First india jaipur edition-25 april 2020
- 1. CORONA ALERT JAIPUR l SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2020 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 318 24°C - 37°C OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR & AHMEDABAD www.firstindia.co.in www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/ thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia instagram.com/thefirstindia COVID-19 UPDATE RAJASTHAN 32 DEATHS 2,034 CONFIRMED CASES USA 903,773 50,988 +752 SPAIN 219,764 22,524 +367 ITALY 192,994 25,969 +420 GERMANY 154,159 5,653 +78 UK 143,464 19,506 +768 TURKEY 104,912 2,600 +109 IRAN 88,194 5,574 +93 CHINA 82,804 4,632 +2 RUSSIA 68,622 615 +60 COUNTRY TOTAL TOTAL NEW CASES DEATHS DEATHS GLOBAL STATE OF AFFAIRS WWW.WORLDOMETERS.INFO LAST UPDATED: APRIL 24, 2020, 11:00 PM SAMPLE RECEIVED SAMPLE NEGATIVE 4,317 UNDER EXAMINATION 74,484 IN RAJASTHAN DISTRICT TOTAL NEW TOTAL CASES CASES DEATH AJMER 106 — — ALWAR 7 — 1 BANSWARA 61 — — BARMER 2 — — BHARATPUR 107 +1 1 BHILWARA 33 — 2 BIKANER 37 — 1 CHURU 14 — — DAUSA 21 — — DHOLPUR 1 — — DUNGARPUR 5 — — HANUMANGARH 10 — — JAIPUR 776 +36 18 JAISALMER 34 — — JHALAWAR 24 +4 — JHUNJHUNU 41 — — JODHPUR 316 +6 2 KARAULI 3 — — KOTA 144 +22 3 NAGAUR 93 — 1 PALI 3 +1 — PRATAPGARH 2 — — SWAI MADHOPUR 8 — — SIKAR 4 — 1 TONK 115 — 1 UDAIPUR 4 — — OTHER DIST. 0 — 1(UP) TOTAL 1971 +70 32 OTHER (Italy) 2 — — EVACUEES 61 — — GRAND TOTAL 2034 +70 32 68,133 CORONA IN RAJASTHAN Corona situation is deteriorating in state as 4 more people died of the infection in last 24 hours in Jaipur. With this, 32 people have died due to infection in the state so far. On the other hand, 70 new cases were reported on Friday. P3 Mukesh Ambani’s Rs 5crore booster for CM relief fund! Naresh Sharma Jaipur: Startedwiththe prime objective of pro- viding relief to the pub- lic for the ongoing Coro- na crisis, the Chief Min- ister Covid-19 Relief fund received a major shot in the arm when leadingindustrialistand businesstycoonMukesh Ambani donated five crore rupees to the fund. By Friday, the fund had swelled to 225.70 crore rupees and after the do- nation by Mukesh Am- bani, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot thanked him for the gen- erosity. “Thank you Sh. Mukesh Ambani, Smt. Nita Ambani and Reli- ance Industries Limited foryourtimelycontribu- tion of rupees five crore to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for fighting #COVID19 crisis,” Ge- hlot tweeted. Notably, people from across the length and breadth of Rajasthan appreciated theAmbanifamily’sges- ture. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has started preparing for his third video con- ference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi scheduled on 27th April. Gehlot will pro- vide grass-root feed- back and suggestions to PM Modi on the preva- lent scenario amid lock- down and future course of action as the modi- fied lockdown is set to end on 3rd May. For the purpose, Ge- hlot has taken feedback from Chief Secretary DB Gupta, ACS Home Rajeeva Swarup and ACS Medical Rohit Ku- mar Singh and started his preparations for Ra- jasthan’s presentation. Notably, highly placed sources reveal that Ge- hlot is yet again going to raise the issue of stranded labourers in the VC with PM. The Chief Minister could also raise the issue of people left without food grains even through covered under the pur- view of Food Security Act. Turn on P6 Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Nita and Mukesh Ambani The picturesque Pir Panjal ranges can be seen at the backdrop of Dargah Hazratbal in Kashmir on Friday. A day ahead of the beginning of the holy month of Ramzan, an eerie calm has descended at the shrine, following lockdown prompted by the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile with the sighting of the moon, the first Roza of the month will be on April 25. PM Narendra Modi has extended his greetings to the people on the occasion of Ramzan. —ANI RAMZAN MUBARAK New Delhi: The govern- ment said on Friday the nationwide lockdown an- nounced by Prime Minis- ter Narendra Modi was a timely step, without which there would have been an estimated one lakh COVID-19 cases in India by now. In a press briefing, of- ficials said the virus out- break is under control in the country and credited a robust surveillance net- work along with imple- mentation of the lock- down and other contain- ment measures for it. Of the 11 empowered groups formed to suggest measures to ramp up healthcare, put the econ- omy back on track and reduce misery of people once the lockdown is lift- ed, chairman of Empow- ered Group One and Niti Ayog member V K Paul said according to their analysis, lockdown has been effective in slowing the rate at which COV- ID-19 cases is doubling in India, and it now stands at 10 days. “If we go back to March 21, the cases were dou- bling in around three days. An important turn came on March 23 after the Janata Curfew had happened. The direction changed and the doubling rate increased to five. By then, we had already put in place travel restric- tions and had created an environment of social distancing. Turn on P6 LOCKDOWNCONTAINED CORONAMARCH:GOVT New Delhi: The corona- virus pandemic has taught the country “to be self-reliant and self- sufficient” and not look for solutions abroad, Prime Minister Naren- draModitoldgrassroots leaders on Friday as he stressed that every vil- lage, district and state should be able to pro- vide for its basic needs. Applauding people for their grit in fighting the COVID-19 outbreak, Modi said the collective power of villages is helping country move forward and compli- mented the rural India for its simple and moti- vating mantra of Do Gaz Ki Doori to popu- larise social distancing. The slogan given by the rural India showed the wisdom of the peo- ple , he said. PM said skills and knowledge of people are put to test during the time of a crisis, but India’s villages have displayed the best of their efforts to fight the pandemic. Turn on P6 PM Modi salutes gritty rural india Delhi-Meerut Expressway wears a deserted look during nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against spread of COVID-19—ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with Sarpanchs from across the nation via video conferencing, on the occasion of Panchayati Raj Diwas in New Delhi on Friday. —ANI UP TO BRING HOME STRANDED MIGRANT LABOURERS Lucknow: The UP government will bring back labourers strand- ed in other states because of the coronavirus-forced lockdown, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Friday, and directed of- ficials to prepare an action plan in this regard. At a review meeting with senior officers here, Yogi asked them to prepare a list of people stuck in other states and have completed 14-day quaran- tine there so that they can return home in a phased manner. TIGRESS DIES IN DELHI ZOO, SAMPLES SENT FOR CORONA TESTING New Delhi: A tigress died in Delhi Zoo on Wednesday due to “kidney failure” and authori- ties have sent her samples for coronavirus testing. The 14-year- old big cat named Kalpana died around on Wednesday evening and the carcass was cremated on Thursday following direction to minimize human-animal interface, an official from the Environment Ministry said. Tigress had grown frail. Post-mortem revealed high creatinine levels, the official said. New Delhi: Centre on Friday said COVID-19 situation is especially serious in major or emerging hot- spot areas including Ahmedabad, Surat, Hyderabad and Chennai. Home Ministry said that violations of lockdown measures reported in some parts of the country pose a serious health hazard to public and may lead to the spread of COVID-19. Earlier home ministry sent four interministerial teams to Gujarat, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to asses the ground situation. —ANI SITUATION ESPECIALLY SERIOUS IN 4 CITIES: MHA India has the least number of corona positive cases among some major countries at 5 lakh COVID-19 tests mark, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. “At the 5 lakh tests mark, India has of the least number of COVID-positives among some major countries,” the Prime Minister tweeted. He further informed that NaMo app users can now see interesting facts and steps taken by the Centre to contain corona spread. Apart from Rs5 crore contribution by Reliance Industries, on Friday, Bhansali Engineers Polymers Limited deposited one crore rupees to the fund as did the SS Jain Subodh Shiksha Samiti. Jai Club Jaipur donated five lakh rupees and a same amount was deposited by Rajasthan State Real Estate Development while Akshat Apartment Private Limited deposited 2.21 lakh rupees and Golden Dunes Builders and Developers, Manglam Build Developers and Khandelwal Vaishya Charitable Trust Kota all deposited one lakh rupees each. Notably, ex-serviceman Mahaveer Singh too donated his one month’s pension of over seventeen thousand rupees towards the CM Relief Fund. Additionally, five lakh rupees has been donated by Bank of Maharashtra, 1.01 lakh rupees donated by Mansoori Samaj Sansthan and 1.21 lakh rupees by Bahuddeshiya Samudayik Swasthya Karyakarta Samiti. INDIA HAS LEAST COVID CASES: PM CM COVID RELIEF FUND REACH `225 CRORE India would have had over one lakh COVID-19 cases by now if containment strategies like lockdown & robust surveillance network was not put in place PANCHAYATI RAJ DIVAS WORLD 1,95,153 DEATHS 28,00,262 CONFIRMED CASES INDIA 780 DEATHS 24,447 CONFIRMED CASES
- 2. NEWSJAIPUR | SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2020 02www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia World leaders launch WHO plan to curb Corona, US not involved GuvMishraremembersnational poetDinkaronhisdeathanniv Jaipur Airport handles medical emergency flights Dotasaraholdsmeet withdistrictofficers Raj assembly sets up Corona control room ACS Singh assures all round medical facilities World leaders pledged on Friday to accelerate work on tests, vaccines against Corona Zurich: World leaders pledged on Friday to ac- celerate work on tests, drugs and vaccines against COVID-19 and to share them around the globe, but the Unit- ed States did not take part in the launch of the WHO initiative. French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor An- gela Merkel and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa were among those who joined a video conference to launch what the WHO had billed as a “land- mark collaboration” to fight the pandemic. The aim is to speed development of safe and effective drugs, tests and vaccines to prevent, diagnose and treat COVID-19, the lung disease caused be the novel coronavirus - and ensure equal access to treatments for rich and poor. “We are facing a com- mon threat which we can only defeat with a common approach,” WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghe- breyesus said as the vir- tual meeting got under way. “Experience has told us that even when tools are available they have not been equally avail- able to all. We cannot allow that to happen.” European Commis- sion President Ursula von der Leyen said that the objective at a global pledging effort in early May would be to raise 7.5 bn euros to ramp up work on prevention, di- agnostics and treat- ment. —Agencies First India News Jaipur: On Friday, Gov- ernor Kalraj Mishra re- membered the national poet Ramdhari Singh Dinkar on his death an- niversary and said that Dinkar aroused the con- sciousness of patriot- ism among the people with his magnificent works. Mishra also con- gratulated the people of state on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj day, Akha Teej and Parshuram Jayanti. Mishra said that the soul of India resides in the villages. Villages are our strength and the deep roots of democra- cy are strengthened here as a panchayat. He added that festival Ak- shay Tritiya is celebrat- ed in Vaisakh month. On this day, Lord Parshuram was incar- nated, so his birth anni- versary is also celebrat- ed on Akshaya Tritiya. He also said that we need to celebrate the fes- tivals from our homes this time. First India News Sikar: The corona posi- tive cases in Sikar dis- trict have raised every- one’s concern. On Fri- day, MoS for Education Govind Singh Dotasara took a meeting of dist level officers in the Col- lectorate auditorium. In the meeting, Do- tasara said that the ra- tion of mid-day meals kept in schools could be used when required. The Dist Collector has talked about issuing or- ders on the same soon. While discussing the condition in Sikar, Do- tasara took complete information and said that it is our responsi- bility to motivate peo- ple to stay in homes at this time, rather than intimidate them. Some steps are still needed to save livestock from this disease. It is a good thing that social organi- sations are also coming in support in the fight against the pandemic, minister added further. Jaipur: The Rajasthan assembly will set up a COVID-19 control room that will coordinate with those in the Lok Sabha and other state assemblies, according to an official release is- sued on Friday. The control room was established after a vid- eo conference of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Bir- la with presiding offic- ers of state assemblies, it said. The control room will coordinate with the control room of the Lok Sabha and other state assemblies for ex- change of information and to work on the problems of migrant labourers, the release said. Rajasthan assembly secretary Pramil Ku- mar Mathur issued an order to set up the con- trol room, it said. —PTI First India News Jaipur: Additional Chief Secretary of the Medical and Health De- partment Rohit Kumar Singh informed that dedicated COVID-19 hospitals have been es- tablished for the treat- ment of patients. But the availability of other medical facilities be- sides coronavirus is also being ensured in the state. Under non-corona es- sential services, ar- rangements have been made to provide deliv- ery, maternal, newborn, child & adolescent health, & dialysis etc. facilities round the clock like before. For this, delivery rooms, newborn care units, postnatal wards, etc. are being set up in separate medical institutions, along with availability of doctors and trained nursing staff. Singh added that healthy peo- ple have been donating blood so that there is no shortage of blood in the hour of need. We will continue now to mo- bilise all G7 and G20 countries so they get behind this initiative. And I hope we’ll man- age to reconcile around this joint initiative both China and the US. —Emmanuel Macron, French President Governor Kalraj Mishra Govind Singh Dotasara along with officials during the meeting. Dissecting the astrological prediction French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, DG of WHO and other world leaders about the coronavirus outbreak during a VC at the Elysee Palace in Paris. A LONG WAY TO GO IN CORONA BATTLE Women health workers cross an empty street at Badi Chaupar area in Jaipur on hot Friday afternoon, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of Coronavirus. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR Kashiram Choudhary Jaipur: The lockdown in the country has com- pleted a month now & the operation of air ser- vices has also been sus- pended for the last one month. Despite this, Jaipur Airport adminis- tration is fully alert to operate emergency ser- vices. In this duration, only emergency servic- es have been operating from here. Certain spe- cial flights are being al- lowed to operate during lockdown, including medical and transport of relief material etc. As of now, a dozen flights have been oper- ated from Jaipur Air- port. Half a dozen flights are for sending patients from one city to another, while a fe- male scientist was sent abroad from an interna- tional flight. Prior to the impact of coronavi- rus, 7 international flights were operated for 5 foreign cities from Jaipur Airport. April 6: A patient Himesh Singhal sent Juhu for treatment April 7: A patient Arun Soni sent to Nagpur April 10: An air ambulance from Thailand to Azerbaijan took a 1-hr halt April 12: Mortal remains of Ram- jilal Agarwal taken to Hyderabad April 16: Air Force plane carrying relief goods left for Prayagraj April 21: A patient Himesh Singhal brought to Jaipur after treatment April 23: A chartered flight from Vienna to Zurich took a 2-hour halt and scientist Ursula Joshi was sent April 23: Assam Police officials sent to Jaipur from Guwahati, the plane returned vacant April 24: A Hyderabad patient brought to Jaipur, took the medical team to Delhi after a short halt FLIGHT MOVEMENT FROM JAIPUR AIRPORT Jaipur: As a medical scientist one finds cer- tain limitations in man- aging certain diseases despite huge develop- ments in medical sci- ences which are the evidence-based linear sciences. The medical professionals in an at- tempt to provide relief try to use the holistic approach. Corona out- break was one of such an issue where the ad- vanced sciences were completely blind and everyone went into lockdown, voluntarily arresting himself in his own house. While predicting on Corona conceding that astrology is a nonlinear science I took a chance and challenge to explore this age-old science, the mirror of human life in- universe. The study of stars had suggested en- try of Sun in Aries on the late evening of April 13 from Pisces, and had suggested this to be a turning point in Corona control. Today the health ministry data suggests that the doubling time of several Corona cases has almost tripled to near 10 days from ear- lier three days, taking us towards flattening of the curve. My further reading on Stars had suggested that Rahu will become favourable and Mercury will enter Aries to strengthen the Sun on April 23 and it will pave way for a drug or vaccine discovery, a pharmacological suc- cess. Interestingly the oxford vaccine’s Clini- cal trial on 4000 volun- teers started on April 23, the same date as above. While there is a long way to go but cer- tainly there is a silver lining and a sense of optimism adding to our confidence to win the corona war. While Ketu, the head- less star which repre- sents the virus will con- tinue to bully us till it shifts in September but favourable Jupiter will vary significantly dampen Ketu and dis- sociation of Saturn from Mars on May 5 will add to our arma- mentarium to further effectively control the dreaded Coronavirus. DR ASHOK PANAGARIYA Padma Shri awardee, Prof Emeritus Neurology, and former Director and vice-chancellor SMS health university
- 3. RAJASTHANJAIPUR | SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2020 03www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia BRIEF in z Alwar: Shahjahanpur po- lice station in Alwar seized truck carrying illegal liquor, in which 1,005 cases of alcohol have been recov- ered. Under the leadership of Police Officer Surendra Singh station incharge, the truck which was coming from Delhi to Jaipur was seized. Police have filed a case against the accused. The total price of the alco- hol has been estimated at around 50 lakhs. z Jaipur: A case of rape has been reported in the Galta Gate area. The accused connected the victim on Facebook and called her to meet on Delhi Road by promis- ing marriage. After that, the accused Sohail Khan raped Purana Jalupura resident. The police have started the investigation after registering the case. z Jaipur: On the occa- sion of Swadeshi Sankalp Diwas of Swadesh Jagran Manch, people will light lamps at their homes today at 6:30 pm. The beginning would be done with Onkar sound, patriotic songs and religious songs, along with prayers to God to save the country from coronavirus. z Jaisalmer: An Air Force plane took 52 Kashmiris, who came from Iran to Jaisalmer, to Srinagar in Kashmir on Friday. Three days ago, 180 other peo- ple of Kashmir were also sent to their homes. As of now, 232 Kashmiris have been sent. z Jaipur: On Friday, the Shwetambar Jain Society Jaipur provided 2000 PPE kits for the cleanliness workers of the Jaipur Mu- nicipal Corporation in the presence of UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal at the minister’s residence. The society has given 5000 PPE kits across the country. z Dungarpur: Two youths, 20 and 21 years old, drowned in Mahi river. They had gone in the river to bathe after performing the last rites of their grand- mother at the cremato- rium. The youths were the residents of Motagaon in Banswara and belonged to Kalal community. Incident took place in the Nithauva police station area. z Sawai Madhopur: Taking advantage of the dark, 3 people raped a mar- ried woman in Bonli. The administration had lodged the woman at the commu- nity centre in Batoda police station area. CO Bamanwas Parth Sharma is investigat- ing the case. The victim had got lost and reached Batoda. The accused have been identified and are being interrogated. z Jaipur: A strange situ- ation is being created on the roads of the capital city of Rajasthan, where the streets of the city were completely empty during the nationwide lockdown due to the outbreak of the pandemic coronavirus before April 20, whereas the same has now started showing a gamut amount of vehicles running on the streets of the city after the modified lockdown was implemented. However, the traffic lights of the main intersections of the city are still being closed; due to which any major road ac- cident can happen anytime. Although traffic police officials and other police personnel are stationed on the streets of the city. But still there is a possibility of accidents from vehicles coming and going at a high speed. According to the police officers, due to the relaxation given to several sectors in the modified lockdown, the density of traffic and pressure of the vehicles on the roads has increased. In such a situa- tion, traffic lights will start operating at the main inter- sections of the city soon. z Bhubaneswar: In a humanitarian gesture, the railways transported camel milk from Falna in Rajasthan to Odisha for a three-and-half-year-old boy in Berhampur who is suffering from autism and food allergy. The milk was transported in two days by parcel express via Delhi and Howrah and then delivered to the autistic childs family member at Bhubaneswar Railway sta- tion on Thursday evening, a railway official said on Friday.The total cost of the transportation of the rare milk was merely Rs 125 for package weighing about 20 kg, he said, adding that the entire arrangement was made by SETU, a voluntary initiative launched by IRTS Probationers. First India News Jaipur: Gehlot govern- ment is making person- al protective instru- ments available to them and has also re- mitted them Rs 1000 each to equip them- selves with masks, gloves, sanitisers & soap etc. Centre has re- leased guidelines to protect the cleaning staff among the corona warriors and has in- structed all state govts to implement it. The advisory was released by the central social empowerment & jus- tice department. It has categorically asked lo- cal bodies to imple- ment Standard Operat- ing procedure (SOP) for the cleaning staff. It demands orientation of the staff for protec- tion against Covid-19. There is emphasis on full gear for the clean- ing staff including mask, gum boots, jack- et, hand sanitiser, soap, full sleeved shirt, trou- sers and apron. It also expects appointment of one nodal officer at the work place. Apart from asking the local bodies to provide for the ne- cessities the advisory alerts the staff itself. It cautions the clean- ing staff not to keep the gloves in pockets but in a separate bag. It strict- ly says not to touch the face with gloves on. It mandates washing hands with soap & wa- ter before beginning and after finishing the cleaning work. The ad- visory asks cleaning of hands each time the gloves are taken off. All personnel have been asked to maintain a social distance of one meter from each other and to work in small groups. This will make it easy to identify & iso- late a positive if the in- fection occurs. Person- nel have been asked to clean & sanitised their equipment after work and keep it in sunlight. It asks all to use phone on speaker mode to avoid touching the face. CENTRE ISSUES GUIDELINES TO PROTECT CLEANING STAFF People recovering but some break lockdown 150 govt employees to be tested for corona Jaipur reports 4 death in 24 hours, toll in city rises to 18, State stands at 32 Poonia interacts with party workers, holds VC with MPs ‘PIL over sanitation at court baseless’ First India News Jaipur: So far Covid-19 has taken 32 lives in the state. Again Jaipur had maximum 18 Covid deaths. Kota 3, Jodhpur 2, Bhilwra 2, Tonk, Si- kar, Nagaur, Bikaner, Alwat & Bharatpur had one death each. One person from Uttar Pradesh also died in Ra- jasthan due to Covid. Last 24 hours reported 4 corona deaths, all the deceased were above the age of 60 died in Jaipur. The state report- ed 70 new cases of co- rona in last 24 hours out of which 36 were from Jaipur followed by Kota with 22, Jodhpur 6, Jhalawar 4 and Bharat- pur reported one new case. The new cases re- ported in Jaipur had a predominant 18 cases from Ramganj, 5 each from Shahstri Nagar & Paldi Meena, Adarsh Nagar 2 and Sanganer, Raja Park, Housing Board Delhi By Pass & Neelgaron Ka Mohalla with one case each. Two persons from Uttar Pradesh also tested pos- itive. State has tested 74484 samples so far out of which 68133 have re- ported negative while reports for 4317 samples is awaited. As of Friday night the state has 2034 corona positive cases with Jaipur with 776 cases followedbyJodhpur316, Kota 144, Tonk 115, Bharatpur 107, Ajmer 106, Nagaur 93, Ban- swara 61, Jhunjhunu 41, Bikaner 37, Jaisalmer 34, Bhilwara 33, Jhala- war 24, Dausa 21, Churu 14, Hanumangarh 10, Sawai Madhopur 8, Al- war 7, Dungarpur 5, Si- kar & Udaipur 4 each, Karauli & Pali 3 each, Barmer & Pratapgarh 2 each and Dholpur with one case. Apart from this 2 Italians and 61 In- dians evacuated from Iran also tested positive. So far 26 out of 33 dis- tricts are infected. Aishwary Pradhan Jaipur: BJP state chief Satish Punia has not only contributed to the war against coronavi- rus but has also kept his party MPs and workers at the task by constant motivation. Punia keeps in touch with his party from top to bot- tom through apps like audio bridge and phone. He held a meeting with nation organization secretary V Satish and state incharge Chan- drashekhar along with 5 party MPs on Friday. Punia took feedback on the relief work being done by the district presidents and their units and also took stock of food packets being distributed. He also took feedback on relief work being done by the district ad- ministration. Punia asked all party MPs to ensure maximum con- tribution to the PM Cares fund by the peo- ple of the state. He also asked them to motivate people to download the Arogya Setu App and to encourage the people who were involved in serving the needy. First India News Jaipur: High Court has sought response from central government, state correspondent, Municipal Corporation for lack of cleaning in Jodhpur bench. They have been asked to file the reply in two weeks. A PIL was filed by Dinesh Garg who al- leged that despite coro- navirus contagion, sani- tation work has been stopped in high court and subordinates courts. Garg said that in such case infection can spread to lawyers and peoplecoming tocourts. Advocate Prateek Kasli- wal representing HC administration termed the contents of petition baseless. FIR against two quarantine escapees, held by Delhi admin Thieves active amidst curfew in Ramganj ‘Offer namaz at home, cooperate with admin’ First India News Kota: More than 50% corona patients have re- covered in Kota. Of 155 cases 88 have received negative report twice, and would be going home as they have stayed in quarantine for 14 days. Meanwhile, pic- turesof peoplebreaking lockdown in Makbara areas have come to light. Cases rose to 144 after 22 new cases were found. There were 18 positive cases found in a con- struction company in Suket. A policeman and a sanitation worker test- edpositiveandarelative of a head constable who was tested positive ear- lier was found infected. 1000 students of Har- yana, 400 from Assam left for their homes. Infant born to a coro- na infected mother has been separated from his mother. Though, corona doesn’t transfer to baby from pregnant mother, but his sample has been taken for testing. First India News Tonk: After six govern- ment employees tested positive, Tonk district administration has col- lected samples of 150 employees including five RAS and two RTS officers who had stayed in the circuit house. District collector K K Sharma informed that out of 2263 samples col- lected in the city 115 tested positive. He said that 1741 people were found negative while report of 389 was await- ed. The district collec- tor said that after six employees were found positive, samples of five RAS officers and two RT officers and all those who came into contact of previously positive six employees and their family members were sent for tests. First India News Jaipur: An Fir has been lodged against two people who escaped from the quarantine centre in Jyoti Vidyap- eeth Women University situated at Mahla- Jaipur Mega Highway in Jobner police station area.SHOShivShankar Sharma said that Delhi residents Raja Dokat and Vishal Yadav were brought to the quaran- tine centre on April 16, and escaped on the night of April 22 by breaking windows of their room. The matter has raised questions on the administration. However, both men were sent to a local quarantine centre by the Delhi administra- tion after they reached their home in Delhi. First India News Jaipur: A Robbery case came to light from Ram- ganj area wherein a family had left to attend their patriarch’s funer- al, during which, the thieves broke the locks of their house in Ram- ganj and stole cash and jewellery. The resident of Balaji ka Rasta Ghat Gate Bazar Dilip Kumar Gupta lodged a report at Shyam Nagar police station. The police have filed a zero number FIR and sent it to Ramganj In another incident, a theft was carried out at an under construction plot in Govind Vihar of Bhankrota by breaking the locks. First India News Jaipur: Ramdan, the holy month for Mus- lims would begin from Saturday. Muslim reli- gious leaders in the City have appealed to people to offer namaz at home and to cooperate with administration. They have advised that people affected by corona or any other ill- ness and cannot live without water during the day and those un- dergoing a long journey should resist keeping Roza. Pregnant women or lactating mothers have also been given the relaxation. All of them along with elderly peo- ple can observe the fast skipped by them later. Meanwhile, since the walled city is placed un- der ‘Maha Curfew’, Muslims offered Friday prayers at home. Only two members of mosque committee along with Imam and Maulana offered Namaz in the mosque. A cleaning staff on work at Chandpole Bazaar area, sanitation workers are a big help in these trying times and are risking their own health to keep the city clean. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA People gather at vegetable market without any regard to social distancing norms at Chandpole Bazaar in Jaipur, some of them are not even wearing masks. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA Police officials meeting at Choti Chaupar under the leadership of Ajay Pal Lamba. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA HC building sanitised after reader tests +ve First India News Jodhpur: After the Jodhpur High Court Reader of the main bench of the High Court tested positive for coronavirus, both the Jaipur and Jodhpur build- ings of the High Court are being sanitised. The Reader used to sit in the office of the HC judge. Deputy CMHO Pritam Singh in- formed that the Municipal Corpo- ration sprayed so- dium hypochlo- rite to sanitise the building in Jodh- pur. Moreover, the samples of other staff members, who came in con- tact with the in- fected, were also taken. Municipal Corporation Com- missioner Suresh Kumar Ola said that Chief Fire Officer Sanjay Sharma reached the HC building with three fire brigades to spray sodium hypochlo- rite outside the building. The in- ner premises were also disinfected manually. K K Sharma Satish Poonia
- 4. PERSPECTIVEJAIPUR | SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2020 04www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia G Vol 1 G Issue No. 318 G RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764. Printed and published by Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of First Express Publishers. Printed at Bhaskar Printing Press, D.B. Corp Limited, Shivdaspura, Tonk Road, Jaipur. Published at 304, 3rd Floor, City Mall, Bhagwan Das Road, C-Scheme, Jaipur-302001, Rajasthan. Phone 0141-4920504. Editor: Jagdeesh Chandra, responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act CENTRE-BENGAL CONFRONTATION OVER LOCKDOWN here’s no love lost between West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, Chief Minister Mama- ta Banerjee and the Centre. With the Bharatiya Janata Party des- perately trying to dislodge the Trinamool Congress (TMC) from power, it has been a no holds barred struggle between the two. They have been at each other’s throat ever since the BJP won 18 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state, causing a significant dent. With assembly elections due in May 2021, relations between the BJP, governor and Banerjee are bound to remain sour. Mamata sees Dhankhar as a man with an agenda. Last year in December the governor was not allowed to enter the state assembly building through the gate designated for him despite prior intimation of his arrival. He had to enter the building through another gate meant for media persons. A “humiliated” Dhankhar called it an “insult to the people of the state and the Constitution”. A month before this, the chief minister accused the Narendra Modi government of snooping on her and sought an investigation in the “illegal surveillance”. The governor countered by saying it was in Mamata Ba- nerjee who was indulging in “unauthorised electronic surveillance” on civil servants, activists, journalists and political workers. ThosefamiliarwithWestBengalpoliticswould knowthatMamataBanerjeeisnotacoypolitician whocanbemessedwith.Sheearnedherspursby ousting the CPM government and is a hardened street fighter. Her belief in confrontational poli- tics has remained unchanged. So it is no surprise thatshehasonceagainhitbackatDhankharwho, in a letter to the chief minister, has said that she wasdivertingpeople’sattentionfromherfailures infightingcoronavirusandopenlyappeasingmi- norities.Dhankharaccusedherof making“mon- umental blunders” in dealing with the pandemic and described her appeasement of Nizamuddin markaz participants as “most unfortunate”. Dhankhar’s attack was in response to a strongly-worded letter from the chief min- ister in which she reminded the governor that she was an elected representative and appointed. She charged the governor with interfering in the administration’s func- tioning time and again. The latest spat between the state and the Cen- tre is based on the allegation that the TMC gov- ernment has failed to strictly impose the lock- down. The chief minister alleged that fake news was being spread about the state. She also de- nied that Covid-19 fatalities were being under- reported. Difference in the total cases claimed by the state (503) and the Union home ministry’s figures of 514 does create doubt. The Inter Min- isterial Central Team visiting Kolkata has sought a detailed report on the functioning of the state’s coronavirus death audit committee. In a significant remark earlier, Dhankhar reportedly said that Mamata Banerjee gov- ernment be shown the door for her shoddy enforcement of the lockdown rules. Could Bengal be headed in that direction? IN-DEPTH T n India, during the 1918 influ- enza pandemic, a staggering 12 million to 13 million people died, the vast majority between the months of September and December. According to an eyewitness, “There was none to remove the dead bodies and the jack- als made a feast.” At the time of the pan- demic, India had been un- der British colonial rule for over 150 years. The for- tunes of the British colo- nizers had always been vastly different from those of the Indian people, and nowhere was the split more stark than during the influenza pandemic, as I discovered while research- ing my PhD on the subject. The resulting devasta- tion would eventually lead to huge changes in India – and the British Empire. KANSAS TO MUMBAI Although it is commonly called the Spanish flu, the 1918 pandemic likely be- gan in Kansas and killed between 50 million and 100 million people world- wide. During the early months of 1918, the virus incubated throughout the American Midwest, even- tually making its way East, where it travelled across the Atlantic Ocean with soldiers deploying for World War I. Introduced into the trenches on Europe’s Western Front, the virus tore through the already weakened troops. As the war approached its con- clusion, the virus fol- lowed both commercial shipping routes and mili- tary transports to infect almost every corner of the globe. It arrived in Mumbai in late May. When the first wave of the pandemic arrived, it was not particularly dead- ly. The only notice British officials took of it was its effect on some workers. A report noted, “As the sea- son for cutting grass be- gan...people were so weak as to be unable to do a full day’s work.” By September, the story began to change. Mumbai was still the center of in- fection, likely due to its position as a commercial and civic hub. On Septem- ber 19, an English-lan- guage newspaper report- ed 293 influenza deaths had occurred there, but assured its readers “The worst is now reached.” Instead, the virus tore through the subcontinent, following trade and postal routes. Catastrophe and death overwhelmed cities and rural villages alike. Indian newspapers report- ed that crematoria were receiving between 150 to 200 bodies per day. Accord- ing to one observer, “The burning ghats and burial grounds were literally swamped with corpses; whilst an even greater number awaited removal.” THE FALLOUT In the end, areas in the North and West of India saw death rates between 4.5% and 6% of their total populations, while the South and East – where the virus arrived slightly later, as it was waning – generally lost between 1.5% and 3%. Geography wasn’t the only dividing factor, how- ever. In Mumbai, almost seven-and-a-half times as many lower-caste Indians died as compared to their British counterparts – 61.6 per thousand versus 8.3 per thousand. Among Indians in Mumbai, socio- economic disparities in addition to race account- ed for these differing mor- tality rates. The Health Officer for Calcutta remarked on the stark difference in death rates between British and lower-class Indians: “The excessive mortality in Kidderpore appears to be due mainly to the large coolie population, igno- rant and poverty-strick- en, living under most in- sanitary conditions in damp, dark, dirty huts. They are a difficult class to deal with.”. FOR FULL REPORT LOG ON TO WWW.THECONVERSATION.COM Spanish flu played a part in India’s freedom struggle I In India, during the 1918 influenza pandemic, a staggering 12 million to 13 million people died I can do all things through him who strengthens me. —Philippians 4:13 Spiritual SPEAK Top TWEET Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp Strong Panchayats lead to a stronger democracy and help in delivering the benefits of development to the last mile. Compliment Hon. PM @ narendramodi ji for launching the e-Gram Swaraj & Swamitva Yojana on #PanchaytiRajDiwas to accelerate the pace of development in our villages. Piyush Goyal @PiyushGoyal On the Forefront to Combat Coronavirus: Using innovative technology and novel thinking, Railways has created a new remote- controlled device to serve isolated patients in hospitals. Now, patients can be properly taken care of, while maintaining social distance. ight now, life situations are confronting us in a certain way, probably like never before for this generation. Compared to how the coronavirus is spreading in some of the other nations, in India we are way better that way be- cause we did a little pre- emptive action. It is an ex- ceptional job by the authori- ties in India – the doctors, the forces, and the govern- ment decision-makers. For as dense a population as we are, this is a phenomenal work. But unfortunately, about five hundred infected people, from a certain religious group, have gone missing. Authorities are searching for them, but they are just not traceable. I hope they lie low and do not go here and there because these five hundred people could in- fect another hundred thousand people in the next month or two, all by themselves. And some young people are little strutting around saying that they won’t die, that only old people die. But it is getting them too now; a few young people have died. Maybe it is because of other conditions they had or there was no medical care, or may- be the virus is learning to work on them also. We don’t know, but it is beginning to happen. And some of those young people that I know, who got infected and recovered, af- ter more than a month, they are still not able to breathe properly. If they just walk hun- dred-and-fifty feet, they will have to stop and rest. They are breathless. Though they are young and the fever has gone, their breathing capabilities have not come back. So, this is a time where the choices we make, how we be- have, is going to have acute con- sequences. The nature of life is such that in what you think of as yourself, life, and death are packed in the same package. Love and hate, people can hold in the same heart; at the same time, they can love one person and hate another. Turmoil and tranquillity are also held in the same package. Whatever you nor- mally think of as opposites of life are all packed, not separately, but in the same package. If you pick love, you are one way; if you pick hate, you are another way. If you pick joy, one way; if you pick misery, another way. The creation is so compassionate. If you want to suffer, you have the freedom to suffer! It is just a question of choice because everything is packed in the same package. Right now, with the virus, it is up to you – becoming vulnerable and becoming strong are both in the same package. Someone may think, “I didn’t do anything, how did I get the virus?” Ah, that is the whole point; you did not do anything. You did not wash your hands, you did not sanitize yourself, you did not take care – so you got it. This happened in Tennes- see. A man who was stand- ing for a minor office in the city was doing door-to-door campaigning. He knocked on a door, and a lady opened the door for him. He told her what all he intends to do for the town and why she should elect him. She smiled at him and said, “You are my sec- ond choice.” “Oh, really! Who is your first choice?” She said, “Well, just any- body!” So, you need to pick your first choice. If you are conscious, you will choose what you want. MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE AGAINST CORONAVIRUSThe nature of life is such that in what you think of as yourself, life, and death are packed in the same package R Compared to how the coronavirus is spreading in some of the other nations, in India we are way better that way because we did a little pre- emptive action. It is an exceptional job by the authorities in India – the doctors, the forces, and the government decision- makers. For as dense a population as we are, this is a phenomenal work The nature of life is such that in what you think of as yourself, life, and death are packed in the same package. Love and hate, people can hold in the same heart; at the same time, they can love one person and hate another. Turmoil and tranquillity are also held in the same package SADHGURU, ISHA FOUNDATION Ranked amongst the fifty most influential people in India, Sadhguru is a yogi, mystic, visionary and a New York Times bestselling author Sadhguru has been conferred the Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India in 2017, the highest annual civilian award, accorded for exceptional and distinguished service
- 5. INDIAJAIPUR | SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2020 05www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Kolkata: The war of words between the West Bengal govern- ment the Raj Bhavan escalated further on Friday as Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar ac- cused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of “explicitly appeasing” the minority commu- nity in an 11-page strongly-worded letter. The letter follows an “initial response” by Dhankhar to Mamata's letter on Thursday in which he reminded the chief minister of her “Constitutional obliga- tions in relation to me.” Mamata had accused him of “repeatedly in- terfering” in the func- tioning of her govern- ment and said he has forgotten that she is the “elected chief minister of a proud Indian state” whereas he is a nomi- nated Governor. Referring to Baner- jee's letter, Dhankhar said the Chief Minis- ter's outburst is an alibi strategy to cover up “monumental failures” in tackling the COV- ID-19 pandemic in the state.”Your communica- tion is part of the alibi strategy that emanates from a script that seeks to cover up monumental failures in these chal- lenging times by a series of blunders,” the Gover- nor said in the letter. “Your appeasement of the minority commu- nity was so explicit and awkward on the Niza- muddin Markaz inci- dent. This is most un- fortunate and cannot be appreciated,” he said. He was apparently re- ferring to an event where Banerjee was asked to comment on the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in the na- tional capital. Dhankhar urged the Chief Minister “to shun politics and con- frontational approach” as her conduct is only “compounding the mis- eries” of the people of the state. The letter is in response to Mama- ta's accusation that Dhankhar was repeat- edly interfering in the functioning of the state administration. In a strongly worded five-page letter to the Governor,whichMama- ta released to the pub- lic, she asked him to judge who has “crossed the limit of constitu- tional dharma and de- cency” between the two constitutional function- aries. Banerjee said Dhankhar has forgotten that she is the “elected Chief Minister of a proud Indian state” whereas he is a nomi- nated Governor. “You have to judge for yourself, whether your direct attacks on me, my ministers, officers, your tone, tenor and language, which in mildest words of ex- treme moderation, de- serve to be character- ized as parliamentary, your holding press con- ferences against the state government of which you are a gover- nor, your repeated and consistent interference in the administration of my ministries make it clear as to who has flagrantly transgressed constitutional dhar- ma,” she wrote. “This response be taken as initial one & a thorough one will be imparted to you today with complete docu- mentation so that peo- ple of the state, as you say, are made aware and come to know the series of acts of indignities heaped by you, your ministers on the Gover- nor all through. Your constant refrain of gov- ernor being ‘nominat- ed’ is lamentable and can be ascribed only to elementary ignorance of the Constitution, the Guv responded. Reminding Mamata of her oath as CM & the oath taken by him, he “spelt out” Articles 166 and 167 of the Constitu- tion and Rules of Busi- ness 27 and 30 at the end of the letter. —Agencies WAROFWORDSBETWEENWBGUV&CMESCALATES, DHANKHAR ACCUSES MAMATA OF ‘APPEASING’ MINORITIES The 11-page letter is in response to Mamata’s accusation that Dhankhar was repeatedly interfering in the functioning of the state admn West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee with WB Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar. —FILE PHOTO New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that Panchayati structure has an impor- tant role to reach out to every needy amid COV- ID-19 crisis. “Today on National Panchayati Raj Diwas, my greetings to vision- ary and creator of local self-governance, Rajiv Gandhi ji, all heads, Panch and members of local bodies. In #Cov- id19 crisis, Panchayati structure has also an important role to reach every needy in the coun- try,” Gandhi tweeted. Earlier in the day, PM- Modi interacted with Sarpanchs from across the nation via vc. —ANI ‘Panchayati structure should reach out needy’ New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the operation- al preparedness as well as measures to fight COVID-19 in a video conference with opera- tional commanders of the armed forces along with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat. Chief of Army Staff General MM Nar- avane, Chief of Navy Staff Admiral Karam- bir Singh, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadau- ria, Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar and Sec- retary Defence (Fi- nance) Gargi Kaul par- ticipated in the confer- ence. Singh appreciated the role of the Armed Forces for assistance extended to civilian ad- ministration and pre- paratory measures tak- en to fight COVID-19. Singh directed forces to initiate measures to spend financial re- sources, avoiding wast- age in view of the eco- nomic burden imposed by COVID-19. —ANI Defence Min reviews Army ops Rajnath Singh reviewing operational preparedness with various Commanders- in- Chief via vc. Lucknow: UP govern- ment led by CM Yogi Adityanath on Friday nominated 15 senior IAS officers as nodal heads of those districts that have reported 20 or cases of coronavirus. The officers who have bene designated as nod- al officers include. These officials along with other senior police personnel, will oversee the arrangements made in their respective dis- tricts to battle the coro- navirus. —ANI Nodal officers for sensitive districts in UP Do not visit mosques during Ramzan: Owaisi to people Hyderabad: Hy- derabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi appealed to peo- ple to cooperate with Anganwadi workers do- ing door-to-door screen- ing, and requested them not to visit any mosque during Ramzan amid the coronavirus lock- down. Owaisi said, “We should all cooperate with our lifesavers who are doctors, nurses, po- lice and ASHA workers. We cooperate with the employees who are coming for screening in GHMC areas, as most of the cases are from that place. Now that the Ramadan season is go- ing to start, I request you all not to pray in mosques. Nobody should come out after 7 pm as it is curfew time, Owaisi added. —ANI New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has said that Centre and Delhi governments are doing their best to provide food, dry ration and other essential items to people in need, particu- larly the migrant and daily wage workers, who are going through a tough time due to the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19. A Division Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad made the obser- vation while hearing a petition, filed by Na- tional Campaign Com- mittee for the Eradica- tion of Bonded Labour India News Communi- cation Ltd, seeking sup- ply of food and dry ra- tion to migrants and daily wage labour at relief camps in the na- tional capital. Advocate Sneha Mukherjee, ap- pearing for the petition- er, told the court that there have been several instances where the mi- grant and daily wage workers who are resid- ing in some campus have gone without food. Mukherjee said that in order to maintain so- cial distancing, the en- tire family cannot be expected to go to the cooked food distribu- tion centres which are located 1 to 1.25 km away from the labour camps to collect the ready meals on a daily basis and therefore, members of such fami- lies who are unable to go to the centres, are denied food packets. The court asked the government whether a Nodal officer can be ap- pointed for all seven clusters and their names and mobile num- bers provided to coun- sel so that the Nodal of- ficer can be approached in case any difficulty is faced. —ANI Centre,Govtdoingtheirbesttohelpneedy:HC New Delhi: CMArvind Kejriwal and Dr SK Sa- rin, Director, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences on Friday re- quested the recovered coronavirus patients to donate blood plasma so that the critical pa- tients can be saved from organ failure. 'Central government had given us permis- sion only for limited tri- als of plasma therapy on serious patients at LNJP hospital. In next 2-3 days, we will con- duct more trials & then we will seek permission next week, for all the serious patients,' Kejri- wal said. “As there is no vaccine yet to treat the coronavirus patients, the government and the doctors are working hard to bring in a treat- ment to prevent the deaths of coronavirus infected patients,” said Dr Sarin, during a vid- eo-conference. —ANI Donate blood plasma to save lives: Kejri to patients Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal addresses a press conference. WB GUV SPEAK SPEED NEWS Corona SOUTH KOREAN EMBASSY SERVES MEALS TO OVER 4,000 PEOPLE 4-MONTH-OLD, INFECTED WITH COVID-19, DIES IN KOZHIKODE WILD ANIMALS RECLAIMING STREETS IN KERALA IN LOCKDOWN MALE NURSE AT AIIMS DELHI TESTS POSITIVE MAHA: 14 DEATHS, 778 MORE CASES New Delhi: With an aim to support India's effort in tackling COVID-19, South Korean Embassy provided meals to more than 4,000 people in New Delhi. In partnership with An- namrita Foundation, non-profit organization, ambassador Shin Bong-Kil and other staff members of the embassy served meals to around 1,000 people each at four hunger shel- ters. The food was distributed while strictly adhering to social distancing rules. Kozhikode: “A 4-month-old child from Malap- puram who had tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday, lost her life today morning at Kozhikode Medical College. The child was un- dergoing treatment for heart-related problems for the past 3 months and had pneumonia,” Malappuram District Medical Officer said while informing about the case. Idukki: As people are compelled to stay in- doors due to coronavirus induced lockdown to curb the spread of virus, wild animals have come to reclaim the streets that was once their domain. Wild animals are being seen wander- ing the streets of Munnar in Kerala. Rare pic- tures and videos of wild animals roaming the city streets are being shared online. There have been multiple citing of elephants, includ- ing star elephant Padayappa, during the lock- down. People have named the elephant after the Rajanikanth movie ‘Padayappa’. Doctors sanitize their hands while collecting samples from the suspected patients for the test of COVID-19 in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI New Delhi: At least 40 healthcare staff including doctors, nurses and para- medics at AIIMS are under self-quaran- tine after a 35-year- old male nurse test- ed positive for COV- ID-19, informed AIIMS authorities. All these health pro- fessionals were post- ed at the Gastroen- terology Dept. Mumbai: 14 more COVID-19 deaths & 778 new coronavirus cases have been re- ported from Maha- rashtra on Friday. The total count of coronavirus cases in the state has climbed to 6,427, said the state Public Health Department. With 14 more deaths, the toll due to infec- tion has risen to 283. THE PETITION AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi distributes PPE kits to warriors. New Delhi: In the backdrop of COV- ID-19 pandemic, Del- hi Police on Friday appealed people to of- fer prayers and have ‘sehri’ (pre-dawn meal) at their homes during the holy month of Ramzan. “I wish people on Ramzan. I appeal to people to offers prayers and have ‘sehri’ (pre-dawn meal) at home during the holy month. Azaan should be of- fered as per the guidelines of the Na- tional Green Tribu- nal. Please do not venture out of your homes during the lockdown,” MS Randhawa, Delhi Po- lice PRO said in a video message. Rand- hawa also urged peo- ple to not violate lockdown guidelines and continue their cooperation with Delhi Police in the fight against COV- ID-19. —ANI Offer prayers at home during Ramzan: Cops“My heartfelt greetings and best wishes to all Muslim brothers and sisters and their families in the Happy month of Ramadan, from Alsubuah till the evening (fasting) and daily work, as well as Tilawat-e- Quran, Namaz and in this duty month of Tarawih, etc. Zakat (donation) are special features of this month.” —Mayawati BSP chief
- 6. INDIAJAIPUR | SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2020 06www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia REVIEW OF 1989 BATCH IPS SOON Review of 1989 batch IPS officers for empanel- ment to the rank of ADG in the Government of India is expected to take place soon. A couple of IPS officers are to be cleared. FIELD MARSHAL IN IAS AND IPS? Field Marshal means who doesn’t retire. In IAS, it is said 1964 batch IAS officer N K Singh and in IPS, 1975 batch officer Vijay Kumar is Field Marshal. Presently NK Singh is Chairman of the Fifteenth Finance Commission, while Vijay Kumar is senior security adviser in Home Ministry. WHO LOOKS AFTER ACC IN PMO? In power corridors, it is said that Joint Secretary in the PMO, V Sheshadri is looking after the ACC cases. He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre. SANDHYA RANI PROMOTED AS MEMBER, POSTAL SERVICES BOARD Sandhya Rani, CPMG, Telangana circle, has been promoted as Member (Banking and DBT), Postal Services Board. She is a 1987 batch officer of Indian Postal Service. PRANNOY SHARMA IS ALSO SECRETARY, POSTAL SERVICE BOARD Prannoy Sharma, DDG (IR&GB), Postal Director- ate, has been assigned an additional charge of Sec- retary, Postal Services Board until further orders. He is a 1998 batch officer of Indian Postal Service. THREE IAS OFFICERS OF MAHARASHTRA EMPANELLED AS SECRETARY IN GOI Three 1988 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS officers have been empanelled as Secretary in Govern- ment of India. They are: Apurva Chandra, Arvind Singh and Sanjay A Chahande. EMPANELLED 2000 BATCH IRTS OFFICERS STILL AWAITING PROMOTIONS The 2000 batch IRTS officers who were empanelled under Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) in the Railways are still awaiting their due promotions. SN GUPTA APPOINTED CFO OF JAMMU & KASHMIR BANK Jammu & Kashmir Bank has appointed Satya Narayan Gupta as Chief Financial Officer of the Bank. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA APPOINTED CJ OF BOMBAY HC Justice Dipankar Datta, Judge of the Calcutta High Court, has been appointed as the Chief Jus- tice of the Bombay High Court with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office. JUSTICE BISWANATH SOMADDER APPOINTED CJ OF MEGHALAYA HC Justice Biswanath Somadder, Judge of the Alla- habad High Court, has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office. SAVANUR VISHWAJITH SHETTY APPOINTED ADDL JUDGE OF KARNATAKA HC Savanur Vishwajith Shetty has been appointed as an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court, for a period of two years with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office. VIJAY SHARMA BEING POSTED IN NFR Vijay Sharma, on his return from deputation to Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, will be posted in Northeast Frontier Railway. He is an IRAS officer. RAKESH RANJAN SELECTED FOR DEPUTATION TO RCIL Rakesh Ranjan presently posted as CCE in East Central Railway has been selected for depu- tation to RCIL as General Manager (Tech.), Bangalore for a period of three years. He is an IRSSE officer of 1998 batch. POWERGallery Mukesh Ambani’s... Sources claim that Ge- hlotwillmainlyfocuson bringingstrandedRajas- thanis back home while also raising the demand for economic package. Moreover,ontheocca- sion of Panchayat Raj Day, Chief Minister tweeted his elation and also thanked the Pan- chayat representatives for standing with gov- ernment in the current crisis. “We remember the efforts of our two PMs, Pandit Nehru ji and Rajiv Gandhi ji be- hind this. Rajiv ji’s vi- sionwastogivepowerto the people and bring de- mocracy to the door- steps of Indians,” Ge- hlot tweeted. Moreover Gehlotalsoremembered former Rajasthan Chief Minister Tikaram pali- wal on his birth anni- versary. CM Gehlot also extended Ramzan greet- ings to the people with the sighting of the moon on Friday. Meanwhile, Cabinet secretary Rajeev Gauba will hold a video confer- ence on Saturday where he will take feedback on migration of labourers and other issues con- cerning various states. CM Gehlot has already raised the issue with the Centre on sending the students stuck in Kota back to their homes, which could also be dis- cussed in the VC. Lockdown contained... “There were some dis- turbances in between and we went back a lit- tle. But from April 6, the doubling time started improving,” he said. Paul also said the big decision of imposing the nationwide lock- downtakenbytheprime minister has “proved to be very timely and ben- eficial”, as shown by the change in the growth trajectory of India’s COVID-19 cases. “The curve has begun toflatten.Hadwenottak- enthedecisionof clamp- ing the nationwide lock- down,wewouldhavehad around 1 lakh COVID-19 casesbynow,asperarea- sonable estimate. Now, the outbreak is under control,”theEmpowered Group One chairman said. Officials, however, said these projections are based on the growth pattern at a particular time. Director of Na- tional Centre for Dis- ease Control S K Singh that surveillance has been the country’s pri- mary weapon in the fight against novel coro- navirus. “Westartedour surveillancemechanism even before the first case was reported in India. This played an import- ant role in helping us containthespreadof the infection,” Singh said. He informed report- ers that around 9.45 lakh suspected corona- virus cases are under the surveillance net- work at present and upon detection of symp- toms of the infection, samples are taken from these people for testing. PM Modi... Notwithstanding the limited resources at its disposal, India has tak- en the challenge proac- tively and showed its resolve to move forward with new energy and new ways, he said. The prime minister was interacting with gram panchayat heads and members to mark Panchayati Raj Divas on Friday. The programme was scheduled to be held in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh but was held by a video bridge following the coronavirus-in- duced lockdown. Applauding people for observing lockdown rules, he said it is be- cause of them, the en- tire world today is talking about how India has responded to the COVID-19 outbreak. “COVID-19 is a huge crisis for the world but people of India have shown grit in this fight. We are fighting this and we are moving ahead with new ideas to tackle the virus,” Modi, who used a ‘gamcha’ as face mask, said. Heads and members of gram panchayats from across the country shared their experienc- es in handling the crisis and conveyed to the prime minister that peo- ple are religiously fol- lowing the lockdown. Modi also launched e-GramSwaraj portal and mobile app to make the operations of gram panchayats digital and also Swamitva Scheme, which provides for an integrated property val- idation solution for ru- ral India. —Agencies FROM PG 1 New Delhi: Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on Friday, hit out at the Centre af- ter it announced freez- ing the hike in dear- ness allowance (DA) for the central government employees and dear- ness relief (DR) for the central government pensioners till July next year. He said instead of giving relief at the time of economic slowdown and income crisis due to coronavirus crisis, the government is add- ing insult to injury. “Only a month ago, on 23 March 2020, the Modi government passed the budget of Rs 30,42,000 crore. Naturally, the ac- counts of income and expenditure are clearly given in the budget. Then within 30 days of presenting the budget, what is the Modi gov- ernment trying to prove by cutting dearness al- lowance of army per- sonnel, government employees and pension- ers?” Surjewala said in a press conference via video conferencing. “On April 23, 2020, af- ter the Finance Minis- try issued an order that the dearness allowance, dearness relief and all the old and future in- stallments have been deducted from the backdate i.e. January 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021. It was also issued an or- der that no dues from January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 will be paid to any employee or pen- sioner,” he said. Speaking further, the Congress leader said: “With this unjustified deduction, about Rs 37,530 crore annually will be deducted from the salary of about 113 lakh soldiers, employ- ees and pensioners. These 113 lakh employ- ees include 49.26 lakh employees and 61.17 lakh, pensioners. Rs 11,000 crore will be de- ducted from 15 lakh sol- diers and about 26 lakh military pensioners.” Surjewala said that the Modi government is cutting the income of soldiers, government employees, pensioners and middle class rather than cutting their “use- less and unnecessary” expenses. Govt has not dismissed Central Vista Project worth Rs 20,000 crore, he added. —ANI Cong attacks Modi govt on DA freezing New Delhi: The News Broadcasters Federa- tion, is concerned and shocked on the recent attempt to attack Arnab Goswami, Managing Director and Editor-in- Chief of Republic TV, and his wife, by a sec- tion a particular politi- cal party in Mumbai, while they were driving back home from work. The NBF notes that it is deplorable to know that the alleged political party, which claims to standforFreedomof Ex- pression,hasresortedto personalattacks,includ- ing filing of FIRs in var- ious states across the country, against Arnab Goswami, for perform- inghisprofessionalduty as a journalist. Journalists are pro- fessionals and reflect the views and senti- ments of the larger people. Instead of en- gaging in a democratic debate, such incidents of harrasement and at- tempt to physically at- tack the individual is shocking and highly condemnable. “The News Broad- casters Federation strongly condemns the attempt to attack on- Arnab and his wife, while he was perform- ing his professional duty,” said R Jai Krish- na, Secy-Gen, NBF. “The attack on Arn- ab Goswami, Editor-in- Chief and Managing Director of Republic TV, will not be taken lightly. We stand by Arnab and will do whatever required in this fight. Attack on media will not be toler- ated,” said Sanjive Narain, Founder, Prag News (Assam) “Sorry to know about this (incident). The Government should provide sufficient per- sonal security,” to pre- vent any future instanc- es, said Anand Sankesh- war, Managing Director of Digvijay News (Kar- nataka). “It is very shock- ing,” said Sreekantan Nair, MD, Twentyfour News. “We strongly protest against the in- cident, and request the police to take immedi- ate action to arrest the culprits.” “We at Itv network condemn this cowardly act of violence against Arnab goswami and his family in today’s india this is unacceptable and must be condemned by all,” said Kartikeya Sharma, Promoter, ITV Network. “It’s disgrace for someone to attack on Arnab & his wife. Such a cowardly act is deeply condemnable and shouldn’t be taken so easily. This is the price a journalist gets for raising Relevant ques- tions it’s a shame,” said Shankar Bala, CEO, Fourth Dimension. NBFstronglycondemnsattackonArnab Mumbai: A petition was filed in Bombay High Court on Friday seeking to transfer the investigation into the Palghar incident, in which two Sadhus and their driver were killed by an angry mob, to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The petition, filed by Mumbai-based lawyer Ghanshyam Upadhyay, also sought directions to the Central government and Palghar SP to sub- mit a report to the NIA with a view to enabling the agency to make a decision about taking over the investigation. “The investigation of the case so transferred by this court to the Re- spondent Number 4 (NIA) be monitored by this court and the same is directed to be carried out within some time- bound manner and the Respondent No 4 be fur- ther directed to submit their periodical reports to this court,” the peti- tion said. The matter is ex- tremely serious in na- ture and also has far- reaching consequences since powerful persons seem to be involved and appear to be kingpins of the criminal conspir- acy, plea said. —ANI Transfer probe to NIA: Plea in HC PALGHAR MOB LYNCHING New Delhi: Petroleum and Natural Gas Minis- ter Dharmendra Prad- han has called upon all the stakeholders in the LPG cylinder supply chain to work diligently and in a systematic manner to speedily in- crease the delivery of free refills to PMUY beneficiaries. Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan package, over 80 million PMUY beneficiaries are eligible to get three free cylinders over the next three months, read a statement. He held a vc with District Nodal Of- ficers of Oil Marketing Companies across the country on Thursday. Pradhan called upon the DNOs to adopt the best practices to en- hance efforts. —ANI ‘Deliver free cylinders to PMUY assignees, fast’ Dharmendra Pradhan held a vc with District Nodal Officers. New Delhi: The Centre has sought to investi- gate allegations against election strategist Prashant Kishor taking a cargo flight from New Delhi to get to West Ben- gal, officials aware of the development said. The enquiry began following news reports alleging that the elec- tion strategist had been summoned by West Bengal CM Mamata Ba- nerjee to handle the state government’s re- sponse over its tussle with the central govern- ment regarding actions taken to tackle corona- virus situation in the state. —Agencies Centre to probe Kishore’s travel during lockdown New Delhi: In a first, the CRPF inducted 42 Directly Appointed Ga- zetted Officers (DAGOs) into its rank through e- Passing out Parade (PoP) in view of the so- cial distancing norms to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. The 51st batch of the DAGOs presented the PoP at the Central Reserve Police Force CRPF) academy in Gurugram. —ANI 42 CRPF officers via e-passing out parade Pathankot: Punjab's youngest sarpanch Pal- lavi Thakur was sur- prised when she re- ceived a phone call from the PMO informing her that Narendra Modi would talk to her in the next half an hour. “It was really a surprise forme,”saidthe21-year- old, who was one of the many members of the panchayati raj system Modi spoke to on Pan- chayati Raj Diwas. Thakur was elected as the head of Hara village in Pathankot district's Dhar block when she was 19 years old. The PM and the sarpanch spoke about the differ- ent measures being taken at the village in the wake of the COV- ID-19 outbreak and on the use of fertilizers and urea. PM appreci- ated Thakur for “prop- erly” taking care of vil- lagers in difficult times. Punjab’s youngest sarpanch interacts with PM,gets praise MAKING A REMARK I am delighted to hear that the Supreme Court has given me protection from arrest. I am deeply grateful to the SC for also up- holding my constitutional right to report and broadcast and for defending my free- dom of expression and my freedom as a journalist. —Arnab Goswami, President , NBF EDITORS GUILD CRITICISES ASSAULT
- 7. TALKING POINTJAIPUR | SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2020 07www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia The entire Manas is composed as a set of three dialogues of which oneisbetweenKakbhush- undi (so called because Rishi Bhushundi was in theavatarof acrowatthat time), and Garuda, the King of the Birds. In Ut- tarkhand, or the epilogue totheManas,Garudaputs seven questions before Kakbhushundi to clarify his own doubts and, per- haps, to test the knowl- edge of Kakbhushundi. Dohas 120 and 121 of Ut- tarkand, and the related Chaupais, together form a part of these seven ques- tionsandtheexplanations for them given by Kakbhushundi. In media reports, there is often a complaint by the news- makers that their words have been quoted out of context. Tulsidas might have legitimately ex- pressed the same annoy- ance, if he was still around. Questions 6 and 7 were - what is the greatest sin, and what are the diseases of the mind? Rebirth as a bat comes in the context of committing heinous sins and its consequences on the nature of the next birth. Kakbhushundi ex- plains that those who crit- icise Shiv or the Guru are condemned to a rebirth as frogs, while denouncers of Brahmins will be re- bornascrows.Peoplewho arrogantly talk ill of God and the Vedas would go to hell,andrebirthasanowl, the fate of the critics of saints. As a part of that discourse, rebirth as bats is mentioned as the pun- ishment for those who condemneveryone.Tosay that Tulsidas predicted that bats would descend on the earth to terrorise allhumanbeingswithdis- easerelatedtothemwould be stretching the meaning of these verses composed by Tulsidas beyond recog- nition. Kakbhushundi did ex- pound on the nature and types of diseases of the mind (Manas Rog), but had no occasion to speak of physical ailments akin to that caused by the coro- navirus. The principle ad- vocated was that desire or lust (Moh) is the root causeof allmentalillness- es. Infatuation, limitless greed, anger, jealousy, wickedness and other such sentiments, with very few aware of the en- tire list, are the underly- ing cause of all physical ailments. Just one disease is sufficient to kill any- body, and there are so many around. When all living beings suffer from mental ailments, how can peace (Samadhi) be at- tained? Discipline, Reli- gion (Dharma), ethical conduct, dedication (Tap), knowledge, rituals (Yag- ya), charity and many similar palliatives may be tried. But none of them cure mental disease. The blessings of Ram can alonedestroyallailments. That is the gist of the rel- evant passages from the Ramcharitmanas. Trying to link them to our cur- rent pandemic is unrea- sonable, as some experts ontheManashavealready declared. OPINION BASED ON DISTORTED FACTS DID GREAT SAGES AND PRECEPTORS FORESEE THE PANDEMIC? Covid-19 pandemic has engulfed our attention these days. Social media is, as usual, active on this topic also. Many posts, dealing with the claim that great sages and preceptors foresaw the prevalent pandemic, are going viral T he Covid-19 pan- demic has en- gulfed our atten- tion these days. Social media is, as usual, active on this topic also. Many posts, dealing with the claim that great sages and preceptors foresaw the prevalent pandemic, are going viral. One of them caught my atten- tion. It goes something like this – “Are some stanzas of the epic, Ramayan, coming true today? Our current experience is described in Dohas 120 and 121.” The concerned post goes on to quote the relevant por- tions. “Sab kai ninda je jad karhin, te chamgadur hoi avatarhin. Kam bat kaf lobh apara, krodh pitta nit chhati jara. Ek byadhi bas nar marhin, ei asadh bahu byadhi. Ehi bidhi sakal jeev jag rogi, sok harash bhay prit biyogi. Ram kripa nasai sab roga, jaun eh bhanti ba- nay sanjoga” The viral post explains, “when condemnation in- creases in the world and sins multiply, then bats will be born on the earth. Dis- ease related to them will spread in all directions. People will die because of this disease, and there is just one panacea – remem- ber God, charity and live in Samadhi, or under lock- down.” MAHENDRA SINGH DG Income Tax Investigation, Rajasthan An opinion based on distorted facts gar- nering a viral following may appear surprising. But that is the new nor- mal for our world closely connected through the social media platforms. ‘Post Truth’, as a term, came up in the context of the Trump Election and the Brexit Vote. Oxford Dictionary in 2016 accept- ed it as the word of the year. However, the Cam- bridge Dictionary pro- vides an apt meaning - re- lating to a situation in which people are more likely to accept an argu- ment based on their emo- tions and beliefs rather than one based on facts. The Manas is a gem of devotional poetry in the vernacular language that made it accessible to the common man. It has many layers of deep phil- osophical meaning em- bedded in its text for the seeker to try to fathom. Sadly, an attempt is being made to use it, as a drunk would use a lamp post – for support rather than illumination. We often end up finding what we seek. ‘REMEMBER GOD, CHARITY AND LIVE IN SAMADHI’ An opinion based on distorted facts garner- ing a viral following may appear surprising. But that is the new normal for our world closely connected through the social media platforms. ‘Post Truth’, as a term, came up in the context of the Trump Election and the Brexit Vote. Ox- ford Dictionary in 2016 accepted it as the word of the year. However, the Cambridge Dictionary provides an apt meaning - relating to a situation in which people are more likely to accept an argument based on their emotions and beliefs rather than one based on facts. The Manas is a gem of devotional poetry in the vernacular language that made it accessible to the common man. It has many layers of deep philosophical meaning embedded in its text for the seeker to try to fathom. Sadly, an attempt is being made to use it, as a drunk would use a lamp post – for support rather than illumina- tion. We often end up finding what we seek. FEAR OF INFECTION AND DEATH UNLEASHED BY COVID-19 DESIGN: ABHISHEK GUPTA
- 8. It is important to stay connected with your family and loved ones in these times. Reach out to those whom you haven’t talked to or seen in years. Connect, the distance is physical, it doesn’t have to be emotional. —Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India JAIPUR | SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2020www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 08 2NDFRONTPOSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21 Corona growth rate coming down, 24% cured: Raghu Vikas Sharma Jaipur: Health Minis- ter Dr Raghu Sharma has praised doctors for halting coronavi- rus in its tracks in the state. He claimed that Rajasthan has better track record than oth- er states in tackling COVID-19. The health minister said that the state has collected 75,000 sam- ples. As many as 2,008 people have been tested positive for novel coro- navirus in the state till Friday afternoon, of which 473 or 24 per cent have been cured and 193 of them have been sent home. The state has also reported death of 32 patients, which ac- cording to the health minister is the lowest among stats with high number of cases. “The growth rate of positive cases has come down in the state. The test results which are coming now are mostly of pending samples. Fresh posi- tive cases are less now,” the minister said. The health minis- ter attributed this im- provement to hard work of doctors and better medical arrangements of thestategovernment. Dr Sharma also said that the state has ramped up its testing capacity and it was way ahead of other states in testing. The testing ca- pacity of state has been increased to 5,000 tests per day and the target is to double it in the next few days, he added. “We are making ar- rangements for quick testing of samples. More tests would help us contain the conta- gion. Testing would be in hot spots,” he added. A government offi- cial, referring to an assessment of the state health depart- ment, said the current growth rate of coro- navirus cases in Ra- jasthan was less than what was projected. “There has been a de- crease in the growth rate after April 14. If we go by the growth rate during first phase of the lockdown (March 25 to April 14), the number of COV- ID-19 patients would have been 2,834 (on Thursday) during the second phase of the lockdown,” the offi- cial said. Accounting for near- ly 38 per cent of the to- tal cases in the state, Jaipur is one of the coronavirus hotspots in Rajasthan. Of the total 32 deaths, 17 are in Jaipur alone. Kota: Authorities in Rajasthan’s Hadoti region are extra vigi- lant during the lock- down to make sure child marriages tak- ing place on Akshaya Tritiya, which falls on April 26, are pre- vented. No report of child marriages has surfaced so far from Kota, Bundi, Jhalawar and Baran districts in the region. Akshaya Tritiya, also known as Akha Teej, is believed to be an auspi- cious occasion when girls and boys are tied in nuptial knots in large numbers, particularly in the rural belt of Had- oti region. According to a re- cent report by the Na- tional Commission for Protection of Child Rights, the prevalence of child marriage is 89.4 per cent in rural areas of Rajasthan, while 10.6 per cent in urban ar- eas of the state. The authorities in the four districts initi- ate awareness pro- grammes and set up control rooms every year to check child mar- riages. “This year, the re- ports of possible child marriages around Akshaya Tritiya are zero so far as no child marriage is supposed to be taking place in the district due to strict enforcement of the lockdown,” Depu- ty Director of Inte- grated Child Develop- ment Services (ICDS), Bundi, Bhairu Prake- sh Nagar said. He said anganwadi and ASHA workers are already in the field to conduct surveys in con- nection with coronavi- rus and they have not reported any suspected child marriage in the area so far. Forty-eight cases of child marriages were reported to the dis- trict control room in Bundi on Akshaya Tritiya last year, Na- gar said. Kota District Collector Om Kasera on Thursday directed officials to ensure that no child mar- riage takes place in the district. Officials of an NGO – Childline – are divided over their opinion on child marriages taking place in the region. Childline coordina- tor in Kota Alka Ajmera said, “We re- ceive a lot of calls on child marriages from across the district around Akshaya Tritiya every year, but this year no call reporting about child marriage has been re- ceived so far due to the lockdown.” But the coordinator of Kota Railway Child- line, Bhupendra Singh, said child marriages are likely to take place in rural areas in the usual manner as the en- tire government ma- chinery is focused on fighting against COV- ID-19. —PTI First India News Jaipur: Justice Mo- hammed Rafiq will be sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Orissa HC on Sunday. Justice Rafiq who belongs to Shekhawati in Ra- jasthan, will be the 31st CJ of Orissa HC. He has been trans- ferred on recommenda- tion of Supreme Court Collegium.JusticeRafiq will leave in a special planeonSaturday.Since, the Orissa government doesn’t have a plane; it hadrequestedRajasthan government to provide itschopper.Thetalksbe- tweentwoareunderway. There is possibility that Justice Rafiq will take oath on Sunday morning. Jaipur: A youth in Bhilwara has had to ‘quarantine’ himself on a tree after being refused entry to his village recently. The 24-year-old Kamlesh Meena walked all the way from Ajmer to reach his village Sher- pura in Bhilwara, however, was stopped by villagers while en- tering into his village fearing corona spread. He was advised to go to district hospital first and get himself tested. However, Kamlesh re- fused to go out of his village. As the tension gripped the village, a medical team soon reached the spot and collected the samples of youth. Other medi- cal tests were also done.Meanwhile, the medical team to sort out the issue, asked Kamlesh to come along to Bhilwara quarantine centre. However one of the sec- tion of villagers did not allow them to do the same. After a long de- bate, it was decided to quarantine the youth 3 kms far off the village on a tree. A temporary ladder was put aside a tree to help this man come down to attend na- ture’s call. A medical team has been coming daily to test him. Meanwhile district collector Rajendra Bhatt said that this man is healthy. “As he did not want to go to quarantine centre, he was quarantined on a tree.” Kamlesh’ father Sagarmal said that his son was a daily wager in Ajmer. After lock- down, he was stranded in the city and waited for some vehicle, how- ever, when he did not get any vehicle, he walked 150 kilometres to reach his village. As villagers objected to his entry in village, he started living on a tree by making a ‘machan’ on it. We are giving him two meals and water,” he added. —IANS Rajendra Chhabra Jaipur: Gone are the days when Rajasthan cadre IAS ruled the roost while deputing in the central govern- ment in Delhi. There was a time when as many as 10 state cadre IAS were posted in Delhi as secretaries to important depart- ments. The condition is so pathetic today that only one state cadre IAS is on deputation with the central government. Usha Sharma had to wait for 8 long years in Delhi to get empan- elled and become Sec- retary in ordinary de- partment like Youth Affairs & Sports. There isn’t much to sing about even on the Additional Secretary level where only Mad- hukar Gupta and San- jay Malhotra are post- ed with Gupta due to retirement in coming September. The latest develop- mentinthematteristhat theempanelmentlist,for Secretary and Addition- al Secretary, which came outlastweekalsodoesn’t feature any name from the state. In all 28 IAS from 1987-88 batch have been empanelled in this list. 1987 batch Neel Kamal Darbari has been empanelled as Secretary Equiva- lent in the list while 1987 batch Veenu Gup- ta could not make it to the list yet again. 1991 batch Sudhansh Pant and 1992 batch Rajat Kumar Mishra were also waiting for em- panelment as Addi- tional Secretary but both were disappoint- ed. Futureempanelment alsoareadismalsceneas there aren’t many offic- ers posted in Delhi to qualify for Secretary or Additional Secretary. New deputations with the centre don’t seem to be the fruit of the season with files of Shikhar Agrawal and Praveen Gupta lying pending with the DOPT. Will a ‘sensitive’ CM Ashok Gehlot and an ‘effective’ CS DB Gup- ta take up the issue with Prime Minister Office and cabinet sec- retary Rajeev Gauba at appropriate time? None ‘worthy’ in Raj Bureaucracy for GOI empanelment? Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma during VC with Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan. Also seen with him is Mission Director NHM Naresh Thakral. CM Ashok Gehlot CS DB Gupta Justice Mohammed Rafiq Test results which are coming now are of pending samples, he said Send us home: Bihar students stage sit-in! KNOT happening: Raj authorities extra vigil during Akshaya Tritiya Youth‘quarantined’ on tree as villagers denied his entry Kota: Nearly 1,400 students from Hary- ana and Assam left Kota for their home towns by buses on Friday morning, while over 2,000 from various places in Rajasthan are scheduled to leave in the evening. Meanwhile, stu- dents from Bihar have appealed to Ni- tish Kumar, the chief minister of their home state, to make arrangements for their return and staged a silent pro- test here. Over 50 students from the Union terri- tories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Diu had left for home in three buses on Thurs- day noon and more than 250 students from Rajasthan had left for their respec- tive home districts till Thursday night. 18 buses carrying stu- dents from Assam and 31 with students from Haryana were sched- uled to leave Kota on Friday, ADM (admin- istration), Kota Nar- endra Gupta said. At least 50 students from Dadra and Na- gar Haveli and six from Diu had left Kota in three buses on Thursday noon, while students from Bun- di, Jhalawar and Baran in Rajasthan were dispatched in 10 buses on Thurs- day night, he added. Nearly 1,000 stu- dents from Haryana leftforhomeonFriday morningandabout400 students from Assam have started the jour- ney towards their home state. Over 2,000 students from various cities and towns of Rajasthan were also scheduled to leave Kota in the evening, he added. Meanwhile, over 12,000 students from Bihar, who are stuck here since the nation- wide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus was im- posed, appealed to Ku- mar to call them back on Thursday. They held up placards with the appeal written on those from their respec- tive places while maintaining social distancing. —PTI VC WITH UNION MIN CHILD MARRIAGE FIGURES —Pic for representational purposes only Bihar students want their ‘Kota’ of return Justice Rafiq to take oath on Sunday Fisrt India News Jaipur: PCC Chief and Deputy CM Sachin Pilot con- gratulat- ed peo- ple on the occa- sion of National P a n - chayati Rajday,Ramzanand PrakashParvof sec- ond Sikh Guru An- gad Dev. He also re- quested people to follow guidelines of social distancing. Speaking on the oc- casion, Pilot said that the soul of In- diaresidesinthevil- lages,sothedevelop- ment of the country is possible only by the development of the villages. Let us all come together to build a strong India through strong Pan- chayati Raj. Pilot extends greetings on multiple occassions Sachin Pilot
- 9. JAIPUR, SATURDAY APRIL 25, 2020 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 09 Bae Worth Watching! CITY FIRST he year 2020 was awaited for many rea- sons and the Bay- watch documentary slotted for an April 2020 release, was defi- nitely one of them. With the Worldwide lockdown at present, there is no update on the release of the documen- tary of this most-watched TV show during its tenure from 1989-2001. Filmmakers Matthew Felker and Brian Corso lined up some of the show’s top-billed cast members to take a walk down memory lane for Baywatch and talk about their time on the show and the hours they spent in skimpy red suits. But be- yond the iconic beachwear, the Documentary will take a deep- er dive into the cultural impact of the long-running syndicated show. Further, it will investi- gate the cast, their participa- tion, anecdotes from filming, and where they are now. Baywatch, the American drama television series is about the Los Angeles County lifeguards as well as Hawaii Lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles Coun- ty, California, and Hawaii, starring David Hasselhoff. The show led to a spin-off, Bay- watch Nights, and three direct- to-video films: Baywatch the Movie: Forbidden Paradise, Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay, and Bay- watch: Hawaiian Wedding. We have a special connec- tion to Baywatch as our very own Priyanka Chopra made a glam Hollywood movie debut as vampy Victoria Leeds in Baywatch, the R-rated movie remake of the campy TV se- ries. The former Miss World rocks power outfits and 5-inch Louboutins as an evil real-es- tate developer able to look meddling lifeguard Mitch Bu- channon (6-foot-5 Dwayne Johnson in the role made fa- mous by David Hasselhoff) dead in the eye. “Being a villain is awesome. It’s so good to be bad,” says Chopra. She surprised her- self by gleefully unleashing her “inner Victoria” each morning on the set. “It’s like, why do I like being evil so much? Why do I have so much fun tor- turing people?” It’s this kind of un- bridled baddie joy that compelled director Seth Gordon to cast Chopra af- ter a Skype call to dis- cuss a part for her as a lifeguard. Gordon saw her dark side and imme- diately changed the film’s planned male bad- die from Victor to Victo- ria while rejiggering the shooting schedule to ac- commodate Chopra’s Quantico work. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in A walk down memory lane for ‘Baywatch’, with flashbacks of TV series and Hollywood Film T
- 10. 10 WATCH LISTJAIPUR | SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2020www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia FACEOFTHEDAY ASHLESHA AHLUWALIA, Influencer YOUR DAYHoroscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva LEO JULY 24 - AUGUST 23 A fun trip with family is on cards for some. On academic front, you will be very busy in doing your preparations that you will have no spare time for leisure. You will keep your promises as far as helping someone with money is concerned. You will complete a project. LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22 You must learn to maintain good relationships on work front as you cannot be blunt with people at work. Romance is in the air for you and you will spend some amazing time with you love today. You may think of buying a property but the only problem is the area. ARIES MAR 21 - APR 20 Your spouse will give you special treatment today for all your love and sincerity. You will feel on the top of the of the world today and you will spread happiness wherever you will go. You will be mentally very relaxed on professional front as you have managed to finish your work. SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22 You will go out of your way to help someone with their personal problems. You will meet someone who shares same ideologies like you. You are person of strong resolve and you don’t stop until you have accomplished whats in your mind. Your family may demand your time. GEMINI MAY 21 - JUNE 21 People will not only notice your hard work but will also appreciate you for it. You will be able to successfully negotiate. Exercises alone won’t help you, you have to careful consider what you put in your belly. Many opportunities will knock at your door. AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 19 You need to not only understand what your partner wants but also make sure to deliver it. On professional front, you will meet the expectations of your boss. In financial matter, you know hat needs to be done and you tend to make no mistakes. Doing some charity is on your mind. TAURUS APR 21 - MAY 20 You are soon moving abroad to your place of desire for permanent settlement. You usually don’t sit at peace until your work is done. You are a tough, strong person by heart but you don’t forgive people who play with your sentiments. You are a one man army. CAPRICORN DEC 23 - JAN 20 You will benefit from buying or selling the property about which you have been thinking for quite some time. Look for the strengths rather than the weakness. You are very serious about your career and you don’t tolerate any mistake in your work. VIRGO AUG 24 - SEP 23 On professional front, you colleagues or your boss may give you a surprise party for your sincere effort in some project. Always be optimistic when it come to love. Homemakers will spend the whole day in resetting and arranging things in the house. CANCER JUNE 22 - JULY 23 Things are getting easy for you on academic front as you have starting exerting more than you ever have. Love life is secure for you. All your worries will vanish once you get the promotion and hike which will happen soon. You may feel very emotional about your parents. PISCES FEB20 - MARCH 20 You may excel in some or the other sports an there is no harm in taking it seriously for once. Some of you have really started earning well and you are professionally growing day by day. A good news is waiting for you on professional front. You are about to achieve something. SCORPIO OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22 You have a good family life and you are very emotional about them. You need to wait until you find a good life partner. You are good at managing your expenses and savings as much as possible. On professional front, you will come across every kind of person. n the dark of night, a striking figure decked out like a film-noir femme fatale material- izes along a road side, toting leather luggage and a Singer sewing ma- chine. She is clearly dressed to impress with her crimson lip- stick, white gloves, cocked-just- so chapeau, wavy blonde locks and a black-and-white ensemble that conforms to her womanly shape as if it were her birthday suit. She takes a slow drag on her cigarette and issues this state- ment of intent that is more of a warning than greeting: “I’m back, you bastards!” If that weren’t enough, a car stops and a uniformed constable gets out. He briefly stares before inquiring, “Is that, uh … Dior?” It’s quite an entrance in quite a movie. However, when it comes to “The Dressmaker,” nothing is ever enough. And that is its main problem. Another woman who can rightfully proclaim, “I’m back,” is Australian director and screenwriter Jocelyn Moor- house. She made a splash in the ‘90s with “Proof,” “How to Make an American Quilt” and “A Thousand Acres,” before taking time off to raise her family. Now, 18 years later, she has adapted a book by Rosalie Ham with a script co-written by hub- by P.J. Hogan of “Muriel’s Wed- ding” fame that is positively ex- ploding with a surfeit of pent-up creative energy that unfortu- nately doesn’t know when to stop. Not that “The Dressmaker” is ever dull and is even more than occasionally delightful in its nuttiness. This ultimately ex- hausting tilt-a-whirl of a revenge tale set in 1951 that takes place in the mythical dusty Down Un- der hamlet of Dungatar embrac- es all manner of influences— spaghetti Westerns, a Tim Bur- ton-esque aesthetic, a warped world view that rivals John Wa- ters, a small mob of morally cor- rupt Dickensian-style eccentrics and a story whose wild tonal shifts range from Tex Avery car- toony to Douglas Sirk melodra- matic. The lady above is one Myrtle “Tilly” Dunnage (Kate Winslet, providing a captivating harbor in this storm of kookiness), who has returned to the community that once ban- ished her as a child. She is ostensibly there to care for her dotty crank of a mother, Mad Molly (a cantan- kerously cagey Judy Davis, nearly unrec- ognizable until her character regains her wits and pret- ty much steals the movie), who has been living in pungent squalor. But Til- ly also is clearly out to right some wrongs while shedding a light on a tragic incident from the past that she can’t quite recall. All that sounds quite logical, until Tilly, who learned how to make haute-couture de- signs while in Paris, hauls out her sewing machine and starts a business doing fashion makeo- vers for Dungatar’s frumpy fe- male citizenry. This budding Edith Head also has an unusual way of attracting her first cus- tomers: She disrupts a rugby match by showing up in a curve- clinging scarlet gown before changing into an even more striking Rita Hayworth-inspired black dress—eventually causing the opposing team to lose by sim- ply stripping off its matching jacket. It’s as if “Project Run- way” took over the Super Bowl. In the midst of all this, we are rushed through introductions to a raft of quirky characters. Some make an instant impres- sion, such as Hugo Weaving’s slyly campy rendition of a cross- dressing police sergeant who can’t help but hungrily caress Tilly’s luxurious fabrics with his eyes (shades of his drag queen in “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”). Then there is Liam Hemsworth as hunky farmer Teddy, who quite fancies the reluctant Tilly. Until now, I have primarily thought of this actor as Chris Hemsworth’s young- er, less talented but equally strapping brother. But work- ing in his native Australia seems to have unleashed a very fetching devil-may-care nonchalance that casts quite a masculine spell. Also, please note that al- though they are meant to be contemporaries, Win- slet’s a luscious 40 years old while Hemsworth is 26—and it doesn’t make a whit of differ- ence. Gender parity at its finest. Naturally, evil also lurks in Dungatar and it takes several forms, in- cluding a hunchback town pharmacist and wife abuser who greets Tilly by hiss- ing, “Your mother’s a slut and you’re a bastard,” the rumor- mongering female schoolteacher whose lies caused Tilly to be forced out of town and the wom- anizing councilman who tor- ments his clean-freak wife. By the time a rival seamstress strolls into town slinging her own Singer, Moorhouse is clear- ly guilty of over-accessorizing her already jam-packed fable. Still, certain individual scenes are gems and stand out like state- ment pieces. Davis is at her riot- ous best when she accompanies Tilly and Teddy on a date to see “Sunset Boulevard” at a local cinema. Molly’s repulsed reac- tion to the gorgon-like visage of Gloria Swanson’s aging movie queen is beyond priceless—espe- cially when the silent-screen diva puts the moves on William Hold- en’s gigolo of a screenwriter. Source: https://www.rogerebert.com/re- views/the-dressmaker-2016 I THE DRESSMAKER