- Prime Minister Narendra Modi endorsed Nitish Kumar as Chief Minister of Bihar following the NDA's victory in the state elections. - The Gurjar agitation in Rajasthan was called off after Gurjar leader Kirori Bainsla met with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and other ministers. - The Congress balanced the deputy mayor elections by electing three candidates from minority communities in Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota, while the BJP gained deputy mayor posts in Jaipur and Jodhpur South.

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JAVADEKAR HOPEFUL OF NEW
AIR QUALITY COMMISSION
REDUCING POLLUTIONP5 P6
CHIRAG BURNT HIMSELF WITH HIS
OWN ‘CHIRAG’: HAM CHIEF MANJHI
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Address-
ing enthusiastic BJP
workers following the
victory of NDA in Bi-
har and impressive
show in the bypolls,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Wednesday
said the saffron party
now had its footprint
across the country and
the results had made it
clear that people would
now support only those
who work honestly for
development.
“Polls results have
endorsed the way we
have tackled Covid-19
pandemic. No re-polling
and peaceful conduct of
voting were the distinc-
tive features of Bihar
elections. Earlier there
used to be news of
booth capturing,” Modi
said. The PM, Turn to P6
GEHLOT : 1, BAINSLA : 0.. AS GURJARS CALL OFF AGITATION!
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: What was sus-
pected to be yet another
eye sore for otherwise
peaceful state of Ra-
jasthan, the Gurjar agi-
tation was called off
late on Wednesday
night after the leader of
one faction, Colonel Ki-
rori Bainsla, held a
meeting with ministers
of the state government
and later with Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot.
Agitating since No-
vember 1, for reserva-
tion in government
jobs, the ‘Bainsla fac-
tion’ had demanded un-
conditional compliance
to their demands while
a separate faction had
termed government’s
deal to be all encom-
passing. The ‘brokered
peace’ as a result of the
interaction between
Chief Minister and
‘Fauji’, is the culmina-
tion of the strategy de-
vised by CM Ashok Ge-
hlot to get Turn to P6
Gurjar leader Col Kirori Bainsla meets CM Ashok Gehlot at CMR on Wednesday night.
In a turn of events, Col Bainsla,
after 5 hours of deliberations with
Cabinet sub-committee, decides
to end agitation for quota, seals
the ‘deal’ after meeting Gehlot
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
will inaugurate the
Institute of Teaching and
Research in Ayurveda
(ITRA) at Jamnagar in
Gujarat and National In-
stitute of Ayurveda (NIA)
at Jaipur in Rajasthan
on the fifth Ayurveda
Day on November 13
via video conferencing,
a statement said on
Wednesday.
New Delhi: Thegovern-
ment has brought OTT
platforms like Netflix,
Amazon Prime Video
and Disney+ Hotstar be-
sides other online news
and current affairs con-
tent under the ambit of
theMinistryof Informa-
tion and Broadcasting,
giving it powers to regu-
late policies and rules
for the digital space.
So far, there was no
law or autonomous
body governing digital
content in India.
According to a notifi-
cation issued by the
Cabinet Secretariat on
Tuesday night and
signed by President
Ram Nath Kovind, the
decision has been taken
in exercise of the pow-
ers conferred by clause
(3) of article 77 of the
Constitution,byamend-
ing the Government of
India (Allocation of
Business) Rules, 1961
and it will come into ef-
fect immediately.
“These rules may be
called the Government
of India (Allocation of
Business) Three Hun-
dred and Fifty Seventh
Amendment Rules,
2020. They shall come
into force at once.
With this, the Infor-
mation and Broadcast-
ing Ministry has the
power to regulate poli-
cies related to news, au-
dio, visual contents and
films available on on-
line platforms.
The decision came in
less than a month after
the Supreme Court
sought the Centre’s re-
sponse on a PIL for reg-
ulating the Over The
Top (OTT) platforms by
an autonomous body.
Now, the OTT plat-
forms, which were hith-
erto unregulated, are
expected to come under
rules and regulations.
A JUBILANT MODI ENDORSES
NITISH’S CANDIDATURE AS CM
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on
Wednesday granted in-
terim bail to journalist
Arnab Goswami in the
2018 abetment to sui-
cide case, saying it will
be a “travesty of jus-
tice” if personal liberty
is curtailed”.
The apex court also
expressed concern over
state governments tar-
geting individuals on
the basis of ideology.
The court granted in-
terim bail to two others
in the case—Nitish Sar-
da and Parveen Rajesh
Singh—on personal
bond of Rs 50,000 each
and directed that they
shall not tamper with
the evidence and shall
cooperate in the probe.
A vacation bench of
Justices DY Chandra-
chud and Indira Baner-
jee, which ordered that
the accused shall not
try to meet any witness
in the case, said their
release should not be
delayed and the prison
authorities should fa-
cilitate this.
The bench said per-
sonal bonds are to be
furnished to Superin-
tendent of Taloja jail
instead of the magiste-
rial court.
During the day-long
arguments, the top
court said if state gov-
ernments target indi-
viduals, they must real-
ise then that there is
apex court to protect
the liberty of citizens.
Observing that it
would be a travesty of
justice if personal lib-
erty of a person is cur-
tailed like this, the
bench also expressed
concern over state gov-
ernments targeting
some individuals on the
basis of ideology and
difference of opinion.
We are seeing case af-
ter case where high
courts Turn to P6
Proactive CEC transforms ECI for
better election management
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: The 2020
Bihar Assembly elec-
tions and bypolls in ten
states will go down in
the history of India’s
democracy as one of the
finest moments for the
Election Commission
of India. For, in these
few months, ECI, head-
ed by Chief Election
Commissioner Sunil
Arora has proved that
challenges, how so ever
gargantuan, can be
overcomethroughsheer
will and hard work.
With Corona proving
to be a major hurdle to
the democratic process,
ECI was faced with a
tough task of making
right decision and in
thesetoughtimes,Arora
proved to be a resilient
pillardevisingnewways
to counter problem as
well as ‘reinventing’
election process. Wheth-
er it was Rajya Sabha
election, bypolls in ten
states, or Bihar election,
ECI has done an exem-
plary work. Turn to P8
Suicide case: SC grants
interim bail to Arnab
Govt to regulate online space, social sites
The court expressed concern over state govts targeting
“individuals on the basis of ideology, difference of opinion”
Thanking JP Nadda, PM said mantra
for party’s victory was Sabka saath,
sabka vikas & sabka vishwas; results
endorsed the way we tackled COVID
Patna: Chief Minis-
ter Nitish Kumar
Wednesday “saluted”
people for giving ma-
jority to the NDA in
Bihar and thanked
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi for his
support.
“I salute people for
the majority they
have given to the
NDA. I thank Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi for his sup-
port,” Kumar tweeted
in his first reaction
after the ruling coali-
tion won majority in
Bihar. The NDA won
125 seats in the
243-member Bihar as-
sembly against 110
clinched by the oppo-
sition Mahagath-
bandhan to pave the
way for a fourth suc-
cessive term for Ku-
mar in the office.
Meanwhile, Bihar
Deputy CM Sushil
Modi reiterated that
Nitish will be CM of
Bihar. More on P5
Nitish salutes people
for giving NDA majorityThank you, not
just because people
voted for us but
because we all
celebrated this
festival of
democracy with
great enthusiasm...
The election may
have been held in
only some parts of
the country but
entire country’s
attention was
focused on news
channels, Twitter
and the election
commission’s
website
—Narendra Modi, PM
PM TO INAUGURATE
AYURVEDA
INSTITUTES IN
JAIPUR, JAMNAGAR
NITISH KUMAR
@NITISHKUMAR
The people
decide. I bow to them for
giving the NDA a majority.
I also thank PM Modi for
his support.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
flanked by senior BJP leaders
Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Rajnath
Singh during the celebrations
following the victory of NDA
in Bihar Elections, at BJP
headquarters in New Delhi on
Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Mother of AICC
general secretary KC
Venugopal, Janakiamma,
passed away on Wednes-
day. She was 80. Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot,
PCC chief Govind Singh
Dotasra, former deputy
CM Sachin Pilot and
other leaders condoled
her death. “My condo-
lences to AICC General
Secretary & Rajya Sabha
MP KC Venugopal ji on
the demise of his mother.
May God give strength
to the family members to
bear this loss. May her
soul rest in peace,” Gehlot
tweeted.
KC Venugopal’s
mother dies at 80
BIHAR
ASSEMBLY
243
125
NDA
1
LJP
110
MGB
7
OTHERS
Sunil Arora
GEHLOT’S MASTERSTROKE
Jaipur: Known for his political thinking and strat-
egising abilities, Gehlot has again proved to be the
most stalwart leader in Rajasthan, a person in whose
leadership, even agitating Gurjar leader Kirori Bainsla
expressed complete trust in. Similarly, even Gehlot’s
‘bureaucrats’ who have been handpicked by the sea-
soned politician to handle the state - CS Niranjan Arya
and DGP ML Lather - have also successfully com-
pleted the major task of getting the Gurjar agitation to
end. The duo were present in the five hour long talks
at RSEB Guest House on Wednesday and were instru-
mental in bringing the Gurjars to an understanding.
Therefore, it would not be wrong to say that the ‘peace
process’ initiated by ‘non-violent’ Ashok Gehlot has
yet again proved to be the right way forward. Gehlot’s
approach has not only become an example for others
to tread on but has ensured that the road of violence
is never taken by agitators in future too. Truely, Gehlot
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Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: After the with-
drawal of names for
636 zila parishad mem-
bers and 4371 panchay-
at samiti members
elections in 21 districts
of the state, 1778 candi-
dates are in the fray for
zila parishad and
12,663 candidates for
panchayat samiti
members.
State Election Com-
mission PS Mehra said
that 2767 nomination
papers were filed by
2545 candidates for 636
zila parishad mem-
bers. Of these, 2109
nominations of 2008
candidates were found
valid after the cancel-
lation of 659 nomina-
tions. Out of these, 217
candidates were found
to have withdrawn 100
applications, while 13
members were elected
unopposed.
The Election Com-
missioner said that in
the same way, 19,018
nominations were filed
by 19,077 candidates
for 4371 panchayat
samiti members. Of
these, 15,574 nomina-
tions of 15,011 candi-
dates were found valid
after the cancellation
of 5142 nominations.
Of these, 2336 candi-
dates withdrew their
names, 563 applica-
tions were found dis-
carded while 40 mem-
bers were elected un-
opposed.
Mehra said the allo-
cation of election sym-
bols and the list of can-
didates contesting
elections has been pub-
lished. The voting will
be held on November
23 for the first phase,
November 27 for the
second phase, Decem-
ber 1 for the third
phase and December 5
for the fourth phase.
The counting of
votes for all the phases
will be held at all the
district headquarters
on December 8. The
election of the head or
chief will be held on
December 10 and the
deputy chief or deputy
chief on December 11.
The elections will be
held in the districts of
Ajmer, Churu, Nagaur,
Banswara, Dungarpur,
Pali, Barmer, Hanu-
mangarh, Pratapgarh,
Bhilwara, Jaisalmer,
Rajsamand, Bikaner,
Jalore, Sikar, Bundi,
Jhalawar, Tonk, Chit-
torgarh, Jhunjhunu
and Udaipur. Mehra
said that 24,187,946 vot-
ers in will be able to
exercise their fran-
chise in these districts.
14,441 in fray for zila parishad, panchayat samiti
CANDIDATES IN FRAY
Cong balances act, names 3
dy mayors from minority
Nirmal Tiwari
& Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: The ruling
Congress that was fac-
ing wrath of the Mus-
lim community for not
naming a single mayor
candidate from the com-
munity, balanced the
equations on Wednes-
day by fielding and get-
ting elected three mi-
nority community dep-
uty mayors.
The party got elected
Mohammad Aslam Fa-
rooqui from Jaipur Her-
itage municipal corpo-
ration, Abdul Karim
from Jodhpur North,
and Farideen from Kota
North. The party also
got fourth deputy may-
or Pawan Kumar Meena
from Kota South.
In JMC Greater, BJP
candidate Puneet Kar-
navat was unopposed
elected the deputy may-
or. Names of Jitendra
Srimali, Dinesh Kan-
wat and Puneet Karna-
vat were doing rounds
for the post. Puneet
stressed on the inte-
grated development of
Jaipur.
Farooqui got 56 votes
while BJP candidate
Mahendra got 44 votes.
Farooqui said that the
first priority in the
Heritage would be to
restore sewerage sys-
tem. Mayor Munesh
Gurjar congratulated
the deputy mayor on
his victory saying that
there is Congress gov-
ernment in the state
and the JMC Heritage
board is also of Con-
gress as such develop-
ment works would be
coordinated better.
Congress councillor
Umar Daraj raised slo-
gans as he also tried to
file his nomination for
the deputy mayor. He
accused MLA Rafiq
Khan of marring his
chances of becoming
deputy mayor and
warned the MLA of the
next assembly polls.
Daraj, however, voted
for Farooqui.
VICTORY OF CONG
BJP GETS DEPUTY MAYORS IN JMC GREATER AND JODHPUR SOUTH
First India Bureau
Kota: Urban develop-
ment and housing
minister Shanti Dhari-
wal reportedly repri-
manded Kota city SP
Gaurav Yadav for
lathi-charge on Tues-
day in which nine Con-
gress workers were
injured. The police
had resorted to lathi-
charge during the
mayoral elections.
Home secretary LN
Meena and his team
reached Kota late
Tuesday night and
straight away reached
the MBS hospital to
take stock of the situa-
tion of the patients in-
jured in the police
Lathi charge. On
Wednesday morning
the statements of the
victims and the Con-
gress workers were re-
corded. Apart from
this all the administra-
tive and police officers
related with the inci-
dent also recorded
their statements at the
Circuit House with the
enquiry team. Kota Di-
visional Commission-
er KC Meena, Collec-
tor Ujjwal Rathore,
DIG Ravi Dutt Gaur,
SP Gaurav Yadav,
ASPs Praveen Jain
and Rajesh Meel were
also present at the Cir-
cuit House.
Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur: Congress and
BJP won deputy mayor
elections in Jodhpur
north and Jodhpur
south municipal corpo-
ration respectively.
Congress councilor
Abdul Karim was elect-
ed as the deputy mayor
in Jodhpur north while
BJP’s Kishan Laddha
won in Jodhpur south.
In Jodhpur south,
BJP got two additional
votes in deputy mayor
elections. The party
has 43 councilors and
the support of 3 inde-
pendents but Laddha
got 48 votes in the dep-
uty mayor election
which indicates that
two Congress coun-
cilors have voted for
the BJP candidate.
Congress candidate
Ganpat Singh Chauhan
got 32 votes in Jodhpur
south. Congress nomi-
nee for deputy mayor
election in Jodhpur
north was elected unop-
posed as the nomina-
tion paper of the BJP
candidate Surendra
Joshi was rejected. Af-
ter the results, celebra-
tions broke out at both
parties.
First India Bureau
Alwar: A delivery boy
of a courier company
carrying gold orna-
ments worth about Rs
2.5 crore in 37 packets
was kidnapped and
looted on Tuesday night
around 2 am near Janak
Singhpura village on
Delhi-Jaipur national
highway. The accused
posed as CISF staff and
stopped the bus in
which the victim was
traveling. The accused,
who were wearing uni-
form, said that the vic-
tim was involved in
arms smuggling and
dragged him out of the
bus.
The victim Pramod
Saini, an employee in
Srivinayak air parcel
courier, was carrying
theparcelsfromDelhito
Jaipur. He told the po-
lice that the accused
beat him and threw in a
field before fleeing away
with the parcels con-
taining jewellery.
The accused came in
a vehicle bearing Maha-
rashtra registration
number. The accused
were stopped at police
barricading twice but
they posed as narcotics
officers and escaped.
After the incident,
the victim informed
his owners who got a
case registered at
Neemrana police sta-
tion on Wednesday.
Behror CO Mahavir
Singh said that investi-
gations are going in on
all aspects. Different
teams have been
formed under the lead-
ership of Bhiwadi SP
Ram Murti Joshi.
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: WCD minister
Mamta Bhupesh has ap-
pealed to the women to
become self-reliant with
the help of Indira Mahi-
la Shakti Kaushal
Samarthya Yojana. She
said that if the women
demandthentheywould
also be given loan facili-
ties under the Indira
Mahila Shakti scheme.
She interacted with
the women trainees at
the Women Empower-
ment Directorate on
Wednesday. The WCD
department is organis-
ing a training program
in association with
Asian Paints Colour
Academy under their
corporate social respon-
sibility program in
which a group of 20
women and girls is be-
ing trained in painting
various articles.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: ATS has ar-
rested nine people from
three places in Jaipur
and Ganganagar for
betting on IPL matches.
The ATS teams con-
ducted raids at Karni
vihar and Adarsh Na-
gar police station area
in Jaipur and Surat-
garh in Ganganagar.
Seven persons identi-
fied as Sunil Sekhani,
Rahul, Ravindra, Pa-
van, Rupesh Prajapat,
Jitendra Prajapat, and
Narayan were arrested
in Karni Vihar area.
The team also seized a
cash counting machine,
laptop, desktop comput-
er, 30 mobile phones,
and other items from
their possession.
Yogesh sharma
Jaipur: AICC general
secretary in-charge for
Rajasthan Ajay Maken
has sought a report
from PCC president Go-
vind Singh Dotasra on
nominating a candidate
for mayor election in
Jaipur greater munici-
pal corporation despite
not having a majority to
win. Maken has ex-
pressed his displeasure
over the lathi-charge on
Congress workers in
Kota and sought a re-
port.
The ruling party
nominated a candidate
for mayor election in
Jaipur greater munici-
pal corporation where
the BJP had got major-
ity. Senior leaders had
assured Maken that the
Congress would get the
advantage of infighting
in BJP but the party
candidate faced humili-
ating defeat and the
BJP candidate won.
In Kota, police lathi-
charged Congress work-
ers during the mayor
elections in which a few
workers were injured.
Probe into lathi-charge started,
Dhariwal reprimands cops
Dymayorpoll:It’s1-allfor
Cong and BJP @ Jodhpur
Men posing as CISF staff
loot `2.5 cr jewellery
Makenseeksreporton
JMCGreatermayor
‘Women should
become self-reliant’
IPL betting
gang busted
by ATS
Municipal
corporation
Deputy Mayor Age Party Reser-
vation
Total
wards
Winner’s
Votes
Jaipur
Greater
Punit Karnawat 52 BJP General 150 unopposed
Jaipur Herit-
age
Mohd Aslam
Farooqui
45 Congress OBC 100 56
Jodhpur
North
Abdul Karim 43 Congress OBC 80 unopposed
Jodhpur
South
Kishan Lal
Ladha
53 BJP General 80 48
Kota North Sonu Qureshi 36 Congress General 70 50
Kota South Pawan Kumar
Meena
38 Congress ST 80 40
DEPUTY MAYOR ELECTION RESULTS
Kota South dy mayor
elected through lottery
Bhawar S Charan
Kota: The deputy
mayor of Kota South
municipal corpora-
tion was elected
through a lottery as
the Congress and the
BJP candidates got 40
votes each.
Congress councilor
Pawan Kumar Meena
was declared deputy
mayor through the
lottery.
In the election for
the post of deputy
mayor, BJP got one
vote more than the
mayor election and
Congress got one vote
less than the mayor
elections. Both the
candidates got 40-40
votes and therefore
the name was de-
clared by lottery.
In the mayor elec-
tion, BJP candidate
got 39 votes while
Congress candidate
got 41 votes.
With this, mayors
and deputy mayors
both the Kota north
and Kota south mu-
nicipal corporations
are from Congress.
In Kota north, Con-
gress was already in a
comfortable position
where Sonu Qureshi
of Congress got 50
votes while BJP’s
Gyanendra got only 9
votes in the deputy
mayor election.
Qureshi was declared
winner with 41 votes.
However, some of
the BJP and independ-
ent councilors were
absent in the voting.
Sources said they are
close to the party lead-
er Prahlad Gunjal.
Newly-elected deputy Mayor Mohammad Aslam Farooqui with Mayor Munesh
Gurjar in Jaipur Heritage. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Injured Congress workers.
Deputy Mayor Abdul Karim along with newly elected Mayor Kunti
Deora and Congress councillors.
Puneet Karnavat was elected unopposed the deputy mayor in JMC Greater. Ram
Charan Bohra and Ashok Lahoti were also present. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Elections for 636 zila parishad, 4371
panchayat samiti members in 21 dists
PS Mehra
Newly-elected Congress councillor Pawan Kumar Meena.
Mamta Bhupesh, KK Pathak, Rashmi Gupta, Abha Jain and other
officers were present.

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Governor: Try to
make university
courses interesting
Kashiram Chaudhary
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra on
Wednesday called upon
universities to develop
courses in science and
technical and special-
ized knowledge areas
in English as well as
Hindi.
He emphasized that
educational institu-
tions should invite sub-
ject experts related to
arts, literature and cul-
ture as guest lecturers
and make students fa-
miliar with them and
make regular courses
interesting.
Mishra was address-
ing an online seminar
on National Education
Policy organized by Mo-
hanlal Sukhadia Uni-
versity, Udaipur from
Raj Bhavan here today.
The seminar was at-
tended by the princi-
pals, faculty heads, de-
partment heads and
vice chancellors of 184
colleges of the state.
Governor Kalraj Mishra addressing online seminar on NEP.
E-CURRICULA IN
REGIONAL LANG
Daring bovine
smugglers
open fire at
Bharatpur cops
Deepak Lawania
Bharatpur. The bovine
smugglers of the infa-
mous Mewat region are
turning more fearless
each passing day. In an-
other incident at a po-
lice barricading near
Gulpada village of Sikri
police station they fired
at the police team and
escaped from the spot.
The smugglers left
three vehicles contain-
ing 26 bovines which
the police sent to a
nearby gaushala. The
police are now trying to
search for the smug-
glers. It is noteworthy
that the Bharatpur dis-
trict area bordering
Haryana is used by bo-
vine smugglers on a
daily basis and illegal
activity continues de-
spite constant police ac-
tion. In most cases
smugglers are very well
connected and make
sure that they are not
arrested as their vehi-
cles are released by
court sooner or later.
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: A delegation of
private school manage-
ments in Rajasthan on
Wednesday met Gover-
nor Kalraj Mishra over
collection of tuition fees
during the lockdown,
which they claimed to
have led to a severe fi-
nancial crisis.
Several schools, in-
cludingCBSE,Rajasthan
Board and missionary
schoolsareonan“indefi-
nitestrike”fromNovem-
ber 5, as they lack funds
to pay salaries to their
staff and face closure.
Schools in the state
have not yet reopened
after they were closed
due to COVID-19 but
many are holding on-
line classes.
“A delegation of the
private school manage-
ment today have the
Governor to apprise
about the situation. Due
to financial crisis, sev-
eral schools have closed
stopped even online
classes,” said Sandeep
Bakshi, a member of
Forum of Private
Schools in Rajasthan.
Earlier, the forum
had requested Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
to help them in these
tough times.
School owners have
requested the authori-
ties to abide by the Ra-
jasthan High Court or-
der of September 9. A
single bench of the high
court had issued direc-
tion to the schools to
collect 70 per cent of
tuition fees. Yet, this or-
der was later stayed in
October by a division
bench of the high court.
Recently, the state
government had issued
orders that CBSE
schools and the Ra-
jasthan board should
reduce the tuition fees
by 30-40 per cent in ac-
cordance with the re-
duced syllabus.
According to the fo-
rum, they want clarity
on the part of the state
government in the or-
ders and said it is affect-
ing 50,000 schools and
11 lakh employees.
Pvt schools forum calls on Guv over fees order
SEVERE FUND CRISIS
Members of private schools sitting on hunger strike in Jaipur on Wednesday.
Pathena, men
kidnap man,
forcefully take
`5L ransom
First India Bureau
Jaipur. Known history
sheeter Vinod Pathena
and his gang not only
kidnapped a person but
also successfully recov-
ered a ransom of Rs5
lakh from him without
anybody knowing about
the criminal act.
The victim could
gather courage only on
Wednesday, exactly 20
days after the incident
took place, to register a
formal complaint with
the city police that also
after the police itself
convinced the victim of
a firm action against
the accused. An Inform-
er told police that the
victim was kidnapped
while he was on his way
to Lal Kothi when Pa-
thena stopped his car
and forcibly got into it.
Soon his gang members
riding three bikes also
joined Vinod who then
bashed the victim and
demanded a ransom of
Rs 5 lakh.
SPEED NEWS
PROPERTY
DISPUTE: COURT
STAYS ARREST OF
CHOPRA COUPLE
Jaipur: Judge Madhu-
sudan Mishra stayed
the arrest of the ac-
cused Arvind Chopra
and his wife Seema
Chopra in the Punjab
Kesari group property
dispute with the con-
sent of the complainant.
Lawyers of the accused
also said that since the
complainant and the ac-
cused are relatives and
therefore there is a pos-
sibility of a compromise
between them. Both the
sides to the case will be
present at the mediation
centre on November 23.
It is noteworthy that ac-
cused Arvind and See-
ma had applied for an-
ticipatory bail in cases
registered by Aditya
Chopra in 2006 in Jyoti
Nagar police station.
Case pertains to open-
ing fake bank accounts
in PNB Nehru Place
branch in name of Ash-
wini and Kiran Chopra
without their consent.
The complainant was
represented by advo-
cate AK Jain in the case
for which Judge Mishra
has set December 5 as
date for hearing for the
anticipatory bail
application.
`2 L RELEASED FOR
JAIPUR BOMB
BLAST VICTIM’s
DAUGHTER
Jaipur: In compliance
with the relief package
announced for 2008
Jaipur serial bomb blast
victim late Hiralal, a
committed relief fund of
Rs 2 lakh was released
for his daughter Mudri-
ka who is getting mar-
ried on November 25.
District collector Antar
Singh Nehra said that
Rs 1 lakh will be depos-
ited in the account of
late Hiralal’s wife Phoo-
lo Devi while a fixed de-
posit of Rs 1 lakh in the
name of Mudrika will
also be done. Instruc-
tions for the same have
been given to the man-
ager of SBI, Collectorate
branch. According to
the terms of relief pack-
age announced for
bomb blast victim, this
amount of Rs2 lakh was
to be paid after late Hi-
ralal daughter Mudrika
would attend the age of
18. It is noteworthy that
Hiralal died in serial
bomb blasts which
rocked Jaipur on 13
May 2008. He hailed
from district Madhubani
of Bihar but was resid-
ing in Gujaron ki Bag-
ichi in Indira Bazaar
area of the city.
CUSTODIAL DEATH: 3-MEMBER
CID-CB TEAM STARTS PROBE
Bundi: A three-member CID-CB team under
ASP Lalchand Kayal reached the Ramnagar
residence of alleged deceased Harji Kanjar
who allegedly died in custody due to police
brutality. The family of the deceased Harji Kan-
jar refused to give any statement to the CID-
CB team on Wednesday. SP Kayal asked the
family members to provide them the live video
of the deceased in their possession on a CD
and pen drive. The CID CB team is expected
to return in a couple of days to record the
statement of the family and collect the crucial
evidence. It is noteworthy that along with the
CID-CB, the custodial death case is also being
inquired judicially. Range DIG Ravi Dutt Gaur
had suspended the complete staff of the Sadar
police station on Tuesday to ensure impartial
police probe in the case.
Raje celebrates party’s poll win with workers
Vinod Tiwari
Dholpur: Former CM
Vasundhara Raje cele-
brated the victory of
BJP in Bihar and vari-
ous by-elections in the
country by sharing it
with the party workers
at the district BJP office
in the city. Amid the cel-
ebratory mood Raje
congratulated all the
party workers and
called the victory as his-
toric. Speaking to the
media the former CM
said that the trust on
PM Modi had defied all
the opinion polls. She
said the victory in Bi-
har elections is credited
to the central leader-
ship of the BJP and the
goodwill earned by the
PM due to the welfare
schemes run by the cen-
tral government for
farmers and the poor.
She said that BJP has
once again proved that
it is the most popular
party in the country.
FESTIVE GAIETY
Walled City markets are all illuminated for the 5-day festival of Diwali. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
KHATU SHYAM TEMPLE REOPENS FOR
DEVOTEES, ONLINE REGISTRATION MUST
First India Bureau
Sikar: After a wait of
eight months, the gates
of the famous temple of
Khatu Shyamji were
reopened on Wednes-
day. The devotees will
have to register online
for visiting the temple.
Pratap Singh Chau-
han of Shree Shyam
Mandir committee and-
committee secretary
Shyam Singh Chauhan
launched a website
http://www.shrishyam-
darshan.in for this pur-
pose. People visited the
temple on Wednesday
and prayed for rescue
from corona crisis.
Thetemplevisitshave
been planned in four
stages. Children of up to
10yearsandeldersabove
60 years will not be al-
lowedtovisitthetemple.
Pratap Singh Chauhan
said the temple would
remain closed on every
Sunday of every month
and Ekadashi and Dwa-
dashi of Shukla Paksha.
The temple was
closed during lockdown
in March this year and
has now reopened with
all arrangements of
sanitisation in view of
Covid-19. The visitors
will have to wear face
mask and social dis-
tancing norms will be
observed during the
‘darshan’.
Meanwhile, Ra-
jasthan on Wednesday
reported 2,080 new Cov-
id-19 cases taking the
total count of cases in
the state to 2,17,151. The
total count of cases in-
cludes 2,019 deaths and
1,98,139 recoveries and
discharges.
State Health Depart-
ment said 11 Covid-19
deaths and 1,801 recov-
eries/discharges were
reported on Wednesday.
Out of 2,080 new Cov-
id-19 cases, Ajmer re-
ported 141 cases, Bikan-
er (175), Jaipur (450),
Alwar (115) and Jodh-
pur (310). The state has
16,993 active cases.
On Wednesday Raj reported 2,080 new Covid-19 cases taking the total count of cases in the state to 2,17,151
Devotees at famous temple of Khatu Shyamji after it reopened on Wednesday.
POONIA’S OPEN LETTER
ABOUT FIGHT AGAINST CORONA
Jaipur: State BJP chief Satish Poonia has written an
open letter to people to put an end to all speculations
regarding his health. In the letter, Poonia has stated that
how despite keeping all precautions he got infected with
coronavirus and had joined party work after recovering
within a gap of 15 days. Poonia wrote, he did not realise
that returning so soon to public life had endangered his
life as he was again infected with such gravity that he had
to get treatment in Gurugram. He informed people that
his personal office would be working daily from 9 to 11
am to assist people in their problems and he would join
as soon as he fully recovers. —Aishwary Pradhan
SWEET BOXES WITH SPECIAL MESSAGE
Jaipur: Officers of both Heritage and Greater municipal
corporations of the city are pursuing an innovative
corona awareness campaign during the festival where
municipal officers have roped in sweet shops of city to
put stickers displaying ‘No Entry Without Mask’ & ‘Never
Move Out Without A Mask’ on the sweet and gift boxes
they sell during the 5-day festival. The corporations will
be distributing 3 lakh stickers to sweet shop owners who
have readily agreed to do their bit.
MLAs, SPORTS COUNCIL OFFICERS +VE
Khajuwala MLA Govind Ram Meghwal, Malviya
Nagar BJP MLA Kalicharan Saraf, sports council
officerSubrata Sen and council’s PRO Tejraj Singh
have tested positive. Meghwal’s wife and daughter
are contesting zila parishad polls but he remained
away from nomination process as he is not well.
Saraf too tested positive and tweeted, “After the
initial symptoms of corona infection, I got the test
done in which my report came out positive today.
I request you all that whoever has come in contact
with me should take special care of their health.

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ndia and Pakistan were born
together and got separated at
birth. While India has focused
on secular credentials and
growth, while Pakistan em-
braced extremism. Today after
73 years, there is no comparison
between the two. In the last 73
years, Pakistan has moved on a
self-destruction course steadily
with some leaders like Presi-
dent Zia giving it extra push
towards death and destruction.
In the past 40 years, its per cap-
ita income has suffered almost
a 90 percent net deficit relative
to India and the gap is rising.
Unfortunately, when it comes to
basic human rights and civil
liberties, Pakistan is at least 100
years behind the modern world.
It’s a typical “Salim-Javed” type
story of Bollywood films where
one brother follows the right-
eous path and prospers while
another rebel against society
become a terrorist and ulti-
mately dies a horrible death.
RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM
Pakistan was born as an inse-
cure nation and grew up with a
revisionist culture, feudalistic
mindset, racial and lingual prej-
udices and ideological fault
lines. Pakistan, on its partition,
had over 13 % minorities resid-
ingwithinanIslamicpopulation
of 76 million. Today the minori-
ties have declined to under 2.5 %
living life virtually under seize
with Blasphemy laws, human
rights violations, forced conver-
sions, military oppression, and
systemicpersecution.Armyand
Islamist Mullahs are acting as
thecustodiansof thisdisruptive
ideology and defenders of radi-
cal Islam while politicians act as
stooges. The nexus of the Army,
the ruling elite, and the mullahs
has turned this country into a
place where only one-sided nar-
ratives against the world are al-
lowed to live, according to the
rules set by this troika.
RECENT CHAOS
IN PAKISTAN
ARMY POLICE CLASHES:
The recent revolt by top police
officers against the Army in
Pakistan’s Sindh province was
unprecedented and shook the
country’s military. A ‘civil
war’-like situation developed
in Pakistan amid reports of
clashes between the Karachi
Police and the Pakistan Army
in the recent past, challenging
the supremacy of Pak Army,
for the first time. This was not
a protest against an elected
government or Prime Minister
Imran Khan, but against the
Army in Pakistan, which is su-
preme and never challenged.
UNREST ON THE RISE
THE MILITARY-LED: Govt of
Islamabad is perpetuating the
barbarism, holocaust, massa-
cre, and genocide creating dis-
sension and unrest. Out of the
four provinces of Pakistan,
three are simmering and the
fourth is caught in the division.
Even the so-called autonomous
territories of POK and Gilgit-
Baltistan remain a flashpoint
with oppression and fascism at
the hands of the Pak Army. In-
deed, there are no parts of Pa-
kistan which have remained
unaffected by terrorism, dis-
criminatory policies, and eth-
nic or sectarian/religious in-
duced turmoil. This is the saga
of a nation which has been
dismembered (East Pakistan)
earlier and yet again, awaiting
an impending implosion.
POLITICAL UPHEAVAL:
There is too much chaos in the
Pakistani polity now. PM Imran
Khan is heading a lame-duck
govt with Army in full control.
Out of senses, Imran Khan
called Osama Bin Laden a
‘Shaheed’ (martyr) and the
FATF promptly extended Paki-
stani presence in its grey list.
The Afghan situation is only
worsening.Thereisactivecollu-
sion between TTP and Afghan
Taliban. FATA is in bad shape.
All things considered, there is
chaos in Pak polity. How long
will PM Imran Khan be able to
holdontohischair,istobeseen?
FRAGILE ECONOMY: The
Pakistani economy is now be-
low the dumps. Their combined
debt to IMF, the Gulf States, and
China must be beyond count.
Manufacturing and exports
have collapsed. External remit-
tances have dried up. Locusts
have hit agriculture. There is
uncontrolledinflation.Pakistan
has once again turned to its all-
weather friend China for a loan
of $1 billion to repay a $1 billion
loan taken from Saudi Arabia.
Overallthecountryissteepedin
debt, especially to China.
SURRENDER TO CHINA:
The bear hug of friendship
from China is squeezing Paki-
stan, sparking fears that the
country may be heading into a
giant debt trap, to a point where
the bonhomie could even en-
croach on its sovereignty. Paki-
stan owes China double the
amount it owes to the IMF. It’s
surprising how the bankrupt
nation is getting submerged
deeper and deeper into China’s
debt trap. Pakistan is no longer
a hot favourite of the USA and
Saudi Arabia. Therefore, it has
no choice but to fall in line with
China, at the dictated terms.
CONCLUSION
The condition of Pak is critical
with financial bankruptcy, sec-
tarian violence, police-Army
clashes, and rising unrest
amongst the masses. It sur-
vives on a Chinese respirator,
on the verge of slipping into
comma, with a fragile economy,
poor human development in-
dex, alarming unemployment,
and now in the Chinese debt
trap of CPEC. This country is
also the notorious epicenter of
breeding, harbouring, and ex-
porting terrorism beyond its
national boundaries. It is time
that the gods of this country
realize that by creating fear
and denying basic rights and
justice to the masses they are
gradually moving toward their
own self-destruction. For India,
having chaos in it’s neighbour-
hood is not a happy situation.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
PAKISTAN ON SELF
DESTRUCT MODE
I
Pakistan was
born as an
insecure nation
and grew up
with a revisionist
culture,
feudalistic
mindset, racial
and lingual
prejudices, and
ideological fault
lines. Pakistan,
on its partition,
had over 13 % of
minorities
residing within
an Islamic
population of 76
million. Today
the minorities
have declined to
under 2.5 %
living life
virtually under
seize with
Blasphemy laws,
human rights
violations, forced
conversions,
military
oppression, and
systemic
persecution
THE PAKISTANI ECONOMY
IS NOW BELOW THE
DUMPS. THEIR COMBINED
DEBT TO IMF, THE GULF
STATES, AND CHINA
MUST BE BEYOND COUNT.
MANUFACTURING AND
EXPORTS HAVE
COLLAPSED. EXTERNAL
REMITTANCES HAVE
DRIED UP
reliminary data
from the Pfizer/
BioNTech Cov-
id-19 vaccine
trial suggests it
provides 90% efficacy at
preventing the disease. At
the very least, this news
will result in a large sigh
of relief across the vaccine
community. It signifies a
breakthrough – it is the
first announcement that a
vaccine can protect against
SARS-CoV-2 infection in
humans.
This shows it can be
done. But how well it can
be done is still a big ques-
tion that no one has the
answer to. These results
are promising, but there is
a lot more we now need to
confirm.
The 90% efficacy is a
strong result, but we
should remember that this
is an interim analysis,
based on 94 cases of the
disease that have occurred
across those receiving ei-
ther the vaccine or a pla-
cebo. Pfizer has noted in its
trial protocol that it needs
at least 164 cases of the dis-
ease to occur across the
study to reliably assess the
vaccine’s efficacy.
If subsequent cases oc-
curmorefrequentlyamong
those who have had the
vaccine rather than the
placebo, then this efficacy
figure will fall. So we do
not yet know if this num-
ber is truly reflective of the
vaccine’s protective ability
– meaning crucially, we
need to get to the end of the
trial.
But if this is the case,
why announce these inter-
im results now? An interim
analysis of trial data like
this is not uncommon, par-
ticularly in phase 3 vaccine
trials, as it is not unusual
for trials to fail during test-
ing. Therefore, you need to
determine as soon as you
can, with as much robust-
ness as you can, whether
pursuing the trial is worth-
while. Continuing when
things are futile is a waste
of resources – and in some
cases unethical.
The only way to see
whether continuing is the
right option is for the tri-
al’s independent data and
safety monitoring board to
look at some or all of the
results. For Covid-19,
where time is a major con-
straint, many efforts have
been made to incorporate
interim analysis into stud-
ies in a way that provides
an answer, with some con-
fidence, in as timely a man-
ner as possible.
This interim review was
therefore planned at the
start of the trial and has
fulfilled its purpose. It is a
very positive signal that
the trial needs to continue
– even if the actual data
from the review leaves us
with many questions.
One key thing these in-
terim results do not tell us
is how long protection
lasts. Participants in this
phase 3 trial received two
doses of the vaccine, and
measurement of its effica-
cy was taken seven days
after the second dose was
given. This is likely around
the height of the initial im-
mune response. It will be
really important to under-
stand how durable this ini-
tial protection is after this
point.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
How well Pfizer’s Covid vaccine works
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AS BJP MARCHES ON
ith Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal-United
having been reduced to a minor status
in the NDA, it can be said that Bihar is
in Bharatiya Janata Party’s bag. The
party got together at its headquarters
in Delhi on Wednesday to celebrate the big victory.
Like in his campaign speeches, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi stressed development as he spoke
of politics in the 21st century. People will vote for
those who work for the country’s progress. Indeed,
voters in Bihar found the prime minister’s assur-
ance on the development of the state more credi-
ble. The reason why the people keep reposing their
trust in the BJP is good governance, Modi said and
mentioned all the states where it has returned to
power election after election. He recalled how the
party operating from two rooms and with a two
percent vote share has grown to reach every heart
and rise to power in faraway Manipur and other
eastern states.
The prime minister attacked family-run parties
from Kashmir to Kanyakumari said that they pose
a threat to the nation. With elections in Tamil
Nadu due next year, the reference to DMK and AI-
ADMK was obvious. With the party engaged in a
bitter struggle for power in West Bengal where
polls are due next year the prime minister, without
naming the state, said that the killings of BJP
workers won’t fetch votes.
The celebratory event and the prime minister
indirectly mentioning West Bengal will galvanise
workers to take on Mamata Banerjee’s challenge.
Having won in Bihar, it is only natural for the BJP
to have Bengal in its cross-hairs.
W
IN-DEPTH
COVAXINE ENTERS
EFFICACY TRIALS
lose on the heels of American pharma
giant Pfizer claiming 90 percent efficacy
of their Covid-19 vaccine, India’s Bharat
Biotech in collaboration with the Indian
Council of Medical Research has started
the third phase clinical trial of its Covaxin. The
trial is being conducted at 25 centres in the country
involving 26,000 participants, with the vice-chan-
cellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Prof Tariq
Mansoor, registering as the first volunteer. The
university’s JN Medical College and Hospital is
one of the centres where trials will be done.
Pfizer’s claim on the vaccine’s efficacy has raised
confidenceinnationsbattlingCovid-19.Allhopesare
pinned on early availability of a vaccine to fight the
viruswhichisstillraginginseveralcountries.Amer-
ica reported a two lakh single-day spike, France over
38,000 new cases, and UK 22,885 new cases. India too
is witnessing a spurt and 44,000 new cases. The ur-
gency for a vaccine is therefore understandable. The
problem with Pfizer’s vaccine is that its availability
in India may not be possible because of the require-
ment of deep freeze, production, storage, and trans-
portation networks to ensure the cold chain does not
break.Itsproductionissaidtobecostlyandshelf life
short which will make it unaffordable in India.
The start of the third phase clinical trial of Co-
vaxin is a big development. An indigenously devel-
oped vaccine will be much cheaper than Pfizer’s
and depending on how the government prioritises
its distribution, much more easily accessible to the
domestic patient. Of course, everything will de-
pend on the vaccine’s efficacy during the trial.
C
MAJ GEN
CP SINGH, RETD
The writer is a scholar soldier
accredited with MA, MSc, LLB,
MBA, M Phil (Def Mgt) and M Phil
(International Strategic Affairs)

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ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS AFTERMATH
There is no confusion on the issue, the decision was taken before the polls and it will remain same, said the Bihar Dy CM
Nitish will be Bihar CM: Sushil Modi
Patna: Bihar Deputy
Chief Minister and BJP
leader Sushil Modi on
Wednesday reiterated
that Nitish Kumar will
be Chief Minister of Bi-
har and said, “there is
no question of replac-
ing him”.
While replying to a
question over JDU)
chief, Nitish Kumar’s
future in Bihar, the BJP
leader said, “There is
no confusion on the is-
sue of Nitish Kumar as
Chief Minister of Bi-
har. The decision was
taken before the polls
and it will remain
same.” “In alliance,
sometimes a partner
wins more and the oth-
er one is able to secure
fewer seats. But we are
equal partners, people
voted for NDA,” he add-
ed. While reacting over
a question on LJP, chief
Chirag Paswan, the BJP
leader said, “He is not
part of our alliance in
the state. I don’t want to
say anything about it.”
On a question regard-
ing Chirag Paswan’s
status in the Central
government, the BJP
leader said, “I don’t
know, I am only con-
cerned with state poli-
tics, representatives of
Central government
can give you an answer
about this question. But
he is surely not a part
of Bihar-NDA.” —ANI
SHAHCONGRATULATESJPNADDAON
NDA’SVICTORYINBIHARASSEMBLYPOLLS
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah visited the resi-
dence of Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) na-
tional president JP Na-
dda to congratulate
him for the party’s vic-
tory in the Bihar As-
sembly polls.
Shah said that BJP is
dedicated to the devel-
opment of the country
under the leadership of
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi. “I congratu-
lated BJP national pres-
ident JP Nadda at his
residence on the occa-
sion of the party’s vic-
tory in the Bihar As-
sembly Election and
by-elections in several
other states. We, the
workers of the party,
are dedicated to the de-
velopment of the nation
under the leadership of
PM Modi ji and Nadda
ji,” Shah tweeted.
Earlier, the home
minister had expressed
gratitude towards the
people of Bihar for
choosing development,
progress, good govern-
ance, and giving a “full
majority” to the Nation-
al Democratic Alliance
in the state. —ANI
At Cabinet
meet, mins
laud PM for
Bihar poll win
New Delhi: Union Cab-
inet ministers on
Wednesday thanked
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi for the victory
of the National Demo-
cratic Alliance (NDA)
in the Bihar Assembly
polls and the by-polls
across the country.
Sources claimed that all
Ministers, who virtual-
ly attended the Cabinet
meeting, congratulated
PM Modi and dedicated
the victory of Bihar to
his vision and support
that he enjoys amongst
the masses.
It was one of the mo-
ments that made the
meeting even more
pleasant, stated one of
the highly placed sourc-
es. “The Prime Minister
was smiling when he
was congratulated on
the victory. He was look-
ing happy,” said anoth-
er source.
“Can he not be hap-
py? He has all the rea-
son to be. The victory
wasn’t an easy one and
his charisma did won-
ders for the party as
well as for the NDA,”
added another source
with a broad smile.
The PM was the lead
campaigner for the
NDA alliance. —ANI
After MP, Digvijaya Singh now wants to
destroy Bihar: JDU’s Sanjay Singh
Digvijaya: BJP destroyed legacy of Ram
Vilas Paswan, reduced Nitish’s stature
Patna: Hitting back
at senior Congress
leader Digvijaya Sin-
gh for advising Chief
Minister Nitish Ku-
mar to leave Bihar
and enter national
politics, Janata Dal
(United) leader San-
jay Singh on Wednes-
day said that Digvi-
jaya wants to “destroy
Bihar like Madhya
Pradesh”.
“He (Digvijaya) has
already destroyed
Madhya Pradesh, now
he wants to destroy
Bihar as well. It will
be better if he keeps
his advice to himself
and Congress. We do
not need it. Congress
is already sinking,
whoever gets on
board, will sink with
them,” Singh.
Reacting to RJD
and Congress’ matter
of raising the issue of
Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar allegedly in-
fluencing the count-
ing of votes, Sanjay
Singh said that they
should accept their
“defeat”.
“The public holds
the power in a democ-
racy. People gave their
mandate to Nitish Ku-
mar then why is that
mandate being at-
tacked? One should
accept their defeat.
the JDU leader said.
Bhopal: Senior Con-
gress leader and for-
mer CM of Madhya
Pradesh, Digvijaya
Singh accused BJP of
destroying the legacy
of late Ram Vilas Pas-
wan and reducing the
stature of Chief Min-
ister Nitish Kumar by
its “kootneeti” in Bi-
har. After losing the
Madhya Pradesh by-
polls and Bihar As-
sembly elections 2020,
Congress leader Dig-
vijaya Singh in a se-
ries of tweets said,
“BJP has reduced Nit-
ish’s stature by its
strategy and ended
the legacy of Ram Vi-
las Paswan ji.” Nitish
Kumar-led NDA re-
tained power with an
absolute majority in
with 125 on Wednes-
day. However, Chirag
Paswan’s LJP, which
fielded 137 candidates,
managed to secure
only one seat. Singh
has also advised Nit-
ish Kumar to leave
Bihar and enter na-
tional politics.
“Nitish ji, Bihar
has become small for
you. You should join
national politics. Do
not let the Union’s
policy of ‘divide and
rule’. Help all social-
ists believe in the sec-
ular ideology. Do con-
sider,” he added. —ANI
Patna: Taking a dig at
Lok Janshakti Party
(LJP) President Chirag
Paswan for contesting
against the National
Democratic Alliance
(NDA) in the recently
concluded Bihar As-
sembly election, Hindu-
stani Awam Morcha
(HAM) chief Jitan Ram
Manjhi on Wednesday
said he burnt himself
with his own lamp.
“ Apne chirag se
bhasm ho gaye hain wo
(he burnt himself with
hisownlamp),”quipped
the former chief minis-
ter whose HAM won
four seats on Tuesday.
Chirag translates to
lamp in English. The
HAM leader went on to
say: “There’s a saying
don’t cut the branch on
which you sit. Chirag
Paswan worked to-
wards defeating the fold
he was part of. The re-
sult is clear, the branch
has been cut, but he also
fell,” Manjhi said.
Paswan’s LJP had
broken away from the
NDA and contested 137
seats in Bihar, but end-
ed up winning only one
seat as compared to two
last time. —ANI
Chirag burnt himself with his
own ‘chirag’: HAM chief Manjhi
‘Bihar Cong chief Madan
Mohan Jha should resign’
My aim was to dent JDU,
not to affect BJP: Chirag
Patna: Bihar Congress
leader Rishi Mishra on
Wednesday said that
Congress state chief
Madan Mohan Jha
should resign on moral
grounds over party’s
performance in assem-
bly elections as it could
win only 19 seats of 70 it
contested.
“Our government
could not be formed be-
cause of Congress state
president President
Madan Mohan Jha. He
has been doing politics
in Mithilanchal for 40
years. Rashtriya Janata
Dal (RJD) gave you 70
seats and you won only
19. The Left parties per-
formed better than Con-
gress. I request Soniaji
to save us. Jha should
offer his resignation on
moral grounds,”
Mishra told reporters
in Patna.
He said tickets were
not distributed in prop-
er manner and several
candidates were not
even aware of gram
panchayats in their con-
stituencies. —ANI
Patna: Lok Janshakti
Party (LJP) chief Chi-
rag Paswan on Wednes-
day said that it was his
aim to dent the Janta
Dal-United (JDU) votes
in the electoral battle
and also make sure that
his candidate should
not affect the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP). “It
was my aim to dent JDU
and I worked on it. I also
focused that we should
not affect the BJP and
asked my workers to
support it. My aim was
to provide more seats to
BJP and damage to
JDU. The LJP will im-
prove its performance
in 2025,” Paswan said.
Paswan was satisfied
with the LJP’s perfor-
mance in the polls and
will prepare for the 2025
Bihar election. —ANI
Owaisi: AIMIM ready
for Assembly polls in WB
Hyderabad: All India
Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-
Muslimeen (AIMIM)
chief Asaduddin Owai-
si on Tuesday stated
that he is ready to fight
next year’s Assembly
polls in West Bengal.
Lok Sabha member
from Hyderabad, Owai-
si said, “We will contest
election in West Bengal,
if our party member is
ready to fight. Will sure-
ly take a decision on it.”
The Hyderabad-based
party, AIMIM made
gains in the recently
concluded Bihar As-
sembly elections. The
party has won five con-
stituencies, in the
state’s Seemanchal re-
gion - Baisi, Amour,
Kochadhaman, Baha-
durganj and Jokihat.
Party was also able to
secure a vote share of
1.2 per cent in the total
votes polled.
AIMIM had fielded
candidates under the
umbrella of “Grand
Democratic Secular
Front”whosechief min-
isterial candidate was
Rashtriya Lok Samata
Party (RLSP), chief Up-
endra Kushwaha.
West Bengal Assem-
bly elections are sched-
uled to be held in 2021.
With 294 seats, a keen
contest awaits the state
as Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) tries to
wrest power from
Mamata Banerjee’s Tri-
namool Congress. —ANI
WIN IN 5 CONSTITUENCIES OF BIHAR
IN THE COURTYARD
Sivasankar, his CMO
team was aware of gold
smuggling: ED tells court
Kochi: Accused Swap-
na Suresh has disclosed
that former principal
secretary of Kerala
Chief Minister’s Office
M Sivasankar and his
team were fully aware
of the gold smuggling,
the Enforcement Direc-
torate submitted before
a Kochi court on
Wednesday.
The ED, in its report,
submitted that Swapna
Suresh was shown cer-
tain Whatsapp messag-
es exchanged between
her and Sivasankar and
asked to explain the
context, after which she
said that Sivasankar
and his team at the
CMO were fully aware
of the gold smuggling
and other electronic
items sent through the
diplomatic channels.
“Sivasankar was also
aware of the kickbacks
given by Unitac Build-
ers to Swapna and her
close associates includ-
ing Khalid, CFO, UAE
Consulate in lieu of fa-
cilitating the award of a
contract from Red Cres-
cent under the Life Mis-
sion Projects. Out of
which, an amount of Rs
1 crore (approx) which
was subsequently
seized by NIA from the
lockers belonging to
Swapna, which were
opened on the direc-
tions of Sivasankar and
was meant for
Sivasankar,” the ED
submitted.
After hearing the
submissions in the mat-
ter, the Principal Ses-
sions Court in Kochi
extended by one day the
ED custody of
Sivasankar. —ANI
Nothing more important
than preserving life: SC
New Delhi: Supporting
the ban on firecrackers
in view of the COVID-19
pandemic, the Supreme
Court on Wednesday
dismisses a plea against
the ban of firecrackers
in West Bengal during
the ongoing festive sea-
son including Diwali.
A bench of Justices
DY Chandrachud and
Indira Banerjee dis-
missed a plea challeng-
ing the Calcutta High
Court order against the
firecracker ban. “We
understand these festi-
vals are important. But
when lives are at peril,
any effort to save hu-
man life should be
made... We are very con-
scious about the impor-
tance of festivals but we
are living amidst the
pandemic and everyone
should come out to sup-
port the decision which
improvesthesituation,”
Justice DY Chandra-
chud observed.
“There cannot be an-
ything more important
than the preservation
of life in the current
pandemic. Life is itself
in danger now and peo-
ple should come togeth-
er to deal with the prob-
lem,” he added.
Calcutta High Court
had last week issued a
ban on the sale and
bursting of firecrackers
across West Bengal dur-
ing the festival season
including Diwali, Chatt
Puja, Kali Puja, etc in
view of the COVID-19
pandemic. —ANI
Espionage
case:HC seeks
report on
journo’s arrest
New Delhi: Delhi
High Court sought
a status report from
the Special Cell of
Delhi Police on the
bail plea of free-
lance journalist Ra-
jeev Sharma, who
was arrested in an
espionage case un-
der the Official Se-
crets Act. A bench
of Justice Anu Mal-
hotra directed the
police to file a sta-
tus report on the
bail plea moved by
Sharma’s counsel
senior advocate Dr
Adish C Aggarwala
and lawyers Aditya
Singh and Akshat
Goel, and listed the
matter for further
hearing on Decem-
ber 2. —ANI
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar pays tribute to India’s first Education Minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad on
his birth anniversary in Patna on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Sanjay Singh Digvijaya Singh
Chirag Paswan
Jitan Ram Manjhi

7. INDIAJAIPUR | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2020
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A jubilant...
who was joined by
Home Minister Amit
Shah, Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh and par-
ty’s National President
JP Nadda on the dais,
said the election was a
victory of the develop-
ment works in Bihar.
Thanking Nadda for
the victory, the PM said
the implications of the
results are far-reach-
ing. “From east to west,
from north to south, we
won. It was an exten-
sion of what happened
in 2019 Lok Sabha elec-
tions. If you are work-
ing tirelessly for the
development of the
country, voters will re-
ward you,” Modi said.
In his victory speech,
the prime minister at-
tributed BJP’s electoral
success to BJP’s gover-
nance. “ When people
think of governance,
they think of BJP,” the
PM said.
Without naming Con-
gress, the Prime Minis-
ter slammed the fami-
ly-run parties from
‘north to south’ and
said these parties are
threat to democracy.
Nadda too hailed the
victory of ruling NDA
in Bihar assembly polls,
saying people of the
state have chosen ‘vi-
kasraj’ instead of ‘gun-
daraj’. Speaking at the
event Nadda said the
verdict shows how Nar-
endra Modi govern-
ment has taken welfare
schemes to the masses.
Suicide case...
are not granting bail
and failing to protect
personal liberty of peo-
ple, the bench said.
The bench asked Ma-
harashtra whether
there was any need for
custodial interrogation
of Goswami, and said
the issue pertains to
personal liberty .
Whatever be his ide-
ology. Least, I don’t
even watch his channel.
But, if in this case Con-
stitutional Courts do
not interfere today, we
are travelling the path
of destruction undeni-
ably, Justice Chandra-
chud said, adding, the
point is can you deny
personal liberty of a
person on these allega-
tions. If the govern-
ment targets individu-
als on this basis...You
may not like television
channels but this
should not happen, the
apex court said.
Gehlot : 1,...
the Gurjar leader to
agree to the govern-
ment’s terms and condi-
tions, as envisioned by
the three time CM of
Rajasthan.
Even as meeting with
Sports minister Ashok
Chandana failed, there
was a suspicion on the
the build up to the
meeting of Bainsla fac-
tion with ministers, as
to whether it will be
fruitful or without re-
sult. Bainsla held a
meeting with labour
minister Tikaram Jul-
ly, energy minister BD
Kalla and technical ed-
ucation minister Sub-
hash Garg at RSEB
guest house and after
conducive talks, Bains-
la senior they met with
CM Gehlot and an-
nounced to call off the
agitation.
Meanwhile, Vijay
Bainsla said that a for-
mal announcement
would be done from the
agitation site later.
Meanwhile Col
Bainsla has now been
admitted to IDH unit
of SMS Hospital as his
health worsened late
in the night. It is be-
lieved that Bainsla
might have contracted
Corona.
Prior to the meet,
speaking to First India
Tikaram Jully had
stressed that the
sub-committee will lis-
ten to all demands by
Gurjars and provide re-
lief to the extent legally
possible.
After a detailed, five
hour long discussion
with the cabinet
sub-committee, the
deadlock finally came
to an end.
A six-point agree-
ment was signed by
Bainsla and the
sub-committee mem-
bers, which says that a
compensation of Rs 5
lakh will be given to the
families of three men
who got injured in agi-
tations in the past and
later died. Also one
member from each fam-
ily will also be given a
job as per the qualifica-
tion.
The agreement let-
ter says that the de-
partment of personnel
has already issued or-
ders to give regular
pay scale to 1252 candi-
dates of MBC candi-
dates, a meeting will
be held in every three
months for the moni-
toring of withdrawal
of police cases lodged
during the past agita-
tions and no intention-
al arrest will be made,
a committee will be set
up for the monitoring
of recruitments which
are under process.
Meanwhile, it is also
said that the state gov-
ernment will also
write a letter to Cen-
tral government on in-
clusion of Gurjars in
the reservation list.
FROM PG 1
Pollution with COVID-19 may
worsen situation: Guleria
Synergise to save
water, life and
planet: Shekhawat
‘High levels of air pollution will lead to an increase in mortality’
Image for representational purpose only.
Image for representational purpose only.
New Delhi: High levels
of air pollution, com-
bined with Covid-19
will not only aggravate
severe disease but can
also lead to an increase
in mortality, said All In-
dia Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi,
Director, Randeep Gule-
ria on Wednesday.
Speaking to ANI, Gu-
leria said increased air
pollution, specially dur-
ing winters, can help
the virus in surviving
longer, thereby affect-
ing more people. He
also added that both af-
fect the lungs and blood
vessels, thereby aggra-
vating to the impact.
“If you have high lev-
els of air pollution, es-
pecially during winter
months, then due to pol-
lution and inversion,
pollutants stay at
ground level for a long-
er period of time and
the virus can also sur-
vive for a longer period
and therefore can
spread to others. Also,
air pollution itself
causes inflammation in
the lungs, it causes in-
flammation in blood
vessels, and this has
been documented in a
large number of stud-
ies. Covid-19 also affects
lungs and blood vessels
so a combination of air
pollution and Covid-19
can cause more severe
disease,” Guleria told
ANI in an interview.
‘Delhi’s 3rd
Covid peak
longer than
previous ones’
New Delhi: The du-
ration of the third
peak of the spread
of COVID-19 in the
national capital is
longer than those
of the previous
peaks but it may
subside in the next
few days, Delhi
Health Minister
Satyendar Jain said
on Wednesday.
Interacting with
reporters, he assert-
ed that the city gov-
ernment has signif-
icantly ramped up
testing by nearly
three times on an
average per day
compared to the
number of tests
conducted when the
second peak had hit
around September
16, when over 4,000
daily cases were be-
ing reported.
India, China agree
on three-step
disengagement plan
New Delhi: In a major
development, the ongo-
ing India-China border
conflict may be re-
solved soon as the ar-
mies of the two coun-
tries have agreed for
disengagement from
parts of the Eastern
Ladakh sector under
which they would be
moving back to their
respective positions be-
fore April-May time-
frame earlier this year.
The disengagement
plan was discussed be-
tween the two sides
during the 8th Corps
Commander-level talks
which were held on No-
vember 6 in Chushul.
As per the disengage-
ment plan which is to
be carried out in three
steps in one week from
the talks in the Pan-
gong lake area, the ar-
moured vehicles in-
cluding tanks and ar-
moured personnel car-
riers were to be moved
back from their front-
line deployment to a
significant distance
from the Line of Actual
Control (LAC) by both
sides, sources told ANI.
As per the discus-
sions, the disengage-
ment of tanks and ar-
moured personnel car-
riers was to be carried
out within one day.
New Delhi: Gajen-
dra Singh Shekha-
wat, Ministry of Jal
Shakti has given the
National Water
Awards in 16 differ-
ent categories in
which Tamil Nadu,
Maharashtra, and
Rajasthan bagged
the first, second, and
third prize.
The 2nd National
Water Awards cere-
mony was held on
Wednesday which
was addressed virtu-
ally by Vice-president
M Venkaiah Naidu in
the presence of Shek-
hawat. Naidu called
fora‘JanAndolan’on
water conservation
and underlined the
importance of peo-
ple’s participation to
make it a success.
Complimenting all
the winners, includ-
ing Tamil Nadu, Ma-
harashtra, and Ra-
jasthan, he empha-
sised that the awards
are meant to not only
recognize the good
work done but also
aims at motivating
stakeholders for ef-
fective management
of water resources in
the country.
Harak Singh
Rawat sentenced
to 3 months
imprisonment
Dehradun: Cabinet
Minister Dr Harak Sin-
gh Rawat has been sen-
tenced to an imprison-
ment of three months
and a penalty of Rs 1,000
by Rudraprayag District
Court for misconduct
against the government
employees during 2012
assembly elections.
During the 2012 Utta-
rakhand assembly elec-
tions, Dr Rawat and his
supporters were booked
for misconduct and in-
dulging in violence
against govt employees.
MANAGEMENT
AUTUMN COLOURS
Tourists walk along Chinar trees undergoing autumnal changes, at the Nishat Mughal
Garden in Srinagar on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
‘Hopeful of new Air Quality Commission’
New Delhi:UnionEnvi-
ronment Minister
Prakash Javadekar on
Wednesday expressed
hope that the newly-con-
stituted Commission for
Air Quality would re-
duce pollution in Delhi.
Speaking at the sec-
ond Good Air Summit
organized by the Inte-
grated Health and Well-
being (IHW) Council in
Delhi, the Environment
minister also said that
Rs 85,000 crores have
been invested in the im-
plementation of the BS-
VI standard with BS-VI
engine fuel, which
could reduce pollution
by up to 70 per cent. “I
am hopeful that the
Commission for Air
Quality Management
will reduce pollution
further. We have also in-
vested Rs 85,000 crore in
implementing the BS-VI
standard - with BS-VI
engine and fuel, pollu-
tion can be reduced by
70 per cent. The number
of trucks entering Delhi
has also reduced by
50,000,” he said while
addressing the partici-
pants of the event.
NAGENDRA KUMAR TO BE
MEMBER CBIC ?
Chances of D P Nagendra Kumar becoming new
Member of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes
and Customs (CBIC) are now rated high. IRS
(C&CE) officer of 1985 batch who is youngest in
his batch is presently posted in Bangalore.
WHY DID DG LEVEL IPS OFFICER
JYOTIRMOY CHAKRAVERTY OPT
FOR VR ?
1986 batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre IPS officer
Jyotirmoy Chakraverty who was scheduled
to retire in March 2022 has taken Voluntary
Retirement (VR). He was Spl DG, SSB when he
opted for VR. Though he was empanelled as DG
in the Union Government, he didn’t get posting
as DG in any CAPF.
NOW NO MAJOR CHANGES IN BIHAR
BUREAUCRACY
Since NDA has retained the power in Bihar
therefore chances of major changes in the
bureaucracy are unlikely, if Nitish Kumar
continues as CM.
CS LIKELY TO BE CHANGED IN BIHAR
In Bihar chief secretary is likely to be changed.
Deepak Kumar is already on extension. He is a
1984 batch IAS officer.
MS. MANISHA CHOUDHARY TO JOIN
AGMUT CADRE ON ICD
Ms. Manisha Choudhary is joining AGMUT cadre
Chandigarh segment on inter cadre deputation
(ICD) for a period of three years. She is a 2011
batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.
VISHAVAJIT SAHAY RELIEVED TO
JOIN AS ADDITIONAL SECRETARY &
FINANCIAL ADVISOR, S&T
Vishvajit Sahay has been relieved of cadre
responsibility in order to join central deputation
as Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor,
Department of Science & Technology. He is a
1990 batch IDAS officer.
MUKESH MANGAL RETURNS TO
PARENT CADRE
Mukesh Mangal, Director in the Ministry of
Home Affairs (MHA), has been given premature
repatriation in order to avail of the benefit of
promotion. He is a 1992 batch ITS officer.
VIRESH KUMAR BHAWRA LIKELY TO
JOIN CENTRAL DEPUTATION AT
ADGP LEVEL
Viresh Kumar Bhawra is expected to join central
deputation at Additional DGP level. He is a 1987
batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.
D TIRUMALA RAO LIKELY TO
JOIN CENTRAL DEPUTATION AT ADGP
LEVEL
D Tirumala Rao is expected to join central
deputation at Additional DGP level. He is a 1989
batch IPS officer of AP cadre.
IRPS OFFICER ANAND MADHUKAR
RETURNS TO PARENT CADRE
Anand Madhukar, OSD (JS level) in the
Department of Financial Services, has been given
premature repatriation to his parent cadre on
personal grounds. He is a 1997 batch IRPS officer.
G ANUPAMA IS ALSO NODAL OFFICER
FOR GITA MAHOTSAV IN HARYANA
Ms G Anupama, Secretary to Governor, Haryana
and Principal Secretary, Forests & Wildlife
Department, is appointed as Nodal Officer for Gita
Mahotsav 2020, in addition to her present duties.
She is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
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Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
at the Second National
Water Awards distribution
ceremony.
Prakash Javadekar
REDUCE POLLUTION

8. DANIEL GROS
E
lections tend to bring
differences to the fore.
That is certainly true
of the United States’
recent presidential election.
Among the most bitterly con-
tested elections in the country’s
history, the outcome will have
profound implications for many
aspects of US policy. And yet
there is one issue on which both
parties seem to agree: the need
to “stop” China.
The US government – and,
increasingly, the European
Commission – now largely be-
lieves that China has secured its
economic and technological
gains unfairly, thanks to its gov-
ernment’s pervasive influence
over the economy. Geostrate-
gists often push this view, imag-
ining that a government can
achieve technological superior-
ity by investing in the fashion-
able sectors of the day.
But a more thorough analysis
shows this to be misleading, at
best. The most “successful”
grand economic-development
plans usually go with the grain,
focusing largely on targets that,
given the economy’s fundamen-
tals, would be achieved anyway.
Crediting state intervention
when those targets are met is
thus inappropriate.
Japan provides a cautionary
tale here. During its post-1945
growth spurt in the 1970s and
1980s, the Ministry of Interna-
tional Trade and Industry
(MITI) acquired an almost
mythical global reputation for
the apparent success of its ef-
forts to channel resources to-
ward strategic sectors. Many
countries were advised to emu-
late its model.
But in the 1980s, Japan’s real-
estate bubble burst, and growth
slowed significantly. As it
turned out, many of the sectors
MITI supported had not actual-
ly succeeded. What had really
been driving Japan’s growth
was not MITI’s prescience, but
a high savings rate and the rap-
idly increasing education level
of a disciplined workforce –
much the same factors that have
driven China’s development.
Until fairly recently, China’s
leaders seemed to understand
the limits of state intervention.
In fact, the Communist Party of
China’s general advice to au-
thorities was to scale back the
state’s involvement in the econ-
omy, because state-owned enter-
prises (SOE) generally remain
far less efficient than private
firms, and only about one-third
as profitable.
And yet, while SOEs continue
to underperform, compared to
private firms, China’s leaders
have radically changed their
views on intervention. Now, the
conventional wisdom is that the
country owes its progress – and,
indeed, its emerging global dom-
inance – in some high-tech sec-
tors to the state’s guiding hand.
The true driver of China’s
success, however, is its high sav-
ings rate – nearly 40% of GDP, or
more than twice the rate in the
US and Europe. This gives Chi-
na massive resources for invest-
ment in establishing the funda-
mentals for technological lead-
ership. Notably, the country has
made enormous investments in
improving both the quantity
and quality of education.
Regarding secondary educa-
tion, China has already fully
caught up with the West in at-
tendance. And testing by the
OECD’s Program for Interna-
tional Student Assessment sug-
gests that Chinese secondary-
school students are far better at
solving problems than their
American or European peers.
Moreover, tertiary education
– the real key to technological
leadership – has exploded in
China over the last two decades.
According to the US National
Science Foundation, China now
produces more than twice as
many engineers, and more peer-
reviewed science and engineer-
ing publications, than the US.
Similarly, it has surpassed the
European Union in spending on
research and development, and
oncurrenttrends,itshouldcatch
uptotheUSoverthenextdecade
(some think it already has).
The US is haunted by the spec-
tre of a technologically domi-
nant China – and keen to ensure
it never materializes. And yet,
given China’s fundamentals,
there is little the US could do to
hamper, let alone arrest, its pro-
gress. Huawei is just one exam-
ple of a firm that has capitalized
on China’s pool of millions of
engineers to develop new prod-
ucts. Even if the US manages to
destroy Huawei, many other
Chinese high-tech companies
are destined to emerge, driven
by the same talent.
The so-called dual-circula-
tion strategy that is set to
shape China’s next Five-Year
Plan is perfectly in line with
the aforementioned fundamen-
tals. As China’s economy
grows, it is naturally becoming
less reliant on exports, and its
newly minted engineers will
master a growing number of
technologies. In other words,
the government’s plans for the
coming years would probably
materialize, even without state
intervention.
By contrast, the US strategy
– which begins with an econom-
ic “decoupling” from China –
has little chance of success. To
be sure, the decoupling itself
might be feasible. But it would
also be counterproductive.
Trade always implies a two-
way dependency. And while the
US might like the idea of being
“liberated” from China by sev-
ering trade ties, it would pay a
high cost for “liberating” China
from it. Shutting Chinese sup-
pliers out of the US market pro-
vides an implicit subsidy to
higher-cost producers. Ulti-
mately, the effect of reducing
bilateral trade would be equiva-
lent to that of Trump’s failed
tariffs against China: an implic-
it tax on US consumers.
And for what? Limiting Chi-
na’s access to some key US
technologies might make a dif-
ference in the short term, but it
is unlikely to slow down Chi-
na’s development appreciably.
The sheer scale of the human
and financial resources China
will be deploying over the next
decade means that it is well-
positioned to dominate many
high-tech sectors, with or with-
out US inputs.
The conclusion is clear: The
next US administration should
accept China’s continued eco-
nomic and technological rise. It
may not like the idea of China
overtaking the US – a milestone
that will probably be reached
within the next decade. But fur-
ther attempts to stave off that
outcome would be not only fu-
tile but also very costly.
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2NDFRONTPOSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
ProactiveCECtransformsECI
forbetterpollmanagementFrom P1
But for ECI to reach
at these heights of
professional abilities,
bettering itself in every
manner and handling
the affairs in a proac-
tive manner, it has tak-
en nearly three years of
time. As soon as CEC
Sunil Arora took over,
he started a metamor-
phosis of the EC offi-
cials by holding train-
ings for them to take up
the challenges of the
future.
CEC Arora usherd in
several electoral re-
forms as well for the
voters. With over 70
recommendations for
electoral reforms pend-
ing with the Centre, the
Election Commission
of India has pushed on
these with the law min-
istry. The amendments
needed for linking vot-
er ID with Aadhaar, al-
lowing multiple regis-
tration windows to a
new voter and ensuring
gender neutral rights
for ‘service voter’ are at
the top of the agenda.
The meeting held be-
tween the full commis-
sion, led by the chief
election commissioner,
and the law secretary
EC has urged the gov-
ernment to expedite
implementation of
simpler amendments
of laws that can help
increase voter turnout
and the voter base.
In fact one evident
change that the ECI un-
derwent was its PC on
Bihar election results
at 1 AM wherein the EC
was extra sensitive to-
wards criticism and ad-
dressed all the issues/
allegations promptly.
They even changed lan-
guage of the PC to Hin-
di after they were criti-
cized for speaking in
English recently.
All these changes
have been imparted by
the proactive and pro-
gressive approach of
CEC Sunil Arora, who
has brought the level
of transparency
equivalent to US and
European nations,
where the people are
kept updated at regu-
lar intervals during
ther course of count-
ing of votes. On these
lines, ECI was also
very prompt and sys-
tematic in updating
the people about sta-
tus of counting.
Vimal Kothari
Jaipur:DGGIraidedthe
First Stone Builder
group on Wednesday.
The raid was conducted
at 4 offices of the group
situated at Airport Pla-
za, Durgapura, Vaishali
Nagar and Income Tax
colony.Accordingtoreli-
able sources DGGI has
recovered pending GST
of aroundRs1crore.The
builder had not deposit-
edtheGSTdespiterecov-
ering it from his buyers.
Jaipur regional unit of
The teams seized many
documentswhicharebe-
ing examined.
In another action su-
pervised by Additional
Commissioner Sudhir
Sharma under the lead-
ership of Deputy Com-
missioner Rajnikant
Kasva, a SGST team sur-
veyed AS Trading-an al-
uminium channel and
net manufacturer in Su-
darshanpura(22Godam)
and Sarna Dungar In-
dustrial Area. The team
recovered Rs 25 lakh on
the spot as it caught
goods being carried out
of the factory premises
withoutpayingGST.The
survey team of SGST,
Jaipur zone-2 expects
GST theft worth lakhs to
be revealed on the de-
tailed investigation of
the documents seized.
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur:OnWednesday,3
IAS officers were given
aditional charge. Viren-
dra Singh got the addi-
tional charge of Com-
missioner, Settlement
and Director, Consolida-
tion till the time IAS Ro-
hit Gupta returns from
leave. IAS Alok Kumar
got additional charge of
Principal Secretary Rev-
enue till Anand Kumar
returns.SreyaGuhawill
hold the additonal
charge of Principal Sec-
retary Arts and culture
and DG JKK, currently
held by Mugdha Sinha.
Meanwhile, two IAS
from Rajasthan - Anan-
dhi and Bishnu Charan
Malik - will head to Cen-
tre on deputation as a
IAS transfer list is ex-
pected by Diwali.
Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur: The princi-
pal of Jawahar Navo-
daya Vidhyalaya in
Jodhpur’s Tilwasni
area was arrested by
anti-corruption bureau
for allegedly taking a
bribe of Rs 10,000 for
clearing a bill for instal-
lation of CCTV camer-
as. The accused princi-
pal Dharmendra Ku-
marJainhaddemanded
the bribe from the ven-
dor Nand kishore Pa-
reek for clearing the
bill. Pareek’s firm had
installed CCTV camer-
as in the school. Pareek
complained to the ACB
which was verified and
the accused was held
while accepting the
bribe amount of Rs.
10,000 at his residence,
additional SP ACB Durg
Singh Rajpurohit said.
Meanwhile, in Jaipur
A junior assistant post-
ed in the office of spe-
cial public prosecutor
NDPS cases was arrest-
ed by anti-corruption
bureau while taking a
bribe of Rs 2000.
The accused Pramod
Kumar Jain had de-
manded the bribe from
a lawyer for presenting
a file related to a case in
the NDPS court. After
verification, a trap was
laid and the accused
was held while accept-
ing the bribe, ACB DIG
Dr Vishnu Kant said.
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has writ-
ten a letter to the Union
Ministerfor Womenand
Child Development -
Smriti Irani - drawing
attention to the increase
in the honorarium of
Anganwadi workers,
helpers and mini An-
ganwadi workers, and
requested to provide 60
percent contribution to
the additional amount
being provided by the
state government.
In the letter Gehlot
has said that a monthly
honorarium has been
fixed by the Central
Government for Rs 4500
for Anganwadi worker
working in Women and
Child Development De-
partment, Rs 3500 for
Mini Anganwadi work-
er and Rs. 2250 for assis-
tants. “Considering
their work and respon-
sibilities, this honorar-
ium seems low and in
lieu of this honorari-
um, Rs 7500 is being
given to the Anganwadi
worker, Rs 5750 to the
mini Anganwadi work-
er and Rs 4250 to the
Anganwadi assistants.
In this, along with the
40 percent honorarium
amount fixed by the
central government, a
top-up amount is also
being paid by the state
government.
“To ensure respecta-
ble living of over 1.12
lakh honorarium work-
ers working in the state,
in addition to the
amount of about Rs 270
crore received from the
central government,
the state government
has made a provision of
Rs 539 crore. The situa-
tion of difference in the
honorarium prescribed
by the Central Govern-
ment and the honorari-
um being given by the
State Government is
present in other states
also,” Gehlot said in the
letter and requested the
Union Minister to make
adequate arrangements
to make 60 percent con-
tribution of the addi-
tional amount from the
central government.
The CM expressed
hope that proper action
will be taken by making
provision of percentage
contribution.
School principal,jr asst of public
prosecutor caught in ACB trap
DGGI recovers `1cr due GST
from First Stone Builder grp
3 IAS officers
get addl
charge, 2 will
head to Centre
Provide Centre’s share to Aangawadi, other honorarium workers: CM
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Now that
Bihar election results
have gone against eve-
ry exit poll by every
major media house, on
question still rings a
bell. If the surveyors
and media houses and
even political parties
got their facts com-
pletely wrong to this
extent, then who was
right or even had even
the slightest idea of
what exactly was hap-
pening during the cam-
paigning and buildup
to the election.
With the build up
around Tejashwi and
Mahagathbandhan
rattled several leaders
of the saffron party,
who then was the per-
son who held the reins
firmly and saw the saf-
fron boat through the
‘storm’? Well, to tell
the truth, it was the
‘unseen’ BJP General
Secretary and Bihar
Incharge Bhupendra
Yadav who can be
termed solely respon-
sible for BJP and
NDA’s massive victory.
The ‘silent
performer’
and omni-
present Ya-
dav single
handedly
mobilized
the ‘forces’
and made
key strat-
egies on
how to coordinate with
JDU, which parties
and companions will
be with NDA and even
played a key role in
ticket distribution.
And like they say, a
leader is as good as
his team, so too
with Yadav, he
raised his own
team for Bihar
election while
keping the old
horses at
bay. In-
fact, BJP
leaders from Bihar
claim that Yadav’s
strategy was full of
risks and akin to rid-
ing a tiger, however,
his patient evaluation
of situation, his ability
to form strategies suit-
ing to a particular situ-
ation or environment
and his past record of
making the BJP soar
high in Gujarat assem-
bly and Bihar Lok Sab-
ha elections, ensured
complete faith in his
abilities of the senior
party leaders.
With BJP coming
out as the single larg-
est party in the state,
there is still much to
do before the saffron
party but with the start
that it has received, it
should not be long be-
fore the party becomes
a choice of people
across the state and for
that Yadav’s hardwork
for ‘Mission Bihar’
leading to this result,
will always be remem-
bered.
TETE
-A-TETE
‘Silent’ architect of BJP’s Bihar victory: Bhupendra Yadav
GEHLOT WRITES TO SMRITI IRANI
RIOT FOR JUSTICE
Jodhpur: The family members of eight persons who
died in a wall collapse incident held a dharna in MD
hospital on Wednesday demanding compensation. They
were pacified with assurance of a compensation of Rs
10 lakh to the family of each deceased jointly by the
industrial organisations and the factory owner.
CM Ashok Gehlot
CEC Sunil Arora
Bhupendra Yadav
Aditi Nagar/Suryaveer Singh
Jaisalmer: A three-day
tour of former Congress
president Rahul Gandhi
totheGoldencityof Jais-
almer was cancelled on
Wednesday. The Gandhi
scion was scheduled to
arrive in Jaisalmer in a
charteredplane.Sources
say that he was planning
adventure activities in
Thar desert and all prep-
arations were made un-
der Revenue minister
Harish Chaudhary. He
was scheduled to stay at
hotel Suryagarh Palace,
where the party MLAs
stayed during the politi-
cal crisis in state, how-
ever, he reportedly can-
celled the trip keeping in
mind the poor perfor-
mance of Congress in
Bihar polls and a few
otherassemblybye-polls.
Rahul
Gandhi’s trip
to Jaisalmer
cancelled
PAYING TRIBUTE
Lok Sabha
Speaker Om
Birla pays
tributes to
Maulana
Abul Kalam
Azad on the
occasion
of his birth
anniversary,
in New
Delhi on
Wednesday.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Secretary
Niranjan Arya on
Wednesday sought re-
portaboutachievements
and problems about
SGST in the state. Arya
sent a letter to the Com-
mercialTaxDepartment
for the information.
He also sought infor-
mation about efforts to
provide relief to taxpay-
ers.Theofficialsaidthat
the CS has also sought
informationaboutcircu-
larsandannouncements
issued by the depart-
ment. State Chief Com-
missioner SGST Ab-
hishek Bhagotia is busy
in preparations for sub-
mitting the report. A
number of problems are
still plaguing even after
three years of imple-
mentation of GST law.
Therearemanypending
cases of VAT law in ef-
fect before GST in state.
CS Arya seeks report on
implementation of SGST
‘PROGRESSIVE CS’
Niranjan Arya
COVID-19
UPDATE
RAJASTHAN
2,019
DEATHS
2,17,151
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
3,779 DEATHS 1,83,844 CASES
DELHI
7,228 DEATHS 4,59,975 CASES
WORLD
12,85,014
DEATHS
5,21,49,585
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
86,69,744
CONFIRMED CASES
1,27,945
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
45,560 DEATHS 17,31,833 CASES
TAMIL NADU
11,415 DEATHS 7,50,409 CASES
KARNATAKA
11,453 DEATHS 8,53,796 CASES

10. iwali is one of the
most awaited festi-
vals of the year, and
with everything
happening around
this year, the festi-
val of lights this
time is going to be even
more precious. Dhanteras,
the first festival of the Di-
wali season, is associated
with purchasing new items,
jewellery and gadgets.
Since the festival calen-
dars are acting up a bit
weird this year, Dhanteras
will be celebrated on two
days- 12 and 13 November,
which is today and tomor-
row. The festival is set to
begin today, 12 November at
9:30 pm, and end tomorrow,
on 13 November at 5:59 pm.
More than the gadgets or
the jewellery, the biggest
‘dhan’ or wealth is that the
kids and women of the soci-
ety are safe, protected and
succeed in holding their
heads high.
Talking about the history
of this festival, it was be-
lieved that it was on this
day that Goddess Laxmi
emerged from the ocean
when it was being churned
with a pot of gold and
wealth. The God of Ayur-
veda, Lord Dhanvantari, is
also worshipped on this day.
Lighting up the place
with diya all around is what
this festival is all about,
apart from purchasing
things, in order to radiate
positivity. Well, it is some-
thing that everyone needs
right now, isn’t it?
When it comes to dressing
up, opting for festive outfits
is the most sensible thing to
do, as you would invite the
feel of a festive season, in
and around you. Like how
every other festival has its
own colour dedicated to it,
gold is the colour which is
worshiped the most during
Dhanteras. It is a common
thing among women to opt
for gold outfits, and pairing
the same with contrasting
colours. Oh, and how can
we forget the amazing jew-
ellery? That brings in the
entire essence of the festive
season.
City First wishes you a
very Happy Dhanteras.
May this festival bring
happiness and harmony in
your lives, and give you
enough wealth to provide
you comforts you have ever
wished for!
The festival of lights has finally begun, as today marks the very
first occasion- Dhanteras. So, let’s shop our hearts out!
NEHAL NAYAR
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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Good opportunities will
come to those who have
cleared a tough
competition. Your
reputation on the social front is set to
enhance. Excellent opportunities may
knock at your door. Professionals will
be able to give their best in a new
situation.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Going will be good on the
academic front. You may
wait for someone’s
invitation for a trip. Your
professionalism in handling problem
areas will be appreciated. Tenant
troubles are foreseen for some house
owners. You will find family life more
than fulfilling.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
This is the right time to go
for a new academic
pursuit. Your desire for an
exciting time on the social
front is likely to be fulfilled today.
Those looking for buying a house can
get a good bargain. Appreciation is in
store for some homemakers. A
professional victory is yours.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
You will have to be more
focussed on the academic
front. You may get busy
organising something on the
social front. You may need to put your
ideas into action, if you want to prove
yourself. A party may be thrown in
your honour at work. Your good
performance is likely to be noticed.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
You will need to put your
best foot forward on the
academic front. Excess in
food and drinks can get
you out of action. A new deal is likely
to come through and give you a taste
of success. Those fond of travelling
may get their chance soon. This is
the time when you enjoy yourself.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Good performance on the
academic front will help
enhance your reputation at
work. Some favourable
developments on the social front are
foreseen. Buying new furniture or a
major appliance is possible. With good
networking, a prized posting can be
yours. You will get your money back.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Your image on the social
front is likely to get a
boost. Getting into a
favourable situation on the
academic front is possible. Good luck
promises to brighten your day. Some
positive changes can be expected on
the home front. This seems a good
day for job seekers.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
You will manage to achieve
what you had aimed for on
the academic front. A
celebration can find you in
your element today. Praise and
honour are likely to greet you in
something that you have managed to
achieve. You will be a pillar of
strength to a friend or associate.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Good preparation by
students will help restore
their confidence. Your
performance at work will
be commendable. Your own
happiness is in your hands today.
Spouse may need her space, respect
that. This is a favourable day for
completing pending jobs.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
A previous investment
matures and promises to
brighten the bank balance.
Some of you can get lucky
and get selected by campus
recruiters. A family youngster is
likely to do you proud. A business
trip is indicated and will achieve
much.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
You are likely to take up
someone’s cause and earn
appreciation from all
quarters on the social
front. Remaining on the good side of
those who matter on the academic
front will help you achieve much.
Good tidings of your well wishers will
keep you going.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Success is foretold on the
academic front. Your
reputation is likely to boost
your image on the social
front. On the work front, you will
manage to keep your superiors in
good humour. This is an excellent
day to spend time with family. A
good job opportunity is yours.
YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
OVID, the global
pandemic has
largely subdued
the vibe, energy
and celebra-
tions. During
this festive sea-
son, it is imperative that
we start the journey to
end the darkness within
our lives. Fill it with
love and light. Whether
it is changing our life-
style into a healthier
one or becoming a bet-
ter person. This is an
auspicious occasion to
start on these life chang-
es. Whatever comes our
way, let us strive to han-
dle it gracefully. Life of-
fers its wisdom gener-
ously. Everything teach-
es. Not everyone learns.
Sadhguru has ex-
pressed it succinctly- “I
have been trying to
knock sense into all of
you for years. No use.
This little invisible vi-
rus comes and does it”!
In its own way, Covid
has taught us many in-
valuable lessons. It’s
not how we make mis-
takes but the way we
correct them that de-
fines us. IT’S A WAKE-
UP CALL!
NO LARGE GATHERINGS
Let us celebrate togeth-
erness by maintaining
social distancing.
MASK UP
Let your eyes show the
emotions. Cover up the
nose and mouth prop-
erly. Protect yourself
and others.
GO DIGITAL
On-line school. On-line
office. Why not virtual
socializing. Connect
with family and friends
around the globe. Cre-
ate memorable mo-
ments. Make the most
of technology. Resist
forwards. Call. Talk.
Connect. Convey emo-
tions. Share warmth.
Create rapport. Make it
personal.
CELEBRATION TIME
Bring in joy and gaiety
to your home. Involve
the family in the festive
decor. Try your culinary
skills. Say NO to outside
food. Wake up the artist
within you and make a
Rangoli.
PROTECT YOUR LOVED ONES
This is the time to sit
back, reflect and realise
the fragile nature of
our existence. Careless-
ness can be critical for
the vulnerable members
of the family and socie-
ty.
LESS IS MORE
Keep it simple. Let’s go
back to our grassroots
traditional feel of the
festival. No jazzy elec-
tric lights. Relax. Step
out. Admire the divine
celestial display of the
Amavas night skies.
BE SAFE
Focus on washing hands
with soap and water
rather than using sani-
tizers, which can be
highly inflammable. Be
safe.
SAY NO TO FIREWORKS
Complete boycott by
ALL is the need. The air
pollution level is al-
ready alarmingly high.
To make it more toxic
would be fatal during
the Covid times. Let us
not choke the earth or
even ourselves to death.
CHEERS
Enjoy the cool nip in the
approaching winter
breeze and bring
warmth to some needy
hearth. Wrap a blanket
around the homeless
person sleeping on the
footpath. Donate. Help.
Share. Care.
GRATITUDE
Be thankful for the
warmth of your home.
Food on your table.
Your leisure time. Ac-
knowledge the selfless
service of not just the
medical professionals
but also the security
agencies, police, work-
ers who manage the es-
sential services. They
risk not just their own
lives but also that of
their families. DO what
you can. Every gesture
counts.
NOSTALGIA
The senior citizens will
definitely remember the
simple joy of ‘kheel-
patasha- khilauna’ the
sugar candies of our
childhood. That’s how
our Diwali day dawned!
Can we not treat some
jhuggi kids to those
childhood treats and
share their joy.
THE GOLDEN WARM FLAME
Let’s purchase the sim-
ple, marvelous hand-
made mitti-deeyas, dis-
played so artistically on
the footpaths. Behold
the family ritual of fill-
ing oil, making the
wick, lighting them, the
artistic display on walls
& narrow ledges, pro-
tecting the flame from
the breeze, basking in
the warm glow... Can
this bliss ever be repli-
cated!!!
DECLUTTER
Clean up your surround-
ings, home, life, your
relationships. Make
space. Give space. A joy-
ful, positive, responsi-
ble person can better
deal with challenging
situations.
NURTURE NATURE
It is essential. It is for
your own survival. This
is no service. By exploit-
ing the present, we are
doing irreversible dam-
age to not just the flora
and fauna but to our own
future. This is the time to
express our love, com-
passion, gentleness, hu-
manity. Greed is insatia-
ble. For everyone’s needs,
nature has enough. It is
the most benevolent.
DEEP BREATHE
Conscious breathing &
daily pranayam can
boost lung strength,
manage respiratory ail-
ments, improve immu-
nity, lower stress and
enhance the quality of
life. Strengthen your-
self. The wholeness of
life is health. Radiate
exuberance and joy.
GO WITHIN
Meditate. Bless all.
Light the divine deepak
within. Focus on the
NOW. The more we be-
come conscious of our
actions, the more we
gain control over what
happens within us.
TAKE CARE & BE SAFE!
DIWALI AMID THE CORONAVIRUS
SO DIFFERENT,SO DIFFERENT, YET THE SAME...YET THE SAME...
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