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JAIPUR | SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2020 l Pages 14 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 223 IT’S REALLY SUNDAR... PICHAI Alphabet hit the $1 trillion market capitalization, making it the fourth US company to hit the milestone after Apple, Amazon and Microsoft. Pichai had already been the CEO of Google, which includes company’s all core businesses like search, advertising, YouTube and Android and generates all its revenue and profits. Despite the company’s seemingly perpetual cultural clashes, Wall Street sees more dollar signs. PAGE 08 IT’S FINAL: HANGING ON FEB 1 The new warrant was issued hours after President Ram Nath Kovind rejected a mercy petition filed by Mukesh Singh, one of the convicts RTI plea questions Modi’s citizenship New Delhi: Right to Information (RTI) application has been moved before the Ker- ala information dept seeking to whether PM Modi is an Indian citizen. Josh Kalluveettil, a native of Chalak- kudy town in Thris- sur dist, moved the application in this regard on Jan 13. The application has sought docu- ments that prove PM know New Delhi:Fresh death warrants were issued on Friday evening for the four men convicted of the gangrape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi in 2012. The four will now be executed at 6 am on February 1, Addl Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora said on Friday, while also turning down a plea by Mukesh Singh, one of the convicts, to postpone the execution. The warrants were issued mere hours after President Ram Nath Ko- vind rejected a mercy plea filed by the same convict. The new death warrants are dated to exactly 14 days from Friday , in accordance with a law that states convicts to be executed must have a re- prieve from the time their mercy plea is turned down. Modi’s citizenship. It has been filed before the public information officer of the Chalakkudy mu- nicipality. AKSHAY THAKUR PAWAN GUPTA MUKESH SINGH VINAY SHARMA ‘SAME PEOPLE WHO HELD PROTESTS...’ sha Devi, mother of Nirbhaya has said that the case is being used for political mileage. “Those who attacked my daughter are being given a thousand options, but we have no rights? Till now, I never talked about politics, but now I want to say that those people who held protests on streets in 2012, today the same people are only playing with my daughter’s death for political gains,” she told reporters. Her comments come amid a blame game between the BJP which rules at the centre and the AAP which gov- erns Delhi over the delay in the execution of four men convicted of the rape and murder. At a news conference on Thursday, BJP leader and union minister Prakash Ja- vadekar had said all four convicts would have been hanged by now had the AAP government acted quickly Turn on P4 NIRBHAYA’S PARENTS MISGUIDED: KEJRIWAL elhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urged the BJP on Friday not to indulge in politics over the Nirbhaya case issue and instead work together in ensuring that justice in such cases is delivered at the earliest. Reacting to Union Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani blaming the AAP government for the “delay” in hanging of the four convicts, Kejriwal said that he feels “sad that politics is being done on such an issue”. “I feel sad that politics is being done on such an issue. Shouldn’t we be working together to ensure that the guilty are hanged soonest? “Shouldn’t we join hands to ensure a system so that such beasts get hanged within six What happened in Hitler’s Germany... A D Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Ama- rinder Singh on Friday said the controversial Citizenship (Amend- ment) Act was against the secular fabric of the country claimed that events unfolding now were simi- lar to the ones witnessed in Germany in 1930s when Adolf Hit- ler was at the helm. Participating in the discussion in the state Assembly on a resolution against the CAA, Singh termed the Act Turn on P4 CONVICT MOVES SC AGAINST HC ORDER REJECTING JUVENILITY CLAIM and Nirbhaya gangrape convict Pawan Kumar Gupta has moved the Supreme Court in appeal against Delhi High Court’s rejection of his claim that he was a juvenile at the time of the crime in 2012. as “divisive” and the proposed Register of Citizens (NRC) as a “tragedy” and said he was unfortunate to witness in his lifetime the events unfolding now in the country . National months? P l e a s e don’t do politics on this.” Ke- jriwal tweeted. Turn on P4 P5 Indian economy could recover to 6.6% next fiscal: UN report New Delhi: A combina- tion of fiscal stimulus and financial sector reforms, boosting investment and consumption, is expected to “support a recovery” in India’s economic growth to 6.6 per cent in 2020-21, a United Nations (UN) report said. According to the World Economic Situ- ation and Prospects (WESP) report, the Indian economy is also expected to grow at 5.7 per cent in the current 2019-20 fiscal. This is higher than the Modi government’s estimates of an 11-year-low growth of 5 per cent in 2019-20. Turn on P4 ‘Doctor Bomb’ who jumped parole arrested A day after Amazon jibe, Goyal says lawful investments welcome New Delhi: A day after Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal called Amazon investing a billion dollars in In- dia “not a favour”, the Minister on Fri- day clarified saying his statement was taken out of context. “My statement should be seen in context. Turn on P4 worth of Make in India 3 REASONS FOR GDP DECLINE z Auto Sector: The sector witnessed a slowdown last year. Vehicle sales recorded the fastest decline in 19 years. Lucknow: A 68-year- old convict of the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, Jalees Ansari, who had gone missing on Thursday after he jumped parole, has been arrested in Kan- pur on Friday . Ansa- ri, also known as Dr Bomb, was leaving a mosque in the city and headed to the railway station when he was caught by the Uttar Pradesh Po- lice’s Special Task Force, police said. industrial activity in the country remains slug- gish. The IIP registered a steady decline in Aug, Sept and Oct. KANT’S AMAZON LOVE IRKS RSS AFFILIATE N come under fire from the ‘Swadeshi’ lobby after he tweeted a story detailing Amazon’s India plans. Kant had Thursday tweeted a report detailing Amazon’s plans to export $10 bn iti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has goods by 2025. Re- sponding to his tweet, Ashwani Mahajan of the Swadeshi Jagran Manch, a body affiliated to the RSS, criticised Kant’s “unending love” for Amazon at a time “crores of small traders are being hurt by the deep discounts given by the company”. Mahajan followed it up with another tweet asking Kant to “side with the people” — shop- keepers and workers — pointing out that the government has made its stand clear that deep discounting is not ac- ceptable. z NBFCs: One of the reasons for the decline in GDP growth is the cash crisis of NBFCs. z IIP: Despite major steps like corporate tax cuts in September, 3 INDICATORS OF ECONOMY z Inflation is rising in the country, employment is decreasing, but the stock market is on boom. z The retail inflation rate in December was 7.35%. This is the highest since July 2014. Inflation was more affected in De- cember due to increase in prices of vegetables, especially onions. New Delhi:E-commerce giant Amazon on Friday announced that it plans to create 1 million jobs in India by 2025 through investments in technology, infra- structure and its logistics network. The announcement comes in the wake of India trip by Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. During his stay in India, Bezos also announced that the company planned to invest $1 billion to “help bring 10 million traders and micro, small, and medium-sized businesses (MSMEs) across India online, enabling the US $10B in cumulative exports by 2025.” Will create 1 million jobs in India z Retail inflation rate the highest in five and a half years. Turn on P4 End co-op units’ fraud ‘Raj’ with spl force: CM Gehlot The new unit, SIFCU, will be under SOG & handle serious cases HEART TRANSPLANT Patient taken off ventilator Naresh Sharma form a special unit that would deal in cases related only to frauds by multi-state cooperative units. Moreover, owing to the increase in economic activities in the western districts of the state, CM Gehlot has ordered the state police to form a work plan to ensure that mafia activities are curbed in the region. Elaborating on the matter, he also in- Jaipur:In an other- wise busy day , as usu- al, a sensitive Chief Minister Ashok Ge- hlot displayed his hu- mane face once again on Friday , when he decided to strictly take on the growing number of fraud cases in- volving several cooperative societies registered in Rajasthan. CM Gehlot on Friday, instructed officials to In yet another confirma- tion that the first heart transplant of the state was successful, 17-year-old patient has been taken off the ventilator. The medical team of the SMS hospital that performed the tricky operation was overjoyed as the ventilator support was removed after 24 hours. the DG Law & Order ML Lathar, DGP Bhupendra Yadav, ACS Home Rajeeva Swarup, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Principal Secretary to CM Kuldeep Ranka, ACS Finance Niranjan Arya and Principal Secretary to CM Ajitabh Sharma during review meeting in CMO on Friday morning. tened Savings and In- vestment Fraud Control Unit (SIFCU) will be under the SOG and handle serious cases. Turn on P4 from south-Rajasthan under the ambit of education and skill development programmes. The new unit - chris- ensure that child traf- ficking is weeded out from the the state. He further directed to include the children (in the range) in two months and take stock of the grassroots scenario. Gehlot also asked the officials to structed Additional Director (ADGs) who are incharge of ranges, to spend two days there Generals P3

TALKING POINT 02 JAIPUR | SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2020 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 MS WIN DOSE... LOGS OUT? Dhoni has been unlike many great players who drag their feet in the twilight of their careers. And his outstanding career has showed that professional sport need not always be about fitting in. He stood out for his acumen and an undemonstrative approach that earned the nickname ‘Captain Cool’ MS Dhoni’s journey M ment after the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at Melbourne on December 30, 2014. Australia beat India in the series with one Test remaining. Virat Kohli will take over the reigns H ranks 6th in list of players to have captained a side. In 2013, he became the fi rst international captain to win three ICC trophies ahendra Singh Dhoni announced his retire- aving led India in 60 matches, MS Dhoni M al cricket having made his debut against Bang- ladesh in Chittagong on December 23, 2004. It wasn’t a memorable introduction, though, for the Ranchi cricketer, who was run out for a first-ball duck. The national selection committee led by Kiran More, a former wicketkeeper himself, handed Dhoni his maid- en call-up and it would not be long before he es- tablished himself as a regular in the ODI and Test formats before being appointed the India captain for the inaugural T20 World Cup in South Africa. He would transform his batting to suit the team’s needs and become its de facto finish- er, particularly in run- chases, while his in- stinctive on-field decisions as captain started delivering trophies. The young Indian side under Dhoni won the T20 World Cup in September soothe the scars of the group-stage exit from the 50-over World Cup earlier in the year. India won the tri-series in Australia in 2008, registered its first Test series win in New Zea- trophies when India beat England in the final of the Champions Tro- phy . The captaincy mantle was passed on to Vi- rat Kohli in the middle of India’s away Test series against Au stralia in December 2014 and India would fail at the penultimate stage of the 2015 World Cup and the 2016 T20 World Cup on home soil. Dhoni has remained the hope and a source of joy for much of the 15 years since that Decem- ber afternoon in Chit- tagong. We don’t know if we will see Dhoni play his trade for a 16th year, but his remains a career that’s been celebrated and deserving of more celebration. SPORTS land in 41 years, drew a Test series in South Af- rica in 2010, and under Dhoni, it wasn’t just competing but begin- ning to win consistently home and away . In the final of the 2011 World Cup, Dhoni tran- scended himself to play arguably the defining innings of his career - an unbeaten 91 - to help India end its 28-year wait to win the quadren- nial tournament. The six over long on off Sri Lanka seamer Nuwan Kulasekara and the outpouring of emo- tions are among the iconic moments of In- dian cricket. In 2013, he became the first international captain to win three ICC S Dhoni com- pletes 15 years in internation- I Tests he has led the team in. 3 keeper, took over as Test skipper in 2008 after a successful spell captaining the one-day and T20 sides. U home have come in South Africa and New Zealand – one each. India beat West Indies in the Car- ibbean once, but even that was a laboured effort. India have won just six away Tests out of the 30 that Dhoni has captained D of 38.09 U retained the ranking for 18 months starting December 2009. ndia has won 27, lost 19 and drawn 15 of the 60 7-year-old Dhoni, who is also the team’s wicket- nder Dhoni, India’s only notable Test wins away from honi has played 90 Tests and scored 4876 runs at an average nder Dhoni’s captaincy, India became the No.1 Test team and Dhoni led India to the title triumph in the inaugural edition of the ICC T20 World Cup in 2007 He became the second Indian captain to lift the World Cup in 2011 against Sri Lanka in Mumbai 09 IS THIS END OF MS DHONI ERA? left out of the BCCI's Annual Contracts List n Dhoni has not played for India since the 2019 World Cup semi-final n Dhoni will lead Chennai Super Kings in the 2020 Indian Premier League was axed from the BCCI’s list of JAIPUR | FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2020 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia in Rattled Men In Blue to end Kohli experiment DHONI WAS INFORMED OF EXCLUSION: BCCI BRIEF honi’s omission from the central contracts list the national selection committee finalised the the former skipper makes it to the T20 International inducted on a pro-rata basis even though chances of winning former India captain’s omission from the list tional cricket for over six months now. BCCI CENTRAL CONTRACTS FOR 2019-20 Grade A+ (INR 7 cr): Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah Grade A (INR 5 cr): Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvnesh- war Kumar, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant was imminent and he was duly informed before names, a top BCCI official told PTI on Thursday. If D (T20I) squad sometime this year, he might be re- that are remote. The 38-year-old double World Cup- was not unexpected as he has not played any interna- First cricket team to play 500 Tests New Delhi: England became the first cricket team in the history of the sport to play 500 away Tests. The side achieved the feat when they took the field to play the third Test of the ongoing four-match series against South Af- rica. England has managed to win 149 matches, while losing 182. Halep knocked out in Adelaide QF Adelaide: Two-time Grand Slam winner Si- mona Halep will head into the Australian Open with room for im- provement after being upset 6-4, 6-2 by Aryna Sabalenka on Thursday at the ATP-WTA Ade- laide International. Chiragh shines at Singapore Open Singapore: Indian golf- er Chiragh Kumar was impressive off the tee and he added some good putting on the back nine to bring home a card of three-under 68 in the first round of the SMBC Singapore Open. India’s first model sports villages New Delhi: Bahadur- pur & Kheri Viran are set to become India’s first ‘Model Sports Vil- lages’ as part of Insti- tute of Management Technology Ghaziabad’s plan to evolve a sports culture in the country . Prajnesh enters final round Melbourne: India’s top- ranked singles player Prajnesh Gunneswaran is a win away from seal- ing a place in the Aus- tralian Open main draw Grade B (INR 3 cr): Wriddhiman Saha, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Hardik Pandya, Mayank Agarwal Grade C (INR 1 cr): Kedar Jadhav, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Manish Pandey, Hanuma Vihari, Shardul Thakur, Shreyas Iyer, Washing- ton Sundar. n MS Dhoni has been Indian players Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Manish ahead of 2nd ODI match against Australia in Rajkot. and Co. will go into the game 0-1 down after a thrashing in Mumbai, courtesy David Warn- er and Aaron Finch, who hit unbeaten hun- dreds. ing into the match has been Kohli’s batting position and it is certain that the Indian captain will return at his favoured number three spot. TEAM INDIA ‘SUPERFAN’ CHARULATA PATEL DIES BEGINS PRACTICE WITH RANJI SQUAD D centrally contracted players earlier in the day. Amid fresh speculation on his future, the 38-year- net session in Ranchi. This is probably an indication that he is getting ready for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League. Now, Cricket fans wonder if Dhoni’s career is over after being dropped from central contract list by the BCCI. Pandey and Yuzvendra Chahal during a training session honi began practising with the Jharkhand Ranji Trophy squad on Thursday after he Sydney: In- dia is ap- proaching crisis mode with Virat Kohli under fire for a batting experiment that is set to be reversed as it grap- ples with a concussion blow to Rishabh Pant. Kohli is back at No.3 as India face Australia in the 2nd ODI in Ra- jkot today with the series on the line. Kohli Jaipur: MS Dhoni has been left out of the BC- CI's central contacts list for players. He has not played for India since the 2019 Cricket World Cup semi-final defeat to New Zealand. Dhoni had retired from Test cricket in De- cember 2014 after playing 90 matches and had stepped down as captain of limited-overs formats in January 2017. Dhoni was part of Grade A in the BCCI's central contracts list last year but after he had made himself una- vailable since the World Cup, he was left out of the 27-member list for the period from October 2019 to September 2020. The former skipper has helped earn several accolades in the global arena, including the inaugural World T20 in 2007, World Cup in 2011, and ICC Champions Trophy in 2013. He has so far featured in 90 Tests, 350 ODIs and 98 T20Is and has amassed over 17,000 runs. after progressing to the final round of the quali- fiers but it was curtains for Sumit Nagal. Sindhu crashes out in 2nd round Jakarta: Indian campaign at Indonesia Mas- ters 2020 came to an end when PV Sindhu crashed out in the second round of the tournament with a three- game loss to Japan’s Sayaka Takahashi on Thursday . Ireland stun Windies by 4 runs Grenada: Ireland rode a career-best 95 from opener Paul Stirling before keeping their nerve in a nail-biting final over to pull off a four- run win over world champions West Indies in the first of a three- match Twenty20 series. Selection of SAI to be held in Jan New Delhi: The Sports Selection Selection of Sports Authority of In- dia (SAI) for the training center at Vidyadhar Na- gar will be held from January 20 to 22. In this selection process, players will be selected for Athletics, Basketball, Volleyball, Weightlifting. Tennis stars raise 5 mn Aus dollars for relief lll Devastating bushfires have claimed at least 28 lives, destroying over 2,000 homes and razed millions of hectares of wilderness over Dhoni’s future with the Indian team. His exclusion from the BCCI contract further fueled the rumours of his retirement, however, Dho- ni is yet to address the rumours. He has resumed training with the Jharkhand Jharkhand coach Rajiv Kumar said he was expecting Dhoni to be a bit rusty having not played any cricket for quite some time but he was left surprised when the former Indian captain middled the ball well against both pacers and spinners. old turned up at his home team’s The talking point go- The 87-year-old woman, who became an overnight sensa- tion on social media after her videos with Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma went viral during the World Cup 2019, passed away. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) took to Twitter to share the news. “#TeamInd- ia’s Superfan Charulata Patel ji will always remain in our hearts and her passion for the game will keep motivat- ing us. May her soul rest in peace,” The BCCI tweeted. 2007 to M international cricket after he effected his 134th dismissals during the third Test against Australia in Melbourne. He surpassed Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara when he stumped Mitchell Johnson off the bowling of off-spinner R Ashwin for his world record dismissal. He reached the landmark in his 460th innings while Sangakkara has 133 stumpings from 485 innings. ahendra Singh Dhoni broke the world record for the most number of stumpings in Shamsher leads Dragons to unexpected win ‘Want to break my own world record’ YOU READ IT FIRST IN FIRST INDIA JANUARY 17, 2020 match was about to reach the finishing point, Shamsheer gave the Dragons the victory with the easy goal. In another match played on the Cavalry ground, Jaipur Riding defeated the Cavalry 6-5. Angad Kalan scored four goals for Jaipur Riding Club, while Cav- alry’s Ravi Rathore scored 3 goals. Naresh Sharma Hyderabad- polo Jaipur: based Shamsher Ali turn the tables by his excellent performance. Shamsh- er lead the Dragon team to victory path which was on the verge to lose the game at Rambagh Polo Ground. Dragon won by 3–1 win over Los Polistas. When the player Sania enters women’s doubles semifinals of Hobart International at the 2016 Rio edition bettering his own world record with a throw of 63.97 metres. He became the first Indian to clinch two gold medals at the Paralympics. "I have qualified for the Tokyo Paralympics and I hope I can break my own world record," Jhajharia told PTI in an event. shoulder injury troubled him for more than a year and a half, even forcing him to consider retirement. New Delhi: Javelin thrower Jhajharia on Thursday dispelled all rumours of retirement and said he has his eyes set on a hat-trick of world re- cords at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. The 38-year-old javelin thrower won a gold at the 2004 Athens Para- lympic Games in the men's javelin throw F46 event setting a new world record of 62.15 metres. He then repeat- ed the feat 12 years later Devendra EXPECTED RUSTINESS BUT MS DHONI SURPRISED ME WITH HIS FLUENCY IN NETS: JHARKHAND COACH The two fi rst met at the Taj Bengal in Kolkata in 2007. It took a few months of serious wooing on Dhoni’s part before they started dating in 2008 recurring A BUSHFIRE CHARITY Earlier in Decem- ber, she was named in the five-member Fed Cup team announced by All India Tennis Association (AITA) to represent the country in the Fed Cup Asia/Oce- ania Group I event. Riya Bhatia, Ankita Raina, Rutuja Bho- sale, and Karman Kaur Thandi are the other players of the five-member squad. Sowjanya Bavisetti is the reserve player. Hobart: Sania Mirza and her Ukrainian partner Nadia Kiche- nok advanced to the women's semi-finals of the Ho- bart International. The duo defeated USA's pair of Vania King and Christina McHale. On Tuesday, they had won against Georgia's Kalashnikova Japan's Miyu Kato. 33-year-old Sania last played at China Open in October 2017. I aged 40.63 as captain, and to- talled 3454 runs. He had hit fi ve centuries as captain. M central contract list which was announced on Thursday came as a surprise to many including the fans of the veteran wicket-keeper batsman, been eagerly waiting for his comeback in international Dhoni has not played for India since the conclusion of the 2019 World Cup extending his sabbatical to over six months. Dhoni’s last appearance for India came in the World Cup semi-final against New Zealand where scored a gritty fifty but failed to take India over the line in the 241-run chase as the Men in Open preview, Kyrgios was joined by Federer for a friendly one set match, which the Swiss legend won 7-6. “What I wanted to do was raise awareness, raise money and tell people to still come and travel to Australia because people probably think around the world that you can’t right now,” Federer said. Federer paired up with Nadal to donate A$ 250,000 from their pock- ets too help with relief. n batting, he aver- He is a man of his Blue bowed out of the showpiece event after an 18-run loss. In his ab- sence, speculations have been doing the round S Dhoni’s omission from BCCI’s needed laughter and fun to those who have struggled over the past months. Nick Kyrgios, who comes from an area near to where the fires are, described the emotional feeling of seeing some of the big- gest stars in the world getting behind Austral- ia in a time of need. “The awareness has grown and I think we’re doing everything we possibly can to overcome this,” Kyrgios said. In an Australian doubles He has numerous motorcycles ranging from the Suzuki Shogun to the Kawasaki Ninja H2 and Confederate Hellcat Sydney: Close to A$ five million($3.4 million) was raised for the raging Australian bushfires after a special charity event in which world’s best tennis players took to the court. Amid the Australian Open rounds, the Rally for Re- lief -- organised on Wednesday evening -- featured big stars name- ly Roger Federer, Sere- na Williams, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Naomi Osaka, Caroline Oksana and qualifying emergency personnel watched on from court side seats as the multi- generational played fast four doubles, bringing much stars words and it came as no surprise that he was out there training with the guys just like any other. —Coach Kumar Stefanos Alexander Wozniacki, Tsitsipas, Zverev, Nick Kyrgios, Petra Kvitova, Coco Gauff and Dominic Thi- em. Firefighters and Ziva has been constantly stealing the attention of fans with her adorable gestures who have D also the highest by a Test wicketkeeper-captain in history. N lead India in ODIs and T20s. P straight Tests away from home. This put Dhoni the captain under immense pressure, which was ac- centuated by a 2-1 home series loss to England in honi holds the record for highest Test score by an Indian captain - 224 (Vs Australia in 2013). His 224 is cricket. side. icknamed ‘Captain Cool’ for his calm demeanour in the face of challenging situations, MSD will continue to He also holds the all-time record of 107 stumpings in ODI cricket and is third overall in Test cricket with 38 stumpings ost the World Cup win in 2011, India lost eight 2012-13, the fi rst time India had lost at home in more than eight years. D and is the most successful Indian Test skipper. he honi was the 31st captain of India in Tests

RAJASTHAN 03 JAIPUR | SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2020 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 For Nirogi Raj, govt to deal with adulterators Aanganbadi and schools in state will be served nutritional mid-day meals SMS docs held three mock drills before the transplant Cold wave, dense fog warning for many dists First India News Vikas Sharma Jaipur: SMS Hospital, became the first government hospital, not just in Rajasthan but the entire country (leaving out South India) where a heart transplant surgery was performed on Thursday . Another notable thing about this operation was that the SMS doctors completed the entire process themselves as no outside support from other institute was sought or taken. Principal SMS Medi- cal College, Dr Sudhir Bhandari while sharing the experience with the media said that they did complete preparation for this kind of operation and prior to the ac- tual surgery the doctors held a mock drill thrice. The drill involved every step including bringing the heart to the OT and the transplant to leave no scope of error. “For three days we did not sleep yet we did not Jaipur: Severe cold conditions were observed across parts of West Rajasthan as mercury dropped by up to six degrees in the state on night. In Ajmer, the mercury dropped six degrees from 12.6°C to 6.5°C. In Jaipur too, the mercury dropped from 13.3°C to 9.1°C. There is a warning of cold wave in many districts. On Friday, cold wave prevailed in Sriganga- nagar, Churu, Hanu- mangarh, Bikaner, Si- kar, Jhunjhunu, Jaipur, Alwar, Dausa, Bharat- pur, Karauli, Sawai Madhopur, Kota etc. On Saturday, dense fog may occur in Srigan- ganagar, Churu, Hanu- mangarh, Bikaner, Jais- almer, Sikar, Jhunj- hunu, Alwar, Bharat- pur, Dhaulpur, Karauli, Sawai Madhopur, Kota, Baran, Tonk among others, MeT warned. First India News most Jaipur: If all goes well, children in Aanganbadi and schools in Ra- jasthan, will be served a nutritional mid-day meal as the government is mulling over fortify- ing the meals. Further- more, the government will also transform the State Secretariat along with other offices into ‘Eat-Right across the state. The move is in line with CM Ashok Gehlot’s vision of ‘Nirogi Rajasthan’. The CM chaired a meeting on Friday at the CMO, where several important decisions were taken. “The State Government is striving hard to provide unadul- terated food products to people so that their health is not harmed in any way. Under this, a special drive on food Thursday Governor Kalraj Mishra called Principal SMS Medical College, Dr Sudhir Bhandari to congratulate him and his team for fi rst heart transplant at SMS Hospital on Friday. THE HEART TRANSPLANT TEAM T T T Campus’ CM Ashok Gehlot, Tourism Minister Vishvendra Singh, veteran actor Prem Chopra and JIFF Chairperson Rajiv Arora during the opening ceremony of the fest on Friday. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA to officials for conduct- ing Panchayat elections in the state. “The officials carried out their duties under rigoruous weather conditions & challenging stances, which is com- mendable. Such acts strengthen democracy in our country . All the officials have my profound thanks,” the CM said. Gehlot also provided a major relief to the youth of the state by announcing relaxation in age by one year in Constable recruitment 2019. The last date of the recruitment 5,000 constables have been increased by fif- teen days as well. The CM also delivered his vote of thanks security will be initiated wherein, those responsible for adultera- tion, will be dealt with severely & people will also be sensitised,” Ge- hlot said. He directed officials to ensure that Food Safety Officers, apart from carrying out tests for adultera- tion, should also sensi- tise people. Dr Bhandari and con- gratulated him and his team for the successful transplant pressed his wish to join the campaign for organ donation. The Gover- nor also invited the family of the donor to the Raj Bhawan. feel tired. This surgery is a proud moment not just for Rajasthan but the entire country,” Dr Bhandari said. Meanwhile, Gover- nor Kalraj Mishra also wanted to join the organ donation campaign. The Governor spoke to and ex- circum- of GUP SHUP THIS SAHAB HOPES FOR DG RANK BEFORE HE RETIRES A the PHQ, is worried these days over a DPC. Well, the sahab is retiring in the summer of 2020, and before that,w he wants the rank of Director General added before his name. Hence, with a handful of months left, the ‘sahab’ has been running from pillar to post and hoping to keep both the bureaucrats and politicians in ‘good faith’, so that he is accorded the DG rank. While ‘setting the board’ is one thing, however, sahab’s movement has made his office almost redundant, as for the past several days, as no constructive work has taken place here. senior police officer, who sits on the second floor of BUGGED? Or is it the grapevine... . First India begins a column that brings to you gossips or tete-e-tete from the corridors of power THIS GAMA SAHAB IS PLAYING JAI TO MANY VEERUs! W friendship, it appears the Jaipur Commissionerate has its own version of Jai-Veeru. One ‘Gama Sahab’ from Jaipur West police district is being touted as playing ‘Jai’ to not just one but several ‘Veerus’ ie the sand mafi a! Well, the sahab has made a deal with sand mafi a on a per truck basis, and thus, he is going out of his way to ensure that ‘Veeru’ is ‘hail and hearty’. Interestingly, much like in the movie where ‘Jai’ was ‘removed’ from the plot, similarly, this sahab was ‘removed’ ie transferred from the post some time back. However, what the ‘reel life’ Jai lacked, is covered by the ‘real life’ Jai. Taking cue from another movie, where the protagonist delivered a famous dialogue ‘Mere Paas Maa hai,” this Jai (the Gama Sahab) has a ‘Baap’ in the Police Head Quarters who stayed the transfer order and brought the offi cial back on this current ‘assignment’. A ‘DICTATOR’ BADE SAHAB AND A CONFUSED STAFF! O of the Police Head Quarters (PHQ) hile Jai and Veeru are hailed as the epitome of ne ‘bade sahab’, who sits in his offi ce located on the fi fth fl oor has been famously named ‘Dictator’ by his staff. Let us tell you the story behind this. The sahab ‘cracks a whip’ if any of his subordinate answers to any complainant or person connected with any case. As a result the staff members keep quite and do not entertain any ‘civilian’ or for that matter, even any cop, such is the terror! Furthermore, the staff has been strictly instructed to fi rst consult with ‘sahab’ and only if he permits, then roll out the info. Moreover, what is to be said to the information seeker, is also told by the sahab. In his ‘regime,’ his staff claims to be disappointed, demotivated and confused. HECTIC LOBBYING BEGINS FOR THE POST OF ROADWAYS MANAGING DIRECTOR T The Chairman has initiated efforts to fill the position of the MD and thus, the officials have started ‘lobbying’ to take charge of the coveted position of MD. Meanwhile, a senior IAS officer Sudhansh Pant is also awaiting posting and has recently met Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot as well. On the other hand, several ministers are finding it hard to work in their departments and sources say that it is now time for another IAS transfer list wherein, around a dozen officials will be transferred. he Roadways Managing Director has been relieved of his position to head to Delhi now, however, with it, a new game has begun.

RAJASTHAN 04 JAIPUR | SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2020 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 in 1st phase of Panchayat polls: State witnesses 74% polling First India News SEC’s no to request for timely conduct of panchayat polls BRIEF Man dies as car hits Metro pillar Jaipur: In a tragic incident a man died in Jaipur when his car collided with a Metro pillar near Ganga Jamuna petrol pump. The man lost control of his vehicle while driving which led to his car hitting the metro pillar. According to eye witnesses, the man suddenly applied brakes, but as he was not wearing seat belt, his head hit the pillar and he got seriously in- jured. After that, he was rushed to the hospital, where he died during treatment. The deceased has been identified as 35-year-old Abhi- nav Gupta, a resident of Shyam Nagar. The police took the man out of the car with help of lo- cals after half an hour. First India News said, “However, from the letter it appeared that these facts were not brought to his notice.” SEC also pointed out that regarding interim order on special leave petition, the advocate general has given his advice, which was provided to the department vide letter on January 10, 2020. First, it is not clear if department agreed with AG’s advice or not. Also, if SC was informed of AG’s advice, there would have been no confusion. SEC wrote, it is clear from these facts that it had made sincere efforts but department took so much time in delimita- tion and frequent notifi- cations posed problem for it. Thus SEC released poll schedule in wake of court decision and as per best possible option available. ON-DUTY TEACHER DIES OF CARDIAC ARREST Jaipur: Polling for the first phase of the panchayat elections in the state was conducted in a peaceful across the state on Fri- day . Till 5 pm, 74% polling was done while voting continued at many centres even after the time was over as the people said that they are waiting to vote from 2 pm, but their chance has not come yet. In some EVMs were not working properly and were replaced immediately. These panchayat elections are being held for 2,726 posts of Sar- panch, for 17,242 candidates are trying their luck. Ex- cept Jhunjhunu and Jaisalmer, tricts have voted in the first phase. ‘People voted for party rather than individual’ Jaipur: In a snub to deputy CM Sachin Pi- lot, State Election Com- mission (SEC) has rejected his request for holding election on time in all panchayat raj institutes. Pilot had written a letter to SEC recently, requesting it to hold panchayat polls on time while making it clear that panchayat raj department has no inten- tion of appointing ad- ministrator in these institutes. SEC in its written response to the department said that it has made all efforts to hold polls on time and the department had been duly about it in writing as well as in various meet- ings on this issue. Putting Pilot’s department in the dock, it manner A group of voters gathered for voting in the Boraj Gram Panchayat polling station of the Maujmabad Panchayat Samiti on Friday. places, 70,732 candidates have filed 70,936 nominations in 26,800 wards of 2726 gram panchayats in 31 districts of the state. Out of which, 11,035 panch have been elected unopposed. Now, 42,704 candidates will be in the fray for the post of Panch. Applications for Panch were not received for 131 wards. ‘Those opposing CAA must visit Pak to know reality’ ister Ashok Gehlot also posted a tweet after the successful conclusion of polling. In his tweet, Gehlot thanked all the personnel involved in the election process for working in difficult circumstances and bad weather in Dholpur and Karauli. For the post of Panch, Gram Panchayat of Ka- man Panchayat Bharatpur. The police reached the spot and settled the issue. In another incident in Ajitgarh Pan- chayat of Sikar district, a youth grabbed the police constable’s uniform, after which he was taken to the police station. Chief Min- Meanwhile, villagers boycotted voting in Bhojpura village of Ar- ampura Gram Panchay- at in Kota district. They are claiming that they are troubled by mon- keys and nilgai since long, but their issue has not been heard yet. On the other hand, two parties got into a dispute during voting in Bhauri in Churu MP flags off Kota-Hisar train Churu: The train running to Kota-Hisar from Churu was flagged off by MP Rahul Kaswa at Churu railway station on Friday . This train will run from Kota to Hisar for three days in a week and has cheap tickets. Now, it would be convenient for the people of Churu district to reach Kota and Hisar. The demand for such a train was going on for a long time, which has been met by the efforts of the MP. which apprised all dis- Man falls off moving train in Bundi, dies Man held stealing gold from jeweller Churu: In a gold theft case in Taranagar police station area, the police have arrested the accused, who stole gold, from West Bengal. Ac- cording to the information, Laxminarayan Soni had lodged a case against a youth Sheikh Rafiqul who was working in his jewellery shop near Radha Krishna temple for the last 3 years. The complainant had given 110 grams of gold to the accused on November 11, 2019, and he ran away with it. The accused Sheikh Rafiqul was arrested from West Bengal on Friday. First India News First India News First India News A 26-year-old Kota: man died after falling from a moving train in Rajastahan’s Bundi district on Friday morning, police said. Nikhil Bawail was travelling in Nagpur- Jaipur passenger train and fell from it near Etoda village in the morning, said ASI Dur- gashankar Gautam. The victim was a resident of Sardargarh village in Rajsamand district, the officer said. Bawail’s body was handed over to his family after a post- mortem and an investigation has launched into the matter, Gautam said. Jaipur: In what may be considered as another ‘indirect’ attack on his own government and leader, Chief Minister and PCC president Sachin Pilot said on Friday that people have voted for the party rather than any individual. Pilot’s remarks came in light of the claims made by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot that he was chosen by the people to lead the state. Pi- lot also said that it is election commission’s prerogative to decide when to hold panchayat elections. He also criticised attack on RLP leader and Nagaur MP Hanuman Beniwal. “People don’t choose a person. They have elected a party and the party has appointed minister and chosen the leader,” Pilot told media persons on Friday . Once again Pilot did not take any name but context of his barb and whom it was aimed at was apparent. Pilot also responded cautiously on state election commissioner’s comments panchayat elections. He said state election commission was a statutory Jaipur: BJP National Vice President Prakash reached Kishangarh on Friday where he cleared the air on various issues currently on in the country including NRC, CAA and Article 370, while interacting with the media. Mathur said that in the present scenario, the Opposition has no issue and they are making allegations without any information. There is no base in their charges and they are tricking the public. Also, those who are opposing CAA must visit Pakistan to know the Om Mathur Deputy BJP National V-P Om Prakash Mathur along with BJP leader Neeraj Jain & Rakesh Mohan Pahadia at Kishangarh on Friday. guage is not appropriate for some years. Ma- thur also met Gaj Singh of Jodhpur Royal family in Kurki during the wedding ceremony of son of Pushpendra Sin- gh Kurki. Mathur also went to Peesangan and met the general public and BJP workers during the day . reality, he added. Speaking about the upcoming elections, the BJP leader said that he would fulfil whatever responsibility BJP en- trusts him, whether it is in Rajasthan or any other state. Mathur added that Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is very sensitive, but his lan- Tourism minister Vishvendra Singh met Dy CM Sachin Pilot on Friday. PILOT MEETS MINORITY CELL MEMBERS L L L Two killed in bike pick-up collision Churu: Two youths lost their lives in motorcycle and pick-up collision on Friday . They were coming to their village Haripura from Sahwa late at night when their motorcycle collided with a pick-up near Jhadsar. According to police, the deceased have been identified as Mangilal (28) and Rajen- dra’s (29) . The collision was so severe that both the legs of the rider were broken along with severe injuries to the head and abdomen. Both the youth were taken to Taranagar Government Hospital with the help of 108 Ambulance, where the doctor declared them brought dead. been ernment will intervene and take immediate action if there are any issues in coordination between officers and ministers,” Pilot said while adding, “If any team member faces a problem, then I think that government should take immediate action after taking cognisance of it. Running government is a collective responsibility as people have chosen Congress party and not any one person. It is very important to resolve problems of team members.” body and it is a collective responsibility to keep its respect intact. Government has sought advice from the Su- preme Court about panchayat elections but it is for the election commission to decide when to conduct the polls. Interestingly, gruntled Tourism minister Vishvendra Singh also met Pilot on Friday . Singh, who is unhappy with officers in his department with whom he is having a tussle, took pot shots at them. “The Rajasthan gov- Rajfed extends purchase period of groundnut First India News ment of Rs1497.74 crore has been made. Farm- ers are being paid within three days of selling their produce. Rajfed MD said that till now 2,57,057 farmers have registered themselves to sell moong, urad, soyabean and groundnut on MSP. Elaborating she said, 1,32,428 farmers have registered moong, while 1,22,410 to sell groundnut. ed to their account. Farmers had request- ed to extend the purchase period of groundnut and Rajfed had written a letter to GoI on the issue, on which Coop- erative and Farmer Welfare department has extended the purchase period till February 19. She said produces worth Rs1590.55 crore have been purchased from farmers till Janu- ary 16, of which pay- Jaipur: To provide relief to the farmers, the purchase period groundnut has been extended till February 19, said State Cooperative Marketing Federation (Rajfed) managing director Sushma Arora on Friday. Earlier, the purchase of groundnut was to take place on February 4. She said, 94% farm- of dis- Sushma Arora, MD Rajfed ers who had sold ground nut, moong, urad and soyabean, on minimum support price (MSP), have been paid and money has been credit- regarding to sell Governor appoints V-Cs of 2 universities FROM PG 1 End co-op... The Chief Minister chaired a review meeting of ADGs on Friday wherein, he stressed on the purpose of handing over monitoring of range to ADG level officers. He said, “The main reason is proper monitoring of law and order. This move will ensure that the feed- back from grassroots reaches the state government based which we can take steps towards better polic- ing.” A review of the same will be held every three months. Gehlot also stressed that the state police A day... Investments are welcome but they should be within the law,” Com- merce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal told reporters on Fri- day . ‘Doctor Bomb’... Nirbhaya’s parents... provided proper resources,” CM said. Gehlot, while appre- ciating the self defence training being impart- ed free of cost to women in the state, also wanted more females included in the scheme. On the issue of promotions, Gehlot green signalled to officials to hold promotions of state police within three months. The Chief Minister also asked the senior officials to take effective action against false advertisement of various ‘magical’ medicines being advertised on television, newspapers and magazines. must get accustomed with new technology and develop a sensitive and professional approach amongst police officials. “The State Government will not leave any stone un- turned in strengthen- ing the state police and providing resources,” Gehlot said. Gehlot also directed the officials to take stern action against the mafia operating in liquor, land, drugs and other sectors. “For this purpose, officials that would be taken under the District Special team (DST) will be specially trained and Mukesh Singh, Ak- shay Kumar Singh and Pawan Gupta were to be hanged at Delhi’s Tihar Jail on January 22, the same trial court judge had declared last week, signing a death warrant more than seven years after the young girl was gang-raped on a moving bus, tor- tured and killed. ‘Same People... Lets together create a safe city for our women,” Kejriwal said in a tweet. Indian economy... First India News from Raj Bhawan. Regional Outreach Bureau of I&B Ministry has specially designed these multimedia exhibition vehicles for pub- licity of water conservation. Vahini will travel to Jaipur, Dausa, Sawai Madhopur, Bharatpur, Dholpur, Bhilwara, Rajsamand, Chittorgarh, garh, Dungarpur, Ban- swara and Udaipur to inform people about importance and ways of water conservation. Jaipur: Governor and Chancellor, Mishra, appointed Dr Praveen Chandra Trive- di as Vice Chancellor of Jai Narayan University, Jodhpur and Prof Jag- dish Prasad Yadav as the Vice Chancellor of Rajrishi Matsya University, Al- war for a period of three years from the date of joining. Flags off Jal Yod- dha Vahini: The Gov- ernor also flagged off ‘Jal Yoddha Vahini’ Kalraj Speaking at the launch of the report Friday , Nagesh Kumar, head, UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, stressed the need for “continued structural reforms” to bring India’s growth back to its previous level. He said country has com- mitted to an ambitious fiscal expansion to com- plement its loose monetary policy . “Jalees Ansari has been arrested when he was coming out from a mosque. He has been brought to Lucknow. It is a big achievement of the UP Police,” said Uttar Pradesh top cop OP Singh. IT’S FINAL... Alwar, Karauli, Ajmer, Bhatrihari on mining, and served notices to them immediately after the Supreme Court rejected their against death sentence in 2017. Pratap- appeal Vinay Sharma,

INDIA JAIPUR | SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2020 05 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 ‘Rohingyas carried out massacre in India’ BJP MP Pragya added that the community was thrown out of their native country for the same reason, thereby, hinting at their fate in Myanmar Nadda dares Rahul to speak 10 sentences on CAA New Delhi: In a stri- dent defence of the Citizenship Act, BJP working president JP Nadda on Friday dared Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to deliver just 10 lines on the act. Nadda further accused the Congress leader of speaking without knowing all the attendant facts. “I challenge Rahul Gandhi to speak 10 lines on Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). He talks without knowing. It is unfortunate for the nation. All those oppos- New Delhi: BJP MP Pragya Thakur on Fri- day accused the Roh- ingya people of con- ducting a massacre in India, adding that the community was thrown out of their native country for the same reason, thereby hinting at their fate in Myanmar. Pragya Thakur was addressing a pro-Citi- zenship Amendment Act (CAA) gathering in Sehore when she said the following, “Rohing- yas were thrown out from their country because they carried out a massacre there. They took shelter in our country and started doing the same thing here. They damaged our culture and tried to disin- ing Indian citizenship for non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Af- ghanistan. Shah had also earlier challenged Rahul Gandhi to prove that the act can take away somebody’s ship. “I challenge Ra- hul Gandhi to find out a provision in the Citi- zenship Amendment Act that can take citizenship away from anyone in this country,” Shah had said while addressing a public meeting in Con- gress-ruled MP. VIEWPOINT citizen- parties opposed to the amended citizenship act are bringing in people to the anti-CAA with money . “CAA will not take away anyone’s citizenship. They are alluring people with to bring rallies against CAA,” the BJP MP said. —ANI tegrate the country. They insulted our law and the Constitution. CAB has now become the Citizenship Act.” Thakur also clarified the contentious act before the gathering, explaining that the CAA “will not take anyone’s citizenship.” She alleged that the political dia after facing reli- gious persecution in neighbouring tries for years. The amended law provides for fast-track- ing CAA are making the nation weak,” said Nadda. The BJP working president, speaking at an event in New Delhi, accused Gandhi of misleading the country and said the newly amended citizenship law is for minorities who took shelter in In- coun- money Azad calls out PM for ‘identify people by clothes’ remark Mamata, Dhankhar are two jokers of circus: Chowdhury Midnapore: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday took a dig at West Ben- gal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar over their tussle and described them as “two jokers of circus”. “In Bengal, a circus is going on at Raj Bhavan (Governor’s House) and Nabanna Bhavan (State Secre- tariat). The heads there are the two jokers of the circus,” he told reporters here. Dhankhar and Trinamool Con- gress government in West Bengal have dif- fered on several issues with the ruling party accusing the Governor of running a “parallel RAGA HITS OUT AT NIA CHIEF ‘Give him Davinder case to silence him’ New Delhi: A day after he was released from Tihar Jail, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad Friday called for repealing the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act and said that it would be shameful if he does not raise his voice when the Prime Minister say ‘identify people from their clothes’. “If I don’t raise my voice when PM says identity people from their clothes, it would be shameful. Insaniyat (humanity) is something that is greater than caste and religion,” Azad said while addressing a press conference. He also said that if someone is dis- criminating on the behalf of religion, they are disrespecting the New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that the best way to “silence” Jammu Kashmir DSP Davin- der Singh was to hand the investigations against him to NIA chief Y C Modi, under whose care the case will be “as good as dead”. Training his guns on the National Investiga- tion Agency chief, Gan- dhi said he had earlier investigated the Guja- rat riots and the Harem Pandya assassination cases. “The best way to silence Terrorist DSP Davinder, is to hand the case to the NIA,” Gandhi said on Twit- and Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad addresses a press conference in New Delhi on Friday. administration”. The Governor has re- futed the allegations. Chowdhury was in Midnapore to attend a rally against the Citi- zenship Amendment Act, National Popula- tion Register (NPR) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) organised by Paschim Medin- ipur District Youth Con- gress. —ANI ing the troubles taken by women in Shaheen- bagh.” Terming CAA as a “black law,” Azad said CAA & NRC could be “a political “They (BJP) have fewer numbers in RS. This could be to increase it. But for us, it’s not politics. It’s about rights of the people.” —ANI Constitution of the country . Holding the Constitu- tion in hand, Azad said, “I cannot go against the Constitution. I respect PM because he is in a constitutional position. I urge him to honour the Indian Constitu- tion. Shri Modiji says I am the servant of the people, but he is not see- DavinderSilenced”, the Congress leader asked “And why”. Singh was arrested from Kulgam in south Kashmir along with Hizbul Mujahideen ter- rorists Naveed Baba and Altaf and a lawyer operating as an over- ground worker for terror outfits. —PTI ter, adding that the agency is headed by “another Modi” who investigated the Guja- rat riots and the Haren Pandya’’s tion. In his care, “the case is as good as dead”, Gandhi alleged. Using the hashtag “WhoWantsTerrorist- agenda”. assassina- AMARINDER SINGH’S TAKE ON CAA DELHI ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2020 ‘Nazi rule unfolding in India now’ New Delhi: Stating that the contentious Citizenship (Amend- ment) Act was against the secular fabric of the country, Punjab Chief Minister Ama- rinder Singh Friday claimed that events unfolding now bear similarity to the ones witnessed in Germa- ny in 1930s when Ado- lf Hitler was at the helm. “You want to change secular fabric of this country. It is very sad what is happening now. We had not even thought of tion against the CAA. BJP announces 57 candidates and sought its repeal by the Centre. Shortly after passing the resolution, CM rinder also said that his government will move the SC on the issue. “Like Kerala, our government will also approach preme Court on the issue,” Singh said. With this, Congress- ruled Punjab became the second state after Kerala to bring in an Assembly resolution seeking the repeal of the CAA and move the top court. CM SPEAK New Delhi: BJP announced a list of 57 candidates out of 70 for the upcoming Delhi Assem- bly elections, which are scheduled to be held on February Mishra, who switched from AAP to BJP, will contest from Model Town. Delhi BJP Manoj Tiwari’s candi- dature has not been announced in the first list of candidates. Party leader Anil Jha will contest from the Kirari seat, while Vijender Gupta will contest from WOMEN POWER Ama- 8. Kapil the Su- chief “Clearly, no lessons have been learnt from history,” he added. The Punjab Assem- bly, through voice vote, passed the resolution against the controversial such a thing. We want to break brotherhood merely for politics,” Singh said while participating in the discussion in the state Assembly on a resolu- Sisodia from the Patpar- ganj seat. The Congress Party is yet to declare the names of their candidates for the upcoming polls. candidates for the elections on Wednesday . The party has fielded Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from the New Delhi Assembly seat and his deputy Manish the Rohini seat. The party is yet to announce the names of 13 candidates. Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party nounced their list of 70 an- CAA OBC LEADER SWATANTRA DEV SINGH ELECTED AS UP BJP CHIEF Lucknow: Prominent OBC leader Swatan- tradev Singh was elected unopposed the chief of UP BJP, party’s media co-incharge Alok Awasthi said. The announcement about Singh’s election was made by party’s national general secretary Bhupendra Yadav at Uttar Pradesh BJP offi ce. The 55-year-old Singh, who POPULATION CONTROL ON RSS AGENDA: BHAGWAT Moradabad: It is not Mathura or Kashi that is on RSS agenda. It is now population control that the RSS will push for. RSS chief Mohan Bhag- wat who is presently on a four-day visit to Morad- abad, said at a meeting that a law for two children should be brought in to ensure proper development of the country. ARUN SOOD ELECTED AS NEW CHANDIGARH BJP CHIEF Chandigarh: Arun Sood was unanimously elected president of the Chandigarh unit of the BJP for the next three years. Outgoing president Sanjay Tandon was unanimously elected member of the national council of the BJP. Both were elected unopposed. The announcement was made by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who was appointed observer by the central BJP. Tan- don had been Chandigarh BJP chief for a decade. After his three-year term ended, he was given an extension of another 3 years & later for 4 years. ‘VIJAYAN TRYING GOOD BOY IMAGE IN FRONT OF PM’ Thiruvananthapuram: Days after the Left government in Kerala moved SC against CAA, the Con- gress alleged that CM Pinarayi Vijayan was trying to implement the controversial act “secretly,” Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Ramesh Chennithala alleged at a press meet in Thiruva- nanthapuram. “The Chief Minister should end his attempts to make political gains in the name of CAA. Instead of cheating people, he should ensure that the Act is not being implemented in the state,” he alleged. will have a three-year tenure, was appointed UP BJP chief in July last year after Mahendra Nath Pandey was re-elected to Lok Sabha and joined the government at the Centre. Belonging to the infl uential Kurmi caste, Singh made his presence felt during the 2019 LS elections as in-charge of party affairs in MP. Addressing the meeting at the Moradabad Institute of Technology, Bhagwat said that RSS will support any law that calls for two children only.”We feel this is the need of the hour though it is up to the government to take the fi nal call on this. This law will not have any relation to any particular religion and will be applicable to all.”

PERSPECTIVE WOMEN – ON THE PATH OF FREEDOM A woman is told that she has been born only to serve her father or her husband 06 JAIPUR | SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2020 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 IN-DEPTH IS INDIAN ECONOMY STARING AT STAGFLATION? Lower lending rates in this scenario would only make inflation higher I SADHGURU, ISHA FOUNDATION Ranked amongst the fifty most influential people in India, Sadhguru is a yogi, mystic, visionary and a New York Times bestselling author Sadhguru has been conferred the Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India in 2017, the highest annual civilian award, accorded for exceptional and distinguished service n a few days from now, when finance minister Nirmala Sithara- man would present the Budget for the next fiscal year, she would be reminded of a Tamil verse she quoted in her 2019 speech to argue that an elephant doesn’t trample afield if it gets the required quota of its food. The implication was that when people pay their taxes and the compliance rate is high, the government does not consider raising the rates or introducing new taxes. But, considering the state of the Indian economy and the need to spend more, this year she would find it difficult to stick to her philosophy . It is now almost certain that the growth rate for the current year would stay just around 5 percent—the lowest in many years. The next fiscal will begin with the economy falling for nine straight quarters and showing no signs of recovery . Some of the problems India is facing are because of a global slowdown. But, the slowdown across the world has only added to India’s problems that date back to de- monetisation and GST, both of which hurt the informal sector and wiped out many small and medium businesses. To bring the economy back on track, to keep its promised tryst with a $ 5-trillion economy , the finance minister needs more money in her account to spend on big-ticket projects. But, unfortunately, since the tax revenue has remained low—a result of falling corporate earnings—she has nothing to spare for new projects. Her only option would be to look at new sources of income through additional taxes. The other option is to rely on corporate and foreign investors to pump in more money by offering them cheaper loans and sops. But, the policy planners have very little scope for being liberal with their lending rates. In all probability, India is moving towards a phase that’s a nightmare for policy planners. On the one hand, the growth is falling, on the other inflation is rising. This combina- tion is called stagflation and it can lead to job losses, destruction of savings and bring about a lot of misery. Lower lending rates in this scenario would only make inflation higher. Political challenges would further test the finance minister’s resolve. Since the government gave tax sops to India Inc—the 2019 decision was meant to encourage investment but didn’t yield the desired result—the middle class is expecting a cut in personal income tax rates. A government that has very little in its pocket can think of becoming charitable only if it believes in miracles. In all likeli- hood, this year, trampling over the field would be a more tempting proposition. S imply because a woman is physically weaker than a man, he has done everything to make her psychologically weaker, spiritually lost and financially nowhere. Till man learns to respect women, he will never know himself – because half of him is just that. Indian spirituality has always been a rich mixture of men and women reaching the heights of their consciousness. A woman is as capable as a man when it comes to inner nature. It is only the peel, the body, which you call as a man or a woman. What is within is the same. The peel is not going to decide what one’s spiritual capabilities are. Right from Vedic times, there have been many women reached the very heights of their consciousness. In ancient times, women also wore the sacred thread, because without it, they could not read the scrip- tures. Like a man, she could live within the marriage for ten to twenty years, and when she had the urge to become spiritual, she could renounce the family. How- ever, when barbarian hordes invaded India, women slowly lost their freedom. The rules started changing. Maybe it was necessary for a certain period of time, because the physical situation was such that some restriction had to be placed on women for their own safety. But unfortunately it became the law. In the Vedas, the first let down for a woman was when they declared that she cannot wear the sacred thread. It was also said that the only way she can attain mukti, or her Ultimate Na- ture, is by serving her husband. It was fixed that only a man could renounce. Unfortunately, this contin- ues even today . A woman is told that she has been born only to can prepare himself, but a woman comes with that nat- ural quality. So wherever there is a Master, more women will gather, simply because they are more suited for receiving. There have been some very wonderful Masters who were women, but they are of a different kind. They cannot operate the way a man does. They have to find a certain kind of situation, a certain kind of support system in the society. Society never supported a woman as a Master. Especially in the West, when- ever a woman started express- ing her wisdom, wherever a woman started having access to something beyond what normal people had, she was labeled a witch and burnt at the stake. However, there have been a few women who have more masculine fire in them than most men do. Such women can become very wonderful Mas- ters, if the social support is there. There have been such people, but in all these many centuries of human history, they never had that kind of support. Probably in the future, it should be possible. There may be many women as spiritual Masters. serve her father or her husband. People who talk about advaitha, nonduality of existence, have taught this, “Everything is one, but women are less.” In spite of the fact he knows that his existence depends upon her, if he cannot even accept her, his accepting all the duali- ties in the existence is simply out of question. The question of inferiority or superiority comes only in a prejudiced mind. It is just a question of two qualities. If a woman, out of whom a man is born, is inferior, how can man be superior? The possibil- ity just does not arise. This problem is universal. It is not just about one gross man thinking like this. It has become a man’s way of life, a part of his very culture and religion. Once, a certain social reformer went to Vivekananda and asked, “It is great that you also support women, what shall I do? I want to reform them. I want to support this.” Then Vivekananda “Hands off. You do not have to do anything about them; just leave them alone. They will do what they have to do.” This is all that is needed. It is not that who have Indian spirituality has always been a rich mixture of men and women reaching the heights of their consciousness. A woman is as capable as a man when it comes to inner nature A woman is told that she has been born only to serve her father or her husband. People who talk about advaitha, nonduality of existence, have taught this, ‘Everything is one, but women are less’ a man has to reform a woman. If he just gives room, she will do what is necessary. Generally, a woman’s fem- ininity will not allow her to be an effective Master. But she is very good at pursuing the path. A man can do many things here and there, but his receptivity is lesser. He said, People fail to speak against authoritarian regimes M Children as young as three will protest if arbitrary “rules” of a game are vio- lated. And we all know how punishing it can be to “stick out” in a playground by violating norms of dress, accent or behaviour. Both logics are required to create and maintain an authoritarian regime. To ensure that we make the “right” personal choices, an oppressive state’s main tools are carrots and sticks – rewarding conformity and punishing even a hint of rebellion. But personal gain, or survival, alone provides a fragile foundation for an oppressive state. It is easy to see how the logic of ap- propriateness fits in here, turning from being a force for cooperation to a mecha- nism for enforcing an oppressive status quo. FOR FULL REPORT LOG ON TO WWW.THECONVERSATION.COM that you would be a heroic rebel in such a scenario, refusing to be complicit in maintaining or even enforcing the system? To answer this question, let’s start by considering a now classic analysis by American organisational theorist James March and Norwegian political scien- tist Johan Olsen from 2004. They argued that human behaviour is gov- erned by two comple- mentary , and very different, “logics”. According to the logic of conse- quence, we choose our actions like a good econo- mist: weighing up the costs and benefits of the alternative options in the light of our personal ob- jectives. This is basically how we get what we want. But there is also a second logic: the logic of appropri- ateness. According this, outcomes, good or argaret wood’s The maid’s Tale, described the hor- At- novel, Hand- ror of the authoritarian regime of Gilead. In this theocracy , self-preservation was the best people could hope for, being powerless to kick against the system. But her sequel, The Testa- ments, raises the possibili- ty that individuals, with suitable luck, bravery and cleverness, can fight back. But can they? There are countless examples of past and present mon- strous regimes in the real world. And they all raise the question of why people didn’t just rise up against their rulers. Some of us are quick to judge those who conform to such regimes as evil psy- chopaths – or at least mor- ally inferior to ourselves. But what are the chances ing board games and follow etiquette. We are happy to let judges or football refer- ees enforce rules. A recent study showed we even conform to arbitrary norms. The logic of appropri- ateness is self-enforcing – we disapprove of, ostra- cise or report people who lie or cheat. Research has shown that even in anonymous, experimen- tal “games”, people will pay a monetary cost to punish other people for being uncooperative. The logic of appropriate- ness is therefore crucial to understanding how we can organise ourselves into teams, companies and entire nations. We need shared sys- tems of rules to cooperate – it is easy to see how evolu- tion may have shaped this. The psychological foun- dations for this start early . bad, are often of second- ary importance – we often choose what to do by asking “What is a person like me supposed to do in a situation like this”? The idea is backed up by psychological Human social interactions depend on our tendency to conform to unwritten rules of appropriate behaviour. Most of us are truthful, po- lite, don’t cheat when play- TOP TWEET Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp Hearty congratulations to @ SamirMohantyBJP on being elected as the President of @BJP4Odisha. His grassroots connect & organisational skills will strengthen the Party.I am confi dent that under his leadership the organisation will scale new heights of success. research. to G Vol 1 G Issue No. 223 GRNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764. Printed and published by Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of First Express Publishers. Printed at Bhaskar Printing Press, D.B. Corp Limited, Shivdaspura, Tonk Road, Jaipur. 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INDIA JAIPUR | SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2020 07 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 POWERGallery IN THE COURTYARD He’s beyond formal recognition: SC declines PIL for Bharat Ratna to Bapu The bench agreed with the sentiments of the petitioner for granting official decoration to the father of the nation FIN MIN BUDGET EXERCISE COULD DELAY BANK APPOINTMENTS Budget exercise underway in the Finance Ministry could temporarily delay some key appointments in the Banking sector. HOW MANY MEMBERS WILL BE IN RLY BOARD ? There is an utter confusion about the number of members to be stationed in Rail Bhawan after reorganisation. One offi cial says, there will be fi ve members in the RB whereas a CRB press note, issued on December 26,2019 says there will be one CRB /CEO and four members on Functional basis. Independent members will be inducted as non - executive Members and will be in Advisory role. NOW POPULARITY IN FOREIGN BUREAU- CRACY CIRCLES COUNT A new trend is being seen in the appointment of diplomats in key missions. The popularity - of those who have earlier served in key missions - in the bureaucracy of that country is being seen as the benchmark to hold the Ambassador posts. However, the decision still rests with the Prime Minister. FOUR ICS POSTS ARE VACANT IN CIC In CIC, four Info Commissioners posts are vacant for the last two years. No CIC has been appointed after retirement of Sudhir Bhargava. 93 OFFICERS GET JOB AT JOINT SECRETARY LEVEL IN GOI IN 2018-19 As many as 93 offi cers were appointed at Joint Secretary or equivalent level in Government of India from April to March 2019, according to data released by DoPT. FIVE 1987 BATCH IPS OFFICERS ARE NOW DGPS Police Chiefs in Punjab, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and J&K are 1987 batch IPS offi cers. WHO SUITS THE CHIEF MINISTERS ? In a chitchat of retired IPS offi cers, one senior remarked “In the present day system DGP only suits to the Chief Minister because of “T” theory. What is this “T” theory? ONLY 47 OFFICERS GET JOB AT ADDL SECRETARY LEVEL IN GOI IN 2018-19 Only 47 offi cers were appointed at Additional Secretary or equivalent level in Government of India from April to March 2019, according to data released by DoPT. DESAI POSTED AS DG, PIB, MUMBAI Ministry of I&B has transferred two IIS offi cers to new places. Manish V Desai , Press Registrar ,RNI has been transferred as DG(West), PIB, Mumbai while S Vankateshwar is going to Chennai as DG (South) in PIB. AMITABH KHARKWAL RETURNS TO PARENT CADRE Amitabh Kharkwal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, has been accorded premature repatriation to his parent cadre on the grounds of availing promotion. He is a 1989 batch offi cer of Indian Postal Service. MAJOR RESHUFFLE OF IAS OFFICERS IN MAHARASHTRA As many as 22 IAS offi cers have been transferred and posted to different places in Maharashtra. 45 OFFICERS AT DSP LEVEL TRANSFERRED IN CBI As many as 45 offi cers at Deputy Superinten- dents of Police (DSP) level have been transferred and posted to different places in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). New Delhi: The Su- preme Court Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking confer- ment of ‘Bharat Ratna’ on Mahatma Gandhi saying that people hold the father of the nation in ‘high esteem,’ beyond any formal recognition. A bench, comprising Chief Justice S A Bob- de and justices B R Ga- vai and Surya Kant, however asked petitioner Anil Dutta Shar- ma to give representa- tion to the central government in this regard. “Mahatma Gandhi is the father of nation and people hold him in high esteem, beyond any formal recognition,” the bench said. The issue of direct- ing the government to award Bharat Ratna to the father of the nation was not a “justiciable Delhi HC issues notice to CBI on Kuldeep Sengar’s plea New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday issued a notice to the Central Bureau of In- vestigation (CBI) on an appeal filed by expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Sin- gh Sengar challenging a trial court’s verdict which had sentenced him to life imprison- ment for raping a minor girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao in 2017. A Division Bench of Justices Manmohan and Sangeeta Dhingra Sehgal sought response from the investigating agency and rape survivor’s family and posted the matter to May 4. The court also granted Sen- gar time of two more months to deposit the gued that the trial Plea for school in every Tehsil in SC Can withdraw ` 20 cr deposit: SC to Karti New Delhi: The Su- preme Court allowed Congress MP Karti Chidambaram to withdraw Rs 20 crore which he had depos- ited with the court’s registry as a condi- tion for being allowed to travel abroad. Earlier, the apex court had in January and May last year granted Karti Chid- ambaram permission to travel abroad after depositing Rs 20 crore (Rs 10 crore for Janu- ary and 10 Crore for May) with the Secre- tary-General of the Supreme Court. The the relief, the bench headed by the then Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi directed Karti to deposit a security of Rs 10 crore. Karti has questioned on several occasions in the INX media case in which both the En- forcement rate (ED) and CBI are probing how Karti managed to obtain clearance to the tune of Rs 305 crore from the Foreign Invest- ment Promotion Board in 2007 when his father was the finance minister. —ANI been Directo- Supreme Court had allowed Karti Chid- ambaram, son of former Union Minister P Chidambaram, travel to the United States, Spain and Germany in May and June 2019. Providing you to give a represen- tation to the Centre in this regard.” Sharma, in his PIL, had sought a direction to the government to give “official decoration” to Mahat- ma Gandhi to honour him for the contribution to the nation. issue”, it said. The bench however said that it agreed with the sentiments of the petitioner for granting official decoration to Mahatma Gandhi. Disposing of the petition, the top court said, “We will allow to Another petition in SC against CAA NOTICE TO GOPAL KANDA New Delhi: A petition has been filed in the Su- preme Court challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 that grants citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Afghan- istan and Bangladesh. A professor Apurba Baruah and two members of ‘Sushta Samaj Bikash Chakra’ have filed the petition. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bob- de have asked senior advocate Indira Jaising to mention the matter before the Mentioning Registrar. The petition- ers have stated that section 6A of the amended Citizenship Act has shifted cut off date of Chandigarh: Pun- jab& Haryana HC issued a notice to Haryana Party (HLP) leader Gopal Kanda on a petition his election from Sirsa assembly segment to be annulled. Gokul claimed that Kan- da used money and liquor to sway the votes in his favour, the PIL stated.—ANI SC to hear Azam Khan’s son’s plea against HC order 1971 to 2014 that violates the 1985 Assam Accord. The Indian Union Muslim League & the Kerala Government have moved the apex court against CAA that grants Indian citizenship to refugees from Hindu, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist & Parsi com- munities fleeing reli- gious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, & Bangladesh & who entered India on or before Dec 31, 2014. —ANI Lokhit court’s order was full of “misconclution”. “Evi- dence was ignored. My client presence was not at the location where this alleged incident took place,” he told the court. Sengar proached High Court challenging his conviction and sen- tencing in connection with the rape case. —ANI SC refuses to entertain MPs’ attendance PIL New Delhi: The Su- preme Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition regarding the issue of MPs not attend- ing the Parliament and asked the petitioner to approach the Speaker. The court gives liberty to petitioner Anil Dutt Sharma to withdraw the plea and make a rep- resentation before the Speaker. —ANI amount levied on him for the commission on crime. The trial court, in its judgement, had directed him to give Rs 10 lakh amount to the victim and Rs 15 lakh to the court’s registry within 30 days. Advocate N Hari- haran, who represented Sengar in the court, ar- seeking Setia has the ap- Delhi Nawab Kazim Ali Khan who had moved the plea against Khan before HC order. It posted the matter for hearing on March 25. Allahabad HC had declared election of Abdullah Khan from Suar Assembly segment from Rampur district null and void. Abdullah Khan was elected as MLA on a SP ticket on 2017. —ANI regard, said, “The Su- preme Court has directed the Ministry of Fi- nance and the Ministry of Human Resource Development to take a decision months on plea seeking to open a Central school in each tehsil of the country and inclusion of the Indian Constitu- tion in the syllabus of primary schools.”—ANI New Delhi: The SC has directed the Central government to take a call on a petition seeking to establish Kendri- ya Vidyalayas in each tehsil, taluk, sub-division, circle or State Leg- islative across the country, advocate Ashwini Upad- hyay said. Upadhyay, who had filed the petition in this New Delhi: The SC agreed to hear a petition filed by SP leader Mohammad Khan’s son, Moham- mad Abdullah Azam Khan against the Alla- habad High Court’s order which annulled his election as UP legisla- tor on grounds that he was underage and not qualified to contest the poll in 2017. Azam in three A Bench headed SA Bobde agreed to hear his plea but refused to stay the High Court’s order. It also issued a notice to BSP leader Assembly CM: Investigate insulting reference to Bhils in MPPSC Anirudh Tiwari action should be taken for terming the Bhil community as criminal and alcoholic in the pre- liminary examination of Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commis- sion. Responding to it, Chief Minister Kamal Nath said that the government has ordered an inquiry into the matter BHIM ARMY CHIEF AZAD READS PREAMBLE AT JAMA MASJID New Delhi: Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad visited Jama Masjid on Friday and read out the Preamble to the Constitu- tion as a mark of his protest against CAA & NRC & said that peaceful protest is the strength. “Peaceful protest is our strength. People from all religions who support us should join us in great number to COPS BUST SEX RACKET IN MUM, 3 FEMALE ACTORS RESCUED Mumbai: Mumbai police have busted a high-pro- fi le sex racket in a hotel here, arresting a woman and rescuing three female actors, including a mi- nor.The police conducted the raid in the hotel on Thursday evening. The woman who forced women into prostitution has been identifi ed as Priya Sharma, who runs a travel and tour business. A case has been registered against Sharma. While one of the rescued is a woman actor and singer, who has worked in a TV show, another one has worked in a Marathi movie and serials. CM will do it in his state and give special facilities to the tribal community . The CM also said that MP has maximum tribal population. On this, former BJP Speaker Sitasharan raised objection & said that the government should dismiss the demand for amendment. and whoever is found to be negligent in the case, will be punished. On the promise to increase the reservation, Kamal Nath said that he would demand the Central Government to make special amendments in this act for the tribal community. If the centre does not make this amendment, then the prove it to the govt that these protests are not led by Muslims alone,” Azad said. Meanwhile, Delhi Police on ‘Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad’s visit to Jama Mas- jid’ said, “He has a time of 24 hours after his release from Tihar Jail yesterday, to leave Delhi. He is not holding any protest at Jama Masjid.” Bhopal: There was a lot of uproar over the issue of insulting the Adivasi Bhil Samaj in the MPP- SC examination in a special session to extend reservation for the ST SC class to ten years. Congress MLA Kantilal Bhuria took up the matter and said that strict Sharma

NEWS JAIPUR | SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2020 08 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Ready to hold referendum in PoK, says Pak PM Imran Khan Kashmir tragedy did not receive deserved media attention, said Khan in an interview ‘Improve discussions in Parl, assemblies’ Lucknow: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday said there is a need to raise the standard of discussions in Parliament and state assemblies to identify loopholes of proposed laws. He was addressing the closing ceremony of the Seventh Common- wealth Parliamentary Association, India Re- gion, Conference at the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly . “There is a need to raise the standard of discussions which take place inside Parliament and legislative assemblies. The more a proposed law is studied before it actually becomes a law, chances are more that it will be made in the correct direction,” Birla said. The people have given legislators the responsibility of making laws should deliberate as to Baldev Ram Mirdha’s birth anniv observed Islamabad: Minister Imran Khan has reiterated that his country is ready to hold a referendum in Paki- stan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to give people the right to decide whether they want to remain in the country or be independent. “The best thing is (to) let the people of Kash- mir decide. The people of Pakistan Kashmir and the Indian Kashmir. Pakistan is all ready to give them the right through a referendum or a plebiscite. Let them decide whether they want to remain with Pa- kistan or want to be independent. We’re all for it,” he said. “We invite anyone, anywhere in the world to come see the Pakistan Woman drives 7 km with 3 bullets in head Chandigarh: With three gunshot wounds to the head and one on the face, Sumeet Kaur, a 42-year-old woman drove 7 km to a police station in Muktsar district of Punjab to register a complaint against her brother and nephew in a land grab case. She said that her nephew, a student of Class 10, shot at her and her mother, Sukhjinder Kaur, 65, in a fit of rage over the land dispute at Same- wali village of Muktsar on Wednesday evening. Sukhjinder suffered two bullet injuries in a Prime ‘Lukewarm response to Kashmir issue from world’ Bonn: Pakistan Prime Minister Im- ran Khan on Friday admitted that there are no takers of the Kashmir issue from the international community . In an interview with DW, a German state-owned public international broad- caster, He said that there has been a “lukewarm response” to the Kash- mir issue and said that “commercial interests are more important for the West- ern countries”. “Un- fortunately, commercial more important for Western countries. India is a big market and that is the reason behind the lukewarm response to what is happening to some 8 million people in Kashmir, as well as to minorities in India,” he said. “Sadly, yes. Con- sider the sort of media attention Hong Kong protests are getting. The tragedy of Kashmir is much greater,” Khan said when about the attention given to Kashmir. interests are Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi during the Seventh Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, India Region, Conference in Lucknow on Friday. why the law is being enacted and go through its provisions. The MLAs should also hold discussions with people before a law is enacted, Birla said. Lok Sabha will assist state assemblies, he said, adding that elected public representa- tives act as a bridge between people and government. —Agencies and “discussions should be held as to how can we raise the standard, how people will benefit from a proposed law or what are the possible loopholes,” he said. The Lok Sabha speaker said that it was decided at a meeting in Dehradun that before a state government brings a law, MLAs what is happening in In- dia”. Khan said, “India has been taken over by a racially extremist, exclusive ideology which is called Hindutva. The ideology stems from RSS. Its inspiration was Nazi Party in Germany . Its ideology is based on hatred for Muslims and other minorities… Christians as well. —ANI side of Kashmir and then go see the Indian side of Kashmir. Let them see the differ- ence… they will not be allowed to go to the In- dian side of Kashmir,” he said. Khan claimed he made “every effort” to talk to the Modi government. He also said he was the first leader to “warn the world about the asked After bullet train, Thackeray govt says hyperloop unlikely Restore statehood: J&K Congress Jammu: The executive committee of J&K Con- gress met under the chairmanship of Ghu- lam Nabi Azad, leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha, on Friday and passed a four-point resolution for the res- toration of statehood for J&K and demanded constitutional guaran- tees in jobs and land. The resolution passed by 216 members from 20 districts also demanded freeing of all the political detainees and creating an atmos- phere conducive for politics. —ANI leg. Police booked her nephew and her brother, Harinder Singh. A search is on for both of them. On reaching the police station, Sumeet was rushed to a private hospital in Muktsar where doctors removed the bullets. Both the women survived the attack. Station house officer, SHO, Lakhewali, Krishan Singh said, “After the attack, the victim rushed to the police station and we admitted her to the hospital in an ambulance. The matter is being probed.” —Agencies First India News education. Former UP zila pra- mukh Sahdev Choud- hary said that Mirdha successfully against jagirdari system for waiving off la- gaan. On this occasion people were felicitated for their achievement in different field. President thuram Mirdha Gramo- than Charitable Trust Mehram and Mirdha Dharmshala chairman Ashok Bag- dia also paid obeisance to late Baldev Ram Mirdha. Mumbai: The proposed Mumbai-Pune ultrafast hyperloop system in Maharashtra has come under a cloud, with the state government today signalling that undertaking first-of-a-kind project of such could turn out to be a risky proposition at this juncture. “Hyperloops never been constructed anywhere in the world until now, so let this be tried somewhere else before us. Once it is successful, then we can think of it,” Maharash- transport Nathuram Gramothan Nagaur: Mirdha Charitable Trust and Veer Teja Vikas Samiti commemorated 131st birth anniversary of social reformer and farmer leader Baldev Ram Mirdha in Deedwana and Kuchera on Friday . Mirdha is revered in Marwar region for his struggle for the rights of farmers. He is also known for spreading awareness in the field of education among farmers especially girls fought a magnitude Nagaur, government in Maha- rashtra has applied the brakes on, after the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train system. The previous government had granted infrastruc- ture project status to the plan in August. Ukraine PM resigns after audio criticising Prez leaked of Na- tra Deputy Chief Minis- ter Ajit Pawar said. The $10 billion project pushed by multi- billionaire Branson’s Virgin Group is the second high-budget initiative that the Ud- dhav Thackeray-led have Trust Richard Google owner Alphabet is worth $1 trillion ‘Bad behaviour towards public reps unfortunate’ bet, formed as a holding company in 2015, has a number of other units working on “moonshot” projects including Way- mo on autonomous cars and Verily for life sci- ences. The company last year announced that Google chief executive Sundar Pichai would also assume the CEO functions at the company, raising speculation on whether fresh reorganisation is planned. Pichai’s promotion ena- bled Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to step away from daily operations at the company . —Agencies San Francisco: Goog- le’s parent company Al- phabet saw its value reach USD1 trillion (Sh100tr) for the first time Thursday, becoming the fourth US tech company to hit the milestone. Shares in the online giant rose 0.76 percent for the day to reach the trillion-dollar mark at the close of trade. The Silicon Valley group joins which first reached USD1 trillion (Sh100tr) in 2018 and on Thurs- day showed a valuation of some USD1.38 trillion (Sh139tr); and Mi- crosoft, now valued at First India News recording came from an informal December meeting between ministers and senior officials from the National Bank. Participants discussed how to explain recent economic devel- opments to Zelensky, a comedian and political neophyte who won a surprise election victory last year. Gon- charuk is reportedly heard saying that ex- planations need to be simple because “Zelen- sky has a very primi- tive understanding of the economy.” —Agencies Kiev:Ukraine’s Prime Minister Goncharuk offered his resignation on Friday after audio was leaked of him reportedly criticising President Volod- omyr Zelensky’s understanding of economy . “To remove doubts about our respect for and trust in the president, I have written a resignation letter and handed it over to the president,” Goncharuk wrote on his official Facebook page. He said the audio “ar- Oleksiy Jaipur: Tourism and Devasthan Vishvendra Singh held jansunwai at PCC. He said “I am not angry, I had commented on im- proper arrangements in the hospital Bharatpur. I believe that public representa- tives had paid a surprise visit to hospital for inspection.” On attack on Hanuman Beni- wal he said bad behaivi- our towards public rep- resentatives is inappro- priate and unfortunate. Minister of any tificially created an im- pression that my team and I do not respect the president”. “This is not true,” he said. “I came to this post to carry out the president’s gramme.” The alleged Apple, ue of around $930 billion (Sh93.8 trillion). Google is the leading online search engine and produced the popular Android mobile operating system. Alpha- some USD1.26 trillion (Sh127tr). Another tech titan, Amazon, rose above the trillion-dollar mark in September 2018 but has since declined to a val- pro- z In the mother-son murder case of Pratap Nagar in Jaipur, the police presented the murder accused Saurabh Chaudhary before the court on Friday. The court of MM-31 Preksha Jhunjhunwala has jailed Saurabh till January 28. given the boarding pass in Bengaluru. Also, Rs. 17,000 was taken from him for sending via another flight. The forum had ordered Air Asia to pay a compensation of Rs. 72,000. for representing the court in the case, along with AAG Karan Singh Rajpurohit for appearing on behalf of the government and AAG Sand- eep Shah. Now, the case will be heard on February 3. of Uttar Pradesh Dinesh Sharma held a public awareness program regarding the Citizenship Amendment Act in the Somnath area of Dausa on Friday. Sharma was accompanied by SD Sharma, Shankarlal Sharma and Pankaj Joshi. Skilling, Re-skilling & Upskilling; Apprenticeship & Productivity; Integration of Education with Skills; Blue Collar Entrepreneurship, etc. Sharing in detail about the upcoming programmes of RSLDC, Dr Samit Sharma, Commissioner – Labour, Skills, Employment & Entrepreneurship and MD, RSLDC, Government of Rajasthan shared that, “Youth in big number every year join Armed Forces and Police. Considering the re- quirement and opportunity, RSLDC will soon introduce training programme to train youth to join Indian Armed and Police Services. The programme will be intro- duced first in Naguar, Churu and Jhunjhnu districts.” Dr Sharma also stated that skilling impacts jobs, economic growth, GDP and prosperity of the country. the offer, it could amount to the most significant development in the yearlong negotiations since talks resumed after President Donald Trump had scuttled the peace process on the eve of a deal in September. BRIEF z The division bench of Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice PS Bhati expressed concern about the condi- tion of subordinate courts. The High Court ordered Law Department Secretary, Home Department Secre- tary and Additional Chief Secretary Finance to appear before the court. The court has also directed to send notice to Sachin Acharya z Sirohi MLA Sayyam Lodha passed comments on BJP during the Shivganj Block Congress meeting and said that if someone related to BJP becomes the Sarpanch, I know ways to send him/her home within 6 months. The video of the MLA’s statement has gone viral on social media. z The Taliban have offered a brief period of reducing violence in Afghanistan during ongoing negotiations with U.S. diplomats, three officials familiar with the talks said on Thursday, a concession seen as important to finalizing a prelimi- nary peace deal between the insurgents and the United States to end their 18-year war. If the US side accepts in z In a contempt petition filed in the matter of contempt of consumer forum orders, bail warrants have been issued for Air Asia CEO and MD Amar Abrol and Agent Ram Sharma. The petition was filed by Ajmer resident Rohit Sankhala and others. Rohit had bought 6 air tickets in 2015 through the agent, but he was not z Former minister and four-time MLA from Jahaz- pur Ratanlal Tambi died on late Friday night. He was suffering from blood cancer for several days, and was admitted at SMS Hospital where he breathed his last. Tambi will be cremated in Jahazpur. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot mourned his death. z The 2nd edition of Rajas- than Skills Summit was organized by FICCI Rajasthan State Council in partnership with Rajasthan Skill and Livelihoods Development Corporation (RSLDC) at Ho- tel Holiday Inn, Jaipur. Set against the theme ‘Skills for Industry 4.0’, the summit focused on New Age Skills; z Deputy Chief Minister

SPORTS JAIPUR | SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2020 09 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 in INDIA ROARS BACK Shikhar Dhawan set up the match for India with most consistent performance an Australian defeat BRIEF Hockey India hires analytical coach New Delhi: Hockey In- dia (HI) appointed Jan- neke Schopman the analytical coach for the In- dian women’s team. The decorated hockey star, who has 212 international caps for the Neth- erlands, also successfully led the side for two years before retirement. Steve Smith top-scored with 98 runs but couldn’t prevent Shami picked up 3 wickets, Saini, Jadeja and Yadav took 2 wickets each Kuldeep claimed his 100th ODI wicket during the 2nd match between India & Aus Rajkot: India beat Aus- tralia by 36 runs in the second one-dayer to level the three-match series 1-1 here on Fri- day . Mohammed Shami was the most successful Indian bowler with 3/77 while Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Navdeep Saina took two apiece as Australia lost wickets at regular in- tervals to be all out for 304 in 49.1 overs. Steve Smith top-scored with a 102-ball 98 while Mar- nus Labuschagne made a 47-ball 46. Earlier, Shikhar Dha- wan missed a well-deserved ton by a whisker but laid a solid platform for the aggressive duo of skipper Virat Kohli and KL Rahul to ensure a commanding total. India put up a much- improved batting performance with Rahul’s blistering 52-ball-80 taking India to 340 for six after Shikhar Dhawan (96 off 90 balls) and skipper Virat Kohli (78 off 76 balls) laid the foundation. Australia were in the game till Steven Smith (98) carried the battle back to the enemy camp but Kuldeep’s ninth over turned out to be a game-changer as he first dismissed wicketkeeper Alex Carey and then had a delivery that SAI set up complaint panel New Delhi: The sports Authority of India (SAI) on Friday has set up an internal complaint committee to ensure the safety of sport- spersons, especially the girls, to prevent them from sexual harassment or any exploitation. Ashok Chandna’s team in final Jaipur: Sports Minis- ter Ashok Chandna’s team has made it to the final of Gayatri Devi Smriti Polo Cup. On Friday, Chandna’s team defeated Dragon by 6-5. Gerardo Mazzini scored 5 goals for the Chandna team. Meanwhile, Saha- ra Warriors defeated Jaipur Riding Club 7-6 in the match played at Rambagh Polo Ground. KL Rahul Virat Kohli Shikhar Dhawan SCOREBOARD bounced extra to have Smith played on. The visitors were all-out for 304 in 49.1 overs. Kuldeep’s final fig- ures of 2 for 65 may not be mind-blowing but did just enough damage to see that the third ODI in Bengaluru doesn’t lose context. Mohammed Shami (3/77 in 10 overs) and Navdeep Saini (2/62 in 10 overs) then bowled some exquisite toe- crushers to put an end to the contest. India vs Australia Toss: Australia, fi eld fi rst AJ Finch st Rahul b Jadeja SPD Smith b Kuldeep Yadav M Labuschagne c Shami b Jadeja AT Carey c Kohli b Kuldeep Yadav AJ Turner b Shami AC Agar lbw b Saini PJ Cummins b Shami MA Starc c Rahul b Saini KW Richardson not out A Zampa c Rahul b Bumrah Extras: 20 (lb 10, w 10) Total: 304 all out (49.1 Overs, RR: 6.18) Fall of wickets: 1-20 (David Warner, 3.2 ov), 2-82 (Aaron Finch, 15.1 ov), 3-178 (Marnus Labuschagne, 30.5 ov), 4-220 (Alex Carey, 37.2 ov), 5-221 (Steven Smith, 37.5 ov), 6-259 (Ashton Turner, 43.1 ov), 7-259 (Pat Cummins, 43.2 ov), 8-274 (Ashton Agar, 46.1 ov), 9-275 (Mitchell Starc, 46.3 ov), 10-304 (Adam Zampa, 49.1 ov) Bowling: JJ Bumrah 9.1-2-32-1, Mohammed Shami 10-0-77-3, NA Saini 10-0-62-2, RA Jadeja 10-0-58-2, Kuldeep Yadav 10-0-65-2. India win by 36 runs 33 48 3 0 98 102 9 1 46 47 4 0 18 17 0 1 13 15 0 0 25 25 3 0 0 1 0 0 6 11 0 0 24 11 4 1 6 6 1 0 68.75 96.07 97.87 105.88 86.66 100.00 0.00 54.54 218.18 100.00 India RG Sharma lbw b Zampa S Dhawan c Starc b Richardson V Kohli c Starc b Zampa SS Iyer b Zampa KL Rahul run out MK Pandey c Agar b Richardson RA Jadeja not out Mohammed Shami not out Extras: 14 (b 5, lb 4, w 5), Total: 340/6 (50 Overs, RR: 6.8) Fall of wickets: 1-81 (Rohit Sharma, 13.3 ov), 2-184 (Shikhar Dhawan, 28.4 ov), 3-198 (Shreyas Iyer, 32.4 ov), 4-276 (Virat Kohli, 43.1 ov), 5-280 (Manish Pandey, 44.1 ov), 6-338 (KL Rahul, 49.4 ov), Bowling: PJ Cummins 10-1-53-0, MA Starc 10-0-78-0, KW Richardson 10-0-73-2, A Zampa 10-0-50-3, AC Agar 8-0-63-0, M Labuschagne 2-0-14-0. Australia DA Warner c Pandey b Shami R B 4 6 42 44 6 0 96 90 13 1 78 76 6 0 7 17 1 0 80 52 6 3 2 4 0 0 20 16 1 0 1 1 0 0 SR 95.45 106.66 102.63 41.17 153.84 50.00 125.00 100.00 Adelaide Strikers defeat Brisbane Sydney: Adelaide Strik- ers on Friday displayed an all-round performance to defeat Bris- bane Heat by ten wickets in the ongoing Big Bash League (BBL) here at the Adelaide Oval. This is Strikers’ first ten-wicket win in the history of the BBL. Fans cheer for their team during the second one day international (ODI) cricket match between India and Australia at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot. WWE: HHH issues apology to Paige Sydney: WWE’s vice president Triple H has apologised for making a lewd joke about former female wrestling star Paige. Ahead of an event, Triple H made the off-colour comment when he questioned whether Paige knew how many children she had, according to the media reports. R B 4 6 15 12 2 0 SR 125.00 Raj continue to win gold in Khelo India Youth Games BBFS declares trials on Jan 19 in Pink City Carlos Sainz wins Dakar Rally 2020 for 3rd time Previously won with Volkswagen in 2010, and Peugeot in 2018 F1 champ Alonso finished 13th Jaipur: Bhutia Football Schools (BBFS) Residential Academy, a flagship initiative of Bhaichung Bhutia Football Schools (BBFS), announced its trials to admissions for the year 2020. The trials will be held at Union Football Adarsh Nagar, Jaipur for the age categories born between 2008 - 2010, 2006 2007 and 2003 – 2005 on this Sunday, January 19 2020. The trials for admis- sion to BBFS Residen- tial Academy are being conducted in 30 cities across India including Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kochi, Chandigarh, Ja- landhar, Ludhiana, Cal- icut, Pune, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Shillong as well as the states of Manipur, Mizo- ram and Nagaland. Bhaichung Nasser al-Attiyah of Qatar, who had managed to cut Sainz’s lead to just 24 seconds but fell back after nav- igation errors. “I feel very happy. There’s a lot of effort behind this. A lot of training, practice,” Sainz said. “It has been a flat out rally since the begin- ning. It was fantas- tichere, of course you can always improve.” Sainz added. Saudi Arabia: Vet- eran Spanish driver Carlos Sainz won the Dakar Rally for the third time on Friday, finishing with a com- fortable winning mar- gin in the first running of the event in Saudi Arabia. The 57-year-old the line in the 12th and final stage 6min 21sec ahead of near- est challenger and reigning Anand beats Xiong for 1st win Eindhoven: Five-time world champion Viswa- nathan Anand crashed through the defences of Jeffery Xiong of United States to score his first victory in the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament that moved to the iconic Eindhoven Soc- cer Stadium for a day . Ground, crossed Sania enters women’s doubles Hobart: Former World No.1 Sania Mirza continued her dream comeback to the WTA circuit when she entered the women’s doubles final at the ongoing Hobart International. The In- dian star, who has 3 Grand Slam titles in women’s doubles & another 3 Grand Slam titles in mixed doubles, is now into her 62nd WTA doubles final. champion Naresh Sharma jasthan’s boys defeated Punjab 60-55 in Basket- ball Under-17 competition. In boxing, Arshi Khanam of Rajasthan defeated Goa’s Preeti in 54 kg weight category to enter the semi-finals, Mahendra added. Manavaditya Rathore won silver medal in jun- ior trap shooting. Man- vendra Singh and Nav- deep won bronze. Rajasthan won gold medal in 49kg weight class competition, while Sapna Kumari won silver medal. He also informed that Bhupendra jasthan won silver medal in the boys’ category in wrestling & Greco- Roman 87 kg weight category, Monika won the bronze medal. In other games, Ra- Mumbai, Jaipur: In the Khelo In- dia Youth Games 2020 held in Guwahati, As- sam, Rajasthan players performed brilliantly, winning 1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze medals. Secretary of the Ra- jasthan State Sports Council Meena said that in weightlifting, Usha of of Ra- Guwahati, Mahendra BUSHFIRE SUPPORT Aus expresses gratitude to Hockey India Pink City to host Senior National Wushu Competition in 2020 Naresh Sharma well received by our Board and staff at Hockey Australia. Your support rein- forces the strength of the relationship between Australia and In- dia including shared love for the sport of hockey,” it added. More than 28 people and millions of animals have died as a result of bushfire and more than 3,000 homes have been destroyed and damaged in the state of New South Wales. New Delhi: Hockey Australia on Friday thanked Hockey India (HI) for their support to efforts for the recent bushfires. “On behalf of the Board and Manage- ment of Hockey Aus- tralia, we really appre- ciate your support towards Hockey Austral- ia’s fundraising efforts for the recent bushfires,” the Hockey Aus- tralia said in a letter. “Your thoughts and kind words have been  Hockey India donated the USD 25,000 to the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal and also sent the signed India team jerseys which will soon be auctioned Jaipur: would host the Senior National Wushu Com- petition. The tournament will be played at the SMS Stadium at the end of the year. The decision was taken at the executive meeting of the Indian Wushu Federation in Meerut. The meeting was attended by Hi- ranand Kataria, Presi- Pink City our ber 2 to 8, the 10th Sen- ior Asian Wushu Com- petition will be held in Delhi. The contract for competition was signed during the meeting. dent Wushu Union. Kataria is also the joint secretary of Indian Wushu Federation. said that from Novem- of Rajasthan Kataria Aerial photo depict the Bushfi re crisis from beach to bush, farm to forest, across NSW and South Australia.

Do you remember what were you worried about last year, on this day? No? Then why worry today? 2NDFRONT —Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India 10 POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21 JAIPUR | SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2020 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 CM to lead Oppn CAAfila against Modi govt Gehlot given task to coordinate and prepare draft resolution against amended Act UPCOMING various Chief Minis- ters and senior arty leaders for Delhi campaign will be discussed in CEC meeting this morning at New Delhi. On December 31, Ker- ala became the first state to pass a resolution seeking withdrawal of the CAA, which grants citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, Buddhists and Christians fleeing reli- gious persecution in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh who came to India on or before December 31, 2014. now, Punjab has also joined in the list of states where Assem- blies have passed resolution against CAA and NRC. Aditi Nagar zenship Act (CAA) and the immediate stoppage of “NRC/ National Popu- lation Register (NPR)”. They had also said that the chief ministers who have declared that they will not implement the NRC must consider “suspending NPR enu- meration as it was a prelude to the NRC”. According to sources, Gehlot is being chosen to coordinate with the states points at his increasing stat- ure in the AICC and more importantly, in the eyes of Gandhi family, with whom the Congress stalwart Amendment CAA and NRC.” The role signifies once again the importance of Gehlot in the Congress party and why from time to time, he is seen as its ‘go-to’ man and the first among equals. Congress President Sonia Gan- dhi had recently held a meeting of all opposition parties and later in a statement said that the CAA and NRC were polarizing in nature and would divide the country . The Congress and 19 other opposition parties had demanded the withdrawal of the Citi- Jaipur: In an important turn of events, three-time Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is being given a major additional role by the Congress party, a role that would be instrumen- tal in paving the road for Congress’s future politics. Gehlot is likely to be given the “responsibility to coordinate with Con- gress ruling states and states where Con- gress is in alliance, to draft resolution to be passed in respective Assemblies against of Uttar Pradesh, Bi- har, Jharkhand and even with down south. Recently during his Mumbai visit, Gehlot also held long parleys Sharad Pawar, Ud- dhav Thackeray and senior Congress leaders. In the upcoming Delhi assembly polls also, Gehlot is going to be one of the key faces of the party for election campaign- ing. Duty chart of parties interim with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot during a meeting with Hong Re Roh, Chaiperson of Korean Company KBM and CEO Justin Lee in order to establish an Aloe vera gel and juice production plant in Jodhpur on Friday. During the meeting Commissioner of industries Muktanand Agrawal and Principal Secretary to CM Kuldeep Ranka were also present. the state owing to the reason Gehlot’s excellent rapport with regional political players specially in the Hindi speaking belt next general elections, Gandhi family and the Congress party now visualize Ge- hlot for a national role and not just in leader enjoys a great rapport and trust. The move proves that with a little over fifty months remaining for the again Shivendra Parmar RHB PLANS GRAND SHOW @ 50! After CS insistence, Centre scraps clause Chief secys of most states took part in NPR meeting viduals out of all those who buy the board’s houses, would be given a Maruti Alto as gift. “Notably, each buyer will be given a mixer- grinder! The Board Commis- sioner further informed that the plan will start from January 22, 2020 and culminate on Feb- ruary 19, 2020 and all those who have already purchased RHB houses will be eligible for buying more houses. “The name of individuals who will win these gifts will be announced the day of sale, however, the gifts will be handed over only once they pay the entire amount. The bumper lottery will be taken out through a computerized random system on 21st Febru- ary 2020 at RHB head- quarters at Jaipur,” Pawan Arora informed. honoured. The bumper prize winners of Swarn Jayanti Uphar Yojna will also be handed the keys of their vehicles,” Arora said. Meanwhile speaking on the launch of ‘Swarn Jayanti Uphar Yojna’ Min Dhariwal said, “This plan will help in drawing more custom- ers towards the RHB houses which will result in more revenue to the board.” Pawan Arora, Com- missioner, Board said, the gift plan has been launched as the RHB will turn 50 this year. Those who are interested in buying the board’s houses will be given a 50% discount along with gifts. One in five buyer would be given an Acti- va scooter. There is a provision of bumper gift as well and five indi- Jaipur: It was a mo- mentous occasion for the Rajasthan Housing Board (RHB) when the board held its 240th meeting wherein officials decided to hold a two-day Golden Anni- versary function. The two-day affair will witness holding of eye and blood and organ donation camps. Moreover, to celebrate its 50th year of foundation, the housing board has announced ‘Swarn Jay- anti Uphar wherein apart from 5 cars and 500 Activa scooters, sure shot gifts will also be given on each purchase. Urban development and Hous- ing Minister Shanti Dhariwal launched the plan on Friday . During the meeting, the officials mulled over Guj CM Rupani flags off A’bad-Mum Tejas Express First India News versy over NPR, this is the first meeting called by the Centre with state chief secretaries. However, some states especially West Bengal had refused to participate in the meeting. These states have declared that they would not participate in the NPR because this was the first step in the direction of implement- ing national citizen register (NCR). The main agenda was time-bound operations. The meeting also discussed household survey, household listing, and com- pletion of first phase of work April 1 and Septem- ber 30. Apart from discussion on NPR in the meeting, tion was given about utility of census, and time line as well as forms and stationary used in the census. For the first time mobile app would be used in the census. The officials said aim of the NPR was to prepare database of every citizen of the country, which will contain demo- graphic as well as biometric details. Following Jaipur: strong objection from Rajasthan over information on parents’ birth place in the Na- tional Population Reg- ister (NPR), the Cen- tre clarified that the information was not mandatory . Chief Secretary DB Gupta raised objection over information sought in National Population Register (NPR) about birth place of any individual’s mother and father during a meeting regarding 2021 and NPR in Del- hi on Friday. The Union home ministry had called a meeting of states to discuss the frame- work of NPR and census 2021. The meeting chaired by Minister of state for home was attended by Union home secretary Ajay Bhalla, director census and chief secretaries of the states except West Bengal and few others who skipped the meeting. The CS, on behalf of the state government, said seeking information about Housing Board Commissioner Pawan Arora with Urban Development and Housing Minister Shanti Dhariwal during the poster launch of Swarn Jayanti Uphar Yojna on Friday. 1ST MOBILE APP Housing all the offices of the board. A target of 5000 units of blood has been set. Moreover, a Bolly- wood night will be organized featuring renowned artists. Mean- while, on the second day , Feb 23, a state level function will be organized at Jaipur wherein officials who have performed ex- ceptionally well will be various prospects and decided to open 546 houses in Gandhi Dastkar Nagar for the general public. Furthermore, it was also decided to rationalize the minimum sale price of board’s properties. “On these two days of festivities, the first day, Feb 22 will be dedicated to organizing camps in Yojna’ Mahatma various census between presenta- birth place was imprac- tical thus the column related to this should be removed from the census. He said for most people, providing this information would be very difficult. Responding to this, the Union government clarified that this information was not necessary and this column can be left blank. Following the contro- Union Haresh Jhala This is the second premium train to be operated by IRCTC, the Railway firm that han- dles catering, tourism and online ticketing. The first such train, between Delhi and Luc- know, was flagged off last year. The Delhi- Lucknow Tejas Express is also operated by IRCTC, which is listed on stock exchanges.—PTI endra Modi and Home Minister Shah, who kept a keen and close watch on the whole development from the National capital. Equipped with mod- ern facilities, the train departed Ahmedabad at 10.43 am to reach Mumbai after 6.30 hours, covering a distance of 500km. Ahmedabad: fanfare Ahmedabad- Mumbai Tejas Express, the second train to be run by Railway subsidiary IRCTC, was flagged off by Gujarat CM Vi- jay Rupani on Friday morning in the home state of both PM Nar- Amid the premium from nearly Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani fl ags off Tejas Express at Ahmedabad railway station on Friday. parents’ TETE -A-TETE In search of Pilot’s alternative! Guftagu with Guv... been considered a courtesy meet under “normal circumstances”, however, both Pilot and Vishvendra raised questions on their own government in the recent past, while Ramesh Meena is considered a staunch Pilot sup- porter. Political observers are trying to decode as to what could have been “discussed” by these Con- gress politicians with a BJP Governor? er, has been considered to be a part of Gehlot camp. It is thus considered that the shape of Gurjar politics could change in the days to come and a new leadership in political appointments could also been witnessed as Jo- gendra Avana and San- jay Gurjar could also be brought in front. Political observers are now keen to watch whether this new Gur- jar leadership make a dent in Pilot- Gurjar leadership. T nessing the “nurtur- ing’ of “Second line” of Gurjar politics. The “power centre” of state politics appears to be developing Gurjar and Shakunta- la Rawat for a “bigger assignment.” Dheeraj is currently AICC Sec- retary, close to Priyan- ka Gandhi, while Raw- at has been sent to Luc- know to take part in hese days the political arena of Rajasthan is wit- have Kalraj Mishra Sachin Pilot Vishvendra Singh Ramesh Meena P tions and combina- tions change with each passing hour or rather second. But how often does a political ‘coinci- dence’ occur? Well, at lot who met Mishra, the next day Tourism Minister Vishvendra Singh met the Gover- nor, followed by minister Ramesh Meena who met His Excellen- cy on Thursday. The meeting would have least one such ‘coinci- dence’ is a hot topic of discussion of three Congress leaders with Governor Mishra in the past three days. First, it was PCC Chief and Deputy CM Sachin Pi- Dheeraj olitics is a ‘wob- bly’ phenomena where permuta- Shakuntala Rawat Dheeraj Gurjar Kalraj Dheeraj is considered in Pilot camp, however, it appears that he is de- fecting! Rawat, howev- the CPA. Word is that, Rawat could be given place in the council of ministers. can Although

www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 11 This issue is sponsored by Globus Manpower Services & Consultants JAIPUR, SATURDAY JANUARY 18, 2020 Kangana on Deepika B for her recent visit to Jawaharlal Nehru Univer- sity in Delhi where she stood in solidarity with students attacked by a masked mob earlier this month. While insisting Deepika is well within her ‘democratic rights’ and she should not have opinions about what Deepika is doing, Kangana said, “I think she’s exercising her democratic right which she can. She very well knows what she’s doing. I and stand behind Tukde Gang (laughing) for whatever happens. I don’t want to support anyone who divides this nation. I don’t want to give power or empower people in the Na- tion who celebrate when a Jawan dies. I don’t want to be with them. So, I can tell what I want but I don’t want to comment on what she should’ve done,” Kan- gana added. Kangana put out a video where she praised Deepi- ka and Meghna for picking a sensitive subject like that of acid attack survi- vors and portraying it well. ollywood Kangana Ranaut is up in arms against Deepika Padukone actor I definitely won’t go and stand behind Tukde Gang (laughing) for whatever happens. I don’t want to support anyone who divides this nation. I don’t want to give power or empower people in the Nation who celebrate when a Jawan dies. I don’t want to be with them. So, I can tell what I want but I don’t want to comment on what she should’ve done. —KANGANA RANAUT Deepika Padukone shouldn’t have an opinion about what she’s doing. It will not be appropriate for me to say she should have done this or that. I can say what I want to do.” “I definitely won’t go —Agency Kangana Ranaut POWER OF PETALS ‘Grand Floral Affair 2020’ by World Association of Floral Artists (WAFA) to be held next month Bhumi’s hard-hitting fare A ‘MTV Nishedh’ will focus on fostering healthier attitudes and behaviours, and removing the stigma surrounding several health-related issues, including sexual repro- ductive health and wellbeing, contraceptive care, tuberculosis (TB) and nutrition. The series aims to educate the audience on these subjects, and to get young people talking and seeking out more information about such important but often-neglected and over- looked issues. “We usually show our women as very de- mure and submissive but I think over the last few years, with the work my colleagues and I are putting in, or the kind of initiatives that are being started and the kind of conversation that has started, things are changing,” said Bhumi at the launch of ‘MTV Nishedh’. She added, “When I was told about ‘MTV Nishedh’, I said this is exactly what I want to do with my films, and here we have a platform that reaches out to every cor- ner of the country be- c a u s e MTV is one of the l a r g e s t y o u t h platforms. So, I think the effect is going to be very har- dhitting.” —IANS —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO ctress Bhumi Pednekar has lent support to ‘MTV Nishedh’, and says the upcoming series is going to be har- dhitting fare. NEHAL NAYAR nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in P eople in and around the Pink City are going to witness a ‘Grand Floral Affair’ this year from February 24 to March 1 at Hotel Diggi Palace, for which a curtain-raiser show was organised at Hotel Jai Mahal Palace on Friday . Jagdeesh Chandra graced the event as the Chief Guest during the launch, where the beautiful floral installa- tion was done by the talented Thai florist Phubast Chesdmethee, in collaboration with INIFD Jaipur. Phubast is a globally renowned artist who has won numerous awards for his contribution to the floral industry . Kavita Poddar, WAFA India President stated, “There are about 550 registered delegates from 28 countries across the globe, which is a big feat in today’s economy . Jaipur being a beautiful and emerging city in itself, the show Floral installations by Phubast Chesdmethee and INIFD, Jaipur Jagdeesh Chandra with (from left) Kamla Poddar, Phubast Chesdmethee, Kavita Poddar and Abhishek Poddar that encourages the art of flower arrangement through workshops, seminars, and flower shows. These events promote the exchange of information con- cerning floral art, the motto of the organisation being to spread friendship through flowers. The show is being organised by WAFA, while it is being presented by the Pushpa Bitan Friendship Society in association with Kam- la Poddar Group. that takes place once in three years, is being organised here.” The floral show will include unique competitions, exhibitions, workshops, India bazaar, food bazaar, glorious India exhibition, live artisans, and live demonstra- tions among others, and will be judged by about 40 judges from across the world. WAFA is a voluntary and non- profit global organisation of international floral art societies, Alka Batra, Vidya Jain, Pawan Arora and Raj Bansal Bhumi Pednekar Jagdeesh Chandra with (from left) Abhishek, Navin, Jagdeep, Jyotika, Roli, Isha, Kamla, Kiran, Kavita, Phubast, Ram, Lekhraj and Pritesh

LISTING JAIPUR | SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2020 12 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 FACE OF THE DAY Brie Larson soon to be replaced! T here is a petition for everything nowa- days, doesn’t there? However, there is one petition that is gaining some serious ground and calling for actor Brie Larson to be cut from the movies of future Marvel in her role as Captain Marvel in order to be replaced by a woman of colour. The petition has almost hit with 30,000 signatures which means there’s a lot of people that wants to see woman of colour in the place of Brie Larson. The question is, is it the right way to think about things, and do the fans have a point? The origins of Captain Marvel One of the main reasons that fans that have signed the petition are calling for the change that goes back to the origins of the character. Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) is actually the 7th character to go by the title of Captain Marvel and many fans want the character Monica Rambeau to take the mantle in future movies. Monica Rambeau was technically the second character to take on Captain Marvel’s name after originally being named ‘Captain Mar-Vell’. This character was a man for one, so you can see how this is getting complicat- ed. Picking which iteration of the character you want to fit an agenda seems a bit of a tricky situation and one that Marvel and Dis- ney would want to avoid. Carol Danvers may be the 7th, but she’s also the most recent, hence selecting the character for the MCU. Marvel even has thought about this. Those with a keen eye will have taken note that in the Captain Marvel movie, the character Monica Rambeau makes an appearance as the little girl who affectionally calls Captain Marvel ‘Auntie Carol.’ Monica expresses her desire to one day fly into space like Carol stating that she would need to get glowy and Fans will also remember that the movie takes place in the 90s. The fact is, Marvel has already thought of this and it wouldn’t be a surprise to see a grown-up Moni- ca Rambeau as another Captain Marvel in a future movie. The main reason to disagree with this petition has nothing to do with race and everything to do with Brie Larson. She has been a fantastic ambassador for women both in and out of Hol- lywood and as someone who has a little girl on the way later this year, I for one am glad my future daughter will be growing up with role models like Brie and strong female characters such as Captain Marvel. There’s no disagreement that women of colour need to be better represented in Hollywood and indeed Marvel movies, but removing Brie Larson from the role would be tragic. —Agency DARIYAV SHEKHAWAT, Model YOUR DAY Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva IF IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY The year ahead will be superb in terms of vacations and your holiday plannings. The year brings you immense momments of success and joy. You have sheer bliss and fortune. ARIES MAR 21 - APR 20 TAURUS APR 21 - MA Y 20 You will have to balance today your personal and offi cial time as A deal in business can change your life forever as fortune is both the parties will be very demanding today. Your kids may make your proud so don’t forget to reward them. You friends may decide to give you a surprise. Your friends can also expect some monetary help. indicated on your cards. Your strengths and weaknesses are your concern, so don’t discuss them with anyone in offi ce. Don’t indulge yourself in any argument or disagreements on home front. GEMINI MA Y 21 - JUNE 21 CANCER JUNE 22 - JUL Y 23 On professional front, you may feel challenged from your You will spend money on the luxury. Some of you may move colleague but remember nothing beats hard work. You spouse and kids may not be convinced with your ideas on home front so the best thing to do is to educate them about your plan and also care to listen. to a new accommodation. If you wish to travel overseas than make sure to plan things way in advance. Your family income in total will rise. On academic front, you need to change your strategy. LEO JUL Y 24 - AUGUST 23 You are constantly educating yourself about money and how to invest it. While doing a business deal you must focus on the fact that will it give show time gains or long term. Your behaviour with your wife will directly infl uence how much you succeed in your life. You may go on a short trip. VIRGO AUG 24 - SEP 23 Your hard work in achieving the perfect health will not fail you and all your persistent health issues will disappear because of your strong will. Don’t rely on anyone for opinion as you are the best judge of your actions. You should get ready for a fun time at home. CITY THEATRE POLICE 100 FIRE 101 AMBULANCE 102/108 CHILD HELPLINE 1098 HELP IN SUFFERING 2760012 DIAL Do you want to add your establishment here? Email your details to www.fi rstindia.co.in LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22 If you are wealthy than the next best thing you can achieve is to be down to earth. You will experience a silent treatment from your spouse as they may need a little space from you and there is nothing wrong in that. Issues related with the property papers will be resolved. SCORPIO OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22 You got help from your colleague when you needed and now they will expect the same from you so do not disappoint them. 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ETC JAIPUR | SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2020 13 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia SONAM’S ‘MUGHAL-E-AZAM’ MOMENT A ...her Instagram post ctor Sonam Kapoor on Thursday was seen having her ‘Mughal-E- Azam’ moment. The 34-year-old actor took to Ins- tagram to share the video in which she is seen pulling of Anarkali wearing a golden and red-coloured lehenga paired with royal antique jewelry . The actor quoted dialogue from the old classic film in the caption and wrote, “Taaj un saro par nahi rehta jinke kareeb khauf aajaye| Mughal-E-Azam.” Besides her ensemble, the actor’s expressions too were top-notch as she was seen wearing a sly smile. Earlier in the day , Kapoor alleged that she had the “scariest” experience while traveling in an Uber taxi in the city of London. —ANI Sonam K Ahuja LOST PLAN THE FACE OF CHHAPAAK D well as the audience. Di- rected by Meghna Gulzar, the film is based on the life of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal. For the film, Deepika let go of her beautiful face and trans- formed into an acid attack victim. Her first look as Malti was un- veiled in M a r c h l a s t year, amazed. The actress shared a video on Friday in which it is shown how she trans- formed into Malti. Sharing the video on Ins- tagram, Deepika captioned it as, “Face Of Chhapaak The face of strength, cour- age and triumph. The face of #Chhapaak. “ The video begins with Deepika meeting Laxmi and sitting on the couch with her. Then, we see Meghna Gulzar revealing that once the story of Chhapaak had been final- ized, she and her writer Atika Chouhan had Deepi- ka in mind to play the role. She further says that they would never really vocalize it because it seemed so improbable. The filmmaker is also seen saying that there is a striking resemblance tween Laxmi and Deepika. In the next few minutes we are shown Deepika, with the help of leaving everyone eepika Padukone’s Chhapaak has received rave reviews from the critics as ...her Instagram post Aditya Roy Kapur JAI MUMMY DI Aditya’s two month transformation A The actor has been receiving a lot of appreciation for his extreme makeover in the movie. The actor trained in martial arts, flexibility, and endurance and went off sugar, salt to go from lean in the first half to bulked-up in the later parts of the ro- mantic-thriller. Mohit Suri shared, DIRECTOR Navjot Gulati CAST & CREW Sunny Singh, Sonnalli Seygall, Supriya Pathak, Poonam Dhillon RATING: KAVITA CHAUHAN cityfirst@firstindia.co.in “Aditya’s two looks can be defined as hippy, which is actually him off-camera and the mus- cular hero. It’s easy if you have six months to go from one look to the next, but he has done it in two months, living without sugar and salt when we were shooting portions in which he had to look ripped. Then, he started eating all the time to be bigger; it’s a difficult job.” ctor Aditya Roy Kapur is all set for the release of ‘Malang’. J Pathak Kapoor) who have been sworn enemies for dec- ades. They are neighbours in a north Delhi locality and their mutual an- tagonism is so strong, that their children, Saanjh Bhalla (Son- nalli Seygall) and Puneet Khanna (Sun- ny Singh), dare not reveal to the families that they have been in love since school. When the youngsters realise they cannot live without each other, they set out to find the root cause of the mothers’ hatred which, they are told, dates back to their college days. Back then, their common friend reveals, the ai Mummy Di is the story of Pinky Bhalla (Poonam Dhillon) and Laali Khanna (Supriya two were so thick that they were even rumoured to be girlfriends. Director/writer Gulati has penned this story which is good for a one-line story but is a scat- tered mess when it comes to executing it. Characters just pop out from the nar- rative without any solid reason. You have a useless Alok Nath who has nothing to add to the already clueless story . The comedy and the film as a whole fizzle out as it gradually becomes clear that Gulati does not know where to take it. You are not going to miss anything if you plan to not watch this film. Navjot be- how —Agency prosthetics, t r a n s - f o r m e d into Malti and challenges faced. —Agency the she Deepika Padukone Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas GREATEST LITERARY SHOW: JLF —PHOTO FOR REPRESENTATIONAL PURPOSE ONLY Bollywood dash in NEW VIDEO A new music video that her popstar husband Nick Jonas has released along with his brothers. In the video, ‘What a man gotta do’, Priyanka features with the other Jonas wives, Sophie Turner and Danielle Jo- nas. The three wives had also starred in the Jonas brothers 2019 mu- ‘Tech Horizons: The Next Billion Users’, will have Payal Arora and Jaspreet Bindra in conversation with Vindu Goel dis- cussing how Artifi- cial has been hyped up. The gramme touch upon several themes including economy, translated works of poets and authors. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in of Marcus du Sautoy, John Lanchester and Jaspreet Bindra on the second day of the Festival. Roger Highfield with author Kes- hava Guha will be seen explaining the blend of magic and science. Tilly Blythe will be seen dis- cussing at the session on ‘The Art of Innovation’ along with Payal Arora and Tarun Khanna. CITY FIRST T January 23 and conclude on January 27, at Diggi Palace Hotel in Jaipur, shall discuss important topics such as climate change, science, and technology . Technology and its constantly evolving aspects, surveillance capitalism and data harvesting will be covered on a panel consisting sic video, ‘Sucker’. Priyanka took to Ins- tagram recently share the latest video with her 48.4 million followers. “OUT NOW. #WhatA- ManGottaDoVideo @ nickjonas @jonasbroth- ers,” she captioned the post about the video in which singers brothers Nick, Joe and Kevin Jonas recreate classic films with their wives. he Jaipur Festival, which is due to kick off on 13th edition Literature ctress Priyanka Chopra has added a dash of Bol- lywood to the to Intelligence pro- will and —IANS

CITY BUZZ JAIPUR | SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2020 14 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia. co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia PAYAL KI JHANKAAR HAPPY B’DAY! IAS Dr Jogaram celebrated his birthday on January 17, Friday. We wish him all the best! friend back then and he was in Mumbai. He supported me throughout my journey . After I got married, I decided to enter Bollywood and Aditya always accompanied me to my auditions. Then finally , I got a song in ‘Grand Masti’ after which, I started getting wonderful projects.” On being asked about her upcoming projects, Payal said, “My latest song ‘Tum Hi Aana’ got a lot of love and appreciation and, I am also composing the music of an upcoming film ‘Ginni Weds Sunny’. I am fortunate to work with really talented artists like Jubin Nautiyal and Vishal Dadlani, to name a few. I would love to work with Arijit Singh someday soon.” Ji’s songs and eventually devel- oped my liking towards it,” said Payal when asked about her profound love for music. On being asked about how Pay- al made her way into B-Town, the singer said, “I started doing live shows and got a lot of appreciation after which I recorded some of my vocals in 5th standard. I never looked back after that. I was never really good academi- cally and I always thought that I am not made for professions like being an engineer or a doctor. Then I participated in a competition which was held in Ranchi where I belong to and bagged the first position after which I moved to Mumbai in 12th grade. Aditya, my husband now was my family BUZZ VANSHIKHA GOUR Vanshikha.gour@firstindia.co.in P ayal Dev, the ‘Tum Hi Aana’ singer from the film ‘Mar- jaavan’, shared about her journey and upcoming projects in an exclusive interview with City First. “I started singing when I was 8 years old. My mother always wanted me to pursue my career in music as she herself is a teacher and singer. She always inspired me and helped me a lot initially. I consider her my Guru. I started listening to Lata Ryhythm Divine- The band will be performing at taBLU in Clarks Amer as a part of BLU Moon Nights on January 18. Payal Dev WHAT’S HAPPENING! Jagdeesh Chandra with (from left) Mukesh Mishra and Yogesh Mishra at the 11th edition of AU Jaipur Marathon T-Shirt launch ceremony at Hotel Holiday Inn in the Pink City on Friday evening. The launch also showcased the models of Mrs/Miss Rajasthan walking the ramp wearing the t-shirts that were launched. —PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA 32 international women entrepreneurs from 31 countries visited ARCH College of Design and Business on Friday. The delegates are in India to attend the programme ‘Women and Enterprise Development’ organised by the National Institute of Entrepreneurship and Small Business and Development. Rajasthan University Youth Festival was held on Friday, with beautiful cultural performances. Archana Surana with the delegates —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO Sumdendra, Anshu, Ajit, Nirmala, Sudhir and Raj On the birth anniversary of Dr. Rangeya Raghav, Dr. Kalyan Prasad Verma launched his book ‘Rangeya Raghav: Samay Ke Darpan Mein’ on Friday at Dr. Radha Krishnan State Central Library. During the 31st National Road Safety Week, the Managing Trustee of Muskaan Foundation for Road Safety, Shantanu Bhasin discussed briefly on the topic ‘Sadak Suraksha Mein Sudhar Hetu Community Based Shiksha’ in an event organised by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, on Friday at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. The 6th edition of Rajasthan International Film Festival (RIFF 2020) will be held from January 18 to 22. An event was organised on Friday at Spice Court Restaurant to give a briefing about the RIFF 2020. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA FICCI FLO Jaipur Chapter Chairperson Shweta Chopra, in conversation with Former Captain of India National Women’s Cricket Team Jhulan Goswami, during the FLO Cricket League on Friday at Rajasthan Cricket Academy. New aromatherapy skin care and hair care products of the brand Blossom Kochhar Aroma Magic were launched by Dr. Blossom Kochhar on Friday in Jaipur. A three-day FICR International Conference on ‘Rising Threats in Expert Applications and Solutions’ was organised by the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, IIS (Deemed to be University) on Friday at IIIM. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA

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