In a single stroke, PM Modi dramatically regains his declining ...

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Jaipur: Even though they hail from two op-posing and ‘warring’ political parties, there have been several mo-ments when Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi has lauded the manage-rial capabilities and far-sighted approach of Rajasthan Chief Minis-ter Ashok Gehlot. Only last year, Modi lauded and appreciated Ge-hlot’s zeal in handling the corona crisis while speaking to Chief Min-isters of various states

and moreover, demands raised by Gehlot have time and again been met favourably by PM Modi which points at the place Gehlot has earned in Modi’s eyes,

even though coming from different party.

In this regard, on Monday, the Prime Min-ister accepted yet an-other demand raised by CM Gehlot Turn to P6

Prime Minister Narendra Modi CM Ashok Gehlot

Gehlot’s free jab demands and Modi’s acceptance points at a deeper appreciation PM has for the Raj CM

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In a single stroke, PM Modi dramatically regains his declining ‘corona’ popularity!

‘FREE VACCINATION FOR ALL’PM announces centralised inoculation drive, states to get vaccine for free

Vaccine supply would be increased significantly in the country in the coming days

From June 21, all citizens above 18 years will get free vaccines

80 crore Indians to get free ration till Diwali this year

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New Delhi: By taking a clue and rather converting it into an ‘opportunity’ by taking the Supreme Court’s recent negative re-marks questioning the ra-tionale and wisdom of the Centre to leave subject of the vaccination for 18+ citizens chargeable or not to the states, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a single stroke, in his Monday 5pm address to the nation, turned the tables by announcing free vacci-nation for all citizens in-cluding ages 18-44 and that Centre will provide free vaccine to the states.

According to political observers, with this major political-economic-socio relief corona package an-nouncement, the vision-ary PM has dramatically regained his declining popularity in these Corona times. Turn to P6

WE WILL TAKE CARE OF 25% STATE SHARE

LIFE IS ASSOCIATED WITH EVERY DOSE

WE MET ALL THE DEMANDS OF THE STATES

ALL JABS FIGURES WENT UP SINCE 2014

VACCINE RATE BIG ACHIEVEMENT

COVID PROTOCOL IS CRUCIAL FACTOR

PRIVATE HOSPITALS CAN STILL PROCURE

OUR GOVERNMENT IS WITH THE POOR

PROVED THE WORLD WRONG WITH JABS

HEALTH INFRA WAS RAMPED UP IN APRIL

1 Two weeks into May, states began to say

that the centralised system (of vaccine distribution) was better. We will take care of the 25% work given to states.

3 Every dose of vaccine is important. A life is

associated with one dose. States will be informed about the number of doses they will be getting a week.

4 A lot of demands were raised that the

states should get rights for their own Covid manage-ment. We accepted their all their demands.

9 Whether it’s polio or Hepatitis B, country

had to wait for decades. We launched Mission Indrad-hanush and the vaccine coverage went up by 30%.

6 To produce vaccines at such a fast rate is a

big achievement but it has its limitations. Vaccination first started only in a few developed countries.

8 The anti-Covid protocol is the most

important factor in the fight against this invisible virus. Vaccine is like a protection cover against this.

2 Only free vaccines will be provided (to

states). But those who don’t want free vaccines can get vaccinated at private hospitals. Private hospitals can still procure.

5 Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana

extended till Diwali. The government is with the poor during this pandemic. Over 80 crore people will get ration till November.

7 The whole country was talking about

how we are going to save such a huge population. We launched 2 made-in-India vaccines in just a span of one year.

10 ICU & ventilators were ramped up.

During second wave, there was unbelievable demand for the medical oxygen. We ran Oxygen express, IAF and Navy were involved.

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‘LEARN FROM POLL WINS

AND DEFEATS’

New Delhi: Be it victory or defeat, the BJP should assess its performance in detail so that it can prepare for future polls. In West Bengal, the party should see how TMC worked its way back to a big victory in the recent Assembly polls after its poor perfor-mance in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, when BJP had won 18 of 42 seats in the state, sug-gested PM Modi while addressing party general secretaries before upcoming polls.Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses

the nation, in New Delhi on Monday.

Mumbai: Sensex jumps 228 points, Nifty ends above 15,750 led by IT, banks and auto. Sensex rises to 52,313 & Nifty 81 Points To 15,752.

New Delhi: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said he will go to space when his company, Blue Origin, launches its first passenger-carrying mission on July 20. The billionaire, who plans to travel alongside his brother, Mark, made the announcement in an Instagram post.

Sriganganagar: Oil companies again increased rates of fuel. Petrol and diesel increased by 31 paise per litre. Currently, petrol is at Rs. 106.37 and diesel is priced at Rs. 99.23.

NIFTY AT 15K+, SENSEX GAINS

228 POINTS

AMAZON CEO IS HEADING

TO SPACE

PETROL, DIESEL PRICES

HIKED AGAIN

CRUCIAL READ

UDDHAV TO MEET PM TODAY OVER MARATHA QUOTA

‘20 HELD, BJP NETAS QUIZZED IN BLACK MONEY CASE’

RESUMPTION OF ECO ACTIVITIES NO EXCUSE FOR LAXITY: KEJRIWAL

18 DEAD IN FIRE AT PUNE SANITISER FIRM, STAFF MISSING

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Tuesday. CM would lead a delegation that includes Deputy CM Ajit Pawar to discuss issues like Maratha and OBC quota, and Cyclone Tauktae relief measures.

Thiruvananthapuram: The statements of 96 wit-nesses were recorded IN Kodakara case investiga-tion. As many as 20 ac-cused have been arrested and legal action has been taken. Of the Rs 3.5 crore looted, Rs 1.12 crore was used to purchase 347 grams of jewellery, Kerala CM told the Assembly.

New Delhi: The resump-tion of economic activities in Delhi should not cause laxity in Covid-19 ap-propriate behaviour, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Monday, as markets lifted shutters and the metro started operating. He reiterated the need to bring the economy back.

Pune: At least eighteen employees of a chemical factory in Maharashtra’s Pune have died and several are missing as a massive fire broke out in the sanitiser-manufac-turing unit of the firm on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has con-doled the deaths of the workers. P6

DILIP KUMAR’S HOSPITAL PIC SHARED; SAIRA SAYS DON’T FALL FOR RUMOURSMumbai: A picture of Dilip Kumar from the hospital along with a note from his wife Saira Banu was shared on Dilip’s Twitter account on Monday evening. The veteran actor was hospitalised on Sunday morning after he complained of breathing issues. He has been diagnosed with bilateral pleural effusion. P6

‘DECISION ON ALLOWING PUBLIC ON MUMBAI LOCAL TRAINS NEXT WEEK’Mumbai: The decision to allow general public to travel on Mumbai’s local trains will be taken after a week, depending on the Covid-19 situation in the city, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar said on Monday. Addressing media, she said that local trains are currently only running for essential services.

With ‘caste’ explanation, Bengal Governor fends off Moitra’s charge

Kejriwal launches ‘Jahan Vote, Wahan Vaccination’

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejri-wal has announced the ‘jahan vote, wahan vac-cination’ campaign in the national capital. Ke-jriwal said that the aim is to vaccinate all people above 45 years against COVID-19 in Delhi with-in the next four weeks.

“Under this cam-paign, we will tell people to visit their designated

polling stations to get vaccinated. Our goal is within four weeks if there is no shortage of vaccines. BLOs would reach out to people and ask them to go to their polling stations,’ Kejri-wal said.

Kolkata: Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra and Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar have picked up where they left off Sunday night - with TMC MP Mahua Moitra nee-dling him over his “job description” and six members of his “fami-ly” having been appoint-ed as Officers on Special Duty (OSD) to his office.

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HARBHAJAN SINGH APOLOGISES FOR KHALISTAN TRIBUTEAmritsar: Just a day after Harbhajan Singh faced flak for paying tribute to Khalistani terrorist Jarnail Singh Bhindran-wale, the Indian cricketer on Monday issued an apology on Twitter. Clarifying that it was a ‘WhatsApp forward’ that he posted in ‘haste,’ Harbhajan Singh admit-ted to his mistake and stated that he does not subscribe to the views reflected in the post that he shared on Sunday.

...campaign to get jabs to all above 45 yrs within four weeks

SUVENDU ADHIKARI IN DELHI TODAY, TO MEET SHAH, NADDANew Delhi: BJP MLA from West Bengal Suvendu Adhi-kari has been summoned to Delhi on Tuesday, where he is expected to take part in meetings with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and party president JP Nadda.

RAJ GOVT FILES CAVEAT IN HC BEFORE DR SOMYA’S PLEAJaipur: The Rajasthan government has filed a caveat in the High Court on Monday be-fore the petition of the suspended mayor of Jaipur Greater Munici-pal Corporation Somya Gurjar and three other councilors. The high court will now hear the side of the state gov-ernment before passing any interim order on the petition challenging the suspension of the mayor and the coun-cilors. The court has also decided to conduct a judicial inquiry in the matter.

UNLOCK-2 IN RAJ BEGINS FROM TODAY

SHEEL DHABHAI MADE GREATER ACTING MAYOR

Jaipur: The second phase of unlocking is starting in Rajasthan from Tuesday. In the new guideline, the total working hours of the market have been extended till 4 pm. There is a relaxation of 12 hours in the lockdown. Now the daily curfew time has been increased from 12 o’clock to 5 in the evening. Private vehicles have been al-lowed to travel across the state from 5 am to 5 pm. Markets will now open on Mondays as the week-end curfew will be limited to two days. P3

Jaipur: State govern-ment made Sheel Dhab-hai the acting Mayor of JMC Greater. Dhabhai will take charge today at 9.05 am. She was the third Mayor of Jaipur city from 2001-2004. More on P2

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Baran: Two profession-al thieves who used to steal constantly from Baran Agricultural Produce Market were caught red-handed by a group of farmers on Monday.

Some farmers had come to the Baran Agri-cultural Produce Mar-ket to sell their produce on Monday.

They saw two young men stealing mustard from a farmer, and caught them red-hand-ed. In a matter of time, the farmers joined up and started attacking the thieves. To make it worse, the farmers start-ed beating up the youth

after ripping off their clothes and getting them entirely naked.

While some farmers joined hands to physi-cally assault the habitu-al thieves, some

watched the entire inci-dent. Instead of lodging a complaint with the police against the thieves, the farmers made them leave the scene with a warning.

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Jaisalmer: Timely in-tervention of employ-ees of electricity de-partment has averted a major tragedy after a fire broke out in 132 KV GSS located on Jaipuir road on Mon-day afternoon.

The fire that broke out on a tower of 33 KV forced the employees to switch off the power supply across Jaisalm-er City despite scorch-ing summer heat.

The entire city suf-fered from electricity disruption following the incident.

Soon, attempts were made to resume elec-tricity supply through another feeder.

The technical staff of Jodhpur Discom is still trying to supply electricity through back-up plans.

But it will take time to restore normal sup-ply as the fire broke out in one of the major electrical grids.

Major fire tragedy averted in Jaisalmer POWER FAILURE

Bharat Singh writes to CM Gehlot seeking removal of Bishnoi

Parched! 5-year-old girl dies of thirst while grandma faints

Miffed farmers beat-up thieves, strip them in public in Baran

Nephews attack aunt, her toddler son with acid

SACHIN PILOT REVIEWS COVID RELIEF WORKS

Hudla says his hotel attacked

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Jaipur: In another harsh letter to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Senior Congress MLA Bharat Singh has tar-geted the Forest and En-vironment Minister Sukhram Bishnoi. He said, his interest is nei-ther in forests nor wild-life, so he should be re-lieved from his post.He wrote this letter in the context of World En-vironment Day and stated that in the name of development, in the last seven decades, the state has destroyed for-est. The government should pay more atten-

tion to the conservation of the remaining for-ests. And it is essential that its dedicated envi-ronment department should perform its du-ties with utmost sincer-ity, he added. However, Bishnoi neither likes to explore the forests nor is he interested in set-ting up a Cheetah van in the Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve in Kota.

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Raniwada: In a tragic incident, a five-year old girl died of thirst while her grandmother faint-ed on a village road in Jalore.

A pastor who saw them both on the kutcha road reported the inci-dent to the local pan-chayat administration. Sarpanch Krishna Ku-mar and Raniwada Po-lice Officer Padmaram Sarvana reached the spot. They gave water to the old lady and revived her with first-aid.

After postmortem, the body of Anjali was handed over to the fam-

ily. Doctors have con-firmed the little girl had died due to lack of wa-ter in the body.

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Bharatpur: A 21-year-old woman suffered 15-20% burn injuries while her 6-year-old son near-ly escaped from an acid attack in Bharatpur.

The woman was at-tacked by her four nephews in broad day-light while she was go-ing to her workplace.

She was brought to a district hospital where she is undergoing treat-ment.She had received death threats from the nephews earlier.

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Jaipur: Former deputy chief minister and Tonk MLA Sachin Pilot on Monday reviewed the relief works being carried out by his sup-porters to help Covid patients in the state.

Pilot took feedback from the party leaders Mahesh Sharma, Prashant Sharma, Rajesh Chaudhary and others about the ‘Pilot with People’ initiative started on social media to assist people who re-quire help during the corona pandemic.

The Congress leader also made phone calls to party workers in differ-ent parts of the state to check their well being.

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Dausa: A dispute be-tween Mahuwa MLA Omprakash Hudla and liquor baron Ramraj Gurjar intensified after the MLA alleged two unidentified persons pelted stones at his hotel

The MLA also demanded police protection for him.On the other hand, for-mer Pradhan Rajendra Meena said that the mat-ter should be thoroughly investigated to ascertain whether the incident had taken place, or was a fab-ricated story.

SHO Padmaram Sarvana offers fi rst aid and water to Anjali’s grandmother.

MLA Bharat Singh

Work is in progress to restore power supply that was disrupted due to a fi re that broke out on a 33KV tower on Jaipur Road.

MERCURY SOARS!

DHABHAI WILL TAKE CHARGE AT 9:05 AM TODAY; EX-MAYOR DR SOMYA TO MOVE COURT

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Jaipur: BJP will sub-mit a memorandum to Governor Kalraj Mishra on Tuesday re-garding JMC Greater issue. On Monday, at the residence of Leader of Opposition Gulab-chand Kataria, the pary leaders made an outline of the agitation and protests on the matter. On one hand the BJP will oppose the Congress government and on the other hand it will also look into le-gal channels.

In the meeting, BJP State President Dr Sat-ish Poonia, Deputy LoP Rajendra Rathore were present in the meeting along with former State President Arun Chaturvedi and State

Org Gen Secy Chan-drashekhar. Mean-while, Poonia also con-sulted with Central leadership on the issue. He had a long telephon-ic consultation with state in-charge and BJP’s National General

Secretary Arun Singh.Poonia told report-

ers, “State government has suspended elected BJP mayor and 3 other councilors, which is a first undemocratic de-cision in history of Ra-jasthan in this manner.

Meanwhile, Kataria said, “The manner in which the Mayor has been suspended, is completely undemo-cratic. Rathod said the suspension ‘extremely unfortunate and against the democratic norms’. Union Minis-ter Gajendra Shekha-wat asid, “This game has been played at be-hest of CM Ashok Ge-hlot. He has once again come down to the heights of political ha-tred. Last year CM was crying out to save de-mocracy, and today he killed the same democ-racy.” MP Diya Kumari too condemned the is-sue and described State Government as anti-women & said women are most vulnerable in this Congress Govt.

BJP’S SHEEL DHABHAI IS ACTING MAYOREMERGENCE OF A NEW TOUGH ADMINISTRATOR

Abhishek Srivastava

In an ongoing Jaipur Mayor Somya Gurjar episode, a low profi le, media shy and a ‘gentleman’ sea-soned UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal has surprisingly emerged as a new tough administrator in the urban development sector of the state. Dhariwal’s ‘stand’ to maintain law and order and discipline ‘come what may’ was strictly endorsed by the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot also. UDH Minister’s this powerful action has also given a ‘ready-made opportunity’ to Jaipur Congress leaders like Mahesh Joshi, Pratap Singh Khachiryawaas, Rafi k Ahmed etc to take on the saffron party in Jaipur City. How-ever, a defi ant Somya Gurjar and senior and powerful BJP leader Chandrashekhar are fairly confi dent to get a stay from the HC over the suspension of the lady Mayor.

BJP workers staged a ward-wise protest across the city against the suspension of Mayor and raised slogans against the state government and tied black bands.

—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

Baran Agricultural Produce Market. —FILE PHOTO

BJP’S WARD-WISE PROTEST

‘Assault on any officer can’t be justified’First India Bureau

Jaipur: Chief Whip Dr. Mahesh Joshi has said that developments on the Mayor issue is not a BJP-Congress fight. “The BJP is mak-ing it a fight between two parties and giving it a political colour while the truth is that assault on any officer

cannot be justified in any way. It is not a

proper conduct and the guilty have not even apologised.” “Consti-tutionally it is not proper to beat the ad-ministrative officers like this, and immedi-ate action was neces-sary in this matter, which was taken. This is not a party issue, so we were not consult-ed,” Joshi said.

Ex-Mayor Dr Somya holds protests along with her supporters outside JMC offi ce on Monday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

BJP CALLS IT MURDER OF DEMOCRACY; TO SUBMIT MEMO TO GUV TODAY

Mahesh Joshi

Shanti Dhariwal

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Jaipur: In a surprise move on the issue of suspension of JMC Greater Mayor Dr Somya, the state gov-ernment issued an or-der late on Monday night and handed over the charge of mayor to Sheel Dhabhai, the BJP councillor and the chairman of finance committee. Dhabhai is considered to be from Vasundhara Raje camp.

It may be recalled that Dhabhai was con-sidered a strong con-tender for the post of Mayor, but Dr Saumya was chosen in her place.

A visibly happy Dhabai, on the suspen-sion of the mayor, Dhabhai said, “Some-times there is sadness, sometimes happiness but the Congress made me an acting mayor in a democratic way, I re-spect that.” However, she did not give any response even on the question of Mayor get-ting a stay from court.

This hints towards the bitter rift between Dr Somya and Dhabhai.

Earlier on Monday, a list of JMC councillors representing women OBC criteria reached the Local Self Govern-ment Department and the selected names were sent for examina-

tion to the Law Depart-ment for judicial ex-amination of the mat-ter under section 39 of Municipal Act.

Meanwhile, ex-may-or Dr Somya while talk-ing about her said, “We will approach the court and will definitely get justice from there.”

There was jubilation in Sheel Dhabhai’s family after her name was declared as acting mayor of Jaipur.

TTTDHABHAI WAS THE 3RD MAYOR OF JAIPUR

—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARM

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Congress National Gen-eral Secretary Bhanwar

Jitendra Singh, Minister of State Tikaram Jully, and several MLAs and Congress leaders were present at the foundation stone laying ceremony for the expansion of the Satellite Hospital in Khairthal, Alwar on Mon-day. Minister of State for Labour, Jully commented

on the central govern-ment by saying that they have not helped the state government in any way and is only trying to take the credit for every good work. Jitendra Singh said that Khairthal is famous in the country because of its grain market and railway station. People applauded doctors & hospital work-ers and assured support.

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+VE ON COVID <100 CASES IN 33 CITIES

9,46,975 629 CASES IN A DAY, Jpr reported max 75 cases, Hanumangarh 61, Alwar 49

TOTAL CASES

31 DEATHS IN A DAY, no deaths in 22 cities; Jaipur reported max of 10 deaths followed by 5 in Bikaner

8,687TOTAL DEATHS

3,144 MAX ACTIVE CASES IN JPR, state sees less than 100 +ve cases in 33 cities except the Capital city

15,744ACTIVE CASES

3,429 RECOVERED IN A DAY, highest positivity rate is 9.99% in Jpr; the positivity rate was 3.66% few days ago

9,22,544TOTAL RECOVERED

KEY-HIGHLIGHTSOver 500 people including kids, elderly gathered at Mrityu Bhoj in Pali’s Sojat, Tehsildar Deepak Sankhla imposed fi ne of Rs 31,00 and confi scated the food

Transport department to issue driving license from tomorrow only after taking an online booking; the DL dept to resume work with 25% staff as of now

After Corona scare, now the havoc of Black Fungus has caused panic

in state, so far more than 90 patients have died & 2,700 patients are suffering infection in Rajasthan

The latest modifi ed lockdown which will come into effect in

state from today, however there will be weekend curfew from Friday 5pm to Monday 5 am

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RAPENDEMIC! TWO HELD FOR ‘RAPE, THREAT’ NEAR SIKAR

In Kanwat of Ajitgarh in Sikar, a woman

was dragged to a room from the mar-ket by the accused and his friend, and she was raped. He also threatened to kill her and make the video viral. When the woman did not reach her home for 2 hours, the family members started looking for her. The two accused men are now arrested and probe is ongoing under charges of kid-napping and raping.

MINOR RAPED IN SHAHPURA

Minor raped in Shahpura, Jaipur

on Monday. Accused called victim at his home & made video vi-ral. Case fi led in Shah-pura police station.

1.75 CRORESHOTS GIVEN IN STATE

Covid-19 vaccine rollout numbers: The progress and daily doses tracker of total vaccination so far

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In the Bhankrota police station of Jaipur, Maruti

Nagar, Mundiyaramsar, a woman was raped with the hoax of marriage. The woman also got pregnant and was forced to abort the foetus after 5 months. The woman has fi led a case against Sanjay Meena who has

been promising her to marry for a few years, but kept having physi-cal relationships. After she got pregnant, Sanjay Meena plotted with uncle Shankar Meena and Dr Mukut Bihari to force-fully abort the child. After medical treatment of the victim, probe on by cops.

JPR WOMAN ‘RAPED, FORCED TO ABORT’, PROBE ON

Agangrape case came to light in

Jaipur on Monday. Three men caught a 22-year-old girl who was returning from a party on Sunday night by alluring her with an offer to give her a lift. They took her to a deserted place and took turns in raping her. The victim has undergone a medical checkup. Police has fi led case and investigation is ongoing.

22-YR-OLD GANGRAPED, BEATEN BY 3 MEN IN JAIPUR

In Jhalawar’s Aklera police station, a woman lodged a case of rape. The accused is stationed in Khanpur police

station. The victim said that they got acquainted in 2017 and since then the accused has been promising her of marriage while raping her. The victim has a 1.5 year old son as well. The accused constable has denied taking the responsibility of the child. The accused has fi led case against this constable charging him of trivial crimes like rape, fraud and violence. The accused constable has still not been suspended but as soon as the case came to the media, all police offi cers have made their distance from the accused. — Arif Mansoori Jahaan

Case filed against cop for rape & violence in Jhalawar

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Jaipur: Transport Min-ister Pratap Singh K h a c h a r i y a w a s reached the house of journalist Ashish Shar-ma and Tanveer Ahmed on Monday. The minis-ter also gave Rs 50,000 each to the family mem-bers and assured them that they will always support them. The min-ister will also make ar-rangements for the edu-cation of Tanveer Ahmed’s kids, Ashish Sharma was a bachelor. He also helped with of Rs 25K to wife of Arun Kumar Ojha. He also ensured free education

for both his children. He created a Kids Care Welfare Fund by with-drawing Rs 9 lakh from his salary, through which he is helping or-phaned children.

Jaipur: Prayers from all over the world pour in for Dr Ashok Pana-gariya. Interventional Cardiologist Dr Samin Sharma sent life saving medicines from Ameri-ca for Dr Panagariya. Prem Bhandari sent medicines from New York which reached to EHCC Chairperson Dr Manju Sharma in Jaipur. Dr Sharma has sent meds earlier too.

Khachariyawas helps kin of journos who died of Covid

Meds from NY reach EHCC for Dr Panagariya

Jitendra, Jully lay fndn stone of hosp

Rajyavardhan Rathore hands over med aids to Jaipur ADM -I

Pratap Singh Khachariyawas lends an ear to the problems of the people in public hearing at his residence in Jaipur on Monday.

Rajyavardhan Rathore distributes Covid-19 relief in Jaipur on Monday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR

Jaipur: BJP’s national spokesperson & Jpr Rural MP Rajyavardhan Rathore on Monday provided 1K thermal scan-ner guns, 1K oximeters, 1K PPE kits and other medical equipment to Jaipur ADM -I. He also said the state govt has a hostile policy regarding JMC Greater as Cong can not digest its defeat. This is a frustrated decision of a govt where opposition is handling responsibility.

Bhanwar Jitendra Singh, Tikaram Jully in Alwar on Monday.

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Jaipur: The Rajasthan government will now get the entire vaccina-tion program audited amidst the questions being raised regarding the “wastage” of the co-rona vaccine in the state. On the instruc-tions of Health Minis-ter Dr Raghu Sharma, teams will be formed for audit of Covid vac-cine and monitoring of timely and proper use of vaccine at district level. ‘Team at dist level to have Additional Dist Collector & CMHO, while other team would include ACEO and RCHO of Zila Parishad. Block level team will have SDM & CMHO,’ Akhil Arora, Principal Secy, Health Dept said.

Jaipur: Barely a few days after renowned educationist Aditya Shastri died due to co-rona, his 24-year old son Ishan Shastri also passed away due to post covid complications at

the Fortis hospital in Jaipur. Aditya Shastri was the vice chancellor of Banasthali Vidyap-eeth in Tonk and he died on 24 May. His son Ishan was also suffer-ing from post covid

complications and he breathed last at the hos-pital. The Shastri fami-ly was infected with co-rona. His mother & el-der brother recovered but his father lost bat-tle, now he passed away.

The minister also created the ‘Kids Care Welfare Fund’ by Rs 9L from his salary

Tragic! After father Aditya Shastri, 24-year-old son Ishan Shastri dies of Coronavirus

TALKS ON ‘WASTAGE’

...panel to audit Covid-19 vaccine in Raj

Pratap Khachariyawas@PSKhachariyawasThe voice of India has won, the anger of the youth has won. The central government had to bow down, the pride of the BJP broke. Now every citizen of the country will get free vaccine. #FreeVac-cineForAll #Rajasthan

RELAX,CONDITIONSAPPLY!

ajasthan gov-ernment on Monday gave several relaxa-tions under

modified lockdown which will come into ef-fect from Tuesday. The government has asked to follow health proto-cols, including wearing masks, sanitising hands and maintaining physi-cal distance to prevent coronavirus infection spread. However, the weekend curfew from Friday 5pm to Monday 5 am continues.

RSTATE EASES SOME NORMS FROM TODAY Markets will open

from 6 am to 4 pm provided the positivity rate is below 5%, or the occupancy of oxygen beds/ICU/ventilators is less than 25% or there is a covid care centre with minimum of 30 beds at panchayat samiti/nagar palika level

The government & private offi ce to work with 50% staff till 4 pm

Roadways, private buses will start but city buses will not operate; no passenger will be allowed to travel while standing

Temples, malls, cinema halls, multiplex, swimming pools, shopping centres, coaching will remain closed

Marriages, functions, and procession will not be allowed till June 30; court or marriage at home with only 11 guests allowed.

Cars will be able to fi ll petrol, diesel till 5 pmShopkeeper cleans his shop ahead of relaxations under modifi ed lockdown in Ajmer on Monday. —PHOTO BY HIMANSHU SHARMA

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tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the

day is its own trouble.—Matthew 6:44

IN-DEPTH

Rajnath Singh @rajnathsingh

An E-book titled ‘20 Reforms in 2020’ was released today. It is a compilation of defence reforms undertaken in the year 2020 by the MoD to bring about greater

cohesion and modernisation of the Armed Forces through policy changes, innovation and digital transformation.

Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp

Gujarat is known as the gas capital of India. In a meeting today with Hon.

CM Gujarat Shri @vijayrupanibjp, we discussed further strengthening the oil & gas infrastructure in Gujarat to establish

it as a national hub for petroleum, petrochemicals and natural gas.

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BSY TRUMPS HIS DETRACTORS ONCE AGAIN

arnataka Chief Min-ister BS Yediyurap-pa (BSY) has sur-vived numerous at-tempts by his detrac-

tors from within and outside to unseat him and is likely to come up trumps once again. He made a comeback after being in the wilderness on corruption charges. In 2019 also he had to tackle rebellion by ticket-seek-ers for the by-elections. In Janu-ary this year he reshuffled his cabinet under pressure from dissenters. One expected the dissenters would let him rule in peace. That was not to be. A fresh move was launched by a group of disgruntled MLAs for his removal as the chief minis-ter. Trouble began to brew after BSY left out some legislators while shuffling his pack. These legislators wanted new faces to be inducted into the ministry. When BSY, who took oath in July 2019, turned down their de-mand, they threatened to ap-proach the party high command for his ouster. The buzz from the BJP headquarters is that the bosses will back BSY.

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rime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement on centralized pro-curement of vac-

cines for Covid-19 and free shots for all who are above 18 years of age will go a long way in boosting the country’s vac-cination drive and addressing the concerns of one and all.

The vaccination drive in the country has been tardy and hurdled by shortages and pricing of vaccines. Last week the Supreme Court asked the Central govern-ment to give a detailed reply on its vaccination pro-gramme. Constrained by the unavailability of vaccines, the states asked the Centre to allow them to buy the shots directly from manufacturers. They even carried out a sham

exercise of inviting tenders and claiming that several manufacturers had shown in-terest. The bubble burst when the Delhi government an-nounced that the manufactur-ers refused to deal with them. After this the states went back to the Central government to say that it should be the one

purchasing and distributing the shots. As differential pric-ing was a major issue, and there was a pressing demand for free jabs for all, the issues needed to be addressed.

The Opposition will con-test the prime minister’s as-sertion that vaccination pro-grammes in the country took off only after 2014. In fact the BCG vaccine for TB was in-troduced in 1948. In 1978 India launched its Expanded Pro-gramme for Immunisation, later renamed Universal Im-munisation Programme in 1985 and included vaccines for eight diseases. In 2011 the UIP was targeting 27 million infants and pregnant women every year. Also, the Serum Institute of India was already the world’s biggest vaccine manufacturer before 2014.

MODI CHANGES POLICY ON VACCINES

The vaccination drive in the country has been

tardy and hurdled by shortages and pricing of vaccines. Last week the

Supreme Court asked the Central government to

give a detailed reply on its vaccination programme

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PAKISTAN RETURNS TO ITS OLD LOVE, AMERICA

China reacts like a ‘ jilted lover’, Afghan Talibans angry, but assured of old ties

he “happy days” for Pakistan appear to be dawning with the renewal of “close and inti-mate” ties with its estranged ally, USA. A financial bonan-za awaits the country in addi-tion to the state-of-the art military hardware, estimated to be not less than 20 billion USD to its security forces.

The credit for this resumed US cooperation goes to the Pakistani army chief, Qamar Javed Bajwa, who has been quietly planning for this re-newal of strategic planning. It is yet to be known whether it was done in consultations with the Prime Minister, Im-ran Khan, and his cabinet.

Earlier, Bajwa had sur-prised the civilian govern-ment by implementing an effective ceasefire on the line of control in Jammu-Kash-mir. He also successfully con-vinces the Joe Biden admin-istration about his country’s intentions for “peace’ with India; visits Saudi Arabia to renew the warmth in the re-lationship.

It is believed that he has picked up from the pro-west strategy of the army dictator,

General Mushrraf, and final-ly decides to cooperate with the USA, though many con-sider it ‘razor-edge diploma-cy’. Meanwhile, few are ready to believe the Pakistani For-eign Minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s statement that “It is just speculative that Pakistan would allow the United States to operate a military base on Pakistani territory or con-duct “kinetic drone” opera-tions against Afghanistan. It is quite known that even with-out any recent agreement, US aircrafts have been using the Pakistani bases for refuelling and other purposes. The only difference will be that they would shift most of the mili-tary hardware from Afghani-stan to Pakistan.

Bajwa is also making extra efforts to convince the Af-ghan Taliban that Pakistan’s cooperation with the USA is a part of helping the Ameri-can forces to leave the region. It is being felt necessary be-cause Pakistan has already been warned that the Afghan Talibans are against any American military presence in the neighbouring coun-tries. It might be attributed to the recent statement of David F. Helvey, Assistant Secretary of Defence for Indo-Pacific Affairs, before the US Senate Armed Services Committee.

It is yet to be seen what as-surances Bajwa gives to Chi-na. Meanwhile, China has al-

ready communicated its “un-happiness’” through various diplomatic channels. The Chi-nese reaction to the renewal of US-Pakistani strategic rela-tionship is that of a “jilted lover”, readying for a pro-longed honeymoon, but sud-denly abandoned. The recent statement of Imran Khan on the China –Pakistan Econom-ic Corridor (CPEC) praising China is considered as an at-tempt to assuage its feelings.

The back room diplomacy of the US special envoy to Af-ghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, has reportedly played a key-role in obtaining Bajwa’s support. He recently told law-makers at the Capitol that “It is too pessimistic to predict that the Kabul government or Afghan military will be quickly overrun by the Tali-ban once US and coalition forces withdraw.”

Meanwhile, the Afghani-stan Defence Department of-ficials have acknowledged that thousands of vehicles,

weapons and other military items from Afghanistan will be in danger of being seized by the Taliban. The equip-ment may now be shifted to Pakistan, but remain under the American supervision. Brig Gen Matthew Troll-inger, Deputy Director of politico-military affairs for the Joint Staff, told the Sen-ate lawmakers during a re-cent hearing on Afghanistan that “We will be transferring facilities, some vehicles and other equipment that the Af-ghan national defence forces can utilize in their on-going efforts to secure the country,” He further stated, “We will be retrograding equipment that we’re able to bring back to bases and stations in the con-tinental United States as well as elsewhere.” In a reply to a question, those enemy fight-ers in the region might steal some of that abandoned and gifted equipment, he did not rule out such a possibility.”

The officials from US Cen-tral Command have stated that the drawdown is be-tween 13 per cent and 20 per cent completed already. It means that most of the mili-tary equipment is yet to be packed and moved, though the US authorities have not released specifics on the total number of troops and the de-tails of the equipment.

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Bajwa is also making extra efforts to convince the Afghan Taliban that

Pakistan’s cooperation with the USA is a part of helping the American forces to leave

the region. It is being felt necessary because Pakistan

has already been warned that the Afghan Talibans

are against any American military presence in the neighbouring countries

The back room diplomacy of the US

special envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay

Khalilzad, has reportedly played a key-role in obtaining Bajwa’s

support

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LEARN FROM BOTH VICTORY, DEFEAT: PM MODI’S MESSAGE Take a lesson from it and start preparing for the coming elections in UPNew Delhi: PM Modi has advised his party workers to take lessons both from victory and feat as the BJP prepares for the next round of elections, to be held in five states. The big elec-tion will be in Uttar Pradesh -- politically the most crucial state in the country, which sends the maximum number of members to parliament and is said to hold the key to the government in Delhi.

“Whether it is defeat or victory, take a lesson from it and start pre-paring for the coming elections,” PM Modi was quoted as saying by

the party’s general sec-retaries who attended a meeting last evening at the Prime Minister’s of-

ficial residence. The last round of

election had proved a mixed bag for the BJP.

Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat calls on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI

PM MODI EXPRESSES GRIEF AS LIGHTNING KILLS 20 IN BENGALNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday ex-pressed grief over deaths of at least 20 persons due to light-ning strikes in three districts of south Bengal and approved an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each from the PMNRF for the next of kin of those killed and Rs 50,000 to those injured.

“My thoughts are with all those who lost their near and

dear ones due to lightning in parts of West Bengal. May the injured recover at the earliest, Modi tweeted.

Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah also expressed condolence and prayed for the speedy recovery of those in-jured. “The loss of lives due to lightning in different parts of West Bengal is deep-ly saddening. My sin-cerest condolences.”

BCCI: IPL 2021 to resume on September 19

Choksi disposed documents into Caribbean Sea before arrest: Report Roseau: Amid the con-troversy surrounding the arrest of fugitive dia-mantaire Mehul Choksi in Dominica, an eyewit-ness account revealed how Choksi was discov-ered in the vicinity of Roseau, where he was captured by the coun-try’s Criminal Investiga-tion Department (CID).

According to the ac-count of Dominican

resident Harry Baron, Choksi started to run when the police ap-

proached him while he was disposing of some documents into the Car-ibbean sea.

The eyewitness said police got suspicious and ran after him, but he could not run far and fell twice and got caught while escaping from the police, says a report. The eyewitness revealed how he sustained inju-ries amid the chase.

New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has ze-roed in on the date for the resumption of the 14th edition of the In-dian Premier League to be held in UAE. The first game on resump-tion will be played on September 19 while the final will be hosted on October 15 -- the day In-dia will be celebrating Dussehra this year.

Speaking to ANI, a BCCI official in the know of developments of the recent meetings between the BCCI and the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) said the discussions went well and the Indian board is confident that the re-maining IPL games will be held successfully in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi.

Asked about the situ-ation with regards to the availability of the foreign players, the of-ficial said talks are on and the Indian board expects positive out-comes.

“The discussions have started and we are keeping fingers crossed that the foreign players will be mostly available. If a couple of them do not manage to turn up, we shall then decide on the future course of ac-tion. But keeping fin-gers crossed for an action-packed end to the 14th edition,” the of-ficial said. —ANI

20 held in Kodakara black money case: CMKerala: Twenty per-sons have been arrested in connection with Kodakara black money case, in which the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders were also quizzed by the special investigation team, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in-formed the Kerala Leg-islative Assembly.

“The statements of 96 witnesses were record-ed as part of the Koda-kara case investigation. As many as 20 accused have been arrested and legal action has been taken. Of the � 3.5 crore looted, � 1.12 crore was used to purchase 347 grams of gold jewellery, mobile phones and watches. These items were confiscated by the police. The investiga-tion is in full swing,” he told the House in reply

to a notice of adjourn-ment moved by Con-gress MLA Shafi Par-ambil on the issue. Giv-ing details of the case, Vijayan said that the case was initially regis-tered under Section 395 IPC based on the complaint of one Sham-jeer, that � 25 lakh and his car was stolen by a group of people at the Thrissur Kodakara by-pass on April 3. Kerala CM further informed that the required infor-mation has been pro-vided by the investigat-ing officer. —ANI

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SC to Haryana: Remove illegally built houses in Aravali forest areaNew Delhi: The Su-preme Court on Mon-day directed the Hary-ana government and the other authorities concerned, to remove around 10,000 houses constructed illegally at Khori village in Hary-ana’s Aravali forest area.

A bench of the Apex Court headed by Jus-tice A M Khanwilkar and also comprising Justice Dinesh Ma-

heshwari, in its order directed the Municipal Corporation of Faridabad, Haryana,

and the concerned po-lice (Faridabad) to en-sure the eviction order of it, within six weeks.

The Supreme Court bench, while refusing to stay the eviction of these illegal construc-tions, observed, “Land grabbers can’t take ref-uge of rule of law.” The Apex Court was hear-ing a plea seeking a stay on the demolition of around 10,000 hous-es that had constructed illegally at Khori Gaon, Faridabad in Haryana, believed to be in Ara-vali areas. —ANI

CLIMATE CHANGE TO WORSEN INDIAN MONSOON, WARMING New Delhi: The Indian monsoon is likely to get much more dangerous and wetter as global warming alters the system, new research says. India has witnessed a change in monsoon pattern over the years as climate disruptions take a toll on the system. The research published in the journal Science Advances stated that scientists analysed changes in the past million years to conclude that monsoon is set for the worse. “We fi nd that the projected monsoon response to ongoing,” the research paper said.

GAGANYAAN ON TRACK, ISRO TO TAKE FINAL CALL ON LAUNCH Bengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is on track to launch the uncrewed Gaganyaan mission, which is part of the space agency’s ambitious project to send humans to space. The fi nal call on the launch, likely in December, will be taken following assessment of the mission once the

lockdown in Bengaluru is lifted, sources said. Proposed in 2018, the mission has encountered several delays owing to the coronavirus pandemic. The Karnataka government had reimposed a lockdown earlier this year to contain the unabated spread of the virus. The lockdown is likely to be lifted by June 15.

IN THE COURTYARD

Keep standby ventilators ready for patient’s safety: Bombay HCMumbai: The Bombay HC on Monday directed the Government Medi-cal College and Hospital (GMCH), Aurangabad to keep “standby venti-lators” as “backup” to ensure that “the treat-ment or health of the patients is not put to jeopardy” in case the 18 repaired ventilators,

supplied by the Centre, again malfunction. The

directions were issued after MoHFW told the bench that technicians from the manufactur-ing company Jyoti CNC Automations, along with two senior expert doctors from Delhi, had inspected and repaired the defective ventila-tors, making them functional.

Priority given to those who need 2nd dose: Delhi New Delhi: The Delhi government on Monday informed the Delhi HC that it has directed that all private hospitals and nursing homes functioning as vaccination centres to ensure that the Covaxin will be used to vaccinate only those people who are eligible for second dose.

WhatsApp vs Govt: In two cases, each side contradicts

HC refuses to stay pvt school order on fees

New Delhi: Two cases in Delhi High Court, both Centre vs What-sApp, have user priva-cy at their heart. How-ever, in each of these cases, both sides have made arguments that are diametrically oppo-site to what they have argued in the other case, throwing up in-

herent contradictions in the positions they have taken. In the first case, WhatsApp is de-fending its privacy policy update of 2021, which asks users to sign up to its data-shar-ing policy with Face-book group companies, while the Centre is op-posing the policy.

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to stay its sin-gle-judge order allow-ing private unaided schools to collect an-nual and development charges from students for the period after the lockdown ended in the national capital last year. A vacation bench

of Justices Rekha Palli and Amit Bansal is-sued notice and sought response of the Action Committee Unaided Recognised Private Schools, which repre-sents over 450 schools, on the appeals of AAP government, students challenging the single judge’s May 31 order.

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Gehlot’s free...when he announced free vaccination for all above 18 years of age. For several weeks now, Gehlot had been con-tinuously demanding and appealing for the central government to provide free vaccine cover to all and has also tweeted thirteen times to remind the PM of the situation in states and difficulties before the public.

Even in the 23 April meeting with PM, Ge-hlot had raised the de-mand of centre taking over the vaccination from states and from time to time, Gehlot

shot several letters to Modi requesting him for timely provision for vaccines so that the drive is not hampered.

In his tweet on Sun-day, Gehlot has yet again expressed con-cern for the youth and asked to increase the pace of vaccination so that youth can be saved from the onslaught of the third wave. Moreo-ver, Gehlot again reiter-ated his demands from the central government on Monday afternoon as well and in the even-ing, finally, PM Naren-dra Modi accepted Ge-hlot’s demands and made the huge an-

nouncement of free vaccination for all by the central govern-ment.

‘Free vaccination...“The Centre is taking back total control of vaccination now. It will take over the 25 per cent doses assigned to states and this will be imple-mented in the next two weeks. From June 21 (International Day of Yoga), the Centre will provide free vaccines to states,” PM Modi an-nounced in an address to the nation, in which he parried criticism of his government’s policy and a slow rollout that

has covered less than five per cent of the pop-ulation .

“Whether it is the poor, the lower middle class, the middle class, or the upper middle class, under the central government pro-gramme, everyone will get free vaccines,” the Prime Minister said.

The Centre will buy 75 per cent of the vac-cines produced by com-panies, including 25 per cent assigned to states. Private hospitals will continue to buy the re-maining 25 per cent and inoculate those willing to pay for their jabs. They can’t, however,

charge more than Rs 150 as service charge per dose over the fixed price of the vaccine, the PM said.

“75% of vaccination will be free and under the Centre, 25% will be paid and by private hos-pitals,” he said.

Under the earlier pol-icy, the central govern-ment gave free vaccines to those above 45 and frontline workers, and left state governments and private hospitals to administer doses at a cost to people between 18 and 44. States were also providing free shots to this group.

In a speech that took

on critics, PM Modi put out an emphatic de-fence of his vaccine policy, which has lately come under attack by states, opposition par-ties and the Supreme Court.

With ‘caste’...tweet by Moitra sug-gesting the “grim situa-tion” in the state would only improve if he would “move your sor-ry self... and the extend-ed family you’ve settled at Raj Bhavan (the Gov-ernor’s official resi-dence)... back to Delhi”.

Assertion by Mahua Moitra in tweet and me-dia that six cotermi-

nous appointee OSDs in personal staff are rela-tives is FACTUALLY WRONG. OSDs are from three states and belong to four different castes. None of them is part of close family. Four of them are not from my caste or state,” he said.

“This is unfolding of ‘distraction strategy’ to divert attention from alarming law and order scenario... Would continue undeterred and with zeal to serve the people of state and vindicate my oath of office under Article 159 of the Constitution,” he added.

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NATION’S SECOND WAVE BEGINS RECEDINGCountry reported 1,00,636 fresh cases, lowest in 61 days, taking infection tally to 2,89,09,975, active cases dropped to 14,01,609New Delhi: India re-ported 1,00,636 fresh COVID-19 cases, the lowest in 61 days, taking the infection tally to 2,89,09,975, while the number of active cases dropped to 14,01,609, ac-cording to the Union Health Ministry’s data updated on Monday.

The death toll due to coronavirus reached 3,49,186 with 2,427 new fatalities, the lowest in around 45 days, the data updated at 8 am showed.

A total of 96,982 new cases were recorded in a span of 24 hours on April 6. Also, 15,87,589 tests were conducted on Sunday, taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for de-tection of COVID-19 in the country to 36,63,34,111, while the daily positivity rate was recorded at 6.34 per cent. It has been less

than 10 per cent for 14 consecutive days, the ministry said. The weekly positivity rate has declined to 6.21 per cent. The number of ac-tive cases has reduced to 14,01,609, comprising 4.85 per cent of the total infections, while the na-tional COVID-19 recov-ery rate has improved to 93.94 per cent.

People throng market during unlocking process of COVID-19 lockdown in Bhopal on Monday.

B’luru’s fatality rate higher than Karnataka’s

Kejriwal urges people to follow Covid norms Bengauru: The number

of new coronavirus cases in Bengaluru has been reducing. But the case fatality rate, or CFR, is high. The number of deaths reported from Bengaluru have doubled in the last month and was at a cumulative total of 14,875 in data released on Sunday. According to this data, the case fatality rate in Bengaluru was 7.71 per cent as com-pared to the overall 2.62 per cent in Karnataka.

New Delhi: The re-sumption of economic activities in Delhi should not cause laxity in Covid-19 appropri-ate behaviour, Chief Minister Arvind Kejri-wal said Monday, as markets lifted shutters and the metro started operating. Markets will open partially with the government enforcing an odd-even rule under which 50 per cent of shops can serve customers on a given day, while metro has been directed to op-erate at 50 per cent seating capacity.

No Covid funerals for two straight days at East Delhi crematoriumsNew Delhi: For the fi rst time in nearly 2 months, no bod-ies were cremated or buried as per Covid protocols for 2 con-secutive days Saturday & Sunday in East Delhi Municipal Corporation. There are 164 spaces for cremation and two burial grounds in the jurisdiction of East MCD. The cremation

grounds of East Delhi had seen a peak of 100 funerals on May 1, the highest ever recorded. Over 50 bodies came to their crematoria daily in the last two weeks of April and fi rst week of May. Mayor of East MCD Nirmal Jain said that for the past two days no last rites of Covid patients were held in his jurisdiction.

IVERMECTIN, HCQ DROPPED FROM ONE COVID TREATMENT LISTNew Delhi: Health Ministry’s Directorate General of Health Services has issued revised guidelines for management of Covid patients, dropping ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine and favipiravir from its list of approved treatment options. Guidelines, however, differ from those provided by Health Ministry, which recommends both ivermectin & hydroxy-chloroquine. New guidelines also do not mention taking steam inhalation and the use of vitamins for Covid treatment contradicting advisory on Health Ministry website.

New Delhi: Countries are rushing to vaccinate their people to protect vulner-able groups with some experts anticipating a third wave of the pandemic. Shortage of vaccine supply led to growing demands for ramping up production

for billions of doses. Now, scientists are exploring ways to create new alter-natives to the Covid-19 vaccine. An antibody nasal spray is one of the options scientists are explor-ing. They have created a hybrid antibody that has

been found to reduce the amount of SARS-CoV-2 in the lungs of infected mice. A study published in journal Nature stated that nasal spray of a designer antibody offers strong protection against variants of coronavirus in mice.

Inside view of Delhi Metro.

Pune: 15 dead in factory fire, search on for those trappedPune: At least 15 work-ers died when a fire broke out a chemical factory in Urawade in Pune district’s Mulshi taluka on Monday. More people are feared trapped in the fire at factory of SVS Aqua Technologies & efforts are on to rescue them.

Pune District Collec-tor Rajesh Deshmukh said while the fire has been controlled, all the areas of the factory aren’t accessible yet. “Fifteen bodies have

been brought out so far. The search is still on and the count may go up. The total casualty will become clear only after the entire areas is

searched.” Deshmukh who visited the site, said an inquiry has been instituted under Sub-divisional Magis-trate, Maval, with fire officers and police offic-ers as members, to de-termine the cause of the fire and if there were any violation of the safety measures the plant should have been following.

Deputy CM Ajit Pa-war has announced an ex-gratia help of Rs5 lakh to kin of deceased.

CBSE class 10 & 12 exams cancelled, parents demand return of tests’ feesNew Delhi: With CBSE having cancelled the Class 10 and 12 exams this year, parents have raised a demand seek-ing return of the exam-ination fees collected from students last year.

In 2020, the Delhi gov-ernment had paid this fee for all students stud-ying in government-run schools. However, it couldn’t do the same this year owing to a fi-nancial crunch.

“In the past year, CBSE had not agreed to waive exam fees keep-

ing in mind technical & institutional require-ments. After announce-ment of cancellation of exams, students of X & XII should be returned the exam fee collected by them,” a letter writ-ten to CBSE by All India Parents’ Association.

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IMA seeks PM’s intervention to stop assault on doctorsNew Delhi: Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Monday wrote a letter to PM Narendra Modi, sought his per-sonal intervention to resolve medicos’ body pleas to ensure medical professionals are able to work without fear and initiate action against people who spread mis-information regarding vaccination drive.

“Any person(s) who spreads misinforma-tion against vaccina-tion drive meant to fight the COVID-19 must be

booked and punished in accordance with law in-cluding under the rele-vant provisions of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, IPC & Disaster Management Act, 2005,” the letter reads.

IMA said all those in-volved in such heinous crimes ought to be pun-ished so as to create an effective deterrent for other anti-social ele-ments who may indulge in attacking any health care professionals & doc-tors engaged in war against COVID. —ANI

HIGHLIGHTS Bengal govt cancels

state board exams for classes X and XII in view of Covid crisis

Punjab Extends Covid Restrictions Till June 15, Some Rules Eased

Delhi civil defence volunteer held for posing as cop, prosecuting Covid violators

India re-opens for business as new Covid-19 infections hit two-month low

Early diagnosis of Covid-linked dis-ease in children can reduce morbidity, say experts

Passports of stu-dents, athletes to be linked with vaccina-tion proof

COVID-19: ISRO develops 3 types of ventilators, to trans-fer technology

27 Black Fungus Patients Get Post-Drug Vomiting, Fever In Madhya Pradesh

NASAL SPRAY DESIGNED FROM ENGINEERED ANTIBODY COULD BOOST EFFICACY: REPORT

Covishield produced more antibodiesNew Delhi: The Cov-ishield vaccine pro-duced more antibodies than Covaxin, accord-ing to a preliminary study by Coronavirus Vaccine-induced Anti-body Titre involving healthcare workers who have received both doses of either of the two vac-cines. Seropositivity rates to anti-spike anti-body were significantly higher in Covishield re-cipients compared to Covaxin after the first dose, the study claimed.

The study is a pre-print and has not been

peer-reviewed, so should not be used to guide clinical practice.

It said that both vac-cines - Covishield and Covaxin - elicited a good response after two dos-es, but seropositivity rate and median anti-spike antibody were sig-

nificantly higher in Covishield. The study involved those health-care workers who have been administered ei-ther of the two vaccines, Covishield and Covax-in, and are with or with-out past history of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

We’ll probably need booster shots for Covid. But when?New Delhi: Many people are beginning to wonder how long their protection will last. Scientists are asking questions about COVID-19 booster shots, but they do not yet have many answers. The Na-tional Institutes of Health announced that it has begun a new clinical trial of people fully vaccinated to see whether a booster of the Moderna shot will increase their antibodies.

Dilip Kumar is on O2 support, not on ventilator, confirms docMumbai: Dilip Ku-mar’s doctor on Mon-day denied reports that suggest the veteran ac-tor is on a ventilator at Mumbai’s PD Hinduja Hospital. “Veteran ac-tor Dilip Kumar is on oxygen support, not on a ventilator. He is sta-ble,” Dr Jalil Parkar, the pulmonologist treating the actor at Mumbai’s PD Hinduja Hospital, informed.

For the unversed, a ventilator is used to help people breathe when they can’t breathe

on their own. It is a type of life support.

The spokesperson for Dilip has even urged the media not to believe in hoax news, assuring the actor will be back home soon.

Dilip Kumar

COVID-19

Twitter: Effort to comply with new guidelinesNew Delhi: Twitter has assured the govern-ment that it is making every effort to comply with the new guide-lines, and an overview of the progress has been duly shared.

A Twitter spokesper-son said on Monday that the company has been and remains deep-ly committed to India, and serving the vital public conversation taking place on the ser-vice and will continue its constructive dia-logue with the Indian Government.

NEWSJAIPUR | TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2021


Wildlife doomed!Drone scam hits Raj

Drones were not operated at night due to lack of permission and therefore, the thermal cameras did not make any sense

First India Bureau

Jaipur: After corrup-tion in anti-poaching and surveillance sys-tem, a drone scam has come to light in the forest department.

The drones equipped with ther-mal cameras were pro-cured for tiger pro-jects of Ranthambore, Sariska, Mukundra, Jhalana leopard Safa-

ri park Jaipur and Jawai Leopard Con-servation Reserve of Pali.

These drones were not operated at night due to lack of permis-sion and therefore, the thermal cameras did not make any sense. At the same time, these drones were of such a poor quality that their wings would stop working as soon

as they started flying.Wildlife activist

Babu Lal Jaju has complained to the ACB in connection with the corruption in the procurement of the drones.

On the other hand, a step ahead of the for-est department, hunt-ers came to know that the anti-poaching sys-tem was ineffective and then the tigers

started disappearing from enclosure.

In 10 months, seven tigers have disap-peared and in 10 years, 45 to 46 big cats have disappeared. Also, sev-eral leopards have also gone missing from Jhalana. Wildlife lover Anil Rogers has de-manded a high level inquiry into the scam in the drone and sur-veillance system.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: More than 600 employees of the Ra-jasthan Tourism Devel-opment Corporation (RTDC) have not been paid their salaries for four months.

While the officers have got their salaries credited to bank ac-counts, the employees are deprived of their monthly wages.

RTDC Managing Di-rector Ngikya Gohain has not attended the of-fice for two months and the employees are suf-fering. Lockdown due to

coronavirus has badly hit revenue collection of the corporation which runs Palace on Wheels and hotel units.

This has also impact-ed the employees.

Due to not getting sal-

ary, employees of the department facing problems in meeting their daily needs. Offic-ers of the department are also not paying their heeds to their de-mands.

First India Bureau

Udaipur/Banswara: A Patwari and a police constable were arrested for taking bribes in two separate cases in Ra-jasthan’ Udaipur and Banswara districts on Monday.

A team of ACB Udaipur caught Sisar-ma patwari Saurabh Garg while taking a bribe of Rs 75000 from a man for allowing him to restart construction works on his land. The accused had demanded Rs 3 lakh and he had al-ready taken Rs. 2.25 lakh.

The man approached

the ACB following which his complaint was verified and a trap was laid today.

In Banswara, consta-ble Lal Shankar posted with Patan police sta-tion was trapped while taking a bribe of Rs. 5000. The SHO of the police station Subhas

Parmar ran away from the spot after the acb ac-tion.

The accused police-man had demanded the bribe for him and for the SHO to settle a case of abduction. The con-stable has been arrested and the SHO is being searched.

Kota: ACB court has rejected the bail plea of former Baran collector Inder Singh Rao, ac-cused in the bribery case. Former collector Inder Singh Rao had sought bail from the court on the grounds of lack of prosecution ap-proval, saying the chal-lan was incomplete. ACB Judge Pramod Ma-lik rejected the bail plea after the arguments of all the parties were over in the court. It is re-marked that in the ab-sence of prosecution sanction, the challan presented cannot be considered incomplete. Rao’s lawyer had recent-ly presented an applica-tion for bail application in the court under Sec-tion 167 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Indra Singh Rao lodged is in jail for last 163 days.

Jodhpur: The petitions fi led by Asaram Bapu, who is serving a jail term in a rape case, and his son Narayan Sai were withdrawn during a hearing in Rajasthan high court. The petitions were fi led for the treatment of Asaram Bapu which were not admitted by the court. In the petitions, it was de-manded that Asaram

should be treated by an Ayurveda specialist in Kerala or Karvad Ayurveda Hospital in Jodhpur. After this, Asaram fi led a petition in the SC regarding this demand.

Jaipur: The Rajasthan HC administration on Monday extended the lockdown till June 28 in subordinate courts while maintaining the earlier arrangement. Since April 20, only urgent mat-ters are being heard in the lower courts. Reg-istrar General Nirmal Singh Medatwal issued a notifi cation to extend the lockdown under the modifi ed lockdown guidelines of the state government. The High Court administration has also extended all interim orders till June 28.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Terminated RPS officer Kailash Bohra was denied bail by Rajasthan high court. The bench of justice Pankaj Bhandari re-jected his bail plea. However, the court al-lowed him to submit the bail application again after the state-ments of the victim are recorded in the trial court. Bohra, who was post-ed as the Assistant Commissioner of Po-lice, was arrested on March 14 while seeking sexual favour from a rape victim for taking action in FIRs lodged by her in March. Kailash Bohra was later terminated from service.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Rajasthan Ad-ministrative Service (RAS) officer Mohan Singh Charan commit-ted suicide by jumping in front of a moving train in Jaipur’s Kard-hani area on Monday. Seeing his dead body on the railway track, a

passerby informed the police. After this, the Kard-hani police station reached the spot.

During the search, a suicide note was found in the pocket of the de-ceased officer, in which it is written that he was in mental depression and did not harass any-

one after his death.Kardhani SHO

Rajesh Bafna said that RAS Mohan Singh Charan (53) was posted in the Women and Child Development Depart-ment located in Gandhi Nagar. They lived with family in Nemi Sagar Colony in Vaishali Na-gar area.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Transport de-partment has issued an amendment policy for the fitness centers run-ning for checking vehi-cles. Now a fitness cent-er will be set up in every district of the state on 15,000 vehicles.

So far, this number was uncertain due to which private fitness testing centers were opened in excess in some districts, while there was only one fit-ness center in some dis-tricts. Significantly, in the month of February, the department had banned the opening of new fitness testing cent-ers. After the release of the revised policy, the ban has also been lifted,

After the approval of transport minister Pratap Singh Khacha-riyawas, transport commissioner Mahen-dra Soni issued a new policy.

Jaipur: The decision about the proposed strike by the employees of 108 ambulance ser-vice will be taken in a meeting on June 10.

The workers union had called a meeting to discuss the matter but no decision was taken on the strike because revised guidelines of modified lockdown were awaited.

State president of the union VS Shekhawat said the employees of the ambulance service have been demanding a hike in wages and revi-sion in working hours.

Bhiwadi: Bhiwadi SP Ramamurthy Joshi suspended fi ve negligent policemen on Sunday. Earlier, Behror MLA Baljit Yadav reached Neemrana PS and sought informa-tion about the number of accused present in the lock-up. Among many, the accused SP Singh, who was arrested in the case of breach of the peace, was found sitting in the resting room. When a search was carried out on the orders of the MLA, Rs 20,000 and a mobile was recovered from his pocket.

IGNP gets ‘poisonous’ water, many villages get supply

New fitness centres at every dist

108 staff meet on June 10, may strike work

BHIWADI SP SUSPENDS 5 POLICEMEN

IAS Inder Singh Rao bail plea rejected

Asaram withdraws bail plea from HC

Subordinate courts’ lockdown till June 28

Depressed RAS jumps before train, dies

Patwatri, cop arrested for taking bribe

Setback to RPS officer Bohra, bail plea denied

These drones were of such a poor quality that their wings were not working.

Body lying Mohan Singh Charan lying on the rail tracks.

Bribe accused patwari Saurabh in ACB custody in Udaipur.

Tourism dept staff in trouble, go without salary since 4 mths

IN THE COURTYARD

First India Bureau

Sriganganagar: Tox-ic chemicals released from industries in Punjab in the Indira Gandhi Nahar Project (IGNP) have raised concern for the people of Sriganganagar and Hanumagarh dis-tricts.

The toxic water was

released in the canal from Harike barrage after the closure of the canal.

The people of these districts have been fighting for a long time against the con-taminated water com-ing from Punjab, but neither the Rajasthan government nor the Punjab government

as well as the central government has tak-en concrete measures to address the prob-lem.

The canal is consid-ered the lifeline in the region but polluted water coming from Punjab is causing in-curable diseases in-cluding cancer to the people in the area.

NAGAUR ASP SANJAY GUPTA’S WHATSAPP POST UPSETS MLAs

MLAs in Nagaur districts have come together and opened a

front against additional SP Sanjay Gupta for his controversial post in a WhatsApp group against public representatives of Nagaur. BJP MLA Ruparam, Congress MLAs Mukesh Bhakar and Chetan Dudi and RLP MLAs have demanded action against the additional SP. They released statements on their respective social media accounts and demanded from the chief minister and senior offi cials of the Rajasthan police to take action against the additional SP. Gupta had posted the controversial mes-sage in a news group of Parbatsar in support of SP Shaveta Dhankhar

and against the public representa-tives. While praising the SP, Gupta had said that police inspectors who have got postings on politi-cal desire are unhappy with her functioning. He also accused the public representatives of patron-izing smuggling of narcotics sub-stances, illegal mining and other illegal acts. However, after some time, the additional SP had deleted the message. —First India Bureau

JAN AADHAR CARDS A CAUSE OF CONCERN FOR PEOPLE!

People are facing diffi culties in the registration of Jan

Aadhar cards. Some are denied registration despite having ration cards while in some cases, the registration is being done without the ration card and on the basis of Aadhar card alone. What is more

painful is that people are not get-ting satisfactory answers from of-fi cers in Jaipur collectorate. Now, people have started approaching public representatives so that the issue can be apprised to the government.

RAHUL FOLLOWS RAJ PCC ON TWITTER!

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has started following the offi cial

page of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee on Twitter. Gandhi also follows the prominent leaders of Rajasthan on Twitter

and now he has started following the offi cial page of Rajasthan PCC. The Wayanad MP who has 18.8 million followers on Twitter, had a few days ago unfollowed some handles on twitter, piquing interest of observers.

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Bhupendra Yadav: BJP’s ‘smart politician’ to lead Rajasthan assembly election campaign in 2023?

A POLITICAL AFFAIR

Aditi Nagar

New Delhi: Even though the election for Rajasthan Legislative Assembly is over two years away, but the an-ticipation of a political ‘upheaval’ in the BJP has gripped the relevant ‘po-litical circles’. And what could be the biggest po-litical development in the saffron party, than to appoint its national gen-eral secretary Bhupen-dra Yadav, as the 2023

Rajasthan election in-charge? Yadav’s proxim-ity and access to both Narendra Modi and Amit Shah makes his po-sition very peculiar in Rajasthan affairs.

Yadav, who is known to be a no-nonsense and smart politician, has become increasingly ac-tive in Rajasthan through the virtual me-dium. In the past two days, two major meet-ings of the party were attended, albeit virtu-

ally, by Yadav and even prior to this, whether it was the national level program of the party in

Alwar or other major organizational pro-grams of the Rajasthan BJP, or important meet-ing in New Delhi con-cerning Rajasthan, Ya-dav is also seen directly or indirectly present in these meetings.

Interestingly, politi-cal pandits claim that Yadav has a tight grip on the political beats of the state and therefore he could become in-creasingly active in Ra-jasthan in the future!

Bhupendra Yadav

Yadav’s proximity and

access to both Narendra Modi

& Amit Shah makes his

position very peculiar in

Rajasthan affairs

‘Govt striving hard to prevent 3rd Covid wave’

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Health Minis-ter Dr Raghu Sharma inaugurated the 30- bed-ded Community Health Centre at Fatuhi located in Sadulshahar assem-bly constituency of Sriganganagar district at a cost of Rs 4 crore. On this occasion, Dr Sharma said that de-

spite the decreasing number of corona in-fected in the state, it is necessary to take pre-cautions by adopting covid appropiate behav-ior. He said that the state government is making extensive efforts to pre-vent a possible third wave of Corona.

“About 400 Commu-nity Health Centres in the state are being strengthened by the state government keep-ing them in A, B and C categories. Availability of ICU beds, central-

ised oxygen pipelines, oxygen cylinders, oxy-gen concentrators, es-

sential medicines used in Covid-19 treatment will be ensured at these

centres,” Dr Sharma said.

The Health Minister informed that to over-come the shortage of oxygen in the state, oxy-gen generation plants, liquid oxygen plants are being set up by the NHM and the Local Self Government De-partment on a large scale. He said that 18,000 concentrators have been installed at medical institutions.

“The state govern-ment has given the highest priority to the

health sector in the cur-rent tenure. The Chief Minister’s Free Medi-cine Scheme and Chief Minister’s Free Testing Scheme provided in the last tenure of state gov-ernment, have set an example across the country. At present, an insurance facility of Rs 5 lakh is being provided to the needy through Mukhyamantri Chiran-jeevi Health Insurance Scheme. Such welfare schemes are being oper-ated in only a few states of the country,” he said.

Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma on Monday, inaugurated a CHC at Fatuhi in Sadulshaher via video conference.

400 CHCs are being strengthened keeping them in A, B & C categories

Track sheep rearers’ location: CS AryaFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: Chief Secretary Niranjan Arya has in-structed to make special arrangements in view of the corona pandemic as now sheep rearers would start entering Ra-jasthan in the coming weeks. Chairing a meet-ing at the Secretariat, he directed officials to con-duct screening of sheep rearers at entry points in the districts. Along with this, instructions

have also been given to make arrangements for their vaccination. Arya also instructed officials to do live location track-ing of the rearers based

on their mobile phones and directed the IT de-partment to handle the tracking. He also asked officials to ensure that they get the benefits of

ration and other public welfare schemes of the state government con-tinuously on the basis of their population size.

Moreover, CS has also directed to establish permanent and tempo-rary checkposts by marking the entry points & to complete the work of staff recruit-ment at the earliest. The CS asked officers to en-sure that Sheep farmers follow all the Covid pro-tocols.

CS Niranjan Arya on Monday, chaired the review meet on sheep evacuation year 2021-22 through VC at Secretariat.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: A day after the government suspended the Mayor of JMC and three councillors, the ACB on Monday, took action on extortion by four employees of both Jaipur Greater and Jaipur Heritage Munic-ipal Corporation.

The ACB arrested Livestock Assistant, Ji-tendra Verma & a fourth class employee, Rajkumar of JMC (Greater) for taking a bribe of Rs 6,000 from a

meat shop owner to help him run the shop smoothly.

In yet another ACB action at JMC (Herit-

age), clerk Anil & a con-tractual employee, Kalil were held for extorting money from slaughter house owners.

ACB offi cials interrogate four accused JMC offi cials on Monday.

ACB team nabs four JMC employees for taking bribe

Admn reshuffle: Govt transfers 15 IPS officersFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: Late on Mon-day night, state govern-ment transferred 15 IPS officials wherein, Siro-hi SP Himmat Abhilash Tak, who fell into a con-troversy over alleged collusion with liquor mafia, has been shifted to Police Training Cen-tre at Kishangarh as its Principal. IPS Pankaj Choudhary has also

been given posting as Commandant of SDRF. Moreover, SPs of 8 po-lice districts i.e. Sawai Madhopur, Chittor-garh, Jaipur East, Jodh-pur, Pratapgarh, Na-gaur, Sirohi, Rajsamand along with SPs of CID CB at Jaipur, SOG, & Dy Commissioner (traffic) at Jaipur have been shuffled. Raj Rishi Ver-ma has been appointed as ADC to Governor.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has de-cided to extend the last date for payment of short term crop loans of Rabi 2020-21 crop season from June 30 to August 31, giving a huge relief to the farm-ers in view of the situ-ation of Corona pan-demic. He has also di-rected to expedite the disbursement of short term crop loans for the upcoming season and to benefit more and more farmers.

During the review meeting of the Coop-eratives Department at the Chief Min- i s -ter’s residence on Monday, Gehlot said that the eco-nomic con-

dition of the farmers has been affected due to the Corona pandem-ic. In such a situation, giving additional time to farmers for repay-ment of crop loans will give them a big relief.

It was informed dur-

ing the meeting that the cooperative department has set a target of dis-bursing short-term crop loans of Rs 16,000 crore this year, out of which loans worth about Rs 2,550 crore have been disbursed so far. During the financial year 2019-20, 9.71 lakh and during 2020-21, 3.91 lakh new farmers have been linked to the loan dis-bursement process.

“Apart from setting up of online software at 410 drug vending centres run by CONFED and

District Consumer Stores, a system for door-step delivery of medi-cines to beneficiary pen-sioners should be devel-oped. This would facili-tate the availability of regular medicines to pensioners due to old age and corona condi-tions,” Gehlot said.

The Chief Minister further said, “To check the irregularities com-mitted by the Multi-state Credit Co-opera-tive Societies, which are grabbing the hard earned money of the

public, by making the Vigilance Authority ac-tive in the state, we have ensured regular inspection of the ac-counts of the Credit Co-operative Societies working in the state.”

Gehlot also directed to prepare a concrete action plan by holding a joint meeting of the officers of Urban De-velopment, Coopera-tion and Home Depart-ment under the chair-manship of the Chief Secretary to prevent fraud with the general

public by housing coop-erative societies in Jaipur city.

The Chief Minister directed that in the State Government’s Agriculture Process-ing, Agribusiness and Agriculture Export Promotion Policy-2019, more and more projects of food processing, cold storage, warehouse etc. should be approved and for this efforts should be made to increase awareness among the farmers.

It was informed in the meeting that under the Indira Gandhi Shahari Credit Card scheme, the State Government is to provide interest free loan up to Rs. 50,000 for self-employment to the street vendors and un-employed youth of ur-ban areas.

‘SENSITIVE’ GEHLOT GIVES BREATHER TO FARMERS ON LOAN REPAYMENTLAST DAY OF PAYMENT OF SHORT-TERM CROP LOANS INCREASED TO AUGUST 31

Rules for CM Anupriti SchemeFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: The guide lines for CM Anu-priti Coaching Scheme were re-leased on Monday after Special Secre-tary, Finance (Ex-penditure) gave ap-proval on the file. According to the guidelines, the mer-it of candidates will be determined on the basis of the min-imum qualifying marks obtained in 12th or 10th stand-ard. For the deter-mination of merit, the percentage ob-tained by CBSE in the 10th and 12th board examination will be multiplied by a coefficient of 0.9.

Moreover, stu-dents taking coach-ing from reputed in-stitutes will be given an additional amount of Rs 40,000

for accommodation and food. This amount will be giv-en on leaving the residence and tak-ing coaching in any other city and the cost will be borne by the concerned de-partment. For exam-ple, the TAD depart-ment will conduct the scheme for ST category, Social Jus-tice Department for SC, OBC, MBC and EWS Students while the Minority Affairs Department will run the scheme for mi-nority students.

After determina-tion of the district wise target by the departments, from time to time and for interested candi-dates, arrangement of coaching will be made by the selected institutions by de-termining the merit of the applications.

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Saddened by the loss of lives due to a fi re incident at a factory in Pune, Maharashtra. My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families. May they remain strong in this diffi cult time. Prayers for speedy recovery of those injured.

On #WorldFoodSafety-Day, let us renew our commitment to ensure food chain remains safe at all levels and people have access to healthy and safe food items.CM Ashok Gehlot

If found guilty, Mayor will be

sacked: DhariwalFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: After sus-pending Jaipur Greater Mayor Dr Somya, the state gov-ernment’s tough stand on this issue is coming to the fore. During his visit to Kota on Monday, UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal stressed that action has been taken on the basis of investigation report, but if the Mayor is proved guilty in fur-ther judicial inquiry, then she will also be dismissed. “However, if the Mayor is found innocent in the inves-tigation, she will be re-instated. The use of casteist words against the officials was considered a se-rious matter and therefore, the suspen-sion of the Mayor was necessary so that the further investi-gation is not af-

fected,” he said.Responding to the

assertive statements of BJP state presi-dent Satish Poonia regarding the entire matter, Dhariwal said, “He is in the op-position and will speak something or the other- Anyway, BJP state President only issues a press release daily, while the action we have taken is legal and based on investiga-tion report. So in this case, Police investiga-tion is also to be done separately,” he said.

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PRIDE OFRajasthanemina Miss India Rajasthan, Aruna Beniwal is a 19-year-old model and dancer who is also pursuing her Bachelors in Com-

merce. She exhibits un-flinching eagerness and an ability to stay positive and self-motivated. Aru-na is an ‘A’ certified NCC cadet and while attend-ing various NCC camps, she found her hidden talent for rifle shoot-ing. When asked about how she devel-oped an interest in modelling, she said, ‘Back in my school days, I never be-lieved in getting into modelling

and was more of a tomboy but my friends al-ways encour-

aged me to get into it.’ About her journey, she shared that she was hauled into the auditions of Miss Rajasthan 2019 by her sister where she secured the position of 1st Runner-up. After that, she achieved the title of Miss Tal-ented 2019 and Miss Photogenic 2019. She didn’t stop here and decided to follow her career in this field.

She said, ‘Organisers of Miss Rajasthan, Yogesh Mishra Sir and Nimisha Mishra Ma’am en-couraged me to participate in Femina Miss India which was a very big step for me and without their support, I could not have represented Rajasthan so beauti-fully at such a prestigious na-tional platform.’ Aruna proved herself and made it to the top 15 in Femina Miss India. She is a girl who is beautiful inside out. She wants to help and assist un-derprivileged children and pro-vide them opportunities to show-

case their talents. Also, she is working to spread awareness about modelling as a career field by encouraging young girls of the state.

Aruna is preparing herself to represent India on an interna-tional platform and bring the crown home. Apart from this, she wants to be-come a successful actress in near fu-ture. On asking about what ad-vice she wants to give to the youth, she said, ‘Be proud of your work but never be satis-fied enough, always thrive for more and work towards a well-defined edition of yourself ’.

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DRISHTI RAWAT, Model

ARIESMAR 21 - APR 20

A family elder will be full of praise for the help you are rendering. A well-planned trip promises a great time in future . Day seems favourable for

builders and property dealers. Academic pursuits will be fruitful. Taking up a regular fitness routine will help you get into shape.

LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

You may enjoy yourself at work more than usual today, because of the changed environment. Those wanting to rent out their premises are likely to find

an ideal party. Getting unwell due to changing weather cannot be ruled out for some.

TAURUSAPR 21 - MAY 20

An out of town official trip may give some respite to those wanting a change from their dull routine .A new plot, house or apartment can be acquired by

some. You are likely to find yourself in high spirits and raring to undertake anything and everything today!

SCORPIO OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

You may find it difficult to convince a family member regard-ing something you want to achieve. Some of you may feel the home environ-ment serene and

restful. There is a fair chance of some property getting allotted to you. Good opportunities are likely to appear.

GEMINI MAY 21 - JUNE 21

Start saving for renovating an old house. Joining coaching classes for improv-ing academic performance is foreseen. Positive steps may be required to be

taken to restore perfect health. It will be in your interest to speed up a financial transaction.

SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22

Chance of moving to a new location on transfer is likely for some. A property matter is likely to be resolved amicably. Clarity of mind and retentive power will help you forge

ahead on the academic front. Some of you can safely say goodbye to depression, as positivity enters your life once again.

CANCER JUNE 22 - JULY 23

A property matter you had been worried about will be amicably settled. Getting quality time at home will help in focussing on activities that appeal to you.

A balanced diet will be the first step in achieving good health, so stick to it. Help people out as much as you can.

CAPRICORNDEC 23 - JAN 20

Family and finances can get you thinking and contemplating. Efforts may be required to get something done at home. Maintain confidentiality regarding a prop-

erty deal being negotiated by you. Your performance may leave you feeling good today on professional or academic front.

LEO JULY 24 - AUGUST 23

Your efforts at work will be richly rewarded by getting noticed by those who matter. A new idea on the home front looks promising but needs to be given shape.

You will get the opportunity to acquire new property at a good price. Health may become a concern.

AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 19

Those new on the job will have to strive hard to show their worth. A family youngster may look up to you for help and guidance. You gel well with a new

acquaintance. Opportunities to further your career will come only if you make efforts. Self-discipline may help you.

VIRGO AUG 24 - SEP 23

Choose your mode of convey-ance carefully for a safe journey. A friendly bet with a friend or a colleague may turn into a fight, so be careful. Will power, will

be your key to remain in shape. You will need to choose the investment schemes wisely to ensure profitable returns.

PISCES FEB20 - MARCH 20

Those selling property may find the market hot but may not find many takers. Things are likely to move favourably on the professional front. Health

may become a concern. You will need to muster all your persuasive powers to swing a deal in your favour.

YOUR DAY

Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva

very human being is a product of his time and time is al-ways in perpetual motion. Literature documents this man and his times - the ‘

man’ representing men, women and transgenders. This means literature is a gateway to the past, a projec-tion of the present and im-agination of the future. It tells you stories of people who walked on the earth dur-ing a particular period, the habitats they built, the hous-es they destroyed, the wars they fought, the peace that was achieved, the crimes they committed, the compas-sion some of them shown, the social norms that were forced, rebellions and reun-ions are all documented in the words of literature and here again, not as a stale document of some archives but in the form of vibrant stories of so many charac-ters. Collective memories in form of fiction finally be-come the history of societies as narratives define a whole civilization at a given period.

Words have plenty of psy-chological energy that is ca-pable of changing society and challenging the mighty. This is one reason why dicta-tors and authoritarian rulers hit at them first. History is full of wrongful torture, jail and discredits to authors and intellectuals though they constitute an almost negligi-ble minority in overall num-bers of any nation but are the first target of the power to be. So many of them faced guillotine in past and are be-ing shot dead during the pre-sent. Why are powerful peo-ple of the world afraid of frail-looking and almost re-clusive thinkers? Authors and writers don’t seek power but just dare to pen down what they could see what oth-ers are unable to do. The thinking people try to dis-mantle the talisman power-seekers weave and hence are at risk of being silenced ei-ther by persuasion or coer-cion. All this means that lit-erature is a powerful tool that can change the human mind which then starts thinking logically.

A genuine work of litera-ture mirrors societies dares to speak about their weak-nesses, highlights their strengths and exposes their hypocrisy and doublespeak. Even a cursory look reveals the fact that a closed society

rarely produces great au-thors. Saudi Arabia, China, North Korea have hardly one or two globally recognized authors. All these nations are doing well economically but the monotony of human ex-change would take its toll in not so distant a future if rad-ical reforms are not under-taken in the field of litera-ture and arts. Every hum-drum situation ultimately implodes on people and na-tions. Modern media like TV, YouTube etc provide infor-mation but cannot replace fiction. The work of fiction takes you to kings and queens, saints and prosti-tutes, tycoons and beggars, slaves and masters and so many other subjects. It, thus, exposes you to their lives and times which otherwise you would have remained oblivi-ous of. Over some time when you remain a conscious read-er, the work of literature starts changing you by in-creasing the level of depth of your thinking. You become less emotional and more logi-cal, start analyzing a situa-tion rather than get swayed by it. The bias and prejudice become replaced by openness to accept any situation and a quest to find a solution rather than giving up if the solution is adverse or painful.

The books commonly sold on railway stations and air-

ports are mostly entertain-ers, not the real literary ma-terial. They are a plot well written but a work of true fiction is an expression of a deeper thought process. The author delves into times, characters and situations and brings forth a story that covers a large number of things like geography, cus-toms, rituals, lifestyle, habits and so many more. There are occasions when a reader feels like being there with the sto-ryteller transcending time. These situations are enlight-ening as well as pleasurable and are great food for the thought process. The charac-ters of the books which one have read in life may come to rescue many times in life. A regular habit of reading wid-ens horizon and depth of thinking - a very useful tool in modern times of urban and restricted living.

Poems and songs have trig-gered the fall of regimes and social revolutions but to un-derstand the soul of a poem you need a poetic heart. Dra-ma, too, is a less recognized field of literature that has left its footprints on the timeline of human history. Theatre, though overshadowed by cin-ema, still survives and might make a comeback. Litera-ture, thus, gives us so many options to choose but one has to develop an aptitude to change which can only be done by becoming a genuine reader, free from prejudice and show off. As far as intel-lectual benefits are con-cerned, it is the reader who is placed in a more favourable situation. A successful au-thor writes for livelihood, he uses his creativity to compile a great story, full of ideas but it is the reader who awakes from an intellectual slumber, an act that could be life-changing. Stories are the most potent influencers. If we take note of one thing which is so common to come to our notice is that all the religions initially grew on a story, the philosophy came much later and there is no need to comment on the influ-ence of religious books on human societies. Remove the story and the religion might be in deep trouble. Litera-ture, hence, should be given its due place in life if you wish to attain complete health which includes physi-cal, mental, social and intel-lectual or spiritual aspects. Buy a book, read it and see yourself changing every day.

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LIFESTYLE: WHY WE NEED LITERATURE

Kangana Ranaut, who courts contro-versy with her tweets continuously has done it again, but this time on Instagram after her

twitter a/c was suspended. Yami Gautam whose big news of marriage with di-rector Aditya Dhar recently broke the internet has at-tracted attention from all over the nation, but, what the comment section has to display is yet an-other story. One of her co-stars, Vikrant Massey joking-ly commented, ‘Pure & Pious like Radhe Maa!’ Kangana couldn’t resist her effort of not taking the jab against another actor as she commented, “kahan se nikla ye cockroach..lao meri chappal. (From where did this cockroach come, someone get my slipper). —City First

Actress Shilpa Shetty Kun-dra took to social media to express her observa-tions about environment

on the occasion of World Envi-ronment Day on Saturday. Tak-ing to Instagram, Shilpa said that human beings staying in-doors over the past one year

has helped the ecosystem regain some balance. The

actress also re-minded once

things get re-stored to the

‘old normal’ as it was before

the pandemic, we must not forget to treat nature with respect.

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As the legendary actor of Indian Cinema, Dilip Kumar, is currently in the hospital, his fans have been relying on his Twitter handle for health updates. Amid this, ru-

mours about his condition also have been circulat-ing on social media and now, his family friend has made a special appeal to the media to verify the information about his condition from the senior actor’s Twitter handle. Faisal Farooqui took to Dilip Kumar’s official handle and lauded the media for the job in reporting. —Agency

n June 4th, we were blessed with the arrival of our daughter, Lili,” proud par-ents Harry and Meghan shared

in a statement, as per Archewell’s [Harry and Meghan’s non-profit or-ganisation) official web-site, announcing the birth of their second child, daughter Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor. While things between The

Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the royal family have

been tense over the years, since stepping back from their senior

royal roles, they were set aside for the arrival of the littlest addi-

tion. The first thing that Harry and Meghan did after welcom-ing baby Lili was phone Queen Elizabeth as well as the rest of the family to inform them about the good news. Calls went to Harry’s father Prince Charles as well as brother Prince William —Agency

I f you’re looking for your dose of ‘sunshine music’ this week, Calvin Harris has you covered with By

your side. The Summer sing-er spoke of his fondness for British vocalist Tom Gren-nan, whose voice, he had said, instantly appealed to him, and with whom he collabo-rates in this offering that’s both sophisticated and

groovy at once. Simple but comforting, the lyrics promise of better times ahead, a hope the world is currently clinging on

to. With all the trin-kets that make it ra-dio-ready, he is set to provide another

party anthem. —Agency

Actor Clarence Wil-liams III, widely known for the crime drama series ‘The

Mod Squad’ and comedy film ‘Half Baked’, has passed away at the age of 81 due to colon cancer. The veteran actor’s management team confirmed the news of his demise on Sunday, saying Williams had actually passed away on Fri-day in Los Angeles due to co-lon cancer. Williams’ career had spanned over five decades. He had a long history with his craft. The late star started his acting career in the 60s as a theatre actor and broke through on Broadway with a Tony award for his work in the movie ‘Slow Dance on the Kill-ing Ground.’ —Agency

Amid the ongoing COV-ID 19 pandemic, Yeh Jawaani Hai Dee-wani fame Evelyn

Sharma has went ahead to tie the knot with fiance Tushaan Bhindi in Australia on May 15. On Monday, sharing the first photo from the intimate wedding, Evelyn informed fans. Actor Evelyn Sharma, who is known for her perfor-mance in the film Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, has gone ahead to marry her fi-ance, Dr Tushaan Bhindi, in a private ceremony in Bris-bane, Australia.

—Agency

Late Sushant Singh Rajput, the charming actor who was both a philosopher and artist, tops the list of ‘The

Times 50 Most Desirable Men 2020’. On the coveted list are men under 40 across various fields who have created an impact and won our hearts. This ranking is based on votes cast in an online poll, along with inputs from an internal jury. Though he is no longer amidst us, he has become a larger-than-life persona and will continue to live in our memo-ries for a long time. An actor par excellence, SSR continues to reign our hearts through his var-ied performances. —Agency

On June 4, Angelina Jolie turned 46 years of age and celebrated it with her six favourite people, i.e. her and Brad Pitt’s children - Maddox, 19,

Pax, 17, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 15, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 12. Given the tight-knit bond between Angie and her wonderful kids, the Eternals star was treated like a queen by her family on her special day. “They had a great day celebrating at home, and the kids surprised her with a special dinner out,” a source shared with People about Angelina’s exciting celebration. —Agency

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Actress Mrunal Thakur, who has the films ‘Toofan’, ‘Jer-

sey’ and ‘Aankh Micholi’ lined up, said that she has always taken projects which will help her survive long-er in the industry. The ac-tress says that she has al-ways focused on giving her best performance in every role. “I am glad that cinema is reaching a wider audi-ence. But I never choose my films thinking that I will be a star. I want to survive longer here. One thing that lasts longer is talent and performances,” she told. —Agency

Not to become a

‘STAR’Angelina Jolie with her children (from left) Knox-Leon, Vivienne Marcheline, Pax Thien, Shiloh, Zahara Marley and Maddox Chivan

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

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GREETINGS!

Jagdeesh Chandra greeted Hemant Sharma, Chief Producer, First India News on Monday morning, on completion of 16 years in Electronic media which includes 13 unforgettable years with Jagdeesh Chandra.

Jagdeesh Chandra greeted Nandini Agrawal, from the First India family (HR Head), on the occasion of her birthday on Monday.

SESSION AT SKITCITY FIRST

he inaugural ceremony of AI-CTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Acade-my sponsored Faculty Devel-

opment Programme on ‘Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)’ organised by Swami Keshvanand Institute of Technology, Management and Gra-mothan (SKIT), Jaipur was held online on Mon-day. Dr Ramesh Kumar Pachar (Principal, SKIT) addressed the FDP by welcoming all the guests, speakers and partici-pants.

Prof. Asim Tewari

(IIT, Bombay) was the Chief Guest. In the inau-gural session Dr Dheeraj Joshi (Head, ME and FDP coordinator), Praveen Saraswat (FDP Co-coordinator), Dr Anil Chaudhary (Head, IT), Dr Deepak Kumar and

Dr Achin Srivastava were also present.

There were a total of fifteen sessions

planned in this event including Stress Man-agement: Power of Posi-tivity and Quiz. Prof. Asim Tewari (IIT, Bom-bay) delivered a Talk on “IoT & Artificial Intelli-gence” and highlighted the need for Artificial Intelligence.

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HAPPY B’DAY!

The birthday of MLA Mewaram Jain and IPS Malini Agrawal was on Monday, June 7. We wish them all the best!

On the occasion of World Environment Day, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar shared a thought-provoking message of rekindling the sense of reverence for nature to protect it. “Respecting and protecting the environment must become a part of our value system,” Gurudev shared on Twitter. This attitude of treating Nature as sacred needs to be revived.” In line with the theme of the UN’s decade of ecosystem restoration, The Art of Living, founded by Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, has been working in many areas of ecological restoration.

RESTORATION!

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The NGO Eksoch and Youth4gu-jrat, on the occa-sion of World

Environment Day initi-ated a mission of ‘Save Water’. Ritu Rathi, founder of NGO eksoch said that Water is the most scarce resource and it’s important to save it. Water tanks were arranged and dis-tributed to people stay-ing in the slums of Har-patniwas. Other useful amenities such as clothes and food were also distrib-uted among them. This mission’s prior-ity is to save the envi-ronment and people.

MLA Harsh Sangha-vi, Jignesh Patil-Presi-dent of youth4gujarat, Kailash ben Solanki-Corporator of ward no

22, Dipesh and Himanshu Raulji were present dur-

ing the event. The team spread awareness regarding conversation and also encouraged people to reach out to them in case of any ur-gent need.

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Eco-system RestorationCITY FIRST, GUJARAT

On the occasion of World Envi-ronment Day, the Civil Engi-

neering Department, School of Engineer-ing, Organization of Civil Engineer-ing Students and IGBC Student Chapters Nirma Uni-versity organised the ‘World Environment Day -2021’ event with the theme ‘Eco-system Restoration’. The event

started with a lecture session on ‘Role of plastic waste manage-ment in ecosystem res-toration’ by Snehal Ja-riwala, Environment Head at Adani Ports

and SEZ. There were various competi-tions organised such as Poster

making, Quiz and Tree Plantation Drive during this event. A to-tal of 63 students par-ticipated in these com-petitions and events.

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It is universal fact that a true friend in our life are like stars, they constantly shine but often we do not see them until the dark hours of life comes. Time is still the best

answer, forgiveness is still the best painkiller and God is the best healer therefore always keep four power habits in mind to elevate your life:

Encourage instead of criticising.Understand instead of judging.

Initiate instead of waiting.Give instead of expecting...!!

life is beautiful; live and let live.Always be happy keep smiling.

Progress of a person is the product of his thoughts, what he thinks he becomes therefore don’t let anyone walk through your mind with dirty feet. If you will follow, aforesaid, nobody can hurt you without your permission. Happi-ness is when, What you think, What you say, and What you do is the same. It is well said that your vision for the future should be bigger than your dreams of the past. You never know which footstep will bring a twist in your life. So always keep on walking. Happiness comes when it is most unexpected. God’s plan is al-ways the best. Sometimes the process is pain-ful and hard. But don’t forget that when God is silent, he is doing something great for you. Wait & have faith. —CITY FIRST

Have a faith

—ANUPAMA PUROHIT

Securing the futureCITY FIRST

A webinar on ‘Learning from the second wave of COVID-19:

Some important things to prepare for the fu-ture’ was organised by the COVID-19 Aware-ness Committee of St. Xaviers College, Jaipur in collaboration with

the Sanitation and Hy-giene Unit and under the aegis of Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) on June 4.

College Princi-pal, Reverend Fa-ther Dr A. Rex An-gelou, S. J, while wel-coming all the panellists expressed his concern over the impact of COV-ID-19 and informed the

steps being taken by the college to help society. The webinar was organ-ized to raise awareness

of the health prob-lems arising as an impact of COV-ID-19, to understand

the new version of the virus and to enable it in the best ways to fight the third wave in future. [email protected]

Survivor TalesCITY FIRST

An Insta-g r a m Live ses-s i o n ,

conducted by AkanshaBakshi, emerging fash-ion and luxury lifestyle influ-encer, along with Dr Preeti Bak-shi, Executive Director, JNU Hospital in con-versation with Sunita Shekha-wat, Award-win-ning, modern Meenakar Jeweller and Apra Kuchhal, Chairper-son, We Care and Executive Secretary, Rajasthan Forum brought hope and light as survivors nar-rated tales of fear, disease management and ulti-mate recovery.

The session answered a lot of questions around the fear of getting hospitalised, post covid-19 re-covery protocols and follow-ups, how each person’s recovery is different, and the most important thing, to spread hope and positivity.

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EVENT!GUJ: Kaleidoscope Channel and Motherhood Foundation organised a National Online painting and drawing competition on Saturday. Every year June 5 is celebrated as World Environment Day and this year’s theme was Ecosystem Restoration which focussed on the green plantation and saving the rivers. Paresh Dave of T MAN announced some prizes for the students. Phulwadi- a famous children magazine of Gujarat gave some gifts to the participating children.

A national webi-nar on the ‘Role of Pharmacists in NABH ac-

creditation of hospitals and healthcare institu-tions’ was organised by Geetanjali Institute of Pharmacy, Udaipur on Monday.

The webinar aimed to highlight the impor-tance of clinical phar-macy in the storage, distribution, proper use and quality of health services. In the

webinar, Dr Tarun Sin-gh, Head, Quality De-partment, MM Univer-sity and Hospital, Mu-

lana, Haryana, deliv-ered an important lec-ture on the title “Phar-macist and NABH Ac-

creditation of Hospi-tals: Chapter 3 Manage-ment of Medicine”. In this, he discussed vari-ous aspects of the prop-er use of medicines and their importance in the NABH accreditation of the hospital. In the we-binar, more than 370 participants from more than 45 education and health institutions from different states registered themselves and participated in the webinar. —CITY FIRST

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