First India-Jaipur Edition-24th December 2022

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16 ARMY BRAVEHEARTS ‘MARTYRED’

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Zema: As many as 16 Army personnel were killed and 4 injured on Friday after a truck they were travelling in skidded down a steep slope while negotiating a sharp turn at Zema in North Sikkim, the Army said.

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday granted bail to Riyaz Kazi, co accused with Sachin Vaze in the Antilia bomb scare and Mansukh Hiren murder case. The court directed Riyaz Kazi’s release on a bail of Rs 25,000.

The “ill-fated vehicle” was part of a three-vehicle convoy that moved from Chatten in the morning towards the Thangu area. En route at Zema, the vehicle skidded down a steep slope while negotiating a sharp turn, PRO Lieutenant Colonel Mahendra Rawat said. Prez Droupadi Murmu, PM Modi, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh expressed grief over the death.

Nasal Covid vaccine cleared for use; on CO-WIN soon!

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New Delhi: Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya said that Bharat Biotech nasal vaccine has been approved as a booster dose. Bharat Biotech’s intranasal Covid vaccine will be available in private centres and will be introduced on CoWIN on Friday evening.

“The government of India has approved the Nasal vaccine. It will be used as a heterologous booster and will be available first in private hospitals. It will be included in Covid vaccination program from Friday evening,” official sources said.

SALIENT FEATURES

This needless jab will be India’s first such booster dose

It will be administered to people above 18 years age

Pricing of the vaccine will be decided soon by the dept

It will be made available in govt and private facilities

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Deeply

by the loss of lives of our Army personnel in a road accident in Sikkim. The nation shall always remain indebted to our brave army personnel, who laid down their lives in the line of duty. My sincere condolences to the bereaved families.

Vaibhav Gehlot elected as RCA President unopposed

3 of 16 who were killed were from Rajasthan Those who have died are Lance Naik Manoj Kumar from Jhunjhunu, Subedar Guman Singh from Jaisalmer and Sukharam from Jodhpur.

CHINA REPORTS 37 MN COVID CASES IN A DAY Beijing: China may have reported 37 million coronavirus cases in a day this week, making it the largest single-day spike ever, as per a report which quoted an estimate from the government’s top health authority.

Winter Session ends, both Houses of Parliament adjourned sine die

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Jaipur: Vaibhav Gehlot will be elected unopposed to the post of President of RCA as rebel Giriraj Sanadhya and Nandu faction, who had stood against Vaibhav, has decided to withdraw

nomination. In such a situation, the victory of all 6 candidates of Dr CP Joshi faction including Vaibhav has been confirmed. This will be 1st time in history of RCA that all posts in RCA will be elected unopposed on posts including Prez. P3

New Delhi: Both Houses of the Parliament were adjourned sine die on Friday morning, a week ahead of the schedule. The Winter Session of Parliament, which started on December 7, was to otherwise end on December 29. Adjourning RS Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar

Among Governors, only Satyapal Malik stood against the Centre: Gehlot

Chaudhary Charan Singh was an inspiration for farmers, said CM in event on Chaudhary’s 120th birth anniv

Ravi Katara

Bharatpur: CM Ashok Gehlot on Friday said that former Governor Satyapal Malik was only among the Governors who took stand against Centre. “Satyapal Malik ji, despite being the Governor, did

not leave any stone unturned in pulling the Central government, which happens very rarely. He always talked about farmers. Look at

BJP USING COVID AS EXCUSE TO STOP BHARAT JODO YATRA, SAYS CM GEHLOT

talked about the importance of taking necessary precautions to prevent Covid-19 spread. Session saw heated debates over Tawang. P5

During the Tenth Session of the 17th Lok Sabha, 13 sittings were held and Lok Sabha sat for 68 hours and 42 minutes. The productivity of the House during the Session was 97 per cent and many important legislative businesses were transacted.

—Om Birla, Lok Sabha Speaker

KERALA JOURNO KAPPAN GETS BAIL AFTER 2 YEARS

the courage of the farmers. Satypal ji himself kept saying that the farmers were sitting in the winter, the whole country was with them in the fight of the farm-

RAM-SETU TO HELP BJP CROSS OVER ‘ELECTORAL SEA’ TO 2024 VICTORY?

Kartikey Dev Singh

ers. Charan Singh ji was the inspiration of the farmers. That’s why the farmers won,” Gehlot said while addressing an event of Kisan Sabha. More on P8

New Delhi: With the BJP already in 2024 election mode and for this purpose it is already treating each and every election, be it assembly, bypoll or even local body, with a sense of extreme importance, there is a word going around in party’s ‘top echelons’ that saffron party will play its biggest masterstroke of recent times in 2024! Rumour going on ‘relevant circles’ is that there is a strategy to make

‘Modi Sarkar 3.0’ through Ramsetu! Will PM Modi himself contest from Ramanathapuram seat?

It is said that BJP top leadership is doing ‘exercise’ on this new strategy to strengthen South to compensate for possible losses in North India because recently many constituents of NDA have separated from BJP. Probably Kashi Tamil Sangamam in Varanasi is also a part of this strategy

However, Ramanathapuram is also the birthplace of former

President Abdul Kalam and it is from here where the Ramsetu starts from which Shri Ram had crossed into Lanka. Moreover, Rameshwaram, one of 12 Jyotirlingas, is also located in Ramanathapuram, TN.

In such a situation, if BJP wins from this seat, then 2 big roads will open. Firstly, BJP will make a big dent in Cong bastion of South and 2nd is that Modi will be accepted in Muslim-majority area.

(L) LS Speaker Om Birla, PM Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi attend customary meeting at end of Winter Session of the Parl on Friday. RS Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar greets as he conducts the proceedings of the House in New Delhi on Friday.

TRUCK FALLS INTO GORGE IN NORTH SIKKIM

A rescue mission was immediately launched, 4 injured soldiers were air evacuated from accident spot

President Murmu, PM Modi, HM Shah, Rajnath, others condole the deaths of Indian Army personnel

CHARLES SOBHRAJ

RELEASED, SAYS “I FEEL VERY GREAT”

Kathmandu: Confessed French serial killer Charles Sobhraj also known as “The Serpent” was freed from prison in Nepal on Friday after serving most of his sentence for the murders of American and Canadian backpackers.

BAIL TO RIYAZ KAZI IN ANTILIA BOMB SCARE & HIREN MURDER CASE

DELHI COURT EXTENDS AAFTAB’S JUDICIAL CUSTODY BY 14 DAYS

New Delhi: Delhi’s Saket court on Friday extended the judicial custody of accused Aaftab Amin Poonawala in the Shraddha Walkar murder case by a further 14 days. The next date of hearing is on January 6, 2023.

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CBI ARRESTS FORMER ICICI CEO CHANDA KOCHHAR, HUSBAND

New Delhi: The CBI has arrested former managing director and chief executive officer of ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar and her husband

Deepak Kochhar in a loan fraud case. Both Chanda Kochhar and her husband were arrested from New Delhi by the CBI after a long investigation into a money laundering case involving the bank and the Videocon Group, a consumer electronics and oil and gas exploration company. Chanda Kochhar quit ICICI Bank in October 2018 over allegations of irregularities in loans provided to the Videocon Group when she was heading the private sector bank.

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Lucknow: Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan, who was lodged in a Uttar Pradesh jail after his arrest in October 2020 while he was on his way to Hathras in the state, where a Dalit woman had died after allegedly being raped, has been granted bail by the High Court on Friday in a money laundering case. The Dalit woman had died at a Delhi hospital a fortnight after she was allegedly gang-raped on September 14, 2020.

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Vaibhav Gehlot submitting nomination to Sunil Arora in presence of Kashwini Gehlot and Mahendra Sharma on December 20.

Army personnel seen near the wrecked remains of an Army truck in Zema area of Sikkim on Friday.

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CM Ashok Gehlot addresses public at Bharatpur on Friday.

New Delhi: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said that Bharat Jodo Yatra ended on December 20 in Rajasthan and there was no reason for the Union Health Minister to write a letter about Covid protocol. “BJP is nervous about the Yatra and the Centre is distracted, while there are big issues like inflation and unemployment in the country. BJP does not give any answer on these big issues. The Centre has not yet issued any guidelines regarding Corona. If issued, the same will be followed,” CM Ashok Gehlot said. —Aditi Nagar

RAJ REELS UNDER COLD, CHURU SHIVERS AT 4.2°C

Cold wave to prevail in northern Rajasthan amid drop in mercury

Jaipur : The mercury was recorded below 10 degrees Celsius at several places in Rajasthan where Churu registered the lowest temperature of 4.2 degrees Celsius in the state, the Meteorological dept said on Friday.

Pilani in Jhunjhunu emerged as the second coldest place in the state on Thursday night, recording a low of 5.1 degrees Celsius.

It was followed by Sikar, Alwar, Nagaur, Phalodi and Sriganga-

nagar where the minimum temperature stood at 6, 6.5, 6.9, 7.4 and 7.5 degrees Celsius, respectively. The night temperature at other places was above 8 degrees Celsius, according to a MeT dept report. Dense fog covered northern districts of Sriganganagar, Bikaner, Churu, Pilani (Jhunjhunu) and Alwar on Friday morning. The department predicted that the weather will remain dry in the state during the next four or five days.

We waived off farmers’ loans, Kataria lying: PSK

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Govt has failed to keep law and order under control: Rathore

Ramesh Sharma

Chittorgarh

Minister in-charge Pratap Singh

Khachariyawas reached Chittorgarh on Friday and challenged Leader of Opposition GC Kataria saying that would Kataria leave politics if the State government has waived off the loans of the farmers and the govt figures are available for the same. He said that seeing the Bharat Jodo Yatra of Rahul Gandhi, the Central govt took plea of Corona but there is no fear of corona.

On the completion of 4 years of the Rajasthan Govt, Khachariyawas

inaugurated the district level development exhibition and spoke about the achievements of the Rajasthan Government. During a press conference, he said that Rs 350 crore loans of 80,000 farmers have been waived off in Chittorgarh district itself.

Man stabbed to death in VKI over minor quarrel

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Jaipur: Some miscreants attacked and killed a young man named Shabbir (32) late Thursday night in the VKI area of the city. The attack took place near Vishwakarma Road No.6. Seeing the horrific incident in front of their eyes, the local people screamed at the miscreants, and after this, they managed to escape from the spot.

On getting information, police reached the spot and Shabbir was

admitted to Kanvatia Hospital, where he died during treatment. The police kept the dead body in the mortuary of the hospital. As per the family, the miscreants attacked Shabbir mercilessly and there were countless stabs in the stomach and throat. The deceased Shabbir was resident of Topkhana locality located in Chandpole. No complaint of any kind has been given so far by the deceased’s relatives. “Sahbbir was working with courier company and there was a minor quarrel at his workplace, leading to his death” police said.

“It is surprising that despite being an old man, Gulab Chand Kataria continues to lie. Ask for statistics through the Right to Information and every collector will give you statistics. Your BJP’s intention has gone wrong,” he said.

Anganwadi workers protest

Jaipur (FIB): Anganwadi women across the state took out huge rally on Friday demanding permanent jobs. State Gen Secy of Anganwadi Employees Federation, Radha Sharma told that the govt has not

made the Anganwadi workers permanent and has not fixed their minimum salary.

“We work day and night to take govt schemes to masses, but the govt is not paying attention,” anganwadi workers said.

Future of women associated with RCDF secure, says Sushma Arora

Kashiram Choudhary

Tonk: Administrator and MD of Rajasthan Cooperative Dairy Federation Sushma Arora said on Friday that the future of women associated with cooperative dairies is secure. Many effective steps are being taken for their economic and social upliftment.

Arora said this while inaugurating a 2000 liter capacity bulk milk cooler at Sonari in Tonk.

“Women are an important link in the cooperative dairy movement. They should join more and more cooperative dairies. Women can con-

tribute significantly in increasing milk collection. Bulk milk coolers will prove to be a milestone in increasing milk collection,” she said.

Arora asked the milk producers to rear advanced types of animals and pay attention to

Oil India shows interest in Raj

Jaipur: ACS, Mines and Petroleum, Dr Subodh Agarwal said that apart from mining and exploration of mineral oil and natural gas, Oil India has now shown interest in investing in renewable energy, especially in solar and wind energy and this is the unique and latest technology of its kind in the state for petroleum mining.

Significantly, Oil India is currently produc-

ing heavy oil and natural gas in Tanot Dandewala and Bagewala in the state, while explora-

tion work is going on under petroleum exploration license at five places in the state.

Oil India’s CMD Dr. Ranjit Rath has made this offer during a meeting at Secretariat on Friday. He said that during the last discussion, Oil India CMD Rath was requested to come forward in the field of renewable energy in the state. CMD Oil India Dr Rath informed that Oil India has a program of investment of Rs 663 crore in mining and exploration in the state by 2025, out of which Rs 130 crore has been invested.

their health. Arora also inspected a dairy plant of 50,000 liters per day capacity in Malpura. Along with milk packing, instructions were also given to make other products in the plant being built at a cost of Rs 10 crore.

Sikar: Attacking the Congress govt over law and order, deputy leader of opposition Rajendra Rathore on Fridays said that there is no rule of law and crime rate is increasing everyday.

Addressing a Jan Aakrosh meeting at Ramlila Maidan in Neem ka thana, he said that the govt has failed to keep law and order under control and the cases of loot, dalit atrocities, women harassment, molestation etc. are increasing daily.

MLA Chandrakanta Meghwal also said that the Congress govt has failed on all fronts and people are suffering un-

der the Congress rule.

Former chairman of soldier welfare board Prem Singh Bajore also addressed the meeting and appealed to the people to vote for BJP in the upcoming elections. He also taunted local MLA Suresh

Modi for deteriorating law and order situation in the area.

Meanwhile, the Vijay Sankalp rally of former BJP MLA Gunjal which was scheduled in Kota on Dec 25 has been cancelled due to increasing cases of Covid.

JUDICIARY ROUND-UP

Bharatpur (FIB) : Son of tourism minister Vishwendra Singh, Anirudh Singh, on Friday created a panic by tweeting just before the visit of CM Ashok Gehlot to Bhatarpur.

In a tweet Anirudh Singh said, “My Gurjar and Jat brothers, today my mother and I are being prevented from going to the office by police. Minister Subhash has blocked our way. Our only fault is that we are with Sachin Pilot Ji. We will see! Let us block the highway now,”.

POWER CUTS OF 2-3 HRS BEGIN ACROSS STATE

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Jaipur: In view of rising demand of electricity for the Rabi crops in ongoing agriculture season, Rajasthan state discoms have started power cuts for one to three hours from Friday. It has been decided that there will be power cut from 6.30 a.m. to 7.30 a.m. in municipal towns and villages having population of over 5000, from 7.30 a.m. to 8.30 a.m. in district headquarters other than divisional

headquarters, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. for industrial connection except Japanese investment zone in industrial areas.

However, this decision will not apply to water supply, hospital oxygen centers and emergency services. —With agency input

Relief to BB Mohanty from POCSO court

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Jaipur: Retired IAS BB Mohanty has got relief from the POCSO court as Judge Narendra Singh Malavat rejected the application filed by SPP Lalita Sanjeev Maharwal demanding to charge Mohanty under Sections 376C & 376 (2) (F) of IPC.

Advocate BS Chauhan said, “Application was filed to delay the case. Prosecution did not respond to the final written arguments presented in 2021. There is no evidence in the file of the allegations made by the prosecution.” In the case registered in 2015 at Mahesh Nagar police station, the challan was presented in 2017 under sections 354, 376 and 377 of IPC.

ANIL K TAMBI’S BAIL PLEA REJECTED

Jaipur: The interim bail application of psychiatrist Anil Kumar Tambi, who was arrested on December 20 in a case related to keeping and selling banned drugs without any valid documents,

he was suffering from heart disease.

http://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in.) UBN No. : MCJ2223gLOB00119 Medical Superintendent Sawai Man Singh Hospital, Jaipur DIPR/C/16358/2022

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Rajendra Rathore addressing the gathering in Neem Ka Thana on Friday. Indira Chaudhary, Hariram Ranwan, Phool Chand Gurjar, Daulatram Goyal, Suvalal Saini, Surendra Kharwas were also present.

RCDF MD Sushma Arora inspecting the dairy plant in Malpura on Friday. Durgalal Jat, Jaidev Singh, Subedin Khan are also seen.

Traffic snarls were witnessed on MI Road as thousands of Anganwadi workers gathered at Shaheed Smarak on Friday to protest against govt. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

Tweet of Min’s son creates uproar

Dr Subodh Agarwal and Dr Ranjit Rath during the meeting on Friday. During the discussion, Karan Singh Rathore, Neetu Barupal, Agade Mehdi and other officials were also present.

was rejected by Judge Krishna Swaroop Chalana in the Special Court for NDPS cases. The court said in the order that there has been a huge increase in the cases of medicines containing narcotic/psychoactive substances, as well as these crimes are against the country and society, especially the tendency of drug addiction is increasing in the young generation. Regarding suffering from serious illness, the court said that there are hospitals in the jail and in case of incurable illness, the jail administration takes the prisoners to SMS hospital. Advocate Rajveer Singh had sought interim bail for Tambi for two months on medical grounds saying that

Pratap S Khachariyawas, Surendra Singh Jadawat, Jogaram, AK Poswal, Rajan Dushyant, and others launching the booklet on 4 years completion of State government, in Chittorgarh on Friday.

Vehicles passing through dense fog at Kotwali Tiraha in Fatehpur on Friday morning as commuters are seen braving the chill. —PHOTOS BY RAKESH GURJAR

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NCW team reaches Kota, to meet victim, students RTU

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Kota: A team from National Commission for Women reached Kota on Friday to inquiry into the matter of seeking sexual favors from a female student by an associate professor of Rajasthan Technical University (RTU).

Meanwhile, another female student of the university came out with similar allegations against the suspended professor Girish Parmar and lodged a case of demanding sexual favors and harassment with Dadabari police station.

NCW’s 3-member team led by Geeta Bhatt, member of NCW’s advisory committee, held a meeting with Kota city SP Kesar Singh Shekhawat and took stock of the findings, facts and course of action in the case against RTU’s suspended professor Garish Parmar. The case was filed by a 21-year-old final year student of RTU.

‘The team will inquire into the matter, will meet with the victim and others who are willing to share something in the matter’, Geeta Bhatt said.

Kota: City SP Kesar Singh Shekhawat on Thursday formed a special investigation team (SIT) to probe into the case against the professor and the male student who was also arrested with the professor. The SIT, headed by additional superintendent of police (crime against women) comprises investigating officer DSP Amar Singh and experts of cyber and technical cell. The team began investigation on Friday and reached RTU, where the officers recorded the statements of the students. The NCW team was also there in RTU that interacted with students and held meeting with the officials of the university. At the same time, the students of JDB college held a protest against the accused and demanded a CBI inquiry in the matter.

RSCPCR Chairperson Sangeeta Beniwal said that a factual report has been sought from the district administration in this regard and the faculty concerned has been terminated from services. While speaking to reporters during an annual function of a school in Barmer, Sangeeta Beniwal said, “Every day a public hearing is held by the commission. In the RTU matter, a detailed factual report has been sought from the district administration.”

Kota (FIB): In yet another case of suicide in Rajasthan’s Kota city, a 16-year-old coaching student ended his life by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in his hostel room, taking the total number of such cases to 15 this year.

The incident was reported in the Indira Vihar area under the Jawahar Nagar police station on Friday.

Police identified the deceased as Aniket Kumar (18), a resident of Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh (UP).

Kumar had passed class 12th and was preparing to crack the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Under Graduate (NEET-UG) for the last 3 years, police said.

A suicide note was recovered from his hostel room, however, it is yet to be examined, Circle Officer (CO), Jawahar Nagar police station area, DSP Amar Singh said.

Kumar’s record is being collected from the coaching institute and hostel, he said, adding that his body was placed in the mortuary for postmortem after the arrival of his family members.

Covid threat: Govt to boost testing, conduct serosurvey

Jaipur: Following an increase in Covid-19 cases in China, the State Government has also started preparing to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Rajasthan. Secretary of the Medical and Health Department Dr Prithivi on Friday chaired a meeting of department officials in the health directorate and reviewed the arrangements for covid management.

During the meeting, it was decided to conduct a serosurvey to check the immunity of people and increase the testing. “All the issues were discussed in detail regarding the corona management. Presently, there is no need to worry for Rajasthan as the the positivity rate of in Rajasthan has been only 0.1 per cent in the last

Jaipur: Jaipur

arrival section of JIAL. Travellers will leave the sample and will be allowed to leave the airport. In case any traveller is found positive, the sample would be sent for Genomic testing at the designated laboratory.

few weeks. Everyday testing of five thousand people is being done and it has been directed to increase the testing,” said Dr Prithvi.

“The microbiology department of SMS

Hospital has been made the nodal agency for conducting the serosurvey. The survey is being conducted to know the immunity status of the people.,” added Secretary Dr Prithvi.

Banswara: A jeep full of school students collided with a dumper coming from the front late on Thursday night. Two children died and 14 were injured in the accident. Amidst hue and cry, the children were taken to Kalinjara CHC. The accident happened near Karji mode on the Banswara-Dahod highway. Three seriously injured children were

taken to the district hospital, from where everyone was referred to the city hospital.

15 children of Saint Paul’s School in the Kalinjara area of Banswara were returning home at night after rehearsing for the annual festival to be held a day later.

The 12-year-old Mitansh and Vidit Chandravat died in the accident, while 10 others were injured.

From P1…

Vinod Saharan, the treasurer candidate from the Nandu faction, said, “For the betterment of state cricket, we have decided to withdraw the name. In such a situation, our candidates have withdrawn their names on all the 6 posts including the post of President. We will work together with RCA President Vaibhav Gehlot

for the betterment of Rajasthan cricket in future as well, so that the cricket of the state can be made better.”

Earlier on Thursday, RCA Chief Electoral Officer Sunil Arora released the final list of candidates after scrutiny. Under this, 13 candidates were in the fray for 6 posts of RCA. The candidates were given time till 6 pm to withdraw their nominations.

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Cylinder blast-hit village adopted by Raje receives rehabilitation services

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Jaipur/Jodhpur: The gas cylinder blast victims of Bhungra village in Jodhpur district have started getting relief after former CM Vasundhara Raje adopted the village. Large residential containers have reached there for people to live in, which have attached bathrooms besides beds and chairs.

Packets of food items are also being distrib-

uted among the people. The committee formed by Raje under the leadership of for-

mer MLA Babu Singh Rathore has started surveying what other help should be given. Raje

had reached Bhungra village 3 days ago and was deeply hurt to see the devastation caused by the gas tragedy.

Talking to the workers engaged in relief work on Friday, she said that it is time to embrace the victims.

“There is a need to reduce the pain that they have to lose their loved ones. There should be no shortage in arrangements for them,” she said.

Jaipur: Following DGP Umesh Mishra ’s initiatives, the Rajasthan police set priorities for 2023. Apart from the traditional priorities, this time the police have set some new targets.

By strengthening

criminal information, action against historysheeter hardcore habitual criminals is the first priority. Strict preventive and punitive action against drug and illegal arms trafficking, timely disposal of crimes against

women, children and weaker sections, planned efforts to trace missing children, effective control and legal action against land mafia and criminals who commit economic crimes are included.

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Vikas Sharma

International Airport has put in place all necessary measures to implement the latest COVID-19 guidelines on international passengers arriving in India. The new guidelines take effect from 24th December 2022. As per the directives, by Union Government, about 2 per cent passengers arriving from all other countries will have to undergo random post arrival testing at the airport. Separate testing booths have been set up with the team of medical staff in the

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SIT RECORDS STUDENTS’ STATEMENTS, PROTEST HELD FOR CBI INQUIRY

CHILD PANEL TAKES COGNISANCE IN RTU CASE, SEEKS FACTUAL REPORT

Barmer: The Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (RSCPCR) has taken cognisance in the matter of RTU.

Panel head urges girl students to come forward and tell everything

Members of the NCW panel at Rajasthan Technical University in Kota on Friday.

Food kits arrive at the village adopted by Vasundhara Raje to carry out the rehabilitation works, in Jodhpur on Friday.

Cricketers Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Hooda, Kamlesh Nagarkoti and others during a Ranji Trophy match in Jaipur on Friday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

An injured student is being treated at district hospital on Friday.

Medical and Health Department Secretary Dr Prithivi and other officials hold Covid-19 review meeting in Jaipur on Friday.

The three-member committee meets Kota SP, takes stock of the issue

JAIPUR AIRPORT RAMPS UP SAFETY MEASURES AGAINST BF.7 THREAT

Timely disposal of cases, traffic mgmt among priorities for ’23: DGP

School jeep, dumper collide in Banswara, 2 students die, 14 hurt

Will work together with Vaibhav: Saharan

Kota: Another student kills self, toll reaches 15 this year

STICKING WITH PLAN

And this leads us to a major task for any future Twitter CEO – and perhaps the heart of the problem with Twitter. Musk changes his mind frequently –sometimes within hours, as we saw recently when he appeared to walk back a policy change regarding users’ ability to link to other social media accounts. He may rethink stepping down, or even appoint someone only to sack them

In a strong response to a recent Twitter poll posted by Elon Musk, users of the platform have called for him to relinquish his position as CEO.

Musk has responded that he’ll step down when he “finds someone foolish enough” to take over as CEO, saying he will run the software and server teams instead. But any replacement will need to be able to steer Twitter back to calmer waters, with Musk remaining majority owner.

It’s been a tumultuous year for Twitter and Musk. He began building up shares in the company in January 2022 and his US$44 billion (£36 billion) bid to buy the platform was accepted in April. He then tried to pull out of the deal in July, before finally taking ownership in October.

Since then he has made – and sometimes walked back – numerous changes to the popular social media platform.

Indeed, Musk’s reaction to finally getting his hands on Twitter has been reminiscent of Christmas morning, when children rip open presents, display initial excitement and then quickly lose interest. Musk may have imagined that owning the website would be fun and make him feel powerful.

But the reality has been rather different. He has been criticised and abused, both online and in real life and now 57.5% of more than 17.5 million Twitter users have

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LEADERSHIP QUALITIES

Musk’s replacement as Twitter’s CEO will need to have

BHARAT JODO YATRA IS SET TO ENTER A DIFFICULT TERRITORY

Musk has responded that he’ll step down when he “finds someone foolish enough” to take over as CEO, saying he will run the software and server teams instead. But any replacement will need to be able to steer Twitter back to calmer waters, with Musk remaining majority owner

voted for him to stand down as its CEO.

There has been some speculation that Musk has come under pressure from other Twitter shareholders and lenders to move on. Further, Musk has been selling billions in Tesla stock and its share price is down by over 60% this year. Shareholders in the car firm would probably like their hitherto successful CEO back full time.

So, if Twitter wants to find a new CEO, what sort of person should the troubled social media platform be looking for? As a student of leadership, I can see three key requirements for anyone considering – or being considered for – this role right now:

Once again the issue of Muslims’ insecurity has cropped up. This time it has been raised by Rashtriya Janata Dal’s senior leader Abdul Bari who said that he has asked his children to find a job abroad and, if possible, settle there as Muslims were insecure in India. Bari said that his son was studying at Harvard University and his daughter was a graduate of LSE and it was hard for him to ask his children to leave the country.

His worry was that his children may not be able to adjust in the prevailing insecure environment. The BJP spokesman Nikhil Anand responded that Bari should go to Pakistan if he felt sup-

1. CONFIDENCE AND INDEPENDENCE

A new Twitter CEO will want assurances that they will be free to take decisions about the direction of the business without being second-guessed by Musk as the majority owner. So the new CEO will need to be confident, perhaps even arrogant, and ready to stand their ground.

2. THE ABILITY TO FACE FACTS

The new leader will have to “confront the brutal facts” of the situation – according to management expert Jim Collins, this is how to begin productive change. Twitter is struggling financially. Musk paid US$44 billion to

Once again the issue of Muslims’ insecurity has cropped up. This time it has been raised by RJD’s senior leader Abdul Bari who said that he has asked his children to find a job abroad and, if possible, settle there as Muslims were insecure in India

pressed and called his comments an insult to the Hindu community.

In 2015 actor Aamir Khan had also raised the issue of growing intolerance in the country and his wife Kiran

buy it, perhaps twice what it was worth. He has borrowed huge sums and sold large tranches of Tesla stock to help fund the acquisition. But he could now face interest payments to lenders of up to US$1 billion a year unless Twitter’s financial health can be turned around. These are the brutal facts a new leader must confront.

3. AN IMAGINATIVE APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT

The social media platform’s current position leads on to a third requirement for the new leader: imagination. Twitter is a resounding practical success. It is influential and powerful. It has certainly sped up the flow of information (admittedly, inaccurate information as well as the useful kind).

And it can be a force for good – for example providing data and advice during the COVID-19 pandemic or helping to highlight the failings of politicians or the media –even with the unpleasantness and abuse that seem to be an unavoidable part of tweeting.

This brings us to a very valuable leadership lesson that the maverick Musk has taught everyone in recent months: we should hesitate before labelling forceful people as great leaders in any setting until we have seen what their long-term impact has been.

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Rao wondered if they should move out of the country. Like Bari he was also to either do ghar wapsi (convert to Hinduism) or go to Pakistan.

To malign the actor a fake video was also circulated showing him in the company of two Pakistani terrorists.

There is indeed increased intolerance. Early release of Bilkis Bano’s rapists from prison and the warm welcome they were given, the Dharma Sansad’s call to violence against Muslims did not evoke a feeling of safety in the minority community and with bulldozer becoming a new symbol of democracy the community’s feeling of insecurity was heightened.

Despite all this there is harmony in the country and there’s no reason to emigrate.

Bharat Jodo Yatra may not achieve its goal(s) but it continues to roll on. From Haryana it is expected to enter Delhi on Saturday and reach the Red Fort unmindful of the Covid-19 warning issued by the Union Health Ministry. Masks are on but social distancing is not possible when a crowd accompanies a leader. It will be interesting to see if the marchers are allowed to enter Delhi while Covid-19 protocols are not in place. There is apprehension that it may be stopped. Will the Congress gain any political mileage if it is?

That may not happen and the BJP may not lose any brownie points either as it is too strongly placed. It is the outcome of any political move that eventually decides its success or failure. The Yatra’s objectives of fighting fear, bigotry and prejudice are laudable but the acceptability of those objectives by the masses is doubtful. That will make Yatra’s unspoken agenda of Congress revival difficult.

SPIRITUAL SPEAK

Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. Bible

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The news of the casualties of jawans in a road accident in Sikkim is extremely distressing. My heartfelt condolences are with the families of the victims. I wish speedy recovery of the injured. May God give place to the departed brave souls at his holy feet. Om Shanti!

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Former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh ji fought for the interests of farmers throughout his life. He believed that prosperous farmers and strong agriculture system are the foundation of bright India. Remembering Chaudhary Saheb on his birth anniversary, I bow down to him and wish everyone a Happy Farmer’s Day.

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Premature adjournment of LS is with consensus of all political parties: Birla

RAJYA SABHA ALSO ADJOURNED SINE DIE 7 DAYS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE

New Delhi: The Winter Session of the Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Friday.

On this occasion, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who was Presiding the House, said that during the 10th session of the Lok Sabha, 13 sittings were held and Lok Sabha sat for 68 hours and 42 minutes. The productivity of the House during the Session was 97 per cent and many important legislative businesses were transacted.

During the Session, 09 Bills were introduced and 07 Bills were passed. Some of the important bills which were passed are: The Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill, 2019; The Appropriation (No.4) Bill, 2022; The Appropriation (No.5) Bill, 2022; The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth) Amendment Bill, 2022; and The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2022.

Supplementary Demands for Grants - First Batch for 2022-2023 and Demands for Excess Grants for 2019-2020 which were passed on December 14.

IMPORTANT BILLS WHICH WERE PASSED

z The Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill, 2019;

z The Appropriation (No.4) Bill, 2022;

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The Appropriation (No.5) Bill, 2022;

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The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth) Amendment Bill, 2022;

The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2022

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QUESTION HOUR

56 Starred questions were

in the House during the Session. Answers to 2760 Unstarred Questions were laid on the Table of the House. Besides, 298 matters of public importance were raised under Rule 377. Members raised 374 matters of urgent public importance during Zero Hour.

New Delhi (ANI): The Rajya Sabha was on Friday adjourned sine die seven days ahead of the scheduled completion of the 258th session. Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar adjourned the house sine die and said he felt privileged to be part of the August House. The Chairman extended his greetings to the members of the House for the upcoming festivals, including Christmas, Pongal, Lohri and others, and suggested that there is a need to be vigilant of the rising cases of Covid pandemic and take necessary precautions. “This session was marked with a display of wit, sarcasm, humour and intellect. I hope to experience more of it with greater indulgence from experienced members,” Dhankhar said.

MPs PAY TRIBUTES TO CHAUDHARY CHARAN SINGH

Bharat Jodo Yatra resumes from Sohna in Haryana

Sohna (ANI): Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi resumed from Haryana’s Kherli Lala in Sohna on Friday.

Many people were seen joining the march holding banners and party flags. The ongoing foot march of the grand old party had entered Haryana on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday slammed the government for making excuses to stop the Bharat Jodo Yatra, alleging that the central government is scared of India’s truth.

‘It’s their (BJP) new idea, they wrote a letter to me saying Covid is coming and stop the Yatra. All these are excuses to stop this Yatra, they are sacred of India’s truth,” said Rahul Gandhi at a rally here.

CRUCIAL READ

4 DEAD, 4 INJURED AFTER VEHICLE FALLS INTO DEEP DITCH IN CHHATTISGARH

Kabirdham: Four people were killed while four got injured after the vehicle in which they were traveling in fell into a 40-feet deep ditch in Chhattisgarh’s Kabirdham district, on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. The police said that there were a total of eight passengers, including the driver in the car during the time of the incident.Those who died were identified as Fagu Yadav (60), a resident of Sakin, Sati Bai (35), a resident of Sakin Damakheda, Kaushalya (70), a resident of Sakin Kusmi and Malti (45), a resident of Sakin Bhanpuri.

BSF FOILS PAKISTAN DRONE BID TO SMUGGLE DRUGS, ARMS INTO PUNJAB

Chandigarh: The BSF in Punjab on Friday foiled Pakistan’s attempt of smuggling drugs and weapons across the border through a drone. The BSF personnel deployed at the border heard the buzzing sound of a flying object from Pakistan entering Indian territory near Mullakot village in Amritsar district. As per the drill, the troops tried to intercept the drone by firing. The area was cordoned off and the security agencies were informed.

SEARCH ENGINES LIKE GOOGLE CANNOT CLAIM TO BE 'CONTENT-BLIND': KERALA HC

Kochi: The Kerala High Court has held that search engines like Google cannot claim to be mere intermediaries with no control over the content that appears in search results. This came in a judgment by a division bench of Justices Muahmed Mustaque and Shoba Annamma Eapen on the right to be forgotten and the manner in which it applies to publication of court judgments and proceedings, in the absence of any specific legislation. The bench observed that even though making court judgments available in search results cannot be faulted, it cannot be said that Google has no control over the information that gets thrown up in search results.

New Delhi (ANI): The NIA on Friday carried out searches at 14 locations in Jammu and Kashmir against people involved in the spreading of terrorist activities by various proscribed terrorist outfits in the UT by targeting minorities and security personnel. The search operation was conducted by the NIA in Kulgam, Pulwama, Anantnag, Sopore and Jammu districts. Various incriminating materials such as digital devices, SIM cards and digital storage devices have been seized from the searched premises, the NIA said in a statement.

Faridabad:

the govt of orchestrating the “Covid drama” to defame

New Delhi: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi took a swipe at Rahul Gandhi after Jairam Ramesh’s criticism of the manner in which the govt had decided to curtail the winter session of Parliament and said “your leader is breaking the (Bharat Jodo) Yatra to holiday abroad”.

Nadda to launch BJP’s Lok Sabha Pravas 2.0 drive

New Delhi (ANI): With the BJP focused on the weak Lok Sabha seats for upcoming General Elections, the party’s national president JP Nadda will be going on a tour of two days to Tamil Nadu and Odisha. It may be noted that in these two states the BJP has been trying to find its foothold but has

been unable to form the government so far.

While the BJP is in an alliance with AIADMK in Tamil Nadu, in Odisha the saffron party has so far not been able to breach the Patnaik bastion.

“Nadda will travel across two Lok Sabha seats both in Tamil Nadu and Odisha spend-

Cabinet approves MSP for copra for 2023 season

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New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by PM Narendra Modi has approved Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for copra for 2023 season.

The approval is based on recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices and views of major coconut growing states.

The MSP for Fair Average Quality of milling copra has been fixed at Rs 10860 per quintal and for ball copra at Rs 11750 per quintal for 2023. This is an increase of Rs 270 per quintal for milling copra and Rs 750 per quintal for ball copra over the previous season. This would ensure a margin of 51.82% for milling copra and 64.26% for ball copra over all India weighted average cost of production, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said.

ing a day each in both states,” sources said.

“Kandhamal and Puri are the two Lok Sabha seats in Odisha and Nilgiris and Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu zeroed down for the visit of Nadda,” the sources said.

“During the visit, the party’s national president will meet the Man-

dal and booth president, parliamentary team handling these seats and other organisational meetings are on the agenda,” the sources said.

“The visit for Tamil Nadu is slated for December 27 and Odisha will be on December 28,” the sources further said.

administered 220 cr Covid vaccine doses till

We

New Delhi (ANI): Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday highlighted the ongoing vaccination drive, launched by the Centre government, against Covid-19 amid the fear of a covid surge.

Addressing a press briefing on the BJP government’s efforts towards a ‘Healthy India’ on Friday, the Union Minister said that 220 crore doses of vaccine have been administered till this Monday. “The

“Come forward to promote start-ups in J&K”

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New Delhi: Union Minister of State (MoS) Dr Jitendra Singh on Friday urged the industry body, CII to come forward in a big way to promote Start-ups in Jammu and Kashmir to provide gainful employment to youth.

Dr Jitendra Singh said, J&K has huge unexplored potential of Agri-tech Start-ups as the geography and climatic conditions here

favour the cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants. He said, the success of Aroma Mission or ‘Purple Revolution’ bears testimony to the win-win proposition for both farmers and youth entrepreneurs.

Interacting with J&K Chapter of Confederation of Indian Industry, Dr Singh said, the real stakeholders from all walks of life should come out with an open mind for overall development of the UT. The

Minister recalled that Prime Minister Modi last year, while meeting

the political representatives from J&K called for removing Dilli ki

Doori (the distance from Delhi) as well as Dil ki Doori (the distance from the heart). He said, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath for the second term, ‘Mission J&K’ was strongly emphasised, of which one of the important steps taken has been the extensive public outreach program involving Union Ministers, apart from several important developmental projects and new investments bestowed on the

newly created UT. Sayed Ehsan Javaid, Chairman of CII UT Council, J&K said, since the abrogation of article 370 post august 5th 2019, they have adopted the theme “Making J&K an Aspirational Destination” by playing a proactive role as a catalyst for sustainable development of the UT and making it an aspirational destination for Investments, Quality Education, and Advanced Infrastructure.

focus of our government is to transform health care into holistic health care. Following the PM's vision of ‘One Nation One Health’, we collectively handled Covid. 220 crore doses of vaccine have been

administered till this Monday,” he said. Shedding a light on the Modi govt’s steps in providing medical facilities in far-flung areas, the Civil Aviation Minister said, “drones are being used for the delivery of blood, vaccines, and medicines in remote areas. In 2014 there were only 6 All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and today we have 22 AIIMS in the country,” the Union Minister added.

SHRADDHA MURDER CASE

Accused Aaftab’s narco test report prepared

New Delhi (ANI): The narco test report of Aaftab Amin Poonawala, who is accused of murdering his live-in girlfriend Shraddha Walkar, has been prepared, said the forensic team on Friday.

According to Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team, the Investigation Officer has been informed to collect the report. A narco analysis test of Aaftab was completed on December 1 on Thursday at the

MoS JITENDRA SINGH TO CII

Minister of State (MoS) Dr Jitendra Singh during the meeting with the CII representatives on Friday.

NIA raids 14 locations in J&K in case linked to terror activities

Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital in the national capital's Rohini.

Meanwhile, Shraddha's father Vikas Walker along with BJP leader Kirit Somaiya arrived at Delhi Police headquarters on Friday.

have

date, says Scindia

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During the Session, 13 sittings were held and Lok Sabha sat for 68 hours & 42 minute, says LS Speaker

MPs in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI

Rahul Gandhi with DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi and others during ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, in Sohna, on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI

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peaker Om Birla said that

orally answered

New Delhi (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress MP Sonia Gandhi and other leaders on Friday attended the customary meeting at Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s chamber at the end of the Winter Session. Among leaders who attended the meeting included Union Minister Rajnath Singh and other top leaders. The Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Friday, six days ahead of the schedule.

New Delhi (FIB): LS Speaker Om Birla led MPs in paying floral tributes at the portrait of former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh in the Central Hall of Parliament House on his Birth Anniversary, on Friday. Defence Minister Raj Nath Singh; Minister of Commerce Piyush Goyal; Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi; Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha Harivansh; other Ministers, MPs and former Members also paid floral tributes to Chaudhary Charan Singh. A booklet containing the profile of Chaudhary Charan Singh, brought out in Hindi and English by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, was presented to the dignitaries who attended the function.

ON HIS BIRTH ANNIV

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday accused

and derail the Rahul Gandhi led Bharat Jodo Yatra.

‘COVID DRAMA’ IS TO ‘DERAIL’ BJY: JAIRAM RAMESH

PRALHAD JOSHI SLAMS JAIRAM RAMESH’S REMARKS

JP Nadda

Jyotiraditya Scindia

Sant Ratinath to be laid to rest today

Sikar: Revered saint of Shekhawati Sant Ratinath passed away on Thursday night. He breathed last in Mumbai. He was the peethadhishwar of Bau Dham near Laxmangarh.

The funeral will be performed on Saturday during which most of the towns in the districts will remain closed as a mark of mourning.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar, former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, deputy leader of opposition Rajendra Rathore, PCC President Govind Dotasara, former minister Rajkumar Rinwan, MLAs Hakam Ali, Abhinesh Maharshi, Raj-

kumar Sharma, others expressed condolences. They described the death as a great loss for mankind. Saint Rati-

nath’s servant Pawan Khedwal informed that the the body will be brought to Jaipur by a chartered plane late at

ACB nabs patwari, head constable in two traps

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Sawai Madhopur/Tonk:

ACB on Friday held redhanded Kaluram Meena, Head Constable posted at Kotwali Gangapur City Police Station in Sawai Madhopur district while taking a bribe of Rs 2,000 from complainant.

Accused had sought a bribe in lieu of not taking action against the complainant in a motorcycle theft case.

In another ACB trap in Tonk on Friday, a patwari held while accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000.

Chief of Army Staff Manoj Pande in Jpr

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Jaipur: Chief of Army Staff Manoj Pande is scheduled to visit Jaipur today. He will visit the Jaipur Military Station from 8:55 am to 1:40 pm, said an official.

Pande will leave in a helicopter from the helipad built in the military station to the Jaipur airport. From there he will leave for New Delhi in a service aircraft at 2:10 pm, said official.

Police informed the patwari, Narayan Lal Sen, posted in Sohela gram panchayat of Tonk, was demanding a bribe of Rs. 1 lakh from the com-

night. He said that samadhi will be given on Saturday.

Meanwhile, devotees have started coming

Army’s mega blood donation drive today

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from many places including Mumbai, Kolkata, Assam for his last rites. Nearly one lakh devotees are likely to at-

Entrepreneurs get exemption of `115cr

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Jaipur: The RIICO has given exemption of Rs 114.78 crores to entrepreneurs in 31,211 cases under the Amnesty Scheme-2022 that was started with the aim of providing maximum benefits to the entrepreneurs in the RIICO industrial areas. There is a lot of enthusiasm among the industrialists for this.

tend the last rites.

He popularly known from his devotional songs sung by even over two decades or more.

Under this scheme, till Dec 15, a rebate of Rs 114.78 crore has been given in 31,211 cases. RIICO has organized 503 camps for the amnesty scheme, due to which an amount of Rs 169.91 crore has been recovered. In compliance with the state

government’s budget announcement, RICCO implemented the amnesty scheme on March 30, in which 100 percent of the outstanding service charges, economic rent, water charges and CETP charges will be deposited by Sept 30, 2022. Apart from this, entrepreneurs are being given 50% discount on fee payable on transfer of land.

Bhaya writes to Birla for opium farmers

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plainant to correct his name in the revenue record. Based on the complaint, a trap was laid and Narayan Lal Sen was caught red-handed.

Jaipur: In line with nationwide celebration on occasion of Aazadi ka Amrit Mahotsav to mark 75th year of India’s Independence and as a run up to 75th Army Day being celebrated at Bengaluru on 15 January 2023, Indian Army has planned mega blood donation drives on Dec 24, across 33 cities in 11 states. In Raj, blood donation campaign will be undertaken at 3 cities in Jaisalmer, Jodhpur and Nasirabad.

Dushyant Singh meets Vaishnaw, discusses issue of rail stoppages

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Jhalawar: MP Dushyant Singh met Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in New Delhi on Thursday and discussed the stoppages closed during Corona period to be restored and other issues of expansion of rail services. During this, Dheeraj Gupta, a member of the Divisional Railway Advisory Committee, was also present. The Rail-

Corona has made a big change in the field of education: Joshi

Ashish Choudhary

Rajsamand: Under the scooty scheme, a scooty distribution program took place at Nathdwara Upali Odan School in Rajsamand district on Friday. Along with this, free uniforms were distributed to the students of government schools under the scheme of the state government. Scooties were distributed to 42 girl students.

Program was presided over by Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi and Chief Guest was Cooperation minister and District In-charge

Anjana

Baran: Minister of Mines Pramod Jain Bhaya has written a letter to LS Speaker Om Birla seeking his intervention to provide relief to opium farmers of Baran district. Bhaya in its letter stated that opium crop was sown by the farmers after taking approval for year 2022-23, but only 40 days has passed and pressure is

crop of opium, which will lead to huge financial loss to farmers.

“Farmers Of Chabra & Chhipabarod areas of Baran district are in a fear of loss of their opium crops. Permission should be given for sowing and weeding without destroying the opium crops. Also, a new opium policy should be formulated to issue 10 sawed opium leases and to restore all broken licenses from year 1996 to 202223,” said Mining Minister Pramod Jain Bhaya.

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Nearly one lakh devotees are likely to attend last rites at peethadhishwar of Bau Dham in Laxmangarh

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar meeting and greeting saint Ratinath during an event. —FILE PHOTO

Patwari Narayan Lal Sen Head Constable Kaluram Meena

being created by the Narcotics Department to destroy the standing

Minister Pramod Jain Bhaya LS Speaker Om Birla

Govind Singh Dotasra @GovindDotasra Saint Ratinath Ji Maharaj of Bau dham in Laxmangarh passed away today. He breathed last in Mumbai. In this Kalyug, saints like Ratinath ji are the foundation of religion and spirituality.

Vasundhara Raje @VasundharaBJP Heartbroken to receive the sad news of the death of Bhajan singer Shri Ratinath Ji Maharaj, a saint of the holy city of Bau Dham. His death is a great loss to sant samaj and spirituality in Shekhawati. May God give the departed soul.

way Minister assured quick action. MP raised the issue of restoring

the stoppage of trains in Baran district on priority.

Udai Lal Anjana. A large number of locals including school children were present along with Dilwara Pradhan Kasni Gameti

& Municipality chairman Manish Rathi. On the other hand, Assembly Speaker Dr. CP Joshi said that Corona has made a big

change in the field of education.

said, “Very good scheme has been started by govt for the students.”

Dr CP Joshi, Udai Lal Anjana and others distributing Scooty to girls of the Govt School under the Kalibai Devnarayan Scooty Distribution Scheme at the Opli Odhan village in Nathdwara disrict.

Dushyant Singh giving a letter to Railway Min Ashwini Vaishnaw.

LATE CHAUDHARYJI FOUGHT FOR RIGHTS OF FARMERS & POOR: CM

Pratap Nagar: RHB frees land worth ` 200cr from encroachers

Ravi Katara

Bharatpur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot during the event held to mark the 120th birth anniversary celebrations of former PM Late Chaudhary Charan Singh at MSJ College Ground in Bharatpur, said that State Government is taking important decisions in the interest of the farmers.

“Schemes dedicated to the farmers are being run by the government.

Apart from providing financial support to the farmers of the state through these schemes, their lives have become prosperous. Farmers

are an important link in the economic policy of the State. In view of this, for the first time in the country, our government presented a separate budget for the farmers,” Gehlot said.

During this, he also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of development works worth about Rs 693.91 crore in the region. The CM said that Chaudhary Charan

Raj Congress office

New Delhi: After becoming the National President of Congress, Mallikarjun Kharge held an important meeting in Delhi. The focus remained on the agenda for the year 2023 and 2024 and the meeting was attended be Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and PCC Chief Dotasara. It has been learnt that the pending decisions will be resolved in January. Its road map was conveyed to the state unit on behalf of Kharge. Moreover, there was no public discussion on the controversial issues of Rajasthan, however a detailed discussion on ‘Hath Se Hath Jodo’ campaign was held. It was decided that the performance of those

who will be made office bearers in the party will be checked. The Congress will appoint only those in the organization who will be loyal.

Along with Rahul Gandhi’s visit, more than 2 crore Congress workers will join the ‘Hath Se Hath Jodo’ campaign. AICC Prez Mallikarjun Kharge & Gen Secy KC Venugopal (Org) told in detail about the meeting. Vrious decisions were taken. The ‘Hath se Hath Jodo’ campaign in Karnataka state is starting from January 1, will be implemented in all states after January 26.

The Congress leadership said that digital membership has been done, in which about 2.6 crore people have become members of Congress.

Rajasthanis

New Delhi: During the ongoing ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra,’ Rahul Gandhi spent a fortnight in Rajasthan, perhaps the longest time that Rahul has been in Rajasthan, and learnt about the culture and people of Rajasthan first hand.

Interestingly, during his meeting with Rajasthan leaders in Alwar, Rahul, who appeared enamoured by the Rajasthanis and

their state, said, “The people of Rajasthan talk very softly. They meet with love, the people here behave very well. Even their behavior with animals is different here. Two-three times animals came during the journey, no one hurt them.

On this, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who was sitting near to Rahul also agreed and said, ‘Yes, we don’t hurt animals.’

Meanwhile, Bhanwar

Singh was rich in revolutionary thoughts.

“His entire life was a struggle, but still Chaudhary ji did not give up. Late Chaudhary ji also played an active role in the freedom struggle. Even after independence, he kept fighting for the rights of the farmers and the poor,” he said.

Gehlot said that Rajasthan is the leading

state in the whole country in terms of public welfare schemes implemented in the field of health. “Through the Chief Minister Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme, the burden on the common man’s pocket has reduced. Under this scheme, treatment up to Rs 10 lakh has been made free for the people of the state. ” he said, adding that

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New Delhi/Kota: An MSME and Startup Fair will be organised in Kota in February to encourage MSMEs and startups in Hadauti region including Kota and to provide employment to the youth through it.

Along with this, a common facility will be created to help small and medium businessmen in production. Union MSME Minister Narayan Rane met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in this regard on Thursday. Birla told Rane “It is our effort that the youths should not become job seekers but job providers.”

On Birla’s proposal, Rane said that an action plan will be prepared for MSME & Startup Fair in Kota in Feb. In this, leading MSMEs and startups will set up their stalls so that youth locals can take inspiration from the work being done in this area.

Jitendra Singh recounted an anecdote to Rahul Gandhi and said, “A cow had entered a farmer’s field here. He tried to drive away the cow with a stone and threw a stone just like that which hit the cow’s head, she died. On this, the then Maharaj reached Haridwar, did atonement there and came back on the 11th day.”

In fact, Rahul himself tied the Jodhpuri Bandhej Safa during

Marwar

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Bikaner: Marwar Trucking has secured the No. 2 position in India in the ongoing Quality Quarters campaign by BharatBenz Company. Marwar Trucking is continuously scaling heights in India since 2014 by maintaining its customer centric quali-

Bharatpur: A case of lapse in CM Gehlot’s security has come to light in Bharatpur, when a young man, identified as Harsh went near CM’s helicopter to take a selfie. As soon as the jawans came to know about this, the accused was caught and taken away from the chopper. He was arrested & taken to Mathura Gate police station. After this incident, the youth’s father reached the police station & told that his son is mentally ill & also showed Harsh’s medical documents to cops after which, he was released.

state is continuously progressing in the field of education & masses are benefitted by various welfare schemes.

During this, the Chief Minister paid floral tributes at the statue of Maharaja Surajmal and inaugurated the district level development exhibition on the completion of four years of the State Government.

COURTESY MEET

the programme while Congress organisation Gen Secy KC Venugopal tied the yellow turban. Similarly, other

ty for which, in the year 2021 also Marwar Trucking had achieved 1st position in India. Congratulating Marwar Trucking for maintaining excellent service quality, firm’s Director, Mahendra Mirdha credited success to employees, who made it possible through their hard work.

Jaipur: On RHB Commissioner Pawan Arora’s instructions, a team of RHB officers, while taking major action in Sector-23 of Pratap Nagar, freed about 23,000 square meters of valuable land from encroachment. The current market value of this land is estimated to be around Rs 200 crore. Arora has instructed the divisional officers to dispose of the land by planning. It is worth mentioning that RHB has acquired Khasra numbers 304, 305, 307, 308, 309, 319/339, 319/340, 319/341 and 319/342 near Mahal Road & Pratap Nagar Chaupati & awarded the total area of 18 Bigha 11 Biswa to the award holders. Out of this, about 9 bigha and 5.5 biswa land had been encroached upon. The Board’s team got the il-

legal construction demolished by JCB and installed boards of the land owned by RHB.

Telephone network tower of a private firm installed at the spot, has been sealed. Arora has expressed gratitude to Jaipur Police

Commissioner Anand Srivastava for his cooperation in this entire process.

During this operation, Jaipur Commissionerate’s Pratapnagar & Sanganer police stations made available additional police force.

Pilot: Everyone needs to step forward to support farmers

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MAN HELD FOR BREACHING CM GEHLOT’s SECURITY PILOT MEETS SONIA, MALLIKARJUN KHARGE

Bharatpur: Former Dy CM Sachin Pilot thanked Jayant Chaudhary for inviting him to the event. “This time is very challenging. Chaudhary Charan Singh fought for such a class in his lifetime. The class which is still deprived, the class which needs everyone’s help, the farmer class which produces grains by working hard in land, everyone will have to come forward to help & cooperate with them. This thing was true yesterday, is true today &

will be true in future, the time has come for those who sit on the dais to stand up for those who feed people,”

Pilot said. “Jayant Chaudhary & I stayed together in Parliament.

Ajit Singh ji & I got a chance to work together

in the Government of India. Today there is a need for everyone to work together, everyone will have to face the challenges of the society together,” Pilot said.

leaders including Bhanwar Jitendra Singh, GS Dotasara, Govindram Meghwal, Ramlal Jat, Bhajanlal Jatav, Harish

Chowdhary, Danish Abrar, Tikaram Jully, Dheeraj Gurjar and others tied turban on their heads. And thereafter,

in the form of a ‘Chaupal,’ everyone was seen narrating the BJY travelogue to Rahul. Notably, Rahul also tried his hand at ‘Rhythm of the Mewat,’ Bhapang and KC Venugopal, Bhanwar Jitendra Singh and Divya Maderna joined him. During the cultural programme in Alwar in Yatra, Sachin Pilot laughingly suggested in Rahul’s presence, “Low calorie food should be offered in morning Tea break, otherwise, as

much as we walked, everything would be equal.” Along with this, Pilot asked GS Dotasra, “Adhyakshji, you walked so much, did you loose 2-5 kg?” On this Dotasra accepted that he had lost two and a half kgs.

New Delhi: According to reliable sources, two days back former Deputy CM Sachin Pilot met Sonia Gandhi at her residence in New Delhi. Prior to this meeting, Pilot also met the Party Chief Mallikarjun Kharge. Now, Congress State in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa may meet Kharge before his scheduled January 28 visit to Jaipur. —Amit Mishra For the cultural programme, PCC had given names of 28 leaders. However, when the list of names reached Rahul Gandhi, he removed the names from the list to only 12. Along with this, he also questioned those accompanying him in the Yatra as to why no ST leader’s name appeared in the list. Upon this, the name of Minister Parsadilal Meena was added in last minute. Bhanwar Jitendra Singh got Tikaram Jully’s name included since he is also from Alwar and the list thus increased from 12 to 14 after the addition of two more names.

On diet issue raised by Pilot, Rahul expressed concern over diet of the sportsmen and athletes & asked for suggestions from the government regarding the diet of sportsmen.

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Yogesh Sharma

Aditi Nagar

speak softly, are well-behaved, says Rahul during BJY

CM Gehlot released the District Darshan booklet published by DIPR

CM also interacted with beneficiaries of various govt schemes during the exhibition

Arora expressed gratitude to Anand Srivastava for help

CM Ashok Gehlot during the programme to mark 120th birth anniversary of Chaudhary Charan Singh at MSJ College Ground in Bharatpur. Also seen are GS Dotasra, Parsadi Lal Meena, Vishvendra Singh, Ramesh Meena, Dr Subhash Garg, Bhajan Lal Jatav, Joginder Awana, Satyapal Malik, Jayant Chaudhary, Nirmal Chaudhary & others.

The team members of Marwar Trucking in Bikaner region flash a victory sign as they celebrate the company’s feat on Friday.

Rahul being welcomed by GS Dotasra with a Rajasthani turban during BJY in Malakhera. —FILE PHOTO

Mallikarjun Kharge chairs a meeting wherein, KC Venugopal, Pawan Bansal, Mukul Wasnik, RS Surjewala, Bhanwar Jitendra Singh, Avinash Pande, Kumari Selja and others were present.

Sachin Pilot pays floral tributes to former PM Late Chaudhary Charan Singh in Bharatpur.

A team of Board officials including Amit Agrawal, KC Dhaka, Subhash Yadav, RC Budhaniya, Bhagwan Sahay, Rohit Singh and others reached the Sector no. 23 in Pratap Nagar area of Jaipur on Friday. They were accompanied by police officials.

The illegal construction being demolished by JCB Machine.

Governor Kalraj Mishra calls upon Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar at the Vice-President’s residence in New Delhi on Friday. It was Governor Mishra’s courtesy visit to V-P Dhankhar.

Vasundhara Raje & Dushyant Singh call upon Vice- President, Jagdeep Dhankhar & Sudesh Dhankhar at Upa-RashtrapatiNivas in New Delhi on Friday.

We want youth to be job providers, not seekers: Birla to Union Min Rane

Trucking stands 2nd in Quality Quarters drive

bearers will be screened before appointment

ABSTRACT OR ITTY-BITTY LOGOMANIA

ADITI KUSHWAHA cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

The popular shouty logo fad from the 1990s, known as logomania, is returning.

Numerous high-end companies, like Fendi, Gucci, Burberry, Valentino and others have discovered a method to connect with millennials. The favoured method of appealing to a generation that thinks “if you’ve got it, flaunt it” is to emblazon big, bright brand logos on clothing. One of the main forces behind well-known logos making a comeback in the fashion world after a 20year absence is social media. For a generation that is dominated by social media, starting new trends or reviving existing ones is not difficult. Logos are a status symbol and a means to demonstrate your fashion know-how whether worn on tshirts or even skirts.

The best approach for companies to make money and promote themselves is to prominently display their logo. It has evolved into a tool for celebrities to spread the word about the company while growing their fan bases. Logos are a status symbol and a means to demonstrate your fashion knowhow whether worn on t-shirts or even skirts. The best approach for companies to make money and promote themselves is to prominently display their logo. It has evolved into a tool for celebrities to spread the word about the company while growing their fan bases. As a fashion statement, people cover themselves from head to toe with their opulent insignia. Aside from social media, we also saw logo fever at Milan Fashion Week, not just on apparel but also on footwear and socks.

Kylie Jenner, an American TV personality, offered a great example of how drawing attention to yourself by putting the insignia of popular businesses on your clothing. More than a million people liked Kylie’s Instagram image of her wearing a branded Fendi outfit.

The second use of large, strong logos is to signify a partnership, like in the instance of Fendi, which uses a soft F to signify its partnership with the sportswear company Fila. Thirdly, wearing the brand you decide to represent yourself by wearing has always been a status signal.

Fashion is defined by what you purchase whereas style is defined by what you do with it. City First brings to you some amazing array of Logomania fashion!

ow much new (different) is the subvariant BF.7?

BF.7 is accounted for more than 5 per cent of Covid-19 cases in the US and 7.26 per cent in the UK in October 2022. Cases of this variant are on raising hand from the last 3 months. BF.7, short for BA.5.2.1.7, is a sub-lineage of the OMICRON variant BA.5. BF.7 is believed to have an R0, or basic reproduction number, of 10 to 18.6. BF.7 carries a specific mutation, R346T, in the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 (a protein on the surface of the virus that allows it to attach to and infect our cells). This mutation, which we also see in BF.7’s parent variant BA.5, has been linked with enhancing the capacity of the virus to escape neutralising antibodies generated by vaccines or previous infection.

Since the COVID variant OMICRON emerged in late 2021, it has rapidly evolved into multiple subvariants. The subvariant, BF.7, has been identified as the main variant spreading in Beijing and is contributing to a wider surge of COVID infections in China.

Reports of 2 patients in Gujarat are coming in showing they recovered at home. Does it make the sub-variant less fatal?

BF.7 is believed to be less fatal as compared to the previous deadly delta variant and other sub-variant of omicron. The symptoms of an infection with BF.7 are similar to those associated with other omicron subvariants, primarily upper respiratory symptoms. Patients may have a fever, cough, sore throat, running nose and fatigue, among other symptoms. A minority of people can also experience gastrointestinal symptoms like vomiting and diarrhoea. BF.7 may well cause more serious illness in people with weaker immune systems.

Is it more infectious than before?

The BF.7 variant is reportedly more infectious than the other variants of coronavirus known so

far. The R0 value of this mutant as per studies is approximately 10-18.6 which means that any infected individual can infect 10-18.6 people around him. Reports from China indicate BF.7 has the STRONGEST INFECTION ABILITY out of the omicron subvariants in the country, being quicker to transmit than other variants, having a shorter incubation period and with a greater capacity to infect people who have had a previous COVID infection, or been vaccinated or both. To put this into context, BF.7 is believed to have an R0, or basic reproduction number, of 10 to 18.6. This means an infected person will transmit the virus to an average of 10 to 18.6 other people. Research has shown omicron has an average Ro of 5.08. The high transmission rate of BF.7, taken with the risk of hidden spread due to the MANY ASYMPTOMATIC CARRIERS, is understood to be causing significant difficulty in controlling the epidemic in China.

How immunity will play its role with the new BF.7 variant?

Compared with the BA.1, BA.2 and BA.5 variants detected previously, Omicron BF.7 has more immune escape capability, a shorter incubation period and a faster transmission rate. These mutations give BF.7 some immune-evasive abilities, which means it can escape immunity from the vaccine or previous infection.

How India can buckle up before the situation goes out of hand?

India with its focus on the five-fold strategy of testtrack-treat-vaccination and adherence to COVIDappropriate behaviour has been able to restrict the transmission of the coronavirus. BF.7 has been detected in several other countries around the world including INDIA, the US, the UK and several EUROPEAN COUNTRIES such as Belgium, Germany, France and Denmark. Despite BF.7’s immune-evasive characteristics, and worrying signs about its growth in China, the variant seems to be remaining fairly steady elsewhere. Outside of India, mRNA vaccines like Pfizer and BioNTech’s Bivalent vaccine and Moderna’s vaccine are being used from the point of view of boosting. India needs to buckle up. BF.7 may well cause more serious illness in people with weaker immune systems. At present, no vaccine being used in India is a bivalent vaccine. India needs BIVALENT vaccines, which target omicron alongside the original strain of SARS-CoV-2.

What age group is highly sensitive to this new sub-variant?

Old age people, immunocompromised patients, pregnant females etc. are more prone to the infection by this variant.

Should India impose early restrictions on international flights?

BF.7 is highly infectious and has high transmissibility, hence to prevent the spreading of this highly contagious disease international travelling should be monitored carefully. The situation looks different ONLY IN China.

BF.7’s high R0 might be due in part to a LOW LEVEL OF IMMUNITY in the Chinese population from the previous infection, and possibly vaccination too. However, we should be cautious about the data from China as it’s based on reports, not peer-reviewed evidence yet.

Dr Sudhir Bhandari

GAJRAJ SINGH BHATI cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

JEWELS OF THE STARRY NIGHT

The grand launch of the brand named ‘Its Ish’ took place with much fervour at Nebula, the rooftop lounge at Hilton Jaipur on Thursday. Rajiv Arora, Chairman of Raj Small Industries Corporation graced the occasion as the chief guest and launched the brand. Rishee Miglani, brand ambassador, First India Fashion Connect hosted the glamorous evening. Brand owner, Ishita Gupta is an aspiring fashion designer and soon will make her place in the heart of fashion lovers through her lovely brand. Various people from all spectrums kicked off their day with signature delicacies from Nebulae, Hilton.

Enthralling performance by Iliyas Khan

BIRTHDAY BASH

Gems: The Timeless Elegance!

CITY FIRST

PROUD MOMENT!

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Dev Priya, a final year B.Tech student of IIT Delhi, scored 99.99 percentile in the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2022, the results of which were announced on Wednesday, December 21. Dev is the son of ADG Jyoti Narayan and he aspires to get a seat in the Indian Institute of Management and excel in a combination of B.Tech with management. Sharing his secrets of scoring 99.99 percentile the scholar replied, “The CAT is highly competitive. This year, for instance, logical reasoning was very tough. My CAT exam day strat-

OPENING!

egy was to remain calm. I believe in hard work & consistency. I think my consistent hard work is behind this success. Furthermore, the support that I got from my family, friends, and teachers helped me stay motivated throughout my CAT preparation.” A total of 11 students have scored the perfect 100 percentile in Common Admission Test 2022. Dev claims that his parents were supportive throughout his journey and always motivate him. He said, “They never pressurized me for marks and motivated me to prepare with positivity”. He claims that he used to do self-study for 6-7 hours daily.

We have put forth our suggestions for the Union Budget 202324. In this regard, we have also recommended a reduction in import duty on cut and polished gemstones from 5% to 2.5%. The reduction in import duty will have a positive impact on jewellery exports. This was said by Vipul Shah, Chairman, of the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). He was speaking as the Chief Guest at the inauguration ceremony of the country’s number one B2B and B2C show - ‘Jaipur Jewellery Show’ (JJS) at Jaipur Exhibition and Convention Center (JECC) in Sitapura, Jaipur.

The theme of JJS 2022, which will be held at JECC till December 26, is ‘Emerald... Timeless Elegance. Over 11, 000 visitors came displaying huge enthusiasm for the event.

Chairman, of All India Gem and Jewellery

Council (GJC), Ashish Pethe said that JJS and GJC have a long-stand ing relationship. He thanked the JJS team for hosting GJC every year. Pethe said that this is the 20th year of JJS, which is a big success in itself.

The opening ceremony of the show was officiated by Ajay Kala, spokesperson of JJS. The inaugural function started with the lighting of the lamp by the Chief Guests followed by the release of the JJS Show Guide. 5 women entrepreneurs were felicitated after the inaugural function for their contribution

Way towards sustainable fashion!

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The event will also showcase beautiful performace by ROCKNAAMA.

Various who’s who of the city will witness the grand launch.

Aditi Jaggi Rastogi, an internationally famous designer, who showcased her collection in India and well as Dubai Fashion Week launched her upcoming collection with showstopper PCS ADM Ritu Suhas, Mrs India 2019 walking the ramp in her designer outfit in Lucknow Times Fashion Week held at The Centrum, Lucknow on Wednesday, December 21. Her astonishing collection attempts to promote sustainable fashion. The very unique organic dying procedure from AMA herbals is applied to all the sustainable fabrics by designer Aditi Jaggi Ras-

togi. The breathable fabrics and extraordinary properties of herbal dying are put together to make a collection fresh, young, soulful and Commercially Viable. The designer and the herbal duo are looking forward to starting a Global friendly Trend!

Aditi’s experience varies from Pret, Luxe Fashion and sustainable fashion to Bollywood Designing. The designer is currently working towards the globalization of Khadi and skill training of weavers and artisans to help them generate employment.

DURING THE DAY!

A Note of Optimism

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Conclave commenced on 23™ December at JNU with leading education leaders joined by a com-

Leaders on the 2™ day of the Conclave. Dr Sandeep Bakshi, CEO & Director of the Seedling Group of Schools, in his opening address reiterated the necessity for both teachers and students to acquire a global perspective with appropriate skills for collaboration, creativity, compassion and problemsolving.

Jagdeesh Chandra was greeted by Pradeep Kumar, Professor, Rajasthan University, Jaipur during a courtsey meeting at the former’s residence on Friday, December 23. During the meeting, Professor Kumar also presented his book titled ‘Yes, You are the Winner: A miracle book for achieving success’ to him, the book is based on revolutionary principles for achieving success and will introduce some powerful theories and principles to transform failure into success.

Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), India’s largest hospitality company, announced its partnership for a specialised skill centre at Jai Mahal Palace, Jaipur in partnership with Ambuja Foundation (ACF) and AU Foundation. This partnership brings on board IHCL as the knowledge partner, AU Foundation supporting it financially and Ambuja Foundation (ACF) as implementing partner for this unique to train the youth in the live working environment at Jai Mahal Palace Jaipur.

Supermodel Navya Singh Shekhawat celebrated her birthday with much fervour and enthusiasm at UP&UP - THE MUSICAL TERRACE, Tonk Rd, Jaipur on Thursday, December 22. Jagdeesh Chandra reached to bless the birthday girl on the occasion and wished her huge success. Various who’s who of the city including, Gaurav Gaur, director Elite Miss Rajasthan, supermodel & actress Akanksha Bhalla, Tanu Chaudhary, Rishika Chandani and Khushi Vijay along with various models, friends and family reached out to greet the birth girl. The overwhelmed birthday girl said, “I am blessed to celebrate my special day with Gaurav Gaur and my EMR fam, truly a great day it was.” —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO

Ritu Suhas with Aditi Jaggi Rastogi

ADG Jyoti Narayan with his son Dev Priya

to the Gems and Jewellery sector, which included Leela Bordia, Hetal Vakil Walia, Emily Chakraborty, Kichu Dandiya and Chitwan D. Malhotra.

MEET AND GREET!

grand opening of MRP will take place at Opp. Alka Cinema, Sikar Road Vidhyadhar Nagar, Jaipur on December

Group of Schools Jaipur, is hosting a two-day Conclave PULSE-2022 December 23-24 at the JNU Campus where qualified trainers and educators from across the country were present to address school leaders and teachers representing more than 100 schools of the state. The

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The three-day event titled ‘Nani Bai Ka Myra’ is being organised by Acharya Madhur Krishna from Friday at Mangalam Ananda Society, Sanganer, Jaipur. During the occasion, Rasleela will also be organised on this occasion.

Minister of State for Women and Child Development Mamta Bhupesh inaugurated ‘National Amrita Haat’ at Shilpgram, Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur to provide a marketplace for the sale of handmade products by women of Self Help Groups on Friday and said that Amrita Haat would encourage the hard work and skills of these women.

Mamta Bhupesh cuts the inaugural ribbon

During the event

Lara Dutta with models showcasing the designer jewelery at JJS

Dignitaries on the dais releasing the JJS Show Guide

Jagdeesh Chandra greets Navya Singh Shekhwat. Also seen are (L-R) Akanksha Bhalla, Tanu Chaudhary, Rishika Chandani, Khushi Vijay and Kalpana Yadav

Jagdeesh Chandra cuts the cake with birthday girl Navya Singh Shekhawat. Also seen are Akanksha Bhalla, Akshita Tanwar, Kailash Rathore and Madhu Rathore

Navya Singh Shekhawat with Gaurav Gaur

BY SUNIL SHARMA

—PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO