Rohit Kumar Singh

A nine-year-old boy's tragic passing has sparked anger and demands for justice as he was transported from Central Hospital Dhori to a better-equipped medical center. His father alleges that an oxygen cylinder shortage contributed to the child's death, leading the family to stage protests for compensation and accountability.

rohit kumar singh, the newly appointed additional chief secretary (home) and former ACS (health), tells TOI’s Syed Intishab Ali in an exclusive interview that Rajasthan has so far handled Covid-19 extremely efficiently and assured that the war on the virus will continue till everyone was safe. Excerpts

The state government in a surprise move transferred additional chief secretary (home) rohit kumar singh to the panchayati raj and rural development department. Principal secretary (planning and information technology) Abhay Kumar Singh has been moved to the home department. Generally, the home department has been handled by a senior officer at the level of ACS.

A seminar on ‘transforming India with the help of youth’ organised by the Yuva Chetna was inaugurated by Swami Abhishek Brahmchari, Justice PC Ghose, Lokpal of India, director of IIT-Patna Prof TN Singh, entrepreneur Manoj Goyal, Geeta Press trustee Krishn Kumar Khemka and convener of Yuva Chetna rohit kumar singh on Saturday.

A dance competition was held on the final day of Abhiyakti, the annual cultural festival of Christ Church College.

In its latest bid to revive private investment in highways, the road transport and highways ministry has come out with a new "hybrid" model where government takes most of the risks so that developers get easy finance including from provident, insurance and foreign fund managers.

While two people tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, five patients undergoing treatment in Bhilwara tested negative for the disease. One of the two who tested positive is a 21-year-old Jhunjhunu youth who arrived from the Philippines on March 18.

A fire gutted three dormitories of Electrosteel Coal Limited (ECL) in Chandankyari on Saturday.The residential section that caught fire was for Chinese workers in the company.

Two UK nationals, including a woman, have been admitted to the isolation ward of the SMS Medical College with symptoms of coronavirus on Friday. Authorities have taken their samples for tests and samples will be sent to NIV Pune for confirmation.

Defending the right of restaurants to levy service charge, the Federation of Hotels and Restaurants Association of India on Friday said it will participate in the meeting called by the department of consumer affairs (DoCA) on the issue on June 2.

IAS officer Sudhansh Pant was appointed as the new chief secretary of Rajasthan after being repatriated. D S Mishra got a six-month extension as the chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh. There is speculation about another IAS official being sent from Delhi to become the new chief secretary of Madhya Pradesh. Veera Rana, the current chief secretary, will retire in March 2024. A reshuffle of secretary level appointments is expected.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday submitted a list of five prosecution witnesses to be produced in court for recording their statements on September 10 and 11.

The guidelines titled “Endorsement Know-Hows” released by the consumer affairs ministry on Friday also said the disclosures on all forms of social media has be in “hard to miss”, which means these have to be displayed prominently and in a manner that none can miss them while reading, listening or seeing such endorsements.

The number of vehicles fitted with Fastags has crossed one million mark, registering a five-fold increase during the past one year. The share of toll collection on national highways through electronic transactions has also crossed 15%, NHAI officials said.

In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Rajasthan government has appointed Rajeeva Swarup as the new chief secretary replacing D B Gupta and transferred over 100 IAS officers.

A 90-year-old man who was admitted to Sawai Man Singh Hospital on April 14 after being tested Covid-19 positive, was cured and discharged on Tuesday.

Nine fresh coronavirus cases were reported in Rajasthan on Thursday, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 129, a health official said.

The government has banned the use of "dark patterns" by e-commerce and other online platforms. These purposefully designed deceptions manipulate customers into signing up for or purchasing things they didn't mean to or lure them to buy more expensive products. Offenders can face fines and penal action. The guidelines define "dark patterns" as deceptive design patterns that mislead or trick users. These guidelines apply to all platforms offering goods or services.