First india jaipur edition-27 april 2020

New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Sunday said India’s
“people-driven” battle
against COVID-19 is the
only way for the country
to overcome the pan-
demic, and asked people
to shun any complacen-
cy that they will not be
infectedbythecoronavi-
rus because it has so far
not affected the places
where they live or work.
In his monthly ‘Mann
ki Baat’ broadcast,
Modi said the country
is in the middle of a
‘yudh’ (war) and assert-
ed that people have to
continue being careful
and take precautions.
His note of caution
comes against the back-
drop of the Union gov-
ernment and states re-
laxing lockdown norms
to revive economic ac-
tivities. Turn on P6
 People seeing humane,
sensitive side of cops
 Government has come
up with digital platform to
help link Covid warriors
 Feels ‘very proud’ when
world leaders thank India
for help in COVID-19 crisis
 Helping poor is our
topmost priority
 Farmers ensuring no
one goes to bed hungry
 Our fight akin to ‘Ma-
hayagya’, everyone eager
to contribute
 Festivals teach us to
fight against bad times
 Celebrate Ramadan at
home, maintain physical
distancing
 Change habits; Apply
mask, don’t spit anywhere
A PEOPLE-DRIVEN BATTLE!In Mann Ki Baat, PM said each person
fighting this war as per their capacity
Says masks will become a new
symbol of a civilised society
Lauds state governments for their
proactive role against pandemic
KEY TAKE AWAYS FROM MANN KI BAAT
Biggest 1 day
spike in corona
cases in India
New Delhi:Last week
into the extended lock-
down, the countrywide
toll due to Covid-19 rose
to 880 and the number
of cases climbed to
2,7890 on Sunday, ac-
cording to the Union
Health Ministry.
The country has re-
ported 55 deaths and
1,975 cases in the last 24
hours even as all the
eyes are now on the vid-
eo conference between
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi and chief
ministers on Monday.
Deaths were reported
from Maharashtra, Ra-
jasthan, MP, Gujarat,
Delhi, UP, J&K and Ta-
mil Nadu.
Bhagwat: India never
discriminates in helping
Nagpur: RSS chief Mohan
Bhagwat on Sunday said
that India never discrimi-
nates and is helping other
countries with medicines
duringCOVID-19pandemic.
“Coronavirusisanewdis-
ease. We are getting to know
more about it as we are get-
tingclosertothedisease.All
efforts are being made to
mitigate this problem,” said
Bhagwat in an online ad-
dress on “Current scenario
and our role.” He said that
Indiahassufferedaloss,but
still sent the medicines to
other countries, which were
banned for exporting to oth-
er countries. “India never
discriminates. We work for
all,” said Bhagwat.
India, a major producer
of hydroxychloroquine,
has promised to supply the
drug to 55 countries includ-
ing Bhutan, Bangladesh,
Maldives, Sri Lanka, and
Myanmar. The medication,
which is used in COVID-19
therapy, has already been
supplied to the United
States, Afghanistan, Mau-
ritius, Kazakhstan, Brazil,
and Seychelles. Turn on P6
4 MILITANTS KILLED,
ARMY OFFICER HURT
IN KULGAM SHOOTOUT
Srinagar: Four militants were
killed in a brief shootout in
Asthal village of Kulgam.
Police said militants evening
attacked patrolling party of
9 RR in Asthal on Sunday.
Forces retaliated resulting in the
encounter. Four militants were
killed while one army officer
identified as Major Patel has
also received bullet injury.
‘CORONA CASES DROP
TO ZERO IN WUHAN
HOSP FOR 1ST TIME’
Beijing: Number of hospitalised
Covid-19 patients in China’s
Wuhan, where virus first emerged
before turning out to be a pan-
demic, on Sunday dropped to zero
for the first time, marking yet an-
other milestone for the city which
was opened up on April 8 after a
76-day lockdown. The last patient
in Wuhan was cured on Friday,
Xinhua news agency reported.
Seoul: A special train possibly belonging to North Korean
leader Kim Jong Un was spotted this week at a resort town
in the country, according to satellite images reviewed by a
Washington-based North Korea monitoring project, amid
conflicting reports about Kim’s health and whereabouts,
a Reuters report said. Meanwhile, South Korea continued
to pour water on mounting speculation about the health of
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, telling CNN he is “alive
and well.” “Our government position is firm,” Moon Chung-
in, the top foreign policy adviser to South Korean President
Moon Jae-in, told CNN. “Kim Jong Un is alive and well.”
SOUTH KOREA SAYS KIM JONG UN IS ‘ALIVE AND WELL’
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Almost a
week before the extended
lockdown ends, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
will interact with Chief
Ministersof allstatesand
Union territories via vid-
eo conference on Monday.
PM will talk on the
way ahead in the fight
against the novel corona-
virus, amid indications
that the discussions
could also focus on a
graded exit from the on-
going lockdown.
According to sourc-
es, the three-point
agenda of this meeting
is mainly focused on
Corona lock-down and
epidemic, steps taken
to prevent corona in-
fection, status and con-
tainment in states and
union territories and
following the guide-
lines issued by the Un-
ion Home Ministry on
April 20 and steps to be
taken after May 3, the
last date of extended
lockdown period.
This will be the third
video conference of the
prime minister with the
chief ministers after the
spread of the COVID-19
in the country.
Sources in the govern-
ment indicated that be-
sides discussing the way
forward in dealing with
the pandemic, the discus-
sion could also focus on
a “graded” exit from the
lockdown which is in
place till May 3.
PM is also likely to
take up state-specific is-
sues and formulate a
common exit plan.
The Centre and the
state governments have
been giving gradual re-
laxation in various fields
and sectors to boost eco-
nomic activities as also to
provide relief to people.
But some states are
willing to extend the
lockdown Turn on P6
PM’s agenda with CMs: Lockdown
exit plan, state-specific progress
In upcoming interaction today
PM is expected to seek views
of states in lifting lockdown,
which is in place till May 3
Prime Minister Narendra Modi seen wearing a mask during
video-conferencing with the Chief Ministers over COVID19, in
New Delhi on April 11. —FILE PHOTO
USA 975,798 54,941 +685
SPAIN 226,629 23,190 +288
ITALY 197,675 26,644 +260
GERMANY 157,120 5,896 +19
UK 152,840 20,732 +413
TURKEY 110,130 2,805 +99
IRAN 90,481 5,710 +60
CHINA 82,827 4,632 +4
RUSSIA 80,949 747 +66
COUNTRY TOTAL TOTAL NEW
CASES DEATHS DEATHS
GLOBAL STATE
OF AFFAIRS
WWW.WORLDOMETERS.INFO
LAST UPDATED: APRIL 26, 2020, 11:00 PM
SAMPLE RECEIVED
SAMPLE NEGATIVE
5,087
UNDER EXAMINATION
82,942
IN RAJASTHAN
DISTRICT TOTAL NEW TOTAL
CASES CASES DEATH
AJMER 123 +11 —
ALWAR 7 — 1
BANSWARA 62 +1 —
BARMER 2 — —
BHARATPUR 110 +1 1
BHILWARA 33 — 2
BIKANER 37 — 1
CHITTORGARH 1 — —
CHURU 14 — —
DAUSA 21 — —
DHOLPUR 5 +2 —
DUNGARPUR 6 — —
HANUMANGARH 11 +1 —
JAIPUR 808 +16 21
JAISALMER 34 — —
JHALAWAR 30 +1 —
JHUNJHUNU 42 — —
JODHPUR 364 +38 5
KARAULI 3 — —
KOTA 158 +9 4
NAGAUR 113 +20 1
PALI 2 — —
PRATAPGARH 2 — —
RAJSAMAND 1 — —
SWAI MADHOPUR 8 — —
SIKAR 5 +1 2
TONK 115 — 1
UDAIPUR 5 +1 —
OTHER DIST. 0 — 2(UP)
TOTAL 2122 +102 41
OTHER (Italy) 2 — —
EVACUEES 61 — —
GRAND TOTAL 2185 +102 41
75,670
CORONA IN RAJASTHAN
102 cases of corona were reported in
state on Sunday. Of these 20 were from
Nagaur, 23 in Jodhpur, 11 in Ajmer,
16 in Jaipur, 3 in Kota, 2 in Dhaulpur,
while one each was found infected in
Jhalawar, Bharatpur and Hanumangarh.
41 people have died so far in state.
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UPDATE
RAJASTHAN
41
DEATHS
2,185
CONFIRMED CASES
WORLD
2,05,929
DEATHS
29,71,533
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
880
DEATHS
27,886
CONFIRMED CASES
Prepare yourself mentally for lockdown extension: Gehlot
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
GehlotonSundayhint-
ed that the lockdown
might not be removed
in the country on 3rd
May. Gehlot, who is
scheduled to hold a
video conference with
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Monday,
expressed his opinion
that the modified lock-
down should be re-
moved in phases and
not suddenly.
Ahead of his discus-
sion with Prime Minis-
ter, Gehlot said that PM
Modi has already taken
feedback from across
the nation and “I don’t
think that the lockdown
will be removed on 3rd
May.” Divulging on his
opinion Gehlot further
said, “each state has its
own circumstance.
Hence removal of lock-
down should be taken
considering the situa-
tion in these states.”
Interestingly, talking to
a media house, Gehlot
said that people should
be mentally prepared
for extension of lock-
down. Notably, the
Chief Minister also
supported tracking of
individuals under quar-
antine. “If any person
breaks the rules, legal
action will be taken
against them. We will
conduct online tracking
of those under quaran-
tine through Covid-19
Quarantine Alert Sys-
tem and Raj Covind-19
Info app,” the Chief
Minister said.
“The final call on
lifting of lockdown
will be taken after
thoroughly discuss-
ing the situation in
each district of Ra-
jasthan and number
of patients in each
district. The Ra-
jasthan Government
will leave no stone un-
turned to fight off Co-
rona,” Gehlot
stressed, and added,
“Government wants to
bring all the stranded
Rajasthanis back but
they will have to cooper-
ate with us since we will
follow the medical pro-
tocol to the hilt.”
Prior to this the
Chief Minister held a
meeting with his core
group to finalize the
points of discussion
during the VC with PM.
Meanwhile, Gehlot
has activated the entire
bureaucratic system to
bring back stranded Ra-
jasthanis back to the
home state. While vari-
ous bureaucrats have
been made nodal offi-
cials, now arrange-
ments are being made
regarding transport and
quarantine facilities
and soon the ‘home com-
ing’ of these stranded
individuals will start.Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
CM BATS FOR TRACKING OF QUARANTINED
INDIVIDUALS THROUGH APP, SEEKS COOPERATION
FROM PEOPLE TO FIGHT OFF CORONAVIRUS

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Post-lockdown,
Rajasthan Roadways
has 5-point agenda to
ply buses: Naveen Jain
Jaipur: In many ways,
there has been a ‘re-
sponse like no other’
from Rajasthan Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
to Covid19. He was
deeply concerned
when large contingent
of poor migrant la-
bourers were made to
walk hundreds of kilo-
metres, and students
were struck in Kota be-
cause of ‘sudden’ lock-
down. “This is a mo-
ment that tests our hu-
manity,” Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot said,
and roped in Rajasthan
Roadways to rescue
them. Chairman and
Managing Director of
Rajasthan State Road
Transport Corporation
(RSRTC) Naveen Jain
discusses his Corpora-
tion’s current and fu-
ture strategies in an
interview to Ashok
Sharma. Excerpts from
the interview:
 Q1: How well were
you prepared when
you took the exercise
to ferry migrant la-
bourers and stranded
students?
A safe transportation
of migrant labourers
and stranded students
during these difficult
times is complicated
and not without risk
but complying with
lockdown protocol
around 12,000 students
from Kota were sent
back to their homes us-
ing 400 buses. It’s time
when we must trust on
government machinery.
 Q2: If a decision is
taken to ferry the
passengers again,
what will be “nor-
mal’ like for Ra-
jasthan Roadways?
The sanitation aspect
has been stepped up at
all the bus terminals.
And this will be nor-
mal in the coming
months. We are ready
with 5-point agenda
draft. To ensure sanita-
tion of bus stations
and buses, we have
procured sufficient
stock of sodium hydro-
chloride; For social
distancing, in a 47-seat-
er bus, only 60% capac-
ity will be used; For
the safety purpose, the
bus conductor and
driver will be given
mask, gloves, and sani-
tiser; Mentoring is also
our priority. Bus con-
ductor will brief pas-
sengers about various
precautions; and Road-
ways terminals will
have hand washing sta-
tions for passengers.
With these 5-point
agenda and other ‘com-
monsense initiatives, I
am hopeful that we
will be able to give in-
fection free transpor-
tation services.
 Q3: How did you
manage the first mis-
sion of shifting mi-
grant workers during
the lockdown?
You must be aware, re-
cently when RSRTC
went ahead with its
first mission to rescue
around 25,000 migrant
workers from Gujarat
border and took them
to their respective dis-
tricts in Rajasthan,
CM Gehlot praised the
Roadways move, say-
ing other State gov-
ernments should fol-
low suit.
 Q4: How quickly,
and in what way were
you able to accom-
plish the mission
when labourers wait-
ed on the roads with-
out food or water to
return to their home
districts?
Yes, it was an emotional
moment to hear of
around 25,000 poor la-
bourers reported to be
walking down the Agra
Highway. Rajasthan
Roadways geared up to
reduce their agony and
pressed free bus fleet
into service and all of
them were accommo-
dated in our sanitised
buses within a span of
20 hour.
 Q5:How did you
deal with sending
thousands of Kota
students back home?
Around 400 Rajasthan
and UP Roadways buses
were deployed to shift
around 12,000 Kota stu-
dents to their home dis-
tricts. These missions
could be accomplished
because of Chief Minis-
ter’s innovation, who
gave us timely clear-
ance. I myself ensured
smooth and safe trans-
portation at ground
zero. We were really fast
in our operation.
ChiefMinisterAshokGehlottakesabriefingfromNaveenJain,asHealth
Minister Raghu Sharma looks on,at an event in Jaipur. —FILE PHOTO
RSRTC fulfils CM’s mission to ply students, workers in ‘record time’
Doubledaysofwork
underMGNREGA:
PilotdemandsCentre
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Jaipur: PCC Chief and
Deputy CM Sachin Pilot
has written a letter to
the Union Rural Devel-
opment and Panchayati
Raj Minister Narendra
Singh Tomar demand-
ing relief to the 1.13
crore MGNREGA work-
ers of the state in the
current adverse cir-
cumstances. Pilot has
also demanded that the
entire wage per capita
should be paid per day
to MGNREGA labour-
ers up to a maximum
limit of 100 days during
the period of lockdown.
Pilot added that
MGNREGA is the life-
line of rural labourers
and daily workers,
small marginal farm-
ers, agricultural la-
bourers, and construc-
tion workers have been
the worst affected due
to the lockdown.
Therefore, in order to
provide financial sup-
port to the affected peo-
ple in the year 2020-21,
100 days of employment
fixed under MGNREGA
should be increased to
200 days per family.
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Sunday urged citizens
of areas which have not
been affected by COV-
ID-19 to not get caught
in the “trap of over-con-
fidence” and follow all
precautions to keep the
disease at bay.
“To my countrymen,
I urge, let us not at all
get caught in the trap of
over-confidence, let us
not harbour a feeling
that if corona has not
yet reached our city, our
village, our street or our
office, it is not going to
reach now. Never make
such a mistake,” Modi
said during his monthly
“Mann ki Baat” pro-
gramme. “The experi-
ence of the world is nar-
rating a lot to us. And,
here in our country, we
are always reminded
again and again - ‘saavd-
hani hati, durghatna
ghati’,” he said. The PM
stressed on “no negli-
gence” at the local level
or elsewhere.
“In over-enthusiasm,
there should be no neg-
ligence at the local level
or elsewhere. We will
always have to remain
cautious. And, I will re-
iterate, always main-
tain a safe distance and
keep yourself healthy,”
said the Prime Minister.
He also informed that
the govt has come up
with a digital platform
to link volunteers of so-
cial organizations, rep-
resentatives of civil so-
ciety & local adm.
“My dear country-
men, with utmost hu-
mility and deepest re-
spect, I bow to this sen-
timent displayed by 130
crore countrymen. To
facilitate your selfless
endeavour towards our
country, as per your in-
clination and time, the
government has come
up with a Digital Plat-
form ...it is called covid-
warriors.gov.in ... I re-
peat- covidwarriors.
gov.in,” said the Prime
Minister. “Through the
medium of this plat-
form, the govt has
linked volunteers of so-
cial organizations, rep-
resentatives of civil so-
ciety and local adminis-
tration with each other.
It did not take long for
1.25 cr people to be part
of this portal. They
comprise Doctors,
Nurses, ASHA-ANM
workers, our friends
from NCC, profession-
als from myriad fields...
all of them have made
the platform their
own,” he added. —ANI
Saavdhani hati, durghatna ghati:
PM warns during Mann ki Baat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Despite govt’s appeal: Private schools
pressurising parents to deposit fees
Choudhary hits out at Cong
for neglecting farmers in state
Soldier commits
suicide by
shooting himself
Nagaur emerging
as new Covid-19
hotspot in Raj
First India News
Jodhpur:NayakRajesh
Kumar of 103 Air De-
fence committed sui-
cide in the Shikargarh
Army area on Sunday
by shooting himself
with his duty rifle.
Army personnel living
in neighbouring bar-
racks rushed to his bar-
rack on hearing the
gunshot. Ratanada po-
lice reached the spot on
information with FSl
team and kept the body
of Nayak at MG hospi-
tal mortuary. The body
of deceased Odisha res-
ident was handed over
to Army officers after
conducting the post-
mortem. The police is
yet investigating the
cause informed SI
Budhram.
First India News
Nagaur. After a brief
gap the dist is becoming
a hotspot for the corona-
virus. 20 new cases
came up on Sunday tak-
ing the total number to
113. Basni has contrib-
uted maximum to this
number as 102 cases
have been reported
from here. So far 2135
samples have been test-
ed and 1581 have report-
ed negative. Also, Lad-
nu reported 6, Parbat-
sar 3 & one each from
Kuchaman city & Roon.
First India News
Jaipur: The private
schools which were
somehow keeping silent
until now have started
building pressure on
the parents to deposit
the pending school fees.
Schools are sending
text messages to the
parents repeatedly. This
is despite the state gov-
ernment already ap-
pealing the private
schools not to force any
parent to deposit fees
amid lockdown.
Education minister
Govind Singh Do-
tasara says that no
school will be allowed
to force any parent and
no such case has been
reported until now.
On the other hand,
private school owners
also are in a fix. Most
of them have been run-
ning online classes
have kept the staff
working which has to
be paid their salaries
but without fees, the
sole source of income,
they aren’t paying the
salaries.
The ball as of now is
in government’s court
as what steps it takes to
relieve both the help-
less parents and the ag-
grieved school manage-
ments.
First India News
Jaipur: Union Agricul-
ture and Farmers Wel-
fare Minister Kailash
Choudhary have ac-
cused the Congress govt
of the state of complete-
ly failing in defeating
coronavirus and treat-
ing the farmers as not
their own. On Sunday,
Chaudhary addressed a
press conference
through VC from his
residence. During the
VC, the Union Minister
informed about various
schemes initiated by
central govt and vari-
ous steps taken for the
convenience of farmers
during the lockdown.
Chaudhary said that
due to lack of adequate
procurement centres in
the state, procurement
of wheat, mustard, and
gram has not started
this time.
A total of 719 pro-
curement centres have
been set up in 11341 pan-
chayats of Rajasthan,
which is very less.
Where the purchase of
Kharif crops has been
completed in other
states, it has not even
started properly in Ra-
jasthan. It shows the
negligence of the state
government towards
their farmers.
Sachin Pilot
Kailash Choudhary
Mumbai: A group of
senior tax officers has
suggested a super-rich
tax and a higher levy on
foreign companies to
keep the cash till run-
ning as part of short
term measures to help
thegovernmentfightthe
coronavirus pandemic.
The suggestions are
part of a paper titled
‘Force’, which stands
for ‘Fiscal Options & Re-
sponse to the COVID-19
Epidemic’, submitted
by the Indian Revenue
Service (IRS) Associa-
tion to CBDT (Central
Board of Direct Taxes)
Chairman P C Mody.
According to the pa-
per, dated April 23, tax
relief should be re-
stricted to honest and
compliant taxpayers,
especially those filing
returns on time as there
have been many in-
stances of non-filing of
returns, increase in
non-deductions and
withholding of TDS
apart from rising un-
der-reporting of tax li-
abilities through bogus
loss claims.
The central govern-
ment has frozen the in-
flation-linked allow-
ance for its employees
and pensioners, a move
that will help it save
around Rs 37,000 crore.
Some of the short
term measures suggest-
ed in the paper include
a super-rich tax by rais-
ing the highest slab rate
to 40 per cent for those
with an income above
Rs 1 crore from 30 per
cent and re-introduc-
tion of wealth tax for
those with over Rs 5
crore annual income.
SHORT TERM
REFERS TO A TIME
PERIOD OF 3-6
MONTHS
As per the paper, a copy
of whichiswithPTI,the
surcharge introduced in
the Budget 2021 on the
super-rich may gener-
ate only Rs 2,700 crore to
the exchequer and
therefore the call to up
the tax slab on the su-
per-rich. Individuals
having a taxable income
of Rs 1 crore are consid-
ered as super-rich.
THE PAPER HAS
BEEN PREPARED
BY A GROUP OF 50
IRS OFFICERS
The group has also sug-
gested that the ultra-
rich be taxed through
two alternative ways
which can be imposed
for a limited time. One,
up the highest slab rate
to 40 per cent on income
of over Rs 1 crore from
30 per cent now and two,
re-introduce wealth tax
for those with a net
wealth of Rs 5 crore.
For the medium
term, 9-12 months time
period, the paper has
suggested raising addi-
tional revenue from for-
eign companies operat-
ing in the country by
hiking the surcharge on
their income from the
present 2 per cent for Rs
1-10 crore and at 5 per
cent on incomes exceed-
ing Rs 10 crore. —PTI
‘TAX THE SUPER-RICH TO FUND CORONA FIGHT’
CBDT initiates inquiry on
IRS officers for unsolicited
report on corona funding
A farmer looks distressed as they are incurring losses due to lack of
labourers during the harvest season of Rabi crops amid COVID-19
lockdown, in Chhatarpur, in Madhya Pradesh. —PHOTO BY ANI
CBDT INITIATES PROBE ON IRS OFFICERS
ASHOK
SHARMA
Senior Journalist
Pic for representational purpose only.

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020
 Sikar: Under the
Disaster Management
Act, a case has been
filed against a resident
of Idgah Road Ismail
for calling his wife
secretly from a corona
hotspot in Jaipur Ram-
ganj to Sikar without
permission of the
administration, despite
the lockdown imposed
for the prevention of
coronavirus spread.
 Jaipur: The samples
of 118 media person-
nel came negative. The
tests were done by
SMS Medical College.
 Jaipur: Instructions
from Home Depart-
ment regarding Quar-
antine Centres. The
instructions are issued
for people coming
from the other states.
Registration should be
done by making check
posts in the border dis-
tricts of the state and
the local people should
inform the administra-
tion of the people who
are reaching in the
village directly. Regu-
lar information shall
be given to Patwari,
Tehsildar or SDM. If
any person comes
from outside, that in-
dividual has to stay at
home in the Quarantine
for 14 days. Violator
should be kept in the
isolation centre. Quar-
antine centre should
be built in villages that
do not allow outsiders.
ACS Home department
Rajiv Swaroop issued
instructions.
 Jaipur: PTET exam
which was supposed to
be conducted on May
10 is now going to be
rescheduled. 4 lakh 80
thousand candidates
have filed the applica-
tions to appear for the
paper. But the exam is
now postponed until
further orders.
 Kota: A case
against former
MLA Bhavani Singh
Rajawat is filed in
Vigyanagar police sta-
tion of Kota. Rajawat
is accused of making
proactive inflamma-
tory speech. Rajawat
released a video of
proactive speech.
BRIEF
in
Temp drops again, MeT
predicts thunderstorms
Naveen Sharma
Jaipur: Temperature
fluctuations are being
recorded in the state
for the past few days.
Along with it, the
storms and rainy sea-
son has also started.
After the heat for the
last 3 days, light to
moderate rain was re-
corded in many places,
which has decreased
the temperature.
Later in the after-
noon, the weather
changed in Jaipur,
Dholpur, Ajmer and
Bandikui and rains
were witnessed with
strong winds, due to
which the mercury
dropped by up to 12 de-
grees. In Jaipur, weath-
er suddenly changed
on Sunday evening and
it rained for about 30
minutes with a strong
thunderstorm.
Meteorological De-
partment has also is-
sued a yellow alert in
20 districts of the state
for the next 3 days, in-
forming that rain and
thunderstorms would
occur in those districts
on April 27, 28 and 30.
First India News
Jaipur: A three day old
infant tested corona
positive after her moth-
er was diagnosed posi-
tive. The baby is the
youngest victim of Cov-
id-19 in the state so far.
So far 629 patients have
recovered. 263 have al-
ready been discharged
from the hospitals and
rest would follow the
suite after they com-
plete their mandatory
quarantine period. The
patients who turned
positive are from across
the state with 4 from Al-
war, 21 Banswara, 1
Barmer & Dholpur, 5
Ajmer, Bharatpur &
Dungarpur, 30
Bhilwara, 32 Bikaner &
Jhunjhunu, 11 Churu, 7
Dausa, 2 Pali, Pratap-
garh, Hanumangarh &
Karauli, 26 Jaisalmer,
16 Jhalawar, 50 Jodh-
pur, 80 Kota, & Nagaur,
32 Tonk, 1 Sikar, 4
Udaipur, 2 from other
states, 2 Italians and 25
Indians evacuated from
Iran also turned posi-
tive however one Italian
died after recovery.
7 corona deaths were
reported on Sunday 3 in
Jodhpur and 2 in Jaipur
while one was reported
from Sikar and one man
from Uttar Pradesh also
died taking the state toll
to 41. Sunday reported
102 new cases out of
which 38 came from
Jodhpur, 20 from Na-
gaur, 16 from Jaipur, 11
from Ajmer, 9 from
Kota, 2 from Dholpur
aand one each from
Banswara, Bharatpur,
Jhalawar, Hanuman-
garh and Udaipur.
State has tested 82942
samples so far out of
which 75670 have re-
ported negative while
reports for 5087 samples
is awaited.
3-DAY-OLD CHILD YOUNGEST
CASE, 7 DIE, 102 FOUND +VE
Area at Aankado Ka Rasta, Kishanpole Bazar in Jaipur, from where a positive case was found, being
sealed and sanitised by the authorities on Sunday. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Pregnant lady
dies, found
corona positive
No big b’day party
on Udaipur’s 468th 15-month-old kid recovers, 88%
in Jaisalmer win against corona
City cops under DCP
Sagar rein in liquor
mafia, Three held
‘Unhealthy’quarantinecentreshiftedinBaran
Ajmer turns into hotspot with 123 cases
First India News
Baran: The news of
First India has had a big
impact in Baran. First
India had reported
about the inconven-
ience, including food,
water, and other facili-
ties, in the quarantine
centre for girls coming
from outside in the girls’
hostel of the Govern-
ment College on College
Road in Baran.
After the news, the
district administration
came into action and
District Collector Indra
Singh Rao ordered to
change the quarantine
centre to a private mar-
riage garden located at
Kota Road. On this, the
students and women liv-
ing in the quarantine
centre have thanked
First India.
First India News
Ajmer: The number of
coronavirus cases is
rising in Ajmer and
reached 123 on Sunday.
According to Chief
Medical and Health Of-
ficer Dr KK Soni the
screening has been fur-
ther strengthened.
Along with this, para-
medical Anganwadi as-
sistants and medical
department doctors
are also posted in the
affected areas.
Police forces have
been deployed to bar-
ricade the affected ar-
eas. Meanwhile, Jawa-
harlal Nehru Hospital
management has also
made strong arrange-
ments to deal with the
situation.
First India News
Bharatpur: A dead
woman was found COV-
ID-19 positive in the dis-
trict on Sunday.
CMHO Dr Kaptan
Singh said that a
20-year-old pregnant
woman of Kherli Gur-
jar Gram Panchayat of
Vair tehsil was taken to
Bhusawar Community
Health Centre on April
23 after she started ex-
periencing labour pain.
The doctor informed
about the possibility of
the child dying in the
womb and referred her
to Janana Hospital at 3
am on April 24. At 5 am,
the woman was asked to
go to Jaipur for treat-
ment, where she died
during the operation.
CMHO also said that
a 58-year-old patient of
Bayana Kasipada has
also been found infected
with coronavirus.
First India News
Udaipur. The lake city
celebrated its 468th
foundation day on Sun-
day unceremoniously
amid ongoing lock-
down. It was on auspi-
cious day of Akshay
Tritiya on 15 April in
1553 that Maharana
Udai Singh had laid
the foundation stone
of the city. The historic
Udaiban canon was
fired from the Machla
Magra as Maharna
Udai Singh laid the
foundation stone of
the royal palace.
First India News
Jaisalmer: The coro-
na pandemic is almost
under control in
Pokhran despite multi-
ple chains. Even a
15-month-old, who was
tested positive around
10 days ago, has won
over coronavirus in
Pokhran. The parents
of the kid Adil were
tested negative and he
was sent to Jodhpur for
treatment with his
mother.
In Pokhran, 34 posi-
tive case were found in
16 days. But, since find-
ing the first case, 21
days ago, 30 patients
have been discharged
from the hospital.
Pokhran is faring very
well compared to other
areas. In Bhilwara, the
first patient was re-
ported on March 20 and
there are 33 corona
cases, but all of them
have not recovered yet.
The patients from
Pokhran are being
treated in Jodhpur. The
88% recovery rate of
Jaisalmer is better
than the rest of the
state.
First India News
Jaipur: Jaipur DCP
West Kavendra Sagar
put tight pressure on the
liquor mafia. Cops ar-
rested a liquor smuggler
in Harmada recovering
a huge amount of alco-
hol. During questioning
, police got information
aboutafemalesmuggler
who was later arrested.
At least 35 liters of il-
licit liquor was recov-
ered from her. A young
man was also arrested
smuggling illegal coun-
try liquor on his bike.
Sagar said “Police is
holding the reins on the
liquor mafias who are
increasing during the
lockdown, and Police
crackdown will contin-
ue even further”.
15-mth-old Adil, who won the
corona battle, with his mother.
A view of the statue of Gangaur procession at Rambagh Circle during the thunderstorm and
heavy rainfall on Sunday evening in Jaipur. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
Residents near Gopalpura bypass and Triveni Nagar welcoming
the Nirbhaya squad. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Unhygienic condition at the quarantine centre in Baran.

PERSPECTIVEJAIPUR | MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020
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FIGHT AGAINST
CORONA IS
PEOPLE-DRIVEN
rime Minister Narendra Modi
reached out to the people through
his fourth Mann ki Baat this year
by calling the fight against coro-
navirus is people-driven. Every-
one is contributing his/her best to the coun-
try’s fight against the deadly virus, the prime
minister said and extolled all those contribut-
ing their mite to the national cause. Farmers
found a special mention as they are toiling
when the whole country is locked down.
“Our farmers are working day and night
in their fields to ensure that no one goes
hungry. There are people who are giving
up rents and there are people who are giv-
ing up their pension,” Modi said.
“People of our country are fighting this
war along with the administration. We
are also fighting poverty. All of us are
soldiers in this fight,” he said.
Indeed, the imposition of lockdown with-
out prior warning has been the most upset-
ting part of the battle against the deadly vi-
rus. Lakhs - migrant workforce, students,
and many others - found themselves strand-
ed. With all work coming to a halt, people
were rendered jobless and without money far
from their native place. They trudged their
way back, braving police’s lathi blows and
hunger. Many made it, others were de-
tained and quarantined until govern-
ments turned empathetic and started
sending them back. A word of praise
from the PM for the people will go a long
way in this ongoing battle. With Twitter
being misused for spreading Islamophobia
in the country, a noxious atmosphere of hate
and distrust was gaining hold. When the
country needed unity and sanity, efforts were
being made by a section of society to divide
and spread madness. In that context the
prime minister’s call for special prayers dur-
ing Ramzan to ward off coronavirus was
significant. Saying that the pandemic has
changed the way we celebrate festivals, Modi
said that during last year’s Ramzan one
wouldn’t have imagined a situation like the
present one and exhorted Muslims for spe-
cial prayers. “This Ramzan we should
pray more than before to ensure that be-
fore Eid the world gets rid of this coro-
navirus. I am sure we will strengthen
this fight by following orders of the dis-
trict administration,” he said.
Life after Covid-19 is bound to change dras-
tically from the days before coronavirus, or
BC as many prefer to call it. Masks would
become an essential part of our person, at
least for those not wanting to throw caution
to the wind. “It has become a part of our
daily lives. It has not happened before,”
Modi said, calling it a new reality. If peo-
ple indeed start donning masks and stay
“do guz” (two yards) apart from one an-
other, it would be a revolutionary change
in our behaviour. If only people would heed
his advice and stop spitting, the country will
become so much cleaner and healthier.
IN-DEPTH
P
e are hit by the coronavirus
and the whole nation is locked
down for 21 days. As history
would have it, word quarantine
means 40 days isolation, and
the first incident happened in
the 14th century in Venice to
prevent the spread of Bubonic
plague, when the ships return-
ing from the sea were quaran-
tined for 40 days. It was the
Persian scholar of medicine,
Ibn Sina (980-1037) who first
came up with the idea of quar-
antine to prevent the spread of
diseases. He suspected that
some diseases were spread by
microorganisms; to prevent
human-to-human contamina-
tion, he came up with the meth-
od of isolating people for 40
days. He called this method al-
Arba’iniya (“the forty”).
In these days of self-isola-
tion, we have few words add-
ed in our day to day diction-
ary which was probably left
isolated in the English lan-
guage i.e, Quarantine, and
social distancing. Obviously
we were all made to learn
and repeat a few words daily
like Corona, masks, and
hand hygiene.
Coming to from where I
started, When we get trained to
practice surgery or for that
matter to examine any patient,
we are taught hand washing
(scrubbing in medical lan-
guage), social distancing
-standing 3 feet away form any-
one who is not sterile (surgi-
cally clean) and to wear mask
always to prevent contamina-
tion.
As we have the situation
turned into a nightmare, the
three basic steps of training
again come to the forefront
of our rescue. So I would
love to say “The whole world
is operation table now.”
Vivid scientific theories and
numerous research-backed ar-
ticles are finding a place in
front lines these days claiming
to have found the treatment of
this pandemic. Though only
time would declare the real so-
lution behind the viral eradica-
tion, up-till then we shall learn
a drug a day from social media.
To nail the science behind
immunogenicity and viral
spread, I would retract your
senses to Darwin’s theory of
evolution that we read at some
stage in our school which pre-
cisely claims “survival of the
fittest “ and to understand any
epidemic /pandemic Darwin
shall always come to our res-
cue.
Long before apes and
plants evolved, viruses con-
tributed to the rise of cellu-
lar life. Bacteria were the
first to evolve from proto-
types. The virus was on
earth more than 3.5 billion
years ago and branching of
the human lineage from the
one that produced great apes
(orang-utans, chimpanzees,
bonobos, and gorillas) in Af-
rica happened sometime be-
tween 6 and 7 million years
ago. So progeny wise we are
younger and at their la la land.
So we know now, who invaded
whom?
In these difficult times, the
thing which has also evolved or
rather surfaced with a viral
pandemic is religious outrage,
bigotry, and hatred towards the
medical community by selec-
tive groups. Though we may
find a drug to stop the deaths
and to treat the affected
lungs, unfortunately, we
won’t ever be able to evolve
any drug in any laboratory
which would treat religious
bigotry.
So as we spend time with our
loved ones in confinement,
watching the daily doses of re-
ligious serials, having good
homemade food, and sleeping
comfortably in those cush-
ioned ac rooms we must never
forget the few unprivileged
people who scattered outside
on the dry, hot, deserted and
lifeless roads.
We must also not forget to
talk to our innersoles in soli-
tude, for which you won’t ever
have to hunt for a cave or climb
the Himalayas, and ask our-
selves; Is it really the way God
wanted things to happen? Does
our moral allow us to see such
hatred brewing and above all:
will you be able to explain the
logic behind religious bigotry
to innocent minds of your
progeny?
As Rumi would have said it:
“This too shall pass” and as po-
etic as Emily Dickinson would
have proclaimed “Hope is the
thing with feathers” we would
eventually be able to save hu-
mans out of this catastrophe.
But as mother nature is stop-
ping by to take a deep breathe
let’s save humanity along too.
LET’S SAVE HUMANITY: LOVE
IN THE TIMES OF CORONA
Persian scholar of medicine, Ibn Sina (980-1037) came up with the idea of quarantine
W
Vivid scientific
theories and
numerous
research-backed
articles are
finding a place
in front lines
these days
claiming to
have found the
treatment of
this pandemic.
Though only
time would
declare the real
solution behind
the viral
eradication,
up-till then we
shall learn a
drug a day
from social
media
DR ASHISH
GAUR
As Rumi would have
said it: “This too shall
pass” and as poet
Emily Dickinson
would have
proclaimed “Hope is
the thing with
feathers” we would
eventually be able to
save humans out of
this catastrophe
The writer is a health care
professional in Cardiac surgery
and Cardiac Transplantation
department in Mumbai
here is nothing
like a pandemic
to expose sys-
temic differenc-
es. For China
and the US, which were
locked in an ideologically
driven competition even
before the COVID-19 crisis,
those differences are stark.
But the two countries have
at least one thing in com-
mon: when this is all over,
they will need to rethink
their social contracts.
To curb virus transmis-
sion,ChinaandtheUShave
implemented social-dis-
tancing measures, which –
together with the unem-
ployment they produce –
have broken the cycle of
earning and spending that
sustains global growth. Yet
the type of public-health
measures pursued – and
their outcomes – have di-
verged sharply. China’s
draconian lockdowns pro-
duced a dramatic decline
in new cases, whereas
America’s delayed and
fragmented response al-
lowed infections – and the
death toll – to mount.
This divergence is often
attributed to political dif-
ferences: Chinese central
planning allows for more
resolute action. But this
explanation misses the ex-
tent to which the US and
Chinese growth models
have shaped their respons-
es – and the financial and
economic effects.
In the US, decades of
neoliberal policies have led
to a dependence on debt-
financed consumption.
Americans saved little but
borrowed a lot. Thanks to
the “exorbitant privilege”
afforded by the US dollar’s
position as the leading
global reserve currency, so
did the government. Fiscal
and current-account defi-
cits swelled.
Inflation, however, re-
mained low, even when the
US Federal Reserve pur-
sued expansionary poli-
cies, largely because of the
positive supply shocks pro-
duced by the integration of
China and other develop-
ing countries into the glob-
al economy. The Fed is tak-
ing that route again during
the pandemic, slashing in-
terest rates and expanding
its balance sheet by more
than $2.4 trillion in the past
six weeks to prevent a sys-
temic liquidity shortage.
The US financial system
has also built up excessive
leverage while becoming
increasingly disconnected
from the real economy. Wall
Street firms trade among
themselves, rather than
servingMainStreet.Corpo-
rations rely more on capital
markets than on banks.
Moreover, despite ad-
vancements in electronic
payments, households and
small businesses continue
to operate mainly in less ef-
ficient cash, paper checks,
and credit cards. The US
Treasury is delivering pan-
demic stimulus payments
through direct deposits
and mailed checks.
Technology platforms
have capitalized on this
debt-driven growth model,
pushing endless consump-
tion by users – through,
say, targeted ads – with less
concern for supporting
those attempting to gener-
ate income online. The “gig
economy” exemplifies this
one-way dynamic: a plat-
form like Uber is optimized
for sales and provides
workers with the bare min-
imum of training and pro-
tection, while regulators
take a hands-off approach.
It has long been clear
that the US model is finan-
cially, environmentally,
and – given skyrocketing
inequality – socially unsus-
tainable. But the COVID-19
pandemic has shown that
any disruption of the debt-
consumption cycle threat-
ens to trigger collapse al-
most immediately: as soon
as incomes are interrupt-
ed, private financial insti-
tutions curtail credit, fear-
ing non-performing loans.
Consumption plummets,
depleting incomes further.
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International
Monetary Fund
estimates that
world GDP will
contract by 3%
this year. China’s
shrank by 6.8% in
the first quarter
What, then, shall we say in
response to these things? If
God is for us, who can be
against us?—Romans 8:31
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INDIAJAIPUR | MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court has direct-
ed that COVID-19 re-
lated tests should be
made available to the
general public at the
lowest cost possible as
the country is going
through an unprece-
dented medical crisis
affecting public order.
The court was hear-
ing a petition filed by
Rare Metabolics and
Aark Pharmaceuticals,
seeking the release of
7.24 lakh COVID-19 test
kits from respondent
Matrix, importer of
kits, which was seeking
full payment upfront
before delivering them.
The two companies
have entered into an
agreement with Matrix,
over the distribution of
the test kits in the coun-
try. Justice Najmi Wa-
ziri issued the direction
to all three companies
to import 10 lakh test
kits from China and dis-
tribute them here at a
price not beyond Rs 400
per kit inclusive of GST.
“The country is going
through an unprece-
dented medical crisis
affecting public order.
People have been clois-
tered in their homes or
constrained to stay
wherever they were on
March 24. A profit
mark-up of Rs 155 that
is 61% on the landed
cost price of Rs 245 is
much on the higher side
and in any case more
than sufficient for the
seller,” Wazir said.—ANI
Make test kits available at lowest cost: HC
LEGAL MATTER
New Delhi: Malls and
markets in Delhi will
continue to remain shut
and only standalone
neighbourhood shops
will be allowed to open,
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal said this after-
noon after the central
government allowed an
ease in the nationwide
restrictions over coro-
navirus in a late-night
order on Friday.
“Last week, we had
decided not to ease re-
strictions after the cen-
tre's order on relaxing
shutdown in non-af-
fected areas. We had
decided to review the
situation again in a
week (on April 27),” CM
Arvind Kejriwal said
during a vc.
“We have now decid-
ed to stick to centre's
(latest) guidelines. In
Delhi, markets, market
complexes or malls will
not reopen. Only stan-
dalone neighbourhood
shops will be allowed to
open. In containment
zones, nothing changes.
These are the areas
where we are restrict-
ing movement,” he said,
adding that “no other
relaxations will be al-
lowed” till May 3 when
the second phase of the
countrywide lockdown
is scheduled to end.
“These are very chal-
lenging times. We will
plan the road ahead af-
ter a discussion with
the central govern-
ment,” he said.
The national capital,
which has 95 contain-
ment zones spread
across all 11 districts,
has so far reported
nearly 2,500 coronavi-
rus cases, inlcuding 53
deaths. It its order, the
Union Home Ministry
on Friday allowed all
the shops in the resi-
dential areas - except
those in malls - to reo-
pen in a huge relief to
shopkeepers and buy-
ers amid a countrywide
shutdown. The relaxa-
tion is not applicable to
containment zones.
All restaurants, sa-
lons, barber shops, liq-
uor stores will remain
closed, the government
clarified later, adding
that e-commerce com-
panies can only sell es-
sential items. Malls,
cinemas, gymnasiums,
sports complexes, swim-
ming pools, bars and
auditoriums also con-
tinue to remain shut.
Only 50% staff will
be allowed in shops that
reopen. Masks, gloves &
adherence to social dis-
tancing norms is man-
datory. —Agencies
MALLS, MARKETS TO
STAY SHUT: KEJRIWAL
Malls & markets in Delhi will continue to remain shut & only standalone neighbourhood shops will be openedCORONA UPDATE
Bhopal: The BJP-led
Madhya Pradesh gov-
ernment has decided to
have a separate “Happi-
ness Department” and
use its services to re-
duce the stress of coro-
navirus patients and
boost the morale of
those at the forefront of
the battle against the
disease. CM Shivraj
Singh Chouhan, during
his previous tenure, set
up the “Anand Vibhag”
(happiness department)
in 2016. But, after the
Congress came to pow-
er in the state in 2018, it
merged the happiness
department with the
“Adhyatmik Vibhag”
(spiritual department).
Now, Chouhan has di-
rected the officials to
demerge it, and engage
the Happiness Depart-
ment in fight against
COVID-19. The CM has
said those infected by
the coronavirus should
be treated in a joyous
environment. —ANI
MP ‘Happiness
Department’ to
reduce stress
of patients
New Delhi: A second
hospital in Delhi has
been sealed in 24 hours
after 44 staff including
doctors were found in-
fected with coronavi-
rus. Babu Jagjivan Ram
Memorial Hospital in
north-west Delhi's Ja-
hangirpuri will remain
sealed until building
has been completely
sanitised. Patients who
are already receiving
critical care are still be-
ing looked after but no
new patients will be
taken in, the hospital
said.The latest sealing
comes less than 24
hours after a nurse at
Hindu Rao Hospital
who had been working
at different sections of
the building for the last
two weeks tested posi-
tive for coronavirus, the
officials from the hospi-
tal said. —ANI
Delhi: Babu Jagjivan Ram Hosp
closed,after staff gets infected
Paramilitary personnel stand guard at the Hindu Rao Hospital.
New Delhi: Union
Health Minister Dr
Harsh Vardhan on Sun-
day visited AIIMS
Trauma Centre, which
has been converted
into a dedicated COV-
ID-19 hospital.
Earlier on April 24,
Dr Harsh Vardhan and
MoS, Health and Fam-
ily Welfare Ashwini
Choubey had held a
meeting via video con-
ferencing with state
Health Ministers to re-
view actions on COV-
ID-19 management. In
the video conference,
Dr Vardhan urged
them to ensure that no
unnecessary stigma is
attached to COVID-19
and said that we need
to identify people in-
fected with COVID-19
and treat them.
A total of 26,496 con-
firmed cases of COV-
ID-19 have been report-
ed in India. 5,804 people
have recovered or mi-
grated. —ANI
Health Min Dr Harsh Vardhan
visits AIIMS Trauma Centre
‘80%patientsasymptomaticinMaha’
Mumbai: Maharash-
tra CM Uddhav Thack-
eray said “80 % pa-
tients of coronavirus
were asymptomatic”
in his state – which
has the largest num-
ber of COVID-19 pa-
tients in the country.
Maharashtra current-
ly has 7,628 cases,
more than a quarter of
over 26,000 cases in the
country. A chunk of
them are from Mum-
bai, the country’s fi-
nancial capital.
The CM said his
state will take a deci-
sion on extending the
lockdown by the end of
this month. “We will
take a call on what to
do after the 30th,”
Thackeray said. For
now, he said, “We are
restarting some
things. I am going to
study (the plan) it this
evening. We have to
see how we return to
normalcy slowly”. Giv-
ing examples of ur-
gent requirements, he
said, “Doctors should
start their clinics. Di-
alysis centers should
be started”. Mean-
while, he asked the
people to have pa-
tience, saying without
lockdown, there is “no
other choice” at the
moment.”It is not like
the coronavirus is sud-
denly going away.
There is no proof of
her immunity. We have
to keep the high risk
group safe,” he said.
Health Min Dr Harsh Vardhan visits AIIMS Trauma Centre, converted into dedicated COVID-19 Hosp.
Dehradun: As many as
2,189 cases were lodged
& 10,062 people have
been arrested for the
breach of lockdown
norms in Uttarakhand.
“Out of the total, 39
cases were registered
& 391 people were ar-
rested on Sunday,” Po-
lice said. Under the
MV Act, challans have
been issued against
25,033 vehicles. —ANI
10,000 held for
breaching
lockdown norms
Patna: Bihar govern-
ment has ordered two
automatic RNA extrac-
tion machines, said the
Principal Secretary of
Health, Sanjay Kumar
on Sunday.
“Right now the RNA
extraction is done
manually. The state
government has or-
dered two automatic
RNA extraction ma-
chines, one for RMRI
and the other for
IGMS. They have been
ordered from Singa-
pore, we expect them
to be here by month-
end or the first week
of May,” said Sanjay
Kumar. Earlier in the
day, with nine more
persons tested positive
for COVID-19 in Bihar,
the total number of
cases in the state
reached 251. —ANI
Bihar: 2 automatic RNA extraction
machines ordered from Singapore
Recovered patients leave the
NMCH in Patna on Sunday.
Centre decided to open certain
shops, we are implementing it here
too. Medical stores, grocery stores,
fruits, vegetable shops, dairy will remain
open. Besides this, standalone shops in res-
idential areas, neighbourhood shops will
also open. No shopping complex or market
will open. No shops will open in contain-
ment zones. Apart from that, for the next
one week, till May 3, we are not allowing
anything to open.
—Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Chief Minister
THE DIRECTIVE
STAFFER@ AIIMS, RISHEKESH TESTS+VE
Amaravati: Eighty-
one more COVID-19
cases have been report-
ed from Andhra
Pradesh in the last 24
hours, taking the total
number of cases in the
state to 1097.
According to a me-
dia bulletin released
by Andhra Pradesh
state COVID Nodal Of-
ficer Arja Srikanth, as
many as 6768 samples
are tested in Andhra
Pradesh in the last 24
hours from 9 AM Sat-
urday to 9 AM Sunday.
81 of them are detected
positive for COVID-19.
So far, the total num-
ber of cases in the
state is 1097 and active
cases are 835.
81 MORE CASES IN ANDHRA PRADESH
100 COPS
INFECTED, 2 DIE
Mumbai: More
than 100 cops have
contracted highly
contagious illness,
which has infected
over 26,000 people
in country and killed
at least 800. Two
of these policemen
from Mumbai have
died, the city police
tweeted. “Painful
to know that two
of our policemen
have lost their lives
ﬁghting coronavirus.
Their families will
be supported as per
government's policy,”
said CM Uddhav.
UDDHAV TO INTERACT WITH PM MODI TODAY
STAY SAFE...
A grafﬁti is made on a road in Lucknow to make people aware about the COVID-19 and also to spread the message of staying
indoors during the second phase of the lockdown to stay safe from the deadly Coronavirus. —PHOTO BY ANI

INDIAJAIPUR | MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020
New Delhi: The Chief
of Defence Staff (CDS)
and former Chief of
Army Staff (COAS) of
the Indian Army, Gen-
eral Bipin Rawat, on
Sunday said that the
armed forces personnel
understand their re-
sponsibility at this
time when India is bat-
tling the coronavirus
disease (COVID-19) pan-
demic outbreak.
“As far as defence ser-
vices are concerned, we
do understand our re-
sponsibility that at this
time when the nation is
fighting against COV-
ID-19 menace, the de-
fence services must op-
erate beyond the man-
date and come to the
support of our people
and government in
whatever way we can,”
General Rawat told
news agency ANI.
“In order to do so, we
have to first ensure
that we remain safe
from COVID-19 be-
cause if our own sail-
ors, soldiers and air-
men get affected by
this virus, how are we
going to support our
people. That is why we
have issued very strict
directions on social
distancing, wearing of
masks and ensuring
that people who re-
quire to be in quaran-
tine remain in quaran-
tine,” said the CDS.
He said that the med-
ical directions are be-
ing regularly issued by
the Director-General
Armed Forces Medical
Services (DGAFMS)
and that all meetings
and conferences are
taking place through
video conferencing.
“We are attending
meetings organised by
the Cabinet Secretary
and we are attending
meetings of the Minis-
try of Health. Whatever
directions are coming,
are percolating down to
the rank and file and we
are ensuring that these
reach in the right time
and right manner. This
is very important for us
to maintain strict disci-
pline and patience.
There would be prob-
lems in these challeng-
ing times but we have to
learn to live with them.
It cannot be business as
usual. These are the
times when certain di-
rections have been is-
sued and they have to be
adhered to if we want to
fight the COVID-19 men-
ace. I think our nation
has done well. We will
continue to do well if
the directions issued
from time to time are
adhered to,” he said.
General Rawat, while
referring to the lock-
down, said this is not
the time to be impa-
tient.
“We do know when
the country is under
lockdown and people
are told to stay indoors,
they tend to become im-
patient. This is not the
time to be impatient.
Patience is very impor-
tant to ensure that we
remain disciplined.
Maintaining discipline
in armed forces is not
very difficult as we are
accustomed to being in
discipline but to main-
tain patience is the need
of the hour,” he said
“I am very happy to
inform you that all our
people have download-
ed the Aarogya Setu ap-
plication.” —ANI
‘Beingpatientistheneedofthehour’CDS General Bipin Rawat said that the medical directions are being regularly issued by the DGAFMS
New Delhi: In a major
reshuffle in top bureau-
cracy of the Narendra
Modi government, sen-
ior IAS officers A.K.
Sharma and Tarun Ba-
jaj were on Sunday
moved out of the Prime
Minister’sOffice(PMO).
Bajaj, a 1988-batch
Haryana cadre officer,
has been appointed as
Secretary, Economic Af-
fairs in the Ministry of
Finance and will take
over upon superannua-
tion of incumbent Ata-
nu Chakraborty
on April 30. He is pres-
ently posted as Addi-
tional Secretary in
PMO, said a Ministry of
Personnel order.
Sharma, a 1988-batch
IAS of Gujarat cadre
and also an Additional
Secretary in the PMO,
has been appointed Sec-
retary, Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises
and will take over upon
superannuation of the
present incumbent
Arun Kumar Panda on
April 30. The decision
was taken on Sunday by
the Appointments Com-
mittee of the Cabinet
(ACC) chaired by the
Prime Minister.
As per the order, Sud-
hanshu Pandey will be
new Union Food Secre-
tary, Pradeep Kumar
Tripathi the new Steel
Secretary, Delhi Devel-
opment Authority
(DDA) Vice Chairman
Tarun Kapoor the new
Secretary, Petroleum
and Natural Gas, CBSE
Chairperson Anita Kar-
wal will be the new Sec-
retary, Education and
Literacy, and Rajesh
Bhushan Officer on
Special Duty in Depart-
ment of Health and
Family Welfare.
Union Health Secre-
tary Preeti Sudan has
got a three-month ex-
tension, said a Ministry
of Personnel order. A
1983 batch IAS officer
from the Andhra
Pradesh cadre, she was
to retire from service on
April 30.
The ACC approved
her extension for a pe-
riod of “three months
beyond the date of her
superannuation on
April 30, 2020 or until
further orders, which-
ever is earlier”.
Amit Khare, a
1985-batch IAS officer
of Jharkhand cadre and
currently Secretary,
Higher Education, has
been given additional
charge of the post of
Secretary, Information
and Broadcasting on ap-
pointment of incum-
bent Ravi Mittal as Sec-
retary, Sports.
Ravi Kant, Secretary,
Food and Public Distri-
bution has been ap-
pointed as Secretary,
Ex-Servicemen Welfare
in Ministry of Defence
given the coming super-
annuation of present
incumbentSanjeevanee
Kutty on April 30.
Secretary, New and
Renewable Energy,
Anand Kumar has been
appointed as Secretary,
Culture.
These were among 23
IAS officers of the rank
from Additional Secre-
tary, Special Secretary
and Secretary who were
on Sunday appointed in
various central govern-
ment departments as
part of the bureaucratic
reshuffle.
A total of 10 Indian
Administrative Service
(IAS) officers have been
given in-situ upgrada-
tion to the level of Spe-
cial Secretary in the
rank and pay of Secre-
tary of Central govern-
ment, as a measure per-
sonal to the them, by
temporarily upgrading
the posts held by them.
These are Jyoti Aro-
ra, B Anand, Neel Ka-
mal Darbari, Bidyut
Bihari Swain, Apurva
Chandra, Rajiv Bansal,
Ali Raza Rizvi,
Praveen Kr. Srivasta-
va, Arvind Singh and
Indevar Pandey.
Big bureaucratic reshuffle in Modi govt; AK
Sharma, Tarun Bajaj move out from PMO
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court heard 593
matters via video-con-
ferencing and delivered
judgement in 215 of
them in a month during
the unprecedented na-
tionwide lockdown.
As COVID-19 infec-
tions spread in the
country, the Supreme
Court shut its doors to
litigants and lawyers on
March 23, two days be-
fore the lockdown came
into force, but opened
up to a virtual new way
of functioning, albeit
withareducedstrength.
In normal times, the
apex court dispose of
nearly 3,500 cases on an
average a month. Two-
three benches have been
taking up “urgent” mat-
ters in virtual court-
rooms daily during the
lockdown period as
compared to up to 16
benches hearing cases
in normal times.
A total of 87 benches
heard 593 cases on 17
working days between
Match 23 and April 24.
Though the first
phase of the nationwide
lockdownforcontaining
the spread of coronavi-
rus started on March 25,
the apex court had is-
sued a circular on
March 23 restricting en-
try of advocates and liti-
gants in its premises.
The circular had said
that only matters in-
volving extreme urgen-
cy would be heard by
the top court through
video-conferencing
during the lockdown,
which has now been ex-
tended till May 3. The
data released by the top
court said that as on
April 24, the apex court
had disposed of 84 re-
view petitions.
It said that out of 87
benches, 34 heard main
matterswhile53benches
took up review petitions
for adjudication. The
data said that 390 main
matters, along with 203
connected cases, were
heardduringthisperiod.
It said verdicts were de-
livered in 215 cases, out
of which 174 were con-
nected matters.
SC judges, hearing
matters via vc, have
been provided with in-
ternet connectivity
with speed of up to
100Mbps. —PTI
SC heard 593 matters,
delivered verdicts in
215 cases in lockdown
New Delhi: Days after re-
covering from Corona &
getting discharged
from Lucknow's SGP-
GI, Bollywood singer
Kanika Kapoor said
that “no party was
hosted” by her in
Lucknow and that
there have been sev-
eral “wrong exchanges
of information”
about her. She took
to Instagram to
open up about her
diagnosis —ANI
‘Revamp Corona
testing in country’
India has to scale up testing from
current 40,000 to 1L tests per day
New Delhi: Con-
gress leader Rahul
Gandhi urged PM
Modi to clear “bottle-
necks” and ramp up
coronavirus testing
in the country.
Quoting experts,
Gandhi said “ran-
dom testing is the
key to beating the vi-
rus”. India has to
scale up Covid-19
testing from the cur-
rent 40,000 to one
lakh tests per day, he
said. “Experts agree
that mass random
testing is the key to
beating Corona. In
India, a bottle neck is
stopping us from
scaling testing from
the current 40,000 per
day to 1 lakh tests a
day, for which test
kits are already in
stock. —PTI
As far as defence services
are concerned, we do un-
derstand our responsibil-
ity that at this time when the na-
tion is fighting against COV-
ID-19 menace, the defence services
must operate beyond the man-
date and come to the support of
our people and government in
whatever way we can.
—General Bipin Rawat, CDS
BEING SECURE
New Delhi: DHFL pro-
moters Kapil and
Dheeraj Wadhawan, ac-
cused in the Yes Bank-
DHFL fraud cases, have
been taken into CBI cus-
tody, Maharashtra
home minister Anil
Deshmukh said.
“A #CBI team has tak-
en both Kapil & Dhiraj
Wadhwan into custody.
@SataraPolice has giv-
en them all required as-
sistance & an escort ve-
hicle with 1 3 guard upto
Mumbai on a written
request. The arrest pro-
cedures are going on.
#LawEqualForAll,” the
minister tweeted.
Out on bail since Feb
21, they were placed in
institutional quaran-
tine at Panchgani on
April 9 after they had
traveled from Khandala
family's farmhouse in
Mahabaleshwar violat-
ing lockdown. —PTI
DHFL promoters,
Wadhwan
brothers, taken in
CBI custody
Preeti Sudan
There was no party
hosted by me: Kanika
PM’s agenda...
beyond May 3 to ensure
that coronavirus cases
remain under control.
Though, the exact
time of meeting is yet to
be confirmed, reports
have claimed that the
video meeting could
also focus on a graded
exit from the ongoing
lockdown, which is in
place till May 3.
Bhagwat: India...
The RSS chief also ap-
pealed to the people to
join the government in
this collective effort to
combat COVID-19 and
reach out to everyone
who needs help.
“When the people
were bound by some
rules and guidelines,
they felt that they are
being prohibited from
doing certain things.
RSS made a decision in
March itself and can-
celled all its pro-
grammes till June end,”
he said.
“But some people
might feel that the gov-
ernment is prohibiting
our programmes. We
are working not for the
publicity of our works
but for the betterment
of society. Everyone
should work for the so-
ciety in these hard
times with dedication,”
added Bhagwat.
Emphasising on the
unfortunate incidents
reported amidst
COVID-19 lockdown, he
said: “There is no
dearth of people who
instigate others. It gives
birth to anger. Anger
gives birth to impru-
dence. It gives rise to
extremist acts. We
know that there are
forces which reap bene-
fit out of it and they are
making attempts.” —ANI
A people-driven...
“I urge you not to get
overconfident. You
should in your over-en-
thusiasm not think that
if the coronavirus has
not yet reached your
city, village, street or of-
fice, it is not going to
reach now. Never make
such a mistake. The ex-
perience of the world
tells us a lot in this re-
gard,” he said.
Modi referred to a
popular Hindi idiom
‘Sawdhani hati,
durghatna ghati’ (acci-
dent happens when cau-
tion is lowered) to make
his point. In his 30-min-
uteaddress,Modihailed
states, emergency work-
ers and civil society
groups for their contri-
bution in combating the
pandemic, and said that
the resolve shown by
the people of the coun-
try has led to the begin-
ning of a transforma-
tion with businesses,
offices, educational in-
stitutions, medical sec-
tor rapidly undergoing
new changes.
With the country un-
der a lockdown since
March 24 midnight, he
said India’s people-driv-
enbattleagainstthepan-
demic will be discussed
when the world discuss-
es the crisis later.
“India’s fight against
the coronavirus is peo-
ple-driven in the truest
sense of the term.
Along with people, gov-
ernment and adminis-
tration are fighting it as
well... This is the only
way we can win over
the virus,” he said.
Citing a Sanskrit
shloka, he said. “Fire,
debt and illness, if tak-
en lightly, grow again at
the first opportunity,
assuming dangerous
proportions, so it is im-
portant to treat them
completely. Therefore,
in over-enthusiasm,
there should be no neg-
ligence. We will always
have to remain cau-
tious.” Lauding the con-
tribution of people in
terms of helping the
poor with food and med-
icines, he likened the
exercise with ‘mahay-
agya’ in which every-
body is eager to contrib-
ute. “We are fortunate
that today the whole
country, each and every
citizen of the country,
every person is a sol-
dier in this battle and
also leading the battle,”
he said. India’s decision
to export medicines
needed by several coun-
tries, including devel-
oped nations, has
earned it praise from
world leaders, Modi
said, noting that it did
so as part of its ethos.
FROM PG 1
Mumbai: Mumbai Po-
lice has sent Republic
TV’s Arnab Goswami
two notices in a 12
hour period for imme-
diate interrogation for
questioning Congress
President Sonia Gan-
dhi’s silence on Pal-
ghar sadhu lynching.
According to a state-
ment issued by Gos-
wami, as a law abiding
citizen, he will cooper-
ate with investigation
& will appear for in-
terrogation on Mon-
day. He further urged
Mumbai Police to
show similar alacrity
in investigating the at-
tack on him and his
wife which was car-
ried out on the inter-
vening night of 23rd
and 24th April alleg-
edly by Youth Con-
gress workers over his
remarks on Sonia Gan-
dhi alias Antonia
Maino. He says that
despite his repeated
requests to the Mum-
bai Police to mention
role of Vadra Con-
gress & its leadership
in the attack, the po-
lice has refused to do
so. He has also shared
further facts with
Mumbai Police so that
the role of Vadra Con-
gress is not erased. “I
am sure the Mumbai
Police will not side-
step detailed evidence
available on the role of
the Vadra Congress
and delete the element
of conspiracy and as-
sault in the attack,”
his statement said.
MumPolicesendsArnab2probenotices
Arnab Goswami

TALKING POINTJAIPUR | MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020
his week, readers will see two
maps – one printed in 1947,
when India was still a Domin-
ion and the one published in
1950 when India became a Re-
public, and the description on
the masthead reads INDIA:
Showing the Position of In-
dian States under the New
Constitution. However, this
column will focus on the inte-
gration of the princely states,
asthesearenolongerclubbed
under the very broad catego-
ries of Punjab States, the Ma-
dras States, and the States of
Western, Deccan, Eastern,
and Central states.
Of the 571 states covered
under the doctrine of Para-
mountcy of the Crown, only
nine went to the Dominion of
Pakistan. These included
Bhawalpur, Chitral, Hunza,
Kalat, Khairpur, Kharan, Las
Bela, Mekran, Swat and 562
came to India. The procrasti-
nation of the Ruler of J&K,
the intransigence of the Ni-
zam of Hyderabad, and the
abortive effort of the Jam Sa-
heb of Junagadh to opt for
Pakistan are widely known.
Lesser known is the fact that
the kingdom of Kalat, also
called theKhanateof Kalatin
the Balochistan province of
Pakistan wanted to accede to
India, and even sent their rep-
resentative to call on Maula-
na Abdul Kalam and VP
Menon, the Secretary (later
Adviser) to the Ministry of
States, but India did not ac-
cept the offer, mainly because
this would have gone against
the accepted principles of
geographical continuity and/
or the demographic profile of
the state. India was veering to
the view that while the views
of the Ruler were important,
they could not be the sole rea-
son for determining the ac-
cession of a state to a Domin-
ion. Of greater surprise is the
revelation that Jodhpur was
considering the very ‘tempt-
ing offers’ by Jinnah to join
Pakistan. In a confidential
note, the High Commissioner
of UK at New Delhi wrote to
the Foreign and Common-
wealth Office (FCO ), London:
‘ as you probably know, this is
not the first time that His
Highness( Jodhpur) has been
considering the relative ben-
efits to Jodhpur of accession
to Pakistan, rather than In-
dia. he is said to have been
offered by Mr.Jinnah,certain
facilities, including free use
of the port of Karachi’. In an-
other dispatch, it was report-
ed that Jinnah compared the
Rajputs to Pathans, and said
that all Rajputs will have the
right to bear (personal) arms
without any license through-
out the territory of Pakistan.
The High Commissioner also
mentioned that in turn, Sard-
ar Patel ‘deemed it expedient
to undertake that His High-
ness’s Rajputs should con-
tinue to carry and import
arms without restriction,
that food should be provided,
andthehighestprioritygiven
to the building of a railway
from Jodhpur to Cutch to
open a port .’
We go back to the map of
1950 which gives a much
clearer picture of India, and
all the 562 princely states in
India,covering45%of India’s
area (with a population of 98
million) are clearly integrat-
ed. Raj Pramukhs chosen
from amongst the erstwhile
rulers headed the Union of
States (PEPSU: Patiala and
East Punjab States Union),
Saurashtra (all the twelve sa-
lute states, including Bhavna-
gar, Nawanagar, Junagadh
and the 107 limited jurisdic-
tional states, and 329 non-ju-
risdictionalareas),Rajasthan
Union led by Udaipur, Mad-
hya Bharat (or the Malwa
Union comprising, amongst
others Gwalior and Indore,
but excluding Bhopal) and
Travancore – Cochin. The
larger states: J&K, Hy-
derabad, and Mysore with
their geographical bounda-
ries still intact were also un-
der the Raj Pramukhs. Collec-
tively, these are referred to as
Part B states. This category
(as well as Part C and Part D
states) continued till 1956.
We now come to a category
called Group C states. These
comprised states /groups of
states under a Chief Com-
missioner. While Himachal
Pradesh (erstwhile twenty-
three Punjab Hill states and
Vindhya Pradesh ( thirty-five
states of Bundelkhand and
Baghelkhand with the Ruler
of Rewa as the Rajpramukh)
were created by the merger,
Ajmer, Bilaspur, Coorg,
Cutch, Ajmer, Bhopal, Ma-
nipur, and Tripura retained
their former boundaries.
These, along with Delhi are
part C states. The only Part D
state was Andaman & Nico-
bar Islands, and this was ad-
ministered directly by New
Delhi.
Many other states were
merged with the neighbour-
ing provinces, as for example
Cooch Behar with West Ben-
gal,Banganpallie,andPuduk-
kottai with Tamil Nadu. Oris-
sa got twenty-three states in
addition to Mayurbhanj, and
CP and Berar got another
fourteen. Baroda and Kol-
hapur, along with sixteen ju-
risdictional states from Dec-
can joined Bombay. Pataudi
and Loharu were merged
with East Punjab. Benares,
Rampur, and Tehri Garhwal
were to merge with United
Provinces (UP).
One must also draw the
reader’s attention to the Un-
ion of Matsya states ( Alwar,
Bharatpur, Dholpur, and Ka-
rauli ) and Rajputana ( nine
states including Bikaner,
Jaipur, and Jodhpur) which
were so short-lived that they
never appeared on any map
of India, for by the time the
1950 map was printed, these
had all merged into the Union
of Rajasthan. It may also be
mentioned that the Rajpra-
mukh of Madhya Bharat and
the Governors of Assam and
Central Provinces and Berar
had special responsibilities
with regard to the large trib-
al-dominated tracts as the
delegated charter of the Un-
ion of India.
How were these states to be
administered?Thelegalbasis
was derived from the Extra-
Provincial Jurisdiction Act
1947 (now repealed), which
enables the Government of
India to exercise the neces-
sary power in States where,
underanagreement,jurisdic-
tion, power, and authority are
transferred to the Govern-
ment of India. As the report
of the Ministry of States
(1949) put it: this procedure is,
as well be readily seen, is a
half-way house between com-
plete separateness and full
integration.
We now come to Sikkim
and Bhutan. In an internal
report published by the Com-
monwealthRelationsOfficein
January 1949 under the title
‘Indian States–Developments
sincetheTransferof Powerin
August 1947 – the description
forthesestatesintheRemarks
column reads ‘ Himalayan
state whose status is some-
what dissimilar from others.
Agreements whereby, under
Treatyobligations,theforeign
policy and external relations
are subordinated to that of
India are likely to continue.
Incidentally, following ma-
jor unrest in Sikkim, the ad-
ministration of the state had
come under India for a brief
period in 1948-49, but the Cho-
gyal (as the temporal cum
spiritual head of Sikkim was
called) resumed his adminis-
tration before India became a
Republic. Twenty-five years
later Sikkim first became an
Associate state, and then a
full-fledged state of the Indi-
an Union.
THE INTEGRATION OF PRINCELY STATES
The column focuses on the integration of the princely states, as these are no
longer clubbed under the very broad categories of Punjab States, the Madras
States, and the States of Western, Deccan, Eastern, and Central states
IAS & Director, Lal
Bahadur Shastri
National Academy
of Administration
Mussoorie and
Honorary Curator,
Valley of Words:
Literature and
Arts Festival,
Dehradun
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Nodal Officers appointed
to handle separate states
JavadekarassuresNBF
tolookintokeyissues
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur:Workinground
the clock to bring
stranded Rajasthanis
back from other states,
the Gehlot govern-
ment has formed a
team making IAS and
other officers as nodal
officers, in order to
ease the process of
bringing Rajasthanis
back. Chief Secretary
DB Gupta being the
chairman of the State
Executive Committee
of Disaster Manage-
ment, has issued two
separate orders and
fixed the responsibili-
ty of these officers.
CM Gehlot’s repeated
requestsfromtheCentre
and detailed guidelines
issued by Union Home
Ministry on April 19, fi-
nally led to the State Ex-
ecutive Committee of
Disaster Management
sending different offi-
cials to migrants strand-
ed in different states,
with one point order - to
bring people back home.
Owing to a large
number of IAS and IPS
being from various
states of the nation, the
government has given
them responsibility
to handle the issue in
their parent state for
the simple reason
that they would have
good connect with lo-
cals in these states.
These officers will not
only solve the problem
of Rajasthani workers
trapped in the bound
states by establishing
rapport with the respec-
tive state governments
departments and agen-
cies, but will also ensure
to provide water, food
and other assistance to
the workers of other
states trapped in Ra-
jasthan. One major as-
pect of this develop-
ment is that the offi-
cials will have to
strictly enforce the
safety and medical
protocols of screening
and social distancing.
First India News
Jaipur: Nearly six
daysback,NewsBroad-
casters Federation
(NBF) had requested
Information and
Broadcasting (I&B)
Minister Prakash Ja-
vadekarforanappoint-
mentforavideoconfer-
ence to apprise him of
important and press-
ing issues before the
media industry amidst
the ongoing lockdown
due to COVID-19. On
Sunday, the I&B min-
ister and the NBF
Governing Board
held a video confer-
ence to discuss on the
‘Comprehensive
Stimulus Package
for News Broadcast-
ers’ which NBF had
submitted earlier.
After an hour long
discussion on the
various challenges,
the minister assured
that he would look
into the key issues
impacting the larger
section of news
broadcasters. Ja-
vadekar has given a
positive response to
look into the reduction
in charges for satellite
and bandwidth and
treating FTA News
channels separate
from GECs and pay
channels, and consid-
ering them as a pre-
ferredmediumforpub-
lic awareness cam-
paignsduring‘Combat
COVID-19’ period.
Sources divulge that
the biggest assurance
has been of the minis-
try in consultation
with MCA will consid-
er advertisement
spending on public
awareness campaigns
as CSR activity.
“Among television
industry, only news
broadcasters are on
toes 24/7 and govern-
ment could come up
withspecialpackageto
boostmoraleof ‘media
warrior’. Media war-
riors serving selflessly
should be incentivised
through special pack-
ages, rebate and other
avenuespossible.State
government should
differentiate be-
tween pay channels
and FTA to support
them as FTA chan-
nels are dependent
only on one stream
of revenue whereas
as they operate on
same expenses at par
with pay channels,”
said Mahipal Singh,
Convener NBF.
Srinagar: As many as
376 students from
Jammu and Kashmir,
who were stranded in
Rajasthan’s Kota,
would return to the
Union Territory on
Monday as all ar-
rangements have been
finalised, officials
said. “376 J&K students
in Kota set to return to-
morrow. All arrange-
ments finalised. This
follows recent return of
students and others who
were in Jaisalmer and
other places. Appeal:
Please be patient. Govt
is working hard to facili-
tate all,” government
spokesperson Rohit
Kansal said in a tweet.
While he gave no fur-
ther details, officials
said the students, who
were stranded in Kota
due to the nationwide
lockdown imposed to
curb the spread of coro-
navirus, left the Ra-
jasthan town on Sunday
in Jammu and Kashmir
State Road Transport
Corporation buses and
were expected to reach
home on Monday. —PTI
Jodhpur: A couple in
Jodhpur tied the knot
at a temple with the
families witnessing
the rituals via video
conference.
The couple, however,
followed all the preven-
tivemeasures,including
wearing masks. “My
grandfather is ill and he
wanted the wedding to
beperformedonthedate
that was fixed before the
lockdown. Social dis-
tancing norms were fol-
lowed during the wed-
ding,”saidgroomVarun
Dhadhania.
They also have do-
nated Rs 4 lakh to PM
National Relief Fund
and Rs 1.01 lakh to
CM COVID-19 Fund.
In another ceremony
in Delhi, Naresh Ahlu-
walia,approachedpolice
requesting them to help
himandhisfamilyreach
Arya Samaj Mandir in
Greater Kailash-I for his
son Kaushal’s wedding.
“The wedding was fixed
3-4monthsago,allprepa-
rations had been done.
They were facing a lot of
trouble,theyapproached
ourseniors,tookpermis-
sion from the SHO and
after his consent, the po-
licehelpedtheminwhat-
ever way they could,”
said ACP (Kalkaji) Go-
vind Sharma. —ANI
Dholpur: A magician
who once captivated
the audience and re-
ceived thunderous ap-
plause for his mes-
merizing tricks is
now forced to sell veg-
etables in the congest-
ed lanes of Dholpur
district. The coronavi-
rus pandemic has
brought tough times for
38-year-old Raju Mahor
alias RJ Samrat Ja-
dugar, forcing him to
become a vegetable ven-
dor leaving behind his
15 years of profession
as a magician.
Hailing from Ra-
jakhera town of Dhol-
pur, which shares
border with Uttar
Pradesh and Madhya
Pradesh, Mahor’s sto-
ry resembles that of
many others whose
lives have taken a hit
due to the deadly pan-
demic and the subse-
quent lockdown
across the country.
The coronavirus crisis
has shut my entire busi-
ness. Over a dozen staff
members who worked
with me are now sitting
at home due to the lock-
down. When I thought
about paying house
rent and run my family,
I did not see any other
option but to sell vege-
tables, Mahor said. —PTI
I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar —FILE PHOTO
JUSTICE MOHD RAFIQ TO TAKE OATH TODAY
Newly appointed Chief Justice of
Orissa HC Justice Mohammed
Rafiq left for Bhubaneshwar from
Jaipur Airport on Sunday at 11
am with his family in a special
aircraft of Orissa government. He
was accompanied by wife Seema
Rafiq, son Naved Rafiq, Daughter-
in-law Sana and grandson Master
Shahzil. HC Registrar Nirmal
Singh Medatwal,Academic
registrar Bharatbhushan Gupta
and protocol officer Mukesh
Sharma were also present at
the airport. Justice Mohammed
Rafiq will be sworn in as the
31st Chief Justice of Orissa High
Court on Monday at 9 am. Orissa
Governor Prof Ganeshilal Mathur
will administer the oath in the
auditorium near Raj Bhavan.
—PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
CS DB Gupta, issued 2 separate orders and fixed responsibility of these officers
Jodh couple ties knot,
families take part via
video conference
Corona woes: Dholpur
magician now sells
veggies in dingy lanes
376 students
set to return
to J&K from
Kota on Mon
Coronavirus has brought tough times for Raju Mahor alias RJ
Samrat Jadugar.
Nizam Kantaliya
Jaipur: On the instruc-
tion of Senior Judge of
Rajasthan HC and Exec-
utive Chairman of RAL-
SA, Justice Sangeet Lod-
ha,medicalexamination
of a minor rape victim
was carried out as well
her 12-week fetus was
also aborted. The girl
was also pro-
vided financial
assistance of
Rs 1.5 lakh.
A 15-year-old
girl went miss-
ing on Novem-
ber 20, 2019
from Amet po-
lice station area. After
her family members re-
ported the matter, police
started the
search. On find-
ing the girl, it
was found that
she was raped
and was preg-
nant.Afterthat,
District Legal
Services Au-
thority referred the mat-
ter to RALSA Chairman.
On RALSA Chairman’s
directions, a team coun-
seled girl and her family
and provided all kinds of
medical facilities. Doc-
tors of the medical col-
lege had reported the girl
being 12 weeks pregnant.
Amidst the lockdown,
Justice Lodha made spe-
cial arrangements for all
facilitiesandtransportto
the minor rape victim.
Justice Lodha instructs to terminate rape
victim’s pregnancy, provides `1.5 lakh aid
Justice Sangeet Lodha
Officer (State)
z IAS P Ramesh and IPS Janga
Srinivasa Rao (Andhra Pradesh)
z IAS Dr. Om Prakash (Assam)
z IAS Naveen Mahajan and
IPS Bhupendra Sahu (Gujarat)
z IAS Hemant Kumar Gera (Haryana)
z IPS Dinesh MN (Karnataka)
z IPS Biju George Joseph (Kerala)
z IAS K Pathak (Madhya Pradesh)
z IPS Sunil Dutt (Punjab)
z IAS Bhaskar Sawant and IPS Chu-
naram Jat (Maharashtra)
z IAS Bishnu Charan Malik and
IPS UR Sahu (Orissa)
z IAS R Venkateswaran and
V Saravanan Kumar (Tamil Nadu)
z IAS Pravin Gupta (Uttar Pradesh)
z IPS Sanjay Aggarwal (Uttarakhand)
z IAS Ashwini Bhagat (West Bengal)
BRINGING RAJASTHANIS HOME
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Health Minis-
ter Dr Raghu Sharma
has said that the state
government is in pro-
cess of developing a
mechanism to bring
back non-resident Ra-
jasthani and Ra-
jasthani workers
stranded in other
states without break-
ing the social distanc-
ing norms. Dr Sharma
informed that Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
himself was mulling
over the issue with of-
ficers. Advertisements
to this effect have been
released in other states.
The incoming Ra-
jasthani people will
be isolated, home
quarantined or will
be quarantined insti-
tutionally as per the
situation.
Sharma expressed
his satisfaction on
measures taken by the
government to control
the spread of virus in-
fection in the state. “Ef-
fective steps by the
health department
have ensured that the
rate of infection has
drastically reduced
after 14 April. Earlier
the rate of doubling
of Corona infection
was 8 days which is 12
days now,” informed
the health minister fur-
ther adding, “Had the
rate been unchecked
then there would be
3400 infected persons as
of now.”
He said there were
hardly any states
which have controlled
the pandemic so effec-
tively with so many
tests. Elaborating the
situation Sharma said
that there are 6.60 lakh
people in the state who
are home quarantined
while approximately
33,000 were quaran-
tined institutionally
with 1,143 infected ad-
mitted to various hospi-
tals.
“So far 518 corona pa-
tients have turned neg-
ative after treatment
and 244 have already
been discharged after
full recovery. Rajasthan
was only state to have
tested 83,000 samples.
Government is increas-
ing testing capacity
and has capacity of
5256 tests per day. Gov-
ernment has already
ordered COBAS 8800
machine for Jaipur &
Jodhpur which will en-
able 3-4000 extra tests
every day. Government
is also seriously trying
to increase testing fa-
cilities in other parts
of the state,” Dr Shar-
ma said.
Mechanism being drawn to bring back stranded Rajasthanis
Jain Social Group Topaz Charitable Trust donated 400 PPE Kits to Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma.
n Incoming people will be isolated
or home quarantined
n Good News: From 8 days,
infection now doubling in 12 days
CS DB Gupta —FILE PHOTO

ringes or tassels are no
longer just an over the
top fashion statement,
they are actually very
versatile tucked on to
clothes and accesso-
ries. It is a definite fun
element and is quite literally
hanging almost everywhere we
look, right from tassel shoes,
earrings, neckpieces, bracelets,
handbags, headbands, and of
course clothes like dresses, top,
skirts, bralette, saree, blouse,
lehenga etc.
Not just today, this embel-
lishment has been in and out
of fashion for well over a hun-
dred years. Since ancient
times, they have been used as
ornaments to enhance the
beauty of clothing worn by
both men and women.
Bollywood seems
to be a big fan of
fringes, how
can we for-
get the
beau-
tiful dance number ‘Zara Zara
Touch Me’ by Katrina Kaif, in
which the B-wood beauty daz-
zled in blue tassel dress and
later Kat was seen grooving in
a white-sliver fringe dress on
the song ‘Malang’.
This isn’t it! Many other di-
vas ooze oomph in a fringe
dress including Nora Fatehi in
the song ‘Dilbar’, Jacqueline
Fernandez in the reprised ver-
sion of ‘Ek Do Teen’ and Disha
Patani in her latest item song
‘Do You Love Me’ among oth-
ers. Priyanka Chopra Jonas
was looking nothing less than
a goddess in golden tassels in
the track ‘Asalaam-e-Ishqum’.
Interestingly, even in the
current scenario, this piece of
art has been adopted by males
too, as Billy Porter incorpo-
rated tassels to his mechani-
cal hat to add an extra
dramatic touch at
Grammys last year.
In-fact, these
hangings in combination with
cowrie shells, coins, lead and
glass beads, mirrors and but-
tons, have successfully caught
eyeballs on runways, awards
shows, parties or any kind of
celebrations.
Well, for a fact, be it a sum-
mer or winter fashion, tassels
are incredibly easy to amal-
gamate into your wardrobe.
You can spot it being used in a
variety of styles, from rugged
suede jackets to glamorous
party dresses, from the sleeves
of a leather jacket to your sa-
ree blouse, from subtly accent-
ing the hem of a skirt to saree
pallu or scarf, from fringy flats
to jazzy heels, from handbags
to jewellery, the chic astound-
ing trend is winning all sea-
sons. And, since, we are under
lockdown; it is the right time
to give our wardrobe a tassel
touch. Take inspiration from
your favourite icons and put
the lockdown into tassel mode!
Bollywood seems
to be a big fan of
fringes, how
can we for-
get the
beau-
rated tassels to his mechani-
cal hat to add an extra
dramatic touch at
Grammys last year.
In-fact, these
TASSEL
DAZZLE!
JAIPUR, MONDAY
APRIL 27, 2020
Making their way back into the fashion scene embellished
tassels have taken the world by storm
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ADITI SHARMA, Model
YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
On professional front, you
have already proved your
metal and your career is
going great. Your friends
may be helping but can also
manipulate you sometimes so be
careful. Those who matters will
always understand you and those who
don’t, you should not care.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Money is flowing into your
life from all directions and
your spouse is your lucky
charm. You must not be a
part of any controversies and you
know someone close to you involved
then guide them and show them a
way out. A new vehicles is on cards,
may also come as a gift.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
You are on with your
fitness regime and you will
surely get the results you
desperately desire. Going
abroad for settlement is on cards and
you must start with your
preparations. On domestic front, you
will be quite in demand and lots of
things will keep you busy.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Those involved in export and
import business will see a
hike. You will complete all
your pending task today.
You will manage to sustain a peaceful
environment. You will be very busy
today, as you can expect some calls
from friends today. You will at ease
sponsor your kid’s dream education.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
You may feel challenged on
work front but its an
healthy competition which
will help you realise your
true potential. On domestic front, do
not indulge in any kind of argument
with your parents just for the sake of
it, sometime you need to understand
their concern.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
You are an outstanding
home maker and you take
care of your kids like no one
can. You are very close to
your parents and may visit them
frequently going forward. On
professional front, you will get the
break that you have been expecting.
You may get a job offer.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
You may feel financially
secure but your ambitions
have take away your sleep
of the night, try and relax
and sometime take it easy. You will
soon meet a friend who can
understand you and whose company
will make you happy. Remember
somethings take time.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
You are great when it come
to money management and
you have a big heart for
others. You will success-
fully complete the project, which kept
you occupying for long. Today is a
very auspicious day for any kind of
inauguration. You will be involved in
lot of charity.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You are very jovial and
kind hearted person. You
are a very nice parent and
always understand your
kids but you must know when to
stop pampering. You may bring a pet
to your house and it will be the best
decision in the recent times. You may
feel a lot of pressure from family.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Your new business is
doing good but you need
to have some patience
when it comes to profit.
Your child may need your serious
counselling so show them you are
there. You make take your family
along on a work trip. Its time to take
your love life to next level.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
You may find yourself in a
very perplexed position
when it comes to money,
unable to decide whether
to spend money on fun to have an
image in your circle or to be an odd
one out. Your teachers will be
extremely impressed with you. You
will enjoy your parents company.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You will feel very refresh
and energetic today. You
worry without any reason
so relax and enjoy what
you have. You may get an unexpect-
ed career call that will change your
life forever. Your spouse will pamper
you in many ways today. You are
very satisfied with everything.
Nothing is PermanentNothing is
few weeks ago, I was
very busy with a full-
time job, some part-
time writing gigs, and
interiors of my new
house. The kids had
their exams, my husband was
working day and night shifts and
my mother in law was keeping
company to a constant stream of
guests. I was getting a little wist-
ful and wanted some time for
each other at home. My husband
had often said to “ be careful
about what you wish for”. But
come-on, none of us saw this
coming. To be fair, having the
house literally to myself, with
everyone inside 24x7, without
maids wasn’t exactly my plan.
It’s been more than a month
now since we are all homebound
due to the Coronavirus. I have
kept my self-entertained for the
initial weeks of quarantine. I
cooked a lot, attended Zoom tam-
bolas, Bollywood games, and
watched Ramayana until the
point “mangal bhavan amangal
haari” echoed even in my sleep.
I personally took it upon myself
to awaken my inner enlighten-
ment. To accomplish that I devel-
oped a new skill set, read, medi-
tated, and spent quality time
with children. But now the rep-
etition of cooking, cleaning,
washing is making me feel cap-
tive. My usual Monday Blues
have a whole new meaning when
I assume my multi-handed ava-
tar of a goddess with blue bottles
of Harpic, Lysol, Colin, Dettol,
and Surf each morning. The
words sweeping and swabbing
have become weeping and sob-
bing for me.
My husband encourages me
satirically for getting pro at
“maid in India”. He wishes to see
me happy and smiling. But I
complain that he is a typical In-
dian male not used to help in
domestic chores. He gets up to do
something. The most he could
manage is to take a circuitous
route to the bathroom to not
crash upon my angry goddess
avatar. I continue murmuring
how my teenage son has become
disrespectful and the seven-year-
old hasn’t learned to clean up.
Yes, there is gratitude for hav-
ing a job, a constant supply of
food, everyone in the family be-
ing healthy, and a stack
of toilet paper that is
yet to be used. I once
read in a book “when
there are no real prob-
lems to deal with we
make imaginary
ones”. I have a ten-
dency to feel
trapped, to sense a
false permanence
in the present sit-
uation. I start to
think that the
way things are to-
day would be my
life forever. I forget that life
changes.
When at peace I recall the
time when I was a young moth-
er. How the days passed slowly
but the years flew by. I did enjoy
mothering babies often enough,
but I didn’t have to feel joy while
changing the diapers and clean-
ing food bits from the floor. I
have forgotten those things to-
day and only remember the
rush of affection I had for my
babies. The way I’d sniff their
heads and say things like “I
could eat you up.
This too shall pass and one
day maids will ring the morning
bell, I would go to work, write,
complete my undone house and
guests will pour in. Within no
time I will start to complain
about my original reasons for
busyness. Is it yet time to get
back into that grind, I ponder?
It’s an emotional whiplash to
go from wishing for a few more
weeks with the family to being
tired of all the domestic work
created from their presence. But
one day when this is over what
will probably be left to remem-
ber is my long talk with my
13-year-old son who was a fresh
victim of the trauma of pu-
berty, the snakes and lad-
ders with my 7 year old
and the status of being
the only companion of
husband. I will have
good memories
when I look at this
chapter of life as
much as much as I
hate the reason for
it. But for now, I
won’t force my-
self to enjoy
every minute,
because I
know I won’t.
I’ll just re-
mind my-
self- This
isn’t forever.
This too
shall pass.
Nothing isNothing ising healthy, and a stack
of toilet paper that is
yet to be used. I once
read in a book “when
there are no real prob-
lems to deal with we
make imaginary
ones”. I have a ten-
dency to feel
trapped, to sense a
false permanence
day would be my
When at peace I recall theWhen at peace I recall the
time when I was a young moth-
er. How the days passed slowly
but the years flew by. I did enjoy
mothering babies often enough,
but I didn’t have to feel joy while
changing the diapers and clean-
ing food bits from the floor. I
have forgotten those things to-
day and only remember the
rush of affection I had for my
babies. The way I’d sniff their
heads and say things like “I
This too shall pass and one
day maids will ring the morning
bell, I would go to work, write,
complete my undone house and
guests will pour in. Within no
When at peace I recall the
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