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CM Ashok Gehlot fl anked by Mahesh Joshi, Randeep Surjewala, KC Venugopal, Avinash Pande, Shanti Dhariwal, Ajay Maken, Vivek Bansal and others at CMR on Monday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR 109 or 84? GEHLOT AND PILOT STAKE CONTRARY CLAIMS! Aditi Nagar & the official residence of no clue as how and why such afternoon, an extremely hlot-led government in Kartikey Dev Singh the Chief Minister. a major difference of 25 crucial meeting to sort out the state amid a tus- National Hindi news MLAs in Gehlot and Pilot’s Pilot related Rajasthan is- sle for power be- Jaipur: Inspite of a clear channel Aaj Tak carried figures (?) is visible where sues, was convened at the tween him and and confident claim of this report quoting sources each and every MLA could residence of a powerful Un- Pilot. It also rec- 109 MLAs support to close to Pilot. Except this be clearly counted from the ion Cabinet minister, where ommended Ashok Gehlot by Avinash single report, almost all na- media photographs, which a top BJP leader and Pilot strong discipli- Pande and Randeep Sur- tional and regional news were clicked at CMR, just was also reportedly present. nary action jewala, in a surprise and channels carried the figure after MLAs meeting. Subsequently, the Central against any Con- daring move, Sachin Pilot ranging from 102 to 109 leg- Meanwhile, ‘Aaj Tak’ re- minister visited Manesar gress MLA and of- by questioning this figure islators supporting Gehlot. leased the first TV visuals hotel and exchanged pleas- fice-bearer who has claimed that only 84 However, Tuesday morn- of Pilot camp MLAs staying antries with a few Independ- “weakens” the par- MLAs were present in ing’s legislative party meet- at Manesar’s ITC Grand ent MLAs, staying in the ty, however, party Monday’s Congress Leg- ing will again provide an Bharat hotel, but the hotel. One such Independ- leader later claimed islative Party meeting at opportunity to ‘re-verify claimed figure of 30 MLAs ent MLA revealed that the that doors were still and recheck’ the number of could not be verified from minister had even congratu- open for Pilot and others. MLAs supporting Gehlot. the visuals. It looked like a lated him of his becoming a Prior to this, in the wee According to sources, in all, crowd of around 20 or so minister in the coming days. hours of Monday, Avinash only 90 rooms have been Congress MLAs without In- Interestingly, even as the Pande said that some other booked at the Fairmont Ho- dependents, who are also ‘suspicion’ on numbers re- MLAs are in touch with tel out of which only 87 staying in the same hotel, mained, the Rajasthan Con- Gehlot and they rooms have been occupied, but on a separate floor. gress Legislature Party on will also sign so far by the MLAs. In one more significant Monday passed a resolution the letter. Political observers have development, on Monday supporting the Ashok Ge- Turn on P6 Lord Ram is Google to invest $10 billion into India Indo-China talks today, Nepali, says to focus on Finger Area PM Modi interacts with Google CEO Nepal PM Oli New Delhi: Corps disengagement process Kathmandu: Stoking a Sundar Pichai, terms it ‘fruitful’ Commander-level talks that began after previous potential controversy, between India and Chi- military talks on June 30 embattled Prime Minis- New Delhi: Google discussed a range of na will be held on July progressing in Galwan ter K P Sharma Oli on CEO Sundar Pichai on subjects like a new 14 at Chushul in East- Valley, Hot Springs and Monday claimed that Monday announced an work culture in corona- ern Ladakh. Gogra, said one of the of- the “real” Ayodhya lies investment of Rs 75,000 virus times, data secu- The talks will focus ficials cited above. in Nepal, not in India crore or approximately rity and cyber safety. mainly on the second Earlier, the Ministry and that Lord Ram was US$10 billion into India PM termed that inter- phase of disengage- of External Affairs had born in Thori in south- over the next five to action “fruitful” and ment along the Line of said that diplomatic and ern Nepal. seven years through lauded Google’s efforts Actual Control (LAC), military officials of In- Condemning Oli for ‘Google for India Di- in the field of education, said the Indian Army dia and China will con- his remarks, BJP na- gistation Fund’. Digital India and digital officials. tinue their meetings to tional spokesperson Bi- Prime Minister Nar- payments. “This morn- It is expected to focus take forward the process zay Sonkar Shastri said endra Modi on Monday ing, had an extremely on the Finger Area and of troops disengage- that the Left parties interacted with Google fruitful interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Google CEO Sundar Pichai having a video conference over a wide the strategic Depsang ment and de-escalation even in India Turn on P6 CEO Sundar Pichai and Sundar Pichai. Turn on P6 range of issues, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI plains, with a complex at the LAC. Turn on P6

ECONOMIC REVIVAL Rupani allots 127 industrial plots to MSMEs via computerized draw CM inaugurates two CETPs of 40 “Make in India” nation. vestment figures re- of MSME units, and In this context, he said leased by the Central added that about 1.65 MLD for the treatment and disposal that--given Gujarat’s government, Gujarat lakh units have benefit- business-friendly envi- has seen an increase of ed from as much as of waste water from Dahej, Saykha ronment for industries 240% in FDI and the Rs9,000 crore already. In Haresh Jhala Treatment plants and minimal govern- state’s unemployment addition, Gujarat has (CETP) of 40 MLD for ment intervention--it is rate is just 3.4%--the also provided financial Gandhinagar: Chief the treatment and dis- clear that in the coming lowest in the country. assistance of Rs1,371 Minister Vijay Rupani posal of polluted time, all GIDC estates Gujarat is also the crore to more than allotted 127 industrial waste water from in- will thrive and millions Number One state in 11,000 MSMEs through plots to MSMEs (mi- dustries in the indus- of people will get their manufacturing. online payments. cro, small and medi- trial estates in Dahej livelihoods. Sharing details about The state’s Rs458 um enterprises) at the and Saykha. Rupani further stat- financial relief from PM crore financial assis- Tankara’s Chhatar- He appealed to indus- ed that Gujarat is the Narendra Modi’s Rs20 tance under the Atma Mitana GIDC through trialists to focus on best destination for in- lakh crore Atmanirbhar Nirbhar Gujarat a computerized draw. quality, marketing and vestment for the Bharat package, Rupani package has helped He also inaugurated pricing to create a glob- Chief Minister Vijay Rupani world’s entrepreneurs. said Rs3.50 lakh crore is industries in Gujarat two Common Effluent al brand image of a According to FDI in- dedicated for the revival to revive. Turn on P6 NEWS www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia AHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2020 02

ASKS OFFICIALS TO VISIT VILLAGES AND PREPARE A PLAN FOR THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF HIS CONSTITUENCY CONCERNED SHAH SCANS SITUATION ON COVID-19 HOME TURF Aditi Nagar "He asked us to contact tual meeting, Shah asked him if we need any logis- officials to visit these vil- Ahmedabad : Union tic support or injections, lages and prepare a plan Home Minister Amit testing kits or new health for their overall develop- Shah on Monday held care facilities to combat ment. a meeting to review the the pandemic. He also "Shah stressed that COVID-19 situation in asked us to go for rapid the collector and DDO his Lok Sabha constit- testing of suspected per- should visit these vil- uency Gandhinagar in sons identified during lages and prepare a Gujarat. surveillance exercise," plan about what has The meeting, held via the collector told PTI. been done till now and video conference, was at- During the meet, Shah what more can be done. tended by Gandhinagar also took stock of the on- I and the DDO will be Collector Kuldeep Arya, going developmental visiting these villages District Development Of- works in his constituen- next week," Arya said. ficer (DDO) Shalini Du- c y. The Union minister han and Gandhinagar "The Union minister also asked officials to Municipal Commission- stressed on timely and expedite the imple- er Ratankanvar Gadhvi- effective implementa- mentation of personal charan. tion of various govern- benefit schemes in After the meet- ment schemes in his these villages, such as ing, Arya said constituency and told for providing electric- Shah mainly us he will review the ity connections and enquired about progress at regular in- granting widow pen- the latest coro- tervals," Arya added. sion to new beneficiar- navirus situa- On July 11, Shah an- ies, he said. tion. He sought nounced selection of five Out of the total 934 information villages in his Gandhina- coronavirus cases re- about its spread gar Lok Sabha constitu- ported in district so far, and steps taken by ency as part of the 590 were from areas fall- the Gandhinagar ad- 'Saansad Adarsh Gram ing under the Gandhina- ministration to con- Yojana'. gar Lok Sabha constitu- tain it. During Monday's vir- ency, Arya said.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah

‘No Shravan mela or religious Are bad roads the identity of congregation in Junagadh’ ‘Heritage City’ Ahmedabad? First India Bureau

Collector will only allow temple darshans to curb spread of COVID-19 Ahmedabad: The mon- Haresh Jhala And any gathering of number of positive ministration has had soon season has arrived people will be counter- cases. In order to avoid to treat cases, wherein in the state but, the city Junagadh: In an at- productive and facili- such a situation, the patients and their rel- of Ahmedabad is yet to tempt to control the tate the transmission district administra- atives reported their receive a substantial transmission of of the virus. There- tion has been working symptoms late mostly amount of rainfall. De- COVID-19, the Juna- fore, the administra- on a twin strategy- en- in the advanced stag- spite not receiving gadh District Collec- tion has taken the de- courage people to es, thereby making the heavy showers, roads tor Dr Sourabh Par- cision to disallow any come forward if they task of the health de- across the city have al- dhi has declared fair or congregation show even the slight- partment difficult. Cit- ready sustained quite a that the administra- this year. Post Unlock est symptoms of Sars- ing one such example, bit of damage. A few tion will not grant 1.0 & 2.0, visitors to the CoV-2 or self-quaran- the collector recount- problems commonly any permission for Bhavnath Temple had tine at home if they ed the case of two sen- seen during the mon- organization of a increased but due to a have mild symptoms. ior citizens from Surat soon are waterlogging, fair or religious con- spike in COVID-19 cas- There are 3,771 people who reached Juna- damaged roads and gregation in the es, the temple was under home quaran- gadh when their oxy- cave-ins. Over the last holy month of Shra- closed for tourists. We tine in the district as gen levels had dropped few years, the city has van. The period, will only allow dar- of July 12. This will drastically. “Under also witnessed a pattern which begins on shan in temples, but also automatically re- these circumstances, of cave-ins mainly re- July 21, will not see no gatherings.” duce the burden of the the medical team gets ported on stretches of any gatherings in He added, “The rise COVID-19 hospital and just 12 hours to treat Bus Rapid Transit Sys- the district this year. in novel coronavirus its medical team. Only and try to save the pa- tem (BRTS) lanes. Due Talking about the cases is worrying but those with high viral tients. Therefore, to to one such cave-in, the move, Dr Pardhi told what will be more load are being admit- prevent this from hap- BRTS service has re- First India, “Social painful is a surge in ted at the hospital for pening, we have con- mained suspended on distancing is one of the number of deaths. treatment.” ducted awareness the Khodiyarnagar to the major solutions to There are a few dis- Even after conduct- drives in the rural ar- Danilimda stretch as re- control the spread of tricts where the death ing awareness drives eas as well as the city,” pair work has been go- novel coronavirus. toll is higher than the in the district, the ad- he said. ing on for the past two years. Despite multiple at- (Above) A cordoned off gaping pit at Danilimda Cross Road, (Below) Ongoing repair work at a huge tempts to fix city pit on the Manekbaug stretch. —PHOTOS BY HANIF SINDHI roads by local civic body Ahmedabad Mu- roads have become the rains a bit. The AMC see movement of nicipal Corporation identity of conducts temporary re- heavy-load vehicles (AMC), they get dam- Ahmedabad under pairs and on the cycle every day unlike other aged every year and BJP’s rule. They do goes. No permanent so- city roads. Several the cycle is repeated not want to repair lution has been implant- garbage trucks, inter- every monsoon. Ac- them and fix the un- ed to ensure quality state buses and regu- cording to Leader of derlying problem,” as- roads, which lead to traf- lar vehicles pass the Opposition Dinesh serted the leader. fic jams, damage to vehi- through this road but Sharma, there is a Vatva resident cles and inconvenience half of it has been nexus of officers and Gaurav Mishra lament- for the citizens,” he said. closed for the last two the political wing who ed about a road in his Echoing a similar years. The repair earn money because area that gets washed sentiment, Danilimda work is going on but, of bad roads. “The au- away every year. “A road resident Farid Sayid rather than rooting thority does not want called Vatva Crossing said that he had no out the cause of the to build good roads in opposite Sadbhavna po- hope that the road problem, it is just a Junagadh District Collector Dr Sourabh Pardhi (centre) with other offi cials. —FILE PHOTO the city. And that is lice chowky gets washed would ever get re- temporary fix,” as- the reason why bad away even when it only paired. “These roads serted Sayid. GUJARAT www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia AHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2020 03 902 cases: ST bus services Pay more for spitting, not wearing a mask on hold but still no lockdown First India Bureau Ahmedabad: The SMC asks residential societies to get oximeters as state’s tally touches 42,808 cases Ahmedabad Munici- pal Corporation has Haresh Jhala —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI and organizational staff. hiked the fines for “Anyone whose oxy- spitting and not wear- Gandhinagar: Even gen level is less than 94% ing masks in public. as the state marked should be referred to the The move comes a yet another all-time hospital immediately,” week after the single-day high with he says in the video. Ahmedabad Hospi- 902 new cases, the Gu- His appeal for oxygen tals and Nursing jarat State Road concentrators could be Homes Association Transport Corpora- taken to mean that the wrote to Chief Minis- tion (GSRTC) on Mon- city is expecting to run ter Vijay Rupani ask- day discontinued its out of ventilators if a ing him to take strin- Customers at tea stalls and paan shops commonly violate bus services connect- large number of people gent measures man- guidelines on wearing masks. —FILE PHOTO ing major cities. The report low oxygen levels. dating the use of Surat Municipal Com- Meanwhile, Principal masks to curb the found spitting outside In the letter date July missioner has ap- Secretary (Health) Jay- spread of the novel the shop. 5, the body had suggest- pealed to office-bear- anti Ravi on Monday vis- coronavirus. It is to be noted ed that the penalty of ers in residential so- ited Jamnagar and Ra- With the increase, that in a recent sur- Rs200 was not serving cieties as well as in- A medic takes a swab from a passenger at the Ranip bus terminal in Ahmedabad. jkot to take stock of the violators will now pay vey by a local NGO in any purpose and the ac- dustrialists with situation there. She fines of Rs500, a 150% three districts tual cost of implement- units in Surat to pro- reported 902 cases and 10 to test incoming passen- Commissioner Banchha- seemed to be satisfied increase from the pre- (Ahmedabad, Anand, ing the rule cost more cure pulse oximeters deaths on Monday. gers COVID-19. With 12 nidhi Pani in a video cir- with the current efforts vious fine of Rs200 that and Vadodara) re- than Rs200. It added to check oxygen levels As a result, the GSTRC new micro-containment culating on social media put in by the local ad- was levied for these of- vealed that 74% of that increased fines of residents and staff- has discontinued its bus zones added on Monday, has appealed to chair- ministration but laid fences. customers at such have led to fewer traffic ers, respectively. services connecting the city now has 195 such men and secretaries of stress on strengthening Aiming to prevent Paan shops do not violations, and suggest- While Surat witnessed Ahmedabad, Vadodara, zones. The Ahmedabad residential societies and the system. mass gatherings, espe- wear masks, while ed that the authorities 287 fresh cases, Vadodara Bharuch and Surat. Af- Municipal Corporation commercial complexes In the past 24 hours, cially at paan shops, the 76% of the customers similarly impose penal- had 74, Junagadh, 46, ter the entry point at has also sealed as many and even industrialists the state has tested 5,619 civic body has also de- were consuming to- ties in shopkeepers and Bhavnagar, 40, and Ra- Ahmedabad, the local as 376 paan shops for vio- to procure pulse oxime- samples. As on Monday, cided to impose a pen- bacco products near tea joints, where large jkot, 32. A total of 29 dis- civic body has deployed lating COVID-19 norms. ters and oxygen concen- there are 10,945 active alty of Rs10,000 on the the shops, in viola- gatherings occur and tricts and eight munici- teams at the Ranip and In another develop- trators and test each cases, of which 74 are shop owner, if any of tion of COVID-19 people often violate pal corporations have Krishnanagar ST Depots ment Surat Municipal member of their society on ventilator support. his or her patrons are guidelines. mask norms. Rains likely to continue across NABARD Shift patients from Surat to A’bad: LOP marks 39 First India Bureau ter—asking him to Ahmedabad. So, pa- treatment. However, state, weatherman predicts shift COVID-19 posi- tients from the textile Saurashtra does not First India Bureau places over Kutch. very likely at isolated years since Gandhinagar: Leader tive patients from Su- city should be given the enough beds,” Dhanani There will be rain places in all the dis- of the Opposition rat to Ahmedabad. benefit of established said, adding, “The Surat Ahmedabad: On Mon- across the state on tricts of Gujarat region foundation Paresh Dhanani has His reasoning is that facilities in Ahmedabad. and Ahmedabad civic day, very heavy rain- Tuesday too. According and the Saurashtra re- First India Bureau written a letter to cases of Sars-CoV-2 in- “Hospitals are full, so bodies can together save fall occurred at iso- to a bulletin from the gion, namely Kutch, Deputy Chief Minis- fection have been on the people from Saurashtra thousands of patients as lated places in south India Meteorological and in Diu. Ahmedabad: The ter Nitin Patel—who is rise in Surat, while they residing in Surat are try- around 2,000 beds in Gujarat’s Valsad, Department, light Heavy rains are very National Bank for also the health minis- have been falling in ing to go back there for Ahmedabad are vacant.” while rainfall oc- thunderstorms with likely at isolated places Agriculture and curred at most places lightning and surface in the districts of South Rural Development over the Gujarat re- winds of speeds less Gujarat region, namely (NABARD) cele- gion, at many places than 40 kmph (in gusts) Valsad and in Daman, brated its 39th over the Saurashtra accompanied by light Dadra & Nagar Haveli; Foundation Day on region and at a few to moderate rainfall is and in Junagadh. Sunday. As the apex devel- opment bank of the nation, NABARD NOWHERE TO GO has—over the years— played an important role in creating an excellent rural infra- structure and devel- oping rural financial institutions in Guja- rat, with support from the Govern- ment of Gujarat and other stakeholders. In 2019-20 alone, NABARD Gujarat Re- gional Office extend- ed financial assis- tance of Rs15,342.63 About 90 families from Kagdapith Police quarters petitioned Police Commissioner Ashish crore including dis- Bhatia asking for alternative accommodation after they were asked to vacate the flats, which are set to be demolished to make way for a 10-storey tower, in a week. bursement of Rs2,860 crore for creation of —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI rural infrastructure in the state. Chief Secy Mukim visits B’katha, asks admin to curtail death toll Haresh Jhala of identification and subsequent treatment Palanpur: The State of symptomatic COV- Chief Secretary Anil ID-19 patients in the Mukim has directed early stages. the Banaskantha dis- In a briefing with trict administration Mukim, District Collec- to pull up its socks tor Sandip Sagale stat- and ensure that no ed that a war room had surge is recorded in been created which was the number of deaths acting as the communi- due to novel corona- Anil Mukim flanked by Collector Sandip Sagale and other cations and screening virus. Mukim was on officers on his left, and DDO Ajay Dahiya and DSP Police Tarun centre from where a a day-long visit to the Kumar Duggal on his right. close watch was being district to assess the kept on the COVID-19 on-ground situation that every person who Procedure (SOP) proto- hospital, containment of the virus. showcases symptoms col such as collecting zones and public move- The state chief sec- of Sars-CoV-2 should be fines from people not ment in the city through retary advised the local admitted to a hospital wearing masks or spit- CCTV cameras. Sagale administration to in- and receive treatment. ting in public. also claimed that pa- crease surveillance He also asked the Ba- Further, he remained tients who had been dis- across the district, es- naskantha administra- empathetic towards charged after recover- pecially in the contain- tion to take stern action lowering the death toll ing from the virus were ment and micro-con- against those who vio- from the viral outbreak. also being closely moni- tainment zones. late the COVID-19 Mukim also empha- tored with regular vis- Mukim is of the view Standard Operating sized on the importance its from health officers. PERSPECTIVE www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia AHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2020 04 IN-DEPTH CHINA EXPORTS EVERYTHING Google follows Foxconn as FDI flows in he United Nations Conference on Trade EXCEPT BIG IDEAS and Development (UNCTAD) warned last month that the coronavirus pan- China is acting aggressively & is being acquisitive but it does not inspire deep adoration demic, lockdown measures, supply T chain disruptions, and economic slow- down may adversely impact foreign investments in SHUBHRANSHU India despite inflows of $51 billion in direct invest- SINGH ments in 2019. Last year India had improved its The writer is a corporate professional, position among nations receiving maximum for- marketing leader, columnist and a social eign investments from 12th in 2018 to ninth in 2019. and political commentator. He writes The India story may not be as bleak as predicted on brand building, marketing, history, by UNCTAD as foreign investments are not trick- politics, technology and business ling but flowing in. Taiwanese company Foxconn recently announced its plan to invest $1 billion to ver since it came into existence expand its Sriperumbur based plant near Chennai as a free country, India has not in a move seen as gradual shifting of business been challenged like in the pre- from China to India. The contract manufacturer, sent face-off with China. This is it is learned, assembles Apple iPhones. because in our past conflicts - In another important development Sundar Pichai, the two wars we fought with Pa- Chief Executive Officer of Google announced last kistan and the one with China Friday that the technology giant will invest Rs 75,000 E in 1962 - India did not face an crore over the next 5-7 years to help accelerate India’s opponent that could become an digital economy. “Today, I am excited to announce existential crisis. A nuclear- the Google for India Digitization Fund. Through this armed India now takes on China effort will invest Rs 75,000 crore, or approximately that is the undisputed number 2 $10 billion, into India over the next 5-7 years…” power in the world. Or is it? Reliance Jio has attracted foreign investments India must see the world as it worth Rs 1.15 trillion. exists for us -by role and rele- These developments must be music to Prime Min- vance- and decide who mat- ister Narendra Modi’s ears. While delivering the ters? First is the EU and USA inaugural address at the India Global Week 2020 just representing a liberal order a few days back, Modi fervently invited investors to where security is guaranteed by India. “We are laying a red carpet for all global com- military might but even more so panies to establish their presence in India,” Modi by economic interdependence of material progress are it showed us that China is ‘all had said. They seem to be headed towards India. and the force of law. It is our prompting a deeper question. economics no politics’. largest economic partner bloc. Will China rise to rule the Deng Xiaoping – China’s su- Second comes the Islamic world as a hegemon? Will India preme leader after Mao Tse world consisting of the Wah- inevitably face ruinous conflict Tung had made his directive India buying Arms habi fundamentalist forces with China? clear - “Tao guang Yang Hui” which feed terrorism. Our de- As a professional marketer, literally meaning “hide bright- pendence on Arab and Iranian content maker, business man- ness, nourish obscurity”. The to Meet threats oil makes it critical. ager, socio-economic observer state media has officially trans- ost-June 15 skirmish between Indian and Russia with its deep state- and writer my assessment is lated this as “be patient and Chinese soldiers at Pangong Tso India is run power apparatus is an im- that China lacks the soft power China has not build capability“. on a spree to buy defence equipment to portant military supplier and to dominate the world. It is act- accommodated itself Now China has decided that adequately arm its forces against an un- partner. ing aggressively and is being to the rules of a its time has arrived. However, P reliable adversary. With Rafales already And then there is China! acquisitive but it does not in- it still does not have “Soft pow- on there, India approached Russia to urgently pur- China is a vast country with spire deep adoration. The globalised world with er”. The Chinese state’s estab- chase 21 MiG 29 fighter jets to bolster the three squad- economic dynamism, focused world is wary of China. We re- democracy, lishment rues its lack of ex- rons already in service and 12 Su 30s. Russia respond- leadership, and military might. main uninspired by its intellec- privatisation, and portable cultural dominance ed with alacrity and said it was ready to supply the It also sees India as an adversary. tual output. Can we name even collaboration that they call “Ruan Quan Li” fighters in the shortest time-frame possible. China, unlike the other five contemporary Chinese This is where- I believe- cur- With the skies secured, India was mulling the world powers, has not promot- writers, thinkers, and artists? at its core rently India has a decisive edge purchase of rifles for the 13- lakh strong army from ed a worldview. While there is China has got richer but has it over China. India is an intellec- the US. Originally it was planned to produce 6.71 an endless comment on its eco- got enriched holistically? tual power with credits to sev- lakh AK 203 Russian Kalashnikov rifles under the China, unlike nomic, political, and military China has not accommodat- eral large impact ideas and new Make in India programme. The project ran into the other world affairs but no one has seen it as ed itself to the rules of a glo- cultural content that appeals to trouble as the price quoted by the Russian manu- powers, has not a powerhouse of “ideas”. balised world with democracy, a larger world. We have a free- facturer was found to be “ureasonable and unac- promoted a China – love or hate it – is an privatisation, and collabora- dom of expression that leads to ceptable”. While a committee is looking into the worldview. inexhaustible force whose tion at its core. widespread dissemination. cost issue, the army which has acquired 72,400 SiG economy rose fast enough for it China’s government is a me- In my opinion, China’s path Sauer rifles is now intending to buy an equal num- While there is to become the world’s largest ga-state business enterprise. to superpower status is not ber of Sauer rifles to meet the shortage. The shop- an endless economy in Purchasing Power This is what allows China to smooth. Beijing is the formula ping list doesn’t end here. comment on its Parity (PPP) terms. It domi- have the confidence to be a of state capitalism, open mar- The army is also eyeing some state-of-the-art economic, nates the world supply chains military aggressor and a politi- ket but a closed political sys- defence equipment from the US and Israel. Promi- political, and and has managed to drag 400 cal despot. State economics is form, workers’ rights, and an tem will not last the course of nent among them are 200 pieces of Raven, or RQ-11, military affairs million people from rural pov- their engine. end to official corruption. It its attrition with powerful lib- the US-made hand-launched, remotely controlled but no one has erty to prosperity in less than On April 15th 1989, a memo- dominated the heart of Beijing eral democracies. aerial vehicle, and Israeli “loitering” ammunition 40 years. The ‘Made in China’ rial march for the former com- for six weeks but was abruptly Soft power will beat hard Spike Firefly. Artillery shells with a range of 40 seen it as a label was acquiring clout, till munist party Secretary-Gener- crushed by soldiers and tanks power eventually. km are also on the list. Ravens and the shells are powerhouse the COVID crisis began. al Hu Yaobang turned into a on 4th June 1989. The crack- THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY aimed at adding lethal power to the infantry. of “ideas” The scale, speed, and impact mass protest for political re- down was a human tragedy and THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL

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INDIA www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia AHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2020 05 SC UPHOLDS TRAVANCORE ROYAL FAMILY’S RIGHTS New Delhi: The Su- thapuram will head an CASE SO FAR the Indian Union in ment of committee as preme Court upheld the administrative commit- 1947. law of escheat does not SREE PADMANABHASWAMY TEMPLE rights of the Travancore tee to manage the tem- While pronouncing apply in this case and royal family in the ad- ple’s affairs. the judgement, the apex the management of the ministration of historic The top court deliv- court held that the temple continues to Sree Padmanabhaswa- ered the verdict on a death of earlier ruler of vest in trust of the ruler my Temple in Kerala, batch of appeals, in- Travancore royal fami- of Travancore. considered to be one of cluding the one filed by ly does not affect the While making an in- the richest temples in legal representatives of right of ‘Shebaitship’ terim arrangement to the country. the Travancore royal (the right to manage the manage the affairs of It set aside the Kerala family, challenging the deity and the temple as the temple, the apex High Court’s 2011 ver- January 31, 2011 verdict a priest) of Marthanda court said that it will dict which had directed of the High Court. Varma, the brother of remain in force till a the state government to The sprawling tem- last ruler of the royal fresh committee is set set up a trust to take con- ple, an architectural family, and his legal up and all the members trol of management and splendour in granite, heirs. of the committee must assets of the temple. was rebuilt in its pre- The top court said be Hindus. A bench headed by sent form in the 18th that death of the last The controversy over Justice UU Lalit said century by the Travan- ruler of royal family management of the his- that as an interim meas- core Royal House which ing parts of Tamil Nadu does not entitle the toric temple was pend- ure, the District Judge had ruled southern before integration of state government to ing in the apex court for of Thiruvanan- Kerala and some adjoin- the princely state with take over the manage- last nine years. —PTI

Scindia camp gains as Bengal BJP MLA found hanging Zero tolerance on Kolkata: A West Ben- “TMC goons” and call- MP CM allots portfolios gal MLA was found ing a 12-hour shutdown Bhopal: MP Chief Min- dead under mysterious in North Dinajpur dis- ceasefire violations ister Shivraj Singh circumstances near his trict from 6 am on Tues- Chouhan distributed home in North Dina- day. BJP national presi- by Pak: Naravane portfolios on Monday jpur district on Monday, dent J P Nadda tweeted among 28 new minis- an incident his family saying, “The suspected ters, who were inducted and the BJP claimed heinous killing of De- in the cabinet on July 2. was a “cold-blooded bendra Nath Ray, BJP CM holds the follow- murder”, and blamed BJP state president Dilip Ghosh along with party supporters MLA from Hemtabad in ing portfolios -- general the ruling TMC for it. participate in a silent protest in Kolkata. West Bengal, is ex- administration depart- mentary affairs, law, & The body of Deben- tremely shocking & de- ment, public relations, legislative affairs. dra Nath Ray, in his 60s, the district, police said. Hemtabad (reserved) plorable. This speaks of Narmada valley devel- Yashodhara Raje Scindia was found hanging West Bengal police seat on a CPI-M ticket in the Gunda Raj & failure opment, aviation. Narot- has been given charge of from the ceiling of a ve- said a suicide note was 2016 but later joined the of law and order in the tam Mishra, retains sports & youth welfare, randah outside a shut- found from his shirt BJP. Ray’s death Mamta govt. People will home and has also been technical education, skill tered shop near his pocket where he blamed whipped up a political not forgive such a govt given additional charges, development, & employ- home in Bindal village two people for his death. storm, with BJP brand- in the future. We strong- Army Chief GenNaravane (2nd R) during his visit to including jail, parlia- ment ministries. in Hemtabad area of Ray had won the ing it a murder by ly condemn this.” —PTI forward areas along the border in Jammu region.

Jammu: Indian ly-brokered a truce IN THE COURTYARD Army chief General deal in November ‘Great chance for Indian as world MM Naravane on 2003 were recorded Monday reiterated last year and were SC refuses to entertain plea seeking India’s “zero toler- the highest in 16 reluctant to deal with China’ ance” policy against years. New Delhi: Union Min- “World Bank has in- the ceasefire viola- “The COAS rein- restrictions on Amarnath Yatra ister Nitin Gadkari on creased our ease of do- tions by Pakistan and stated the fact of New Delhi: The SC re- call on it. Monday said that the ing business rank but attempts by terrorists ‘zero tolerance’ fused to entertain a The apex court was world is reluctant to clearance, certificate, to infiltrate from against the ceasefire plea which sought di- hearing a plea filed by deal with China in the and compliance proce- across the border. violations by Paki- rections for restriction Shri Amarnath Barfa- wake of coronavirus dures are very compli- Pakistan has inten- stan and infiltration on this year’s Shri Am- ni Langars Organisa- and termed it as a cated. We are trying to sified ceasefire viola- attempts by terror- arnath Yatra due to the tion’ which had sought “great opportunity” for make all systems digi- tions in Jammu and ists,” Lieutenant COVID-19 pandemic. a direction to Centre, Indian industries. tal. Our aim is to in- Kashmir and the In- Colonel Devender A bench headed by Jammu and Kashmir “World economic sce- crease GDP, agriculture dian Army has said it Anand said in a state- Justice DY Chandra- and Shri Amarnathji nario is very favoura- growth rate, and village has recorded as many ment. “He further chud said that the deci- Shrine Board to re- ble, the world is not industry growth,” he as 2,542 violations till highlighted that all sion on permitting pil- strict the access of pil- very much interested to dressing webinar on said. Minister for Road June 30. On Sunday, agencies of services grims and imposing the domain of execu- grims in the Yatra in deal with China. So it is “Aatmanirbhar Bharat Transport said, “In Pakistan initiated and Govt are work- conditions for their tive and the adminis- wake of the coronavi- a great opportunity for in New India”. The NHAI, we have now in- cross-border firing in ing together relent- safeguard falls within tration would take a rus outbreak. —PTI Indian industries. It is Minister said that the come of Rs 28,000 crores Nowshera sector of lessly & will continue a blessing in disguise. Central government per year and my plan is Rajouri and Kirni to do the same to de- HC EXTENDS INTERIM TABLIGHI: BAIL TO 85 We can be more com- aims to increase gross to take to Rs 1 lakh and Qasba sectors of feat the nefarious de- petitive, quality-con- domestic product crores in the next five Poonch. sign of proxy war ORDERS TILL AUG 31 KYRGYSTAN NATIONALS scious, and take advan- (GDP), agriculture years. I am not fully de- The 3,289 viola- being fueled by our New Delhi: The Delhi High New Delhi: A Delhi court Monday tage of the situation,” growth rate, and village pending on the govern- tions of the mutual- adversaries.” Court Monday extended till Au- granted bail to 85 Kyrgyzstan na- Gadkari said while ad- industry growth. ment’s budget.” —ANI gust 31 all the interim orders, in- tionals who were chargesheeted for cluding bails, which were to ex- attending the Tablighi Jamaat con- pire on or after July 15, in cases gregation here allegedly in viola- before it and the district courts tion of visa norms, indulging in CBSE class 12 exam results out, girls outshine boys here so as to ensure safety of missionary activities illegally and litigants, lawyers and under-trial violating government guidelines New Delhi: Girls out- with any merit list on the board website. prisoners during the prevailing issued in the wake of Covid-19 out- shone boys in the class amid the exceptional Girls outperformed LUCKNOW GIRL DIVYANSHI JAIN COVID-19 pandemic break. Chief Metropolitan Magis- 12 examination, results circumstances arising boys by 5.96 per cent. GETS 100% MARKS A special bench, headed by Chief trate Gurmohina Kaur granted the of which were an- out of the COVID-19 While the pass percent- Justice D N Patel, said it was ex- relief on furnishing personal bond nounced by the Central pandemic. age of girls is 92.15 per ucknow girl Divyanshi Jain, a tending the interim orders, includ- of Rs 10,000 each. Board of Secondary The board also decid- cent, that of boys is Lclass 12th student of Navyug ing bails, till August 31 as the pris- Till date, 532 foreigners from 34 Education (CBSE) on ed to replace the term 86.19 per cent, this year. Radiance Sr Sec School, scored 600 ons were already overcrowded and countries, who were chargesheeted Monday, recording an “fail” with “essential re- The transgenders have marks out of 600 to get 100% marks if anyone prisoner returns to jail in the case, have been granted bail increase of over 5 per peat”. Accordingly, the recorded a pass percent- in the CBSE class 12 results declared from outside, there was a risk he by the court. The police had in June cent in pass percentage term “fail” will not fig- age of 66.67%. The over- on Monday. “This is unbelievable. I might bring the infection with him filed 59 charge sheets, including against last year. ure in result documents all pass percentage in- am elated and surprised at the same and it could spread among the oth- supplementaries, against 956 for- The board decided issued to the candidates creased by 5.38% as time,” said jubilant Divyanshi Jain with a big smile. er inmates. —PTI eigners in the case. —PTI against coming up as well as those hosted against last year. —PTI

CONG LEADER, 38 WORKERS BOOKED BABRI MASJID: KALYAN SINGH FOR VIOLATING PROHIBITORY ORDERS TWO MILITANTS KILLED IN APPEARS BEFORE TRIAL COURT PANEL PROBING KANPUR Aligarh: A Congress lead- inside a private property, ENCOUNTER IN ANANTNAG Lucknow: Senior BJP is currently recording the AMBUSH, VISITS BIKRU VILLAGE er and 38 party workers they had not defi ed any Srinagar: Two militants were killed in an encoun- leader Kalyan Singh ap- statements of 32 accused Kanpur: Justice (retd) Shashi Kant Agar- were booked for violating restriction that have been ter with security forces in Anantnag district of peared before the special under CrPC section 313 wal, heading the one-member judicial prohibitory orders after enforced across the state J&K , police said. Security forces launched a cor- CBI court here in connec- (court’s power to examine commission probing the Kanpur ambush & they staged a protest due to the coronavirus. don and search operation early Monday morning tion with the 1992 Babri the accused), a stage in encounter of slain gangster Vikas Dubey, against high electricity According to police, the in Srigufwara area of Anantnag district following mosque demolition case. the trial that follows the visited Bikru village to probe the attack in tariff in the state, police Congress workers were information about the presence of militants there. The 88-year-old former examination of accused. which eight policemen had died. Agarwal said on Monday. National booked under sections The search operation turned into an encounter Uttar Pradesh chief minis- Other alleged accused, visited the ambush site in the village near Secretary of All India 188 & 269 of the Disaster around 6:40 am when the hiding militants opened ter and former Rajasthan including former deputy Kanpur and interacted with the locals. He Congress Committee Act for holding a protest fi re on the security forces, who retaliated. In the Governor arrived at the prime minister L K Advani also took a round of the village and tried to (AICC) Vivek Bansal, at Dharampur courtyard ensuing gunfi ght, two militants were killed and court to record his state- and senior BJP leaders persuade locals into recounting the details however, said that as the marriage hall without incriminating material, the police said. ment before the CBI spe- M M Joshi, are yet to be of the July 3 incident, an official said. agitation was organised obtaining permission. cial judge. The CBI court examined at this stage. INDIA www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia AHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2020 06

CORONA UPDATE The Gandhi scion has been criticising the Centre over handling of the pandemic 480 RETURN Russia successfully completes Mumbai: As many as RaGa questions govt’s 480 Indian medi- cal students, who trials of world’s 1st vaccine were stranded in Moscow: The clinical According to Alexan- Russia due to the trials of the world’s first der Lukashev, the direc- coronavirus- induced coronavirus vaccine on tor of the Institute of good position claim restrictions, arrived in volunteers at Sechenov Medical Parasitology, New Delhi: Congress Mumbai by a private First Moscow State Tropical and Vector- leader Rahul Gandhi Sardar Patel chartered fl ight Medical University has Borne Diseases at Sech- questioned the govern- on Monday. They been successfully com- enov University, the ob- ment’s claims on bat- centre: 1st thanked Maharash- pleted, Vadim Tarasov, clinical trials of the vac- jective of this stage of tling COVID-19, asking tra minister Aaditya the director of the Insti- cine produced by Rus- the study was to show is India at a “good posi- patient Thackeray for the tute for Translational sia’s Gamalei Institute of the vaccine’s safety for tion” in the battle help in facilitating Medicine and Biotech- Epidemiology and Mi- human health, which against the virus. discharged their return. The stu- nology, told Sputnik, crobiology on June 18. was successfully done. His remarks came a dents, included 470 adding that the first “Sechenov Universi- “The safety of vac- day after Union Home New Delhi: A 39-year- from Maharashtra, 4 group of volunteers ty has successfully com- cine is confirmed. It Minister Amit Shah old man was discharged from UT of Dadra & would be discharged on pleted tests on volun- corresponds to safety of said India is in a “good from the newly set up Nagar Haveli, 4 from Wednesday and the sec- teers of the world’s first those vaccines that are position” in the battle Sardar Patel COVID care MP & two from Goa. ond on July 20. vaccine against corona- currently on the mar- against the coronavirus ‘NO LOGIC IN BABY PACK LOCKDOWN’ centre on Monday, be- The university began virus,” Tarasov said. ket,” Lukashev said. pandemic and the coun- coming the first patient try will fight the disease to be completely cured with determination and of the disease at the fa- ILS takes Glenmark enthusiasm. cility here, officials said. India has more than In a tweet, Gandhi The patient, a resi- major step drops asked, “India at good dent of South Delhi, 5.5L recovered cases position in COVID19 was admitted to the price of battle?” COVID care centre on in drug He tagged a graph of July 5, they said. He is Favipiravir India’s daily average the first patient to be formulations COVID cases that discharged from the fa- Bhubaneswar: In a New Delhi: Drug showed a steady rise, cility created at the major development firm Glenmark Phar- against that of other Radha Soami Beas cen- capable of helping maceuticals said it countries like South Ko- tre in Chattarpur, a sen- in drug formula- has cut price of rea & New Zealand ior official said. tions for COVID-19, its antiviral drug which have shown a ITBP doctors at the the Institute of Life Favipiravir, under steady decline in cases. facility clapped for him Sciences has suc- the brand name India saw a daily rise Over 1.1 cr samples and bid him goodbye. cessfully estab- FabiFlu, for patients of 28,701 cases in last The man was also given lished in vitro cul- with mild to 24 hours, taking the to- a rose stem, a memento, tures of coronavirus New Delhi: The series gress into an advanced moderate COVID-19, tal number of cases to tested till July 12: ICMR and a COVID-19 free cer- from patient sam- of pro-active, pre-emp- stage of the disease; ef- by 27% to Rs 75 8,78,254 as on Monday New Delhi: The ICMR tificate as he boarded an ples using vero cells, tive and coordinated fective implementation per tablet. morning, while the said that a total of ambulance for home, a top ILS official steps taken by the Cen- of containment zones, Glenmark Phar- death toll climbed to 2,19,103 samples have the official said. He has said. 17 virus cul- tre and the State gov- surveillance activities maceuticals had 23,174 with 500 people been tested for corona- been advised another 7 tures have been ernments for contain- ensured that the rate of launched FabiFlu succumbing to the in- virus in the last 24 days of home isolation. established from ment and prevention of infection stays under last month at a price fection, according to hours. With this, the to- A total of 147 patients swab samples origi- COVID-19 has contrib- control. The norms and of Rs 103 per tablet. the Union Health Min- tal number of tests in have been admitted to nating from differ- uted to a gradual surge standards for care of In a regulatory fil- istry data. India have reached the centre till now. A ent locations of the in COVID-19 recovery. Home Isolation along ing Glenmark an- Gandhi has been crit- 1,18,06,265. team of over 1,000 doc- country with vary- Aggressive testing cou- with use of oxymeters nounced a price re- icising government on Meanwhile, ICMR is and private laboratories. tors, nurses and para- ing virus loads by pled with timely diag- have helped to keep a duction of 27 %for handling of COVID cri- continuously scaling up a total of 688 labora- medic staff of ITBP and ILS, an autonomous nosis has led to identify- check on the asympto- FabiFlu. The new sis and has accused it of its testing facilities for tories across India has other paramilitary forc- institute of Dept of ing COVID affected pa- matic or mildly sympto- (MRP) is Rs 75 per having failed to tackle COVID-19 by giving ap- been given the approval es have been earmarked Biotechnology, tients before they pro- matic patients. tab, it said. the situation. —PTI proval to government to conduct tests. to work at the facility. Will Pilot’s Cong be ‘progressive’? Congress-led UDF to bring no-confidence motion against Left government in Kerala Thiruvananthapuram: (former) IT secretary, The Congress-led Unit- GOLD SMUGGLING CASE who was also the secre- ed Democratic Front on tary to the Chief Minis- Monday decided to ter, with one of the ac- bring in a no-confidence cused is clear now,” the motion against the state UDF Convenor alleged. government as part of The UDF leader also its protest seeking said that asking him to Chief Minister go on long leave was not Pinarayi Vijayan’s res- any kind of discipli- Ajay Maken, Randeep Surjewala and Avinash Pande. ignation alleging that nary action. his office was linked to Swapna Suresh and From P1 Congress government However, a close Pilot the recent case of gold Sandeep Nair, the two led by Gehlot took revo- confidante and a former smuggling through a key accused in the gold “As many as 109 MLAs lutionary decisions in Gehlot loyalist, Deep- diplomatic baggage. smuggling case, were have signed the letter to public interest in the endra Singh Shekhawat UDF convener Benni Swapna Suresh & Sandeep Nair, key accused in case, were remanded to custody by a NIA court. remanded to custody by express full confidence past a year and a half again reiterated that Behanan said the Front a NIA court at Kochi on in the Congress govern- and its efforts to deal they will not be joining has also decided to no-confidence motion Ramesh Chennithala,” “We will continue our Sunday, a day after their ment led by CM Gehlot with the coronavirus BJP and stressed that no move a resolution against the government Behanan said. protest seeking the res- arrest from Bengaluru and in the leadership of crisis were appreciated work has been done over against Speaker P and resolution against He said the Speaker, ignation of the Chief in connection with the Sonia Gandhi and Ra- across the country. the past one and a half Sreeramakrishnan and the Speaker. The UDF who has alleged links Minister. The attempts case that has led to a po- hul Gandhi. Some other After the meeting was years. He also claimed seek his resignation. has entrusted the mat- with one of the accused to protect the accused litical storm, targeting MLAs have spoken to over, the MLAs were that the group has sup- “The UDF meet today ter with the Opposition in the gold smuggling have become evident the Pinarayi Vijayan-led the chief minister over shifted to Fairmont hotel port of thirty legislators has decided to move a Congress Leader case, needs to step down. now. The link of the LDF government. —PTI the phone and they will in Kukas on the Jaipur- and appealed to others to also sign the letter,” Delhi highway and The come and join them. Pande told reporters at chief minister accompa- According to sourc- FROM PG 1 the CM’s residence. nied other MLAs in a bus es, this confusion will Party sources to the hotel. While state continue to prevail for Rupani allots... has announced a eign Affairs Wang Yi-- minister of Nepal or Google to... claimed that 109 MLAs, capital Jaipur had its another day or two, till Rupani said he was Rs14,000 crore pack- - had a ‘frank and in- anyone, to play with We spoke on a wide both from the Congress own colors of polity, the the entire ‘deal’ is fi- proud that about age, he added. depth exchange’ this,” he said in New range of subjects, partic- and those supporting it, national capital was also nalised with BJP, who 60,000 industries in On this occasion, during a telephone Delhi. ularly leveraging the were present in the abuzz with various scep- broadly is open to the 217 GIDCs in the GIDC Chairman Bal- conversation during Speaking at an power of technology to meeting while Pilot and tical predictions. Inspite idea of supporting Pi- state are providing vantsinh Rajput, Prin- which they agreed event on the birth an- transform the lives of some of his loyalists, of Pilot’s repeated ‘NO’, lot from outside but a direct employment to cipal Secretary to the that both sides should niversary of Nepalese India’s farmers, young- the actual numbers of to join BJP, there was section of BJP leader- more than 18 lakh Chief Minister MK complete the ongoing poet Bhanubhakta at sters and entrepreneur,” whom remained a mys- still a buzz in JP Nadda’s ship feels that first of people and helping Das, GIDC Managing disengagement pro- the Prime Minister’s the PM tweeted. tery till late night, did camp at New Delhi that all Pilot must join BJP the state to increase Director Thennarasan, cess along the LAC ex- residence in Kath- “During our interac- not attend it. at the end of the day Pilot and only after the issue its per capita income. Joint Managing Direc- peditiously. —ANI mandu, Oli said that tion, Sundar Pichai and The resolution also will be joining BJP. of supporting Pilot He has expressed tor Kishore Bachani Nepal “has become a I spoke about the new blamed the BJP for con- Interestingly, there from outside will be re- confidence that Guja- and officers were also Lord Ram... victim of cultural en- work culture that is spiring to destablise the were media reports on solved. Though Pilot is rat will move forward present. played with people’s croachment and its emerging in the times Congress government Monday morning sug- in touch with BJP lead- at a faster pace than faith, and the Commu- history has been ma- of COVID-19. We dis- and murdering democ- gesting the formation ership, may be through before and Gujarat Indo-China talks... nists in Nepal will be nipulated.” cussed the challenges racy with the misuse of of a new political party Jyotiraditya Scindia or will fulfil the call of On July 5, the Special rejected by the masses Valmiki Ashram is the global pandemic has power and money to named as ‘Progressive Zafar Islam or anyone the Prime Minister to Representatives of In- in the same way they also in Nepal and the brought to areas such as lure MLAs. This is an Congress’ by Pilot, but else, but still it appears turn challenges into dia and China on the have been here. holy place where King sports. We also talked insult to eight crore till late evening, there that there are some opportunities. To this Boundary Question-- “Lord Ram is a mat- Dasharath had execut- about the importance of people of Rajasthan, was no specific an- ‘gaps’ in Pilot’s deal or end, and in the wake Ajit Doval and Chi- ter of faith for us, and ed the rites to get the data security and cyber the resolution added. nouncement to this ef- understanding with of the Adhia Commit- nese State Councillor people will not allow son is in Ridi, which is safety,” the Prime Min- It mentioned that the fect by Pilot camp. the saffron party. tee report, the state and Minister of For- anybody, be it prime in Nepal, he said. ister tweeted. TALKING POINT www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia AHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2020 07

DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS, LOCKDOWNS AND OTHER SOCIAL-DISTANCING RULES HAVE FORCED SCHOOLS WORLDWIDE TO SHUT THEIR DOORS, LOCKING OUT A PEAK OF 1.6 BILLION CHILDREN. UNLESS THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ACTS NOW, THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THIS GENERATION – ESPECIALLY ITS POOREST MEMBERS – WILL BE SEVERE AND LONG-LASTING

he oft-repeated idea that COVID-19 is “the great equalizer” is a myth. There is no equality of suffering or equality of sacrifice dur- ing a pandemic that is dis- SAVING GENERATION COVID proportionately hurting the poorest and most vulnera- ble. And while the health emergency has dispropor- tionately harmed the elder- ly poor, the unprecedented education crisis caused by the pandemic is now hurt- ing the poorest children hardest and creating a gen- eration that will lose out on learning. Lockdowns and other social-distancing rules have forced schools all over the world to shut their doors, affecting a peak of nearly 1.6 billion children. But while wealthier chil- dren have had access to al- ternatives, such as online learning, the poorest do not. The world’s least-advan- taged children – for whom education offers the only escape route from poverty – have thus fallen further behind, placing the Sustain- able Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) of ensuring inclu- sive and equitable quality education for all by 2030 even further out of reach. Even before the pandem- ic, the world was falling short of this goal. Globally, nearly 260 million children were out of school, and 400 million dropped out after the age of 11. In some re- gions, such as rural Sub- Saharan Africa, few girls poverty of the unemployed. were completing secondary But there is little protection school, not least because of against the effects of a fore- widespread child marriage. gone education, which can Nearly 50 countries have no last a lifetime. laws banning child mar- As it stands, more than riage, and many more fail to half the world’s children – enforce their bans. As a re- nearly 900 million boys and sult, about 12 million school- girls – are unable to read a age girls are forcibly mar- simple text by age 10. That is ried off each year. 900 million children who do When schools reopen, not receive the knowledge there is a good chance that and skills needed to improve many poor children will their economic lot as adults. never return. Poverty is the If we do nothing to help biggest reason why children “Generation COVID” make don’t attend school, and the up for lost time, that figure economic repercussions of could easily approach one the COVID-19 crisis will far billion or more. When outlast lockdowns, especial- schools in Kashmir closed ly for the poorest people. for 14 weeks in the after- The likely result is that math of the devastating 2005 more children will be earthquake, the most af- pushed into the ranks of the fected children lost the 152 million school-age chil- equivalent of 1.5 years of dren forced to work, as 14 learning. countries still have not rati- As the recently published fied the International Labor UNESCO Global Education Organization’s minimum- Monitoring Report advises age convention. And even us, children who have fallen more girls will be forced behind need the kind of into early marriage. When catch-up programs that in the West African Ebola epi- Latin America have in- budget, on education. Inad- spending in low- and mid- it) for low-income coun- for 370 million boys and demic that started in 2014 creased educational attain- equate funding from gov- dle-income countries could tries, and by using guaran- girls) would also ease the closed schools in Sierra Le- ment by up to 18 months ernments and donors has be $100-150 billion lower tees and grants from will- effects of poverty and im- one, the number of since the 1990s. But the meant that many of the 30 than previously planned. ing aid donors, such as the prove educational out- 15-19-year-old-girls who needed support will cost million refugee and forcibly This funding crisis will Netherlands and the Unit- comes. Save the Children were pregnant or already money. Unless we bridge the displaced children age out not resolve itself. The quick- ed Kingdom, which stand will add to this pressure mothers nearly doubled, ris- gap in education funding, of education without ever est way to free up resources ready to unlock billions in with its own grassroots ing from 30% to 65%. Most SDG4 will remain out of setting foot in a classroom, for education is through extra finance for education campaign focused on debt n of these girls never returned reach. despite the efforts of Educa- debt relief. The 76 poorest in lower-middle-income relief to pay for education. SOURCE: to school. UNESCO estimates that tion Cannot Wait and other countries must pay $106 bil- countries through the In- But investing in schools is only part of the solution. With the right policies in before the COVID-19 crisis, groups. lion in debt-service costs ternational Finance Facil- PROJECT SYNDICATE n place, economies will start 50 countries were failing to Now, the pandemic is set over the next two years. ity for Education. In Sierra Leone, support to recover, jobs will slowly spend the recommended to squeeze education budg- Creditors should forgive In the next few days, networks for girls halved

be restored, and social-pro- minimum of 4% of national ets even further. As slower these payments, with a re- both NGOs and all interna- the dropout rate during the n tection policies will ease the income, or 15% of the public or negative growth under- quirement that the money is tional education organiza- Ebola crisis. In Latin DESIGN: ABHISHEK GUPTA mines tax revenues, less reallocated to education, as tions will begin “back to American, African, and money will be available for well as health. school” campaigns. Save Asian countries, condi- public services. When allo- At the same time, multi- Our Future, a new cam- tional cash transfers have cating limited funds, urgent lateral financial institu- paign launching in late boosted school attendance. lifesaving expenditure on tions and regional develop- July, advocates building The latest Global Educa-

health and social safety nets ment banks must increase back better, rather than re- tion Monitoring Report ad- CONCEPT: DIVYA HEMNANI will take precedence, leav- their resources. The Inter- storing the pre-pandemic vocates implementing sim- ing education underfunded. national Monetary Fund status quo. That means up- ilar programs today. Likewise, intensifying fis- should issue $1.2 trillion in dating classrooms and Generation COVID has cal pressure in developed Special Drawing Rights (its transforming curricula, already suffered immense- countries will result in re- global reserve asset), and implementing effective ly. It is time for the interna- ductions in international channel these resources technologies, and helping tional community to give development aid, including toward the countries that teachers offer personalized children the opportunities for education, which is al- need them most. instruction. Making they deserve. Even when ready losing out to other The World Bank, for its schools safer (over 620 mil- faced with momentous priorities in the allocation part, should unlock more lion children lack basic challenges, we remain of bilateral and multilateral support by replenishing sanitation services at their committed to making ours aid. The World Bank now the International Develop- schools, which particular- the first generation in his- estimates that, over the next ment Association (or bor- ly affects girls) and ensur- tory in which every child is year, overall education rowing on the strength of ing school meals (a lifeline in school and learning. Think, life responds, it does not simply happen. It responds to your thoughts, action - to your attitude. —Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India 2ND FRONT www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia AHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2020 08 Guj to restore tribals’ With Corona, Surat now forest land tilling rights First India Bureau plagued by paucity of docs Ahmedabad: The State Government on Mon- day gave an undertak- Authorities have asked MBBS students to report for Covid-19 duty ing to the Gujarat High Shishir Awasthi DOUBLE WHAMMY Court that it would is- sue official directives Surat: The paucity of (Adesh Patra) within a government doctors month to certify to the in Gujarat has now tribals in Narmada come to haunt the district their rights to State’s new corona cultivate forest land. hotspot Surat, forc- Reposing trust in the Narmada district tribals now will have legal rights to till forest lands. ing the authorities to government, the High ask students of Guja- Court has disposed of and Justice J B Pardi- proved in July last year rat Medical College the petition moved by wala. Appearing for the but no Adesh Patras had (GMS), attached to Action Research Com- petitioners, advocate still been issued. the New Civil hospi- munity Health and De- Anand Yagnik submit- In reply, Government tal here, to join the velopment (ARCH) or- ted that in August 2019, Pleader Manisha Lavku- battle against Cov- ganisation. Project Administrator mar Shah submitted id-19. The ARCH had moved of Rajpipla, Narmada that approximately 3,000 A circular issued a Public Interest Litiga- district, had submitted tribals’ applications from the Dean’s office tion which came up for by an affidavit that 1018 have been approved and stated, “Local students hearing before the prin- pending claims and 1376 all of them will be issued and those living in hos- cipal bench of Chief partially approved the Adesh Patra within tels have to remain pre- Justice Vikram Nath claims were finally ap- four weeks from today. sent in the college. As With severe shortage of doctors, the authorities have requisitioned MBBS students for Covid duty. per the guidelines of Medical Council of In- questions about the ready reported to us. ing treated. contractual doctors dia, clinical posting is safety of students, es- They are being trained Surat, where the for various depart- OPERATION DEMOLITION mandatory. The accom- pecially those who to work as assisting number of Covid-19 pa- ment and designa- modation, food and will have to travel staff and in couple of tients has surged to tions for the six civil transport facilities will from remote areas days they shall be post- 8,659, has vacancies for hospitals in be provided. Students and demanded that ed at the New Civil Hos- 91 doctors, including Ahmedabad, Rajkot, who fail to comply shall clinical postings be pital to be clinical as- Professors, Associate Surat, Bhavnagar, be treated as absent voluntary. They sistants,” Dr Jayesh Professors, Assistant Jamnagar and Va- and will not be eligible asked if the students Brahmbhatt, Dean of Professors and Tutors. dodara. to sit for the examina- will get stipends, re- GMC, Surat told report- Gujarat has been In June 2019, Health tions.” lief in internship, ers. grappling with short- Minister Nitin Patel The circular has in- proper hotel stay The GMC authori- age of doctors in gov- had stated during an vited angry protests during quarantine ties have also assured ernment hospitals Assembly session that from the MBBS stu- and PPE in lieu of and claimed that the for more than a year. there were 479 vacan- dents of GMC who took the services. students will receive On May 28, the Guja- cies. By May 2020, the to Twitter to voice their “MBBS part 2 stu- proper training and rat Health Depart- number of vacancies resistance to clinical dents are being called only then act as sup- ment, in the middle had gone up to 686 sug- posting. for clinical posting. porting staff at fa- of the pandemic, had gesting that doctors Bharuch district authorities on Monday demolished a dilapidated water tank in Jalalpura The GMC’s student There are 131 students, cilities where COV- issued an advertise- had quit from govern- area of Jambusar town, after fi rst getting the entire area evacuated. union has raised 31 of whom have al- ID-19 patients are be- ment seeking 686 ment service. HC to hear only cases Hospital swaps two newborns, ED attaches `204-cr from Wed to Friday assets of Gujarat firm First India Bureau DNA test to decide on parents First India Bureau First India Bureau the family members Ahmedabad: With that rushed towards Ahmedabad: The En- more employees being Vadodara: Two fami- her first. “It was a lack forcement Directorate infected by coronavi- lies who simultane- of communication. The (ED) on Monday at- rus, the Gujarat High ously welcomed new- nurse did not ask for tached assets worth Rs Court on Monday is- borns at a government names before handing 204.27 crore of Gujarat- sued a circular inti- referral hospital on over the baby to the peo- based Ardor Group of mating all stakehold- Saturday in Jam- ple that stretched their Companies for allegedly ers that only urgent bugam village of hands out first. The oth- cheating and causing matters will be heard temporary, regular and Bodeli taluka in Chho- er family was told that loss to a consortium of non-agricultural land at from July 15 to July 17. anticipatory bails, mat- ta Udepur district, un- their baby girl was in banks led by the Bank of Surat was also attached. The High Court Regis- ters related to parole, derwent a DNA test on NICU. Later, when the India up to Rs 488 crore. The ED initiated in- trar-General stated that furlough, habeas corpus Monday to confirm doctor arrived to check The attached proper- vestigation on the ba- the situation had wors- and detention and ur- which of the two ba- Two women delivered babies at the same time, but the newborns up on the two women, he ties include sis of six FIRs regis- ened than what it was on gent fresh civil matters bies is their respective got swapped by mistake. noticed that the family Ahmedabad-based com- tered by the CBI and July 2 with 17 staffers will be listed. Pending biological child. of the woman whose mercial office of the Anti-Corruption testing positive as of matters filed during the A nurse at the hospi- Jambugam referral woman delivered a baby girl was in NICU company at SG High- Branch (ACB), Gandhi- now. This decision had lockdown will not be tal had accidentally hospital and both un- healthy baby boy. was holding the baby way, a residential plot at nagar, based on allega- to be taken since the listed unless a note ex- handed over one fami- derwent a cesarean sec- However, when the boy born to the other Satellite, five residen- tion that the Ardor Registrar office is piv- plaining urgency is ly’s baby to the other in tion. The first woman nurse on duty brought family,” said an official tial plots at Ambali, 17 Group and its directors otal to the functioning moved by the advocate a “state of confusion”. delivered a baby girl, the baby boy outside, of Bodeli police station. residential plots at in connivance with un- of the court. concerned. The same On Saturday, two who was immediately she allegedly did not But, to satisfy the Gokul Dham, four shops known bank officials It has been decided would be placed before women were wheeled shifted to the neonatal confirm anybody’s now squabbling fami- at Bodakdev, office had cheated and caused that only urgent matters the Chief Justice on the simultaneously into the intensive care unit name before handing lies, a DNA test has premises at Ellisbridge wrongful loss to the like applications for administrative side. operation theatre of (NICU), and the second over the newborn to been ordered. and Ashram Road. A consortium of banks.

INNOVATIONS GALORE! Now, corrugated Covid furniture, autorickshaw ambulances Masuma Bharmal corrugated card- autorickshaw ambu- pillows, was handed infected after every Jariwala board furniture (bed, lance and autorick- over to the Rajkot use and costs 10-15% side table and parti- shaw x-ray testing unit Municipal Corpora- cheaper. And they Rajkot: Necessity is tion). And this has has been done by tion at RMC commu- can be easily discard- the mother of all in- been supplied to the Dhaval Monani, who is nity hall on Morbi ed. We have already ventions and Rajkot Covid facility centres director of affordable Road. supplied 700 beds to seems to be taking across the country. housing at Anant Na- Speaking to First three centres in the lead in manufac- This is not all an tional University in India, Monani said, Mumbai, 1200 to Del- turing some of the autorickshaw ambu- Ahmedabad. The man- “Shortage of beds is hi, 20 Trivandrum most essential equip- lance that can pass ufacturing is being a major issue in In- and now 75 at Rajkot. ment to meet the Cov- through narrow con- handled by Rajkot- dia during the ongo- The furniture can be id-19 crises. gested lanes is also in based Avantgarde De- ing pandemic. We easily set up. After low cost ven- the making along sign studios. came up with the For example, the tilators, PPE sealing with the world’s first On Monday, a set of idea of using corru- Rajkot set-up was machines and N95 mobile X-ray unit such 75 beds, includ- gated cardboard beds done in just over two mask making ma- built inside an au- ing cardboard lami- by laminating them. days by 10 volun- chines, the city has torickshaw. nated side-tables, They are sturdy, re- teers. And it is all now taken to manu- The design of the partition, rexine-cov- usable, 100% recycla- free, through do- facturing laminated cardboard furniture, ered mattresses and Rajkot fi rm comes up with laminated corrugated beds that it has supplied across India. ble, can be easily dis- nors.” www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia 09 AHMEDABAD, TUESDAY JULY 14, 2020

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n season one of the thinks he can outwit the season. Kabir is carrying average 2018 Prime kidnapper because, after the emotional baggage of a Video series all, he is a specialist in thoughtless act, and guilt Breathe, a father “mind games”. draws him to Delhi, where I went on a killing For that to happen, the he reacquaints himself spree to keep his story (written by Sharma, with Meghna (Plabita son alive. In the Bhavani Iyer, Vikram Tuli, Borthakur), his victim second season, also created and Arshad Syed) would from the past. Not only is by Mayank Sharma, anoth- have to follow the logic, be Meghna now a sponsor at er father justifies murder to constructed intelligently, Narcotics Anonymous, but save his daughter. In both, a and be creative and origi- she’s also a chirpy, life-pos- father will kill to improve nal. Instead, we see a cata- itive young woman who has an immunocompromised log of cliches associated named her wheelchair child’s chances of staying with the murder mystery “Max”. alive. genre. Sadh carries the burden tered by the material and Any gains made by pro- When Delhi-based psy- Despite all the commut- of a traumatized Kabir, who look as bewildered at the duction, background mu- chiatrist Avinash Sabhar- ing by the characters with- has lost his daughter and vapid writing. There was sic, art direction, and cine- wal’s daughter Siya (Ivana in and around Delhi, the his equilibrium, on his an opportunity to explore matography are lost by the Kaur) is kidnapped, Avi- story itself crawls along. muscular shoulders. His childhood trauma and men- writing and editing. A side- nash (Abhishek Bachchan) Barring the kidnapper’s character barely rises out tal health issues here, but plot of two sub-inspectors and his wife Abha (Nithya story, the other characters of the pit of gloom and only it’s unharnessed. Notable vying for Kabir’s attention Menen) meticulously plan swivel in a single spot. I bet occasionally shows a flash performances come from is negated by a pointless murders to meet the kid- you will guess the crimi- of edgy police work, par- supporting cast members, sidebar about a recently napper’s demands to free nal’s identity before hitting tially egged on by an ambi- such as Saiyami Kher, Re- transferred employee jug- their child. A well-off and the mid-point of this bloat- tious and publicity-hungry sham Shrivardhan, Shruti gling a wife’s nagging with educated couple cave in and ed 12-episode series. senior officer. Kabir should Bapna, and Nizhalgal Ravi. a flirtation with an old easily become killers, with The Delhi police team in have been the binding ele- Most of the twists can be flame. The season was the simple justification that charge of the case is at a ment between the two sea- seen coming to an episode filmed before the pandemic all is fair if you are trying loss as videos of these bru- sons, but his part is relegat- in advance. A dozen epi- and lockdown, but watch- to save your family. tal crimes beam across tel- ed to the wings. Credit, sodes of 45 minutes each ing it in this environment, The kidnapper invokes evision channels. Joining though, to Sadh for convey- give you plenty of time to and seeing men in N95 the 10 traits represented by in their efforts are inspec- ing the pain and fleeting join the dots and take a cof- masks and a germaphobe each of Ravana’s 10 heads tor Kabir Sawant (Amit pleasures of a man coming fee break without missing obsessively sanitizing his – anger, lust, ego, fear, and Sadh) and his trusted depu- out of the shadows. anything crucial to the in- surroundings resonated in so on – for the murders to be ty Prakash Kamble (Hrishi- Nithya Menen and Ab- flated and exposition-heavy a very strange way. committed. But Avinash kesh Joshi) from the first hishek Bachchan are fet- plot. https://scroll.in/

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Despite US recording an extremely high number of coronavirus cas- es every single day, Priyanka’s caption hint- ed that a party is in order as Nick’s parents seem to be living with them. PeeCee’s birthday caption for Mama Jo- nas read, “Happy Birthday MamaJ ! Thank your for your constant grace and generosity.. I’m So glad you are here and we can cele- brate you today together ...Love you so much...@mam- adjonas @nick- jonas.” Nick also took to Insta- gram a little later to wish his mother as he shared a goofy picture with her. He wrote, “Love you mom. Happy birthday!” —Agency Priyanka Chopra Jonas; (inset) Her post CONCERNED! 18 YEARS OF anye West re- four-hour” take cently re- about his experience DEVDAS vealed he was battling COVID-19, adhuri Dixit also noted the character K running for his presidential Nene, who as to be her “most mem- president. 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Between remembered the char- attention of not only the who made her Bolly- concerned for her all of the influences acter she played in the domestic audience, but wood debut with ‘Hai musician husband and the positions movie. The ‘Dil’ actor it was also well-received A Apna Dil Toh Awara’, Kanye after recent that we can be put in shared an iconic dia- overseas with the view- passed away on Sunday after los- comments regarding as musicians—you Madhuri Dixit Nene in a still from ‘Devdas’ logue of her character ers going gaga over the ing battle with cancer. She shared his presidential can- go on tour, you put ‘Chandramukhi’ and gigantic beauty. —ANI a heartbreaking note on social didacy raised eye- out these albums,” media before passing away. brows across he said. Divvya wrote on Instagram the internet. —Agency hours before her death, “Words This comes cannot suffice what I want to con- after his GOOD NEWS! vey, the more the less, since it’s lengthy in- hristina Perri has special news for her fans. been months am absconded and terview with The singer took to Instagram to reveal she’s bombarded with plethora of Forbes was pregnant and expecting the second baby with messages. It’s time I tell you published. C husband, Paul Costabile. The couple who ties guys, I am on my death bed. S**t Earlier this know in 2017, share a 2-year-old daughter, Carmella happens. I am strong. Be there week, Kanye’s Stanley Costabile. “Carmella is gonna be a big sis- another life of non suffering. No Forbes interview ter!!! our rainbow baby is coming in January,” the questions please. Only god knows was described as a songstress captioned her Instagram post. how much you mean to me. DC “rambling, “Surprise !! Our little fam is growing,” Paul Bye.” Divvya’s sister Soumya wrote on his Instagram page, Amish Verma confirmed the with an adorable pic of news of the model-actress’ death his daughter. ‘New on social media. —Agency bambino/Bambina.’ Christina’s heart- warming pregnancy news comes six months after she con- fessed she suffered a Christina Perri and Paul Costabile miscarriage. —Agency ...her post Kelly Preston passes away Amitabh Bachchan elly Preston, the ‘Jerry Macquire’ actor who had been battling cancer, has ‘MY UNENDING passed away. She was 57. K According to The Hollywood Re- GRATITUDE, LOVE’ porter, Preston’s husband John Travolta egendary actor Amitabh confirmed the news of her demise Bachchan on Sunday ex- through an Instagram post. “It is with a pressed his gratitude to very heavy heart that I inform you that L all those who showed con- my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her cern and extended prayers to two-year battle with breast cancer. She the family after four family fought a courageous fight with the love members of the Bachchan’s and support of so many,” Travolta family tested positive for COV- wrote. ID-19. “Kelly’s love and life will always be Addressing the overwhelm- remembered. I will be taking some ing support of his fans, the time to be there for my children 77-year-old star took to Twitter who have lost their mother, so and extended his “unending forgive me in advance if you gratitude and love to everyone. don’t hear from us for a “To them that have expressed while. But please know their concern, their prayers, that I will feel your out- and their wishes for Abhishek pouring of love in the weeks Aishwarya Aaradhya and me .. Kanye West and Kim Kardashian and months ahead as we my unending gratitude and love heal,” he added. —ANI ..,” the actor tweeted. —ANI Late Kelly Preston CITY BUZZ www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia AHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2020 12 Great impact on Theatre, Cinema and Literature CITY FIRST dra Bhatia expressed his views of this crisis in literature may on a Facebook Live session, on not happen immediately but in he current global crisis Sunday. times to come, this will cer- caused by the corona The president of RPWA and tainly find a place in future pandemic will not only the renowned poet Rituraj, writings as has happened ear- T affect the life of a com- while speaking with him lier with pandemics like mon man but will also impact said that the global crisis the plague and Spanish the art of theatre, cinema and because of the pandemic flu. General Secretary literature. People have already has already threatened RPWA Ish Madhu Talwar, witnessed a sea change and a the democracies in the while concluding the ses- lot will happen in the due world, and its impact could be sion, informed that next in the course. In an online series of felt in superpowers like Russia series is the young poet from Rajasthan Progressive Writers and China. Answering a ques- Pali Hemant Parihar who will RPWA President in a conversation with Jitendra Bhatia Association with Writers Talk, tion by Rituraj, Bhatia said read some of his poems on 19 renowned senior writer Jiten- that impact and the reflection J u l y. [email protected] WEBINAR-A SUCCESSFUL PROTEST To discuss the issues economic unrest stem- ming from years of culmi- relating to the current nating tension and the re- political and econimic cent appalling events at the India-China disputed unrest, a webinar was border. The speakers pro- conducted by Oppoing posed steps for major glob- Imperialism Group by al as well as smaller econ- omies to strategically iso- Prem Bhandari late China while under- taking a comprehensive CITY FIRST approach towards an At- Prateem Tamboli with Dr AS Dalal and staff members maNirbhar (independent) During the session webinar was con- economy. A live protest ducted by the Op- against the Chinese gov- posing Imperial- panel. DR Mehta (former ernment in London gave the viewers a taste of rev- ONLINE INAUGURATION ism Group, an SEBI Chairman and RBI A organisation Deputy Governor), Retd. olution that was displayed CITY FIRST said that while today the tion in South Rajasthan. The founded in Major General, BK in the webinar. The webi- whole world is struggling corona at Geetanjali Hospi- New York by Sharma and Gautam nar was a huge success real-time PCR lab with the corona epidemic tal is being examined Jaipur Foot USA Bambawale (Retd. that it went on for 2 hours was inaugurated on- where the investigation very carefully by the Chairman and a and former Indian instead of the planned one line by Vice-Chair- of the corona is a prior- RTPCR Lab which is prominent social ac- Ambassador to Chi- hour. OCI Group com- Aman Kapil Aggarwal ity, GMCH has under- authorized by ICMR, tivist, Prem Bhandari. na) were present as the menced its journey on 3 and Executive Director An- stood this responsibility. NABL, standards. Now Alok Kumar was the mod- guest speakers at the We- July, by organising its kit Agarwal at Geetanjali After NABH now NABL has results of the examination erator of the Webinar and binar, where they dis- first peaceful protest in Medical College and Hospi- also made a record by becom- of corona can be obtained in it started with the intro- cussed issues relating to Prem Bhandari New York. tal, Udaipur. ing the first medical college one day in Geetanjali Hospi- duction of the eminent the current political and [email protected] CEO Prateem Tamboli and hospital to get recogni- tal. [email protected]

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Rukshmani Kumari decided not to celebrate her birthday today, as she will be dedicating this birthday to the martyrs of Galvan Valley who have risked their lives to save the nation amid the COVID-19 pandemic. She believes that this affection, trust, and cooperation will Rukshmani Kumari always be available.

RAJASTHAN: As Rajasthan tourism begins its revival after an unprecedented lockdown to combat Covid-19, ‘Gaitore’ and ‘Maharaniyon ki Chhatris’ will reopen for visitors from 15 July. This was informed by Director, Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, Dr Rima Hooja. All health and safety guidelines and instructions must be followed by the visitors during their visit to the cenotaphs. Wearing masks, regular use of hand sanitizers, HOUSE PARTIES! maintaining social distancing is mandatory for all. There will also be temperature checks upon arrival. RAJASTHAN: Hindustan Zinc, a Vedanta Group company today announced on Monday that underprivileged students from the 2nd batch of ‘UnchiUdaan’ project have RAJASTHAN: Women registered 100% results in Mentors Forum in its the 12th class board results ‘Inspiring Stories’ session and secured overall 100 on Monday held an distinctions across subjects hour-long of frank tête- like Hindi, English, Physics, à-tête with its Founder Chemistry, and Mathematics. and Chairperson Archana These meritorious students Surana. The event was Vivek Sethia, Ravinder Pratap and Prashant Gupta, Dikshant who are from the remote attended by 50 mentors Vinay Joshi among others Sharma and Ajay Modi rural Rajasthan now aim and mentees from Jaipur, to crack IIT-JEE having Udaipur, Bengaluru, Delhi. been taking up coaching Archana Surana is today a The Real estate supported by Hindustan Zinc celebrated name in Fashion celebrities of in the Udaipur district. Education. Jaipur have been indulging in small at home parties keeping in RAJASTHAN: Renowned Rajasthani littérateur mind the corona Saroj Deval Beethu shared her literary journey guidelines and in the ‘Aakhar’ series on Saturday. An initiative avoiding large by Prabha Khaitan Foundation in association crowds and hotels. with Grassroot Media Foundation, Aakhar City First shares aims to promote Rajasthani Language, Arts & a few moments Culture. Supported by Shree Cement, the talk- from some of the show was held digitally on Aakhar Rajasthan’s house parties of Vinay Joshi with others Vivek Sethia Facebook page. Amid the ongoing pandemic, last week. the Aakhar series is being held virtually.