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COVID-19 UPDATE

RAJASTHAN308DEATHS

13,216CONFIRMED CASES

GUJARAT 1,534 DEATHS 24,628 CASES

INDIA3,53,206

CONFIRMED CASES11,888

DEATHS

MAHARASHTRA5,537 DEATHS 1,13,445 CASES

TAMIL NADU528 DEATHS 48,019 CASES

DELHI1,837 DEATHS 44,688 CASES

WORLD4,43,238

DEATHS81,95,030CONFIRMED CASES

Kartikey Dev Singh

Jaipur: In what could be termed as a major ‘iron fist’ statement to the Chinese aggres-sion in the Galwan valley area, the Indian Army has successful-ly thwarted an “at-tempt by the Chi-nese side to unilat-erally change the status quo”. The clash did not witness use of firearms but hand to hand combat and stone pelting wherein twenty per-sonnel of the Indian Army died protecting the boundaries of the nation, but not before inflicting an ever se-vere injury to the ad-versary. Although not confirmed by the Chi-nese Army or govern-

ment, however Indian intercepts reveal that Chinese Army lost 43 soldiers in the clash at hands of the Indian soldiers.

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20 INDIAN SOLDIERS MARTYRED, 43 CHINESE SOLDIERS KILLED IN CLASH AT 13,600 FEET HIGH GALWAN VALLEY

INDIAN ARMY THWARTS ‘TAKEOVER’ ATTEMPT BY CHINA GALWAN VALLEY

GALWAN RIVER

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DEFENCE MIN RAJNATH SINGH REVIEWS LADAKH SITUATION

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The army said that the incident came during the de-escalation process underway in the Galwan valley.

All the deaths were from thrown stones, people familiar with the matter said on condition of anonymity.

Army chief General MM Nara-vane cancelled a scheduled visit to Pathankot on Tuesday.

This is the fi rst casualty for India in a clash with PLA since 1975 when an Indian patrol was ambushed by Chinese troops in Arunachal Pradesh.

New Delhi: In its fi rst comment on clash, the external affairs ministry said the violent face-off happened “as a result of an attempt by the Chinese side to unilaterally change the status quo there”.“Both sides suffered casualties that could have been avoided had the agree-ment at the higher level been scrupulously followed by the Chinese side,” external affairs ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said in response to queries on the border situation.“We remain fi rmly convinced of the need for the maintenance of peace in the border areas & the resolution of differences through dialogue. At the same time, we are also strongly committed to ensuring India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Srivastava said.

PLA TRIED TO CHANGE STATUS QUO: INDIA BLAMES CHINA

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a meeting with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat,

the three service chiefs & External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar over the recent developments in Eastern Ladakh on Tuesday. During the ongoing de-es-

calation process, a violent face-off took place between Indian & Chinese troops leading to the death of three Army personnel, including an offi cer and two soldiers, in Galwan Valley, Ladakh.

Timely decisions helped in containing Corona: PM ModiNew Delhi: Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi said that timely deci-sions have helped in containing coronavirus in the country. His re-marks came at his meeting with the CMs & heads of 21 States & UTs on the COVID-19 situation in the coun-try, held via vc. The PM said the key is to think of ways to en-ergise the economy & reforms. He praised Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot for some la-bour reforms. “Today I will get to know ground reality from you, your suggestions will help in chalking out future strategy,” the PM said.

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PM Narendra Modi speaks during the meeting with CMs of 21 states and Union Territories via video conferencing in New Delhi.

We are coming back to normalcy through un-lock 1. If we follow, all the precautions and the SOPs, we will be able to battle it out with mini-

mal damage. When India’s fight against Covid-19 will be analysed in future, this time will be remembered for how we worked together and served as an example of coopera-tive federalism. —PM NARENDRA MODI

STEROID DEXAMETHASONE REDUCES DEATHS AMONG PATIENTSLondon: Giving low doses of steroid drug dexamethasone to patients with COVID-19 reduced death rates by around a third among those with most severe infection. The results, described as a “major breakthrough” by scien-tists leading the UK-led clinical trial known as RECOVERY, “This is a result that shows that if patients who have COVID-19 and are on ventilators are given dexamethasone, it will save lives,” said Martin Landray, an Oxford Uni-versity professor who is co-leading the trial.

INDIAN, CHINESE ARMY OFFICIALS HOLD MEETING New Delhi: Military commanders of Indian & Chinese armies met after India said one of its offi cers & two soldiers were killed in a “vio-lent faceoff” in eastern Ladakh on Monday night, in fi rst such incident in over four decades be-tween neighbours.Indian Army said that there were casualties on both sides.“Senior military offi cials of the two sides are currently meeting to defuse the situation.

POINTS TO PONDER

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New Delhi: A meeting of Election Commission comprising Chief Elec-tion Commissioner Sunil Arora and Election Commissioners Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chan-dra, assisted by senior officers of the Commis-sion, was held on Tues-day. Amongst other is-sues, the Commission discussed the matter of taking cognisance of complaints of false affi-davits filed by some can-didates along with their nominations, which ad-versely affects the rights of voters as well as im-pinges on the purity of electoral process.

“The Commission has reviewed this po-sition and decided that, in pursuit of a level-playing field, it will take cognizance

of complaints, which indicate serious omis-sion on the part of the candidate, and refer such matters to the relevant investigat-ing authorities on a case-to-case basis,” the Poll Body said.

The complaint re-garding the omission of information in election affidavit has normally

been filed in courts.“Filing of false affida-

vits by candidates dur-ing the nomination pro-cess, in terms of false or incomplete informa-tion, is a key challenge as it undermines the rights of voters to be fully informed about their political represent-atives,” the Commission noted. Turn on P6

ECI to take cognisance of false affidavits filed by candidates

CEC Sunil Arora —FILE PHOTO

CM’S VC WITH MINISTERS, MLAS AND OFFICERS

Work on mission mode to make awareness campaign a success: CM

Naresh Sharma

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that the State Government took decisions keeping in view all sections of the society and this re-sulted in successfully keeping Corona infec-tion under control in

Rajasthan. “Public awareness is very im-portant to continue this success and for prevention from Co-rona,” he said. For this, a massive aware-ness campaign will start from June 21.

During the 10-day spe-cial awareness cam-

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Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot during a VC where, DB Gupta, Rajeeva Swarup,Rohit K Singh and others were present.

Idea behind the campaign is to inform people about the risk posed by Corona & adopting preventive measures 10 Day awareness campaign is to start from June 21

NO PASS REQUIRED TO MOVE OUT OF RAJ

Two Indian staffers tortured in PakistanNew Delhi: India could consider reducing its diplomatic presence in Pakistan in light of the abduction and torture of two High Commis-sion staffers who had stepped out on Monday, people familiar with the development told.

The two staffers were abducted by about 15 armed men from a petrol station in Islamabad’s upscale locality a short distance from the Indian mission, tortured for hours and framed for a road accident before be-ing released. They have extensive injury marks to their neck, face, thighs and back.

New Delhi has not formally reacted to the abduction and torture of its staffers.

MADHYA PRADESH476 DEATHS 11,070 CASES

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Rajendra Chhabra

Jaipur: Rajasthan’s ‘Lady Singham’ IAS Tejaswi Rana is leav-ing the desert state. Rana is changing her cadre and transferring to West Bengal since her husband IPS Ab-hishek Gupta (2016 batch) is from WB cad-re and currently post-ed as Additional SP in Darjeeling. The 2017 batch IAS Tejaswi had

her first posting as SDM in Chittorgarh and during her very first posting her ac-tions earned her the name ‘Lady Singham’ among locals.

During the lock-down, Chittorgarh MLA Rajendra Singh Bidhuri had tried to flout the rule, howev-er, without worrying that the MLA is a pow-erful politician, Rana taught him a lesson of

the law. This resulted in MLA trying to en-force some action

against Rana and when media picked up the tussle, the state

government called Tejaswi to Jaipur and made her joint CEO in Health Assurance Agency through its order issued on April 15, 2020.

People in the bu-reaucratic circles know that a senior and powerful IAS had helped Tejaswi. This IAS’s daughter is also a bureaucrat in the West Bengal cadre and is close to Tejas-

wi-Abhishek and it was the daughter on whose request the senior IAS helped Tejaswi.

Born in Haryana, a firebrand IAS officer is what Rajasthan is in dire need of, and had she stayed in Ra-jasthan she would have motivated other young IAS officers. She had secured all India 12th rank in the 2017 IAS examination.

‘Lady Singham’ to leave Raj cadre, join WB cadre!A NEW BEGINNING

Private bus operators’ strike endsFull three-month (April, May and June) motor vehicle tax waived for private busesFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in a meet-ing at CMR with senior officers of Finance, Transport, and Home departments took the crucial decision to pro-vide relief to the pri-vate bus operators in the state. Transport Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas an-nounced the relief measures in presence of Transport Commis-sioner Ravi Jain, senior transport officers and representatives of the private bus operators union. The bus opera-tors immediately took back their ongoing strike happily.

Transport Minister

said that CM Gehlot has waived off complete motor vehicle tax for the months of April, May, and June while there will be a waiver of 75% tax for July, 50% for August, and 25% tax for the month of Septem-

ber. Khachariyawas said

that the waiver given by CM Gehlot will act as a lifeline for the private bus operators who were agitating for the last two weeks due to lock-down hardships. He

said that the private bus operators needed time to recover from the setback due to Cov-id-19 induced lock-down. He assures that the state govt was firm-ly standing with all sections of society like

industrialists, farm-ers, poor, students, and traders. He said that private bus operators had extended their sup-port to the govt for ar-ranging Shramil Spe-cial buses during the lockdown crisis.

He assured the pri-vate bus operators that the state govt was seri-ously considering their other demands as well. Khachariya-was embalmed private bus operators by as-suring them support if any bus operator was considering the sur-render of RC due to prevailing hardships. Private buses started functioning from Tuesday on their routes.

Lawyer challenges the voter list in RS pollsFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: A Jaipur based lawyer Hemant Nahta has brought about a twist in story of Party wise tally related to Con-gress and BSP. Known for raising issues con-cerning vital public in-terest and many high profile matters, Nahta has filed a petition be-fore the ECI that six BSP MLAs have been misrep-resented to be Congress MLAs and any election on the basis of such a list, would be a nullity and void ab initio. Nahta has said that an adminis-trative order of the

Speaker, cannot over-turn the popular man-date, especially when the speaker was not acting as a tribunal while ap-proving the change of party for BSP members. As per Nahta, BSP MLAs are clearly disqualified and when BSP never merged in INC, the ques-tion of BSP Legislative party merging in Con-gress makes no differ-ence. It has been demand-ed from ECI to ensure voting by 6 MLAs as BSP MLA only. The Election Commission has sought a reply from the Secre-tary Vidhan Sabha by 1200 Hours on June 17.

First India Bureau

Alwar: In the collision of a truck and motorcy-cle near Goth ki Chauki on the Alwar-Sikandra Mega Highway on Tues-day afternoon, one per-son died on the spot while two got seriously injured. Angry with the accident, the locals set the truck on fire, which resulted in a long queue of vehicles on both sides of the road.

After getting the in-formation, DSP Anjali Ajit Jorwal and Kotwal Harisingh Dhayal reached the spot with the police force and

took stock of the situa-tion. The fire brigade managed to control the fire after about half an hour. The injured were taken to the CHC in 108 ambulances for prima-ry treatment. They

were referred to Dausa for further treatment.

DSP Anjali Jorwal informed that Manish, Deepak, and Dharm Singh were returning to their village after at-tending a wedding cer-emony in Alwar.

The truck hit their bike near Goth ki Chauki and bike rider Dharm Singh died on the spot. Police con-ducted the postmor-tem and handed over the dead body to the family.

The case has been filed and the police have started the inves-tigation.

1 dead, two injured in bike-truck collision near Alwar

Pratap Singh Khachariyawas along with other officials during the meeting on Tuesday.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: PWD task force meeting was held on Tuesday un-der the supervision of CS DB Gupta to dis-cuss the shortage of labour and to coordi-nate with works de-partment to complete projects on work. A presentation of re-port of taskforce led by ACS Veenu Gupta about works depart-ments was also made in the meeting.

During the meeting feedback was taken about plan to reduce project cost. During corona crisis, it is a challenge to complete

projects on time but same cost despite la-bour shortage. The report suggested ways of providing relaxa-tion for different works in the same time period.

While discussing the report, it came to

light that finance de-partment had issued a letter to clear pay-ments of contractors of government boards, corporations and local self-bodies in a fortnight. The fi-nance department has also issued notifica-tion for tax waiver on selling of high speed diesel.

During the presen-tation, Veenu Gupta also informed about similar steps to ben-efit from central gov-ernment’s ‘At-manirbhar Bharat’ package. Sugges-tions from other members of the task force were taken.

PWD task force meet held to discuss labour shortage

CS DB Gupta

Couple ends life in JhalawarFirst India Bureau

Jhalawar: Police reached the jungles of Khokhanda village on the information and found a couple hanging from a tree. The dead couple Kiran Bairwa (a minor) and Govind Bair-wa worked in a local Kota stone factory and were said to be in love with each other. Police said that the family members of the couple were opposed to their marriage. The couple on realizing that they will not be accepted by fami-lies made an escapade to commit suicide together.

A triangle of problems for the people of JaloreFirst India Bureau

Jalore: A piece of false information regarding a minor being married in the Nehad area brought to light the plight of villagers which they have been facing for the last many years. The residents of the Nehad area have been suffering due to the triple curse of na-ture. The first reason for sorrow is the water in the Luni river, sec-ond is the overflow of the Narmada river which adds further to already collected water and the third is the swampy soil in the area which doesn’t let the collected water seep through and thus mak-ing local travel virtual-ly impossible.

The acute problem came to light when po-lice were trying to reach Koliyon ki Dhani in Sankariya village of

Suthri gram panchayat to check on a complaint of a juvenile wedding. The police could not find a way to reach the vil-lage due to the river ob-structing their way to it. With no bridge on the river, police were about to return when villagers came to their rescue with their indigenous innovation called ‘Tada-pa’. Tadapa is basically empty drums tied with wooden logs to keep them together. Empty drums keep floating on river water and the tied wooden logs help keep balance thus making it an innovative boat.

The police reached the village and found the complaint wrong but informed seniors of the water logging prob-lem. Chitalwana SDM Masingaram expressed ignorance about the problem but assured of getting it inspected and find a solution to it.

STAND TALL IN TOUGH TIMESA View of the world second largest wall of historical Kumbhalgarh fort, a world heritage site situated in Aravali mountain ranges near Udaipur. Known as the Great Wall of India, this UNESCO World Heritage Site, located near Udaipur, Kumbhalgarh Fort has a wall that runs for 36 km, and is said to be the second longest continuous wall in the world, right after the Great Wall of China.

—PHOTO BY NADEEM KHAN

Police official crossing the lake.

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2020


Vikas Sharma

Jaipur: Energy minis-ter Dr BD Kalla asked engineers of power companies to work with team spirit to reduce transmission and dis-tribution (T&D) losses.

The minister was re-viewing work of power companies, following CM Ashok Gehlot’s in-structions, to reduce T&D losses. He asked them to improve over capacity transformers in areas with high T&D

losses. He said that if needed agriculture feeder can be separated for this.

Dr Kalla said that to reduce T&D losses and increase revenue, a con-crete plan is required. Besides, intensive cam-paign should be launched to collect due revenue. He asked to distribute responsibili-ties to officers so as to control T&D losses.

He said that, superin-tending engineer, exec-utive engineer and as-

sistant engineer should regularly monitor and visit areas under their charge and employees should be rewarded for

excellent work.Principal Secretary

Energy department and Discom chairman Ajitabh Sharma said

that T&D losses must be brought below 15%. He said that vigilance ac-tion should be planned and executed with ade-quate force. He also in-structed for changing defunct meters immedi-ately.

He asked executive engineers from areas with high ratio of T&D losses to work in planned and focused way. He said that divi-sions with poor perfor-mance must improve before the next VC.

‘Make unified efforts to reduce T&D losses’RE-ENERGISED

STATE REPORTS 7 DEATHS, 235 NEW CASES IN LAST 24 HOURSFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: The state re-ported 235 new cases of corona on Tuesday. 7 corona related deaths were reported in last 24 hours taking the death toll to 308. One death each was reported from Alwar, Bharatpur, Dhol-pur, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Nagaur and Sirohi.

Tuesday witnessed maximum 69 new cases reported from Bharat-pur taking the corona positive tally to 13216 followed by 41 from Jaipur, 20 from Udaipur, 18 from Jodhpur, 13 from Alwar, 11 from Si-kar, 10 each from Jhun-jhunu & Pali, 7 from Dausa, 6 each from Bi-kaner & Tonk, 4 each from Bhilwara & Siro-hi, 3 from Jhalawar, 2 each from Dungapur, Jalore & Rajsamand

ans one each from Ajmer, Barmer, Dhol-pur & Karauli along with 2 patients from other states.

The cumulative dis-trict wise tally on Tues-day is as follows – Ajmer 430, Alwar 313, Ban-swara 90, Baran 62, Bar-

mer 144, Bharatpur 1069, Bhilwara 196, Bi-kaner 138, Bundi 10, Chittorgarh 201, Churu 192, Dausa 95, Dholpur 188, Dungarpur 390, Ganganagar 26, Hanu-mangarh 43, Jaipur 2614, Jaisalmer 81, Ja-lore 204, Jhalawar 345,

Jhunjhunu 246, Jodh-pur 2219, Karauli 45, Kota 548, Nagaur 555, Pali 819, Pratapgarh 14, Rajsamand 168, Sawai Madhopur 63, Sikar 406, Sirohi 312, Tonk 187 and Udaipur 624.

On Tuesday, Jaipur reported 41 new cases. 3

were reported from Jas-inghpura Khor, 2 each from Chomun, Vijypu-ra Road, Tulsidas Marg, Hotel Fern, Vidyadhar Nagar & Mansarovar and one each from Kot-putli, Kanak Ghati, Jal-mahal, Bas Badanpura, Nayla, Ramganj, Mad-huvan Vatika, Somani Bhawan, Brahmapuri, Vaishali Nagar, Kanota, Ghatgate, Hotel Holiday Inn, Lal Kothi, Jagat-pura, Surajpole, Civil Lines, Adarsh Nagar, Kartarpura & Tonk Phatak.

So far 9962 patients have turned negative after treatment. 9736 have been discharged from hospital while 2946 active cases are un-der treatment in vari-ous hospitals. The total number of corona posi-tive migrant workers is 3762.

So far 9,962 patients have tested negative in consequent tests; 9,736 have been discharged

Aishwarya Pradhan

Jhalawar: Former CM Vasundhara Raje seems to be on her way to make a record of sorts by communicating with party leaders & workers through various digital and non digital medi-ums like audi bridge, VC, telephonic calls and video calls.

For the last four days Raje has been commu-nicating with workers of Baran and Jhalawar at all levels. She has been telling them about PM Modi’s Atma Nirb-har Bharat Campaign and his special stimu-lus package to revive economy. During her communication Raje in-forms workers about the achievements of

Modi govt in its first year in office in the cur-rent tenure.

Earlier Raje had com-municated with all par-ty MLAs and district presidents of the state along with other peo-ple’s representatives of BJP. She could not reach Jaipur to attend meeting of the legisla-tive party on Tuesday and is expected to come on June 18. She is cur-rently in Dholpur.

First India Bureau

Baran: ACB arrested three persons, accept-ing a bribe in return for passing bills of a girls hostel in Shahabad un-der the Sahariya Devel-opment project.

Complainant Mohd. Idris Mansuri is acting principal of Model Resi-dency school in Hanoti-ya and his wife Mobina is the warden of Saha-riya Girls Hostel, Sha-habad. The accused Ashish Sharma, assis-tant to additional ADM, Ajay Garg, superinten-dent Sahariya hostel and Ashok Kumar, su-perintendent model hos-tel Hanotiya had de-manded Rs 2,500 to clear the bills and had taken advance of Rs 12,000.

They were caught tak-ing Rs 13,000 balance of the deal by ACB team consisting of CI Ajit Bagdoliya, Dalbir Singh and Ramesh Arya. ACB is suspicious of involve-ment of additional ADM Mahendra Lodha in the case.

Meanwhile, Sri Gan-ganagar ACB arrested Sarpanch of Gram Pan-chayat Mukan Kamal taking a bribe of Rs 9,000 . The sarpanch had demanded Rs 13,000 from Gurdeep Singh of Chak 59F of Gram Pan-chayat Mukan to make an heir contract. The sarpanch took Rs 5,000 in the beginning. On he was arrested by ACB Sriganganagar SP Ra-jendra G and ASP Ra-jendra Dhidharia.

Out of 5 new flights scheduled for June 16, only two operated First India Bureau

Jaipur: Airlines are still struggling to put their act together and bring complete normal-cy to its flight schedules and operations accord-ing to it.

There were five new flights scheduled for June 16 but only two could take off. The state of affairs at Jaipur air-port can be gauged from the fact that it could not stick to execute its rou-tine flight schedule so the issue of starting new flights is farfetched at this point.

Indigo had an-nounced four new flights from Tuesday for Delhi, Kolkata, Chen-nai and Hyderabad. All Indigo could manage was fly its 6E-665 flight to Delhi. Its flight 6E-914

for Hyderabad is now scheduled to start from Wednesday.

Indigo is yet to an-nounce a new schedule for the remaining two flights. Spicejet too had scheduled one flight SG-866 for Hyderabad which operated as per schedule as a consola-tion for the airport.

Apart from these new flights there were four such flights which were pre scheduled and were to be operated in rou-tine but couldn’t.

While Spicejet could not start its flight to Su-rat, Air Asia’s flight to Bengluru too remained grounded. Indigo flights

to Mumbai and Ben-glururu, 6E-218 and 6E-839 respectively, couldn’t begin.

Airlines say that these will operate inter-mittently until proper passenger load is avail-able. They cited quaran-tine rules by some state govts on certain routes also to be a big reason for low passenger load.

Over all the aviation sector has been stung by the coronavirus far too acutely and it seems things will take time to get back to normal, un-til then the unpredicta-bility of the flights will be there for the passen-gers to bear.

Lodha and Abrar’s ‘talks’ gets attentionThe ‘closeness’ between independent MLA Sanyam Lodha and Congress MLA Danish Abrar is the talk of ‘town’ these days since invariably, other MLAs find them speaking with each other any time of the day. While during the day the duo were seen conversing, probably over political issues and strategies, in the evening MLAs Rohita Bohra and Divya Maderna also joined them over political discussions.

Fitness regime of Congress ministersMinister BD Kalla was seen engrossed in his yo-gasana and meditation, while deputy whip Mahen-dra Choudhary indulged in cycling. Congress RS candidate Neeraj Dangi preferred to run a few miles. In the morning MLAs indulged in individual physi-cal activity, but in the evening, group activities were organised wherein yet again they enjoyed Cricket, football and badminton. Tikaram July batted and hit Gopal Meena for boundaries while Rafeek Khan ad-judged the match as an Umpire. Education minister Govind Singh Dotasara showed his batting prowess while Manju Meghwal preferred to play badminton.

Legislative party meet todayThe meeting of legislative party will be organised on Wednesday under CM Ashok Gehlot. After the meeting the training for RS poll will be conducted.

Joshi’s talk on politics after MahatmaDuring the day a workshop was organized at the hotel wherein Chief Whip Dr Mahesh Joshi gave a talk on the political circumstances borne out of murder of Mahatma Gandhi. “After Gandhi’s murder, the fas-cists had accused Sardar Patel of failing to provide adequate security to Gandhi. Hurt by the accusations Patel had written his resignation however Pandit Nehru pacified Patel. In his letter, Nehru said that dis-agreements can not be bigger than nation. After Gan-dhi’s death we all have to work together. This incident proves that there were no differences between Patel and Nehru where till today BJP keeps on claiming about differences between them,” Joshi said.

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Raje continues talks with party workers

50 isolation coaches sent to NWR

Man kills self in desolate building

First India Bureau

Jodhpur: Jodhpur Divi-sion of North-Western Railway zone has con-verted 150 sleeper coach-es into isolation coaches for COVID-19 patients and sent 50 of them to Northern Railways.

Senior PRO Gopal Sharma said: “150 sleep-er coaches in Jodhpur workshop were convert-

ed into isolation coaches by removing one berth in the three-tier sleeper

coach. 50 coaches out of these were sent to Northern Railway by

special teams.” “Mos-quito nets were installed on the windows and in each coach a cabin was prepared for the doctor and nurse, in which medical equipment and oxygen cylinders have been arranged. In addi-tion, a toilet of the coach was also converted into a bathroom, in addition to putting plastic cur-tains,” he added.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: A person com-mitted suicide by hang-ing himself in Harmara police station area. Po-lice informed that they received information of a body hanging at a des-olate structure near Safeda farm house. The police reached the spot and got the body down. FSL team was called for further investigation. Police recovered a mo-bile from the clothes of the deceased which helped identify him as Mahesh Sharma from Chomp village. The body was sent to Kan-watiya hospital for post-mortem. There was no suicide note recovered from and the cause of death is unclear.

Official, sarpanch, 2 more held by ACB

Unpredictable flight schedules still a bane for passengers

Jaipur getting back on its feet while following precautionary guidelines.

z Jaipur: There has been a continuous surge in petrol and diesel prices for the last 10 days. Petrol prices have been increased by Rs. 5.71 in 10 days and have reached Rs. 83.63, while diesel prices have reached Rs. 76.06, with an increase of Rs. 5.71. The state government has increased these prices three times in the lockdown.z Churu: A woman

committed suicide by burning herself by putting kerosene in Churu on Tuesday. It has been the fifth suicide in the district in the last 36 hours. The deceased had an argument with her sister. She breathed her last in PBM Hos-pital of Bikaner. SHO Raisingh reached the spot.z Dholpur: A

12-year-old boy got shot in the leg in Nagla Darvesha of Baseri in Dholpur and was admit-ted to Baseri CHC after the incident. The reason for the incident has not been revealed yet. The police reached the spot after getting the information.z Jaipur: On

Tuesday, the body temperature of several passengers at the departure gate of Jaipur Airport was reported more than the set standard due to scorching heat in the capital. Majorly, the people coming from other cities and villages by travelling for 3-4 hours were having a high body temperature during medical screening. However, the tem-perature became normal after they sat under a covered area for 10-15 minutes.z Nagaur: Another

soldier has lost his life in Lucknow Army Training Centre dur-ing training. The de-ceased Dinesh Saini fell after being un-conscious while run-ning during training. Later, he died while undergoing treat-ment in the hospital. He was a resident of Didwana in Nagaur. On Monday, a Dak-ipura resident Kamal Jakhar, who was training with Saini, died in the centre. It is being reported that 8 jawans are ill at the moment.

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Dr BD Kalla

Vasundhara Raje

14-yr-old trafficked from Tripura to RajJaipur: Mired in grind-ing poverty and thus ‘sold’ into marriage at a tender age, a 14-year-old girl trafficked from Tripura to Rajasthan stares at a bleak future even as authorities mull over their next course of action to reu-nite her with her family in Tripura.

The teenager is lodged at Swadhara Women Home (SWH) shelter at Jhunjhunu even as the State Com-mission of Protection of Child Rights’ (RSCPCR) senior member Shailen-dra Pandya has taken up up her case with the Na-tional Commission of Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR).

To add to her woes, she is two-and-a-half

months pregnant.Pandya said that once

legal formalities are taken care of in Ra-jasthan, Tripura Com-mission for Protection of Child Rights (TCP-CR) or other such or-ganisations can take the teenager back.

However, Tripura Po-lice, TCPCR besides her poverty-hit family liv-ing in Uttar Ratacherra village in Unakoti are allegedly not proactive in ensuring her return.

“The case was un-earthed when she fled the man’s house. On May 2, the man filed a missing complaint in Mandawa police station. Police traced her on May 4, but she refused and sought protection,” Pandya said.

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GREEN SHOOTS IN ECONOMY

‘ENCOURAGING’n a day when coronavirus cases in India rose to over 3.43 lakh with 9,900 fatalities, Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi expressed sorrow over casualties. “Death

of even one Indian is unsettling”, he said but drew solace from the fact that the “toll was one of the lowest in the country”. The other bright spot in an otherwise gloomy scenario, he said, was the high recovery rate of over 50 per cent. As of Tuesday, the day the prime minister held a virtual meet-ing with some of the chief ministers, over 1.8 lakh Covid-19 patients had won their battle against the virus.

This, he said, was made possible by the timely decisions taken by the government. He was refer-ring to the over two-month-long stringent lock-down which, ironically, threw the lives of mil-lions of migrants in disarray and sent the econ-omy in sleep mode. When all indicators point towards a grim economic situation, the prime minister struck an optimistic cord saying the economy was showing “green shoots”. “Green shoots” which the prime minister was referring to were power consumption and sale of fertilis-ers. Demand for power that had gone down has started increasing during Unlock 1.0. Similarly, fertiliser sales in May was twice that of last year during the same period. Modi said that compared to last year Kharif sowing was 12% to 13% more. These, he said, were signs of improvement and “encourage us to move forward”. He hinted that the economy will be opened further but asked for suggestions from the chief ministers. One of the steps in that direction could be the resumption of international flights.

The prime minister’s virtual meeting was his sixth in which chief ministers of Pun-jab, Kerala, Goa, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, and those of north-eastern states partici-pated. Lieutenant-governors and adminis-trators of some union territories also joined the discussions. The remaining chief min-isters will be part of the virtual meeting to be held on Wednesday.

He said that the fight against the pan-demic is a good example of cooperative federalism as the Centre and states were working together to prevent the virus from claiming lives the way it has done in other countries.

The prime minister warned not to even think of stepping out without a mask at present and again emphasised the need for do gaz kee dooree, use of sanitisers and hand-washing. As people throng markets, many with a reckless attitude, the PM warned that the preventive measures are still very important as the pandemic has still not gone. Don’t lower your guard, he urged.

Prime minister’s meeting was overshad-owed by the confrontation between Indian and Chinese armies near Galwan valley along the Line of Actual Control. One com-manding officer and two soldiers of the Indian Army died in the clash, the first in several decades. The situation remained tense along the LAC as India pondered over its response.

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ll over the country and across the world, there have always been challenges before hu-mankind and humanity had to deal with since its incep-tion. In very ancient times there were many natural driving forces that led the world’s scenario all in its way. Humankind largely struggled with floods, wild animals, earthquakes, Tsu-nami, plague, etc. Nowadays it can be terrorism, war among nations, viruses, etc. Humankind tries to deal with challenges, makes strat-egies, and is finally encour-aged by holistic overcome.

Today the geographical, po-litical, religious boundaries have become irrelevant, as far as Corona is concerned. No person/nation can claim that I am greater /better than others. We all often live with an error of an incomplete perspective. The tiny Coronavirus has ex-plained this very well. This small, invisible virus is attack-ing humans. It is not an inevi-table tragedy. It may be a big mistake that is to be corrected unitedly and consciously by humankind. Such tragedies or mistakes may occur in the fu-ture also. In that case, we will have to pay heavily if we hu-mans are not strongly united.

Current time’s vigorous need is to step out collective-ly. Without looking back, we all must save the interests of future generations of hu-man and non-human beings at our collaborative tables.

Viruses are not connected but we humans are, hence, we may perform better, and we may overcome. Environmental issues e.g. global warming, de-pletion of the Ozone layer, en-dangered species, throat chok-ing pollution, etc are indicating enormous danger to Earth. This danger is likely to increase sharply further. Wars among nations are a matter of great concern. First and Second World Wars were very harmful to humankind. Some so-called superpowers are not maintain-ing cordial relations even now.

Y.N. Harari observes that global solidarity is needed to overcome this pandemic. Bill Gates opines for a strong world organisation to deal with Corona type pandemic. I believe that to be successful in the long term, humankind must determine this global

coordination and it can be achieved efficiently through a competent World Body. This World Body must be effective-ly supervising Health, Peace (including Defence), Environ-ment related issues. There may be a 2 or 3 tier system to formulate this Body. 2 tiers likely to be formed as na-tions, World Body and 3 tiers as nations, regional forums (e.g. EU, SAARC) and World Body. Initial work should be done by Dec 2020 (i.e. within 1 year when the first Corona-virus was detected in China). Further consolidation may be done by Dec 2022.

If this model does not work well then, the best feasible op-tion is to constitute a WORLD STATE. Chief Concept is to wire and group all the nations under one umbrella. This will mini-mise war among nations and ter-rorism. It will also help in eradi-cation of poverty, expansion of education. Initially, it may seem difficult. We may face myriads

of obstacles and hindrances but without compromising with our vision and mission, it is a well-proven truth that where there is a will, there is away. We will leave indelible prints of human-kind and global coordination on the sands of eternity.

Wright Brothers were try-ing to make airplanes. Wilber Wright was a bit up-set in 1901 AD and he told his brother Orville Wright that it may take 50 more years for a human to fly. But then they both tried seriously and achieved it in 1903 AD. Or-ville Wright wrote,” if we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is true, there would be little hope of advance”. A sweet dream of humankind ful-filled by them.

WORLD STATE is an essen-tial requisite to treasure hu-mankind’s existence individu-ally and as a whole. It may oper-ate something like the present USA. The Head of the World

State may be like the president of the USA and present nations may function like present states of the USA. There can be Union, concurrent, state list for the di-vision of work as categorised in India. Health, Peace (including Defence), Environment affairs must be covered in the Union List. The huge expenditure on military and weapons may be slashed and should be used for education, health, housing, etc. The Head of the World State should be a real caretaker and not a dictator.

We learn from history that unification or consolidation of states in India, the USA, Italy, Germany, etc has been better for their overall devel-opment. Hence, we may ex-pect that unification or con-solidation of the whole Earth will be better for the overall development of Humanity. we are not safe without glob-al unity. Global unity is very necessary and doable.

I would like to quote Bertolt Brecht here “ One who does not know the truth is merely an idiot. But one who knows it and calls it a lie is a criminal”. And the truth, in this case, is, we are to sincerely try for real global unity for Safe Earth and hu-mankind. The Corona chal-lenge has incidentally provided a good opportunity to achieve this as soon as possible.

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WORLD STATE IS AN ESSENTIAL REQUISITE TO TREASURE HUMANKIND’S EXISTENCE

INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A WHOLE. IT MAY OPERATE SOMETHING LIKE THE PRESENT USA. THE HEAD OF

THE WORLD STATE MAY BE LIKE THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA AND PRESENT NATIONS MAY

FUNCTION LIKE PRESENT STATES OF THE USA

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Decision to resume international flights in coming month: Puri

Reduce import dependence in steel sector: Pradhan

NATION MOURNS MARTYRDOM OF INDIAN SOLDIERS

Sensex rallies over 700 pts amid strong global cues

Ram temple trust steps into virtual worldAyodhya: The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust is going to enter the vir-tual world soon. In addi-tion to Twitter and Fa-cebook, the trust is also preparing to launch its official website.

Trust member Dr Anil Mishra told IANS that the Facebook page has already been launched. A letter has been sent to Twitter to get it’’s handle verified. Now, all updates related to temple construction will be posted here for the information of the people.

He said, “Work is go-ing on for the website. It will be launched the moment it is ready. A date for its launch will also be announced as soon as possible.” —ANI

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New Delhi: As a move to strengthen the idea of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Dharmendra Pradhan has stressed enhancing domestic steel usage in the country and reduc-ing import dependence for meeting oil & gas sec-tor’s steel requirements. Addressing a webinar, he said that Steel and Oil & gas sectors have close linkage, and it is time to take it to a new pedestal.

Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clarion call for the making of an Aat-manirbhar Bharat, Prad-han explained the con-cept of ‘Aatmanirbhar

Bharat’ saying that it is a strong Bharat with ro-bust manufacturing sec-tor, self-reliant yet glob-ally integrated economy. “Having strong linkage with the sectors like con-struction, oil & gas, auto-mobiles, machinery among others, the Indian steel sector has got a fun-damental role to play in realizing India’s dream of becoming Atmanirb-har Bharat. Indian steel

sector can strive to be a major player at the global stage, only after it fulfills all the domestic require-ments. Domestic players should rise to the occa-sion so that cost does not escalate in our efforts to promote localization of supply chain,” he stressed.

In the oil and gas sec-tor, the Minister said that it has seen a tre-mendous transforma-tion over last six years on the back of pro-in-vestment policies. The sector is undergoing tre-mendous growth, be it in refineries, pipelines, gas terminals, storage capacity, gas cylinders, retail outlets, and all these require a large amount of steel.

New Delhi: The Indian soldiers killed in a ‘vio-lent face-off ’ with Chi-nese soldiers late Mon-day night at Ladakh’s Galwan Valley have been identified as Colo-nel B Santosh Babu, who was from Suryapet in Telangana, Havildar Palani from Tamil Nadu and Sepoy Ojha from Jharkhand.

Army sources said that they were not shot but died during a physi-cal confrontation, in-volving stones and ba-tons, with Chinese

troops who had entered Indian territory.

Colonel B Santosh Babu, the Commanding Officer (CO) of the 16 Bihar regiment was a native of Suryapet dis-trict in Telangana.

“I am both sad and happy,” said Santosh’s mother Manjula, while speaking about her son’s death to the media. Breaking into tears, she added, “I am happy that my son sacrificed his life for the country but as a mother, I grieve his loss. He is my only son.”

Palani, a 40-year-old havildar belonged from a nondescript village in Tamil Nadu’s Ram-anathapuram district. Palani, who joined the

Indian Army at the age of 18 and has been in ser-vice for the past 20 years, hailed from Kadukalur village in Tiruvadanai taluk of the backward

Ramanathapuram dis-trict. The army man is survived by his wife Vanathi Devi and chil-dren—Prasanna and Devi. —Agencies

Mumbai: Equity bench-mark Sensex rallied over 700 points in early trade on Tuesday led by rebound in financial stocks amid strong cues from global equities.

After touching a high of 34,022.01, the 30-share index was trading 725.86 points, or 2.18 per cent, higher at 33,954.66.

Similarly, NSE Nifty surged 201.10 points, or 2.05 per cent, to 10,014.80.

All Sensex compo-nents were trading in the positive territory with Tata Steel as the top gainer in the pack, jumping around 5 per cent. ICICI Bank, HDFC, Bajaj Finance, IndusInd Bank, HDFC Bank, Infosys, Kotak Bank and SBI were also among the gainers.

In the previous ses-

sion, the BSE barome-ter settled 552.09 points, or 1.63 per cent, lower at 33,228.80, while the broader Nifty tumbled 159.20 points, or 1.60 per cent, to close at 9,813.70.

New Delhi: Union Civil Aviation Minister Hard-eep Singh Puri on Tues-day expressed confi-dence that the decision to resume international flights will be taken in the coming month. “We are confident that in the coming month we will start taking decisions on resuming interna-tional flights, I do not want to put a timeline here all stakeholders and passengers need to be taken into confi-dence,” Puri said while addressing a webinar--’Reposing the Faith in Flying’ --organised by GMR group.

Centre intimated all stakeholders and pas-sengers that the deci-sion to resume interna-tional flights is not easy, as it requires talking to

all the states in the country and the inter-national agencies.

ATF PRICE INCREASE

India to double its refining capacity by 2030 to 450-500 million to meet domestic demand

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said that without increas-ing the liquidity in the market the wheel of economy cannot be accelerated. While addressing, MSME and Infrastructure-Paving the growth path in the Post-COVID World event, the Union Minister said, “I accept that there are problems - related with banks, with demand and supply, with liquidity.”

THERE IS NEED FOR LIQUIDITY IN MARKET: NITIN

New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday informed that the recovery rate of pa-tients suffering from COVID-19 has risen to 52.47 per cent in the country, indicative of the fact that “more than half of positive cases have recovered” from the disease.

On Monday, the Health Ministry report-ed that India’s recovery rate was 51.08 per cent. “The recovery rate rises to 52.47 per cent, which is indicative of the fact that more than half of positive cases have re-covered from the dis-ease,” the Health Minis-try added. —ANI

‘INDIA’S RECOVERY RATE RISES TO 52.47 PC’The rise in the recovery rates is indicative of the fact that more than half of the positive cases have recovered, the Ministry said

COVID-19

3000 ‘Made in India ventilators’ distributed to hosps

New Delhi: As a part of ‘Make in India’ initia-tive, the central govern-ment has started distrib-uting indigenous venti-lators to hospitals across the country to fight against the Covid pan-demic. In the first slot, about 3000 domestic ven-tilators have been dis-tributed to states. Venti-lators are life-saving medical equipment re-quired for Covid pa-tients, as some of them tend to develop acute respiratory disease syn-drome (ARDS).

On May 1, the Union Health Ministry, in a press statement, had in-dicated the projected de-mand of 75,000 ventila-

tors till June. Accord-ingly, orders were rushed including the requirements of the state governments.

“So far, atleast 3000 country-made ventila-tors have been distrib-uted to states, which will be placed in vari-ous hospitals; few are under dispatch,” a sen-ior government official confirmed to ANI.

In the coming days, the domestic produc-tion of ventilators is go-ing to speed up, added the official.

Taking forward Make in India initiative, local manufacturers of venti-lators were also identi-fied. —ANI

New Delhi: India has tested 59,21,069 COV-ID-19 samples and the country now has the capacity to test 3 lakh samples per day, said Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Tuesday.

In a release, the Health Ministry said, “The testing capacity for detecting the coro-

navirus in infected per-sons in the country is continuously being ramped up. The country

now has the capacity to test 3 lakh samples per day. The total number of samples tested thus far is 59,21,069 with 1,54,935 samples tested in the last 24 hours.” “A network of 907 labs has been created in the country as on date. This includes 659 labs in the government sector and 248 in the private sec-tor,” it added. —ANI

Testing capacity reaches 3 lakhs samples a day: Health Ministry

A health worker collects a blood sample of a sanitation worker during a free health checkup at a makeshift camp, amid the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, in Vijayawada on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI

DELHI HEALTH MINISTER JAIN TESTS NEGATIVE

TAJ MANSINGH HOTEL IS NOW A COVID-19 FACILITY

New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday tested negative for COVID-19. Although the Minister still has a fever, his condition is stable. The Minister was admitted to the Rajiv Gandhi Su-per Speciality Hospital after he complained of high fever and diffi culty in breathing on Monday.

New Delhi: Delhi’s 5-Star Taj Mansingh Hotel will now be attached with Sir Ganga Ram Hospital to help the city deal with surging coronavirus cases. The administration issued orders on Tuesday under which the hotel will have the responsibil-ity of providing rooms and food to patients. It will also be in charge of housekeeping duties.

New Delhi: As part of efforts to provide reasona-ble health care to COVID-19 patients, some states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, UP, Telangana and MP have reached an agreement with private sector, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. Amid reports of a likely shortage of healthcare infrastructure, the ministry had on Monday asked states and UTs to proactively engage with private healthcare pro-viders to facilitate enhanced bed availability and critical care health facilities and to ensure fair and transparent charges for services provided. “Some states like TN, Odisha, Maharashtra, Gujarat, UP, Rajasthan, Telangana, Karnataka and MP have already taken the initiative,” the ministry said.

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Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi

Words cannot describe the pain I feel for the of-fi cers and men who sacrifi ced

their lives for our country. My condolences to all their loved ones. We stand with you in this diffi cult time.

Asaduddin Owaisi @asadowaisi

We lost at least 20 soldiers to Chinese aggression in #GalwanVal-ley, this number could rise in future.My condolences to martyrs’ families in this diffi cult time. We’ll be forever grateful for their sacrifi ce. This is a horrible loss that we he’d last faced 40 years ago

Ashok Gehlot @ashokgehlot51

Salute the martyrdom of an Indian Army offi cer and two soldiers, who made the su-preme sacrifi ce in a ‘violent face-off’ with the Chinese

troops in Ladakh’s #Galwanvalley. My heartfelt condolence to the bereaved families. The entire nation stands with them in this moment of grief.

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Work on...safety measures such as washing hands fre-quently, maintaining 2-yards distance, not stepping out without face mask and not spitting in public plac-es; a part of their life-style. The public rep-resentatives, officers, employees, social or-ganisations, person-nel at grassroots level are required to work on mission mode to make this campaign successful, “Gehlot said while reviewing the Corona situation through a video -confer-ence from the CMR on Tuesday. State Cabinet

members, MLAs, senior department officers, Collectors, Superinten-dents of Police, Chief Medical & Health Offi-cers of various districts attended the video con-ference.

The Chief Minister said, “State Govern-ment is utilising this hour of crisis to strengthen health infra-structure across Rajas-than. This is evident from the fact that when the first infection was reported here, we did not have any facility to test and today we have offered help to the neigh-bouring states to con-duct 5,000 tests per day.”

He said that the efforts initiated by the State Government for ‘ruth-less containment’, door-to-door screening, test-ing and treatment of non-corona diseases, OPD services through 550 mobile vans, institu-tional deliveries, regu-lar vaccination etc. were being praised widely.

While speaking about the awareness cam-paign, Gehlot said that the idea behind this was to carry the message of risk posed by Corona in-fection and preventive measures to the remot-est places using the local language so that people belonging to all sections

of the society under-stand it better. “Services of folk artists, who earn their livelihood through street plays, folk songs, puppeteering etc would be taken for this aware-ness campaign,” he said further adding that this would provide the folk artists some economic aid as well.

During the confer-ence, Medical & Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma said that Coro-na testing facilities had been developed in 17 districts and the depart-ment would soon achieve the target of having this facility in all the districts.

Indian Army......The clash reportedly oc-curred on the interven-ing night of 15-16th June while the de-esca-lation process was go-ing on. While on Tues-day morning reports came in that three Indi-an Army men, a colonel and two jawans had were martyred while serving the country, by evening the number swelled to 43. Initially China accepted the clash but later turned its tempo and issued warning to India. As the situation developed, De-fence Minister Rajnath Singh held talks with CDS General Bipin

Rawat and COAS Gener-al Naravane, who ap-prised the minister of the matter. Singh held two meetings over the issue on Tuesday. Mean-while, a Major-General level talk was initiated between the two armies Military commanders of the two armies, as Major General Abhijit Bapat, commander of the Karu-based HQs 3 Infantry Division and his Chinese counter-part steered the talks at the site of the clash to defuse tensions.

Timely decisions...“Timing matters a lot in overcoming any crisis.

Timely decisions have helped a lot in contain-ing coronavirus in the country,” he said. —ANI

ECI to...The Commission said any denial or false disclo-sure would tantamount to vitiating the integrity of elections. “Commis-sion views the erosion of this fundamental right as an affront to the dem-ocratic ideals which un-derpin the system of government,” thePoll Body said.

The Commission said furnishing false information in election affidavits is a devious design to defeat the

right of the voter to be informed and transpar-ency in elections.

The ECI has been long pushing for re-forms to consider in-cluding the filing of a false affidavit as a cor-rupt practice.

A candidate contest-ing an election has to file an affidavit called Form 26 in which he has to furnish information on the assets, liabilities, educational qualifica-tion and details of crim-inal antecedents if any.

The current penalty for lying in an affidavit filed before the EC is im-prisonment of up to six months, or fine, or both.

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MORE NEW PVT BANKS ON CARDS ? Whispers are that the Govt could allow certain industrial houses to set up banks in the country on recommendation of NITI Aayog.

MAJOR LATERAL ENTRY IN NITI AYOG! For the first time about 40 senior level ap-pointments have been made in the Niti Ayog by lateral entry. All such new appointments are made from the open market. As many as 20 have already joined.

MEETING TO SELECT SEBI CHIEF POSTPONED? Scheduled meeting to select SEBI Chief on June 12 was reportedly postponed

ONLY ONE OFFICER OUT OF SIX FROM MP EMPANELLED AS DG IN GOI Only one IPS officer of 1987 batch, out of total six eligible from Madhya Pradesh cadre, has been empanelled for DG and equivalent posts in Government of India.

JYOTI KALASH IS ALSO IN RACE FOR CMD, HUDCO A 1990 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre, Jyoti Kalash is also in the race for the post of Chair-man-cum-Managing Director, Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO).

SANTOSH JHA APPOINTED AMBASSADOR TO BELGIUM Santosh Jha, presently Ambassador of India to the Republic of Uzbekistan, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Belgium. The Indian Foreign Service officer of 1993 batch will also be accredited as Ambassa-dor of India to the European Union.

NC SARAVANAN PROMOTED TO CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS GRADE NC Saravanan, presently on deputation to ICFRE, Dehradun, has been promoted to the grade of Chief Conservator of Forests. He is a 2002 batch IFS officer of AGMUT cadre.

TR SWAIN IS NEW INTELIGENCE CHIEF IN J&K TR Swain, awaiting orders of posting in the Home Department, J&K, has been made new Intel-ligence Chief of the Union Territory. He is 1991 batch IPS officer of J&K cadre.

DR B SRINIVAS POSTED AS COMMANDANT, HOME GUARDS, J&K Dr B Srinivas has been posted as Commandant General, Home Guards, Civil Defence, State Dis-aster Rescue Force, J&K. He is 1990 batch IPS officer of J&K cadre.

SANJAY GOYAL IS NEW HEALTH COMMISSIONER IN MADHYA PRADESH On return from foreign training Sanjay Goyal has been appointed Health Commissioner in Madhya Pradesh. He is 2003 batch IAS officer.

PRALAY MONDAL QUITTING AXIS BANK AS ED ( RETAIL BANKING)Pralay Mondal, Executive Director (Retail Bank-ing) of Axis Bank, has informed the Bank that he would like to pursue other career opportunities and as such has resigned from the services of the Bank, with effect from September 14, 2020.

NAVDEEP SINGH BRAR INDUCTED AS SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, CBI Navdeep Singh Brar has been inducted as Su-perintendent of Police (SP) in Central Bureau of Investigation. He is a 2012 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

DEPUTATION TENURE OF KIRAN AS SP, CBI EXTENDED The deputation tenure of Kiran S as Superinten-dent of Police (SP) in Central Bureau of Investi-gation has been extended upto June 8, 2021. He is a 2008 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.

POWERGallerySonia Gandhi writes to PM, urges Centre to roll back hike in fuel prices New Delhi: Congress interim President So-nia Gandhi on Tuesday shot-off a letter to Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi over the in-crease in the prices of petrol and diesel and urged the Centre to im-mediately roll back hike on fuel prices.

In the letter, she urged the Centre to im-mediately roll back hikes on fuel prices and pass the benefit of low crude oil prices to the citizens. She stated that it is the duty and re-sponsibility of the Cen-tral government to al-leviate suffering and not put the people to still greater hardship.

“Your government is seeking to earn an ad-ditional revenue of nearly Rs 2,60,000 crores by these ill-advised hikes in excise duty and increases in the prices of petrol and diesel. As it is, people across the board are facing unim-aginable hardships what to say of wide-spread fear and insecu-rity. These price in-creases are saddling our motto with an ad-ditional burden of this enormous magnitude that is neither justified nor appropriate. It is the duty and responsi-bility of govern-ment to allevi-ate suffer-ing and

not put the people to still greater hardship,” the letter read.

“I urge you to roll back these increase an pass on the benefit of low oil prices directly to the citizens of the coun-try. If you wish for them to be ‘self-reliant’ then do not place financial fetters on their ability to move forward. And I am once again obliged to repeat what I have said before: please use the government’s re-sources to put money directly into the hands of those who need it in time of severe hard-ships,” she wrote in the letter.

On Tuesday morn-ing, fuel prices were hiked in Delhi. Petrol saw a hike of Rs 0.47 per litre, which led to the price reaching at 76.73 per litre. While for die-sel, the rate was hiked by Rs 0.57, making it reach the price of Rs 75.19 per litre. —ANI

Stop profiteering from middle class and poor’s misery: RaGa to Modi

PRIYANKA TARGETS BJP-LED UP GOVT

Lucknow: Congress leader Priyanka Gan-dhi Vadra slammed the BJP-led UP gov-ernment saying that the state secretariat has become a hub of corruption under the present government. She , in a tweet, said that the scam in the Animal Husbandry Department has ex-posed the entire cor-rupt system of state government. —ANI

‘SAAMANA ARTICLE NOT WHOLE TRUTH’

Mumbai: Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat on Tuesday said that whatever is written in the edito-rial of Shiv Sena’s mouthpiece Saamana is not complete truth and is based on little information. Thorat said that he wants to meet Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thack-eray to discuss some demands that are in the interest of people.

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Nar-endra Modi over the increase in the prices of petrol and diesel and urged to ‘stop profiteering from the misery of middle class and poor’.

“PM Modi, these tragic times dictate

putting money di-rectly in the

hands of the middle class

and poor. STOP profi-teering from their mis-ery. #ModiStopLoot-

ingIndia,” Rahul Gan-dhi tweeted attaching a letter of Congress

interim President So-nia Gandhi. In the let-ter, Sonia Gandhi urged the Centre to immediately roll back hikes on fuel prices and pass the benefit of low crude oil prices to the citizens.

She stated, in the letter, that it is the duty and responsibili-ty of the Central gov-ernment to alleviate suffering and not put the people to still greater hardship. —ANI

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

Why hesitating to show red-eye to China?: SibalNew Delhi: Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal questioned PM Narendra Modi over the border matter with China in Galwan Valley, saying ‘why he is hesi-tating to show red-eye to China in Ladakh’?

“Double faced poli-tics. Modi Ji use to accuse the UPA for not showing red eye to China when it crosses LAC. Modi ji, now why are

you hesitating to show red-eye to China in Ladakh?,” he tweeted.

“And when Nepal is showing you red-eye then why do you now want to have a dialogue. Where is your 56-inch chest?.”

A couple of days back, Rahul Gan-

dhi also ques-tioned govern-ment over Chi-nese aggression

in Ladakh and target-

ed PM.

Why not give insurance cover for mental illness: SCNew Delhi: Amid the raging debate over the death of Bollywood ac-tor Sushant Singh Ra-jput, who is alleged to have been suffering from depression before his apparently died by suicide on June 14, Su-preme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Cen-tre and Insurance Regu-latory and Development Authority (IRDA) on a PIL seeking direction to all insurance companies to extend medical insur-ance for treatment of mental illness.

A bench comprising Justices Rohinton Fali Nariman, Navin Sinha and BR Gavai issued the notice and sought replies from the Centre and IRDA. —Agencies

UP Cong chief gets bail in documents forgery caseLucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Uttar Pradesh Congress presi-dent Ajay Kumar Lallu.

The Congress leader was arrested from Agra on May 20 on charges of fraud and forgery in the list of 1,000 buses sub-mitted to the Yogi Adi-tyanath government for ferrying migrant labourers.

The state govern-ment had claimed that the list of buses submit-ted by the Congress car-ried registration num-bers of two-wheelers, autos and ambulances.

The Congress lead-er’’s bail plea was ear-lier rejected by the ses-sion’s court.

Tihar jail gets more time in Kapoor’s pleaNew Delhi: Delhi HC granted more time to Tihar Jail authorities to file status and medi-cal reports on a plea filed by Ravi Kapoor, a convict in Jigisha Ghose murder case, seeking parole for a pe-riod of eight weeks on medical grounds.

A bench of Justice Anup Jairam Bhamb-hani on Monday showed displeasure with the au-thorities for the delay in filing the required re-port on time and said that “despite last order dated June 5, 2020, nei-ther a status report has been filed by the State nor has the updated nominal roll or medical status report been re-ceived from the Jail Su-perintendent”. Addi-tional standing counsel

Ranbir Singh Kundu submitted that a status report was filed on June 13, but added that the same was returned by the registry with some objections. Kundu sought further time, which the court allowed and posted the matter for June 22.

Ashutosh Kaushik, counsel for the petition-er, had earlier told the court that the petition-er is suffering from life-threatening disease, various other medical conditions such as hearing loss, difficulty in breathing, psychiat-ric illness, fistula, disc problems, and urologi-cal problems. A medical status report of Kapoor dated May 2 has also been submitted before the court. —ANI

File reply on misuse of migrants’ funds New Delhi: Delhi HC on Tuesday asked Centre, Delhi government and others to file their re-sponse on a plea seeking CBI probe into alleged misappropriation of Rs 3,200 crore cess funds meant for construction and migrant workers.

A division bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar also asked the Comptroller and Auditor General of In-dia (CAG) and Delhi Construction Workers’ Welfare Board to file their reply on the mat-ter and listed it for fur-ther hearing on July 2. The bench was hearing a petition filed by Vinod Kumar Shukla, presi-dent of an NGO named Deendayal Upadhyaya

Sanstha, also seeking a CAG probe into the di-version of massive funds that were meant for migrants and con-struction workers.

Senior advocate Sid-harth Luthra and law-yers Yogesh Pachauri, R Balaji and Nachiketa Joshi, appearing for the petitioner, argued the matter and, added that some incriminating documents annexed with the petition show rampant corruption by the Delhi government and Welfare Board.

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SESSIONS, SPORTS AND MUSIC Divya Maderna, Danish Abrar, Sanyam Lodha and Rohit Bohra.

Mahadev Singh Khandela, Deep Chand Khairiya, Murari Lal Meena, Bharosi Lal Jatav, Dharmendra Rathore, Rajendra Singh Gudha and Lakhan Singh Meena.

Avinash Pande, Vishvendra Singh, Subhash Garg, Sanyam Lodha, BD Kalla, Govind Singh Dotasara, Bhanwar Singh Bhati, Mamta Bhupesh, Safia Zubair and others during the session.

Artists perform during the musical evening organised at Hotel JW Marriott in Jaipur on Tuesday.

Joginder Awana with Randeep Surjewala.

Joginder Awana, Rajkumar Sharma, Rajendra Gudha, Saleh Mohammad,

Rajendra Vidhudi.

MLAs (inset) during the VC with Dholpur administration.

Mamta Bhupesh, Neeraj Dangi, JP Chandeliya and Mahendra Choudhary.

CM Ashok Gehlot, Raghu Sharma, Neeraj Dangi, Mahendra Choudhary, Mahesh Joshi and others.MLAs during the session at Hotel JW Marriott on Tuesday.

Joginder Awana, Rajendra Gudha, Deepchand Khairiya, Lakhan Singh and Sandeep Yadav.Mamta Bhupesh and other MLAs.

The temperature is on the rise in Rajasthan as the state awaits the monsoon and also the Rajya Sabha Elections, which is due on June 19. During the day on Tuesday, the MLAs stayed indoors and attended the session by Piyush Babele wherein he put forth his views on various subjects. Sports and outdoor activities beckoned as the evening rolled in followed by a musical night which was enjoyed by all

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Jaipur: As the polling day for Rajya Sabha polls draws closer, Congress seems to be confident of its victo-ry and therefore doesn’t want to leave any chance to counter allegations made by BJP. Chief Whip Dr Mahesh Joshi took a dig at BJP state presi-dent Satish Poonia’s remarks on Congress camping its MLAs. He teased BJP for following the Congress footsteps of camping its MLAs.

Speaking on horse trading, Joshi said that people should be ready for some surprises on the polling day of RS polls. He assured that Congress will not resort to political vendetta.

Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma came down heavily on BJP leader Rajendra Rathore and his party. Sharma said that the BJP should change its name to Horse Trading Corporation due to its specialization in it. He took a shot at the ‘Ekant Manav Vad’ theory pro-

pounded by one of the founders of BJP ideolo-gy Deendayal Upadhyay.

Dr Sharma said that BJP has left Upadhyay’s Ekant Manav Vad and resorted to Ekant Mon-ey Vad. He cornered

Rathore by questioning his stature in party. He said that Rathore hasn’t been able to carve a niche for himself due to his style of functioning. Dr Sharma said Rathore should self

introspect rather than getting jealous of his counterparts. He sarcastically said that Rathore may try his best but RSS knows him and can’t be fooled.

Transport Minister Pratap Singh Khacha-riyawas too lambasted BJP for alleging Con-gress for splurging money on camping its MLAs as it was now doing the same. He said the internal con-flicts within BJP have forced it to camp its MLAs in a hotel.

Cong Mins attack BJP over party ideology

First India Bureau

Jaipur: At a time when Rajasthan Con-gress MLAs are camping in JW Mar-riott hotel in Jaipur to prevent the alleged poaching threat from rival camp in view of ensuing Rajya Sabha polls on June 19, the BJP has also decided to shift its MLAs to another plush prop-erty of the city, Crowne Plaza from Tuesday onwards.

BJP and RLP legisla-tors were taken to the hotel on Tonk Road in four buses after a joint meeting at the BJP headquarters. During the meeting, the MLAs were told to be disci-plined and were issued a warning not to make any mistake in voting.

The meeting was attended by BJP’s Na-tional General Secre-tary and Observer Muralidhar Rao, Na-tional Joint Secre-tary (Organisation) V Satish, State Presi-dent Dr Satish Poon-ia, LoP Gulab Chand Kataria, Deputy LoP

Rajendra Rathore and State General Secretary (organisa-tion) Chandrashek-har.

While addressing the MLAs, Muralidhar Rao said “people have been facing struggling with corona and financial constraints but Con-gress leaders and MLAs are not worried about people. They have been enjoying in seven star hotel for past one week. They have been playing cards there, what good can they do for the peo-ple,” Rao said.

BJP state president Satish Poonia said, “A two-day workshop to

be conducted for MLAs ahead of voting for Ra-jya Sabha polls. For this, the MLAs will be shifted to Jaipur’s Crown Plaza hotel. Discussions will also be held on their perfor-mance in their respec-tive constituencies.”

Five BJP MLAs, Vasundhara Raje, Kailash Meghwal, Siddhi Kumari, Suryakanta Vyas and Kalpana Raje did not attend the meeting in Crowne Plaza on Tuesday due to per-sonal reasons. How-ever, official sources confirmed that for-mer CM Vasundhara

Raje will reach Jaipur on June 18 to join the MLAs.

Deputy LoP Rajen-dra Rathore, while reacting to health minister Dr Raghu Sharma’s statement said, “it is difficult to say when and what statement he might give. I am always worried about his health.” According to Rathore, he has known chief whip Dr Mahesh Joshi and Dr Raghu Sharma for many years but both of them have spent less time in the assembly because they win elections once and lose the next time.

After Cong, BJP shifts MLAs to hotel ahead of RS polls

Rajendra Rathore at the gate of Crowne Plaza hotel looks on as the hotel staff screen the BJP MLAs. (Right) Kiran Maheshwari arrives at the hotel on Tuesday

First India Bureau

Jaipur: As Corona en-tered state on March 24, scenario kept on chang-ing with many impor-tant developments tak-ing place. In 3rd week of March, state government had anticipated that im-pact of Corona would be much greater and was quick in assessing and announcing lockdown.

PM Modi announced lockdown from March 25 after which many unpredictable things started happening. The immediate thing, which was evident, was the movement of labourers. CM Ashok Gehlot was again quite active in responding to these sudden develop-ments and gave suitable instructions to RSRTC Officials to take care of the labourers.

RSRTC took up this challenge quite-well

and from March 26 to March 31, more than 1.25 lakh migrants were ferried by buses. In 3rd week of April, movement was al-lowed for labourers.

Indian Railways also announced trains com-ing to or departing from different railway sta-tions and it was a tough task to help the people reach station and also to drop the passengers arriving at different sta-tions to their districts.

‘Labour Special Bus’ was another idea by CM

in which buses were sent to many far off places. When people approached sensitive CM explaining him important problem of those families, who were waiting to go to Haridwar for perform-ing immersion of ashes, Gehlot was quick in starting ‘Moksh Kalash Special Buses’. RSRTC’s CMD Naveen Jain moni-tored all these opera-tions under the able guidance of ACS Trans-port Rajeeva Swarup and ACS Industries Sub-odh Agrawal.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Food and Civil Supplies Minister Ramesh Meena reached Hotel JW Marriot and made the Congress fam-ily complete before the crucial Rajya Sabha polls. Meena, a hard-core Congressman, was miffed on certain issues and maintained a distance from the camp. The strategy to get Meena to the camp started two days ago. Congress central ob-server TS Singh Deo and Devendra Ya-dav were deputed by state incharge Avinash Pande to get the Dang chieftain to the camp.

Obviously, Pande was aware that Meena had been with Yadav when he was contesting in Delhi assembly polls. Even Yadav had solicit-ed Meena’s advice on fielding Congress candi-

dates in last assembly polls on about a dozen seats of Eastern Dhoondhad area. Both Deo and Yadav went to Meena’s residence to hear him out. When the news of Deputy CM Sachin Pilot returning to Hotel came, Meena’s arrival gained credence.

Meena’s annoyance on certain issues with the senior in the party was known to all but his commitment to the party was also equally pronounced. Senior party leaders didn’t approve of his attitude at such a cru-

cial juncture and Mee-na made the seniors aware of his issues.

When Congress can-didate KC Venugopl reached Jaipur, Pande assured him of placat-ing Meena as he had achieved the similar feat earlier as well. Mee-na’s arrival was almost certain by late Monday night and Tuesday morning there was a room booked in his name. It is being said that his loyalty to-wards Congress was used strategically by Deo who told him how he was one of the CM post contenders after Chattisgarh elections but could not make it and yet he didn’t get disappointed as poli-tics has its own ups and downs. Ramesh Meena has understood the sensitivity of the situation to the relief of Congress.

CM’s instruction to RSRTC helped migrants reach home

A ‘miffed’ Ramesh Meena joins Congress MLAs at hotel

Poonia talks org matters with Shah

Cong to honour corona warriors on Rahul’s birthday, informs Pilot

First India Bureau

Jaipur: State BJP pres-ident Dr Satish Poonia spoke with Home Min-ister Amit Shah on Tuesday. According to sources, they dis-cussed organisational matters and strategy. Dr Poonia also gave feedback to Shah.

Meanwhile, Dr Poo-nia once again at-tacked CM Ashok Ge-hlot. He said, “when Bhairon Singh Shekha-wat went to US for treat-ment, a conspiracy was hatched to bring down his government and Shekhawat had to return

from the US hurriedly. At that time, MLAs were offered money.”

According to him, Ge-hlot was PCC chief at that time and the entire game took place in his knowledge. He is remi-niscing about his old tricks and making fake allegation against BJP. “Gehlot has done ele-phant trading twice,” he said alluding to merger of BSP in the Congress. He said that entire drama was only to show one of his party leaders in poor light in front of party high com-mand. No one is buying and no one is up for sale.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Former AICC president Rahul Gan-dhi would not cele-brate his birthday this time. Rahul’s birthday is on Friday. However, his support-ers and Congress workers have decided to celebrate it in a novel way. They would observe it as corona warriors’ day. PCC would organise felici-tation programme.

PCC chief Sachin Pilot said

that the party would honour corona warriors and district and block congress committees have been given instruc-tion to felicitate doctors, Health workers and oth-

er corona warriors. All of them would be given PPE kits and masks.

Interestingly, on Tuesday, Pilot stayed inside his room at the Marriott hotel itself where Con-gress MLAs have been housed ahead of the Rajya Sabha poll and met the MLAs in his room. Transport minister Pratap Singh Khacha-riyawas met Pilot and

the duo spend time discussing politi-cal matters.

Dr Raghu Sharma Dr Mahesh JoshiPratap Singh Khachariyawas

CM Ashok Gehlot

Amit Shah Satish PooniaRamesh Meena

Gargi Raval

Ahmedabad: Veteran Congress leader Ahmed Patel on Tues-day took to social me-dia to accuse the BJP-run Gujarat govern-ment of drastically reducing its health-care expenditure over the years. He alleged that the state has not been paying suffi-cient attention to healthcare, especial-ly at a time when the number of COVID-19 cases has been in-creasing steadily.

On average, the state has been reporting 400 new cases every day for the past month, Patel pointed out in his at-tack on the govern-ment. He also shared data which indicates that Gujarat has among the lowest immuniza-tion coverages in the country.

“In 20 years, Guja-rat is one of a handful of states where im-munization coverage has declined. Before 2000, healthcare ac-counted for 4.3% of Gujarat’s expendi-ture. In 2018, it ac-

counted for roughly 0.72%. The entire state is paying the price for a flawed model,” the Rajya Sabha MP from Guja-rat tweeted.

According to the data shared by Patel, Gujarat ranks 33rd among the total 36 states and Union Ter-ritories in achieving full immunization.

As of June 15, Guja-rat had a total of 24,104

COVID-19 cases and a death toll of 1,506.

Patel also ques-tioned the cost of COV-ID-19 testing in Guja-rat’s private laborato-ries. In a tweet, he asked why Ahmedabad-based pri-vate laboratories are charging Rs4,500 for a test that costs Rs2,200 in Mumbai.

President of the Gu-jarat Pradesh Congress Committee, Amit Chav-

da echoed the senior leader’s concerns on the cost of testing at a press conference in Ahmedabad on Tues-day, where he accused the BJP government of being a mute spectator to the looting of people in name of testing.

“Why is Gujarat’s mortality rate the highest in the coun-try? Why is Prime Minister Narendra Modi not tweeting when people of his state are dying in such large numbers? It was the high court that stepped in and even allowed COV-ID-19 testing in pri-vate laboratories,” Chavda said.

He said it was the state government’s re-sponsibility to ensure that rates of tests re-main affordable for peo-ple. “If charges (for tests) are Rs2,200 and Rs2,900 in Mumbai and Andhra Pradesh, re-spectively, why are Gu-jarat labs are charging Rs4,500? People are be-ing fleeced and the gov-ernment remains only a mute spectator to this loot,” alleged Chavda.

Guj govt neglected health sector, says Ahmed bhai

Questions why A’bad-based pvt labs charge `4,500 for a test that costs `2,200 in Mumbai

Ahmed Patel

emember the classic songs ‘Mere haathon mein nau nau chudi-yan hai,’ ‘Bole chudiyan-bole kan-gana,’ and ‘Khanak khan chudiyaan’

which ultimately embodies the significance of bangles in the Bollywood romance, and why not? What better way to celebrate love than

to depict it through the tinkle of the bang?

Ever wondered what is so special about them that eve-ry Indian woman, both mar-ried and unmarried chooses to adorn these? They are designed to give every wom-an a choice in her own look, as they can mix and match different bangles until they discovers their favourite combination. Even every goddess idol that has been so far discovered is seen wear-ing bangles.

Bangles are traditionally a part of the solah shringar of Indian brides. It is man-datory for newlywed brides and would-be-brides to wear bangles made of glass, gold or other metals as they sig-nify the long life of the hus-band. Traditionally, break-ing of the bridal glass or lac bangles is considered inaus-picious.

Facts say that the ruins from Mohenjo-Daro excava-tions show that bangles were even made of copper, shell and terracotta. They

were originally painted with black or red de-signs and were worn both by men and wom-en. Over the years, it

was believed that the use of bangles helps increase blood circulation.

Talking about the signifi-cance of colours in bangles, did you know that every col-our worn at different points in time signify different things? For example, red is worn at weddings to signify prosperity; Green, on the other hand, denotes good luck and fertility. Silver stands for strength; while, purple represents independ-ence and gold is symbolic of prosperity and fortune.

However, with the woman no longer being confined to home after marriage, the age-old tradition of wearing wedding symbols daily has taken a backseat and these are now reserved for special days only. For daily wear, women now wear kadas or a single thick bracelet with trendier, geometric designs nudging into the market of traditional designs. Howev-er, tradition still plays a sig-nificant role during an In-dian wedding, where we see the brides wearing bangles on their wedding day and for some months after it, as they flaunt their status as a new-ly-married bride.

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hen The End of the F***ing World (Channel 4) first aired in 2017, it was a slow burn that crackled into life and became a

vibrant hit. Though it was largely missed when it first appeared on television, it picked up an international audience a year later on Net-flix. In a world of prestige television, it ploughed its own furrow and did things its own way. Its episodes were compact and lean, its over-the-top style paid homage to its graphic novel heritage while maintaining a particu-lar dourness, and its True Romance-esque central love story was far more sweet than its violent setting should have allowed for, giv-en that it started with James deciding to kill Alyssa, and ended with him laid out on a beach having sacrificed him-self for her.

It also seemed like a water-tight story, relatively un-se-quel-able (though in the name of Big Little Lies, we should have learned by now that a neat ending is unlikely to stop a success in its tracks.) So here we are, with series two, and a request that re-viewers do not give anything away, which makes certain aspects of it tricky to discuss. Even so, there is enough of a shift to see how this will work just as well as its predecessor. The first series saw the duo’s runaway road trip ending in Thelma and Louise-ish aban-don, as the police caught up with their crimes. Series two’s opening episode (there are eight, stripped across the week in pairs) moves away from the two of them almost entirely, giving us the pitch-black story of Bonnie, via an excellent, career-making per-formance from Naomi Ackie, who stood out similarly in 2016’s Lady Macbeth.

One of the skills of this show is its light touch when it comes to humour, which arrives unexpectedly, in the bleakest of moments. The writing is fantastically dry – even a line as stark as “I killed someone” earns a laugh, through the addition of a pause, and the explana-tory addition of “on pur-pose”. Bonnie is a librarian raised under the cruel disci-

pline of her mother, who forces her to memo rise the world’s capital cities and eat lipstick. She retreats into a grim blankness and rejects the education she was sup-posed to have. In the first se-ries, James believed himself to be a psychopath, but judg-ing by what we see of Bonnie, we are about to meet the real thing. Her approach to woo-ing the object of her affec-tions is quite unique and certainly memorable, and her connection to James and Alyssa quickly becomes ap-parent. It nicely sets up a thorny tangle for series two to unravel, and a potentially monstrous showdown.

Like the first series, this inhabits a highly stylised world that is not fixed in any time or place. It feels a little American, a little English, a bit 70s, a bit 90s. The cars and buildings are both glamor-ous and gloomy, much like the show itself. It is, however, always good-looking, and ex-quisite in its attention to the smaller points. There are lin-gering shots of food – a bloody burger, a hospital meal arranged carefully on a tidy tray. It is, at times, gor-geous, nowhere more so than in its details, from the cover of a philosophy book to the dusty wine bottles in the bar of a creepy hotel.

A couple of years have passed since Alyssa was a fu-gitive from the law, and her family, with some trimming and pruning, has moved to a cafe in the woods with an aunt. Life has moved on, and Alyssa is attempting to move with it, but she is fading rap-idly, under the illusion of making a go of normal life. As Alyssa, Jessica Barden is remarkable once again, just the right side of bratty, with that implication of deep pain.

But it’s the pace that makes it sing. Of course there were some manoeu-vres to pull off, to bring all of the characters back into the fray, but it has been done with as little clumsiness as possible. Huge, gasp-induc-ing plot points happen quick-ly and without fanfare, and then we move on. There is no hanging around, waiting for the action to get going. In much the same way as a bril-liantly made 90-minute film makes you wonder why any director needs three and a half hours for a single movie, these 20-minute instalments are hymns to brevity. It is gruesome and violent and scatalogical, but then it is funny and pointed and wry, and then it defers to a tender look, or an affectionate touch, and shows its heart. Lesser shows would give you whiplash, but the tone here is uniquely its own.

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LEOJULY 24 - AUGUST 23

While you’re craving some predictability today, dear Leo, the day’s energies can feel a little unsteady. Try not

to rely heavily on others or plans just for now, as things may not go as planned. Today and tomorrow can be good for learning a new way to handle a fi nancial matter or a new approach.

LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

There can be some motivation to take on new challenges, You may not know where to start, or

you might be expecting too much from yourself, too soon. Start small, do little things that are different, and vary your routine. You might consider this as a time of a shift.

ARIESMAR 21 - APR 20

Tensions about money or friendship can surface, dear Aries, but answers or insights are in the pipeline.

It can be a time for looking for new ways to approach problems. You could be feeling a pleasing sense of belonging and understanding with someone close to you.

SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22

There can be tensions in spots today,particularly if you’re doing the same old things or relating in

unhealthy ways. Fortunately, new approaches and insights are up and coming. For now, agitations can stir you enough to want to make changes. Taking action may need to wait.

GEMINIMAY 21 - JUNE 21

You can experience some impatience or disagree-ments today and tomorrow which will be resolved

soon. While annoying, they’re leading you to new approaches and fabulous insights. Still, playing with ideas, if things remain light and open, can be useful.

AQUARIUSJAN 21 - FEB 19

There is an emphasis on your spending habits, possessions, and desires these days, and ideally,

you’re coming to a better understanding of how you should handle your money. you can be quite temperamental about these things and about whether others value you.

TAURUSAPR 21 - MAY 20

You can be a bit impatient with routines and methods that you’ve been using for so long that you’ve

become bored. Insights will follow shortly, but for now, you’re motivated to fi nd new approaches. Verbalizing an issue or writing things out can bring on a new perspective.

CAPRICORNDEC 23 - JAN 20

While you’re in generally good humor, you could feel just a little out of step, particularly when it comes

to saying the right thing. The desire to share is strong, but you could fi nd that others are indecisive, and you’re vacillating as well. Worries have a way of moving to the foreground.

VIRGOAUG 24 - SEP 23

Several infl uences point to the need to refresh your thinking or methods. Someone in your life can

be brusque or impatient today, Still, it might lead you on a new path that works well for you. Your increased sensitivity might also contribute to some rising tensions.

CANCERJUNE 22 - JULY 23

There can be frustrations with friends or disagree-ments with beliefs and ideologies. Conversations

can lead to breakthroughs in thinking, or they might stimulate a whole new line of thought, even an unusual one, that inspires you. It’s best to keep things open-ended.

PISCESFEB20 - MARCH 20

Tensions can be stirring, and while mild, they can lead you to a mission to make improvements. Get

in touch with the true reason for your discontent rather than chalk it up to something insignifi cant. Try to settle your mind, as it could very well be racing with plans.

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People are inclined to give you feedback, even if you’re not seeking it! You may feel a bit off-center by

a sense that someone’s not reliable or indifferent. Try not to let others’ moods defi ne your day, they may be too wrapped up in their own issues to worry too much about yours.

Two years on from its first sleeper-hit series, the dark,

Thelma and Louise-style tale returns

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Veteran actor Raj Babbar on Tues-day extended birthday wishes to his ‘favourite’ superstar Mithun Chakraborty on his 68th birthday

and recalled the good old days with a price-less throwback picture. The ‘Tevar’ star put out the monochromatic photograph on Twitter in which the two veterans are seen sharing a lighter moment. Along with the picture he wrote, “Birthday wishes to su-perstar & my favourite #Mithun-

Chakraborty ji. He came & he conquered the scene! Dancing sensation that he is, he

added knew dimension to our movies.” —ANI

Actor Sonam Kapoor Ahuja who recently returned to Mumbai from New Delhi to

celebrate her 35th birthday with her family on Thurs-day dug out a monochrome family portrait and cap-

tioned it with a Mother Teresa quote.

Sonam took to Ins-tagram to post the picture which beau-

tifully captures the strong fami-

ly bond that the ‘Neerja’ ac-tor enjoys with

her family.

“”What can you do to pro-mote world peace? Go home and love your family.” - Mother Teresa,” she wrote in the caption. The picture features Sonam posing with her fashion designer hus-band Anand Ahuja, her par-ents Anil Kapoor and Suni-ta Kapoor, and her siblings.

The actor’s fans and close relatives showered the post with scores of comments. The 35-year-old actor has been quite active on so-cial media and has also been raising awareness about the coronavirus pandemic. —ANI

Sonakshislams people

ithout naming any-one, actor Sonakshi Sinha on Tuesday in a social media post lashed out at “cer-tain people trying to garner publicity”

from the demise of Bolly-wood actor Sushant Singh Rajput (SSR).

The ‘Dabangg’ girl took to Twitter and posted a state-ment where she is seen urg-ing people not to spread neg-ativity using the death of the ‘Kai Po Che!’ actor. “The problem with wrestling with pigs is that you get dirty and the pig enjoys it. To certain people trying to garner pub-licity and highlight THEIR issues using the death of a member of our fraternity... PLEASE just stop,” wrote Sinha.

“Your spewing negativity, hate, and toxicity is really not required right now. Have some respect for the depart-ed. Really,” she added.

The 33-year-old actor did not name or address the post to any specific person.

“Certain people are just dis-gusting and will always be,” she wrote along with the note.

The ‘Akira’ actor has also posted the same note on her Instagram stories.

SSR had allegedly killed himself by hanging at his Bandra residence in Mumbai on Sunday. However, no sui-cide note has been recovered from Rajput’s residence, po-lice said. His last rites were performed earlier today at Mumbai’s Vile Parle amid heavy downpours.

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Sonakshi Sinha

‘My 3 am Call’S

haring a video compilation of all her happy moments with her moth-er Madhu Chopra, actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas on Wednesday wished

her mom a happy birthday. The ‘Baywatch’ actor posted the video on Instagram and complimented it with a sweet note in the caption. “My backbone, my strength, my 3am call, my inspiration, my best friend, my mother, my everything. Happy birth-day mom!” she wrote.

The actor, who is currently living with her musician husband Nick Jonas in America, further said that she is missing celebrating mother’s birthday with her. “I miss you so much right now and am missing our rit-ual of spending the day to-gether. I will see you soon. Love you loads @chopramm2001,” Jonas wrote in the caption.

Scores of netizens including celebrities commented on the Instagram post to wish the super-star’s mother on her birthday.

—ANI

EXPRESSING

LOVE

As Courteney Cox celebrated her 56th birthday on Tues-day, the hot mamma flaunted her bikini body in her Insta-

gram post. As her birthday post, Cox shared a slow-mo video of herself, clad in a black bikini looking like a million bucks, diving into the pool with an enthusiastic zest for life. Somebody needs to tell the actress to stop looking so gorgeous because, hot damn! Meanwhile, Lisa Kudrow took to her Instagram page to share the most adorable photos of the best friends cuddling together along with Courteney’s cute dogs, which are of

the Cavalier King Charles Span-iel breed. —Agency

Diving into the next year

PRICELESS BIRTHDAY WISH

Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Still from the video

Sonam Kapoor Ahuja

... her post

Courteney Cox

... her post

Mithun Chakraborty

Raj Babbar’s post

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Senior Journalist Rajendra Chhabra celebrated his birthday with family and close friends on Tuesday. Jagdeesh Chandra also personally wished Chhabra on this special day; seen here with them are (from left) Aarav, Chavi, Yash, Pulkit, Chitralekha, Avika and Swati.

A live session on ‘Zindagi Gulzar Hai’, featuring Anupam Kher, is going to

be organised by FICCI FLO, on 18 June. —CITY FIRST

RAJASTHAN: As a part of the ongoing ‘Online Learning – Children’s Summer Festival,’ an online learning session on ‘Warli Painting’ was conducted by Artist, Anil Vangad from Maharashtra, on Tuesday. The session introduced the basics of Warli painting, where the artist also explained the small details of village life that added charm to the art session.

GUJARAT: Maintaining its track record of the highest number of A1 grade-holders in the state, 189 students from Surat city and district have secured the top grade in class XII general stream exams, and the results for which were announced on Monday. Rajkot with 108 students came second, while 40 students from Ahmedabad city and 16 from Ahmedabad rural secured the A1 grade.

RAJASTHAN: An online session was organised by Poornima Institute of Hotel Management (PIHM), on the topic of ‘Planning Careers in the Digital Age and After Covid-19’. During the session, Former Principal, Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Dr Sudhir Andrews, gave various tips to participants for the success in this digital world.

During this ongoing pandemic, Nilima Joy from Assam’s Goalghat district delivered a baby girl while returning to the state, on a Sharmik Special train from Kerala, on Monday. She named her ‘Quarantina’.

GUJARAT: Anjali Dubey, the daughter of a Surat-based auto driver, made her father proud by scoring 99.99 percentile in the Senior Secondary Board Examination of Commerce Stream.

GUJARAT: All the police officers including Vadodara Police Commissioner, Anupam Singh Gehlot paid tribute to Assistant Sub Inspector, Magan Baria of Surat who died fighting with Coronavirus.

GUJARAT: Dixit Modi, a pani puri vendor’s son from Vadodara made his father proud by scoring 99.68 percentile with 88% in HSC. He intends to study Bcom after this, to start working towards becoming a Chartered Accountant.

RAJASTHAN: The Rajasthan Bus Tourist Association has requested the state government for a tax waiver. President, Ashok Kaishot and Vice-president, Ravi Saini of the association, shared that their point is ‘No use-no tax’.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! WHAT’S HAPPENING!

DIAMANTAIRE ARUN MEHTA PASSES AWAY

CITY FIRST GUJARAT

The diamond in-dustry in Su-rat and Mum-bai remained

completely shut on Tuesday, to mourn the death of Arun Mehta, industry doy-en and founder of the world’s leading dia-mond company ‘Rosy Blue’.

Mehta, the ‘Bhish-ma Pitamah’ of the industry passed away on Monday at his res-idence in Mumbai.

In the late 1970s, Mehta was one of the pioneers of the diamond industry and he founded B Arunkumar and Company, which was later rechristened to Rosy Blue. His par-ticipation and efforts in a number of trade organisations con-tributed immensely to the growth of the whole industry.

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IPS Tejaswini Gautam celebrated her birthday on 16 June, Tuesday. We wish her all the best!

HAPPY B’DAY!

eeru Jangid from Jodhpur is a free-lance artist and a homemaker. Her journey as an artist started in 2018 at the age of 35. Though

she was good at art since childhood, she was more into sports during her school times; canvas and paints were just a summer hobby for her.

Her husband was the one who saw her hidden talent and motivated her to go for-ward in the field of art. That is when she exhibited her paintings, and Neeru’s work

was appreciated by many art-ists and this lifted her confi-dence and she started boost-ing herself as an artist. This further motivated her to grab

the brushes and go on!She started partici-

pating in competitions, exhibitions and also got awarded. She also organised

a ‘Charity Summer Live Art Workshop’

for kids and it went re-ally well. She collected more than 100 paintings of the

budding artists, including herself, and organized an exhibition and then donated the earnings to MDM Hospi-tal, Jodhpur. While interact-

ing with City First, Neeru said, “This lockdown made my artist mode on and it was a very fun time for me, as well as my family”.

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IMPACT OF LOCKDOWN ON CHILD HEALTH

Impact of COVID-19 and Lockdown on child health was studied by physicians at JK Lone

Hospital, Jaipur. This study was conceived by Dr Ashok Gupta, Medical Superintendent & Senior Professor, Department of Pediatrics at JK Lone Hospital, Jaipur. Under the direction of Dr Gupta, this study was carried out by Dr Ramesh Chaudhary, Dr Dhan Raj Bagri, Dr Kamlesh Agarwal, Dr Vivek Athwani and Dr

Anil Sharma.Through a few ques-

tionnaires, the medical team collected informa-tion on the average screen time of chil-dren before and af-ter lockdown, which showed that after lockdown; almost all children had a screen time increase of 2-3 times (5 hrs/day from 2 hrs/day). Call it reduced phys-ical activity due to lock-down or the result of in-creased screen time, but

about 45% of the children stopped sleeping as soon as they went to bed,

whereas these children used to fall asleep as soon as going to bed. About 50% of these children have

difficulty in the onset of sleep after going to

bed for 20 to 60 minutes and 17% of the children would wake up in the mid-dle of their sleep at night and they take 20 to 30 min-utes to get back to sleep.

—CITY FIRST

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Neeru Jangid

Late Arun Mehta

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