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CONFIRMED CASES

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72,372DEATHS

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KARNATAKA6,534 DEATHS 4,04,324 CASES

FULFILL THE PROMISES MADE: CM TO PM ON GST

Naresh Sharma

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Mon-day demanding the cen-tral government to ful-fil the promises made to the state governments while implementing GST. He also urged the Centre to waive off the

right to certain taxes for state governments.

In the letter to PM Modi, Gehlot has said that in the 41st meeting of the GST Council, it was suggested by the Central government that the reduction in GST compensation should be met through loans. He said that the Central government has accepted that this should be met with Compensation Fund

Gehlot wrote in the letter that under the Constitution amend-

ment many state taxes were included in the GST.

“With this, it was said that compensation would be provided to the states in view of the revenue loss. In the GST (Compensation to State) Act 2017, states have been guaranteed com-pensation for five years to meet the revenue loss resulting from the im-plementation of GST. Therefore, it is now the responsibility of the Central government to ensure that the states

get the full amount of compensation without any liability,” Gehlot said in the letter and further added, “despite the decrease in collec-tion, compensation can-not be reduced or in-creased under GST (Compensation to State) Act 2017.”

Citing the meetings held earlier in the GST Council, Gehlot said that several decisions were taken in these meetings including giv-ing 100% compensation on revenue loss. “This

includes the decision to extend it for a period of five years (2017-2022) in the event of a shortfall which is now the respon-sibility of the central government to pay the entire amount,” he said.

Gehlot said in the let-ter that instead of a pre-determined 14 percent increase to states in the final year of the central government’s compen-sation, the idea of zero percent increase is un-fair. “It is the responsi-bility of the central gov-ernment to manage the

Indian economy, be-cause when the tax col-lection is more, then the central government gets its profit. There-fore, if there is a de-crease in GST collec-tion in the economy, it should be taken up by the Central Govern-ment,” he said.

Gehlot wrote that the reduction in GST is be-ing assessed by the cen-tral government assum-ing 10 percent growth rate as compared to the previous financial year.

Turn to P6Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.

Gehlot writes a letter to PM Modi

INDIA ROCKETS TO

HYPERSONIC MISSILE CLUB

JOINS RANKS OF US, RUSSIA, CHINA

ED arrests ex-ICICI MD Kochar’s husband

AIIMS TEAM CONDUCTS VISCERATEST TO CHECK FOR POISONING

New Delhi: A forensic team of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has conducted viscera test from the reports of the late actor Sushant Sin-gh Rajput to check for poisoning, the results of which will come within 10 days, said Dr Sudhir Gupta, AIIMS on Monday.

Dr Gupta, head of the Forensic Department, AIIMS is also the chair-man of the medical board formed in Ra-jput’s death case. The AIIMS forensic team is analysing the injury

pattern in relation to medical findings in the death of the Bollywood star with the CBI, which is probing the case, ap-proaching the premier research institute for its medico-legal opinion.

The move comes days after the Supreme Court approved the CBI investigation recom-mended by the Bihar government to probe the death of the actor.

Dr Gupta had earlier

said the CBI will provide them reports related to Rajput’s death case.

He had then stated that the case is under perusal by the medical board and the report will only be submitted to the CBI in

due course of time.Meanwhile, actor

Rhea Chakraborty ar-rived at Narcotics Con-trol Bureau (NCB) office in Mumbai on Monday morning for the second day for interrogation as part of the ongoing in-vestigation related to the Sushant Singh Ra-jput death case.

Chakraborty was also interrogated by the NCB on Sunday.

“We have recorded the statement of Rhea Chakraborty but due to her late arrival, the in-vestigation could not be continued today (Sun-day). The investigation will continue tomor-row,” IRS officer Sa-meer Wankhede, NCB had told reporters yes-terday.—ANI More on P6

SUSHANT SINGH RAJPUT CASE

HSTDV, based on hypersonic propulsion technologies is developed by DRDO

Will help India develop futuristic space assets like long-range missile systems and aerial platforms

It is capable of powering

missiles to attain a speed of around Mach 6 or six times the speed of sound

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the DRDO over the successful test-fl ight of the HSTDV, calling it a “landmark achievement”.

India successfully fl ight-tested the indigenously-developed hypersonic technology

demonstration vehicle (HSTDV), joining US, Russia and China to have such a capability.

ACB nabs VC of MDS varsity, 2 others for bribe!

Kaushal Jain & Naveen Sharma

Ajmer/Jaipur: In what could be termed as perhaps the Anti Cor-ruption Bureau’s (ACB) most daring and stead-fast arrest in the recent times, on Monday even-ing, the Vice Chancellor of the Maharshi Day-anand Saraswati (MDS) university—Dr RP Sin-gh was arrested—in Ajmer for bribery.

Further, the Bureau sleuths also nabbed a person known to be a close associate of the VC, identified as one

Ranjeet along with the person offering the bribe, one Nagaur resi-dent Mahipal with bribe money of Rs 2.20 lakh.

Interestingly, with just days left for retire-ment of ACB DG Dr Alok Tripathi, the bold move by the Bureau sleuths has once again stamped the fact that ACB is being led by ca-pable DG who believes in working till the last day with his deputy, Ad-ditional DG Dinesh MN, who supervised and oversaw the entire operation.

The scam involves

the affiliated colleges of MDS University Ajmer where bribe was being demanded in lieu of works like increasing the seats in the colleges and completing the pending works. The amount had been de-manded for increasing the seats in colleges in Nagaur and Bhilwara.

ACB has now started searching the VC office and residence at the university campus. ACB SP Samir Kumar Singh hinted that since VC residence was being used for accepting bribe, Turn to P6

KANGANA GETS Y SECURITY, THANKS AMIT SHAHNew Delhi: Days after Bol-lywood actor Kangana Ranaut said she felt unsafe in Mumbai after the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, the Central government has approved “Y” level security for the actor, sources said on Monday.

She is the first Bollywood star to be guarded by a posse Turn to P6

New Delhi: Enforce-ment Directorate (ED) has arrested Deepak Kochar, husband of for-mer ICICI Bank MD and CEO Chanda Kochar in connection with the ICI-CI Bank-Videocon case, said officials on Monday.

Earlier in the day, ED had called Deepak for questioning to its Delhi office. The case per-tains to the alleged mis-appropriation cited in loans given by the ICICI Bank to Videocon.

“The investigation re-vealed that Rs 64 crore, out of loan of Rs 300 crore sanctioned by a committee headed by Chanda Kochhar to Vid-eocon International Electronics Turn to P6

Results of test will come within 10 days

Alok Tripathi Dinesh MN RP Singh

Sushant Singh Rajput & Rhea Chakraborty

First India Bureau

Jaipur: BJP chief spokesperson and MLA Ram Lal Sharma ob-serving ‘International Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Day’ met a child suffering from the disease and assured his family of all possible help from the govt. Sharma Said there are a large number of chil-dren in the country suf-fering from this. He said he would get the state govt attention on the issue and get medi-cal relief to the diseased children by helping their families.

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Jaipur: Former chief minister Vasundhara Raje is the most popu-lar leader on social me-dia in the state and not only Congress, but BJP leaders too are behind Raje’s popularity on various social media platforms.

With 4.2 million fol-lowers on microblog-ging site Twitter, Raje is the leading figure in the state. Her immense popularity reflects on

Facebook too, where the number of follow-ers is higher than any

other leader of the state.

No other leader in the

state touches the mark of followers which Raje has. She is among the most popular leaders on social media after prime minister Naren-dra Modi, home minis-ter Amit Shah, UP CM Yogi Adityanath and MP CM Shivraj Singh.

On Twitter, the num-ber of followers of Lok Sabha speaker Om Bir-la is 285 k while the party’s national vice president Om Mathur has 455 k followers. BJP state president Satish

Poonia is followed by 140k people, Jaipur MP Rajyavardhan Rathore has 1.6 m followers and the number of union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal’s followers on twitter is 205k.

Rajya Sabha MP Ki-rori Lal Meena has 144k followers, deputy leader of opposition Rajendra Rathore has 130k, union minister Gajendra Sin-gh Shekhawat has 277k and Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari has 211k followers on the site.

Raje continues to rule hearts even on Social Media!BJP POLITICIANS TRENDING ON TWITTER

Vasundhara Raje is the most

popular leader on social media after

PM Narendra Modi, HM Amit

Shah, UP CM Yogi and MP CM

Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Petrol pump owner shot dead in broad daylight in Jaipur

Ramlal meets kids with muscular dystrophy

Vaibhav meets party leaders in Jodhpur

YOUTH THANK CMFOR NEW JOBS

Rtd army men carries cartridges, held

‘Jaipur has become crime capital’

Raj’s mandi tax is highest in the nation : Rathore

GC Kataria asks DGP to take action against BTP

Diya’s efforts to restore Leelan train route pay off

Miscreants decamp with a bag of cash; cops suspect involvement of a known personSatyanaryan Sharma

Jaipur: A petrol pump owner was shot dead in broad day light by uni-dentified miscreants who also snatched a bag containing cash and de-camped.

The incident oc-curred in the parking of a commercial build-ing where the victim Nikhil Gupta (36) had gone to deposit the col-lection amount in a bank on Sikar road.

“Three to four mis-creants were there at the time of the incident. One of them opened fire at Nikhil, leaving him dead on the spot. They took away the cash he was carrying with him,” police said.

The accused had at least one motorcycle with them. Gupta was the owner of a petrol pump. He had gone to a complex, in which the bank’s branch is locat-

ed, to deposit a collec-tion amount of Satur-day and Sunday.

Soon after he alight-ed from his car in the parking, the accused at-tacked him and snatched the bag con-

taining the cash. Secu-rity guards and others came to his rescue and informed police. He was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. Sen-ior police officers in-

cluding the additional commissioner of police reached the spot and a probe was started. The police officers are sus-pecting involvement of a close or known person in the matter. Footages

of CCTV cameras in-stalled in the building are also being exam-ined to identify the ac-cused. Nikhil Gupta was a resident of Vidhy-adhar Nagar area and had one daughter.

Rajeev Gaur

Jodhpur: AICC mem-ber and RCA President Vaibhav Gehlot met Congress leaders and discharged his social obligations on Monday. He met party leaders like MLA Manisha Pan-war, senior Congress-man Ummed Singh Rathore, Ankur Choud-hary, Lalit Surana,

Sunil Choudhary, Shra-van Patel, Prakash Beniwal at circuit house on Monday. Vaib-hav took feedback re-garding local issues and then reached the resi-dence of Raju Ram Choudhary in Agolai to condole his father’s death. He visited Girish Loona’s residence too to pay respect to his de-parted grandmother.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: At a time when the government ma-chinery is entirely fo-cused on handing cov-id-19 situation, Ra-jasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot did not forget to give relief to unemployed youths and has cleared appoint-ments on various posts in the last six months. To express gratitude with a spirit of ‘Ashok Gehlot Jindabad’, suc-cessful candidates who were given appoint-ments on Monday con-verged at Jaipur and thanked the chief min-

ister for opening the doors for recruitments. In the last six months, the appointments on 9322 posts of senior teacher recruitment 2018, nearly 12,000 posts of LDC, 223 posts of RPSC LDC recruitment, 1200 posts of Laborato-ry Assistant.

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Jaipur: A bag contain-ing four cartridges causes stir at the Jaipur airport on Monday.

According to Sangan-er police the security screening company’s personnel Surendra Singh registered a com-plaint along with the airport management that a baggage with id number 11001332 was being screened at level 2 when the security per-sonnel noticed a car-tridge like image. The

image was analysed on level 3 and still it ap-peared to be a cartridge. When the baggage was opened two live and two used cartridges were found in a packet.

Sanganer police in co-ordination with the air-port management while investigating found the baggage belonged to a retired army personnel. The retired army per-sonnel who was arrest-ed by Sanganer police said that he had mistak-enly kept the packet in the baggage.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Continuing his scathing attack on Ashok Gehlot led Con-gress government in Ra-jasthan, BJP state presi-dent Satish Poonia on Monday said that Jaipur has become the capital of crimes. The chief

minister, who also holds the home portfolio, needs to be serious in reviewing the law and order situation,” he said.“The crime graph is rapidly increasing. Cas-es of atrocities against dalit, rape incidents, molestation are also on the rise and the Con-

gress government has completely failed in handling the law and order situation in the state,” he said. He ap-preciated PM Modi for ‘Poshan Abhiyan’ say-ing the campaign launched in 2018 has been a successful pro-gramme in two years.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Deputy leader of opposition Rajendra Rathore has demanded from chief minister Ashok Gehlot to clear his stand on the Farm-ers Produce Trade and Commercial (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordi-nance 2020. The ordi-nance was promulgated by the centre in June which seeks to provide for barrier-free trade of farmers’ produce out-side the markets noti-fied under the various state agricultural pro-duce market laws.

Rathore said that the centre has given the right to farmers to sell their crops anywhere in the country but the state government has not taken any decision on implementing it even after nearly 3 months. He said that contrary to the basic sentiments of the ordinance, the gov-ernment passed the Ra-jasthan Agricultural Produce Market (Amendment) Bill 2020 on 24 July in the absence of the opposition in the

Legislative Assembly.“This has proved that

the state government does not want to imple-ment the statutory right of the farmer to sell his crop anywhere in the country without tax, fees or cess,” he alleged. Rathore said that Ra-jasthan is charging 2.6 percent mandi tax from farmers, which is high-est in the country. The mandi tax in the states of Haryana, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maha-rashtra and Karnataka is 1 percent, 0.5 percent, 1 percent, 0.8 percent and .35 percent. The BJP leader demanded from the chief minister Ashok Gehlot in order to reduce the mandi tax.

Aishwary Pradhan

Jaipur: LOP Gulab-chand Kataria has ac-cused the Bhartiya Tribal Party (BTP) of disturbing the religious and social amity in the tribal areas of the state. In his letter to DGP Bhupendra Yadav, Ka-taria has demanded ac-tion against the guilty. He alleged that the BTP workers were constant-ly causing damage to the tribal culture in the Southern part of the state. LOP Kataria said that the BTP workers were involved in using

social media to dissemi-nate messages detri-mental to social fabric. He added BTP workers were engaging in re-moving the religious flag from the temple staff and raising slo-gans causing religious rift in the society. Ka-

taria cited the example of the Salumbar inci-dent where the temple priests & devotees were manhandled. He said that the people opposing such activities were be-ing threatened. Kataria preempted that such ac-tions could be detrimen-tal to the law & order situation in the area.

He had submitted memorandums to the dis-trict collector and the Governor on Friday on the same issue. He de-manded immediate ac-tion by the police so that the social amity in the area could be maintained.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Central Rail-way minister (state) Suresh Angadi has or-dered restoration of old route of Leelan Ex-press and the con-cerned railway officers have also complied with the orders.

The matter was high-lighted by Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari who had taken the matter to

the central minister when for no technical reason the route of the Leelan Express, travel-ling Jaipur to Jaisalmer via Bikaner, was changed by officers.

This had caused quite resentment among the people who were de-pendent on the train due to religious rea-sons. Logical conclu-sion has come after the efforts of Diya Kumari.

Police and FSL men pick up clues at the bank’s parking area where victim Nikhil Gupta was shot dead by miscreants in VKI area of Jaipur on Monday. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMANikhil Gupta

POONIA SPEAK

MISTY RAINY DAY

Rajendra Rathore

Gulab Chand KatariaCM Ashok Gehlot

Vasundhara Raje

VASUNDHARA RAJE@VasundharaBJP

The ‘Poshan Abhiyan’ is an ambitious plan that

will help in realizing our resolve for a

self-reliant India by making India’s fi ght against malnutrition more robust. With

this campaign, child mortality has come down and diseases

in children have been reduced.

Vaibhav Gehlot meets Raju Ram Choudhary to condole his father’s death in Agolai village on Monday.

A camel cart owner tries to shield himself as heavy rains lashed Jaipur on Monday afternoon.

—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

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CM likely to inaugurate metro’s new route between Sept 18-20First India Bureau

Jaipur: The govern-ment will inaugurate the metro service on a 2-km stretch from Chan-dpole to Badi Chaupar.

Metro have been al-lowed by the centre to resume services from September 7 under un-lock-4 guidelines but in Jaipur, they would re-sume from the third week and with this, the service from Chandpole to Badi Chaupar will also be inaugurated.

UDH minister Shanti

Dhariwal and Jaipur metro CMD Bhaskar A Sawant took the deci-sion. Chief Minister would inaugurate the line for which the Jaipur metro has re-ceived a safety certifi-cate from the metro rail

safety commissioner.Sawant said the train

will start operating from Mansarover to Badi Chaupar and it will cover the distance in 26 minute. Smart cards are mandatory to travel in metro, they are available at every sta-tion and can be pur-chased through digital platforms as well.

The dates have not been finalised yet, but it is likely that the inau-guration would take place between Septem-ber 18 to 20.

CORONA TIGHTENS GRIP WITH 14 DEATHS, 1,580 NEW CASESJaipur continues to lead the tally of maximum daily cases, with 310 new positives on Monday, city also reported 3 deaths; BJP state incharge Avinash Rai Khanna positiveFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: Rajasthan seems helpless in the wake of rising corona cases despite efforts made by the health de-partment.

Monday witnessed the emergence of 1,580 new cases in the state taking the total to 92,536 so far. The day also re-ported 14 deaths when 3 deaths were reported from Jaipur, 2 each from Bikaner, Kota & Jodhpur while one death each was report-ed from Ajmer, Alwar, Bharatpur, Churu and Udaipur.

Maximum 310 new cases were reported from Jaipur followed by 200 from Jodhpur, 180

from Kota, 116 from Al-war, 77 from Ajmer, 52 from Bikaner, 49 from Bundi, 45 each from Jhalawar & Sikar, 39 from Rajsamand, 38

from Bhilwara, 37 from Pali, 36 from Baran, 34 from Chittorgarh, 33 from Nagaur, 29 from Pratapgarh, 27 from Dholpur, 26 from Bar-

mer, 23 each from Ban-swara & Bharatpur, 21 from Udaipur, 19 from Dungarpur, 18 from Ganganagar, 16 from Sirohi, 15 each from

Churu & Karauli, 11 from Sawai Madhopur, 9 each from Jhunjhunu & Jaisalmer, 5 each from Dausa & Jalore and 4 each from Hanu-mangarh & Tonk.

BJP state incharge Avinash Rai Khanna diagnosed positive. BJP state chief Satish Poonia wished him an early recovery so that he can again start his public welfare rou-tine. Poonia himself is corona infected and is recovering in isola-tion.

Chief whip Mahesh Joshi’s PSO tested positive. After PSO’s corona report came positive, Joshi went to home isolation as a precaution.

—FILE PHOTO

Religious places open following Covid normsFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: Highly revered by a large number of people, Baba ramdev temple opened for the devotees on Monday af-ter 6 months.

The Ramdevra tem-ple attracted a large number of devotees even at early morning for the Mangla arti.

The famous Brahma temple at Pushkar also opened its gates for dev-otees. As of now only three out of five main temples of Pushkar have been opened. The Rangji Bangar, old Rangnath temple and Savitri temple are still closed.

Jama masjid in Jaipur, too had a large number of devotees as-sembled for namaj after 5 months of closure. Everybody who offered prayers on the three floors of masjid wore

masks and observed so-cial distancing.

Meanwhile after the meeting between reli-gious leaders and the district administration the religious places in Jodhpur, remained closed for devotees con-sidering the rising number of corona cas-es. It has been decided to open the religious places on September 30 in Jodhpur.

The devotees of Ka-

rauli were fortunate as the gates to the famous Kaila Devi temple opened on Monday. The devotees were permit-ted inside the temple after the mangla arti was performed.

The Jain religious center Shri Mahavirji has decided to remain closed for the devotees for now. Similarly the gates of the Khatu Shy-am temple will also open on September 30.

People standing in social distancing circles drawn at Khole Ke Hanuman Ji temple on Monday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR

Raj PRI Act challenged in HC, notices issued First India Bureau

Jaipur: The Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act 19GG has been chal-lenged in the High Court, and the court has issued notices to the Panchayati Raj de-partment along with Rajsamand district col-lector.

The court has also re-ferred the matter to a larger bench.

In a petition, having wide effect on the nom-ination process, the pe-titioner Balveer Singh challenged the 19 GG act of the Panchayati

Raj Act. The petition called it

against the spirit of public representatives act of the central gov-ernment.

Chief Justice Indra-jit Mahanty heard the case, and gave the or-ders in the case where nomination of a candi-date for the post of Sar-panch was cancelled on the grounds of a charge sheet framed against him.

The order of court the will come as a res-pite to a large number of election candidates in state.

Pvt schools can charge 70% fees in instalmentsFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: High Court al-lowed private schools to charge 70% of total fees in three installments from parents.

The court of justice SP Sharma, passed the interim order on three petitions filed by Catho-lic education society, progressive education society and one other petition. Nearly 2,000 private schools had challenged state gov-ernment’s orders is-sued on April 9 and July 7, to suspend fees recovery.

The counsels for pri-vate schools, Dinesh Yadav, Kamlakar Shar-ma, Alankrita Sharma and Shailesh Prakash Sharma, argued that private schools had started conducting on-line classes since April as CBSE’s directions.

Court allowed schools to charge 70 % of fees in three install-ments. The court also said that school may stop online class facili-ty for a student in case fees is not deposited but the student shall not be debarred from school.

Families of Covid suspected patients allowed to perform last rites: GovtFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: Rajasthan gov-ernment has decided to hand over the dead bod-ies of suspected covid patients to family mem-bers for performing last rites, a practice which was so far being done by the local bodies in view of corona pandemic.

Now, the family mem-bers will be able to per-form the last rites while following certain safety guidelines.

However, if the fami-ly members are not will-ing to take the body

then the arrangement of funeral/cremation will be looked after by the local bodies.

The state govern-ment took the sensitive

decision on Monday. Principal secretary medical and health Akhil Arora issued a detailed order in this regard.

The dead bodies will be handed over to fami-ly members without waiting for the covid-19 test report. If the test report comes positive, then the requisite ac-tion for contact tracing, tracking will be done.

Not more than 20 per-sons will be allowed to attend the funeral and hospital administration will provide PPE kits for the family members conducting the funeral. The body will be taken directly to cremation or burial ground from the hospital.

CS encourages meets via VC amidst coronaFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: Chief Secre-tary Rajeeva Swarup on Monday, directed senior officials to conduct video confer-ences in place of nor-mal official meetings in secretariat.

In view of the ris-ing corona cases and to save time, the CS took the initiative and held the first VC with officials on Mon-day. Normally, official meetings in secretar-iat are held in the

conference hall and committee room.

Swarup along with principal secretary of social justice and empowerment de-partment Gayatri Rathore were present in the CS office, while additional CS (mines) Subodh Agarwal, Ad-ditional CS (finance) Niranjan Arya, prin-cipal secretary medi-cal and health Akhil Arora, labour secre-tary Neeraj K Pawan joined from their re-spective offices.

Ensure that no silicosis victim is deprived of assistance: CSDr Rituraj Sharma

Jaipur: Chief Secre-tary Rajeeva Swarup on Monday, asked officials to ensure that no silico-sis victim is deprived of government assistance in the state.

Reviewing the status of silicosis cases, he in-structed to conduct a survey for certification of victims and timely payment of assistance amount. Swarup asked the social justice and empowerment depart-ment to present a sur-vey plan in ten days.

He said that eligible people who had applied offline before 2018, will be identified through district collectors and after that, the victims will be provided assis-tance as per rules, by uploading details on portal. Reviewing pend-

ing cases of silicosis, he directed mines & labour departments to make payment in all the certi-fied cases in 10 days.

Along with this, the medical and health de-partment has been in-structed to get all the pending cases certified.

Gayatri Rathore, sec-retary of the social jus-tice and empowerment department, informed that the Pneumoconio-sis Prevention Fund is being created for the diseases caused by dust, so that, payments can be made in due time.

Rajeeva Swarup

Agriculture, computers can make NEP job oriented: Guv Kashiram Chaudhary

Jaipur: Governor Kalraj Mishra on Mon-day, suggested the inclu-sion of computers and agriculture in the new education policy to make higher education more employment ori-ented. In the new educa-tion policy - Science, Technology, Engineer-ing and Mathematics have been included in the policy as “STEM” to make it multidiscipli-nary education.

Speaking at a Gover-nor’s conference on the role of ‘New Education

Policy-2020 in the trans-formation of higher ed-ucation through video conference, he suggest-ed incorporation of Ag-riculture and Comput-ers, making it “STEAM-C”, will make higher education more employ-ment oriented.

Mishra said that if

the states are able to im-plement the policy in a successful manner, then this it will bring India at par with leading coun-tries and change the challenges of the pre-sent into opportunities.

He said the imple-mentation of NEP at all levels in Rajasthan as per the directions given by the center has started and the Raj Bhawan has constituted a task force.

The conference was also addressed by Presi-dent Ram Nath Kovind, PM Narendra Modi and union education minis-ter Naresh Pokhriyal.

Governor Kalraj Mishra

Rajeev Gaur

Jodhpur: After air ser-vices to Chennai and Bengaluru, Indigo air-lines has announced the start of Jodhpur-Mumbai flight. The air-lines has released the flight schedule for Jodhpur airport. Air-bus-320 will be used in all the three flight ser-vices.

Routine flight servic-es at the Jodhpur air-port were stopped in March after lockdown

was imposed in the country due to corona-virus spread. That time, the airport operated 24 flights.

After nearly five months, the Jodhpur-Mumbai flight will

start today. The flight will be operational thrice a week, that is, on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

It will take off from Mumbai at 1 pm and will land at Jodhpur at

2.30 pm. From Jodhpur, the flight will take off at 3.10 pm, and will land at Mumbai airport at 5.10 pm.

The flights from Jodhpur to Chennai and Bengularu are op-

erated on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.

There were 24 flights from Jodhpur before the lockdown and about half of them were for Delhi and Mumbai.

Jodh-Mum flight to operate from todayUP UP AND AWAY

Flight no. Destinations Departure Arrival Frequency

6E-6013 Chennai-Jodhpur 9:30 am 12.05 am 1,3,5,7

6 E-293 Jodhpur-Chennai 12.40 pm 3.15 pm 1,3,5,7

6 E-293 Bengaluru-Jodhpur 11.50 am 2.05 pm 1,3,5,7

6 E-294 Jodhpur-Bengaluru 2.40 pm 5.20 pm 1,3,5,7

6 E-247 Mumbai-Jodhpur 1 pm 2.35 pm 2,4,6

6 E-249 Jodhpur-Mumbai 3.10 pm 5.10 pm 2,4,6

Whatever is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit. —Buddha

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PERSPECTIVEJAIPUR | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2020


� Vol 2 � Issue No. 93 � RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764. Printed and published by Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of First Express Publishers. Printed at Bhaskar Printing Press, D.B. Corp Limited, Shivdaspura, Tonk Road, Jaipur. Published at 304, 3rd Floor, City Mall, Bhagwan Das Road, C-Scheme, Jaipur-302001, Rajasthan. Phone 0141-4920504. Editor: Jagdeesh Chandra, responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act

rones have changed how we see the world. Even more pro-

foundly, drones have transformed how we wit-ness the world: how we decide the events that matter and create our shared “truth” of what happened.

Remotely piloted and equipped with sensors, unmanned aerial vehicles are changing the way we witness war, climate change, political protest, and now the COVID-19 pandemic. In recent weeks, drone footage has broadcast the unrest in the US city of Kenosha fol-lowing the shooting of Ja-cob Blake and the devasta-tion of the Beirut chemi-cal explosion and Tropical Storm Laura.

Drone technology can

blur viewpoints, pull fo-cus onto surveillance and allow people to witness everything from public protests to places pushed out of reach by the pan-demic.

DRONES DO MORE THAN ‘SEE’It’s true that drones are vision machines: they loiter in the air with a persistent eye on the ground, beaming back imagery to their control point. For most drones, the images they send are optical. For military drones and those used in policing, border surveil-lance and even animal conservation, thermo-graphic imaging is also common.

But drones are also data machines, accumulating information about altitude, speed, location and more.

Drones are increasingly autonomous. Drone vision defines the contemporary aesthetic of war, but it is also increasingly present in new modes of art, activ-ism, and popular and pro-motional culture.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF DRONESBefore drones, the view from above was limited to helicopters, satellites, air planes and, further back still, the hot air balloon. Drones have made the aer-

ial view commonplace, found everywhere from news reports to geographic surveys to wedding photos.

Military drones might not exist today without a weapons designer who also happened to be an amateur

glider enthusiast. Back in the 1980s, Israeli aeronauti-cal engineer Abraham Ka-rem became obsessed with designing a remotely pilot-ed aircraft, and he wanted to do it on his own terms.

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Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjpCongratulate @DRDO_India for successfully flight testing #MadeInIndia Hypersonic Vehicle #HSTDV. This landmark achievement will greatly bolster India’s space and defence capabilities and strengthen PM @narendramodi’s vision of #AatmaNirbharBharat.

Mukul Wasnik @MukulWasnikIndia has 2nd highest Covid Cases in the world. Only USA is ahead of us. Remember the time when PM was having virtual meetings with CMs. And now when the nation wants to know what exactly the PM is doing to contain the virus, he is seen no more. Where is his bravado? #Covid_19

ecently, an article in a leading English national daily made a thesis that the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic has led to our country being governed in a unitary manner, even though our constitution has laid down a federal structure of the govern-ment. There was a cavil in the article that this uni-tary functioning required to be looked into and scru-tinised by the Hon’ble Apex Court as being viola-tive of our federal charac-ter. It is relevant to point out the Central Govern-ment’s directives to all the States and Union Territo-ries emanated under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, a law which was first enacted to tackle bubonic plague in Mumbai (for-merly Bombay) in former British India and Disaster Management Act, 2005.

These law are meant for controlling epidemics and national disasters by provid-ing special powers that are required for the implementa-tion of containment meas-ures to prevent the spread of the disease or to manage the situation arising due to any disaster. The Epidemic Dis-eases Act, 1897 has been rou-tinely and continuously used to contain various diseases in India such as swine flu, cholera, malaria, and dengue in 2009, 2015 and in 2018. Starting in March 2020, the Act has been enforced across India in order to prevent the spread of Covid-19 pandemic in India. Similarly, the Disas-ter Management Act, 2005, has also been used to control all kinds of disasters across the country.

A ‘doubting Thomas’ might question the propri-ety of invoking these Acts so as to curb freedom of States and UTs in tackling this pandemic and thereby diluting our federal struc-ture. In order to ensure uniformity in the meas-ures to be adopted by vari-ous States and UTs, as well as their implementation,

the National Disaster Man-agement Authority (NDMA), in the exercise of the powers under section 6(2)(i) of the Disaster Man-agement Act, 2005, issued successive orders direct-ing the Ministries / De-partments of Government of India, and the State / Union Territory Govern-ments and State / Union Territory Authorities to take uniform and effective measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the country. In compliance with the orders of NDMA, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), GoI, also issued or-ders under Section 10 (2) (l) of the Disaster Manage-ment Act, 2005, also reiter-ated these directives pro-claiming lockdown across the country which re-mained in force through-out the country for defi-nite periods.

The central theme of this article is whether Centre’s enforcing uniform guide-lines in the States / UTs in the wake of Covid-19 pan-demic is, in any manner, tan-tamount to the infringing federal structure of our country. The word ‘federal’ is derived from a Latin word ‘foeder’ meaning a compact or a league. Black’s Law Dic-tionary defines ‘federal’ as “a

system of associated govern-ments into national and re-gional components having different responsibilities.” Likewise, a ‘federation’ de-notes “a league or union of states….united under a strong central authority but retaining limited regional sovereignty.” (Emphasis add-ed).

In the light of these con-notations, an attempt is made to reconnoiter our federal structure. Normal-ly, a federation comes into being with States parting with their sovereignty in favour of a central author-ity with a mandate that powers given to them shall not be taken away without

their concurrence. Unlike in the US and Australia, States in India did not have their own constitutions. They were governed by the Government of India Act, 1935, which was framed, broadly with a federal structure for the country. Later, our Constitution was enacted with all the main ingredients of a fed-eration to continue the legacy of the Government of India Act, 1935, keeping in mind the then needs and certain particularities of Indian polity. Dr. Ambed-kar said in his Constituent Assembly speech that “there is nothing to be ashamed of in borrowing. It involves no plagiarism. Nobody holds any patent in the fundamental ideas of a Constitution.”

In the wake of our diver-sity, plurality, and the histor-ical perspectives and the fact, that there were more than 560 princely states having subsidiary alliance with the British Raj at the time of British withdrawal, the country needed a unifying basic law to bind the whole country into one. The func-tioning of various federal systems manifested that there was a need to mitigate the rigidity and legalism of a federal constitution by adopt-

ing the modus vivendi of dis-tribution of powers and cer-tain other methods. Dr. Ambedkar said these provi-sions made the Indian Con-stitution “both unitary as well as federal according to the requirements of time and circumstances.” Framers of the Constitution incorporat-ed salient features of a fed-eration to make the Indian Constitution federal in form, albeit with certain unitary components, and enshrined special provisions to allevi-ate the rigidity of federalism.

Importantly, these pro-visions include, inter alia, a) single Constitution for the Union and the States (special status of J&K has since been abolished in 2019); b) Constitution at-tains unitary character during emergencies under Part XVIII of the Constitu-tion (Articles 352-360); c) single citizenship (state citizenship for J&K has been abrogated in 2019) for the whole of India; d) a strong central authority with residuary powers over whole of the country and powers over the States under certain circum-stances (Articles 246, 248, 249, 250 252); e) Central Government can reorgan-ize the boundaries of the States and change their

names; f) single integrated judicial system and ap-pointment of Judges to the Supreme Court and High Courts and inter-state transferability of High Court Judges; g) civil and criminal laws (though placed in Concurrent List) are codified by the Union Government and are uni-formly applicable in the entire country; h) uniform administrative system (all-India services) without im-pairing the federal canons; i) single electoral machin-ery; j) financial depend-ence of States on Union (Articles 268-281), etc.

A Constitution – the Bible of a nation - has to comple-ment the individualities of the sovereign people who bring it into being. Hence, in the then temporal frame, our Constitution devised a new contrivance to meet the spe-cial requirements of Indian society. It is, therefore, incon-trovertible that Indian feder-alism is quite different from other federations in the world. Hon’ble Apex Court has also opined, in a catena of judgments, that ‘federal char-acter of the Constitution’ is a basic element of the Constitu-tion. Indubitably, ours is a ‘federal union’ sui generis.

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A Constitution – the Bible of a nation - has to complement the individualities of the sovereign people who bring it into being. Hence, in the then temporal frame, our Constitution devised a new contrivance to meet the special requirements of Indian society

THE CENTRAL THEME OF THIS ARTICLE IS

WHETHER CENTRE’S ENFORCING UNIFORM

GUIDELINES IN THE STATES / UTS IN THE

WAKE OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS, IN ANY

MANNER, TANTAMOUNT TO THE INFRINGING

FEDERAL STRUCTURE OF OUR COUNTRY

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New Delhi: BJP presi-dent JP Nadda launched a blistering attack on the Hemant Soren gov-ernment in Jharkhand on Monday, alleging it was “steeped in corrup-tion”.

Addressing the state BJP executive commit-tee meeting digitally from New Delhi, he said the previous BJP gov-ernment led by Raghu-bar Das had “almost eliminated” naxlism, which has been resur-rected under the Soren dispensation.

He said the BJP lost the assembly elections in the mineral-rich state due to “political arithmetic” despite gar-nering the highest num-ber of votes.

“The Hemant Soren government is steeped in corruption. No devel-opment is taking place under its watch. Cor-ruption, naxalism and crime are flourishing unbridled. This reflects the politics of appease-ment,” he alleged.

He said Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi ushed in positive chang-es in the country as a

result of which the “lo-tus” (BJP’s election symbol) found its place in the hearts of the peo-ple.

JP Nadda lauded his party and the Modi gov-ernment for tackling

COVID-19.“Only the BJP

showed dynamism when opposition par-ties stood stock-still during COVID-19 out-break,” he asserted.

—PTI

SENSEX ENDS 60 POINTS HIGHER, NIFTY ABOVE 11,350Mumbai: Domestic equity benchmark Sensex ended 60 points higher after a volatile session on Monday amid mixed cues from global markets. After swinging 459.18 points during the day, the 30-share BSE index settled 60.05 points or 0.16 per cent higher at 38,417.23. Similarly, the NSE Nifty advanced 21.20

points or 0.19 per cent to close at 11,355.05.HUL was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising around 2 per cent, fol-lowed by TCS, ITC, Asian Paints, HDFC, HCL Tech and Nestle India. On the other hand, M&M, Bajaj Finance, NTPC, UltraTech Cement and ONGC were among the laggards, informed sources.

‘PARTY SHOULDN’T CONTEST BIHAR POLLS UNDER CM’New Delhi: At a Lok Janshakti Party’s Bihar Pradesh parliamentary board meeting, party members demanded that party should not con-test Bihar assembly elections under leadership of the state’s CM Nitish Kumar, said sources. LJP’s Bihar Pradesh parliamentary board meeting. The party’s president Chirag Paswan and members were present. According to sources, in LJP’s Bihar Pradesh parliamentary board meeting, the members demanded that LJP should not contest the Bihar polls under leadership of Nitish Kumar.

RAM TEMPLE PANEL’s CHIEF MISHRA VISITS AYODHYALucknow: Nripendra Misra, chairman of Ram Mandir construction committee, will visit Ayod-hya to review preparations for construction of the shrine. Misra along with members of the Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirath Kshetra Trust will inspect the campus and will meet engineers of L&T, the company that has been awarded the contract of project.During his two-day visit, Misra will also discuss temple’s layout plan with architects Nikhil Sompura & Ashish Sompura, sons of Chandra-kant Sompura, main architect of the Ram Mandir.

ELECTION TO RAJYA SABHA DEPUTY CHAIR’S POST ON SEP 14New Delhi: The election to the post of Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha will be held on September 14, the day Parliament’s Monsoon Session convenes. The post fell vacant after Janata Dal-United MP Harivansh Narayan Singh’s term in the Upper House expired. Harivansh has since been re-elected

to the Rajya Sabha.”The Chairman, under Rule 7 of Rules of Procedure & Conduct of Business of Council of States, has fi xed September 14 as the date of holding election to the said offi ce of the Deputy Chairman,” read an offi cial notifi ca-tion issued by RS Secre-tary General. The election will be held at 3 pm.

Launching a social media campaign to promote ‘Poshan Maah,’ PM Modi & HM Amit Shah stressed the importance of proper nutrition in building a prosperous nation

New Delhi: Launch-ing a social media cam-paign to promote “Poshan Maah”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minis-ter Amit Shah on Mon-day stressed the impor-tance of proper nutri-tion in building a pros-perous nation and asked the people to contribute towards a malnutrition-free In-dia. “Proper nutrition is vital to build a pros-perous nation. #POSHANMaah2020 starts today. Let us un-dertake efforts to reach out to people across the length and breadth of India and spread awareness on eradicat-ing malnutrition. This will help our Nari Shakti and Yuva Shak-ti,” PM Modi said in a tweet.

The PM also launched a “Poshan Maah” reci-pe content and urged the people to share the

recipes of nutritious dishes on My Govern-ment website. “Let’s be #Local4Poshan! Our na-tion is home to dozens of healthy dishes, which have high nutri-tion value. Share them on a specially created space on @mygovindia. May your family recipe

contribute to a nutri-tious as well as healthy India,” he said in the following tweet.

The contest, which aims to bring the nutri-tion discussion to the grassroots-level, invites citizens to come for-ward, share nutritional recipes and contribute

towards creating a healthier India. Amit Shah, in a series of tweets, said that the Central government will focus on an inten-sive campaign for holis-tic nourishment of chil-dren with severe acute malnutrition during the “Poshan Maah”,

which translates to nu-trition month.

“This #POSHAN-Maah2020, PM @Naren-draModi govt will focus on an intensive cam-paign across the coun-try for the holistic nourishment of chil-dren with severe acute malnutrition. —ANI

POSHAN MAAH 2020

PM MODI, AMIT SHAH KICK OFFCAMPAIGN AGAINST MALNUTRITION

Steeped in corruption: Nadda on Soren govt

Javadekar chairs webinar on first-ever Int’l Day of Clean Air New Delhi: Union En-vironment Minister, Prakash Javadekar chairs a webinar on the first-ever International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies.

Javadekar also re-viewed the progress of the activities under the National Clean Air Pro-gramme (NCAP). The webinar was joined by Principal Secretaries of the Urban Development Department and Envi-

ronment Department of 28 states and eight Union Territories. Commissioner of 122 cities as identified in the NCAP programme

will also participate.PM Modi in his ad-

dress from the Red Fort on Independence Day, 2020 had highlighted the need for “Holistic Improvement in Air quality” in 100 cities.

UN Gen Assembly on December 19, 2019 adopted a resolution to observe International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies on Septem-ber 7 every year start-ing from 2020. —ANI

NARENDRA MODI @NARENDRAMODIProper nutrition is vital to build a prosperous nation. #POSHANMaah2020

starts today. Let us undertake efforts to reach out to people across the length and breadth of India and spread awareness on eradicating malnutrition. This will help our Nari Shakti and Yuva Shakti.

AMIT SHAH @AMITSHAHThis POSHAN Maah 2020, PM Narendra Modi’s

Govt will focus on an intensive campaign across the country for the holistic nourishment of children with severe acute malnutrition.To further strengthen this scheme, let us all take a pledge & contribute towards a malnutrition-free India.

JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA @JPNADDAYatha Annam Tatha Mannam--By making PM Modi Ji’s Mann Ki Baat the basic mantra,

the government is moving towards nurturing children and pregnant women through a nutrition campaign. Join #POSHANMaah2020 starting today and get a healthy life by adopting a nutritious diet.” “My appeal to all citizens during nutrition month 2020 is to share the recipe of nutritious Indian cuisine of their region or family at https://innovate.mygov.in/poshanrecipe. Entries sent by you will be linked to the database of the Indian Nutrition Agricultural Fund.

IN THE COURTYARD

New Delhi: The Su-preme Court granted another four weeks time to states, which have not yet filed affida-vits on a plea seeking directions to provide masks and sanitisers to the elderly amid the COVID-19 pandemic, to file their responses.

The matter came up for hearing before a bench headed by Jus-tice Ashok Bhushan which had on August 4

directed that all eligible old age persons should be regularly paid pen-sion and states should provide them necessary medicines, masks, sani-

tisers and other essen-tial goods in wake of the pandemic.

The bench, also com-prising Justices R S Reddy and M R Shah, was hearing a plea filed by former union minis-ter and senior advocate Ashwani Kumar who has sought directions with regard to the el-derly, saying they need more care and protec-tion in this time of pan-demic. —PTI

PLEA FOR CARE OF ELDERLY DURING COVID

SUPREME COURT SEEKS REPLIES FROM STATESNew Delhi: The use

on disinfection tun-nels for coronavirus is clinically and psy-chologically harm-ful, the Centre told SC. All concerned authorities have been informed & asked to stop using such tunnels, Centre said at a hearing on a PIL regarding dis-infection methods used by the govern-ment. Appropriate directions will be is-sued by today.

New Delhi: The SC on Monday deferred till September 15 hear-ing on a petition seek-ing to fill vacancies in various tribunals, af-ter it was informed that Attorney General KK Venugopal, who was to argue for the Centre, is in self-quar-antine.

A Bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and Hemant Gupta posted the hearing in the matter on next Tues-day pertaining to fill-ing up of vacancies in various tribunals across the country.

Additional Solici-tor General SV Raju sought an adjourn-ment in the matter saying Attorney Gen-eral, who was to rep-resent the Central government, is in self-quarantine. So-licitor General Tush-ar Mehta clarified that one of his col-leagues had tested positive for COVID-19.

“AG is in self-isola-tion as a precaution. Otherwise, he him-self is fit and fine,” Mehta said.—ANI

‘Disinfection tunnels harmful’

Hearing on tribunal PILs deferred

MEHUL CHOKSI’S PLEA ON ‘BAD BOY BILLIONAIRES’

Court seeks Centre, Netflix responseNew Delhi: The Delhi High Court sought re-sponses from the Cen-tre and online video streaming platform Netflix on PNB scam accused Mehul Chok-si’s appeal against the dismissal of his plea to pre-screen the “Bad Boy Billionaires” do-cuseries.

A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and

Justice Prateek Jalan issued notice to the Centre and Netflix

and sought their stand by September 23 on Choksi’s appeal.

Advocate Vijay Ag-garwal, appearing for the PNB scam ac-cused, said he was only seeking that the matter be remanded back to the single judge who had dis-missed as not main-tainable the plea to pre-screen the docu-

series.The single judge

had on August 28 de-nied any relief to Choksi, saying a writ petition for enforce-ment of a private right was not maintainable.

The high court had said his remedy lies in a civil suit and grant-ed him the liberty to raise the issue in a civil suit. —PTI

‘Unplanned lockdown failed to stop COVID-19, says CongressNew Delhi: “The un-planned and un-thought (sic) lockdown imple-mented by PM Modi with three hours notice utterly failed to stop COVID-19 on one hand and destroyed the econ-omy as also lives and livelihoods of people on the other hand. In In-dia’s history, this would be remembered ‘Tughla-qi blunder’ of Modiji’s failure of leadership,” Congress leader Ran-deep Surjewala said. He also pointed out what he termed were the “eight points of corona chro-nology” in the country.

“How will the govern-ment stop the corona infection from spread-ing to crores of people? How will Centre check the spurt in corona deaths? How will you re-store the sinking econo-my? Does Modi govern-ment have a solution or will it blame God?” —ANI

New Delhi: Congress leader P Chidambaram slammed the reported SBI plan to implement a VRS and called it cruel.

“News reports say that SBI plans to imple-ment a VRS scheme as an “economy measure”. In normal times the plan would be debata-ble. In these abnormal times, when economy has collapsed & jobs are scarce, it is cruel,” he tweeted. —ANI

SBI’s retirement scheme amid crisis cruel: PC

BJP National President J.P. Nadda being welcomed during a Jharkhand BJP State Executive Meeting via video conferencing, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI

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ACB nabs...the investigation pur-view will have to be wid-ened to all senior offic-ers of the university.

The ACB action has put the entire MDS Uni-versity in a tizzy along with the higher educa-tion department. Sourc-es say that the ACB has complete technical evi-dence about the modus operandi of the VC de-manding bribes, harass-ing college owners and collection the bribe money.

ACB ADG Alok Trip-athi said that a college owner from Bhilwara had approached the ACB with a complaint

against VC RP Singh a month ago. “The com-plainant said that his educational society was to be affiliated with gov-ernment college at Bad-nore. After the formali-ties and paper work were done with, the complainant received a phone call from Ranjeet who asked him to come and meet him at the uni-versity. When the com-plainant met Ranjeet, he demanded Rs2 lakh as bribe for Vc’s approval and gave another phone number for video call-ing,” said Dr Tripathi.

The complaint was registered and a bid to verify the same was ini-

tiated. “On June 25, the complaint was verified wherein the VC de-manded a bribe of Rs1 lakh and asked that the bribe money be handed to Ranjeet Singh. How-ever on the day of the trap, the accused claimed of shortfalls in the complainant’s col-lege and did not take the bribe rather said that a letter will be issued for the shortfalls. There-fore the Bureau sleuths could not go ahead with the trap on September 3,” officials said.

Meanwhile, ACB came to know of a col-lege owner from Na-gaur, identified as one

Mahipal Singh Choud-hary, arriving to deliver bribe money to Ranjeet at VC residence. The ACB team then trapped both the persons giving and receiving bribes while also arresting VC RP Singh.

Meanwhile, ACB has now confiscated the lap-top, diaries, files and mobile of the VC. The sleuths have also seized the file of Mahipal from the VC office.

ADG ACB Dinesh MN said that they were leaving no chances and collecting solid evi-dence so that the guilty don’t have a single chance of reprieve.

Kangana gets...of elite commandos of the CRPF, officials said.

Responding to the re-ports, Ranaut took to Twitter expressing gratitude to Home Min-ister Amit Shah for ex-tending security to her. “This is proof that no fascist will be able to crush a patriot voice. I am thankful to Amit Shah ji. If he wanted, he could’ve asked me to postpone my visit to Mumbai in view of the circumstances. But he respected the work of a daughter of India,” she tweeted in Hindi.

The development comes amid an ongoing

war of words between Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut and Ranaut fol-lowing her remarks.

Yesterday, Ranaut’s father had written to Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur asking him to provide security for his daughter in the light of her recent spat with Raut.

As per the threat as-sessment report pre-pared by central secu-rity agencies, Ranaut may face danger to her life from narcotics syn-dicates and other hos-tile elements for speak-ing against them, the official said.

Himachal Pradesh CM Jai Ram Thakur on Monday welcomed the decision. —Agencies

ED arrests...Limited, was trans-ferred to Nupower Re-newables Pvt Ltd (NRPL, earlier known as NuPower Renewa-bles Limited, a com-pany of Deepak Koch-har, husband of Chan-da Kochhar) by VIL on September 8, 2009, just one day after disburse-ment of loan by ICICI Bank. Further, net revenue of Rs 10.65 crore was generated by NRL from these tainted funds. There-

fore, proceeds of crime amounting to Rs 74.65 crore were transferred to/gener-ated in NRPL,” ED had said. —ANI

Fulfill the...The rest of the GST col-lection shortage is be-ing linked to the corona epidemic. This is a uni-lateral decision, taken only with the benefit of the central government in mind. He said that the Government of In-dia should fulfil the re-sponsibility of taking loans from the Reserve Bank of India, and give compensation to the states.

FROM PG 1

APARNA IS BACK, MAY BE SECRETARY IN GOI ?

Ms. S Aparna is back from her World Bank posting. Now there are rumours of her being appointed Secretary of an important Ministry in the Government of India. She is 1988 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre. She is unlikely to be posted as Secretary DoPT or Drinking Water since in both the departments number two is an officer from Gujarat cadre.

WILL U P SINGH MOVE TO DRINKING WATER ?

There is a possibility that U P Singh may be moved from the Department of Water Resources. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.

POSTING OF 1987 BATCH IPS OFFICERS TO START IN GOI ?

Posting of 1987 batch IPS officers to the rank of DG in the Government of India is expected to start next month.

GANAPATHY TO SUCCEED ASTHANA ?

Latest information says that Special DG CISF, M A Ganapathy may be now DG Bureau of Civil Aviation Security. The post is currently lying vacant after the appointment of Rakesh Asthana as DG BSF. Ganapathy is 1986 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand Cadre.

JYOTIRMAYA CHAKRAVARTY TO BE DG, NSG ?

In the MHA corridors it is said that Jyotirmaya Chakravarty is going to succeed A K Singh as DG NSG. He is 1986 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

INTER-CADRE DEPUTATION TENURE OF SANJAY GOYAL TO UP EXTENDED

The inter-cadre deputation tenure of Sanjay Goyal from Assam-Meghalaya cadre to Uttar Pradesh has been extended for a period of two years beyond September 21, 2020. He is a 2004 batch IAS officer.

MRS. AMANPREET KAUR JOINS PUNJAB GOVT ON DEPUTATION

Mrs. Amanpreet Kaur has been appointed as Additional Chief Administrator (Finance & Accounts) in the Punjab Urban Planning & Development Authority on deputation basis. She is an IRS-IT officer.

IPS OFFICER SANJEEB PATJOSHI LIKELY TO RETURN TO PARENT CADRE IN SEPT

The tenure of Sanjeeb Kumar Patjoshi working as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj on central deputation is ending on September 25, 2020. He is a 1991 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.

RAO REFUSED EXTENSION

A A Rao, who was Advisor in the Rajya Sabha, has been refused further extension. Hia contract expired on August 31, 2020. He is a retired IIS officer.

R. MASAKUI APPOINTED HC OF INDIA TO JAMAICA

R. Masakui (IFS: 2001), presently Ambassador of India to the Republic of Zimbabwe, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Jamaica.

ANAND KUMAR MASIH OF CHHATTISGARH AWARDED IAS CADRE

Anand Kumar Masih of Chhattisgarh State Civil Service has been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre

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New Delhi: Five states including Maharash-tra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh, con-tribute over 60 per cent of total COVID-19 cases, 62 per cent of active cases and 70 per cent of overall fatality reported due to the virus in In-dia, the Union Health Ministry informed on Monday.

Maharashtra is at the top with 21.6 per cent, followed by Andhra Pradesh (11.8 per cent), Tamil Nadu (11per cent), Karnataka (9.5 per cent) and Uttar Pradesh at 6.3 per cent.

According to the Un-ion Health Ministry, Maharashtra has 26.76 per cent of the active cases in the country, fol-lowed by Andhra Pradesh (11.30 per cent), Karnataka (11.25 per cent), Uttar Pradesh (6.98 per cent ) and Ta-mil Nadu (5.83 per cent).

In the last 24 hours, Andhra Pradesh has re-corded the highest re-coveries with 11,915 newly recovered cases. Karnataka and Maha-rashtra saw 9575 and 7826 recoveries respec-tively while Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh wit-nessed 5820 and 4779 new recoveries, respec-tively. These 5 States together contributed 57 per cent of the recover-ies in the last 24 hours.

Maha, Andhra Pradesh, TN, K’taka and UP, contribute over 60 per cent of total COVID-19 cases

5 STATES CONTRIBUTE 60 PC

JNU to hold 2020 convocation online New Delhi: The JNU will host its convoca-tion online this year due to the restrictions put in place to control the spread of corona-virus. The convoca-

tion, the university’s fourth, will be held in virtual mode in No-vember and students graduating from JNU will be awarded de-grees. The details of

the virtual convoca-tion including regis-tration of students and date of convoca-tion will be updated on the JNU website shortly.

Yogi dedicates 300-bed hosp in Gorakhpur

Gorakhpur: CM Yogi Adityanath has inaugu-rated 300 beds in a dedi-cated COVID-19 hospi-tal in Gorakhpur dis-trict on Monday.

“I heartily thank the public representatives, local administration and BRD Medical Col-lege administration present in the inaugu-ration program of 300 beds dedicated COVID Hospital, 100 beds hos-tels, BSL-3 lab and guest house in Gorakhpur,” tweeted the Chief Min-ister Office in Hindi.

Adityanath said, “I feel happy to dedicate this 300-bed dedicated COVID Hospital to the people of Purvanchal.”

“Doctors, nurses, par-amedical staff and tech-nicians working in iso-lation ward during COVID-19 live in the in-stitutional quarantine instead of going straight to their homes. With this view, facilities dedi-cated to BRD Medical College will prove effec-tive in the fight against coronavirus,” added the Chief Minister.

CM Yogi inaugurated 300 beds in a dedicated COVID-19 hospital.

A medical worker in PPE collects a nasal swab sample in Jammu on Monday.

AG Venugopal in self-quarantine, SC informedNew Delhi: Attorney General K K Venugopal is in self-quarantine, the SC was informed on Monday as the Centre sought adjournment in a matter related to fill-ing of vacancies in tri-bunals. A bench of Jus-tices L Nageswara Rao and Hemant Gupta was

requested by Addition-al Solicitor General SV Raju that a short ad-

journment be granted in the case as the AG, who is appearing in the mat-ter, is in self-quarantine. The bench agreed to the request by Raju, representing the Cen-tre in the matter, and posted the matter for further hearing on Sep-tember 15.

Fatality rate below 2%, on continuous decline: MoHFWNew Delhi: The data released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has re-vealed that the COV-ID-19 Case Fatality Rate (CFR) has dropped be-low 2 per cent and is on a continuous decline.

“India’s comprehensive and calibrated actions within the umbrella strategy of ‘TEST TRACK TREAT’ have resulted in a low mortal-ity rate,” the Union Min-istry of Health and Fam-ily Welfare tweeted.

Rhea arrives at NCB office for second round of interrogationMumbai: Actor Rhea Chakraborty has ar-rived at NCB office in Mumbai on Monday morning for the second day for interrogation as part of the ongoing in-vestigation related to the Sushant Singh Ra-jput death case.

“We have recorded the statement of Rhea Chakraborty but due to her late arrival, the in-vestigation could not be continued today (Sun-day). The investigation will continue tomor-row,” IRS officer Sa-meer Wankhede, NCB had told reporters yes-terday.

The NCB also said Dipesh Sawant, who was the house help of late actor Sushant Sin-gh Rajput, is an active member of a drug syn-dicate connected with high society personali-ties and drug suppliers.

Attorney General KK Venugopa

Rhea Chakraborty leaves for NCB office at Santacruz in Mumbai.

NCB arrests one more for alleged drug peddlingMumbai: The NCB on Monday arrested one more person for alleged drug ped-dling in connection with the ongoing in-vestigation into the narcotics angle. Anuj Keshwani was held on the basis of the information provid-ed by Kaizen Ibrahim

during the interroga-tion. Anuj Keshwani was under examina-tion for questioning yesterday. However, the NCB officially ar-rested him today. Kaizen had report-edly disclosed that Anuj was his suppli-er for the contra-bands.

India, China EAMs to discuss ways to resolve present Ladakh standoffNew Delhi: With Chi-nese State Councillor and foreign minister Wang Yi confirming his arrival in Moscow on Wednesday evening, the bilateral meeting with Indian External Affairs Minister S Jais-hankar to discuss ways and means to resolve the present Ladakh standoff is confirmed on September 10.

The two leaders are meeting on the side-lines of Shanghai Co-operation Organisa-tion (SCO) ministerial hosted by Russian Fed-eration. The time of the meeting is being fi-nalised. While EAM Jaishankar will arrive in Moscow on Tuesday evening with desk of-ficers of China divi-sion, Foreign minister

Wang will reach the next day to discuss the border escalation in Ladakh. The much awaited meeting of for-eign ministers is ex-pected to record a for-ward movement to-wards complete disen-gagement and de-esca-lation of People’s Lib-eration Army (PLA) with the Indian side insistent upon China to follow bilateral agree-ments and protocols since 1993.

‘People with malicious intent spreading misinformation’Mumbai: Taking a veiled dig at Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said that some people with malicious intent are spreading misinfor-mation that the party has insulted women.

Taking to Twitter, Raut said, “Shiv Sena follows the ideology of great Hindutva icons Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and the great Maharana Pratap. They have taught us to respect women.”

“But one should not forget the fact that those making these allega-tions have themselves insulted Mumbai. Shiv Sena will continue to fight for the pride of women, ” it added.

TALKING POINTJAIPUR | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2020


O ver the weekend, the World Health Or-

ganisation made an announcement you might have missed.

It recommended children aged 12-year-old and be-yond should wear masks, and that masks should be considered for those aged between 6-year-old and 11-year-old. The German Socie-ty for Virology went further, recom-mending masks be worn by all children attending school.

This seems at odds with what we assumed about kids and Covid-19 at the start of the pandem-ic. Indeed, one posi-tive in this pandem-ic so far has been that children who contract the virus typically experience mild illness. Most children don’t re-quire hospitalisa-tion and very few die from the disease. However, some chil-dren can develop a severe inflammato-ry syndrome simi-lar to Kawasaki dis-ease, although this is thankfully rare.

This generally mild picture has contributed to cases in children being overlooked. But emerging evidence suggests children might play a bigger role in transmis-sion than originally thought. They may be equally as infec-tious as adults based on the amount of viral genetic ma-terial found in swabs, and we have seen large school clusters emerge in Australia and around the world.

THEY ARE THANKFULLY MUCH LESS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE SEVERE ILLNESS THAN ADULTS BUT COULD PASS ON THE VIRUS TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS

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CHILDREN MAY PLAY BIGGER ROLE IN COVID TRANSMISSION

HOW LIKELY ARE CHILDREN TO BE INFECTED?Working out how

susceptible chil-dren are has been diffi-cult. Pre-emptive school closures occurred in many countries, remov-ing opportunities for the virus to circulate in younger age groups. Children have also missed out on testing because they typically have mild symptoms. In Australia, testing crite-ria were initially very restrictive. People had to have a fever or a cough to be tested, which children don’t al-ways have.

This hindered our ability to detect cases in children, and created a perception that chil-dren weren’t commonly infected. One way to ad-dress this issue is

through antibody test-ing, which can detect evidence of past infec-tion. A study of over 60,000 people in Spain found 3.4% of children and teenagers had anti-bodies to the virus, com-pared with 4.4% to 6.0% of adults. But Spain’s schools were also closed, which likely reduced children’s exposure.

Another method is to look at what happens to

people living in the same household as a known case. The re-sults of these studies are mixed. Some have suggested a lower risk for children, while oth-ers have suggested children and adults are at equal risk.

Children might have some protection com-pared to adults, because they have less of the en-zyme which the virus

uses to enter the body. So, given the same short exposure, a child might be less likely to be in-fected than an adult. But prolonged contact probably makes any such advantage moot.

The way in which children and adults in-teract in the household might explain the dif-ferences seen in some studies. This is support-ed by a new study con-ducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Children and partners of a known case were more likely to be infected than other people living in the same house. This suggests the amount of close, prolonged contact may ultimately be the deciding factor.

SCHOOLS SHOULD SWITCH TO DISTANCE LEARNINGThis evidence means

we need to take a pre-cautionary approach. When community trans-mission is low, face-to-face teaching is probably low-risk. But schools should switch to distance learning during periods of sustained community transmission. If we fail to address the risk of school outbreaks, they can spread into the wider community.

While most children won’t become severely ill if they contract the vi-rus, the same cannot be said for their adult fami-

ly members or their teachers. In the United States, 40% of teachers have risk factors for se-vere Covid-19, as do 28.6 million adults living with school-aged chil-

dren.Recent recommenda-

tions on mask-wearing by older and younger children mirror risk-re-duction guidelines for schools developed by the

Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. These guidelines stress the im-portance of face masks, improving ventilation, and the regular disinfec-tion of shared surfaces.

HOW OFTEN DO CHILDREN TRANSMIT THE VIRUS?

Several studies show children and adults

have similar amounts of viral RNA in their nose and throat. This suggests children and adults are equally infec-tious, although it’s pos-sible children transmit the virus slightly less often than adults in practice. Because chil-dren are physically smaller and generally have more mild symp-toms, they might re-lease less of the virus.

In Italy, researchers looked at what hap-pened to people who’d been in contact with in-fected children and found the contacts of children were more likely to be infected than the contacts of adults with the virus.

Teenagers are of course closer to adults, and it’s possible young-er children might be less likely to transmit the virus than older chil-dren. However, reports of outbreaks in child-care centres and prima-ry schools suggest there’s still some risk.

Large clusters have been reported in

schools around the world, most notably in Israel. There, an out-break in a high school affected at least 153 students, 25 staff mem-bers, and 87 others. In-terestingly, that par-ticular outbreak coin-cided with an extreme heatwave where stu-dents were granted an exemption from hav-ing to wear face masks, and air conditioning was used continuously.

At first glance, the Australian experience seems to suggest a small role for children in transmission. A study of Covid-19 in educational settings in New South Wales in the first half of the year found limited evi-dence of transmission, although a large out-break was noted to have occurred in a childcare centre.

This might seem re-assuring, but it’s im-

portant to remember the majority of cases in Australia were ac-quired overseas at the time of the study, and there was limited com-munity transmission. Also, schools switched to distance learning during the study, after which school attend-ance dropped to 5%. This suggests school safety is dependent on the level of communi-ty transmission.

Additionally, we shouldn’t be reassured by examples where children have not transmitted the virus to others. Approxi-

mately 80% of second-ary Covid-19 cases are generated by only 10% of people. There are also many examples where adults haven’t transmitted the virus.

As community transmission has grown in Victoria, so has the significance of school clusters. The Al-Taqwa College out-break remains one of Australia’s largest clusters. Importantly, the outbreak there has been linked to other clusters in Melbourne, including a major out-break in the city’s pub-lic housing towers.

WHAT HAVE WE SEEN IN SCHOOLS?

As the virus has spread more widely, the demographic pro-

file of cases has changed. The vi-rus is no longer confined to adult travellers and their contacts, and children are now commonly in-fected. In Germany, the proportion of children in the number of new infections is now consistent with

their share of the total population. While children are thankfully much less likely to experience se-vere illness than adults, we must consider who children have con-tact with and how they can con-tribute to community transmis-sion. Unless we do, we won’t suc-ceed in controlling the pandemic.

THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Targeting PM Narendra Modi, Ra-jasthan Pradesh Con-

g r e s s Commit-tee Pres-i d e n t G ov i n d S i n g h D o -t a s a r a on Mon-

day, said that people have now understood that Modi speaks lies and gives ‘Jumla’.

He said that the pub-lic response for Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ has fall-en and now people are listening to what Con-gress leader Rahul Gan-dhi is saying.

“Prime Minister is known for two things, one for speaking lies and the other for foreign trips. Corona has put brakes on his foreign tours and people have un-derstood his lies. People are fed up with his ‘Jum-las,” he told reporters at the party office here.

“Earlier, people used to listen to Mann ki Baat expecting that he will give a new direction to the country but now people want to ask him about inflation, unem-ployment, farmers and China. He does not want

to talk about the rela-tions with neighbouring countries,” Dotasara added.

“These days, Amit Shah is also sidelined and there are no state-ments from him,” the Congress leader said.

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New Delhi: Chief Elec-tion Commissioner Sunil Arora addressed the Virtual Felicitation Programme for distin-guished teachers and meritorious students on Teacher’s Day. The event was organised by Prachi Education Soci-ety, which is a regis-tered voluntary oragni-sation involved in com-munity development. Addressing the audi-ence, CEC Arora con-

gratulated the winners of various badges and wished them for future. CEC praising late Presi-dent Dr Radhakrish-nana said that he had made supreme scholar-ly contributions by pen-ning books of unimagi-nable scholarly value. Arora said that Dr Rad-hakrishnanan’s heart always went out for the teachers and this he could understand be-cause he himself start-ed his career as a teach-er in Jallandhar Uni-

versity. CEC remem-bered his mother, who also was a English

teacher in Hoshiyarpur in the times when fe-male education was

scorned.CEC Arora spoke

matter of factly while denouncing the roman-ticism about traditional govt schools with bad infrastructure and stressed on massive up gradation of the same. He lauded the New Edu-cation Policy (NEP) Arora recalled the val-ues of teachers from yesteryears, who took teaching far more than a job and were regarded in high esteem by the society as well.

CEC reminisces his initial years as teacher!DOWN THE MEMORY LANE

‘Corona spread can be stopped by cautiousness’ Corona fatality rate in the state is 1.25%, Dr Raghu Sharma said Health Minister flags-off vehicles

to create awareness about CoronaFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: Health Minis-ter Dr Raghu Sharma has said that the Gov-ernment is making all possible efforts to pre-vent corona and its spread, but growing ‘tentacles’ of corona could be stopped only with caution observed by the general public.

Dr Sharma said that till now no medicine or vaccine for corona has been invented. “India is now on number two po-sition in regard to worldwide corona infec-tions. Daily 90,000 peo-ple are getting infected and till now around 41 lakh people have been infected with corona. It is also impacting the State. Till a few days ago there were around 1100 cases per day, but now this number has crossed more than 1500

cases per day,” he said. The Health Minister

said that despite know-ing this, some people are negligent towards the protocol. “In this period of infection, walking without a mask, gather-ing in a group, could in-fect you and others. Pre-caution and prevention are the only treatment for Corona,” he said.

The Health Minister said that there is a con-tinuous decline in mor-tality rate in the State because of better man-agement of corona. At present, the fatality rate due to corona is 1.25%. He said that the mortal-ity rate in Rajasthan is low compared to the av-erage of 10 big States. The recovery rate has

reached 82% and the percentage of positivity is also low but still we all have to be very alert.

Sharma said that ba-sic infrastructure is be-ing strengthened by fo-cussing on hospitals right up to district and community health cen-tre level in the State.

He said that State has 3, 018 ICU beds of which, currently, 872 beds are in use. “Health department has fixed rates for people getting COVID treatment in private hospitals. Rates for tea, breakfast, PPE kits to ambulance and other diagnostics along with all protocols have been fixed. Now no private hospital in the State will overcharge. Even those patients who are asymptomatic can be kept in hotels near the pri-vate hospitals and the Government has fixed rates for three types of rooms,” he said.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma flagged off ‘Campaign Communication Vehi-cles’ to create awareness about corona in three dis-tricts of the State from his residence on Monday.

Dr Sharma said that awareness campaigns are being run across the State to make the general public aware about coro-na. The special campaign communication vehicles are being sent to Alwar, Jodhpur and Ajmer dis-tricts with the help of United Nation Popula-tion Fund (UNFA), Rural Electrification Corpora-tion (REC) and National Health Mission (NHM). These vehicles till Octo-ber 6, will go to the co-

rona affected areas, tehsil headquarters and 100 revenue villages and will make people aware about corona.

National Health Mis-sion Director Naresh Kumar Thakral said that IEC materials pre-pared by the department will be distributed

through these vehicles in corona affected dis-tricts. Moreover, people will be told about the preventive measures through street plays and songs. He said that the general public will be informed about Missed Call radio ‘Naubat Baja’ through which the peo-

ple giving missed calls on the mobile number 7733959595 can get neces-sary information related to health. It is to be men-tioned that till now more than 2 lakh people from Rajasthan have taken health related informa-tion by giving missed call on ‘Naubat Baja.’

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The State Elec-tion Commission of Ra-jasthan on Monday, an-nounced the election of Panch and Sarpanches to be conducted in four phases in the remain-ing 3, 848 gram pan-chayats. The code of conduct has come into the force with the an-nouncement of the elec-tion schedule.

The election process will begin on September 16 and the first phase of voting will take place on September 28. Voting will be held on Septem-ber 28, October 3, Octo-ber 6 and October 10 in a total of 35,968 wards in 3848 gram panchayats, according to the pro-gram released by the Commission.

EVM machines will be used for the polling of sarpanch elections.

In view of coronavi-rus infection, the Com-mission has decided to keep 900 voters in place of 1,100 in every polling station so that social dis-tancing protocol could be followed. The polling time has also been ex-tended by one hour so that voters are able to vote from 7.30 am to 5.30 pm while maintaining social distancing.

The State Election

Commission said that in compliance with the directions of SC, the Commission has decid-ed to conduct elections in four remaining phases.

The process will be notified from Septem-ber 16 for the first phase. The districts of the state where elec-tions are to be held in the remaining Gram Panchayats include Ganganagar, Dholpur, Dausa, Churu, Bikan-er, Bhilwara, Barmer, Baran, Alwar, Ajmer, Pratapgarh, Sikar and Udaipur.

Separate announce-ments will be made for the election of Zila Par-ishad members and Panchayat Samiti mem-bers of Panchayati Raj Institutions.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Sachin Pilot’s well-wishers across Rajasthan, donated 40,000 units of blood on Monday, marking his 43rd birthday and signalling that the Congress leader, who led a month-long rebel-lion against the CM, still enjoyed their sup-port. Infact, Chief Minister Ashok Ge-hlot, PCC chief Go-vind Singh Dotasara, Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma, BJP State President Satish Poonia and former CM Vasundhara Raje were among those who wished the MLA on his birthday.

“Wishing you a very happy birthday @SachinPilot ji. May you be blessed with happi-

ness, good health and long life,” Gehlot tweeted.

Pilot, who had ap-pealed to the support-ers not to come to Jaipur to wish him amid the Corona pan-demic, interacted with his followers through social media platforms and conveyed his grati-tude for holding the blood donation camps on his birthday and for greeting him on the oc-casion.

“The blood units will help patients in hospi-

tals who require blood. This will help them in the most difficult time. The number of blood donors has come down due to the threat of cor-onavirus and this initi-ative will certainly help those in need,” he said.

In Jhalawar, nearly 5,500 units of blood were collected while the col-lection in Jaipur crossed 4,000 units. The final tally stood at 45,000 units. However, Pilot left for Delhi during the day to celebrate his birthday with his family.

Gram panchayat polls from Sept 28 45K units of blood collected in drive to mark Pilot’s B’Day

People are fed up of PM Modi’s Jumlas: Dotasara

In this period of in-fection, walking without a mask, gathering in a

group, could infect you and others. Precaution and

prevention are the only treatment for

Corona. —Dr Raghu Sharma,

Health Minister

Raghu Sharma flags-off ‘Campaign Communication Vehicles’ from his residence on Monday.

Party workers participate in the Blood donation drive to mark Pilot’s Birthday on Monday.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Panchayat polls will be held amid strict corona guide-lines issued by the Election Commission. Only one person will be allowed in the Re-turning Officer’s room with the candidate while filing the nomi-nation. The time for filing the nominations has been increased by 30 minutes. Nobody will be allowed to vote unless wearing a mask. The Commis-sion has reduced the number of voters per booth to 900 from 1000 to have better social

distancing. It has also asked the candidates to strictly follow state and central govt guide-lines while organising rallies as any infringe-ment would be punish-able. The voting time for panchayat elec-tions will be from 7.30 am to 5.30 am. And the election has been di-vided into four phases to avoid any rush while polling. Govt employees above 55 years of age will not be pressed into elec-tion duty. The Block Health Officer will be the nodal officer at panchayat level for co-rona management.

EC’s DETAILED GUIDELINES FOR PANCHAYAT POLLS

MAKEN TO VISIT JAIPUR, HOLD MEETINGS ON SEPTEMBER 10Jaipur: AICC General Secretary incharge for Rajasthan, Ajay Maken’s proposed meeting with the leaders of Jaipur division has been rescheduled and will now take place on September 10, instead of Tuesday. No changes have been made with regard to the meeting in Ajmer divi-sion, which will be held on Wednes-day as per the old schedule. Maken is scheduled to attend an important AICC meeting in Delhi on Tuesday and therefore, the schedule of the Jaipur division’s meeting has been changed. As per the revised programme, Maken will ar-rive in Jaipur on Tuesday night and hold night stay in the state capital. Maken, who leads a three-member AICC Committee formed last month to look into the issues related with the state politics, came to Jaipur on August 30. to hold meetings with the party leaders in different divisions. However, the meetings were postponed after the demise of former president Pranab Mukherjee.

CEC Sunil Arora addressing virtual Felicitation Programme organised by Prachi Education Society for distinguished teachers & meritorious students on Teacher’s Day.

AVINASH PANDE @avinashpandeinc

To expose anti-people policies of BJP-JDU government in Bihar@INCBihar Today, organized the Bihar Kranti Mahasammelan (Vir-tual). I am delighted to launch this rally. In the coming times, through 100 such rallies, we will reach the people of Bihar.

Hearty congratulations to former Chairman of Ra-jasthan Pradesh Congress Committee, former Deputy Chief Minister Shri@SachinPilot ji on his Birthday. I pray to God for his good health and long life.

Ajay MakenGS Dotasara

CM Ashok Gehlot Sachin Pilot

Level-up your fashion game this Fall season, as City First suggests a few great outfit ideas and the most trending ones, as you sip on that amazing Pumpkin Spice Latte!

he fall season is about to arrive by month-end and there is a lot of shopping to be done. Since trends keep chang-ing every year, this

year is a little bit different too. Since there are just a few weeks left for the fall season to arrive, you better get to work and explore the best deals for the sexiest outfits online; yes, unfor-tunately, due to the global pan-demic, you can’t really go and shop outside- it

isn’t safe for obvious reasons.

A lot of these trends would help

you hold onto the warm-weather essentials a bit longer. A few fall trends in-clude cropped blazers, doll dresses, warm shrugs, light-knit sweaters, full-sleeves t-shirts, warm co-ord sets, and light car-digan among other things.

Below men-

tioned are a few fall outfits that would make you look drop-dead gorgeous- but make sure to wear a mask with whichever outfit you go for.1. Short-Sleeve Cardigan +

Jeans2. Tank Top + Jeans + Puffer

Jacket3. Short Dress + Leather

Trousers4. Suede Jacket + Slip Dress5. Blazer + Jeans + Heeled

Ballet Pumps6. White Shirt + Slip Dress7. Pleated Skirt + Jacket8. Long-Sleeved Blouse +

High-Waisted Trousers9. Slip Skirt + Denim Jacket

+ Biker Boots10. Statement Trench + Jeans

If you’re going out for an event, keeping the safety pre-cautions in mind of course, and you feel it’s too hot, you can opt for a sleeveless dress. But always remem-ber that it tends to get chilly during the evenings- so opt for a dress with a thick cloth, and you can al-ways carry a blazer in your hand and keep it aside during the event.

The best part about the fall season except the su-per pleasant weather is that you can layer your clothes and experiment with pieces and accessories and never get bored of it. It’s the best time to look stylish, without any doubt.

Opting for oversized clothes would make you look super cute and comfy and mono-chrome outfits are trending a bit too much this year.

Oh, and don’t for-get to take out your favourite warm scarf and wear it with literally eve-rything; well, that’s what ‘favourites’ are for!

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he first superstar of Hindi cinema, who had delivered 15 solo hits between 1969 and in 1971. No-body can question the fact that Rajesh

Khanna was a one-of-a-

kind superstar. For his

millions of doting fans, he

was the only star who

made a difference to their

livesHe made his debut in

1966 with Aakhri

Khat which was also In-

dia’s first official Oscar

Entry in 1967. in which he

played a sculptor who falls

in love with a village girl.

Films like Raaz, Baharon

Ke Sapne, and Aurat (all

1967) did little to suggest

that an undisputed ruler

was about to be born. But

destiny had made some

great plans for the slim

guy of average height,

whose charming face

would light up the screen

and win millions of hearts

soon.Shakti Samanta’s Arad-

hana, a romantic drama

which released on Novem-

ber 7, 1969, was the first

Khanna film that set the

box-office on fire. Filmgo-

ers rushed to theatres to

watch the newest charmer

in town, a young man who

flashed his dimples and

had dreams in his eyes.The next few years were

incredible. Raj Kho-

sla’s Do Raaste, Narendra

Bedi’s Bandhan, A Subba

Rao’s Doli and Yash

Chopra’s Ittefaq featured

among his 1969 releases.

Manmohan De-

sai’s Sachaa Jhutha, Sa-

manta’s Kati Patang,

Mukul Dutt’s Aan Milo

Sajna and Asit Sen’s Sa-

far was released in the fol-

lowing year. 1971 saw the

release of Saman-

ta’s Amar Prem, MA

Thirumugam’s Haathi

Mere Saathi, Ramesh Sip-

py’s Andaz and Arabind

Sen’s Maryada.The box-office knew just

one name. Rajesh Khanna.Everybody had to con-

cede that his magnetism

was something else. Sto-

ries of girls who married

his photographs, and ru-

mors that producers gave

him blank cheques even

before the shooting of a

film started, kept him un-

der the spotlight.Famously capable

of conveying the fragility of emo-tions with his ex-pressions, body language and tonal varia-tions, some of his best-known on-screen mo-ments were ones that brought tears to the view-er’s eyes. He re-ceived the Filmfare Best Actor Award three times and the BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hin-di) four times.[10] In 1991, he was awarded

the Filmfare Special

Award for completing 26

years in the Hindi cinema

and in 2005, he was hon-

ored with the Filmfare

Lifetime Achievement

Award on the 50th Anniversary of the Filmfare Awards.

Tbefore the shooting of a

film started, kept him un-

der the spotlight.Famously capable

of conveying the fragility of emo-tions with his ex-pressions, body language and tonal varia-tions, some of his best-known on-screen mo-ments were ones that brought tears to the view-er’s eyes. He re-ceived the Filmfare Best Actor Award three times and the BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hin-di) four times.[10] In 1991, he was awarded

the Filmfare Special

Award for completing 26

years in the Hindi cinema

and in 2005, he was hon-

ored with the Filmfare

Lifetime Achievement

Award on the 50th Anniversary of the Filmfare Awards.

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YOUR DAYHoroscope by

Saurabbh Sachdeva

LEOJULY 24 - AUGUST 23

You must discuss with your parents before taking any big decision about life. You friends are going to give

you some sort of surprise. A property related matter will require a lot of attention and immediate action. Lover will give you a million dollar worth guidance about your goals.

LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

You may not like someone’s suggestion in your social gathering and the best would be to ignore

it then and keep it in mind that who is your well wisher and who is not. Newlyweds may feel a bit disappointed due to current circumstances.

ARIESMAR 21 - APR 20

Opportunities come and go, don’t get disheartened if you missed one, the best one is on its way. You may

get the chance to talk to someone with who are trying to connect for a long time. Politely saying no for something that you don’t believe in, is the best style you have got.

SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22

Throwing someone out from their job at this Children seek your advice whenever needed. You are a

lovely human being but sometimes your tough appearance may scare people off. You should not let anyone put you down ever, remember you are the best.

GEMINIMAY 21 - JUNE 21

You may have to make a strict choice when it comes to choosing your career. Someone beautiful will

enter you life in near future and will change your life forever and this person will be extremely loved and cared for by your family. Respect people as they are.

AQUARIUSJAN 21 - FEB 19

You are desperate to eat something nice but your determination on health front won’t let you. You will

devote sometime in teaching your kids. Captivating, beautiful, pretty, you keep getting these compliments from your spouse. You are loved by your family selfl essly and unconditionally.

TAURUSAPR 21 - MAY 20

Control your thoughts and -direct your energy in one direction. Be serious for your dreams as once you

decide to make them come true then nothing can stop you. Don’t get involved in short term relationships. Kindness is in the heart, no matter how tough you look.

CAPRICORNDEC 23 - JAN 20

Keep a time check when you are doing preparation for any competitive exam. You have your family with

you and you can never feel alone. You will see a miracle soon. You believe in God more than anything. Running away from responsibilities is not an act of brave.

VIRGOAUG 24 - SEP 23

You like to surround yourself with likeminded people. You are not someone who ever gets

fascinated by someone’s wealth, you make true friends.You are very social by nature and like to keep your yourself totally engaged. Emotions should be controlled.

CANCERJUNE 22 - JULY 23

You also need to be careful with people who are very demanding and just to please them don’t go

farther and farther rather take a stand where you need to. God sent angel will help you in many ways. Providing love to those who need it that’s what makes you are so special.

PISCESFEB20 - MARCH 20

Good returns are on the cards from the stocks. Offer prayers to whatever or in whoever you believe

in, its very important. Love yourself just the way your are. Magnetic persona will get you many offer for marriage but choose wisely as it is a matter of whole life.

SCORPIOOCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

You may keep busy today with lot of virtual meetings. You will fi nally fi nd a suitable buyer or seller for

the property, Good for you if you decide to fi nish your pending tasks. On academic front, you have to try different ways to be able to retain stuff. Miracles happen.

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First Superstar of INDIAN CINEMA

Reality TV star and beauty mo-gul Kim Kar-

dashian West is ex-panding her em-pire! The 39-year-old KKW Beauty founder recently filed a trademark for KKW Home as she reportedly prepares to launch a collection of household items set to be sold in sev-eral retail stores. According to docu-

ments obtained, Kim states that KKW

Home will feature “gifts, general consum-er merchandise, bath and shower products and accessories, bed-room furnishings and accessories, and home furnishing and acces-sories.”

Kim has not officially announced her expan-sion into home decor just yet, she currently has several businesses including KKW Beauty and SKIMS. —Agency

‘Unbelievable’ Tiger

By sharing a dreamy motion poster of his upcoming song, actor Tiger Shroff on Monday announced his debut as a singer with an upcom-

ing song ‘Unbelievable’.The ‘War’ star hopped on to Instagram

and unveiled the motion poster, Tiger wrote, “Always wanted to sing and dance to my own song, but never really had the courage to take it forward. Spent a lot of time exploring and working this lockdown and discov-ered something new.”

Expressing his excitement on the upcoming number, he added, “It been an ‘unbelievable’ experience, and I’m excited to share this humble effort with you soon #YouAreUnbelievable #TeaserOutSoon.”

The motion poster features the ‘Baaghi 3’ holding a mic as he takes limelight while sporting a formal look and added aviators and hums a melody. —ANI

ustin Bieber and Hailey B a l d w i n broke the Cali for nia non-essen-tial travel

ban to head out on a quick trip. With Kend-all Jenner and Devin

Booker in tow, the love-birds enjoyed a fun sum-

mer break in Idaho. The Biebers, Jenner and

Booker stayed at a lake-front home for four days. While Hailey shared a few photos couple of days ago, the model took to Insta-gram and shared a few more photos and a video

from their summer vacay. In the photos, Hailey

flaunts her slender figure in a chic bikini. In the first picture, she was seen sport-ing a red life-jacket while posing for the camera.

In another shot, she was seen floating in the water-body while soaking up the sun. She also shared a video where she was seen ziplin-ing through the green outdoors. But our favourite picture from the bunch saw Justin embracing Hai-ley on the boat. The sunk-issed couple left us grin-ning as they looked adora-bly in love.

—Agency

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After sharing a glimpse of the thrilling teaser, actor Akshay

Kumar on Monday shared a power-packed preview of the much-loved adventure TV show ‘Into The Wild with Bear Grylls.’

“Into The Wild With Bear Grylls Preview

When a Western adrena-line Adventurer meets an Eastern action junkie, don’t expect fireworks because brotherhood is what we found. Two fit-ness enthusiasts enjoy-ing a stroll through dan-gerous territory is what I call the perfect walk in the park,” wrote the ‘Good Newwz’ actor as

he posted to Instagram a preview of the upcoming special. He added about the British wildlife ad-venturer--Bear Grylls, “@beargrylls is and al-ways will be the ‘Man of

the Wild’, I’m over the moon to have been cho-sen to do what I wish I could do with my kids every day, and that’s ex-plore our beautiful lands! But for now, it’s just Bear

and me doing what we do Best #Grrrrr #Into-TheWildWithBearGrylls @discoveryplusindia @discoverychannelin.”

The immense preview chronicled the journey of Akshay and Grylls in Bandipur Tiger Reserve and their thrilling adven-tures -- from drinking ‘elephant poop’ tea to crossing river full of crocodiles. In the video, the survival instructor Grylls is shown intro-ducing the ‘Blue’ actor as one of India’s biggest movie star. —ANI

Power Packed PREVIEW

The makers of Ishaan Khatter and Ananya Panday starrer up-coming film ‘Khaali Peeli’ an-nounced on Monday that the

movie will be released over online streaming platform- Zeeplex on Octo-ber 2.

The streaming platform put out an interesting poster of the film and tweeted, “Saare check-naake todkar,

aa reli hai ek mad ride, bole toh #KhaaliPeeli, 2nd October ko, ex-clusively on @ZeeplexOfficial!.”

The poster features the ‘Stu-dent Of The Year’ actor

sitting on the bonnet of Mumbai’s famous Kaali Peeli taxi with Ishaan Khat-ter in the driver’s seat. A duffle bag full of jewellery and cash is atop the taxi and a pop-up one-liner reads, “Lafda bole toh alag level ka!!!.”

The poster has a message written, “Ek ladka, ek ladki aur ek mad ride. (A girl, a

boy and a mad ride).”The ‘Dhadak’ ac-

tor, too posted the release date with a

note saying “Apan bhi ready hai aur apni Kaali -Peeli bhi. Toh public, abhi tum bhi ho jao ready, aa rahi hai mad ride #K haaliPeeli, 2nd October ko sirf @zee-plexofficial par!”

Last month, the makers of ‘Khaali Peeli’ dropped teas-er of the film fea-turing Khatter and Ananya Panday. —ANI

‘Khaali Peeli’ Date Out

Expanding empire

Justin and Hailey Bieber...her post

...poster of the film

Ishaan Khatter and Ananya Panday

Ananya Panday

Bear Grylls and Akshay Kumar

...still from the show

Kim Kardashian

Tiger Shroff

NEHAL NAYAR

agdeesh Chandra celebrat-ed his 71st birthday on 7 September, Monday. The day was replete with greet-ings, blessings and con-gratulations pouring in from all quarters across

India from the dignitaries in the world of politics, media and bu-reaucracy. Jagdeesh Chandra start-ed the day by seeking blessings from his beloved parents enshrined in the temple at his home and then donated food and other necessary items to an Orphanage.

Teams from the channel and newspaper reached to greet Jagdeesh Chandra as did many oth-ers. Speaking on the occasion

Jagdeesh Chandra thanked every-one for their love and best wishes. He said that he is very pleased that First India is watched and read across and lives the slogan of ‘KHABAR HI JEEVAN HAI’, on a daily basis. He promised that they will continue to strive to work as a bridge between the people and the government. He also thanked Virendra Choudhary, Director First India News for his support.

Rambagh Palace staff also or-ganised a small simple heartfelt celebration for Jagdeesh Chandra, a tradition it follows for it’s valued customers.

City First brings you a few glimpses of the day captured in these frames.

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Robert Vadra on Sunday morning took to Twitter to share 3 pictures of his view

from the hills, where he has gone for a weekend off. Praising nature, he captioned

the post, “Our country is simply beautiful. Capturing nature at its best ... sharing my view from the hills. Got a weekend off and drove to the

hills, but you must be armed with a COVID test. Stay safe, stay healthy! Respect and enjoy nature. Have a good Sunday.” —Vaishali

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Capturing the moment!

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Atalk with Sukri-ta Paul Ku-mar on S h r i

Joginder Paul’s novel ‘Blind’ took place on Saturday, virtually on Zoom. The talk was a part of the Shyamoli Series on Cul-ture series in commem-oration of the late Mo-han and Reena Mukerji.

Mita Kapur, CEO of Siyahi, opened the event by addressing Malashri Lal. She introduced Na-mita Gokhale as the

chief guest, the panel-lists - Sukrita Paul Ku-mar and Diwakar Shar-ma, the artists for the evening. She talked about the sensitivity of the subject for discus-sion, the book Blind. The event then kicked off with a devotional

song sung by Diwakar Sharma. Surkita shared that the next generation works out whatever she does as a reaction. Her father wanted her to write short stories and the act of writing poetry was an act of defiance.

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SHYAMOLI SERIES

GUJARAT: A man was seen setting up colourful umbrellas for sale at a bridge corner near RTO, Ahmedabad on Monday.

GUJARAT: As COVID -19 cases are increasing in the country, the Gujarat government is taking care of the city’s sanitization. On Monday, Ahmedabad municipal health workers were seen sanitizing the streets of the old city.

—PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI

GUJARAT: People are still afraid of going out in public places. On Monday the biggest shopping mall in Ahmedabad was seen vacant.

—PHOTOS BY HANIF SINDHI

RAJASTHAN: On the occasion of International Literacy Day, today, Jawahar Kala Kendra (JKK) is going to host online learning classes ‘Beejakshara’, till Thursday. The programme is being organised by the Department of Art and Culture, Government of Rajasthan in collaboration with JKK and the Arabian and Persian Research Institute, Tonk. The online classes will be available for viewers on the official Facebook page of JKK.

HAPPY B’DAY!

IAS Bhanu Prakash Yeturu and IPS Lovely Katiyar celebrated their birthdays on 7 September, Monday. We wish them all the best!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JC A BLESSED DAY INDEED!

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Jagdeesh Chandra with Syed Umar, Kavita Pant and the First India team

Gaurav Gaur, Akanksha Bhalla and Mona Gautam greet Jagdeesh Chandra

Senior Editor, First India News Syed Umar extends a floral greeting to Jagdeesh Chandra

Resident Editor First India Kavita Pant offers a bouquet to Jagdeesh Chandra and wishes him on behalf of the entire team

Poonam and Vijendra Solanki greet Jagdeesh Chandra

Jagdeesh Chandra greeted by Virendra Choudhary, Mohan Singh Tada and Sanjay Poonia on his birthday

The staff of Rambagh family gather to sing a Birthday song

Jagdeesh Chandra seeks blessings on his birthday from Lord Ganesha and his parents enshrined at the temple at his home

Jagdeesh Chandra cuts the cake as Delhi Bureau Chief, First India News Aditi Nagar sings the birthday greetings

Jagdeesh Chandra with Prashant Sharma, Ravi Sharma, Nishant Sharma and Virendra Yadav and the models of Fashion Aspro Academy

Ashok Rathore, GM Rambagh Palace offers a piece of cake to

Jagdeesh Chandra as part of the birthday celebrations at Rambagh Palace

A vibrant and still charming 94-year-old great godmother Shakuntala Mathur blesses Jagdeesh Chandra

Bimla Lodha greets and blessesJagdeesh Chandra

Robert Vadra... one of his posts

During the session

—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA

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