Rakesh Goswami

Migrants paint school that gave them shelter

The migrants became restless when the lockdown imposed to check the Covid-19 pandemic was extended until May 3. Very rarely had they done no work for 15 days.

Covid-19 lockdown: Migrant workers paint Rajasthan school to express gratitude

Six workers began painting the building on April 19, and have completed the verandahs so far. On Wednesday, they began painting the classrooms.

Rajasthan govt allocates Rs 1,200 crore for Covid-19 relief, biggest chunk for social security

The state government has decided to give one-time relief of Rs 2,500 to about 14 million poor families.

Covid-19: Rajasthan stops rapid antibody tests, seeks guidance from ICMR

Rajasthan was the first state in the country to start rapid antibody tests for Covid-19 after it received 10,000 kits for carrying out such testing. On the same day, 52 people were tested using the kits and all the results were negative.

Amid Covid-19 crisis, Rajasthan hit by shortage of automatic RNA extraction kits

The shortage has reduced the testing capacity to half and the state had to send 4,000 samples to a Delhi lab on Sunday to clear the backlog.

Covid-19: Three die in Jaipur, Rajasthan’s death toll mounts to 21

On Saturday, 122 new cases were reported, taking the state’s tally of Covid-19 patients to 1,351. So far, 200 patients have been cured and 93 of them discharged from hospital.

Inside Jaipur’s Covid-19 ward for kids

The hospital’s CT ward has been converted into a paediatric unit for Covid-19 patients. It has 27 beds, including five semi-intensive care unit (ICU) facilities.

Rajasthan first state to carry out rapid antibodies test: Govt

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot said 50,000 more kits were expected to arrive on Friday night and over next three days.

A majority of Jaipur’s Covid-19 cases have links to Ramganj superspreader: Collector

The district administration has devised a new strategy of containment to curb the outbreak of coronavirus in Jaipur.

Covid-19: With no new case for a week, Bhilwara may become first hotspot to transition to Green Zone

The last Covid-19 case in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district was reported on April 9 after a gap of five days.

Rajasthan bans all movement in 13 clusters as cases cross 1,000

Of these, 67 were from Jaipur’s Ramganj — a densely populated locality in Japiur, which has emerged as a hot spot for the infectious disease.

When Rajasthan’s Pali made reusable PPE kits from umbrella fabric

Until April 10, when Pali had two Covid-19 patients, the district had locally produced 2,500 PPE kits and supplied many to neighbouring districts, too.

Tweaking Bhilwara model for other Covid-19 hotspots in Rajasthan, says top official

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had recently praised the Bhilwara model to contain the spread of coronavirus disease Covid-19.

Rajasthan: SHO to blacksmith, citizens help build sanitising tunnel

Covid-19 update: The ‘ruthless containment’ model of Rajasthan’s Bhilwara

India’s cabinet secretary Rajeev Gauba praised Rajasthan for the Bhilwara model.

Wedding in the time of Covid-19: Jaipur couple tie knot with minuscule attendance

Monika and Ajay Choudhary of Jaipur tied the knot on April 5 with very few in attendance after getting permission from authorities during the ongoing nation-wide lockdown. Every one wore a mask and social distancing was observed.

Vigilant Jaipur Police monitors lockdown from coronavirus war room

Covid-19 lockdown: 800 cameras, 15 drones are Jaipur Police’s eyes in the sky

With the help of these cameras and drones, Jaipur Police are ensuring compliance of Covid-19 lockdown in the city.

Govt distilleries in Rajasthan now producing sanitisers to fight Covid-19

Rajasthan State Ganganagar Sugar Mills (RSGSM) plants had been shut for three days following the 21-day lockdown. But from March 25, five out of its 19 plants began producing sanitisers.

No one will go hungry during 21-day lockdown in Rajasthan: CM Ashok Gehlot

The Rajasthan chief minister, in a series of tweets, said he supported the Prime Minister’s lockdown decision and called for people to fight and defeat the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus update: Rajasthan bans private vehicles; to give pension, food to poor

Rajasthan, which has reported 32 coronavirus positive cases so far, went into complete lockdown on March 22.

Rajasthan to prepare 1,00,000 isolation beds in fight against Covid-19

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot said that any kind of rumour-mongering and violation of guidelines won’t be tolerated.

Rajasthan Human Rights Commission says meditate in isolation to keep Covid-19 at bay

The number of cases in Rajasthan have gone up to seven. The state government ordered to impose section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code that prohibits assembly of more than five people

2 teenagers convicted for Pehlu Khan lynching, months after key accused acquitted

Pehlu Khan, a dairy farmer, was mercilessly thrashed by suspected cow vigilantes in 2017 who thought he was smuggling cattle.

Italian couple visited 6 districts before testing positive for coronavirus

The Italian couple was part of a 21-member group, which landed in Delhi on February 21.

Italian national in Rajasthan tests positive for coronavirus

The case from Rajasthan was reported few hours after the Union health ministry announced two new cases of coronavirus - one in Delhi and the other in Telangana - taking the total number of positive cases in India to six.

Gujarat ranked top for water efficiency, Delhi among worst performing states

The departments have been ranked on parameters for procurement, finance, real-time data acquisition system, data digitization, analytical work, trainings and updating MIS.

Pak-born woman who got Indian citizenship in Sept, elected sarpanch in Rajasthan

Neeta Kanwar, 36, won the election, defeating her nearest rival, Sonu Devi, by 362 votes. Seven women contested for the post in Natwada gram panchayat of the Tonk district.

‘Our response to Kota deaths could have been more humane’: Rajasthan Deputy CM Sachin Pilot

Though Pilot was responsible for resounding success in the 2018 and was touted to be the CM, he is currently happy with his role as a deputy CM.

Woman jailed for turning hostile during rape trial

On Tuesday, Pocso court judge Sukesh Kumar Jain declared the woman guilty and sent her to jail for providing false evidence under Section 193 of the IPC.