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DOMESTIC EQUITY BENCHMARK INDICES SNAPPED THEIR GAINING STREAK ON FRIDAY,
CLOSING IN THE RED. S&P BSE SENSEX ENDED 0.39% LOWER AT 54,277 POINTS WHILE
NIFTY 50 FELL 0.35% TO CLOSED AT 16,238. BANK NIFTY WAS DOWN 0.07% FAILING TO
REGAIN 36,000 LEVELS. BROADER MARKETS WERE MIXED ON THE CLOSING BELL.
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW
Mandaviya meets Adar, discusses
COVID vaccine supply ramping up
JMMskips,AAPasurprise
entryinRaGameetof15parties
New Delhi: Ahead of
the commencement of
the proceedings of both
the Houses of Parlia-
ment on Friday, the Op-
position leaders held a
meeting to discuss over
strategy for the remain-
ing period of Parlia-
ment. Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi and oth-
er Opposition leaders
presided over a meeting
to discuss their future
strategy
.
It was decided in the
meet to head to Jantar
Mantar to show solidar-
ity to the farmers who
are camped at the site
as a mark of protest
against Turn to P6
New Delhi: In order to
ramp up COVID-19 vac-
cine supply in the
country, Union Health
Minister Mansukh
Mandaviya on Friday
met SII CEO Adar
Poonawalla in the na-
tional capital and held
a discussion over the
supply of Covishield
vaccine. Poonawalla
also met Amit Shah
and said Covovax vac-
cine for kids may be
launched by October.
“We discussed ramp-
ing up vaccine produc-
tion. More than 17 coun-
tries in Europe have al-
ready approved Covid-
shield and many are in
line to give approval.
Amazon wins
battle against
Reliance in SC
India, China
pull out troops
from Gogra
New Delhi: In a major
win for e-commerce gi-
ant Amazon, SC on Fri-
day said that arbitra-
tion restraining Future
Group’s deal with Reli-
ance Industries was
valid and enforceable
under Indian laws.
A bench of Justices R
F Nariman dealt with
the larger question and
held that an award of
an EA of a foreign coun-
try is enforceable under
the Indian Arbitration
and Conciliation Act
despite the fact that the
term EA is not used in
arbitration laws
here.“EA Order can be
enforced under Section
17(2),” it said.
New Delhi: India and
China have undertaken
disengagement from
Gogra area of Eastern
Ladakh following an
agreement at the 12th
round of Corps Com-
mander talks, the Army
said on Friday. This is
the second friction area
from which disengage-
ment has been done af-
ter Pangong Tso in Feb-
ruary as part of efforts
of withdrawal and de-
escalation along LAC in
Eastern Ladakh. “As
per agreement, both
sides have ceased for-
ward deployments in
this area in phased, co-
ordinated and verified
manner,” Army said.
MEETING WITH NITI AAYOG
SC lambasts
probe agencies on
attacks on judges
IB, CBI did little in cases where judges
of lower courts and High Courts were
attacked, the apex court observed
New Delhi: Expressing
concern over the inci-
dents of judges getting
threats and abusive
messages, the Supreme
Court Friday said the
Intelligence Bureau
(IB) and the CBI are
“not helping” the judi-
ciary at all and there is
no freedom to a judicial
officer to even make
such complaints.
The apex court said
there are several crimi-
nal cases involving
gangsters and high-pro-
file persons and at some
places, judges of the
trial courts as well as
high courts are being
threatened not only
physically but also
mentally Turn to P6
SC NOTICE TO
CENTRE, GST
COUNCIL ON GST
TRIBUNAL
BILL TO NULLIFY RETROSPECTIVE TAX
PASSED IN LS AMID PROTESTS
JOHNSON AND JOHNSON APPLIES FOR
EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Friday
issued notice to the
Centre and GST Council
after hearing a PIL
seeking constitution of
National and Regional
GST Tribunal. A two-
judge bench headed
by the Chief Justice of
India (CJI) Nuthalapati
Venkata Ramana and
also comprising Justice
Surya Kant, said, “It is a
sorry state of an affair”,
that despite four years
of the Act came into
force, the GST Tribunals
are not set up yet.
New Delhi: After Union Finance
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
on Friday moved the Taxa-
tion Laws (Amendment) Bill,
2021 for consideration, it was
passed in the Lok Sabha with-
out debate amid sloganeering
and protests by the Opposition
members of Parliament. The bill seeks to do away with
the contentious retrospective tax provision. P5
New Delhi: Johnson & Johnson has applied for the
Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) of its single-dose
Covid-19 vaccine. Johnson & Johnson claimed that its
single-shot vaccine, in clinical trials, proved to be 85 per
cent effective in preventing severe disease. The vaccine
also showed protection against Covid-19 related hospi-
talisation and death, it said.
CENTRE SHOULD INCREASE ECONOMIC
AND POLICY COOPERATION: GEHLOT
Jaipur: In order to
strengthen the spirit of
cooperative federalism,
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot has urged the
Center to increase the
economic and policy co-
operation with States
for their development.
He has said that in the
last few years, due to
economic slowdown, co-
rona epidemic, natural
calamities and other
reasons, the fiscal posi-
tion of all the states of
the country has been
adversely affected. “At
the same time, the need
to increase the scope of
social security is being
felt more. In such a situ-
ation, the central gov-
ernment should pro-
vide more cooperation
to the states for the
smooth conduct of ac-
tivities related to eco-
nomic and social devel-
opment,” Gehlot said on
Friday, while discuss-
ing various pending is-
sues related to the state
interest in the meeting
with Senior Adviser Yo-
gesh Suri and Adviser
Rajnath Ram and mem-
ber of NITI Aayog, Prof.
Ramesh Chandra.
Strongly advocating
on these subjects, he
said that the economy
of the states has been
badly affected due to
the Covid epidemic.
“There is a need to give
more social security to
the needy sections
along with a huge re-
duction in revenue. In
these situations, it is
not easy for any state to
bring the economy back
on track Turn to P6
Ashok Gehlot
CRUCIAL READ
RBI KEEPS INTEREST UNCHANGED
New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday
kept key interest rates unchanged and maintained an
accommodative stance in order to aid further economic
recovery. The central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee
(MPC) decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 4 per
cent while the reverse repo rate has been maintained at
3.35 per cent. P5
TALIBAN CAPTURES AFGHAN PROVINCIAL
CAPITAL; 1ST TO FALL SINCE US WITHDRAWAL
Kabul: Taliban have captured their first provincial
capital since launching an offensive to coincide
with the departure of foreign troops, a senior
official confirmed Friday, a significant psychologi-
cal blow to a government desperately defending
a string of cities against the insurgents. “The city
of Zaranj, provincial capital of Nimroz, has fallen
to the Taliban,” Roh Gul Khairzad, the deputy
governor, told AFP. She said the city had fallen
“without a fight”, and social media showed clips of
insurgents roaming the streets.
TOKYO OLYMPICS: HEART BREAKING
Hockey Eves out of bronze
race; cry speaking to PM
Tokyo: Indian women
have done themselves and
India proud with a valiant
effort at the Tokyo Olym-
pics. Rani Rampal’s team
lost the Hockey Bronze
Medal match 3-4 to the Rio
Olympic champions at the
Oi Hockey Stadium in To-
kyo on Friday, but the
fight that has highlighted
their stunning campaign
wasondisplayonceagain.
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YOUR HARD WORK AN
INSPIRATION: PM MODI
New Delhi: Congratulating an emotional
Indian women’s hockey team for their
performance, Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Friday, while having a telephonic
conversation with the team, said that
their hard work and sweat have become
an inspiration for crores of the coun-
try’s daughters. The team’s head coach
Sjoerd Marijne informed that the team’s
players were emotional at the moment
and thanked him for his appreciation and
motivation on their behalf.
Indian
Women’s
Hockey
team excelled on
the field and won
the hearts of every
Indian with their
stellar perfor-
mance. We are
proud of you all,”
Rashtrapati Bhavan
tweeted.
—Ramnath Kovind
President
Opposition is saying that we’re pass-
ing bills in a hasty manner; 11 bills in
2007 and in 2011, constitution bills
were passed in a hurry. Congress’ Kapil Sibal has
admitted to it. We’re are asking the Opposition to
discuss and yet they make such claims.
—Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister
PM SIR GAVE ME HUGE SUPPORT
TO TRAIN IN THE US, SAYS CHANU
ANDHRA CM REDDY
FELICITATES PV SINDHU
BAJRANG PUNIA LOSES IN SEMI-
FINAL, TO PLAY FOR BRONZE
Tokyo: Tokyo Olympics silver
medalist, Mirabai Chanu has
stated that PM Modi helped
her a lot to reach the Games
after recovering from
injury. “It’s true that PM
Modi helped me reach Tokyo
Olympics after my injury. They
booked the ticket for flight
in one day for the US,”
Chanu said.
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief
Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy
on Friday felicitated ace shuttler
PV Sindhu and asked her to start
a sports academy at Vishakhapa-
tnam to generate more sports
personalities from the state. Later,
sports officials handed her over a
cash reward of Rs 30 lakhs as per
the state policy for winning the
medal. —ANI
Tokyo: Wrestler Bajrang Punia
faced a crushing
defeat in the semi-
finals of the Tokyo
Olympics at the
hands of Haji Aliyev
of Azerbaijan in the
men’s freestyle 65kg
event on Friday. Ali-
yev defeated Bajrang
12-5.
ED RAIDS EX-MAHA
HOME MINISTER
DESHMUKH’S RES
New Delhi: The Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED) on
Friday raided former Ma-
harashtra home minister
Anil Desh-
mukh’s
residence
in Nagpur.
Around
eight ED
officials
arrived at Deshmukh’s
residence at 7.30pm
along with a team of
Central Reserve Police
Force personnel and
began the search. No one
was allowed to enter the
house and the search
continued till the filing of
this report.
CM TO LAY FOUNDATION OF MLA FLATS
The much awaited foundation stone laying cer-
emony of the MLA Flats, being constructed by RHB
at a cost of 250 crores at Jyoti Nagar adjacent to
State Assembly, will be laid on August 11 by Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot. The size of each super
luxury flat will be 3200 square feet, which will have
4 bedrooms with a multi level vehicle parking for
1200 vehicles.
INDIA
37,689
new cases
601
new fatalities
RAJASTHAN
20
new cases
00
new fatalities
CORONA CATASTROPHE
KHEL-HO-INDIA
PM Modi renames Khel Ratna Award,
Hockey wizard’s son lauds decision
New Delhi: India’s highest
sporting honour Khel Ratna
Award,whichwasnamedafter
former prime minister Rajiv
Gandhi,wasonFridayrechris-
tened in the honour of hockey
wizardDhyanChandfollowing
the admirable performance of
bothmen’sandwomen’s hock-
ey teams in the Tokyo Olym-
pics. Making the announce-
ment, Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi said he had been
getting many requests from
citizens across India to name
the Khel Ratna Award after
Major Dhyan Chand.
“Respecting their senti-
ment, the Khel Ratna Award
will hereby Turn to P6
MAJOR DHYAN CHAND
FINALLY GETS HIS DUE
WILL APPRECIATE
IF PM RENAMES
STADIUM IN HIS AND
BJP LEADER’S NAME
Meanwhile,
Indian National
Congress
(INC) leader
Randeep
Surjewala
stated that
INC welcomes the decision to
rename the award but claimed
that it was done with the
agenda to distract people from
the ongoing issues like farm-
ers’ protest, pegasus spyware
and inflation. “Rajiv Gandhi
will always Turn to P6
PM Narendra Modi converses & consoles the Indian Women’s Hockey team on phone on Friday.

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 2021
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Minor gang
raped, uncle & 5
others booked
First India Bureau
Churu: In an alleged
gang-rape of a minor,
an FIR has been regis-
tered in the city. The
victim’s uncle has been
booked for selling her
for Rs 5 lakh. Six per-
sons, including four
named accused, have
been booked under the
POCSO Act. The victim,
whose medical exami-
nation was conducted,
told police that her un-
cle had taken her away
on the pretext of her
aunt’s illness. And later
she heard her uncle try-
ing to fix a deal to sell
her for Rs 5 lakh, on
hearing this she tried to
escape.However,caught
and gang-raped.
ECB alumnus selected in
RAS-18,honoured by college
First India Bureau
Bikaner: An alumnus
of the Engineering Col-
lege Bikaner (ECB) So-
ciety
, 14 prospective ad-
ministrative officers
selected in the Ra-
jasthanAdministrative
Service 2018 were in-
vited by the Vice-Chan-
cellor of Bikaner Tech-
nical University in the
ECB campus, Prof Am-
barish Vidyarthi.
Under the chairman-
ship of Vidyarthi, hon-
ored by memento. Pro-
gram coordinator Bhu-
ria gave program out-
line.
Alumni of ECB selected in RAS-2018 honoured by the college
After 20 yrs, polls held
to form parishad panels
First India Bureau
Nagaur: For the first
time in 20 years, elec-
tions were conducted
for the formation of
committees in Nagaur
Zila Parishad on Friday
.
After a meeting of Zila
Pramukh, member Dr
Sahdev Chaudhary
with members of BJP
and RLP in the presence
of election officer
Hariram Rad, the mem-
bers of the committees
of Education & Rural
Devp were elected.
The process to elect
members of other com-
mittees has also started.
Arrangements of secu-
rity by police have
also been made for the
elections. Earlier, the
office bearers of the
committees used to be
selected unanimously
but this time, elections
were held.
BJP to start preps for
elections at booth level
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: With a target to
win the 2023 assembly
and 2024 Lok Sabha
elections, BJP in Ra-
jasthan has started
preparations to further
strengthen its base at
the booth level.
Party in-charge for
Rajasthan Arun Singh
and state president Sat-
ish Poonia will address
a workshop ‘Sashakt
Mandal Abhiyan’ under
which the campaign for
the appointment of
booth committees and
Panna Pramukh, who
play crucial roles in get-
ting votes.
Arun Singh in Jaipur
Workshop will be
organised at Totuka
Bhawan in Jaipur.
Sources said the party
organisation will send
‘Vidhan Sabha Pravasi’
to all 200 assembly
constituencies.
13 people trapped in flood-hit villages of Karanpur Chambal river area were rescued and later
Labour minister Tikaram Jully visited the areas inundated by rain water in Jhalawar. (Right): An
eight-foot-long crocodile was rescued at Kota’s Borkheda area on Friday.
STATE AND NATIONAL HIGHWAYS CLOSED AND A HIGH ALERT HAS BEEN DECLARED
FLOODS
WREAK
HAVOC
IN RAJ!
ain has
wreaked havoc
in Kota divi-
sion. After
Kota, Bundi,
and Baran districts,
now Jhalawar district
is receiving heavy rains
for the last 12 hours.
Due to which the rivers
Kalisindh, Parvan,
Chanwli, Rupali, and
many more have come
in spate. Due to heavy
inflow, rivers have
diverted and water has
entered into nearby
towns and villages.
Half of Khanpur is
surrounded by water.
Asnawar village is
filled with five-seven
feet of water. State and
national highways have
been closed and a high
alert has been declared
in the district.
District Collector
Harimohan Meena has
gone on a tour to take
stock of the emergency
situation. He said that
the situation in the dis-
trict is dire. The deso-
late river is coming in
spate in the Bhimsagar
dam of the district.
At present, 42,000
cusecs of water is being
dischargedcontinuously
by opening the five gates
of the dam 50 feet. In
Dediya village, the road
was uprooted from one
endduetotheflowof wa-
ter from an anicut.
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MM RAIN IN A
DAY KHANPUR,
JHALAWAR
1,18,000
CUSECS WATER
RELEASED FROM
KALISINDH DAM
BY OPENING 10
GATES
50,000
CUSECS WATER
RELEASED FROM
BHIM SAGAR
DAM BY OPENED
5 GATES
Vasundhara Raje @VasundharaBJP
Heavy rains have not only
damaged crops in entire
Rajasthan, many people have
also lost their lives. Livestock
of people have been
destroyed and houses have
collapsed. In Hadoti, 80% of
soybean, urad and rice crops
have been destroyed.
Kota: Bhimsagar Dam overflowed near Sangod
due to which 25 to 30 people were trapped on
the roof of residential school
located in Hingi village. Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Birla spoke
to Minister of Disaster Man-
agement Rajendra Yadav and
CS Niranjan Arya asking for
immediate help to the stranded
people. Sources have
confirmed that Birla will visit flood affected
area on Saturday.
OM BIRLA WILL VISIT FLOOD
AFFECTED AREAS ON SATURDAY
THE WEATHER DEPARTMENT HAS
PREDICTED HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL AT ONE OR TWO PLACES IN
SAWAI MADHOPUR, DHOLPUR, KA-
RAULI AND BARAN DISTRICTS ON SAT-
URDAY. AN OFFICIAL OF THE DEPART-
MENT SAID THAT RAINFALL ACTIVITIES
ARE LIKELY TO REDUCE IN THE NEXT
24 HOURS AFTER THE WEAKENING OF
THE LOW-PRESSURE AREA.
HEAVY RAINS IN
4 DISTS TODAY
Jaipur: Seven minors were drowned in three separate incidents in
Jaipur, Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer, Bharatpur and Jaisalmer districts.
Two children aged 11 and 7 years were drowned in a pond in Vijay
Nagar of Ajmer. In Deeg town of Bharatpur, two children identified
as Yash and Tarun also drowned in a pond while taking bath. A
16-year old boy was drowned in Ramsarover pond in Jaisalmer
district. A 19-year old boy Tejaram Kahar was swept away in
heavy current of water in Chauth ka Barwada area in Sawai Mad-
hopur. A 12-year-old boy drowned in a pond on Bada Padampura
Road in Shivdaspura, Jaipur on Friday.
7 MINORS DROWN IN AJMER, JAISALMER,
SAWAI MADHOPUR, BHARATPUR AND JAIPUR
Raje’s face missing from
banner at Nadda’s meet
First India Bureau
Jaipur: After Ra-
jasthan, the face of for-
mer chief minister
Vasundhara Raje was
missing from the ban-
ner that was put up at
the backside of the
stage during a meeting
of MPs in New Delhi,
whichhasfurthergiven
rise to speculations
about the power strug-
gle in the brass of the
saffron party
.
Raje’s photo was
missing in the banner
while she was sitting
on the stage. The mat-
ter has led to a discus-
sion in the political
circle but any leader of
the party is refraining
from making any com-
ment.
Banner included the
photo of PM Narendra
Modi, national presi-
dent JP Nadda, Leader
of Opposition in Ra-
jasthan assembly Gu-
labchand Kataria and
the state president Sat-
ish Poonia. However,
the banner did not even
include the photo of
Rajasthan in charge
Arun Singh. In June,
the new poster put out-
side the party’s state
headquarters in Jaipur
had no photo of Raje,
which invited
reactions from her sup-
porters. Party presi-
denthadsaidthatthere
is a protocol about the
photos.
Vasundhara Raje attended the meeting chaired by Nadda

RAJASTHAN
03
Jaipur: In a major reshuffle in CGST and Central
Excise departments, as many as 5 Deputy Com-
missioners and 11 Assistant Commissioners have
been transferred or cross-posted under the annual
transfer policy of service rules. Abhishek Sinha
has been sent to Jodhpur while Aniruddh has been
posted in CGST at Udaipur. Hemant Kumar has been
transferred to Alwar whereas Babulal Meena and
Sunita Verma have been brought to Jaipur.
RESHUFFLE OF CENTRAL GST, EXCISE
OFFICERS: 5 DCs, 11 ACs TRANSFERRED
GUV MISHRA APPOINTS DR SATISH
KUMAR GARG AS NEW VC OF RAJUVAS
Jaipur: Governor Kalraj Mishra has appointed
Dr. Satish Kumar Garg as the Vice-Chancellor of
Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal
Sciences, Bikaner. Governor Mishra issued the
orders in consultation with the State Government.
Dr. Satish Kumar Garg has been appointed for a
term of three years from the date of assuming
office or until he attains the age of seventy years,
whichever is earlier. It is noteworthy that Dr.
Satish Kumar Garg was earlier working as Regis-
trar of Bihar Animal Science University, Patna and
has now been appointed as VC.
Jaipur: JDA on Friday took a major action on Sikar
road and vacated 33 bighas of land which was
encroached by farmers. JDA
had given notice 20 days ago to
vacate the land. Chief Control-
ler- Enforcement Raghuveer
Saini said that the land is located
under zone 12 area which was
occupied a long time ago. Simi-
larly, the enforcement wing also
removed encroachment from a 1,000 sq yard land in
Narayan Vihar. The land is allotted to PHED.
JDA REMOVES ENCROACHMENTS ON
SIKAR ROAD & NARAYAN VIHAR IN CITY
Delphic,Raj Foundation join hands to
push state’s art and culture globally
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: The Delphic
Council of Rajasthan
and Rajasthan Founda-
tion have decided to
work together to pro-
mote the state’s art and
culture globally
.
President of Ra-
jasthan Delphic Coun-
cil and principal secre-
tary of Forest and En-
vironment Depart-
ment Sreya Guha said
on Friday that Dheeraj
Srivastava, Commis-
sioner of Rajasthan
Foundation, has
agreed to work togeth-
er with Delphic. Guha
and Srivastava have
signed an agreement in
this regard. Guha said
the art and culture of
Rajasthan will get bet-
ter recognition at the
global level. Srivastava
congratulated Guha on
the occasion and as-
sured full cooperation
from organisation in
taking forward art &
culture of the state.
NEWS DIGEST
GIFTING ARTWORK!
The Director of West Zone Cultural Centre, Kiran Soni Gupta presented the first copy of two
albums related to Shaurya Art to Governor Kalraj Mishra at Raj Bhavan on Friday. Published
under the Amrit Mahotsav of Azadi, ‘Shaurya Art-Ek’, pictures of female & male freedom
fighters in the second album, their lives & important events related to freedom struggle have
been preserved in form of attractive artworks. Subir Kumar, secy to Guv, was also present
Dr Joshi writes to
JMC Greater over
sanitation workers
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Whip Dr
Mahesh Joshi on
Friday handed over a
16-point demand letter
of sanitation workers to
the commissioner of
Jaipur Greater Munici-
pal Corporation.
Dr Mahesh Joshi also
said that the eight de-
mands of sanitation
workers have been ac-
cepted by the Jaipur
Heritage Municipal
Corporation and re-
quested the commis-
sioner of the Greater
municipal corporation
to accept the demands
and do the needful.
Adani grp steps in Jpr airport from Aug 12
Vaibhav graces RCA’s seminar
of umpires and scorers finale
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Preparations
for privatisation of
Jaipur airport have
been completed. Adani
Group’s observation pe-
riod of 2 months will
start from August 12.
During this, the team of
Adani Group will un-
derstand all the points
related to flight opera-
tions here. Group staff
will understand the
workings at all places
including airport build-
ing, apron area, park-
ing, terminal-1. After
the observation period
of 2 months, the airport
operations will be com-
pletely transferred to
the Adani Group likely
by October 12. Adani
Group has appointed
Vishnu Mohan Jha as
the Chief Airport Of-
ficer of Jaipur Airport.
The employees of Air-
port Authority of India
will continue to work
here even for three
years after the airport
is transferred to the
Adani Group.
Rajiv Gaur
Jodhpur: The three-
day state-level refresher
seminar for umpires
and scorers being or-
ganised by RCA here
came to end on Friday
.
The valedictory func-
tion was chaired by lo-
cal legislator Manisha
Panwar. RCA president
Vaibhav Gehlot was the
chief guest while Divi-
sional Commissioner
Dr Rajesh Sharma and
District Collector Ind-
rajeet Singh were the
guests of honour on the
occasion.
Apprising the audi-
ence about the repair
work being carried out
to restore the Barkatul-
lah Stadium here, Col-
lector Singh hoped that
international matches
will be played there one
day. MLA Panwar said
that the state govern-
ment has granted Rs 30
crore for renovation of
the stadium and
thanked RCA chief Ge-
hlot for his efforts in
this regard.
RCA president Vaibhav Gehlot, Rajesh Sharma, Indrajeet Singh,
Mahendra Sharma and others at valedictory function in Jodhpur.
Youth dies as
earphone device
explodes in his
ear while in use
RFC seeks `46 crore
recovery from defaulter
In major reshuffle,
60 ASPs and 46
Tehsildars shifted
CTSA holds meeting to
restructure committee
First India Bureau
Jaipur: If you love to
use earphones to enjoy a
hands-free conversa-
tion, you better be care-
ful. A youth in Jaipur’s
Chomu town suffered
grievous injuries and
later died in a hospital
when earphones he was
using exploded in his
ear causing him injury
.
Rakesh Nagar, a resi-
dent of Udaipuria vil-
lage in Chomu area,
was talking to someone
using the Bluetooth de-
vice when it exploded,
following which he fell
unconscious.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
Financial Corporation
(RFC) has launched re-
covery proceedings for
about Rs 46 crore
against oldest defaulter
of the corporation un-
der Insolvency and
Bankruptcy Code 2016.
For this purpose, the
RFC has filed an appli-
cation to the NCLT of
Jaipur. RFC, which is
state govt undertaking
with shareholding of
SIDBI, LIC PNB etc.,
had sanctioned two
loans, Rs. 10L in 1962 &
Rs 12.72L in 1966, to Man
Industrial Corporation
Ltd with mortgage of Rs
50 acres of prime land
of the company next to
Jaipur railway station.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a major po-
lice reshuffle, state
home department has
shifted 60 additional
superintendents of po-
lice in Rajasthan. Of
these, 18 were posted in
the state capital, said
an official.
Meanwhile, there
have been transfers in
the Revenue Board as
well. A total of 46 tehsil-
dars and 69 naib tehsil-
dars were transferred
late on Thursday, said
an official.
Vimal Kothari
Jaipur: The Commerce
Tax Service Association
on Friday held an emer-
gency meeting in Jaipur
to discuss the probable
recommendation of the
restricting committee.
The officers said that
the proposals of the
committee should be
made public and de-
tailed discussion should
be held. The officers
suggested meeting CM
Ashok Gehlot on the is-
sue. The association
president Mahesh Ku-
mar Chaudhary said
that detailed discussion
should be held on rec-
ommendation of com-
mittee and opinion of
all parties involved
should be taken.
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: All the four
players of Rajasthan
who participated in the
Tokyo Olympics have
disappointed the coun-
try as no one of them
could bag a medal.
Many players of Ra-
jasthan have participat-
ed in Olympics in the
past but Rajyavardhan
Rathore is only Olym-
pics medallist from Ra-
jasthan, who won silver
in shooting in 2004- Ath-
ens Olympics.
Players of Rajasthan ‘failed to click’
IN TOKYO OLYMPICS
4 PLAYERS FROM RAJASTHAN
WHY
FAILED?
Shooters prepared on their own. In shooting range in
Jaipur, even electronic targets could not be bought.
Also, there is no facility of rowing or boating in Rajasthan.
SHOOTING: Apurvi Chandela & Divyansh
Panwar could not reach finals
ROWING
Arjun Lal
20 KM WALK
Bhavna Jat
Apurvi ranked
36th in qualifying
round with a score of
621.9 while Divyansh
finished 32nd with a
score of 622.8. Arjun
Lal disappointed in
rowing’s lightweight
double sculls event
whereas Bhawna Jat
ranked 32nd in wom-
en’s 20 km walk.
WHAT DID OUR
PLAYERS BRING?
Dheeraj Srivastava and Sreya Guha sign an agreement. Also seen
are Nishant Jain, Shipra Sharma, Rahul Sood & Naveen Tripathi.
Cleanliness is the
first priority for
the Jaipur munici-
pal corporation
Greater
administration
and all the de-
mands of the sani-
tation workers will
be considered
positively by the
corporation.
Yagya Mitra Singh Deo,
Commissioner JMC Greater
Dr Mahesh Joshi addressing press conference on Friday. Also seen
here is Yagya Mitra Singh Deo. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
THE DUES...
THE SUGGESTION
Answers of 8,704 questions of
MLAs are pending in the
Vidhan Sabha as the departments
have not sent answers to 6,752
questionsofthecurrent16thVidhan
Sabha. At the same time, answers of
1,050 questions of 13th Assembly
& 902 questions of 14th Assembly
are also awaited from the
departments.
REASON OF DELAY
The list of questions is so
long that the Questions and
Perspectives Committee
is currently discussing the
confusion and controversies
regarding the questions of
the 14th Assembly. But the
member legislators of the
committee have now made
up their mind to summon the
heads of departments who do
not respond in the Assembly.
The CS has asked all
the departments to
answer the
outstanding questions by
August 16. The officers of the
departments whose more
questions are pending, will be
called in the Vidhan Sabha
and their answers will be
sought.
—Bijendra Singh Ola, Committee chairman
Hundreds of questions of the
14th Assembly are yet to be
answered. At present, the
questions of the 15th Vidhan Sabha
are not being discussed at all. The
committee chairman has been asked
to summon the officers, so that the
questions of the public being asked
through public representatives can
be answered in time.
—Ashok Lahoti, Committee member
QUESTIONSAWAITINGANSWERS...

PERSPECTIVE
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Let none find fault with
others; let none see the
omissions and commissions
of others. But let one see one’s
own acts, done and undone.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Jyotiraditya M. Scindia
@JM_Scindia
Moved by your determination, honesty
hard work, Subhan! You’re meant to
fly high go places! Airplane my best
wishes. Thank you, Humans of Bombay
for sharing this inspiring story.
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur
Major Dhyan Chand is INIndia’s most
legendary loved sporting icons; it
is only befitting that India’s Highest
Sporting Honour be named after him.
His life and achievements have inspired
generations of sportspersons who have
achieved glory for India.
TOP TWEET
BELATED HONOUR
FOR HOCKEY
WIZARD MAJ
DHYAN CHAND
he renaming of the
Khel Ratna award af-
ter the legendary
hockey player Major
Dhyan Chand is a
welcome move. Replacing Rajiv
Gandhi’s name with that of Ma-
jor Dhyan Chand is a belated
recognition of a player who is
famous for his hockey wizardry
.
Dhyan Chand won three Olym-
pic gold medals for India so it
was surprising that despite his
contribution, governments al-
lowed his name to slide into
oblivion. Thanks to his fans, who
nevertiredof demandingBharat
Ratna for him, Dhyan Chand’s
memory continues to live.
It is only apt to name the high-
est sports award after him just as
the one in science is named after
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, the
Founder Director of Council of
Scientific and Industrial Re-
search (CSIR). Bhabha Atomic
Research Centre is named after
Dr Homi Bhabha and meritori-
ouscandidatesfromBARCTrain-
ing School are given awards
named after him. Ideally, no
sports stadium/complex should
bear the name of a politician to
keep sports above politics.
T
he passing of the
Taxation Laws
Amendment Bill
2021 by the Lok
Sabha to junk the
provision for retrospective
tax is a positive step towards
making India investment
friendly
. Through a provision
in the Finance Act of 2012 the
Income-TaxActwasamended
to make offshore transactions
involving Indian assets, even
those that were executed be-
fore the amendment was
passed by the Congress-led
UPA government. This led to
a series of disputes, the major
ones being against Cairns En-
ergy Plc and Vodafone Group
Plc. In the Cairns’ dispute the
government seized and sold
its shares in its earlier India
unit, confiscated dividend
due and withheld tax refunds.
CairnsEnergyhadopposed
the demand for tax payment
with retrospective effect and
went to the Permanent Court
of Arbitration at The Hague.
The arbitration court passed
about Rs 8000 crore award in
favour of Cairns, which filed
casesinseveralotherinterna-
tional courts. Cairns was in
no mood to pay the taxes ret-
rospectively
, the government
insisted that any settlement
had to be within the existing
tax laws. Although its case
appeared to be weak, the gov-
ernment challenged the
“highly flawed award”.
In Vodafone’s case an in-
ternational tribunal ruled
against the government’s de-
mand for Rs 22,100 crore in
back taxes. The government
challenged the order in the
Singapore High Court. Voda-
fone, the British telecom gi-
ant, acquired an Indian tele-
com entity in 2007.
Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman called the
change in the income-tax law
“a matter of prolonged litiga-
tion”, which it indeed turned
out to be. Scrapping of the
law will bring relief to for-
eign investors.
A REGRESSIVE TAX
LAW IS SCRAPPED
Through a provision in
the Finance Act of 2012
the Income-Tax Act was
amended to make
offshore transactions
involving Indian assets,
even those that were
executed before the
amendment was passed
by the Congress-led
UPA government
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News International Pvt. Ltd.
ADDICTIVE LAZINESS
n the year 2020, Covid ripped
across the world resulting in
death, illness, burnout, isola-
tion, and economic turmoil.
As if one onslaught was not
enough, it came back with a
volley of new variants in
2021. Sudden lockdowns
were announced and the
world came to a standstill.
The world said- “Jaan hai to
Jahan hai.” We spent every-
thing in the name of Covid
and consequently, lazi-
ness became a habit. The
post covid laziness is as ad-
dictive as smoking, alcohol
or drugs. When people are
made to work after six
months, it’s a tough call and
bound to have withdrawal
symptoms.
PEND IT
All work was pending till the
covid goes. Everyone said
let’s deal with this once in a
lifetime problem and do the
routine work later. When you
find people around you fall-
ing like ninepins, it’s very
difficult to work for a bright
future. The gloom leads to
everything as life itself is so
uncertain. The uncertainty
of life leads to fears and
hence the lack of desire to
work with full gusto and sin-
cerity. Procrastination soon
became a habit. Languishing
became the norm and it grew
like an addiction.
BLURRING WORK-
LIFE BALANCE
Initially, when the lockdown
happened, everyone was very
euphoric about the ‘Work
from Home’ concept. It gave
the working class a sense of
freedom from office. Soon
everyone realized that they
are neither here nor there.
The work life balance got
blurred out. The manage-
ment expects you to be avail-
able online 24x7. At the same
time, the wife feels that you
are at home and yet not avail-
able. Sandwiched between
the two enhanced expecta-
tions from Boss and Biwi, the
poor middle class employee
got sorted out. The blurred
work life balance resulted in
poor motivation, decreased
efficiency, frustration and
psycho-social disorders.
STUDENTS
WITHOUT SCHOOL
The students never had it so
good. No schools for the last
two sessions and then 99% of
them passed, scoring above
90%, without exams. This
lethargy which has set in the
systemwillbeverydifficultto
overcome once schools open.
Students will find it difficult
to get up early, get ready to
leave by 06:30 AM, attend
school the whole day, do the
homework and study hard to
pass exams with such high
expectations. It will take con-
siderable time and effort to
get over this lethargy
.
SOCIAL DISTANCING
BY CHOICE
The world had already started
social distancing and becom-
ing more and more self ori-
ented. They found Covid as a
God sent excuse for their anti-
social behaviour. People have
started moving away from the
basicsocietalnormsof obliga-
tory attendance at funerals,
cremations, mournings, wed-
dings and other social gather-
ings. In covid times, Hand-
shake and jaadu ki jhappi
(warmhugs)asgreetingshave
changed over to greet-
ings from a distance, with Na-
maste. Let’s hope and pray
that this exceptional behavior
isnotadoptedas‘newnormal’,
as a matter of convenience.
DISTURBED ROUTINE
During the Covid lockdowns,
most of the people were lan-
guishing around without a de-
fined routine. They were just
getting bored, frustrated and
addictive to laziness. In the
Covid related forced lock-
downs, phone, social media
andbrowsingtheinternethave
been major time consumers,
pulling down everybody into
hours of idleness. “The less I
do, the less I want to do.” The
laziness tightened the grip
over idle mind, like addiction.
CASUAL DRESSING
Dressing up has taken the
biggest hit in the Covid era.
Since, there is nowhere to go,
everyone is very tempted to
stay in casuals. The formal
dressing has taken a long
leave. The wedding lehengas
and haute-couture have been
neatly packed into box-
es. The bundgalas and sher-
wanis are equally confined to
life sentences, with suspen-
sion of all official events and
celebrations. I am certain
that when normalcy is re-
stored post covid, most of us
will also require a new ward-
robe and refresher course in
formal dressing.
BLAME COVID
FOR ALL ILLS
A large number of Govt offi-
cials and those deputed to
deal with public grievances
started shirking their re-
sponsibilities in the name of
Covid. Entry into all Govt of-
fices is strictly restrict-
ed. The routine business of
governance became the big-
gest casualty. In the hospi-
tals also, patients with all
other ailments were relegat-
ed in priority to Covid pa-
tients and many of them suc-
cumbed to such neglect, but
who cares. Covid was found
to be the new punching bag to
be blamed for all delays, ills,
faults and incompetencies.
CONCLUSION
Covid has brought unprece-
dented difficult times, no
doubt. However, the forced
lockdown and idleness has
also taken its toll on our ef-
ficiency and desire to work
hard. It has brought in slug-
gishness in work, boredom,
procrastination and a habit
of languishing. Those who
got addicted to laziness are
praying for a third wave and
lockdowns once again. Let’s
not get addicted to laziness,
trying to beat Covid. It will
take a great amount of con-
certed effort to shed the slug-
gishness and resume life
with full gusto and energy,
leaving COVID behind.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
POST COVID LAZINESS:
AN ADDICTION
Sudden lockdowns were
announced and the world
came to a standstill. The
world said- “Jaan hai to
Jahan hai.” We spent
everything in the name of
Covid and consequently,
laziness became a habit.
The post covid laziness is as
addictive as smoking,
alcohol or drugs. When
people are made to work
after six months, it’s a tough
call and bound to have
withdrawal symptoms
I
In covid times,
Handshake and jaadu
ki jhappi (warm hugs) as
greetings have changed
over to greetings from a
distance, with Namaste.
Let’s hope and pray that
this exceptional
behavior is not adopted
as ‘new normal’, as a
matter of convenience.
MAJ GEN
CP SINGH, RETD
The writer is a scholar soldier accredited
with MA, MSc, LLB, MBA, M Phil (Def Mgt)
and M Phil (International Strategic Affairs)

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INDIA
05
LOK SABHA PASSES BILL TO END
ALL RETROSPECTIVE TAXATION
Bill was passed after clause-wise discussions a brief statement by Sitharaman
New Delhi: A bill that
seeks to do away with
the contentious retro-
spective tax provision
and will impact retro
tax cases of Cairn En-
ergy and Vodafone was
introduced by Finance
Minister Nirmala Si-
tharaman in Lok Sabha
on Friday
.
The Taxation Laws
(Amendment) Bill, 2021
was introduced by the
Finance Minister in
Lok Sabha on Thursday
.
The bill was intro-
duced among protests
by opposition members
over their demand for a
probe into allegations
of surveillance through
Pegasus spyware and
repeal of farm bills.
The Central Universi-
ties (Amendment) Bill,
2021 was also intro-
duced in Lok Sabha.
The Rajya Sabha passed
three bills - Commis-
sion for Air Quality
Management in NCR
and Adjoining Areas
Bill, 2021, the Essential
Defence Services Bill,
2021, and the Constitu-
tion (Scheduled Tribes)
Order (Amendment)
Bill, 2021. The bills were
passed amid opposition
protests over their de-
mands.
The Taxation Laws
(Amendment) Bill pro-
poses to amend the In-
come Tax Act, 1961.
Vending Act:
States yet to take
vendor surveys
Govt disallow
question on
Pegasus in RS
New Delhi: CPI
MP Benoy Viswam
on Friday said it is
“strange” the govern-
ment has sought to
disallow his question in
Rajya Sabha about the
Pegasus issue on the
ground that the matter
is “subjudice”, and al-
leged this shows it has
something to “hide”.
Viswam in a PAQ, with
subject “government’s
MoU with foreign
companies”, has asked
if the external affairs
ministry could state
whether govt has en-
tered into an MoU with
the NSO Group.
New Delhi: Several
states have not carried
out vendor surveys
and formed town
vending committees
even after seven years
of Street Vendors
(Protection of Liveli-
hood and Regulation
of Street Vending) Act,
2014, a parliamentary
panel said in its report.
Standing Committee
on Urban Develop-
ment, which presented
its report in Lok Sabha
on Friday, sought to
know the reason for
the delay and recom-
mended taking up the
issue at highest level.
Nirmala Sitharaman
MoS Nityanand
Rai attends
passing out
parade
K’taka HC
summons
Yediyurappa,
son, others
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister of State for Home
Nityanand Rai on Fri-
day advised 144 new In-
dian Police Service
(IPS) probationers to
deal with cases linked
to crime against women
as their “prime respon-
sibility”. Also stressing
that “active work to-
wards community po-
licing initiatives for bet-
ter engagement with
the people” should be
focused areas, the Min-
ister addressed the new
recruits during the
passing out parade of
probationers of the IPS
of the 72nd Batch at the
Sardar Vallabhbhai Pa-
tel National Police
Academy (SVPNPA) in
Hyderabad.
A total of 144 young
IPS probationers in-
cluding 33 women offic-
ers participated in the
parade. “It should be
your prime responsibil-
ity to deal with them.”
New Delhi: The Karna-
taka High Court has is-
sued summons to for-
mer Chief Minister B.S.
Yediyurappa, his son
BJP Vice President Vi-
jayendra and others to
appear for inquiry be-
fore the court on August
17, in connection with a
corruption case. The
summons, issued on
Thursday, are also be-
ing issued to his family
members Shashidhar
Maradi, Virupakshap-
pa Yamakanamaradi,
Sanjayasri, contractor
Chandrakanth Ramal-
ingam, former minister
S.T. Somashekar, IAS
officer Dr. G.C. Prakash,
hotel industrialist K.
Ravi on Thursday
.
T.J. Abraham, an ac-
tivist and advocate, had
filed a petition against
the former Chief Minis-
ter and others. The com-
plaint was filed before
the People’s Represent-
ative Court. The court
had dismissed the peti-
tion for want of sanc-
tion on July 8.
SC seeks Centre’s clear stand
on vacancies in tribunals
New Delhi: Terming
non-filling of vacancies
at various tribunals a
very sorry state of af-
fairs, Supreme Court
Friday asked Centre to
apprise it within ten
days about steps taken
and said it suspects
some lobbies have been
working in this regard.
We must know a clear
stand on continuation
of tribunals or closing
of tribunals. It appears
that bureaucracy does
not want these tribu-
nals, said a bench com-
prising Chief Justice N
V Ramana and Justice
Surya Kant.
SC was ready with all
details of pending va-
cancies, provided by the
apex court’s registry in
15 quasi-judicial bodies
such as Debt Recovery
Tribunals (DRTs),
DRAT, Securities Ap-
pellate Tribunal, TD-
SAT, NCLT and NCLAT.
There are 19 vacant
positions of presiding
officers or the chair-
man in these tribunals
and besides them, 110
and 111 posts of judicial
and technical members
respectively are vacant,
the bench said, adding
that this cannot be al-
lowed to continue.
The bench said it may
summon the top offi-
cials to give reasons for
not appointing peoples
in these quasi-judicial
bodies. We expect in a
week’s time you will
take a call and apprise
us. Otherwise we are
very serious, we are go-
ing to force the top offic-
ers to appear and give
reasons. Please do not
invite such a situation,
the bench observed.
SC, in a hearing con-
ducted through video
conferencing, also is-
sued a notice on a PIL
filed by lawyer and ac-
tivist Amit Sahni seek-
ing constitution of Na-
tional and Regional
GST Tribunal. —PTI
Anita Hada
New Delhi: In the past
17 years of his active
political life, Rahul
Gandhi gave great re-
sponsibility to many
new leaders and
brought forward many
old leaders. Some of
these people are still
working for the party
and are Rahul’s trusted
aides, although there
are those too who have
been marginalised and
many have left the par-
ty
.
However, Rahul, in
view of 2024 general
elections, has become
increasingly active and
is forming his own bri-
gade within the grand-
old party. Word is that
Rahul is working on a
plan to bring back the
old leaders and give
them new responsibili-
ty again. Informed
sources in Congress say
that election strategist
Prashant Kishor has
also advised him about
this and it is on his ad-
vice, that preparations
are being made to bring
back some leaders from
their political ‘vanvasa’
while several other ‘ac-
tive’ leaders would be
given a makeover and
re-established.
Then there are those
too who have returned
to the party’s fold, like
former Jharkhand state
president Ajay Kumar.
However, he is not going
to get any big responsi-
bility immediately.
There are some leaders
who have left the party,
whose return is not pos-
sible immediately, such
as Jyotiraditya Scindia
in Madhya Pradesh and
Ashok Chaudhary in
Bihar.
Similarly in Hary-
ana, it is being said that
Ashok Tanwar, who
was the state president
of Haryana, may re-
turn. Although Bhupin-
der Singh Hooda, who is
already a little miffed
with the high com-
mand, may get one
more chance to up the
ante, but preparations
are being made in the
party for Tanwar’s
comeback.
According to in-
formed sources, Sachin
Pilot and Milind Deora
can get a big responsi-
bility. The duo had ex-
pressed their displeas-
ure with the Congress
high command in dif-
ferent ways, but their
previous actions would
be forgotten and both of
them will be given pref-
erence. In fact, there is
a perception in Rahul
camp that the old lead-
ers who have left the
party, have done so as a
result of party’s inter-
nal politics between
leaders including har-
assment from the old
leaders, and therefore
there is no problem in
bringing them back.
Rahul’s ‘old faithfuls’ to return in party’s mainstream?
Rahul Gandhi
Reserve Bank of India
keeps repo unchanged
Mumbai: The Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) on
Fridaykeptreporateun-
changedforseventhtime
straight and continued
with an accommodative
stance, citing the need to
support ongoing growth
recoveryamidcontinued
uncertainty and global
financial market volatil-
ity
. The announcement
came after a three-day
meeting of its Monetary
Policy Committee
(MPC). The central
bankhascutpolicyrates
by 115 basis points since
February 2020. The repo
rate -- the central bank’s
lending rate -- remains
unchanged at 4 per cent
and reverse repo rate --
borrowing rate -- at 3.35
per cent.
The second Covid
wave has raised uncer-
tainty around economic
outlook and pushed po-
tential policy normali-
sation further into the
future. —ANI
CHILD HAS RIGHT TO USE
MOTHER’S SURNAME: HC
New Delhi: Delhi High
Court Friday observed
that every child has
a right to use their
mother’s surname and
the father does not own
the child to dictate that
she should use only his
surname, while hear-
ing a petition moved
by a man against
his estranged wife’s
decision to change their
daughter’s name. “If the
minor girl is happy with
her name, who are you
now to say? You are
not taking care of her.
You are not living with
her,” Justice Rekha
Palli told the father.
The court said it was
“highly unfortunate”
that the parties were
litigating on such an
issue. “You both will
both fight and decide
for her,” it asked.
After perusing the birth
certificate issued by the
East Delhi Municipal
Corporation to the mi-
nor, the court said the
father’s apprehension
that LIC Policy may
not be honoured due
to the name change “is
wholly misconceived
and is only an attempt
to somehow settle
his scores with his
estranged wife”.
Maha BJP chief
meets Raj, rules
out alliance
Mumbai: Maharashtra
BJP president, Chan-
drakant Patil on Friday
ruled to any alliance
between BJP MNS for
2022 BMC polls sched-
uled in February 2022.
“Currently, there is
no proposal of BJP and
MNS going together in
2022 Brihanmumbai
Municipal Corporation
(BMC) polls,” said Ma-
harashtra BJP presi-
dent, Chandrakant Pa-
til after meeting Maha-
rashtra Navnirman
Sena (MNS) chief Raj
Thackeray at the lat-
ter’s residence in Mum-
bai on Friday
. —ANI
IN THE COURTYARD
SC adjourns Amazon, Flipkart plea
challenging K’taka HC order on CCI probe
Kerala HC raps Lakshadweep
admn for rejecting MPs’ visit plea
SC EXPRESSES DISPLEASURE OVER
FILING OF BULKY DOCUMENTS
Kochi: The Kerala
High Court on Friday
rapped the Lakshad-
weep Administration
over its decision to
reject the applica-
tions by some Con-
gress MPs to visit the
islands and asked it
to reconsider the de-
cision.
Justice P B Suresh
Kumar said the deci-
sion to refuse the ap-
plication to visit was
“unlawful”. —ANI
New Delhi: SC on Fri-
day expressed displeas-
ure over set of bulky
documents being filed
before it in a matter and
observed that volumi-
nous materials are filed
to terrorise judges.
SC made observa-
tions while hearing a
batch of petitions aris-
ing out of Bombay HC
verdict on pleas con-
cerning validity of a
tariff order passed by
TRAI last year. —PTI
New Delhi: SC on Fri-
day adjourned for Au-
gust 9 the hearing of a
plea filed by e-com-
merce giants Amazon
and Flipkart chal-
lenging an order of
Karnataka HC, which
had allowed Competi-
tion Commission of
India (CCI) to contin-
ue its investigation
against them into al-
leged competition law
violations.
A Bench headed by
CJI NV Ramana ad-
journed the case for
Monday on the request
of Solicitor General
Tushar Mehta. —ANI
Bail pleas of Tahir
adjourned till Aug 18
New Delhi: Delhi HC
on Friday adjourned
bail pleas of suspended
AAP councillor Tahir
Hussain in connection
with 4 separate cases
relating to northeast
Delhi violence till Au-
gust 18. HC listed it for
August 18. B.S Yediyurappa
PROPERTY CELL OF MUMBAI CRIME
BRANCH SUMMONS SHERLYN CHOPRA
Mumbai: The property cell of Mumbai Crime
Branch on Friday summoned Bollywood actor
Sherlyn Chopra asking her to appear before it for
questioning in connection with the porn film pro-
duction case in which businessman Raj Kundra
was arrested, informed Mumbai Police. Earlier on
Thursday, Director of Armsprime Media Private
Limited Saurabh Kushwaha was summoned for
questioning by the Property Cell of Mumbai Crime
Branch. Meanwhile, a Mumbai Sessions Court
on Thursday said it will hear bail applications of
businessman and actor Shilpa Shetty’s husband
Raj Kundra and his associate Ryan Thorpe.
CRUCIAL READ
PORTFOLIOS ALLOCATION TURNING OUT
TO BE HERCULEAN TASK FOR K’TAKA CM
New Delhi: Karnataka’s new cabinet is yet to take
shape as the process of allocation of portfolios is
turning out to be a herculean task for Chief Minister
Basavaraj Bommai as newly sworn in ministers are
eying plum postings. Though Bommai announced
the allocation of portfolios soon after the swearing in
ceremony, party sources confirmed that the exercise
will take some more time. Bommai claimed that no
MLA is pressurising him to allot a specific ministry
and he is going to allocate cabinet berths.
CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
NABS ONE FOR APING AS CHAIRMAN NHAI
New Delhi: The CBI on Friday said that it has ar-
rested Manoj Kumar Jha, a resident of Bihar’s Mad-
hubani for impersonating as Chairman of the NHAI
and cheating Rs 80 lakh. CBI
spokesperson R.C. Joshi said,
“Jha was arrested from Hary-
ana’s Gurugram.” He said that
following his arrest the agency
sleuths carried out searches at eight premises linked
to Jha in Delhi, West Bengal’s Kolkata, Bihar’s Mad-
hubani and Jharkhand’s Bokaro Steel City which led
to the recovery of various incriminating documents.
25 HR-LONG ED RAID ON 2 EX-
MINISTERS IN K’TAKA CONCLUDES
Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials concluded
raids on former minister B Z Zameer Ahmed and
Roshan Baig’s properties on Friday morning. The
officials left both their houses
after seizing some documents
for further verification. Speaking
to media persons, Roshan Baig
said, “I have given full coopera-
tion to the officials. I have given
reply to all their doubts. The
inquiry should have ended in
three-four hours, but I don’t know what made
them to take so much time. The officials asked
me questions about money laundering.”

INDIA
06
Kartikey Dev Singh
Jaipur: It is said that
evolution is the key
force behind survival
and those who do not
evolve, perish. And it
seemsthattheCongress
party has finally under-
stood the meaning of
the saying as it looks to
‘rise’ back to its old glo-
ry days. However, for
that the party has to un-
dergo a metamorphosis
andhighlyplacedsourc-
esinthegrand-old-party
reveal that there is like-
ly to be some changes in
the national organiza-
tion of the Congress
party
.Andinterestingly
,
the changes will be in
line with its arch
rival - BJP
.
Word is that Con-
gress will form a parlia-
mentaryboardthatwill
be sect above the Con-
gress Working Commit-
tee (CWC), the premier
decision making body
in the party till now.
However,whenwillthis
change happen, no one
can say because deci-
sions are not made eas-
ily in Congress and if
they are made, then
they are more difficult
to implement.
But informed party
leaders say that these
changes will be imple-
mented along with the
long overdue organiza-
tion elections, which
Congress leaders have
been postponing the
election of the party’s
national president for
thelasttwoyearsonthe
pretext of corona pan-
demic and other issues.
However, whenever
the organization’s elec-
tionsareheldandwhen-
ever the party gets a
new president, it is cer-
tain that this time the
structure of the organi-
zation will be changed.
There is a provision
for the formation of a
parliamentary board in
the Congress organiza-
tion, which consists of
selected members and
it is similar in nature to
the parliamentary
board of BJP. The
board has the right to
decide every case or is-
sue and if a parliamen-
tary board is formed in
Congress, then it is be-
lieved that decisions
will be taken soon since
the CWC is a large
body which does not
meet regularly. There-
fore, a parliamentary
board will be formed
and any decision taken
in it will be put before
CWC and approved in
due course.
The idea to expedite
the decision making
process has been the
brain child of election
strategist Prashant
Kishor and around 9
leaders will be included
in the body and these
nine members are ex-
officio members of the
Central Election Com-
mittee of the party
.
However, the Con-
gress Parliamentary
Board is also elected.
Themembersof theEx-
ecutive Committee
elect the nine members
of the Parliamentary
Board. Last year, when
23 Congress leaders
wroteletterstotheCon-
gress President for the
organization elections,
the working committee
was reshuffled and re-
gardless of the rebel
leaders, Sonia Gandhi
nominated some lead-
ers of her choice in-
stead of holding elec-
tionstotheworking
committee.
Therefore, there
should not be any
problem in con-
ductingelections
to the Parliamen-
tary Board but it is also
beingsaidthatPrashant
Kishor wants to keep
the decision making
committeeevensmaller.
That is, there should be
a committee of four or
five people, who should
take quick decisions on
any issue. Now it re-
mains to be what deci-
sion does the party take
and how is it imple-
mented, and most im-
portantly
...when?
Center should...
without the coopera-
tion of the central gov-
ernment,” he said.
The Chief Minister
said that in view of the
peculiar geographical
conditions of the state,
the Central Govern-
ment should provide
central assistance to the
state in the ratio of 90:10
instead of 50:50. “Till
the year 2013, under the
National Drinking Wa-
ter Program, central as-
sistance was provided
to the desert areas in the
ratio of 90:10. Later it
has been reduced to
60:40 and now 50:50.
With limited surface re-
sources in the state, vil-
lages and dhanis are lo-
cated far and wide. Due
to this, the cost of drink-
ing water schemes is
much higher as com-
pared to other states,”
Gehlot said. CM said
Eastern Rajasthan Ca-
nal Project should be
declared a national pro-
ject to provide irriga-
tion and drinking water
to 13 districts of the
eastern region of Ra-
jasthan. With this ambi-
tious project of about
Rs 37,247 crore, drink-
ing water requirements
of Jhalawar, Baran,
Kota, Bundi, Sawai
Madhopur,Ajmer,Tonk,
Jaipur, Dausa, Karauli,
Alwar, Bharatpur and
Dholpur will be met by
the year 2051 and 2 lakh
hectares of new area
can be irrigated.
KHEL-HO-INDIA...
be called the Major Dhy-
an Chand Khel Ratna
Award! Major Dhyan
Chand was among In-
dia’sforemostsportsper-
sons who brought hon-
our and pride for India.
It is fitting that our na-
tion’s highest sporting
honour will be named
after him,” he tweeted.
Will appreciate...
remain alive in the
hearts of people as a
hero and a martyr. Ma-
jor Dhyan Chand was
the magician of hockey
and the decision to re-
name the award in his
name is welcomed
wholeheartedly by Con-
gress. —ANI
Hockey Eves...
Even before the buzzer
went off in the Bronze
medal match, India
made history in Tokyo
Olympics as Rani Ram-
pal’s team became the
first women’s hockey
teamfromthecountryto
makeittothesemi-final.
SC lambasts...
through abusive mes-
sages on Whatsapp or
Facebook.
JMM skips,...
Centre’s farm laws.
Meanwhile, Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi on
Friday alleged that Cen-
tre is intercepting every
Indian’s phone, and de-
manded a discussion on
the issue.”Today all op-
position parties have
gathered here (Jantar
Mantar) to extend their
support against ‘Kala
Kanoon’ (farm laws).
FROM PG 1
Indiacrosses50-crvaxmilestone
Covidfightgetsstrongimpetus:PM
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Friday said India’s fight
against coronavirus
has received a strong
impetus as the cumula-
tive number of COV-
ID-19 vaccine doses ad-
ministered in the coun-
try surpassed the 50
crore-mark.
Union Health Minis-
try said cumulative
number of COVID-19
vaccine doses adminis-
tered in country crossed
50 crore with more than
43.29 lakh doses given on
Friday. “India’s fight
against COVID-19 re-
ceives a strong impetus.
Vaccination numbers
cross the 50 crore mark.
Wehopetobuildonthese
numbers and ensure our
citizens are vaccinated
under #SabkoVaccine-
MuftVaccine move-
ment,” PM tweeted.
Elaborating on the
increasing pace of vac-
cination, Health Minis-
ter Mansukh Mandavi-
ya said country took 85
days to touch the figure
of 10 crore. India took
another 24 days to reach
40 crore and 20 more
days to cross 50 crore
vaccinations. —PTI
DON’T LOWER GUARD AGAINST COVID
FOR ANOTHER 6 MTHS: WHO
Chennai: World Health Organization chief scientist,
Dr Soumya Swaminathan on Friday cautioned peo-
ple against lowering their guard against coronavirus
and urged them to strictly follow Covid-appropriate
protocols for another 6 months. The WHO chief sci-
entist said, “ Let’s be careful for another six months.
By then, if the vaccination coverage is very high,
then things should definitely start improving.” She
added there is no scientific evidence for anxiety that
third wave of covid will target kids.
ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY LIKELY TO
VISIT KASHMIR, LADAKH
A parliamentary panel chaired by leader of the Con-
gress in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is
likely to visit Kashmir and Ladakh on a five-day trip,
sources said on Friday. According to them, this will
be the first visit by parliamentarians of various par-
ties, including the opposition, after the abrogation
of Article 370 provisions. Members of the Public
Accounts Committee will visit Srinagar, Drass,
Kargil and Leh during the trip, sources said.
New Delhi: Enforcement Directo-
rate on Friday conducted search-
es at the office premises of five
laboratories in five different cities
in connection with the investiga-
tion into the fake COVID testing
scam during Kumbh Mela at
Haridwar. Novus Path Labs, DNA
Labs, Max Corporate Services,
Dr Lal Chandani Labs Pvt Ltd and
Nalwa Laboratories Pvt Ltd were
among those searched along with
the residential premises of their
Directors at Dehradun, Haridwar,
Delhi, Noida and Hisar.
ED RAIDS 5 LABS IN FAKE
COVID TESTING SCAM
SCHOOLS IN KARNATAKA TO REOPEN IN TWO PHASES, SAYS CM BOMMAI
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai on Friday announced that the state government has decided to reopen
schools in two phases. Schools for classes 9 to 12 will start in alternate batches from August 23, with
each batch attending classes three days a week, said Bommbai. The meeting over coronavirus disease was
attended by Dr Devi Shetty, Dr Manjunath, Dr Ravi, Dr Sudarshan, the health department and the education
dept.The decision about reopening of schools for up to Class 8 will be taken in the last week of August after
looking at all aspects of a possible third Covid-19 wave. “All this is what the experts suggested.
The Central govt informed
that more than 51.16 crore
(51,16,46,830) vaccine doses
have been provided to States
and Union Territories so far,
through all sources and a
further 20,49,220 doses are in
the pipeline. “We are commit-
ted to accelerating the pace and
expanding the scope of COVID
vaccination throughout the
country. The new phase of uni-
versalisation of COVID-19 vac-
cination commenced from 21st
June 2021,”says Min of HW.
CENTER: 51.16 CR VAX
DOSES PROVIDED TO UTS
HM Mansukh Mandaviya held a
discussion with Biological E Ltd.
Managing Director Mahima Datla
here. The Minister was briefed
on the progress of Biological’s
upcoming Covid vaccine Corbev-
ax. He assured the government’s
support in the production of the
Corbevax vaccine to combat the
covid pandemic. The Hyderabad
based drug major Biological
E will produce the JJ Covid-
vaccine. The company plans to
produce 75m to 80 million doses
of its own vaccine in a month.
MANDAVIYA DISCUSSES
CORBEVAX PRODUCTION
New Delhi: Over half
a billion doses of
covid-19 vaccines
have been admin-
istered in the world
health organization
(who) south-east
asia region, with
more doses becom-
ing available and
countries scaling up
efforts to rapidly ex-
pand coverage amid
a recurrent surge in
cases. “Countries
across the region
are making unprec-
edented efforts to
reach more and
more people with
life-saving covid-19
vaccines demon-
strating their com-
mitment to contain
the pandemic at the
earliest. We must
continue these and
also, stringently
implement public
health and social
measures,” said Dr
Poonam Khetrapal
Singh,director, WHO.
618.5 MILLION DOSES
ADMINISTERED IN
WHO SOUTH-EAST
ASIA REGION
SPORTS MIN TO
FELICITATE MEN'S
HOCKEY TEAM
New Delhi: Sports
Minister Anurag
Thakur will felici-
tate the Indian men’s
hockey team on Mon-
day as they return
home after putting
on a brilliant display
at the Tokyo Olym-
pics. It took 41 years,
but the dream of
every Indian was fi-
nally realised on The
Men in Blue showed
absolute resilience,
strength, and win-
ning spirit to regis-
ter a remarkable
comeback win
against a strong Ger-
man team. Skipper
Manpreet Singh on
Thursday dedicated
the bronze medal
win to all the COV-
ID-19 warriors who
have been working to
save lives during the
pandemic. “And, now
the long waiting
dream has been ful-
filled. This was a col-
lective effort, from
all the players, coach-
es and support staff.
ADITI EYES A PODIUM FINISH AS GOLFER
STANDS 2ND AT THE END OF RD 3
Golfer Aditi Ashok is cur-
rently ranked second after
another stellar performance
in Round 3 in the women’s
individual stroke play at
the Tokyo Olympics. The
23-year-old rolled in five
birdies to be placed second on twelve-under 201
ahead of a NZ, an Australian, a Japanese, and a Dan-
ish golfer (203) who all are tied on third place. The
Indian finished round three with 68 (-3) for Day 3 at
the Kasumigaseki Country Club. With half the field
starting on the back 9 due to weather conditions,
Nelly Korda (USA) retained the lead heading into
Saturday’s final round. She was second by herself
until then, with a 2-stroke lead over the third place.
ARMY CHIEF VISITS SOUTHERN
COMMAND, REVIEWS OP SITUATION
New Delhi: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General
MM Naravane on Friday visited Southern Com-
mand and reviewed operational situations in the
sectors. Gen Naravane is on his two-day visit to
the southern command. During his visit at Pune,
the COAS reviewed the operations of the assem-
bly lines of Passenger and Commercial Vehicles
and the Engineering Research Centre (ERC).
CRUCIAL READ
TWITTER RESTORES BLUE VERIFICATION
BADGE ON MS DHONI’S ACCOUNT
New Delhi: After removing the blue tick from
legendary cricketer MS Dhoni’s account, American
micro-blogging and
social networking plat-
form Twitter on Friday
restored verified badge
on the former India
skipper’s Twitter handle.
Twitter had removed the blue tick from Dhoni’s ac-
count. He last tweeted on January 8, 2021.
REKHA SHARMA GETS THREE-YEAR
EXTENSION AS NCW CHIEF
New Delhi: Rekha Sharma was Friday given a three-
year extension as chairperson of National Commis-
sion for Woman. In a
notification, Women
and Child Development
Ministry said, “Cente
hereby nominates
Rekha Sharma as Chair-
person of NWC, for another term of three years wef
07.08.2021, or till age of 65 or until further orders.”
Money laundering: ED summons for Mufti’s mom
Kashmir: The Enforce-
ment Directorate Fri-
day served a notice on
the mother of former
Jammu and Kashmir
chief minister Me-
hbooba Mufti in con-
nection with a case re-
lated to money launder-
ing, official said here.
The summons served
on Gulshan Nazir, who
is in her late seventies,
has asked her to appear
before the ED’s Srina-
gar office on August 18,
they said. The Mehboo-
ba Mufit-led PDP
slammed the ED over
the development, say-
ing it was no coinci-
dence that a summons
is served every time the
party registers a pro-
test against the Cen-
tre’s policy on Jammu
and Kashmir.
On Thursday, Mufti
had led a team of pro-
testers from her party
to mark the second an-
niversary of the Cen-
tre’s move to abrogate
the special status of
the erstwhile state on
August 5, 2019. She was
summoned by the ED
on earlier occasions
also. —PTI
Twitter
submits
compliance to
new IT rules
New Delhi: Twitter Inc
on Friday informed the
Delhi High Court that
permanent appoint-
ments have been made
for the posts of Chief
ComplianceOfficer,Res-
ident Grievance Officer
and Nodal contact per-
son in compliance with
certain provisions of
Information Technolo-
gy(IntermediaryGuide-
lines Digital Media
Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
Twitter in its fresh af-
fidavit states that Twit-
ter Inc has appointed
Vinay Prakash, as its
Chief Compliance Of-
ficer and as its Resident
Grievance Officer and
Shahin Komath as Nod-
al contact person.
It further stated that
“Vinay Prakash is, and
has been since his ini-
tial appointment, fully
capable of performing
the functions of CCO
and RGO as contemplat-
ed under Rule 4(1)(a)
and (c).” —PTI
Prashant Kishor
Sonia Gandhi
IS CONGRESS HEADING THE BJP WAY?

NEWS
07
Property dispute haunts
Mirdha family, case filed
Bus set on fire after 5-year-old crushed under it
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: A 5-year-old
child died after being
hit by a bus coming
from Bhopalgarh to
Jodhpur on the Bho-
palgarh-Jodhpur road
on Friday morning.
Accident happened
when suddenly Rohit
ran to cross the road,
freeing his mother’s
hand and the bus com-
ing at a high speed
crushed him. Angered
over the accident, the
people stopped the bus
and set it on fire.
Mother also ran af-
ter Rohit to save, but
she could not reach him
and the bus crushed
him. Seeing the death
of the son in front of
her eyes, a loud scream
came out of the moth-
er’s mouth and she fell
unconscious. Within no
time a huge crowd gath-
ered at the spot. As soon
as the accident hap-
pened, the occupants of
the bus got down.
Meanwhile, some
people set the bus on
fire. People present on
the spot blocked the
road.
First India Bureau
Nagaur: The property
dispute in the family of
Late Nathuram Mirdha,
knownasBabaintheRa-
jasthan politics, has
come to the fore now. His
granddaughter former
MP Jyoti Mirdha has
filed a case against her
uncle, former MP Bhanu
Mirdha and former state
tourism minister Usha
Poonia and some others
at the Chaupasni Hous-
ing Board police station
forgrabbinghershareof
land. Jyoti has filed this
case through the court.
Nathuram Mirdha
had two sons Ram
Prakash Mirdha and
Bhanu Prakash Mird-
ha. Jyoti is the daughter
of Ram Prakash Mird-
ha. She alleges that
Bhanu Prakash Mirdha
has tried to cut a colony
there by selling the land
by forging signatures of
Ram Prakash Mirdha.
Mirdha Farm House
is situated in an area of
about 50 bighas in Chau-
pasni area of Jodhpur.
Nathuram Mirdha usu-
ally resided there. With
theexpansionof thecity
,
it came under the urban
limits. Due to this the
price of this land has in-
creased a lot. Jyoti al-
leges that in the year
1988, her uncle Bhanu
Prakashsoldfourbighas
of farm house land to
Bhanwarlal. Bhanwar-
lal decided to cut the
colony on this land.
Union secretary
lauds functioning of
Raj Sampark portal
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Secretary De-
partment of Adminis-
trative Reforms and
Public Grievances in
the Central Govern-
ment, Sanjay Singh
lauded the functioning
of state’s Public Griev-
ance Redressal Tantra
Sampark Portal - 181
helpline. He said that
the innovation like
Sampark Portal - 181 to
redress public griev-
ances in Rajasthan, is
exemplary
.
He said that the most
important thing in any
system to redress griev-
ances of the public is
that the application of
the complainant reach-
es the right place, its
priority should be de-
termined and the com-
plaint should be dis-
posed of as per the de-
mand of the citizen.
Singh was reviewing
the Rajasthan Sampark
Portal with higher offi-
cials on Friday
.
ACB nabs 3
in Vinayak
Nagar scam
First India Bureau
Bundi: The Anti Cor-
ruption Bureau has ar-
rested three accused
involved in Vinayak Na-
gar scam of Bundi.
After investigation in
15 year old case, the
ACB arrested Mahaveer
Prasad Sharma, Bhan-
warlal Chaudhary and
Chotulal Verma where-
as the then chairman of
Nainwa Nagarpalika
managed to escape be-
fore the ACB action.
All the three accused
were produced before a
court in Kota where the
magistrate remanded
them to judicial custo-
dy. Four other accused
in the case of land-relat-
ed irregularity are ab-
sconding.
IN THE COURTYARD
Jaipur: The hearing in Sanjeevani
Credit Co-operative Society was
held on Thursday in the Rajasthan
High Court wherein during the half
an hour long argument, senior
advocate Mahesh Jethmalani,
representing Kewalchand Dakliya
said, “The victims got an investiga-
tion done to settle political score
with Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.”
Union Jal Shakti Minister Shekha-
wat has been accused of selling off
crores of shares and forwarding the
money in his personal acount. Now
senior advocate AK Jain will present
his reply on August 23. The society
is accused of disbursing fake loans
worth Rs 770 crore in 18 months.
Society chairman Devi Singh is the
main accused.
Kota: The Anti-Corruption Bureau
(ACB) judge Pramod Kumar Mal-
lik has asked Udaipur range IG
Satyaveer Singh and other ac-
cused to be present in person on
September 20 for hearing in a case
related to taking Rs 2 lakh as bribe.
In 2014, IG Singh, who was then
the SP here, had arrested Farheen
and her husband Nisar Ahmed
for taking Rs 2 lakh bribe. Three
witnesses in the case were pro-
duced last Monday and on Friday.
Appearing in the court on July 28,
Singh had appealed to ACB judge
Pramod Kumar Mallik to spare him
from personal appearance on these
two days as he had to attend to his
ailing wife. The judge granted him
the exemption.
Sanjeevani case next
hearing on Aug 23
IPS SATYAVEER ASKED
TO APPEAR IN COURT
Jyoti Mirdha
MIRDHA FARM
‘USE TECHNOLOGY’
Kota ACB court sentences doc
to 3-year jail in bribery case
Kota: An Anti-Corruption
Bureau (ACB) court has
sentenced a doctor and his
employee to three years in
jail and slapped a fine of Rs
1 lakh each in a 12-year-old
case of accepting bribe in
return for referral to hospital
for treatment. Judge Pramod
Kumar Malik punished Ajay
Saxena, the then doctor of
Kota Central Jail, and Jugraj,
an employee in his clinic.
Kota ACB had received a
complaint from Deepak
Bhumalia in January 2009
that the doctor in jail asked
for a watch and a jacket for
referring his brother Rad-
heshyam, who was in the jail
in a murder case, to hospital.
Around 60 beggars get job under
Rajasthan govt scheme in Jaipur
Jaipur: At least 60 beg-
gars of different areas
havebeenprovidedjobs
bythestategovernment
underaschemethrough
‘vocational training for
life with dignity’ in
Jaipur. The beggars un-
derwent a one-year pro-
gramme which was in-
troduced by Rajasthan
Skill and Livelihoods
Development Corpora-
tion (RSLDC).
Neeraj K Pawan,
Chairman, Rajasthan
Skill, and Livelihoods
Development Corpora-
tion said that it was a
dreamof theChief Min-
ister to free Rajasthan
frombeggarsandtopro-
vide them with a new
life.
“Beggars from dif-
ferent areas were pro-
vided one-year train-
ing. Our target was 100
beggars, out of which
training of 60 has been
done rest are in pro-
cess,” he added. In the
beginning, it took 15-20
days to prepare them
psychologically and to
motivate them to learn
something to earn, he
added.
Rajiv Kampani, Di-
rector of a restaurant
Red peppers said, in
the beginning, it was
difficult to train them
but after some time
they got settled. We
have trained 12 people
here. In the beginning,
it was tough but after
15-20 days of training,
they got settled. They
are all happy
. In future
we will be happy to
have more such em-
ployees in restaurant,”
he said. —ANI
It was a dream of
Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot to
free Rajasthan
from beggars and
to provide them
with a new life.
Neeraj K Pawan,
Chairman, RSLDC
Beggars under-
went a training
prog introduced
by RSLDC
Beggars from different areas were provided one-year training.
Sanjay Singh, Ashwini Bhagat, Naveen Jain, Alok Gupta, and HL
Atal during the meeting in Jaipur on Firday.
Angry mob set the bus on fire after the accident in Jodhpur. Three accused in police
custody on Friday.
GSI finds huge deposits of potash,
manganese reserves in Rajasthan
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur : A report by the
Geological Survey of
India (GSI) and Depart-
ment of Mines and Ge-
ology has revealed
abundant reserves of
manganese and potash
in the desert state.
Manganese has been
found in Banswara and
Rajsamand while an es-
timated 2,400 million
tonnes of potash has
been found in Bikaner’s
Nagaur-Ganganagar
basin and Satipura,
Jaitpura, Bharusari
and Lakhasar in Hanu-
mangarh district.
ACS, Department of
Mines and Geology, Dr.
Subodh Aggarwal re-
viewed the progress of
the exploration work on
Friday. He said a three-
party MoU with Miner-
al Exploration Corpora-
tion Limited (MECL)
has been signed and a
physical study is being
conducted.
Bharatpur: Bharatpur MP Ranjeeta
Koli held a meeting with Union
Environment Minister Bhupendra
Yadav to discuss the issue of
illegal mining in her parliamentary
constituency. Koli said she was
making efforts on her level to check
illegal mining and requested the
minister to look in the matter.She
said that illegal mining is adversely
impacting environment but the state
government is doing nothing to stop
illegal mining. Bhupendra Yadav
assured cooperation and action on the
matter.
MP RANJEETA KOLI TAKES UP ILLEGAL
MINING ISSUE WITH BHUPENDRA YADAV
‘Conviction rate in Raj is
45%, double of national’
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: DGP ML Lather
praised Rajasthan Police
maintaining that the state
police force has a better re-
cord than the national av-
erage in terms of convic-
tion in cases of women
harassment. Speaking at a
press conference in Bikan-
er on Friday
, Lather said
Rajasthan achieved 45%
conviction, almost double
of national average (23%),
in cases of women harass-
ment. He also praised the
state police for achieving
100%registrationof cases.
“Hardened criminals are
being reined in while or-
ganised crimes are being
controlled,”hesaid.About
increase in crime figures,
Lather said most of these
cases are of SC/ST and
women harassment.
NEWS DIGEST
Barmer: Bijrad police in Barmer district late on
Thursday night recovered the body of a minor boy from
a government quarter. Though the Incident took place
late on Thursday night, the post-mortem of the body
could be conducted on Friday morning. Police also
found some signs of injuries on the deceased’s head.
In this case, family members alleged that the minor boy
was killed after being sodomised. Police have lodged
the case.
Kotputli: With the arrest of three persons, police have
made a major breakthrough in a firing incident at a
dhaba in Kotputli on Thursday. Around half a dozen
miscreants had ransacked a dhaba on NH 48 and
opened fire following a tiff over a petty issue. The as-
sailants had asked the dhaba owner to cook food for
them. On his refusal, they turned violent and opened
fire. Luckily, no one was injured.
Jodhpur: The Special Operations Group (SOG) has
busted a big network of sale of banned drugs and
arrested one Ramesh Bishnoi
from Sangaria today. Huge
quantities of the proscribed
substances worth lakhs of
rupees have also been seized
during the raid. SOG officer
Jabbar Singh informed that Bishnoi and his acolytes
were selling Tramadol and Alprazolam instead of the
prescribed medicines to unsuspecting customers.
MINOR BOY SODOMISED, KILLED IN
BARMER, POLICE LAUNCH PROBE
BANNED DRUG NETWORK BUSTED BY
SOG IN JODHPUR, ONE ARRESTED
Dr Subodh Aggarwal reviews the progress of exploration work
with officials on Friday.
DGP ML Lather
MP Ranjeeta Koli with Union Environment
Minister Bhupendra Yadav in New Delhi.
BIG DISCOVERY
3 HELD FOR FIRING AT DHABA OWNER
OVER REFUSAL TO SERVE FOOD

First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot, on
Friday, interacted
with the girl students
of colleges studying in
different districts of
the state to promote
girl child education in
Rajasthan. He said
ment would be able to
improve its upcoming
schemes based on the
suggestions received
from the ground. At
the same time, he has
directed the officials
that special education
and proper coaching
should be arranged for
the students, especial-
ly the girls, to move
ahead in their careers
according to their
wishes and aspira-
tions.
Gehlot was inter-
acting with the benefi-
ciary girl students
who received scooty
during the launch cer-
emony of Kalibai Bhil
Medhavi Chhatra
Scooty Scheme organ-
ized via video confer-
ence from Chief Min-
ister’s Residence on
Friday. Gehlot dis-
cussed with the girl
students about their
studies, family status,
career goals and took
feedback on the
schemes launched to
promote girl child edu-
cation. He directed the
officers of the Higher
Education Depart-
ment, district collec-
tors and college prin-
cipals to ensure that
the benefits of all the
schemes launched for
the students reach the
needy and eligible stu-
dents.
During the interac-
tion, the girl students
expressed their grati-
tude to the Chief Min-
ister for the Scooty
scheme and said that
getting Scooty has
boosted their confi-
dence, as it will help
them to go to college
or coaching for their
further studies. Many
girl students told that
they have also taken
advantage of the state
government’s free cy-
cle scheme in the past.
Earlier in his ad-
dress, the Chief Minis-
ter said that education
creates the ability to
fight. “The society
which focuses on edu-
cation moves ahead in
the race of develop-
ment. He said that to
take Rajasthan on the
pathof rapidprogress,
the state government
has increased oppor-
tunities for education
in the state. In order to
provide college facili-
ty at nearest place to
the youth, 123 new col-
leges have been
opened in the last
about 3 years, out of
which 32 are women’s
colleges. The govern-
ment has planned to
open colleges at each
sub-divisional head-
quarters,” he said.
Gehlot said that to-
day free coaching is
being provided to the
students of govern-
ment educational in-
stitutions for the prep-
aration of competitive
examinations.
The CM said that
the brave Kalibai Bhil,
who sacrificed her life
to awaken the glory of
education in tribal
area, is a source of in-
spiration for the
youth. The tribal girl
and her guruji Nanab-
hai Bhil understood
the importance of ed-
ucation at a time
when, under the Brit-
ish rule, not everyone
was allowed to study.
Guruji Nanabhai and
Kalibai refused to
obey the government
order to close their
school and sacrificed
their lives in the strug-
gle against British op-
pression.
“Despite this, a
large population of
girls is still deprived
of education. It is the
duty of family soci-
ety to stop discrimi-
nating between boy
girl and give equal op-
portunities to the girl
child to progress,” the
Chief Minister said.
To make our dreams come true,
we do not need just an idea, but
also the courage to change the
present and leap into the future.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Secre-
tary Niranjan Arya on
Friday, instructed the
officers that for effec-
tive implementation of
State Women Poli-
cy-2021, all concerned
departments should
prepare an action plan
by appointing nodal of-
ficers at the earliest. He
was presiding over the
orientation meeting of
women policy through
video conferencing.
Arya said that accord-
ing to the intention of
Gehlot, everyone will
have to work in unison
for the welfare and de-
velopment of women,
considering the six
main points announced
in the Women’s Policy
as the focal point. Em-
phasising on the holis-
tic development of
women, he said that this
policy would be success-
ful and fruitful only
when sense of self-reli-
ance, self-confidence
and empowerment is
inculcated in them.
Additional Chief Sec-
retary, School Educa-
tion, Pawan Kumar
Goel stressed on mak-
ing efforts to take the
female literacy rate in
the state beyond the na-
tional average. Princi-
pal Secretary, Home,
Abhay Kumar under-
lined the important role
of Rajivika in women
empowerment.
Principal Secretary,
Women and Child De-
velopment, Sreya Guha
elaborated the role of
the Women’s Policy re-
leased by the CM on
April 11, 2020.
Director General of
Police (Civil Rights)
Nina Singh said that po-
lice is working with spe-
cial diligence to prevent
crime against women,
but there is a need to
take effective action
against them at the so-
cial level as well.
The meeting was at-
tended by Principal Sec-
retary, Tribal Regional
Development, Shikhar
Agarwal, Principal Sec-
retary UDH Kunji Lal
Meena, Secretary LSG,
Bhawani Singh Detha,
Secretary, Youth and
Sports Department, Vi-
kas Sitaramji Bhale,
Secretary Labor Depart-
ment, Dr. Neeraj K
Pawan, Secretary of
Medical and Health De-
partment, Siddharth
Mahajan, Secretary So-
cial Justice and Empow-
erment, Dr. Samit Shar-
ma, and Commissioner
of Industries Depart-
ment Archana Singh.
PrepareworkplantoexecuteStateWomenPolicy:CS
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot launches the 'Kali Bai Medhavi
Chatra Scooty Distribution Programme' from the CMR via
video conferencing on Friday. Also seen here are Higher
Education Minister Bhanwar Singh Bhati and CS Niranjan Arya.
Gehlot invites ideas to promote
girl education in state
KALIBAI BHIL SCOOTY DISTRIBUTION SCHEME: CM INTERACTS WITH GIRLS
CMtolayfoundationstoneformuch
anticipated MLA flats project on Aug 11
Cong would retain power in
2023 polls, says Dhariwal
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: On August 11,
Gehlot can lay the
foundation stone for
the project of multi-
storey flats to be built
for MLAs near the
State Assembly in
Jaipur. The size of
each super luxury flat
will be 3,200 square
feet, which will have 4
bedrooms. The Ra-
jasthan Housing Board
will spend Rs 250 crore
on this project. Recent-
ly, the Rajasthan Hous-
ing Board administra-
tion had sent a propos-
al to Chief Minister
Gehlot for the founda-
tion stone laying pro-
gramme of this pro-
ject, which has been
agreed to. Gehlot will
participate virtually
in this programme and
will lay the foundation
stone online.
A total of 160 units
will be made in these
multi-storey flats to be
built in Jyoti Nagar in
front of the Assembly
wherein, G+8 floor tow-
ers will be built in this
28 meter high project,
which will be complet-
ed in about two and a
half to three years.
Apart from 4 bed-
rooms, each flat will
have 1 drawing room, 1
dining room, a large
kitchen, an entry lobby,
a store and a domestic
help room with at-
tached bathroom.
A state-of-the-art club
house will also be built
in this project, which
will have a guest house
of 12 rooms. A swim-
ming pool and facilities
for indoor games and
outdoor games will also
be developed. Each tow-
er will have a lobby area
for visitors and a large
and small meeting hall
on the ground floor.
Each tower will have
two lifts for the occu-
pants and one lift for
the domestic help.
A double storey un-
derground parking
with a capacity of 1,200
vehicles will be made in
the MLA’s residence
complex. 600 four
wheelers could be
parked on one floor and
600 two wheelers on the
second floor.
Meanwhile, RHB
Commissioner Pawan
Arora said, “RHB is
also making flats with
all amenities and fa-
cilities for IAS offi-
cials. The same day,
CM Gehlot will lay
foundation stone of 4
more projects of the
Housing Board.”
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: Targeting
Modi government,
UDH Minister Shanti
Dhariwal on Friday,
said that everyone is
troubled by the policies
of the Central Govern-
ment. He said that peo-
ple are fed up with
Modi government’s
rule and want change.
During his Bharat-
pur visit, the minister
also exuded confidence
that the Congress would
retain power in 2023 as-
sembly elections. He as-
sured people of the dis-
trict that the Congress
government is working
towards development
of Bharatpur and the
developmental works
will continue, if the
party forms the govern-
ment again.
The Minister also
said that he would re-
quest the Chief Minis-
ter to bring a special
scheme for Bharatpur
in next budget. He said
that Bharatpur could
not get the benefit of
NCR and only four cit-
ies were selected under
Smart City by Centre.
State Minister Subhash
Garg said that govern-
ment should conduct
development works in
Bharatpur on the lines
of Kota. In Dausa, Dha-
riwal said that deci-
sion of party High
Command about the
cabinet reshuffle will
be acceptable to all.
‘Centrewillcooperateifstategovt
openscoachingcentresinKota’
First India Bureau
New Delhi/Kota: LS
Speaker Om Birla met
Union Education minis-
ter Dharmendra Prad-
han and Union Health
Minister Mansukh
Mandaviya at his office
in New Delhi on Friday
and discussed about
opening of coaching
centres in Kota.
Pradhan told Birla
ments are now author-
ised to open academic
and coaching centres
and the Centre has al-
ready issued the guide-
lines to this effect. If
the Rajasthan govern-
ment is interested in
opening coaching cen-
tres in Kota, the Centre
will fully cooperate and
work in tandem with it,
he assured.
Birla told the minis-
ters that the Kota is to-
tally corona free now,
hence initiatives are
being taken to reopen
the coaching centres.
Their closure in pan-
demic had broken the
spine of the industry,
he said.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan called upon LS
Speaker Om Birla at the Parliament House on Friday.
Shanti Dhariwal addresses
during an event in Bharatpur.
Hearing on plea by Gehlot’s
OSD deferred till October 8
RAJASTHAN PHONE TAPPING CASE
First India Bureau
New Delhi : On Friday,
the hearing on petition
filed by Rajasthan CM
Ashok Gehlot’s OSD
Lokesh Sharma, on
phone tapping case,
was deferred by Delhi
HC, which will be held
on October 8 while the
stay on action against
Sharma, as di-
rected earlier
by the court,
will contin-
ue.
On the ap-
plication of
Union
Minister Gajendra Sin-
gh Shekhawat, the
Crime Branch of Delhi
Police had registered
an FIR against Lokesh
Sharma and police of-
ficers from Rajasthan.
In this, Rajasthan gov-
ernment has been ac-
cused of phone tapping.
Lokesh Sharma had
challenged this in Delhi
H C and on June 3,
Delhi HC,
while hear-
ing PIL,
had stayed
S h a r m a ’s
arrest till
Aug 6.
Lokesh Sharma
GS Shekhawat
Niranjan Arya
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Congress
leaders have reacted
sharply to renaming
of the Rajiv Gandhi
Khel Ratna Award
and criticised the
Central Government.
Chief whip Mahesh
Joshi said that the
move was undertaken
by the Centre due to
political malice. “It is
not going to benefit
the game and the play-
ers. Major Dhyan
Chand is respected
not only in the coun-
try, but all over the
world. It would have
been better if instead
of changing the name,
a new award was in-
stituted in his name,”
he said, further add-
ing that if the number
of prizes was in-
creased, the players
would have been en-
couraged.
RCA President Vai-
bhav Gehlot said that
politicising sports is
unfair and changing
the name doesn't
bring reforms.
UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal also
attacked the Centre
and said that chang-
ing the name of the
award is not a big deal
for those, who can
change ideology
.
Politicisingsportsisunfair,changing
namedoesn’tbringreforms:Vaibhav
RENAMING RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD
COURTESY VISIT
Jagdeesh Chandra paid a courtesy call to
Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat at Raj
Bhawan in Gandhinagar on Friday, the Governor
felicitated him with a shawl. Jagdeesh Chandra
was on a one day visit to Ahmedabad.
Ashok Gehlot @ashokgehlot51
In many districts including Baran, Kota,
Bundi, Jhalawar, Dholpur, heavy rains
have caused loss of life, death of animals,
damage to houses and crops, damage to
public properties and roads. During such a con-
dition, the state government is trying to extend all
possible help for relief and rescue. In this sequence,
instructions for special girdwari have been issued to
all District Collectors to assess the loss of crops.

09
irst India Face of
the Year 2021 (FI-
FOY’21) is a unique
blend of glamour
and elegance con-
trary to the tradi-
tional state of pag-
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, happening on a na-
tional level in India. Empow-
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allowing them to grow and
develop a positive self-im-
age is the focus of the beau-
ty pageant. City First
brings to you the 11 short-
listed participants who
were also part of an exclu-
sive ultra-glam show on
First India News, which
will be telecast today
, Sat-
urday at 3:55 pm, showcas-
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talent, and at 7:55 pm to-
morrow on Sunday!
FIFOY is the initiative of
Jagdeesh Chandra and First
India which celebrates the
idea of beauty in its totality
.
Webelievethatbeautyblooms
in every corner of this world
not just in structured hot-
houses but it is like a wild-
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any landscape, garden or
venue, FIFOY is the platform
forsuchinnocentandunseen
beauties to gain confidence,
grow and find their rightful
place in the world of fashion
and glamour.
Jagdeesh Chandra graced
the occasion and conveyed
his best wishes to all the par-
ticipants. The beautiful, in-
telligent and glamorous
Brand Ambassador of FI-
FOY’21 Divija Gambhir, was
the host and guided the par-
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The 11 participants were
seen putting up high stand-
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Anita Hada along with
event directors Dr Maulik
Shah and Gaurav Gaur men-
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FIFOY is generating a lot
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registrations are open with
auditionsforregisteredpar-
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major cities of India start-
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14, Chandigarh on Septem-
ber23,DehradunonOctober
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30 finalists will be hosted
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A grand cash prize of
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awardedalongwiththepres-
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Face of the Year’. The win-
ner will also represent India
at an international beauty
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by Hair Trends, Styling by
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F
ering young women while
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First India News, which
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, Sat-
urday at 3:55 pm, showcas-
ing their confidence and
talent, and at 7:55 pm to-
FIFOY is the initiative of
event directors Dr Maulik
Shah and Gaurav Gaur men-
tored them during the show.
registrations are open with
FACE OF THE
YEAR 2021
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YEAR 2021
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—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
Simran Modi (L) and Divija Gambhir (R)
The participants show their moves as they bond with each other
Chitra during her performance as the mentors watch keenly
Jagdeesh Chandra with (from left) Dr Maulik Shah, Navya Tiwari, Tanu Chaudhary, Chahak Bhandula, Kajol Saraswat, Chanchal Jangir,
Simran Modi, Divija Gambhir, Anita Hada, Chitra Singhal, Krratika Solanki, Charmika Sharma, Sansrati Awasthi, Upadhi Jolotia and Gaurav Gaur
JAIPUR, SATURDAY
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10-11
ETC
Registrations Open
FIFOY’21
The registrations of First India Face of the Year 2021 are
open. We bring to you 11 unseen exotic beauties from across the
country. Keep watching this space for more information!
KAJOL
SARASWAT
We need to learn how to love
ourselves. Exercise, meditate and
play, live a little among our busy
schedules. Become an inspiration for
our future self. I wish to make my
parents proud of me, launch my own
brand, become one of the topmost
models in the world. For that
I am ready to push my
own limits.
KRRATIKA
SOLANKI
With PeeCee as my inspiration, I
imagine myself to be a global star
in the future. I love reading books
and involve myself in social work.
My dream is to become the most
renowned and sensational model in
the whole wide world. With my
dreams, I wish to show the
world that I can do it.
UPADHI
JOLOTIA
I have always wanted to become
a fashion designer. I find the world
of glamour alluring and attractive.
I am a model who seeks to become
better each day. Singing and dancing
are some of my favorite activities
which I enjoy. Apart from that,
I wish to make the world a
happier place to live in
for each and all.
DIVIJA
GAMBHIR
The brand ambassador of First
India Face of the Year-2021 looked
ravishing as she introduced all the
eleven beauties from all over the
country. One of the most exquisite
faces of the modelling field, Divija
continues to spread her charm
through her dancing as well as
communication skills.
SIMRAN
MODI
I have always been a die-hard
fan of Sushmita Sen, her journey
has been inspirational for me. I wish
to explore myself and extend my
potentials. My hobbies consume
all my free time, I enjoy dancing
and travelling the most. I learn
from each chapter of life and
continue to embrace
myself.
NAVYA
TIWARI
I have a natural inclination to
stand up for people’s rights, and
that’s the reason I became interested
in practising and studying law. I wish
to pursue modelling as a hobby as
it has allowed me the freedom to
express myself. My other hobbies
include photography, fashion,
makeup and reading.
CHARMIKA
SHARMA
It’s easy to underestimate yourself,
as there are certain superficial
standards of beauty created in our
minds. I wish to be an inspiration
for all those who don’t feel confident
in their own skin. My Mother has
been a constant inspiration for
me and I wish to be the
same for so many
others.
TANU
CHAUDHARY
Being a sensational beauty
queen is one of my dreams, I strive
to keep myself positive with the
strength and support of my family. I
keep on breathing on positivity and
look forward to grabbing as many
opportunities as I can, as we are
never going to live this life ever
again. It’s now or never
for me.
CHAHAK
BHANDULA
I enjoy living in the world of
glamour and I would definitely love
to grow more and more in this field.
My dream is to become a model and
furthermore an actor. I enjoy playing
badminton in my leisure time, I also
fancy travelling. The whole of
Elite Miss Rajasthan’s family
is among my source of
inspiration.
CHITRA
SINGHAL
Driving my inspiration from the
bestseller, The Secret by Rhonda
Byrne, I believe that we may achieve
whatever we want and become the
best version of ourselves. My dream
is to become an established dancer
and launch my own YouTube
channel as well as a studio.
Conitnue to grow and
strive further.
CHANCHAL
JANGIR
Dreams are to dream each day of
life and try my best to fulfil them. My
hardships inspire me to learn the most
from my mistakes and they inspire
me to improve and become a better
version. My hobbies constantly
change but I keep on learning
new things. I’m learning how
to play the ukulele.
SANSRATI
AWASTHI
I wish to pursue something rather
unrealistic. I dream of becoming
a fashion model that does not just
fit into the definition of beauty but,
also stands out as an inspiration
for people who have dreams of
attaining a similar goal. I wish to
take a stand for my dreams
and make them a
reality.
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
FIFOY’21 Brand Amabassador Divija Gambhir along with the participants in a fun moment

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