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conduct in festive season REMEMBER, COVID-19 IS STILL AROUND SAYS MODI TO NATION, WHILE EMPHASISING IMPORTANCE OF WEARING MASKS

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the countrymen should not forget that the lockdown may be over but the virus that causes the Coronavirus disease is still around as he addressed the nation.

“It has been a long journey from Janta Curfew to now. Economic activities are also increasing. Many people have started going out of their houses. The festival season is around and markets too have been full of buzz,” said PM Modi.

The prime minister then highlighted the strides made by the country in the battle against Covid-19, but said that the number of cases are increasing in other parts if the world.

He asked the people of the country to be care-

ful. “Recent videos show that people are becoming very lax with the precautions we take. Videos show that people are being irresponsible and not taking the steps advised to a very large extent.

This cannot happen,” he said.

“We must not think that things are normal again.

You are putting yourselves, your families, children and elders in your home in grave danger by not taking the proper precautions,” PM added.

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In this festive season, markets are bright again but we need to remember that the lockdown might have ended but the virus still persists.

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With efforts of every Indian over last 7-8 months, India is in a stable situation, we must not let it deteriorate.

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India recovery rate in the country is good. The fatality rate is low.

In India, 5,500 people out of every 10 Lakh population in India are infected, whereas in countries like the US & Brazil this figure is around 25,000.

Wayanad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday stepped up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the military standoff with China in eastern Ladakh, telling him the nation wants to know when will the Chinese troops be thrown out of Indian territory.

“The prime minister will not say one word about China”, the Wayanad MP, who is on a three day visit to his parliamentary constituency, told a news conference here.

Gandhi was responding to questions, including one about Modi’s announcement that he will share a message with the nation at 6 pm on Tuesday. “ I don’t think there’s any other country in the world today where a foreign power can take land from the country and then no answer from the leadership.

This is shocking to me....So what I would like is the prime minister to tell the nation

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference in Wayanad on Tuesday.

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tunate.”

Kamal Nath ji is from my party but personally, I don’t like the type of language that he used…I don’t appreciate it... regardless of who he is. It is unforRahul Gandhi, Congress leader (See P5)

when the Chinese are going to be thrown out of Indian territory,” Gandhi said.

The union government had earlier termed as “mischievous interpretation” the Congress’ claims that China had occupied Indian territory in the eastern Ladakh region. “What’s the date by which the Chinese soldiers are go-

ing to be kicked out of India? That’s what I want to know. But I guarantee you that the prime minister won’t have the guts to say that”, he said when asked about Modi’s address to the Nation later this evening. Gandhi said it’s a lie that nobody has taken any land from this country, adding, Turn to P6

Backing farmers! Punjab rejects Raj ACB arrests ADG UIDAI CBI to probe TRP Centre’s Laws, passes own Bills for taking bribe in Delhi scam on UP govt’s Assembly passed 4 Bills after an over 5-hour long recommendation discussion, in which BJP MLAs did not take part Ahtesham Siddiqi

Chandigarh: Following a marathon fivehour discussion, the Punjab Legislative Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed four Bills to negate the Centre’s three contentious farm laws. The legislations were backed by the Opposition parties, including SAD, AAP and MLAs of Lok Insaaf Party even though BJP did not take part in the proceedings.

The Bills seek to amend the Farmers Produce Facilitation Act, the Farmers Agreement and Farm Services Act, the Essential Commodities Act, and the Civil Procedure Code.

The state government’s legislative coun-

Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh speaks during special Assembly Session, in Chandigarh on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

ter provides for imprisonment of not less than three years and fine for sale or purchase of wheat or paddy under a farming agreement below the minimum support price. The provisions exempt farmers

from the attachment of land up to 2.5 acres and provide for the prevention of hoarding and black marketing of agricultural produce.

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BL Soni

Dinesh MN

Accused Pankaj Goyal

Naveen Sharma

Goyal accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh at UIDAI regional office in New Delhi.

The daredevil action was conducted by Kota ACB ASP Thakur Chandrasheel Kumar under the direct supervision of ACB DG BL Soni and ADG Dinesh MN. The accused ADG of UIDAI was incharge of the Aadhar identity cards for five states includ-

ing Rajasthan. Ironically, Goyal is a resident of Bhusawar in Rajasthan.

ACB DG BL Soni said that the arrested UIDAI senior officer Goyal was demanding Rs1 lakh bribe for allotting 10 franchise kiosks to the complainant, from Kota, who had applied for Aadhaar franchise.

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Kota: Apart from being the first ‘big fish’ in ACB net after BL Soni took over the charge, in perhaps the first of its kind action in its history, the Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) team arrested the Assistant Director General of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Pankaj

Lucknow: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday took over the probe into alleged manipulation of Television Rating Points (TRP) after registering an FIR. The cenral agency took over the probe from Lucknow police on the recommendation of Uttar Pradesh government. A case was registered in Lucknow’s Hazratganj police station on the complaint of a person named Kamal Sharma, which was transferred to the CBI. The FIR has been registered against unidentified people. The charges include manipulating the TRPs using

forged means. The alleged scam was brought to light by Mumbai police earlier this month which registered a case.

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ALL FOR FARMERS

Raj to ‘in principle’ follow Punjab in nullifying farm laws soon: CM Special session of Raj Assembly to be called in November to bring bills against Centre’s farm laws, state second in nation to do so Naresh Sharma Jaipur: In order to neutralize the three new agricultural laws of the Central government, the Rajasthan government will also pass three new bills in the Assembly on the lines

of Punjab government.

The state government will call a special session of the Assembly in the first week of November for the purpose.

This decision was taken in the meeting of the Council of Ministers held at the Chief Minis-

ter’s residence on Tuesday night under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi had instructed the Congress-ruled state governments to call the Assembly session and pass a resolution to bypass the laws of the Centre in their respective states.

Rajasthan government was awaiting Punjab government’s move

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot

in this matter. On October 12, there was a meeting of Gehlot government’s Council of Ministers on this matter, but no decision could be taken then.

However, the Punjab government, on Tuesday, passed a resolution against the Centre’s Laws in a special session of the Assembly.

Also, three new bills were passed by Punjab Assembly. On receiving this information, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot

immediately convened a meeting of the Council of Ministers and asked to take a decision for Rajasthan on the lines of Punjab itself.

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh had moved the resolution in the Assembly, under which the government has passed three new laws which included different provisions from the Centre.

During the meeting on Tuesday, the Council of Ministers empha-

sized on the need of procurement of crops at the minimum support price. At the same time, discussion was also held on restoration of the rights of the civil court for settlement of disputes between farmers and traders related to purchase of crops.

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CONG LEADER JOINS BJP, REBELS IN FOCUS NOW Amber’s Cong Prez Shahzad Khan joined BJP ahead of municipal polls Yogesh Sharma Jaipur: The Congress got a shocker on Tuesday when its leader from the Amber area party prez Shahzad Khan joined the BJP ahead of the municipal corporation elections.

The development is considered a setback to the Congress and is likely to benefit BJP in the minority-dominated areas.

Khan, who joined the saffron party in the presence of state BJP president and MLA from Amer Satish Poonia, said he resigned from the Cong in view of the anti-Muslim policies of Congress in ticket distribution. “I will now work for the BJP under the leadership of Satish Poonia,” he said.

Khan also applauded PM Narendra Modi’s ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas’ slo-

Satish Poonia with Congress leader from Amber area Shahzad Khan who joined the BJP on Tuesday.

gan. He said he would work to connect the minority communities with the BJP. The ruling Congress has started the management of rebels most of which have shown their anger after ticket distribution. Chief whip and Hawa Mahal MLA Mahesh Joshi started persuading the rebels.

“The workers who have

filled the nomination after getting angry for not getting tickets are being approached for discussion. We will request them to withdraw the nomination. The party will honour the workers in every possible way but it is not possible to give tickets to all,” said Joshi.

Urban development and housing minister

and Jaipur’s in-charge minister Shanti Dhariwal is also learned to have called several rebel party workers. The party leaders are hoping for a comeback of the rebels in a day or two as those who have filed nominations as independents are likely to withdraw their names after consultation with senior leaders.

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First India Bureau Udaipur: A panther attacked and killed a four-year-old girl on Monday evening in Peepar village of Gogunda area in Udaipur district, said a police official. The predator caught the victim from the neck and dragged her inside the forest area near the farms where she was sitting. After the incident, the forest staff has been searching for a predator and have installed cages to catch it.

The incident occurred a few days after a woman, who had gone to collect grass from a forest area near Udaipur-Banswara highway, on October 15, was mauled by a panther. The woman was about 300 meters inside the forest areas and badly mauled. The post mortem took place on Tuesday morning.

Jaipur: Cong leader Sachin Pilot on Tuesday exuded confidence that Grand Alliance involving his party and RJD will form govt in Bihar following the upcoming assembly elections.

“The election campaign of the Congress and RJD is going well and a change will take place in Bihar with Cong-RJD alliance forming govt,” he told reporters. Targeting the BJPled government at the Centre over the issue of

Sachin Pilot pays floral tributes to Laxmi Devi wife of Sitaram Agarwal on Tuesday.

farm laws, Pilot said there is no minister at Central Cabinet who can raise voice for the cause of farmers. About the six civic bodies election in Jaipur, Jodhpur, and Kota, Pilot said Cong will form boards in all

municipal corporations.

On issue of AICC panel which was formed to look into the issues raised by him and other MLAs in August, Pilot that the committee would soon come to a conclusion.

Jaipur: The mask has been in the focus and the most sought-after item ever since corona pandemic struck the world.

It has now also become a medium of campaigning in the municipal corporation elections in the state where the political parties are using the masks for their publicity.

A number of independent candidates are also likely to adopt this strategy once they are allotted symbols. But the ruling Congress party has taken the lead by getting a ‘Hand’ symbol printed on the masks and distributing them to the workers.

The masks were displayed along with other publicity material at the PCC headquarters on Tuesday. There is a craze among the leaders and the workers regarding publicity material based on Covid theme, said Mumtaz Masih, former vice president of PCC.

250 candidates to woo 21L voters in civic polls Shivendra Pramar Jaipur: More than 21 lakh voters have a chance to use their franchise to select the local government in six municipal corporations.

Though a large number of new voters have been added, the major influence in the Jaipur municipal corporation elections will be of voters aged between 26 to 59 who form the largest chunk of the franchise.

Of these, the voters aged between 36 and 59 form more than 45 percent of total voters in both JMC Heritage and Greater. This means the fate of 250 candidates is in the hands of these mature voters, rather than the youth.

According to the district election office statistics, there are a total of 21 lakh, 61 thousand 901 voters, in both municipal corporations. Of these a total of 12 lakh 29 thousand 60 voters are in JMC Great-

ELECTION DATA JMC GREATER

er while in JMC Heritage more than nine lakh voters are registered. A total of 28 transgenders are also registered in both corporations.

This time the candidates have got very little time for canvassing.

There is also a challenge before the election officials as the number of wards have been increased from 91 to 250 by bifurcating the JMC into two. The election department officials are, however, confident of holding free and fair elections as record polling was reported in recently held panchayat elections despite the corona scare.

JMC HERITAGE

In JMC Greater, the BJP and the Congress have fielded 22 and 24 candidates respectively less than 30 years. In JMC Heritage, 50 candidates are between 31 and 45 years of age. The youngest candidate is 21-year-old.

‘Manage rebels, ensure victory’ Aishwary Pradhan Jaipur: The Bharatiya Janata Party has tasked its candidates in Jaipur on Tuesday to reach out to the rebels in their respective wards, placate them, and ensure victory in the elections.

In a meeting of the candidates from both JMC Heritage and Greater, the party leaders gave a quick message that the party had given them a chance after consultations and discussions as such they should not leave any stone unturned to emerge victoriously.

“You are lucky that you have been selected

Election campaign material of various political parties being prepared during the local bodies elections, in Jaipur on Tuesday.

after opinion sharing and mutual discussions at the organisation level. There are other eligible candidates also and it is not that only those given tickets are eligible. But the organi-

sation gives responsibility after mutual consultation and discussion and it is now your responsibility to fulfill their wishes,” said state BJP president Satish Poonia.

The candidates were directed to reach out to the rebels who have filed nomination as independents and to persuade them to support the party candidates.

“You should visit their houses and talk to them for the solidarity of the party in a cordial atmosphere,” said a senior party leader.

It was also conveyed to the candidates that in the organisation all were workers and no one was above or below anyone. All BJP workers should work together to win with solidarity, leaving all the resentment and mutual rivalries aside, Poonia said.

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First India Bureau Jaipur: A section of advocates continued their demonstration on the second consecutive day on Tuesday demanding a physical hearing in the high court. The advocates are demanding physical hearing in courtrooms along with the hearing through video conference.

The agitating lawyers

held a demonstration but they were stopped by policemen from going beyond Satyamev entry gate.

Advocates Poonam Chand Bhandari, Susan Mathew, Sunita Tiwari, RA Verma, Raj Sharma said that the chief justice should understand the problems and situation of advocates and should start physical hearing.

Churu: Four motorcycle-borne men were killed on the spot when their two-wheeler collided with a truck laden with stubble on Balia stand on Sardarshahar road from Taranagar on Monday late night, the police said.

The deceased Vikram Kaswan, Mangilal Kaswan, Golu Kaswan, Suresh Kaswan, all aged between 20 to 22 years, were residents of Dhana Kas-

Woman arrested for killing husband Jaisalmer: The district police has made further disclosures in the murder of Kaushalaram in Meghvalon ki Dhani in Madhopur village of the Sankda area.

The police had already detained the minor wife of the deceased on the report by the father of murdered Kaushalaram. It has now also detained the mother of the minor wife and her paramour.

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Lawyers protest, demand 4 killed in bike-truck accident in Churu PATWARI HELD FOR physical hearing in HC TAKING BRIBE

INTERROGATION BEGINS

Suryaveer Singh

Mask becomes a medium of campaigning

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Panther kills Cong-RJD to win Bihar polls, will 4-year-old girl go there for campaigning: Pilot near Udaipur PILOT HOPEFUL OF A FAVOURABLE AJAY MAKEN REPORT

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32-YEAR-OLD MAN KILLS MOTHER

SP Dr Ajay Singh said that the accused during questioning accepted her

crime and also disclosed the help she received from her mother and paramour

in murdering her husband. Dr Ajay Singh said that the accused had an affair with a man in her village before the marriage and she was married to Kaushalaram, allegedly a drunkard, without her consent only 3 months ago.

The accused revealed that the sleeping pills used to make the deceased unconscious were supplied by her mother and her paramour helped her plan the murder.

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Two-wheeler collided with a truck.

wan. They were traveling from their village to Taranagar when the accident happened.

The police said that the overloaded truck was going from Tarana-

gar towards Sardarshahar. In a head-on collision, the deceased was seriously injured and died on the spot. The truck driver absconded from the spot.

Jodhpur: A Patwari was arrested for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 3,500 for mutation work in Jodhpur district. The accused Patwari Pavan Kumar, posted in Sanvreez under Phalodi tehsil, had demanded the bribe from one Pappu Ram for the mutation work.

After verification of the complaint, a trap

Woman held Aanjana accuses Centre for looting man of being anti-farmer First India Bureau Nirmal Tiwari

Jaipur: Police has arrested a woman Parveen alias Shilpi along with her two accomplices for looting Rs 2.95 lakh from the Jhotwara resident Ravindra Kumar Nirvan. Ravindra had lodged a complaint that he met a Delhi resident couple on the Sindhi camp bus stand during the lockdown. Later the woman called her and offered her a lucrative deal in exchange for American dollars.

Jaipur: The online registration for the govt purchase of green and black gram along with soybean started in the state as scheduled but with NAFED refusing to buy the groundnut crop at MSP a section of farmers is visibly upset.

Cooperative minister Uday Lal Aanjana got furious about the attitude of the central govt and is accusing it of being anti-farmer.

Aanjana said that he

along with the department officers has been in regular touch with the officers of the central govt and he has even written to the Central Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar on the issue but so far there has been no response.

Aanjana accused the central govt of doublespeak on the issue of MSP as NAFED is refusing to purchase the groundnut crop at MSP because it already has the required stocks of the same.

was laid by the anti-corruption bureau and the accused was held while accepting the bribe amount in his house located in Sanjay Nagar near Rai ka bagh in Phalodi. He had put the bribe amount in the drawer of a table. ACB team led by Additional SP Durg Singh Rajpurohit checked the drawer and found unaccounted cash of Rs. 31000 along with Rs 3500.

Man sentenced for minor’s rape First India Bureau Dungarpur: The POCSO special court sentenced Behna resident Prakash Damor to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment along with Rs 18,000 fine in a case of rape of a minor in 2018. Special Public Prosecutor Yogesh Joshi said that the accused Prakash Damor had kidnapped the minor girl on September 5, 2018.

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COVID-19: Rajasthan records 14 deaths, 1,897 new cases MAXIMUM 353 CORONA DEATHS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM JAIPUR, FOLLOWED BY 169 IN JODHPUR First India Bureau Jaipur: The state reported a rather low figure of 1,897 new cases of Corona on Tuesday continuing with the new trend on the third consecutive day.

According to the health bulletin, 1,55,095 people have been discharged after treatment.

So far, the maximum COVID-19 deaths have been reported from Jaipur (353), followed Jodhpur (169), Bikaner (131), Ajmer (129), Kota (113) among others.

Maximum 386 new cases of Covid-19 were reported from Jaipur, as usual, followed by 233 from Jodhpur.

155 cases were from Alwar, 148 from Bikaner, 121 from Ajmer, 102 from Udaipur, 101 from Sikar, 99 from Ganganagar, 90 from Nagaur, 74 from Kota, 70 from Bharatpur, 66 from Jhunjhunu, 43 from Jaolre, 37 from Pali, 28

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Doctors wearing PPE kit, stand outside a locality in Pushkar for Corona testing.

from Barmer, 23 from Churu, 18 from Hanumangarh, 17 each from Bhilwara & Dausa, 12 from Sawai Madhopur, 10 from Jaisalmer, 8 from Rajsamand, 6 each from Banswara & Chittorgarh, 5 each from Bundi, Dholpur & Tonk, 4 each from Jhalawar & Pratapgarh and one

from Karauli.

The tally for the total infected so far has reached 1,77,123. Tuesday also reported 14 deaths from across the state with 2 deaths reported from Jodhpur and one each from Ajmer, Alwar, Bharatpur, Bikaner, Chittorgah, Ganaganagar,

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jaipur, Kota, Rajsamand, Sikar, Sirohi and Tonk. The total deaths has reached 1,774 as of Tuesday evening as per the official report.

The state now has 20,254 active cases of the deadly infection; while 2,522 patients recovered in the past 24 hours.

Miscreants create ruckus at Dudi’s home Laxman Raghav Bikaner: Two firing incidents took place in Bikaner in the last 24 hours; while some miscreants created ruckus at the residence of former Leader of Opposition, Rameshwar Dudi.

A motorcycle-borne miscreant opened fire at the car of Jugal Rathi, the President of trade and industry association whereas, a car

Rameshwar Dudi

was set ablaze at the residential premises of Narendra Surana, the nephew of BJP leader Mohan Surana on Wednesday night.

Cong leaders remember Mirdha on birth anniv First India Bureau Jaipur: Congress leaders including former PCC President, Chief Whip Mahesh Joshi, former MP Ashk Ali Tank and others paid floral tributes to former MP Nathuram Mirdha on his birth anniversary. The leaders offered flowers on his portrait and remembered him.

Mumtaz Masih, Rukeshkant Vyas, Girriraj Garg, Rajesh Chaudhary, Prashant Sharma, Suresh Mishra, Jas-

Corona blast @ Railways as 10 officials test +ve

want Gurjar, Ayub Khan, Randeep Dhankar, Lalit Loonwal, Pratap Poonia, Gopal Kesawat, Akhilesh Atri, Sharif Khan, Brijkishore Pathak, Laduram Bairwa, Shrawan Chaubey, Mahendra Singh Khedi, Sadik Chauhan, Raju Khan, Sitaram Bairwa, Rajesh Oande, Dhan Singh Naruka, Omprakash Zaidiya and Satyendra Singh Jadon and other leaders paid respects to Mirdha at the party office.

A man named, Hariom Ramawat had been demanding extortion money of Rs 5 lakh from Narendra Surana and it is suspected that

the incident (of burning car) is linked to the extortion.

On the other hand, some miscreants reached the residence of Congress leader Rameshwar Dudi and had a verbal spat with his security guards.

SP Prahlad Krishnia and other officers reached the residence of Dudi and said that the accused will be arrested soon.

COURTESY MEET

(Above) Raghu Raj Singh and CR Chaudhary (Below) called upon Governor Kalraj Mishra at Raj Bhawan on Tuesday. According to the sources at Raj Bhawan, it was an informal visit to Governor’s residence.

Jaipur: About10 Railway personnel including HOD Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, Mukesh Saini along with Assistant Commercial Manager, Rajesh Singh have tested positive for Coronavirus.

They have gradually added to the number of Corona Cases in the city.

The strange part is that despite the instructions from the Railway Board to only call 50% of staff on any working day, the DRM is calling the entire staff to the office every day.

Several Corona cases have been reported from various departments and wings of North Western Railway HQs earlier.

Jaipur: Confederation of Indian industry (CII) organised a Virtual Conference on Food Processing Industry – Advantage Rajasthan as part of CII India International Food & Agri Week 2020.

The Conference aimed to understand the importance of Food Processing Industries and advantages & scope available in Rajasthan

in totality. “Livestock & Animal Husbandry gives income for whole year & works as insurance to farmers and financial security” said Dr Rajesh Sharma, Secretary, Animal Husbandry, Government of Rajasthan. Rajasthan has highest number of livestock in India & has huge potential in camel dairy, camel milk has medicinal value and private investor can start the processing industry

Dr Om Prakash

as new business avenue, he added.

Dr Om Prakash, Commissioner, Agriculture, Government of Rajasthan said that after COVID Pandemic spread few industrialists wants to do agricultural activities because

of the importance of the sector arises. Rajasthan is the largest producer of Agriculture Raw Material but getting processed in other States.

He also informed that future is very bright for nutri-cereals such as millets & maize because of their nutrient value.

Rajasthan has best Food Processing policy in India and industries must invest in the food processing sector.

Travel during Corona: Life limping back to normal Kashiram Chaudhary Jaipur: The life is limping back to normal with simultaneous fight with Coronavirus on and this clearly reflects in the increasing number of passengers in modes of public transport. But it seems that Covid-19 has changed some travel basics, which people have been used to until now.

The difference between the rail and air fare has reduced so much that the airfare for certain destinations from Jaiur is almost similar to

AIR ASIA’S NEW JPR TO KOLKATA FLIGHT

Air Asia has started a new flight, I5-921, to Kolkata from Jaipur which will fly from Jaipur at 2.30 pm on every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. It is noteworthy that the flight by Air Asia will be the sixth option for passengers with Indigo, GO Air and Spicejet already having 3,1 and 1 flights on the same route already.

train fare. The train from jaipur to Pune takes 23 hours and charges Rs 4,240 for Ist AC, Rs 2,675 for II AC, Rs 1,945 for III AC and Rs 765 for sleeper class while the airfare covering the distance from Jaipur to Pune in only 1.30 hrs is between Rs 3,800-4,000. The passengers are also finding dif-

ferent fares for the same destination by Railways to be strange.

In pre- Covid times, it was the ‘price war’ between the airlines but post Covid, the passenger hungry airlines have targeted railway tracks too. The strategy of this ‘price war’ can be understood from the train connectivity to Chennai, which is zero as of now and therefore, the air fare is as high as Rs7-8000, but on all the train routes with good connectivity, the airlines are charging a premium of 15-30%.

TRAIN FARE FROM JPR & TIME TAKEN Jaipur-Mumbai Central `2,415–20 hrs Jaipur-Bandra Terminus `2,100–17 hrs Jaipur-Kolkata (Siyaldah) `2,885–25 hrs Jaipur-Kolkata `2,465–23 hrs Jaipur-Pune `4,240–`2,675 – 23 hrs

AIR FARES & DESTINATION

Mumbai-Jaipur Bengluru-Jaipur Kolkata-Jaipur Hyderabad-Jaipur Pune-Jaipur Ahmedabad-Jaipur

`3,481 – 1.25 hrs `5,100 – 2.10 hrs `4,551 – 1.50 hrs `4,197 – 1.45 hrs `3,811 – 1.35 hrs `3,755 – 50 mins

IN THE COURTYARD

Application to cancel PILs in MLA issue First India Bureau Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday, induced hearing in the matter of notices for disqualification issued

by Assembly Speaker to rebel Congress MLAs during which an application was moved for rejecting all petitions.

The application was

moved by Mohanlal Nama through his counsel which was opposed by the Advocate General, who argued that the division bench has kept two legal points in the matter under consideration and no decision on the petitions should be taken till the legal points are not decided.

In the application, it

was prayed that it was a political matter and both the factions are now united and therefore, all petitions in-

cluding one filed by Prithviraj Meena should be rejected with heavy penalty.

During the hearing, justice Sabina made a verbal remark whether there is anything left in the petitions.

After the hearing, the High Court posted the matter for next hearing on December 2 this year.

Karauli priest murder: HC seeks govt’s reply in 3 days

Private school fee: Raj HC CJ to hear matter on October 23

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Jaipur: Rajasthan HC, sought reply from state government within three days over the burning of a priest in Karauli district.

A division bench of Justice Sabina and Justice CK Songara took cognisance of a letter sent by a SC lawyer, Pavan Prakash Pathak & accepted the letter as a PIL. State government will have to file a reply

by October 23.

Babulal Vaishnav, 50, was allegedly set on

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fire after a dispute over temple land.

He later succumbed to burn injuries at SMS hospital in Jaipur on October 8. His family had refused to perform cremation demanding Rs 50 lakh compensation, government job for a family member, removal of police and revenue staff, and arrest of all accused. The police had arrested two accused. State government had given over Rs 10 lakh compensation & promised a contractual job to a kin.

Jaipur: A division bench of Chief Justice, Indrajit Mahanty will conduct hearing in the matter related to private schools fees on October 23.

The hearing over the significant issue was scheduled to be held on Tuesday, but on an appeal by the state government and advocate Sunil Samdadiya, the hearing was postponed.

The ban on recovery of school fees will

continue till the next hearing on the matter, which will take place on October 23, 2020.

It is noteworthy to mention that the state government had filed an affidavit on Monday and had also informed the High Court that a committee has been constituted for fixing the fees of private schools.

The State government had also sought seven-days’ time to file its reply in the matter in the High Court.

Ajmer cops arrest three in Bhagchand Chotiya murder First India Bureau

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Ajmer: Ajmer police have solved the murder case of Bhagchand Chotia within 48 hours by arresting three accused involved in the case.

Chotia, who was a key witness in Bhanwar Sinodiya murder case, was shot dead in broad day light in Kishangarh after which SP Ajmer, Kunwar Rastradeep camped in Kishangarh and the police team caught

Ajmer cops with the arrested accused in the murder case.

three accused.

The murder of Chotia was planned by Balwa Ram Jat, who is the main accused in Bhanwar Sinodiya murder case and presently lodged at Dholpur jail.

Heeralal, Ramdayal and Devaram, who were involved in Chotia murder case, were arrested while another accused Hanuman Ram is absconding and search is on to trace him.

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IN-DEPTH

HEED PM’S ADVICE ON PANDEMIC TO AVOID RECURRENCE

SHUBHRANSHU SINGH The writer is a corporate professional, marketing leader, columnist and a social and political commentator. He writes on brand building, marketing, history, politics, technology and business

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estival season is here. And the end of the lockdown has given the festive spirit the buoyancy it deserves. Lest the people lower their guard to enjoy the festive moments, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his short address reminded them that while the lockdown may have ended but the novel coronavirus has not gone. He warned them against throwing caution to the wind as they celebrate Durga puja, Dussehra, Diwali, Chhath Puja, and Eid Milad un Nabi and advised them to follow the necessary pandemic protocols of wearing masks and maintaining a safe distance with one another.

The prime minister said that corona cases in India were on the decline, the recovery rate was high and the fatality rate was low. He compared the situation in India with that in Brazil, the US, Spain, and Britain where the fatality rate was 600 out of every 10 lakh population against India’s 83. The PM emphasized that despite the recovery rate being high, complacency could ruin the success story.

“In this festive season markets are bright again but we need to remember that the lockdown might have ended but coronavirus still persists. With the efforts of every Indian over the last seven-eight months, India is in a stable situation, we must not let it deteriorate,” the PM said.

The “bright markets” have brought with them the fervent hope of an economic revival and a boost in consumer demand during the festival season will help the green shoots visible in the economy take firm roots. Indicators show that there is an increase in electricity and fuel consumption, inter and intra-state movement of goods, and retail financial transactions. Driving the upswing is the agriculture sector which expects a bumper Kharif harvest.

All this advantage will come to naught if the people do not heed the prime minister’s advice.

And the people have really stopped fearing the virus probably because of the high recovery rate and low fatalities. That the people just don’t seem to care can be seen in markets that are bustling with crowds without masks and social distancing. It was also demonstrated at the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan. With more than 25,000 devotees turning up to offer prayers after the temple was opened, it had to be shut indefinitely just after two days.

Puja pandals in West Bengal and elsewhere could turn into hotspots if the Banke Bihari temple incident gets repeated there. The Kolkata High Court has decreed that the pandals will remain out of bounds for visitors but puja organizers have sought a review of the order. Thankfully, Ramlilas have either gone digital or are being performed sans crowds without any fuss.

In Europe, America and Britain Covid-19 has made a comeback leading to fresh lockdowns. It is up to us to ensure that we do not face another phase of confinement.

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Companies are legal entities, but they are also mortal. The average life expectancy of a multinational corporation — Fortune 500 or its equivalent is 40 years. This has been studied by many management thinkers –Jim Collins, Arie de Geus, Peter Drucker, Tom Peters, Richard Pascale amongst others

y entire career has been working with global brands and companies. I have worked in great multinationals such as Unilever, Visa, and Diageo. I have had the privilege of managing global brands in highly competitive categories. I am a supporter of competitive free markets that are sensibly regulated. I sincerely believe that corporations should be exposed to natural competition and the risk of failure. Otherwise, they will not be efficient and the fruits of their sustained success will not accrue to society at large. Capital is the accumulated saving of society. It must fetch return.

A global corporation is an important institution in the modern world. There is an enormous concentration of wealth and influence in the top 1000 corporate entities of the world.

Just one American company Amazon now has a market capitalization that is fast approaching the nominal GDP of India!

Companies are legal entities, but they are also mortal. The average life expectancy of a multinational corporation — Fortune 500 or it’s equivalent is 40 years. This has been studied by many management thinkers –Jim Collins, Arie de Geus, Peter Drucker, Tom Peters, Richard Pascale amongst others.

Undeniably, management has focused on profits. This is what they are supposed to do. It is the fiduciary bargain that gets struck. Their creed is to maximise shareholder value.

Social responsibility is mostly a matter of compliance with the law. Now that thinking has to change. For corporate institutions to flourish it is important to always adapt to the context. Corporations that endure for generations have a cohesive corporate community with a strong sense of identity. They have loved brands with strong consumer communities. They are prudent and conservative in financial matters.

The Fortune 500 was first published in 1955 was led by General Motors, a company that held the

top position for more than 30 years. It was a pillar of the US economy. In 2009 it went bankrupt. Through the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the US Treasury invested a total of $51 billion into the GM bankruptcy.

Today, capital is abundant.

The skills, capabilities, and knowledge of people are scarce.

Learning is tomorrow’s capital. Data is the new oil. Every company needs to grapple with continuous change.

To survive and flourish -business owners, executive management, corporate boards, and senior operations executives must dedicate a great deal of time to nurturing their people.

The essence of wealth creation in the new economy is the deployment of creative capability. All companies desperately need high learning and innovation. Corporations have to turn into networks. They have to look beyond being limited liability companies, a legal frame dating back to the 19th-century industrial enterprises. They have to see themselves as living systems composed of other living systems — the people who worked for them and their allies and partners. A company’s success no longer depends primarily on its ability to raise investment capital. Success depends on the ability of its people to

The essence of wealth creation in the new economy is the deployment of creative capability. All companies desperately need high learning and innovation. Corporations have to turn into networks.

They have to look beyond being limited liability companies, a legal frame dating back to the 19thcentury industrial

learn together and produce new ideas. The corporations that are ready to survive and thrive for long do not see themselves primarily as economic units to produce profits.

Today, in the Fortune 500, the companies which consistently rise —Amazon, Facebook, eBay, Microsoft, Google, Netflix, — have relatively few capital assets. The difference between their high capitalized share values and the low values of capital assets on their balance sheet represents a valuation of the intellectual capability of their human components. In the most successful companies, this valuation is comparatively high.

Most of the longest surviving

The Trump administration targets critical race theory

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n his latest attack on democratic values and principles, US President Donald Trump issued executive orders purging critical race theory (CRT) from diversity training in US federal agencies. According to the first order issued on September 4, “The divisive, false, and demeaning propaganda of the critical race theory movement is contrary to all we stand for as Americans and should have no place in the Federal government.” The order refers to diversity training that involves discussions of white privilege and the systemic forms of racism that are embedded within US history and institutions.

According to the president’s most recent Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping issued on September 22, the so-called

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“destructive ideology” of white privilege is “grounded in misrepresentations of our country’s history and its role in the world.”

It is significant that these directives follow months of nationwide protests against racism in policing and the criminal justice system. The interdisciplinary field of critical race theory occupies an important position in the ideological basis of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Activists protesting against systemic racism have made a point of acknowledging the many important critical race theorists and philosophers of the past and present who have advanced struggles for racial justice.

The radical right has taken note of the relationship between CRT and Black Lives Matter. Breitbart News, for example, defines CRT as “the leftist, racist doctrine

that forms the intellectual underpinnings of Black Lives Matter, Antifa, and other radical organizations currently engaged in unrest on America’s streets.”

CONTEXT AND REACTION The Trump administration’s censorship of CRT is an effort to counter the scholarly and intellectual critique that has been integral within advocacy and policy change to advance

racial, sex and gender justice. It is the ability of CRT to name and challenge systemic racism that makes it confrontational to the ability of white and male privilege and power to remain unmarked, unnamed, and unchallenged. In their response to Trump’s directive, the deans of all five California’s law schools stated that “CRT invites us to confront with unflinching honesty how race has operated in our history

and our present, and to recognize the deep and ongoing operation of ‘structural racism,’ through which racial inequality is reproduced within our economic, political, and educational systems even without individual racist intent.”

Critical race theory has been put into practice through diversity education and training, showing how racism and sexism are not merely beliefs held and perpetuated by individuals, but that these and other forms of discrimination and exclusion are institutional and systemic. To eliminate CRT is to censor words and concepts like intersectionality, implicit bias, stereotyping, stigma, whiteness, white privilege, and systemic and institutional racism, which effectively closes down processes of naming and unlearning unearned privileges

associated with one’s race and gender.

CRT and cognate forms of diversity training have become important means of advancing the equal recognition and rights of those who have been historically excluded and victimized on the basis of their race, gender, disability or sexual orientation not only in the United States but in many parts of the world. In South Africa (the main context in which this author conducts research and teaching), CRT has been integral within efforts to name and challenge the persistence of white supremacy and white privilege in public and private sectors. Critical diversity studies has also emerged as a recognized academic field and area of professional development and training in South Africa.

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corporations –Unilever, Nestle, GE, Coca-Cola - now recruit top people from the outside, which they rarely did before. They have gone past the logic of growing their own timber.

If society thinks of companies primarily as limited-liability organizations, with powerful fiscal legislation protecting them — and if managers have been taught at business school only about efficiency and bottom-line return on investment capital — then we will struggle with the more profound concept of work communities. We will have a hard time making the transition to a world where capital only has a secondary role to play, and where people shouldn’t pay more for capital than its market value.

Conventional business must recognize that the new business reality is about people.

They must see that their critical competitive success factor is producing more talented output than their competitors.

They can only accomplish this by getting people to learn and to work together better.

We all must pay heed to the human side of the enterprise and ensure that companies must be fundamentally humane to prosper.

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IF I AM INEXPERIENCED, WHY IS BJP USING FULL FORCE AGAINST ME? TEJASHWI

The RJD leader also said UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s presence in Bihar on Tuesday will not be a challenge for him Patna: Mahagathbandhan’s chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday hit back at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying that if he is inexperienced as a leader then why is the world’s largest party using its full force against him.

“If I am inexperienced then why are you (BJP) deploying full force against me? This proves that they are desperate. Is Nitish Kumar’s face not working?

BJP is the largest party in the world but they don’t have any CM candidate,” said Yadav while speaking to the reporters. “They have used full force against me and I am alone. They call me inexperienced but I have been an MLA, Leader of Opposition and also held deputy CM’s post. My five years of experience is equivalent to 50 years of expe-

‘Bihar is writing history of progress under Nitish Kumar’

The Yadav scion, Tejashwi, also mocked BJP saying that the world’s largest party does not have a chief ministerial candidate & people have lost faith in Bihar CM Nitish Kumar.

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rience,” he added.

The RJD leader also said the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s presence in Bihar on Tuesday will not be a challenge for him.

“He is not a challenge. They are so des-

perate and in despair, they have understood that they will not form the government again,” he added.

Yadav scion also mocked BJP saying that the world’s largest party does not have a chief ministerial candidate

and people have lost faith in Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Bihar will go to polls in three phases: October 28, November 3 and November 7 for its 243 Assembly seats. The results will be declared on November 10. —ANI

Ramgarh: UP CM and one of the BJP’s star campaigners Adityanath began his campaign for Bihar polls heaping praise on his counterpart Nitish Kumar for ushering in progress and prosperity in the state. His comments came at an election rally in Ramgarh constituency which is also known as ‘mini Chittorgarh’ for the prominent presence of Rajput community. “Bihar is writing the history of progress and prosperity under the leadership of Nitish Kumar,” he said.

He began his speech by invoking Lord Ram and went on to attack the Congress and the RJD for playing caste politics. —ANI

Now, Pakistan supported terrorists cannot enter Kashmir and attack jawans because if they do Indian jawans will enter Pakistan and kill terrorists.

They will not do it,” Adityanath said at a public rally here in Karakat assembly constituency of Bihar. “’Bharat tere tukde honge’ slogan cannot be raised in JNU now. The only slogan being raised in the country is ‘Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat’ under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

—Yogi Adityanath, UP CM

HC seeks ECI reply on party’s plea New Delhi: Delhi HC sought response of the ECI on a plea by the newly formed political outfit, Plurals Party, seeking to use a common symbol of ‘Chess Board’ during the Bihar Assembly polls, scheduled to commence from October 28.

Justice Jayant Nath issued notice to the ECI and asked it to file its reply within four weeks and listed the matter for further hearing on December 21.

The party, represented through advocate Jatan Singh, has sought to direct commission to allow use of a common election symbol of ‘Chess Board’ or any other free symbol.—PTI

Don’t appreciate Kamal Rajnath’s nod to DRDO procurement manual Nath’s remarks on woman leader: RaGa FACILITATING INDIGENOUS DEFENCE INDUSTRY

Wayanad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi condemned former Madhya Pradesh chief minister’s remark against a woman leader and said he personally doesn’t appreciate the language Kamal Nath used.

“Kamal Nath ji is from my party but personally, I don’t like the type of language that he used...I don’t appreciate it, regardless of who he is. It is unfortunate,” said Gandhi on the former MP CM’s “item” remark, while addressing a press briefing in Wayanad. Former CM Kamal Nath referred to Imarti Devi as an “item” at an election meeting in the Dabra assembly constituency in Gwalior district, sparking a controversy.

“Suresh Raje ji hamare ummeedvar hai..yeh uske jaise nah hai...kya hai uska naam ... main kya uska naam lun? ...apko toh mujhe pehle savdhan karna chahiye tha; yeh kya item hai, Kamal Nath said in Hindi. —ANI

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday approved a new procurement manual for Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to encourage the participation of the Indian industries in research and development activity to facilitate the indigenous Defence Industry.

Rajnath Singh said that the new manual

Rajouri: People get jobs under MGNREGA Rahul Gandhi

KAMAL NATH REFUSES TO APOLOGISE Bhopal: Soon after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi condemned former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath’s remark on the woman leader, the latter refused to apologise saying he has already clarified the context in which he made that statement. “It is Rahul Gandhi’s opinion. I have already clarified the context in which I made that statement... Why should I apologise when I did not intend to insult anyone? If anyone felt insulted, I have already expressed regret,” said Nath. Earlier today, Rahul Gandhi while addressing a press briefing in Wayanad condemned Nath’s remarks saying that he did not like the kind of language the former Chief Minister used. —ANI

NADDA ACCUSES CONGRESS OF PRAISING PAK, QUOTES RAGA Buxar: BJP president JP Nadda has accused the Congress of praising Pakistan, citing examples of Rahul Gandhi and Shashi Tharoor. Speaking at a public rally, Nadda said, “See what they say whenever elections come.

Mani Shankar Aiyar had gone to Pakistan and said save us from Modi and remove Modi. This

Rajnath Singh with Secretary DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy during release of PM-2020.

is the patriotism of the Congress party. Shashi Tharoor from the platform of Pakistan abused India and praised Pakistan.”

“Rahul Gandhi speaks the language of Pakistan. On the other hand, Pakistan in UNGA, to raise the issue of Kashmir and Article 370 took the argument of Rahul Gandhi, the BJP president said.

Rajouri: The labourers from the far-flung hilly areas of Kalakote block, 65 kilometres from Rajouri, are relieved after getting employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).

The residents of Barmanadal panchayat in Rajouri had been jobless since the COVID-19 lockdown. “A lot of these labourers working in cities were left unemployed during the COVID-19-induced lockdown. So, the Rural Development Department

CONQUER THE UNCONQUERED: TEJASVI SURYA ON NEW ROLE New Delhi: BJP MP Tejasvi Surya assumed charge as the new president of party’s youth wing in the national capital and said that “we will work towards building political workers for 21st century India”. Surya has succeeded Lok Sabha Mumbai MP Poonam Mahajan after completion of her tenure. “Today, I officially took charge as President of BJYM with blessings from Poonam Mahajan Ji. BJYM will strive to conquer the unconquered; will work towards building political workers for 21st century India; Surya tweeted.

decided to provide them with an alternate source of income near their home,” Khalil Choudhary, Kalakote Block Development Officer, told ANI. “We’re also working to provide these labourers with pucca homes under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana by 2022,” he added.

“Poor people are thanking government for providing them with employment under MGNREGA. They’re hopeful of earning livelihood through this, said a Sarpanch. —ANI

‘No Entry’ boards put outside Bengal pandals after HC order Birbhum: ‘No Entry’ boards were placed outside Puja pandals in the Police Line area of Birbhum after Calcutta HC declared pandals ‘noentry zones’ for visitors in West Bengal in view of ongoing pandemic.

According to the court’s order, only organisers can enter the Puja pandals in the state. The court had also ordered that people would not be allowed within a five-metre distance for small pandals and 10 metre for big pandals. The HC also asked

PNB SCAM: FRESH CASE AGAINST RETD OFFICIAL GOKULNATH SHETTY New Delhi: The CBI has booked retired deputy manager Gokulnath Shetty, the main accused in the Rs13,000-cr Punjab National Bank fraud allegedly perpetrated by Mehul Choksi and Nirav Modi, in a fresh case of receiving a bribe of Rs 1.08 cr from Rishika Financials that arranged bank guarantees for Gitanjali Gems, offi-

will help towards realising PM Modi’s dream of Atma Nirbhar Bharat.

“The new DRDO Procurement Manual will facilitate the indigenous Defence Industry by simplifying the processes and ensuring their participation in design and development activities. PM2020 will help towards realising PM Modi’s dream of Atma Nirbhar Bharat.” —ANI

cials said.It is alleged that owner of Rishika Financials, Debajyoti Dutta, was in business of arranging quotes of LoUs from foreign funding banks, they said on Monday. Officials said that after getting confirmation from Dutta, Shetty used to issue LoUs using the international banking messaging service, SWIFT.

Acc to HC, only organisers can enter the Puja pandals in state.

each puja committee to submit a blueprint on crowd management.

Last week, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had urged Durga Puja committees not to

allow people without masks in pandal during Puja celebrations.

This year, Durga Puja will be celebrated from October 23 to October 26. —ANI

139 STRANDED INDIANS RETURN VIA ATTARI-WAGAH BORDER Attari: A total of 139 Indian nationals returned from Pakistan via the Attari-Wagah border on Monday as travel restrictions were imposed earlier due to the coronavirus-induced lockdowns.”It is because of the coronavirus-induced lockdown that we were not able to come back to our country. You know how it feels to come back home after so long. We are happy to come back to our motherland,” said Qamruz Zamane. Gunshafa a Delhi-based resident said that she is grateful that she has returned home.

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India has largest number of recoveries COVID-19 UPDATE : The country is second in most number of tests done globally; death rate amongst lowest New Delhi: India has the largest number of COVID-19 recovered cases in the world and it stands second in terms of the number of tests conducted in any country, Union health secretary, Rajesh Bhushan said on Tuesday.

“We have the largest number of COVID-19 recovered cases in the world and we stand second in terms of the number of tests conducted in any country.

The COVID-19 recoveries have crossed 67 lakhs in India. We have conducted more than 9.6 crore COVID-19 tests in the country,” Bhushan said during a press conference on COVID-19 situation in the country. While many countries have reported a surge, India has recorded 310 cases per million in the last 7 days, which is amongst the lowest globally, Bhushan said.

“Similarly, India has

New Delhi: Union Ministry of Health on Tuesday said 78 per cent of the new recovered coronavirus cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 states/Union Territories (UT) and 75 per cent of the new confirmed cases are from 10 states and UTs. Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala contribute more than 5,000 to the new confirmed cases, according to the ministry. India has leaped across several significant milestones in its fight against COVrecorded 83 deaths per million in the same period, which is also amongst the lowest globally. The recovery rate, at present being 88.63 per cent and continues to improve. Simultaneously, active cases are now below 7.5 lakhs and continue to decline,” he added. —ANI

ID-19. The new confirmed cases in the last 24 hours have fallen below 50,000 (46,790) for the first time in nearly three months. The new cases were 47,703 on July 28. With a high number of COVID-19 patients recovering every day and the sustained fall in the mortality rate, India’s steady trend of dipping active cases continues.

The percentage of active cases has fallen below 10 per cent. The total positive cases of the country are less than

7.5 lakh (7,48,538) and comprise merely 9.85 per cent of the total cases.

The ministry said, this achievement is the result of collaborative, focussed and effective action by states/UTs under the Centre’s strategy of comprehensive and high countrywide testing, prompt and effective surveillance and tracking, quick hospitalisation and effective adherence of the Standard Treatment Protocol issued by the Union Government. —ANI

‘6 prisoners infected with COVID-19 in Delhi jails’ New Delhi: The jail authorities submitted before the Delhi High Court on Tuesday that six prisoners, who are lodged in several jails in the national capital, are currently infected with COVID-19. The

Telangana floods: Delhi Govt announces`15cr donation New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that the people of Delhi stand with the people of flood-hit Hyderabad. He also announced the decision to donate Rs 15 crore to the Telangana government.

“Floods have caused havoc in Hyderabad.

People of Delhi stand by our brother and sisters in Hyderabad in this hour of crisis,” the Chief Minister tweeted.

In another tweet, he said, “Delhi government will donate Rs 15 crore to the Govt of Telangana for its relief efforts.” Earlier in the day, K Chandrashekar Rao spoke to Kejriwal over the phone and thanked him on behalf of the people of Telangana.

“Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced Rs 15 crore financial assistance to Telangana state for the relief and rehabilitation works following heavy rains and flash floods that the State experienced. Arvind Kejriwal said the Delhi state

78% of new recovered COVID-19 cases emerge from 10 states/UTs

CM Arvind Kejriwal

RESCUE OPERATIONS UNDERWAY!

would stand by the Telangana state in this hour of natural calamity. Telangana State Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao thanked Arvind Kejriwal on behalf of people in Telangana for announcing Rs 15 Crore financial assistance. On Tuesday, KCR spoke to

Kejriwal over phone and thanked him for the generous help,” the Telangana CMO said in a message. Over 37,000 people have been rescued from flood-affected areas of Hyderabad, while 33 people died due to the inundation caused by incessant rain over past week. —ANI

the interest of the farmers of the state.

On Tuesday evening Gehlot tweeted and said “INC under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi ji and Rahul Gandhi stands resolutely with out annadatas and will continue to oppose the anti farmer laws passed

by NDA government.

Today Congress government in Punjab has passed Bills against these laws and Rajasthan will follow soon.”

Earlier, Chief Minister Gehlot talked to Punjab Minister Manpreet Singh Badal on the phone and asked for a copy of the new Punjab law. Meanwhile, the

Council of Ministers, during the meeting, approved to make changes in the law of the state.

Now, on the lines of Punjab, the Department of Agriculture and Law Department of Rajasthan will prepare the draft in the next twothree days.

Meanwhile, the council also discussed the corona infection in the state and the management being done by the state government to deal with it. The Council of Ministers expressed satisfaction that the Corona management in the state was excellent while also deciding that the ‘Jan Aandolan’ against Co-

jail authorities submitted that there are 2,318 prisoners involved in heinous crimes who have been granted interim bail by the High Court and trial courts. The report said another 2,907

prisoners involved in minor crimes have also been granted interim bails.

Senior Standing Counsel (Criminal) Rahul Mehra also informed that 6,711 inmates are presently on

interim bail or parole granted in view of the pandemic and added that while as per the affidavit only six persons were suffering from corona, at present the said number has come down to three. —ANI

One more Gadkari lays foundation terrorist killed stone of India’s 1st multi in Pulwama modal logistic park encounter New Delhi: Union MinPulwama: Jammu and Kashmir police and security forces killed one more unidentified terrorist in an encounter in Hakripora area of Pulwama district on Tuesday, taking the total count of terrorists killed to three.

“PulwamaEncounterUpdate: 01 more unidentified #terrorist killed (total 03). Search going on. Further details shall follow,” the Kashmir zone police tweeted. Earlier, the Kashmir zone police informed two terrorists were killed in the ongoing encounter.

“Pulwama Encounter Update: 01 more unidentified terrorist killed (total 02). Search going on. Further details shall follow,” the Kashmir zone police informed on social media platform Twitter.

Before that, the police tweeted about the start of the encounter and informed that police and security are jointly conducting the operation. —ANI

ister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari virtually laid the foundation stone for the first-ever multi-modal logistic park at Jogighopa, in Bongaigaon district of Assam on Tuesday.

Gadkari informed about the same in a series of tweets and said the Central government is committed to the economic and social development of northeastern part of the country. “Laid the foundation stone of country’s first multimodal logistics park in Assam in the presence of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, MoS Gen (Retd) Dr V K Singh, MoS Dr Jitendra Singh, MoS Rameshwar Teli, MPs, MLAs and senior officials,” he tweeted.

“Under the leadership of Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we are committed to the economic and social development of North East,” he added.

He hashtagged his

rona should be extended for a month from October 31 to November 30.

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POWER Gallery BRIG. RANJIT SINGH APPOINTED AS IG, ASSAM RIFLES

Brig. Ranjit Singh, VSM, Madras (Inf), has been appointed as Inspector General (East) in the Assam Rifles on deputation basis for a period of 18 months.

DALJIT SINGH CHAUDHARY PROMOTED AS ADG IN ITBP

Daljit Singh Chaudhary, IG, ITBP has been promoted and posted as ADG ITBP. He is a 1990 batch UP cadre IPS officer RESHUFFLE OF IAS OFFICERS IN HARYANA

The Government of Haryana has issued orders for the fresh posting of six IAS officers. Accordingly, Jaibir Singh Arya has been appointed as Deputy Commissioner, Bhiwani, while Ram Kumar Singh is Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Panchkula.

Similarly, Ajay Kumar was posted as Deputy Commissioner, Mahendragarh; Vikram as Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Karnal; Mahavir Singh as Secretary, RTA, Panchkula and Mohammad Ikram Raza will be joining as Additional Deputy Commissioner, Panchkula. Besides, eight officers have been relieved from the charges of Secretary, RTA of the respective districts they are currently posted in. The officers are: Anish Yadav, Manoj Kumar, Ms. Preeti, Uttam Singh, Rahul Hooda, Prashant Panwar, Rahul Nanrual and Abhishek Meena.

PHALNIKAR APPOINTED ADG, CISF

P S Phalnikar, IG, NSG, has been appointed as Additional Director General in Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.

ANANT KUMAR SINGH APPOINTED AS IG, BSF

Anant Kumar Singh has been appointed as Inspector General in Border Security Force (BSF) on deputation basis. He is a 1994 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.

SUNITA SINGH IS DEPUTY DIRECTOR, OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

The Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Official Language, has appointed Sunita Singh as Deputy Director (Official Language), Department of Posts.

RESHUFFLE OF IAS OFFICERS IN HIMACHAL PRADESH

As many as 20 IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Himachal Pradesh.

Nitin Gadkari

tweets as “PragatiKaHigway” or highway of progress.

In another tweet, Gatkari informed the Rs 693.97 crore park will reduce logistic cost and bring global opportunities. “Being built with an investment of Rs 693.97 crore, the multi-modal logistics park will become a milestone in the development of North East.

The project will reduce logistic cost and bring global opportunities to the region. It is being developed under Bharatmala Pariyojana,” he tweeted.

Assam CM Sonowal who presided over the e-foundation stone laying ceremony thanked PM Modi and Union Minister Gadkari. —ANI

GERA TO SUCCEED BALAKRISHNAN AS DIRECTOR (IS&P), BHEL ON DEC 1

Mrs. Renuka Gera, Executive Director of BHEL, will be taking over the charge as Director (Industrial System & Products), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) on December 1, 2020. She will succeed present incumbent S Balakrishnan retiring in November, 2020.

ABHAY CHOUDHARY TO JOIN AS DIRECTOR (PROJ), POWER GRID ON NOV 1

Abhay Choudhary, ED, Powergrid, will be taking over the charge as Director (Projects), Power Grid Corporation of India Limited on November 1, 2020.

ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR THREE IFS OFFICERS IN MOEF & CC

Three IFS officers of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) have been handed over additional charge. Accordingly, Pankaj Asthana, IGF (NAEB), was given additional charge of CEO, National Authority, CAMPA, while Ms Bharti, IGF (SU/IFS), will hold additional charge of IGF (FC) and MS VL Roul Kullai, DIGF (FP) of DIGF (RT).

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FROM PG 1 Raj to... the Mandi Committee or Civil Court should remain intact.

The Council of Ministers recognized that with the removal of the maximum limit of stock of various agricultural commodities under normal circumstances under the Essential Commodities Act after the implementation of the new agricultural laws, instances of black marketing and unauthorized storage resulting in increase in prices cannot be ruled out. It was also discussed in the meeting that the provision of MSP in the Contract Farming Act will be in

Wishful PM...

“If you are negligent, you are putting the lives of others at risk,” PM Modi said.

India, he said, is working on two or three possible vaccines and “we are trying our best to get a vaccine, as is the rest of the world”. “I want to let you know that once we get a vaccine, everyone will get it in a planned, phased and fast manner,” he added. This is PM’s seventh address to the nation since the coronavirus pandemic hit the country. —ANI

The Army believes otherwise, the Defence ministry believes otherwise. But the PM is not able to face the reality.

Rahul also accused Modi of weakening the country’s basic structure, and said it was important citizens should understand this. —ANI

Punjab rejects...

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said that the copies of the resolution have also been handed to the Governor for approval. Singh said his government’s four Bills were aimed at preventing the damage that the central laws would cause to the

state and its agriculture, while allying the fears of farmers and consumers. “The Bills (Farm Bills) have become an Act at the Parliament but Vidhan Sabha unanimously rejected those Acts. We’ve adopted a resolution and have come here together. We gave copies of the resolution to the Governor and requested him to approve it,” Captain Amarinder said. —Agencies

Raj ACB... along with his team to go to the UIDAI Delhi regional office and verify the complaint. The final action was taken on Tuesday, in Delhi,

after the two top cops of ACB, Soni and Dinesh, gave green signal to their team led by Thakur while keeping a watch on the accused for 30 hours.

The ACB has registered a case under Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 and are questioning Goyal. ACB has also coordinated with CBI in Delhi to conduct a search of the residence of the accused in Delhi. The house of the accused in Jaipur, where his parents reside, is also being searched. ACB is said to have discovered papers of a land in the name of Goyal’s wife. It is noteworthy that the ACB

took action on the 1999 batch officer within 48 hours of the complaint.

CBI to... to ensure that certain channels get higher ratings. Meanwhile, Republic Media Network’s Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami on Tuesday wrote a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind, on safeguarding the fundamental rights of media. In another development, former ACP Iqbal Shaikh has approached Mumbai civil court seeking a restraining order against Republic TV and Goswami from airing any material related to TRP scam.

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Coronavirus Curse

AMBER FORT

ICONIC FALL CORONAVIRUS HAS FORCED TO PUT THE `315 CR PROJECT ON THE BACK BURNER. AFTER THE CENTRE SELECTED THE AMBER FORT FOR ITS ICONIC TOURIST DESTINATION PROJECT, A TEAM HAD VISITED FORT ON APRIL 22 AND 23, 2018, WRITES NIRMAL TIWARI

 To beautify the look

of the walls of Amber fort by illuminating them from a distance

of 7,500 metres along with installing a theft security system at 10 meters distance.

through forest area.

Permission for it from the forest department was to be processed.

 Cable pod car pro-

 Zero pollution

ject for Amber fort and nearby forest areas.

Permission from the forest department was to be processed.

20-seater electric buses and 8-10 seater electric Buggies in public-private partnership.

 Ropeway project for Amber, some part of which would pass

 To work for the dampness problem in the Amber fort along

WAH TAJ, WAH AMBER!

HAD COVID

not changed the course of action then the dream of making Amber Fort an iconic tourist destination, like Taj Mahal in Agra, could be a reality by 2021.

with the renovation and conservation of the walls of the fort.  To promote night tourism by starting a laser show at Mansingh Mahal and Garden pol.  To develop the area around fort into an attractive township to provide better facilities to the tourists.

Jaipur. Ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has dropped the ambitious plan of making Amber an iconic tourist destination into cold storage.

Then PS (Tourism) Shreya Guha had chaired a meeting on April 4, 2019 with all the departments related to the project.

The project was to be started in April this year but even before the first brick could be laid, Covid-19 pandemic shut the tourism not only in the country but across the globe.

The coronavirus crisis has cre-

Rajasthan all set Massive crackdown on sand mining for new land use across state under special campaign conversion rules First India Bureau

Abhishek Srivastava Jaipur: Land use conversion rules in Rajasthan are going to see a major shift in the times to come.as UDH minister Shanti Dhariwal has given the approval for the same.

Dhariwal has forwarded the proposal to the legal department. The positive things is that going by the proposed guidelines, several activities will be permitted and any altercations to the master plan will not be required.

The permissible activities in chnaged draft will include day-care centre, nursery, school, dispensary, old age home, inns, hostel, convenient or informal shops, restaurants, laboratory, library, club, household or service industry, MSME industries and petrol pumps under residential land use.

In commercial land

Shanti Dhariwal

use, hotels, marriage gardens, banks, workshops, gas booking and distribution centers, cinemas, multiplexes, hospitals, truck and bus terminals, etc. can be operated whereas agro based industries, gas godowns and all essential activities will be permissible under the institutional land use.

Local committees will be authorised to allow certain activities in the Permissible Activity category while state level committee will be authorised for giving permission for certain other activities.

Jaipur. The campaign to curb illegal sand mining in the state is witnessing positive results in the first week. Strict action has been taken in various districts leading to FIRs being registered and people being booked under the law. not just tonnes of sand have been seized, several vehicles engaged in digging and transportation have also be confiscated.

As many as 60 FIRs have been registered in connection with illegal sand mining, transportation in 8 districts of Rajasthan under a spe-

PANDEMIC THREATENS LIVELIHOOD In Rajasthan, all the tourist destinations were closed for months during the lock down and even when they eopened the minuscule tourist flow did not support the livelihood of the stakeholders like hotels, taxi operators, folk artists, tourist guides and makers of handicrafts artists.

THE ICONIC TOURIST DESTINATION PLAN  To fill the Mawtha and install a musical fountain in it. Arrangements for photography point and sitting points on the embankments of Mowtha. Necessary permissions from the forest department were to be processed.

29,134 TONNES ILLEGAL SAND SEIZED

cial campaign.

In the campaign which was started from October 15, two more districts of Pali and Udaipur too have been included. With two more

districts, the campaign is now being run in 10 districts, additional chief secretary (mines) Subodh Agarwal said.

Of the total 119 matters of illegal mining,

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ated so much strain on the economic resources that now the project has been put on the back burner.

Covid-19 pandemic has affected the whole world but tourism is one of those sectors which has been most affected by the pandemic.

In Rajasthan, all the tourist destinations were closed for months during the lock down and even when they eopened the minuscule tourist flow did not support the livelihood of the stakeholders like hotels, taxi operators, folk artists, tourist guides and makers of handicrafts artists along with small hawkers and vendors.

DHAWAN TON IN VAIN

transportation and storage, 36 are in Bhilwara, 25 in Jaipur, 15 in Tonk, 6 in Chittorgarh, 12 in Rajsamand, 14 in Sawai Madhopur, 1 in Dholpur and 10 in Jodhpur.

Agarwal informed that 36 FIRs were registered in Bhilwara, 1 in Jaipur, 13 in Tonk, 4 in Chittorgarh, 2 in Rajsamand, 3 in Jodhpur and 1 in Sawai Madhopur.

A total penalty amount of Rs 7,79,383 including Rs 6.26 lakh in Jodhpur and Rs 1.52 lakh in Rajsamand, was recovered.

81 vehicles and machinery have also been seized during campaign.

7,500 plaints bite dust in Lokayukta office Kashiram Chaudhary Jaipur: Nearly 7,500 complaints are pending for investigation and reports of 800 cases could not be forwarded to the state government as the post of Lokayukta is lying vacant for the past one year and seven

months in Rajasthan.

The term of former Lokayukta Sajjan Singh Kothari was abruptly ended in March last year after the Congress government amended the Lokayukta act to reduce the tenure of Lokayukta from eight years to five years and since then, the

pendency is continuing.

When there was Lokayukta, an average of 2025 complaints was being registered but now, neither investigation nor final decision on the complaint is taking place because the decision can be taken by only Lokayukta.

Delhi Capitals (164/5) opener Shikhar Dhawan’s ton (106 of 61) went in vain as Kings XI Punjab (167/5) won by 5 wickets in IPL in Dubai on Tuesday. For KXI Nicholas Pooran top scored with 53 of 28 deliveries.

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Industries department holds stakeholders meet to discuss logistics First India Bureau Jaipur: The state industries department has initiated efforts to address the logistic issues of local businesses in post COVID scenario. The department has invited suggestions and grievances from various stakeholders and is extending raising them ahead of concerned state and central government authorities. As a first step in the direction, a webinar was held on Tuesday involving exporters and senior officials from CONCOR,

AAI, Customs, sales tax, transport, Agriculture Marketing Board, RSIC and other concern departments.

“Increasing exports is a focus area of state and central government. The process has been impacted by COVID and the state industries department is making efforts to facilitate restoring the disrupted trade. The webinar is an effort in the direction providing platform to the exporters and we look forward to more such interactions in future,” said Industries

Commissioner, Archana Singh.

Logistics cost is estimated to be around 14 percent on goods in India, government visions to reduce it to 8 -10 percent. This webinar hosted by industries department is an initiative in the direction. The state government under Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has laid out new investment scheme and industrial policy. The government has relaxed norms for new startups and has been working to strengthen the logistic network.

The webinar drew concern towards the shortage of containers being experienced in several depots. It was informed that a decline in imports due to COVID has disrupted

the balance of container availability. On the issue Chief General Manager of CONCOR, Sunil Gupta gave insights of the present situation and efforts being made to restore

balance of demand and supply. This year the CONCOR depot at Jaipur has received nearly 8 thousand less containers due to decline in imports, however, the situation has shown some improvement since second half of September.

Speaking at the webinar, Director of Jaipur International Airport JS Balhara also suggested of improvement in Air Cargo transportation facility. He informed that the development of air cargo terminal is in full swing and domes-

tic cargo transportation facilities from terminal are expected to commence from December this year. The international cargo facilities are expected to commence by FebMarch from new terminal. The air freight from Jaipur airport has increased by four folds from between 2014-20. Though there is a considerable impact of COVID this year, the situation has been gradually improving.

The meetings registered valuable insights from several key bu-

reaucrats such as MD Rajasthan Small Industries Corporation, Dr Samit Sharma. The industries department further asked the exporters and importers to submit their logistic related grievances with the department.

Joint Director of Industries department PR Sharma, while moderating the webinar assured the participating exporters that improving logistics in Rajasthan is a priority of the department and efforts will be made on continuous basis.

A single log is the key to lighting a bonfire and till all logs do not burn it will not provide the warmth! It is the same with teamwork, individuality is important to kick start the success of the team.

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WORLD

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RAJASTHAN

11,26,527 4,08,88,114 1,15,938 76,48,248 1,774 1,77,123 DEATHS

MAHARASHTRA 42,453 DEATHS 16,09,516 CASES

CONFIRMED CASES

TAMIL NADU 10,741 DEATHS 6,94,030 CASES

DEATHS

CONFIRMED CASES

KARNATAKA 10,608 DEATHS 7,76,901 CASES

DEATHS

DELHI 6,081 DEATHS 3,36,750 CASES

CONFIRMED CASES

GUJARAT 3,654 DEATHS 1,61,848 CASES

‘SAVING’ COOPERATIVE BANKS

Reconsider amendments in BR Act: CM to PM Asking for previous system to be restored, Gehlot said that state govts’ cooperative department will not be able to control cooperative banks Naresh Sharma Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has written a letter to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi said that the amendments made in the provisions of the Banking Regulation (BR) Act will adversely affect the basic spirit of the Cooperative Banks and the Cooperative movement in the states. He requested the PM to reconsider the said amendments and restore the earlier system.

Gehlot wrote that recently the BR Act was amended to make Sections 10 and 10A of the Act operational for the Cooperative banks by passing a bill in the Parliament. It has been made compulsory for 51% members of the Board of Directors of Cooperative Banks to have professional experience. This condition is not practical, he wrote.

The Chief Minister further wrote that in the new regime, allocation of shareholding and the right to

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.

issue shares and securities by the shareholders of the Cooperative Banks would

be determined by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) under Section 12 of the Act. This

provision of keeping the Cooperative banks at par with the commercial banks, is con-

trary to the basic principle of the Cooperative that is ‘One Person - One Vote’.

Gehlot stated that in the situation of the office-bearers of the Cooperative Society having dereliction in duties or maintenance of standards, the Registrar, Cooperative Societies vested the rights to dissolve the Board of Directors of the concerned Cooperative bank under various provisions of the Rajasthan Cooperative Societies Act, 2001. Also, on finding any financial

Governor of Gujarat, Acharya Devvrat with Jagdeesh Chandra at an event in Solan on Monday, October 19 where the Honourable Governor addressed a National level Natural farming Workshop for young farmers. He also released a book by the late Vaidya Surat Singh, the founder of Pajhota Andolan and called out to people to make each village a model of Natural farming.

Dr Bhupendra Yadav

Shubham Jain

Raj govt’s corona drive: Traffic Police, JMC distribute masks Satyanarayan Sharma Jaipur: Traffic Police and municipal corporations of Jaipur distributed face masks to people under the state government’s mass movement against coronavirus.

Additional Commissioner of Police Rahul Prakash said that, mask is the only vaccine in present

and people should wear face masks and maintain social distancing to prevent infection.

Commissioner of Jaipur greater municipal corporation Dinesh Yadav, commissioner of Jaipur heritage municipal corporation Lokb Bandhu also appealed to people to wear masks whenever

they go out of their places and wash hands properly.

DCP Traffic Adarsh Sidhu and other officials were present in the programme during which folk artists also gave performances to make people aware of corona and stickers of ‘No Mask No Entry’ were pasted at different places.

Supporting the supporter!

Lalchand Kataria

Naresh Sharma

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he local body election has also brought to the fore the ‘support’ Congress leaders have extended to their ‘supporters’.

Pratap Singh Khachariyawas

Several ministers have lobbied and ensured that their ‘people’ also rise on the political spectrum, after all that is how even their political power would increase. Take these cas-

Mahesh Joshi

es for example. Agriculture minister Lalchand Kataria has provided ticket to the wife of his supporter Prahlad Raghu, who is often see with Kataria. Similarly, Transport Minister

Raje, Rathore extend Navratri greetings to people via Twitter First India Bureau Jaipur: Former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Deputy Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore greeted the people on the occassion of Navratri on Tuesday through Twitter.

Raje tweeted, “Worshiping Kushmanda Devi, the fourth form of the nine forms of Maa Bhavani, eradicates all the diseases and defects of the devotees and increases the age, fame,

TETE

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Pratap Singh Khachariyawas has fielded Manoj Mudgal, who is the member of Khachariyawas’s ‘kitchen cabinet’. another example on this front is the ticket given to Afzal Mehboob, who is seen almost always in Mahesh Joshi’s family functions. On the other hand, Adarsh Nagar MLA Ameen Kagzi has got one Ayuub, who can be seen regularly at Kagzi bungalow, ticket for the JMC election.

very idea of cooperatives. He requested the Prime Minister that in view of rural background of the members of Cooperative Banks, the earlier system of shareholding and monitoring and regulation of these banks be restored.

Also, the mandatory provision for professional experience of the Cooperative members and other such amendments should be reconsidered in the interest of basic spirit of Cooperative Banking.

After 7 yrs, RPSC’s full quorum holds meet under Yadav

JAGDEESH CHANDRA’S VISIT TO HIMACHAL PRADESH

Governor of Himachal Pradesh Bandaru Dattatreya with Jagdeesh Chandra at Rajbhavan at Shimla on Tuesday morning. The latter paid a courtesy visit to the Honourable Governor during his two day visit to the hilly state.

irregularity by a cooperative bank, there is a provision for the Registrar, Cooperative Societies to dissolve the Board of Directors on recommendation of the RBI. But, through the said amendments in the BR Act, all such rights have been vested with the RBI. In the new system, the Cooperatives Department of the state government will have no effective control on the Cooperative Banks.

The Chief Minister wrote that such amendments were against the basic principles of the

Vasundhara Raje

strength and health. I pray to Matarani that, with her blessings, the devotees always stay happy and may get wealth and wealth.”

While Rathore said, “On the fourth day of Navratri, the Kushman-

Rajendra Rathore

da form of Goddess Shakti is worshiped.

Worshipping mother Kushmanda, all diseases and mourning of the devotees are eradicated and there is an increase in age, fame, strength and health.”

Ajmer: The newly appointed chairman of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) Dr Bhupendra Yadav chaired the meeting of the full commission on Tuesday.

It was after 7 long years that a meeting with full quorum took place at the RPSC office.

The meeting which lasted for around 2 hours took up many important pending issues of the RPSC. Chairman Dr Bhupendra Yadav said that the decision to hold the pending exams as soon as possible was taken in the

meeting and the task to timely prepare the calendar for the competitive exams was also decided.

Dr Yadav assured that all the pending technical issues will also be resolved soon.

Although the most critical issue of the interview of the successful RAS (Mains) candidates could not be decided in the meeting but Dr Yadav assured that a decision on the RAS interviews will also be taken very soon. Chairman Dr Yadav along with the secretary of RPSC inspected a few sections of the office and gave necessary instructions.

An MLA worth `30 crore debt!

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here is an unspoken ‘truth’ about politicians that the bigger the leader, the more ‘cash rich’ he or she is going to be. This specially stands true in cases where a person contests election while claiming to have no more than a few thousand rupees in his bank account but as soon as he or she wins the election, he can be seen in the biggest of

SUV cars and at the grandest of hotels.

While their financial situation may or may not improve after winning an election, it is an established fact that several of the ‘upcoming’ politicians do take loans for the campaigning and there have been several instances of this situation in Rajasthan. Take for example the case of this ‘netaji’ from Tonk district who took a loan during election time to pay off

towards the campaign expenses, however nearly two years on, the leader has been unable to pay back the dues. Moreover, word is that the honourable legislator stays extremely tensed and worried in how he will pay back the loan since he had thought he would pay off the debt after winning election, but it is said that his luck ran out right after winning the election and for the past two

years, the loan amount has increased substantially. Now the MLA is remembering his past days when his friends and family members were close to him to aid and support him. Wanna know the loan on netaji’s head? Well, it thirty crore rupees only! Would someone come to his rescue, who had ignored multicrore offers and preferred to stay with Gehlot in the recent political crisis?

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ROCKY ORIGINAL ROCKSTAR!

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aja aaja… main hoon pyaar tera …” beckons a twisting, cavorting Shammi Kapoor and a super cute Asha Parekh shrugs off her coat to join him as they both jerk and twist to some of the most amazing music ever heard!

I watched Teesri Manzil because it had my favourite actor Shammi Kapoor but fell in love with the entire movie – its storyline-one of

the few suicide/murder mysteries of the time, the love story with a twist, the simply amazing music, hummable songs which are still with me after decades, the characters, dialogues and the super chemistry between Shammi and Asha.

The music was simply awesome and no one but the drop-dead handsome Shammi Kapoor could have done justice to it and boy… did he do it! One of the best performances by Shammi and in fact why just him? All the actors be it Asha Parekh, Premnath, Helen, Prem Chopra or K N Singh in a character role, gave performances of a lifetime. One of Vijay Anand’s finest! But the soul of Teesri Manzil is the young dashing Kapoor who so reminded me

of Elvis Presley as he rocked the floor as Rocky. His sheer energy and histrionics breathed life into the character, just watch him and Asha rock n roll to Aaja aaja!

Each number is a treat- O Haseena Zulfonwali and O Mere Sona Re Sona are still on the playlist of parties!

And even today’s generation will attempt the Shammi head-bob and uninhibited dancing style! Deewana Mujhsa Nahin, Dekhiye Sahibon Woh Koi Aur Thi and Tumne Mujhe Dekha Hokar Meharbaan – each song is a classic.

It was actually an edge of the seat murder mystery with thrill and suspense from the start till the end.

The intense love story of Shammi and Asha is always in the background of the suicide/murder and a Asha’s search

for the killer, Rocky!

Shammi Kapoor was the best of the Kapoor khandaan for me, singing, dancing, skiing, riding, flirting his way into our hearts. He was sauve sophisticated, bringing an old world charm with a youthful iconic look to his films. He brought zest and life to everything he did in reel and real life.

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young, tall and strikingly handsome man stands atop a mountain, yells ‘YAHOO’ and dives headlong into the Himalayan snow!!

There could not be a more abiding imagery of the one and only Shammi Kapoor.

Such joyful spontaneity gushed out into thousands of movie theatres across India from the late 1950’s to early 1970’s. It lifted the mood of millions in those sombre days of a struggling India!!

While most other movies of that era reflected harsh realities, Shammi Kapoor imparted youthful energy via his optimism & swagger!!

The fact that he was strikingly handsome, with an imposing presence and vernal fluorescence, made him a role model for the aspiring!!

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He symbolised the casting away of the yoke of slavery & despondency that had kept all heads bowed for centuries.

He made the audience dance in the aisles by his improvised style of dancing... gyrating, and often, over-the-top!!

There was no choreographer to create his dance routine and movement sequences.

It was an exhibition of verve & vitality.

He was the second of the three star-sons of Prithviraj Kapoor, the Pioneer of Indian Theatre & Hindi Film Industry. In a career spanning 2 decades and 200 Films, there was no peer who entertained the audience more.

He even directed classic films like Manoranjan & Bundal Baaz, that were said to be ahead of their times.

No surprise that he picked up many Awards, including 4

by IIFA and 3 by Filmfare for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Lifetime Achievement.

Unlike most people, he was too energetic and positive to rest on these Laurels.

Turning his career path 180

with the misconception that he was the owner of Yahoo Inc. Perhaps its a Divine tribute to Shammi’s genius that the word ‘YAHOO’ encompasses both his passions!!

ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

CANCER

Goddess of wealth is smiling at you, you may add to your wealth from various resources. Real estate businessmen will have a neutral day today, no profit no loss.

On work front, you will successfully persuade your client to agree with the required terms and conditions.

You may be walking on the creativity path leading to the stardom in future. You will observe some serious positive change in your life styles as a result of your resolution and you may go on a new health fad. You will strengthen your financial capabilities as you keep moving forward.

Today is your lucky day, you will have gains as far as property is concerned.

Your efforts to quit junk food will pay. You will see a positive change in your health. Don’t worry if you land up spending extra today, it may prove beneficial later. You may feel over loaded with work.

Good health is a blessing and you have worked for it as you are not only serious about what you eat but also a fitness freak. Somethings are beyond one’s control so don’t get disappointed if there is a delay in payment or salary. You may experience someone over ruling you.

MAR 21 - APR 20

APR 21 - MAY 20

MAY 21 - JUNE 21

JUNE 22 - JULY 23

LEO

VIRGO

LIBRA

SCORPIO

You are in awesome mood today. Today you will enjoy the perks of being fit and healthy. You will surely become wealthy but it will take some time, patience is the key to success.

At work front, you will bounce back with double strength and will conquer it all.

Elder one is finally healthy, fit and sound with the full support of your family and the doctor. Keep your expectations straight, you may not receive the financial help from someone you expect but from else where. You will get the opportunity to occupy the center stage.

You will help someone in desperate need today and will earn lots of blessings.

Keep up the spirit and do not go astray from the fitness regime. You may crack a big deal and will make huge profits. You will get a lot of appreciation which will motivate you to further outstand.

You love healthy food and promote the same. You remain in perfect shape as always. You will have many gains from various resources. At professional front, your practical approach to problem solving may not help you so try different ways to fetch desired results.

JULY 24 - AUGUST 23

AUG 24 - SEP 23

SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

SAGITTARIUS

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

Reinvent your bond with people who have become distant. You may today, so be careful of what you eat.

Work on your finances and search for your strength. On work front , give your best today and leave no stone unturned to prove how hard working you are. Catch up on things.

Value people who loved you and may still love you for who you are. You must take actions on time as far as your health is concerned please keep your health on priority. You will see an improvement in flow of money in your life but may not meet your expectations.

You are capable for attracting anyone you like with your talks. Keep up with your efforts in trying hard to maintain a balance between healthy diet and exercise routine. Go ahead and give your all, in search of greener pastures as far as your finances are concerned.

Because of your determination to be in good condition, your health remains in good shape. You may make money from an unexpected source so get ready to fill your pocket. Today your senior may hand over many responsibilities to you all at once.

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degrees, he bedazzled his fraternity & fans by adopting a field that contrasted sharply with Films, but had the same vision and zeal!!

Long before Indians had been introduced to the miracle of Internet, Shammi Kapoor arranged a personal Internet connection from a British company!! With urgent endeavour he became the Founder and Chairman of IUCI (Internet Users Community of India)!!

A consummate Gizmo freak, he wanted Internet to become a medium for growth and advancement of all fields.

He lit the first candle of this futuristic Tech in India after having lit up the Silver Screen by bringing ‘Manoranjan’ in the lives of millions.

Above all this, Shammi Kapoor personified the word ‘YAHOO’ worldwide. When the Cyber MNC, Yahoo inc., opened one of its branches in Mumbai, Jerry Yang, the company’s founder, invited Shammi Kapoor to grace the inaugural function. This left many

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Apart from bringing a new wave of cinema that highlighted NRI sensitivities on the Indian screen, Aditya Chopra directorial, DDLJ also gave us one of Bollywood’s most loved jodis – Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol. City First takes you down the memory lane with some Tweets!

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SILVER JUBILEE FOR DDLJ ran! 2 people, 1 film, 25 years and the love doesn’t stop coming in! I am truly grateful to all the people who made it what it is today.. a phenomenon and a part of their history. The fans! Big shoutout to all of you #25YearsOfDDLJ.”

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hahrukh Khan and Kajol starrer ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ completed 25 years on Tuesday. Directed by Aditya Chopra, the film also starred Amrish Puri, Anupam Kher, Farida Jalal among others.

One of the most loved films in Indian cinema is still running today in Maratha Mandir of Mumbai for the last 1237 weeks.

On the occasion of DDLJ’s 25th anniversary, SRK and Kajol updated the names of their Twitter handles to their

Kajol and Shah Rukh Khan

characters in the film, Raj and Simran respectively. Anupam Kher also changed his social media display picture to his character from the film.

King Khan took a walk down the memory lane and posted a beautiful video to celebrate the 25 years of DDLJ. Along with the

video, SRK wrote, “25 years!!!

Filled with gratitude towards you for loving Raj & Simran, with all your heart. This always feels special. #DDLJ25.”

Kajol also took to her Twitter handle and penned a sweet note for her fans.

She wrote, “Raj & Sim-

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fter a coronavirus-induced hiatus of seven months, actor Kartik Aaryan has hit the shooting floor -- he walked the ramp on Tuesday to flag off Lakme Fashion Week digitally.

There, however, was more to it.

The Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety star turned showstopper for celebrity costume designer Manish Malhotra, who teamed up with Mijwan Welfare Association, which works with women artisans. Malhotra has shared a glimpse of his new collection, capturing a sneak-peek into Kartik’s new look in his showstopper avatar, on Instagram. The ace designer praised the star for his special gesture. —ANI

ennifer Aniston is not ready to risk the health of her father’s health for work.

The 87-year-old John Aniston is set to resume work on his ongoing drama Days of Our Lives. The actor, who has been a part of the NBC daytime drama series from 1983, was planning on heading to Burbank to reprise his role as Victor Kiriakis.

However, Jennifer wasn’t okay with it. She decided to “put her foot down” and requested her father to talk to the producers.

She initiated the scenes featuring her dad to be rapped at his home situated in an exclusive gated community. “Jen persuaded him to talk to producers about taping his scenes at home. The execs have agreed,” the source informed the international outlet. The insider also added that his scene partners will be “chauffeured thee and, of course, tested for Covid prior to arrival.”

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umbai’s COVID crisis may have given other cities an opportunity to host shootings for Hindi films. Lucknow is all set to host the cast and crew of John Abraham and Divya Khosla Kumar starrer Satyameva Jayate 2, the shooting for which will commence from today, Wednesday. The team will continue shooting till January 2021. Milap Zaveri, who is all praise for the Uttar Pradesh government, said.

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yan Gosling and James Garner were perfect as young and old versions of Noah Calhoun in The Notebook, but it turns out that the iconic movie could’ve starred George Clooney and Paul Newman instead! George recently revealed that he and Paul had eyed the project together so they would work together in something.

“We were going to do The Notebook together,” he shared. “I was going to play him as a young man, and it was funny. We met and said, ‘This is it.

It’s going to be great.’” But it never came to be after George realized he didn’t look anything like a younger Paul. Paul Newman died in 2008 after battle with cancer.

—Agency

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GOT STAR REVEALS! ame of Thrones actor Joe Dempsie, who played Gendry Baratheon on the HBO series, recently opened up about his experience on the iconic show. The actor also shared that according to him, the fling between his character and Arya Joe Dempsie Stark would have “never” lasted beyond the final season of the show.

The last season of the epic fantasy drama, which ended it’s over eight-year-long run-in May 2019, saw Gendry, the last living bastard son of King Robert Baratheon, and Maisie Williams’ Arya spend the night together before the battle against the White Walkers begins.

“I think I’ve always thought that as wounded as he might have been in the aftermath, Gendry has time to sit down and think properly about it and rationalise everything.” the actor told.

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alayalam actor, director and producer Prithviraj Sukumaran has tested positive for COVID-19.

Prithviraj confirmed the same on Tuesday through a statement on Twitter.

He wrote, “Hello everyone! I’ve been shooting for Dijo Jose Anthony’s “Jana Gana Mana” since the 7th of October. We had strict protocols in place with regards to Covid regulations and associated safety measures. As is the norm, all involved in the shoot were tested before the schedule started and after the last day of shoot in the courtroom set we had put up, tests were repeated.”

—ANI

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News from the Hills!

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he Governor of Gujarat, Acharya Devvrat addressed a National level natural farming Workshop for young farmers at Solan on Monday, 19 October where he also released a book by the late Vaidya Surat Singh, the founder of Pajhota Andolan and called out to people to make each village a model of Natural and natural farming and said that the young farmers should make each village of HP a model of natural farming so that it can become an ideal model in the country.

The agriculture minister of Himachal Pradesh Virender Kanwar, Additional Deputy Commissioner Solan Anurag Chandra Sharma, Atma Project Deputy Director Ravindra Singh, senior official, farmers and horticulturists were present on the occasion.

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Governor of Gujarat, Acharya Devvrat at lunch with Jagdeesh Chandra at Solan on Monday.

VISIT TO THE HILLY STATE Governor of Gujarat, Acharya Devvrat released a book by the late Vaidya Surat Singh, the founder of Pajhota Andolan along with other dignitaries.

tor Dr Rajeshwar Chandel gave the vote of thanks.

The governor said that with the cooperation of the Himachal Pradesh Government, he had inspired farmers and orchardists to adopt natural farming in the state and now everyone is able to realize the benefits of it.

Today Himachal Pradesh is leading in the area of natural farming, he added.

The Governor also suggested the farmers to adopt mixed farming in

oilseeds.

Acharya Devvrat said that natural farming in Himachal Pradesh was promoted under the Khushhaal Kisan Yojana under the leadership of chief minister Jairam Thakur and was adopted as a mission mode.

He said that the use of water in natural farming is very less, its product is good for a long time and it is absolutely safe for humans and animals to maintain the natural fertility of the land.

Governor of Gujarat, Acharya Devvrat

place of one crop as natural farming so that their incomes could increase significantly. He said that nature has provided an in-

comparable environment to Himachal Pradesh and the farmers should pay attention to the production of vegetables, fruits and

The Governor of Himachal Pradesh Bandaru Dattatreya with Jagdeesh Chandra at Rajbhavan Shimla. Also seen with them are Secretary to the Governor Rakesh Kanwar, Former Advisor to Governor Dr Shashikant and Dr Shashi Bhushan.

On the occasion, he also unveiled a book written by late Vaidya Surat Singh,

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HAPPY B’DAY! IAS Shyam Singh Rajpurohit (left) and IAS Muhammad Junaid PP celebrated their birthdays on 20 October, Tuesday. We wish them all the best!

the leader of the Pajhota movement in the presence of his family members.

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DURING THE DAY! GUJ: Residents of a housing society in Khokhra area of Ahmedabad perform aarti of Goddess Jagdamba on the third day of Navratri on Tuesday.

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GUJ: A Garba group poses during their photoshoot on the fourth day of the nine-day long Navratri festival, in Vastral area of Ahmedabad on Monday.

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RAJ: The poster launch of the upcoming romantic song ‘Zara Aur Paas’ starring TV artists Ankit Gera and Ruchita Sharma held on Tuesday at Rangalar Cafe, Jaipur.

The song is going to be released on 30 October on Elegant Eye Production’s YouTube channel.

RAJ: The annual literary fest Inka ‘20 organised by the Department of English, St. Xavier’s College, Jaipur was held on Tuesday with this year’s theme being ‘Phantasia: Infinity & Beyond’. During the inaugural session, Head of the Department, Dr Atiqa Kelsy elaborated on the theme and need of Inka ‘20. It was followed by the blessings by Rev. Fr. Varkey Perekkatt, SJ, Manager, Rev. Dr Sherry George and Rev. Dr Raymond Cherubin, Vice Principals, St. Xavier’s College, Jaipur.

ollowing your passion is something that helps in boosting up your confidence. Neeru Soni from the Pink City is the perfect example of someone who has followed their passion and made it their carrier. From working as an art teacher to volunteering as a music teacher, working with NGOs, working as a fashion planner and mechandiser, to being a certified fitness instructor, Neeru has done it all.

Her fitness studio ‘The Boxing Nightingale’ is at a

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boom at the moment, where she teaches MMA, and also vocal music.

Talking about her journey, Neeru said, “I have always worked with big corporate companied in the field of fashion

CONGRATULATIONS! IPS Daljit Singh Chaudhary from 1990 batch, UP cadre has been promoted from IG ITBP to ADG ITBP. He is currently on central deputation.

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ords cannot express the sorrow; Bimla Bhatia left for her heavenly abode on 18 October. Rasam Pagri will be held today between 3 to 4 pm at the community hall in Keshav Nagar, Civil Lines, Jaipur.

Her departed soul is deeply mourned by her husband Manohar Lal Bhatia, son Kuldeep, daughter-inlaw Shubhra and grandsons Mehul Late Bimla Bhatia and Arijit.

On the occasion of the Commemoration of Late H.H. Brigadier Bhawani Singh MVC of Jaipur Royal family, the prestigious annual awards ceremony ‘Sawai Jaipur Awards 2020’ is going to be organised virtually this year on the evening of 22 October. The Maharaja Sawai Mansingh II Museum Trust will be giving awards in 24 categories. The awards show will be streamed live on the MSMS II Facebook page. On the occasion, the book ‘Bubbles’ on Brigadier Bhawani Singh, MVC will also be released

by Padmini Devi and Diya Kumari.

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merchandising, and later realised that I had a different calling, which was my passion for music and fitness. So I quit my job to follow my heart.”

“My family has always been a huge support throughout and I am very grateful for the beautiful journey I’ve had. I wish to inspire people and touch as many lives as I can, through my gift of music,” she added.

ohan Foundation Jaipur Citizen Forum (MFJCF) celebrated its 7th Foundation Day through a webinar on Zoom on Monday. MFJCF is dedicated to the noble cause of Organ donation for the last 7 years in Rajasthan. Amla Batra, a member of MFJCF moderated the program. She invited the Honorary Chief Guest of the program Dr Sunil Shroff (Managing Trustee of Mohan Foundation). Dr Shroff discussed the achievements of MFJCF in Rajasthan for the noble cause of Organ Donation and also added that this noble cause would have never started in Rajasthan without the phenomenal efforts of Bhavna Jagwani, Rajiv Arora and their MFJCF team.

Dr Shroff also discussed his experience of KBC Karamveer’s episode During the webinar which helped

in sensitizing Indian society towards the cause of Organ Donation. In addition to this, Lalitha Raghuram (Country Director, Mohan Foundation) also appreciated the efforts of MFJCF in Rajasthan and discussed her journey of associating with Bhavna Jagwani. Furthermore, Rajiv Arora (President, MFJCF) and Bhavna Jagwani(Convener, MFJCF), offered gratitude to Dr Shroff for his guidance and inspiration to start the noble cause of Organ Donation in Rajasthan. As the program moved forward a knitted song, ‘Sur Mile Mera tumhara’ was also played which was sung by each member of MFJCF to symbolize the togetherness of MFJCF. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in