OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR & AHMEDABAD CORONA 29°C - 40°C www.fi rstindia.co.in ALERT www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/ thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia AHMEDABAD l MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2020 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. GUJENG/2019/16208 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 186 instagram.com/thefi rstindia WORLD INDIA GUJARAT COVID-19 UPDATE 3,72,252 62,12,682 5,406 1,90,536 1,038 16,795 DEATHS CONFIRMED CASES DEATHS CONFIRMED CASES DEATHS CONFIRMED CASES Border rumbling: India-China line up arsenal along LAC New Delhi: Indian and tary and diplomatic FACE-OFF manded their immedi- Chinese armies were levels. ate withdrawal for res- moving in heavy equip- The Chinese Army toration of peace and ment and weaponry in- has been gradually MAY 5 India, China came to blows on the tranquility in the area. cluding artillery guns ramping up its strategic banks of Pangong Lake, where Ladakh meets The Chinese Army and combat vehicles to reserves in its rear bas- Tibet, and where the two sides have registered has ramped up their their rear bases close to es near the the Line of multiple confrontations in recent years. presence in Demchok the disputed areas in Actual Control in east- and Daulat Beg Oldie eastern Ladakh as the ern Ladakh by rushing MAY 9 Dozens of soldiers from both sides too -- the two sensitive two militaries re- in artillery guns, infan- tussled along the Sikkim-Tibet border, resulting in areas with a history of mained engaged in a try combat vehicles and injuries on both sides. In both cases, tensions skirmishes involving bitter standoff along heavy military equip- were quickly defused, forces disengaged, and local the two sides. the troubled border for ment, the sources said. commanders opened lines of communication. The Chinese army is over 25 days, military The Indian Army has learnt to have deployed sources said Sunday. also been moving in ad- 2,167-MILE China-India border, by some around 2,500 troops in The enhancement ditional troops as well estimates the longest disputed border in the Pangong Tso and Gal- of combat capability equipment and weap- world, has witnessed ongoing friction since long. wan Valley besides by the two armies in ons like artillery guns gradually enhancing the region came even to aggressively match temporary infrastruc- as both the countries up to the Chinese build- stored in Pangong Tso, has been keeping a ber of Chinese Army this month and have Indian Army fiercely ture and weaponry. continued their efforts up, they said, adding Galwan Valley and a strict aerial surveil- personnel entered into been camping in Pan- objected to the trans- However, there is no of- to resolve the dispute that India will not relent number of other areas. lance in the disputed the Indian side of the gong Tso and Galwan gressions by the Chi- ficial figure about the through talks at mili- till status quo is re- The Indian Air Force region. A sizeable num- de-facto border earlier Valley since then. The nese troops and de- numbers. Turn on P6

MODI DIPLOMACY SEES BOTH AUSTRALIA, USA WOOING INDIA India’s Covid PM: Ayushman Bharat positives surge scheme a boon for poor to 1,90,536 Modi-Morrison connect New Delhi: India record- New Delhi: Prime Min- ed the highest ever spike ister Narendra Modi on in COVID-19 cases as 8,380 Sunday said that if the more cases were reported on Twitter over samosa Ayushman Bharat in the last 24 hours, tak- scheme was not in ing the country’s corona Ahead of Indo-Oz virtual summit, PM Morrison engages in Twitter banter place, the poor would count to 1,90,536, said Un- with PM Modi; While US Prez Trump calls G7 format outdated, invites India have had to pay an esti- ion Health Ministry on mated Rs 14,000 crore Sunday. Total number of Aditi Nagar from their own pocket cases in the coun- for medical treatment. try—1,90,536—includes New Delhi: Prime Min- “In our country, for 93,498 active cases, 91,621 ister Narendra Modi decades, crores of im- cured/discharged/mi- was seen rejuvenating poverished citizens grated and 5,406 deaths. bilateral ties with Scott have been living their People watching PM Narendra Modi’s Mann ki Baat on mobile The recovery rate has in- Morrison on Sunday lives engulfed by the during Lockdown in Mathura on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI creased to 47.76% in the shortly after his Austral- constant concern- what country. ian counterpart shared will happen if they fall ameliorate this con- of our country have “In the last 24 hours, images of ‘ScoMosas’- ill? To seek medical stant worry. A few days been served. Do you 4,614 patients were -samosas made by him-- treatment or worry ago, the number of ben- know what more than cured. A cumulative to- and tagged the former about earning bread for eficiaries of the ‘Ayush- one crore patients tal of 86,983 people have on the social media post the family? Realising man Bharat’ scheme means? It means the cu- been cured. This takes expressing his desire to this distress, the ‘Ayush- crossed over one crore. mulative population of the total recovery rate share with him the pop- man Bharat’ scheme More than one crore pa- two Norways and two to 47.76 per cent,” reads ular Indian snack as was launched about one tients imply that more Singapores has been an official statement of well as a mango chutney and a half years ago to than one crore families provided Turn on P6 the Health Ministry. made to go with it. “Connected by the In- Scott Morrison@ScottMorrisonMP dian Ocean, united by Sunday ScoMosas with mango chutney, 200 special the Indian Samosa! all made from scratch - including the HISTORIC NASA MISSION: SPACEX DRAGON Looks delicious, PM @ chutney! A pity my meeting with @ trains to run REACHES INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ScottMorrisonMP! narendramodi this week is by videolink. Once we achieve a deci- They’re vegetarian, I would have liked from today Florida: SpaceX Dragon sive victory against to share them with him. capsule arrived at the COVID-19, we will enjoy New Delhi: Ministry International Space the Samosas together. of Railways after con- Station on Sunday, hours Looking forward to our sultation with Ministry after it took off from video meet on the 4th,” TRUMP POSTPONES G7; WANTS INDIA IN of Health and Family Florida, completing the the Prime Minister said Washington: US President Donald Trump has postponed an in- Welfare (MoHFW) and fi rst part of a historic in a tweet. The two lead- person G7 summit from the end of June until at least September, Ministry of Home Af- NASA mission. The ers are scheduled for a while saying that he would like to invite India, Russia, South fairs (MHA) has an- Dragon spacecraft virtual meet on June 4. Korea and Australia. Trump said current G7 format is “outdated”. nounced that train ser- successfully docked with Morrison rued that he “I am postponing it because I do not feel as a G7 it properly rep- vices shall be further the orbiting laboratory at won’t be able to share resents what is going on in the world”, said Trump. The summit partially restored with 10:16 am (local time), a few minutes earlier than planned. The Crew Dragon ScoMosas with Modi as was scheduled to take place on June 10-12, but was shifted to effect from June 1. Over capsule carrying astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, now named they will be meet- end of June due to the coronavirus. Trump wants to bring other 1.45 lakh passengers “Endeavour,” made signifi cant progress over Saturday night toward the ing via a video traditional US allies as well as those impacted by corona- will travel on 200 trains International Space Station, reported The Washington Post. —ANI link. Turn on P6 virus and to talk about the future of China. —ANI from Tuesday. P6 As Unlock-1 kicks off, 20L people to remain under containment  same time frame. 24 HOURS: 438 CASES, 31 ONLY PATIENTS’ DEAD BODIES COME With this, the state DEATHS, 689 DISCHARGED OUT OF COVID-19 HOSPITAL: VAGHELA now has 16,794 cases and a death toll of President of the Nationalist Congress Party’s 1,038, with 9,919 be-  TOTAL: 16,794 CASES, 1,038 Gujarat unit Shankersinh Vaghela has alleged that, ing discharged so far. during his visit to the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, The head office clerk DEATHS, 9,919 DISCHARGED many people complained that persons who come in alive leave as corpses. They even complained that Vadodara’s MS Univer- First India Bureau habitants of Gujarat. testing was not being carried out. He has requested sity has been hospital- The rest of the state, the state to allow private pathology laboratories to ized after testing positive Gandhinagar: The however, will experi- conduct COVID-19 testing. for COVID-19 late on Sat- state health depart- ence considerably urday evening. As a re- ment’s list of contain- more freedom than it sult, the university ad- ment zones covers has in the past 60 days. zones, covering 14,160 the state has tested ministration has decided 4,27,878 households According to a press houses and a population 6,150 samples, which to close examination and across 33 districts, release issued by the of 69,624, where there have revealed 438 administration wing for meaning Unlock-1 will Ahmedabad Municipal will be no relaxation in fresh cases. Thirty-one three days while the of- be Lockdown 5.0 for as Corporation (AMC), the lockdown norms. patients died and 689 fice is disinfected. many as 20,11,360 in- city has 46 containment A team of medics take swab samples in Ahmedabad. —PHOTO BY NANDAN DAVE In the past 24 hours, were discharged in the 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 | MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2020 02

Leaders express concern over rise in unemployed youngsters in the state due to the lockdown, want govt jobs for them GLOBAL STATE OF AFFAIRS COUNTRY TOTAL TOTAL NEW CONG DEMANDS RESUMPTION CASES DEATHS DEATHS USA 1,826,090 105,873 +316 BRAZIL 501,985 28,872 +38 OF GOVT RECRUITMENT RUSSIA 405,843 4,693 +138 SPAIN 286,509 27,127 +2 UK 274,762 38,489 +113 ITALY 233,019 33,415 +75 FRANCE 188,625 28,771 +57 GERMANY 183,426 8,602 +2 TURKEY 163,103 4,540 +25 IRAN 151,466 7,797 +63 CHILE 99,688 1,054 +57 CANADA 90,516 7,092 +19 MEXICO 87,512 9,779 +364 S ARABIA 85,261 503 +23 Late last year, more than 1,000 aspirants had protested against the alleged leak of the question paper of a BELGIUM 58,381 9,467 +14 recruitment examination conducted by the Gujarat WWW.WORLDOMETERS.INFO Subordinate Services Selection Board. —FILE PHOTO LAST UPDATED: MAY 31, 2020, 11:30 PM

Gargi Raval government does not has been a rise in unem- of the GPSC, Jay Patel IN GUJARAT have a concrete policy or ployment. The govern- said that the process of DISTRICT TOTAL TOTAL NEW Ahmedabad: With the any vision to provide ment must start recruit- recruitment by the CASES DEATHS DEATHS Centre announcing Un- employment to the ment and declare the re- state government is AHMEDABAD 12180 842 20 lock-1, the state is likely youth. As a result, lakhs sults of exams already very prolonged. “I VADODARA 1043 39 0 to get partial relief from of youngsters in the conducted. There are don’t remember any the lockdown rules from state are unemployed. thousands of govern- exam conducted by the SURAT 1620 69 2 June 8. Keeping with the There are no contract or ment posts that are lying state government being RAJKOT 112 3 1 relaxations announced outsourcing systems for vacant and must be filled completed in due time. by the state government, recruitment in place and immediately.” There are always hur- BHAVNAGAR 121 8 0 the Congress party has no permanent jobs for Notably, last week the dles like paper leaks or ANAND 99 10 0 asked the state to resume them,” said said. Gujarat Public Service irregularities in the re- BHARUCH 38 3 0 recruitment in various He added that even Commission (GPSC) sults. Most of our time The govt does not After the economic GANDHINAGAR 274 14 0 departments. Many lead- if recruitment exams have a concrete policy slowdown & pandem- postponed all competi- is wasted fighting for ers from the party have do take place, there tive exams till June 30. our rights,” Patel told PATAN 79 6 0 posted several messages will be no guarantee to provide employ- ic, there has been a rise One of the aspirants First India. PANCHMANHAL 88 10 3 on social media and when the results will ment to the youth. As in unemployment. The raised concerns about be declared or exams a result, lakhs of govt must start recruit- BANASKANTHA 111 5 0 unemployed youth of would even be con- youngsters in the ment and declare the NARMADA 18 0 0 the state. ducted. state are unemployed. results of exams al- CHOTA UDEPUR 33 0 0 According to Gujarat Another senior leader There are no contract ready conducted. Pradesh Congress Com- Arjun Modhwadia said for recruitment in There are thousands of KUTCH 80 2 0 mittee (GPCC) president that the state had the MAHESANA 114 5 0 Amit Chavda, the youth highest number of edu- place and no perma- govt posts that are ly- of Gujarat have been ex- cated unemployed. “Af- nent jobs for them.” ing vacant. BOTAD 59 1 0 ploited by the corrupt ter the economic slow- Amit Chavda, Arjun Modhwadia, DAHOD 36 0 0 policies adopted by the down and the novel coro- GPCC President Veteran Congress leader PORBANDAR state government. “The navirus pandemic, there Amit Chavda accompanied by fellow party members and farmers. 10 2 2 JAMNAGAR 54 3 1 MORBI 4 0 0 SABARKANTHA 103 3 0 NSUI declares BJP MLAs ‘missing’ on social media ARAVALLI 110 4 1 MAHISAGAR 115 2 0 Gargi Raval of the sea,” said Nikhil Despite all the hardships Savani, general secre- they face, farmers are KHEDA 68 4 0 Ahmedabad: The Na- tary of NSUI. not getting even the min- GIR SOMNATH 45 0 0 tional Students Union of On the other hand, imum selling price for India (NSUI) has posted the Congress party has their produce. They want VALSAD 39 1 0 several posters of BJP launched a campaign 100% crop insurance so TAPI 6 0 0 MLAs on social media to shed light on the we request the govern- NAVSARI 25 0 0 terming them ‘missing’. grievances of the citi- ment to waive off the According to the organi- zens. Gujarat Pradesh loans taken by farmers DANG 2 0 0 zation, leaders from the Congress Committee and also provide 24 hours SURENDRANAGAR 38 1 0 ruling party have been (GPCC) president Amit electricity to them.” missing in action amid Chavda also raised the He added, “In order DWARKA 13 0 0 the COVId-19 outbreak in problems being faced to enforce the lock- JUNAGADH 29 0 0 the state. by farmers in the state. down and social dis- AMRELI 10 1 1 One of the posters In a video shot on his tancing, the party does includes that of state farm, Chavda said, “The not plan to organize OTHER STATES 15 0 0 Home Minister Prad- “Missing” posters of MLAs being circulated on social media. farmers are already in any protest, rally, or TOTAL 16795 1038 31 ipsinh Jadeja and despair due to unseason- meetings in person reads, “Missing. Vatva al rains. They are con- but, the party will SAMPLE RECEIVED MLA Pradipsinh Jade- grace of God and is re- rounds on social media. reported the highest stantly dealing with de- raise the issue digital- 2,05,780 ja is missing. Amid the ported missing.” “No BJP MLAs are being number of COVID-19 layed rains, insufficient ly. JagatTat_Digital_ SAMPLE NEGATIVE coronavirus pandemic, Several such posters seen in public. Where are cases, and BJP elected rainfall or excess rainfall Andolan is the hashtag 1,89,424 the MLA has left the have been posted and are they? People want to see leaders have abandoned but, somehow they man- we have launched to UNDER EXAMINATION citizens of Vatva to the currently doing the them. Ahmedabad has the people in the middle age to cultivate crops. support the farmers.” 0 Is the Rajya Sabha election date to be announced soon? demic. ing the chief minis- The race for four seats in the upper house of The BJP needs its ter’s announcement numbers in Parliament to reopen the state Parliament was to have taken place in March before the next Lok Sab- secretariat from Mon- First India Bureau COVID-19 outbreak. ers Bharatsinh Solanki ha and Rajya Sabha ses- day, the state trans- There are five candi- and Shaktisinh Gohil. sions begin in the mon- port department has Gandhinagar: A com- dates in the race for According to com- soon season. So, with decided to run point- muniqué from the four seats. munication between the state now relaxing to-point bus services state health depart- The ruling Bharatiya the state health de- lockdown norms and from Ahmedabad to ment to the Chief Janata Party (BJP) has partment and the opening other business- Gandhinagar. Electoral Officer fielded three candi- chief electoral officer, es, the Election Com- These buses will hints that the date for dates--Abhay Bhardwaj, additional director mission of India could run at 50% capacity the Rajya Sabha elec- Ramilaben Bara, and (epidemic) Dr Dinkar now announce the date from non-contain- tion is likely to be an- Narhari Amin--despite Rawal has been ap- for elections. If it comes ment zones to Gandhi- nounced sooner rath- not having a sufficient pointed as the nodal early, it could catch the nagar, carrying gov- er than later. The elec- number of MLAs to get officer, to guide in Congress party snooz- ernment employees tion to the upper three candidates elect- what steps need to be ing, making it a chal- from Ahmedabad to house of Parliament ed. taken to while con- lenge for the opposition Gandhinagar and was scheduled to be On the other hand, ducting the Rajya party to keep its folks back. Each bus will be held in March but got the Congress has fielded Sabha election amid gathered. sanitized after every postponed due to the prominent party lead- the COVID-19 pan- The election for the Rajya Sabha seats was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, follow- trip. GUJARAT 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 | MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2020 03 HC to keep an eye on A’bad Dist budget gets nod in 1st ever ‘away’ meeting Civil Hosp’s modus operandi First India Bureau Ahmedabad: For the Directs state to ensure labour, protective gear and proper COVID-19 treatment first time in the his- tory of the First India News OTHER REMARKS Ahmedabad district panchayat, a general Ahmedabad: In re- meeting was held sponse to the corona outside its headquar- petition being heard by ters at Mandal on a division bench in Gu- Saturday. The meet jarat High Court, the was held to approve state government has the budget for fiscal The offi ce of the District Panchayat. —FILE PHOTO stated that all measures 2020-21. are being taken to pro- According to District The district panchayat building is vide medical treatment Development Officer to COVID-19 patients at Arun Mahesh, it was located in the walled city area which the Civil Hospital in mandatory to conduct falls under the red zone. Therefore, it Ahmedabad. the meeting otherwise was not possible for us to gather as many as Despite the state- the body would have 30 people there. Hence, the meeting took ment, the high court been superseded. “Un- place at Mandal taluka near Viramgam observed, “We would der a special provision which is in the green zone. And, the place is still like to keep a close due to the COVID-19 watch on the function- pandemic, an extension very spacious. It helped us comply with so- ing of the Civil Hospi- Ahmedabad Civil Hospital. —FILE PHOTO was made till May 31. cial distancing norms. tal and if we are not We had to pass the budg- —Arun Mahesh, District Development Offi cer satisfied with the In this order the tion not being provided. search (ICMR), the et in due time and that is same, then we may bench directed the state Medical, paramedical questioned the organi- the reason why the have to take further government to concen- and health staff work- zation and the state, meeting was called,” ramgam which is in the ic, the meeting had steps in accordance trate on various issues. ing at the Civil Hospital “Are any pathology test said the