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Topic: Bhilwara

Rajasthan: Over 27,000 illegal mining-related cases in Aravallis since 2020, but FIRs for only 11%

New Delhi: There have been 27,693 reported cases of illegal mining, transportation, and stocking in the Aravallis in Rajasthan since 2020; however just 3,199...

A Rajasthan bride spoke against bedsheet virginity tests. Then filed a rape complaint

In Bhilwara’s Sansi community, the ‘kukdi’ practice of determining virginity is rampant. If women fail, there’s beatings, fines by khap panchayats and rape allegations.

How Bhilwara is using lessons learnt from its 2020 ‘model’ to fight this Covid wave

Bhilwara administration has returned to its mode of 'ruthless containment' and curfews, even banning essential workers from stepping out, to bring the crisis under control.

Rajasthan and Kerala can teach the world how to fight coronavirus

During the Covid-19 crisis, people in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara went into health screening while Kerala launched an app to check the spread of fake information.

No discussing Bhilwara model with media, IAS officer Rajendra Bhatt in letter to officials

District magistrate Rajendra Bhatt has warned action against erring officials under the Rajasthan Epidemic Act, 1957 and the Disaster Management Act.

Lives & economy are hanging by a thread & Sonia Gandhi’s singing the Rahul song

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

It was Rahul’s warning that helped Bhilwara tackle Covid-19, says Sonia at Congress meet

Speaking to state Congress chiefs, Sonia Gandhi says India would have been in a better position if Modi govt had heeded Rahul advice too.

‘Super spreader’ infects nearly 100 people in Jaipur, Rajasthan gets second Covid-19 hotspot 

In Jaipur locality of Ramganj, almost 100 people have been infected by a 45-year-old man who returned from Oman and ignored quarantine rules.

This 56-year-old IAS officer is the brain behind Bhilwara model of fighting Covid-19

Rajendra Bhatt isn’t ready to declare victory over coronavirus just yet, despite no new cases in 10 days. He says the Bhilwara model was ‘no rocket science’.

‘Bhilwara model’ on Aaj Tak, Razdan grills Satyendar Jain, how to beat virus by CNN’s Cuomo

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

On Camera

Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan don’t owe us their political opinion

The expectation that every Indian celebrity must behave like Meryl Streep or Leonardo DiCaprio is misplaced. This is not Hollywood.

Use LPG judiciously, consider alternatives wherever possible—Govt amid supply crunch & shipping delays 

With vessels stranded at Hormuz amid West Asia conflict, Centre ramps up production, cracks down on hoarding, and urges households to use alternative.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.