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Ayodhya, Aug 5: PM DON’T SEE ANISSUE: L-G at Ram temple event Changeinstand:4G will be live on DD won’tbeaproblem, KRISHNKAUSHIK& AVANEESHMISHRA SUNDAY NEWDELHI,AYODHYA,JULY25 STORY J&KtoHomeMinistry PRIME MINISTER Narendra PAGE 13 Modi will attend the bhoomi pu- Media policywill be ‘re-checked’, InformationDeptcan’t jan at the sitefor the proposed AYODHYA RamtempleinAyodhya on decide what content is fake,anti-national, says Murmu August5and this willbetelecast 2.0.2.0 live by public broadcaster Doordarshan. NAVEEDIQBAL& India for Sharing details of theupcom- PVAIDYANATHANIYER ing event, the Shri Ram SRINAGAR,JULY25 incremental Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra, the Trustconstitutedtooversee the THE UNION TerritoryofJammu temple construction, took to and Kashmir has told the Union progress, From the drawing Twitter Saturday:“The dayPM MinistryofHome Affairs that it board to the temple site @narendramodi ji will be in did nothaveany objection in statusquo Ayodhya to inauguratethe con- —catching up with restoring 4G internetservices, struction of Shri Ram Ayodhya as it dresses and thathigh-speedNet con- Janmbhoomi Mandir,itwill be up forthe big day nectivity would notposeany ante at LAC the mosthistoric moment in the problem. history of independent India. “Wehavebeen making (a) The eventwillbetelecastLIVEon Janmabhoomi temple of representation forthis… Ifeel ‘Pak will do itspropaganda, SUSHANTSINGH Doordarshan. Other channels Bhagwan Shri Ram”. that 4G will notbeaproblem. I whetheritis2Gor4G’ NEWDELHI,JULY25 will also broadcast thetelecast.” Also Saturday, UttarPradesh am notafraid howpeople will Sources in Prasar Bharati said Chief MinisterYogiAdityanath use this. Pakistanwill do its INDIA AND China areexpected the event will be coveredlikeany visitedAyodhya and inspected propaganda, whether it is 2G or to schedule the fifthround of other event of the Prime arrangementsahead of the 4G. It will always be there… But J&K talksatthe Corps Commander Minister. bhoomi pujan. Idon’t see an issue,” Lieutenant ONEYEARAFTER levelnextweektoresolve thesit- VishwaHinduParishadna- Announcing that the Prime Governor GCMurmu told The uation along the Line of Actual tional spokesperson Vinod Ministerwill be visiting Sunday Express here Friday. AUGUST5 Control (LAC)inLadakh. Bansal, in apress statement Ayodhya,hedirected authorities This is achangeinthe earlier NewDelhi has decidedto tweetedSaturday, saidthe Prime to run special cleanlinessdrives position takenbythe J&K admin- ANEXPRESS SERIES sticktoits strategy of “incremen- MinisterwillbeinAyodhya until August3,and to consider it THE COUNTDOWN istrationtwo months agoinMay. talchangedespiteslow on August5and will be “wor- aSwachhtaAbhiyan before In an affidavit filedon progress” while pressing forthe shipping withrevered saints, Deepawali.Healso directed that Uttar PradeshCMYogi Adityanath at the Hanuman Garhi temple in Ayodhya on Saturday. He Thursdayinthe Supreme Court, On May11, the J&K adminis- end-goal, the restoration of sta- scholars, trustees and other all Covid protocols be followed. reviewedarrangementsfor the August5bhoomi pujan forthe Ramtemple. Avaneesh Mishra the Centrehad said that aspecial tration had sought the dismissal tus quoanteasofApril —before dignitaries forthe grand CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 committee setuptoexamine the of aplea by the Foundation for thestart of themilitary standoff. demands forrestoring 4G serv- Media Professionals at the It has also ruledout applica- ices,following the orders of the Supreme Courtbypointing out tion of anykind of militarypres- India offers 11 courtonMay 11,had mettwice that high-speedinternetwould sure againstChina as an option, Riot murderaccused TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE on May15and June 10,and ar- enablethe spread of fake news/ so as to avoid any inadvertent es- AfghanSikhs rivedatadecision that “no fur- rumours, and transfer of heavy calation. CASES: RECOVERED:8,49,431 ther relaxation of the restrictions audio/ video files, whichcould be Agovernment official told deleted phone data, 145 on Internetservices, including usedbyterroroutfitsfor incite- The SundayExpress that both visa:man who DAYSSINCE 13,36,860 DEATHS:31,358 4G services, would be carriedout ment as alsoinplanning attacks. sides have agreedtoholdthe PANDEMIC BEGAN TESTS: 1,58,49,068 | DOUBLING RATE: 19.62** at present”. To another question on the talksatthe levelofthe Corps can’t find weapon: was abducted The special committee com- J&KInformation Department’s Commander during the meeting prises the Union Home Media Policy 2020, whichem- Fridayofthe Working to girl rescued Secretary, Department of powers the DIPR (Department of Mechanism forConsultation & Delhi Police to court TelecommunicationsSecretary InformationandPublic Relations) Coordination on India-China and the Chief SecretaryofJ&K. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 DIVYAGOYAL VHP office-bearer questioned by LUDHIANA,JULY25 police in the case says complainedto FOUR MONTHS afteranIslamic KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* RATE** the L-Gabout ‘false cases’ on Hindus State-backedattackatagurd- wara in Kabul’s Shor Bazaar ■ Maharashtra 3,57,117 9,615 2.89% 24.93 Forsaken after Covid, Bhagalpur lice regarding the case, has killed at least25membersofthe ■ Delhi 1,28,389 1,025 0.96% 75.22 SHYAMLALYADAV& lodged aformalcomplaint that community, andamid allega- Tamil Nadu 1,99,749 6,785 3.14% 22.95 KAUNAINSHERIFFM “falsecases” arebeing foistedon tions of abductions and forced ■ says, ‘This is no time for elections’ NEWDELHI,JULY25 “innocentHindus”. marriage, 11 Sikhs from ■ Karnataka 85,870 5,007 6.54% 11.01 On April 9, Devesh Mishra, Afghanistanhavebeen granted ■ AndhraPradesh 80,858 8,147 10.32% 6.97 Rs 3,500eachtoatruck driverto ing the coronavirus? Hum log ■ Section of Arms Actdropped VHP vice-president of Yamuna short-term visas by the Indian ASADISTRICT gethome to Bihar from Delhi, keede makaude hain kya (Are we ■ All accuseddeletedmobile Vihar Vibhaag, wasamong 22 Embassy in Kabul. *Compounded Daily Growth Rate overlast7days ** Calculatedover7-day growth UNLOCKS travelling without food and wa- insects)?” phonedataofdays when riots people summoned by the Crime Theyare expectedtoreach CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT ter, crampedinthe darkinthe Since returning to his village unfolded BranchofDelhi Police in connec- Delhi Sunday. backofthe vehicle, likecriminals. of Mehesleti, Singh, who ■ CCTVfootage of incidentnot tion with the probeintothe Chhabol Singh, acommunity 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY AN EXPRESS SERIES Onetime, Singh recalls, the worked as a rajmistri in Delhi, found murder of Parvez. leader in Kabul, told TheSunday 2.53 7.73 48,916 truckdrivertold them to getoff hashad no job and is running The same night, six of them, Express that amongthose who NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: DIPANKARGHOSE and hide as aDelhi Police vehi- out of money. His anger still sim- THESE ARE some of the revela- including Mishra,wereallowed receivedthe visas Saturdayin- 2.35 8.43 32,223 BHAGALPUR,JULY25 cle cruisednearby. “I wassoan- mers, but is nowdirected as tions made by DelhiPolice in its to leave.Mishraclaims he was clude Nidan Singh Sachdeva, Deathsasaratioof Positives against Becoming sick vs gryatModi, at Nitish Kumar,” much at the Opposition. chargesheet on the murderof calledfor questioning on the ba- who wasabducted from agurd- positivecases(in %); number tested recovering; more IT WASoveramonthago,but Singh says.“Who givesfour “Everybody has abandonedus. Parvez (48), who succumbed to sisofa“false complaint” filedby wara in Paktia province last indicator of progress (in %); indicatorof recoveries for 14 days Anil Singh remembers the anger hours before shuttingdowna Have they cometohelp us?Has agunshotinjuryonthe right the victim’s son Sahil Parvez, month, and a15-year old girl in avertingdeaths the spread of disease may signal the peak likeitwas yesterday, coursing country, leaving thepoortofend the MLAcome? Theyare all the chest, on February 25 during the stating that Mishrawas leading who wasrecently“rescued” DataasonJuly24,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbersinclude through his veins. Singh and a forthemselves? Who bars peo- same,” Singh says. datafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive riots in North-EastDelhi. The themob. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 groupof70men hadpaid plesaying theymightbecarry- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 chargesheetnames 16 people “My phone recorddetails, and

chargedwith murder and rioting. the CCTVshowIwas notpresent ED While police, in the in Delhi. The policeseizedmy Taliban chargesheetfiledonJune 15 be- phone, checkedmyCDR, and back,govt Cong feelsHousetest bestbet, fore theChief Metropolitan then letmeoff,” Mishrasaid. PLAIN E ● watches MagistrateofKarkardooma, The remaining16werear- EX have said forensic expertsare rested:Sushil Kumar (40), Jaibir Gehlot ready to take battletoPM trying to “retrieve”lostdataand Singh(57), Supreme Maheshwari WITH THE Taliban jockey- CCTVfootage of the incident (26), Atul Chauhan (37), Virender ing forpower,Sikhs and protesttoPrime Minister noeuvres so farhavehit awall. from twoshops, an office-bearer Chauhan (40), PawanKumar (44), Hindus in Afghanistan MANOJCG& NarendraModi’s residence in Gehlothas conveyed to the of the VishwaHindu Parishad, Suresh Pandit (50), Amit Kumar have been feeling threat- HAMZAKHAN NewDelhi. leadershipthatheisconfident of among those questionedbypo- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ened. While making a NEWDELHI,JAIPUR,JULY25 Gehlotwas addressing a the numbers and the party will case forthe vulnerable meeting of the Congress nowinsistonafloor test in the position of the minorities ADAY afterAshok Gehlotand LegislatureParty (CLP)at Assemblyratherthanfightitout THE WORLD INSIDE under aTaliban regime, theMLAsinhis campsat on a Fairmont Hotel, wherethe party in courts. the hint of offering them protestonthe lawns of the Raj is keeping itsMLAs. Sources in the party said shelter through the Bhawan, the Rajasthan Chief This push forasession of the some of the leaders were initially SHIVRAJ CHOUHAN Citizenship Amendment MinisteronSaturdaywarned stateAssemblyisinline with notinfavouroftakingthe battle TESTS COVID POSITIVE, Act(CAA) helps the gov- that if Governor Kalraj Mishra the Congressleadership’s deci- to the Supreme Court but agreed HOSPITALISED ernment makeapolitical still does notagree to theirde- sion to focus itsenergies on when AssemblySpeaker Congress MLAs cheer as CM Gehlotspeaksatameetingat PAGE 8 case at home. mand forasessionofthe state waging apolitical battlein CPJoshi strongly felt thatthe Fairmont HotelinJaipur Saturday. Chief Minister’sOffice Assembly, theparty will take its Rajasthansince itslegal ma- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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Aftermaking blink-and-miss threat of the pandemic. Pandey crimination”. “Imposing sucha housing society in YehHain ALAKASAHANI appearances in about 80 serials expected to return to the sets for rule is unconstitutionaland it vi- Chahatein on March 12. KARGIL VIJAYDIWAS MUMBAI,JULY25 andfivemovies,Pandeyrecently aseriescalled Ek Mahanayak: Dr olates our fundamental rights. Hearing the case on Friday, turnedpetitioner in the Bombay BRAmbedkar.Hewas promised Now, thecharacters playedby theBombay High Courtdirected THE MOVIE Chhal (2019) opens High Court, challenging the aroundfivedays of work in a 65+actorsinserials areeither the statetofile areplyelaborat- with the murder of Pramod guidelines issuedbythe month. But then the actors’ co- being erasedorreplacedby ing the grounds onwhichthe Pandey’s character by his ma- Maharashtragovernment pro- ordinator asked foracopyof younger actors. In some cases, ageguideline wasimposed. The nipulating wife. In the TV show hibitingthose over 65 years of Pandey’s Aadhaar card, required the storyline is being changed. next hearing will be on July29. Tujh Se Hai Raabta he is ajudge, agefromshooting due to the forhealth insurance as per the So, Iamfighting forjustice,” says ThisisPandey’s second stint whileinhorrorseries Laal Ishq coronaviruspandemic. “Even newguidelines, and realisedthat Pandey. in the worldofentertainment. he is akind-hearted grandfather though Iamsenior by age, Iam Pandeywas above the permissi- When he is clean-shavenand Backin1973, he hadappliedfor who is sparedbykillerghosts. still astruggler,” says Pandey, ble ageof65. his hair is dyed,Pandeysays,he both acting and direction His smartquip as the owner of a who turns 70 on August23. Earlier this month, the Agra- passes offassomeone in his late courses at the Film and women’sunderwear shop in Shooting has gathered pace born actor filedapetition calling Beforelockdown, and after. Whenhehas shaved and his hair 50s and is offeredroles as such. Television InstituteofIndia(FTII), web-series Apharan is nowa in Maharashtraafter remaining the Maharashtragovernment’s is dyed,hecan pass offasinhis late50s, says Pramod Pandey Pandey’s lastacting job wasthat Pune, aftergraduating in biology popular meme. shut since mid-March due to the agerestriction on sets as “dis- of an aggrievedsecretary of a CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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LAC been limited progress in disen- leave one’sown countrythis said, "It will be remembered in gagement on the ground, leav- waybut there is nothing left for futurehow 102people defeated Border Affairs, but the agenda ing the situation tense on at us. We arehoping foranew be- attemptstocrush the forthe talksisyet to be ap- leastthree of thefriction points: 4G won’t be aproblem: J&K to Centre ginning in India.” Constitution." proved. PP17A in Gogra, Pangong area On Pilot, Congress Rajasthan The datefor the talkswill be and DepsangPlains. As per in- to examinemedia contentfor dulginginthisshall be de-em- dia,” he said. delete thisalso(from the re- Taliban &the CAA in-charge Avinash Pande said finalizedonlyafter theagenda telligence sources, asustained fake news,plagiarism and un- panelled, it said. He emphasisedthat other visedmedia policy). They With the Taliban jockeying the “high command gave full is approved,and canbeex- strength of 2,000 PLAsoldiers ethical or anti-national activi- “A suitable mechanism thingsinthe policy were nor- (DIPR) onlyhavetodothe forpower,the future of Sikhs opportunity that if afamily pected to be held towardsthe has been blocking Indian patrols ties, Lt Governor Murmusaid, “I withspecific ToRs (terms of mal. “If yousee thegovern- checks required foraccredita- and Hindus in Afghanistan has member has complaints, these end of next week. in Depsang for10weeksnow. will checkthis, this is notre- reference) shallbeset up by the ment of India or other states’, tion,but notfacts…ifthereis come under acloud. India has can be kept before it. “It is averyinstitutionalized In the assessment of intelli- quired.Thereare relevant IPC/ DIPR formonitoring the above the accreditation policy de- suchasituation, theywillget it highlighted thesituationto Unfortunately, theyhavebe- process. Beforeevery Corps gence agencies, China is at- CrPC and other laws forthis.” and ensuring adherence to the pends on circulation, reader- checkedfromagencies.What warn the worldofthe threat comeapuppetinthe handsof Commander talks, the agenda is tempting to makethe Kugrang The policy,implemented guidelines,” it said. ship, etc. The policy follows the is ‘anti-national’ is aparameter that minorities would face un- the BJP andIdon’t think areturn approved in Delhi. Thereisa Tsangpo riverasthe newLAC at by the Information Murmu said the policy same things… thereisnothing of law… the Supreme Court der Taliban rule. The situation is possible anymore.” meeting of the China Study PP15and PP17Ainthe Hot Department on May15, 2020, wasprimarilyrevisedtogive discriminatory,”hesaid. has givenjudgementsonthis has also helpedthe government The CM is also learnt to have Group whichsitsdownand ap- Springs sector.Ithas also notre- said, “DIPR shall examinethe space to theelectronic and so- The Lieutenant Governor from time to time… Again, makeapoliticalcasewithin the asked theMLAstobeready for proves what the commander movedits posts on the forward content of theprint, electronic cial media. “Advertisements said that the DIPR did nothave agencies or police will have to countryonthe controversial the long haul, saying theymay can propose andagree to.Heis slope of Finger 4atPangong Tso, and other forms of media for were givenonlytoprint and the capacitytodecide whether do (lookintothis),” he said. Citizenship(Amendment) Act. have to spend another 21 days an instrument in the process, not and has further strengthenedits fake news,plagiarism, unethi- local media –patronage. anews is “anti-national.” “I have already told the in the resort. the decision-making authority,” deployment closetoFinger 6, cal or anti-national activities.” People haven’t done anything “This obviously, onlythe Information Department to re- In astatement on Saturday, the government official said. sources said. Anyindividual or group in- forelectronic and social me- agenciescan check. We can checkall this,” Murmusaid. Rajasthan AICC general secretaryKC Afterthe lastround of talks Rajasthan High Court’s order Venugopal accusedthe BJP of at the levelofthe Corps last Tuesday -- requesting him working to "destabilise elected Commander on July14which Delhi riots nottoact on the disqualification governments...”. He said the failedtobreak the deadlock, (42), Naresh Tyagi (50), Uttam PM at Ram temple event will be live on DD notices againstSachin Pilotand party has decidedtolaunchna- therewas aviewwithinthe Tyagi (46), Deepanshu Gupta 18 rebelCongress MLAs before tionwide protestsinfront of Raj government thatthere wasa (30), Rajpal Singh(48), Akhil Saying suchanoccasionfor had invited the PrimeMinister vitees would be allowedfor the coalition compulsions. Friday, June 24 -- wasanin- Bhavans on Monday. Theparty needtokeep theChinese off- Chaudhary(23), UttamChand Ayodhya has come “after500 to the “bhoomi pujan” andhe “bhoomi pujan”, he said. In November 2019,three fringement of the rightsand will also holdanonline cam- balance in the next round of Mishra(49), Hari Om Mishra years”,heurged people to con- had accepteditand would be Incidentally, August 5will months afterthe abrogation of powers of the Speaker under paign, "Speak Up for talks, as Beijing seemedtobe (55),Sandeep Chawla(44). duct continuous recitation of reaching Ayodhya on August5. markone year of the abroga- Article 370, afive-judge the Constitution. Democracy", on Sunday. comfortable with the newsta- According to Devesh Mishra, the AkhandRamayan in all lo- He said the “bhoomi pu- tion of Article 370and the bi- Constitution Benchofthe But the move yieldednore- tus quoonthe border. he sent aletteronApril 21 to the cal temples. He said every jan” would be around noon furcation of the StateofJammu Supreme Court, while settling sult as the Supreme Courtdid This viewwas basedonthe government,alleging thatDelhi householdand temple in and before that, the Prime &Kashmir intotwo Union adecades-old title suit over the notstaythe High Court’s direc- 69-yr-old actor argument thatifmilitaryop- Police is conducting an impar- Ayodhya mustcelebrate Ministerwould offerprayers Territories. disputed RamJanmabhoomi- tion. The High Courtthendi- from Agra College. However, tions areruledout and India is tial probeand filing falsecases Deepotsavabylighting oil at Hanuman Garhiand the Article 370and the Ram Babri Masjid site, directed that rected Fridaythatstatus quoas during his FTII interview, prepared foraprolonged stand- againstHindus. “Wesent the lamps on the night of August makeshifttempleofthe idol of temple were twoideological it be handedovertoaCentre- of July 14 be maintainedonno- Pandeysays, he gotintoanar- offand winter deployment, it letter through an emailtothe 4and 5. Ramlalla. issues thatthe BJP, in the NDA’s appointedTrustfor construc- tices sent by the Speaker. The gument with editor-director should notacceptany half- Lieutenant Governor.Were- On July22, SwamiGovind Keeping in mind the social earlier avatar under Atal Bihari tion of atemple andMuslims dominant viewinthe party Hrishikesh Mukherjee, and measuresorproposals forpar- ceivedamessagethat our com- DevGiri, treasurerofthe Trust, distancing requirement, atotal Vajpayee, had been forced to be givenanalternate5-acre now, sources said, wasthatthe nevergot in. Soon after, he au- tial disengagement on the LAC plaint has been received,” he told media persons that they of 200people including 150in- place on the backburner due to sitefor amosque. High Court’s order neednot be ditionedfor the Filmalaya at this stage. said. Mishraclaims he received challenged immediately in the AcademyofCine Art and “Therewas aviewthatwe acall in June from the local SupremeCourt. Television, setupbyfilmmaker should adoptastrong and rigid Crime Branchoffice in have identifiedall the accused. steeplyrisingcoronavirus curve, like, howthe Yadavs ruled of them wasrecentlyrescued “The High Court’s Fridayor- Sashadhar Mukherjee in postureonour demands for Seelampur regarding the com- “Due to safetyand security complicated by high povertyin- everything.” afteranattempt to marry her der neednot be challenged im- Mumbai, and joineditinJune restoration of status quoante. At plaint he had filed. of Public witness No.1,Public dicators in Bhagalpur's 1,500 An RJD worker sitting forcefully,”said Chhabol Singh, mediately… Anyway,wehave that year. this stage, we should show our “On the basis of the com- witness No.2and Public wit- villages, thousands of migrants nearbyadmits,"Our leaders who is amember of the manag- 90 days to appeal,” asenior He completedhis acting stubbornness, we needtokeep plaint Ihad sent, Ireceivedacall nessNo. 3, their identity arebe- who have returnedand arenow should have done more." ing committee of the Gurdwara leadersaid. Some of the leaders course in 1975, and landeda the Chinese off-balance,not from Seelampur Crime Branch ing kept secret. Theirstatement, unemployed, and the spectreof However, he hopes that the lin- Dashmesh Pita SriGuruGobind felt the specialleave petition role in amovie titledBhookha comfortthem,” an official told office. They asked me if Ihave identificationmemo etc. arebe- floods. gering anger over "abandon- Singh ji Darbar Karte Parwan in (SLP) filedbyJoshi in the NangaInsaan. But the film never The SundayExpress. anyevidenceinsupportofthe ing kept separatelyinsealeden- While thereare no signs of ment" following the lockdown Kabul. Supreme Court should also be took off. Then, Pandeywas se- The consensus in the govern- accused who Ihavesaidare in- velope,” police said. an election, what dominates will help the RJD. "It mayhave Manjinder Singh Sirsa, pres- withdrawnsince the High Court lected as ajunior artiste for ment, however, seemstohave nocent. Isaid Idon'thaveany But thereare discrepancies conversations is all of the above becomequieter, but it doesn't ident, Delhi Sikh Gurdwara has already givenits order. Khoon Pasina (1977). However, veered around the continuation evidence and that is the reason regarding the keyevidence. -- the pandemic, itseffects, and justdisappear... (Besides)inthe Management Committee, said Whilethe party is unlikely to afterhehad waited out15days of itsexisting strategy of the past whyIhavemadeademand for Consider these: thepolitical responsetoit. pastfiveyears, especiallyafter theyhad arranged ticketsand challengethe High Court’s during aschedule in Pahalgam, 12 weeksofthe standoff. It rules are-investigation,” he said. ■ Police have notrecovered Local BJP leaders in he joinedhands with the BJP, accommodation forthe 11 who Fridayorder in the Supreme Kashmir,hewas told therewas out anyuse of militaryoptions, While hesayshedoes not the weapon usedtokill Parvez. Bhagalpur admit that in May Nitish has done nothing. People will reachthe National Capital CourtMonday, it is dividedon no role forhim. He got the full either as aquid proquo action or have evidence to backhis The Arms Actsection has been and June, therewas palpable will voteonanti-incumbency SundayonaKam Air flight un- withdrawing the SLP.Sources payment though, he says. in anyother form of military charge,his letter titled dropped, even before the start anger againstthe rulingNDA, too. Letuscampaign, the elec- der the Vande Bharat mission. said senior leader Kapil Sibal, Pandeyeventuallymade his leverage,while focusing on the ‘Complaint againstthe Delhipo- of trial.“Aftersincereefforts, both at Prime Minister tions haven’t even begun,” he The move comes afterthe who appeared forthe Speaker firston-screen appearance in end goal of restoration of the sta- lice registering false cases weapon of offence(firearms) NarendraModiand Chief adds. Afghan Sikh community,which in the Supreme Court, is keen to 1979, in the horrorfilm Shaitan tus quoante. againstthe Hindus andarrest- could notberecovered. So, sec- MinisterNitish Kumar."When SanjayKumar Prasun of numbers less than 700, made pursuethe case. The matter will Mujrim (1979). It wasaone- “Our end goal is restoration ingthem’,madethese claims: tion 25 Arms Acthas been re- we setupthe equipment for Mehesleti believesanother is- multiple appeals to the come up on Monday. scene appearance, as adoctor. of the statusquo ante, in as ■ That he wasinEtawah, moved... During the PC remand digital rallies (held by BJP lead- sue might queer the pitch.A Embassy and wrotetoHome Asked whether the Congress That particular stint of manysteps as it takes. Anything from February23till February of accusedSushil Kumar,all ef- ers, including Amit Shah), they worker of the Upendra Minister AmitShahseekingim- willfile an appealchallenging PandeyinMumbai came to an whichfacilitatesthe stated out- 27,visiting his sister; and it was fortsweremadetorecovery of asked if we could nothelp them Kushwaha-ledRashtriyaLok mediateevacuationand rescue the High Courtorder,Abhishek end when he wasstabbed 14 come is important forthe end the complainant (Sahil) who firearms (pistol), but it did not instead. The party told us to SamataParty that has parted afterthe attackonMarch 25 at Singhvi said, “Thefight has to be timesbysomegoons afterhe goal. Yes, the progress has been claimedhewas in Delhi. get,” policesaid. keep meeting people, ask them ways with the BJP, Prasun is a the Guru Har RaiSahib gurd- on thefloorofthe House. Legal and some tenantsofaGoregaon very slowbut therehas been in- ■ He claims accused ■ Police have said no CCTV what theywantedfromtheir self-professed“Modi fan”. wara.The process got stalled fightscan onlybesubsidiary.” building complainedagainsta cremental changedespiteslow Subhash Tyagi wasathis “work- footagerelated to the incident leaders," aformer deputy “People of my community iden- due to the coronavirus outbreak So, the party will nowwait hikeinrent. On February14, progress on the ground. Imean, place on February24” at agov- has been found: “Everyeffort mayorofBhagalpursays, tifiedwithhim,that here wasan and grounding of international to hear from the Governor on 1980, once he wasofhospital, without going intospecifics, ernment dispensaryand on wasmade to obtain footage of adding, "Who could have dealt OBC who had made it big... flights. the GehlotCabinet’s recom- he leftMumbai. therehas been some thinning “medical leave from February Delhi Government and private with aworldwide pandemic However, now, the community An Afghan nationallivingin mendation foranAssemblyses- In 2017,with his siblings out of troops even in the lastfew 25 to 28”; similarly,accused CCTVcameras installed around better than Modi and Nitish, senses aproblem. They(the Delhi on along-term visa, sion. married, some of them no days and therewill be some Rajpal Tyagi, ateacher,was “also the scene of the incident, but no symbols of good governance? Centre) areconsidering chang- Sachdeva (55) had gone to On Friday, the CM had taken longer living in Agra,and hispar- positive results to showbefore present at his institution on CCTVfootage related to the inci- Nowpeople realisethatthis ing OBC reservation, increasing Patkia to perform sewa whenhe MLAs from his camptoRaj entsdead, Pandeydecidedto the next talksbetween com- February24”. dent could be found. Because, pain is everywhere, in every creamylayer limit." wasabductedonJune 17.He Bhawan, demanding an give Mumbai another shot.He manders,”asecond govern- Mishraclaims“based on the the rioters sabotagedthe CCTV state." Prasun says that giventhe wasreleasedlastSaturday, with Assemblysession be called. The says he could take the risk as he ment official said. false complaint”bySahil, others Camerabeforethe incident i.e. However, the BJP leader size of the OBC vote bank,the the MinistryofExternal Affairs MLAs had calledoff their protest had savedupenoughfrommak- “The Armywillremain de- have been sent to jail,while they on 24.02.2020 and after.” feels, it will eventuallycome Opposition could usethis,com- hinting that he could utilise the afterthe Governor gave them an ing ad films, corporatefilms and ployed forthe long haul,and lo- “themselvesare riotvictims”. “However, 2DVR of CCTV down to thecandidates. "If you binedwith the anger over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act assurance and later sought a running an acting school in Agra gistics preparations have al- “Hari Om Mishra’s dhaba was cameras from the 2shops didn’t stand with the people, lockdown. However, he is prag- to getIndian citizenship. clarification on sixpoints on the 2008 onwards. “Luckily, Iwas ready started forthat. If setonfirebyMuslimrioters; (Pawan Electronics and Big coweredinside your house,you maticenough to admit another On July17, the minor girl was Cabinetnote.The Gehlotgov- notmarried. So, following my required,therecan be even a Jaiveer Tomar’smedicalshop Bazar shop, Main Yamuna Vihar will getvotedagainst." factor:"The prospect of aYadav allegedly “taken away”from ernment then held aCabinet heart waseasier,”says the actor. permanent deployment. Thatis wasset on fire;UmeshMishra's Road, NorthGonda) nearbythe In Govindpur, Naugacchia, Chief Ministeragain is aprob- Gurdwara Baba SriChand in meetlateonFriday anddrafted This time, with the TV and crystalclear,”the official said. electrical shop wasset on fire,” place of occurrence have been washedawaybythe overflow- lem." Kabul and rescuedthree days aresponse to the six points Internetboom in play, Pandey On the lack of discussion he claims. seized and deposited to FSL ingKosi River, theyouth dismiss Of issues resonating in dis- later.Her familyclaimedthat a raisedbythe Governor. managed bit roles in television about the situation in Depsang Hari Om Mishra’s son Rohini to retrieve the data,” it the current lotofpoliticiansas tant Delhi now, suchasChina local youth had “brainwashed” Among the six pointsraised shows and web-series.Hegot Plains, wherethe Chinese have Manish said his father “has been said. “media neta”. “People had to and the RamMandir,Bhagalpur her and that she wasrescued by Mishrawasthat“noreasonhas offeredarangeofcharacters -- deniedthe Indian side access to associated with the Sangh’s ■ “Relevant dataofthe rele- walk thousands of kilometres, has little time. from a“forced marriage”. been providedforcalling the ses- doctor, shopkeeper,lawyer, fa- five patrolling points,the official shakha at Yamuna Park”. vant period i.e. 23, 24 &25Feb, diedonthe way. Saywhat you Apartfromthe pandemic, if Gurnam Singh, president, siononashortnoticeandneither ther,grandfather.Heevenap- said “our aim is forresolution in The police, in the 2020 from the mobile phones want about Lalu Prasad, if he thereisabroad consensus -- GurdwaraDashmesh PitaSri an agenda has been proposed.” peared in awhiskey commercial the entireeastern Ladakh. But chargesheet, said: “As per the have been deletedbythe ac- wasout of jail, youthinkhe from villages to traders sitting Guru Gobind Singh ji Darbar Aparty leaderpresentinthe featuringcricketer MSDhoni . the current focus is on CDR analysis, all accused per- cusedpersons,” police said. would sit in TVstudios and give outside their locked stores in Karte Parwan, confirmedthat CLP meeting on Saturday said, The moneywas notmuch, Pangong.” sons were present at the place “All exhibitshavebeen de- lectures? He would be in the Khalifabagh market -- it is on those who receivedthe visas in- “The CM said the queries raised around Rs 25,000 amonth, but Asenior Armyofficercon- of occurrence at the time of the posited in FSL Rohini... forre- middleofthe people, protest- something else.Says onetrader clude the familyofthe brothers by the Governor have been ad- with filmmaker Anil Sharma firmedthe government official’s commission of the offence.” trieving the data. Accusedper- ing.The parties all saywedis- at ashuttered cloth store, “Our who diedinthe gurdwaraat- dressed, but that he can’t raise letting him stay at hisVersova stance on status quoanteand “As per the statement u/s sons have deletedintentionally, tributed this relief, that relief. business is down 80%, cases are tack. those queries or ask foragenda, office, he got by,Pandey says. prolonged stand-offbypointing 161CrPC of Sahil Parvez (son of the relevant dataofthe relevant Come to theground and see. rising, deaths arehappening, Apartfromtheir mother, or the reason forurgency... this Since he filedthe petition, to atelevision interviewgiven deceasedParvez), and inde- period i.e. 23, 24 &25Feb, 2020 Gareeb ka awaaz uthao, hamare people have no income,and theyinclude the son, daughter- has neverhappenedbefore...If Pandeyclaims to have received by Northern ArmyCommander, pendent eyewitness, all the ac- from their mobile phones,” po- saath khade ho. Lalu utna toh nowfloods.Thisisnotimefor in-lawand three grandchildren an Assemblysession is not calls of appreciation from vet- Lt GeneralYKJoshi to CNN- cusedpersons were part of the lice said. karta (Speak up forthe poor, an election." of one brother,and the minor called, we’ll meetthe President eran actors suchasRaza Murad, News18 on Saturday. mob that were rioting and his stand with them. Lalu would daughter,son and wifeofthe if needed, or sit on adharna out- VirendraSaxena, Kanwaljit “What Ican tell youinsim- father wasshotdead by Sushil have done that at least). Howis other,Singh said. side the residenceofPrime Singh and his Filmalaya acad- ple wordsisthat we shall con- Kumar,” police said. Bhagalpur the Opposition better than the Afghan visas "Our plan is to firstevacuate MinisterNarendraModi.” emyclassmate Avatar Gill. tinue allefforts to restorethe “Location of their mobile As Bihar heads forlow-key government?” asksRaghu from an alleged attempt at the families of those who lost At the CLP,Congress com- Theydubbed him the “black status quoantealong LAC. Ibe- phone numbers were at the Assemblyelections, modified Rishidev. forced conversionand marriage. one or morefamily members in munications in-charge, sheep” of thefamily, Pandeyre- lieve the negotiationsand place of occurrence on the rele- suitablyfor the coronavirus Even if the elections come “Wehavereceivedsix- the terror attack. Ourfirstlist Randeep Singh Surjewala, is calls. Having fought so far, forso process of disengagement and vant dateand time. As per one pandemic, questions likeSingh backtocaste combinations, month visas for11persons,in- has nearly 150people. Morewill learnt to have said that under long, he is notready to give up the commitment of both sides video, behaviour of one ac- raises could be adeterminant. manybelievethe RJD-ledal- cluding Nidan Singh who is still follow. No one from the Sikh Article 174ofthe Indian justyet.“I’m reallyenjoying my to adhere to the laid down cused, Sushil Kumar,was ag- Bhagalpur,the focus of ase- liance will struggle beyond the unwell afterbeing tortured in community wantstolivehere," Constitution,the Governor has lifeand doing what Iwantedto methodology would dictatethe gressiveand wasinvolvedinthe riesbyThe IndianExpress to un- 30%Muslim-Yadavvote.Sharan captivity.Hewill be accompa- Singhsaid. no right to stop the Cabinetfrom do. It’s nevertoo latetoachieve timelines of the stand-off,” Lt riot,” police said. derstand the effectsonadistrict DevSingh,aveteranJD(U) niedbyarelative. The families Speaking to The Indian wanting to proceedwithases- stardom. Jab takmaidanmein General Joshi told the news Policehavealsonamed of Covid-19and thesubsequent worker at CharaBadgaon village of thetwo brothers, who were Express,afamilymember of the sionofthe Assembly. Sayingthe hoon, haara nahin hoon (As long channel. three protected witnesses, who lockdown, has the trappings of in Bhulni, says,“We will remind killedinthe Kabulattack, will slain brothers said: “It is very party has the support of 102 as Iaminthe field, Iaminthe As reportedearlier,there has areindependentwitnesses, and the rest of Bihar. Thereisa people what the Laluyearswere also leave.The daughter of one sad and painful. Who wantsto MLAs in an Assemblyof200,he game)."

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1,142 CASES, 29 DEATHS ON SATURDAY ‘His dream was to ensure Capital’spositivityratehadcrossed best educationfor ourkids’ Familyofcivil defence volunteer who diedofCovid gets 30%,butat5%now,saysJain Rs 1crfromDelhigovt; son wantstofollowinhis footsteps

people who had undergone complacency.Takeprecautions ASHNABUTANI ASTHASAXENA& rapid antigen testsand were and stay safe.” NEWDELHI,JULY25 PRITAMPALSINGH CORONAVIRUS IN THE CAPITAL foundtobesymptomatic even As per the statehealth bul- NEWDELHI,JULY25 aftertesting negative,had turned letinonSaturdaythe citycon- AFTER ARUN Kumar Singh,a48- TOTALCASES Total Vacant out to be positive in afollow-up ducted 5,690RT-PCR/CB year-old civil defence volunteer, ON SATURDAY,Delhi Health HOSPITALBEDS 15,301 12,444 RT-PCR test. NAAT/TrueNattests and 14,819 diedofCovid on July13, his fam- MinisterSatyendar Jain said 1,29,531 VENTILATORS 1,188780 The RT-PCR test is considered rapid antigen testsinthe last24 ilywas worriedabout crippling thatwhile the nationalpositiv- to be the gold standardfor test- hours. At present, Delhi is test- debt because of hospital bills, ity rate has gone up in the last Daily casesRecoveries Deaths Tests ing while the rapid antigen test ing 48,907per millionpopula- and the futureofhis twochil- 10 days,the positivity rate in the July 24 1,025 1,8663219,138 provides resultswithin 30 min- tion and the total number of dren —asoninClass IX and a capital has come down. “There July 25 1,1422,137 29 20,509 utes. If aperson testspositive in testshavetouched9,29,244. daughter who justcleared Class wasatimewhenthe positivity arapid antigen test,thennosec- Of the total 15,301bedsear- XII. rate in Delhi was30% or more Total12,567* 1,13,068 3,8069,29,244 ondtestisrequired.But if aper- markedfor Covid-19 patients, On Saturday evening,Chief but nowithas come down to son testsnegative,thenanRT- 12,444 bedsare lying vacant. A MinisterArvind Kejriwal visited *Total active cases 5%,”hesaid. PCR test is performed to check total of 7,339patientsare avail- the familytopay homage to Delhi reported1,142 new 1,13,068.The recovery rate in the tive.Afollow-up RT-PCRwas the presence of the virus. ing treatment under home iso- Singh, and also handedovertwo Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal withthe familyof cases and 29 deaths due to Covid capital is 87.3%. conducted on 2,818 patients, in On the capital’s Covid-19sit- lation and over 1,000 patients cheques —one to his wifeand ArunKumar Singh on Saturday. PTI on Saturday, taking the total In astatus reportfiledbefore which 404(14.35%) tested posi- uation, Delhi Chief Minister areadmitted to the Covid health- another to hisfather.The total number of casesand fatalities to the Delhi High Court, the state tive. Arvind Kejriwal tweeted: “Delhi carecentres. amount wasRs1crore. 1,29,531and 3,806 respectively. health department said that be- Recently, while addressing has reached8th position in Speaking to thereporters on “He did and sawmanythings His wifesaid: “When he At present,the cityhas 12,657 tween June 18 andJuly24, the concerns about the accuracy of terms of number of active cases. Saturday, Jain also said that only in life, but his onlyunaccom- starteddisplaying Covid symp- active cases,while thenumber city conducted 4,04,141rapid the rapid antigen test,Health Situation wasbad till afew days 20% of the bedsinthe city hos- plisheddream wastoeducate toms, he did notcome close to of people who have recovered antigen tests, out of which Ministryofficialshad also con- back. We were at 2nd position. pitals areoccupiedatthe mo- his children. The dayour daugh- anyone. He wascoughing but he from the illness has reached 24,501(6%) people tested posi- firmedthatalmost15% of the However, thereisnoroom for ment. ter's boardresultscame out, he still took the bikealone and went passedaway... we could noteven to the dispensarytoget atest inform him that she passedwith done.Then he gotadmitted to Rs 10,500 for flying colours,” his wifeIndu the nearesthospital himself For Burari, hospital Patchy video calls said. when the test camebackonJuly plasma at new Forthe lastfew months, 5; he did notwant to infect any- Singh had been toiling forhours one else.” for Covid will serve a last communication bank in Noida everyday, handing over packets The Indian Express report “Whenwesaw him on a of food along serpentine queues. dated July15 video calldays before his death, On April 20, he worked through he asked about us and barely much larger purpose between cop and kin AMILBHATNAGAR the day, but stayed on through spokeabout himself. He wasal- NOIDA,JULY25 the evening andsingle-handedly in civil defence. ways therefor people, but when from DU recently. “Theremustbe managed food at shortnoticefor Outside Singh's residence in he neededus, none of us could EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE SOMYALAKHANI away forfamiliestoproperlystay THE FIRSTplasma bankinUttar over 1,000labourers stranded at Rajapuri, Kejriwal said, “Civil de- be physicallytherefor him.” NEW DELHI, JULY 25 NEWDELHI,JULY25 in touchwith their lovedones in Pradesh wasset up in Noida's Sector 25, Dwarka, the project fence volunteers work dayinand The active civil defence vol- hospital...Patients needtheirfam- Sector 31 Saturday. The bankwas siteofaconstruction company. dayout to help others. Arun was unteers attachedwith the Delhi BRINGINGMUCH-NEEDED re- ON THURSDAY,53-year-old Delhi ilies at atime likethistoderive sanctionedbythe government His daughter Anjali (18) said, one of them.Sadly, he contracted government,numbering around lief to the Northwestdistrict, a Police head constable Satya will-power,”hesaid. and will operatefromthe prem- “He wanted me to go intocivil coronavirus while doing his job. 13,000,takehome around Rs Delhigovernment hospital at Narayanhad ashortvideocall Narayan sufferedfromdia- ises of RotaryBlood Bank.Officials services. And Iwanttomakethat Ihavespokentothe familyand 18,000amonth. “He wasamong Burari wasinaugurated by CM with his wifeand their twosons, betes, hypertension and had a said people will have topay Rs dream areality. My plan is to assuredthemthatwewill help our mostvaluable staffers. He Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday. from his bed at LokNayak hospi- stent in his heart. On June 26, he 10,500toget plasma fortheirkin. study B.Sc Agriculturefrom them in anyway possible. Itold put in extraordinaryefforts. Of the proposed700 bed ca- 450 bedsatthe hospital are tal, in whichhenoddedhis head took leave as he haddiarrhoea. The price is Rs 4,500for govern- Delhi University and then pre- them nottocompromise on the Singh excelledatany and every pacityofthe hospital, 450 areal- reserved forCovid patients afew times, and barelymanaged “Hehad alot of weakness.OnJuly ment employees of the region parefor civil services.” education of his children.” task we entrustedhim with. Be ready in place and have been re- at present. Amit Mehra to sayyes when askedifhewas 13,helefthometogotoMadhu andwillbechargedbythe hospi- Indu said that from the com- Afterthe CM left, the family it distribution of food at the served forCovid patientsat okay. That wasthe lastcall they Vihar police station so he could taldirectly. “The costofplasma pensation received, she wantsto recalledhow Arun put others hunger points or work inside present. The hospital wascom- shared;NarayandiedofCovid-19 applyfor alonger leave. He was has been waived forpregnant ensureher children arewell ed- first. His eldestbrother, containment zones, he gave his missionedbythe Congressgov- of Delhi. The twocrore people of at 6.30 am Friday. sent to ahospital wherehis rapid women and those with BPL ucated,justliketheir father Sudarshan Singh (60), said,“He 100per cent,” Sub-Divisional ernmentasa200-bed facility.In Delhi, along with the central and He had joinedDelhi Police in antigen test wasdoneanditcame cards,” saidSuhas LY,DMGautam hoped. Their son wantstofollow helpedanyone he could… For Magistrate (Dwarka)Chander 2015,whenAAP came to power the stategovernments, have at- 1993, and waspostedatEast positive,” said Priyanshu. His col- Budh Nagar. in his father's footsteps and work months, he fedthousands.” Shekhar had earlier said. forthe second time, the capacity tainedvictoryovercoronavirus, Delhi’s Madhu Vihar police sta- league, head constable Rehman, wasincreasedtoover 700beds. but it would notbecorrect to say tion forthe lastsix months. The said Narayan wastakento aCovid The work wasexpected to be that the fight is over.” lastconversation with his father carecentrefirstand then moved complete in Augustlastyear but He credited the improve- keeps playing in 22-year-old to Lok Nayak Hospital. “On it wasdelayed. Delhi government to healthcareworkers and Priyanshu’s head, as he manages Thursday, he wasalso given ment officials said 125bedsat people of the city.“Iwant to con- abevyofcalls, messages and plasma therapy,”said DCP (East) the hospital will have oxygen gratulateall the doctors, nurses, some visitors. “The phone net- JasmeetSingh. supplyand this number will in- paramedic staff, officials, and work in the ward is poor.Though Sincetheoutbreak,Priyanshu crease over the next fewdays. whoeverhas worked hardto we spoketohim via video call on said his familyhad been worried Forseveral years, residentsof achieve this goal.” hisphoneatleast threetimesdur- sickaboutNarayan goingonduty, nearbyareas have had onlyone Delhi Health Minister ing his stay at Lok Nayak,itwas and precautionswerebeing fol- government hospital to cater to Satyendar Jain said, “Due to the alwaystough to getintouch. We lowedathome: “I kept reading afast-growing population. pandemic and some pending were worriedifhewas getting about frontline workers falling Kejriwal, who inaugurated environment clearances, some proper treatment... Therewere sick, but my father wason the hospital through video con- work on the hospitalwas puton manyunansweredquestions.We duty...Employers musttakecare ferencing,said, “The opening of hold.For now, we arestartingit reliedonaward boywho would of their employees' safety, espe- this hospitalwill add 450 more as aCovid hospital and services take ourcalls andupdate us,”said ciallyvulnerable ones likemyfa- bedstothe health infrastructure will be expanded later on.” Priyanshu, who finishedhis B.Sc ther.” CRPF man shoots senior, then turns gun on himself

Lodhi Estate forthe last three EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE months and shared aroom. NEWDELHI,JULY25 DCP (New Delhi) Eish Singhal said, “There were no eyewit- ACENTRAL ReservePolice Force nesses... It wasdifficult to ascer- (CRPF) sub-inspector allegedly tain the gunshotwoundsbe- shotdeadhis senior officer because therewas bloodall over the fore killing himself in NewDelhi’s victim’s body.Entry and exit Lodhi Estate area on Fridaynight. wounds of the deceasedwill be Police said the incidenttook ascertainedoncethe post- place at 61,Lodhi Estate,whichis mortemreport is out.” allottedtothe Union Ministryof ACRPFofficial saidtheinspec- Home Affairs. torwas found dead in his room, Police said that following an with his food laid out. The SI was argumentwithinspector foundlyingnear the guardroom, Dashrath Singh (56),sub-inspec- near thebungalow’s main gate. torKarnail Singh(55)killedhim MDhinkaran, DIG, CRPF,said, withhis service weapon, an AK- “The incident is an aberration 47,beforeshooting himself. whichseems to have been com- SI Karnailhailedfrom mitted at the spur of the mo- Udhampur in Jammu and ment. An enquiryhas been or- Kashmir, while inspector dered...” Dashrath wasfromRohtakin Delhi Police said it will inves- Haryana. Theyweredeployed at tigate the matter.

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Ajar Mehra, suffering severe divider,while he washolding the dent. Acase has been registered JIGNASASINHA head injuries. scooter’s handle. Ilooked back under IPC sections 279(rash NEWDELHI,JULY25 In his complaint to thepolice, and sawthe Audi. The driverwas driving) and 304A(death by Mehra’s cousin Harshit(22), a speeding and drivingrashly.Igot negligence) againstthe accused, DRAGGINGHIS cousin’s scooter softwareengineer, saidthe man scared andjumpedonthe di- who is yettobeidentified. along the sideofthe road, a16- driving the vehicle “stoppedhis vider to save myself, but the car Police said the car,anAudi year-old boywas moweddown car foramomentand stepped hit the scooter and my cousin Q5, wasregisteredunder the by aspeeding Audi SUV,with the out, and then went backinside sustainedsevereinjuries,” said name of aTelangana-basedcon- drivergetting outofthe car,but and spedawayfromthe spot”. Harshit in his complaint. Mehra struction company. DCP (Rohini) then fleeing in the vehicle de- Mehrawas rushedtoa livedwith Harshit’sfamily in PKMishrasaid, “During investi- Beautification work in progress at Chandni Chowk on Friday. Praveen Khanna spiteseeing the teen on the nearbyhospital,wherehewas Begumpur.His father diedafew gation, it came to light that the vergeofdeath. He is yettobe declared dead on arrival. yearsago and his mother lives car wassold to someone else. We traced. The incidenttookplace “Wewent outtoroam with her sister’s family. arescanning CCTVcameras near in Rohini’s Sector23around 11 aroundand were on ourway Adistrict crime team was the spot.” pm Wednesday. backwhen the scooterbroke sent to thespot, andtheyfound Police said the vehicle was What Chandni Chowk will According to police, the down. Itold him to drag the Police said the vehiclewas theAudi’s logoand the number seizedlateSaturdaynight, scootertoppledand crashedinto scootertoour society’s main seized Saturdaynight plateonthe ground. Police said though the driverisyet to be ar- the road divider,with the victim, gate.Iwas walking near the road it fell offthe car during the acci- rested. look like by November

BRIEFLY At least 175red sandstone planters, rowofbollards, will ACP killedin be placedtomimic Mughalarchitecturalaesthetic; both hit-and-run sides of the stretchwillbelined with 250Moulsaritrees

NewDelhi: Asenior Delhi wasatoughproject as thereare traders wasloading and off- TrafficPolice personnel, SOMYALAKHANI manystakeholders—traders, loading of goods. This issue was ACPSanket Kaushik,who NEWDELHI,JULY25 trader unions, residents, heads solvedand it wasdecided that wasondutynear Rajokri of religious structures on the the stretchwill be anon-mo- FlyoverinSouthwest A1.3-KM stretchbetween the stretch, and the Delhi Urban Arts torisedzone from 9amto9pm Delhi, diedafter avehicle RedFortand theFatehpuri Commission. only.Post9pm,loadingand off- rammedintohim around Masjid is being turnedintoacar- In 2017,veteran architect loading of goods in motorised 7.45 pm on Saturday.ACP free zone, and beautifiedkeep- Pradeep Sachdeva,who spe- vehicles is allowed. Kaushik(58)was man- ing the Mughal-eraarchitectural cialises in streets, joinedthe proj- Another issue that wasraised ningtraffic at theRajokri styleinmind. The mesh of over- ect as chief architect.InAugust by traders wasthatifvehicles flyover, confirmedDCP head wires has gone under- 2019,a12-metre stretchofthe aren’t allowed, the footfall might (Southwest)Devender ground, fire hydrantsare being entire1.3 km wasreadiedasa suffer, and parking might be an Arya.Hewas in theserv- setup, redsandstone seatsbeing sample infront ofthe Central issue. This toowas resolvedand ice lanewhen the inci- placed, and toilets being built. At BaptistChurch.Atthe time, the NorthMCD is building a dent took place. So far, it least175 redsandstone planters, Sachdeva told The Indian Express, multi-level parkingfacility at appears to be acaseof along with arow of bollards, will “What do the Mall Road in Chandni Chowk’s Gandhi hit-and-run,police said, be placedtomimicthe Mughal Shimla, MG Road in Gangtok or Maidan to accommodateover adding that nobody has architectural aesthetic, and both the area near the Golden Temple 2,300cars. It will have eight been arrested so far. ALONG SHIFT sides of the stretchwill be lined in Amritsar have in common? floors and three underground Kaushik wasrushedto with 250 Moulsari trees. Theyare car-free zones. Ithink levels. the All India InstituteOf Health workerscollect samples in amobiletesting vannear GB Pant hospital. Praveen Khanna LED street lighting is also a this is the mostimportant aspect In 2019,anotherproblem MedicalSciences,where partofthe plan. The DelhiJal of the redevelopment of emergedwhen DUAC objected he wasdeclared dead on Boardhas done rehabilitation Chandni Chowk.” to the placement of the 19 trans- arrival. work of theancient sewerline While explaining the blue- formers on the central vergeas that runs underground. The print, Sachdevahad said that it would ruinthe view. Meetings Woman abandoned No vaccine for loss stretchwill be accessible to the therewill be a5.4-metre-wide with BSES, SRDC, DUAC and Manheldfor differently-abledaswell.Non- footpath, next to it a5.5-metre- Sachdeva were held to resolve impersonating motorisedvehicles such as rick- wide carriageway forcycle rick- the matter. by familyfindsan of education:Sisodia shaws willply on the stretch, and shaws,followedbya3.5-metre- Armyofficer by November,itwill be open to wide central vergewithplanters What is the storyofChandni the public, said Chief Minister and bollards. Next to this will be Chowk? NewDelhi: A23-year-old unlikely new home to parents, teachers Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday as the second5.5-metre-wide car- Chandni Chowk or ‘Moonlit man wasarrestedfor al- he inspected the projectsite, riageway and then a5.4-metre- Square’ wasbuilt in the 17th legedly posing as an along with Urban Development wide footpath. He had saidthe CenturybyMughal emperor Indian Armyofficer to MinisterSatyendar Jain.Asof lane meant forrickshaws can Shah Jahan’s daughter Jahanara evade arrest,police said SOURAVROYBARMAN EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE now, beautification of a400-me- also be used foremergency ve- Begum. In front of the Bibika Saturday. SurajTiwari, NEWDELHI,JULY25 NEWDELHI,JULY25 trestretch of the 1.3-km is com- hicles suchasambulances and Serai in Shahjahanabad wasa who wascaughtinacase plete,but work by DJBand BSES fire tenders. Sachdeva —who is watertank,surroundedby of violence and wrongful THE STORYofanelderly woman, DEPUTYCHIEF MinisterManish is being finished. credited forbuilding Dilli Haat buildings, and on moonlit nights, restraint, allegedly clutchingontoapacket of bis- Sisodia interacted withparents and the Garden of Five Senses — the buildingswould getillumi- showedafakeIDand said cuit and acloth bag, as she and teachers of twoDelhi gov- Forhow long has the passed away May-end at the age nated as the moonlight reflected thathewas aMajorinthe waited to catcha‘shramik spe- ernment schoolsonSaturdayfor redevelopment project been of 63. on them from the tank —and so Armyand waspostedat cial’ to DelhifromMumbai’s feedback on what he termedthe in theworks? The project wassupposed to the name Chandni Chowk DelhiCantt. “The ID card Bandra railway station,had “semi-online” mode of educa- Sixteen years, to be precise. be open to the public by March emerged. didn’t look genuine. It movedmanyinearly June. SanjaySingh, his wifeAnita tion currentlyinplace. Sisodia at the interaction The idea of the ambitious re- 2020 but it wasdelayeddue to It’s interesting to note that till lookedlikeitwas made Abandonedbyher son, Devi, and Leelavati Devi He said, “Other losses caused vamp of Chandni Chowk first the lockdown in the wake of before 1857,itwas always men- onsome cheap paper.The Leelavati Devi, 70,was among by thelockdown will be com- came up in 2004.In2008, the Covid-19. tionedasa“square,” including in IO questionedTiwari and thousands strandedacross India pensated,but the loss of educa- WhatsApp and children whose then Chief MinisterofDelhi, Mirza SanginBeg’s Sair-ul- he confessedthat the ID as cities and towns were brought Mumbai before thelockdown to tion is irreparable, whichiswhy parents do nothavesmart- Sheila Dikshit, setupthe What arethe challenges that Manazil, written in the 1820s, wasfake,” saidanofficer. to ahalt to containthe pandemic. look afterher eldestson, an auto classes with the supportoftech- phonesare invited to the school Shahjahanabad Redevelopment the project has facedsince and in Asar-us-Sanadid written Almosttwo months on, she driver, who wasunwell. “He nologyare the needofthe hour.” to collect printoutofthe weekly Corporation(SRDC) but the plan 2018? by scholar reformistSyedAhmed has found ahome in Delhi’s stayswith his wifeand children. Sisodia also said, “Soonthere worksheets.” Forclass 12 stu- did nottakeoff till 2018 —when When the idea that the Khan in 1847.After theRevolt of Childdies NorthAvenue,justmetresfrom Over time, his health improved. will be avaccine to curecorona, dents live online classes arecon- Delhi’s Deputy CM Manish stretchwill be acar-free zone 1857,Chandni Chowk finds men- afterfather the Rashtrapati Bhavan, afterbe- When Iwas no longer needed, I but therecannotbeavaccinefor ductedby teachers in 12 subjects. Sisodia launchedthe project. It wasfloated,the main concern of tion in amap as a“street.” ing takeninbyanunlikelybene- wasthrownout," she said. the loss of education.” “There wasatime when ac- flingsher factor —AAP’s RajyaSabha MP Her twoother sons live in He askedparents to give their cessto educationwasbasedonre- Sanjay Singh. Delhi.“Mytravailsstartedaftermy feedbackontheongoing technol- ligionandcaste andlateronfinan- duringquarrel “She will be with us from husbandpassedaway. My chil- ogy-supportedteaching-learning cialstatus.Itcreatedadivideinthe FIR against JNU student after nowon. This will be her perma- dren think Iammentallyunwell. activitiesand alsosought sugges- society,”said Sisodia. Noida: A28-year-oldman nent home,” Singh, flanked by No one wantstokeep me.” tions to improveonlineeduca- “Webridged that by rebuild- has been arrested for al- his wifeAnitaDevi, told The She said onlyher elder tion. He also suggestedthat PTMs ing our government schools complaint of post critical of Army legedly flinging histwo- IndianExpress lastmonth. daughter has mether so far: “She be held online as well. The inter- with world-classfacilities. But year-old daughter during Afterreturning, Devi had told me Ilookunwell,Itold her action washeld at Sarvodaya now, anew divide should notbe NewDelhi: DelhiPolice has reg- “He also linked this to the RSS residence, language). DCP aquarrelwith his wife, re- testedpositive forCovidandspent not to worry.” Kanya VidyalayaPrashantVihar created among those who have istered an FIR againstastudent and termedthe outfit anti-na- (Southwest) DevenderAryasaid, sultingin her death.Police twoweeksatthe RajivGandhi At hisofficialresidence in and GBSSS/GGSSS Pitampura. access to digital devices and of Jawaharlal Nehru University tional. This is an insult to the "Further investigations areon." said theincidentoccurred Super Speciality hospital, Singh NorthAvenue,Singh stays with Teachers of SKV Prashant those who do not. That is why forallegedly posting an offensive IndianArmyand theRSS,” the The student is currentlypur- at JJ ColonyinNoida’s said. ADelhifamily initiallytook his wife, twochildren and his Vihar said 96 per cent students we have adoptedasemi-online comment againstthe Army. complainant alleged. suinghis PhDfromthe Centrefor Sector 22 on Friday. The herin, but could notkeep herfor parents. “Leelavati mostlyspends of the school were enrolledin approach,” he added. Police said asocial worker, An FIR has been registered Social Medicine and Community accusedhas been sent to unspecifiedreasons, following time chatting with the family. online classes and attempts “Wedid notthinkthat we too Tajinder Yadav, had filedanFIR againstthe student under IPC Health. He is also the national judicial custody and an whichSinghdecidedtoadopther. Her elder daughter did reachout were beingmadetocontact the would provide education at Kapasherapolicestation on section 504(intentional insult presidentofthe Campus Frontof FIR has been registered “The entireepisode shows afew times;noone else has. How remainingchildren. through social media. But today, July8claiming the JNU student with intent to provokebreachof India (CFI), the student wing of under Section 302 (mur- the erosion in moral values and canwesendher backtopeople As per Delhi government’s undercompulsion,welaunched had tweetedthat the Indian the peace) and section 153(per- the Popular Front of India. der)atSector 24 Police human values in our society.And who ill-treated her? Sheisapart neweducation model,“Children this experiment,whichhas sig- Armyoperation againstterror- sons who indulgeinwantonvil- In astatement, the CFI said Station. ENS that worries me,” Singh said. of the familynow,” saidAjitTyagi, up to class 10 aregiven work- nificantlyreducededucational ists in Kashmir was“wrong and ification or attacksupon the reli- the FIR wasa"ploytostifle dis- Devi said she movedto acloseaide of theAAP leader. sheetsevery week through loss,” he said. against thecountry”. gion, race, place of birth, sent". ENS

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pal asking forthe decision to be will be allowedtoretaintheir 19 begansoon afterthe onsetof residentstudents arerequiredto Moststudentsdon’t even have ARANYASHANKAR revoked, arguing that moststu- rooms with amodestroom rent mid-semesterbreak,and as are- vacatetheir rooms and remove local guardians to collect belong- NEWDELHI,JULY25 dents had returnedtotheir charge of Rs 100per daystarting sult, manystudents who had theirbelongings fromcollege ings in just an hour.The Rs 100 hometowns and would have to from August7.” gone backhome forvacation re- residence within five days begin- per dayfee is notatall modest. ST STEPHEN’S Collegeissued a risk their health by travellingdur- “Resident junior membersare mainedstuckthere, with their ningfromJune 29”. We areusually chargedRs1,400 notice on Saturdaysaying it will ing the Covid-19pandemic, and also notifiedthat, if and when the belongings still in college. However, studentssaid of the per month as room rent. This charge Rs 100per dayfromstu- notbeing able to do so would add government gives permissionto The collegehas been charg- roughly300 residents, less than would amount to morethan dentswho have theirbelongings financialstrain on their families. reopen the residence facilities,all ing around Rs 1,400per month 20 could vacatetheir rooms last double,”hesaid. in hostelrooms and are“unable The notice signedby belongings and luggage will be as room rent, whichstudents month. “I am in Kolkata. Had I When contacted,Associate to vacate” them.The chargeswill AssociateDean(Residence) movedaweekprior to the dateof paid till March,whenthe lock- come to clear my belongings Dean (Residence) Chinkhanlun be leviedfromAugust7. Chinkhanlun GuiteonMonday residence reopening to facilitate down wasdeclared.With stu- that time, Iwouldhavehad to Guitesaidhedid notwant to Residence charges, including said, “Considering the ongoing necessarycleaning andrenova- dentsbeing asked to payRs100 firstbequarantinedinDelhi and comment.Dean(Residence) room rent, were lastpaid by stu- pandemic, and the manyre- tions. On suchanoccasion, the per day, they will end up paying then again when Igot back Monodeep Daniel asked for dentsinMarch this year. quests submitted by the resident collegewill notberesponsible for between Rs 3,000 and Rs 3,100. home. Also,itwould requireme queries to beaddressedtoprinci- The Students’ Union Society junior members, studentswho loss or damages,” it said. St.Stephen’swill levy the newchargesfromAugust7.Archive On June 23, the Dean’s office to book flight ticketsatexorbi- pal John Varghese. The principal (SUS) has written to the princi- areunable to vacate theirrooms The lockdown due to Covid- had issuedanoticesaying “all tant pricesonsuchshortnotice. did notrespond to callsand texts.

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UP: Kanpur RISE IN DEMAND FOR UNSKILLEDWORKDURING PANDEMIC In search of MLA, SSP among 15 Rajasthan SOG seeks IPS officers 12distsgopastwholeyear’sNREGA transferred workgenerationbudgetin4months CCTV footage, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE guest list from hotel LUCKNOW,JULY25 Mirzapur,Bulandshahr and Laxkar said. THE UP governmentonSaturday HARIKISHANSHARMA Hathras (Uttar Pradesh) “Tomeetthehighdemandwe PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA transferred15IPS officers,includ- NEWDELHI,JULY25 Bhavnagar,for instance, has have focusedonNREGAconver- JAIPUR,JULY25 ing Kanpur SSP Dinesh Kumar P. generated18.15lakhperson-days, gencewithotherschemes.Weare The reshuffle comes at atime AT LEAST12districtshaveex- 86 per cent morethan9.76lakh effectively monitoringimplemen- IN THEIR search forMLA when Opposition parties have ceededtheir annual job creation days plannedfor the entirefinan- tation of the scheme to ensure Bhanwarlal Sharma, who has deridedthe stategovernmentfor targetsbygeneratingsubstantially cialyear in thedistrict’s labour thatatleast one or two(types of) been accusedofattempting to “deteriorating” lawand order. higher numbers of person-days’ budget.Similarly,other districts work remainsopenacross474vil- topple the Congress government Dinesh Kumar Phas been work betweenApril 1and July21, alsoexceededtheplannedperson- lagepanchayats of thedistrict,” in the state, the Special madetheJhansiSSPandreplaced going over their projectedfigure days figurebyasignificantmargin he said. Operations Group of Rajasthan by AligarhRange DIG Preetinder forthe entirefinancialyear.This in less than four months of the Overall,693districtshavegen- Police has sought CCTVfootage Singh. Amethi SP Khyati Garghas shows ariseindemandfor un- 2020-21financialyear:Medchal erated 145.10 croreperson-days and the guestlistfromaManesar Bhanwarlal Sharma has beenmadetheLucknow DCP,and skilledworkunder MGNREGAin (56.49%), Bulandshahr (56.18%), Aman worksunder MGNREGA scheme in Kolkata. PTI until July21during the current fi- hoteltotrace thelegislator. been accusedoftrying to will be replacedinAmethi by the wake of the Covid-19 Dahod (16.32%), Karimnagar nancial year,againsttheir pro- The SOG has registeredanFIR topple the Congress govt DineshSingh, who wasthe pandemic. (10.20%)andGirSomnath(10.04%) jectedperson-dayfigureof280.71 againstBhanwarlal Sharma, LucknowDCP.ChitrakootDIG From coastalareas to hinter- [see chartfor details]. TOP6DISTSTHATOVERSHOTPROJECTION crorebythe end of March 2021. GajendraSinghand one Sanjay Deepak Kumar has been made lands, and from agricultural re- Among the other six districts, The demand forunskilled Jain on the basis of acomplaint MLAwas notstaying there, and ■ Projected DIG of Ayodhya,replacing Ashish gions to industrial belt, these dis- WanaparthyinTelangana had Bhavnagar 9,76,168 work underMGNREGAduringthe lodged by Congress Chief Whip theyreturned, the unit’s 86.01 person-days Tiwari, who is nowthe Jhansi SP trictsare spreadacrossfourstates. projected 24,11,780 person-days (Gujarat) 18,15,766 exceededby% currentfinancialyearhasreached Mahesh Joshi, who had submit- Additional Director General (Railways). Barring Mirzapur,inUttar forthewholeof 2020-21andgen- anew high. Until July21, over 68 tedaudioclips as evidence of Ashok Rathorehad said. ■ Person-days SatyaNarayan, who wasona Pradesh, none of these districtsis erated26,14,470 by July 21,shoot- Medchal 51,578 workprojected lakh newjob cards have been them allegedly plotting to bring The Congress had cited two waiting listafter returning from includedinthe official govern- ing pastthe target by 8.40%); 56.49 addedundertheruraljobguaran- down the Ashok Gehlotgovern- audio clips on social media and (Telangana) 80,713 for2020-21 deputation,has been made ment listof116 districtsthat re- Mirzapur in UP (projection ■ Person-days teescheme during the current fi- ment in thestate. demandedthe arrest of Union Inspector General (IG) of ceivedmostreturningmigrant 36,74,608;generation38,34,536; Bulandshahr 2,55,644 workgenerated nancial year,whichismorethan “Wesent the requisition a minister GajendraShekhawat, ChitrakootDhamwhileAshutosh workers during the lockdown, overshotby4.35%); Yadadri 56.18 the 63.85 lakh newjob cards couple of days agotothe hotel alleging that he washearddur- (UttarPradesh) 3,99,269 untilJuly21,2020 Kumar,whowasIGofBasti,isnow and where the governmenthad Bhuvanagiri(Telangana; projec- addedintheentirepreviousfiscal. but therehas been no response ing aconversation about aplot thenewIGofPAC headquartersin launchedthe Prime Minister tion 20,57,647; generation Dahod 47,94,665 So far, over 5.13 crorehouse- so far. We have askedfor CCTV to bring down the Congress gov- Lucknow. DeepakRatan,IGof traf- Garib KalyanRojgar Abhiyaan on 21,42,991; overshot by 4.15%); holdsandmorethan7.25crorein- footageand detailsofguests list,” ernment in the state. (Gujarat) 16.62 fic, has been made IG of Aligarh June20. Warangal-Urban(Telangana;pro- 55,91,733 dividualshave availedMGNREGA, asenior official of SOG said here In an FIR lodged with the rangewhileSP,EconomicOffences Ananalysisof MGNREGAdata jection 8,89,067;generation thedatashow. Over3lakhhouse- on Saturday. RajasthanPolice, the party had Karimnagar 17,07,458 Wing, SatendraKumarisnow the of 693 districtsshows at least12 9,25,244; overshotby4.07%); (Telangana) 10.20 holds have completedtheir 100 Days ago, the Special also alleged that Bhanwarlal newSPofLakhimpur Kheri. districtshavegenerated signifi- Vizianagaram (AndhraPradesh; 18,81,660 days of work tilldateinthe cur- Operations Group (SOG) was Sharma washeard in the audio Commandant,State Disaster cantlyhigher person-days until projection2,11,33,854;generation rent financialyear. sent to the hotelinBJP-ruled clip. The complaint by Congress GirSomnath 5,65,747 Source: Rural Response Fund (Lucknow), July21inthe ongoing financial 2,19,81,966; overshotby4.01%); (Gujarat) 10.04 Development Itisexpectedthatthenumber Haryana’s Manesar to seek the chief whip Mahesh Joshi men- Yashveer Singh has replaced yearthantheirprojectedfigure for and Hathras in UP (projection 6,22,556 Ministry data of districtsexceedingtheirannual dissident MLA’s version in con- tioned“GajendraSingh” but JalaunSPSatishKumar.JhansiSSP the entirefiscal. These districts 9,50,000person-days;generation labourbudget targetmay bedou- nection withanFIR lodged over stoppedshortofidentifying him DPradeepKumarhasbeenasked are: Vizianagaram (Andhra 9,65,921; and overshot by 1.68%). bledbythe endofthismonth. the audio clips. as the Union minister. to join as SP of EOW(Varanasi) Pradesh); Bhavnagar,Dahod and Hathras district magistrate annual labour budget of about 8 Butthisyear,hesaid, mostof However, MGNREGAisade- The team wasstoppedout- Shekhawatand Bhanwarlal while Lakhimpur Kheri SP Gir Somnath (Gujarat); Praveen Kumar Laxkar told The lakh person-days.Innormal thosepeoplehave returnedhome mand-drivenprogram and the side the hotelfor about an hour Sharma have rejected the allega- Poonam will take charge as the Wanaparthy,Karimnagar, Yadadri SundayExpress over the phone: times, thatwas sufficient,asalot following the coronavirus out- government has to provide a by Haryana policemen. The tions. SanjayJain, the thirdman newCommandantof 15 Battalion Bhuvanagiri, Warangal (Urban) “Our district has apopulationof of peoplefromthedistrictusedto break.“Sowe have seenahighde- budget if thereisdemand for Rajasthan police were letinlater, mentionedinthe audio clips, has PAC, Agra. and Medchal (Telangana); and 19.5 lakh and we usedtohavean go to work in Delhi and Noida.” mand forworkunder NREGA,” the work. but told at the reception thatthe been arrested. BTP chief starts MUMBAI Link road project likely campaign to support to be hit by new rules ‘Pathalgadi workers’ Jairam Ramesh, Prakash Javadekar to keep Chinese out

rules, we will changethe tender EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Strongly LAXMANSINGH clause accordinglyand arevised VADODARA,JULY25 MUMBAI,JULY25 RFQwillbeput on the website.” In 2019,whenthe BMC had BHARATIYATRIBAL Party(BTP) object to EIA THE AMBITIOUS multi-crore invited global Expression of supremoand Gujarat MLAfrom Goregaon-Mulund Link Road Interest(EOI) for‘Designand JhagadiaAssemblyConstituency draft: Jairam (GMLR) is likelytobethe firstbig Construction of Twin Tunnel in- in Bharuchdistrict, Chhotu ticket infrastructureprojectthat cludingapproachesand boxtun- Vasava,has startedacampaign to Javadekar will be affected by the newrules nels forGMLR project’, 30 firms to supportthe threealleged Chhotu Vasava broughtinbythe Centretokeep had participated, includinga ‘Pathalgadi movement’ workers Chinesefirmsout. couple of companies from China. from Jharkhand arrested by the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Civic officials said that follow- Apartfromthat, companies from Anti-TerroristSquad. The ATS whatNaxalismis.LettheCongress NEWDELHI,JULY25 ing the recentrestriction im- Japan and Koreahad attended had arrested SamuOreya and and BJP leaders nottakethis dis- posedbythe Finance Ministryon meetings, expressing their will- Birsa OreyafromKhuntidistrict cussion on adifferent tangent. We FORMER ENVIRONMENT minis- procurement of goods andserv- ingness to executethe project. of Jharkhand, from VyarainTapi want adefinition of the term,” he terJairamRamesh on Saturday ices from bidders of countries “Lastyear,two Chinese firms districtand Babita Kachhap of said,addingthatthegovernments HOUSE MEETS UNDER TREE wrotetoUnionMinister thatsharealand border with had shown their interestinthe Ranchi in Jharkhand from were using thelaw againstthose Environment, Forestsand India, theBMC will make project and their representatives Mahisagardistrict on Friday. who were fighting forthe rights of Puducherry CM VNarayanasamywith Speaker Sivakozhundu and other leaders on the ClimateChangePrakash changes in the globalRequest for had attendedafew meetings. Theywerebookedunder thetribal communitiesand seek- Assemblypremises on Saturday. The House held itsBudget session underaneemtreeasthe Javadekar,“stronglyobjecting” Qualification (RFQ) of GMLR Since the projectinvolvescon- IndianPenal Code Sections 124A ing the implementation of the main hall wasshutfor sanitisation following opposition AINRCMLA NSJJayabal testing to the proposedEnvironment project, whichcurrentlyallows structionoftunnels,themarketfor (sedition), 153A (promoting en- Schedule Vofthe Constitution positive forthe virusand beinghospitalised. The House wasadjournedsinedie after Impact AssessmentDraft 2020. anyfirm to participateintenders. tunnel boring machines, akey re- mity between groups), 120B along with the Panchayats approving budgetaryallocationstothe tune of Rs 9,000crorewithout discussion. PTI The Ministryhas calledfor According to civicofficials as- quirementfortheproject,isdom- (criminal conspiracy) and 121A (Extensionto theScheduledAreas suggestionsand objections by sociated with the project, on inated by Chinese firms,” said an- (conspiracy to commit offence). (PESA) Act. August10, afterwhichthe draft Thursday, theFinance Ministry otherseniorofficialfromtheBMC. LateSaturdaynight,Vasava,on Vasava,who,alongwithhis is to be notified. The EIA is astudy made amendmentstoGeneral The BMC has plannedthe hisofficialTwitterhandle,started son,abstainedfromvoting in the carriedout before the implemen- FinancialRules(GFR),2017,under 13.65-km GMLRtoeasetraffic on acampaign to supportKachhap. Gujarat RajyaSabhapolls in June, Kashmiri saffrongets GI tag tation of aproposedproject or whichbiddersfrombordercoun- Mumbai’s east-westconnectors. Earlier on Saturday, Vasava seekinganundertaking from the development to assess itsimpact trieswillbeeligibleonlyiftheyare The estimatedcostofthe project, put out aseries of tweets with the BJP and the Congress about the an end to adulteration of ateitfromothervarieties. on the environment. registered with the Registration whichincludes 4.7-km twin tun- hashtag “Naxali ki paribhasha implementationof thetwoprovi- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Kashmiri saffron and the au- Lieutenant-Governor GC Ramesh said that as the Committee constituted by the nels and an elevatedroad, is Rs batao” (Tell us the definition of sions, has also announceda JAMMU,JULY25 thenticated product will fetch Murmu said this wasthe “first Chairman of the Standing Department forPromotion of 4,770crore and the deadline for naxalites), stating, “Those who ‘Pathalgadi movement’inthe better prices, said Navin K major step” to putKashmir saf- Committee on Science and Industryand Internal Trade. Also, the work is five years from the have raisedafinger at adaughter stateearlier in June. The an- THE FAMED saffron grownin Choudhary, Principal Secretary fron on the worldmap.“With GI Technology,Environment, Forests political and security clearance daythe contractisawarded. of atribal and calledher anax- nouncement had come afterthe Kashmir Valleyhas receivedthe of the AgricultureProduction tag, Kashmir saffron will acquire and ClimateChange, "it is my from the External Affairs and Officials acknowledge that alite, mustalso tell us what is the SardarSarovar Narmada Nigam Centre’s Geographical Indication Department. more prominence in the export duty to placeonrecord my Home ministries will be manda- the project maynow be delayed. definition of Naxalites.” Ltd(SSNNL)began fencinglands tag, aJammu and Kashmir offi- He said the saffron produced marketand it would help farm- strongestobjections”and thatthe tory.Thechangeshave beenmade “Wewill have to find out other When contacted,Vasava ex- of the tribalvillages, whichithad cialsaid Saturday. intheValleyisthe onlyone in the ers getthe best remunerative draftreflects“amindsetthatsees on groundsofnationalsecurity. options forTBMs... But fornow plainedthat the campaign was acquiredin1961 fortheconstruc- The certification essentially worldtobegrown at an altitude price.’’Thismeasure, and as well environmental regulation as un- Asenior official from the everything is onhold as Covid-19 against“allthosegovernmentsthat tion of the Narmada Dam. The denotesthat aproduct comes of 1,600metres. This givesit as the expected completion and necessaryregulatoryburden and Bridges department said on con- has affected international travel have”violatedtheConstitutionfor fencinghadresultedinmuchten- fromaspecific area andpossesses defining characteristics —alonger inauguration of aSpice Parkin notasanessentialobligation” for ditionofanonymity,“The new and industries. Also, staffisbusy destroying tribal communities in sion and violent clasheswith the certain distinguishingqualities and thickerstigma, anatural Pamporenextmonth, will be a the “health and welfareofour rules will affect Chinese partici- withCovid-19 duties,”saidSanjay thenameof Naxalism.Butnoneof police providing protection to due to the geographical origin. deep-red colour,strong aroma, game changer forKashmir saf- people and forensuring develop- pation in the project. Soon, as we Darade, Deputy Municipal the governmentshavedefined SSNNL officials. GI certification will help put and bitter flavor—that differenti- fron, he added. ment that is sustainable”. receive the Finance Ministry’s Commissioner (Infrastructure). Can use hybridsystems to supplement open SC paneltodecide on physical court hearings in future: JusticeChandrachud hearings aftertwo weeks and LNRao, held discussions possible. said, “Over 18 lakh cases were insight on howinthe future, we of the total2,22,431cases filed EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE over videoconferencing with The Committeesaid theyare EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE filedacross India during Covid- can combine hybrid systems us- in district courts across NEWDELHI,JULY25 Dushyant Dave,Senior Advocate “fullyconscious anddeeplycon- MUMBAI,JULY25 19 period. As aresult of virtual ing technology,whereopen Maharashtrahavebeen dis- and President of the Supreme cerned” about the difficulties courts,whichwereput intoplace courthearings can be supple- posedofdespitethe shadowof ASEVEN-JUDGE Committee of Court Bar Association,Shivaji facedbylawyers and anxiousto INAUGURATINGTHE country’s alloverthe country,wehave mented.These areintendedto the pandemic. the Supreme Courthas decided Jadhav, Advocateand President graduallyrestore normalcyin firste-Governance Centreatthe avoidedashutdown.Wehave be special measuresset up un- “Virtual courtsystemhas put to wait fortwo moreweeksbe- of the SC Advocates on Record the physical functioning. But a district courtinNashikthrough preventedaccess to justice being der very very exceptionalcir- all lawyers on an even platform, fore taking afinalcall on re- Association,and Manan Kumar “decision will have to be guided avideo-conference on Saturday, lockeddownduring the period cumstances and graduallywe especiallyjunior lawyers who sumption of physicalhearings in Mishra, Advocateand Chairman by aholistic assessment of the JusticeDYChandrachud,senior of the crisis. Our courts areopen will go backtophysicalcourt getrecognisedbyjudges,” the court, whichhas been hear- of the Bar Council of India. situation on the basis of medical judgeofthe SupremeCourt and and able to function and we have hearingsguidedbypublic health he said. ing cases through videoconfer- The SecretaryGeneral read advice” and considering the chairman of itse-Committee, been enabledtoprevent an out- experts,” he said, adding that e- Referring to representations encing since the lockdown. out the minutes of the meeting, safetyofall stakeholders,the said thatthe settingupofvirtual break of infection in the court ‘Over 18 lakh pleas filed Seva Kendras or e-Governance made by lawyers of the High The Committee, headedby whereitwas decidedagainstre- Committee said. courtsduring the lockdown en- system and beyond.” duringlockdown’ Centreswillbeset up in all dis- Courtseeking ahybrid system in Justice NVRamana, who is also sumingphysical hearingsfor the Saying that it will reconvene sured access to justice with as Various services have been tricts, covering lawyers at taluka the court’s functioning, Chief the second mostsenior judgeof time beinginviewofthe advice aftertwo weeks, the Committee manyas18lakh pleasfiledacross providedtolitigantsand lawyers and other subordinatecourts. Justice Dattasaid that mostof the court, conveyedthe same to from medical experts, asked theBar representativesto India between March andJuly. underthe e-courts project. startfunctioning again oncenor- TheSCjudgesaid that during the High Courts had to suspend representativesofthe Bar at a sources said. discuss with the Secretary In his inaugural address, also However, Justice malcy returns. the lockdown between March physical functioning due to the meeting on Fridayevening. The Bar representativesap- General and other Registrars attendedvirtuallybyBombay Chandrachud said virtual courts “The joy, confidence and 24 and July24, atotal of outbreak afterresuming the The Committee, alsocom- prisedthe Committee on the dif- about the type of cases that can High CourtChief Justice Dipankar setupunder exceptional circum- powerofthe open courthear- 18,03,327cases were registered same.“Drawing from their expe- prising Justices Arun Mishra, RF ficulties facedbylawyers and be listedfor hearingifitdecides Dattaand other members of the stances arenot heretostayand ings can neverbereplaced. But across India, of which7,90,112 riences, anyknee-jerkreaction Nariman, UULalit, AM urgedthat physical functioning to reopen the courtatleastpar- judiciary, Justice Chandrachud physical courts would gradually technology has givenussome were disposedof. He said 61,986 should be avoided,” he said. Khanwilkar,DYChandrachud should resume as soon as tially.

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The Kargil war killed morethan500 Indian and nearly 400 Pakistani soldiers The army holds a the toughest wars fought against Pakistan VERYyear on July 26, India cele- This saga of at Kargil, Drass and Batalik sectors of brates ‘Kargil Diwas’ to commem- memorial serviceat Jammu and Kashmir state.”After the war, orate its bravesoldiersand mar- supreme sacrifice July 26 wasdeclared as ‘KargilDiwas’ in Etyrswho laid down theirlives in the Kargil War memory of our brave andfearless soldiers. on part of our the questfor victory against Pakistan dur- Memorial which is Anotherremarkable achievement is that ing the famous Operation Vijay in 1999. Armed Forces will our Indian Armed Forces fought the war This date has aremarkableplace in the In- followed by lighting and tried to ensure that it did not escalate dian military history,and this is precisely foreverremain into anuclear conflict. This feathas been why the event is observedacross the coun- of lampsand acclaimed the world over and goes on to try with greatfervour andvigour. etched in our show the grit and endurance of ourArmed Going back in time,itisworth remem- wreath-laying Forces. beringhow thetensions between thetwo memories. This saga of supremesacrifice on part arch-rivals started to escalate and finally ceremony. of our Armed Forces will forever remain led to the ‘Kargil War’.Afterboth the rival etched in ourmemories.Onthis day, sev- countriessuccessfullycreated and tested 200 squarekilometres. eral programmes are planned by the Cen- nuclear weapons in 1998, it led to an in- As per reports,“Theaim of the Pakistani tralGovernment and various state gov- creasingly belligerent atmosphere in both incursion wastosever the link between Thethen US President Bill Clinton, how- ernments to pay homage and respect to India and Pakistan.To resolve the ongoing Kashmir andLadakh and causeIndian ever,refused to intervene until Pakistan the brave servicemen of the armed forces stalemate,boththe two countriessigned forces to withdraw from the Siachen Glac- withdrew its forces from the Indian side of who laid down theirlives in the line of the Lahoreagreement of 1999, promising ier,thus forcing India to negotiate aset- theLOC.” duty.The family members of martyrs are to provideapeaceful and bilateral solu- tlement of the broader Kashmir dispute. On this day in 1999,“the KargilWar be- felicitated during this memorableday. tion to theKashmir conflict. Pakistan also believed that any tension in tweenIndiaand Pakistanhad come to an Thecelebrations on ‘KargilDiwas’ in- However,during the winter of 1998 un- the region would internationalize the Kargil WarMemorial end after the Indian soldiers had recap- clude pipe band and brass band display der Operation Badr,Pakistani troops, in the Kashmir issue, helping it to secure a tured the mountain heights successfully, which is followed by abeating retreatcer- guise of militants, began infiltrating to- speedy resolution.” posts and force the Pakistani troops to cluded aggressive patrolling off the Pak- which were taken over by the Pakistani in- emony.The army holdsamemorialservice wards the Indian side of the Line of Control As soon Indian Armed forces realised makearun for it. istani coasts. truders.Itisbelievedthat Pakistan had at the Kargil WarMemorial whichisfol- (LoC),hoping to cut off Indian troopsin the scaleofthe attackand found more in- Subsequently,OperationSafed Sagar “The Kargil wasaunique instance of started planning the attack ayear in ad- lowed by lighting of lamps and wreath- Siachen and force them to retreat. On May trusions elsewhere on the LOC, the Gov- waslaunchedbyIndian AirForceonMay two nuclear-capable powers facing each vance.More so,Nawaz Sharifhad claimed laying ceremony. Theday is celebrated 3, 1999, Pakistani intrudersinKargil were ernment of India responded with Opera- 26 to help IndianArmy.WithArmy and IAF other off in aconventional warfare.Not that he had no knowledge of the attack till with great enthusiasmand zeal by military spotted by local shepherds.However,by tionVijay.The famous OperationVijay saw already in operation, the Indian Navy anticipating such afierce retaliationfrom he got acallfromAtal BihariVajpayee.” personnel at Drass-Kargil sector and the that time,the Pakistani troops hadman- the mobilisationofabout 2,00,000 Indian strategically mounted pressure on Pak- India, Pakistanmoved to America to seek As per reports,“More than 520 Indian national capital New Delhi atAmar Jawan agedtocapture aregion between 130 to troops to recaptureall thepreviouslylost istan through OperationTalwar,which in- help in de-escalate the border tensions. soldiers sacrificedtheirlives duringone of Jyoti, India Gate.

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all guidelines youwould have high numbers’ MILINDGHATWAI probablynot gotthe infection,’’ BHOPAL,JULY25 the tweetbyNath'soffice said. ALMOSTFIVEmonths afterthe Former CM and RajyaSabha Covid-19pandemic began, FOUR MONTHS afterhetook member Digvijaya Singhalso Maharashtra has recorded over 3 charge as Chief Ministerof wishedChouhan aspeedy re- lakh cases.Overalakhare active Madhya Pradeshfollowingthecol- covery in atweet in Hindi. In the infections. As focus shiftsfrom lapseof theCongressgovernment tweet, he also wrote:“You Mumbaito MumbaiMetropolitan justbeforethe nationwide lock- should have maintainedsocial RegionandPune,HealthSecretary downwasimposed,Shivraj Singh distancing but youdidn't.The Dr PRADEEP VYAS says the state Chouhanwas admitted to adedi- Shivraj Singh Chouhan police had registeredanFIR has become wiser and is better cated Covid hospital in Bhopal againstme(forviolating Covid equipped to control fatality. Saturday aftertestingpositive. guidelines) but howcould they Excerpts from an interviewwith Chouhan, who is 61 andadi- “I wassaddened to know that have done that againstyou.You TABASSUMBARNAGARWALA. abetic, later tweetedthat he had youhavecontractedthe coron- take careofyourself.’’ undergone all testsand was avirus infection.Ipray to godfor Earlier,beforeleaving his of- The Ultadangaflyover in KolkataonSaturday. Partha Paul Maharashtracontinues to healthy. He also postedthat he your early recovery.The onlyre- ficial residencefor thehospital, have the most cases in India. THEEXPRESS had been reviewing the Covid gret is that when we were seri- Chouhan had tweeted: “Corona Althoughitdoes nothavethe situation in the stateevery ous about COVID 19,you called patientsshould notinsistonget- largestpopulation,it INTERVIEW evening since March 25 and it 'drama’, ridiculeditas'darona' ting quarantinedathomeornot Bengal’s bi-weekly lockdown: continues to drive the would trytocontinue via video- and dubbed it aweapon to pro- going to hospital. We should fol- country's curve. Whyisthat? conferencing. Officials said the tect the government,’’ said a lowdoctors’ advice.” We neednot beconcernedby WITH Chief Minister's familymembers tweetpostedinHindibythe of- He had also assignedthe Streets deserted, flightssuspended rise in positive cases. If cases are PRADEEP VYAS HEALTH SECRETARY, will be tested. fice of former CM Kamal Nath. work of reviewing the Covid sit- detectedintime,fatalitycanbeas MAHARASHTRA Three days ago, Minister Nath wasreferring to the pe- uation to Home Minister afterabaton charge or chase by Theywillbesuspendedagain lowas1-2%.Topickpeople early, Arvind Bhadoriya, who hadat- riod of political uncertainty in NarottamMishra, Urban EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the men in uniform. Police per- when the lockdown is imposed we needtotestmoreand that’s tendedaCabinetmeeting the run-up to the fall of his gov- Development Minister KOLKATA,JULY25 sonnel were seen carryingout next week on Wednesday. whywehavehigh numbers. mostcases nowhavenoindex chaired by Chouhan, had tested ernment on March 20. On March BhupendraSingh, Health awarenessdriveswithloudspeak- “Wearrived from Bangalore Maharashtraistesting 13,848 case to trace backto. Whyis positive.The previous day, 16,the then AssemblyspeakerN MinisterPrabhuram Chaudhary STREETS WORE adesertedlook, ers in congestedareas suchas lastnight. We have aconnecting peopleper million population, Maharashtrasilent on Bhadoriyahad travelledwith the PPrajapati had adjournedthe and Medical Education Minister commercial establishments Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly, North flight to Assam tomorrowmorn- Uttar Pradesh is onlytesting 7,113 communitytransmission? Chief MinistertoLucknow to at- House by 10 days citing the pan- Vishwas Sarang. were shut, and public and pri- and South 24 Parganas. ing. Todaynothing isflying in or per million,Biharistesting3,423 Icannotcommentyes or no. tend the funeral of lateGovernor demic. The BJP,then in the Chouhan also said that he vate vehicles remainedoff the Kolkatapolicesaid that till out. We have to spend the night permillion.Thesestateshaveless We had an academic discussion Lalji Tandon. Opposition, had criticisedthe gave his samplesfor testing after roads as the West Bengal gov- noon, 204peoplewerearrested here,” said Masuk Ahmed(21), a casesbecausetheyare testingless. with GoI team. Theymade an ob- Chouhan's announcement move as an attempttoavoid the developing symptoms, and ernment imposedastrict bi- forviolation of lockdown, 182 resident of Assam who was Therewerenocases in Telangana servation,we have stillnotreached came afteranew 10-daylock- floor test orderedbythe asked peoplewho hadcome in weeklylockdown across the bookedfor notwearing amask among adozen people who andAndhraPradeshatthebegin- apointwhereany randomperson down wasimposedinBhopal Governor. contact withhim to gettested stateonSaturdayamidasurge and20facedaction forspitting were strandednear the NSCBose ning. It waspointedout that they pickedcomes positive forCovid- from 8amFridaytocontain the On March 20, the statere- and those close to him to go in in Covid-19cases. in public. airportinKolkata. “Wehaveor- were nottestingenough.Now you 19.Untilthathappens,wecan’tsay outbreak.And while wishing portedits firstCovid case. On the quarantine. Other ministers who In Kolkata, police were seen Therewas no activity at the dered food and willhavetofind seethat case growth is at the rate thereiscommunitytransmission. him aspeedy recovery, same day, Nath submitted his attendedthe Cabinetmeeting manning all major crossings, Kolkataand Bagdogra airports someplace to sleep at night.” of 5-7% in Telangana and Andhra Thepositivityrate intestingisonly Opposition Congressleaders ac- resignation afterthe Supreme lastweek,and BJP leaderslike checkinglanesandbylanesforany as the Airports Authority of Public and private offices Pradesh is high. 20percent.Intracingacase,aper- cusedhim and the BJP govern- Courtordered afloor test. statepresident VDSharma, have unnecessarymovement.Thefew India suspendedall flightsfor were closedand severaltrains at sonhasto recallandgive entirein- ment of nottakingthe pandemic “Had younot made fun of it, giventheir samples fortesting. who dared to step out without a the lockdown afterarequest Howrah and Sealdah stations The WHO notifiedthe first formation. Initiallywehad very seriouslyearlier. takendue precautions, followed Sharma has tested negative. validreasonwere forcedto return from the stategovernment. were also cancelled. Covid-19 case on December31, fewcases,we were ableto getday- 2019.Sowedid have two wise history of cases.Ascases in- months in hand to prepare creased,extractinghistorybecame before the firstcase. difficult.This doesn’t mean cases IIT-Kharagpur develops Kitimportlicenceof3firms cancelled, 15 To prepareweneedsome can’t be traced. ICMR has to take a knowledge.WHO declaredita call on communitytransmission. portable, low-cost device pandemicinmid-January. We be- suspended; order based on banbyUSFDA ganscreening from January 18, Butwehavemorethan 3lakh everyday 16,000-18000 people Covid-19cases, and over alakh for coronavirus testing asuspendedrapid antibody test Trivitron. to India,that the US FDA’s re- were screened.Itwasanunknown active infections. Andstillno KARISHMAMEHROTRA kit made by South Korean SD Barring Transasia and SD movalwas notdue to perform- enemy. What couldwehavepre- community transmission? theticviralRNA,statedtherelease. NEWDELHI,JULY25 Biosensor wassold to Andhra Biosensor,all these firms were anceissuesbut apolicy change, paredfor in those twomonths? It is notunder our domain to EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The test is non-invasive and Pradesh in April, acompanyrep- approved to importaset of that the company’s application decide this. Everystate is follow- PUNE,JULY25 worksonextractedRNAfromapa- CITINGAban by theUSgovern- resentative told The Sunday sevenChineseantibody test is awaiting areplyfromthe US Kerala and Telangana have ing ICMRprotocol. tient'ssaliva sample.Ithasacostof ment, Central Drugs Standard Express. kitsthat were bannedbyUS agency,and it neverclaimed admitted to local FULLINTERVIEWON RESEARCHERS AT IIT-Kharagpur less than Rs 400/ per test aftertak- ControlOrganisation (CDSCO), On July17, CDSCOsent these FDAinJune. TheSundayExpress USFDAapproval in their valida- transmission. In Maharashtra, www.indianexpress.com Saturday announcedaportable ingallthecomponentsofexpenses under the country's apexdrugs 18 companies ashowcause no- spoketoseven of these Indian tion process in India. diagnostic device that can detect andabusinessmodelintoaccount, regulator DCGI, has canceledkit tice stating that “as per notifica- companies, all of whom said Suresh Vazirani, Transasia’s Covid-19inabout 60 minutes for saidProfessorSumanChakraborty importlicencesofthree firms tion by the US Food and Drug theyhad notimportedthese MD, said he plans to file alegal Need to balancehealth, acostofless than Rs 400per test. from the Mechanical Engineering and suspendedthose of 15 oth- Administration (USFDA) kitssince rapid antibody test complaint in Delhi High Court. Inastatement,theresearchers Department,IITKharagpur,andDr ers. the...product has been removed kitsfellout of government He said USFDAhas notreached said eachportable unit can be Arindam Mondal from the School Whilemostlicenceswerefor with direction that it should not strategy around May. out to thecompany about their economic activity:Uddhav usedfor alarge number of tests, of Bio Science, IIT Kharagpur. Chinese rapid antibody test kits be distributed”. It gave thefirms Transasia owns California- removal. and the onlything that needs to The newdevice hasbeen de- that neverentered thecountry, timeuntil July20torespond. basedCalbiotech,whichmanu- Dr ArvindLal,chairman and Mumbai: In an interviewtoShiv to worryabout [people’s] health be replacedisadisposable paper signedtobeusableatlocationswith at leasttwo others have been On July21, CDSCOsaid their factures the kit calledErbaLisa. MD of Lal PathLabs,saidthis Sena mouthpieceSaamana, and the economy, andneedto strip usedfor chemical analysis extremelypoorresources,thestate- sold in the Indian market. responses to theshowcause was As one of the firstELISAantibody test kit failed their internal val- Chief MinisterUddhav maintain abalance between the and visualisation of the resultsof mentsaid.Itfurthersaidthedevice OneisanELISA antibodytest not“satisfactory”. test kitstobeapproved in the idation three weeksago. Thackeray on Saturdayindicated two. It is likewalkinga eachtest.Theyfurthersaidthede- can be operated by people with kit (different from rapid anti- The cancelledlicences were country, it remains on the most Thyrocarechairman and MD thathewas notreadytoliftthe tightrope,” Thackeray said. vicehad accuracy and sensitivity minimaltraining.The equipment body test kit) ownedby of MDAACInternational, Cadila recent Indian Council of Medical ArokiaswamyVelumanisaid prevailing lockdown the statein The chief ministerfurther comparable to standardRT-PCR will costabout Rs 2,000 if apilot Mumbai-basedTransasia,which Healthcare, and N.W.OVERSEAS. Research (ICMR) validation list theyhad used20,000 of these one go and said curbing Covid- said that manypeoplewereop- tests. The resultsfromthisnew facilityisused.Useof alarge-scale said theyhavesold3lakh kits The suspendedlicenceswere of July22. ELISAtestkitsnationwide up 19 cases whileallowing eco- posingthe lockdownasitwas af- technologyhave beenstrictlyval- commercialfacilitywillfurtherre- since June to different hospitals. held by Aracion Technology, Calbiotech’s response to CD- until 10 days ago. nomic activities to resume was fecting the economy. “I want to idatedby followingallestablished duce the price with increase in Deals for5lakh moreare cur- DiaSysDiagnostic, Jettalabs, SCOonJuly20, seen by The ICMR's senior scientist atightropewalk. tell these people that Iamready laboratory controls againstthe the production scale,the state- rentlyinthe pipeline, the com- Saffron Naturele Products, Sunday Express, includedan NiveditaGupta answered “I will neversay that the lock- to liftthe lockdown, but will they benchmarkedresultsobtained ment said. WITHINPUTSFROM panysaid. Cosmic Scientific Technologies, ICMR-National Instituteof queries on July18bystating that down will be liftedcompletely. take responsibility if the people fromRT-PCRmachine,usingsyn- ENS,KOLKATA In addition, 1lakh supplyof Inbios India, Vishram Virology validation approval on "pertinent action will be taken But Ihavestarted reopening the die due to it? Iamaware of the Distributors, SD Biosensor, June 3, among others. by CDSCO/DCGI". activities one by one gradually economic concerns… Iamnot Transasia, Accurex,Biohouse Calbiotech and Transasia CDSCO, whichsitsunder and my attempt is to ensurethat [the US President Donald] Solutions, VSYarns, Raymed stated thatthe USFDAdecision DCGI, did notrespond to re- once the activities resume, it Trump. Icannotsee people dy- Trading Group, Sowar, and should notstopexport of the kit peated attemptsatcomment. shouldn’t be shut again. 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We therefore ON Aday that the statewit- recommendthatreaders Srinagar-191132, J&K nessed the highestsingle-day make necessary inquiries jumpincoronavirus cases with Recruitment of Group-C Posts on beforesending anymonies or 2,984 cases,the government on Long Term Contract Basis entering intoany agreements SaturdayremovedLucknow with advertisers or otherwise chief medical officer (CMO) NIFTSrinagar announces vacanciesofvarious Group-C non- acting on an advertisement in any manner whatsoever. Naresh Agarwal. The capital city teaching posts.For details such as qualifications, experience, on Saturdayrecorded atotal of mode of payment, procedure of applications,etc please visit our 429 fresh cases with it being the website: https://www.nift.ac.in/srinagar/careers Last date for worsthit by Covid-19withato- talof3,337 active cases –the online submission of formsis 14.08.2020 at 5:30 PM. highestinthe state. The districtsbehind Lucknow Dated: 03-07-2020Director, NIFT-Srinagar in terms of active cases is Kanpur Nagarwith1,662 activecasesfol- lowedbyVaranasi with1,188 active cases Jhansi with 953 cases. Dr Agarwalhas been replaced by Dr RajendraPrasadSingh,who waspostedasChief Medical Superintendent of Bhaurao Devras Civil Hospital, Mahanagar. Agarwal, meanwhile, has been postedassenior consultant at Lok Bandhu RajNarayan Hospital in Lucknow. Lucknowhas wit- nessedasteep rise in COVID-19 cases in the pasttwo weeks. Thestatehas tillnow hadato- talof63,742 cases of coronavirus with 39,903 people being dis- chargedafter treatment. Thestate has witnessed39deaths in the last24hours on Saturday.Among the districtswith highestfresh deaths were Kanpur Nagarand Varanasi with five people suc- cumbing to thevirus, followedby Gorakhpur with four deaths.

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I, Rohit Deran S/oRajesh Kumar PUBLIC NOTICE BE IT KNOWN TO ALL An Enterprises of Govt. of NCT of Delhi. R/o:-A-708, J.J.Colony, Uttam General Public is hereby inform that my CONCERNED that I,Kuldeep Nagar, New Delhi-59, Have clientsnamely (1) Sh. Satyadev Sharma ISBT Kashmere Gate Delhi-110006 MauryaS/o Sh.Shiv S/o Late Sh. Mam Chand Sharma, and MATRIMONIAL Changed My Name to Rohit. (2) Snit. Sarla Devi Sharma W/o Sh. Prasad,R/o:H.No.15,Zamrudpu Satyadev Sharma, both R/o 161-A, Gali NOTICE INVITING TENDER r,New Delhi have changed my 0040542894-1 No.8, Deepak Vihar,Najafgarh, N. Delhi- 43 have severed all their relations, hence The Executive Engineer,DTIDC invite tenders on behalf of MD, DTIDC religionon17.02.22020 from disowned &debarred their son namely Hindu to Muslim and Ihave Avinash Sharma @Mintu, his wife Isha Ltdfor the following work through eprocurement solution only. D/o Sh. Ramesh Chander and grand-son also changed my name from PUBLIC NOTICE Srihaan from them, in respect of my NIT No. : 14/2020-21 clients all moveable and immoveable Kuldeep Mauryato MyclientsSmt. Maharani GuptaW/o properties with immediate effect because Tender ID No. : 2020_DTIDC_192865_1 Mohd.Sameer Sheikh for all Late Devender GuptaR/o C-49, Gali above named are out of control of my Name of work : Developmentofexistingwebsiteand purposes and intends in all No. 2, West Chander Nagar,Delhi-51 clientsand causingunnecessary published debar Notice in the Hindu harassment. Anyone dealing with them development of software modules of DTIDC. respect i.e. formal or informal. News Paper on 6April 2011. Now my may do so at his/her own risks, costsand clientshavenormal relation with his consequences. Estimated Cost : Rs. 17,53,472/- 0040542923-9 younger son Vikas Gupta&his wife Sd/- Earnest Money : Rs. 87,674/- GeetaGupta@GeetaSharma. Now (HARISH KMALHOTRA) I ChandreKant Vaish s/o they have legally right in my clients Advocate Time Allowed : 60 Days moveable immoveable property.Now Lawyers Chamber No. 558 Krishan Kant Vaish change Dwarka Court Complex New Delhi-75. Last date of receipt : 14/08/2020 there is not any dispute between them M: 9971998111 therename to Ravi Kumar and my clients. of tenders Vaish for future Sd/- h3 5h k(5) The Tender forms and other detail can be obtained from the website: Correpondence. Raghvendra Shukla Advocate https://govtprocurement.delhi.gov.in/ 0130016130-1 Ch.No. B-139, B, GS Block, PUBLIC NOTICE TisHazari Delhi Sd/- It is hereby informed that my client Sh. I Inder Dev Tiwari s/oSH. Prem Chand S/o Late Sh. Paltu Singh Executive Engineer Jagdish Tiwari R/OHouse no.E- R/o RZ-564, Gali No. 22, Sadh Nagar, Part-II, Palam Colony,New Delhi-110045 CASTE NO BAR DTIDC Ltd. ISBT 682, DDAFlat, Pocket-3, PUBLIC NOTICE has neither sold nor any person Bindapur, New Delhi-110059. authorized to sell his House No. RZ-564, DIP/Shabdarth/0177/20-21 Kashmere Gate, Delhi This is to certify/inform that my client Sh. Gali No. 22, Sadh Nagar,Part-II, Palam Suitable Match for handsome Have changed the name of My Ram Niwas, R/o H.No. Rz-13 B, JBlock, Old Colony,New Delhi-110045 to any person. minor son Yash Dev Tiwari, Roshan Pura, Najafgarh, South West Delhi- If any person deals for the sale of above KashyapRajput UnmarriedBoy 110043 has debarred and disowned his son DOB is 28.07.2007 to Aditya mentioned property,shall be deem as B.Tech MBA1984 5’6 working Sh. Amit Kumar and Smt. Priyanka@Sonia illegal and he/she doing so at his own risk Varddhan Tiwari, DOB is (W/o Sh. Amit Kumar) from immediate effect and costsand my client shall not be Delhi, SeniorExecutive5lac from all his movable and immovable 28.07.2007 for all purposes. responsible for any act or deed. CNB 9711885595 properties due to their mis-conducts, Sd/- disrespectful behavior and being out of 0040542899-1 Satisn Kumar Tomar. 0050166696-1 control. Furthermore my client has severed all (Advocate) his relations with Sh. Amit Kumar and Smt. Chamber No. :511,Western Wing, I, ArunKumar S/o,Niwas Ram Priyanka @Sonia and my client would have TisHazari Court, Delhi-54 R/o-735A,T-Huts,C-5/35, no concern with both of them in any manner. If anybody deals with them in any manner KAYASTHA Kirtinagar,N.Delhi-15,that he/she shall do at his/her own risks and Tarun Kumar and Arun Kumar consequences. My client shall not be liable or PUBLIC NOTICE responsible for the same in any manner. Shrivastava Boy, 34/5’5’’.BE(IT) both areone and same Be it known to the public at large that my clients Sd/- MS(Engg), Working Pune,15 ARJUN SHARMA Smt. Joginder and Sh. Mohan Lal S/o Sh. Ram Lal person.LICPolicy- R/o H. No. 3367, Ranjeet Nagar, South Patel Advocate LPA. Contact 9823354886 or No.331275756. 0040542923-7 Nagar, Delhi-110008 declares that they have Ch. No. 837, Laywer’s Chambers Block, disowned and debarred their son Deepak, his wife [email protected] Dwarka District Court, New Delhi-75 Smt. Kavita and their daughter Ridhi all residents of Room No. 2138, Gali No. 9, Transit Camp, Mob.: 9711011153 I, Lucky Kakkar W/o Sh. Rajesh Anand Parbat, Delhi-110005 from all their movable 0050166749-1 and immovable assets and ceased all relations Kakkar R/o151, 3rdFloor, with them with immediate effect due to their daily Engineers Enclave,Pitampura bellicose behavior towards both of us and if anyone deals with them in future, shall do at his Delhi-34. have changed my own risk and cost and my clients shall not be RAMGARHIA responsible for the same in any manner, name from Lucky to Lucky whatsoever. Sd/- Kakkar for all futurepurposes. Shiv Ram Sharma Advocate E.No. D-3004/2015 0040542902-1 Chamber No. 531, IInd Floor Western Wing Tis Hazari Court, Delhi-110054 I, Mahir Bhalla S/oSh. Devender Mob. :9717822711 Bhalla R/o- B-220, Jawahar Park, Deoli Road Khanpur, Delhi- 110062,have changed my PUBLIC NOTICE name to MAHIR SINGH NOTICE INVITING e-TENDERS My client Karanvir Singh S/o Late Sh. The Executive Engineer,Mechanical Division No. II, Irrigation &Flood BHALLA,for all purposes. C.P.Singh R/o E-301 Ansal Elegance Avantika Phase-II Ghaziabad, has Control Department, Govt. of NCT of Delhi, I&FC Wing, Vikas Bhawan-II, 0040542860-1 severed all his relations from his son Civil Lines, Delhi-110054. Invites on behalf of the president of India, online Nitin Chaudhary his wife Preeti and HUBLIELECTRICITY SUPPLYCOMPANY LIMITED I, Meenu Varghese W/o their infant male baby due to their tender from approved specialized agencies or eligible contractors of I&FC, Abraham R/o-J-5/13, Rajouri hostile and disrepute behaviour.My M.E.S., Railways, CPWD &Deptt. of Central/State Govt. (whose registration (Wholly Owned Govt.ofKarnataka Undertaking) client also disowned/ debarred them Garden, New Delhi-110027 have from inheriting his all movable/ details have been verified by the I&FC Deptt.) dealing with similar nature of Corporate Office, Navanager, P.B. Road,Hubli-580 025 changed my name to Sminu immovable properties with immediate work for the following works: Tel. No.0836-2222535, FaxNo. 0836-2324307 effect. My client shall not be Varghesepermanently. responsible for their any act in future. N.O.W:- R/M of H/M Draglines TWL 101ME (Heavy Earth Moving Machines Website: www.hescom.co.in E-mail ID:[email protected] Sd/- for the year 2020-21. [email protected] CIN:U31401KA2002SGC030437 0040542923-5 (BRIJESH KUMAR KASHYAP) Advocate Sub Work:- Operation and Preventive Maintenance of 2Nos HM Draglines No:HESCOM/SEE-IT&MT/EEIT1/AEEIT1/2020-21/cys-1305 I, AAKANSHPARJAPATIS/O Ch. No. T-13, Tehsil Lane, TWL 101 ME (Heavy Earth Moving Machines) for aperiod of 12 months from TisHazari Courts, Date :24.07.2020 PHOOL CHAND R/OM-721, JJ Delhi-54 the date of commencement of work/Job. COLONY, SHAKURPUR, DELHI- (H.O.A:- MH 2711(NON PLAN) TENDER NOTIFICATION 110034. HAVE CHANGED MY Estimated Cost: Rs. 37,91,568/- Earnest Money: Rs. 75,831/- Period of (Through Eprocurement portal only) NAME TO AKANSH. completion :(365) Days, Last date &time of submission of tender: upto 3:00 TheSuperintending Engineer (Ele), IT &MT, HESCOM, 0040542923-1 p.m on 28/07/2020. (Tender I.D 2020_IFC_192829_1) Hubballi invitestenderintwo parts(Part –I:Techno- Note 1) The Tender forms and other details can be obtained from the Commercial Bidand Part-II :PriceBid)through e-procurement I, Murgehson S/oMutthu website http://govtprocurement.delhi.gov.in portal forthe followingworks SwamyR/o-E-195, J.J.Colony, DIP/SHABDARTA/0176/20-21 Budh Nagar, Inderpuri, New Sl.No. BidIndent No. TenderDescription Delhi-110012 have changedmy 1 HESCOM/SEE Implementationofweb based Total name to Murugeshan permanently. 0040542923-6 (IT&MT)/EEIT-1/ RevenueManagement(TRM)system TRM/2020-21 in NonRAPDRPareas of HESCOM I, NITIN ANAND S/OSURENDER ANAND R/OJ-3/89,SECOND- Fordetailednotificationregarding thebid enquiry canbe FLOOR LEFT SIDE RAJOURI obtained by loggingintothe website GARDEN, DELHI-110027. www.eproc.karnataka.gov.in.onorafter 27-07-2020 @ CHANGED MY NAMETONITIN JAT 16.00Hrs. Sd/- Superintending Engineer (El) KUMAR ANAND. No.DIPR/DWD/2020-21/224/MCA (IT&MT), HESCOM,Hubballi. 0040542923-2 Required well educated Jat Sikh Canadian PR boyfor Jat Sikh ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF AYURVEDA (AIIA) I, Rajesh Kakkar S/oSh. Parhlad Canadian PR Girl ChandR/o151,3rd Floor, (An Autonomous Organization under the Ministry of 27/5’4.5”.B.tech in Computer Engineers Enclave,Pitampura AYUSH Govt. of India) Science, MasterDegree in Delhi-34. have changed my Gautampuri, SaritaVihar,Mathura Road, New Delhi-110076 Information Network and E-mail: [email protected] name fromRajesh to Rajesh Computer Security from Phone: 011-26950401/02, Fax: 011-29948660 Kakkar for all futurepurposes. Canada. Contact:-98151-66250 0040542901-1 0050166695-1 Notice Inviting Tender Sealed EOIand Tender areinvited forSupply,installation, I, Yogesh Solanki s/oBilas Rai Suitable match for beautiful girl commissioning &intergration of various IT infrastructure items with Solanki r/oA-100,Shakti BA ,B.ED.5’-2” may83caste no exiting IT infrastructure and Compreshensive Annual Maintenance Apartment, Sector-9, Rohini, barcontact9814186640, TAMIL NADU NEWSPRINT AND PAPERS LIMITED Contract (CAMC) of various IT infrastructure equipment and Services Delhi-110085 have changedmy 9876194273 Kagithapuram -639 136, KarurDistrict, Tamil Nadu, respectively as mentioned below. minor son’s name Zidane Ali 0020408826-1 Phone No.04324-277001(10 lines), Extn. 4278/4206/4404/4402 Fax:04324-277027 Solanki /Zidane Solanki, aged Tender Description Last date of Date &time of NOTICE INVITING BIDS Ref. No. submission of opening of 7yearsand he shall hereafter ForProcurementofPackages forMill Expansion Plan at TNPL Unit-II be known as KABIR SOLANKI. tender technical bid S. No. Description Bid Issue Date 0040542862-1 F.No. G- Supply,installation, 06.08.2020 at 06.08.2020 Erection of Plant&MachineryinChemical 1. 03.08.2020 19004/6/ commissioningand 1.00 PM at 3.00 PM I, SANGITARAJARAM Recovery Area 1/2018- integration of various IT GHANDADE,alias SANGITA LOST &FOUND 2. SupplyofSteam Pipes &Fittings (IBR) 28.07.2020 AIIA infrastructure items with PRAKASH PATKAR W/O- Lost Original Will Deed Dated 3. DNCG &CNCGCollection System inRecoveryIsland JITENDRA SHANKARRAO 15/01/1993, Reg. No. 1421, exiting IT infrastructure Book No. 3, Vol. No. 615 Page 4. Fabrication andErection of Steel Chimney 06.08.2020 JADHAV,R/o.L-167,TYPE-2 5. Application of Thermal Insulation F.No. G- Comprehensive Annual 07.08.2020 at 07.08.2020 GOVT-QUARTERS ARAM-BAGH No. 18 executed by Raghuvir SinghTyagi favouringSmt. 17001/9/ Maintenance Contract 1.00 PM at 3.00 PM CHITRA-GUPTA- 6. Supply of Instrumentation Cables27.07.2020 Santosh Tyagi W/o Jaivir Singh 4/2019- (CAMC) of various IT ROAD,PAHARGANJ,DELHI- Mail -S.No:1, [email protected],S.No :[email protected] Tyagi of property No. E-1 Area AIIA infrastructure equipment 110055,have changed my name 83.33 Sq. Yds, out of Rect. No. &S.No. [email protected] to SANGITAJITENDRAJADHAV. 10 Killa No. 17 &18GaliNo. 3 Detailed terms &condition,tender fee, EMD etc., maybeviewedin and Services Chander Nagar Illaqa Shahdara websites :www.tnpl.com/www.tenders.tn.gov.in 0040542923-3 Delhi, founder may inform Malti The document containing terms and conditions can be downloaded Tyagi C/oJagvirSingh Tyagi DIPR/2793/Tender/2020 TNPL -Maker of bagasse based eco-friendly Paper from website www.aiia.gov.in.CPP portal or collected by hand on LOST & FOUND H.No. E-1,Gali No. 3East payment of tender fee of Rs. 1000/- (Rupees One thousand only) (non- Chander Nagar,Delhi-51 refundable) by DD/Pay order in favour of Director,AIIA New Delhi. I, NawalGupta S/oLate. Sh. davp 17219/11/0002/2021 Director J.D.GuptaR/o IA-38B, Ashok Vihar, Phase-I, Delhi-110052 LOST AND FOUND MISSIONDIRECTOR, NATIONAL HEALTH MISSION,J&K have lostdocuments of General Publicisinformed JammuOffice: Regional Institute of Health &FamilyWelfare,Nagrota, Jammu-181221 property D-2/182 Sec-11, that 13 original Fixed Deposits Fax: 0191-2674114; Telephone: 2674244; e-mail: [email protected] Rohini, Delhi. (Demand Letter, Receipts issued by M/s 3F Kashmir Office: Block‘A’, Ground Floor,Old Secretariat, Srinagar Pin: 190001 IndustriesLimited having its Fax: 0194-2470486; 2477309; Telephone: 2477337; e-mail: [email protected] Bank Challan, Map, Will NHM HelpLinefor JammuDivision: 18001800104; Kashmir Division: 18001800102 Property,NOC for Electric & office at PB-15, Tanuku Road, Tadepalliqudem,West Notice Inviting On-lineProposal(s) from ICMR approved Labsfor under- Water Connection, Site Godawari District, 534102 taking RT-PCRTesting, alongwithreportingasper ICMR TestingProtocols PossessionSlip). Finders AndhraPradesh for a of Samples from J&K forCOVID-19on‘As &When Required Basis’ pleaseinform me at my above cumulative value of Rs Forand on behalf of the Lt. Governor of Jammu&Kashmir,online proposals residence address. 1,00,00,000/- (Rs One Crore) are invited foron-line proposal(s) are invited from ICMR approvedLabs for approx. in the name of Smt undertaking RT-PCR Testing, and Reporting, of samples from J&K forCOVID- 0040542863-1 Ambika Goenka W/o Tapesh 19, in time-bound manner,on‘As &When Required Basis’,asper the terms I, VaibhavKumar ,S/o Sh. Arvind Goenka, Ms Apurva Goenka &conditions mentioned in the Notice Inviting Proposals available on the website(s) www.jktenders.gov.in and www.jknhm.com Kumar ,R/OHN343 St No-5 D/o Tapesh Goenka, Bharat Kumar Goenka (HUF) through DurgapuriExtn. Delhi-93. Have S. No. ParticularsDate/Time itsKarta, Smt Bimla Goenka Lost my Original Marksheet & W/o Sh Bharat Kumar 1Date of Publishing SBD 24.07.2020 at 1000 Hrs Certificates of Class 10th Roll Goenka, Sh Kushagra 2StartDate of Downloading SBD 24.07.2020 from 1000 Hrs No-3548Year 2015-16 issuedby Goenka S/o Sh Tapesh from Website CBSE. Finder MayCont: Goenka, Sh Tapesh Goenka 3Websites forDownloading SBD www.jktenders.gov.in, www.jknhm.com 9968755047. 0040542861-1 S/o Sh Bharat Kumar Goenka 4Last Date of Downloading SBD 29.07.2020 upto 1400 Hrs and in the name of Tapesh from Website Lost all Original Propertie Kumar Goenka (HUF) through 5Seek Clarification StartDate 24.07.2020 from 1000 Hrs documents for Property- Tapesh Kumar Goenka Karta No.2A/6, 3rdFloor, Ramesh- all residentsofB-304, New 6Seek Clarification End Date 28.07.2020 upto 1600 Hrs Nagar, New Delhi-110015 Friends Colony,New Delhi- 7Pre-Bid Meeting No 110065 has been favouring AmarjitKaurW/o 8Website forSubmission of Bids www.jktenders.gov.in misplaced/lost and the same (Technical as well as Financial) late.Dilbag Singh.FIR Lodge are not traceable despite best 9StartDate forSubmission of Online Bids 24.07.2020 from 1000 Hrs Vide LR.No.423542/2020 efforts. Dated:18/07/2020.Founder Police Complaint in this regard 10 Last Date forSubmission of Online Bids 29.07.2020 upto 1600 Hrs inform at aboveaddress or has already been lodged with 11 Date of Opening of Technical Bids 30.07.2020 at 1100 Hrs Ph.No-8802606560. Crime Branch Office,Delhi 12 Place of Opening of Technical Bids State Health Society,NHM, Regional Institute of Police. Any person mis-using Health &Family Welfare,Near Sainik School, 0040542900-1 the original FDR(s) shall be Kandoli Nagrota, Jammu-181221 (J&K) I, Ankit Pandey S/oArun Pandey liable to face criminal 13 Date of Opening of Financial Bids 30.07.2020 at 1500 Hrs prosecution as per law. have lostmyFirst Year Btech 14 Place of Opening of Financial Bids State Health Society,NHM, Regional Institute of Further any person finding the Marksheet Roll no. 1419200020, Health &Family Welfare,Near Sainik School, same shall inform at Kandoli Nagrota, Jammu-181221 (J&K) Dr. APJAbdul Kalam University. [email protected] No: SHS/NHM/J&K/COVID-19/6619-25 If Found Contact:8800624117 and the person shall be Sd/- Dated: 23.07.2020 Mission Director 0060075417-1 suitably rewarded. DIP/J-1054-P/20 National Health Mission, Jammu

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Kidnapped VACANCY OF DOCTORS IN RURAL, REMOTE AREAS PUNJAB GIRL FORCED TO FLEE HOME boy rescued After booking minor after shootout, Socialjusticecan’tserveinterestsof fivearrested: for sacrilege, police UP Police onlytherich,PatnaHCtellsstategovt set to move Juvenile ityto fillpendingvacancyof 8,768 level, or is it that none is inform- adoptsuchastand,moresointhe meaningful right to lifeand to EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE SANTOSHSINGH doctors, out of 11,645 sanctioned ing/appraising of availability of absence of anyplea ormaterial to achieveself-expressionof hisper- Board, cancel FIR LUCKNOW,JULY25 PATNA,JULY25 posts.Ofthese,5,647 vacanciesare suchfacility?” indicateabsence of doctors or sonality and enjoythe life with in rural or remote areas. The courtasked the depart- higher percentageofvacancy in dignity...” ADAY afteraneight-year-old OBSERVINGTHATforjustice,to be The direction of the division mentto filedetailsbefore thenext urbanareas....If only suchbenefits Whilediscussing the state Development, said the FIR itself boywas kidnappedfor aRs4 social, it “cannotbelimited only benchofChief JusticeSanjayKarol dateofhearingonAugust7. areaccorded, would doctorsvol- government’sstandonpostingof KAMALDEEPSINGHBRAR wasillegal. “NoFIR can be regis- croreransom by twoyouths to subserveinterestofthe afflu- and Justice SanjayKumarcame On the court's May28order,a untaryopt to servethe poor...liv- doctors in rural areas, the court AMRITSAR,JULY25 teredagainst ajuvenileunderany posing as health workers in ent,therichandtheempowered”, while hearingaLetterofPatent seniorHealthDepartmentofficial inginthe remotest corner of the observed:“Shockingly, we find section with aprison term of less Gonda district, the local police thePatnaHighCourthastakense- Appeal on May28. Acopyofthe said,“Sanctionedpostsof doctors state?” Thecourt said social jus- the Statetohavebreachedits A10-YEAR-OLDDalitgirlwhohad than sevenyears.” and Special Task Forceon rious exception to vacancyof order,given in avirtualhearing, include about 1,000 specialists. ticeisadynamicdevice to “miti- dharma of acting in public inter- to flee her home afterbeing Inconclusivevideo Saturdayrescuedhim and ar- 5,674 posts of doctors in rural, re- has nowbeen released. But no appointment has been gate sufferings of the poor,weak, estforthebenefitof teamingmil- bookedfor sacrilegebythe rested five people, including a mote anddifficult-to-accessareas On Friday, while hearing aPIL made so far...” Dalits, tribals and deprivedsec- lions living in rural areas, but also Sangrur policelatelastmonth ItwasonJune26thatagurud- woman, following an exchange in Bihar. thatsoughtdirectionsto thestate The courtnotedthat the tions of the society...”. notmaintainingits neutrality,in mayfinallyget to return,with the wara priest found torn pages of of fire. The court ordered the state on tackling the pandemic,the di- Health Department optednot to Itsaid,“Righttogoodhealthis accomplishmentof constitutional policeplanning to move the the holybookand informedthe Prashant Kumar,Additional Chief Secretaryto“ensurethatva- vision benchdirected theHealth grant “incentive of weightagein nowafacetofrighttolifeunder goalsanddeterminationof rights JuvenileJusticeBoardtoquashthe managing committee president. Director General (Lawand cancies in rural/remote/difficult Departmentto submitareporton marks to be addedincomputing Article 21,and when we talk of inter se [among]private parties. case. “The CCTV cameras showedthe Order), said theyreceived infor- areas arefilleduptothe maxi- howithasbeenfightingCovid-19. themerit”onthebasisof National justicewhichissocial,itwouldin- The stand takenisbothimmoral Sangrur SSPSandeep Kumar girltearing thepages. We asked mation that the kidnappers mum extent possible, eitherby The benchsaid: “Itisbrought Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test to cludeopportunitiesof availingfa- and illegal.Infact,wefind thede- Gargsaidpolice areinvestigating herandsheconfessedtothecrime were taking the boytoadiffer- transferorexpeditingtheprocess to ournotice that most patients doctors postedinremote areas. cilities and infrastructureinthe partmentto have adoptedaparti- the matter. Apolice officer said, though shedid notgiveany rea- ent location in acar from Para of recruitment”, once the pan- areeither being referred or are Observingthat5,674 outofto- health sector.” san approach, ensuring that the “Wewillmove theJuvenileJustice sons. Then we informedsome villageinGonda. Apoliceteam, demic situation normalises. comingby theirownatPatna.Isit tal8,768vacancies“fallonlyindif- Itsaid,“Socialsecurity,justand mostmarginalisedand deprived Boardforthecancellationof FIRin Sikh organisationsand police,” whichwas sent to the spot, Thecourt'sobservationscame forthereasonthatthereisnofacil- ficult/remote/rural areas”,the humane conditionsofwork, and onesarenot benefittedofmedical aday ortwo.Ourinvestigationhas claimedthe committee chief. came under fire.Inretaliatory ontheBihargovernment’sinabil- ity at the district/sub-divisional benchstated:“Canawelfarestate leisure to workmanarepartofhis ... facilities in rural parts.” foundthattheincidenthappened Thesarpanchsaidtheytriedto fire,two men, identifiedas by mistake.” resolve thematterlocally but as Umesh Yadavand Deepu It wasonJune28thatthe the the news spread, theissue spi- Kashyap, sustainedbulletin- CHHATTISGARH policebookedthegirlfromapoor ralledoutof control.“Itwasasen- juries on their legs and areun- familyforallegedly tearingoffthe sitive matterand police wasalso dergoing treatment at ahospi- Locked up in ritual, 45 pagesof theGuruGranthSahibat under pressuretotakeaction but tal, said Kumar.The other avillage gurdwara.She was everyone herebelievesthat the arrested persons have been cows suffocate to death bookedunderSection 295(a)fol- girltorethepagesby mistake.Her identifiedasSuraj Pandey, his lowing acomplaintbymembers grandfatherisabaptisedSikh.She wifeChabbiPandeyand Officials arewaiting forthe of the gurdwaramanaging com- maynot have even known the younger brother Raja Pandey. GARGIVERMA postmortemreport to ascertain mittee who claimedtheyhad meaning of sacrilege,” the All the accusedare aged be- RAIPUR,JULY25 the cause of deathand areinves- seenthe deedonthe CCTV Sarpanchadded. tween 19 and 23 and residents tigatingwho wasresponsible for footagefromtheshrine.Following The CCTVfootage The Indian of Gonda. Raja Pandeyruns a FORTY-FIVE cows were on stuffing all the animals inside a the case,the girl,her parentsand Express does notshowthe girl makeshiftshop, police said. Saturdaymorningfounddead,al- small room. 7-year-old brother were kept in tearingpages.Itsimplyshows her “Wehaverescuedthe boy legedly due to suffocation, after On Saturday morning, vil- policecustodyforfivedays before pickingupacalendar,andthenre- and he is in good health,” over50bovineswere lockedupin lagers living near the old gram thegirlwasgivenbailby thecourt. moving the rumala (cloth) from Kumar said. an old gram panchayatroomin panchayatbhawancomplainedof Ever since,she has been staying the Guru GranthSahib. What she Circle Officer,Colonelganj, Medhpal villageofBilaspur dis- astrange smellfromthebuilding, with arelative. doesafterthisisnotclearfromthe KripaShanker Kannaujiasaid trictaspartof Roka-Cheka,anage- sources said. Sacrilegeisanincendiaryissue footage. theyhavenot found anyprevi- oldtraditionwhichhasnowbeen “There were 50 animals, out in the state. An incident of sacri- The girl’s mother said: “We ous criminal case againstthe made agovernmentscheme, ac- of which45died. We have re- Rhinosoutside the office of the Pobitoraforestrangeofficer. Express legeatBurj Jawahar SinghWala pleadedwiththemnottotakeany accused. cording to sources. movedthe bodies and we are villageinBargari, and the subse- action, but nobody listenedtous. Police have recoveredacar, During Roka-Cheka, village waiting forthe postmortem. A quent firing on protesters at Ialong withmyhusband,daugh- allegedly usedinthe crime, and elders decide howtostopcattle case has been registeredagainst BehbalKalanin2015 continuesto terand son, who is seven, were three pistols from the accused. from entering farmlands by tak- unknown personsunder Section Assam: Amid prolonged castashadowonits politics. takentopolicestation,wherewe “Combing operations are ing them to a ‘gothan’ (shelter). 429(mischiefbykilling or maim- On Saturday, the village were kept forfivedays before be- underwayinthe area. The ac- The incident, whichcomes ingcattle, etc.) of theIPC and sarpanchsaid: “Villagers have ingproducedincourt.Mydaugh- cusedare being interrogated days afterthe stategovernment Section 13 (destructionofsuffer- givenitinwriting to the Sangrur terwas grantedbail. Then police and action will be takenagainst launchedthe Godhan Nyaya inganimals) of the Prevention of floods, rhinosofPobitora policethattheyhavenoobjection toldusnottoreturnto thevillage.” those involvedinthe conspir- Yojana,has triggeredstrong reac- Cruelty to Animals Act,” Bilaspur to the girl’s acquittal if the police The parentsare nowwaryof acy,” said Kannaujia. tions from the BJP. IG Dipanshu Kabrasaid. have found herinnocent in their bringing her back. “Nobody has probe.” said awordtoussincewecame seek shelter in houses Arshbir Singh Johal,legal- back, but,sometimes, it hurts the Girl who alleged cum-probation officer, waypeople look at us now,”said ABVP president bookedin rhino and her calf, forcing the oc- In Julyalone,multiple waves Departmentof WomenandChild the mother. harassment TORAAGARWALA cupantstostayindoorsfromsun- of floods have submergedit, giv- harassment case, outfit GUWAHATI,JULY25 down everyday.“We can’t even ing the animals little time to ad- killed in Pune use the bathroom [located out- just. “In twenty days,therehave Anjuman-e-Islamia leader says complaint withdrawn THE RHINOisabout thirty feet side the house] at night,” says a been three waves,” says Dr from the bathroom, settledina disgruntledDevioverthe phone. Bibhab Talukdar,rhinoexpert booked on sedition charges EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE spotbythe pond in Nripen Rhinosstraying outof and secretarygeneral of wildlife Complainant says hasn’t technicallywithdrawnit PUNE,JULY25 Nath's backyard. As it chews on Pobitora—located on the flood- NGOAaranyak. “Usuallyfloods between different groups on his gourdvine, grunting occa- plainsofthe Brahmaputrain happen in cycles from June until EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE grounds of religion, race, place evidence whichwereportrayed A17-YEAR-OLD girlwho had al- sionally, the 47-year-old and his Morigaon district, and sur- mid September,waters recede JAMMU,JULY25 of birth), sections 505 Band 188 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE as false by the accused. During the leged harassment by alocal twodaughters watchsilently, in- roundedbyatleast 27 villages— forabout two-three weeksbe- IPC (disobedience to order CHENNAI,JULY25 process, we mayreconsiderwith- youth wasallegedly killedby trigued. “I am notscared,” says is not new, especiallyduring the fore another wavehitsthe sanc- ALOCAL leader of theAnjuman- dullypromulgatedbypublic drawing the complaint forthe fact him and twoaccomplices in Nath, who worksasatourguide. annual floods whenfood be- tuary. But this time,whileone e-Islamia in Jammu and Kashmir servant), besides the Epidemic THE CHENNAI police on Saturday that the accusedisadoctor and Khedtaluka of Pune districton “I love animals.” comes scant inside the sanctuary. wavehas barelyreceded, an- wasSaturdaycharged with sedi- Diseases Act. booked ABVP national president his service maybevital...” Friday. The same cannotbesaid for However, this year’s unusu- other wavehits.” tion and other offences afterde- He has notbeenarrestedso Dr Subbiah Shanmugam in acase Earlier in the day, apolice offi- Amurder case has been his aged parents, who, too, have allyprolonged deluge—which On Friday, tworhinos visited livering aspeechinwhichhe far, BhaderwahSPRaj Singh of allegedly harassing awoman. cersaidShanmugamwasbooked lodged at alocal policestation, been sharing this “Assam-type” has taken97lives andaffected the sanctuary’s rangeoffice in calledfor people to continue of- Goria said. However, the student outfit, late under under IPC Sections 271 and the three youths have been cottageonthe fringes of Pobitora nearly 40 lakh people—has research of food. Since then, Mukul fering prayers at mosques, dis- During Fridayprayers at at night, issuedastatement say- (knowingly disobeying rule) and booked.The police said that Wildlife Sanctuary with the en- sulted in aserious shortage of Tamuly, RangeOfficer, Pobitora, missing anythreatfromthe Bhaderwah, Parvaiz reportedly ing the complainant, Balaji 427(mischief causing damage), about six months ago, the girl dangered animal foroveraweek food forcing the animals to move has leftthe gatesofhis office coronavirus. asked people continur offering Vijayaraghavan, the woman’s as also underTamil NaduWomen had told her parentsthat the nowasittakes refugefromthe out of the sanctuaryfor such open so the rhinos can come Parvaiz AhmedSheikh, Eid prayers at mosques as usual, nephew, has withdrawnthe Harassment (Prevention) Act. The main accusedwas harassing her, floods. long stretches forthe firsttime. feed themselvesastheyplease. president of the Bhaderwah saying that the coronavirus complaint. officer said he will besummoned afterwhichher parentsfileda “'Chase it away,thereare chil- “It is averyserious problem,” “Wehavealsocut stacksof grass unit of the organisation, has posednodanger.Healso report- “Misunderstandings between forinquirysoon. police complaint. dren in the house’,” Nath recalls says MK Yadava,Additional and leftitout in the open for been booked under provisions edly claimedthat Muslims were twofamilies nowstand cleared The case wasregisteredon The policesuspectthat the his father saying, when the rhino Principal Chief Conservator of them,” he says. of section 124A(sedition), sec- facing atrocities during the dur- andall issues betweenthe two Saturdayevening on apetition accusedand his accomplices ambledinlastFriday.But the an- Forests(Wildlife) and Chief Currently, five rhinos aretak- tion 153A(promoting enmity ing lockdown. parties have nowresolved,” the filedbya62-year-oldwoman at around allegedly interceptedthe imal has shown no signs of budg- WildlifeWarden,Assam. “For ing refuge in threehomes in ABVP stated. Adambakkam police station. girlatavillage in Khedtaluka at ing, excepttoforagefor grass in the firsttime, we have had to Rajamayong village. “Weare Vijayaraghavansaid the com- Although the complaint wasfiled around 3pmonFriday. Theyat- the backyard, and on one occa- provide them with grass and patrolling, creating awareness plaint has notbeenwithdrawn on July11byVijayaraghavan, the tacked herwithasharp object, sion,destroy his bamboo shed. fodder from outside.” among people so theydon’t technically, even if therewere police had onlyissuedareceipt said police. In Rajamayong village, it is not As of Saturday, ninety per chase it away.Wewill compen- talkstothis effect on Saturday. and delayedregistration of FIR. The girl sufferedaserious onlyNath’s home that is witness cent of the tinywildlifesanctu- sateany damagetotheir “An FIR has been filedand legal The incident reportedlyfol- head injury and died. The ac- to suchacurioussight. Sleeping ary, whichhas the highestden- homes,” says Tamuly. procedureshavetofollow,”he lowedadisagreementover park- cuseddumpedher body in some in the courtyardof70-year-old sity of rhinopopulation in the FULLSTORYON said. “Wewantpolice to look at ing slots at their housing society. bushes before fleeing. RadhikaDevi’s house areafemale the world, remains submerged. www.indianexpress.com 76 mishaps in 10 yrs, coal ash adanger flying under radar in India, finds study CHOWGULE EDUCATION SOCIETY Karnataka,AndhraPradesh, invites applications for the post of ESHAROY Madhya Pradesh, Maharasthra, PRINCIPAL for Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science, Autonomous, Margao, Goa NEWDELHI,JULY25 West Bengal, Jharkhand, Tamil A. Minimum qualifications and experience: Nadu and Punjab. i) Ph.D. degree THERE HAVE been 76 major coal Coal ash is fine grainedpar- ii) Professor/Associate Professor with atotal service/ experience of at least fifteenyears ash pond accidentsacross the ticulatematter—a remnant af- of teaching/researchinUniversities,Collegesandotherinstitutionsofhighereducation. countryinthe last10years, ac- terpulverisedcoal is burnt, iii) Aminimum of 10 research publications in peer reviewed journal as approved by Goa cording to astudy carriedout by along with carbon dioxide and University from time to time or UGC-listed journals out of which at least two should be in the Health Energy Initiative India other gases. Coal ash includes Scopus /Web of Science Journal. and the Community fly-ash, bottom-ash andscrub- iv) Aminimum of 110Research Score Requirements: Environmental Monitoring. bersludge, whichare mixed i) Minimum of 15 years of Residence in Goa. Besides deaths and loss of withwater and sent to retain- NETAJI SUBHAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY ii) Knowledge of Konkani.Additionally,knowledge of Marathi shall be desirable. property,the accidents also re- ing ponds close to power (NSUT) B. Scale of Pay: As prescribed by the UGC, Goa University and Directorate of Higher sultedinextensive pollution of plants. (Formerly Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT) Education, Govt. of Goa from time to time. nearbywater resources, air and While the study details ma- Govt. of NCT of Delhi, Azad Hind Fauz Marg C. Tenure: The term of appointment of Principal shall be for five years, extendable for GOVERNMENT OF INDIA soil, the study notes. jor accidents, it says thereare Sec-3, Dwarka, New Delhi-110078 another term of five years on the basis of performance assessment by aCommittee The study,titled“Coal Ash in many“routine” minoraccidents ADMISSION NOTICE appointed by the University,constituted as per these Statutes. MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE D. (i)Arelaxation of 5% may be provided at the Graduate and Masters level for the Scheduled India –Acompendium of take place continuallyinthese BACHELOR OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY,2020-21 Castes/ Scheduled Tribes/ Differently-abled (physically and visually differently-abled)/ COMBINED ANM ENTRANCE EXAMINATION 2020-22 Disasters, Environmental and coal and powerplant belts. Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), New Delhi has been established as Other Backward Classes (OBC) (Non-creamy layer) categories for the purpose of eligibility RURAL HEALTH TRAINING CENTRE, Health Risks”, reports that According to Shweta State University by the Government of NCT of Delhi and is regarded as one of the andforassessinggoodacademicrecordsduringdirectrecruitmenttoteachingpositions. Jharsusguda in Odisha has had Narayan, coordinator of premier Technical Universities of India. NSUT was upgraded from “Netaji Subhas (ii) The eligibility marks of 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in apoint scale wherever NAJAFGARH, NEW DELHI-110043 six major coal fly-ash accidents Healthy EnergyInitiative India: Institute of Technology” (NSIT) in 2018, tracing back 37 years of glorious history of grading system is followed) and the relaxation of 5% to the categories mentioned above AND nurturing some of the finest minds in the country. are permissible, based on only the qualifying marks without including any grace mark from various powerplantssince “While mining and coal burn- NSUT invites online applications for admission to four-year Bachelor of Fashion LADY READING HEALTH SCHOOL, 2010.Among other places in ing have receivedtheir fair procedures. Technology (B.F Tech.) programme under the Department of Design. BARA HINDU RAO, DELHI-110 006 Odisha, it states Sambalpur has shareofattention,dangers of For detailed information about Eligibility Criteria, Reservation, Admission Procedure, (iii) Arelaxation of 5% shall be provided, from 55% to 50% of the marks to the Ph.D. Degree had four suchaccidents, Talcher coal ash, and the impactsofits Counselling Schedule, Application Process etc. Visit University website. holders, who have obtained their Master's Degree prior to 19 September,1991. Online application are invited for Diploma in ANM (iv) Arelevantgrade,which is regarded as equivalent of 55% wherever the grading system three, Rourkela, Angul, disposal, arestill under the Online Application Process: is followed by arecognized university,shall also be considered eligible. Training Course 2020-2022 for female candidates, Dhenkanal and Khaliapali have radar.Publicoutrageassociated •Candidateswillhave to registeronline at www.nsut.ac.in or https://imsnsit.org/imsnsit/elearn_ftechregistration.php as per the instructions E. Applications should containfollowing information: full name, address, age with date of who are bonafide resident of Delhi. The application had one accident each. with coal ash pollutionremains given on the website birth, educational qualifications with marks and percentage, teaching experience etc. must be submitted from 26th July 2020 to 05th Korba coal and powerplant limited to big disasters. The •All candidates are required to payanon -refundable registration fee of Rs. 1000/- Applications, along with certified photocopies of relevant documents should reach belt in Chhattisgarhhas had nine slowpoisoning of communities ONLINE using Credit Card/Debit Card/Net-Banking within 20 days from the date of publication of advertisement to the Vice President, September 2020 (up to 12.00 Midnight) through website Important Dates: Chowgule Education Society,Chowgule House, Mormugao Harbour,Goa 403803. major accidentsinthese years, living around ash containment 1 Start Date for on-line registration. July 27, 2020 (Monday) www.rhtcnajafgarh.in and Raigarhinthe statethree. ponds goes unnoticed.” Applicants should bring Original Certificates and relevant documents at the time of 2 Last Date for submission of Application form. Aug. 14, 2020 (Friday) The detailed information is available on the website. Other states wheresuchac- FULLREPORTON interview.Interviews may be held through video conferencing also. DIP/Shabdarth/0174/20-21 Chairman Admission Committee cidentshavetaken place are www.indianexpress.com Date :24.07.2020 VICE PRESIDENT davp 17103/11/0001/2021

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MOVE TO ENSURE FINANCIAL STABILITY OF ISLAND NATION, BADLY HIT BY COVID ICICI Bank profitrises36% RBIsigns$400mncurrencyswapwithSriLanka on stakesales in subsidiaries 517.63 billion as of July17. withdraw funds in the US dollar, ENSECONOMICBUREAU AVAILABLETILLNOVEMBER2022 In the swap arrangement, a theeuro,ortheIndianrupee.This TOTALINCOME would continue to be the focus MUMBAI,JULY25 countryprovides dollarstoafor- facilityoriginallycame into oper- ENSECONOMICBUREAU area forthe bank during this pe- ■ The IndianHigh Regional Cooperation eign central bank,which, at the ation on November 15,2012to MUMBAI, JULY 25 riod. During the June quarter, the THE RESERVE Bank of India (RBI) Commission in Colombo (SAARC) framework. same time, provides the equiva- provideabackstoplineof funding `26,066 cr bankhas made an additional has signed an agreement forex- said the currency swap Lankan PresidentGotabaya lent funds in itscurrency to the forshort-term foreign exchange AIDED BY profitsfromstake COVID-19-related provision tending a$400-million currency arrangementwillremain Rajapaksa had made an former,basedonthe market ex- liquidityrequirementsorbalance sales insubsidiaries, private ■Totalincome duringthe amountingtoRs5,550 crore. As swap facility to SriLanka to boost available till November additional requesttoIndia changerateatthe time of the of payment crises until longer lender ICICI BankonSaturday quarterrosetoRs26,066 crore of June 30, 2020,the bank held theforeignreservesandensurefi- 2022. foraspecial $1.1 billion transaction.The parties agree to term arrangementsweremade. reporteda36per cent increase from Rs 21,405.50 croreayear COVID-19-related provision of nancial stability of the country, ■ Sri Lanka in April said it currency swap facility in swap backthesequantities of Indiaalready has a$75 billion in standalone netprofitatRs earlier,the bank said. Rs 8,275 crore,” it said. whichisbadlyhit by the COVID- wasset to enter intoan May. their twocurrencies at aspecified bilateralcurrency swap line with 2,599 crorefor the quarter The bank’s gross non-per- 19 pandemic. agreement with the RBI for ■ The RBI also offers similar dateinthe future,whichcould be Japan,whichhasthesecondhigh- endedJune30, 2020 as against forming assets were at Rs The IndianHigh Commission acurrency swap worth swap lines to central banks the next dayoreventwo years estdollar reserves afterChina. anet profit of Rs 1,908crore in impact of the COVID-19 pan- 40,386crore,or5.46per centof in Colombo said thecurrency $400million under the in the SAARCregion within later,using thesameexchange These swap operations carry the year-agoperiod. demic on the bank is highlyun- advances, as of June 2020, as swap arrangement will remain South Asian Association for atotal corpus of $2 billion. rate as in thefirsttransaction. In no exchangerateorother market Totalincome during the certain and will depend on the againstRs45,763 crore, or 6.49 available till November 2022.Sri Sri Lanka’s case, it’s morethan risks, as transaction terms areset quarterrose to Rs 26,066 crore ongoing spread of COVID-19,the per cent, ayear ago. Lanka in April said it wasset to twoyears. in advance. The absenceofanex- from Rs 21,405.50crore ayear effectiveness of current and fu- “The year-on-year growth enter intoanagreement with the aspecial $1.1-billion currency day, this development is another The RBI alsooffers similar changerateriskisthe majorben- earlier,the bank said. The bank turesteps takenbygovernments in domesticadvanceswas 10 RBI foracurrency swap worth swap facility in May. exampleofIndia’s strong com- swap linestocentral banksinthe efit of suchafacility.This facility soldequity shares representing andcentral bankstomitigatethe per cent as of June 2020. The $400millionunder the South “ReserveBank of India signs mitment to work with#lka in SAARCregion withinatotal cor- providesthecountry, which isget- 3.96per centinICICILombard economic impact, steps takenby growth in the retail loan port- Asian Association forRegional document for$400millioncur- post#COVID19SL economic re- pusof $2billion.Undertheframe- tingthedollars,withtheflexibility General Insurance and 1.50 per the bank and the time it takesfor folio was11per cent year-on- Cooperation (SAARC) frame- rency swap facility to Sri Lanka till covery,” it said. While Sri Lanka’s work for2019-22,the RBI will to use thesereserves at anytime centinICICI Prudential Life economic activities to return to year as of June 2020, including work.Sri Lankan President Nov2022,” the Indian Mission forexreserves were at $6.7 billion continuetooffer aswaparrange- in order to maintain an appropri- Insurance foratotal considera- pre-pandemiclevels. non-fund outstanding, retail Gotabaya Rajapaksa had made tweeted. “Afterdebt repayment in June 2020, India’s forexre- mentwithintheoverallcorpusof atelevel of balanceofpayments tion of Rs 3,092.93 crore. “The bank’s capital and liq- was54.4 per centofthe total an additional requesttoIndia for rescheduling discussions yester- serves were at arecordhigh of $ $2 billion. Other countries can or short-termliquidity. Accordingtothe bank, the uidity position is strong and portfolio,” it said. BRIEFLY New public procurement restrictions: How Central trade unions seek India, UK ‘affirm StressedHFCs, they target China &whatare theexceptions? President intervention in commitment’ NBFCsseek providingrelief to workers to FTA,Early `14Kcrsupport istries and departments and sub- —including 41 from Africa. appswithChineselinksincluding Harvestdeals in AANCHALMAGAZINE ordinatebodies, this neworder This order will also notapply TikTok,ShareIt, UC Browser, NewDelhi: Financing re- &SUNNYVERMA will be applicable to allau- to cases where orders have been CamScanner and WeChat citing ENSECONOMICBUREAU The unions have also staged manner quests of closetoRs14,000 NEWDELHI,JULY25 tonomous bodies,publicsector placedorcontracthas been con- “emergent threats” to the coun- NEWDELHI,JULY25 askedfor creation of a crorehavebeenreceivedun- banksand financial institutions, cludedorletterofacceptance has try’s sovereignty and national se- dertheRs30,000-crorespe- AFTERAseriesofmeasuresto pre- centralpublic sector enterprises, beenissued,butnewtenderswill curity. TEN CENTRAL trade unions have `10,000crorefund for PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA cialliquidityscheme for vent influx of Chinese products publicprivatepartnershipsreceiv- be coveredunderthis order. Also, Following the clashesbe- written to President RamNath implementingsocial NEWDELHI,JULY25 stressedNBFCsand HFCs and investmentsintoIndia, the ing financial support from the if the firststage of evaluation of tween Indian and Chinesetroops Kovind to directCentre and states whosefinancialhealthdete- government has nowamended government or public sector un- qualifications has notbeen com- in Galwan ValleyonJune 15,the to undertake measures forwork- security measures INDIA AND the UK have affirmed riorated further due to the the GeneralFinancial Rules,2017 dertakings, union territories and pletedinthe already invited ten- government had alsopushedfor ersincludingprovidingfreeration their commitment to negotiatea COVID-19crisis, the Finance to impose curbs on public pro- National Capital ders, bidders notreg- “Atmanirbhar Bharat”, which and agrant of Rs 7,500per month suggesting paymentstoworkers free trade agreement (FTA) with a Ministrysaid. The scheme curement from bidders of coun- Territory(NCT) of isteredunderthe prompted severalgovernment forsix months to all non-income who areinthe non-income tax viewtofurther strengthen eco- waslaunchedonJuly1. tries whichsharealandborder Delhi and the linked neworder will be departments to launchanoffen- taxpayers,to issueAadhaar-linked paying category. “Topay every nomic ties, the Commerce withIndia.Thislatestmovebythe agencies. treated as notquali- sive againstimports from China. identification cards to allworkers non-incometax paying personRs Ministrysaid on Saturday. government, on grounds of de- fied. At $70.32billionin2018-19and$ forsocial security benefitsalong 7,500per month forthe next six Theissuewasdiscussedinthe Mindspace fence and nationalsecurity,isex- What arethe 62.38billion betweenApril 2019 with putting on hold anylabour months and pension of Rs 3,000 14th Joint Economic and Trade Business pected to affect mainlyChinese exceptions to the What arethe and February 2020, China ac- lawamendmentsthroughexecu- per month linkedto costofliving Committeemeeting betweenthe entitiesascountriestowhichlines order? previous anti- counts forthe highestproportion tive orders and ordinances. to all above 60 years of age,” the countriesFriday. Itwasco-chaired ParksREIT of credit or development assis- Relaxationwillbe China measures? of goods importedintoIndia In aletterdated July24, the letter said. by Commerce and Industry tance has been extendedare ex- providedfor procurement of Thegovernmenthasbeentak- (around14 percentin2019-2020 unions —INTUC, AITUC, HMS, Theunionsfurtheraskedto in- MinisterPiyush Goyaland UK NewDelhi: Mindspace empted from the freshrestric- medicalsuppliesforcontainment ingaseriesinrecentmonthsto re- so far). CITU,AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AIC- creaseBudgetaryallocationforim- SecretaryofState forInternational Business ParksREIT,owned tions. of COVID-19global pandemic till stricttheinflow of Chineseinvest- Earlier in April, thegovern- CTU,LPF,UTUC—havestatedthat plementation of National Rural TradeElizabeth Truss.Theywere by KRahejagroup and December 31.Also, the order for mentsand products in the ment had amendedthe FDI rules the “suddenand unplanned na- EmploymentGuaranteeAct,2005, assistedbyMinister of Statefor Blackstone, has raisedRs What is the neworder? priorregistrationwillnotapplyfor country. mandatingprior approvalfor in- tional lockdown” imposed by the and the daily wage should be en- CommerceandIndustryHardeep 2,644crorefromanchorand Anybidder from countries countries to whichthe On June 23, the government vestment by entities in countries government affected working hancedfromRs202 to Rs 500. SinghPuriandhisUKcounterpart, strategic investors ahead of whichshareland borders with Government of India extends made it mandatoryfor sellers on thatshare landborderswithIndia. people,withthemigrantworkers Someof theotherdemandsof the Ranil Jayawardena. itspublic issue that willhit Indiawillbeeligibleonlyifitisreg- lines of credit or provides devel- the Government e-Marketplace Themove camedays afterChina’s being the worstaffected among unions include demand forcan- GoyalandTruss“affirmedtheir the capital market on isteredwiththe Registration opment assistance,evenifit (GeM) portaltoclarify the coun- central bank,thePeople’sBankof them,addingthatthedependent’s cellationofprivatisation of trans- sharedcommitmenttoanFTAand Monday.Mindspace has Committee constituted by the shares alandborder with India. tryoforigin of their goods when China(PBoC),raiseditssharehold- of those migrant workers due to port, LIC, banks, insurance, coal, towardsthat,EarlyHarvestdealsin proposedtoraise up to Rs Departmentfor Promotion of India shares itsborderwith registering newproducts. The ing in HousingDevelopment the suddenlockdown in March BPCL, Air India, airports,telecom, astagedmanner,”the Ministry 4,500 crorefromthe public Industryand Internal Trade China, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, GeM portalnow allows buyers to Finance Corporation (HDFC) to needtobeadequatelycompen- ports and dockand municipal said.ItaddedPuriandJayawardena issue. PTI (DPIIT)andwillberequiredto take Bangladesh and Myanmar.Asper reserveabid forClass Ilocal sup- over one per cent. sated.Theyhavealsoraisedtheis- servicesalong with demanding will have monthlymeetings to in- mandatorypolitical andsecurity official data, out of these land- pliers, or suppliers of those goods The government stated that sue of non-payment of dues to withdrawalof themove forcorpo- tensifythedialogue.Itwasalsode- clearance from the Ministries of border sharing countries, the gov- with morethan 50 per cent local prior approval wascompulsory ASHA workers. ratisation of railway production cidedthat ameeting ledbyGoyal ‘Japan,Britain External andHome Affairs, re- ernment has extendedlines of content. Forbids belowRs200 forforeigninvestmentsfromall The unions have askedforcre- unitsand handing over 109rail- andTruss willbeheld in Autumn toprotect spectively.The central govern- credit to Bangladesh, Nepal, crore, onlyClass Iand Class II the countries sharing borders ationof aRs10,000-crorefundfor wayroutestoprivate sector and 2020tocarryforwardthedialogue. ment has also directedstate gov- Myanmar,exempting them from (thosewithmorethan20percent with India to prevent“oppor- implementing social security privatizationofrailwaystations, In an FTA, twotrading partners encryption’ ernmentstoimplementthisorder this neworder.India has ex- local content) areeligible. tunistic takeovers” of domestic measures under the provisions of and put on hold anylabour law eliminateorreduce importduties forall public procurement. tendedlinesofcredit totalling The government had also an- firms following the COVID-19 UnorganisedSector Workers’ amendmentsthroughcodification on the maximum number of Tokyo:JapanandBritainhave Apartfromattachedmin- $30.59 billion with64countries nouncedaninterimban on 59 pandemic. Social Security Actalongwith of all labour laws intofour codes. goods tradedbetween them. agreednottoforcetheircom- paniestodisclosealgorithms orsetuplocaldataservers,as partoftalksaimedatabilat- COVID-19IMPACT CERC plans to ease norms for renewable eraltradedeal,theNikkeisaid Saturday. REUTERS ‘Consumerscautiousabout 51% 78% energy projects to get ISTS connectivity OFRESPONDENTSFEEL OFRESPONDENTSCLAIMTO Thebankguarantee(ConnBG) On the specific requestofthe Shibulalfamily spending amid pandemic’ THATTHEIMPACTOFCOVID- REDUCEONDISCRETIONARY ENSECONOMICBUREAU forStage-IIconnectivity has been connectivity grantee, andfor the 19WILLBESHORT-LIVED SPENDING.TIER-II,-IIICITIES NEWDELHI,JULY25 reducedtoRs50lakh (Conn BG- purpose of optimal utilisation of sells85lakh Consumers arecautious about spending amid the ANDNORMALCYISNOTFAR AREMOREPOSITIVE pandemic, with78per centofrespondentsclaiming to 1) and Rs 3crore(Conn BG-2) for transmission infrastructure, the Infyshares THE CENTRAL Electricity connectivity quantums of 132kV CentralTransmissionUtility(CTU) reduce discretionary spending, as per aKPMG survey RegulatoryCommission(CERC) to 330kV. The bankguarantee may, afterconsultationwiththe Bengaluru:Familymembers Consumersintier-IIandtier-III up to Rs 5,000, across haseasedtherequirementsforre- amount forquantums up to 300 connectivity grantee(s) con- of Infosysco-founder SD citieswerealmosttwo-times categories which makes this newable energy projectstoget kV earlier wasRs5crore.For 400 cerned, carry out rearrangement Shibulalhavesold85lakh moreoptimisticonspending the most popular basket value connectivity to the Inter-State kV,ConnBG-1 willbeRs50lakh or shifting of the connectivity shares of the company habitsthanthoseintier-I Transmission System (ISTS), ac- andConn BG-2 Rs 6crore. acrossdifferentbay(s)ofthesame worthRs777 crore, accord- Consumers in tier-III cities cording to newdraft procedures Depending on whether the substation,accordingtothe draft ingtoregulatorydocuments. 22% consumers in tier-II and were 1.4 times more inclined releasedonthismatter. entitysatisfiescertaincriteria,the amendments. Aseparatestatementissued 30 per cent consumers in tier- towards spending on apparel Accordingtothe new grantee forStage-IIconnectivity AStage-Iconnectivitygrantee by Shibulal’s family office III feel that their spending will than those in tier-I cities for DetailedProcedurefor “Grant of willberequired to complete the or applicantsseekingStage-I and said the proceeds will be either increase or remain the spendingmorethan Rs 5,000 Connectivity to Projects Basedon dedicated transmissionlinesand Stage-II connectivity simultane- utilisedforphilanthropicand same as prior to COVID-19 Renewable Sources to Inter-State pooling substations on or before ouslymay also be able to sharea investment activities. SHIFTTOONLINE: TransmissionSystem”,anentity thescheduleddateofcommercial transmission line with another Shibulal’s son Shreyas sold 49% respondents, in the next ■ Preferencefore-channelssaw issuedthe Letter of Awardby, or operation of the generationproj- Stage-IIconnectivitygrantee,pro- 40lakhshares,“representing three months, intend to spend 1.6timesgrowth Source: KPMG/PTI in aPower Purchase Agreement ect or six months afterthe sched- videdthereisadulysignedagree- 0.09per cent of InfosysLtd (PPA) with, aRenewable Energy uleddateofcommercial opera- ment between the twotodoso. by wayofsale on the plat- Implementing Agency or distri- tion. The connectivity shall be CERChas invited comments, form of the stockexchange The 20-30 age band is more optimisticondiscretionary Males intend to splurge more than females in the bution licensee consequent to revokedand Conn-BG1 and suggestions and objections from on July22, 23 and24, 2020,” spending,whilespendinghabits reduced considerablyamong spendingrange of over Rs 5,000 with 60 per cent of males tariffbasedcompetitivebidding Conn-BG2 encashedinthe event stakeholders on theprovisions as per exchangefiling. PTI bothmale(76 percent) andfemale(82 per cent) consumers intending to shell out up to Rs 5,000 in skin care and cosmetics will be eligiblefor Stage-II con- thatthe grantee is unabletoad- proposed to be amendedonor nectivity. here to the timelines. before August16, 2020. Patient groups allegelack of enforcementon Door-to-door diesel delivery push: Startups ‘Boeing to delay COVID ratecaps at Delhihospitals, writetoCM to submit applications to state-run OMCs 777Xasdemand petrol pumps in Indiatogrowby drops forbig jets’ addressedbythe government, patient complaintsand proactive tientscansubmittheircomplaints KARUNJITSINGH NUMBEROFPETROL four-fivetimes to 1,000-1,500 PRABHARAGHAVAN with some even statingtheyre- steps to audit private facilities. to.Please tell me whythe patients NEWDELHI,JULY25 PUMPSSETTORISE pumps within ayear from the es- REUTERS NEWDELHI,JULY25 sortedtorelyingonmembers of “The government mustinsti- arehavingtodealdirectlywiththe timated 200-300pumps at pres- SEATTLE/PARIS,JULY25 politicalpartiestohelpthemraise tuteaformal grievanceredressal hospitalswithoutany governmen- DOOR-TO-DOOR DELIVERYof ■OMCs expect that ent. IOCstarted door-to-door de- LACKOFtransparencyintheDelhi their issues withthe government mechanismfortimelyredressalof talintervention?Inevery single diesel is settoexpand signifi- agreementswith liveryof dieselinPunein2018.The BOEINGCOispreparing to delay government’s enforcement of its or the hospital. While allfivepa- formalcomplaintsagainstprivate case,thefamilyisrunningaround,” cantly, withleading state-owned startups will push the three OMCs had plannedtoex- itsall-new 777X jetbyseveral rate caps on COVID-19 treatment tientshavelodgedcomplaints hospitals,” stated thegroups in she said. Emailedqueries to Delhi oil marketing companies(OMCs) number of mobile pandthe size of their mobile months or up to ayear,three has leftpatientsrunning from pil- with the hospitalsand govern- theirletter.Ithasalsosoughtalive HealthMinisterSatyendarJainand Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), petrol pumps in India to dieseldeliveryfleetto500mobile people familiar with the matter lar to post to gettheir grievances ment authorities,onlytwo of the databasethatispubliclyavailable PrincipalHealthSecretaryVikram Bharat Petroleum Corporation grow by four-fivetimes petrol pumps across the country said,asthe COVID-19crisisex- relatedto overchargingaddressed. five have beenresolved“afteralot andprovidesdetailsof complaints DevDutt on Saturdayevening Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan to 1,000-1,500pumps by FY20-end. acerbates adropindemand for Relativesofatleastfive COVID- of effort”, said Malini Aisola of pa- filed, including date, name of the abouttheseissuesremainedunan- Petroleum Corporation Ltd within ayear from the “Thereisanestimated latent the industry’s largest jetliners. 19 patients treated in private hos- tient activistgroup All India Drug hospitalanddetailsof actiontaken. swered by press time. (HPCL) seeking applications from estimated200-300 demand of around 300-400TKL Boeing hopestobring the jet pitals in the national capital after Action Network, who has aided One of the reasons that pa- “Becausepatientsareoftenun- startups to provide this service. pumps at present. (thousand kilolitre) per month for to market as passengertravel the DelhiHealth and Family severalpatientsinaddressingcon- tientshavehad to struggle with successful at dealing with power- The three OMCshavecalledfor door to door delivery of diesel or 0rebounds afteradownturn WelfareDepartment notified cernsrelatedto overchargingdur- overcharging is because thereis fulhospitalsorhaveconstraintsin expressions of interest(EoIs) from around 5per cent of the total de- causedbythe pandemic.It maximumtreatmentpackage ing this time. currentlynomechanism in place pursuingcomplaintswhenthepa- startups recognisedbythe Sunday Express thatthe govern- mand,” said an official at amajor would also hope foradetentein ratesfor Covid related treatments Around20civilsocietygroups forgrievance redressaltowhich tientisadmittedorcriticallyill,the Department forPromotion of ment “nudged” the state-owned OMC.Door-to-doordieseldeliv- atrade warbetween claimed, during avirtual press on SaturdaywrotetoDelhi Chief theycan direct complaintsabout governmentmustproactively en- Industryand Internal Trade OMCs to restrict the eligibility to erywillbenefitusers of station- Washington and Beijing, which briefingonSaturday, thatthey had MinisterArvindKejriwal seeking being overcharged, said Aisola. forcesuchasthrough audits, issu- (DPIIT) to applyfor agreements startups to boostentrepreneur- aryequipmentlikegenerator sets, has sidelinedcrucial Chinese been overcharged. In additionto notonlyaction on suchpatient “Even civil society bodies like ing of warningletters andpenal- fordoor-to-door deliveryof diesel shipinthe country. OMCsexpect mobile towers, users of earth aircraftbuyers. Delaycould also this,therelativesdetaileddifficul- complaints,butalsotheestablish- ourshavehad to do alot of guess isinghospitalsfortransgressions,” using mobile petrol pumps. that agreementswith startups moving equipment andheavy cause problems in Boeing’s sup- ties with getting their complaints ment of amechanism to address work in findingout who these pa- said Aisola. Industrysources told The will push the number of mobile machinery. plychain.

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worship at the temple, we will help him ‘Bigger temple, do so with flowers to be offeredtoRam Lalla,” says chief priestSatyendraDas. 3domes, double With themakeshift temple site being levelled, the RamLalla idolhas movedtoa spotaround300metresaway. Theidolitself the sandstone’ nowsitsinacabin of wood and glass —an upgrade from the tent it wasinfor decades. “Wehavebeen told therewill be 200 LEENAMISRA people. We will have to ensurethat social distancing norms arefollowed,” says asen- OMETIMEIN1990,Chandrakant ior official in the district administration. Sompurafirstvisited Ayodhya Around akilometreaway, at the with then chief of the Vishwa karyashala(workshop)of theVHP-affiliated Hindu Parishad(VHP), Ashok ShriRamJanambhoomiNyas,wherework- S Singhal. Sompura, who was47 ers have been chiselling away since the andbelongsto afamilyoftemplearchitects, 1990s,the moss-coveredbricks andsand- recalls howthe disputed siteresembleda stone pillars arebeing movedaround, pos- “militarycamp”. “I had to go inside without siblyfor the firsttime in years. anymeasuringinstruments,andtake thedi- Whileateamof restorationexpertsfrom mensionofthe sanctum sanctorumcount- the Delhi-basedKLA Construction ing my footsteps,” he says. Technologieshasbeenworkingatthesitefor That wasthe firsttime “a temple at the 40days,anotherteamhasarrivedfromSurat. birthplaceofLordRam”—bythenasymbol Says SanjayJadia, Project Manager of at thecentreofamovement that would go KLA,“Wehavetousedifferentchemicalsde- onto redefineIndianpolitics—tookshapein pendingonthe extent of damage—itmay hishead,Sompurasays.“Thatplacecertainly take afew hours or even six-sevendays.” hadsomevibration…,”hesays,now 77 and KameshwarChaupal, amember of the thepatriarch of thefamily-runAhmedabad- RamJanmabhoomiTeerth KshetraTrust basedfirm‘CBSompura,TempleArchitects’, says itwasrecentlydecidedthatthetemple whichishelming the Ramtempleproject. wouldbegranderandbiggerthanoriginally Afterdecadesoftumult, including the planned—fromthe earlier planned con- destruction of the Babri Masjid and pro- structed area of 27,000sqftto52,442 sqft. tractedcourtbattles,inNovember lastyear, AYODHYA 2.0.2.0 Walkingonthe emptyroad leadingto theSupremeCourtruledthattheentiredis- Hanuman Garhi temple, AbhishekPandey, puted land be handedovertoatrust to be 16,atourist guide,says thepandemichas constituted forthe construction of aRam been “terrible” forAyodhya’s economy. temple.Thetrialinthedemolitioncasecon- The Ramtemplehas been on Chandrakant Sompura’s drawing boardfor closeto30years. As theplan As on July24, thedistrict had recorded tinues to be heardinaspecialCBI court. 743Covid cases, with 524recoveries and Withthetempleprojectsettobeinaugu- begins to take shape,with abhoomi pujan plannedfor Aug5,The SundayExpress meets the nine casualties. The district recently estab- ratedwithabhoomipujanonAugust5,with lishedanIntegrated Covid Command and an expected 200people in attendance, in- Ahmedabad-basedarchitect and visitsAyodhya,atowndressing up forthe big day Control Centre. cluding PrimeMinisterNarendra Modi, the Wearingagreenmaskthathangsloosely Sompurasadmitto asenseof “relief”—that aroundhischin,Pandey says,“Ya tohcorona “things arefinally moving”. semarengeyabhookhse(Oneof thetwowill getme—coronaorhunger).Beforethepan- ■ ■ ■ demic Iusedtofind around10-15tourist groupsand earn Rs 3,000 to Rs 4,500 aday. At the Sompuras’ office in acommercial NowIcan’t even earnRs100,” says Pandey. partofAhmedabad, acouple of men work On either sideofthis road, there are on a3Ddesign on their computer.Itisthe shops with no customers. Here, with the design of the new, “bigger” RamMandir. August5dateapproaching,thereisanother Thenew design wasfinalisedat ameet- deepunease:thattheplanforabiggertem- ingof theRamJanmabhoomiTeerthKshetra ple willpush them out. Trust,thebodyformedtofacilitateconstruc- “Wehear authoritieswillwidenroads. tion of the Ramtemple, on July18. If that happens,our shops will have to go. AhugebustofPrabhashankarSompura, MyshopisallIhave,”says VijayDubey,who Sompura’sgrandfatherwhoiscreditedwith sells religious texts. building the Somnath temple at Prabhas An official in the district administra- Patan, greets visitors at the reception. tion said thereare no suchordersyet. Sitting in hiscabin, Sompura’s son But Mahant Rajkumar Das, who heads Ashish, 49,who handles the siteplanofthe theRam Ballabha Kunj, areligiousinstitu- temple project and wasatthe July 18 meet- tion,believes wideningofroads will be in- ing of the Trust, says that when the family With designs for“200temples”beween them, it’s all in the family forthe The siteinDhannipur near Ayodhya foramosque has seen little movement. evitable.“The streetsinAyodhya aresonar- beganworkingonthetemplesoonafterhis Ahmedabad-basedSompuras, ledbypatriarch Chandrakant (centre). JavedRaja Morethan Aug5,the village’seyesare fixedonrisingCovid cases. Avaneesh Mishra rowthatevenwith20,000 visitors, thereis father’s visit to the site in 1990,asatemple no spacetowalk. What will happenwhen project commissionedbythe VHP,itwas devotees arrive in lakhs?”hewonders. muchsmaller in ambition and scale. Says Chaupal ofthe temple Trust, “We Admitting thatthe project pickedpace ■ ■ ■ In town, waiting TEMPLETIMELINE expect 3.5 croredevotees everyyear at the afterthe Babridemolition, he says,“Height temple.We arenot goingtocompromiseon tabaayajabdhanchagira(thepeakcameaf- The senior Sompurathen sits down to for touristsas the grandeur of the temple,” he says. terthe mosque fell on December 6, 1992). talkabout the newversionofthe temple — NOV9,2019: SC delivers verdict Amongthe Muslims of Ayodhya,how- The publicity…(the movement got)... that’s “so grand that Ihaveforgotten the old de- in Ramtemple case ever,thereisnosuchgrandstanding. whenwerealisedit’sabig deal.” sign” —one that willbebuilt in the Nagar muchastemple When asked about the August5event, Between1992 and1996,workwent on shaili (style), with atemple toweroverthe FEB 5, 2020: Union Cabinet Iqbal Ansari, one of the main litigantsinthe infullswingattheworkshopin Ayodhya run sanctumsanctorum.Sompurasays Ashish clears formation of temple Trust Ayodhya case,says,“WhatdoIsay?Not just by theVHP-affiliated RamJanmabhoomi Thelongroad hasbeen invited to Ayodhya on August5to AVANEESHMISHRA me, no Muslim in Indiahas anything leftto Nyas. But then the VHP ranout of funds and makeapresentationonthe temple plan. FEB 5: Govt allots five acres of say. Thetemple is coming up... good.” got boggeddownwiththecases,says Ashish, In the newdesign, three domes have ABU LALTailors is asmall hole- land forconstruction of a Around 30 km shortofAyodhya town is and, as aresult, work sloweddown. THE BHOOMI Pujan at Ayodhya been added—one in front, and twoatthe in-the-wallshopwithtwonoisy mosque in Ayodhya’s Dhannipur Dhannipur village. The five acresthatthe Trainedinarchitecture at the BCPatel marks thelaying of the firstbrick sides;thenumberof columnshave goneup sewing machines and ashiny stategovernmenthandedovertotheSunni School of ArchitectureinAnand, it was amidst an alteredpolitical reality fromabout160to366;andthewidthofthe cloth strung from clotheslines. FEB 24: Uttar PradeshSunni CentralWaqf Boardtobuildamosqueinlieu B Yet, in alow-business season Central Waqf Boardaccepts land of the disputed sitelie here. Ashish who movedthe Sompuradrawing in India. Coming as it does aftera stairwayhas been expanded from 6feetto boardoutside of their home in Naranpura protracted legal battle that ended 16 feet.The height of the temple has been amidstthecoronaviruspandemic,Bhagwat allotted by government Thereisnothing on the land to signify area of Ahmedabad forthe firsttime. in the Supreme Courthanding increasedfrom141 to 161feet. Prasad Pahadi, 55, and his younger brother thatstatus.Thestateagriculturedepartment “When we were growing up, the Ram over the disputed land to the Thesanctumsanctorumwillbeoctago- Shankar Lal, 50, areamong the busiestin MARCH 25: RamLallaidol continuesto grow wheatandriceandinthe temple wasjustanotherofthe various proj- Hindu side, will this markthe end nal in keepingwiththe design by the shas- Ayodhya.Theyare,afterall,theLord’stailors shiftedtoatemporarylocation middleof thefieldsisashrineto aSufisaint. ectsmyfather haddesigned, notsuchabig of one of the mostturbulentchap- tras fortemples dedicated to LordVishnu. —and now, they have adeadline. in the presence of Uttar Pradesh The villageisnowmostlyidentifiedas deal,”says Ashish. “Clientswould drop in ters in Indian politics? Or doesit Four other shrines dedicated to Sita, WiththeAugust5bhoomipujandatefor Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath acontainmentzone —after one case. Adis- latebecause theyknewhewould be there. layopen newinsecurities? Lakshman,Ganesh and Hanuman, and the construction of the Ramtemple ap- trict official said nearbyLakhauri village Ashok Singhalji once remarked, ‘Sompuraji, other deities,will be part of the complex. proaching, theyhavetoensureRam Lalla JULY22: Trustsays bhoomi pujan has 13 cases and is agrowing hotspot. howmanytemples mustyou have built While the original design would have and other deities at the makeshifttemple on Aug5,expected to be In Dhannipur,whereMuslims makeup from this 10x12feetroom!’,”he says,adding puted siteand then come to thetemple, usedupto3lakhcubicfeetof sandstone,that have theirattireready. attendedbyPMModi 60% per cent of the population, locals say thatthe senior Sompurastill doesthe de- likeinMathura. But the VHP arguedthat a will nowhavetobedoubled, says Ashish. InAyodhya,atowncatapultedto thecen- theylastheardofthe proposedmosquein sign and takesthe final call. birth place is justa6’x3’ space. If the tem- While the Sompuras estimatethe con- treofIndia’s politics withthe Ram February when officials of the revenuede- Sompurasenior claims to have picked ple is notbuiltatthe actual site, it doesn’t struction to be completedinthree-and-a- Janmabhoomimovement, the demolition clothed in green. Aset of clothesfor all the partment came to measurethe land. his architectureskills from his ancestors matter to us whether it is built on the banks half years,theyfearthepandemicwillpush of the BabriMasjid and the long, legal bat- deities ,including the cloth on whichthe InFebruaryandthenearlierthismonth, “who were taught the artoftemplebuild- of theSarayuorinAhmedabad.” the deadlinebackbyanothersix-eight tleincourts,lifehaslargely revolvedaround idol is placedand the curtain behind, costs theUttarPradeshSunniCentralWaqf Board ingbythe divine Vishwakarma”. His sons That their project will take shape months.TheVHPhadoutsourcedthebuild- the makeshifttemplesite, astring of other between Rs 2,500and Rs 5,100, says had confirmedthat it had acceptedthe 5 and grandchildren though have reliedon wherethe Babri once stood, that itsdem- ing of the temple to threecontractors, who small temples, and the shops selling devo- Bhagwat. This year,theyhavebeen paid acres allocatedto it and would setupatrust moreformal training. Ashutosh, 28, son of olitionset offcommunal violence and led have nowbeenreplacedbyLarsen&Toubro. tionalcassettesandpujaparaphernalia.The by oneRamaDal Trust, aprivate religious to buildamosque. When contacted,Board Sompura’s elder son Nikhil, is acivil engi- to loss of livesacross the country, that ear- Ashishsays thatwhenhelast visitedthe Covid pandemic brought this economy to a organisationthat is among severaljoining memberssaidtherehasbeennosignificant neer and nowinthe familybusiness. lier BJP governmentswereforcedtoshelve site on July18, L&Thad already evenedout halt,withthe tourists,who usedtonumber in the celebrations. developmentsince then. Sompuraremembersthe lateprime it citing coalition dharma —the Sompuras the land. 60-70,000 aday,now reduced to about a Despitethe enthusiasm amongsmall- TheAugust5bhoomipujandatetriggers ministerPVNarasimhaRaooncecallinghim trynot to botherwithall that much. While the temple is undoubtedly the hundred.TheAugust5datehasnowbriefly time organisations,the RamJanmabhoomi fewresponsesinDhannipur;evenreactions to askifaRamtemplecouldbebuiltwithout “The violence in whichsomanylives mosthigh-profile of the 200-odd temples liftedspirits. Teerth KshetraTrustitself is tight-lipped, to theproposedmosque aretepid. destroyingthemosque,whichwasthestand were lost, should nothavehappened,” he that the Sompuras have built, theysay that “For decades, we have been waitingfor onlylettingoutthatatotalof 200people,in- Among the fewwho have an opinion is of the Congress governmentofthe time. says whenaskedaboutit.“Butitisalsoafact forthem, emotionally, theSomnath tem- this day. It’s finallyhere,”says Bhagwat. cluding 150invitees, will be allowed forthe Shaban Khan,a34-year-oldelectrical engi- Says Sompura, “Wemadeamodel, with thatforeigners invadedus, destroyedour ple is as special. “Our familyisconnected He says thedeities’ attireisritually ceremony, withthe “muhurat”lasting 32 neer who says he worked brieflyinthe US. the three domesofthe mosque intact, and homes(ancienttemples)andtriedtospread with both these temples. Forusasafam- changed everyday,with colours assigned secondsstarting12.15 pm. “Thereare enoughmosquesinthevillage.If the temple on the side. Devotees could of- their religion. That wasalsowrong. Look at ily, that is thebiggestsource of happiness forspecific days of theweek.WithAugust “Prime MinisterModiwillbegiven itisjustaboutalternativeland,whynot build ferprayers at the janmasthan on the dis- howmanytimesSomnathwasdestroyed....” and pride,”says Ashish. 5aWednesday, the deities aretobe chandan and prasad and if he wishes to adiploma collegeorahospital?”

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IF YOUsearch the Internetfor informa- government is flounderingand notre- revive economic growth areMsNirmala tality ratio. The jokerinthe packisthe to- tion on The Spider’s Web,you will find vealingthe true situation on the border. Sitharaman,MrKVSubramanian,MrRajiv tallyuseless ‘lock-unlock’ epileptic fits of what is described as ‘Six surprising facts The government’s spokespersons have Kumar and the Prime Minister’s speech governments. No matter howoften gov- Hardtruths about spiderwebs’. Read on, and youwill an unenviable task explaining the con- writer.Thereisstill one finger leftona ernmentschangetheir web, theycan find that tradictions. Iwould be surprisedifMrLav hand, and thereisnobody who wants to makenodifference whatsoever. PCHIDAMBARAM 1. Spiders have adesignsense, Agarwal(the Union Health Secretary) be counted with the quartet. Everyfeeble aboutthe Website:pchidambaram.in 2. Spiderwebs don’t interceptprey; understandswhat Mr Anurag Srivastava measurewillamounttonothing if our Twitter@Pchidambaram_IN theyattract them, (the MEAspokesperson)says or if either rulers do nothaveasense of designabout CHINA 3. Spiderwebs areshiny forareason, of them has noticedthe green shoots the re-constructing the economythathas China is the archetypal spider.Itshares economy 4. Spiders aresneaky, Finance Ministersees everyweek. practicallycollapsed. all the characteristics of aspider.Above all, 5. Spiders thinkbig, and Mr Pilotisnot cut from the same cloth itthinksbig andattractsits prey.Eighteen AN IMPORTANT anniversarywentunno- 6. Spidersoften replace their web as the BJP is, or so we believed. He should meetings with China’s leader in six years, ticedlastweek.Iwould have misseditmy- everyday. have channelledall his energies to help CORONAVIRUS includingaState visitandthreeSummits, self if Ihad notspottedonTwitterablack If youare thinking likeme, youwill the people fight the pandemic as well as The virusshares many —not all—of canflatter anyascetic.MrNarendraModi and whitephotograph of Dr Manmohan say“howappropriate!”. Theyseem ap- getthe state’s economybackonits feet. the characteristics of the spider.Ithas is no ascetic, he has abig ego(all prime Singh making that Budget speech in 1991 propriatetothe gravelyuncertain situa- He had before him the example of the sneakedintoeverycountryand,inacoun- ministers have)andbigger designsforhis that beganthe end of the Licence Raj. And, tion on the India-China border.They unflappable Mohan Lal Sukhadia (he be- tryaslarge as India, intoevery stateand party.MrXiJinping took an accurate savedIndiafrombecoming an economic Mr Pilot is not cut from the seem appropriatetothe losing battlewe came the Rajasthan Chief Ministeratthe everydistrict. It has adaptedtothe vastly measureofMrModi, flattered himwith basket case. Abovethe picturewerethese same cloth as the BJP is, or so arewaging againstthe coronavirus.They ageof38, and remainedthe CM for17 differentconditionsof everycountry—de- aHigh-LevelEconomic and Trade wordsfromhis speech. “After four decades seem appropriatetothe despair among years). Mr Pilotshould have prepared to mographics, climate, people’s habits, Dialogue,offeredtoencouragemutualin- of planning forindustrialisation,wehave we believed. He should have ordinarypeoplefacing arapidly sinking run the marathon —and he could have health infrastructure,income levels, pre- vestments, and promised him aworld- nowreachedastage of development channelled all his energies to economyand joblessness.And they been chief ministerfor as long as parednessandthegovernment’sadminis- sizedstage in 2020 declared as the‘Year whereweshould welcome, rather than help the people fight the seem appropriatetothe luxurytussle in Sukhadiawas.Uncharacteristically,he trative capacity.When the Indian people of India-China Cultural and People-to- fear,foreign investment.” pandemic as well as get the Rajasthanthatthe twoprincipalpoliti- didn’t have adesignsense and he tried were assured that the battle againstthe PeopleExchanges’. TheninJanuary2020, It wasaseminalmoment in India’seco- cal parties arelockedin. to intercepthis prey.Asaresult, he is in viruswouldbewon in 21daysby no less a he gave thego-aheadtothe PLAtoinvade nomic history.Especially, forpeoplelike state’seconomybackonits mid-sea notknowing toward which person than the PrimeMinister— who India. ForChina, India is justanotherfire me who believe that Indiawould have feet. He had before him the RAJASTHAN shoreheshould rowhis boat. compared it to the18-day Mahabharata thatMrXistarted along withotherfires been arichcountry if we had notadopted example of the unflappable war—little did they knowthatitwas a likeHong Kong, Taiwan, South China Sea, an economic modelthatgaveofficialdom Mohan Lal Sukhadia. Mr Sachin Pilotisayoungman with false promise basedonneither medical Belt-and-Road initiative andanincipient draconian powers to crush private enter- big ambitions. Nothing wrong with that, THE ECONOMY sciencenormedievalbeliefs.We have now Quad with Pakistan, Turkey and Iran. If the prise. Irememberwell what adismal place Mr Pilot should have exceptthe timing of hisstrikehas Look at the economyorwhat is leftof learnedthatthereisnoweapon against fire singes some, so be it, China will pow- India wasinthe Seventies when Ibecame prepared to run the WRONGwritten all over.The nation, in- thewreck.We areinforadeeperandmore the virusuntil avaccine is discovered, erfullyrise. Ask yourself, which world ajournalist. Everything wasinshort sup- marathon —and he could cluding Rajasthan, is facing atriple chal- prolonged recession than wasestimated proved anddistributed. The people have leader exceptthe unpredictable Mr plyand the goods we producedwereso have been chief minister lengeofthe kind it hasnever facedbe- earlier.Thefirstquarterisgone,yet thereis givenuponthegovernments,Centraland Donald Trumphas condemnedthe shoddy that nobody wanted them. The fore.The BJP, both party and government, no sign of afiscal stimulus or anyeffortto state. Thosewho can afford to do so, have Chinese aggression againstIndia? If China whole countryhad ashabby, decaying foraslong as Mohanlal have thrown in the towelasfar as the boostconsumerdemand forgoods and isolated themselves; thosewho cannot, is the spider,India is the prey that wasat- quality about it,asif it had emergedfrom Sukhadia was economyand thepandemic arecon- services. The onlyoneswho think that have shedfear.Lifewill return to anew tracted to the spider’s web. long yearsofwar.Almosteveryonewas cerned.Againstthe Chinese threat, the monetary measures willbesufficient to ‘normal’thatwillincludeacertaincasefa- Spiders neverrest. poor or almostpoor.But, we were isolated from the big changes and eventsofthe world, so we did notknowthat in theeast, small countries that had once been behind us had streaked ahead. Or that China had History dumpedMarxisteconomics forfreemar- It’s time India paid There’safamiliar ketsand foreign investment. HEADLINE By the time wise old PVNarasimha Raorealisedthat it wastime forIndia to RAKESHSINHA startcatching up,wehad been leftfar be- reparationstoits Dalits ring to nikamma hind by mostSoutheastAsian countries. [email protected] But, that one Budget brought suchdra- reimbursements. It flows from the social matic economic changethatbythe end of andeconomicfactorsthatstoletheland,la- the Nineties, India, where the only jobs borand value of an entirecommunity. POLITICALRANCOUR can spring forth available once were those bestowedby the Dalitality Reparations areaninternational de- manyways,attimes to signal the startof government, wascreating millions of jobs mand of colonisedcountries. The Lancet apowertussle, at other times, itsculmi- in the private sector.Today, more than 45% SURAJYENGDE Commission on Reparations wasset up nation with aparting of ways.And it’son of ourpopulationismiddle class. We at Harvard’s Medical School to examine displayinRajasthan. would todaybeprogressingfasterstill if Twitter@Surajyengde the “moral, legal, economic, historical, Alwayscareful with words, Chief NarendraModihad liveduptohis prom- and political evidence forvariousglobal MinisterAshok Gehlot, veteranofmany ise of taking India in anew economic di- claims to reparationsand redistributive battles in Jaipur and Delhi, finallyturned rection.Itisour tragedythathegot scared INDIA AS anation owesahugedebt to justice”. Alongside the African Americans, to name-calling.Hedug deep to find a intoreturningtothe Nehruvian socialist Dalits—upon whose backs itscivilisa- Roma, Caribbean Slavery,victims of word forparty rivalSachin Pilot: path by Rahul Gandhi’s foolish tauntabout tional columns have been raised.Dalit tal- India’s caste system were also givena Nikamma,the useless. ‘suit-boot ki sarkar’. ent, skill and stamina makeIndia one of hearing. The Indian case waspresented That washis wayofsaying it wasover Sincethe pandemic, Modi seems to the mostdesirable places foroutsiders, in- by the economists Sukhadeo Thoratand between them. have rediscoveredthat he needstomake cluding the British. Various artforms,lit- Amit Thorat. But that choice of word would have an economic course correction. So last erature, music, poetryoriginate from the Reparation facilitates an occasion for made twoformer prime ministers sit up. week he urgedforeign investors to come Dalit, Adivasi and Shudraworlds. In their the countrytocome together to reflect on Because nikamma wasthe word rivals had and invest in India. ‘There has neverbeen inventive genius andperformative zeal, the enormous weight of unpaid labour by picked, 11 years apart, to target HDDeve abettertimetoinvestinIndia,’ he said. He the Dalitshavehymnedand hummedto the Dalits, who put their sweat and blood Gowda and Manmohan Singh during at- then boastedofhow manyreforms his the rhythms of their tragedies, preserved to raise the nation’s economy, from farm tempts to unseat them from power. government had made to makeiteasier to their cultureamidstthe tortureofun- to industries. The soul of the countrycon- Deve Gowda couldn’t save his govern- do business.Hesoundedasifhemeant touchability. tinues to be torn. To stitchitbackweneed ment in 1997 while Singh managed to what he said and this worriedmebecause Theyhavecriedand prayed,protested redistributive justice and reparations to rustle up numbers in 2008. Gowda (extremeleft), Kesri(extreme right) at Rashtrapati Bhavanin1996. Archive it made me realisethathehas notnoticed and foughtback. In all of this, they have pieceittogether. Redistributive justice in Hurt,bothDeveGowda andSingh that since he became Prime Ministeran pavedthe path fornew forms of sensorial the form of land redistribution andtak- gave it back—the firsttoSitaram Kesri inspector rajhas been unleashedthat experiences. ingintoaccount the toil of Dalit women’s who, as presidentofthe Congress sup- “He has quoted in Hindi… This manis tion of confidence wasput to vote.Ayes- would drive away the mostintrepid in- Almostallthe‘classical’Indianartforms wombs. porting the United Front government, notonlyincompetent, but he is also 158, Noes 292. Motion negatived. Deve vestors.The government’sown Invest have Dalit origins.Thereare examples of In the fiestasofprotestsand justice pulledthe plug, and the second to then communal.” Gowda and his government fell. India arm has identified767pre-operation DalitartbeingstolenandBrahminised.And movements, the Dalitshavenot yetcome leader of opposition,LKAdvani of the BJP, “…Sir,afoolish and an incompetent Elevenyearslater,itwas the turn of licences that an investor is obliged to get to stoptheDalitsfromreclaimingthesame, around demanding reparations. It is a following Leftwithdrawalofsupportto prime minister, at least, triedtodosome- Manmohan Singh to move amotion of from 35 ministries before starting theywerebarredfrompractisingand par- chancetoshowamirrortothe societythat the UPA-I government. thing forthe nation… Thereisnoneedof confidence in the LokSabha afterthe Left, abusiness. ticipatinginmanyofthe arts. continuesto seeanti-Dalitviolenceandha- The remarks of the twoprime minis- anycertificatefromthe presentpresident protesting againstthe Indo-USnuclear The Prime Ministerhas chosen to work This eliminated anycompetitiveedge tred due to itsown intrinsicinsecurities. ters arepartofLok Sabha records on the of the Congress (I)… As long as Shri deal, withdrew support. in acocoon since he firsttookthe jobsix thatDalit talentmight have posed. Thatis These insecurities have been built over motion of confidence eachmoved in the Narasimha Raowas president, therewas The debatebegan on July21, 2008, years ago. So,thosepeople have been kept why, even today, manyclassical artevents generations. Reparations areanopportu- House. Savedfor posterity,the debatesof- no problem. On the dayShri Sitaram Kesri and continuedthe next day. The Prime at adistancewho could tell him howof- arebereftofDalit participation. nity forustocometogetherasanationand feraglimpse of an Indiawhencoalition became president of the Congress party,I Minister’s replywas marredbyinterrup- tenand howrecklesslyhis officialsmake Even in other innovations, the Dalits helprebuild the broken promise that wasthe normand governmentsrelied on calledhim forlunch… But on the fourth tions and the Speakertold him: “You may regulationsthat makeitharderand not have helpedscienceflourish and rational- Independenceheld out. external support. day, whenone of my chief ministers, Dr layyour speech on theTable of easiertodobusiness. Those who would be ism take precedence. In their spiritual Eachinstitution in this countryisim- In 1997,atthe 11th hour of 11th April, Farooq Abdullah… went to see Shri the House.” able to tell him howmanyfine Indian com- practices andprayers, the belief in the plicitinthiscrimeof Dalitviolence.Thishas the 11th Prime MinisterofIndia moveda Sitaram Kesri, he wastold nottojointhe Singh did that. He did notjustrecord panies face bankruptcy,onlybecause his Almighty is rootedinthe essenceofen- easilytransfused intothe structures that motion of confidence in the 11th Lok United Front government because he was his objection to theword nikamma,but government refuses to honour itscon- lightenment. hold this countrytogether. Sabha. The fate of his 11-month govern- going to withdraw support.” also took aswipe at Advani —verysimilar tracts, arekeptevenfurther away.Since Howthendowe reconcileourpast mis- Representationthroughreservationisjust ment wassealed11days agowhenhe “Thecharge levelledagainst me was to Gowda’s old-man-in-a-hurry remark the pandemic,the walls of Modi’s cocoon takesofmurderingtheDalitexistencesoas one waytorender justice to theoppressed found out that Kesrihad movedtobring that Ihad neglectedShri Sitaram Kesri about Kesri. have been fortifiedsoheworksin acham- to remedy the situationfor futurework? casteswhoselabour and dignity were re- him down. Deve Gowda decided to go afterhebecame president. It is notbased This is what Singh placedonrecord: berthat totallyinsulates himfromreality. Onepossiblewayistothinkaboutrepa- ducedtonothingbytherulingcastesofIndia. down fighting. on truth, but basedonsomething else. “The leader of opposition, Shri LKAdvani, The biggestpolitical problem Modiis rations, “making amends forthe wrongs As anation, we need to be able to grieve Other than him, 25 members partici- Thereisaheadlinewhich correctlysays, has chosen to use all manner of abusive likelytoface in thenear future is the econ- one has done, by paying moneytooroth- collectively to overcome. This countrycan pated in the debate, among them Rajesh ‘India’sold man in ahurry:Now or objectivestodescribe my performance. omy, so it is time that he startedlistening erwise helping those who have been mourn forthe victims of the Nazi genocide, Pilot, the MP from Dausa and father of Never.'This wasnot written by anyofthe He has described me as the weakest to those whocan reallytell himhow diffi- wronged”. It is one of themeans to correct even thevictims of the India-Pakistan Sachin Pilot. Gehlotwas thenthe Congress Indian papers.Ithad appeared in the prime minister, a nikamma PM, and of cult it remains to do business in India. It is the pastand on-going injustices. Partition,butitbecomeshardasstoneatthe MP from Jodhpur. London Times.” having devaluedthe office of PM.” notjustbig investors who arehoundedat Reparations canbecategorised in three meremention of atrocities againstDalits. Replying to the debate, Deve Gowda Deve Gowda’s old-man-in-a-hurry re- “Tofulfil his ambitions, he has made everystepbyinspectors and regulators, broad types: To changethis blatant apathy, we need singledout Kesri forcalling him a markhad the Congress protesting and PJ at leastthree attempts to topple our gov- even modestinvestors find it hardtogrow Moral reparation: Acknowledgement to startanew. Theconstitutional promises nikamma.“Today, Iwould like to tell the Kurien, MP from Mavelikara,soughtthe ernment. But on eachoccasion,his as- their businesses in today’s India. So, it is no ofpastmistakesandseekingforgivenessto through reservations and land reforms nation, through this House, what the lan- Speaker’s ruling. His objection was trologers have misledhim.This pattern, surprise that the economyhas notseen the establishahealingprocessforthewounded were one of the fewwaysfor us to getto- guageusedbythe Hon. president of the overruled. Iamsure, will be repeatedtoday. At his boom that everyone thought would hap- souls and traumatisedminds. gether.But these remain hotlycontested. Congress (I) who is aspiring to become the The primeministertoo refusedtoback ripe old age, Idonot expect ShriAdvani pen, justlikethat one thatwesaw in the Spiritualreparation:Givingleadership Reparation is one of the mostviable ways Leader was… Iamunable to understand down. “It is notaquestion of attacking an to changehis thinking. But forhis sake Nineties. All that has been achieved in the and respecttocommunities whose at- to secure justice forall. the meaning of the Hindi word, individual… Ihavegot the highestregard and India’s sake, Iurgehim at leastto past sixyears is that the socialistwelfare temptsatspiritualitywere declaredacrime. ‘nikamma’. He said: Youare foolish, cow- foryou,Kurienji.But what isthis nikamma changehis astrologers so thathegets Statehas workedmoreefficientlyand with Conditional reparation: This is arepa- Suraj Yengde, author of Caste Matters, ardand powerless. Justcomeintothe or akamma?”hesaid. moreaccuratepredictions of things less corruption. This is whyModiwon a ration in the form of moneyand material curates thefortnightly ‘Dalitality’ column open and letussee who is powerful.” Afterhecompletedhis reply, the mo- to come.” second term. The Chinese virusand international disenchantment withChinaoffer Modi a second chance to changecourse, and make the administrative changes that arenec- essaryifIndia is to move from poverty to prosperity.Hecould beginbyasking his Outof Jaipur crisis: Need forcitizen campaign office to find out whichinspectors and reg- ulations can be thrownforthwithintothe MYMIND nearestgarbagebin. And, oncethis is done, with free democraticelectionswhereevery Manypeoplestill complain that the rights. So qualifications were legislated by donotenjoyfreedom of speechunlessthey he should step outofhis cocoon and start MEGHNADDESAI candidatehas to declare his/heradherence charge of treasonislaidagainstpolitical dis- the belovedLeader of New India whichput parrotthepartyline.Whybotherto speak? listening to those who arealready doing to socialism? Is this consistent with free- sidentstoo lightly. It suits Opposition par- citizensbackinthe same legalposition vis- Political parties aretoo happywiththe business in Indiaand tryand understand domofspeechand expression?Intoxicated ties to blame the government. But the BJP a-vis the Stateastheyhad under British fetters of the amendedConstitution to try what it is that prevents them from doingit THE CONSTITUTION is onedocument on by hislarge majority in the 1984 election, has been in aruling capacity,off andon, rule. So the Indian Penal Code, Thomas to changeit. Thereisnoreasonwhy citi- moreeasily. whichthereisperhaps the largest meas- RajivGandhi passedthe Tenth Schedule onlysince 1996. The treason charge has BabingtonMacaulay’s gifttoIndia, remains zens should nottakeupthe task of debat- What we needtodaymorethan ever ureofagreement acrosspolitical parties, and blithelytook away freedomofall leg- been on bookseversince 1951.AsIhavere- the guard dog of thefetters put on New ingConstitutional reform.Anon-party po- is another moment likethe one thatcame regions, and people. Noteveryone knows islators forever. No government since has markedbefore, it wasJawaharlal Nehru India by Jawaharlal Nehru. litical citizens’ movement could unearth in this week 30 years agowhen one Budget the details and lawyers have fun and make dared to challengeorchangethis mon- who draftedand pilotedthe First The current disputeinRajasthan is a the sorryhistoryofthe spoilageofthe orig- changedIndian economic and political his- moneyarguingoversubtle points. But the strous denial of freedom. The founders of Amendment in May1951, 15 months into legacy partlyofSchedule 10,whichwanted inal 1949Constitutionand startacampaign tory.Onapersonal note mayIreiteratethat national flag and national anthem apart, the Constitution had neverintended to the lifeofthe young Republic, and modi- to discouragedefections.Obviouslyjustbe- forthe removalofthe bad elementsintro- Ibecame aModi ‘bhakt’mostlybecause I nothing else commands all-India respect. makeIndiaaSocialist Republic. It was fied or negated everyfundamental right causeyouareanelectedlegislator, youcan- duced. It is the right and duty of citizens to believedheknewthat forIndia to move Yet, whichConstitution? Is it the IndiraGandhiduring the Emergency who created in theConstitution. These rights notbefreetochoose whichparty you reclaimtheir original freedoms asit is more from the limited goal of povertyallevia- Constitution handedoverbythe declared IndiatobeaSocialist country. were notavailable to acolonisedpeople. shouldjoinor quit. Sowe have the charade than unlikelythatgovernmentsofany po- tion, to agrander goal of real prosperity, Constituent AssemblyinNovember 1949 Obviously, no oneseriouslybelieves in the An independent Republic alone could grant of Speakerssending notices to legislators liticalpartywhichbenefitfromtheirpower we would have to changeour economic or the present muchamendedone? Do Declaration theyneedtomaketobeable these rights. But the rulers of newIndia imprisonedinfive-starhotels,far away over citizens will renounce their privilege. direction.Hehas asecond chance to fulfil peopleknowthatIndiaisthe onlycountry to contestelections. could notrisk the people enjoying such from their base etc. As it is, these legislators If citizens don’t, no one else will. this promise.

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TOPOFTHE US court 40 COUNTRIES REPORTRECORD SINGLE-DAY INCREASES ICE: New foreign WORLD rejects bail plea of 26/11 RecordnumbersofCovid-19 studentscan’t enter accused Rana US if courses online casesineveryglobalregion All new DACA LALITKJHA COLLINBINKLEY WASHINGTON,JULY25 JULY25 applicationsput AUScourthas rejected the $1.5- Treatdecisions about wheretogo, who to meet as life-and-death calls: WHO AWEEK afterrevokingsweeping in ‘pending’ million bail application of newrestrictionsoninternational Pakistani-origin Canadianbusi- Bolsonaro says students, federal immigration of- bucket: Lawyer RevElisabethOberg nessman Tahawwur Rana, who JANEWARDELL ficialsonFriday announcedthat Hansen with astudent has been declared afugitive by JULY25 tested negative newforeign studentswill be in Stockholm. AP India forhis involvement in the barredfromentering the United ASTRIDGALVAN 2008 Mumbai terror attackcase, ALMOST40countrieshavere- for coronavirus States if theyplan to take their PHOENIX,JULY25 describing him aflight risk. portedrecordsingle-dayincreases classes entirelyonline this fall. SWEDEN Rana, 59, achildhood friend in coronavirus infections over the Brazil In amemo to collegeofficials, THE US government said Friday Femalepriests of David Coleman Headley, was pastweek, around double the President US Immigrationand Customs that it’s putting newDACAappli- re-arrested on June 10 in Los number that did so the previous Jair Enforcement said newstudents cations in a“pending” bucket outnumber Angeles on an extradition re- week,accordingtoaReuters tally Bolsonaro who were notalready enrolledas while officials decide whether to questbyIndia forhis involve- showing apick-up in the pan- of March 9will “likelynot beable again trytoend theprogram for malesinChurch ment in the 2008 Mumbai ter- demicineveryregionof theworld. to obtain” visas if theyintend to young immigrants, keeping en- ofSweden rorattack. He hasbeen a The rate of cases has been in- Sao Paulo: Brazilian PresidentJair take courses entirelyonline.The rollmentstalledeventhoughthe declared fugitive in India. creasing notonlyincountries like ThousandsofFilipinos were crammed into abaseball stadium BolsonarosaidonSaturday that announcement primarilyaffects Supreme Court ruledlastmonth THE CHURCH of Sweden US District Court JudgeinLos theUnitedStates,BrazilandIndia, in Manila on Saturdaydespite Covid-19fearsafter people he has tested negativefor the newstudentshoping to enroll at that it wasimproperly ended. has morefemale than Angeles, Jacqueline Chooljian, in whichhavedominated global wanting to return to theirhome provinces overwhelmeda novelcoronavirusafter weeks universities thatwillprovide The latestcame during atele- male priests forthe first her 24-pageorder datedJuly21, headlines with large outbreaks, governmenttransportation programme. Reuters quarantinedinhis residence due classes entirelyonline. phonic federal court hearingin time, according to num- denied bail to Rana arguing that but in Australia, Japan, Hong to an infection. International students who Maryland by US District Judge bers releasedthis month, he wasaflight risk. Kong, Bolivia, Sudan, Ethiopia, go,whattheydoand whothey health caresystems, health ex- In aphoto postedtosocial arealready in the US or arere- PaulWGrimm,who lastweek asign of hugestrides for Describing Rana as aflight Bulgaria, Belgium, Uzbekistan meetwithaslife-and-death de- perts and officials say. Forthis re- media, Bolsonaroappeared with turning from abroad and already ruledthatthe DeferredAction for gender equality since risk,the USgovernment opposed and Israel, among others. cisions–because theyare.” port, the Reuters datawas re- abox of hydroxychloroquine,an have visaswill still be allowedto ChildhoodArrivalsprogramme womenwere firstallowed his release on bail, arguing that if Manycountries, especially The Reuters data, compiled stricted to countries that provide anti-malarial drug he credited take classesentirelyonline,ac- mustberestoredtoits original to beordainedin1960.The he were to flee to Canada, he may those whereofficialseasedear- from official reports,shows a regular dailynumbers. forhis recovery despitealackof cording to the update, even if they form, before PresidentDonald Lutheran institution, escape the possibility of adeath lier social distancing lockdowns, steadyriseinthenumberof coun- Asurge in casesusuallypre- scientific evidence about itsef- begin instruction in-person but Trumptriedto enditinSept2017. whichwas theofficial sentence in India. areexperiencing asecondpeak tries reporting recorddailyin- cedes arise in deaths by acou- fectiveness. In an accompanying their schools move online. Immigrant advocates who Swedish statechurch un- “Giventhe stakes, an al- morethan amonth afterrecord- creases in thevirus that causes ple of weeks. text, he said his RT-PCR test for The neworder wasreleased suedthe government overits at- til2000,now counts1,533 lowance of bail in anyamount ing their first. Covid-19overthe pastmonth. At Meanwhile, Britain’s govern- Sars-Cov2was negative. Fridayasaclarification to earlier tempttoend DACA saynew rul- womenserving as priests would notguarantee Rana’s “Wewill notbegoingbackto leastseven countriesrecorded ment will requireall travellers He did notsay when he took guidancefromMarch 9that sus- ingsinthecase,includingtheone and 1,527men.Its arch- presence in court. Grantingbail the ‘old normal’.The pandemic suchincreases three weeksago, from Spain arriving aftermid- the test nordid heprovide any pendedexistinglimitsaroundon- by the SupremeCourt, mean the bishopandseveralbishops would invitethe possibility of has already changed theway we rising to at least13countriestwo night on Saturdaytospend two further details. line education forinternational governmentmustresumeaccept- arealsowomen.“It’samir- embarrassing the United States live our lives,” WorldHealth weeksago to at least 20 lastweek weeksinquarantine,the Sunday Bolsonaroreportedtesting students.The March guidance ingandconsideringfirst-timeap- rorofthesociety,inaway,” in the conduct of itsforeign af- Organisation (WHO) Director- and to 37 countries thisweek. Times newspaper reported. This positive three times this wasmeantto provideflexibilityas plications. US Citizenship and the RevElisabethOberg fairs, straining itsrelationship General Tedros Adhanom The true numbers of both would deal aheavy blowto month,including an initial di- schoolsclosedcampusesamidthe Immigration Services had only Hansen said aftergivinga with India,” Assistant US Ghebreyesus said this week. cases and deaths arealmostcer- Spain, whichistrying to recoup agnosis on July7forCovid-19, pandemic, but universities had beenacceptingrenewalsforDACA sermon in asmall church AttorneyJohn JLulejian had “We’reasking everyone to treat tainlyunderreported, particu- itstourism afterthe Covid-en- the illness causedbythe new saiditwas unclear whether it ex- recipientswho were already en- in Stockholm. told the court. PTI thedecisions about wherethey larly in countrieswithpoorer forced lockdown. coronavirus. REUTERS tendedtonew students. AP rolledbySept. 5, 2017. AP Indian woman ASIA Vietnambans files case against wildlifeimports, US for delay in markets work permits VIETNAM ANNOUNCED Fridaythatitwas banning wildlifeimports and LALITKJHA would close wildlifemar- WASHINGTON,JULY25 kets in response to re- newedconcerns about AN INDIAN woman has fileda the threat from diseases lawsuitagainsttheUSCitizenship that can jumpfromani- Federal officials and alocksmith work to open adoor at the and Immigration Services over a mals to humans, suchas vacated ConsulateGeneralofChina building in Houston. AP delayinissuingwork permits,ac- the virus that causes cusingtheauthoritiesof sittingon Covid-19. An ordersigned abacklogofatleast 75,000 un- by Prime Minister printed Employment Nguyen Xuan Phuc bans US agents enter China AuthorisationDocuments. all imports of wildlife Ranjitha Subramanya,who is dead or alive and includes on an H-4 dependent visa with eggs and larvae. It also consulate in Houston her husband Vinod Sinha on an meritstougher penalties H-1B work visa, in alawsuit filed forcrimes involving the before afederal court in Ohio trade in wildlife. SEEMAHAKHUKACHRU& Question said that while her application KJMVARMA to extend her H-4 status and USA HOUSTON,BEIJING,JULY25 oflegality Employment Authorisation Document (EAD) wasapproved Cohenleaves US FEDERAL agentsand lawen- on April7,she did notreceive the prisonforhome forcement officers entered the CHINAHAS denounced the POLES RALLY TO KEEP PACT AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE work authorisation card. Chinese consulate compound in US action of enteringits con- As aresult, she wasforcedto confinement Houston, along with locksmiths, sulatebuilding in Houstonon Demonstrators, dressedasthe Handmaidsfromthe dystopian novel The Handmaid’sTale,atananti-domestic violence stop working forher employer US PRESIDENT Donald afterthe mission wasshut down, Fridayasillegal. By interna- protestinWarsaw, Poland. Thousandsofpeople protested Fridayagainstplans by the conservative government to withdraw afterher initial EAD expired on Trump’s formerpersonal amidstspiralling tensions be- tional law, acountry hassov- from Europe’s Istanbul Convention againstdomestic violence and violenceagainstwomen and children.The government June 7, 2020. lawyer Michael Cohenleft tween Washington and Beijing. ereigntyoverthe land on and other critics contend the convention goes againstPoland’s Constitution and Roman Catholicfamilytraditions. AP An H-4visaisavisa issued prison on Fridaytofinish The TrumpAdministration whichits consulatestands. by the US Citizenshipand his criminal sentence at ramped up itsconfrontation But the US would argue that ImmigrationServices (USCIS) to home, an attorneyfor with China this week,ordering the building in Houstonwas the immediatefamilymembers Cohen said, aday aftera Beijing’s consulateinHoustonto no longer the Chinese con- Feds push into Portlandstreets, fire teargas of the H-1B visa holders. judgefound he wassent close over concerns about eco- sulatewhen agentsentered it Spouses on an H-4visacan ap- backbehindbars two nomic espionage. afterWashington ordered plyfor an EAD. PTI weeksago as retaliation The consulateclosedon Beijing to shutitdown. By the time the security interviewonFriday. “It’s ab- forplans to publish abook Fridayeveningas thedeadlineset However, Chinese experts MIKEBAKER,THOMAS Oregon lostits bid on forces halted their advance, the solutely beyond their authority.” about Trump. Cohenwas by the Trumpadministration to have been quotedassaying FULLER&SERGIOOLMOS Fridayfor arestraining federal courthouse theyhad The statelostits bid on Friday Malaysia arrests shut down the mission expired. that since the consulatecom- PORTLAND,JULY25 been sent to protect wasout of forarestrainingorderagainstfour pickedupataprison in order againstfour Bangladeshi man Otisville, NewYork,about Afterthe Chinese diplomatic poundstillbelonged to the sight —two blocksbehind them. federal agencies on thegrounds 110kmnorthwestofNew staffvacatedthebuilding,anum- Chinese government, it was AFTER FLOODINGthe streets federal agencies The aggressive incursion of that the stateattorneygeneral after he criticises York City,about 1pmby berofblack SUVs,two whitevans in fact illegal forAmerican around the federal courthouse in federal officers intoPortland has lackedstanding,butseveralother his son andhis brother, andalocksmith’svanenteredthe agentstobreak intoit. Portland with tear gasduring been stretching the legallimits challenges arestill ongoing. govt on Al Jazeera the attorney, Jeffrey K compound, CNN reported. Friday’s earlymorning hours, Through the acridhaze, theycon- of federal lawenforcement, as Federal officers who arrived Levine, said. Cohen was In Beijing,the Chinese foreign dozens of federal officers in cam- tinuedtofireflash grenades and agentswith batons and riotgear this month to help control expected to be fitted for expressed strong dissatisfaction necessaryresponseinthisregard,” ouflageand tactical gear stood in welt-inducing marble-size balls rangedeep into the streetsofa protests over racial injustice and REUTERS an ankle monitorand andopposition to theUSlaw en- the ministrysaid in astatement. formation around the front of filledwithchemicals.Theymoved city whose leadership has made policeviolencehavemadeover40 KUALALUMPUR,JULY25 then be driventohis forcement officers’ “forcedentry” The consulateinHoustonisthe the building. down Main Street andcontinued it cleartheyare notwelcome. arrestsfor federal crimes, includ- Manhattanapartment. intothe consulateand lodged a building of the diplomatic con- Then,asoneprotesterblareda upthehill,whereoneof theagents “I think it’s absolutelyim- ingassaultsonfederalofficersand MALAYSIA ARRESTED a diplomaticprotest. sulateand is also China’s national soundtrackofTheImperialMarch, announcedoveraloudspeaker: proper,” Oregon’s attorneygen- failing to complywithlaw en- Bangladeshi national who crit- “Chinawillmakeaproperand property,itsaid. PTI the officers startedadvancing. “This is an unlawful assembly.” eral,Ellen Rosenblum, said in an forcement commands. NYT icisedthe government over its treatment of migrant workers in anews reportbybroadcaster Al Jazeera,the governmentsaid Saturday. STEADY DECLINEOFINDEPENDENT NEWS OUTLETS IS PART OF THE SLIDE TOWARDS AUTOCRATIC RULE IN HUNGARY The July3reporton Malaysia’s treatment of undocumentedfor- eign workers during the Covid-19 Scores of journalists quit in Hungary as Orban tightens grip on media pandemic sparked abacklashin the Southeast Asianation,with several officialsdescribing there- takeoverof Index.hu’sadvertising no outside interference in Index’s result through media outlets dia outlets controlledbythe PM’s portasbeing inaccurate. BENJAMINNOVAK& unitby anOrbanallywaspartof a contentorinthe composition or ownedbyGerman companies. allieswere giventoanother foun- Al Jazeerajournalists were MARCSANTORA broadereffort to limit dissenting structureofIndex’s staff,” the Afterthe election, Jaroslaw dation controlledbyOrban’scon- calledinforquestioningby police. BUDAPEST,JULY25 voices and silence critics. groupsaidinastatement.“Thefir- Kaczynski, the leader of the rul- fidants. Regulators were barred An arrest warrant wasissued Thepotentiallossof the news ing of Szabolcs Dull violated the ing party,vowedtopress ahead from scrutinising the transactions forMdRayhan Kabir,the HUNGARY’S MOSTwidelyread siteasacheckonthe government latter of these requirements. His with plans to limit media own- on grounds that the ownership Bangladeshi worker quoted in news sitewas thrown into disar- wasaparticularly painfulblowto dismissalwasaclearinterference ership by foreign companies. changes were of “strategic na- the news reportassaying the ray this week afterthe organiza- the small but determinedcoterie in the compositionofthe staff.” ThePolishgovernmenthasof- tional interest”. government discriminated tion’seditor-in-chief wasfiredand of independentjournalists left The steady decline of inde- tenfollowedthepathsetbyOrban, But Indexhad largely weath- againstundocumented foreign scoresofjournalistsquitinprotest working in the country. pendent news outletsispartof who has transformedthe media ered manypoliticalstorms over workers by arresting and jailing as the government movedcloser The sitewas oneofmanyin- the slide toward autocratic rule landscape in HungarydespiteEU the pastdecade. It has reported them duringthe pandemic. to near-complete controloverthe dependentmedia outlets in cen- in Hungaryand,toalesser ex- pressuretochangecourse. criticallyofOrban’sgovernment, RayhanwasarrestedonFriday country’s media landscape. tralEuropethathave comeunder SzabolcsDull, wasfired as the editor in chief of Index, tent, in Poland. Hungary’s Constitutional featuring stories of Russian med- and willbeexpelledfromthe Adecade intoPrime Minister sustainedfinancialand political Hungary’s main independentwebsite. Reuters Earlierthismonth,Poland’s Court has been stackedandlower dlinginHungary, allegedgraftin- country, Immigration Director ViktorOrban’squesttotransform pressurefromgovernments bent President, Andrzej Duda, nar- courts overhauled,public media volving individualsclose to General Khairul Dzaimee Daud Hungaryintoan“illiberal”nation, on controlling public discourse. rowly wonreelectionafteracam- andmostofthecountry’sprivate Orban’sinnercircle,andby chron- said in astatement on Saturday. wherehecontrolsnearly alllevers Morethanhalf the staffat Fridayafter thefiringofthe edi- years that we have tworequire- paign in whichthe media wasa media have come under the con- icling other government policies He did notsay whyRayhan was of the stateand uses them to Index, some 70 employees, an- tor, SzabolcsDull. mentsforIndextocontinueoper- frequent target.Duda accused trol of the PM’s allies. widelycondemnedasassaultson arrested or whether he wassus- maintain his grip on power, the nouncedtheir resignations “Wehaveemphasisedfor atingindependently: thattherebe Germanyoftryingto influencethe In late2018, hundredsofme- democratic institutions. 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In this pandemic-riddenworld, we livehermetic lives now. So, is dressing up and going out athing of the past ?

Leher Kala lockdown” wasfloating aroundWhatsApp. It does seem hard to believethatthe pan- It showedanadorably large and furrowed demic is the end of the road forgrandiose Saint Bernard,its drooping doggy ears sweep- wedding extravaganzas, valuedatover HESE DAYS,itiswith alarm ing the floor.The caption read, “When the Rs 100,000 crores, considering India’s most thatIview myselfinafull- Botoxbegins to wear off.”Pointbeing, it’s so influential trendsetters have quiterecently lengthmirrorbeforestepping dangerous to step out that we’rebetteroff flown down Beyoncé and the CirqueduSoleil out forsome tedious chore. sliding backtoour old, wrinkled, real selves. to entertain their guests.Fashion designer Ray-Bans to covermyeyes, a It’s neverbeen attractive,admitting to want Rahul Mishra, 40, who showedatParis Haute Tcap to coverwispsofgreyhair to enhance one’slooks, and, in the midst of a CoutureWeek’sonline showrecently,re- andthe ubiquitous maskstretching uncom- pandemic,it’sdownrightunacceptable. The mains quietlyoptimistic of aslowbut steady fortably behind my ears, it feels likeIhavedis- narcissism of our timeshas been asubject of recovery,thoughthe pandemic has robbed appeared and somebodyunrecognisable is so manycriticalthink-pieces, that everyone is his clientsofthe in-storeshopping experi- staring backatme. My androgynous outfit anxiouslyprojecting aperfect versionof ence. It wasanessential partofthe ritual, givesnothing away either.Loose, casual themselves. Since countryaftercountrywent holding familymeetingswith the designer, clothes, the kind thatsix months agoIwould intoshutdown mode,whatisessential and discussing embroideries and colour themes, have considered unfit fordeath by suicide. what isn’t has been debated endlessly. One to arrive at the dream wedding wardrobe. 2020 is the write-offyear wherewemust rightlysupposes if akidneytransplant canbe Mishrawas quicktoadapttoWhatsApp and imagine we arefugitivesindisguise who need postponedsocan cosmetic surgery.However, Instagram marketing, whereheposts trendy to perpetuallyduckfromadeviousassassin. to statethe obvious,what’s necessaryisal- shortvideos describing India’s intricate Among the random thoughtsfloating in my ways subjective. To some,the number of likes weaves and howtheyfit his design vision.He head,Isuddenlyfeel gratitudethatfateplaced and retweets is meaningless.Toothers,it launchedane-commerce platforminJune me in India.Icould have been born on some means everything. When we appraise our and he foresees it being waymoreimportant remote mountainside in Afghanistan, where lives, it would be dishonest nottorecognise that his flagship storefiveyearsfromnow. disassociationfromone’s appearance is man- that we allstrive to meet our ownstandards “When IcomparemyaccountsofJuly2019 dated by law. Ithink about howsomuchof of desirability.The joyoflooking good —and and July2020, they don’t look verydifferent,” theworld functionspermanently swathedin therebyfeeling good —through newclothes, says Mishra.“In my opinion, clientswill be- drab religious garb, letuspresume, willingly. newlipsornew shoes, come morediscerning This is what afaceveil mustfeel like, only cannotbeunderesti- and will invest more in moreclaustrophobic,because unlike amask mated.Showing offour understanding crafts- it covers the entirehead leaving onlyslitsfor best selvesisacentral manshipand thestory eyes. My face gets hotter and hotter in Delhi’s need,avital cog that al- behind abrand.” searing humidity and my breath fogs up my lows us to pass on our Indeed, even abrief shades. The discomfortfrustrates me. DNAtothe next gener- re-evaluationofcon- ation. As afriend putit, sumerist values will ■ ■ ■ as if coming outof createhavoc in every COVID brokeand job- industry, notjustfor the Itseemsalmostincrediblethatitwas only less isn’t bad enough, lakhsemployedinfash- six months agothat Iwas scrolling down most people will also ion and celebration Instagram admiringarangeofflawlessly-con- gain weight and have businesses. Some cor- toured selfies. Overnight, those vacation im- lowerlevels of confi- rections were long ages on exotic beaches or people posing at dencethan before. overdue. It’s also true glamorous artsoirées have magicallyvan- Therecords of previ- thatmemories are ished. FOMO is no longer athing when every- ous generations tell us short. While more peo- one’s missing out. If Ithink about what Ireally old habitsdie hard, es- ple are questioning if miss during COVID-19, it’s the trivial bitsof peciallyones we never everything we did to khabar that would come my wayabout wantedto give up in the self-optimise mattered, friends, familyand situations. Especially, be- firstplace. Women it’s onlybecausethe last cause nowall conversationsveerright backto bought lipstickand fewmonths have been the coronavirus. Nobody can talk of anything stockings in the Great so discombobulating. A else. Besides,noparties mean no gossip. No Depression as well. decadefromnow, morewho-wore-what.Icould kill to discussa “Thistimenextyear all COURTESY:RAHULMISHRA when academics have dress right now. Alas,at thismoment,the fear of this will be ahazy analysed all the is soheightened,postingaparty picturecould memory,”predictsRashi Bhimani, atrousseau changes COVID wrought upon us, perhaps, provokeamalicious backlash. Howpathetic consultant basedinGurugram.Itcertainlyap- one will be that fine lines andwhitehairare lifehas become can beseen in what passes for pears so when one considers the BBC images acceptable imperfections. It mustbenoted scandal these days.Therewas atimewhen of humungous crowds outside London pubs that despitethe pall of gloom, it’s notlikepeo- conversations conductedin hushedwhispers on dayone of reopening. Bhimanihelps brides ple areokaywithstaying home, hairyand un- revolvedaround who wassleeping with connect with fashion designers andchoose kempt. Amazonand otheronline stores have whom.Inthe post-COVID world, the new the right assortment of outfitsfor the family. notedthe rise in demand of do-it-yourself adulteryiswho is socialisingwithwhom, and Three of the weddingsshe wasworking on home beauty kits. While sales of lipstickshave howmuch. Or,who is dumb enough to con- were cancelledbetween MarchandMay. One crashed, nail-polish brands aredoing very ceal ameeting with someonewho testedpos- of the brides decidedtogoahead with the well. Eyemakeup tutorials on YouTubeare itive. Calling out people with acavalier atti- wedding, scaleddownto30people.But in- notchinguplakhs of hits.There’s something tude to COVID is the latestinarmchair stead of her heavy bridal lehnga, she optedto to be said forthe well-known contradiction activism. It’sno wonder that upscale housing wear aBanarasi sari, moreappropriatefor an that Saudi Arabia has always been famous for societies in Gurgaon shame members found EXPRESSARCHIVE intimatecelebration. This is alegitimatefear, —howevermodestlycovered the women violating home quarantine rules and theyare VANITY FARE that if peoplestopspending foranextended maybe, they arethe largest consumers of roundlyapplaudedfor it. Everyone’s suspi- (Above) Actor Sonam Kapoor in aRohit Baldesignatafashion week in Delhi; amodel wearing acreation by Rahul Mishra periodoftime, theymay stop finding value in makeup in the world. No doubt thereisa ciouslysizing up howeveryone else is living, flaunting wealth on original creations, forever. pause in normal lifewhilepeople consider perhaps to reassurethemselvesthat the Fear Ican’t count howmanytimesI’ve heardlately what theywant to render obsolete, and bring Of Going Out (FOGO) is justified, and, so, they my friends constantlymarvelling at the star- back.Isee alot of spiritual metaphors around arestill, in some sense, winning. bizarre visual spectacle confronting us on the judgmentsabout people, basedonasmile or beauty and sophistication,COVID,inone fell tling discoveryof howlittletheyactuallyneed. that this catastrophe is meant to forceusinto While this noveltimeisindeedtriggering, rare occasion we leave our homes. It’s surreal afrown.Inthe absence of facialfeatures, per- swoop, has relegated everyone equallyun- Besides, in the lastfiveyears, therehavebeen newbeginnings.Morepertinently,itisare- it is also atime forintrospection. Mainly, to seeing bodies behind asteering wheelora sonal aesthetics—fashion and jewelleryfor appealing, masked.The cumulative effect of agrowing number of prominent climate- minderthatwethrive on theshared experi- think abouthow history’s biggestdisasters grocerylinebut notbeing able to gauge their instance, have ceasedtomatter. Consider the this abrupt dismantling of stylewill have pro- changeactivists andvegans on the scene, who ence, and community is preciselywhat this could have suchbanalorigins. Of all the pan- expressions. As Oscar Wilde noted, the true ironythatCOVID-19has been the great foundimplications —onbeauty norms, how have made conspicuousconsumption look capricious virus tears apart. demic-inducedupheavals, from careers im- mysteryofthe worldisthe visible, notthe in- equaliser betweenthe good-lookingand the we consume andwhat afuture coolcould decidedlyuncool. ploding to terrifying confinement, there’s visible. We’redeprived of using aprimal in- not-so good looking, and between the shabby look like. LeherKalaisdirector,HutkayFilms,anda been no time to analyse theimpact of the stinct honedovermillennium to makesnap and trendy. Howeverliberal one’snotions of Lastweek, ameme titled“Week 20 of ■ ■ ■ columnistwithTheIndianExpress

so it’s definitelytata, goodbye. getasnack, which,strenuous as it is aftera ● Belts: It’s ascientific fact that calories wholedayofthighbreeding, requires justone So Long,Farewell consumedwearingcomfytrackpants arefour pair of flip-flops. Essential workers and those times morelikelytoattachthemselveslov- who neededtowalk home will,ofcourse, ingly toyour body.After months of this joy- have neededrelief fortheir soles, but overall, Things that COVID-19 has forced us to give up on ousunion, it’s no wonder that mostofushave in 2020, the morewell-heeledyou are, the less been thanking our stars that whatever COVID- well-heeledyou have needed to be. related belt tightening we mayhavetodo, at ●Suitcases: The most utterly,completely, Vatsala Mamgain lecularoppositeofMummy, thatwon’t make leastitwon’t bewiththe actual,physical belt. supremelyuseless objectsof2020haveall thetimes anybetter. Here’s the not-Mummy ● Lunchboxes: Ihavenever ever meta been put away,packedtobursting with listofobjects, the vestigial organs of our pre- lunchboxIdidn’tlike, so, forme, this is ahuge metropasses, ties, sunglasses, razors, SO WE stand together—all of humanity,plus COVID, pre-lockdown existence, that areab- PHOTOS:GETTYIMAGES blow. Lockdown has meant that the lifecycle makeup, dinnerjackets, trousers, contact the alienswho convene and attendwebinars solutelyuseless to us in lockdown: GOING,GOING,GONE of food has simplyskippedthe lunchboxstage. lenses,perfumes and swimsuits. Stuffed —inthedark bellyof2020,wonderinghowto ● Watches: It’sironicbecause the one (From left) Watches, lunchboxes and belts It is nowtransferred straight from the pan to somewherebetween these areremnants of getout of this toiletbowl of ayear.Itreminds thing thatthis lockdown has gifted us is vast themouth,without astopatthe lunchboxsta- whatlifefelt likepre-COVID —memories of meof asimilartimeinhistory,whenitseemed tractsoftime. Time earlier spent on commut- tion. What asad loss forthe panting, drooling, dark barsand dinnerparties, swimming likeallhopewaslost,andMahatmaGandhifa- ing and competitive consumption is now lockdown (ok,double biggestwinners) have but the swab testswill provebeyond adoubt anticipation industry. pools, airportlounges, school sports days,af- mously said,“Thissucks.IwantmyMummy.” spent meaningfully —squinting 27.3 hours been women’s breasts,taking advantageof that COVID killedthe bra. ● Heels/ sandals/ dress shoes: Likepedi- fectionatehugs and dreams of haircuts, mas- The father of the nation was, as always, everyday at screens and the remaining 27.3 self-isolationtothrow offtheunderwiredyoke ● Laptopbags: Lockdown hasrevealed greedpetssix months afteradoption, they sages and holidays. bang on the money. Thereisnosituation, in- hours attempting to redistributedomestic of oppression.Thefewtimesinlockdownthat the true purpose of laptopbags, whichisto lie have been completely abandoned.Giventhat Whether or notIclaim anythingelse from cluding aglobal pandemic, wherethe addi- dirt. As awise man calledAnonymous once have necessitated wearing one have been around, trapping all the dustbunniesthat in- formostofus, our exercise routine has con- the detritus of this year,thoseare the things tionof Mummyisn’tlikelytomakethingsbet- said, there’s no time likethe present;but if greetedbymostwomen with the puppy-like expert jhadooscannot. At thispoint, all laptop sistedofsitting slack-jawedinfront of ascreen, that Ican’t wait to retrieve.You? ter. Or,ifnot better,thensame; exceptwith the presentdoesn’t feel likeagift, the last enthusiasmthatcondemnedprisonersreserve bags have been seizedand hauled offtoa allowingthefatcellsin our thighsto mate and cake. Whichisthe very definition of better. thing youneedisawatch. forjailersescortingthemto thenoose.It’sdone, planetcalled SomewhereOut Of the Way. have huge litters, we have hadnoneedfor VatsalaMamgainisaglutton,cook,runner,tree But thereare afew things that arethe mo- ● Bras: The single biggestwinner of the it’sdusted,thepostmortemwillmakeitofficial, Things nevereverfind their wayout of there, shoes. At best,wehavewalkedtothe fridgeto lover,shopper,readerandtalker

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INSIDE HER WORLD Astillfrom RunKalyani Geetha J’sdebut feature is a delightful meditation on tedium and solitude Shubhra Gupta

PHOTO:CREATIFFILMSBYSAHILARORA NGROUNDHOGDAY (1993), thefilm’smiddle-aged leading man, playedbyBillMurray,isstuckinaper- plexing,never-ending groove:whatwould youdoif Ieveryday wasexactlythe same,and youwerestuck The WeddingMustGoOn in one place,and nothing thatyou didmattered? Ayoung woman in GeethaJ’s 100-minute debut feature, Run Kalyani (2019), could well be askingherself that question. Kalyani’s days seem to be thesame:wakingup The pandemic and social distancing are shrinking the big,fat Indianwedding — in an attic-likeroom,coming down the steps, greeting her frail, bed-ridden periamma (aunt), makingmorning coffeeand getting ready forthe day. She worksasacook at least till the virus is around in acouple of homes,atsome distance from her own modestdwelling,whichisindangerofbeingtaken away Surbhi Gupta ganise in Apriland twoinJune. One family organising twotothree different events for from her. Debtsare piling up. Rent is longoverdue. The wasparticular about the muhurat,sothey different groups of 50 people each, they’ve aunt’s health is failing. Everything in Kalyani’s young life went ahead with aceremonyincluding 10 instituted astrict RSVP system. (sheappearstobeinher early 20s) seems to be teetering ELHI-BASED digital marketer people, at home. Others have postponed According to Tuli, people no longer want on the brink: wherewill she go from here? Chaitali Puri and her their plans indefinitely. “Two of my couples to spend hugesums on weddings, and nei- The evocative,thought-provoking film follows Chandigarh-basedfiancé Nitin areabroad, so thereisnoway theycan come ther do theywantlarge,elaborately deco- Kalyani, as she lets herselfinand out of the homes she Arorahad startedplanning to India anytimesoon,”she says. ratedvenues,wherethe paucity of guests worksin, clockingthe emotionaltemperatureoftheir Dtheir engagement and wed- Puri and Arorafinallydid getmarriedin will onlymakethe contrastwithweddings in residents, temporarily apartofthe eddy-and-swirlof ding in December lastyear.Theywanted a an intimateceremonyathome, afterthe lat- pre-COVID times appear starker. Food menus their rhythms. Observant viewers willsoon begin notic- “big fatPunjabi wedding”, says Puri, atwo- ter’s father suggestedonMay 1that they have changed because guestlists have ing thevariationsinthe pattern. Nothing is exactlythe dayevent on May1and 2, whichwould in- couldstillgoahead as planned the next day. shrunk and buffets arebeing avoidedbe- same. Thereare subtleshifts everyday.And, on the clude pherasatsunsetfollowedbyaparty “What followedwere12hours of complete cause of hygiene concerns. fourth day, amomentous event changes her lifefor good. that would lastthe whole night.The couple madness,” Puri says.The permissions forthe The intimate artofbridal make-up is one GeethaJ,writer,producer,director,who shuttlesbe- got engagedonMarch 16,but aweek later, wedding and travel from ChandigarhtoDelhi of the peculiar challenges of weddings right tween theUKand herhome town Thiruvananthapuram, everything looked uncertain, as the country were managed by 5pmonMay 1and a pan- now. Delhi-basedmake-up artistLeena beganasjournalist and critic,and soon movedintothe lockeddownonMarch 22 dit to officiatethe cere- Bhushan ensures that she’s alone in the room documentaryand experimental film space. Her 2005 ●●● in response to theCOVID- monywas finalisedby7 PHOTO:DIPAKSTUDIOS withthe brideand one assistant whenwork- documentary, Woman With AVideo Camera, wasthe first 19 pandemic. pm. The weddingfeastwas SMALL IS and methi korma. Therewas none of this for ing. “We’resanitising our products before of itskind,with whichshe beganexploring the livesof Awedding takes Planners say people cooked at home, and the BEAUTIFUL Dar’swedding. The guest listwas trimmed andafter the make-up, washing our hands ordinary, working-class women. Howdoesthe ordinary months,sometimeseven celebrants all wore masks, down to 20, andcomprisedonlyimmediate constantlyand doingtemperaturechecksof becomeextraordinary? It’s alltodowith the point-of- (Top) Sanitisers, years, to plan. Eachdetail is do not want to maintaining proper dis- family. “Wesavouredahome-cookedmeal the brides,apartfromwearing masks, face view, andinRun Kalyani, we seethat gaze rest upon its agonisedover, from coor- tance from eachother. masks and awedding served on individual plates and the menu shields and PPE suits. I’m covered from head protagonist,asshe movesfromone daytoanother. dinating outfitswith the spend huge sums on Sanitiser bottles were in Delhi; and a wasalso limited,” he says.“Everyone wasso to toe,” she says,“But it is taking us four hours In the wayshe opens her eyes,stretches and becomes decor, to creating sangeet weddings, nor do placedall over the house, preparations for a amusedtosee a baraat, theywerecalling me instead of twowith one bride, so our work awareofher surroundings, youknowit’s anew day. Does playlists,researching des- says Puri, who wore her religious ceremony at aCOVID dulha,” he says. has onlyincreased,” she says. being alone also mean being lonely? Notwhenyou have tination venues, and sam- they want large, mother’ssari,along with aSikh wedding in “A lotofweddings in Kashmir happenin Weddings planners arenow required to agood-looking partner who shares your spaceand feeds pling lavishmenus. Most her grandmother's vintage June and go on till October. We had some source masksand sanitisers as well. Good your dreams, reading out lyrical lines from great literary Delhi emergencies arefactored elaborately gold choker,instead of the bookings before Ramzan and some after, but quality masksare bought and made to match texts. Is he real? Or an imaginarycompanion? intothe plans,but how elaborate lehnga whichshe nowdue to thepandemic, mostare getting the theme of the occasion.“Everytablewill Those of us who do notunderstand Malayalam will could anyone plan foran decorated venues hadn’t been abletocollect cancelledand we arebeing asked to return have asanitiser and entryand exit will have miss the beauty of some of the poetryand theliterature, unprecedented global from the designer. the advance,” says JavedAhmedBhatt, who the standing sanitising unit,” says Tuli. whichlayers the film. Agentle, wordless romance be- calamity? Puri and Arora ●●● Shafiqullah Dar,a30- runs HamdardTent House in Anantnagdis- Wedding planningteams have also shrunk tween amiddle-aged man and an abusedwoman is con- areamong the manycou- year-old teacher in central trict. “We’velived through unrestand cur- in size.“We usedtoworkwithfull-time em- ducted through the device of hand-written letters (in this ples whosenuptialplans were foiledbythe Kashmir’s Budgam district, too, had planned fews in 2008,2010and 2016,but weddings ployees and freelancers, but nowwe’ll only digital-heavy age, justthe thought of someone actually lockdown. While some decided to postpone to have agrand weddingonMay 31,with usedtotakeplace, even if fewerinnumber. work with employees whosebackgrounds picking up apen is sheer romance); yousee thebeautiful their weddings, others decidedtoforego over 300people in attendance. “Mysistergot But duringthe pandemic, there have been we’resureof,” she says. penmanship,and youread the subtitles, wishing you grand events, opting, instead, forintimate marriedlastyear and600people had graced almostnoweddings,” says Bhatt. The few Still, weddings, likeother celebrations, could understand more. But when it comes to the feelings functions at home, as soon as the govern- the occasion, and we had served afull- that do happen featurewhat is being called areaboutfamiliesand communities coming between the two, nothing in lostintranslation. Freedom ment allowedweddings with up to 50 fledged wazwan,” he says.InKashmir,wed- the “pandemic wazwan”, with fewerdishes together and social distancing remains a is the same in everylanguage, as relayedbyKalyani’smo- guests,beginning May4. dingsare synonymous with wazwan,afeast cooked and served by wazasinPPE suitsand, challenge.“It’s suchasocial event, youend bileface,playedbeautifully by GarggiAnanthan. “Thisisn’t the time forthe big fatIndian comprising15to35dishes. So important is likeatDar’s wedding, eaten by guests on in- up hugging people,touchingthe feet of eld- The film openedthe 20th edition (virtual) of the New wedding at all; intimateweddings and home the wazwan that wedding datesare fixedfor dividual mini traamis. ers, or dancing with friends,” Rajgarhia says. York IndianFilm Festival on Friday(July 24). It canbe ceremonies arethe wayforward,” says when the waza, the cook,isavailable. Guests Oneofthe biggest challenges is prepar- Herrecommendation is that her clientspost- watchedonmoviesaints.com, NYIFF’s screening partner, Aanchal Tuli, who runs The Millennial sit in groups of four aroundatraami —a ing the guestlist,saysNamrataRajgarhia, ponetheir plans, if theycan. “Those who tillAugust2. Bridesmaid, awedding-planning company round copperplatter thatisheapedwith rice owner-founder of TwoFat Ladies,aMumbai- want to do it nowshould optfor home cere- in Gurugram. She hadtwo weddings to or- andloadedwith dishes suchasseekh kebabs basedweddingplanning company. Besides monies, with abigger celebration later.”

them to greaterheightsand keeping them sensibilities, the decorativearts—those restless in the pursuit of whatever it wasthat things from the pastthatconnect me to my Homeland Insecurity made them tick. birthplace—nowconsidered “ethnic”. Manhattan had visitors likemecoming Commodities brought intothe motherland to it from all around the world. The tourists from nations far, farawayare accordedac- Can we ever be seen for who we are, and not what we are? from lands afar had sensibilitiessimilar to colades and price pointsthat deify their be- my own. With these foreigners, Ihad acon- ing. Celebrated fortheir Northern European cordance. Discordance —accompaniedbya provenance, these things arecalled“food”, ALL HUMANS, includingrefugees who have fair,smooth and soft, or even feminine, pretty, visceral ugliness—camemostlyfromsmall- “design”, “art”, and “dress”. While what Ileft been dispossessedoftheir birthplace, areof or gay. It further needledmyquestioners town Americans. These were the people who behind and returnedcravingtobecome one SLICEOFLIFE acertainethnicity. We might choose to be when Irefusedtogivemylastname. Those asked about my ethnicity and my religious with again is nowlabeledas“ethnic” —“eth- nomads, or migrantsorliveinaland faraway familiar with popular American music would beliefs. Theywanted to place me intoa nic clothing”, “ethnic food”, “ethnic art”, “eth- from our homeland, but our ethnicity never accuse me of fashioning myself after stereotypical, formulaic category. In times of nic dress”. changes. We areborntoit, anddie beingofit. Madonna. Truth be told, Iwas astudent of communal tensions like9/11, theywerethe Coloniserslong gone, colonies as we At 20, Ifound myself in Manhattan, the Hindustani classical vocalmusic.Not even re- ones who spat on me, calledmeracial epi- knew themdonewith, thenorms of the past financial, cultural and urban epicentreofthe motely afan of Madonna. Iwas alsonot afan thets,and even struckme. Thankfully, these ought to be fading away andreplaced with United States. Oftencalled“The City” by of being boxedintostereotypes and“isms”. were rare occasions, about adozenmoments happilyacceptable and acceptedold ways those who have visited,lived in, or done busi- Isaw lifethrough aprism of my ownmak- in 27 years. and traditions. When we willingly succumb ness there. With itshigh energy,endless op- ing. Monochromatic lifeboredme. Ipreferred As Imakemyhome in Delhi at 47,Ifind to Stockholm Syndrome andbrand our own portunities, and rare ability to help people acolourfulway of thinking, livingand being. myself in acityverydifferent from what Ileft social and cultural identityas“ethnic”, we realise their dreams, it is incomparablycos- Mumbai was, to my late teen sensibilities, the at 18.Delhi is acity of incredible beauty and areplaying right intothe hands of the op- mopolitan anduniquelyecumenical. ManhattanofIndia. Yetitwas NewYorkCity SUVIRSARAN shocking challengesthat comewithaboom- pressors. In this moment, one we ownand My arrivalinNew York City made me whereIwanted to study,come of age, and ingurban sprawland industrial growth. Isee influence,weare furthering the stereotypes ●●● awareofmyethnicity forthe firsttime. As a chartthe course of my life’s journey. Visiting the hustle and bustle thatwas NewYorkin and deepening the divides that damageour college-goer in India, Iwas routinelycon- it in my mid-teens, Isaw firsthand the poten- 1993, but nowherenear as comfortable with human collective.Whenhateisperpetuated fronted with the question, “Whatare you?” tial of the peerlesslybrilliantcity.Ileftithun- Iamshocked to find the urbanisation as NYCof2020. Isee the glitz and perpetrated,itends up hating the hater When Ianswered“I am ahuman child”,Ipro- gryfor more. Leaving behind bitsand bobs of and glamour,and Isee heart-wrenching in theend. vokeddisgustatmynaïveté. And, then, im- me waiting to reunitewith my soul. Yearning food Igrew up eating,the poverty. Isee cacophonous traffic, and sec- Iamhoping to see aday when Iamsim- patienceatmyunwillingness to acceptsuch forasense of home and belonging. regional attire, and the tionsofthe countrystillcomingofage,strug- plySuvir. Ahuman being. Aday when my questions and their expected answersas Manhattan waseverything Iwanted it to gles similar to therural outpostwhere Iset food, clothing,art,style and language are commonplace.Myquestioners,mostly be and then some. The people of Manhattan decorative arts now being up afarminNew York State. Towns and peo- simplynouns, withnobelittling adjective. A SuvirSaran Maharashtrians, were quicktoconsider me andits boroughs were aunique andinterest- ples ignoredbyfellow citizensand country, time when theyare notreducedtosome Punjabi or Kashmiri. Some even assumedI ing lotofhumanity.Apool and creedofpeo- considered‘ethnic’ leftbehind in the19th century. “ethnic” version of the “norm”, but have a Suvir Saran is achef,author,educator and was“mixed breed”. Manyhad no qualms ple forwhom all that mattered wastheir love Iamshockedtofindthe food Igrew up place of pride in their ownhomeland. The world traveller about callingmechikna,code forsomeone of arichlydiverse city,the pluralitydriving ●●● eating, the regional attire, the architectural beginningofhomeland security.

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18 SPOTLIGHT JULY 26, 2020 DOWN IN The New Trees of Delhi JUNGLELAND Pradip Krishen on what the Central RanjitLal Vista makeover could mean for the Ranjit Lal is an author, environmentalistand birdwatcher national capital’s green spaces Ta king Flight Shiny Varghese RADIP KRISHEN’S books Trees of The fascinating flying and landing Delhi (Penguin Books, 2006)and Jungle Trees of Central India techniques evolved by birds (Penguin Books,2013) have not Pjusttunedour eyes to lookatflow- HINKOFthis: vultures, amongstthe heaviestof ers, leavesand branches moreclosely, but also birds —some weighing in at 15 kg —are also revealedthe “man-made” choices that cre- the highestflying of all birds, reaching heights ateour wilderness. As the Central Vista Tof 11,000 m, and expending scarcelyacalorie in Redevelopmentleadstoaplan to replant energywhile up there. Yes, it takesalot of mighty wing- Lutyens’ Delhi,the naturalistremindsus beating to getoff theground, but once they’re in the about the missteps that colonial rulers made “zone”, theycan flyhundredsofkilometers withnarya in 1912,and whyour natural biodiversity is wing-beat.Hummingbirds, the lightest of birds, averag- so underutilised. Excerpts from an interview: ing around 4g,burn up fuel so fast that theyhavetobe constantlyrefuellingonthe wing,bytakingintheir own What’s your opinionabout the latest body weightinhigh-octane nectar.Otherwise, they horticultureplan forthe Central Vista might just drop dead.Atnight, theygointoastupor,with Redevelopment? heart and respiratoryrates droppingdrastically. As air- All we have togobyisthe articlethatap- craftengineers know, the lighterthe aircraft, the easier it peared in TheIndian Express on July19(“In PRADIPKRISHEN is to getoff the ground and save fuel. Central Vistarevamp, firm to focus on trees that and arboriculturistschosewhichtrees Ihaveafavourite tree in Lutyens’ Delhi —one So what’s with these vultures and hummingbirds? All restoreLutyens eralook”). It’s very worrying should flank eachavenue in the newcapital. that is notverywell known. It’s called anjan birds arereally designedtobeaslight as possible —they forseveral reasons.The firm HCP Design, Lutyens himself and William Mustoe, who (Hardwickia binata) andits home is in rocky have hollow bones —and have arespiratorysystemthat whichisexecuting the design forthe Central wassuperintendent, Government Gardens, hillsides starting with theSatpuras andthen ensures aconstant supplyofoxygentotheir muscles, re- Vista‘revamp’, says it wantstosticktothe in New Delhi, aresaidtohavedecided which going all the waydownthe Eastern Ghats.The gardless of inhalation or exhalation of air.They’realso original ‘palette’ of trees that Edwin Lutyens tree should be planted where, all this over British planteditsparingly in New Delhi, streamlined, with smooth outlines and aerofoil-shaped planted,and also said it wasgoing to replant breakfastevery morning in aLutyens’ bunga- probablybecausetheyweren’t very sureof wings over whichair passes as smoothlyaspossible, gen- one species that has alifespan of about a100 lowon(Ithink) Sunehri Bagh road. howwell it would do in Delhi. They hedged erating the maximum liftand keeping that enemyof years. Exceptthat, firstofall,theydon’tseem their bets by interplanting it with neem on flight —drag—atbay.For this, afew design tweaksare to knowwhatthe ‘original palette’ is —they What wasuniqueabout their plan? PandaraRoad. Theyplantedit on four round- necessary. Vultures and pelicans musthavebroad wings mention jamun,banyanand peepal and an Theywantedtochoose particulartrees aboutsoneither side of the CentralVista.It’s in order to supporttheir weight;the largerthe surface astonishing entitytheycall a‘forest ficus’. that theythought would be exactlythe right abeautiful tree, and it’s looking particularly area of the wing, the moreliftitcan generate. The prob- Now, firstofall, banyans and peepalsare de- size and shape to ‘frame’ monumentsor lovely at this moment at the startofour rains. lem happens at the wingtip. Due to the pressurediffer- cidedlynot partofany original paletteof other features that could be seen at theends Go out and lookatitnow. ences at the topand bottom surface of the wing, eddies or trees on theCentralVista.Next, they don’t of these roads. In that firstreport of 1912,they mini tornadoes of air roll offthe edge of the wing from the seem to knowwhatthe thirdkind of ficus is identifiedeightspecies forthis purpose. What have been theconsequences of the bottom to the top, creating turbulence and drag. So the —this in itself is alarming. Furthermore, they That’s areally tinynumber forwhatwas up- British curating our jungles? birds (likeothers) have solvedthis problem by having completely ignoreseveral othertrees likethe wardsof40roads and streets. Slowly, this When the Britishdecided to ‘manage’ splayed wingtips —with the feathers at the end —called chir (cheed) pine, maulshri and bistendu, number swelledto12or13but what’s most India’sforests in the mid-19th century, they the primaryfeathers —deeplyslotted andupturned, so whichare adistinctive partofthe landscape interesting is whytheychosethe particular had no schools of scientific forestryin Britain. that the air can pass through them without getting tooag- around VijayChowk. species that theydid. Severaltrees, which France and Germanywerethe pioneers in itated and causing drag. To facilitateslowflight —say, were favouriteavenue trees of the Mughals, Europe, and youwouldn’t catchthe English while landing —manybirds have atuftoffeathers called What aretheydoing wrong? trees like shisham, banyanand mango, forex- asking the Frenchfor afavour.Sotheybrought the “alula” or bastard wing, whichpops up in front of their Iremember talking to an old jamun-seller ample, found no place in their scheme. I’ve in Germanforesters to teachthe Indian Forest wings to smoothen theturbulent airflowasthe airspeed near IndiaGate. It washewho firstalertedme triedtopiece together the biases and criteria Service howtomanageour forests. The decreases (you can clearly seethis in blue-rockdoves). to thefactthat the jamunsaround Central that might have influenceddecisions about Germans believedinakind of forest manage- Vultures also attain their economical fuel consumption Vistawere raijamunsthatripen in bhaadon whichtrees to plant. It’s acomplicated story, ment that foregroundedhumanneeds. All the figures by hitchingrides on thermals, columns of warm (August-September), distinct from the but to simplify,these trees had to meetthe treesthat were of no direct use as timber were air rising from the ground. Manynestonprecarious cliff smaller jamoa that ripeninaashaadh (June- following criteria: (a)theyhad to be ever- regardedas rubbish to beremoved. Their ideal faces, so no laborious take-offisnecessary. July).The difference corresponds to aspecies green (b) theyshould notbe‘common’ and EXPRESSARCHIVE forest wasserriedranksofeven-agedtreesof The wingsofbirds likealbatrosses and other sea- difference between Syzygium nervosum and (c) theyhad to be the ‘right’ size forthe av- TREE FOR JOY the manyavenues of Central Vista? asingle species, harvestedatregular intervals. Syzygium cumini. They’redistinct trees, not enues wheretheyweretobeplanted. An old rai jamun in This wastheir biggestmistake —opting Iwas surprisedtodiscoverthat German justinthe time of ripening of their fruit,but Lutyens wasnot familiar with Indian trees. forevergreen species, trees like arjun and ja- forestry still worksonsimilar principles. Delhi; (above) also in their form. The big, spreading, shady He would have reliedhugelyonMustoe’s ex- mun and so on.Quiteapartfromthe ecolog- Ninety per cent of Germany’s foreststoday is trees that grow along the Central Vistaare a perience of being in Punjab formanyyears Pradip Krishen icalmisunderstanding that underlies this made up of only11treespecies. Some of them specialkind of jamun,not just anyold jamun. before he wascalled in to Delhi. But, forme, thinking, whywould youeffectively‘cut out’ areexotic.Theytriedtodothis in India,too. Do theyknowthis and will theybother to find the mostcuriouscriterion is evergreen-ness. one of the mostbeautiful eventsthat hap- When Iwas writing my book on central out? Don’t youthink that if you’replanting Treesthat arewell adaptedtoDelhi’snatural pen in deciduous forests—the flush of new Indian jungles,I’d follow atrail that I’dhave up agrand, ceremonial avenue, youneedto ecologyare notevergreen. An environment leavesinspring? Idon’t denythat manyof read aboutfromanaccount in, say, the 1880s. knowexactlywhatyou’redoing? thathas onlytwo months of rain concen- our avenues in NewDelhilook very beauti- Iwas looking forthe richest, mostdiverse trated in one big pulse cannotsupport ever- ful. But at some point, Ithink we’regoingto patches of forest in the region. All gone. All You’vesaidbeforethat NewDelhi’s trees green trees. Foratreetosurviveinamonsoon have to do an environmental audit of their plantedupwith teak.And it’s still happening. areaBritish legacy.Could youelaborate? climate, it has to shutdownand become dor- performance. Aretheyexcessivelythirsty? We have upwards of 260 species of na- The area chosen to be imperial Delhi — mant in the long dryseasoninorder to sur- Howmuchwater do theyconsume? Can we tive trees in our country.Weuse —inour whichcame to be known as ‘Lutyens’ Delhi’ vive.So, in effect, choosing evergreentrees afford to go on wateringthem at that rate? planted landscapes—maybe 50 or 60 of GETTYIMAGES —was a tabula rasa,prettymuchablank forDelhi is notsuchasmartidea. These questions aregoingtobecome more these species.That’s about twoper cent of UP IN THE AIR slate. Starting with the Imperial Capital and moreurgentastime goes on. ournaturalbiodiversity in trees. Don’t you Canada Geese flying in formation Committee’s Reportin1912, Britishplanners So, what has worked and what hasn’t in Whichtrees have ‘worked’ in my opinion? think that’s shocking?

birds areverylong and narrowwhichreduces the turbulence at the wingtipsbecauseofthe lowsurface area. Albatrosses use another trick: theytackbackand forth tough conversations as theydidn’t want to lowoverthe waves over vast distances, taking advantage be remindedofthat traumatic time, “but the of the difference in wind-speedprevailing close to the AMelody from music neededtobefreed”. “The livescould waves and higher up (It’sslowernear the surface of the notberestoredorfullyhealed. But this is waves due to friction). what Ineedtodo,” says Lotoro. The hummingbirdhas solvedits problem by being On one suchvisit to Prague, in 1990, light and by flying morelikeaninsect.Normally, abird’s Lotoro discoveredafive-act opera, an opti- wing generates liftonlyonthe down-stroke;the up- the Pits of Hell mistic and joyous compositiontitled Three stroke is moreareloading move.But with insects (and Hairsofthe Wise Old Man, created by Czech the hummingbird) liftiscreated by both strokes. Even so, composer Rudolf Karel, who wasassociated the hummingbird’s wingsmay blur at 20 beatsper sec- Why an Italian pianist has been archiving with anti-Nazi resistance and later captured ond, whileits heart thrumsat1,000 beatsper minute to by the Gestapo in 1943. He washeld at getenough oxygen around,and it musthover to suck in music composed by prisoners in Wo rld WarII Terezín concentration camp, in Czech enough fuel from maybe1,000to 2,000 blooms per day. Republic, whereprisoners were kept before It has recently been discoveredthat even the pere- concentration camps theyweresent forextermination. The score grine falcon has aspecialtuftoffeathers whichpops up waswritten on variouspieces of toiletpaper when it’s screamingdownat389 kmph to dampen tur- Suanshu Khurana by people who want your physical andintel- with charcoal providedbyawardeninthe bulence that couldsenditout of control.Valvesinthe lectual death… Musickeptthemalive.Itwas hospitalsection, who also helpedsmuggle nostrils also ensureasteady supplyofair —and notagale to preserve and asserttheir humanity,” outthe music and kept them hidden with his blowing through them at that speed—and the eyes are IN 1941,Polish violinistJózef Kropinski was Lotoro says in TheMaestro: In Searchofthe daughter’s homework.Karel diedin1945. protected by anictitating membrane whichslidesover sent to Auschwitz, located in southern LastMusic (2017), adocumentaryfilm on his But his music made it out. “I recordeditwith before impactwith the prey.Owlsare equippedwith Poland (then occupiedbyNaziforces). questmade by Franco-Argentine filmmaker an orchestrafor posterity,” says Lotoro. special sound-dampeningfeathers so theycan approach Kropinski’s crime:hewas involvedinpub- AlexandreValenti. In the longlistofmusicians he met, there prey soundlessly:Ionceobservedagroup of four barn lishing an underground newspaper.Once in- Lotoro livesinBarletta, alittle town hug- wasfamedIsraeli pianist Alexander Tamir, owls demonstrate this in an aviary—itwas trulyeerie. side the concentration camp, he realisedthat ging the Adriatic Sea in Italy. Thirty years ago, originallyaLithuanian Jewwho composed Ground-dwelling partridges,pheasantsand junglefowl if he were to survive themedical experi- he gave up acareer as an active concertpi- Shtiller Shtiller (Quiet, quiet), asong in burn the carbohydrateglycogen in explosive bursts when mentsand the back-breaking labour,hehad anisttofind, archiveand recordmusic com- Yiddish, foramusic competition in the Vilna panicked,which doesn’tneedasupply of oxygen, but in to hold on to music. posedbyinmates in the “deathcamps”. “It is ghettooperated by Nazis in Lithuania. The whichwaste products buildupquickly, tiringthe bird. Kropinski, then 26, joinedthe campor- my duty as amusicologist, researcher and song written by Tamir’s father spokeofthe Long-distance endurance flierslikeducks andgeese burn chestra. He managedtowrite10composi- musician to restorethis concentrationarylit- despair of his people but wassung as alull- fat, whichneedaconstant supplyofoxygentobeprovided tions in Auschwitz,according to his son, even erature,” says Lotoro. abysothat the Nazis didn’t understand what by theblood —hencetheirmeat is “dark”. as hiscomrades diedeveryday.Inearly 1945, Ahandful of musicologists had already it meant.Tamir survivedthe Vilna ghettoand Flying techniques have also evolvedtoenablebirds to he wassenttoBuchenwald, another concen- done some work on this, including Polish livedinJerusalem until August2019. escapepredators, perhaps the mostcelebrated being the trationcampineast-central Germany. He musician Aleksander Kulisiewicz,who spent Lotoro wasborn aChristian but converted “murmuration” of starlings, wherein massiveflocks give would hideatnight, in aroom piledwith hu- five years in the Sachsenhausen camp. Jewish to Judaism in 2004 along with his wife. The abreathtaking displayofsynchronisedflying thatcom- man cadavers, and writemusic by thelight music and Jewish classical musicians play- GIUSEPPEMARCHISELLA collection of catalogues, symphonies and pletely bamboozles anypredator.Tightlybunched, they of asingle candle. Kropinski stayed at ing in conservatories were banned in the BEING HUMAN war), Roma, the disabled, homosexual or po- recordings aregoingtobehousedina twist andswirllikeeddies of smoke, each birdkeeping Buchenwaldtillthe end of the war, and died German Reichbut theywereallowedtoplay Francesco Lotoro litical dissidents.Therewerealsothe politi- “citadel” forwhichthe Italian government re- an eyeonits sevenclosestneighbours,ensuring it main- in Breslauin1970. He didn’t live longenough inside the camps “in controlledconditions”. cal and warprisoners inAmerica,Japanand centlyprovidedhim withthe site of an old tains “safedistance”. On the lookout forthe slightest to seeany of his musicperformed. In 1988, Lotoro beganasearchfor music India, incarceratedby various regimes.Soon, brandy distillery in Barletta.The space will changeindirection,itand the otherswillfollowsuit im- Can aperson with nothing leftinthe made by Jews in theNazi concentration it became the only mission of my life,” says include amuseum, alibrary, atheatreand a mediately.Long-distance fliers, likeducks andgeese fly world, find aredemptivesparkorjoy of any camps. “Thefirstfour-fiveyearsIonlydid that. Lotoro,whose current collection of musical cafe, and will be constructed over the next in the famous V-formation, wherein the wake leftbyone kind? “Yes,” says 55-year-old Italian pianist Then amusicologistinPrague suggestedthat scoresisabout8,000 and includes melodies four years. “In all the brutality,therewas mu- bird’s wingtipsare usedbythe birdfollowing to assistlift, Franceso Lotoro in aSkype conversation. Iexpand my research.Yes, Jews wrotealot of written in concentration campsand in mili- sic, the sevennotesthat allowedthem to ex- witha10per cent energy saving.Tothink we stuffthese Since 1988, Lotoro hasbeen on ajourneyto music in the camps but thereare manypeo- tary captivity between1933and 1953. press the human in them, ayearning to be magnificent creatures in cages. find the forgottenmusic of concentration ple who were deportedorwho were interned Over these decades, Lotoro has metmany free, sometimes justtoget pastthe day. My camps. “It is the very notion of resistance, not in thesecamps —Christians, Bahai, Sufi, survivors and their families. Alot of the in- life’s work is justasmall effort in givingtheir allowing yourselftobecompletely beaten Gypsies,Spaniards (refugeesofSpanish civil terviews beganwith phone calls. These were music the voice theydeserve,” says Lotoro.

New Delhi THESUNDAY EXPRESS,JULY26,2020 H ARYANA TO HOST KHELO INDIA Haryana will host the fourth edition of theKhelo India Yo uth Games after the 2021 TokyoOlympics, the state's chief minister Manohar Lal Khattarand union sports 19 minister Kiren Rijiju announced on Saturday. The SPORT Games will be held in Panchkula. BroadsmileonEnglishfaces Europe’sfinal countdown Liverpool’sfirst-ever Premier League trophy, wonatacanter,ended anyhopes of the last dayofthe league Aquickfire62off 45 and 2for 17 giveshosts themomentum; WI 137for 6 becoming afrantic climb forthe top spot.But suchisthe financial pull that come this weekend,three teams go through the gauntlet, with twocoming outofitensuring aspot among Europe’selite and aroundabout of £50 million. Eventhat maynot be enough if the EuropaLeague throws afew surprises. SANDIPG JULY25 WITH 37 games completed, opportunity to finish withan Liverpool and Manchester City FA Cup. They arealso in the mix THE JOYisbackonStuartBroad’s face. stand firstand second respec- with the ChampionsLeague Snubbed forthe firstTestafortnight ago, he tively on thetable andhave but face aBayern Munichteam wasgrumpy andpubliclyexpressed his dis- guaranteedaChampions that has had alonger periodto pleasure. But since returningtothe team, he League spotfor themselves rest aftercompleting their has enjoyedaterrific runofform.Ifhis six next season. And then comes a Bundesligatriumph promptly wicketswerecrucial in settingupaseries- three-way race between afterthe restartinGermany. levelling win, hisall-roundproduceonthe ManchesterUnited, Chelsea The Blues face aWolves second dayofthe decider has put England and LeicesterCity that hasca- team that areontheir own on course of reclaiming the Wisden Trophy. reenedintothe final dayofthe journeytoget to the Europa First, he turnedthe game around with his seasonwith the Foxeshosting League. Chelsea needasolitary bat, his exciting cameo (62 off45balls)jet- the RedDevils at King Power point from this fixtureorre- settingEngland to astiff total of 369after Stadium. quireUnited to beat Leicester. striding intothe middle muchearlier than expectedfollowing thelossoffour wickets £50MNWINDFALL for18runs in 22 balls. Later with the ball, he SURPRISEENTRANTS helpedEngland tighten the grip over the ManchesterUtd currently The talk is revolving around match, seeing offthe stubborn Kraigg stand third on the table with63 Solskjaer’s United needawinoradrawagainstLeicester ManchesterUnited,Leicester Brathwaiteand the reliable Roston Chase. pointsand have a+28 goal dif- to guarantee aChampions League spot. File and Chelseafighting it out fora Subsequently, West Indies stumbled to 137/6 ferential. Afrantic pace kept by UCL spotbut theymight very when bad light stoppedplay. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s young well bein danger of missing out Broad is no longer the batsmanheonce team afterChristmas and avital WHAT THESE THREE TEAMS NEED TO DO: if the Wolvesrise to thechal- promisedtobe—his lone hundredhas now signing in Bruno Fernandes – lenge. attainedastandoffish cult status. Even his coupledwith adisastrous re- CHELSEA: Need awin or a lose their matchagainst Still apartofthe Europa propensity to produce the odd cameo has di- StuartBroad boosted England’s total before striking with the ball. Reuters turn to football by Leicesterin draw againstWolvesorneed Wolves. League, awin in the second-tier minished,and his battingbarelysneaksinto the post-Covid 19 session of Man Utd to beat Leicester continentalcompetitionwould pub-tables, forget coffeehouses. But he illus- Premier League football, has LEICESTER CITY: Need to guarantee them aChampions trated thatwhile histechniquemay never West Indies’ bowlers, Jason Holder.Inthe over,when he made one nibble offthe seam seenUnitedstay within touch- MANCHESTER UNITED: beat Man Utd or needto League spot. Chelsea areina again stand up to thescrutinyofaproper Test space of 14 balls, the captain wasbludgeoned and brushedhis outside edge to the firstslip. ing distance of reaching the Need to win or draw against draw andthenhopethat similar position as theyare in innings, his eyeremains as excellent as ever. forseven fours, the lastofwhichbrought up Brathwaitewas waiting forthe nip-backer, Champions League. Leicester. Or needChelsea to Chelsealose againstWolves. contention to win the He batted with suchnonchalance that he his fiftyfrom33balls, thirdjoint-fastest half- but Broad dialledhis old friend, the away- Awin or adrawtomorrow Champions League and thus seemedtobemocking at conclusions that centuryfor an Englishman.Headded12 swinger.Later in theday,atthe backend of a notonlyguarantees United’s guarantee aspotinthe compe- he is awalking wicket to short-pitchedde- moreruns before miscueing alow full-toss, belligerent second spell,hesummonedthe coffers go up £50 millionin tition next year. liveries. Rather,hehas devisedamethodto but by the time had already yielded76runs nip-backertopin Roston Chase in front. prize moneyand broadcast lenging forthe title at their opposition. If Chelsea and Wolvesboth nullifyhis weakness. It’s notfoolproof or with hisstout partner Dom Bess and taken With Chase’s predilection to thrustthe revenuebut also ensures that Christmas and arenow ar- Leicestergoupagainst a winthe Champions League and pretty,but it wasridiculouslyeffectiveand the matchawayfromthe visitors. front leg and bring the bat around it, he was their Adidassponsorship deal guablythe worstplaced United team that has been run Europa League respectively, frustrated the West Indies pacers. As soon as It wasBroad’s firstTestfifty since the alwaysgoing to be fodder forBroad. Between doesn’t getaffected.Signed on among the three clubs in the to theground and adefeat to and neither finish in the top the bowler is about to release the ball, Broad Boxing DayTestofDecember 2017 and his these strikes, James Anderson bagged a a10-year deal for£75 milliona mix forChampions League Chelsea in the FA Cupcom- four,thenbothofthem would would startopening up his stance, clear his highestscorein125 inningsdating backtoa brace,aninch-perfectout-swingerfollowed year,thereisaclauseinthe qualification. binedwith anarrow1-1 draw be apartofnextseason’s UCL front leg and manufacture room to swing his scoreof65against Australia at Trent Bridge by arazor-sharp in-swinger while Jofra Adidas contract that states that One point behind United to West Ham United on and the team that finished shoulders. Depending on wherethe ball was in 2013.Itwouldn’t have been timelier,when Archer bouncedout John Campbellwitha if United fail to qualify forthe on 62 and on the same goal dif- Wednesdayfor United only fourth in the league would have pitched, he would cream them over mid- England had crumbledfrom246 forfour to ripping lifter. Chris Woakes later chimedin Champions League, then they ference as the 20-timecham- improves the chances that the to contend withaEuropa wicket,club them pastsquareleg, blastthem 280 foreight in the face of aheavy second withJermaineBlackwood’s wicket to leave incur a£22.5 million deduction pions, Leicesterhavetheir Foxeshaveathome. League spotinstead. down the ground or slash them over point. new-ball onslaught from Shannon Gabriel the visitors tottering and Broad wheeling –acostlyproposition even fora work cut out. SHASHANKNAIR Severaltimes he swipedthe air,but he also and Roach. Forget 350, even 300seemeda away in joy. club likeUnited. Adisastrous run of form BLUESSURGE lashedthem to the fences. sweat. But then intervenedBroad, and he has seen them win onlytwo of ON THE TUBE : Chelsea vs Roach, whose morning spell wasasinci- hardlyseemedtobreak asweat. BRIEF SCORES: England 369 in 111.5 ovs LEICESTERSLIP their eight Premier League Chelsea’s firstfullseason Wolves8:30PMIST;Leicester sive as it washostile, wassmackedovermid- An hour later,heintervenedagain, pick- (RoryBurns 57,Jos Buttler 67,Ollie Pope 91, games on return and their best under Frank Lampardhas seen CityvsManchesterUnited wicket, an unalloyedattacking stroke beyond ing out Brathwaite, West Indies’s best hope StuartBroad 62; Kemar Roach4/72) vs West ManchesterUnited face a hopeonSunday seems to be them on the cusp of a 8:30 PM IST(on Star Sports the decorumofmainstream batsmen. He of putting on areasonable total on board. 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Dupedorfooled;gypped(5,3,1,4) GEMINI (MAY22-JUNE 21) enhance your suit,andinthatcaseduckingwillexhaustEastinthatsuit.However,onthis forpersonal fulfillment. 14.Furnishing of relief (10) Your stars arelooking reputation are handyoushouldnotduck,becausetheymayswitchtoanothersuitinwhich youhaveevenfewercards.Clubsarerelativelynon-threatening–themost 17. Romeo’s friend,kinsman(8) WednesdayJuly29 morepowerfulthan highlightedbyasuperb seriesof Westcanhaveisfive,andinthatcaseEasthasalreadyrunoutofclubs. 19.North Indian state (7) under one’s belt (7) 21.Off-colour and delicateupin formanyweeks. Mars, relationships involving planets SotaketheCAandthenplayondiamonds.ThecorrectwayistoplaytheD2 21.Move forward(7) 28. Lastthing an American can bet ancient Adriaticcountry (7) You’repulledbyasense of free-flowing the planetofenergy suchasthe Sun, Saturn and fromhandandtheD6fromdummy.Theopponentswillwinthetrickbutyou 23.Hostile look (5) with ?(6,6) 23. He composedthe last letter in the romantic possibilities on one hand, anda and aggression, is encouraging Jupiter.Foreign andlong- willstill haveanentrytotheremainingdiamondsindummy. 25.Kind of newts(4) catalogue (5) This way if the diamonds are split 3-3 or 4-2you will makefour diamond senseofduty on theother. You’ll combine youtofeel agreatdeal more distance connections could come DOWN 25. Jackthe paper-maker having intense than usual.Thisis up trumps, although youshould tricksandyourcontract.Thechancethatthediamondsaresplit3-3is36%, 2. They’reinclinedtogiveemphasis retired.... (4) imaginationwith self-disciplinefor awin. so if you are greedy and try to make five diamond tricks, you will be disap- CRYPTIC CLUES precisely whyyou must now be very careful to avoid legal pointed most of the time. The chance that the diamonds are split 4-2 is ACROSS to the printed world (7) ThursdayJuly30 review all personal obligations complications,unless you’vegot 48%,sothechance ofa3-3or4-2splitis36%+48%=84%. 1. Giggling drunkenly?(6,6) Solutions to 2278 and professional ties. Youmay thebenefit of impeccable advice. Here, East still has aclub, so he will win the first diamondand cash West’s 10.Translatorgains profit by hard 3. What trouble among ex-drinkers It’saperfectdayforloverstowhispersweet threeclubtricks,butyouwillmakeyourcontract.Ifthediamondsweresplit have made apromisewhichyou graft(7) aftergreeting apoetryman nothingsineachother’searsandyoumight CAPRICORN (Dec 23 -Jan 20) 5-1or6-0there wasnothingyou couldhavedoneaboutitanyway. (8) QUICKCLUESAcross:1Forehead,5 will find it impossible to keep. 11.Build-upoftalk over the waterin Stepup,9Leaflets,10Oracle,11 hear some unexpectedly welcome words It’sall changeinthe 4. There’s afearful lotofit, by the YouareSouth, declarerin4S. France (7) Obituary,12Manage,14Malevolent,18 sound of it (4) in reply. And thathas to be good news. CANCER (JUNE 22 -JULY23) celestialspheres. 12.Cat noises in theforest(5) Enactments,22Epinal,23Pedantic,24 TheSun’s Mercury, that most 13.Mr. Porter employs showy flowers 5. Eventualaim is to keep old woman Equity,25Redesign,26Dining,27 relationship with lively of planets,is NORTH SOUTH (8) in thePacific islands (10) Strategy.Down:1Falcon,2Roadie,3 FridayJuly31 Jupiter hasone very nowsetting the agenda, hopefully 15.Inwhichahostuses love 6. Quenchinasmall pool of water Helium,4Alternates,6Tarragon,7 Saturnine alignmentsare advisingyou to ♠ 843 ♠ AKQJ92 specificmeaning - with the verybest of results. revitalized(4,6) (5) Packages,8Presents,13Settlement, be sensible in everyway.According to all ❤J98 ❤Q10 7. Strangelywhenthere’s morethan large payrises forall whose Withinthe week youare liable to 16.Couplesoundingtrim(4) 15Reverend,16Taciturn,17Straiten,19 current indications, youwillbepursuing a ♦ 743 ♦ J 18.Informer supplies the coursefor an one theybecome high (4-3) Zareba,20Stride,21Scanty.CRYPTIC incomehas sufferedorhas not receiveaflash of inspiration that oldvessel(4) 8. That couldbethe condition of the CLUESAcross:1Lamppost,5Clover,9 practical path in the coming year,with reflected their best efforts. In any couldhelp youcompletely ♣J843 ♣AQ102 Muttered,10Scared,11Nineties,12 20. Guiding labourer, say, before environment -quitebare. excellent results. event, emotional riches areinthe remodel and rearrangeyour Unripe,14No-man’sland,18Atthe imposingacurfewatcollege(10) (5,2,6) offing, so one wayoranother affairs. First, though, take along WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH 9. 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