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ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT AMID OPPOSITION BOYCOTT AS BUDGET SESSION BEGINS ECONOMIC SURVEY 2020-21 President:SC Spend more, there is space for fiscal hasputfarm impulse:Survey’s lawsonhold, Budgetguidance Growth recovery will up taxcollections, Govttoabide enable asustainable fiscal path SUNNYVERMA& Says ‘dishonouring’ of Tricolourand AANCHALMAGAZINE NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 ‘disrespect’ to R-Day‘unfortunate’ TWODAYSahead of Budget,the Economic SurveyFriday LIZMATHEW pitchedfor an “expansionary Growthantidote NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 fiscal policy” in 2021-22 to fordebt boostgrowth. It also advised the UNDERLININGTHATthe govern- At amahapanchayat calledbythe BKUinMuzaffarnagar on Friday. AbhinavSaha AMITSHAHPOSTPONESBENGALTRIP,PAGE8 government to continue with THE SURVEY has aclear mentis“continuouslymakingef- structural reforms and signifi- messagefor Finance fortstodispelthemisunderstand- cant privatisation of state- MinisterNirmala ing” over the newagriculture THE EDITORIAL PAGE ownedcompanies. Sitharaman.Thereisno laws,atthe centre of farmer President RamNath Kovind BJP chorus in west UP: Ghazipur TabledbyFinanceMinister needtoworry so much protests that have rocked the in Parliament, Friday. PTI THEREAL Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok about high debt or a Capital, President RamNath DESECRATION Sabha, the survey for2020-21 higher fiscal deficit as KovindtoldParliamentFriday that mishandled, can boost movement emphasisedthat astringent the nascent economic theSupremeCourthasstayedim- respected freedom of expression BY PRATAP BHANU MEHTA lockdown from March 25 to May recovery needs expendi- plementation of the laws forthe and holding of peacefulagita- Speaking to The Indian Fridayreflected this mood. 31 helpedinbreaking the chain turesupport. Growth, in present and the government “re- tions in ademocratic set-up. LIZMATHEW Express,the leaders, including According to police estimates, WITHFIRANDFAVOUR of the pandemic'sspread and itself, will makedebt spectsthe decision of the apex However, the recent actsofdis- NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 severalMPs, said that Thursday's therewereover10,000partici- Weaponising the lawtobook preventing loss of lives. The sub- sustainableinthe courtand shallabide by it”. honouring the National Flag and order from the Ghaziabadad- pants—manyBJP leadersac- farmers govthad engaged with, sequent policy response helped medium term. Addressing the joint sitting of showing disrespect to the auspi- THE MOVE by theBJP govern- ministration and the heavy po- knowledgedthat it wasbigger throwing IPC at journalists,is in ensuring aV-shapedeco- LokSabha andRajya Sabha at the cious occasion of the Republic ment in to getthe lice deployment to evict the pro- than the one calledoverthe com- notpolicy.Itwon’t work nomic recovery,itsaid. startofthe Budget session of Dayare unfortunate. While the farm protestsiteatGhazipur va- testers ledbyBKU leader Rakesh munal riots in 2013 —with the PAGE 10 Callingfor an expenditure MORE REPORTS Parliament —Opposition parties Constitution givesusthe right to catedhasthepotentialto revitalise Tikait have inflamedthe senti- GIC ground packedwith tractors, push despiteafiscal slippagethis PAGE 17 boycottedthe address to show freedom of expression, it is also the agitation againstthe Centre's mentsoffarmers, especially jeeps and farmers. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 solidarity with farmers protest- expected that we abide by the newagriculturelawsafter thevi- those from the Jat community Therewas heavypolice de- EXPRESS NETWORK ing againstthe newlaws— CONTINUEDONPAGE2 olenceatRedFortduringRepublic whichcarries significant politi- ploymentoutside the ground President Kovind also referred to Dayappeared to have dented its cal weight in western UP, and on the streets, as Opposition KHAPSMOBILISE the storming of the RedFortand credibility, accordingto theruling Haryana and parts of Rajasthan. leaders from the Samajwadi PROTESTERSIN To assess equity, Eco vandalism on Republic Day. IN PARLIAMENT party's seniorleaders in western The massivecrowd at the ma- Party, RashtriyaLok Dal, HARYANA PAGE 6 “My government has always PAGE 7 UP andHaryana. hapanchayatinMuzaffarnagar CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Survey introduces a Day after in Ghazipur: as convoys Violence erupts first time in Singhu: bare necessities index whichithad soughttoexamine PRANAVMUKUL the accesstofoodinthe country. roll in, protest gets fresh impetus cops watching, ‘locals’ target farmers NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 The BNI summarises 26 indi- cators on five dimensions —wa- that the farmers' agitation had af- later said that 44people, includ- INEQUALITIES IN access to bare ter, sanitation, housing, micro-en- SOURAVROYBARMAN ASHNABUTANI, fectedtheirlivelihood,and dam- ing a22-year-old man who al- necessities likedrinking water, vironment, and other facilities — NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 JIGNASASINHA& aged tentsand shelters while legedly attacked asub-inspector sanitation, hygiene and housing andhas been createdfor allstates ABHINAVRAJPUT clashing with farm protesters. with asword,werearrested. conditions continue to existbe- for2012and 2018 usingNSO data. NAKUL CHAUDHARYparkedhis NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 The farmers alleged that they Sources told TheIndianExpress tween urban and rural de- Theindex classifies areas onthree tractor near the Ghazipur protest were attacked at the behestof that all those arrested were farm spite“widespread” improve- levels of access —high, medium, site’smain stage, whippedout a FORTHE firsttime since the BJP to disruptthe protest protesters. mentsineachoftheseaspects, low—tobarenecessities. phone from his pocket andwent November 26, when the sit-in againstthe Centre's newfarm Around noon, the group of the Economic Survey for2020- The Survey has underlined live on Facebook: "Nand Kishor startedthere, violence erupted laws.One of those in the group men gathered near GTB 21 has shown, using anewly the needtofocus on reducing Gurjar,pleasepay us avisit today. at the farm protestsiteinSinghu. that reachedthe sitesaid he was Memorial at the Delhi-Haryana constructed “BareNecessities variations in theaccesstobare We want to meetyou since we In full viewofpolice who kept the husband of aBJP councillor borderand raisedslogans, asking Index” (BNI). necessities across states, be- couldn't meetlastevening. The watching,anestimated groupof from avillagenearby. protesters to vacate theareaand The BNI builds on the idea of tween rural and urban areas, and youth of Baghpat areeager to talk BKU leader Rakesh Tikait in Ghazipur. Praveen Khanna 200got past three layers of secu- With both sidesthrowing saying theywould nottolerate Thalinomics in the Economic between income groups. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 rity barricades Friday, claimed stones at eachother,Delhi Police CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Survey for2019-20,through CONTINUEDONPAGE2

Kamra to SC: Jokes can’t EXPLAINED Minor blastnear Israel EXPERT EXPLAINS makeheavens fall, taking THEREDFORTAND Embassy,note on spot DELHI—SYMBOLS offence anational sport ANDNARRATIVES suggests an Iranian ‘link’ OFPOWER PAGE 13 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Kamrais MAHENDERSINGH NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 facing MANRAL contempt of &SHUBHAJITROY STAND-UP COMEDIAN Kunal court BUSINESSASUSUAL NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 Kamra, who is facing contempt of charges courtcharges fortweetsagainst BY UNNY ACRUDE bomb went offnear judges and the judiciary, on Friday the Embassy of Israel on Dr APJ told the Supreme Courtthathis Supreme Courtvalues the faith Abdul KalamRoad in New Delhi “tweets were notpublishedwith the public places in it (and seeks on Fridayevening, shatteringthe At the site of the blaston intention of diminishing people's to protect it by theexercise of its windscreens of three cars on the Friday. Anil Sharma faith in the highestcourt of our criminal contempt jurisdiction), road, police said. democracy” and that “the public’s it should also trustthe public not No one wasinjured in the ex- faith in the judiciaryisfounded to form itsopinionsofthe Court plosion,whichtook place on the sured him of “fullestprotection” on the institution’sown actions on the basis of afew jokes on 29th anniversaryofthe estab- to Israel's mission and itsdiplo- and notonany criticismorcom- Twitter”.He addedthat “thesug- lishment of diplomatic relations matsinIndia. mentaryabout it”. gestion that” his “tweets could between India and Israel. The bomb appeared to have In anaffidavitfiledinresponse shakethe foundations of the most External Affairs MinisterS been planted in aflowerpot on to thenoticeissuedbyabench powerful courtinthe worldisan Jaishankar spoketohis Israeli the road divider,policesaid. A headedbyJustice Ashok over-estimation" of his “abilities”. counterpartGabiAshkenazi letter in an envelope addressed Bhushan, Kamrasaid “justasthe CONTINUEDONPAGE12 soon afterthe incidentand as- CONTINUEDONPAGE12 Whatbegan with astudent from Wuhan: glimmer at end of one-year Covid tunnel PAGE 1 foralmostafullmonththere- AYEAR OF COVID-19 ANCHOR THE IDEAS PAGE after, therewas hope that India might escape the pandemic with onlyminor bruises, in the same JAN30, 2020 MARCH 2 MARCH 12 waythatithad escaped the out- Firstcase, Firstcases outside Firstdeath, AMITABHSINHA breaksofthe SARS, Zika, or 20-year-old Kerala, one in 76-year-old in PUNE,JANUARY29 Nipah viruses earlier.But this student in Delhi, other in Kalaburgi, pandemic wasverydifferent. Thrissur,Kerala Karnataka BY THEtime India detected its ONCEUPONA The next setofinfections, firstcase of novelcoronavirus in- whichemergedinthe firstweek SEPT 16 fection ayear agoonJanuary 30, COVIDTIME of March, spread rapidly.Within SEPT 15 MARCH 24 BYCHANDRAKANTLAHARIYA Maximum 2020, the epidemic had spread three weeks, India had to impose Highestnumber Lockdown number of to about20countries, and more ANDRANDEEPGULERIA the mostrestrictive lockdown in of deaths in a imposed cases in asingle than 170people had already PAGE 11 the world; some calleditthe single day—1,290 dieddue to the disease. biggestlockdown in history. day—97,894 A20-year-old from Thrissur, CONTINUEDONPAGE12 who wasstudyingmedicinein tive.Inthe next four days,two SEPT 17 JAN16, 2021 Wuhan, China,and hadreturned moreKerala residents studying Peak of active cases Vaccination home aweek earlier,was the in China were found positive. EXPLAINED —10.17 lakh begins firstpersoninIndia to test posi- With no newcases emerging PAGE 13

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Ifelt suffo- ThePresident’saddress,whichreflectsthe With the governmentseeking to blunt number of procurement centres,” he said. portofTikait andstarted marching towards base year effect,given thecontraction pro- cated and immediatelyrode outonmy views of the government,sought to allayap- Oppositioncriticismof thelaws,hesaid:“After “Today, the food grain availability in the Ghazipur,and the other border protestsites jectedfor this fiscal. The Survey,however,de- scooter,”hesaid. prehensions over the newlaws. “Mygovern- extensive consultation, Parliament approved countryisatarecordhigh.In2008-09,thefood Singhu and Tikri. scribes the double-digit growth rate forthe Alongwith protesters came leaders of mentwantstomakeitclearthattherightsand three important farm reform Billsseven grain production in the countrywas 234 mil- Besides, severalBJP leaderssaid,the resig- nextyearas“conservative estimates”,andthat manypoliticalparties,includingtheRLD,AAP, facilities available under the system prevail- months ago, namely, TheFarmers' Produce lion tonnes, whereas in 2019-20, the produc- nation of INLD MLAAbhayChautala in sup- it reflects upside potential that can manifest SADand the Congress. RLD vice-president ing before the enactment of the three new Trade and Commerce (Promotion and tionhasincreasedto296milliontonnes.During port of the farmers couldput morepolitical due to the continuednormalisationineco- Jayant Chaudharywas among the firsttoar- laws arenot affected in anyway.Rather, Facilitation)Bill,TheFarmers(Empowerment the same period, the production of fruitsand pressureonhis nephew Dushyant Chautala, nomicactivitiesastherolloutof Covid-19vac- rive along with party workers. He metTikait through these agricultural reforms, the gov- andProtection)AgreementonPriceAssurance vegetableshasalsoincreasedfrom215 million who heads the JPP whichisakey rulingallyof cines gathers traction. and said the RLD stands in solidaritywiththe and Farm Services Bill, and the tonnes to 320 milliontonnes,” he said. the BJP.The BJP has 40 out of 90 seats, with This willfurther be supportedbysupply- farmersas"citizensof thiscountry"."Theway Essential Commodities (Amend- Therewas loud applause whenthe Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala and his 10 side push from reforms and easing of regula- he (Tikait) brokedownlastnight has moved ment)Bill.Thebenefitsofthesethree Presidentreferredto thefarmlaws,theirben- MLAs holding the key to power. tions,pushto infrastructuralinvestments,boost people to tears," he said. importantfarmreformshave started efitsandthe“wholeheartedsupport”thatthe Referring to the violence on RepublicDay to manufacturing sector through the Produc- "Wevoted forthe BJPinthe name of reaching morethan 10 croresmall government received forits “development- and UP's move,aparty leader said:“What do tivity Linked Incentive Schemes, recovery of NarendraModioverthe pastfew years. But farmers instantly.” oriented policy” in Jammu and Kashmir. we tell people in our constituencies? In many pent-up demand forservicessector,increase now, we realisethatwebetrayedthelegacyof “Appreciatingtheadvantagesthat “Onlyafew weeksback,electionstoDistrict urban areas, people have got thecounter nar- in discretionary consumption subsequent to Chaudhary(CharanSingh)sahab,"saidAshok EXPERSSEDUCATION these reforms would bring to the CouncilsinJammuandKashmirwere heldsuc- rative also... thatthe violence wasthe handi- roll-out of the vaccine and pickupincredit Kumar,afarmerfromAmroha. smallfarmers,severalpoliticalparties cessfullyfor thefirsttime afterIndependence. work of theGovernmenttobreak farmers' givenadequateliquidityandlowinterestrates. Later in theday,SAD leaderManjinder toohad,fromtimeto time,expressed Largescale participation of voters has shown unity and defame the movement. People in Theseestimatedlevelsof growthwouldre- SinghSirsa,CongressleaderDeependerSingh their support. The discussions over that Jammu and Kashmir is forging ahead to- villagesaskwhydidthepolicehave to take ac- quiresignificantcentralgovernmentandstate Hooda,UPCongress chief AjayKumarLallu these farm reforms in everypartof wardsanew democraticfutureatarapidpace. tionwhilethefarmerswere protestingpeace- spending,asprivate sectorinvestmentisyetto andBhimArmychief Chandrashekarreached thecountryforovertwodecadesand Grant of newentitlementshaveempowered fullyatthe borders?” pickuppace.Whatissignificantisthatthispath thevenue.Swaraj IndialeaderYogendraYadav the demand forthese reforms at dif- the people of the region,” he said. SaidapartyMPfromHaryana:“Infact,the would entail agrowth in real GDP by 2.4 per also addressedprotesters. ferentfora were alsoreflectedduring police action has givenareasonfor protesters cent over the absolutelevel of 2019-20 –im- the deliberations in the House.” BJP chorusinwest UP to revive theagitationinHaryanawherethings plyingthattheeconomywouldtaketwoyears Singhu Therewas abrief disruption dur- CongressandAamAadmiPartyjoinedthema- hadcomeundercontrol.Ithadsofarremained to reachand go pastthe pre-pandemiclevel. anyinsultto theTricolourin areferencetothe ingthe addresswhen RavneetSingh hapanchayatand pledged to join the farm aPunjabagitation, but thatisnolongerso.” violenceonRepublicDay.Policesaidtheywere Bittu, Congress MP from Punjab, protest. The consensus wasthatfarmers Tikait's appealwas of particular signifi- Bare necessities index from nearbyvillagesofSinghu, Narela, stood up to protest and then walked should be preparedtomarch in small groups cance because of the family's political legacy “Government schemes suchasthe Jal Bawana, Alipurand Kundli. out, shouting slogans. AAP's to Delhi whenneeded. in UP's sugar belt. Rakesh Tikait is the son of JeevanMission, SBM-G (Swachh Bharat Within an hour,the grouphad crossedthe Bhagwant Mann made an unsuc- Referringto therenewedmobilisationfol- thelateMahendra SinghTikaitwhohadspear- Mission-Gramin), PMAY-G(Pradhan Mantri barricades and startedarguing with farmers, cessful attempt to enter the Central lowingtheemotionalappealby Tikaitagainst headedfarmers' mobilisation in the northern AwaasYojana), maydesignappropriate strat- demandingthattheagitationbewoundupand Hall, whereseatswerereserved only the police move Thursday, aBJP leader from states sincethe 1980s. The familywieldscon- egy to addressthese gaps to enable India to the road cleared. The argumentspiralledinto forleaders of parties and chairper- westernUPsaid: “The visuals of Tikaitcrying siderable influenceinwestern UP and heads achievethe SDG (UN Sustainable Develop- violence before police resortedtoteargasand sons of committees. Hanuman have stirredthecommunity...forthemit'slike the Baliyan Khap of 84 villages in the region. ment Goals)goalsofreducingpoverty,im- lathichargetobringthesituationundercontrol. Beniwal of RashtriyaLoktantrik 'oursonisweeping,letusgoandsupporthim'. Over the recent years, the BJP had man- proving access to drinking water, sanitation AmanDabas,thehusbandof BJPcouncillor Party(RLP), whichexited the NDA This has prompted manyfromvillagesto agedto makeinroads intothe ruralpocketsof and housing by 2030. Thereshould be effec- from Put Khurdvillage, Anju Devi, waspartof over the farm laws,also protested. march towardsthe protestsite.” thisregionmainlydueto thewaningpopular- tive targetingof theneedierpopulationbethey the group, and said that he and 10 others from BeniwaljoinedMPs of SAD, another Someofthe party's MPs from this region ity of AjitSingh-ledRLD,and intensifyingpo- in urbanorrural areas or across states,” it has thevillagehad gone to the protestsiteasthey former allyofthe BJP,inthe protests. blamedtheUPgovernmentfor“mishandling” larisation between the Jat and the Muslim said. In 2018,access to bare necessities was were“unhappyandangry”overtheviolenceat Listing the initiativesofthe gov- thesituation.TheGhaziabadmove can“revive communities. RLD leader and AjitSingh's son the highestinstatessuchasKerala, Punjab, RedFortonRepublic Day. “Therewerepeople ernment,thePresident,inhisaddress, theagitationinmanypartsof Haryanaandpo- Jayant Choudharyvisited the protest site. Haryana, and Gujarat, and lowest in Odisha, fromothervillages,too,”hesaid,addingthathe focusedonfarmersand agriculture. tentially turnwesternUPintoanotherprotest The anger againstThursday's police de- Jharkhand,WestBengaland Tripura, the wasaBJP member but does nothold anypost. “Our goal of an Atmanirbhar hub,” said aBJP MP,speaking on condition of ployment and Tikait's emotional outburst-- Survey has said. In terms of urban-rural di- Asked whythe group wasallowed to get Bharat will be further strengthened anonymity. he alleged that the government will “destroy vide, all states barring Delhi, Punjab, Goa, socloseto thelastbarricade,aseniorpoliceof- by self-reliance in agriculture… My Otherpartyleaderssaidvisualsofprotest- farmers and BJP'sgoons will attackthe farm- Kerala,andSikkim hadmediumor lowaccess ficer said the men “wanted to hold talksand government decidedtoimplement ersenteringRedFortandbreakingbarricades ers with the police”--also comes on the back to barenecessities in theirrural areas. In 2012, were allowedtomove forward”. the recommendations of the hadgiventheCentralgovernmentroomto ne- of simmeringangeroverthedelayinpayment onlyrural Delhi had high accesstobarene- Delhi Police said the SHO of Alipur police SwaminathanCommitteereportand gotiateonits terms but the UP government's of sugarcane dues. cessities. station, Pradeep Kumar,“sustainedgrievous increasedtheMSPto atleast1.5times policeaction“seemstohaveput thepartyina In Haryana, Dushyant Chautala has so far In 2018,the lowest access in rural India swordinjuries” when he wasattackedbya of the costofproduction. Today, my precarious situation”. managed to withstand pressurefromwithin wasrecordedinUttar Pradesh, Madhya farm protester, and five other police person- hispartyto take anaggres- Pradesh, Bihar,Jharkhand, West Bengal, nelwere alsoinjured.“AccusedRanjeetSingh, sive stand againstthe BJP Odisha, Assam, Manipur,and Tripura. 22,has been arrested from the spot and other on thefarmers'agitation. J&K, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, 43 persons have also been arrested,” it said in However, partysourcesde- Maharashtra, Karnataka, , Tamil astatement. scribed AbhayChautala's Nadu, AndhraPradesh, Kerala, Goa, DelhiPolicetweetedaphoto of amanrais- resignationasamovetore- Meghalaya,and Arunachal Pradesh showed ingasword,withpolicepersonnelintheframe, claim the legacy of family improvement in access to bare necessities in andthecaption:“SHOAlipur,Delhiintervenes patriarch, the lateDeviLal. rural areas between 2012 and 2018. betweenriotingprotesters(MKSCfaction)and 8800660380 “Dushyant is already wor- By contrast, in urban India, no state localSinghuvillagers,whohadgoneto register riedoverthe stance of showedthe lowest levelofBNI in 2018.In their protestagainst the happenings on some of his MLAs who 2012,urban areas of onlyBiharand Manipur RepublicDay-2021andcontinuedlossof ordi- want him to backthe farm fell in the lowest BNI category. narylivelihoodsfor over twomonths.” protests.Ifthis situation Askedwhythesituationwasallowedtoes- worsens,itwillleadto seri- Ghazipur calate, the senior officer said: “Wetookaction NIRVANA IAS ACADEMY ous trouble forthe BJP,” to you.” whenthetwopartiesclashedwitheachother.” sources said. Gurjar,BJP's Loni MLA, had turnedupat The BJP's Delhi unit said the party had not STANDS WITH YOUINTHESE (WITHJIGNASASINHA) theprotest siteThursdayeveningwithanum- stagedanyprotest officially. “What happened berofpartyworkersandallegedly threatened on January26isamatter of shame and there DIFFICULTTIMES Budget the protesters, askingthem to clear the area. is anger among people. People have staged year,the survey,authored And Nakul, aresidentofAmrala village in protests atseveralplacesbecause police were CLASSROOMEXPERIENCE HAS NO by Chief EconomicAdvisor district, wasstruggling to control attackedand the national flag insulted. KrishnamurthyVSubra- his anger.“NowIregretreturning home after Maybe, aworkercould be seenwith people ALTERNATIVE manian-ledEconomic the RepublicDay kisan march.This time,we who areprotesting,” said Naveen Kumar,head Division, said, “...tosustain arenot goingback. Theywillhavetopay the of the unit's media department. th the recovery in aggregate price of hooliganism,” he said. At Singhu, farm protesterParabjeetSingh, BATCHESSTART:8 FEB.2021 demand,itisexpectedthat That, in anutshell, wasGhazipur Friday. 23, said he wasnearalangartent when he theGovernmentmayhave Young, loud and angry—and determinedto washitby astoneon the head."I wastryingto WITH JUST 35 STUDENTS to continuewithanexpan- "avenge"the"tears"shedbyRakeshTikait,the protect others while taking videos of the sionaryfiscal stance…The chief of BhartiyaKisanUnion(BKU)andfaceof scene.Iwashit by abig stone andstarted IN ACLASS SO THAT calibratedapproachadop- the protests at Ghazipur,whichisone of the bleeding,” he said. tedbyIndia allows space threemainsitesof theagitationatDelhi'sbor- Chamkaul Singh, a42-year-old farmer, PERSONALISED COACHING formaintainingafiscalim- ders againstthe Centre's newfarm laws. said: “Theytold us we have insulted thena- pulsethecomingyear.The The visuals of Tikait breakingdownwhile tional flag. We told them that we tooare citi- &SOCIAL DISTANCING growthrecoverywouldfa- criticising the district administration's order zens of India.Theygot violentand startedpelt- cilitatebuoyant revenue asking protesters to vacateappeared to have ing stones. Around 10 farmers have injuries.” GO collections in the medium turnedthe tide forthe agitation afterthe SarwanSingh Pandher,generalsecretary term,andtherebyenablea RepublicDay violence.“FortheBJP,onlythose of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee HANDINHAND sustainable fiscal path.” Hindus who aretheir members arepatriots, (KMSC), claimedthat “the BJP,inapremedi- Afteranestimated 7.7 everyone else is atraitor.Now we want their tatedmanner,sent goons who were able to per cent contraction in MLAtocomeand meetus,” said Ankur breachthe police force”. WEEKENDBATCHESAVAILABLE 2020-21, theSurveyproj- Chaudhary, aprotester. Minutes before the clash, AAP minister ectsrealGDPto recorda11 In videos that went viral from UP to Satyendar JainandDelhiJalBoardvice-chair- per cent growth in 2021- Haryana and PunjabThursday night, Tikait personRaghav Chadha were present at the 22. Thenominal GDP had, in an emotional outburst, alleged a“con- spotand allegedthat policewere notallowing growthhasbeenestimated spiracy againstfarmers” andthat “BJP’s peo- them to bring watertankerstothe farmers. at15.4percent,implyinga plehave beenpostedalongtheroadto attack” Inthestatement,DelhiPolicesaid:“Around 4.4 per cent inflationdur- the protesters. 1.30pm,about200localvillagersapproached ing the year. The dayafter,youthsarrived in the hun- neartheGTBMemorialtowardsSinghu.They The coverpageofthe dredsinconvoys of cars andtractors through went to meetthe leaders of theKMSCfaction twin-volume Economic the day, pushingthe administration on the to pressforthelocal demandthattheprotest- ROHINI: H-17/262,NearRohiniWestMetro Station, Survey, showing “Covid backfoot. ers vacatethe said space and open the border, warriors” joininghands to ByFridaymorning,manysecurityperson- and said that theyhavebeenproviding (Opp. MetroPillar No.424),Sector -7,Rohini, NewDelhi -85. upholdIndia, has been de- nel had leftthe site.“The UP government has all...help to protesters forthe lasttwo months TILAK NAGAR: 30/4, Ashok Nagar,NearTilak Nagar votedto alldoctors,nurses, saidfromthebeginningthatwewillfindaso- but nowtheir livelihood is getting affected. scientists,sanitationwork- lution by talking to farmers. Everything so far Theycameyesterday also with the same re- MetroStation, Gate No- 3, NewDelhi -18. ers. It also captures the V- has been done in accordance with it. quest.” Ph: 011-40391726, 47032447,9990471004, 9990471005 shaped recovery in the Tightening of security yesterdayortodaywas Police said: “This wasresistedbysome economy, reflecting itsre- doneto seethatnorowdyelemententersinto farmers and pushing-pulling of the police bar- silience. It hasbeen deliv- the protesttodisturb the atmosphere,” said ricadeskepttosecurethelangartentsensued. Contact forAdvt. Booking: M/sFriends Publicity Service ered in an e-book format UP ADG (Law&Order) Prashant Kumar. During this stone pelting started...” Ph.: 23276901, 23282028 (M):9212008155, 9212665841. along with launch of asur- Kulveer Singh, aresident of Moradabad, FULLREPORTSON veyapp. wasamong those who reachedinthe morn- www.indianexpress.com

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quirement", the system mayin- coming to school,” he said of the we startedwitha16% turnout. He said lastFriday his school SOURAVROYBARMAN clude junior or senior doctors as EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE current reopening experience. This has been increasing dayby hadaturnout of 70-75% in class NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 well. NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 “Afterreopeningfor (classes) day, and todaywehad around Xand around 50-55% in classXII. The healthcarestaff available Xand XII, we have also been get- 40%. Everyday,wehavebeen This is up from around 27%in A24X7helpline mannedby over the helpline will be AFTER SCHOOLSinDelhiopened ting lots of requests from parents adding anew classroom to ac- class XII on day1and 39%onday healthcarestaff to provide free equippedtooffer general advice forclassXand XII studentslast of studentsinclasses IX and XI commodatethisincrease... I’m ex- 2. His school toohad been calling tips on healthyliving, assistance on "stress, depression, anxiety, week,the government an- since theyalso have practical pecting the turnout to rise to 60- studentsinastaggered manner in case of health scares and help posttrauma recovery (non-crit- nouncedthat studentsinclasses work to do and exams to write, 65% by the firstweek of —half on everyalternateday — in coping with stress,depression, ical), HIV/AIDS/RTI/STI/epi- IX and XI, as well as colleges, poly- especiallysince theyalso have to February.” but theyhavedecidedtocall in all anxiety or adrastic changein demic/pandemic etcrelatedpre- technicsanddiplomainstitutions, writeboardexams next year.We She said afew studentsfrom studentsonall days starting from lifestyle brought about by apan- cautions and good practices." mayattend physical classes from arealso getting similar demands migrant familiesarestillnot back January27. demic —these features makeup The helpline, whichmay also February5. from colleges…” he said, adding in Delhi: “It’s asmall number. Neeraj Kumari, head of a the blueprint of the Delhigov- include "voice recognition" soft- The announcement was that Covid protocols needtofol- Around 2-3 in classes of 55 but we school in Mayur Vihar,saidwhile ernment's proposedHealth ware forsecurity purposes, will made by Deputy lowedlikeinthe earlier phase. areintouchwith them, and they her school has also seen an in- Helpline Services, whichisapart also assistpeoplewithinforma- Manish Sisodia, who cited re- Earlier,Delhi Universityhad said theywilltry to return to the crease in turnout, thereare per- of an ambitious initiative to pre- tion on hospitalservices, sched- quests fromparentsand students, also announcedthat it will begin city in February.” sistent fears among severalpar- pareacloud-baseddatabase of ule of doctors, making appoint- and positive experience of open- phasedreopeningfor final se- Studentsare being called with permission from parents In some other schools, the ents. “Some parentsare adamant clinicalinformation of patients ments, and filing complaintson ing schools forclasses Xand XII. mesterstudentsinthe month of numbers of those still notbackto that we should give them awrit- and records of hospitals across negligence and corruption, Schools had openedfor students February. Delhi arehigher.“Thereare tenassurance that their children the city. among others. of classes Xand XIIfromJanuary turnout daybyday. these numbersshowthat many around 10-15% of studentsin will notget infected in school. The government has set The other features of the pro- 18.“It hasbeenaverygoodexpe- Gradual rise in turnout According to datafromthe schools arealso following astag- these grades who arestillnot in Whilewe aredoingeverythingto August2021asthe deadline for posedhelpline include availabil- rience.Schools arecallingstu- Meanwhile, 11 days after education department, on geredsystemofcalling students Delhi as we have averyhigh ensurethatitdoesn’thappen,we rolling out the system,calledthe ity of "information/advice on dentswith permission from their schools reopenedfor studentsof Wednesdaythe turnoutofstu- to school. numberofstudents from migrant have little control overtheir Health Information long-term illnesses likeasthma, parentsand those who areun- classes Xand XII, the overall dentsinthese classes across 928 Despitethe plateauinthe families in Chilla Gaon and movement between home and Management System (HIMS). diabetes, heartissues; informa- willing arestill attendingonline turnout across government Delhi governmentschools was overall figures, individualschools Yamuna Khadar.Weare in touch school...,” she said. While the government tion, precaution andresponse to classes. Studentsare being called schools has continued to hover 37.12%. On the second dayof have reportedaconsiderable in- withall of them, and theyhave LastFriday,her school had a shared thebroad contours of the health scares, and other local/na- in astaggered manner and we around 40% even as individual schools reopening, aturnoutof crease in their dailyturnout. said they will return soon,” said turnout of 70%for class 12 and proposed system lastyear,the tional epidemics; basic health have found that 80% of the chil- schools reportedthat theyhave around 40% wasreported. Vice-Principal of aNortheast AjayKumar,head of aschool in 58.6% forclass 10 —upfrom40% finer details have emergedinthe and symptoms checkerfor ini- dren being calledatatime are been seeing agradual increase in Education officials maintain that Delhischool said,“On the firstday, Chilla Gaon. and 33%respectively on day1. tender floatedtoengageagen- tial assessment, advice related to cies to run the helpline. flu and general illness, preg- Agovernment official said nancy." the needfor ahelpline was The 24x7 helpline centrewill High Court clarifies: Disclosure of interest in RTI acutelyfelt afterthe Covid-19 have up to 50 seatsand eachshift outbreak,with home isolation will be eight-hours-long. coupledwithremote monitor- The government had previ- ing of healthofpatientsemerg- ouslyannouncedaplan to gen- required only when application seeks personal info ing as one of the mosteffective erateQRcode-basede-health ways to contain the disease. cards of patientstocollateclini- "The tele advisorywill cal details of all patients in one observed that the disclosureof those that maybenecessaryfor soughtwould be necessaryto with apetition about an RTIap- writ petition also shows that the broadlyhavetwo levels. Apart place under the HIMS. The SOFIAHSAN interestregarding information contacting him”. establish bona fides of the appli- plication seeking information petitioner himself wasearlier from call centreagentsattend- healthcards were firstproposed NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 being sought under RTIlaw Justice Prathiba MSingh on cant,” said the court, while with regard to appointments working in the Presidential ing to suchrequests at firstlevel, in early 2018. would be necessary to establish Fridaysaid therehas been an “in- adding “personal” to thepartic- made for multi-tasking staffof Estate on an ad-hoc basis from level twowould have dedicated Thereare around 38 hospi- THE DELHI High CourtFriday the bonafides of an applicant. advertent omission” in the ear- ular line in the January12order. the Presidential Estate, 2012 to 2017. healthcare staff, on needs basis, tals, including government facil- clarifiedits recent observation The order had comeunder criti- lier order and clarifiedthat The courtalso observed that Rashtrapati Bhawan. While dis- The applicant had earlier during specific times of the day. ities and society-run hospitals, regarding the necessity fordis- cism, with manypointing out whenever “personal informa- itsearlier order was“completely missing the petition, the courton sought information pertaining Tele-advisorywillbeprovided with an overall bed strength of closureofinterestbyanappli- that it contradictsthe Section tion” is sought, the disclosureof wrongly interpreted”. It added January12imposedacostofRs to the residential address and fa- by apanel of healthcarestaff nearly 11,000bedsinthe capital. cant about the information be- 6(2) of the RTIAct whichstates interestisimportant. thatthe order pertains onlytoan 25,000on thepetitioner forcon- ther’s name of selected candi- whichprimarilywouldinclude The middle-tier of the health- ing sought under the RTIAct, and that “an applicant making re- “This courtisofthe opinion applicant who wasseeking the cealing the fact that his daugh- dates and it wasdenied to him nurses, technicians or para- care system is made up of dis- said that it only pertainedtothe questfor information shall not that whenever personal infor- names of fathers and addresses terhad also appliedfor the post. on the ground of it being per- medics as nominated and de- pensaries and polyclinics –num- seekingofpersonal information be required to give anyreason for mation is sought under the RTI of people in his RTIquery. It said this fact does notfind sonal information. He had how- cidedbythe government of bering around 180and 25 underthe law. requesting the information or Act, the disclosureofaninterest The courthad made the ear- mention in the petitionand fur- ever been providedother infor- Delhi," the document says. respectively –followed by over The courthad on January12 anyother personal details except in the personal information lier observation while dealing ther notedthat perusal of the mation soughtbyhim. It adds that "basedonre- 500mohalla clinics.

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During the Beatingthe Retreat ceremonyonFriday. Praveen Khanna Work on restoration of French Major’s tomb in to begininamonth

architectural, educationalvalue” SAKSHIDAYAL as it is “the onlysurviving tomb GURGAON,JANUARY29 out of manyothers whichwould have thereinJharsa represent- WORK ON restoring the 200- ing the eraofearly 19th year-old tomb of aFrenchMajor, Century”. Furthermore, it is “one who served in the mercenary of the very fewremnantsoftan- armyofBegum Samru, is likely gible built structure” associated to commence in the next one with Begum Samru. month. This comes almost three The project reportalso pro- years afterthe IndianNational poses developing the area Trustfor Art and Cultural around it –redesigningthe gates Heritage (INTACH)receivedper- of the park, erecting signageat mission from the Gurgaon dis- the siteto“attractand encour- trict administration forthe proj- agevisitors to understand the ect. significance” of the tomb, and On October 18,2018, INTACH INTACHhas got permission forthe restoration. AbhinavSaha creating a“seating cluster” in had partnered with Sushant the area. School of Artand Architecture, “The reporthas estimated an Ansal University,tosignaMoU to complete,” said Major Atul Captain SombrefromFrance, expenditure of Rs 15 lakh, which forthe “conservation and inter- Dev, Convenor,Gurgaon Chapter who beganher ownmercenary is being providedbyINTACH pretation” of the tomb. of INTACH. armyafter herhusband’s death. from INTACH funds.Oncethe “Wehavethe funds, sanc- Located in themiddleofa Her armyisbelieved to have contract is awarded, and we tion, everything is setfor parkinMohyalColony, the tomb camped in Gurgaon,between knowwhat the current wage is restoration, but we couldnot waserected in memory of Major and , during on the ground and other details, musterthe contractor earlier. Jean Entienne. He hailedfrom one of itsassignments. we maybeable to adjustthe Therewas also adelay due to Bordeaux, France, and diedat In the project report pre- costplus or minus 5-10% per- Covid and non-availability of the ageof75in1821. He served pared forthe restoration by cent,” said Major Dev, adding labour.Weintend to startwork in the army of Begum Sombre, Sushant School of Art and that the restoration will be “su- in the next month, afterwhich who came to be knownlocally Architecture, the structureis pervisedbyanarchitect mem- it will take around twomonths as Begum Samru –the wifeof identifiedasone of “historical, berofINTACH”.

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Pradesh administration had ness on his face movedme. Ide- ARANYASHANKAR hopedtovacatebyThursday cidedthen itself that Iwill come NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 night. Videos of Tikait breaking to Delhi, but since it wasfoggy I down were shared widelyby wasadvisedto wait tillmorning. PROTESTERS AT the Ghazipur thoseatGhazipur,and by Friday, Ifinally reachedat6am. We are border Fridayappeared infused cars full of studentsfromthe sug- going to fighttill the end —our withfresh energy as theyvowed arcane belt had arrived, raising leader wasbrought to tears, we to "payback" fortearsshedby slogans of "Rakesh Tikait zind- can't forgivethis,"hesaid. BharatiyaKisan Union (BKU) abad". Dhariwalsaid manyother leader Rakesh Tikait.Inthe Manypromptlyput up sev- students —“at least170-180 crowdwerenot just farmersbut eral posters in the area. One such from ,Dhanaura hundredsofstudentsfromcol- posterofayouthclub from and Gajraula” —werealready en leges and universities in Western Amroha UP read: "Tikait sahab ke routetoGhazipur. Uttar Pradesh, movedtoarriveat ek ek aansu ka hisaab karke Nitin Chaudhary, aB.Sc the protestsitebyTikait’s emo- jayenge (wewill settle scores for Chemistry studentfrom tional appealonThursdaynight. eachtear shedbyTikait)". MahatmaJyotiba Phule Unlikethe almost celebratory Shubham Rathi, statepresi- Rohilkhand University,Bareilly, atmosphereatthe Singhu protest dent of the UP Students' Union, also arrivedinthe early hours of site over the pasttwo months — wasamong thosewho made ur- Friday. "People have been say- whichtoo has become more gent calls at night to mobilisestu- ing all kinds of wrong things sombresince the Republic Day dents."Afterthe January26 about our leader,and he'sbeen violence —the crowdat event, we had gone into depres- responding, but whathap- Ghazipur on Fridaywas moreon sion, but we were determinedto penedyesterday has givenus edge,seething at what theyper- continueeventhen. Some peo- Protesters at Ghazipur on Friday. AbhinavSaha more josh (vigour). He didn'tcry ceivedasaninsult to their leader. ple had startedpacking up because he'sweak but because Calls and messages were sent though. But afterBaba (Tikait) he couldn'tbeartostand what out on Thursdayaskingthose brokedown, therewas no chance moreand morestudents and triedall the tactics to send us who areherevoted for them. If Harshit Dhariwal, aBAstu- early Fridaymorning. wasbeing done to this peaceful from Western UP to boostthe of being depressed. It's afight till youth in the coming days"he back. But theyare nowonthe theydon't (takethe laws back), dent of ChaudharyCharan Singh "I waswatching the news movement. Nowwewill go crowdatthe thinning protestat the endnow —doordie.There's said. backfoot. Theyhavetotakethe theywillfacerepercussions in University,, wasamong yesterdayand sawthe videoof backonlyafter thelawsare re- Ghazipur,which the Uttar no turning back.We will mobilise "This BJP government has laws back. Mostofthe people stateelections," he said. those who reachedGhazipur him crying. The worryand sad- pealed," he said. At Tikri, tensionsriseasprotesters manage to reach Locals have no issue, stage, farmerssay bid to instigate, won’t fall fortrap stone pelters sent by BJP, claim unions profile also indicates his work theyhad tolerated it butwould- ANANYATIWARI& with the BJP,said, “These people n’tanymore,given what hap- ABHINAVRAJPUT are desh virodhi. Tirangekaap- penedatthe RedForton NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 maan kar rahe hain, hum isliye Republic Day. Joginder Singh aaye hain (these peopleare anti- (58),anex-servicemanliving at AROUND 100protesters gath- national. Theyare disrespecting Tikri village, said, “These people ered in frontofthe Tikri border the national flag, that’s whywe arecreating alot of problems. protestsiteonFriday demanding have come here).” The tractor rallydidn’t have thatthe farmer protests end, The protesters staged the some unrulyelements, they with things becoming tense af- protest in frontofpolice barri- were allinittogether.” tertheymade theirway to the cades and then proceededtogo Animesh Devnag (35) from main sitefrominsideTikri village. inside Tikri village, from where Baba HaridasNagar,which Among them wasDalbir theytookaroutethatopenednear neighboursTikri village towards Singh Mathur who, according to the main stagearea. This is when the Delhi side, said, “I run acos- the outer Delhi BJP districtpres- thingscametoahead,withfarm- metics store. Fortwo months I ident BajrangShukla, is his dis- ers at thesitewith sticks in hand have had no customers. These trict general secretary. sloganeeringaswell.Asbothsides protesters aregoing in and out of Chanting‘Bharat MataKiJai’, beganpushing and pulling, Delhi our villagestoo much.” At the Singhu Border on Friday. Amit Mehra ‘Vande Mataram’and ‘Khali Karo’, Police personnel separated the The farmers, meanwhile, said themen,manyofwhomclaimed twogroups.Eventually, thegroup Protesters managed to reachthe stagefromaroute inside Tikrivillage theywillnot fall intothis “trap”. to be from nearbyvillagesinand leftthesceneand farm protesters KDPathak,25, from Hisar dis- But it is having the opposite effect around Tikriand Mundka, also barricadedthe entrypoint near trict in Haryana, said, “These RAAKHIJAGGA —people arecoming in higher carriedplacardsthat read: the stagewithbarbed wire. dents aretired,soare traders and the streets,” he said. He also Others said theyweren’t people aretrying to incite us. LUDHIANA,JANUARY29 numbers. We don't fear repres- “Tirangekaapman nahi sahega Delhi BJP media head Naveen industrialists.Wedid notoffi- claimedthat AAP members linked to anypoliticalparty but Thereare thousandshere. They sion. Nearbyareas in Haryana Hindustan,Tikriborderkhalikaro.” Kumar said BJP had notorgan- cially organisethis but slowly were seenatRed Fort on January theirdaily liveshad been inter- want us to attackthem so that FARMER LEADERS protesting have no issues with us and all of a Mathur,whose social media isedthe protest. “The local resi- these residentsshall come onto 26. rupted by the protest. Theysaid we aredefamed.” againstthe Centre's newfarm sudden locals areunhappy? We laws have calledfor ahunger arenot fools that we can’tsee strikefrom9amto5pm on who is behind this conspiracy." January30. “The Samyukta Kisan Kulwant SinghKishanganj, Police stopped water tankers, removed langar at Singhu, Morchaisoverwhelmedbythe vice-presidentof BKUDakaunda, love of the farmers reaching the said some people had arrivedat Ghazipur border... Afastwillbe Tikri border tooand raisedslo- says Chadha as Kejriwal speaks against cases on farmers observed from 9amto5pm at gans of khali karokhali karo. bordersand protestsites across “Incidentally, the panchayatof India tomorrow, on the martyr- Tikri villagecame and theyex- farmers. Your demandsare justi- Singhu border “toensurethat the barricades. Police also,one is dom dayofMahatma Gandhi ji, tendedsupporttous." DIPANKARGHOSE fied.Defaming farmers’ agita- waterreaches thefarmers”. “We giventounderstand,became a and the daywillbemarkedas Friday’s violence took place NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 tion,calling them anti-national, were stopped muchbeforethe bystander and letthem pass.The 'Sadbhavana Diwas',” said near the dharna siteofthe Kisan and filing false cases against actual place the farmers aresit- chief protagonists of that, the Darshan Pal, afarmerleader. MazdoorSangharsh Committee DELHI JALBoardVice Chairman farmers who areprotesting ting. We asked whywillyou not likes of Deep Sidhu and Lakha With people claimingtobe (KMSC) at Singhu border.Its gen- and Rajinder NagarMLA Raghav peacefullyisabsolutelywrong.” letusgo. They (the police) said Sidhana, who arepeople who locals turning up at Singhu and eral secretary, SarwanSingh Chadha Fridaysaid the Delhi Chadha claimedthat on the theyhaveorders from above.So can be seen breakingbread with Tikri protestsites and on Friday Pandher,said, "Goons of the BJP government wasprevented night of January26, the Delhi basicallytheyhavedeprivedthe the BJP,raisesafundamental peltingstones at farmers, farm camenearour dharna sitefor the from bringing watertankersfor Policeput an end to the Delhi farmer of food, of water, of sani- question,” he said. union leaders said locals have no thirdconsecutive day. Theyeven farmers in Singhu by the Delhi government langar:“Previously tation and access to clean toi- He said the AAP wasofthe issues with the protesters, and did stone pelting today. Police Police, and that the farmers were the langar wasgoing on uninter- lets,” Chadha claimed. belief that the eventsofthe last claimedthese anti-farmer want to createaGhazipur-like being “deprivedoffood, water, ruptedbythe Delhi government. Chadha who is also national twodays wasaconspiracy of the protests were being orchestrated condition hereaswell, butour sanitation and clean toilets”. Four-fivesevas were being car- spokesperson forthe AAP,said BJP to “digress from the main is- by the BJP.Theysaid thatareas in men will keep restraint." The AAP leader also said that riedout. Firstwas water— for that therewas adistinctionbe- sues”. “As farasthese lumpen el- the vicinity areinfactsending Harinder Kaur Bindu, vice- the langar the government had severaldays,several water tween“lumpen elements” and ementsare concerned, they food to protest sites andalsoof- president of BKU Ugrahan, said, setupwas packedupbythe po- tankers were at various locations farmers. “That distinction exists should be apprehendedand in- fering otheramenities. "Protesters came near our dharna lice on the night of January26, so that people have access to in everyone’s head. Therewas a vestigated.Ithink the head of Said ButaSingh Burjgill, the siteinTikri, butwedidn't re- and that therewas aclear dis- clean drinking water. Temporary predeterminedroute, where everyIndian hangs in shame, no president of BKU Dakaunda, spond. Theytoldustovacatethe tinction between “lumpenele- toilets were there. When the people agreedtogoonthat one can condone it, and they "These arepeoplesent by theBJP. dharna site, but we will remain ments” at theRed Fort and farm- farmers complainedofbad net- Security personnel at Singhuborder on Friday. Amit Mehra route. The police agreedtolet should be arrested.But therest FirsttheywenttoGhazipur and here till our demandsare met. ers raising legitimatedemands. work,weinstalledWiFi.” people on that route. But that of the farmers areinnocent. How sawthe reaction. Nowtheyhave Panchayats of nearby villages — This came on aday Delhi Asked who removedthe lan- routewas violated —agroup of can youpaint them with the startedproteststowards Singhu Nayagaon, Balaur,Bahadurgarh — Chief Ministerand AAP chief gars, Chadhatold The Indian joythe langar.Theythemselves Chadhasaid that on Friday lumpen elementsmuchbefore same brush?Theyare genuine, and Tikribordersaswell. They arehaving no issues with us and tweeted: Express,“By theDelhi Police. By usedtoeat.But they were or- morning, he and Delhi minister the tractor rallywas meant to be- their demands aregenuine,”he want to create fear in the minds areevenletting our women vol- “Rakesh ji, we arefullywith the police that in fact usedtoen- dered to so theyremovedit.” Satyendar Jain went to the gin, theywentahead. Theybroke said. of people sitting at the dharna. unteers rest thereatnight.”

ANIGHT AT THE PROTEST SITE How Ghazipur, facingultimatum, came out of Singhu shadowovernight

BharatiyaKisan Union (BKU) and locals settingout from vil- along with mattresses and shawls organiser to mediapersons. trickling in —some in tractors. AMILBHATNAGAR& leader Rakesh Tikait breaking lages to join theprotest. as the temperatures dippedbe- By 12.30 am, the presence of Some said their personalvehicles ABHINAVRAJPUT down in an address to the media, After11.30 pm, agroup of ap- low12degrees Celsius. security personnel startedgetting were stoppedbypolice akilome- NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 stating that the agitation would proximately15people began "Weappeal forapeaceful thinner,withthoseinriotgearre- tres away,after whichthey continue, threw aspanner in the marching through the protest protest. People have startedto porting backtothe nearby started to walk. SINCE THEinitial days of thefarm administration’s plans. with chantsofJaiJawan,Jai Kisan. come from different places. We Ghazipur police station and later Abhimanyu Singh from protests,Ghazipur had been a Soon after, phones at the Protesters who were huddledin aremakingarrangementsfor wa- leaving. Muzaffarnagar said he and his paleshadowofthe largestprotest protestsitestarted buzzing, as blanketsgot onto theirfeet,raised terand other things. We will sit The elderly protesters had friends had come in acar,which at Singhu andanotherstir at Tikri, volunteers and farmers began the Tricolourand joinedinthe peacefullyand continue.Peace is kept themselveshuddlednear police stoppedmorethanthree wherethe majority of farmers receiving calls and WhatsApp chants. our biggeststrength," said Rakesh fires, with Tikaitcryinginfrontof kilometers away.“By morning who came from Uttar Pradesh messages expressing solidarity. Theywereamong the firstof Tikait as he addressedthe gath- themedia being the point of dis- therewill bethousands here,” he and Haryana had gathered. The mood changed from antici- manypeople who had come ering at midnight afterseveral cussion. said. That changed on Thursday pation of police action to alively from WesternUPsolelyonthe people had joinedin. “Jitne aasu Tikaitjikegirehain Around 3am, some protest- night. protest. emotional appeal of the BKU As the night progressed, pro- utne lakhlog kal takaajaenge,” ers begangoing to sleep, but Under the shadowofheavy As Ghazipuris situatedon the leader. testers risedsloganssuchas‘bhai said Arvind Tomar,who had manycouldn’t keep their eyes policedeployment,the Ghazipur NationalHighway 24,the routeis "I have comefrom By 12.30 am, security personnel beganleaving. Praveen Khanna Tikait tum sangharshkarohum come from Baghpat. shut duetoanxietyofwhat the protestsitegrew overnight — apassagetomanyWestern UP Muzaffarnagar becausewe could tumharesathhain’,but therewere Karn, astudent from next daywould hold. hours afterthe Uttar Pradesh ad- cities including Muzaffarnagar, notsee our leader cry. While Iwas also fears of apolice crackdown. ChaudharyCharan Singh Bishan Singh from Meerut ministration issuedanofficial or- Hapur,Meerut, among others. coming, Icould seethatmore nowamovement. Police can do As soonasword gotaroundof “Please don’t go anywhere, University inMeerut,saidaround said,“The farmershave wokenup der to vacatethe protestsite, de- Protesters could be seen peering than 500tractorshad leftfrom anything but we will notmove," the protestbecoming bigger,peo- we have all the arrangementsto 200studentshavecome with today. If theyplantoremove us ploying morethan athousand intophones, watching Facebook those areas. People arecoming in said AjayVarshney, who joined ple beganmaking arrangements. charge phone, camera, tea, food, him and moreare on their way. theycan use force, but we arenot policemen nearby. But scenes of Livesofgatherings inWesternUP from Bijnor and Hapur too. This is the protestlateatnight. Moreblanketswerebrought out anything that youneed,” said an Soon morepeople started going anywherenow.”

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MMaharashtra Urban Co-operative Banks’ Federation, Vidyadhar This calls for the need to present the posi-i- AAnaskar along with various experts from the co-operative tive aspects of the co-operative banks beforee the policy makers and it will help in creating a bbanking sector. The speaker of Legislative Council, Mr Ramraje good image of the co-operative sector. NNimbalkar also graced the occasion. The conference was arranged Co-operative banks and credit societiess via video conferencing. Excerpts from the brainstorming sessions grant financial assistance to the poor andd (Centre) Union Road Transport &H& Highwaighwayay andnd MSME Minister Nitin GadkaGadkariri withwith Vidyadhar AnaskarAnaskar,, President,esident, Maharashtra the common man so as to help them earn that took place among the dignitaries from the co-operative Urban CooperativeBankFederationalong with Uttam Joshi Of Thane BharatSahakari BankLtd; NandiniKulkarniofDombivli their living and as such help the economy of banking sector: Nagri Sahakari Bank Ltd; Madhusudan Rajpurkar of Abhyudaya Co Op Bank Ltd;Vaijinath Shinde and Ashish Modani of the state and nation.Theco-operative sec- Osmanabad Janta Sahakari Bank Ltd tor of Maharashtra hascontributedim- Nitin Gadkari creased to 5lakhcrores.India’syearly im- these changing times co-operativebanks banks should makeeffortstocreate aposi- main weaponstosolving problems.These mensely to thefinancial andsocial UnionMinister port of fuelamountstoaroundRs. 8lakh have to provetheir worth and importance tiveimage on the policy makers and the should be used. In addition to it, present- progress of the state and nation.Therefore, SONdate,there are as many as crore.The country’sproduction of paddy, by means of innovation and efficiency. Centre.Theyshould present their problems ing of the problems in the co-operative the Centre’spolicyistosupport the co-oper- 1,482 urban co-operative banks op- maize and sugarcane is more than their de- Thediscussions aboutthe privatisation in Parliament through the MPs associated banking sector on the right platform and at ative sector and increase its reach. So,the Aerating in the country of which 58 mandwithinthe country.Thisleads to of co-operative banks are underway since with the co-operative movement in Maha- the right time willsurely lead to their be- fearthat the co-operative banks will per- banks are multi-state.The totalamount of lesser saleofthese crops.Consequently, 1993. But the Centreorthe Reserve Bank rashtra and other states and endeavour to ing addressed. forcebeconverted intoprivate banks is deposits in these banks stands at around the rate offered is less than the minimum of India has never imposed any compulsion find asolution .Indemocracy,the various In today’stimes,communication, co-ordi- baseless. Rs.4.84lakh crore.Inaddition to this,there support pricewhich translates into lossfor on thesebanks.States likeMaharashtra, methodsinparliamentary affairs are the nation and presentation are veryimpor- Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi and is ala largearge network ofof credit co-opeco-operative so- the farmers..L Lastast year,,o ourur country exported Gujaratat andnd Karnatarnatakkaa have awa wideide net- tant.S. Soo,, IaI ammr readyeadyt toos serveerve as a“a “Brand UnionHome Minister Mr Amit Shah are cicieties. These are very useful for small bor- around 60,000 lakh tonnes of sugar for work of co-operative sector compared to Ambassador” to take the problems of the well aware of the role and importance of rorowers. The co-operative societies con- which the Centre gave a subsidy of Rs. the other states. Nevertheless, around 60-70 Highlights from co-operative sector to New Delhi and also the co-operative sector. trtribute immensely to the economic 6,000 crore. A subsidy of Rs. 6 per kilogram MPs including the Union Home Minister at the Co-operative and Finance Depart- This is the reason why the efforts madee ddevelopment of the country. was granted in the current year. This is not Mr. Amit Shah are in some way or the other the speech of ment of the central government, the Re- by the Reserve Bank, if any, to convert thee The flaws found in functioning of some of economically feasible. The land under sugar- related to the co-operative movement. Mr Nitin Gadkari serve Bank of India, NABARD and at state co-operative banks into private banks havee ththe co-operative banks lead to change in cane cultivation is increasing and it is lead- There is a negative image of the co-oper- level. The organisation or apex body of co- been curbed time and again. The Centre’s Co-operative banks should ththe rules and regulations. If the co-operative ing to sugar factories producing more than ative movement at the level of central gov- ■ operative banks should have an office in policy is to support the co-operative sectorr compete with the national- bbanks render best and timely services to what is needed and this is causing a major ernment, co-operative department, the Re- New Delhi and should take their problems and co-operative banks will not be con-- ized and private banks ththe customers, deal in a transparent manner setback for the states. The factories don’t serve Bank of India and NABARD at New to the policy makers and endeavour to verted into private banks. and prove their worth aand have corruption-free administration, it even have enough funds to pay for the pur- Delhi as well as in the bureaucracy. solve them in a systematic manner. For this, So the co-operative banks should facee wwill ensure their big progress. The coopera- chase of sugarcane. This calls for the banks A few bad examples have been instru- experts and retired officers from the bank- the ever-rising competition fearlesslyy.. Administrators titive banks should pull themselves up and to check the economic viability of the pro- mental in imprinting a negative image on ■ ing sectors should be roped in to present Many renowned and competent banks aree should be appointed bbe ready to compete with nationalised and jects before granting financial assistance. the minds of the policy makers. But it’s not the successful performance of rendering quality service. Hence, best cus-s- to check the pprivate banks. They have the responsibility to direct them fair to jump to conclusions on the basis of the co-operative sector be- tomer service, keeping NPA in check, re-e- performance of Around 8-10 agriculture-based indus- towards the production of ethanol and these examples. This leads to having a neg- fore the policy makers in stricting malpractices and cautious dis-s- banks trtries in India hold the major share in the other products. People do not accept any- ative mindset while making the policies New Delhi at regular in- bursement of loans along with transparenntt cocountry's GDP. Their present annual thing unless proven to be beneficial and and regulations for the co-operative sector. tervals. Otherwise, the transaction will help banks progress im-- tuturnover of R s 80,000 crore can be in- this applies to all the sectors. Hence, in For this to happen, the co-operative negative examples mensely.

Privatisation of co-operative Questions raised at the Conclave banks must not take place Vaijinath Shinde (Osmanabad Janta Sahakari Bank Ltd.) plead for them at Mumbai and New Delhi so as to present their Our bank has a network in many states and is earning good side before the policy makers effectively. Its lacuna is palpable. Vidyadhar Anaskar privatise the co-operative banks. This poses banks without their consent? Should those profit every year. Still, we are not allowed to disburse the div- You should present your problems effectively and improvement the danger to co-operative banks and even- not willing for it get their deposits back? We idend to our members and our pleas for the permission to the should be done to it from the very level of formation of lan- Chairman, Maharashtra Urban tually the co-operative sector might become have to take into account that the welfare of Reserve Bank of India falls on deaf ears. Many disputes, guage itself. It is imperative to impress that all of you from the Coperative Banks’ Federation extinct. depositors and members is like a religion for though trivial, are pending with the Collector for years to- co-operative sector are united by means of Co-ordination, INCE Independence, and since the first Out of the 1,540 banks in India, 906 banks the co-operative sector. With this in view, is it gether. How can the bank function while we are being cor- Good Communication and Co-operation. If you want to see the five-year plan itself, Maharashtra al- have deposits less than Rs 100 crore. The Re- fair to push these banks into adopting the nered from every direction? desired results, you have to put in equally positive efforts. Sways looked at co-operative sector as a serve Bank of India has made its criterion of principle of maximum profit and converting Gadkari:The restriction on refund of share capital and dis- ggolden mean between private and govern- financial competence more stringent to root them to another religion, so as to say? bursement of dividend is unfair. This makes us think as to why Nandini Kulkarni (Dombivli Nagri Sahakari Bank Ltd.) mment sectors. Since that period, the Urban Co- out these banks. But this sector, known for its While reducing the number of banks, it anyone will invest in the co-operative banks.This is inconsistent There are some positive aspects in the amendments done to ooperative Bank policy of the Reserve Bank of fighting spirit, has proved its mettle by adopt- seems that the Reserve Bank of India’s with the fundamental principle of banking. I will discuss this the Banking Regulation law, but they have not been able to InIndia has always been dependent upon the ing to the change in a short span of time. agenda seems to be to do away with only the matter with the Reserve Bank Governor. In addition to this, reach to the co-operative banks. On the contrary, there is an ppolicy and viewpoint of the Centre. That is the According to the statistics of the Reserve co-operative banks. Members of co-operative the leadership of the bank should be able to decide the scope ambiguity about the amendment in the law. There is confusion rereason why the Centre cannot concede to the Bank of India itself, the number of banks hav- banks are their owners. It is their lawful and of their problems and whom to approach for their redressal.The as to who and how they will be brought about. It’s very difficult atattempts of the Reserve Bank of India to priva- ing the Capital Adequacy Ratio (CRAR) of constitutional right to get a share in the profit problems of the multi-state banks should be taken to the Na- for the co-operative banks to face this confusion and uncer- titise the co-operative banks. more than 12% is 1,348, while the of the institution. It is not right to snatch tional Federation or the Registrar of Co-operative societies at tainty for long. For them, it’s a question of life and death. At During the tenure of the then Prime Minister number of banks having the it away. the Centre, not to the Collector. Centre, Minister for Agriculture is the in-charge of the co-oper- MMrs. , a policy of “Small, but Capital Adequacy Ratio of Nevertheless, the Reserve ative sector. Isn’t it possible to create an independent cabi- MMany” banks was in force.That paved the way less than 9% is only 44. At Bank of India has banned Madhusudan Rajpurkar (Abhyudaya Co Op Bank Ltd.) net rank for the same? In addition, will not many problems be fofor the establishment and expansion of many the national level, the the distribution of divi- Centre has made amendments to the Banking Regulation solved in a speedy manner if an independent officer having a coco-operative banks. They played an important gross NPA of these dends. The shares pur- Laws and the control of the Urban Co-operative banks has to- soft corner and in-depth knowledge of co-operative sector is rorole in improving the rural economy and the banks is 7.10%, while chased by members can- tally been given to the Reserve Bank of India. With this in view, appointed in the Union Finance Ministry level? lilifestyle of common man. But with the pas- net NPA is 2.69%. not be returned. This is it really necessary to have a Board of Management com- Gadkari: The ground reality is that the problems of co-op- sasage of time, people’s deposits were jeopar- On the other hand, means that the members posed of external persons in addition to the Board of Direc- erative banking sector do not reach the Centre effectively. I ddised due to bad administration or the finan- the commercial banks have invested their share tors for the functioning of the bank? have played the role of a mediator at three meetings that took cicial irregularities in a few banks. This have NPA of 9% and capital in the co-operative Gadkari: The very purpose of the amendment in the Bank- place between the Union Minister for Agriculture Mr Narendra eveventually led to the fall in the number of 5.2% respectively. In this banks, but they have no ing Regulation laws is the empowerment of Urban Co-opera- Tomar and the delegation of co-operative credit societies from bbanks. background, it has become right to get any returns now. tive banks. Exactly what amendments need to be made for West Maharashtra. This is an exception and otherwise, I am In 2004, the then Finance Minister impossible for the Reserve As far as disbursement of loan this empowerment has to be put forth in a systematic man- not aware of the times they presented their problems with- MMr P Chidambaram took initiative and the Bank of India to reduce the number is concerned, there are rules and re- ner from your side first. Government’s policy is to support the out their being addressed to. If it is so, I promise to follow up CCentre adopted the policy of “Less, but bigger of co-operative banks on this criterion, and strictions only for co-operative banks. Since co-operative sector. You have to make proactive efforts for co- problems that have remained unaddressed. BBanks”. Since then, the Centre and the Re- hence, it is planning to convert these banks 2000, there is no permission for any new urban ordination and communication. Efforts should also be made to seserve Bank of India too harbored a negative into commercial banks. co-operative and since the year 2006, no co- classify the exact nature of problems and take them to the Abhay Matey (Janata Sahakari Bank Limited, Pune) aattitude about co-operative banks. The Re- Accordingly, all the facilities extended to operative bank has been granted permission to Registrar of Co-operative societies or in case of multi-state There is little scope for the Urban co-operative banks to in- seserve Bank of India has been trying to smash the banks having a turnover of more than Rs. open new branches. bank, to the Registrar of Co-operative societies at the Centre, crease the share capital and there are many hurdles to it. Now ththe network of co-operative banks as and 20,000 crore were withdrawn and they are Looking at this scenario, how can people and in case of rural sector, to NABARD and the RBI. that the Reserve Bank of India has gained total control over the wwhen possible. As a result, the number of co- being lured with the promise that they will get stay with co-operative banks and how can co-operative banks by means of the amendment in the law, ooperative banks in India has reduced to 1,540 these facilities back if they convert to com- these bank take on the commercial banks if Uttam Joshi (Thane Bharat Sahakari Bank Ltd.) there is a need on part of the Reserve Bank of India to think totoday from 2,104 in the year 2003. mercial banks. they do not receive any share capital? If at all an amendment to the Co-operative Banks regulation about it and issue the necessary guidelines. Moreover, with In an effort to create lesser but bigger Many restrictive conditions regarding loans A few months ago, the Reserve Bank of India was to be introduced, there are many bodies in place for the the Reserve Bank of India itself monitoring, is there a justifica- bbanks, the Reserve Bank of India has plans to have been imposed on small banks. Also, the has mandated that the dividend payable to the same, like NAFCUB — the supreme organisation of Co-opera- tion for the appointment of the Managing Board? Reserve Bank of India is making it tough for members be spent for the expansion of banks tive Banks at the national level and the Federation of Urban Co- Gadkari:This issue is of utmost importance. For this, it is im- these co-operative banks by imposing condi- which will strengthen the economy of the na- operative Banks in Maharashtra, which has the largest number portant to create a unanimity among all the participants from tions regarding Managing Board, Salaried tion. As many as 1,541 urban co-operative of co-operative banks. Discussions should have taken place the Urban Banks about the Managing Board and their role. Chairman, etc. Coopertive banks are bearing banks in the country have a share capital of with them and by bringing together the Reserve Bank of India’s One group supporting it and other opposing won’t do. The re- most of this brunt. Rs 13,000 crore of which the share capital of senior officers representing the co-operative banks. Had it sponsibility of vindicating the co-operative banks lies solely Co-operative banks are being pressured to around 1,125 A and B category banks is around taken place, many of the problems would have been ad- on the people working responsibly in this sector. It’s our re- convert into small finance banks. But it has to Rs 9,000 crore. Given the dividend of 10%, this dressed taking into consideration the root cause and they sponsibility to set a model of transparent, responsible, corrup- be taken into consideration that many cus- amounts to Rs 900 crore. How can a meagre would have been included in the regulations. It’s never too tion-free functioning and management. We need to be self- tomers deposited their amounts in the co-op- amount like this be enough to strengthen the late. Isn’t it possible to bring the above three components to- disciplined and self-regulated so as to curb the efforts of erative banks on the basis of their trust in the economy of the nation? In addition, the claim gether and make the desired changes in the regulations? unscrupulous tendencies. members and the love of co-operative sector. seems ridiculous that the disbursement of 70% Gadkari: Basically, it’s utmost necessary to form a group Compilation: Umakant Deshpande, Looking at this, is it morally and lawfully of this amount, i.e. Rs 630 crore, will give im- of experts working in the co-operative sector with a view to Sachin Rohekar, Sanjay Bapat right to transfer their deposits to commercial petus to the economy!

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Haryana khaps give Haryana govt AwayfromGhazipur,supportpours suspends mobile call to send more Internet, SMS inforTikaitatMuzaffarnagarevent protesters to Delhi in 17 districts ductive with farmers from EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE to Delhi. We areanywayagainst SUKHBIRSIWACH Haryana villages coming out in CHANDIGARH,JANUARY29 JIGNASASINHA these farm laws.Tikait hasbeen CHANDIGARH,JANUARY29 supportofRakesh Tikait, who is NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 fighting alone fortwo months leading the protesters at THE HARYANA government now. We won’t lethim go THE ESCALATINGtension at Ghazipur border. Notonlythis, Fridaysuspendedwith immedi- HOURS AFTERBharatiyaKisan down.” Ghazipur and Singhu protest farmers see the conflict between ateeffectmobileInternetandSMS UnionleaderRakesh Tikaitmade Jayant Chaudhary, former sites hasensuredthat alarge agitators and “locals”atDelhi in 14 districtsand extendedthe an emotional appeal at Ghazipur, PM Charan Singh’s grandson, number of farmers from bordersasanattempt to remove same in three others till 5pm on thousandsoffarmersand polit- also came to the stageand spoke Haryana arenow moving to them from dharna sites. January30“to preventanydistur- ical leaders reached about Tikait. Delhi borders to bulwarkthe on- “Suchtacticswon’t work as bance of peaceand public order”. Muzaffarnagar,morethan 200 He said the government going farmers’agitation at these the farmers understand why Withthis,onlyvoicecallswere km away,for amahapanchayat should stop labeling farmers as dharna spots. theyare being attackedatbor- nowallowed in 17 of the22dis- in solidarity on Fridaymorning. “anti-nationals” and “terrorists”. Severalkhap panchayats in ders despitetheir peaceful tricts—Ambala, Yamunanagar, Naresh Tikait, his brother, Farmers and locals cheered as he the stateheld meetings at differ- protests.Everybody knowsat Kurukshetra, Karnal, Kaithal, told The Indian Express:“Iwas hugged Naresh. ent places in Haryana Fridayto the behest of whomthe farmers Panipat, Hisar,Jind, Rohtak, shockedwhen Isaw him crying. While severalleaders said discussthe fast-changing devel- arebeing attackedatborders,” Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, The Home Ministerand his po- theywereready to leave for opments. Theygaveacall to says Dayanand Poonia, afarmer Fatehabad, Rewari, Sirsa, Sonipat, lice aretrying to scarehim and Delhi, Naresh told the farmers to farmers to move to Delhiinlarge leader from Bhiwani district. Jhajjar and Palwal. want him arrested.Iwon’tlet “wait” and “move to Delhi in numbersfromSaturday.Evenon Afterameeting of Kandela “Inexercise of powers con- thathappen. Iwas going to leave small groups”. Friday, farmers movedtoDelhi Khap in aJind village,social out- ferred upon me by virtue of forGhazipurlastnight but then ChaudharyGulshan Rod, a from Jind, Rohtak,Charkhi Dadri fitheadTek RamKandela said, Section 5ofthe IndianTelegraph Igot to knowthatfarmers from farmer from ’s and other districtsofHaryana. “Farmers have already started Act, 1885 to be read along with different villages want to meet ,said, “Morethan80 Therewereproteststoo at heading to Delhi as theyare up- Rule(2)of TemporarySuspension me and supportthe Tikaits.” At the kisan mahapanchayat in Muzaffarnagar . Abhinav Saha tractors leftfromour city to join severalplacesinHaryana Friday, setwiththe effortstoremove of TelecomServices (Public Afteravideoofthe appeal this meeting. We arewithTikait. with the Jind-Chandigarh na- them from dharna sites forcibly. EmergencyorPublicSafety)Rules, circulated Thursdaynight, farm- We sawhis tears;hewas being tional highway being blockedat The onlysolution of the agitation 2017,I,HomeSecretary, Haryana ers from Uttarakhand,Haryana jhande se, wohmaanegadande this. We will go to Ghazipur if about Tikait’sfather,Mahendra tortured and intimidated.These twoplaces in Jindand Kaithal. is repealing of three farm laws.” doherebyorderthesuspensionof and different parts of Uttar se”. Naresh asksusto.” Singh Tikait, among India’s officials want to scarefarmers. The same highway was Notably, Kandela belongs to the mobileinternetservices Pradesh reachedthe SatenderGoyala,asugarcane Heavy police deployment tallestfarm leadersand former We willfightthem back.We will blockedThursdaynight tooafter the rulingBJP,but hasbeen ac- (2G/3G/4G/CDMA/GPRS),allSMS Government InterCollege farmer from Soram village, said wasseen outside the ground and president of BKU. stand along with farmers from the authorities triedtoremove tively supporting the farmer ag- services (excluding banking and ground in Muzaffarnagar to at- he came to Muzaffarnagar with on the streets. Leaders from the Rajbeer Singh, afarmer from Punjab, Haryana and UP.” farmers from Ghazipur border. itation since beginning. mobile recharge)and all dongle tend the mahapanchayat. 1,000other farmersfromhis vil- SamajwadiParty,Rashtriya Lok , said, “My father and I Afterthe five-hour maha- Afeeling has gainedground “Wecondemn the incidentat servicesetc providedonmobile According to police estimates, lage. “I knowthe clashesatRed Dal, Congress and AamAadmi have known the Tikaitsfor ages. panchayat, the farmers were among farmers thatnow more RedFort, butfarmers have noth- networksexceptthevoicecallsin morethan 10,000 people came Fort were unfortunatebut we Partyalso joinedthe mahapan- My father participated in the sent backand told theywould effortswould be made to re- ing to do withit,” he claimed. the territorial jurisdiction of in tractors and jeeps, raising slo- knowTikait.Hewould neverin- chayat, pledging to join the protests with Mahendrajiinthe soon be required forthe move- move themfromprotest sites Meanwhile, agroup of (these)districts,” reads an order gans suchas“Aansu ka badla sult the national flag. Tikait is like protest. 1980s. Iwon’t letthe BJP insult ment. Theysaidtheywillwait for and to preventthese efforts, the youths from Pabravillageof issuedbyAdditional Chief khoon se” and “Jo na maane my brother;Ican’t see him like Farmers at the ground spoke my brother. We arereadytogo that call. number at these sites should be Hisar district Fridaymoved to Secretary(Home) RajeevArora. increased. Ghazipur border on feet to offer The government move has Probablythat’s whymore watertoRakesh Tikait. come at time when people from What happened at Singhu is farmers have startedsitting at “Tikait has announcedthat acrossHaryanastartedmovingto- Abreakdown, and theriseof toll plazas toowherethe protest- he will have wateronlyifthe wardsDelhi’s borders, especially ers have managed free passage same is broughtfromvillages. A Ghazipur,Tikriand Singhu, to ex- what Pak wants: Amarinder of vehicles forthe pastone group of 21 youths from our vil- tend supporttothe farmers farmer leader Rakesh Tikait month. AfterviolenceinDelhi lagewill reachGhazipur mainly protesting against the Centre's violence during the farmers' agi- on January26, theagitators were covering the distance by run- newagrilaws. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tation,” he said. on abackfootwithmanyleaving ning. Acar and tractor will also “The ADGP(CID) has brought CHANDIGARH,JANUARY29 CondemningFriday’sviolence ersatNew Delhi’sBoatClublawns dharna sites at borders of the na- be takenwith them as it is like to my notice that provocative in- at Singhu border,heurged the HARISHDAMODARAN in October 1988. tional capital. But effortstore- Dak KanwarYatra,” said Kuldeep formationandfake news onsocial STATINGTHAThehad been been Centretoconduct athorough NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 However, veteranjournalist move protesters from Ghazipur Kundu, aresident of Pabra mediaregardingongoingfarmers' warning foralong time that probetoidentifythe“so-calledlo- HarvirSinghfeltthatthecontexts apparentlyprovedcounter-pro- village. agitationhasbeenrampantinvar- Pakistanwilltrytoexploittheun- cals”whohadpurportedly broken RAKESHTIKAITisamostunlikely aredifferent. ious districts andthereisalikeli- rest over the farm laws to disturb through tight security cordons to adversaryofthe ruling dispensa- The seventies and eighties hoodof disturbanceof lawandor- Punjab’s peace, Chief Minister attackfarmersandtheirproperty. tionattheCentre.The51-year-old were aperiodofrelative prosper- der,public peace and tranquility AmarinderSinghFridaysaidcen- “Weretheyreallylocals?,” he Delhi Police constable-turned- ity forfarmers,withimproved by protestors,agitators, miscre- tral agencies should investigate askedthechief minister, seekinga farmer leader admitstohave crop yields from newlybred antsandanti-socialelements,”the intopossible role of theneigh- probetoidentify the “trouble- voted forthe BJP in the 2019 Lok Rakesh Tikait wheat and sugarcane varieties. orderreads. bouringcountryintherecentdis- makers”. Sabhaelections.Sodidmostinhis Thereweregovernment jobs– In the wake of the violence in turbancesandviolenceduringthe “I can’t believe local people Jatcommunity-dominatedvillage whether in the Armyand police Delhi on January26, Aroraon farmers’ agitation at the borders could have turned againstthe of Sisauli in UP’sMuzaffarnagar viral, “har kisan roya aur sabhi ko or as schoolteachers and village Tuesday hadorderedto snapmo- of Delhi. farmerslikethis.Miscreantsmight district –not the leastbecause of Mahender Singh Ji yaad aaya levelworkers –evenfor those bile internetservices in the three “Whatishappeningandwhat have been brought from other itscandidate, Union minister (every farmer criedand remem- withbasiceducation,whichitself districts,whichare in close prox- happenedatSinghutodayiswhat places by vested interests to fo- SanjeevKumarBalyan,belonging beredhisfatherandBKUfounder wascheap. “The BKU’s agitations imity of Delhi—Sonipat, Jhajjar Pakistanwants,”said Amarinder. menttrouble,”hesaid,addingthat to thesame BaliyanKhap(clan) MahendraSingh Tikait)”,said then were onlytodefendthose andPalwal.Theserviceswillcon- “The central agencies should localscallingthefarmers“traitors” headedbyRakesh’selderbrother Rajvir Singh Mundet,aShamli- gains,” he said. The ongoing tinue to remain suspended in the investigateintopossible Pakistan wasnot something he could be- Naresh Tikait. basedsocialworkerand activist. protests,bycontrast,are by farm- three districts. roleintherecentdisturbancesand lieve to be true. Theyounger Tikait has also Also, with VMSingh pulling erswho,havingseenbettertimes, had anone-too-illustriouspoliti- out of the agitation, Rakesh Tikait aretodayonaslidingpath. calcareer.Hecontestedthe 2007 has nowbecome western UP’s There’s no better symbol of Khap leadershold ameeting in Rohtak Friday. Manoj Dhaka CBI conducts Sukhbir asks party cadre UP Assembly elections from the undisputed kisanneta (farmer thatthansugarcane. Khatauli seat withCongress sup- leader).Hisstockhasfurtherrisen The -ledBJP surprise checks port–onlytofinishadistantsixth. with RLD chief ChaudharyAjit government in UP,since it came to rush to Delhi borders In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, he Singh –withwhom the Tikaits to powerinMarch 2017,has in- Haryana: JJP, Jat leaders at FCI godowns fought on aRashtriyaLok Dal have shared ablowhot and cold creasedthe stateadvisedprice Sukhbiralso spoketofarm (RLD)ticket fromAmrohaandlost relationship –personallycalling (SAP) of cane by justRs10per NAVJEEVANGOPAL leader Rakesh Tikait and dis- his deposit. up the same night and support quintalto Rs315-325.TheSAPfor backprotest, appeal KANCHANVASDEV CHANDIGARH,JANUARY29 cussedwaysto“shoreupmore Eveninthecurrentstiragainst also coming in from Jat leaders of the 2020-21 seasonhas noteven CHANDIGARH,JANUARY29 strengthandsupportforthefarm- the agricultural reform laws,the neighbouring states. beenannounceddespitemillsun- for farmers’rights WHILE ACCUSINGthe BJP of try- ersagitationinDelhiespecially in farmers from Tikait’s BKU were, “That singleemotional act – dertaking crushing operations JOINT TEAMS of CBI and vigi- ing to “createasituation of con- viewofthe combinedonslaught tillquiterecently, numericallyless everyonesawhishumiliationby a since end-October.Ontop of it, of farmers has increasedfurther lance wing of Food Corporation frontationatSinghuandGhazipur againstfarmersby theBJPandthe at the Delhi-UP Ghazipur border vindictive government as their theyowe farmers over Rs 12,000 VARINDERBHATIA following his uncle Abhay of India (FCI) Fridayconducted borders through itscarde”, the Centre.” Afterthephonecallwith protestsitecompared to those own–hasunitedourentire farm- croreagainstcane purchases CHANDIGARH,JANUARY29 Chautala, who wasthe lone INLD surprise checks at 40 godowns Shiromani Akali Dal on Friday Tikait,SukhbirinstructedtheAkali mobilisedbyhis rivalVMSingh ing community... Thisnever hap- made in the current as well as the legislator,resigning from the in Punjab and Haryana following askeditspartycadretorushto the cadreto“rush to Delhi in even of the RashtriyaKisanMazdoor penedsince 1987-88,” added previous season. COMPOUNDINGTHE problems Haryana Assembly. complaintsofirregularities in three farmers’ protestsites on largernumbersthanbefore to join Sangathan. Thereare some who Mundet. InUP,therealsourceof farmer forthe ruling BJP-JJP alliancein Abhay,meanwhile, said that storageofgrains. Delhi’s borders in large numbers their brethren on the Delhi bor- allegeTikaitwas actually“pro- That wasthe time when anger –morethan the Centre’s Haryana,severalleadersfromthe he will reachGhazipur border on “ThereisnoFIR in this con- to boostthe ongoingagitation. dersand lendstrength to the moted”by theCentretoneutralise MahendraSinghTikaitlauncheda three reform laws –issugarcane, Jatcommunity,includingDeputy Saturdaytoextendsupport to nection.Itisapreventivemeas- During amedia briefing in peaceful movement”. the morebelligerent farmer four-daydharnainMuzaffarnagar apartfromthe doubling of elec- Chief Minister Dushyant Tikait. He said Haryana farmers uretorule out anyirregularities. Delhi, SADpresident Sukhbir Sukhbir also dispatchedan unionsfromPunjabandHaryana. in January1987againstthe state tricity charges, diesel turning Chautala’s younger brother have always stood behind their The natureofcomplaints(re- Badal alleged that police were Akali delegation comprising sen- But all that changed after government’shiking electricity around Rs 10/litredearer in the DigvijaySinghChautala,onFriday counterpartsfromacrossthe ceived) include inadequatestor- “bringing them (BJP cadre) for- iorparty leader Balwinder Singh Tikait’s Thursdayevening speech tariffs by athird.Thiswasfollowed lastoneyearalone,andthecollat- extendedsupport to Bharatiya country. “I call upon allleaders to ageofgrains, damagetothe ward,encouragingthemandgiv- Bhunder,SADDelhiunitpresident atGhazipur, refusingto followthe one year later by a24-daygherao eral damage from theAdityanath Kisan Union (BKU)leaderRakesh rise above petty interests andex- grains,” aCBI spokesperson said. ing them full protection”. HarmitSinghKalkaandtheDelhi localadministration’sordersto va- of the Meerut Commissionerate government’s stringent anti-cat- Tikait and severalofthem started tendsupporttopeasants.Wewill In itsfirstreaction, the Punjab He added that “BJP’sattempt SikhGurdwaraManagement catethe siteand court arrest.As (for increasing the official sugar- tleslaughter measures. And they marchingtowardsDelhi’sborders. together fight forthe rightsof government said it is watching to showthatlocal people are Committee chief Manjindner videos of his breaking down and cane pricefromRs27toRs have seemingly chosen Rakesh The protests,especially at farmersandsupportthisagitation whether the raids were apartof againstthe agitatorswill cause Singh Sirsa to thesiteofthe farm- threatsofhanging himselfifthe 35/quintal)and,finally, theweek- Tikait to lead their cause, likehis GhazipurborderinGhaziabad,got tillthetimewe forcetheCentre to “hidden agenda”. harm and mayleadtoviolence.” ersdharnaled by Tikait. farm laws weren’t repealedwent longrallyofhalf-a-million farm- father did three decades ago. afresh lease of lifeafter farmers repeal these laws,” he said. The CBI startedthe opera- and ralliedsupportfor the move- At least50MLAsinthe 90- tionslateThursdayevening with ment following an impassioned memberHouseofHaryanacome the checks continuing at the MP to procure Jan 26 violence: Editors Guild appealbyTikait. from farmer families.Amid the time of going to press. Thestate- Baghel seeks hike in rice Digvijay,alsoaJannayak Janta ongoingagitation, some agencygodowns leasedtothe grams, lentils, slams FIRs against journalists Party(JJP)youth wing leader, Independent MLAs have with- FCI in eight of the 13 FCI districts procurementquota termed Tikait as a“truepatriot”. drawntheir support to the the were coveredduring the joint mustard at MSP “Rakesh Tikait is the blood of Haryana government. operation, agovernment source ers of the Guild, “for reporting on country’seminentfarmerleader One of them, Dadri MLA said. The CBI sleuthschecked the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Bhupesh alongside wheat EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the farmers’ protestralliesand Mahender Singh Tikait. Calling SombirSangwan,said,“Icalledup quality and quantity of the cen- RAIPUR,JANUARY29 Baghel NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 the ensuing violence that took him atraitor or enemyofthe na- Tikait and told himthatover200 tral-pool foodgrain stocksstored Bhopal: placeinthe national capital”on tionisabsolutelywrong.Thegov- khapswill be reaching Ghazipur in these godowns. CHHATTISGARH CHIEF Minister AgricultureMinisterKamal Patel ADAY afterFIRs undersedition January26. ernmentshouldrethinkitswords. on Saturdaytosupport the agita- “Theycollected samples of BhupeshBaghel has written to croreifthe permission to in- on Fridayannouncedthat this and otherchargeswerefiled Journalists,itsaid, “have been Hehasalways workedforthewel- tion.Thegovernmentcannotfool wheat and rice pertaining to Union Food MinisterPiyush crease quotaisnot granted. year,the stategovernment will againstsenior editors and jour- specificallytargetedfor report- fare of farmers.Farmers andpeo- the people anymore. Ihad stayed 2019-20 and 2020-21procure- Goel, requesting forpermission Statingthat the procurement procuregrams, lentils and mus- nalists forreporting and tweets ing the accountspertaining to the ple likeTikait arepatriots in true in BJP for20years. Iknowhow ment seasons,” Punjab Food to increase the quotaofrice to be of produce from tribal farmers tard at MSP at the same time as on the farmers’protestsand vio- death of one of the protestors on sense,” Digivijay said. theytookpolice’s help to scuttle MinisterBharat Bhushan Ashu submitted under the central “residing in forest areas will be wheat. Registration forselling lence across Delhi on January26, their personal social media han- He said that if the govern- this agitation through backdoor”. said. pool to theFood Corporation of helpful in eradicating the Naxal produce at MSP will begin the Editors Guild of India said dles as well as those of the publi- ments“want to arrest somebody, Senior Congress leader and “Centreismostwelcometo India (FCI) from the stateto40 problem”, Baghel wrote, “Paddy February1,while procurement “thistargeting of journalists cations they lead and represent” theyshould catchholdofpeople former Haryanachief minister run the quality checks but if lakh metric tons “in the interest farming is the main source of will startfromMarch 15,hesaid. grievouslyviolatesand tramples even as “severalreportswere like(HaryanaBKUchief)Gurnam Bhupinder Singh Hooda tooap- therewas ahidden agendato of the farmers”. livelihood forthe people of “Withgovernment announc- on everyvalue that our demo- emerging” from multiple Singh Chaduni who misledthe pealedfarmerstohead to Delhi’s teachPunjab alesson forthe The Central government had Chhattisgarh. In the Naxalaf- ing MSP,the ratesinmandis will cratic republic stands for” and sources, whichis“in line with es- people and incited them forvio- borders. stateopposingthe Centre’s farm earlier decidedtolimit fected areas (LWE) in the state, go muchhigher than the MSP and addedthat it is “intendedto tablishednorms of journalistic lence”.JJP,thejuniorpartnerinthe Hooda’sson andRajya Sabha laws,weare keeping awatch,” Chhattisgarh’s quotaofrice to registration of farmers holding will benefit the farmers who can grievouslyhurtthe media and practice”. ruling alliance, is facing pressure MPDeependerHoodasaidrather he added. only24lakh metrictonssince forest rights hasbeendone and choose wheretheywishtosell prevent it from working as an in- One of the FIRs wasfiledin from farmers and Opposition thanharassingfarmerleaders,the The raids were conducted at the stategovernment waspay- the work of purchasing paddy their produce,” said Patel. He dependent watchdog of Indian Gautam Buddh Nagaron leaders who have been demand- government shouldaccept their 11 godowns of Punjab State ingfarmersoverand above the has been done.” addedthat the procurement of democracy”. Thursdayagainsteightpersons ing that it snap ties with the BJP. demands.“It is extremelyunfor- Warehousing Corporation. MSP under the RajivGandhi The CM also reiterated that in wheat will be takencarebythe In astatement on Friday, the —Congress MP Shashi Tharoor; Partyleader and deputy CM tunate that people likeTikaitare Theseinclude five godowns at Nyay Yojana. the meeting of Food Secretaries Food and Civil Supplies Guild said it “strongly condemns Rajdeep SardesaiofIndia Today Dushyant Chautala had earlier beingharassed.We condemnthe Khanna, four at Jagraon, one In his letter,Baghel said the of the Government of Indiafor Department, while mustard, the intimidating manner in the Group; Mrinal Pande, National claimedthathewill resign if he is incident that took at RedForton eachatMansa and Kapurthala. statehad procured 90 lakh met- the Kharif marketing year 2020- grams andlentilswillbeprocured wayinwhichthe Uttar Pradesh Herald;VinodJose, Anant Nath, unableto securetheMSPguaran- January 26, anddemand thatthe Others include those hired by ric tonofpaddy from 20.29 lakh 21,in-principle consent had by the statemarketingfederation. and Madhya Pradesh Police have and Paresh Nath of Caravan mag- teefor farmers. government getahigh levelin- state agency Pungrain situated farmers till January28inthe been giventotake60lakh met- The announcement came registeredFIRs againstsenior ed- azine, editor-in-chief of Qaumi As the deadlockoverthe agri quiryconducted,identify and at Patti, Fazilka, Ferozepore, Kharif marketing year 2020-21 ric tons of rice to the central pool hoursafterPatelmetChief Minister itors and journalists”, including Awaz Zafar Agha andone un- laws continues, the pressureon catchthe actual culprits,” Bathinda, Ajitwal and and would face aloss of Rs 2,500 from Chhattisgarh. . ENS current and former office-bear- named person. Dushyant to comeout in support Deepender said. Lehra Gaga.

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MANOJCG NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 HAVINGBOYCOTTEDPresident RamNathKovind’s address to the HIGHLIGHTINGTHE need for joint sitting of Parliament,the strong indigenous pharmacom- Opposition on Fridaydemanded panies,aParliamentarypanelhas discussions on the farmers’ agita- recommendedthat thepharma tion over three contentiousfarm industryshouldbecategorisedas laws andotherissuesinLokSabha, a“strategicsector”. withseniorCongressleaderRahul In itsreport, tabledinParlia- Gandhiasserting thatthegovern- ment on Friday, on the review of mentcannotsuppressthefarmers loss-makingcentralpublicsector and the agitationwill spread un- Congress leader RahulGandhi at apress meet Friday. Anil Sharma enterprises,the Committeeon less it is resolvedsoon. Public Undertakings chaired by Gandhisaidwhatthegovern- Meenakshi Lekhi observed that Prime MinisterNarendraModi arrivesatParliament House on Friday. Anil Sharma ment is doing to the protesting theBusinessAdvisoryCommittee, the idea behind allowing people the indigenous awareness of farmers is “absolutelycriminal”. whichallocated10 hourseachfor to enter is.” healthcarefacilities is of para- Referring to violent incidents debate onthemotionof thanksto “The personwho has allowed mountimportanceto anynation. at the Singhu border on Friday, the President’s Address and the this to happen should resign, but, The Committee said it wasof Gandhi accusedthe government discussiononthe Union Budget. thereisnoway he is going to re- the strong opinionthatpharma of “attacking” and “beating” the The Speaker sought the sign. Imean, the BJP doesn’t take sectorplays averyimportantrole Thereshouldbediscussionsthis farmersand said it was“ab- Opposition’s cooperation forthe responsibility forits actions, so I to keep the nation healthyand solutelywrong”.“What is being smoothfunctioningof theHouse. don’t expect him to resign,”he strong, and this has been appar- done to the farmers is absolutely CongressleaderinLok Sabha said. Gandhi alsotargetedPrime entduringthecurrentpandemic. criminal. Youare beating them, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury told MinisterNarendra Modi, saying “The Committee therefore sessionformeaningfulresults:PM youare threatening them, bully- the Speaker that both sides sho- heissilentonthefarmers’protest recommend that pharma sector ing them, using the NIA and you uld help eachother to ensure becauseheisworkingforahand- shouldbecategorisedasa‘strate- aretryingtodiscredit them.The smooth functioning. He said the ful of industrialists forwhom he gicsector’andanecessaryfollow- Prasad slams Oppn boycott, says President above political differences government needs to talk to the Congress will raise the farmers’ had carriedout demonetisation, up action needs to be takenac- farmers.Itneedsto give asolution stir and other issues, whether he rolledout GSTand is nowsnatch- cordingly,” the reportstated. should be discussions and pres- trainedguns on the Congress, al- presented on Monday,should be to thefarmers. Andthe onlysolu- likes it or not. ingfromthefarmerstherefuture. TheCommitteealsoobserved LIZMATHEW entation of different views this leging that its“arrogance” is the seen as partofthe series of eco- tion is repealing these laws and At thepress conference,Gan- “I want to tell the farmers...weare thatduringthecurrentpandemic NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 session formeaningful results “real problem”. He saidthe BJP nomic packages, whichhede- putting these laws intothe waste dhisaid the oppositionboycotted allwithyou.” He said the farmers when otherairlines could not keeping in mind this entire neverboycotted apresidential scribed as mini Budgets. “It’s the paperbasket,”hetoldreportersat the President’s Address because of the countryare yettounder- cometorescue,itwas only Air ON THE firstday of what is ex- decade,”Modisaid ahead of the address to Parliament despite Budget Session. Perhaps, forthe an AICCpress conference. “wedidn’tseetherelevanceof go- stand the laws in depth. “The India whichbrought Indian citi- pected to be atumultuous beginning of the House session. many“scams” during the firsttimeinthe history of India “Government mustnot think ing thereand we wanted to stand Prime Ministershould notthink zens from foreign countries and Budget Session,Prime Minister The Prime Minister’s re- Congress-ledUPA government. it happenedthat the Finance that the farmers aregoing to go in solidarity with the farmers”. thattheagitationwillstopthere.I that itsimportance wasrealised NarendraModionFridaycalled marks comeamidsttension at Union ministerPrakash Ministerhad to comeout with home. Theyare notgoing to go Hecalledthefarmlaws noless am tellingyou this agitationwill during this crisisinabigger way. fordebateand discussiononall the Delhi borders wherefarmers Javadekar also slammedthe different packages. Therewere home. And my concernis that this than“theft”andsaidhispartywill spreadfromfarmersto thecities... It notedthat the aviation sec- issues that concern the people of unions arecontinuingtheir agi- Congress, alleging that itsexis- in fact four to five mini budgets situation is going to spread. We continue to supportthe farmers. Because it is notjustthe farmers torbeing of strategic impor- India,keepingdemocratic values tation againstthe contentious tence over the past5-6 years is in 2020.Sothis Budget also will do notneedthis situation to Asked about the storming of who areangry. Thereare lakhsof tance, the countryneeds to have in mind. farm laws.Seventeen Opposition basedona“false narrative”that be seen as apartofthat series of spread. We needaconversation theRedFort,Gandhisaid,“Isitnot youth whose jobs have been itsown national aircarrier “Thecoming decade is signif- parties boycottedthe President's theModi government is against Budget,” he said. withthe farmers and we needa the job of the Home Ministryto snatchedbythese 5-10people whichcould be reliedupon dur- icant forIndia’s progress. We addressonFridayinsolidarity constitutional institution and In the session that is sched- solution,” he said. stop them from entering theRed and the Prime Minister....” ing the crisis. have to remember the vision and withthe farmers. values. The presidential address uledtoconclude on April 8, with Earlier in the day, Lok Sabha Fort?Whoisresponsibleforthat? dreams of the greatswho fought Slamming the opposition for wasbrieflydisturbed by arecess from February15to SpeakerOmBirla held ameeting Whyweretheyallowedtogoin? forour nation’s freedom. And, boycotting the customarypres- Congress MP from Punjab March 8, the opposition is ex- withfloor leadersofpolitical par- Who allowedthem?Ask the d½fV½f·ffSX°fe therefore, agolden opportunity idential address,Unionminister RavneetSingh Bittu, who raised pected to target thegovernment ties. He alsochaired ameeting of HomeMinister. Alsoaskhimwhat VISVA-BHARATI has come before the nation to Ravi Shankar Prasad termeditas slogans likeJai JawanJai Kisanin on arangeofissues including fast fulfill the dreams seen by the “unfortunate”. He said as the the central hall. farmers protests,economic ÀMXe»fA±ffgdSXMXe AfgRY BadOX¹ff d»fd¸fMZXOX freedom fighters. Thereshould symbol constitutional head of While addressing reporters, slowdown and the WhatsApp STEELAUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED be proper utilisation of this the country, the President is Prime MinisterModi also said leaksofnews anchor Arnab BÀIYû ÀMXe»f ´»ffaMXX Central University decade and, therefore, there above political differences. 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However, firstjointsession of Parliament in Kovind strongly defendedthe anyinadvertenterror cannot be ruled out.The Commission thenewyearandthenewdecade three newfarm laws saying their reservesits right to rectifyany error at alater stage. washistoric.Despiteapandemic benefitshavebegun reaching 10 2. This resultisalso availableonCommission's website likecorona, India,under the lead- croresmall farmers. He also con- http://hpsc.gov.in ership of NarendraModi, neither demnedas“very unfortunate” Sd/- stoppednor tired.The President the violence and the “dishonour” Dated: 28.01.2021 Secretary, toldthe countryabout thesecon- to the Tricolour during the Haryana Public Service Commission, tinuous effortsofthe central gov- protesting farmer unions’ trac- 1593/7/HRY Panchkula. ernment,” Nadda said in aseries torparadehereonRepublic Day. of tweets in Hindi. Without namingChina,the The entireworld is applaud- President slammedthe neigh- ing the Centre’s effortsunderPM bouring countryfor itsefforts to Modi’s leadership to keep 130 disruptpeace at theLine of crorecountrymen united during Actual Control in “utter disre- the pandemic, taking coura- gard”ofbilateral relations and geous decisions forstrengthen- agreements. MAGADH UNIVERSITY,BODH-GAYA Tender Notice:-01-10/21 Sealed tenders for the following works are invited in two packets(Technical &finacial) from registered contractors of Magadh University/State Govt/Central Govt. Deptts, in classified category so as to reach the office of the Registrar at 2.30 P. M. on 25.02.2021 Sl. Name of work Estimated Cost of E.M. No. Cost B.O.Q. 1. Construction of Boundary wall in open land of M.U. at Jindapur 52,56,899/= 10,000/= 1,06,000/= West side of N.H.-83, Bodh-Gaya. 2. Construction of Boundary wall in open land of M.U. at Jindapur 39,26,016/= 5,000/= 79,000/= East side of N.H.-83, Bodh-Gaya. 3. 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India, Bangladesh foreign SC seeks Centre TMC’sRajibBanerjee response to plea secys review ties, discuss for uniform DELHI CONFIDENTIAL resignsaslegislator PM Modi’s visit to Dhaka adoption laws nership, power, energy and wa- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE terresources, regional and mul- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Amit ShahpostponesBengal trip over ‘situationinDelhi’ NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 tilateral cooperation as well as NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 border management and secu- FOREIGN SECRETARIES of India rity and defence cooperation,” THE SUPREME CourtonFriday ATRIMITRA&RAVIK and Bangladesh on Fridaycar- the MEA said in astatement. sought the Centre’s response to a BHATTACHARYA riedout acomprehensive review At avirtual summit with his plea seeking uniform adoption KOLKATA,JANUARY29 of the overallbilateral ties and Bangladesh counterpartSheikh and guardianship laws forall cit- held discussions on preparations Hasina lastmonth, Modi de- izens irrespective of religious or ON Aday that Union Home forPrime MinisterNarendra scribed theneighbouring coun- genderdifferences. MinisterAmitShah wassched- Modi's likelyvisit to Dhaka on tryasa“key pillar” of India's AbenchheadedbyChief uledtovisit West Bengal, Rajib March 26. 'Neighbourhood First' policy. Justice of India SABobde issued Banerjee,Domjur MLAand for- The MinistryofExternal The MEA said discussion also notice on the plea by advocate mer ministerinthe Mamata Affairs (MEA) said both sidesre- focussedonpreparations forthe Ashwini Upadhyayand posted it Banerjee Cabinet, resignedas viewedprogress in the bilateral forthcoming visitofModi to along with another plea seeking INVOKING THE POETS member of the Legislative relationship, including in the ar- Dhakaand eventsrelating to the uniform rulesfor divorceand Assembly, triggering afresh eas of defence and security,bor- commemoration of the50th an- maintenance forpeople belong- FROM CITINGAssam Kesari Ambikagiri Raichoudhuryand round of speculation that he der management, trade, connec- niversaryofestablishmentof ing to all religions. West Bengal’s Jyotirindranath Tagore to Kerala’s Vallathol could be joining the BJP. tivity,power,energy and diplomatic ties between the two Upadhyay, in his plea said Narayana Menon, President RamNathKovind took apoetic Shah, however, cancelledhis RajibBanerjeeinKolkata on Friday. Shashi Ghosh cooperation in dealing with the countries. that under the prevailing adop- routeinhis address to thejoint session of Parliament on Friday. visit lateFriday, with the Bengal coronavirus pandemic. “Bothsidesalsoagreedtohold tion policy,Hindushaveacodi- ManyMPs didnot miss the fact that he referred to the poets BJP citing “unavoidable circum- Bangladesh Foreign the next home secretarylevel fied lawbut Muslims, Christians, of poll-boundstates–Assam,WestBengaland Kerala –with stances” and the “situation in MLAfromBally, Howrah)and tertothe TrinamoolCongress, SecretaryMasud Bin Momen ar- talks, commerce secretarylevel and Parsis do not. justTamil Nadu missing from the list. The President brought Delhi”. Prabir Ghosal (Trinamool MLA resigning as aprimarymember rivedhereonThursday on a talksandthesecretarylevelmeet- “Adoptedchildhas the right in Raichoudhury’s poem to saythataunitedIndia cannotbe Bengal BJP leaders said they from UttarparainHooghly) have of the party. three-day visit, primarilytopre- ingof jointriverscommissionbe- to inherit property under Hindu defeated,while he invokedasong written by Jyotirindranath aretrying foranalternative 'na- publiclyexpressedtheir ire “Manygoodleaders arequit- pareground forModi's upcom- fore theMarch summit,” it said. lawbut notunderthe Muslim, Tagore,the elder brother of Rabindranath Tagore,tourgethe tional leader' to attend therally againstthe party. While some ting the party because thereisno ing visit to Dhaka. It said both sides notedwith Christian and Parsi law. Adopted people to move forwardtogether with self-esteem and con- on SundayatDumurjola sta- have resignedfromtheir posts, scope forgood work.Iwas in- In the talksheld under the appreciation the cooperation on child by Hinduscan become ale- fidence of courageand aspirefor the nation's welfare. dium in Howrah that Shah was others have been suspendedby sulted in the party.Iwanttocon- framework of India-Bangladesh thecoronavirus-relatedissues,in- galheirwhereas adoptedchild Malayalam poetVallatholwas remembered forthe lyrics he to address. the party. tinue to work forthe people. One foreign office consultations, cluding India's gift of twomillion by Christians, Muslim,Parsis wroteduring Independence struggle: “Wheneveryou hear Earlier,hinting at “surprises” Aweek ago, Banerjee had needs to join aparty to do so. My Foreign SecretaryHarshVardhan doses of Covishieldvaccine to cannot,” he pointed out. the name of Bharat, your heartshould swell with pride.” during Shah'svisit, BJP state steppeddownasminister. firstchoice is the BJP,” Baishali Shringla and Momen agreedto Bangladesh in keeping with its He added theadoptivepar- president Dilip Ghosh said, Speculation wasthen rifethat he Dalmiyatold the media. maintain the steady momentum 'Neighbourhood First' policy. entscan be the natural guardians “Bengal is standing on the edge mayquit theruling party to join “I have decidedtochoose a of bilateral cooperation and peo- The twocountries under- of the adoptedson and his wife PATERNITY LEAVE of poribartan and manypeople the BJP ahead of the crucial newpath. Iwill contestthe ple-to-people ties. scoredtheimportanceof theyear under Hindu Law, but notin from different parties aretrying Assembly electionsdue in the Assemblypolls from Howrah.I “Both sidesheld acompre- 2021inthecontextofthe50than- Muslim, Christian and Parsi Law. VIRATKOHLI’Spaternity leave appears to have inspired some to joinus. We have kept the state. When asked on Fridayifhe cannotrule out the possibility,” hensive reviewofthe progress niversaryofthe liberation of The pleaalso urgedthe court MPs too. TDP’s RamMohan Naidu has written to Lok Sabha doors open. We do nothavethe would join the BJP,Banerjee said, said Rathin Chakraborty,former achievedinthe bilateralrelation- Bangladesh,the50thyearof bilat- to direct the LawCommissionto Speaker Om Birla asking foranine-daypaternityleave.Inhis listhere. Obviouslytherewill be “In ademocratic situation, Ican- Howrah mayorand Trinamool ship, including in the areas of eral diplomatic ties as well as the prepare areporton‘Uniform letter,the Srikakulam MP wrotethat he and his wifewere surprisesduring Amit Shah ji's notworkalone without the ban- leader,when askedif he would be Covid-19cooperation, trade, birth centenaryofBangabandhu Grounds of Adoption & expecting their firstchild next week.“Iameager to stay by her public meeting.” ner of alarge political party.Iwill present at the BJP’s Howrah rally. connectivity,developmentpart- Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Guardianship’ in three months. sideinthe lastphase of ourpregnancy and forafewdays post According to party sources, letyouknowifItake anydecision. The Trinamool, however, dis- the coming of the baby,”hewrote,addingthat he wanted former cabinet ministers, MLAs But so far, Ihavejustresignedas a missedthe political clout of leave from January29toFebruary10. He said he did notbe- and leaders from Howrah, ministerand an MLA. Ihavenot these leaders. “With due respect RUCKUS IN KARNATAKALEGISLATIVE COUNCIL lieve that childcareshould be solelythe responsibility of the Hooghlyand Nadia districts resignedfromthe TMC yet.” to them, the names Ihear have mother and that he is looking forwardtobeing an equal con- were likelytojoin the BJP at the Sources,however,said that nevercome up through amass tributor forthe care and the progress of the child. He prom- January31rally. aftersubmitting his resignation movement. Nowtheyare acting Dy CM, ministerhad key role, isedthat he would followthe sessionremotely. BesidesRajib Banerjee, to Speaker Biman Banerjee, Rajib on ascript,” said TMC spokesper- Baishali Dalmiya(Trinamool Banerjee sent his resignation let- son Kunal Ghosh. MEANWHILE,THE TALKS shouldn’t get govt posts: Panel

THE SUPREMECourt appointed committeeonFridayheld an- Slogan row can help us, but must other round of interactions with farmer unions on the three shouldbebannedfortwosessions farm laws.Seventeen different farmers organisations from 11 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE forforcing the Deputy Chairman states participated in the interaction. While the committee watch for BJP trap: TMC leaders BENGALURU,JANUARY29 to sit illegally on theChairman’s has notgiven the name of these organisations, it said that they seat, the panel stated.“Thesecre- shared their “frank views”and gave their“detailed sugges- sion of Bengal who indulged in ACOMMITTEEofKarnataka tary has stated that the deputy tions”onthe three farm Acts. DIPANKARGHOSE Ihave no objection with plundering. Legislative Councilconstituted to chairman illegallyoccupiedthe NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 peopleraising ‘Jai Shri BJP sources admitted that the probetheruckusonDecember15 seatof thechairmanhoweverthe Ram’ slogans anywhere, slogans at the event were “inap- has namedthen BJP lawminister probeagainstthe deputychair- WEST BENGALChief Minister or any other occasion. propriate” and that theyhad JCMadhuswamy, Deputy Chief JCMadhuswamy, manisbeingdroppedonaccount MamataBanerjee’srefusal to But on aparticular day givenTMC apolitical tool. But MinisterCNAshwathnarayan CNAshwathnarayan of hisdeath,” thereport stated. Jaishankar, Blinken speak amid ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans while thereisdiscomfortwithin, and acouncilsecretaryashaving The committee blamedthen at agovernment of India func- when the nation is paying BJP has publiclyquestionedwhy playedkey rolesinthedisruption. Council secretaryKR tion in Kolkata to markthe 125th homage to Netaji and Banerjee has aproblem with Jai Madhuswamynow holdsthe NAshwathnarayanhave behaved Mahalakshmi fordereliction of discuss India-US ties, birth anniversaryofNetaji INA, how were these Shri Ramslogans. Minor Irrigationportfolio. in an unparliamentaryand illegal duty and sought her suspension Subhas Chandra Bosecan work people allowed?” TMC leaders argued that “re- The ruckustook place when manner in instigating the deputy until afinalreportissubmitted. Indo-Pacific region in the TMC’s favour as it ties in ligious slogans” were notapart BJP legislators tried to dislodge chairman to illegallyoccupythe “In this incident as per the sta- with the party’s “insider-out- SUKHENDU SEKHAR RAY of Bengal’s political history be- Chairman KPrathapchandra seatof thechairman.Thevideosof tementsofthe secretaryherself sider”plankfor theupcoming CHIEF WHIP OF TMC IN fore the rise of BJP. “Ifyou go Shettywiththehelpof theJDSaf- thedayshowthattheyare theroot she had prior knowledge from Assemblyelection,saidparty RAJYA SABHA through the electionsfrom1952 tertheChairmanrejectedontech- causesoftheincidentsanditisrec- media reports of what will occur EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE leaders. till today, suchreligious slogans nical grounds ano-confidence ommendedthattheyshould not inthehouseandasaresulthadob- NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 The leaders, however, admit- their livesfor the freedom of our were neverraisedbyany party. motion againsthim by theBJP. be givenpositions in the govern- tainedphoto copiesofthe conce- tedthis wasa“sensitive issue”, motherland, the slogan that Theyare bringing the cultureof Then DeputyChairman SL ment,” the panel stated. rnedruleswhichwereprovidedto EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MinisterS and it is important nottogivethe should be raisedisJai Hind,” Ray north India here… This slogan is Dharmegowdaof JDS—whodied BJPMLCsDrNarayanaswamy, thedeputychairmanwhileasking Jaishankar on Fridayspoke to impression that the TMC gov- said. alien to Bengal’s politics, Raysaid. by suicideonDecember28—was MKPranesh,who waselected him to chair the session andshe newly appointed US Secretaryof ernmentis“againstthe JaiShri “In suchfunctionsonlyinvi- Partysources, however, said convincedintooccupying the Deputy ChairmanFriday, and didnotinformthechairmanabout StateAntonyBlinkenduring SJaishankar,AntonyBlinken Ram” slogan per se. Instead, they tees areallowed. Herethe chief they do notwant to fall intothe Chairman’sseat.OppositionCon- Arun Shahpur lockedthe door to thepriorknowledge shehadobta- whichtheyexpressedcommit- said, the party wantstounder- guestwas thePrime Minister. “trap” laid by the BJP.“It is clear gress battledthe BJP’sefforts to prevent entryofthe Chairman, ined. This indicates thatthe inci- ment to consolidate andexpand line that the slogan is being The dignityofthe PrimeMinister that BJP is usingthe slogan as a prevent Shetty from enteringthe thepanelstated,recommendinga dentswere preplanned,”itstated. the India-US strategic partner- peace and security,especiallyin pushedintothe lexicon of should have been reckoned largertactic to paint the TMC as House to occupyhis chair. banonthemfortwo sessions.The The rulingBJP has been at- shipand reiterated commitment the Indo-Pacific region,"the MEA Bengal politics at the “behestof with. Ihavenoobjection with anti Hindu. That is atrapthe Afive-membercommittee committee recommendedaban tempting to gain control of the to peaceand security in the Indo- said in astatement.Itsaid outsiders who do notunder- people raising ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slo- party is awareof. We arenot headedbyJDS MLCMarithibbe on ministerand BJP leader Councilto pushthroughkeylegis- Pacific region. JaishankarandBlinkenexpressed stand Bengal”. gans anywhere, or anyother oc- againstJai Shri Ram. But Bengal Gowda wasconstituted by the SrinivasPoojaryfor twosessions. lationlikePreventionof Slaughter The MinistryofExternal theircommitmentto consolidate Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Chief casion. But on aparticular day has slogans of itsown -- Jai Chairman to probethe ruckus. Congress’s NazeerAhmed, and Preservation of Cattle Bill, Affairs (MEA) saidJaishankarand and expand the “multi-faceted Whip of TMC in RajyaSabha, said when the nation is paying hom- Durga,Jai Maa Kali. At everyrally, The panel, whichstudiedvid- Prakash Rathod, YANarayana- 2020 and newlabour laws. Blinken appreciated the robust strategicpartnership”. TMC lookedatthe matternot agetoNetajiand INA, howwere our leaders sayJoy Bangla. That eo footagefrommultiple sources swamy, Srinivas Mane and Chan- With theBJP and JDSjoining defence and security ties, grow- The Joe Biden administration onlyasaninsult to the Chief these people allowed? It has encapsulates Bengal and has and questionedkey people, pro- drashekhar Patil must be banned forces, Chairman Shetty is ex- ing economic engagement, pro- beganformal engagement with Minister, but also to thelegacy of been said that theywerefollow- generated afeelingofpride videdaninterim reporttothe forone session, the panel stated. pected to resign on account of a ductive health-carecollaboration topIndian leaders on Bose. ers of an outsider BJP leader.Our among Bengalis. It is afine polit- ChairmanonJanuary22.Therep- They were responsible fordrag- no-confidence motion. The BJP is andstrongpeople-to-peoplelink- WednesdaywithDefence “It is unbecoming of aRam apprehension that the outsider ical line we will pursue,” aparty ortwastabledintheHouseFriday. ging the Deputy Chairman out of lookingto offertheposttoHoratti. ages between the twonations. SecretaryLloyd Austin and bhakt. If someonewas to raise bargis arecoming to Bengalto leader said. TwoBJP members in the pa- the Chairman’s seat and placing TheJDSbackedBJPFridayinelect- "Recognisingthechallengesof National Security Advisor Jake some other slogan on Ram createunrest, thisisaglaring ex- Raysaid, “Ram Navami is ob- nel,AHVishwanath and SV Chandrashekhar Patil on it until ing PraneshasDeputy Chairman. apost-Covid world, theyagreed Sullivanholding telephonic con- Navami, howwouldtheyfeel? ample of howtheyhavestarted served in Bengal in manyareas. It Sankanur, quit the committee the Chairman arrivedtoadjourn TheBJPhas31 membersinthe to work togetherto addressglobal versation with their Indian According to me, on the 125th creatingtrouble,” Raysaid. is correct that the biggestfesti- during the probe. the House sinedie,the report 75-member Council and the issues, includingsafeand afford- counterparts,Defence Minister birthdayofNetajiSubhas To play up their ‘outsider’ vals areDurga Puja, Kali Puja and “Thelawandparliamentaryaf- stated.JDS members Basavaraj Congress has 29. The JDS has 13 able vaccine supply. They also re- Rajnath Singh and NSAAjit ChandraBose, as amarkofre- plank,TMC has been referring to Saraswati Puja. But we arenot fairs ministerJCMadhuswamy Horatti, who is likelytobecome members following the death of iterated theircommitment to Doval. spect to Netaji andsoldiers of BJP’s as bargis -- asection of againstany other puja because andthedeputychief ministerand Chairman with BJP support, KT Dharmegowda and thereisone Azad Hind Fauj who laid down troops during the Maratha inva- Bengal is mini-India.” ministerforhighereducationDrC Srikantegowda and Govindaraju Independent member. Kerala pay revisionpanel SAY VISIT AMESSAGE AGAINST ATTEMPT TO CREATE ARIFTBETWEEN MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS SC asks Centre recommends salary hike, Orthodox Church bishops visit IUML leaders for instancesof extra UPSC burden on govt Rs 4,810 cr leaders in Malappuram, secretaryAVijayaraghavancame the recent months afterthe gov- SHAJUPHILIP OrthodoxBishops Geevarghese Visit significant amid down heavilyonthe UDF,saying ernment implemented a attempts given sion would bring an additional THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MarYulios and Yakoob Mar alienation of IUML that the IUML wasfixing the Supreme Courtverdict of 2017. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE annual burden of Rs 4,810 crore JANUARY29 Irenaios told media,“Our visitis agendaofthe Congress. He also However, ChiefMinister NewDelhi: The Supreme Court THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, forthe cash-strappedstate gov- amessageagainstthe political at- from asection of foundfault with seniorCongress PinarayiVijayan brought out an Friday asked the Centre to in- JANUARY29 ernment. AMID THE ruling CPI(M)-ledLDF tempttocreateariftbetween Christians over alleged leaders and Ordinance lastyear,whichfacili- form it if anyextraattempt was The recommendedhikein campaign that Congress's ally Christian and Muslim communi- Ramesh Chennithala visiting the tatedthe burial of Jacobitemem- giventocivil service aspirants THE 11th payrevision commis- salary and pensionwould have Indian Union Muslim League ties. We visitedtheIUML leaders discrimination in IUML leadership. bers in the graveyards of their since the formation of the UPSC. sion on Fridaysubmitted itsre- retrospective effect from July (IUML) is abridgebetween the as per the direction of (Orthodox minority welfare Although Congress came out parishesevenif thechurcheshave AbenchheadedbyJustice A porttothe Kerala government, 2019.Asthenotificationfortheas- opposition UDF and religious Church head) Catholicos Baselios schemes, inter-faith againstthe CPI(M) leader“forhis goneintothecustodyof Orthodox MKhanwilkar also asked the recommending an increase in the semblyelections is likelytocome fundamentalists,aprominent Marthoma PauloseII.’’ bid to divide votes on religious faction. This has brought amajor government howmanycandi- lowest salary under the state next month, the government Christian Church on Fridaycame The visit of Orthodoxbishops marriages lines”, VijayaraghavanonFriday relief forJacobiteChurch. dates will appear forthe exami- service from Rs 16,000 to Rs would have to soon take adeci- outinsupportofthe IUML in a and their supporttothe IUML reiterated:“Congressisgetting The Orthodoxchurch is look- nation if aone-time exemption 23,100and hiking the lowest pen- sion on the recommendations. politically significant move. gain significance at atime the shots in the Congress-ledUDF, closer with religion-basedpolit- ing forsupportfromUDF in their is giventothose who had ex- sion from Rs 8,500toRs11,500. The commission has also rec- Abishops’ delegation of IUML is facing unprecedented and abridgewith ultra-Muslim ical alliances.” fight to retain the ownership of haustedtheir chances in October The highestsalaryrecom- ommendeda1-yearparent care MalankaraSyrian Orthodox alienation from asection of elementsand Congress. Another significant factor be- the churches, consignedtothem 2020. mendedisRs1,66,800and the leave foremployees to take care Church visited topleaders of the Christians, particularly Catholics, Sensing that asection of hind the Orthodoxbishops’ visit as per the topcourt order. “It’s justaone-time relax- highestpensionisRs83,400. of theirbed-ridden parents.The IUML, saying their visit wasa over ahostofissues suchasal- Christians have driftedaway to theIUML leadership is that ri- Besides, OrthodoxBishops ation and if it has been done be- The statehas 5lakh eachem- employees availing that leave messageagainstthe attempt to leged discrimination in distribu- from itstraditional political valJacobiteChurchhas recently have come out to patchupthe fore,then whynot this time ?” ployees and pensioners. Of the would get40percent leave createariftbetween Muslims tion of minority welfare choiceofUDF over itselectoral leanedtowards theLDF.Both difference between Christians the bench, also comprising employees, 60 per cent areinthe salary. Thereisalso achild-care andChristiansaheadofthe as- schemesand inter-faith mar- understandingwith Jamaat-e- Orthodoxand Jacobitefactions and Muslims afterChandy was Justices BRGavai and Krishna educationand health sectors, leave to look afterthe children semblyelections this year. riages. On severaloccasions in Islamiinthe local body elections, of MalankaraChurch have been made the chairman of the Murai,asked Additional Solicitor whichhavebeenkeytothe state's belowthe ageof3.Thereisarec- Afterameeting withIUML recent times, Catholic Church the CPI(M) has stepped up itsat- traditionallyCongress vote Congress election management SVRajuand further told him to social development indices. ommendation to increase pater- statepresident Hyderali Shihab has come out againstthe IUML, tack on theIUML. banks. ButJacobiteChurchlost and strategy committee. Chandy provide the information by The hikeinsalaryand pen- nity leave from 10 days to 15 days. Thangal andother seniorparty dubbingitasthe party that calls Twodays ago, CPI(M) state severalchurches to Orthodoxin belongs to OrthodoxChurch. February1. ENS

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,JANUARY30,2021 9 EXPRESS NETWORK BRIEFLY Fromnextweek,twocrorefrontline Economic survey suggestsrevision workersinlineforcoronavirusvaccine of CIP to reduce Morethan 33 lakh healthcare workers vaccinatedin2weeks, govt decidestowiden coverage net GUJARAT day. Todayagainwe willcrossthe sonnelfromstateand centralpo- secretaryinthe Ministry of to coverhealthcareworkers and food subsidy bill Vaghai-Billimora KAUNAINSHERIFFM 5lakh mark. The system has ac- lice forces, the armedforces, Health and FamilyWelfare, frontline workers in the initial heritagetrain NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 celerated,and thatspeedhas sta- home guards, and civil defence wrotetothe states. phase. As on 29 January, 2021, bilised. Also, we have sufficient organisations, and prison staff, The Ministrysaid on Friday we have been able to vaccinatea HARIKISHANSHARMA CIP is price at which settochugon THE CENTRE has directed states quantities of vaccines. Therefore, disastermanagementvolunteers, that morethan 33 lakh healthcare total of 29.28lakhHCWs and NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 govt makes available to begin vaccinating frontline vaccination of both groups will and municipal workers. workers had been administered the effortsput in by the states Surat: Going backonits de- foodgrainsfor cision,theWesternRailway workers along with healthcare move simultaneously,”asenior Likethe healthcareworkers, the vaccine so far. “4,40,681 ben- and UTsisappreciable. OBSERVINGTHATthe food has decidedtonot stop the workers from thefirstweekof Health Ministryofficial said. the bulk beneficiaries listhas al- eficiaries were vaccinated till7 “I requestyou to kindlydi- subsidy is becoming “unman- beneficiaries of services of three trains, in- Februaryonward, senior Health The Ministryhas communi- ready been uploadedonthe Co- pm today, the fourteenth dayof rect the concernedofficialsto ageablylarge”, the Economic welfareschemes cluding the 107-year-old Ministryofficialssaid. catedtostatesthat“further aug- Winplatform, officials said. “The nationwide Covid-19vaccination. initiaterequisiteplanningand Survey 2020-21has recom- narrowgauge heritagetrain The direction came as India mentation” of Covaxin and database of FLWs has been up- Final reports wouldbecompleted review forinitiating vaccination mendedthe revision of Central between Vaghai and completedvaccinating 33 lakh Covishield stocks willbemade loaded by states/UTsincollabo- forthe daybylatetonight,”itsaid. of FLWs along with HCWs from Issue Prices (CIP) of foodgrains hand, the economic costof Billimora,inGujaratperma- healthcareworkers againstthe through “subsequent releases of ration with respective line min- In his detailedcommunica- firstweekofFebruary, 2021. releasedfromthe central pool, wheat forFCI (Food nently. Other twonarrow novelcoronavirus on Friday. vaccine doses”. istries andasondate, database tion to states,Agnani said: “As Your unstinted supportispre- whichhavebeen unchanged Corporation of India) opera- gauge trains run between “Our Co-Winsystemhas sta- The estimated 2crore front- of more than 61 lakh FLWs has youare aware, the pan India requisitetoachieve the desired forthe lastseveral years. tions has increasedfromRs Miyagam, Choranda and bilised. Yesterdayweconducted line workers (FLWs) who will been uploadedonCo-Win,” Dr Covid-19vaccination drive ini- acceleration and impact of the “The food subsidy bill is be- 1908.32 per quintal in 2013-14 Malsar,andChorandajunc- 5.2 lakh vaccinations in asingle nowbevaccinated include per- Manohar Agnani, additional tiated on 16 January, 2021, aims Covid-19vaccination drive.” coming unmanageably large. to Rs 2683.84per quintal in tion and Moti Karal. On While it is difficult to reduce 2020-21,”said the Survey. December 10,2020, Mudit the economic costoffoodman- “Similarly,the economic Chandra,Executive Director agement in viewofrising com- costofrice has increasedfrom Mumbai local trains open to all mitment towardsfood security, Rs 2615.51per quintal in 2013- (Freight Marketting)ofthe TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE MinistryofRailways,issued thereisaneedtoconsider the 14 to Rs 3723.76per quintal in revision of CIP to reduce the 2020-21,”itsaid. alettertothe Western NUMBER OF Railway General Manager, during non-peakhrs from Feb 1 bulging food subsidy bill,” said “Further,the NFSA provides VACCINATIONS the survey. awider coverage than the erst- ordering permanent clo- (JAN 29) sureof11“uneconomic The CIP is the price at which while TPDS. These all takento- branchlines” and narrow between 12 pm and 4pmand af- present the railways is running 4,40,681 thegovernment makesavail- gether has resulted in the rise EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ter9pmtillthelastlocalof theday. 2,985 services per daycom- able foodgrains forbeneficiar- in food subsidy,” it added. gauge sections of the Total:33,68,734 WesternRailway,including MUMBAI,JANUARY29 The proposal said that the pared to 282 services in mid- ies of the National Food The government had three from Gujarat. On time between 7amand 12 pm June duringthe peakofthe pan- Security Act, 2013 and other budget food subsidy at Rs Friday, Chandraissuedan- NEARLY10months afterregular and 4pmand 9pmwhich are demic.Inspiteofthe addition of NUMBER OF ADVERSE welfareschemes to thestates 1,15,570 crorefor the current fi- other letter statingthat it operations of the suburbantrain deemedaspeak hours should be services, due to the restrictions EVENTS AFTER from the central pool. nancial year againstthe revised hasbeen decidedtokeep services were shut down,the reserved only foressential serv- that the state had imposedon IMMUNIZATION Forinstance, the CIPs of rice, estimate of Rs 1,08,688 crore thethreeheritagelines.ENS Maharashtragovernmentand ices staffand those being per- who could travel the railways is wheat and coarse grains areRs lastyear. the IndianRailways have de- mitted presentlybythe state. presentlycatering to only18.5 213 300per quintal, Rs 200per The survey hassuggestedthe cidedtoallowthe general pub- Suburban train services were lakh commuters. Total:2,278 quintal and Rs 100per quintal revision of CIP at atime when lic to travel by Mumbai local shut down on March 23 during Foralinear citylikeMumbai, respectively under NFSA, Mid- the three farm laws,brought by JAMMU &KASHMIR trains during non-peak hours the lockdown. The partial re- the suburbantrain services play CASES: ACTIVECASES:1,71,686 DayMealScheme, and the government, have been op- while following Covid-19norms. sumption of services wasan- avital role in facilitating the 333 Integrated ChildDevelopment posedbythe farmersand the ThreeHizbul DAYSSINCE 1,07,20,048 DEATHS:1,54,010 On Fridayafternoon, the nouncedonJune15; however north-south movement of the PANDEMIC Services (ICDS). It has been un- opposition parties. militantskilledin Maharashtragovernment wrote onlythose whoweredeemedto city’s workforce. The twosubur- BEGAN TESTS: 19,50,81,079 | RECOVERIES: 1,03,94,352 changed since 2013,when the The survey termedthe three alettertothe Chief General be essential service providers ban systems operated by WR NFSAcame intoeffect. laws as “a remedy,not amalady”. Tralencounter CASES DEATHS RECOVERIES TESTS Managers of both the Central were allowedtoboardthesetrains and CR stretches319 km. It facil- JAN28 The CIP is higherfor other “The three agricultural re- Srinagar: Three Hizbul Railway (CR)aswell as Western afterbeingallottedaspecialpass. itates the inter-district travel of 18,855 16329,746 7,42,306 welfareschemes (riceRs565 form legislations aredesigned Mujahideen militants Railway (WR) stating that all cat- Thosewho arepresentlyallowed commuters in five districts per quintal, wheat Rs 415per andintendedprimarilyfor the were killedinanen- egories of people be allowedto to boardtrainsinclude essential namelyMumbai, Mumbai STATESREPORTINGMAXIMUMCASES quintal and coarse grains Rs benefit of small and marginal counter at Mandooravil- boardthe suburban trains start- services staff, stateand central Suburban, Thane, Palghar and CASES(JAN28) TOTAL 300per quintal). It is even farmers whichconstitute lageinthe Tral area of ing February1. government staff, employees of Raigarh. The decision to regulate Chhattisgarh* 6,4513,04,319 higherfor Tide Over allocations around 85 per cent of the total South Kashmir on Friday. Withinhours of the railways nationalisedand private banks, the servicesonthe nation’s Kerala 5,771 9,11,363 -- rice Rs 830/quintal,wheat Rs number of farmers and arethe Jammu and Kashmir receivingtheletter,UnionRailway PSUs and pharmacompanies, largest commutertrain network Maharashtra2,889 20,18,413 610/quintal and coarse grains biggestsuffererofthe regres- Police’s Kashmir Zone IG MinisterPiyushGoyalgavethego- lawyers and women commuters has caused hardshipstomany Rs 450/quintal). Forboththese sive APMC regulated market VijayKumarsaid aheadand announcedthatsub- during designated hours. residentsofMumbai’ssatellite STATESREPORTINGMAXIMUMDEATHS categories, therehas been no regime. The newly introduced AwantiporaPolice wasin- urban train services would re- The CR used to operate1,774 cities, especiallythe poor.As DEATHS(JAN28) TOTAL changesince April 2016. farm laws herald anew eraof formed of the presence of sume forthe general public services while the WR would businesses open manyofthe Maharashtra5352,178 “The CIP of wheat and rice market freedom whichcan go the militantsinMandoora, starting February 1. operate1,367services eachday city’s workforcewho stay in far- Chhattisgarh*353,682 forNFSAbeneficiaries has not alongway in the improvement Tral, afterwhichajoint The services will, however, be before the pandemic. These away locationsfromcommer- Kerala 19 3,730 been revisedsince the intro- of farmer welfareinIndia,” the cordon and search opera- openedinarestricted manner services operateonanaverage cial business districtsinthe city duction of the Actin2013from survey said. tion waslaunchedbyJ&K withapersonholding avalid frequency of around oneevery have seen their dailycommute DataasonJanuary28,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealthandFamilyWelfare,IndianCouncilofMedical Rs 200per quintal in case of The survey has also sug- Researchandstategovernments.Oftenthenumbersreleasedeverydaycontaindatafrompreviousdays Police, 42RRand 180Bn ticketorpassallowedtoboardlo- four minutes ferrying around 8 time double as theyattempt to aswell.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareonlyindicativeandnotdefinitive wheat and Rs 300per quintal gested setting up of “agricul- CRPF in the area. “During cal trains till 7aminthe morning, million commuters per day. At reachMumbai. in case of rice. On the other tural schools” in rural areas. the search operation as the presence of terrorists got ascertainedtheywere Ahmedabad: 2 givenanopportunity to Indore: Videos of homeless elderly surrender,however, they Customs officers firedindiscriminately upon the joint search go viral, CM suspends official among 7booked party, whichwas retali- ated leading to an en- longed to the encroachment re- drive is being undertakento for ‘smuggling’ counter,” he said. ENS EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE movaldepartment. send the homeless and or- BHOPAL,JANUARY29 Soon afterthe videos went phaned alongwith the elderly to gold at airport MAHARASHTRA viral, Chief MinisterChouhan government-run shelters. CHIEF MINISTERShivraj Singh taking cognizance of the issue “Basedonprima facia evi- Munde,former Chouhan on Fridaysuspended suspendedIndoreMunicipal dence gathered from the video EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE partnerseek an IndoreMunicipalCorporation Corporation Deputy whichwent viral, twosupervi- AHMEDABAD,JANUARY29 officer aftervideos showing eld- Superintendent Pratap Solanki, sors Brajesh Lashkari and mediation erly destitutepeople picked who wasentrustedwith the Vishwas Vajpayeehavebeen re- THE CENTRAL Bureauof Mumbai: Maharashtra from the streetsand dropped work of shifting the destitute movedfromservice fornegli- Investigation (CBI) on Friday Ministerfor SocialJustice along the highway outside the and beggarsduring the extreme gence on their partwhile trying filedanFIR againstseven per- and NCPleader city limitswent viral on social cold situation to Rain Basera, a to put the elderly intothe vehi- sons includingtwo superin- DhananjayMunde and a media. government-runshelterhouse cles. The elderly people have tendentswith Ahmedabad woman with whom he The incident came to light af- forthe destitute. Twosupervi- been senttoRain Basera forshel- Customs fortheiralleged in- wasadmittedly in acon- Ismail Sama with his familyatNana Dinaravillage. Nirmal Harindran tervillagers along the highway, sors, Brajesh Lashkari and terduring winter.” volvementinsmuggling of gold sensual relationship on wherethe elderly were dropped Vishwas Vajpayee, were re- An official said thereare items and other goods worth Thursdaytold the off, objected to it and began movedfromservice. around20shelterhomes and crores of rupeesthrough the BombayHigh Courtthat making videos of it. In astatement,Indore around this time everyyear des- Sardar ‘Second birth’:Kutch manback Subsequently, the elderly people Municipal Commissioner tituteand elderly living on road- International (SVPI) airportin theyhad decidedtorefer their disputesfor media- were put backinthe vehicle and Paribha Palsaid that considering sides areaccommodatedthere Ahmedabad. tion to resolve issues be- takenaway. The vehicle be- the extreme coldinthe city a owing to the winter. As per the FIR filedbythe CBI, home after 13 years in Pak jail the accusedSomnath tween them.Earlier this month, the woman’s sis- Chaudharyand Sujeet Kumar, terhad givenapolice UP courtallows AMU student externed from superintendentsofCustoms, complaint accusing hadnoformaleducation,toldThe he got busy withwork. “I learnt along withfiveothers —Sajahan Munde of raping her,but GOPALKATESHIYA Indian Express at his home in beadworkfromother Pakistani 2015 case against Chowdhury, Shahidul NANADINARA(KUTCH), AllaiyaVandhareaof NanaDinara. inmates and kept myself busy as Aligarh under Goondas Act Chowdhury, Mohmad Sarfaraz later withdrew the com- BJP leader to be plaint. Munde and the JANUARY29 Nana Dinaraisaround 50 km muchaspossible. When Iwas not Mansuri, Shamim and woman with whom he from the Indo-Pakistanborder. working, Ijustprayed,” said withdrawn “Invoking Goonda Actagainst Mohamad Azam —havebeen hastwo children filed RESIDENTS OF Nana Dinaraand Ismail had gone missing in Ismail, while ruffling the hair of MANISHSAHU studentsand issuing an extern- booked under Indian Penal Code their consent terms be- surrounding villages on theIndia- August, 2008, while grazing his Altaf, his youngestson, who was LUCKNOW,JANUARY29 ment order areabsolute harass- Section 120B forcriminal con- fore the courton Pakistanborder inGujarat’sKutch herd of cows.“Ascorpionstung notevenborn when he was ment metedout by the district spiracy and sectionsofthe Thursday. ENS districteruptedinjoy andafes- me and Ifelt giddy.Ilost my di- caught. Twoofhis children got MANISHSAHU THE ALIGARH district adminis- administration and police. All Prevention of Corruption Act. tive mood prevailedasIsmail rection. Next morning, around marriedinhis absence. LUCKNOW,JANUARY29 tration has issuedanexternment cases were lodgedagainstme According to the FIRdetails, UTTAR PRADESH Sama, the cattle-herder who 10.30 am, Pakistanrangers caught Itwasonlyin2014thathewas order againstAligarhMuslim while Iwas protestingonthe the CBI receivedawritten com- went missingin2008, returned me, telling me Ihad intrudedinto granted consular accessby ALOCAL courtinUP’s Kushinagar University (AMU) student leader AMU campus. The protests were plaint from Kumar Santosh, 2teenskilled, home onFridayafter spending 13 their country. Theytookmeto Pakistanevenashisfamilydidnot district has allowedthe adminis- Arif Tyagi, banning him from the related to severalissues, includ- principal commissioner of years in aPakistanjail. hospital and aftermycondition have anyinformation about him. tration to withdraw asix-year- district forsix months under the ing the presence of aportrait of Ahmedabad Customs, on bodieshanged RelativesflockedaroundIsmail improved, theyhandedmeover Ismail’swifeKamabaicameto old criminal case againstformer UP Control of GoondasAct.The Pakistanfounder Mohammad Ali October 5lastyear whereinit fromtree as he got outofthe cardrivenby to Inter ServicesIntelligence (ISI),” knowthather husband wasina BJP MLAAtul Singh and others for order wasissued last week but Jinnah at AMU students’ union wasstatedthat “some un- his step-brother Junasataround said Ismail, son of afarmer. Pakistani jail onlywhenRafiq Jat, allegedly blocking aroad during Tyagi on Fridaysaid that he re- office and againstthe CAAand scrupulous personsbasedin Bareilly: Ayouth and a dusk.Emotionsranhighasthe50- Adding that the ISI tortured anative of nearbyvillagereturned aprotestagainstthe alleged as- ceivedittwo days ago. the NRC. Igot to knowabout the Vapi were indulging in smug- girlwerekilledand their year-old embracedhis sons. him forsix months, Ismail said, from Pakistanin2017and in- sault and extortion of twopeople Six cases were lodged against cases afterIreceived ashow- gling of gold in the form of paste bodies hanged from a Minutes later,hewas ledtoa “Theywantedmetoconfess that formedthat he and Ismail were by the police. LastMarch,the the 27-year-old final-year post- cause notice from the district ad- and 24 carat puregold jewellery tree in the Mirganj area local mosque whereahuge Iwas an Indian spybut Irefused together in the jail. stategovernment had ordered graduatestudent at the Civil ministration asking whyIshould form from Dubai via the SVPI here, police said on crowdcheeredhim. He was as Iwas notone. Itold them that Afterthis revelation,Fazalla officials to withdraw the case. Lines policestation between notbeexterned from the dis- AirportinAhmedabad by engag- Friday. The youth, 19, seated in the middle of circles Allah wasmyprotector and that Sama, asocial worker from Nana Singh, at present the UP Gau 2018 and 2020 on several trict,” said Tyagi, who has unsuc- ing carriers.” and the girl, 17,wereina formedbyyoung and old. Iwould prefer death over telling Dinara, and deputy sarpanchof Sewa Ayog vice-chairperson, charges, including under IPC cessfullycontested the elections According to officials, the relationship, Senior “Afterthe PakistanRangers alie... Then, theyoffered to letgo the villagetook up his case, by wasaleader of the Hindu Yuva Section 153A (promoting enmity forthe postofvice-president of nexus wasrevealedonJune 27 Superintendent of Police caughtmeandintelligenceagen- of me if Iworkedfor them,which writing letters to Indianand Vahini, an outfit startedbycur- between twogroups).Apolice the students’union. in 2019 whenateam of Rohit Singh Sajwan said. cies torturedme, suspecting me wasout of question.” Pakistani governmentsand de- rent Chief MinisterYogi officer said chargesheets had He added, “I have filedapeti- DirectorateofRevenue On Thursday,the girl's to be an Indian mole, Ithought I The father of five sons and manding his release as his prison Adityanath in 2002. He had won been filedintwo cases while the tion before the Aligarh Intelligence (DRI) arrested two familymembers found maynever return... Ididn’t even three daughters waskeptina termhadalreadyexpiredin2016. the Assemblypolls from investigation wasoninthe rest. Commissioner againstthe ex- persons, Shahidul Chowdhury them talking to each darethink about home, as that Pakistani militaryfacilityin Eventually, theIslamabadHigh Ramkola in Kushinagar in 2007. Assistant Superintendent of ternment order.Ifneeded, Iwill and Mohamad Sarfaraz other at asecludedplace wouldmakemesadanddrive me Sindh provincefor three years Courthad cleared Ismail’srepatri- In 2015,the former MLAand Police, AligarhCity,Kuldeep also move theAllahabad High Mansuri, who arrivedatthe and theykilledthe duo mad, as happens with many before acourt convictedhim of ationafterIndianauthoritiesmen- otherleaderswere partof aprotest Singh Gunawatsaidthe Goonda Courtfor justice.” SVPI airportfromDubai with and hanged theirbodies Indians held in Pakistan. Iusedto espionageand sentenced him to tionedhis case during ahearing of againstpolice and district admin- Actwas invokedbasedonthe The Aligarhpolice report 1,400grams gold chain, 1,127 from atree, he said. The pray to Allahandheansweredmy five years imprisonment in 2011. Kulbhushan Jadhavcasein istration afterallegations that po- cases lodged againsthim. seeking to banish Tyagi says he grams puregold in form of girl's uncle and brother prayers.Comingbackhomeissec- He said that to prevent mem- December 2020. He wasreleased licehadassaultedtwopeopleand Tyagi has notyet obtained is “reckless and frightful, and is a paste,10kgofsaffron and 4000 have been arrested. PTI ondbirthforme,”Ismail,whohas ories of home from haunting him, from Karachi CentralJail on Jan 21. extorted moneyfromthem. bail in the six cases, he said. threat to the public”. pocuhes of gutkha.

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10 THE EDITORIAL PAGE —ROBERT PEEL The real desecration

§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA The real darknessonhorizon is theturn Indian BECAUSETHE TRUTHINVOLVES US ALL democracy is taking, almostasifitisonroad to perdition

WITH FIR AND FAVOUR PratapBhanu Mehta

Weaponisingthe lawtobook farmers government hadengaged WHEN THE DUSTsettles on the eventsof Theyweresubjectedto thestandardargument the coreofthe movement. But if this unruli- Republic Day, one conclusion will bepalpably of the state, that theyweresecessionist nesscandelegitimisethelegitimategrievances with, throwing IPC at journalists,isnot policy. It won’t work clear.The logic of the state’s political strategy Khalistanis.The NIA wasfreelyusedtohang a of farmers,thenHindutva—amovementthat FTER THE EVENTS of January26, crucialdistinctions areatrisk of being is to find anypretextfor social division and swordoverthem. All the institutions of the hasledto moreintentional bloodspilling, col- staterepression. The immediateelitereactions statethatcould have actedasredressalmech- lateraldamage,andvigilantismthananything lostsight of as the lawissought to be weaponised--bycriminalising the to theunrulyandshamefulscenesinthewake anisms,fromParliamentto theSupremeCourt, —shouldhave beendelegitimisedalongtime protesting farmer and targeting the journalist. Certainly, thelaw was of the farmers’ protestinIndia’s capital, espe- abdicated their coreduties. But the farmers ago. If afew unruly scenes can delegitimise broken by asection of participantsinthe tractor march who deviated ciallyatthe RedFort, were two-fold. The first were notprovoked. Youmay argue that the Punjabfarmers, put in abeyance anyrational Afrom designated routes to wreak violence at various sites in the national wastofeignshock and horror, and to channel protestisstilllargely by farmersfromPunjab. discussion of the real problems of agriculture, capital and forciblyentering RedFort. Theymustbebroughttobook. Thereisadetailed everyone’s inner nationalismand getthemto Youmay also disagree with some of their po- onewouldhavehoped that lynchings and vi- FIR whichcalls formeticulousinvestigation.But equally unambiguousisthe fact that the rallybehind the cryoforder.The flying of the sitions.Butthegovernment’spositionhasbeen olencewouldbemorethansufficientreasonto Nishan Sahib flag at the RedFort, as inappro- evenmoreofatravesty.Evenifthemovement put “love jihad” laws andcow protection laws miscreantsare notthe movement. And thatanagitation whichmaintained the calm for priateasitwas, wastreated as an existential is largely basedinPunjab, we know that it is a in abeyance. months, and causedhurttonoone else —several farmerslosttheir livesinthe course of threat and national desecration. The second deep and genuinely state-wide movement. Thelanguageoforder,andthepietiesofthe the sit-in at Delhi’s borders —cannotand should notbediscredited by the actions of afew wasrelief thattheunrulyscenesnow delegit- Does deepexistentialdiscontent in Punjab flag in whichitiswrappedbythe state and the forsomehours on oneday.Byindiscriminately naminginthe FIRs farm leaderswho have imisedthe farmers’movement, brokethe mo- neednot be constructively addressed,and in media,isnotaboutorderatall.Thelanguageof been negotiating with the Centreover12roundsoftalks—ofthe over 40 leaders,more mentum of the protestsand wouldprotect the good faith? order is partisantothe hilt.Itisweaponisedto than 30 have been named—the Delhi Police, underthe Home Ministry, is tarring the ag- agriculturebills. India’s problem is solved. Instead, what we have got is the usual pat- crushdissent.Itisusedtoempowerrepression. itation opportunisticallyand unfairly.Itisalso tying the government’s hands. But this attitude should notdisguise the Thelanguage of order,and tern of the BJP’s “heads we win, tails youlose” Itisusedto desecratethespiritof constitutional factthatwe were alltryingto findarespectable politicalstrategy.First,takeanintransigentpo- values. But it giveseventhe supposedlymost For, the farmers’ agitationhas articulated real anxieties that have gathered around wayofexpressing our deep authoritarianism the pieties of the flag in sition that does notaddress thecoreofthe liberalamongstusthe perfectpretext to rally the Centre’s three farm laws.Theselawsbring in long-overdue reform,theywillhelp andunleashing another round of repression. whichitiswrapped by the grievanceorcontemplatereasonableconstitu- behind the government once again. It givesa paredowninefficienciesand hold the promise of making farming moreremunerative. But The leaders of the farmers protestwillbetar- state and the media,isnot tional solutions —wear themovementdown, pretexttoappeaseourconsciencesthatwe can these pastfew months have shown that thereismuchworktobedonetopersuade the getedwithallthenationalsecurityarsenalthat about order at all. The usetheexistenceof themovementto shoreup ignorethe systematic repression of civil liber- farmers themselvesoftheir benefits. Now, theSupreme Court’s decision to pause the the statehas usedinprevious protests,from yourcredentialsasastrongstate.Butwhenthe ties,the runawaycrony capitalism, and the language of order is partisan laws (evenasitraises questions aboutthe courtoverstepping the line), before the Centre’s Bhima Koregaon to theCitizenship timecomes,usethemovementasapretextfor frightening communalism of the state, the AmendmentAct.This includes using the further crackdowns, strengthening the arbi- criminalisingof dissent,thedesecrationof fed- ownoffer to putthe laws on hold for18months, provides space fornegotiations to con- to the hilt. It is weaponised National Investigation Agency (NIA), deten- to crush dissent. It is used to trarypowersof thestate,andpositionyourself eralism and the collapse of institutions. It al- tinue. But who will join the panel the Centre has proposed if among those targeted and tion,stateharassment,andencouragingmobs asthecustodianof nationalismagainstallpow- lows us to ignorethe fact that the mostinflu- defamedfor the January26violence areall those who sat at the other side of the table? to target legitimateprotestors. Forinstance, empowerrepression. It is ers. Find the perfect occasion fordoingso. In ential and powerful sections of society from And if theyare takenout of the equation, what happens to the real grievances in astate YogendraYadavisalreadyexperiencingthisat used to desecrate the spirit of everymovement,thisscript hasbeenfollowed. legalprofessionals to academicsand media, wherethe spectre of hardliners looms over apolitical vacuum? morelevelsthanonecanimagine;itisremark- constitutional values. But it Butthemostdisturbingpartof theRepublic from owners of capital to bureaucracy,have Another critical distinctionisbeing fudged by the police cases filedinUttar Pradesh ablethatpeoplelikehim,ourtruepatriots,still gives even the supposedly Daywas notthe events; it is the wayour re- connivedincreatingtheconditionsof disorder, keep the democratic faith.The real perpetra- pressive instinctswerechannelised.Themedia by closingofflegitimatechannelsof democratic againstjournalists for“misreporting” and “spreading disharmony”. Their alleged crime, tors of disorder will notbepunishedwhile most liberal amongst us the acted as nothing shortofthe unquestioning deliberation, and actively supportingauthori- relating to inaccurateaccountsofthe death of aprotester, wasanerror that calls forsoul- thoseexercisingtherightto democraticprotest perfectpretext to rally cheerleader of the state, hiding behindpieties tarianismandcommunalism.Thegovernment searching within. When large sections of the media areseen as untrustworthy, unques- will be demonised. States likeUPwill unleash behind the government once of the flag and feigning concern forthe front- mayhavewonthebattleof perceptionby play- tioning and partisan, and when their legitimacy is sought to be underminedbypopulism their arsenal of statelawlessnessinthe name again. It gives apretext to line policemen. If theyweregenuinelycon- ing on adisingenuouslanguageoforder.But and majoritarianism on one side and the no-rules worldofsocial media on the other,the of lawand order. But the worse is: We willall cernedabout the sorry condition of the front- the open wounds it has created will fester and appease our consciences that onus is on the media. To protect their space and their professionalstandards with the cheerfor authoritarianism. line policeman, theycould have askedtough createlong-term problems. The cycles of re- onlytools at their disposal: Fair and accurate news-gathering. That said, forthe police — The scenes at the RedFortmay have been we canignore the systematic questions —likewhy do our political masters, pression,protestandmorerepressionwillcon- disturbing.Buttherealdarknessonthehorizon includingthehomeminister, putfrontlinepo- tinue.The real desecration didnot happen at especiallyUPpolice, with arecordscarredbyencounters and whichhas yettolivedown repression of civil liberties, is notthe protest, or theturnitmight have the runaway crony licemeninanimpossible position by notdo- the RedFort. It happenedwhen we created a that shameful night when it cremated arape victim without her family’s consent —toslap taken.ItistheturnIndiandemocracyistaking, ing their political jobs?There were no tough countrywhere jokes,actsoflove, and demo- chargesofsedition and criminal conspiracy againstjournalists is bizarre.This is atrou- almostasifitisontheroadto perdition.Foral- capitalism, and the questions about the circumstances that may craticarticulationarealldeemedanti-national. bling moment. Muchdependsonthe Centrefindingthe wayout and forward—one that most twomonths,the farmers’ protests were frightening communalism of have ledtothedisorder.Wasthereanelement AsThomasPainesaiditinhisclassicput-down acknowledges the restraintsonits ownpower,one that protectsfreedoms guaranteedin notjustpeaceful butamodel of disciplined the state,the criminalising of of statecollusion, afalseflag diversion? These to Edmund Burke:“We pity the plumagebut theConstitutionand one that includes listeningtothe farmers. Filing FIRs, throwing the civic expression and cultural articulation. arequestionsthatneedtobeasked.Therewere forget thedyingbird.” Dozens of farmers diedinthe cold. Therewas dissent,the desecration of complete double standards.Let us foramo- IPC book at critics,can neverbepolicy in ademocracy. nooutrageanywherecomparedto theoutrage federalism and the collapse ment grant that elements of the protestwent The writer is contributing editor, we sawonthe flag.Theyweredemonised. of institutions. unruly; youthgroups joineditthatwerenot The IndianExpress THE CASE FORGROWTH The Economic Survey argues forhigher public spending as a means to attract private investment, boosting economy INTERPRETER OF BIHAR’S MALADIES HE ECONOMIC SURVEY 2020-21, the annual flagship document of the MinistryofFinance, haspresentedarealisticassessment of the prospectsof Unravelling theenigmaofthe statewas ShaibalGupta’s calling theeconomyinthe upcoming financial year.TheSurvey expectsIndia’s econ- Tomytogrowat11per centin 2021-22, in linewiththeInternationalMonetary Fund’s latestassessment whichpegs growth at11.5 per cent.While this may NKSingh turnout to beaconservative estimate—economicactivitiescouldgather momentumasthe vaccinationdrive gainstraction—arapidreboundshouldnotbemistakenfor theeconomy NO ONE CAME closer to unravelling the firsttorealise that Bihar neededanacademic Rajan. Shaibalwas an active member of this comingout of the woods as the recovery continues to be uneven. But, even accounting for enigma that Bihar is than Shaibal Gupta,the institution of highquality.Asthe founder and committee, whichcame to the conclusion this revival, the economywilltakealmosttwo years to cross the pre-pandemic GDP level. notedsocial scientistand economistwho member-secretaryofthe Asian Development that while Bihar wasatthe bottom with re- With thegovernment’s approach in both —containing the pandemic and dealing with passedawayonThursday. Ihad known him Research Institution(ADRI) in Patna,he specttomultiple developmentindicators, it foralong time, when he wasjustcompleting sought to bridgethis gap. He wasthe firstto could notbeaccordedSCS status. He took the its economic fallout —coming under criticism, the Survey has mountedaforceful defence his PhD in economics in the early Eighties undertake this initiative to create whathas audacious step of submittinganoteofdis- of the measures adopted. Marshalling evidence, by drawing on epidemiologicaland eco- and, thereafter, as afaculty of the ANSinha cometoberegardedasBihar’s onlycredible sent, settingout whythe committee’s recom- nomic research,itestimates that imposing an early,stringentlockdown “restricted the InstituteofSocialStudies in Patna. and seriousresearch organisation. mendations fell shortintermsoflogic and COVID-19 spread by 37 lakh casesand savedmorethan 1lakh lives”. On thepolicyre- People oftenask,inalighter vein: Howis Second, his ability to extend the reachof economic rationale. This note is an integral sponse, while therewas astrong argumentfor ramping up the scale and size of cash trans- it that Biharis prosper outside Bihar while Bihar-centric institutions to globalcentres of part of the committee’srecommendations. fers to the vulnerable sections and greater government support to the economy in addi- the statecontinues to languish? Embedded excellence. Iworkedactively with him in forg- Fourth, Shaibal playedakey role in en- in this query, of course, arethe contradictions ing acrediblerelationship with theLondon abling Bihar’sfirstannualeconomicsurvey. tion to the government’s approachoffocusing on necessities —food, liquiditymeasures, betweenthe fabledgloryofancientBihar School of Economics (LSE). Shaibal’s active en- As deputy chairman of the Bihar State and forbearance —the Survey has doubleddownonthe government’s conservative ap- and astate which todayhas the lowest per gagement with Robin Burgess,the co-direc- Planning Board, Iendeavoured to revive the proach, arguing that giventhe supplyside shocks,reflatingthe economy through govern- capita incomeinthe countryand apoor torofthe International Growth Centre(IGC) state’s planning and research institutions. As ment expenditure would have ledtorunaway inflation. recordonmultiple development parame- at LSE, ledhim to establish the IGC’s footprint director of theCentrefor Economic Policy Notwithstanding that,the Survey has nowcomeout stronglyinfavourof highergovern- ters. Shaibaltried to unravelthis enigma. in Bihar. This wasentirelyhis contribution. and Public Finance (CEPPF),set up with the In doing so, he wastrying to understand Providing institutions withinternational out- supportofthe Bihar government, he played ment spending. The argumentsfor doing so areoverwhelming. With private investment He wastrying to understand likelytoremain risk-averse, and considering that fiscal multipliers arehigher during eco- the statewith the mostuntappedgrowth po- reachiswhat lends them continuedrelevance akey role in ensuring the publication of this tential in the country—richinwater,human the state with the most and provides long-term credibility to state- annual survey.This has facilitated greater un- nomic slowdowns, greater public spending can help crowdinprivate investments, give a resources, agricultural possibilitiesand sev- untapped growth potential centric research organisations. derstanding of the evolvingeconomic dy- fillip to growth, providedthat the composition of expenditurepivotstowards capitalspend- eral prospectsofdiversifying itseconomy. Third, his advocacy.Hewas amongthe namics of the stateand itsperformance on ing. This call forcounter-cyclical fiscal policy should notbeconstruedasaleewayfor fiscal Shaibal’swritings sought to enlighten us bet- in the country—richin firsttoseekand articulateacoherent eco- multiple developmentparameters. irresponsibility.While thereare concerns over the sustainability of higher debt levels, the teronwhatmay be looselycalled “the roots water,human resources, nomic policy foraccording aSpecial Category Finally, Irecallwithfondness andnostal- Survey notesthat it is higher growth that provides the key to the sustainability of debt for of Bihar’s backwardness”.Theyhighlighted agricultural possibilities and Status(SCS) to Bihar.Herealised that ending gia my decades of close association with India. Hopefully, this argument will translateintoactual policy in the budget.Asthe Survey the imperative of reversing discriminatory several prospects of Bihar’s endemic state of neglectrequired Shaibal. He wasalways passionateabout the decisions of the pastand theneedfor the proactivecentral intervention and support. causes he worked on.Hedemonstrated this notes: “The risksfromdoing toolittle aremuchmorethan the risksfromdoing toomuch.” Centretoplayamoreactive role in enhanc- diversifying its economy. He became azealous advocateofSCS to Bihar in everyforum whether in Patna, Delhi, ing and supporting largerpublic outlays. Shaibal’swritings sought to muchbeforethe dialogue changedfroman London or the United States. He wascon- Shaibal had manyfirsts to his credit. enlighten us better on what economic issue to an elusive political quest. sumedbyapassion forBihar and soughtto Firstand foremost, washis contribution maybeloosely called ‘the Following these efforts, the Centreconsti- unravel and address the enigma of Bihar. BICKERINGTOTHE END as an institution builder.This wasinastate tuted ahigh-levelcommittee forevolving a wherecredible institution makinghad re- roots of Bihar’s CompositeDevelopment Indexfor thestates The writer is chairman, 15th Finance backwardness’. ‘DoomsdayClock’ is closer to apocalypse than ever.Itisthe mainedfrozen in time. He wasamong the headedbythen RBI governor,Raghuram Commission parochialism of nation-statesinthe face of oblivion

N1947, ANOTHER metaphorical Midnight Hour wasput in place: The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists —anon-profitorganisation and publication peopledbyscien- JANUARY 30, 1981, FORTY YEARS AGO tists—developedthe symbolic“DoomsdayClock”, setting it at sevenminutes to Midnight. Midnight, backthen, stood forhow close humanitywas to annihi- I ASSAM DIG ARRESTED sumption of oil supplies wasalways on ASIAD WOES lating itself in anuclear holocaust.In2021, thespeciesiscloser to than ever to that THE ASSAM GOVERNMENT has madeits thecards, thearrests,especiallythatof THE COST OF the Asian Games maysoar dystopic trystwithdestiny. In the lasttwo years, homo sapiens have been just“100sec- intention clear in no uncertaintermsby Bhattacharya.took everyone by surprise. to Rs 700crore taking intoaccount the onds away”fromahuman-made,self-obliterating catastrophe. arresting the state’s DIGHiranya Kumar The DIG,who is on leave,has apparently costofflyovers, hotels, roads, railway The dangers to society have notcomefromthe great dictatorships —in1984, therewas Bhattacharya under theNational been takentoRanchi. lines. Ahush-hushgovernment study has no Orwellian 1984.In1991, with the Cold Waroverfor ayear,theclockwas 17 minutes from Security Act. Bhattacharya is an alleged revealedthat the work on the main sta- sympathiser of theagitation on the for- CONGRESS LEADER dia is running behind schedule and Midnight,thefarthestithasever been. That optimism, it turns out, wasmisplaced: The end eigners’issue.ProfessorLakhinandan LAXMI NARAIN INDURIA,generalsecre- there’s apossibility that the games could of the battle of ideologiesdid notleadtoanend to nuclear weapons. What has reallypushed Boraofthe Assam Agricultural University tary of Madhya Pradesh Congress (I), has be postponedbyayear.Opposition par- the clockcloseto the brink—and kept it therein2021—isthe parochial,profit-seekingand wasalso arrested under the NSA. Oil sup- been sacked. Induria belongs to the Vidya ties arenot toohappyabout holding the oftenpetulant ways in whichgovernments have handledthe pandemicand theirrefusalto plies from the statetothe refineryin Charan Shukla group, whichhas been games in Delhi, but theydon’t want to ap- engagemeaningfullywiththe threat of climatechange. Barauni in Bihar have resumed. The de- complaining to theCentreagainstChief pear churlish by starting an agitation. The Itis nottheBomb or thepandemic that poses thegreatestdanger.The wayourworldmay velopmentssignalthatthe hardlinersin MinisterArjun Singh. He along with sev- Lok Dal, however, is determinedto well end “is notwithabang”, as TS Eliotput it.Hewas wrong,though, about it going out in the Union cabinetonthe Assam issue eral other MLAs and MPs from Madhya protestagainstthe games. When the have wonatatime when the resumption Pradesh have been camping in Delhi to Janatagovernment approvedthe Asian “a whimper”. Giventhe lackofunitedpurpose in thefaceof global threats, thelines of Hollow of talksbetween the agitatorsand the seek ameeting with Prime Minister Games proposal, the estimated costwas Men might needparaphrasing: This is theway theworld ends/Notwith abang but abicker. Centrewas lookingimminent. While re- IndiraGandhi. around Rs 250crore.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,JANUARY30,2021 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “Though the banonthe festival benefits the religious right,itisworth asking at what cost Punjab’s citizens are beingmade to relinquish Basant —where once the advent of spring wascelebrated with colourful skies, nowthe passage of 11 THE IDEAS PAGE time is marked by the gloomy,greyhorizon of smog.”. —DAWN Consolidating the recovery Bapu’s ideals for young India The Economic Survey has setthe stagefor promoting local production andconsumption, layingout the path foraV-shapedrebound MahatmaGandhi’s corevalues —the needtorise abovecasteism, communalism, regionalism and provincialism—shouldinspire youthtoday

self. Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak had wiselycounselledthat “eachone of us will have to subordinatehimself to the larger good”.Thereisnohighertaskthanthatof na- tion-buildingto which eachindividualmust seek to contributeinhis ownway,however Sachin Chaturvedi modestitmay seem. Thefreedomwhichweenjoytodayisthe result of the toil and countless sacrifices madeby thousandsof sonsanddaughtersof FINANCE MINISTER NIRMALASitharaman MVenkaiahNaidu this great nation.Incommittingthemselves tabledthe Economic Survey 2020-21in to this mission with spiritand grit, theyrose ParliamentonFriday, focussingonthe ba- above all other social divisions and barriers. sic tenets of development —Atmanirbhar ON THE SOLEMN occasion of Martyrs’ Day, I, This fact serves as areminder to us that for Bharat in Covid times, going beyond alongwithmy fellow-countrymen,payhom- centuries,Indiahasbeenarepositoryofwis- “nudging”, shifting from entitlement- agetothe sacrifices made by Mahatma dom, anchored in the conviction of vasud- basedapproaches to an entrepreneur- Gandhi and countless other reverednation- haivakutumbakam (The wholeworld is one ship-basedpolicy framework.The Survey alists,whosenamesremainetchedingoldin family).Withresilienceandresolve,theycar- also revisits some of the fundamental is- the annals of history fortheir heroism and riedforward thetorch of our great nation’s sues that lopsideddevelopment strategies courageinfreeing India from British rule. guidingphilosophy,whichhas been the un- have posedfor India and other develop- Today, letuspause foramoment to rededi- derlying messageofthe Rig Vedic verse, ing countriessuchasgrowth and inequal- cateourselvestothe corevalues whichBapu “Ekam sat, vipraah bahudhaavadanti (Truth ity,and debt sustainability. stoodfor—mostimportantly,theneedtorise is one, but the sages call it by manynames)”. Lastyear,the Economic Survey fo- above casteism,communalism,regionalism Letustakeamomenton Martyrs’ Dayto cussedwealth creation, promotion of pro- andprovincialismof anykind—andcommit recollect the fact that our great heroes gave business policies and strengthening of ourselvestothe ideal of non-violence. up their youth and sacrificedtheir livesto trustinthe economy. Thistime, the focus CRSasikumar It is worthrepeating that Mahatma give us abetterIndia. Theywerestirredbya is very much on the effortsto“findits way Gandhi, as he spearheadedthe freedom sense of selfless nationalism. The youth of from the darkness of livesvslivelihoods the country. This has been evident in the The multi-sectoral National struggle, drew inspiration from and acted todaymustemulatetheir livesand engage to the glow of saving livesand liveli- transformative approachadoptedinthe InfrastructurePipeline (NIP) schemeisama- with conviction on the principle rootedin themselveswholeheartedlyinserving the hoods.” Digitalisation and technology Swachh Bharat Missionand Beti Bachao jor initiative to boost inclusive economic our ancient tradition — ahimsa or non-vio- nation while scripting the storyofIndia’s have occupiedanimportant placeinboth Beti Padhao initiative that integrated be- growth and employment opportunities in lence. This ideal inspired great men across success. As aptlyre- parts of the Survey. havioural insights. Another powerful idea the country, withatotal outlayofRs111 lakh the world, including Martin Luther King Jr. marked: “The best waytofind yourself is to As it happens, the Economic Survey has been using technology to run andmon- croreexpectedtobespent during 2020-25 andNelsonMandela.Gandhijialsoservedas lose yourself in the service of others.” With analyses the broad trendsatthe macro itor welfareschemes. This wasprompted in diverse infrastructureprojectsinsectors, an inspiration to AlbertEinstein, Barack ingenuity and innovation, the nation’s youth leveland theprofiling of the initiatives by the success of the MGNREGAthat lever- including energy,roads,urban infrastruc- Obama, PearlBuckand SteveJobs, among should chartthe course of India’sdevelop- across various economic activities likein- aged thefullpotentialofthe JAMtrinity. tureand railways.These projectswould go others.Bapusuccessfullyweaponisedtruth, ment,lending impetus to the conceptofvo- frastructure, agriculture, industrial produc- Keeping in viewthe futureslowdown in alongway in invigorating India’s competi- satyagraha and peaceinhis helmsmanship cal forlocal. tion, employment, prices, exports,imports, the demographic dividend and progressive tiveness in the worldeconomy. of India’s struggleforindependence,marked Iwouldliketoremindmyfellow-coun- foreign exchangereserves as well as in so- shifttowards an ageing societyinsome The Survey should have focussedona by tidalwaves of peaceful protests. trymen thatGandhiji’s emphasis on khadi cial sectors likehealth, education, etc. This states,the Survey madesome valuablerec- newnarrative for trade. Apart from ex- Ontheoccasionof Martyrs’Day, dutyim- and villageindustries during the freedom year,asthe document shows,the focus is ommendations towardsschooling, public plainingthe missing value chains and in- pels me to recallthe names of some of the strugglehas specialrelevance today—a predominantlyonthe recovery path after expenditureonhealthcareand raising the tegration withSouth and SoutheastAsia, front-rankingpatriotsofourgreatnation,na- Bharatthat is atmanirbhar or self-reliant is initial derailment and the losses suffered retirement age. the survey should have analysed the high tionalistswhosacrificedtheirlivestoliberate the BharatofBapu’s dreams. The COVID-19 by the Indian economy due to the pan- This year’s Surveyfocusesonenhanced costoftariffs when38per cent of ourex- thecountryfromtheshacklesof colonialrule pandemic has taught us anumber of valu- demic. The recovery is expected to followa publichealthcarespending and demon- ports areimport-dependent. The impact —BhagatSingh, Sukhdev, Rajguruand ablelessons,foremostamongthembeingat- V-shapedpath. Thereisalsothe evident strateshow effectiveithas been in slash- of COVID-19onthe global economy was ChandrashekharAzad.Whatisthecommon manirbharta,whichbecame synonymous rush formaking India a$5-trillion econ- ingout-of-pocket expendituresinthe re- exceptionallysharp and developing coun- thread thatbinds these greatsonsofIndia withself-esteem.We sawforourselves,how omyby2024. TheSurvey brings together cent past. It also shows the brilliant TheSurvey advocates tries, including India, facedless of it due whomarchedto thegallows withasmileand industrialists,technologists,innovators, sci- various relevant factors that have both a performance under the Pradhan Mantri Jan countercyclical fiscal policies to prudent domestic trade policies. India an unwavering commitment to the cause of entists and researchersrose to the occasion shortand long-term impact on the econ- ArogyaYojana (PM-JAY) and the improved based on the premise that relaxed itscommercial policies in the the country’s freedom? They, along with with missionary zeal during the lockdown, omyand thebudget. outcomes in states that have implemented post-lockdown period to allowthe exter- thousands of theircompatriots, placed the manufacturingthousands of products from The Survey advocates countercyclical the programme. Health sector outcomes growth leads to debt nal sector to grow.The upturn in the mer- nation before the self, valuedfreedom over ventilatorsto PPEkits,frommedicinesto vac- fiscalpolicies based on the premise that have also receivedastrong boostfromim- sustainability, the chandise exports became muchstronger slaveryandoppression,androseagainstthe cinestofinishedproductsinavarietyof areas. growth leads to debt sustainability, the im- provementsinbasic parameters likewater implications of whichaugur than in imports.Besides trade, FDI inflows mightof theBritishempire.Theirlivesstand It is clear that markedbyatransformed plications of whichaugur well forraising and sanitation, housing, microenviron- well forraising additional and the accumulationofforeign exchange as atestamenttotheir indomitable will and mindset,theAtmanirbharcampaignhasset additional resources forwelfarespending. ment and other facilities. With focus on ba- reserves has been remarkable this year.It thecouragetopractisetheidealswhichthey Indiafirmlyonthepathof developmentand This alsotakes intoaccount that India’s for- sic needs, the Survey has brought backna- resources forwelfare is expected thatIndia will emergeasan preached, embodying Bhagat Singh’s im- national pride. eign exchangereserves aresufficient to tional attention on the fundamental spending. This also takes important link in the global value chain mortalwords that “the swordofrevolution Martyrs’ Dayisanoccasion to remind us take care of India’s cumulative public and developmental paradigm. The idea of into account that India’s sector whichhas been visibly disrupted issharpenedonthewhettingstoneof ideas”. of the fact that thousands of bravesoldiers, private debt. In suchmatters,assessments analysing inequalities in times of recovery foreign exchange reserves are by the pandemic. Indiatoday ispoisedatthecuspofanun- someprominent,manyobscure,hadwalked by credit rating agencies arefundamentally is areassuring premise to move on with. The Economic Survey has setthe stage precedentedtrajectoryofgrowth.Therefore, on the thornypathofresistance fighting for flawed, considering India’s strong creden- The EconomicSurvey 2019-20 talked sufficient to take care of forpromoting local production and con- utilisingthe opportunitiesathandtotrans- India’s freedom in theepicstrugglespear- tials on both the willingnessand the ability overwhelmingly about the importance of India’scumulative public sumption, exploring resilience and inter- latetheirdreamsintorealityanddrawingin- headed by MahatmaGandhi. While recol- to repayloans. wealth creation, entrepreneurship, and fi- and private debt. In such nal strengths. The inspiration forathor- spiration from the past,today’s youthmust lectingtheirimmeasurablecontribution,and If we consider the last twoEconomic nancial marketsinthe economic develop- matters, assessments by ough Indian approachinpolicymaking has harness their energy to powerthe country payinghomagetotheirmemory, Iwouldlike Surveys,the introduction of newconcepts ment and aspirations of the country, and obviouslybeennurtured and guided by forward. Theymusttranscend narrow sec- to add that it is our duty to ensurethat their and approaches has been quiteevident. For discussedindetail thefacilitating role of credit rating agencies are the political leadership—the mostrecent tarianism and other divisive social barriers sacrificeshave notbeeninvain.Theirauster- instance, in theSurvey for2018-19, the idea the government. TheSurvey took recourse fundamentally flawed, manifestation has been in the form of andbeguidedintheirlife’sjourney, inaman- ity,forbearance, asceticism, spirituality and of “nudge” helpedproviderecognition of to India’s economic history to suggestthat considering India’sstrong Atmanirbhar Bharat. ner of speaking, by Swami Vivekananda’s self-effacing spirit of sacrifice should serve the importance of social behaviour change it has neverbeen antithetical to ethical credentials on both the stirring call, “Arise, awakeand do notstop as afountainhead of inspiration to all of us. forany policy to succeed. We have noticed wealth creation and invokedtexts suchas The writer is director-general, Research and until the goal is reached”. Jai Hind! the powerofarticulation and persuasion Kautilya’s Arthashastra and Thiruvalluvar’s willingnessand the abilityto Information Systems forDeveloping Forone’s lifetoacquiresubstance, one coming from the highestpoliticaloffice of Thirukkural. repay loans. Countries.Views arepersonal mustbedrivenbyapurposelargerthanone- The writer is theVice-President of India Once upon aCovid time LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR A VICTIM’STRAUMA IDEAS Todaymarks ayearofIndia’sCaseNo. 1. Five lessons forthe future THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘Letting down the vulnerable’(IE,January 29). ONLINE Thestaybythe Supreme Courtonthe Chandrakant Lahariyaand Randeep Guleria HighCourtorderhaspreventedthe gross ONLYINTHE EXPRESS violation of justice. The matter of sexual WHATISTHE place forasingle year in the his- ramped up and self-sufficiency achieved. tinehealthservices.Theongoingpandemichas bothstatesandtheUniongovernment,should assault of achild mustbelooked at in a ● GANDHI’SGITA: toryof anation?Alot,ifitwas2020.Ayearago, Multi-sectoral and multi-agency collabora- reportedlywidenedinequitiesandOxfamhas be prioritisedand earmarkedfor the primary broader contextand proportionatepun- KPSHANKARAN onJanuary30,2020,India’sfirstconfirmedcase tionswereformedto mount ajoint response. termedCOVID-19as“the inequality virus”. healthcareandpublichealthservices.Thereis ishment in suchcases should be deter- of Sars-CoV-2 (then callednovel coronavirus Researchers and scientists joinedhands to de- Indiaasacountry, aimingfor“Antyodaya”(up- need foraspecialisedcadre to deliver public minednotbyskin-to-skintouchbut the ● PRESCRIPTIONS FOR A 2019 or 2019-nCoV) wasreported.Till the velop newtesting kits, to conduct clinical tri- liftment of the weakestinthe society), needs healthservicesandpreventive healthinterven- impactsofsuchactsonaminor,soasto POST-COVID BUDGET: fourth week of March 2020, though India had als on treatment regimens as well as vaccines. to urgentlyincrease investment on strength- tionsaswellasstrengtheningpublichealthlab- setadeterrent. The High Courterred in HITESH DGAJARIA reportedonlyafew hundredconfirmedcases, Citizens internalisedCOVID-appropriate be- ening itshealth systems. Government invest- oratoriesanddiseasesurveillancesystems.The understanding the toll it takesonaminor experts using a“modeling-basedstudy”pro- haviour in their routine. In early 2021, two ment on health haspotential to address vari- provision of mental healthservices needs a who is avictim of suchacts. www.indianexpress.com jectedthatthe countrycould have hundreds SARS CoV-2 vaccines were licensedinIndia ous types of inequities, alleviatepoverty, boost,asdoesthehealthdataandinformation Arayan Khare, Ujjain of millionsof casesandafew millionsof deaths and vaccination has started.The COVID-19 preparethe countryfor future epidemicsand system. Tele-consultations can be effectively by July2020. vaccines manufacturedin India arebeingused pandemics,and can help accelerate economic usedtothiseffect. HOLLOW POLITICS Intheyearthatisnowbehindus,thevirus, in anumber of other countries as well. growth. That is the firstlearning. Fifth,sustainthethree-way partnershipbe- AIADMK.Shouldthe partydowell in the the pandemic and related interventions AyearsinceIndiafirstconfirmedCOVID-19 Second,the need forstrengthening India’s tweenpolicymakers(electedleadersaswellas THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Fighting assemblyelections, Tamil Nadu could changedmanythingsaroundus.Formost,daily case, the countryhas reported nearly 10.7 mil- healthsystemhadreceivedthehighestlevelof administrators),technicalexperts (medicaland words’ (IE, January29).Oflate, we have find itsfuturepoliticsnomoredrivenby routines were disrupted. The lockdown and lionconfirmedcasesand1,53,000deaths.This, political attention duringthe early part of the publichealth experts)and community mem- seenpollcanvassing descend to new dynasts. other pandemic responses resulted in reduc- by anycount, is notasmallnumber but, as a pandemic. Thisneeds to be sustainedand fol- bers,whichhasbeenformedforpandemicre- lows and “name calling” is very mucha RNarayanan, Navi Mumbai tion of economicactivities, the loss of job op- whole, the COVID-19situation in Indiahas not lowedthrough.Astrongerhealthsystemispos- sponse. This would be essential to ensure that partofthe game now. While this play- portunities, economic slowdown and caused been as bad as it wasprojectedand better than sible wheninterventions aredoneinvarious health policies areevidenceinformed, effec- ing to the gallerymay garner eyeballs in CLIMATE INEQUALITY hardshiptoevery citizen.The migrantswalk- manycountries(if we compareinterms of per areas, including governance and leadership, tively implemented and services widelyused thevisualmediaasithitstheopponents ingacrosshighwaysbecamethedisconcerting million). However, the fight is notoveryet.The health financing, service provision and deliv- by the community. People’s participationand belowthe belt, it also speaksvolumes THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘The ecolog- anddefiningimageofchallengesfacedby peo- emergence of newstrains in many countriesis ery, healthinfrastructureandworkforce,med- communityengagementhasbeenvitalto pan- aboutthe hollownessofthe entirepolit- ical is political’ (IE, January28).Climate ple during the pandemic. People tested posi- acause of concern.Afresh surge in Manaus, icines, diagnostics and vaccines and healthin- demic response and need to be sustained. ical process. changecreates an ethical dilemma tive forthe viruswerediscriminated against Brazil,inspiteofhighsero-prevalenceinthecity, formationsystem. Merelyincreasing hospital The victoryinthisfight against COVID-19 Kamna Chhabra, Gurgaon. wherepoor countries, island nations and and stigmatised. Frontline workers, while out is awarning that the virus cannotbetaken bedsorgetting additional ventilators would pandemicisassured.However, therealvictory poor people in general, would be facing forcontact tracing, were abusedand attacked. lightlyand that thepandemic is farfromover. notbesufficient. would be when the learnings areusedtocre- DYNASTYONTRIAL most of thebruntoftheadverse impacts The “infodemic” became amajor hurdle in ef- While we will ultimately win in the fight Third, keeping society healthyrequires a ateastrongerhealthcaresysteminIndia,which of awarming worldwhile richand de- fective responsetothe pandemic. againstCOVID-19pandemic, the victorywill broad rangeofhealth services —preventive, willprovideaccessible,available,affordableand THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘The other velopednations would be able to miti- Thisperiodalsowitnessedanunprece- be incomplete if thelessons arenot learnt and promotive,curativeand diagnosticsand reha- qualityhealthcareservicesto thelastpersonin Amma’ (IE, January28).The original gate theseimpacts. The latter have made dented high-levelpolicydiscourse on the then actedupon. bilitation. This is possible by transforming the the society.Our actions will determine the Dravida movement waspilotedbyide- the greatestcontribution to global needtostrengthenthe Indian health system Diseaseshave socialandeconomicimpact, hospital-dominated“medicalcare”systeminto place of 2021 in the history of thenation. ologically-spiritedmen who ledbytheir warming. Oscar-winningKorean film andboost public health services. The health with the poor,marginalisedand vulnerable a“healthsystem”whichdeliversbothmedical sheer charisma. It wasthe DMK, after Parasite rightlyshowedthis dilemma workers toiledagainstall oddstodefeatthe populations oftenbeingthe worstaffected.In (curative and diagnostic) as well as public Lahariya is apublicpolicyand health thesplitinthe kazhagam,that went dy- when the people of low-lying areas lost virus. COVID-19specific services suchastest- the COVID-19pandemic, it wasthe marginal health(preventive and promotive)services. systemsexpert, andGuleria is DirectorofAll nastic. Forthisreason alone, Sasikala — their homes but the richer section faced ing, contact tracing and treatment facilities andinformal sector workers whosesources of Thisispossiblethroughsettingupcommunity IndianInstituteofMedical Sciences,New Delhi. rumoured to still have access to party nothing of the kind. were scaledup. Withinthe country, produc- income decreased, and manyofwhom lost clinics and strengtheningthe primaryhealth- They areco-authors of Till We Win: India’s funds —may yetnot matterinthe Abhishek Verma, Sultanpur tion of personal protective equipment(PPE) jobs. Children’s educationwas adversely af- caresysteminbothrural and urbanareas. Fight AgainstThe COVID-19Pandemic. coverall, testing kits, and ventilators was fected.Womenhaddifficultyinaccessingrou- Fourth, increasedspending on health,by Viewsare personal

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FROMPAGEONE TRP CASE ‘ARG Outlier, Goswami Covid tunnel eral American and European sport”, and said that “should davit, filedthrough Advocate journedTaneja’s case by three parkednearby. Initial impres- countries, India seems to be on powerful people or institutions Pritha Srikumar Iyer,did notof- weeks. sions suggestamischievous at- Over the next fewmonths, an irreversible path towardsexit. continue to showaninability to ferany apology forthe tweets tempttocreateasensation,” carrying on vendetta the infection numbers grew The numberofnew cases has toleraterebuke or criticism, we and said that if the courtcon- Minor blast Mittal said. sharplyand steadily, at onepoint been decliningsteadilyfor over would be reducedtoacountry cludes thathehas crossedaline “toIsrael Embassy ambassador” Jaishankar said India wastak- resulting in thedetection of four months now, the down- of incarcerated artistsand flour- “and wantstoshutdownmyin- has been foundatthe spot, po- ingthe incident “veryseriously”. against Mumbai police’ nearly 1lakh cases everyday. ward progression remaining un- ishing lapdogs”. ternetpermanently, then Itoo lice sources said. “Spokejustnow to Israeli FM India wasonthe vergeofbecom- affected by the festival season, Citing the case of fellow will writeHappyIndependence The letter contains athreat, GabiAshkenazi about the explo- ing home to the largest number elections, or the easing of move- stand-up comedy artist Dayevery 15th Augustjustlike and describesthe explosion as a sionoutsidethe Israeli Embassy. OMKARGOKHALE ACCUSED-TURNED- of infected people in the world. ment restrictions. MunawarFarooqui, who has my Kashmiri friends”. “trailer”, the sources said. It also We take this very seriously. MUMBAI,JANUARY29 Morethan1,200people were been arrested on chargesof AbenchofJustices Bhushan, refers to two“Iranian martyrs” Assured him of thefullest pro- APPROVERMOVES dyingevery day. Millions lost KamratoSC hurting religious sentimentsand RSubhash Reddy and MRShah —Qasem Soleimani, Iran’s most tection forthe Embassy and THE MUMBAI police has claimed INTERVENTIONPLEA their jobs and livelihoods due to Kamra’s affidavitalsospoke whose bail application the had on December 18 issuedno- powerful general who wasas- Israeli diplomats,” the Minister that ARGOutlier Media Pvt the lockdown. The massive of what he believedisa“grow- MadhyaPradesh HighCourtre- tices to Kamra andcartoonist sassinated in aUnitedStates postedonTwitter. “Matter is un- Limited,which runs Republic TV, Mumbai: Umesh movement of migrant workers, ing culture of intolerance in this jected on Thursday, Kamrasaid, Rachitha Taneja on pleas seek- drone strikeinJanuary2020, and der investigation and no effort and itseditor-in-chief Arnab Chandrakant Mishra, an ac- unexpected and unplanned, country,where taking offence is “Weare witnessing an assault on ing contempt of courtproceed- Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran’s top willbespared to find thecul- Goswami, arecarrying out cused-turned-approver in addedtothe tragedy. seen as afundamental right and the freedom of speechand ex- ings againstthem fortweetsal- nuclearscientistwho wasassas- prits,” he said. “vendetta” againstthe police the allegedTRP scam case, But ayear later,asthe epi- has been elevatedtothe status pression with comedians like legedly scandalising the top sinated in November lastyear — On his part, Ashkenazi forcethrough their TV channels has movedthe BombayHigh demic continues to rage in sev- of amuchloved national indoor MunawarFarooqui being jailed court. thesources said. tweeted: “The Indian FM as- and that Goswami is “directlyin- Court, seeking intervention forjokes that On Friday, the mattercame Earlier on February13, 2012, sured me that theIndianauthor- terfering and intimidating wit- in the plea filedbyARG theyhavenot up before the benchwhich ad- Israeli diplomatTal Yehoshua ities arecommitted to the secu- nesses by issuing news releases”. OutlierMedia Pvt Ltd that even made, journeditbytwo weeksasthe and an Indian driverofan rity of all Israeli diplomatic staff Earlier this week,through af- runs Republic TV,stating that and school petitioner urgedthe court to post Embassy vehicle were among and will continuetoact res- fidavitsfiledbeforeadivision he had been calledand ha- studentsbeing it to another day. four people injured afteramag- olutelytolocateall thosein- benchofJusticeSSShinde and rassedbyEDofficialstogive interrogated Appearing forTaneja,Senior neticbombstucktothe vehicle volved in the explosion. I Justice Manish Pitale, whichis afalse statement. Mishrain forsedition.” AdvocateMukul Rohatgi won- went offinthe capital. thankedhim andpromisedfull hearing aplea by ARGseeking his plea filedonJanuary27 “Atsucha dered whythe courthad even An Iranian hand wasalleged cooperation and anyhelp re- quashing of the FIR in the TRP stated that on November 12, time”, Kamra takencognisanceofthe matter. in that incident as well; Iranian quired from Israel.” case, the Mumbai policedenied 2020, his statement had said, he hoped “Whyhas the courttaken cog- officials had, however, denied Sources said Foreign allegationsof “falselyimplicating” been recordedunder Section that “this court nizance of this?She is ayoung the accusation. SecretaryHarsh Vardhan employees of the petitioner. 164ofthe CrPC by the will demon- girlof25years. Foundation of the Police on Fridayevening took Shringla toospoke with his The Mumbai police, through Metropolitan Magistrate, strate that the courtismuchstronger.Criticism footagefromtwo security cam- Israeli counterpart Alon Ushpitz, Shashank Sandbhor,Assistant Esplanade, Mumbai, which freedom of of courtcan neverbecontempt. eras installedatone of the gates and the MEA’s Secretary Commissioner of Police, CID, is in the custody of the inves- speechand Thereisapublicperception why of the Embassyand opposite the (Consular,Passportand Visa di- Crime Branch, filedthe affidavit tigatingagency,Mumbai po- expression is a the case of ajournalistwas taken building. vision) SanjayBhattacharyya in replytothe plea. “The investi- lice, at present. On December cardinal con- up forhearing during court’s va- “Forensic experts have found spokewith the Israeli gations carriedonsofar prima fa- 18,2020, the ED summoned stitutional cation,”hesubmitted. broken pieces of acolddrink can Ambassador in India RonMalka. cie indicatecollusionbetween the him to recordhis statement. value, and “Weagree with you, but and ball bearings from the spot. In astatement, the Israelifor- officials of BroadcastAudience On thatday,Mishravisited recognise that everyone is doing it now,”re- Prime facie it appears that explo- eignministrysaidallitsdiplomats Research Council(BARC)with the ED office wherehis state- the possibility spondedJustice Bhushan. sivesand ball bearings were and embassy staff in NewDelhi otherstomanipulateratings,”ac- ment wasrecorded by an of- of being of- Justice Shah told Rohatgi that stuffedinthe can. It wasplanted were “safeandsound”,and“there cording to the affidavit. ficer “under threatscontrary fendedisa Taneja should file her response. in suchamanner that the impact arenocasualtiesandnoharmwas “The entireeffortistohavea to the statementrecorded necessaryin- "If youdon’twanttofile reply, we wasfelt towardsthe road. The donetothe [Embassy] building”. ‘mediatrial’wherein the TVchan- before the Magistrate”. “The cident to the will proceed. It is better youfile ball bearingshit thecars. Police Sources in the Indian security nels ownedbyARG aregiven true and correct statement exercise of this the reply,”hesaid. have notfound anydevice or establishment said the bomb was ‘clean chit’ and officials of the has notbeen recorded by the right.” Rohatgi agreedtodoso, fol- batteryatthe spot,” asource said. made with “locallyavailable” low Mumbai Police areshown in bad ED officer,” the plea said. ENS The affi- lowing whichthe courtad- Additional PRO(Delhi Police) intensity explosives, whoseexact light. Suchamedia trialisanti- Anil Mittal said alow-intensity nature would, however, bedeter- thetical to the process of free and improviseddevice went offout- minedonlyafter forensic exami- fair investigation as also admin- “The police areinvestigating the side 5Abdul Kalam Road near nation. “Giventhe importance of istrationof justice,”thepolicesaid role of the channels mentionedin Jindal House at 5.05 pm. The the day(29 years of India-Israel in the affidavit. the complaint. As on date, there President, Vice-President,Prime relations) it appears the idea was Further,the police submitted is no material to indicateculpa- Minister, and the three Service moretosend amessagethan to that WhatsApp chatsseizeddur- bility of India TodayTVChannel Chiefswereafew kilometres cause anyrealdamage.However, ing the probeindicate“commis- andfurtherinvestigation is being away on Rajpath at the time,at- it is aproperly made IED. It ap- sionof offence”,and “contain rel- carriedout with regard to many tending the Beating Retreat cer- pears to be the handiworkof evant information that requires TV channels including India emony. some self-styledterrorgroup or further investigation, which Today.”The police also refuseda “Noinjurytoany personis alonewolf,” asenior security es- should notbeshut out by wayof pleaby thepetitionersto transfer there, nor wasany damageto tablishment officer said. present proceedings.” the probetothe Central Bureauof property witnessedexceptwin- FULLREPORTSON Denying allegation of “des- Investigation and said that the dowpanes of three vehicles www.indianexpress.com peration to implicatepetitioners right doesnot lie with“the peti- instead of probing the role of tioners, who have notyet been other channels mentionedin namedasaccused”. complaint,”the affidavit stated, “The petitioners areattempt- ingtoscuttle the investigation, whichisatacrucial stage, by making false and baseless allega- tions against Mumbai police,”the affidavit urged, seekingthat ARG’s writ petition be dismissedwith exemplarycost. 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The decline in numbers looksterminal,but the end maybestill some distance THREE METRICS, THREE BELL CURVES away,and it is notyet clear howlong immunity will last. Tracing India’s journeytothe peaksincase countsand deaths, followedbythe decline. FIGURE 1: DAILYNEW CASES

hasreportedmoredeaths than India’s peak. 100000 81,484 AMITABHSINHA Thereisusuallyalag of afew days in re- 78,357 PUNE,JANUARY29 porting of deaths. Also, states oftenbunchto- 80000 gether unreported deathsfromseveral pre- 54,735 ONE YEARafter thefirstcase of coronavirus vious days,leading to unusual increases.On 60000 47,231 infection wasdetected in the country, India June 16,for example, Maharashtrareported 36,604 is staring at apossible early exit from the pan- morethan 1,400deaths, while Delhi reported 18,855 40000 demicthat hasalready claimedmorethan 1.5 437deaths, both aresult of adatacleaning 19,148 lakhlives, caused massiveeconomicdisrup- exercise. That ledtoanunusual spikeinthe 19,079 tion and resultedin loss of livelihoods formil- graph. Similarly,Tamil Nadu reported522 20000 8,172 lions of families. Although between 12,000 deaths on July22, whichshows up as another 3 357 2,362 and 14,000 newcases arestillgetting de- spikeinthe curve. 0 tected everyday,the decline in the numbers UnoccupiedbedsataCovid carecentre As of January28, more than1.54 lakh 1March 1April 1May 1June 1July 1Aug 1Sep 1Oct 1Nov 1Dec 1Jan 28Jan does look terminal, having continuedfor in Ahmedabad. Nirmal Harindran coronavirus-relateddeathshavebeen morethan four months now. recordedinthe country. In the lastfew days, Scientists and healthexpertssay whilethe the deathcounthas been mostlybelow 150. worstmay be behind us, we arestill quitea Some European countries —Spain,Italy, India’scurrent casefatality ratio, or the FIGURE 2: DAILYDEATHS distance from the end. Epidemics usually France —also registeredtheir maximum sin- deaths as apercentageoftotal number of con- have along tail, and it might be several gle-day count in November andDecember. firmed infections,stands at 1.44,well below 2500 months before the numbers come down to The epidemic followedverydifferent tra- the globalaverage of 2.15.But considering zero. Thereisanadditional threat:Scientists jectories in these countries. The UnitedStates, that afar greaternumber of people would 2003 still do notknowhow long immunity against and countries in Europe, forexample, experi- have been infected,thoughnot detected,the 2000 the disease,gainedeither through natural in- encedmultiple waves with no sharply de- actual fatality ratio would be muchlower fection or vaccination, lasts.Short-term im- finedpeak.The curveinChina, on the other thanthat, even if accounting forsome under- 1500 munity would mean the risk of re-emergence hand, had asuddenand adramatic end. reporting in the deaths as well. 1045 1095 remains. That is the reason scientists and Even within India, states have had very 853 health authorities have been insisting that different trajectories. Maharashtraisthe only Active cases 1000 496 peoplemustcontinue to wear masksand fol- majorstate to have had acurvesimilar to that This is the number of people who arecur- 434 501 lowthe simplerules of physical distancing. of the countryasawhole.Delhi has had three rentlysickand yettorecoverfromthe dis- distinct waves with very sharppeaks, while ease. This is the effective burdenonany coun- 500 224 71 204 163 Dailycases Kerala startedslowlybut is having an unusu- try’s health system, and also the potential Thishas been the mosttracked number ally flat andextended peak. spreaders of thedisease since those who have during the pandemic —the number of people India’s curveofdaily cases,ironically, is recoveredwould no longertransmit the virus 0 found infectedwith thevirus everyday.India very similartowhatthe trajectory of an epi- to others. 1May 1June 1July 1Aug 1Sept 1Oct 1Nov 1Dec 1Jan 28Jan has followedanunusuallysmoothbell-curve, demic would look likeifitspread in auni- Active caseshavealsofollowedatrajec- with awell-definedpeak (Figure1). The num- formlydistributedpopulation without any tory very similar to the dailynew cases, and bers rose exponentiallyinthe initial couple interventiontocontain it. peaked almost simultaneously(Figure3). At of months, sloweddownabit due to thelock- itspeak in September,India had morethan FIGURE 3: ACTIVE CASES down, reachedapeakinthe middle of Dailydeaths 10 lakh activecases.But therehas been a September,and then beganadecline that has India’s firstcoronavirus-relateddeath was steady declineafter that, and as on January 1200000 continuedfor the lastfourmonths. The out- reported on March 12 lastyear,when a76- 28, therewerealittle morethan 1.71 lakh 9,42,217 break in India, in effect, beganonMarch 2, year-old man from KalaburgiinKarnataka, cases, an almost85% decline from the peak. 1000000 with the detection of twocases, oneinDelhi whohad returned from Saudi Arabia afew This is the number of active cases that previ- 8,01,282 and the other in Hyderabad, even though days earlier,diedinagovernment hospital. ouslyexistedaround June 20 lastyear. 800000 three infectionshad earlier been detected in The man wasasthmatic and sufferedfrom SinceSeptember 17,there have been 5,67,730 5,61,908 Kerala between January30and February3. hypertension. fewerthan 15 days when the number of new 600000 At itspeak, India had been reporting over The deaths,notsurprisingly, have followed cases has exceededthe number of people be- 4,28,644 1,71,686 90,000cases everyday,the maximum being atrajectorysimilar to the dailydetection of ingdeclared to have recoveredfromthe dis- 26,163 400000 2,26,947 97,894onSeptember 16.Atthat time, no cases (Figure2). At itspeak,morethan 1,000 ease. On everyother day, morepeople have 2,50,183 other countryhad reportedmorethan75,000 deaths were being reportedfromacross the recoveredfromthe disease thanhavefallen 97,581 cases in aday.After that, of course, the United countryevery day. On September15, atotal sick.AsonJanuary28, more than97% of the 200000 States went muchbeyond that number,con- of 1,290 deathswerereported,whichremains people in India who were known to have sistently reporting morethan 2lakhcases the highestsingle daycasualty figure. In the been infected with the virus had recovered 0 everyday sinceDecember. last couple of months, theUnited States has from the disease. About1.4% of the infected 1May 1June 1July 1Aug 1Sep 1Oct 1Nov 1Dec 1Jan 28Jan Brazil went past80,000aday while the reportedmorethan 3,500deaths in aday on peoplediedofthe disease, while the rest are UK recordedmorethan 60,000cases in aday. severaloccasions. Even the United Kingdom currently sick.

CVID -19 VACCINE TRACKER EXPERT EXPLAINS J&J single-shot vaccine Red Fort and Delhi —symbols and found 66% effective in phase 3clinicaltrials narratives of power down the ages

INYETanotherpromisingdevelopment onCovid-19casesrequiringmedicalin- When the revolt in Delhi had been on Covid-19vaccines, Johnson & tervention(hospitalization,ICUadmis- crushed, the British armyoccupiedthe Red Johnson announcedonFriday thatits sion, mechanicalventilation, extracor- Fort and the officers drank to theirQueen’s single-shot candidatehas been found poreal membrane oxygenation health in the Diwan-e-Khas, wherethe 72%effectiveinthe US; 66%effective (ECMO),withnoreportedcasesamong Mughal emperorshad held court. It wasin overallatpreventing “moderate to se- participantswho had receivedthe this same hall that Bahadur Shah wasput on vere”Covid-19;and85%effectiveinpre- JanssenCovid-19 vaccine,28days post- trial, convicted,and exiled. Nearly ninety ventingsevere diseaseacrossallregions vaccination,"J&J said. years later,in1945-46, the memoryofthat studied, 28 days aftervaccination in all On safety, J&J said that overall fever SwapnaLiddle trial foreshadowedanother historic trial in adults18yearsand older. rateswere9%withGrade3feverinjust the fort —that of the personnel of the Indian The vaccine, developedatJ&J’s 0.2%. “Overall serious adverse events National Army, which generated an im- Janssen PharmaceuticalCompanies, (SAEs) reportedwerehigher in partici- NEWSFEEDS ON Republic Dayweredomi- mense waveofnationalistsentiment in the willbethe firstsingle-dosevaccine in- pantswho receivedplacebo as com- nated by scenes of protestsonthe ramparts run-up to Independence. troducedfor commercialuse, once pared to the active vaccine candidate. of the RedFort. The climaxofwhat newspa- cleared foremergencyuse.All other No anaphylaxiswasobserved,”J&Jsaid. pers referred to as the “storming”, “breach”, Symbol of the nation vaccines currentlybeing administered or “raid”, wasthe raising of the Nishan Sahib With the coming of Independence, it was requireaboosterseconddoseto trigger AstraZeneca in Europe on thepole normallyreserved forthe hoist- necessary thatthe siteofthe RedFort, over arobust immuneresponse.J&Jplansto On Friday, AstraZeneca’sCovid-19 ing of the national flag by the Prime Minister whichthe Britishcolonial government had fileforUSEmergencyUseAuthorisation vaccine wasrecommendedfor condi- on Independence Day. Nehru addresses the nation from the ramparts of the RedFortin1947. Express Archive sought to inscribeits powerand might, be in early February, andisexpected to tional marketing authorisation (CMA) Manysymbolscametogetherinthese symbolically reclaimedfor theIndian peo- have theproductreadyto shipimmedi- in the European Union. The EU an- images —amassive anti-government ple. It wasfor this reason, that afterthe first atelyfollowingauthorisation. nounced that following are- protest, asiteintimately connectedtoanan- Seat of Mughal power velopmentsinthe 18th century, once the hoisting of the national flag at India Gateon J&J is using itsflagship newedrequestfromthe nual national event, and the pennantofare- During the firstcentury or so of Mughal Mughal empirestarted on the longroad to August15, 1947,the next day, the Prime AdVacvaccine platform , European Commission on ligious community.What did this act sig- rule, Agra wasthe capitalfor longer than decline. Erstwhile Mughal provinces suchas Ministerhoisteditonthe ramparts of the Red whichwas also used to de- January27, AstraZeneca has nify?Whatare the narrativesofpowerand Delhi. Still, the Mughals continuedtobeseen Bengal, Awadh, and Hyderabad brokeaway, Fort —this wastothen become India's last- velop and manufacture agreedtopublish aredacted itssubversion that have livedoninthe pop- as rulers of Delhi. ASanskrit inscription from and newforces likethe Sikhs and the ing IndependenceDay tradition. Janssen’s European contract signedbetweenthe ular imagination,tocometothe surface in 1607 refers to Akbar as “Dillishvara”, the lord Marathas arose. Notonlydid the Mughal ter- In the contextofasitemarkedbypower Commission-approvedEbola twoparties on August27. amoment of conflict? of Delhi, though he had ruledfromDelhi for ritories shrink,the Mughal emperor became and authority,and acts of challenging and re- vaccineregimenandconstructitsZika, The announcement comes after To unravel some of these strands of averyshorttime. In aPersian inscription increasingly ineffectual even within them. claimingthat authority,what is thesignifi- RSV, andHIV investigational vaccine AstraZeneca had announceditwould meaning,one mustgobackinhistory,toa dated 1621 on the SalimgarhBridgeadjoin- Yet, suchwas his symbolic significanceasthe cance of agroup of predominantlySikh farm- candidates.Janssen’sAdVacvectorsare onlybeabletodeliverafraction of the time centuries before the RedFortwas even ing the RedFort, Jahangir,who neverreigned source of legitimatesovereign authority that ers raising the flag of the Khalsa? History basedonaspecifictypeof adenovirus— vaccine doses agreedupon forthe first constructed. from Delhi, wasdescribed as “Shahanshah e manyofthese newstates, includinganew- bookstell us thatwhen the Sikhs made an one geneticallymodifiedsothat it can quarter. It claimed therewereproduc- Dehli”,the emperorofDelhi. comer,the East India Company, continuedto incursion to Delhiin1783, theyturnedaway no longer replicateinhumansand tion problems at itsEuropean plants. ‘Capital of Hindustan’ It wasonlyinthe reignofShahJahan rule in his name,and to issuecoins in his from the walls, notenteringthe city.The in- cause disease. According to the contract, allEU Beforethe 13th century, Delhi—or ‘Dilli’ (1628-58) that the Mughalconnection to name until well intothe 19th century. cident is remembered very differentlyinSikh Thephase3trialisbeingconducted member states can purchase 300mil- —was,politically speaking, amoderatelysig- Delhiwas givenconcreteform, with the The control overthe emperor and of Delhi hagiographies. Sikh legend says that the in eight countries across three conti- lion doses of theAstraZeneca vaccine, nificanttown. It wasfor long the capitalof founding of the city of Shahjahanabad and was, therefore, aprize worthfighting for. armedSikhsoccupiedthe RedFortand un- nents—with44% (19,302) of the par- withanoptionforafurther100million the modestlysizedkingdom of the Rajput the inauguration of itspalace citadel, the Red Safdar Jang, the NawabofAwadh,fought a furledthe Nishan Sahib,demonstrating their ticipantsinthe US, 41%(17,905) in doses,to bedistributedonapopulation- Tomar dynasty.Bythe mid12thcenturyit Fort,in1648. From thatdatetothe end of civil warinanattempt to keep his position as victory over theMughal throne. This account, CentralandSouthAmerica(Argentina, basedpro-ratabasis;the contract also wasconquered by the Rajput Chauhans who, Mughal rule in 1857,Delhi would be the for- PrimeMinister of the Mughal emperor.The itself contested, has fuelledmorerecent Brazil, Chile,Colombia,Mexico,Peru) allows the member states to donate however, ruledfromAjmer. mal capital of the Mughal empire. Sikhshad their ambitions, and came up to the eventssuchasthe celebration of an annual and 15%inSouthAfrica. Nearly one- theirdosesto lowerandmiddleincome It wasthe conquestbyGhurid Turksin Therewas another important featureof walls of the city in 1783 before retreating. The FatehDivas at the RedFortsince 2014,sup- third(14,672)are over age60. countries or to re-direct them to other the late12thcenturythatput Delhionthe the Delhi of these twocenturies. From the Marathas metwithgreater success the fol- posedlymarking the anniversaryofthe “Efficacy againstseveredisease in- European countries. map as acentreofpower. As the capital of 13th century, the capitalhad been located at lowing year,when Mahadji Sindhia became events of 1783.The similaritiesbetween creasedovertime with no cases in vac- On Friday, theEuropean the Sultanate, Delhi graduallydeveloped an anumber of different sites –Mehrauli, the powerbehind the throne. Finally,the East FatehDivas and the eventsofJanuary26may cinated participantsreportedafter day Commissionsaiditwelcomedthecom- aura of power—in the popular imagination, Kilugarhi, Siri, Tughlaqabad, Jahanpanah, IndiaCompanydefeated the Marathaforces be deceptive.While one celebrated avictory 49," J&J said. It said the candidate pany’s commitment“towardsmore it came to be associated with adominant Firozabad, and Dinpanah. Nowitcame to be in 1803, and went on to control Delhi and the over an empirethat wasseen by the Sikhs as demonstrated "complete protection" transparency in itsparticipation in the powerinthe subcontinent. Babur,having de- settledpermanently in Shahjahanabad, with emperorfor the next 54 years. oppressive,the other wasclearly achallenge againstCovid-related hospitalization rollout of the EU Vaccines Strategy”. feating Ibrahim Lodi at Panipatin1526, the emperor’s seat being in the RedFort. In the popularimagination, legitimate to the authoritythatcontrols the sitetoday. and death, 28 days post-vaccination. headedfor Delhi, whichhedescribed as “the rule wasassociatedwiththe Mughal emperor "Therewas acleareffect of the vaccine KAUNAINSHERIFFM capital of all Hindustan”,eventhough the Covetedpolitical prize to the extent that when the countrybrokeout Swapna Liddle is ahistorian of Delhiand Lodis had ruledfromAgrafor the previous The significance of Delhiand the RedFort in revolt in 1857,the mutinous soldiers made theauthor of ChandniChowk: The Mughal twodecades. wasthrownintosharp relief by political de- their waytoDelhi, seeking his leadership. City of .

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Kumar Agrawal,R/oCGR-081, aforesaid residential plot, he/ she is REGULATORY COMMISSION (CONDITIONS OF I,Suhak Ali Mondal,S/o Sahinur SinghR/o WA-76 WA-Block advised to place their claim/ objection TRANSMISSION LICENCE) REGULATIONS,2008, 1ST 0040561832-9 DLF Capital Greens,Shivaji Jamal Mandal,R/o-Flat.No.- Shakarpur Delhi- with Noida Authority,Residential Plot AMENDMENTREGULATIONS, 2021 Marg, Moti-Nagar,New Delhi- Division, Sector-6, Noida with written 2463,Sector-C Pocket-2,Vasant- 110092,changedmynameto I,M.S.Warsi,S/o MD Nasim 110015,have changed my evidence within 30 days from the date The aforementioned draft amendment regulation can be Kunj,Delhi-70,myfather’s name GuddiRawat. 0040561824-2 of the present publication. Please note Uddin,R/oFlat.No.401,Appt No.- name to AmitGarg, downloaded) free of cost, from the website of HERC.General SAHINUJJAMAL is wrongly- F-99,Street.No.41,Sadh-Nagar- that claims received without written I, Kiranpreet Anand W/oMr. permanently. 0040561824-6 evidence shall not be entertained. Public/Stakeholders are herebyinvited to file written mentioned in my passport,my 2,Palam-Colony,Delhi- Sd/- Harpreet Singh R/oC-415, Vivek Comments/Objections in the regulation,onor before father’s correct-nameis 110045,changed my name to I, RENU BALA SATIJA,D/o (MADAN GERA) 17.02.2021. The Objections/Comments maybefiled personal- Vihar, Sector-82, Salarpur, 10, BIRBAL ROAD, JANGPURA PUBLIC NOTICE SAHINUR JAMAL MANDAL. Md.Shamran Warsi MADAN LAL SATIJA,W/o EXTENSION, NEW DELHI-110014 ly or by Post or through E-mail to [email protected] and Noida, have changed my name DHARMENDER ENROLLMENT NUMBER: D-304/1979 I, VIJAYMOHAN S/O CHANDER [email protected]. 0040561824-3 0040561834-6 to Kiranpreet Kaur for all future ADLAKHA,H.No.-97, NEAR- MOHAN OWNER OF Sd/- purposes. 0040561786-2 PROPERTY NO. A-118, I,Sriom S/oLate Ram singh,R/o MOTHER DAIRY,SECTOR- I,Laxmi D/oShri.Narain W/o Shri PUBLIC NOTICE SARASWATIVIHAR,DELHI, Director/Tariff, pana churhan holi chowk badli Nand Kishore,R/oA-51/1, I, Harpreet SinghAnand S/o 5,GURGAON (HARYANA)- HERC, Panchkula. It is inform to the public at large that my hereby state that the Original 1588/7/HRY (72)Bahadurgarh Flat.No.6,First-Floor, Jaspal Singh R/oC-415, Vivek 122001,have changed my client Shri Ravinder Sharn S/o Late Conveyance Deeddated Jhajjar,Haryana-124105,have Kundan Lal R/o House No. WZ-202, 23/08/1996, regarding my above Panchsheel-Vihar,Malviya- Vihar, Sector-82, Salarpur, name to RENU ADLAKHA. Madipur Village,West Delhi-63. Do changed my name to Sriom property had been/lostand Nagar,NewDelhi-17,inform Noida, have changed my name 0040561834-3 here by declaring/debarring/ GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA Gulia. 0040561830-7 disowning his Son Shri Vikram Sharma misplaced and the same is not that my namementioned in my to Harpreet Singhfor all future and his Wife Smt. Komal Sharma from mortgage with any bank/financial OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, 10th-Class Certificate is purposes. 0040561786-1 his life, Properties, estate movable and institution or individual, in this I,Shashi Shekhar,S/o Rajendra immovable properties situated in Delhi BALANGIR (R&B) CIRCLE: BALANGIR regard aFIR dated 18/11/2015 Kumar Sinha,R/o-A-82, 2nd- LachhoDevi and my correct PROPERTY FOR RENT or elsewhere in India. I, Har Singh S/oKhushal Singh already lodged online vide L.R. B-690 e-Procurement Notice Floor,Om-Vihar Phase-5,Uttam name in Voter ID is Laxmi. Hence has severed all his relation with R/oWA-76 WA-Block Shakarpur First And Second Floor Available them because they are not under the No.1134743/2015already BID IDENTIFICATION No: SE(R&B) BGR/09/2020-21 Nagar,New Delhi-110059,have 0040561830-6 Delhi-110092changed my for Rent at prime location of control of my client. My client and his lodged. other family members does not have No. 307// Dtd. 22.01.2021 changed my name to Rakesh name to Harish Chander Singh. I,Jasveen Kaur Bhaita,D/o Sushant Lok-1,Gurgaon, Please any relationship leftover with them. 1. The Superintending Engineer,Bolangir (R&B) Circle,Bolangir on Kumar Sinha. 0040561834-4 contact Owner-Sumit Kapoor - Any person who so ever deals with Shri pawandeepsingh,R/o194-195, 0040561824-1 Vikram Sharma and his Wife Smt. PUBLIC NOTICE behalf of Governor of Odisha invites percentage rate composite bid in 9910967755 0040561782-1 I,Sapna Malik W/oAmit 1st-Floor,Flat.no.2, Komal Sharma shall do at their risk, BE IT KNOWN TO ALL MY CLIENT HITESH double cover system in ONLINE MODE for the construction of works I, EManjula D/O ELChary W/OB cost and consequences. MEHTA S/O SH. BHARAT BHUSHAN MEHTA Malik,R/o296, Forest khasra.no.556, sultan detailed in the table below from B/A/Special/Super Class Contractors Sridhar R/o2-3-792/10/B Sd/- (ARUN YADAV) R/o PLOT No. 40, FIRST FLOOR, SECTOR-5, Lane,Sainik Farms, Neb Sarai, Puri,South/Delhi-110030,have Advocate VAISHALI GAZIABAD U.P. AND HIS WIFE registered with the State Governmentsand contractors of equivalent Shanthi Nagar, Golnaka SHARES & STAKES Chambers: 911, 9th Floor, AND CHILDREN HAS ENDED ALL New Delhi-110068,have changed my nametoJasveen RELATIONS WITH HIS FATHER BHARAT Grade/ Class registered with Central Government/ MES/ Railways for Amberpet, Hyderabad, Andhra Lawyer’s Chamber Block, changed my name to Sapnna Kaur. 0040561824-5 Free! Free! Free Seminar on Rohini Court, Delhi-110085 BHUSHAN MEHTA ANDFAMILY execution of Civil works. The proof of registration from the appropriate pradesh- 500013, have changed (INDIRAPURAM) DUE TO THEIR Kapur. 0040561830-3 Share Market, Option Strategy MISCONDUCT/ MISBEHAVIOR TO WARDS authority shall be enclosed along with the bid. I,Isha Arora,W/o-Amit my name andshall hereafter MY CLIENT. IF ANYBODY DEALS WITH &Currency Market. Kadam 2. Nature of Work : Buildings I,Sajid, S/oRiyazuddin, Add- Goswami,R/o-109-C,Pocket- be Known as Balmuri Vijaya PUBLIC NOTICE THEM WILL DO SO AT HIS/HER/THEIR OWN Capital-9834415204 RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY. MY CLIENT H.No.21-B, Gali.no.02, West- A,Dilshad Garden,Delhi- Lakshmi. 0070729218-1 This is to inform the general public SHALL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR 3. No. of tender : Building :03Nos www.kadamgroups.co.in that my clientsSmt. AnitaRani w/o laxmi Market, Geeta-colony, 110095,have changedmyname ANY KIND OF ACT DONE BY THEMS. 4. Tender Cost : Rs.10,000/- I, Catherine Judia W/o Late Shri Anil Kumar and Shri Anil Kumar Sd/- Delhi-110031, changed my to Isha Sharma for all future 0090280925-1 S/o Late Sh. Ram Chand,both ASHOK BUDHIRAJA 5. Class of Contractor : B/A /Special/SuperClass. name to Mohammad Sajid. S.Jacob, R/o212,S.F,Sahara residentsof3/37, Moti Nagar,New (ADVOCATE), purposes after marriage. Delhi-110015 intends to purchase the ENRL No.D/36/95 6. Date &Time of sale & : From Dt.05.02.2021,10.00 A.M. to Dt. Apartment, 84/9, Kishangarh, property No. 3/37A, with roof rights, Chamber No. E-308 0040561832-2 0040561832-6 Vasant Kunj, Delhi-110070, have LOST & FOUND situated at Moti Nagar,New Delhi- Karkardooma Court, Shandara, Delhi Receipt of Bids 20.02.2021 up to 05.00 P.M. 110015 from Sh. Shiv Dayal son of 7. Date of opening Bid : Dt.22.02.2021 at 11.00 A.M. I,SHAM SUNDER S/OBHAGWANT I,Dal BahadurThapaS/o Mani changed my daughter’s name I, Saroj Verma D/oShri Kashmiri Late Shri Ladha Ram, R/O C-2, Navbharat Apartment, Paschim Vihar, RAI R/O32,FIRST- Ram R/oA-13, Shakurpur from LeonnaJessyMarian Lal Gilhotra R/oC1/2827, New Delhi. Both the parties entered 8. The bidders have to participate in ONLINE bidding only. FLOOR,POCKET-16,SECTOR- Anand Vas, Delhi-110034,have Jacobs to Leonna Jacobs, for all Sushant Lok, Phase1, into an agreement on 22.09.2020. Any purposes. 0040561778-1 person/s having any objection, claim, Further details can be seen from the website: http://tendersorissa.gov.in. 20,ROHINI,DELHI- changed my nametoDal Gurugram-122009have lost my rightsorany part thereof by way of All future corrigendum will be available on ONLINE MODE only. 110086.CHANGED MY NAME TO Bahadur. 0040561832-4 I, Binod ChouhanS/O Akalesh Residential Property sale, gift, lease, inheritance, possession, easement or otherwise Sd/- SHYAM SUNDER JAIN. Beldar, R/oKhodavally Documents Possession Letter over the above mentioned property I,Geeta RaghavW/o Ashok are hereby called upon to file their Superintending Engineer, 0040561827-7 Bahaldih,Post- Nawagarh Dated 28-8-2000 &Allotment Kumar R/o-289 AEBlock,Patel objection for the transaction at the OIPR-34131/11/0009/2021 Balangir (R&B) Circle, Balangir, Thana- Barora, Dhanbad, Letter, First Payment Receipt above address alongwith copies of I,Renu Kumari Chaudhary D/o Garden,Mohan Garden, relevant documentswithin 7days from Jharkhand- 828306, declare Dated 06-02-1996 etc. in respect Ram Ji Lal,R/oFlat.No.135, N.Delhi-59have changed my the date of publication, failing which it that Name of My Father has of abovesaid Property,AnFIR shall be deemed that there is no Sector-11,Pocket 2, name to Geeta Devi. objection of any nature and will been wrongly written as on this effect has been lodged BRUHATBENGALURU MAHANAGARA PALIKE Dwarka,Delhi-110075,have complete the proposed transaction. 0040561830-2 AkhileshChouhan in my All VideComplaint Sd/- Khera Bhupinder Singh Office of the Executive Engineer, changed my name to Renu Advocate Documents.The actual name No.132270912100052/2021 Chaudhary. 0040561830-4 I,Bharath Manur Sekar,R/o- Office:4,New Guru Nanak Mkt HebbalDivision, Bengaluru of My Father is Akalesh Beldar, Finder mayContact: New Delhi-110015 Old.No.9,New No.: EE/HBL/TEND/PR/20/2020-21Date: 28.01.2021 I,Renu Arora,D/o Hari Dev W/o- No.14/2,Jeevanadham whichmay be amended #9910627174 0040561762-1 ( ) Deepak SachdevaR/o-410,Hero Street,Thiruvanmiyur,Chennai- accordingly. 0070729227-1 It is notifiedfor the information INVITATION FOR shORTTENDERs IFT Building-Bhola Nath- 600041, Tamilnadu,have I, Asif Shekh S/OSamad Shekh, that my Original-Qualifying TWO COVER TENDER Nagar,Shahdara,Delhi- changed my minor daughter’s R/oHNo- 23, Anupdanga, Vill- Examination-certificate of (Through GOK e-Procurement Portal Only) 110032,have changed name to name,from BShruthi to Shruthi Anupdanga, PS- Maheshpur, main-secondary, Pooja Sachdeva,for all Tender for the following works on item rate basis are invited Bharath,vide-affidavit dated- Dist-Pakur-816106, declare Sr.Secondary-Examination of purposes 0040561827-4 as Standard Bid Documents KW-4 by the Executive Engineer, 28-01-2021 at New-Delhi. that Name of Mine and My year-2013 and Roll.No.9186453 Father has been wrongly issued by CBSE has been Hebbal Division on behalf of the Commissioner,BBMP from I,Rajinder Kumar,S/o Shanker 0040561832-8 Dass,R/o56-R,New Colony, written as MD Asif and Abdus actualy lost,Gautam the registered contractors of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara I,Akha adahra,W/o besii, Gurgaon, Haryana-122001,have SamadinmyPan card no- Talwar,6327, Pkt.C6,Vasant- Palike or equivalent registration with CPWD /KPWD / Address-52c/9 kisangarh changed my name to Rajinder AOPPA2599P &AdharCardNo- Kunj,New-Delhi-70. village vasant kunj delhi- Railways /MES or any State Government organizations may Kumar Chhabra. 0040561830-5 3888 5409 4861 &Voter Id card 110070,changed my name to 0040561827-9 apply through e-Procurement portal as per schedule of events. no- BGV0627315 .The actual I,Pramod Kumar S/o-Shri.Ram Akhaa. 0040561827-3 name of Mineand My Father is I Ms Farhana Ahmed have lost Estimate Kishan Sharma,R/o- Sl. EMD I,Aarushi Goel,W/o Ashish Asif Shekh and Samad Shekh, my original degree certificate Name of the work Cost in House.No.35A,Gali.No.7B, Rathor,R/o 4-B, PremShanti whichmay be amended bearing Roll no 13MCM0014 No. (in Rs.) Molarband Extn.,Badarpur, Lakhs Kunj,Civil Lines,Delhi- accordingly. 0070729226-1 ,enrolment no- 13-1857 ,MCom New Delhi-110044,inform that Construction of RCC Drain to 110054,have changedmyname 2013-15 batch, Jamia Millia Pramod Kumar& Parmod I, Arvind s/oGhuman Singh,R/o- to Aarushi Goel Rathor. Islamia University.contactno Secondary Darin from Puilu Kumar both,name aresame O-14,Mig DDA-Flats, Prasad 9953892350 0050174768-1 1 Complex to Irshath Manzil Nilaya in 99.00 1,98,000/- person.I will knowasPramod 0040561832-5 Nagar,New Delhi-110005,have Kumar for all,purpose. changed my name to Arvind I, Nitin Sighania have lost my Jaladarshini Layout in Ward No. 18, I, Yogesh Jain S/oSh. Davender SinghBhandari, permanently. agreement/allotment copy Radha Krishna Temple. 0040561827-8 kumar jain R/oD-55, FF, bearing no.FM 098611 of Flat Ramprasthacolony, 0040561824-4 Construction of RCC Box Drain I,Sudesh Sharma w/oSubhash No.1902, BlockA,County 107, Ghaziabad, U.Pdeclare thatthe to Secondary Darin from Sri Chander Sharma R/o578, I, Amit Garg,R/oCGR-081, DLF Sector-107, Noida,UP-201301 name of my wife has been Pocket-5,Mayur Vihar Phase-1, Capital Greens,Shivaji-Marg, issued by Aceinfracity 2 Maruthi Nilaya to Garuda Nilaya in 99.00 1,98,000/- wrongly written as Sadna Jain Delhi-110091,have changedmy Moti Nagar,New Delhi- developers Pvt LTD. Finder may Jaladarshini Layout in Ward No. 18, in my passport. The actual name to SudershSharma, 110015,have changed my minor call:9953011732 PUBLIC NOTICE Radha Krishna Temple. name of my wife is SapnaJain permanently. 0040561830-1 son’s name,from Arjun to Arjun Notice is hereby given on behalf of our client i.e.: which maybeamended 0040561748-1 Axis Bank Ltd, that Mr. Pawan Khandelwal who Construction of RCC Drain to Garg, permanently. intend to purchase &mortgage the Entire Second floor of Property Bearing No. 19/18, (11467), Secondary Darin from Irshath Manzil I,Pardeep Kumar,S/oIswar accordingly. 0070729240-1 I,Vinay Kumar Jain,S/o situated at Shakti Nagar, New Delhi with our client Singh,H.No. 1739/28,Gali.No.-1, 0040561824-7 against the financial assistance. Whereas. Mr. I, Upinder Kumar S/oShiv D.L.Jain,plot allotee &R/o-B- Triloki Prasad Saxena S/o Govind Prasad Saxena 3 Nilaya 8th Cross, Jaladarshini 99.00 1,98,000/- Laxman-Vihar Phase- was the owner of the said property by way of Sale Charan Prasad R/oWZ-418, F/F I, Alpana Mandal D/O Bhutnath 216, Prashant-Vihar Rohini,Sec- Deed dt. 11.10.1963 and who died on 14.06.1974, Layout in Ward No. 18, Radha 2,Gurgaon (Haryana)- 14,Delhi-85,have lost my leaving behind following legal heirs i.e.; Mrs. Mira 04, BBlock, Gali No.-4A, Sadh Mandal, R/oKochpukurO Saxena, Mrs. Renu Baxi, Mrs. Ruma Saxena &Mrs. Krishna Temple. 122001,have changed my name Dakshin Bargachhiya, Bara possession-letter &receipt of Reena Saxena (Daughters), Mr. Ashit Saxena S/o Nagar, Palam Colony, New Late Rabindra Nath Saxena (Son). Now, they intend Improvements to Roads and Drains to Pardeep Panwar. the plot issuedbyDDA.Iffound to sell the said property to Mr. Pawan Khandelwal, Delhi-110045 have changedmy Gachhla Sonarpur, South 24 without obtaining Surviving Member Certificate. Parganas-700145, have by anyone please return the If any person(s)having objectionregarding at Venkatachalanagara HIG Colony 0040561834-1 son name from Aayush to ownership of above-mentioned claimants or 4 100.00 2,00,000/- Aayush Binjolafor all changed my name andshall same to me. 0040561830-10 regarding mortgage of the said property is/are in Ward No. 18, Radha Krishna I,PREM KUMAR BABER,S/o late requested to intimate in writingtoundersigned purposes. 0040561750-1 hereafterbeKnown as Alpana within 15 days from the date of issue of this notice at Temple. SH.DHARAM PALBABBAR It is notified for the information below address. In the event no information is Naskar. 0070729198-1 received within 15 days from date hereo, our Client R/o.H.No.196, Ram-Nagar I, Vipan Kumar S/oSatpal R/oL- that my Original-Qualifying i.e. Axis Bank Ltd. will proceed with the mortgage Improvements to Roads and Drains process. Extn.,Krishna Nagar,Delhi- 61, Block-L, Nirmal Puri ,Lajpat I, Alpana Mandal D/O Bhutnath Examination-certificate of Sd/- 5 at Sanjaynagarand Surrounding 52.00 1,04,000/- mainSecondary-Examination DEEPJYOT SINGH 110051,have changed my name Nagar-4, Delhi -110024 Have Mandal, R/oKochpukurO ADVOCATE areas in Ward No. 196, Sanjaynagar. Dakshin Bargachhiya, Bara of year-2011 and C/o Acuity aLegal Arena to PREM KUMARBABBAR. Changed my name to Vipan A13. LGF, South Extn-II, New Delhi-49 Improvements to Roads and Drains Gachhla Sonarpur, South 24 Roll.No.8178112 issued by CBSE #2011-6262610, 11, 12 0040561824-9 Uppal 0070729191-1 at UAS Layout and Vinayaka Layout Parganas-700145, have has been actualy lost,Gautam 6 99.00 1,98,000/- I,Nitin s/oSatish,R/oB-167, I, SanjayVermaS/O A.P Verma, changed my name andshall Talwar,6327,Pkt.C6 Vasant- and Surrounding area in Ward No. Street.No.8,Near Shiv Mandir, R/oHNo-72, Near Gupta Gas hereafterbeKnown as Alpana Kunj,New-Delhi-70. 19, Sanjaynagar. Godown, Jamshedpur, Gokal Pur,Delhi-110094,have Naskar. 0070729197-1 0040561827-10 Improvements to Roads and Drains changed my name to Nitin Birsanagar, Chotta Gobindpuri, I, AMEESHA SIROHI,D/O ARVIND at AECS Layout, NGEF Layout Kumar,permanently. Telco, East Singhbhum, Lost my original Receipt LOST & FOUND Jharkhand- 831004, have SIROHI,H.NO.365, SECTOR- (Receipt No.7999 Dated- 7 and Central Excise Layout and 99.00 1,98,000/- 0040561832-3 changed my nameand shall 28,NOIDA, GAUTAMBUDH- 26.10.2017, Amount-3Lacs) of Surrounding area in Ward No. 19, NAGAR,U.P-201301, changed I,Nirmala Devi,W/o Shri.Krishan hereafter be Known as Sunjoy SCO Plot-B-6A, Suncity Sanjaynagar. Kumar Sharma R/o-A-61,Joshi- Vermah. 0070729229-1 my name to AMISHASIROHI. Township Rewari, Haryana. Finder mayContact-Rekha Drilling of Borewell and Providing Colony,I.P.Extension,East I, Seema D/o-Sh. Abdul Kadir 0040561832-1 Delhi, New-Delhi- Aggarwal R/oH.No.34-35, D-16, PipelinesinGangenahalli and R/o. House-40, Hauz Khas- I Tulsi Devi Anuragi R/O- B-488 8 80.00 1,60,000/- 110092,declarethat in the 10th- Sector-3, Rohini, Delhi-110085 Surrounding areas in Ward No. 34, Village,New Delhi-110016,have Weavers ColonyAshok Vihar class certificate of my son changed my nametoNaila Phase-4 Delhi-110052 Have 0040561747-1 Gangenahalli. namelyYudhisterSharma my Chaudharyfor all future Changed My Name To Tulsi name has been wrongly or by I IndraKumar Arorason Shri Calendar of events: (1) Tender documents can be purposes. 0040561788-1 W/OPremChand As Per mistakementioned as Nirmala Kanchhiram R/o8/104 Raj downloaded from the GOK e-Procurementwebsite https:// Document. 0070729189-1 Devi Sharma instead of I, Saleem Younis Najee S/O Nagar Ghaziabad, confirmthat eproc.karnataka.gov.in from 04.02.2021 (2) Pre bid NirmalaDevi. 0040561824-8 Ghulam HassanNajee ,R/o I Sunnysingh S/oSuresh kumar in my house original meeting will be held on 05.02.2021 at 3:00 p.m. in the New HousingColony, Near R/oR.Z-A-225 ,Nihal Vihar, Documents, allotment letter, I,Mohammed Shafiq S/oAslam Office of the Executive Engineer,Hebbal Division, 2nd Floor, Sheed Mazaar, Bijbehara, Nangloi,Delhi 110041, have possessionand leasehold Khan R/oA-1/A-47,Chankya Anantnag,Jammu And changed my name to Sunny madebyMukhtarnamaam and BBMP Building, J.C. Nagara Main Road, Munireddy Palya, Place-1,UttamNagar, New Kashmir-192124, declare that kumar 0040561755-1 Improvement Trust have been Bengaluru. (3) Last Date for uploading the Filled Tender Delhi,have changed my name Name of Mine and My Father lost, its use will be illegal in Document is 18.02.2021 up to 4:00 p.m. (4) Technical Bids will to ShafiqKhan. 0040561827-2 has beenwronglywritten as I Reshu Aggarwal alias Reshu future. 0070729242-1 be opened on the website https://eproc.karnataka.gov.in GargW/o-Krishan Kumar Garg I,Mohammad Jabbar Khan S/o Saleem Younis Naja And GH. R/o-M-59, Gali-No.3, Shastri in the office of the Executive Engineer,Hebbal Division on Mohd ZikraR/o-Village Jaula HassanNaja in my Service Recordand in my Educational Nagar, Delhi-110052 have 19.02.2021 at 4:30 p.m. (if possible). (5) Date of opening Distt.MujaffarNagar UP- Documents .The actual name changed my name to Reshu for of Financial bid is on 20.02.2021 at 11:00 a.m. if possible. 251309,changed my nameto of Mine and My Father are all future purposes. Mohammad Hanif Khan. Further details may be obtained from the above office during Saleem Younis Najee And 0040561745-1 0040561830-8 office hours or website https://eproc.karnataka.gov.in Ghulam HassanNajee ,which I Rachna D/oSh. Rajender Sd/- Executive Engineer,Hebbal Division, BBMP I,Meenakshi Gupta,W/O maybeamendedaccordingly. Kumar R/oHouse No. 63, Surinder Kumar Gupta,R/O-A- 0070729224-1 Ghondli Village, Krishna Nagar, 266,Near-Azadpur Majlis Delhi -110051 have changed my Park,Delhi-110033,changed my I, Rakesh ShankarHebbareS/O name to Manju forall minor Daughter’s name Shankar Hebbare, R/o103, Near purposes. 0040561556-6 SmidhaGupta to Samidha Electricity Department, Haveli, Gupta. 0040561827-5 VIL-Curti, Tal- Ponda, DIST- I,Harjit SinghAlang,S/o Bhag North Goa- 403401, have I, Tarannum D/oAslam Khan R/o SinghAlang,R/oD- changed my nameand shall A-1/A-47, ChankyaPlace- 1/11,DLF,Phase-1,Gurgaon hereafter be Known as Rakesh 1,Uttam Nagar,New Delhi,have (Haryana)-122002,have Shankar Hajare. changed my name to Tarannum changed my name to Harjit Khan. 0040561827-1 0070729193-1 Singh. 0040561834-2

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,JANUARY30,2021 MEANWHILE ELLA EMHOFF GETS MAJOR MODELLING CONTRACT One week after the MiuMiu coat shewore at US President JoeBiden’s swearinginwent viral, EllaEmhoff,the 21-year-old stepdaughter of Vice President KamalaHarris, became the newest faceatIMG Models, one of the world’smostprestigious modelling agencies. The 15 THE WORLD agency workswith suchfamousfaces as Karlie Kloss, Alek Wekand AshleyGraham. TOPOFTHE UN, West voice WORLD J&J’s1-dosevaccineoffersprotection alarm amid coup butfuelsconcernaboutvirusvariants fears in Myanmar Vaccine has 72%efficacy in US, but only57% in SAfrica whereamore contagious variant is driving cases SHOONNAING& CARLZIMMER, MEXICO’SDEATHTOLL POPPYMCPHERSON Refugeesaheadoftheir NOAHWEILAND& YANGON,JANUARY29 relocation to theisland SHARONLAFRANIERE BECOMESTHIRD of Bhasan Char. AP JANUARY29 HIGHESTINWORLD THE UNITED Nations and Western governmentsvoiced JOHNSON &JOHNSON said on MEXICO’S CONFIRMED coro- alarm on Fridayoverthreatsby BANGLADESH Fridaythatits one-dosecoron- navirus death toll surpassed Myanmar’smilitarythathave MoreRohingya avirus vaccine providedstrong India’sonThursday to be- stirredfearsofacoupinthe af- Senior General Min Aung protection againstCovid-19, of- come the world’s third-high- termath of an election the army Hlaing, Commander-in- refugeessentto fering the US athirdpowerful est, aftermonths in which says wasfraudulent. Chief of the Myanmar tool in arace againstaworld- President Andrés Manuel UNSecretary-GeneralAntonio ArmedForces remoteisland wide rise in virus mutations. López Obrador downplayed Guterressaid he wasfollowing But the resultscame with a the virus as hisgovernment with “great concern” develop-

Dhaka:Bangladeshmoved ED anothergroupof Rohingya significant cautionarynote:The scrambledtocontrol it. As of mentsinMyanmar,wherethe Military’s Muslims on Fridaytoare- vaccine’sefficacy rate dropped Fridaymorning, Mexico had army saiditwould take action if vastpowers mote island in the Bayof from 72 per cent in the US to 57 recorded155,145 coron- complaintsabout the election are PLAIN E ● atstake? Bengal, despiteconcerns per cent in South Africa, wherea avirus deaths duringthe notaddressed. An army EX over the risk of storms and highlycontagious variant is driv- pandemic, according to a spokesman had declined to rule floodslashingthesite,even ing mostcases.Studiessuggest NewYork Times database. outthepossibilityof seizingpower. ELECTION OBSERVERSand as some refugees de- thatthisvariant also bluntsthe That is about 66,000 less Australia, Britain, Canada, the Myanmar’selectioncommis- spairedof findingsolutions effectiveness of Covidvaccines than the officialdeathtollin WHO EXPERTS BEGIN FIELDWORK IN WUHAN: Aconvoy carrying aWHO team of EuropeanUnionandUnitedStates, sionsay therewas no wide- to theirplight.Thedensely- made by Pfizer-BioNTech, Brazil, the hardest-hit coun- researchers arrivesatahospital in Wuhan. The team visited the hospital whereChina says and12 othernations,inaseparate spread fraudinthe 2020 vote. populated south Asian Moderna and Novavax. tryafter the United States. the firstCovid-19patientsweretreated more than ayear agoaspartofthe experts’long- statement urgedthe military to The military’s continued countrywantstotransfer The variant has spread to at Hospitals nationwide, partic- awaited fact-finding mission on the origins of the coronavirus. The WHO team members “adheretodemocratic norms”. claims that the election was to theislandatenth of the least31countries, including two ularly in Mexico City,are and Chinese officials earlier had their firstin-person meetings at ahotel, which WHO has Talksbetweentheciviliangov- fraudulent comes afterthe 1million refugees living in cases documented in the US this straining to provide bedsand said were to be followedbyfieldvisitsinWuhan. AP ernment and armyfailedtoease party that it backed wononly ramshackle border camps week. ventilators. NYT tensions ahead of parliament’s 33 of the476 available seats. aftertheyfledviolence in Johnson &Johnson said it openingonMonday,arulingparty Aung San Suu Kyi’sNLD, neighbouring Myanmar. plannedtoapplyfor emergency spokesman saidaspro-military whichwon asecond term in Five ships moved1,776 authorisation of itsvaccinefrom authorised, according to federal EU clearsAstraZeneca’s vaccine protesters gathered in twocities. the election, is settoattempt Rohingyaandtheirbelong- the US Food and Drug health officials familiar with its Aung San Suu Kyi’s National to amendthe Constitution to ings, with moreset to be Administration as soon as next production, and no morethan Movestoblockfirm from sendingdosesoutsidethe bloc LeagueforDemocracy (NLD)won reduce the military’s powers. movedonSaturdayfor a week,puttingitontrack to re- 32 million doses by early April. aresoundingvictoryinthe Nov. 8 Analysts saythe military has two-daytotalof more than ceive clearance later in February. The variant from South lator authorisedAstraZeneca’s companyofusing itspromised poll, onlythe second election made the allegations and 3,000.Theywilljoin 3,500 “This is the pandemic vaccine Africa, known as B.1.351, could THENEWYORKTIMES coronavirusvaccineforuseacross dosesto serve Britain,despitehav- deemedfreeand fair by interna- threatstomakeitclear that it Rohingyaalreadythere that can makeadifferencewith makethe vaccine push tougher. BRUSSELS,JANUARY29 itsmember states. ingpaidthecompanyabout$400 tional observers since the end of doesnot intend to give up the since early Dec. REUTERS asingle dose,” said Dr Paul Giventhe speedatwhichthe AstraZeneca said this month million in October to help it scale direct militaryrule in 2011. vast powers that it still enjoys Stoffels, the company’s chief sci- variant sweptthroughthat THE EUROPEAN Union on Friday thatitwould significantlycut its up itscapabilities and produce But allegations by thearmy despitethe militaryjunta entific officer. country, it is conceivable that it announcedplans to effectively promiseddelivery supplyofthe doses ahead of authorisation. of widespreadvoter fraud, which havingbeen dissolvedin2011. The company’s announce- could makeupalarge fraction of halt anyattempt by AstraZeneca jab to the EU as of mid-February. The policy announcedbythe the electoral commission denies, INDONESIA ment comes as the Biden ad- infections in the US by April and to move vaccine doses manufac- That pitted the bloc against European Commission on Friday have ledtothe mostdirect con- Acehprovince ministration is pushing to im- thereforeundermine the effec- tured in thebloc to other coun- Britain, aformermember,which willask all pharmaceutical com- frontation yetbetween the civil- whether itsMPs will showup. munise Americans faster even tiveness of available vaccines. tries unless it firstmeets itssup- has been receiving asteady flow panies manufacturing coron- ian government andthe military. The commander-in-chief, publiclycanes as vaccine supplies tighten. The twovaccines approved plyobligations to the bloc’s 27 of vaccinedosesfromAstraZeneca avirus vaccines in factories The country’s constitution re- Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, WhiteHouse officials have been by the US government have been member states. since approving it well ahead of within the bloc —currently serves 25% of seatsinparliament told militarypersonnel twogaymen counting on Johnson & foundtobelesseffective against Themove,thelatestescalation the EU,inearly December. Pfizer and AstraZeneca —tosub- forthe military, whichhas de- Wednesdaythatthe constitution AUTHORITIES IN Johnson’s vaccine to easethe theB.1.351 variant in clinical tri- inadisputebetweentheblocand The AstraZeneca vaccine was mit paperwork alerting the mandedaresolution to itscom- should be repealedifitwas not Indonesia’s Aceh province shortfall. But the companymay als, adevelopment that has un- the pharmaceutical company developedincooperation with European authoritiesofany in- plaintsahead of Monday, when abidedby, citingpreviousin- publicly caned six people have as fewasseven million settledfederal officials and vac- over reducedsupplies, came as Britain’sUniversityof Oxford.The tention to move their products parliament is settoconvene, and stances whencharters had been accusedofbreaching doses ready when the vaccine is cine experts. NYT the European Union’s drug regu- EU accusedthe pharmaceutical to non-EUcountries. has refusedtobedrawn on abolishedinMyanmar. REUTERS Islamic law, including two men whoreceived77 lashes forhaving asame sexrelationship,inapun- Republicans condemned Trump, Pak authorities file review petition against ishment Human Rights Watchcalled“publictor- ture”. Aceh is the only but now they are seeking his help acquittal of accused in Daniel Pearl murder province in majority- Muslim Indonesia to fol- Washington expresses outrage at Paktop court’s order to release OmarSheikh lowIslamic law, and this JILLCOLVIN wasthe third suchcaning JANUARY29 the kidnapping and murdercase agencyISIandal-Qaedafollowing since Aceh outlawedho- SAJJADHUSSAIN of Pearland orderedhis release, the September 11,2001terror mosexuality in 2014.The JUSTTWO weeksago,House ISLAMABAD,JANUARY29 ajudgement denouncedbythe strikes. He waskidnappedin province, on the northern Republican leader Kevin Ahmed American journalist's familyas Karachi, the capital of Sindh,and tipofSumatra island,also McCarthydeclared Donald PAKISTANAUTHORITIES on Omar “a complete travesty of justice”. beheadeddays later. imposes caning forcrimes Trumpculpable in the deadlyat- Fridayfiledareviewpetitionin Saeed The apexcourtclearedSheikh “The United States is deeply suchastheft, gambling tack on theUSCapitol. By the Supreme Courtagainstthe ac- Sheikh and his three Pakistani accom- concernedbythe Pakistani and adultery. REUTERS Thursday, he wasseeking his po- quittal of British-born al-Qaeda plices in the caseof all charges, or- SupremeCourt’sdecisionto acquit litical support. terroristAhmedOmar Saeed dering that Sheikh and others be those involvedinDaniel Pearl’s RUSSIA Aprivate meeting between House Republicanleader Kevin McCarthy,justdays after Sheikhand his three accomplices SindhgovernmentintheSupreme immediatelyfreedfrom jail if not kidnapping and murder and any the twomen at Trump’s Mar-a- declaring Trumpculpable in the Jan 6attackonthe US in the 2002 kidnappingand mur- Courtafter itsappeal againstthe wanted in anyother case. proposedaction to releasethem,” Navalny’s‘Putin Lagoresortsignalled aremark- Capitol, metthe former president at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago der case of American journalist acquittal verdict of Sindh High Pearl,a38-year-oldSouthAsia said astatement by US Secretary palace’filmgoes able turnaround in the former resortinFlorida on Thursday Daniel Pearl, hours afterthe US Court (SHC)wasdismissedbythe bureauchief for TheWall Street of StateAntonyBlinken. “Weare president’s statureamong expressedoutrageoverthe deci- topcourt on Thursday. Journal,wasvisitingPakistantore- alsopreparedto prosecuteSheikh past100million elected Republicans. In the im- sionterming it as an “affront”to Pakistan’s SupremeCourton portonIslamistmilitantnetworks intheUnitedStatesforhishorrific mediateaftermathofthe insur- The realignment with Trump trial, once seen as an opportunity victims of terrorism. Thursdaydismissedappeals inthecountryandonthelinksbe- crimesagainstanAmericanciti- YouTubeviews rection Trumpinspired,the idea comes as those who have crossed forSenateRepublicans to purge The reviewwas filedbythe againstthe acquittal of Sheikhin tweenthecountry’spowerfulspy zen,” the statement said. PTI ANONLINEvideomadeby that he would enjoyany sortof him continue to feel the burn. Trumpfromthe partybybarring jailedKremlincriticAlexei kingmaker role in his post-pres- TrumpallyMattGaetz,R-Florida, him from ever running foroffice Navalnyalleging that idency seemed highlyunlikely. spent thedayinWyoming trying again, is nowbeing usedasaral- UK offers HK citizens route to citizenship, angers China PresidentVladimirPutinis But following an initial wave to take down Rep. Liz Cheney, the lying crytoreunitethe party the ultimateowner of an of condemnation, Republicans No.3House Republican, who againstDemocrats. Instead of Chinaimposedatoughnewsecu- document from January31 opulentpalace,something appear to be warming toward votedforTrump’s impeachment. debating whether he is guilty of YEWLUNTIAN& China says it will no ritylawonthecitythatBritainsays “Britain is trying to turn large Putinhasdenied,hasbeen Trump, fully awarethathis sup- Amid the backlash, Senate “willfullyinciting violence WILLIAMJAMES longer recognise breachesthetermsof agreements numbers of Hong Kong people viewedmorethan100 porters arepoisedtopunish any- Republicanslargely made clear againstthe government of the BEIJING,LONDON,JANUARY29 to hand the colonybackin1997. intosecond-class Britishcitizens. million times,YouTube one who displays disloyalty. this week that theyhavenointen- United States,” Republicans have special British “I am immenselyproud that This has completely changedthe datashowedonFriday. With that in mind, party leaders tion of convicting Trump. instead attackedthe process, ar- BRITAIN ON Fridayhailedanew passports offeredto we have brought in this new originalnatureofBNO,”Chinese Navalny, who is serving a areworking to keep Trumpinthe Trumphas notbeenseen in guing that it is unconstitutional visa offering Hong Kong citizens residentsofHong Kong routefor Hong Kong BN(O)s to foreign ministryspokesman 30-dayjail stint forparole fold as theyfocus on retaking the public since he disappeared be- to tryapresidentwho has al- aroutetocitizenship after live,workand maketheir home Zhao Lijian told aregular briefing. violations he calls House and Senate in 2022. hind the well-manicuredhedges ready leftthe WhiteHouse. China’s crackdown but Beijing in our country,”Prime Minister Beijing’sdecisionnottorecog- trumpedup, released “United andreadytowin in at Mar-a-Lago lastWednesday,a Despitethe Capitol riot, said it would no longer recognise sent in Hong Kong, though Boris Johnson said, referring to a nisethetraveldocumentislargely the video lastweekin ’22,”McCarthytweetedaftertheir half-hour before his presidency polls showTrumpremains specialBritish passports offered Beijingsaysthe West’s views are special BritishNational Overseas symbolic as Hong Kong residents an effort to encourage meeting. Both he and Trumpis- ended. He has spent his days con- deeplypopular among to residentsofthe former colony. cloudedbymisinformation and (BNO)passport. wouldnotnormally usetheirBNO people to take to the sued statements outlining their sultingwith aides and defence Republican voters —manyof Britain and China have been an imperial hangover. But China and the Hong Kong passportsto travelto themainland. streetstodemand his pledgetoworktogethertohelp lawyers as he prepares forhis his- whom nowconsider them- bickering formonths about Britain says it is fulfilling ahis- government hit backbysaying ABNO passportholder in Hong freedom. REUTERS Republicans win back control of toric second impeachment trial. selvesmorecloselyaligned what Londonand Washington toric andmoral commitment to neitherwould recognise the KongcanstillusetheirHongKong the House and Senate in 2022. Yeteventhe impeachment with him than the party. AP sayisanattempt to silence dis- the people of Hong Kong after BNO passportasavalidtravel passportorIDcard. REUTERS Former head of state-owned IN DECADES-LONG CAREER,SHE REFUSED PARTS THAT DEMEANED BLACK PEOPLE;WON OSCAR,EMMY asset management firm in Cicely Tyson, actress who shattered stereotypes, dies at 96 China executed in graft case The Second Intermediate meanedBlackpeople. She urged In 1974,Tyson stunnedana- Watts, an oldwoman,conceived JOEMCDONALD People’sCourtofTianjin ruledin ROBERTDMCFADDEN Blackcolleagues to do the same tional television audience with as awhitecharacter,who yearns BEIJING,JANUARY29 Januarythatdeathwas justified JANUARY29 and oftenwent without work. her EmmyAward-winning por- to see her hometown before dy- because Lai took “especially She wonthree Emmysand CicelyTyson trayal of aformer slave in the CBS ing. Her performance wonthe THE FORMER head of aChinese enormous” bribes to makein- CICELYTYSON,the stage, screen many awards from civil rights has won special The Autobiography of Miss Tony,Drama Desk and Outer state-ownedassetmanagement vestments, offerconstruction and television actress whose and women’s groups, and at 88 accolades for Jane Pittman,adapted from the Critics Circle awards. companywas executed Friday contracts,help with promotions vivid portrayals of strong African became the oldestperson to win performances novelbyErnestJ.Gaines. In January2021, when she on chargesoftaking bribes in an and provide other favours. American women shattered aTony, forher 2013 Broadway on the stage, She wasavegetarian, atee- was96, her memoir, Just as IAm, unusuallyseverepenalty forare- Lai asked fororcollected 1.8 racial stereotypes in the dra- role in arevival of Horton Foote’s screen and totaler,ameditator and, from appeared,and in aprepublica- cent corruption case. billionyuan($260 million) over a matic arts of the 1970s, pro- TheTrip to Bountiful. television. AP 1981 to 1989, wifeofjazz trum- tion interviewwith The NewYork LaiXiaominofChinaHuarong decade, the courtsaid. It said one pelling her to stardom and fame At 93, shewon an honorary peterand composer Miles Davis. Times Magazine,she wasasked if AssetManagement Co.,was bribeexceeded600million yuan as an exemplar forcivil rights, Oscar,and wasinductedintothe Tyson eventuallyappeared in she had anyadvicefor theyoung. among thousandsofofficials ($93 million). He wasalso con- diedThursday. She was96. American Theater Hall of Fame likeTyson.But in 1972,inafilm “The storyinSounder is apart 29 films; at least68televisionse- “It’s simple,”she said. “I tryal- snaredinalong-runninganti-graft victed of embezzling morethan Her death wasannounced by in 2018 andintothe Television called Sounder,she found what of our history,atestimonytothe ries, miniseries and single ways to betrueto myself.Ilearned campaign ledbyPresident Xi 25 million yuan ($4 million) and her longtime manager,Larry Hall of Fame in 2020.She also she waslooking for: aleading strength of humankind,” Tyson episodes; and 15 productions on from my mom: ‘Don’t lie ever,no Jinping.Others includingChina’s startingasecond family whilestill Thompson. wonacareer achievement role with dignity.Itwas as told The NewYorkTimes afterre- and off-Broadway. matter howbad it is... Youwillbe former insurance regulatorhave marriedtohis firstwife. In aremarkable career of Peabody Awardin2020. Rebecca, the wifeofaLouisiana ceiving rave reviews and an Oscar Afterathree-decade absence happier that youtold the truth.’ been sentencedtoprison. Lai “endangered nationalfi- sevendecades, Tyson broke In the 1960s, therewerefew sharecropper (PaulWinfield) nominationforbestactress.“Our from Broadway,Tyson returned That has stayed with me,and it Lai, 58, wasput to death by a nancial securityand financial ground forserious Blackactors substantial roles fortalented,rel- who is imprisonedin1933for whole Blackheritageisthat of in 2013 in aproduction of The willstay withmeforaslongasI’m courtinTianjin, east of Beijing, stability,” said acommentaryon by refusing to take parts that de- atively unknown Blackactresses stealing food forhis children. struggle, pride and dignity.” Trip to Bountiful,playing Carrie lucky enough to be here.” NYT the government announced. the stateTVwebsite. AP

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GOVERNMENT OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE ITANAGAR No. PHQ(Prov)-24/2020-21 Dated Itanagar,the 27th January,2021 TENDER NOTICE On behalf of the Government of Arunachal Pradesh, Director General of Police, Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar invites Sealed Tenders under two Bid systems (Technical &Financial Bid) from the manufacturers, authorised agents/ dealers/ suppliers of reputed firms for entering into contract for supply &installation of SB/Security/FSL/Training equipmentsfor Arunachal PUBLIC NOTICE Pradesh Police. For details please visit our website- This is in continuationofthis office Tender Notice/Public www.arunpol.nic.in. Notice published in the Newpaper Dated 16.01.2021. No Sd/- Contractor present. It is brought to the kind notice that sanctionfor engage- Director General of Police ment of one personnel forCourier Servicesthrough Arunachal Pradesh Outsourcing Policy,inthe office of theJt. Excise &Taxation DIPR No. ARN/16138-40 Itanagar Commissioner,Gurugram(Range), has been accorded by the Excise &Taxation Commissioner,Haryana, Panchkula As per Haryana Govt. Instruction, tender forengagement of one personnelthrough Outsourcing Policy is herebyinvited to call fordated 11.02.2021.All the Outsourcing Contractors who fulfill the terms and conditionsasprescribed by the Haryana Govt will submit their quotations/tenders till dated 11.02.2021 at 2.00 P. M. in the office of the undersignedsitu- ated at “C-1, Tower-I Infocity-I, Sector-34, GurugramOR through E-mail i.e,[email protected]”. The tender will be openedonthe same dayi.e.11.02.2021. Sd/- Jt. Excise &Taxation Commissioner Gurugram (Range) 1587/7/HRY

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Prayagraj Nagar Nigam 1, Marg, Prayagraj-211001, Uttar Pradesh E-TENDER NOTICE 2nd Time FOR IEC activities in 80 wards. NIT No. 546 ENV/2021/ DATE: 29.01.2021 Prayagraj Nagar Nigam invites “Request for Proposals” from the reputed Companies/Firms/NGOs/Society having the required qualifications mentioned in the bid document for “Selection of agency for conducting solid waste management IEC activities in 80 wards of Prayagraj to make “garbage free Wards”. Tender Schedule S. Activity Date Time NO. GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA, Tender Document 12.00 hrs 1 30.01.2021 OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, Avaibility onwards RURAL WORKS CIRCLE, SAMBALPUR. O-982 e-Procurement No. 178 /Dated: 25.01.2021 Last date for submission up to 15.00 2 22.02.2021 Superintending Engineer Rural Works Circle, Sambalpur on behalf Odisha State Rural Roads Agency invites Percentage (%) bids through e-Procurement from eligible class of experienced bidders for of Bid hrs construction of roads and CD works including maintenance for 5years of rural roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana PMGSY-III, Batch-I (2020-21). 1 Name of work. : Construction of road and CD works including five year maintenance under PMGSY-III, Batch-I (2020-21) Technical Bid opening up to 16.00 2 Class of Contractor. : As per Annexure (Information in DTCN will be Final) 3 22.02.2021 Date hrs 3 No of packages. : 04 No of Package 4 Estimated cost : Varies from Rs. 206.16 Lakh to Rs. 678.63 Lakh (Information in DTCN will be Final) For more details, pleasevisit the websiteat 5 Bid submission fee. : Rs. 10,000/- (Non-Refundable) per set of package http://www.etender.up.nic.in. 6 Mode of submission of tender. : Only through online in website. www.pmgsytenders.gov.in For any query contact Environment Engineer- Mob- 8303701016 7 Summary of key dates are provided below : Procurement Officer Bid Identification No. Availability of Tender online for bidding Last date &time for Last Date and time of submission Date &Time of opening of tender Sd/- seeking clarification of Original documents From To Technical Bid Financial Bid (Uttam Kumar Verma) Superintending Engineer, PMGSY-Online- RWCSBP- 01/02/2021 15/02/2020 12/02/2020 18/02/2021 17.02.2021 Will be intimated later Environment Engineer Rural Works Circle, Sambalpur 11/2021 From 11.00 A.M. Up to 05.00 P.M. Up to 4.00 P.M. By 5.00 PM At 11.00 A.M. PRO-No-1602/21 Municipal corporation Prayagraj *Special conditions 1-EMD-2% of the amount put to tender as per DTCN. 2-EPF registration is mandatory before drawl of agreement. 3-Rate quoted by the contractor shall be excluding GST. 4. Original EMD, Bid submission fee and original affidavitsshould be submitted at the O/o Superintending Engineer,Rural Works Circle, Sambalpur Or O/o Executive Engineer of Concern Rural Works Division. *Details can be seen from the e-procurement portal www.pmgsytenders.gov.in Superintending Engineer, *Subsequent modification /corrigendum /Addendum if required shall be appeared in the website only. Rural Works Circle, Sambalpur HIMACHAL PRADESH OIPR-25091/11/0014/2021 JALSHAKTI VIBHAG PRESSNOTICE GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY,CHAK BHALWAL, JAMMU The Executive Engineer,Jal Shakti Shimla RuralDivisionat E-NIT NO:- 4of2020-21 Dated: 25.01.2021 Suni, Distt.Shimla, H.P.invitestenderonbehalf of Governor of Principal GCET,Chak Bhalwal, Jammuonbehalf of Lt. Governor of J&K Govt. invites Tenders by e-tendering mode from regis- HimachalPradesh from approvedeligible contractors forthe fol- tered Security Agencies of Jammuand Kashmir Govt./Govt. of India forthe Security Services whose particulars are given below:- lowingwork(s) through e-tendering process:- Work No.1 Providing Household connectionLWSS Pandoa Khad to KailBagri in G.P.Ogli,Dharogra,Himari(SarajArea)in Tehsil SunniDistt Shimla (HP)SH:-Laying&Jointing of pipe Line&Steel control Chamber15mmdia Node No.11-12 &11- Presently Institute is in need of 19 No's Security Guards&02No's Gunman (08 HoursDuty) at NewCampus,Chak Bhalwal, Jammu. However, require- 13, 20mmdia Node No.2-3,6-7A,11-14,17-19,17-20,25-26 &25- ment mayincrease or decreaseasper requirement of the Departments, therefore rates shall have to be quoted foreach security Guard &Gunman. 27,25mm dia Node No1-2,6-7,6-7B,5-7C,1-8,10-11,17-21,22-23 The Bidding documents consisting of qualifying information, eligibility criteria and detailed termand conditions of contract can be seen/downloaded from the website www.jktenders.gov.in as per schedule of dates given below:- &24-25,32mm dia Node No.15-16,17-22&17-17A, 40mm dia 1. Date of issue of tender Notice: - 28.01.2021 Node No.5-6&17-18,50mmdia Node No.1-5and 65mmdia 2. Period of downloading of bidding documents 29.01.2021to21.02.2021 upto 02:00 PM. 3. Bid Submission startdate :-29.01.2021 from 10.00 AM Node No.9-10(UnderJAL JIVAN MISSION" Har Ghar Ko Nal Se 4. Bid Submission end date :-21.02.2021upto04:00 PM Jal") Estt. Cost. Rs.93,26,204/-, E/money Rs.1,25,800/-,Time 5. The hard copiesofbid will be obtained fromthe bidder who will be declared L1 after opening of financial bids. 1year,costofformRs. 800/-. 6. Date of opening of Bid online: - 22.02.2021 at 03:00 PM. No: GCET/Acctts/2020-21/562-67 Sd/- Work No.2 Providing Household connectionLWSS Pandoa Dated:- 25.01.2021 DIP/J-10671/20 Principal, GCET,Jammu. Khad to Kail Bagri in G.P.Ogli,Dharogra,Himari(SarajArea)in Tehsil SunniDistt Shimla (HP)SH:- C/O RCCStorage Tank CHHATTISGARH RURAL ROADS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 60000 Ltr.Capcityat Node No-5 ,C/O Storage Tank 50000Ltr capacityatNode No-6 &11, C/OStorage Tank 12000 Ltr. capac- VIKASH BHAVA N, CIVIL LINES, RAIPUR (C.G.) ity at Node No.8,22 &16,C/OStorage Tank 20000 Ltr.capacity E-Procurement Tender Notice at NodeNo.10 &30, C/O storageTank10000 Ltr. capacity at Node No.12,13,20,21,25,29,31&32, C/OstorageTank 15000 NIT No. 576 &577/TC-T/CGRRDA/2020 Dated 27/01/2021 Ltr. capacityatNodeNo.14,C/O StorageTank 30000 Ltr.capac- OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER ity at Node No.18, C/O StorageTank 5000 Ltr. capacity at Node PROCUREMENT CIRCLE, KPDCL KASHMIR190018 No.19,27 &28 C/O RCCControl Chamber &Barbedwire fenc- WebSite: www.pmmpddjk.org, Tele/Fax: 0194-2493881, email: [email protected] ing aroundthe storage tank(UnderJAL JIVAN MISSION" Har e-TENDER ABBREVIATED NOTICE Ghar Ko Nal Se Jal") Estt. Cost. Rs.79,83,544/-, E/moneyRs. e-NIT No: SE/Proc/06/2020-21; 1,12,350/-,Timeone year,cost of form Rs.800/-. Forand on behalf of the Managing Director,KPDCL Kashmir,Superintending Engineer,Procurement Circle, Work No.3 Replacement &Extension of LWSS Matlorhfrom KPDCL Kashmir invites online e-bids from Govt. registered original manufacturersfor supply of EHV GRADE TRANS- Noutikhad to Jajher,Hazal,Manjailu etc in GP Majhiwer in FORMER OILas depicted belowfor the requirement of KPDCLasunder: Tehsil sunni Distt. Shimla (HP) Sub Head :- Supplying& S.No Material Description FOR ECSD Srinagar (KL) Errection of Reciprocating Pumping Machinery with allied 1EHV GRADE Transformer Oil 168 accessories complete &P/F &testingofAutomation The complete tender document is available at website http://jktenders.gov.in. Interested bidder/tenderers mayview, download the e- Bid document, seek clarification and submit theire-Bid online up to the date and time mentioned in the table below. Bidding Documents System/soft starter panel).(Under JJM).Estt.Cost.Rs. contain Qualifying Criteria forBidders,Specifications,Bill of Quantities,Terms andConditions of Contract and other details. 12,38,635/-, E/moneyRs. 24,800/-, Time 3months,cost of form i) Date and Time of downloading/Sale (Start) of Tender 29.01.2021; 16:00 Hrs Rs.400/-. Document Work No.4 Providing house hold connection in GWSS ii) Date &Time of Download/Sale (End) of Tender 19.02.2021; 14:00 Hrs Basantpur Kalvi,Nadukhar,GhartNallah Under IPH Sub- Document DivisionSunni DisttShimla (HP)SH:- Layingand jointing G.I. iii) Date &Time of Bidding Queries/Clarifications 30.01.2021; 10:00 Hrs to 02.02.2021; 16:00 Hrs pipe line Node N0 3-4&4-665mm diaNode No.4-532mmdia iv) Date &Time of Bid Uploading (Start/End) 03.02.2021; 10:00 Hrs to 19.02.2021; 14:00 Hrs &NodeNo.4-7 &4-8 15mm dia) (Under JJM)."Har GharKoNal v) Submission of Hard Copy(end) Date &Time 20.02.2021 in the office of Chief Engineer Planning and Se Jal). Estt.Cost. Rs.9,52,418/-, E/moneyRs. 20,000/-,Time Procurement Bemina Srinagar. 6months, cost of form Rs.250/-. vi) Commercial/Technical Bid Opening Date &Time 22.02.2021; 14:00 Hrs Work No.5 Providing LWSS SureshPal in G.P.Khatnol Tehsil vii) Financial Bid Opening Shall be declared later on forthe technically qualified bidders Sunni DisttShimla (HP)SH:- L/J of GI pipe of variousdia Node viii) VenueofCommercial/TechnicalBid Opening Soft CopyElectronically No.1-2,2-3, 2-4, 1-6,&C/O RCCstorage tank Node No 2, 10000 Ltr.Capacity.)(Under JJM).Estt. Cost. Rs.6,87,312/-, ix) Cost of e-Bid document Rs.500.00 (Rupees FiveHundred only) forlocalfirms of J&K and Rs.3000.00 (Rupees ThreeThousand Only) forfirms outside E/moneyRs. 13,750/-, Time6months,cost of form Rs.250/-. J&K(Non-refundable) sd/- Last date of submissionoftender10/02/2021 upto 11.00AM. x) Amount of Earnest MoneyDeposit The bid Security shall be as per D.ONo.:09/04/2020-PDD Dated The tender documents and otherdetailed conditions can be Chief Engineer (Tender Cell) 12.11.2020 of Govt Of India endorsed by Govt Of UT of J&K Vide obtainedfromthe website www.hptenders.gov.in. Chhattisgarh Rural Road Development Agency No: A/Misc (2018)-III-895/J Dated 22.12.2020. Civil Lines, Raipur (C.G.) (HIM SUCHNA AVAMJAN SAMPARK) Sd/- Superintending Engineer 5397/HP 27641 [email protected] DIPK-NB-5344 Procurement (KPDCL)

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International market data till1900IST ECONOMIC SURVEY 2020-21 R&DPUSH HEALTHCARE: INCREASE SPENDFROM 1% TO 2.5-3% OF GDP Sovereignratings: PRIVATE SECTOR SPENDING Raisegovtspendingtocut ‘Moretransparent’ CEA: Need thrust process needed from businesses, out-of-pocketexpenditure ED ENSECONOMICBUREAU Biasissue NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 raised ‘reliance on jugaad’ It also saidthe government neighbouring countries. PLAIN E ● ENSECONOMICBUREAU neededto“seriously” consider a Itadded,at thesametime,the STATINGTHATIndia’s sovereign EX consistently NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 sectoral regulator to regulateand costs of treatmentare notonly credit ratings do notcapturethe hurts innovation supervise healthcare, “giventhe “uniformlyhigher” in the private fundamentals of itseconomy, the THE GOVERNMENThas THE ECONOMIC Survey has information asymmetries that sector,the differences are“hu- EconomicSurvey 2020-21called consistentlyraisedthe is- backedthe 2017 National Health makeunregulated private enter- mongous” forin-patient treat- foramoretransparent method- sue of biasatcredit rating Policy’s pitchfor morethan dou- prise suboptimal in healthcare.” mentsofsevereillnesseslikecan- ology forcredit ratings making it agencies in the recent past ENSECONOMICBUREAU GROSSSPENDSON bling public spending on health- This recommendation comes in cers (3.7x), cardio (6.8x), injuries less subjective. Even as changes and independent analysts, NEW DELHI,JANUARY29 R&DFOR2020-21 care, arguing that it can halve the the backdrop of the private sec- (5.9x), gastro (6.2x), and respira- to India’s sovereign ratings have too, have contendedthat out-of-pocket(OOP) expendi- tor’s dominance in the country’s tory (5.2x). nothad major impact on market agencies had notbeenfair INDIA’S PRIVATEsector needs ture on healthcare forIndians. total healthcareprovision — As per the Survey,following performance, rupee value against to emerging markets. to step up itsexpenditurein ■ The country’s The Survey hasalsoproposed around 74 per cent of outpatient thepandemic,a“key”portfoliode- dollar or on G-Secyield, the sur- research anddevelopment gross expenditure the establishment of aregulator careand 65 per cent of hospitali- cisionthathealthcarepolicymust vey said it can impact FPI inflow (R&D) as well as innovation to on R&D for2020-21 to mitigatethe market failures sation careisprovidedthrough makeisabout the relative impor- intoequity anddebt instruments. compete withthe top10 stood at 0.65 per stemmingfrom“information this sector in urban India. tance placedoncommunicable While Moody’s has assigned fect equity and debt FPI flows of economies of the world, the cent of Gross asymmetry”thatleads to “sub- At thesame time, the Survey versus non-communicable dis- asovereign rating of Baa3, S&P developing countries,causing country’sChiefEconomic Domestic Product optimal”quality of careinthe observedthat the qualityof treat- eases.While Covid is acommuni- has assignedaBBB(-) rating to damageand worsening crisis. It Adviser (CEA), Krishna- (GDP), whichwas healthcaresector. ment in the private sector “does cable disease, theSurvey warned India, both of whichare the low- is thereforeimperative that sov- murthyVSubramanian,said less than one-third Comparing India’s spend on notseem to be markedlybetter” the next healthcarecrisis could estinvestment graderating ereign credit rating methodology in the Economic Survey for of thefunds spent by healthcarewithcountries like Chief Economic Adviser whencompared to the public possiblybe“drasticallydifferent”. awardedbythe agencies.The be made more transparent, less 2020-21. top10economies of Indonesia, Chinaand Thailand, KrishnamurthySubramanian sector.Citing expertfindings that The Survey,whichhas pulledup survey pointed thatIndia is a subjectiveand better attuned to “Mererelianceon‘ju- the world theSurvey concludedthe coun- in NewDelhi on Friday. PTI a“large proportion” of deaths in India forits underperformance in clearoutlier on severalparame- reflecteconomies’ fundamen- gaad innovation’ risksmiss- trycould “substantially” reduce Indiamanifestsmoredueto poor healthcareaccess and quality ters,with itsratingsignificantly tals,” said the Economic Survey. ing the crucial opportunity ■ The top10 the OOP shareofoverall health- quality of healthcarethan insuf- comparedwith other Lowand lowerthanmandated by the ef- “India’s willingness to pay to innovate ourway intothe economies of the carespends to 30 per cent from to 2.5-3 per cent. ficient access, the Survey said Middle IncomeCountries, added fect of the sovereign rating of the is unquestionablydemonstrated future. This requires amajor worldspent between 60-65 per cent currently. This This is important, giventhat India’s proportion of deaths due Indiastillneedsto improve“signif- parameter. through itszerosovereign thrustonR&D by the busi- 1.5and 3per cent of would happen if it increasedits India has “one of the highest” lev- to poor quality carewas “signifi- icantly” on metrics likematernal “Despiteratings notreflect- default history,” said ness sector.India’s resident GDP on R&D public spendingonhealthcare els of OOP expenditureinthe cantlyhigher”thanother coun- and infant mortalitydespitethe ing fundamentals, theycan how- Chief Economic Adviser firms mustincrease their from 1per cent of GDP,atpresent, world, according to theSurvey. tries in the world, including improvementsithas made so far. ever be pro-cyclical and canaf- Krishnamurthy Subramanian. shareintotal patentstoa levelcommensuratetoour rently, to close to 68 per cent status as the fifth-largest —the averagebusiness con- INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY CODE economyincurrent US dol- tribution in GERD of other lar,” Subramanian noted. top10economies,” V-shaped recovery hinges on vaccination drive India still lagging on ForIndia to scale up and Subramanian noted. matchthe levelofthe top10 Apartfromthe neces- TheSurveynotes that the Centre’sresponserecognised GDP RETURN TO TREND PATH economies in terms of the saryboost to privateinvest- that alockdownwould lead to gains: lives savedand a 130 some key indicators expenditureonR&D, the ment in R&Daswell as in- V-shaped recovery,supported by avaccination drive Global Scenario1 privatesector in thecoun- novation across various 120 financial

tryneeds to increase spends sectors, Indiaalsoneeds to TREND IN GLOBAL GROWTH GDP crisis Scenario2 from 37 per centto68per improve itsstandingin of dispute resolution eal 110

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on R&D for2020-21stood at the country. Inde ENSECONOMICBUREAU Net exports likely ra 90 0.65 per cent of Gross Forexample, in thecur- 5 NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 Domestic Product (GDP), rent fiscal, between April to be in negative whichwas less than one- and November 2020, all growth 0 THE ECONOMICSurvey2020-21

1 in H2 of FY21 09 thirdofthe funds spentby companies, excluding start- GDP saidthattheInsolvencyandBank- -10 -08 -24 -24 -20 -5 -20 top10economies of the ups, filedroughly 38,000 al ruptcy Code (IBC) is facing signif- NewDelhi: With gradual re- 0-201 Re 2009 2021-22 world, who spent between applications, of whichabout 2021-22 icant challenges due to litigation covery of economic activity 2019 2019 2007 2008- 2023 -10 2023 1.5and 3per cent of 15,000 were granted. 201 by variouspartiesandalackofad- from Covid-19, netexports 12 14 Outputpath (without crisis) Output path (with crisis) 20F 20E 20 2016 2018 20 GDP on R&D. In nearly the same pe- 2010 equatejudicial infrastructure. areexpected to re-enter the 20 Of the total expenditure riod between April and 20 Scenario 1: GDP grows by 12% in 2021-22, 6.5% in 2022-23,and TheSurvey notedthatthelegal negative territoryinthe sec- World AEs EURO EMDE India 7% in 2023-24 —is91.5%below trend level in 2023-24 on R&D done in India, more October,startupsinIndia area Scenario 2: GDP grows by 10% in 2021-22, 6.5% in 2022-23,and system wasthe single most im- ondhalf of FY21, accordingto than half wasdone by the filed1,100 applications Note: ‘E’ is estimate, ‘F’ is forecast; source: IMF 7% in 2023-24 —is90% below trend levelin2023-24 portant methodofdispute reso- theEconomicSurvey.“Expo- government. Despitethis, forpatentsbut none were lutionand that India wasstill lag- rtsare expectedtodeclineby India’s gross domestic ex- approved. gingonanumberof keyindicators 5.8 per cent and imports by penditureonresearch and Similarly,thoughstart- PROJECTIONS OF REAL GDP FOR 2021-22 V-SHAPED RECOVERY IN H2:FY2020-21 on resolution, including time 11.3 per cent in the second development (GERD) re- ups in India filedmorethan ■ Real GDP IN MOST SECTORS CONSTITUTINGGVA takenfor enforcement of con- half of theyear,” it said. mainedlow,the Economic 3,500applications for 150 146 149 15 tractsand costoflitigation. Thecountry’snetexports 132 140 134 7.1 7.1

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BRIEFLY GDP growth rate for FY20 Recoveryhopes failtoliftmkts revised downwardsto4% Mumbai: The Economic Survey’s projection of Itwouldalsohave implications V-shapedrecovery failedto ENSECONOMICBUREAU Fiscal deficit forthe GDPgrowth rate forthe boostmarkets,astheSensex NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 soars to 145.5% next financial year,whichispro- fell 589 points to 46,285.77, jected to recorddouble-digit whileNiftylost183 pointsto THE ECONOMYrecordedlower NewDelhi: The govern- growth due to the lowbase effect. hit 13,634.60 on Friday. growthof 4percentin2019-20,as ment’s fiscal deficit soared ThemajorrevisionsintheGDP Meanwhile, Wall Street in- against4.2 percent growth esti- to Rs 11.58 lakh crore, or growth rate for2019-20 have dices fell on Johnson & mated earlier,the firstrevised es- 145.5 per cent, of the come on account of revision in Johnson’svaccinedata.Asof timates releasedbythe National Budget estimateatthe end growth ratesfor manufacturing 11:08amEST, DowJonesfell Statistical Office (NSO) on Friday of December 2020, mainly and construction sectors. GDP 1.32 per cent to 30,198. ENS showed. The NSO also revisedup on account of lowerrev- growth ratesfor theprimary, sec- the GDP growth rate for2018-19 enue realisation. PTI ondary, andtertiarysectors have to 6.5 per cent from 6.1per cent. been estimated as 3.3 per cent, TataMotorsQ3 Thedownwardrevision in the (-)1.1 per cent and 7.2per cent, as netrises68% GDPgrowthratesfortheprevious the7.7 per cent decline, as per the againstgrowth of 2.2per cent, 5.8 fiscalimpliesthattheGDPcontrac- firstadvanceestimatesreleasedon per cent and 7.2per cent, respec- NewDelhi:Tata Motors’third tionfor2020-21 willnarrowfrom January7. tively,inthe previous year. quarterconsolidated net profit rose 67.52 per centto Rs 2,941.48crore. PTI Govt pavesway for DFI Coresector provider,enabler and catalystfor output shrinks UnionBanksees ENSECONOMICBUREAU infrastructurefinancingandasthe `727crprofit NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 principal financial institution and by 1.3%inDec developmentbank forbuilding a Mumbai: Union Bankof THE GOVERNMENT proposes to supportive ecosystem,”thelistfor NewDelhi: The output of eight India’s Q3 standalone net setupanewdevelopmentfinance legislative business forthe ongo- coreinfrastructure sectors con- profitfellto Rs727crore.ENS institution (DFI) forinfrastructure ing Parliamentary session stated. tracted forthe thirdmonth in a financing through the introduc- Though details arenot avail- rowby1.3 percent in December tion of The National Bank for able,theproposedDFIisexpected 2020,dragged down by poor Ondebut,IRFC Financing Infrastructure and to be usedtofinance social and showbycrudeoil, natural gas, re- sharesfall4% Development Bill, 2021inthe economic infrastructureprojects fineryproducts,fertiliser,steeland Budget session. The government identifiedunder the National cement sectors. NewDelhi: Debuting on Fri- proposes to regulatecryptocur- InfrastructurePipeline. The Indian The coreindustries had ex- day, Indian Railway Finance rencythroughintroductionof The ExpressreportedinSeptemberlast panded3.1 per cent in December CorporationLtd (IRFC) sha- CryptocurrencyandRegulationof year about the government’s in- 2019,accordingto theprovisional resfell by 4per cent. PTI OfficialDigital CurrencyBill,2021. tent to setupanewDFI forlong- datareleased by the Commerce “Toset up anew DFI as a term infrastructurefinancing. andIndustryMinistryFriday. ENS

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DELHI JAL BOARD HIMACHAL PRADESH PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (C) DR-XIV INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) SPS NAJAFGARH: NEW DELHI-110043 The ExecutiveEngineer,BhawarnaDivision, HPPWD Bhawarnaonbehalf of Governor of Himachal Pradesh, invites the item rate bids, Email:- [email protected] in electronic tendering system from the eligible class of contractors registered with HPPWD forthe worksasdetailedinthe table:- Sr.Name of Work Estimated Starting date Earnest Deadline for PRESS NIT No. 03/ EE(C) Dr-XIV/(2020-2021) No. Cost forMoneysubmission (Rs.) downloadingbid of bid Item Description Amount Earnest Tender Fee Completion Date of release Last date/time for No. put to Money (Non period of tender in e- tender download 1. Construction of Combined office Building at DheeraDistrict 4,57,13,578/-22/01/2021 5,00,000/-09/03/2021 tender (in Rs.) Refundable) procurement through e- Kangra (HP) (SW:- C/o Building portion &Providing and Fixing (in Rs) solution procurement solution water supply and sanitaryinstallation &C/o Septic Tank 300 Users &C/o Rain Harvesting System &Providing Solar water 1. “PROVIDING CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR LUMPSUM 2,18,000/- 1000/- 12 Months 28.01.2021. 18.02.2021 Heater system). UPGRADATION OF EXISTING 5MGD STP AT 3:00 PM up to 03:10 PM. NAJAFGARHWITHEFFULENT STANDARDS OF onward The bidders are advised to note other details of tenders from the department website www.hptenders.gov.in. 10:10 BASIS (BOD-10MG/ L:TSS-10MG/L) IN DELHI.” Executive Engineer’ 2. “PROVIDING CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR LUMPSUM 2,77,000/- 1000/- 12 Months 28.01.2021. 18.02.2021 HPPWD Division Bhawarna UPGRADATION OF 20 MGD STP AT DWARKA 3:00 PM up to 03:10 PM. Pin-176083, Tel:01894-247777 e-mail: [email protected] WITH EFFULENT STANDARDS OF 10:10 BASIS Onward 5386/HP on behalf of Governor of H.P. (BOD-10MG/L:TSS-10MG/L) IN DELHI.” Further details in this regard can be seen at (https://govtprocurement.delhi.gov.in). OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER Tender ID :2021_DJB_199251_1 “STOP CORONA: Wear Mask, Follow Physical PROCUREMENT CIRCLE, KPDCL KASHMIR 190018 ISSUED BY P.R.O. (WATER) Sd/- WebSite: www.pmmpddjk.org, Tele/Fax: 0194-2493881, email: [email protected] Advt. No. J.S.V.350/2020-21 Distancing, Maintain Hand Hygiene” Ex. Eng. (C) Dr XIV e-TENDER ABBREVIATED NOTICE e-NIT No: SE/Proc/07/2020-21; Forand on behalf of the Managing Director,KPDCL Kashmir,Superintending Engineer,Procurement Circle, POOMPUHAR SHIPPING CORPORATION LIMITED KPDCL Kashmir invites online e-bids from Govt. registered originalequipment manufacturers forPurchase of Outdoor (A GovernmentofTamilnaduEnterprise) Type Three Phase oil immersed 11KV/433-250 V,50 HZ, Copper Wound, Distribution Transformer of energy efficien- th 692, Anna Salai,IV Floor,Nandanam, Chennai -600 035, India cy level-2 as per IS:1180 (Part-1):2014 0f rating 250 KVAas depicted belowfor therequirement of KPDCL as under: Telephone No: 044-24330505 /807, Fax: 91-44-24344593 /24330807, E-mail :[email protected]: U63090TN1974PLC006596 S.No Material Description FOR ECSD Srinagar (Nos) 12Outdoor Type Three Phase Oil Immersed 11KV/433-250 V,50 HZ, Copper 00 GLOBAL TENDER Wound Distribution Transformer of Energy Efficiency Level-2 as per IS- NOTICE INVITING TENDER FORSPOTTIME CHARTERING OF ONE SELF-TRIMMING PANAMAX GEARLESS/ 1180(Part-1):2014. Of rating 250 KVA. GEARED (OFFERED AS GEARLESS) VESSEL WITH CAPACITY OF ABOUT 70,000 TO 78,000 DWT The complete tender document is available at website http://jktenders.gov.in.Interested bidder/tenderers mayview, download the e-Bid document, seek clarification and submit theire-Bid online up to the date and time mentioned in the table below. Bidding Documents Sealed tendersare invited from the Shipowners/disponentownersfor the following specification: contain Qualifying Criteria forBidders,Specifications,Bill of Quantities,Terms and Conditions of Contract and other details. Lastdate Tender Tender Sl. i) Date and Time of downloading/Sale (Start) of Tender Document 29.01.2021; 16:00 Hrs Tender Number LayDaysPeriod forissue of closingdate Opening No ii) Date &Time of Download/Sale (End) of Tender Document 19.02.2021; 14:00 Hrs Tender book &Time date &Time iii) Date &Time of Bidding Queries/Clarifications 30.01.2021; 10:00 Hrs to 02.02.2021; 16:00 Hrs 1TENDER NO. 15.02.2021 3months 09.02.2021 09.02.2021 09.02.2021 iv) Date &Time of Bid Uploading (Start/End) 03.02.2021; 10:00 Hrs to 19.02.2021; 14:00 Hrs H/OP/SPPG/151/001/ to +/- 3months upto at at v) Submission of Hard Copy(end) Date &Time 20.02.2021 in the office of Chief Engineer Planning and Procurement 2020-21 25.02.2021 +/- 10 days choption 12.00 hours 15.00 hours 15.30 hours Bemina Srinagar. Prospectivebiddersare advised to referour websitewww.tamilship.com and www.tn.tenders.gov.in vi) Commercial/Technical Bid Opening Date &Time 22.02.2021; 14:00 Hrs forspecific importantdetails. The conditions/ requirementmentioned in the websiteshall be metout vii) Financial Bid Opening Shall be declared later on forthe technically qualified bidders by the bidders. This advertisementisaninvitation forbid only.The details given in the websiteare viii) VenueofCommercial/ Technical Bid Opening Soft CopyElectronically Rs.500.00 (Rupees FiveHundred only) forlocalfirms of J&K and ix) Cost of e-Bid document comprehensive. Further,all communications will be updatedthrough our websiteonly. Rs.5000.00 (Rupees FiveThousand Only) forfirms outside J&K(Non- GENERAL MANAGER (OPNS) refundable) DIPR/648 /TENDER/2021 x) Amount of Earnest MoneyDeposit The bid Security shall be as per D.ONo.:09/04/2020-PDD Dated 12.11.2020 of Govt Of India endorsed by Govt Of UT of J&K Vide No: A/Misc (2018)-III-895/J Dated 22.12.2020.

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New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,JANUARY30,2021 SPORT 19 BRIEFLY Serena, Nadal, Baroda-TamilNadu Dane comes for doubles duty Halep win at inMushtaqAlifinal Adelaide Ahmedabad: Baroda rode on skipper Olympic medallistBoe hired to help Indian pairings take the next stride on thebig stage Kedar Devdhar's 64 andbowlers' im- pressive showtobeatPunjabby 25runs exhibition andenterthefinalof theSyedMushtaq SHIVANI NAIK AliTrophy, hereonFriday.Putintobatat MUMBAI, JANUARY 29 theSardarPatelStadium,Barodaposted ASSOCIATEDPRESS 160for 3and then restricted Punjab to FORTAKING thenextstepforward in ADELAIDE,JANUARY29 135for 8. Half centuries from skipper Indian badminton’s doubles journey, the Devdhar (64off 49 balls)and two- national association has ropedin2012 SERENA WILLIAMS waspreparing to play down Kartik Kakade (53* off41balls) London Olympics silvermedallistMathias Naomi Osaka at an Adelaide exhibition tour- laid the foundation forBaroda's total. Boe as coach.The Dane, known forhis tac- nament on Friday. Butfirstthingsfirst—after Meanwhile, KB Arun Karthik ledTamil tical acumen, is expectedtobuild upon the 14 days in quarantine because of the COVID- Naduintotheirsecondsuccessive final strides takenbyAshwini Ponnappa, 19 pandemic regulationsinAustralia, the 23- withanunbeaten 89 to setupaseven- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty time Grand Slam singles champion took her wicket victoryoverRajasthan. PTI on the international circuit, helping add daughter to the zoo. Williamssaid she'd been BRIEF SCORES: Rajasthan 154/9 (A nous to theirgames. crossingoff the 14 days of quarantine on acal- Menaria 51,AGupta 45, MMohammed While the TokyoOlympics andHuelva endar, having spent the timewithher three- 4/24) lost to TN 158/3 (A Karthik85*) by WorldChampionships later in the year are year-old daughter Olympia. 7wickets;Baroda160/3(KDevdhar64; immediatetargets forIndia’s doublespair- "Wewent to the zoo," Williamssaid of her KKakade 53*) beat Punjab 135/8 ings, Boe will go beyond mereshaping of firstmovementsoutsideof quarantine."Iamso (Mandeep Singh42*,GMann 39; L stroke-playand skills honedbysuccessive glad it's over because to be in aroom (for so Meriwala3/28,NRathva2/18)by25runs. Indonesians, and plungeintocourt-craftto long)withathree-year-oldandbeingherbest counter the toppairings of the world. friend is definitelydifficult,especiallyafter While discussions were on forafew training and working out. "Honestly, Iwould- LiverpoolbeatSpurs weeks, Boe will also be expected to shep- n't trade anything, spending hours and hours 3-1torevivefaltering herdthe next line of young doubles shut- and hours with her wasreallyfun." tlers to ensurethere’s morethan justtwo Thevisitmusthavebeenagoodpre-match titledefence pairings on the topcircuit. Propping up tonicforWilliams.ShebeatOsaka6-2,2-6,10- women’s doublesand ensuring Ashwini 7. Both players showedobvious signs of rusti- London:Roberto Firmino ended can achieve her stated goal of playing right ness,hittingset-upwinnersoutof playornet- Liverpool's 483-minute goal drought intothe Paris Games will also be high ting relatively easy shots. in the Premier League to setthe cham- among his responsibilities. "Thanksevery one for having us. We hon- pions on their waytoa3-1 winover estlyhaven'tplayedinfrontof acrowdforover Tottenham andrevivetheir falteringti- Alot on the plate ayear,it's been areallylongtime,sothisisre- tle defense. Trent Alexander-Arnold Speaking to The Indian Express in Known forhis tactical acumen, Mathias Boe is expected to buildupon the strides takenbyAshwini Ponnappa, Satwiksairaj allycool," Williams said. and Sadio Mane also netted as November 2019 right before the pandemic, Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty on the internationalcircuit. Reuters Sheacknowledgedthetough14-dayquar- Liverpool endedafive-game winless Boe had touchedupon the contours of his antine restrictions that were in place to allow run in aleague it dominated so re- doubles philosophy, afterhaving extended the Australian Open to take place beginning soundinglylastseason. While sessions with Shetty in Mumbai. lar game to the WorldNo1s, Boe had said straddle the mixed event as well. While as Feb. 8. "Thanksfor trusting us with your laws, Liverpool movedtofourth within four Taking offfromthe Premier Badminton Kevin’s otherworldlyskills at the netand It’s pretty natural for young afellow playerin2019, Boewas of the opin- (it) wasgreat," Williamsadded. "Wewereso pointsofleader ManchesterCity,Jose League wheretheyplayedonthe same their pedigree makeitatough challenge. players.When Iwas Satwik’s age, ion that Satwik should focus on one event. happyjusttobehere, and nowit's worthit." Mourinho's Tottenham is eight points team, the 40-year-old has struckagood “When youare up againstKevin, it’s rel- Ialso played two events. Then I Ashwini-Satwik’s resultsinThailand have No.2Rafael Nadal beat U.S. Open cham- adriftinsixth afterits firstdefeat in working relationship with one half of atively easy to look quitestupid on court skippeditafter few years because been very promising, and jettisoning pion Dominic Thiem 7-5, 6-4 to open night 2021, albeit with agame in hand. AP India’s Olympics-boundtop pairing, and because he can justdosome things that Icould also benefit from mixed mixed forOlympics(theyare faroff in qual- playinAdelaide on hardcourtsatMemorial will needtoplug the gaps in their personal youdon’t expect him to do and that you doubles.IthinkIwas ranked as ification) is atougher dilemma. Drive. In an on-court interviewfollowing his games –Chirag’s defence, Satwik’s work- can’t reallypractisedaily.Soyou arenot Speaking then, Boe had said, “That’s up win, the oft-injured Nadalhad adeadpanre- Ibra,Lukakuget load management and Ashwini’s occa- usedtothe sort of pressureheisputtingon high as No. 4inthe world in to Satwikhimself and the coaches of India. sponsewhen asked howhestays so young- awaywithoutbans sionalerrors at crucialjunctures. Grooming you,” Boe explained. mixed. So, it’s definitely My opinion is youshouldn’t playtwo dis- looking at the ageof34. "You arenot in my MR Arjun-Dhruv Kapila, the promisingjun- “The times I’vebeaten Kevin and somethingthat can help you. But ciplines. To be the best in men’s doubles, or body," Nadal replied, smiling. Milan:Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Romelu ior pair,will be the futurechallenge. Marcus is to have amoredefensive style you needtofocus on one event, in mixed,you needtofullyfocus on that... Second-ranked SimonaHalep beat No.1 Lukakuwereeachgivenone-match sus- Speaking backin2019, Boehad ex- againstthem, make them work,make andwhen you feelthe timeis One thingisthat dailyyou only practise the Ash Barty 3-6, 6-1,10-8 in the final matchof pensionsby theleagueonFridayfollow- plainedwhat he brings to the table: them alittle tired andsee if youcan push right, you take acall.” things youneedinyour discipline. Andthe the night. It wasBarty's firstmatch in 11 ing their spat in the Italian Cup, with no “Malaysia and Indonesia have extremely forwardalittle and control the serveand other thing is youcome out and have two months due to coronavirus-related travel re- bans addedonfor further disciplinary good technique. Theycan do strokesfrom receiving game and then eventuallykill it. MATHIAS BOE, ON SATWIKSAIRAJ BEING matches to play.It’s toomuch, it’s tooeasy strictions and her decision nottodefend her reasons.Ibrahimovic'ssuspensionisbe- courtwhich theymakelook reallysimple, But is noteasy task.Itsounds alot easier EQUIPPED TO PLAYING BOTH EVENTS to pickupinjuries.” 2019 titleatlastyear's delayedFrenchOpen. cause of the twoyellowcards and his but it’s extremelyhard. Danes, European than it actuallyis,” he had said. However, Boe would understand that at Earlier Friday, top-ranked NovakDjokovic subsequent sending offduring players aregenerallytacticallybetter. Korea While Satwik has tendedtostepfor- 20, Satwik is equippedtoplaying both missedthe startofhis scheduledexhibition Tuesday'sgame,whileLukaku'ssuspen- –normallyphysically stronger,theycan ward andhas developedaneat netgame, and be more consistent when theycan’t events. matchagainstemerging Italian talent Jannick sionisforaccumulatedcards.Therewas run further,smash harder.” Boe commenting on their early avatarhad playtheir100per cent. That is what makes “It’s pretty natural foryoung players. Sinner,who wasNadal'squarantine practice ahugeargument and head-to-head said that aPlan Bwas still necessary. the difference in toppairings,” he had said When Iwas Satwik’s age, Ialso playedtwo partner.Djokovicgot treatmentforablisteron clashbetweenIbrahimovicandLukaku Kevin-Marchus high wall “When their Plan Aisrunning and Chirag right aftertheir fruitful Europeanswing events. Then Iskipped it afterfew yearsbe- his right hand, leaving Sinner to play Filip before halftime and both players were Boe will be expected to hit the ground can interceptatthe net, andSatwik can kill that season. causeIcould alsobenefitfrommixed dou- Krajinovic,buttheeight-timeAustralianOpen givenyellowcards. The spat between running, and help Satwik-Chirag startre- from back,theyare really strong.When bles.Ithink Iwas ranked as high as No.4in champion arrivedoncourt at thestart of the the former ManchesterUnited team- versing a0-8 head-to-head againstthe theycan playtheir 100per cent, theycan The big decision the worldinmixed.So, it’sdefinitelysome- second settocheers from the crowd. matescontinuedafterthewhistleanda Indonesiantop pair,the busybee“Minions” challengeanybody.But also, when their One of the mostcrucialcalls that Boe thing thatcan help you. But youneedtofo- Krajinovic wonthe firstset 6-3 and furiousLukakuhadto berestrained.AP -Kevin Sukamuljo Sanjayand Marcus PlayAisnot running, their Plan Bissome- will needtofacilitate is deciding whether cus on one event, and when youfeelthe Djokovic the second by the same score to give Gideon. Stressing that Indians playasimi- thing theystillneedtopickupalittlebit Satwik ought to focus on men’s doubles or time is right, youtakeacall,” he had said. the Serbian tag-team victory.

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NIHALKOSHIE ASSOCIATEDPRESS NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 KARACHI,JANUARY29 AFTER THE historic serieswin at Brisbane, SPINNERSNAUMANAliandYasirShahrattled India’s stand-inskipper AjinkyaRahanemade South Africatohelp Pakistanwin the firstTest aspecial mention of twoplayers who didn’t by sevenwickets insidefour days on Friday. playany of the Test matches. During his Nauman,a34-year-oldleft-armspinnermak- speechinthe dressing room, Rahane spoke inghisTest debut,returned5-35andShahtook about the comebackwin being a‘massivemo- 4-79to dismissSouthAfricafor245inthesec- ment’in Indiancricket.Inthelatterhalfofthe ond innings before lunchonday four. videoclip uploadedonTwitter, Rahanehigh- It setupasmall target of 88 and despite lighted the contribution of chinaman bowler AnrichNortje's (2-24) twin strikeinone over, Kuldeep Yadavand upcappedyoung fast Pakistanreached90-3before teain22.5overs. bowler Kartik Tyagi. Azhar Ali remainedunbeaten on 31 while “Kartik,youwere fantastic,”Rahanesaidas FawadAlam raisedthe victorywithabound- the entireteam clapped. The wordswerean aryoff left-armspinner KeshavMaharaj. acknowledgementof the20-year-old’scontri- It wasonlyPakistan's fifthvictoryin27 Nauman Ali, the 34-year-old debutant bution as anet bowler duringthe two-month test matches againstSouth Africa, whichhad spinner,took 5-35. AP tour held in astrictbio-bubble. wonatthe same venue whenitlasttouredin Tyagi says he haslostcountofthe number 2007.Nauman and Shah shared 14 wicketsin of overs he bowled in the nets of theIndian the matchasSouth Africanbatsmen strug- sweepagainstNaumanandwasadjudgedlbw. team. “I can’t put anumber to the number of gled againstspinners in both innings. South Africa struggledagainstthe spin- overs,”Tyagisays.Butthepraisefromtheskip- The win also earnedBabar Azam success ners on the fourth daypitch,addingjust58 per he will remember.For someoneworking in his firsttestasPakistanskipper. Babar was runs forthe loss of six wickets as Nauman hardinthe shadows,itwas heartening. due to lead the side in thelastseries in New (34years, 111 days old) became the oldest “The mainthing waswewent to Australia Zealandbutmisseditdueto afracturedthumb. test bowler in 72 years to take afive-wicket and we beat Australia. Iwas present there. Nortje clean bowled Abid Ali (10) and haul in an innings on test debut. When he (Rahane) mentionedmyname, it then had Imran Butt (12), playing his firsttest, The second test begins at Rawalpindi wasaveryproud moment. To be partofthat caught behind before Maharajhad Babar (30) from Feb. 8. Both teams willthenplayina team wasadream.And Ihope that in the fu- Afterthe series win, India captain AjinkyaRahane made aspecialmention of Kartik Tyagi in adressingroom speech. Instagram trappedleg before wicket when only two three-match Twenty20 series at Lahorefrom ture, Iwill also be able to bowl India to wins in neededfor victory. Feb. 11-14. matches,”Tyagi says. Pakistanhad been in control since taking everyone Icould,” he says.“Talking to (Jasprit) thatbeing consistent and patientisthe keyin Ready forthe grind a158-run first-innings lead, when itslower ‘Softdismissals costus’ Mind likeasponge Bumrah, watching PatCummins bowl or Test cricket.Thatmakesahugedifference.You Tyagi’s father Yogendra, afarmer, puts it order ralliedfrom27-4 to reach378, helped South Africa's captain Quinton de Kock TheyoungsterfromDhanaurainHapur MohammedSiraj makinghisdebutwasagreat needtobowlataspotevenifwicketsare not down to the tough training he put his son by Alam's gritty century. put down his team's defeat to softdismissals, has been on the road forfivemonths. He experience.(Ilearnt)Theimportanceof being coming,”Tyagi, who has modelledhis action through in his early days.Astrip of land in his South Africa resumedFriday on 187-4 saying his players had enough time to adjust went from one bio-bubble to another;from patientandstickingto theplan.Twoofthebest on BrettLee’s, says. villagewas turned intomakeshift nets. and things immediatelygot worse forthe to the slownatureofthe pitchhere. the IPL in the United Arab Emirates to teamsintheworldare playingTest cricket,you The onlygame he playedontourwas a “Sometimeshundredsofdeliveriesduring tourists whenfastbowler HasanAli bowled "Obviouslyour firstinnings batting per- Australia. Aftermaking his IPL debut for arepresent, watching and listening and see- practice matchagainstAustralia Abeforethe asingle practice session. In winter,heusedto night-watchman Maharaj with the firstde- formance letusdown, therewereacouple Rajasthan Royals, Tyagi wasdrafted intothe ing so manythings. Icould nothaveasked for Test series.Whenhehit openerWill Pucovski train when it wascoldestand in summer un- livery of dayfour. of softdismissals and it ledtoour losing the India squad as one of four netbowlers. Two more. Howthe team discussedall the plans on the helmet, whichresulted in the batsmen derthe afternoon sun. The ideawastobowlin Captain Quinton de Kock,who fell to a game," de Kock said afterthe match. of the four,Ishan Poreland Kamlesh and thenhow it playedoutin the ground. was suffering aconcussion, Tyagi says he did not the harshestweather so he toughens up,” reckless shotinSouth Africa's firstinnings of "Welet ourselvesdowninthe firstin- Nagarkoti, had injuryissues, while T so inspirational,” Tyagi says. feel great. Yogendratoldthispaperlastyearwhenhisson 220, failed forthe second time againstthe nings. Obviously, when youbat firstyou need Natarajan endedupmaking his international “Wehavetotry andget thebatsmen out, wasmakingwavesintheUnder-19WorldCup. spinners. The tourists were just34runs morethan 220 and then we had them some- debut in all three formatsduring the tour. Quickfor his age butif youhitabatsmenandheishurtthenyou Bowling fast is about having the right ‘at- ahead when de Kock offeredaregulation thing like40for four,but we allowedthem to Therate atwhichinjurieswere pilingupas The former India Under-19playermade don’t feel good.” titude’ is howTyagi puts it. “If in my mind I catchinShah's second over to give Abid Ali come backintothe game." the matches progressed, Tyagi would have headlineswhen he took four wicketsagainst Pace has been an assetfor Tyagi. Former want to bowl fast,Iwill be ready to bowl fast his thirdcatchinthe innings. Talking about recent batting collapses been in line foraTestcap, butthe team man- Australia at the junior WorldCup lastyear.He IndiaopenerWVRamanwasimpressedbythe in the nets.Iwill keep putting in effort.My Nauman then got intothe act by having by South Africa in Test cricket, he said the agementwentforthosewithmoreexperience impressedone and all with hispace, upwards speedatwhich a16-year-old Tyagi bowled mindsetwilldefine, to an extent,how fast I George Linde (11) caught at leg slip as South team wastrying to work out whytheywere in domestic cricket. Tyagi had amind likea of 140kmph, and amean inswinger.Though during acampinDharamsala. can bowl.” Africa's lowerorder struggledtoread the left- happening. sponge duringthetourandobservedhow the topping speedgun readingsgives him athrill, “I remember seeing Kartik Tyagi at an When he returnedhome from Australia, arm spinneronaturning track. "Trustmeifweknewitwouldnot be experiencedbowlerstrained, howtheyexe- he says he has addedaless-fancied but effec- Under-16campinDharamsala.Hispacestood Tyagirestedfor aday.Onthe second day, he Naumanwrappeduptheinningsby claim- happening." cuted plans. Theadvice he receivedfromall tive tool to his armoury -control. out even then. Very fast,which isn’t normalin went to an academylocated six kilometres ing the last three wicketsoff his successive BRIEF SCORES: Pak378 and 90 for3(Azhar quarters was‘priceless’. “I triedtobowlatone spot (in the nets). thatage-group as fast-twitchmuscles tend to away from his home in Hapur and started overs. Temba Bavuma resistedfor nearly two 31*, Azam 30, Nortje 2-24) beat SA 220and “Howtoplanforasession,howtoset fields, Consistentlyhittingalineoralengthisimpor- developlater.ButIrememberhimbeingreally bowling.Tyagi knows if he can add control to hourstoscore40off 93ballsbefore hewasthe 245(Markram 74,van der Dussen 64, howtobowltoafield. Ilearnt so muchby tant at the highestlevel. Ihaveplayedinthe quick. Anatural,” wasRaman’sobservation go withhispace,hewouldtransitionfromthe lastman dismissedwhen he attempteda Nauman 5-35, Yasir 4-79) by sevenwickets watching,listeningand talking. Ispoketo Under-19WorldCupandtheIPL.Ihaverealised from afew years ago. nets to the centrewicket.

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