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WORLD

4,33,904 DEATHS

MAHARASHTRA 3,950 DEATHS 1,07,958 CASES

79,39,941 CONFIRMED CASES

TAMIL NADU 435 DEATHS 44,661 CASES

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DELHI 1,327 DEATHS 41,182 CASES

RAJASTHAN

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GUJARAT 1,478 DEATHS 23,590 CASES

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Corona peak in India may arrive mid-Nov, paucity of ICU beds, ventilators likely: Study New Delhi: The peak stage of COVID-19 pandemic in India has been delayed by the eightweek lockdown along with strengthened public health measures and it may now arrive around mid-November during which there could be a paucity of isolation and ICU beds, and ventilators, according to a study.

The study conducted by researchers from an Operations Research Group constituted by ICMR said the lockdown shifted the peak of the pandemic by an estimated 34 to 76 days and helped bring down the number of infections by 69 to 97 per cent thereby allowing time for the healthcare system to shore up resources and infrastructure.

In the scenario of intensified public health measures with 60 per

A doctor in PPE suit collects swab sample for COVID-19 testing at PHC, in Gurugram.

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cent effectiveness after lockdown, the demand can be met until the first week of November. After that, isolation beds could be inadequate for 5.4 months, ICU beds for 4.6 and ventilators for 3.9 months, projections by the health researchers showed.

However, this shortfall is estimated to be 83 per cent less than what it could have been with-

out the lockdown and public health measures.

With sustained government steps at increasing the infrastructure and different pace of epidemic in different regions, the impact of unmet need can be reduced.

If the coverage of public health measures can be increased to 80 per cent, the epidemic can be mitigated, the researchers stated.

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‘Centre, state will have to work jointly to tackle Corona in Delhi’ New Delhi: Amid rising concern over the rapid growth of the novel coronavirus cases, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday held a meeting with Delhi LG Anil Baijal, CM Arvind Kejriwal, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and others to discuss the situation in Delhi.

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Sushant Singh Rajput

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SHAH TRANSFERS 4 IAS TO DELHI Union HM Amit Shah on Sunday ordered immediate transfer of four IAS officers to Delhi govt and attachment of another two from the Centre to help the national capital fight the coronavirus pandemic. These are Awanish Kumar & Monica Priyadarshini, Gaurav Singh Rajawat & Vikram Singh Mallik. Two other senior IAS officers are SCL Das and SS Yadav from the central government.

CONFIRMED CASES

UTTAR PRADESH 399 DEATHS 13,615 CASES

Television-turned-Bollywood actor, Sushant Singh Rajput’s sudden and untimely death came as a shock on Sunday.

The actor was found dead at his Mumbai residence. Confirming suicide, the police said no suicide note was found.

The actor was 34. According to reports, it is believed he was suffering from depression and was consulting a psychiatrist for the last six months. His death shows the importance of mental health and why it needs to be taken more seriously. Bollywood and sports fraternity, politicians and fans from across the country mourned the demise of the versatile actor, who graced the silver screen with a variety of commendable performances. PM Modi, HM Amit Shah, CM Ashok Gehlot and other politicians condoled Sushant’s demise.

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India won’t compromise on national pride: Singh New Delhi: Amid a standoff with China on Ladakh border, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday that India will never compromise on its ‘national pride,’ asserting that its security capability has risen and it is no longer a “weak” country.

Speaking at a virtual ‘Jan Samvad’ rally for J&K, Singh also assured the Opposition that Central government will not keep Parliament or anyone in dark about developments on border. “I want to assure that we will not compromise with national pride un-

der any circumstance.

India has become strong in its national security.

India is no longer a weak India. Our strength has risen. But this strength is not meant to frighten anyone. If we are increasing our strength we are doing so to secure our country,” Singh said.

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EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.5 STRIKES NEAR BHUJ IN GUJARAT & KATRA IN JAMMU & KASHMIR

SPITTING IN PUBLIC PLACES INCREASES RISK OF COVID-19 SPREAD: HEALTH MINISTRY

Ahmedabad: An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck near Bhuj in Kutch district in Gujarat on Sunday evening. The National Center for Seismology said the epicentre of the earthquake was 118 km north-northwest (NNW) of Rajkot at 8:13 pm. No injuries or damage to properties have been reported so far. Minutes later, a 2.9 magnitude tremor was recorded 90 km east of Katra in Jammu and Kashmir, according to the NCS.

New Delhi: In order to spread awareness regarding COVID-19, Union Ministry of Health on Sunday asked people not to spit in public places as it increases the risk of spread of the fatal virus.

“Spitting in public is dangerous to health as it can amplify the risk of COVID-19. Do not spit in public places,” the Ministry tweeted. Earlier, some of the states had made spitting prohibited while imposing fines.

Rajasthan to help neighbouring states in Covid war: Gehlot  5000 samples from Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Gujarat to be tested in state, CM directs officials  He also directed Collectors to let MGNREGA workers to return home before 11 AM if their day task finishes

Naresh Sharma Jaipur: Realising that while Rajasthan is faring well in combating Corona, its neighbouring states are in dire need of additional help, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday announced to allow Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Gujarat to get their samples tested in Rajasthan.

These states could get upto five thousand tests done in a day in the state.

AN OFFICIAL AT CMO TESTS +VE The private secretary of an official posted at the Chief Minister’s Office, tested COVID-19 positive on Sunday, CMHO,Jaipur, Narottam Sharma conformed the news.

Samples of about 14 people who came in contact with the patient, have also been taken.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot unveiled the mural of Jain Shwetambar Terapanth Acharya Mahapragya made by craftsman Rajesh Bhandari.

“Saving lives amid Corona pandemic is the utmost priority of Rajasthan government. At the beginning of Corona pandemic our testing ability was zero which has substantially increased to fifteen thou-

sand tests per day. In this hour of crisis, we are eager to support neighbouring states in getting their tests done in Rajasthan,” Gehlot said while holding a high level review meeting on Corona infection.

The chief minister observed that Rajasthan has remained vigilant since the beginning and the situation in the desert state is under control due to regular testing, monitoring of high risk individuals and regular screening in homes.

“It has come to light after Unlock-1 that people are not following the health protocol properly. Along with saving lives, economy is also important hence the lockdown has been lifted.

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The Jaipurites woke up to a cloudy morning on Sunday, with partly-dark clouds hovering over the city’s skyline playing hide and seek with the Sun all through the afternoon.

As people wait for some rain relief, the IMD has forecast strong winds along with thunderstorm in Jaipur, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Alwar, Ajmer, Banswara, Bundi, Baran, Chittorgarh, Dungarpur, Jhalawar, Kota, Tonk, and Udaipur during the next 24 hours.

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D.El.Ed canditates can apply online First India Bureau Jaipur: Due to the efforts of Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasara, candidates will from Monday onwards, be able to apply online for the competitive examinations to be held for admission in the twoyear long teacher education course (Diploma in Elementary Education).

Dotasara informed that it will enable a large number of youth in the state to become teachers.

The D.El.Ed. examination will be held across the state on August 30.

Officers at various levels have been instructed to make arrangements for the same.

Dotasara said that two-year long Teacher Education Diploma is mandatory for the recruitment of Teacher Level I in the Elementary Education De-

partment.

The exam is conducted under the Higher Education Department. It was successfully conducted in 2019 under the guidance of Dotasara.

The Education Minister extended his best wishes to the students for the examination.

Dotasara has also instructed the authorities to execute various arrangements related to conducting the examination, in addition to preparing for receiving online application for the same.

Gearing up for a new role in admn reshuffle!

I OFF THE t is almost certain that whenever the long pending administrative overhaul takes place, at least a dozen and half District Collectors will then be transferred. The overdue transfer list will include the names of those Collectors, who are either stationed at the same posting for a long duration or are involved in any controversy and those who are due to be promoted as Secretary in a 6 months’ time.

The first list by the present Gehlot government had 15 young IAS officers posted as District Collectors, who are still deputed on the same posts. It is almost certain that the most of these officers deputed in the December 25, 2018 transfer list, will be relocated.

The District Collectors, who have been

posted at the same place for 18 months are – Dinesh Kumar Yadav – Nagaur; Anandi – Udaipur; Inder Singh Rao – Baran; Rajendra Bhatt - Bhilwara; Zakir Hussain – Hanumangarh; Kumar Pal Gautam – Bikaner; Prakash Rajpurohit – Jodhpur; Inderjeet – Alwar; Vishwamohan Sharma – Ajmer; Shiv Prasad Madan Nakate – Sri Ganganagar; Sandesh Nayak – Churu; Siddarth Sihag – Jhalawar; Namit Mehta – Jaisalmer; Avichal Chaturvedi – Dausa and Arvind Poswal – Rajsamand.

Some of them might be removed from the districts and given administrative jobs, while some might be shifted to new districts. There are half a dozen HOD posts lying vacant in Jaipur waiting to be taken over. Dinesh Ku-

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mar Yadav, Anandi, Kumar Pal Gautam, Indrajeet, Vishwamohan Sharma and Arvind Poswal can look forward to an elevation.

Churu Collector Sandesh Nayak is certain to be transferred after the Rajgarh incident. There are 15 districts including Jaipur, where the Collectors are yet to finish a year in office and they certainly need more time to effectively handle the affairs in their districts so the chances of their transfer are minimal. These districts can be identified as Jaipur, Sawai Madhopur, Kota, Ban-

swara, Sikar , Dholpur, Karauli, Chittorgarh, Jhunjhunu, Bundi, Barmer, Sirohi, Bharatpur, Dungarpur and Pali.

But the District Collectors, who might be transferred due to other reasons include that of Kota, Bharatpur, Jhunjhunu and Banswara.

3-4 collectors have been posted at Bharatpur, Kota & Barmer during the current govt.

Collector Bharatpur has been shunted 4 times due to Minister Vishwendra Singh. His confrontation with Arushi Malik made the media headlines. Muktanand Agrawal was

transferred from Kota in 9 months due to zero wavelength with Minister Shanti Dhariwal.

Minister Harish Chodhary had collector Anshdeep removed within 6 months of posting.

Now the news is that the Minister isn’t happy with existing collector Vishram Meena as well.

The 2005 batch IAS officers, Jogaram and Dinesh Kumar Yadav are posted as Collectors currently and are due to be promoted as Secretary in 2021, so they might find a change in the upcoming list.

This boils down to the fact that now IAS officers from 2006 batch onwards, can be deputed as Collectors. Only two out of 14, 2006 batch IAS officers are existing Collectors, while only 6 out of 21 IAS officers of the 2007 batch, have this privilege. The 2014

batch IAS are still due to be deputed as District Collectors & Bharti Dixit & Ashish Modi are firm contenders from this batch. The important task is to search for those efficient IAS from 2006 – 2014 batches, who can effectively handle the districts in the changed scenario in the post Covid-19 phase.

This certainly isn’t the time for political postings. One very crucial fact is that in current times, the young IAS don’t relish the post of Collector for more than 3-4 districts. Either, they themselves get fatigued or the government stops deputing them in the field. Will anybody in this era believe that former IAS Srimant Pande was District Collector of nine districts and Hemant Gera handled seven districts during his luminous career.

TACKLING CRISIS ONLINE

The ABCD of thwarting Corona challenges by IT & Communications Vishal Jaipur: Today Rajasthan has set an example for other states on how to fight the Covid-19 crisis. The neighbouring states must learn from the measures taken by Rajasthan government.

The entire government machinery, under the able leadership of CM Ashok Gehlot, has been working round the clock for the past twoand-a-half months. A major part of the daily battle has not just been preparedness but also creating awareness, among the people regarding precautions, symptoms, dangers etc for the state to win this battle.

The onus for this major task was on the shoulders of Principal Secretary (IT) Abhay Kumar and he undertook the responsibility of ensuring the mandate of the Chief Minister with aplomb. The Rajasthan IT & Commu-

nication department has taken and continues to take many steps to meet the challenge headon. The department has been working on a fourpronged strategy. Part A was the establishment of Single Point of Contact (SPoC) for quick dissemination of information and complaint redressal. Part B was, the provision of video conferencing for face-to-face discussions for quick solutions. The smooth functioning of websites & Apps dedicated to Covid-19 and CM Relief Fund was part ‘C’ of this critical work plan while the arrangement for various Apps, social media coverage and Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) for the residents/migrants during the crisis coming a close part ‘D’.

All four held equal priority for Abhay Kumar.

Covid-19 War Room The decision to set up a state-level War Room was taken on March 20 by the Chief Minister

idifo.rajasthan.gov.in has been the unified platform for viewing all the orders/directions/press releases by all the departments during the crisis.

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and it started functioning in all alacrity under overall supervision of Kumar from March 25 onwards on a 24x7 basis.

In order to be SPoC (Single Point of Contact) during the Covid-19 crisis the War Room has a dedicated team to coordinate between different departments and agencies of the state and Centre.

Two RAS and RPS officers man the war room at all times.

Rajasthan Sampark 181-Helpline Rajasthan Sampark

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(181 Helpline) was set up by the IT & Communications department in 2013 as Integrated Call Centre and was inaugurated by CM Ashok Gehlot. The Helpline since then has been the single window for the people of Rajasthan to contact/ complain about various departments/agencies in the state. During the current crisis this helpline has been successfully working as the dedicated helpline for Covid-19.

Due to the restric-

tions on personal interaction/travel during the Coronavirus-induced lockdown, Video Conferencing (VC) was the most convenient mode of face to face communication. The IT & Communications department has expanded this facilities right up to the Gram Panchayat level to facilitate faceto-face communication with Panchayat level personnel and public representatives. Apart from existing VC nodes, new VC nodes at State War Room, SMS Hospi-

tal, State Institute of Health & Family Welfare (SIHFW) etc were set up apart from the VC hardware needed for communication. So far during the Covid-19 crisis CM has used the VC facility to communicate with the Prime Minister, other states and district level officers 65 times.

There have been 796 VCs so far between various state level officers and the district level officers.

Operation of Covid-19 website www.cov-

Website & App for CM Relief Fund In order to manage all the requirements regarding food, medicine, shelter etc, a dedicated website www.cmrf.rajasthan.gov.in and an App is there to coordinate with Bhamashah/ Capable Individuals/ Institutions to contribute to the cause.

Apart from all this the IT department is conducting important surveys through Rajconnect App. The Epass App for mandis for farmers to move around to sell their produce and the mobility pass through RajCop Citizen App helped the common man to complete essential work during the lockdown.

The Web portal www. corona.rajasthan.gov.

in and RajCovidInfo App are available to all stakeholders to form their own strategies.

E-Bazaar App was specifically designed to connect consumers and retailers during current crisis.

Abhay Kumar understood the importance of social media in this battle and the department used various social media platforms effectively to disseminate information about various govt orders/ guidelines to combat corona spread among common people using graphics, info graphics and videos.

Some innovations like Facebook Chatbot making links easily accessible and Rajconenct Jio Chat channel made the entire project more interactive and beneficial for all.

Department also stepped in to ensure that DPT through Jan Aadhaar platform was done smoothly.

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brigade’ - Indraj Gurjar, Prashant Bairwa and Vijaypal Mirdha were seen together in the hotel at breakfast on Sunday. While the trio were included in their talks, Nawalgarh MLA Rajkumar Sharma joined them and was surprised to learn that the MLAs were discussing his pic with CM Gehlot blessing Sharma. The MLA smiled but did not say anything.

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long time that the ‘team’ of Shanti Dhariwal and harish meena was seen sitting on one table.

There was a time, when Dhariwal was Home Minister and Meena was DGP and they could be seen working together and during breakfast, it was a scene straight out of the past, albeit Meena has now become a MLA.

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Kalla’s Yoga class was hot topic of discussion among the Congress leaders.

Kalla woke up at 5 AM and indulged in meditation in the gardens of the hotel followed by Yogasanas.

He even instructed the MLAs on various yoga poses and told them of their benefit.

Moreover, Kalla even informed them of the correct way to do ‘Surya Namaskar’.

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camp has presence of not one or two but five former student union leaders. Dr Raghu Sharma, Mahesh Joshi, Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Mahendra Choudhary and Dr Rajkumar Sharma have been active in politics right from their College days.

On Sunday the two ‘stars’ of Congress party - Raghu - Mahesh - being the eldest of the lot, shared their experiences and tactics.

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iladi Lal Bairwa made everyone laugh at the breakfast with his one liners and political satire on the current situation. His take on the BJP leaders running helter-skelter after complaint to SOG was the most appreciated by the MLAs who thronged to his table to listen to his quips.

State reports 10 deaths, Irani, Poonia hail PM for his contribution in corona war 293 new cases on Sunday Aishwarya Pradhan

First India Bureau Jaipur: State reported 293 new cases of corona on Sunday taking the total tally to 12,694.

10 deaths were reported in last 24 hours, 6 deaths in Jaipur, 2 in Bharatpur while 1 each in Pali & Sri Ganganagar, the toll to 292.

61 new cases were reported from Bharatpur followed by 44 from Dholpur, 30 from Jodhpur, 27 from Jaipur, 19 from Sirohi, 14 each from Nagaur & Pali , 12 each Alwar & Sikar, 11 from Barmer, 9 each from Ajmer & Bikaner, 4 each from Dausa & Jhunjhunu, 3 each from Bhilwara, Karauli, Sawai Madhopur & Udaipur, 2 each from Chittorgarh, Churu & Hanumangarh and 1 from Kota, 4 cases were from other states.

The cumulative dis-

Security guard outside a mall in Jaipur screening visitors.

trict wise tally on Thursday is as follows – Ajmer 424, Alwar 262, Banswara 90, Baran 62, Barmer 133, Bharatpur 998, Bhilwara 190, Bikaner 130, Bundi 9, Chittorgarh 201, Churu 189, Dausa 87, Dholpur 154, Dungarpur 388, Ganganagar 20, Hanumangarh 36, Jaipur 2532, Jaisalm-

er 81, Jalore 193, Jhalawar 342, Jhunjhunu 218, Jodhpur 2181, Karauli 42, Kota 545, Nagaur 552, Pali 763, Pratapgarh 14, Rajsamand 166, Sawai Madhopur 58, Sikar 376, Sirohi 298, Tonk 180 and Udaipur 603.

In Jaipur, 4 cases were from Jawahar Nagar, 3 each from Ban-

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ipark and Pano Ka Dariba, 2 each from Shashtri Nagar & Sanganer and one each from Benad Road, Chandpole, Kotputli, Sodala.

Bas Badanpura, Jhamota, ahmapuri, Tripoliya Bazar, Ghatgate, Tonk Phatak, Ramganj Mod, Tulsi Das Marg and Shivaji Nagar.

Jaipur: Central Minister for Textile Smriti Irani while addressing the Rajasthan Jan Samvad rally through digital platforms, credited the Modi govt with taking firm decisions on pending issues like article 370, Ram Mandir, triple talaq etc. She said that schemes like Ujjwala, Kisan Samman Nidhi, Jan Dhan accounts have paved the way for the development of the country. Irani said that Modi govt has given priority to nation instead of politics.

Irani accused the state govt of trying to divert the attention of people from its inefficiencies and internal conflicts by blaming BJP in RS polls.

She praised PM Modi for a package for the poor at the beginning of the lockdown where ration to 80 crore families

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New Delhi: Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, who is in Delhi since Saturday, continued to remain the centre of all political curiosities even on Sunday.

The PCC Chief, according to sources, was slated to meet former Congress President Rahul Gandhi with whom he had a ‘confirmed appointment’ for meeting on Sunday.

During the day, Pilot left his Delhi residence and returned after two hours. However, his

whereabouts during the two hours remain a mystery. It is believed that he met the Congress scion however, there was no confirmation.

Meanwhile, in

Jaipur, a few Gehlot camp loyalist were abuzz that Sonia Gandhi had summoned Pilot on Saturday to convey her displeasure on the ongoing ‘dissident scenario’ in Rajasthan but it at the end of the day it only remained a speculation because till late Sunday night Pilot did not meet Sonia nor his name was in the list of people who were scheduled to meet Sonia on Sunday.

Now Pilot is likely to come back to Jaipur on Monday morning.

Nirmal Tiwari Jaipur: Amid continuous complaints of overcharging and not following specified timings, Excise department conducted decoy operations in Jaipur zone on the instructions of Excise Commissioner BC Mallick.

Additional Excise Commissioner Jagjit Singh Monga conducted decopy operations in Jhotwara, Jaipur North, Mahuwa, Kotputli,

Shahpura, Neem Ka Thana, Khetri, Chirawa, Behror and Bhiwadi in Jaipur zone. He checked 101 shops and found 26 guilty of overcharging.

One was found infringing time limit while 10

RTO catching up with work stunted due to lockdown

was distributed.

She tried to corner Rahul Gandhi over his international webinars criticizing the country while praising state chief Satish Poonia for holding conversation with party workers.

Poonia said that India heads the WHO just because PM Modi kept 135 crore Indians safe during corona pandemic.

He aso accused CM of theatrics rather than

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DRIVING LICENSE FIGURES FROM JUNE 5 TO 12

Jaipur: Jaipur RTO has settled the pending driving licenses in the lockdown and has made 7,520 driving licenses in the last one week. After the start of lockdown in March, more than 9,000 driving licenses were found pending.

When unlock 1.0 started, it was a challenge to meet the old demand as well as make licenses of new applicants. But under RTO Rajendra Verma,it

z License made - 7520 z Learning license 1377 z Permanent license 3691 z Renewal - 2452

was made possible.

RTO continued working on Sunday as well, as per the directions of Transport headquarters and made more licenses on Sunday than other days by deploying additional staff.

spirit of tourism as more than 5,400 tourists visited the monuments & museums in 8 days.

The entry to these spots is currently free and June 15 onwards, 50% of entry fees will be collected from visitors. Uptill now they opened for only 4 days a week but now it will be open for 7 days.

During the last two weeks the Jaipur tourist spots attracted 3,106 tourists. Apart from Jaipur total 2339 tour-

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Jaipur: A panther and a peacock died after getting electrocuted. They were stuck to the transformer near Khetanka ki Dhani in Sanakoda on Saturday night in the Ajabgarh range of the Wildlife Sanctuary area of Jamwa Ramgarh subdivision. Vanpal Rajesh Gurjar on receiving information, reached the spot and brought down the dead bodies.

z DTO Vidhyadhar Nagar - 1271 permanent and 687 learning license z RTO Jhalana - 690 learning license

It was feared that a long time would be taken to clear the pending driving licenses and the new applicants would have to wait for a long time to get the license. But the scenario was quite different.

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ists reached 19 tourist spots across the state.

While Alwar hosted 617 tourists, 500 reached

Chittorgarh. After reopening of tiger parks Ranthambore attracted 50 tourists and Sariska

didn’t display MRP list.

72 were found lacking in billing and sanitization.

Excise Commissioner has instructed concerned excise inspectors to issue notices to these shops and register cases against them.

5 cases of overcharging in have been filed in Jhotwara & Jaipur North, 3 each in Mahua & Kotputli, 4 in Shahpura, 2 in Neem Ka Thana, 1 in Khetri, 6 in Chirawa and one each in Behror & Bhiwadi.

Electric shock kills panther and peacock

State hopeful of rise in tourism trade in winters Jaipur: The tourist attractions like historical monuments, museums, tiger parks and national parks were closed from March 18 due to Covid-19 epidemic.

After a 74 day lockdown the monuments and museums were opened on June 1 and the tiger & national parks on June 8. The initial response suggested that the lockdown could not kill the

Smriti Irani addresses Rajasthan Jan Samvad rally virtually, where Gajendra Shekhawat, Satish Poonia, Gulabchand Kataria & Rajendra Rathore were present. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

Did Rahul meet Pilot in Delhi? 26 shops found overcharging in Excise dept’s decoy ops

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had a footfall of more than 60 guests. The restaurants and hotels yet await the guests. The ongoing heat wave and the off season had their own contribution to the numbers but overall the tourism activities are slowly coming back on track. The tourist sector has prepared well with all social distancing and other guidelines issued by the govt.

Tiger parks at Ranthambore and Sariska will be closed during

monsoon for the mating season so basically the tiger parks will be closed from July 1 to September 30.

The state has attracted 5,444 tourists in last 8 days after reopening which is a positive sign that things are getting back to normal after lockdown. This gives a firm hope that with winters and the tourist season the number of tourists will rise and raise the tourist trade in the state.

providing relief to people. He claimed that Modi will again be PM with three times more majority and whole Kashmir will come back to India.

Central Ministers Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Arjun Ram Meghwal and LOP Gulabchand Kataria also addressed the virtual rally while Deputy LOP Rajendra Rathore gave the vote of thanks.

Mom kills child, self; note blames husband

First India Bureau Jhalawar: A woman poisoned her one and a half year old son and committed suicide in Girdharpura Hemda village of Jhalarapatan. She left a suicide note accusing her husband Jagdish. The lady was living with her parents for two months after a discord with her husband.

The police reached the crime spot and took the dead body for postmortem. The body will be handed over to the family after the corona test results are received.

The women police station SHO has registered a case against the deceased’s husband Jagdish under section 306 IPC on the basis of the suicide note. Jhalawar DSP is further investigating the case.

Inter-religious couple poison self, girl dies First India Bureau Jaisalmer: A minor girl and a boy attempted suicide by consuming poison. Both were brought to hospital. The minor girl died during treatment while the boy is struggling for life and has been referred to Bikaner.

Apparently, they were in a inter-religious relationship. The family of the girl has registered a case of gang rape and poisoning against 8-9 persons.

The boy Birbal belongs to Bhil community and was supposed to get married on June 29, while the girl belonged to Muslim community.

SP Kiran Kung has said that the police have registered a case and were investigating it.

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THE ‘X’ FACTOR CONUNDRUM IN RS POLL HEMANT NAHTA Advocate, Rajasthan High Court

T Schedule-X of the Constitution prescribed that MLA belonging to any political party shall be disqualified for being a member of the House if he has voluntarily given up his membership of such political party. The BSP MLAs have voluntarily given up their membership in BSP. The para 4 of the schedule X provides that where the original political party merges with another political party and MLA claims that he and any other members of his original political party have become members of such other political party

he current political scenario prevailing in the State is focused on numbers available to Congress for RS voting.

The voter list includes six MLAs elected on BSP tickets but being shown as Congress MLAs. Six BSP MLAs if subjected to disqualification under Schedule X, could not be lawfully shown as members of INC in the list which may render the list as illegal and also disturb the number game to a great extent.

Schedule-X of the Constitution prescribed that MLA belonging to any political party shall be disqualified for being a member of the House if he has voluntarily given up his membership of such political party. The BSP MLAs have voluntarily given up their membership in BSP. The para 4 of the schedule X provides that where the original political party merges with another political party and MLA claims that he and any other members of his original political party have become members of such other political party, A member of a House shall not be disqualified. The schedule further provides that “original political party”, in relation to a member of a House, means the political party to which he belongs and merger of the original political party of a member of a House shall be deemed to have taken place if, and only if, not less than two-thirds of the members of the legislature party concerned have agreed to such merger. On a previous occasion also, to come out of the clutches of the disqualification, the subterfuge of the merger of the entire BSP legislative party into Congress was created.

The constitutional mandate thus declares that Until the original political party (Parent party) merges itself in

the other political party and until not less than two-thirds of the members of the legislature party concerned have agreed to such a merger, there is no legally acceptable merger. The Constitution has respected the popular mandate so much that even the merger of the parent party is inconsequential if not supported with the consent of not less than two-thirds of the party’s MLAs in the State. The party affiliations of winning BSP MLAs were duly notified in the Gazette on 12.12.2018. However, all BSP MLAs reportedly joined Indian National Congress in September 2019/ January 2020 without their original political party BSP getting merged in the INC. Hence, the disqualification incurred by voluntarily giving up the membership of BSP is well proven and attracted disqualification. Hon’ble Speaker accepted such abrupt snapping of affiliations of six BSP MLAs with their party, and freshly described as INC MLAs was placed on records of Vidhan Sabha. Thus, the popular mandate of concerning constituencies was subjected to a calculated change,

THE GLARING QUESTION, THEREFORE, PROPOSES WHETHER THE POPULAR MANDATE OF A PARTICULAR CONSTITUENCY COULD BE ALLOWED TO BE CHANGED OVERNIGHT BY THE DEFECTING LEGISLATIVE PARTY OR MLAS BY AN “ENACTED MERGER”? AS A NECESSARY COROLLARY, THE LEGALITY OF THE EXERCISE OF POWER TO DIRECTLY OVERTURN THE NOTIFIED RESULT OF THE ELECTION BY WAY OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER OF THE SPEAKER IS ALSO TO BE EXAMINED AS IT IS NOT TRACEABLE TO ANY “STATUTORY OR ANY OTHER SOURCE OF POWER”

though under a pretense of legality. However, many of the self-appointed crusaders for preserving the democracy and moral values in public life preferred to keep silent on this violence with the Constitution, that was smoothly executed and the illegality exists as on date also.

The catch further lies in the provisions of schedule X whereby if any question arises as to whether a member of a House has become subject to disqualification under this Schedule, the question shall be referred for the decision of the Speaker of such House

and his decision shall be final. Again, Hon’ble Speaker would feel “constrained” to drag the decision on a petition seeking disqualification till the last day of the government in power and the Courts would be keeping their hands off because first, the judgment has to come from the Speaker. In this vicious juggernaut, the Constitution often addressed as the supreme Lex, slips into oblivion. In Mayawati v Markandeya Chand and Others Supreme Court expressed that every Speaker must fix a schedule in the relevant rules for dis-

posal of the proceedings for disqualification of MLAs or MPs and all such proceedings shall be concluded and orders should be passed within three weeks from the date on which the petitions are taken on the file. Another grey area is that the vigilant members of the public, who may challenge the illegality by preferring disqualification petitions are shown the gate on the ground that the petition ought to be submitted by a member of the House.

The glaring question, therefore, proposes whether the popular mandate of a particular constituency could be allowed to be changed overnight by the defecting legislative party or MLAs by an “enacted merger”? As a necessary corollary, the legality of the exercise of power to directly overturn the notified result of the election by way of an administrative order of the Speaker is also to be examined as it is not traceable to any statutory or another source of power.

The writing of a well-defined act of violating the constitutional mandate is though clearly visible on the wall, and Speakers and Courts

Working from home has surprising downsides

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hat if you never had to return to work?

Never had to return to work at the office, that is.

You’d be able to juggle kids on school holidays.

You wouldn’t need to navigate traffic jams. Your employer might gain increased productivity, lower turnover and lower lease costs. But there are less obvious downsides.

It seems like a grand idea…

Studies find working from home cuts commuting times and associated fatigue, transport congestion, and environmental impacts.

Worldwide, an increasing number of employers are allowing it in order to attract and retain staff.

Employees value it as a way to maintain a work-life balance, in particular mil

lennials.

And the office has become a nightmare for some.

A tide of research finds many employees working in modern open-plan offices are so distracted by noise and interruptions they can’t concentrate.

In my research on the workplace, employees frequently tell me they have to work from home to get work done.

Other research supports these findings. A two-year study using randomly assigned groups found a 13% productivity increase. It also found turnover decreased by 50% among those working at home and that they took shorter breaks and fewer sick days.

And the company saved around US$2,000 (A$2,784) per employee on lease costs.

It’s enough to make employers allow working

More than half the volunteers that worked from home felt so isolated they changed their minds about wanting to do it all the time

from home for everyone who can. But a key finding from the same study sounds a cautionary note.

More than half the volunteers that worked from home felt so isolated they changed their minds about wanting to do it all the time. …until you try it It’s not just isolation and loneliness.

Research shows working

from home is far worse for team cohesion and innovation than working in the office.

In 2013 Yahoo chief executive Marissa Meyer banned working from home, saying that in order “to become the absolute best place to work, communication and collaboration will be important, so we need to be working side-byside. That is why it is critical that we are all present in our offices.”

Since then, other large corporates including Bank of America and IBM have followed suit.

Contrary to what we might think, research shows that as the availability of laptops and other remote work devices increases, proximity has becoming more important.

One study showed that engineers who shared a

physical office were 20% more likely to stay in touch digitally than those who worked remotely. Employees who were in the same office emailed four times as often to collaborate on shared projects than staff who weren’t in the office.

The result, for these sorts of projects, was 32% faster project completion times.

Other research finds face to face interaction is essential for identifying opportunities for collaboration, innovation and developing relationships and networks.

Another study of home workers from 15 countries found 42% of remote workers had trouble sleeping, waking up repeatedly in the night, compared to only 29% who always worked in the office.

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may approve it based on any reasons bearing a semblance of justice having been done, but does such a situation pass the litmus test of morality in public life? Is there no legal respite or remedy for the hapless ordinary voter, who is left high and dry due to a sudden change of election results at the hands of a party which was voted out by them in the election that was held in that constituency?

There may not be a more explicit example of practising such a “clear fraud upon the constitution, democracy and the public” and committing violence with morality in public life, which incidentally also suggests, though sadly enough, the silent acceptance by all concerned including Constitutional courts. It will be only appropriate to say that the voice of popular mandate gets muzzled and the Speakers of Assemblies, all over the country, irrespective of the party they belong to, have largely disowned the pious expectations of being fair and judicious as laid upon their shoulders by Schedule X. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL

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‘Fate of J&K will change’ Development of the region is among the top priorities of Modi govt, said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addresses the J&K Jan-Samvad virtual rally at BJP HQs on Sunday.

New Delhi: The fate and picture of Jammu and Kashmir will change in the years to come under PM Modi’s leadership, defence minister Rajnath Singh said while addressing the ‘Jammu Jan Samvad rally’ via video conferencing on Sunday.

The minister said that, under PM Modi’s leadership, Jammu and Kashmir will touch great heights and “people from the Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) will wish they were part of India”.

“Just wait, soon people of PoK will demand that they want to be with India and not under the rule of Pakistan, and the day this happens, a goal of our Parliament will also be accomplished,” he said.

The minister said that earlier in Kashmir, protests demanding ‘Kashmir azaadi’ were

‘With over 6k cases, Bihar discussing polls, not virus’

Army jawan killed, 2 injured in Pak firing in Poonch district

Patna/ New Delhi: Election-strate gist Prashant Kishor attacked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for launching poll campaign in the state, where assembly elections are due later this year amid the country’s battle against coronavirus. Last week, Kumar’s Janata Dal United and its ally, the BJP, went into election mode in the state, where polls are due in October-November. Amit Shah had held a virtual rally while Kumar held a series of interactions with his party’s district chiefs.

“Despite the lowest testing rate, 7-9 %positive case rate and more than 6,000 cases, Bihar is discussing elections instead of coronavirus.

Nitish Kumar, who had confined himself to his home amid coronavirus fears, thinks people won’t be exposed (to COVID-19) if they step out of their homes to participate in the elections,” Prashant Kishor tweeted in Hindi.

The attack by Kishor is the latest in a series of tweets he posted against Bihar’s response to coronavirus.

Kumar, 69, has probably been one of the few

New Delhi: An Army personnel was killed and two others were injured after Pakistani troops opened fire and resorted to shelling along the LoC in Poonch district of J& K. This is the third fatality this month due to Pakistani firing and shelling on forward posts and villages in the twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri.

The firing, officials said, took place in Shahpur-Kerni sector on Saturday night, prompting the Army to strongly retaliate.Three Army personnel were injured and were immediately evacuated to hospital, where one of them succumbed to injuries, the officials added.

The officials also said that the casualties suffered by the Pakistani Army in the retaliatory action were yet to be clarified.

Three days ago, an Army soldier was killed and a civilian injured in Mendhar sector after Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked mortar shelling and small arms fire at various places in Rajouri and Poonch districts. Army PRO Lt Colonel Devender Anand said. —PTI

PRASHANT KISHOR ATTACKS NITISH KUMAR

Prashant Kishor

Brace for possible flood challenge: Nitish to officials Patna: Amid forecasts of monsoon reaching Bihar in a couple of days, CM Nitish Kumar stressed on the need for dealing with floods, which may follow the downpour, without neglecting the measures in place for containing the spread of COVID-19. At a high-level meeting that he chaired, Kumar directed officials to make arrangements so that those displaced by floods are relocated at camps chief ministers in the country who did not hold a vc for journalists or people on the pan-

8 MIGRANT WORKERS INJURED IN ACCIDENT IN UP’S SAMBHAL Sambhal: Eight persons were injured after a car carrying migrant workers rammed into a truck in Gunnaur town of Sambhal district on Sunday, officials from the Department of Police said while informing about the incident. A team of Police officers reached the spot where the mishap took place. The injured people

have been admitted to a hospital, said a few reliable sources from the Department of Police.“Eight people were injured in the accident. In which five people have been discharged and three people have sustained serious injuries and are undergoing treatment,” said Circle Officer (CO), Gunnaur district, Dr KK Saroj.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

without compromising on social distancing norms. “I wish that floods do not ravage north Bihar this year. But, we must need to be prepared,” he told the officials, referring to the natural calamity which is known to strike almost every year. demic after lockdown was announced to check the spread of Corona in March. —Agencies

2 MEN, BJP LEADER, HELD FOR SUPPLYING TRACTOR TO NAXALS Dantewada: Two people, including local BJP leader Jagat Pujari, have been arrested for allegedly supplying tractor to Naxals, the police said. “We got to know through informers that Jagat Pujari was active in this and meets the Naxals. A few days ago, we got to know from informers that these people were buying a tractor with the help of Jagat. He has been supplying things to Naxals for the past 10 years,” said Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallav. Pallav informed that investigation is underway & more suppliers will be nabbed soon.

Just wait, soon people of PoK will demand that they want to be with India and not under the rule of Pakistan, and the day this happens, a goal of our Parliament will also be accomplished.

—Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister

held and flags of Pakistan and ISIS were seen.

“Now only Indian flag is seen there,” he said.

“Many landmark decisions were taken under PM Modi’s leadership and the abrogation of Article 370 was one of them,” Singh said.

The Defence Minister talked in detail about the abrogation of Article 370 and described the move in tune with the development and progress of Jammu and Kashmir. He said that the development of the region is among the top priorities of the Modi government.

“Our promise as a

party back in the days of Jan Sangha was fulfilled right after we formed the government with a thumping majority last year. Article 370 and 35A were removed within 100 days of forming government at the Centre,” Singh stated.

Singh said that PM Modi has bolstered India’s footing internationally. Global powers respect & laud the country, he said. “Earlier, at international platforms, most countries used to side with Pakistan over the matter of Kashmir and Article 370, that isn’t the case now,” he noted. —ANI

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BUREAUCRATS BEHIND RIFT

Congress leader Chavan admits to ‘issues’ within MVA Mumbai: Admitting to ‘issues’ within the coalition government in Maharashtra, Congress leader Ashok Chavan blamed bureaucrats for creating a rift among Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and added that his party will soon take up the matter with Shiv Sena chief and Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray.

“Yes there are some issues (between MVA allies and Bureaucracy) We are trying to meet him and then we will discuss all our issues with him in detail. We expect a meeting in the next two days,” Chavan said.

Earlier, state Congress chief and minister Balasaheb Thorat also commented on the same and said, “We have some issues which will be resolved through

Ashok Chavan

dialogues among MVA partners but we want to say that Congress must be given its due in the decision-making process of the government.” RPI leader Ramdas Athawale also advised Congress to rethink about giving support to government.

“Congress is the party on whose support this government is functioning. If the party is not valued in alliance then they should rethink about being ruling alliance,” he had said. —ANI

TAKING STOCK...

Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp

Visited the Baghjan blowout site to review the situation on the ground. I was accompanied

by Hon’ble Chief Minister, Assam, @ sarbanandsonwal ji and Shri @ cmpatowary ji during the visit. We also took stock of the ongoing operation to control the fire and cap the well.

NORTHEAST DELHI VIOLENCE

Charges against police over incident probe can be ‘motivated,’ says Top Cop New Delhi: Accusations against police over its probe into the northeast Delhi violence could be ‘motivated’ and are also directed at the court of law, the chief of the force, SN Shrivastava, has said.

In February, the northeastern parts of Delhi were rocked by violence that claimed at least 53 lives and injured many people.

The police have been

The violence broke out in Northeastern parts of Delhi in February this year, which claimed 53 lives and injured many people.

criticised for their handling of the investiga-

5 DEAD, 3 MISSING AS LANDSLIDE SWEEPS HOUSES IN WEST NEPAL Kathmandu: Five bodies have been recovered from debris after a landslide swept at least three houses in Kushma Municipality-3 of Parbat district in Western Nepal.

However, three people are missing since the landslide which was triggered by incessant rainfall since Saturday, a local official confirmed. “Five bodies

have been recovered from the debris, they are from the same family. However, three others are still missing since the landslide which swept the houses at around 9 pm yesterday.

The District Administration Office has sent more forces and equipment to aid search and rescue operation in the area, Chief District Officer confirmed.

tion in various quarters, including by stu-

dent activists, filmmakers and civil society groups, who have accused the force of carrying out a “witchhunt” at a time when the country is battling the coronavirus pandemic.

“You can also expect many such accusations to be motivated & coming from people who may have reasons to make false accusations.” Probe has been carried responsibly, he said. —PTI

SOCIAL DISTANCING NORMS FLOUTED DURING BJP EVENT Sagar: Amid COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing norms were allegedly flouted during a party joining programme of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Sagar district on Saturday, informed a few sources from the Saffron party. State Minister Govind Singh Rajput was also present at the event. According to the data released by Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, there are 10,641 COVID-19 cases in Madhya Pradesh, out of which 2,817 are active, 7,377 have been cured/ discharged/migrated and 447 have died.

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Random kits to enhance testing

The national capital, New Delhi will soon receive these kits to improvise various health facilities New Delhi: The national capital will soon receive random testing kits to enhance COVID-19 testing. The Union Home Secretary and senior officials from the Central government, along with Delhi government, will decide the road map on facilities to be improved in the city to deal with COVID-19 crisis, sources said.

All agencies have been directed to work together along with the local government and civic bodies to deal with coronavirus, sources added.

The decisions were taken at a COVID-19 review meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah along with Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, which was also attended by Delhi LG Anil Baijal and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

This was the first round of meeting which lasted for 75 minutes.

The meeting was also attended by Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, Health Secretary Preeti Sudan, Director AIIMS Dr Randeep Guleria and Members of NITI Aayog apart from other senior officers. —ANI

‘More than half of India’s patients have recovered’

An ambulance for COVID-19 patients stands parked at LNJP Hospital in New Delhi.

U'KHAND @ 1,816

SC grants interim relief from arrest New Delhi: The SC granted interim protection from arrest till July 6 to journalist Vinod Dua in a sedition case filed against him following a complaint by a local BJP leader in Shimla over his YouTube show.

In a special hearing, a bench comprising Justices U U Lalit, M M Shantanagoudar and Vineet Saran refused to stay the investigation but ordered the Himachal Pradesh Police to give him 24 hours time to join the probe.

The order came after Dua filed a plea seeking quashing of the sedition case.Dua has been charged under sections

6 firms seek CDSCO’s permit to manufacture Remdesivir drug New Delhi: In a release, the Health Ministry said that five of these have also entered into an agreement with Gilead, a biopharmaceutical company, which had applied to CDSCO, for import and marketing of Remdesivir on May 29. After due deliberations, permission under Emergency Use Authoriza-

SEDITION CASE AGAINST DUA

124A (sedition), 268 (public nuisance), 501 (printing matter known to be defamatory) and 505 (statements conducive to public mischief) on the basis of a complaint last month by BJP’s Mahasu unit president Ajay Shyam.

The BJP leader claimed that Dua made bizarre allegations on his 15-minute YouTube show on March 30. The complainant has alleged that the journalist accused P M Narendra Modi of using “deaths and terror attacks” to get votes.

Police in Shimla had summoned Dua for probe over a complaint by a local BJP leader.

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tion was granted on June 1 in the interest of patient safety and obtaining further data.

“The applications of these six companies are being processed by the CDSCO on priority and in accordance with the laid down procedures.

The companies are at various intermediate stages of inspection of manufacturing facili-

ties, verification of data, stability testing, emergency laboratory testing as per protocol.

Being an injectable formulation, testing for assay, identity, impurities, bacterial endotoxin test and sterility become very critical for patient safety and this data needs to be provided by the companies,” the release read. —ANI

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 recovery rate crossed 50 per cent today even as the country logged the biggest singleday jump of 11,929 new infections in the last 24 hours, the government data said.

The recovery rate is 50.60% at present, indicating that of all the cases of COVID-19, half of them have recovered.

Even though India recorded more than 11,000 new infections for the second consecutive day, recoveries continued to outnumber the rise in active cases. The active number of cases in the country at present is 1,49,348 while 1,62,378 patients have been cured of the highly contagious disease with 8,049 recoveries in a day, the health ministry numbers showed. —ANI

‘Aarogyapath’ healthcare supply chain portal launched

New Delhi: In the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, the Centre has digitally launched a web-based solution for the healthcare supply chain portal 'Aarogyapath', to provide real-time availability of critical healthcare supplies for manufacturers, suppliers and customers.

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) launched the portal on June 12.

According to the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, the integrated public platform can help customers in tackling a number of routinely experienced issues like dependence on limited suppliers, timeconsuming processes to identify good quality products, limited access to suppliers etc.

It will also help the manufacturers and suppliers to reach customers efficiently like near-

ANAMIKA SHUKLA CASE : PRIYANKA SLAMS

AWAITING RAINS...

‘UP Govt tolerates corrupt practices’

A man walks on a path as Monsoon clouds hover in the skies in Nadia district of West Bengal on Sunday.

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Indian wants peace & amity not land of Pak or China: Gadkari Mumbai: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said India is not interested expansionism, in land “either from Pakistan or China”. The country only wants “peace and amity”, he said at the BJP’s virtual ‘’Jan Samvad’’ rally in Gujarat, amid a face-off with China over its trans-

gression in Ladakh.

Speaking of the work by the Narendra Modi government -- which recently completed the first year of its second term -- Mr Gadkari said its biggest achievement was bringing peace by dealing with matters of internal and external security.

“Whether it is about almost winning over the Maoist problem or securing the country from Pakistan-sponsored terrorism... We want peace, not violence,” he said via video-conference from Nagpur, adding these are things that can be established only by the strength. —PTI

el-based analysis for COVID-19 pandemic in India, with the additional capacity which has been built up for testing, treating and isolating patients during the lockdown period, the number of cases at the peak would come down by 70 per cent and the cumulative cases may come down by nearly 27 per cent.

In terms of COVID-19 mortality, approximately 60 per cent deaths were prevented and one-third of this mortality prevention is attributed to the reduction in unmet need for

critical care as a result of the intervention, the analysis showed.

The researchers said the management of COVID-19 will involve a dynamic review of policies and significant strengthening of the healthcare system.

“While lockdowns will delay the onset of peak and will give the much needed time for the health system to respond, strengthening the health system response in terms of testing, isolation of cases, treatment and contact tracing, as is being done currently, will have to be the

mainstay to reduce the impact of the pandemic in India until vaccine becomes available,” it said.

The overall economic health system cost of this pandemic is estimated to be 6.2 per cent of India’s gross domestic product (GDP).

The ministry on June 9 said coronavirus related health infrastructure in the country has been strengthened with the availability of 958 dedicated COVID-19 hospitals with 1,67,883 isolation beds, 21,614 ICU and 73,469 oxygen supported beds.

Also, 2,313 dedicated

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THE USEFULNESS

by pathological laboratories, medical stores, hospitals, etc.

CSIR is expecting the portal to fill a critical gap in last-mile delivery of patient care within India through improved availability of healthcare supplies.It will also create opportunities for business expansion due to an expanded slate of buyers. As per Health Ministry, India has witnessed its highest-ever spike of 11,458 cases, taking the tally to 3,08,993 in the country so far. —PTI

Pb police arrests third accomplice of LeT terrorists

New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra attacked the Yogi Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh after cases of people using forged documents to secure jobs were reported from the state and said that the gover nment “tolerates corrupt practices”.

“Is the education minister not aware of such big frauds that are happening in the state?

Did the Chief Minister's office not even know about it? Surprisingly, those who talk about zero tolerance are tolerating corrupt practices,” she tweeted (translated from Hindi).

This comes in the backdrop after an FIR was lodged against a teacher, Anamika Shukla, who had allegedly withdrawn over Rs 1 crore in salary for over a year from 25 different schools. Shukla was allegedly working as a teacher in 25 schools for 13 months and was withdrawing salary from all of these.

Earlier in the day, in the Anamika Shukla case, a woman identified as Anita Devi was arrested from Mainpuri by the Ambedkar Nagar police for using forged documents to secure a teaching job at a school. —ANI

Chandigarh: The Punjab Police on Saturday said it has arrested the third Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative, after two were arrested earlier this week, for attempting to smuggle weapons into the Kashmir Valley for carrying out terror attacks.

The two LeT operatives arrested earlier from Pathankot, along with weapons, have been identified as Aamir Hussain Wani and Wasim Hassan Wani.

The third accomplice was arrested while attempting to flee to Kashmir, according to the Punjab police. —ANI

COVID Health Centres with 1,33,037 isolation beds, 10,748 ICU beds and 46,635 oxygen supported beds have also been operationalised.

Moreover, 7,525 COVID Care Centres with 7,10,642 beds are now available to combat COVID-19 in the country.

The report will come in one week. Aarogya Setu app will be downloaded in every person’s mobile,” he tweeted.

The Centre, too on Sunday announced a slew of measures to control the spread of coronavirus in Delhi, which included carrying out a comprehensive door-to-door health survey in all containment zones, doubling of tests in next two days followed by a three-fold increase within a week’s time.

Unable to keep up with the rising number of coronavirus cases, the Delhi gov-

ernment had asked the Indian Railways to allocate isolation coaches for Covid-19 patients of the national capital.

At least, 500 railway coaches with a capacity of 8,000 beds have been allocated for Delhi. Private hospitals, too, have been told to earmark 60% of beds for Covid-19 affected patients at lesser rates.

The Centre has also promised to provide the Delhi government with all necessary medical resources like oxygen cylinders, ventilators, and all other equipment to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. —ANI

FROM PG 1 Rajasthan to The threat posed by Corona hasn’t ended and thus people should follow Corona health protocol properly,” Gehlot said while directing officials to ensure that people wear masks and follow social distancing to the hilt.

The Chief Minister also instructed officials to continue the ‘Moksh Kalash’ bus service which hundreds of people have availed for travelling to Haridwar and immerse the ashes of their deceased relative in the Ganges.

Meanwhile, Gehlot has also instructed Col-

lectors that workers under MGNREGA should be allowed to leave for their homes if they finish their task before 11 AM. “Owing to the summer season and the scorching heat, the workers would have to face various problems.

Collectors should ensure that those workers who have completed their task can be allowed to return home for the day. Also, there should be ample provision of shade, water and medicines for them,” Gehlot instructed.

Not over...

According to the mod-

‘Centre, state... free under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“To be able to do contact mapping well in Delhi’s containment zones, a comprehensive health survey of every person will be done from house to house.

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Vijaypal Mirdha, Prashant Bairava, Indraj Gurjar, Dr Rajkumar Sharma & Sudarshan Rawat.

Avinash Pande, Shanti Dhariwal, Bharat Singh Kundanpur, Mahendra Jeet Singh Malaviya, Supriya Srinet & Mamta Bhupesh in relaxed mood at JW Marriott.

Mahendra Chaudhary, Gopal Meena and Indra Meena having breakfast.

NETAS UNWIND AHEAD OF POLLS BD Kalla, Mahendra Choudhary and Gopal Meena perform Yoga as Shanti Dhariwal and Rafiq Khan look on.

Fitness was the focus of MLAs lodged in a hotel in Jaipur ahead of June 19 RS Polls. Yoga class, a friendly cricket match, tackling the football and showing some smart moves with racquet, kept the legislators busy on a Sunday. CM Ashok Gehlot, Avinash Pande and others motivated the team.

Evening saw cultural performances!

Mamta Bhupesh in action.

It is tea-time for Deepchand, Sandeep Yadav, Joginder Awana and Lakhan Meena.

Rita Choudhary and Mahendra Choudhary cheer for MLAs

Meena Kanwar, Krishna Punia and Safia Zuber in deep conversation.

Ashok Chandna and Dharmendra Rathore in action.

Subhash Garg gets ready to face the ball.

Rajkumar Sharma, Mahesh Joshi, Pratap Singh Khachariwas, Jagdish Jangid, Rajkumar Rota, Gopal Meena playing football.

Indra Meena, Gangadevi, Shakuntala Rawat, Manju Devi, Manisha Panwar, Nirmala Sahariya, Meena Kanwar and Safia Zubir bond over food.

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Poll-patti: Independent, BSP MLAs inform Gehlot of ‘issues’

Raj Mins, MLAs pitching work from resort

Naresh Sharma

Jaipur. The independent MLAs have given their utmost support to the Congress government without asking for anything in return. However, the problems they face in the field have caused concern among them and on Sunday, the 13 independents met CM Ashok Gehlot yet again. The men had met Gehlot and AICC General secretary and Rajasthan Incharge Avinash Pande on Saturday too, however, they sought another audience with CM and Rajasthan Incharge on Sunday.

During their meet with Gehlot, the legislators objected to the Congress party members opposing them in their constituencies.

The MLAs told CM in unison, “We have given our unconditional support to the Congress party without

Pande’s cricket ‘polity’ scores a ton!

First India Bureau

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot gets ready to kick the football as Pratap Singh Khachariyawas adjusts it and Dr Mahesh Joshi, Dr Raghu Sharma, Gopal Meena, Amin Kagzi, Narendra Budania, Mahendra Choudhary among others look on.

asking anything in return. However, the Congress party members in our constituencies have colluded with BJP members and gone campaigning against us.”

The MLAs gave example of the Covid-19 crisis and claimed that at

several instances even the administration also does not help them. Gehlot assured them that he will look into the matter. Meanwhile after the independent MLAs left, five former BSP MLAs - Rajendra Gudha, Joginder Awana, Sandeep Yadav,

Lakhan Meena and Deepchand- held an important discussion with CM at the hotel.

It is believed the meeting was on a legal point. After the meeting, CM left for CMR where he chaired a review meeting on Corona.

Jaipur. Hotel JW Marriot is the makeshift state secretariat for the time being with CM Ashok Gehlot and his ministers camping there with all the MLAs. It seems the state government will function from the hotel till the morning of June 19. In all probability, CM Gehlot will issue important orders and take policy decisions from the Marriot campus. There are reports of his inaugurating some schemes as well. CMO has all its eras grounded in the Hotel as all important instructions are emerging from there. Except Food Supplies Minister Ramesh Meena, whole ministry is present there.

The ministers who deal with public affairs directly have summoned their staff to Marriott.

Despite overtures by Remain vigilant, help those in BJP, BTP to support need: Thakur to party workers Congress in RS polls

Avinash Pande on treadmill during Lockdown in Nagpur.

Pande taking strike while playing cricket as Rajkumar Sharma sets field at JW Marriott Hotel grounds on Sunday.

Yogesh Sharma

and Rajasthan Incharge Avinash Pande’s ‘captaincy’.

‘Pande’s Cricket Therapy’, as it was nicknamed by a few MLAs, hit bulls eye in bringing the ‘camp’ together and also gave the members a welcome change from the political ‘battle’ against the BJP. The members played Cricket, football and badminton where Pande bowled several MLAs. However, Pande, who has come out in a new fitter avatar after the lockdown, also played

Jaipur: They say sports give a message of discipline and unity to the opposing team. True to the word the Congress, Independents and BTP MLAs also presented a shining example of unity and discipline on Sunday evening when making the most of the relaxed atmosphere at JW Marriott hotel, the leaders indulged in sporting activity under AICC General secretary

CORONA CRISIS

Vaishali

First India Bureau

New Delhi: Bhartiya Janta Party’s ‘young turk’ and Minister of State for Finance, Anurag Thakur has appealed to the party workers in his home state of Himachal Pradesh to remain vigilant against Corona and spread word on how the Central and state governments are battling the pandemic in order to keep the citizens safe. The four time Parliamentarian addressed a virtual rally and said the Modi government was taking several measures to provide relief to the people of the country from the pandemic.

Former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, HP Panchayati Raj Minister Virendra Kanwar and BJP district chief Baldev Sharma also participated in the virtual

Jaipur: Bhartiya Tribal Party (BTP), which emerged as a major force in the tribal areas in last assembly elections, has sounded an alarm for both Congress and the BJP. Congress lost its traditional tribal voters whereas all the work done by RSS in the tribal areas went in vain when both Sagwara and Chaurasi seats were won by BTP. Now BTP has decided to go with CM Ashok Gehlot in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections despite overtures

by BJP and by all indications this alliance might be there to stay.

Youngest MLA in the existing house Rajkumar Rot from Sagwara seems to be following the footsteps of his maternal uncle Baleshwar and making calculated decisions by siding with the Congress. BTP has

Anurag Thakur

rally. “PM Narendra Modi has given a relief package to people and all the BJP leaders and workers were working with complete planning and proper implementation of these schemes with full intentions,” Thakur said.

He appealed to BJP workers that they should come forward to take the benefits of these schemes to the masses so that they could know who their real benefactor was.

“The party workers had to shoulder a big responsibility while fight-

ing with the deadly virus and for that, they should educate the people on how to lead their lives during this crisis,” he said, and added that people should work on farmrelated activities in the fields and grow more vegetables, especially offseason vegetables, fruits, and crops for which the state government used to give them hybrid seeds and subsidy. Dhumal told them to work towards helping government in its drive to end COVID-19 pandemic and help those who were or had suffered due to this disease.

demanded a Maharashtra pattern in the TSP area with a Tribal Development Fund (TDF) for effective development of tribal areas. In 1999 there was a committee constituted under Gulab Singh Shaktawat. Congress will get two crucial votes of BTP for its RS candidates and then the alliance may help it regain the lost ground in the tribal areas.

Local Congress leaders had lost the appeal among the tribal voters due to their infighting in the past.

The interesting aspect is that the BTP hasn’t yet given up on its demand of Bhil Pradesh and both Congress and BJP have so far been reluctant to openly support the demand in any way. The only feasible political solution was to forge a political alliance with BTP which Congress has been successful in doing at the moment.

New Delhi: The Election Commission under the leadership of CEC Sunil Arora is all geared up to hold the Bihar assembly elections due in October-November as per schedule and at present has no plans to defer them.

Sunil Arora, who brings rich leadership experience of over 36 years heading key departments

while driving governance and policy reform initiatives both at Government of India (GOI) and State levels, is probably the best person to lead the Election Commission and ensure fair and free polls in these pandemic times.

Arora said that the use of digital and media platforms will be increased and measures like limiting voters in polling booths

and allowing people above 65 to cast votes through postal ballot are already in the process of finalisation.

With Covid-19 pandemic situation, the Commission has to balance the guidelines and at the same time ensure a free and fair democratic process, Arora in an interview to The Economic Times said, “We will have to constantly reassess the procedures that we follow

Sunil Arora

at various stages. A team of EC officials is working on these aspects. All electoral processes will be

suitably modified to ensure smooth functioning during the pandemic. We will conduct elections as

football with other senior leaders, displaying his endurance and mental strength in the process. As the game progressed, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot also reached the hotel and met the MLAs and party members on the cricket pitch where they all clicked pictures of their happy times.

The ‘event’ was a success as it strengthened the ties between the Congress, independents and BTP MLAs.

HORSE TRADING

Efforts on to shift ACBSOG investigation to CBI! Aditi Nagar New Delhi: After getting worried from a likely criminal action

by Rajasthan ACB or SOG against a few ‘dissident’ Rajasthan MLAs and a few hawala traders in Rajya Sabha poll horse trading or poaching case, a section of senior BJP leaders, mostly in Jaipur, have started the process of ‘exploring’ the possibilities of bringing CBI into picture in one or other pretext. The main contention of their theory is that Rajya Sabha being a centre subject, CBI has a concurrent jurisdiction along with state probing agencies in this case.

A legal opinion is being taken to see whether CBI can suo-moto take the ‘cognizance’ on the basis of media reports and can straight away ask Rajasthan ACB and

SOG to ‘transfer’ this investigation to the central agency. According to sources, it is also being examined to first get lodged the complaint to election commission by BJP with the request to transfer this sensitive case to CBI. BJP’s complaint may charge Congress for luring independent and other MLAs with money bags for casting their vote to Congress candidates.

According to normal practice, such election related complaints or issues are normally first raised before the election commission under

EC has no plans to defer Bihar Assembly polls: CEC Arora Dr Anita

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We have to stand up and face up to troubles. There is no place we can run away to, troubles have a way of reaching there first and will wait for us. Best to face and solve, now!.

per the orders, advisories and guidelines issued by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). The Election Commission will make appropriate arrangements regarding social distancing, sanitisation, disinfection and use of masks, gloves, etc. All officials on election duty are being duly sensitised about Covid-19 and related precautions.”

As for the Rajya

Sabha elections due on June 19, the Commission is confident of holding them as per the statutory requirements of public health authorities like the MLC elections in Maharashtra in May. Nodal Health officers will be deputed to ensure public health norms are not breached and the Chief Secretaries of the concerned states have already been informed.

the Representation of the People Act, 1951 and if commission fails to act, then the matter is generally put up before the High Court or Supreme Court asking for a CBI enquiry into the entire episode.

In this particular case, if ‘worried’ BJP leaders like Rajendra Rathore and a few others succeed to transfer this investigation from ACB/SOG to CBI, then it will be a ‘breather’ for them at least for the time being. Prior to this development, there was a speculation in Jaipur that SOG has already identified four ‘players or operators’ in this case and the law of the land can take its course against them at any moment. However, SOG sources ruled out any such possibility but no one in BJP camp is willing to believe or buy SOG’s informal version.

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#UNFAIR &

LOVELY! City First brings you the dusky beauties of B’Town,

Chitrangada Singh

who have been ruling the Silver Screen!

ISHIKA DHABHAI

ishika.dhabhai@firstindia.co.in

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rom Madhubala to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Bollywood has had so many beauties who have dignifying the Silver Screen. Considering the fact that there are so many of them in the B’Town, the ones with a dusky skin always stand out from the crowd. But at the end, they turn out to be one of the best, and City First rounds up some of the most-loved dusky beauties who have made a mark in the industry, and are admired for their beautiful complexion.

Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Miss World 2000 has conquered the modelling world, and when she entered in Bollywood, it did not take long for her to win the hearts of the audience. Her dusky com-

plexion and unique voice have established her status as an adored actress.

Deepika Padukone has one of the most speaking pairs of eyes in Bollywood, and a rich skin-tone which gives her an authentic Indian look. Her chic fashion sense and graceful mannerism add up to her on-screen elegance.

Shilpa Shetty Kundra, one of the sexiest women in Bollywood has beautiful and expressive eyes, a dazzling smile and the perfect figure which makes her stand out from the crowd.

Talking about Chitrangada Singh, whether it’s her acting skills or dance moves, her desi charm is incomparable. She has an impeccable figure and quirky dressing sense, which sets her in the top list of “the most fashionable dusky beauty.”

Sushmita Sen, who is renowned for her beauty, started her career with

modelling and won the title of Miss Universe in 1994. Tall, charismatic and talented, Sushmita Sen has earned herself the title as one of the most successful Indian models. Her rich skin tone and an enigmatic smile lights up the screen.

Kajol dominated the silver screen for almost a decade, and her uni-rows adds on to the unique beauty, which distinguishes her from others.

Bipasha Basu, the longlegged beauty who has the best bikini-body in Bollywood, is also a model-turned-actress and is known for her dusky complexion and effortless sultry appeal. She always sets the screen on fire with her talent.

The natural beauty and Desi charm of these dusky beauties make them perfect for roles in the Hindi Cinema. With their enviable figures, effortless charisma and star qualities, these ladies are some of the most desirable actresses in the industry.

Shilpa Shetty Kundra

(Top) Sushmita Sen; (Above) Bipasha Basu

Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Deepika Padukone

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L R I G P I S S O G , O X O X G

The sophisticated, labelsavvy characters have no problem getting served martinis at fancy hotels or smoking marijuana during walks in the park. Their parents are rarely good influences, either, since many are self-centered and focused on their own problems. The mothers seem particularly jealous of their young daughters: One even tells her teen that she’ll never be as beautiful or as thin as she is now, so

FA CE OF TH ED AY

OSSIP GIRL, based on Cecily-vonZiegesar’s bestselling book series of the same name, follows the exploits of privileged young people from Manhattan’s wealthy Upper East Side as they hook up, party, and play out adult-sized dramas. At the heart of the action are best friends Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) and Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester). These two beautiful, rich girls rule the social scene, though they sometimes end of scheming against each other. Serena and Blair’s friends, largely drawn from the elite private high school they attended in the early seasons of the show, include Dan (Penn Badgley) and Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen), siblings with a more middle-class background, the extremely wealthy Chuck (Ed Westwick) and Nate (Chace Crawford), whose well-to-do family has fallen on hard times. The series is narrated by the titular Gossip Girl, an anonymous blogger who keeps track of all the popular kids’ actions (secrets travel fast when delivered by mass text messages).

This addictive adolescent drama is filled with kids, and grown-ups, gone bad.

she should make the most of this time.

It’s all very titillating and addictive, but teens will surely get confusing messages from the show. Backstabbing is portrayed as a social sport; characters spend money like crazy, drinking, smoking, and doing drugs in limos and clubs, and generally having a great time with few repercussions. It’s not the real world, but it sure looks alluring. It’s campy, soapy fun

YOUR DAY Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva

that may not be prudent viewing for tweens, and escapist schlock for teens.

Were it presented with a wink and a laugh, it would be far more interesting; as it is, it takes itself a little

who are supposed to be their friends. Suicide, eating disorders, rape, infidelity, casual sex, and more are all part of the story, but

they’re rarely addressed in constructive or realistic ways.

Source: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/gossip-girl

ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

CANCER

Your saving habit is benefiting you each day in term of financial prospects.

You will manage to save the firm you work for from a big loss and you shall be rewarded for the same. You will fine that dream job for which you have been waiting for a long time.

All the businessmen who have been facing downfall will see the sun rising now as your business will pick up. You are a fit person and people get inspired from you because of which you may consider fitness as your career. You may be too busy today to attend a social affair.

A family is where you feel heaven and you exactly have that one. Your team in office will be a big support to you in a very important official project. You enjoy luxury no matter how. Your spiritual self will encourage to do something big for good. Life will bring joyful moments.

You are great in budgeting and this is one of your strengths which will help you both on professional and personal front. You will spend the whole day feeling light and happy.

You will see a rise in sale if you are in buying-selling business. An elder in family will feel very emotional.

MAR 21 - APR 20

APR 21 - MAY 20

MAY 21 - JUNE 21

JUNE 22 - JULY 23

LEO

VIRGO

LIBRA

SCORPIO

You will get plenty of time today to relax and take make others around you to chill a bit. Your achievements speak for you and you never fails to keep your promises. You will taste the success today in your new venture and remember you kids are very lucky for you.

You will be appreciated for some deeds and criticised for others but don’t let that effect your spirit. You like to be lonely sometimes but make sure its not a permanent feeling. You spouse is always there for you mentally in the time of distress. Your kids adore you.

Overseas business is on cards for some. You will find some hidden treasure or some sudden benefits will come your way or you may also get a property inheritance, something that you never knew about. You have a female luck supporting you today as per your stars.

You are a very smart persona and you have a great initiative power when it come to judging people.

Your persuasive power will make your spouse agree on things that they have been rigid about. You may not be in the mood to roam around a lot so you will be at home.

JULY 24 - AUGUST 23

AUG 24 - SEP 23

SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

SAGITTARIUS

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

You will have an awesome time in your educational institution as learning will finally become the fun for you. You don’t trouble yourself with the worries of tomorrow and you live for the day. Today you will spend the day working very hard not by force because you are motivated.

Don’t be impulse from it come to investments as you need to clearly see your options and study about them at first. Your dedication in your business will make you a successful business men/women one day. You will sign a great deal today though you may not see the profit.

You will get some kind of assistance from your sibling even when you didn’t ask for it. You will be whole day involved in doing preparation for some family party. You must refrain from provoking you boss as he or she may in some understandable mood. You will work hard today.

On professional front, a sudden change of job is on cards and for all the good reasons. People may sometimes call you miser as you tend to hoard money but its alright to sometimes open your heart and spend a little on the happiness of those who matters.

NOV 23 - DEC 22

HEMLATA RAWAL, Model

too seriously.

Parents need to know that this over-the-top teen soap, based on a best-selling book series, focuses on a group of extremely wealthy, privileged, label-obsessed young people who like to drink, take drugs, have sex, and treat each other badly.

While some characters mean well, many are superficial and emotionally cruel or distant, and they often take advantage of their social and financial position to get what they want, often at the expense of others.

Characters play dirty tricks on each other and otherwise try to undermine, backstab, and hurt those

DEC 23 - JAN 20

JAN 21 - FEB 19

FEB20 - MARCH 20

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BEING VOCAL!

Billie Eillish

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illie Eilish didn’t think twice before trolling the New York Police Department after its commissioner claimed that they were being shamed after George Floyd’s death. Mocking the

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Treating Fans

police department, Billie Eilish posted a mashup video done by writer and civil rights activist Shaun King, on her Instagram story showing incidences of police brutality that has occurred over the past couple of weeks, contrary to what Commissioner Dermot Shea was trying to explain.

“LMAOOO goo goo ga ga cops feeling hurty,” Billie Eilish wrote over the video.

The Grammy winner has been very vocal about her stance in the matter of George Floyd’s death. Billie Eilish has been joining the protests for the Black Lives Matter movement that started after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis.

—Agency

S

onakshi Sinha on Saturday delighted her fans with a stunning side-view mirror picture from one of her old photoshoots.

The ‘Dabangg’ girl took to Instagram to post the picture in which she is seen sitting in a sky blue coloured car and posing beautifully while staring into its side-view mirror.

In the picture, the ... her post 33-year-old actor is seen wearing a yellow coloured full-sleeved top which she paired with a matching elliptical eye glares.

“Mud Mud Ke Na Dekh, Mud Mud Ke...side view mirror hai na,” Sinha wrote in the caption. The picture is being appreciated by her fans all over and has also received scores of comments.

—ANI

Talking out loud Sonakshi Sinha

#THROWBACK WEEKEND S

Angelina Jolie

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ust like the rest of the world, Angelina Jolie is on quarantine mode due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The 45-year-old actress, who recently celebrated her birthday on June 4, 2020, is quarantining with her six children- Maddox Chivan, Pax Thien, Zahara Marley, Shiloh, twins Knox Léon and Vivienne Marcheline. In a recent interview, Angelina spoke about life amidst COVID 19 as well as touched upon the Black Lives Matter movement, which is currently rampant in the US. While talking about racism in America, Angelina stated how it’s intolerable that there’s a system that might protect her but not protect her daughter, Zahara, or any other man, woman or child based on their skin colour. Jolie stressed on the fact that they need to progress beyond sympathy and good intentions and move on to laws and policies that actually address structural racism and impunity.

On what advice she teaches her children regarding race and racism issues, the ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’ star revealed, “To listen to those who are being oppressed and never assume.” —Agency

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fire emoji.

Meanwhile, Sonam has been sharing updates on her activities on her social media handles by sharing pictures and videos.

Earlier, the ‘Veere Di Wedding’ star shared a childhood picture which shows that she was a ‘bookworm’ even then.

—ANI

THE HEART

WARMING NOTE

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s actor-turned-politician Kirron Kher rings in her 65th birthday today, her husband Anupam Kher shared heartwarming birthday wishes along with throwback pictures to make the day special.

The ‘Hotel Mumbai’ actor put out an adorable post on Twitter wherein he shared throwback pictures with the actor. The post showcased a picture of the couple Kirron and Anupam Kher and also featured an article titled ‘to stardom from Chandigarh stage’ that summarised the acting journey of Kirron.

In one of the monochromatic pictures shared in the post, Kirron is seen in her younger days, as she holds a script in her hand as she pose s

Historical Racism

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inger Taylor Swift is ‘’sick’’ of the monuments of racist historical figures in Tennessee. “As a Tennessean, it makes me sick that there are monuments standing in our state that celebrate racist historical figures who did evil things. Edward Carmack and Nathan Bedford Forrest were DESPICABLE figures in our state history and should be treated as such,” she tweeted.

“Taking down statues isn’t going to fix centuries of systemic oppression, We need to change the status of people who perpetuated patterns of racism to ‘villains’. And villains don’t deserve statues.”

—Agency

onam Kapoor Ahuja on Saturday shared her glamorous picture and dazzled the Instagram with the major throwback snap.

The ‘Raanjhanaa’ star put out on Instagram, capture from a past photoshoot that the diva in a classy avatar as she sports a black dress and accessorised it with a long pearl beaded necklace while sitting at the driving seat and posing as she looks into the camera. Along with the picture she wrote, “Going for a drive no where...”

The post on the photosharing platform garnered more than 2 lakh likes from fans and celebrity followers including Swara Bhasker.

Maheep Kapoor also chimed in the comment section and left a smiling face with heart-eyes and a

... her post

Taylor Swift

Sonam Kapoor Ahuja

Kirron Kher in Anupam Kher’s post

for the camera. The post also featured another family picture which shows Kirron and, Anupam Kher along with their son Sikander Kher who is seen as a kid.

Along with the post, the ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ actor wished for his wife’s long and healthy life and noted, “Happy birthday my dearest #Kirron!!

May God give you all the happiness in the world. May you have a long & healthy life. Sorry, you are on your own in #Chandigarh & both @sikandarkher& I are not with you. But we miss you.

Love@KirronKherBJP.” Recently, the actor released his popular autobiographical play ‘Kuch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai’.

—ANI

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‘Shudh Desi Romance’

‘PK’

‘MS Dhoni: The Untold Story’

ollywood fraternity and fans from across the country mourned on Sunday following the demise of versatile actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who graced the silver screen with a variety of commendable performances. Sushant allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself on Sunday, Additional Commissioner of Police, Mumbai, Manoj Sharma confirmed. However, no suicide note has been recovered from his Bandra residence.

Born in Patna, with ancestral roots in Bihar, the 34 year-old-actor was brilliant in academics, which secured him admission in the Bachelor of Engineering, in Delhi. However, as his craze for theatre and dance blossomed, he pursued his career in acting. Sushant graced many dance floors, be it as a background dancer or the one to take the lead, and his dancing skills were widely appreciated by renowned celebrities and his fans throughout his career.

It was television producer Ekta Kapoor, who gave the late star his first break in TV soap ‘Pavitra Rishta,’ alongside actor Ankita Lokhande. His performance as the lead character, Manav Deshmukh was met with humongous applause, enabling his stature as a household name for a TV actor. He went to receive several television awards for the performance.

Making his film debut in 2013 with ‘Kai Po Che’, Sushant garnered critical and commercial acclaim, despite being cast as one of the three leads, along with actors Rajkummar Rao and Amit Sadh.

‘Suddh Desi Romance’, a few parts of which was shot in Rajasthan, alongside actors Parineeti Chopra and Vaani Kapoor marked his second film. He was then seen in 2014, alongside actors Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma in ‘PK’. Sushant was also a part of the ‘VOGUE’ shoot with Kendall Jenner in Jaipur’s Hotel Samode Palace back in 2017.

During the entire Padmaavat

controversy, Sushant dropped ‘Rajput’ from his name to clear his stance on the whole issue that the self-proclaimed representatives of the community do not represent everyone with that surname. Violence is not the way to mark a protest, there are other ways. With some hits and misses, the actor proved his mettle in the entertainment industry after the release of ‘MS Dhoni: The Untold Story’, a biopic based on the former Indian cricket captain’s life. The film became one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films in 2016. His performance got him the first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor.

In 2017, he appeared in Dinesh Vijan’s ‘Raabta’ alongside actor Kriti Sanon, and was seen in ‘Kedarnath’, co-starring Sara Ali Khan in 2018.

The actor was last seen in 2019 released Nitesh Tiwari’s ‘Chhichhore’ along with actors Shraddha Kapoor, Varun Sharma and Prateik Babbar in the lead roles. The film dealt with the importance of mental health and its implications on one’s life. His last film, ‘Dil Bechara’ alongside Sanjana Sanghi, was all set to release in May this year. The sudden demise of the versatile actor has left shock waves among many, and the social media platforms are flooded with condolences messages with many recalling the gem of a person, Sushant Singh Rajput was.

—Inputs from ANI

A still from the VOGUE shoot with Kendall Jenner in Jaipur

‘Dil Bechara’

Late Sushant Singh Rajput

Popping the MYTH BUBBLE CITY FIRST

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nee replacements are now one among the most common surgery that people opt for to lead a near-normal life again and mobilize. However, there are also some myths and doubts related to this procedure. People usually like to know about alternative procedures, life of implant, cost of surgery, rehabilitation and exercises to recover fast. To address these issues, SDMH organised live Fa-

Dr Aashish Sharma

cebook session whereby Dr Aashish Sharma, HOD Dept. of Orthopaedics and Replacement

World Blood Donor Day was celebrated on 14 June with the theme ‘Safe Blood. Save Lives’, with the slogan “Give blood and make the world a healthier place.”

Jeet Kumar

Surgery, SDMH on Sunday. The session was moderated by Dr Sanjana Bhojwani, Head Outreach Services in SDMH. Dr Aashish informed about the new techniques used in the replacements surgeries and how it has reduced the recovery time and made it near painless. He also responded to the queries posted by audient during the live session. SDMH organises such sessions every Sunday to make people aware of the common medical issues. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

Ramanan Ramanathan

Rajasthan: In the Leadership webinar series ‘Education for Generation Z’ conducted by Manipal University Jaipur (MUJ) on Sunday, Mission Director of Atal Innovation Mission, Ramanan Ramanathan said that it is necessary to provide a suitable environment for innovation to the young talent because innovation itself brings joy, job creation, social concern and the goal of a self-reliant India can be achieved through Innovation only. Jeet Kumar, author, innovator and CEO, In-Time Tech, said that peace, dedication and patience are the key mantras to become an innovator.

Rajasthan: Amidst the fight against the pandemic, Armaan Foundation with the support of workers of Women and Child Development department, distributed food packets and ration kits to needy families of Modi Nagar, Prem Nagar and Nirmohi Nagar and Panchsheel Colony, Jaipur, on Sunday.

Rajasthan: In a series of live programs by the Rajasthan Progressive Writers Association, on Sunday, Lyricist-poet Ramnarayan Meena Haladhar was live on the Facebook, where many literary lovers from India and abroad witnessed the composition of various songs and ghazals.

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Rajasthan: A virtual collaboration of top folk musicians took place on Sunday to raise awareness on the suffering of folk musicians of Rajasthan through their mesmerizing Rajasthan folk music and dance performance under their social media campaign ‘Maru Mani’.

Rajasthan: The closure of physical classrooms is resulting in a distressing loss of learning for students throughout the nation.

Realising the urgency of the issue, the IN-DEED Foundation and Kartik Bajoria initiated The Inclusive Education Dialogue (TIED to Education), to bring experts from the education and technology sectors to find sustainable solutions so that all students are provided an equal opportunity to learn and grow. They had their second-panel discussion about ‘Ed Tech: Possibilities & Solutions’ on Sunday.

Gujarat: With an aim to keep the environment clean, a Surat-based organisation, Hope, carried out a clean-up operation in the Dumas area, by picking up the plastic bags and plastic water bottles which were spread by the public.