First India Rajasthan-Rajasthan News In English 20 Feb 2020 edition

1. JAIPUR l THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020 l Pages 14 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 255 STATE BUDGET 20-21 GEHLOT’S BAGFUL OF GOODIES WHAT TO EXPECT INSIDE —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR

2. TALKING POINT 02 JAIPUR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 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 Exams are loaded with stress for both students. They are highly busy with test papers, sample papers, extra classes, and important questions to perform their best. But this is also a time of vulnerability when it comes to their mind and body TIPS TO BEAT EXAM STRESS CRACK BOARD EXAMS, NOT YOUR HEALTH T (CBSE) is conducting exams for the 10th and 12th standards in schools affiliated with the board, across the country and abroad. The exams will be held over a period of the next month and a half and 31 lakh candidates will reportedly appear for their board exams. Exams are loaded with stress for both students and parents. Students are highly busy to perform their best. With test DIET TIPS SAY NO TO JOINT VENTURES Avoid your friends like plague! When four buddies get together, we all know the books feel ignored. But if you can arrange a group study session with the studi- ous topper, that can be permitted. DO NOT GET CARRIED AWAY Some students cannot bear the fact that others are getting ahead. May be someone else has completed a greater part of the syllabus, so what? Perhaps he is not doing it as seriously as you are! Don’t bother about others and stay focused. DO NOT PUT PRESSURE ON YOUR HANDS Yes, one must practice writing to improve his speed and to remember things better, but one must not put too much pressure on their fi ngers or they might get stiff while writing the paper! That would be a pretty bad situation!. ENSURE BETTER SLEEP Proper sleep is extremely important for everyone. Many students consume caffeine during exams to avoid sleepiness. A good night’s sleep is essential for your body and mind to ensure proper rest. You should also sleep properly for 6-8 hours a night before exams. INCLUDE ENERGY BOOSTERS IN YOUR DIET Eat natural and healthy energy boosting foods in your exam diet like bananas, apples, eggs, brown rice. Eat more protein-rich foods like eggs, legumes, tofu, chicken, turkey breast etc. The protein-rich foods give you energy and help you stay satiated for longer. Healthy carbs from sweet potatoes can also help you stay energised and full for longer. EAT MORE STRESS-BUSTING FOODS Foods like berries, almonds, milk and yogurt, fatty fi sh etc. help you beat stress. It’s important to recognise when you are eating too much and too often that you are doing that because of stress. CONTROL YOUR CAFFEINE INTAKE a healthy diet and maintain a good eating schedule, in order to stay alert during the papers. Maintaining a healthy weight is im- portant for the overall well-being of a stu- dent. But students’ diet may go for a toss in the months and weeks preceding ex- aminations, due to excessive pressure from parents, teach- ers and peers, as well as due to internal stress. Stress fogs the brain and ham- pers clear thinking and cognition, which is important for scoring well. papers, sample papers, extra classes, impor- tant question etc. there is an endless list of tasks to be completed in a short span. CBSE exams 2019 began this week and with the exams came an atmosphere stress, especially for those appearing for boards for the first time. Many students find it difficult to fo- cus during exams due to various reasons. In- c r e a s e d stress can also affect their per- formance as well as preparation. Exami- nation stress can have multifarious effects on the body and mind. A lot of students indulge in stress-eating or de- velop unhealthy eating habits during the ex- ams, which may not only result in weight gain, but may also trig- ger sluggishness. It is im- portant for stu- he Board Secondary Education Central of of It is easy to drink multiple cups of coffee or tea during exams. But excessive caffeine intake may leave you dehydrated and more stressed. Instead sip on green tea, matcha tea or any caffeine-free herbal tea. DON’T IGNORE YOUR HUNGER, SNACK OFTEN Avoiding your hunger pangs makes things worse. It may give you gas and may make you binge in your next meal. Eat when you feel hungry instead of putting your meals off. Keep a box of homemade trail mix with low sugar on your study table. AVOID RUSHING THROUGH YOUR MEALS Stressed-out students often tend to rush through their meals, as they are more than eager to get back to their studies after eating. It is much healthier for you to instead slow down during your meals and eat more mindfully. You will not only feel more fulfi lled, but it will also refresh you and make you feel prepared for long hours of studying. EAT ON TIME Eat your last meal as early in the evening as possible dents follow to MAKE A PLAN Planning helps you reduce more than half of the stress. Make a plan which can help you organise your study time, playtime and how you are going to study. It will help you prevent last-minute stress and confusion. and follow a proper meal schedule. It saves time, and keeps your mind and body healthy. Take a leaf from NaMo’s book  Banish exam fear  Manage technology- use well  Do something instead of becoming something are starting to matter lesser and lesser. PM Modi advised parents not to pres- surize their stu- dents and reminded everyone that the world is full of op- portunities.  Take care of your mental health At the last Pariksha Pe Charcha session, PM Modi advised students to identify why they were feel- ing low or why their mood was feeling off. He said managing the mind and the mood was all about exerting self control. When asked about depression, he ad- vised parents not to put undue pressure on their children to keep them in their full capacity like Spring. He told parents to ac- cept their kids as they are. While addressing the nation on the No- vember 2019 ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme, Modi said that the fear of exams needs to be banished com- pletely. “I want to see my young friends smiling during examina- tions, their parents should be stress-free, teachers should be assured,” he said. In his 2017 Mann ki Baat address, he said that exams are not the test of a lifetime but a test of a year. It is no secret that mobile phones can be extremely dis- tracting during ex- ams. PM Modi told students to “not let technology rule you, rather, rule the technology.” PM Modi told stu- dents in Pariksha Pe Charcha 2020 that students face a lot of stress because they are worried about becoming a great person “You think that if you fail the exam, you’d fail to become that. It is this tension. We should never dream about becoming something rather we should dream of do- ing something,” said PM Modi.  Don’t be afraid of failure One of the top causes of exam stress is the fear if failing in exams. During the Pariksha Pe Charcha 2020 session, PM Modi gave the exam- ple of Chandrayaan 2 and said, “Every fail- ure is a step towards success.” He also advised students to culture confi dence which can help battle the stress and improve their focus in the exam hall.  Take proper rest  Realise that marks are not everything Since adequate sleep and a balanced diet could improve one’s health to a great extent, PM Modi advised students in Mann Ki Baat 2017 to make sure they do not skimp on either. Though good marks are still held as a benchmark by the majority of parents in India, the fact is that the world is a lot bigger and marks

3. JAIPUR l THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020 l Pages 14 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJ ENG/2019/77764 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 255 RITU PHOGAT IS CHARTING A NEW PATH AFTER MAKING AN EXPLOSIVE MMA DEBUT IN NOVEMBER FARMERS’ ISSUES HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED IN UTTAR PRADESH BUDGET, SAYS PRIYANKA VADRA P7 P9 12°C - 31°C OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR & AHMEDABAD BSE SENSEX 41323.00 428.62 | NSE NIFTY 12125.90 133.40 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia RIDE ON BUDGET TODAY wide-ranging expectations from the budget US President says India not treating America well on the trade front; Opposition says remarks are an insult to India HOPES Ahead of visit, Trump WHIPS UP A STORM Different sections of society have specific and New Delhi/Washing- ton:US President Don- ald Trump has com- plained that India has not treated his country “very well” on the trade front and indi- cated that a “very big” bilateral deal with New Delhi may not be signed before American presidential election in November. “Well, we can have a trade deal with India, but I’m really saving the big deal for later on,” Trump, who is scheduled to vis- it India on February 24 and 25, told on Tuesday when asked whether he expects a trade deal with India before his trip. “We’re not treated very well by India,” the US president complained. The Congress alleged that the remarks made by Trump are an insult and affront to the coun- try’s dignity and the government should respond accordingly. Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said the issue is serious as it seeks to undermine the pro- gress made in the last many years as regards Indo-US ties. He also said that the tone and tenor of Trump’s visit seems POTUS’ GROUSE American products z The US President indicated that a “very big” bilateral deal with New Delhi may not be signed before the US presidential election in November. z Trump had previ- ously described India as a “tariff king” for imposing “tremen- dously high” tariffs on the z Says: “I’m really saving the big deal for later on.” ‘I LIKE PRIME MINISTER MODI’ Washington: Though President Trump is not happy with bilateral trade ties with India, he praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said he is looking forward to his visit to India. “I happen to like Prime Minister Modi a lot,” Trump said. “He (Modi) told me we’ll have seven million people between the airport and the event. And the stadium, I un- derstand, is sort of semi under-construction, but it’s going to be the largest stadium in the world. So it’s going to be very exciting... I hope you all enjoy it,” he told reporters. CM Ashok Gehlot signing the state budget 2020-21 at the CMR on Wednesday, seen along with Niranjan Arya, Hemant Gera, Dr Prithviraj, Sudhir Sharma and Sharad Mehra. First India News nounce senior citizens’ housing scheme on the lines of private builders where all facilities will be provided for occu- pants. Gehlot could make major announcements for sol- id waste management and enforcement of rules made by government ap- plied in a different man- ner. The name of An- napurna Rasoi could be changed to “Indira Ra- soi”. There could be announce- ment of Metro phase II. A major announcement on refinery—which is Gehlot’s dream project— can also be expected. Important announce- ments for female educa- tion are also on cards. Gehlot could also an- nounce construction of town halls in two cities of the state. The Chief Minister could also an- nounce initiation of Heritage Conservation ments on relaxation on green building con- struction and also on increase of green cover in cities. To fur- ther encourage sports in the state, Gehlot could announce sops for private sector and sports clubs, while also relaxing var- ious taxes and fees. A policy to provide infra- structure for “walks” for better health of citizens can also be expected. Gehlot could also an- BUDGET 2020-21 Jaipur:Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will pre- sent the second budg- et in the Assembly tomorrow. Different sections of society , in- cluding youths, and industrial- ists, have a lot of ex- pectations from this budget. The Chief Min- ister could announce health-for-all scheme under Nirogi Rajasthan. Nritya Gopal Das elected Ram Temple Trust chief New Delhi: Mahant Nritya Gopal Das was elected president and Champat Rai general secretary of the Ram Temple Trust at its first meeting here on Wednesday. The meeting, held at the residence of senior lawyer K Parasaran, also elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s former principal secretary Nripendra Misra as the head of the temple con- struction committee of the Shri Ram Janmab- hoomi Tirth Kshetra Trust. The meeting was aimed at working count in Ayodhya’s Centre’s nod to Swachh Bharat-II ternal affairs should respond to it,” he told reporters. Trump, force- fully pursuing his “ Amer- ica first” policy , has pre- viously described India as a “tariff king” for imposing “tremendous- ly high” tariffs on Amer- ican products. Turn on P5 to be “transactional and not strategic”. “The president of the United States, on the eve of his visit for the first time to India, has made certain remarks. I think it is an insult and affront to the dignity of the country and the ministry of ex- farmers, and Protection Regula- tion wherein old build- ings could be con- served.There could be a major announce- Turn on P5 SHAHEEN BAGH A TASTY BITE Mediators to protesters: Let’s work together New Delhi: Advocates Sanjay Hegde and Sad- hna Ramachandran, who have been asked by the Supreme Court to speak to the anti-CAA protesters at Shaheen Bagh and find a solu- tion to the road-block issue, visited the pro- test site on Wednesday . Hedge and Ramachan- dran met the protesters and spoke to them. “We have come here according to the order of the Su- preme Court. We hope to speak to everyone. We hope to resolve the matter with everybody’s coopera- tion,” said Hegde. Meanwhile, Delhi CM Arvind Ke- jriwal met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at Shah’s residence in the national capital. The meeting was earlier scheduled at the Home Ministry . Turn on P5 Members of the Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra, the Trust set up to oversee construction of the Ram Temple at Ayodhya, during its first meeting at New Delhi on Wednesday. Ram Janam Bhoomi Nyas chief Mahant Nritya Gopal Das (centre) is also seen. Prime Minister Narendra Modi eats litti-chokha at a snacks stall at Hunar Haat in New Delhi on Wednesday. Interlocutors Sanjay Hegde (left) and Sadhna Ramachandran (centre) with the protesters. SBI branch for dona- tions for the Ram tem- ple construction, Chanmpat Rai told reporters after the meeting. out modalities to speed up the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.It was also decided to open an ac- Turn on P5 Rahul Raj again?...he sets riders for return Aditi Nagar eral charge of Rajasthan. Interestingly, while one section in the Congress is already trying to fi- nalise Delhi as the spot for the ‘crowning’, there is yet another section that is making efforts to shift the venue to Jaipur, citing a repeat of the successful grand ceremony of 2013. Even senior Congress leaders say that it is the right time to hand over the command to Rahul, specially keeping in view the deteriorating health conditions of Congress President So- nia Gandhi. Secretary In- and sanitation to be im- plemented by rural local bodies for the upcoming financial year. The ODF Plus pro- gramme will converge with Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employ- ment Guarantee Act, specially for greywater management and will complement the newly launched Jal Jeevan Mis- sion. Under the pro- gramme, provision for incentive of Rs 12,000 for construction of Indi- vidual Household Toilet to newly emerging eligi- ble households as per the existing norms will con- tinue. tening can happen in Rajasthan, where seven years back, Rahul was made the Vice-Presi- dent of the party . High- ly placed sources claim that the plenary session of the Congress, which will be called after the culmination of Parlia- ment session, could be held in Jaipur in April, keeping in view excep- tional organisational skills of a towering Congress leader and a third time Chief Minis- ter Ashok Gehlot and also organising capaci- ties of a 24/7 Congress worker Avinash Pande, who is also AICC Gen- New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has approved Phase II of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gra- meen) till 2024-25 to focus on Open Defecation Free Plus (ODF Plus), which includes ODF sustaina- bility and Solid and Liq- uid Waste Management (SLWM). The programme will also work towards ensuring that no one is left behind and everyone uses a toilet, Union In- formation & Broadcast- ing Minister Prakash Javadekar said while briefing the media after the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Min- ister Narendra Modi. —PHOTO BY IANS New Delhi:According to a reliable input, by taking a U-turn on their one-month-old decision to defer Ra- hul Gandhi’s crown- ing as Congress Presi- dent for at least a year, now family sources indi- cate that former Con- gress President and Gandhi-scion, Rahul Gandhi is all set to take over the Con- gress ‘Presidency’ once again. Highly placed sources in the party reveal that Rahul has indeed given his as- Rahul Gandhi sent to hold the reins of the party once again, but there is apparently a ‘catch’. Sources re- veal that Rahul has given a few ‘condi- tions’ and has stressed that only when the conditions are met, can the ‘anointing’ Moreover, the re-chris- Gandhi Union Ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, Prakash Javadekar and Smriti Irani at a Cabinet briefing in New Delhi on Wednesday. 2024-25 including the Central and state shares. In addition to this, the 15th Finance Commis- sion has proposed ear- marking Rs 30,375 crore for rural water supply SBM-G Phase-II will also be implemented in a mis- sion mode with a total estimated budgeted fi- nancial implication of Rs 52,497 crore for the period from 2020-21 to formal occur. —IANS

4. RAJASTHAN J AIPUR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020 04 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 KIRODI, SUPPORTERS BRING CITY TO A STAND STILL BRIEF  Regarding the construction of Mahatma Gandhi Institute and Gandhi Adarsh Museum in Jaipur, the land mark- ing would be done soon and advance action would be taken. Based on Budget announcement of CM Gehlot, Art, Literature and Culture Minister BD Kalla gave these instructions in a meet- ing held about the matter in Secretariat on Wednesday. First India News factory workers are re- solved. Meena also ac- cused the Gehlot gov- ernment of patronising big industrialists. He said that the Gehlot gov- ernment had come to power by promising em- ployment and unem- ployment allowance but even after a year did not fulfill its promise. He refused to talk to industry minister Par- sadi Lal Meena. Taking a pot shot at the indus- try minister, the BJP MP said, “A Cabinet minister who can’t help a victim to get his com- plaint registered how would he provide justice to workers from a big industrialist.” Meena would lead a delegation to meet CM Gehlot on Thursday . —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR Jaipur: City’s traffic came ton a virtual stand still on Wednesday near the Vidhan Sabha when BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Dr Kirodi Lal Meena led a demonstration in sup- port of Sawai Madhopur cement factory workers and unemployed youths on Wednesday . Large number of men and women sat on dharna near Parivahan Bhawan leading to traffic jam. Meena took a train from Sawai Madhopur to Jaipur and then start- ed his march from Ma- hesh Nagar to the As- sembly . The march cul- minated at 22 Godam where Meena said that he would not sit quietly till problems of cement GST AMENDMENT BILL PASSED WITH VOICE VOTE There is going to be `2.5 lakh cr shortfall in GST collection: Dhariwal  During the meet- ing, Kalla said that the institute and museum are being constructed to inspire the youth to imbibe Bapu’s ideals and philosophy of life, along with making the society aware of his thoughts. The details of nature, theme and activities of the insti- tute were discussed while taking sugges- tions from senior offi cials of the state. Chief Secretary DB Gupta, ACS Industry Subodh Agrawal, advisor to the CM Govind Sharma, Principal Secretary Art, Literature and Culture Shreya Guha, coordinator of peace and non-violence cell Shyam Sundar Bissa and other offi cials at- tended the meeting. BJP Rajya Sabha MP Kirodi Lal Meena led a demonstration in support of Sawai Madhopur cement factory workers and unemployed youths on Wednesday. Ministerial panel to facilitate state’s organised urban devp First India News for his observation. UDH will be the administra- tive department of the MEC. Important pow- ers delegated to MEC include decisions on colonies on acquired or govt land and colo- nies which can’t be regularised under cur- rent rules. MEC will be able to deliberate on relaxation in the rules for such colonies and will also consider complex mat- ters of urban develop- ment and cases decided earlier but which need to be reconsidered. MEC has been con- stituted with the aim of providing relief to the common man with speedy, considerate and transparent deci- sions to facilitate or- ganised urban develop- ment of the state. department Jaipur: The state gov- ernment took an impor- tant decision for expe- diting urban develop- ment process by consti- tuting a Ministerial Empowered Committee. MEC will be coordinat- ed by UDH minister Shanti Dhariwal and will have Industry min- ister Parsadi Lal Meena, Revenue Minister Har- ish Chodhary , State min- isters Mamta Bhupesh and Arjun Bamaniya as its mem- bers while PS UDH will be member secretary . Ministerial secretar- iat released the orders to this Wednesday. MEC will take decisions on land allotment, regularisa- tion of colonies and other policy related matters of the urban First India News chief whip Mahesh Joshi have been hatch- ing a conspiracy against leader of opposition so that deputy LoP Rathore becomes the leader is his place but this ru- mour is baseless. “I wish you remain where you are and I respect Ka- tariaji,” he chuckled. Kataria did not like it and said that he did not need Dhariwal’s re- spect; he was elected by the people and will re- main in the Assembly till they like. Dhariwal also took a dig at Maheshwari say- ing that she never sits in the House and when she comes she only talks and never listen. “You should listen to others,” he told her. Earlier, former min- ister and BJP MLA Kiran Maheshwari and other BJP leaders laud- ed Central ment’s economic poli- cies. They congratulat- ed Central government on India becoming the 5th largest economy in the world. However, Dhariwal in his reply tore into the Opposition with his wit and sarcasm. He said that deputy LoP Rajen- dra Rathore doesn’t know about economics, which is why he was speaking on VAT in- stead of GST. Dhariwal added that rumour is doing the rounds that he along with health minister Raghu Sharma and Jaipur: Goods & Ser- vice Tax (GST) Amend- ment Bill 2018 was passed in the Assembly on Wednesday, by voice vote. Parliamentary af- fairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal said that all the amendments in this bill had been passed by GST Council. Dhariwal also used this occasion to lash out at Modi government saying that it was be- cause of his faulty poli- cies that GDP which was 10% during Man Mohan Singh’s time has now dropped to 4.5%. He said that there is going to be Rs2.5 lakh crore shortfall in GST collection. It has been govern-  Responding to the question of Shakun- tala Rawat related to insurance contribu- tion of Anganwadi workers, Minister Mamta Bhupesh said contribution of these workers has ended and it is being given on behalf of the state government. development. It will also deal with matters related to land allot- ment to social and charitable tions at concessional rates. Committee will be empowered to take decisions on land allot- ments at 30% of the reserved price DLC rates to such or- ganisations. Matters for higher concessions will be re- ferred to the Cabinet. Empowered committee will send a copy of its decisions to CM Gehlot constantly therefore the Central government is not re- leasing money due to states. He said unem- ployment is increasing. Dhariwal also al- leged that many GST frauds took place dur- ing the previous gov- ernment of the BJP but no action was taken. “Our government took action against frauds. We caught fake bills worth Rs 300 crore in Kota,” he added. declining organisa- Singh and  Kiran Maheshwari raised a question on vacant posts in Ayurveda dispensa- ries in Assembly to which Health Min- ister Raghu Sharma said total of 3,579 dispensaries are operational in state. effect on Oppn corners govt over past Budget promises IN ASSEMBLY Poor show: 19 Cong, 6 Independent MLAs  Chief Whip Dr Mahesh Joshi assured two MLAs Comrade Balwan Punia and Girhdari Lal, who were sitting on a strike in Assembly, of getting an appropriate solution for their de- mands. After getting assurance from Joshi, they agreed to sit on their seats. Dr Joshi had played the same role on Tuesday, when he interacted with the angry BJP MLA group to end their protest.  Speaker CP Joshi reprimanded the ministers and MLAs during the Zero Hour when they stood up from their seats and the MLAs sat close to the ministers. ters were surrounded by Opposition MLAs as well as MLAs of their party on question regarding Resurgent Raj. At fi rst, Congress MLA Panachand Meghwal targeted min- ister Parsadi Lal Meena which was followed by BJP’s Gyanchand Parakh asking questions while targetting minister Bhanwarlal Meghwal. Amin Khan demanded a response from minister Saleh Mohammad. Later, LoP Gulab Chand Kataria too cornered minister Udai Lal Anjana.  Health Minister Raghu Sharma satisfi ed Opposi- tion with his responses in the Question Hour by presenting to the point answers. Departmental planning was clearly vis- ible in his replies. First India News completed. They asked if government will take action against officers. However, the real test for ministers when Speaker CP Joshi began asking questions, making them uncom- fortable. Minister Mam- ta Bhupesh got so nerv- ous that she called LoP Gulab Chand Kataria as deputy LoP and then again called him leader of the House. First India News absent from session Jaipur: The Opposition BJP tried to corner min- isters over state govern- ment’s failure to imple- ment announcements in previous budget. They created uproar saying government is going to present its second Budg- et but announcement in the first Budget includ- ing the one for CM’s home town has not been came  A discussion was seen among three senior leaders of Congress in the Assembly. Raghu Sharma, Pratap Singh Khachariya- was and Lalchand Kataria held a discussion, which was also joined by Rafi q Khan and Dinesh Abrar. ABSENT CONG MLAS Jaipur: The floor management of the ruling went wrong in the Assembly on Wednes- day. When the bill was to be passed in the House, 19 Con- gress MLAs and 6 in- dependent supporting the Con- gress were absent from the session. Chief Whip Ma- hesh Joshi and Depu- ty Whip Mahendra Chaudhary conveyed the entire scenario through a report to Chief Ashok Gehlot. The MLAs have warned to take note of not repeating the same in the future. ABSENT INDEPENDENT MLAS  UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal said he was going to be 80, so how could he listen to Speaker like a 25-yr old young man. To this, Joshi said he was praising his dress in which he looked young. Congress  On Wednesday, minis- MLAs GUP SHUP HEARTBROKEN TIGER WANTS TO BE PANTHER MINISTERS HAVE PANTHER’S BACK A mafi a, a Panther sahab has not only successfully evaded the controversy but also managed to keep his posting intact! Well, questions were being raised on the Panther’s working style after an MLA raised concerns over the cop few days back. After accusations were made, there were rumours that the panther would be removed off his post, however as the matter developed, the Panther sought ‘sanctuary’ in two cabinet ministers and ‘managed’ them. Notably, one of the minister is associated with development! Now, the word on Panther is that no one can make him leave the position unless by decree of a ‘superior power’. O fl oor of the PHQ is quite disappointed these days. The reason: the Tiger was hoping that he would be accorded charge of a district but turned to be naught. The cop believed that he would be given charge of a district in Bharatpur range, however as the transfer list came, the Tiger’s ‘heart sank’ whereas the cop had ne ‘Tiger Sir’, who sits in his offi ce on the third fter being accused of involvement with sand Minister been FIRST TIME DISTRICT INCHARGE GETS IN ‘REAL ESTATE’ TROUBLE T the Tiger has entered in a major land ‘deal’ in the area he is posted in and a complaint of which has been made to the senior offi cials at PHQ. However, as soon as the ‘complaint’ reached PHQ, Tiger’s sources apprised him of the developments after which the cop has initiated a ‘damage control’ exercise! everyday the Tiger is speaking with one or the other offi cer and informing of his innocence in the matter. But all to no avail, as the vigilance wing has initiated an investigation into the said deal. Notably, it is for the fi rst time that the tiger has been given the ‘captaincy’ of any district! he entire PHQ is abuzz with the ‘doings’ of a ‘Tiger sahab’ in-charge of a district. Word is that approached a ‘Bade sahab’ for the same. Interestingly, the cop Tiger was hoping to replace is also eyeing a posting in Jaipur city as ‘Panther’! 2 ARRESTS IN 1 CASE? COMMISSIONER SAYS NO N in a meeting held in the RPA recently. Earlier, the police would arrest anyone for breaking peace and after a case would be registered, the man was ‘re-arrested’. Now, after Commissioner’s sermons, only one arrest will be done! ow, two arrests will not be made in same case. Jaipur police Commissioner has instructed all DCPs and ADCPs over the same

5. RAJASTHAN J AIPUR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020 05 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia in TRANSPORT SCAM: ACB ADDS NAMES OF 19 MORE ACCUSED Mining scam: Four accused sent to JC SPL ED COURT ISSUES ARREST WARRANT AGAINST SINGHVI BRIEF z A Delhi-based tourist guide was found dead on Wednesday morning under mysterious cir- cumstances in a village in Rajasthan’s Udaipur district, police said. The body of Anurag Patwa, said to be around 34 years, was found in the middle of a road near a hotel in Nai village, they said. The body has injury marks and it appears that he was murdered with some sharp-edged weapon, SHO of Nai police sta- tion Mukesh Soni said. First India News First India News hai Mathur and Sukhbir Chaudhary . Moreover, among the brokers and suspects, Kalyan from Kotputli, Jagdish from Sikar, Rajesh and Ravi from Shahjahanpur, Jas- want Yadav from Behror, Mukesh, Girwar, Shyoji Garhwal from Jaipur, Yogesh alias Bunty and Rajendra Singh alias have been made accused in the matter. If sources are to be believed, ACB is in a mood to take big action against routine monthly operations around ACB office, after catching big fish in the game. In the past, the ACB raided the transport office in Jag- atpura about three years ago and found more money than the receipts in the cash counter, on which department took action against cashier and other personnel. ing interrogated on the directions of ACB DG Dr Alok Tripathi and ADG Dinesh MN. ACB Investigating Of- ficer, Additional SP Alok Chandra Sharma and his team have inter- rogated Jaswant Singh Yadav, Manish Mishra, along with DTO of Transport Department Gajendra Singh, Vinay Bansal, Naveen Jain and Udayveer Singh by making the accused con- front each other. Also, a special team has been formed by the ACB to search for ab- sconding accused In- spector Alim Khan, Sukhbir Singh and Ra- jeev Jain. ACB has also charged the Transport Inspectors of Jaipur, Babulal Meena, Rajku- mar Singh, Amritpal, Mukund Rathore, SK Sharma, Chaitanya Sa- Transport extortion case reaches Congress High Command The atmos- Jaipur: Special Court of Enforcement Directo- rate (ED) has sent four accused of mining scam to judicial custody and issued arrest warrant against former Ashok Singhvi Wednesday . The four accused Pan- kaj Gehlot, Shyam Sun- der Singhvi, Dhirendra Singh and Pushkarraj Ameta had surrendered in the ED court on Wednesday . Court sent them to judicial custody till March 17. Mean- while, court will hear their anticipatory bail applications on Feb 20. The court has also is- sued arrest warrant against former Ashok Singhvi, Taman- na Begum, Sheikh and Sethi. ED had registered Jaipur: phere in the Transport Department changed after action taken by the ACB on Sunday . ACB has found 34 accused in the entire episode. After 15 ac- cused were arrested on Sunday, the ACB has added the names of 19 more people to the FIR. At the same time, the names of many public servants and private persons are yet to be in- cluded in the list. While taking action on Sunday , the ACB had arrested eight transport department and seven brokers, in which cash worth about Rs1.5 crore was recov- ered from them, along with transaction proofs of large bribe amounts. Now, the accused are be- Chinkara poaching: Cops to look for Gawre in Mumbai Kartikey Dev Singh involvement of the former transport com- missioner Rajesh Ya- dav in this entire scan- dal and he was not a party to a ‘mechanism’ under which a month- ly account of all illegal collections was being sent to some ‘top-man’ on 16th of every month. In fact, Rajesh has been a lucky guy who had a narrow es- cape in this entire defamation exercise because he was trans- ferred from the de- partment only a week back. Now a section of Congressmen are curious to know how party high command deals with this com- plaint? has Jaipur: According to sources, to senior Con- gress leaders have complained to Con- gress president Sonia Gandhi for an alleged- ly ongoing massive corruption transport department at the grass root level. The complaint refers to the arrest of three DTO and 5 inspectors by ACB. The depart- ment is headed by a strong Sachin Pilot loyalist Pratap Singh Khachariyawas. Meanwhile, sources close to officers lobby of the transport de- partment have clari- fied that there was no IAS on a case of money laun- dering against Ashok Singhvi in November 2015, after the ACB booked him in Rs. 2.5crore bribery case re- lated to mines allot- ment. The special ED court had taken cogni- zance against the ac- cused last month and summoned them with arrest warrant. Court re- leased the four accused on bail in ACB case in compliance of the HC or- der on February 17. But, they were asked to pre- sent themselves before ED court today . in the z Education minister Govind Singh Dotasara credited the Scout & Guide by terming it a parallel education system. He was speak- ing at the inauguration of 5 day zone level competition & rally at Rajasthan Scout & Guide State Train- ing Center. Dotasara said that all 65000 schools under state Govt will have Scout & Guide activities which currently are only in 35000 Govt schools. officials IAS Rashid Sanjay Transport Min dedicates 101 new buses z Deputy CM Sachin Pilot met key leaders at his residence in Jaipur on Wednesday. Meanwhile, PCC will organise camps from February 29 to March 6 at Bara Padampura. IN SPOTLIGHT First India News First India News not that the police did not try . It went to Mum- bai several times but came empty handed. Every time the po- lice went to Galaxy Apartment, it was told that Gawre did not live there. DCP Yadav con- ceded that cops have failed to get any clue of Gawre. And, one of the reasons is that they do not even have his pho- to. So now how will the police recognise him after 21 years! sconding for more than two decades. He was a spot boy and cases un- der anti-poaching and arms act were slapped on him. However, Gawre got anticipatory bail during primary investi- gation. Since then nei- ther Gawre came to po- lice station or court nor did police arrest him. The police had de- clared him absconder but 21 years later, the police have still not been able to arrest him. It is Jaipur: A team of Mathania police station in Jodhpur would go to Mumbai to look for Dinesh Gawre, one of the accused in blackbuck case, involving Salman Khan. DCP Dharmen- dra Singh Yadav has as- sured that Gawre would be arrested and a police team is being sent to Mumbai to find him. Gawre has been ab- Jaipur: Transport min- ister Pratap Khachariaywas dedi- cated 101 new buses to the people of the state by allotting them to various depots. He sym- bolically waved off 11 buses out of total 876 buses purchased by the RSRTC recently . He was joined by Transport Commissioner Jain, MD Roadways Naveen Jain and others. z A physical train- ing instructor of a government school was arrested for alleg- edly molesting a minor girl in the district on Wednesday, police said. Accused, Prem Singh, 45, posted at a government senior secondary school in Chansda area, had allegedly molested the girl on Tuesday. Singh district poaching Tourism Minister Vishvendra Singh called on Governor Kalraj Mishra at the Raj Bhavan on Wednesday Ravi CRPF jawan killed in encounter with Maoists cremated in Alwar First India News IN THE COURTYARD Judgment in Adarsh Credit Coop Society scam reserved First India News zance order of Guru- gram Court cannot be challenged in Raj HC. It is a case of Forum Shopping. Once they are not getting relief in other courts, then they have filed case before Raj HC which is not maintainable. Many SC judgements were cited by him. Rastogi argued that co accused Rahul Modi challenged Order of Gurugram court before Delhi HC which was depreciated by SC. He argued that Rs38000 cr of 20 lakh innocent people have been duped by the ac- cused. On the eve of State Budget, Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari met Chief Secretary DB Gupta and presented him the documents of the approved and pending policies of all eight Assembly constituencies of Rajsamand Lok Sabha area on Wednesday. Jaipur: The mortal re- mains of CRPF jawan Ajit Singh, killed in an encounter with Mao- ists, were consigned to flames at his ancestral village in Rajasthan’s Alwar district Wednesday. CM Ashok Gehlot and Deputy CM Sachin Pilot offered their condolences to the martyr. Singh succumbed to injuries on Tuesday at a hospital in Chhattis- garh’s Raipur district after he was injured in an encounter Maoists in Bijapur dis- trict of the state on Jaipur: After a long hearing in Credit Cooperative So- ciety scam cases of Rs38,000 crores the divi- sion bench of CJ Indra- jit Mahanty and Ashok Gaur reserved judg- ment in the writ peti- tion filed by Priyanka Modi and 5 others. They challenged SOG, ED cases and case regis- tered by Serious Fraud investigation Office. Addl SG RD Rastogi alongwith Senior Pan- el advocate for Union of India Anand Shar- ma argued that Cogni- Adarsh on The mortal remains of CRPF jawan Ajit Singh being consigned to flames with full military honours He said CRPF IG, of- ficials of the district administration and po- lice and large number of villagers as well as relatives paid floral tributes to Singh. February 10. “The body was taken to Ganda vil- lage by road and the fu- neral was conducted,” Hardayal, Neemrana police sta- tion said. A blood donation camp was organised in memory on RAS officer Pushpendra Singh at St Xavier’s School and Amity University, Jaipur. Housing Board Commissioner Pawan Arora too donated blood. 348 units of blood was collected from this camp across both the locations. SHO of with FROM PG 1 HOPES RIDE... INDUSTRIALISTS: The business class is hoping for further sim- plification of rules re- garding investment, so that maximum invest- ment can come and Ra- jasthan’s industrial sec- tor can grow. DRINKING TER: Even today, there are many where there is no drink- ing water. The govern- ment should be focused on making water reach such villages. ROADS: If we look at villages, there are no roads even today. In such a situation, the common man is hopeful trends. The third quarter data reflects downslide in growth rates. “It may be due to sev- eral reasons, including the unexpected econom- ic slowdown in India’s economic growth, impact of US-China trade war, GSP withdrawal from the US side and retaliatory tariffs on specific US goods from the Indian side,” it said. Kotputli, Beawar and Bandikui. products from sectors including agriculture, automobile, auto compo- nents and engineering. On the other hand, the US wants greater market access for its farm and manufacturing products, dairy items and medical devices, and cut on im- port duties on some ICT products. The US has also raised concerns over high trade deficit with India which was $16.9 billion in 2018-19. Meanwhile, the US-In- dia Strategic and Partner- ship Forum (USISPF) in a report said the latest quarterly data depict con- tinuation of overall pos- itive bilateral for road construction from the government. EDUCATION: The Gehlot government is expected to open new colleges and schools in many places, so that students do not have to travel much for basic education. NEW DISTRICTS ANNOUNCEMENT: This is an issue which has been pending for many years. Last time, Pratapgarh was de- clared a district, but since then, there are many areas where peo- ple are demanding to make a district. Also, there have been many protests regarding it in negotiations with India, may not accompany Trump to India, sources said. However, officials have not ruled it out al- together. Multiple rounds of talks have taken place between Commerce Min- ister Piyush Goyal and Lighthizer in the past few weeks over telephone. India is demanding exemption from high duties imposed by the US on certain steel and alu- minium products, re- sumption of export ben- efits to certain domestic products under their Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), great- er market access for its tive, additional secretary in Home ministry Gya- nesh Kumar, UP govern- ment’s representative Avinash Awasthy and Ayodhya District Magis- trate Anuj Kumar Jha. order, said, “The Supreme Court has said that you have the right to protest. The law (CAA) has been challenged in the Su- preme Court. But like us, others too have their rights, like the right to use roads, open their shops.” Both Hedge and Ramachandran assured the protesters to resolve the on going conflict. Meanwhile, just minutes after Hegde and Ramach- andran left the Shaheen Bagh protest site, the third member of the team, former Chief In- formation Commission- er, Wajahat Habibullah, reached the site with an entourage of advocates. some Ahead of... “We’re doing a very big trade deal with India. We’ll have it. I don’t know if it’ll be done before the election (in November), but we’ll have a very big deal with India,” he said during an interaction with reporters at the Joint Base Andrews out- side Washington. The US and India could sign a “trade package” during Trump’s maiden visit, according to media reports. US Trade Representa- tive Robert Lighthizer, the point-person for trade Mediators to... “Met Hon’ble Home Min- ister Sh Amit Shahji. Had a very good and fruitful meeting. Discussed sev- eral issues related to Del- hi. Both of us agreed that we will work together for development of Delhi,” Kejriwal tweeted. Re- sponding to a query , he said there was no discus- sion on Shaheen Bagh. Ramachandran, echo- ing the Supreme Court WA- villages Nritya Gopal... Swami Govind Dev Giri of Pune was appointed as treasurer of the trust at the meeting. Among those present at the meeting were the central government representa- trade

6. PERSPECTIVE 06 J AIPUR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 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 PORNOGRAPHY RULES IN INDIA IN-DEPTH ADAPTING TO A FAST-FORWARD WORLD The world is going through a period of accelerating change, as four secular developments illustrate irms and governments must in- creasingly internalize possibility of an acceleration of four secular developments that influence what business and political leaders do and how they do it. Decision-makers should think of these trends as waves, which, espe- cially if they occur simultaneously , could feel like a tsunami for those who fail to adapt their thinking and practices in a timely manner. First and most important trend is climate change, which has evolved from a relatively dis- tant concern, on which there is ample time to take remedial action, to an imminent and in- creasingly urgent threat. Second, privacy con- cerns have grown alongside technical innova- tions involving AI and big data. Third secular force involves disruptions to multi-decade pro- cess of economic and financial globalization. Final trend is demographic and concerns more than aging of societies in Europe and Asia and this trends economic and political implications. For starters, businesses need to be smarter about “anywhere, any place, any time” deliv- ery . Furthermore, job loyalty and tenure are decreasing, while expectations of comprehen- sive job fulfillment and engagement are rising. Self-mobilisation for political and other caus- es, often with no visible leadership structure, has become a lot easier, yet often is less durable and raises tricky questions about what comes afterward. And all of this is taking place amid continued migration of an ever-expanding range of interactions from physical to virtual spaces. Each of these secular forces will have an important impact on the effectiveness and success of companies and governments alike. And while being challenging overall, the four trends involve a diverse and geographically dispersed set of winners and losers. Execu- tives and policymakers therefore must make timely revisions to both their tactical and stra- tegic mindsets. Getting this right will require cognitive diversity, openness to constructive criticism, repeated scenario analyses, and multi-disciplinary approaches. And this is even before one considers unanticipated peri- odic shocks such as the COVID-19 outbreak. Consider another aspect of demographic change: migration and humanitarian chal- lenges with it. The combination of de-globali- zation and misuse of AI and big data to in- fringe individual privacy is similarly trou- bling. This could lead to questionable behav- ior by governments. The world is in a period of accelerating change, leading edge of which is ever-growing list of developments that have gone from im- possible to inevitable. Many challenges facing business and political leaders may be broken down into four secular changes that can help anchor the timely formulation of required responses at the local, national, regional, and global levels. The faster that companies and governments recognize this, the likelier they will be to alter the balance of benefits, costs, and risks in their favour. F NITISH CHANDAN T his is another one of those posts which I am writing because of a heavy amount of search queries. “Pornography rules in India”, are there any? If you ask a straightforward question, the answer is no. The reason so many people (not just young- sters) want an answer to this question is because they are con- suming pornography and are afraid whether watching porn is legal in India. To break the ice for yet another time, it is legal. Nobody in this country will put you in jail for watching porn unless you are doing it in public. Well, there is the whole public morality law in question. But generally speaking, it is definite- ly legal to watch porn in India until and unless it is child por- nography . For that even if you are afraid about the Pornogra- phy rules, you are as sick as this gets. No vigilante groups, hack- ers, state bodies etc. anywhere in the world support the idea of child pornography . The very fact that child pornography exists is a failure of the entire ecosystem of morals, internet, values and the law. Even in USA and UK where possession of por- nography has never been an of- fence, Child Pornography is con- demned and is a penal offence. That said, coming back to the topic of Pornography rules in India, it is apt to mention some things here. Though watching porn is legal yet making some- one else watch it is a crime pun- ishable by up to 5 years of im- prisonment. Making someone else watch it might sound a lit- tle loose. Trust me when I say this, there are several cases where guys have often forced upon girls to watch porn. It has been while they have been in relationships or just friends as well. Within this ambit of “making someone watch” as I put it, the legal words are pub- lishing, transmitting or caus- ing any of the two. This means that if you publish anything containing a sexually explicit act, even if it is an image, you are liable for the same punish- ment. The same goes for trans- mitting in private messages, Facebook Chats, WhatsApp messages etc. WHAT ARE THE RELEVANT LEGAL PROVISIONS? Section 67, 67A, and 67B of the Information Technology Act, 2000 are the relevant provisions. Section 67 talks about punish- ment for publication or trans- mission of obscene material in electronic form. Though the definition of obscenity is mostly vague in the Indian context, we have tried to trace the develop- ments. It prescribes imprison- ment up to three years or fine up to `5 lakh or both on first convic- tion. As for second and subse- quent convictions, imprison- ment up to five years and fine up to `10 lakh have been prescribed. Section 67A criminalises the publication or transmission of any material depicting sexual- ly explicit act or conduct in electronic form. Imprisonment up to five years or fine up to `10 lakh or both are prescribed in this section. It also incorpo- rates situations when a person or group of person forces or influences another person to publish or transmit such con- tent over the Internet. For sec- ond and subsequent convic- tions, the extent of fine re- mains the same; however, im- prisonment up to seven years may be prescribed. Section 67B focusses on child pornography and it prescribes for imprisonment up to five years or fine up to `10 lakh or both on first conviction. Just like Section 67A, the extent of fine on second and subsequent convictions remain same, but imprisonment up to seven years may be prescribed. This section mentions various acts that can be considered as an of- fence under its ambit:  Publication or transmission of material depicting children in sexually explicit conduct or act, lic good of creating awareness, sex education etc., “sex stories” though textual will still fall un- der the ambit of being called pornography and will be tried the same way . So no, sex stories are also within the ambit of the law which will criminalize you for publishing or transmitting. Consumption, however, is le- gal. So if sex stories are legal in the US and you read them here, it is totally legal. Section 67B focusses on child pornography and it prescribes for imprisonment up to five years or fine up to `10 lakh or both on first conviction IS PORN HOSTED OUTSIDE INDIA LEGAL? Outside India is outside India’s jurisdiction in the practical sense. If pornography is legal- ized in the country where it is hosted, India cannot force upon the website to stop functioning. Alternatively, as we have seen, the Government or the Judici- ary might ban it in India, if it is thought to be unacceptable. or forcing/infl uencing the same  Creating text or images showing child pornography  Collecting, searching, browsing, downloading, promoting, advertising, distributing, or exchanging any material showing child pornography in electronic form  Facilitating abuse of children online  Enticing or inducing children to an online relationship with other children for sexually explicit acts  Recording sexually explicit act with children TO SUM UP ALL THE PORNOGRAPHY RULES IN INDIA  Watching porn at home is not illegal.  Saving it on your personal laptop, smartphone, storage media is also not illegal.  Distribution/Sale/Showcasing/ Publishing/Sending on private messages etc. is illegal.  Sending porn videos/images/ texts or anything depicting sexually explicit acts (unless educational) to someone is also illegal.  Sex stories are also sexually explicit content.  Whether ISPs are causing transmission of such porn into the country is a grey area but practically they will not be held responsible except for child pornography.  Child Pornography, in any sense, watching, saving, sharing etc. is totally illegal. if you publish anything containing a sexually explicit act, even if it is an image, you are liable for the same punishment. The same goes for transmitting in private messages, Facebook Chats, WhatsApp messages etc. WHAT IF I SENT SOMEONE AN OBSCENE PICTURE? There is definitely a law against it. As for this post, we will keep it to pornography. If you send someone a picture that depicts some sort of sexual act, you are liable for punishment. For any- thing else obscene, I will write another post. ARE SEX STORIES LEGAL? If you go by the definition of law, unless a text is for the pub- —MOHAMED A. EL-ERIAN Should we ban junk food in schools? O are achievable, although evidence shows schools need support in the transi- tion process. Unhealthy diets can compromise learning and behaviour, partly due to unstable blood sugar lev- els, with spiralling impacts on school performance. In the long-term, they have been linked to mental health problems such as an increased risk of anxiety and depression. On the upside, research shows creating a positive food environment (engag- ing kids with gardening, cooking and eating healthy food together) can sway their eating behaviours in a healthy direction. It’s high time schools jump aboard the healthy canteen wagon and its multiple re- wards. FOR FULL REPORT LOG ON TO WWW.THECONVERSATION.COM school gates. Children are bombarded with advertising including on television, gaming de- vices, public transport and billboards. The enormous range of food outlets and foods, along with the rise of delivery systems like Uber Eats, make unhealthy food seem appealing and easy to access. Children should be protected from this, at least in a school set- ting. Learning about good food choices in a controlled environment is one step towards reducing child- hood obesity rates. In several countries, such as Canada and Chile, unhealthy foods cannot be sold at school or provided to children. In Australia, some states, such as New South Wales, have banned unhealthy foods school canteens. Restric- tions on unhealthy foods The more junk food available, the more kids eat it, so changing the foods available at schools supports kids healthier. Kids spend a lot of time at school, so if providing them with at- tractive, affordable and nutritious options will give them one more rung on the ladder to health and well-being, wouldn’t we do it? But food is also tied to other things in life includ- ing culture, politics and socialising. Bananas may be nutritionally “healthy” but many people who pick them are subject to poor working conditions. A slice of sugary cake may not meet nutrition guide- lines, but when consid- ered in the context of bak- ing, sharing, celebrating and the pleasure of eating it, cake may enhance our besity rates are on the rise in Australia and across world. the For to eat years, public health and medical groups have called for schools to ban sales of junk foods as one way to stem the tide. Selling fatty or sugary food and drinks has been banned in Western Aus- tralia’s public since 2007. A 2018 study found WA children were eating healthier as a result of the ban. But it also found some regional were struggling to comply with it. Some countries, includ- ing Canada and Chile, have banned junk schools. Should Australia do the same? We asked five experts. Four out of five experts said yes. why schools well-being. Banning junk food may demonise food in un- healthy ways. For in- stance, a child (and their parent) could be shamed by a teacher for bringing a cupcake to school. And it does nothing to disrupt the structural inequities that make it difficult for children to access the “right” food outside the The more junk food available, the more kids eat it, so changing the foods available at schools supports kids to eat healthier schools TOP TWEET Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp Transforming lives of crores of annadatas,more than 22.84 cr Soil Health Cards have been distributed so far to support our farmers improve farm productivity. The #SoillHealthCardScheme has proved benefi cial in maximising yields and ensuring welfare of farmers. #HarKaamDeshKeNaam food in from G Vol 1 G Issue No. 255 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. Published at 304, 3rd Floor, City Mall, Bhagwan Das Road, C-Scheme, Jaipur-302001, Rajasthan. Phone 0141-4920504. 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7. INDIA J AIPUR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 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 TEMPLE CONSTRUCTION TO BE COMPLETED IN 3 YRS Hours before trust meet, allegations of occupation Farmers’ issue unaddressed in UP budget: Priyanka BJP chief Nadda to meet ex-Punjab CM Badal today New Delhi: Congress general secretary Pri- yanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday targeted the Central Government over the budget and said that the issues per- taining to farmers have not been addressed in the state budget, which was presented yester- day by the Yogi Adity- anath led government. Taking to Twitter, the Gandhi scion stat- ed, “ The budget of UP has come. The prob- lem of stray animals belonging to farmers has not been men- tioned. The issue of payment of sugarcane to the farmers is miss- ing from the budget. The issue of compen- sation for crop wast- age of farmers is also missing. The problem MULLING ON CHIEFS New Delhi: The con- struction of the grand Ram temple in Ayodhya is likely to start in April this year and will be completed in the next three years, Sant Govind Dev Giri of Pune, who has been appointed as the Treasurer of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, said on Wednesday . Speaking to media out- side Trust chairman ad- vocate K Parasaran’s residence, Giri said, “We believe the construction should be completed within three to three- and-a-half years.” Others who attended the meet were Anil Mishra, Vimlendu Mo- han Mishra, manand Maharaj of Haridwar, Das Maharaj of Nirmo- hi Akhara, Dharmdas Maharaj, Akhada (not part of the Trust), Swamy Govind Dev Giri of Pune, Jagat- guru Prasannateerth of Pejawar Matth Kameshwar Chaupal. Among the officials who were present were Gyanesh Kumar, Addi- tional Ssecretary MHA; Avnish Awasthi, Addi- tional Chief secretary and Principal Secre- tary, Home, UP govt, and Anuj K Jha, Dis- trict Magistrate of Ayo- dhya. —ANI New Delhi: Hours be- fore the very first meeting of the Ram Janmabhoomi trust here in Delhi, a con- troversy has erupted. The Hindu Mahasab- ha has alleged that VHP, RSS and the BJP have “occupied” the trust through the pre- sent government. Calling the present formation of the trust as “unfair”, Hindu Mahasabha Swami Chakrapani said he is “hurt”. “From 1949 we have been fighting for this cause. We were a party to the case. Other Hin- du organisations too worked for it. But when the Supreme Court gave it’s verdict and tasked the govern- ment to form a trust, the VHP and Sangh occupied it. This is un- fortunate,” he alleged. He added, “The govt didn’t feel the neces- sity to call all stake- holders and thank them for the role they played or ask for their suggestions.” The Shri Chandigarh: national president JP Nadda on Thursday will meet Akali patri- arch Parkash Singh Badal at his resi- dence in Punjab’s Muktsar, days after the former chief min- ister said the minori- ties ‘should be taken along’ to run a gov- ernment. At a rally in Am- ritsar on Feb 13, Bad- al had said that all religions should be respected. will be coming to Punjab for the first time after taking charge of the party , a party leader said on Wednesday. BJP president will meet Badal Sahib at his residence in Bad- al village of Mukt- sar on Thursday,” said the BJP leader, adding that it will be a courtesy call. Nadda will land at the Bathinda airport in morning from where he will go to Muktsar to meet Badal. BJP of the price of the crop to farmers is also not mentioned in the budget.” She also shared a vid- eo in which farmers are narrating their ordeals. Priyanka did a voice- over claiming farmers are in trouble. “They are not able to sleep at night as the animals enter their farms during the night. The investigation must be carried out on the same.” —Agencies SWAMI GIRI PROPOSES TO LEAD TRUST Chief Par- Nadda Dinendra NUMERO UNO Nirvani “The and Government of Rajasthan was once again appreciated at national level for integrated water resources management and participatory approach for irrigation water management, this time central board of irrigation and power awarded efforts of Water resources Rajasthan in two categories. Secretary of Water Resources, GOR, Naveen Mahajan received the CBIP Awards 2020. The CBIP recognized the outstanding work done under IWRM by Indira Gandhi Project and work done by Rajasthan in the field of participatory irrigation management. Wednesday’s meeting. VHP VP Champat Rai may also be made a part of the trust, sources said. —Agencies Teerth Kshetra Trust has invited veteran and Ram Janmabhoo- mi Nyas head Mahant Nritya Gopal Das for Ram —Agencies

8. INDIA J AIPUR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020 08 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 SC KEEN TO KNOW GADKARI’S VIEWS ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES RS Cheema to continue as SPP till June 30 NAME OF KOTHARI CLEARED FOR CENTRAL VIGILANCE COMMISSIONER Name of Sanjay Kothari, a 1978 batch retired IAS offi cer of Haryana cadre and presently Secretary to President, has reportedly been cleared for the post of Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC). Senior New Counsel RS Cheema is set to continue as Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) till June 30 to conduct trials on behalf of ED in the money laundering case pertaining to the al- leged irregularities in coal block allocations. “On our request RS Cheema, senior counsel/ SPP has agreed to con- tinue as a Special Public Prosecutor to conduct prosecution of the mon- ey laundering cases un- der the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 pertaining to the coal block allocation matters till June 30, 2020.” stated an order passed on Friday by a Di- vision Bench of the Su- preme Court, compris- ing of CJI SA Bobde and Justice Deepak Gupta. Delhi: NAME OF JULKA CLEARED FOR CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER Name of Information Commissioner Bimal Julka, a 1979 batch retired IAS offi cer of MP cadre, has reportedly been cleared for the post of Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). But want to hear him”. Passing the order, the bench said the issue of vehicles is related to a number of other pollu- tion-related cases pend- ing before the apex court and if the policy is implemented it can solve many pollution related problems. The court granted Transport four weeks to file re- sponse on the plea of CPIL. Advocate Prashant Bhushan appearing for CPIL contended that for electric vehicles there is a requirement of you charging infrastructure or charging ports to charge the battery . —ANI New Delhi: Chief Jus- tice SA Wednesday said that it would like to hear Transport Minister Ni- tin Gadkari on the Cen- tre’s policy of switching all public transport and government vehicles to electric vehicles over a period of time in order to curb air pollution. Additional Solicitor General ANS Nadkar- ni, appearing for Cen- tre, objected to the pres- ence of Minister in the court, saying, him com- ing to the Supreme Court will be misused politically. The Chief Justice clarified that the invitation to the Un- ion Minister is not a Bobde on SURESH PATEL TO BE VIGILANCE COMMISSIONER Former CMD of Andhra Bank Suresh Patel has reportedly been chosen as a Vigilance Commis- sioner by the panel headed by PM Narendra Modi. Ministry AMITA PANDOVE TO BE IC Former member of Punjab Civil Services Com- mission, Amita Pandove has reportedly been chosen for the post of Information Commissioner (IC) Central Information Commissioner. The court, while ex- pressing its keenness to interact with Gadkari on implementation of electric scheme, said, “He (the minister) has made many statements on the issue. We are not indict- ing or ordering him. tion of Centre’s policy to gradually convert all public transport and government vehicles to electric vehicles. The bench sought the government’s response on steps being taken to implement its 2012 elec- tric vehicles policy . summon and sought re- sponse from the Minis- try on the plea. A Bench of the Su- preme Court, headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde, was hearing a plea of Centre for Public Inter- est Litigation (CPIL) seeking implementa- vehicles 60 SHORT-LISTED FOR SPECIAL DIRECTOR IN ED 60 IPS and IRS offi cers have been short-listed for over half a dozen posts of Special Director in ED. THREE IRS-IT OFFICERS SHIFTED Rajiv Kumar Singh has been appointed as CIT (OSD) in the offi ce of Pr. CCIT, Bhopal MP & Chattisgarh Region, while Amitabh Kumar Sinha is CIT (OSD) Delhi Region and Deepak is CIT(A), Jamshedpur. JNU SEDITION CASE INX MEDIA CASE COURT GRANTS REGULAR BAIL TO SIX BUREAUCRATS CBI VS CBI CHINMAYANAND APPEARS BEFORE SPECIAL MP/MLA COURT IN LKO Hearing adjourned due to pendency of sanctions New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday ad- journed till April 3, the hearing in the Jawaha- rlal Nehru University (JNU) sedition case, in which Kanhaiya Kumar is an accused, as Delhi government is yet to grant the requisite sanctions in the matter. CMM Purshottam Pathak adjourned the matter after investigat- ing officer informed the court that the file re- garding the grant of sanctions is still pend- ing with the Home De- partment of Delhi gov- ernment and that there haven’t been any further updates. Patiala House Court also asked the gov- ernment to file a status Why no lie detector test on Asthana, asks Court New Delhi: A Delhi court rapped CBI on Wednesday for not con- ducting psychological and lie detector tests on its former special direc- tor Rakesh Asthana in a bribery case in which he was re- cently given a clean chit. Spe- cial CBI Judge Sanjeev Aggar- wal directed the initial investigating officer, Ajay Kumar Bassi, in the case to appear be- fore it on February 28 to explain the case diary . The court asked the CBI whether there was any telephonic conversa- tion recording of Astha- na, which the agency RAGHVENDRA SINGH RELIEVED TO JOIN MP GOVT The Government of Bihar has relieved Raghven- dra Singh of cadre responsibility to join Madhya Pradesh Government cadre transfer. He is a 2013 batch IAS offi cer of Bihar cadre. report in the matter and asked Delhi Police to send another reminder to the Government of NCT as no sanction have been granted yet. Earlier, the matter was also adjourned af- ter the public prosecu- tor had informed that sanction of charge- sheet was still pending and home department had not given sanction. In the charge-sheet filed in a court in January, Delhi Police said that former JNUSU presi- dent Kanhaiya Kumar and others led a proces- sion and raised anti- national slogans in the university campus dur- ing an event on Febru- ary 9, 2016. denied. “What about calls made to Asthana via WhatsApp? The com- plainant, Sana Satish Babu, has said this in his statement recorded un- der 164 CrPC (be- fore a magistrate) ... Evidence can- not be disregard- ed at filing of charge the court said. “Did you col- lect any equipment, phones from Asthana? Did you confront him with Manoj Prasad and Someshwar Prasad,” it asked. The CBI said, “No, we examined him but nev- er confronted him with anyone.” New Delhi: A special court granted regular bail to all the six bureaucrats in the INX media corruption case. These bureau- crats were charge- sheeted by the Central Bureau of Investiga- tion (CBI) and are cur- rently on interim bail. Special CBI Judge Ajay Kumar while con- fi rming the interim bail into regular bail, also directed them not to leave the country with- out the permission of the court. The court granted regular bail to all six bureaucrats on a personal bond of Rs 2 lakh each and told them not to tamper with the evidence. Lucknow: Former Un- ion minister Chinma- yanand, who is out on bail in a case in which he is accused of sexually abusing a law student, appeared before a special MP/MLA court on Wednesday. Judge PK Rai fi xed March 4 as the next date of hearing for the framing of charges. Chinmayanand, 72, was released from the Shahjahanpur district jail after the Allahabad High Court granted him bail. AFMC DEAN MRS KANITKAR ELEVATED TO LT. GEN RANK Dean and Deputy Commandant of Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, Major General Mrs Madhuri Kanitkar had been elevated to the rank of Lt. General now . She was empanelled in October last year as Lt General. sheet,” electronic mobile SERVICE TENURE OF M K BHATTACHARYA, ED, INDIAN BANK EXTENDED Central Government has extended the term of offi ce of M K Bhattacharya, Executive Director of Indian Bank for a period beyond February 17, 2020 till date of his superannuation, i.e. Nov 30, 2020. NAGESHWARA RAO Y GETS TENURE EXTENSION AS WHOLE-TIME DIR OF SYNDICATE BANK TILL MAR 30 The Central Government has extended the tenure of Nageshwara Rao Y. presently posted as Offi cer on Special Duty and Whole-time Director of Syndicate Bank till March 30, 2020. UP BJP MLA, 7 others booked in rape case INDIA 2020 YEARBOOK DR JUSTICE S MURLIDHAR’S TRANSFER TO P&H HC RECOMMENDED The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended transfer of Dr Justice S Murlidhar, Judge of Delhi High Court to Punjab & Haryana High Court. Bhadohi: An FIR was lodged against BJP MLA Ravindra Nath Tripathi and six others on Wednesday for alleg- edly raping a woman in 2017, police said. The 40-year-old wom- an, who is a widow, had lodged a complaint on February 10, they said. The woman alleged that she was first raped by Tripathi’s nephew Sandeep in 2016. She said she did not lodge a com- plaint back then as Ti- wari had promised to marry her, SP Ram Badan Singh said. She has alleged that in the run-up to the 2017 UP As- JUSTICE RANJIT V MORE’S TRANSFER TO MEGHALAYA HC RECOMMENDED The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended transfer of Justice Ranjit V More, Judge of Bom- bay High Court to Meghalaya High Court. JUSTICE R V MALIMATH’S TRANSFER TO UTTARAKHAND HC RECOMMENDED The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended transfer of Justice Ravi Vijaykumar Malimath, Judge of Karnataka HC to Uttarakhand HC. Ravindra Nath Tripathi sembly polls, she was kept at a hotel for a month by Tiwari. All the seven accused would visit the hotel and repeat- edly rape her, the officer said. She also claimed that she got pregnant and was forced to undergo abortion, he added. AWANISH KUMAR AWASTHI NOMINATED AS MEMBERS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES Awanish Kumar Awasthi, ACS, Home and Anuj Ku- mar Jha, Collector, Ayodhya have been nominated as ex-offi cio Members in Board of Trustees, in UP. Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday released the India 2020 yearbook that highlights the fl agship programmes of the government and important events of the year. Javadekar also released the e-version of the publication. The book will be priced at Rs 300 and the e-book will be available at Rs 225. The book can be purchased online from February 20, 2020, from the website of the Publications Division. SUNIL MITTAL, KUMAR MANGALAM BIRLA MEET FM New Delhi: Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal and Vodafone Idea chief Kumar Mangalam Birla on Wednesday met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to apprise her the current stressed state of affairs in the telecom sector due to huge Adjusted Gross Revenue payment. “We are responding to the Supreme Court judgment on AGR dues. Have made our payments, working to cal- culate the remaining AGR liability. Telecom industry has seen a lot of stress for the past three years,” Mittal said. On Tuesday, Mittal met Telecom Secretary Anshu Prakash. NOTHING CAN SAVE THOSE WITH DEATH WISH: UP CM Lucknow: UP CM Yogi Adityanath defended police over the deaths of anti-CAA protest- ers, saying they were shot by other rioters and nothing can be done to save someone with a death wish. Wrapping up the dis- cussion in the assembly on the Governor’s address, Adityanath said the role of the police in dealing with rioters during the anti-CAA protest should be appreciated. In hard-hitting remarks, he said his govern- ment supported democratic protests but will maintain law and order by dealing strictly with those indulging in violence. SPICEJET TO LAUNCH 20 NEW FLIGHTS Mumbai: No-frills carrier SpiceJetNSE 4.34% said it will launch 20 new fl ights on its domestic routes, including some services under govt’s regional con- nectivity scheme, Udan, from late next month. The new fl ights, starting from March 29, include services to Patna from Amritsar, Varanasi and Guwahati. Besides, it will also launch fl ights on Hyderabad-Mangaluru, Bengaluru-Ja- balpur and Mumbai-Aurangabad routes. CHHOTA SHAKEEL DENIES MARIA’S ALLEGATIONS Mumbai: Absconder mafi osi Chhota Shakeel rubbished contentions by Rakesh Maria that fugitive mafi a don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar had allegedly been given a contract to kill Ajmal Kasab. Chhota Shakeel said, “all these are absolute lies.” Maria has revealed that Dawood had been assigned the task of killing Kasab by LeT and ISI, ostensibly to erase the only living evi- dence of their heinous (terror) act. ‘GST BIGGEST MADNESS OF THE 21ST CENTURY’ Hyderabad: Describing India’s latest tax reform GST as “the biggest madness of the 21st century,” BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy said that the country needs to grow at 10% per annum to become a superpower by 2030. He also demanded that former Prime Minister, late P V Narasimha Rao, be given the highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, for the reforms he introduced during his tenure.

9. SPORTS J AIPUR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020 ‘World Test C’ship biggest of all events’ Indian team are at the top of World Test Championship table with 360 points whereas NZ are at sixth spot with 60 points 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 Wrestling royalty to MMA, RITU EYES HISTORY BRIEF Kenin loses to Rybakina on WTA Dubai: Sofia Kenin lost her first WTA match since winning the Aus- tralian Open earlier this month as she went down 6-7 (2/7), 6-3, 6-3 to Rybakina on Tuesday (Feb 18) at the Dubai Championships. World number 7 Kenin’s loss completed a hat-trick of seeded upsets on the 4th day of action in the UAE. Title holder Ben- cic was overhauled 1-6, 6-1, 6-1 by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova while third seed and two-time tournament winner Svitolina was ham- mered 6-2, 6-1 by qualifi- er Brady . Kenin played a pair of non-Tour Fed Cup matches immedi- ately after her Mel- bourne win over Gar- bine Muguruza, who cut short Clijsters’ comeback on Monday . Chiao Chen at this month’s Championship fight night in Singa- pore, which will be held behind closed doors because of the coronavirus. Phogat is trading an attempt at an Olympic medal to tackle MMA, but she said she was at- tracted by the lure of making history in her new sport. “I got a chance to train with best in Singapore there was no look- ing back,” she said. “There was the 2020 Games but I thought that I would do well in mixed martial arts. I have come with an aim of be- coming the first girl from India to be- come a world cham- pion in mixed mar- tial art,” she added. New Delhi: A wrestler whose family story was im- mortalised Bollywood is hop- ing to create a blockbuster of her own by be- coming country’s first world cham- pion in the high-octane sport mixed tial arts. Ritu Phogat, initially lowed her father and two elder sis- ters into wres- tling, is now chart- ing a new path after making an explo- sive MMA debut in November. Ritu, 25, is forg- ing a different ca- reer. After winning her first MMA fight in less than three minutes, she will face China’s Wu ONE by Virat Kohli and NZ Captain Kane Williamson pose with the trophy after the practice session ahead of the test match series, at the Basin Reserve cricket ground in Wellington on Wednesday. Pujara to represent Gloucestershire Gloucester: India top- order Cheteshwar Puja- ra on Wednesday was signed by England county Gloucestershire for the upcoming Coun- ty C’ship. The batsman will be representing the County for the first six matches of the Champi- onship. He is currently at the seventh spot in the ICC Test batting rankings. “I am really excited to get the oppor- tunity to represent Gloucestershire this season. The club has a rich cricketing history, and this is a great op- portunity to be a part of it and contribute to its success,” Pujara said. dia’s first Test against New Zealand at the Ba- sin Reserve from Fri- day . Kohli said the Test Championship made the longest for- mat of the game more exciting, adding that India might be sitting on top of the points chart but they need to perform away from home to maintain that. “It has made Test cricket more exciting and that’s something we have experienced as a side although we haven’t had too many games away from home. Couple of games in the Windies and we haven’t had a tour of Australia as a part of Test Cham- pionship,” said Kohli. her Wellington: India skip- per Virat Kohli on Wednesday weight behind World Test Champion- ship, terming it as the mother of all other ICC events. “I think World Test Championship as an ICC tournament should be right up there. All the other tournaments for me they start under that. This is probably the biggest of them all as every team wants to make it to the final at the Lord’s. We are no different. We are in that zone. We want to make sure that we qualify as soon as we can and be in that frame of mind to hopefully (championship),” said Kohli ahead of the In- ‘Will play for at least 3 more years’ put his the After her explosive MMA debut in November, Ritu Phogat is going to face China’s Wu ChiaoChen at the ONE Champion- ship fight night in Singapore has of mar- Wellington: India captain Virat Kohli is preparing himself for a “rigorous three years” of playing all three formats after which he might reassess his workload amid a “tran- sition phase” setting in. The world’s premier batsman is looking at the “bigger picture” in Indian cricket with two T20 and one 50-over World Cup in the next three years after which he might decide on playing two of the three formats. who fol- and Olympic Assembly Cricket tourney starts today Jaipur: Two matches will be played on Thurs- day at the RCA Acade- my ground under the Assembly Budget Ses- sion Cricket Tourna- ment. RPS XI will com- pete with Doctor’s XI from 7 am. From 4 pm onwards, there will be a match between MLAs XI and IAS XI. State Sports Council Secre- tary Mahendra Meena said that two matches will be played on Satur- day and Sunday also. win that —Agencies —Agencies —Agencies Saina advances to second round but Prannoy loses Asian Wrestling C’ships: India bags 3 bronze on day 2 Jai Bharti academy enters finals New Delhi: After the record-breaking gold medal win on day one of the Asian Wrestling Championships, Indian grapplers in the Greco- Roman category had to settle for three bronze medals on the second day of the competition at the KD Jadhav Hall in Indira Gandhi In- door Stadium in New Delhi. Youngsters Aditya Kundu and Har- deep managed to have the consolation of a po- dium finish, after hav- ing missed a shot at the gold medal. Sunil Kumar, Tuesday, had overpow- ered Azat Salidinov of Jaipur: Rachit Pandey of Jai Bharti Cricket Academy scored 78 runs, Rohan Singh scored 40 runs and Manish Singh scored 40 runs helped in making total 220 runs for 6 wickets. Khushant Sin- gh Chauhan took 2 wickets for Lakshya Cricket Academy . Lak- shya Cricket Academy in response to the target of 221 runs made 146 runs in 31.4 overs. Jai Bharti Academy won by 4 runs. Aditya and Ashu Kyrgyzstan 5-0 in the 87kg summit bout to win India’s first Greco- Roman gold medal in Asian Wrestling Cham- pionships in 27 years. India now has five medals in the champion- ships, after Kumar’s his- toric gold and Halakur- ki’s bronze in 55kg Greco-Roman category on Tuesday . France 21-14, 21-12 in a 30 minute first round match, third seeded Sri- kanth defeated compa- triot Subhankar Dey 23-21, 21-18 in a hard- fought 41-min contest. Srikanth and Jayaram run into each other in the pre-quarterfinals on Thursday . minutes to beat her op- ponent in the first round match. In men’s singles, Kid- ambi Srikanth and Ajay Jayaram sailed into the pre-quarterfinals with easy wins over their re- spective While Jayaram beat Christo Popov Ashu, Barcelona: Olympic bronze medal- list shuttler Saina Ne- hwal advanced to the women’s singles second round of the $170,000 Barcelona Spain Mas- ters with a 21-16, 21-14 win over Germany’s Yvonne Li on Wednes- day. Saina took just 35 India’s on opponents. Hardeep —Agencies of —Agencies Gujrathi stays top in Prague chess tourney Prague: Indian Grand Master Vidit Gujrathi maintained a one-point lead after settling for a draw against Vitiugov of Russia in the sixth round of the Prague Chess Festival’s Mas- WOMEN’S WORLD T20 ‘Teens have brought in a different energy in team’ ters category here. He has 4.5 points and is ahead of Vitiugov and top seed Jan-Kr- zysztof Duda, both on 3.5 points. The 25-year old Indian no.2 opted for a London opening in his game against the Rus- sian GM and had to sign the peace treaty in 39 moves late on Tuesday . Gujrathi’s compatri- ot P Harikrishna had to be content with his fifth draw in six games, against lower-rated Spanish GM David An- ton Guijjaro. —Agencies know nothing. They’re very different people to we were when we came into the side at 17. “They are very fear- less, they don’t have a lot of pressure on them. They think like it’s any other match and coming into a World Cup, that’s the best thing about them.” Rodrigues, 19, com- posed a rap to mark Harmanpreet’s T20I in September last year alongside Harleen Deol. of age group, there has to be fun and if there’s no fun there’s some- thing wrong with the girls” 23-year-old Mand- hana was quoted as say- ing by the ICC. “It’s been like that for the last one or two years. I won’t say it wasn’t like that in the years before, but since the teenagers have come, there is a dif- ferent energy . “Young players come into it with fresh think- ing, they don’t have any- thing behind them. They Sydney: Star batswom- an Smriti Mandhana believes the young play- ers -- which are part of the India squad -- have brought in a whole, new energy within the group and that in turn will benefit the team in the T20 World Cup. The average age of In- dian team, taking part in the World Cup, is just 23 and features four teenagers. “You can think of the vibe if you see the age of our team! With that kind  The average age of Indian team, taking part in the Women’s World Cup, is just 23 and features four teenagers 100th —Agencies

10. If aggression is in your basic nature then use it to fight ‘for’ something rather than ‘with’ something. 2ND FRONT —Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India 10 POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21 J AIPUR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Astute Priyanka deserves Upper House berth: Pande Pande briefed Sonia on Rajasthan coordination committee meeting on Wednesday Aditi Nagar SC PUTS ILLEGAL SAND MINING IN ‘QUICK SAND’ First India News New Delhi: Supreme Court on Wednesday took strong note of rampant illegal sand mining in Rajasthan and ordered the state government, all the District Collectors and SPs to ensure no grav- el/sand mining takes place in the state with immediate effect. SC also asked the state government to file a Ac- tion Taken Report (ATR) within 4 weeks. SC bench headed by CJI SA Bobde and including Justices BR Gavai and Surya Kant gave the orders on a contempt petition filed by Naveen Sharma. The petitioner urged “The Governments stopped illegal mining in our state. Both the par- ties, BJP and Congress, have been playing 20-20 cricket with people of the state. It is not a hid- den fact that Bhu-Mafias are very much prevalent in the state.” The three member bench also ap- pointed a Centrally Em- powered (CEC) to investigate the illegal mining in Ra- jasthan and file a report within 6 weeks. for Rajasthan said no discussion has taken place yet on her name. “She has the poten- tial to be a Rajya Sab- ha member and if asked we will certain- ly recommend her name. There is a general feeling among Congress leaders and workers that she should be recom- mended for a Rajya Sab- ha berth, but no discus- sion has taken place on the issue yet,” he said. There spread speculation over Priyanka Gan- dhi being probable candidates considered by the Congress for a Rajya Sabha nomination. The Congress has, however, remained si- lent on the issue and have dubbed it as specu- lative. Asked about Pri- yanka Gandhi’s name among probable candi- dates for Rajya Sabha berth, the party chief spokesperson said, “We do not answer specula- tive questions”. New Delhi: AICC Gen- eral secretary and Ra- jasthan Incharge Avi- nash Pande met Con- gress President Sonia Gandhi at 10, Janpath on Wednesday and ap- prised her about the meeting of the Ra- jasthan coordination committee held on Tuesday. Pande also handed a report card of the party MLAs and ministers to So- nia while briefing her about the coordina- tion aspect between the organisation and ‘power’. Interestingly, that the trumpet for po- litical appointments has been sounded, Sonia also discussed the issue at length with Pande who gave her feedback. Notably , all the minis- ter in-charges will have to submit their lists for political ap- pointments by March 15. Pande also ex- pressed to Sonia Gan- With prime properties, RHB on hot wheels’ mode Sand mafia unleashed terror in state: Lahoty said the govern- ment will submit a report and other information sought by the Supreme Court regarding sand mining. “The Court’s direction is a welcome step. The sand mafia has writ- ten a new chapter of terrorism jasthan. Every night, 2,000 trucks trans- port sand illegally. This is a very serious matter. The mafia at- tacks the media and police. An organised crime is flourish- ing,” Lahoty told re- porters. Jaipur: Hours after the apex asked the jasthan ment to take imme- diate action against illegal mining, BJP MLA Ashok Lahoty welcomed the deci- sion, saying the sand mafia has un- leashed terror in the state. He alleged that the state government and the sand mafia were working “in an alliance” for the past one year. Earlier reacting to the order, state Revenue Minister Harish Chaudhary court Ra- govern- is wide- Avinash Pande with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. —FILE PHOTO among are arising. “Every worker desires that Priyanka Vadra should be a Ra- jya Sabha member. She is an undisputed leader of the party and any state would want to recommend her name for nomina- tion to the Upper House,” Pande told Asked if state units have discussed name for the nomina- tion, the AICC in-charge Supreme never per house as she is an undisputed leader of the party. Pande said this is the feeling among Congressmen in eve- ry state but there has been no discussion in the party over it yet. He said it is the pre- rogative of the Con- gress president whom to name as party candidates for Rajya Sabha, election which are slated in April after 51 vacancies dhi that like Madhya Pradesh and Chattis- garh Congress, Ra- jasthan Congress too desires that Priyanka be sent to Rajya Sab- ha from Rajasthan. Moreover, amid spec- ulation about her pos- sible entry in Rajya Sabha, senior Congress leader and in-charge for Rajasthan unit Avi- nash Pande has said that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra deserves nomination to the up- Congress Gandhi now in Ra- on Committee her to a RSDCL to develop 925 MW solar park Birla hails Joshi for ‘by the book’ attitude First India News for development of so- lar power projects of 925 MW in Nokh Solar Park in Nokh, Jaisalm- er. The agreement will be inked between NTPC and state officials at a ceremony to be held in Jaipur on Thursday. The agreement will bring approx Rs 4,000 crore investment that is touted to be one of the biggest invest- ment in the state. The NTPC board has already approved of the investment in a meeting held on February 7 and signing of the ISA will officially mark com- mencement of the in- vestment state. Jaipur: Rajasthan So- larpark Development Corporation Ltd (RSD- CL) a subsidiary of Ra- jasthan Renewable En- ergy Corporation Ltd (RRECL), and NTPC Ltd will sign Implementation Sup- port Agreement (ISA) Shivendra Parmar Jaipur: It was a befit- ting finale to Ra- jasthan Board’s (RHB) Swarn Jayanti Uphar Yojna on Wednesday when the board sold a whopping 272 houses generating crore in the process. Moreover, 54 individ- uals were selected to be handed the keys to Honda Activa scooter under the scheme. No- tably, the Wednesday auction will be contin- ued till March 31 2020. “Under the rules of the scheme, lottery was taken out for gift- ing Activa scooters to one in five customers under the scheme wherein 54 persons were announced as winners,” said RHB Commissioner Pawan Arora. Rajasthan Housing inflow to Om Birla at Gayatri Shakti Peeth event in Dungarpur. He was accompanied by Harshvardhan Singh and Arjun Meena. Rs 83 COURTESY MEET First India News acting with the me- dia, he supported Vid- han Sabha speaker Dr CP Joshi’s ‘By the book’ attitude for running the assembly . Later Birla reached Sagwara in Dungarpur to participate in a reli- gious congregation or- ganised by the Gayatri Shakti Peeth. He was joined by Rajya Sabha MP Harshvardhan Sin- gh and Udaipur MP Ar- jun Meena at the sanc- tum sanctorum of the ‘Mahayagya’ to complete the oblation amid reli- gious chants. Udaipur: Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla ex- pressed his confidence in the liveliness of the Indian democracy and reiterated his commit- ment to make it strong- er to effectively resolve the problems faced by 130 crore Indians. Birla was on a one day tour of Mewar region. First on his itiner- ary was where he attended a school function and interacted with the students. Later, inter- Ajmer Resident Engineer Deepak Kaushik awarding the Activa key to the winner. crore from 37 houses in Udaipur circle and Rs 2.67 crore from 25 hous- es in Alwar circle has been generated,” Arora informed. While scheme initiated by the board, which re- ceived mass recogni- tion, ended Wednesday February 19, the Wednesday auction will continue till March 31. “Notably, the board sold 191 houses from Jaipur’s first, second and third circle which generated a revenue of Rs 72.60 crore. “Addi- tionally, Rs 4.52 crore in revenue has been gener- ated by selling 12 hous- es in Jodhpur first and second circles, Rs 24 lakh from 3 houses in Kota circle, Rs 43 lakh from four houses in Bi- kaner circle, Rs 2.42 the gift on Udaipur Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora meets Hamza Yahia-Cherif, Ambassador of Algeria to India, on Wednesday at Nirvachan Sadan in New Delhi on Wednesday. TETE -A-TETE Pilot submits list of pol appointments MLA chants Ram naam 24X7 Aishwary Pradhan T MLA Madan Prajapat is totally engulfed by it. The MLA has a unique way of re- membering the al- mighty, for he likes to write the word ‘RAM’ in copies. Such is the dedication of Prajapat that he finishes copies after copies in a single day just writing the word when ever he gets time! Even when he is travelling the man keeps himself occu- Aditi Nagar T to come for which not just MLAs and minis- ters incharge, even Deputy CM Sachin Pilot has submitted a list and it is re- ported that the list contains names of ten individuals in- cluding Sharma, Choudhary, Saudi, Ghanshyam Mehar, Choudhary, Karan Singh, Durga Singh ashar, Rajeev Arora, Dr Chandrabhan and Ramswaroop Meena. While the appoint- ments over various boards etc are being awaited eagerly, politi- cal lobbies are active- ly participating in swinging the ‘wave’ in their favour. Knowl- edgeable sources re- veal that recently MLAs from camp got together and ‘devised’ a strat- egy to hand over a memorandum to the high command. About two dozen MLAs, including ministers, are look- the curiosity of finding what Prajapat would do with the paper resulted in the fact coming to light. Seeing the entire epi- sode, one MLA even said, “Those individu- als who keep chant- ing Ram’s name but stab in the back, can learn a good thing on spirituality and dedi- cation from Madan- ji.” it is rightly said that Prajapat actual- ly lives the saying, “Ram Naam Rat te raho, Jab Tak Ghat mein Pran! Kabhi to Deen Dayal ke bhanak padegi kaan!” ing to travel to Delhi to hand the memo- randum, albeit cov- ertly! The entire ‘mis- sion’ is being handled by highly ‘skillful’ and strategically experi- enced ‘netaji’. All this is being done after ru- mours of a change of PCC Chief! Interest- ingly, one senior Con- gress leader has ob- served an important aspect and “when during ‘power- show’ in 2018, the ‘lob- by’ could not muster 25 MLAs, have then actually managed to get hold of 25 men this time around?” he political ap- pointments in the state will be done in the days he ‘bhakti’ could envelope anyone and true to the word, Congress Rathore, Somendra Gurjar, Rukshmani Kumari and Sunita Bhati. Interestingly, highly placed sources in the grand old party claim that the first list of political appoint- ments could see the names of renowned leaders like Dharmen- dra Rathore, Kak, Rameshwar Dudi, Pukhraj Par- Madan Prajapat one said, him writing Ram in the assembly itself while the house was in ses- sion! This came about after Prajapat asked for a piece of paper from a MLA seated nearby and pied by scribbling away the word in his copy. An interesting episode occurred when a few MLAs, who were unfamiliar with Praja- pat’s ‘dedication’ saw Mahesh Rajesh Saeed Bina Rajendra

11. www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia11 JAIPUR, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20, 2020 There are going to be 8 sequences on each day, and the designers are going to show- case several varieties of styles on both the days. Another interesting thing that is going to take place in this season is that a model is going to donate 12 inches of her hair live, for the cancer patients. —GAURAV GAUR COUTURE CARES THE FIRST LOOK OF JAIPUR COUTURE SHOW SEASON 7 WAS REVEALED ON WEDNESDAY, WITH VARIOUS INSIDERS OF THE SHOW —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO attraction of the show is that they have an entire sequence dedicated to the acid attack survivours. Talking about the show, one of the Directors, Gaurav Gaur said, “There are going to be 8 sequences on each day, and the designers are going to show- case several varieties of styles on both the days. Another in- teresting thing that is going to take place in this season is that a model is going to donate 12 inches of her hair live, for the cancer patients.” The seventh season of Jaipur Couture Show will have film celebrities and television stars as special guests and a bevy of beautiful models. Couture Shows have been successfully Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota in the past, and another one is slated to take place in Udaipur, in a couple of months. NEHAL NAYAR nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in G lamour and beau- ty are never-end- ing in Rajasthan, with due respect to the culture and heritage of the state. To show- case glamour on-ramp once again, Jaipur Cou- ture Show is coming up with its seventh season next month and as men- tioned at the first look launch on Wednesday at Retro, Jaipur. This year the theme for the two-day fashion show taking place on March 3 and 4 at Jaipur Marriott Hotel, is ‘The Col- ours of Spring’. The main executed in Models during the look launch on Wednesday Gaurav Gaur, Yasheel Pandel, Pooja Chhablani, Varsha Jaswani, Mahesh Bang, Madhusadan Dadhich, Anil Bhattar, Ritakshi Soni, Pooja Chandak, Auyush Vijay, Manisha Pandel, Pitu Mehra, Mukhtiyaar Singh Siddu and JD Maheswari

12. HOLLYWOOD 12 JAIPUR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020 The Perfect Clap-Back 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 Enrique-Anna’s SUNSHINE M usician En- rique Igle- sias and ten- nis A n Kournikova announced star n a the birth of their bay girl on social media on Thursday . They wel- comed their child last month after keeping Kournikova’s pregnancy a secret. The 44-year-old sing- er shared the moment of happiness on Insta- gram and wrote, “My Sunshine 01.30.2020” In the lovely picture, Enrique is seen hold- ing the newborn in the hospital. The 38-year- old Tennis star also shared adorable pic- tures on Instagram. The first frame cap- tures Anna cuddling with the baby while the other one shows a memorable picture of the child with Enrique and Anna. Iglesias Kournikova tied the knot in 2011. The cou- ple is parents to 2-year- old twins Nicholas and Lucy who they wel- comed in December 2017. Kournikova shared rare footage of the little ones running in an adorable Insta- gram video, month. third Anna’s Instagram posts Ayesha Curry T picture of her and Steph Curry on a relaxing vacation in Cabo San Lucas. “All the things,” she captioned an In- stagram gallery of her lounging in a blue bikini with her hubby by her side. Typically, this would be no big deal, save for all the FOMO inspired by their gorgeous pictures. However, one Instagram user got really rude in the comments section and wrote, “Steph married to an actual real life farm animal.” The user soon realized they made a huge mistake. Chef Curry quickly cooked up a re- sponse. “Yes, a GOAT, I know [shrug emoji],” wrote Ayes- ha, delivering a thunderous clap-back. Considering the racist history of comparing black people, espe- cially black women, to animals, it’s unreal that someone would find it acceptable to call a woman a ‘farm animal’. The person tried to argue with other users in the comment section, before re- alising that they could just say nothing.—Agency he Internet proved itself to be both the worst and greatest thing on Monday . It all began when Ayesha Curry posted a picture of her and Steph Curry on a relaxing vacation in Cabo San Lucas. “All the things,” she captioned an In- stagram gallery of her lounging in a blue bikini with her hubby by her side. Typically, this would be no big ...her Instagram post and Enrique’s Instagram post The Incredible Susan Lucci W from her beach vacation on Tuesday af- ternoon. Susan showed off her amazing figure in a plunging white one-piece that featured a gold buckle. “GOOD morning, St Barth’s,” she captioned the photo. The ac- tress let her brown hair with blonde highlights down as she shielded her eyes with a pair of tinted sunnies. Susan was all smiles while she kicked and frol- icked through a shallow part of the ocean. We’re not the only ones who thought she looked incredible in the new snap. Andy Cohen com- mented, “Looking good.” He joined the thousands of fans who sang Susan’s praises in the com- ments. “Pretty lady with a heart of gold who looks easily 20 years young- er than her age,” one extremely accurate fan wrote. Another added, “Always so elegant and beautiful.” last —ANI Anna Kournikova e’ll have what Susan Lucci‘s having! The ‘All My Children’ alum, looks stunning in a new photo she shared from her Ashley’s Secret A vealed the secret on Insta- gram that she has cut off dairy products in her life since five years ago and it helped her a lot to get a clear- er skin. “I’ve been dairy free for 5 years,” Ashley wrote along with a video of her showing off her clear skin. She then explained that ever since she stopped con- suming dairy products, her skin has become better. “ And I swear it changed everything with my skin,” she said. “I know it’s hard to give up something but when you do, after a while you, barely crave it,” she said, adding that she feels even healthier after she becomes a dairy- free person. Tisdale used to have a struggle with breakouts in the past. But after she did her routine, she gets the re- sults of what she always wanted, which is less break- out. “I barely break out. Skin never looked so good.” ctress Ashley Tis- dale has shared her secret to get a flaw- less skin. She re- she captioned the photo. The ac- tress let her brown hair with blonde highlights down as she shielded her eyes with a pair of tinted sunnies. Susan was all smiles while she kicked and frol- icked through a shallow part of ...her Instagram post of gold who looks easily 20 years young- Ashley Tisdale —IANS —Agency Susan Lucci FACE OF THE DAY YOUR DAY Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva ARIES MAR 21 - APR 20 TAURUS APR 21 - MA Y 20 GEMINI MA Y 21 - JUNE 21 CANCER JUNE 22 - JUL Y 23 You will make others happy. On professional front, your communication skills will play a key role in how much attention you get and if you get noticed by your seniors or not. Your physical strength is improving everyday as you are really working hard on it. Some of you will soon get married. You are earning well as of now and you are satisfi ed with your work life. You must not stop yourself from doing that you really love to do as a part time hobby. You will achieve your academic goals. Have faith in yourself when it comes to dealing with love matters. Practice strict control on your diet as it plays the most important role in your fi tness journey. You will be comfortable whole day long no matter where you are. You will get recognition in your academic institution for doing something incredible. You will go on a short yet incredible trip with friends. Your fi tness level is improving day by day as you are really exerting. You will get unexpected support`from your sibling in completing your work. Your parents really go out of their way to do something for you and now its your time to make them feel special. IF IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY Keep doing good deeds and a lot of goodness will come back to you. You are regular with your fi tness plans and you are desperate to have a good body. A huge monetary benefi t will come to you. LEO JUL Y 24 - AUGUST 23 You will indulge in some outdoor sports. Your lifestyle speaks about your fi nancial status and its improving with time. Avoid any arguments with someone on road or in public. You will acquire a new property for the sole purpose of business. Choose the right person when it comes to marriage. VIRGO AUG 24 - SEP 23 LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22 You have managed to make yourself momentarily secure and you are in good position to spend. Do your calculations well and in advance for the expenses in your new business. Your lover will do something really special for you that will make you very emotional. SCORPIO OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22 Today is your day and its your month, profi ts start accusing in your new venture. On professional front, you will the promotion that you have been waiting for a long time. Someone close to you will get married soon. Someone close will boost your image on the social front. Your bargaining powers will really help you in buying stuff for your house as you plan to redecorate. You will do a lot of investment in property and trust your intuition in matters like these. A temporary separation from partner for work should not effect you if you keep your partner happy. SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22 You are blessed with good health and physique and you take good care of yourself. You must be really wise with words when you dealing in sensitive matters. You will get encouragement from your colleagues in offi ce for your higher endeavours. You may travel a lot. Don’t make hasty decisions. CAPRICORN DEC 23 - JAN 20 Things look bright for you on the professional front as you will be assigned the responsibility of some prestigious assignment. You will have lots of fun and will enjoy the company of your family and its extended members. You will spend a lot today on accessories and clothes. AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 19 PISCES FEB20 - MARCH 20 Money will come to you from unexpected sources as you are attracting it with all the positivity. You must remain active in your offi ce today as there may be an important sessions arranged everyone where you need to pay attention. A family reunion is on cards. You will feel extremely energetic today as you are sleeping on time and waking up on time. You will take the right decisions today as far as your fi nances are concerned. You will remain occupied in offi ce whole day long to fi nish work on time. You will be in demand on social front. AAKRITI RANA, Blogger

13. ETC JAIPUR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 202013 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Beauties With Brains At Nykaa Femina Beauty Awards 2020, Bollywood celebs Deepika Padukone, Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma, Ananya Panday and more dazzled B’TOWN QUICKIE! N ykaa Femina Beauty Awards 2020, while concluding its 6th edi- tion, celebrated the best in beauty. This year’s the event was bedazzled with a number of B- town donning all sorts of glam- ourous out- fits. The a w a r d for Pow- erful Per- former the Year went to Deepika Padukone who stunned the crowd with an elegant black dress. Her off-shoulder outfit had a body-hugging fit with a plunging neck and a mer- maid cut. Meanwhile, Kartik Aaryan bagged the Heart- throb of the Year award. Anushka Sharma took home the award for Beau- ty Icon of the Year. Katrina Kaif also joined the win- ners’ list by winning the Beauty Entrepreneur of the Year award. Ananya Panday bagged the Excit- ing Fresh Face Female award. Other celebrities in attendance Jawaani Jaaneman ac- tor Alaya F, Angrezi Medium actor Ra- dhika Madan and Shruti Haasan to name a few. —Agency A-listers Madhuri Dixit attended a wedding reception with her husband Sriram Madhav Nene in Mumbai on Monday. She wore a sequinned beige long choli paired with an embellished lehenga. Malaika Arora of Malaika recalls her ‘auditions’ M er and face rejections. “I remember going for many audi- tions and my mother used to accom- pany me. When I started off, I faced many rejections but that never let me down. I never gave up and kept trying. I was 17 years old when I started with my modelling career and from then one thing led to another and today , I am in the position to alaika Arora has now earned the label of a dancing diva, but there was a time when she had to struggle like any other newcom- A brand new song titled ‘Ooh La La’ from Ayushmann Khurrana and Jitendra Kumar-starrer ‘Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan’ was unveiled on Wednesday. In the visuals of the song, Ayushmann and Jitendra are boarding the Vivaah Special Express happily. included judge a show,” she said. “It was not easy . I didn’t know what I wanted to do when I was 15-16 years old and today kids who come for au- ditions clear with what they want to do,” she added. CLOCKWISE: Rhea Chakraborty, Anushka Sharma, Deepika Padukone and Ananya Panday are so MANUSHI KI ADAYEIN —IANS F wrapped up the shooting for the first song from the flick and shared her ecstatic experience of constantly learning on the set. The 27-year-old stunner is a trained Kuchipudi dancer and has trained under legendary dancing couple Raja and Radha Reddy and Kaushalya Reddy , and both were felicitated by the Gov- ernment of India with Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awards. Manushi revealed that it is her early training in classical dancing that has helped her to confidently perform the song in Prithviraj. She said, “My training in classical dancing when I was a child has definitely helped me for Prith- viraj.” She also stated, “These dance se- quences have taken the life out of me but I think I have managed to deliver. I was happy that my director and choreogra- pher were happy with my perfor- mance.” ormer Miss World Manushi Chillar, who will be seen next in the historical film ‘Prithviraj’ alongside Akshay Kumar Kiara Advani was snapped at the trailer launch of her Netflix film ‘Guilty’ on Tuesday. For the event, she wore a bodycon midi dress that gave a hint of her washboard abs. A still from the song BAAGHI 3 KA ‘BHANKAS’ T 1984 film ‘Tohfa’ that featured Sridevi and Jeetendra in lead roles. The 29-year-old actor shared the song on Twitter and wrote, “Jab Ronnie aur Siya ke moves par honge sab vaari, tab bajega dhol aur naachegi Duniya saari. #Bhankas Song Out Now!” In the two-min- ute-twenty-six-second song, Tiger and Shraddha Kapoor are seen dancing at Riteish Deshmukh and Ankita Lokhande’s wedding. The dancing number also shows the bride and groom Riteish and Ankita shaking a leg along with the ‘Tapori’ dancers. Shraddha is seen sporting an embellished pastel green suit while Tiger is seen clad in purple shirt and embroidered waistcoat with grey denim. iger Shroff on Wednesday dropped the peppy wedding song ‘Bhankas’ from his upcoming action-thriller flick ‘Baaghi 3’. The song is a recreated version of ‘Ek Aankh Maru’ from Deepika Padukone on Wednesday unveiled her look as Romi Dev, wife of cricket legend Kapil Dev, in the upcoming film ‘83. She says the film is an ode to every woman who puts her husband’s dream before her own. —ANI —ANI Manushi Chillar FILMFARE FIDA HUA- ON KHUDA JAANE SINGER ‘Khuda Jaane’ from the film ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’ seems to be her all time fa- vourite as when she was asked which song she thinks gave her that gig that every artist dreams of, the 35-year-old singer said, “I feel that all my songs gave me that energy or that gig that eve- ry artist looks but my per- sonal favorite is ‘Khuda Jaane’ any day because of the feel of that song and even Ranbir-Deepika did a great job. That song can be said as the ‘Love Anthem’ anytime. My fans and the close ones still request me When her personal opinion about the remakes of the old, legendary songs, the ‘Khu- da Jaane’ singer shared, “I personally feel that old is gold and no one can make remake the gold again. I love original music as it has a new freshness, dif- ferent taste, and feeling to it. I believe we should always create something new as an artist.” Shilpa recently gave her voice to the song ‘Haan Tum Ho’ from ‘Love Aaj Kal’ which is again a ro- mantic number. asked about to sing ‘Khuda Jaane’ which makes me really happy and content.” On being asked about how it was for her to be honoured at the 65th Film- fare Awards, Rao said, “I am grateful and humbled towards all my fans and ‘Ghungroo’ listeners who took this song to another level, it’s really great to re- ceive such an honourable and prestigious award for the song that is really close to my heart. I would like to thank Vishal, Shekhar, Sid- harth Anand and YRF for this super awesome oppor- tunity.” VANSHIKHA GOUR vanshikha.gour@firstindia.co.in S male) for the song ‘Ghun- groo’ at the 65th Amazon Filmfare Awards which took place in Guwahati on February 15, shared a few glimpses of her life, up- coming projects and more, in an exclusive interview with City First. hilpa Rao, who won the award under the category- Best Play- back Singer (Fe- texture Shilpa Rao

14. CITY BUZZ JAIPUR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020 14 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia WHAT’S HAPPENING! —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA Rajesh Solanki, NN Sharma, GK Prabhu, H Ravishankar Kamath and RK Gupta On the occasion of receiving ‘A+’ rating from National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Manipal University, Jaipur, organised a get-together at Hotel Royal Orchid on Wednesday. The keynote was addressed by GK Prabhu, President (MUJ). Jagdeesh Chandra with (from left) NK Gupta, Tarachand, Anil Kumar Agarwal and Deepak Goyal The wedding reception of Rishabh and Akansha was held at City Palace on Tuesday evening. Rishabh is the son of Rajendra and Seema Agarwal, and Akansha is the daughter of Arun and Ragini Goyal. Speaker CP Joshi with the members of FICCI Flo, Jaipur Chapter, when they visited the assembly to see it in action. The industry’s Minister Prasadi Lal Meena was also present. Bride & Groom: Akansha and Rishabh —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visited Ranthambore National Park and met Village Wildlife Volunteers. She commended the volunteers for their dedication and suggested the scale of the program to be increased, and hoped that this model is extended to other Tiger Reserves in Rajasthan. Tiger Watch’s ‘Village Wildlife Volunteer’ Program in the Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve has become an essential part of the conservation process there since it’s inception in 2013. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA The wedding reception of Kunal and Shalini was celebrated beautifully with the blessings of all the guests and loved ones at Jaipur Bagh on Monday. Kunal is the son of Vimla and Narendra Kumar Aswal, and Shalini is the daughter of Yashumati Devi and Ramawtar Rawat. Ajmer collector Vishwamohan Sharma along with Sagar Sharma inaugurated the Hastshilp Mela udyam Samagam an initiative of government of India and a joint venture of government of Rajasthan on Wednesday in Ajmer. ‘Pratibha Samman Samaroh’ of the RIM Defence Academy took place on Wednesday. The Chief Guest on the occasion was Jagmal Singh (Retd. RPS). He honoured 60 young men for getting selected out of 100 and said that they must serve the country with all their honesty, integrity and perseverance.