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www.fi rstindia.co.in OUR EDITIONS: www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD twitter.com/thefi rstindia & LUCKNOW facebook.com/thefi rstindia instagram.com/thefi rstindia JAIPUR l SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2021 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 256 FREEZING FRENZY ...FROM TEXAS TO SPITI now can bring both pain and bliss to the through the world people indulge in festivities people. While Texas gets bombarded with surrounding snow as a woman traditionally wel- S thick layer of snow causing (above) cars comes Anil Khachi, Chief Secretary of Himachal to slide and (far right) lakes to freeze resulting in Pradesh during the snow festival, at Khangsar acute shortage of water and electricity, halfway village in Lahaul-Spiti. —PHOTOS BY PTI 10th round of military talks Disha’s bail petition: Court to CORONA STINGS BACK focus on further pronounce order on Tuesday disengagement New Delhi: If highlight- ing farmers’ protest glob- If highlighting HARD IN FIVE STATES ally is sedition, then she farmers’ protest is “better in jail”, activist globally is sedition, Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and MP have recorded Disha Ravi told a Delhi then I am better in jail an “upsurge” in daily new cases of corona: Union Health Ministry court which on Saturday —Disha Ravi, activist reserved for February 23 New Delhi: Kerala, Ma- its order on her bail plea harashtra, Punjab, MAHA MINISTER New Delhi: India and in the toolkit case after Additional Sessions asking it if it was only Chhattisgarh and Mad- POSTPONES SON’S China on Saturday held police alleged that she Judge Dharmender acting on “surmises, in- hya Pradesh have record- WEDDING RECEPTION another round of mili- was part of a plan to in- Rana posed some scath- ferences, and conjec- ed an “upsurge” in daily Maharashtra minister tary talks with a focus on stigate violence in India ing questions to the tures” and questioned new cases of COVID-19, Nitin Raut said he was taking forward the disen- and had deleted “evi- probe agency during the how the toolkit was con- the Union Health Minis- postponing his son’s gagement process in Hot dence” like emails. hearing on Ravi’s plea, nected to Turn to P6 try said on Saturday. wedding reception Springs, Gogra and Dep- The ministry said scheduled for Sunday sang in eastern Ladakh Punjab has reported due to the recent surge and bring down the ten- 383 new cases in the last in corona cases in sions in the region, offi- 24 hours while Chhat- Nagpur. Wedding took cial sources said. NAOMI UNO OSAKA tisgarh has reported place on February 19 The 10th round of 259 new cases and MP Corps Commander-level has reported 297 new talks are taking place cases in the same time two days after the Chi- period. HERD IMMUNITY MYTH, NEW STRAINS nese and Indian militar- India on Saturday re- CAN CAUSE REINFECTION: AIIMS CHIEF ies completed the with- ported 13,993 new Cov- On an avg, 4000- New Delhi: Herd immunity for coronavirus is drawal of troops, weap- id-19 cases, bringing the 5000 cases being a “myth” in India because at least 80 percent ons and other military WINNING total tally of cases in the reported in Kerala & people need to have antibodies for the whole hardware from the country to 1,09,77,387, ac- 5000-6000 in of the population to be protected, Dr Randeep North and South banks NUMERO cording to data from the Maharashtra daily. Guleria said. This, he said, would be diffi cult if of Pangong lake areas Union Health Ministry. We share borders with one takes into account the new Indian strains as part of an agreement. found in Maharashtra, which could be highly With 101 deaths in the them. Unless we see The meeting started at transmissible and dangerous. The new variant, last 24 hours, the death RT-PCR negative 10 am at the Moldo bor- he said, can even cause re-infections in people 6-4 certificates from those toll reached 1,56,212. who have developed anti-bodies to the virus. der point on the Chinese coming from these There are as many as 240 new strains of the virus have surfaced side of the Line of Actual 1,43,127 active coronavi- states they won’t be across India, which are behind the fresh surge Control and it was con- rus cases in the country permitted to enter of infections the state has been witnessing tinuing, the sources said. 6-3 while a total of 1,06,78,048 Karnataka since last week, Dr Shahshank Joshi, member They said India will people have recovered —Dr K Sudhakar, of Maharashtra’s Covid Task Force said. insist on a faster disen- Japan’s Naomi Osaka won her fourth title in her past eight appearances at a Slam, from the disease. Karnataka Health Minister gagement process in emerging from what initially was a tight Australian Open fi nal and pulling away by Turn to P6 remaining Turn to P6 grabbing six consecutive games to beat Jennifer Brady in Melbourne on Saturday. Maharashtra MLA held up by Sikar police for 6TH NITI AAYOG MEET misbehaviour with traffic cops, later released Ramesh Sharma Road. A bus entered the CM takes up issue of parched Raj with PM no-entry zone and was Sikar: Police arrested penalised with a challan. Naresh Sharma Maharashtra’s Chimur In the meantime, some MLA Kirti Kumar alias people got down from GEHLOT REMINDS Jaipur: Chief Minister Bunty Bhangadia along the bus and started MODI OF HIS Ashok Gehlot, in the with his father, brother abusing them. Call- sixth meeting of the and two others. The fi ve ing himself MLA from PROMISE TO Governing Council of are accused of assault- Maharashtra and a close DECLARE ERCP NITI Aayog held under ing a police constable, aide of Jaipur MLA A NAT’L PROJECT the chairmanship of entering in a no-entry Pratap Singh Khacha- Prime Minister Naren- zone and displaying riyawas threatened to dra Modi on Saturday, indecent behaviour complain. The female CENTRE SHOULD strongly advocated for towards a woman con- Maha MLA Kirti Kumar constable was also HELP IN MINING OF the water needs of Ra- Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot along with CMs of other states interacting with PM Narendra Modi. stable. They are arrested abused. The additional jasthan. He reminded under Section 151 of stated that he along with police team reached the POTASH MINERAL the Prime Minister of portance at the earliest. and Ajmer on 6 October portance, but the same the IPC and are being woman constable Kamla spot and detained the IN STATE TO AVERT his promise to declare Gehlot told the Prime 2018, you promised to has not been executed. interrogated. The victim was posted near SK accused, including the DEPENDENCE the East Rajasthan Ca- Minister, “While ad- declare the East Ra- With a view to provid- constable Girdhari Lal College on Silver Jubilee MLA. Turn to P6 nal Project (ERCP) as a dressing the rally held jasthan Canal Project a ing drinking water and IN IMPORT project of national im- in Jaipur on 7 July 2018 project of national im- irrigation Turn to P6 Promoted by First India News International Pvt. Ltd. RAJASTHAN 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 JAIPUR | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2021 02 Camels, tractors hit road in Cong foot march CONG LEADERS WERE SEEN RIDING ON TRACTORS, CAMELS, AND ELEPHANTS BESIDES PARTICIPATING IN A “PAIDAL MARCH” AS PARTY WORKERS AND PROTESTORS RAISED SLOGANS AGAINST PM NARENDRA MODI The Modi govt has been com- pletely ex- posed after the farmer movement. In the coming assembly by-elections, the Congress will get a direct benefit due to the work done under the leadership Vaibhav Gehlot during foot march with party leaders in Jodhpur. of CM Ashok Gehlot. Raghu Sharma, Health Minister This agita- tion of farmers and this voice ema- nating from the hearts of the farmers will bring such a change. PM Modi and Home Min- ister Shah will have to withdraw these black laws. Congress leaders were seen riding on tractors, camels and elephants in Jaipur on Saturday during their foot march. —PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR Raghu Sharma and Dharmendra Rathore in Bhilwara. Bhanwar Singh Bhati, Higher Education Minister First India Bureau Jaipur: The Congress Poonia, Rathore Farmers have on Saturday organised been sitting a march in all districts call march a drama on a dhar- of the state to mark its First India Bureau na in Delhi protest against the for three farms’ laws enacted by Jaipur: BJP state presi- months. There the Centre and the ris- dent Satish Poonia on is no result of the talks yet. ing fuel prices. Saturday asked Chief While Cong stands firmly In Jaipur, the protest Minister Ashok Ge- with the farmers. The Cen- was led by Transport hlot to fulfill the prom- tre will have to withdraw Minister Pratap Singh ise of waiving off farm the anti-farmer laws. Khachariyawas and loans instead of taking Vaibhav Gehlot, Congress Chief Whip up a protest march. RCA President Mahesh Joshi. “Instead of doing Satish Poonia The Congress lead- protest march in the ers were seen riding on name of farmers, the wari dharna. Chief minister tractors, camels, and CM should fulfill the Deputy leader of op- Ashok Ge- elephants besides par- Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Mahesh Joshi, Rafi q Khan, Amin Protest march led to traffi c snarls in several parts of the walled city.