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India has recorded the lowest daily growth rate of COVID-19 cases since the outbreak began, with a 6% increase, while Rajasthan prepares to implement plasma therapy for severely ill patients. Additionally, the central government is assessing stricter lockdown measures in North Bengal, and the Rajasthan High Court has applied to postpone municipal elections due to the ongoing pandemic. Amid these developments, there are reports of illegal liquor smuggling increasing under the lockdown conditions.

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INDIA RECORDS LOWEST DAILY GROWTH RATE IN CASES: GOVT New Delhi: The average doubling rate of COVID-19 cases in the country is 9.1 days as of now and from Friday 8 am to Saturday 8 am, India recorded a six-per cent growth in new cases, which is the lowest daily growth rate recorded since the country crossed 100 cases, the government said on Saturday. 13th meeting of Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19 was held un- der the chairpersonship of Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday. GOM was briefed on state-wise details of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals, along with the adequacy of isolation beds and wards, PPE kits, N95 masks, drugs, ventilators and oxygen cylinders, among others, the health ministry said. The GoM was informed that domestic manufacturers, Turn on P6 β€˜DECISION ON AMARNATH YATRA AFTER REVIEW OF SITUATION’ Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor G C Murmu on Saturday said the upcoming Amarnath yatra was subject to a periodic review of COVID-19 situation as comprehensive planning and execution are involved in conduct of the annual pilgrimage. The 42-day-long yatra to 3,880-metre high cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas is scheduled to commence on June 23. 10-day-long Buda Amarnath yatra in Poonch district of Jammu commences in August. β€œGovt will ex- plore all possible means required for conduct of yatras. However, all these developments are subject to review, in view of the COVID-19 crisis,” Murmu said at a meet- ing with a nine-member delegation of Baba Amarnath and Buda Amarnath Yatri Niyas at the Raj Bhavan here. CENTRAL TEAM FOR STRICTER LOCKDOWN IN NORTH BENGAL Kolkata: A central team visiting north Bengal to assess the COVID-19 situation wrote to the West Bengal government on Saturday, suggesting stricter implementation of lockdown there. Two central teams are visiting the state, one in Kolkata and the other, at Siliguri in north Bengal. In a letter to CS Rajiva Sinha, central team in north Bengal, led by senior bureaucrat Vineet Joshi, said more field officers are required to monitor and provide feedback about the effectiveness of various meas- ures undertaken by the government. He sought a meeting with the police commissioner of Siliguri. WE SHALL OVERCOME! Border Roads Organisation on Saturday opened the 27 kilometres Rohtang Pass stretch on Manali Leh route for public amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown. Essential supplies and relief materials needed in India’s fight against COVID-19 will now be able to reach in this area, which remains cut off for traffic for 5-6 months, said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in a tweet. β€”ANI β€˜Raj ready for plasma therapy’ Jaipur: Rajasthan is prepared to conduct plasma therapy on se- verely-ill COVID-19 pa- tients and has written to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) seeking permis- sion to carry out the treatment, state health minister Raghu Shar- ma said on Saturday. Under convalescent plasma therapy tech- nique, plasma from peo- ple who have recovered from COVID-19 is trans- fused to patients who are in severe condition. Sharma said the num- ber of coronavirus cas- es reported in the state has risen to 2,061 on Sat- urday afternoon and as- serted that Rajasthan has so far done the high- est 79,000 tests in the country. The COVID-19 death rate in the country is 3.18 per cent while the state average is 1.43 per cent. The state govern- ment’s efforts have brought the death rate under control, the min- ister said. Turn on P6 Health Minister Raghu Sharma First India News Jaipur: Seeking to end the confusion over its Friday late night order allowing opening of shops selling non-essential items, Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has clarified that shopsinmarketsormarket complexes must remain closed in urban areas, though all standalone shops, neighbourhood shopsandshopsinresiden- tial complexes in non-con- tainment zones can open. MHA on Saturday is- sued a clarification on its order allowing the open- ing of shops amid the lockdown imposed to con- tain Covid-19. The relaxation of lock- down came with major caveats and it did not ap- ply to hundreds of quar- antined towns and other hotspots that have been hit hardest by the out- break. Although MHA or- derspermittedopeningof shops, people preferred stayingindoorsthanmak- ing purchases, consider- ing the shops were opened after nearly a month. While shopkeepers stressed on maintaining social distancing, long queueswerenottobeseen in majority of the places. Only at secluded places, where Ramzan celebra- tions are being carried out, with the beginning of theholymonthof Ramzan from Saturday, could a gathering be witnessed. Many shops selling sta- tionery, toys, hard wear, electronics etc opened but shoppers preferred to stay indoors. Turn on P6 n AFTER A MONTH OF LOCKDOWN, MHA ALLOWS SHOPS TO RE-OPEN WITH RIDERS n SHOPKEEPERS AWAIT CUSTOMERS AS PEOPLE ONLY SHOPPED FOR ESSENTIALS n RESTRICTIONS REMAIN IN CONTAINMENT ZONES Shops open, sans buyers! Members of the Muslim community buy groceries on the first day of the holy month of Ramzan during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, at Jama Masjid in New Delhi on Saturday. β€”PHOTOBYANI USA 945,249 53,243 +1,050 SPAIN 223,759 22,902 ++378 ITALY 195,351 26,384 +415 GERMANY 155,418 5,805 +45 UK 148,377 20,319 +813 TURKEY 107,773 2,706 +106 IRAN 89,328 5,650 +76 CHINA 82,816 4,632 +3 RUSSIA 74,588 681 +66 COUNTRY TOTAL TOTAL NEW CASES DEATHS DEATHS GLOBAL STATE OF AFFAIRS WWW.WORLDOMETERS.INFO LAST UPDATED: APRIL 25, 2020, 11:00 PM SAMPLE RECEIVED SAMPLE NEGATIVE 5,104 UNDER EXAMINATION 78,993 IN RAJASTHAN DISTRICT TOTAL NEW TOTAL CASES CASES DEATH AJMER 112 +6 β€” ALWAR 7 β€” 1 BANSWARA 61 β€” β€” BARMER 2 β€” β€” BHARATPUR 109 +2 1 BHILWARA 33 β€” 2 BIKANER 37 β€” 1 CHITTORGARH 1 +1 β€” CHURU 14 β€” β€” DAUSA 21 β€” β€” DHOLPUR 3 +2 β€” DUNGARPUR 6 +1 β€” HANUMANGARH 10 β€” β€” JAIPUR 792 +15 19 JAISALMER 34 β€” β€” JHALAWAR 29 +5 β€” JHUNJHUNU 42 +1 β€” JODHPUR 326 +10 3 KARAULI 3 β€” β€” KOTA 149 +5 4 NAGAUR 93 β€” 1 PALI 2 β€” β€” PRATAPGARH 2 β€” β€” RAJSAMAND 1 +1 β€” SWAI MADHOPUR 8 β€” β€” SIKAR 4 β€” 1 TONK 115 β€” 1 UDAIPUR 4 β€” β€” OTHER DIST. 0 β€” 1(UP) TOTAL 2020 +49 35 OTHER (Italy) 2 β€” β€” EVACUEES 61 β€” β€” GRAND TOTAL 2083 +49 35 71,806 CORONA IN RAJASTHAN On Saturday, 49 new Corona positive cases were reported in state of which 15 are from Jaipur. This is the lowest number of new infections in the state after 13 days in a day. Three deaths each were reported from Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota on Saturday. P3 CORONA ALERT JAIPUR l SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 319 24Β°C - 36Β°C OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR & AHMEDABAD www.firstindia.co.in www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/ thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia instagram.com/thefirstindia COVID-19 UPDATE RAJASTHAN 35 DEATHS 2,083 CONFIRMED CASES WORLD 2,01,132 DEATHS 28,88,684 CONFIRMED CASES INDIA 825 DEATHS 26,283 CONFIRMED CASES Concerned CM goes all out to bring stranded Rajasthanis back! Naresh Sharma Jaipur: Concerned over the situation of stranded Rajasthanis across the nation, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had been work- ing on war footing to bring them back to their home state and if all goes well, the Rajasthanis could come back from next month onwards. Ge- hlot has been in touch with Chief Ministers of various states in this regard as also with the Union Home Ministry. While Gehlot has al- ready spoken to Chief Ministers of West ben- gal, Assam, Chattisgarh amongst other states regard this, Maharash- tra Chief Minister Ud- dhav Thackeray also phoned his Rajasthan counterpart Ashok Ge- hlot regarding the ar- rangements made for the students of Maha- rashtra in Kota. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray held a tel- ephonic discussion with the Rajasthan Chief Minister on measures taken to contain the spread of coronavirus by both the states and on vari- ous other subjects,” Maharashtra Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said on Friday. β€œThey also discussed arrangements made for the students of Maharashtra in Kota and are collectively working on modalities to bring the kids back home,” it added. While Gehlot has been proactively seek- ing relief for Rajasthan- is and trying to bring them home Turn on P6 In order to ensure that farmers get minimum support price and to promote decentralised sale of farm pro- duce, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot gave permission to name godowns registered with warehouse develop- ment and regulatory authority, warehouses registered with Kendriya Bhandar Nigam and Rajasthan State Warehousing Corporation as Gaun mandi or markets. Keeping in mind that social distancing is the need of the hour which would stop further spread of Corona virus, the godowns and warehouses have been de- clared as Gaun mandi for which an amount of fifteen lakh rupees has to be deposited by 30th June 2020. HELP AT HAND FOR FARMERS Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot taking VC where Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma, DB Gupta, Rajeeva Swarup, Rohit Kumar Singh, Kuldeep Ranka among others were present. ALSO PROVIDES RELIEF TO FARMERS BY ANNOUNCING WAREHOUSES AS β€˜GAUN MANDIS’
NEWSJAIPUR | SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020 02www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Jaipur: Thirty-four members of a Ludhi- ana-based family, who are stranded in Ajmer since the last one month following the clamping of the nationwide lock- down, have seen it all -- poverty, hunger, domes- tic violence, communal harmony, philanthropy and brotherhood. Stuck inside the hall of a hotel, all they want now is to return to their homes in Ludhiana. Fed up of the daily blues, this family is now pleading the govt to per- mit them to go back to their native place. β€œIrrespective of caste and creed, we have seen help pouring in from all quarters during this lockdown period. But now we just want to go home,” said Sanju, one of the members of the family. β€œOur group compris- es 10 women, an equal number of men and 14 kids. We came to the Ajmer Sharif Dargah for the first time to offer prayers on March 21. Our return tickets were booked for March 24; however, all trains got cancelled in the wake of the lockdown. We ar- ranged for money by re- questing our family members in Ludhiana to deposit some amount in our accounts. β€”Agencies Stuck in Ajmer, family longs to go home SOLACE IN THE SILENCE? Amber Maotha Lake, at 12.35 PM, normally buzzing with tourists, wears a deserted look due to the nationwide lockdown imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus on Saturday. β€”PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR First India News Jaipur: Amid lock- down, some state lead- ers commented on the current situation. On receiving rarity for the state, BJP State Presi- dent Dr Satish Poonia while thanking PM Modi took to twitter. Poonia tweeted, β€œThank you PM Shri Narendra Modi, who has given Rs. 3,500 crore to Rajasthan under (PMGSY) 3, from this budget, 6 bridges and 639 roads of 6,040 km length will be con- structed, It is natural that there will be a rar- ity of development from all over the state to Jaipur district and Amer.” Poonia has also extended heartfelt greetings to the people on the occasion of Lord Parshuram Jayanti. Former BJP State President Ashok Par- nami said, β€œEven after finding the corona sus- pects being tested posi- tive, the State Govt is being careless in isolat- ing them, which has in- creased the possibility of spreading corona in other persons”. The Leader of Opposi- tion Gulabchand Ka- taria, while speaking about Rahul Gandhi has said, β€œRahul has said cutting the salary and al- lowance of central govt employees is an inhu- mane and insensitive decision. If Rahul had suggested Rajasthan CM in the month of March, then a 30% salary of mil- lions of govt employees and pensioners of Ra- jasthan would not have been postponed. First India News Jaipur: The illegal liq- uor smuggling business in the capital has in- creased during the lock- down. Police have ar- rested five people smug- gling tobacco, cigarettes, and liquor in six police station areas on Satur- day. Along with this, the liquor and the vehicles used for smuggling have also been seized. DCP Kavendra Singh Sagar said that β€œsmug- gler Vicky Sansi, who was carrying liquor in an auto-rickshaw (tem- po) in Karni Vihar area, has also been arrested and seized 18 cases of country liquor from him. Similarly, Vishwa- karma Police station in- charge of Mangilal Vishnoi has caught Bhagwan Sahay Sansi near the Vaidharana Shiva temple with 15 lit- ers of illegal junk liq- uor and 82 bottles of country liquor. PooniathanksPM over`3,500crgrant Five held for smuggling illegal stuff First India News Jaipur: Police Commis- sioner has devised a sensible and unique strategy to trace the con- tacts of every co- rona positive pa- tient in the city. He has reposed faith in his subor- dinates Rahul Jain (DCP East), Rajiv Pachar (DCP North), Kavindra Sagar (DCP West) and Yogesh Dhadheech(DCPSouth) to go through the call details of all the corona positives patients in their areas and prepare a thorough con- tact list so that the police depart- ment can help the health officials to reach all the sus- pects. Undoubt- edly this strategy by the commis- sioner will fur- ther reign in the spread of the virus in Jaipur to help it come out of the red category. Police commissioner’s continuous efforts to curb corona in state SEC appeals to Raj High Court to postpone elections Raj HC cancels constitution of benches to hear matters First India News Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court has cancelled con- stitution of benches to hear matters. The court will now con- tinue to func- tion as per its order of April 14 till May 3. The notification was issued by the High Court registrar general after a high level official of court was tested posi- tive for corona. The no- tification informed that constitution of benches has been cancelled. The notification has been sent to personal secretary of CJ, Advo- cate General and office bearers of Bar council of Rajasthan. It said that existing system of hearing matters will continue till May 3. For emergency matters, sin- gle or division bench would be constituted after permission from the CJ and other senior judges. First India News Jaipur: The State Elec- tion Commission has submitted an applica- tion to the Rajasthan High Court to postpone the elections to be held in Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota, 6 municipal cor- porations on August 31. The commission has told the court in this ap- plication submitted through advocate RB Mathur that, β€˜it is not possible to conduct mu- nicipal elections under the existing circum- stances, and till May 3, the state has been un- der lockdown; the im- pact of the coronavirus has also been increasing continuous- ly. The entire government machinery of the state is busy in controlling and fighting against the pandemic. Even after the lock- down, it would be very important to keep so- cial distancing. IN THE COURTYARD Jaipur: The Rajasthan Home Department has issued amendments re- garding the shops of electric fans, outlets for recharge of prepaid mo- bile phones and shops selling educational books. The amendments are made in the implemen- tation of lockdown or- ders.Thedistrictadmin- istration has been asked to coordinate with the shops of electric fans, outlets for recharge of prepaid mobile connec- tion and shops selling educational books, and give them passes/per- mits to engage in home delivery. Schools/col- leges and other educa- tional institutions and coaching centres should also coordinate in the process to communicate the phone numbers of such shops to the stu- dentsorparentstoassist in placing orders, the order added. The system of home delivery has been sug- gested in order to avoid a rush at the shops, as a precautionary measure againstthespreadof the virus. In addition to these shops, neighbourhood shops,stand-aloneshops and shops in residential complexes can also be open.Thisexcludesmar- ket complexes and sin- gle and multi-brand malls. It has also been clarifiedthatoutletssell- ing items or products can open, service pro- viders such as eateries, salons, and parlours cannot open. Apart from that, agri- culture/horticulture and allied activities, and caregivers or attendants of elderlypeoplearealso exempted.Theseamend- ments are made outside the containment areas of hotspots and clusters. β€”ANI Raj Home Dept issues changes regarding opening of shops Can all shops open? No. Shops in contain- ment zone will not open at all. Besides, restaurants, salons and barber shops will remain closed. Joint home secretary Punyasalila Shrivastava said that hair salon comes under services while the new order only for the shops that sell products. Multi and single brand malls are not allowed to open. Liquor and tobacco will remain prohibited. What will affect home ministry’s order? Earlier only essential items like, milk, grocery, fruit & vegetables, medical stores, petrol pumps, flour mill and mobile recharge shops were allowed to open. Now, shops selling non- essential items can also open but with riders. What are the conditions to open shops? They have to be reg- istered shops under Shops & Establishment Act of respective States/ UTs. Only 50% em- ployees will be called. Must maintain neces- sary precautions such as wearing face masks, gloves and keep social- distancing. Whether all shopping complex and markets will open? Shops in market com- plexes, except those within the limits of mu- nicipal corporations and municipalities, would be allowed to open. Shop- ping complex, salon, restaurants and liquor shops won’t open. In villages, markets can open. THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND People of muslim community buying essentials during Ramzan in Ramganj area. β€”PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA Dr Satish Poonia First India News Jaipur: On the instruc- tions of dynam- ic Jaipur Development Commissioner T Ravi- kant, a team of three members will monitor the smooth functioning of the food system and timely delivery of food and quality food at the Quarantine Centers. The team will appoint personnel at each place where the food is being prepared. Ravikant also instructed that quality food be provided on time to the people at these centres and for this ef- fective monitoring and checking should be done by Director Finance, Ad- ditional Commissioner LPC, Joint Director and Nodal Officer. The three- member team will also appoint staff which will report to the control room for timely sending of workers and monitor food centers to ensure early start of prepara- tions of food, comple- tion of preparations and ensuring quality of food. In case of any kind of problem to the per- sonnel, they will imme- diately inform the nodal officer so that the prob- lem can be resolved with immediate effect. The nodal officer of food management will also regularly take feedback and reports from the in- charge officers appoint- ed at the Quarantine Centers. Food at quarantine centres: JDC appoints 3-member team HUNGER HEROES From left: Advocate Rajesh Karnal, Mahant Kailash Sharma, Dinesh Sharma. Brahmin society celebrated Parshuram Jayanti by following social distancing on Saturday. On this occasion, Mahant Kailash Sharma guardian of Saptarishi Mandal in Moti Dungri Ganesh Temple distributed free ration to 500 families. Brahmin people also lit lamps (diye) in their houses and the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra was recited in front of the picture of Lord Parshuram. During the day, peace sacrifice was conducted under the guidance of Chief Whip Mahesh Joshi, Sapta Rishi Mandal President Pandit Devi Shank Sharma and General Secretary Kaustubh Dadhich and Jyotisha Acharya Pandit Purushottam Gaur. Anand Shrivastav
RAJASTHANJAIPUR | SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020 03www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia  Jaipur: Members of Vipra Founda- tion and Maa Vaishno Seva Samiti worshiped Lord Parshuram, under the leadership of Vipra Foundation Youth District Presi- dent Arpit Sharma. BJP state president Satish Poonia, MP Ramcharan Bauhra, Arpit Sharma, Rajesh Karnal, Kedar Sharma, Sat- ish Sharma, Dinesh Sharma, Rakesh Sharma, Rajesh Chaudhary and other party workers were present.  Jaipur: Rajasthan Bar Council took decision due to lockdown. Finan- cial assistance will be given to 1900 needy advocates of the state. Financial assistance of 5000 thousand will be given to each advo- cate. A 3 member committee is also formed to provide financial support and the responsibili- ty is given to Suresh Shrimali, Jagmal Singh Chaudhary and Sanjay Sharma.  Kota: Coaching student Vandana Mehra committed suicide in Kota in Mahaveer Nagar, located in Santoshi Nagar police station area. She wrote, β€œI could not live up to expectations” in a suicide note.  Alwar: No toll will be taken from the Private vehi- cles from Alwar to Behror-Narnol road. This facility is also going to be available from Kishangarhbas to Khairthal-Bansur- Kotputli road. Only commercial vehicles will have to pay the toll. Project Man- ager SS Meena gave the information.  Jaipur: MLA Ka- licharan Saraf gave Rs 20 lakh from his MLA Fund to buy ra- tion for the needy in Malviya Nagar area. Saraf gave 20 lakhs to CMR Kovid 19 fund, 11 lakh rupees for the purchase of medical equipment and resources in Jaipuria Hospital and 1 lakh rupees in relief fund for pur- chase of sanitizers and masks etc.  Jaipur: Police seized 301 vehicles on Saturday. Apart from this, 24 people have been arrested for violating Section 144. So far, police have seized 13,723 vehicles during the lockdown. With this, 516 people have been arrested for violating the rules of lockdown. Police commis- sioner Ashok Kumar Gupta said, β€œStrict action will be taken against those who violate law and order”.  Tonk: SDRF jawans are accused of assaulting a 60-year-old elderly who is seriously injured. People created uproar af- ter incident which took place in Jata Pada area. BRIEF in First India News Jaipur: Rajasthan has been successful in curb- ing the infection growth rate by 35% during the first 10 days of second fortnight of April, de- spite of increased num- ber of tests. State tested more samples in these 10 days than it did in previ- ous one and half month. Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma proudly informed that had the growth rate of infection been same then the state would have had 3,116 co- rona patients by now but they have been restrict- ed to 2,061, which is 35% less. The icing on the cake is that the state tested 40000 samples in corresponding 10 days against 34928 samples in earlier 45 days. Dr Shar- ma said that the state health department has written to ICMT for per- mission of using plasma therapy in critical coro- na cases. He said that our team of doctors is all set to be- gin the therapy once ICMRgivesthegoahead. In plasma therapy, the plasma of the blood of corona recovered pa- tients is injected in criti- cal patients to build the anti bodies to fight the virus. Sharma hinted that the doctors were ready with the required plasma. Dr Sharma sums up the story with few figures, He puts forth 79000 tests and 493 recovered patients with 198 discharged cases. He also says that the death rate in Rajasthan at 1.43 is way better than the national average of 3.18. Fear makes hospitals reject pregnant lady Cases rising but we will overcome: Pilot MLAssubmitdemandstoCentreteam 3 DEAD, 49 NEW CASES REPORTED IN STATE SOME GOOD NEWS: CORONA UNDER CONTROL IN RAJ First India News Sawai Madhopur: A pregnant woman kept wandering for 3 hours in the Gangapur City in search of a hospital which would aid her in delivery of her baby. Kavita Bairwa a resi- dent of Garhi Sumail village reached Gan- gapur City Government Hospital with her fami- ly. However, the hospital administration said there was β€œno place”. She, then visited 4 pri- vate hospitals. But eve- ryone stepped back af- ter a case of Corona vi- rus positive turned out in Garhi Sumail village. After that, they sought help from the police who had her admitted in government hospital. First India News Jaipur: Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot provideddrysnackskits to 1500 people living in quarantine center in Tonk. Pilot has been regularly monitoring situation in Tonk. Ear- lier, he arranged three ventilators to the hospi- tal. He also arranged 1750 dry ration packets forneedypeopleinrural and urban areas. On his appeal, philan- thropists in the city have been regularly ar- ranging food. On Friday, he thanked the Jat com- munity for donating 2100 quintal flour, 56 quintal pulses and 15 quintal cooking oil. PCC leaders Saeed Saudi, district presi- dent Lakshman Gaata and chairman of mu- nicipal council Ali Ahmed thanked Pilot. The PCC chief said that every state and dis- trict has different situa- tions. Corona patients have been increasing in the country but we will be able to overcome β€œWe implemented modified lockdown. More than eight lakh people have been given employment in MNREGA,” he said. First India News Jaipur: The central team is on a three day tour of Jaipur to moni- tor Covid-9 prepared- ness. Both Congress and BJP MLAs met the team and not only apprised it of the ground situation but also gave their sug- gestions to improve the situation. Congress del- egation consisting of Dr Mahesh Joshi, Pratap Singh Kahchariyawas, Rafeek Khan, Lalchand Kataria, Ameen Kagji and Ganga Devi handed over a 11 point demand letter to the team. Con- gress MLAs demanded specialrelief packagefor state, incentives for start ups, financial autonomy and special package for corona warriors and Farmers among other things. Congress also complained about at- tempt by BJP to commu- nalise the situation in city despite PM’s appeal not to do so. BJP MLAs led by state chief Satish Poonia mainly demand- ed sealing of Ramganj and shifting the quaran- tine centers elsewhere. They also asked for shift- ing Covid facilities from Jaipuria hospital. First India News Jaipur: 3 deaths were reported on Saturday one each from Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota tak- ing the total corona death toll to 35 in the state. Jaipur has so far reported 19 corona deaths. The state report- ed 49 new cases in last 24 hours; 15 from Jaipur followed by Jodhpur 10, Ajmer 6, Kota & Jhala- war 5 each, Dholpur & Bharatpur 2 each and oneeachinChittorgarh, Dungarpur, Jhunjhunu, and Rajsamand. 10newcasesinJaipur were from Ramganj, 3 from Shahstri Nagar and one case each from RD Hostel and Agra road. State tested 78993 samples so far, out of which 71806 were nega- tive while reports for 5104 samples is awaited. As of Saturday night the state has 2083 corona positive cases with 792 cases in Jaipur followed by Jodhpur 326, Kota 149,Tonk115,Ajmer112, Bharatpur 109, Nagaur 93, Banswara 61, Jhunj- hunu 42, Bikaner 37, Jaisalmer 34, Bhilwara 33, Jhalawar 29, Dausa 21, Churu 14, Hanuman- garh 10, Sawai Mad- hopur 8, Alwar 7, Dun- garpur 6, Sikar & Udaipur 4 each, Karauli & Pali 3 each, Barmer, Pratapgarh and Dhol- pur with 2 cases each. Chittorgarh & Rajsa- mand have entered the list of corona infected, making 28 out of 33 dis- tricts officially corona infected now. THE DOWNFALL OF COVID-19 IN APRIL Sachin Pilot Horse mounted policemen patrol the Johari Bazaar area of Walled City which wears a deserted look due to lockdown. BJP leaders apprising the team from centre of the situation in state. Earthen wares under lock and key with no way for the traders to sell them, the season for the sale of these hand made goods is here but there is no business. β€”PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO β€”PHOTOBYSUMANSARKAR
PERSPECTIVEJAIPUR | SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020 04www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia G Vol 1 G Issue No. 319 G RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764. Printed and published by Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of First Express Publishers. Printed at Bhaskar Printing Press, D.B. Corp Limited, Shivdaspura, Tonk Road, Jaipur. Published at 304, 3rd Floor, City Mall, Bhagwan Das Road, C-Scheme, Jaipur-302001, Rajasthan. Phone 0141-4920504. Editor: Jagdeesh Chandra, responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act AKSHAY TRITIYA, WEDDINGS LOSE GLITTER TO COVID head of Akshay Tritiya on Sun- day, April 26, prices of 24 carat gold surged to Rs 45,610 per 10 gm. Last week the prices had touched Rs 46,785 per 10 gm. The day is considered auspicious for pur- chasing gold, though people also buy oth- er precious metals too. With shops being closed due to the coronavirus fear, direct sales of the yellow metal will not be pos- sible, hence the sentiment remains muted. Banks and digital wallets, however, do not want to let go of the opportunity and are pitching for online sales of gold certifi- cates and coins. Those keen on making a purchase on the auspicious day may also opt for gold exchange traded funds on of- fer. With the pandemic battering the glob- al economy, investing in gold offers the best bet in uncertain times. How much gold will sell online this Sunday may be difficult to quantify at this point in time. What one can say is that online offers may not enthuse buyers due to the risk of be- ing duped. Gold ETF and certificates are safer investment options. Also, the Indian gold buyer wants to feel the yellow metal and see its glitter before opening his purse strings. In that respect demand for gold may remain low unlike previous years. The other factor that may affect gold sales on Sunday is the cancellation/post- ponement of the big fat Indian weddings, as they say, across the country due to lock- down restrictions of social distancing and wearing of masks. With an estimated 12 million weddings taking place in the coun- try every year the wedding seasons, unfail- ingly, see a spurt in demand for gold and precious gems. With one report saying that 45 per cent to 80 per cent weddings were either getting postponed or cancelled one can imagine the setback to gold buy- ing spree. Wedding planners, hotels, cater- ers fear that the situation could only get worse. With Delhi, Rajasthan, Kerala and other states banning public gatherings of more than 50, weddings scheduled for April-May were affected. In Rajasthan about 20,000 weddings have been either postponed or cancelled. For Rajasthan it is a huge loss as it is one of the top wed- ding destinations in the country. Some of the weddings are being rescheduled for June but, with the situation being fluid, nothing can be assured. Several couples-to-be have opted for quiet, unostentatious weddings. The tech savvy ones not willing to delay the nuptials are taking their sacred vows in the virtual world with apps like Zoom, YouTube and Google Hangout helping friends and rela- tives to join in sans, of course, the feasting, cocktails and splurging of lakhs of rupees. There are unscrupulous elements wait- ing to exploit the lockdown curbs. In Ra- jasthan, where over 89 per cent child mar- riages take place in rural areas, authori- ties are especially vigilant to ensure that no such illegal wedding takes place. IN-DEPTH A irlines face an unprecedent- ed interna- tional crisis in the wake of the coronavirus pandem- ic. The International Air Transport Association estimates that the global industry will lose $252 billion in 2020. Many airlines are cutting up to 90% of their flight ca- pacity. On March 1, more than two million people in the United States were flying per day. A month on, fewer than 100,000 people are going through airport security daily. Some climate activists have welcomed the emp- tied skies, pointing to the dramatic fall in carbon emissions. But others wor- ry that the bounce back and attempts to take back some of the losses might mean that an opportunity for fundamental, sustained change may be missed. In the United States, a federal government $50-billion bailout fund – part of which will fund cashgrantsgoingtowards airline workers, and the other part loans for the airlines themselves – was rolled out piecemeal in March, with revisions an- nounced on April 14. More than 200 airlines applied. American Air- lines will get $5.8 billion, Delta $5.4 billion, and Southwest $3.2 billion, among others. US Presi- dent Donald Trump stated that the airline bailout was needed to return the indus- try to β€œgood shape” and was β€œnot caused by them”. Another US$4 billion is available for cargo airlines and US$3 for contractors. In the United Kingdom, itwasinitiallyannounced that no industry-wide bailout would be offered. Instead, the industry would have to rely on broader aid packages cov- ering 80% of salaries – be- low a cap – for furloughed employees. But subse- quently, the government quickly gave easyJet a Β£600 million loan. Flybe, a smaller regional or β€œsecondary” airline with pre-crisis financial is- sues, was not bailed out and collapsed. Many money-making routes Flybe ran have since been picked up by others. Continental Europe is in worse shape. Italy has re- nationalised Alitalia, forming a new state-owned entity and investing US$650 million. France has indicated it will do what- ever it takes to bailout Air France/KLM – France owns 15% and Netherlands 13% – with a possible $6.5 billionbailout package. Meanwhile, Austral- ia’s Qantas secured a $660 million loan. Debt- laden Virgin Australia, meanwhile, was denied a $880 million and has subsequently plunged into voluntary adminis- tration. Singapore Air- lines, however, got a $13 billion aid package. The airline industry has faced many crises before – 9/11 and the 2010 Icelandic volcano eruption, for exam- ple. But these pale in com- parison to the economic hit that airlines are currently facing. Some are asking: can it recover? Is this an economic crisis that could reshape how we travel and live? Or will it turn out to be more of a pause, before re- turning to business as usu- al? And what role does the climatecrisisplayinallthis – how will sustainability figure in any rebooting of theindustrygoingforward? We are all experts in the airline industry. Dar- ren Ellis, Lecturer in Air Transport Management, considers these questions first, looking at the in- dustry’s structure and response. Jorge Guira, Associate Professor in Law and Finance, then explores bailout options and likely future scenar- ios for the industry. Fi- nally, Roger Tyers, Re- search Fellow in Environ- mental Sociology, consid- ers how the industry might just be at a turning point in terms of how it tackles climate change. FOR FULL REPORT LOG ON TO WWW.THECONVERSATION.COM Has the pandemic temporarily stalled air travel? A The survival of the global industry therefore depends on bailouts, not only to keep airlines afloat but also for the wider travel and leisure ecosystem Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace. β€”Buddha Spiritual SPEAK Top TWEET Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp Amazed by the support pouring in from our citizens in the battle against #Covid19. Numismatist, Debiprasad Mangaraj’s decision to auction his years of hard work for the country is commendable. With such firm resolve of our people, India is bound to win. #IndiaFightsCorona Piyush Goyal @PiyushGoyal Coach Building Back on Track: Taking precautions & following guidelines as per MHA orders, coach building work has resumed at Kapurthala Railway Coach Factory. Working in shifts to increase freight transportation, Railways staff has produced 2 parcel coaches during last two days mong the very best autobiogra- phies written in the twentieth- century was S. Gopal’s of his father, Sarvapalli Rad- hakrishnan. Like his father, Gopal wrote great English. In the last paragraph of the first page, he gives the reader a forthright glimpse of the fa- ther-son bond. He wrote: β€œThis is a son’s book. The relation between my father and me was closer and more continuous than is usual, in this age, between parents and children and they brought with it, at times, obscure pain on both sides. Such close as- sociation enables me to be witness to a great deal in the later years that has been re- counted here. But I have tried not to be swayed by personal affection and have shirked nothing.” About Sarvapalli Rad- hakrishnan’s date of birth, there has been confusion. The official version is that he was born on 5th September 1688, the second son of Brahmin par- ents, Sarvapalli Veeraswami and Sitamma. Radhakrishnan himself thought that he came into the world on 20th Septem- ber 1887. I can think of no son of Indian writing that there is β€œthe doubt whether Veeraswa- mi was his father…..credence is lent to the story by the diffi- culty in believing that Rad- hakrishnan and his four broth- ers and sister belonged to the same genetic pool, both sug- gested that Radhakrishnan be- longed to a different stock.” Dr. Radhakrishnan, himself was exceptionally reticent about his private life. In β€œFrag- ments of a Confession”, there is a short paragraph in which he writes, β€œIn the present account it is not my intention to speak of my personal life, my parents and ancestors, my marriage and family, my likes and dis- likes, my struggles and disap- pointments. No particular good fortune has lifted me above the sphere in which our common humanity struggles along, and I have had my own share of the burdens and anxieties of life. Although these are of immense importance to me, discretion forbids me to speak of them. Besides, they are of no particu- lar interest to the philosophical public, who may wish to know my ideas and the process of thought which led up to them.” When I joined IFS in 1953, S Gopal, Dr. Radhkrishnan Son, was Director of the His- torical Division of the Min- istry. As a part of their train- ing probationers were re- quired to spend a week in various divisions of the Min- istry including Historical Division. Gopal welcomed me in a non- bureaucratic manner. He asked about my family, my academic record. Be- ing an oxford man, he humor- ously pulled my leg for going to the β€œother place”, Cambridge, when I told him that I had got to know EM Forster well at Cam- bridge, Gopal enquired what I thought of the β€œA Passage to India”. I do not recollect my an- swer but Gopal’s attitude be- came even more benign. Before leaving for Peking – my first post, I asked Gopal, β€œWhat books should I read in China?” His answer was that few books on China are availa- ble in Delhi. β€œSee if you can find Edgar Snows, β€œRed Star Over China”. No book shop in Delhi had the book. On my way to Peking in July 1956, I bought a copy in Hong Kong. One of the highs of my stay in China was Vice President Dr. Radhakrishnan’s visit to China in September 1957. Go- pal accompanied his father. Chairman Mao Tse Tung re- ceived him in the courtyard of his house which was situated in Chungnanhai, the most ex- clusive part of Peking and the most well guarded. The mem- bers of the Political Bureau lived there. No one else. After shaking hands with ChairmanMao,Radhakrishnan did the unthinkable. He patted onhisleftcheek.TheChairman was taken aback. No one had ever taken such a liberty with the great helmsman. Everyone present, including Prime Min- ister Chou En-Lai The Indian side, was actually embarrassed. I was one of them. Without belt- inganeyelid,theVicePresident of India said, β€œMr. Chairman, don’t be alarmed, I did the same thing to Stalin and the Pope.” Tensions melted away to every- one’s relief. Broadly speaking, philoso- phers are reputed to be lack- inginhumor. Radhakrishnan was an exceptionally witty man. The King of Greece came to India on a state visit. President Radhakrishnan (He had succeeded DR. Ra- jendra Prasad) welcomed him at Palam airport. β€œYour Majesty. You are the first King of Greece to come to India on the invitation. Alexander the Great came uninvited.” During the war against Chi- na in 1962 US Ambassador Ken Gelbraith asked the President whether Lt. General BM. Kaul had been taken prisoner by the Chinese. The answer was β€œIt is unfortunately untrue.” Gen- eral Kaul’s performance dur- ing the Sino-India conflict was an unmitigated disaster. In June 1961 I had an appen- dicitis operation in the Safdur- jung Hospital. Gopal somehow got to know. On the second day, I heard a lot of commotion in the corridor leading to my room. The door of my room was suddenly opened. Who had opened it, the doctor who had operated me? In walked the President of India, followed by S. Gopal, β€œWhat have you done to yourself, Natwar Singh. Get well soon”. I was then a thirty- one year old Under Secretary. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL FORTHRIGHT GLIMPSE OF THE FATHER-SON BOND A Broadly speaking, philosophers are reputed to be lacking in humor. Radhakrishnan was an exceptionally witty man. The King of Greece came to India on a state visit. President Radhakrishnan (He had succeeded DR. Rajendra Prasad) welcomed him at Palam airport. β€œYour Majesty. You are the first King of Greece to come to India on the invitation. Alexander the Great came uninvited.” K NATWAR SINGH The author is Former Minister of External Affairs of India ONE OF THE HIGHS OF MY STAY IN CHINA WAS VICE PRESIDENT DR. RADHAKRISHNAN’S VISIT TO CHINA IN SEPTEMBER 1957. GOPAL ACCOMPANIED HIS FATHER
INDIAJAIPUR | SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020 05www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia COP DIES AFTER HIT BY BULLET FIRED FROM FRIEND’S PISTOL Bulandshahr: A Sub-In- spector (SI) died after he wasallegedlyhitbyabul- let fired from his col- league’s pistol, police said.SSPSantoshKumar Singh said that Sub-In- spector Bijendra Singh, who was deployed at BB Nagarpolicestation,was hit by the bullet in his stomach and later suc- cumbed to his injuries. β€œSub-Inspector Bijendra Singhwaslivinginpolice quarter.SINarendraSin- gh went to his room. A bulletwasfiredfromNar- endra’s pistol. Bijendra got bullet injuries in his stomach,” Singh said. β€œNarendraalongwithan- othercoptookBijendrato ahospital.WetracedNar- endra Singh from on Hapur-Ghaziabadroute.” GADKARI UNDERGOES ANGIOPLASTY IN MAHARASHTRA HOSPITAL NAGPUR: Union minister Nitin Gadkari under- went angioplasty recently, a close aide told PTI on Saturday. He underwent the procedure at a private hospital here on Monday, the aide said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP pres- ident J P Nadda were among those who called Gadkari and inquired about his health, he said. TWO TERRORISTS, ASSOCIATE KILLED IN KASHMIR ENCOUNTER Srinagar: Two terrorists whose identity is being ascertained and a terrorist associate were killed in an encounter with security forces at Goripora village of Awantipora in South Kashmir’’s Pulwama district on Saturday morning. β€œTwo uniden- tified terrorists and one hardcore associate of terrorists killed. Search is still going on,” police said in a brief statement. This is the second encounter in less than 24 hours in south Kashmir. New Delhi: In national capital where all dis- tricts have been catego- rized as hotspots, the government is expected tohaveareviewmeeting before taking the final call. According to a sen- ior Delhi government official,thestategovern- ment will first β€˜study’ theorderandgothrough ground reports before taking a final decision. β€œThe situation is dif- ferent here; all our dis- tricts are currently un- der the hotspot catego- ry and we don’t want to take any decision hur- riedly. The decision can be expected within a day or two,” the official, who asked not to be named, informed. In Maharashtra, which has recorded most number of COV- ID-19 cases and deaths, over 1.40 million shops and establishments are raring to get down to business after the Cen- tre relaxed the norms, a top official said on Sat- urday. These 1.40 mil- lion include more than 20 per cent, or around 3,00,000 in Mumbai alone, with the rest spread across the state, said Federation of Re- tail Traders Welfare As- sociation (FRTWA) President Viren Shah. β€œNow that the Cen- tre’s directive has come, we are eagerly awaiting the State government’s green light to resume businesses, though we are aware that Mumbai and certain other parts of Maharashtra are the coronavirus hotspots,” Viren said. However, with the Centre’s green light, it is the state and Brihan- Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) au- thorities which are like- ly to make their stand clear later on Saturday after discussions at var- ious levels. However, Shah feels that those areas which are not much affected by COVID-19 in Mum- bai and other cities in the state may be opened after taking into ac- count all other aspects such as containment ef- forts or social distanc- ing norms, as advised by the state health au- thorities. In Gujarat too, the state government is yet to decide on the easing of restrictions. State Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said on Sat- urday that after consid- ering the notification, a decisionwillbetakenby the Gujarat government shortly to grant permis- sion for any relaxation. The dilemma contin- uesinHimachalPradesh alsoasauthoritiesinthe state said a decision is yet to be taken to reopen theshopsprovidingnon- essential goods and ser- vices across the state amid imposition of cur- few as per the MHA’s or- der. The order needs re- view and clearance at a high level as the state is placed under curfew, an official said. β€”Agencies StatesindilemmaoverCentre’sorderonshops With Union government’s order allowing standalone shops to open, it is the states, who have to take a final call to implement the order A deserted view of closed shops at Connaught Place during a government-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the coronavirus in New Delhi on Saturday. CORONA SCARE : TO OPEN OR NOT TO OPEN RELAXATION New Delhi: Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba is holding a meeting via video conferencing with Chief Secretaries and DGPs of states and other officials over pub- lic health response to COVID-19, resumption of economic activities as per MHA guidelines, issues of migrant la- bourers, and of Indians stranded abroad. India’s total number of Coronavirus positive cases have risen to 24,506 including 18,668 active cases, 5063 cured/discharged/mi- grated and 775 deaths, according to the Minis- try of Health and Fam- ily Welfare. β€”ANI New Delhi: The use of rapid test kits has been postponed for now, sources told while re- ferring to the Union Group of Ministers (GoM) meeting that took place earlier in the day. Sources said it was agreed in the meeting that the COV- ID-19 situation in the country is under con- trol and the steps tak- en by the government have shown positive results. β€œTherefore, the use of rapid test kits has been post- poned for now.” Ac- cordingtogovernment, currently, the capacity istoconductmorethan 15 lakh tests, said sources. Additionally, they said, several Indi- an companies are in the process of develop- ing test kits. More than 1.25 lakh volunteers are ready to assist in the fight against COV- ID-19, according to sources.β€”ANI Cabinet secy meeting with DGPs, Chief Secys β€˜Use of rapid test kits postponed for now’ New Delhi: Pravasi Le- gal Cell, an NGO, filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Saturday, seeking directions to the Central govern- ment to take appropri- ate steps to bring back the mortal remains of Indian citizens who died of non-COVID-19 ailments abroad. The petition said that at this critical stage, the unusual pro- cess of demanding no- objection certificate by the authorities here in India makes the whole repatriation a tedious process. β€œAs a result of this, a number of bod- ies of Indian citizens who died of non-COV- ID-19 aliments are ly- ing abandoned at air- ports especially in countries like Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, UAE and Saudi Arabia,” the petition said. The plea said that this would clearly amount to the denial of repatriation of the body of Indian expatri- ate to the country for decent burial/crema- tion which is clearly in violation of fundamen- tal rights guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. β€œThe Supreme Court has time and again held that the right to decent burial is a facet of right to life. It is also the Supreme Court, which had in many of its judgements held that the right to dignity and fair treatment un- der Article 21 of the Constitution of India is not only available to a living man, but also tohisbodyafterdeath,” the plea said. It also sought appro- priate arrangement to rescue and bring the Indian migrants stranded in Gulf countries who are liv- ing in vulnerable con- ditions in labour ac- commodations. The PLC, in its peti- tion, sought a direction to Union of India to take appropriate meas- ure to ensure that mi- grant workers experi- encing symptoms have access to timely testing as absence of the same would result in high risk of transmission owing to the cramped conditions in which they reside. It sought steps to en- sure adequate food, medicines, quarantine & emergency service facilities to the needy in abroad. β€”ANI β€˜AllowtobringremainsofIndians,who diedofnon-COVIDailmentsabroad’ NEPAL EXTENDS BAN ON FLIGHTS OPS TILL MAY 15 Kathmandu: Nepal extended ban on operation of domestic and international flights till May 15 in a bid to stem the spread of coronavirus, Prime Minister, KP Sharma Oli’s office announced. The decision was taken during the High-Level Coor- dination Committee for the Prevention and Con- trol of COVID-19 held at Singhadurbar as corona- virus cases in the Himalayan nation reaches 48. The meeting led by committee chair Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Ishwar Pokharel took place at the PMO.
New Delhi: Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi has written a letter to PM Narendra Modi with five recommendations to help the micro, small and medium scale enter- prises (MSME) sector amid the coronavirus pandemic. Mrs Gandhi said MSMEs contribute close to one-third to In- dia’s gross domestic product (GDP) and ac- count for almost 50 % of the country’s exports. The sector also employs over 11 crore people. But the lockdown necessi- tated by the COVID-19 pandemic has put most economic activities to a halt and over 6.3 crore MSMEs β€œstand on the verge of economic ruin”, Mrs Gandhi said in the letter. The Congress Chief recommended five steps that could be considered for helping the MSME sector. β€œFirst, announce a Rs 1 Iakh crore MSME Wage Protection pack- age. This would go a long way in shoring up these jobs, boosting mo- rale as well as greatly alleviatingthepredicted economic spiral,”Mrs Gandhi said. Secondly, she said to establish and deploy a credit guaran- tee fund of Rs 1 lakh crore. This is necessary to provide immediate liquidity to the sector. β€œThird, actions tak- en by RBI must get re- flected in actions by commercial banks to ensure adequate, easy and timely credit sup- ply to MSMEs. β€œFourth, these meas- ures need to be support- ed by an expansion & extension of RBI’s mor- atorium on payment of loans for MSME beyond the stipulated period of three months. The gov- ernment should also explore a waiver/re- duction of taxes for MS- MEs and other sector specific measures.” β€œFifth, high collateral security is leading to de- nial of credit. Same is the case with limits on margin money being ex- tremely high. These fac- tors combine to ensure a lack of access to availa- ble credit for MSMEs and must be addressed,” Mrs Gandhi said. INDIAJAIPUR | SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020 06www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia SEVEN SECRETARIES IN GOI RETIRING THIS MONTH Seven Secretaries in the GoI are retiring on April 30. They are Preety Sudan – Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Gopal Krishna – Secre- tary, Shipping, Sanjeevanee Kutty- Secretary, Ex-Serviceman Welfare, Dr Arun Kumar Panda - Secretary, MSME, Atanu Chakraborty - Secre- tary, Economic Affairs, Dr MM Kutty - Secretary, Petroleum and Natural Gas and Rabindra Panwar - Secretary, Women & Child Development. KD TRIPATHI JOINS AS SECRETARY TO PRESIDENT OF INDIA Kapil Dev Tripathi, Chairman, Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB), has taken over the charge as new Secretary to the President of India on April 25, 2020. He is a 1980 batch retired IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. 14 IRS-C&CE OFFICERS OF 1994 BATCH EMPANELLED AS JOINT SECRETARY IN GOI As many as 14 officers of 1994 batch belonging to Indian Revenue Service (C&CE) have been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary or equiv- alent posts in Government of India. The officers include: Manish Mohan Govil, KVVG Diwakar, Shafat Ahmad Usmani, Yashwant Lal Mahawar, Mihir Kumar, Neeraj Prasad, Engineer Kesavan, Nitish Birdi, Debashish Sahu, Gaurav Kumar, Manish Goyal, Ashir Tyagi, Peri Umasankar and Subhash Chandra Agarwal. 10 IRS-C&CE OFFICERS OF 1995 BATCH EMPANELLED AS JOINT SECRETARY IN GOI As many as 10 officers of 1995 batch belonging to Indian Revenue Service (C&CE) have been empan- elled for holding Joint Secretary or equivalent posts in Government of India. The officers include: Ravi Pratap Singh, Manish Saxena, Rajesh Kumar Mishra, MG Thamizh Valavan, BAV Srinivasa Rao, Upendra Singh Yadav, K Balaji Majumdar, Dhirendra Singh Garbyal, Anice Joseph Chandra and Venkat Reddy. TWO IRS-C&CE OFFICERS OF 1996 BATCH EMPANELLED AS JOINT SECRETARY IN GOI Two officers of 1996 batch belonging to Indian Revenue Service (C&CE): Deepankar Aron and Limatula Yaden have been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary or equivalent posts in Govern- ment of India. ASHISH GUPTA EMPANELLED AS ADDITIONAL SECRETARY IN GOI Ashish Gupta has been empanelled for holding Additional Secretary and Additional Secretary equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of UP cadre. SADANAND VASANT DATE EMPANELLED AS ADDITIONAL SECRETARY IN GOI Sadanand Vasant Date has been empanelled for holding Additional Secretary and Additional Secre- tary equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre. SUNIL SHREEKRISHNA DADHE EMPANELLED AS ADDITIONAL SECRETARY IN GOI Sunil Shreekrishna Dadhe has been empanelled for holding Additional Secretary and Additional Secretary equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1988 batch IA&AS officer. SUBIR MALLICK EMPANELLED AS ADDITIONAL SECRETARY IN GOI Subir Mallick has been empanelled for holding Additional Secretary and Additional Secretary equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1989 batch IA&AS officer. ANAND MOHAN BAJAJ EMPANELLED AS ADDITIONAL SECRETARY IN GOI Anand Mohan Bajaj has been empanelled for holding Additional Secretary and Additional Sec- retary equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IA&AS officer. POWERGallery Concerned CM... by also instructing the bureaucracy to keep constant talks open be- tween their counter- parts in other states, the foremost challenge faced by Gehlot govern- ment has been of per- mission from the state where the Rajasthanis are currently stranded. Unless the other state does not permit the stranded individuals, they can not be brought home. However, the re- cent incident of Kota students being taken home by various states, has been a major turn- around for Gehlot gov- ernment which is now organizing trains and buses to fetch the stranded Rajasthanis. The Chief Minister has asked officials to ensure proper testing, food and transport and if need be quarantine facilities for these individuals once they return back. On Saturday Gehlot tweeted regarding stranded migrant labor- ers saying, β€œIn fight against Covid 19, whole nation stands united. Government of India should show the same unity when it comes to issuing guide lines for the states irrespective of the party lineage of ruling parties in the states. Since Day one I have been saying a strategy must be devised for a smooth movement of migrant workers stranded across the country, but unfortu- nately there is no clari- ty on the same.” In another tweet, the Rajasthan CM said, β€œPlanned strategy with unified command struc- ture of communication to the states can be more fruitful instead of unofficially communi- cating to different states by different officers such as MHA and Cabi- net secretariat to facili- tate movement of Stu- dents and Migrant workers - this is not a comprehensive solu- tion for the migrant problem we are facing. Only meticulously planned strategy with proper mode of com- muting such as special trains to be run by GOI will solve the problem.” Notably, on 27 April, CM Gehlot has a video conferencing with Prime Minister Naren- dra Modi and he will raise the issue of labor- ers in this VC vigorous- ly. It is believed that Ge- hlot has started work on the action plan to bring the migrant Rajas- thanis home this month and happy news is com- ing soon. Those Rajasthanis looking to return will have to register them- selves on government’ website (emitra.rajas- than.gov.in) or through e-mitra mobile app or kiosk. After registra- tion the Rajasthan gov- ernment will get in touch with concerned state government for approval. If someone wants to return by their own car, they will have to mention during the registration. Passes will be issued to those looking to leave Rajas- than for their home states. India records... which were identified earlier, have already started producing PPE kits and masks, and that an adequate quan- tity of the same was available. β€œAs on date, more than one lakh PPE kits and N95 masks are be- ing manufactured every day in the country. There are, at present, 104 domestic manufac- turers of PPE and three of N95 masks in the country,” the ministry said in a statement. In addition, produc- tion of ventilators vide domestic manufactur- ers has also started and orders have been placed for more than 59,000 units through nine manufacturers, it added. FROM PG 1 SoniawritestoPMoverMSMErevivalThe government should announce a `1 lakh cr MSME Wage protection package, she said in the letter β€˜Franklin Templeton winding up 6 schemes a matter of grave concern’ IS JUSTICE DELIVERY SYSTEM NOT CRUCIAL? New Delhi: Former Fi- nance Minister and sen- ior Congress leader P. Chidambaram said that Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund’s decision to wind up six debt schemes was a matter of β€œgrave concern”to the investors, mutual fund industry and the financial markets and urged the government to β€œresolve”the situa- tion quickly. β€œFortunately, the markets will be closed today. I expect that the government will act promptly and resolve the situation quickly,”Chidambaram said in a statement. β€œI recall that a simi- lar situation arose in the first week of Octo- ber 2008 (during the global financial crisis) when mutual funds faced liquidity stress. Government immedi- ately consulted RBI, SEBI, IBA, AMFI and others. An urgent meet- ing of the FSDC was convened and a solution was found by the end of the day,” he added. β€œThe next morning, officers of RBI and SEBI met and the RBI announced a 14-day spe- cial repo facility. The situation was resolved”. His remarks came two days after Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund voluntarily de- cided to wind up its six debt schemes due to li- quidity issues amid the coronavirus crisis. The funds which will be shut are Franklin India Low Duration Fund, Ul- tra Short Bond Fund, Short Term Income Plan, Credit Risk Fund, Dynamic Accrual Fund, Income Opportu- nities Fund. β€”ANI New Delhi: Question- ing why the delivery of justice should not be considered an essential service, Congress leader Kapil Sibal requested judiciarytoconsiderthe issue. β€œAre not judicial servicesessentialinthis country? Is not delivery of justice essential? This cannot be decided by government because judiciary is an inde- pendent entity. I would request judiciary to de- cide that delivery of jus- tice system is an essen- tial service,”he said dur- ing an interaction with journalists through vc. Pointing to low prices of crude oil, the Congress leader asked the govern- ment why the benefits were not being passed on to the public. β€œThe prices of petrol have come to 20 dollar. The Government is not giving anything to pub- lic in crisis. It is giving it to its companies. Gov- ernment should tell why is it not passing on the benefit to public?” New Delhi: Sanjay Ko- thari took oath as the Central Vigilance Com- missioner (CVC) on Sat- urday, a statement is- sued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan said. β€œAt a ceremony held today at 10.30 hrs at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Shri Sanjay Kothari was sworn in as the Central Vigilance Com- missioner. He made and subscribed the oath of his office before the President,”the state- ment read. Kothari has been the Secretary to the Presi- dent and was earlier selected as the new Chief Vigilance Com- missioner by a high- powered committee headed by Prime Minis- ter Narendra Modi. He was selected with majority votes. CVC is the anti-cor- ruption watchdog with autonomous status. It is free of control from any executive authori- ty. It also has the re- sponsibility of moni- toring all vigilance ac- tivities in the central government. β€”ANI NewCVC,Kotharitakescharge whilepracticingsocialdistancing Lisbon court rejects Abu Salem’s petition Prez Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath of office to CVC, Sanjay Kothari at Rashtrapati Bhavan. New Delhi: A Lisbon court has dismissed the petition filed by under- world don Abu Salem, also an accused in the Mumbai blast case, whereheallegedthathis extradition conditions were violated by India. Rejecting Salem’s pe- tition, the court said that it lacks jurisdiction in the subject matter, the CBI officials said. β€œThe Lisbon Adminis- trative Court Fifth Or- ganic Unit has ruled that Lisbon administra- tive court lacks jurisdic- tion subject matter, as a subject matter relates to political and diplomatic nature and escapes the rule of judicial authority,”the CBI offi- cials said. Hence, the petition of the accused was dismissed. β€”ANI RAGA SPEAK New Delhi: Former PM Manmohan Singh opposed the Central government’s deci- sion to cut back hike in dearness allowance of government em- ployees and pension- ers. Singh said that he did not think that at this β€œstage such cuts were necessary”. In a video message released by the Con- gress, Manmohan Singh, former Con- gress chief Rahul Gandhi, former Fi- nance Minister P Chi- dambaram and sever- al other top leaders slammed the govern- ment over its decision. Singh said, β€œWe should be on the side of people whose DA is being cut. I sincerely believe that it is not necessary that it is the stage to enforce hard- ship to government servants and armed forces personnel.” The remarks of the Congress leaders came two days after the Central govern- ment decided to freeze payment of additional instalment of DA to all its employees and dearness relief (DR) to pensioners falling due from January 1, 2020. Don’tthinkhaltingDAatthisstagenecessary:DrSingh Kapil Sibal P Chidambaram Many people have expressed concerns about the method of testing in UP. Trans- parency is a big thing in the fight against Covid-19. Society and the government together can defeat this epidemic. In this context, I am sharing some tips here. β€”Priyanka Gandhi Cong General Secretary Shops open,... In Gujarat, Chief Min- ister Vijay Rupani on Saturday said that se- lected shops will open from Sunday. The Ministry has also clarified that sale of liquor and other items continue to be prohibited as specified in the national direc- tives for Covid-19 man- agement. The order further states, β€œIt is clarified by the ministry that sale by e-commerce compa- nies will continue to be permitted only for es- sential goods.” All services, includ- ing public transport, schools, colleges and shopping malls, have been closed so as to stop the transmission of the highly contagious coro- navirus. The Central government is gradual- ly easing down the re- strictions which have been put in place. A large number of people flocked to the local mar- ket in Bapuji Nagar and were seen violating the social distancing norms on Saturday. However, most of them were seen using masks and hand- kerchiefs to cover their faces as a precaution- ary measure against getting infected. β€”ANI β€˜Raj ready... β€œA team of doctors is fully prepared for con- valescent plasma thera- py. The state govern- ment has written to the ICMR for permission. Treatment through plasma therapy can be started as soon as the permission is re- ceived,” Sharma said, adding the therapy can be used to treat severe or stage-two patients. β€”PTI FROM PG 1
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Greetings on the auspicious occassion of Akshya Tritya. May this day β€˜signal’’ the β€˜end of Corona’ and bring good health and prosperity to all. β€”Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India JAIPUR | SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 08 2NDFRONTPOSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21 Churu: After a man committed suicide here fearing that he contract- ed coronavirus, the Ch- uru Police has started an initiative to create a feeling of together- ness and keep people motivated during the lockdown by connect- ing them with motiva- tional speakers, ar- tistes, celebrities and experts from differ- ent fields through so- cial media. Apart from schedul- ing live sessions of TV actors, motivational speakers and theatre personalities in the se- ries, the Churu Police is also planning to invite Bollywoodactresseslike MahimaChaudharyand Lara Dutta, and Punjabi singer Guru Randhawa. β€œPeople are getting emotionally de- pressed during the lockdown period and it is very important to keep them motivat- ed. Positivity in soci- ety also helps in good policing therefore, we arranged live ses- sions of various ce- lebrities and experts on the Churu Police’s Facebook page,” Chu- ru SP Tejaswini Gau- tam said. The initia- tive, supported by Sam- riti and Filmsthan or- ganisations, started with Churu Collector Sandesh Nayak’s ses- sion which was fol- lowed by the live ses- sion of javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia on April 20. β€”PTI Dr Rituraj Sharma Jaipur: Cabinet Secre- tary Rajeev Gauba held VC with chief secretar- ies of all the states and union territories on Sat- urday to review the im- plementation of lock- down restrictions and resumptions of econom- ic activities as per Cen- tre’s guidelines. Gauba emphasised on an effec- tive containment strate- gy to be adopted by all to contain spread of coro- na. He said that strong action on surveillance frontandaggressivetest- ing is required. CS DB Gupta ap- prised him about de- parture of migrant workers and with- drawal of students by various state govern- ments. He said that in past, roadways buses had been provided to ferry migrant workers but after instructions from the Centre, they were stopped. Gupta said that CM Gehlot has already called for clear specifications to send students and migrant workers to their homes. CS also demanded finan- cial package for state cit- ing arrangements of shelter, food and other things for migrant work- ers. He also informed aboutresumptionof eco- nomic activities as per union home ministry’s guidelines outside mu- nicipal areas and allow- ing industry which have provision for keeping workers in the premises. Churu cops keep residents motivated with Facebook live sessions by experts CS apprises cabinet secy of migrant situation, demands financial package CORPORATE COULD RECEIVE RS 8L CR PACKAGE The nation’s economy has take a severe blow as a result of the lockdown due to Corona and the Modi govern- ment is also keeping a sharp eye on it. As a measure of damage con- trol, a 30 per cent deduc- tion has been done in the salaries of government employees while the rev- enue department has re- leased a notification say- ing that till April 2021, every month all the em- ployees of the depart- ment will deposit their one day’s salary in the Prime Minister Relief Fund. Moreover DA has been freezed till April nextyear.If theclaimsof the Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh, supported by the RSS, are to be believed, then from now there will benoincrementandonly 35 per cent employees willworkinoneshift.Ac- cording to an estimate, withthedeductioninsal- ary and freezing of DA willsavealmostRs3lakh crore. India’s corporate sector has been demand- ingRs15lakhcrorepack- ageanditisbelievedthat the finance ministry is mullingoverthedemand with utmost sympathy. So it is possible that the corporate world could get package of Rs 7-8 lakh crore. GOVT SURPRISED ON PK’S FLIGHT! Just before lockdown when Prashant Kishor received an ur- gent call from West Ben- gal CM Mamata Baner- jee calling him to Kolka- ta, however at that time PK was stuck in the lock- down. The central agen- cies were surprised as to how within a few day of the call, PK managed to reach Kolkata. A news- paper carried that PK reachedthecityof Joyin aCargoairliner,basedon which the central gov- ernment sought a report from DGCA and BCAS andinahasteallthefoot- age from Kolkata and Delhi were searched but the investigating agen- cies did not find success. PK has been claiming that he did not take any flight after March 19, but the question still re- mains as to how did he reachKolkataamidlock- down? PK prefers to stay silent over this point. Since the news has come that Mamata has been hiding the true number of Corona patients, the Centre has taken a stern stance. On April 19, the Home Ministry sent two teamstoBengalsincethe CentralGovernmenthad received intel that Coro- na is spreading fast in Kolkata, Hawra, Medin- ipur, 24 Pargana, Kalim- pong, Jalpaiguri and North Darjeeling but the state government is hid- ing the facts related to it. PKhasagoodgraspover thehealthsectoranditis possible that Mamata wantedtoholdanimpor- tantdiscussionwithhim on Corona. RAHUL ON TARGET BY HIS OWN Knowingly or un- knowingly Rahul Gandhi manages to get media attention. The re- cent incident pertains to his tweet on the slashed prices of crude oil. Ra- hul had tweeted that while crude oil prices had gone down below zero in international market yet the prices in India are not going down. Even before BJP could post its reply, Con- gress leader Milind De- ora tweeted that India imports Brent Crude and not WTI crude, which had gone below zero dollars. But when BJP presented both the tweets, it created a ruffle in RG camp. When the matter gained momen- tum, Milind Deora clari- fied that he had tweeted twohourspriortoRahul Gandhi’s tweet and it was the fault of Rahul’s social media team that did not pay attention to Deora’s tweet. However, everyone knows this is the same Milind Deora who had appreciated β€˜Howdy Modi’ program in Houston. 5K RUPEE MASK Since the time PM Modi addressed na- tion wearing desi mask, itspopularityhasgained momentum. Since these masks are not available at general chemist, BJP workers are contacting cloth shops. But shops are closed due to lock- down,sothesemasksare being purchased in black. The price of a mask fluctuates between Rs 10-250, price of desi mask is literally touch- ing the sky. BJP workers are ready to pay any- where between Rs1 to 5 thousand. The power brokers are also minting this opportunity as they are now getting orders for these masks with fa- voured companies. LOCKDOWN COULD BE LIFTED In this time of global pandemic, Indian economy has slowed down to the extent that experts feel govt will not have any option than to lift lockdown. Sources reveal that even if lock- down is removed, situa- tion could remain same in hotspot areas. Stern directions could also be issued if lockdown is re- moved under which wearing masks will be compulsory and pan- gutkha could be banned. A report has surfaced whichrevealedthatafter lockdown is lifted, a jump in petty crimes could be witnessed. The report says that when there will be large scale unemployment, people wouldprefergoingtojail than to die of hunger. MARTYRDOM ON DEATH DUE TO CORONA Two youth leaders Akhilesh Yadv and Tejavi Yadav keep their presence registered by tweeting something or theotherduringthelock- down. Tejasvi is in Delhi duetosomepersonalrea- son while Akhilesh is in Lucknow. A recent tweet by Akhilesh caused con- cern in his party when hedemandedmartyrsta- tus for those who die of Corona. At that time it wassearchedastowhois Akhilesh’s adviser these days and it was Ali Khan Mahamoodabad, Raja Mahmoodabad’s grand- son (Raja Mohammad Amir Ahmed Khan), who has returned after finishing studies from Cambridgeandisassoci- ated with Shia commu- nity. Raja Mohammad Amir Ahmed Khan, had chosenPakistanicitizen- ship thinking that Jin- nah will appoint him high commissioner in London, but Jinnah did not do any such thing andsohechosetostayin London. His grandson is nowtoldtobeAkhilesh’s main adviser and it is saidthatafterhisadvice, Akhilesh demanded the martyr status. The author is a journalist and political commentator and views expressed are his personal FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL Prashant Kishor Akhilesh YadavNarendra Modi BY TRIDIB RAMAN Rahul Gandhi First India News Jaipur: Holding a high level meeting on Satur- day at CMR, Chief MinisterAshokGehlot stressed on his govern- ment’s commitment to stop domestic violence against women in state. Gehlot said that women facing domestic violence or any other abuses could register their complaint on 1090 Garima Helpline and help would be provided to them without delay. Always ready to take steps necessary for betterment of women, the concerned Chief Minister in- structed officials to en- sure pregnant women do not face any prob- lem in getting treat- ment. β€œState govern- ment has made all nec- essary arrangements to ensure pregnant women do not go through trouble. Au- thorities have gathered details of delivery date of women across all dis- tricts and accordingly arrangements have been made,” he said. CM further added, β€œin this ongoing lock- down, not only are women looking after their families, they are also carrying out their duty as corona warri- ors being doctors, nurses, teacher, clean- liness worker, admin- istrative official and in other fields as well. State government will leave no stone unturned in carrying out its re- sponsibilities towards the women in state.” First India News Jaipur: Reiteratingthat the average infection rate in Rajasthan has gone down in the past seven days, Health Min- ister Dr Raghu Sharma said that although hot- spots are fast coming up in state and they also pose the biggest chal- lenge before the govern- ment, but β€œRajasthan has been successfull till now in containing the spread from hot- spots. It is a good thing that the average infection rate has gone down,” he said. Talking to First In- dia, the senior Con- gress leader and CM Ashok Gehlot’s β€˜depu- ty’ in this War on Co- rona, Dr Sharma said that government has provided ration to nearly a crore people under the BPL catego- ry. β€œ78 lakh people were given pension of two months and Rs 2,500 have been trans- ferred to accounts of 31 lakh labourers. We held a survey through Collectors which re- vealed laborers that did not fall uner any benefi- cial scheme, but we in- cluded them. Most tests in country were con- ducted in Rajasthan and we have prepared one lakh quarantine beds in state,” he said. Stressing the CM Ashok Gehlot has been personally moni- toring the entire work, Sharma said that state government’s efforts resulted in Bhilwara becoming Corona free. β€œLockdown is not a per- manent solution for this problem. How long can weallbeinsidethehous- es.Itwillbearoundforty days by May 3 and we will have to think of someotherstrategy,”the health minister said. Jaipur: A Rajasthan High Court lawyer ap- peared in an online bail hearing in vest, drawing the ire of a judge. Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma of the high court’s Jaipur bench criticised the law- yer for not appearing in proper uniform during the hearing via VC. Lawyer Ravindra Ku- mar Paliwal was appear- ing for accused Lalram, according to the court order. The judge wanted to dismiss the bail plea, but later accepted the public prosecutor’s re- quest to not punish the accused for aberration onpartof defencelawyer and postponed hearing toMay5. β€œThiscourthas already observed that during this pandemic where court functioning is being done through VC,lawyersmustappear in proper uniform... keeping in view that the petitioner’s counsel was not in proper uniform, thematterisadjourned,” the court said. Committedgovtensures smoothdeliveryformoms β€˜Raj successful till now, but lockdown not a solution’ Online hearing adjourned as lawyer shows up in vest Pregnant women will face no difficulties during delivery, assures CM Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot β€”FILE PHOTO Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma β€”FILE PHOTO CORONA REACHES CHITTORGARH Tejaswini Gautam CS DB Gupta β€œLockdown is not a permanent solu- tion for this problem. How long can we all be inside the houses. It will be around forty days by May 3 and we will have to think of some other strategy. β€”Dr Raghu Sharma, Health Minister
iththeLockdown,online courses have become hugely popular and stu- dents are continuing their studies through these classes from the safety of their homes. Global superstar Shakira is also keepingupwithherschoolworkat home,asshecelebratedhergradu- ation from a Penn course on Thursday. Shakira took to Insta- gramandTwittertoshareaphoto of her Coursera certificate of completion awarded to her after four weeks of taking Ancient Phi- losophy: Plato and His Predeces- sors, taught by Philosophy profes- sor and undergraduate chair Su- san SauvΓ© Meyer. β€œjustgraduatedfrommy4-week Ancient Philosophy course with theUniversityof Pennsylvania(@ Penn). I know... my hobbies are very impractical, but it took a lot of hoursafterthekidswereasleep. Thank you, Plato and predeces- sors, for all the β€œfun” over the past month,” she posted. Born and raisedinBarranquilla,Colombia, Shakira is a hugely popular Co- lombian pop singer who is known for the hits β€˜Whenever, Wherever’ andβ€˜HipsDon’tLie’.Shakiraisthe highest-selling Colombian artist of all time, with estimates of more than 70 million al- bumssoldworldwide.Ad- ditionally, she has served as a judge on the popular singing- competition show β€˜The Voice’. ShakiraIsabelMe- barak Ripoll was born on February 2, 1977, in Bar- ranquilla, Colombia. With a Lebanese father andColombianmother, Shakira honors both her Latino and Arabic heritage in her music. She wrote her first song at the age of 8 and signed her firstrecorddealat13.By2012,Sha- kira’sU.S.albumsaleshadreached nearly 10 million and her world- wide album sales had reached more than 70 million, making her thehighest-sellingColombianart- istof alltime,andthesecondmost successful female Latin singer af- ter Gloria Estefan. Outsideof herbusycareer,Sha- kira created the Pies Descalzos Fo u n d a - tion to help children in her native Colombia receive a quality education. She is also a UNICEF Good- will Ambassador and was honored by the United Na- tions’ International Labor Organizationforherphilan- thropic efforts in 2010. Sha- kira is in a relationship withSpanishsoccerplayer Gerard PiquΓ©. The couple welcomed their first child together on January 22, 2013.Theynamedtheirson Milan, which means β€˜dear, lovingandgracious’inSlav- ic; β€˜eager and laborious’ in Ancient Roman; and β€˜unifi- cation’ in Sanskrit, accord- ingtoastatementonShakira’s website. In August 2014, the cou- pleannouncedshewaspregnant again. Their second son, Sasha, was born on January 29, 2015. SINGER SHAKIRA HAS USED HER TIME DURING THE CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN TO COMPLETE AN ONLINE COURSE IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA WHENEVER-WHEREVERWHENEVER-WHEREVER STUDY, NEHAL NAYAR nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in W JAIPUR, SUNDAY APRIL 26, 2020 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 09 Shakira with Gerard PiquΓ© Her Certificate Shakira
10 ETCJAIPUR | SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia FACEOFTHEDAY SHAURYA SANADHYA, Influencer YOUR DAYHoroscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva LEO JULY 24 - AUGUST 23 You will keep smiling whole day long. You may get some money in form of blessing from elders. You may feel neglected by your lover but that not true, there may be other reasons that is keeping him/her busy. You may decide to get into some creative business. LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22 Homemakers will do everything in their best capacity to take great care of the guests. You may get a gift in form of a vehicle could be from family or company you work for. If you are attracted to someone you must be able to express your feelings to them. ARIES MAR 21 - APR 20 Financially you are doing very well and good opportunities keep knocking at your door. You are big time into mediation and yoga or any kind of exercises that keeps you stress free. Your family may put some pressure on you for some outing when you want to relax. SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22 Your love life will bloom and you two may get married when the right time comes. On professional front, someone will appreciate you for all your hard work and these words will boost your professional image. Your friends will bring lots of fun and excitement to you today. GEMINI MAY 21 - JUNE 21 On family front, you are blessed with a very understanding family and they stand by your side no matter what. This is an excellent time for you to pursue higher studies, all your planets are very supportive. Keeping your ego aside you must resolve any issues with your friends. AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 19 You will create your own way to success and no matter how many hurdles you will need to overcome, you will deal with them all. You may sell your property to invest the money in some other business or to help your kids with education. Your hard work will pay you at the right time. TAURUS APR 21 - MAY 20 Your ideas will be appreciated and will be taken into consideration on professional front. You will find yourself very busy in doing preparation for some social event or function. On academic front, there is not scope of mistakes so make sure you are fully ready. CAPRICORN DEC 23 - JAN 20 You will make a major contribution in office today in turning the work environment into more friendly one. Your friends may surprise you with some trip or a special day out. Your efforts to make peace in your relationship won’t get wasted. VIRGO AUG 24 - SEP 23 You will pay off all your debts. You may think you are doing right but that may be not justified from someone else’s point of view therefore analyse thing from all the angles. You may redo your house interiors. You will manage to impress your interviewer today. CANCER JUNE 22 - JULY 23 On professional front, your consistent efforts will surely help you in building an image that will help you in long run. If you want your big dreams to come true then you must start saving right away. You are in love and everything seems to be beautiful. PISCES FEB20 - MARCH 20 Money is floating in the air all you need is a way to attract that money. People look up to you on professional front because of your dedication and sincerity. Do not compromise when things come to your self respect, take a stand for yourself. SCORPIO OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22 You will attract big money in your life and with the money will come big opportunities as well. You may just decide to make your hobby as your career. You must try and adopt methods which will help you to be in positive frame of mind all the time. common man around the world lives in bliss- ful ignorance about the endless battle for power and horrific β€˜experi- ments’ that are constant- ly conducted in top-se- cret labs and Military arenas of the so-called β€˜powerful nations’. Probably one such β€˜experiment’ went terribly wrong in China, and has now engulfed the world in an incurable disease (so far), and caused the biggest economic loss in human history; and it is only in its third month, with some scientists predicting its end by 2021, at the earliest! Similarly, near to the middle of the 20th Century, Atom Bombs were being assembled in the land of the β€˜Moral leader of the Free World’. Two of those bombs were infamously called β€˜Little Boy’ and β€˜Fat Boy’ in cruel cynicism. The β€˜Boys’ destroyed two cities and killed or maimed half a mil- lion CIVILIANS! So can the pot call the kettle black? SURELY NOT! This is just not the time for blame- games to distract world attention from the gross negligence of one (CHINA)andtheinepthandlingof the situation by the other (USA). Top world leaders cannot afford a dilemma. There is only ONE OP- TION: cooperate with all to find a cure for this disease and return to normalcy. As many future in- quests will surely unravel, China will be found to have caused the outbreak, intentionally or by ac- cident.Eitherway,itisaninexcus- able act and China will have to make good the loss to the world in its fullest capacity. Loss of lives willforeverremainastigmaanda constantremindertotheBigBoys nottoindulgeinactivitiesthatcan end human existence. But NOW, at a time when the world needs a coordinated global response, both US and China can- not be trusted to lead the re- sponse. The world will need to navigate between them and find a way. When the USA walked out of the Paris Climate Change Agreement the world found a way! Trump is withholding funds for the WHO, the world will still find a way. USA and CHINA must stop flexing their muscles and STEP BACK from trying to tear down each other. The world has to exist, not become a victim to the egos of two demagogues. A quick overview of the current situation of the world, and how it all started RAINU SINGH cityfirst@firstindia.co.in A
R eality TV per- sonality Kylie Jenner shared a hilarious vid- eo where she pranks her mother Kris Jen- ner while she is nap- ping. β€œGuys you’re not going to believe this. I found a Kris Jenner in her natural habitat,” Kylie said as quietly while the camera pan- ning at Kris who was sleeping. She then made some high- pitched screams, prompting Kris to wake up. β€œAre you se- rious? It takes you that long to wake up?” Kylie screamed. β€œYou guys are crazy,” Kris said to Kylie and one of her friends. β€”IANS E lnaaz Norouzi of β€˜Sacred Games’ fame is in love with nature and spending more time with plants these days. She has taken to a new routine that is focused on garden- ing during the quar- antine. Elnaaz has a wide knowledge of plants and she is using it now while being locked down in Germany. β€œI just love plants. I think it’s in my f a m i l y, my aunt and my mom love garden- ing! So I guess that’s where it is coming from, and now that I have so much time I thought I’d take up gardening,” she said. β€œIt’s amazing. I get into a state of flow sometimes and forget everything around me, maybe I can find a way to continue having lots of plants around me when I’m back in India,” she added and urge every- one to β€œabide by the proto- cols set dur- ing the lock- down and let’s all try to look at positives from it.” β€”IANS THINGS WILL CHANGE! T aapsee Pannu, who is on a photo-sharing spree these days, shared an exqui- site throwback pic- ture from her trip to Rome. Reminisc- ing about her vaca- tion in her latest throwback post on In- stagram, the actor wrote: β€œOne of those trips I just decided to take very impulsively. Rome. Was in my list since long time.” β€œI love seeing places which should either have a beach, crystal blue water n good res- taurants or should have a lot of history to know n study about and have a lot of good restaurants,” the cap- tion read. β€œBasically good restaurants are the basic common key here,” the 32-year-old wrote. She also mentioned her interest in using the β€˜local apps’ to find her β€˜local transports and restaurants to dine in’. β€œQuaint cafes which make u pause,” she added. Lately, she has been sharing many throw- back pictures. β€”ANI ETCwww.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia JAIPUR | SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020 11 Hacked!rvashi Rautela’s Facebook account has been hacked, the actress in- formed on Twitter. She warned fans not to respond to posts origi- nating from her Facebook account. β€œMy Facebook has been hacked please don’t respond to any mes- sages or post as it is not done by me or my team @Facebook @facebookapp,” the ac- tress tweeted. Urvashi realised that her Facebook has been hacked when a few posts, comprising pornographic content, started originating from the account. Mumbai Police have informed Urvashi that they have acted on the issue, and a complaint has been registered with the cy- ber police cell. β€œWe have forwarded your complaint to Cyber police station,” Mumbai Police in- formed Urvashi on Twitter. Former beauty queen Urvashi Rautela is a social media sensation. She enjoys a huge fan base on platforms like Facebook, Insta- gram and Twitter among others. On the work front, β€˜Beat pe thumka’ a peppy wedding number featuring Urvashi Rautela has just been released. The song is from her upcoming comedy flick β€˜Virgin Bhanupriya’. β€”IANS U Urvashi Rautela QUARANTINE BIRTHDAY! A rijit Singh, who has given many hit songs in Bollywood and sin- gles, celebrated his 33rd birth- day on 25 April, Saturday. Singh is one of the most popular playback singers in the current age. Having shot to limelight with the romantic track β€˜Tum Hi Ho’ from the movie Aashiqui 2, Arijit Singh is now irreplaceable in the industry. On his birthday, Singh was overwhelmed by the wishes and prayers poured in by celebs and fans. FOUND NEW LOVE! Jenner’snaturalhabitat! Arijit Singh Taapsee Pannu ...her Instagram post Elnaaz Norouzi Kris and Kylie Jenner Kylie Jenner
Rajasthan: JECRC University has bagged externally funded research project entitled β€˜Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs (TIDE)’ for a grant of Rs 3.1 Crores from Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and for its successful execution, they have also entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The TIDE aims to assist Institutions of Higher learning to strengthen their Technology Incubation Centres, enabling young entrepreneurs to initiate technology start-up companies for commercial exploitation of technologies developed by them. 12 CITY BUZZJAIPUR | SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia WHAT’S HAPPENING! Rajasthan: PCC General Secretary and RCA President, Vaibhav Gehlot gave good wishes on the occasion of Ramadan and said, β€œMy heartiest congratulations on the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan. May this holy occasion bring good health, peace and happiness in our lives.” He also urged people to be safe by praying from their respective homes. Rajasthan: The book β€˜Sard Shab Sulagte Khwaab’, written by Dr. Ashish Gaur from Bikaner, is a series of 55 poems, has been released online and available on various portals including Amazon, Flipkart, Shopclues and BlueRose Publishers. Talking about the book, Dr. Gaur said, β€œI have a deep love for languages and especially Urdu, hence I have used many Urdu words in the book, which clearly justify my love for the amalgamation of Hindi and Urdu language.” Rajasthan: Raj Khalsa Aid provided 3,000 PPE Kits 90 gsm and 10,000 surgical masks to the Government of Rajasthan, which was received by ACS Health Rohit Kumar Singh and MD Rajasthan Medical Services Corporation Pradeep Gawade on behalf of Govt. of Rajasthan. Rajasthan: Amidst the global pandemic coronavirus, Electro Homeopathy Medicine Council provided financial assistance of Rs 5,42,000 to the Chief Minister’s Assistance Fund and PM Cares Fund. Along with this, the council is ready to provide emergence health services in various districts of the Rajasthan state. Council member RB Gupta shared that a check of Rs 3,21,000 was handed over to the OSD to Chief Minister, Deva Ram Saini for the Chief Minister’s Assistance Fund and a check of Rs 2,21,000 for the PM Care Fund was presented to MP of Jaipur, Ramcharan G Bohra in the presence of many renowned dignitaries. Rajasthan: The country’s first indoor marathon β€˜Run United Marathon at Home’ is going to be organised today, where more than 1000 runners from 114 cities will run at home to thank all our Corona warriors including health workers, police, journalists, sanitation workers and basic essential providers among others. The founder of the World Wide 20 Minutes of Running Community, Mukesh Mishra, informed that among the runners, 124 runners will complete 42 km at home and more than 200 runners will run 21 km and the rest will run for 10 km, 5 km and 2 km. The marathon will also create a world record. Gujarat: Migrant workers stuck in Ahmedabad after lockdown play carrom at a shelter home on Ashram Road on Saturday. β€”PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI HAPPY B’DAY! IAS Laxmi Narayan Soni (left) and IPS Deepak Kumar celebrated their birthdays on 25 April, Saturday. We wish them all the best! Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan’s mother Sayeeda Begum passed away on Sat- urday morning. She was 95. Sayeeda Begum, who belongs to the Nawab fam- ily of Tonk, was unwell for a long time. She died due to natural causes. Begum resided in the Beniwal Kanta Krishna Colony in Jaipur. β€”ANI Rest in Peace, Maa! Rajasthan: During our fight against the epidemic, Ashu Singh Surpura has come forward to donate Rs 1 Crore for the distribution of food and ration packets to needy families in the Jhotwara assembly constituency. Every day 17,000 food packets are being distributed in the urban area and 20,000 ration packets are being distributed in the 150 villages of Jhotwara assembly constituency. BRINGING IN PROSPERITY! MAHESH BANG A kshaya Tritiya is the day that multiplies your prosperity. It is being celebrated today, 26 April, this year. It is also known as Akha Teej and is one of the most auspicious days for those who follow Hinduism. As currently, we are in quite unusual circumstances, this date has been much awaited for one that would be as- trologically optimal to pray for the relief of our situation. Finally, the day has arrived, it’s a special occasion that happensonceeveryyear whereby the Sun and the Moon are in exalted positions, at the peak of their astrological power. Derived from the San- skrit word Akshaya, which means never di- minishing, imperisha- ble, and eternal, the day is believed to bring in good luck and success, of which every moment is auspicious. It is be- lieved that sacred deeds (Punya Karya) per- formed on this day nev- er go unnoticed and that starting a new venture orinvestinginvaluables doesn’t end without fruitful rewards. Hence the benefits of doing any Jaap (chanting) and charity on this day nev- er diminish and remain with the person forever. Whatever your faith may be, please use this astrological date to combine our prayer so that we achieve some divine intervention. If you follow Hinduism then you should read Shree Hanuman Chali- sa 11 times on this day. Whenever you are read- ing this choupai β€˜Nassei rog hare sub peera, Ja- pat nirantar Hanumant beera’. Read it aloud with full determination as it means: O Lord Ha- numan You Destroy Diseases and Remove all Pains, When one Ut- ters your Name Con- tinuously. The energy of this day is so high and due to planetary alignment it will multiply many fold benefits. So we all should send positive en- ergy to the universe by thinking positive thoughts and pray to get relief from COVID-19 soon. During this lock- down period you should think positive like my family and I are healthy, happy, the situation will improve soon, finances will be fine, have full faith in God, and we are still blessed to be alive. Mahesh Bang CITY FIRST JAIPUR & AHMEDABAD kha Teej is consid- ered auspicious if it falls on the Rohini Nakshatra day. Akha Teej and Parashura- ma Jayanti occur on the same day. Parshurama Jayanti is cele- brated as the birthday of Lord Parashurama, who is consid- ered as the 6th incarnation of God Vishnu. For Jains, Aksh- aya Tritiya observes the end- ingof ayearfastbyTirthanka- raRishabhabytakingthejuice of Sugarcane. The word β€˜Akshaya’ means the never diminishing and the festival is believed to bring good fortune, prosperity, wealth, and success. As per scriptures, the good effect of auspicious activities done on theauspiciousdayof Akshaya Tritiya never gets finished, and you enjoy them for the lives to come, which is why it isaverypopulardayforsolem- nising of weddings. With the Lockdown in place lakhs of weddings to be held across India have been put on hold. Many have opted to con- duct very simple weddings with just family in attendance while more have decided to wait out the lockdown and have the flamboyant wedding of their dreams. We wish each and every loving couple our best. Keeping the current situa- tion in mind, a Jodhpur cou- ple, Varun and Meenakshi Dhanadia also tied a knot, keeping the wedding extreme- ly low key. He had earlier post- poned his wedding because of lockdown, however, since his ailing grandfather wanted to see his granddaughter-in-law, the young man had no choice but to tie the nuptial knot with his fiancΓ©e. Not a single mem- ber of both families was pre- sent at the wedding. Mujhse Shaadi Corona? On Akha Teej, City First talks to some of them in the pipeline wedding couples who are wither waiting for the lockdown to end so that they can tie the lifetime bond A It required a pandemic to realise the value of not just our lives but also of our loved ones. With our marriage bells ring- ing, came in the deadly virus, which has no doubt tested our patience, but also made us re- alise how capable true love can be to sustain itself even in such difficult times! My wedding is scheduled to be in June, and we’re still confused about how to go about everything! β€”AAYUSHI SANGHARSHEE Due to the lockdown, my destination wed- ding in Udaipur on April 20 had to be cancelled. We had made all the arrangements, from the venue, catering to decoration, ac- commodation, everything was set. But, after the COVID-19 pandemic came to India, the lockdown was enforced and my fiancΓ© and I were forced to call it off. We are hoping that if the courts open up, we might get hitched there. β€”SHANAYA GUPTA Varun and Meenakshi Dhanadia

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  • 1. INDIA RECORDS LOWEST DAILY GROWTH RATE IN CASES: GOVT New Delhi: The average doubling rate of COVID-19 cases in the country is 9.1 days as of now and from Friday 8 am to Saturday 8 am, India recorded a six-per cent growth in new cases, which is the lowest daily growth rate recorded since the country crossed 100 cases, the government said on Saturday. 13th meeting of Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19 was held un- der the chairpersonship of Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday. GOM was briefed on state-wise details of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals, along with the adequacy of isolation beds and wards, PPE kits, N95 masks, drugs, ventilators and oxygen cylinders, among others, the health ministry said. The GoM was informed that domestic manufacturers, Turn on P6 β€˜DECISION ON AMARNATH YATRA AFTER REVIEW OF SITUATION’ Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor G C Murmu on Saturday said the upcoming Amarnath yatra was subject to a periodic review of COVID-19 situation as comprehensive planning and execution are involved in conduct of the annual pilgrimage. The 42-day-long yatra to 3,880-metre high cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas is scheduled to commence on June 23. 10-day-long Buda Amarnath yatra in Poonch district of Jammu commences in August. β€œGovt will ex- plore all possible means required for conduct of yatras. However, all these developments are subject to review, in view of the COVID-19 crisis,” Murmu said at a meet- ing with a nine-member delegation of Baba Amarnath and Buda Amarnath Yatri Niyas at the Raj Bhavan here. CENTRAL TEAM FOR STRICTER LOCKDOWN IN NORTH BENGAL Kolkata: A central team visiting north Bengal to assess the COVID-19 situation wrote to the West Bengal government on Saturday, suggesting stricter implementation of lockdown there. Two central teams are visiting the state, one in Kolkata and the other, at Siliguri in north Bengal. In a letter to CS Rajiva Sinha, central team in north Bengal, led by senior bureaucrat Vineet Joshi, said more field officers are required to monitor and provide feedback about the effectiveness of various meas- ures undertaken by the government. He sought a meeting with the police commissioner of Siliguri. WE SHALL OVERCOME! Border Roads Organisation on Saturday opened the 27 kilometres Rohtang Pass stretch on Manali Leh route for public amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown. Essential supplies and relief materials needed in India’s fight against COVID-19 will now be able to reach in this area, which remains cut off for traffic for 5-6 months, said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in a tweet. β€”ANI β€˜Raj ready for plasma therapy’ Jaipur: Rajasthan is prepared to conduct plasma therapy on se- verely-ill COVID-19 pa- tients and has written to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) seeking permis- sion to carry out the treatment, state health minister Raghu Shar- ma said on Saturday. Under convalescent plasma therapy tech- nique, plasma from peo- ple who have recovered from COVID-19 is trans- fused to patients who are in severe condition. Sharma said the num- ber of coronavirus cas- es reported in the state has risen to 2,061 on Sat- urday afternoon and as- serted that Rajasthan has so far done the high- est 79,000 tests in the country. The COVID-19 death rate in the country is 3.18 per cent while the state average is 1.43 per cent. The state govern- ment’s efforts have brought the death rate under control, the min- ister said. Turn on P6 Health Minister Raghu Sharma First India News Jaipur: Seeking to end the confusion over its Friday late night order allowing opening of shops selling non-essential items, Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has clarified that shopsinmarketsormarket complexes must remain closed in urban areas, though all standalone shops, neighbourhood shopsandshopsinresiden- tial complexes in non-con- tainment zones can open. MHA on Saturday is- sued a clarification on its order allowing the open- ing of shops amid the lockdown imposed to con- tain Covid-19. The relaxation of lock- down came with major caveats and it did not ap- ply to hundreds of quar- antined towns and other hotspots that have been hit hardest by the out- break. Although MHA or- derspermittedopeningof shops, people preferred stayingindoorsthanmak- ing purchases, consider- ing the shops were opened after nearly a month. While shopkeepers stressed on maintaining social distancing, long queueswerenottobeseen in majority of the places. Only at secluded places, where Ramzan celebra- tions are being carried out, with the beginning of theholymonthof Ramzan from Saturday, could a gathering be witnessed. Many shops selling sta- tionery, toys, hard wear, electronics etc opened but shoppers preferred to stay indoors. Turn on P6 n AFTER A MONTH OF LOCKDOWN, MHA ALLOWS SHOPS TO RE-OPEN WITH RIDERS n SHOPKEEPERS AWAIT CUSTOMERS AS PEOPLE ONLY SHOPPED FOR ESSENTIALS n RESTRICTIONS REMAIN IN CONTAINMENT ZONES Shops open, sans buyers! Members of the Muslim community buy groceries on the first day of the holy month of Ramzan during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, at Jama Masjid in New Delhi on Saturday. β€”PHOTOBYANI USA 945,249 53,243 +1,050 SPAIN 223,759 22,902 ++378 ITALY 195,351 26,384 +415 GERMANY 155,418 5,805 +45 UK 148,377 20,319 +813 TURKEY 107,773 2,706 +106 IRAN 89,328 5,650 +76 CHINA 82,816 4,632 +3 RUSSIA 74,588 681 +66 COUNTRY TOTAL TOTAL NEW CASES DEATHS DEATHS GLOBAL STATE OF AFFAIRS WWW.WORLDOMETERS.INFO LAST UPDATED: APRIL 25, 2020, 11:00 PM SAMPLE RECEIVED SAMPLE NEGATIVE 5,104 UNDER EXAMINATION 78,993 IN RAJASTHAN DISTRICT TOTAL NEW TOTAL CASES CASES DEATH AJMER 112 +6 β€” ALWAR 7 β€” 1 BANSWARA 61 β€” β€” BARMER 2 β€” β€” BHARATPUR 109 +2 1 BHILWARA 33 β€” 2 BIKANER 37 β€” 1 CHITTORGARH 1 +1 β€” CHURU 14 β€” β€” DAUSA 21 β€” β€” DHOLPUR 3 +2 β€” DUNGARPUR 6 +1 β€” HANUMANGARH 10 β€” β€” JAIPUR 792 +15 19 JAISALMER 34 β€” β€” JHALAWAR 29 +5 β€” JHUNJHUNU 42 +1 β€” JODHPUR 326 +10 3 KARAULI 3 β€” β€” KOTA 149 +5 4 NAGAUR 93 β€” 1 PALI 2 β€” β€” PRATAPGARH 2 β€” β€” RAJSAMAND 1 +1 β€” SWAI MADHOPUR 8 β€” β€” SIKAR 4 β€” 1 TONK 115 β€” 1 UDAIPUR 4 β€” β€” OTHER DIST. 0 β€” 1(UP) TOTAL 2020 +49 35 OTHER (Italy) 2 β€” β€” EVACUEES 61 β€” β€” GRAND TOTAL 2083 +49 35 71,806 CORONA IN RAJASTHAN On Saturday, 49 new Corona positive cases were reported in state of which 15 are from Jaipur. This is the lowest number of new infections in the state after 13 days in a day. Three deaths each were reported from Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota on Saturday. P3 CORONA ALERT JAIPUR l SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 319 24Β°C - 36Β°C OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR & AHMEDABAD www.firstindia.co.in www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/ thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia instagram.com/thefirstindia COVID-19 UPDATE RAJASTHAN 35 DEATHS 2,083 CONFIRMED CASES WORLD 2,01,132 DEATHS 28,88,684 CONFIRMED CASES INDIA 825 DEATHS 26,283 CONFIRMED CASES Concerned CM goes all out to bring stranded Rajasthanis back! Naresh Sharma Jaipur: Concerned over the situation of stranded Rajasthanis across the nation, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had been work- ing on war footing to bring them back to their home state and if all goes well, the Rajasthanis could come back from next month onwards. Ge- hlot has been in touch with Chief Ministers of various states in this regard as also with the Union Home Ministry. While Gehlot has al- ready spoken to Chief Ministers of West ben- gal, Assam, Chattisgarh amongst other states regard this, Maharash- tra Chief Minister Ud- dhav Thackeray also phoned his Rajasthan counterpart Ashok Ge- hlot regarding the ar- rangements made for the students of Maha- rashtra in Kota. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray held a tel- ephonic discussion with the Rajasthan Chief Minister on measures taken to contain the spread of coronavirus by both the states and on vari- ous other subjects,” Maharashtra Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said on Friday. β€œThey also discussed arrangements made for the students of Maharashtra in Kota and are collectively working on modalities to bring the kids back home,” it added. While Gehlot has been proactively seek- ing relief for Rajasthan- is and trying to bring them home Turn on P6 In order to ensure that farmers get minimum support price and to promote decentralised sale of farm pro- duce, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot gave permission to name godowns registered with warehouse develop- ment and regulatory authority, warehouses registered with Kendriya Bhandar Nigam and Rajasthan State Warehousing Corporation as Gaun mandi or markets. Keeping in mind that social distancing is the need of the hour which would stop further spread of Corona virus, the godowns and warehouses have been de- clared as Gaun mandi for which an amount of fifteen lakh rupees has to be deposited by 30th June 2020. HELP AT HAND FOR FARMERS Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot taking VC where Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma, DB Gupta, Rajeeva Swarup, Rohit Kumar Singh, Kuldeep Ranka among others were present. ALSO PROVIDES RELIEF TO FARMERS BY ANNOUNCING WAREHOUSES AS β€˜GAUN MANDIS’
  • 2. NEWSJAIPUR | SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020 02www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Jaipur: Thirty-four members of a Ludhi- ana-based family, who are stranded in Ajmer since the last one month following the clamping of the nationwide lock- down, have seen it all -- poverty, hunger, domes- tic violence, communal harmony, philanthropy and brotherhood. Stuck inside the hall of a hotel, all they want now is to return to their homes in Ludhiana. Fed up of the daily blues, this family is now pleading the govt to per- mit them to go back to their native place. β€œIrrespective of caste and creed, we have seen help pouring in from all quarters during this lockdown period. But now we just want to go home,” said Sanju, one of the members of the family. β€œOur group compris- es 10 women, an equal number of men and 14 kids. We came to the Ajmer Sharif Dargah for the first time to offer prayers on March 21. Our return tickets were booked for March 24; however, all trains got cancelled in the wake of the lockdown. We ar- ranged for money by re- questing our family members in Ludhiana to deposit some amount in our accounts. β€”Agencies Stuck in Ajmer, family longs to go home SOLACE IN THE SILENCE? Amber Maotha Lake, at 12.35 PM, normally buzzing with tourists, wears a deserted look due to the nationwide lockdown imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus on Saturday. β€”PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR First India News Jaipur: Amid lock- down, some state lead- ers commented on the current situation. On receiving rarity for the state, BJP State Presi- dent Dr Satish Poonia while thanking PM Modi took to twitter. Poonia tweeted, β€œThank you PM Shri Narendra Modi, who has given Rs. 3,500 crore to Rajasthan under (PMGSY) 3, from this budget, 6 bridges and 639 roads of 6,040 km length will be con- structed, It is natural that there will be a rar- ity of development from all over the state to Jaipur district and Amer.” Poonia has also extended heartfelt greetings to the people on the occasion of Lord Parshuram Jayanti. Former BJP State President Ashok Par- nami said, β€œEven after finding the corona sus- pects being tested posi- tive, the State Govt is being careless in isolat- ing them, which has in- creased the possibility of spreading corona in other persons”. The Leader of Opposi- tion Gulabchand Ka- taria, while speaking about Rahul Gandhi has said, β€œRahul has said cutting the salary and al- lowance of central govt employees is an inhu- mane and insensitive decision. If Rahul had suggested Rajasthan CM in the month of March, then a 30% salary of mil- lions of govt employees and pensioners of Ra- jasthan would not have been postponed. First India News Jaipur: The illegal liq- uor smuggling business in the capital has in- creased during the lock- down. Police have ar- rested five people smug- gling tobacco, cigarettes, and liquor in six police station areas on Satur- day. Along with this, the liquor and the vehicles used for smuggling have also been seized. DCP Kavendra Singh Sagar said that β€œsmug- gler Vicky Sansi, who was carrying liquor in an auto-rickshaw (tem- po) in Karni Vihar area, has also been arrested and seized 18 cases of country liquor from him. Similarly, Vishwa- karma Police station in- charge of Mangilal Vishnoi has caught Bhagwan Sahay Sansi near the Vaidharana Shiva temple with 15 lit- ers of illegal junk liq- uor and 82 bottles of country liquor. PooniathanksPM over`3,500crgrant Five held for smuggling illegal stuff First India News Jaipur: Police Commis- sioner has devised a sensible and unique strategy to trace the con- tacts of every co- rona positive pa- tient in the city. He has reposed faith in his subor- dinates Rahul Jain (DCP East), Rajiv Pachar (DCP North), Kavindra Sagar (DCP West) and Yogesh Dhadheech(DCPSouth) to go through the call details of all the corona positives patients in their areas and prepare a thorough con- tact list so that the police depart- ment can help the health officials to reach all the sus- pects. Undoubt- edly this strategy by the commis- sioner will fur- ther reign in the spread of the virus in Jaipur to help it come out of the red category. Police commissioner’s continuous efforts to curb corona in state SEC appeals to Raj High Court to postpone elections Raj HC cancels constitution of benches to hear matters First India News Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court has cancelled con- stitution of benches to hear matters. The court will now con- tinue to func- tion as per its order of April 14 till May 3. The notification was issued by the High Court registrar general after a high level official of court was tested posi- tive for corona. The no- tification informed that constitution of benches has been cancelled. The notification has been sent to personal secretary of CJ, Advo- cate General and office bearers of Bar council of Rajasthan. It said that existing system of hearing matters will continue till May 3. For emergency matters, sin- gle or division bench would be constituted after permission from the CJ and other senior judges. First India News Jaipur: The State Elec- tion Commission has submitted an applica- tion to the Rajasthan High Court to postpone the elections to be held in Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota, 6 municipal cor- porations on August 31. The commission has told the court in this ap- plication submitted through advocate RB Mathur that, β€˜it is not possible to conduct mu- nicipal elections under the existing circum- stances, and till May 3, the state has been un- der lockdown; the im- pact of the coronavirus has also been increasing continuous- ly. The entire government machinery of the state is busy in controlling and fighting against the pandemic. Even after the lock- down, it would be very important to keep so- cial distancing. IN THE COURTYARD Jaipur: The Rajasthan Home Department has issued amendments re- garding the shops of electric fans, outlets for recharge of prepaid mo- bile phones and shops selling educational books. The amendments are made in the implemen- tation of lockdown or- ders.Thedistrictadmin- istration has been asked to coordinate with the shops of electric fans, outlets for recharge of prepaid mobile connec- tion and shops selling educational books, and give them passes/per- mits to engage in home delivery. Schools/col- leges and other educa- tional institutions and coaching centres should also coordinate in the process to communicate the phone numbers of such shops to the stu- dentsorparentstoassist in placing orders, the order added. The system of home delivery has been sug- gested in order to avoid a rush at the shops, as a precautionary measure againstthespreadof the virus. In addition to these shops, neighbourhood shops,stand-aloneshops and shops in residential complexes can also be open.Thisexcludesmar- ket complexes and sin- gle and multi-brand malls. It has also been clarifiedthatoutletssell- ing items or products can open, service pro- viders such as eateries, salons, and parlours cannot open. Apart from that, agri- culture/horticulture and allied activities, and caregivers or attendants of elderlypeoplearealso exempted.Theseamend- ments are made outside the containment areas of hotspots and clusters. β€”ANI Raj Home Dept issues changes regarding opening of shops Can all shops open? No. Shops in contain- ment zone will not open at all. Besides, restaurants, salons and barber shops will remain closed. Joint home secretary Punyasalila Shrivastava said that hair salon comes under services while the new order only for the shops that sell products. Multi and single brand malls are not allowed to open. Liquor and tobacco will remain prohibited. What will affect home ministry’s order? Earlier only essential items like, milk, grocery, fruit & vegetables, medical stores, petrol pumps, flour mill and mobile recharge shops were allowed to open. Now, shops selling non- essential items can also open but with riders. What are the conditions to open shops? They have to be reg- istered shops under Shops & Establishment Act of respective States/ UTs. Only 50% em- ployees will be called. Must maintain neces- sary precautions such as wearing face masks, gloves and keep social- distancing. Whether all shopping complex and markets will open? Shops in market com- plexes, except those within the limits of mu- nicipal corporations and municipalities, would be allowed to open. Shop- ping complex, salon, restaurants and liquor shops won’t open. In villages, markets can open. THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND People of muslim community buying essentials during Ramzan in Ramganj area. β€”PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA Dr Satish Poonia First India News Jaipur: On the instruc- tions of dynam- ic Jaipur Development Commissioner T Ravi- kant, a team of three members will monitor the smooth functioning of the food system and timely delivery of food and quality food at the Quarantine Centers. The team will appoint personnel at each place where the food is being prepared. Ravikant also instructed that quality food be provided on time to the people at these centres and for this ef- fective monitoring and checking should be done by Director Finance, Ad- ditional Commissioner LPC, Joint Director and Nodal Officer. The three- member team will also appoint staff which will report to the control room for timely sending of workers and monitor food centers to ensure early start of prepara- tions of food, comple- tion of preparations and ensuring quality of food. In case of any kind of problem to the per- sonnel, they will imme- diately inform the nodal officer so that the prob- lem can be resolved with immediate effect. The nodal officer of food management will also regularly take feedback and reports from the in- charge officers appoint- ed at the Quarantine Centers. Food at quarantine centres: JDC appoints 3-member team HUNGER HEROES From left: Advocate Rajesh Karnal, Mahant Kailash Sharma, Dinesh Sharma. Brahmin society celebrated Parshuram Jayanti by following social distancing on Saturday. On this occasion, Mahant Kailash Sharma guardian of Saptarishi Mandal in Moti Dungri Ganesh Temple distributed free ration to 500 families. Brahmin people also lit lamps (diye) in their houses and the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra was recited in front of the picture of Lord Parshuram. During the day, peace sacrifice was conducted under the guidance of Chief Whip Mahesh Joshi, Sapta Rishi Mandal President Pandit Devi Shank Sharma and General Secretary Kaustubh Dadhich and Jyotisha Acharya Pandit Purushottam Gaur. Anand Shrivastav
  • 3. RAJASTHANJAIPUR | SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020 03www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia  Jaipur: Members of Vipra Founda- tion and Maa Vaishno Seva Samiti worshiped Lord Parshuram, under the leadership of Vipra Foundation Youth District Presi- dent Arpit Sharma. BJP state president Satish Poonia, MP Ramcharan Bauhra, Arpit Sharma, Rajesh Karnal, Kedar Sharma, Sat- ish Sharma, Dinesh Sharma, Rakesh Sharma, Rajesh Chaudhary and other party workers were present.  Jaipur: Rajasthan Bar Council took decision due to lockdown. Finan- cial assistance will be given to 1900 needy advocates of the state. Financial assistance of 5000 thousand will be given to each advo- cate. A 3 member committee is also formed to provide financial support and the responsibili- ty is given to Suresh Shrimali, Jagmal Singh Chaudhary and Sanjay Sharma.  Kota: Coaching student Vandana Mehra committed suicide in Kota in Mahaveer Nagar, located in Santoshi Nagar police station area. She wrote, β€œI could not live up to expectations” in a suicide note.  Alwar: No toll will be taken from the Private vehi- cles from Alwar to Behror-Narnol road. This facility is also going to be available from Kishangarhbas to Khairthal-Bansur- Kotputli road. Only commercial vehicles will have to pay the toll. Project Man- ager SS Meena gave the information.  Jaipur: MLA Ka- licharan Saraf gave Rs 20 lakh from his MLA Fund to buy ra- tion for the needy in Malviya Nagar area. Saraf gave 20 lakhs to CMR Kovid 19 fund, 11 lakh rupees for the purchase of medical equipment and resources in Jaipuria Hospital and 1 lakh rupees in relief fund for pur- chase of sanitizers and masks etc.  Jaipur: Police seized 301 vehicles on Saturday. Apart from this, 24 people have been arrested for violating Section 144. So far, police have seized 13,723 vehicles during the lockdown. With this, 516 people have been arrested for violating the rules of lockdown. Police commis- sioner Ashok Kumar Gupta said, β€œStrict action will be taken against those who violate law and order”.  Tonk: SDRF jawans are accused of assaulting a 60-year-old elderly who is seriously injured. People created uproar af- ter incident which took place in Jata Pada area. BRIEF in First India News Jaipur: Rajasthan has been successful in curb- ing the infection growth rate by 35% during the first 10 days of second fortnight of April, de- spite of increased num- ber of tests. State tested more samples in these 10 days than it did in previ- ous one and half month. Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma proudly informed that had the growth rate of infection been same then the state would have had 3,116 co- rona patients by now but they have been restrict- ed to 2,061, which is 35% less. The icing on the cake is that the state tested 40000 samples in corresponding 10 days against 34928 samples in earlier 45 days. Dr Shar- ma said that the state health department has written to ICMT for per- mission of using plasma therapy in critical coro- na cases. He said that our team of doctors is all set to be- gin the therapy once ICMRgivesthegoahead. In plasma therapy, the plasma of the blood of corona recovered pa- tients is injected in criti- cal patients to build the anti bodies to fight the virus. Sharma hinted that the doctors were ready with the required plasma. Dr Sharma sums up the story with few figures, He puts forth 79000 tests and 493 recovered patients with 198 discharged cases. He also says that the death rate in Rajasthan at 1.43 is way better than the national average of 3.18. Fear makes hospitals reject pregnant lady Cases rising but we will overcome: Pilot MLAssubmitdemandstoCentreteam 3 DEAD, 49 NEW CASES REPORTED IN STATE SOME GOOD NEWS: CORONA UNDER CONTROL IN RAJ First India News Sawai Madhopur: A pregnant woman kept wandering for 3 hours in the Gangapur City in search of a hospital which would aid her in delivery of her baby. Kavita Bairwa a resi- dent of Garhi Sumail village reached Gan- gapur City Government Hospital with her fami- ly. However, the hospital administration said there was β€œno place”. She, then visited 4 pri- vate hospitals. But eve- ryone stepped back af- ter a case of Corona vi- rus positive turned out in Garhi Sumail village. After that, they sought help from the police who had her admitted in government hospital. First India News Jaipur: Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot provideddrysnackskits to 1500 people living in quarantine center in Tonk. Pilot has been regularly monitoring situation in Tonk. Ear- lier, he arranged three ventilators to the hospi- tal. He also arranged 1750 dry ration packets forneedypeopleinrural and urban areas. On his appeal, philan- thropists in the city have been regularly ar- ranging food. On Friday, he thanked the Jat com- munity for donating 2100 quintal flour, 56 quintal pulses and 15 quintal cooking oil. PCC leaders Saeed Saudi, district presi- dent Lakshman Gaata and chairman of mu- nicipal council Ali Ahmed thanked Pilot. The PCC chief said that every state and dis- trict has different situa- tions. Corona patients have been increasing in the country but we will be able to overcome β€œWe implemented modified lockdown. More than eight lakh people have been given employment in MNREGA,” he said. First India News Jaipur: The central team is on a three day tour of Jaipur to moni- tor Covid-9 prepared- ness. Both Congress and BJP MLAs met the team and not only apprised it of the ground situation but also gave their sug- gestions to improve the situation. Congress del- egation consisting of Dr Mahesh Joshi, Pratap Singh Kahchariyawas, Rafeek Khan, Lalchand Kataria, Ameen Kagji and Ganga Devi handed over a 11 point demand letter to the team. Con- gress MLAs demanded specialrelief packagefor state, incentives for start ups, financial autonomy and special package for corona warriors and Farmers among other things. Congress also complained about at- tempt by BJP to commu- nalise the situation in city despite PM’s appeal not to do so. BJP MLAs led by state chief Satish Poonia mainly demand- ed sealing of Ramganj and shifting the quaran- tine centers elsewhere. They also asked for shift- ing Covid facilities from Jaipuria hospital. First India News Jaipur: 3 deaths were reported on Saturday one each from Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota tak- ing the total corona death toll to 35 in the state. Jaipur has so far reported 19 corona deaths. The state report- ed 49 new cases in last 24 hours; 15 from Jaipur followed by Jodhpur 10, Ajmer 6, Kota & Jhala- war 5 each, Dholpur & Bharatpur 2 each and oneeachinChittorgarh, Dungarpur, Jhunjhunu, and Rajsamand. 10newcasesinJaipur were from Ramganj, 3 from Shahstri Nagar and one case each from RD Hostel and Agra road. State tested 78993 samples so far, out of which 71806 were nega- tive while reports for 5104 samples is awaited. As of Saturday night the state has 2083 corona positive cases with 792 cases in Jaipur followed by Jodhpur 326, Kota 149,Tonk115,Ajmer112, Bharatpur 109, Nagaur 93, Banswara 61, Jhunj- hunu 42, Bikaner 37, Jaisalmer 34, Bhilwara 33, Jhalawar 29, Dausa 21, Churu 14, Hanuman- garh 10, Sawai Mad- hopur 8, Alwar 7, Dun- garpur 6, Sikar & Udaipur 4 each, Karauli & Pali 3 each, Barmer, Pratapgarh and Dhol- pur with 2 cases each. Chittorgarh & Rajsa- mand have entered the list of corona infected, making 28 out of 33 dis- tricts officially corona infected now. THE DOWNFALL OF COVID-19 IN APRIL Sachin Pilot Horse mounted policemen patrol the Johari Bazaar area of Walled City which wears a deserted look due to lockdown. BJP leaders apprising the team from centre of the situation in state. Earthen wares under lock and key with no way for the traders to sell them, the season for the sale of these hand made goods is here but there is no business. β€”PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO β€”PHOTOBYSUMANSARKAR
  • 4. PERSPECTIVEJAIPUR | SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020 04www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia G Vol 1 G Issue No. 319 G RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764. Printed and published by Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of First Express Publishers. Printed at Bhaskar Printing Press, D.B. Corp Limited, Shivdaspura, Tonk Road, Jaipur. Published at 304, 3rd Floor, City Mall, Bhagwan Das Road, C-Scheme, Jaipur-302001, Rajasthan. Phone 0141-4920504. Editor: Jagdeesh Chandra, responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act AKSHAY TRITIYA, WEDDINGS LOSE GLITTER TO COVID head of Akshay Tritiya on Sun- day, April 26, prices of 24 carat gold surged to Rs 45,610 per 10 gm. Last week the prices had touched Rs 46,785 per 10 gm. The day is considered auspicious for pur- chasing gold, though people also buy oth- er precious metals too. With shops being closed due to the coronavirus fear, direct sales of the yellow metal will not be pos- sible, hence the sentiment remains muted. Banks and digital wallets, however, do not want to let go of the opportunity and are pitching for online sales of gold certifi- cates and coins. Those keen on making a purchase on the auspicious day may also opt for gold exchange traded funds on of- fer. With the pandemic battering the glob- al economy, investing in gold offers the best bet in uncertain times. How much gold will sell online this Sunday may be difficult to quantify at this point in time. What one can say is that online offers may not enthuse buyers due to the risk of be- ing duped. Gold ETF and certificates are safer investment options. Also, the Indian gold buyer wants to feel the yellow metal and see its glitter before opening his purse strings. In that respect demand for gold may remain low unlike previous years. The other factor that may affect gold sales on Sunday is the cancellation/post- ponement of the big fat Indian weddings, as they say, across the country due to lock- down restrictions of social distancing and wearing of masks. With an estimated 12 million weddings taking place in the coun- try every year the wedding seasons, unfail- ingly, see a spurt in demand for gold and precious gems. With one report saying that 45 per cent to 80 per cent weddings were either getting postponed or cancelled one can imagine the setback to gold buy- ing spree. Wedding planners, hotels, cater- ers fear that the situation could only get worse. With Delhi, Rajasthan, Kerala and other states banning public gatherings of more than 50, weddings scheduled for April-May were affected. In Rajasthan about 20,000 weddings have been either postponed or cancelled. For Rajasthan it is a huge loss as it is one of the top wed- ding destinations in the country. Some of the weddings are being rescheduled for June but, with the situation being fluid, nothing can be assured. Several couples-to-be have opted for quiet, unostentatious weddings. The tech savvy ones not willing to delay the nuptials are taking their sacred vows in the virtual world with apps like Zoom, YouTube and Google Hangout helping friends and rela- tives to join in sans, of course, the feasting, cocktails and splurging of lakhs of rupees. There are unscrupulous elements wait- ing to exploit the lockdown curbs. In Ra- jasthan, where over 89 per cent child mar- riages take place in rural areas, authori- ties are especially vigilant to ensure that no such illegal wedding takes place. IN-DEPTH A irlines face an unprecedent- ed interna- tional crisis in the wake of the coronavirus pandem- ic. The International Air Transport Association estimates that the global industry will lose $252 billion in 2020. Many airlines are cutting up to 90% of their flight ca- pacity. On March 1, more than two million people in the United States were flying per day. A month on, fewer than 100,000 people are going through airport security daily. Some climate activists have welcomed the emp- tied skies, pointing to the dramatic fall in carbon emissions. But others wor- ry that the bounce back and attempts to take back some of the losses might mean that an opportunity for fundamental, sustained change may be missed. In the United States, a federal government $50-billion bailout fund – part of which will fund cashgrantsgoingtowards airline workers, and the other part loans for the airlines themselves – was rolled out piecemeal in March, with revisions an- nounced on April 14. More than 200 airlines applied. American Air- lines will get $5.8 billion, Delta $5.4 billion, and Southwest $3.2 billion, among others. US Presi- dent Donald Trump stated that the airline bailout was needed to return the indus- try to β€œgood shape” and was β€œnot caused by them”. Another US$4 billion is available for cargo airlines and US$3 for contractors. In the United Kingdom, itwasinitiallyannounced that no industry-wide bailout would be offered. Instead, the industry would have to rely on broader aid packages cov- ering 80% of salaries – be- low a cap – for furloughed employees. But subse- quently, the government quickly gave easyJet a Β£600 million loan. Flybe, a smaller regional or β€œsecondary” airline with pre-crisis financial is- sues, was not bailed out and collapsed. Many money-making routes Flybe ran have since been picked up by others. Continental Europe is in worse shape. Italy has re- nationalised Alitalia, forming a new state-owned entity and investing US$650 million. France has indicated it will do what- ever it takes to bailout Air France/KLM – France owns 15% and Netherlands 13% – with a possible $6.5 billionbailout package. Meanwhile, Austral- ia’s Qantas secured a $660 million loan. Debt- laden Virgin Australia, meanwhile, was denied a $880 million and has subsequently plunged into voluntary adminis- tration. Singapore Air- lines, however, got a $13 billion aid package. The airline industry has faced many crises before – 9/11 and the 2010 Icelandic volcano eruption, for exam- ple. But these pale in com- parison to the economic hit that airlines are currently facing. Some are asking: can it recover? Is this an economic crisis that could reshape how we travel and live? Or will it turn out to be more of a pause, before re- turning to business as usu- al? And what role does the climatecrisisplayinallthis – how will sustainability figure in any rebooting of theindustrygoingforward? We are all experts in the airline industry. Dar- ren Ellis, Lecturer in Air Transport Management, considers these questions first, looking at the in- dustry’s structure and response. Jorge Guira, Associate Professor in Law and Finance, then explores bailout options and likely future scenar- ios for the industry. Fi- nally, Roger Tyers, Re- search Fellow in Environ- mental Sociology, consid- ers how the industry might just be at a turning point in terms of how it tackles climate change. FOR FULL REPORT LOG ON TO WWW.THECONVERSATION.COM Has the pandemic temporarily stalled air travel? A The survival of the global industry therefore depends on bailouts, not only to keep airlines afloat but also for the wider travel and leisure ecosystem Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace. β€”Buddha Spiritual SPEAK Top TWEET Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp Amazed by the support pouring in from our citizens in the battle against #Covid19. Numismatist, Debiprasad Mangaraj’s decision to auction his years of hard work for the country is commendable. With such firm resolve of our people, India is bound to win. #IndiaFightsCorona Piyush Goyal @PiyushGoyal Coach Building Back on Track: Taking precautions & following guidelines as per MHA orders, coach building work has resumed at Kapurthala Railway Coach Factory. Working in shifts to increase freight transportation, Railways staff has produced 2 parcel coaches during last two days mong the very best autobiogra- phies written in the twentieth- century was S. Gopal’s of his father, Sarvapalli Rad- hakrishnan. Like his father, Gopal wrote great English. In the last paragraph of the first page, he gives the reader a forthright glimpse of the fa- ther-son bond. He wrote: β€œThis is a son’s book. The relation between my father and me was closer and more continuous than is usual, in this age, between parents and children and they brought with it, at times, obscure pain on both sides. Such close as- sociation enables me to be witness to a great deal in the later years that has been re- counted here. But I have tried not to be swayed by personal affection and have shirked nothing.” About Sarvapalli Rad- hakrishnan’s date of birth, there has been confusion. The official version is that he was born on 5th September 1688, the second son of Brahmin par- ents, Sarvapalli Veeraswami and Sitamma. Radhakrishnan himself thought that he came into the world on 20th Septem- ber 1887. I can think of no son of Indian writing that there is β€œthe doubt whether Veeraswa- mi was his father…..credence is lent to the story by the diffi- culty in believing that Rad- hakrishnan and his four broth- ers and sister belonged to the same genetic pool, both sug- gested that Radhakrishnan be- longed to a different stock.” Dr. Radhakrishnan, himself was exceptionally reticent about his private life. In β€œFrag- ments of a Confession”, there is a short paragraph in which he writes, β€œIn the present account it is not my intention to speak of my personal life, my parents and ancestors, my marriage and family, my likes and dis- likes, my struggles and disap- pointments. No particular good fortune has lifted me above the sphere in which our common humanity struggles along, and I have had my own share of the burdens and anxieties of life. Although these are of immense importance to me, discretion forbids me to speak of them. Besides, they are of no particu- lar interest to the philosophical public, who may wish to know my ideas and the process of thought which led up to them.” When I joined IFS in 1953, S Gopal, Dr. Radhkrishnan Son, was Director of the His- torical Division of the Min- istry. As a part of their train- ing probationers were re- quired to spend a week in various divisions of the Min- istry including Historical Division. Gopal welcomed me in a non- bureaucratic manner. He asked about my family, my academic record. Be- ing an oxford man, he humor- ously pulled my leg for going to the β€œother place”, Cambridge, when I told him that I had got to know EM Forster well at Cam- bridge, Gopal enquired what I thought of the β€œA Passage to India”. I do not recollect my an- swer but Gopal’s attitude be- came even more benign. Before leaving for Peking – my first post, I asked Gopal, β€œWhat books should I read in China?” His answer was that few books on China are availa- ble in Delhi. β€œSee if you can find Edgar Snows, β€œRed Star Over China”. No book shop in Delhi had the book. On my way to Peking in July 1956, I bought a copy in Hong Kong. One of the highs of my stay in China was Vice President Dr. Radhakrishnan’s visit to China in September 1957. Go- pal accompanied his father. Chairman Mao Tse Tung re- ceived him in the courtyard of his house which was situated in Chungnanhai, the most ex- clusive part of Peking and the most well guarded. The mem- bers of the Political Bureau lived there. No one else. After shaking hands with ChairmanMao,Radhakrishnan did the unthinkable. He patted onhisleftcheek.TheChairman was taken aback. No one had ever taken such a liberty with the great helmsman. Everyone present, including Prime Min- ister Chou En-Lai The Indian side, was actually embarrassed. I was one of them. Without belt- inganeyelid,theVicePresident of India said, β€œMr. Chairman, don’t be alarmed, I did the same thing to Stalin and the Pope.” Tensions melted away to every- one’s relief. Broadly speaking, philoso- phers are reputed to be lack- inginhumor. Radhakrishnan was an exceptionally witty man. The King of Greece came to India on a state visit. President Radhakrishnan (He had succeeded DR. Ra- jendra Prasad) welcomed him at Palam airport. β€œYour Majesty. You are the first King of Greece to come to India on the invitation. Alexander the Great came uninvited.” During the war against Chi- na in 1962 US Ambassador Ken Gelbraith asked the President whether Lt. General BM. Kaul had been taken prisoner by the Chinese. The answer was β€œIt is unfortunately untrue.” Gen- eral Kaul’s performance dur- ing the Sino-India conflict was an unmitigated disaster. In June 1961 I had an appen- dicitis operation in the Safdur- jung Hospital. Gopal somehow got to know. On the second day, I heard a lot of commotion in the corridor leading to my room. The door of my room was suddenly opened. Who had opened it, the doctor who had operated me? In walked the President of India, followed by S. Gopal, β€œWhat have you done to yourself, Natwar Singh. Get well soon”. I was then a thirty- one year old Under Secretary. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL FORTHRIGHT GLIMPSE OF THE FATHER-SON BOND A Broadly speaking, philosophers are reputed to be lacking in humor. Radhakrishnan was an exceptionally witty man. The King of Greece came to India on a state visit. President Radhakrishnan (He had succeeded DR. Rajendra Prasad) welcomed him at Palam airport. β€œYour Majesty. You are the first King of Greece to come to India on the invitation. Alexander the Great came uninvited.” K NATWAR SINGH The author is Former Minister of External Affairs of India ONE OF THE HIGHS OF MY STAY IN CHINA WAS VICE PRESIDENT DR. RADHAKRISHNAN’S VISIT TO CHINA IN SEPTEMBER 1957. GOPAL ACCOMPANIED HIS FATHER
  • 5. INDIAJAIPUR | SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020 05www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia COP DIES AFTER HIT BY BULLET FIRED FROM FRIEND’S PISTOL Bulandshahr: A Sub-In- spector (SI) died after he wasallegedlyhitbyabul- let fired from his col- league’s pistol, police said.SSPSantoshKumar Singh said that Sub-In- spector Bijendra Singh, who was deployed at BB Nagarpolicestation,was hit by the bullet in his stomach and later suc- cumbed to his injuries. β€œSub-Inspector Bijendra Singhwaslivinginpolice quarter.SINarendraSin- gh went to his room. A bulletwasfiredfromNar- endra’s pistol. Bijendra got bullet injuries in his stomach,” Singh said. β€œNarendraalongwithan- othercoptookBijendrato ahospital.WetracedNar- endra Singh from on Hapur-Ghaziabadroute.” GADKARI UNDERGOES ANGIOPLASTY IN MAHARASHTRA HOSPITAL NAGPUR: Union minister Nitin Gadkari under- went angioplasty recently, a close aide told PTI on Saturday. He underwent the procedure at a private hospital here on Monday, the aide said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP pres- ident J P Nadda were among those who called Gadkari and inquired about his health, he said. TWO TERRORISTS, ASSOCIATE KILLED IN KASHMIR ENCOUNTER Srinagar: Two terrorists whose identity is being ascertained and a terrorist associate were killed in an encounter with security forces at Goripora village of Awantipora in South Kashmir’’s Pulwama district on Saturday morning. β€œTwo uniden- tified terrorists and one hardcore associate of terrorists killed. Search is still going on,” police said in a brief statement. This is the second encounter in less than 24 hours in south Kashmir. New Delhi: In national capital where all dis- tricts have been catego- rized as hotspots, the government is expected tohaveareviewmeeting before taking the final call. According to a sen- ior Delhi government official,thestategovern- ment will first β€˜study’ theorderandgothrough ground reports before taking a final decision. β€œThe situation is dif- ferent here; all our dis- tricts are currently un- der the hotspot catego- ry and we don’t want to take any decision hur- riedly. The decision can be expected within a day or two,” the official, who asked not to be named, informed. In Maharashtra, which has recorded most number of COV- ID-19 cases and deaths, over 1.40 million shops and establishments are raring to get down to business after the Cen- tre relaxed the norms, a top official said on Sat- urday. These 1.40 mil- lion include more than 20 per cent, or around 3,00,000 in Mumbai alone, with the rest spread across the state, said Federation of Re- tail Traders Welfare As- sociation (FRTWA) President Viren Shah. β€œNow that the Cen- tre’s directive has come, we are eagerly awaiting the State government’s green light to resume businesses, though we are aware that Mumbai and certain other parts of Maharashtra are the coronavirus hotspots,” Viren said. However, with the Centre’s green light, it is the state and Brihan- Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) au- thorities which are like- ly to make their stand clear later on Saturday after discussions at var- ious levels. However, Shah feels that those areas which are not much affected by COVID-19 in Mum- bai and other cities in the state may be opened after taking into ac- count all other aspects such as containment ef- forts or social distanc- ing norms, as advised by the state health au- thorities. In Gujarat too, the state government is yet to decide on the easing of restrictions. State Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said on Sat- urday that after consid- ering the notification, a decisionwillbetakenby the Gujarat government shortly to grant permis- sion for any relaxation. The dilemma contin- uesinHimachalPradesh alsoasauthoritiesinthe state said a decision is yet to be taken to reopen theshopsprovidingnon- essential goods and ser- vices across the state amid imposition of cur- few as per the MHA’s or- der. The order needs re- view and clearance at a high level as the state is placed under curfew, an official said. β€”Agencies StatesindilemmaoverCentre’sorderonshops With Union government’s order allowing standalone shops to open, it is the states, who have to take a final call to implement the order A deserted view of closed shops at Connaught Place during a government-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the coronavirus in New Delhi on Saturday. CORONA SCARE : TO OPEN OR NOT TO OPEN RELAXATION New Delhi: Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba is holding a meeting via video conferencing with Chief Secretaries and DGPs of states and other officials over pub- lic health response to COVID-19, resumption of economic activities as per MHA guidelines, issues of migrant la- bourers, and of Indians stranded abroad. India’s total number of Coronavirus positive cases have risen to 24,506 including 18,668 active cases, 5063 cured/discharged/mi- grated and 775 deaths, according to the Minis- try of Health and Fam- ily Welfare. β€”ANI New Delhi: The use of rapid test kits has been postponed for now, sources told while re- ferring to the Union Group of Ministers (GoM) meeting that took place earlier in the day. Sources said it was agreed in the meeting that the COV- ID-19 situation in the country is under con- trol and the steps tak- en by the government have shown positive results. β€œTherefore, the use of rapid test kits has been post- poned for now.” Ac- cordingtogovernment, currently, the capacity istoconductmorethan 15 lakh tests, said sources. Additionally, they said, several Indi- an companies are in the process of develop- ing test kits. More than 1.25 lakh volunteers are ready to assist in the fight against COV- ID-19, according to sources.β€”ANI Cabinet secy meeting with DGPs, Chief Secys β€˜Use of rapid test kits postponed for now’ New Delhi: Pravasi Le- gal Cell, an NGO, filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Saturday, seeking directions to the Central govern- ment to take appropri- ate steps to bring back the mortal remains of Indian citizens who died of non-COVID-19 ailments abroad. The petition said that at this critical stage, the unusual pro- cess of demanding no- objection certificate by the authorities here in India makes the whole repatriation a tedious process. β€œAs a result of this, a number of bod- ies of Indian citizens who died of non-COV- ID-19 aliments are ly- ing abandoned at air- ports especially in countries like Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, UAE and Saudi Arabia,” the petition said. The plea said that this would clearly amount to the denial of repatriation of the body of Indian expatri- ate to the country for decent burial/crema- tion which is clearly in violation of fundamen- tal rights guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. β€œThe Supreme Court has time and again held that the right to decent burial is a facet of right to life. It is also the Supreme Court, which had in many of its judgements held that the right to dignity and fair treatment un- der Article 21 of the Constitution of India is not only available to a living man, but also tohisbodyafterdeath,” the plea said. It also sought appro- priate arrangement to rescue and bring the Indian migrants stranded in Gulf countries who are liv- ing in vulnerable con- ditions in labour ac- commodations. The PLC, in its peti- tion, sought a direction to Union of India to take appropriate meas- ure to ensure that mi- grant workers experi- encing symptoms have access to timely testing as absence of the same would result in high risk of transmission owing to the cramped conditions in which they reside. It sought steps to en- sure adequate food, medicines, quarantine & emergency service facilities to the needy in abroad. β€”ANI β€˜AllowtobringremainsofIndians,who diedofnon-COVIDailmentsabroad’ NEPAL EXTENDS BAN ON FLIGHTS OPS TILL MAY 15 Kathmandu: Nepal extended ban on operation of domestic and international flights till May 15 in a bid to stem the spread of coronavirus, Prime Minister, KP Sharma Oli’s office announced. The decision was taken during the High-Level Coor- dination Committee for the Prevention and Con- trol of COVID-19 held at Singhadurbar as corona- virus cases in the Himalayan nation reaches 48. The meeting led by committee chair Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Ishwar Pokharel took place at the PMO.
  • 6. New Delhi: Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi has written a letter to PM Narendra Modi with five recommendations to help the micro, small and medium scale enter- prises (MSME) sector amid the coronavirus pandemic. Mrs Gandhi said MSMEs contribute close to one-third to In- dia’s gross domestic product (GDP) and ac- count for almost 50 % of the country’s exports. The sector also employs over 11 crore people. But the lockdown necessi- tated by the COVID-19 pandemic has put most economic activities to a halt and over 6.3 crore MSMEs β€œstand on the verge of economic ruin”, Mrs Gandhi said in the letter. The Congress Chief recommended five steps that could be considered for helping the MSME sector. β€œFirst, announce a Rs 1 Iakh crore MSME Wage Protection pack- age. This would go a long way in shoring up these jobs, boosting mo- rale as well as greatly alleviatingthepredicted economic spiral,”Mrs Gandhi said. Secondly, she said to establish and deploy a credit guaran- tee fund of Rs 1 lakh crore. This is necessary to provide immediate liquidity to the sector. β€œThird, actions tak- en by RBI must get re- flected in actions by commercial banks to ensure adequate, easy and timely credit sup- ply to MSMEs. β€œFourth, these meas- ures need to be support- ed by an expansion & extension of RBI’s mor- atorium on payment of loans for MSME beyond the stipulated period of three months. The gov- ernment should also explore a waiver/re- duction of taxes for MS- MEs and other sector specific measures.” β€œFifth, high collateral security is leading to de- nial of credit. Same is the case with limits on margin money being ex- tremely high. These fac- tors combine to ensure a lack of access to availa- ble credit for MSMEs and must be addressed,” Mrs Gandhi said. INDIAJAIPUR | SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020 06www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia SEVEN SECRETARIES IN GOI RETIRING THIS MONTH Seven Secretaries in the GoI are retiring on April 30. They are Preety Sudan – Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Gopal Krishna – Secre- tary, Shipping, Sanjeevanee Kutty- Secretary, Ex-Serviceman Welfare, Dr Arun Kumar Panda - Secretary, MSME, Atanu Chakraborty - Secre- tary, Economic Affairs, Dr MM Kutty - Secretary, Petroleum and Natural Gas and Rabindra Panwar - Secretary, Women & Child Development. KD TRIPATHI JOINS AS SECRETARY TO PRESIDENT OF INDIA Kapil Dev Tripathi, Chairman, Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB), has taken over the charge as new Secretary to the President of India on April 25, 2020. He is a 1980 batch retired IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. 14 IRS-C&CE OFFICERS OF 1994 BATCH EMPANELLED AS JOINT SECRETARY IN GOI As many as 14 officers of 1994 batch belonging to Indian Revenue Service (C&CE) have been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary or equiv- alent posts in Government of India. The officers include: Manish Mohan Govil, KVVG Diwakar, Shafat Ahmad Usmani, Yashwant Lal Mahawar, Mihir Kumar, Neeraj Prasad, Engineer Kesavan, Nitish Birdi, Debashish Sahu, Gaurav Kumar, Manish Goyal, Ashir Tyagi, Peri Umasankar and Subhash Chandra Agarwal. 10 IRS-C&CE OFFICERS OF 1995 BATCH EMPANELLED AS JOINT SECRETARY IN GOI As many as 10 officers of 1995 batch belonging to Indian Revenue Service (C&CE) have been empan- elled for holding Joint Secretary or equivalent posts in Government of India. The officers include: Ravi Pratap Singh, Manish Saxena, Rajesh Kumar Mishra, MG Thamizh Valavan, BAV Srinivasa Rao, Upendra Singh Yadav, K Balaji Majumdar, Dhirendra Singh Garbyal, Anice Joseph Chandra and Venkat Reddy. TWO IRS-C&CE OFFICERS OF 1996 BATCH EMPANELLED AS JOINT SECRETARY IN GOI Two officers of 1996 batch belonging to Indian Revenue Service (C&CE): Deepankar Aron and Limatula Yaden have been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary or equivalent posts in Govern- ment of India. ASHISH GUPTA EMPANELLED AS ADDITIONAL SECRETARY IN GOI Ashish Gupta has been empanelled for holding Additional Secretary and Additional Secretary equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of UP cadre. SADANAND VASANT DATE EMPANELLED AS ADDITIONAL SECRETARY IN GOI Sadanand Vasant Date has been empanelled for holding Additional Secretary and Additional Secre- tary equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre. SUNIL SHREEKRISHNA DADHE EMPANELLED AS ADDITIONAL SECRETARY IN GOI Sunil Shreekrishna Dadhe has been empanelled for holding Additional Secretary and Additional Secretary equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1988 batch IA&AS officer. SUBIR MALLICK EMPANELLED AS ADDITIONAL SECRETARY IN GOI Subir Mallick has been empanelled for holding Additional Secretary and Additional Secretary equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1989 batch IA&AS officer. ANAND MOHAN BAJAJ EMPANELLED AS ADDITIONAL SECRETARY IN GOI Anand Mohan Bajaj has been empanelled for holding Additional Secretary and Additional Sec- retary equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IA&AS officer. POWERGallery Concerned CM... by also instructing the bureaucracy to keep constant talks open be- tween their counter- parts in other states, the foremost challenge faced by Gehlot govern- ment has been of per- mission from the state where the Rajasthanis are currently stranded. Unless the other state does not permit the stranded individuals, they can not be brought home. However, the re- cent incident of Kota students being taken home by various states, has been a major turn- around for Gehlot gov- ernment which is now organizing trains and buses to fetch the stranded Rajasthanis. The Chief Minister has asked officials to ensure proper testing, food and transport and if need be quarantine facilities for these individuals once they return back. On Saturday Gehlot tweeted regarding stranded migrant labor- ers saying, β€œIn fight against Covid 19, whole nation stands united. Government of India should show the same unity when it comes to issuing guide lines for the states irrespective of the party lineage of ruling parties in the states. Since Day one I have been saying a strategy must be devised for a smooth movement of migrant workers stranded across the country, but unfortu- nately there is no clari- ty on the same.” In another tweet, the Rajasthan CM said, β€œPlanned strategy with unified command struc- ture of communication to the states can be more fruitful instead of unofficially communi- cating to different states by different officers such as MHA and Cabi- net secretariat to facili- tate movement of Stu- dents and Migrant workers - this is not a comprehensive solu- tion for the migrant problem we are facing. Only meticulously planned strategy with proper mode of com- muting such as special trains to be run by GOI will solve the problem.” Notably, on 27 April, CM Gehlot has a video conferencing with Prime Minister Naren- dra Modi and he will raise the issue of labor- ers in this VC vigorous- ly. It is believed that Ge- hlot has started work on the action plan to bring the migrant Rajas- thanis home this month and happy news is com- ing soon. Those Rajasthanis looking to return will have to register them- selves on government’ website (emitra.rajas- than.gov.in) or through e-mitra mobile app or kiosk. After registra- tion the Rajasthan gov- ernment will get in touch with concerned state government for approval. If someone wants to return by their own car, they will have to mention during the registration. Passes will be issued to those looking to leave Rajas- than for their home states. India records... which were identified earlier, have already started producing PPE kits and masks, and that an adequate quan- tity of the same was available. β€œAs on date, more than one lakh PPE kits and N95 masks are be- ing manufactured every day in the country. There are, at present, 104 domestic manufac- turers of PPE and three of N95 masks in the country,” the ministry said in a statement. In addition, produc- tion of ventilators vide domestic manufactur- ers has also started and orders have been placed for more than 59,000 units through nine manufacturers, it added. FROM PG 1 SoniawritestoPMoverMSMErevivalThe government should announce a `1 lakh cr MSME Wage protection package, she said in the letter β€˜Franklin Templeton winding up 6 schemes a matter of grave concern’ IS JUSTICE DELIVERY SYSTEM NOT CRUCIAL? New Delhi: Former Fi- nance Minister and sen- ior Congress leader P. Chidambaram said that Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund’s decision to wind up six debt schemes was a matter of β€œgrave concern”to the investors, mutual fund industry and the financial markets and urged the government to β€œresolve”the situa- tion quickly. β€œFortunately, the markets will be closed today. I expect that the government will act promptly and resolve the situation quickly,”Chidambaram said in a statement. β€œI recall that a simi- lar situation arose in the first week of Octo- ber 2008 (during the global financial crisis) when mutual funds faced liquidity stress. Government immedi- ately consulted RBI, SEBI, IBA, AMFI and others. An urgent meet- ing of the FSDC was convened and a solution was found by the end of the day,” he added. β€œThe next morning, officers of RBI and SEBI met and the RBI announced a 14-day spe- cial repo facility. The situation was resolved”. His remarks came two days after Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund voluntarily de- cided to wind up its six debt schemes due to li- quidity issues amid the coronavirus crisis. The funds which will be shut are Franklin India Low Duration Fund, Ul- tra Short Bond Fund, Short Term Income Plan, Credit Risk Fund, Dynamic Accrual Fund, Income Opportu- nities Fund. β€”ANI New Delhi: Question- ing why the delivery of justice should not be considered an essential service, Congress leader Kapil Sibal requested judiciarytoconsiderthe issue. β€œAre not judicial servicesessentialinthis country? Is not delivery of justice essential? This cannot be decided by government because judiciary is an inde- pendent entity. I would request judiciary to de- cide that delivery of jus- tice system is an essen- tial service,”he said dur- ing an interaction with journalists through vc. Pointing to low prices of crude oil, the Congress leader asked the govern- ment why the benefits were not being passed on to the public. β€œThe prices of petrol have come to 20 dollar. The Government is not giving anything to pub- lic in crisis. It is giving it to its companies. Gov- ernment should tell why is it not passing on the benefit to public?” New Delhi: Sanjay Ko- thari took oath as the Central Vigilance Com- missioner (CVC) on Sat- urday, a statement is- sued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan said. β€œAt a ceremony held today at 10.30 hrs at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Shri Sanjay Kothari was sworn in as the Central Vigilance Com- missioner. He made and subscribed the oath of his office before the President,”the state- ment read. Kothari has been the Secretary to the Presi- dent and was earlier selected as the new Chief Vigilance Com- missioner by a high- powered committee headed by Prime Minis- ter Narendra Modi. He was selected with majority votes. CVC is the anti-cor- ruption watchdog with autonomous status. It is free of control from any executive authori- ty. It also has the re- sponsibility of moni- toring all vigilance ac- tivities in the central government. β€”ANI NewCVC,Kotharitakescharge whilepracticingsocialdistancing Lisbon court rejects Abu Salem’s petition Prez Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath of office to CVC, Sanjay Kothari at Rashtrapati Bhavan. New Delhi: A Lisbon court has dismissed the petition filed by under- world don Abu Salem, also an accused in the Mumbai blast case, whereheallegedthathis extradition conditions were violated by India. Rejecting Salem’s pe- tition, the court said that it lacks jurisdiction in the subject matter, the CBI officials said. β€œThe Lisbon Adminis- trative Court Fifth Or- ganic Unit has ruled that Lisbon administra- tive court lacks jurisdic- tion subject matter, as a subject matter relates to political and diplomatic nature and escapes the rule of judicial authority,”the CBI offi- cials said. Hence, the petition of the accused was dismissed. β€”ANI RAGA SPEAK New Delhi: Former PM Manmohan Singh opposed the Central government’s deci- sion to cut back hike in dearness allowance of government em- ployees and pension- ers. Singh said that he did not think that at this β€œstage such cuts were necessary”. In a video message released by the Con- gress, Manmohan Singh, former Con- gress chief Rahul Gandhi, former Fi- nance Minister P Chi- dambaram and sever- al other top leaders slammed the govern- ment over its decision. Singh said, β€œWe should be on the side of people whose DA is being cut. I sincerely believe that it is not necessary that it is the stage to enforce hard- ship to government servants and armed forces personnel.” The remarks of the Congress leaders came two days after the Central govern- ment decided to freeze payment of additional instalment of DA to all its employees and dearness relief (DR) to pensioners falling due from January 1, 2020. Don’tthinkhaltingDAatthisstagenecessary:DrSingh Kapil Sibal P Chidambaram Many people have expressed concerns about the method of testing in UP. Trans- parency is a big thing in the fight against Covid-19. Society and the government together can defeat this epidemic. In this context, I am sharing some tips here. β€”Priyanka Gandhi Cong General Secretary Shops open,... In Gujarat, Chief Min- ister Vijay Rupani on Saturday said that se- lected shops will open from Sunday. The Ministry has also clarified that sale of liquor and other items continue to be prohibited as specified in the national direc- tives for Covid-19 man- agement. The order further states, β€œIt is clarified by the ministry that sale by e-commerce compa- nies will continue to be permitted only for es- sential goods.” All services, includ- ing public transport, schools, colleges and shopping malls, have been closed so as to stop the transmission of the highly contagious coro- navirus. The Central government is gradual- ly easing down the re- strictions which have been put in place. A large number of people flocked to the local mar- ket in Bapuji Nagar and were seen violating the social distancing norms on Saturday. However, most of them were seen using masks and hand- kerchiefs to cover their faces as a precaution- ary measure against getting infected. β€”ANI β€˜Raj ready... β€œA team of doctors is fully prepared for con- valescent plasma thera- py. The state govern- ment has written to the ICMR for permission. Treatment through plasma therapy can be started as soon as the permission is re- ceived,” Sharma said, adding the therapy can be used to treat severe or stage-two patients. β€”PTI FROM PG 1
  • 8. Greetings on the auspicious occassion of Akshya Tritya. May this day β€˜signal’’ the β€˜end of Corona’ and bring good health and prosperity to all. β€”Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India JAIPUR | SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 08 2NDFRONTPOSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21 Churu: After a man committed suicide here fearing that he contract- ed coronavirus, the Ch- uru Police has started an initiative to create a feeling of together- ness and keep people motivated during the lockdown by connect- ing them with motiva- tional speakers, ar- tistes, celebrities and experts from differ- ent fields through so- cial media. Apart from schedul- ing live sessions of TV actors, motivational speakers and theatre personalities in the se- ries, the Churu Police is also planning to invite Bollywoodactresseslike MahimaChaudharyand Lara Dutta, and Punjabi singer Guru Randhawa. β€œPeople are getting emotionally de- pressed during the lockdown period and it is very important to keep them motivat- ed. Positivity in soci- ety also helps in good policing therefore, we arranged live ses- sions of various ce- lebrities and experts on the Churu Police’s Facebook page,” Chu- ru SP Tejaswini Gau- tam said. The initia- tive, supported by Sam- riti and Filmsthan or- ganisations, started with Churu Collector Sandesh Nayak’s ses- sion which was fol- lowed by the live ses- sion of javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia on April 20. β€”PTI Dr Rituraj Sharma Jaipur: Cabinet Secre- tary Rajeev Gauba held VC with chief secretar- ies of all the states and union territories on Sat- urday to review the im- plementation of lock- down restrictions and resumptions of econom- ic activities as per Cen- tre’s guidelines. Gauba emphasised on an effec- tive containment strate- gy to be adopted by all to contain spread of coro- na. He said that strong action on surveillance frontandaggressivetest- ing is required. CS DB Gupta ap- prised him about de- parture of migrant workers and with- drawal of students by various state govern- ments. He said that in past, roadways buses had been provided to ferry migrant workers but after instructions from the Centre, they were stopped. Gupta said that CM Gehlot has already called for clear specifications to send students and migrant workers to their homes. CS also demanded finan- cial package for state cit- ing arrangements of shelter, food and other things for migrant work- ers. He also informed aboutresumptionof eco- nomic activities as per union home ministry’s guidelines outside mu- nicipal areas and allow- ing industry which have provision for keeping workers in the premises. Churu cops keep residents motivated with Facebook live sessions by experts CS apprises cabinet secy of migrant situation, demands financial package CORPORATE COULD RECEIVE RS 8L CR PACKAGE The nation’s economy has take a severe blow as a result of the lockdown due to Corona and the Modi govern- ment is also keeping a sharp eye on it. As a measure of damage con- trol, a 30 per cent deduc- tion has been done in the salaries of government employees while the rev- enue department has re- leased a notification say- ing that till April 2021, every month all the em- ployees of the depart- ment will deposit their one day’s salary in the Prime Minister Relief Fund. Moreover DA has been freezed till April nextyear.If theclaimsof the Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh, supported by the RSS, are to be believed, then from now there will benoincrementandonly 35 per cent employees willworkinoneshift.Ac- cording to an estimate, withthedeductioninsal- ary and freezing of DA willsavealmostRs3lakh crore. India’s corporate sector has been demand- ingRs15lakhcrorepack- ageanditisbelievedthat the finance ministry is mullingoverthedemand with utmost sympathy. So it is possible that the corporate world could get package of Rs 7-8 lakh crore. GOVT SURPRISED ON PK’S FLIGHT! Just before lockdown when Prashant Kishor received an ur- gent call from West Ben- gal CM Mamata Baner- jee calling him to Kolka- ta, however at that time PK was stuck in the lock- down. The central agen- cies were surprised as to how within a few day of the call, PK managed to reach Kolkata. A news- paper carried that PK reachedthecityof Joyin aCargoairliner,basedon which the central gov- ernment sought a report from DGCA and BCAS andinahasteallthefoot- age from Kolkata and Delhi were searched but the investigating agen- cies did not find success. PK has been claiming that he did not take any flight after March 19, but the question still re- mains as to how did he reachKolkataamidlock- down? PK prefers to stay silent over this point. Since the news has come that Mamata has been hiding the true number of Corona patients, the Centre has taken a stern stance. On April 19, the Home Ministry sent two teamstoBengalsincethe CentralGovernmenthad received intel that Coro- na is spreading fast in Kolkata, Hawra, Medin- ipur, 24 Pargana, Kalim- pong, Jalpaiguri and North Darjeeling but the state government is hid- ing the facts related to it. PKhasagoodgraspover thehealthsectoranditis possible that Mamata wantedtoholdanimpor- tantdiscussionwithhim on Corona. RAHUL ON TARGET BY HIS OWN Knowingly or un- knowingly Rahul Gandhi manages to get media attention. The re- cent incident pertains to his tweet on the slashed prices of crude oil. Ra- hul had tweeted that while crude oil prices had gone down below zero in international market yet the prices in India are not going down. Even before BJP could post its reply, Con- gress leader Milind De- ora tweeted that India imports Brent Crude and not WTI crude, which had gone below zero dollars. But when BJP presented both the tweets, it created a ruffle in RG camp. When the matter gained momen- tum, Milind Deora clari- fied that he had tweeted twohourspriortoRahul Gandhi’s tweet and it was the fault of Rahul’s social media team that did not pay attention to Deora’s tweet. However, everyone knows this is the same Milind Deora who had appreciated β€˜Howdy Modi’ program in Houston. 5K RUPEE MASK Since the time PM Modi addressed na- tion wearing desi mask, itspopularityhasgained momentum. Since these masks are not available at general chemist, BJP workers are contacting cloth shops. But shops are closed due to lock- down,sothesemasksare being purchased in black. The price of a mask fluctuates between Rs 10-250, price of desi mask is literally touch- ing the sky. BJP workers are ready to pay any- where between Rs1 to 5 thousand. The power brokers are also minting this opportunity as they are now getting orders for these masks with fa- voured companies. LOCKDOWN COULD BE LIFTED In this time of global pandemic, Indian economy has slowed down to the extent that experts feel govt will not have any option than to lift lockdown. Sources reveal that even if lock- down is removed, situa- tion could remain same in hotspot areas. Stern directions could also be issued if lockdown is re- moved under which wearing masks will be compulsory and pan- gutkha could be banned. A report has surfaced whichrevealedthatafter lockdown is lifted, a jump in petty crimes could be witnessed. The report says that when there will be large scale unemployment, people wouldprefergoingtojail than to die of hunger. MARTYRDOM ON DEATH DUE TO CORONA Two youth leaders Akhilesh Yadv and Tejavi Yadav keep their presence registered by tweeting something or theotherduringthelock- down. Tejasvi is in Delhi duetosomepersonalrea- son while Akhilesh is in Lucknow. A recent tweet by Akhilesh caused con- cern in his party when hedemandedmartyrsta- tus for those who die of Corona. At that time it wassearchedastowhois Akhilesh’s adviser these days and it was Ali Khan Mahamoodabad, Raja Mahmoodabad’s grand- son (Raja Mohammad Amir Ahmed Khan), who has returned after finishing studies from Cambridgeandisassoci- ated with Shia commu- nity. Raja Mohammad Amir Ahmed Khan, had chosenPakistanicitizen- ship thinking that Jin- nah will appoint him high commissioner in London, but Jinnah did not do any such thing andsohechosetostayin London. His grandson is nowtoldtobeAkhilesh’s main adviser and it is saidthatafterhisadvice, Akhilesh demanded the martyr status. The author is a journalist and political commentator and views expressed are his personal FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL Prashant Kishor Akhilesh YadavNarendra Modi BY TRIDIB RAMAN Rahul Gandhi First India News Jaipur: Holding a high level meeting on Satur- day at CMR, Chief MinisterAshokGehlot stressed on his govern- ment’s commitment to stop domestic violence against women in state. Gehlot said that women facing domestic violence or any other abuses could register their complaint on 1090 Garima Helpline and help would be provided to them without delay. Always ready to take steps necessary for betterment of women, the concerned Chief Minister in- structed officials to en- sure pregnant women do not face any prob- lem in getting treat- ment. β€œState govern- ment has made all nec- essary arrangements to ensure pregnant women do not go through trouble. Au- thorities have gathered details of delivery date of women across all dis- tricts and accordingly arrangements have been made,” he said. CM further added, β€œin this ongoing lock- down, not only are women looking after their families, they are also carrying out their duty as corona warri- ors being doctors, nurses, teacher, clean- liness worker, admin- istrative official and in other fields as well. State government will leave no stone unturned in carrying out its re- sponsibilities towards the women in state.” First India News Jaipur: Reiteratingthat the average infection rate in Rajasthan has gone down in the past seven days, Health Min- ister Dr Raghu Sharma said that although hot- spots are fast coming up in state and they also pose the biggest chal- lenge before the govern- ment, but β€œRajasthan has been successfull till now in containing the spread from hot- spots. It is a good thing that the average infection rate has gone down,” he said. Talking to First In- dia, the senior Con- gress leader and CM Ashok Gehlot’s β€˜depu- ty’ in this War on Co- rona, Dr Sharma said that government has provided ration to nearly a crore people under the BPL catego- ry. β€œ78 lakh people were given pension of two months and Rs 2,500 have been trans- ferred to accounts of 31 lakh labourers. We held a survey through Collectors which re- vealed laborers that did not fall uner any benefi- cial scheme, but we in- cluded them. Most tests in country were con- ducted in Rajasthan and we have prepared one lakh quarantine beds in state,” he said. Stressing the CM Ashok Gehlot has been personally moni- toring the entire work, Sharma said that state government’s efforts resulted in Bhilwara becoming Corona free. β€œLockdown is not a per- manent solution for this problem. How long can weallbeinsidethehous- es.Itwillbearoundforty days by May 3 and we will have to think of someotherstrategy,”the health minister said. Jaipur: A Rajasthan High Court lawyer ap- peared in an online bail hearing in vest, drawing the ire of a judge. Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma of the high court’s Jaipur bench criticised the law- yer for not appearing in proper uniform during the hearing via VC. Lawyer Ravindra Ku- mar Paliwal was appear- ing for accused Lalram, according to the court order. The judge wanted to dismiss the bail plea, but later accepted the public prosecutor’s re- quest to not punish the accused for aberration onpartof defencelawyer and postponed hearing toMay5. β€œThiscourthas already observed that during this pandemic where court functioning is being done through VC,lawyersmustappear in proper uniform... keeping in view that the petitioner’s counsel was not in proper uniform, thematterisadjourned,” the court said. Committedgovtensures smoothdeliveryformoms β€˜Raj successful till now, but lockdown not a solution’ Online hearing adjourned as lawyer shows up in vest Pregnant women will face no difficulties during delivery, assures CM Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot β€”FILE PHOTO Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma β€”FILE PHOTO CORONA REACHES CHITTORGARH Tejaswini Gautam CS DB Gupta β€œLockdown is not a permanent solu- tion for this problem. How long can we all be inside the houses. It will be around forty days by May 3 and we will have to think of some other strategy. β€”Dr Raghu Sharma, Health Minister
  • 9. iththeLockdown,online courses have become hugely popular and stu- dents are continuing their studies through these classes from the safety of their homes. Global superstar Shakira is also keepingupwithherschoolworkat home,asshecelebratedhergradu- ation from a Penn course on Thursday. Shakira took to Insta- gramandTwittertoshareaphoto of her Coursera certificate of completion awarded to her after four weeks of taking Ancient Phi- losophy: Plato and His Predeces- sors, taught by Philosophy profes- sor and undergraduate chair Su- san SauvΓ© Meyer. β€œjustgraduatedfrommy4-week Ancient Philosophy course with theUniversityof Pennsylvania(@ Penn). I know... my hobbies are very impractical, but it took a lot of hoursafterthekidswereasleep. Thank you, Plato and predeces- sors, for all the β€œfun” over the past month,” she posted. Born and raisedinBarranquilla,Colombia, Shakira is a hugely popular Co- lombian pop singer who is known for the hits β€˜Whenever, Wherever’ andβ€˜HipsDon’tLie’.Shakiraisthe highest-selling Colombian artist of all time, with estimates of more than 70 million al- bumssoldworldwide.Ad- ditionally, she has served as a judge on the popular singing- competition show β€˜The Voice’. ShakiraIsabelMe- barak Ripoll was born on February 2, 1977, in Bar- ranquilla, Colombia. With a Lebanese father andColombianmother, Shakira honors both her Latino and Arabic heritage in her music. She wrote her first song at the age of 8 and signed her firstrecorddealat13.By2012,Sha- kira’sU.S.albumsaleshadreached nearly 10 million and her world- wide album sales had reached more than 70 million, making her thehighest-sellingColombianart- istof alltime,andthesecondmost successful female Latin singer af- ter Gloria Estefan. Outsideof herbusycareer,Sha- kira created the Pies Descalzos Fo u n d a - tion to help children in her native Colombia receive a quality education. She is also a UNICEF Good- will Ambassador and was honored by the United Na- tions’ International Labor Organizationforherphilan- thropic efforts in 2010. Sha- kira is in a relationship withSpanishsoccerplayer Gerard PiquΓ©. The couple welcomed their first child together on January 22, 2013.Theynamedtheirson Milan, which means β€˜dear, lovingandgracious’inSlav- ic; β€˜eager and laborious’ in Ancient Roman; and β€˜unifi- cation’ in Sanskrit, accord- ingtoastatementonShakira’s website. In August 2014, the cou- pleannouncedshewaspregnant again. Their second son, Sasha, was born on January 29, 2015. SINGER SHAKIRA HAS USED HER TIME DURING THE CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN TO COMPLETE AN ONLINE COURSE IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA WHENEVER-WHEREVERWHENEVER-WHEREVER STUDY, NEHAL NAYAR nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in W JAIPUR, SUNDAY APRIL 26, 2020 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 09 Shakira with Gerard PiquΓ© Her Certificate Shakira
  • 10. 10 ETCJAIPUR | SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia FACEOFTHEDAY SHAURYA SANADHYA, Influencer YOUR DAYHoroscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva LEO JULY 24 - AUGUST 23 You will keep smiling whole day long. You may get some money in form of blessing from elders. You may feel neglected by your lover but that not true, there may be other reasons that is keeping him/her busy. You may decide to get into some creative business. LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22 Homemakers will do everything in their best capacity to take great care of the guests. You may get a gift in form of a vehicle could be from family or company you work for. If you are attracted to someone you must be able to express your feelings to them. ARIES MAR 21 - APR 20 Financially you are doing very well and good opportunities keep knocking at your door. You are big time into mediation and yoga or any kind of exercises that keeps you stress free. Your family may put some pressure on you for some outing when you want to relax. SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22 Your love life will bloom and you two may get married when the right time comes. On professional front, someone will appreciate you for all your hard work and these words will boost your professional image. Your friends will bring lots of fun and excitement to you today. GEMINI MAY 21 - JUNE 21 On family front, you are blessed with a very understanding family and they stand by your side no matter what. This is an excellent time for you to pursue higher studies, all your planets are very supportive. Keeping your ego aside you must resolve any issues with your friends. AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 19 You will create your own way to success and no matter how many hurdles you will need to overcome, you will deal with them all. You may sell your property to invest the money in some other business or to help your kids with education. Your hard work will pay you at the right time. TAURUS APR 21 - MAY 20 Your ideas will be appreciated and will be taken into consideration on professional front. You will find yourself very busy in doing preparation for some social event or function. On academic front, there is not scope of mistakes so make sure you are fully ready. CAPRICORN DEC 23 - JAN 20 You will make a major contribution in office today in turning the work environment into more friendly one. Your friends may surprise you with some trip or a special day out. Your efforts to make peace in your relationship won’t get wasted. VIRGO AUG 24 - SEP 23 You will pay off all your debts. You may think you are doing right but that may be not justified from someone else’s point of view therefore analyse thing from all the angles. You may redo your house interiors. You will manage to impress your interviewer today. CANCER JUNE 22 - JULY 23 On professional front, your consistent efforts will surely help you in building an image that will help you in long run. If you want your big dreams to come true then you must start saving right away. You are in love and everything seems to be beautiful. PISCES FEB20 - MARCH 20 Money is floating in the air all you need is a way to attract that money. People look up to you on professional front because of your dedication and sincerity. Do not compromise when things come to your self respect, take a stand for yourself. SCORPIO OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22 You will attract big money in your life and with the money will come big opportunities as well. You may just decide to make your hobby as your career. You must try and adopt methods which will help you to be in positive frame of mind all the time. common man around the world lives in bliss- ful ignorance about the endless battle for power and horrific β€˜experi- ments’ that are constant- ly conducted in top-se- cret labs and Military arenas of the so-called β€˜powerful nations’. Probably one such β€˜experiment’ went terribly wrong in China, and has now engulfed the world in an incurable disease (so far), and caused the biggest economic loss in human history; and it is only in its third month, with some scientists predicting its end by 2021, at the earliest! Similarly, near to the middle of the 20th Century, Atom Bombs were being assembled in the land of the β€˜Moral leader of the Free World’. Two of those bombs were infamously called β€˜Little Boy’ and β€˜Fat Boy’ in cruel cynicism. The β€˜Boys’ destroyed two cities and killed or maimed half a mil- lion CIVILIANS! So can the pot call the kettle black? SURELY NOT! This is just not the time for blame- games to distract world attention from the gross negligence of one (CHINA)andtheinepthandlingof the situation by the other (USA). Top world leaders cannot afford a dilemma. There is only ONE OP- TION: cooperate with all to find a cure for this disease and return to normalcy. As many future in- quests will surely unravel, China will be found to have caused the outbreak, intentionally or by ac- cident.Eitherway,itisaninexcus- able act and China will have to make good the loss to the world in its fullest capacity. Loss of lives willforeverremainastigmaanda constantremindertotheBigBoys nottoindulgeinactivitiesthatcan end human existence. But NOW, at a time when the world needs a coordinated global response, both US and China can- not be trusted to lead the re- sponse. The world will need to navigate between them and find a way. When the USA walked out of the Paris Climate Change Agreement the world found a way! Trump is withholding funds for the WHO, the world will still find a way. USA and CHINA must stop flexing their muscles and STEP BACK from trying to tear down each other. The world has to exist, not become a victim to the egos of two demagogues. A quick overview of the current situation of the world, and how it all started RAINU SINGH cityfirst@firstindia.co.in A
  • 11. R eality TV per- sonality Kylie Jenner shared a hilarious vid- eo where she pranks her mother Kris Jen- ner while she is nap- ping. β€œGuys you’re not going to believe this. I found a Kris Jenner in her natural habitat,” Kylie said as quietly while the camera pan- ning at Kris who was sleeping. She then made some high- pitched screams, prompting Kris to wake up. β€œAre you se- rious? It takes you that long to wake up?” Kylie screamed. β€œYou guys are crazy,” Kris said to Kylie and one of her friends. β€”IANS E lnaaz Norouzi of β€˜Sacred Games’ fame is in love with nature and spending more time with plants these days. She has taken to a new routine that is focused on garden- ing during the quar- antine. Elnaaz has a wide knowledge of plants and she is using it now while being locked down in Germany. β€œI just love plants. I think it’s in my f a m i l y, my aunt and my mom love garden- ing! So I guess that’s where it is coming from, and now that I have so much time I thought I’d take up gardening,” she said. β€œIt’s amazing. I get into a state of flow sometimes and forget everything around me, maybe I can find a way to continue having lots of plants around me when I’m back in India,” she added and urge every- one to β€œabide by the proto- cols set dur- ing the lock- down and let’s all try to look at positives from it.” β€”IANS THINGS WILL CHANGE! T aapsee Pannu, who is on a photo-sharing spree these days, shared an exqui- site throwback pic- ture from her trip to Rome. Reminisc- ing about her vaca- tion in her latest throwback post on In- stagram, the actor wrote: β€œOne of those trips I just decided to take very impulsively. Rome. Was in my list since long time.” β€œI love seeing places which should either have a beach, crystal blue water n good res- taurants or should have a lot of history to know n study about and have a lot of good restaurants,” the cap- tion read. β€œBasically good restaurants are the basic common key here,” the 32-year-old wrote. She also mentioned her interest in using the β€˜local apps’ to find her β€˜local transports and restaurants to dine in’. β€œQuaint cafes which make u pause,” she added. Lately, she has been sharing many throw- back pictures. β€”ANI ETCwww.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia JAIPUR | SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020 11 Hacked!rvashi Rautela’s Facebook account has been hacked, the actress in- formed on Twitter. She warned fans not to respond to posts origi- nating from her Facebook account. β€œMy Facebook has been hacked please don’t respond to any mes- sages or post as it is not done by me or my team @Facebook @facebookapp,” the ac- tress tweeted. Urvashi realised that her Facebook has been hacked when a few posts, comprising pornographic content, started originating from the account. Mumbai Police have informed Urvashi that they have acted on the issue, and a complaint has been registered with the cy- ber police cell. β€œWe have forwarded your complaint to Cyber police station,” Mumbai Police in- formed Urvashi on Twitter. Former beauty queen Urvashi Rautela is a social media sensation. She enjoys a huge fan base on platforms like Facebook, Insta- gram and Twitter among others. On the work front, β€˜Beat pe thumka’ a peppy wedding number featuring Urvashi Rautela has just been released. The song is from her upcoming comedy flick β€˜Virgin Bhanupriya’. β€”IANS U Urvashi Rautela QUARANTINE BIRTHDAY! A rijit Singh, who has given many hit songs in Bollywood and sin- gles, celebrated his 33rd birth- day on 25 April, Saturday. Singh is one of the most popular playback singers in the current age. Having shot to limelight with the romantic track β€˜Tum Hi Ho’ from the movie Aashiqui 2, Arijit Singh is now irreplaceable in the industry. On his birthday, Singh was overwhelmed by the wishes and prayers poured in by celebs and fans. FOUND NEW LOVE! Jenner’snaturalhabitat! Arijit Singh Taapsee Pannu ...her Instagram post Elnaaz Norouzi Kris and Kylie Jenner Kylie Jenner
  • 12. Rajasthan: JECRC University has bagged externally funded research project entitled β€˜Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs (TIDE)’ for a grant of Rs 3.1 Crores from Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and for its successful execution, they have also entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The TIDE aims to assist Institutions of Higher learning to strengthen their Technology Incubation Centres, enabling young entrepreneurs to initiate technology start-up companies for commercial exploitation of technologies developed by them. 12 CITY BUZZJAIPUR | SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia WHAT’S HAPPENING! Rajasthan: PCC General Secretary and RCA President, Vaibhav Gehlot gave good wishes on the occasion of Ramadan and said, β€œMy heartiest congratulations on the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan. May this holy occasion bring good health, peace and happiness in our lives.” He also urged people to be safe by praying from their respective homes. Rajasthan: The book β€˜Sard Shab Sulagte Khwaab’, written by Dr. Ashish Gaur from Bikaner, is a series of 55 poems, has been released online and available on various portals including Amazon, Flipkart, Shopclues and BlueRose Publishers. Talking about the book, Dr. Gaur said, β€œI have a deep love for languages and especially Urdu, hence I have used many Urdu words in the book, which clearly justify my love for the amalgamation of Hindi and Urdu language.” Rajasthan: Raj Khalsa Aid provided 3,000 PPE Kits 90 gsm and 10,000 surgical masks to the Government of Rajasthan, which was received by ACS Health Rohit Kumar Singh and MD Rajasthan Medical Services Corporation Pradeep Gawade on behalf of Govt. of Rajasthan. Rajasthan: Amidst the global pandemic coronavirus, Electro Homeopathy Medicine Council provided financial assistance of Rs 5,42,000 to the Chief Minister’s Assistance Fund and PM Cares Fund. Along with this, the council is ready to provide emergence health services in various districts of the Rajasthan state. Council member RB Gupta shared that a check of Rs 3,21,000 was handed over to the OSD to Chief Minister, Deva Ram Saini for the Chief Minister’s Assistance Fund and a check of Rs 2,21,000 for the PM Care Fund was presented to MP of Jaipur, Ramcharan G Bohra in the presence of many renowned dignitaries. Rajasthan: The country’s first indoor marathon β€˜Run United Marathon at Home’ is going to be organised today, where more than 1000 runners from 114 cities will run at home to thank all our Corona warriors including health workers, police, journalists, sanitation workers and basic essential providers among others. The founder of the World Wide 20 Minutes of Running Community, Mukesh Mishra, informed that among the runners, 124 runners will complete 42 km at home and more than 200 runners will run 21 km and the rest will run for 10 km, 5 km and 2 km. The marathon will also create a world record. Gujarat: Migrant workers stuck in Ahmedabad after lockdown play carrom at a shelter home on Ashram Road on Saturday. β€”PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI HAPPY B’DAY! IAS Laxmi Narayan Soni (left) and IPS Deepak Kumar celebrated their birthdays on 25 April, Saturday. We wish them all the best! Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan’s mother Sayeeda Begum passed away on Sat- urday morning. She was 95. Sayeeda Begum, who belongs to the Nawab fam- ily of Tonk, was unwell for a long time. She died due to natural causes. Begum resided in the Beniwal Kanta Krishna Colony in Jaipur. β€”ANI Rest in Peace, Maa! Rajasthan: During our fight against the epidemic, Ashu Singh Surpura has come forward to donate Rs 1 Crore for the distribution of food and ration packets to needy families in the Jhotwara assembly constituency. Every day 17,000 food packets are being distributed in the urban area and 20,000 ration packets are being distributed in the 150 villages of Jhotwara assembly constituency. BRINGING IN PROSPERITY! MAHESH BANG A kshaya Tritiya is the day that multiplies your prosperity. It is being celebrated today, 26 April, this year. It is also known as Akha Teej and is one of the most auspicious days for those who follow Hinduism. As currently, we are in quite unusual circumstances, this date has been much awaited for one that would be as- trologically optimal to pray for the relief of our situation. Finally, the day has arrived, it’s a special occasion that happensonceeveryyear whereby the Sun and the Moon are in exalted positions, at the peak of their astrological power. Derived from the San- skrit word Akshaya, which means never di- minishing, imperisha- ble, and eternal, the day is believed to bring in good luck and success, of which every moment is auspicious. It is be- lieved that sacred deeds (Punya Karya) per- formed on this day nev- er go unnoticed and that starting a new venture orinvestinginvaluables doesn’t end without fruitful rewards. Hence the benefits of doing any Jaap (chanting) and charity on this day nev- er diminish and remain with the person forever. Whatever your faith may be, please use this astrological date to combine our prayer so that we achieve some divine intervention. If you follow Hinduism then you should read Shree Hanuman Chali- sa 11 times on this day. Whenever you are read- ing this choupai β€˜Nassei rog hare sub peera, Ja- pat nirantar Hanumant beera’. Read it aloud with full determination as it means: O Lord Ha- numan You Destroy Diseases and Remove all Pains, When one Ut- ters your Name Con- tinuously. The energy of this day is so high and due to planetary alignment it will multiply many fold benefits. So we all should send positive en- ergy to the universe by thinking positive thoughts and pray to get relief from COVID-19 soon. During this lock- down period you should think positive like my family and I are healthy, happy, the situation will improve soon, finances will be fine, have full faith in God, and we are still blessed to be alive. Mahesh Bang CITY FIRST JAIPUR & AHMEDABAD kha Teej is consid- ered auspicious if it falls on the Rohini Nakshatra day. Akha Teej and Parashura- ma Jayanti occur on the same day. Parshurama Jayanti is cele- brated as the birthday of Lord Parashurama, who is consid- ered as the 6th incarnation of God Vishnu. For Jains, Aksh- aya Tritiya observes the end- ingof ayearfastbyTirthanka- raRishabhabytakingthejuice of Sugarcane. The word β€˜Akshaya’ means the never diminishing and the festival is believed to bring good fortune, prosperity, wealth, and success. As per scriptures, the good effect of auspicious activities done on theauspiciousdayof Akshaya Tritiya never gets finished, and you enjoy them for the lives to come, which is why it isaverypopulardayforsolem- nising of weddings. With the Lockdown in place lakhs of weddings to be held across India have been put on hold. Many have opted to con- duct very simple weddings with just family in attendance while more have decided to wait out the lockdown and have the flamboyant wedding of their dreams. We wish each and every loving couple our best. Keeping the current situa- tion in mind, a Jodhpur cou- ple, Varun and Meenakshi Dhanadia also tied a knot, keeping the wedding extreme- ly low key. He had earlier post- poned his wedding because of lockdown, however, since his ailing grandfather wanted to see his granddaughter-in-law, the young man had no choice but to tie the nuptial knot with his fiancΓ©e. Not a single mem- ber of both families was pre- sent at the wedding. Mujhse Shaadi Corona? On Akha Teej, City First talks to some of them in the pipeline wedding couples who are wither waiting for the lockdown to end so that they can tie the lifetime bond A It required a pandemic to realise the value of not just our lives but also of our loved ones. With our marriage bells ring- ing, came in the deadly virus, which has no doubt tested our patience, but also made us re- alise how capable true love can be to sustain itself even in such difficult times! My wedding is scheduled to be in June, and we’re still confused about how to go about everything! β€”AAYUSHI SANGHARSHEE Due to the lockdown, my destination wed- ding in Udaipur on April 20 had to be cancelled. We had made all the arrangements, from the venue, catering to decoration, ac- commodation, everything was set. But, after the COVID-19 pandemic came to India, the lockdown was enforced and my fiancΓ© and I were forced to call it off. We are hoping that if the courts open up, we might get hitched there. β€”SHANAYA GUPTA Varun and Meenakshi Dhanadia