMG and some others.

A very positive and important aspect of the amendment in the Banking Regulation Act will now enable mergers and restructuring of the banks in the public interest, without having to order a moratorium, which not only limits the withdrawals by depositors but also disrupts the bank’s lending operations.

We have seen last year in the case of Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank where the RBI had to impose a moratorium and the diffi-

There are 1482 cooperative banks and 58 State Cooperative Banks having 8.6 crore depositors doing transactions of 4.84 lakh crore. Primarily the main function of central cooperative banks is to provide loans to primary cooperative societies

culties and sufferings of the depositors were so glaring.

Now onward the cooperative banks will be allowed to raise capital via the public issue and private placement of equity or preference shares as well as unsecured debentures, with the approval of the RBI. At present access to capital for a cooperative bank is limited. Coming under the umbrella of RBI and its supervision the sound and strict regulation will also enhance professionalism and improve governance of these banks.

The changes brought into the banking law do not affect the existing powers of the state registrar of cooperative societies under state laws nor do the changes apply to primary farm societies or cooperative socie-

The EU should collect health data centrally

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hen the COVID-19 disease began to spread in Europe, France and Germany prohibited the export of medical equipment, while Italy asked in vain for supplies of protective equipment under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. Neither the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) nor the member states of the EU themselves were aware of the available capacities of European health systems. The COVID-19 crisis has made the lack of European coordination crystal clear.

Consequently, there are many voices in favor of strengthening the ECDC. The EU agency supports member states by collecting, processing and analyzing data on disease out

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breaks and through the surveillance and early detection of health risks.

Currently, the agency is further developing its capacities for disease prevention, which also fall under its mandate.

Ideally, the ECDC would support member states in collecting reliable health data while providing them with knowledge about the situations of their European neighbors. This would show how much protective equipment and health personnel are available in the respective member states and how much is presumably needed in case of a disease outbreak.

The European Union as well as the member states would benefit from a better overview of capacities and of the burden of disease in Europe. Acting in solidarity would become possible

with a common database.

In addition to strengthening the EU internally, it would also become more capable of acting as a partner worldwide. In cooperation with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) regional office for Europe, the ECDC could provide reliable and standardized data, thereby contributing to the global containment of pandemics.

IS THE CRITICISM OF THE ECDC JUSTIFIED? This ideal situation is not yet in sight. The ECDC is, in particular, being criticized for its lack of visibility, support and misinterpretation. It is presumed, for instance, that the early warning and response system (EWRS) operated by the ECDC did not work properly, which

is why the risk of infection by COVID-19 was still being assessed as “low to moderate” at the end of February.

That said, the agency does not yet possess any regulative powers and cannot oblige the countries to collect and transmit the necessary data. Moreover, the ECDC is neither staffed nor funded sufficiently to effectively coordinate and harmonize health data.

Let’s put it in perspective. Whereas the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employed 10,796 and had a budget of $8.25 billion in 2018, the ECDC only employed 271 and had around €58 million ($65 million) at its disposal in that same year.

The COVID-19 outbreak has opened a long-known wound. Member states have not adequately pro-

vided the ECDC with the skills and resources to fulfill its mandate. This must change.

HARMONISE AND EXPAND DATA COLLECTION In the future, the ECDC should be able to ensure that member states transmit high-quality and reliable data to the agency. To do this, it must first be given an appropriate mandate. The agency should then focus on developing monitoring mechanisms to ensure reliable and consistent data. It must be able to transmit this data to the WHO in a timely and seamless manner. The digital infrastructure must, therefore, be compatible with WHO data collection practices..

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ties, the main business of which is long term finance for agricultural development. The changes brought will not only raise the confidence of the depositors but also provide strength to the lenders since after the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank (PMC) fraud last year has completely shaken the confidence of the depositors.

The Ordinance indeed is a very positive move and should lead to clear up and reduce political control over cooperative banks and promote professionalism and good governing in the sagging image of cooperative banks in seeing that the misery of PMC bank depositors gets removed besides strengthening public confidence. This writer having been associated with a Central Cooperative Bank feels that RBI strong control It is a much welcome decision though too late.

RBI Governor Shashikant Das has always maintained that he is working at a resolution and we hope that the new amendment usher in with a silver lining for the cooperative financial sector in raising the credibility, bringing professionalism, getting more avenues for capital and close scrutiny and supervision of RBI. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL

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TWEET Prakash Javadekar @PrakashJavdekar Under the world’s biggest food security scheme, 80 crore poor will get 25 kg each of grain wheat or rice - free in the coming 5 months. Every family will get 5 kg of pulses free in next 5 months. #ModiCARES4Poor Ravi Shankar Prasad @rsprasad Apart from common citizens it will also help poor, marginalized and the migrant workers during Corona Pandemic crisis.

PM’s appreciation of both the farmers and tax payers is indeed extraordinary. It carries a very powerful message of Aatma Nirbhar Bharat.

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‘BJP SAYS MAKE IN INDIA BUT BUYS FROM CHINA’ RaGa hit out at PM Modi-led government claiming that imports from China have increased under NDA regime

New Delhi: Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his ambitious Make in India project, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday referred to data to show a jump in imports from China since 2014, the year the BJP government came to power.

This also comes a day after the Centre banned 59 Chinese apps to send a strong signal to the neighbouring country amid the Galwan faceoff.

Taking to Twitter, Gandhi drew a comparison of imports made during the UPA and BJP regime. He tweeted: “Facts don’t lie. BJP says: Make in India. BJP does: Buy from China.”

The graph shared by the Congress leader shows that between 2008 to 2014, the imports from China remained below 14 per cent, while it jumped to 18 per cent during the BJP-led NDA rule.

Citing the “emergent nature of threats” from mobile applications, in-

UP GOVERNMENT USING POLICE AS ‘TOOL OF OPPRESSION,’ SAYS PRIYANKA GANDHI VADRA Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi Facts don’t lie.

BJP says: Make in India. BJP does: Buy from China.

The graph shared by Rahul Gandhi shows that imports from China jumped to 18% during NDA rule.

cluding popular ones of Chinese origin such as TikTok, ShareIt, UCBrowser, Club Factory and CamScanner, the Centre Monday banned 59 apps based on information that they were engaged in activities “prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity”, defence, security and public order.The move is seen as a retaliatory step amid the tense bor-

der standoff between India and China that led to 20 Indian Army personnel being killed on June 15. State-owned telecom companies have since moved to keep Chinese vendors out of their network upgradation tenders.

“The Ministry of Information Technology has received many complaints from various sources, including sev-

eral reports about misuse of some mobile apps available on Android and iOS platforms for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorised manner to servers which have locations outside India,” the government said in a statement.This is a matter of very deep and immediate concern, it said. —Agencies

Fuel price money goes to poor, not middlemen, says Pradhan Vaishali

plains Congress-ruled states also hiking tax on fuel, if Congress is against the idea.

The Minister’s counter comes after Sonia & Rahul upped the ante over the issue of fuel price hike. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has asked government to stop ‘profiteering’ from the petrol and diesel prices. His mother and Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi said, “I along with Congress workers and citizens, demand that Government should take back the hike in prices of diesel and petrol in these tough times.”

New Delhi: After Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi demanded a rollback of fuel price hike and Rahul Gandhi alleged that the Centre is ‘profiteering,’ Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan hit back at Congress, saying the collected money was used for welfare measures instead of personal benefit as allegedly prevalent during the Congress era.

Pradhan said, “I once again reiterate to Madam Sonia Gandhiji that Modiji has transferred

more than Rs 65,000 crore to 42 crore people in the last 3 months.”

Making a strong allegation against Congress, the Minister remarked, “Unlike Congress’ legacy of transferring money into the accounts of middlemen, ‘National Daamad,’ ‘The Family’

Film on girl, who cycled 1,200 km

‘Need to scale up aviation assets to lower logistics cost’

New Delhi: The story of Jyoti Kumari Paswan, who bought a second-hand cycle with her entire family savings and cycled from Haryana’s Gurgaon to her home in Bihar to escape lockdown distress, with her injured father riding pillion, will soon be immortalised on screen and is to set go on the floors from August.

New Delhi: India needs to scale up use of its aviation assets such as grounded aircraft and less-used airports for cargo handling so that logistics costs decline and export of resources such as fish, vegetables and fruits become viable, transport minister Nitin Gadkari said.

In an online interaction with members of

5 TERRORISTS KILLED IN ANANTNAG IN LAST 24 HRS Srinagar: Five terrorists have been killed in the last 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police said.”Two hardcore terrorists were killed in an encounter in Waghama area of Anantnag. In last 24 hrs, Anantnag Police and security forces have neutralised five terrorists,” police official Vijay Kumar said. “There was information about three militants. One of them was commander of JKIF, Jahid Dar who was successful in sneaking out. The police, army and the CRPF personnel have cordoned off the area,” he added.

and Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Modiji’s DBT is about putting money in the hands of the poor, farmers, migrant workforce and women.”

He also reiterated what BJP President J P Nadda has been saying in many of his virtual rallies, asking what ex-

Domestic Air Cargo Agents Association of India. “The government will support your efforts.

The point is we need to get maximum work done by our assets and elicit maximum utility to keep costs low,” the minister said, adding that the country needs to bring down its logistic cost from the currently estimated 13%.

In India the cost is much higher than nations such as China and the US, he added.

‘LALJI TANDON’S CONDITION SERIOUS BUT UNDER CONTROL’ Lucknow: Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya on Tuesday, visited the Medanta Hospital here to enquire about the health of Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon, a senior doctor said.“The condition of Governor of Madhya Pradesh Lalji Tandon is stable. He is still on critical care ventilator support through

tracheostomy. A team of medical experts is working for best medical treatment,” Medanta Hospital’s Medical Director Rakesh Kapoor said in the medical bulletin issued here.“Today (on Tuesday), Governor of Uttarakhand Baby Rani Maurya visited Medanta, Lucknow to know the well-being of Lalji Tandon,” he added.

The whole country knows that China has snatched India’s land. We all know the Chinese are at four places in Ladakh. Please tell the country how you will evict the Chinese troops and when?”

—Rahul Gandhi, Congress Leader

New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday slammed the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government over the arrest of party’s minority cell chairman Shahnawaz Alam and said the government is using police as a ‘tool of oppression.’ In a series of tweets, she said that police action is repressive and undemocratic. “Congress leaders and activists are committed to raising their voice on public issues. The BJP government can stop other parties from raising their voice, not our party, by making UP police a tool of oppression...

Look at how the UP Police picked up the chairman of our minority cell in the dark of night,” she tweeted. The senior Congress leader also posted a video of the incident along with the tweet.”First, our state president was kept in jail for four weeks on fake charges. This police action is repressive and undemocratic. Congress workers are not afraid of police sticks and fake cases,” she said.UP Congress Minority cell chief, Shahnawaz Alam was arrested by the police late on Monday in connection with anti-CAA protest on December 19, 2019.

JAVADEKAR HAILS MODI’S DECISION ON APP BAN New Delhi: Union I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar hailed Modi government’’s decision to ban 59 Chinese applications, connecting the move to ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat.’ Taking to social media, Javadekar remarked, “The whole country has appreciated decision of @narendramodi govt to ban 59 Chinese Apps. This will give fillip to Indian Startups; they will come up with better versions very soon. This is a right step towards #AtmaNirbharBharat.” Modi govt banned 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, WeChat & UC Browser and Xiaomi’’s Mi Community over national security concerns amid strained India-China relations after death of 20 Indian soldiers in Galwan Valley clash with Chinese PLA troops in eastern Ladakh. Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology has issued a list of these apps that are now banned in country.

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‘Addl exams for those who can’t appear in July schedule’ Kochi: The Kerala University on Tuesday, informed the Kerala High Court that it has taken a decision to conduct additional examinations for candidates who cannot appear for the examinations scheduled from July 1 due to COVID-19 pandemic.

“Such exams will be treated as special examinations and no additional fee will be collected for the same.

Also, the special examination will not be treat-

HC extends time for EIA 2020 ideas New Delhi: Delhi HC indicated that it might extend the time granted to the general public to give their suggestions for Draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) 2020. A bench of CJ DN Patel & Justice Prateek Jalan, while partly allowing a PIL seeking extension of time for public to submit suggestions, said that a detailed order will be passed later on.—ANI

ed as a supplementary examination and will have the legal status of an ordinary examination,” the Kerala University submitted. In the light of such sub-

missions, a single bench of Justice CS Dias turned down the pleas seeking directions to stay the Kerala University exams scheduled to be held from July 1.

The court also directed the V-C of varsity to take a decision on the representations filed by the petitioners.

The court was considering two writ petitions - one filed by 23 PG students and the other filed by a law student. —ANI

No CCTV footage available in TN custody deaths: Court Chennai/ New Delhi: Security footage has been erased at the Sathankulam police station in Tamil Nadu where a man and his son were detained before they died of excessive wounds, allegedly from beatings, an inquiry report submitted to the Madras HC reveals.

The court was told that there is no CCTV footage of police station available from June 19, the day Jeyaraj and his son Beniks were arrested for keeping their mobile phone shop in Santhankulam, Tuticorin, open beyond permitted hours during the lockdown. The report submitted also reveals that cops being probed tried their best to block investigations and one constable “jumped over a wall and escaped” when asked to hand over his stick as evidence.

EAM HOLDS DISCUSSIONS’ WITH FRENCH COUNTERPART New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a wide-ranging discussion with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian during which the two leaders discussed issues of contemporary security and political importance.The discussion between them came after India& France exchanged views at foreign secretary-level on regional& global issues of mutual interest.Jaishankar, in a tweet, said, “Wide-ranging discussion with French FM @JY_LeDrian. Covered issues of contemporary security& political importance.”

Mamata announces free ration till July 2021

New Delhi: Soon after PM Narendra Modi extended the Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) till November-end, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee y announced that the her government will provide free ration to beneficiaries till June next year. “The Centre’s ration policy should be to provide ration to each and every one of the 130 crore population of the country,” she said.

The scheme, started to distribute ration among poor after lockdown was announced, was to end on Tuesday .

The scheme involves providing additional 5 kg foodgrain free to 80 cr beneficiaries. Initially, it was for three months, April, May & June only. Notably, many state CMs and Congress president Sonia Gandhi had written to the PM to extend it.

ELDERLY MAN SHOT DEAD BY UNIDENTIFIED ASSAILANTS IN UP Bulandshahr: An elderly man was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district, police said on Tuesday. The victim, identified as Singh, was killed on Monday night at his automobile workshop on Gulaothi-Sikandrabad road, they said.The next morning Singh’s son found the body in a pit

near the workshop, police said. A pair of bloodstained slippers and a cartridge was also found near the body, they said.

Singh’s relative said he did not have enmity with anyone. Police and forensic teams reached the spot and an investigation is underway, Sikandrabad Circle Officer Gopal Choudhary said.

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53 BSF PERSONNEL TEST POSITIVE

New Delhi: 53 more Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, as per information provided by the BSF. An official statement by the BSF informed that a total of 1,018 coronavirus cases have been reported so far amongst its personnel. This includes 345 active cases and 659 recoveries. While four have succumbed to the infection.

CORONA UPDATE

NEED TO BE ALERT AGAINST COVID-19: MODI

‘DEATH RATE IN TELANGANA AT 1.7%’

Hyderabad: state Health Minister Eatala Rajendra said,”In our state, only 247 have died due to coronavirus.

1.7 per cent is the rate of death in Telangana, while it is 3 per cent in the country,” the minister said while addressing a press conference on Monday.

He said that 10,666 positive cases have been reported so far including 7,250 active cases in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits.”

POST OF KAVITHA PADMANABHAN UPGRADED AS DIRECTOR, PMO

The post of Kavitha Padmanabhan has been upgraded as Director in the Prime Minister’s Office. She is a 2006 batch IAS officer of AssamMeghalaya cadre.

POST OF ABHISHEK SHUKLA UPGRADED AS DIRECTOR, PMO

RAVI SHANKAR APPOINTED JOINT SECRETARY & SOCIAL SECRETARY TO PRESIDENT

Ravi Shankar, Joint Secretary (MER), Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as Joint Secretary-cum-Social Secretary to the President.

He is a 1995 batch IFS officer.

VENUGOPAL RE-APPOINTED ATTORNEY GENERAL

KK Venugopal has been reappointed as the Attorney General for India for another one year.

TUSHAR MEHTA IS SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS

Senior Advocate Tushar Mehta has been appointed Solicitor General of India for another three years.

RAJU IS NEW ASG SC

Senior counsel Suryaprakash V Raju, practising Gujarat lawyer, has been appointed Additional Solicitor General (ASG) of India of the Supreme Court.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairing the high-level meeting to review the planning and preparations for vaccination against Covid-19, through video conferencing, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI PHOTO

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, said that negligence in personal and social behaviour has been increasing after ‘Unlock 1’ on June 1 and noted that there is need to be alert and follow norms as was done during the lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

In address to the nation, the Prime Minister also asked people to be careful against cough and cold in the rainy season. "We are entering into Unlock 2.

We are also entering into season where cold, cough, fever cases increase. I request citizens to take care of themselves. It is true that if we look at the death rate due to coronavirus, then India is in a better position than many countries of the world. Timely lockdown and other decisions have saved the lives of millions of peo-

SHRIKANT MADHAV TO TAKE OVER AS CHAIRMAN, IOCL ON JULY 1

PM LAYS DOWN 4 PRINCIPLES @ VACCINE REVIEW MEET New Delhi: PM Modi chaired a high-level meeting to review the preparations being undertaken for vaccination against Covid-19 as and when a vaccine is available. directed officials to evaluate various technology tools to ensure efficient and timely vaccination in due course of time. He also directed that detailed planning should be undertaken immediately. The PM outlined four guiding principles that would form the foundation of this national effort. First, ple in India," he said.

"Since Unlock 1, negligence in personal and social behavior is also increasing. At first, we were very cautious about the mask, about two-yard distancing, washing hands several times a day for 20 sec-

that vulnerable groups should be identified and prioritized for early vaccination, for example doctors, nurses, healthcare workers, nonmedical frontline corona onds. During lockdown, rules were followed seriously. Now the governments, local bodies and citizens need to show alertness in the same manner," he said.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday, issued new

warriors, and vulnerable people among general population; second, that vaccination of “anyone, anywhere” should take place, ie without imposition of any domicile related restrictions for getting the vaccine; third, that vaccination must be affordable and universal - no person should be left behind; and fourth, that entire process from production to vaccination should be monitored and supported in real time with the use of technology. guidelines for Unlock 2 which will come into force from July 1. The new norms have extended the process of phased re-opening of activities including the calibrated expansion of domestic flights and passenger trains. —ANI

‘Recovery rate in India inches closer to 60%’ New Delhi: The recovery rate among patients further has improved to 59.07% even as number of cases continues to rise, govt said .The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in India rose to 5,66,840 on Tuesday with the death toll jumping to 16,893.

This shows that the fatality rate among COVID-19 patients in India is 2.98%.While there are 2,15,125 active cases, all under active medical supervision, 3,34,821 patients have been cured and discharged. As on date, there are 1,19,696 more recovered patients than COVID-19 active cases, the MoHFW said. During the last 24 hours, a total of 13,099 COVID-19 patients have been cured, it said.

—ANI

With 18,522 new cases, India’s tally over 5.66L New Delhi: India’s tally of the coronavirus disease mounted to 566,840 and death toll stood at 16,893 on Tuesday, a day after the Centre issued guidelines for Unlock 2, Union Health Ministry data showed.There were 18,522 new infections and 418 fatalities in the last 24 hours, according to the Covid-19 dashboard of the health ministry.The number of

POWER Gallery The post of Abhishek Shukla has been upgraded as Director in the Prime Minister’s Office. He is a 2006 batch IFS officer.

CONTAINMENT ZONES IN MUMBAI @ 750

Mumbai: The total number of COVID-19 containment zones in Mumbai is presently at 750, said Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday. As per the BMC, there are 10,88,032 households in these containment zones with a population of 47,13,779 and 25,931 total COVID-19 cases. Meanwhile, 67 more Maharashtra Police personnel have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 4,810 and death toll to 59 in the force.

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Covid-19 patients cured of the respiratory disease continued to be more than active cases as 13,099 people were sent home between Monday and Tuesday morning. There were 334,821 discharges pushing the recovery rate to 59%.According to the Health Ministry, there are 215,125 active cases of the coronavirus disease.

—ANI

1.5 lakh ASHAs in UP tracked over 30.43L migrant returnees

A child asks for hand sanitizer as Healthcare workers checking the residents at colony in the slum area for COVID-19. —PHOTO BY ANI

New Delhi: Amid COVID-19 pandemic, ASHA workers have played a critical role in supporting UP government in managing the coronavirus crisis. With the surge in COVID-19 cases in country and influx of migrant population from hotspot areas, one

of the major challenges in UP was to cater to healthcare needs of returnees and arrest the spread in its rural population. As per Health Ministry, UP’s 1.5 lakh ASHAs have tracked over nearly 30.43 lakh migrant returnees in two phases.

—ANI

scheme for another three months till September.

Earlier in his speech, the Prime Minister had urged citizens to follow all safety guidelines for protection against COVID-19 as the country enters phase two of the Unlock. —ANI

kuch kaam ki baat ho jaaye?,” she tweeted.

Earlier in the day, Gandhi had once launched a stern attack and said that PM Modi says ‘Make in India’, but its government at the Centre buys from China.

Shrikant Madhav Vaidya, Director (Refineries), IOCL, will be taking over the charge as Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) on July 1, 2020. He will succeed present incumbent Sanjiv Singh retiring in June, 2020.

K SANJAYAN APPOINTED AS DEPUTY SECRETARY, UPSC

Upon return from central deputation, K Sanjayan has been appointed as Deputy Secretary, UPSC. He is a CSS officer.

YP DHEWAL APPOINTED AS DEPUTY SECRETARY, COMMERCE

After return from leave, Y P Dhewal has been appointed as Deputy Secretary, Commerce. He is a CSS officer.

PUSHP LATA BHARDWAJ APPOINTED SC’S VACATION OFFICER FOR SEPT 2020

Pushp Lata Bhardwaj, Deputy Registrar in the Supreme Court, has been appointed as Vacation Officer in the Supreme Court for month of September 2020.

ANIL C SINGH RE-APPOINTED ASG FOR BOMBAY HC

Anil C Singh has been re-appointed as Additional Solicitor General for Bombay High Court for a period of three years w.e.f July 1, 2020.

5 ASGS GET FRESH TENURE IN SUPREME COURT

Additional Solicitor Generals in the Supreme Court Vikramjit Banerjee, Aman Lekhi Madhavi Godaria Diwan, KM Nataraj and Sanjay Jain have been re-appointed for a period of three years w.e.f July 1, 2020.

SATYA PAL JAIN RE-APPOINTED ASG FOR P&H HC

Satya Pal Jain has been re-appointed as Additional Solicitor General for Punjab and Haryana High Court for a period of three years w.e.f July 1, 2020.

5 SR ADVOCATES APPOINTED ASG IN SUPREME COURT

Senior advocates Balbir Singh, Suryaprakash V Raju, Rupinder Singh Suri, N Venkataraman, Jayant K Sud and Ashwariya K Bhati have been appointed as Additional Solicitor General for Supreme Court for a period of three years.

YJ DASTOOR APPOINTED ASG IN CALCUTTA HC

Senior Advocate Yezdezard Jehangir Dastoor has been appointed as Additional Advocate General for Calcutta High Court for a period of three years.

CHETAN SHARMA APPOINTED ASG FOR DELHI HC

Senior Advocate Chetan Sharma has been appointed as Additional Advocate General for Delhi High Court for a period of three years.

FROM PG 1 Gehlot welcomes...

During his address to the nation Prime Minister Modi announced that an awareness campaign would be initiated for sensitize people about Covid-19.

Rajasthan, where the state government is already running an awarenes campaign has once again fared better than the nation. On this CM Gehlot tweeted, “I am glad that Rajasthan has been taking lead in many initiatives to fight against COVID 19. One of the fine example is Ten days

‘Awareness Campaign’ started by our govt to enlighten the people, 1st ever in country. Today Hon’ble PM has also suggested that awareness campaign may be carried out.

Glad that #RajasthanSatarkHai.” The senior politician also expressed concern over the floods hitting twenty five districts of Assam.

Wooing Bihar?...

“The scheme will provide 80 crore people with free grains, will now be applicable in July, August, Septem-

ber, October and November too. The government, during these five months, will give each family member 5-kilogram wheat or 5 kilogram rice free of cost, apart from this each family will get free one kg of chana (chick peas) too every month,” he added.

The Prime Minister further said that the extension of this scheme will require an additional expense of Rs 90 thousand crore.

“If we add the expenses incurred during the past three months then it totals to around

Rs 1.5 lakh crore,” he further said.

The scheme was announced by the Centre as part of the first rescue package during the COVID-19 pandemic. The scheme ends on June 30.

The scheme, announced for a three month period, covered 80 crore ration cardholders. Each household was provided 5 kg of food grains (rice or wheat) and 1 kg of pulses (only channa) free of cost. Already, 21 states -- both BJP-ruled and Opposition-led governments -- had appealed to the Centre to extend the

Shayar RaGa... at the Prime Minister and said that he “walked around the Panda in the room” and “did not talk about anything useful”.

“Seventeen minutes of walking carefully around the Panda in the room.. Kyon PM Ji- abh

Appain! China...

A senior official at the IT Ministry said the prime reason to block the apps under section 69 A of Information Technology Act is to stop the violation and threat to the security of the state and public order and to plug the data leaks.

“Almost all of them

have some preferential Chinese interest. Few are from countries like Singapore. However, the majority have parent companies which are Chinese,” the official said.

This move will safeguard the interests of crores of Indian mobile and internet users. This decision is a targeted move to ensure the safety and sovereignty of Indian cyberspace, Ministry of Information Technology said. —ANI

Nepal ruling... and was blaming India to divert attention, ac-

cording to a report in the website of newspaper The Himalayan Times.

PM Oli had last week accused New Delhi of orchestrating efforts to topple him in an effort to put the rival faction led by co-chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on a back foot. Oli, speaking at an event on Sunday, had claimed that his rivals were trying to pull the rug from under his feet because he had brought out a new political map that had upset Nepal’s giant neighbour. But this attempt appeared to have backfired. —ANI

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The COVID-19 pandemic is the largest synchronised shock the world has experienced in generations.

But this crisis will not be the last of its kind. We urgently need to learn as much as we can from the current experience and adapt international development practices and research accordingly

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s with so much else, international development has been severely affected by the c oronav i r us pandemic.

How might we use these lessons to reshape the sector, rather than returning to the status quo?

For starters, the crisis has reminded us that nature still reigns supreme, and it should spur us to step up efforts to mitigate and adapt to other systemic threats, particularly climate change, which will continue to be the biggest threat to development. According to the Climate Impact Lab, global warming could lead to as many as 1.5 million excess deaths per year in India by 2100, rivaling the toll of all infectious diseases combined. In addition to applying our current scientific knowledge to existing problems – from improving environmental auditing to deploying flood-resistant varieties of rice – we need to accelerate innovations that reduce carbon dioxide emissions and pollution, help communities adapt to climate change, and provide access to clean energy. And, most important, we must pilot and evaluate new initiatives, and scale those with the biggest impact.

The pandemic has also taught us that public health is about more than physical illnesses. For many people – particularly in developing countries – staying home simply isn’t a safe option. Domestic violence, including both physical and emotional abuse, is expected to rise sharply as a result of lockdowns. Extended periods of isolation could exacerbate anxiety, depression, and other related mental health conditions.

And those battling addictions are struggling to get the support they need.

Rather than hoping these problems will simply disappear whenever the lockdowns are lifted (they won’t), we should acknowledge that mental health

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has long been a neglected issue in policy debates.

Yet another lesson from the crisis is that there can be no substitute for government. Over the past decade, many international funders and development organizations have tried to bypass governments, owing to concerns about corruption or red tape. But the pandemic has made clear that governments are the leading actors when it comes to containing infectious diseases, administering development policies, providing social protection to the unemployed, and alleviating poverty. That is why we at MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL) have focused on building long-term partnerships with governments and are now supporting them in scaling up evidence-based policies.

Governments also need to be able to transfer cash to vulnerable citizens quickly. While the United States and other advanced

economies have managed to transfer emergency funds directly to their citizens, many other countries that have introduced household stimulus checks, cash transfers, or other social protections have failed to deliver them to those who need support the most. Clearly, these countries need to rethink how they identify the poorest individuals, so that they can provide them with digital forms of identity and other requisites of financial inclusion. In the future, these will be the key components of the social safety net for countries at all stages of development.

Another critical issue is education. Although learning is possible outside of physical schools, the pandemic is sure to set back education for many children. Helping them keep up is thus an urgent priority. With schools closed, the obvious response is to pursue Internet-based teaching. Research shows that

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software allowing students to move at their own pace can be effective.

But remote learning obviously isn’t an option for students who lack Internet access, have special needs, or share one computer or phone among many family members. These children’s

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educations have effectively been put on hold during the pandemic, as was already the case for many of the world’s refugees, over half of whom are children.

It will be crucial to help these children catch up when the time comes.

Here, research shows that

intensive, repeated “learning camps” in which students are grouped at their current learning level, rather than by age or grade, can be immensely helpful.

From Brazil’s favelas and India’s migrant caravans to France’s banlieues and communities of color in the US, it is the poor who have borne the brunt of COVID-19’s health, economic, and psychological costs. But reaching those most in need of useful information is a major challenge, because conventional media channels can go only so far, and misinformation is rife on social media. Thus, researchers are testing whether recruiting well-connected individuals or “influencers” would ensure that messages are disseminated reliably through pre-existing social networks.

In the meantime, the pandemic has pushed policymakers everywhere to experiment with different strategies for encouraging social distancing, hand washing, and other infection-prevention measures.

They could consider making some of the existing cash transfers conditional on healthy behavior, as research has found this to be an effective way to mitigate the spread of the virus and improve overall health.

This is another strategy that need not be limited to the current crisis. For example, in non-pandemic times, receiving cash disbursements could depend on whether one’s children have been vaccinated or had an annual check-up.

Policies that encourage healthier lifestyles have become increasingly urgent, given the rising threat from largely preventable non-communicable diseases, which already kill more than 40 million people worldwide each year.

In the absence of in-person data collection during the lockdown, many social science researchers have shifted to using administrative data. The data that governments and non-governmental organizations already collect could be enormously useful in testing the efficacy of new programs. J-PAL’s Innovations in Data and Experiments for Action (IDEA) Initiative, for example, is building partnerships to help governments improve their use of administrative data. The crisis has also forced many research projects to collect data through phone surveys. Again, lessons learned from this work will inform research that uses phone surveys for data collection well into the future, enabling governments and NGOs to gather much more accurate information in real time from the communities they serve.

The COVID-19 pandemic is the largest synchronized shock the world has experienced in generations. But this crisis will not be the last of its kind. We urgently need to learn as much as we can from the current experience and adapt international development practices and research accordingly. We must not allow ourselves to be caught off-guard again.

It is good to plan and execute every action with precision but if all your thoughts and actions are not fueled by passion, it will have little meaning in the long run.

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RHB to auction 78 commercial properties in July

200 CRORE CLUB: Premium properties located in Jaipur, Ajmer, Bikaner, Jodhpur and Kota will be sold through e-auction Payment terms have been relaxed Shivendra Parmar Jaipur: Riding on the success wave of selling residential properties across the state, the Rajasthan Housing Board is now eyeing the commercial landscape where it has met with success recently in its auction of commercial properties at Bhiwadi generating a revenue of about Rs 34 crore by sale of 44 commercial properties in one single day.

However, on Tuesday, RHB Commissioner - Pawan Arora - informed that the board will sell commercial properties worth about Rs 200 crore through e-auction in the upcoming month of July. It is

noteworthy that a total of 78 properties situated in various cities and especially in Pratap Nagar and Mansarovar Yojana of Jaipur will be eauctioned by the board that include 55 commercial and 23 residential properties.

He informed that eauction will be conducted from July 13 to 15 for 11 plots in upcoming Ayush Market (drug market) in Pratap Nagar scheme. “The minimum bid price of these plots has been kept between Rs 65,500 to Rs 68,800 per square meter. One of these shops has been reserved for pathology lab. Moreover, the

The employees and personnel in RHB met Commissioner Pawan Arora on Tuesday to thank him for promotions accorded to them that had been held up for over 10 years. “Promotion on the position of Dy hosing commissioners and Resident Engineers have been conducted after 11 years, similarly in other areas like accounts, administration and other fields within the Board. In all 286 employees got promotions in this week, the enthusiasm of every employee is at its peak, Hence the Rajasthan Housing Board Employees Union presented a flower bouquet and thanked the RHB Commissioner,” said Sukhdev Singh Ramana, state president, RHB employees union. Sukhdev Singh Ramana, Also seen are Dashrath Singh, Bhagwati Singh and other Union representatives.

e-auction of 12 showroom size plots in RHB’s Atish Market developed under the prestigious Mansarovar Yojana of the Board will be held from July 22 to 24. The minimum bid price of these plots has been kept from Rs 80,000 to Rs 81,400,” said Pawan Arora, Commissioner RHB. Meanwhile, the e-auc-

Neena Nigam to handle Mahendra Singh’s charge at Investigation wing Vaishali Jaipur: After June 30 retirement of DG Income Tax (Investigation) Mahendra Singh, the soft-spoken and low profile principal CCIT, Jaipur, Rajasthan region Neena Nigam - has been given an additional charge of DG (Investigation), till a regular appointment is done on this post by the CBDT, Ministry of Finance. Because of ongoing Corona crisis, Mahendra Singh opted not to take a formal farewell and preferred to retire without the fanfare. In absence of regular DG (Investigation), Deputy Director Rajeshwar Yadav will be a functional incharge of all investigation operations during this period, under an overall supervision of Neena

AVINASH PANDE @avinashpandeinc In the 17 minutes of his Bhaashan, there was no mention on China capturing our land, safety of our soldiers or

through e-auction. Additionally, the e-auction of residential plots at Pratap Nagar scheme of Jaipur, Mansarovar Yojana, Dadabadi at Kota and in Mukta Prasad at Bikaner will be done by Rajasthan Housing Board from July 20 to 22.

“The Board will sell large commercial and residential plots in Mansarovar, Pratap Nagar

even any protective measure to control the community spread of COVID-19. Enough speeches.

Time for action! #StopBhaashanTakeAction

Their (ED officials) train runs slow on narrow gauge: Patel Dr Anita

Mahendra Singh

Neena Nigam

Nigam.

In addition to this, four more senior Income Tax officers have been given additional charge. Accordingly, Principal CCIT, Delhi Region Anu J. Singh has been given additional charge of Principal DGIT (Systems) of Delhi region, while Principal CCIT, Bengaluru Pidatala Sridhar has been given

additional charge of CCIT South Zone, Karnataka and Goa zone, while Sridhar has been given one more additional responsibility of CCIT (TDS) for the same region.

Similarly, Ajai Das Mehrotra Principal CCIT, Kanpur - has been given additional charge of Principl CCIT Lucknow, UP (East) region.

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tion of 12 residential plots located in the prestigious Pratap Nagar scheme of Jaipur and 1 independent house, 3 residential plots of high income group located in Mansarovar scheme and 2 residential plots in Panchsheel scheme in Ajmer will be held between July 15 to 17. Similarly, 24 shops at Jaipur and Kota will be sold

t is said there are no permanent friends or enemies in politics. However, those who have meddled in its murky world, know that politics is more akin to working like intelligence operatives, giving messages to the masses to keep yourself popular while also keeping the ‘frenemies’ at an arm’s length, or else there is no survival. However, there comes a time when those who want to rise up the political ladder, try and play the games that the ‘intelligence operatives play’, and just like them, these

New Delhi: Soon after ED officials questioned him, for the second time, in the Sterling Biotech case, Congress’ Rajya Sabha member and AICC Treasurer Ahmed Patel on Tuesday appeared confidence-personified, as he said, “Their train runs like a slow narrow gauge train, to impress their bosses that they interrogated Ahmed Patel for long hours.” Patel was also questioned last Saturday at his residence in the same case.

Referring to ED officials as “friends of my

Ahmed Patel

well-wishers (read PM Narendra Modi and HM Amit Shah)”, Patel told reporters, “They said they still have a few more things to ask and so will come again on Thursday,” adding, “So, you also come then.”

“I told them they are most welcome to come any number of times they wish,” he taunted.

and Jodhpur’s Chaupasni scheme from July 27 to 31 through e-auction.

In order to allow maximum number of people to participate, a huge relaxation has been given in the terms of payment. Now Security Deposit (EMD) will be taken at 2 per cent instead of 5 per cent of the bid price. 15 per cent of the successful bid amount will have to be deposited in 3 days, in which 2 per cent EMD will be adjusted. After bid acceptance, 35 per cent of the bid price (including miscellaneous expenses) can be deposited in 240 days and the remaining 50 per cent amount can be deposited in 360 days. A discount of 2 per cent will be given on the auction price on submission of the entire auction amount within 15 days of the issue of demand letter,” Arora said.

Board to get stamps dy registrar office vacated First India Bureau Jaipur: The Rajasthan Housing Board (RHB) will get the deputy Registrar office (VI) of the Stamp and Registration Department located at Mansarover, vacated in the coming 15 days. A letter has been written in this regard to District Collector, Jaipur and Inspector General, Registrar & Stamps Department.

“For past few years office of deputy Registrar (VI) of Stamp & Registration Department is running at Thadi Market in Mansarovar. A portion of building was made available on

rent in the year 2005, subject to terms and conditions by the Board. But this area has become extremely crowded, and it is not suitable to operate office here due to lack of adequate parking facilities,” said Pawan Arora, Commissioner RHB. It is noteworthy that Arora had also visited this office a few days ago and did not consider premises suitable for running office. “This land is to be used for commercial purpose in the Board’s interest, so it is necessary to get it vacated soon.

This land will be auctioned by the Board by better planning,” Arora said.

Bombay HC stays two FIRs filed against Arnab First India Bureau Mumbai: Providing a major relief to the Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV - Arnab Goswami - on his alleged provocative remarks and alleged defaming of Congress President Sonia Gandhi over Palghar lynching incident and Bandra station crowding incident, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday stayed the two FIRs filed against the senior journalist.

A division bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Riaz Chagla, while staying the FIRs, observed that prima facie there is no evidence on record against Arnab Goswami. The High Court had reserved its order on the matter on June 12 after hearing the argument from all the sides. The High Court said that all further proceedings in the two FIRs will remain suspended.

Arnab Goswami

“On an overall reading of the FIR, statement of the informant and transcript of the broadcast, it would be wrong to say that petitioner had made the statements in the broadcast with a view to defame or insult the feelings of any religious group or community,” the order said.

“We have already noted and referred to the observations of the Supreme Court that India’s freedoms will rest safe as long as journalists can speak to power without being chilled by a threat of reprisal; free citizens cannot exist when the news media is

chained to adhere to one position,” it added.

Notably, several FIRs were also registered against Goswami in states across the country for allegedly defaming Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi in a televised debate on the Palghar mob lynching incident. Earlier, the Bombay HC had refused to restrain Goswami from anchoring on his channel until pendency of several cases against him. Notably SC has refused to restrain Goswami from anchoring his channel, and granted interim protection against any coercive actions in the matter.

THE COVERT SIDE OF OVERT POLITICS! political ‘hopefuls’ fall victim to “double cross”. and similar to the ‘operatives’ these polity-men also fare the same fate, if their game gets busted. With both the camps one way or other learning about their double cross, in the end ‘operative’ gets the boot.

Take for example the case of this cabinet minister hailing from Jodhpur division. The man is a rising Jat leader from the area and there is a section in his home district that believes that he is meant for larger political stages. That could be the emotion of people on the grassroots, but they, it appears, do not know that the leader is not a good play-

er of the political chess and perhaps is staring down a check-mate in future.

Well, the netaji is trying to play hide and seek between Gehlot and Pilot camps in Rajasthan and try to strike gold by double crossing both the camps.

How? One incident pertains to last week at Civil Lines when the netaji, who has forged an image that he is close to Gehlot.

One would think that the netaji would go to CivCM Ashok Gehlot

il Lines to meet his leader - the Chief Minister, but that is exactly what did not transpire. Instead, the minister took along a MLA from ST category to meet a powerful PCC leader and held a one

his men, suddenly quipped, “I can support you as and when there is a vacancy in the PCC.” While both the leader and minister thought the words spoken in the room would stay between them, but as they say, even walls have ears, and surely in this scenario there were ‘ears’ around the room. The intelligence operatives have forwarded the information to the Chief Minister, and surprisingly, he did not react to the development rather responded with a smirk!

Interestingly, while the political appointSachin Pilot ments are most

to one interaction with this leader for nearly one and a half hours. During this meeting the minister pitched forward the candidature of the ST legislator as one to replace minister Ramesh Meena. While the ‘talks’ were going on, the PCC leader, who is eyeing the political appointments as a big stage to push

sought after developments, one name that is touted to be included in these appointments is that of Dheeraj Gurjar. It is said that Gurjar’s name is featured in both the lists, however prior to his appointment, he will have to seek a NOC from Priyanka Gandhi. These days, Gurjar is serving in Priyanka Gandhi’s team while he is national secretary of the party. He has held long discussions with Sachin Pilot and is ‘paying his respects’ in both Gehlot and Pilot camps. His closeness with Priyanka was evident during her tour of Jaipur when Gujar accompanied Priyanka and Gehlot in one car.

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City First brings you some helpful tips to refresh your looks; get the best tips to invest in your hair- it is the crown you never take off!

YEH RESHMI ZULFEIN some of the hair colours that can give you a chic look!

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few years ago, spotting coloured hair was a rare sight and the only way to dye hair was through henna.

However, from henna to the most eccentric of shades, hair colour has witnessed a sea change from being a necessity to an essential fashion statement. Today, if someone has a thought of changing their look, then they can get it done in the blink of an eye by just changing the colour of their hair. The best part is, it’s not just with women; this trend is applicable to the men too.

Since the trend is not going anytime soon, we have listed

If you want to go for a different look altogether, then blonde is something you can choose. If you think that the actual blonde colour is too much, then you can also opt for a warm yellow tone that resembles the colour.

SILVER BLONDE

If you have a dark skin tone, then look no further. This is the perfect shade that can enhance your look.

MAUVE

Most of us have always been a huge fan of ‘Barbie’s pink’ hair colour. If you’re one of them, then this is the shade for you; however, for the people with dark skin tones, tints like pastel pink can be too harsh against your skin.

PASTELS

If you need a bold, out of ordinary hair colour, then just go for the pastels. We’re talking about pastel pink, pastel blue, and everything in between.

CARAMEL HIGHLIGHTS

If someone has a dark brown hair colour, they can add beautiful caramel highlights to refresh their look. Caramelcoloured highlights will attract light to hit your hair, giving it an instant dimension - like you spent hours under the sun at the beach. Also, it’s a prime hair colour for those who have a fair skin tone.

ASH BROWN

This cool-toned brown colour is a popular choice among the ladies because this shade goes with every length of hair, from cropped to long.

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writer who makes her directorial debut on the Netflix original. Bulbbul — a period supernatural tale set in Bengal — centres on the folklore of chudail, a woman who rises from the dead (with inverted legs) after an unnatural death. The English subtitles translate it as “demon-woman” but her behaviour on Bulbbul is more akin to a vampire.

Though Dutt erases the misogynistic and patriarchal overtones of chudail to put a feminist spin on the story, she doesn’t add to it in any meaningful manner. Moreover, Bulbbul’s Bengal setting makes zero sense. Not a single character talks in anything but Hindi, and the film doesn’t use the localised term for chudail. It may as well be set in any part of (British) India.

Though you wouldn’t even know Bulbbul was set in British India by simply watching the film, since there’s no trace of the British, except for a throwaway dialogue. Or the three words of on-screen text at the very beginning, which states “1881, Bengal Presidency”.

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ulbbul, the latest Indian original from Netflix, is a disaster.

In a smarter film, its title character — Mrs. Bulbbul Chaudhary (Tripti Dimri, from Laila Majnu) — would have made a fascinating villain. For most of Bulbbul, she’s adorned in the most exquisite sarees and jewellery. Whenever she’s sitting idle, which is nearly always, as the lady of the house, Bulbbul fans herself with peacock feathers. And she makes no attempt to hide her true feelings, smiling ear-to-ear or heartily laughing at the predicament of others.

Unfortunately, Bulbbul is stuck in a drab, inert, and ridiculous film, the kind whose plot you can entirely predict after watching the first few minutes.

It’s only the film’s characters — except for Bulbbul — who fail to see otherwise, to the point where it all feels like a giant prank, as if they are merely pretending to act oblivious.

Nearly all of that is down to writer-director Anvita Dutt, a lyricist and dialogue

a child marriage, as a young Bulbbul (Ruchi Mahajan, from Yeh Teri Galiyan) is wedded off to a much older man, Indranil Thakur (Rahul Bose, from Shaurya).

Bulbbul tries to throw viewers off by employing a hap-

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py background score and featuring a friend her age in Satyajeet Thakur (Varun Paras Buddhadev, from Koi Laut Ke Aaya Hai), but it does such a poor job that it serves as an early indicator of the film’s predictability.

of men, which are attributed to a chudail by village folk, for the bite marks on the victims. And the other consists of flashbacks, as we witness Bulbbul continue to pine after Satya and suffer a litany of atrocities from everyone else in the household. It’s obvious to everyone and their grandma that Bulbbul had a thing for Satya and that she’s the chudail — something she all but hints at on multiple occasions — but it takes ages for the other characters to figure it out. And to make matters worse, Bulbbul keeps on hammering home the same point across multiple scenes, wasting time on a film that runs just 90 minutes.

The amateurish writing and direction is matched by a lazy background score on Bulbbul, consisting of generic tunes that seem like the first search result you’d get on Google after typing “horror music”. That’s surprising given Amit Trivedi is the composer, known for his work on the likes of Andhadhun, Dev.D, and Udaan. That lack of originality translates as both op-

pressive and over-the-top, which is also the case with the saturated tones of red — the cinematographer is Siddharth Diwan (Queen) and the production designer Meenal Agarwal (Dum Laga Ke Haisha) — that bake night-time scenes to convey a sense of dread. Diwan’s camera work is the only technical aspect of Bulbbul that doesn’t call attention to itself, with the other departments seemingly succumbing to the director’s wishes.

All that ultimately results in a catastrophe of epic proportions. Its rote, tired dialogues will make you roll your eyes. The tonal dissonance and foolish characters will pull you out of the movie. And it doesn’t have anything worthwhile to say about male entitlement and the treatment of women. In the hands of a more capable writer-director, Bulbbul would’ve upended viewer’s expectations from a movie about the folklore of chudail, than merely play into them. It could also have been Netflix’s first Bengali-language original.

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ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

CANCER

Adhere to the terms of your job and there is nothing to worry. Be efficient and innovative in your work. You need to keep a check on your emotions as you may feel overwhelmed. A good reputation in market will help you in long run. Care about those who matters in your life.

Obnoxious behaviour should be avoided at all cost in business matters.

You have a contagious smile and use it in your best ability.

Times are tough but where there is a will there is a way. With changing times there is a change in demand and supply therefore try to come up.

Procuring goods on time will remain your priority for today as far as your business is concerned.

Don’t be confused when it comes to making decision regarding your future, trust your instincts and forge ahead. Spirituality is the answer to your problems in every aspect of life.

Valiant and pivot is how you can be defined. You manage to find solutions to all your problems. You are on the threshold of achieving something that you wanted for a long time. On person’s loss is another person’s benefit and right now you are the one who will gain from this.

MAR 21 - APR 20

APR 21 - MAY 20

MAY 21 - JUNE 21

JUNE 22 - JULY 23

LEO

VIRGO

LIBRA

SCORPIO

Demeanour plays an important role when it come to being a part of an elite group and you never disappoint. Wealth tickles in and your dry spell on financial front ends. You are always looking forward to try something new on business front and you never settle for anything but best.

Whining over the what has been lost is not a sensible thing to do, move ahead with time and with immense faith in yourself give your best shot in something new. You will find a mentor who will give a shape to your ideas. You will get attracted to someone with absolute opposite.

Judicious use of time is the need of this hour. You may have to struggle a little but your future is very bright.

Many small failures in life acts as a stepping stone towards success so never let yourself feel discouraged with temporary setbacks. Your achievements speaks for yourself.

Devouring one book after the another is your current hobby and you have completely dedicated yourself to it. Work from home is a new trend but that doesn’t give you the liberty to take it. Dedication is must in these trial times as source of income is a blessing.

JULY 24 - AUGUST 23

AUG 24 - SEP 23

SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

SAGITTARIUS

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

Sycophants are always around but it depends on you if you wish to be influenced by them or not. A sentence of motivation can really cheer someone up and change their life so deal with a youngster. You will feel energetic today to do things which you have been planning to do for a long.

Bickering around is a waste of time rather invest yourself building strong relationships. An exciting opportunity will knock at your door and will provide you a chance to make money. Your seniors will acknowledge you efforts in work and will truly admire your dedication.

Endowment received to give wings to your dream must be appreciated and used in the right direction. Time is a valuable asset so do not waste it. You are very conscious of your karma and you believe in action and reactions. Its still not too late to regain your ground on academic front as well.

Immaculately dressed is how people define you.

People may misunderstand your silence but in the end people see you for who you truly are.

Considering the alarming health crisis, you must watch what you eat as your body is your only precious temple now in this pandemic.

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Bulbbul is the only one convinced she was due to marry Satya.

Fast forward two decades as Satya (Avinash Tiwary, reunited with Laila Majnu co-star Dimri) returns from London, where he’s been studying to be a lawyer. In the five years he’s been gone, Bulbbul (Dimri) has assumed her aforementioned status as the lady of the house. Her husband is nowhere to be seen, her bumbling fool of a brotherin-law is dead, and his widow and her scheming sisterin-law Binodini (Pauli Dam, from Hate Story) has been forced to shave her head and out of the palatial house.

The relationship between Bulbbul and Binodini is like a relic from the soap opera era, full of jealousy and pettiness. (Strangely, there are no kids to be seen anywhere, which is curious given being baby-factories was deemed as the only reason for women’s existence in those times.)

The film’s story unfolds in two parallel timelines thereafter. There’s the one in 1901 as Satya investigates a series of murders, solely

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Kylie Jenner & her post

merican reality TV star Kylie Jenner shared a throwback picture reminiscing about pre-COVID times’ figure. The 22-year-old ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ star shared throwback video to her Instagram Stories, wherein she posted the flick of herself donning a twopiece bikini. The makeup mogul captioned the clip from January, “OK, cutting off these quarantine pounds starting tomorrow.” Over the weekend, the Kardashian-Jenner clan rang in Khloe Kardashian’s 36th birthday at Jenner’s posh 36.5 USD million estate in the lavish Holmby Hills neighbourhood of Los Angeles. Meanwhile, the family is also still riding high on the reported news of rapper Kanye West’s Yeezy 10-year partnership deal with Gap which he’s said to have finalised for undisclosed terms.

The deal, which can be revisited and renewed after five years, is anticipated to generate some 1 billion USD in annual sales for the Gap brand that had already seen a global revenue figure of 4.6 billion USD last year.

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areena Kapoor Khan who completed 20 years in the industry on Tuesday shared her ‘first shot’ taken for the movie ‘Refugee’ and thanked her fans for the overwhelming support.

With more than 55 films and an impressive array of roles under her belt, Khan credited fans for their “love, support, and strength” throughout her journey. The ‘Jab We Met’ actor took to Instagram and recalled her ‘first shot’ from the 2000 released movie -- a close-up shot that was taken at 4 am.

“I woke up this morning at 4, looked in the mirror, and said to myself that this was the best decision I could have ever taken,” the diva captioned the post.

Marking her “20 years of hard work, dedication, and selfconfidence,” she continued her note of thanks to fans.

The ‘Heroine’ actor, further thanked the director of ‘Refugee’ JP Dutta for giving her the movie, and also Abhishek Bachchan, for being the “sweetest co-star.”

Given that, Abhishek Bachchan, too, is celebrating the 20 years of his journey in the Bollywood today.

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riyanka Chopra Jonas conveyed the sweetest wish to the ‘Game of Thrones’ star Sophie Turner and musician Joe Jonas on the occasion of their first wedding anniversary.

The ‘Baywatch’ star put out an adorable picture of the muchloved couple on her Instagram Story and extended the anniversary wishes. Turner tied the knot with her beau Joe

Jonas last year on June 29, 2019. Chopra shared a throwback picture of Sophie and Joe from the day of their wedding and the picture is sure to make anyone nostalgic. Along with the picture, the ‘Bajirao Mastani’ star left a sweet caption for them which reads, “Love you both.”

Chopra, who is a part of the Jonas family, is married to Joe’s brother Nick Jonas.

Nick and Chopra tied the knot in 2018 and have been inseparable ever since.

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas & her post

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mid the rise in tensions at the Indo-China border, the Government of India yesterday took a decision to ban a certain number of Chinese mobile applications including the very popular video app, TikTok. This move by the government brought cheer to some and one of them is Malaika Arora. The Bollywood star took to social media to celebrate the ban on the video application that was used by people to create video content. Malaika was among the first to hail this move.

The diva took to social media to share a photo of the news being flashed on her television as she welcomed the TiKTok ban in India. Malaika expressed relief and rejoiced that due to the ban on TikTok, people will no longer have to see ‘ridiculous’ videos made by content creators. Taking to her Instagram story, Malaika wrote, “Best news of lockdown….finally we will not be subjected to people’s ridiculous videos.”

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amir Khan on Tuesday issued a statement and confirmed that some of his staff members have tested positive for COVID-19, while the rest of his family members have tested negative. Khan also announced that he was taking his mother for a COVID-19 test and urged his fans to pray for her test to come out as negative. The ‘3 Idiots’ star put out the statement on Instagram and said, “This is to inform you that some of my staff have tested positive.”

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Malaika Arora

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rem Bhandari had raised the issue of the fact that Law has to be for the people and have a humanitarian face through the pages of First India. He had demanded from the Foreign and Home Ministries that USA citizens of Indian origin who do not have an OCI card yet and are not allowed to travel to India on VISA or emergency VISA even in the emergency hospitalisation of a parent in India or tragic demise of a parent, should be allowed to travel to India. First India had carried the issue prominently. Tuesday was a day of achievement for Bhandari when he received the order facilitating his request, sent

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by the Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Whatsapp at 4:54 am, US time.

On Tuesday, Ministry of Home Affairs, Foreign Division issued orders that certain categories will be permitted to enter India like the minor children OCI card-

Prem Bhadari

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! It was the birthday of Rajya Sabha MP and BJP National General Secretary Bhupendra Yadav on Tuesday. He spent the day immersed in party work and refused any celebration taking into account the soldiers martyred on China border and the pandemic situation. He did make time to participate in a family puja ceremony, feed fodder to the cows and donate foodgrains and masks to the poor.

Leaders and cadre from across sent him wishes which he accepted gracefully.

holders whose parents are Indian nationals and married couples where one spouse is an OCI cardholder and the other is an Indian National.

Bhandari has won accolades and the gratitude of lakhs as the order also allows OCI cardholders who wish

to come to India on account of family emergencies like critical medical conditions of immediate family members or death.

Students who are OCI holders where at least either of their parents is an Indian citizen or an ECI cardholder.

Bhandari conveyed his gratitude to PM Narendra Modi and the Ministry of Home Affairs for such a quick redressal of the woes of the people and also to the Foreign Secretary Shringla and Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla. He also thanked Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Sigh Kharola for the support extended during Vande Bharat Mission.

Bhandari said he would continue to work for the cause of Indian nationals in the USA and raise his voice for them. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

VAN MAHOTSAV 2020

During Van Mahotsav, an annual one-week tree-planting festival starting from today in the country, City First encourages its readers to plant a sapling and take care of it!

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LIFE SAVERS

On Doctors’ Day, City First honours the Life Savers and as a part of it reached out to Doctors from Rajasthan & Gujarat. We bring you their stories of the Corona Pandemic and how they dealt with it!

SPEAKUP I am a cancer specialist dealing with lots of immunocompromised patients of cancer on chemotherapy. The severity of COVID is very high in such patients. To prevent infection with hand hygiene and Mask is of utmost importance. We try to advise them to practice social distance with at least 1 meter. We also advise them not to go outside of home except for their treatment and do it at the nearest place to home.

—DR KUSHAL PATEL Due to this current pandemic of COVID 19, people are facing many physical and mental health issues and people are quite concerned about this. So, ‘Spinex Global’ has come up, with helping out people, in this situation in two ways. Firstly, we have come up with an immunity-boosting programme, to enhance immunity, which will be very helpful in fighting the COVID situation. Secondly, we have been organizing many webinars for the last 2 months, on various medical and health-related topics. These webinars have created awareness among the general population. —DR NIRAJ BHANSALI I deal with patients with facial cosmetics and facial surgery needs. We at ‘Teeth and Face Clinic’ have incorporated face shield, thermal scanning, N-95 masks, sanitizers and use of PPE kits in our practice, and advise patients to strictly maintain social distancing, use of sanitizers and avoid roaming around without cause and report to the nearest COVID testing centers if symptomatic.

—DR ASHILESH VERMA

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WHAT’S HAPPENING!

CITY FIRST

RAJASTHAN: 18 years old Eshan Harsh from Jaipur has been invited to be the Jury of the Online Mobile Photography Contest organised by the Upcoming Photographers Official on Instagram. Eshan is the Youngest Jury member as well as the only Indian among the Jury Panel. Eshan Harsh apart from being a photographer is also a Filmmaker and Actor.

NEW DELHI: The Appointments Committee appointed new Assistant Solicitor Generals for the Supreme Court, for a period of three years. Aishwarya Bhati is the only woman among the six ASGs.

RAJASTHAN: Monika Bhati, Assistant Programmer of Medicines at Medical College from Jodhpur got an appreciation certificate by the District Collector Prakash Rajpurohit for ensuring the availability of medicines during this COVID-19 pandemic.

RAJASTHAN: Shakti Film Production is going to organise an online program, ‘Shakti Warrior Honors 2020’, under which dedicated talents in the fields of social service, social, medical, sanitation, education, administration, journalism, and environment, will be felicitated for their social work. Vishnu Tak has been appointed as the brand ambassador of this program.

RAJASTHAN: Jawahar Kala Kendra (JKK) has been continuously active through its creative programmes and activities even in the lockdown period during the COVID pandemic. JKK has announced the winners of the online competition held in the visual arts category (paintings and prints) made during the lockdown period today. The competition was organized by JKK from 1 May to 10 May 2020 for artists residing in Rajasthan.

RAJASTHAN: Tariq Naqvi from Jaipur and his family has provided around 3300 Ration kits for the needy from March 22, till date.

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K Parashar participated in a webinar organised

by Pt. Ravishankar University, Raipur, Chattisgarh where he delivered a lecture on the values of Madan Mohan Malviya’s life and their relevance today. He talked about his positive, social, moral, human, political values, amongst many others. Talking about the relevance of his point of view on media, he said, he was never inclined towards the advertisement or any other monetary aspects of the media but he always encouraged poetry writers by giving them space in his newspaper. He was Editor for various newspapers, both in Hindi and English. Malviya always believed that the most important of all the religions is Patriotism. Paternal devotion was one of the most important values of Malviya’s life. He dedicated his entire life to the nation. Even during his journey of advocacy, he did not take any charges or fees for the cases of poor and needy people, neither did he take any case where he had to lie to win, nor did he compromise with his values and principles. That’s the kind of great man Madan Mohan Malviya was and his values are relevant even today, Parashar said. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in