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JOURNALISM OF COURAGE TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2021, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 14 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00, WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM CHIEFSlammJUSTICEingBOBDECentMINCESreFEWoveWORDSrprotestsandprocess, SCsuggestsstayonfarmlaws,panelfortalks SC order today; AG says stay drastic; Staying youfailedtosolve problem,says CJI the law: ANANTHAKRISHNANG BUSINESSASUSUAL courts have NEWDELHI,JANUARY11 BY UNNY IN ONE of itsrareoutbursts been very againstthe Government in re- cent times, aSupreme Court cautious bench, headedbyChief Justice SABobde, questionedthe processbehindthe enactment of APURVAVISHWANATH the farm laws andexpressed NEWDELHI,JANUARY11 deep “disappointment” over the Serum says order Centre’s handling of the farm HOWTHE Supreme Courtoper- protests. ationalisesits suggestion to stay Scheduling itsorder forto- the operation of the three farm morrow, thecourtindicated that laws andopen fresh talksvia a by govt for 11 mn it couldevenstaythe implemen- committee will be evident in its tation of the newfarm laws to order Tuesday. However, aline of ostensibly“facilitate” asolution. precedentsshows that courts doses, first lot may CJI Bobde mincedfew words: have been very cautious while “Wedonot think the Centreis BEFORETHEORDER, Farmerscelebrateafter the SC hearing, at the Ghazipur border Monday. Prem Nath Pandey passing interim orders to stay handling the issue correctly. THEFRAMING laws passedbythe Legislature. We don’t think youare being ef- “In matters involving the head out today The benchmade key fective.” constitutionality of anylegisla- observations: Suggesting that the court Farmersthank SC but draw line: tion enacted by the legislature happen either later tonight or ■ Notgetting into would appoint acommittee that and rules, courtsshould be ex- ANURADHA early morningtomorrow,”the question on repeal “will tell us if the laws areinpub- tremelyloath to pass an interim MASCARENHAS& source said on Mondayevening. lic interest,” CJI Bobde said: “We ■ Staying action on law no panel, no stay, only repeal order,”atwo-judgeSupreme PRABHARAGHAVAN The doses willbesentbymul- propose to form acommittee and isn’t same as staying law Courtbenchhad said in a2013 PUNE,NEWDELHI,JANUARY11 tiple modes of transport, in- if the government does not, then ■ Farmers’ groups can KHATTAR, DUSHYANT On Monday,the apexcourt ruling on the validity of the cluding by road and by air, the we will stay theimplementation appear before govt, why RAKHIJAGGA& RUSH TO DELHI indicatedthat it could stay the Cigarettesand Other Tobacco THE CENTRAL government has source said. of the farm Acts…Weare doing notbeforecommittee AMILBHATNAGAR implementation of the newlaws ProductsRegulationAct, 2003. signedacontractwith the Serum In Pune, SII officials said the this because youhavefailed to ■ Want to resolve,create NEWDELHI,JANUARY11 ANOTHERSUICIDE and proposedthe setting up of a “Atthe time of final adjudi- Institute of India(SII)for the sup- consignmentswould be flownto solve theproblem.Weare pro- conduciveatmosphere BID AT PROTEST SITE committee. cation,the courtcan strikedown plyof11million doses of the nearestairportand then posingtopass this order to facil- fortalks WHILE WELCOMINGthe PAGE 10 Hours afterthe court pro- the statuteiffoundultravires of Covishield, the Indian variant of driventothe depots.Some 60 itateresolution of this problem Supreme Court’s outburst ceedings, the Sanyukt Kisan the Constitution. However, op- the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine locations, including in by acommittee chosen by againstthe Centre, unions rep- Morcha, ajoint forum of farm eration of the statutecannotbe againstthe novelcoronavirus, Maharashtraand Gujarat, and us...Wewillmakethe atmos- laws can be put on hold...If laws resenting protesting farmers reiterated theirdemand forare- unions, issuedastatement stultifiedbygranting an interim the Pune-basedfirmsaid on Chennai, arementionedinthe pherecomfortable andcon- areput on hold then negotiations turneddownthe idea of acom- peal of the farm laws,not merely that read, “…weinformed order exceptwhen the courtis Monday. consignee list, the SII officials ducive fortalks. Till then the farm CONTINUEDONPAGE2 mittee to resolve the issueand astayonthem. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Doses of the vaccine could said. startshipping as early as The SII has manufactured the Monday night, asource with di- vaccine under licence in India. rect knowledge of thedevelop- The countrywill start itsmass in- Mumbai,Thane report ment told TheIndian Express. oculationprogramme against “(SII) maystart despatching Covid-19onJanuary16. Around cases of birdflu, the vaccines very soon. It may CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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` 96 per kilo Pune-basedWestern Regional SANJANABHALERAO DiseaseDiagnostic Laboratory MUMBAI,JANUARY11 on 15 pondegretsand twopar- ` 116 per kilo rots found dead in Thane and ADAY afterMaharashtrabe- three crowsfounddead in ` 60 per Dozen came the latestinthe listof Chembur in Mumbai had ruled states that reportedbirdflu out birdflu. These deaths were cases, three crowsfound dead in reportedonJanuary7. Entertainment, Mumbai and 17 birds in Thane No newdeaths of birds were tested positive forAvian reportedinMumbai on Monday. sports channels Influenza on Monday. “Crowsand notpoultrywere While samples of crowsand found infected with birdflu in Covishield vaccinetransportvehiclesarriving at the Serum now under herons from Mumbai, Mumbai and Thane. Thereare no InstituteofIndiainPune on Monday. Arul Horizon Ghodbunder in Thane and poultryunitsinMumbai, which Dapoli in Ratnagiri have been is notaninfected area. All the Mumbai Police found positive forthe H5N1 cases have been found in back- strain, samples from Beeddis- yard poultries and notincom- scanner for trict have been found positive for mercialpoultryunits. It is safeto Centre will pay for the H5N8 strain. eat eggs and poultrymeat, if they boosting TRP Incidentally, theprimaryin- arecooked for30minutes at 70 INDIA’SBIGGEST TBM IN MUMBAI vestigation conducted at the CONTINUEDONPAGE2 the first three crore India’s biggest tunnel boring machine (TBM), ‘Mavala’, will be deployedtodig 3.4-km-long EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tunnels as partofthe CoastalRoad project in Mumbai. It waslaunchedbyChiefMinister MUMBAI,JANUARY11 Bird flu triggers fresh fears, UddhavThackeray on Monday. GaneshShirsekar PAGE3 shots: PM tells CMs THE MUMBAI Police Crime any, aftervaccination. Branch, probing the Television prices of chicken, eggs crash KAUNAINSHERIFFM “...The mostimportant thing Rating Points(TRP) scam, in NEWDELHI,JANUARY11 willbetoidentify and monitor whichnews channels allegedly Astrologer claiming political links the beneficiaries who have to be paidmoneytoincrease their TRP, PARTHASARATHI ED Poultry THE CENTRE will bear the costof vaccinated.For this we will beus- is nowexpanding the scope of BISWAS&HARISH birds vaccinating three crorehealth- ing modern technology;using

PLAIN dupes ex-HC judge of Rs 8crore the probetoinclude general en- DAMODARAN mostlysafe careand frontline workers in the Aadhaar,wewillbeable to iden- EX E tertainment channels(GEC) and PUNE,NEWDELHI,JANUARY11 ● firstphase of the vaccination tify thebeneficiaries. It is my re- sports channels. has ahistory of cheatingcases, Followingthe arrest,Joint drive againstthe novelcoron- questthat real-time datagener- The Crime Intelligence Unit WINTER FORthe poultryindus- ALTHOUGH BIRDS have EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE wasarrestedlastmonth foral- Commissioner of Police (Crime) avirus disease, Prime Minister ated during the vaccination (CIU) of the CrimeBranch, which tryislikesummer forice-cream diedin10statessofar, BENGALURU,JANUARY11 legedly duping retired judge SandeepPatil said that an FIR NarendraModi told Chief shouldbeuploaded on theCo- on Mondayfiledasecond makers. The winter months are the onlyexample of Indrakala BS,68. wasregistered on the complaint Ministers on Monday. WIN platform. The states have to chargesheetinthe case against when consumption of chicken deathsinorganisedpoul- ASELF-STYLED astrologer,who The arrest wasbasedona that Ramadas “falselyclaimedto The PM stressedonthree ensurethis. Even asmall glitch three persons,includingtwo top and eggs peaks, withthoserear- tryfarmshas come from claimedaccess to toppolitical complaint filedbythe former knowsome important persons critical aspectsofthe adminis- can damagethis mission,” he said. executivesofRepublic Media, ing broiler and layerbirds also Haryana. Since birds in leaders, has been arrested by judgeatthe Wilson Garden po- and promisedtoget government tration of the vaccine: ensuring “...Another critical thingis said that “around 12 to 13 GECs realising better rates. poultryfarms aregener- Bengaluru police crime branchfor lice station alleging that jobs and government work that dataare uploadedinreal that everystate and Union and at leastthree sports chan- But this time it is different, allyisolated,chancesof allegedlycheating aretired high Ramadas had cheated herbe- done”. time foreffective monitoring of Territorywill have to ensure nels” areunder itsscanner. thankstothe outbreak of avian their catching the virus courtjudgeofoverRs8crorewith tween June 2018 and November “The CCB (CentralCrime beneficiaries; curbing rumours thereisnovaccine-relatedru- The supplementary influenza,now confirmedin10 from foreign avian the promise of a“high position” 2019 of Rs 8.27crore by promis- Branch) took asearch warrant and misinformation about the mour or misinformation. The ex- chargesheet, whichran into states —Kerala, Rajasthan, species arelow. through his connections. ing hera“high position” in the forthe accusedand raidedhis vaccine; and ensuring effective ercise cannotbebasedonifs and around 3,600pages, wassub- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 YuvarajRamadas, 52, who country's administration. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 reporting of adverse events,if CONTINUEDONPAGE2 mitted before the metropolitan magistratecourtagainst Republic Media Networkchief executive officer (CEO) Vikas PAGE 1 Khanchandani, former BARC ANCHOR Indiatakeitonthe chest, in the ribs, forgreatest of comebacks chief operating officer (COO) Romil Ramgarhia and former BARC CEO Partho Das. nings by India in 41 years, after ForIndia, aday that started questionaboutthe enormity of the comebacks,” washow The police have named SRIRAMVEERA the draw againstEngland in 1979. with thoughtsofdefeat wasas- this achievement, particularly in Australian motormouth skipper Republic COOPriyaMukherjee, MUMBAI,JANUARY11 On Monday, theybatted 131 tonishinglyturnedaround by the chaotic backdrop of the game. TimPaine welcomedPant to the chief financial officer Shiva overs with four batsmen — Pant and Pujara, both fighting re- The trips to hospitals were crease at the fall of Ajinkya Sundaraman and others, includ- AFTER THE biggestloss in Cheteshwar Pujara(77), Rishabh demption battles of their own. punctuatedbyvisitstothe match Rahane, whodepartedinthe sec- ing “other related relevant per- Adelaide andthe grandestwinin Pant(97),HanumaVihari(23not During thatheady second ses- refereetocombat racisttaunts ondoverofthe day. It wasade- sons of Republic TV”, as wanted Melbourne, this Test series of ex- out)and Ravi Ashwin (39 notout) sion, India even dared to dream from thecrowd. Theevenings liberatesledgesince Pant had CONTINUEDONPAGE2 tremes threw up the greatest —playing over100 deliveries of avictory. But afterthose two were spentonthe table of the been hit on the elbowinthe first draw in Sydney. each. fell, an injured Vihari, who was masseur and in huddles to drafta innings. But the young Indian In the end, India's pride was And although the Australians playing forhis career,and Ashwin, plantoput the racists out of the wicketkeeper kept quietand EXPRESSNETWORK leftscarless despiteabroken perspired to conjurearesult in who lovesagoodsporting brawl, ground. The nightscarriedmur- walked over to chat with Pujara. hand, abruisedelbow, asore their favour,theywereleftcurs- made adrawfeel likeawin. murs from the Indian board Butsoon, Pant’s batbegan to hamstring, andafew dentsonthe ing in the shadows—their frus- Would an Indian team of the about apossible boycottof dothetalking.He went onarous- SHRIPADNAIK chestastheyhungon to finishthe tration amplifiedbystump mi- pasthavebattledsomanyinjuries Brisbane, the venue of the final ing attack,launching himself into INJURED,WIFEKILLED final dayat334 forfive, leaving crophones and later paradedby withsuchatalented and tena- Test.The days were spenttussling off-spinner Nathan Lyon. He did- INACCIDENT the four-game series at 1-1,with Indian fans as proud GIFs, mock- RAshwin (right), Hanuma Vihari afterholding offAustralia cious back-up group putting up a with the snarling Australians on n’t getcarriedaway though, as he PAGE 10 one moreTesttogo. ing emojis, and celebratoryhash- to ensure adrawinthe thirdTest, at Sydney, Monday. AP stirring fight likethis? The juryis the field. playedthe pacers on merit, This wasthe longestfourth in- tags. out on that one. But thereisno “Welcome to the greatestof CONTINUEDONPAGE2 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,JANUARY12,2021

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TADA court SC suggests stay women areinthe ground.Why suade them”, said the CJI. However, thereare instances sations, the socialsector,self-help Deathsof poultrybirds have so far about anydeaths of birds. areold people in the farmer The CJI alsosought sugges- of staying the operation of alaw groups,” the PM said. Most been confirmedonlyfrom Residentscan call on 1916 if they frames charges will have achance to work out.” protests?” the CJI asked and tions on names of former judges indirectlybystaying aruling of awareness will be required after Parbhani in Maharashtraand notice anydead bird. The com- As the courtwas about to rise addedthat the courtdid notwant whocanheadthe proposedcom- the High Courts.Ashappenedin the completion of the firsttwo Barwala in Haryana. In Parbhani, plaintswill be handledbythe re- against Yasin forthe day, Solicitor General to comment on the agitation. mittee.DavesuggestedformerCJI September lastyear when the rounds,whenthe 3-croreprior- free-rangebackyardhens have spective ward offices. The BMC Tushar Mehtatold the bench, also Withthe AG opposingstaying Justice RMLodha’s name.CJI Supreme Courtreferredtoa ity group has been vaccinated,he died; the deaths in has also setuparapid response Malik, 9others comprising Justices ASBopanna of the laws,the CJI wonderedif Bobde said he had already spoken largerbenchabatchofpetitions added. organisedpoultryfarmshaveoc- team, including twoveterinari- and VRamasubramanian,that the courtcan staytheimplemen- to his predecessor Justice P challengingaBombayHighCourt To ensureeffective tracking, curredinBarwala,whichisan ans. the courtmade “harsh observa- tation of the lawwithout staying Sathasivamwho had expressed ruling that upheld the digital certificates mustbegiven egg-producing hub. The 120-odd “The usual precautions for ARUNSHARMA tions” to whichthe CJI said: “That the law. The AG said this wasone hisinabilitycitinghis difficulty in Maharashtralaw granting reser- to the beneficiaries, he told Chief farms herehouse onlylayer birds. Covid-19, likewearing amask, JAMMU,JANUARY11 wasthe mostinnocuousfactual and the same. “Staying alaw and understanding Hindi. vationto Marathasin jobsand ed- Ministers at the meeting that took “The carriers of the flu virus should suffice as apreventive thing forustosay.” staying the implementation of a ucational institutions. place by video link.“From this aremostlymigratorybirds from mechanisminthis caseaswell. MORETHAN31 yearsaftertheab- Thecourt’s remarks come af- lawisdifferent. We canalways Farm unions The implementation of alaw certificate,wewillknowwhohas Siberiaand other cold regions We have notfound anythreat to duction of RubaiyaSayeed, terthe latestround of talksbe- stay an executive action under a (our lawyers) that we areunani- can be halted on threenarrow receivedthe dose; and it will act that come to India during public health yet,” Additional daughterof thethenUnionHome tween the protesters andthe gov- law”, said the CJI. mouslynot agreeable to go before grounds. The firstground is leg- as areminder of when the second November-Februarytoescape MunicipalCommissioner Suresh MinisterlateMufti Mohammad ernment on January8failedto Senior AdvocateHarish Salve, anycommitteethat maybeap- islative competence,that is, if the dosehas to beadministered.After the extreme winters there. They Kakani said. Sayeed,Special TADA JudgeSunit makeany headway andunions who is appearing foraDelhi res- pointedby the SC due to stubborn courtfinds that Parliament has no the second dose, afinal digital cer- live close to waterbodies here, Mumbai's Byculla zoo has GuptaonMondayframedcharges claimedtheyhad been asked by ident who has highlighted diffi- attitude of the government.” powertolegislateonasubject. tificatewillbegenerated,” Modi from wherelocal birdscontract stepped up sanitation and hy- against10accused, including the government to go to court,a culties causedtocitizens by the The statement also reiterated The othertwo grounds areif said. the virus.Butthese wouldbefree- giene measureswhile all birds are Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front move,theysaid, theywereop- protests,said theremustbeanas- that “all the farmers' organisa- the lawviolates fundamental living birds,notthe ones raisedin being kept under increasedvigil. chief Yasin Malik. posedto. surance that farmers will notturn tions who arespearheading the rightsorany other provisions of Indian comeback organisedpoultryfarms,” FollowingUniongovernment BesidesMalik, chargeswere “What consultative process their backifthe laws areput on fight againstthe farm laws are the Constitution respectively. driving and pulling as per the sit- Soundararajan, whose company guidelines, all 8,000poultrybirds framedagainstAli Mohammad has been followedfor farm bills hold. unanimous in their decision that AttorneyGeneral KKVenugopal uation. AgainstLyon, he wasan is India’slargest broilerproducer, within 1kmradius of the infected Mir,Mohammad ZamanMir, that entirestatesare up in rebel- “Weare nothaving alasthear- the laws mustberepealed.” arguedMondaythat none of the overwhelming force; againstthe told The Indian Express. poultry farm at Murumba in IqbalAhmad Gandroo,Javed lion?” asked CJI Bobde. “Weare ing. Theywill appear before the Dr Darshan Pal, coordinator of pleas filedchallenging the three pacers, he wasmethodical. Dr ASRanade, dean of Parbhanidistrictwillbeculledon Ahmad Mir alias Nalka, sorryto saythatyou, as the Union committee”, the courtsaid the Morchaand president of farm laws invokesthese grounds. Pujara, meanwhile, negoti- Mumbai VeterinaryCollege, said Tuesday. Mohammad RafiqPahlooalias of India, arenot able to solve the adding that senior Advocate KrantikariKisanUnion, Punjab, The government’sopposition ated the situation perfectly. He chances of birds in organised In all, 398poultrybirds were Nana Ji alias Saleem, Manzoor problem. Youhavemade alaw Dushyant Dave had said so. said farmers won’t participatein to the possibility of astayagainst playedhis shots,rotatedthe strike poultry farms getting infected found dead in the stateon AhmedSofi, Wajahat Bashir, without enoughconsultationre- Intervening, Dave said there anyproceedings before acom- the farm laws foreshadows an- and defendedsolidly. Runs came were very low. This is because Monday--seven inParbhani, 60 Mehraj-ud-Din Sheikh and sulting in astrike. Nowyou have are400 organisations and he mittee that maybeappointed by other faultlinethatcouldemerge in aflood but Pant fell and so did theyare kept in near isolation. in Latur,265 in Nagpur,12in Showkat Ahmad Bakshi. to resolve the strike”. would needtoseekinstructions the Supreme Court. “Thematter from the Supreme Court's inter- Pujara,leaving Indiainacorner at Nanded, one in Sataraand 50 in Referring to confessional The courtsaid it is concerned onappearing before the commit- is between us and the govern- vention –formation of acommit- the teabreak.With Jadeja’sleft Ex-judge duped Ahmednagar.Three and two statementsbyMohammad about anylikelydisruption of tee. The CJI wonderedwhyfarm- ment;wedon’t want to prolong teetodiscuss the lawwith thumb broken and bandaged,the house. In thesearch,Rs26lakh in crowswerefound dead at Zaman Mir and Ali Mohammad peace. “Who is going to be re- ers’associationswhichappeared it,” he said. protestingfarmers.The Supreme pursuit of awin evaporated and cash and cheques addressed to Nandedand Gondia districts, re- Mir before the magistrateunder sponsible forbloodshed? We before the government couldn’t Joginder Singh Ugrahan, pres- Courthas previouslyset up com- the possibility of adraw, too, be- theaccusedworth Rs 91 crore spectively. Section 164ofCrPC regarding needtouphold Article 21 (protec- appear before the committee. identofBKU Ugrahan,the largest mittees, delegatingsome of its gantoget clouded. were seized,” Patil said. Their samples have beensent their involvementand the role of tion of lifeand liberty) as a Senior AdvocateColin farmer union in Punjab, told The powers to the members to imple- Ashwin,his wifewould later Incidentally, Ramadas had ob- to the National InstituteofHigh otheraccused,thejudge observed Constitutional court. What if Gonsalves, appearing forsome of IndianExpress,“Ourdemand is for mentoroverseealaw or an order tweet, wasunable to “stand tainedanticipatorybail in June Security Animal Diseases in that he wasofthe considered some conflagration takesplace?” the farmers’ unions saidhe, Dave, arepeal of the laws;not justastay of thecourt. Forexample, in 2017, straight” in the morning,ridden and December 2020 in another Bhopal fortesting. In Yavatmal, viewthat“sufficient grounds ex- asked the CJI. AdvocatePrashant Bhushan and on them. We appreciate the in ajudgmentthatdrew criticism by a“terrible back” pain. He case, forallegedly cheating a eight peahens were found dead. ist’’ fordrawing prima faciepre- As the hearing wound to a Senior Advocate HSPhoolka, Supreme Court’s hearing in and wassubsequentlyrolled “couldn’t bend down” to tie his Mumbai businessmanofRs10 Overall, 1,621deathsof birds have sumption that Yasin Malik,Ali close, the benchsaid it maypass were part of acommittee consti- whichtheyhavesnubbedthe back, theSChad directed setting shoelaces. But the game hung on croretosettleaproperty dispute. been reportedsince January8in Mohammad Mir,IqbalAhmed orders MondayorTuesday. tuted by the farmers.“All of us Centrefor notresolving the issue up of familywelfarecommittees his backashewent to join aham- In her complaint,the retired the state. Gandroo, Manzoor AhmedSofi, When AttorneyGeneral KK will consult unions and take a till now. We don't, however, ac- to assess complaintsofdomestic strung Vihari. Together,ball by judgestatedthat she wasintro- Commissioner (Animal Mehraj-u-Din Sheikh and Rafiq Venugopal urgedthe courtnot to stand on this”. ceptthe idea of setting up acom- violence before being investi- ball, theyrebuilt the innings. The ducedtoRamadas, alias Swamy, Husbandry) SachindraPratap AhmedPahloohavecommitted be in ahurry andkeep the orders Venugopal said talkswitha mittee… We hope the SC will gatedbypolice. stumpmicrophone caught in 2017-18byaretired SP who Singh said: "Asmanyas843hens theoffencesof enteringintocrim- forTuesday, the benchshotback: (court-appointed)committee keep public interestinmind and However, acommittee to rec- Ashwin advising his partner in wasknown to her since 2000. in Parbhani, 15 egretsand other inal conspiracy,kidnapping “Wehavegiven youaverylong maynot yield aresult if farmers’ direct the Centretorepeal these ommend whether alaw mustbe Tamil: “Let’s play10balls each”. According to the complaint, birds andninecrows in Thane Rubaiyawithanintentionto mur- rope. Don’t lecture us on patience. unions reiteratetheir repeal-and- laws.” stayed or repealedor, as Chief By the end, it turnedintoaplayful Ramadasallegedly claimedthat have tested positive forH5N1 der and keeping her in wrongful We will decide when to pass the nothing-else demand. “They Ruldu Singh, president of the JusticeSABobdesaid, to decideif Tamil cryof, “aadu mama,aadu he could predict the futureand strain. Elevencrows from Beed confinement underprovisions of order.” needtogivesuggestions clause Punjab Kisan Union, said, “If the the laws arein“public interest,” mama! (playon, man; playon, told the former judgeshe was have testedpositive forH5N8. We Ranbir Penal Code, apartfrom The benchwas hearing a by clause if it’s notintheir inter- SC can stay the farm laws,they is newterritory forthe judiciary. man!). destinedfor ahigh position. He areyet to receive theremaining Terrorists andDisruptive Activities clutchofpetitions challenging the est”. can direct the Centre to repeal Until that phase, the allegedly claimedtohaveaccess reports from the Bhopal labora- (TADA) Actand Indian ArmsAct. validity of the three farm laws. The SC said it trusts lawyers them as well. We respect the Serum Australians triedtheir best -- the to topleaders in Delhi and tory." The other accused-- Venugopal opposedthe likeDave,Phoolka,Gonsalvesand courtbut we won’t go backifthe 3crore healthcareand frontline bowlers withthe ball,the fielders showedher pictures of himself in Mohammad Zaman Mir,Javed court’s suggestion to stay thelaws Bhushan to convey to the farm- laws arenot repealed...” workers will be the firstinline to withthe lip.But finally,itbecame theircompany. “The central lead- TRP scam AhmedMir,Wajahat Bashirand saying thatwouldbe“drastic”.He ersthepurposeof the committee. Prem Singh Bhangu, presi- receive the shot. clear that theyhad givenupwhen ers aresearching fordeserving accused. Republicmedia editor- Shoukat AhmedBakshi -- were pointed out that alaw cannotbe The CJI said that the protests dent of the All India Kisan At least70lakhhealthcare Paine startedtotalkabout the women candidates likeyou for in-chief Arnab Goswami has not chargedwithcriminalconspiracy, stayed by the courts unless it is can go on and the courtdoes not Federation (Punjab unit), which workerswillbeadministeredthe next Test,the finale of the series, high positions,''Ramadas is al- been namedinthe chargesheet. keeping Rubaiyaunder wrongful beyond the competence of the want anyone to sayitstifledthe is partofthe Sanyukt Kisan vaccine over the next three in avenue known to help fast leged to have told the com- Earlier,MumbaiPoliceofficers confinementand provisionsof legislatureorviolatedfundamen- agitation but once thelawsare Morcha, said, “Wecontinue to months, NITI AayogMember- bowlers. “Can’t wait to getyou to plainant. had said that theyhad evidence TADA Act. talrightsorisagainstany consti- stayed, it needs to be seen if the sticktoourdemandforarepeal. A Healthand chairofthe National theGabba (stadium in Brisbane),” According to the complaint, to showthat Goswami made pay- The10 accusedareamongthe tutionalprovision.He pointedout protestors can be removedfrom stay (onthe laws)was neverour ExpertGroup on Vaccine he told Ashwin. The exchange Ramadas told her that she would mentstoDas to spikeratings of twodozenaccusednamedbyCBI that none of the petitioners has thepresent site. “Frankly, we have demand.” Administration forCovid-19 wasloud enough to becaught up have to contributesome “party Republic media. in itscharge sheet filedbeforethe arguedthis and, on the contrary, an apprehension thatthere will Jagmohan Singh Patiala, (NEGVAC), Dr VKPaul, said. by thepitchmic.“Can’twaitto get funds” to facilitateher ascent to a “Goswami remains asuspect. TADA court. Among the others, manysupportthe laws.The CJI be someincident, whether in- member of the All India Kisan Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, chair- youtoIndia,it’ll be your lastse- high position. In the listofwantedpersons, we MohammadRafiq Darand clarifiedthat the benchwas not tendedorunintended, that may Sangharsh Coordination man of the Poonawalla Group of ries,” Ashwin retorted. According to the retiredjudge, have mentioned'relevant per- Mushtaq AhmedLone aredead declaring the laws unconstitu- breachthe peace.” Committee (AIKSCC) said, “We whichSII is part, confirmedthat she usedreturns from the sale of sons of Republic media'. We are and 12 others areabsconding. tional. The benchsaid that the “re- will discuss the hearing with our adeal hadbeen signedwith the Bird flu ahousing siteshe ownedand a awaiting some forensic audit re- On the consultative mecha- sponsibility is on all of us....As a lawyers. But one thingisclear:we government. “Weare expecting Madhya Pradesh, Himachal mortgageonanapartment to ports... the probewill continue nism,the AG saidtheprocess had courtwewill notsay youcannot want the laws to be repealed. abigger ordernext week,” he told Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Uttar arrangeRs3.77crore for and we will file another supple- Arrestedfor startedduring the term of the protest. But we can sayitisnot the What if this stay is liftedevenbe- The Indian Express on Monday Pradesh,Maharashtra, Uttara- Ramadas. When the allegedcon- mentarychargesheet,” said previous government. But the onlyplace to protest”. fore we reachPunjab?” evening. khand, and Delhi. man sought moremoney, Rs 4.50 Assistant InspectorSachin Vaze, ‘politician-terror courtsaid: “Please understand it The AG referred to reports Following the January3ap- Since last Wednesday, when crorewas arrangedthrough loans who is investigating the case. will nothelpyouthat some other about the proposedtractor rally Grounds for stay proval from the Drug Controller reports of deaths of birdsfromthe from associates, the formerjudge He added: “DuringDas' inter- nexus’ case, Para government startedit”. in Delhi and said about 2,000 convincedthat the lawisex-facie General of India, SII CEO Adar disease startedcoming in, farm- stated. rogation, it emergedthat apart Venugopal pointed outthat tractors will be driven to Rajpath unconstitutional,” the benchof Poonawalla had announcedthat gate prices of broilerchickenhave Aftercollectingthe funds, from Republic media, he wasalso named with farmers’ unions were insistent to disruptthe Republic Daycere- Justices GSSinghvi and VGopala SII would offerthe government a crashedfromaround Rs 82 to Rs Ramadas allegedly stoppedcom- involvedinincreasing TRP of that unless the laws were re- mony. Gowda had said. “special” price of Rs 200per dose 58 per kg in Maharashtra, Rs 94 munications with the retired around 12 to 13 GECs and at least Hurriyat leader pealed, their protests would con- Dave assured that nothing of Giventhat Parliament repre- forthe first100 milliondoses of to Rs 65 in Gujarat, andRs80to judgeand didnotprovide anypo- three sportschannels. The next tinue. The benchrespondedsay- that sortwould happen. He told sentsthe will of the people, the Covishield. Asked whether the Rs 70 in Tamil Nadu. sition as promised, she said. chargesheetwefile will focus on ing it wasnot getting intothe the courtthat farmers have said starting presumption is thatalaw price still remainedRs200,Dr Over the same period, egg The police probealso revealed the roles of the GECs and the ARUNSHARMA question of repeal. theyhaverelativesinthe Army passedbyParliament is constitu- Cyrus Poonawalla said, “Yes”. prices have fallen from Rs 5.10 to that Ramadas had financial deal- sports channels that paid money JAMMU,JANUARY11 “Our intention is to see if we and theyrespect Republic Day. tionalunless acourt reviewsit The government is learnt to Rs 4.20 per piece in Namakkal ings of around Rs 1.24 crorewith to hiketheir TRP.” can bring about an amicable res- Welcoming the statement on and strikes it down. The have also finalisedacontract with (TamilNadu),Rs 5.35toRs4.05 in Radhika Kumaraswamy, the ac- The officer furthersaid that ARRESTED BY theJammu and olution to the problem. That is the Republic Daymarch,the CJI Parliament's powertolegislate, BharatBiotech forits Covaxin vac- Barwala(Haryana), andRs5.30to tress who wascloselyassociated besides increasing the general Kashmir Police soon afteranNIA whyweaskedyouwhy don’t you said the police wouldtakecareof drawnfromArticle 254(1) of the cine. No confirmation was, how- Rs 4.50 in Pune. with former CM and JD(S) leader TRP of channels, manychannels courthad givenhim bail in ater- putthe lawonhold...Then we can suchissues. The right to protest is Constitution, can onlybere- ever,availablefrom either Bharat An estimated 1.3crore live HDKumaraswamy. also paid to increase the TRP of rorfunding case, PDP youth wing form acommittee with Indian intact, he said, adding that stricted if the lawviolates the Biotechchairman and managing broiler birds and 20 croreeggson particularprogrammesonprime leader WaheedUrRehman Para CouncilforAgriculturalResearch protests should belikeGandhiji’s Constitution. director Dr Krishna Ella, or the averageare solddailyinIndia,and Mumbai, Thane time to hikeadvertisement rates. wasMondayremandedtoseven- members…”, said the CJI. Satyagraha. Even in 2019,the Supreme union Health Ministry. Therewas these numbers can rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius temperature,” An officer said that 59 state- daypolice custody along with When the CJI wondered Senior AdvocatePS Courtrefusedtostayamend- also no confirmation from the croreand 28-29 croreduring said Anoop Kumar,Principal mentsofwitnesses have been in- Mukhtyar AhmedWaza alias whetherthegovernmentis “part Narasimha, appearing forthe mentsmade in 2018 to the government on the size and na- winter.The birdflu scare, how- Secretary(Animal Husbandry). cludedinthe supplementary Munir AhmedSofi, aPeople's of problem or solution,” SG Indian Kisan Union, said that ScheduledCastesand Scheduled tureofthe deal with either SII or ever,has ledtoconsumption Chief MinisterUddhav chargesheet filedonMonday. League leaderand member of the Mehtarepliedthat “weare part manyorganizations believe the Tribes AtrocitiesPrevention Act Bharat Biotech. dropping by 30-40 per cent in the ThackerayonMondayinstructed Statementsof12forensic and Hurriyat Conference. of solution” and addedthat many laws arebeneficial and urgedthe saying that alaw made by Dr Cyrus Poonawalla on last4-5 days,according to B the stateadministrationtopro- computer forensic experts,audi- The case againstthem, under farm unions had said the laws are courttohear him before anyin- Parliament cannotbestayed. Mondaysaid SII had ahugestock Soundararajan, chairman of the vide proper information to the tors and policemen have also the UAPA apart from severalIPC progressive and“we should not terim order is granted. The courtalso refusedtostay of vaccines, and appealedfor asi- Rs 8,700 crore-plus-turnover people on birdflu to prevent the been included. Sections, is of alleged linksbe- give in”. Dave wonderedwhythe gov- the Citizenship Amendment Act, multaneous rolloutforthe private Suguna Foods Pvt Ltd. spread of rumours. In ameeting The assets seizedbythe police tween politicians and terrorists. But the benchsaid therewas ernment couldn’t call ajoint ses- 2019. sector and the vulnerable group This is almost arepeatofthe with districtcollectors, he said: in the case is worthapproxi- The remand applicationsays the no petition before it whichsaid sion of Parliament and debatethe Even strongly contestedleg- of elderly people. collapse that took placeaftermid- “There is no reasontopanic,asthe matelyRs50lakh, including gold FIR wasregistered by the the lawwas beneficial andadded matter. islation suchasthe National “Whyshouldtheprivate mar- Januarylastyear,when reports of disease has notyet been trans- and silverwatches recovered Counter-Insurgency Wing of the that those who feel the laws are Senior AdvocateVivek Judicial Appointments ket and vulnerable groups, the spread of the novelcoron- mitted to humans." from Partho Das, which the po- J&K PoliceinSrinagar following progressive could saysobefore Tankha,representingsomefarm- Commission(NJAC)and Aadhaar mainlyelderly people, be de- avirus in China were gathering “Funds will bemade available lice believe were giventohim as “information from reliable and the committee. ers unionsfromMadhya Pradesh, were notstayedbythe Supreme priveduntil the government momentum. Theprice crash then to the animal husbandrydepart- bribe. confidential sources that some The CJI pointedout that before welcomedthe court’s suggestion Courtbut were,instead, stalledby starts distributing in their prior- wastriggeredby unsubstantiated ment forsetting up bio safety Last November,the Mumbai political functionaries aremisus- the NewYear recess, the court to stay the laws. the government forthe duration ity areas?” Dr Poonawalla said. rumoursabout poultryproducts, level-3 laboratoryfor the early di- Police had filedthe first ing their membership, position, had asked thegovernment Phoolka said some of those of the protracted legal battles in especiallychickenmeat, posing agnosis of the disease,” he added. chargesheetinthe caseagainst12 or affiliation withpolitical parties whether it could put the laws on who were caught from the court. PM to CMs the risk of Covid-19. Meanwhile, the people. Six channels, including and as apartofcriminal conspir- hold but therehad been no re- protestsitehadsaid theywereset Whilethe NJACAct,which buts. Acertain section wantsto This time too, fear is playing a Brihanmumbai Municipal thatof Republic Media andNews acy,theyhaveestablishedclan- sponse. up by police. contemplated asignificant role createsome barriers; thereiscor- part. The deaths being attributed Corporation (BMC) on Monday Nation, were namedforallegedly destine connections and rela- “People arecommittingsui- “I want to take arisk.Iwant forthe executiveinjudicial ap- poratecompetition. We have to to the avian influenza outbreak issuedguidelines forhandling of paying moneyfor boosting their tions with different Pakistani cide. People aresuffering in the youtotell them thatthe Chief pointments, wasstruckdownas ensure that the right information aremainlyofcrows,pigeons, birddeaths in Mumbai. The civic TRP. terroristsand secessionistorgan- cold. Who is taking careofwater Justice of India wantsthem (old being violative of basicstructure, is disseminatedto the citizen. We ducks,egrets/herons, peacocks, body has setupcontrol room and FULLREPORTSON isations operating in J&K’’. and food? Old people and people)togoback. Tryand per- the SC upheld the Aadhaar Act. have to involvereligious organi- and other wild or migratorybirds. appealedto residentstoinform it www.indianexpress.com WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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25 lakh syringes in stockto COASTAL ROAD PROJECT NCBquizzes start Covidvaccinedrive WillwinbattleofMumbai’sdevelopment, Muchchad Jalna and Mumbai,” Patil said. In Paanwala TABASSUM Mumbai, additional municipal BARNAGARWALA commissionerSureshKakanisaid Mumbai: The Narcotics Control MUMBAI,JANUARY11 apartfromRNCooper Hospital, CMsaysatlaunchofnation’sbiggestTBM Bureau(NCB) on Monday RajawadiHospitalandBKCjumbo recordedthe statement of BRIHANMUMBAI MUNICIPAL facility willalso be preppedwith Jaishankar Tewari, popularly Corporationhas 16 centres ready video conferencingfacilities. coastalroadcontinued.In1995, known as ‘Muchchad Paanwala’ to startanimmunisation drive, The BMC has prepared vacci- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE we had constructed 55 flyovers —afamous paan seller at Kemps of whichninewill be activated nation centres in 12 peripheral MUMBAI,JANUARY11 in Mumbai. This wasnot enough Corner in south Mumbai —in on January16, when the country hospitals and four medicalcol- and acoastalroad connecting the connection with adrugcase. rolls out vaccination against leges. Fornow,itplans to activate CHIEF MINISTER Uddhav city wasneeded. It will proveto Basedonthe statement of Covid-10. Threeofthesecen- centresinCooper,KEM,Sion,Nair, Thackeray,while launching be beneficialinreducing traffic three persons, who were ar- tres— at Dr RN Cooper Hospital, Rajawadi, Bhabha,Kandivali India’s biggesttunnel boring ma- in central Mumbai, as motorists rested on Saturday, thepolice BKCjumbo facilityand Rajawadi Shatabdi and VNDesai hospitals, chine(TBM) to be usedinthe can directlyreachsouth Mumbai searched Tewari’s residenceon Hospital— will have avideo con- along with the BKCjumbofacility. ambitious coastal road project, from the other end of the city.” Sundayand found some sub- ferencing facility setup, through Around1,500healthworkershave said on Mondaythat his govern- According to the BMC, TBM stances falling under the ambit whichPrime MinisterNarendra been trainedtoexecutethe vacci- ment will win the “battle of Mavalais12.15mindiameterand of the NDPSAct,anofficersaid. Modi will interact with benefici- nation process during the drive. Mumbai’s development” likeit willdrilla2.07-kmlongtwintun- “Weare currentlyrecordinghis aryhealth workers. Officialssaidtheyexpectto re- had successfullytackledthe nel under Malabar Hill and sea statement. Adecision regarding Across Maharashtra, 25 lakh ceive the firstbatchofvaccines Covid-pandemic 19. near Girgaon Chowpattty.Both the next course of actionwill be syringes have been procured.In from the SerumInstituteofIndia. Thackeray’s statement thetunnelswillpass10 mto70m takensoon,” the officer added. Mumbai, 50,000 syringes arein Thevaccines,withadoseof 0,5ml comesinthe backdropofBJP belowtoconnect Princess Street Tiwari has ownedapaan stocktostartthevaccinationdrive. each, aretobedeliveredinagap calling ShivSena an “anti-devel- Flyover to PriyadarshaniPark. shop at the spotsincethe 1970s “Wehavedemanded67lakhsy- of 28days.“We areyet to getspec- opment party” over the shifting The BMC has completedover and countsamong his clients ringes, and we have received 25 ifications forCovaxin. We do not of the Metrocar shedfromAarey 20 per centworkonthe 10.58- severalhigh-profile celebrities, lakh syringes so far. Theremain- know itsdosage,” said Kakani. to Kanjurmarg, leading to delay km coastalroad project, esti- includingfilmstars likeJackie ing 42 lakhsyringeswill soon be Officials said an entirefloor, in the completion of the project. mated to costRs12,721 crore. So Shroff.Known to be running a deliveredbycentre,”saidstateim- measuring 5,000 squarefeet, in India’s biggestTBM has been far, Rs 1,300crore has been spent good business, he also employs munisation officer Dr DN Patil. Kanjurmargbuilding is ready to christened‘Mavala’ afterthe in- on the constructionwork. workers. He is currentlythe third Patil addedthe stateisready to storevaccines. The floor can fantrywarriors in the armyof Officials said that tunneling generation proprietorfrom startvaccinationfromJanuary16. storeupto1.2 crorevials. Each MarathawarriorkingChhatrapati will take 18 months. “First600 Tiwaripur in Uttar Pradesh. Therewill be 511vaccination vial will be of 5mland can be Shivaji. it will be deployedtodig mofthe tunnel on the Malabar An officer said he wasques- centresinprimaryhealthcentres, usedtovaccinate10people. If 3.4-km-longtunnelsaspartofthe Hill side requires digging tionedinconnection with the re- sub-districthospitals,ruralhospi- the firstbatchofvaccines ex- coastalroadproject –a22.2-km Chief MinisterUddhavThackeray,along with ministerson Aaditya, at the launchofthe TBM through basalt rock.The TBM covery of 75 kg of marijuana, 125 tals, municipal corporations run ceeds 10 lakhdoses, it will be long freewaythat would run on Monday.Ganesh Shirsekar will drill 8to10mdaily. It was kg of marijuana-kind of material hospitals, medical colleges and stored in the Kanjurmargbuild- along Mumbai’s western coast- brought to Mumbai from China and manycannabi buds im- jumbo facilities. “Eachstate has ing. If smaller batches aretrans- line, connecting Marine Linesin lastApril. However, work was portedfromthe US and recov- been asked to selecttwo centres, ported, then the vaccines will di- thesouthto Kandivaliinthenorth. initelywin the battle of develop- ence(fordevelopment) contin- Sealink,reducing traffic. The BMC delayeddue to Covid-19,” said an ered from British national Karan wherebeneficiariescantalkto the rectlybestoredinthe four “The BMC’s work against ment.Forthis, we willensurethat ues,” Thackeray said. has done outstanding planning official, adding that the coastal Sajnani. Besides Sajnani, two healthministerandprimeminis- medical colleges, eachhaving a Covid-19has been acknowledged our tradition of bringing the He added, “The coastalroad in executing the project. Despite road project is expected to be others have been arrested in the ter. We have selected centres in capacity to store50,000 doses. worldwide.Likewise, we will def- world’s best technology and sci- will further connecttoBandra the pandemic, work on the completedbymid-2023. case. ENS CONGBLUEPRINTFOR BMCPOLLS Arjun Rampal’s sister questioned

Mumbai: The NCBonMonday Monday. Freewater ®ularisationfor slum questionedArjunRampal’s sis- While searchingArjun terinconnection with adrug Rampal’s house earlier,the NCB case in whichthe actor wasalso had found twomedicine strips, households, janatadarbarsacross city quizzedearlier.Komal Rampal, whichfell underthe ambit of the who had expressed herinability NDPS Act. The actor could not to appear before theagencyfol- furnish anyprescription for Riddledwith factionalism, party’s Mumbai unitset to undergo restructuring lowing an earlier summon, ap- them but had said that one of the peared before the ED on medicines wasfor his sister. ENS While Sena hasindicatedthat SANDEEPASHAR Afterdeclaring itsintent of contesting the BMC it wantsall Maha Vikas Aghadi Komal Rampal at the Narcotics Control Bureauoffice in MUMBAI,JANUARY11 elections independently, the Mumbai Congress constituentstocontestthe BMC Mumbai on Monday. Ganesh Shirsekar polls in an alliance, Jagtap reiter- FREE WATER forall slum- has drawnupaplan to regain itslostsupportbase ated that the Mumbai Congress dwellers, regularisation of post- among voters. It has optedfor the ‘triedand tested’ wasfirmlyofthe viewthat the 2000 slum homes, and janata party should go it alone. “Afterall, darbars across Mumbai where plan of wooing city’s slum voters with freebies we have to do justice to the ministers from the party will re- party’s cadre. Congress has work- solve grievances of the people. ers acrossall 227wards.” This is Congress’ blueprintfor re- the pastdecade, sources said. NorthIndian migrant Hindu vote, Riddledwithfactionalism, connectingwithvoters and re- “The BMC wasobligated to once aloyal supportbase of the the party has also decidedto“re- viving itsfortunes in Mumbai provide watersupply connec- Congress in Mumbai, has shifted structure” itslocalunit. “Wewill aheadofthe BMC polls next year. tions to slums up to 2000.But we almostentirelytowards theBJP. ensurerepresentation of every Afterdeclaring itsintent of arein2021now.Lakhs of new To stay politicallyrelevant, section,” said Jagtap. contesting the BMC elections in- slums have sprung up since.In the Congress nowwantstowoo Takingaleaf fromAAP’smodel dependently, the Mumbai the absence of legalisedwater the slum voter.Taking on BMC, inDelhi,theCongresshasdecided Congress has drawnupaplan to connections,these households controlledbyallyShivSena in to hold aseries of janata darbars regain itslostsupportbase arebeing exploited by the tanker thestate government, Jagtap ac- across Mumbai, whereministers among voters. And to do so, it has mafia. Our demandisthatevery cusedasection of civic officials from the party willgotothe peo- optedfor the “triedand tested” slum household,regardlesson of forging anexus with the ple and attempt to resolve their plan of wooingcity’s slum vot- when it came up, should be tanker mafia. “Thisnexus must grievances. “Weare calling it ers with freebies. givenfreewater,” said Jagtap. be broken,” he said. Mantri Aaplya Dari (minister at Rolling out itsfirstpre-elec- From hoisting the Congress The party has also decidedto your doorstep) initiative,” said tion announcement, newlyap- flag in the BMC in an alliance push forregularisation of all MumbaiCongress’workingpres- pointed Mumbai Congress pres- with the Republican Partyof slum households that have come identCharan Singh Sapra. ident Ashok (Bhai) Jagtap told India (Athawale) in 1992, the up postJanuary2000.“The slum Further,the partyplans to The IndianExpress that the party Congress slid to just31seats in redevelopment plan mustbere- conductdistrict-wise samme- will strive to provide free water 2017.Itfailedtoopenits ac- viewed,” said Jagtap. lans(gatherings) to enthuseits supplytoall slum households. count in Mumbai in twoback- Forthe middle class, the cadre.Jagtap said thatheand According to officialrecords, to-backLok Sabha polls since Congress has backedthe pro- other party leaders will go on everysecondperson in Mumbai 2014,while managing to win posal foracomplete waiver of padyatras in variouswards to resides in aslum. As per the 2011 just four seatsinthe city in the property taxfor all houses of 500 speaktothe people.Onthe di- Census,around 52.07lakh peo- 2019 Assemblypolls. Congress’ sq ft or less.The BMC had passed rectivesofthe party high com- ple,ofthe total Mumbaipopula- decline has coincidedwiththe aresolution to this effect before mand, the party has formulated tion of 1.21 crore, resideinslum rise of BJP,whichrodePrime the 2019 Assemblypolls, but is a100-dayaction plan to gear up colonies.With legal homes being Minister Narendra Modi’s pop- yettoimplementit. forthe 2022 polls. unaffordable –achronic issuein ularity to win 82 seatsinthe Mumbai –the number of slum 2017 BMC polls. residentshas grownfurther in The politicallysignificant

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10 NEWBORNS DIED IN BLAZE ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTIONCASE Bhandarahospitalfunctioningwithout HC extends relief of no coercive actiontoSonu Sood till Jan 13 fireNOCsinceitsconstructionin1981 six-storeyresidential building OMKARGOKHALE and flatsare converted into hotel MUMBAI,JANUARY11 rooms. The BMC had twice taken one radiant warmerinthe “out- demolition action. Once in the TABASSUM born section” or in the electric THE BOMBAY High Court year 2018 andthen in February BARNAGARWALA wiring, since both had sustained Mondaycontinuedtill January13 last year,and still illegal con- MUMBAI,JANUARY11 maximum damage. the stay on acivil courtorder dis- structionison, which ledtois- The four-storeycivil hospital missing actor Sonu Sood’s plea suance of notice,” Sakharesaid. THE BHANDARA District General buildinghas 482beds. Early last againstaBrihanmumbai SonuSood He added, “Thereisone Hospital, in which10newborns year,over300 morebedswere Municipal Corporation (BMC) restaurant on theground floor. diedinafire, had been operating addedfor the treatment of notice to him over illegal changes Thereisnolicense to run hotel without the mandatorynoob- Covid-19patients. made to hisJuhu building. have considered that the notice premises in the building,” jection certificate(NOC) from “The entirebuilding’s wiring The City Civil Courton wasissuedbythe complainant Sakhareaddedthat acomplaint the local fire department since system is very old. We have December19had also restrained (BMC) who is hell-bentoncaus- has nowbeen filedbythe civic itsinception in 1981. raisedthis issueseveral times,” the BMC from taking coercive ac- ing harm to the property of the body at the Juhu police station. In 2015,when the hospital ahealth official said. tion againstthe actor forthree appellantsifatall itsillegal de- Justice Chavanthen inquired constructed an extension to LastNovember, the Bhandara weeks. Asingle-judgebench of mandsare notsatisfied”. with advocateSingh if the actor open asicknewborn careunit district health office had written JusticePrithvirajKChavancon- He alsostatedthat the BMC had indeed converted thebuild- (SNCU), amedical storeand a to the BhandaraNagar Parishad tinuedthis interim relief till notice wasincontravention of ing intoahotelwithout license. nutrition rehabilitation centre, to conduct afireaudit. Earlier, a January13. provisionsofthe Maharashtra “Whetheryouareconductingho- forasecond time, no fire NOC letter,again requesting afireau- Lastweek,Sood had moved Regional and Town Planning Act. tel/restaurantbusinesswithoutli- wasobtainedfromthe Bhandara dit, wassent to theNagar the High Court, challenging the Sood contendedthat the notice cense,thecourtcanaskanyques- NagarParishad. Parishad in 2018.When con- civil courtorder thatdismissed wasissuedwith“malafide in- tionspertainingto case...Ifyouare Senior district officials also tacted,BhandaraCollector his petition againstthe BMC no- tent” and was“nothing but black- notcoming to courtwith clean said that the building was Sandeep Kadam said, “The in- tice. Sood and his wifeSonali, in mailingtactics issuedatthe be- hands, thenyou will have to face handedoverbythe public works quiryison. We arelooking into Hiralal Bhanarkar (in yellowmask) and his wifeHirkanya at ahealth centreinEkodi. Express their petition filedthrough advo- hestofthe complainant (BMC)”. consequences,”the judge said. department(PWD) to the pub- the matter.” cateDPSingh,said they did not On Monday, advocate To this, Singh submitted that lic healthdepartment without LastDecember,N carryout any“illegal or unautho- Amogh Singh told the benchthat Sood is notconducting ahotel an occupation certificate. Ramaswamy, NHM Director,had rised”construction inthe six- the actor has notcarriedout any business, but the flatsare rented Since 2015,onlyone fire drill directed all districtstoconduct Thelifeofa3-day-old girl,and alandless storey Shakti Sagarbuilding. illegalorunauthorised construc- out to people. Singh addedthatit has takenplace under the fire auditsingovernment hospi- On October 27 lastyear,the tion in the Shakti Sagar building, wasdifferent from arestaurant Kayakalp scheme in 2016-17. tals. The audit till dateremains labourer couple’slasthopeofparenthood BMC had issuedanotice under and thereforethe notice was‘ex and notaconcern in this appeal. Kayakalpisanawardgivento hos- pending. Section 53 (1) of the Maharashtra facie illegal’ and no principle of BMC’s counsel also submit- pitals underthe National Health LastMay,the district had sent another baby, agirlagain, also ar- “You won’t be able to imag- Regional and Town Planning Act natural justice wasexercised.” tedthatwhile the petition was Mission(NHM) forpromoting aproposal to thestate govern- VIVEKDESHPANDE riveddead afterseven months of ine howitfeels. Our worldhas to the Soods,givingthem a However, Senior Counsel served to it on Monday, it needs safety, hygiene and cleanliness. ment seeking installation of afire NAGPUR,JANUARY11 pregnancy.And yetanother girl come crashing down. Despite month’s time to restorethe prop- Anil Sakhare, representing BMC, time to respond to thesame. Asix-member committee system with fire extinguishers, child wasborn dead twoyears living ahand-to-mouth exis- erty as per the originalplan or get said that Sood has been illegally In lightofthis, JusticeChavan comprising health and fire offi- sprinklers, hose reel and aalarm FORHIRALAL Bhanarkar,42, and later,after full nine months of tence, Iworkedday and night to approval forchanges made. converting the residential build- noted, “The order passedbythe cials as well as electricalengi- system, in the civil hospital. That his wifeHirkanya,39—both pregnancy,” said Hiralal. collect moneyrequired formy Challenging the civil court’s ing intoa‘hotel’ without permis- trial courtstaying the effect of neers is conducting adetailed in- proposal is pending with the landless labourers from Thecouple then approached wife’s treatment... and spent order of December 19,Sood con- sions or licences. impugnedorder shallcontinue quiryintothe death of 10 PWD, said officials. Uchgaon villageinSakoli tahsil aprivate doctor at Lakhni, atahsil about Rs 30,000.All that is now tended that the court “ought to “Thereare 24 rooms in the to operatetill January13.” newbornsinthe hospital’s SNCU Meanwhile, the public health of Bhandaran district —the fire town in the district, who started in vain,” Hiralal said. early January9.Ofthe 10,three department’s plan to spend incident at BhandaraDistrict treating Hirkanya to ensureasafe Hirkanya has been admitted babies sufferedburns and seven about Rs 500crore to install fire Hospital on Saturdaynot only delivery.But this time too, ababy at the primary health centrein dieddue to smokeinhalation. systems in all district and rural snuffedthe lifeout of their first girlwas born prematurelyafter Ekodi fortreatment of trauma. The babies were all born prema- hospitals as well as primary live baby, born afterfour still- sevenmonths. Underweight at The Maharashtra government tureand weighedbetween 500 health centres (PHCs) across births, but also put an end to justone kg,she wasrushedtothe has giventhe couple acheque for gm to 1.5kg. Maharashtra is yettotakeoff. their questtobecome parents. BhandaraDistrictHospitalandad- Rs 5lakhascompensation for While the SNCU’s oxygen The estimation wasdrawn up “Afterour marriagein2006, mitted to the sickneo-natal care the tragedy. pipe and electric wiring system over three years ago, officials my wifeconceivedfor the first unit (SNCU) the same day, on But the Bhanarkars have de- had melted,its air-conditioning said, afterauditing 500hospitals time afterthree years, but she had January6.The Bhanarkars’ cidednot to tryfor achildagain. system and one radiant warmer and 700PHCs. “The proposal aprematuredeliveryafter six dreams of parenthood, however, “The doctor said my wifewill were guttedinthe fire.Officials nevertook offdue to multiple months with the baby, agirl, ar- came to atragic end on January9. face arisk to her lifeifwetry for suspect the fire either startedin reasons,” asenior official said. riving dead. Twoyears later,apre- Afireatthe hospital claimed achild again. So,wehavede- matureboy wasborn dead after the livesof10newborns, includ- cidednot to pursue it further,” Lukewarm response to six months of pregnancy.In2014, ing their daughter,inthe SNCU. said Hiralal. bandh called by BJP:Police BMC begins fire audit of 14,500 hospitals hospital treating Covid-19pa- nursing homes arelocated,on Hence, we called forthe bandh.” EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tientsinGujarat caught fire.“After Mondayfour private hospitals EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE BhandaraSuperintendent of MUMBAI,JANUARY11 the Gujarat hospital case, we di- were auditedforfirecompliance. NAGPUR,JANUARY11 Police Vasant Jadhav said, “The rectedall our hospitals to do afire “Weneedafire officer to do an NCPworkers protestagainst the increaseinpetroland diesel pricesatDombivliinThane on bandh receivedasporadic re- THE BRIHANMUMBAI Municipal audit,”saidAdditional Municipal audit.The basic checks,like Monday. DeepakJoshi THE BJP call for‘Bhandarabandh’ sponse and waspeaceful.” Corporation (BMC) Monday be- Commissioner Suresh Kakani. emergency exit,working fire ex- againstinaction by the stategov- Asked if acomplaint wasreg- ganconducting acity-wide fire “The mostcommon lapses in tinguishers and sprinklers are ernment againstauthorities at isteredinthe fire incident, audit of over 14,500public and hospitals aredefunct fire extin- checked. We expectall hospitals Bhandara’s district hospital, Jadhavsaid, “Weare awaiting an private hospitals, following afire guishers and untrainedstaff in in our ward to getaudited in the whereten newborns diedinafire inquiryreport. Offenceswillbe mishap in Bhandara District firefighting. In some cases, we next 15 days,” said medical offi- Chabbria arrested in 2nd case lodged at the sickneonatal careunit registeredafter that.” General Hospital that killedten found issues with electrical cer Dr JeetendraJadhav. (SNCU) on January9,receiveda StateWomen andChild newborn babies. wiring,” Kakani added. In K-West,covering Andheri post complaint filed by Kapil Sharma lukewarmresponse, as perpolice. DevelopmentMinisterYashomati The audit will continue over In 2020, BMC constructed West,medical officer Dr Gulnar The BJP,however, has claimed Thakur visited thehospital on the next fortnight.Mumbai has five jumbo centres to treat Khansaid there are107 hospitals that the response wastotal in the Monday. Askedwhyshecouldnot 1,400private nursing homes that Covid-19patients. “Every in the ward.“The inspection be- Mishratold the courtthat the cal courtonJanuary7. wholedistrict. Bhandara-Gondia visit immediatelyafter the inci- includecorporatehospitals. In the month, we held training exer- ganonMondayevening,”shesaid. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE newFIR waslodged at the in- Within afew weeksofhis ar- MP SunilMendhe told The Indian dent, Thakur said, “My mother is government sector,thereare 12 cises in firefighting and did afire Mumbai witnessedits last MUMBAI,JANUARY11 stance of one of his business as- rest,Sharmaapproachedthe po- Express,“Thedistrictobservedto- ill and in hospital.So, Ineededto peripheralhospitals, four medical audit. All facilities were found to major fire in ahospital in sociates, who had been pressur- lice alleging that between March talbandh on Monday. We de- stay backtobewithher...” colleges, 28 maternity homes, be fire complaint” Kakani said. December,2018, when 13 pa- THE MUMBAI Police Crime ing the car designer into and May2017, he had paid mandedthat the government She added, “I mettwo of the four specialised hospitalsand BMC has nowdecidedtodo tientssuccumbed to fire in ESIC BranchonMondayarrestedcar agreeingtocertain terms and Chabbria Rs 5.3 croretodesign a should immediatelysuspend the affected families. Ithink it’s a fourstategovernmentrunhospi- another fire audit in lightof hospital, Marol. The hospital was designer Dilip Chabbria in con- conditions. Theremay be other vanity bus forhim.Astherewas civil surgeon and in-charge doc- tragedywheregrief can’t be ex- tals.Along with this, five ESIC hos- Bhandaramishap.The Chief Fire undergoing repairs and renova- nectionwiththe second FIR it FIRs, whichhaveactuallyrisen no progress made till 2019, tors at the hospital before pro- pressedinwords. They have pitals will also be audited. Officer has been appointedto tion work.The fire had spread had registeredagainsthim, in from acivil dispute, the lawyer SharmaapproachedtheNational ceeding with the inquiry. But the sufferedtrauma andweneedto The lastauditinMumbai was monitor the drill. In the L-ward due to combustibleitems kept in whichactor-comedian Kapil said, adding that it has been Company LawTribunal, which government hasn’t done that. help them...” ordered in mid-2020, when a covering Kurla, where62private basement. Sharmaisthe complainant. coloured to showacriminal case went on to direct that DCDPL’s The police had arrested to harass Chabbria. bank accountsbefrozen. Chabbria on December 28, last Investigating Officer Riyaz Lastyear,when Chabbria Pune: Coaching year,for allegedlytaking out Kazi, however, told the courtthat sent abill of Rs 1.2crore to MUMBAI BUILDING REPAIRS AND multiple loans on the sports car Sharma wasarenowned Sharma as parking chargesfor classestoreopen he manufactured before selling Bollywood actor,who cannotbe the spotwherethe yet-to-be- RECONSTRUCTION BOARD them to customers. compelledtofile acomplaintfor completedvanity vanwas to be (A Regional Unit of MHADA) for senior classes Assistant Inspector(Crime the registration of an FIR. kept,the comedian approached E-TENDERNOTICE Intelligence Unit) Sachin Vaze Chabbria wasarrestedini- the police. LastSeptember, DIGITALLY Signed &unconditional online Tender in form "B-1" (Percentage Rate) are invited by the Executive Engineer C-1 Div. Pune: The PMC has givenpermis- said, “Chabbria has been ar- tiallyonallegations that he had Sharma filedacomplaint with M.B.R. &R.Board, 66, Dadarkar Compound, Tardeo, Mumbai-34, from the contractors registered with PWD/ MHADA/ CPWD/ sion to coaching classes to begin rested in the second FIR regis- been registeringsome DC the Economic Offences Wing CIDCO/ MES/ MJP/ MIDC/ Indain Railway /BPT /MCGM in the corresponding appropriate class of contractor. classroomteachingforstudentsof teredagainsthim forcheating Avanti sports cars, designedand (EOW). The EOWwas conduct- Sr. Name of Work Amt. Put to Earnest Security Deposit Cost of Class of Time Limit classIXandabove,whiletakingall Sharma.” He addedthat besides manufactured by his company ing apreliminaryenquiry(PE) No. Tender in Money (2%) (50% initially blank contractor necessaryprecautionsrequired Sharma, six morecomplainants Dilip Chabbria Designs Private when the Crime Brancharrested (1%) &50% through tender due to the pandemic. “The coach- have approachedthe police with Limited (DCDPL), in twostates. Chabbria lastmonth. Bill) ing classes forstudents of ClassIX allegations againstChabbria. He would then allegedly use Lastweek,the policecalled 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and above can be startedfrom Chabbria, who is in judicial these vehicles to getloans from Sharma to recordhis statement, Bldg. No. 242-244, Bara Imam Road, ` 8,15,000/- ` 8,150/- ` 17,000/- ` 560/- Class-VII & 12th Months January12with due precaution- custody at aschool in Taloja, was non-banking financial institu- following which, the PE —regis- 1. (Board-Fund) (In Anticipation of (50% initially & above (Including arymeasures. However, they brought to themagistratecourt tionsand sell them to cus- teredbythe EOW—wascon- Administrative Approval) 50% through Bill Monsoon) should be outside containment on Monday, as the police sought tomers without informing verted intoanFIR on chargesof zones,”saidMunicipal Commi- his custody. them about the loans. He was criminal misappropriation and Sr.No. Stage Description Date &Time ssioner Vikram Kumar. ENS Chabbria’slawyerVagish sent to judicial custody by alo- cheating. 1. Publishing Date 14.01.2021 at 10.00 AM 2. Document Sale Start 14.01.2021 at 10.05 AM 3. Document Sale End 28.01.2021 at 05.30 PM Activist questioned over FB post shared in April 4. Bid Submission Start 14.01.2021 at 10.05 AM 5. Bid Submission End 28.01.2021 at 05.35 PM ficers took her to theMRAMarg author of the post, Mohsin community,the courtwas told. 6. Technical Bid Opening To be Communicated with Bidders Separately. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE policestation. She saidthatshe Shaikh, were named, wasfiled Potdar maintains that she had 7. Price Bid Opening To be Communicated Qualified Bidders Only. MUMBAI,JANUARY11 wastoldtofill an arrest form and under sections 153A(1) (pro- notshared the postinquestion. wasasked herfor the details of a moting enmity between differ- Shewas initiallygranted in- 1. The complete bidding process will be online (e-tendering) in two bid system. All the notifications and detailed terms and THE MUMBAI Police on Monday familymember who could be in- entgroupsongrounds of reli- terim protection by thecourtbut conditions regarding this tender Notice hereafter will be published on line on website http://mahatenders.gov.in. 2. Bidding documents can be seen, downloaded and uploaded on the website http://mahatenders.gov.in, from date detainedand questionedactivist formedabout her arrest. gion, race) and 34 (common itwaslatervacated,withthecourt 14.01.2021 (10.05 AM) to date 28.01.2021 (5.30 PM). Harshali Potdar forsharing a She addedthat her brother intent) of the Indian Penal Code. rejecting her pre-arrest bail. The 3. The payment for Tender Form Fee and Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) must be made online. Facebook postlastApril, citing wascalledand told that she was The post, pertaining to a court,whiledenyingheranticipa- 4. Technical Bids will be openedtobeCommunicated with Bidders separately &Price bid will be opened after opening of that it had the potential to create being arrested andthat she Tablighi Jamaat congregation torybail,hadsaidthatthesections qualified tenderer of technical documents at office of Executive Engineer C-1, Div.M.B.R.&R.Board, A66 Dadarkar “communal tension in society”. would be producedbeforethe lastMarch,criticisedthe govern- under which Potdar has been Compound, Tardeo, Mumbai-34, on website https://mahatenders.gov.in 5. E-Tenderer should submit original documents (those were uploaded during bid Preparation) for verification at the time of Lastweek,the sessions court court on Tuesday.“Till 6.30 pm, I ment and certain media houses booked areprima facie serious Technical Bid opening or as and when Authority ask for the same before preparation of Appraisalreports to submit the had rejected Potdar’s anticipa- wasbeing told that it is aformal forblaming the group forthe andrequiredetailedinvestigation. Same to L1 bid accepting Authority. tory bailapplication withthe po- arrest.Thereafter, Iwas told that spread of Covid-19. The police al- The police had claimedthat 6. E-Tenderer should submit information and scanned copies in PDF format in Technical Envelope as mentioned in Technical Offer. lice submitting that her custodial my statement would be leged that the post, whichwas Potdar had givenitadifferent 7. Contractors covered under category mentioned above except MHADA/PWD will be required to upload scanned copy of interrogation wasnecessary recorded. Idonot knowwhy this deletedlater,pitchedtwo com- phone than the one she wasus- solvency certificate to the extent of 20% of the estimated cost at the time of bid submission. since the postwas “serious”. wasdone,” she said. munities againsteachother and ing at the time of the publication 8. The Executive Engineer C-1 Div.M.B.R. &R.Board, 66, Dadarkar Compound, Tardeo, Mumbai- 34. reserves the right to accept or reject any or all tenders without assigning any reason. Around 2.30 pm on Monday, AnofficerfromMRAMargpo- itspublication duringthe pan- of the post. It had alsoclaimed 9. In case of the rate quoted below the estimated tender cost, the (L1) 1st lowest bidder should have to deposit additional officers from the MRAMargpo- lice said that she wasquestioned demiccould “instigate” people, that therewerepreviousof- performance security deposit within 8days after date of opening of tender.Ifhefailed to submit the additional performance lice approachedPotdar at a aboutthecellphoneshewasusing leading to seriousconsequences. fences againstPotdar —mostly security deposit then (L2) 2nd lowest bidder will be asked and if he (L2) is agree to carry out the work below %than (L1) 1st lowest restaurant and asked her to ac- whenshehadsharedthepostand Potdar’s lawyer Ishrat Khan pertaining to protests. bidder quoted rate, then his offer will be accepted. For more information please refer Detail Tender Notice. companythem. She wastaken wasasked to hand it over. had told the sessions courtthat Potdar wasalso namedasan 10. Guidelines to download the tender documents and online submission of bids can be downloaded from website https://mahatenders.gov.in, Help Support :1800-233-7315, EMail- [email protected] to the police station, whereshe The MRAMargpolice had the allegations arefalse and that organiser of the Elgaar Parishad For queries on Tenders Maharashtra Portal, Kindly contact wasquestionedand allowedto earlier claimedthat acomplaint the complaint wasfiledonlyto eventheld in Pune on December Tel: 1800 3070 2232 /0120-4001002 /0120-4200462 /0120-4001005 /0120-6277787. leave at 7pm. wasfiledafter apolice officer – harass her and restrain her from 31,2017inthe FIR lodged by the General Manager Sd/- Later,inaFacebook live ses- partofthe special branch’s social carrying out social work.Potdar, Vishrambaug police. The NIA, (Bhimrao kale) sion, Potdar said that she was media lab–saw the postonApril an alumnus of Tata Instituteof whichtookoverthecasefromthe MHADA- Leading Housing Authority in the Nation Executive Engineer "C-1" Div. havinglunchatarestaurant in 1onPotdar’s Facebook profile. Social Sciences, has actively Pune Police lastJanuary, has not CPRO/A/19 M.B.R. &R.Board, MHADA, Mumbai. south Mumbai, when police of- The FIR, in whichPotdar and the takenupissues facedbythe Dalit chargesheetedher. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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HEARING NEXT WEEK Suspend job Vaccinedoseslikelytostartarrivingfromtoday, recruitment till SC lifts stay over500immunisationsitesready:Healthdirector on Maratha reservation: states Uddhav asks admin to ANURADHA The UnionMinistryofHealth MKM to govt MASCARENHAS 19.71lakh and FamilyWelfare has directed PUNE,JANUARY11 stateHealthdepartmentstoen- coordinate with agencies TOTALPOSITIVECASES surethat all beneficiaries forvac- MAHARASHTRA DIRECTOR of INMAHARASHTRA cination against Covid-19, in- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Health, Dr Archana Patil, on Active Cases 52,288 cluding healthcareworkers and for vaccine programme MUMBAI,JANUARY11 Mondaysaidthe statewas ex- NewCases 2,438 frontline workers, areregistered pecting vaccine doses from on CoWIN software. The data- THE MARATHA Kranti Morcha Tuesday,and arrangementsare TotalDeaths 50,101 baseofhealthcareworkers on EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Thackeray metwith (MKM) on Mondayurged the being made to transportthe NewDeaths 40 CoWIN softwarewillbefrozen MUMBAI,JANUARY11 the statehealth stategovernment to suspend the doses to regional centres in the Quarantined23.2 lakh on January12, according to an recruitment process in govern- state. emailfromDrMahesk Kumar CHIEF MINISTER Uddhav department andthe ment jobs till the Supreme Court Tested 1.34 crore Atotal of 511vaccination Aggarwal, Additional Thackeray on Mondayinstructed Covid task forceonthe lifts thestayonMaratha reserva- sites have been readiedin Commissioner of the Ministryof the stateadministration to coor- availabilityofthe tion under Sociallyand Maharashtraaspartofthe 2,99,326 Health and FamilyWelfare, dinatewith all concernedagen- EducationallyBackwardClass vaccine,its proper preparation forthe rollout of the TOTALPOSITIVE whichhas been sent to state cies as per Centre’s directions for (SEBC) category. Covid-19vaccine. As manyas7.5 Passengers coming from Gujarat being screenedat CASESINMUMBAI Health Departments. the successfulimplementationof transportation, In amemorandumsubmitted lakh healthcareworkers across Mumbai’s Dadar station on Monday. Amit Chakravarty The Union ministryhas also the Covid-19vaccinationpro- to the stategovernment, various the state,ofwhom 40 per cent NewCases 434 said that thedatabaseoffront- gramme. storageand other Maratha organisations under the areinthe private sector,have TotalDeaths 11,193 line workers on CoWIN soft- Thackeray held ameeting preparations. bannerof MKM expresseddisap- been enrolledonthe CoWIN 600ice-linedrefrigerators and transport vans from the regional NewDeaths 7 ware will be frozen on January with the state’s health depart- pointmentoverthe state's deci- software. 150deep freezers.“Of these, we office of the deputy director of 25. “Wehaverepeatedly com- ment and the Covid task forceon sion to convene MPSC examina- At least16,500vaccinators have got101 ILRs,”said state health. municated that onlypre-regis- the availability of the vaccine, its said Thackeray. tion and extend Maratha have been trained. “Wehave Immunisation OfficerDrDNPatil. Dr Santosh Deshpande, Pune teredbeneficiaries on CoWIN proper transportation, storage He addedthat in the first candidates eligible forSEBC to trainedstate,districtand block- Till lateonMonday, state district immunisation officer, Municipal Corporation areas, will receiveCovid-19vaccine,” and preparation forgiving vacci- phase, health workers in priority choose either open categoryor levelofficers,” said Dr Patil. health authorities said theywere said thereare 55 vaccination whichhavebeen treating Covid- Dr Aggarwalhas said in the nation. Beforemeeting the state group one and the police, sanita- EconomicallyWeaker Section. “Thereare 4,000 cold chain yettoreceive an order from the sites in the district, including 16 19 patients, will also getdoses to email. officials, Thackerayattended a tion workers, Central Reserve MKM representativeson points. We have askedthe Centre Centreonthe number of vaccine eachinPune Municipal vaccinatetheir healthcarework- Stategovernmentsand virtual meeting with Prime Forcepersonnel with others in Monday urgedthe cabinet sub- forsix walk-in coolersand four doses thatwillbesuppliedfor Corporation and Pimpri- ers. PMC Immunisation Officer union territories have been ac- MinisterNarendra Modi, who in- the secondgroup will be vacci- committee, ledbyPWD Minister walk-in deep freezers. We cur- Maharashtra. “Weare anticipat- Chichwad Municipal Dr Amit Shah said that so far, 16 tively involved in uploading the teracted with chief ministers of nated.“Officials should paycare- Ashok Chavan,to deploy legal ex- rentlyhave21walk-in freezers ing 16-17lakh vaccine doses,” Corporation areas. Thereare ato- vaccination sites have been iden- database of initial priority various states about the vaccina- ful attentiontothe distribution of perts to argue the Maratha case. and have steppedupour pre- said Dr Patil. Emergency kits talof99156 healthcareworkers tified,including Sassoon General groups forvaccination, whichis tion programme that will start vaccines across the state, their Meanwhile, agroup of state paredness at eightsites-- Nagpur have been supplied to vaccina- enrolledasbeneficiaries on the Hospital, Kamala Nehru then uploadedonthe CoWIN from January16. transportation and ensurethat cabinetministers, ledbyChavan, ,Akola, Aurangabad, Pune, tion sites across government and CoWIN software, of which Hospital, Ruby Hall Clinic, software. “Afterthe database for “The vaccinationprogramme theyare kept at the right temper- on MondaywereinNew Delhi to Kolhapur,Thane, Latur and district healthcentres. 47,051are from PMC areas, Deenanath Mangeshkar healthcareworkers and frontline in our countrywill be the largest ature,” the CM said, adding that discuss the challenges on Nashik,includingre-checking the Meanwhile, thereare tworefrig- 20,027fromPimpri-Chinchwad, Hospital, Noble Hospital and workers is frozen as per the in the world. The statehas also theCovid-19precautionaryrules Maratha reservation with legal powerconnection,” said Dr Patil. erated vans with the stateHealth while 32,078 arefromPune ru- Joshi Hospital, among others. timeline, no addition of benefi- completedpreparations foritand will have to be followedevenaf- experts.Chavansaid, “The state Statehealth authorities have Department and authorities said ral. Ensureall beneficiaries for ciaries on CoWIN will be permit- all the agencies should coordinate terthe startofvaccination pro- government is leavingnostone also asked theCentretosupply theycan makeprovisionsfor Private hospitals in Pune vaccination registered:Centre to ted,” said Dr Aggarwal. to make the campaign asuccess,” gramme. unturnedtogivejustice to Maratha communityonreserva- tion.” Woman Thehearingof Marathareser- Amid renaming row, Aurangabad city HC continues interim vation case is scheduledtobegin found dead in nextweek.The Maharashtragov- protection for Ranaut, ernment has urgedthe Supreme awaits 200-bedhospital for seven years Courttoconstitutealargerbench Punebuilding of sevenornine judges to hear the case. lic interestlitigation in the to cater to the large number of pa- amemorial to lateBJP leader sister from coercive The MKM said the apexcourt EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE MANOJMORE BombayHighCourtto getthehos- tients. "The government-run Gopinath Munde at the site. We has put astayonMaratha reser- PUNE,JANUARY11 PUNE,JANUARY11 pital construction work started. Ghati Hospital has atremendous urgedthe government to con- vation and notonSEBC category. In March 2020, theHigh Court load of patientsfrom13districts struct the hospital instead and action till January 25 “Therefore,the stategovernment AWOMAN wasfounddead in- EVENAStheShivSena, oneof the had asked thestate government and struggles to provide treat- theycan name it as Gopinath should firstget the stay lifted. That sideanunder-repairold build- constituentsofthe Uddhav as to when it intends to startthe ment... Aurangabad badlyneeds Munde Hospital. The total area is Justice Pitale said, “She would pave the wayfor enforce- ing at SadashivPethinPuneon Thackeray-ledMaha Vikas work."The High Courthad another government hospital. Its around 10-12acres. The govern- OMKARGOKHALE (Ranaut) wastherefor two ment of 12 and 13 per cent reser- Mondayafternoon. Aghadigovernment,is persisting sought to knowfromthe state absence wasfelt badlyduring the ment can construct amemorial MUMBAI,JANUARY11 hours, whichshould be enough. vation in government educa- Police said that attemptsare with itsdemandfor renaming government as to howmuch pandemic when patientswere in onepartand ahospital in an- Howmanymorehours do you tional institutions and jobs, on to identify her and the cause Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar, time it neededtostart work on struggling to getbeds," he said. other," said Jaleel. He added, THE BOMBAY High Courton (police) needfor cooperation? respectively...,” MKM statedin the of herdeath,adding that she is the city has been waiting fora the construction of the hospital Jaleel said he has been pursu- "Without developing Mondaycontinuedtill January What is the duration youare ex- memorandum. around 35 years old. 200-bedhospitalforsevenyears. and howmuchfunds would be ing the issue of hospital construc- Aurangabad and providing better 25 the interimprotection from pecting?” “There arepetitionschalleng- Police said thattheyhad re- The hospital project has been made availablesothatthehospi- tion work since 2013."When hospital,better roadsandair con- anycoercive action by the To this, Thakaresaid that the ing 10 per cent EWSreservation, ceivedinformation about foul sanctioned, funds have been al- talworkcould be carriedout nothing washappening, Ihad nectivity,ifthe government goes Mumbai Police granted to actor policewanttoquestion Ranaut whichwas enforcedbythe Centre odour emanatingfromthe located and landhas been allot- without anyhurdles," said Jaleel, filedaPIL at the High Courtin ahead with the renaming, it will Kangana Ranaut and her sister forthree moredays. before the SC. The SC is hearing Gurukrupa building in Sadashiv ted, but the construction work of adding that the government was 2017.Inthis period, the funds an insult to Sambhaji Maharaj. Rangoli Chandel in asedition “The earlier interim relief the petition challenging reserva- Peth. thehospital is yettotakeoff. told by the courttofile itsreplyby have been sanctioned. Over Rs First, theyshould put in effortsfor case registeredagainstthem for shall continue till then. The po- tion exceeding 50 per cent in Apolice team reachedthe "Instead of raisingthe issue of April3."DuetoCovid-19,there 100crore have been receivedby developingAurangabad andthen alleged hateposts. lice shall notcall the petitioners Tamil Nadu... However, in both spotimmediately andtook the renamingwhen elections are were restrictionsin place andthe the collectorateand the land too talk of renaming the city," he said. The court also directed the till thatday,” the benchsaid in re- these cases, theapexcourt has deceasedtoSassoon hospital around, if the chief minister construction work could notbe has been allocated," he said. The Aurangabad District Collector policenot to summonthe sisters ply. notput astayonreservation,”the foranautopsy. pushesfortheconstructionofthe started. Even now, thereisnosign hospital is proposedtobecon- Sunil Chavan, meanwhile, said, forquestioning tillthe next hear- Justice Shinde further said MKM added. Senior Police InspectorVijay hospital, it will immenselybene- of the work starting," he said. structed at asiteonJalna Road "I’ll have to checkwith my officials ing on January25. this is notthe onlycase that the MKM coordinator Rajendra Tikole of Vishrambag police sta- fitthe people of the city," said Jaleel said thereisalready one wherethe Government Milk about the status of the hospital. I Ranaut and hersisterhad ap- Bandrapoliceisinvestigating. Kondharesaid, “If Maratha can- tion has initiated aprobe in this AIMIM MP from Aurangabad government hospital in Scheme office stood. "The state needsome time to found out the peared before Bandrapolice on “You can utilise this time for didatesweretoseek jobs under regard. ImtiazJaleel,whohadfiledapub- Aurangabad but it's notenough governmentwantedto construct exact position." January8to record theirstate- some other cases. Police have EWSoropen categoryassug- mentsinthe case as per assur- other matters to investigatetoo. gested by thestate government, ance giventothe HC last Till that time, do notcall her theywill automaticallylose the November. (Ranaut) again.” Reiteratinghis SEBC status in future. The state 2-day maritime security, coastal defence exercise begins today Adivision benchofJustice S earlier remarks,hesaid that he government's short-term solu- SShinde and Justice Manish had serious reservations about tion will costthe community in Territories along with other mar- “Sea Vigil and TROPEX to- ductedin coastalstatesregularly, ganisedafter the 26/11Terrorat- Pitalewas hearingthe sisters’ invokingSection124A(punish- long term.” EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE itime stakeholders,includingthe gether will coverthe entirespec- including combinedexercises tack at Mumbai whichwas plea –filedthrough advocate ment forsedition) of the IPC. However, thestate govern- NEWDELHI,MUMBAI, fishing andcoastalcommunities”. trum of maritimesecurity chal- amongstadjoining states,the launchedvia the sea route”. Rizwan Siddiquee –seeking the AdvocateRizwan Merchant, ment is under pressurenot to put JANUARY11 The Navy said in astatement lenges, including transition from conduct of asecurityexercise at Apartfromthe Navy,the quashing of the FIR lodged appearingfor the complainant, on hold processofrecruitmentin on Mondaythatthe “scale and peace to conflict,” the Navy said, national-levelisaimedtoservea IndianAir Force, CoastGuard, againstthem while challenging and Thakare, told HC that despite government jobs. THE NAVY will coordinatethe conceptual expanse of the exer- and addedthat “assets of the largerpurpose” asit “provides op- National Security Guard, the the Bandramagistrate’s order an assurance givenbyRanaut Acabinetministerrepresent- second edition of the coastalde- cise is unprecedentedin terms of Indian Navy,CoastGuard, portunity,atthe apexlevel, to as- Border Security Force, oil han- asking the Mumbai Police to take during an earlier hearing,she had ing OBC community said, “If we fence exercise on January12and the geographical extent, the Customs and other maritime sess our preparedness in the do- dling agencies and airports will cognizance of the complaint postedseveral remarkson suspend job recruitment process 13.Itwill beundertaken along the number of stakeholders involved, agencies will participate” in Sea main of maritime security and participateinthe exercise. filedagainstthem andsummons Twitter,including one on the day because of stay on Maratha reser- entirecoastline and Exclusive thenumber of unitsparticipating Vigil, anditsconductis “alsobeing coastaldefence”. Captain AjayYadav, issuedtothemtoappear before she went to the police station. vation, it would be injustice to Economic Zone of India. and in terms of the objectivesto facilitated by the Ministries of It said SeaVigil 21 “willpro- Command CoastalSecurity the police. “She went to theextent of saying candidates from other categories The Navy saidSea Vigil2021, a be met”. Defence, Home Affairs, Shipping, vide arealistic assessment of our Officer at the Western Naval Public Prosecutor Deepak that she is being tortured,” likeScheduledCastes, Scheduled biennial exercise that beganin The exercise, it said,“is abuild Petroleum and Natural Gas, strengths and weaknesses and Command headquarters, said the Thakare, appearing forthe Merchant said, adding that or- Tribe, Other BackwardClass and January2019,“willbeundertaken up towardsthe major Theatre- Fisheries, Customs, State thuswillhelpin further strength- effectiveness of the fishing com- Mumbai Police, told the HC on ders be passedagainst such also thosefromthe open cate- along the entire 7516 km coast- levelexercise TROPEX (Theatre- Governmentsand other agencies ening maritime and national se- munity in servingasthe eyesand Monday that the duo had ap- posts. gory.” line and Exclusive Economic Zone levelReadiness Operational of Centre/ State”. curity”. ears forearly warning of threats peared before the police on The HC said that it would The ministeradded, “There of India andwillinvolve allthe13 Exercise)” conductedby theNavy The Navy stated that while The statement said “the entire willalso be assessed during the January8between 1pmand 3 consider all the issues and argu- were twooptions. Either setaside coastalStatesand Union everytwo years. “smaller scale exercises arecon- coastalsecurity setupwas reor- exercise. a pm. mentsonJanuary25. some vacancies forthe Maratha communityand fillthemafter the court lifts the stay or give them BJP moves SEC against options to seek jobs under per- Mandrives into dam in Aurangabad while missible opencategoryofEWS. The stategovernment has pro- Uddhav,says didn’t disclose videdthe Maratha community property in poll affidavit followingGoogleMaps,drowns, says police the second option.” Shiv Sena labour closureand concealment of 19 ance from Google Maps, when it,"said Madhne. EXPRESSNEWS bungalows at Korlai near SAGARRAJPUT The incident took place around 1.45amon theyaccidentallydrove intothe Police saidthe three man- wing chief dies SERVICE MUMBAI,JANUARY11 Alibag, worthRs5.29 crore, in Sunday, when the driverwas driving twomen water."Deputy Superintendent aged to open awindowofthe ve- MUMBAI, JANUARY11 his election affidavit.” of police RahulMadhne said, hicle and came out."But as the Somaiyahad earlier alleged A34-YEAR-OLD man drowned foratrektowards Kalsubai, Maharashtra's "Thereisabridgethere, whichis vehicle wasgetting submerged EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE THE BJP on Mondayfileda said that the Thackerays had afterdriving his vehicle intoa highestpeak.Asthe trio could notuse abridge operational foreight months. in the water, Ghule,who did not MUMBAI,JANUARY11 complaint with the State bought land, along with 19 dam, while allegedly following But forfour months afterthe knowhow to swim,could not Election Commission against houses at Korlai from Anvay directions on Google Maps at that had gone underwaterafter the rainy rainyseason,the waterofthe rescuehimself," addedMadhne, Two-time former MLAand head Chief MinisterUddhav Naik on March 21,2014. Ahemednagar'sAkole town, po- season,theyusedGoogle Maps to seek dam is released andthe bridge while Shekhar and Rajurkar of ShivSena's labour wing Thackeray alleging that he had Naik,aninterior decorator lice said. directions, and accidentallydrove intothe goes underwater, due to which swam and came to the shore. BharatiyaKamgaar Sena (BKS), notdisclosed property worth who had diedbysuicide in The incident took place it cannotbeused." Localsrushedtothe spotto Suryakant Mahadik,passed Rs 5.29 croreinhis election af- 2018. around1.45am on Sunday, when water, police said. Police further addedthe lo- rescue them, but owing to dark- away on Monday following a fidavit before being elected to However, the houseswere the driverwas driving twomen calsare awarethe bridgeisun- ness, theycould notsee any- shortillness. He was74. the stateLegislative Council last transferredinRashmi foratrektowards Kalsubai, derwater, due to which they thing, policesaid. Ghule's body The BKShas amembership year. Thackeray’s name onlyon Maharashtra's highestpeak. torwithaprivate companyin retainedhim as adriverfor his avoid taking this route. "On wasfishedout of the waterearly of morethan five lakh across the The BJP leader KiritSomaiya November 12,lastyear. The deceased, Satish Ghule, Pimpri Chinchwad, while car." Sunday, as it wasdarkand they on Sunday. He wasrushedtoa state, with members drawn said, “Today, we metChief In government records, wasworking forGuru Shekhar Rajurkar is abusinessman. Police Senior Inspector Abhay were following the routegiven nearbypublic health carefacil- from those working withair- Election Officer Baldeo Singh at these 19 houses —worth Rs (42),and wasdriving him and his said, "Theyare all basedinPune. Parmar of Akole policestation by Google Maps, the trio, who ity,wherehewas declared dead lines, airports,hospitals, five-star the Election Commission to 5.29crore —remainedinNaik’s friend, Sameer Rajurkar (44), to Ghule, who worked in Shekhar's said, "While driving towards were travelling in aFortuner, on arrival. Police said theyhave hotels as well as banking and submit acomplaintagainstCM name till November 12,last Kalsubai. companyhad losthis job during Kalsubai fortrekking, theyhad could notnotice therewas wa- registeredthe matter as an acci- manufacturingsectorsamong UddhavThackeray fornon-dis- year,hehad claimed. Shekharisamanaging direc- the lockdown, but Shekhar then losttheir wayand sought guid- terand accidentally droveinto dentaldeath others. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 6 THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,JANUARY12,2021

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SIMPLY PUT QUESTION &ANSWER CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD INDIA ACTIVE CASES 222,526 India at UN high table 300,000 India is backasanon-permanent member on the United Nations Security Council. Alookatits seven previous terms, and what itsagenda will be amid eventsconcerning China, Pakistanand the US 250,183 222,526 250,000 Issues before India SHUBHAJITROY UNREFORMS:New Delhihassaiditises- NEWDELHI,JANUARY11 sential that the Security Council is expanded in both the permanent and non-permanent LAST 10 DAYS AT Atime when the US is going through a categories. It says India is eminentlysuitedfor Jan 1Jan 10 chaotic transition in leadership, China is hop- permanent UNSC membership by anyobjec- 200,000 ing to become the pre-eminent global power, tive criteria,suchaspopulation,territorialsize, and Pakistanistrying to rake up Kashmir and GDP,economic potential, civilisational legacy, Note: Thefigure Jan 10 in this graph is based on thegovernment updateonJan 11 the humanrightssituation in India, India has culturaldiversity, politicalsystemandpastand entered theUnitedNations Security Council ongoingcontributionstoUNactivities—espe- (UNSC) as anon-permanent member this ciallytoUNpeacekeepingoperations. INDIA TOTAL CASES WORLD TOTAL CASES month.Itwillstay onthecouncilfortwo years. TERRORISM: The international effort 10,466,595 90,475,499 againstterrorism is akey priorityfor India in IndiaatUNSC theUN.Withtheobjective of providingacom- Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, IndiahasservedintheUNSecurityCouncil prehensive legalframework to combatterror- Welfare,updatedat11pmonJan11 updatedat11pmonJan11 seventimes previously. ism, India took the initiative to pilotadraft ■ In 1950-51, India, as President of UNSC, Hardeep Singh Puri,thenIndia’s Permanent Representative to the UN, during Comprehensive Convention on International presidedovertheadoptionof resolutionscall- India's laststint in the UNSC during 2011-12. Twitter/@MEAIndia Terrorism (CCIT)in1996. Atextofthe ingforcessationof hostilitiesduringtheKorean Convention is being negotiated in the 6th Warand forassistance to Republic of Korea. Committee of the UN GeneralAssembly. New device can detect ■ In 1967-68, India co-sponsored posedtointernational trade and security by This wasthe time when the Gulf War India worked closelywithits partners in Resolution238extendingmandate of UNmis- piracyoffthecoastofSomalia,Indiapromoted eruptedand India voted in favour of theUS- the UNSC to ensurethe listing of Pakistan- sion in Cyprus. international cooperation againstthe pirates. sponsored resolution in April 1991.“India’s basedterroristMasood Azhar under the coronavirus antibodies ■ In1972-73,Indiapushedstrongly forad- At India’s initiative,the Security Council votewasdictatedby pragmaticconsiderations. UNSC’s1267 SanctionsCommittee(May2019) missionofBangladeshinto UN.Theresolution mandated international cooperation forre- The Americans had made it clear to India, in concerning al-Qaida and ISIS and associated wasnot adoptedbecauseof avetobyaperma- leaseof hostagestakenby piratesaswellasfor Washington as well as in New Delhi, thatfail- individuals and entities, whichwas pending in seconds: study nent member. prosecutionof thosetakinghostagesandthose uretosupportthe resolution would makeit since 2009. ■ In 1977-78, India wasastrongvoice for aidingand abettingthese acts. very difficult forthem to help India in the AfricaintheUNSCandspokeagainstapartheid. India also worked forenhancing interna- WorldBankand the IMF,” Gharekhan wrote. The China challenge AN ADVANCED biosensing platform Then External Affairs MinisterAtalBihari tional cooperation in counter-terrorism, pre- India wasgoing through aseverebalance-of- India is enteringthe UNSC at atime when candetect,within seconds,antibodies VajpayeespokeinUNSC forNamibia’s inde- ventionoftheproliferationofweaponsof mass paymentcrisis, and neededfunds from these Beijing is assertingitself at the globalstage specificto SARS-CoV-2,thecoronavirus pendencein1978. destruction to non-state actors, and the organisations.Also, IndianeededtheUSonits muchmorevigorouslythan ever.Itheads at that causes Covid-19,researchers have ■ In 1984-85, India wasaleadingvoice in strengtheningof UNpeacekeepingandpeace- side, if and when the Kashmir issue cameup. leastsix UN organisations —and has chal- reportedinthe journal Advanced UNSC forresolution of conflictsinthe Middle building efforts. Twenty years later,when India again be- lenged theglobal rules. Materials.Inaddition to testing, the East, especiallyPalestine and Lebanon. cameanon-permanentmemberattheUNSC, China’s aggressive behaviour in the Indo- platform will help to quantify patient ■ In 1991-92, PM PVNarasimha Raopar- Politicswithin UNSC it wasstrongereconomicallybut still had to Pacific as well as theIndia-China border has immunological response to the new ticipated in the firsteversummit-level meet- The sevenprevioustermshavegiven negotiatepolitics withinthe Council. been visible in all of 2020,and New Delhiwill vaccines with precision, according to ing of the UNSC and spokeonits role in main- Indiandiplomatstheexperienceof howdiplo- India’s then Permanent Representative, have to thinkonits feet to counter Beijing. Carnegie MellonUniversity,whose re- tenance of peace and security. macy is conductedatthe multilateral setting. HardeepSingh Puri (nowUnionMinisterof At Pakistan’sbehest,Chinahastriedtoraise searchersauthoredthestudyincollab- Schematic representation of the ■In 2011-2012,India wasastrong vice for Chinmaya RGharekhan,India’sPermanent CivilAviation and Housing) wroteinPerilous theissueof KashmirattheUNSC—buthasnot orationwithcolleaguesfromUniversity device. Carnegie Mellon University developingworld,peacekeeping,counter-ter- Representative attheUNduringthe1991-1992 Interventions: The SecurityCouncil and the foundmuchsupport.Thereissomediscussion of Pittsburgh (Pitt) and University of rorismandAfrica.FirststatementonSyriawas UNSC stint, wroteinhis book The Horseshoe PoliticsofChaos:“Mostprofessionaldiplomats amongthestrategiccommunityinNewDelhi Pittsburgh Medical Centre(UPMC). during India’sPresidency at the UNSC. Tablethatthefive permanentmemberswould shedtheir innocence before they arrive at the onraisingtheissuesofTaiwan,HongKongand The breakthrough test wouldre- providesincreasedsurfacearea andan Duringthe2011-12term,Indiachairedthe likethe non-permanent members to be “co- horse-shoe table around whichthe Security Tibetatthe UNSC. New Delhiwill weigh the quireaverysmall drop of bloodfrom enhancedelectrochemical reaction, UNSC 1373 Committeeconcerning Counter- operative”, and no stand in the wayofmajor Councilmeets.Intherealworldofforeignand pros and cons with partnersonwhatsteps to afingertip (less thanfivemicrolitres) whereantibodies can latchontoanti- Terrorism, the 1566Working Group concern- resolutions. securitypolicy,decisionmakersareinvariably take in this direction. to identify twoantibodies,whichare gens coated on the electrode. The spe- ing threat to international peaceand security Mostnon-permanent members getinflu- confronted by cruelchoices that areequally But,thepolarisingpoliticsinsideIndiagives specific to thevirus’s spikeS1protein cific geometryallows thedeviceto load by terroristacts,andSecurityCouncil751/1907 encedbytheP-5members,Gharekhanwrote. problematic and come in various shades of awindowofopportunity to itsrivals, and and receptorbinding domain(RBD). moreproteins fordetection. Committee concerning Somalia and Eritrea. “Theydid notwish to irritatethe permanent lousy.Practitioners areacutelyconscious that opens up the possibility of criticism —espe- Through an electrochemical reaction This resultsinveryaccurate, quick India played an active role in discussions members, andwerekeentobeperceivedby it is onlydiplomacy’s outwardpackagingthat ciallyonhumanrightsissues. within ahandheld microfluidicde- results, CarnegieMellonsaid, adding onallissuesrelatedto internationalpeaceand them as ‘cooperative’. This waspreciselyhow iscouchedinacommitmentto ahighermoral AsNew Delhiengageswithalliesandplays vice, the nanomaterial-basedplat- that the test has averylow errorrate security, including severalnew challenges the permanent members would likethe non- purpose. The shameless pursuit of narrowly itscards at the UNSC, it will be mindful of vet- form can detect antibodyconcentra- because the binding reaction between whichthe UNSCwas called upon to deal with permanentmembers to behave.The Indians definedinterests is mostoften the motivation eran diplomat Gharekhan’s advice about the tions at an extremelylow level—one the antibody and antigen usedinthe inAfghanistan,Cote d’Ivoire,Iraq,Libya,South took their work moreseriously, and conse- and seldomraiseseyebrowsinthe worldof SecurityCouncilinhisbook:“Nothingremains picomolar (0.15 device is highlyselective. Sudan, Syriaand Yemen. In viewofthe threat quentlyhad to fightalonelybattle.” multilateral diplomacy.” secret in this leakiestofall organisations.” nanograms per millil- The researchers were able itre), Carnegie Mellon to exploit this natural de- said in astatement on the sign to their advantage. research.Itsaid the re- "Because our tech- Breathing rate and the risk of virus infection sultsare sent almostim- nique can quantify the mediatelytoasimple in- immune response to vac- terface on asmartphone. PAPER cination, it is very rele- “Sincedifferent individuals arelikelyto deposition and consequentlyinfection. The device can be vant in the current envi- KABIRFIRAQUE ■ BreathingCycle ❍ Breathholdtime have differinglungmorphometry(dimensions ■ The research foundacorrelation be- cleaned(i.e. regenerated) CLIP ronment," Panat was NEWDELHI,JANUARY11 associated with bronchioles), their inherent tween deposition and the aspectratio of the within one minuteusing quoted as saying. Panat 25 protectionislikelytobedifferent,” he told The capillaries,suggestingthatdroplets arelikelyto aspecial chemistrydis- NEWRESEARCH collaborated with Shou- BREATHINGSLOWcan bring varioushealth 20 Indian Express.ProfPanchagnula and col- deposit in longer bronchioles. coveredbythe re- Jiang Gao of UPMC and benefits—but notasfar as airborne transmis- leagueshave donepreviouswork highlighting ■Measurementsshowedthathentheflow (%) 15 searchers that allows multiple, suc- Pitt, and lead author Azahar Ali, are- sion of disease is concerned. In anew study F the variability in aerosol uptake from individ- of aerosol movement is steady,the particles cessive readings from the same searcher in Panat's lab. publishedinPhysics of Fluids,ajournal of the D 10 ualto individual—apossiblereasonwhy some deposit via diffusion; when the flowisturbu- device,the researchers said. Because the platform is generic, it AmericanInstitute of Physics, IIT Madras re- people aremoresusceptible to airborne dis- lent, the particles deposit via impaction. 5

"Weutilisedthe latestadvances in can be usedfor the rapid detection of searchers have found that alower breathing Alveolar eases than others. Diffusion and impaction aretwo of the materials and manufacturing suchas biomarkers forother infectious agents frequency—and holding one’s breath —in- 0 three mechanismsbywhichaerosols arede- Modelling the flow nanoparticle 3D printing to createa suchasEbola,HIV,and Zika, Carnegie creasesthe risk of virus-laden droplets reach- 0510 15 20 positedinvariousregionsof thelung,thethird device that rapidlydetects Covid-19 Mellon said. ing the deep lung. Time(s) Asaproxyfortheairways inthelungcalled beingsedimentation(undertheeffectof grav- antibodies," Carnegie Mellon quoted The device, whichhas aprovi- bronchioles,theresearchersusedmicrocapil- ity).Impactionhappenswhenthedroplets are mechanical engineering professor sionalpatent, is inexpensive to make The complexlung laries of diameterranging from 0.3 to 2mm. A moving so fast that theydonot faithfullyfol- Rahul Panat as saying. Panat uses spe- (in the tens of dollars).And, the man- Our bodies fight offmuchofthe aerosols Howdeposition of aerosol varies over syringepumpsimulated breathing in these lowthe air,and instead “impact” the walls of cialisedadditive manufacturingtech- ufacturing capabilities already exist. we inhale before they can deposit themselves time fordifferent breathing microcapillaries.Generatedfromwatermixed the bronchi. “Diffusion is an effect wherethe niques forresearch ranging from “My researchteam wasworking intheinnerlung,thankstothecomplexgeom- frequencies and breath hold times. The withfluorescentparticles, theaerosols could tinydropletsaretransportedtowardsthewalls brain-computer interfacestobiomon- on 3D printed high-performancesen- etry of the extrathoracic regionand the lungs. y-axisplots the fraction of inhaled betrackedastheymovedanddepositedinthe of bronchioles by ‘random walk’. Thisisaided itoring devices. sorstodetect dopamine, achemical Partof theaerosolsareflushedoutintheform aerosols that is depositedinthe lung. capillaries. Aftermeasuringthe deposition of by the fluctuations in the air causingdroplets The testing platform is basedonan in brain, when we realisedthat we of mucus,whilethosethatcrossthenasalpas- Mallik,Mukherjee &Panchagnula,Physics of Fluids aerosols, the researchers characterised the to move towardsbronchiole walls,” Professor additive manufacturing technology, could adaptour work forCovid-19 sagewould still have to navigatethe complex quantityof aerosol thatwouldbedepositedin Panchagnula said. calledaerosol jet3Dprinting. Tiny,in- testing. We shiftedour research to ap- branching structurethatdefine the lung. abronchiole as afunction of itsdimensions. Turbulence —whichthe study associated expensive gold electrodes areprinted plyour expertise to combattingthis The study looked at the dynamics of mi- natureensures that gases areable to diffuse withdepositionbyimpaction—istheprimary at nanoscale using aerosol droplets that devastating pandemic,” Panat was crometre-sizeddroplets through suchmicro- muchfasterthan particles. This is partofthe The findings mode of deposition in the upper bronchi arethermallysintered together.This quoted as saying. channels, mimickingthe lung environment. body’s ownprotection againstaerosol parti- ■ The experimentsshowedthat low wherethe air velocityishigh. But once the air causes arough,irregular surface that Source: Carnegie Mellon University “Transportofmaterial —particles or gases — cles reachingthe blood,” said Mahesh breathingfrequency—thenumberof breaths reachesthedeeplung,itissloweddownsignif- inthedeeplung(aswe approachtheacinusor Panchagnula, professor of appliedmechanics perminute—increasesthetimethevirusstays icantly, resultingingas transportaidedbydif- bloodbarrier)ispurely diffusive.Thisdiffusive at IITMadras. inside,and thereforeincreases the chances of fusionprimarily,ProfessorPanchagnula said. HowthepandemicissendingluxurylinerstoAlang,fordismantling

Parmarsaidmanycruiseownershaveei- either an oil rig or an oil tanker. 14,000milliontonnes.Secondly, Viraatwasa AVINASHNAIR ther been forcedout of business or arefacing dead vesseland had to be towedtoAlang. It AHMEDABAD,JANUARY11 bankruptcyamidinterestonloans,andcosts Ocean Dream, Howare cruise ships pricedin didnothaveitsownpower.There wasnoen- of insurance,crew maintenance, anchorage oneofthree comparison with other vessels? gine or propeller… Justthe propeller,which THEALANGShipbreakingYard inBhavnagar andfuelcosts.“Withcruiseoperationsnotex- luxuryliners Container vessels and tankers constitute weighsaround50tonnes,canfetchuscrores districtof Gujaratisoftenseenamirrorofthe pected to restartinthe next 6-8 months, queuedupfor 99% of the trafficatAlang.Cruise ships cur- as it is sold at Rs 300-400akilogram,” said global economy. Whenthe economyisro- many(vessels) have been put up forsale or breaking at rentlyreaching Alangare priced lowerthan MukeshPatel,chairmanof ShreeRamGroup. bust and ships sail, theyardseesaslumpin to bescrapped,”Parmarsaid.“Everyyearjust Alang in the containervesselsby $25-50perLDT(lightdis- business. In the last50days, three luxurylin- onecruiseshiponanaveragecomesto Alang. last50days. placement tonnageorweight of the ship ex- What happens to the material? ers have queueduptobebroken. In the lastone year,nocruise vessels came. It Express cluding cargo, fuel, stores etc) “When aship- Almost30% of the steel salvagedfrom isafteraverylongtimesomany cruisevessels breaker purchases aship forrecycling, he ships dismantledinAlang reaches re-rolling Whyistheresuchaqueue? areheaded to Alang.” mostlylooks at the amountofsteel theycan mills in Bhavnagar.The rest goes to millsin The cruiseliner sector,whichusuallyat- the Sovietmerchant fleet. It went through a and the impact wasfelt in Alang when a salvaged. In cruise liners,the amountofsteel Mehsana(Gujarat),Punjab,Madhya Pradesh tractsforeigntourists,has come to astand- Whichluxuryliners have reachedAlang bankruptcyauctionandwassoldasscrapaf- record415 ships came to theyardtobedis- islessandsotheyare soldcheapercompared and Maharashtra. Everyyear,2.5-3 million still. “The Covid-19 outbreak on cruise vessel recently? tersubsequentcharterdeals fell through. mantledand sold as scrap in 2011-12. When to an oil tanker,bulk carriers or acontainer tonnesofsteel is salvagedfromships broken DiamondPrincessdockedinJapaninFebruary The firstwas MV Karnika whichreached Afourthvessel, Grand Celebrations,will imports and exports decline, the ships lie ship,” Captain Chadha said. up in Alang. 2020 causedaglobal scarewith regard to Alang in end-November 2020.The 14-deck follow. This 1987-built ship sailing under the idle,”saidCaptainSudhirChadha,retiredfrom The INS Viraat and MV Karnika were Thereisalso ahugemarket flourishing cruise tourism,”said Haresh Parmar,hon- vessel had failed to restartoperations after St Kittsand Nevis flag is expected to reach the Gujarat Maritime Boardand nowaport boughtby ShreeRamGroupatdifferentauc- outside Alang yard wherenearly900 shops oraryjoint secretaryofShip Recycling the lockdown. Alang later this January. officer at Alang. “...Atpresent no countryis tions, the Karnika at twice the price paid for sell reusable parts from furniture, crockery Industries Association of India, and aship- On January2,the 40-year-old Ocean encouraging tourists to take cruises and the Viraat.“Karnika is the largest cruiseshipto and carpets to consumer goods suchasTV breaker at Alang. Morethan3,600passen- Dream beachedatAlang afteritlay idle for Howhas Alangmirroredthe global global slumpinthe cruise industryispush- have come to Alang recently. We hadgot it sets,refrigerators, boatsand machinery. gers and crew were quarantinedonthe close to ayear near Hiroshima. economy now, and previously? ing debt-ridden and ageing cruises to ship- fromacourtauctionfor$12.65million(about “With anumber of cruise vessels coming to DiamondPrincessatYokohamaport.Theout- On January9came the Marco Polo —for- Shipbreakers sayAlanghas always mir- breaking yardslikeAlang.” 90crore).Thiswasafullyloadedship,having Alang, thereisrenewedinterestinthe sec- break eventuallyled to 700Covid infections merly Alexander Pushkin,commissionedin roredthe global economy. “In2010-11 the In 2018,during aslumpinthe global oil spares,stores,engines,etc.Incomparison,INS ond-handmarketthatflourishesjust outside and sevendeaths. 1965 and then the largest andfastest liner in freight market globallywent through acrisis market,everythirdvesselreachingAlangwas Viraat weighs less than half of Karnika at the yard,” said Parmar. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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Covid vaccination will present challenges. Government THEATTEMPTEDMOBtakeoverof theCapitol plete takeover.Third,hehad limitedsuccess in trated andsustaineduse of mobs whichare willprobablyremainararedevelopment.Rare, waylaying the Republican party but both par- excited priortobeing unleashed and, two, a mustworkswiftlytominimise exclusion, plug gaps because political ingenuity oftenfinds more ties finally agreedonrescuingAmerican networkofideologicallymotivated organisa- sophisticated versions of conceit. Setbacks to democracyfromhisassaultand,alongwiththe tions systematicallywhipsupmob mentality NDIA’SVACCINATIONDRIVEagainstCOVID-19,targeting3crore healthcareperson- democracyarenot new, noraremegalomania legislature, the other important part of the po- amongsectionsthatareemotionallypushedto nel and frontline workers, will commence from January16. Coordination systems and orchestrated outrageunknown as its litical establishment,the media,too, did not the precipice. Thus, the “science” of mob poli- between 20 ministries arereportedlybeing put in place and the government has causes.Trump’srhetorichad allthese ele- yield.Inasense,therefore,Trumpfailedandhis tics is employedinanuancedmannerwith a I framedaset of guidelinesfor the rollout thatdeal withlogistics, human resources ments. While the US has currentlymanaged attempt remaineddesperateand amateur. rhetorical discourse legitimating the mob as and monitoring systems to reportadverse events. Dryruns have been conducted in more to stallthetakeover, theghostofthat takeover InIndia,wheneverany discussionof assault the people. should teachlargerlessons. on democracy ensues, the storyofIndira Secondly, the present moment is charac- than 700districtstoacquaint the administrative agencies andvaccinators withsome of the The mostelementary lesson is about the Gandhi’sEmergencyisobviouslyremembered terisedbyanunprecedentedinstitutionalcol- challengesthatlieahead.Theseexerciseshave shonealightonthegapsthatmustbeplugged fragilityof democracy.TheUSexperienceindi- as the firstbrazen, but short-lived, executive lapse.Executive coups aredependent on bu- before thefirstshots areadministered. catesthatdemocracyrequirescontinuouscau- coup.TheEmergencystorycontinuesto attract reaucraciesfor their operational competence Digitalsystemshave akey roleinthevaccinationplan.Nearly 80lakhbeneficiariesinthe tion.Justasthereisnothinglikeanaturallypro- derision from her critics and careful academic andoncourtsfortheconstitutionallocationof firstprioritylisthavereportedlyregisteredontheCentre’sCOVIDVaccineIntelligenceNetwork democratic social environment, thereisalso memorialisation by studentsofIndian politics political chicanery. Theease with whichboth (Co-WIN) system —“adigitalisedplatform to trackthe enlistedbeneficiaries forvaccination nothinglikeanaturalassuranceof democracy’s (the latest is thenew book, India’s First these institutional safeguards have crumbled sustenance. Both arematters of collectiveso- Dictatorshipby ChristopheJaffrelotandPratinav hasonlymadeiteasierforthecoupto become on areal-time basis”. The challengenow is to makethe manual interventions to this plat- cial will and effort.The second lesson is that Anil).Butitisnecessarynot to allowthelightof viable and respectable. formfoolproof anduser-friendlyforASHAandotherhealthcareworkersinvolvedinthelast- executive coupsare likelytobethenormrather memorytoblind us to the present. In compar- Three,the vigour of the political establish- mile delivery of the vaccine. Caremustalso be takentoobviateserver malfunctioning that than exception. As the American presidency isonto theEmergencyof 1975,thecurrentmo- ment to fight againstthe coup is completely has been alongstandingbaneofIT-enabledservices in the country. Therehavebeen reports transformedintotheimperialpresidencyand mentisfar better equippedfor an executive lacking. With the media as cheerleader,the of the Co-Winapp notperformingasper plans during the mockdrills —officials in several parliamentarysystems transformedinto coup and even while Indians mocked theUS couphasmarchedon.Therulingpartyandthe parts of thecountryhavecomplainedthattheplatformdidnotshowthenamesof allthetar- primeministerialsystems,executivesbecame forJanuary6,muchworsesignalsof amorese- legislaturehavebeeneasilyset aside —much the repositoriesofstate powerand came to rious takeover have dotted the political land- as IndiraGandhidid. Butwhatisevenmore getedbeneficiaries.Also,lastweek,thispaperreportedthatcodesof somevillagesinAndhra representthemightof thestate.Thishaspaved scape. The footsteps of the current coup areso striking is the wayinwhichthe so-called Pradesh,Punjab,GujaratandAssamwere notmappedontheCo-Winplatform.Experts have the wayfor silent or noisy coups by theexec- softthatmostanalysts and observers areun- Opposition has cavedin. The failureofthe rightlywarnedthatsuchsnagscouldpreventintendedbeneficiariesfromkeepingtheirdate utives. As Hungaryhas shown, the pandemic willingto evenrecogniseitsshadow, leaveaside Oppositionisnot merelyinitsinabilityto fight withthevaccine,andevenmore worryingly, erodetrustintheinoculationprocess.TheUnion onlyexpedited this process and as this writer the actual darkness it has brought. backbutmoreinitsinabilityto graspthesever- MinistriesofHealth and Information Technology arereportedly collaboratingonbolstering warnedlastyear,India’s“successful”lockdown So,wheredoIndia’sexecutivecoupsdiffer ity of the momentand itswillingnesstoshare the IT infrastructure andhavesoughtinputsfromprivate players. inauguratedthetemplateforturningthepub- fromTrump’s?IndiraGandhi’scoupusedinsti- the same traitsofautarchy. Thegovernmentplansto administerthevaccineto 30crorepeopleinthefirsttwo phases lic sphereintoasilencezone. Perhaps the least learned tutionsmoreeffectively than Trump, but de- Trumprelied on megalomania; Indira But perhapsthe leastlearnedlesson at spiteallherpopulism,herresorttomobsasin- Gandhi, too, wascarriedawaybyher ownim- of the inoculation drive.According to current plans, eachperson willbeadministeredtwo homeinIndiaisaboutthecomparative pathol- lesson at home in India is strumentsoftakeoverwasverylimited.While age. But in the present moment, we have a doses of avaccine. In otherwords, 60 croreshots will beadministeredinthe next six to eight ogy of suchautarchylurking in our midst. So, about the comparative she could easilyreininher ownparty,she had combination of megalomania with systemic months.Nearly onelakhvaccinatorswillbeinvolvedintheprocess.Thedryrunshavebared while lookingfromadistance as to where pathology of suchautarchy to face an uncompromising Opposition and ingredientsensuringthatinanOrwellianfash- the inadequacies, especiallyinreporting adverse events. Healthcareofficials have also ex- Trumpfailedand why, letusbetterfocus on lurking in our midst. So, take recourse to preventive detention. So, in ion, democracy will notbedefinedbywhat whereevenIndiraGandhi’s infamous “emer- comparisonto Trump,herswasamoredeter- oughtto be,butonthebasisof whatisclaimed pressedapprehensionsthatsuchalarge-scaleproject,involvingconversionof PHCsintovac- while looking from a cination points, could result in the disruption of regular health services, including routine gency” dictatorship toodiffers from the slow minedand somewhat systematic coup, bar- asdemocracy.Hisvotesharenotwithstanding, deathofdemocracy we might be witnessing. distance as to where Trump ring announcing elections. Trumpcould muster onlyahandfuland only immunisation programmes and institutional deliveries —already thereare concerns that Becausethebasic Trumptakeawayisthatone failed and why, let us better With the experience of IndiraGandhi, it forafew hours to claim that they constitute thecountry’sTBcontrolprogrammehassufferedasetbackbecauseof resourcesbeingdiverted shouldnot waittillthecrowdsactuallyoccupy focus on where even Indira wasthoughtthatIndiacouldnothaveanother thepeopleof theUS.InIndia’scase,withmuch forCOVID-19control.Thecomingmonthscouldbeexactingforthecountry’shealthcaresys- the democratic space. executive coup—firstly, because she waspo- lessvoteshare,alarge sectioniswillingto keep tem. Howitsteps up to the demands of the momentwill be watched. Executive coups areaproduct of atriad: Gandhi’sinfamous liticallypunishedand, secondly, because col- their faithinthe newidea of democracy con- Constructing aconstituency of willing mobs, ‘emergency’dictatorship too lective memorywould enhance apublic rea- stitutedby victimhoodand dominanceasen- corrosionof institutionsandproducingapolit- differsfrom the slowdeath son morecautious about such takeovers. But titlementsofmajority. ical establishment unconcernedwith demo- of democracy we might be thecurrent phaseofIndian politics mightbe So, laughaswemay at thesituation craticnorms.Trumpcouldarousethemobsbut recordedinhistory as the second executive America finds itself in,itisaswell thatweare MESSAGE FROM SYDNEY that wasonlyatthe final moment of along witnessing. Because the basic coup Indiahas had —and amuchmoresuc- awareofour ownwillingness to sustain an drawnbittercontestationovertheelectionout- Trump takeaway is that one cessful and durableone. executivecoup. Aline has been drawnonracism, aprecedent has been set— come.Americandemocracymaystillclaimthat should not wait till the In terms of constructing aconstituency of thecultureofsuchmoboutrageisnot “normal”. crowds actually occupythe the mob, the present moment is probably The write, based at Pune, taught political forAustralia as well as forother teams, including India Trumpmade everyefforttodemean institu- moredangerousthan whatIndiahas seen so science and is currently chief editor of tions but did notsucceedinhis hope of acom- democratic space. farfortworeasons:Thereisacarefullyorches- Studies in Indian Politics HE FEW STEPS that India’sTestdebutant,Mohammed Siraj,took towardshis team at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sundaymighthavehelped cricket take T agiantleap.Fieldingontheboundarylineandatthereceivingendof wordsthat he and teammateJasprit Bumrah had reported as offensive the previous day, Siraj refusedtoturnadeaf earto anymoreoftheintimidatingbackgroundnoisefromanun- rulysection of the crowd. He raninfromthe fence and reportedhis annoyance to theteam PRIDE AND PREJUDICE leadership,whichwasreadyto putitsfoot downandstopplay. Themomentof reckoningfor racistbehaviour in crickethad arrived, and Australia whichfor long has blurredlines be- Government mustgiveASHAs, Anganwadi volunteers rights, benefits due as workers tween banter and abuse, were forced to respondunequivocallyand firmly. Alinehasbeendrawn,aprecedenthasbeenset.WithCricket Australiaandmatchreferee David Boonplaying aproactive role in locating the miscreantsand taking prompt action, Neetha N cricket suddenlyhas an SOP in place to dealwith an unsporting situation in the stands. It is nowexpectedthatfromGabbato WankhedeandJohannesburgtoTrentBridge,playerswill COVID-19HAS givenvisibility to Accredited sumptionthat women’s careand emotional It is high time that the staterecognises the dulyreport all suchoffensive slurs thrownatthem to matchofficials, who will be expected SocialHealthActivists(ASHA)andAnganwadi labour is outsidethe mundane worldofmar- contributions of thesewomenand accept to dowhat'sneeded.Thisshouldalsotriggerothermajorchanges.Withincreasedawareness workers —women “volunteers” attachedtoa ketsisoften evoked to paytheseoverworked them as workers. This could help in resolving sweeping the cricketing universe, it will notbetoo muchtoexpect players and theiron-field government scheme or employedonamis- workers justanhonorarium. But, even in the the largerissueofdevaluation of women’s sion mode —who arefrontline warriors in the best paid states, this honorarium is noteven work andtheirsecondarystatusasworkers. banter to notdabble in racistinsultseither.Matchofficialsand the boardshould also enforce battleagainstthepandemic.InIndia,thereare closeto thegovernment-mandatedminimum The exclusionarytendencies of the labour muting of theirplayers' free flowing unparliamentary language whichtargets opponents.It about alakh ASHA workers, 1.3million wagesoffered to workersdoing comparable market, rootedin the social understanding of mustnolongerbepassedoff as passions running high. Anganwadi workersand another 1.2million jobs. Manypetitions have been submitted by women’s work,wherethe stateisanactive What happenedonthe field in Sydney2021stands in total contrastwith the unsavoury Anganwadihelpers,of themwomen.Asthere- community workers and their unions de- participant has notonlyrestrictedwomen’s eventsofSydney 2008, when Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh got away lightly forwhat sponseto thepandemicrequiredlocalisedap- manding recognition as workers. During the employment prospects,but has also created hesaidto Aussieall-rounderAndrew Symonds,aftermountinganincredulousdefence.Ithad proaches, services of community workers be- pandemic, Anganwadi, ASHA and National silos of women’s employmentsuchaspaid came useful, giventheir robustcontactsatthe HealthMissionworkershadatwo-daynation- domesticwork. The declining women’s escapednoone'snoticethatracistchants andmockinghaderuptedintheWankhedestands It is high time that the state grass roots. During the lockdown, when there recognises the contributions widestrikedemanding safety, insurance, risk workforceparticipation has been amatter of againstSymondsearlier,and that Indian cricket fans areanything but saintly when in their wasuncertainty and fear of the virus, these allowanceandfixedwages.TheParliamentary concern even before COVID.Wages and con- flow. Thesameprotocolsto protectvisitingplayersshouldnowapplyonIndiangroundsand women became the connecting link between of these women and accept Standing CommitteeonLabouralso recom- ditions of work of women careworkers are withlocalfans.Ifyou can't holdyour tongue, go home and watchthe game on television, is the community and the statemachinery. them as workers. This could mendedformalisingthe work of community matters of concern and the stateapathyto the clear messagefromSydney. However, thesecommunityworker-vol- help in resolving the larger workers.Butthegovernmenthasnotrelented. recognise the growing sectors of women’s unteersareaperfectexampleof howthestate Thecontributionsof thesewomenworkers employment suchasdomesticworkhas a devalueswomen’swork,especiallythelabour issue of devaluation of have been takenfor granted by the commu- long history. of thoseinvolvedincarework.Thestereotype women’s work and their nity,anoutcome of the socialunderstanding Withallfieldreports andCMIEdatapoint- that persists of women’s ability and their in- secondarystatus as workers. of women’slabouranditsinvisiblestatus.The ing to adeepercrisisinfemale employment LEADER WITH ADIFFERENCE built consciousness to understand other fel- Theexclusionarytendencies onepositiveaspectof theirwork isthattheso- during the pandemic, stateinterventionis lowbeings’ feelings, especiallyother women, cietyrecognisesthemasapartofthestatema- muchneeded. The recognition of ASHA and makes them perfectlysuitable to be recruited of the labour market,rooted chinery.This enables manywomentonegoti- Anganwadi volunteers as workers, even if it is Madhavsinh Solanki, four-time CM of Gujarat, forged asocial ascommunityworkers.Thisexplainsthepres- in the social understanding atepatriarchal restrictions and normsof contractual,willthus notonlybeatributeto coalition his party could notbuild on ence of alarge number of women in commu- of women’s work,where the mobility.However, mobility of women work- their contribution during the pandemic, but nity-basedprogrammesacrosstheworld.But, state is an active participant ersisoftenacontestedterrainandgetsdefined alsoanopportunityto shake thestructuralun- in India, thereisarefusal to recognise this “all and controlledasper social norms. derstanding of women’slabour and their sta- ADHAVSINH SOLANKI, THE four-time Gujaratchief ministerwho passed has not only restricted away aged 93 on Saturday, wasapolitician and aman of ideas. The social women workforce” as workers providing Nowthat the pandemic is moving to the tus in the labour market.Recognition of care labour. They areclassifiedas“honorarywork- women’s employment next stagewith the coming of the vaccine, coalition he invented in the 1970s—KHAM —allowedthe Congress to re- work in thepublicspherecould also help in M ers”,deniedminimumwages,leave andother prospects, but has also these volunteers will be the firsttobeforgot- unsettlingthe genderedand unequal division gain thegroundit hadlostduringthe NavnirmanMovement and wincon- conditions that work entails. Sugar-coated in created silos of women’s tenbothbythestateandsocietyatlarge.From of house work and unpaid care burden. secutive elections in 1980 and 1985,witharecordnumber of seats. The KHAM alliance in- the superior value-domainofwomen as the theglorified position of corona warriors,they cludedthe Kshatriya,Harijan, Adivasi andMuslim communities, whichconstituted over 50 embodiment of careservice providers, the employment suchaspaid will slowly retreat to their old unrecognised The writer is professor,Centrefor Women’s per cent of the state’s population. As CM, Solanki backed this coalitionbyintroducing reser- stateprefers to call them “volunteers”. The as- domestic work. identity and sphere of neglect. Development Studies vationsforOBCsineducationandemployment.However, ittriggeredabacklashfromtheup- per castes, who had until then operated the levers of powerinGujarat. Though Solanki re- turnedtooffice withalargermajority in 1985, he hadtoresign following anti-reservation riots thatacquiredacommunalturn.TheCongresscouldneitherconsolidatethesocialcoali- JANUARY 12,1981, FORTY YEARS AGO tion Solanki had forged or translatethe goodwill among the OBCs,tribals etc. intoalasting electoral base. In fact, his leaving statepolitics to become aRajya Sabha member and the I NDIRA ON NSA wasnomovetoimpose the presidential form MIGSARRIVE External Affairs MinisterinPVNarasimha Rao’s cabinetallowedthe BJP to grow in Gujarat THE RELATIONSHIP OF the Congress-I with of government. THE FIRSTMIG-23 ground attackaircraft —ofcourse, on the back of the RamJanmabhoomi Movement. the DMK will continue, PrimeMinisterIndira have arrived. Attempts aremade to include Gandhi said in Madras. When asked if the VAJPAYEE’SFORMULA them as asurprise element in the Republic SchooledinMNRoy’sRadicalHumanismandinfluencedby peasantleaderIndulalYagnik, AIADMK had come close to her party,she THE BJP LEADER Atal Bihari Vajpayeehas Dayfly parade. Thefirstbatch of the IAF pi- SolankistoodapartfromhisCongresscontemporaries.AsCM,heintroducedmid-daymeals replied, youcan ask the local people. suggestedaformula forsolvingthe foreign- lots arealso backfromthe SovietUnion af- in schools and made education free forgirls. Forhim, KHAM wasnot justanelectoral tactic Commenting on the AIADMK’s use of the ers’ problem in Assam. The formula includes terreceiving training on operating the air- buttheextensionof asocialvisionthatpromisedthefruitsofdemocracyandelectoraloffice National Security Actintackling the farmers’ detection of all foreigners on the basis of rel- craft. to awide sectionofthe society.Heiscredited with shaping the Congressresponse to the agitation when the Actwas notusedin evant provisions of the Constitutionand the MandalCommissionaftertheVPSinghgovernmentannounceditsimplementationin1990 Maharashtra, Mrs Gandhi said that local ex- existing laws,making use of the 1951 NRCto IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS —thepartybackedOBCreservationsattheCentrebutarguedfortheexclusionofthecreamy isting laws could have been usedtohandle regularise all entrantsupto1951and re- ATOP IRANIAN negotiator indicated forthe the situation. “Whether the use of NSAisjus- movalofthe names of all foreigners who firsttime todaythat Iran has droppedits de- layeramongthe beneficiary communities from Mandal’s remit. tifiedisfor youtojudge,” she said. The came to Assam between 1961 and 1971.He mand thatthe US deposit $24billionin Solanki’s political career endedfollowing an actofimpropriety undertaken, allegedly on Centre’s intention is nottouse NSAfor polit- said that the leaders of the Assam agitation Algerian banksbeforethe 52 American the orders of his party,inthe Bofors case while he wasaUnionminister. Forcedto quit office, ical purposes but againstanti-social ele- were ready fortalksand the government hostagesbeing held in Iran areheld. Iran also he retired from active politicsand retreated to his home and library. ments, the PM said. She reiterated that there should extend an invitation to them. has asked forinternational guarantees. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,JANUARY12,2021 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “Long after he has gone,Trump’sCapitol outrage will be remembered with a shudder and ashiver.With anger,painand shame,the riot reflected all that went wrong under this most despicable of American leaders.” 9 THE IDEAS PAGE —THEOBSERVER Engaging the neighbour Let the House

ForDelhi, the choice is notbetween interventionand non-interventionwithin thesubcontinent. meet It is about managing the dynamic interaction betweenthe domestic politics of India and itsneighbours Covid can’tbeanexcuse to avoidassemblyof Parliament. Steps mustbetaken to ensurefull- fledged resumption of parliamentarywork

take three years before theworld is vacci- nated.That COVID-19will stay with us fora RAJA MANDALA long time is undeniable. In suchascenario, the effortstaken by the by C. RajaMohan RajyaSabha Chairman and Lok Sabha Speakerhavebeen veryencouraging. Under their leadership, suitable arrangementswere EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER made forParliamentto assembleduring the SubrahmanyamJaishankar’s travels to Sri Adhir Ranjan monsoon session: A“shiftsystem” wasin- Lanka lastweek and the incoming visit of Chowdhury troducedfor theLok Sabha and theRajya Nepal’sforeignminister, PradeepGyawali,this Sabha to meetseparately,human interface weekbringIndia’sneighbourhooddiplomacy wassignificantlyreducedand all other nec- backintofocus. The twovisitsalso highlight WHATSTARTED in Wuhan in the winter of essaryprecautions were strictlyadhered to. the perennialquestions on India’s role in the 2019 setoff acrisisacrosstheworldthrough- Istronglyfeel —and Iamsurethis is domesticpoliticsof otherSouthAsiannations. out 2020andthreatensto castits shadowon echoed by my fellow legislators —that India’s reluctance to be drawnintothe the newyear too. The COVID-19 curvein avoiding regular assemblyofthe House is latestround of politicalturmoil in Indiaappearsreassuring, thougharenewed notasolution. If we could meetunder the Kathmandu has drawnmuchattention. spikecannotberuledout givenreports of the leadership of Hon'ble Chairs of both the Delhi’s refusal is in contrasttoBeijing’s active newstrain. But everyaspect of the nation — Houses when COVID-19 cases were soar- effort to preservethe unity of the ruling social,economic,cultural,educationaltopo- ing, we can meetnow as well. How, in the communistparty in Kathmandu. litical —remains severely impacted.Like name of the pandemic, can apeople's rep- Has India finallyrecognisedthe virtue of CRSasikumar elsewhere,our government is working to resentative sit in the comfort of his or her non-interventioninthe internal affairs of its ternationaldiscourse tends to be,asone when to intervene and when to avoid it. overcome this impasse: With ordinances home especiallywhen our farmers aresit- neighbouringcountries?AndisBeijingbreak- scholarput it,“organisedhypocrisy”. All Thereisnosingle formulatoguide policyon promulgated,several policy decisions and ting on the roadsfor days together? We ingfromitsproclaimedprincipleof non-inter- powers —big and small —frequentlyvio- this score. It is always about political judge- newpieces of legislation hurriedlypassed, should continue to meet, thoughfor a ference in other societies? latethe principle of sovereignty. ment about specific situations. all effortsare towardsaligning our national shorterperiod, to discussfarmers' issues, Notsofast. Neither Delhi nor Beijing are The conceptofnational sovereignty was If the concept of national sovereignty is system to the “newnormal”. Walter other issues of urgent publicimportance departing from the basic traditions of their neverabsolute.Theabilityto secureone’ssov- limitedby circumstance,soistheeffectiveness Lippman once said that in ademocracy,the and transact the essential business of the foreign policytowards the neighbours. ereignty depends on astate’s comprehensive of third-partyintervention.Externalinterven- Opposition is notonlytolerated as constitu- House with all the COVID-19precautions Interventions on their peripheryhavebeen national power. Bignations tend to intervene tionsinthedomesticpoliticsof neighboursare tionalbut it mustbemaintainedbecause it is in place. an enduring featureofIndian and Chinese more, and the smaller ones find ways to man- rarely successfulandproduceunintendedcon- indispensable.Inthe newnormalinIndia, We should remember BRAmbedkar's foreign policy.The problem is less with their agethis through the politics of balancing sequences thatacquirealifeoftheir own. the roleof the Opposition is,therefore, more opinion that the once-a-year meetingofthe diplomatic practice than the misleading againsttheir large neighbours. Big powers tend to underestimatethe arduous, challenging and critical. CentralLegislatureunder the Government public discourse on the principles of “sov- Ironically, preventingintervention by one costs of intervention in their neighbour- Moreso, when the pandemic has ledto of India Act, 1935,was designedtoavoid ereignty and non-intervention”. powerinvites intervention by another.For hood and overestimatethe prospectsfor amarkeddownturn in the number of sit- scrutinyofthe government by thelegisla- That India can’tsimplystand apart from example, Nepal has long resented India’sin- success. Active and direct intervention in tings of Parliament. Lastyear,the House met ture. We should, therefore, notmeetmerely thedomesticpoliticsofits neighbours was terventions and sawBeijing as abenign the domesticpolitics of neighbours must forjust33sittings and the winter session of to fulfil the constitutional mandateunder quiteevident during Jaishankar’s remarks neighbour.But as it gets closer to China to be aprudent exception rather than the rule Parliament is conspicuous by itsabsence. Article 85 whichsays "…six months shall in Colombo. Jaishankar underlinedthe im- balance India,Nepal finds Beijing has itsown in India’sregionaldiplomacy. COVID-19was firstreportedinIndia on notintervene between itslastsitting in one portance of Colombo addressing the expec- imperativesfor intervention. Eventhemostpowerfulnationsfindithard January30, 2020, and it almostcoincided session and the dateappointed forits first tations of the Sri Lankan Tamil minority for The pressurefor external intervention of- to compelthesmallest statesto dowhatisright withthe budget session of Parliament, sitting in the next session." We needto “equality, justice,peace anddignity” within tencomes from major domestic constituen- on suchissues as democratic governance, mi- whichcommenced on January31. But the work outanalternativemodus operandi, aunited SriLanka. cieswithin.Forexample,theconflictbetween norityrightsand federalism. Theymustcome session had to be adjournedsine die on somewherebetween the virtual and real China’srhetoric on non-intervention Sinhala majority andTamilminority in Sri out of the organic evolution of eachsociety. March 23 afterthe House reassembledon meeting platforms, to facilitatethe full- nevercorrespondedwiththe reality of its Lanka produces Chennai’s political pressure Democracy and good governance can never March 2postthe recess from February11. fledged working of theHouse. And if the foreign policy.Inthe 1960s and 1970s, it on Delhi to intervene in Sri Lanka. be an outsider’s gifts to anation. The entirebudget session thus witnessed needarises, we can take recourse to “mod- fannedcommunist revolutions all across The demand sometimes comes from out- India can encourage, but can’t really only23sittings withatotal of 19 bills(18 in ification of Rules and Procedures” to facili- Asia. Therewas abrief pauseduring Deng side. In Nepal, forexample, elitecompetition Thebitter legacies of forceColombo and Kathmandu to respect Lok Sabha and one in RajyaSabha) intro- tate the same. Xiaoping’s tenure whenChina sought to seesdifferentfactionstryingto mobiliseexter- Partition leave the domestic the rightsofTamils and Madhesis. But given duced; 15 bills were passedby theLok Sabha At the same time,adjournment or reduc- end Maoistexcessesathome and abroad to nalpowersto gaintheadvantageovertheirdo- the intricate weboflinkages across South and 13 by the RajyaSabha. tion in the sittings of the House should, in no focus on economic development. mesticrivals.Inrecentyears,we have alsoseen political dynamics of Asianborders,Delhican’tavoid dealingwith The monsoon session metfor 10 sit- way, put apause on the duties of the As China became strong and itsinterests the intenseinteraction betweendomestic Bangladesh, India and these difficult issues either. tings from September 14 to 23. Opposition. The role of the committees in the neighbourhood begantogrow, it deter- powerstrugglesandexternalpowerslikeIndia Pakistan tied together and The subcontinent has historically been an Significantly, it sawdrastic changes in the shouldbereinforced:With limited mem- minedtoshape outcomes in other societies. and China. The Maldivesisone example. complicate their interaction integrated geopolitical space with ashared outlayofthe ListofBusiness of the House bers, theyserveasmini-Parliaments. All pre- China’s current behaviour in Nepalisnot an ForIndia, the question is notaboutchoos- civilisationalheritage. Equallytrue is the real- with notasingle daybeing allotted forthe ventive medical advisories can be observed exception to the rule; it is very much partof ingbetween intervention and non-interven- as separate sovereign ity of multiple contemporarysovereignties transaction of Private Members' Business; while theyworkatfull strength. If bills can- China’scurrentinterventioniststrategyacross tion. It is about carefullymanagingthe un- entities. India’srelations within South Asia. In dealing with thesetwin the starredlistofquestions wastotallydis- notbediscussedonthe floor of the House Asiaand beyond. avoidableand dynamic interactionbetween with its smaller neighbours realities,theprinciplesguidingIndia’sengage- pensedwith.However, this cannotbethe duetopaucity of time, theyshould be re- To makemattersalittlemorecomplicated, the domestic political processes of India and are also burdened by the ment arenot toodifficult to discern. rule of lawasitseverelyrestrictsthe effec- ferredto thesecommittees,whichcanmeet India andChina alwaysinsist that other coun- itsneighbours.GiventhenatureofSouthAsia's As Jaishankar promisedSri Lankan lead- tive functioning of the House. frequentlyand scrutinise them. triesshouldstopinterferingintheirrespective politicalgeography, veryfewproblemscanbe legacy of India’spast ers in Colombo,“Indiawillalwaysbeade- Thefactthateveryoralanswerto astarred In the pandemic, as the countryisgov- internal affairs. It is tempting to call out this isolatedwithintheterritoriesof nations.There hegemonyand the emerging pendable partner and reliable friend” and questionontheflooroftheHousebythemin- ernedbyordinances, the Opposition is en- hypocrisy; butbignationsalwaysintervenein isalsothetensionbetweenthesharedcultural challenges to it. India can is committed to strengthening bilateral ties isteractsasanassurance by the government trustedwith the greater responsibility of other nationsbut fend offpotential threats to identity in the subcontinent and the determi- neither stand apart nor jump “on the basis of mutual trust, mutual inter- makes it an important tool to holdthe exec- keeping acheckonthe executive,question- their ownsovereignty. nationofthe smaller nations to define acon- est, mutual respect and mutual sensitivity”. utivetoaccount.Inthelimitedtime,atotalof ing itsinitiatives, being extravigilant, Thatdoesnot,ofcourse, prevent others temporaryidentity independent of India. into everydomestic conflict These arenot easy principlestofollow. But 16 governmentbillswere introducedand25 guarding the purse and ensuring all-round frommessingwithDelhiandBeijing.Mostre- Thebitterlegaciesof Partitionleave thedo- within the neighbourhood. the newvocabularyon“mutual respect and government bills were passedinthe Lok accountability of the government. It is only cently, India reacted strongly to the Canadian mesticpoliticaldynamicsofBangladesh,India Thereal question, then is, mutualsensitivity” is certainlywelcome. Sabha during the monsoon session. aresponsible Opposition that can enable PrimeMinisterJustinTrudeau’scommentson andPakistantiedtogetherandcomplicatetheir Delhi’s consistent pursuitofthis framework We cannotbeblind to thesecondCOVID- the governmenttoguide the world’s thefarmers'agitation.TheUSanditsalliesreg- interaction as separatesovereign entities. when to intervene and when could help India better managethe com- 19 waveinmanyparts of theworld.The ap- largest democracy amid all the challenges ularly criticiseChina’sdomesticpolicies,most India’srelations with itssmaller neighbours to avoid it. There is no single plexdynamicwithits neighbours. proval forthe twovaccinescomes as great posedbythe pandemic. recentlyBeijing’s actions in HongKong. Delhi arealso burdened by the legacy of India’spast formulatoguide policy on relief but theyare no magic bullets.Faheem and Beijinghavealongrecord of accusing the hegemonyand the emerging challenges to it. this score. It is alwaysabout The writer is director,InstituteofSouthAsian Younus, chiefofinfectious diseases at the The writer is leader of theCongress otherof interferenceintheirdomesticpolitics. India can neither standapart nor jump Studies,National University of Singaporeand Universityof Maryland,has said that it could in Lok Sabha Intervention is partofinternational life; intoevery domestic conflict within the political judgement about acontributing editor on international affairs and the rhetoric on sovereignty in the in- neighbourhood. The real question,then is, specific situations. for The Indian Express LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR

SPEND MORE Step back from the abyss IDEAS THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘India's new deal moment’ (IE, January11). ONLINE Both government and farmers needtore-evaluatetheir positions Reaching our true potential is amulti- fold process and the firstbenchmark ONLYINTHE EXPRESS should be to reachPre-Covid levels of Ajay VirJakhar economic activity.And the onlyway to ● FAILINGTHE achieve this is through public invest- ECO-DISASTERVICTIM: “UNFORTUNATELY, THEclockisticking, the ically motivatedmembers of the academia itself honourably. unagreeable to aone-person committee, ment. The government mustnot worry TARIKAJAIN hours aregoing by.The past increases, the flush with pastsuccesses in subduing The compassion shown by government constituteasmall committee —otherwise about the fiscal deficit. futurerecedes.Possibilitiesdecreasing,re- demonstrations againstthe government, be- interlocutors in the meetings with farmers it willbeinterpretedasaruse to scuttle the Bal Govind, Noida ● AROADMAP FOR gretsmounting,”HarukiMurakami’s words ganamedia blitzkrieg to vilify the agitating is contradictorytohow leaders address the issue. The Acts,though, can’t be setright THE YOUNG: best describethe farmers’ protestand plight. farmers. The protests morphedintoanation- issue in public –this adds to the distrust. even with amendments. Notonlybecause COURTAND POLITICS AMRUT BANG Frustrations about adecade of low wide movement that has gathered interna- This makes anegotiated settlement even the farmers aredemandingit, but to usher farm-gate prices form the genesis of the tional attention. Worse, acold-bloodedat- moreproblematic. Though Isuspect the in the much neededtangible agricultural THISREFERSTOtheeditorial,‘Owningthe www.indianexpress.com farmers’ protests —aconsequence of the temptwas made to divide farmers on problem runs deeper. reforms,itwould actuallybewisetoput in crisis’ (IE, January11). Time and again the government’s carefullycrafted agendato religious, occupational and regional identi- Even afterabetterunderstanding and place anew legal framework. government has chargedthe judiciary keep placated theurbanconsumer vote ties. The trolls have notonlyantagonisedthe eight rounds of discussions,the central gov- Today, the perception is that farmers withencroaching on itsdomain. Nowit bank whichcosts farmers their livelihoods farmers,but theyhavealso damaged the ernment has refused to repeal the Acts be- areonone side of the trenches and the gov- wantsthejudiciarytointerveneandadju- hardlythe answer. and dignity.Inface of the determinedagi- PrimeMinister’s imageconsiderably. His causeitfeels such astepwillset abad prece- ernment on the other.This is apivotal mo- dicateonthe validity of the threefarms SSPaul, Nadia tation, the government realises it has erred; good intentionshavebeen laid to waste. dent and open apandora's boxof ment forthe government and it should not laws ishard to stomach.Doesthejudiciary yet, without acknowledging as much,ithas Facedwith the police, Central govern- demonstrations forcaste reservations, mi- have come to this. In everynegotiation, have amagic wand to settle thecon- BETTER SCHOOLS relented to amend the Acts within weeksof ment forces digging 10-feetbroad trenches nority rights and mostprobablybylabour both sides musthaveaface saverfor the tentious and protracted issue? It is clear their enactment. in the national highway,cement blocks unions who feel they’vebeen literallyhung victorytohavealasting and positive im- thatthegovernmenthasshownlittlepo- THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘The open But, the farmers demand that theActsbe toppedwith concertina wires, cranes park- out to drybythe labour lawreforms. pact. In the present circumstances, it’s ab- litical acumenorunderstandingindeal- classroom’, (IEJanuary11).Quality edu- repealed.Their point is best exemplifiedby ing shipping containers and tear gascan- Likeamanna from heaven, the solutelyessential to provide away forthe ing with farmers’ grievances. cation,accessibleto eachandeverychild, an analogy:Afamily, on purchasing anew isters to stop protesters from entering Supreme Courthas redeemeditself by pro- farmers to return home with dignity.Heart Deepak Singhal, Noida istheneedofthehour.First,publiceduca- car,takes delivery.Beforetheycan leave the Delhi, the farmers getthe feeling that they viding an amicable solutiontothe stale- wrenchingtalesofdistraught farmersre- tion should be promotedasamajority of showroom compound, the car stutters and aremeresupplicants and notequal citizens matebysuggesting that the Acts be held in turning home in hundredsofthousands, NOT ENOUGH children cannotaffordtogotoprivate stops.Oncloser examination it is found the at the gatesofwhat is nowthe new abeyance. In light of the trustdeficit and feeling betrayed is an omen of bad tidings. schools.Second,rotelearningneedsto be electricals have failedand the engine hasa Republic of India. point-blank refusal to repeal the Acts,the Beforethe storm begins to take aturn for THIS REFERS TO the report, ‘Twitter’s substituted with quality learning. Third, manufacturing defect. The companyoffers The strategy to makefarmers believe government will be wise to acceptthe the worse or begins to ebb, it is time also Trumpban: BJP slams it, Congress says acommon education system should be to repairthe car free of cost. But, what does theywerealone andcould be defeated Court’s suggestion.Itiscommon knowl- forthe farmers to reassess and seek posi- welcome signal’ (IE, January10). The designed.Thiswouldensurethatchildren the familydo? The familyobviouslywantsa seems to have backfired.Talking to the edge that withthe present Acts,it’simpos- tive concessions, because at the end of the move is toolittle, and coming aftera arenot forcedto drop out of their schools replacement notarepaired car.Similarly,the farmers sleeping in tractor trollies, shiver- sible to achieve thePM’s promise of “dou- agitation, no one would want astatus quo mob egged on by US President Donald especiallyinsituations likethe present farmers want the Acts to be replacednot ing in the biting wetwinter cold, one gets bling farmers income”. ante, that is inevitable otherwise. Alearn- Turmplaidsiege to the Capitol build- one. Fourth, something morethan justa amended. Theseus’ paradoxtoo asks the sense that thisiswhat ledtohardening The government should re-evaluateits ing that Iwrung out of the agonyisthat “it ing, it is toolate. Trumphas along degreeshouldberequiredintheselection whether aship that has had all itsparts re- of their standfor acomplete repeal of the responseand agree to four other points. is better to have smartfoes than afoolish record of sharing falsehoodsand big- processof teachersbecausetheyare shap- placedisstill the same ship. three Acts.It’s time forthe leadership to put One, circulatethe draftofthe amended band of cohorts.” otry on social media. Blocking aloud- ing the futureofour country. Seeing tens of thousandsdescend on aleash on the trolls as theyare painting the Acts;two,explicitlydefine itsMSP commit- mouth or despotorleader of amob is Sarachana Sisodia, Delhi Delhi, the hatespewing socialmedia brigade, Centreintoacorner from whereitisbe- ment;three, hold wide ranging consulta- The writer is chairman, anchors of some media channels, and polit- coming increasinglydifficult forittoextract tions withvarious stakeholders;four,ifitis Bharat Krishak Samaj WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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Students use ‘experts’ Khattar,Dushyant to for GRE from home: meet Shah today, JJP Govt, US alerted calls MLAs to Delhi

Athird-year biomedical engi- SeveralMLAsonverge of quitting: Hooda AASHISHARYAN& neeringstudentenrolledatapre- PRANAVMUKUL miernationalinstitute,whospoke NEWDELHI,JANUARY11 to The IndianExpressoncondi- SUKHBIRSIWACH& tion of anonymity,said mostof VARINDERBHATIA CHEATINGBYSTUDENTS taking those who take testsonbehalfof CHANDIGARH,JANUARY11 the GraduateRecordExam- othersare in the thirdand fourth ination (GRE)online from their year.Often, theyare approached AFTER PROTESTINGfarmers ran- homes,followingthe Covid-19 by teachersfromother institutes sackedthe venueofHaryana outbreak,has been red-flagged to helpcandidatesformoney. A4- Chief Minister Manohar Lal by the largest Indian franchise of 5student group gets paid in the Khattar’s “kisanmahapan- CM Khattar,deputy Chautala US-basedThe PrincetonReview. rangeRs30,000-Rs 40,000. chayat” at aKarnal village, top The GRE, ownedand admin- “Wedoitfor the moneyand leaders of BJP-JJP alliance, includ- isteredbythe US-headquartered to learn moreabout the exam ing Khattar and Deputy Chief dent at the Karnal villageSunday Educational Testing Service(ETS), pattern. It helps us preparebet- MinisterDushyant Chautala,are has the governmentworriedasit is astandardisedtestrequiredfor terbecause we also want to take settomeetUnion Home Minister tookplacedespitealleffortsbythe admissionstograduateschools theexaminfuture. And it is easy Amit Shah to discuss the politi- statemachinerytoprevent any in the US and Canada. In India, moneyfor us.Some students cal scenario in the state. disruption. 85,050 candidates took the GRE from management colleges who The meeting is scheduledto Sources said the BJP-JJP lead- in 2019 comparedwith 90,146in areinthe firstyear...theyare also Protesters at the Delhi-Ghazipur border on Monday. Prem Nath Pandey take placeinNew Delhi Tuesday. ers will brief the Union Home China and 3.95lakh in the US, ac- in touchwiththeir teachersfrom Butbeforethat, Dushyant will Ministerabout the recent devel- cording to theETS. these institutes...so theyalso hold ameeting with JJP MLAs at opments.ApartfromKhattarand Besides informing the ETS help,” said another studentwho his farmhouse in Delhi. All JJP Dushyant,state BJPpresidentOm about the riseinfraudulent ac- had ‘collaborated’. AFFIDAVIT IN SC CONTESTING FARMPROTESTERS’ CLAIMS legislators have been asked to PrakashDhankar, stateEducation tivities, the Indian franchisee has AradhanaMahna,co-founder come to thecapital on Tuesday. MinisterKanwarPalGujjarandJJP written to the Ministryof and managing director,Manya The exerciseisseenasanat- statepresident Nishan Singh will Education and Niti Aayoghigh- Education,said some of their stu- tempttokeeptheflockofMLAsin be partofthe delegation, asenior lighting the ‘moral’ aspect of us- dents,mostlyfromAndhra Centredetails‘twodecades’of thealliancetogetheramidincreas- BJP leader confirmed. ing unfair means and itsimpact Pradesh and Telangana, ap- ing pressureoverthem with the Earlier in the day, Khattar in- on student’ quality. proachedteachers forsimilar farmers’agitationdominatingthe teracted withthe five Indepen- The Indian Express spoketo help.Manya Educationrunsmore political landscape in Haryana for dent MLAs backing the alliance severalstudents who took the than 40 competitive exam prep talks,saysnooptionbutreform the pastone-and-a-half month. government at the residenceof GRE with help from outsideex- centres across India and is the The meeting comes amid a statePowerMinisterRanjitChau- perts or ‘collaborators’. While biggestoperationof ThePrinceton statementby formerHaryanaCM tala, also an IndependentMLA. none of them wishedtobe Reviewoutside the US. Manya tion”, and that an Expert sive,moreliberal” StateAgricult- Govt cites law Bhupinder Hooda Mondaythat Meanwhile, INLD leader Abh- named, theyrevealedameticu- Education has already informed ANANTHAKRISHNANG Committee setuptoreviewthe ureProduce and LivestockMark- severalMLAsofthe ruling com- ay Chautala wrotealettertothe lously-planned modus operandi. ETS about the fraud, but Mahna NEWDELHI,JANUARY11 agricultural marketing system eting (Facilitation &Develo- and order to bine areonthe vergeofquitting. AssemblySpeaker Monday, ask- In the “at-home” offering of saiditsresponsewasa“bitcasual”. had in aJune 2001 reportsug- pment) Actto“provide for In the 90-member Assembly, inghimto treatitashisresignation the GRE, an online proctorasks Hence,Manya Educationhasnow SEEKING TO dispel what it called gestedvariouslegislative reforms. geographicallyrestriction-free” move SC against theBJPhas40seatsandtheJJPhas from Vidhan Sabha if the govern- the test takertoshowthe entire pointed it out to thegovernment. “theerroneousnotion...peddled" Following this, the Centrepoi- trade of agricultural produce; to 10 legislators; five out of seven mentdoesn’twithdraw the“three room usingawebcam to ensure Responding to queries,an ETS by protestersthatthegovernment nted out, an inter-ministerialtask give “freedom” to farmers to sell; R-Day march Independent MLAs aresupport- blackfarm laws”byJanuary26. nobody else is inside the room. In spokesperson told The Indian and Parliamentdid nothold any forcereport of June 2002 had also to “enhancetransparency”inpay- ing the government. The farmer Abhayisthe lone MLAofINLD in case of anysuspicion, the proctor Express: “The ETS Office of consultations before passing the recommended“severallegislative ments;to promotemultiplechan- agitationhas made it difficult for the Assembly. would then sporadically ask the TestingIntegrityis constantlyad- farm laws,the Centre Monday reforms in the StateAPMC Acts nelsfor competitive marketing, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the allianceministers and MLAs His “resignation letter”, it is exam takertoshowthe room on dressing attemptsbysometo filedanaffidavit in the Supreme andtheEssentialCommoditiesAct agri-processing and agricultural NEWDELHI,JANUARY11 to holdpublicmeetingsinvillages, learnt, has built morepressureon the camera.The exam begins af- gain an unfair advantageonour Courtdetailingthe “twodecades to remove restrictive provisions export;and to encourage invest- withfarmersshowingblackflags, Dushyant, who has been project- terthe proctorissatisfied. assessments. ETS characterizes a of deliberations” behind them. It impedingdevelopmentof aneffi- ments. On May21, 2020, the affi- THE CENTRE on Mondaymoved chasing theirvehicles, damaging inghimself asleaderoffarmersbut Akey featureofthe online variety of improper testing be- also arguedthat some states had cient and competitivemarketing davitsaid,theDepartmentof Agr- the Supreme Court seeking an helipads and staging protests to isfacingtheirireforsupportingthe GRE test is that the advanced haviors (e.g., cheating, misuse of been tardyinimplementingthe system, forpromotion of direct iculture,CooperationandFarmers’ injunction againstthe “pro- prevent suchmeetings. The inci- BJP-ledgovernment. adaptive design allows theexam test content)asfraudulent, which reforms in their “truespirit”. marketing, forencouraging con- Welfareheld ameeting, attended posed” tractor march by those takertofreelymoveforward and we take very seriouslyand work The affidavit filedbythe tract farming and forrationalisa- by 13 states/UTs, forfeedback on protesting againstthe newfarm backwardthroughasection be- tirelessly to preventand investi- Secretary, MinistryofAgriculture tion of market fee/tax structure”. this newlegal framework. laws,saying it wasaneffortto ing attempted.This is aloophole gate as and when theyoccur. andFarmers’Welfare,alsounder- It wasafter acceptance of this Thus, the Centresaid, it has “disruptthe augustgathering Mamata: India staring exploited by thoseresorting to Furthermore, ETS has been suc- linedthe “serious, sincereand reportthatthe Agriculture been“actively andintensively en- and celebrations of the nation on unfair practices. cessful in invalidating the scores constructive efforts”made by the Ministryformulated the Model gagingwiththe states forabout Republic Day”. at food crisis due to BJP According to people who of thosewho attempt these be- government to engagewith “the APMC Act, 2003, and Rules,2007, twodecades to achieve the... ob- “It has cometothe knowl- witnessedcheating first-hand,a haviors and is thereforeconfident limitednumber”of farmersprote- in consultation with states, the jectivesofreforms to provide ac- edge of thesecurityagencies person would enter the room in scorevalidity worldwide”. sting the laws.Itsaid the fact that Centre said. When it wasnoticed cessible andbarrier-free market throughvarious sources that the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE from an angle he/ she is notvis- Asked if it planned to amend the agitation waslimited to only that their adoption by states and system”and that “stateseither smallgroup of protesting individ- KOLKATA,JANUARY11 ibletothe online proctor,take the GRE test rules to prevental- oneplace showedthat amajority Union territories “was of varied showedreluctance to adoptthe uals/ organisations have planned pictures of all questions in the leged fraudsters from exploiting of the farmers find the legislation degree and slow”, in 2010,an reformsintruespiritormadepar- to carry outatractor/trolley/ve- WESTBENGALChiefMinister particular section —verbal rea- the test design flaws,the “progressive andintheirinterest”. EmpoweredCommittee of 10 tial or cosmetic reforms”. hicle march on RepublicDay” MamataBanerjee on Monday soning or quantitative reasoning spokesperson said, “Giventhat “The agitation by/in the name of stateministers wasformedto About talkswith the protest- and that the “proposed marchis claimedthat India wasstaring at —asthe exam takerscrolls up GRE General Teststaken in atest some of the farmers may, there- “persuade” the states to imple- ing farmers, the Centresaid it slatedtodisturb and disruptthe afood crisis because of the BJP’s and down through it. The person centreorfromhomeareidentical, fore,not betreatedasreflectionon ment the Actand rules,aswell as had done all it could to address august celebrationsofnation on “adamant” approachtowards then leavesthe room to solve creating continuity with the on the validity of the laworits effi- to suggest further reforms. “specific grievances of some Republic Dayand would be three newfarm laws thatthou- MamataBanerjee at arally these questionswith the help of screenexperienceisimperative to cacy and usefulness forthe farm- This committee submitted its farmers”, listing the “construc- bound to create amassive law sands of farmers campedonthe in Nadia district. Express collaborators outside. He would maintaining students’ testing ex- ers’ community.” reportin2013, seeking steps for tive dialogue” held on different and order situation”, the Centre's Delhi border areprotesting. enter the room with apieceof periences,and thereforewehave Theaffidavitarguedthatchan- removing barriers in the wayof dates, and the implementation applicationsaid, seekingdirec- Banerjeedemandedthe imme- paper with all answers. noplansto updatethetestformat”. geswereneededinstate market- markets. The affidavit saidthe of the Swaminathan report tions from the court. diaterepealofthe laws. againsttheir interest,” the ing laws as these hindered agri- committee“specificallyconsulted through hiked MSP.Given that Stipulating that the right to “The countryisstaring at a Trinamool Congress chairperson cultural trade as well as provision farmersfromvarious states”, and the Acts had received“wide ac- protestissubject to the counter- food crisis. If the BJP continues to said at arallyinRanaghat in of legal supporttofarmers to re- hencethepetitioners’claimof not ceptance”, it said, the demand vailing publicinterestand law remain adamant on the farm Nadia district. aliseremunerative prices. It said beingconsulted “hasnobasis in forrepeal is “neither justifiable and order,the government laws,therewill be afood short- Banerjee termedthe BJP a theneedforreforms“wasfeltand fact whatsoever”. nor acceptable”. addedthat “the right to protest ageinour country. Thefarmers “junk party” that is “filling up its conceivedinthelateNinetiesafter In2017,theCentresaid,thego- FULLREPORTON can neverinclude maligning the areassets of ourcountryand we rank andfilewithcorrupt androt- kick-startofeconomic liberalisa- vernmentformulated“aprogres- www.indianexpress.com nationglobally”. should notdoanything that goes tenleaders from other parties”. Haryana BKU chief: Reach Delhi Man hospitalised Sonia dials Oppositionleaders, borders for tractor parade by Jan 24 after consuming poison at Singhu Sharad Pawar meets Left leaders SUKHBIRSIWACH CHANDIGARH,JANUARY11 Chadunihas protest site EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE been NEWDELHI,JANUARY11 HARYANAFARMERS areplan- booked for NewDelhi: A49-year-old farmer The accidenttook place while the car wastravelling towards ning to reachDelhi borders by ‘disturbance’ attempted suicide at Singhu bor- AS THE Supreme Courtcriticised Gokarna via Ankola and Yellapura. PTI January 24 to jointhe “tractor pa- at Khattar der on Mondayevening. The the Centreoverthe farmers’ rade” in the national capital on event farmer,Labh Singh, allegedly protests,the Congress on the occasion of Republic Dayon consumedpoison and was Mondaysaid the issue wasnei- January26. rushed to ahospitalinSonipat. ther “legal” nor “legalistic” and MoS Naik injured In avideo messagetofarmers, Chaduni and 70 others for“cre- He is undergoing treatment, of- asked thegovernmenttorepeal Haryana BKU president Gurnam ating disturbance at the kisan ficials at the hospitalsaid. the three farm laws paying heed Sitaram Yechuryafter meeting Sharad PawarinDelhi. Anil Sharma Singh Chaduni said, “As per our panchayat” of Chief Minister “A protesterwas brought to thecourt’s observations. in car accident, his strategy,all farmer brothers with Manohar Lal Khattar at Kaimla from Singhu border on Monday Congress president Sonia their tractors should reachDelhi villageofKarnal district Sunday. evening. He had consumed poi- Gandhi, meanwhile, begantalk- Leftleaderssaidtheydiscussed “Werespect the Supreme borders by January24. We will Police said the accusedhave son. The victim wasgiven initial ingtoOppositionleaders and is the issue of farmer protests. Courtand itsconcern... butulti- enter Delhi on January26, even if been bookedfor “enteringinto treatment following whichhe planning to convene ameeting While the Congress is en- matelyrepealof the laws and the wife, aide dead thepoliceuselathis or bullets. We the event venue with sticks, wasadmitted to the ICU.Weare to formulateajoint Opposition thusedatthe strong observa- discretion to repeal the laws...lies will break all their (police) barri- damaging the government prop- monitoring his condition and he strategy on the protests.Her ini- tions made by the court, party at the doorsteps of the govern- ple injuries,” Additional SP for cades to enter Delhi.” erty,conspiracy,assault on the is presentlystable,” said an offi- tiative came on aday NCPchief leaders said farmer unions view ment and notthe Supreme EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Karwarregion SBadarinathsaid. Meanwhile,Haryana Police government employees and in- cial from FIMS Hospital in Sharad Pawarmet Leftleaders the petitions in the apexcourt Court,” Congress chief spokesper- BENGALURU,JANUARY11 He addedthatthe minister was have booked BKU president stigating the people”. Sonipat. ENS Sitaram Yechuryand DRaja. The with suspicion. son Randeep Surjewala said. movedtoBambolim Hospital in VIJAYANAIK, the wifeofUnion Goaondirections of the Goa gov- MinisterofState forDefence ernment. Threeothers who were Shripad Naik,and aclose aide of in the car —apersonal guardof Don’t put pressure… my statement clear: Rajinikanth after protest the ministerdiedafter suffering the minister, thedriverand a serious injuriesinacar accident friend of the minister—suffered pressed displeasurethat mem- launchedthe partyinhis own nearHosakambivillageinAnkola minor injuries, police said. One of ARUNJANARDHANAN bers of his fans club had joined way. All along, he wasbeingsub- taluk of Karnataka’s Uttara them, who is alocal resident, was CHENNAI,JANUARY11 hands with people who were ac- NED Howhisdecision missive.Hedidn’t want to invite Kannada districtonMonday. treatedatahospitalinAnkolaand tuallyexpelledfromRajini affectsBJP unnecessarytrouble toobytak- The minister, who wastravel- the othertwo in Goa, police said. ADAY afteraprotest in Chennai Makkal Mandram (RMM) -- a E ing an aggressive standagainst ● ling in the car,has suffered multi- Goa is about 110kmfrom to demand his political entry, Rajinikanth fans association. “It EXPLAI them,” asource close to ple injuries and has been shifted Ankola wherethe accident oc- Rajinikanth on Mondayclarified wasagainstthe decision of RAJINIKANTH’SDECISION to abstain from electoralpolitics Rajinikanth said. to ahospital in Goa. curred.Karwaristhedistricthead- that he has no plans to revisithis RMM,” Rajinikanthsaid. did notonlyderailthe BJP’s immediateplansbut alsode- SShankar,ajournalist- The minister’s aide who died quarters forthe UttaraKannada decision to abstain from the po- Rajinikanth’s decision to opt creasedthe party’s bargaining powerand leverage against turned-Rajinikanth fanclub wasidentifiedasDeepak Dube. districtinKarnataka. litical arena and asked his fans out of politics lastmonth was senior alliance partner AIADMK. From itsearlier strategy to leader who also runs awebsite The accident took place while Karnataka Chief MinisterBS nottopressurehim further. seen as asetbacktoBJP as the na- The actor’s remarks come endorse Rajinikanth’s outfit, and ostensible bickering over forthe actor,said manywho at- the Toyota Innova Crysta car was Yediyurappa expressed condo- “Do notput pressureonme tional party hopedtobuild on afteraprotestinChennai the CM candidate,the party is nowclear in itsrecognition of tendedSunday’s protestwere travelling towardsGokarna via lencesoverthe death of Naik’s to changemydecision to noten- another powercentreinTamil against his decision to the AIADMK being the bigger partner.OnMonday, CTRavi, genuine fans. “People who gen- Ankola and Yellapura. The car hit wife. “ThedeathofVijayaNaikis terpolitics by holdingrallies. My Nadu parallel to theestablished abstain from political arena senior BJP leader in charge of Tamil Nadu, said that AIADMK uinelywishedfor his political atree,toppledandfellintoaditch, very unfortunate. Mayher soul statement wasclearabout whyI Dravidianparties. being the single largest party in their alliance would be the entryweretherebut those who the policesaid. rest in peace and God give stre- am notentering electoral poli- Sourcesclose to Rajinikanth one to naturallypickthe CM candidatetoo. organisedthe event were differ- “The accident occurredbe- ngth to her familytoovercome tics,” he said. said the actor thinksthe protest sons thatmade him take thefi- ent. Theywerelikeghosts.He tween7.45pmand 8pm. Two their grief,” he said.The Chief Mi- Amidreports that the protest wasthe handiworkofelements nal decision to optout of politics. (Rajinikanth) knewthis fact,that peoplesufferedseriousinjuries— nisterwishedquick recovery for wasorchestrated by asection of who wanted to benefit from his The main reason wasBJP pres- Pressurefrombothhis daugh- muchinterestand often is whyheissuedastatement to- the wifeofthe ministerand an the Unionminister, who also hol- people on behalf of the BJP, political entry. sureand their consistent inter- ters forhealthrisksalso playeda soundedasiftheywill makeuse daytoavoid suchprotests,” aide.Theministeralsohadmulti- ds charge of the AYUSHministry. Rajinikanth’s statement ex- “Therewereacouple of rea- ference in his party affairs. role... If BJP hadn’t shown this of him, he would have still Shankar said. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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GEORGIA PLAIN WilliamBurns as CIA director NICHOLASFANDOS E long-anticipated investigation ● forDems Richestcitizen, JANUARY11 EX intothe originsofthe coron- aviruspandemic, the govern- rulingpartychief, HOUSE DEMOCRATS on WITH JUSToveraweek left MATTHEWLEE ment said Monday. Mondayintroducedanarticle of before theBiden administra- WASHINGTON,JANUARY11 The experts will arrive on quitspolitics impeachment againstUS tion takesoffice, many Thursdayand meetwith Chinese BIDZINAIVANISHVILI, the President Donald Trumpfor in- Democratsare worriedthat US PRESIDENT-ELECT Joe Biden counterparts, the National Health head of Georgia’s ruling citing amob that attackedthe if the House sendsarticles of announcedMondayhehas cho- Commissionsaid in aone-sen- party and itsrichestciti- Capitol lastweek,vowing to impeachment to the Senate, sen veterandiplomat William tence statement that gave no zen, said on Monday he press the charge as Republicans the trial that ensues could Burns to be his CIA director. other details. It wasn’t immedi- wasquittingpolitics, two blockedaseparatemovetofor- Security fencing surroundsthe US Capitol on Monday. Reuters take up all of Congress’ time Aformerambassador to Burns has had a33-year atelyclearwhether the experts monthsafter aparliamen- mallycallonVice President Mike whichwould otherwise be Russia and Jordan, Burns, 64,had career at the US State would be travelling to the city of tary election his oppo- Pence to strip him of powerun- usedtoconfirm Biden’s a33-yearcareeratthe State Department Wuhan, wherethe coronavirus nentsallege wasrigged. der the 25th Amendment. Merkel: Trump Twitter ban problematic Cabinetpicks.This could de- DepartmentunderRepublican wasfirstdetected in late 2019. Ivanishvili,64, and his al- The dual actions came as laythe newadministration’s and Democratic presidents.He Negotiationsfor the visit have lies in the ruling Georgian SpeakerNancyPelosiandhercau- Berlin: German Chancellor by incitementtoviolence.”He Covid relief efforts, among rose through the rankstobe- Department afterDonald Trump long been underway. WHO Dream party,whichwon cus sought to ratchetuppressure Angela Merkelconsiders US saidit’srightnotto“standback” other things. The Democratic come deputy secretaryofstate took office in 2017,Burns held his Director-General Tedros the Oct. 31 election, deny on Pencetointervene and push President Donald Trump’s whensuchcontentisposted,for leadership arenow report- before retiring in 2014 to run the tongueuntillastyearwhenhebe- Adhanom Ghebreyesus ex- rigging it. International Trumptoresign. If theydid not, eviction from Twitter by the example by flagging it. edly considering impeaching Carnegie Endowment of ganwriting highlycritical pieces pressed disappointment last observers said the vote, the Democratspromisedimme- company“problematic”, her But Seibertalso said free- Trumpwith avoteinthe InternationalPeace. on Trump’s policies in Foreign week over delays,saying that whichtriggered street diateconsequences forTrump’s spokesman said Monday. dom of opinion is afunda- House, but waiting forafew Amid tumult in the State Affairs and other publications. AP membersof theinternationalsci- protests,was broadlyfree role in an attackthatput the lives Asked about Twitter’s deci- mental right of “elementary weeksbeforeholding a entific team departingfromtheir and fair.Ivanishvili, who of thevicepresident,membersof sion, Merkel’s spokesman, significance”. Senatetrial. Although Trump home countries had already livesinaglass and steel Congress and thousandsofstaff SteffenSeibert, said the opera- Merkelbelievesthat the would have leftoffice by Arnold Schwarzenegger likens startedontheir tripaspartofan mansion that looms over working on Capitol Hill at risk as tors of social media platforms intervention by social media then, if the Senatevotes arrangementbetween the WHO the Georgian capital officials mettoformalise “beargreatresponsibilityforpo- companies intothis freedom againsthim,that could en- Capitol siege to Nazi violence and the Chinese government. Tbilisi, announcedhis po- President-electJoeBiden’svictory. liticalcommunicationnotbeing makes the move problematic, surethat he can neverrun Foreign Ministryspokesper- litical exit in aletterpub- “ThePresident’s threat to poisonedbyhatred, by lies and he said. AP foroffice again. sonZhao Lijian saidChinahad ap- lishedonhis party’s social America is urgent, and so toowill REUTERS He made the proved the visit following consul- media feeds, citing hisage beouraction,”PelosisaidMonday. JANUARY11 remarksina tations between the sides and and the party’s success in As expected,Republicans ob- Pencedoesnot intervene “within were opposed. American government and Twitter video called it an opportunity to “ex- establishing itself as a jected to aresolution calling on 24 hours” afterpassageand the The four-pageimpeachment killing aCapitol Police officer. HOLLYWOODACTORandformer changeviews withChinesescien- dominant force. REUTERS Pence to invoke the 25th Presidentdoesnot resign, House article chargesTrumpwith “in- Four othersalso diedasaresult Californiagovernor Arnold tistsandmedicalexpertsonscien- Amendment, meaning that the leaders saidtheywould move as citing violence againstthe gov- of injuriesormedical emergen- Schwarzeneggerhas compared ownedbusinesses and institu- tificcooperation on the tracing of House would have to call afull early as Wednesdaytoconsider ernment of the United States” cies on Capitol grounds. the storming of the US Capitol by tionsweredestroyedby theNazis theoriginof thenewcoronavirus.” voteonthe measure, mostlikely the impeachment resolutionon when he sowedbogus claims Lastminutechangeswere supporters of President Donald in 1938 and dozens were killed. “Alongwith continuous ITALY on Tuesday. Democratic leaders the floor, justaweek afterthe at- aboutelectionfraud and encour- made lateSundaytoinclude a TrumptoNazi violence against “Theydidnotjustbreakdown changes in the epidemic situa- Studentsstage were confidentitwouldpass,and tack.Alreadymorethan 210 aged his supporters at arally out- reference to the14th Jews in avideo postedonTwitter. the doors of the building that tion, our knowledge of the virus pressuredRepublicanlawmakers Democratshavesignedontothe side the WhiteHouse to take ex- Amendment, the post-Civil War Schwarzenegger, aRepublican housedAmerican democracy. deepens, and moreearly cases sit-intodemand to vote with themtobeseechthe leading charge,justshy of ama- traordinarymeasures to stop the eraaddition to the Constitution Partymember and long-time Theytrampledtheveryprinciples arediscovered,” Zhao told re- vice president, who is said to be jorityofthe House. Several counting of electoral votes un- that prohibits anyone who “en- critic of Trump, likenedthe siege on whichour country was porters at adaily briefing,adding schoolsbeopened opposedto usingthepowersout- Republicans were saidtobecon- derwayatthe Capitol. Ashort gagedininsurrection or rebel- at the Capitol Building lastweek founded,” he said in the video that the search forthe origin will DOZENSOF studentsstaged linedin the Constitution, to do so. sideringvotingto impeach forthe time later,rioters mobbed the lion”againstthe US from hold- to “Kristallnacht”, or the Night of publishedonhis official Twitter likelyinvolve “multiple coun- asit-in protestoutside their It wasaremarkable threat. If firsttime, though party leaders building, ransacking the seat of ing futureoffice. NYT Broken Glass, whenJewish- accountonSunday. tries and localities.” school in centralRome on Monday, urging the govern- ment to re-open the educa- tion sectoracross the coun- Netanyahu orders tryafter mostofits 20 regionsextendedclosuresto contain rising Covid-19in- advancement of fections. Italian schools re- openedinmid-September afterasix-month stop, the planstobuild West longestinEurope, but face- to-face lessons in high schools across the country Bank settler homes were graduallysuspended again amonth later due to a newsurge in cases. “School Policeclash with supporters of the monarchy in Kathmandu. AP iscrucial.We areaskingfora JEFFREYHELLER safereturnto face-to-faceac- JERUSALEM,JANUARY11 tivities,” student Emanuele Santori said. REUTERS ISRAELIPRIMEMinister Nepal: Police clashwith BenjaminNetanyahu ordered VENEZUELA constructionplans advancedon INDONESIAN DIVERS FIND MORE WRECKAGE pro-monarchy crowd Mondayfor some 800Jewish set- 23deadinclash tler homes in the occupiedWest Indonesian Navy memberspullupapiece of debris during asearch forthe remains from betweengangs Bank,anchoring the projectsin Sriwijaya Air flight SJ 182, whichcrashedintothe sea offthe Jakarta coast. Divers scoured the ActorManisha Koirala, who the final days of the pro-settle- sea bed on Monday, retrieving human remains and pieces of plane wreckage. Okky Bisma, a YUBARAJGHIMIRE waspartofthe anniversarycel- andpolice ment Trumpadministration. Movingahead with the flightattendant on the plane, wasidentifiedbyhis fingerprints,apolice official said. Reuters KATHMANDU,JANUARY11 ebration committee, wasal- AT LEAST 23 people died Palestinians condemned projectscould help shoreup lowedtomovetothe statue with over the weekend in aclash suchconstruction as illegal. The supportfor Netanyahu from CLASHES ERUPTED between po- around twodozen others. But betweenpoliceandgangsin timing of the move appeared to settlersinthe upcomingpolls lice and supporters of the police snatchedfloral wreaths Venezuela’s capital Caracas, be an attempt to setIsrael’s blue- Sri Lanka govt to drop case against MP monarchy as thousands were and garlands from the crowd. according to news reports print in indelible ink before Joe marching to the federal secre- “It’s ashame, and acon- and human rightsactivists, Biden, who has been critical of Shomron, Barkan and Karnei tariat in Kathmandu on Monday demnable act that the govern- as the government faces in- itssettlement policies, becomes Shomron in the northern West over murder of senior Tamil politician to payhomagetothe lateKing ment has refusedtohonour the ternational scrutiny for US president on Jan. 20. Bank.Itgavenostarting datefor Prithvi Narayan Shah —architect right to expression and assembly killings by security forces. Moving ahead with the proj- construction. eran Tamil politician, waskilled Rajapaksa wasdefeated,Pilleyan of modern Nepal —onhis 299th universallyguaranteedbythehu- The bloodshedbegan on ectscould help shoreupsup- “Itisanattempt to raceagainst PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA onChristmas Eveof2005. Agun- wasarrestedinOctober of 2015. birth anniversary. manrightsofthe people,” Koirala Fridayafternoonwithanop- portfor Netanyahu from set- time and benefitfromthe last COLOMBO,JANUARY11 man had stormedachurch and Meanwhile, Pilleyan was Riotpolice wielding teargas saidaftershewasrefusedpermis- eration by twopolice units, tlers and their backers in a days of thecurrentUSadministra- opened fire at Pararajasingham, elected to Parliament in the shells,and with awater canon sion to speaknear the statue.“I the Special Action Forces, March 23 election, Israel’s tion,”WaselAbuYoussef,amem- AMURDER caseagainstasitting thenaseniormemberof theTamil August5,2020 general election deployednearby, stoppedthe wantedto expressmy prideformy known as FAES, and the fourth in twoyears, in which beroftheExecutive Committeeof MP,and close political allyofthe National Alliance (TNA). and immediatelybecame partof crowdabout three hundred Nepali identify,whichlikeall Special Tactical Operations the conservative leader faces the Palestine Liberation Rajapaksas’ SLPP,inconnection The then chief ministerofthe the current government of metres away from theRamshah Nepalis,Iowe to King Prithvi Units,knownasUOTE,inthe newchallenges from the right. Organisation, told Reuters. with the 2005 killing of asenior eastern province, Sivanesathurai President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Path crossing,wherealifesize Narayan Shah who formedmod- gang-ridden neighborhood An announcement by The Donald Trumpadminis- Tamil parliamentarian, is setto Chandrakanthan alias Pilleyan, the youngerbrotherofMahinda. statue of the king stands. The ern Nepal,” she said. of La Vega.Itcontinuedinto Netanyahu’s office said about tration has effectively backed be dropped, the Sri Lankan wasaccusedofthe murder.He Speaking to reporters policeaction came afterthe The incident took place hours Saturday, activistMarino 800homes wouldbebuilt in the Israel’srighttobuild West Bank AttorneyGeneral’s Department wasapolitical allyofthe then Monday, Pilleyansaid,“Thewhole crowdinsistedongarlanding afterNepal President Bidhya Alvaradotweeted.REUTERS settlementsofBeit El and Givat settlementsbyabandoning a told acourtinthe eastern town president Mahinda Rajapaksa. casewaspoliticallymotivatedand the statue.The crowdalso Devi Bhandariremembered the Zeev, north of Jerusalem, and in long-heldUSposition that they of Batticaloa on Monday. With the changeofgovern- Iwas remandedbasedonastate- raisedpro-monarchy slogans lateking as aherothat the nation TalMenashe, Rehelim, Shavei breakinternationallaw. REUTERS JosephPararajasingham,avet- ment in 2015,when Mahinda ment by twoindividuals.” near the statue. should alwaysremember. Harris team says it was LAWS CHANGED TO FORMALISE PRACTICES THAT ARE ALREADY COMMON IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD blindsidedbyVogue cover Popesayswomen can read at Mass, but still can’tbepriests Wilmington: US Vice President- electKamalaHarrishaslandedon Kamala the coverofthe Februaryissue of Harris on though exceptions were made. ministrywas performedby commission, calledthe changes Voguemagazine,butherteamsays Vogue’s NICOLEWINFIELD Francis said he wasmaking women in the early church. important giventheyrepresent there’s aproblem:the shotofthe cover. Credit: ROME,JANUARY11 the changetoincrease recogni- Francis has created asecond the firsttime the Vatican has ex- country’s soon-to-beNo. 2leader @voguemagazine tion of the“precious contribu- commission of experts to study plicitlyandthroughcanonlawal- isn’t whatbothsides had agreed Twitter account POPE FRANCIS changed church tion” women makeinthe whether women could be dea- lowedwomen access to the altar. upon, her team says. lawMondaytoexplicitlyallow church,while emphasizingthat cons,after afirstone failedto She saiditwas anecessaryfirst Instead of the powder blue women to do morethings dur- all baptisedCatholicshavearole reachaconsensus. step before anyofficial consider- powersuit Harris wore forher Harrisposedinthe lightblue suit ing Mass, granting them access to playinthe church’s mission. Advocates forexpanding the ationof thediaconateforwomen. covershoot, the firstwoman forthe magazine’s cover. She also to the mostsacredplace on the But he also notedthatdoing diaconatetoinclude women say “This is the firstmovementto electedvicepresidentisinstead posed, morecasuallydressedin altar, while continuingtoaffirm so further makes adistinction doing so would give women allowwomen inside the sanctu- seen in morecasual attireand slacks, ablazer and sneakers in that theycannotbepriests. between “ordained” ministries greater sayinthe ministryand ary,”said Zagano. “That’s avery wearing Converse ChuckTaylor front of apink and green back- Francis amendedthe lawto suchasthe priesthood and dia- governance of the church,while big deal.” sneakers, whichshe sometimes ground, forphotosthat were formalise and institutionalise conate, and ministries open to also helping address priestshort- Noting that bishops have wore on thecampaign trail. plannedfor insidethe magazine, what is common practice in qualifiedlaity.The Vatican re- Pope Francissaid he wasmakingthe changetoincrease ages in severalparts of theworld. long called forsuchamove, she In astatement,Vogue said it aperson from Harris’ team said. manyparts of the world: that serves the priesthood formen. recognitionofthe “precious contribution” womenmakein Opponents sayallowingit said it opens the door to further went with the moreinformalim- The coveralso generated outrage womencan beinstalledaslectors, The changecomes as Francis thechurch. AP would become aslipperyslope progress. “You can’t be ordained ageofHarrisforthecoverbecause on social media as posters ex- to read the Gospel, and serveon remains under pressuretoallow toward ordaining women to the as deacons unless you’rein- the photo captured her “authen- presseddisappointmentinhow the altar as eucharistic ministers. women to be deacons —minis- priesthood. stalledaslectors or accolytes,” tic, approachable nature, which the magazine decidedtopresent Previously, suchroles were offi- ters who perform manyofthe as presiding at weddings, bap- ministryisreserved formen Phyllis Zagano,who wasa said Zagano, aprofessor of reli- we feel is one of the hallmarks of the nation’s firstfemale vice pres- ciallyreserved to men even same functions as priests,such tisms and funerals. Currently, the even though historians saythe member of the pope’s firststudy gion at Hofstra University. AP theBiden-Harrisadministration.” ident on itscover. 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Note:Gold,silverrates at Delhi spotmarket;gold per 10 g, silverper 1kg; Brent crude as of 0000IST SENSEX: 49,269.32 ▲ 486.81 NIFTY: 14,484.75 ▲ 137.50 NIKKEI: 28,139.03 ▲ 648.90 HANGSENG: 27,908.22 ▲ 30.00 FTSE: 6,842.01 ▼ 31.25 DAX: 13,970.86 ▼ 78.67

Internationalmarket data till 1900IST PSBs’ BAD LOAN RATIO OF 9.7% LAST SEPT MAY JUMP TO 16.2% LAUNCHESSINGLE WINDOW CLEARANCE PORTALFOR STARTING MINES FSRredflag:NPAssettoshootupto Shah: Coal sector will be major contributor 13.5%bySept,moreifseverestress to $5-tn economy goal ‘Second Covid wave,new mutations spread uncertainty,threatening to stallfragile recovery’

‘Reportontrend and progress of banksmay riseto 17.6percent,8.8 ENSECONOMICBUREAU GEORGEMATHEW RBI cautions against high debt bankinginIndia2019-20’.TheRBI per cent and 6.5 per cent, respec- NEWDELHI,JANUARY11 MUMBAI,JANUARY11 has warnedthat the modestNPA tively,bySeptember 2021.These Mumbai:The RBI has raised borrowing in aperiod when ratioof7.5 per cent at end- NPAprojectionsare indicative of LAUNCHINGTHE singlewindow WITHTHEeconomytakingahitin concernovertheimpactof the fiscal authorities arealso re- September 2020 “veils the strong the possible economic impair- clearance portalfor starting coal the wake of the Covid pandemic increasingsovereigndebtand quired to provide stimulus to undercurrentof slippage”.Though ment latent in banks’ portfolios, mines in the country,Home and“amulti-speedrecoverystrug- the growing disconnect be- economicgrowth, is increas- the RBI had announcedmorato- withimplicationsforcapitalplan- MinisterAmit Shah on Monday gling to gain traction”, bad loans, tween the financialmarkets ing sovereign debt to levels rium on loan repaymentstill ning,” the RBI said. said the coal sector would be a or gross non-performingassets and the real sector. thathaveintensifiedconcerns August 2020, borrowers aresad- AccordingtotheRBIGovernor, major contributor towardsthe (NPAs), of the banking sector are “In spiteofrisingpublic relating to sustainability with dledwithunpaiddues.Bankshave India’s banking system facedthe goal of a$5-trillion economy. Home MinisterAmit Shah (right) with CoalMinister expected to shootupto13.5 per commitmentsfor mitigating crowding out fears in respect soughtrelief, including a30-day pandemic with relatively sound “The pandemic mayslow Pralhad Joshi at the launchofthe single window centofadvances by September the impact of the pandemic, of the privatesector in terms extension in NPAclassification, capital and liquidity buffers built down our speedinrealising the clearance portalfor startingcoal mines. AnilSharma 2021, from 7.5per cent in fiscal authorities arealso wit- of both volumeoffinancing from the RBI in recognition of assiduouslyintheaftermathof the dream of becoming a$5-trillion September 2020,under the base- nessingrevenueshortfalls.The and costs thereof,” it said. stressedloansamidthemounting global financial crisis and but- economybut we will certainly linescenario,theFinancialStability resultant expansion in the “The growing disconnect fears over rising NPAs. tressedbyregulatoryandpruden- achieveit,”hesaid,notingthatre- Report(FSR) of the ReserveBank market borrowing pro- between certain segmentsof “Given the uncertainty in- tial measures. “Notwithstanding forms under the NarendraModi of India (RBI) said. gramme of the government financialmarketsandrealsec- ducedbyCovid and itsreal eco- theseefforts,thepandemicthreat- government had brought trans- How singlewindow The FSR has warnedthat if the has imposedadditional pres- toractivity,pointed out in the nomic impact, the assetquality of ens to result in balance sheet im- parency and ease of doing busi- macroeconomic environment suresonbanks,”RBIGovernor lastFSR,hasgot furtheraccen- the banking system maydeterio- pairments and capital shortfalls, nesstothe coal sector, whichwas clearance portal will worsensintoasevere stress sce- ShaktikantaDas said in the tuated during the interreg- rate sharply, goingforward,” the especiallyasregulatoryreliefsare earlierthoughtto becontributing nario,theratiomay escalateto14.8 FSR.“The adverseimpact on num, withabundant liquidity RBI had said. In absoluteterms, rolledback,”Das said. lessthat one-thirdofits totalpo- per cent.“A multi-speedrecovery government revenue and the spurring areachfor returns,” grossNPAsdeclinedtoRs8,99,803 Bankswillalso be calledto tential to the country’s economy. benefit coal sector isstrugglingto gaintraction,infus- resultantincreaseinsovereign the report said. ENS croreinMarch 2020 from meetfundingrequirementsofthe The launchalso includedthe ing hope, reinforcedbypositive Rs 9,36,474 croreinMarch 2019. economyasittracesarevivalfrom signing of agreements with 19 lowsuccessful bidders to op- news on vaccine development,” The FSR said the NPAratio of the pandemic, he said. successfulbiddersduringthefirst KARUNJITSINGH erationalisemines quickly. RBI GovernorShaktikantaDas “Among bank groups, NPAra- advances as of September 2020 privatebanksand foreign banks “Congenial liquidity and fi- ever auction of coal blocks for NEWDELHI,JANUARY11 said.“Nonetheless,asecondwave tio of PSU banksof9.7 per cent in from 8.2per centinMarch 2020 mayincreasefrom4.6percentand nancing conditions have shored commercial mining, whichhad Howwill this help? of infections and newmutations September 2020 mayincrease to and9.1percentinMarchlastyear. 2.5 per cent to 7.9per cent and 5.4 up the financialparameters of concludedinNovember. THECENTREonMondayann- Industry sources said that of the virus have spreadheight- 16.2 per cent by September 2021 Bankswroteoff arecord per cent, respectively,overthe banks,butitisrecognisedthatthe Shah said the operationalisa- ounced anew onlinesingle the sector has long sought a eneduncertainty,threateningto under the baseline scenario,” the Rs2,37,876crore infiscal2019-20, same period. “In the severe stress availableaccountingnumbersob- tionof thecoalblocksallocatedto window clearanceportalfor single windowclearance sys- stallthefragilerecovery,”headded FSR said. Banks managedtobring enablingthebanksto showlower scenario, the NPAratiosofPSU scureatrue recognition of stress,” the 19 bidders would bringstates thecoalsectorto speedupop- temtohelp withquickerop- in the report. down their NPAs to 7.5per cent of NPAs, the RBI recentlysaid in its banks, private banksand foreign he said in the FSR. annualrevenuesof Rs6,500crore erationalisationof coalmines. erationalisation as obtaining andcreatemorethan70,000jobs. the requisiteclear- Also at the event wasCoal What is the single ances wastaking MinisterPralhadJoshi, who said: window clearance over 2-3 years for Covid-19 safety takes Growthinmutual “Presently, about19majorappro- portal? successful biddersin ‘Mutual fund AUMup17% 18%fundAUMrecorded vals,orclearancesarerequiredbe- The singlewin- manycases. An ex- in2019;fromRs22.86lakh fore starting the coal mine in the dowclearanceportal pertnotedthatthe Budget papers online in 2020,tops `31lakh cr’ crorein2018 country. In the absence of unified is aimedatallowing Pariveshmechanism platform forgrant of clearances, successful bidders forcoal forforestandenvironmentre- will be providedonline. Amassiverally in equities since Mayhelped mutual fund Fallinmutualfund companies were required to ap- blocks to be abletoobtain all lated clearances wouldlikely ENSECONOMICBUREAU “It is true that therewillbeno AUMgrow17% to topthe `31-lakh-crore-mark in 2020, 3%AUMrecordedin proachdifferent departments, requiredclearances,including bemergedintothesinglewin- NEWDELHI,JANUARY11 physical copies this time, but a 1percentagepoint lowerthan2019, aCrisil report said December2020 leadingto delayinoperationalisa- environmentaland forest, dowclearance mechanism number of digitalplatforms and tion of the coal mines.”Headded fromasingleportalwithprog- whichwould help with the IN THE backdrop of the Covid-19 other modes of dissemination Factorsthathelpedraise that the portalwould be opera- ress monitoring instead of operationalisation of blocks. pandemic,the government has have been plannedinaddition to inflowsintoindustry: tionalisedinaphasedmanner. havingtogotomultiple au- Full reporton decidednot to print copies of the existing channels. Therewillalso ■ Buoyantrun-upinthe Clearancesincludingenviron- thorities. The portalwould al- www.indianexpress.com Union Budget 2021-22, whichis beamobileapp,”aseniorgovern- underlyingequitymarket ment and forest clearances, wild slatedtobepresented in ment officialsaid. The modalities ■ Firminflowsintoopen-ended lifeclearance, clearances related Parliament on February1.Budget of online dissemination of these debtfundsandequity to safety, and rehabilitationof providing approval formining anonymity, saidsomecoalblocks documentswill be providedonly documentswill be announced exchange-tradedfunds(ETFs) project-affected families among plans on launch, according to a auctionedasfar backas2015had through onlinemeansand closertothe Budget. othersareset to begrantedviathe government release. stillnotbeenoperationaliseddue Membersof Parliamentwillgetan Apartfromphysicalprintingof `27.6 lakh cr: `4.5lakhcr:Amountaddedto portalwhichisalreadycapableof An expert, who requested to delays in obtainingclearances. e-version of these documents. documents, the process of distri- Mutual fund AUM assetsundermanagement Adedicated printing press for bution of the papers involves a recorded at end of 2019 (AUM)in2020bythe Budget documentsisinside the number of workers. So far, aset of 44-playermutualfundindustry NorthBlock.Tomaintain secrecy Budgetpaperswith14 documents Sensex crosses49K-mark on aroundBudgetannouncements,a wouldbeloadedinguardedtrucks large number of officials arere- andtakentoParliamentonBudget Outflows in open-ended equity Steadyinflows in dividend yield quired to stay together forweeks day. This year,the speechand all funds: December saw cumulative funds: Dividend yield fundssaw Source: outflows of `9,058crore in firm inflows to the tune of globalrally, good Q3 results inside the press. This year,tostall Budget-related documentscanbe Crisil/PTI anypotential threat of the spread accessedonwww.india- open-ended equity funds `1,490 crore in December of Covid,all Budgetdocuments budget.gov.inafteritspresentation. ENSECONOMICBUREAU Global stocks BRIEFLY ‘Govt working to MUMBAI,JANUARY11 slip off highs Amazon movesHCdivision Bench DOMESTICMARKETSjoined a GovtrejectsITR boost output of global stockrally amid expecta- tionsof amegastimulusbythein- REUTERS extensiondemand against observations in Futurecase componentsfor comingJoeBidenadministration, NEWYORK,JANUARY11 goodcorporate resultsandfurther NewDelhi: The Finance to both FRL and Reliance which oil &gas sector’ recoveryin the economy. Inching GLOBAL STOCKS came offrecord MinistryMondayrejected AASHISHARYAN The case is likelytobe would beacivil wrong actionable closer to the 50,000-level, the Soaring487 pointsto49,269, highs on Monday partlyoncau- demand forfurther exten- NEWDELHI,JANUARY11 listedfor hearing this by both FRL and Reliance in case benchmarkSensexcrossedthe theSensexisnow 731points tion over rising coronaviruscases sion of the lastdatefor filing theysufferany loss.” ENSECONOMICBUREAU 49,000-mark, soaring487 points shortof50,000. File globallywhile elevatedTreasury returnswhereauditisre- AMAZON HAS movedthe divi- week,asource said On August29, FutureRetail NEWDELHI,JANUARY11 to 49,269.32, while the NSE Nifty yieldssupportedthedollar,which quired beyond February15. sionBench of the Delhi High announcedthat it would “sell by Indexrose138pointsto14,484.75 hit itshighest in twoand ahalf Lastmonth,thegovernment Court againstasingle-judge wayofaslumpsale the retail and PETROLEUM SECRETARYTarun on buyingsupport by foreignin- SRanganathan,headof resea- weeksagainst abasket of peers. had extendedthe ITR filing December 21 judgment, chal- India (Sebi), Competition wholesale business” of itssuper- Kapoor on Monday announced vestors and domestic investors. rchatLKPSecurities,said,“Buoyed Wall Street indicesslipped deadline forindividuals till lenging an observationthat Commission of India(CCI) or market chain Big Bazaar,pre- thatthe government wasaiming MostAsian marketsrose fol- by positive globalcues,techstocks aheadofthe start of an earnings January10, and forcompa- FutureRetailhad on twocounts other statutorybodies againstthe mium food supplyunit Foodhall, to boost thedomesticproduction lowing another recordperform- together with auto stocks pow- season that arriveswithequities nies till February15. been able to provethat therewas FutureRetailLimited-Reliance and fashion and clothes super- of alarge number of components anceonWallStreetasinvestors eredtheNiftyclosertothe14,500- at newhighs, and as House Dem- “prima facie case of tortiousin- Retail and Lifestyle Limiteddeal. martBrand Factory’s retail and usedinthe oiland gassector, cheered theprospect of afurther mark.”The Sensex is now731 ocratsintroducedanarticleof im- terference by Amazon”, two The single-judge Bench had, wholesale units, to Reliance whichare currentlyimported. massive stimulusfortheUSecon- pointsshortofthe 50,000mark. peachment againstUSPresident `6,000crore sources in the knowofthe devel- in itsjudgment, also notedthat Retail, aunitofReliance KapooraddedIndiacouldsave omy, with President-elect Biden “TheSensex isexpectedto cro- Donald Trump. The DowJones tostates,UTs opment told TheIndian Express. Amazon’s assertionthatFuture Industries. alot of foreign exchangeand cre- calling foraspending spree in the ssthe50,000levelthisweek.Fore- IndustrialAveragefell0.23percent The case is likelytobelistedfor Retail’s August29, 2020 resolu- The deal had, however, run ateanumber of jobs, while low- trillionsofdollars.With vaccines igninflowsare stillstrong.There’s to 31,025.8, the S&P 5000.35per NewDelhi:TheFinanceMin- hearing this week,one of the tion wasvoid and that it had con- intolegal trouble with Amazon, ering carbon emissions by focus- beingrolledoutaroundtheworld goodliquidityinthemarket,”said cent to 3,811.36 and the Nasdaq istryreleasedthe11thinstal- sources said. trol over FutureRetail since it had whichhad lastyear signed a ing on bio-fuels.“We arelooking and key riskeventsincluding the BSE dealer PawanDharnidharka. Composite0.68per cent to ment of Rs 6,000 croreto In itsDecember 21 judgment, astake in FutureCoupons would Rs 2,000-croredealwith Future at alarge numberofproducts US election, Georgia senate Meanwhile, the rupee depre- 13,112.46.TheSTOXX600indexin states and union territories asingle-judge benchofthe High “fall foul of the freedom of FRL Retail under whichthe e-com- whichare currentlybeing im- runoffs andBrexit nowout of the ciatedby 16 paiseto closeat73.40 Europe lost0.67per cent. (UTs)to meetthe goods and Courthad refusedtorestrain (FutureRetail) andReliance mercemajor would acquire49 ported.We wantthemto bemade way, focusisnowontheexpected againstthe US dollar on Monday, Brentfell52centsto$55.47by services tax(GST) compen- Amazonfromwriting to the (Reliance Retail) to enter intothe per cent stakeinFutureCoupons, in India,” said Kapoor addressing global recovery from lastyear’s tracking arebound in the 11:11amEST,afterearlierfallingto sation shortfall. 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MOHAMMED RAVINDRA Ashwin39* (128), Vihari23* (161)battle injuries to help India defyAustralia on Day5;Pant, Pujara star too SHAMI JADEJA RAVINDRA Fracturein fracture in JADEJA is setto right arm leftthumb SANDIPG SCORECARD undergo surgery JANUARY11 on his broken AUSTRALIA VS INDIA thumb on SHREYAS SYDNEY CRICKET GROUND AT THE end of arguablythe mostheroic rear- January12and is IYER Toss: Australia, chose to bat Shoulder KL guardact in the history of Indian cricket, likelytomiss the RAHUL Hanuma Vihari, one half of the famous AUSTRALIA 338&312/6 D Test series injury Wrist Sydneyjailbreak pair,could barelymove. He INDIA 244&334/5 (O/N: 98 FOR2) againstEngland in February. India sprain waslimping and hobbling through muchof CPujarabHazlewood 77(205b,12x4) will also sweat on the fitness of his 161-ball tour de force—howmuchhe ARahane(c)cWadebLyon 4(18b) Jasprit Bumrah and RAshwin for RISHABH scored hardlymattered —after tearing his RPant†cCumminsbLyon the final Test in the ongoing series PANT hamstring when stealing asingle early in his 97(118b,12x4,3x6) againstAustralia in Brisbane on Sore innings. He plunged intothe tired embrace of HViharinotout 23(161b,4x4) January15. Bumrah sufferedfrom elbow Ravichandran Ashwin, who had worn lusty RAshwinnotout 39(128b,7x4) abdominal strain on the blows on his chest, arm and ribs. ■ Extras (lb3,nb6w2) 11 penultimateday of the SydneyTest In the end, aftertheir 256-ball exhibition ■ Total(131overs) 334/5 and Ashwin had aseverebackpain of unshakeable defiance, theywereex- ■FoW: 1-71(ShubmanGill,22.1ov),2-92(Rohit that he gritted through to starin hausted, in both body and mind,and had not Sharma,30.2ov),3-102(AjinkyaRahane,35.4ov), India’s historic rear-guardaction to the energy to even shake hands, letalone 4-250(RishabhPant,79.1ov),5-272(Cheteshwar save the Test. scamper forsouvenir stumps. Pujara,88.2ov) Ashwin waslostfor words, but gathered ■Bowling: IT’S EXPECTED that both himself and told atelevision interviewer: “It MStarc 22-6-66-0 Ashwin and Bumrah will wasaknockequal to scoring ahundred.” The JHazlewood 26-12-39-2 recoverintime but Hanuma Vihari mostvalued39runs of his career.Later the PCummins 26-6-72-1 will miss the lastTest, due to proud captain, AjinkyaRahane, said he was NLyon 46-17-114-2 hamstring injury. India is likelyto convinced Vihari would treasurethis knock CGreen 7-0-31-0 playMayank Agarwalfor Vihari and MANISH moredearly than his onlyTesthundred till RAshwin grimacesafter he washit by the ballonDay 5ofthe SydneyTest. MLabuschagne 4-2-9-0 the decision on who will replace PANDEY date. It didn't seem likethis wastobeaspe- Hanuma Vihari batted despiteaninjuredhamstring. AP 4thTest: Brisbane; Jan 15 to 19 Jadeja will be takenafter inspecting Tennis cial dayfor Vihari when he clutched his thigh the conditions at the Gabba in Elbow and grimacedinpainafter taking asingle. Brisbane. Afterthe physio attendedhim, he triedto with fuller balls outside the off-stump. with shortballs. on the legside and made no effort to conceal take afew steps but stuttered. Vihari looked troubled. He had endured Justafter tea, ashortball crashedontohis his ploytotargetAshwin. MOHAMMED SHAMI,who He leant on his bat, as if it were awalking so wretched aseries that his futureinthe side arm-guard,whichthe umpiredeciphered The bowler wasleftcursing his luckwhen fracturedhis right arm, is already a HANUMA stick. His partner Cheteshwar Pujaralooked teetered on theedgeofthe precipice. But had brushedhis glove.Ashwin immediately aleading edge fell in no man’s land. Another doubtful starter forthe firsttwo VIHARI empatheticallyathim. what mattered wasthat he protected his reviewed, upon whichthe decision wasover- one jumpedout of substitutefielder Sean Tests againstEngland. It’s notclear hamstring From the dressingroom balcony, Ashwin wicket. He stabbed at balls, but didn’t edge. turned. That wasadecisive momentinthe Abbott’s grasp. Ashwin rode his luck, and whether Hardik Pandya, who isn’t looked on urgently, in case Vihari chose to He wasinanalmosttrance-likestate. match, as his exit would have exposed made it count. playing the ongoingSyedMushtaq surrenderand retirehurt. RavindraJadeja, padded up despiteabroken Between overs, the twobatsmen barely Ali tournament is fitenoughto But he is made of sterner stuffthan that. Comrade in arms arm, and the flimsy lowerorder. talked or laughed. It wasnot until it came bowl.Ishant Sharma,who missed Beneath his unassuming manners and inex- So wasAshwin, his comrade-in arms. His down to thelasttwo overs thatVihari broke the Australian tour due to aside pressive gaze is atoughmind that wouldnot batting had seemingly tapered offinrecent Body blows into halfasmile. Ashwin, though, did all the strain, will provehis fitness in the UMESHYADAV give up. times, though he had seldom looked out of He took asolid blowfromCummins on pep talk,constantlyurging Vihari: “Aadu ongoing T20 domestic tournament calf injury He firmlysignalledtowards the dressing touch. < his chest, and almostfell on the canvas. But Maama Aadu, innum pathovertha!”(Keep on Syed MushtaqAli, while JASPRIT room that he wasdisinclinedtoretirehurt. On Sundaynight, his wifePrithi tweeted, when the pacer dug another one short, he batting, thereare just10moreovers). Bhuvneshwar Kumar pickedup BUMRAH Rather die fighting than notfight at all. he had gone to bed with aterrible backpain. got nicelybehind the line and defendedoff An over later,Starc finallycaught the edge three wicketsinhis firstmatchin RASHWIN Abdomen The tear impaired his movements, he had He could notstand up straight in the morn- the backfoot. of Vihari’s bat, onlyfor it to be grassedbyTim the tournament on January10. Backtweak strain to reachout to defend on the front foot.The ing or bend to tiehis shoelaces. Ashortball from Josh Hazlewood Paine. Ashwin kept shouting: “Parava ilee, Australian pacers sensedthe kill, peppering Trading languidness forsolidity,Ashwin brushedAshwin’s rightshoulder,another aadu Maama” (It doesn’t matter,keep on The roster swells to 12 if IshantSharma&Bhuvneshwar Kumar,who suffered him with fuller deliveries outside the off- reeledout his bravestinnings to date. When thundered onto his chest, close to his ster- playing). And theydid, safelynegotiating a injuries in IPL and had to miss the tour,are included. And 13 as Hardik Pandyais stump, interspersedwith the shortball. the full-ball ploydidn’t harvestimmediate num. But Ashwin didn’t budge. late onslaught to scriptone of India’s most yettostart bowling long spellsincompetitive games. SRIRAMVEERA Nathan Lyon would tease and torment him rewards, PatCummins decided to blowhim Hazlewood then stationedfour catchers famous jailbreaks. Time Pujara got his due Pant won’tchange, people will learn to accepthim for what he is In asupersonic era, Pujarahas carved aniche with hisold-school batting

SANDIPG MYTH VS REALITY JANUARY11 MYTH: Cheteshwar Pujarascores WITH Anondescriptnudgethrough mid- runs at asnail’s pace. wicket, Cheteshwar Pujaracompletedhis REALITY: His strikerateof45.45 is 6,000th run in Test cricket,onlythe 11th better than Rahul Dravid’s, Indian cricketertodoso. Amoresignificant marginallylower than Jacques Kallis Mohammad Kaif featurewas that he reachedthis markin (46)and SteveWaugh (48.6) fewerinnings (134)thanahost of batting glitterati -Sourav Ganguly(159) and MYTH: He is notamatch-winnerin Mohammad Azharuddin (143), Michael away Tests. Delhi Capitals assistant Clarke (135)and AB de Villiers (137), and in REALITY:His averageinmatches coachonRishabh Pant, exactlythe same number of innings as India have wonabroad is 45.29; Jacques Kallis and Mahela Jayawardene. Kohli’s is 41.88. the wicketkeeper Yet, therehas been areluctance to ac- knowledge him as agreat of this generation. MYTH: He is inconsistent. batsman he watched Therehangs, in some minds, question marks REALITY: He averages 47.85, and over his influence and place in the side. closelyduring IPL2020 completedhis 6,000runs faster than Instead, his old-school approachisconstantly Mohammad Azharuddin (143), criticised, his pace of scoring profuselycri- IWASN’T surprisedtosee RishabhPantpro- Sourav Ganguly(159),Michael tiqued, by even those former cricketers – motedtoNo.5. It wasbecause he waspush- Clarke (135), and AB de Villiers(137). nowpundits-who ownhalf aprolific record ing forthe win, we could end up with this He achieved the milestone in the as his or batted at aslowerpace than him. magnificent draw.When he walked outto same number of outings as Jacques The cricketworld went to town about his bat, my mindwent to the IPL final. He was Kallis and Mahela Jayawardene. slowest half-centuryinthe firstinnings, sitting in the dugout thatnight when we as though in hindsight, his 176-ball 50 glows in MYTH: He is ahome-trackbully. the coaching group thought of changing the immensity in thefinalstock-checkingofthe pre-decided batting order.According to the match. Hadhenot soaked in all those balls, Pujarasoaked up the mostnumber REALITY:He averages 48 in Australia; newplan, Pant, who wastodropdownthe India would nothavereachedeventhe first of balls (205) in this epochal draw. AP Rahul Dravid’s is 41.64DownUnder. order because he wasn't in greattouch, was At No.5, Pant made 97 offjust118 deliveries. AP innings total theyeventuallymanaged (244). He has hundredsinEngland and to nowplayatthis usual position. This indeedisajet-speedera,the cars and South Africatoo. It wasaninstinctive decision and when trains arefaster, telephone networks super- (head coach) Ricky Ponting told him, man. Of course, he isn’t as consistent as peo- breakstoseeif thathelps.Hetriedeverything. sonic, brain-synapses rocket-fuelled. Aworld label. Both areasdifferent as chalk and career yet. His averageinmatches India have “Rishabh, pad up, youare next”, he didn’t ple want him to be butbelieve me, that will He talked about wishing to open the innings. wherein delays and snags aremet with in- cheese, but fortheir essence of batting. wonabroad is 45.29; Kohli’s is 41.88. showany surprise or nerves. No quizzical comeashematures. In the past, because he hadn’t seen such tolerance, the virtues of patience and for- Dravid wasmorestylish, Pujaramorecrabby, On Monday,Pujarafiledanother re- look of “me?” He nodded, put on his pads, He is 23, abatsman of immenseflair who failures,there wasnoneedfor himtotry out bearancehurledout of the windowand yetthe soul of their game is batting time and minder of his indispensability.His reassur- sat outside and startedtochat away.And willproducedreamyknocks likethisevery 4- things.Hedidthatnow, wouldlistentoPonting nippedinchildhood. battling elementswith the defensive res- ing presence providedRishabh Pant the then went in and playedhis best knockofthe 5innings. talk about bat-lift. Or my suggestion to tryre- Yet, thereisstill aplace forthe slowriffs oluteness and indefatigable mental strength. freedom to launchastirring counterattack. tournament, likehow big-matchplayers Afterthe IPL, he didn’t playagame fora laxing the shoulder in the stance and loosen and rhythms of life. Marathons arestill val- Thereare climesand bowlers Dravid has con- Until Josh Hazlewood producedanother tend to do.Some batsmen needtobepre- month,justwatchedhisteam-matesplaylim- the bottom-hand grip. He would tryitout at ued, long rallies in tennis arestill appreci- quered likefew others, likethe swing and ball-of-the-match contender, Pujarawas pared aday before.With Pant, Ifelt the lesser ited-overs games in Australia. Then at the first nets.Hecangive theimpressionheisn’tlisten- ated,year-long soap operas and never-end- seam of England and the delicatewristwork flawless, battinginhis ownworld and in- the timeyou gave him and didn’t makeit opportunityinawarm-upgame,hehitsahun- ing, but he does. ing Netflix series arestill en vogue. Then why of James Anderson. fluencing the matchinhis ownway,unaf- sound as if it’s abig deal, the better it is. He dred.Hedidn’t playinthe firstTestand in the Heisn’tsomeoneonwhomcoachesspend slowbatting in Test cricketisrebuked? fected by the sounds of nit-picking swirling went in, took afew balls to settle in and then second,scored 29 but it wasonlyafter his ar- toomuchtimegivinggyaan. Alittleword here Remember Anil Kumble’s wordswhen he Formidable record around him. And letitnot be lostinthe went forit. Justlikehedid in this Test. rivalthat AjinkyaRahane begantopickupthe andthereininformalsituations and he is set. defendedPujara: “I thought strikerates in But then, Pujarahas aformidable record magnificent effort of HanumaVihariand When he wasin, youdidn’tnotice it wasa tempo. And then, nowthis. Ifeel Test cricketis During the IPL, afteracouple of senior-group Test cricketare onlylimited to bowlers.” in Australia,his hundredsinAdelaide and Ravichandran Ashwin that Pujarasoaked fifth-daypitch, youdidn’t think about the his best format;heaverages50infirst-class meetings, he excusedhimself. Perhaps,all the If one can’t bat slowinTestcricket, where Melbourne laying the foundation of India’s up themostnumber of balls(205) in this rough that NathanLyonwas trying to hit. You cricket, hasatriple hundred. The Indian team detailedtalkofstrengths and analysis of op- else can one do that? first(andsofar only)series win Down Under. epochal draw. didn’tworry that he wascutting and pulling knows it, that’s whytheyare giving him the positionplayersdidn’tsitwellwithhim.Some Test cricket is notahighway one could In 19 innings. he averages 48 there. Ahat-trickofboundaries, wrought offPat the Australian pacers. It’s his wayofshowing space to grow in Tests. players likethosedeep dives. ForPant, it must justzip away on.Sometimes, one has to nav- Dravid, despitethe landmark233 in Cummins, silencedsome of his critics. But the opposition that he isn’t overawed by a have seemed likegiving toomuchunneces- igatethrough busy junctions,whereone has Adelaide, averaged just41.64 in 32 innings. it’s nothis prerogative to thrill. He’s notpaid bowler or the pitch. That he will do what he Three tough months saryrespect!Offthefield,heisafuncharacter. to patientlybide the time at trafficsignals. This is nottodevaluethe contributions of to thrill, but to bat forhis country, to dig deep wants. Iremember an IPL game at the He grew as apersonduringthe lastIPL. It Someone who enjoys being with agroup of And what constitutes slowinTestcricket Dravid —who playedhis partinthe famous and win matches. Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai wherehe wasaverytough threemonths forhim. He people. He liked to sit by the pool, chat, laugh. anyway?Pujarabatswith astrikerateof Perthwin in 2008 with his 93 —but justto The thrill-seekers could switchtoaLeeds went afterJasprit Bumrah with some aston- hadn’tseenaphaselikethatbefore.IPLwashis JustasIwasn’t surprisedby his promotion 45.45. Ajinkya Rahane’scorresponding fig- putPujara’s contributionsinperspective,just United game,orwatchthe Big Bash League ishing swat-flicks. domain. It wasevident thatthe lack of runs or the wayhebatted;Iwasn’t surprisedby his ures are49.8. What difference does afive- to appreciatethe fruitsofhis labour. on areel. LeavePujaraand Test cricketalone. The ball kept flying over square-leg. I hurthim, lefthim abit embarrassed, perhaps. dismissal too. The big shotishis waytoshow ball differential matter in Test cricket? If one His contributions to some of India’sfa- Aftercompleting 6,000 runs in Tests, at a haven’t seen anyone treat Bumrah likethat. He felt he had lethis team down, knew what the opposition that he isn’tgoing to be cowed goes back in time, Rahul Dravid’s was42.5. mous wins areoften forgotten. Likethe 145 faster rate than severallegends of the games, Pantdid because he can.It’snot arrogance but his team expected from him, and had never down by the situation –ofpersonalhundreds No doubt that Pujarahas notreachedthat notout on adifficult Colombo track, which he deserves his bit of peace, space and legacy. akindofabatting-egothatbatsmen likehim failedinthe IPL. Thiswas something new. or the stateofthe match. One thing is certain, stature, whether he scales suchheightsis conceptualisedKohli’s firstserieswin as cap- The tribeofPujarashould be even morecel- have.‘WhyshouldItakeasingle justbecause His responsetofailuresrevealed his char- therewillbemoreknocks likethis.Hewon’t mereconjecturetoo, but Pujarahas created tain; or the firstinnings 50 in Johannesburg, ebrated because the artofslow, patient bat- Iaminthe 90s? Whyshould Idefend justbe- acter.Failures makeyou think.Self-reflect. compromise his attacking game. He won’t aspace forhimself in worldcricket. or the second innings 72 in Nottingham, or ting is dying. Therewill spring the Kohlis and causeit’sBumrah?Iwillplaymygame.’Lesser Braintorture,astheysay.Hedidthat.Foracou- change, people around him will and learnto It’s time his contributionsgot astand- obviouslyhis three hundredsinAustralia SteveSmiths of the world, but less so the batsmen can’t thinklikethat. Pant is Pant be- pleof months,subah-shaam,heworkedathis accept himfor what he is: afree-flowing at- alone value. It’s time he shed the next Dravid that markedthe zenith of Kohli’s captaincy Pujaras. causehethinkslikethat. He is aspecialbats- game.Of course,hewouldtake theoccasional tacker who canwin Test matches forIndia.

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