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AURELIENBREEDEN& ELIANPELTIER ‘crumbling’ in Bengal, PARIS,OCTOBER29 draws TMC’s ire Three BJP LESS THAN twoweeksafter the beheading of aFrenchschool- workers killed teacher,anassailant carrying a BangaBhawan, Dhankhar said knifeentered thetoweringneo- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE that while he could notgointothe Gothic basilica in thesouthern NEWDELHI,KOLKATA, specifics of the meeting, he dis- in Kulgam city of Nice early Thursdayand OCTOBER29 cussedthe “status of democratic killedthree people, further in- institutions and issues of public militant attack flaming tensions in acountry al- WESTBENGALGovernor interest” with the home minister. ready on edge andleading the Jagdeep Dhankar on Thursday “I have witnessedacontinual BASHAARATMASOOD authoritiestoincrease the ter- metUnion Home MinisterAmit decline in democratic gover- SRINAGAR,OCTOBER29 rorism threat level. Shah at thelatter’s residence in nance. Political violence, Officials in Nice describedthe NewDelhitodiscuss the law- vendettaisadailyaffair.Targeted THREE BJP members, including attack as Islamist terrorism, and and-order situation in the state. killings being seen very often. As thedistrict general secretaryof it wasquickly followedbyaflurry Security forces outside the NotreDame church in Nice, minutesafter the attackonThursday. Reuters The Governor’sstatementsto the constitutional head, Ihave the BharatiyaJanataYuva of reports of other incidents— in- the media afterthe meeting — witnessedit. The greatestchal- Morcha(BJYM), were killed by cluding one that involved aknife- he claimedWestBengalwas lengeisthat the police andbu- suspected militantsinKulgam wielding assailant outside a nowa“police state”, and said he reaucracy arebeingpoliticised. districtonThursday evening. FrenchconsulateinSaudi Arabia PM underlines India’ssupportto had “witnessedacontinual de- Theyare working as foot soldiers Police sources said militants –though it wasnot immediately cline of democratic governance” of the stategovernment. Ihave openedfireatFida Hussain Yatoo, clear whether the eventswere —drew sharp reactionsfromthe time and again appealedtothem district general secretary of the coordinated. Trinamool Congress (TMC), the that what youare doing is be- BJYM, the BJP's youth wing, and “Veryclearly it is France that France; between lines akey message Congress and the CPI(M). The yond your Constitutional twoparty workers, Umar is attacked,” President Emmanuel TMCaccusedDhankhar of being rights...It has become apolice Ramzan Hajamand UmarRashid MacronsaidfromNice,callingthe setofattacksin Nice and Jeddah. bassy Thursday eveningalong Shringla reachedParis Thursday the BJP’s “loudspeaker”. state,” he said. Beig, at YKPoravillage inKulgam, act an “Islamistterroristattack” SHUBHAJITROY “I strongly condemnthe re- withthefourFrenchconsulatesin on ascheduledvisit and met Sources said the Governor Dhankhar assertedthat gov- South Kashmir.While Yatoodied and adding that “at the same NEWDELHI,OCTOBER29 cent terroristattacksin France, in- Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkataand Macron’s diplomatic advisor apprisedShah of the current sit- ernment officers mustremem- immediately, the other twodied time, one of our consular sites in cluding today’s heinous attackin Pondicherry. Security forthese Emmanuel Bonne. uation in the state.Atweet on bertheyare accountable. “No on the waytohospital. Jeddah wasattacked.” ADAY afterbecoming the first Nice inside achurch.Our deepest missions andstaffwill be beefed Speaking at the Institut Dhankhar’s official handle read, arm of the lawwill spareany- “Today, at about 2020 hours, The mayorofNice, Christian “non-Western country” —asa and heartfelt condolences to the up afterthis assessment, sources Français des Relations “WestBengal Governor Shri one,” he said. Kulgampolicereceivedinforma- Estrosi, told reporters that asus- senior diplomat put it —tocome families of the victims and the said,adding that the Frenchfor- Internationales (IFRI) in Paris, Jagdeep Dhankhar calledonthe TheGovernor added, “I sent tion about aterrorcrime incident pect, who has notbeen identi- out in supportofFrench people of France. India stands eign ministryhas issuedanadvi- Shringla said: “India and France Union Home MinisterShri Amit an input to theDGP apprehend- at YKPora, whereterrorists had fied,was arrested afterbeing President Emmanuel Macron, with France in the fight against sorycallingFrenchcitizensabroad face similar non-traditional se- Shah todayathis residence. ing threat perception foranas- firedupon three BJP workers,” po- shotand woundedbythe police. NewDelhi Thursdayunderlined terrorism,” the PM tweeted. to be vigilant amid an increased curity threatsinthe form of rad- Governor Dhankhar waswith sociation with an MP.But after lice saidinanofficial statement. The suspect “keptrepeating itssolidaritywithastatement Indianofficialswere assessing riskofterroristattacks. icalism and terrorism…The fight the Union Home Ministerfor Manish Shukla wasmurdered, “Preliminaryinvestigations re- Allahu Akbar in front of us even from Prime MinisterNarendra the threat perception with secu- In the shadowofthe attacks, todayisnot againstspecific over an hour and stateofaffairs the chiefministertookastand vealedthat terrorists firedupon CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Modi himself afterthe second rity officials from the Frenchem- Foreign SecretaryHarsh Vardhan CONTINUED ON PAGE2 and affairs of stateinWest on behalfofthe DGP through a three BJP workers at Eidgah YK Bengal were traversed.” letter.How can aconstitutional Pora,due to which theygot in- Later,addressing themedia at CONTINUEDONPAGE2 jured.Theywereshiftedto nearbyhospital... wherethey were declaredasbrought dead,” THE WORLD the statement said. Key changeinAir India disinvestment: To fight NCR pollution, Police said acase has been registered. Ajoint team of J&K anew body under law Police, Armyand paramilitary Bidderscan decide debt burden level forces have cordonedoff the area and startedsearch operations. dledwith the sale at Rs Board(CPCB), as well as state CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 PRANAVMUKUL ED Gives 23,286.50 crorewhile launching ESHAROY governmentsinmatters of air NEWDELHI,OCTOBER29 more itssecond attempt to sell its NEWDELHI,OCTOBER29 pollution mitigation. PLAIN E stakeonJanuary27. Through the Ordinance,the ● flexibility WEST BENGAL INTRODUCINGAkeychange in EX The Government has also ex- THE CENTRALgovernment on Centrehas dissolvedthe the AirIndiadisinvestment tendedthe lastdatefor submis- IMRAN AIDE ADMITS WednesdaynotifiedanEnvironment Pollution process, the Government has THE NEW offermeans sionofexpressions of interest Ordinance to constitutea (Preventionand Control) takenacall to allowprospective the Government will from October 30 to December TO PAKISTAN’S ROLE Commission forAir Quality Authority (EPCA) forthe NCR. bidderstheflexibilityto decidethe notpre-determine the 14,therebygiving time forpo- IN PULWAMATERROR Management in the National Officials of the Union Ministry of levelofdebt theywish to take on levelofdebt that AI will tential investors to review the ATTACK Capital Region (NCR) and Environment, Forest and Climate along with the loss-ladenairline. carry.Itgives greater newbid conditions. AdjoiningAreas. Changesaid that the new This decision marks ashift flexibility to structure On Thursday, theCentrean- TYPHOON MOLAVE The Commission, whichwill Commissionwould have more from the exercise of combining bids, and is amarked nouncedthat potential bidders HITS VIETNAM,60 monitor and checkair pollution powers than the EPCA –interms afixed levelofdebt with the car- Hardeep Puri:Deadline departurefromearlier will be allowedtoplace their FEARED DEAD levels in the region, will super- of penal provisions as well as in RSS MAN GETS LEAD rierafter the Centre froze the extendedtoDecember 14 divestment attempts. bids on the basis of enterprise PAGE 12 sede all existing bodies, includ- itsconstitution and scope. ROLE,PARTYCLIPS long-termliabilitiestobebun- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ing the Central Pollution Control CONTINUEDONPAGE2 VIJAYVARGIYA’S WINGS PAGE 3 Govt set to name CIC, two ICs, ‘Recovery is two-speed; stressed SC SLAMS BENGAL DECISION COPSFOR SUMMONS 2020 OVER FB POST PAGE 5 despite Opposition’s dissent note sectors, people need asafety net’ BIHAR EXPRESSNETWORK learnt to have finalizedthe name MANOJCG of Deputy Comptroller &Auditor ENSECONOMICBUREAU &SHYAMLALYADAV GeneralSaroj Punhani forthe NEWDELHI,OCTOBER29 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER29 postofInformation THIRD FRONT OF SIX YKSinha is Commissioner. PARTIES: THE 10% THE COVID-19pandemic has THE GOVERNMENT is settoap- the newCIC Officials of theDepartment ‘BIG CROWDS AT brought about adeep structural point former Indian Foreign of Personnel and Training (DoPT) GRAND ALLIANCE changeintheeconomy,leadingto Adda organisedbyThe Indian Service officer and Information have informedSinha about his RALLIESIN2019 LS a“two-speed” recovery,where Express,Kotak said sectors in- Commissioner Yashvardhan Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, the appointment. When contacted, POLLSTOO. WHAT some sectors arebenefitting im- cluding consumer goods, e-com- Kumar Sinha as thenew Chief Opposition member in the Sinha confirmedthis to The menselywhile others face enor- UdayKotak at the Adda merce, IT,digital,telecom,and KESHUBHAIPATEL HAPPENED? PAGE 9 Information Commissioner and high-poweredselection com- Indian Express. mous challenges and needsup- pharmaceuticals were doing PASSESAWAY journalist UdayMahurkar as an mittee headedbyPrime The decision to appoint Sinha FULL COVERAGE, VISIT port, UdayKotak,MD&CEO, muchbetter, while aviation, PAGE 10 Information Commissionerde- MinisterNarendra Modi. and Mahurkar came despite WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM KotakMahindraBank,and Industry(CII), said on Thursday. tourism, hospitality,and some spitestrong objectionsfrom The Government is also CONTINUEDONPAGE2 President,Confederationof Indian Speaking at the Express e- CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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expeditework. over six months when it bagged told that we had to work fast,or tension on June 17,2020, notholding anysuchdocument GARGIVERMA While subcontracting is a thecontract from Tata Projects we would face apenalty too.” He ChhattisgarhInfotechPromotion or details of matter,soitwould RAIPUR,OCTOBER29 norm giventhe scale of such Ltd on September 19,2019. said he did notremember the Society (ChIPS) CEO Sameer notbepossible to comment projects,and Tata Projects en- Aprivate firm headquartered clause about ensuring EOT with- Vishnoi, following arequestby whether it is proper or valid.” THE Chhattisgarhgovernment, gagedsub-vendors as per the in Raipur,the scope of work of out anypenalty. Tata Projects, extendedthe time- Responding to questions, a as reportedinThe IndianExpress recommendationofthe Chief the contractor, who were essen- One of the manysub-con- line by another six months to spokesperson forTataProjects Thursday, decidednot to deduct Secretary-ledState Level tiallyprovidingmanual tractors, GSPL, according to December 2020. ChIPS is the said “thepromoters of the sub- the Rs 200-crore penalty it had Implementation PART-2 skilledworkers, included Dubey,was givenworkon27 state’s nodal agency to monitor contractor (whichisset up as a imposedonTataProjects twice Committee (SLIC), what end-to-endconnectivity blocks of 85 in Chhattisgarhand the progress of IT projectsin- specialpurpose vehicle)are long fornot meeting itsdeadline in has raisedeyebrowsisthe digging trenches,laying their work is close to 50 percent cluding BharatNet Phase II. establishedlocal contractor the Rs 3,057-crorerural broad- work orderissuedbyTata down the infrastructureand near completion,hesaid. As on September 25, 2020, companies withconsiderable band project. ProjectstoGSPL. “testing and establishing con- WhileTata Projects receiveda Tata Projects could ensure relevant experience.” About the Interestingly,inSeptember It states that the “contractor nectivity at GP (Gram Panchayat) conditional 12-month extension broadband-ready infrastructure particular clause in itsagree- 2019,two months afterthe stip- (GSPL)shallactively assistanden- and Blocklevel.” of timeline on June 7, 2019,tobe in only1,394grampanchayats ment with GSPL, Tata Projects ulated 12-month deadline had surethat EOT (Extension Of Askedtoexplain the penalty reviewedafter threemonths, the (24per cent of the target). said it related to “contracted passed, Tata Projectsengaged a Timeline) is granted…without clause, GSPL'sDirector Dheeraj SLICconfirmeditonlyatits meet- When contacted,ChIPS CEO work being completedinanac- Raipur-basedsub-vendor Galaxy anypenalty/LD(LateDeduction).” Dubeysaid: “Whenwejoined, ing on October 21,2019. Sameer Vishnoi told TheIndian celerated manner so as to ensure Synergy Private Ltd (GSPL), GSPL, incorporated on March Tata wasalready delayedand The S-NOC office,fromwhere theproject is monitored. Express Unable to complete theproj- Express that ChIPSwas notaware no punitive action arises.” amongstothersub-vendors, to 27,2019, wasinexistence forjust hadbeen penalised. We were ect afterthe expiryofthe firstex- of anysuchcontract. “As ChIPS is CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,OCTOBER30,2020

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BengalGovernor howthe dignity of the value, whichaccountsfor both Director, TheIndianExpress,and Governor's chair should be equity as well as debt of the PVaidyanathan Iyer,Executive head have asound sleepwhen maintained. company. “The potential bidders Editor-National Affairs, The violence and vendettaare taking “He is makingpolitical state- 3killedinknife attack at Nice have been showing interestfor Indian Express. place?” ments. What TMCisdoingin some time so Iamreasonably In response to aquery on Shukla wasacloseaide of Bengal, the BJP is doing the same done following suggestions that strong companies gainingmar- BarrackporeMPArjun Singh of across the country. But he does have come from all the stake- ket shareafter the pandemic, the BJP.Hewas shotdead in front notspeak on suchissues,” he church, France on high alert holders in the game,” Civil Kotakarguedthat typicallyat of the party office in North24 added. Aviation MinisterHardeep Singh suchturning pointsinhistory, Parganas’ Titagarh area on The BJP,however,backedthe though he wassedated,” dozensofraids, temporarily schooling and increasing In Sartrouville, atown Puri said at apress conference. the classic Darwinianprinciple October 4. The stateCriminal Governor.“Has he said anything Estrosi said, adding this left“no closing amajor mosque and scrutinyofreligious schools. northwestofParis, aman was “With passageoftime and of “survival of thefittest” works, InvestigationDepartment (CID) that is untrue?The people of the doubt” about the motivation disbandingaMuslim aid group Afterthe attackinNice, at arrested near achurch afterbe- due to COVID impact, the losses normally leading to “the strong has so fararrestedthree people stateknowwhat the truth is. The behind the attack. that the authorities have ac- the city’s largest church,Notre- ing flagged by localresidents, have increasedand hence fixing becoming stronger”. in connection withthe killing. Governor is the custodian of the “Thereisawoman who cusedof“advocatingradical Dame de L’Assomption, accordingtothe police. The lo- the debt at anylevel couldhave However, he cautionedthat Dhankar went on to say, “I am Constitution whenitcomes to quiteclearly wasattackedwith Islam” and hatespeech. France’s anti-terrorism prose- cal authorities saidthe man’s reducedthe universe of bid- “eventhe so-calledsuccesses committed to ensuring afree, matters relatedtothe state. the same modus operandi as “If we areattackedonce cutor said that the office had father had calledthe policeaf- ders,” he said. better be on theirtoes…because fair,fearless atmosphere...My Whatever he said is hundredper Samuel Paty,” Estrosi told BFM moreitisbecauseofthe values opened an investigation into terhis sonleftwantingto“do In January, theGovernment the speedofdisruption is going concern is notwho is being cent true. Thereisnoroom for TV,referring to the teacher that areours,” Macronsaid,in- terrorism-related offences. the sameasinNice.” had setMarch 17 as the deadline to be muchfasterinsector after elected but my concern is how anycontroversy on this. Every who waskilled, suggesting cluding freedom of worship Twoofthe victims were It wasnot immediately to sell its100per cent sharehold- sector.” the electionistakingplace.” day, Oppositionparty workers thatthe victimmight have also and freedom of expression. killedinthe church,while a clear whether the other inci- ing in Air India along with Air This is also reflected in rising The Governortoldreporters, arebeing killedand false cases been decapitated. “Wewill notyield anything.” thirddiedafter taking refugein dents were connectedtothe India’s 100per cent holdingin stockmarketvaluations, which “You don’t have anyidea of what arebeing lodged againstthem. Prime MinisterJean Castex On Thursday, French offi- anearbybar,the mayorsaid. attackinNice. Air India Express and 50 per cent usually reflect the strong organ- is happening in West Bengal. The Lawand order have collapsed quicklyannouncedthat the au- cials were particularly out- Officials did notidentify the In the southern city of shareinAir India-SATS, ajoint isedbusiness, while manyunor- law-and-order situation has here.The Governor is the thorities were placingFrance ragedbycomments made af- victims,but Estrosi saidone Avignon, aman who had venturewith SingaporeAirport ganised, informal, and smaller completely crumbled. Police and spokesperson of thecommon on itshighestterrorism threat terthe attackonTwitter by wasthe sacristanofthe church. threatenedbystanders with a Terminal Services. However, on businesses that areshrinking bureaucratsare working as po- man and addressedissues con- level, withheightenedsecurity Mahathir Mohamad, aformer Church bells around France handgun wasshotand killed account of the Covid outbreak, maynot be captured in the litical servantsofthe ruling party. cerning them,” said stateBJP at places of worship, and Malaysian prime minister, rang out on Thursdayafter- by thepolice. He had apsychi- the deadline wasextendedmul- benchmarkstock indices.Very The crime statistics have gone up vice-president JoyPrakash Macronsaid that militarypa- who arguedthat Muslims had noon to honour the victims. atric history and wasincoher- tiple times. lowinterestrates globally,and a and al-Qaeda is spreadingits Majumdar. trols would be more than dou- aright to “kill millions of MohammedMoussaoui, ent, according to AFP. The significant levelofdebt massive injection of liquidity fangsinMurshidabad.” bledfrom3,000 troops to Frenchpeople forthe mas- the president of the French In thecentral cityofLyon, a wasone of the key concerns have ledtoapremium forrisk Lashing outathim,TMC MP PM support 7,000. sacres of the past.” The French Council of Muslim Faith, asked man carrying alongknife was raisedbyindustryparticipants assets likestocks, Kotaksaid. KalyanBanerjeesaid, communities or individualsbut Officials across the political government quicklyasked in aTwitter post that French arrested at atrain station,ac- during Air India’sfirstdisinvest- The Express Adda is aseries “TheGovernorofWest againstaradical politico-reli- spectrum condemnedthe at- Twitter to suspendMahathir’s Muslims cancel all festivities cording to the localauthorities. ment attempt in 2017,when no of informal interactionsorgan- Bengal is aloudspeaker of the BJP. gious ideologythat attemptsto tack,asdid FrenchMuslim rep- account forincitinghatredand celebrating the birthdayofthe Pierre Oliver, themayor of the bids were placed. The isedbyThe Indian Express Did he go to meetthe Home negatethe progress made by sec- resentatives. violence. The postwas later re- Prophet, “as asign of mourn- Second Arrondissement in Governmentsubsequently re- Group, featuringthose at the Ministerordid he go to meet his ular democracies,particularly Since th eteacher’skilling moved. ing and solidarity with the vic- Lyon, said the police had“pre- ducedthe bundled amount in centreofchange. BJP leaders?Hehas done it when it involvesthe equality of by ayoung Muslim man of- Macron has vowedtocrack tims and their lovedones.” vented anew tragedy.” the second attempt. Union External Affairs around 99 times,sothis mustbe allcitizens, regardless of religion fendedthathehad shown car- down on what he called At the French consulatein Accordingtothe newspaper Le MinisterSJaishankar,Union chapter100.Once again he went or ethnicity,and the rights of toons of the Prophet in aclass “Islamistseparatism” witha the Saudi city of Jeddah, asus- Figaro,the man, an Afghan Kotak Ministerfor Road Transportand to Delhi with his garbageoflies. women…Suchforcesseek to on free speech, the authorities rangeofmeasures aimedat pect wasquicklyarrestedafter born in 1994,was knownto general services were facing Highwaysand MSMEs Nitin All across Bengal, the festive destabilize pluralistsocieties,” he have undertakenabroad counteringextremism in the aseparateknifeattackthat Frenchintelligence services for challenges. Gadkari, Union Ministerfor occasion washeld peacefully. said. crackdown againstMuslim ex- Muslimcommunity,including woundedasecurity guard, “radical Islamism.” “Weare seeing atwo-speed Education Ramesh Pokhriyal, AI- The joyofthe festival wasshared “It washorrifyingtohear tremists in France, conducting stringent limitsonhome- who washospitalised. THENEWYORKTIMES worldaswegoforward.What IMS Director Dr Randeep by crores of people in Bengal in about the tworecentterroristin- we have to be clear about is the Guleria, and former Chief harmony. He is adisgracetoRaj cidentsinFrance,one of which, organisedsector in general is in Economic Advisor Arvind Bhavan.” as is very oftenthe case, had its said –the statement did notcon- lem withthe airpollution in Thursdaythat the penalty levied civilengineeringfirm that has abetterpositionthan the unor- Subramanian have been guests StateEducationMinisterand origins in our western neigh- donethe cartoons and made no Delhi is that the source of the pol- earlier wasratifiedbyaChief been in existence since 2006,in ganisedsector,” Kotaksaid. at the E-Adda this year,asthese TMC secretary-general Partha bourhood –Pakistan. The reference to France’sfree-speech lution lies elsewhere–that is Secretary-ledcommittee was whichDubey became apartner Stressedsectors and people who discussions movedonline dur- Chatterjee also criticised civilisedworld needstoact to- stand. whyitisimportant to tackle the misleading and erroneous. “CEO in 2020. were facing challenges should ing the pandemic. Dhankhar,asking him to first gether and act with firmness to By confining itscriticism to wholeregion. The SPCBs also re- SameerVishnoi has startedfor- Dubey is oneofthe founders be offeredfinancial supportand lookatthe law-and-order situa- address this threat to our cher- the tragedyofthe teacher’s porttostategovernments, and mal procedureofimposing of of Dee VeeProjectsLtd, an infra- safetynets, he said. CIC, ICs tion in Uttar Pradesh. isheddemocratic value sys- death, NewDelhi, source said, is therefore, thereare some practi- proposedpenalty of 12 per cent structurefirm incorporated in Thegovernment should use objections by Chowdhury in a “I have nevercome across a tems,” he said. mindful of the sensitivities of not cal problems therethat needed of the project cost on contractor 2012 and co-ownedbyVivek the funds that areleftout of the dissent note. Governor who enjoys staying in So far, accordingtoFrenchof- justthe 170-million Indian to beresolved,’’ asenior MoEF of- M/sTataProjectsLtd. The show Ranjan Mahto, son of lateBJP Rs 3lakh croreMSME lending At the meeting of the com- the limelight so much. Before ficials, onlyEUcountries and Muslims andthe wider Islamic ficial said. causenotice to Tata ProjectsLtd leaderBanshilalMahto, where scheme to supportstressedsec- mittee October 24,Chowdhury speaking about Bengal, he must Canada hadsupported Macron, world—whereDelhi has vital The new18-member has already been issuedon Patelisalso aco-director. tors likeaviation and real estate, had calledthe shortlisting firstlook at the law-and-order even as Turkey and Pakistanled stakes and closeties with Saudi Commission brings together the 29/8/2020 and further action is Even before thefirstpenalty Kotaksaid. Bankshavesanc- “nothing but an emptyformal- situation in Uttar Pradesh and the attackagainst Macron. Arabia or Iran or Indonesia. Centre, states,and otherstake- underprocess,” it said. wasleviedonTataProjectsin tioned62.52 per centofthe tar- ity aimedatcarrying out ahog- talk about it. He is demeaning the Diplomatspoint out that even holders on one collaborative TheIndian Express has, how- November 2018,two out of the getedRs3lakhcrore under the wash that defeatsthe very Governor's chair by playing apo- the US, the UK or Australia have NCR pollution platform. It will have afull-time ever,seenthe contents of thelet- three firms Tata had sub-con- Emergency Credit Line aimand goal of transparency litical role. He is saying that the notspoken out in Macron’s sup- The EPCA, which wasset up chairperson “who is or has been terofChIPS under earlier CEO KC tracted initially hadnoexperi- Guarantee Scheme forstressed and accountability that the RTI police areplaying apolitical role port so far. In this context, Paris in 1998,looked at theNCR; the Secretarytothe Government of DevasenapathiinFebruary 2019 ence and even shared adirector, MSMEsasofOctober 5. Actenvisages.” in the state. But is he notdoing sawNew Delhi’s reactionas purviewofthe newCommission India or Chief Secretarytothe and the minutesofthe SLIC an official involved in the proj- “This is as deep and dramatic Chowdhuryislearnt to have thesame? He hasnosay in the “verymeaningful.” extendsto“adjoining areas as Government of astate”, and a meetings in June 2019 and ect said. “Beforelevying the first achange as probablythe indus- arguedthat the CIC should have conduct of an election. The India hadWednesdaycome well”, the officials said. representativeofthe Secretary October 2019 chaired by then penalty,wehad raisedthe issue trial revolution was. It really more“on-ground” domestic ex- Constitutiononlyallowsthe out in supportofMacron, whom “Weare setting up aCom- of the Environment Ministry Chief Secretary, whichclearly about their sub-vendors. But changed the wayhumanity perience in the field of service Election Commission to hold Pakistan and Turkey have tar- mission to lookspecificallyatair “who shall be an officer notbe- mention that the penalty was since Tata Projects had complete worked.Itdid lead to alot of dis- delivery,law,science, human elections.Idon't knowwhy he is getedfor insulting theIslamic pollution mitigation forthe Delhi lowthe rank of Joint Secretary, ex leviedand ratified. Further,those freedom, it went ahead with placementbut also ledtoalotof rightsand issues that concerns so worriedbut we aredefinitely faith in the name of defending NCRand itsadjoining areas. This officio”. who worked on this project ear- thosecontractors, but didn’t de- opportunities. At thesametime, the general public. And an IFS of- worriedbyhis attitude,” the Frenchpeople's right to free- is becausefor airpollutiontobe Meanwhile, the Supreme lier said, that while the perform- liverasper the timeline,” the of- we have to find asafetynet for ficer didn’t have that experience. Chatterjee added. domofexpression. controlledinthe region, we need Court on Thursdaysaid it would ance bank guarantee of Tata is ficial said, requesting anonymity. the people who will be leftout He pointed out that Information Opposition parties Congress South Block sources said to look holisticallyatthe airshed take alook at the Ordinance be- with thestate,itisonly10per PaymentstoTataProjects of this,” Kotaksaid. Manypeople Commissioner Vanaja NSarna and CPI(M) also criticisedthe therewas alot of deliberation whichdoes notadheretogeo- fore passing anydirectionsonit. cent of the actual costasopposed also gainedmomentumin2020. in the countrywill requiretrain- wassenior to him and fits the Governor. within before the statement graphical boundaries.Itwill also to 12 per centpenalty. Redflagswereraisedinternally ing, re-skilling and financial sup- bill. "Beforesubmittinghis report whichhad four keyelements. facilitatemoreeffectiveimple- J&K attack An officer requesting in ChIPS about discrepancy in in- port, he said. Chowdhuryisalso learnt to on the law-and-order situation First, wasthe condemnation mentation as the permanent Co- Condemning the killings,L-G anonymity said, “TPL had been formation on the quantum of Kotaksaid the “broaderfi- have said that Mahurkar’s name of the statetothe Union Home of the attackagainstMacron. mmission envisagesamulti-sec- Manoj Sinhasaid the “perpetra- paid 100per cent moneyasad- work completedbasedon nancial sector is in good shape” was“skydropped”since he had Minister, theGovernor should “Westronglydeplorethe per- toral, public participatory, multi tors of violence arethe enemies vance capital againstthe whichfundswerereleased. to supportthe recovery process notevenappliedfor the postof have held discussions with the sonal attacks in unacceptable -state dynamic body forcombat- of humanity and suchcowardly Additional Bank Guarantee. Forinstance, one letter dated that is takinghold,eventhough Information Commissioner and statehome secretary, chiefsec- languageonPresident ing pollution,’’ Environment acts cannotbejustified”. Moreover, without information June 21,2020, states work was theremay be pockets of pain, es- his name does notfigureinthe retary and even with the chief Emmanuel Macron in violation MinisterPrakash Javadekar said. Official sources said at least to allparties involvedapropor- completed in 604villages,and peciallyinthe NonBanking listof355 applicants. minister. It is indeed afact that of the mostbasic standards of in- He added that aregulatory nineBJP leaders and workers tionatededuction can't be another one issuedonthe same Financial Companies (NBFCs) ReferringtoMahurkar’s ar- therehas been aseveredeterio- ternationaldiscourse,” MEA had mechanismfor stubble burning have been killedinmilitant at- changed intoadeduction at datestatesworkwas completed space. ticles, commentsand social ration of the law-and-order sit- said. is being put intoplace forthe first tacksacross Kashmirthis year. completion.The ABG and PBG in 134villages. In response to questions on media profile, Chowdhury, uation in the state. At thesame The second elementwas the time. Mostofthe attacks took place in arestandard practiceswhich Records accessedbyThe risk aversion among banks, he sources said, arguedthat he time,Idon't knowwhether the condemnation of the terrorist at- Sources in the Ministrysaid SouthKashmir. shouldn't be confusedwith Indian Express howthat ajunior notedthat even corporatebor- was“an open supporter of the Constitution allows the tack which echoedwhat Paris it willnow be binding on state penalty.” officerinCHiPS hadpointed this rowers were risk averse, prepay- rulingpolitical partyand itside- Governor to speak on thelaw- has done afterPulwama,Uri, governmentstofollowthe direc- Tatas Issuing the work order to out. Theofficer said that the first ing loans and notfullyusing ex- ology”. and-order situation and to what Pathankot attacks in recent tionsofthe Commission regard- Tata Projectsaswell as ChIPS, GSPL,TataProjectsdescribed letter wasfor release of funds isting credit lines. Within the Mahurkar,asenior Deputy extent. Even his views on this years, and afterthe 26/11attack ing air quality management. in aseparate statement, also said GSPL as “having expertise in de- and the second one“(was)not financial sector,hesaid, banks Editor with India Today,isthe mustbeimpartial. However, he in the past. “Therehavebeen some prac- the government had morethan layanalysis and assessment” in in alignmentwiththe informa- would needtoutilise technology author of booksonthe Modi hasnot done the right thing to- The thirdelementwas the tical problems in dealingwithair Rs 332crore as Performance the specific conditionsofcon- tion forwardedtoBBNL (Bharat at amuchbigger scale –with government and his “mantraof daybyspeaking about the law- India’suniversal position on ter- pollution. While we do have the BankGuaranteeand as tract. Broadband NetworkLtd).” technology moving from being governance.” When contacted, and-order situation of the state,” rorism —“Thereisnojustifica- CPCB,the organisation’sman- Additional BankGuarantee, The Raipur-basedcompany, Despitethis, ChIPS CEO Vishnoi, an enabler of business to some- Mahurkar told TheIndian said Congress RajyaSabhaMP tion forterrorismfor anyreason dateistoservethe wholecoun- whichcould be used forpenalty with apaid-up capital of Rs 8 signedthe note-sheetwithout thing that drivesbusiness in the Express:“Yes, Ihaveaccepted Pradeep Bhattacharya. or underany circumstance.” try. This Commission will specif- at the end of theproject. lakh, has three directors Dubey, anycommentsoraction. post-Covid era. the offerletterthat Igot.” CPI(M)leader Shamik Lahiri The fourth element,anoffi- icallylook at the Delhi NCRand In the statement, ChIPSsaid Dinesh Pateland KB Varsani. Kotakwas in conversation FULLREPORTSON said Dhankhar does notknow cial said, is whathas notbeen adjoining areas only. The prob- the newspaper’sreporton Varsani owns aconstruction and Air India with Anant Goenka, Executive www.indianexpress.com MONTHAFTERHATHRAS WOMAN'S DEATH Sivasankar colluded with ‘This time last year, she was making rangoli, decorating puja room ’ smugglingaccused: ED

difficult to work,now that she’s twoweeks,shehadregainedcon- localpolice.Thefamilyhadearlier yettobegiven,” the victim's Sitting on acot at home with Thiruvananthapuram: Former IAS officer. JIGNASASINHA nothere…wemisshereveryday,” sciousness afteraweek of thein- requestedforpoliceprotectionaf- brother said. her mother-in-law, andtalking principal secretarytothe Kerala The agency Wednesday ar- HATHRAS,OCTOBER29 saidthe mother,exactlyamonth cident and recordedher state- terafew Thakur families staged Districtofficialssaidthataday about the upcoming festivals, the Chief Minister, MSivasankar,had restedSivasankaronchargesofal- afterher 19-year-old daughter, ment, saying she had been raped. protests outsidethe village. aftercompensation wasan- victim's sister-in-lawsaid, “She allegedly intervenedtoget adiplo- leged moneylaundering in the “LASTYEAR,aroundthistime,she who wasallegedlyrapedand as- Amonth afteron, UP Police The familywas promised nounced, Rs 15 lakh wastrans- would collect fodder,leavesand maticcargo released from the smugglingcase.OnThursday, the wasdecorating the house with saultedbyfour upper-caste men has steppedupthe security out- compensationof Rs25lakh,anew ferred.“Some moremoney was flowers forthe chokhi. Shedeco- Customs at the behestofSwapna PrincipalSessions CourtinKochi rangoli(aheadof Diwali)forpooja. in HathrasonSeptember 14,died side the family's home. Police house, and ajob foramember. transferredlater.Weare alsohelp- ratedthe pooja room lastyear for Suresh, akey accusedinthe gold allowedthe ED four-daycustody There’snooneto dothatthistime. at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospitalon sources said morethan 50 police Theysaid the full amounthas not ing the familywithgroceries,ra- Diwali.Mydaughterskeepasking smuggling case, the ED on of Sivasankar,whohasbeenlisted We aretrying to go backtothe September 29. personnel guardthe house, and beentransferredtotheirbankac- tion. Theywill getahouse anda abouther.Wedon’tknowwhatto Thursdaystatedinits petition as the fifthaccusedinthe alleged fields and resume work.But it is Admittedto AMU hospital for CRPFpersonnelwillsoonjointhe countyet.“Thehouseandajobare job soon," adistrict officialsaid. tell them...” seekingcustodyof thesuspended moneylaundering case. ENS

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BJP REVAMP Mamata to take stock of Covid situation, BJPMPmeets disgruntled RSSmangetslead development projects in Nov 5meeting TMC MLA Senior ministers, DMs and SPs will also participateinthe reviewmeeting PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA COOCHBEHAR,OCTOBER29 the districtsand the measures The stateadministration ex- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE takentocontain the spread of pectsthat the Unlockprocess — BJP MP Nisith Pramanik charge,partyclips KOLKATA,OCTOBER29 the disease. The direction was easing of lockdown restrictions Thursday metdisgruntledTMC issuedafter the stategovern- —will be completedby MLAMihir Goswami at the lat- CHIEF MINISTER Mamata ment held detaileddiscussions December,following whichthe ter's residence hereonThursday, Banerjee would hold an online with the CentreonThursday Opposition maybegin afull- fuelling speculations. administrative reviewmeeting about the pandemicinthe state. fledged political campaign for Both leaders, however, said with senior ministers, district AfterDurga Puja, the BJP hit next year’s Assemblyelections. theyhad mettoexchangeVijaya Vijayvargiya’swings magistrates and other adminis- the streetsinprotestagainstthe The Chief Minister wantsdevel- Dashami greetings in keeping trative officials, and police su- deaths of some of itsworkers. opment projectstobecom- with the Bengali traditions. perintendentsonNovember 5, CM MamataBanerjee GovernorJagdeep Dhankhar has pletedbeforethat. “I have knownNisith fora government officials said on also steppeduphis criticism “Earlier in district adminis- long time. Earlier he waswith Partyhigh commandsteps in to end factionalfeud, Thursday. over the law-and-order situa- trative meetings, the Chief the TMC. He is likemyyounger Banerjee is expected to re- the DMs,BDOs [Block tion. Ministeremphasisedcomplet- brother and he had come to ex- removesone of Dilip Ghosh’s aides from akey post view the Covid-19 situation in Development Officers], SDOs “In this situation, the Chief ing developmental work by changeVijayagreetings, the statefollowing Durga Puja, [SubDivisional Officers], where Ministerwanted to draw theat- December,and at the Goswami, atwo-time TMC MLA, secretaryRahul Sinha, aparty and take accountofthe progress she will take detailedprogress tention of the government and November 5meeting she will told reporters. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE veteran. The situation became of development projects. of the developmentalworkand people of the statetothe devel- take stockofwhether those The TMCdeclinedtocom- KOLKATA,OCTOBER29 morecomplicated afterGhosh Asenior government official also give aroadmap forthe next opment of the state andher workshaveprogressedenough ment on the development. recentlydisbandedall district said, “The Chief Ministerwill threemonths.” main focus is to strengthen the or not. If not, she willgiveextra Goswami has astrainedrela- TO REIN in the stateBJP leader- committees of the state conduct the reviewmeetings Health officials have been developmental work of the emphasis on completing those tionship withthe TMC afterhe ship and end growing infighting, BharatiyaJanataYuvaMorcha with ministers and the senior asked to prepareadetailedre- state,”saidthe senior govern- projects,” said the administra- resignedfromall party posts ac- the party’s central leadershiphas (BJYM), and dismissed thepres- officers of all the departments, portonthe Covid situation in ment official. tion official. cusing poll strategistPrashant made direct intervention and Decision-making identsofthe committees. Kishors- I-PAC of running it. made severalorganisational goestoDelhi Although MP and BJYM state Apolitical party is run by changes. chief SaumitraKhan buriedthe politiciansand notbyabunchof Aday afterappointing RSS FOLLOWINGTHE organ- hatchetwith Ghosh on the occa- Dy Speaker Sukumar Hansda dies of cancer contractors who come and dic- pracharak AmitavaChakravorty isational changes, the sion of Bijoya Dashami, the cen- tate terms to politicians, he had the newgeneral secretary (or- stateBJP unit from now tral leadershipdecidedtostepin state-run SSKM Hospitalin Hansdabecame Deputy Speaker said earlier this month. ganisation) of the stateunit, on will function at the di- and end the infighting. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Kolkata. He wasshiftedtoapri- of the AssemblyinDecember AfterBJPs spectacular per- sources said the party had asked rection of itscentral lead- In astatement, the party on KOLKATA,OCTOBER29 vate hospital afew days ago. 2018 afterthe postfell vacantfol- formanceinthe 2019 Lok Sabha itsnational general secretary ers.The centralleader- Wednesdayannouncedthat "Deeplygrievedtohear lowing the death of Haider Aziz pollswhenitwon 18 of the42 Kailash Vijayvargiya to spend ship took control of the Chakravorty would replace DEPUTYSPEAKER of state about the passing away of Safwi.He wasaprominent tribal Lok Sabha seats, 10 MLAs ,eight moretime in Madhya Pradesh stateunit to end infight- SubratoChattopadhyayasgen- Assembly, Sukumar Hansda, on Deputy Speakerand Jhargram face of the TrinamoolCongress from the ruling TMC and one than Bengal, whereheisthe cen- ing and put up afight eral secretary(organisation). Thursday diedataprivate hos- MLASukumarHansda... His re- in Jhargram and West each from Congress and the tral co-observer. againstthe ruling TMC in Chattopadhyay, aclose aide of pital in Kolkata. Hansda, 66,was lentless service forpeople shall Midnaporedistricts. CPI(M) had switchedovertothe In his place, the BJP’s national the 2021polls. While the Dilip Ghosh, had been serving in suffering from cancer. always be remembered.Mycon- Afterthe Trinamool saffron camp. joint-general secretary(organi- decisions and strategies the postsince 2014.According to The two-time Trinamool dolences to his familyand fol- Congress cametopower forthe Once astronghold of TMC, sation) ShivPrakash, who looks will be formulated by sources, the stateBJP chief vehe- Congress MLAfromJhargram, Sukumar Hansdawas a lowers," Banerjeetweeted. second time in 2016,Hansda Coochbehar district had wit- afterits affairs in West Bengal, central leaders,its execu- mentlyopposedthe move. Hansda wasaministerinthe first- prominent tribalface in The stategovernmentan- wasdropped from thecabinet. nessedachangeinground level hasbeen asked to spend more tion will depend on state Chakravortywas apowerful term of the MamataBanerjee the TMC government nouncedthat flags at all govern- In the lastorganisational political equations afterBJP time in the state. leaders and workers. On student leader and servedasthe government in whichheheld the ment offices in the statewill fly reshuffle, he wasappointed snatched the Coochbehar parlia- Sources in the BJP said the theflipside, the move is statesecretaryofthe Akhil portfolio of Paschimanchal at half-mastonThursdayto statevice-president of the TMC. mentaryseat from Mamata move wasaimedatsending a likelytoallow the TMC to BharatiyaVidyarthi Parishad UnnayanMinister. prostate cancerearlier this year mourn Hansda’sdeath. He is survivedbyhis wife, son Banerjee's party in the lastLok message to twofactionsinthe sharpen itsattacks by (ABVP). Later,hebecame aRSS He wasdiagnosedwith andwasundergoingtreatmentat Adoctor by profession, and twodaughters. Sabha polls. stateunit. “The party has no in- painting the BJP as aparty pracharak.In2016, he joinedthe tention to tolerateinfighting run by outsiders. BJP and former national presi- anymoreand does notwant to dent Amit Shah appointed him losethe momentum it gained the statejoint general secretary from 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The the twofactions emerged. The forOdisha. In 2019,BJP national growing riftbetween Dilip riftbetween them widenedaf- president JP Nadda appointed Ghosh campand Mukul Roy terthe Lok Sabha polls as him the statejoint general sec- campwas hurting the party’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) retary in West Bengal. prospectsfor 2021 state workers and leaders startedde- By clipping Vijayvargiya’s Assembly polls.With these fecting to the saffron outfit. wingsthe central leadershipalso changes, the central leadership While the party's old-timers sent amessagetoMukul Roy’s has takenmatters of itsWest sidedwithstate president Dilip camp, indicating thatithas to Bengal unit in itsown hand. The Ghosh, newcomers were em- patchthingsupwith Ghosh’s stateunit of the party from now bracedbyRoy,who had faction and put up aunitedface onwardswill be looked afterby Vijayvargiya’s support. in the Assemblypolls. central leaders who will super- The infighting increasedaf- “Both camps needtounder- vise the leaders and chalk out terthe formation of anew state stand the party's vision for strategies,” said asenior BJP committee lastmonth in which Bengal and work towardsits suc- leader on the condition of newcomers were givencrucial cess. Thereisnoroomfor anyin- anonymity. posts.Meanwhile, Mukul Roy ternal fight whichwill dent our Following Mukul Roy's in- wasmade the national vice- chances of winningthe elec- duction intothe party in 2017, president. He replacednational tion,” said the BJP leader.

BJP workers protestoutside Bagnanpolice stationduring arallyagainstthe murder of a ‘party worker’, in Howrah district on Thursday. PTI

PROTEST OVERDEATH OF ‘PARTY WORKER’ BJP workers and police scuffle during 12-hour Bagnan strike

ers to visitMajhi’s house. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Sources said police “All those who were detained KOLKATA,OCTOBER30 stoppedvarious small in connection withthe murder by police areBJP workers. Ihave SPORADIC VIOLENCE wasre- BJP rallies at several askedthe police to immediately portedacross Howrah district’s places in Bagnan release them. If the police does Bagnan area on Thursdayduring notacceptour demand, we will the BJP’s 12-hour strikecalledto call astrikeinentire Howrah,” protestagainst the murder of a police, and the situation wors- said Khan. man whom the party claimedto enedwhenBJPMP and Bharatiya He added, “Our party worker be itslocal worker. JanataYuvaMorcha(BJYM) state waskilled, we arenot being al- Kinkar Majhi wasshotlast chief SaumitraKhan joinedthe lowedtoorganisearally and po- week,and succumbed to his in- rally. BJP workers burnt tyres, lice even beat them [party work- juries on Wednesday. The raisedslogans againstthe TMC, ers] up. TMC leaders organiseda Opposition partyhas accusedthe and surroundedthe local police rallytodayitself, while our ac- Trinamool Congress (TMC) of or- station. tivists have been beaten up by po- chestrating the attack. Alarge battalion of the Rapid lice.” Sources said on Thursdaythe Action Force(RAF), and combat Majhi wasshotonOctober 24 police stoppedvarioussmall ral- forceweredeployedtodisperse while he wasreturning home af- lies organisedbyBJP supporters the protesters. AfterKhan went tersellingflowers inHowrah.His at various places in Bagnan, while intothe stationto talkto policeof- familyhas claimedthat local TMC the Opposition party’s workers ficials, alarge number of BJP sup- leaders were pressuring him to forcefullyclosedshops. porters attempted to forcefully join the ruling party.The BJP The police did notallowthe enter itspremises, leading to an- worker wastaken to Uluberia BJP to organise apeace march other scuffle between the police Hospital, and then to NilRatan scheduledtohead to Majhi's and the Opposition party.The po- Sircar Medical Collegeand home. It ledtoascuffle with the lice later allowedKhan and oth- Hospital in Kolkata.

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VIGILANCE AWARENESS WEEK IN CLW ASSAMDOWN TOWN UNIVERSITY SYAMA PRASAD MOOKERJEE PORT,KOLKATA CELEBRATED ITS (ERSTWHILE KOLKATA PORT TRUST) VigilanceAwarenessWeek 2020 is being ob- 7TH CONVOCATION DAY. served in Chittaranjan LocomotiveWorks As per the directives of CentralVigilance (CLW)from 27thOct’ to 2nd Nov.,2020. Shri Assam down town Commission, todayi.e.27.10.2020, in- Praveen Kumar Mishra, General Manager ad- University (AdtU) cel- tegritypledge ceremony underVigi- ministered theVigilance Pledge in theAdminis- ebrated its 7th Con- lanceAwarenessWeek,2020,washeld trativeOffice foyer on 27th October 2020. On vocation Day on at Syama PrasadMookerjeePort, this occasion,Shri R.Yadav,Chief Vigilance Of- Monday,19th Octo- Kolkata. This year the theme of theVig- ficer &Sr.DyGM,Shri M. K. Chatterjee,Dy. Chief ber 2020 from 11 ilance AwarenessWeek is “SATARK Vigilance Officer alongwith other Head of de- A.M onwards.Unlike BHARAT, SAMRIDDHBHARAT(VIGI- partments,Sr. Officers,Staff Council members every yearthis year LANTINDIA, PROSPEROUS INDIA)”. and Staff of CLWwerepresentonthe occasion,adhering to the safety normsofCOVID-19such as wearing face had been extra spe- ShriVinitKumar,Chairman, Syama mask, maintainingsocial distancing etc. Due to COVID-19 restrictions,DyHODs administered the Vigilance cialasamidst this Prasad Mookerjee Port,Kolkata admin- Pledge to the supervisors &staff from their respective offices. pandemic, AdtU decided to conduct the convocation virtually, where the istered integrity pledge to allemployees It is mentioned here thatVigilanceAwarenessWeek is being observed in CLWevery year so that Officers &em- event will be live onAdtU OfficialYouTube channel.Forthe very first time,the present and on digital platform.Shri Ku- ployees are encouraged to eradicate corruption. event willattract alarge number of students and parentsfrom all over the mar,Chairman, SMP,Kolkataled an ex- country and also abroad. amplebytaking e-pledge as an individualaswell as organization e-pledge.Inthis inaugural ceremony VIGILANCE AWARENESS WEEK OBSERVEDATDSP TheChief Guest for the Convocation wasthe Hon'ble Chancellor Dr.N.N Chairman,SMP,Kolkata stressed on looking inward onto internal processes and activitiesinPort during Dutta along withVice-Chancellor Prof.(Dr) N. 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Chief Vigi- graduated,of which 647 are Undergraduates,209 are Post Graduates,and lance Officer,SMP,Kolkata. 4Ph.D.degrees havebeen awarded. Theevent commenced with the academic procession by the esteemed dig- nitaries ofAssam down town Universitywiththe Universityanthemplaying VIGILANCE AWARENESS WEEK STARTED OFF in the background. Hon'ble Chancellor,AdtU,Dr. N. N. Dutta started the AT KOLKATA AIRPORT award ceremony withawelcomeaddress which wasbeingfollowed by a speech by Prof (Dr) N. C. Talukdar,Vice-Chancellor of AdtU.Prof Bandana Dutta,Dean of Studies,AdtU awarded the Ph.D.Degrees to the four scholars VigilanceAwarenessWeek started off at KolkataAirport as all the employees took Integrity Pledge by namely Mr.Debojit Bhattacharya,Mr.Abhijit Dutta ,Ms. Banajeeta Sharma& maintaining social distancing andothersafety norms. Theweeklong activities starting from As per the communiqué from CentralVigilance Commission,Government of India,VigilanceAwareness Ms.Manashi Mazumdar.Assam down town Universityencourages the stu- 27.10.2020 will continue till02.11.2020.Thethemefor this year isVigilant India,Prosperous India. Week 2020 is being observed at Durgapur Steel Plant based on the theme,"Vigilant India,Prosperous dents by awardingthe title of Best Graduateand Post Graduate during Con- Basedonthis theme different activities likesloganwriting competition,essay writing,painting com- India" from 27th October, 2020 to 2nd November,2020. Theobservance started with the pledge tak- vocation every year.This year the Best Graduate is Ms.Napolina Kishor petition etc.will be organised for theemployeesand their families.Also different activities willbeor- ing by DSP collectives at Ispat Bhawan on 27.10.2020. Thetrilingual pledge wasadministered to Pathak of BSc.Microbiology, Faculty of Science and the Best Post Graduate is ganisedinlocal schools to create awareness. collectives by Mr.NRoy,ED(MM),Mr.BPSingh,ED(Works) &Mr. Arup Mukherjee,CGM(F&A) including Ms.Kashmiri Sonowal of M.Pharm, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Integrity pledge of the organization by Mr.AKPaul, CGM I/c (P&A)and reading out the messagesof This year being the highest number of placementsrecorded,aspecialaward Hon'ble President,Vice-President &Prime Minister of India by Mr.ADasgupta,CGM(Projects) and Mr.BP categoryofAppreciation for the Best Placement Achieverofthe year is WARM GREETINGS FROM GRSE Panda, GM(Vigilance) &ACVO. It may be known that during the week-long observance,several com- awarded to Mr.Siddharth Das of BTech CT&IS.Thestudent has received ato- petitive events including poster making,slogan writing,essay writing &E-Quiz competitions have been tal of 7Placement Offers bagging the highest package of INR 10 LPA. planned to be organized for employees and their family members.The pledge taking event at DSP wasor- TheConvocation Ceremony concludedwith the NationalAnthem. ganized strictlyadhering to the norms laiddown for preventionofCOVID-19 at workplaces. ROTARY CLUB OF BELUR RELIANCEJEWELS

Reliance Jewels,one of India’smost trustedjewellery brands, has launched an exquisite jewellery range, Utkala,to mark the beginningofthe festive season.Thecollection is inspired by the cultural traditions of‘Odisha’ and is atrue confluence of the distinctive motifs,patterns and designsthat em- bodythe state’sart,tradition and culture to perfection.The exquisite collection features stunning de- signs of intricately designedand tastefully crafted jewellery piecesfor customers to choose from .The Rotary club of Belur organised World Polio Day Awareness Rally in effortless artistry is inspired by theiconicKonark Sun temple art, Mukteshwar templeart, PuriJa- Kolkata in presence of District Governor on 24th Oct.Infact Rotary In- gannath temple art,Seenthi dance art,BoitaBandhana maritimeheritage and the exoticPattachitra ternational are pioneers in eradicatingand tryingtomake100% Po- picture art lio freeworld . Observance of Vigilance Week at GRSE from 27 Oct 2020 -02Nov 2020

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,OCTOBER30,2020 5 WEST BENGAL SCslamscopsfor To retelllockdown summonstoDelhi tale, ‘migrantmother’ residentoverFB idol to go to museum EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE postonlockdown KOLKATA,OCTOBER29 THE WESTBengalgovernment has decided to preserve the required and notoverwhat a Durga idol of Kolkata’s Barisha EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE citizen said on social media.” Club that wassculptedinthe im- NEW DELHI,OCTOBER 29 The courtsaid summoning ageofamigrant woman as atrib- the petitioner to Kolkatais utetomigrantworkers. CAUTIONINGAGAINSTmisuse “sheer harassment”. Theidolofthe deity as ami- of the police’s summoning Appearingfor the petitioner, grant mother,withatoddler powertoharass people critical Senior AdvocateMahesh (Kartik) in her arms, made head- of government policies on so- Jethmalanisaid the woman had lines. Trailing the deity were her cial media, the Supreme Court stated on oath that she dis- twodaughters —one with ababy has slammedWestBengal po- claims anyassociation with the owlinthe crook of herarm licefor itsnoticetoaDelhi res- Facebook postand that she does (Lakshmi), and the othercaress- ident over Facebookposts ques- notoperatethe webpagewhich ing aswan(Saraswati). The tioning enforcement of Covid forms the subject matterofthe fourth child, the pot-bellied The idol at Kolkata’s Barisha lockdown in Kolkata’s Raja FIR. Jethmalani questionedthe Ganesha with the head of an ele- Club wasaninstant hit. File Bazar area. notice issuedunder Section 41A phant, gave them company. Ordering an ad-interim stay of CrPC. The club drew widespread of the CalcuttaHigh Court order Section41A dealswith praise forhighlighting the travails Krishnanagar, said he reimagined askingpetitioner Roshni Biswas powerofapoliceofficer to issue BUSINESS NOT AS USUAL facedbymigrantsduring the thedeities in this manner to pay to appear before the investigat- notice to aperson “against Covid-19-triggerredlockdown. tribute to labourers who faced ing officer of Ballygunge police whom areasonable complaint The buzz associated with Lakshmi Pujaismissing in Kolkata's Kumartuli area on Thursday, aday ahead of thefestival. Fewer To keep those memories alive, massive challenges during the station, abenchofJustices DY hasbeen made, or credible in- customers were seenbuying Lakshmi idols. Partha Paul the government decidedtoin- lockdown. Manydiedwhile Chandrachudand Indira formation has been received, or stall it at apublic place. Forthe walkinghundreds andthousands Banerjee observed Wednesday areasonablesuspicionexists moment, it will be kept in amu- of kilometres home as public thatit“cannothavecitizens that he has committed acogniz- seum. transportwent offthe road. hauledfromone corner of the able offence, to appear before” COVID IMPACT “It is the Chief Minister’s ad- StateministerFirhad Hakim, countrytoanother forasocial the officer “or at such other vice. The dayshe paid avisit to who is in charge of the conserva- media postcriticising thegov- place as maybespecified in the Mamata postpones KolkatafilmfesttoJan 8 our pandal, she really likedit. She tion process, said, “It is agreat ernment”. notice”. clickedsome photographsofthe creation and we want to preserve The stay,the courtsaid, is Senior AdvocateRBasant, idol on her mobile too. Later we it. Fornow it will bekept in amu- subject to thecondition that the appearing forWestBengal, re- tivalhas been rescheduled, given valinthe cultural capital of India,” Askedif thefestivalwouldbe were informedtheywanted to seum in the Lake area.” petitioner “undertakestore- ferred to earlier judgementsto EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the current circumstances. It will said KIFFonits website. held in physical format or digital preservethe idol,” artistRintu This is notthe firstDurga idol spond to anyqueries that may argue thatcourts shouldnot in- KOLKATA,OCTOBER29 nowbeheld from Jan 8-15, 2021. Physicalscreenings in are- ones, Ghosh said, "Letmetell you, Das, who conceptualisedthe de- to bepreserved.Inthe past, some be addressedtoher by the terferewith the course of inves- Letthe preparationsbegin!” strainedmanner were organised the selection of all films in differ- sign, told The Indian Express. were displayed in Eco Park in Investigating Officer”. tigation. CHIEF MINISTER Mamata Banerjee tweeted. in the Shanghai International ent sections has already been Das, who is from NewTown. The benchallowedthe According to theFIR, which BanerjeeonThursdaydeferred Afterthe announcement, Film Festival and the Venice Film completed. So therewould not state’s requesttolet the inves- “relies on Facebook links”, the the 26th edition of the Kolkata KIFF said that the festival was Festival in Julyand September re- have been anyproblem in digital tigating officer travel to Delhi if “posts implythat (i) the State International Film Festival (KIFF) likelytoheld online this year. spectively,but at that time the screeningevenduring JALPAIGURI need be forquestioning. administration wasgoing soft to January8-15inviewofthe “InviewofCovid-19pan- pandemic wasabating in those November.But thechief minis- Justice Chandrachud said, “A on the violation of the lock Covid-19 pandemic. The mar- demic, the 26th edition of twoplaces. terand everyone involvedinthis 12 injured as minibus overturns market placeofideas should down at Rajabazar as the area quee event celebratingactors Kolkata International Film Film director Goutam Ghosh, festival, including me, want pub- Jalpaiguri:At least12peoplewere night. flourish...Donot cross the line. is predominantlyinhibited by and movies wasearlier sched- Festival has been designedina who is akey member of the or- lic participation...” injured when aminibus over- Twobuffalos came outofthe LetIndia remain afreecountry. aparticular community and; uledtobeheld between smarterframe giving due impor- ganising committee, told the PTI Startedin1995,KIFFisone of turnedafter losing controlwhile forest in front of aMainaguri- The Supreme Court is hereto (ii) that the Stateadministra- November 5-12. tance to social distancing. This news agency,"It is awise deci- theoldestfilmfestivals in India, trying to save twobuffalos in bound minibuscarrying 25 pas- protect free speech… The police tion is complacent while deal- “Afterreceiving global film edition is proposedprimarilyin sion. As we want to screen films andoverthe years has become a Jalpaiguridistrict,the police said sengers,forcing the driver to ma- shouldconcernthemselves ing with lockdownviolations fraternity’sconsent,Iherebyin- online mode forthe cine lovers, in theatres forthe people of the star-studdedannualevent.Itis on Thursday. noeuvretosavethe animals. The with the major issues of lawand causedbyacertain segment of form all stakeholders of the critics, actors and others so that statewho love to watchcinema, organisedbythe state The incident took place on a vehicleoverturned,saidMalbazar order wheretheir presence is the community”. Kolkata International Film they continue to feel the pulse of we cannotkeepthem out of the Information and CulturalAffairs statehighway under Malbazar policestation officer-in-charge Festival &cine lovers that our fes- the gala international film festi- event." department. policestationareaonWednesday Shubashish Chakraborty. PTI Recoveries keeppace with new Covid cases

Kolkata: West Bengal on Thursdayrecordedthe highest STATECOUNT single daycoronavirusrecover- TOTAL CASES ies at 3,945, improving the re- covery rate to 88.02 per cent. So 365692 far, 3,21,873 Covidpatients, in- cluding 3,925 the previous day, INCREASE DEATHS have been declared recovered. 3989 6725 An increase in recoveries 321873 RECOVERED meant that the statehad 37,094 active cases. 4468496 SAMPLES In terms of dailycases, as TESTED TILL OCT 29 manyas3,989 infections were reported in thelast24hours, tak- ing the total count to 3,65,692. The toll reached6,725 after61 morepeople diedofthe virus. The recovery rate alsohas in- creasedto88.02%. However, number of active cases crossed thirty thousand and became 37,094. In last24hours, total, 43,265 sample tested and whichdrives the cumulative sample tested numbers became morethan fortythousand whichis 44,68,496. Yesterday, it was 44,25,231. Of the fresh cases, amaxi- mum of 894people tested posi- tive in Kolkata, 878inNorth 24 Parganas, 279inHowrah, 258 in South 24 Parganas and 176in Hooghly. ENS

Rule-8(1)] POSSESSION NOTICE (For Immovable Property) JALPAIGURI BRANCH,Kadamtala Main Road, 1st Floor,Ukil Para, P.O. &Dist. Jalpaiguri, Pin -735101, West Bengal /E-mail: [email protected] Whereas, the undersigned being the Authorised Officer of the Bank of Baroda under the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 and in exercise of powers conferred under section 13(2) read with Rule 3ofthe Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002 issued Demand Notice calling upon the Legal heir of the deceased Borrower to repay the amount mentioned in the notice together with further interest, cost etc. thereon within 60 days from the date of the said notice. The Legal heir of the deceased Borrower having failed to repay the amount, notice is hereby given to the borrower and the public in general that the undersigned has taken possession of the property described herein below to exercise of powers conferred on him/her under sub-section (4) of section 13 of act read with rule 8ofthe Security Interest Enforcement Rules 2002 on the date mentioned below. The Legal heir of the deceased Borrower in particular and the public in general are hereby cautioned not to deal with the property and any dealings with the property will be subject to the charge of Bank of Baroda, Jalpaiguri Branch for the amount and interest thereon. The Legal heir of the deceased Borrowers’ attention is invited to provisions of sub-section (8) of section 13 of the Act, in respect of time available to redeem the secured assets. Name of the Legal 1) Date of Demand Notice 2) Date of Possession Heir of the Borrower 3) Outstanding Amount 1. Borrower: Legal 1) 13.07.2020 (1) All that part and parcel of the property consisting of Plot No. 93, 94, 497/ 1134 in J.L. No. 9, heir of the 2) 29.10.2020 Sheet No. 2, Mouza- Garalbari, Khatian No. L.R. 320, within the registration Sub-district and deceased 3) Rs.18,91,406.00 as on 13.07.2020 District Jalpaiguri. Poperty bounded by on the North: Road, on the South: Land of Mr.Bakshi, on borrower Smt. Rita and further interest thereon at the the East: Road and on the West:TeaGarden. Bakshi, w/o Late contractual rate plus costs, charges and (2)All that part and parcel of the property consisting of Plot No. 1707, 1708 in J.L. No. 4, Sheet No. Badal Kr.Bakshi, expenses till date of payment. 10, Mouza- Bahadur,Khatian No. L.R. 6312, within the registration Sub-district and District Durga Bakshi & Jalpaiguri. Property bounded by on the North: Land of Nayanta Roy,onthe South: Land of Debajit Rani Bakshi, minor Bakshi, on the East: Land of Nayanta Roy and on the West: Road. daughters of ------deceased Badal 1) 13.07.2020 All that part and parcel of the property consisting of Plot No. 93, 94, 497/ 1134 in J.L. No. 9, Sheet Kr.Bakshi and 2) 29.10.2020 No. 2, Mouza- Garalbari, Khatian No. L.R. 320, within the registration Sub-district and District alsotoDebajeet 3) Rs.20,64,709.00 as on 13.07.2020 Jalpaiguri. Property bounded by on the North: Road, on the South: Land of Mr.Bakshi, on the East: Bakshi,s/o Late and further interest thereon at the Road and on the West:TeaGarden. Badal Kr.Bakshi contractual rate plus costs, charges and expenses till date of payment. Date: 29.10.2020, Place: Jalpaiguri Authorised Officer,Bank of Baroda

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LASTCHILD MATTERS Ashutosh Va rshney ASER reportflags burden of digital inequality on children,

and opportunity forgovernment schools HAVING LIVED IN the US forlong, Ihave than 20 votes each. In 2016,one electoral night, making postalballots irrelevant to watchedall US presidential elections since voteinWyoming, atinystate,represented the outcome. HE DIGITAL PIVOT in India’s schooling system riskspushing it intodeeper 1988. Idon’t recall anyelection being viewed 190,000 people, whereas California, the Unlikesomanycountries, the US does not inequality,seven months afterschoolsshut down across the countryto as moreimportant than this one, though largest state, had one electoral voteper have an independent nationalelection com- tackle thepandemic. Amajority of childrenwithout access to internethas 2008 mustsurelybecounted as matching in 680,000 citizens. mission. States have the responsibility to an- been thrownintodistress —ahandful to the point of self-harm, as several significance, when America elected Barack The gapbetween popular and electoral nounce results, and, basedonthem, it is left Obama as the nation’s firstBlackpresident. votesisahistoricallychargedmatter.Itwill to thepresidential candidates to claim vic- Treports in this newspaper attest—byanexclusionarymode of learning. Indeed,2020can be viewedas2008’s possi- suffice to note that Americanstatesare tory and concede defeat. Without asense of What reportage has indicated so farisconfirmedbythe Annual Status of Education Report bleother. powerful. In awell-known conceptual for- political ethics, suchvoluntary expectations (ASER) 2020, aphone survey of 60,000-odd studentsacross rural India. Onlyabout one- If 2008 showedthat America could live mulation, Alfred Stepan calledthe US a can go awry.Nobodyassociates Trumpwith thirdofthe surveyed children had access to online learning; only11per cent hadaccess up to itspolitical creedofequality,wenow “coming together federation”, as distinct ethical conduct. to live online classes. That the burden of digital inequality hasfallen on children shows have gravethreatstothat foundational prin- from a“holding together federation,” like If Trumpisahead on election night, he is up in thedata. As manyas24.3 per cent of the children said theyhad notreceived anylearn- ciple. GivenDonald Trump’s barelydisguised India. Compared to the former,statesare likelytoclaim victoryand also legallychal- ing material from the school in the week the survey washeld because theyhad no smart- racism, his victorywill be viewedas weaker in the latter.Unlikemostfedera- lengethe validity of mailedballots in the US America’s regress intoWhiteprimacy,anun- tions,13former British colonies,asstates, Supreme Court, whichhas anew judgenom- phone —almost75per cent of interaction with schools wasoverWhatsApp. fortunatehistoricalreality whichbegan to cametogether to form the US in the 1780s, inated by Trump, giving the courtaconser- Parentsalso appear to be acutely awarethatthe smartphone is the newEnglish- lose itssting afterthe mid-1960s. And his de- keeping considerable powers as abasis for vative majority.Election resultscan thus get medium education in theway it overlays and deepens age-oldhierarchies.The survey re- feat will be welcomed by those who want joining the union. mired in legal battles forweeks. And if the ports that 11 percent of parentsbought aphone during the lockdown to preventanin- Blacksand other racial minorities to reclaim So, howwill Trumpand Biden fare in the highestcourt, agreeing withTrump’s claim of terruption in their child’s learning. Asurge in theuse of smartphones(as compared to the push forequality.The results will be electoral college? This customaryquestion fraudulence,nullifies mailedballots,whereas 2018)has notbeen accompaniedbygreater access, whichitself shows that technologi- viewedthrough araciallens even if Trump’s nowhas anew twist: Howwill early voting, states certify their election results afterthe handlingofthe pandemic,ratherthan his expandedinmoststatesdue to the pan- full count, the US willhaveafull-blown con- cal solutions on their owncannotbeenough to address this unforeseen crisis. What treatment of race relations, causes his defeat. demic, influence the final count? As of writ- stitutional crisis on itshands. schools —bothprivate and public —havedone well in is in reaching textbooksand work- The internationalsignificance of this elec- ing this, 72 million votes have already been This outcome can beruledout if Trumpis sheetsto80per cent of students. The ASER reportoffers asnapshotofthe churninthe ed- tion is also unmistakable. If Joe Biden wins, cast, ahistorical record. BeforeElection Day, decisively defeated on November 3. He won ucation system, and also howinherited disadvantages continue to affect quality of learn- the US will return to itsinternationalal- November 3, this number could touch85-90 306electoral college votesin2016, 36 more ing. Forinstance, children with parentseducated till Class Xhad amarkedlybetteraccess liances, dictatorswill be embracedlessar- million. That would be morethan half of the than required,coming primarilyfromhis vic- to learning in these months than the children of parentswith feweryearsspent in school. dently, and human rightswill playarole in total votes, expected to be somewherebe- toryin threetraditionallyDemocratic states: American foreign policy. If Trump is ahead on election tween 150-160 million. Pennsylvania (20), Michigan (16) and The reportmaps acrisis, but also holds out possibilities.For the private schools, it is Trumpwill losethe popular vote,ashe Early votesare of twotypes:Inperson Wisconsin (10). Mostpolls showBiden ahead aprodtorethink an online-only mode of learning. Forgovernment schools, the growth night,heislikely to claim did in 2016,and as three other presidentsdid victoryand also legally and mailedin. Howmanythus farfallin in all three. In addition,some of thestates in footfall is an opportunity to improvethe quality of teaching and retain students —it in 1876,1888 and 2000.But we know that it whichcategoryisnot obvious. But twothings Trumpwon in 2016 —Florida (29), North is possible,ashas been shown by government schools in Karnataka and Kerala, among is the electoral college, notthe popular vote, challenge the validityof areclear.First, early votesare expected to be Carolina (15), Arizona (11) and Iowa (6) —are others, during lockdown. The experience of southernstatesinthe pastdecades proves whichdeterminesthe outcome. The elec- mailed ballots in the US disproportionatelyDemocratic, whereas vot- looking uncertainfor him. Anycombination that investmentinapublic school system multiplies opportunities manifold. The AAP toralcollegehas 538 state-basedvotes (plus Supreme Court,whichhas a ers on electionday will be disproportionately of these states will generateaBiden victory. government in Delhi has shown that it makes forgood politics. Till avaccineisfound, a Washington DC). To emerge victorious, acan- Republican. Second, some states accept But thepolls maybewrong.Moreover, didatehas to win 270electoral votes. new judge nominated by mailed-in ballots only till election day, but theyare predictions about the total votes in resumption of classes is still afar wayoff.Inthe interim, all stakeholders have to come The electoral collegeissimultaneously Trump, giving the court a others can wait until days aftersolong as the astate,bothvotescastonNovember3and together to minimise both loss of learningand the emotional turmoil that comesfrom mystifying and simple. Astate’s electoral conservative majority. ballots have an election daypostmark. Many earlier. We don’t knowwhat will happen on being leftbehind. votesdepend on itsrepresentation in the Election results canthus get states won’t have theirfinal tallyofvotes on the night of November 3, when manystates twohouses of US Congress, foundedontwo the night of November 3. will nothavecounted their mailedballots.If different principles. The House of mired in legal battles for Trumphas been denouncingmailed-in Trumpisahead on November 3, legal and po- Representativesisbasedonpopulation size, weeks. Andifthe highest votes as fraudulent formonths, though no litical manoeuvres arequitepossible. Onlya but eachstate,regardlessofits population court,agreeing with Trump’s systematic evidence supporting this claim Biden victorythat night, notone afterthe full TRUST IN DATA size, also has twomembersinthe US Senate. claim of fraudulence, exists.However, hiscastigation of postalbal- count, can preempt suchpossibilities. Thus, the electoral votes of astate areits lots,likelytobeintens of millions, does have The worldwill carefullywatch the With COVID-19testing capacity at an all-time high, onusison seatsinthe House, plus two. The smallest nullifiesmailed ballots, serious implications. night of November 3. Thereisnodoubt whereas states certify their authorities to ensureaccuracy,integrity of information sevenstateshavethree votes each(one Consider three scenarios: 1) Trump that America’s foundational principles are House seat plus twosenators). And follow- election results after the full ahead on election night, but losing days later at stake. ing the same principle, the largest states are count,the US will have a when mailedballots arefully counted; 2) N SEVERAL OCCASIONS during the pandemic, epidemiologists, California (55 votes), Texas (38), NewYork BidenslightlyaheadonNovember 3, his lead The writer is Sol Goldmanprofessor of public health expertsand academics have raisedconcerns about India’s (29), Florida (29), Illinois (20) and full-blown constitutional becoming decisive as mailedballots are internationalstudies and professor of COVID-19data. Alot of these problems could be ascribed to the enor- Pennsylvania (20). Other states have less crisis on its hands. counted; and 3) Trumproutedonelection political scienceatBrown University Omous public health challenge. In the early months,the Centreand the West Bengalgovernment bickeredoverthe state’s death count, the toll at the nationalcapital’s hospitals wasfar more than that claimedbythe Delhi govern- ment and, forweeks, the mortality datareleased by the government of the country’s worst-affected state, Maharashtra, did notmatchthe ICMR figures. To their credit, the erring agencies identifiedthe glitches and, by September,itseemedthat theyhad put THE WRONG LINK their house in order. Now, with thepandemic showing early signs of abating, questions over datahavebeen raised again. The charge,this time,isfar more serious than that of ad- ministrative ineptitude. The managing director of one of the country’s topdiagnostic lab- Farm bill advocates should notask farmers to choosebetween MSP and market oratories has told this paper that authorities in some districtsare trying to control test- ing processes in order to showa“better scorecard”. The Centreand stategovernments mustinvestigate the use of suchdevious tactics and take corrective action. Milind Murugkar On Thursday, theUnion Health Ministryinformedthat on an average, nearly 11 lakh testswereconducted dailyinthe pastsix weeks. According to theministry, the country THE RECENTLYENACTED farm bills have trig- an analysis in this paper (IE, October 6) What has changedsomuchbetween then gereddebateonthe desirability of the MSP shows,the benefitstothe farmers even be- andnow forthe MSPs to becomeirrelevant nowhas the resources to conduct morethan 15 lakh dailytests.The steady expansion of regime. It is astrange outcome. The bills do yond Punjab and Haryana arecertainlynot forthe welfareofthe farmers? Whyshould testing is one of the recent successes in the country’s battle againstthe coronavirus. As notfacilitateapolicy to do away with negligible. It is true that onlyasmall fraction the farmers believe thatthe enactment of Prime MinisterNarendraModi urgedinhis address to thenation lastweek,“we should Minimum SupportPrices (MSPs). All it does benefitsdirectlyfromthe procurement. But the farm billswill offerthem remunerative improveupon the situation, notallowittodeteriorate”. An accuratepictureofthe case is allowfreeentrytoagentswho wish to set one cannotignorethe indirect benefit of this prices, making MSPs redundant? Afterall, count is crucialtocontainment strategiessuchasdrawing up hotspots andkeeping med- up markets—whether theybeprivate indi- to all foodgrain producers in thecountry. the process of emergence of anew market ical infrastructureinastateofreadiness. With mostcontainment work being increas- viduals, producer collectivesorcooperatives. Procurement of wheat and rice is from afrac- has justbegun. ingly devolvedtostate and district-levelofficials, the onus of credible information gath- This means that the Food Corporation of tion of the grain producers,but it is around35 The periodfrom2004to2012was the pe- India (FCI) and other associated agencies can per cent of the total grain production in the riod of high commodity prices, high govern- ering is also on these authorities. Withthe country’s testing capacity at an all-time high procureinthe traditional mandis, or in anew country. As the procurement significantlyex- ment procurement and rapid reduction in —and consistentlyonthe uptick—dataaccuracy should be themantraofagencies and market establishedunder this law—or in ceeds the PDS requirement, this creates ad- rural poverty. Can we denythe probable officials at all levels. their ownbackyard. So, the argument that if ditionaldemand in the foodgrain market, causal link between the high prices and de- Barelyaweek afterPMModi’s warning, therehas been aspurtininfections in the mandis cease to exist, the procurement pushing up the prices. This has been agreat crease in poverty? Maharashtra, Delhi, West Bengaland Karnataka. The recent surge of the virusinEurope will also cease is, in fact, flawed. But the help forall the grain producersinthe coun- The issue of MSP is all the moreimpor- also shows that thevirus remains an unpredictable adversary. However, we know much staunchdefenders of the bills,instead of try, especiallywhen the international prices tant forrain-fedagriculturists. Being de- makingthis pointand stopping at that, are Theissue of MSPisall the have remainedlow foralong time now. prived of irrigation, theydon’t derive ben- moreabout it compared to 10 months ago. Doctoring data, hiding the true picture, would questioning the MSP regime in the same more important forrain-fed The RBI's annual reportof2017-18analy- efit from subsidies on electricity and be doingdisservice to the country’s achievementsand learnings in this period. breath. (For instance, Ashok Gulati, ‘MSP in agriculturists. Being ses the impact of MSP-basedprocurement fertiliser as theiruse is limited.So, at the the ageofsurplus’ IE, October 12). deprived of irrigation, they on the food prices. It conclusively shows that moment, the onlystate supportthese farm- Elsewhere, supporters of the bills have MSP is aleading factor influencing the output ers (primarilycottonand pulseproducers) quotedthe ShantaKumar committee’s figures don’t derivebenefit from prices of the farm produce in the entirecoun- have is that of MSPs. This, though farfrom to arguethat MSPs areanywayirrelevant for subsidies on electricityand try. Gulatiisoffering an either-or choice to adequate, is crucial. A PUBLICAN’SIRE mostofthe farmers in the country. This link- fertiliser as their use is the farmers. Theyshould either embrace the Above all,the debateonwhom and how ageofthe farmbillswith the MSP onlyadds to “inefficient” and “costly” MSP system or opt the stateshouldsupport is an issuethat AYorkshirepub has barred ConservativeMPs whovotedagainst the apprehension that farmers have about the limited. So, at the moment, foropen markets. This is problematic. should be addressedindependent of the meals forchildren.The move is understandable bills. Instead of allaying their fears, if theyare the only state-support these During athree-year period of UPAII, the farm acts. Presenting these actsasanalterna- askedto choose betweenthe MSPsystem and farmers(primarily cotton Commissionfor Agricultural Costs and tive to MSPs will notpersuade farmers. And the market,the debateonfarm bills becomes Prices (CACP) —headedincidentallyby theycannotbeblamedfor that. HATISAYorkshirepublican to do when politics doesn’tstopat and pulse producers) have is unnecessarilyideological. Gulati —recommendedasteep increase in the water’s edge?Herefuses to serve the offending politicians It is true that the procurement has re- that of MSPs.This, though MSPs. In fact, the commission wascriticised The writer is apolicy analyst apint. Earlier this month, UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak and twoof mainedconfinedtoonlyafew crops. But as far from adequate,iscrucial. by some forits inflation-inducing policy. withPragati Abhiyan W his Conservative colleagues in parliament were among those who votedagainst extending aprogrammethat wouldhave providedschool meals to children from low-incomehouseholds even duringschool hol- idays.The proprietors of the Mill pub and Il Mulino restaurant, whichisattachedtoit, took exception to their voteinthe House. The pub is located in Sunak’s constituency — OCTOBER 30, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO Richmond (Yorks). “The government voted againstextending free school meals. This is disgusting... What’s ASSAM MLAS GHERAO had broken gheraosatthe residences of some mortem. The body wasfoundinthe com- worse Matt Vickers MP,Simon Clarke MP &Jacob Young MP,Rishi Sunak all voted against SEVEN LEGISLATORS UNDER gherao by legislators who had sought their assistance. pound of the local collectorate. the scheme. DISGUSTING! All 4are nowbarredfromThe Mill &IlMulino forlife. Idon’t Assam agitators over the foreigners’ issue were freedafter theygavewrittenstate- MORADABAD TENSE BAGHDAD BOMBED want their business,”wrote AlexCook,owner of the establishment, in aFacebook post. mentssupporting the movement’s objec- UTTAR PRADESH CHIEF MinisterVPSingh IRANIANPLANESBOMBED Iraq’sbiggestoil The good peopleatMill’s pub arealso donating meals to local food banks, trying to make tives, according to sources. SevenotherMLAs directedthe Moradabad administration to refineries in Baghdadand the southern port up in some small measurefor the waytheir MPs have voted. were under gherao forthe second dayindif- take “firm” action againstelementsdisturb- city of Basraasgroundforces held desper- Cook’s outburstand the ban go somewhat againstthe stereotypical imageofthe pub ferent parts of the state, resisting pressureby ing peace.Hetoldnewsmenthat the “civil atelytoakeybridgethat blockedanIraqi tank and those who run it. The friendlybarman is, afterall, seen in popular cultureasthe man AASU and AAGSP volunteers to acceptthe police” wasbeing reinforcedinMoradabad assault on the oil refining centreofAbadan, who lends an ear to all comers and the pub itself is the space forpolitical debate. Yet, the agitators’ line on theforeigners’ issue. The and said that the government at this stage Iran said. Iraq said fightingtapered offalong frustration at the Mill pub is understandable.And their logic is pretty tight, too. Apub AASU and AAGSPsaidinajoint statement wasnot considering steps like theimposi- its300-mile invasion front with only 15 that theyhavedecidedtoexemptlegislators tion of the curfew or calling out the army. PTI, Iranian and eight Iraqi soldiers killedincom- and restaurant feedsand waters people. If the government, in apandemic that has dev- from the indefinite gherao programme, if UNI report: Tension grippedthe town again bat. An Iranian communiquesaidthe planes astatedfamilies, refuses to do the same forchildren, the smallestconsequence itsmem- theyresigned from their respective parties. with threemoredeaths reported in fresh in- raidedthe Dourarefineryonthe south-east- bers can face is to be refusedservice. Thereis, of course,muchthat is debatable about However, the governor’s adviser, K cidentsinthe last48hours. The Civil Lines ernedgeofBaghdad and the Shuaiba refin- this notion. It should be discussed over adrink. Ramamurthy, told journalists thatthe police police sent one headless body forpost- erynear Basra, causingheavy damagetoboth.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,OCTOBER30,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “The authoritiesinMyanmar cannot claim to be transitioning to democracy while conflict continues to escalate,minorities continue to be disenfranchised and 7 dissent continuestobesilencedwithin its borders” THE IDEAS PAGE — DAILYSTAR,BANGLADESH Lost in Paris Jacinda’s way Jacinda Ardern’s career has created amore Do notfight forthisideaorthat idea, if it is at the costofthe body. Stand by the body. robusttemplatefor the NewPolitical Woman Letitbefreetolive, and notsuffer in the21stcentury

multiplefamilynarratives,andseekahealthy synthesis between disparate things. It is important forustosee Ardern as a representative of apost-racial, developed world.Sheconfirmsthatevenforadevelop- ing democracy likeours, the old-styleblind casteistarithmetichasbeenrelegatedto the Tabish Khair background.Whatyoungleadersandvoters mustfocusonisthecoldfactsontheground Mrinal Pande -- rozgar,shiksha anduniversal healthcare. YOUCANNOT KILLanideawithanother idea. Another lesson is aquality women possess But youcan always kill ahuman being with muchmorethanmen —tolerance and the an idea. IN OURgeneration, the late Aruna Asaf Ali capacity to be inclusive.After herelection, Letustalk of twoideas that oftencome once told me, even emancipated women PM Ardernextendedahandoffriendship to to blows withone another:The idea of free- were secretlyconformist.Theytookacertain theoppositionGreenParty.Shedidnotneed dom of expression and the idea of the sacred- righteouspleasureinsayingtheywereinthe their numbers. But she recognisedthatthey ness of your religious symbol. Someone political movement forfreedom to support were valuable allies in the fight forenviron- makes cartoons of this religious symbol —in their father,brotherorhusband. Suchindif- mental protection. Ouryoung leaders could this case, the prophetofIslam, Mohammad. ference to the powerdifferential between take aleaf outofherbookforcreatingfuture Adedicated teacher in Paris shows these car- malesand femaleswithin their families alliances with pro-democracy,liberal femi- toons to hisstudents in good faith. He be- meant, she said, that women continuedto nists across genders and repudiatethe lievesitisnecessaryfor the sakeofthe first acceptmale-definedhierarchies in main- misogynist,casteistandcommunalrhetoric idea, that of freedom of expression. Ihaveno streampoliticsafterIndependence.Onenow of their opponents. problem with that. Neither do all the realises theywerenot the only ones. Ardern’s success proves that democra- Muslims Iknow. Up untilthe newmillennium, globally, cies todayneedpoliticians, male or female, But thereare some Muslims, some cus- democratic politics sawmen inheriting the whocanrepresentahostofraces,castesand todians of the religious symbolinFrance, topposteither through apolitically-power- tribes thatlivetogether as anation. Even as who getoutraged.Theypostintemperate ful familyorthe party.In2020, acollective the incumbent PM facing elections, Ardern things on social media. Theylater claim that dream of women of severalgenerations — wasableto keephernationunitedinthefight it wassimplyprotest and criticism, nota leadingwiththeirownagendafromthefront againstCOVID-19. Unlikethe Delhi Durbar, provocation to violence. But theydoend up —has begun to take shape. It is mostclearly whichquietlywatched the Delhi riots after provoking an angry, confusedyoung man, visibleintheriseof aleaderlikeJacindaKate the rabble-rousing rhetoric of young BJP who beheads the teacher that had shown the Laurell Ardern, voted in forasecond term as leaders, Ardern rushedtothe spotafter the cartoons to his students, and is dutifully shot the Prime MinisterofNew Zealand, with a anti-Islamic Christchurch shootings. With down by police officers. landslide64-seatvictoryforherLabourParty. herappealsforpeaceandswiftpunishments Twobodies. Twodeaths. Death is aphys- Mentoringmattersagreat dealinpoli- fortheaccused,shewasableto notjustdouse ical matter.Soissuffering:Even mental afflic- tics. The earlier it begins, the better.Today’s the firesbut also unitethe nation. tions have physical consequences. All pain is young women neednot wait in the wings The Oedipal violence behind rape felt in the body.The body that is notimmortal. fortheir turn. Ardern beganearly.Aspresi- threatstofemale relativesofoutspoken crit- The twoideas do notdie. Their conflict dent of the International Union of Socialist ics of the Hindutvadoctrine, of minorities, does notdie. Theyhavenobody that canbe Youth, she gathered political wisdom, trav- even cricketers playing badlyinaseason, is beheadedorshot. Theycannotbethreat- ellingextensively, meeting other youth lead- notjustindicative of aclash between gen- ened,imprisoned, abused, tortured,killed. ers from the US, Jordan, Israel, China and erations. It goes deeper —itisaclash be- All this canonlyhappen to thebodies that Algeria. She wasmentored by twostrong tween promoters of national integration espouse either,and more, of the ideas. It women. In 2008, she wasintroducedtoher and the isolationists who nowcome in all doesnot matter whether the ideas aregood country’s mainstream politics by her aunt, ages. And in politics, theyfear andhateall or bad, or,asisoften the case, both good- Marie Ardern,along-timemember of the who areliberal and gender-neutral in their bad. What matters is that ideas do nothave Labour Party. She beganasaresearcher for political agendas. abody. PM HelenClark. Ardern describes Clarkas Ardernshows that it is possible to con- Hence, these twoideas continuetobeat her “political hero”. And she describes her- test and win elections without “Howdys” loggerheads. France believesconstitution- selfasasocial democrat, progressive,repub- and “Abki-baars”. Demanding environ- allyinsecularism and freedom of expression CRSasikumar lican and feminist. mental protection is to her “mygenera- and inevitablyfeelsthe needtobuttress Women in Indian politics have mostly tion’s nuclear-free moment”. She quips these ideas. Itspresident makes astrong Theycannotpinpoint the reasons for That precarious body. adhered to unwritten rules.Eventhe fiery bluntly, “I do nottendtohavecommunica- speechreiterating suchvalues. The fact that their unease.Then onesays:“HowdoIget Even as Iwriteall this down, Ihear more: ones, likeIndiraGandhi, with her covered tions with Donald Trump.” Her landslide elections arejustayear away adds urgency to across to studentswho feel that Iamjustin- Arabs beaten up, people knifed in achurch head and long-sleevedblouses, and Sushma victoryisproof of herlarge support base. the speech. Some Frenchtowns project the sulting their culture? Iamsuretheywon’t in Nice.Bodies. Swaraj,with her vermilion-streaked hair Encouragedbythat, she has since been cartoons on buildings. Some Muslim coun- sayanything to me,but Imight lose them for- We have ahuge vocabulary Howdoes one ensurethat this body,the tiedinabun. In this way, both were able to franklyspeaking truth to power, support- tries, wherethe rulers use the idea of sacred- ever.Theywill justbracket away everything body that suffers and dies, has the freedom defend themselvesagainstthe twin bogey- ing minority rightseverywherefromIsrael- ness rather than freedom of expression to Icould teachthem. Iwill fail as ateacher.” forideas, religious or secular. to live as it wants? Afterall, that is whypeo- men of promiscuity and/or utter domestic- Palestine, to China’s Uyghurs and has of- rule,decidetoboycott Frenchgoods.These Then the other one says:“And what But we have so few words to ple likemebelieve in freedom of expression. ity unleashedagainstfemale politiciansdur- feredtomediateand help Myanmar arecountries whose autocratic governments happensiftheylistentomeand go out and utter the body.The body that It is notthe idea that matters, but itsneces- ing elections. resolve theRohingyaproblem. do nottrustfreedom of expression in any getintothe wrong crowd, or intofights? eats andtouches, laughs and sityfor the body to live.The body needs to be Ardern’scareerhascreatedamorerobust Today, inIndia,we alllookforideological field. The lines aredrawn. What happensifthey, or I, become vulner- able to express itself without retribution.But, templatefortheNew PoliticalWomaninthe heroismsuchasthis, even while we arebe- Iamtold that,inretaliation, the French able to violence by extremists on theirside weeps, hearsand sees, saythose who object to absolutefreedom of 21st century.She has unflinchingly faced ing taughttosee pragmatic women politi- government is considering asking school- or my side?” believes and doubts. The expression, what if the body expresses ha- challenges that male politicians seldom do ciansdemandingcompassion,inclusionand teachers to showthe cartoons in class. Ican hear what theyare trying to ex- body that is different from tred forothers,hatred that caninduce some butall young women encounter:How will balance as weak and foolish, or removed Schools areclosedright now. But they will press.Iknowwhy they cannotexpress it. other bodies in its looksand angry, confusedman, on the other side this marital partnership and parenthoodmesh fromthegrassroots.Memorably, Arderncar- open soon. Will theybeinstructedtoshow Because we have ahugevocabulary for time,totakeagun and shootdownMuslims? withpolitical work?Ardern chose partner- riedher baby to the ultra-sedate UNGeneral the cartoons to all their students? What do ideas, religious or secular, in alllanguages. attire and hopes and fears— Yes, that danger is alwaysthere. It exists ship outside of traditional matrimonyfor AssemblySession, so she could feed it on teachersthink of this proposal? But we have so fewwords to utterthe body. and hence needs full freedom on all sides. Thereare laws to prevent it. But herself andistoday, afterBenazirBhutto,the time. Abrilliant gesturethat put all poten- Icall acouple of teachers IknowinFrance. The body that eatsand touches,laughs and to be whatitis. Thebody note:Itisadanger to the body.Finally, this secondheadof statetohavehadababyinof- tial criticsofbreastfeeding forinfantsand Theyare French-French. This means that weeps, hears and sees, believesand doubts. that shares mortalitywith idea or that can be usedtothreaten,im- fice.Inherpoliticaldecision-making,shehas mothers’human rightsimmediately on the theyare Whiteand Catholic. But theyteach The body thatisalways different from other prison, abuse, torture, kill the body.Donot espousedcausesthatacknowledge herown defensive.With this, she turnedanage-old in schools wheremanystudentsare from im- bodies in itslooksand attire andmovements other bodies. Thebodythat fight forthis idea or that idea, if it is at the trajectories. The empathyshe thus gained negative intopositive and she did notneed migrant and Muslim backgrounds. Both and hopes and fears—and, hence, needsfull canbebeheaded,orshot. costofthe body.Stand by the body.Let it be has helped her take all women along, with to use ajumla like“aapda se avasar (oppor- these teachersbelieve in freedom of expres- freedom to be what it is. The body that Thebodythatcan be free to live,and notsuffer. allpro-women,pro-democracyandprogres- tunity in adversity)”. sion. JustasstronglyasIdo. But both saythat shares mortality with other bodies.The manipulated by ideas to sive menaroundher.Herlandslidevictoryis What aapda?You getthe drift. thisproposal, and all suchproposals, leave body that can be beheaded, or shot. The Khair is an Indian-English author and proof thatin2020,thereare manyinhertiny them feeling uneasy. body that can be manipulated by ideas —re- makeitself vulnerable. associateprofessor in theDepartment of nationwho,likeher(orevenusIndians),have Thewriter is asenior journalist andformer “Why?” Iask them. ligiousorsecular —tomakeitself vulnerable. That precarious body. English, University of Aarhus, Denmark inheritedcomplex,mixedracialhistoriesand chairperson,Prasar Bharati Caught out by spin LETTER TO THE EDITOR CONSULTPEOPLE

Stalling film on Muralitharan will nothelp Tamils in Sri Lanka THIS REFERS TO theeditorial, ‘J&K re- IDEAS alty’(IE, October 29).One wonders ONLINE MRNarayanSwamy whether the Centre’s unilateral action in notifying newland laws,withouttak- ing Kashmiris intoconfidence,has been ONLYINTHE EXPRESS TAMIL FILMSTARVijay Sethupathi’s deci- presidedoverthe military destruction of about howhis father wasattackedinthe that alwaysbelonged to DMK leader, awell-thought-out one. Thereare likely sion to optout of abiopic on legendarySri the LTTE in 2009. The cricketerhas been ac- 1977 anti-Tamilriots.Inany case, Eelam MKarunanidhi. to be morehurdles forthe trouble-torn ● TOWARDS Lankan Tamil cricketerMuttiah cusedofdescribing 2009 as the best year in champions had little interestinthe priva- It is arguable if TamilNadu’s influential area to crossbeforeitcan experience ATMANIRBHARBIHAR: Muralitharan is another tragedytobefall his life, whichwas read as supporting the tionsofthis community,whichmostly politicians could have scriptedaless bloody peace, progress and prosperity. Forthe GURUPRAKASH Tamil Nadu’s love-haterelations with the killing of the manyinnocent Tamils in the worksinthe teaplantationsofthe central ending to the war. Compromise is notadirty successful implementation of anygov- island nation.Tamil nationalists,sections war. Muralitharan’s refutation that he never hills in conditions that were subhuman un- word;itonlymeans taking acareful mid- ernmentinitiative,itisquiteessentialto ● BEHINDBJP’STARGET of Tamil Nadu politicians,and personali- supportedthe killings has made no differ- til afew years ago. dle road afterbalancing the interestsofri- ensurethe cooperation of thepeople. RESERVATION: ties from the Tamil film worldcan claim encetohis critics. The Tamil nationalists in Tamil Nadu re- valsides. It is tempting to think that 30 years SSPaul, Nadia victory, but it is doubtful if the axing of the Will Sri Lankan Tamil political aspira- main in thrall of the LTTE,eventhough Sri ago, TamilNadu politicians could have be- KKRAGESH movie (for now) will do anygood to Tamils tions and post-war reconciliation advance LankanTamils have had mixedfeelings come abridgebetween Colombo and the KEEP AUTONOMY in Sri Lanka. nowthat the movie has been axed?Ifany- about them. Thereisonlyone Sri Lankan Tamil militants, and even,perhaps, between www.indianexpress.com On the contrary, this movie, about a thing, it wasLTTE’s obduracy,noless than of Tamilherofor them.The danger,inthe eyes Delhi and Colombo. THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘Proceedwith Tamil who arguablyhas morefanstodayin the Sinhalese leadership, Prabhakaran’s of Tamil nationalists,isthis: The biopic, 800, Beforethe warended, Mahinda caution’ (IE, October 29). India and the Tamil Nadu than LTTE leader Velupillai dogged refusal to thinkpoliticallyand his would have shown up adifferent Tamil Rajapaksa, who wasthen the president, US recentlyconcludedthe modalities for or economic camp. Disregarding the Prabhakaran ever did, will be certainly determination to turn theLTTE into an all- hero. Is this whyhehad to be calledatrai- urgedTamil Nadu politicianstovisit Sri signing the lastofthe key foundational time-testedconvention of avoiding made oneday.Itmay be madeby outwar machineand fight to the end, that tor? The sameMuralitharanwas astar Lanka. The invitation wasspurned. Afterthe agreementsthat would pave the wayfor agreements forfulldefenceengagement Bollywoodifnot in Kodambakkam, and a took down the Sri Lankan Tamil commu- when he played forthe IPL franchise warended, when agriculturescientist MS closerdefence and strategic cooperation. (read “dependence”) should notprove Farhan Akhtarmightstarinit, if notaVijay nity.After aquarterofacentury of blood- ChennaiSuperKings(CSK). By his ownad- Swaminathan wastovisit Colombo, pres- India’s geopoliticalaspirations areno the biggestblunder of 2020, and beyond. Sethupati. The loss would be of Tamil cin- bath, what did the LTTE achieve forthe mission, he lovedbeing in aTamil crowd surewas broughtonhim nottogo. Had he longerlimitedbyits geography.Asapro- Varin Dhir, Ahmedabad ema—anopportunity losttotell aunique Tamils? Even Sri Lankan Tamils, including while in India. No one asked him then shared better farm technology with Sri ponent of the rules-basedworld order, Tamil tale. former Tigers, areaskingthis question. One whichside of the warhewas on. Lanka, would it nothavehelpedTamil farm- Indianeeds to engagewithmultiple KEEP TESTING Muralitharan, oneofthe finest bowlers ex-LTTE fighter wholeftSri Lanka afterthe Tamil Nadu has notpainted itself in ers too? powers. It shouldn’t compromise on its ever (800wickets in Testsand 534inODIs), wartold me: “In 1983,wedidn’t have much gloryonthe Sri Lankan Tamil issue. The Thereisstill time forTamil nationalists strategic autonomywhile entering into THIS REFERSTOthe report,‘Somedis- has acompelling personal story. If identity but we stood on our legs. Today, we have state’s politicalleaders encouraged Sri to rethink their position on Sri Lankan Tamil anysuchpartnership. tricts trying to control the testing for is so crucial to Tamils,theyshould be cele- lostwhatever littlewehad and areon Lankan Tamil “boys”towagewar in Sri nationalism. The moretheyshout from Sudip Kumar Dey, Kolkata Covid: toppvt lab’ (IE, October 29).Itis brating hisstoried life. Here’s aTamil with ourknees.” Lanka. Backing violent nationalism in an- Chennai, the less it is going to help the disturbing that restrictions have been acontribution to cricketthat is inspirational. Muralitharan, in anycase, does notbe- other countrywas easier,especiallyasit Tamils in Sri Lanka. What Tamils want to- THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘Proceedwith imposedincertain districtsfor collecting He earnedhis spurs in what wasaland- long to the NorthorEastofSri Lanka, which reapedpoliticalrewards at home, until, of dayfromthe SriLankan government is ac- caution’ (IE, October 29). Apartfromthe samplesfor COVID-19tests.Testingand scapeofbloodshedand violence in Sri formedthe geographical territoryofEelam. course,the boys grew up and startedbiting countability, justice,equality.Nixing a timing of 2+2 session between the tracingare the only available meansto Lanka, particularly forthe Tamil commu- He belongs to the Hill Tamil community back.Bythen,mostofthe same politicians movie on aTamilcricketer is notgoing to biggestarms exporterand importeron containthe spreadofthe diseaseuntil a nityinthe island. (also known as Indian-originTamils) which were either toomuchinwiththem, or too getthemthat. theeveofUSpresidential election, India vaccine is developed. The charge againstMuralitharan is that alsosufferedatthe hands of Sinhalesechau- scared to defy them. By 2005, LTTE litera- can’taffordtowhollyjoinany military Retheesh Balakrishnan, Delhi he supported then defence secretaryand vinists even though it hadnorole in the turehad starteddescribing Prabhakaran as The writer,ahistorian of theLTTE, nowPresident, Gotabaya Rajapaksa,who Eelam campaign. Muralitharan has spoken the“leader of worldTamils”, the honorific reported from Sri Lanka formanyyears

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NIA raids in J&K ‘funds TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE CentrenodtoRs10,000-cr 241 CASES: RECOVERED:73,15,989 diversion’ on for 2nd day DAYSSINCE 80,40,203 DEATHS:1,20,527 MHA on receiptofcredible infor- PANDEMIC BEGAN TESTS: 10,65,63,440 | DOUBLING RATE: 118.70** BASHAARATMASOOD mation that certain NGOs and projecttostrengthendams SRINAGAR,OCTOBER29 Trusts arecollecting funds do- mesticallyand abroad through CONTINUINGITS search opera- donations and business contri- port dependence. tions in Kashmir forthe second butions etc, in the name of vari- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The CCEA raisedprices of consecutive day, the NIA on ouswelfareactivities...” NEWDELHI,OCTOBER29 ethanolfromsugarfromRs59.48 Thursdayconducted raids at The organisations raidedon perlitretoRs62.25/litre.Theprice sevenlocations in Kashmir,and Thursday include the Falah-e- KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING THE CENTRE Thursdayapproved of ethanolderivedfrom‘C’ heavy twoinNew Delhi. AamTrust(FAT). Setupin1972, TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** aRs10,211-croreproject—to be molasseswasincreasedbyRs1.94 According to the agency,the FATisthe largest private educa- fundedmostlyvia external to Rs 45.69 and that of ‘B’ heavy search operationswerecarried tional society in J&K and runs 350 ■ Maharashtra 1,660,766 6,738 0.38% 191.28 sources—tostrengthenaround molasses wasraisedbyRs out in connection with acaseof middle and high schools in the ■ Karnataka 8,12,784 3,146 0.54% 133.60 700damsacrossthecountryover 3.34/litretoRs57.61/litre. These funds being raisedfrom“India Union Territory–300inKashmir aperiodoften years. revisedprices willapplytothe and abroad in the name of char- Valleyand 50 in Jammu region. ■ Andhra 8,14,774 2,949 0.38% 188.33 The decision wastaken at a supplyofethanol to publicsector itable activities” andallegedly Srinagar and Kulgam offices ■ Tamil Nadu 7,16,751 2,516 0.40% 181.09 meeting of the Cabinet oil marketing companies for usedfor “secessionistand sepa- of J&K Yateem Foundation, one of ■ Kerala 4,11,464 8,790 1.85% 38.86 Committee on Economic Affairs 2020-21Ethanol Supply Year ratistactivities in J&K”. the largest charity organisations chaired by Prime Minister from Dec 2020 -Nov 2021. On Wednesday, NIAhad in the Valley, wasalso raided. The *Compounded Daily Growth Rate overlast 7days**Calculated over7-day growth NarendraModi. “This move will benefitfarm- raidedatleast10locations, in- NIA searchedAnantnagandNew CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT Afterthe meeting, Union Jal Union ministers GajendraSingh Shekhawatand Prakash ers and sugar mills” said cluding residences of human Delhi offices of Human Welfare Shakti MinisterGajendra Singh Javadekar at apress conference in NewDelhi, Thursday. PTI Javadekar.Higher ethanol prices rightsactivists,journalists andof- Foundation (HFW) –aDelhi- 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY Shekhawattold the media: willhelpfarmersgettheirarrears fices of NGOs. basedNGO working in the 1.51 7.81 49,881 “Almost80percentof thesedams from sugar mills sooner,hesaid. “In continuation of yester- healthcaresector,sanitation, and NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: areover25yearsofage... ascien- GovernmentisRs1,024crore as ImprovementProject (DRIP) Move to boostjute day's search operations, NIA con- relief and rehabilitation. 1.50 7.54 56,480 tific approachisneededfor the loan liability and Rs 285 croreas Phase II and Phase III. The first ducted searches at 7locations in The NIA stated that the office demand Deathsasaratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs maintenance and operation of counterpart funding forCentral phase of the programme was Srinagar,Baramulla, Anantnag & of Charity Alliance, run by Zafar- positive cases (in %); number tested recovering; more these dams at present.” Component,” said thestatement. startedin2012; 223dams were The CCEA decided that 100% Kulgam (J&K) and 2locations in ul-Islam, wasraidedinDelhi.The indicator of progress (in %); indicatorof recoveries for 14 days The major chunk of financing The“comprehensive rehabili- coveredunderthis phase. of foodgrains and 20% of sugar Delhi in connection with the case office of Voice of Victims –ahu- in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak fortheprojectwillcomefromex- tation of 736existing dams” producedinthe countrymustbe pertaining to certain NGOs and man rightsdefender group –in DataasonOctober28,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers Ethanol prices hiked includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive ternal agencies suchasthe World across the countrywill be carried packedindiversified jutebags. Trusts raising fundsinthe name Baramulla andresidenceofsep- Bank and Asian Infrastructure out undertwo phases. The Union CabinetThursday InformationandBroadcasting of charitable activities and then aratistleader Zafar Akbar Bhat, Investment Bank. “The project will be imple- also raised ethanol procurement MinisterPrakash Javadekar said: using thosefunds forcarrying out who headsJ&K Salvation “Theshareofexternalfunding mented over aperiodof10years pricesforstate-ownedoilmarket- “Thisisabigdecision to boostthe secessionistand separatistactiv- Movement, were alsosearched. is Rs 7,000 croreofthe total proj- durationintwophases,eachofsix ing companies by 4.4%-6.1% de- demand of juteinyearstocome... ities in J&K,” NIAsaid in arelease. Zafar-ul-Islam, former Delhi Kerala CPM secy’sson ectcost,andbalanceRs3,211 crore years duration with twoyears pendingontherawmaterialthey withthisguaranteeof thegovern- The case, it stated,was registered Minorities Commission chairper- is to be borne by the concerned overlapping from April, 2021to use forethanol production. mentand withrisingimportdu- on October 8this year underdif- son, tweeted: “My home and of- held in drugsPMLA case ImplementingAgencies(IAs).The March,2031,”saidastatementon Ethanol is blendedwith petrol to ties on the importedjute, the ferent Sections of IPCand Section fices were raidedbyNIA this contribution of Central the Dam Rehabilitationand reducecarbonemissionsandim- farmers will benefit.” 40 of UAPA “as per directions of morning....”

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THE ARRESTofBineesh Kodiyeri, son of CPI(M) statesecretary Bineesh wasearlier ques- coordinates to land CBI probe against CM Rawat Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, in adrug- tionedbytheEDinKeralaoveral- related moneylaundering case legedlinkstothosearrestedinthe signed, the land records will be- has served adouble whammyto gold smuggling case. The ED is PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA come tamper proof,” he said, ad- the rulingparty and the LDF gov- nowprobing whether his HYDERABAD,OCTOBER29 dressing apublic meeting at EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE BJP welcomes SC stay, ernmentasitcameaday afterthe Bengaluru-basedassociateswere Moodu Chintalapally. He said all NEWDELHI,OCTOBER29 arrest of Kerala CM Pinarayi involvedinhelping some of the THETELANGANA governmentwill public representativesneedtoco- alleges Cong conspiracy Vijayan’s former principal secre- accusedinthe gold smuggling verysoonundertakeasurveytoal- ordinatewith officials concerned THE SUPREME Court on tary,MSivasankar,inthe gold case find shelter in Bengaluru, lotgeographicalcoordinates--lon- to ensurethat the survey is done Thursdaystayedthe againsthim. smuggling case—ahead of the lo- wheretheywereeventually ar- gitudes and latitudes--tolandto flawlesslyintheirrespectiveareas. Uttarakhand HighCourtorder LALMANIVERMA “Leaders of the same cal body and Assemblypolls rested. makethem tamper proof, Chief OntheDharaniportal,Raosaid foraCBI probeintoallegations DEHRADUN,OCTOBER29 Congress were praising Umesh within six months. Balakrishnan and Pinarayi MinisterKChandrashekarRaosaid recordsof about1.46croreacresof of corruption levelledbyajour- Sharma Tuesday… This conspir- Bineesh wasThursdayar- Vijayanare yettorespond to on Thursday. landhavebeenuploadedandpeo- nalistagainstChiefMinister THE BJP’S Uttarakhand unit has acy is exposednow,” Chauhan rested by the ED in connection Bineesh’s arrest.While Vijayan Rao, afterlaunching Dharani plecanaccessthemanytimewith TrivendraSinghinaFacebook welcomed the Supreme Court’s said. with alleged financial transac- triedtodistance himselffrom portal, an integrated land record justaclick. video. order staying the High Courtor- Chauhan said BJP will “polit- tions—tothe tune of Rs 50 lakh— Sivasankar,hedid notevenre- management system at Moodu According to him, former Issuing noticeonaplea by der foraCBI probeintoallega- icallytackle”the Congress forthe withaman from Kerala who was spond to queries about the scan- Chintalapallyvillageinneighbour- PrimeMinisterPVNarasimhaRao Rawat, abench of Justices Ashok TrivendraSingh Rawat tions of corruption againstChief alleged conspiracy. arrested by the Narcotics Control dal involving the party statesec- ing Medchal-Malkajgiridistrict, wasthefirstreformerof landwhen Bhushan, RSubhash Reddy and MinisterTrivendra Singh Rawat. Congress statevice-president BureauinAugustforallegedly sell- retary’s son. said Telangana is the firststate in he servedas ChiefMinisterof(un- MRShah said the matter re- The ruling party has accusedthe Suryakant Dhasmana termed ing drugs on the party circuit in However, LDF convener and the countrywhichhas been using divided) Andhra Pradeshinthe quires consideration. happen thereafter. HC is not Congress of hatchingaconspir- BJP’s allegations baseless. “The Bengaluru. The NCBprobe re- senior CPI (M) leader A Information 1970s. “The CM wasnot even a competent to do this.” acy againstthe Chief Minister. judgment of CBI inquiryand ob- vealedthat MohammedAnoop Vijayaraghavantold the media Technologyinamassivewayto Later,NTRamaRao abolished party and suchadrastic order Venugopalsaid the parties in BJP MLAand spokesperson servations in that order were (38) wasgiven funds by Bineesh that the party has no moral re- digitise land records. Patel/Patwari(landrecordsofficers has been passed,” observed the case had notdemandedthat Munna Singh Chauhan told re- made by theHigh Courtand not to help him startahotelin sponsibilityfortheactsattributed “Verysoon the stategovern- invillages)systeminthe1980s,he Justice Bhushan. an FIR be registeredagainst the porters that the waysenior by theCongress.” Bengaluru, and that the former to theson of theparty’s statesec- mentisgoingtoissueorderssothat said. “Afterthat no chief minister The High Court, said Justice CM. Congress leaders, including for- HarendraRawat,who was wasallegedly actively involvedin retary.“Bineesh is notaCPI(M) everyinchoflandinTelanganawill undertookanyrevenuereformsin Shah, had exercisedsuo motu The HC ordered the CBI mer CM Harish Rawat, made “ir- accusedbyjournalistUmesh organising rave parties in leader.Don’t trytofoist the re- bemeasureddigitally. Totalsurvey thestate,” the Chief Ministersaid. powers under Article 226 when probewhile deciding writ peti- responsible” remarks againstthe Sharma in avideo of having re- Bengaluru.Sourcessaidtheextent sponsibility of his act on Kodiyeri of lands will be done and With the helpofthe Dharani therewas no issueraised by the tions filedbytwo journalists – Chief Minister“compelledthe ceivedmoneyfromone of financialtransactionsbetween Balakrishnan.If Bineeshhascom- Geographical coordinates --longi- portal,registrationsandmutations petitioner. “Everyone wastaken Umesh Kunar Sharma and Shiv BJP to launch fact-finding” in the Amratesh Singh Chauhan in KodiyeriandAnoopwentbeyond mitted acrime, it is up to himself tudes and latitudes -- allotted to canbedoneatthesametimewith by surprise,”heremarked. Prasad Semwal–who had matter. Jharkhand forChief Minister the amountclaimedbythe duo. to facetheconsequences,”hesaid. them.Oncethecoordinatesareas- minimum human interface. Seeking an immediatestay sought quashing of an FIR “Afterfact-finding, we have Rawat, said he is considering fil- on the October 27 order, lodged in July this year at Nehru reachedthe conclusion that ing adefamation case againstthe AttorneyGeneral KKVenugopal Colonypolice stationof Congress leaders compromised journalist. 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UnionMinisterand BJP MP from Patna Sahib RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD speaksto SANTOSH SINGH about whyhebelieves ●AIMIM’s Hyderabad Nitish Kumar-led NDAwillreturn to power, vs Bihar poster assertsthe BJP is clear on Chirag, and says the RJD and Congresswill fall outafter thepolls: @aimim_national tweeted aposter pointing out howAIMIM representa- What makes youconfident that the tives in Hyderabad had ensured flood re- Nitish-ledNDA willwin again? lief forresidents through the state gov- Oneistheperformanceof thestategovern- ernment,while “lakhs of crops, life and ment, and the commitmentofthe Prime propertygets destroyed in Seemanchal, Ministertothe state—without development and yet the representative government BSP supremo Mayawati withRLSPchief UpendraKushwaha at an Oct 23 rallyinRohtas, where thelatter holds influence. PTI of Bihar,Indiacannotgrow...From extends no help.” Arariato Supaul,thereisabsence What happened? They gotonly 895 Likes, 175Retweets in 5Hours of fear...Iaskonequestionduring one seat. ‘THIRDFRONT’ my campaign.Couldpeoplehave movedfreelywiththeir smart- THEEXPRESS Whydoyou thinkNitish phones during Lalu’s rule? Most Kumar is facingpublic anger? IHerebyDeclare people saythat their phones INTERVIEW If some 10-15people in a would getsnatched. WITH crowdof25,000 createruckus... RAVI SHANKAR it looks likeitispartofsome de- But does anti-incumbency sign. If 99% people have come to The 10% PRASAD makethe NDAnervous? UNION MINISTER OF LAW; listentotheCMandsomearecre- Not theleast.Iamreadyto ac- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY atingproblems,andTVchannels In afightthat increasingly seems tighter, Kushwaha-fronted GDSF of six knowledge thatthereissome fa- arefocusingonit...Itcouldbepart BRAJESH tiguefactor.Butwhilecampaign- of some game plan. KUMAR disparate parties,fromAIMIM to BSP and smaller UP fronts, could provecrucial ing,Isee people connectingverywell with us. INDIAN Whydon’t youclear the air on the LJP? NATIONAL Addressing arallyinAmour on Thursday TejashwiYadavappears to be banking TheLJPhasbeenknockedoutof theNDAin CONGRESS, SANTOSHSINGH&WALIAHMAD before asizeable crowd, Owaisi said he is not moreondevelopment politics than his Bihar.NitishKumarisourCMcandidateandit Govindganj POCKETSOF PATNA,KISHANGANJ,OCTOBER29 ruffledbychargesthat he splitsvotes, to the (Purvi 15 INFLUENCE father’s plank of socialjustice.... has been made clear by our topleaders,right Champaran) 14 4 benefitofthe BJP.Heaskedif he shouldn’t talk With populistposturing canyou disown from the PM to theUnion Home Minister. AT 60, time couldberunning out forUpendra 10 of the CAA,and the crowdrepliedwith a“no”. yourlegacy?WhydoRJDpostersnotcarrypic- 16 9

Kushwaha. Once seen as Nitish Kumar’s Pradesh Thatcharge,however, issettogrowlouder tures of his (Tejashwi’s) father andmother, Will anger over poor managementduring TOTALASSETS 17 blue-eyedman, the RashtriyaLok Samata 5 withthe BSP declaring on Thursday that its who ruledBiharfor 15 years. He is apprehen- early days of thepandemicaffect results? `5.24CRORE (WITH SPOUSE) Party(RLSP) chief is nowbeing calleda Uttar 11 12 13 6 8 leaders couldvotefor anycandidate, includ- sive that if he putsuptheir pictures, all those The Centredistributed foodgrains to 80 “spoiler” forfronting aplatform of six rejects 2 3 1 7 ing the BJP,inthe UP Legislative Councilpolls, fears... would returntopeople’s memory. croreIndiansduring the lockdown. Covid-19 219% rise from 2015 (`1.6 crore) who could notfind place in the twomain to defeat the Samajwadi Party. Asked about is aonce-in-a-hundred-yearschallenge. Still, MOVABLE ASSETS Biharalliances and who mayinthe process this, Owaisi told The Indian Express,that “lastI What do youmakeofTejashwi’s promise we triedtomeasure up. Our Covid-19recov- cut intothe Opposition vote. 1. Aurangabad 9. Kishanganj checked, theyhad notdecidedyet”. of 10 lakh jobs forresidentsofBihar? eryrateisverygood, especially in Bihar. `57.04 LAKH However, asthefirstphaseof theAssembly 2. Kaimur 10. Gopalganj The BSP has been apresence in Bihar for During 15 years of Lalu-Rabri rule, only Assets 2015 2020 pollsends,withthetwolegswhereitschances some time.Inthe February2005Assembly 95,000 jobs were given. NitishKumar’s gov- Do yousee the JD (U), RJD and Congress 3. Rohtas 11. Kargahar Cashinhand 60,000 7lakh arebrighter beginning now, theKushwaha- polls, it had wonsix seats. In 2015,itfielded ernment gave jobs to sixlakhpeople and also coming together in case of ahung House? ledandambitiouslynamedGrandDemocratic 4. East 12. Bhabhua candidates in 228 seatsbut got none. appointedthree lakh teachers. We have 1.5 No.The RJD does notsuit Nitish Kumar Bankbalance 4.51lakh 6.69lakh Secular Front (GDSF) is givingitits best shot. Champaran 13. Ghosi The Janatantrik Party(Socialist)’sSanjay croreJeevikaworkers,and we areplanningto temperamentally. Onehasseenhowhefellout Stocks&bondsNIL NIL Of the71 seatsthatvotedinthefirstphase,the Singh Chouhan is also essentially aUPleader, add another crore. As we arelayingoptical fi- with Lalu in less than 18 months... But the RJD 5. Buxar 14. Bagaha Otherinvestment 3.56lakh6.35lakh sixparties that makeupthe Front —the RLSP, with influence in Ghosi area. He fought the bresacrossthestate,itwouldcreatemorejobs. and Congress can fall out afterthe polls. 6. Sheikhpura 15. Valmiki Nagar Jewellery 14.05lakh 23lakh AIMIM, BSP,SuhaldevBharatiya SamajParty 2012 and 2017 Assemblypolls as well as the (SBSP), former RJD MP DevendraYadav’s 7. Jamui 16. Madhubani 2014 LokSabhapollsinUPinalliancewiththe But Tejashwi’srallies have been drawing Will the BJP and RJD ever join hands? Vehicle 10lakh 14lakh SamajwadiJanataDal Democraticand 8. Munger 17. Darbhanga BJP.Inthe 2019 polls, Chouhan contestedun- large crowds. (Laughs) ...So manystrangethings have Other NIL NIL JanatantrikParty(Socialist)of UttarPradesh— successfullyasaSamajwadi Partynominee Thereweresimilar crowds (for the Grand happenedinpoliticssince1990buttheBJPand Total 32.73lakh 57.04lakh between them campaigned in 62. from Chandauli in UP.InBihar,the party cadre Alliance)inthe 2019 LokSabha pollsaswell. RJD cannever come together. Thesixpartiesarebelievedtohavethepo- ingwhytheRJDandNDAgovernmentsdidnot isactive inBagaha,ValmikiNagarandKaimur. IMMOVABLEASSETS tentialto winaround10%ofthevotestogether provide the jobs theyare promising now.” The SBSP of OmprakashRajbhar,another `4.67CRORE andmayprove kingmakerif thecontestistight. SaidRLSPnationalgeneralsecretaryRahul UPleader,hasheldralliesinRohtasandKaimur In the 2015 Assemblypolls, the RLSP hadgot Kumar,“Inatleast40-45seats,we willgetover wherethereare sizeable SC Rajbhar votes. PHASEII CRIMEPATROL Assets 2015 2020 over 3.6% of the votes, winningtwo seats, and 5,000to 35,000votes.”Headdedthattheyare DevendraYadavofthe Samajwadi Janata Agriland 58lakh 70lakh the BSP alittle over 2%, without winningany. “definitelytargeting the JD(U)”, with focus on Dal Democratic, the ex-Jhanjharpur RJD MP, RACE TO THETOP Non-agriland 16lakh 52lakh While the RLSP is contesting on 104ofthe seatswithsizeableKoeri-Kurmi-Dhanukpop- hasavotebaseinMadhubaniandDarbhanga. 1,463 Candidates Commercial7.50lakh 45lakh 243seats,theBSPisfighting80andtheAIMIM ulation. CM Nitish Kumar is aKurmi. But the leader with the mostatstake re- 94 Constituencies Party Candidatesanalysed 20. The RLSP’s pockets of influence are The AIMIM, that has been long trying to mains Kushwaha,alesser known productof Residential 50lakh 3crore Aurangabad,Kaimur,Rohtas,EastChamparan, carveout space in the Muslim-dominated theJayaprakashNarayanandKarpooriThakur RJD 56 36(64%) 28(50%) Other NIL NIL Buxar,Shekhpura, Jamui and Munger.The Seemanchalareacomprising Kishanganj, movementswhofirstmetNitishin1985,when UNDER THE SCANNER Total 1.31crore 4.67crore AIMIM could win afew seatsinSeemanchal, Purnea, Araria and Katihardistricts, has got a he wasayouth leaderofthe Lok Dal. The sen- BJP 46 whereitisthe strongest, and end up hurting freshwinddueto Owaisi’spopularity.Lastyear, iorleader’s“methodpolitics”,meticulousfile- 84 (89%) 502(34%) 29(63%)20(44%) notjustthe RJD and Congressbut also the it had madeits electoral debutinBihar win- work andevendresssensearesaidto have im- RedAlert Candidateswith LIABILITIES JD(U).TheBSP,thathasagoodpresenceinover ning the bypolls to Kishanganj Assembly seat. pressedUpendradeeply. It wasonNitish’s Constituencies criminalcases INC 24 14(58%) 10(42%) `9.48 LAKH (BANK LOANS) half-a-dozen seatsinRohtas, Kaimur and AIMIMBihar chief Akhrat-ulIman is con- suggestion that he addedKushwaha to his (Where3or more Gopalganj bordering UP,mightdothe same. testing from Amour.The party also fanciesits name,thecaste identityhelpingbolsterhispo- contesting candidates 389 (27%) CRIMINALCASES LJP 52 BSP chief Mayawati and Kushwaha have chancesinKochadhamanand Bahadurganj. liticalstanding.KushwahasorKoeriscomprise have declared Candidates with 28(54%) 24(46%) Three pending, including under held tworalliesinthe BSP strongholds of Owaisihasbeenpromisingan“alternative about 7% of the statepopulation. He wasa criminal cases) seriouscriminalcases Sections 228A (bar on disclosure BSP 33 KarahgarandBhabhua.KushwahaandOwaisi platform” to Bihar,saying, “The RJD-Congress Union ministerinthe firstModi government. CONTENDERS of identity of the victim) and have held18jointelectionmeetings.RLSPstate alliance has failedindefeating JD(U) and BJP.” This time, the RJD kept him hanging, the 16(49%) 14(42%) 120B (punishment forcriminal president(campaign)Jitendra Nathsaid:“The Hissupporterssayheistheonlyleadertalking BJP offeredhim no morethansix seats, while 143 conspiracy) of the Indian 49 32 JD(U) 43 crowdconnecthasbeenverygood.We areask- on Muslim issues, includingthe NRC. severalaides have lefthim. 20(47%) 15(35%) Penal Code Crimeagainst Murder Attempt women tomurder (4:relatedtorape) ■ Candidateswithcriminalcases Source: Association forDemocratic Reforms ■ Candidateswithseriouscriminalcases

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higher than 50 quintals/acrelevelsoffarmers secondandthirdphasesof theAssemblyelec- at Rs 1,050/quintal,”says Ramashankar Yadav absenceoffloodingandlowpest/diseaseinci- HARISHDAMODARAN in Iowa,Illinois and Indiana in the US. He tions, on November 3and 7. (65)ofRariauna villageinBegusarai. dence enabledyields twice that of the post- KHAGARIA,BEGUSARAI,OCTOBER29 mainly plantshybridsof BayerCropScience— Bihar has an estimated 14,000-15,000- Even worse offisAnilKumar Yadav, 55, of monsoon kharif season.InKosi belt, with big- includingone with better plantstrength and tonne marketfor hybrid maize seeds during Tulsitolinthedistrict.Heharvested15tractor- gerlandholdings, rabi maize is acommercial MAKKA HAIdas rupiah aur bhusa chaudah moreuniform cobs—and also usesthe the rabi season, withsowing from mid- trolleyloads of maize cobs,each40quintals, crop. Farmers spend over Rs 20,000peracre. (maize is selling forRs10and wheat straw Germanmultinational’s‘Gaucho’(aseedtreat- October to December andharvesting mid- in April-May. He sold the threshedgrain from Thereturnsfromtheseinvestments,how- forRs14),” says Chandrasekhar Kumar,a15- ment chemical) and ‘Laudis’ (a herbicide). In ApriltoJune. At about 8kgseeds per acreand five of theseloadsinMayatRs1,200/quintal.“I ever,diminished postlockdown. Almost 50 % bighafarmerfromSapaha villageinKhagaria wheat,hesows DCMShriramLtd’s‘Super303’ theaveragerabimaizeyieldof 36quintal/acre, waitedinvainforpricesto rise,andstillhave 10 of maizedemand is forpoultry feed.Chicken district, summing up the situation of Bihar’s that givesupto23quintals/acre, compared to thattranslatesinto17.5-18.5lakhacresand6.5 unsold loads,whichwon’t fetchmorethan Rs and eggconsumptionisyet to recover, as mostprofitable, if notthe biggest, crop. the 16-17quintals from normal varieties. million tonnes (mt), respectively. The value of 1,050due to keeda,” he says. restaurantshaven’t fullyresumedoperations. Kumar growsmaize on 10,wheat on 3, “What’s the point if theprice isn’t good?” this produce, at normalfarmgateprice of Rs ForBihar,whichproducesnearly aquarter “Given my yield(50 quintals/acre), I’m not mustard on 1, andfoddersorgham and barley asksKumar. 1,200/quintal,iswell over Rs 7,500crore. of India’s maize and three-fourths of the rabi losing moneyevenatRs1,000/quintal. But on the remaining 1bigha forhis 10 buffaloes. Thatisasentiment voicedbyevery maize But farmers nowaren’t getting even that, season crop, corn has been nothing shortofa those with loweryields will switchtowheat, The 45-year-old harvested480 quintals of farmer in Bihar.The feed grainiscultivated forget MSP of Rs 1,760/quintal declaredby revolution. It wastriggered by multinationals whosecultivationcostisRs11,000-12,000per maize in May-June, morethanlastyear’s 400. across muchofthe statenorthofthe Ganga— Modi government forthe 2019-20 crop. ledbyCargill and Pioneer (whichbecame acre,”explainsChandrasekharKumar.Hisde- But the price he got from sellingtoa“vyapari the Kosi belt (Khagaria,Bhagalpur, Saharsa, “LastMay,mycropfetched Rs 1,800/quin- DuPontPioneerandthenCortevaAgriscience). mand:Why can’tthe government ensurean (village-levelaggregator)” wasjustRs950-Rs Madhepura,Supaul,Araria,Kishanganj,Purnea tal. This May, theyruledatRs1,000 andIsold Theyintroducedsingle-cross hybrid corn cul- MSP of at leastRs1,500/quintal? 1,000/quintal, as againstRs1,700in 2019. and Katihar),and westwardsfromBegusarai, Anil Kumar says hisunsold maizecobs only11out of my 92 quintals, thinking that tivation to India, including Bihar,in1992-93. Fornow,nobody’spromisinganything.The Kumariseveryinchaprogressive farmer,as Samastipur and DarbhangatoMuzaffarpur, won’t fetchmorethan Rs 1,050 per priceswillimprove.Instead,theyfellto Rs900- Bihar’s farmers were theones who took BJP’s Bihar poll manifesto has assured MSP- good as his counterparts in Punjab. Hiscorn Vaishali, Saran, Siwan, Gopalganj, Eastand quintal due to keeda. Harish Damodaran 950 in June-July,whenIsold another 40 quin- naturallytogrowing maize –particularly in basedprocurementinpulses,butnotinmaize. yield,at48quintalsperbighaor55/acre,iseven West Champaran. All these areas voteinthe tals.ThebalanceIdisposedof early thismonth rabi,whenmildtemperatureswithclearskies, TheRJD’sdocumentbarely mentionsthegrain. Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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Munger Police said extra EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Understanding EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE forces have been deployedand LUCKNOW,OCTOBER29 with BJP exposed: PATNA,OCTOBER29 therehavebeennofurtherreports of untowardincidents. ADAY afteragroup of BSP MLAs SP hits back ON Aday the Election The incidenthas takenpoliti- rebelledagainstthe party’s can- Commission of India shiftedout cal overtoneswithRJD leader didate forthe RajyaSabha elec- Lucknow: As sevenBSP MungerDistrictMagistrateRajesh Tejashwi Prasad Yadavand LJP tion and metSamajwadi Party MLAs, who were sus- Meena and Superintendent of presidentChiragPaswanlikening (SP) leadership, BSP chief pendedbyparty presi- PoliceLipiSinghovertheOctober the Munger administration to Mayawati on Thursdayhit out at dent Mayawati on 26 violence in whichone person “General Dyer”. Tejashwi said, Akhilesh Yadavand Mulayam Thursday,said theyhave waskilled andoverthree dozen “Wewanttoknowwho ordered Singh Yadav, saying the 2019 al- no plans to joinany other peoplewereinjured during a police to openfireatpeople.” liance with the SP and the with- party,the Samajwadi VIRUS BOOKED Durga procession, fresh protests TheCongressonThursdayde- drawal of the June 2, 1995 guest Party(SP) hit backatthe brokeout in the town on mandedthe dismissal of Chief house case, whenanalleged at- BSP chief, saying she has UTTAR PRADESH Governor Anandiben PatelonThursdayre- Thursday. MinisterNitish Kumar and his temptwas made on her life, had confessedtosiding with leased what she calledisthe “world's firstscientoon book” – Manavjit Singh Dhillonhas deputySushilKumarModi to en- been “a big mistake”. the BJP.SPspokesman thatis, acartoon book on science. Thebook, whichhas de- been namedthe newMungerSP surethe truth comes out and She also said that her party RajendraChaudhurysaid, tailedinformationoncoronavirus, is, incidentally, titled'Bye and Rachna Patil the newDM. The crowdtorched twopolice vehicles andransackedthe thereisnocover up. Congress would backanyone, including “Her statement proves ByeCorona'. The coverimageshows ahand emergingfroma The crowd, shouting slogans Mufassil police station. Onepoliceman wasinjured. PTI spokespersonGouvav Vallabhal- theBJP,toensurethe defeat of SP that the BSP had aprior grave, and the epitaph on the tombstone has the words“RIP againstSingh, torchedtwo police leged that thefiring on devotees candidates in the upcoming MLC understanding with the Corona”, and “2019—gobackCorona, 2020—bye...bye”. vehicles and ransackedthe wasdone by the police at the be- electionsinthe state. BJP.Mayawati’sstate- Mufassil police stationintown. A CommissionerAsangbaChubaAo Munger town to carry out a hestofthe government. He also “Our party would liketoan- ment is aconfession of policemanwasinjuredwhiletry- and asked him to submithis re- protestagainstthe localadminis- dubbed CM Nitish as “nirdayi nounce in advance that when this...The BSP chief has GUESSING GAME ingtocontrol the mob. portinaweek.Sources in the ad- tration. (heartless)Kumar”andhisdeputy elections forchoosing MLCs are exposedherself.” ENS Prohibitoryordershavebeen ministrationsaidthenewDMand As the protestors leftBata Sushil Kumar Modias“nirmum held, then we willgiveatit-for- WITH THE Centrehaving brought in an Ordinance to setupa imposedunderSection144ofthe SP arelikelytopostedinMunger Chowkandmarchedtowardsthe (ruthless) Modi”. tatresponse to yesterday’s inci- commission to monitor air quality and mitigateair pollution CrPC. in aday or two. DMOfficeandkotwali,morepeo- JD(U) leader SanjayJha said, dent. Our party will use all its MLAs from the Assemblyunder in Delhi-NCR, speculation has begun on who will be appointed Meanwhile,the EC has or- Police said that around 10.30 ple joined, with some of them "Now that Tejashwi and Chirag strength to defeat the second the anti-defection lawifand in the 17-member panel. While manymembers will belong deredaprobeintotheMungerin- am on Thursday some 50 people damaging vehicles parkedbythe arespeakinginthesamemanner, MLCcandidateofthe SP.Tode- when theyjoin anotherparty. to different ministries —suchasAgricultureand Commerce cidentsbyMagadh gathered at Bata Chowk in roadside. LJPlookstheB-Teamof Tejashwi". feat the SP,BSP MLAs willvote The sevenMLAsare and Industry—the name of the chairperson is ahot topic for forBJP or anyotherOpposition ChoudharyAslam Ali (Dhaulana discussion among bureaucrats. On whether EPCAchairman party likelytodefeat the second in Hapur), Hargovind Bhargawa BhureLal, who has been involvedinmonitoring air pollution SP candidate,” Mayawati said. (Sidhauli reserved seat), Mohd fornearly 20 years, would find aplace in the commission, of- Chopper mobbed,RJD says not enough The BSP,meanwhile, sus- Mujtaba Siddiqui (Pratappur in ficials in the EnvironmentMinistrywerequick to pointout pendedseven MLAs from the Prayagraj), Hakim LalBind that the agelimit forchairman has been setat70years, thereby party’s membership forre- (HandiyainPrayagraj), Mohd eliminating the octogenarian's chances. security for Tejashwi, writes to EC belling againstthe party’s candi- Aslam Raini (Bhina in Shravasti), datefor RajyaSabha election and SushmaPatel(MugraBadshahpur around helipad” forTejashwi. Jha said that it will seek cancellation in Jaunpur) and Vandana Singh NEW NUMBERS ON PLATE EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE said even the pilotofthe RJD Final turnout of the membershipofthe seven (Sagdi in Azamgarh). NEWDELHI,OCTOBER29 leader’s helicopterhad com- VEHICLES USED by foreign diplomatsusuallycarry CD on their plainedof“pathetic crowdman- for first phase number plate. With thegovernment amending the Central THERJDonThursdayaccusedthe agement”, and lackofpolice per- higher than 2015 MotorVehicles Rules, diplomatsfromthe United Nations and BiharPoliceof makinginadequate sonnel.Jhasaidtherehadbeenno itsagencies willnow have to use 'UN' on number plates, while security arrangementsfor action “in spiteofrepeated re- others from international organisations will have to write'IoD' TejashwiYadav, quests”,asaresultof which“anti- NewDelhi: Thefinal voter on their plates. putting him Tejashwi YadavinPatna. PTI social elementscause immense turnout forthe firstphase under threat, trouble and ugly scenes”. of the Bihar elections was afterhis heli- SanjayYadav,political adviser 55.69 %, the Election copterwas pushingasideapersoninacrowd. of Tejashwi, postedavideo of Commission announced mobbed at a RJD leader and RajyaSabha crowds mobbing the RJD leader’s Thursday. This is higher Before Gadkari, CAG DECISION rally. MPManojKumarJhareleasedon helicopter, pressingagainstit. than the turnout (54.94%) 2020 Laterintheday, Twitter aletterhewrotetothe “Despiterepeated requests to forthe same seatsinthe BIHAR the JD(U) Election Commission and Chief @ECISVEEP (Election lastAssemblyelections in flaggeddelay in NHAI tweetedavideo, Electoral Officer of Biharon Commission), situationremains 2015 and during the Lok tagged ‘Jungle Rajkeyuvraj par October21,seekingtheylookinto the same. It appearstobeadelib- Sabha elections (53.54%) haarkibaukhlaahat dikhne lagi the“inadequatesecurityarrange- erateattempt to jeopardise cam- in 2019. ENS RebelBSP MLAs outside the SP office in Lucknow. Express office construction hai’,ostensiblyshowingTejashwi ments” at the “dais or space paign and is athreat to his life.”

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Covid vaccine As Kevadia prepares LAW TO FIGHT AIR POLLUTION NEWDELHI,OCTOBER29 to be given free Give solution instead of ordinance: LONG BEFOREUnionMinister Nitin for PM’s visit, 2dozen Nitin Gadkari expressed his dis- Gadkari in state: UP pleasureonthe matter,the Farmers’ outfits slam Centre move National Highways Authority of cops test positive India (NHAI) had been drawing Sources in NHAI told The health minister flak forthe delayedproject of its Indian Express that the project EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ownoffice building in Delhi. wasdelayedbecause the con- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE CHANDIGARH,LUDHIANA, NED Farmers,politicians In November 2019,the tractor took thematter to litiga- LUCKNOW,OCTOBER29 VADODARA,OCTOBER29 OCTOBER29 pointtoothercauses Comptroller and Auditor General tion and it went to theNational E ● (CAG), in itsreport to Parliament, Company LawTribunal. Gadkari THE UTTAR Pradesh government ADAY ahead of Prime Minister FARMERS’ OUTFITS in Punjab EXPLAI flagged that NHAIhad blocked has been apprisedofreasons for has said that it will provide the Narendra Modi’s two-dayvisit to and Haryana have slammed the THE ORDINANCE states that anynon-compliance or contra- fundsofaround Rs 43.60 crore the delayinthe past, sources said. Covid-19vaccine to people free of Kevadia ColonyinNarmada, Centre’s move to constitutea vention of anyofits provisions, or anydirection of the com- and paid “avoidable rent” of Rs Gadkari said, “I knowthat if I cost.UPMinisterofMedical, wherehewill inaugurateseveral commissiontomonitor airqual- mission, will be an offence punishable with up to 5-year jail 11.79 croreinpastthree years due seek areport(on the delay), it will Health and projectsaround the Statue of ity management in NCRand the term, or with fine that mayextend up to Rs 1crore,orboth. to thedelayinthe construction be said in the report that the de- Family Welfare, Unity,preparations areoninfull stringent penalties introduced Farmers’ and political leaders in Punjab and Haryana saythis of itsoffice building in Dwarka. laywas on account of the con- Jai Pratap swing along with Covid-19pre- Preparations on in Kevadia forviolation of pollution norms. is aimedatagriculturalists from these states and contend The reportthen said the project tractor going to the NCLT.But Singh,said cautionarymeasures. in Narmada district ahead of Officials of Punjab agriculture that stubble burning is justone reason forpoor air quality in wasfiveyears behind thesched- thereare peopleinNHAI with a preparationfor On Thursday,asmanyastwo PM’s two-dayvisit. Express departmentand statepollution the capital region. Delhi-NCR and Punjab’s AQIlevels indi- uleddateofcompletion and over deranged mentality,who don’t storageand dozen policepersonnel tested control boardhavesaidtheyare catethat Delhi has other reasons forpollution as well, they adecade since the release of land take decisions and who create transportation positive forcoronavirus during still studying the ordinance noti- argue and seek other solutions than firming up penal provi- forthe project. hurdles in decision-making.” facilities is ex- mandatorytests and were quar- willconnectStatueof Unityto the fied by the Centre. sions againstfarmers. Speakingatthe inauguration “Whoevercomes as chair- JaiPratap pected to be antined. Sabarmati Riverfront in SukhdevSingh Kokri Kalan, of the eight-floor building man in NHAI,theyuse these peo- Singh completeby Modi, who will arrive in Ahmedabadvia a45-minute general secretary of BKU Monday, theUnion Ministerfor ple. Even todaysuchpeople are the end of the Kevadia on Fridayafternoon, is flight. Modi will alsoinaugurate (Ugrahan),said,“Give usasolution Over the years, stubbleburning tion.Thereare various factors, be Road Transportand Highways being usedasthe guide and year. scheduledtomakeanight haltat the jettyservice fortourists visit- to paddystubble instead of pass- cases arereducing. If MSP is pro- it industrial pollution, petroleum said, “Theproject wasdecidedin philosopher from toptobottom,” “ThePrime Minister the circuit house before partici- ing the StatueofUnity to cruise ingordinances. Farmerswerenot videdforothergrains,farmerswill pollution and various other fac- 2008. Twelve years, twogovern- he said, adding that the practice (NarendraModi)had already pating intheRashtriya EktaDivas along the six-kilometrestretch burning stubble before theywere shifttothose crops and the prob- tors. Whypunish onlythe poor mentsand eightNHAIchairmen of getting projectsoverseen by hinted long agothat the vaccine... celebrations on October 31 to downstreamfromthe statue to- introducedtointensivefarmingof lem of stubble burning will be re- farmer? Punish everybody else came and went before this build- Chief GeneralManager and will be givenfreeofcosttothe markthe 145th birthanniversary wardsthe Garudeshwar weir. wheat and paddy.Now every duced. The people in their think- toowith the same penalties.” ing couldbecompleted. Iam General Manager wasthe reason people. Union Health Minister of SardarVallabhbhaiPatel.The Arelease from the stategov- paddy season, theyare talking tanksneedtobereplaced with Haryana BKU president ashamed.” Gadkari, who wasad- behind the delay. (Harsh Vardhan) and Chief EktaParadeonOctober31 willsee ernment on Thursdaysaid that aboutairpollutioneventhoughair thosewhoknowgroundrealities." Gurnam Singh Chaduni said, dressing the event virtually, said While ministrysources said MinisterYogi Adityanath have representation from as manyas Modiwillinaugurate17projects, quality in NCRisbad throughout In Haryana, Leader of “Almost90per cent farmers in photographs of officials oversee- that in severalreviewmeetings alsosaidthesame...peoplestarted 12 policecommissioneratesfrom includinganadministrative build- theyear.Wewillseehowtheytake Opposition in Assembly Punjab and Haryana have land ing the project in NHAI should be with NHAI, Gadkarihas verbally talking about different things in across the country. ing forthe StatueofUnity Area actionagainstfarmers.” Bhupinder Singh Hooda said, “I holding worthless than Rs 1 hung on the walls of the building directed that somebureaucrats stateslikeBiharandOdisha.There One of the major highlights of Development and Tourism Dr Darshan Pal, coordinator of am yettostudy what exactlythe crore. It means that if some to mark the delay. “Thedelayby who causedelays be punished, should be no confusion. The Modi’s visit to Kevadia —his fifth GovernanceAuthority,Navigation 30 farmer unions of Punjab and Centre hassaid, but prima-facie farmer is caught engaging in NHAI should bestudied. Letthere NHAI sources said thereissofar Centrehas decidedthatitwill be afterbeing elected as Prime channelandNewGorabridgethat presidentof KirtiKisanUnion,said, it appearsitisanother burden on stubble burning, he will notonly be aresearch paper on this.We no proposal fordisciplinary ac- madeavailablefreeof cost,”Singh Minister—will be the inaugura- has been constructed to facilitate “Weare alreadyprotestingagainst the farmer.Stubble burning is lose his entireland but will also needtoreform NHAI,” he said. tion againstany official. told The Indian Express. tion of the seaplane project that the movement of the jetty. farm laws andcondemn this too. notthe onlyreason forair pollu- have to go to jail.” BJP’s firstGujarat CM, ‘knewgeography, topography andculture’ of state

among the founder members of to the Lok Sabha from the trict (1985), Tankarathen in he did notcontestthe Assembly rural issues”. His Gokul Gram pear forhis SSC exam,” said Vyas. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the BharatiyaJana Sangh (BJS), BharatiyaLok Dal, afront formed Rajkot district(1990), and elections on aBJP ticket again. Yojana encouraged thedevelop- ALeuvaPatidar, he wasborn AHMEDABAD,OCTOBER29 and wasits president from 1972- by parties opposedtolatePrime Visavadar in Junagadh district In the run-up to the 2012 ment of villages through private Keshubhai Desai in 1928. “Many 75. He beganhis journeyinelec- Minister IndiraGandhi, in 1977. (1995 and 1998). Assemblypolls, Patelalleged in- participation. Patels from Amreli and Junagadh “THE MAN whobuiltthisbanyan toralpolitics with the Rajkot mu- In the BJP,Patel,popularly In 1995, under his leadership, justice to Patidars, and challenged "He neverwenttouniversity, areDesais -- clerkswho collected tree calledBJP,fromthe Jana nicipality,said Kirit Pathak,BJP knownasKeshubapa (father) in the BJP won121 of the 182seats. the BJP by launching the Gujarat buthis wasanexperienceingov- taxesfromland owners. Through Sangh.” With these words, Chief leader and former deputy regis- Gujarat, is creditedwith mentor- Patelbecame chief minister, but, ParivartanParty(GPP).Theparty, ernancethat fewpoliticianshave my school years, Iwas Keshubhai MinisterVijay Rupani, perhaps, trar of SaurashtraUniversity. ing severalparty leaders. by the end of the year,his govern- however, wononlytwo seats, in- today. Iwould sayhewas the only Desai, till our Junagadh leader, best summedupthe lifeof Patelfought hisfirstassembly “Keshubhai mentored and ment facedachallengefrom cluding Patel's ownseat of leader who knewthe geography, Suryakant Acharya,(former BJP Keshubhai Patel(92), the BJP's elections from Wankaner (then groomedmanyyounger Shankersinh Vaghela, who de- Visavadar. topographyand cultureof MP), begantorefer to me as firstchiefminister in Gujarat, who in Rajkot district) in 1972,asaBJS karyakartasincluding me. fected withabout 40 MLAs and Twoyears later,the GPP Gujarat,” saidGordhan Zadafia, Keshubhai Patel, and the name diedonThursday. candidate, but losttothe Everyone lovedhis affablenature. KESHUBHAI PATEL went on to form the government mergedwiththe BJP,and Patelre- vice-president of the stateBJP stuck,"Patel had told The Indian While Patelhad recovered Congress. In 1975,hewon the Hisdemiseis an irreparableloss,” 1928-2020 with thesupportofthe Congress. signedasMLA.Inthe ensuing by- unit. Express in an interviewin2015. from Covid-19 lastmonth, his Rajkot-1 (nowRajkotWest) seat Prime MinisterNarendraModi Vaghela's government was poll, the BJP fieldedPatel's son, Patelwent to Alfred high Patelisknown to have played son, Bharat, told The Indian and wasappointed irrigation tweeted. dissolvedin1998, andfresh elec- Bharat,but he lost to Harshad school in Rajkot,also Mahatma akey role in organising BJPleader Express, that “some damagehad ministerinthe BJS-backedgov- Patel's ownpolitical career, JantaDal (G)government(1990), tions were held. The BJP returned Ribadiyaofthe Congress. Gandhi's alma mater,but could LKAdvani's rath yatrain1990. In beendone to his health,ashe also ernment of the Indian National however, is markedwith the dis- or his ownchief ministership to powerwith117seats, and Patel As chief minister, Pateliscred- notcomplete his education. 1994,hewas appointedtrusteeof sufferedfromprostatecancer”. Congress(Organisation), ledby tinction of having nevercom- (1995 and 1998). became chief ministeragain. But ited with developing the village “AfterMahatmaGandhi'sassassi- the Shree Somnath Trust, which He wastaken to hospital on then chief minister, Babubhai pletedaterm –whether it wasas As aBJP candidate, Patelwon in October 2001,the party re- as the central unit. Jaynarayan nation, he took out arallyto manages the Somnath temple. In Thursday morning, wherehe Patel. state cabinetministerinthe theAssemblyelectionsfivetimes placedhim with Modi. Vyas, who wasminister in his protestagainstthe banonRSS, 2004,hewas firstelected presi- died. Among those jailedduring Babubhai Patelgovernment –fromGondal in Rajkot district While Patelwas the BJP's cabinet, hailedhis “robustcom- and wasjailedfor six months, be- dent of the Trust, and wasre- An RSS karyakarta,Patel was the Emergency,Patel waselected (1975), the Chimanbhai Patel (1980), KalavadinJamnagar dis- RajyaSabha MP from 2003-2009, mon sense and understanding of causeofwhichhecould notap- elected everyyear afterthat.

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PavanKhengre quartergold demandfell by 30% to 86.6 N95 and surgical masks. fore and after. halfof2021, thereisalsoanxiety over the time tonnes on the backofCovid-related disrup- The study,byre- CLIP “A maskwhich it maytaketovaccinatethe entireworld pop- tions, bleak consumer sentiment and high searchers from the blocks particlesreally ulation. While this is ample cause to worry Indian price in markettouchedRs58,000per thepast, investors mustinvestanywherebe- prices accompaniedbyvolatility.This is, how- University of Cambridge NEWRESEARCH well but restrictsyour investors, lowinterestrates and high infla- 10 grams. tween 5-10% of their portfolioingold. ever,higher than in Q2 whichat64tonnes and Northwestern breathing isn’t an effec- tion areother factors that would keep gold So, irrespective of Diwali, investors wasa70% drop and the second lowest in our University,ispublished tive mask.Denim, for prices firm until avaccineisinsight. Aretheyexpectedtorise further? should continue accumulating gold on ape- quarterly series. This has been partiallydue in BMJ Open. example, wasquite effective at With the Diwali festiveseason round the If news aboutaRussian vaccine in August riodic basis —monthlyorquarterly. One to easing of lockdown andsomelow prices The broad finding: mostofthe fab- blocking particles, but it’s difficult to corner,manyfeel the high prices should not ledtoadeclineingoldprices aftertheyhit a must, however, avoid makingalump-sum in Augustthat providedasmall windowof rics commonly usedfor non-clinical breathe through, so it’s probablynot come in theway of gold purchase, andone high, prices areexpected to firm up on the investment in gold. buying opportunities forthe discerning.” masksare effective at filteringultra- agoodidea to makeamask out of an should continue with periodicgoldinvest- backofrising cases, fresh lockdown restric- fine particles. N95 maskswerehighly old pairofjeans. N95masks are ment as partofassetallocation. tions in severalcountries and uncertainty Should youbuy coins or bonds? Shouldn’t RBI’s investment in gold boost effective.Areusable HEPA(high-effi- mucheasiertobreathe through than around economicrecovery andgeopolitical Unless gold is being bought forjewellery consumer confidence? ciency particulateair) vacuum bag, in anyfabric combinationswith simi- Howhavegold prices moved? developments. consumption, the investment mustbe The ReserveBank of India Act, 1934 pro- fact, exceededthe N95 performance larlevels of filtration,” O’Reillysaid As the Covid numbers surgedsharply Historically, arise in uncertainty and fear through sovereign gold bonds. While they vides the legal framework fordeploymentof in some respects. in astatement. over the lastweek and severalEuropean is the single biggestfactorthatleads to ajump offercapital appreciation in line with gold reserves in foreign currency assets and gold. Homemade masksare moreeffec- The researchers acknowledge sev- countries announcedfresh lockdown meas- in pricesofgold as central banksincrease the price movement, theyalso offerafixed 2.5% As at end-March 2020,the RBI held 653.01 tive when made of multiple layers of eral limitations: theydid notlook at ures, gold prices, whichhad retreated from pace of their gold purchase. And the US-China coupon per year.Since theyare issuedinthe tonnes of gold —360.71tonnes overseas fabric. When theyincorporated inter- the role which fitplays in filtering par- over $2,050 an ounce in Augustto$1880 an trade tensions and the India-China border name of the investor in apaper form, it takes with the Bank of England and the Bankfor facing(normally usedtostiffencollars), ticles. In addition, manyviruses are ounce in October,may witness afresh spike stand-offonlyadd to the uncertainties. The careofsafetyconcerns.The bonds have ama- International Settlements,and the remain- their performanceimprovedsignifi- carriedondroplets largerthan those going forward. US Federal Reservesignalling that interest turityperiod of eight years, and investors ing gold domestically. In value terms (dol- cantly, butthisimprovementalsomade looked at in the current study. In India, prices aredownfromlevels of rateswill be kept near zero until 2023, too, is have the option to exit afterthe fifthyear. lars), the shareofgold in the total foreign ex- themmoredifficultto breathethrough. However, O’Kellysaid the resultsmay over Rs 56,000 per 10 grams in Augustto expectedtokeep thedollarindexweak and As fortaxation, while theinterestearned changereserves increasedfromabout 6.14% The researchers also studiedthe be useful formask makers. around Rs 51,000.OnThursday, gold prices may, in turn, result in keeping gold prices firm. on these gold bondsisaddedtothe holders’ at end-September 2019 to about 6.40% at performance of different fabricswhen Source: UniversityofCambridge closedatRs50,630 per10grams in Delhi.In income and taxedatamarginal taxrate, any end-March 2020. The actual value of the the meantime, the rising Covid numbers and So, should youinvestingold? capital gains on these bonds at maturity is RBI’s gold holdings has increasedto$36.685 continuing uncertaintyhaveled to volatility Investorsshouldlookto invest ingoldkeep- tax-free, making them afar moreattractive billionasofOctober 16,2020 from $30.578 INDIAACTIVE CASES 603,687 and afallinthe stockmarkets.The BSE Sensex ing in mindthat it is along-term generational option than owning physical gold. billion, arise of over $6 billion in 7months. closedat39,749.85 on Thursday, down from asset, whichshould notbeboughtfor short- Another option is gold exchangetraded The RBI has deployedthe foreign ex- theindexvalue of 40,707 on October21. termgains.GoldatRs50,000per10 gramsmay funds(ETFs)floated by mutual funds. Gold changereserves in various avenues likegold, 750,000 Gold prices startedtheir upwardmarch seem expensive todaybut mayprove to be a ETFs have givengoodreturns to investorsthis fixeddepositsand US treasurybills to min- since May2019and have jumped over50% in worthwhile decision twodecades later.Over year.The total assets undergold ETFs now imisecapital risk.Infact, mostcentral banks 748,538 alittle over ayear,from$1,225 an ounce to the last15years, it has risen from levels of amount to Rs 13,589 crore, as per AMFI data. around the worldhold hugegold reserves as around$1,880now.Theypeaked around around Rs 7,000 per 10 grams. While future In case of coins, making chargescan vary astrategy to widentheir investment basket 603,687 $2,080 an ounce on August7,while the gains maynot be quitewhatwehaveseen in between 8% and 15%. While the priceof24- and minimiserisk. 650,000 Panel for Delhi air: role, powers, what’s new LAST 10 DAYS Oct 19 Oct 28 The EPCAwas not, however, supported Officials in the Delhi Environment “The central government has gotitself 550,000 MALLICAJOSHI by alegal frameworkinthe form of alaw.It Department said the Commission will, in a out of the clutchofSupreme Courtand NEWDELHI,OCTOBER29 did have the authority to issue fines or direc- way, erase the relevance of startpollution closed down SC-appointed EPCA,but is it just Note:The Oct 28 figureinthis graphisbased on thegovernment update on Oct 29 tionsand guidelinestothe governmentsin control bodies since theydonot have the strategy to self-empowerand stay relevant WITH THE President signing the other states. It had no staterepresentatives, powers to make anyautonomousdecisions or trulyaddress the crisis? Newlaw is needed Commissionfor Air QualityManagement in justtwo permanent members. The anymore. when the old one fails. Theyhavenot even INDIATOTAL CASES WORLDTOTAL CASES National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Commission, on the other hand, will have “TheOrdinance seems to have takenthe triedimplementing old laws,” Jha said. 8,040,203 44,684,011 Ordinance,2020 on Wednesday, astatutory representation from the state. powerawayfromuswhen it comes to issues As per the Ordinance, onlyNGT,and not authority to trackand combat air pollution of air pollution. We still have aroletoplay civil courts,isauthorised to hear cases where Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, in and around the National Capital Region What is the role of the Commission vis- whenitcomes to waterand sound pollution, the commission is involved. Welfare,updatedat11pmonOct29 updatedat11pmonOct29 has come intoexistence. à-vis states? but over the lastfew years mostofour work The Commission,the Ordinance says,will The ordinance makes it clear that stateas has been concentrated on air pollution. What What arethe challenges? supersede bodiessuchasthe central and well as central bodies will nothavejurisdic- role we can playalongside the Commission According to theOrdinance, the commit- statepollution control boards of Delhi, tion over mattersrelated to air pollution:“No will be decidedbythe body once constituted. teehas been formedtodoawaywith“ad-hoc Punjab, Haryana, UP and Rajasthan and will other individual,orbody,orauthority,consti- It seems our roles have been maderedun- measures” and to replacethem to “stream- have thepowers to issue directions to these tuted either under the lawenacted by dant,” said asenior Environment line participation”fromstates and experts. stategovernmentsonissues pertaining to air Parliament or by stategovernment or nom- Department official. The Commission has alarge numberof pollution. inated in terms of judicial order shall act In case the directions issuedbyastate and members from the central government, upon or have jurisdiction in relation to the the Commission clash, the decisionofthe whichhas notgone down well with the What does it changeonthe ground? matters coveredbythis ordinance.” Commission will be implemented. states.“It is full of officials from the central The one bodywith powers similar to the The ordinance says the Commission will government. Howwill states getasay with newCommission’s wasthe Environment look at coordinationbetween states, plan- Howdoes it help? justone member each?Taking away anysay Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority ning and executionofpolicyand interven- Experts saythe move doesn’t automati- from the stategovernment is notthe wayto (EPCA), expertssay.Itwas notastatutory tions, operations of industry, inspections, re- callyguarantee action on the ground. go further.Also, political differences will also body but drew legitimacy from the Supreme search intothe causes of pollution etc. Environment activistVimlendu Jha said that nowplayapartinthe functioning of the Court, whichhas been lookingatcases of air Experts saythe ordinance means that the by forming anew commission, the govern- Commissionbecause statesare nothappy pollution as part of the judgmentinMC powertoissue fines mayalso lie withthe ment has takenthe issue of air pollution out with the overarching powers beingvestedin MehtavsUnionofIndia (1988). newCommission. of the purviewofthe judiciary. it,” aDelhi government official said. InPompeo’sIndo-Pacifictour,amessagetoChina,takeawaysforIndia

tempts to expand itsfootprint in itsimme- tional rules, ensnaresmallcountries into MALDIVES: In the Maldives, which informationfor reasons of security.On NIRUPAMASUBRAMANIAN diateIndian Ocean neighbourhood, New debt traps, and makeirredentistclaims on signeda“framework defence and security Tuesday, theMaldivian Information MUMBAI,OCTOBER29 Delhi nowappears nottomind the playing territorythat fall within the boundaries of agreement” with the US in September, Commissioner ruledinfavourofthe MNDF. out of the superpowerrivalryclose home, other nations, and that the Trumpadminis- Pompeo repeated that the “Chinese During Pompeo'svisit, formerMaldivian IN WHATmight turn out to be the Trump hoping it will help to reduce Chineseinflu- tration wastheretoprevent that. CommunistParty continues itslawless and ForeignMinisterDunya Maumoon, who Administration's lastweek in office, US ence in the region. SRI LANKA: In Colombo,hesaidthe threatening behaviour”and announcedthe backs the Solih government, struckacau- SecretaryofState MikePompeo swung With itsmilitaryeyeballing Chinesesol- Chinese CommunistParty wasa“predator” opening of an embassyinMale. Earlier,the tionarynote:“We all want apeacefulIndian through three Indian Ocean countriesafter diers at the Line of Actual Control, India has while “the US comesinadifferent way, we US Ambassador to Sri Lanka had concurrent Ocean, Iurgethe US to respect the inde- the 2+2 US-India talksinNew Delhi earlier embracedacloser relationship with the US, come as afriend, as apartner”. The Chinese charge of Maldives.India, whichhad pre- pendence of Maldives. Please respectthe this week,bringing the China-US spat to as well as steppedupUSengagement in the Embassy hit backwith atweet:“Sorry vented aUS-Maldivesdefencetreaty backin rightofMaldivestokeep itsfriendship with India's doorstep. From NewDelhi, wherehe region. At the recent meeting of the Quad Secretary@SecPompeo, we'rebuyspromot- 2013,welcomedthe newagreement say- all countries that benefitour development. andDefenceSecretaryMarkEsperheldtalks foreign ministers, Jaishankar,likethe ing #China-#SriLAnka friendship and co-op- ing it wasinline with India's interests and We do notwant to engageinpowerstrug- with External Affairs MinisterSJaishankar Australian and Japanese foreign ministers, eration, notinterestedinyour regional stability. gles &rivalries in the Indo-Pacific.” andDefenceMinisterRajnathSingh,Pompeo wascareful nottojointhe anti-China tirade AlienvsPredator game at your invitation.The Since 2018,when Ibrahim Solih became INDONESIA: In Jakarta, which is also peeledoff onanopenlyanti-Chinatourof the that Pompeo unleashed. But the US-India US can playtwo roles at the same time as al- President, the country has scrappedanear- the headquarters of ASEAN, some of IndianOcean,nowgeographicallypartofthe joint statement took severalshots at China, ways”. Even before Pompeo's arrival, the lier tilt toward Beijing, and recastits foreign whose members arefacedwith Chinese largerIndo-Pacific region. besidesPakistan, in stressing a“rules-based Chineseembassysaidin astatement thatthe policy to reflect other long-standing ties, in- claims on their territory, Pompeo lauded internationalorder” anda“free,open, in- US wastrying to interfereinChina-Sri Lanka cluding with India. both Indonesia and ASEAN forstanding up WhyIndo-Pacific matters clusive,peaceful” Indo-Pacific. relations and “coerce and bully” Colombo. Therehavebeen some voices in the to China. It is avastareawherethe US and China All three countries Pompeo visited–Sri Sri LankanPresident Gotabaya Rajapaksa Maldivesagainststriking tooclose afriend- “Our law-abiding nations reject the un- have competedfor influence foryears, and Lanka, Maldivesand Indonesia –are strate- Pompeo in Colombowith Sri Lanka alsorefutedPompeo'sassertion that Sri shipwith the US,and India. In recent days, lawful claims by ChineseCommunistParty where, morerecently, Indian and Chinese gicallyvital to Chinese President Xi Jinping's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. AP Lanka wascaught in adebt trap withthe afterrumours that Indian soldiers would be in the South China Sea as is clear from interests have come up againsteachother, Beltand Road Initiative. China’s appears Chinese. In astatement, PresidentGotabaya's stationedinthe Maldives,alocal news out- Indonesia’s courageous leadershiponthis specifically in Sri Lanka and Maldives. strongestinSri Lanka, whereithas control office said Beijing hadprovidedcrucialassis- lethad wanted information under the subject within ASEAN and at the United Afteryears of trying to regain aslipping of the Hambantotaport, is making atermi- 3visits, 1theme tance to Colombointhe last10years, while Maldives' Right to Information Actabout Nations,” he said. He wasscheduledtomeet footholdinthesecountries by itself with- nal at the Colombo portand anew city off In all three countries,Pompeo'smessage welcoming “moreAmerican investment”. the number of Indian defence personnel in the Indonesian President JokoWidodo on out taking sides in thelargergeopolitical ri- the Colombo seafront,and is involvedina wasthat China and the Chinese Communist Rajapaksa told Pompeo that Sri Lanka's for- the country, but the MaldivesNational Thursday before flying out to Vietnam on valry, at timesevenpushing backonUSat- slewofother infrastructureprojects. Partyare “lawless”, do notrespect interna- eign policy wasnot alignedtoany power. Defence Forcesaid it could notdisclosethis the lastleg of this unusual trip.

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success," Science&Technology Commander Abhinandan meeting, whichwas attendedby ingand forehead perspiring. PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA MinisterFawad Chaudhrysaid in Varthaman,whowascapturedby topleadership, including Army He also did notmention the ISLAMABAD,OCTOBER29 the National Assemblyduringa the Pakistani ArmyonFebruary chief Gen Bajwaand Foreign date of themeeting,but indi- debate. 27,2019afterhisMiG-21Bisonjet MinisterQureshi. cated that it washeld before the IN Asensational admission, a When some of his fellow wasshotdowninadogfightwith “Legs were shaking and fore- release of Varthaman. senior Pakistani ministeron lawmakers objected to his men- Pakistani jets. head perspiring, and the foreign Chaudhry,who wasthe in- Thursdayadmitted that Pakistan tion of “success in Pulwama”,the In the early hours of February minister(Qureshi) told us, ‘For formation and broadcasting wasresponsible forthe deadly ministersaid that “afterthe 26,2019, the IAF jets bombed the God's sake, lethim (Varthaman) ministeratthe time of the Pulwama terroristattackin Pulwama incident, the way Jaish-e-Mohammad(JeM) terror go back nowbecause India is at- Pulwama attack, criticised Jammu and Kashmir in 2019 that Pakistanwent insidethe Indian camps in Balakot in Khyber tacking Pakistanat9PMinthe Sadiq's remarks andtermed Imran Khan brought the twocountries to the territorytotargetit, theentire PakhtunkhwaofPakistan and night’,” Sadiq said. “India wasnot them as "inappropriate". brink of awar. media in India wasashamedof PakistanFederal MinisterFawad Chaudhryand opposition avenged the Pulwama terrorist planning to attack...Theyjust He said Sadiq lied with alot “Humne Hindustankoghus ke it.” However, he didn't retract his leader Ayaz Sadiq attackthatclaimed the livesof wanted to kneel before India and of confidence regarding his PAKISTAN maara (Wehit India in their statement about “success in 40 CRPF personnel. send backAbhinandan." statementsand asserted that Courtacquits home). Our success in Pulwama, Pulwama” under Prime Minister In aspeechinthe National It wasnot very clear whether everyone has the right to dis- is asuccess of this nation under Khan's leadership. made the remarks aday after Shah Mahmood Qureshiinan AssemblyWednesday, Sadiq Sadiq wasreferring to Gen. agree with the government but Imranin2014 the leadership of Imran Khan. Chaudhry, aclose aide of Opposition PML(N) leader Ayaz important meeting pleadedtore- said that Prime MinisterImran Bajwaorforeign minister the stateshould notbesubjected Parliament Youand us areall partofthat Prime MinisterImran Khan, Sadiq said that Foreign Minister lease Indian Air ForceWing Khan skippedthe high-level Qureshi whose legs were shak- to criticism. attackcase Islamabad: PakistanPrime US Supreme Court allows absentee MinisterImran Khan was Muslimshavea‘right aquitted by an anti-ter- rorism courtonThursday in the 2014 Parliamentat- ballotextensions in 2key states tack case but other senior ministers, including topunish’French: Foreign MinisterShah THENEWYROKTIMES Mahmood Qureshi, were WASHINGTON,OCTOBER29 Pennsylvania likely to be tipping summonedon November 12 forthe in- IN Apair of decisions welcomed dictment. Anti-Terrorism by Democrats, the Supreme Court point in presidential race Malaysia’sMahathir CourtJudgeRajaJawad on Wednesdaylet election offi- Abbas Hassan, however, cials in twokey battleground halted proceedings states, Pennsylvania and North OTHER WORLD LEADERS ON FRANCEATTACKS againstPresident Arif Alvi Carolina, acceptabsentee ballots AGENCIES due to thepresidentialim- forseveraldays afterElection Day. KUALALUMPUR,OCTOBER29 Radical The UK stands munity granted to him, In the Pennsylvania case, the RACE FOR Islamism kills steadfastly The Express Tribune re- courtrefusedaplea from MALAYSIA’S FORMER premier and has no with France ported. On August31, Republicansinthe statethat it THEWHITE Mahathir Mohamad said on place in our againstterror 2014,workers of the now decide before Election Day HOUSE ThursdayMuslims have aright society. &intolerance. rulingPTI and Pakistan whether election officials can to “kill millions of Frenchpeople Awami Tehreek (PAT) continuereceiving absentee bal- forthe massacresofthe past” but HEIKO MAAS, BORIS JOHNSON, triedtoenter Parliament lots forthree days afterNov.3. EXPRESSIN he did notapproveofthe killing GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER UK PRIME MINISTER and go towardsthe Prime In theNorthCarolinacase,the THEUS of aFrenchteacher over his use Minister's House and courtlet stand lowercourtrulings of cartoons of the Prophet. TheseRadical ...terroristsare clashedwith police. that allowedthe state’sboard of In ablog postMahathir, 95,a Islamic terro- completely Police had invokedsec- elections to extend the deadline respected leader in the Muslim ristattacks devoid of tions of the Anti- to ninedays afterElectionDay,up KARISHMAMEHROTRA Morethan 3.5 million eligible voters in Pennsylvania didn't world,saidhebelievedinfreedom muststop human Terrorism Actagainst from the three days calledfor by PHILADELPHIA,OCTOBER29 send in a2016ballot,and Trumpwon the state. Reuters/File of expression but that it should immediately. morals. Khan and other PTI lead- the statelegislature. notbeusedtoinsultothers. ers, according to the Thecourt’s brief orders in the PEACEFUL DAYdemonstrations “Muslimshavearight to be DONALD TRUMP, VLADIMIR PUTIN, Dawn newspaper. PTI twocases were unsigned. The turnedviolent Wednesday night dent:"By the way, we win "This is notgoing to be anor- angryand to kill millions of US PRESIDENT RUSSIA PRESIDENT Pennsylvania order appeared to in ahistorical Blackbusiness cor- Pennsylvania, we win the whole mal election in anyway,shape, Frenchpeople forthe massacres be unanimous, whilethe North ridor in Philadelphia,two days af- thing. Big deal, right," he said in or form. We'relettingvoters of thepast. But by and large the Carolina one wasissued over terpolice killedaBlackman in Allentown, Pennsylvania on knowweare in this together," Muslims have notappliedthe aright to punish the French,” he Muslims. SOUTH KOREA three noteddissents. the largestcity in thestate of Monday. Inkeenawarenessof the said Pennsylvania Democratic ‘eye foraneye’law.Muslims said. The disputeflared aftera Courtupholds Justice AmyConeyBarrett, Pennsylvania. Scatteredamongst state'simportance,theDemocrats Party'sexecutive director Jason don’t. The Frenchshouldn’t,” Twitter said the messagevi- Frenchteacher who showedhis who joinedthe courton signs urgingpeople to vote, vari- have inundated Pennsylvania Henry. Adding to the disruptions, Mahathir said in ablog post, olated itsrules aboutglorifying pupils satirical cartoons of the 17-yearjailterm Tuesday, did nottakepartinei- ous posters expressedsupportei- withkey speakers and themost since the pandemic, whichhealsopostedonTwitter. violence, but it determinedthat Prophetduring acivics lesson ther case. ther forAfrican Americansorfor television ad spendingper voter. Pennsylvania has had the high- Mahathir,who served as it maybeinthe public’s interest waslater beheadedinthe street toex-leader The Pennsylvania and North the police as police helicopters Even more importantly, cam- estnumber of counties in the top Malaysian premier twice fora forthe posttoremain. by an attackerofChechen origin. Seoul: South Korea’s top Carolina cases were the latest ex- circled the skies. paigns arelooking at turning out 20 per cent nationallyfor in- total of 24 years, said that French SeveralMuslim-majority Frenchofficials said the courtuphelda17-yearsen- amples of thecomplicationsthat "Lastnight Philadelphia was newvoters in their strongholds. creasedunemployment rates President Emmanuel Macron countrieshavedenouncedre- killing wasanattackonthe core tence imposedonformer Covid-19 has presented to offi- torn up by Biden-supporting Morethan 3.5 million eligible and Covid-19deaths per capita, was"notshowing that he is marksby Frenchofficials,includ- Frenchvalue of freedom of ex- PresidentLee Myung-bak cials preparing fornextweek’s radicals ... Biden standswith the voters in Pennsylvania didn't aWall Street Journalanalysis civilised", addinghewas "very ing President Emmanuel pression and defendedthe right forarangeofcorruption election and facing arecord-set- rioters. And Istand with the he- send in a2016ballot, and Trump found. This week,national primitive". Macron, defending the use of to publish the cartoons. Macron crimes in afinal ruling ting number of absentee and roes of lawenforcement," wonthe stateby44,292 votes. Covid-19case countshave “Since youhaveblamedall cartoons of the Prophet has also said he would redouble Thursdaythat will send mail-in ballots castbyvoters ea- President Donald Trumpsaid at The death of aBlackman in reachedanaverage of 70,000 Muslimsand the Muslims’ reli- Mohammad in aFrenchschool effortstostopconservative himbacktoprison.Leehas gertoavoid voting in persondur- arally in Wisconsin. Philadelphia -- the latestina daily,the highestonrecordsofar. gion forwhat wasdone by one classroom. The caricaturesare Islamic beliefssubverting French been convicted of taking ing apandemic. Democratic nominee Joe string of similar incidents this With unprecedented mail-in angryperson, the Muslims have seen as blasphemous by values. bribes worthmillions of Democratshaveconsistently Biden, however, wasquick to year -- comes as Pennsylvanians ballots,manyanticipatea dollarsfrombigcompanies pushedfor more lenient rules condemn the looting. "I think to return arecord number of early pushedbackrelease of there- including Samsung, em- when it comes to mail-in ballots be able to protest is totallylegit- ballots:two million of the three sults. Manypivotal states, like bezzlingcorporate fundsof and howand when theyare imate, totallyreasonable. But million ballots senttothem. Pennsylvania,willbegin pro- UK’s Labour Partysuspends acompanythat he owned counted.Republicans have resis- there's no excuse forthe looting," With less than aweek to go till cessingthese tens of millions of andmisusingofficialfunds tedsuchchanges,with many ar- he said in Delaware. ElectionDay,UScitizens have ballots onlyonTuesday. of South Korea’s spy guingtherelaxedrulescouldopen Pennsylvania is mostlikelyto submitted morethanhalf of the FULLREPORTON Corbyn in anti-Semitism row agency. REUTERS the process to abuse and fraud. the tipping factor forthe presi- total ballots in 2016 -74million. www.indianexpress.com

THE PHILIPPINES BENJAMINMUELLER Jeremy LONDON,OCTOBER29 Corbyn Roosterkillspolice Typhoonslams into Vietnam, 60 killed resignedas officerinCovid-19 BRITAIN’S MAIN opposition Labour chief lockdownraid rocks, including that of agovern- party,Labour,suspendedits for- in April ‘Culturetolerantof THENEWYORKTIMES, ment official, and 53 people mer leader JeremyCorbyn on anti-Semitism’ Manila: Apolice officer in NEWYORK,OCTOBER29 were feared dead or missing. Thursdayafter he triedtodeflect the Philippines waskilled Twelve people were treated for blamefor the party’s handling of the party,responded to the this week afterafighting ATYPHOON that slammedinto injuries. anti-Semitism allegations. watchdog reportbyapologizing. The Equalitiesand Human roosterslashedhim dur- central Vietnam has setoff ase- By Thursdayafternoon, re- Mr.Corbyn made his com- “I found this report hardto RightsCommission’s report ing araid on an illegal ries of landslides that buried vil- ports emergedthat athirdland- mentsafter ahuman rights read and it is aday of shame for described theLabour Party cockfighting den to stop lages andtowns, leftmorethan slide had occurredthe previous watchdog in Britain saidinthe the Labour Party,”hesaid,stand- as having created aculture thespread of the coron- 60 people dead or missing and afternoon in anearbydistrict, findings of aformalinvestigation ing behind alectern bearing the that could, at times, be seen avirus. The officer,Lt. compoundedthe miseryofa burying an additional 11 people. thatthe party boreresponsibil- slogan “A NewLeadership” —an as tolerant of anti-Semitism. Christian Bolok,38, was countryalready struggling with About200 workers at ahydro- ityfor “unlawfulactsofharass- unsubtlesignalof hiseffortto turn Complaints of anti- partofateam that de- catastrophic floods. electricity plant were trappedby ment and discrimination” thepartyaway fromthehard-left Semitismpromptedanexo- scendedon an arenainthe Typhoon Molave wasone of the landslides, and the authori- againstJewish members, rein- policies andthe sometimes divi- dus of Jewish lawmakersand province of Northern the biggeststorms to hit the ties were attempting to getsup- forcing complaintsthat long sive leadershipof Mr.Corbyn.“We members from the party Samar on Monday, afterit countryintwo decades, bring- plies to them. cloudedMr. Corbyn’s tenureas have failedtheJewishpeople,our duringJeremyCorbyn’slead- wassuspecting of violat- ing asecond round of deadly Soldiers and villagers dig through mud afteralandslide Twofishing boatssank in party leader from 2015 to 2020. members,oursupportersandthe ership and contributed to ing lockdown rules landslides therethis month. swamps avillageinPhuoc Loc district. VNA via AP Binh Dinh Province on Tuesday Afew hours afterMr. Corbyn British public.” public discontent that culmi- againstmass gatherings. Torrential rains and flooding un- night whiletrying to seek shel- postedastatement on Facebook The watchdog, the Equalities nated in Labour’s devastat- “He waswounded in his leashedamudslide on October terfromthe storm, and 26 fisher- blaming “opponentsinsideand andHuman Rights Commission ing lossinthe 2019 femoral artery on the left 18 that leveledsoldiers' barracks mile-per-hour winds, cut power mation from officials on the men remain missing.Two navy outside the party” and the me- —anindependentofficial body December general election. leg and lostalot of blood,” in Huong Phung Commune,in to millions of people anddam- ground. vesselsmobilizedtofind them, dia foroverstating Labour’s fail- whose recommendations are provincialpolice chief,Col. the central coastalprovince of aged 56,000 houses,the The storm setoff landslides Reuters reported. ures on anti-Semitism, the party legallyenforceable—said it had Arnel Apud, said. “Within Quang Tri. Vietnamese government said. in twodistrictsinQuang Nam Beforeitmoved west to said that Mr.Corbyn had been investigated complaintsofanti- Mr.Starmer said that the minutes, he died. It wasa Officials said the deaths By Thursdayafternoon, 19 Province on Wednesdayafter- Vietnam, the typhoon killed16 suspended. Semitismand found thatLabour’s party had already takensteps to freak accident.” NYT could be the country's largest bodies had been pulledfromthe noon, the state-run news outlet people in the Philippines over Beforethe suspension was politicalleadership had interfered combat anti-Semitism, includ- militaryloss in peacetime. rubble, according to localmedia VnExpress reported. At least11 the weekend,according to local announced, Keir Starmer,Mr. in the party’s owninvestigations ing changesinhow complaints AFGHANISTAN The typhoon, packing 85- and the RedCross,citinginfor- households were buriedby news reports. Corbyn’s successor as leader of of anti-Semitic incidents. were handled. NYT 8inmatesdead afterprisonriot inHerat As West stumbles, ‘Helmsman’ Xi pushes an ambitious plan for China Kabul:Riotingataprisonin meeting of the Central The party elite's showof Hong Kong who has longstud- "China has done apretty western Afghanistanhas THENEWYORKTIMES Committee,acouncilof seniorof- unity behind Mr.Xishored up iedChinese politics. good job by itself in putting to- leftatleast eightinmates NEWYORK,OCTOBER29 ficials,laidoutambitionsforChina his politicaldominanceand will As other leaders and nations gether aloose,global anti-China dead, provincialofficials to matureasaneconomic, mili- help him as he pushes fortech- turn inward,consumedbycrises, coalition," said Bilahari Kausikan, said Thursday.The vio- THE UNITED States is embroiled tary and cultural powerdespite nological, social and economic Mr.Xiappears keen to pressthe aformer diplomat from lenceeruptedWednesday in abitter presidential race and risinguncertainty abroad. advances to makeChina and its messagethat the party's grip on Singapore. "I cannotthink of any at the prison in the city of asurge in coronavirus infections. With Mr.Xias"thecorenav- ruling party moreresilient in a powerissecure and the country serious country-with abig Herat, the capital of Herat Europe is locking down again. In igator and helmsman,"anoffi- post-pandemic world. China,the canplayagreater role interna- economyorevensome with province, according to Beijing, by contrast, Xi Jinping is cial summaryfromthe meeting party officials said, faces "new tionally. Partypropaganda has small economies -that does not MohammadRafiqShirzai, exuding confidence that he and read, "wewill certainlybeable tensions and challenges engen- asserted thatChina'ssuccess in have some concerns about China aspokesman forthe China can emerge from thepan- to conquerthe rangeofhard- dered by intricatelycomplicated extinguishing Covid-19infec- and Chinesebehaviour." provincial health depart- demicstronger and unbowed. ships and dangers that lie on the international conditions." tions shows itsoverall "institu- With Mr.Xi's position secure, ment. He said 12 others — ACommunistParty conclave path forward." "He is trying to convince the tional superiority," and Beijing adramatic shiftinChinese policy eight inmates and four concludedThursdaywitharous- Mr.Xihasusedthe meetingto Xi Jinping at the GreatHall of the People in Beijing. AP party that onlyhe, Xi Jinping, has has promisedtoshareapoten- seems unlikely. He is expectedto prison guards—were ingstatementlaudingMr.Xiasthe showthat he remains unchal- the political resources, the expe- tial vaccine forthe coronavirus. push foranother five-year term woundedinthe outbreak party's helmsman, affirming his lengedandresurgentninemonths rience and the determination to Even so, Mr.Ximusttackle as the CommunistParty's leader, at the facility,whichholds broadmandateastheleaderwho afterthe coronavirus plunged missteps that marredChina's ini- members praisedthe country's pull China through," said Willy some of the most serious eco- beginning in 2022, meaning his about2,000prisoners. AP willsteer China through perilous China intoits worstcrisis in tialresponseto thevirusoutbreak, "major strategicachievement" in Wo-Lap Lam, an adjunct profes- nomic and geopolitical challenges highlypersonalizedrule could waters foryears to come. The decades.Withoutmentioningthe the committee's 200orsovoting largelystifling the outbreak. sor at the ChineseUniversity of China has facedinmanyyears. lastanotherdecade or more.

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST INCOME-TAX EXEMPTIONS UNDERLEAVETRAVEL CONCESSION VOUCHER SCHEME FUTURE RETAIL-RELIANCE RETAILVENTURES AGREEMENT Amazon IndiawritestoSebi, Stategovt,pvtsectorstaffbenefittoo bourses, asks not to okay deal to non-central government em- spendslessthanthreetimesofthe concessional taxregime shallnot ENSECONOMICBUREAU ployees will be allowedincome- ED Aimis deemedLTC fare under the cash be entitledfor this exemption. A ‘INTERNATIONAL Sebi,BSEandNSEshouldbeaware NEWDELHI,OCTOBER29 taxexemption subject to fulfil- toboost voucher scheme shallnot be en- legislativeamendmentto provide AASHISHARYAN of theinternationalrepercussions ment of conditions, the Central PLAIN E growth titledtoreceive full amount of forthe changes shall be brought NEWDELHI,OCTOBER29 REPERCUSSIONS’ thatIndianbusinesses mayfaceif ● TWOWEEKSafter it announced BoardofDirect Taxes(CBDT) said EX deemedLTC fare and the related in due course,itsaid. anorderpassedbyatribunalsuch theLeave TravelConcession(LTC) in astatement. income-tax exemption and the Explainingfurther the CBDT GLOBAL E-COMMERCE giant ■ “The letter has also as SIACisnot followedinIndia,” voucherschemeaspartofitscon- “In order to provide thebene- THE AIM of the scheme is amount of both shallbereduced said if thedeemed LTCFareisRs Amazon’sIndianarmhaswritten said that Sebi, BSE and another personsaid.Adetailed sumption-boostingmeasures,the fits to other employees (i.e. non- to stimulategrowth in the proportionately, it said. 20,000 x4=Rs80,000,then the to the Securities and Exchange NSE should be aware questionnairesenttoAmazon government on Thursdayex- Central Government employees) economy. The payment of To stimulategrowth in the amount to be spent under the BoardofIndia (Sebi), the BSE and of theinternational IndiaandtheFutureGroupdidnot tendedthe income-tax exemp- ... it has been decided to provide cash allowance, subject to economy, thegovernmenthadon scheme is Rs 80,000 x3=Rs the National StockExchange repercussions that elicit anyresponse. tion available under the LTCcash similarincome-taxexemptionfor maximum of Rs 36,000 October 12 announcedatwin set 2,40,000.Thus, if an employee (NSE),askingthemnottoapprove Indian businesses On October 25, an emergency voucher scheme to non-central thepaymentof cashequivalentof per person as deemedLTC of measures to boostconsump- spends Rs 2,40,000 or above on the FutureRetail-Reliance Retail mayface if an order arbitrator of the SIAChad passed governmentemployeeswhichin- LTCfaretothe non-Central fare per person (Round tion demand: LTCvoucher specifiedexpenditure, he shall be Venturesdeal,threepeopleaware passedbyatribunal aninterimorderrestrainingFuture clude employees of stategovern- Governmentemployeesalso,”the Trip) to non-centralgov- scheme and afestivaladvance for entitledfor full deemedLTC fare of the development told The suchasSIACisnot Group and Reliance Industries ments, state-ownedenterprises CBDT said. ernment employees will government employees. The and the relatedincome-tax ex- Indian Express. followedinIndia,” Limitedfromproceedingwiththe and the private sector. Taxexemptionunder the LTC be allowedincome-tax scheme hadprovidedthat since emption. However, if the em- In itslettertothe markets reg- another person said. Rs 24,713-croredeal signedin The income taxexemption cashvoucherschemerequiresthe exemption subject to ful- thecashallowanceofLTC fare isin ployeespends Rs. 1,80,000 only, ulator and the twobenchmark August forFutureRetailtosell its shall notbeapplicable forthose employees to spend asum equal filment of conditions. lieu of deemed actualtravel, the then he shall be entitledfor 75 stockexchanges, Amazon India retail, wholesale, logistics and opting forthe concessional in- to threetimes of the value of the sameshallbeeligibleforincome- per cent (i.e.Rs. 60,000)of hassaidthattheymusttakecogni- gency arbitrator of the SIAChad, warehousing unitstoReliance come taxregime introducedlast deemedLTC fare on purchase of taxexemption on the lines of ex- deemedLTC fare and the related sance of the interim order passed apartfromasking FutureGroup RetailandFashionstyle,untilaper- year and employees will have to goods/servicescarryingaGST rate isting income-tax exemption income-tax exemption. In case by an emergency arbitrator of the companiesnottoexecutethedeal manentarbitration tribunal was refund the unspent LTCfarere- of 12 percent or morefromGST berand the amount of GSTpaid. available forLTC fare. the employeealready received SingaporeInternational Arbitr- announcedonAugust29,alsosaid constituted 90 days later. ceivedfromthe employer. registeredvendors/service Theemployeeshave to exercisean CBDTsaid that since this ex- Rs. 80,000 from the employer in ationCentre(SIAC),barringFuture that these companies should not While the order waswel- The payment of cash al- providers through digitalmode option forthe deemedLTC fare in emption is in lieu of the exemp- advance, he has to refund Rs. Retailanditspromotersfromexe- move anytribunal or courts in comedbyAmazonIndia, Future lowance, subject to maximumof between October 12,2020 to lieu of the applicable LTCinthe tion providedfor LTCfare, an em- 20,000 to the employer as he cutingitsdealwithRelianceRetail. India or anywhereelse, one of the RetailandRelianceRetailVentures Rs 36,000 perperson as deemed March 31,2021and obtain a Blockyear 2018-21. ployeewho has exercisedan could spend only75per cent of The letter also mentions that the personssaid. said theyintendedtogoahead LTCfareper person (Round Trip) voucher indicating the GSTnum- Also, an employeewho option to payincometax under the required amount. interim order passedbyanemer- “The letter has also said that withthe deal as planned.

‘Growth in agri GVAunlikelyto Oct-Dec ’19: Urban joblessness eases, labour activity rises offset urban demand plunge’ rate formales moderated to 7.3 Pradesh,Jammu&Kashmir,Delhi ENSECONOMICBUREAU UNEMPLOYMENTFALLSIN15-29AGEGROUP percentinOctober-Decemberlast and AndhraPradesh. The expected incremental growth in agricultural grossvalue NEWDELHI,OCTOBER29 year from 8.0 per cent in July- Unemployment datafor ur- added (GVA)to17.3per cent of theeconomythis fiscal and ■ As per the quarterly ■ This datasetdiffers from September,asagainst8.3percent ban areas is releasedquarterly. theresultant spike in rural demand maynot compensatefor UNEMPLOYMENT RATEinurban Periodic LabourForce Survey, the Annual Reportof inthepreviousquarterand9.2per This datasetdiffers from the themassiveplungeinurban demand, India Ratings said areas continuedtoease to 7.9per urban joblessness in the Periodic Labour Force cent in October-December 2018. Annual ReportofPeriodicLabour cent in October-December2019 15-29 agegroup was19.2% in Survey,releasedbyMoSPI, Labourforceparticipationrate ForceSurvey,whichcovers both SHAREOFAGRICULTUREIN SHAREOFAGRICULTURE States,whichaccounted from 8.4 per cent in July-Septem- October-December,below whichcoversbothrural and rose to 37.2 per cent in October- ruralandurbanareasandgiveses- THEGVAOFECONOMY:Likely TOGVAGROWTH:Likelytobe 06 for32.7%torealGVAin ber2019,8.9percentinApril-June 20.6% in July-September 2019 urban areas December 2019 from 36.8 per timates of employment and un- tobe17.3%inFY21;overtheyears 14.4%inFY21;overtheyears FY20,thatwouldseeaspurtin 2019 and9.9 per cent in October- cent in the previous quarterand employment in both usual status overalldemandthisfiscal,namely December 2018,the quarterly 36.3 per cent in the same period (ps+ss)andCWS.Thesamplesize 14.6% to 17.8% 4.8%to11.2% AndhraPradesh,MadhyaPradesh, Periodic Labour ForceSurvey per cent in October-December cent in October-December 2019 the previous year,the datasho- forthis survey waslower cover- duringFY13-FY20 duringFY13-FY20 Rajasthan,UttarPradesh,Punjab (PLFS) releasedbythe Ministryof 2019,below20.6 per cent in July- from 9.7 per cent in July-Septem- wed.State-wisebreakupshowed ing 1.79 lakh people and 45,555 andWestBengal Statisticsand Programme September and 23.7per centin berthe same year,but lowerthan that urban unemployment rate householdsinOctober-December 14.6%inFY20 8.6% inFY20 Source: India Ratings/PTI Implementation(MoSPI)showed. thesameperiodthepreviousyear. 11.3 per cent in April-June 2019 washigherthanthenationalaver- 20919 as against44,471 house- Urban unemployment in the Female unemployment rate and 12.3 per cent in October- ageinUttarPradesh,Uttarakhand, holdsinJuly-September2019 cov- agegroup 15-29yearswas 19.2 marginallyinchedupto9.8 per December 2018.Unemployment Telangana, Kerala, Madhya ering1.79 lakh people. SP Group files separation plan from Tata in SC NITI releases draft Act,rules for states on land titling

owningthebalance18.37percent listedassets adjustedfor netdebt In aconclusive titlingsystem, case to the Land Dispute ENSECONOMICBUREAU The ShapoorjiPallonji on the other side. (i.e. debt less cash), it said. ENSECONOMICBUREAU the government providesguar- Resolution Officer. Online dispute MUMBAI,OCTOBER29 Group said the value of Tata Sons is acoreinvestment Accordingto theMistrygroup, NEWDELHI,OCTOBER29 anteedtitles forthe land, and Aparty aggrievedwithanor- company andisthe holdingcom- as anon-cashsettlement, SP compensation in case of any der of Land DisputeResolution resolution: Views THE SHAPOORJIPallonji(SP) its18.37per cent stakein panyfor the Tata group, and its Group should be givenpro-rata THE NITI AayogonThursdayre- ownership disputes. Officer mayfile an appeal before sought on policy Group has sought apro rata stake Tata Sons is morethan value arisesfrom itsstake in listed shares in listedentities of the Tata leasedthe draftmodel Actand The draftAct —asreleasedby the Land Titling Appellate division of all assets of Tata Sons, equities, non-listedequities, the group whereTataSons currently rules forstatesfor regulation on the government think tank — Tribunal within 30 days of pass- NewDelhi: The NITI Aayog including adirect 13.22per cent `1,75,000crore brand,cashbalancesandimmov- ownsastake.“Forexample,72 per conclusive landtitling, providing provides that anyperson ag- ing of suchanorder,according on Thursdayfloatedadraft shareholding of TCSvalued at Rs able assets,SPGroup said. cent of Tata Consultancy Services forastate government to order grievedbyanentryinthe Record the draftbyNITI Aayog. paper seeking comments 1,35,000croreatthecurrentmar- ration from Tata in theapexcourt, The SP Group disputes over (TCS) is ownedbyTataSons. SP establishment of title registra- of Titles mayfileanobjection Aspecialbenchofthe high from experts on anational ket capitalisation of IT company. SP Group said Tata Sons is effec- valuationcanbeeliminatedby do- Group’s ownership of 18.37per tion forall or anytype of immov- before theTitle Registration courtshall be designated to deal policy foronline dispute Further,initsfilingintheSupreme tively atwo-groupcompany, with ing apro-ratasplit of listedassets cent translates to 13.22 per cent able properties. Officer within three years from with appeals againstthe orders resolution mechanism, Court on Thursday, the SP Group the Tata group comprising Tata (shareprice value is known) and shareholding of TCS(valuedatRs The move towardsaland ti- the dateofsuchnotification, fol- passedbythe Land Titling while arguing that adedi- said the value of its18.37per cent Trusts,Tatafamilymembers and pro-ratashareofthebrand(brand 135,000 croreatpresent market tling framework is aimedatre- lowing whichthe Title AppellateTribunal, withthe Act cated legislation formedia- stakeinTataSonsismorethan Rs Tata companies holding 81.6 per valuationalreadydoneby Tataand capitalisation of TCS).” ducingland-relatedlitigations Registration Officer makeanen- providing fora30-daywindow tion couldeffectivelyad- 1,75,000crore. cent stakeinthe sharecapital on published). Aneutral third-party Fullreport on and improved land acquisition tryinRegisterofTitles and in the to appeal before the High Court, dress related concerns. ENS Whileformallyseeking sepa- theonesideandtheMistryfamily valuation can be done forthe un- www.indianexpress.com forinfrastructureprojects. RegisterofDisputes and referthe the draft. No immediate need for SC transfers to self all cases GST rate cut: Maruti challenging IBC proceedings “If the GST went down against personal guarantors ENSECONOMICBUREAU and demand increased by NEWDELHI,OCTOBER29 another 30 per cent I DelhiHighCourtonpersonalbank- MARUTI SUZUKIchairmanRC won't have cars to sell” ENSECONOMICBUREAU ruptcy proceedings initiated Bhargava said Thursday demand RC BHARGAVA NEWDELHI,OCTOBER29 againstReliance group chairman forcarsisreasonablyrobustonthe AnilAmbani.TheHCwhilestaying MARUTI SUZUKI CHAIRMAN backofpent-upappetiteandgood THESUPREMECourtonFriday theorderof theNCLT,Mumbai,had purchasingpowerinrural India. "I am selling everything Iam transferredtoitself allthepetitions allowedthe proceedings against Consequently, hebelievesthereis producing. If the GSTwent down challenging the Insolvency and corporatedebtors to continue. no needfor acut in Goodsand anddemandincreasedbyanother BankruptcyCode(IBC)provisions “The IBC is at anascentstage ServicesTax ratesjustyet. 30 per cent Iwon't have cars to relating to initiation of insolvency anditisbetterthattheinterpreta- Bhargava wasquotedbyPTIas sell," he said, as per PTI. proceedingsagainstpersonal tionof theprovisionsof theCodeis saying: "... if Iwas in thegovern- The automaker's rural salesin guarantors. takenupbythiscourttoavoidany mentatthistimewhenthereisno Q2FY21werestronginthe wake ABenchled by JusticeLNRao confusion, and to authoritatively lackofdemand,givingrelief atthis of agood rabi crop andnow ac- whiletransferringthecasespend- settlethelaw. Consideringtheim- stagewould be quiteunneces- countsfor41 percentof totalsales ingbeforethehighcourtsof Delhi, portanceof theissuesraisedinthe sary."Incase demand falls and if from38.6percentayearback.For Madhya Pradeshand Telengana writ petitions whichneedfinality it lookslikethat it is notatempo- the September quarter, Maruti alsorestrainedallHCsfromenter- of judicial determination at the rarythingbutsustaineddipinde- postedanetprofitofRs1,372 tainingfresh cases on the issue. earliest, it is justand proper that mand that is when the govern- crore, up 1per cent year-on-year. Lastmonth,theapexcourthad the petitions aretransferredfrom IYf¹ffÊÕX¹f ¸fb£¹f Ad·f¹f³°ff,þÕX ÀfaÀff²f³fÀfa·ff¦f IYûMXf ment will needtostepin, he Netsales rose 10.4 per cent y-o-y dismissedSBI’sappealseekingva- the HCs to this court,” the apex IiY¸ffaIY:-d³fdUQf/01/2020-21/6549 dQ³ffaIY:-26.10.2020 added. to Rs 18,744.5 crore. FE&PTI cation of the stay granted by the court said. FE -:³fU¸fÐ ÀfaVfû²f³f:- BÀfIf¹ffÊÕ¹f ÀfZ Rehabilitation Improvement&Basic Facility of Chhapi Dam in Jhalawar District Jhalawar If¹fÊ Ie d³fdUQf Af¸fd³{°f Ie ¦fBÊ ±fe EUa d´fi-d¶fO d¸fdMa¦f dQ³ffaI AT ANNUALISED RATE 02.06.2020 Iû Af¹fûdþ°f Ie ¦fBÊ ±fe dþÀf¸fZa C´fdÀ±f°f R¸fûË ³fZ d¶fO IZ Àf¸¶f³²f ¸fZa ÀfUfÕ/ÀfbÓffU/ BRIEFLY À´fáeI S¯f´fiÀ°fb°f dI ¹fZ ±fZ, dþ³fI fA³fb¸fûQ³f ¸fb£¹f Ad·f¹f³°ff, EÀf.O¶»¹fc.AfS.´fe.OeOeEÀfAû EaO ³fûOÕ Core industries’ output Ad²fI fSe, dOÑ´f II,þ¹f´fbS ÀfZ ´fif~ Wû ¦f¹ff W`ÜA³fb¸fûQ³f A³fbÀffS BÀf If¹fÊ IZ M`¯OSOfg¢¹fc¸f`³M ¸fZa Caponairfares US GDP AfUV¹fI ÀfaVfû²f³f dI ¹fZ þfI SdQ. 28.10.2020 Iû sppp.rajasthan.gov.in E½fa shrinks for 7th month eproc.rajasthan.gov.in ´fS A´fÕûO ISdQ¹fZ W`,BÀfIZ Àff±f We ´fi±f¸f ÀfaVfû²f³f ÀfZ 9UZa °fI IZ Àf·fe NewDelhi:TheCivilAviation ÀfaVfû²f³f B³f ÀffBMÐÀf ´fS A´fÕûO dI ¹fZ þf ¨fbIZ W`,dþ³WZa dUÀ°fÈ°f ø´fÀfZ þf³f³fZ/ Àf¸fÓf³fZ/QZJ³fZ WZ°fb C¢°f Ministryhasextendedlimits grows at Ud¯fÊ°f U`¶fÀffBMÐÀf ´fS þfI SAUÕûI ³f/A²¹f¹f³f dI ¹ff þf ÀfI °ff W`ÜA°f: BÀf d³fdUQf ¸fZa ·ff¦f ÕZ³fZ UfÕZ Fiscal deficit at 114.8% of BE as of Sept- end Àf¸fÀ°f ÀfaUZQI B³f Àf·fe ÀfaVfû²f³fûa Iû,þûdIAd³°f¸f E½fa ´fi·ffUe W`,·fÕe·ffad°f AUÕûI ³f ISWe d³fdUQf ondomesticairfarestillFeb- ¸fZa ·ff¦f ÕZUZaÜ VfZ¿f A³¹f Vf°fÊZ ¹f±ffU°fÐ SWZ¦feÜ ruary24, 2021, from thelast izer and cement —recordedneg- WXÀ°ff./- sunsetofNovember24. ENS ENSECONOMICBUREAU ative growth in September 2020. 33.1% in Q3 (SXfþeU ¨fü²fSXe) NEWDELHI,OCTOBER29 During April-September,the ¸fb£¹fAd·f¹f³°ff, þÕX ÀfaÀff²f³f Àfa·ff¦f,IYûMXf sectors’ output droppedby14.9 Washington/New York: The US NIBNOWRD2021/A0102 LatestPLInorms CONTRACTINGFOR the seventh per cent, as compared to a economygrewatarecord33.1per UBN NO WRD2021WLOB00383 NewDelhi: The Department consecutive month, the output of growth of 1.3per cent in the cent annual rate in the July- DIPR/C/8653/2020 of Pharmaceuticals revised eight coreinfrastructuresectors same period of the previous year. September quarter. Growth was normsof ProductionLinked declined by 0.8 percentin Meanwhile, the govern- poweredbyarecord40.7percent GOVT.OFODISHA Incentive (PLI)schemesfor September,primarilydue to fall ment’s fiscal deficit rose to Rs 9.14 annual increase in consumer OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER NORTH EASTERN RURAL WORKS CIRCLE, KEONJHAR drugs and medical devices. in production of crude oil, natu- lakh crore, about 114.8 percent spending.Itfellatarateof31.4per “e”Procurement Notice for Road Works ralgas, refineryproductsand ce- of theannualbudget estimate cent in theJunequarter. O-486 Identification No. Road Online NCB No. 279 NO. 1906 /Date: 20.10.2020 ment. (BE), in the firstsix months of the The Commerce Department’s 1. Name of the Work :- Improvement of Road Works under DMF &Inter District Inter Block Connectivity. DealforSputnik In September 2019,the pro- current fiscal, mainly on account estimate on Thursday of third- 2. Totalno. of work :- 02 (Two) Nos. 3. Estimated Cost :- As per Annexure NewDelhi:DrReddy’sLabo- duction of eight coresectors had of poor revenuerealisation. quartergrowth showedthat the 4. Class of Contractor :- As per Annexure 5. Period of Completion :- As per Annexure ratories Ltdsaid Thursdayit shrunk 5.1per cent, data released The revenue realisation in nation has regainedonlyabout 6. Other details :- willpartnerwithBiotechno- by the Commerce and Industry FY21sufferedonaccount of the two-thirds of the output that was Procurement Officer Bid Identification Availability of tender On-line for bidding Last Date &Time of seeking Date &Time of Opening of Tender in O/O S.E. N.E.R.W.Circle, Keonjhar No. Tender Clarification logyIndustryResearch Assi- MinistryshowedonThursday. lockdown imposedbythe gov- lostearly thisyearwhentheerup- From To Technical Bid Financial Bid stanceCouncil,Department The decline in outputlast ernment. tionof thevirusclosedbusinesses. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Superintending Engineer,North Eastern Road Online Dt. 05.11.20 at Dt. 19.11.20 Dt. 18.11.20 Dt. 20.11.20 at Will be intimated later of Biotechnology,for advi- monthwas lowest since March. In absoluteterms, the deficit US crude fell 3per cent to Rural Works, Circle, Keonjhar. NCB No. 279 11.00 A.M. up to 3.00 P.M. up to 3.00 P.M. 11.00 A.M. sorysupport on clinical tri- Barring coal, electricity and wasRs9,13,993 crore, as per the $36.27perbarrelandBrentwasat
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BRIEFLY BCCI assures Greenmakesitto Speed has anew name Australiasquad players that forIndiaseries Lightning-fastNortje, markedasspecial whenhetroubledAmla in the nets,ismaking waves in IPL families will Melbourne: Australia on Thursday includedyoung all-rounder VISHALMENON Cameron GreenintheirT20 andODI NEWDELHI,OCTOBER29 be allowed squad forthe limited-overs series againstIndia while Moises IT’S 2018 andPrasanna Agoram, South Henriques returnedtonational fold Africa’sperformance analyst, is closelymon- afterthree years following his ex- itoring Hashim Amla’s trigger movements for Oz tour ploitsinthe Big Bash League. at the nets.Moments later,arelativelyun- “Cameron's domestic form has been knownnet bowler catches his eye. Robustly outstanding and he has carriedit built, withblondehair and debonair good HowdidNortje DEVENDRAPANDEY through forWestern Australia this looks, he wasgenerating rawpace and get- MUMBAI,OCTOBER29 summer.Asapotentialplayerofthe ting disconcerting bounce, muchtoAmla’s gofromfastto future this is an opportunityfor him discomfiture. “Who wasthat bowler who WIVES AND children can accompanythe to be partofthe squad and build on wastroubling youatthe nets today? express? Indiancricketersonthetwo-and-a-half-month his experience,” national selector Prasanna would later ask Amla. “That’s tour of Australia, BCCIhas verballyassuredthe Trevor Hohns wasquotedassaying AnrichNortje,” wasthe reply. players. The boardwas earlier reluctant to al- by CricketAustralia. Prasanna had heardthat name before,a UNTIL THREE years ago, AnrichNortje lowfamilies duetotough quarantine restric- Henriques had ledSydneySixers to young fast bowler from the Eastern Cape who bowled withabent front leg at the tions in Australia but reconsidered afterre- the KFC Big Bash lastsummer witha wasblowing away batsmen with pace at first- landing crease, which dissipatedhis quests from afew senior players. strikerateofjustunder150."Moisesisa class level. But this wasthe firsttime he had energy.When his front leg landedin Someone likeRavindra Jadeja would have tremendouscricketer with loads of ex- seenNortjebowl.“Thisguyisnonetbowler.He the bowling crease immediatelyafter been withouthis familyfor six months by the perience and is agreat person to have isgoodenoughto playforSouthAfrica,”hetold the jumpand justbeforerelease, his end of theseries Down Under hadBCCInot around the group. His form wasex- himself. Prasanna would immediatelycall up knee would bend alot.CoachPiet managedtoconvince itsAustralian counter- tremelyimpressiveinleadingtheSixers Linda Zondi,the then chairman of selectors to Botha made acrucial changeand parttoallow ajumbotouringgroupof 60mem- to the BBL title lastsummerand he has tell:“WehavefoundDaleSteyn’sreplacement. Nortje beganbowling with abraced bers.“AfewIndianplayershadrequestedusto playedwell at the startofthis season," Thisguyhasthepotentialto breakthe100-mph (straight) front leg. Abracedfront leg allowfamiliesbecause some of them didn’t Hohns said. mark. Please gethim in the team.” transfers the momentumfromthe bring their wivestothe UAE(forIPL). We have AustraliaODI&T20squad:AaronFinch Prasanna tells The Indian Express what run up to the bowling action.Ithelps informally informedplayersthattheycantake (C),SeanAbbott,AshtonAgar,AlexCarey impressed himbackthen. “The wayNortje align the body justbeforerelease so theirfamilies.Their passportdetailshave been ,PatCummins(vc),CameronGreen,Josh wastroubling Amla that day, hurrying him that it’s perfectlybalancedtolet rip taken,” aBCCI official told The Indian Express. Hazlewood,MoisesHenriques,Marnus up withpace and hitting his ribcage, Ire- the ball. In technical jargon, the reac- SportingeventsaretakingplaceinAustralia Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Daniel alisedhis potential.” tionaryground forces kickinafter the with50percentcrowdsatmoststadiumsand Sams, Kane Richardson, Steven Smith, The following year in the Mzansi Super bracedleg,and theseforces transfer Cricket Australia wasindiscussions with local MitchellStarc,MarcusStoinis,Matthew League, South Africa’s domestic T20 tourna- from legs to hips,fromhips to shoul- healthauthoritieswhowere strictonthelogis- Wade,DavidWarnerandAdamZampa. ment, Nortje announced himself to the world der and from shouldertothe front ticsof stayinginabubbleandthelimitednum- when he hustled up AB de Villiers. Facing arm to the ball. The bent front leg berofpeople in the touring party. speedsconsistentlyinthelate140kmphrange, landing doesn’t necessarilyalways The Indian team is scheduledtoleave for Barcelonaeasepast the talisman batsman didn’t ventureontothe hinderpace but it would needevery Australia via achartered flight from Dubai af- Juventusin frontfoot.“AnrichNortjewasaperipheralname other element in the action to work tertheIPL.Theplayerswillbeundergoinga14- who operated in first-class cricket.His reputa- With15 scalpsfrom11 games,AnrichNortjehasbeenarevelationinthisIPL. DELHICAPITALS perfectlytocompensate. dayquarantine in Sydney. However, likeinthe Champions League tionenhancedafterthatspelltoAB,”notesCape UAE,theywillbeallowedto trainanduseprac- Town-basedjournalistKhalid Mohidin. ticefacilitiesaftersevendays.Theplayershave Turin:Barcelonaplayedsomeofits Aftertroubling Amla and de Villiers, ingacertainDaleSteynontelevisionstrength- livery wasnot proper,whichwas causing his Prasanna says about Nortje. “As an ana- alsobeengivenachoiceif theywanttheirfam- best football in awhile to win 2-0 at Nortje is nowbusy terrorising batsmen in enedNortje’sresolve to become afastbowler. action to collapse. We worked on gettinga lyst, Ipreparedocumentsabout team ilies to returntoIndia afterthe limited-overs Juventus in aChampions League the IPL. He recentlyclockedthe quickest de- When he playedfor the Eastern Province bracedfrontlegbecausethatpowersyourhips strategies, and it’s Nortje who is the first leg or afterthe Test series. matchthat offeredplenty of enter- livery in thehistory of theIPL, a156.2 kmph U-18team, he metPietBotha, aformer fast and shoulders and givesthe desired momen- to gethis hands on them. He would be “The boardhas arranged acharteredflight tainment even thoughthe absence of screamer to Jos Buttler.Already with 15 bowler-turned-coach, who wasinstrumen- tumandtheabilityto increasethepace.Second, reading them on the bus as well.” forthoseplayerswhowillnotbepartoftheTest Cristiano Ronaldoprevented ahighly scalps from 11 games, Prasanna is notsur- talinhoning his skills and polishing the hisupperbodyneededto bemoreuprightand Ravichandran Ashwin narratesaninter- squad. Theywillfly backtoIndia afterthe lim- anticipatedduel againstLionelMessi. prised to seeNortje succeedinthe IPL. rough edges. forward,” Botha adds. esting anecdote from this IPL. ited-oversseries.It’supto playerswhetherthey Ronaldo wasout forthe game, “He has all the ingredientstobecome a “The thing that struckmeabout him The work donewith Botha turnedNortje “He (Nortje) is asimpletonand different want to send their families afterone-dayers or morethan twoweeksafter the world-classfastbowler.Hehasasmoothaction wasthe pace he could generate.Hereally intoabowler who could hit the 150kmph from alot of otherSouth Africansthat Ihave afterthe Test series gets over,” official added. Juventus forwardinitially tested pos- and lovely load-up to thecrease. It’s bad luck stood out amongstothers. He wasalso markwitheasebut frustratingly, he wasalso interacted with. Afterone particulargame, Though the Indian players will be allowed itive forthe coronavirus. ?lvaro that he missedthe 2019 WorldCup with a very competitive on thefield. However, he labelledascattergun. guys were talking aboutLouis Vuitton, to use practice and gym areas, theywantan Morata, who scored twice against thumb injurybecause he would have relished had astress fracturethat made me realise Lastyear’sTestseriesinIndiawasanexam- Burberry andother brands. Anrich, who was arrangementfortheirfamiliessimilarto howit Dynamo lastweek,again replaced bowling in England.” that thereare afew issuesthatneededto pleofhisprofligateways.“Thattourwastough holding adrink,got up andsaid, ‘this is nota wasinthe UAEfor theIPL. Manyfranchisesal- Ronaldo but frustratinglyhad three be sorted. Thereare certain biomechanics because the marginsare so small. Thank God I table that Ineedtobeapartofbecause Iknow lowedplayers to bring wivesand girlfriends to goals ruledout foroffside. Messi con- Early influence that youhavetofollowifyou want to mademy TestdebutinIndiaandnotinEngland, nothing about it,’”Ashwin said on his the UAE. With adesignated area in place to verted alatepenalty forBarcelona af- Nortjegrew upinUitenhage-anindustrial achieve your full potential as afastbowler,” because Ilearnt alot by bowling on those YouTubechannel. meetandgreet,playersandfamiliesdidn’thave terOusmane Dembele had giventhe town 40km north of Port Elizabeth. From an Botha explains. pitches,” Nortje says on Mohidin’s YouTube Later in that show,whenAshwinasks much problem. visitors the lead in the 14th minuteto early age, he wasconsumedbysport, particu- Theentire work tookthreeyearsandhelped channel ‘CricketFanatics’. howmuchofasimpletonhereally is, Nortje Indiawill playthree ODIs, three T20Is and sendBarcelonaonits waytoits first larly cricketandrugby. BrandwagHighSchool, Nortje go from fast to express speeds and add comes up withthis loadedresponse:“Very four Tests againstAustraliastarting from victoryoverJuventus in Turin. from wherehegraduated,isknown forpro- otherskillsthathelpedhimdevelopasabowler. Eyefor detail simple. AnythingIdo, with cricket as well, the November 27.Itwill be the firstseriesfor the ducing internationalrugbyplayers butwatch- “First, his feet alignment at thetime of de- “He keeps picking my brains,” best ball is topofoff.” Indian team during the pandemic. Coutinho,Fabinho outofBrazil’sWC qualifyingsquad Super Kingsplay party-poopers as Knights’ playoff hopes take ahit Sao Paulo: Barcelonamidfielder left-hander smashedback-to-backsixes to put Gaikwad underevenmorepressure. He bowlers providedboundaryballs to allow Philippe Coutinho and Liverpool mid- SYNOPSIS secureasix-wicketwin forChennaiSuper got out, trying to playanuncharacteristic breathing space. fielder Fabinho were droppedfrom Gaikwadand Jadeja offset CSK’s Kings. By successfullychasing173 forvictory, ramp.OvertoJadeja and his 11-ball 31 notout POINTSTABLE Rana’s knockwas acase in point. Forits Brazil'ssquad forapairofWorld Cup bowling profligacy. theythrew aspanner in Kolkata Knight wonthe matchfor his team. Together Team Matches Won Lost NR Points initial part, he wasgoing at a-run-a-ball, qualifying matchesinNovember be- Riders’playoff hopes. Gaikwad and Jadeja offset CSK’sbowling MI 12 84016 opening the innings. Then,Santner gave him cause of injury. TheBrazilian football profligacy. RCB 12 75014 thelength to swing andsweep and consecu- confederation said Wednesdaythat Gaikwad &Jadeja save the day DC 12 75014 tive fours ensued. When Rana wason50, Coutinho will bereplacedbyLyonfor- SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY Varun Chakravarthy’s fine spell, 2/20, had CSK’s bowling profligacy KXIP 12 66012 Sharma beat him in the air but the skier fell in ward Lucas Paquet,while Everton's OCTOBER29 put KKR in the ascendency.SunilNarine ably Bit by bit,Chennai Super Kingsbowlers KKR 13 67012 no man’s land. Sharma missedhis length Allanwas calledupinplace of Fabinho supportedhim. Still CSK were in the hunt be- were lettingitslip. Nitish Rana wasthe SRH 12 57010 threetimes in arow in hisnextoverand Rana formatches againstVenezuela on Nov. TWENTY-THREE runswererequiredoffeight causeyoung Ruturaj Gaikwadshowedspark biggestbeneficiary of theirprofligacy. RR 12 57010 gleefully hit three successive sixes. Eventually, 13 and Uruguayfour days later. balls, when Lockie Ferguson bowledafull toss and took thegame deep. After65not out The inconsistency of their bowlers is area- CSK 13 58010 when he departed fora61-ball 87,KKR were Neymar is also in doubt forthe two above waistheight and concededano-ball. againstRoyal ChallengersBangaloreinthe son forCSK’s underwhelming campaign this well settopostachallenging total.With abit games. The Paris Saint-Germain From that pointonwards,RavindraJadeja lastgame, the23-year-old scoreda53-ball 72 term. AgainstaKolkataKnight Riders side of bowling discipline, CSK could have re- striker left histeam's 2-0 Champions took over.Hehit asix offthe free hit followed on Thursday, but the job wasn’t done yet. loaded with four left-handersinthe topor- and aleggie,Karn Sharma. The pitchwas stricted theiropponents to around 160. League win at Istanbul Basaksehir due by afour.And in the final over bowled by WhenMSDhoni wascastledbyVarun in der, CSK didn’t have aspinnertotakethe ball holding up alittle and yetagain, Harbhajan BRIEF SCORES: KKR 172/5 (Nitish Rana 87, agroin problem. AGENCIES Kamlesh Nagarkoti, when the equationhad the 15th over,CSK were underthe pump. Sam away from them. Instead, theyhad twoleft- Singh’s absencewas felt. Almost everytime LungiNigidi2/34)losttoCSK178/4(R.Gaikwad come down to sevenruns offtwo balls,the Curran wasstrugglingtotime the ball and it arm spinners in Jadejaand Mitchell Santner pressurewas building on KKR batters, CSK 72,V.Chakrabarty 2/20) by 6wickets. Inspired by Klopp, EB’s Fowler adds set-piece coach Help at hand for shuttlers

rilylook forset pieces’. He wantshis team quarantinedinGermany MIHIRVASAVDA to playpossession football, with quick, short NEWDELHI,OCTOBER29 passes and createintricatetriangles. we foundoutthatLakshya &teamhadn’tgotten To enhancehis ideas, the former SHIVANINAIK theirtestsdone.We allwenttomainhallwhere AFTER BEINGinarut fordecades, East Liverpool striker,who wastwice named MUMBAI,OCTOBER29 nobody checkedeither,” Deyrecalls of the day Bengal, one of India's oldestfootballclubs, manager of the month in the A-League this beforethestartoftheSuper100SaarloluxOpen. is innovating. And at the helm is amanager year,spent alot of time during the lockdown ADAY of franticcalls acrossIndiaandGermany Sen had infact landedatthe German town who found inspiration in Liverpool’s Premier watching adifferent sport–hockey. with the Sports Authority of India, the ministry expectingatestingfacilityatthevenuebutwas League-winning campaignlastseason. Football has along history of lookingat and the Indian consulateatFrankfurtswinging packedoff to Frankfurtairport, 200kmaway As the Reds’ juggernaut rolledon, what Numbersback hockeyfor tactical inspiration. Fowler says intoaction, has ensured that shuttlers Ajay thenextday. HisfatherandcoachDKSentested caught Robbie Fowler's attention wasasub- he sawalot of international games, includ- Jayram and Subhankar Deywill serveout their positive.The event will remain on the edge as tle behind-the-scenes changeathis former appointment ing the FIH ProLeague matches in The quarantine in Saarbrucken and return home — 40otherstookthesamebusasSenadaybefore club. Jurgen Klopp, he noticed,had hired a Netherlands, and wasamazedathow latestbyNovember 10.The duo were sent into he took the test.“We all trainedwithout masks coachonlyfor throw-ins. APPOINTINGSET-PIECE coaches is a swiftlythe players interchanged positions, isolation afterhaving come in contact with obviouslyinthe hall. Next dayafter the man- “Someoneprimarilywho will look after growing trend in football. The few passed the ball andcreated spaces. coachDKSen, who tested positive. ager’s meeting, Sen, his physio and coachwere throw-ins,” Fowler repeats,inawe of Under Robbie Fowler,this is the first clubs that have employed people in “The speedatwhichtheymovethe ball, Whiletheirhotel,wheretheyareinquaran- sent fortesting. In the afternoon, Lakshyain- Klopp’s attention to detail. So immense,and timethat an Indianclub will have aset- such roles,inEngland and parts of Iknowit’s adifferent ball… we can take a tine,wasbookedtillOctober30,helphasarrived formedushiscoachhadtestedpositivethough immediate, wasthe impact of thisthat piece coach. Reuters Scandinavia, have witnessedamassive little bit of inspiration.Ifyou aremovingthe from SAI. The situation is tricky because he wasnegative,” Deysays. Fowler,aLiverpoollegend who wasthe improvement.Man City,for instance, ball quicker, then it takesthe opposition a Germanyisheading intosome sortofalock- It’s when the tournament organisers with- manager of Brisbane Roar at the time, won- were the 13th mostprolific side from little bit out of their comfortzone, create downfromMondaywiththesecondwaveun- drew all the Indians from the meet. “Theysaid dered whynoone else followedsuit. So, look at throw-ins,cornersand free kicks both setpiecesinthe 2018-19EPL.The fol- pockets of space and youcan capitalize that derway. “Weare relievedtheywill lookafter ‘youwerealltogether.’We didhavelunchtogether when EastBengal appointedhim as the forand against,” Fowler,45, tells TheIndian lowing season,once theyappointed a way,”Fowler says.“From adefensive point food and accommodation,” Jayram said after (kebabs) for15minutes (w/o masks),” he adds. manager earlier this month fortheir Indian Express. set-piece coach, theyhad maximum of view, youget alot of bodies trying to not thetournamentorganiserssaidtheywerehelp- The decision to single out the Indians is cu- Super League (ISL) debut,Fowler promptly This is the firsttime an Indianclub will goals, 23,fromdead ball situations as concede agoal. Youlookatthe fitness and less. Aseries of lax actions all-round turnedthe rious though, since the duo were in adifferent brought on boardaspecialist, Terence employ aset-piece coach,whichisstill an per The Telegraph. East Bengal areno work ethic of these teams, it is really, really European sojourn mid-pandemicintoone hotel. Deyfeels harddone by since theyhad McPhillips,not justfor throw-insbut also evolving role globally. ManchesterCity and City but if their experiment is success- good. This is what we want to do.” nightmarefor the independent, non-funded takenevery precaution.“We spentour own free kicks andcorners. Arsenal areamongthe fewtop teams in ful and other clubs in thecountryfol- Whether Fowler has the time and re- shuttlers even as the perils of smaller circuit moneytoget tested in Austria and waited two McPhillips will be EastBengal’s ‘set-piece Europe, who have adead-ball specialist in lowthem, it will, in the longterm,ben- sources –interms of quality of players –to eventsnotenforcingeveryrulestrictlywereex- hours. We did everysingle thing,” he says. coach’, anew breedofspecialists who focus their coaching staff. It isn’t surprising to see efit Indian players and help them executehis vision is adifferent question. posed.Isolatedintheirhotelrooms,theduowill ASAI spokesperson said this wasdone on primarilyonpreparing players fordead-ball twoPremier Leaguesideswarm-up to this improvetheir technicalabilities. Maybethis is wherehis team of spe- wonder howitall went wrong, despitethem humanitarian grounds and at discretion of the situations,whichare increasingly becominga concept, giventhat set-pieces have largely cialists willhavetostep-up, with focus on following everyprotocol. minister. “TheDG(Sandeep Pradhan) took the waytoscoregoals.“We knowset pieces are been seenasanEnglish approachtothe McPhillips’srather unconventionalroleas TraininginViennaaftertheDenmarkOpen, initiative afterweheardtheywerewithdrawn, important …you look at the statsofgoals for game. has an overwhelmingSpanish influence, is the set-piece coach. “Maybe, in terms of the duo had undergone the mandatoryCovid- but this is rare and wasdone onlyinthis situa- and goalsagainst. We needtotry and usethat And by extension, an Englishman intro- understandable. But Fowler insists East doing it in India,Iamabit of apioneer,” 19 test 48hours prior to the startofthe tourna- tion so that Indian players arenot lefttoothers’ to ouradvantage. So the set-piece coachwill ducing the idea in the Indian league, which Bengal will notbeateam that ‘will prima- Fowler says. ment and tested negative. “When we reached mercy.Weare in touchwith them,” she said.

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