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CORONA: A
21ST CENTURY
DINOSAUR!
Kavita Pant
wo decades into the
21st century, hu-
manity is faced
with a plethora of
unprecedented
global crises and current
COVID-19 pandemic is by
far, the most severe and
widespread public health
crises in centuries!
Nations facing this ‘Dino-
saur’, must tackle the devas-
tating social and economic
dimensions of this crisis,
with a focus on the most af-
fected including women, el-
derly & vulnerable groups.
As we are aware that the
Dinosaurs disappeared be-
cause they could not adapt to
their changing environment,
there’s hoping that Human-
ity shall adapt to the chang-
ing circumstances that the
pandemic has unleashed to
emerge victorious.
Today, this global pan-
demic has snowballed into
the single most severe
threat to humanity as it is
killing people, spreading
human suffering, and up-
ending people’s lives.
At the face of this global
humanitarian crisis, fol-
lowing social distancing
norms, masking up, staying
at home and getting vacci-
nated can be our small con-
tribution to save humanity!
T
TOTAL CASES
16,29,47,283
TOTAL DEATHS
33,78,035
WORLD
TOTAL CASES
2,46,71,967
TOTAL DEATHS
2,70,124
INDIA
CORONA
CATASTROPHE
Lets hope Covid
crisis will help
bring us into a
new age of cooperation
and solidarity and a
realisation that we’re in
this together!
Tally till date
Tally till date

ver the last seventy years of
my life, I have preserved the
letters I received from, In-
dira Gandhi, EM Forster –
author of ‘The Passage to
India’, Nirad C Chaudhuri,
author of ‘The Autobiogra-
phy of an Unknown Indian’,
Lord Mount batten, Vijay -
alakshmi Pandit, Mulk Raj
Anand, RK Narayan, Raja
Rao, Ahmed Ali, Han Suyin
and many others.
In this column I am writing
about my fifty year old friendship
with Han Suyin. Her novel, ‘A
Many Splendoured Thing’ is one
of the great and true love stories
of the 20th century. It was made
into a film in 1955. It was shot in
Hong Kong. The novel became a
World best seller. It was translat-
ed into dozens of languages.
Han Suyin was born in Pe-
king in 1917. Her father was
Chinese and mother Belgian.
By profession she was a doctor.
By choice a writer. We met by
chance in Peking in July 1956
and talked to each other imme-
diately. At the time she was
stunning beauty. She was liv-
ing in Hong Kong. She was vis-
iting China for the first time
after the 1949 revolution led by
Mao Tse Tung (old spelling). In
the decades to come, we met in
various parts of the World. In
1959 she fell in love with an In-
dian Colonel Vincent Ratnas-
wamy. He was an engineer,
helping the Nepalese to con-
struct roads. It was love at first
sight. Her second novel, “The
Mountain is Young” has Rat-
naswamy as the hero - of course
under a fictional name. Vin-
cent was a Roman Catholic,
married and father of a son.
Divorce among Roman Catho-
lics is not a simple exercise.
Eventually, after many years
the divorce went through. Even
before the divorce Suyin and
Vincent were living together.
She divorced her British hus-
band when she was practicing
in Singapore. Years by years
her fame grew. She got to know
Jawaharlal Nehru - he had read
her first book, “Chunking
Dairy” while in prison in
Ahmednagar between August
1942 and April 1945. She also
knew Chou En Lai. I intro-
duced her to Indira Gandhi,
MF Hussain, Mulk Raj Anand
and other friends. As we, she,
my wife Hem and I got very in-
timate, I noticed a chink in her
armour. She was restless, con-
fused, emotional, flexible, for-
ever in search of a country she
could call home. A captive of
time, who lost her way time
and again she made and un-
made her life several times.
In Vincent Ratnaswamy
she found the anchor she
needed. They settled down in
Lausanne in Switzerland in
the mid 1970, Vincent died in
2004. She in 2012. I last met
her in 2004 in Lausanne De-
mentia was beginning to in-
flict her. She passed away in
2012 at the age of 95.
I read Sanjaya Baru’s book,
‘India’s Power Elite: Class,
Caste and a Cultural Revolu-
tion’, early in the week. It is
brilliant and gripping. It will
enthrall readers. With an art-
ist’s selectivity he has chosen
the movers and shakers of our
era with exceptional skill and
sound judgement and balance.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
‘REMINISCING PAST AS
I TURN 92 YEARS TODAY’
O
In this column I
am writing
about my fifty
year old
friendship with
Han Suyin. Her
novel, ‘A Many
Splendoured
Thing’ is one of
the great and
true love stories
of the 20th
century. It was
made into a film
in 1955. It was
shot in Hong
Kong. The novel
became a World
best seller. It was
translated into
dozens of
languages
K NATWAR
SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India
Here is a letter Suyin wrote to me and my wife
from Lausanne on 14th April 1977
My dear Natwar and Hem,
We shall be away in Yugoslavia from 9th evening of May, until
about the 17th or 18th. I suggest you come on the ninth; we can
reserve for you a charming little hotel, 70 francs for a double
room for a night. In this way, I can show Hem all the ﬂat and
how to work things etc. I am very happy to have you here, I only
hope that, on another occasion to come, you will be my guests
at our mountain resort, which is tiny, but very very beautiful. I
am writing “Phoenix Harvest”, which is the book about my life
from 1949 to 1976. Had Chiang Ching (Madame Mao) came to
power, I would have been in a terrible position because I would
have to denounce her. I did not like her, she did not like me. But
this is not important. What was important was that from 1975
onwards I felt she could not be leader of China, because she
did things in such a terribly arbitrary way. I hope the friendship
between India and China will go on prospering after all we
have such clearly delimited zones of inﬂuence, and China is not
interacting in extending beyond it, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam
and maybe the Philippines are China’s ‘zone’. India has had a
wonderful and fantastic zone of cultural inﬂuence in the past and
this is far more enduring than any other. I think Westerners do
not understand how enduring and profound cultural inﬂuence is.
With much love from both of us to both of you.

Suyin
PERSPECTIVE
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IS US CDC
RIGHT ON MASK
REMOVAL BY
AMERICANS?
ife in the US is fast returning to
pre-pandemic days. Scenes of hos-
pitals and cemeteries running out
of space are being put behind.
President Joe Biden announced
on Thursday, “Today is a great day for Amer-
ica. If you are fully vaccinated, you no longer
need to wear a mask,” he said and encour-
aged Americans to get vaccinated “or wear a
mask until you do”. Those who have got both
the doses can also drop the social distancing
protocol required to avoid catching the infec-
tion. The announcement is an indication that
the US has won its war against the pandemic
and wants its people to lead their normal
lives without any fear. As the New York Times
wrote, “Masks had come to symbolize a bitter
partisan divide. Setting them aside in restau-
rants and sidewalks, in museums and shops,
would represent not just the beginning of the
end of but hope for a return to normalcy.”
The Covid-19 protection rules have been re-
laxed even when 155 million people have been
administered a single dose and only 119 mil-
lion have got both their shots until May 13.
In contrast, experts in India advise against
removing masks and social distancing norms
even if one is fully vaccinated. Vaccines, ac-
cording to these experts, are protective but do
not guarantee 100 percent protection against
Covid-19. There have been a number of cases
where fully vaccinated persons have caught
the infection. The example being cited is that
of Seychelles, a small country “with maxi-
mum vaccine coverage”. It is reported that 37
percent of the fully vaccinated population in
Seychelles has tested Covid-19 positive.
India has so far fully vaccinated only 40
million people, a minuscule portion of the
country’s population, lowering the mask,
therefore, will be fraught with risk.
Differing views have also emerged over the
gap between two jabs against Covid-19. Brit-
ain’s National Health Service tweeted on Fri-
day, “Today the government said the Covid-19
vaccine second dose appointments will be
brought forward from 12 to 8 weeks…” This
was done in view of the spread of the Indian
variant of the virus B.1.617, “large clusters
of which were observed” in Britain. This
variant is considered more transmissible
than the previous one. Britain is mainly ad-
ministering the shot developed by Oxford-
AstraZeneca which is also being given in In-
dia under the brand name Covishield.
Unlike Britain, India has chosen to widen
the gap between two doses of Covishield to
12-16 week when the virus has caused such
devastation in the country. In March the gov-
ernment increased the gap from 28 days to
six-eight weeks. The government’s changed
advisory left the people wondering if it was
done to meet the shortage of vaccines and
why a 16-week gap in India when the UK is
allowing a gap of 12 weeks?
IN-DEPTH
L
ith an estimated 255 million full- time jobs lost in 2020, the global economy
shrank by 4.4%, pushing ever more people into pov- erty. Right now, 34 million are on the brink of starva-
tion, and 235 million will require humanitarian as- sistance and protection in 2021 — an increase of 40% from last year. Limited so- cial and economic mobility has deeply altered family life with alarming speed and magnitude. For fami-
lies, the fundamental build-
ing blocks of our society, the pandemic is a public and yet a very personal cri-
sis. As the raging socioeco-
nomic inequalities we have allowed to multiply are ex-
posed, their severe strain continues to be experienced differently among families.
Covid-19 has exacerbated
many of the injustices that face vulnerable families,
women and children in eve-
ry country, but especially in those nations undergoing political and economic tur-
moil, from inadequate inter-
net access to housing insta-
bility, tacit unschooling and food insecurity. Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge, the World Health Organization’s re-
gional director for Europe, recently noted that “the cards have been stacked against them in terms of jobs, housing, community, social support and health care.” In turn, new and dif-
ferent types of inequality, such as the mental health and wellbeing gap or digital and gender inequalities, are exacerbated. Each is a threat to the human dimen-
sion of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
FACING THE CRISIS
There is empirical evidence that families, women and children are experiencing mental health stress in the
face of the unfolding crisis. The cross-sectional COV-
ID-19 Family Life Study ini-
tiated at the College of Pub- lic Policy, Hamad Bin Khal- ifa University, carried out
online surveys among 123,845 parents of children under 18 spanning every continent between March and October 2020. The re-
sults show the worrying
incidence of parents’ and children’s mental health, wellbeing, behavioral and emotional difficulties.
During the pandemic,
anxiety was the most perva-
sive symptom among par-
ents, followed by depres- sion, then stress. The preva-
lence differed significantly according to gender, educa- tion and employment sta-
tus. Symptoms of depres-
sion, anxiety and stress were found in mothers, par-
ents with primary and in- termediate educational lev-
els, as well as retired and unemployed parents.
FACING THE FUTURE
Parents are facing serious challenges and need sup- port if they are to continue fulfilling their foundation-
al role in providing secure, stable and healthy home environments for their children. The most vulner-
able families, those who are plagued by poverty, those mired down by gen-
der inequality, and those living in conflict zones, must receive the support they need and deserve.
SOURCE: FAIR OBSERVER
Pandemic Family Life: The Struggles Behind Closed Doors
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The one in whom no longer
exist the craving and thirst
that perpetuate becoming;
how could you track that
Awakened one, trackless, and
of limitless range. —
Buddha
Spiritual
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The states were being cautioned
by the Central Government since
January to keep pace with the
ongoing war against Corona and
to keep increasing matters in the
country. Along with the advice to
increase the testing, the Central
Government had continuously
alerted the states in time.
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First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot’s direc-
tions to plan an effec-
tive strategy to contain
the spread of corona
infection in Jaipur dis-
trict were followed in a
meeting held by health
minister Dr Raghu
Sharma on Saturday.
A week-long strict
lockdown was proposed
in the district. However,
the final decision on
this will be taken by the
chief minister.
Detailed discussions
on the strategy were held
in the meeting which
was also attended by
MoS for health Subhash
Garg and senior officials.
CM Gehlot had asked
the health minister to
hold the meeting.
Strict lockdown with
completely no move-
ment was suggested in
the meeting. Discussions
on increasing oxygen
beds etc. were also held.
In the meeting, Shar-
ma directed officials to
focus on the door-to-door
surveys, testing and
tracking of corona pa-
tients in Jaipur district
which has the highest
number of active cases.
Of the total 2,08,688
active cases in the state,
a maximum of 49,595
are in Jaipur district
alone. The health min-
ister held a virtual
meeting on Saturday
with administrative,
medical and health and
police department offi-
cials and gave neces-
sary instructions.
He said that more fo-
cus will be given to door-
to-door surveys and test-
ing in the entire district.
“RTPCR tests and
rapid antigen tests will
be conducted on large
scale in rural areas
through mobile vans of
the health department
so that positive patients
can be detected and
their treatment could
be started,” he said.
The minister also di-
rected officials to con-
vert 20 community
health centers in Jaipur
district as covid centers
so that the load of pa-
tients on hospitals
could be reduced.
All facilities like oxy-
gen cylinders, oxygen
concentrators and med-
icines will be provided
in these CHCs, he said.
Additional chief sec-
retary Sudhansh Pant,
medical education sec-
retary Vaibhav Galaria,
Jaipur collector Antar
Singh Nehra and other
officials were also pre-
sent in the meeting.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
AFTER GEHLOT’S NOD, JAIPUR MAY SEE STRICTER
LOCKDOWN FOR A WEEK AS COVID CASES SURGE
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MAKING HISTORY,
CHINA 1ST ROVER
LANDING ON MARS
ISRAEL STRIKE IN
GAZA DESTROYS
BUILDING WITH AP
Beijing: China has now become the second country in history to safely
land its rover on the surface of Mars. The Tianwen-1 spacecraft was
launched in July last year, and it had been orbiting Mars since Febru-
ary. The mission consists of an orbiter, a lander and a rover. So far only
United States has successfully managed the feat.
Gaza: An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that
housed ofﬁces of The Associated Press and other media outlets on Sat-
urday, the latest step by the military to silence reporting from the territory
amid its battle with the militant group Hamas. The strike came nearly an
hour after the military ordered people to evacuate the building.
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: In less than
24 hours of a ‘towering’
Rajasthan Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot rais-
ing a demand to probe
the issue of ‘defective
ventilators’, a con-
cerned Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, after a
high-level COVID re-
view meeting on Satur-
day, announced an im-
mediate audit of Instal-
lation and Operation of
Ventilators given by
Centre. According to
political observers, fi-
nally Modi listened to
Gehlot!
Modi also stressed on
the need of localised
containment strategies
in areas where the posi-
tivity rate is high.
“The Prime Minister
added that refresher
training for properly
operating ventilators
should be provided to
healthcare workers if
necessary,” an official
statement read.
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RIDDLE
VENTILATOR
FINALLY, MODI LISTENS TO GEHLOT...
PM ORDERS AUDIT OF INSTALLATION,
OPERATION OF THOSE GIVEN BY CENTRE
INDIA’S COVID
SCENE HUGELY
CONCERNING: WHO
India’s COVID-19
situation remains hugely
concerning, with several
states continuing to see
a worrying number
of cases, hospitalisa-
tions and deaths, WHO
chief Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus said on
Friday, warning that
the pandemic’s second
year will be “far more
deadly” than the ﬁrst for
the world. Ghebreyesus
added that the WHO
is responding to the
surge and has shipped
thousands of oxygen
concentrators, tents for
mobile ﬁeld hospitals.
TWO-WEEK LOCK
DOWN IN BENGAL
FROM TODAY
The West Bengal
government on Saturday
announced that the state
will go under a near
lockdown for two weeks
starting Sunday. Look-
ing to curb the spread of
COVID-19 infections, all
ofﬁces and educational
institutions will be shut
down during this period.
Even transport services,
including Kolkata Metro,
will come to a halt, the
government has said.
Bengal reported 144
new deaths linked to
COVID-19 on Saturday
- its highest ﬁgure since
beginning of pandemic.
n PM Modi also
emphasises on door-
to-door Covid
testing in rural parts
of the country
n Modi asserted
that localised
containment
strategies are the
need of the hour,
especially in states
with high positivity
rate in districts
PM Narendra Modi
CM Ashok Gehlot
INDIA
3,26,098
new cases
3,980
new fatalities
RAJASTHAN
13,565
new cases
149
new fatalities
CORONA CATASTROPHE
TAUKTAE HITS KERALA, RAGES AHEAD
he IMD on Saturday said Cyclonic storm Tauktae has intensiﬁed and is heading
towards the coast of Gujarat and the Union Territory of Daman and Diu and
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, though it could bring gusty winds and showers to
Mumbai. Meanwhile, torrential rains and ﬁerce winds, inﬂuenced by Cyclone
Tauktae in the Arabian Sea, have left a trail of destruction in Kerala, especially in its
coastal areas. From Thiruvananthapuram in the south to Kasaragod in the north, hun-
dreds of families living close to the sea have had to abandon their homes and rush to
relief camps set up by the state government in the face of massive sea-incursions.
T
Ensure people are safely
evacuated: PM to officials
New Delhi: PM Nar-
endra Modi took a
high level meeting on
Saturday to review the
preparedness of States
and Central Minis-
tries/Agencies con-
cerned to deal with the
situation arising out
of Cyclone ‘Tauktae’.
After review, the
Prime Minister direct-
ed senior officers to
take every possible
measure to ensure
that people are safely
evacuated by the State
Governments and to
ensure maintenance
of all essential servic-
es such as Power, Tel-
ecommunications,
health, drinking water
etc. and are restored
immediately in the
event of damages
caused to them. He fur-
ther directed them to
ensure special prepar-
edness on COVID man-
agement in hospitals,
vaccine cold chain and
other medical facili-
ties on power back up
and storage of essen-
tial medicines and to
plan for unhindered
movement of oxygen
tankers.
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Sand-graves continue to
emerge along Ganga in UP
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The ‘body-
blow’ continues to shake the conscience of the state of UP as thousands of bodies of the suspect- ed Covid-19 victims have already been found bur-
ied on the sandbanks of the Ganga at almost all major cites here includ-
ing Prayagraj, Unnao, Ghazipur, etc. On Satur-
day, Prayagraj too added to the tally as thousands of sand-graves bubbled adjacent to the bank near the city limits. The
Yogi government, how- ever, has taken meas-
ures to curtail this prac- tice and has announced
an ex gratia of `5000 to
the family of victims who can’t afford the cre-
mation cost.
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A shot taken from a drone camera shows thousands of suspected
Covid-19 victims having been buried along the banks of river
Ganga in Prayagraj district on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
GUV DHANKHAR PLAYS BENGAL
‘
SCRIPT’, GETS EMOTIONAL!
Kolkata: West Bengal
Governor Jagdeep
Dhankhar on Saturday
visited Nandigram to
meet the victims of
post-poll violence that
broke out after May 2,
the day election results
were announced for the
assembly elections in
Bengal.
Since May 2, inci-
dents of violence have
been reported from
parts of West Bengal.
The BJP, main opposi-
tion party in Bengal,
has alleged that the rul-
ing TMC workers have
been targeting its lead-
ers and supporters.
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People are forced to flee, never heard of such post-poll violence: Bengal Guv
WB Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar
with locals in Nandigram.
MAMATA’S BROTHER DIES OF
COVID-RELATED COMPLICATIONS
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee’s brother Ashim Banerjee died of Covid-
related complications at a hospital in Kolkata this
morning. He was 60. “He had tested
positive for COVID-19 and was
undergoing treatment,” Dr Alok Roy,
chairman of Medica Superspecialty
Hospital in Kolkata, was quoted as
saying by news agency PTI. The last
rites will be conducted this afternoon
as per Covid protocols. West Bengal reported 20,846
fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing
the state’s total caseload to over 10.94 lakh. 136
patients died in the same period.
Cairn Energy
sues Air India
for $1.2 Bn
arbitration
Mumbai/New York:
Cairn Energy has sued
India’s flagship carrier
Air India to enforce a
$1.2 billion arbitration
award that it won in a
tax dispute against In-
dia, according to a U.S.
District Court filing re-
viewed by Reuters.
The move ratchets up
pressure on India’s gov-
ernment to pay the sum
of $1.2 billion plus in-
terest and costs that the
British firm Cairn was
awarded by an arbitra-
tion tribunal in Decem-
ber. The body ruled In-
dia breached an invest-
ment treaty with Brit-
ain and said New Delhi
was liable to pay.
Cairn filed the law-
suit on Friday in the
U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of
New York, seeking to
make Air India liable
for the judgement that
was awarded to Cairn.
The lawsuit argued that
the carrier as a state-
owned company, is “le-
gally indistinct from the
state itself.”
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CM may announce ‘Maha Curfew’ in
Raj today as active case load increases

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | SUNDAY, MAY 16, 2021
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Avinash Pande
@avinashpandeinc
I, along with my
family, deeply ap-
preciate and grate-
fully acknowledge
the condolences and
prayers by all of you
in our time of loss.
Thank you for being
kind and showering
us with your care and
generosity.
Time
TWEET
FOR SURFING THE 3RD WAVE OF CORONA...
Special committee of
experts to be on toes
First India Bureau
Jaipur: To combat the
impending third wave of
the corona pandemic,
the state government on
Saturday formed a spe-
cial committee that will
give its suggestions on
Mucormycosis (black
fungus) and the third
wave of Covid-19. In the
second wave of Corona,
a large number of pa-
tients were admitted in
the critical and were
given steroids. Among
them, many patients
who had diabetes or oth-
er diseases have now
complained about mu-
cormycosis.
Principal Secretary
Health, Akhil Arora has
instructed the District
Collectors and CMHOs
for the availability of
biomedical engineer in
each Covid hospital.
The main task of the en-
gineer will be to train
the staff on the oxygen
pressure. The oxygen
supply management can
be improved by the
availability of biomedi-
cal engineers.
CCC
TEAM INCLUDES
THIRD WAVE MAY BE
DEADLIER: RATHORE
Guv, CM pay tributes to
ex-Vice Prez Babosa
First India Bureau
Kota : Deputy Leader of
Opposition, Rajendra
Singh Rathore on Satur-
day said that the third
wave of Corona is said to
be deadlier than the sec-
ond one. Hence, the state
government should find
ways to avoid it in ad-
vance, he said during a
virtual meeting with the
journalists of the Kota
division. The state gov-
ernment should also
overcome the shortage
of ‘Viral Transport Me-
dium’ so that more and
more Covid testing can
be done. He further stat-
ed that if the strict lock-
down, imposed in the
state from May 10, would
have been imposed a lot
earlier situation would
have been in control. He
said that there is differ-
ence between number of
dead taken to cremation
and those disclosed by
the government
LIQUOR SHOP OWNERS SURRENDER
LICENCES CITING HUGE LOSSES
Laxmi Mandir
Cinema land
issue stuck in
quagmire
XUV hits & drags bike,
killing rider on the spot
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Profit-making
liquor business has suf-
fered a huge setback
due to corona pandemic
and upset with the loss-
es, liquor licensees are
considering to surren-
der their licenses.
17 licensees have
written a letter to the
district excise officer of
Jaipur city saying they
want to surrender liq-
uor shops because of
the losses.
They said that liquor
shops should open from
10 am to 8 pm, but due to
the lockdown, the shops
are being opened only
till 11 am.
“Because of this, the
sale is not even a quar-
ter of the routine. On
Saturdays and Sundays,
shops are closed all the
time which has added to
the losses,” they said.
The licensees have
demanded exemption
from the excise depart-
ment in the security
amount saying their let-
ter should be consid-
ered as a surrender let-
ter if the exemption is
not given.
Sources said that
more than 200 liquor li-
censees across the state
have expressed inabili-
ty to run the shops un-
der present crisis.
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: Despite clear-
ance by an empowered committee for convert- ing Laxmi Mandir cin- ema hall to multiplex, someone in the Jaipur Development Authori- ty is trying to stall the project.
A Cabinet empow-
ered committee headed by UDH minister Shan- ti Dhariwal had cleared a proposal to convert the cinema hall to mul- tiplex and had issued instructions to the JDA in August last year.
The JDA had to de-
cide on restricting of two plots and adminis- trative charges.
Additional CTP rec-
ommended on the file that for land use change, 10 percent of the re- served rate should be taken as the administra- tive charge along with restricting charges.
With this, he moved
the file to JDA secre- tary. Later, it came to light that someone ap- plied correction fluid on file and marked it to the zone deputy com- missioner.
JDA had issued de-
mand note to Congress leader Sunil Parwani after intervention of the UDH minister.
First India Bureau
Jaipur : A biker was killed when a speeding XUV hit a bike and dragged it for about 150 metres near Govindpu- ra Bus Stand on Kalwar road late Friday night. The collision was so drastic that the bike was broken into many pieces. The driver had fled the spot by the time police reached. Ravin- dra Kumar, head con- stable, said that the de- ceased has been identi- fied as Vikas Kumar Kumawat (28), a resi-
dent of Krishna Vihar in Niwaru Road, He was preparing for com- petitive exams and was returning from his friend’s house after studying. POONIA GIVES AMBULANCE
WORTH `24 LAKH TO CHC
Provide oxy, vax: Dotasra to Centre
Police has increased vigilance on the roads to check people
loitering during lockdown. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
First India Bureau
Jaipur : BJP state presi-
dent and Amber MLA
Dr Satish Poonia handed
over the state-of-the-art
ambulance with ventila-
tor facility manufac-
tured at a cost of Rs 25
lakh to community
health centre, Jalsu in
Amber. Dr Poonia had
visited all the CHCs in-
cluding Jalsu in the past
few days and took stock
of arrangements there.
Dr Poonia had urged
the government to de-
velop Jalsu CHC as an
ideal CHC, which has
been accepted. Poonia
has announced to give
Rs 1 crore from the MLA
fund to strengthen the
medical facilities of all
the health centres of
Amber assembly con-
stituency. He said that
the number of patients
with black fungus in-
creasing steadily but its
medicines are not avail-
able here.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Attacking the
Centre over the issue of oxygen and vacci- nation supply, PCC president Govind Sin- gh Dotasra on Satur- day said that the state is facing shortage of these and the Centre should resolve the is- sues to provide relief to people.
“Rajasthan is facing
shortage of medical ox- ygen and covid vaccines which is in the hands of the central govern- ment,” he told reporters at the PCC office.
He said that the centre
should have procured
vaccines through global tender for all states.
He said BJP workers
are also doing good work to help people but his complaint is from all 25 MPs including three union ministers from Rajasthan who, he alleged, were doing nothing to get assis-
tance from the Centre.
Dotasra also in-
formed that the Con- gress party will start distributing face masks, sanitizers and medicines in rural ar- eas in the state from May 21, the death anni- versary of former PM Rajiv Gandhi.
Satish Poonia inspects CHC at Jalsu in Amber on Saturday.
RAIN RELIEF...
Cyclonic storm that
has engulf western
coast of India brought
scattered rains in
southwest Rajasthan.
A low-pressure area in
the southwest Arabian
Sea transformed into
Cyclone Tuktae resulting
in light to moderate
rainfall in parts of
Rajasthan. The weather
in Jaipur took a U-Turn
and city witnessed
slight showers, which
brought the much
needed respite from the
scorching heat. Here’s
a ‘rainwashed’ view of
the iconic Badi Chaupar
area in the Walled City
after the drizzle.
Bike damaged after accident.
PCC MEET TODAY
Govind Singh Dotasra Rajendra Singh Rathore
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra, CM
Ashok Gehlot and
other leaders paid
their tributes to for-
mer Vice President
of India Bhairon Sin-
gh Shekhawat on his
death anniversary.
Mishra tweeted a file
photo of paying trib-
utes to Shekhawat.
“My humble trib-
utes to former Vice
President of India &
former CM of Ra-
jasthan Shri Bhairon
Singh Shekhawat ji
on his death anniver-
sary,” CM Ashok Ge-
hlot tweeted.
Shekhawat suc-
cumbed to cancer and
other related health
problems on 15 May
2010 at the SMS Hos-
pital in Jaipur.
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
POLICE STRICTER
TO CHECK CORONA
SPREAD IN JAIPUR
First India Bureau
Jaipur : In an important
meeting at the Police Com-
missionerate on Saturday,
further strategy was pre-
pared to handle corona cri-
sis. The meeting was held
after CM Ashok Gehlot ex-
pressed concern over in-
creasing cases in the state
capital. ACP Rahul Prakash
said there will be a complete
ban on movement in Jaipur
city and more containment
zones will be created.
250+ micro containment
zones in Jaipur.
Area is converted into a
micro containment with 4
patients. No. of micro contain-
ment zones will be increased.
Monitoring in fruit-vegeta-
ble mandis will be increased.
Beat Ofﬁ cers will monitor
people living in home isolation.

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First India Bureau
Jaipur: Health Minis-
ter Dr Raghu Sharma
on Saturday said that
the state government is
fully alert after the out-
break of Black Fungus,
a disease caused to peo-
ple suffering from dia-
betes after Covid and
orders have been issued
for procurement of
medicines for infection.
He said that limited ten-
ders have been invited
for the supply of Lipo-
somal Amphotericin B,
a drug specifically used
in the treatment of
black fungus disease,
and the orders have
been issued to the con-
cerned firm.
Alok Ranjan, manag-
ing director of RMSCL,
said that the 2DG drug
developed by the De-
fence Research and De-
velopment Organisa-
tion and the antibody
cocktail drug of Roche
Pharma have been ap-
proved for the treat-
ment of Covid-19. He
said that efforts are be-
ing made by RMSCL to
get it tested by the ex-
pert committee of the
SMS hospital and make
medicines available for
the treatment of the in-
fected patients.
Ranjan also issued
the order for the medi-
cine kits to be made
available at the resi-
dence of every resident
in the state. Orders have
been issued for setting
up rates for weekly sup-
ply from firms through
short-term limited bids
for purchase of essen-
tial drugs included in
this kit.
RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | SUNDAY, MAY 16, 2021
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COVID-19 UPDATE
TOTAL CASES
8,49,379
CASES IN A DAY
13,565
TOTAL DEATHS
6,621
DEATHS IN A DAY
149
ACTIVE CASES
2,08,688
RECOVERED
TOTAL
6,34,070
RECOVERED
IN A DAY
17,481
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
Vaccine consignment
carrying 2.52 lakh
Covishield doses
in 21 boxes arrive
Jaipur from Mumbai
on Saturday
Less trains and
domestic as well as
International ﬂ ights
are operating on few
routes due to low
passenger load State tops the
country in vax for 18
to 44 years of age
group, total of one
and a half million
vaccinationed so far
89 villagers test
corona positive after
attending funeral
in Syaloo Khurd
in Jhunjhunu's
Surajgarh area
8 police ofﬁ cers
test corona positive
including Station
House ofﬁ cer in
Mehandipur Balaji
police station
Udaipur city
development to
invest Rs 335 lakh to
set up oxygen plants
in 5 government
hospitals in the city
2
6
4
1
5
3
Bikaner
447
Sikar
485
Alwar
751
Bharatpur
570
Jodhpur
875
Ajmer
510
Jaisalmer
482
Chittor
570
Kota
701
Jaipur
2605
Udaipur
957
Dausa
366
STATE GOVT IS FULLY ALERT AFTER THE OUTBREAK OF
‘BLACK FUNGUS’
HEALTH MINISTER DR RAGHU SHARMA ISSUED ORDERS, INVITED LIMITED TENDERS
FOR PROCUREMENT OF MEDICINES SPECIFICALLY USED IN THE TREATMENT
3 black fungus cases reported
in Jodh, elderly’s eye removed
Joshi demands
white paper on
oxygen & vax
J
odhpur has been haunted by the black fungus. So
far, three such complex cases have been reported in
Jodhpur. Among these, one case is reported in each in
Jodhpur, Osia and Barmer. A woman was brought to
AIIMS for treatment from Barmer when the black fun-
gus was conﬁ rmed after she got corona infected. The
woman was in severe pain with considerable swelling
on her face. The eye of 61-year-old woman had to be
removed along with sections around eye due to fungus.
First India Bureau
Jaipur:On a tip-off to
ACB by Dhiraj Srivas-
tava Commissioner Ra-
jasthan Foundation re-
garding black market-
ing, the Bureau took
immediate action and
arrested an electrician
and a broker from
RUHS hospital for tak-
ing Rs 10,000 as bribe in
lieu of arranging a bed
for corona patient at
RUHS Hospital.
Following a tip-off,
the ACB officials iden-
tified the touts and con-
tacted them while pos-
ing as the family mem-
ber of a patient.
Omveer, who is an
electrician in the hospi-
tal, and Pawan demand-
ed Rs 30,000 for arrang-
ing a bed and Rs 2,000
per day for oxygen.
After the deal was fi-
nalised, the accused
was held while taking
the amount of Rs 10,000.
Both accused are being
interrogated. It may be
recalled that a week
ago, Anti Corruption
Bureau arrested a
nurse Ashok Gurjar of
Metro Mass Hospital
demanding Rs 1.30 lakh
from Covid patient for
getting a bed in ICU
at RUHS hospital.
2 RUHS staff in ACB net for
bribe in lieu of beds & Oxygen
The electrician and a broker were arrested from Covid-19 RUHS
Hospital for taking bribe for getting beds for patients on Saturday.
First India Bureau
Bhilwara: Former
Member of Parliament
Hemendra Singh Bane-
da is in critical condi-
tion.
On receiving this in-
formation, Congress
leader Dharmendra
Rathore inquired about
his health from his son
Gopal Singh.
As the doctors at MG
hospital had referred
him to Jaipur on Friday,
Rathore made arrange-
ments for his admission
in the ICU ward of
RUHS after informing
Health Minister Dr
Raghu Sharma. Dhar-
mendra Rathore talked
to Bhilwara collector
and asked to arrange
ambulance.
Former Member of
Parliament Hemendra
Singh, who won the
election of MP two
times, has been admit-
ted to MG hospital for
the last three days.
Gopal Singh in-
formed that Hemen-
dra’s oxygen level is
also not doing well. For-
mer minister Digvijay
Singh and BJP state of-
ficials had inquired
about his health.
A
ccusing the BJP lead-
ers of misleading the
public, Chief Whip Dr Ma-
hesh Joshi on Saturday
demanded a white paper
on the issue of oxygen
and vaccine supplies to
the state. Hitting back at
LoP Gulabchand Kataria
who accused the state
government of covid mis-
management, Joshi said
that Kataria was trying
to cover up the issues.
He also asked whether it
was not the responsibil-
ity to vaccinate people in
the age group of 18 to
44. “The arrangements
of oxygen & vaccines are
under central govt. The
state has been allocated
inadequate Oxy & BJP
should tell who is respon-
sible for this,” he said.
Vasundhara Raje@VasundharaBJP
Black Fungus is a new disease
happening in Rajasthan. Liposomal
Amphotericin B 50mg Injections &
Posaconazole 300mg tablets are needed
to treat this. Request Govt. to
procure these at the earliest so
that people don’t have to buy
it for exorbitant prices on the
black market.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: While we have
all seen the videos of the
police beating those who
violate the norms of
lockdown, there’s a posi-
tive aspect too, to the sys-
tem. The police are ac-
tively working to make
green corridors so that
the Covid patients can
get oxygen tankers time-
ly to their destination.
These traffic police
green corridors are vital
in sending oxygen tank-
ers from Bhiwadi, to
other dists. In last 22
days, the traffic police
have helped in sending
104 oxygen tankers
through green corridors.
Dharmendra Rathore provides Covid
care
for critically ill ex-MP Baneda
Police create ‘Green Corridor’ to
ensure oxy tankers reach on time
12 INTERCEPTORS HELP
GREEN CORRIDORS
D
CP trafﬁ c Adarsh Siddhu said that they have
12 interceptor vehicles of Jaipur police for
these green corridors. About 2-3 police ofﬁ cers
are stationed at every point.
3 CONTROL ROOMS
MONITOR SMOOTH MOVE
W
hen an oxygen cylinder leaves Bhiwadi or any other oxygen plant, then information
is immediately sent from the District Collec- torate Control Room to control room of Jaipur Police Commissionerate. They immediately create a route map. The interceptor already reaches the dist border to ease transportation. DCP trafﬁ c Adarsh Siddhu talked about these green corridors & appreciated efforts of ASP Satveer Singh, ASP Alok Saini & others.
OXY RELIEF! 105 oxygen
plants, 59 cities, 4 phases
Jaipur: Rajasthan
government has issued work orders for setting up 105 oxygen plants in 59 cities. The ﬁ rms will work in four phases of 15 days with complet- ing 25 percent work in each phase. The work orders were issued to Gautam Bud- dha Nagar’s All Time Data Private Limited and Mumbai’s Ex- hicon events media solutions. However, both the companies have no experience of setting up the
oxygen plant. The state government had received pro- posals from a total of 18 companies and none of them had the experience
for establishing an
oxygen plant.
Due to this, the state gov- ernment had
to change con-
ditions and allowed
the companies which in present have a government contract for oxygen plants. Based on the minimum bids, both the ﬁ rms were shortlisted and were issued work orders.
OXY CHECK!
CMHO Dr Narottam Sharma is a busy man these days
monitoring the Covid arrangements of the state capital.
Keeping his health on priority so that he is on his toes,
Sharma monitors his oxygen level daily at his ofﬁ ce.
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
DAILY YAJNA AT A COVID CARE CENTRE IN KOTA
FOR SPEEDY RECOVERY OF PATIENTS
Kota: A devotional atmosphere was witnessed on
Saturday at the Covid Care Centre operated at Kota
University as a havan was performed to wish the
patients a quick recovery. Medical College Principal
Dr Vijay Sardana, Allen Coaching Director Naveen
Maheshwari and other people offered prayers on
the occasion.
O2
COUNTING PILLS! Nursing staffers seen packing medicines for Covid patients
at CMHO, Sethi Colony on Saturday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Dharmendra Rathore Hemendra Singh Baneda
Rajasthan’s 18+ ‘JAB’
data leads in country
D
espite the lack of vaccine, the state
quota has reached the top position in the vaccination being done in the age group of 18 to 44 years on Satur- day. Rajasthan leads the states followed by Maharashtra, Gujarat & UP. Dr. Sharma said that under the vax drive in last 4 months, 1.5 cr doses have been given.
1,40,207 people were vaccinated on Saturday.
1,03,793 vaccines were given to the youth between 18 and 44 years.
The total number of vaccinations in the age group of 18 to 44 years has reached 7,24,570 in the state.
A young adult gets her ﬁ rst Covid vaccine dose in Jaipur.
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

INDIA
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Ventilator riddle...
Modi also asked offi-
cials to formulate a dis-
tribution plan for en-
suring oxygen supply in
rural areas, including
providing oxygen con-
centrators. “The Prime
Minister said that nec-
essary training should
be provided to health
workers in the opera-
tion of such equipment,
and power supply
should be ensured for
smooth operation of
such medical devices,”
the statement added.
Modi also stated that
testing needs to be
ramped up in areas re-
cording high positivity
rate. “States should be
encouraged to report
their numbers trans-
parently without any
pressure of high num-
bers showing adversely
on their efforts. PM
asked for augmentation
of healthcare resources
in rural areas to focus
on door-to-door testing
and surveillance. He
also spoke about em-
powering ASHA and
Anganwadi workers
with all necessary tools
to help fight the pan-
demic,” the statement
informed.
During the course of
the meeting, the Prime
Minister was informed
that tests have gone up
significantly across the
country — from around
50 lakh tests per week in
early March to around
1.3 crore tests per week
now. Regarding vaccina-
tion, the Prime Minister
asked officials to work
closely with the state
governments to speed-
up inoculation drives
across the country.
Ensure people...
He also directed for
24X7 functioning of
control rooms. He also
said that special care
needs to be taken to en-
sure that there is least
possible disruption in
oxygen supply from
Jamnagar. He also
spoke about the need to
involve the local com-
munity for timely sensi-
tisation and relief
measures.
Sand-graves...
Also, forces, the PAC &
SDRF, have been de-
ployed along the banks
in UP to avoid people
setting their dead rela-
tives afloat into the holy
river.
Guv Dhankhar...
While Mamata Baner-
jee has denied any vio-
lence in the state, the
Governor is visiting
some places to meet the
people allegedly target-
ed by the ruling party
workers.
Speaking to ANI, the
Governor today said
that the state was pass-
ing through a very seri-
ous crisis of Covid and
unprecedented post-
poll violence that is re-
tributive. He said that
he never heard of such
violence after elections.
“I would appeal to the
chief minister, it is high
time she takes note of
it. Millions of people
are suffering,” he said.
The Governor fur-
ther said that people
were forced to leave
their houses, they were
being subjected to all
kinds of indignities,
killings, rapes, looting
and extortion. “It is
time when we can’t
sleep over, such a great
challenge to our state.
We are sitting on a vol-
cano where people are
forced to leave their
houses, they are being
subjected to all kinds of
indignities, killings,
rapes, loots and extor-
tion tax,” Dhankhar
was quoted as saying by
ANI.
Dhankhar, who has
been at odds with
Mamata Banerjee, said
that he hopes the chief
minister will attend to
the situation in all seri-
ousness and direct all
concerned to engage in
rehabilitation, confi-
dence building, com-
pensation and ensure
the society remains
united. “The divisive
forces that are in com-
plete command must be
controlled,” he added.
Cairn Energy...
“The nominal distinc-
tion between India and
Air India is illusory and
serves only to aid India
in improperly shielding
its assets from creditors
like (Cairn),” the filing
said. Air India did not
immediately respond to
requests seeking com-
ment.
However, a senior
government official,
who asked not to be
named, said the govern-
ment and Air India had
not received any formal
notice of such a suit.
“As and when any
such notice is received.
The government or con-
cerned organization
shall take all necessary
steps to defend against
any such illegal en-
forcement action,” the
official said, adding
New Delhi has engaged
a team ready to defend
against any enforce-
ment action initiated by
Cairn anywhere in the
world.
Cairn’s move could
potentially jeopardize
India’s attempts to di-
vest the state-owned
carrier this year.
FROM PG 1
Overall positivity rate of India
at 19.8 pc, says Health Ministry
New Delhi: The Union
Health Ministry on Sat-
urday informed that the
overall positivity rate
of India now stands at
19.8 per cent.
During a health brief-
ing, Joint Secretary of
the Union Health Min-
istry Lav Agarwal said,
“The overall positivity
rate of the country,
which stood at 21.9 per
cent last week, has now
fallen to 19.8 per cent.”
Agarwal further said
there are 11 states with
over 1 lakh active cases
and 17 have less than
50,000 cases.
“Maharashtra, UP,
Gujarat and Chhattis-
garh have reported a
decline in active cases.
The cause of concern is
Tamil Nadu where a
rise in the number of
active cases has been
reported in the last one
week,” Agarwal added.
During the briefing, Dr
VK Paul, Member-
Health, NITI Aayog in-
formed that around 1.5
crore doses of COVAX-
IN are being produced
per month and the gov-
ernment is planning to
ramp up the production
to 10 crore doses per
month.
Paul further said sin-
gle-dose vaccination
coverage among health-
care workers is 89 per
cent and it stands at 82
per cent among front-
line workers at the na-
tional level.
“The single-dose vacci-
nation coverage among
healthcare workers is at
95 per cent in Rajasthan,
96 per cent in Madhya
Pradesh and 99 per cent
in Chhattisgarh. In Del-
hi, it stands at 78 per
cent, which is 11 per
cent below the national
average. It should be
taken to above 95 per
cent,” Paul said.
“The single-dose vacci-
nation coverage among
frontline workers is at
93 per cent in Gujarat,
91 per cent in Rajasthan
and 90 per cent in Mad-
hya Pradesh,” he added.

—ANI
CM: Goa govt to control
admissions in pvt hosps
Delhi govt to start oxygen
concentrator bank
Panaji: Goa Chief Min-
ister Pramod Sawant
on Saturday said state
government will take
control of admissions
of patients in all 21
private hospitals from
Monday by stationing
a government ofﬁcer in
each of these. Brieﬁng
mediapersons, CM
said, “We repeatedly
asked private COVID
hospitals in Goa to
reserve 50% beds for
COVID patients but
they did not comply.
Government will pay
for treatment at these
hospitals.” CM claimed
that many private
hospitals have been
charging exorbitant
charges from patients.
New Delhi: The Delhi
government will start
the functioning of
oxygen concentrator
banks from Saturday
across the city in order
to provide adequate
oxygen to COVID
patients on time.
While addressing a
press conference here,
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal informed that
banks have been set
up in each district
with 200 concentra-
tors each. Oxygen
concentrators will be
delivered to the homes
of patients who are
home isolating in less
than two hours time.
“It is very important
for COVID-19 patients
to receive oxygen on
time. This is for pa-
tients who are isolating
at home,” he said.
Recovered patients from COVID gesture after being discharged at
Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre in New Delhi on Saturday.
NBW against Olympian
Sushil Kumar, 6 others
Mucormycosis is
result of misuse of
steroids: Guleria
New Delhi: A Delhi
Court on Saturday is-
sued non-bailable war-
rants against two-time
Olympic medallist Su-
shil Kumar and six oth-
ers in connection with
the Chhatrasal Stadium
brawl that led to the
death of a wrestler
here, police said.
This comes days after
a lookout notice was is-
sued against Kumar in
the same case. A senior
police officer said, “We
moved an application
before the court to issue
non-bailable warrant
(NBW) against wrestler
Sushil Kumar and six
others in the case and
as per request, the ap-
plication was approved
and accordingly NBWs
have been issued
against them.”
The police have al-
ready recorded the
statements of the vic-
tims allegedly involved
in the brawl. The clash
had taken place over va-
cating a flat in Model
Town area. The wres-
tler who died was 23
years old.
—PTI
New Delhi: All India
Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS) Direc-
tor Randeep Guleria on
Saturday said misuse
of steroids is a major
cause behind mucormy-
cosis, commonly known
as black fungus. Mr Gu-
leria also urged the hos-
pitals to follow proto-
cols of infection control
practices as secondary
infections -- fungal and
bacterial -- can be seen
as the COVID-19 cases
are increasing and are
causing more mortality.
The AIIMS director,
while addressing a
health briefing, said,
“As COVID-19 cases are
increasing, it’s of par-
amount importance
that we follow proto-
cols of infection con-
trol practices at hospi-
tals. It has been seen
that secondary infec-
tions -- fungal and bac-
terial -- are causing
more mortality.”
He said, “Mucormy-
cosis spores are found
in soil, air and even in
food. But they are of
low virulence and usu-
ally do not cause infec-
tion. There were very
few cases of this infec-
tion before COVID.”
—ANI
Sushil Kumar
IN THE COURTYARD
Black Fungus
declared
notified disease
in Haryana
Haryana: Health
Minister Anil Vij
here on Saturday
said that black fun-
gus has been de-
clared a notified
disease in the state.
Now, if any cases
of this disease are
found, the doctors
will have to report
them to the con-
cerned chief medi-
cal officer (CMO),
Vij said in a state-
ment here.
This infection is
caused by a fungus
called mucor. Black
fungus.
Anil Vij
Rahul takes
potshot at Modi
over dead
bodies in Ganga
CORONA: KEY
HIGHLIGHTS
zGhulam Nabi Azad
writes to PM, suggests
measures to ﬁght against
COVID-19
zTamil Nadu to invoke
Goondas Act against peo-
ple hoarding remdesivir,
oxygen cylinders
zMaharashtra Reports
960 Covid Deaths Today,
17.33% Positivity Rate
zNearly No Vaccination
In Kashmir As Stocks Run
Out, Zero Jabs In Srinagar
zIndia to have 51.6 crore
Covid vaccine doses by July:
Harsh Vardhan
New Delhi: After sev-
eral decomposed bodies
were found floating in
the river Ganga in sev-
eral cities of Uttar
Pradesh, former Con-
gress president Rahul
Gandhi on Saturday in-
directly took a potshot
at Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi, saying the
one who said that Moth-
er Ganga has called
him, has made it cry.
In a tweet in Hindi,
Rahul Gandhi said,
“The one who said Gan-
ga has called him, has
made the Mother Ganga
cry.” He also attached a
news report which
claimed that on the
1,140 km long banks of
river Ganga about 2,000
dead bodies have been
found.
In the last few days
dead bodies have been
found floating.
—ANI
Rahul Gandhi
People, government became negligent
after first Covid wave: Mohan Bhagwat
New Delhi: RSS chief
Mohan Bhagwat today
called out the negli-
gence displayed by all
sections of the nation
following the first wave
of the COVID-19 pan-
demic which led India
into the ongoing nation-
wide medical crisis.
“After the first wave,
we all became negli-
gent. People, govern-
ments, administration.
We all knew this is com-
ing. Doctors had
warned us. Still we
were negligent,” Bhag-
wat said.
“Now they tell us a
third wave could be
here. So should we fear
it? Or have the right at-
titude to fight and win
against the virus?” he
said as part of the ‘Posi-
tivity Unlimited’ series
of lectures organised
by the RSS to infuse
positivity among peo-
ple.
He sought to chan-
nelise the nation’s focus
towards the future so
that the people and the
government will be pre-
pared for it by learning
from the current expe-
riences. Brushing aside
the difficulties faced by
India, Mr Bhagwat en-
couraged Indians to de-
velop the confidence to
face a potential third
wave by learning from
today’s mistakes.
Coordinated by the
RSS’s a series is being
held over five days since
May 11, he added.
Mohan Bhagwat
AP High Court rejects Raghurama
Krishnnam Raju’s bail petition
Andhra Pradesh: In a
setback to Kanumuri
Raghurama Krishnam
Raju, rebel YSR Con-
gress party MP from
Narasapuram in West
Godavari district, the
Andhra Pradesh high
court on Saturday dis-
missed his petition
seeking bail in the “se-
dition” case filed by the
state Crime Investiga-
tion Department police
on Friday.
The high court,
which took up a house
motion petition filed by
Raju on Friday night,
heard the arguments
of his lawyer and also
the counsel of the CID,
before dismissing his
bail petition.
The high court di-
rected that Raju should
first move his bail peti-
tion in the lower court
dealing with the CID
cases and come back to
the high court only if
he did not get justice in
the lower court.
—ANI
Raghurama Krishnam Raju
Delhi Riots:
Court denies
bail to Tahir
Hussain
New Delhi: A Del-
hi court has denied
former AAP coun-
cillor Tahir Hus-
sain bail in two
Northeast Delhi
riot cases, observ-
ing that the riots
“are a gaping
wound in the con-
science of a nation
aspiring to be a ma-
jor global power”.
Additional Ses-
sions Judge Vinod
Yadav dismissed
bail on Saturday
noting “even if
there were no direct
acts of violence at-
tributable to the ap-
plicant, he cannot
shy away from his
liability under pro-
visions of sections
invoked against
him, particularly on
account of fact that
his house/building
became hub/centre
point for rioters and
rabble-rousers to
unleash worst com-
munal riots.
—ANI
Plea to cancel Class 12 CBSE,
ICSE exams due to COVID-19
New Delhi: A petition
has been filed before the
Supreme Court to can-
cel class 12 board exams
for both Central Board
of Secondary Educa-
tion (CBSE) and Indian
Certificate of Second-
ary Education (ICSE)
boards.
The plea by Mamta
Sharma, a Delhi based
lawyer prayed that noti-
fications issued by ICSE
and CBSE postponing
class XII exams to an
unspecified date be
struck down.
The petitioner in-
stead urged that the
exam be scrapped alto-
gether for this academ-
ic year and marks be
computed using last
year methodology.
Plea To Use PM
CARES Fund To
Install O
2 Plants
New Delhi: The plea,
filed by advocate Vi-
plava Sharma, sought
direction to install
the procured oxygen
plants/ generators
and other equipment
in 738 district hospi-
tals where medical
services are available
free of cost for Cov-
id-19 patients.
A plea has been
filed in the Supreme
Court to procure vac-
cine.
—PHOTO BY ANI

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First India Bureau
Jaipur: Drug Control-
ler took action on 4
medical stores for black
marketing of essential
medicines under direc-
tion of ADC Dinesh
Taneja. The team sus-
pended license of phar-
macy at Tagore Hospital
for 90 days as there was
no record of the 23 Rem-
desivir. Licences of
Dana Shivam Hospital,
Ganadhipati Purushot-
tam Shekhawati Hospi-
tal in Vidyadhar Nagar
were suspended for 10
days for selling Remde-
sivir at arbitrary rates.
Shivam Pharmacy at
Murlipura was also sus-
pended for 5 days for
charging steep prices of
the pulse oximeter.
First India Bureau
Kota: A mother killed her own four-year-old daughter by plotting with her lover and threw away the body in a jungle. Kota rural SP Sharad Chaudhary said that Sumit Yadav, a resi- dent of Borkheda had registered a missing complaint about his wife. It was later found
that Sumit’s wife Tina was living with her lov- er Prahlad Sahay in Udawala village, Jaipur. Police approached her but her daughter Nan- dini was missing. They told different stories but after strict interro- gation, lover Prahlad admitted to the murder as they did not want to bear medical expenses of the girl.
First India Bureau
Kota: UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal held a meeting with officials at the Medical College Hospital in Kota. Dhari- wal reviewed the medi- cal facilities during the meeting.
Claiming self-suffi-
ciency in oxygen sup- ply, he said, “We are self-sufficient for next two months as far as oxygen issue is con- cerned.” Dhariwal said that new oxygen plants
would be set up in hos- pitals, including 6 at New Hospital, 2 at MBS, 4 at JK Lone and 3 in each of the 3 Commu- nity Health Centres in
the city. Hence, the ca- pacity of oxygen beds in government hospi- tals will increase to 2,100. No government hospital in Kota will
need to go outside for oxygen. He said cases of Corona infection have started to decline now & beds at hospitals are ly- ing vacant.
State govt on Saturday released a short-term global tender asking firms to submit their bids via email
by May 20 for supplying vax; for this Russian firm Sputnik & Pfizer from US can also be involved
GEHLOT GOES
GLOBAL FOR VAX
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Gehlot government on Satur- day released a short- term global tender ask- ing companies to sub- mit their bids via email by 20 May for supply- ing Covid vaccination. Facing shortage of vaccine supply from Centre to vaccinate people in age group of 18+, state Cabinet de- cided to float global tenders for 1 crore dos- es from domestic and foreign companies.
Currently, Drug
Controlling General of India (DCGI) has ap- proved emergency use of only 3 vaccines. In this, two vaccines are being produced in In- dia, while the third vaccine is Russian made. National Health Mission Director Su- dhir Kumar Sharma said they have floated tender to provide for-
eign vac as soon as pos- sible. It has the condi- tion that GoI has ap- proved the use of that vaccine. There are about 3.25 crore people between 18 and 44 years who have to be vaccinated. Earlier, state had ordered 3.75 crore vaccines from SII but only 8 lakh doses were made available.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Amid the coro- na epidemic, various religious organisations and public representa- tives, including Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, have appealed to the people to postpone mar- riages and other events till May 31, but the ap- peals do not seem to have any significant ef- fect on public.
Though there have
been reports of post- poning of weddings and other ceremonies from many places in the state, still surprisingly more than 13,000 online applications have been filed with Home Depart- ment, seeking permis- sion for marriage and other events.
Due to the Akha Teej,
online applications are being applied for per- mission on govt’s on- line portal.
With such a large
number of applica- tions, Abhay Kumar, Principal Secretary Home has shared this information with DGP ML Lather and directed that police should en- sure that corona guide- lines are followed in the ceremonies.
SPUTNIK, PFIZER
MAY GET ENTRY
Youngsters taking their ﬁ rst vaccine at (L) JK Lon Hospital (Top) Gangauri
Dispensary on Saturday.   —Photos By Suman Sarkar
Band, Baja Barat!
13k seek online nod
Gehlot govt has asked people to postpone marriages till May 31.
It is worth mention-
ing that most of the
events of Akshaya
Tritiya and Peepal
Purnima are held in
rural areas where
the second wave
of corona is strik-
ing harder. The
state government
has set limit of 11
people in a marriage
ceremony, which are
to be held in houses
without fanfare.
Pratap Khachariyawas
@PSKhachariyawas
The entire human race
is going through a
difﬁ cult phase due to
the increasing pace
of corona infection.
I decided not to
celebrate my birthday
on 16 May due to
Corona pandemic
TWEET
Time
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Former ACS
Medical Department
Rohit Kumar Singh
asked for immediate
help from Sachin Pilot
via Twitter, which gen-
erated a lot of reactions
on Saturday.
Singh’s acquaintance
admitted in Vaishali
Nagar hospital felt the
urgent need of blood on
Friday. Singh took to
Twitter and tagged @
PilotWithPeople for
help. After receiving
the request, Pilot put
his team to work and
soon arranged for the
donor. On this, Rohit ex-
pressed his gratitude.
The interesting thing
here is that Singh
sought Pilot’s help de-
spite him once helming
the health dept as ACS
and did not ask for help
from his colleagues. Ro-
hit has now moved to
Delhi on deputation.
Rohit K Singh sends
SOS to Pilot, gets help
Drug controller acts
on erring pharmasMother, paramour kill
4-yr-old girl in Kota, held
State self-sufficient for next 2 months
in oxygen supply, claims Dhariwal
UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal chairs a review meet of ofﬁ cials at Medical College Hospital in Kota.
FOR WAR
`1 CRORE
for vax of 30,000 youth
by Sikar Nagar Parisha
5-YR SALARY
and perks donated
by Suman Kandoi
councillor of Sangaria
municipality
`5 LAKH
for oxygen plant by
educationist Ratan
Singh Gothda in Sikar
10 OXYGEN
concentrators for Beawar
by MP Diya Kumari
ON CORONA
R
evenue Minister
Harish Chaudhary on
Saturday reviewed ar-
rangements of the treat-
ment of covid patients
in Mathura Das Mathur
Hospital in Jodhpur. He
also held a meeting in
the circuit House with
ofﬁ cials of the district
administration, medi-
cal and health and gave
necessary directions to
them. Expressing con-
cern on the spread of
infection in rural areas,
he said that an effec-
tive strategy should be
made to contain rapidly
increasing infection. He
said second wave of
corona is more deadly
than ﬁ rst and to prevent
it, it is very important to
take effective steps in
rural areas as well.
U
nion minister of
state for agriculture
Kailash Chaudhary on
Saturday accused the
state government of
showing carelessness
in setting up oxygen
plants despite providing
ﬁ nancial assistance by
the Centre. He said that
Centre had allocated a
budget for establishing
four plants for oxygen
generation but the state
government did noth-
ing. The minister told
reporters through video
conference that plants
were sanctioned for
Jaipur, Jodhpur, Alwar
& Bikaner and a budget
was provided to state.
“Now the Centre is mak-
ing efforts to set up the
plants on its own level,”
he said.
REVENUE MIN REVIEWS COVID
ARRANGEMENTS IN MDM HOSP
CHAUDHARY FLAYS RAJ FOR LAX
ATTITUDE IN SETTING OXY PLANTS
JUST 11 IN
WEDDING PARTY!
U
nion Jal
Shakti Minister
Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat on
Saturday visited
CHC in the Luni
area and handed
over oxygen
concentrators and
also monitored the
services there. He
also inspected the
wards in CHC and
went to Panchayat
Committee build-
ing to discuss
issues with villag-
ers. Shekhawat
also went to PHC,
Dhawa to inspect
COVID care unit.
Shekhawat also
visited Shri Vardh-
man Government
Community Health
Center, Dhundara.
SHEKHAWAT
GIVES OXY
MACHINES
TO LUNI CHC
First India Bureau
Kota: Lok Sabha Speak-
er Om Birla talked to
the social workers of
the Ladpura region
through video confer-
encing on Saturday and
said that the times are
tough. He requested
everyone to come for-
ward and help each
other during this crisis.
He told the villagers
that this second wave of
Coronavirus is more
deadly than the first
one. The increasing
cases in rural areas are
a matter of big concern.
This is why, every vil-
lager should follow all
the Covid-19 guidelines,
wear their masks and
maintain social dis-
tancing.
Birla said that they
are actively working to
make teams of 3-5 ‘Co-
rona Warriors,’ who
can be stationed at eve-
ry village. These people
will bring pulse oxime-
ters, digital thermome-
ters, masks and other
resources required to
trace the symptoms of
Coronavirus infection.
Ladpura MLA Kalpa-
na Devi said that black
fungus is also posing a
challenge in the coun-
try & there is no medi-
cine. So people should
be extra careful till the
medicine is available.
Everyone needs to extend a helping
hand to fight Covid crisis, says Birla
Om Birla addresses social workers of Ladpura region via VC.
Jaipur Foot
USA to aid
BMCHRC
Jaipur: Jaipur Foot
USA has signed an
agreement with Russia
for purchase of oxygen
concentrators which
will be sent to Bhag-
wan Mahaveer Disa-
bled Assistance Com-
mittee. Rajasthan
Foundation US Chapter
President KK Mehta
lauded cooperation of
Commissioner of Ra-
jasthan Foundation
Dhiraj Srivastava.
Tiger’s entry
blocks Baraat,
creates panic
Sawai Madhopur: A
tiger came out on NH-
552 from Ranthambore
National Park on  Satur-
day morning for about 15
minutes & created panic
among people during  the
marriage procession of
Madan Mohan, a resident
of Gothbihari, who  was
returning from Pirojpura
after the wedding.

First India Bureau
Jaipur: A five-member
Committee constituted
to investigate death of
three patients at Covid
Dedicated Hospital at
Rajasthan University
of Health Sciences
(RUHS) allegedly due to
oxygen issue, has given
its report stating that
the patients died due to
serious illness and not
due to lack of oxygen.
Health Minister
Dr Raghu Sharma had
ordered formation of
the Committee after
deaths were reported
late on Friday night.
Medical Education
Secretary Vaibhav Gal-
riya had constituted a
5-member Committee
comprising of RUHS
Superintendent Dr Ajit
Singh, Dr PS Lamba, Dr
Pawan Singhal, Dr Ved-
pal Singh and Dr He-
mendra Bhardwaj.
Dr Ajit Singh said that
oxygen pressure was
normal. At the time of
this untoward incident,
24 patients were on ven-
tilator or oxygen sup-
port. RUHS had 200 pa-
tients on ventilator, 60
patients on HFNC and
442 patients on oxygen
line. If the oxygen pres-
sure had been reduced,
it would have had an im-
pact on all patients, the
report mentioned.
He said that the three
patients who died were
critical and the doctors
and staff were trying to
save their lives for sev-
eral days. When the fam-
ily of a patient noticed
fluctuations in oxygen
saturation, he got nerv-
ous and started making
noise. Additional oxy-
gen cylinders were also
arranged for him, but he
could not be saved.
Inspiration has the power to
achieve the impossible and an
inspired person can be motivated
to work much beyond his potential.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, First India
JAIPUR | SUNDAY, MAY 16, 2021
082NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: The appoint-
ment of senior Con-
gress leader Ghulam
Nabi Azad, who leads a
group of 23 dissidents
(G-23) within the party,
as the Chairman of task
force on Covid-19, is an
attempt by the Party
President Sonia Gandhi
to reach out to the dis-
senting leaders in
which AICC General
Secretary Priyanka
Gandhi has played an
important role.
Priyanka Gandhi
herself is a member of
the task force, which
was constituted by So-
nia Gandhi during a
recently held meeting
of Congress Working
Committee (CWC).
Azad is the leader,
who had appreciated
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi in Parliament
by saying that he has
not forgotten his roots.
This is the first respon-
sibility Azad has been
given by the party ever
since the leaders of
G-23 group wrote a let-
ter last year, demand-
ing free and fair organ-
isational elections in
the Congress party.
Last year, the Con-
gress panel on Cov-
id-19 was led by former
PM Manmohan Singh
but this year, the task
force of the party is
under Azad, the for-
mer Leader of Opposi-
tion in Rajya Sabha.
Sources said that
Priyanka Gandhi
worked on restoring re-
lations between Azad
and the Party High
Command and she con-
vinced her to lead the
task force. Though
Azad was not willing to
take up the responsi-
bility, Priyanka Gan-
dhi convinced him for
the same with an inten-
tion to bring the leader
back to the mainstream
of the party.
Senior leaders in-
cluding Ambika Soni,
Anand Sharma and
Mukul Wasnik also
helped Priyanka in
this task. Also, V
George is also said to
have played a key role
in this. The move is
also seen as an at-
tempt to make a way
for Rahul Gandhi to
become the Party
President again.
Ghulam Nabi Azad
has been the Chief
Minister of Jammu
and Kashmir, a Union
Minister and the
Leader of Opposition
in Rajya Sabha. He
has worked closely
with Rajiv Gandhi and
Sanjay Gandhi. On
completion of his
term in Rajya Sabha,
PM Narendra Modi
had given a memora-
ble farewell speech in
the Parliament.
Sources indicated
that Azad may again be
nominated for Rajya
Sabha from Maharash-
tra, Rajasthan, Chhat-
tisgarh or any other
state. Four seats of Ra-
jya Sabha will fall va-
cant in Rajasthan next
year and if all goes well,
he may be nominated
from the state.
Cong veteran Azad to be party’s facein Rajya Sabha from Raj!
BRIDGING THE GAP
BJP FURIOUS AT
SOREN
J
harkhand CM He-
mant Soren seems to
have just stirred the hor-
net’s nest by tweeting
about PM Narendra
Modi that has not gone
down well with the BJP.
The tone of Soren’s
tweet was “He (PM) did
only his Mann ki Baat,
it would have been bet-
ter, if he had talked
about and listened
about Kaam ki Baat.”
His tweet hurt the en-
tire BJP so much that at
the behest of a BJP
leader, who joined the
Party from the RSS, an
emergency meeting
was convened at the
residence of BJP Presi-
dent JP Nadda. Babulal
Marandi, a senior lead-
er of Jharkhand BJP,
was also connected to
this meeting through
video call. Sources re-
veal that the most inter-
esting was the stand of
Marandi himself, he
had separated
himself
from the
tempta-
tion
that he
had to
take
o v e r
the
throne after Soren left.
If sources are to be be-
lieved, Marandi bluntly
said that he was not in
favour of toppling the
Soren government, as
he did not want create
another Shiv Sena.
Marandi believed that
the government of
JMM, Congress and
RJD coalition in
Jharkhand is already
full of troubles and
they should wait for
this government to fall
by itself. The ‘Saffron
Army’ has forgotten to
wait these days.
MODI WORRIED
ABOUT NAQVI
P
rime Minister Nar-
endra Modi recent-
ly proved how con-
cerned he is about his
fellow ministers as the
Prime Minister called
up his cabinet col-
league Mukhtar Abbas
Naqvi at 10 in the night
for some urgent work.
As PM and Naqvi were
discuss- ing a se-
rious issue, when sud-
denly Naqvi coughed
slightly while speaking
over the phone. Ex-
pressing concern, PM
Modi asked Naqvi that
he should not take this
cough lightly, and get
his Antigen and RTPCR
test done immediately.
Naqvi wanted to tell the
Prime Minister that ‘he
is absolutely fit and
coughed due to con-
stant talking over the
phone.’ But within a
few minutes after the
conversation between
the two leaders con-
cluded, a team of medi-
cal experts from the
AIIMS visited Naqvi’s
house. Both of his Cov-
id tests were done and
his report came out to
be ‘Negative.’ The next
day, Naqvi thanked the
PM and informed him
that both his test re-
ports had come ‘Nega-
tive,’ the PM then
heaved a sigh of
relief.
UNITED OPPOSITION
WILL PUSH ITS
STRENGTH IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION
A
lthough there is still
more than a year
left in the Presidential
election, many opposi-
tion leaders are already
working on a strategy to
corner the BJP. If sourc-
es are to be believed, the
United Opposition has a
trump card in the form
of Sharad Pawar. By ad-
vancing Pawar’s name,
the opposition can give a
new platform to as many
non-BJP votes as possi-
ble. In 2017, BJP presi-
dential candidate Ram-
nath Kovind received
7,02,044 votes and his ri-
val, Meera Kumar got
3,67,314 votes. The total
weightage of Electoral
College members’ votes
in the presidential elec-
tions is 10,98,882, where-
in, a presidential candi-
date needs to get
at least
5,94,442 votes
to win. A
total of 776
MPs of the
Lok Sab-
h a
and the Rajya Sabha and
4,120 MLAs participate
in this election. Accord-
ing to the regional repre-
sentation, the weightage
of the votes of MPs or
MLAs is decided. This
time, the math of 2017
will not be in favour of
BJP. In 2017, the BJP also
had governments in Ma-
harashtra, Rajasthan,
Chhattisgarh and
Jharkhand, besides its al-
lies in Punjab and Tamil
Nadu. This time, BJP’s
seats in Haryana, Guja-
rat and Assam have re-
duced already, yes the
party had risen from 3 to
77 seats in Bengal. The
BJP had 116 seats in Gu-
jarat in 2012, now it has
come down to 112. In As-
sam there were 87 seats,
this time, it is reduced to
75. Assembly elections
are due in states like UP,
Uttarakhand, Goa in
early 2022 and BJP seats
may be reduced there too.
That is, the battle of July
2022 is not going to be
easy for the BJP.
WHOSE ADVICE
DOES YOGI
FOLLOW?
I
f sources
are to be be-
lieved, UP CM
Yogi Adity-
anath has formed a ‘Su-
per 15 group’ of his advi-
sors including many
ministers and bureau-
crats close to Yogi. Apart
from this, Yogi has also
created a ‘Team XI’,
which also includes
many ministers, bureau-
crats and some experts,
this team works on Co-
rona management. How-
ever, Yogi’s ‘Super 15
Team,’ taking stock of
the political situation,
told him that the elec-
tions of the district pan-
chayat presidents and
block chiefs to be held in
the state should be post-
poned with immediate
effect and increasing
cases of Corona can be
cited as the reason. Oth-
erwise, these elections
were to be held from May
15 to 20. Now these elec-
tions have been post-
poned till June 15,
wherein, 75 district pan-
chayat presi-
dents and 826
block chiefs
were to be
elected. In
fact, the
‘Super 15
Team’ had reported to
Yogi that ‘if the elections
are held now, the SP alli-
ance can win, so wait for
the situation to calm
down’. Yogi immediately
followed the suggestion
of his Super Team.
PARVESH TAKEN
TO TASK!
A
n audio clip of
BJP’s outer Delhi
MP Parvesh Verma
went viral recently,
wherein, he can be
heard abusing a farmer
Jat leader, Tejveer Sin-
gh Aluna. BJP’s Nation-
al General Secretary
summoned Parvesh
Verma at his residence
during the Corona pe-
riod and reprimanded
him, saying, “I don’t
understand that you do
politics of Jats & abuse
Jats only.” If sources
are to be believed, the
MP tried to clarify, on
which the BJP official
said, “Don’t take so
much pride on your
2019 victory, you only
won in the name of
Modi ji. Even candi-
dates like Hansraj Hans
won by a margin of 3
lakh votes.” It is being
said that Verma has
been per-
suaded
by the
party that if he did not
control his attitude, get-
ting a LS ticket won’t be
easy for him in 2024.
...AND FINALLY
T
he churning over
‘victory’ and ‘de-
feat’ in the Bengal elec-
tions continues. In con-
clusion, it is being said
that two factors were
the most important in
the Bengal elections
this time, 6M and 1Y.
‘6M’ means Modi,
Mamata, Mahila, Mid-
dle Class, Matua and
Muslim. ‘1Y’ means
Youth of the state. Ma-
hila, Middle class, Mus-
lims and youth came
out in support of Mama-
ta, the votes of the Mat-
ua community were di-
vided between the BJP
and the Trinamool. The
Muslims gave outright
votes in favour of
Mamata. In her first
press conference, post
win, giving a share of
her victory to the rural
youth of the state,
Mamata announced
that the state govern-
ment would distribute
50,000 football free to
football clubs in rural
areas of Bengal. ‘Kick’
strongly as
the ‘Khe-
la’
starts!
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB
RAMAN
The author is a journalist
and political commentator
and views expressed are his
personal
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Hemant Soren Narendra Modi Mukhtar Abbas NaqviSharad Pawar Yogi Adityanath Parvesh Verma
Serious illness, not lack of oxygen
cause of deaths at RUHS: Report
Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma had ordered formation of
the Committee after deaths were reported on late Friday night
Gehlot
says
Ashok Gehlot
@ashokgehlot51
M
y heartfelt con-
dolences on the
untimely demise of
Shri Ashim Banerjee,
brother of West Bengal
CM Mamata Banerjee ji
(@MamataOfﬁ cial).
My thoughts and
prayers are with the
bereaved family...may
God give them strength
to bear this loss and
may the departed soul
rest in peace.
O
n #InternationalDay-
ofFamilies, let us
realise how important a
family is in our lives &
for the society. During
the present #COVID19
crisis, families are
the biggest support
systems. We all need to
take precautions so that
our family members re-
main safe & protected.
Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma
Ghulam Nabi Azad
Mamata Banerjee
RRR
RSHRC TAKES
COGNISANCE
Patients at RUHS died
due to negligence; file
criminal case: BJP
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The incident of
deaths of 3 patients due
to disrupted supply of
oxygen in RUHS, is fast
catching up in the politi-
cal domain. The BJP has
targeted the government
over this matter.
Opposition has as-
serted these deaths as a
blot on government.
Deputy LoP Rajendra
Rathore said death of 3
patients happened due
to negligence of the ad-
ministration. While
BJP MLA Kalicharan
Saraf has demanded
that case of murder be
filed against responsi-
ble officials. Even after
getting the information,
neither the officials of
Medical Department
reached the spot imme-
diately nor any strict ac-
tion was taken against
the responsible, said
Rathore. Instead, hospi-
tal management tried to
suppress the entire case.
Rathore demanded
that CM Gehlot & Health
Minister Raghu Sharma
should take strongest
possible action against
the accountable by con-
ducting a fair probe into
the incident.
Rajendra Rathore

JAIPUR, SUNDAY
MAY 16, 2021
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ll of us are surrounded by
bondages, but, not many of
us carry the passion of ris-
ing above them to follow
our dreams. Modelling, al-
though might sound like a
shimmering occupation
but brings out various challenges.
City First in an exclusive conversa-
tion with Deepika Kanwar Chou-
han, hailing from Bissau, Jhunj-
hunu district, Rajasthan. Deepika
shared, “My Father works as a su-
pervisor in a construction compa-
ny and my Mother is a homemaker.
It wasn’t expected out of me to pur-
sue a career in modelling. But, I
always knew, since I was little, that
I always wanted to be a model.”
Deepika shifted to Jaipur as she
pursued MBA, meanwhile she was
in search of her breakthrough into
the world of modelling. She audi-
tioned for several companies and
was selected by them for further
photoshoots, which gave her a
boost of confidence. She shared,
“Pretty recently I was a part of a
commercial shoot for a home appli-
ance brand. When my parents saw
the hoarding and newspaper adver-
tisements for the same, they felt
proud of what I had achieved for
the very first time. They have been
supportive ever since. I believe it is
important to prove that you are ca-
pable of doing something before
achieving their confidence. I have
loved my journey so far, and, I will
continue to grow all the same.”
The promising model believes
that anything can be achieved
through hard work. A lot of sacri-
fices might come in the way, but,
by the end, lessons will be learnt
from each shortcoming. Deepika
also shared, “I wish to see myself
as a successful model and an inde-
pendent woman to inspire those
who come from small towns, let-
ting them know that anything can
be achieved in this world.”
ENGRAVED WITH
PASSION
ENGRAVED WITH ENGRAVED WITH ENGRAVED WITH ENGRAVED WITH
CITY FIRST BRINGS TO YOU THE STORY OF A SMALL-TOWN GIRL, DEEPIKA
HAILING FROM BISSUA, JOURNEYING TOWARDS HER DREAMS!
SUSHMITA AIND
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A

he second wave of Cov-
id-19 has been brutal
on us all. With the ris-
ing number of cases
and increasing worry
among the citizens,
First India spoke once
again to Consultant Pulmonolo-
gist, Narayana Multispeciality
Hospital in Jaipur, Dr Shivani
Swami in an exclusive inter-
view to gain a better under-
standing of the second strain,
use of certain medicines and
drugs for treatment, the signifi-
cance of vaccine and post-Cov-
id recovery.
Among other things, she
said, “We just wake up, dress up
and show up. When a sick pa-
tient gets well and goes home
and the family is very thankful,
that is where we draw our inspi-
ration.”
In the past, Dr Swami has
worked in some of the most
prestigious hospitals in the
country like the Medanta: The
MediCity in Gurgaon and the
Fortis Hospital in New Delhi.
She specialises in pulmonology,
sleeps medicine, allergy and
immunology as well as critical
care.
Q. How is the second strain of
Covid-19 different from the
others?
A. It is way more contagious
than the first one. Many
young people are getting
very sick. Most importantly,
there is a lot of severe lung
involvement. Patients are re-
quiring oxygen sometimes as
early as the 5th or 6th day
which was not the case in the
first wave.
Q. Medicines like Azithromy-
cin and Hydroxychloro-
quine are not being recom-
mended by the doctors. So
what is the new change in
the treatment for Covid-19?
A. Drugs like Azithromycin and
Hydroxychloroquine are al-
most on their way out. As per
evidence and studies, the
new guidelines do not sup-
port their effectiveness. How-
ever, many continue to use it
because of results from their
personal experiences. Simi-
larly, as per the new guide-
lines, plasma has no role but
still, a lot of doctors are us-
ing it in the early stages.
Most of the guidelines are
based on studies done over-
seas not looking at the Indian
strain or the Indian patient.
So every doctor here is decid-
ing as per their own experi-
ence.
Q. What do you recommend
for a patient who has just
got afflicted?
A. Someone who has just gotten
afflicted should contact their
doctor and if advised get
tested. Secondly, during ill-
ness, a lot of doctors will ad-
vise you repeated blood tests
to decide the further course
of treatment. These are gen-
uinely advised and not to
make money out of the pa-
tient. Thirdly,
many pa-
tients rush
to get CT
scan done
by them-
selves in
the early
stages
which are
not recom-
mend-
ed.
You are unnecessarily expos-
ing your body to radiation.
The diagnostic test stills re-
main the RT-PCR test.
Q. What precautions should
the patient follow in the
second week? When should
the steroids be recommend-
ed?
A. In the second week you need
to keep a close watch on fever
and oxygen levels. You need
to eat well and lie prone (on
your stomach) multiple
times a day lasting 45 min-
utes to 1 hour each time. This
will help with breathing. If
you experience any kind of
chest pain or your oxygen
level drops below 92 you must
consult your doctor.
Each doctor makes a
call for their patient
when it comes to
steroids depend-
ing on the blood
tests and their
clinical condi-
tion. But for
steroids to be
given in the ini-
tial 4-5 days is
counterproduc-
tive. It should
not be taken
without medi-
cal supervision.
Q. Are vaccines
and the Covid pro-
tocols the answer to
the current Covid
wave?
A. Vaccines are
the only answer to the
Covid wave. For those
who have gotten both
shots their disease
severity is much milder and
they recover easily. It may
not be 100% effective which
it is not even claiming to be.
But, it certainly affects pre-
venting moderate to severe
disease.
Q. Do you agree that doctors
in private hospitals are not
getting enough publicity
even though they are doing
a herculean job?
A. I do not think anyone is look-
ing for publicity right now.
Nevertheless, the Govern-
ment could be more support-
ive of private hospitals.
Sometimes we have a prob-
lem in obtaining medicines
for the patients.
Q. Would you like to comment
on the overwhelmed medi-
cal infrastructure in the
country presently?
A. No country can provide
healthcare for all their citi-
zens at one go, as is the pre-
sent situation. However, we
could have been better pre-
pared considering we
have gone through
this for almost a
year and eve-
rybody ex-
pected
this wave
to come
back in
March.
Q. What
are the
post-re-
covery
Covid pro-
tocols?
A. Post-recovery
a person should focus on
their diet and lifestyle. If
they have diabetes they
should control their sugar.
They should do a lot of deep
breathing exercises or res-
piratory physiotherapy as
advised by their doctor. This
is the time they need to work
on themselves to get better
and not just lie in bed.
Q. How have you coped with
the stress and work pres-
sure of the second wave?
A. W e just wake up, dress up
and show up. When a sick pa-
tient gets well and goes home
and the family is very thank-
ful, that is where we draw
our inspiration.
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FACE OF THE DAY
STELL KHUT, FASHION Blogger
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You continue to stay ﬁ t and
healthy and there is
nothing to worry as far as
health is concerned.
Because of limit ﬂ ow of money, your
ﬁ nancial condition is not stable yet.
Your hard in ofﬁ ce will bring your
recognition and appreciation from
your senior.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
You have a good health and there is nothing to worry as such. To prevent any monetary loss, you
should care to read your business proposal twice before taking any decision. In ofﬁ ce, you may need to persuade someone to stand in your favour but it will be worth it.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20You are satisﬁ ed with your health and you enjoy that feeling. Money will ﬂ ow into your life to make you
ﬁ nancially stable. Some of you may earn good name for being consistent at work. In social life, it’s a good practice to avoid blaming others for our own shortcomings.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22You may get motivated to plan ﬁ nances for going in for something big. You are likely to enjoy good health as you
resolve to take up some physical activity seriously. A family member may be forthcoming in extending a helping hand, but may need a big guidance.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21You may go for a cheat meal all as a reward for maintaining good health. If you have been struggling
with money then that’s a thing of a past now as money will ﬂ ow in from all the directions. In ofﬁ ce, you will support your colleague by sharing his/her work pressure.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19Keep a close tab on what you eat if you want to remain healthy. You must limit your expenses to only
buying essential stuff. In ofﬁ ce, your colleagues may not like your upfront nature. Your love may not give the kind of attention you have been waiting for.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20You will continue to enjoy your good health if you stick to a proper diet and exercise regime. You may
ﬁ nally meet your ﬁ nancial savior who will help you put the pieces at the right place. Some of you may assist your family by organizing a function or an event.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20Financially worries are set to disappear as you are about to come into big money. Chances of
winning a deal become bright through your efforts on the business front. You are likely to resolve to come back in shape and start an exercise regimen.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23You will be able to remain in saving mode despite temptations. New contracts and deals may be signed,
but their implementation can take some more time. Focus on health will become your priority and will have a positive outcome on your ﬁ tness.Put in extra hours on the academic front.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23Your optimism will keep you going and you will ﬁ nd yourself in absolute peace. The more time you invest
in a project completion, the better it will in terms of monetary gains. In social life, avoid venting your anger on some who is younger or elder to you.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20Regular workouts and eating right is your mantra for keeping ﬁ t. Against all odds, you will be able to
manage your ﬁ nances well. Today, you must give a thought to property issues. Academic front looks bright for those appearing for some competition.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22You are likely to enjoy good health by managing to keep bad habits under check. You can derive
immense satisfaction by making the home front aesthetically appealing. Constructing a house or acquiring an apartment cannot be ruled out for some.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
WAKE UP, DRESS UP
AND SHOW UP!
ANITA HADA
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T
The gratitude of a recovered
patient is our biggest inspiration.
We just wake up, dress up and
show up. —Dr Shivani Swami

A
merican supermodel Bella Had-
id has recently been accused
of sharing anti-semitic rhet-
oric over the Israeli-Pales-
tinian clash in a since-deleted social
media post. In the Instagram post
spotted by Fox News, the mod-
el stated that Israel is
not a country but a
land settled by coloniz-
ers that practice “ethnic
cleansing, military occupa-
tion and apartheid over
the Palestinian people.”
In the deleted post,
she wrote, “There
is NO place for
this!!! Especially in
2021!!!!”
—Agency
B
ollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bach- chan is considered the epitome of beauty. Aishwarya in an inter- view had said that it is not
easy for her to fall for any guy at first sight. “For me getting into a relationship is a serious thing. I have to know that person for a good period before getting into a re- lationship. I am sure- ly not a person who can get attracted to any guy at the first sight. Just not my thing,” she added.
—Agency
T
he world has been celebrating the Eid festival for two days. Actress Sonam
Kapoor also wished her fans.
The actress shared a song clipping from her debut film Saawariya as a wish for her fans. But it looks like it did not go well with her fans as one of them put a mean comment on the post. However, the actress did not lose her calm and politely dealt with the situation. She said ‘So satisfying’ and another image shows her block-
ing the user. The
comment read, “how much did
she get paid
for this
post.”
A
merican actress Ol- ivia Munn has re- cently started dat- ing stand-up come-
dian John Mulaney however
Munn had her eyes on him
for the past many years.
They recently met at
church in Los Ange-
les but several
years ago they both
attended Seth My-
ers’ wedding. In an
interview, Munn
talked about being
obsessed with Mu- laney on that very first day. She
said, “At first it
was cool, and then I
kept going up to him
at the wedding like ‘So,
you having fun?’ I was
just so obsessed with
hanging out with and
talking to him”
—ANI
ETC
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T
he star-studded press conference for the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival has been postponed by one week till June 3, this year. Variety has
learned that the reason for the dealy is the abundance of movies that have submitted to the festival and officials are expecting that the competition is going to be larger than usual, this year.
-ANI
A
ctor Hina Khan lost her father, Late Aslam Khan, last month after he suf- fered from cardiac arrest. Days after her father’s death, Hina was tested
positive for Covid-19. Recently, she opened up about her father’s death. She said that she is not in a state of mind to speak. She was quot- ed as saying, “The more you think about it, the more it pains,” she said. Hina added say- ing that she wants to take some time and that she will, even though some work commit- ments could not be postponed.
—Agency
B
ollywood ac- tress Kangana Ranaut’s Twitter ac-
count was perma- nently suspended re- cently. Recently she had shared a tweet of former cricketer Ir- fan Pathan question- ing him for sympa- thizing with Pales- tine but remaining silent on the West Bengal matter. However, this does not go well with him, and he thought of answering her. Taking it to his Twitter handle, he wrote, “All My tweets are either 4 humanity or countrymen, from a point of view of a guy who has represented India at d highest level.”
—Agency
S
ubodh Chopra, who wrote dia- logues for Em- raan Hashmi
and Irrfan’s films Murder and Rog, re- spectively, died on Fri- day due to post-Cov- id-19 complications. The news was con- firmed to The Times Of India by his young- er brother Shanky. Subodh Chopra’s younger brother confirmed that the dialogue writer died at 11:30 am on Friday at a Malad hospi- tal.
—Agency
T
he highly awaited film, Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai starring Salman Khan and Disha Patani released on Eid 2021. However, in just a day, it has
managed to leave fans unim- pressed. Even die-hard fans of Salman seem to have not liked the actioner and as a result, the film’s IMDb rating in just 2 days has dropped to 2.1. Not just this, Radhe’s low rating on IMDb has also left behind his last film, Dabangg 3 and has now be- come his second lowest-rated film. Radhe’s got a score of 2.1 based on re- views by 40,675 users.
—Agency
K
athryn Hahn left us ma- jorly impressed as the villainous Agatha in Eliza- beth Olsen and Paul Bettany
starrer WandaVision as Agatha All Along continues to be hummed ceremo- niously by the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Uni- verse) fans across the globe. It looks like Kathryn desires to keep her momen- tum going on if her next pro- ject is any incli- nation. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hahn will be starring in the Knives Out sequel.
—Agency
Eyes on
Mulaney
Postponed
Painful Nostalgia
Pathan’s jibe
Sad Demise!
Radhe
Knives Out Sequel
USER
Blocked
Not her thing
Happy B’day,
MADHURI
One of the leading female stars
in Bollywood, Madhuri Dixit
turned a year older on Saturday.
The gorgeous star of films like
Hum Aapke Hai Koun, Tezaab,
Kalank and many more is get-
ting a lot of love from her fans,
friends and family members on her spe-
cial day. Joining everyone in wishing
Madhuri on her birthday, Anil Kapoor
also shared a heartfelt wish on social
media for his Total Dhamaal co-star.
Apart from the fans and co-stars, her
husband, Dr Shriram Nene shared a
throwback picture on the special day
dedicating to his ‘soul mate’.
—Agency
O
—Agency
Backlash!
Cannes Film Festival
Hina Khan and Late Aslam Khan
Irfan Pathan
Salman Khan
Late Subodh Chopra
Sonam Kapoor AhujaBella Hadid
Kathryn Hahn
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Olivia Munn
...Dr Shriram Nene’s post
Madhuri Dixit Nene

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CITY BUZZGET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
BEING DILIGENT IS THE KEY
Akansha Bakshi is the talk of the fashion world and has an aesthetic to die for. Rishi
Miglani caught up with travel and fashion blogger Akansha to find out about her life, her
blog, and her inspiring advice for anyone wanting to become a blogger!
kansha Bakshi as-
pires to be a source
of inspiration for
everyone who likes
fashion and those
who want to em-
brace this world.
She recently bagged the
‘Best luxury and lifestyle
blogger award’, in Dubai
by First India. When
asked about her journey
and what encouraged
her, Akansha said,
“Fashion and Trav-
el have always been
my passion. Ever
since I was small
I remember
getting so
fascinated
with fashion
that I saw
around the malls and
ever since I can remem-
ber I used to love buying
different fabrics and mak-
ing outfits for my special
occasions. I remember
my first trip to Milan
many years ago and it
changed me seeing fash-
ion come to life first be-
fore the rest of the world
was like magic.” She fur-
ther added, “When COV-
ID-19 hit India and the
lockdown started, that
time gave me a very dif-
ferent perspective on
things I was doing in life
and never wanted to live
with the regret of not
trying. Though I had
started blogging on my
website in 2019, I started
working for Magnificent
Mayhem full time only in
2020. I was very motivated
with the response and feed-
back I received and during
my first few collaborations
only I realised how much my
heart was in it and was so
sure that I need to do this
for me now and see this
through!”
Akansha who is full of
gratitude towards her par-
ents for their constant sup-
port further shared about
the struggles faced by the
bloggers. “COVID has hit
business globally. Due to
the lockdown and busi-
nesses not being able to
function regularly, it
has impacted the
crash flow and sales
for brands globally
which streams
down to influenc-
ers as well. Apart
from that, there
has been a lot
of limitations
on travelling
and shooting
content as a
result of it.
So it has
been a big
hurdle to
cross. “
In her message to the aspir-
ing bloggers, she said, “Con-
sistency of growing it, pa-
tience to see it through and a
lot of negativity also that is
shed on you by total stran-
gers sometimes.”
RISHI MIGLANI
[email protected]
CITY FIRST
I
nternational Day of Families is celebrated on May 15 every year. Fami-
ly’ is a single word with
many meanings. A family holds a special place in the
life of an individual. Taking time every day to appre- ciate your loved ones and to reconnect as a family can feel very re-
freshing. All the time lost, forgotten bonds, and family time we were able to relive
because of this pandemic.
To make this day spe-
cial, Kalaneri Art Gal-
lery organised an inno-
vative competition on
Saturday for people all
across the globe. Families had to share photographs of
their happy moments or do-
ing any activities together. More than 50 families par-
ticipated.
Kalaneri director
Soumya Vijay Sharma said that this online activity was done to bring all the fami-
lies together, bring together positive thoughts towards life in difficult times. Every-
one was asked to share 1-1 photos and glad that all the people took part very enthu-
siastically.

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A FUN-FILLED ACTIVITY
A
Natwar Singh turns 92
today and First India
wishes him all the best!
It is indeed a matter
of pride for us to have
his opinion piece every
Sunday on our Edit
page. He remains keenly
interested in the goings-
on in the world of Indian
politics and world affairs
and his writings echo
the person that he is- a
gentleman, a visionary,
a wise and intellectual
person with an excellent
command of the language
he writes in.  He is an
absolute joy to interact
with and one needs a
keen and attentive mind
to converse with him as
he has a vast knowledge
and a witty repertoire
too. Natwar Singh
resides in Delhi with his
graceful and beautiful
wife Heminder Kaur.
—ANITA HADA
RUN TO FIGHT
ABDOMINAL CANCER
T
he world will cel-
ebrate Abdomi- nal Cancer Day worldwide on
Wednesday, May 19. Keeping in mind the pandemic situation this year the celebra- tions in Jaipur, held under the auspices of Abdominal Cancer Trust and IIEMR is be-
ing organised virtually. This will be the third edition of this event in Jaipur by them. This was informed by the Founder of Abdominal Cancer Day, Dr Sundeep Jain on Satur-
day. The virtual mara-
thon of the campaign will be organised on Sunday, May 16 - ‘Run to Fight Abdominal Cancer’. The resur-
gence of this virtual marathon started a
month ago and people have been a part of it not only from India but from all over the world.
A webinar is also be-
ing organised on May 19 in which, things re- lated to abdominal can-
cer and its preven-
tion will be dis-
cussed. Dr SS Sharma, Senior Professor, De- partment of Gastroen-
terology, SMS Medical
College, Jaipur will be the guest of honour. Famous writer and poet, Padmashree Ashok Chakradhar will also be a part of this webinar and con-
nect with people.

—CITY FIRST
HAPPY B’DAY!
IPS Ashok Kumar Gupta
celebrated his birthday on
Saturday, May 15. We wish
him all the best!
Natwar@92: Unbeatable!
GUJ: As the world and India tried to come to terms with the coronavirus pandemic’s death and
doom,  Ikbal Shaikh, Councillor,  Gomtipur area along with social workers Haji Shaikh, Jilani
Shaikh, Sayyed Rizvi and Pappu Khan uniquely celebrated Eid amid pandemic. Ramadan is one of
the ﬁve pillars of Islam, where Muslims fast and do charity. They arranged food kits and prepared
‘sevaiyaan’ for specially-abled and needy citizens in Ahmedabad on Friday.
RAJ: Ritu Rathi and
Nandini Sultania
along with their
team members
are working for
a greater cause.
They are providing
women with the
training of making
hygienic pads at
home with waste
cotton clothes. It
is not only cost
effective but also
makes women
‘Atmabirbhar’. They
are also providing
employment to
women who wish to
work for the same.
Kalaneri student Anita Yadav with her husband and children playing Carrom Artist Lalit Sharma with wife Meena and children
Dr Sundeep Jain
—PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI
Akansha Bakshi
Meeta and Manoj with their daughter Srishti

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