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Budget session of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly to commence in February 2021.

The Cabinet Secretariat has written to all departments and sought achievements from them for Governor’s address.

UK TAKES LEAD IN COVID VAX,

CITIZENS TO GET FIRST SHOTS NEXT WEEK! United Kingdom becomes first country in the world to approve Pfizer/ BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for mass vaccination

Mohd Fahad London: United Kingdom approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, jumping ahead of the United States and Europe to become the West’s first country to formally endorse a jab it said should reach the most vulnerable people early next week.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson touted the medicine authority’s approval as a global win and a ray of hope amid the gloom of the novel coronavirus which has killed nearly 1.5 million people globally, hammered the world economy and upended normal life.

Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare products

Regulatory Agency (MHRA) granted emergency use approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which they say is 95% effective in preventing illness, in record time - just 23 days since Pfizer published the first data from its final stage clinical trial.

“It’s fantastic,” Johnson said. “The vaccine will begin to be made available across the UK from next week. It’s the protection of vaccines that will ultimately allow us to reclaim our lives and get the economy moving again.” Turn to P6

WHO WILL GET THE VACCINE FIRST?

The government plans to prioritize as it begins to deploy the vaccine, starting with residents and staff in care homes, then moving to people over 80 years old and health-care workers, documents show.

NOT IN INDIA New Delhi: The Pfizer vaccine is unlikely to be available in India at this time, sources have told NDTV. For a vaccine to be allowed in India it must clear clinical trials here, and sources said neither Pfizer nor its partner companies had asked to hold such trials. This means that even if Pfizer partners with an Indian company now it will take some time for the vaccine to be available in the country. The government did hold talks with Pfizer in August but there has been no development since.

40 MILLION -70 C O

COVID-19 VACCINE

It’s the protection of vaccines that will ultimately allow us to reclaim our lives and get the economy moving again.

Boris Johnson, UK Prime Minister

India invites UK PM to be R-Day chief guest New Delhi: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to be the chief guest at 2021 Republic day with Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally inviting him during their November 27 telephonic conversation.

Johnson, on his part, has invited PM Modi to the G-7 summit in the United Kingdom next year, people familiar with the development said.

The last British prime minister at the Republic Day parade was John Major in 1993.

DOSES ORDERED

TEMP NEEDED

The Pfizer/BioNTech jab is the fastest vaccine to go from concept to reality, taking only 10 months to follow the same steps that normally span 10 years. The UK has already ordered 40 million doses of the free jab - enough to vaccinate 20 million people.

The vaccine is made in Belgium and has to be stored at around -70oC As hospitals in UK already have the facilities to store the vaccine at the temperature required, the very first vaccinations are likely to take place there - for care home staff, NHS staff and patients - so none of the vaccine is wasted.

Chandigarh: With the COVID-19 vaccine in the final stages of operationalisation in India, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday announced that he will take the first shot of the vaccine in the state, once it is cleared by the IICMR.

BENGAL GUV, MIN OFFER TO VOLUNTEER FOR COVAXIN TRIAL

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, 69, and state minister Firhad Hakim, 61, have expressed willingness to volunteer for the phase 3 trial of Covaxin, the government-backed Covid-19 vaccine. The trial was launched in Kolkata on Wednesday.

Amit Shah, CM Amarinder to meet Apex Court: CCTVs with audio at ahead of talks with farmers today all interrogation rooms, lock-ups New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will meet Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday amid the escalating farmers protest around Delhi, spearheaded by farmers from Punjab and Haryana. The meeting will take place at 9.30 am, sources said, ahead of the crucial meeting with farmers’ representatives.

On Wednesday, Farmers’ organisations met at one of the Delhi-Haryana borders to decide their strategy, a day after they turned down the centre’s second pitch Turn to P6

YOGI REACHES OUT TO BOLLYWOOD, IRKS SENA Mumbai: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath hosted a press conference today in Mumbai where he talked about the procedure to set up a film city in his state Uttar Pradesh. During the interaction, on being asked about Shiv Seva leader Sanjay Raut’s recent comment on his film city building plan, he told in conference that, “We’ve not come here to take anything away. We’re building

AMARINDER TO TAKE FIRST COVID VACCINE SHOT IN PUNJAB

a new Film City. Why one is getting worried about it?” Earlier, Raut had questioned UP CM’s plan for the upcoming film city and said, “Not easy to shift Mumbai’s film city to another place. The film industry in south India is also big, there’re film cities in WB & Punjab too. Will Yogi Ji also visit these places & talk to directors/ artists there or is he going to do so only in Mumbai?”

Farmers prepare food for others during protest in New Delhi on Wednesday.

GUV MISHRA KEEPS RAJ FARM BILLS WAITING Jaipur: Governor Kalraj Mishra has ‘not approved’ the agricultural bills passed by the Rajasthan state assembly. The Ashok Gehlot government had on November 2 presented the bills to counter Centre’s Farm laws. P3

New Delhi: All police stations in the country and investigation agencies including the CBI, National Investigation Agency and Enforcement Directorate, must install CCTV cameras with night vision and audio recording, the Supreme Court said today in a landmark order meant to prevent excesses in custody.

States have to install cameras with audio at all police stations.

Security cameras should cover interrogation rooms, lock-ups, entries and exits, said the Supreme Court.

“Most of these agen-

DISCUSSION ON CORONA WITH CENTRAL TEAM

Covid management in the state an

example for nation to follow: CM Gehlot z Need for uniform treatment protocol throughout nation: CM z NITI Aayog member Dr. VK Paul appreciated the Corona management under Gehlot’s leadership

Kartikey Dev Singh Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has said that with determination and continued vigilance, Rajasthan has set an example in management of Corona.

“At present, Corona is being treated in all states with different treatment protocols.

This leads to confusion among patients and the physician community

CM Ashok Gehlot, Niranjan Arya, Kuldeep Ranka, Dr. VK Paul and others during the meeting

about which treatment protocol is more effective. The Central Government should take

initiative in this direction and through ICMR should prescribe Turn to P6

cies carry out interrogation in their office(s), so CCTVs shall be compulsorily installed in all offices where such interrogation and holding of accused takes place in the same manner as it would in a police sta-

tion,” the judges said.

“These cameras must be installed at entry and exit points of the police station, lock ups, corridors, lobbies, reception area, rooms of the subInspector and Inspector, reception and outside washrooms.”

CCTV cameras with recording facilities are also to be installed at the offices of the Narcotics Control Bureau, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and the Serious Fraud Investigation Office.

The audio recordings have to be retained for 18 months for evidence, if needed.

EX-HC JUDGE CS KARNAN ARRESTED FOR ‘OFFENSIVE’ REMARKS ON JUDGES’ WIVES Chennai: A former High Court judge, CS Karnan, was arrested today over offensive comments he allegedly made against woman judges and wives of judges, which were posted on YouTube. The ex-judge was arrested by the Chennai police. He had allegedly made defamatory and offensive comments against Supreme Court and High Court judges, the wives of judges and uploaded them online.

The Madras High Court had recently come down heavily on the police for not acting in the case. In 2017, exJustice Karnan became the first sitting high court judge to have been sentenced to jail.

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WELCOME WINTERS! With the arrival of winter, the state is witnessing a dip in mercury in almost all the regions.

Shekhawati region, especially Sikar and Fatehpur is witnessing cold nights. According to MeT, the sky will remain clear and till December, most parts of the state are expected to be speared from cold wave. But a clear sky is sure to reduce minimum temperature thus, intensifying the winter conditions, said MeT. First India’s photojournalist Suman Sarkar captured some birds enjoying a foggy morning at the Jal Mahal on Wednesday at 7 am.

BJP braces up for Assembly bypolls; senior leaders to hold meeting soon Three seats fell vacant after demise of Bhanwarlal Meghwal, Kailash Trivedi & Kiran Maheshwari Aishwary Pradhan Jaipur: Opposition BJP will soon start preparations for bypolls on three Assembly seats which fell vacant after the demise of two Congress and one BJP MLA in the recent past.

After the elections for Panchayat samiti and Zila Parishad members are over, the party leaders will hold detailed discussions to decide the strategy for bypolls.

Sujangarh (SC) seat in Churu fell vacant after demise of Congress MLA and social justice and empowerment min-

ister Bhanwar Lal Meghwal’s death while Sahara (Bhilwara) seat fell vacant after demise of Congress MLA Kailash Trivedi. The Rajsamand seat fell vacant after demise of former minister and BJP MLA Kiran Maheshwari due to Covid-19.

On all these three seats, BJP leaders including Rajasthan in charge for Arun Singh, Union ministers Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Arjun Ram Meghwal, national vice presidents Vasundhara Raje and Om Mathur, state president Satish Poonia, LoP

Gulabchand Kataria and deputy LoP Rajendra Rathore would hold brainstorming on deciding candidate and a strategy to win the by-

polls.

Party sources said name of a family member of Maheshwari, most likely her daughter, may be considered

for Rajsamand. The seat is dominated by Paliwal and Gurjar community and in case the family member is not fielded, the party may choose a candidate from Brahmin or Vaishya communities. As per this equation, the name of Ashok Ranka, who is close to Kataria, Shyam Sundar Paliwal, who enjoys good public repo, Mahendra Kothari & Bhanu Paliwal may be considered.

In Sujangarh, BJP would be fielding a Meghwal community leader because winning the seat is not easy for

the party. Ex-MLA Khemaram Meghwal, exdistrict president Vasudev Chawla, who is from Khateek community, and BL Bhati, who was OSD to former minister Yunus Khan, former Pradhan Santosh Meghwal are some names that may be considered.

BJP has for long preferred Jat candidates on Sahara seat and this time too, a Jat or Gurjar candidate may be fielded. Ex-MLA Ratan Lal Jat, his brother Babulal Chaudhary, Rupalal Jat are some names that may be considered.

Man held for killing elder brother First India Bureau Jaipur: The police arrested a 25-year-old man on charges of killing his elder brother at a dairy booth at the Nataniyon ka Chauraha on Ajmer Road on the intervening night of November 12 and 13, the police said on Wednesday.

The accused had been misleading the cops for several days. Police had come to know about feud between the two from people around the dairy and arrested accused Ram Bihari, 19 days after the incident.

The accused and his brother 35-year-old Sudama operated the dairy booth jointly.

DCP Pradeep Mohan

Accused Ram Bihari

Sharma said deceased was an alcohol addict and used to sleep in the booth.

On Nov 12 they had a fight over this issue and Sudama allegedly slapped Ram who then hit Sudama with iron rod and left him in a critical condition and went home.

Sudama later died inside the dairy booth.

SHEKHAWAT, DIYA, OTHERS PAY SBI donates 500 POS Name in 2 voter lists: PIL in court seeks machines to transport dept cancellation of Somya Gurjar’s election TRIBUTES TO MAHESHWARI First India Bureau

Udaipur: Union Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari, BJP state organisation secretary Chandrashekhar and other leaders paid tributes to late Rajsamand MLA, Kiran Maheshwari, on Wednesday.

Shekhawat, who reached Maheshwari’s residence at Ambamata in Udaipur from Delhi on Wednesday, said, “In

Kiran Maheshwari

her, we have lost a member of our family. Kiran Maheshwariji ranged from National General Secretary, Vice President and Mahila Morcha National President

to MP, minister, MLA. Her contribution to society and organisation cannot be forgotten.”

A tribute meet was held at Rajsamand BJP office. An emotinal Diya issued a written statement saying, “The last time we all met at the inauguration of the party office, no one thought that such a sad incident would happen within a month. Seeing the popular MLA in the photograph today, my mind is upset.”

Kashiram Chaudhary

Jaipur: The process of challan will now get online in transport dept as it has taken 500 POS machines through SBI so that challans need not be paid manually.

Through these machine now online challan can be deposited by dept inspectors. The e-challan programme was initiated on Wednesday by Transport Minister Pratap Singh Khachariywas where he distrib-

uted POS machines to about a dozen inspectors. Before that an MoU was signed between the dept and SBI. Transport Commissioner Ravi Jain signed the MOU on dept’s behalf while Chief General Manager Amitabh Chatterjee signed on behalf of the bank. Machines have been given free of cost by SBI. The minister said this will give relief to inspectors & make their work easier.

Om Prakash Sharma

Jaipur: A petition challenging election of Jaipur Greater MC’s Mayor Somya Gurjar has been filed in district court. Petitioner has sought cancellation of her election. AK Jain, the counsel for petitioner Pinky Yadav, said that Gurjar’s name was included in the voter list of Karauli. He said Gurjar was a regis-

AK Jain

tered voter in her village Devri in Karauli when she filed nomination from ward 87 of JCMC. Gurjar got her name removed from the voter list of Karauli on November

SAVING LIFE

Jaipur woman’s donated lungs save UP Covid survivor lll

The lung transplant surgery, lasting 10 hours, was done at a private hospital in New Delhi after the organ was transported from Delhi airport

Jaipur/New Delhi: The donated lungs of a 49-year-old woman from Jaipur, who had suffered fatal head injuries in a road accident recently, have been successfully transplanted to a 31-year-old Uttar Pradesh resident, who had contracted Covid-19 a few months ago.

The lung transplant surgery, lasting 10 hours, was done at a private hospital in New Delhi after the organ was transported from

the Delhi airport in a green corridor, hospital authorities said on Tuesday.

The recipient, a resident of Hardoi in Uttar Pradesh, was suffering from advanced interstitial lung disease, it said.

In a statement, the hospital claimed that this was the first such procedure performed on a post-COVID-19 patient in north India.

In these difficult times, the harvested lungs were flown down

to Delhi by an Air India flight in clockwork precision. A green corridor had already been created between the private hospital and the Jaipur

international airport, and then between the IGI Airport and Max Super Speciality Hospital at Saket in Delhi. An ambulance waiting at

the airport speedily transported the donor lungs through an 18.3 km stretch in a matter of just 18 minutes, the statement said.

A team of 15 doctors operated through the night for 10 hours to successfully carry out the transplant, it said.

The team was led by Rahul Chandola, Associate Director, Adult CTVS, Heart & Lung Transplant Specialist, at the hospital. The 31-year-old recipient

had been having breathing difficulty for the last one year and was diagnosed with lung silicosis.

He had contracted COVID infection in March that made the situation worse, and till transplant, he was on oxygen requirement that went from nil to 15 liters/min following COVID-19 infection. He eventually worsened to a point where he needed BIPAP support intermittently, it said. —PTI

3 2020. As per the rules, a person can contest municipal corporation polls only when he/she is a registered voter in area of that municipal corporation. Jain said registration in voter list at two places and contesting election while concealing the fact is not legally valid. Yadav had contested election in ward 87 against Gurjar and lost by 1012 votes.

122 employees of income tax dept transferred Vimal Kothari Jaipur: 122 employees of state income tax dept were transferred late Wednesday evening. 62 office superintendents, senior tax assistants and steno grade-1, 26 tax assistants and steno grade-2, 4 notice servers & 30 multi-tasking staff were transferred with immediate effect. Joint Director Income Tax Investigation headquarters Anuradha issued the transfer order.

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‘Gole par rehna hai to gole mein raho’; campaign for safety, awareness about novel coronavirus Campaign aims at social distancing under the ‘Corona Jan Aandolan’ Commanders

to decide containment zones in Jaipur

Rajasthan records 1,990 fresh Covid cases, 610 registered in Jpr

First India Bureau Jaipur: District collector Antar Singh Nehra on Wednesday clarified that incident commanders (RAS) will issue the or- Antar Singh der of the Nehra

The Jaipur Municipal Corporation Greater and the Jaipur Police on Wednesday jointly launched an awareness campaign named ‘Gole par rehna hai to gole mein raho’ (if want to stay on the earth, stay inside the circle).

Bharat Dixit Jaipur: The Jaipur Municipal Corporation Greater and the Jaipur Police on Wednesday jointly launched a campaign named ‘Gole par rehna hai to gole mein raho’ (if want to stay on the earth, stay inside the circle).

The campaign is aimed to keep people aware of social distanc-

ing under the Corona Jan Aandolan. Additional police commissioner (traffic) Satveer Chaudhary and Deputy Commissioner Malviya Nagar Zone Suresh Chaudhary launched the campaign.

Under this campaign, people will be given the message that if they want to live on the circle (on earth), then they should remain at a cer-

No approval from Guv to Rajasthan agri bills

Governor Kalraj Mishra

First India Bureau Jaipur: Governor Kalraj Mishra has not approved the agricultural bills passed by the state assembly. The Ashok Gehlot government had on 2 November passed the bills in the assembly.

The bills were brought as amendments to the three bills introduced by the Centre over which the farmers are not protesting. Governor has not sent the three bills to the President of India Ram Nath

Kovind for approval, official sources said. Congress ministers and MLAs had already expressed apprehension in the assembly about the Governor’s approval as has happened in other non-BJP ruled states.

Meanwhile, achievements from the departments have been sought for Governor’s address in the Budget session scheduled in February 2021. The Cabinet Secretariat wrote a letter to all departments to provide 3-3 copies by 31 December.

containment zone.

He convened a meeting with 15 incident commanders and asked them for physical verification where more cases are getting reported and then incident commanders will issue orders of containment zones.

tain distance from each other.

ACP Satveer said that this program has been started with the inspiration of Additional Commissioner of Police Rahul Prakash and Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Adarsh Sandhu. Under this, people will be warned to follow social distance. Suresh said that it is necessary to

wear masks and follow social distance to avoid the corona infection until the vaccine comes.

This campaign has been launched to make people take these precautions a part of their lives.

Circles were made at 2 yards distance at the traffic police office at Yadgaar where a number of people visit daily for official purposes.

BJP leaders write to seniors to break ties with RLP

JDA proposes nine projects worth ` 700 crore for traffic, tourism and beautification in city

Aishwary Pradhan

Jaipur: The Jaipur Development Authority has approved the appointment of a consultant for traffic improvement, beautification and designing of tourism facilities in Jaipur.

Projects worth Rs. 700 crore have been proposed by the JDA at nine locations in Jaipur city to ease traffic congestion, strengthen traffic infrastructure,

Jaipur: The BJP leaders from Hadoti region have written to Union home minister Amit Shah and BJP National President JP Nadda asking them to break ties with the Rashtriya Loktantrik Dal headed

by Hanuman Beniwal.

Chhabra MLA Pratap Singh Singhvi, former MLAs Bhawani Singh Rajawat, Prahlad Gunjal, Vidyashankar Nandwana and former district chief Govind Singh Parmar retaliated on the threat of Nagaur MP Hanuman Beniwal that he would break ties with the NDA over agriculture bills.

Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) has become a powerful party in the country today, which no political party is able to compete, they said.

MP DIYA KUMARI TESTS +VE

Munesh Gurjar, first mayor of JMC Heritage is active in keeping nook and corner of Jaipur’s Walled City clean, amid the cleanliness drive Mayor stops over to provide free mask and educate children about the mandatory use of face masks in the community during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic on Wednesday.

—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR

Jaipur: Nineteen more people succumbed to the novel coronavirus in Rajasthan, bringing the toll to 2,350 on Wednesday, while 1,990 fresh cases raised the infection count to 2,72,400 in the state, according to a health de-

Abhishek Shrivastava

9 projects have been prepared, proposed after Shanti Dhariwal’s nod.

beautify and expand tourism facilities after the approval of the Urban Development and

Housing Department (UDH) minister Shanti Kumar Dhariwal.

The minister had

Bhanwar S Charan Kota: An advocate allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a Chambal river here.

Mukul Dubey (40) was practicing in Kota district court and had gone

missing on Tuesday following which brother lodged a missing complaint.

His motorcycle was found near a bridge on northern bypass and his body fished out on Wednesday morning

tees will be set for the execution of the nine projects. The UDH minister will head the empowered committee in which officials from water, energy departments will be the members. The empowered committee will take policy decisions regarding the projects.

Second committee will be set up for the monitoring of the projects. The committee will be headed by JDC.

which was shifted to a hospital for postmortem. ASI, Hari Singh said that Dubey’s father had died due to sickness 12 days ago. Mukul’s uncle said that he was taking treatment for depression.

Dog lovers rescue 42 pups in Jodhpur

Dausa woman allegedly gangraped

Rajiv Gaur

Laxmikant Sharma

Jodhpur: Interesting but true. The rescue of 42 puppies from the house of a woman has led to a dispute among women in Jodhpur.

Two dog lovers Aparna Bissa and Reema Massey made a complaint to Ratanada police station that 42 puppies have been kept in miserable condition in a house. The police along with the two reached the house and got the pup-

Dausa: A married woman was allegedly gangraped under Manpura police station area in Dausa district.

The police have detained two accused including a minor and recovered a country made pistol and live cartridges from their possession, police said.

Acting in the matter, the police have detained two men including one minor.

Puppies kept in bucket.

Two dog lovers Aparna Bissa and Reema Massey made a complaint to Ratanada police station that 42 puppies have been kept in miserable condition in a house.

nicipal corporation. After the rescue, Sangeeta Surana who had kept

conducted visits at nine places in the city last month where the projects like alleviated road, underpass, flyover for easing traffic and for beautification have been proposed.

JDC Gaurav Goyal said that administrative and financial approval of Rs. 5.10 crore was given to appoint a consultant for designing new projects.

On the other hand, two high level commit-

fresh Covid-19 cases, 610 were registered in Jaipur, 218 in Jodhpur, 195 in Ajmer, 155 in Kota, 130 in Alwar, 96 in Bharatpur, 88 in Nagaur and 76 in Udaipur, besides cases reported in other districts of the state.

—PTI

Shocked by father’s death, lawyer Covid advisory reduces kills self by jumping into river Jap-Mum air travellers

TREATING PETS HUMANLY

pies rescued.

The puppies were shifted by a team of mu-

partment bulletin. The state now has 26,710 active COVID-19 cases, it said.

According to the bulletin, a total of 2,43,340 people have been discharged after recovering from the infection in Rajasthan. Of the

the puppies in her house sat on a dharna and lodged a case for force-

fully taking away the puppies. Meanwhile, the two complainants also gave representation against her to DCP Dharmendra Singh following which another case was registered.

An outside view of Jaipur International Airport.

Kashiram Chaudhary Jaipur: The number of passengers travelling from Jaipur to Mumbai by air has reduced by 10-15 percent due to the compulsion of carrying negative report of covid testing to enter Maharashtra.

The passenger load in flight to Mumbai this Monday was comparatively low as compared to Monday last week.

Prior to the condition of covid test, the flights to Mumbai were operating at full capacity.

The Maharashtra government has made the

negative report mandatory for the passengers coming from four states including Rajasthan from 25 November and after the new condition, the number of passengers in flights department from Jaipur to Maharashtra has come down.

Those who do not carry the report, they have to get themselves tested at the Mumbai airport which takes 6 hours.

A comparison of passenger load reveals that the passenger load in these flights has reduced by 10 to 15 pc.

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PFIZER FIRST OFF THE BLOCK AS BRITAIN DEPLOYS VACCINE

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ritain has become the first country in the world to allow American and German pharmaceutical company PfizerBioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine to be administered to high priority groups like hospital staff and the elderly across England. Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) granted emergency use approval for the vaccine which is said to have a proven efficacy of 95 per cent. The approval in record time has made Pfizer and its German biotechnology partner win the global race for a vaccine. The vaccine will be available in the UK in a week’s time during which the government will have to develop logistical support like extremely low temperature and the vaccine’s high price to make it affordable. The other disadvantage with this vaccine is that it is effective for six months only.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed his government’s decision. “It’s fantastic. The vaccine will begin to be made available across the UK from next week. It’s the protection of vaccines that will ultimately allow us to reclaim our lives and get the economy moving again,” Johnson said. Britain gave the regulatory clearance in 23 days of the Pfizer publishing its final clinical trial data.

Britain won the race over the US where the outgoing President Donald Trump has refused to acknowledge the gravity of the Covid crisis despite the virus having killed 277,071 persons. With positive cases standing at a humongous 14, 113, 667 the United States is the worst- affected country by coronavirus. With a recalcitrant Trump refusing to facilitate transfer of power to the President-elect Joe Biden there is no authority in Washington to deploy any vaccine candidate, whether it is by Pfizer or Moderna.

Yet Americans won’t be the first to get the vaccine developed by the US-based company.

President could have also ordered emergency use of the Pfizer vaccine but for a grudge he holds against the pharma giant. Last month Trump had accused Pfizer and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of denying him a “vaccine win” by withholding the announcement on the Covid vaccine.

Trump claimed that he removed a large number of obstacles to hasten the vaccine’s development.

In India a race is on between the Serum Institute of India’s Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin. Both the candidates are in the final stages of clinical trial and should be available for a roll-out early next year. As of now Covishield appears to have an edge over Covaxin despite the setback due to a reported adverse medical reaction on a volunteer. As the quantum of vaccines required in the country is not known, both Covishield and Covaxin could get regulatory approval depending on their data at the end of third phase trials.

LIVING IN THE SHADOW OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DR GS SANDHU

THE AUTHOR IS A RETIRED IAS, RAJASTHAN

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Stanford University is at the forefront of AI research with annual budget of $ 6.5 billion. Not to be left behind China has decided to chase the AI future.

Starting as copycats for over 15 years they have developed their own form of entrepreneurship and technology.

ecently I came across a fascinating news item about how scientists are using artificial intelligence (AI) to research past and present smells of Europe to identify and trace their link to language, places, cultural practices and emotions. This made me curious to know more about AI. My limited research on this subject was an eye-opener.

Whether it is Google search engine or Facebook feed or Instagram AI is impacting us everywhere. Tesla cars are so much in the news, they drive by themselves using AI. Cameras and ultrasonic sensors fitted on them act like human eyes and ears through which they get data, spot other cars, read road signs, know about faraway objects and are able to park safely.

Data from hundreds and thousands of Tesla cars is fed into a central system and used for improving software to make the cars safer and better.

A glimpse of how AI is going to change the world radically is the development of GPT (Generative Pre-training), a language model which is considered the biggest leap in AI- it is being developed by a company called OpenAI based out of San Francisco. Trained on massive data on the net, GPT produces text, poetry, translation, design, technical manuals, code and much more whenever a topic is fed into it. The third version, GPT-3, with 175 billion parameters, has been released recently and is in beta testing. It is able to comment and predict replies and responses like humans- imagine humans being replaced by a software for writing on any subject. The University of Nottingham is doing a project wherein AI is being trained to predict death due to chronic disease. And then AI being used for digital news anchors, visual effects in movies, creating most-photo realistic digital characters with feature film qualities, actors playing younger role et al. Berkley University is using professional

dancers to animate a regular person who cannot dance like that.

CAN AI SURPASS HUMAN BEINGS? Two examples where AI has excelled human beings:

AI CAN MARSHALL A VAST AMOUNT OF DATA BEYOND ANYTHING ANY HUMAN COULD HANDLE AND USE IT TO TEACH ITSELF ABOUT THE OUTCOME

z IBM machine Watson defeated

Kane and Brat, two champions on US live TV quiz show called Jeopardy. Watson made use of massive information from the Internet including Wikipedia. z Google’s AlphaGO, a computer programme, beat one of the worlds leading Go players, Lee Sedol of Korea. The machine, fed with all kinds of go-games designed to teach itself, came up with creative moves. It was a form of AI called deep learning that mimics the neural networks of the human brain.

The great potential of AI has triggered varying reactions from total optimism to dystopia.

Stephen Hawking- ‘Development of full AI could spell the end of the human race’ Elon Musk- ‘Rampant AI is the biggest existential threat facing mankind’ Humans cannot be dispensed with but certainly we need to adapt to the changing situation.

As Elon Musk further says - AI can be the best or worst thing for the humans. It creates powerful computing that can solve problems, spot patterns to help find health cures, robots can do things better than human beings. What happens when machines surpass human intelligence? The point is if weapons

are regulated so should be AI. Ultimately AI will follow the will of people that programmed it and people need to fully understand this and realize the impact of AI on humans.

TWO AI SUPERPOWERS So far Silicon Valley has been the epicentre of the digital revolution with AI as the buzzword.

Stanford University is at the forefront of AI research with annual budget of $ 6.5 billion . Not to be left behind China has decided to chase the AI future.

Starting as copycats for over 15 years they have developed their own form of entrepreneurship and technology. The US is ahead in technology and may be the first to deploy autonomous vehicles but it will be China popularizing them. Seeing the importance of AI, Mr Xi has declared that China would catch up with the US in AI by 2025 and lead the world by 2030. Today China leads in e-commerce with drones to

Designing vaccines for people, not profits R

ecent announcements of demonstrated efficacy in COVID-19 vaccine trials have brought hope that a return to normality is in sight.

The preliminary data for Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna’s novel mRNA vaccines are highly encouraging, suggesting that their approval for emergency use is forthcoming. And more recent news of effectiveness (albeit at a slightly lower rate) in a vaccine from AstraZeneca and University of Oxford has fueled optimism that even more breakthroughs are on their way.

In theory, the arrival of a safe and effective vaccine would represent the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. In reality, we are not even at the end

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of the beginning of delivering what is needed: a “people’s vaccine” that is equitably distributed and made freely available to all who need it.

To be sure, the work to create vaccines in a matter of months deserves praise.

Humanity has made a monumental technological leap forward. But the springboard was decades of massive public investment in research and development.

Most of the leading vaccine candidates prime the immune system’s defenses against the viral “spike protein,” an approach made possible through years of research at the US National Institutes of Health. More immediately, BioNTech has received $445 million from the German government, and Moderna has received $1

million from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and more than $1 billion from the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority and the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine has received more than £1 billion ($1.3 billion) of public funding.

But for technological ad-

vances to translate into Health for All, innovations that are created collectively should be governed in the public interest, not for private profit. This is especially true when it comes to developing, manufacturing, and distributing a vaccine in the context of a pandemic.

No country acting alone can resolve this crisis.

That is why we need vac-

cines that are universally and freely available. And yet, the current innovation system prioritizes the interests of high-income countries over those of everyone else, and profits over public health.

The first step toward a people’s vaccine is to ensure full transparency of the clinical-trial results, which would enable independent and timely assessments of safety and efficacy. The publication of scanty, preliminary data through corporate press releases is meant for financial markets, not the public-health community. This practice sets a bad precedent.

While pharmaceutical share prices surge, health professionals and the public are left second-guessing the reported results. As more details about the

flaws in clinical trial design and implementation for the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine emerge, so do the calls for open science and immediate sharing of protocols and results.

In addition, critical questions about the leading vaccine candidates remain unanswered. Responding to political and economic pressure in highincome countries, pharmaceutical companies are rushing their vaccine candidates across the finish line.

Accordingly, they have designed their phase-three clinical trials to deliver the quickest possible positive read-out, rather than addressing more relevant questions such as whether the vaccine prevents infection or just protects against the disease.

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deliver goods in villages, its society has bypassed credit cards with currency being facial recognition. There are already 17-18 unicorns in AI in China, the new generation of tech startups financed by China’s venture capitalists. No other country has moved that fast. China is now building a new city, the size of Chicago, enabled with autonomous driving and a new highway with sensors for safer autonomous vehicles. China has lot more users than any other country, 10 times more data than the USA- more data helps AI working. In the age of AI where data is the new oil, China is considered the new Saudi Arabia.

They use AI to predict creditworthiness of a person wanting a short term loan. Loan approvals takes just 8 seconds with 5000 features relating to the person as AI digs up features which are never visible to human beings.

AI can marshall a vast amount of data beyond anything any human could handle and use it to teach itself about the outcome.

There are endless possibilities with AI revolution sweeping the world-also called the 4th industrial revolution. India too need to catch up fast in developing AI despite many challenges. Hopefully with greater digital inclusion and push from Government and industry AI can play a significant role in finding solutions to complex problems and in augmenting growth of the economy.

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Economy is coming out of pandemic-hit degrowth phase, says Rajiv New Delhi: The Indian economy is coming out of the pandemicinduced degrowth and GDP growth will enter the positive territory in the fourth quarter of this fiscal, Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Wednesday.

In an interview to PTI, Kumar also said the Centre's new agriculture reform laws are aimed at increasing the income of farmers and the present agitation was a result of misunderstanding and miscommunication which need to be removed.

"The second quarter GDP figure (contraction of 7.5 per cent) reflects that the economy is coming out of this

And the fourth quarter will show a small but positive growth over the previous year because the government has used this period for ushering in many structural reforms and some more are in the pipeline.

—Rajiv Kumar, Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman

India will drive growth in global energy demand: Pradhan New Delhi: India will drive the growth in global energy demand and an indigenous pathway has been laid to meet growing energy needs, said Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas on Wednesday.

While addressing the 'Vision 2030 for oil and gas sector for an Aatmanirbhar Bharat' webinar, Pradhan also spoke about the transformative shift in India's oil and gas sector and its stride towards greater self-reliance.

"India will drive the growth in global energy demand. We have laid

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out an indigenous pathway to meet the growing energy needs while ensuring energy sustainability and self-reliance. Also, spoke about India's stride towards a gas-based economy, policy reforms in the hydrocarbon sector, leveraging technology to develop new & renewable

NEW APPOINTMENT

BV Srinivas appointed as President of Indian Youth Congress. Srinivas (left) along with youth Congress national incharge Krishna Allavaru attended Social Media State Coordinators meeting earlier in nov 24.

forms of energy. Ensuring clean fuel for our citizens will not only create a greener society but also drive greater self-reliance," the Union Minister tweeted.

He said that the days of monopoly were gone and with new policy reforms, a new wave of growth was expected in the country. "The days of monopoly is gone.

With policy reforms, new business models, level-playing field, greater involvement of startups, diversification of energy sources, India is set to ride the next wave of growth," Pradhan said.—ANI

pandemic-induced degrowth phase and my expectation is that in the third quarter, we will achieve the same level of economic activity as the year ago period.

"And the fourth quarter will show a small but positive growth over the previous year because the government has used this period for ushering in many structural reforms and some more are in the pipeline," he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah wished the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Jagat Prakash Nadda on his birthday on Wednesday.

Demolition row: Kangana moves Supreme Court, files caveat

Kangana Ranaut

New Delhi: After the Bombay high court set aside Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation notice to actor Kangana Ranaut regarding “illegal construction” at her office premises and called it “nothing but malice in law”, the actor moved the Supreme Court and filed a caveat in the case. —ANI

RSS chief to visit Bihar for 2 days from Dec 4 Patna: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat will visit Patna for 2 days to participate in its meeting on December 4.

Vinesh Prasad, chief of RSS Bihar unit, told that Bhagwat will stay in Patna. "It is an internal 'Mandal Karyakarini' meeting of the RSS on December 4. Such a meeting is held in Nagpur. Due to coronavirus pandemic, separate meetings are being organised in various states. RSS members of Bihar will take part in

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the December 4 meeting," Prasad said. RSS members from West Bengal and other eastern states will also participate in this meeting.

Bhagwat's Bihar visit comes in the wake of political buzz about the RSS trying to spread its wings in Bihar and WB.

‘Convene winter session of Parliament’ New Delhi: Former Union Minister and Congress MP Manish Tewari on Wednesday urged the Central Government to convene the winter session of Parliament as soon as possible to resolve the issues of farmers and to deliberate on matters of Chinese incursion, and rising COVID-19 cases in the country.

Taking to Twitter, the Former Union Minister and Congress MP Manish Tewari said, "Farmers have besieged Delhi, Economy is officially in recession, Chinese continues to encroach upon over 1000 square kilometres of our land, COVID cases are at 95 lakhs with 1.38 lakhs dead in 8 months. GOVT NEEDS TO CONVENE THE WINTER SESSION OF PARLIAMENT ASAP WITHOUT DELAY."

PM Modi wishes BJP president JP Nadda on b’day New Delhi: "Many congratulations to BJP National President JP Nadda ji on his birthday.

Under his skilled and inspiring leadership, the party is constantly touching new heights. I wish they always be healthy and longevity," the Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted in Hindi.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah also wished the BJP chief healthy and long life.

"Happy Birthday to Shri JP Nadda ji, Honorable National President of Bharatiya Janata Party. Under your leadership, the party is constantly moving ahead with strength. I pray to God for your healthy life and longevity," tweeted Shah (roughly translated

JP Nadda

from Hindi).

As per the official website of the BJP, Nadda, who originally hails from Himachal Pradesh, was born on 2 December 1960 in Patna, Bihar. After completing his BA from Patna University, he studied LL.B from Himachal Pradesh University. He actively participated in various movements run by Jai Prakash Narayan during his young age. —ANI

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Sushil files nomination for RS by-election Patna: Veteran BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Wednesday filed his nomination papers for by-election to a Rajya Sabha seat in Bihar which has been necessitated by the death of Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan.

Modi filed his nomination papers at the Patna Commissioner office in presence of a host of leaders of the ruling NDA, most notable being Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, whose deputy he had been for more than a decade, sharing an excellent rapport that has been a stuff of legend in the states political circles. 'I have come here to congratulate my former colleague.

He is currently an MLC and formerly been a member of the Lok Sabha and an MLA before that.

IN THE COURTYARD

SC refuses to entertain plea for reforms in law on rape and injuries New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to pass any direction on a plea, filed in the backdrop of the Hathras incident, seeking reforms in the laws concerning rape and grievous injuries, but asked the petitioner to file a representation before the Central government for the same.

A bench headed by Justice NV Ramana said the court can not

make legislation and asked the petitioner, advocate Kirti Ahuja, to file representation before the Central govermment.

The petiitoner's counsel told the court that after the Hathras incident a lot of peo-

ple searched for the victim online and added that even her (victim's) photograph was uploaded on internet.

During the hearing, Justice Ramana observed that these issues have nothing to do with law.

"People want to do such things. There is a right to freedom of speech and expression. Already there are enough laws for this. —ANI

New Delhi: A Supreme Court bench led by CJI AS Bobde questioned the need for straight roads if their construction involved felling trees, and argued why roads could not be zig zag as that would also reduce speed and thus prevent accidents and save lives. The SC bench was listening to a plea

by UP government to fell 2,940 trees for the Krishna Govardhan Road project in Mathura. As per a veteran journalist, the UP PWD had filed an application in 2017 for cutting down the trees & Central Empowered Committee has already given clearance.

Showik & Rhea Chakraborty

agencies plea seeking more time to obtain report on Letters Rogatory from the UK and Singapore in relation to their ongoing probe in the matter and said “it is lingering on unnecessarily”.

The court expressed displeasure over delay in completion of probe in the Aircel-Maxis case and adjourned the matter.

ment will ensure effective action on them,” he said. Health minister Dr Raghu Sharma said that the government has left no stone unturned to keep the morale of Corona Health Warriors high. “A successful campaign like ‘No Mask-No Entry’ and a mass movement against Corona is aimed at making the common people aware of wearing masks. Under this, 1 crore masks have been distributed.

Initially, our government introduced the corona test to be held for Rs. 4 thousand and now it is being done in private labs for Rs. 800

only,” he said.

NITI Aayog member Dr. VK Paul appreciated the Corona management being done in Rajasthan under the leadership of CM Gehlot. He said death rate from corona in the state is less than 1%, which is much better. “CM himself is seriously taking critical decisions by continuously reviewing the corona management, due to which Rajasthan is ahead of many other states in this battle of corona,” he said and lauded the 100% percentile test being done in the state using the RTPCR method.

Karti and P Chidambaram

New Delhi: A special court in Delhi granted Enforcement Directorate and Central Bureau of Investigation time till February 1, to complete the probe in the Aircel-Maxis case involving former Union minister P Chidambaram, his son Karti Chidambaram and others. Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar allowed both the

Rhea’s brother Showik gets bail 3 months after arrest

Mumbai: A Mumbai court on Wednesday granted bail to actress Rhea Chakraborty's brother Showik Chakraborty, who was arrested in a drugs case linked to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death.

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) had arrested Showik Chakraborty in September this year under provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. Special NDPS court judge G B Gurao granted bail to him on Wednesday on a personal bond of Rs 50,000.

In his bail plea, Showik Chakraborty had relied on a recent Supreme Court judgment which said that "confessional statements" made to NCB officials cannot be considered as evidence. —PTI

Delhi court grants ED, CBI time till February 1

‘No need to cut trees; roads can be zigzag’

DRUGS CASE

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The world’s big powers have been racing for a vaccine for months in an attempt to be first to begin the long road to recovery.

The approval of a vaccine for use almost exactly a year since the novel coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, China, is a triumph for science, Pfizer boss Albert Bourla and his German biotechnology partner BioNTech.

China has already given emergency approval for three experimental vaccines and has inoculated around 1 million people since

July. Russia has been vaccinating frontline workers after approving its Sputnik V shot in August before it had completed late-stage testing on safety and efficacy.

Amit Shah... for a committee to discuss the contentious farm laws against which they have been holding massive protests near Delhi.

The protest - the biggest by farmers in years - has entered the seventh day, with thousands of people from several states camped out on the outskirts of Delhi. “The farmers

had given clause-wise objection (to the farm laws) in writing to the government in October itself. But on Thursday, it will be given in writing again. Going by Tuesday’s meeting, we don’t think the government is in a mood to withdraw the laws. The government wants farmers to fight among themselves,” a farmer leader said after the first round of meeting today. Farmers’ groups will meet again shortly, with more groups joining in.

A key route in east Delhi, connecting the capital to Noida has

been closed as around 300 farmers from different parts of Uttar Pradesh continued their sit-in at the NoidaDelhi border for the second day. The protesting farmers said big groups are on their way to Delhi from UP’s Agra and Etawah. The crowd at Delhi-Noida border is much smaller as compared other other border points.

Covid management... uniform medical protocol for the country,” Gehlot said while holding discussions with the central party which had come to oversee the Co-

rona management of Rajasthan at the Chief Minister’s residence on Wednesday.

“We have started the best management of Corona by making ‘Rajasthan Satark Hai’, a motto. Rajasthan is the only state that gave the successful ‘Bhilwara model’. We have managed to keep the mortality rate well below 1 per cent continuously, while keeping the recovery rate good. As a result, Rajasthan is in a better position on all parameters of Corona,” Gehlolt said.

“Till the first case of corona in the state

where our investigative capacity was zero, it has increased to 60,000 due to our continuous efforts. Our government is conducting all tests in the most reliable RTPCR method. We have strengthened the medical infrastructure from the state capital to the lower levels, turning the disaster into an opportunity,” he said.

Gehlot said Central Party has given suggestions by looking at arrangements in state.

“Rajasthan is already working on most of them. Whatever other suggestions the party has given, state govern-

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Farm Laws: NSUI holds protests outside residences of Raj MPs Jaipur: Expressing solidarity with the farmers protesting against the Centre’s new farm laws, Congress’ student wing NSUI held demonstrations in front of the residences of MPs in Rajasthan on Wednesday.

National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) state president Abhishek Chaudhary and other leaders held demonstration in front of the residences of Jaipur MP Ramcharan Bohra, Jaipur rural MP Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari in Jaipur.

“Other leaders and workers held similar

12 held for stealing Holy book from Gurudwara Sunil Sihag Sri Ganganagar: In a shocking incident, few armed men allegedly attacked 11G Gurudwara and took away the sacred religious scripture Guru Granth Sahib on Tuesday night.

The accused also snatched the mobile phones of the policemen who were deputed on duty at the Holy shrine.

Taking prompt action in the matter, the police have arrested 12 persons and additional policemen have been deployed in the area to maintain law and order.

Gurudwara management committee said that nearly 2 dozen armed men attacked and took away the ‘Pavan Swarup’ of Guru Granth Sahib and DVR machines while those associated with the accused, claimed that sacred swarup has been deposited in Damdama Sahib.

The Police said that there is an old dispute between two parties in the 11 G area of Ganganagar, which resulted in the incident on Tuesday night.

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CONG PROVOKING FARMERS: BJP

NSUI holds protest outside City Palace in Jaipur which is residence of Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari.

protests in front of the houses of MPs in other districts in the state

against the central government and the new farm laws,” an NSUI

spokesperson said.

“The NSUI has demanded withdrawal of

the anti-farmers laws.

A large number of farmers are protesting

against the laws and the Centre should fulfil their demands,” he said.

Meanwhile, the National Highway number 62 in Suratgarh, Sriganganagar will be blocked on Thursday as farmers will observe chakka jam. The All India Farmers’ Association member Hanuman Meel said the chakka Jam will be held at Manksar Chowk from 12 pm to 2 pm. The Congress Seva Dal will also demonstrate on Thursday and submit memo to district collectors in support of agitation.

They will also hold a Saddh Buddhi yagya at the headquarters.

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Parents Forum meet edu min Bharat Dixit Jaipur: The meeting of the members of All Rajasthan Parents Forum with the education department officials on the issue of private schools fees remained inconclusive on Wednesday.

In the morning, parents in large numbers reached the residence of Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasra to seek his intervention in the matter following which, he directed officials to hold a meeting with the agitating parents in the evening.

The meeting of the Forum representatives was held at Shiksha Sankul with Secretary Aparna Arora and Director Secondary Edu-

Govind Singh Dotasra

cation Saurabh Swami.

Swami refused to take action on schools saying the matter is sub judice.

He even suggested that parents should get their children admitted to government schools.

After the meeting, the Forum President Sunil Yadav said that future course of action will now be decided after discussion with the other office bearers of the forum.

Season’s greetings! 33 IPS officers HC seeks reply from govt over of Raj to be promoted in New Year RAS mains exam- 2018 result First India Bureau

Dr Rituraj Sharma Jaipur: 33 IPS officers in Rajasthan will be promoted to different scales in New Year.

Chief Secretary Niranjan Arya chaired a screening committee meeting on Wednesday in which the promotions were approved.

13 IPS officers of 2008 batch, 7 officers of 2007 batch, 10 officers of 2003 batch and 3 officers of 1996 batch will be promoted.

Lovely Katiyar, Rahul

Niranjan Arya

Katakey, Priti Chandra, Harendra Mahawar, Vikas Pathak, Rahul Jain, Omprakash-II, Sameer Kumar Singh, Tejraj Singh Kharodiya, Rajesh Singh, Jagdish Chandra Sharma, Rajendra Prasad Goyal and Kaluram

Rawat will be promoted to selection scale. They are the officers of 2008 batch. 7 IPS officers of 2007 batch namely Kailash Chandra Bishnoi, Mamta Rahul, Dr Amandeep Singh Kapoor, Dr Ravi, Barhat Rahul Manhardan, Satyendra Kumar, Randheer Singh will become DIG while 10 officers of 2003 batch- Nitindeep Bluggan, Hinglaj Dan, Satyaveer Singh, UL Chhanwal, Rajesh Meena, Sanjay Shrotriya, Surendra Gupta, Ravidu-

tt Gaur, Laxman Prasad Gaur and Prashan Kumar Khamesra will be promoted from DIG to IG. Three officers of 1996 batch Binita Thakur, Sachin Mittal and Sanjib Kumar Narzary will become ADG. On the other hand, 2 IFS officers of 1996 batch- Anand Mohan & Uday Shankar, will become ACCF while Akanksha Mahajan and Vijay N of 2003 batch will become CCF. Screening for promotion of IAS officers will be held on Thursday.

Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court has sought a reply from RPSC secretary and DoP secretary in a petition, which has challenged the result of RAS-2018 mains exam.

The bench of justice SP Sharma issued the notice to the RPSC and state government seeking reply by 4 December.

Ex-serviceman Balram Yadav has filed the petition. His counsel Rampratap Saini said that the RPSC had issued the result on July

9, 2020 in which it had to pass ex-servicemen, but the RPSC passed ex-servicemen without check-

ing their documents due to which eligible exservicemen could not pass the examination.

Sariska authorities re-locate Rajasthan Foundation to assist in health six families from tiger habitat services to migrant Rajasthanis in Delhi First India Bureau

Nirmal Tiwari Alwar : The villages situated in the core area of Sariska Tiger Reserve, are not only dangerous for tigers ,but are also a challenge for the monitoring team of forest department since the start.

Though the re-location of villages from the core area has been first priority of the department, but despite that, forest department had not achieved much success. Last year on November 23, a team from First India had reached Sariska and had started drive for re-

location of these villages along with Sariska Foundation and Forest Department. The results of this are excellent. Few days back, relocation of villages started from Sariska and first of all 5 families of Pani Dhal vil-

lage were re-located.

Now, village Haripura which is considered important in core area is also included in the relocation process. Two families were relocated earlier & on Wednesday six families were re-located from Haripura.

New Delhi: The Rajasthan Foundation would make efforts that all the migrant Rajasthani families settled in Delhi, get better and accessible health services at all government hospitals in the national capital at the right time, said Foundation Commissioner Dhiraj Srivastava on Wednesday.

Srivastava said this during a meeting with the delegation of Rajasthan Mitra Mandal at Bikaner House in New Delhi. He said that the manner in which Rajasthan Mitra Mandal, National Capital Region,

Dhiraj Srivastava along with ChandraKanta Rajpurohit, Kanishk Yadav, Jethu Singh Khichad, Anil Jain, Rajendra Sehra and Abhishek Agrawal at Bikaner House, New Delhi.

Delhi is working to provide health care facilities to needy migrants is a commendable effort.

“Thousands of migrant Rajasthani families are settled in Delhi and people from Ra-

‘ACHE DIN’ FOR HRIDESH!

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t appears that ‘Ache Din’ for IAS Hridesh Kumar Sharma are finally here since last month he was promoted to the IAS from RAS and soon after this promotion the man has been give the important chair of JDA Secretary. Those in the knowhow of ‘things’, know that this transfer has been done due to UDH Ministr Shanti Dhariwal.

The reason for this being that Hridesh had seen ‘Bure Din’ with Dhariwal during the previous BJP government since in the single lease deed scam, the ACB had ‘troubled’ Hridesh too along with Dhariwal. To avoid being arrested

jasthan come to the government hospitals every day for their treatment.

The foundation will work with the Rajasthan Mitra Mandal to provide facilities for them in a new place so that they

meet good doctors, living space, food and all facilities easily,” he said.

Kanishka Yadav, Founder and Chairman of Rajasthan Mitra Mandal, said that the mandal has been providing accessible health services in hospitals to needy poor families coming from Rajasthan for the last three years in Delhi/NCR. “In the past years, we have set up about 30 voluntary blood donation camps in AIIMS, Safdarjung and RML hospitals in Delhi, where more than eight thousand units of blood were donated,” said Commissioner Srivastava.

Hridesh had to go underground for several days and that is how he got over the ‘Bure Din’.

So when his time came, UDH Minister Dhariwal first made

Hridesh the Joint Secretary in his department and as soon as the man was promoted, he was appointed as JDA Secretary. But this is not a new position for Hridesh since he has worked as deputy commissioner of JDA for two years in 2009-2010 and therefore he knows how the organization works. It is believed that as JDA Secretary, he will do a prolific job and as such he has a hardworking and intelligent boss in Gaurav Goyal as JDA Commissioner. It is being said

in the relevant circles that this is a good time for the JDA since now both the officials, Hridesh and Gaurav, are chosen by Shanti Dhariwal.Sharma was selected in the RAS in 1994 and for the best part of three decades in service, he has proved to be a good field worker. Apart from being Municipal Commissioner at Jaipur, his work in Jaipur Discom, RTDC, GSM and Archaeology and Museum department has been prolific.

—Rajendra Chhabra

he ‘fanfare’ that was ‘organised’ during Transport Department’s function on Wednesday, although much celebrated by the Transport minister himself, had just one ‘pitfall’. The POS machine that were distributed to the officials during the function, also saw attendance of the official against whom the ACB registered a case just a month back! In fact, the man was handed a POS machine by the Transport Minister himself! Now even the officials in transport department are raising questions on the purpose of the entire function wherein a dozen transport inspectors were given the machines in whom was

inspector Jagdish Narayan Meena against whom the ACB registered a case on 27th October for disproportionate assets.

—Kashiram Choudhary

Good health is a combination of a healthy mind and a healthy body and the only with both can one achieve the other.

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Others who will be felicitated are Sunita Meena, Kuldeep Chinawal, Ranjeet Singh, Gurjant Singh, Sarita Gora, Manisha Meena, Nirmala Kumawat, Udayveer Singh Yadav, Ashok Kumar Pareek, Ramesh Chandra Yadav, Shrawan Kumar, Shrawan Kumar

Saini, Thakra Ram Meghwal, Anita Kumari, Devendra Singh, Arun Kumar, Gaurav Swami, Pooran Bijwadiya, Nirmala Devi, Lokesh Sankhla, Gulam Mohammad, Dev Kishan, Abdul Hamid, Lalara, Shrawan Kumar, Premlata Vaishnav,Chandra

‘Time to conduct offline coaching classes in Kota’ Bhanwar S. Charan

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla

state government because the students have started arriving in Kota and when the coaching people, students, and parents are preparing to conduct the offline coaching classes with dedicated corona guidelines then the government also needs to be sensitive and said that coaching was the backbone of

the economy of Kota.

Speaker of the Lok Sabha claimed that due to the shutdown of the coaching classes the economy was struggling. Birla also spoke to the officials of PDNHAI and asked them to solve the approach road problem of 5 villages of Kota Baran National Highway at the earliest.

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CM GEHLOT TO HONOUR SPECIALLY ABLED PEOPLE

Kota: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla while conversing exclusively with First India in his hometown Kota has made an important statement regarding coaching in Kota. He has said that when everything is gradually getting unlocked then the time of conducting offline coaching classes in Kota has also arrived. And the state government should make a decision soon in this matter and should decide and issue the guidelines about this.

During his stay in Kota, many people from Kota and Bundi met Birla at the Loksabha camp office at Shakti Nagar. During this, Birla said that if the need arises he will himself speak with the

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MAHARASHTRA 47,357 DEATHS 18,32,176 CASES

Jaipur: Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot will address a function on Thursday to mark the world disabled day.

Specially abled persons and organisations working for specially abled persons will be felicitated in the function which will also be attended by the Rajasthan MoS for social justice and empowerment minister Rajendra Yadav.

Ugma Lal Raigar, Salimuddin Pehalwan, Om Prakash Gurjar, Megha Sharma, Banta Kumari, Rahman Khan, Irfan Khan, Moin Khan, Ramchandra Kadwasra, Jagdish Kumar, Neelam Goyal, Pradeep Vaishnav, Saurabh Agrawal will be honoured.

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Prakash, Kishore Singh, Datar Singh Ramlal.

NGOs and other individuals who have worked for specially abled people will also be honoured in the function which will be attended by all district collectors through virtual medium.

DEATHS

DELHI 9,342 DEATHS 5,78,324 CASES

CONFIRMED CASES

GUJARAT 4,018 DEATHS 2,12,769 CASES

New policy should expand and strengthen air services: CS Arya First India Bureau Jaipur: Chief Secretary Niranjan Arya on Wednesday directed officials to consider offering customized packages in the new civil aviation policy for expanding infrastructure for the development of air services in Rajasthan. Chairing a meeting to discuss the new aviation policy through video conference, he said that provisions should be made in the new policy so that a favorable environment for expansion and strengthening of air services in the state can be made. Arya said that investors demand easy availability of electricity and water with land and seamless connectivity to main roads to de-

‘Cancel allotment if found violation’

Niranjan Arya

velop airports and airstrips and to meet this demand, consideration should be made to include the civil aviation industry in the Rajasthan Investment Promotion Scheme (RIPS) -2019 to offer customized packages.

The chief secretary said that government land can be allotted as per availability and private land can be

taken as per the central government’s land acquisition act.

He said that the planning department will prepare the final draft and will make a best policy after comparing it to the policies of other states. Secretary- civil aviation department Preetam B. Yashwant, special secretary Dr. Mohanlal Yadav and Director

Kesari Singh talked about the need for the cooperation and action from the departments for the proposed policy. Principal secretary- finance Akhil Arora, principal secretary -revenue Anand Kumar, UDH Principal Secretary Bhaskar A. Sawant and senior officials of other departments were present in the meeting.

Abhishek Shrivastava

Oswal group confesses tax evasion

Each Sarpanch a PM: Shekhawat

Vimal Kothari

Ravi Sharma

Jaipur: UDH minister Shanti Dhariwal has directed officials to cancel the allotment of lands given to various organisations on concessional rates if the allotment conditions are not being fulfilled.

Officials of the civic bodies will carry out inspection and if any violation of land allotment conditions is found, then the allotment will be cancelled and possession of the land will be taken back.

The minister had on 1 June sought details of the land allotment on concessional rates by development authorities, municipal corporations, municipal council, municipalities, and urban improvement trust after which a list of 1897 such matters was for-

Jaipur: The Oswal soap group has confessed tax evasion and has deposited the tax of Rs. 25 lakh after the SGST survey conducted on October 9.

The anti-evasion branch of SGST Jaipur zone conducted surveys on six premises of the group in Kanota, Malviya Nagar, Mansarover, and Bassi area.

The team detected evasion and irregularities in books which were examined in detail. Additional commissioner Mahesh Kumar Chaudhary confirmed recovery from the group and said that further analysis of the GST return, books, and other documents is going on. The department has issued a summon to the group directors.

Udaipur: Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has said a Sarpanch of a village is not just an elected representative of a gram panchayat but the Prime Minister of small Parliament gram panchayat. He said the way in larger Parliament PM Narendra Modi realises the importance of water, the sarpanchs of gram panchayat which are the smaller parliaments need to realise the importance of water. Shekahwat was addressing the National Sarpanch Sansad through virtual mode from Udaipur organised by MIT World Peace University Pune.

He said that the National Sarpanch sansad was an important programme which is con-

Shanti Dhariwal

warded to the minister. On instructions of the minister, the urban development and housing department has now ordered the local bodies to conduct an inspection in their areas in 15 days and cancel land allotment on violation of allotment conditions. The possession of the land will be taken back within three days.

Where there is full compliance, officers will issue certificates in such cases.

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

nected with the ground of the nation. He said that for the first time in the history of any PM , no one discussed clean water & cleanliness issue from the ramparts of the Red Fort. Narendra Modi is the first PM who took the responsibility of making clean water & toilet available to everyone. He said that despite pandemic, work to rejuvenate 7 lakh water bodies out of which work on more than 4 lakh 52 thousand has been completed.

END OF AN ERA

Ex-royal ‘Maharaj’ Prithvi Singh dies of corona at 85 First India Bureau Jaipur: Maharaj Prithviraj Singh of the erstwhile Jaipur royal family, son of Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur by his second wife, Maharani Kishore Kunwar, breathed his last breath on Tuesday evening at the age of 85 years. Born on 10th December, 1935, he received the title Raja of Bhagwatgarth at an early age and was married to Maharaj Ku-

Rambagh palace

Maharaj Jai Singh and Maharaj Prithvi Singh

mari Devika Devi, a princess of Tripura and a niece (sister’s daughter) of his stepmother Gayatri Devi.

Educated at Kashmir and England, Singh went on to become MP

from Dausa constituency and later playing a pivotel role in the hospitality industry while played key role on launching Rajasthan at Tourism destination and was also Director

Rambagh Palace. He was incharge for putting Palaces on Global map including his tremendous efforts in making Rambagh as number one hotel in the World. He was

known to be a sharp entrepreneur, thorough professional and a visionary. A people’s person and a very grounded individual, he is survived by a son, Vijit Singh.

Maharaj Prithvi Singh ji was a quintessential gentleman in every which way. He was ineffably courteous, soft-spoken, extremely catholic in his worldview and elegant in his demeanour as well as appearance. I do not know how many people in Rajasthan as well as rest of India are really aware about his immense contribution to the cause of spreading excellence in education in Rajasthan. I am really saddened by his untimely demise. I have lost a friend and Rajasthan has lost one of the thought leaders.

—Sunil Arora, CEC

FAISAL PATEL @mfaisalpatel Salaams. Thank you all for wanting to come pass on your condolences for Ahmed Patel ji. We will be in Delhi & can meet everyone 3rd December (Thursday) onwards everyday between 12-5pm.

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MADE IT TO THE TOP Aruna Beniwal, the First Runner-up of Miss Rajasthan 2019 from Jaipur, has made it to the top finalists of Femina Miss India 2020 and will be representing Rajasthan

Simran Sharma, Aruna Beniwal and Aanchal Bohra

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he Pink City has been made proud once again, as Aruna Beniwal, Runner-up of Rajasthan’s oldest beauty pageant ‘Miss Rajasthan 2019’, has made it to the top finalists’ list of Femina Miss India 2020. After Suman Rao from Rajsamand, Rajasthan, Aruna will be representing Rajasthan in this national beauty pageant.

Yogesh and Nimisha Mishra from Fusion Group and mentors of Aruna stated, “Miss Rajasthan provides a big platform to the participants in the regional level and prepares them in such a way that they are able to make their place at the national and international levels. As a result of this, we are proud to say that Aruna will be representing ‘Miss Rajasthan’ in India, and will definitely be a strong contender for the crown this time.”

The Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India that annually selects representatives to compete in Miss World, one of the biggest international beauty pageants. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, for the first time in history, the entire process of the contest will be held digitally.

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hen the first words uttered in a movie are lyrics of a song, it is clear that this is a movie in which music is the very soul of the film. The lyrics of Sahir Ludhianvi are composed by Jaidev and the magic of this soundtrack has lasted for decades till today. Starring Dev Anand in a double role, along with Sadhana and Nanda, Hum Don is film takes on the classic lookalike trope, set against the backdrop of World War 2.

Although the story does not convince at places, but the script is so camouflaged in high drama that somehow it works. Thanks to Dev Anand’s charisma, and his ability to portray two markedly different personalities in his first-ever double role. The film tells the story of Anand (Dev Anand), a jobless and not well-off young man who wants to marry Meeta (Sadhana), but her father is against the match and insults Anand for not having a job. Anand leaves angrily, and on his way home, sees a poster advertising a call to join the Indian Army. He joins, and gets posted in Burma. Anand meets his senior officer, Major Manohar Lal Verma (also played by Dev Anand), who looks exactly like him, save for his hairstyle and moustaches. The two become friends and confide in each other about their lives and fears for their loved ones in case something happens to them. Major Ver-

“Ki dil abhi bharaa nahin”

ON THE NINTH DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF DEV ANAND, RAVI KAMRA SHARES HIS THOUGHTS ON ONE OF HIS FAVOURITE FILMS OF DEV, ‘HUM DONO’

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ma gets badly injured in the war, and tells Captain Anand that instead of wasting time and endangering his own life trying to help him, Anand should leave him for dead and save himself. Anand reluctantly does so, but can never rid himself of the guilt.

As he had promised he would take the responsibility of informing his wife, Ruma (Nanda), and mother (Lalita Pawar), ostensibly to tell them that their beloved son and husband is presumed dead..They mistake him for Major Verma himself, and are so emotionally overwhelmed by his return that he cannot bring himself to tell them the truth. Ruma is a heart patient, and the family doctor, advises Anand to keep his identity to himself for some time, causing emotional distress to both Ruma and Meeta, who are dealing with what they each perceive as a lack of love.

The story again takes a turn as Major Verma who has survived comes back but has lost one leg and is unsure of how Ruma will feel about him now. Misunderstanding and high drama goes on but the film comes to an end with a happy note and both join their life companions.

With the songs In the film, lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi turns melodrama into a meditation on love, war and life. Directed by Amar Jeet (although it is widely believed lead actor and producer Dev Anand’s brother Vijay was the real brains behind it), Hum Dono (1961).

In an interview, noted lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar said that Hum Dono‘s opening song, Abhi Na Jaao Chhodkar continues to inspire him. Calling it “one of the finest romantic duets ever made in Indian cinema”, he spoke of how everything came together — the composition, the vocals of Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhosle and Sahir’s words.

YOUR DAY Horoscope by

Saurabbh Sachdeva

ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

CANCER

Dancing and doing fun things will keep some in perfect health. Timely help from someone close will be a boon for those financially tight at the moment. However, the same cannot be said about business owners, especially where profits are concerned.

Some of you will have to adopt measures to blunt the impact of a lifestyle disease. Consider betting and speculation a big no-no, if you don’t want to ruin yourself financially.

Your performance is likely to improve manifold on the professional front and get noticed.

A family reunion is indicated and promises much enjoyment. Religious minded can go on a spiritually elevating journey. Some of you may get embroiled in a legal battle over property. You will be able to keep up the pace on the academic front.

Adequate health measures will keep you in a fine fettle. You are likely to remain in the saving mode for some more time. Positive developments at work can keep you in an upbeat mood. Differences with your spouse should be best avoided or they may take an ugly turn.

MAR 21 - APR 20

MAY 21 - JUNE 21

JUNE 22 - JULY 23

LEO

VIRGO

LIBRA

SCORPIO

Those ailing for long can expect a miraculous recovery. Keeping a check on expenses is your only hope to save for purchasing a major item. Those in a creative field will achieve much in terms of clientele.

Spouse may differ with your opinion about a social situation.

An exercise buddy can be a blessing in disguise for some. Purchasing expensive items may need to be put on hold. This is the day when you will achieve unprecedented success in your current occupation.

Some of you may not be able to devote much time to family.

Timely treatment of a minor ailment will prevent it getting aggravated.

Returns from previous investments will manage to finance something you desire. Things may not be completely hunky dory on the professional front. Resetting the house may be on the minds.

Choosing a healthy lifestyle at this juncture becomes most essential for some.

Judicious spending and not succumbing to temptations promise to keep your financial situation intact. Market trends can tempt you into playing the stocks, which may prove to be profitable.

JULY 24 - AUGUST 23

AUG 24 - SEP 23

SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

SAGITTARIUS

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

Health remains satisfactory, but aim for total fitness.

Make any excuse, but don’t lend money to anyone today.

Maintaining a working relationship with those you don’t like will be a better option. Home remedy may come in handy in countering a malady. Shifting into a bigger house is possible.

Those doing their bit to shed weight will succeed beyond their expectations!

You will be able to remain strong on the financial front.

Thinking out of the box is likely to get the spotlight on you on the professional front. A pending property issue gets completed.

Health of a family member may cause a bit of a concern, but will be nothing serious. Money comes to you from various sources to fill your coffers. Your strategy for promoting business is likely to be on the right lines and lead to good profits.

Distractions need to be avoided.

Rest and relaxation are yours as you manage to find the perfect getaway.

You may be compelled to spend more on something, but it will be worth it. Keeping a low profile on the professional front may keep you from coming into the notice of those who matter.

NOV 23 - DEC 22

JUHI SESHANI, Model

APR 21 - MAY 20

DEC 23 - JAN 20

JAN 21 - FEB 19

FEB20 - MARCH 20

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Sunny Deol

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ollywood actor and BJP MP from Gurdaspur Sunny Deol has tested positive for Covid, the Himachal Pradesh health secretary said on Tuesday.

Deol has been staying in Kullu district for the past few days, Health Secretary Amitabh Awasthi said. According to information received from the district

chief medical officer, the MP and his friends were planning to leave for Mumbai, but his Covid test result came out positive on Tuesday. The 64-yearold Bollywood actor had undergone shoulder surgery in Mumbai and was recuperating at a farmhouse near Manali.

—Agency

ritish singer Rita Ora apologized on Monday for breaking COVID-19 lockdown rules by holding a birthday party, saying it was “a serious and inexcusable error of judgment.” Under lockdown rules that end Wednesday, all pubs and restaurants in England must close except for takeout and delivery, and people are barred from meeting indoors with members of other households.

“It was a spur of the moment decision made with the misguided view that we were coming out of lockdown and this would be OK,” she wrote. Ora said she now realized “how irresponsible these actions were and I take full responsibility.”

—Agency

he ‘Stranger Things’ star Millie Bobby Brown shared a tearful video on Instagram Story, recounting the uncomfortable incident when a fan filmed her without her permission. She has deleted the video from her social media now. She said a young fan asked her to take a video, but when Brown declined, the girl filmed her. In her black and white clip, Brown recalled: “She said, ‘Can I take a video of you?’ I said, ‘Um, no’. But why would anyone want to be taken a video of ? Of me? It’s not like the both of us.” She added: “I don’t need to justify it to anyone. If I don’t want to be taken a video of, I don’t have to be.” —Agency

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groom’s attire, we seem to have run out of words to describe the beautiful bride. She colour coordinated with Aditya and wore an ivory lehenga teamed up with a pink dupatta.

Shweta also wore matching jewellery that further completed her bridal look.

—Agency

ver two months after Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik welcomed their daughter, the supermodel took to Instagram and shared a few never-before-seen photos from her pregnancy days. Through the period, Gigi opted to keep her pregnancy away from the spotlight. Although she gave us a look at her growing baby bump via an Instagram Live in the summer, she shared minimal photos from the phase. However, Gigi has now shared three new photos from the late summer and it features Zayn Malik.

—Agency

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Selena Gomez

eacock is owning up to its mistake in their new series, Saved By The Bell and has decided to take down the graffiti scenes mocking Selena Gomez’s kidney transplant. If you missed it, over the weekend, the streaming network and the show came under fire after featuring a few scenes, as well as some graffiti on the wall of the school that mocked Selena Gomez‘s kidney transplant. There are two separate scenes in episode six of the Peacock series, in one scene from the show, two students (not of the main cast) are overheard arguing about just who was Selena‘s transplant donor – ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber‘s mom or singer Demi Lovato.

—Agency

ADITYA NARAYAN TIED KNOT wani and matching turban as he headed to take his ‘dulhania’ home.

One could also see his father Udit Narayan dancing with joy.

There is no denying the fact that the two of them look regal in the picture.

While we have already described the

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ditya Narayan has tied the knot with his ladylove Shweta Agarwal on Tuesday. The couple’s marriage has been the talk of the town ever since it was announced.

The groom was seen in an ivory white sher-

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TEARFUL VIDEO

Millie Bobby Brown

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hawn Mendes and Niall Horan go a long way! Over the years, we’ve seen the Stitches singer and the One Direction member shower each other with love and support. Recently, we caught a glimpse of their friendship in a video posted by Shawn. The singer took to Instagram and shared a post with photos and videos to talk about all “good things.” Speaking of the video featuring the two singers, Shawn and Niall were seen sending Shawn’s girlfriend Camila Cabello love.

—Agency

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Shweta Agarwal and Aditya Narayan

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n actor making Btown and more importantly women in general proud with her content-driven movies, Konkona Sen Sharma, as an actor has given us movies that we can look back and deeply contemplate. With two National Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards in her resume, Sen who turns 41 is more than just a powerful actor with her acting jobs but in other corners such as education and art. Fans are eagerly waiting to see this stunning actor on the big screen soon. —City First

PANKAJ TRIPATHI REVEALED A SECRET

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anveer Singh sent his fans in a flurry of excitement last year when he announced that he will be playing Indian cricketer Kapil Dev and chronicling India’s first World Cup victory. However, the pandemic played spoilsport and the film’s April 2020 re-

Pankaj’s post

lease had to be pushed.

The makers are keen on releasing the film on the big screen and Pankaj Tripathi will be essaying the role of India’s coach PR

Man Singh.

Pankaj often goofed around with Ranveer Singh and the teammates.

“I’d take advantage of my seniority and my role to admonish them sometimes, and if we packed up early, I’d regale them with stories and my extensive knowledge,” Pankaj revealed. —Agency

Konkona Sen Sharma

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CONGRATULATIONS AND CELEBRATIONS!

Groom Rishi with bride Akshima

A candid moment caught between mother and daughter

Jyoti, Akshima, Sharad and Apoorva Khandelwal

Congress Leader Jyoti and Sharad Khandelwal’s daughter Akshima tied the knot to Rishi, son of Anita and Dr Rakesh Sachdeva at Woods Villa Resort, Jaipur on 30 November. Given the corona pandemic, marriage program was concluded with only 50 members and all the corona protocols were followed on the occasion.

THE ART OF DANCING

AESTHETICALLY BEAUTIFUL City First showcases a few designs of Sakh Jaipur, a participating designer of The Fashion Connect Season 8 by First India!

HAPPY B’DAY!

RPSC Chairman Bhupendra Yadav celebrated his birthday on 2 December, Wednesday. We wish him all the best!

BUZZZ Sanjay Dhaka during Digital Baal Mela

CII Conference

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anjay Dhaka who has shown his flair in India’s Got Talent Season 3, told the kids in Digital Baal Mela

by LIC, that it is important to be stubborn to be a good dancer.

When Sanjay Dhaka joined the children online on Wednesday evening in the Mahakumbh of children, the children fond of dancing raised many questions one after the other.

The children of Digital Baal Mela requested Sanjay Dhaka to

join the Virtual Meet once again. Sanjay Dhaka said that the lack of school for the children cannot be met but the Baal Mela has done a lot to fill their lives.

Shweta Goyal, an artist and an assistant professor at IIS University will join the series today.

Children who are interested in drawing can join a zoom meeting in Digital Baal Mela’s online session today at 4 pm. This is a free session organised by the Future Society, sponsored by LIC. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

Common man’s

PROBLEMS!

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fter a successful virtual season of ‘The Fashion Connect’ by First India, the eighth season of the same is all set to be held on 16 December at Rambagh Palace Jaipur. There are various stunning fashion designers on board, with ‘Sakh Jaipur’ being one of them.

Sakh Jaipur, started by a brother-sister duo is inspired by vintage style and focuses majorly on craftsmanship.

From hand-drawn prints to perfectly handcrafted outfits, they focus on real techniques of fashion.

Neha Khatri

Neha Khatri

from Sakh Jaipur stated, “We have tried our level best to soak the aesthetic beauty of Jaipur and reflect them in the designs. During

the period of lockdown and after it the craftsman suffered a lot, as well the businesses which make timeless pieces.

But we believe the charm of real craftsmanship on the outfits will never fade.

We will keep impressing e ve r yo n e with the outfits we design.”

RAJ: The 2nd edition of International Conference on Disability & Rehabilitation is going to be organised

by CII Webex platform today and on Friday at 11:20 am. Chief Minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot has confirmed to be the Chief Guest at the special session of the conference today.

—City First

M.L Memorial Oration RAJ: M.L Mehta Memorial Foundation and HCM Ripa, Jaipur are going to organise 6th M.L Mehta Memorial Oration on Good Governance Practices by Add. Secretary Govt. of India & Director-General, National Centre of Good Governance along with Chief Secretary, Govt. of Rajasthan Niranjan Arya on 7 December. —City First

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iven the transition of Corona, strict steps like night curfew have been taken by the state government at the district headquarters, which is quite commendable.

But through a memorandum, the Congress collector Amit Dhariwal informed the district collector about the problems being faced by the common man.

Amit Dhariwal shared that the nocturnal curfews in the MBS Hospital and J.K. lawn hospital cause a lot of trouble for the

patients. For the convenience of the patients, some business establishments in the vicinity of the hospital were identified and apprised to the District Collector for permission to open during the night curfew or to provide this facility in Indira Rasoi run by the State Government.

Not only this, but people are also facing parking issues.

Encroachments around parking areas should be removed with immediate effect so that the public can avail the facility of parking. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

Charvi Tanya Dutta

he journey of Elite Miss Rajasthan audition has seen a plethora of talented contestants fighting it out to make their mark in the journey ahead.

WHAT’S HAPPENING!

RAJ: Dr Gaurav Jain interacted with the audience in the online weekly series ‘Our Rajasthan Saksham Rajasthan’ organised by Diya Kumari Foundation.

Gaurav shared interesting experiences of his musical journey at the event anchored by Esma Aggarwal.

Rajasthan’s most prominent beauty pageant Elite Miss Rajasthan 2020 season- 7 has successfully headed towards its finale and after 2 months of the remarkable auditions in Kota, Udaipur and Jodhpur it now

calls for the final audition of this year. Elite Miss Rajasthan 2020 is going to organise its last set of auditions in Jaipur for the city aspirants at Hotel Hilton on 3 December, today at 3 pm. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

HAPPY B’DAY! —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI

GUJ: King Star Sports Academy is organising a Football Tournament in Ahmedabad to honour the Football legend Diego Maradona whom the world has lost recently. Due to the ongoing pandemic, Football players in the state have been craving for a long time while sitting in their homes. King star Sports Academy has organised the Football Tournament1st 7 A-Side Youth League with around 300 players between 15 and 17 age. This is the first Tournament of its kind that will be played to honour India’s football legend.

(GUJ) IAS SJ Haider celebrated his birthday on 2 December, Wednesday. We wish him all the best!