First India-Jaipur Edition-14 June 2020

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4,30,133 DEATHS

MAHARASHTRA 3,830 DEATHS 1,04,568 CASES

78,10,449 CONFIRMED CASES

TAMIL NADU 397 DEATHS 42,687 CASES

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GUJARAT 1,449 DEATHS 23,079 CASES

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UTTAR PRADESH 385 DEATHS 13,118 CASES —PHOTO BY NADEEM KHAN

STAR STUDDED

It is always revitalising and often soothing to look at a star-studded sky!

We as humans have always been fascinated about our Universe, galaxy, stars, planets and constellations and as we are under Coronavirus-induced lockdown, star-gazing seems to have become one of our favourite passtime!

With pollution levels dipping, as most industries are shut across Rajasthan, this stunning view of the Milky Way on Ajmer sky makes one marvel at what nature has in store!

POLITICAL MAPPING: NEPAL PM reviews Corona fight PARL ALTERS BOUNDARIES as highest spike reported India controls Lipulekh, Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and its maps show the area as part of its territory which is contested by Nepal Kathmandu: Nepal’s lower house of Parliament on Saturday passed an amendment to include a new map incorporating Indian areas of Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura in the Constitution of the country.

Nepal’s House of Representatives had on June 10 endorsed a proposal seeking consideration of a constitution amendment bill for change of country’s map after a lengthy discussion. Nepal has made offers to India to hold “diplomatic talks to resolve the territorial issue” between the two countries.

India has said earlier this week that has made

INDIA REJECTS NEW MAP, SAYS NOT TENABLE its position clear on these issues and deeply values its civilisation, cultural and friendly relations with Nepal.

After Nepal released a new political map last month showing areas like Lipulekh and Kalapani as its territory, India said such artificial enlargement of territorial claims will not be acceptable to it and noted that the “unilateral act is not based on historical facts and evidence”. —ANI

New Delhi: India said on Saturday said that it had noted Nepal’s House of Representatives passing a constitution amendment bill for changing map of Nepal to include parts of Indian territory and the artificial enlargement of claims “is not based on historical fact” and is not tenable.

External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava also said that the move is violative of the current understanding to hold talks on outstanding boundary issues. He was answering a query about Nepal’s lower house of Parliament on Saturday passing an amendment to include a new map incorporating Indian areas of Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura in the Constitution of the country.

Srivastava said the government has already made its position clear in the matter.

“We have noted that the House of Representatives of Nepal has passed a constitution amendment bill for changing the map of Nepal to include parts of Indian territory. We have already made our position clear on this matter,” the spokesperson said.

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a detailed meeting with senior ministers and officials to review India’s response to COVID-19 pandemic.

The meeting, attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, reviewed the national level status and preparation in the context of the pandemic. The meeting also took stock of the situation in different states and union territories including Delhi.

India’s count saw highest-ever spike of 11,458 cases on Saturday. The total number of coronavirus cases reported in the country now stand at 3,21,406, including 1,45,779 active

A doctor in PPE suit collects swab sample for COVID-19 testing.

cases, 1,54,330 cured/ discharged/migrated and 9,199 deaths.

A PMO release said that it was observed that out of the total cases, two-thirds are in five states with an overwhelming proportion of cases in big cities.

“In view of the challenges being faced, particularly by the large cities, it was discussed

to augment testing as well as the number of beds and services to effectively handle the peak surge of daily cases,” the release said.

The Prime Minister took cognizance of the recommendations of the Empowered Group on the city and districtwise requirements of hospital beds/isolation beds which Turn on P6

Loss of smell and taste new Corona symptoms!

New Delhi: Union Health Ministry on Saturday added loss of smell (anosmia) and loss of taste (ageusia) in the list of symptoms of COVID-19.

Union Health Ministry in its report titled ‘Clinical Management Protocol: COVID-19’ has said that COVID-19 patients reporting to various treatment facilities have reported signs and symptoms including fever, cough, fatigue, shortness of breath, expectoration, myalgia, rhinorrhea, sore throat, diarrhoea. “Loss of smell (anosmia) or loss of taste (ageusia) preceding the onset of respiratory symptoms has also been reported,” it said.

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A ‘RELAXED’ GEHLOT SPENDS THE DAY AT MARRIOTT! AFTER THE DRILL, CM EMERGES STRONGER Aditi Nagar Jaipur: After a hectic lobbying among Congress, independent, BSP, BTP and CPM MLAs for the last couple of days, Saturday was a comparatively relaxed day for a 24/7

politician and a third time Congress Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot at Delhi road (Kukas) JW Marriott hotel, where he had shifted on Friday evening to have some brain storming sessions with the visiting leaders ie KC Venugopal, Avinash Pande, Randeep Surjewala and others and also to have a first hand feedback from the MLAs. There was sense of a

‘complete satisfaction’ on the face of Gehlot after his historically successful Friday press conference and a ‘solidarity show’ of the entire Congress party, including Sachin Pilot, under Gehlot’s leadership.

This has sent a strong message amongst some ‘fence sitters’ MLAs that Gehlot still continues to be the tallest leader and no power, in Jaipur or Delhi, can oust him.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot blessed MLA Rajkumar Sharma on Saturday, when the ‘young’ leader sought audience with Gehlot. As Gehlot put his hand on Sharma’s head, Rajkumar said, “May I continue to receive your blessings always.” Rajkumar had left BSP and joined Congress years back on CM Gehlot’s direction. Later Sharma said that Gehlot is like his father and a teacher.

In fact, Gehlot has further fortified and consolidated his position and clout in front of all central leaders at Marriott Hotel, who had ‘carefully noticed’ that virtually there is no alternative to Gehlot in Rajasthan in any circumstances and a Gandhi family loyalist Chief Minister commands a complete control and respect among the legislators, irrespective of

their party loyalties.

Interestingly, late on Saturday evening, Gehlot held meeting with the thirteen independent MLAs who put forward their issues regarding their constituency.

Prior to this, indepenent MLA Sanyam Lodha, known to be close to Gehlot, had chaired ameeting with the independents, followed by Avinash Pande and then towards the night,

by CM Gehlot.

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‘To fulfil political ambitions, BJP caused economic, social damage to the nation’

Congress organised a motivational session for its MLAs and supporting party reps for June 19 RS Polls First India Bureau Jaipur: With the Congress eyeing to keep its own and supporting party MLAs motivated to vote for its candidate on June 19 Rajya Sabha Polls, a two and halfhour-long session was also organized on Saturday. The main topic of the session was the policies of the Modi government, migrant labourers, criminal mismanagement among various other topics hatched by the party. Moreover, an open interaction was also held at the end of the session.

The session that started around 12 noon

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Randeep Surjewala addressing the MLAs as CM Ashok Gehlot, KC Venugopal, Avinash Pande, Sachin Pilot, Vivek Bansal, Sanyam Lodha, BD Kalla, Mamta Bhupesh, Raghu Sharma, Govind Singh Dotasara, Mahadeo Khandela, and others listen in rapt attention.

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witnessed senior leaders like CM Ashok Gehlot, AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal, Rajasthan Incharge Avinash Pande, PCC

Chief Sachin Pilot, MPs Deependra Hudda, Rajiv Satav, Manikam Tagore, and others taking part like disciplined party workers.

Tring Tring: Phone ‘phobia’ continues in political corridors of Rajasthan First India Bureau Jaipur: The alleged poaching of Congress MLAs by opposition BJP appears to be a never-ending saga, at least till the poll day.

While the Congress may have ‘locked’ its MLAs in a hotel as a measure to ‘fortify’ it's current standing, word is that despite all the restrictions, a senior Congress leader contacted a BJP leader from Jaipur on phone.

However, the Congress leader was careful not to use his own phone, fearing that his phone could be tapped or the call detail might show the outgoing call to BJP leader, and thus he used a different number to contact the opposition party leader.

Word is that the BJP leader is associated with RSS and plays a vital role in all major decisions regarding Rajasthan and is also ac-

Vaishali New Delhi: As the plains are simmering under the summer sun and even the political quarters have become active ahead of Rajya Sabha polls, the hill state of Himachal Pradesh is facing its own version of ‘simmering heat’, and although it is more political than climatic, it does not revolve around RS polls. The political heat in the queen of hills - Shimla - is due to the recent resignation of BJP state chief Rajeev Bindal over his alleged involvement in a bribery scam.

After Bindal stepped down from the position, the opposition Congress has started demanding resignation of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur. They contend that Chief Minister, who holds the health portfolio, should step down since it is actually his ministry.

The former CM and congress party leader

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tive in UP. Although the news is out that the Congress leader has made a call, the party is now trying to decode the ‘link’ between the senior party member and BJP leader. It is believed that the members have now switched to using Whatsapp call, which is end to end encrypted.

Interestingly, the JW Marriott hotel, where the MLAs are being ‘housed’ is teeming with ‘khaki-men’ who have been deployed covertly. The jawans

have been posted in ‘civil dress’ and are keeping an eye on all those who enter and leave from the spot.

Such is the security that the MLAs’ timing of coming and leaving from the hotel is also being recorded, as is the name of the person who accompanies the MLA. Moreover, CCTV access to the doors of the MLAs’ rooms is also with the authorities to keep an ‘eagle-eye’ on the members and their movement.

Addressing the session, senior leader Randeep Surjewala said, “The past six years have been of utter disappointment and im-

mense pain and in the seventh year of the Modi government, the nation is at crossroads.

To fulfil their political ambitions, they caused

economic and social damage to the nation,” he said.

Surjewala gave six ‘fallacies’ of Modi and BJP on the completion of six years. “He sold the development pitch and claimed to bring changes in sixty months that did not come over sixty years. However, now there is 27 % unemployment while they had promised to provide two crore jobs every year.

The GDP now means Grossly Declining Performance,” he said.

The Congress leader also claimed that the Modi government has written-off loans worth Rs 6.66 lakh crore to banks.

Cong ‘tapping phone calls’ of Opposition in Raj: Rathore Jaipur: Deputy Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan assembly, Rajendra Rathore, on Saturday targeted the ruling Congress, alleging that the state government is tapping the opposition members’ phone calls in the garb of a probe into the alleged cash transfer for poaching MLAs. “By ordering an investigation by the ACB and SOG, the Gehlot government is tapping phone calls of the opposition members. I think there is no need to be worried. If the people sitting in the government have any evidence, they should disclose it,” Rathore told reporters.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday had said a complaint has been lodged with the Special Operations Group for probe into cash transfers for poaching MLAs. He had

snippets Pande holds meet with independent MLAs AICC General Secretary and Rajasthan Incharge Avinash Pande held a meeting with independent MLAs wherein the senior congressman questioned the MLAs about their constituencies. In turn, the independent MLAs assured Pande of their outright support to Congress party. CM Ashok Gehlot also held a meeting with MLAs where all other senior members of the party, including Avinash Pande, Randeep Surjewala, and Sachin Pilot were present. Gehlot informed the MLAs of the ideological difference between BJP and Congress. Moreover, the new MLAs also requested Gehlot to share his experiences with them.

Breakfast ‘gupshup session’ with Dhariwal The day started early for Congress leaders. During breakfast, UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal ‘shared bread’ with the ‘women wing’ of the party as Shakuntala Rawat and Safia Zubair joined the minister for breakfast. A little later, Meena Kanwar also joined in. The young leaders wanted to hear political stories and experiences from the senior party leader.

Interestingly, a few of them even requested a few works related to their constituencies to Dhariwal.

Meena gets ‘makeover amid poll charcha’ Jamwa Ramgarh MLA Gopal Meena received a ‘makeover’ on Saturday when on the repeated remarks of his colleagues to get a shave, the MLA finally got his three-month-old beard shaved off.

Since the day the ‘camp’ started, other legislators had been asking Meena to get the beard removed since it did not look good on him. On Friday when the MLAs were shifted to JW Marriott hotel, Meena decided to do away with his three months old ‘look’.

Vidhayakji making the most of his time One ‘Vidhayakji’ of the ruling party was overwhelmed on seeing all Congress stalwarts amid the MLAs. The MLA realized that this situation could be used for his ‘political advantage’ and thus he decided on handing ‘desires’ to the MLA. However, the MLA was not carrying any letterheads with him on which to write the desire so he immediately called his handyman, and instead of getting letterheads from his office, he got them printed in Jaipur! Once the printed material reached him, the man wrote several desires and handed them to various ministers.

Memories in the making at desert state It appears that the recent political ‘squabble’ between Congress and BJP has ‘right’ a few ‘wrongs’! well, it was after a long time that a ‘happy’ picture was ‘painted’ when two leaders from Bharatpur - firebrand minister Vishvendra Singh and MoS Subhash Garg were seen seated together in the hotel. A scene that was not easily missed by Congress leaders and soon enough Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma and Transport Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas joined the duo.

The moment was special since Vishvendra and Subhash have been at opposite ends of Bharatpur politics and have been ‘clashing’ online as well.

Tele talks between Joshi and Venugopal

Rajendra Rathore

said a huge amount of cash has been transferred to Jaipur and attempts were being made to poach the Congress MLAs ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections. The poll for Upper House for three seats in the state is due on June 19.

Rathore said the Congress government in the state is battling with internal conflict

right after it came into power in the state. He said its high command had to struggle a lot to make a chief minister.

“Since then, two power centers have persisted. There is strong dissatisfaction in the Congress Legislature Party and due to that dissatisfaction, the chief minister has to undergo fortification,” said Rathore.

—PTI

Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi and Congress’s Rajya Sabha candidate and AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal conducted a telephonic conversation on Saturday. Joshi has also been the national general secretary of the party and although all the MLAs are at the hotel, Joshi has decided to not join them since he is the state assembly speaker.

The missing minister of Pilot camp!

Minister Ramesh Meena's absence from the camp hasn’t gone unnoticed. The Pilot camp man is considered to be ‘miffed’ and even when KC Venugopal called and asked him to come, the minister refused.

Notably, Congress observer TS Singh Deo said on Saturday that Meena should have come. “I am watching everything. If boundaries are crossed then disciplinary action is also taken. His actions say he is miffed. I have spoken with Sachin Pilot on this issue and he has said there is nothing to worry about, although we have sent a report to the high command on the entire issue. On the question of Pilot traveling to Delhi, he said, “He has gone to fix the BJP.”

Thakur slowly emerging as CM choice at Shimla!

Veerbhadra Singh and his MLA son Vikramaditya, have opened a front against the saffron government in the hill state demanding Thakur’s resignation.

Interestingly, according to sources, there recently removed state BJP Chief Rajeev Bindal has the an impression that the Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, along with MoS Finance Anurag Thakur were also instrumental in his unceremonial removal and this has inspired Bindal to join anti-CM forces. So, in the coming days, the principal opposition party - Congress is likely to discover a natural ally in Bindal in their battle against the Chief Minister.

But this is not the only issue for which Jai Ram’s own party men and the opposition are disgruntled.

In fact, even the Cen-

tral leadership of the saffron party is apparently not too happy with the entire development. For some time now, Thakur’s government has been marred with corruption and its failure to provide a clean administration.

Moreover, the Corona crisis has also not been managed properly in Himachal thus painting a sorry picture amongst the masses.

And this is precisely the reason why the entire Himachal

BJP is abuzz with speculation of positioning a new Chief Minister in the state! This is so because it is believed that Dhumals, the ‘power-house’ of Himachali politics, are now exercising their clout in Delhi on the basis of their old relationship with PM Narendra Modi. It is believed that the young and dynamic minister of state for Finance, Anurag Thakur could be christened the new Chief Minister of the hillstate since

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Thakur ticks all the right boxes.

Anurag is a four time MP which means he has immense knowledge about the polity of state and centre, he has held the organisational position of President of BJYM wherein he demonstrated his political

skill and acumen and was quite popular among the youth.

Thakur is a well educated individual who presents the face of new and young India in the saffron party’s arsenal, which the party is in dire need for. He has also held important assignments as BCCI President so he knows the top level politics as well. However, the big-

Anurag Thakur

gest qualification Thakur has is that he is former Chief Minister and close Narendra Modi ally Prem Kumar Dhumal’s son and thus whether within party qualification or on the political platform, Thakur checks all important aspects.

It is interesting to note here that Thakur’s appointment could also be a manner of consolation for Dhumals since the last Assembly election in 2017, was fought on Dhumal’s name in Himachal where the man lost his seat with a narrow margin.

However, at least half a dozen MLAs offered to vacate their seats so that Dhumal could contest and win back his CM position however the

central leadership was not in favour of the idea. But now, word is that his son Anurag Thakur could be given the opportunity!

However, there is yet another think tank that believes that JP Nadda could be made the new Chief Minister, however, the position and assignment at which Nadda is right now is - as BJP national President he can not be brought down to a mere Chief Ministerial level.

And moreover, after Amit Shah’s busy schedule in the Home Ministry, Nadda is likely to have a larger role and mandate to execute party’s strategy and mandate specially in the upcoming Bihar and West Bengal assembly polls. So, all said and done…Anurag virtually emerges as the only choice for the Chief Ministerial assignment on the first available opportunity at Shimla.

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BRIEF z Sawai Madhopur:

z Mandawa: Intelli-

gence agencies have reached Mandawa to investigate the details of Pakistani spy Vikas. Agencies are investigating his bank accounts and transfers received through Western Union Money transfer. Agency sleuths visited the local bank and local money transfer outlet at Subhash Chowk along with the accused.

They reportedly have found evidence to the receipt of money in the account of one Hemant who is known to the accused who belongs from Kisari village.

z Jaipur: Drug

Controller Rajaram Sharma raided many companies selling face masks at inflated prices. Sharma and his team raided Kedia Distributor (Fim Colony), Aditya Pharma (Mansarovar), New Medicine Chamber (Film Colony), Arihant Sai Distributor (Pratap Nagar). Arihant Sai Distributor (Gopalji Ka Rasta) national Surgicals (Film Colony) Keval Sons (22 Godam), Mahesh Sales Corporation (Murlipura), Hi Tech Industrial Corporation (SC Road) and Devi Health Care (C Scheme) and found them selling face masks worth Rs 40 for Rs 160.

z Barmer: Hundreds

of people complained against a Gujarat based company M/S Dortisers Media (P) Ltd of duping them of Rs 4 crore and running away after closing their office.

The company was gave LED TV for Rs 45,000 which was to be returned at Rs 5000 per month for watching advertisement for 4 hours per day for 9 months.

Cops are on the case which is yet to be officially registered.

Dangerous spike: On Sat JDA pin their hopes for 10 die, 333 report positive revenue on PRN scheme Abhishek Shrivastav

Jaipur, Bharatpur recorded 4 deaths each, Max cases were from Jodh at 74 First India Bureau Jaipur: The state reported 333 new cases of corona on Saturday taking the total tally to 12401. 10 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours with 4 deaths each in Jaipur & Bharatpur while 2 patients from other states died taking the total death tally to 282. Maximum 74 new cases were reported from Jodhpur followed by 62 from Pali, 39 from Bharatpur, 27 from Jaipur, 16 from Sikar, 14 from Dholpur, 13 from Sirohi, 12 from Jhunjhunu, 11 each from Ajmer & Nagaur, 8 from Jalore, 7 each from Churu & Dausa, 5 from Barmer, 3 each from Alwar, Dungarpur, Karauli, Kota & Udaipur, 2 each from Jaisalmer, Jhalawar & Tonk and one each from

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A 11 year old visiting her maternal grandparents in Khandar was raped by neighbor Mukesh Gurjar.

Police arrested the accused immediately and got the minor admitted to hospital.

SP Sudhir Chodhary reached the hospital and instructed for proper treatment.

DSP Rakesh Rajora is investigating the case.

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Bhilwara, Sri Ganganagar & Sawai Madhopur along with 2 positives from another states.

The cumulative district wise tally of the corona positives on Thursday is as follows – Ajmer 415, Alwar 250, Banswara 90, Baran 62, Barmer 122, Bharatpur 937, Bhilwara 187, Bikaner 121, Bundi 9, Chittorgarh 199, Churu 187, Dausa 83, Dholpur 110, Dungarpur 388, Ganga-

nagar 20, Hanumangarh 34, Jaipur 2505, Jaisalmer 81, Jalore 193, Jhalawar 342, Jhunjhunu 214, Jodhpur 2151, Karauli 39, Kota 544, Nagaur 538, Pali 749, Pratapgarh 14, Rajsamand 166, Sawai Madhopur 55, Sikar 364, Sirohi 279, Tonk 180 and Udaipur 600.

On Saturday Jaipur reported 27 new cases.

Maximum 4 cases were reported from MLA Quarters Hathroi Fort, 2

ech from Katputli Nagar & SMS Hospital and one each from Sodala, Shashtri Nagar, Jobner House, Adarsh Nagar, Jaisinghpura, Jyoti Nagar, Barkat Nagar, Brahmapuri, Pratap Nagar, Jamua Ramgarh, Chandpole, Kho Nagoriyan, Jayanti Baar, Sanjay Nagar Bhatta Basti, Vivek Vihar, Sb Vihar Colony, Kishanpole Bazar, Mohalla Baluchiyan and Delhi Bypass.

Jaipur: Prithviraj Nagar scheme could clear all financial woes of JDA, which has been in a tight spot due to COVID crisis. The PRN scheme alone can fill Rs 1000 crore to the coffers.

State government had removed all hurdles in way of regularisation of PRN scheme in January. The government order had finalised rates for regularisation of plots for residential, commercial, institutional and marriage gardens purpose.

This was followed by regularisation camps

by JDA, which gave priority to residential plots. JDA has once again released regularisation schedule.

JDC T Ravikant wants to give priority to regularisation of commercial plots along with residential ones, so that people in that area get relief

Jaipur: Governor Kalraj Mishra held video conference with non-resident Rajasthanis members of governor relief fund.

The meeting was attended by acting director of CG Corp Global Dr Varun Choudhary, N Sugalchand Jain from Chennai, H Kesarimal Burad Jain from Bengaluru and Mofatraj P Munot.

They told the governor that they were ready to contribute for their motherland. Mishra told them that the governor house was their home. He said that helping people of the state during Corona was our duty.

Meanwhile, governor sent protection kit for tribal areas, whichincluded 5,000 masks, 3,000 gloves and 3,000 soaps for each of 6 districts in tribal areas.

‘Cong more dangerous than coronavirus’ Laxman Raghav Jaipur: State BJP President Satish Poonia has termed Congress to be more dangerous than coronavirus. He alleged that CM Gehlot is projecting himself as hero in the guise of RS polls. He said CM was trying to portray BJP and Deputy CM Pilot as villains to prove himself as an able administrator. He accused Congress of double speak on democ-

racy as it has ordered President’s rule 93 times in its political history. He accused Congress of fooling people in the name of SOG and ACB. When asked whether BJP would take legal recourse he quoted mythology and said that BJP was forgiving 99 abuses by Congress.

Poonia was on a Bikaner tour to pay respects to MLA Siddhi Kumari’s mother who expired a few days ago.

As per JDA rules commercial strips on both sides of 80 feet road. In zonal plan of JDA too commercial use has been shown for these roads.

And, a survey revealed commercial activities going on in 16 lakh square meter land, which could earn the JDA Rs 400 crore while 106 marriage gardens could give it another Rs 100 crore.

The colonies where 13000 pattas are yet to be issued, the JDA could receive Rs 250 crore. Besides, it could receive huge revenue from schools, colleges and other institutional activities.

Man writes to CM over delay in tests

Helping people of state our duty: Guv Kashiram Chaudhry

while JDA gets revenue.

However, there were several technical hurdles regarding which a meeting was recently held. JDA can get huge revenue from regularisation but it requires commitment from concerned officials. They need to get rid of mentality of putting unnecessary roadblocks and dillydallying. Also they must launch intensive campaign for regularisation of non-residential plots.

If this happens not only more than a million people in that area would benefit but there will be a good flow of revenue.

SITTING COOL AT DHOLPUR While BJP is plunging in the political battle Vasundhara Raje is in Dholpur and is expected to reach Jaipur on June 18, a day before RS poll.

FIR against jail guard for selling phones, torture

First India Bureau Bikaner: COVID has created havoc in lives of ordinary people in Bikaner. Families have been facing problems even after death of a member. For hours COVID test is not conducted after the death.

Even sample is not col-

Dust storm, rain and heat wave to prevail till June 17

First India Bureau Bharatpur: A prisoner in Sevar central jail filed a complaint to Sevar SHO Ramkishan Yadav alleging that he was constantly physically tortured by a jail guard. He filed it via mobile phone. He alleged that the jail guard has been selling mobiles inside jail.Himanshu of Ballabhgarh in Haryana has been charged with murder charge. He purchased a phone from jail guard Keshav for Rs 20,000.

He said that he had paid Rs 15,000 but Rs 5,000 were pending for which the jail guard beat him up. SHO said that FIR has also been registered.

lected for hours after death.

This happened even in a case of a pregnant woman.

Brijmohan Ramawat first called up the doctor. Then he pleaded to district collector. Finally, he wrote to CM seeking sensitivity in matters of death, seeking action.

Smriti Irani to address BJP’s virtual rally today Aishwarya Pradhan

A view of Jal mahal in Jaipur after rain on Saturday.

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Naveen Sharma

er with 42.4 degrees and Kota with 41.8 degrees Celcius. Many districts witnessed rain showers with dust storms.

Pratap Nagar and Sanganer in Jaipur received rainfall around 3 pm. Jaipur recorded a maximum temperature of 39 degree Celsius.

Jaipur: The state will go through intermittent phases of dust storms, showers and heat waves till June 17. MeT department predicted continued heat waves in Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Hanumangarh,

Churu, Sri Ganganagar and Nagaur till June 17.

Meanwhile, dust storms accompanied with showers too will continue in state. Churu was hottest place in state on Saturday at 43.1 degree Celcius, followed by Jaisalmer with 43 degrees, Bikan-

Jaipur: BJP leader Smriti Irani will address the first virtual rally on Sunday at 4 pm. The party will broadcast on all social media platforms of BJP. All party workers in Jaipur and Bharatpur will join the virtual rally through facebook/Twitter/YouTube. Party has released links to various social media platforms. The district and mandal level party workers have been trained by the IT cell to involve maximum

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14 senior bureaucrats including CS Gupta to retire this year Dr Rituraj Sharma Jaipur: Chief Secretary D B Gupta is among 14 senior bureaucrats who will be retiring by the end of this year.

Among others are chairman of revenue board, additional chief secretary (home), two divisional commissioners and secretary state election commission.

Gupta from 1983 batch is the senior most bureaucrat. Thereafter,

seniority will be decided afresh.

The retirements will begin this month, beginning with Kiran Soni Gupta who is director general of Jawahar Kala Kendra. Divisional commissioner of Bharatpur Chandrashekhar Mutha and director of women empowerment Prakashchand Pawan will also retire in June.

Four IAS officers will retire next month. Rev-

enue board chairman Mukesh Sharma who was additional chief secretary in the previous government was sent to revenue board after Gehlot government came into power.

Sanjay Dixit is commissioner departmental inquiry. He has served on this post for quite long Narendra Kumar Gupta is managing director of Jaipur City Transport Services Limited. Pradeep Board

is commissioner college education.

Only one IAS officer

will retire in August.

Ramchandra Dhenwal is director printing and

stationary.

Chief Secretary will retire in September.

Along with the CS, Madhukar Gupta who is additional secretary in the center in PSU will retire.

They will be followed by additional chief secretary home Rajeeva Swarup in October. Secretary in state election commission Shyam Singh Rajpurohit will also retire in October.

November too will

see only one retirement.

Somnath Mishra is managing director of Rajashan State Mines and Minerals Limited, Udaipur.

Similarly, in December, only divisional commissioner of Jaipur Kailashchand Verma will retire.

With so many senior bureaucrats retiring in just six months, state government will have to search for officers who can fill these posts.

possible people with the rally. There have been around 40,000 WhatsApp invitations sent for this rally. State chief Satish Poonia, LOP Gulabchand Kataria, State coordinator & central minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Deputy LOP Rajendra Rathore, co organising secretary V Satish, MLAs Kalicharan Saraf, Ram Lal Sharma, Ashok Lahoty along with other party functionaries will join the rally focusing on Jaipur and Bharatpur.

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TITTLE-TATTLE, FEAR AS COVID CURVE RISES

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fter the first coronavirus case on January 30, India took 45 days to reach 100. By March 24, when lockdown 1.0 began the figure had gone up to around 500. By May 6 the cases had zoomed to 50,000. Simultaneously, lockdown curbs began to be relaxed.

With positive cases now crossing the 3 lakh mark, overtaking Britain, the air is filled with fear and rumours.

With the pandemic situation being grim in states like Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Bihar, where Covid-19 cases and fatalities have increased at a scary pace, panic is a natural corollary.

Coupled with this is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled virtual meeting with chief ministers on June 16-17. Together these factors seemed to have spawned tittle-tattle of another lockdown. The Union government’s repeated assertion that stringent curbs put in place for three months were effective in checking the spread of the virus may have also contributed to speculations about lockdown 5.0.

As Covid-19 cases are logging a daily figure of 10,000, a message regarding total lockdown from June 15 has gone viral on WhatsApp and other social media sites. The message also claims that the Home Ministry has given hints of stopping air and train services.

In Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edapadi K. Palaniswami has denied rumours of a 15-day intensified lockdown in Chennai and some other districts from June 15 to 30 to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Reacting to a message on social media, Palaniswami said, “A message circulating on social media with my photo is a false one. Criminal action will be taken against people who circulate the false message.” The government also informed the Madras High Court that it did not implement complete lockdown in Chennai and other districts. Maharashtra has also dismissed such rumours with “Begin Again” slogan.

Despite the pandemic going out of hand in states like Delhi, Gujarat, and Maharashtra, another fortnight of the shutdown may not be the option under the consideration of the Union government which is grappling with a struggling economy. Relaxations given under Unlock 1.0 have just started showing some green shoots with demand beginning to pick up. Another lockdown would be a big blow to businesses looking tentatively at a revival after a prolonged cessation of all economic activities.

One fall-out of Delhi’s rising COVID curve has been that Uttar Pradesh has again sealed its borders. The UP government even told the Supreme Court on Friday that it will continue travel restrictions between Noida-Delhi and Ghaziabad-Delhi borders. The move may not stop cases from rising in these two border districts of UP nor Agra and Meerut, but it will certainly disrupt the lives of office-goers who will have to queue up for official passes.

A LETTER FROM MULK RAJ ANAND, RAJA RAO & RK NARAYAN K NATWAR SINGH The author is Former Minister of External Affairs of India n the mid-nineteen thirties of the last century, three young Indian writers appeared on the English literary landscape. Mulk Raj Anand’s “Untouchable” was published in London in 1935. It carried E.M. Forster’s preface. R.K. Narayan’s “Swami and Friends” appeared, also in London in the same year. Raja Rao’s “Kanthapura” followed in 1938 published by George Allen and Unwin.

All three became very intimate friends of mine.

I produce one letter from each.

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Chandigarh July 31, 1963

Dear friend,

to me that fter writing to you last week, it occurred ofs or y-pro galle me send to I forgot to ask you -proofs. page into goes it re befo e revis to even my text ible. poss if s I would just like to pass a few sentence to ce If you are reproducing the prefa to put in the Untouchable, perhaps you would like withdrew, ter Fors E.M. h original beginning whic n referred mea (I d, erne conc on because the pers gan did Mor and alive still was ence sent to) in this him if ask d coul not want to hurt him. Perhaps you than r rathe in go to g he would allow that beginnin e the quot I .” le… rkab rema the tame sentence: “The g” original beginnin of mine “Sometimes ago, I came across a book an by A Passage to India, which had been read n done, whe n “bur en, indignant Colonel. He had writt page to ed turn I ” 259. has a dirty mind: see page d the words: 259 with pardonable haste where I foun k and the “The sweepers of Chandrapur had struc . That lightcommodes lay desolate in consequence” for military sion hearted remark has earned me exclu society ever since. to India, If the Colonel thought this of A Passage ribes a desc h whic ble, ucha Unto of what will he think day in the life of a sweeper….” nning. But You will agree that this is a better begi le, and gent , itive sens g our dear friend Morgan bein t wan not do I ted. prin be to timid, did not wish it may he now aps perh But way. any to upset him in But I am not like the idea of using that sentence. use he had insisting that he should allow it, beca s in the word e his reasons for disallowing thes

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first instance.

With kindliest wishes.

Yours Sincerely Mulk Raj Anand

Mysore April 10, 1961

The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, Dept. of Philosophy, September 11, 1978

My dear Natwar,

i. I miss you hat a joy it was being with you in Delh which can ness busi no you Have you. badly, I tell bring you to Mysore? re, but now I used to be a hopeless letter writer befo to you as write to g goin I promise improvement. I am I will from hear t don’ I if and often as I hear from you, it. cred at always leave one the P.M, I want some more copies of the photo with tive of nega the preferably some that include Indira, and ate hesit d woul I this? my picture. Could you manage all is sion occa the but phs, ogra to bother anyone about phot you. k Than you. with y libert this take special and I feel I can s?

Time n usta Did you manage that piece for The Hind How did it go? theme for my I am in torment about the choice of a each day and ect subj new a next novel. I am thinking of speculation. tic usias enth of s hour rejecting it after a few ater an-e Wom the be to s seem le ptab The most acce of Malgudi!

Affectionately R.K. Narayan

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On 9th Tuesday a friend of many years passed away from multiple organ failure, at the Medanta Hospital in Gurugram. Ajay Singh was born on 15th August 1950. His great grandfather had migrated to Fiji in the closing decades of the 19th century. Ajay was educated at St. Stephen’s College.

He was a top-class journalist for many years. He was the News Editor of India Today for some time.

As Managing Trustee of the Kisan Trust in the early 1980s, he worked closely with veteran socialist leaders Mandu Limaye and George Fernandez, Biju

My dear Natwar,

ived both have been meaning to write to you. I rece in writing am I lazy your letters- but you know how . days e thes letters. But I shall one of ion. Naik Meanwhile, I send this letter of introduct is going he and bia, Zam from ent stud t is a very brigh ld go shou he back. So I thought it would be good that and see you. but the Naik is an immensely intelligent student He came er. fodd mon com s University machine want ester and sem le who one for inarsem to my graduate him. did a splendid job that was assigned to sophy I think someday he will do a work in philo that will be creative. and thank I am sure he will be happy to see you him. you for receiving Sorry I Your family I imagine is back with you. missed you in Delhi.

Yours ever, Raja Rao

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Patnaik, Karpuri Thakur, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Sharad Yadav, and Ram Vilas Paswan. Chaudhury Charan Singh treated him with affection.

He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1989 and became Minister of State for Railways in V.P Singh’s government. From 2005 to 2007, he was High Commissioner to Fiji.

At the time of his death, he was working on his autobiography.

Economic consequences of disrupted global supply chains

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or nearly three decades, global supply chains were the quiet engines of economic globalization. From 1990 to 2008, they drove the rapid expansion of trade, accounting for 60-70% of its growth. More than a decade later, however, they have stalled – and may in some areas be going into reverse.

The strain on global supply chains partly reflects the turn by many governments toward protectionist policies since the openness of the world economy peaked in 2011. And now, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a supply-shock recession. The related uncertainty may slow the expansion of global value chains by at least 35%. Indeed, world trade is no longer expanding faster than world GDP. If this continues, companies will

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reshore manufacturing from Asia and elsewhere.

It’s clear that shrinking production at firms worldwide will create a recession – and a recovery – unlike any we have seen. In outlooks for next year, the International Monetary Fund, the OECD, and other international organizations assumed a V-shaped recovery. But this narrative was likely influenced by the rapid recovery of global value chains after the 2008-10 Great Recession, a downturn that originated in the financial system, not the real economy worldwide. Given the importance of broken supply relationships in the current downturn, this recession is likely to be unique.

Firms are vulnerable in other ways. For example, suppliers affected by a lockdown impose substantial output losses on their

customers when the input they produce is specific to the customer and embodies a high level of research and development and intellectual property. In such cases, switching to another supplier is costly and slow.

It’s not surprising that pandemic-related disruptions are unique. After researching three decades of major natural disasters in the United States, Jean-Noël

Barrot and Julien Sauvagnat of MIT found that suppliers hit by a flood, earthquake, or similar event impose large output losses on customers. Indeed, when a disaster hit one supplier, firms’ sales growth suffered an average drop of 2-3 percentage points. The impact spilled over to other suppliers, magnifying the original shock.

It is also likely that this recession will generate

lower trend GDP growth.

After all, global supply chains were a major driver of productivity growth in many countries in the 1990s and for most the aughts.

The integration of Eastern Europe into the global economy after the fall of the Berlin Wall contributed not only to Germany’s recovery from being the “sick man of Europe,” but also to rapid growth in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and other countries in the region.

If the slowdown in the growth of global value chains since 2011 was already contributing to anemic productivity growth in developed countries, an accelerated slowdown, or even contraction, owing to pandemic-related disruptions, does not bode well.

In these circumstances, the only option for policymakers is to spur growth

in specific sectors, which is exactly what stimulus programs are designed to do.

In Germany, Volkswagen and other companies have pushed for a “cash for clunkers” stimulus package similar to the one that was enacted in 2009, but Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government has decided not to pursue such a policy.

It’s worth rethinking that decision. New macro models of the pandemic suggest that sector-specific stimulus may generate the largest fiscal stimulus per dollar spent. An economy in which 50% of the economy is fully shut down, as in a pandemic, is not the same as one in which all economic activity collapses by 50%, as in a depression. In a pandemic, a sector’s relationship to the rest of the economy determines the outcome.

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UP TRANSPORTED 35L MIGRANTS: CM YOGI Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday, said that the state performed a big relief exercise by transporting around 35 lakh migrants back to t h e i r homes amid the coronavirus lockdown.

Yogi also initiated the process for the cash transfer of Rs 1,000 to the accounts of each migrant labourer in the state. Rs 104.82 crore will be transferred in the accounts of 10 lakh 48 thousand 166 labour families.

Earlier, as many as Rs 611 crore were transferred to the accounts of migrant labourers.

“Revenue Department and Office of the Relief Commissioner have done a commendable job in this coronavirus pandemic. I think this is the world’s biggest relief work.

Around 35 lakh migrant labourers and workers were safely sent to their homes,” Yogi said during the event.

He said that arrangements were also

Domestic production of Remdesivir to begin soon

Migrants flouting social distance norms rush to board a bus to leave for their native place at the Delhi-Noida border on Saturday.

CONG GENERAL SECRETARY PRIYANKA SLAMS YOGI OVER FARMERS’ SUICIDE IN BUNDELKHAND New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra criticised UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the alleged suicide of four farmers and labourers in Bundelkhand in the last one week.

“In Bundelkhand, four farmers and laborers made to feed around 12 to 15 lakh people every day through community kitchens ever since the lockdown was first imposed.

“The largest number

18% GST on frozen parottas: Govt explains New Delhi: The ordinary or any parotta served by restaurant for eating there or for takeaway would be taxed at a GST rate of 5 %just like the plain roti, government sources said a day after social media users debated the government’s move to put frozen parotta on a higher bracket than roti under the GST. “It may be noted that frozen parota is pre-

served, sealed packed, branded and is usually sold at higher prices. It is not a staple item and is consumed by the class which could afford to pay taxes. Even items like cheaper biscuits, pastries, attract GST at the rate of 18%. Frozen foods cannot be comparable to plain roti or plain parota served in restaurants or taken as staple food, or eaten by poor on day-today basis,” sources said.

ANDHRA: 186 CASES

committed suicide in the last one week. In this, there were also migrant labourers, who returned from outside. UP CM and officials in Lucknow are daily talking about getting the mapping done,” Priyanka tweeted. “Sadly, these farmers and migrant labourers do not have a place in their map,” she added.

of migrant labourers returned to Uttar Pradesh. Over 1,650 Shramik special trains were arranged to bring migrants to the state. and over 12,000 Uttar

Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation buses, other private buses were also arranged to send them to their homes,” Yogi said.

Yogi also said that

quarantine centres, with a total capacity to house and feed 15 lakh people, were also set up for the screening, etc of these returning migrant workers. —ANI

New Delhi: India is soon going to have its domestic production of anti-viral Remdesivir drug, which would have safety, efficacy and stability for “restricted emergency use” on COVID-19 patients.Recently, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has given the approval to Remdesivir for “restricted emergency use” on severely ill hospitalised coronavirus patients. For this, the country’s top drug regulator is evaluating the application submitted by four domestic pharma giants who want to seek the approval to manufacture and sell Remdesivir in India.”Their applications are being thoroughly studied and examined day and night.

When it fulfils the safety parameters at the dose, India would soon have the benefit of its domestic product (Remdesivir) which have efficacy, stability and

“I am excited and honoured to be fulfilling my dream of graduating from West Point on Saturday,” 2LT Narang said in a statement on the eve of the historic occasion.

“The confidence and support of my community back home in Georgia has been deeply meaningful to me, and I am humbled that in reaching this goal, I

In this Jan 1, 2020 file photo, are seen Cricket legends Sachin Tendulkar& Steve Waugh with Vasant Raiji at his residence.

SMRITI’S RALLY WILL INCLUDE VILLAGES ALONG YAMUNA New Delhi: The residents of Chak Chila village near Yamuna river in Delhi will also participate in the virtual rally of Union Minister Smriti Irani as the party leaders have arranged for television and inverter to broadcast her address. The virtual rally of Irani is being arranged in the village in national capital by BJP’s

good governance cell leader Virender Sachdeva, who has provided prepared food packets to over 50 residents of the village for 55 days during the nationwide lockdown from March 25 to May 14. The Chak Chila village is situated in the Yamuna river from where the Delhi-Noida-Direct flyway passes by.

scoring 277 runs with 68 being his highest score.

He made his debut for a Cricket Club of India team that played Central Provinces and Berar in Nagpur in 1939.

His Mumbai debut happened in 1941 when the team played Western India under leadership of Vijay Merchant.

Former India batting great Sachin Tendulkar and Board of Control for Cricket in India paid tribute to Raiji on Twitter. —PTI

am showing other Sikh Americans that any career path is possible for anyone willing to rise to the challenge,” she said.

Anmol will complete her Basic Officer Leadership Course at Fort Sill in Lawton, Oklahoma. —PTI

5 KILLED IN MADHYA PRADESH MINE COLLAPSE MISHAP Shahdol: Five persons were killed and as many others injured on Saturday when the lime mine they were working at caved in at Pasgari area near here in Madhya Pradesh, police said. The condition of three of the injured persons is critical, said Shahdol police control room spokesman Suhail Khan. He said the incident occurred when some people were digging the lime mine under the limits of Beohari police station. “The critically injured persons have been admitted in district hospital while two others a local hospital,” he said.

Ashok Gehlot @ashokgehlot51 My heartfelt condolences at the passing away of #VasantRaiji, India’s oldest first-class cricketer & historian. His contribution to the world of cricket would always be remembered. May God give strength to his family, friends & fans to bear this loss. May his soul rest in peace.

BCCI @BCCI BCCI mourns the sad demise of Vasant Raiji.

The former first-class cricketer and historian, who turned 100 this year in January, passed away in his sleep.https://www. bcci.tv/articles/2020/ news/147288/bccimourns-the-sad-demise-of-vasant-raiji...

2 TERRORISTS GUNNED DOWN IN ENCOUNTER IN KULGAM Srinagar: Security forces killed at least two terrorists in Kulgam district of J&K.”Two unidentified terrorists killed. Search going on. Further details shall follow,” the Kashmir Zone Police said in a tweet today, having earlier tweeted that an encounter had started in Nipora area of Kulgam, adding that police and security forces

safety for ‘restricted emergency use’ on COVID-19 patients,” a senior government official told ANI. —ANI

‘Sad, concerned at captivity of these worthy leaders’

Vasant Raiji, India’s oldest first-class cricketer, dies at 100 Mumbai: Vasant Raiji, who was India’s oldest first-class cricketer at 100, died in the early hours of Saturday. Raiji was 100 years old and is survived by his wife and two daughters. “He (Raiji) passed away at 2.20 am in his sleep at his residence in Walkeshwar in South Mumbai due to old-age,” his son-in-law Sudarshan Nanavati said. Raiji, a right-handed batsman, played nine first-class matches in the 1940s,

REGISTERED LABS

New Delhi: Adar Poonawalla, CEO and Owner, Serum Institute of India (SII) announced that his firm has signed a deal with Astra Zeneca to supply one billion doses of vaccine for low and middle-income countries before the end of 2020 to combat coronavirus.

“We finally have a deal signed with @ AstraZeneca, to exclusively manufacture their product for India and @gavi countries, up to a billion doses annually. This will ensure supply and access to all Indians,” he tweeted. “Serum Institute of India is delighted to partner with Astra Zeneca in bringing this vaccine to India as well as low and middle-income countries. —ANI

WB GUV SLAMS MAHUA MOITRA

Anmol Narang becomes first observant Sikh to graduate from US Military Academy Washington: Second Lieutenant Anmol Narang will create history by becoming the first observant Sikh to graduate from the prestigious United States Military Academy at West Point on Saturday.US President Donald Trump will deliver remarks at the 2020 US Military Academy at West Point graduation ceremony.

SII SIGNS DEAL WITH ASTRA ZENECA FOR VACCINES

were on the job. A joint team of the J&K Police, 19 Rashtriya Rifles & CRPF launched a cordon and search operation.

Kolkata: After TMC MP Mahua Moitra criticised West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar for “firing BJP arrows at state government,” Dhankhar hit back and said that he feels “sad and concerned at the captivity of these worthy leaders”.

Over a viral video showing decomposed bodies being dragged into a vehicle, Kolkata Police earlier tweeted, “West Bengal Health Department has informed that dead bodies were not of COVID patients, but were unclaimed/unidentified bodies from Hospital Morgue. Legal action is being taken against persons spreading fake news.”

While tagging the post, Moitra on Friday tweeted, “Governor WB back to firing BJP arrows at state government which is handling

COVID, Amphan and migrant return smoothly all at once. A (rotten) apple never falls far from the tree.”

Hitting back at her, Dhankhar on Saturday wrote, “After being in the firing line for letting corruption cat out by revealing hydra headed corruption in panchayats- now trying to curry favour Mamata Banerjee by taking on Governor. Not the only one in such state of helplessness! Sad and concerned at the captivity of these worthy leaders.” —ANI

ON B’DAY, ADITYA THACKERAY HELPS SAVE 6-DAY OLD INFANT Mumbai: In a warm gesture on his 30th birthday, Maharashtra Tourism Minister Aditya Thackeray helped save the life of a 6-day old infant suffering from major heart problems. A Navi Mumbai man, Abdul Ansari, working as a painter, was running helter-skelter after his newborn son was detected with three blockages and a hole in the heart, necessitating immediate surgical intervention. After knowing about it through his party workers, the son of CM Uddhav Thackeray, Aditya, immediately sent a contribution of Rs 100,000 to Ansari.

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Insanity is doing the same thing again: RaGa New Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took a jibe at the Centre for extending the nationwide lockdown even as coronavirus cases continue to rise.

On Twitter, the Gandhi scion shared four graphs depicting the rise of COVID-19 cases while sharing a quote to hit out at the Centre's decisions. “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results,” he tweeted.

Yesterday also he attacked the Centre over the surge in the cases of novel coronavirus cases across the country.

On micro-blogging site, the Congress leader referring to the country having the highest number of COVID-19 cases after the US, Brazil and Russia, stated, 'India is firmly on it's way to winning the wrong race. A horrific tragedy, resulting from a lethal blend of arrogance and incompetence.'

At present, India has been placed at the fourth position among all countries in terms of the number of coronavirus cases. —ANI

Rahul Gandhi @Rahul Gandhi ‘India is firmly on it’s way to winning the wrong race.

A horrific tragedy, resulting from a lethal blend of arrogance and incompetence.’

Parts of Beijing locked down after fresh virus cluster New Delhi: Several markets in Beijing were shut down after six new domestically-transmitted coronavirus cases were reported, taking the tally to nine in the Chinese capital in the last three days, while 12 new infections were registered in other parts of China. China’s National Health Commission, (NHC) said on Saturday that 18 new confirmed coronavirus cases were reported in the country on Friday, including six domestically-transmitted cases in Beijing. Officials in

BAGHJAN GAS BLOWOUT

Exchanges between MoPNG & US DOE Vaishali New Delhi: Senior officials of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas along with the CMDs of OIL & ONGC, Crisis Management Team & other experts held detailed discussions with senior officials of the US Department of Energy (DOE) and US specialists on oil & gas disaster control on containment of the blowout & fire in the gas Well of Oil India Limited at Baghjan, Assam.

The foreign experts from Singapore also attended the meeting.

The US side shared their experience in dealing with similar gas blowout incidents . The Indian side elaborated the entire spectrum of ongoing efforts at Baghjan to contain the fire

High-quality mask made at BARC: Singh New Delhi: High-quality Face mask has been developed at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Mumbai which is affiliated to Department of Atomic Energy.

Jitendra Singh, who is in-charge DAE, said the SOP for re-use of PPE is under consideration by Health Ministry.

“One of the important achievements under Modi govt has been that we have extended activities of atomic energy to different parts of the country,” he said. —ANI

Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan

and also preparations for capping the Well, including from the perspective of preventing spread of fire and use of modern technologies to cap the well.

The US DOE and experts have broadly endorsed the steps taken so far by ONGC experts, and also the plans outlined to cap the Well.

These discussions were held as part of the ongoing India-US strategic energy partnership.

Beijing found the coronavirus on a chopping board of imported salmon at Xinfadi market.Following this, nine related people have been put into quarantine even though their test results were negative, Zhang Yuxi, head of the Xinfadi market, told the Beijing News on Friday. The sudden spike in cases in Beijing sent the officials into a tizzy as the city which was well protected from the rest of the country has not reported new cases for about two months.

Kerala puts Covid-19 rider for West Asian chartered flights

DELHI MAY GET CHINA-LIKE MAKESHIFT HOSP The Delhi government is planning a 10,000bed makeshift hospital for COVID-19 patients under a sprawling tent in south Delhi to prepare for a projected surge in cases in the city.The planned COVID-19 facility will come up at the south Delhi campus of spiritual organisation Radha Soami Satsang Beas.The campus is located near the DelhiHaryana border.

FORMER PAK PM YUSUF RAZA GILANI TESTS+VE Islamabad: Pakistan’s former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday, becoming the latest top political figure to contract Covid-19 that has claimed 2,551 lives and infected 132,405 people in the country.

Gilani, 67, tested positive after attending a hearing of the National Accountability Bureau in a corruption case.

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POWER Gallery JUSTICE R BANUMATHI RETIRING NEXT MONTH

The Supreme Court Judge, Justice R Banumathi is retiring on July 19, 2020.

CADRE OF TEJASVI RANA TRANSFERRED TO WEST BENGAL Army Chief Gen MM Naravane speaks to media during an IMA passing out parade in Dehradun on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI

‘Situation along borders with China is under control’ New Delhi: The situation along India’s borders with China is under control, Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said in Dehradun. Naravane said that the ongoing series of high delegation-level talks with the Chinese side has been followed up with meetings at the local level between the commanders of equivalent ranks.

Chief Naravane said that through the continued dialogue, it is hoped that all perceived differences between India and China will be set to rest.

“We are hopeful that through the continued dialogue we’re having, all perceived differences that we have will be set to rest. Everything is under control,” he said.

Talking about the

I would like to assure everyone that entire situation along our borders with China is under control. We're having a series of talks which started with Corps Commander level talks&has been followed up with meetings at local level b/w Commanders of equivalent ranks.

—General MM Naravane, Army Chief

situation in J&K, Naravane said that in last 10-15 days, more than 15 terrorists have been killed. “All of this has been because of very close coordination between all security forces operating in J&K,” he said. —ANI

Monsoon to hit Mumbai in next 24 hours, say IMD experts

New Delhi: Amid rising number Covid-19 cases among expatriates returning home, the Kerala government on Saturday said only people certified negative for coronavirus will be allowed to board chartered planes from West Asian countries.

The restriction will not apply to Vande Bharat Mission flights..

“From June 20, all private chartered flights departing to Kerala from Middle East countries shall only carry Covid-19 negative passengers. Test certificates must be carried by them. It applies to all flights for which consent letters were issued earlier,” Kerala Principal Secretary Dr K Elangovan said. The third phase of the evacuation will continue till August 2. —ANI

Mumbai: As the Southwest Monsoon is moving towards the southern part of the country, it would further advance into remaining parts of Maharashtra, including Mumbai, and few areas of southern Gujarat in the next 24 hours, predicted India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday.

As per IMD, the Southwest Monsoon is

on the onset line now from 18°N AS, Harnai, Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Gondia, Cham-

pa, Ranchi. Moreover, rain is also likely to batter Vidarbha in Maharashtra. —ANI

Minister should convene an emergency meeting with Lt Governor, Chief Minister of Delhi in presence of all senior officials of central and Delhi governments and municipal corporations to plan a coordinated and comprehensive response to handle the challenge posed by rising cases of COVID-19. The meeting was also attended by Principal Secretary to PM, Cabinet Secretary, Health Secretary and DG ICMR. Dr Vinod Paul, Member NITI Aayog and Convenor of the Empowered Group of Med-

ical Emergency Management Plan, made a detailed presentation on the current status and likely scenario of COVID-19 cases in the medium term.

The release said it was noted and appreciated that there have been many instances of outstanding work done by several states, districts and cities in containing and controlling the outbreak successfully.

“These success stories and best practices should be widely disseminated to provide inspiration and innovative ideas to others,” it said. —ANI

India rejects...

“This artificial enlargement of claims is not based on historical fact or evidence and is not tenable. It is also violative of our current understanding to hold talks on outstanding boundary issues,” he added.

Nepal’s House of Representatives had on June 10 endorsed a proposal seeking consideration of a constitution amendment bill for change of country’s map after a lengthy discussion. The amendment in the schedule is related to an Article concerning coat-of-

arms of Nepal.

Nepal has made offers to India to hold “diplomatic talks to resolve the territorial issue” between the two countries.

India has said earlier this week that has made its position clear on these issues and deeply values its civilisation, cultural and friendly relations with Nepal.

After Nepal released the new political map last month, India had said such artificial enlargement of territorial claims will not be acceptable to it and noted that the “unilateral act is not based on historical facts and evidence”. —ANI

The cadre of Tejasvi Rana has been transferred from Rajasthan to West Bengal on the grounds of marriage to Abhishek Gupta, a 2016 batch IPS officer. She is a 2017 batch IAS officer.

11 IRS-CUSTOMS OFFICERS GET POSTINGS

As many as 11 IRS-Customs officers, who have been repatriated from deputation, were given postings. Accordingly, Sanjay Lawania has been posted as ADC CC (AR), CESTAT, Delhi while Rohti Singla was made JC, DC Audit Mumbai ZU and S A Uma Shankar Gaud is ADC, Hyderabad CGST & CX zone. Similarly, Md shahreyar Iqbal Faisal has been appointed as ADC, Ranchi, CGST & CX zone; Meenal Bhosale as ADC DG ARM, Delhi; Shailendra Kumar Deshmukh as JC, Chennai CUS zone; Vishal M Sanap as Mumbai zone-III Cus; Ashish Mishra as Ranchi CGST & CX zone; Sachin Balasahab Sawant as JC Visakhapatnam CGST & CX zone; Md Salik Paraiz as JC Delhi and V Ramanadha Reddy was made JC Mumbai Zone-I, Cus. PRASENJIT SINGH APPOINTED AS JOINT SECRETARY, LOK SABHA

Prasenjit Singh presently PrCIT-7, Mumbai, has been appointed as Joint secretary in Lok Sabha Secretariat. He is an IRS-IT officer.

DR AJAY KUMAR APPOINTED AS JOINT SECRETARY, LOK SABHA

Dr Ajay Kumar presently Deputy Chief of Mission, Kathmandu, Nepal, has been appointed as Joint Secretary in Lok Sabha Secretariat. He is a 2002 batch IFS officer.

RUCHIKA GUPTA RETURNS TO PARENT CADRE

Ruchika Gupta, Joint Secretary at Director level, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), has been repatriated to her parent cadre in order to avail the benefit of promotion. She is a 2001 batch ISS officer.

PURUSHOTTAM TIWARY RETURNS TO PARENT CADRE

Purushottam Tiwary, Joint Secretary, Department of Heavy Industries, has been repatriated to his parent cadre on personal grounds with the imposition of extended cooling off. He is a 1996 batch IA & AS officer.

VADM BISWAJIT DASGUPTA TAKES CHARGE AS EASTERN NAVAL COMMAND’S CHIEF OF STAFF

Chief Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta, AVSM, YSM, VSM has assumed the charge as Chief of Staff, Eastern Naval Command(ENC),Visakhapatnam.

S BALAJI ARUN KUMAR GETS PREMATURE REPATRIATION, GOES TO SOUTHERN RAILWAY

S Balaji Arun Kumar on his premature repatriation from Kolkata Port Trust has been posted in Southern Railway in the cadre. He is an IRTS officer.

During the next 24 hours, heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places is expected to occur in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra and heavy rainfall is likely to occur at some places in Madhya Pradesh.

—Mohan Lal Sahu, Deputy Director, IMD Nagpur

DR J RADHAKRISHNAN IS NEW HEALTH SECRETARY IN TAMIL NADU

Dr J Radhakrishnan has been appointed as Health Secretary in Tamil Nadu. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

NILAM SAWHNEY GETS EXTENSION AS CHIEF SECRETARY, ANDHRA PRADESH

Nilam Sawhney, Chief Secretary to Government, who is due to retire from service on June 30, 2020, has been given extension to the service upto September 30, 2020. She is a 1984 batch IAS officer of AP cadre.

FROM PG 1 PM reviews... will be required and instructed Health Ministry officials to undertake “emergency planning in consultation with the states and union territories”. He also advised the ministry to ensure suitable preparations in view of the start of the monsoon season.

The present and emerging scenario of the COVID- 19 disease in the national capital was discussed and the projections for the next two months were deliberated.

The Prime Minister suggested that Home Minister and Health

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-suppressed patients, in particular, may present with atypical symptoms such as fatigue, reduced alertness, reduced mobility, diarrhoea, loss of appetite, delirium, and absence of fever.

Children might not have reported fever or cough as frequently as adults, it said.

The ministry quoting data of Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP)/ Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) portal case investigation forms for COVID-19, said that the details on the signs and

symptoms reported (as on June 11, 2020) are -fever (27 per cent), cough (21 per cent), sore throat (10 per cent), breathlessness (8 per cent), weakness (7 per cent), running nose (3 per cent) and others 24 per cent.

India’s COVID-19 count witnessed its highest-ever spike of 11,458 cases on Saturday.

The total number of coronavirus cases in the country now stand at 3,08,993, including 1,45,779 active cases, 1,54,330 cured/discharged/ migrated patients and 8,884 deaths. —ANI

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A special session was organised for the Congress MLAs ahead of Rajya Sabha polls on Saturday, at Hotel JW Marriott in Jaipur. Party’s National Spokesperson Randeep Surjewala addressed a workshop that lasted for over two hours, where he gave tips on error-free voting during the RS polls. It was also decided that mock voting would be held on June 17, two days ahead of the polls. Those present at the session included Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, AICC General Secretary and State incharge for Rajasthan Avinash Pande, RS candidate KC Venugopal, Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, Ministers and MLAs. In the evening, all present bonded over a kavi sammelan.

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SCORE A WIN! Working Together: Dr Raghu Sharma & Dharmendra Rathore

CM Ashok Gehlot sat down with MLAs to bond over food on Saturday.

Randeep Surjewala addressing the MLAs during the session.

Avinash Pande meeting Independent MLAs at his hotel room on Saturday.

Poet Sapat Saral regaling the audience with his poems.

Joginder Awana, Amin Kagzi, Mahesh Joshi, Rafiq Khan, Mahendra Choudhary and Deepchand Kharia sharing a meal.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Sanyam Lodha, Govind Singh Dotasara, Mahendra Choudhary, Parsadi Lal Meena and other MLAs during the workshop on Saturday.

Safia Zubair, Meena Kanwar, Rafiq Khan, Shanti Dhariwal, Govind Singh Dotasara, Mahendra Choudhary, Subhash Garg and Shakuntala Rawat during breakfast on Saturday.

Harish Chaudhary, Krishna Poonia, her husband Virendra Poonia and Prashant Bairwa Shanti Dhariwal, Mahendra Choudhary, Baljeet Yadav and BD Kalla.

Rohit Bohra, Harish Meena and Prashant Bairava

Avinash Pande, Sachin Pilot, KC Venugopal, Randeep Surjewala and Pratap Singh Khachariyawas in deep discussion at JW Marriott on Saturday.

CM Ashok Gehlot, Sanyam Lodha, Parsadi Lal Meena, Rajkumar Sharma and other MLAs.

Be sincere. Sincerity as a virtue is often not given due credit but I find it to be the first and most critical step in the ladder of success.

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Senior officers were asked to report regularly on the duty. Home Ministry was working full throttle even during the lockdown. The factual and grammatical errors in the bill brought on Kashmir were being rectified. It is said that there were 57 such errors in the bill that were to be corrected and the bill was to be presented to the parliament. This task was assigned to a capable officer specially summoned from the Law ministry. Later the same officer was found to be corona positive. The chain of officers in various ministries like Nir-

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man Bhawan, Rail Bhawan, Shashtri Bhawan, Krishi Bhawan, National Media Centre and Health ministry being found corona positive continued unabated.

Although there is no official list of all the infected officers in various ministries but according to an estimate, around 300 officers have turned positive. Among the seniors, the name of Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar, Vinod Pal of the Niti Ayog, Under Secretary of the Finance department Rita Mal (who sits in the North Block), Dhatwalia of PIB along with 30 other officers feature in the list. Many senior ministers like Nitin Gadkari, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Javdekar and Narendra Singh Tomar have gone for a self quarantine.

Apart from these, 6 Secretaries along with 6 Joint Secretaries are also self quarantined.

WHITE COLLAR OFFICIALS DOING DUSTING oronavirus has changed the style of functioning of senior officers. The big bosses drive themselves and carry home packed food

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Jyotiraditya Scindia

Priyanka Gandhi

Jamyang Tsering Namgyal

and water. The first thing they do upon reaching office is to dust the office, sanitize the doorknobs, tables, chairs, computer etc. Everyone resists calling the peon inside the chamber and even if they need tea, they prefer to self pour from the thermos/flask brought from home. But there are still some officers whose bossism didn’t take lessons from the might of coronavirus and they didn’t stop peeping into the junior section to check who all had reported on time. One such is a

Joint Secretary in the Labour Ministry. Later this JS along with 26 other colleagues of the ministry was found to be corona positive. With the tide of time changed now the focus of the investigation is on who all came in contact with this JS? Who came to deliver him files? Where did JS venture out?

Jyotiraditya Scindia due to the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. In any case, the by-elections to the 24 seats in Madhya Pradesh assembly are due too. Sources say that Jyotiraditya and Suresh Prabhu may be sworn in on June 26 as central ministers. This has the internal politics in the BJP on the boil with the Narendra Singh Tomar supporters are putting forth the logic that had Jyotiraditya been such a powerful leader then he should have ensured a full majority for Con-

gress in the MP assembly polls. These supporters say that the upcoming by-election results in the non-Chambal areas with no Scindhia effect will show the real BJP power in MP. But the BJP central leadership is in no mood to take any risk with Scindhia as the fate of Shivraj govt in MP hangs with him.

WILL SCINDIA BE SWORN IN AS MIN ON JUNE 26? he news is that BJP has once again started giving importance to

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CP JOSHI- WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi has not stepped out of his home for two months but remained in touch with people in his constituency.

He resolved their problem through video conferencing and gave instructions to officials. One unique initiative of Dr Joshi was to facilitate pregnant women’s benefits of a safe maternity campaign. He arranged for the free medical facility to pregnant women and provided them kits. Through his initiative, 700 pregnant women of 55 Panchayats were benefited. Dr Joshi has conducted more than 20 video conferences to connect with every panchayat of Nathdwara constituency. Even after holding the constitutional position of Assembly Speaker, Joshi doesn’t forget his constituency people at Nathdwara and feels happy to be called a grassroots worker.

Kartikey Dev Singh Jaipur: Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot once against stirred the proverbial ‘hornet’s nest’ on Saturday when news spread among the Congress and Independent MLAs that Pilot was leaving the Congress ‘camp’ at JW Marriott hotel and was heading for New Delhi. Pilot’s travel plan became trivial and every legislator wanted to know what the new development was?

The sudden information that Pilot was leaving for Delhi took everyone by surprise and legislators who could not approach the senior

Sachin Pilot

party member started making their own deductions as to why was Pilot leaving. The ‘fire’ was further fanned when it was revealed that Rahul Gandhi’s close confidante and another party leader Deependra Hooda was also leaving for Delhi.

Hooda had reached a day prior and it was largely believed that he has been sent by the Gandhi-scion to gauge the ‘political waters’ in Rajasthan.

Although it was not the first time that Pilot was leaving for the national capital from state

capital Jaipur, the timing sure raised several eyebrows. A few MLAs contested that Pilot leaving for Delhi is not a new phenomenon and the PCC Chief has been frequenting between the two cities every weekend. However, those believed in ‘conspiracies or rumours’ claimed that the deputy chief minister has been summoned to Delhi either by Sonia or Rahul Gandhi after getting disturbing feedback from the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot about the role of Pilot in an ongoing

Rajya Sabha scenario.

However there was another line of thought wherein it was claimed that Pilot has grown ‘tired’ of the ‘witchhunt’ in Jaipur and has thus reached Delhi to formally complain about the ‘issues’.

But Pilot’s Saturday visit was a bit different.

The young leader, who is known to shun his security and protocol, allowed the escort and security to accompany him to Delhi this time.

Interestingly, not in Delhi, rather in Jaipur itself Pilot has notified his dissent! Word is that Pilot delved into the finer ‘details’ of governance before senior leader KC Venugopal saying, “the bureaucracy is running the government and even the ministers are not heard.

The head of the government (CM) is running it on the policy of ‘Ekla Chalo’ (walk alone).”

Although various political ‘circles’ are discreetly watching

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BJP SILENCES ITS LADAKH MP hen the tensions between India and China due to the recent border spat were on its peak, the first time BJP MP from Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal couldn’t control his emotions and went near the LAC, inspected the situation through his binoculars and gave a statement that China hadn’t en-

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croached upon on single inch of Indian soil. After this, he participated in a TV debate and said that the Chinese had encroached upon Indian land. This wasn’t music to the BJP high command and they called Namgyal and asked him as with whose permission did he go to the LAC and then participated in the TV debate? The young MP is said to have insisted on his role as MP from Ladakh. The party made him understand that the party has deputed spokespersons to represent it in the media and he should refrain from expressing the party or government’s view directly. Namgyal’s graph is certainly down in the BJP now. It is worth mentioning that in 2018, the then sitting BJP MP from Ladakh Thumpstan Chhewang refused to contest elections citing his age, BJP had hurriedly asked his deputy Namgyal to contest without many deliberations and Namgyal won the seat as well.

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Jio lands 9th investment: TPG to invest `4,546.80 crore for 0.93% equity stake Mumbai: In an unprecedented ninth investment in Jio Platforms in seven weeks, global alternative asset firm TPG will invest Rs 4,546.80 crore in Jio Platforms at an equity value of Rs 4.91 lakh crore and an enterprise value of Rs 5.16 lakh crore, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) said on Saturday.

“Reliance Industries Limited and Jio Platforms Limited, India’s leading digital services platform, announced that global alternative

‘Piloting’ to Delhi marred with conspiracies!

Sachin’s sudden departure from Congress camp raises eye-brows, later learnt that he went to meet his mother

PRIYANKA’S NEW STYLE OF POLITICS! P Congress President Ajay Kumar Lallu is in jail from the last 20 days after the mi-

grants bus controversy.

There is visibly frustration in the state Congress and they have been apprising Priyanka Gandhi of it. They suggested that Congress should take to the streets and launch a mass agitation against the detention of Lallu.

But Priyanka said that it would be improper to come on streets during Covid-19 crisis and the better way would be to tell all poor and needy about Lallu’s detention due to taking up the cause of migrant workers while distributing food packets to them.

Now the UP Congressmen fail to understand this new style of politics and are wondering who is the real ‘Lallu’?

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Pilot’s moves, Saturday’s ‘Piloting’ ended the ‘rumours or speculations’ when it was learnt that Pilot has actually gone to meet his injured mother Rama Pilot - who had suffered a fracture in the leg a few days back. It is believed that the plaster on Rama Pilot’s leg would be removed on Sunday after which Pilot will return to Jaipur, maybe on Sunday morning or afternoon.

On the other hand, after being concerned or worried for the last few days, Gehlot camp was seen relaxed and not at all bothered about any ‘poaching’ from the Congress party and even showed no interest in knowing about the details of Pilot’s Delhi visit. There was a light mood gossip among MLAs at Marriott hotel that this time Gehlot has definitely taken ‘Pilot’s wicket’ and the result will be visible after RS polls.

Mukesh Ambani

asset firm TPG will invest Rs 4,546.80 crore in Jio Platforms at an equity value of Rs 4.91 lakh crore,” the company said. Investment will translate into a 0.93% of equity stake in Jio

Platforms on a fully diluted basis for TPG. “With this, Jio Platforms has raised Rs 1,02,432.45 crore from global technology investors including Facebook, Silver Lake, Vista Equity

Partners, General Atlantic, KKR, Mubadala, ADIA, and TPG since April 22,” the release said. Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and MD of RIL, said, “I am happy to welcome TPG as valued investors in our efforts towards digitally empowering lives of Indians. We have been impressed by TPG’s track record of investing in global technology businesses which serve hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses, making the societies we live in better.”

CONFIDENT OF VICTORY

AICC General Secretary and Rajasthan Incharge Avinash Pande is confident of Congress’s victory in Rajya Sabha elections in Rajasthan. On Saturday, Pande tweeted a picture with CM Ashok Gehlot, Deputy CM Sachin Pilot and Congress candidate for RS polls from Rajasthan KC Venugoal and said, “We are confident of winning #RajyaSabhaElections seats from #Rajasthan. We have adequate mandate, support of Independents and other parties. We have more than the required number for the majority. The BJP will face a befitting defeat in this blatant attempt to throttle democracy.”

While Chinese have again occupied our territory, important to remember list of official visits to China Pt Nehru: 1 Shastriji:0 Indira ji:0 Morarji Bhai:0 Rajiv ji: 1 Narsimha Rao ji: 1 Devegowda ji: Gujral ji:0

AHMED PATEL @ahmedpatel

Vajpayeeji: 1 Dr Singh:2 Modi ji: 9 (5 times as

PM, 4 times as CM) One of the most decisive victories ever against Chinese happened in 1967 at Sikkim border, under the Congress govt. India successfully inflicted huge casualties on enemy, drove them back & won the confidence of Sikkimese ppl. It was a befitting reply to 1962

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LINGER ON IN There is a sense of liberation in dressing up in sexy alluring lingerie and then covering it up with staid everyday clothes, City First dips into the world of lingerie.

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here is something quintessentially feminine and alluring about lingerie and when it teams up with lace, the possibilities are immense. It celebrates every shape of a woman and the wearer is transformed into a beautiful personification of womanhood.

Lace somehow exudes ideas of romance, intrigue, vintage allure and elegance.

Every woman has gone in for special lacy lingerie for her wedding and honeymoon but sensuous lacy lingerie is an everyday thing. Looking at the weather conditions one might have to opt for cotton lingerie but nowadays cotton briefs, shifts and nightwear come in a gorgeous range of wonderfully sexy stuff too!

I am not very comfortable buying lingerie online, still believe in the old ‘wear it before

you buy it’ and the sizes somehow always differ marginally in various brands. An illfitting bra can damage your breast size and also cause neck, back and shoulder pain.

Get fitted properly and choose the best that you can afford, it’s the first thing next to your skin and remember lingerie is the foundation garment for outfits. The right fitting lingerie will give you the confidence to carry off any outfit.

Experiment with different styles, if you are a fashionista, your wardrobe must contain bras from the basic Tshirt bras, sports bras to the elegant and chic plunge bras and backless bras. While most of us are content with owning a few pieces in basic neutral colours, it is time to get out of the comfort zone and try bold colours or delicate lace patterns.

Also, lingerie must always be hand washed. If you must put it in the washing machine, make sure you fasten the hooks first and use a mesh washing bag so it doesn’t get caught in other clothes.

Good lingerie is an investment, it will make you feel special, beautiful, confident and will add a spark to your romantic life too. So, go ahead and buy that saucy red lacy chemise you have been dreaming about. YOU are worth it!

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A simple and easy way of raising the immunity is eating, drinking and doing what our NaniDadi’s did!

n ‘Attitude of Gratitude, does take you to high altitudes’ said Meena at an international conference on ‘COVID19-Roadmap to Future Environment’, which was organised by St John’s College, Agra, where Meena a Reiki Master, shared techniques to cope with the current lockdown, improve life overall, and to live it 200%.

She motivated and empowered the participants by reminding

them that each one of them was unique and had come on earth to fulfil a bigger purpose. They needed to strive, use their reasoning powers, grow and become human beings. She told them that their body was their best friend and it was made up of the earth, water, fire, air and the sky.

Being made up of these elements, the body was just energy, and since energy can’t be created or destroyed this body would return to nature, so they were obligated to take good care of it physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

She shared many simple but effective ways of raising the body’s immunity which results in increased vibrations. Number one on the list was being grateful, appreciating all they had, counting their blessings and take nothing for granted. She pointed out that sometimes, ‘the little things’ were the ‘big things’ in life! Another simple and easy way of raising the immunity is eating, drinking and doing what their Nani-Dadi’s did! If they were lucky enough to have the elders around, they should respect them, and be kind to them, touch

their feet, and receive their blessings. Our tradition of touching feet is Reiki, an ancient technique listed in our Upanishads, but rediscovered and touted as an Oriental art of healing. Other techniques discussed were meditation, positive affirmations, and controlling the ‘monkey-mind’ and making it stay positive which takes a lot of practice, patience, and effort but it is worthwhile and very rewarding.

Meena pointed out that this ‘little invisible but smart virus’ was not here to kill us, especially since we were its host. The best way moving forward was to learn how to survive, co-exist, and get acclimatized to the ‘new normal’. She appealed to each one of them that in case they were infected, they should not

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YOUR DAY Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva

ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

CANCER

On financial front, you will finally get the break you have been looking for a long time but patience is all you will need. On professional front, team leaders will have to make a tough choice. You must stop experimenting with food to avoid your stomach from getting upset.

You will get the monetary support from people in whom you had no faith.

You will feel hopeful and motivated to start a new business. On professional front, you always manage to keep yourself updated and be in the good books of the important people. You are fit and fine.

On professional front, you may need to convince your boss before he/she may allow you to do things as your way. You must go for health supplement without thinking twice if your body isn’t getting enough nutrients from the food you eat. You will get in touch with relatives.

You will attract new finances because of your sheer presence of mind and few knowledge. Don’t be in hurry when it comes to your career as slow and steady wins the race therefore have patience. You must cook at home and eat to avoid any seasonal allergies or flues.

MAR 21 - APR 20

APR 21 - MAY 20

MAY 21 - JUNE 21

JUNE 22 - JULY 23

LEO

VIRGO

LIBRA

SCORPIO

Earning opportunities will rise within no time. Keep distance from people who are involved in politics all the time as you don’t know when the may start conspiring against someone who was a friend one day before.

Your family needs your attention to solve issues by talking things out.

On work front, you will get a pat on your back for the efficiency that you have shown in the office in managing things. In terms of your health, you are making a great progress and you are in better shape now. You may have to go out of budget to get something important.

You must sit and review your expenses and make sure to strategies things in a way that you can limit any new unnecessary expenditure. To avoid last minute rush, keep yourself updated with the project details by keeping a close tab on your team’s work. You will stay happy today.

It would be the best advice to stop running after money and rather focus on stabilising a good name in the new business that you have started, profits will come for sure.

You must be very alert and ready to play your best cards on professional front when the right time comes.

JULY 24 - AUGUST 23

AUG 24 - SEP 23

SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

SAGITTARIUS

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

You can expect profits from the deals you recently made in your business. You are a wise person, someone who always know what is best for everyone.

To keep yourself fit as a griddle you must take up some sports or an physical activity. You will get in touch with an old friend to share memories.

You have enough money in reserve for the unpredictable times therefore without any fear invest your time in the new endeavours.

You must aim to complete your given assignment on work front before the deadline to impress your boss and prove your mettle in the workplace.

Even if there is no boost in salary but you will keep your job for infinite times and there is no bigger security than this at current times. On professional front, do something extra ordinary to get in the limelight if that is what you desire. Health benefits will be experienced by working towards it.

Your efforts will make things work for you on professional front. Your confidence will get boosted by merely trusting your abilities. Your family is always supportive to your new ideas. You must carefully pick the food you eat as food plays a very important role in your health.

NOV 23 - DEC 22

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panic, but isolate, and nurse themselves back to health. The one thing they must ensure is that no one else gets it from them. That is our duty to each other as human beings since we are in this together.

Meena participated as a keynote speaker in another International conference -Psychological Well-Being & COVID-19: An internal Journey earlier in May, where she motivated the Delhi University students. Locally in New Jersey, she co-presented a webinar titled: Complementary Medicine-Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Reiki, and Yoga.

In all the talks, the audience was encouraged to dream big and reach for the stars, but also that ‘Dreams work, only if they did’ and that the ‘journey ahead was not going to be easy, but would be worthwhile’ She ended her talks with a gentle reminder to everyone to “Never stop doing little things for people because sometimes those occupy the biggest part of their hearts” Meena is a Reiki Master and loves to make time and practice her passion of helping others after a full day of work. She was awarded the New Jersey State Community Service Award for her volunteer work with Helping Hands Pantry, Trenton Soup Kitchen, and as a Hospice volunteer with Penn-Medicine. She is a Medical Technologist by profession and works at the New Jersey Department of Health as the Training Coordinator and Hospital Laboratory Liaison for the Office of Disaster Resilience.

DEC 23 - JAN 20

JAN 21 - FEB 19

FEB20 - MARCH 20

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Striking a BRIGHT SMILE!

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im Kardashian and Kanye West are blessed with four children. The doting mother of four has been looking after her little munchkins throughout the lockdown and is making the most out of her time with them. With Kanye West being busy making new music, Kim Kardashian has been spending most of her time with the kids. Recently, she took to her Instagram and shared a picture of her children gushing over them.

The adorable picture shared by Kim Kardashian shows her four children, North West, Chicago West, Psalm West, and Saint West posing in

Celebrating

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or any star in Bollywood, their debut film is extremely important and special. Speaking of this, Kiara Advani, the star of films like ‘Kabir Singh’, ‘MS Dhoni: The Untold Story’ and more, made her debut 6 years ago in a film titled ‘Fugly’ starring debutantes Mohit Marwah, Vijender Singh and Arfi Lamba. The film was helmed by Kabir Sadanand and produced by Akshay Kumar. Recently, the film clocked in 6 years, Kiara thanked Akshay and team of Fugly for the wonderful launch.

Taking to Instagram, Kiara shared a couple of photos from the film and penned a sweet note of thanks to the team of Fugly including Akshay, Jimmy Shergill and all her co-stars.

Her insta post..

One of the photos Kiara shared was from the launch of the trailer of the film and the other one, was a still from the song of the film. The Kabir Singh star reminisced the old days when she shot for her first ever Bollywood film and thanked Akshay for making her a part of it.

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ARBI SATAY

he Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling shared a controversial transphobic post on Twitter, which caused a huge storm on the social media platform. The film, Harry Potter’s lead actor Daniel Radcliffe, reacted to J.K. Rowling’s transphobic tweet, stating that trans women are women. Now, one of the actors from the world-renowned Harry Potter franchise, Bonnie Wright aka Ginny has shared a powerful message on her Twitter account saying, “If Harry Potter was a source of love and belonging for you, that love is infinite and there to take without judgment or question.

Transwomen are Women. I see and love you, Bonnie x.”

Even actress Katie Leung aka Cho Chang from the blockbuster Harry Potter films responded to the JK Rowling controversy.

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Kareena Kapoor Khan

METHOD FOR SATAY 

Grate or mash boiled Arbi.

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Heat 2 tsp oil in a pan and sauté onions , capsicum , carrots till soft. Add this mix to boiled Arbi.

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FOR PEANUT SAUCE

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Arbi – boiled and peeled – 250 gms

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Peanut – roasted and coarsely crushed – 3 tbsp

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water-1/3 cup

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Onion – finely chopped -1 no

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Red Thai curry paste – 3 tbsp

garlic -2 cloves (optional)

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Hara dhania – chopped – 2 tbsp

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soy sauce-2 tsp

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Carrot grated – 4 tbsp

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Capsicum – finely chopped – 1 no

brown sugar-2 tbsp

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Lemon juice -1 tsp

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Fresh bread crumbs – 1 cup

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Corn flour -1 tbsp

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Salt to taste

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Oil- 2 tsp for sauté and more for Pan fry.

one frame. All the four kids are striking a bright smile and Kim Kardashian can’t stop gushing over them. “My whole heart,” she wrote alongside the cute picture. The beauty mogul seldom shares pictures of her kids and whenever she does, it definitely takes away the cake.

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ette with her hair tied up in a high bun. As she readied herself for her workout session, Kareena posed for a selfie in which she was seen nailing her signature pout. The ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ star took a dig at herself for pouting at least 100 times a day and revealed that she feels that her lips are the part of the body that workout the most.

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INGREDIENTS FOR SATAY

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Storming the Social Media

SWEATING IT OUT

ctress Kareena Kapoor Khan is among the most popular stars in Bollywood. Kareena is known not just for her acting but also for her love for fitness and fashion.

Amid the lockdown, Kareena has been working out at home. With the restrictions being eased out, she has been seen sweating it out in her building compound by jogging. Kareena began the day on a healthy note with her workout session and even shared a selfie on social media. However, her signature pout was back and this time, she hilariously trolled herself for it.

Taking to Instagram, Kareena shared a selfie in which she was seen clad in a black sports bral-

Kim Kardashian

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fresh dry roasted peanuts (unsalted)-1 cup

tamarind paste/ lemon juice 2 tbsp ta

Add Red Thai curry paste, peanuts , hara dhania , lemon juice and salt to above mixture.

Mix well.

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Take a golf sized ball of mixture and shape into small fingers.

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Make corn flour slurry by mixing corn flour in 4 tbsp water.

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Spread bread crumbs on a plate.

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Dip Arbi fingers in cornflour slurry ( take care not to drown them in it ) and then roll in breadcrumbs

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Shallow/ pan fry in heated oil

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Insert a satay stick in each finger and serve hot with peanut sauce.

FOR PEANUT SAUCE

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red chili powder 2 tsp

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Gather all ingredients and place in a blender.

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coconut milk-1/3 cup

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Churn to a smooth paste.

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Adjust consistency of sauce with coconut milk.

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Salt to taste

Bonnie Wright

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Be cautious while adding salt as Soy sauce is high in salt content.

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Arbi satay can also be shaped like balls and deep fried. In that case, mix 2 tbsp bread crumbs in the dough.

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Can coat Arbi satay with poppy seeds before frying.

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Red Thai paste can be bought from the market or can be homemade ( recipe below).

RED CURRY PASTE 

Dry kashmiri red chillies , soaked in warm water for 10 minutes and drained-10 whole

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Hara dhania with stems – 2 stalks

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Dhania powder -1 tbsp

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Jeera powder -1 tsp

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Onion -chopped -1 no

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white pepper powder- 1 tsp

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Garlic cloves -4 no

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Salt to taste

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Galangal -1 inch piece

METHOD

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lemongrass stalks -2 no

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Kaffir lime leaves – chopped -6 no

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Grind all the ingredients to a fine paste in a blender, using little water.

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reams is not what you see in sleep, it is the thing that doesn’t let you sleep.

TikTok star baba Jackson from Jodhpur won a prize money of 1 crore rupees and again proved this quote by his dedication towards his talent.

His family was astonished after hearing about this.

These days people are objecting TikTok and uninstalling this app but side by there are many people and stars who are creating a superb entertaining content.

One of them is Yuvraj Singh, “Baba Jacktion” who is very famous for his dance moves like Michael Jackson.

The competition “Entertainer no.1” was organised by Flipkart and was hosted by Varun Dhawan.

This virtual reality show was of eight weeks and was started to entertain people during this lockdown. There were eight challenges in this

RAJASTHAN: As a part of an online chat show ‘Keeping It Real with Ramona- Real Conversations with Real People,’ Jaipur-based Educator and Writer, Kartik Bajoria was interviewed by renowned Life Coach Ramona Jind, where they discussed Kartik’s battle with Smoking, Cancer, Career, and all of which have led him to become a happy person. The series aims to use the experiences of people to inspire young people.

competition, and Baba Jackson was announced as the winner by Varun Dhawan.

Dhawan also tweeted about him saying, “India’s first Entertainer no.1 is Baba

UNIQUE GIFT!

Jackson on Flipkart. He has won 1 crore rupees. I congratulate him”.

I Am Afraid I’m afraid of reading newspapers It’s full of numerous shameful crimes.

Rapes, murders, kidnapping are published daily And the whole system works as a mime.

WRITTEN BY: CHANDNI TRIPATHI I’m a girl, a daughter, a mother, a sister, a wife Still afraid of every guy in my life.

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he new Chief Secretary of Kerala, Dr Vishwas Mehta was filled with the excitement when he was presented a unique gift by the Chief Post Master General of Kerala. The gift included an attractive postage stamp, issued by the postal department of India on the rare flower of Kurinji and a set

of photographs of Dr Vishwas Mehta with it, as a personal gift to him.

The postage stamp of Kurinji, an attractive rare purple flower of blue color, is found in southern India. It is noteworthy that Dr Vishwas Mehta is a native of Dungarpur town in Udaipur division of Southern Rajasthan.

—City First

I’m afraid of walking alone on the road In the break of night.

Few roadside dogs hanging their tongues Are there to bark and bite.

I’m afraid of wearing my favourite dress People warn me not to wear.

They say it’ll titillate them Will make them approach and tear.

RAJASTHAN: In the memory of Bharat Ratna Madan Mohan Malviya, Mahamana Malaviya Mission (MMM), Jaipur, organised a ‘Dry Ration Kit Distribution’ program for needy people at Bari ka Bas village, Jaipur, on Saturday, where more than 100 ration kits and 100 homemade masks were distributed amongst the needy people.

I’m afraid of being a girl Even afraid of being a bride.

I’ve to tolerate rape, molestation, Dowry system and female feticide.

India is my country All Indians are my siblings.

Still we’re raped, teased, molested Every day, night and evening.

Don’t compare me to minorities or handicapped I don’t want any reservation.

All I need is safety and dignity A girl’s well being and her preservation.

HAPPY B’DAY!

IAS Shailee Kishnani (top) and IPS Dr Raviprakash Meharda celebrated their birthday on 13 June, Saturday. We wish them all the best!

GUJARAT: During the fight against the pandemic, Founder of Youth Nation NGO, Veekas Champalal Doshi, donated 2 Disinfectant Tunnels, at SMIMER hospital and Ankleshwar, respectively.

RAJASTHAN: To encourage the Corona warriors, Jaipur Catholic Society in collaboration with HCL Foundation and Caritas India, distributed goods worth Rs 40 lakh including PPE Kits, masks, sanitizers and soaps, at various government hospitals of the city on Saturday.

RAJASTHAN: As a part of the ongoing ‘Online Learning – Children’s Summer Festival, an online learning session on ‘Theatre’ was conducted by theatre artiste, Dr Sayeed Alam, where he discussed how to write a story, stagecraft, qualities of a playwright and much more.

RAJASTHAN: With a rare blend of Indian, British and Mughlai dishes, prepared at home, Uncle Nibolson’s Kitchen has been catering to people with their wonderful food recipes. With the passing legacy, Manoj Edwin is now keeping the traditional cooking alive with his dishes replete with rich flavour and rare aroma.

GUJARAT: In the wake of the COVID-19 epidemic, a Surat-based NGO Hope has been distributing food amongst the needy people. The founder of Hope, Jignesh Gandhi shared that approximately 6000 people are being provided with the food daily.