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ALL-PARTY MEETING ON LADAKH SITUATION TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE LOCKDOWN DAY CASES: RECOVERED:2,04,710 |DEATHS:12,573 NoonehasenteredIndianterritoryorcaptured TESTS:64,26,627 | DOUBLINGRATE:20.13** anymilitarypost,PMtellsleadersofallparties 87 3,80,532

Remarks come afterMEA said Chinadepartedfromagreement to respect LAC; whythe conflict then, ask CPM, AAP KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG. DOUBLING * jaanbaaz shaheedhue, lekinjin- TOWATCH CASES 24HRS GROWTH RATE** MANOJCG hone Bharatmatakitaraf aankh China claims all of Galwan; ■ Maharashtra 1,20,504 3,752 3.05% 23.61 &HARIKISHANSHARMA uthakar dekhatha unhe wo ■ Gujarat 25,660 512 2.18% 33.05 NEWDELHI,JUNE19 sabak sikhakar gaye,” the Prime world condoles India deaths Ministertold toppoliticalleaders ■ Delhi 49,979 2,877 5.36% 13.44 TWODAYSafter External Affairs in his concluding address aftera theatre command of the People’s ■ Tamil Nadu 52,334 2,141 4.40% 16.36 MinisterSJaishankar told his nearly three-hour-long all-party SHUBHAJITROY Liberation Army(PLA). ■ Bihar 7,040 100 2.41% 29.84 Chinese counterpartthat meeting that discussed the situ- NEWDELHI,JUNE19 The Chinese statement came 435 3.86% Chinese troops had soughtto ationonthe India-China border. on aday severalforeigngovern- ■ West Bengal 12,735 18.64 erect astructureinGalwanval- According to an MEA state- CHINAONFridaysaid the ments—the United States, the *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth leyonthe Indian side of the LAC, ment issuedonJune 17 after Galwan valleywas “locatedon United Kingdom, France, CONCERN CAUTION AGLIMMER PrimeMinisterNarendraModi Jaishankar spokewith Chinese the Chinese side of the Line of Germany, Japan, andthe DELHI: More HARYANA: BIHAR: 1,000 saidonFriday that neitherhas Foreign MinisterWang Yi,the At the video-conference between PM Modi, leaders of other Actual Control”, makinganun- Maldives—expressedtheir con- than 15,000 cases Growth rate has cases in the last anyone intrudedintothe Indian External Affairs Minister had “re- parties on Friday. ANI precedented formal claim on an dolencesonthe killing of 20 in last week, come down, but one week. Growth territorynor has anyone cap- calledthat at the meeting of sen- area that hasalwaysbeen under Indian soldiers. one-third of its still fastest among rate slows to below tured anymilitaryposts. ior MilitaryCommanders held India’scontrol. In Washington DC, the topUS entire caseload Top 10 states 3per cent “Nawahankoi hamari seema on 6th June, an agreement was meeting regularly toimplement Galwan valleyonour side of the This claim, made by the diplomat on China said Beijing’s Based on daily data by Centre, ICMR, stategovernments meinghus aaya hai, na hi koi reachedonde-escalationand this consensus throughout the LAC. Whilethis became asource Chinese Foreign Ministryin actions that ledtothe clash on ghusa hua hai,nahihamari koi disengagement along the Line of last week.While therewas some of dispute, the Chineseside took Beijing on Friday, had earlier the night of June 15-16were postkisi doosrekekabze main Actual Control (LAC)”. progress, the Chinese side pre-meditated and planned been made onlybythe “similar to activity we’veseen in hai.Ladakhmeinhamaare20 “Ground commanders were soughttoerect astructure in CONTINUEDONPAGE2 spokesperson of the Western CONTINUEDONPAGE2 All Covidcases to now Sonia asks questions, be put in institutional her Opp colleagues quarantine in Delhi

SOURAVROYBARMAN& underlinesolidarity SHIVAMPATEL NEWDELHI,JUNE19 With govt:Mamata;Pawar fortalks DELHI LT Governor Anil Baijal and ShivSenachiefUddhav Fridayissuedanorder making MANOJCG Thackeray to West Bengal CM five days of institutionalquaran- NEWDELHI,JUNE19 and Trinamool chief Mamata tine“mandatory”for “eachcase Banerjee and DMK’s MKStalin underhome quarantine”, while THE ALL-PARTY meeting Friday —soughttoexpresssolidarity striking down aDelhi govern- to discuss theborder face-off with the government in dealing ment contract withaprivate with China sawacombative with the crisis. The Leftwas also home healthcarecompanyfor Ahealth worker takesa Congress president Sonia relatively mutedinits criticism. remote monitoringofpatients sample forrapid antigen test Gandhi raise severaltough ques- Gandhi, while extending underhome isolation. at ahealth centreinNew tions and accuse the govern- supporttothe defence forces, Till latenight, therewas no Delhi Friday. Praveen Khanna ment of having lost“valuable said the nation would have stood clarity from Baijal’s office on time” and failing to useall “av- together “like arock” andsup- whether onlynew individuals enues” to defuse the crisis. portedthe government in steps testing positive will be covered lation which, the Union Home But she stood virtually iso- required to defend the territorial under the order or existing pa- Ministryobserved,“maybea lated as mostother Opposition integrity of the countrybut “we tientsunder home isolation as reason forincrease” in cases in leaders —fromMaharashtra CM CONTINUEDONPAGE2 well. Besides, the order said, in- the Capital, assuminga“threat- stead of remote monitoring, pa- ening proportion”. tientsunder home isolation The Delhi government Lastrites of Havildar Ganesh HansdainBaharagorainJharkhand on Friday. PTI should be monitored physically. termedthe order as “arbitrary”, 10 soldiers lost way, The shiftinpolicy, cleared by and said it will “seriouslyharm” Baijal in his capacity as the chair- people.Itsaid the newpolicy returned by China after man of the Delhi Disaster would discouragepeople from Management Authority,was at- getting tested and further strain Nepal ruling party split on meet Urjit Patel is tributed to “lapses” in monitor- the city’s alreadyoverstretched matter raised in talks ingofpatientsunder home iso- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 with China, leaders cite India row back —as SUSHANTSINGH&MAN THE IDEAS PAGE AMANSINGHCHHINA Former Prime Ministers fice in Kathmandu, 70 delegates chief of key Centre panel wants NEWDELHI,CHANDIGARH, TRAINTODOMINATE YUBARAJGHIMIRE Madhav Kumar Nepal —healso fromtheprovinceswere seatedat JUNE19 INUNARMEDCLASH KATHMANDU,JUNE19 heads the party’s international designatedplaces in the Capital. economic BY RAJA MENON division —and Jhalanath Khanal One of the delegates said the Delhi private hospital TEN INDIAN Armypersonnel, PAGE 11 ADAY afterits government en- stayed away from afour-hour discussion wasoverissues related who endedupinChinese cus- sured theenactment of aBillto videoconference attendedby to governance and corruption. think tank tody afterlosing their wayback incorporatethree territorieswith senior members of the interna- BishnuRizal, deputy head of rates cutbytwo-third to base following the violent find their waybacktothe base, India in the newmap and em- tional division of the Communist the NCPinternational division, clashes in Galwan Valleyonthe the officer said. blem of the country, theruling PartyofChina,CPC Tibet said: “Wehad no information night of June 15-16, returned Talksatthe Major General Nepal CommunistParty wasadi- Autonomous Region and Nepal that suchaconference wastak- Brought in DEEPTIMANTIWARY safelyThursdayevening. levelbetween the twosides videdhouse Fridaywithtop lead- CommunistParty’sschool divi- ingplace in such ahurry.” 18 months NEWDELHI,JUNE19 Amilitaryofficertold The were held in averytenseenvi- ers questioning movestoalign sionheadedbyDeputy Prime Another senior leader of the afterexit Indian Express that the soldiers ronment wherebothsides dis- with the CommunistParty of MinisterIshwarPokharel. party said “it is highlyobjection- from RBI AHIGH-LEVEL committeecon- were missing afterclashes be- cussedthe incident. China at atime when ties with While NCPco-chairman able that the party is co-hosting stituted by the UnionMinistryof tween the twosidesnear It wasfinally ascertained Indiaare under strain, and Indian Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ Chinese counterparts at atime Home Affairs (MHA) has recom- Hospitalslikely Patrolling Point 14.Throughout lateTuesdaythat10soldiers, and Chinese troops have clashed andsome30centralleaderswere Nepal-India relationsare at alow mendedreducing the costof tofallinline muchofTuesday, theytried to CONTINUEDONPAGE2 in Ladakh. told to be presentatthe partyof- CONTINUEDONPAGE12 ENSECONOMICBUREAU Covid-19 treatment in private NEWDELHI,JUNE19 hospitals in Delhi by two-thirds of existing rates. THE ISSUE of alleged SPORT ALMOST18months afterhis According to thecommittee overcharging by private CBSE may clear Class 12 fractious and early exit as ledbyNITI Aayogmember Dr VK hospitals had been BORDER FACE-OFF: ReserveBank of IndiaGovernor, Paul, the recommendedrateto raisedbyseveral pa- IPL TO REVIEW students without exam Urjit Patelwas Fridayappointed bechargedfor an isolation bedis tientsaswell as the CHINESE SPONSORS chairman of the National in the rangeofRs8,000-10,000a Delhi government in the InstituteofPublic Finance and dayfromthe existingRs24,000- past, with Delhi Chief PAGE 18 natemethodofevaluation. Policy (NIPFP), India’s premier 25,000aday.Likewise, foranICU MinisterKejriwal warn- RITIKACHOPRA Studentswhoaredissatisfiedwith economic think tank. bed without ventilator,the rate ing hospitals of stern ac- NEWDELHI,JUNE19 their resultscan optfor thepen- Patelreplaces former bu- has been recommendedto bere- tion. Now, giventhat the WORLD and-paperexamto beconducted reaucrat VijayKelkar,who ducedfromRs34,000-43,000 a latestmovetocut costs THE Central BoardofSecondary by the Boardlater in the year. chaired NIPFP foralmostsix daytoRs13,000-15,000 aday. has the backing of the Education (CBSE) mayallow According to government years. He is scheduledtojoin ForanICU bed with ventilator, Union Home Minister, it Class 12 students to graduate sources, giventhe current load June 22 and will have afour-year whichcosts Rs 44,000-54,000 a is unlikelythathospitals early underaspecial marking of Covid-positive cases in the tenure, NIPFP said in astate- bed aday now, the recom- will breachthe price cap scheme, but offerthem the op- country, it maynot be feasible to ment. mendedcharge is down to Rs by much. tion to take theBoardexamsat conduct the CBSE exams from NIPFP is an autonomous 15,000-18,000 aday. alater datetoimprove theirper- July1toJuly15. However, any body setupjointlybythe The committee has also said formance. further delaymay put CBSEstu- Pollingofficers, Cong MLAKunal Choudhary, whohas Covid- MinistryofFinance, theerst- these rateswill be inclusive of Sources said the committee’s In other words, CBSEmay not dents at adisadvantageasfar as 19,inPPE kitsfor RajyaSabha elections, in Bhopal, Friday. while Planning Commission, PPEcosts.Asofnow,hospitals reporthas been forwardedtothe CHINA SUGGESTS hold the BoardexamsinJulyand, admissiontohigher education The voting in most stateswas on expected lines. PTI PAGE7 and severalstate governments. have been charging forPPE kits Delhi government forfurther EUROPEAN STRAIN IN instead, come up with an alter- CONTINUEDONPAGE12 CONTINUEDONPAGE12 separately. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 BEIJING GENE DATA PAGE 16 PAGE 1 ANCHOR New Zealand hails Covid-free days with record rugby crowd BUSINESSASUSUAL

BY UNNY pherewas so electric that he felt Dunedin the daybefore. free public transportwas again. We were all thrilled, SANDIPG it wastwice that number. It lookslikethis weekend will arranged,childrenwereadmit- watching amatchinthe stadium NEWDELHI,JUNE19 “Has to be one of the best be no different, either,asNew tedfreeand fans allowedtoen- forthe firsttime,” says Ronald nightsatthis famous Zealand celebrates itsCovid-free terthe field afterthe game. The Jones, amember of the Blues’ fan FORTHE firsttime in his four ground...One of the most his- status without asingle case for stands were packedmuchbefore group, as his team prevailedover years as in-charge of the iconic toric, too,” he says. close to threeweeksand the the matchbegan,and fans forgot Hurricanes 30-20. Eden Park in Auckland, Nick Though competitive sport rugby movestoHamiltonand rivalries andshook hands with “All around the stadium, Sautner says he witnesseda has resumed in different parts Wellington. anyone theysaw. therewas acelebratorymood, near-stampedeatthe turnstiles of the worldwithout spectators “It’s the effort of 5million “The matchwas competitive sortoflife-affirming, likesome- last Sunday. A15-year record and withstringent regulations people who managedtodefeat but it had afriendlyvibe. It was one shaking me awakeinthe crowdof43,000 poured in for —the English,German and the pandemic. It’s time to cele- likeitdidn’t matter who wonor middle of anightmare. It’s a the Super Rugbyencounter be- Spanish football leagues, forin- brate,” says Sautner. Around 43,000people turnedout foraSuper Rugby lost. Some of the players were great storytotell your mates that tweenthe Bluesand Hurricanes, stance—itwas back to pre- Celebratetheydid lastweek- encounter at Eden Park in Auckland lastSunday. Express rusty,too.But it justfelt good to youwereatthe firstrugbygame though Sautnersays the atmos- Covid days in Auckland, and end —ticketswerediscounted, be out thereatarugbygame CONTINUEDONPAGE12

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While pointing out that thereare action that wasdirectlyresponsible putsregarding theChinese build-up the paston[other] border disputes”. from the MinistryofExternal Affairs internationalrelations.” The international community had manyquestionsonintelligence fail- forthe resulting violence and casual- along the LAC, and creation of infra- Severalrecent steps takenbythe to the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Earlier on Friday, theForeign been quicktoexpress support for ures, CPM’s Sitaram Yechuryislearnt ties. It reflected an intent to change structurefor the border areas. Chinese in places including Hong statement on Friday. Earlier,inre- Ministers and Ambassadorsofseveral India afterPulwama,since it wasa to have asked whether acommittee, the factsonground in violation of all Mostofthe otherparties, how- Kong and India “have been notreally sponsetothe PLAspokesperson's countriespostedcondolences to India terroristattack.But,incase of aborder on the lines of one setupafter the our agreementstonot changethe sta- ever,expressedsolidarity with the constructive”, the US Assistant statement, the MEA spokesperson on Twitter forthe loss of Indian lives. clash, countries aremorecareful. Kargil war, would be instituted.CPI’s tus quo,” the statement said. government. SecretaryofState forEastAsian and had said making “exaggerated and Also on Friday, it became clearthat Severalofficials in NewDelhi said DRajasaidtherecannotbeany com- Aday earlier on June 16,MEA The PM said that the entirecoun- Pacific Affairs David Stilwell said. untenable”claims wascontrarytothe Defence MinisterRajnath Singh the statementsfromthe US and other promise on the sovereignty or the ter- spokesperson Anurag Srivastavahad tryisoutraged by the Chinese action. InastatementissuedlateonFriday understanding reachedintalksbe- would be travelling to Russia to attend countries could push Beijingtode- ritorial integrity of the country. said that the Chinese side had “de- “I want to assureyou that our armed evening, the Chinese Foreign Ministry tweenthe military commanders of the June 24 VictoryDay celebrations. clarePLA casualties, sincethe condo- partedfromthe consensus to respect forces areleavingnostone unturned spokespersonZhao Lijian said: “The the twosides on June 6. The Galwan US SecretaryofState MichaelR lencessuggest the worldseesIndia Hospital rates the Line of ActualControl(LAC) in the to protect the county,”hesaid. GalwanValleyislocatedontheChinese Valleyhas alwaysbeen under India’s Pompeo tweeted, “Weextend our and the Indian Armyasvictims of a action. The Delhi government islikely Galwan Valley”. India was“very While on the one hand, the Army side of the Line of Actual Control in the control,and hasnot figuredinChina’s deepestcondolences to the people of premeditated attackbythe Chinese. to take privatehospitals intoconfi- clear”, the spokespersonsaid, “that all had been giventhe freedom to take west sectionof theChina-Indiabound- maps since 1962. Indiafortheliveslostasaresultof there- Among all the statementsissued dence before issuing an order. itsactivities arealways within the all necessary steps, on the other, ary. Formanyyears, theChinese bor- Zhaoinsistedthat the responsibil- centconfrontationwithChina.We will on Friday, onlythe onefromJapan The recommendations followa Indian side of the LAC”. India's position had been conveyed dertroopshave beenpatrollingandon ity forthe border clash lay“entirely” remember the soldiers' families, loved spelt out that the clashes “mayhave Sundaymeeting that Home Minister Following the Prime Minister’s re- to Chinathrough diplomatic means, dutyinthisregion.SinceAprilthisyear, with theIndian side. “Chinaattaches ones,andcommunitiesastheygrieve.” an impact on regional stability”. Amit Shah held with Delhi Chief marks that no onehad intrudedinto he said.Hesaid the government has the Indian border troops have unilat- importance to China-India relations Assistant SecretaryofState MinisterArvindKejriwal and Indian territory, CPMgeneralsecre- givenprimacytoramping up infra- erallyand continuously built roads, andhopes that Indiawillworkwith Stilwell, while briefing reporters on Soldiers returned Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on the tary Sitaram Yechurysaid: “Then structure on the border areas in the bridges and other facilities at the LAC China to jointlymaintain thelarger Pompeo’s meeting with Chinese State includingfour officers,werestillmiss- Covid situation in Delhi. thereisno conflict? Whyhaveour lastfiveyears, and had focusedon in the GalwanValley.” picture of thelong-term develop- Councillor Yang Jiechi, said: “The ac- ing. This wasraisedduring the talks The Delhi government has already bravesoldiers been martyred?Why meeting the requirement of the “China”, Zhao said, “has lodged ment of bilateral relations,”hesaid. tions that we’veseen out of the PRC Wednesday and the Chinese accepted reducedtesting ratestoRs2,400from this all-party meeting?” forces. representations and protests on mul- Zhao claimedthat following a of late... have been notreallyconstruc- that the soldiers were in their custody. Rs 4,500.Ithas also startedrapid anti- AAP leader SanjaySingh asked: The Army’s capacity to patrol par- tiple occasionsbut India has gone “strong demand” from the Chinese tive as we look at India, the South On the same day, External Affairs gentests that costjustRs450. “Has India droppedits claim on the ticularly along the LAChas increased even further to crossthe LAC... By the side, India had agreed“to withdraw China Sea, Hong Kong issues... We’re MinisterSJaishankarraisedthe matter With Shah pushing foraunified Galwan Valley? If China has notoccu- because of the newlycreated infra- early morning of May6,the Indian the personnel whocrossedthe LAC obviouslywatchingthe India-China withChinese counterpartWang Yi strategy in the Delhi-NCR region, au- piedour territorythenwhat arewe structure, the PM said. “And because border troops, who have crossedthe and demolish the facilities, and so they border disputeveryclosely,”Stilwell during aphone call. No readout, from thorities in Noida, Ghaziabad, discussing with China?” of increasedpatrolling... we getto LACbynight and trespassedinto did”. At the June 6meeting, he said, said. “The PLAinvaded this contested either Delhi or Beijing, made anymen- Gurgaon and Faridabad arealso likely DefenceMinisterRajnathSingh, knowtimelythe developmentsat China's territory, have built fortifica- “the Indian side promised that they area deeper and longer,with more tion of the missing Indian soldiers. to be nudged to followthe newrates. on the other hand, tweetedthat the LAC... Ab takjinko kuch poochha nahin tion and barricades, whichimpeded would notcross the estuaryofthe people, than ever before historically. The matter wasalso raisedin “Toproviderelief to the common Prime Ministerhad assured allpolit- tha, koi rokta-toktanahin tha, ab thepatrol of Chinese border troops... Galwan rivertopatrol and build facil- Again, whether that wasanegotiat- Beijing by India’sAmbassadorto China, man in Delhi, Home MinisterAmit ical parties that Indiawas capable of hamarejawan dagar-dagar par unhe The (latter) have been forced to take ities” and thatthe twosides would dis- ing tactic or... justapunchinthe nose Vikram Misri. The Chinese side agreed Shah constituted acommittee under protecting itsborders, and that the roktehain, unhe toktehain,” he said. necessarymeasures to respond.” cussthe phasedwithdrawal of troops. to demonstratetheir superiority,I to return the soldiers without making Member of NITI Aayogtofix rates armedforces had been giventhe free- External Affairs MinisterS Earlier this week,the PLA's west- But “shockingly”, Zhao said, “on don’t know. But then we sawthe anydemand, the officer said. chargedbyprivate hospitals in Delhi,” dom to take necessarysteps. Jaishankar gave apresentation ex- ern theatrecommand spokesperson the evening of June 15,India's front- Doklam issue...Again, we don’t have The soldiers were returnedatPP- the MHA said in astatement. The all-party meeting sawanag- plaining the chronologyofthe events Colonel Zhang Shiuli had said that “the line troops... once again crossedthe alot of visibility and we don’t have a 14 during the thirdconsecutive meet- Private hospitals claim the charges gressiveCongress president Sonia leading to the violent clash. sovereignty over the Galwan Valley Line of Actual Control... and even vio- lotofopen dialogue with our Chinese ing of Major Generals lateThursdayaf- suggestedbythe committee arenot lentlyattackedthe counterparts,and honestlyI’d liketo ternoon. None of the soldiers, the in line with suggestions made by Chinese officers see moreofthat if we can.” officer said, wasinjured. them to the experts.However,hospi- and soldiers who On Twitter,the US Ambassador to The Armyissuedastatement tals can still charge more, forexam- went therefor ne- NewDelhi, Kenneth Juster, who Thursdayevening confirming that no ple, by increasing the feechargedby gotiation, thus trig- quote-tweetedPompeo, said, “The soldier wasmissing in action, which medical professionals, diagnostic gering fierce phys- U.S. Mission in India sends our heart- meant that all soldiers involvedinthe costs.But giventhat the order has the ical conflicts. felt condolences to the families of the clashes had been accounted for. backingofthe Home Minister,itisun- “The adventur- soldiers who were lostatGalwan.” APTI reportfromBeijing Friday likelythathospitals will breachthe ous actsofthe France's AmbassadorEmmanuel quoted ChineseForeign Ministry pricecap by much. “Weare waiting Indian armyhave Lenain and German Ambassador spokesman Zhao Lijian telling re- foradetailedorder afterwhichwe seriouslyunder- Walter JLindner both posted“heart- porters: “As farasIknow, China will revise the packages,” said the rep- mined the stability felt condolences”, and the British presentlyhas notdetained anyIndian resentative of aprominent hospital. of the border areas, Acting High Commissioner Jan personnel.” threatenedthe Thompson said“Our thoughtsgoout Meanwhile, large scale movement Quarantine livesofChinese to the families and friends of the of troops to Ladakhhas been ordered medical infrastructure andhealth personnel, violated Indian soldiers”. from other parts of India in the wake workers. the agreements Japan’sambassador Satoshi of the Galwan Valleyincident. “Afterthis order,wewould imme- reachedbetween Suzuki and MaldivesForeign Minister diately needthousandsof bedsinquar- Sonia antine centres.This arbitrary decision arestillinthe darkabout manycru- willseriouslyharmDelhi,”aDelhigov- the cial aspects of thecrisis”. ernmentspokespersonsaid. two "On whichdatedid Chinese Baijal also struckdownthe con- troopsintrude intoour territoryin tract that the Delhi government had Ladakh? When did the government signed withaBangalore-basedpri- find out? WasitonMay 5, as reported, vate home healthcarefirm, Portea or earlier? Does the government not Medical, to remotely monitor the receive,onaregular basis, satellite health status of everypatient under pictures of the borders?” she asked. home isolation. “Did our external intelligence The order by theLGsaid, agencies notreportany unusual ac- “Mandatoryphysical verificationof tivity? Did Military Intelligence not eachcaseunderhomeisolationisto be alert the government?... In the gov- carriedout by the surveillance teams ernment’s considered view,was there of the District Surveillance Officers... afailureofintelligence?” she asked. Five days institutional quarantine of Even afterthe June 6meeting at eachcaseunderhomequarantineisto the levelofCorps Commanders, “ef- be made mandatoryand thereafter fortsshould have been made to talk theywillbesentforhomeisolationex- directly, at the politicaland diplo- ceptincaseswheresymptomsrequire matic levels, to the leadership of further hospitalisation.” China,” she said. As on June 19,therewere10,490 However, most other parties ex- cases underhome isolation in Delhi. pressedconfidenceinthe waythe sit- Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal has re- uation washandled, sources said. peatedly advocated home quarantine MamataBanerjeesaid themeet- forthosewithmild or no symptoms. ing sent agoodmessage, as it showed “ICMRguidelines arestillapplica- the countrywas united. She said her ble to the rest of India, then whyare party will notsay anything that gave theredifferent parameters forDelhi?” awrong message, and calledfor the spokesperson added. Chinese firms to be barredfromthe Earlier on Friday, theCentrewrote telecom, rail and aviation sectors. to Delhi saying home isolationfor pa- “India will win, China will lose... tients,especiallyindenselypopulated We aresolidly with the government,” areas, mayresult in the spread of the sources quoted Banerjee as saying. virus.In aletter, Joint Secretary in the NCPleader and former Defence Union Ministry of Health and Family MinisterSharadPawar favoured in- Affairs LavAggarwaldrew the state’s tensification of diplomatic talks. He attentiontothe Centre’s guidelines for said Chineseforces“must be evacu- patientsunderhomeisolation,observ- ated from occupying high ground in ing thatthe normswerebeing flouted Galwan Valleyonthe Indian side”. in “certain states”. Pawar, incidentally,isalsolearnt AamAadmiParty Kalkaji MLA to have said that issues suchas Atishi, who is among those under whether soldiers carriedarms were homeisolationaftertestingpositive for decidedbyinternational agreements, coronavirus,saidthenewnormswould and everyone should respect such bepsychologicallydetrimental.“Being sensitivematters. inthecomfortofyourhome...ishelpful. Telangana Chief MinisterK The directive wouldscare alot of peo- Chandrasekhar Rao, sources said, was pleintonot testing,”she said. critical of the Congress forattacking Delhi governmentadvisor the government at suchajuncture. AbhinanditaMathur,who is also posi- BSP chief Mayawati asked thegovern- tive andunderhomeisolation,saidpa- ment to take steps on tradeand in- tientsget constant medicalsupport vestment to counter China, adding evenif theyare athomethroughphone that this wasnot the time forpolitics. callswithdoctors.“Aftertheinitialscare Thackeray saidIndiawantspeace withneighbours,thestigmaassociated but that doesn’t mean the countryis with virus is removed,” she said. weak.And the BJD’s Pinaki Misrasaid FULLREPORTSON his party stands withthe government www.indianexpress.com

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tonomous institutions have ASTHASAXENA 11,000beds. Acommittee formed Delhi govt toropein names no accused NEWDELHI,JUNE19 by Kejriwal early this month had projected that the city will have THE CAPITAL crossedthe 50,000- 5.5 lakh Covid patientsbyJuly final-yr PG doctors SOMYALAKHANI& markonFridaywith3,137 new end, and will need1.5 lakh beds. JIGNASASINHA Covidcases being recorded, tak- At AIIMS,990 bedsare ear- NEWDELHI,JUNE19 ing the case count to 53,116. Ato- markedfor Covidpatientsatits Rationalisationof doctors,anaes- talof66deathswerereported Delhi and Jhajjar centres The oc- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE thetistsandstaffnursesof various THE DELHI PoliceFIR in thedeath and the death toll is nowat2,035. cupancyratetill Fridayevening NEWDELHI,JUNE19 Delhigovernmenthospitalsonan of Faizan —a24-year-oldwho As manyas13,074 testswerecar- wasalmost 65%. It is settoadd urgentbasisforoptimalutilisation wasfilmed lying injured on the riedout —12,680tests were over 300bedsinthe coming TO STRENGTHEN ICU facilities in of their servicesinthe Delhi gov- ground with four others, as men through antigenrapidtesting, of days.“The bedswill be addedin government hospitals,the Delhi ernment Covid hospitals,"the or- in policegearforcedthem to sing which951 tested positive. aphasedmanner.Weare also government will engagefinal- derissuedbySisodia stated. the national anthem and Vande Faizan wasseen lying According to the health bul- Kejriwal, Sisodiainspect theupcoming 700-bed hospital planning to increase our capacity year MD/MS/DNB graduatedoc- The vice-chancellor of Guru Mataramduring the Northeast injured in one of the videos letin, 5,883 patients areadmit- in the National Cancer Institute, tors in variousPGmedical insti- Gobind Singh lndraprastha Delhi riots —makes no mention tedtohospitals. Visiting the up- Jhajjar,and open the burns and tutions in Delhi foraperiod of six University,DrMaheshVerma, has of an accusedorthe videos. coming 700-bed hospital in plastic surgery block.This will ef- months at facilities treating been giventhe task of recruit- At leasttwo videos of the in- Faizan's brotherWasim told Burari,ChiefMinisterArvind CORONAVIRUS IN THE CAPITAL fectivelyincrease capacityfor pa- Covid-19patients. The decision ment and deployment of the re- cident at Kardampuri were shot The Indian Express,"My brother Kejriwal said “every thirdbed at tientsasover200 bedsinNCI wastakeninameeting chairedby quired number of final-year on February24, andFaizan died wasbeaten up on February24, the hospital will have oxygen TOTALCASES: 53,116 | NEWCASES: 3,137 and 100bedsinthe burns block Deputy Chief MinisterManish MD/MS/DNB and nursing gradu- three days later.The FIR, filedon takentoGTB hospitalfor treat- supplyfor Covidpatients”. will be added,”said Medical Sisodia and attendedbythe heads ates.Thehospitalshavealsobeen February28atBhajanpurapolice ment,andthento JyotiNagarpo- Thehospital will have 450 Cases RecoveredDeathsTests Superintendent Dr DKSharma, of all the medical institutes. asked to augment the ICU facili- station by sub-inspector Rahul, lice station. He wasatJyotiNagar bedsreserved forCovid cases. adding that theyhavesufficient Seniorofficialssaid thatama- ties. At present, thereare 706ICU states thatwhen police triedto police stationtill lateFebruary25 June 17 2,414510 67 8,093 “Almostall preparations for ventilators. “Wewill augmentit jorproblemraisedbydirectorsof bedsfor Covid-19patients, outof makecontact with Faizan at GTB night. Afterthat, our mother went Covid treatment has been done June 18 2,8773,884658,726 further as per the need,” he said. the hospitals wasalackofman- which452 areoccupied. hospital, theyfound he hadleftaf- to pickhim up. Ihavefullfaith in here... Around 125bedsalready June 19 3,1371,828 66 13,074 Similarly,RML, which has power. Expecting asurge in the "The bed capacity and all the tertreatment. As per the FIR, po- the judiciaryand Iamsurewe have oxygen supply, and 125 Total27,512* 23,5692,035 3,34,376 137bedsfor Covid patients, has number of Covid-19cases by July infrastructuraland manpower lice have no eyewitnesses so far. will getjustice." Grover said Delhi morebedswill be providedoxy- written to the Health Ministryto end, the Delhi government has help will be giventoall hospitals Whencontacted,DelhiPolice Police is yettofile achargesheet. genthrough cylinders. Ithink the *Total activecases add 183morebeds. “Wehave28 been working on capacity build- as and when required by them. If spokesperson MSRandhawa As per the FIR, the MLCatGTB establishment of this facilitywill ICU bedswith ventilators; other ing of the hospitals in the city.The anyhospitalisinurgent need,the said, "The FIR has been filedinthe hospital stated it wasacaseof be another great step in our bid ability forbedsreserved for the existing bed strength in than that, 111 ventilators are government has askedthe hospi- government will supportit. All murder case and the investiga- "physical assault by mob near to install morebedstotreat co- Covidpatients. “Weare procur- the national capital. As per the available. The requestfor adding tals to increase the bed capacity. the medical chiefsofall hospitals tion is on." Kardampuri around 4pmon rona patientsinthe city,” he said. ing over 1,200cylinders and Economic Survey of Delhi2019- bedshas been sent to the "Similarly,finalyear PG have been directed to increase Vrinda Grover,lawyerfor his February24”.The FIRstatesthat The Delhi government has al- 2,000concentrators,” said asen- 20,thereare around 12,000beds Ministry,”said Dr Minakshi (Nursing) and UG (Nursing) stu- their bed capacity and all other family, alleged,"Eyewitnesses, headconstableManoj "lookedfor ready issuedorders to all Covid ior official. in Delhi government hospitals Bharadwaj,medical superinten- dentsalso be deployedfor ICU requirementsbecause Covid videos and other documentary the injuredatGTB hospitalbut... hospitals to ensureoxygenavail- The newhospital will bolster while Centre-run and au- dent, RML Hospital. duty foraperiod of six months. cases arerising," said Sisodia. evidence discloses that on wastold he gothis treatment February24,Faizan wasassaulted done and left... Afterthis, Manoj by thepolice,taken to GTBhospi- went to his house in Kardampuri talinapolice van, and in agriev- andfound no eyewitnesses... and Covid treatment fee capped:How muchdoyou pay? ouslyinjured condition illegally wastoldby people Faizan and his detainedovernight at JyotiNagar mother weren't home..." police station. He wasreleased The FIR states on February27, facilities with and without venti- now? What prompted the Hasn’t this been abone of the chargessuggestedbythe onlywhen hiscondition deterio- during treatment, Faizan diedat ASTHASAXENA lators. The newtreatment costs At present,those with mod- government’s decision? contentionbetween Delhi committee arenot in line with ratedseverely. Twosetsofpolice- Lok Nayak hospital, and that NEWDELHI,JUNE19 will include PPE charges, which erateand severe symptoms are Over the lastfew days,fami- government and private suggestionsmade by them to the men needtobeinvestigated for "Manoj went to thehospital to would playakey role in adding to admitted to hospitals forfurther lies of severalCovid-19patients hospitals as well? experts.Hospitals said they were Faizan’s murder —the police look forhis mother,relatives and THE MINISTRYofHome Affairs the medical bill. As per the new treatment. The stay in thehospi- have accusedprivate hospitals of Yes, the Delhigovernment waiting fordetailedguidelines to group that can be seen on video eyewitnessesbut couldn't find has cappedtreatment costof recommendations,ahospital will taldepends on the severity of the charging exorbitant amountsfor had already asked all private understand the newcharges. beating him, andthose at Jyoti them”. The FIR states that after Covid-19 forprivate hospitals in nowcharge Rs 8,000-Rs 10,000 disease. Forinstance, apatient treatment of the disease. In many hospitals to prepareand provide Even afterthe caps areen- Nagarpolice station who denied this, personnel went to his ad- theDelhi.Thedecisionwasbased per dayfor an isolationbed,Rs with moderatesymptoms usu- cases, families do nothavemed- alistofprices of generaland iso- forced,hospitals can still charge him medical treatment..." dressand"thehousewaslocked”. on suggestions by acommittee 13,000-15,000 forICU without allystays between 7-10 days ical insurance, making treatment lation wards, ventilator support, more, forexamplebyincreasing ledbyNITIAayog memberDrV ventilatorsupport,and Rs15,000- whileonewithsevere symptoms out of reachfor alarge section of PPE kits, central line insertion, thefee chargedbymedical pro- KPaul, along with representatives 18,000foranICUwith ventilator. mayend up staying up to a the population. biopsy,Covid testing, CT scan, fessionals, diagnostic costs,and INSTITUTE OF CHEMICALTECHNOLOGY (University under Section –3ofUGC Act 1956) (formerly UDCT/UICT,Mumbai) from the Delhi government and Earlier,hospitalswerecharging month. While chargesvaryfromone MRI, etc, amid complaintsof expenses forlab services. Arep- Elite Status and Centre of Excellence- Govt. of Maharashtra AIIMS director Dr Randeep Rs 24,000-25,000foranisolation With the cap on treatment hospitaltoanother, somehos- overcharging by hospitals. But resentative of aprivate hospital NBA Accredited; ‘A’Grade by MHRD; UNIVERCITY PAREXCELLENCE Guleria. The move is expected to bed,Rs34,000-43,000 forICU cost, medical expenses forapa- pitals were charging up to Rs private hospitals have repeatedly said: “All hospitals had sug- Matunga, Mumbai –400019, India Tel: 022-3361-1111/2222, Fax: 022-3361-1020 provide relief to patients. Alook without ventilator,and Rs tient will bereducedsignificantly. 25,000 per dayfor abed in the issuedclarifications to tryand gested aclear break-up of treat- Email :[email protected]; Website: www.ictmumbai.edu.in at what is expected to change: 44,000-54,000 forICU with a Whereaweek’s stay in an isola- general ward,Rs30,000 fora justify expenses. ment costfor isolation bedsand OnlineApplications are Invited for admission to the academic ventilator,excludingPPE charges. tion bed at aprivate hospital private room, and Rs 72,000 for ICUs. The chargessuggestedby year 2020-2021 for Masters and Doctoral Programs. Students What’s the newcap on private would earlier costRs1,68,000- abed in the ICU.Insome in- Do private hospitals have the the committee arenot feasible. appearing for the qualifying examinations for academic year hospitals? Howlong does ahospital stay 1,75,000 forapatient, the new stances,the treatmentcostfor a leewaytocharge above the We arewaitingfor adetailedor- ending 2020 are also eligible to apply.Details of eligibility, The committee has fixed usuallylastfor Covid? What chargesshould restrict the costto Covid patient would touchRs1 cap even afterthis move? der afterwhich we will revise admission scheduleare available on www.ictmumbai.edu.in. chargesfor isolation bedsandICU couldapatient’s bill look like Rs 56,000-Rs 70,000. lakh aday. Private hospitals claim that the packages.” REGISTRAR

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NewDelhi:The Supreme Supreme CourtJudgeKurian tively involved in socialactivi- afterarequest from someofthe Court Fridayexpressedits SHIVAM PATEL Joseph upon the requestofVPS ties. She knewshe had these ABHINAVRAJPUT doctors he knew,”saidhis son. unhappiness with the af- NEWDELHI, JUNE19 Healthcare’s chairman and underlying health conditions, NEWDELHI,JUNE19 Asenior doctor at the hospi- fidavit filedbythe Delhi managing director Dr so she wasalways cautious, talsaid therehad been issues government in response THE LAST time AkshayJoseph Shamsheer Vayalil. even before thepandemic.” “I DIDN'T even knowhow much with taking samplesearlier as to anoticeissued by it on (24) sawhis mother in person “Healthcareworkers are He added, “Myson andI my father earned. He neverlet us some labswerenot accepting the treatment of Covid pa- wasonJune 16,when he wore engaged in arelentlessbattle were entirelydependent on knowthefinancial burdenhe was toomanyofthem. tientsinhospitals of the afullpersonalprotective to tackle this pandemic. Their her.Weusedtotalk at home facing despitethe hospital never Jain’sreport came positiveon capital. The benchsaid the equipment kit and stood out- sacrifice forhumanity should about howdeadlythisvirus is, giving salaries on time,” said Tuesday, afterwhichheremained entireaffidavit“does not side an ICU whereshe wasad- be recognisedand praised,” but she did notfeel it would af- Ayush Jain (26), whose father inhomequarantine.Government indicateany mechanism mitted afterhavingcontracted said JusticeJoseph. fect her.” RajeevJain(56), alab assistant at officialsvisitedthehouseandgave forproper supervision of Covid-19. NihajGMohammed, chief Her colleague Deepa the pathology department of themanoximeter.“Inquarantine, functioningofhospitals” Aday later,Racheal (48) suc- Racheal Joseph (48) worked operatingofficerofMedeor Mariya Raju recalledthe last HinduRao hospital,succumbed RajeevJain (56) he usedtosay he would survive... and asked the govern- cumbed to the virus. She at VPS Healthcare’s Medeor Hospitals India, said Racheal’s conversation she had with to Covid-19onThursday. hesaidothersinthehospitalwere ment to be“morevigilant worked as ablood bankman- Hospital underlying healthproblems Racheal before shetestedpos- Jain wasadmitted to Metro also affected with Covidbut they in knowing about lapses ager at VPS Healthcare’s Medeor worsenedher condition. The itive.“Aweek before last Hospital &Cancer Instituteafter torworking at the hospital said recovered,” his son said. and take remedial steps.” Hospital in South Delhi since hospital has notbeen able to Monday, we spokeabout the complaintsoffever on June 12. the lastsalaryhedrew, of Rs Jain’s oxygen levels begande- Meanwhile, the Delhi 2007.Her familysaid she tested hardworking, with an endear- tracehow shecontracted the newsandals she had bought He is survivedbyhis wife, two 50,000,was that of March. teriorating from Thursday. “I in- High Courtissuednotice positive four days ago, and was ing personality. virus, said aVPS Healthcare and she also mentionedthat sons and mother. The 980-bed hospital is the quired at two-three hospitals in to the Union of India and diabetic and had respiratory Her husband Joseph spokesperson. she had made aburgerfor her ForAyush,who is yettocome biggestone under the MCD, with the area but all said that they theDelhi government on problems. Varghese (50)said shehad two Mohammed added, “She son, but apologisedfor not to terms with his father's death, astaff of 600doctors,350 nurses were full even though the dis- aplea alleging nurses at Akshaycould notrecallthe big dreams she wanted to see wasbrave and courageous and bringing some of it forus. We lifehas thrownsomechallenges and 300alliedworkers. Atotal of playboardoutside showed beds private hospitalsinthe lastconversation he hadwith fulfilled. “One wasseeing the had been on the frontline said goodbye thatday,not re- —looking afterthe familyoffour 78 healthcareworkers have were vacant,” he said. capitalwerenot being his mother. “There’s nothing completion of ahouse we are cateringtothe needs of Covid- alising whatwould happen and uncertainty in his ownjob. “I tested positive forthe virus so far, He waseventuallyadmitted providedPPE to guard that can be doneabout it now building in Kerala, whichis 19 patients admitted to the next.” am the onlyearningmember of of whom 33 have resumedwork. at the MetroHospital &Cancer themselvesagainst the (her death),” he said over the about 90% done, and the other hospital. Her passing away is a Deepa alsorecalledthat the family now. My brotheris Jain’swas thefirstdeath due to Institute, wherehepassed away. virus. phone. “She had requestedto wastosee ourson getting mar- greatlosstothe organisation” Racheal wasalwaysenthusias- pursuinggraduation from Delhi the virus, said an official.Hehad “Doctors said the disease had af- see me because she wasdis- ried, maybeinacouple of Racheal’s husbandand son tic abouther work and wasat University via correspondence,” lastcometoworkonJune 9. fected his heart,” Ayush said. tressed. Istood outside agateat years,” he said. arepresentlyunder home the front while coordinating said Ayush, who worksinatele- Jain’shealthshowedfirstsigns NorthMCDdirectorPressand PleainHCfor the ICU and aftershe sawme, The VPS group providedfi- quarantine and areawaiting eventsand celebrations at the com company. of deteriorationonJune 12,after Informationsaidaspertheorders speedytrialin she wascalm.” nancial assistance of Rs 25 lakh the result of their Covid test. hospital: “She wasawonder- Healthcareworkers of Hindu he developedfever.“Since it was of the High Court, salaries of all Racheal wasdescribed by forthe family. The cheque was Her husbandsaid,“Shewas a ful colleagueand ahelping Raohospital have notbeenpaid Friday, his test wasconducted at healthcareworkers,ofMarch and Tablighicase her colleagues as braveand giventoRacheal’s kin by former very bold woman and wasac- hand to allofus.” salaryfor three months. Adoc- the hospital on Monday,thattoo April, have nowbeen released. NewDelhi: Apleawas movedinthe Delhi High NoidaSector TESTEDPOSITIVEWEDNESDAY Court,seekingto designate Not invited to PM meet, AAP slams aspecific courtfor speedy trial in acase against 121 50 Metrois Malaysianschargesheeted Jainshifted forbeingpresent at Centre for ‘misleading’the nation now ‘She Tablighi Jamaatheld at NizamuddinMarkazinal- “Whyare factsand informa- leged violationofvisa EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tion being hiddenonanissue as Man’station norms and government NEWDELHI,JUNE19 graveasthis? The entirecountry, toMaxafter guidelines forthe pan- whichisenraged and anguished, demic. Meanwhile, Delhi THE AAM Aadmi PartyFriday ac- deserves to knowthe truth. We AMILBHATNAGAR Police Fridaysaid it will cusedthe Centreof“misleading” stand with the government in NOIDA,JUNE19 file 12 morechargesheets the nation on the issue of border the questfor revengeand the against41moreforeign disputewith China, and ques- sacrifice of our soldiers should THE NOIDAMetro Rail lunginfection nationals in the case. tionedthe exclusion of Delhi notgoinvain,” saidSingh. Corporation Fridayrenamedits Chief MinisterArvindKejriwal Singh rejected reports that Sector 50 MetroStation on Aqua from an all-party meeting on the parties onlywithmorethanfive Line as ‘She Man’ to promote Wednesday. Decisionon issue. MPs have been invitedtothe transgenderrights. Officials said EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE “Unfortunately, it wasfound Jarwalbail Addressing apress confer- MP SanjaySingh alleged the Centrehas been hiding details, meeting. thestationwillprovide“specialfa- NEWDELHI, JUNE19 outinhis CT Scan todaythat ence, AAP RajyaSabha MP including on casualties sufferedbyarmedforces Separately, in astatement, cilities and employment” to Jain ji’s lung infection and pleareserved Sanjay Singh alleged theCentre the AAP said: “AAP is glad that members of the community. DELHI HEALTH Minister pneumonia have increased. He has been “hiding facts”, includ- the all party meeting is taking Officials said the conceptisalong Satyendar Jain developedalung wasfeeling very tired and NewDelhi: The Delhi ing detailsoncasualties suffered titude the government has been cluding four officers, involved in place in New Delhi, whereAAP the lines of Pink Station,anall- infection duringtreatment for giddy since morning. All treat- High CourtFriday re- by thearmed forces. putting up is rather unfortunate. Monday’s violent face-offinthe governs, andhopes that the womenrun Metrostation. Covid-19atRajiv Gandhi Super ment and shifting to another servedits orderonthe However, he stressedthatthe First, people were told three sol- Galwan RiverValley,inwhich20 meeting will bring about hon- “As per Census2011, thereare Speciality hospital on Friday, hospitalwill be done on doc- plea by AAP MLAPrakash AAP stands with the govern- diers had died, then the number Indian soldiers diedwhile an- ourable solutions to thethreat 4.9 lakh transgendersinIndia out following whichhewas shifted tors’ advice,” ChiefMinister Jarwalinacase of an al- ment and the Indian Armyon rose to 20. Thegovernment other 76 were injured. posedbyChina and to theongo- of which30,000-35,000 stay in to theICU of MaxSuper Arvind Kejriwal said. leged suicide by aSouth the question of avenging the claimednosoldier is in Chinese This is the firsttime in thelast ing crisis in Ladakh, bringing NCR. The move will bean impor- Speciality HospitalinSaket, Lastweek, Kejriwal had Delhi doctor.Jarwal’sbail deaths of soldiers at eastern custody but turnedout that 10 45 years thatIndian or Chinese backGalwanValley back into tant step in providing meaningful governmentsources said. tested negative forCovid-19. pleawas rejected by the Ladakh’s Galwan valley. soldiers were releasedonlyon troops have been killedonthe India. AAP remains committed inclusion and participationofthe Asenior doctorfromMax His swab samples were col- trial courtonMay 28. “The disputehas been raging Thursdayevening,” said Singh. Line of Actual Control. to stand up forIndia in all re- transgendercommunity.The hospitalsaidhis condition is lected afterhedeveloped mild forquitesome time. Many Following hectic negotia- Singh said the Centre’s “ob- spects. AAP remains disap- naming of the station willraise stable and he might be admin- fever and asorethroat. rounds of talkswereheld. There tions, the Chinese armyon fuscationoffacts”amounted to pointed at itsexclusionfromthe awareness and sensitivity,” said isteredplasma therapy. Union Home MinisterAmit Govttorope areseveral questionssurround- Thursdayeveningreturnedfrom an act of “betrayal” with the meeting but stands committed Ritu Maheshwari, MD NMRC, in “Further decisiononhis treat- Shah also wishedJain a“speedy inNGOs ing the issue. But the kind of at- itscustody 10 Indian soldiers, in- country. to itsoutcome.” astatement. ment will be takenon recovery”. According to officials,staff at Saturday,”the doctor said. Jain had attendedameeting NewDelhi: In an order is- the station will be sensitisedand Plasma therapyinvolves on Sunday, whichincluded suedFriday, the Delhi gov- trainedwith regard toissues transfusion of plasma from a Shah, Kejriwal, Union Health ernment said it is looking SC refuses to stay work on Central concerning the community.The convalescent coronavirus pa- MinisterDrHarsh Vardhan, and to ropein NGOs, civil soci- station will have signages, and tient to an unwell patient, since Deputy CM Manish Sisodia. The etyorganisations and cit- announcementswill also be the blood of the former is rich meeting washeld to discussthe izens in identifying sus- Vista project, says ‘govt is within law’ made to “generate awareness” in antibodies. national capital’sresponse to pect casesand monitoring among passengers. NMRCplans Jain, 55 wasadmitted to the coronavirus. of home isolationcases to include members of the com- Delhigovernment-run Rajiv Kalkaji MLAAtishi, Delhi via aweb portal. takenwill be subject to theout- munity at ticket counters and Gandhi Super Speciality government advisor EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE come of the petition. other areas. HospitalonTuesday afterhe AbhinanditaMathurand AAP NEWDELHI,JUNE19 The petitionerhad ap- With regard to the name, of- developedbreathlessness, media panelistAkshay BSFASIdies proachedthe courtchallenging ficialssaid it wasacollective de- fever and adropinoxygenlev- Marathe have also tested posi- crossingroad THE SUPREME CourtFriday re- the notification issuedbythe cision. “The term ‘She Man’ was els. He firsttestednegative for tiveinthe pastfew days.None fusedtoorder astayonworkfor Delhi Development Authority ponderedupon by the Boardof the virus, but as his symptoms of them have been admitted to NewDelhi: A55-year-old the CentralVista project with the (DDA) regarding the project un- Directors and various other persisted, he wastestedagain. hospitals andare reportedto Assistant Sub-Inspector Centre stating that therewas no der whichanewParliament stakeholders, it wasadecision He tested positive on have mild symptoms. from BSF diedon violationofprocess in the grant building and central govern- made by everyone. In fact, the Thursdayafter he wasal- of clearances forthe Rs 20,000- ment offices will be constructed. scheme has been envisaged by legedly hitbyaspeeding croreredevelopmentprojectin Suri had earlier movedthe taking suggestions of NGOs ac- bikewhile crossing road the heartofthe National Capital. Delhi High Courtchallenging the tively involved in transgender is- at Geeta flyovernear “Can we restrain authorities Under the project,anew Parliament building and central DDAnotificationfor theproject, sues,” said an NMRCofficial. Darya Ganj police station from acting as per law?” aBench government offices willbeconstructed. Amit Mehra following whichasingle judge The move,however, has not of Justices AMKhanwilkar, directed the authority to ap- gone down well with asection of Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv proachthe courtbeforenotify- the transgender community. Policeraid Khanna asked the petitioner, ous construction activities asso- tion even though thereispaper- ing land-use changes. This order Anjan Joshi, activistand co- restaurant who had pointed out thatad- ciated with the project were be- work,” Senior advocateSanjay waslater stayed by aDivision founderofSPACE Organisation, ministrative clearances were be- ing cleared despitethe fact that Hegde submitted on behalf of Benchofthe High Court, whichworks on LGBGTIQdevel- NewDelhi: Policesaid a ing givenand groundworkmay the caseispending before the another petitioner,LtCol (retd) prompting Suritoappealtothe opment and rights, said: “What restaurant at Northwest begin if astaywas notgranted. Supreme Court. Anuj Srivastava. Supreme Court. do theymean by She Man? It’s an Delhi, whichwas al- The courtalso saidthat it He said that environmental Appearing forthe Centre, The petitioner has alleged insult to the gender diverse and legedly servinghookah to will hear the matter on July 7, clearancehas also been recom- Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that thereisanillegal changein gendernon-conformingcommu- teenagers, wasraidedon and that all other proceedings mendedfor the project, and said the government cannotgive land use and that agovernment nity.Itisalso transphobic as it is June 16.The owner of the related to the projectwillbe sought adirection againstcarry- an assurance that no work willbe notification on March 20, which looking at gender through abi- restaurant, Sunil Kumar, considered in aconsolidated ing out further steps. done on the ground. The court supersedes apublic notice is- narylensasmanandwoman,and who is the son of aretired manner. “Thereisaseries of various can direct that whatever hap- suedbythe DDAonDecember notreadytoaccept other gender seniorDelhiPolice officer, Earlier,AdvocateShikhil Suri, administrative clearancesthatis pens will be subject to orders, 19,2019isasubjugationofrule identity. ‘SheMan’isacrudejoke; Satyendar Jain is likelytobeadministeredplasmatherapytoday wasarrestedwith twoof who appeared on behalf of the going on.Noobjection to clear- and thereis“no over-reachingof of lawand judicial protocol as it’snot an identity but an insult.” hisemployees. ENS petitioner,RajeevSuri, who is ances being granted.Myprayer process of theCourt”, Mehtasaid. the notice is under challengebe- also an advocate, said that vari- is fornochange of ground situa- The courtsaid that anysteps fore theSupreme Court. Ex-Cong councillor complains of Covid Police blame gang war for man’s murder in NE Delhi symptoms, interim bail not extended

the capital’s trans-Yamuna area, five peopledrove by on two- ates of Nasir,Hashim Baba and rested menrevealedtheyhad Covid-19 and Jahan also com- fore jail authorities on Friday. MAHENDERSINGH by giving “positive news cover- wheelers and startedfiringin- Rashid Cablewala, revolted and threatenedHaider twice,asking EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE plainedofsymptoms. Valecha arguedbeforethe MANRAL age” and also handling Nasir’s discriminately. He sustained formedanother gang,”said asen- him to stop “supporting” Nasir. NEWDELHI,JUNE19 Additional Sessions Judge courtthe doctorsatMax NEWDELHI,JUNE19 work. over twodozen gunshotwounds ior police officer.Later,the party “Theywereangryafter they re- Dharmender Rana in his order Hospital,Patparganj, had ad- DCP (Northeast) VedPrakash and collapsedinfront of his fam- dismissedNasir’s membership. centlysaw apictureofHaider ADELHI courthas refusedtoex- wrote, “It is awell settledprinci- visedher 7-days home isolation DAYS AFTER ajournalistworking Surya said, “The arrested men ily. An FIRwas registered. The gang warbetween Nasir with Nasir on social media. They tend the interim bail of former ple of lawthatinterim bail can before undergoing aCovid test. withanews portal wasshotdead have been identifed as Shaukat Police said Nasir faces several and Chhenu, police said, has then decidedtoeliminatehim,” Congress councillor Ishrat Jahan onlybegrantedin exceptionalcir- As per averificationreport in NortheastDelhi’s Bhajanpura, Khan(32),and Qamar Ali (39). criminal cases and wasallegedly claimed18lives,including of a the officer said. in connection with aNortheast cumstances. Mereapprehensions filedbythe investigatingoffi- policefound thathewas allegedly We found that the deceasedwas involved in agang warwith police constable who wasshot Nasir got out on parole last Delhi riots case. Jahan was cannotconstituteavalid ground cer in the case, “The doctor con- killedbyacriminal, Hashim Baba, asympathiser of Nasir,and the Chhenu Pehalwan (34) forsu- dead at Karkardoomacourt in April and abscondedafterhewas granted 10 days’interim bail by forextension of interim bail. cerned hasnot prescribed any and his associates. Twomen from accusedwereunhappy with premacy over the bettingbusi- 2015.The internal gang warbe- booked under the stringent the court, whichexpired on Considering the totality of cir- Covid test,and it hasbeen re- the gang were arrestedin connec- positive news coverage of Nasir. ness in the capital since 2010. tween Nasir and Hashim has MaharashtraControl of Friday, to attend her marriage. cumstances, especiallythe opin- portedthat it is asimple case of tion with the incident this week. Theyalso cametoknowthat “However, things changedwhen claimedthree lives, police said. OrganisedCrime Actbythe spe- Her counsel, LalitValecha, ion of thedoctor andnatureofthe flu.” During the course of argu- Investigation revealedthat Haider wasnot saying good he joinedMoS Ramdas “Hashim wastrying to eliminate cialinvestigationunitof thecrime sought further 7-dayinterim offence, no ground forextension ments, Valecha also informed theykilledHaider because they things about them.” Athawale’sRepublican Partyof Nasir and has killedtwo of his as- branchfor allegedlyrunning an bail, arguing her husband had re- of bail is made out in favorofthe the courtthat thetestreportof believedhehad supportedAbdul On May29, Haider was India(A) as itsDelhi youth pres- sociates so far,”said an officer. organisedgangand extorting centlycomeincontact with a applicant/accused.” The court Ishrat’s husband had come Nasir,a“notorious criminal” of standing outside his home when identlastyear.Two closeassoci- During questioning, the ar- moneybythreatening people. relative who tested positive for then directedher to surrender be- negative.

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qualificationsahead of RS elec- ESHAROY tions, sources in the EC said that NEWDELHI,JUNE19 the Commission “cannotinter- fere or interject as farasthe MANIPUR SPEAKER Y Speaker's powerunder the Tenth Khemchand on Fridaydisquali- Schedule of theConstitutionare fiedthreeCongress MLAs and the concerned”. state’s lone TMC MLAaheadof “Thiswas blatantmisuseof the RajyaSabha election. the Speaker’s office,” said central With the disqualifications, Congress observerAjayMaken, erstwhile royal Leisemba CM Biren Singh arrivestocasthis vote; and (right) speaker who is in Imphal city. Sanajaoba, theBJP’s RajyaSabha YKhemchand. ANI/Twitter Manipur has been tense candidate, waselected with 28 aheadofRSelections, with three votes. The Congress—whichear- BJP MLAs resigning from the lier had the numbers to send its the Speaker since 2017,fromthe and one TMC MLAonFriday. Assemblyand partyand crossing candidatetothe Upper House— cabinetand restrainedhim “from "Because he had filedapeti- over to theCongress. Also, four secured 24 votes. entering the Legislative tion,BrojenSingh receivedpro- ministers in NBiren Singh’s gov- The Manipur High Courthad, Assemblytill furtherorders”. tection from the HC and wasal- ernment, all MLAs of NPP, in an order on June 8, disallow- Sincethen, Khemchand had lowedtovote today. He voted in switched camps to lend support ing sevenCongress MLAs from brought forwardthe matter of favour of the Congress,” said a to the Congress. enteringthe Assemblypremises disqualifications, whichhad Congressleader,addingthatthe With three BJP MLAs leaving “unless and until” the petitions been scheduledfor June 22, to four MLAs who were disqualified their party,and supportofthe seeking their disqualification Friday. were settovotefor the Congress. NPP MLAs and TMC MLAand an were decidedbythe Speaker. AfterCongress MLAPaonam The three otherCongress independent MLA, the Congress “The Hon’ble Speaker... is di- Brojen Singh— one of the seven MLAs allowedtovote went in had 26 votes forthe RS elections. rected to ensurecompliance of facing disqualification—ap- favour of BJP. FormerCongress CM Okram this order by all concerned,” proachedthe HC on Thursday The Congresscomplainedto Ibobi Singh approachedthe gov- Justice KHNobinSingh said. The againstKhemchand’s conduct, theECthat oneofits MLAs voted ernor seeking aspecial session to HC had followedthe March 18 the HC instructed the Speakerto forthe BJP,and sought cancella- floor ano-confidencemotion. decision in whichitremoved announce the disqualifications tion of thatvote.The EC said, The 60-member Assembly Manipur ministerThounaojam onlyafter June 19,that is the day “…no interference from the has acurrent strength of 59 Shyamkumar Singh, against of RS election. Despitethe HC’s Commission is warranted in the MLAs. TheBJP nowhas 19 MLAs, whomsimilardisqualification instructions, Khemchand dis- matter…” and the supportofanLJP MLA petitions were pending before qualifiedthree CongressMLAs On the announcement of dis- and four NPF MLAs. Sonowal directs arrest of commentator EditorsGuild opposesFIR for offensive remarks on Ahom king against Scroll on December 2every year. vader?Doreal Indians knowthat ABHISHEKSAHA “Posting of offensive remarks Indiantaxmoneyisbeingusedby journalist GUWAHATI,JUNE19 on social media misinterpreting BJPinAssamto putupstatuesof a historicalfactscouldleadto riftbe- Chinese invader?” NewDelhi: TheEditorsGuild of CHIEF MINISTERSarbananda tween different communities in In another tweet, Chatterjee India Fridayexpressedconcern SonowalonFridaydirectedAssam an ethnicallydiversestate like wrote, “Whydouncivilised over the FIRagainstnews portal Policeto arrest Kolkata-basedpo- Assam,” said Sonowal. Chinese love terroristParesh Scroll’s Executive EditorSupriya litical commentator Garga Athree-member policeteam Barua of ULFAsomuch? What is SharmaanditsChief Editorovera Chatterjee forallegedly making wasscheduledtoleave forKolkata specialrelationship between reportpublishedfromVaranasi’s objectionable comments against Fridaynight. Chinese&Barua?Whatisthespe- Domarivillage,callingitan“over- the firstAhom king Chaolung Chatterjee could notbecon- cialrelationshipbetweenChina& reaction” that “will seriouslyun- Sukapha and the Ahom commu- tacteddespitemultipleattempts. ULFA?Whatiscommonbetween dermine freedom of the media”. nity. Chatterjee, who describes theseanti-Indianforces?Bengalis The Guild stated that theuse SonowalsaidSukaphawasthe himself as a“Bengali nationalist” know bcozwefought British, of thesectionsof IPCandtheSC/ST architect of the greater Assamese on Twitter,wrote on the micro- ULFAdidn’t.” Act, and “criminal provisionsof identity and making derogatory blogging siteonJune17, “Why On June 18,acomplaint was the lawagainst journalists has statementsabout him could not does @sarbanandsonwalregu- lodged in Dibrugarhdistrict nowbecome an unhealthyand be tolerated. larly celebrateaChinese invader againstChatterjee forhis tweets. despicabletrendthathasnoplace To commemorate Sukapha andhisinvadingarmy?Whydoes SreejithT, SPof Dibrugarhdistrict, in anyvibrant democracy” and his rule in the 13th century, bannedseparatistgroup ULFA saidacasehasbeenregisteredun- This needs to be resistedand Assam celebrates “Asom Divas” also celebratethe Chinese in- dermultiple sections of th eIPC. eliminated,the guildsaid. 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Singh said, “Theyare abigger MANRAJGREWAL Army, notabetterArmy. It’sapeo- SHARMA ple’s Army, notaregular Army... CHANDIGARH,JUNE19 mostoftheir soldiers areon conscription.” HOURS AFTER he receivedat Singh said China backs down YOGA BOOST Chandigarhairportthe bodiesof inthefaceof anaggressive stance, three of the 20 Armypersonnel recountingthatin1967,LtGeneral WHILE PM NarendraModihas declared this Yoga Daytheme killedinclashes withChinese SagatSinghpersonallywentto the —'Yoga at home and yoga withfamily, ‘International Yoga Day troops in Ladakh’s GalwanValley, Nathu La pass and supervisedar- 2020’ wasinaugurated at NITI Aayog. Anumber of employees PunjabChief MinisterAmarinder tillery actionagainstthe Chinese. participated in the event, whichwas attendedbyNITI Vice- SinghonFriday said India must “Theykilledathousand Chinese, Chairman RajivKumarand CEOAmitabh Kant.Kumarshared tell the Chinesetovacatethe re- eventuallytheywentawayand avideo of him performing Surya Namaskar at home. “I start gion or face consequences. foryears afterwards we had no my daywith SuryaNamaskars -Salutationstothe Sun, the Singh told TheIndian Express, problemthere,” he said. eternal source of light and energy…” he tweeted. “Of course therewill be conse- ThePunjabChief Ministersaid quencesfor us as well butwe he wasagainst “thispolicy of ap- can’t letthishappenall the peasement. India mustmaintain FAKE ID ROW time…I am ahardliner. There itsintegrity of territory”. can be talkswithasensibleparty When askedwhether an ag- THE ARRESTofaKeraliteinthe national capital with afakeiden- but these people arenot.They gressive stancecouldleadto anes- tity cardofDRDO seems to becreating ripples in the Kerala BJP. wait foranopportune time and calation in hostilities, he said,“I Since the arrest of Arun PRaveendran, who allegedly cheated then strike.” don’tknowwhatthegovernment peoplewith his fake identityasadefencescientist, different fac- Dismissing talksofChinese is planning but 20 men needare- tionalleaders in Kerala BJP have been providinginformationto belligerence beingfuelledbythe sponse. Ijustwenttoreceive the the party’s central leadership. Asection of leaders alleged that August 5movetoabrogateArticle bodiesof threeof them,theywere Raveendran, who wasapparentlyaregular visitoratBJP and 370ofthe Constitution, and the youngboys... Somebody is re- RSS circles in Delhi, wasintouchwith some senior party lead- bifurcation of the erstwhile state sponsible fortheir deaths. ersin Kerala and nowtheyweretrying to protecthim.Although of Jammu and Kashmir intothe “Ask the officers who were the central leadership doesnotseem convinced, the youth wing Union Territories of J&K and present therewhy theydid not Punjab CM Amarinder Singh pays last respects to soldiers killedinthe Galwan Valleyclash, at Chandigarh on Friday. Source: DPR of LJD in Kerala has demandedadetailedprobe intoit. Ladakh,Singhsaid,“Whathasab- open fire even when their com- rogation got to do with the mandingofficerwas killed, and Chinese? Theyhavebeen claim- theywilladmitthattheywerenot SHORT BREAK ingAksai Chin since 1962, armed,” he added. KCR announces ShaksgamValleyalittleafterthat.” Recounting his days in the Build global pressure onChina, THE SUPREME Courtannounceditwould take ashorttwo- The Chinese intrusion at Army, Singhsaid,“Wewouldhave Rs 5cr, land, job week summer break starting next week.Inthe firstweekof GalwanValley, accordingto Singh, troopscoveralltheareaaroundus vacation, only acouple of division benches(two-judge waspre-planned. “First, the dis- whenwe wentto meet somepeo- keep talks going: ex-diplomats for Colonelwife benches) along with an in-chambers benchand aregistrar's putewas alongthe Pangong Tso, ple…How can youmeetthese court will hear urgent cases. In the second week,two benches therewas an 8kmareapatrolled guyswithoutweaponsandwith- willsit on June 30 and July3to conduct hearingsthrough by both of us, then theybuiltonit outtroops covering youfromthe SinghsaidthatChinahasbeen to consolidateforcesagainstIndia, SREENIVASJANYALA video-conferencing. The courtsaid this arrangement was and cut the road so that Indians hilltops around so thattheycan MANRAJGREWAL planningthisincursionforawhile, Singh said thereisalink between HYDERABADJUNE19 made to meetthe demandsofjustice and hear matters of ur- couldn’t patrol. Afterthat they open fire in case of an SHARMA but India seems to have been domestic politicsand interna- gent natureduring the rescheduledsummervacation. went to Patrol Point 14 and an- emergency?” CHANDIGARH,JUNE19 caught by surprise. tional relations. TELANGANA CHIEF Minister nouncedthat the entireGalwan Singhblamedthepolicyof not Parthasarthy saidtheChinese On the wayforward,Parthas- KChandrashekar RaoonFriday Valleyistheirs.” carrying firearms during patrols INDIA MUSTbuild up interna- were nervous about India getting arthysaid, “Weare in foralong announced Rs 5crore as com- Askedabout his views on adi- forthe deaths,adding, “I spent tionalpressureonChina,bothpo- near Aksai Chinthrough infra- haul.” Singhsaidthe government pensation to the familyofCol- Nepal’s new map could stall alogue withChina,Singh said, three yearsatNDA,one at IMA, litically andeconomically, while structuredevelopment. Calling mustavoidanemotionalreaction. onel BSantosh Babu, who was “Wehavebeentalking since then at the collegeofcombat, working towardsaresolution of China’sclaim on Galwan valley Both diplomatsunderscored killed in the Galwan Valleyclash. diplomatic communication 1962, wherehavewegot? neversaw anydanda or stone- the Galwan valleystandoff, for- disingenuous, he said it waspart theneedtobuilddomesticandin- The Chief Minister also an- Gradually, theyhavebeen en- throwing. Armyismeant as the mer diplomatshavesaid. of British India and then India. ternational consensus on the is- nouncedaresidential plotand croaching on ourterritory. They lastresort; deploypara-military Callingthestandoff oneof the SinghsaidPresidentXiJinping sue. Parthasarthysaid, “Wehave Group 1JobfortheArmyofficer’s between Delhi,Kathmandu (Pakistan) donated area in PoK fordandas.” biggestchallengesfacedbythe mayhavemultiplemotives be- to expressourdispleasuretothem wife. The Chief Ministeralso said (PakistanoccupiedKashmir) to Hestatedthatonecannothave NDAgovernment,KCSingh,afor- hindthis move,includingthe de- internationally.” the Telangana government n’t acceptthe newletterheads,” a China. They(China) occupied an agreementwith ahostile mer diplomat, said it calls fora siretodistract from domestic so- Advocatingputtingeconomic would give Rs 10 lakh to the fam- SHUBHAJITROY source told The Indian Express. Aksai Chinin1962, and theyare neighbourandaskedwhythepol- complete rethinkofIndia’s China cio-economic distress. He also pressureonChina, Singh said, ilies of eachofthe other 19 sol- NEWDELHI,JUNE19 However, if no diplomatic claiming territoryinArunachal. icy of being unarmedwas appli- policy.GParthasarthy,aformer saidChinaisupsetwithIndia’sde- “China mayrelentifbusinesses diers killedinthe clash through notescan be exchanged,any Everyyear they claimanew area. cable onlytoIndiantroops. diplomatandstrategyexpert,said siretoacquiretacticaland strate- move away,marketsabroad are the Union Defence Ministry. WITH NEPAL passing alaw to en- diplomaticcommunication—in- Nowtheysay the entireGalwan “Anything in hand is aweapon… China’soccupationof theGalwan gicadvantagebyupgradingitsin- affected,and they areunable to “The entirecountryshould dorse itsnew map that includes cluding the much-anticipated is theirs. This is absurd. Icall it Had Ibeen there, Iwould have valleyhas geopolitical conse- frastructure. "China is wary of keep their growth rate high.” stand by the militarypersonnel Indian territories, the governm- Foreign Secretary-leveltalkswill their salami-slicing tactic.” asked my mentoopen fire.You quences and we areinfor along India’s emerging alliances with Asbothdiplomatsputit,“Keep guarding our borders. We have entsinNew DelhiandKathmandu be hardtoschedule. Whenaskedaboutapprehen- can’tletyourcommandingofficer haul.Bothcalledforputtinginter- other nations as well,” he added. the talksgoing.” to supportthose martyred in the have afresh problem to deal with Theemblemof Nepalcontains sionsthatChinahadamuchlarger be killed. It’s an insulttothe unit, national pressureonChinato Pointing out that abrogation FULLREPORTON lineofduty andhelptheir family —that of diplomatic notes. the flag of Nepal, Mount Everest, andbetter-equippedarmedforce, to theIndian Army.” makeitrelent. of Article370 gave Chinaachance www.indianexpress.com members,”hesaid. Nepal’s map is partofits em- greenhillssymbolisingthehillyre- blemandisusedonallofficialsta- gions of Nepal and yellowcolour tionarybythatcountry, justlike symbolisingthefertileTerairegion, Delete52apps, Govt firm, won’t the Indian government’s letter- male and female hands joining to ‘Military action will open Pandora’s box, heads have theLion Capitalof symbolise gender equality,and a from phones, UP let China trespass Ashoka.However, with Nepal garlandof rhododendron(thena- STF personneltold passing anew map, whichin- tionalflower).Atopthisflowerisa but highestlevel of preparedness required’ even an inch: Naik cludesareasof Kalapani,Lipulekh whitesilhouettemapintheshape and Limpiyadhurainof Nepal. At the base of the design Lucknow:Uttar Pradesh Special alert.Ourreserveformationsof the Keepthedoorfordiplomaticpar- Panaji:UnionMinisterofState for Uttarakhand, the country’s em- ared scroll carries the national TaskForce(STF)InspectorGeneral DEEPTIMANTIWARY Armyhavealreadymovedorin leys open,continuewithmilitary- DefenceShripad Yesso Naik on blem toohas been updated. mottoinSanskrit,whichtranslates (IG) AmitabhYash Fridayissued NEWDELHI,JUNE19 Lt Gen (retd) the process of moving.Itdoes not leveltalksand possiblyraise it at Fridaysaidthegovernmentisfirm Now, thereisadebate within as “Mother and Motherland are an order,directing all personnel Syed Ata mean we aregoing to warbut the levelofpolitical leadershipif on itsposition and will notallow the South Blockastowhether greater than heaven”. attached to theagency to delete THEKILLINGof20Indiansoldiers Hasnain whentrustissolow we cannotaf- necessary. Internationallynoone Chinato trespassevenaninchover India should receive and accept Nepal setitself on acollision 52 apps from theirphonesand by theChinese PLAineastern ford totakechances,” he said. is comfortablewithwhat is hap- the Line of Actual Control (LAC). diplomaticandofficialcommuni- course with India Thursdayafter also from phones of theirfamily Ladakhthisweekhasledtoaseri- Asked about the road ahead pening.Therewillbealot of pres- Offeringcondolences to the cation with the newletterheads itsUpper House unanimously members, pointing out that “im- ous trustdeficit between the two National Disaster Management and if militaryaction is an option sureonChina.Sohaveastrong familiesofthe20Armymenkilled from the Nepalese government. clearedaconstitutionamendment portant datainthe phones might countries at the political, diplo- Authority. forrestoring status quoante, military posture, examineother in the GalwanValley clash,Naik Accepting the diplomatic Bill, endorsing the country’s new be stolen through theseapps.” maticand militarylevel, Lt Gen “Now thereisacompletetrust Hasnainsaid,“Onethingiscertain, options,garnerinternationalsup- toldthemedia,“Thehand-to-hand noteswith the newletterhead mapthatincludesterritorieswith EvenasYashconfirmedtothe (retd) Syed AtaHasnaintold The deficit at the political,diplomatic if we take unilateral militaryac- portanddon’truleoutanything.” fight, the stone-pelting... in which maybeinterpreted as accepting India. Nepal’s President Bidhya IndianExpressthathepassedsuch IndianExpressonFriday. Indianow or militarylevel as farasChina is tion nowthenweopen aPand- According to him, China’s ac- we lostone of our colonel rank of- the newmap with the territorial Devi Bhandarigaveher assent to anorderfortheSTFteam,UPADG needs to ensureits militarypre- concerned. We have to be mind- ora’sboxofexpandedmilitaryac- tionsareinformedbothbyits“wish ficer and soldiers,and in which claims, sources said, adding that theBillwithinhoursof itspassage (Law&Order) Prashant Kumar paredness is of the highestorder ful of the fact that the Chinese are tivity all along the Himalayan to create opportunities forstrate- Chinese soldiers were killedas thisissuecouldbecomeanirritant inRastriyaSabha.Thisdeepensthe saiditwasmeantforthe“STFonly evenif immediatemilitaryaction lookingformuchmore,somekind front.Soonehasto assesswheth- gicdominationinthePostCovid19 well,was abig incident. We are and the topechelons of the gov- boundaryrow with India, which as directedby the IG on his(Yash) to restorestatusquoantemay not of permanentposturingineastern eroneisreadyto take thatrisk,es- period”and itstactical pursuit of firminourpositionandwe willnot ernment will have to take acall. hasalreadyrejectedNepal’sclaim owninitiative.” necessarilybeanoption, he said. Ladakh, to createatacticaladvan- peciallyunder the circumstances changing thestatus quowhereit allowChinato crossevenoneinch “While it appears asmallis- to the areas in Uttarakhand,say- The listof52applications at- LtGenHasnain,whoretiredin tage at places. We have to ensure of an economic downturn.” feels India’s claims on LACare dis- over the LACand ourborder.” sue, it means that all diplomatic ingitis“violative of ourcurrentun- tached withthe orderincludes 2013,hascommandedtheArmy’s that our militarypreparedness is Batting foramorecalibrated advantageous to it operationally. “Weare confident India will correspondence withNepalwill derstanding to hold talksonout- TikTok,Vigo,WeChat,SHAREit,Mi 15 CorpsinJammu and Kashmir. of thehighestorder.Thatisalready approach,hesaid, “I would sayat FULLREPORTON give abefittingreply... China’sag- bestalledifthegovernmentdoes- standing boundaryissues”. Store, Kwai, UC browser,etc. ENS He is currentlyamember of the happening. Our Air Forceison this time examine all options. www.indianexpress.com gression is without reason.” ENS Monorail tender that saw only 2Chinese bidders cancelled Railways aims to use only Made in India

washopingthat 3.6 crorepeople cancelthecurrenttenderandstart components, reduce imports to zero NEERAJTIWARI would use the serviceevery year. the retendering process immedi- MUMBAI,JUNE19 However, theridershipthatitac- ately. Also,to enableparticipation domesticplayers areallowed in that it has decidedtoterminate tuallymanagedto attainwasonly of Indian companies, the eligibil- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE railway tenders.“Mostlyweare thecontractof aChinesecompany THE MUMBAI Metropolitan 41 lakhonthe complete stretch. ity criteria would be revised, giv- NEWDELHI,JUNE19 inviting tenders whereonlydo- due to “poor progress” on the sig- Region Development Authority Beforethelockdown,onlyfive ing chance to manufacturing fa- mesticbiddersareallowedtopar- nalling and telecommunication (MMRDA) has announcedthatit Monorails trains pliedatone go. cilitiesworkinginIndiaforthelast INDIAN RAILWAYS aims to use ticipate,” he said. work on Eastern DedicatedFrei- wascancelling the bidding In order to increase the fre- 10 years on similar projects. onlymade-in-India components Forthe pasttwo-three years, ghtCorridor's417-kmsectionbe- process forprocurement of 10 quency,the agency wasplanning The release said the twoChin- and reduce imports to zero, atop Railwayshastakenmanystepsto tween Kanpur and Mughalsarai. Monorailtrains, in whichtwo to procure10trains, forwhich esecompanieshadbeenaskingfor official said on Friday, aday after reduce the importcontent, he Earlier this week,the DFC Chinesecompanieshademerged MMRDAhad floatedaglobal ten- revisionsinterms. “MMRDAdoes the transportbehemoth decided said.“We have implemented the brass in ameeting withWorld as the contenders.The MMRDA der.Ithadreceivedtwo bids,both notwant again to createaSCOMI- to cancelthecontractof aChinese Make inIndiapolicy.Forexample Bankhadstressedtheneedtoter- has said it would instead look at from Chinesemanufactures – likesituationwhenithastodepend firm in asignalling project. in our signalling system, the way minatethiscontract,sourcescon- Indiantechnologypartnersforde- The Mumbai Monorail operates on a19.54-kmstretch CRRCCorporation and BYD. onforeignmanufacturersevenfor Chairman, Railway Board,VK we have initiatedthe tender pol- firmedtoThe Indian Express. velopmentand long-term sup- between Chembur,Wadala and Jacob Circle Astatement by MMRDA late sparepartsof Monorailcoaches.In Yadavalso said during an online icy,our make-in-India compo- TheRailwayshadgiventheRs port. It has also decidedtoinitiate Thursdaysaid:“Inthecurrenteco- the situationthat the twoChinese media briefing, “Weare making nent has become morethan 70 471-crorecontract to theBeijing dialogue with Indian manufac- nomic situation due to Covid-19 companies aredictating us to effortstosee thatthe products per cent.” National Railway Research and tures likeBHEL and BEML. on March 4lastyear. SCOMI Engineering, whichhad and in line with the various poli- changetenderconditions,MMRDA manufacturedby theRailways are “Oureffortisto ensure thatwe DesignInstituteofSignal and The Mumbai Monorail oper- Sincethe beginning, the proj- executedthe project and wasop- ciesannouncedbyGoI(Governm- administration has decidedto exported.” use moreand moremade-in- Communication Group, asub- ates on a19.54-km stretchbe- ect —worth Rs 2,700 crore—has erating it, over itsfailuretomeet ent of India) to encouragethe search fortechnology partners in Replying to aquestion from India products andmakethe im- sidiaryofChina Rail Signaland tween Chembur,Wadala and beenplaguedwithproblems and contractual obligations. Since MakeinIndiaschemes,ithasbeen India. As we do notrequirelarge TheIndianExpressonwhetherthe portcomponentzero.We arealso Communication Corp in 2016. Jacob Circle. It had initially begun notbeen able to garner the de- then,MMRDAhasbeenpursuing decidedtolook forIndian quantities, it is possible forIndian Railways wasconsidering ban- making effortstosee that the Theyweresupposedtocomplete operations on a8-km stretchin sired ridership. TheMMRDAhad international companies forpro- Technology partner fordevelop- companies to manufacture and ning Chinese companies from productsmanufactured in rail- the work by 2019,but only20per 2013 andstartedcommercial op- takenovercontrolof theMonorail curementof10new rakesinabid ment and long term support.” supplyinlessertime,” MMRDA participating in itsinfrastructure ways areexported,” Yadavsaid. cent of the work hasbeencompl- erationsontheentire stretchonly in 2018 from the Malaysia-based to runtheserviceefficiently.Itwas It addedthatithas decidedto Commissioner RARajeevsaid. biddings, Yadavsaidmostlyonly TheRailways onThursdaysaid eted so far, theRailways hadsaid.

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ance of power, whichhad al- YSRCPwins LIZMATHEW ready been tilted towardsthe In Gujarat, BJP clinches NEWDELHI,JUNE19 ruling coalition side,has be- come clear now. three seats, Cong gets one 4seats, TDP ENDINGAsagaofresort politics, “Wewelcome theelection defections and resignations, the resultsand with thesupportof 30 votes of firstpreferenceand infighting RajyaSabha elections on Friday the council of states, we will EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE 31.98votesofsecond preference. leftthe ruling BJP with an in- strengthen the democratic roots GANDHINAGAR,VADODARA, Congress incharge forGujarat, comes to fore creasedtally in the UpperHouse of the country,”senior BJP leader JUNE19 RajeevSatav,said, "...wewon one but still shortofamajority on its and RajyaSabha MP Bhupender RajyaSabha seat despiteBJP us- own, and addedpoliticalheavy- Yadavtold TheIndianExpress.He ELECTIONS TO thefour Rajya ing moneypowerand everyille- SREENIVASJANYALA weightstothe Opposition ranks. said that all major policy deci- SabhaseatsinGujarat concluded galgimmick. It is sad to lose one HYDERABADJUNE19 In elections to 19 seatsin10 sions likeGST were takenwith Fridaywiththe ruling Bharatiya seat but our struggle and efforts states,BJPwoneightandCongress consensus, but morenumbers Janata Party(BJP) winning three will continue." THE RULINGYSRCP wonall the four.With this, the current would mean “a stronger demo- seatsand Opposition Congress Around 9.30 am, BJP MLA four RajyaSabha seatsfrom strengthof RajyaSabhawillgo up cratic participation”. emerging victorious on one seat. from Matar constituency, AndhraPradesh that went to the to 244,of whichBJP has86mem- From the opposition The winningcandidates are KesrisinhSolanki,camein anam- pollsonFridayand theinfight- bers—increasingitstally from75 benches, TMC retainedtheir four Abhay Bhardwaj, Ramilaben bulance, accompaniedbyBJP ing in the Opposition TDP came —and the NDA's tallyisexpected seats, NCPits twoseats,RJD got Baraand Narhari Amin of the BJP leader Shankar Chaudhary. to thefore, with twoMLAsstay- to cross100.The Congresshas 41 twoand ShivSena one. and Shaktisinh Gohil of the Chaudharycastthe voteonbehalf ingawayand four makingmis- while others have 27. In states likeGujarat and Congress. The other Congress of Solankiashis “companion”. takesthatlefttheirvotes invalid. Againstthe 61 vacancies in Madhya Pradesh,the BJP fur- candidate, Bharatsinh Solanki, Later,Chief MinisterVijay Rupani With 151MLAs, the ruling 20 states, 42 were already ther consolidated itsposition. failedtoget the minimum 35 said Solanki had undergone party comfortablywon thefour elected unopposed. The BJP had In Madhya Pradesh, wherethe votes required to win. emergency surgery Thursday. seats. The YSRCPhad fielded sevenMPs elected unopposedin defection of Scindia with other Gujarat Chief MinisterVijay Rupani at apolling centreinGandhinagar on Friday. ANI Deputy Chief MinisterNitin Counting of votes could not Deputy Chief MinisterPilli March and three in the lasttwo MLAs intothe BJP ledtothe fall Patelsaid Bhardwaj and Baragot begin till lateevening, with the Subash ChandraBose,Fisheries days;one from Arunachal of theCongress government in 36 votes eachoffirstpreference, Congress raisingobjectionsto MinisterMopidevi Pradesh and twofrom March,the BJPmanaged to win while Amingot 32 votes of first votescastbySolankiCabinet min- Venkataramana, real estate de- Karnataka, while Congress won twoseats, including Scindia's. Jharkhand:JMM BJP’s Scindia and Solanki, preference and35.98votesof sec- isterBhupendrasinhChudasama, veloper and former founder of five unopposed Congress veteranDigvijaya ond preference, asperthe rules of with the matterreported to the Ramky InfrastructureAyodhya Fifteen members of the BJP wonfromthe statewith the supremo Soren, Rajya Sabha elections.Healsosaid Election Commission of India Rami Reddy and Reliance Group and 17 members of the Congress highestnumber of firstprefer- Cong’s Digvijayawin in MP that Bharatsinh Solanki could get (ECI) forresolution. vice-president ParimalNathwani. were amongthe 61 who retired ential votes. BJP state chief The TDP had fieldedsenior from the Upper House. In Gujarat, since the Rajya Prakash win tant professor. leader and Politburomember With Friday's results, the BJP Sabha polls were announced, the MILINDGHATWAI DigvijayaSingh and Phool VarlaRamaiah. Aminimum of has cemented itslead in the Congress sawthe exit of eight of Ranchi: JharkhandBJP president BHOPAL,JUNE19 Singh Baraiya, the other Congress bags two seats 36 votes were neededbyeach RajyaSabha, whereithad ini- itsMLAs. It costthe Congress one Deepak Prakashand Jharkhand Congress candidate, got 93 votes, candidatetowin. The TDP has tiallystruggledtoget itspre- RajyaSabha seat. The BJP,which Mukti Morchachief Shibu Soren BJP CANDIDATES Jyotiraditya one morethan the party’s tally— in Rajasthan, BJP gets one 23 MLAs. Tworebel MLAs of the ferred Bills passedsince 2014. had adequatenumbers to win were elected to the RajyaSabha Scindia and Sumer Singh one BJPmembercross-voted. party,KarnamBalaram Krishna While the BJP will nowhave twoseats, managed to win three from Jharkhand on Friday. Solanki, and veteran Congress The former Chief Ministergot 57 collective strength of 125votes – Murthyand Vallabhaneni Jyotiraditya Scindia withitin of the four seatsfor whichelec- Prakash got 30 votes while leader Digvijaya Singh, were firstpreference votes while HAMZAKHAN 107ofits ownMLAs, all 13 inde- Vamsi, did notturnupfor vot- the treasurybenches, the tions were held. Soren, aformerchief minister, voted in to theRajya Sabha from Scindia and Solanki got 56 and JAIPUR,JUNE19 pendent MLAs, 2MLAseachof ing.And during thecounting, Opposition side will have In Congress-ruledRajasthan, received31. The Congress, which Madhya Pradesh on Friday. 55 votes each. At 111 firstprefer- BhartiyaTribal Partyand CPI(M), four votes were found invalid. the experiencedHDDeve the Congress retainedits two is in alliance with JMM, put up Scindia'sentry intothe Upper ence votes, the BJP said it got four THE CONGRESS wontwo Rajya and one of RLD. However, Social Sources in the AP Legislative Gowda, Mallikarjun Kharge, seatsand the BJP one. In itsown candidate—Shahzada House came nearly three morevotesthan itstally of 107. Sabha seatsfromRajasthan in the Justice andEmpowerment min- Secretariat saidthat the invalid Digvijaya Singh and Shibu Jharkhand the BJP andJMM won Anwargot 18 votes. months afterheprecipitatedthe One votewas rejected. election held Fridaywhile BJP isterBhanwarlal Meghwal and votes were of TDP MLAs dis- Soren coming in. one seat each. The BJP won Atotal of 79 legislators cast collapse of the Kamal Nath-led Scindia who recentlytested took home one seat, officials said. Dungargarh CPI(M) MLA gruntledwith the party leader- BJP leaders said the bal- Manipur’s lone RajyaSabha seat. their ballotduring the elections Congress government. positive for thecoronavirus, was The resultswereonexpected Girdharilal could notvoteonac- ship. TDP candidateVarla that were held with in line with BeforeScindia’s rebellion, the in Delhi and could notmakeitto lines,with Congress candidates K count of their health. Ramaiah got 17 votes. social distancingnorms.Apost- then ruling Congress waspoised Bhopal. In avideo message, he CVenugopalandNeeraj Dangiboth Congress MLAWajib Ali, who “They did notdefy the party graduateinpolitical science, to win twoseats. Theresigna- thankedBJPMLAsanditstoplead- managing acomfortable victory, returnedfromAustraliaon whip to votebut made mistakes Prakash has earlier been the tions of 22 Congress MLAs, most ershipforfacilitatinghisentryinto whileBJPhadawinnerinRajendra Thursday, casthis voteonFriday whichrendered the votes in- party's statesecretaryand state of them Scindia loyalists,re- the RajyaSabha from his home Gehlot. The only losing candidate forthe RajyaSabha elections at valid. TwoMLAswroteonthe vice-president, besides holding ducedthe party's numbers to 92, state.“BecauseIamCovid-positive wasBJP’s Onkar Singh Lakhawat. the stateAssemblywearing a ballotpaper that TDP wasin- other keyposts. enabling the BJP to notonlyre- Icouldnot be withyou,”' he said, With their election,the Congress PPEsuitfollowing complaints dulging in wrong caste politics,” Meanwhile, the BJP criticised turn to powerafter 15 months promisingtovisit Bhopal soon. nowhas three RajyaSabha from the BJP thatheinviolation anofficial said. Congressfor fielding acandidate but also increase itstallyinthe Congress MLAKunal Members,whiletheBJPhasseven. of Covid-19advisories. Lone MLAofJana Sena, R of itsown despitebeing in al- upper house. Chaudhary, who tested positive With 200seatsinthe Later on Friday, acomplaint Vara Prasad, declared his support liance. The BJP had put up itsleg- The second BJP candidate to afew days ago, turned up to the Rajasthan Assembly, eachRajya againstAli waslodgedbyaBJP to theYSRCP.The strengthofthe islators in ahostelbeforethe getelected on Friday, Solanki,is Assemblytovoteinapersonal Sabhacandidaterequired51votes leader at the JyotiNagar police YSRCPinRajya Sabha goes up elections. ENS an RSS activistand former assis- protective kit. to be elected.The Congresshas a station. from 2to6aftertoday’s results.

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Ramwati (46) has runacoconut waterstall for10years. Shesells ForBashirAhmad’s dryfruit store, thelosses from the 20-25 coconutsaday as opposedto80-100lastyear.“IknowifI Masks arethe norm at arecycling plant in Makhan Majravillage.Gaurav, the owner, says the plant had 20 employees before pandemic came on topoflastyear’s slumpinbusiness. He has don’t wear amask, no one will come,” she says. GurmeetSingh thelockdown.Now,there are10asthe rest have returnedtotheirhomestates, and productionhas fallen 50%. JaipalSingh throwawayalotofrottenstock. Shuaib Masoodi

STRICT LOCKDOWN BEGINS IN CHENNAI,3MOREDISTRICTS TN health dept fears people ReplicateKarnataka’sinitiativesto who left state capital may containcorona:Centretostates triggerspikeinother districts EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NEWDELHI,JUNE19 Karnataka begins 2-layered ARUNJANARDHANAN CHENNAI,JUNE19 THE CENTRE on Fridayasked all hospitalisation system states to replicate the best prac- WHILECHENNAI and the neigh- tices implementedby Karnataka having onlycomorbidities will bouring districtsof —including comprehensive con- JOHNSONTA be movedtodedicated state Chengalpattu, Thiruvallur and tact tracingofCovid-19 cases and BENGALURU,JUNE19 health centres or private hospi- Kancheepuram were put under household survey covering more tals, and if further diagnosedas strict lockdown from Fridayto than 1.5crore households—for WITH CORONAVIRUS cases in- lowrisk will be movedtoCovid contain the Covid-19outbreak, containment of the pandemic. creasing and major government carecentres. the Tamil Nadu health depart- The Union HealthMinistry, is- hospitals designated forCovid- The Covid care centreswill be ment fears thatthe hundreds of suing direction to other states, 19 patientsunabletoaccommo- setupoutside of healthcarefa- peoplewho leftthe capital over laudedthe twoinitiativestaken datefresh cases, the Karnataka cilities by usingpublic grounds, the pastone week arelikelyto by Karnataka that were devel- government has introduceda stadia and other infrastructure, trigger afresh spikeincases in opedaspart of the ‘wholeof gov- Amedic collectssamples forCovid-19swabtests at atesting newtwo-layer hospitalisation according to the stateMedical the districts. ernment’ approachwith the in- centreinNew Delhi on Friday. Amit Mehra system. This includes shifting Education MinisterDrK Districts likeMaduraiand volvement of multi-sectoral asymptomatic patientstospe- Sudhakar. Coimbatore, whichreported agencies and supportedbytech- cialcarecentres instead of hospi- The government's Covid-19 very fewcases forabout amonth nology-basedsolutions and inter- meticulously traced and put un- outreachcampaign through tals, and involvingprivate hospi- ministerial task forcehas arrived afterthe spikeinApril, have now ventions. Theyeffectivelytrace der strict quarantine,” it said. Apthamitratele-consultation tals to carefor patients with at aprice structurefor private startedreporting cases on adaily Chennairoads wear adesertedlookonFriday. ANI and trackeachcase, therebysuc- The Centresaid the statehas helpline, being usedtoreachout moderaterisk at prices fixedby hospitals and afinal decision will basis. cessfullycontainingthespreadof been able to curtail the spread of to householdsatriskthrough the state. be takenbythe cabinet,sources On Friday, Tamil Nadu re- the epidemic, the ministrysaid. infectioninslumsofbig corpora- Interactive VoiceResponse The health andfamily wel- indicated. ported2,115 newcases,taking screening.This is our major con- “Wehaveinstalleddigital boards “The Centrehas asked the tionareasthroughcompulsoryin- System(IVRS)andoutboundcalls. fare department issued acircu- Until now, allCovid-19cases the case count in the stateto cern. The government has or- in all public placesappealing to other states to adaptthese best stitutionalquarantine of contacts “The households reporting any- lar on Fridayoutlining the new —symptomatic and asympto- 54,449.The statehas reported dered Village Vigilance people to practisemask-wear- practices to their local contextand residing in slumsorsimilarareas. onewithCovid-19-likesymptoms SOPfor treating Covid-19pa- matic—werebeing provided 666 deaths so far, with 41 re- Committees and Friends of ing,social distancing and tips of replicatethem forbettermanage- “Ithasalsobeenmademandatory aretriagedbyatelemedicinedoc- tientsonthe basis of their clas- carefreeofcostindesignated portedonFriday. Police groups to trace people healthydiettoreduce the risk.” ment of the Covid-19pandemic,” forall returnees /travelers com- torand further advised,” it said. sification intotwo categories de- government hospitals in Asenior healthofficial in who reachedfromotherplaces,” Tenkasi near Tirunelveli, the ministrysaid in astatement. ing to Karnataka to registeron “The state has also formed pending on symptoms, ageand Karnataka. The newmeasures Chennai said all districtshave he said. Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, The Centrealso highlighted ‘Seva Sindhu’portal, whichen- Mobile Squads forenforcement comorbidity. come in the wake of the cases in been told to test everyone com- Coimbatore,whichhad ini- Thoothukudi and Kanyakumari Karnataka’swidening of the def- ablesthe Statetofollowthem for of thehomequarantine through Those above the ageof60 cities likeBengaluru surpassing ing in from Chennai forCovid-19. tiallyseen asurge in cases and arefew other districtsbeing inition of ‘contact’ to include the next fewdays when theyare community participation. In case who test positive,showsymp- the number of available bedsat “Passengers from other districts subsequently containedit, has closelywatchedbythe health both high-riskand low-risk con- inhome/institutionalquarantine. information is receivedfromthe toms and have comorbidities twomaingovernmenthospitals arebeingscreenedfor symp- startedreporting morecases. department formanyreasons, tactsasdefinedbythe The ‘Quarantine WatchApp’ is neighbor or public about viola- will onlybeeligible foradmis- designated forCovid-19treat- toms as we cannottestevery- Madurai has also startedre- including the reverse migration GovernmentofIndia. “The num- usedtoassistthe field workers in tion of quarantine by anyperson, sion to designated Covid-19hos- ment in the pastweek. one,” the official said. “Weare ex- porting morecases over the past of workers from Chennaiand berofprimaryand secondary enforcing thequarantine,”itsaid. thatperson is movedtoinstitu- pitals; the elderly and those be- FULLREPORTON pecting aspikeindistrictsby four days.Compared to 268 other districtstopeople coming contactsinKarnataka were TheCentre alsounderlinedthe tional quarantine,” it said. low60with no symptoms but www.indianexpress.com next week as people continue to cases on June 1, Madurai’s case from other states, especially come to Tamil Nadu from other count is up to 550 cases on Mumbai.Ramanathapuram and states as well as districtswithin Friday. Theni, whichborders Kerala, too APEXCOURT DISAGREESWITH MADRAS HC the state,” he said. ASaravanan, DCP in have shown signs of asecond Issue uniform rates for Asenior police officer moni- Tirunelveli, wherethe adminis- waveofcases,said ahealth offi- SC: Lockdownwon’t disentitle toring the southern region said tration had successfullyformed cial. “Moreimportantly, many Covid care, SC tells Centre everydistrict has half adozen the firstVillageVigilance cases being reportedin checkposts to registerdetailsof Committee, said the number of Thoothukudi, Tenkasi, accused from defaultbail them to file affidavitsexplaining people coming in. “Still, thereare cases maybegoingupbut the Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE what wasbeing done to remedy manyinterior roads being used priority is to test maximum peo- have no specific travel history,” of right protected under Article is clearly erroneous and notinac- NEWDELHI,JUNE19 thesituation. by some to evade testing and ple and to educatethe public. he said. ANANTHAKRISHNANG 21 was... immediatelyremedied cordance with law,”the SC ruled. The Centre’s affidavit said it NEWDELHI,JUNE19 by theParliamentbyway of the The courtwas hearinganap- THE SUPREME CourtonFriday had setupaCommittee com- Forty-fourth Constitutional peal by one SKasi againstthe welcomedthe reduction in rates prising VKPaul, Member,NITI THE SUPREME Court on Friday Amendment Act, 1978”. High Courtorder on the May11. forCovid-19testing in Delhi and Aayog, representativeofthe AI- Covid-negative certificate for NRIs: SC disagreedwith afinding of the The amendment said funda- Arrested in acaseoftheftand askedthe Centretoconsider is- IMS and representative of the Madurai benchofMadras High mentalrightsguaranteedunder trespass on February21, he had suinguniformrates to allstates NCTgovernmentand that based declines to interfere with Kerala order Court that the lockdown in wake Articles 20 and 21 cannotbesus- movedfor default bail afterre- and UnionTerritoriesfor avail- on itsreport,“has already taken of the pandemic “is akin to the pendedduring the proclamation maining in jail for73days. ing Covid treatment facilities. adecision forreducing the from West Asian countries to carry anysuchcertificate. proclamation of emergency” and of Emergency. The High Courtrejected his The direction came from a amount of test in the NCTDelhi”. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE carryaCovid-negative certifi- AbenchofJustices Ashok would disentitle an accusedfrom “TheviewofthelearnedSingle plea, saying the Supreme Court benchofJusticesAshokBhushan, Notingthis,thebenchsaid“the NEWDELHI,JUNE19 cate. Bhushan, SKKauland MRShah default bail. The courtreminded Judgethatthe restrictions...im- by wayofa March23order ex- SKKauland MRShah, which pe- Unionof Indiamay issueappropri- Aplea by petitioner KSR wondered howthe courtcould theADM,Jabalpur,ruling of the posedduring period of lockdown tendedthe period of limitation rused an affidavit filedbythe ateguidelines/directionsto allthe THE SUPREME CourtonFriday Menon contendedthat the state interferewith the policy decision topcourt in 1976,whichtooka by theGovernmentof Indiashould in various matters in viewofthe Centre.The benchhad on June 12 States/Union Territories with re- declinedtointerferewith a government order had created of the state. similar view, no longer held forte. notgiverightto anaccusedtopray Covid situation and hence he will takensuomotucognizanceofthe gard to prescribing reasonable Kerala government directionre- twoclassesofcitizens, as those It asked thepetitioner to ap- The courtsaid “the sting”of forgrant of default bail even notbeentitledtodefault bail. “grim”situationinthewake of the ratesofvariousCovidrelatedfacil- quiring NRIs returning to the returning viathe Vande Bharat proachthe stategovernment the ADM Jabalpur judgment “and though charge sheethas notbeen FULLREPORTON pandemic in the nationalcapital ities/testetc.,whichneedtobeuni- statevia privatechartered flights mission were notrequired to and MinistryofExternal Affairs. retrograde steps takeninrespect filedwithin the time prescribed... www.indianexpress.com and some other states and asked formlyfollowedbyallconcerned”. Large ASHA vacancies in urban areas with heavy caseload: state govt data

positions. Indorehas 20% posi- said the outbreak has convinced April this year forhome visits, in- of 6,345 approved spots —the the statehad only3%vacancies, KARISHMAMEHROTRA tions vacant with 724urban him that urban areas should have formation dissemination, medi- statehealth ministerhad admit- but did notprovide district-wise CASE COUNT NEWDELHI,JUNE19 ASHA workers. Bhopalhas 25% as manyASHAs as ruralareas. cine delivery,suspectedcase sur- tedonJune 10 that the city’s con- vacancy data. According to data vacancies, Ujjain 28% and “There is aneed. In urban areas, veillance and contact tracing for tact tracingwould be restricted provided, Ahmedabad has 2,562 THE CHANGING PICTURE STATEGOVERNMENT data Gwalior 52%. These areall equal we areutilising all workers in all Covid-19cases. onlytoimmediatecontactsbe- ASHA workers, Surat 1,852, shows that thereare significant to or above thestate’s average departmentsfor corona... (But) States withthe biggestcoro- causecasenumbers had out- Vadodara1,698 and Rajkot 1,619. Alook at howCovid-19 case counts in states vacancies in Accredited Social vacancy rate of 20%, according to some of ourposts arevacant,”he navirus outbreaksare belowthe growncapacity. EachofDelhi’s West Bengal’sDirector of arechanging as migrants return home Health Activist(ASHA) positions stategovernment data. said. He did notcomment on the national averageincontact trac- 11 districtshas an averageof500 Health Services Ajoy in severalurban Covid-19 Urbanareas consistentlyhave reasonsbehind the vacancies. ing, signalling the importance of ASHA workers. Chakraborty agreedthat urban hotspots,evenasthe frontline higher vacancies than rural ones. Shailesh Sakalle, Deputy thefrontline healthcareworkers. “A needisoften felt forasim- areas have asmaller frontline workforceislargely responsible HalfofMaharashtra’s approved Director forASHA workers at Indiaon anaveragetested20con- ilar link with the population liv- workforce. “Rural contamination KEY SAMPLES POSITIVE MIGRANTS FOREIGN forcontact tracing. ASHApositions (3,560 outof Madhya Pradesh’sNHM, saidthe tactsfor eachpositive case found ing in relatively affluent areas waslargely stoppedbyASHAs. STATES TESTED CASES ENTRANTS Maharashtra’s hardest-hit 7,493) in 27 municipal corpora- statehas consistentlyhad vacan- between January22and April30, when issues likethis pandemic But their corresponding hon- ■ Tamil Nadu 27,537 2,115 37 3 Covid districtshavethe most tions arevacant,while 43% (1,051 cies. “Thereare job opportunities according to the Indian Journal of come up. ASHA is as relevant in oraryhealth workers (in urban ASHAvacancies—Jalgaonhas83% out of 2,423) positions in its33 in cities, and theyget more Medical Research.Maharashtra urban scenarios,”said Monika areas) have amajor challenge. ■ Rajasthan 12,827 299 107 NA vacancy, Aurangabad 63%, Pune municipal councils arevacant, money. Also, theselection tested 7.6contacts, West Bengal Rana, Delhi StateNodalOfficer Theyare notexperiencedlike ■ Kerala 4,889 118 45 67 65%, Mumbai 64%, Aurangabad according to stategovernment process is complicated,” he said. 7.6, Delhi8.9,Madhya Pradesh forASHA. ASHAs.Wewereontrack to fix ■ AndhraPradesh 17,609 465 70 19 63% and Solapur 55%. Mumbai data. In comparison, just0.5% The NHM expandedthe 2005 11.6 and Gujarat 11.7. “ASHA is atype of pro- this, but we needmoretime,” onlyhas 260 urbanASHA work- (324out of 61,215)positions are programmetourbanslumsin Manyofthese states saythe gramme that no matter howbig Chakraborty said. ■ Karnataka 10,553 337 93 11 ers,while Pune has324. vacant in the state’s rural districts. 2015,calling forone ASHA for outbreakhas shown the needfor it is, it is notenough,” Gujarat’s He did notprovide vacancy ■ Punjab 8,360 217 22 NA Similarly,Madhya Pradesh’s VijayKandewad, Joint every1,000-2,500population. alargerASHA programme in ur- Public Health Additional databut said “thereare almost urbancentreswith heavy case- Director at Maharashtra’s Communityhealthworkers ban areas. While vacancies in Director Dr Prakash Vaghela said. none” in urbanareas and 10%in States’ datafor last 24 hours, updated up to 9pmonJune 19 load have manyvacant ASHA NationalHealth Mission (NHM), were mobilisedinlate-March or Delhi arefar fewer—just351 out He told TheIndian Express that ruralones.

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BEIJING SHOULD NOTE Vikram Patel THE SUICIDE OF the actor Sushant Singh of peoplewho areabsolutelyimpoverished Sangath is forging partnershipswith several Imperial Japan, Nazi Germanybelievedtheywereunstoppable Rajput, days afterthat of his manager,which and afragmented mentalhealthcaresystem state governmentstoscaleupits psychoso- in turn precipitatedapublic acknowledge- which, even before the pandemic, failedto cial interventions through community health too. China is notthe firstpowertobeoverwhelmedbyhubris mentby Milind Deora,aprominentpolitician, reachmorethan 10 percent of the population. workers and, in doing so, reimagining how of his owntryst with depression, has once This makes foraperfect storm. mental health carecan be delivered even in NPUSHINGINDIA to atippingpoint, China is close to losing the hard-won trust morethrustmental health intothe spotlight. Mental health problems were already a the mostunder-resourcedcommunities of the of the world’s second mostpopulousnation and alarge neighbour. If the 1962 war Theopenandthoughtfulmannerwith which major contributor to the burden of illness in country. sawthe freezing of bilateralrelations forthe next quarterofacentury, the cur- thissubject, usuallyinvisible even thoughit is India before the pandemic, with athirdofall Forreaderswho arewondering howto rent crisis could lead to achill that lasts longer.Keeping India’strust, however, at the coreofour personhood, is being dis- female and aquarterofall male suicide deaths managetheir ownmental health, thereisno Imight look likeatrivial matter to thecurrent Chinese CommunistParty leader- cussed, is verywelcome. The imperative now in the worldoccurring in this country. Mostof one-size-fits-all prescription forexperiences is to understand the natureofmental health this illness and death goes unnoticed. whichare intimatelyintertwinedwithour ship. India might be theworld’s fifthlargest economy, but it is one-fifth the size of China’s. distress and what we mustdotoaddress it in Celebritysuicidesand testimonies attract our unique, personal lifestories. Yet, thereare Beijing is acutelysensitive to powerdifferentials,and sees an Indiathat is struggling to find thesetroubledtimes. attention to mentalhealth because it is the some general principles Imightsuggest. First, an effective response to the Chinese manoeuvreinLadakh. Of course, CommunistChina’s Ithink of the mentalhealthconsequences onlyexplanation we can invoke forpeople be awareofand acknowledgeyourmental disdain is notexclusively forIndia.Beijing,whichonce benchmarkeditself against of the pandemic as playing out in twoover- who aresoprivileged.Ofcourse, it is the poor, health, as muchasyou doyourphysicalhealth. Washington, is nowcontemptuous of the US and morebroadlyofthe West that has found lapping acts. The firstact, which beganin dispossessedand marginalisedwho bear the Feeling irritable fornoreason shouldbeasim- it hardtocopewith the COVID crisis and seems at odds with itself. The CCP is telling it- March,ischaracterisedbya“pandemic of greatestburden of mental health problems, portant to youasfeeling pain in your chest. fear”,largely asaconsequence of theprofound Mental health problems but we have historicallydismissedtheir suffer- Second, this should lead youtotalktosome- self that “Xi Jinping Thought” is the essence of “twenty-firstcentury Marxism” and that uncertainties whichhaveoverwhelmedall were alreadyamajor ing as anatural extensionoftheir social and one, anyone youfeelcomfortable with, for“It’s “socialism with Chinese characteristics”has triumphedoverWestern capitalism. our lives. If one considers the sheer breadth of contributor to the burden of economic conditions. And it is this vast sec- Ok to Talk”,aslogan coinedby Sangath to pro- By all accounts, Beijing feels confident that it can confront all the major powers si- these uncertainties, from our personal risk to illnessinIndia before the tionofour population whichwillbedispro- mote the idea that sharing one’s storyabout multaneously. It bets that economic interdependenceand politicalinfluence operations beinfected, to whythe countryisfacingasurg- portionatelyaffected by the economic mental health is notonlyapowerful wayto can easilybreak up anypotential hostile coalition that might emerge within and among ing epidemicdespitethe moststringent lock- pandemic,with athird of all recession. feel better,but is also the mosteffectivestrat- them. Coming to the Asian neighbours,the CCPbelievesthat it owesnoexplanation for down in the world, or when lifewill return to female and aquarter of all So, what’sthe solution? While therehas egy to reduce stigma. asemblance of what it usedtobe, or what been aflourishingof initiativestoaddressthe Third,do something forothers,forscience taking territories and waters that it claims as itsown. It is convincedthat China’s “his- male suicide deaths in the news we should believe in, to what our eco- world occurring in this rising tide of mental health problems,most has shownthatcare-giving and community toric rights” take precedence over international lawand good neighbourliness —whether nomicprospects mightlook like,itisnot at all notablythroughtelemedicine platforms, they servicenotonlymakes your lifemorereward- it is in the South China Sea or in the Himalayas. The sensitivities of itsneighbours —from surprising that experiences of anxiety,fear- country. Most of this illness rely heavilyonmental health specialist ing, but also longer.Fourth, remind yourself Japan to Indonesiaand Philippines to India —hardlymakeanimpression on the Chinese fulness, sleepproblems, irritability and hope- and death goes unnoticed. providers who areveryscarceinnumber and thatall of humanity is being buffetedbythe sense of entitlement today. lessness have become widespread. These are Celebritysuicides and oftenunaffordable. This is compoundedby same rough seas and, even if some of us travel Appealing to China’s better angels at this juncture, then, might be futile. Yet, the CCP mostly rational responsesofour minds to the testimonies attractour the digital divide: Digital literacy and adequate in yachts,the overwhelming majority of us should knowthatChina is not thefirstpowertobeoverwhelmedby narcissism and hubris. extraordinaryrealities we arefacing. Thatsaid, internetconnectivity remainsadistant goal willsafelyreachtheshore. Thisepochal event forthose whowerealready facing mental attention to mental health forlarge swathesofour people.Still, these ini- will pass, as everypandemic has in history. ImperialJapanand Nazi Germanybelievedtheywereunstoppable in Asia and Europe in health difficulties before thepandemic, these because it is the only tiativesare welcome fortheir demonstration Finally, if your distress is persistent and com- the run-up to the SecondWorld War. SovietRussia,too,believed in the late1970s that experiences might be the strawthat breaks explanation we caninvoke of the feasibility of remote delivery and the ing in the wayofgetting things done, seekhelp Americawas in irreversible decline afterits humiliating defeat in Vietnam and astring of the camel’s back. value of psychological therapies, whichhave from aprofessional. socialist revolutions, from Cambodia to Namibia and from AfghanistantoMozambique. But But it is the second act whichthreatens to forpeople who are so historicallyplayedapoor cousin to In closing, apleafor those who finance and the tideeventuallyturnedagainstall thethree greatpowers that endedupinhistory’s morph intoamoresinisterpandemicinthe privileged. Of course,itisthe medication. provide health care: Thisisahistoric oppor- dustbin. JustasIndia struggles to understand the powerimpulsesthat drive China, the months ahead. “Deaths of despair”, aterm poor,dispossessed and But what holds the greatestpromise fora tunitytoinvestinand transformIndia’s men- coinedbythe Nobelprize winning economist, countryofour size, diversity and resources, talhealthcaresystem. While we certainly CCP could neverfathom India’spolitical culture. It has been easy forBeijingtounderesti- marginalised who bear the Angus Deaton, have been documentedas the arethe frugal innovations whichIndian sci- needmoremoney, we also needtospend it mateIndia’s strategic resilience thatproduces unity amidstcrises. The CCPmightalso be reason forthe reduction in the lifeexpectancy greatest burden of mental entists and practitioners have ingeniouslypi- wisely, guidedbythe best science. Mental under-estimatingIndia’s tradition of “non-cooperation”. If Beijing does notstepbackand of working-ageAmericansfollowingtheeco- health problems, but we have oneered, at the vanguardofwhichisthe de- health caremustembrace the diversity of ex- restorethe status quoantethatexistedprior to the crisis that beganinMay,itwill compel nomic recession in 2008. Suicide and sub- historically dismissed their ployment of community health workers who, periences and strategies whichwork,well be- Delhi to embark on aradical reorientation of itsChina policy.The CCP ought to have no stanceuse related mortality accountedfor suffering as anatural with appropriatetraining and supervision, ef- yond the narrowconfines of traditional bio- doubt that the Indian people canand will step up to sucharecalibration. most of these deaths, drivenbygrowing in- fectively deliverpsychosocial interventions medicine with itsemphasis on “doctors, equality,the weakening position of labour, extension of their social and forconditions ranging from autism and de- diagnosesanddrugs”.Icannotimagineamore deep polarisation of society and the lackof economic conditions. Andit pression to drinkingproblemsandpsychoses. valuable investment in response to the most prospectsfor the future. By all accounts, the is this vast section of our Abrief psychologicaltreatmentfor depres- serious crisis facing the countrysince our in- economic recession facing India will be in- population whichwill be sion developedbySangath, one of the leading dependence. DON’TGRUDGEANURSE comparablygreater.India notonlyshares innovators in the country, has the unique dis- manyoftheills ofAmericansociety,buthasto, disproportionatelyaffected tinction of nowbeing implemented in The writer is thePershing Square Professor of Nurses abandoning their posts arecontributing to the health additionally, contendwith colossal numbers by the economic recession. wealthynations likethe US and Canada. Global HealthatHarvard Medical School crisis, but theymustbetreated with compassion

SDELHIHEADS foracase load of half alakh and 80 per cent of ICU beds arefilled, the health crisis is being intensifiedwith nurses in the capital’s private hospitals reportedlyresigningorrefusing to work.Insome cases, nursing home owners aredoubling up as janitors, while others arego- RELIGIONVSREASON Aingtothe police to complain that nurses areabandoning patients. However, theplight of nurses, who have been working at the front in the battle against COVID-19, mustbeappreciated.Their complaintsare well-known,havebeen repeatedly Newcoerciveorder spreading over Muslim society is notpolitical, but intellectual articulated andremain largely ignored.Personal protection equipment has been in chron- icallyshortsupplyinthe capital, and has put the livesofbothdoctors and nurses at risk. Khaled Ahmed Shifts arepunishingly long, nurses in PPEs cannottakebreakseventogotothe toilet, and theybearthe cicatriceofthe equipment forhours aftertheygooff duty. The United Nurses PROFESSOR PERVEZ AMIRALI Hoodbhoy, who making ahash of the theoryofrelativity by quotesSyedAmeer Ali on Islamic thinkers Association had written to thechiefministerabout substandardequipment, but did not teaches physics andmathat Lahore’s Forman linking it with the “mairaj”(ascension) of the who thought the scientific method anti- getareply. Manynurses who were notable to go to work when public transport wassus- Christian University,has been told thathis HolyProphet (PBUH). Another scientist, lucr- Islamic:Al-Ashari,Ibn Hanbal,Al-Ghazaliand pended had their paydocked. contract will notberenewedin2021. In the atively employedatThe HolyQuran Research Ibn Taymiyya. He examines the casemade by Besides, nurses cannotbeseeninisolation. Theyhavefamilies,too. Mostofthem are same week,the Punjab governor announced Foundation, proposedthat all energy-related the leading AshariteImam Ghazali againstthe from out of town, and relativesbackhome worryfor their well-being because the pandemic that all universities of the province would be problems could be solvedbytamingthe study of logic and mathematics and thinks hasbeen presentedas a“mahamari” —agreat killer.NurseslivingaloneinDelhi arethemse- requiredto teachthe HolyQuran as acompul- “jinns” because theyweremadeoffire. that this wastobecomethe greatest intellec- sorysubject. Hoodbhoyhasexaminedthe rootsofthese tualhurdleagainst thelearningof science.He lves insecurebecause theydonot have social security or familynetworksthat theycan fall Hoodbhoyholds aPhD in nuclear physics ridiculous attitudesamong Muslim scientists criticises contemporaryIslamic scholar backoninhardtimes.Thosewhohave familyinthe capital areconcernedbecausetheyare and he objects to actsofstate andsociety and has comeup with awell-researchedbook Hussein Nasr forblaming the sciences forthe generallynot able to quarantine themselvesintheworkplace,and could carrytheinfection againstreason. His book, Islamand Science: about the maltreatment of the scientific prin- misdirection of the Muslim mind. His critique home. To offset the multiple risksthat theyare facing, some nurses aredemanding better Religious Orthodoxy and theBattle for cipleinMuslim societies. He gotthe Nobel of Ziauddin Sardarforintroducingthepolemic financial terms,on the linesof the “hardship allowance”whichiscommonlyofferedto ser- Rationality,explains the source of his trouble Prize laureateAbdus Salam to writeits pref- of secularism intothe sciences is fair. vicemenatdifficult postings. Others aresimplydropping out to seek better qualifications. with the ideological stateofPakistan. It is not acebecausetheprofessorhadalreadymadea Hoodbhoysteps beyond the pale of anti- Abandoning patientsduring apandemic maybeacrime butnurses feel abandoned that he hates religion —heobjects to actsof plaintive appealto theMuslim worldtospend scientism when he givesstatistics aboutthe irrationality in the name of religion. The two moneyonscientific advancement instead of povertyofscience-learning in the Muslim themselves. The solution is to see that they arephysicallysecureand feel adequatelycom- scientists he mostadmires, SRamanujan and “conquering” science through dogma. world. One has to helplesslyconcede that pensated for the high-risk job that theyare performing. If private organisations cannot Abdus Salam, were deeplyreligious. Hoodbhoytellsusthat scientific factsare whereMuslimscontrol theirsocieties,theone bear the full burden, the stateshould remember that it has commandeered their facili- He protested, however, when the contingent. Theyare empiricallyprovenbut branchofknowledge that becomes neglected ties because of the failureofits ownhealth system, and commit to bear partofit. Governor of Punjab Salmaan Taseer wasmur- Hoodbhoyhas diagnosed subject to changeupon further discovery.In is thesciences. Hoodbhoyhasdiagnosedwhat dered by his police guardwhen he defended what is happening to the his view, it is wrong to link theeternal truth of is happening to the Muslim mind. This mind aChristian woman accusedofinsulting the Islam to this evolving understanding of the is notonlyproducingstrange reactions to the HolyProphetunder Pakistan’s Anti- Muslim mind. This mind is phenomena. Science is observation and logic sciences; it is also trying to tackle the question GOBI MANCHURIAN Blasphemylaw.Living underGeneral Zia-ul not only producing strange whosepredictability is notdestroyed by the of governance without separating thestate Haq’s Islamic martial law, he got put offbya reactions to the sciences; it is newunderstandingof quantum physics. Fora from religious belief. The newcoercive order 1987 conference on “scientific miracles” in also trying to tacklethe believer, it is important to separatedivine spreadingover Muslimsociety is notpolitical, Chinese food in India is amongstthe marvels of modern whichMuslim scientists mixedreligious mir- knowledge from empirical fact, but this sep- butintellectual.The tragicfact, however, is that question of governance cuisine, inextricablyChinese and Indian aclewithscientificdiscovery.Pakistaniscien- aration should notimpingeonthe ferocious thisexperimentistoolateinthe dayandquite tists,encouraged by afunding of Rs 66 lakh without separating the state Islamic polemic againstsecularism. redundant in light of what the institution of (half of whichwas providedbySaudi Arabia), Science in Islam wasdestroyed because it thestate hasgonethroughinIslam's ownhis- NTHE 1970S, ayoung chef of Chinese ancestryataBombay restaurant coated from religious belief. The talked rubbish about science and demeaned new coercive order spreading neverbecame appliedenough to involve the tory and other civilisations. pieces of dicedchicken withcornflour and deep friedthem. He then tossedthe the divine writ of the Quran. common man. Scientists were employedby chickencubes intoabrowngravy that combinedvinegar, soysauce andcorn- The chief scientistofPakistan, Salim over Muslim societyisnot the kings, but thesescientists were at times The writer is consulting editor, Istarch withonions, ginger,garlic and green chillies.Wordspread. Peopleloved Mehmud, triedtogivehimself aleg-upby political, but intellectual. killedafterthe death of the patron. The author Newsweek Pakistan this marriageofIndian and Chinese culinarysensibilities. In less than adecade, ChickenManchurian became synonymous with Indian-Chinese cuisine. It mattered lit- tle that Manchurian wasnever aculinarystyle in the countryofits creator’s ancestors. Very soon thewordwas suffixed to gobi (cauliflowerflorets)and paneer.Tomatoes, corian- derand even garammasalas addedtheir flavours to theManchuriansauce. But aGoogle JUNE 20, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO search on Manchurian todaythrowsupanunappetising word —“ban”. In the wake of tensions between India andChina, among others,UnionMinister of Statefor SocialJustice THE BUDGET EFFECT “matters of accountingdetails”. CARTER APPROVAL and Empowerment, Ramdas Athawale, has calledfor aban on Chinese food. PROBABLYFOR THEfirsttime, finance min- PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER has signedanex- The Indian Chinese communitynumbers lessthan 5,000people.But“Chinese”is asec- istryofficialsattheir customarypost-budget TRIPURA VIOLENCE ecutiveorder approving the pending ship- press conference refusedtohazardaguess TWOPERSONS WERE killedand sevenin- mentsof38tonnes of lightlyenrichedura- tion inmenus of eateriesas diverse asstreet food joints androadside dhabas, Udupi restau- on the possible impact of the budget propos- jured in an armedraid by Tripuri tribal terror- nium forthe Tarapur nuclear powerplant. rantsand outfitsthat servegourmetfare. The mash-up of Indian spices and Chinese cook- als on prices. But theymaintained that the ists at Bathaipari, near Khowai, in Tripura The order will have to go to Congress which ing techniques is amongst the marvelsofcontemporaryculinary history.And likemost budget wasdefinitely aimedathaving a West district,about 80 km from Agartala will have 60 days underthe statutetoreject items in culinaryhistory,fixing originstomostdishes that comprise this delectable fare is “moderating effect” on the inflationary ten- early this morning. About50extremists with or ratify it. The President’s decisionauthoris- difficult. The bland chickencurry thatthe first-generation Chinese immigrantsgot from dencies nowevidentinthe economy. The fi- firearms swoopedonthe village at 2amand ing the shipmentswas formallyconveyed to their home country, forexample, is said to have been transformedintothe highlyaddictive nance secretary, GRamachandran,and the firedindiscriminately.Two persons were the senateforeign relations committee ear- secretary, economicaffairs, RNMalhotra, killedonthe spotwhile sevenothers sus- lier by thedeputy secretaryofstate,Warren chillychicken. But another school believesthat some enterprising chef took elementsof had ahardtime explaining “away” (toquote tainedbulletinjuries. The injured were Christopher.Christopher saidthatCarter de- the spicy Indian chickencurry,infusedthem with Chinese elements, suchasthe soya sauce. Ramachandran himself) some of theanom- rushedtoKhowaihospital wherethe condi- cidedtooverrulethe Nuclear Regulatory The Kung Paopotatoatthe roadside eaterybears acloser resemblance to the zeeraaloo alies pointed out by correspondentsinthe tion of twoofthem wasstated"critical” .The Commission despitefears that it might dam- than the dish made in China’s Sichuan province. Then thereare the Chinese Bhel and Chinese explanatorymemorandum to thebudget. All terrorists lootedabout adozen shopsand re- ageAmerica’s attempt to curb the spread of Chaat. Letthe troubles between the twonations notcloud such culinaryimagination. that theywould saywas thatthese were treated into the jungle/ nuclear weapons.

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Economic, humanitarian crisis facedbymigrant workers is urgent, demands acomprehensive response that includes relief, structural changes

willface alabour shortageofseasonal mi- grants,affectingthe constructionandman- ufacturing sectors. The costofmoving peo- pleisroughlydouble thatfor goods in India. Theworkers would benefit from a“one nation one ration card”, whichaddresses the problem of ration-cardportability.The move wouldbenefit nearly 670million peopleand Kalraj Mishra will be completedbyMarch 2021. The current situation can brook no de- lay. The government has takencognisance THE ISSUE OF migrant workers has evoked of the issue and announcedmeasures to widespreaddebate in thedevelopmentdis- contain the impact on the migrant workers. course in India. Ihaveadeep and abidingin- The finance minister’s second press confer- terestinthis issue because Uttar Pradesh and ence on May14focusedonmigrant workers, CRSasikumar Biharaccountfor thehighestoutflow of mi- small farmers, street vendors. She an- gration. Chhattisgarh,Jharkhand,Odisha nouncedaprovision of Rs30,000 crore and Rajasthan arethe other important through NABARD, in addition to thealready source states of migrants, who aremainly existingRs90,000 croreallocation, forthe employedinconstruction,factories,domes- rabi harvestand post-harvestrabi-related The face-off in tic work,textiles, brick-kilns, transportand work forsmall and marginal farmers. agriculture. Further,Rajasthan, nowmy Further,Rs2lakhcrore concessional credit karma bhoomi,has ahugemigrant popula- will beprovidedtotwo crorefarmersacross tion, whichdepends on tourism, manufac- the country. About Rs 11,000crorewas allo- turing andminingindustries and agricul- catedfor theurbanpoor,whichincludesthe turefor livelihood. migrant workers, forbuilding shelter homes Galwan Valley Migration is neither unique nor newto forthe homeless. India.TheGermanChancellorAngelaMerkel Several government-fundedhousing predictedthattherefugeecrisiswouldbethe projects in major cities would be developed definingfeatureofthe decade backin2015. into affordablerentalhousingcomplexeson InIndia’scase,theFive-YearPlandocuments aPPP mode.Further,the Centre will transfer We shouldtreat itasalearningincident and train ourinfantrytodominate the PLAinanunarmed bringoutthatmigrationwasnot adequately 8lakh metric tonnes of grainand 50,000 encounter, while simultaneously working on theboundaryissue factored in development plans. This is sur- metrictonnesof chanato stategovernments prisingbecausemigrationimpactscompet- to provide5kgofgrain (wheatorrice) per itiveness, productivity and jobs.This issue labourer and 1kgofchana per familyper held weapons? suggestedbyZhouEnlaiin1960, forwhichthe has, however, acquired heightenedsignifi- monthfortwomonthsfree.Thisisexpected Photographs circulating in the newspa- basis of the swap will have to be discussed in cance during the COVID-19pandemic. to benefitupto eightcroremigrantworkers. pers and social media have,interestingly, re- Parliament, or,with the Opposition. The exodusofmigrant labour is visible Theissueof migrantworkersneedsto be vealedtwo factsoverthe years. First, the PLA Meanwhile,wemustbepreparednot to andtheir suffering is palpable.Weneedto considered in itsentiretytoformulatea patrols seem to take some trouble to meetthe be strategicallyambushed by an aggressive provide undividedattention to theworking speedyandeffective response.Formanymi- Indian patrols on higher ground, and second, and dishonourable PLA. But this is easier said conditions of migrant workers. Outofthe grants, staying home is notanoption. We all photographs of physical encounters show than done over half acentury. It is time for total labourforce of 465million workers, mustdevise aprogramme forsurvivaland a that the Chineseoutnumber the Indiansat the politicians, diplomats,and the militaryto around 91 per cent (422 million) were in- medium-term blueprint forgrowth and RajaMenon point of contact. This would seem to indicate come together to discuss whether stationing formal workers in 2017-18. The Economic structural transformation.This is atall order that senior officers on the PLAhavegiven three lakh troops over3,000 km of high alti- Survey (2017)estimated 139million sea- andrequiresareviewofnationallegal,regu- some thought to thetactics of an unarmeden- tude border fornearly 70 years constitutes a sonal or circular migrants. Circular urban mi- latoryand institutional concerns inresettle- counter.Havewe? If individual commanding viable national strategy.The armyhas coped grantsperformessential labour and provide ment and rehabilitationofmigrantlabour- THE NEWSTRICKLINGinfromthe Galwan officers have notworkedout tactics forapla- valiantly, but by 2060, we would have been services that manypeople want but areun- ers. Thereisaneed to adoptahuman rights valleyisdeeplyupsetting and depressing for toon-to-platoon encounter,has theDGin- defendingthe Himalayanborder foracentury, willing to provide themselves. Hence, this approachtoaddress the socio-legalissues. anyIndian militaryprofessional, servingorre- fantryorthe infantryschool simulated en- only, because the ruling party,whichever issue has implications forlivelihoods, agri- The resolution of contradictions in trade, tired,infantry or generalservice. It appears counters, to evolve tactics? What, forinstance, party it maybe, is toocautious to forgeana- culture, food security,and safety netpolicy fiscal, monetaryandotherpolicies —for ex- that formanyyears, military patrolsfromthe would have been the reaction if the Indian pa- tional consensus on demarcating and demil- as well as programme responses. ample, the implementation of the reportof Indian Armyand China’s People’s Liberation trol hadconsistedofGurkhas,or Kumaonis or itarisingthe Sino-Indian border.China is gal- Migrantlabourers,whoaremostlyfrom the task forceonmigration(2017), expan- Army(PLA) have been encountering each Garhwalis?Wouldtheyhavebeen wielding loping forwardeconomicallyand it makes rural areas but live mostofthe year in cities sion of the outreachofthe Integrated Child other,and standardoperating procedures their khukris? If not, whynot? It is time forpoliticians, good sensenottoget intoashooting warwith forwork, lackregular salaries or incomes. Development Services–Anganwadi (ICDS- (SOPs) have been drawnuptopreclude any Because,readingbetween the lines, it diplomats, and the military Beijing either noworinthe future.But that is Manyhavenosavings and live in factorydor- AW)and auxiliarynurse midwives(ANMs) firingfrom infantryweapons to preventesca- seems the PLApatrol came, notwiththe in- no excusefor political lethargy and permit- mitories,whichwereclosedduringthe lock- to include migrant women and children and lation, forthe process of de-escalation, and tention of some good-natured pushing and to come together to discuss ting the Sino-Indian border to become ado- down. Thereisno central registryofmigrant inclusion of migrant children in the annual forbidding the “tailing” of rivalpatrols. shoving but, sadly, to teachusalesson. In that whether stationing three mestic political issue. workers, despitethe existence of The Inter- work plansofSarva Shiksha Abhiyan — Commanding officers of battalions postedto sense, wasthis1962 all over again? The com- lakh troops over 3,000 km of It is right that the armyshould defend the StateMigrant Workmen(Regulation of would also be helpful. the Sino-Indian Line of Actual Control (LAC) manding officer of 16 Biharwas obviously high altitude border for border,but should the armybe“happy” to ac- EmploymentandConditionsof Service)Act Giventhe overarching environment of arepresumablyfamiliarwiththe agreedpro- leading from the front, and this is something ceptdefending the border for100years is an- of 1979.TheOccupational Safety,Healthand uncertain livelihoods, wage lossesand lay- cedures when their patrols come across PLA that COswill do. But in apush and shove situ- nearly 70 yearsconstitutes a other question. Perhaps, the politicians areun- Working Conditions Code of 2019 has been offs,itisnecessarytostrengthen the re- patrols. It is also understood that command- ation whywas he unescorted,tothe extent viable national strategy.The derthe impressionthatthearmywillwillingly introducedinParliament to promote the silience of the financial system and skill ing officers have adequatelybriefedtheir men that he waskilledbymade-up weapons? armyhas coped valiantly, “defend” a3,000-km border foracentury, welfareofmigrantworkers and legal pro- workers. on what SOPs have been agreedto. It is good that both sides have takenpre- but by 2060, we would have happily, without escalation. Perhaps, the army tection fortheir rights. The proposedcode The issues and challenges of migrant In this instance, the encounter in Galwan cautionsto avoidescalation.Nuclear weapon is the one that should makeits position clear seekstomerge 13 labourlaws,includingthe workers requireleveraginginformationand Valleyhas resulted in abloodyshambles, powers should notget intoashooting war, like been defending the on the issue. Thereisnoneedtoget paranoid Inter-state Migrant WorkmenAct,1979into communication technologies and theJAM which, from all accounts, the 16 Bihar battal- we do with Pakistan, whichisratherbizarre. Himalayan border fora about the overall Sino-Indian relationship as asingle law. trinity.The debilitating physicaleffectsof ion wasmentallyand physicallyunprepared ButthatisbecausePakistanisanirresponsible century, only,because the aresult of this incident. This is notpartofa The COVID-19lockdown hit agriculture, the coronavirusnecessitatecoordinatedand for. This is despitethe fact that even in the nuclear power. In thiscase, the PLApatrol ruling party, whichever party greater Chinese strategy to curb India. We supply chains,food andnutrition security concertedeffortsbyall stakeholdersto meet grapevine in Delhi, it has been rumoured for clearly violated the spirit of the SOPs and should treat this as alearning incident and and livelihoods, and adverselyimpacted thechallenges of thepresent andtheexpec- some time, that PLApatrolsare beingmet, hence, we were strategicallyambushed. Even it maybe, is too cautious to train our infantry to dominate the PLAinan harvesting of crops across states. Major tations of the future. We shall overcome. while theyare armedwith batons or bamboo nowitisnot toolatetotakeremedialmeas- forge anational consensus unarmedencounter, while simultaneously agrarian states arefacing an acuteshortage stickswrappedinbundles of barbedwirekept ures, whichamatureand heroic armylikethe on demarcating and working on the boundaryissue. of labourers. The COVID-19urban hotspots The writer is thegovernor of Rajasthan in placeby longiron nails. If thepatrolsare not Indian Armywillput into place. Ideally, it demilitarising the Sino- to carrytheir rifles, according to the SOP,what would be visionarytosettlethe Sino-Indian The writer is aformer rear admiral is theruleregarding bayonets?Orotherhand- border,probablybyaswap of territories as Indian border. of theIndian Navy LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR

NOT AS EASY IDEAS THISREFERSTOtheeditorial,‘Easier Said’ Areworkedlandscape (IE, June 19). India’s imports from China ONLINE in 2019-2020 stood at $65 billion, and even forcapital goods India is depend- ONLYINTHE EXPRESS Contours of post-Covid economysuggest anew framework of employment ent on China. Even during this time of pandemic, critical medical supplies ● WHOISA Ashish Kundra whichIndia has been importing forour HISTORIAN?: frontline healthcareworkers comefrom NAVNEETSHARMA China. We can’t opttogodownthe road COVID-19 HAS inducedadomino effect in economy, Uber and AirBnB, have laidoff base of job seekers and job creators. A ways pointed in the direction of whitecollar of total economic nationalism. ● ANAYURVEDA the global job market. Afew days ago, a thousands of people. In contrasttothis, prospective employee would needaccess to jobs —this calls forarecalibration. The place- Shubham Choubey, Gurugram RENAISSANCE: strangemessagelandedinmyLinkedIn in- highly skilledprofessionals —handed pink ajob database, sortedbyskill,geography, du- ment cells of colleges and universities would box: Desperation waswritten all over the slips by employers —are joining the gig ration and emoluments. Companies should needtoreorient and focus on preparing stu- THISREFERSTOthe editorial, ‘EasierSaid’ ARVINDCHOPRA poignant plea forajob opening. Jobless since bandwagon.Aviation, hospitality,automo- be able to dip intothe datapooloftalent, ex- dentsfor freelancing opportunities, apart (IE, June 19). The growing clamour of March,with an aged COVID positive mother bile entertainment and retail arethe hard- perience,location, qualification and expecta- from regular campus placements.This war- boycottofChinese productsisanatural www.indianexpress.com to support, this highlyqualified professional esthit sectors. Even journalism is under tion. Currently,bothdatasetsare fragmented rantsareorientation of expectations fortak- progression of public outragefollowing is nowpartofthe gig economy. The word threat. Unaccustomedwith the navigational and stored in silos.The government could ing asolo plungeintothe worldofwork. For the brutal confrontation in Galwan Valle. “gig”, associated till nottoo long agowith a tools of thegig arena, these professionals are playthe role of afacilitator,inpartnership the educated youth, this could be the first But, we must remember that owing it is them. The saddestpartisthat the citi- groupoftravelling musicians, subsumes in facing anew anxiety.Job demand will far with the private sector,tocreateaunified step towardsentrepreneurship. Gender is our sheer nonchalance over the years zens don'tseemtohaveany qualms itscurrent parlance all freelancers, discon- outstrip supply, at leastinthe short-term. database to provide efficient hiringsolutions. another crucial dimension of the digital that has ledtoasituation whereChina about all this. This loss of the demo- nected from the workplace. The drivers of Downsizing will become morepervasive as People working from home, out of choice or labour markets. The lowenrolment of girls has made deep inroads intoour eco- cratic instinct among common people Uber,the delivery boys of Zomato, the cost-cutting becomes inescapable. What compulsion, would getacredible medium forhigher education in science, technology, nomic spheres: It would be difficult to is undoubtedlythe unkindestcut on plumbers and electricians of Urban Clap does the futurehold forthe swelling num- to find the best fitfor theirskills. engineering and math would constrict their wriggle out of this situation now. Given the soul of Indian democracy. makeupthe gig world. Mobilityconnects berofpeople around the world, hurtling into Apost-COVID worldwould needtorede- universe of opportunity in the gig world. the circumstances, anyknee-jerkreac- MAbdullahGhazali, Patna them;mobile empowers them. The gig econ- the nebulous gig space? fine the rulesofoffice.Technology offers ad- Going ahead, this would needgreater policy tion againstChinese goods shall be omyisnot confinedtolow-skilledjobs.Free- ADeloittereportfromApril—Future of equatesolutions fordistributed,collabora- attention to ensuregenderparity. counter-productive. MOMENT OF UNITY spirited mavericksfind solace in it, as do cre- work accelerated —notes that Indianorgan- tive workplaces. In some cases, this flexibility It maybeimpertinent to hazardaguess Ravi Mathur, Noida ative geniuses. isationsare considering to expand the share even infuses greater productivity.Atthe same onhow muchthe current contagion would THIS REFERS TO the article ‘A time for The pre-COVID-19phase hadseen an ex- of gigworkers, as dependence on full-time time, joining the gig economy increasesem- alter traditional jobs. Those at the threshold UNKINDESTCUT empathy’ (IE, June 19). The message plosion of opportunities in the shared econ- workers reduces. With shrinking full-time ployee vulnerability.Hence, this segmentof of employment, as well as those on the brink holds good in these times.The economy omy, riding on digital platform technologies. jobs,assignment-based hiringwill become the economy, so faroutside the ambit of reg- of unemployment,are equallyperplexed. This refers to the article, ‘Mess in is in doldrums, society is plaguedwith AGallupstudy of 2018 estimatedthat36per the norm. Forinstance, agraphic designer ulatorylabour policies, nowmeritsattention. Newtoolsand skills arerequired to survive in Manipur’ (IE, June 19). The first-past- prejudice and the mostvulnerable cent of American workers had agig working working from home could be in demand The current crisisshouldforce adiscussion the gig economy. Greatopportunity cohab- the-post system has brought to the fore groups of people have been leftin arrangement in some capacity.This wasa with amedia house. AcompanylikeNetflix on the levels of socialprotection which itswith great risk in the neweconomy. glaring loopholes in electoral politics limbo. It is high time that all compatri- markerofthe growing globaltrend.The pan- would seek AI experts,paid by the hour,to should be available to gigworkers including Therefore, the government and the private in India. Lawmakers have become akin otsacross the politicalspectrum stand demicisnow reshaping that gig universe. In personalise streamingexperiences. Amatch- wage protection, health benefitsand safety sector would needtocollaboratealong with to merchandise. Anyexpectation of firmlytogetherfor the tenets of secu- the wordsofRaghuramRajan “the gigecon- maker is neededtoconnect firms with qual- assurance.The Karnataka government, in fact, academia to build adequatesafeguards in the ideological commitment from the larism and equity. omy, whichlooked so wonderfulwhen ifiedcandidates. Job portals have,hitherto, has reportedlycommenceddeliberations for unfolding eco-system. politicians is looked at with scornby Varun Das, Zirakpur thingsweregoing swimmingly,isgoing to been geared towardsfull-time employment introducing anew labour legislation focused look alot moreprecarious”. The classic gig and blue-collaredworkers. The missing link on the gig economy. The author is an IAS officer. anchors, including pioneers of the shared in the talent marketplace is anational data- The compass of higher educationhas al- Viewsare personal

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saLUte the soLdIer FROMPAGEONE Classifieds Martyrs of ciSf on 20thJune CISF proudlyremembers the Urjit Patel of having acomatose economy The Boardwas forced to de- mass gatherings were lifted. supreme sacrifice of these brave- due to limited testing will possi- cide on the feasibility of holding Butthedays leadinguptothat PERSONAL hearts. On this day,they laid down It maintains an independent blybehigher than this,” theysaid. exams in July afterparentsap- Sunday—when the league re- their lives at the altar of duty while non-government character and Patelhad takencharge as the proachedthe SupremeCourt sumedafter 90 days —were fighting with the militants. Their I, SIMRAN KAUR BALWINDER pursues research in public pol- 24th Governor on September 5, pleading forthe Boardtoscrap chaotic.“Wehadlessthanaweek SINGH CHUGH W/O- courage and bravery would remain icy,advising theCentral govern- 2016,and waschosen by the BJP- the exams. CBSE has time till to prepare.Soitwas likeastorm TARANDEEP SINGH R/O.H.NO- HC/GD S an abiding source of inspiration for CT/GD NAREN 347, FIRST-AND SECOND- ALAGU MALAI the force. The force will remain RAJBANSHI ment as well as states. ledgovernment afterhis prede- Tuesdaytorespond to the plea. coming announced,though I FLOOR,VAISHALI, SECTOR-1 OIL DULIAJAN eternally indebted to them for their OIL DULIAJAN The Governing Council’s de- cessor Raghuram Rajan wasde- The pendingexams forClass would saywewerenot comple- GHAZIABAD,UP-201010.HAVE 20-06-2003 noblest deeds. 20-06-2003 cision to appoint Patelisasignal niedasecond term. Under him, 12 include 12 coresubjects— tely unprepared, and we worked CHANGEMYNAME TO SIMRAN that the Centremay wish to relationsbetween RBI and the Business Studies, Geography, our heartout,” says Sautner. KAUR CHUGH. 0040539735-5 PUBLIC NOTICE draw upon hisexperience as it government remainedfractious. Hindi(Core), Hindi(Elective), “Wewereworking with a I, Raj Rani/Raj Rani Jindal W/o My client Mr.Ram murat yadav S/O Lt Sh.Bipat Ram Yadav R/o: 25-N.S.C.I, navigates policy in the increas- Citing “personal reasons”, Home Science, Sociology, skeletalstaff,and we had to get B.K.Jindal, R/o-E-1088, Purana Quila Road New Delhi 110001. ingly turbulentCovid times. Patelhadquit as the RBIGovernor Computer Science (Old), the parkbackafter threemonths Saraswati Vihar, Delhi-34 have hereby disown His Son SWANTANTRA changed my name to Rajni YADAVfrom all his movable and NIPFP'sGoverning Council, onDecember 10,2018, almost10 Computer Science (New), in hibernation, makingsure immovable properties because he is not Jindal, permanently. in the control of my client Ram murat whichincludesthe Revenue months aheadofhis term.The Information Practice (Old), therewas food and beverage, yadav and hence, my client severe all Secretary, Economic Affairs RBI and the government differed Information Practice (New), and everything wasinorder and 0040539782-1 his relation with him, if anybody deals with him, he/shewill himself Secretaryand theChief on anumber of policy-related Information Technology and working condition,” he says. I Marshal Robin S/O-Robin responsible for the same and my client Economic Advisor from the matters including surplus trans- Bio-Technology. “Eventhe turf wasfar from Arland,H.NO-66,Type-A, Block- will not be responsible in any manner. 5, Indian-Airlines Sd/- Union Finance Ministry, besides fertothe exchequer. The government, sources being in perfect shape,” says (SANJAYKUMAR) Colony,Vasant-Vihar, N.Delhi- Advocate representativesfromNiti Aayog, The government had forthe added, is unlikely toscrap the na- Sautner.But as turf manager 110057. Have Changed my Ch.No. 440, W. Wing, RBI and three stategovernments, firsttimeinvoked aprovision in tional entrance testssuchasJEE BlairChristiansen jokes:“It fi- TisHazari Courts, Delhi-110054 Name to Marshal Robin Arland metonThursdayand supported the RBI law—Section 7—to (Main), JEE (Advanced) and nallyhad time to breathe.” 0040539735-4 PUBLIC NOTICE Kelkar's invitation to Pateltojoin open aformal discussion with NEET.“These can be postponed Today, Sautner and I Mohammad Ramjans/o This is inform the general public at large as Chairman. the Governor. further but will notbescrapped,” Christiansenare happythatall that my clientsSh. Sudhir Kumar Tyagi Saleem R/O-2/17Dakshin Puri S/o Late Sh. Rameshwar Dayal &Smt. Rathin Royquit as Director, AfterPatel’s resignation, the the official quoted above said. the hardworkhas paid off. And Extn,New Delhi-110062.have KavitaTyagi W/o Sh. Sudhir Kumar NIPFP,and so didSumit Bose, as government appointed former the talk is all about rugbyweek- changed my name to Tyagi both R/o-M-76, Jagat Ram Park, Laxmi Nagar Delhi have disowned & Vice Chairman, NIPFP. revenue and economic affairs ends —or, as Saunter says, Mohammad Ramzan serve all relations with their daughter New Zealand permanently. 0040539782-2 Mayuri Tyagi from their all moveable The Governing Councilisex- secretaryShaktikantaDas as the “Covid-free days.” and immovable assetsasshe is not pected to appointasearch and 25th Governor of the RBI effec- afterNew Zealanders wonthe I NEERAJ KUMAR BAMOTRA under their control and person dealing with her shall be doing so at his/her own selection committee to appoint a tive December 12,2018. fight againstCovid-19,” he says. S/O-SUBHASHCHANDRA, F/O- risks and consequences and my clients will not be held liable for any of her acts newDirector.While Roydid not Afterthe match, much of the Nepal party AASHI R/O-L-344-EXTN, &deeds. MOHAN-GARDEN, UTTAM- Sd/- respond to messages, Bose, for- crowdfloodedintothe turf,click- overthe border disputeand con- NAGAR, DELHI-59,HAVE Sanjay Soti mer Finance Secretary,said, “I CBSE ingselfiesandsigningautographs stitutional amendment. Advocate GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA CHANGEMYDAUGHTER NAME F.415-KKD. have quit because Ihaveshifted institutions is concerned. from the players, and chatting Moreover, IndiaandChinaarego- AASHI TO AASHI BAMOTRA. OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, to Kolkata.” Currently, about 19 states and with some of them. “Therewere ingthroughheightenedtensions PUBLIC NOTICE 0040539735-9 B-93 JEYPORE (R&B) CIRCLE, JEYPORE Patelhad, in an April 6piece in union territorieshavefinished no bouncers smacking our faces andthere have been clashes be- It is hereby informed that my clientsSh. I NEERAJ KUMAR BAMOTRA Basant Kumar S/o Sh. Hans Raj and his INVITATIONSFOR BIDS (IFB) The Indian Express,saidthat the conducting their Boardexams when we triedtojumpthe fence. tween the twoarmies.” S/O-SUBHASHCHANDRA, F/O- wife Smt. Poonam W/o Sh. Basant Kumar Bid Identification No. S.E.J.C. (R&B)-06/2020-21 welfaresupport —encompassing forClass 12 students. These in- We were pickingautographsfrom “Going to the lapofChina just both R/o House No. A-122, IIIrd Floor, RAUNAK R/O-L-344-EXTN, Amar Colony,Lajpat Nagar,-IV. New No. 2419 Date. 18.06.2020 both food and money—an- clude Bihar,Telangana, everyone,” says Jones. becausewehaveaproblem with MOHAN-GARDEN, UTTAM- Delhi have severed all relations from their son namely Mr.Gaurav Kumar Mehra S/o 1. Name of the work : BUILDING WORKS nouncedbythe government on Chhattisgarh,Uttar Pradesh, But Sautner stresses that all the Government of India at the NAGAR, DELHI-59, HAVE Sh. Basant Kumar age about 32 yrs from CHANGE MY SONNAME their all movable and immovable 2. TotalNo. of Works : 01 (One) No. March26,hadcombinedcompas- Kerala, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu the standardhygiene measures momentisneither wise, nor our properties due to his disobedience. My sion and prudence. While the fis- and Karnataka. were in place. “Around 50 hand- party’spolicy,” the leadersaid. RAUNAK TO RAUNAK clientsshall not be responsible for his act. 3. Estimated cost : Rs. 490.40lakhs BAMOTRA. 0040539735-8 Sd/- cal support, less than 1per cent of “Stateswhichhavewrapped sanitiser stations were installed. It is leant that formerDeputy Raj Kumar Sharma 4. Periodofcompletion : 11 (Eleven) Months I Pankaj Kumar Sharma S/O, ADVOCATE GDP,was seen as inadequate,he up (their exams) will starttheir Everyfiveminutes, frequently Prime Ministerand Minister of Off.: Chamber No. 122, wrote,“ForIndiato replicatewhat admission process (for colleges used surfaceslikedoorhandles, ForeignAffairs NarayanKaji Tejprakash R/oRzg-315b, Near First Floor,Lawyers Block, 5. Bid Cost : Rs. 10,000/- (Each) Dda Park, Rajnagar Part-2 Saket Court Complex, 6. Class of Contractor : “A” &“Special” Class developedcountries have done is and universities)soon.CBSEstu- liftbuttons andhandrails were Shrestha has also questionedthe Palam have changed my name New Delhi-110017 notpossibleaswilly-nillywehave dentswill be leftbehindiftheir cleaned.Fanswereencouragedto timingofthe videoconference, to Pankaj for all purposes. 7. Date &time of availability of : From 10.00 hours of 25.06.2020 Àff½fʪfd³fIYÀfc¨f³ff bid document in the portal to 17.00 hours of 08.07.2020 to confronttherealityof limitedfi- exams arepostponedbeyond purchaseticketsonlinetoprevent the intent and secrecy around it. 0040539768-1 ¸fZSm¸fb½fd¢I »f ¦fbøVfS¯f Ib ¸ffS ·fû»ff ´fbÂf nancial space,” he said. July15,” said agovernment offi- delays at thebox office,and even “Justbecause we have some 8. Last date /Time for receipt : 17.00hours of 08.07.2020 I RITU W/O-NEERAJ KUMAR À½f. ·f¦f°fSf¸fd³f½ffÀfe-448-E, ¦f»fe ³f.3 In the same piece, he sug- cial.Manyuniversities in Bihar instructed to sneeze on their el- differences at the moment with of bids in the Portal BAMOTRA, R/O-L-344-EXTN, ·fû»ff³ff±f ³f¦fS,VffWQSf dQ»»fe-32 ³fZ gestedbanksmay retainprofits to arelikelytostart their admission bows,” he says. India over the border issue, sucha MOHAN-GARDEN, UTTAM- A´f³fZ ´fbÂf ´fi°feI·fû»ff ½f ´fbÂfe dSIe¸fZWSf 9. Opening date of Bid : 10.00 hours of 09.07.2020 ´f°³fe SfªfZVf¸fZWSfIZA·fQi½¹f½fWfS IZ enhance capital buffertoremain process soon, the official said. Similarly,staff andcontractors videoconferencewithChinaonis- NAGAR, DELHI-59,HAVE 10 Name and address of the : Superintending Engineer strong.Withinafortnight,theRBI CBSE is learnt to have dis- had to completeCovid-screening sueslikegovernance and corrup- CHANGEMYNAME RITU TO IfS¯fB³fÀfZ Àf·fe Àf¸¶f³²fÀf¸ff´°fISB³WZÔ Officer Inviting Bid Jeypore (R&B) Circle, Jeypore RITU BAMOTRA. 0040539735-10 A´f³fe Àf¸fÀ°f ¨f»f-A¨f»f Àf¸´fdØf ÀfZ askedbanksnot to make dividend cussed the plan with the HRD 48 hours prior to the game,and tion shows bankruptcyofmind ¶fZQ£f»fISdQ¹ff W`,B³fÀfZ dI Àfe ´fiI fS Further details can be seen from the e-procurement portal payoutsfromprofits for2019-20, Ministry in twomeetingsthis again upon entrytothe venue. andinsensitivityonthepartofthe I, RAJESH LUTHRA S/OTILAK If »fZ³fQZ³f½¹f½fWfS IS³fZ ½ff»ff À½f¹fa https://tendersodisha.gov.in.Any addendum/ corrigendum/ cancellation of tender can also be seen in the said website only. and instead conservecapital. week.The Boardiscurrently “Weput everystepinplace to en- organisers,” asenior leader said. RAJ LUTHRA R/O- dªf¸¸fZQfS Wû¦ff, ¸fZSm ¸fb½fd¢I»fdªf¸¸fZQfS Superintending Engineer In another article in The working on the alternateevalu- surethat we don’t getanother Soon afterChinese President F/3A,SUDERSHAN PARK, ³fWeWûa¦fZ, Jeypore (R&B) Circle, Jeypore TYAGIMARKET,MOTI ´f½f³f ¨fü²fSXeEOX½fûIZYMX, OIPR-34108/11/0004/2021 Indian Express amonth ago, co- ationmethodbywhichitwill wave of infection,” he says. Xi Jinping’svisit to Nepal last NAGAR,DELHI-110015. En. D-2235/2004 authored with AmartyaLahiri, declare results for Class 12 stu- NewZealand had been October,the CPCand NCPagreed CHANGED MY NAME TO the duo made astrong case for dents, including forthe papers preparing to resume the league to setupinstitutional relations at RAJESHKUMAR LUTHRA. ubiquitoustesting andestimated whichwill notbeheld in July. A withacappedcrowdof 5,000,be- the party leveltoeducateand 0040539782-4 stressed assets recoveryBranch the outlayfor suchatesting plan formal announcement is ex- fore the country movedtoalert trainmembersonissueswithin I, Mahima D/oHarsh Kumar 2nd floor,Patna Main Branch Building, West Gandhi Maidan, Patna- 800 001 at 2.5 per cent of GDP.“Thecost pected next week. level1,meaning restrictions and the framework of ‘Xi’s vision’. R/o-B-212, Poojari Publication of Notice regarding possession of property u/s 13(4) of SArfAESi Act 2002 Apartments, Shiv-Vihar, Rohtak-Road, N.Delhi-87have Notice is hereby given under the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of CX.´fi. ´ff½fSX MXÑfaÀfd¸fVf³fIYfSX´fûSmXVf³f d»fd¸fMZXO d³fd½fQf ´fi´fÂf If ªfeEÀfMeÀfdW°f ¸fc»¹f ÷. changed my name to Mahima Security Interest Act, 2002 (54 of 2002) and in exercise of powers conferred under section 13(12) read with India to seewarmer Arora. 0040539735-1 rule 3ofthe Security Interest (Enforcement)Rules, 2002, ademand notice was issued on the dates mentioned BÊX-d³fd½fQf Àfc¨f³ff d³f¸³fd»fdJ°fIf¹fÊ WZ°fb 590/-, 3- BÊ-d³fd½fQfÀfa£¹ff- against each account and stated hereinafter calling upon them to repay the amount within 60 days from the If¹fÊ/Af´fcd°fÊWZ°fb BÊ-d³fd½fQf¹fZÔÀff¸ff³¹f d³fd½fQf Qû 56/BÊ.MXe.Àfe.E¸f./2020-21 d½fôb°f´ffSm¿f¯f I, MANOJ WADHWAS/O.HARI date of receipt of the said Notice. days, heavyrain CHAND WADHWA,H.NO- The Borrower having failed to repay the amount, notice is hereby given to the Borrower and the public in ·ff¦fûÔ¸fZÔ(ªfe.EÀf.Me.) ¸fZÔ ´faªfeIÈ °f,´fid°fd¿N°f J¯O,Sf¸f´fbS IZ Aa°f¦fÊ°f 132 IZ .½fe. C´fIZ ³Qi 5,GROUND-FLOOR,FRONTSIDE general that the undersigned has taken possession of the property described herein below in exercise of E½fa A³fb·f½feNZIZQfSûÔ/R¸fûË ÀfZAfg³f»ffBʳfBÊ- Mf¯OfIZ¹ffOÊ ¸fZÔ À±ffd´f°f 400 ½ffM BLOCK-22,SPRINGFIELD- power conferred on him/her under section 13 (4) of said Act read with rule 8ofthe said Act on the dates leading to floods COLONY,FARIDABAD, mentioned against each account. d³fd½fQf´fûMÊ»f ¶fZ¶fÀffBÊM ‘http://etender. E¨f.´fe.EÀf.½fe. WfBʸffÀM »ffBMûÔ¨f`dIa ¦f E½fa HARYANA-121003.have The Borrower in particular and the public in general is hereby cautioned not to deal with the property and up.nic.in’ ´fSAfg¸fdÂf°f Ieªff°feW`Ü d³fd½fQf ¸fS¸¸f°f °f±ff Àf¸¶fd³²f°f d½fd·f³³f Àff¸f¦fieIe changed my minor daughter any dealings with the property will be subject to the charge of the State Bank of India for an amount and ¸fc»¹fªfeEÀfMeÀfdW°f °f±ff ²fSûWSSfdVf Af´fcd°fÊÜ ²fSûWSSfdVf ÷.2000/- d³fd½fQf ´fi´fÂf this century: Report name, ELITAtoELITA interests thereon. WADHWA. 0040539735-7 The borrower attention is invited to provisionsofsub-section (8) of section 13 of the Act, in respect of time AfS.Me.ªfe.EÀf./E³f.ER .AfBÊ.Me./¶f`ÔI ¦ffS³Me If ªfeEÀfMeÀfdW°f ¸fc»¹f ÷. 590/-, 4- BÊ- available to redeem the secured assets. I, Damini D/oShri Raj Kumar IZ ¸ff²¹f¸f ÀfZ A²feÃf¯f Ad·f¹f³°ff, d½fôb°f d³fd½fQf Àfa£¹ff-57/BÊ.MXe.Àfe.E¸f./2020-21 Name of Name of Description of the Date of Amount ANJALIMARAR&ESHAROY R/o-CP-115, 1st-Floor, ´ffSm¿f¯f ¸f¯O»f, ¸fbSfQf¶ffQ IZ ·ffS°fe¹f ÀMZM d½fôb°f ´ffSm¿f¯f JaO Sf¸f´fbS IZ A³°f¦fÊ°f 132 Account/ Proprietor/ property mortgaged/charged Demand Outstanding PUNE,NEWDELHI,JUNE19 Pitampura, Delhi-110034,have Borrower & Partners/ Notice & ¶f`ÔI ,¸fb£¹f Vff£ff ¸fbSfQf¶ffQ ¸fZÔ Àfa¨ffd»f°f ¨ff»fc IZ ½fe C´fIZ ³Qi,Mf³Of´fS 20 E¸f.½fe.E. changed my name to Parul Address Guarantors/Owner Date of Sharma,forall purposes. of property etc. Possession £ff°ff Àfa.- 10896364702, IFSC Code- MÑf³ÀfR f¸fÊS Ie ´fZdMa¦f ÀfZ Àf¸¶fd³²f°f If¹fÊÜ INDIA WILL experiencewarmer days and nights 0040539735-2 1. M/s Mamta Sri Ishwar Simple Mortgage of all that part and 04.12.2019 `2041592.04 as SBIN 0000682(MICR No. ²fSûWSSfdVf ÷. 1000/- d³fd½fQf ´fi´fÂf If along with frequent spells of heavy rainfall leading Traders, Chandra Gupta parcel of the property in the name of & on 16.11.2019 plus to floods till the endofthe 21st century, agovern- I, Artiw/o.Ved Prakash R/o-281 Prop.- Sri Sri Ishwar Chandra Gupta consisting 17.06.2020 accrued interest, 110024101) ¸fZÔ d³f²ffÊdS°f Àf¸f¹f °fI ªf¸ff ªfeEÀfMeÀfdW°f ¸fc»¹f ÷.295/-, 5- BÊ-d³fd½fQf B/2, Rishi Dayanand Marg, Ishwar Chandra of Deed No.2484 dated 26.02.2016, charges, other ISmÔÜA³¹f d³f¹f¸f ½f Vf°fZÊ d½f·ff¦f IZ d³f²ffÊdS°f Àfa£¹ff-58/BÊ.MXe.Àfe.E¸f./2020-21 d½fôb°f ment reporttitled, Assessment of ClimateChange BalbirNagar-Extn.,, Shahdara, Gupta Mauza-Saharsa (Kunwar Tola, miscellaneous d³f¹f¸f ½f Vf°fZÊ C.´fi.´ff½fS IfS´fûSmVf³f d»f. IZ ´ffSm¿f¯f JaO, Àf¸·f»f IZ A³°f¦fÊ°f 220 IZ ½fe over the Indian Region, has indicated. Delhi-110032,have changed Gangjala), Thana &Sadar Registry expenses etc The reporthas notspecifiedregions or states my name to Arti Prakash, Office &District-Saharsa, Khata No.1834(Old), 383(New), Khesra No.691(Old), 1327(New), Tauzi No.3734, Rf¸fÊ E/¶fe IZ A³fbÀffS Wû¦fe dªf³WZÔ dI Àfe ·fe C´fIZ ³Qi Àf¸·f»f ´fS 220 IZ .½fe. (ªfe-³faQe that would sufferdue to theseextremeweather Permanently. 0040539735-6 Thana No.189, Survey Ward No.6, Ward No.18, Area-1 Katha 4Dhur 14 Dhurki. Boundary: North-P.C.C. If¹fÊdQ½fÀf ¸fZÔ A²fûWÀ°ffÃfSI°ffÊ IZ If¹ffÊ»f¹f ¸fZÔ ¸fZI )AfBÊÀfû»fZMSÀ´fZ¹fÀfÊ Ie Af´fcd°fÊܲfSûWS conditions. I, AdityaS/O Charanjit R/O Road, South-Rajiv Ranjan Yadav,East-Rajendra Sah, West-Smt. Kanchan Devi. 2. M/s Lakho Mrs. Anar Devi Simple Mortgage of all that part and 05.12.2019 `2617356.00 as QZ£ff ªff ÀfI °ff W`Üd½fÀ°fÈ°f d½f½fS¯f BÊ-d³fd½fQf SfdVf ÷. 2000/- d³fd½fQf ´fi´fÂf If ªfeEÀfMe The study wasspearheadedmainlybyclimate H.No. 457, Sec-31, Faridabad- experts at India Meteorological Department (IMD), 121003 have changed my name Tractors, parcel of the property in the name of & on 30.09.2016 plus ´fûMÊ»f ½fZ¶fÀffBM´fS d³fd½fQf £fb»f³fZ Ie Aad°f¸f ÀfdW°f ¸fc»¹f ÷.590/-, 6- BÊ-d³fd½fQfÀfa£¹ff- to AdityaArora. 0050165623-1 Prop.- Mrs. Mrs. Anar Devi consisting of Deed 17.06.2020 accrued interest, d°fd±f E½fa Àf¸f¹f °fI C´f»f¶²f SWZ¦ffÜ d³fd½fQf ¸fZÔ 59/BÊ.MXe.Àfe.E¸f./2020-21 d½fôb°f´ffSm¿f¯f Indian InstituteofTropical Meteorology (IITM) Anar Devi No.7963 dated 30.10.2012, Mauza- charges, other along with scientists from otherinstitutes under I, ANSARI NAJIDAKHATUN W/O Kharail, Khata No.42(O), 261(N), miscellaneous dI Àfe ·fe ÀfaVfû²f³f ¹ff d°fd±f d½fÀ°ffS BÊ-d³fd½fQf JaO, Àf¸·f»f IZ Aa°f¦fÊ°f 220 IZ .½fe. E½fa 132 the MinistryofEarth Sciences. This is the firstgov- RIYAZ AHMADANSARI R/O-RZ- Khesra No.1608(O), 1283(N), Tauzi expenses etc ´fûMÊ»f ´fS A½fV¹f QZ£f d»f¹ff ªffEÜ BÊ-d³fd½fQf IZ .½fe. C´fIZ ³QiûÔ ´fS EÀf.E¯OEÀf. ¸fZI 132 C-20, SITAPURI,PART-1, No.544, Thana No.152, Area-2 Katha 9Dhur15Dhurki, P.S.-Supaul, District-Supaul. Boundary: North- ernmentreport on climatechangeinthe country. STREETNO.12, PANKHAROAD, Playground of Williams High School, Supaul, South-Road, East-Hira Jha, West-Nagendra Choudhary. Jb»f³fZIYf dQ³ffaIY-18.07.20201-BÊ- IZ .½fe. ¸fZ»f E¯O Re¸fZ»f Ifg³MZ¢M Ie Af´fcd°fÊÜ The study has considered atmospheric and PALAM VILLAGE, DELHI- 3. Smt. Manisha Kumari Equitable Mortgage of all that part and 27.12.2019 `1407284.00 as d³fd½fQf Àfa£¹ff-54/BÊ.MXe.Àfe.E¸f./2020-21 SfdVf ÷. 2000/- d³fd½fQf ´fi´fÂf If ªfeEÀfMe ocean datafor the 1951-2015 period. It haschapters 110045.CHANGED MY NAME TO Manisha parcel of the property in the name of & on 17.01.2018 plus on temperature, rainfall and climatemodelling. NAJIDAANSARI. 0040539782-3 Kumari W/o Manisha Kumari consisting of Sale 17.06.2020 accrued interest, d½fôb°f ´ffSm¿f¯f JaO-´fi±f¸f, ¸fbSfQf¶ffQIZ ÀfdW°f ¸fc»¹f ÷.590/-, 7- BÊ-d³fd½fQfÀfa£¹ff- Sri Kumar Shiv Deed No.2807 dated 26.05.2004, charges, other A³°f¦fÊ°f 132 IZ ½fe C´fIZ ³Qi, d¶f»ffSe´fS 145 60/BÊ.MXe.Àfe.E¸f./2020-21 d½fôb°f ´ffSm¿f¯f According to the report, the annual all-India rain- I T.Romila C/OT.C.Kom R/O Sharan Bharti Mauza-Kharai under Nagarparishad miscellaneous fall during this period showcasedadeclining trend. Q.No-456,Type-4, R.K.Puram Ward No.1(O), 2(N), Thana &Sadar expenses etc IZ .½fe. E½fa 36 IZ .½fe. ¶fÀf/»ffB³f AfBÀfû»fZMÀfÊ £f¯O,Àf¸·f»f IZ Aa°f¦fÊ°f 220 IZ .½fe. C´fIZ ³Qi Reducedrainfall activity wasparticularly observed Sector-4, New Delhi-110022. Registry &District-Supaul, Tauzi No.544, Khata No.75(old)/ 107(new), Khesra No.274(old)/ 405 &406(new), IeAfg½fSWfd»fa¦f E½fa ¸fS¸¸f°f IfIf¹fÊÜ ²fSûWS Àf¸·f»f ´fS 220 IZ .½fe. (ªfe-³faQe ¸fZI ) Have ChangedmyNameto along the Indo-Gangetic plains and Western ghats. Thana No.215 (Later on corrected as 152), Area-2 Katha 18 Dhur,Boundaries of the entire land: North-Sundar Importantly, boththese beltsare known to house Romila Teleh. 0040539735-3 Thakur,South-Parmeshwar Mukhiya, East-Rodi Mukhiya, West-Bhaglu Sah. SfdVf ÷. 2000/- d³fd½fQf ´fi´fÂf If ªfeEÀfMe AfBÊÀfû»fZMÀfÊ ¶»fZO MfB´fÀff¸f¦fie Ie Af´fcd°fÊÜ 4. M/s M/s Jai Bhole Equitable Mortgage of all that part and 09.01.2020 `6295188.97 as ÀfdW°f ¸fc»¹f ÷.590/-, 2- BÊ-d³fd½fQfÀfa£¹ff- ²fSûWSSfdVf ÷. 2000/- d³fd½fQf ´fi´fÂf If some of the wettestlocationsinthe country. LOST & FOUND Jai Bhole Makhana Udyog, parcel of the property in the name of & on 09.01.2020 plus 55/BÊ.MXe.Àfe.E¸f./2020-21 d½fôb°f´ffSm¿f¯f ªfeEÀfMeÀfdW°f ¸fc»¹f ÷. 590/-, kkSXfáÑXdWX°f¸fZÔ Indiabeing an agrarian country, cultivation along Makhana Prop.- Sri Shrikant M/s Jai Bhole Makhana Udyog, (Prop.- 17.06.2020 accrued interest, these beltscould take ahit due to the reducedrain- It is notified for the information Udyog, Mandal Sri Shrikant Mandal)consisting of charges, other £f¯O,Àf¸·f»f IZ A³°f¦fÊ°f 132 IZ ½fe C´fIZ ³Qi d¶fªf»fe ¶f¨ff¹fZÔllWXÀ°ff/-(Vfb·û³Qb ´fi°ff´f fall conditions,the reportwarns. “An increase in an- that my Original Qualifying Prop.- Sri Sale Deed No.3653 dated 01.06.2015, miscellaneous Àf¸·f»f ´fS À±ffd´f°f 132 IZ .½fe. E½fa 33 IZ .½fe. dÀfaWX)A²feÃf¯fAd·f¹f³°ff, d½fôb°f´ffSmX¿f¯f Examination Certificateof Shrikant Prakhand-Alapur,Thana-Phulparas, expenses etc thropogenic activities over the northern hemi- Main, Senior Secondary Mandal Sub-Registry-Phulparas, Anchal- IZ »ffB³f ½f ¶fÀf AfBÀfû»fZMÀfÊ IZ Afg½fSWfd»fa¦f ¸f¯OX»f-´fi±f¸f CX.´fi.´ff.MÑXfa.IYf.d»f. ¸fbSXfQf¶ffQÜ spherecould have playedsome role forthis Examination of Year 2010, Roll Ghoghardiha, District-Madhubani, Mauza-Brahmpur,Khata No.96, Khesra No.7129(O), Tauzi No.6424, E½fa ¸fS¸¸f°f IfIf¹fÊÜ ²fSûWSSfdVf ÷.2000/- ´fÂffaIY:1392dQ³ffaIY 19.06.2020 declining rainfall,” the reportsuggested. No.6258306 issuedbyCBSEhas Thana No.104, Thana Jamabandi No.743, Area-2 Katha 8Dhur.Boundary: North-Road, South-Bhola Mandal, The reportalso mentions that been actually lost. Meenakshi East-Dhanik Lal Mandal, West-Nij Vendor. India has witnessedarise in sea Sharma R/oBF8BDDA Flats MUNICIPAL COUNCIL PALWAL 5. M/s Laxmi Sri Gaurav Kumar Simple Mortgage of all that part and 04.12.2019 `2691627.92 as levels and anincrease in the inten- Munirka, New Delhi-110067. Enterprises, parcel of the property in the name of & on 30.11.2019 plus PUBLIC NOTICE/TENDER NOTICE Mob. 9868180793. 0040539710-1 Prop.- Sri Sri Gaurav Kumar consisting of Deed 17.06.2020 accrued interest, Sr.Name of Name of Work/ Opening Date Amount/ Website of the Nodal officer/ Tender Ref./ sity of severe cyclones during this No.10415 dated 07.11.2015, Mauza charges, other No. Department/ Notice/Tender Closing Date EMD Department/Board/ Contact detail Tender No. period. May(pre-monsoon) and Gaurab Kumar Board/corp/ (Time) (Approx.corp/Auth E-mail PUBLICNOTICE Anchal-Gamharia, P.S.-Gamharia, miscellaneous in Rupees) November (post-monsoon)are Dist.-Madhepura, Thana No.05, Tauzi expenses etc 1. DULB ³f¦fS ´fdS¿fQ ´f»f½f»f õfSf ³f¦fS ´fdS¿fQ Date 23.06.2020 -- https://etenders.Executive mostfavourable forthe develop- No.6175, Khata No.230(Old), 236/670(New), Khesra No.2262(old), 4175,4171(New), Area-12 Dhur 19 Dhurki Panchkula ´f»f½f»f ¸fZÔ Vffd¸f»f dI E¦fE ¦ffa½f dI N¶ffOÞeIe at 11.00 A.M. hry.nic.in Engineer PUBLIC NOTICE 10 Furki. Boundary: North-Main Road, South-Harish Chandra Bhagat and other,East-Pawan Bhagat &Shashi IÈ d¿f ¹fû¦¹f ·fcd¸f Iû´fMÐÐMZ ´fS LûOÞfªff³ff W`Ü Mobile No. ment of cyclones whichhit the 70114-19674 Indian coasts. Be it known to all that my clients Sh. Sanjay Bhushan Bhagat, West-Md. Kaiyum Khan &others. Kumar Gupta, S/o Sh. Duli Chand and Smt. Sd/- FULLREPORTON Seema Gupta W/o Sh. Sanjay Kumar Gupta, Date :17.06.2020 AUThOriSED OfficEr Executive Engineer, Both Resident of J-9-A, MIG Flats Ashok Place :Patna STATEBANK Of iNDiA, SArB, PATNA Municipal Council, Palwal www.indianexpress.com Vihar, Phase-1, Delhi-110052, have disown/ 81366/HRY debarred their younger son Dhruva Gupta disobedient done by him and also debarred from all movable and immovable properties as he has work against the interest of the LØFeÀF¦FP ¾FFÀF³F, ªFÕ ÀFaÀFF²F³F d½F·FF¦F health and personal safety of my clients and my clients shall not be responsible for any act done by him and if any person deal with him IF¹FFÊÕ¹F A²FeÃF¯F Ad·F¹Fa°FF, d¾F½F³FF±F ¸F¯OÕQb¦FÊ (L.¦F) he/she/they solely responsible for that in future. 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SHOPIAN, PULWAMA GUNBATTLES Mallya plea unlisted for 3years, SC pulls up registry NewDelhi:TheSupremeCourthas andAshokBhushan saidinaJune “Beforewedeal with the sub- namesofthe officials who had askeditsregistryto explainwhya 16 order. missions raisedinthe Review dealt withthe review plea file for 8militantskilledin2encounters review petition filedbyfugitive The benchadded that “as per Petition,wedirect the Registryto lastthreeyears,withintwoweeks. businessmanVijayMallya wasnot office reportonlimitation the explain whythe Review Petition The reviewwill be considered “Four moreterrorists were killed theoperations,the identity of FayazAhmad, the cleric of listedfor the lastthree years. ReviewPetition wasfiledintime. wasnot listedbeforethe con- thereafteronits merits. ADILAKHZER in Shopian (total five)while two the slain militant is being ascer- the mosque wherethe militants “ReviewPetition is directed According to the record, placed cernedCourtfor lastthree years,” In the May9,2017order,the SRINAGAR,JUNE19 moreterrorists were killedin tained. “Theywillbeburiedin were hiding, afterthe encounter against theJudgment and Order before us,theReviewPetitionwas it said. topcourt had directed Mallya’s Awantipora(totalthree). In the Baramulla district,”said apolice said that the mosque had suf- dated 09.05.2017 passedbythis notlistedbeforethe Courtfor last Thecourtaskedtheregistryto personalpresenceonJuly10,2017 SECURITYFORCES killed eight said ensuing encounters total officer. ferednodamageand wasintact. Court,”abenchofJusticesUULalit three years”. furnish all the details, including to face contemptcharges. ENS militantsintwo separateencoun- eight terrorists were killed.” Officials said afterthe Addressingapressbriefingby ters in a24-hourperiodinthe An official said the militants Awantiporaencounter began, the joint forces, general officer Valley, JammuandKashmirPolice in Shopian were affiliatedwith twomilitants movedtoanearby commanding (GOC) of the said, adding that the slainbe- the Hizbul Mujahideen,while mosque. Asenior police officer Srinagar-based15Corps Lt Gen B longedtothe HizbulMujahideen those in Awantiporawerewith told The Indian Express that local SRajusaidthat out of 49 newre- and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). the LeT. residentsweresenttoconvince cruitswho joined themilitant Both encounters—one in IGP Kashmir VijayKumar the militantstosurrender.“They ranksthis year,27havebeen Shopian district’s Bandhpawa told The Indian Express, “In two (the militants) didn’t agree to killed. TheGOC also stated that Munand area and the otherin operations, we have neutralised surrender.Since they were hid- in the next fewmonths, “wewill PamporeareaofPulwamadis- eight militantsintwo districtsin ing inside amosque, we used be able to take this peace process trict’s Awantipora—started on the last24hours.This is abiggest chilligrenades and tear smoke forwardand ensurethat nor- Thursdayand security forces had success forthe security forces in shells to kill the militants.” malcy is brought intothe envi- initiallysaid twomilitantswere the Valley. Both the operations IGP Kumar said, “In ronment”. killedinthe operations. On were cleanand therewas no col- Awantiporaoperation forces Since June 7, several major Friday, when theoperations con- lateral damage. The number of worked very professionallyand anti-militancyoperations have cluded, officials said atotal of militantskilledthisyear hasnow no IED and firing wasused... We takenplace in South Kashmir’s eight militantshavebeen killed. crossed100.Operations will eliminated them ensuring no Shopian. J&K Police sayfrom AJ&K Policespokesperson continue in the same manner.” damage to themosque.We main- next month, theywillfocuson said in astatement on Friday, Police officials said in both tainedsanctity of the mosque.” NorthKashmir. Elgaar Parishad case: Suspended J&K Dy SP Two accused move gets bailinterror case HC against transfer probed by DelhiPolice The accused will, however, ANANDMOHANJ remain in judicial custody in of case to NIA NEWDELHI,JUNE19 connection with the NIA case againstthem.Theirlawyer, MS SUSPENDED DEPUTY Khan, said that Singh will apply EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE SCFROWNSONDELHI Superintendent of Jammu and forbail in aJammu courtafter MUMBAI,JUNE19 Kashmir Police Davinder Singh, the NIA files the chargesheet. HCENTERTAINING arrested forallegedly ferrying Additional Sessions Judge LAWYERSURENDRAGadlingand NAVLAKHABAILPLEA twoHizbul Mujahideen mili- Dharmender Ranagrantedbailto poet-publisher Sudhir Dhawale, tantsonthe Srinagar-Jammu Singh and Mir afternotingthat arrested in theElgaar Parishad NewDelhi: The Supreme highway,was Fridaygranted bail thechargesheethasnotbeenfiled case, approachedthe Bombay CourtFriday expressedun- by aDelhi court in aseparate ter- and mandatorystatutoryperiod HighCourtonThursdaychalleng- happiness and questioned ror-related case. of 90 days has elapsed. “In the ing the transfer of the case to the the Delhi High Court’s deci- The courtalso granted bail to viewofthe above,considering the National Investigation Agency. siontoentertain the bail plea co-accusedIrfan ShafiMir,a fact that despitethe lapseofstatu- The petition, whichalso of civil rightsactivistGautam lawyer who wasarrestedalong torytime limit to complete inves- names former CM Devendra Navlakha, when it had al- with Singh, Hizbul commander tigation, chargesheetinthe in- Fadnavisand Hindutvaleaders ready dismissedhis petition Syed Naveed Mushtaq and his stant matter has notbeenfiledtill Milind Ekbote and Sambhaji forsimilar relief and asked associateRafiAhmad on January date, both the accusedpersons Bhide, stated that the two him to surrender within a 11 by ateam of J&K Police. Davinder Singh and Irfan Shafi Hindutvaleaders received“state specific date.Navlakha was Noting that the chargesheet Mir areentitledtobereleasedon shelter” despitebeing namedin arrested in August2018by has notbeenfiled, thecourt bail...,” the order read. FIRs linkedto the assault on Dalits the Pune PolicefromDelhi in granted relief to the twoaccused Thebail wasgranted to the visiting the Bhima Koregaon me- connection with the violence in acase filedbyDelhi Police twoaccusedonfurnishing per- morial on January1,2018. at BhimaKoregaon villagein Special Cell unrelated to the fer- sonal bond/suretybondofRs1 “The police administration Pune on January1,2018. The rying of militants, whichisbeing lakh eachwithtwo sureties each under the control and supervi- transit remand order was, probed by the NIA. in likeamount. sionofthenchief minister however, setasidebythe DevendraFadnavis conveniently Delhi High Court. Abenchof Kerala HC junks plea ignored the seriousoffences Justices Arun Mishraand S committed by Sambhaji Bhide Abdul Nazeer said interim against Sacrifices and Milind Ekbote,” it added. orders granted by SC on June Prohibition Act Gadling and Dhawale,along 2will continue. PTI withseven others, have been be- hind barssince 2018 afterbeing SHAJUPHILIP arrested by Pune Police in con- and that no provision empowers THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, nection with the Elgaar Parishad the Union government to trans- JUNE19 event organisedinPuneon ferthe probeafter it hasbeen December 29,2017. completedand trial is settocom- ADIVISION benchofKerala Based on acomplaint re- mence. It addedthatthe casewas High Courthas rejected apeti- ceivedeightdays afterthe event, transferred“dueto malafides and tion callingfor the Kerala the Pune Police had filedanFIR political expediency” when the Animals and Birds Sacrifices linking “inflammatoryspeeches” Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition in Prohibition Act, 1968 to be de- givenatthe event to theBhima thestateproposedanSITto probe clared unconstitutional,dis- Koregaon violence thattook the matter. criminatoryand void.The peti- place on January1,2018. The case The plea claimedthat those tioners said the Actadversely wastransferredtothe NIAin who had been criticisingthe ac- affected them in practicing the Januarythisyear.The Pune Police tivitiesofthe ruling partywere Hindureligion,andthatthestate had claimedthat the event had targeted. shouldn’tinterferewithreligious been partofacriminalconspir- All 11 accusedinthe case— practices. FULLREPORTON acylinked to the bannedCPI Dhawale, Gadling, Teltumbde, www.indianexpress.com (Maoist). Navlakha, Varavara Rao, Mahesh The petition, filedthrough Raut, Vernon Gonsalves, Rona lawyer Satish Talekar,statedthat Wilson, Arun Ferreira, Shoma therewerenocompellingreason Sen andSudha Bharadwaj—are forthe transfer of the case to NIA, currently jailedinMumbai. Sushant was upset over contract with production house: actor-friend to police senior police official. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE What upsetRajput, claimed MUMBAI,JUNE19 Chakraborty,wasthatanotherac- tor, who toohad acontractwith ACTORSUSHANT SinghRajput, the same productionhouse,was whowasfounddeadathisapart- allowedtoreplace him in the ment on June 14,was upsetover other film thatreleasedin2013 the nature of his contract with a and became abox office hit. A leading film production house, “hurt” Rajput had then decided his friend and actor Rhea to nottoworkinthe thirdfilm in ChakrabortytoldMumbaiPolice his contract, whichreleasedin Thursday. 2013 with another actor in the Chakraborty wasquestioned leadrole, police said. forovereighthoursatBandrapo- Chakraborty alsotold the po- lice station on Thursday. In her lice that Rajput waskeen to end statement,sheisreportedtohave hiscontract withthe production told police that Rajput hada house and also urgedher to do three-filmcontractwiththepro- the same, the officialsaid. duction house when in 2012 he “Wewillhavetoverifythe wasoffered afilm by another claims(madeby theactor)made leading filmmaker. inthestatement,”saidtheofficial. “Buttheproductionhousedid The police arelikelytosend a notallow him to work with the summons to executivesatthe filmmaker citing stipulations productionhouseinordertover- written in the contract,”said a ify the claims. Meteorite-like object lands in Rajasthan Jaipur: Ameteorite-likeobject No persons were injured,” said landedinRajasthan’s Jaloredis- BhupendraKumar Yadav, SDO, trict on Fridaymorning, said offi- Sanchore. cials. Headdedthatpreliminaryin- According to the district ad- quiryhas suggestedthatthe ob- ministration, the objectfell from ject is made of various metals. theskyinSanchoretownonearly “Weconductedatestand Fridaymorning. found that the object is made “The meteoritecrashednear largely of nickel, iron, platinum, aroadinSanchoreataround7am germanium and antimony.We today. Ahole of around 1.5feet were contactedby theGeological wasformedonthe ground be- Survey of India and theymay cause of the impact. The weight sendtheirteamssoonforfurther of theobject is 2.788 kilograms. analysis,” said Yadav. ENS

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SIMPLY PUT CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD THE WORLD Why China trade ban is bad idea 238,159 200,262 568,292 303,281 Italy Iran Russia United Kingdom The outrageoverthe killing of Indiansoldiers has ledtocallsfor banning trade with China.However, India would standtolosemorethan China if trade were to be banned. Hereare six reasons why 2,196,998 US Of course, India would survive,but at ahuge 244,388 UDITMISRA BILATERALTRADE:THEBROADTRENDS costtocommon Indians while depriving Peru NEWDELHI,JUNE19 manyIndian businesses (the start-upswith 978,142 billion-dollar valuations) of Chinese funding. Brazil THE INDIANgovernment hastriedtore- Chart1:10% of India’strade is with China (2018-19) Why? Because in the short to medium 225,103 245,268 380,532 spond to the border disputewith China by India's total trade 10.31% Export terms, it would be bothdifficult and costly Chile Spain India training itsguns on trade.The idea resonat- $844,156.51mn Trade with $16,752.20mn to replace Chinese products. If we simply ing in Indian streetsisthat Indian should boy- China choose another country’sproduct,sucha TOTALCONFIRMED:8,546,919 DEATHCOUNT:456,726 cott Chinese goods to “teach China alesson”. Totaltrade with China Import shiftwillincrease India’s total tradedeficit — Union minister Ramdas Athawale has $87,071.84mn $70,319.64mn acounter-productive result since the debate Source: Johns Hopkins University,updated at 11 pm on June 19 . JHU’s India tally and even demandedaban on restaurantsselling startedwithreducing trade deficit. If, on the Health Ministry’stally (below) may sometimes notmatch. Chinese food even thoughthese wouldbe Chart2:MostofIndia’simports from Chinaare intermediate goods other hand, we decide to use Indian prod- Indian restaurants, employing Indian chefs ucts,that toowould costusmore—albeit Goods type Imports by value Sharein and using largely Indian agriculturalproduce justinternallyatthe consumer level; it would total imports to servesuchChinese dishes. eat intoincomes and savings. Study connects higher levels of Electrical machineryand parts$18 bn 29% While Indians understandably feel out- India will lose policy credibility ragedwhen theyhear about the brutal Nuclear reactors, boilers $13bn21% deaths of their soldiers, turning aborder or before foreign investors stress hormone to Covid deaths Organic chemicals $7.5 bn 12% defence disputeintoatrade one is an ill-ad- Similarly,Indiashould avoid reneging COVID-19patientswith very high lev- ing,and nearly zerowhen we sleep. visedmove. Fertilisers $2 bn 3% on existingcontractswithChina. While els of cortisol —ahormone associated The newstudy wasled by Imperial Thereare severalreasons. 5 in the shortterm this mayassuagehurt Iron and steel $1 bn 1.5% with stress —intheir bloodare more CollegeLondon.The observational Trade deficitsare not sentiments, it would deterall foreign invest- likelytodeterioratequicklyand die, studycovered 535patients, including TOTALIMPORTSFROMCHINA: $62BILLION(2019-20) mentsinIndia. necessarilybad researchers have re- 403 Covid cases. Chart-3: India plays afairly insignificant role in China’s global trade Why? One of the firstthingsaninvestor portedinThe Lancet Cortisol levels in Covid One of the main reasons whycallsfor —especiallyforeign —tracksisthe policy Diabetes& patientsweresignifi- banningtrade have been the firstreac- India’s exports to China as apercentageofits totalexports5%credibilityand certainty.Ifpolicies can be Endocrinology. 1 tion is the notion that having atrade cantlyhigher (up to India’s imports from China as apercentageofits total imports 14% changed overnight, if taxescan be slapped Cortisol is produced 3,241). Among Covid deficit is somehowa“bad” thing. The fact is with retrospective effect, or if the govern- by thebody in re- patients, thosewitha altogether different. Trade deficits/surpluses China’sexports to India as apercentageofits totalexports3%ment itself renegesoncontracts, no investor sponse to stress, but ex- baselinecortisol level arejustaccountingexercisesand havinga India'sexports to Netherlands as apercentageofits total imports2.7% will invest.Or, if theydo, theywilldemand cessive levels (and low of 744orless survived trade deficit againstacountrydoesn’t make higher returns forthe increasedrisk. PAPER China’simportsfromIndia as apercentageofChina's totalimports 0.9% levels) areassociated on averagefor 36 days. the domestic economyweakerorworse off. Raising tariffs is mutually with various condi- Patientswith levels Forinstance, if one looksatthe top25 India'simports from Angola as apercentageofits total imports 0.8% CLIP assured destruction tions. The drug dexam- over 744had an aver- countries with whom India trades, it has a Chart-3 figures for2018-19Sourcefor alldata: MinistryofCommerce&Industry ethasone, whichrecent NEWRESEARCH agesurvivalof15days. tradesurplus with the US, the UK and the It has also been arguedthat India research has shown to Over the study pe- Netherlands. But that doesn’t mean the should justslap higher importduties reduce death ratesin riod,justunder 27 per Indian economyisstronger or better offthan countrydoes moreefficiently. Contrarytopopular belief, alarge propor- 6 on Chinese goods. Others have sug- Covid patients,actsbyimitating cor- cent of theCovid groupdied, com- anyofthese three. So while apersistent trade deficit merits tion of India’s imports from China arenot in gested thatIndia can allowprimaryand in- tisol and reducing theproductionof paredtojustunder7per cent of the Similarly,ithas atrade deficit withthe agovernment to put in place policiesand in- the form of final consumer goods but in the termediategoodsfromChina at zeroduty cortisol. In healthypeople, cortisol non-Covidgroup. other 22 of them —including China, frastructurethat raises competitiveness, it form of intermediategoods suchaselectrical but applyprohibitive tariffs on final goods. levels are100-200nm/L when rest- Source: Imperial College London Germany, Nigeria, SouthAfrica, SouthKorea, should not“force” or even “nudge” people to machinery, nuclear reactors, and fertilisers Even leaving aside the rules of the World Indonesia among others. move away from trade becausedoing so will etc(see Chart 2). Suchimportsare usedto Trade Organization that India would be vio- Yet, atrade deficit doesn’tnecessarily undermine efficiency and come at the cost produce final goods whichare then either lating, this is apoor strategy since others — INDIA COUNT: 3,80,532 (12,573 deaths) mean that the Indian economyisworse off of the consumer’s benefits. sold in India or exported. notjustChina —can and mostlikelywillre- than South Africa’s. The poor in India will be Ablanket banontrade will hurtall do- ciprocateinthe same way. RESTOFINDIA Atrade deficit with China onlymeans mestic productivity. What will also go againstIndia hereisits TOP10STATES AndamanandNicobarIslands 44 hurtthe most AndhraPradesh7518 thatIndiansbuy moreChinese productsthan Atrade ban will barely relatively insignificant presence in global trade 9,218 ArunachalPradesh103 what Chinese buy from India. But persethat Moreoften than not, thepoorestcon- andvalue chains.In otherwords, itis relatively Haryana Assam 4777 hurtChina 49,979 Delhi Bihar7025 is notabad thing. sumers arethe worsthit in atrade ban easy forthe worldtobypass India and carry Chandigarh 374 2 of this kind because theyare the most Still, some mayargue that India should Why? Because it shows that Indian con- on trading if India doesn’t playbythe rules. 13,857 Chhattisgarh 1946 sumers —who made these purchase deci- price-sensitive. So if Chinese single outChina and punish it through 15,181 UP DadraandNagarHaveliand The upshot Rajasthan 4 trade. But, that presumes Indiacan DamanandDiu 58 sions individuallyand voluntarily—are now pens/fridges/TVs/ACs were banned, poorer Goa 705 better offthan theywould have been had Indianhouseholds, who could have other- hurtChina by stopping trade. The firstthing to understand is that turn- HimachalPradesh595 JammuandKashmir5555 theyboughteither,say,aJapanese or French wise afforded these, would either have to The truth is the exactopposite.Atrade ingaborder disputeintoatradewar is un- 11,426 Jharkhand 1920 or even an Indian alternative. forgobuying one because the other foreign ban will hurtIndia and Indians farmore. likely to solve theborder dispute. Worse, it MP Kerala 2794 25,601 Ladakh 687 Essentially, it shows thatIndian con- alternative is toocostlyorsuffer(as acon- As Chart 3 shows, India is arelatively in- will hurtIndia farmorethan China.Thirdly, Gujarat Manipur 606 sumers, as well as the Chinese producers, sumer) by buying aless efficient Indian one. significant entity in China’s global trade. The suchashockwill be mostpoorlytimedsince Meghalaya 44 Mizoram 130 gainedthrough trading. It is this very process It is also important to understand that outrageinIndia over the $60billion trade the Indian economyisalready at itsweakest 1,20,504 12,735 Nagaland 193 that generates the gains from trade. Both Chineseproductsthat areinIndia arealready deficit with Chinaneeds to beseen in perspec- point ever —facing asharp GDP contraction Maharashtra West Bengal Odisha 4512 sides arebetteroff. paid for. By banning their sale or avoiding tive.Inthatyear,China exportedgoodsworth —and can do withoutamovethat raises its Puducherry 271 Punjab 3615 Of course, running persistent trade their purchase, Indians will be hurting fel- $2,495billion and imported$2,134billion. costs,erodes itscompetitiveness. 7,944 52,334 Sikkim 70 deficitsacross all countries raises twomain lowIndian retailers.Again,this hit would be Moreover, if one takesthe notion of not In the past, India has tried—and miser- Karnataka Tamil Nadu Telangana6027 Tripura 1155 issues.One, does acountry have the foreign proportionatelymoreonthe poorestretail- lettingChina profit from the Indian purchas- ably failed —making mantras like“self-re- Uttarakhand 2102 exchangereserves to “buy” the imports? ers —say the roadside seller —because of ing powerstrictly, then Indians should also liance”, “import-substitution” and “protect- Today, India has morethan $500 billion of their relative inability to cope with the un- avoidbuying all productsthat use Chinese ing infant (domestic)industries”work. Union Health Ministryupdateasof11pm, June 19.Somestatesmay have forex—goodenoughtocover imports for12 expected losses. goods and labour.This would mean forgoing Trade helpscountries grow fast,boost reportedhigher numbers. Onlystates/UTswith at leastone case listedabove. months. Two, it also shows that India is not Atrade ban will punish Indian manynon-Chinese foreign productssuchas incomes, reducepoverty,and improve 2,04,711 PATIENTS DISCHARGED IN 35 STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES capable of producing forits ownpeople in the iPhone etc. healthcare. the mostefficientmanner. producers/exporters Dataalso suggests thatitismucheasier If India turns protectionist—likerefusing At one level, no countryisself-sufficient Some mayargue that trading with forChina to replace India than forIndiatore- to join Regional Comprehensive Economic Have aquestion on the COVID-19outbreak and whatyou should/shouldnot do? and thatiswhy trade is suchafantastic idea. China hurts manyIndian producers. place China. Partnership (RCEP) Free Trade Agreement 3 This is true but it is also true that trad- What would happen if China decides to [email protected] It allows countries to specialiseinwhatthey (FTA)—muchsmaller countries likeVietnam can do mostefficientlyand exportthat prod- ing hurts onlythe less efficientIndian pro- equallyabruptlyban all tradeand forbid all (which has justsignedanFTA withthe EU) uct whileimporting whatever some other ducerswhile helping the moreefficientones. private investment via anyrouteintoIndia? will further eat intoIndia’s share. IfsoldiersonLACwerecarryingarms,whydidtheynotopenfire?

trol of anyother reason, theyshall exercise riotgearfor itssoldiersdeployed there,fur- SUSHANTSINGH self-restraint andtakeall necessarysteps to ther lending credence to thenotionthat NEWDELHI,JUNE19 avoid an escalation of the situation. Both opening of fire wasstrict taboo on the LAC. sidesshall also enter intoimmediatecon- The incidentonMonday happenedunder THE POLITICALslugfestonTwitterbetween sultations through diplomatic and/or other these circumstances, even though the Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Foreign available channels to review thesituation Army’s rules of engagement allowsoldiers MinisterSJaishankarabout the death of 20 and prevent anyescalation of tension.” from opening fire if livesoftheiruniformed soldiersinaviolent faceoffwiththe Chinese But the 1996 agreement comeswith a brethren is threatened. in Ladakh brought home the fact that the proviso in Article X(1) that “the full imple- Questionshavebeenraisedinmanyquar- Indian troops were armed, butdid notopen mentation of some of the provisions of the ters, including by PunjabChiefMinister fire.The ministersaid that“alltroopson present Agreement will depend on the two Amarinder Singh, about the fact that no offi- borderdutyalways carry arms,especially sidesarrivingatacommonunderstandingof cer in the chain of command thought it fitto when leaving post. Those at Galwan on 15 the alignmentofthe line of actual control in open fire in aclash that lastedafew hours. June did so. Long-standing practice (as per the India-China border areas, the twosides Somemilitaryveteranshaveevenarguedthat 1996 &2005agreements) nottouse agreeto speeduptheprocessclarificationand evencallingforartilleryfirewouldhave been firearms during faceoffs”. confirmation of the line of actual control”. fullyjustifiedasper rules in such ascenario. In Article 1ofthe 2005 agreement, “the Armyofficers, however, arguethat there ■ ■ ■ twosides willresolve theboundaryquestion is another side to thestory.Inthe melee dur- through peacefuland friendlyconsultations. ing the clash, whereIndian and Chinese sol- The protocols Jaishankar referred to are Neither side shall use or threaten to use force diers were grappling with eachotherina from agreements signedbetween India and againstthe other by anymeans”. The 2013 hand-to-handcombat, it wasverydifficult China in 1996 and 2005. The 1996 agree- agreement on Border Defence Cooperation to open fire without hitting one of your ment is on Confidence-Building Measures also statedthat neither side shall use itsmil- men. That, theysay,was thereason soldiers in the MilitaryFieldAlong the Line of Actual itarycapability against theother. did notopen fire even when their Control in the India-ChinaBorder Areas. None of these articles pertains directlyto Commanding Officer and 19 other men “With aviewtopreventing dangerous thesituationthatemergedonMondaywhere were killed, and 10 others takencaptive. militaryactivities along the lineofactual soldiers were brutallyassaulted to death by control in the India-China border areas… the Chineseside in Galwan Valleyarea. As ■ ■ ■ Neither side shall open fire,cause bio- Jaishankarexplained,itwasasperlongstand- degradation,use hazardous chemicals, con- ing practice in the area flowing from these The mortalremains of Rajesh Orang, one of thesoldiers killedinGalwan, laid to rest at Belgoria, Birbhum on Friday, PTI Arrivingatjudgmentsabout complex duct blastoperations or hunt with guns or agreementsthatthesoldiersdidnotopenfire. militarysituations is fraught, especially for explosiveswithin twokilometres from the those notpresent on the ground. Decisions line of actual control. This prohibition shall ■ ■ ■ ingface-to-face in the recent pastthatshow firmedaspartofaroutineontheLAC.Sinceno people have been injured in suchclashes, aretaken on the spurofthe moment, which notapplytoroutine firing activities in small soldierscarrying weapons, but with the bar- roundhas been firedonthe Sino-Indiabor- no one has dieddue to use of rocksand changethe course of events, and their con- arms firing ranges,” says Article VI(1) of the The Indian Express spoketoArmyofficers, rels pointing downwards. That is partofalo- derinLadakh after1962 and withaviewto sticks.However, theferocityofthe useof sequenceshavetobeborne by posterity. 1996 agreement. who confirmedthat mostofthe soldiers in cal drill followedtoavoid anyaccidentalfir- preventing anyescalation,these routines of these weapons has been increasing over Whatever be the reason forIndiansoldiers However, it is Article VI(4) that is more that group whichclashedwith the Chinese ing or misunderstanding because of the rifle notfiring have been drilledintothe soldiers. time, as observed duringthe clashat notopening fire,their decision prevented applicable in the current instance: “If the soldiers were carrying their personal barrelpointing towardseachother. In such an environment, everyother Pangong TsoonMay 5/6 whichleftmore the situation from escalating. That said, the border personnelofthe twosides come in weapons, and had ammunition on person. Even though notstrictlycodedinany weapon shortoffiring has become accept- than 70 Indian soldiersinjured. killings have put aquestion markonthe aface-to-face situation due to differences This is as per prevalent practice,borne outby rules, officers said these practices have able to use forthe soldiers, who have used As per some reports,eventhe Armyre- termsofengagement between thetwo on the alignment of the line of actual con- videos and pictures of certain patrols com- evolvedoveraperiod of time and have been them during previousclashes. Even though centlyordered full body protectors and anti- armies going forward.

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data,officialssaystrainEuropean THE UNITED States has reduced the number of troops it has in Afghanistan to 8,600inaccor- Peace deal on WHO says virus accelerating, Thursday dance with apreliminary peace deal with the Taliban, atop abumpy road Belarusian President marks newhigh formostcases in aday American general said on AlexanderLukashenko Thursday, even as other aspects THE WITHDRAWALofUS Details publishedonChina’s ofthe plan to endthe warhave troopsfromAfghanistan REUTERS NationalMicrobiologyDataCenter facedsetbacks and delays. comes afterWashington BELARUS BEIJING,GENEVA,JUNE19 websiterevealed the Beijing At thepeak of the nearly two- signedadealwiththeTaliban Presidentsays genome datawas based on three decade war, there were more in February. The deal man- CHINAHAS releasedgenomese- samples collected on June 11. than 100,000 US troops in datesthattheUSshouldgrad- foiledforeign quencing datafor thecoron- Thatwas the same daythe Afghanistan, along with tens of uallypullits troops out, in re- avirusresponsible forarecent Chinese capital reportedits first thousands from about 40 nations turn forTalibannegotiations plotafterrival outbreak in Beijing, with officials newlocalCovid-19infection in in the US-ledNATOcoalition. That withtheAfghangovernment arrested saying on Fridayitidentifieda months. In the eight days since, number has droppedinrecent and areduction of violence. European strain basedonpre- Beijing has reportedatotal of 183 years, as all sidesadmitted the The US troop withdrawal is Minsk: President liminarystudies. cases,linked to the sprawling warcould notbewon militarily. underway, buttheTalibanare Alexander Lukashenko China, whichhad been under wholesale food centreofXinfadi The United States shiftedtoa yettoholdtalkswiththegov- said on FridayBelarus had pressuretomakethe datapublic in the city’s southwest. strategy of seekingapolitical set- ernment. Theyhavealso foiledaforeign plotto soonerratherthan later as “Accordingto preliminaryge- tlement, whichhas provedtobe steppedupthe fighting,with destabilisethe country Covid-19cases mount in the nomicandepidemiologicalstudy halting and complicated. anumber of attacks across ahead of the presidential country’s capital, said it had also results, the virusisfromEurope, The signing of the deal with Afghanistan killing several election in August, aday submitted the datatothe World but it is different from the virus SINGAPORE CURBS RELAXED: Tablesinstalledwithplexiglass dividers at afood courtin the Taliban in Februaryinitiated civilians. The deal had also afterthe arrest of his Health Organization. currentlyspreading in Europe,” Singapore. Singaporeans can noweat at restaurants, work outatthe gymand socialise with five aphasedwithdrawal of the US calledonthe Talibantoen- main political rival The US has blamedChina for ChineseCentreforDiseaseControl peopleorless,asthe city-state removedmostofits lockdown restrictionsonFriday. Reuters militarypersonnel whowere sure Afghanistanwasn’tused sparkedprotests. There nothandlingthe initial outbreak and Prevention official Zhang still in the country.The agree- to launchattacks againstthe had been alarge-scale in central China properly and Yong wascited as saying in an ar- ment also includedaprisoner USoritsallies.However,aUN plan to fomentarevolu- moving tooslowlytocontain the ticle publishedonFridaybythe exchangeand direct negotia- monitoring group had re- tion akin to the Maidan epidemic, leading to mounting CentralCommissionforDiscipline Sewage study suggests Covid-19 was tions between the Taliban and centlyreportedthat the street protestsinUkraine cases and deaths in the US Inspection on itswebsite. Afghanistan’s government over Talibanstillhadclosetieswith in 2014,Lukashenkosaid. China has rejected that accu- Meanwhile, the WHO said the country’spoliticalfuture. Al-Qaeda. This adds to fears He said political forces sation, saying it wasted no time the coronavirus pandemic was in Italy as far back as December 2019 American officialssaid they that with the US withdraw- from “bothfromthe West in releasing information about accelerating, with Thursday’s also had an understanding with ing, Afghanistancould be and from the East” had the epidemic includingthe 150,000 newcases the highest The Italian National Institute derstand the beginning of virus the Taliban that violence levels headedfor further chaos, concentrated theirinter- genome sequenceofthe initial in asingle dayand nearly half of REUTERS of Healthlookedat40sewage circulationinItaly,”GiuseppinaLa would be reducedby80per cent, especiallyinter-Afghan ests in Belarus, and that coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan. them in the Americas. MILAN,LONDON,JUNE19 samples collected from waste- Rosa, who co-led thestudy,said. though that wasn’t spelledout talksfail. “certain forces” had in- In the latestBeijing outbreak, “The worldisinanew and watertreatment plants in north- Small studies conducted in in the deal. tensifiedtheir efforts, ac- the WHO said on Sundayithad dangerous phase,” Director SCIENTISTS IN Italyhavefound ern Italybetween October2019 Europe and Australia have “Wehavemet our partofthe cording to the official been informedbythe Chinese of GeneralTedrosAdhanom traces of thenew coronavirus in andFebruary2020.Ananalysisre- found signs the virus that agreement,” said GeneralFrank in avideo conference organised BelTAnews agency. ongoing investigations intothe Ghebreyesus told avirtual brief- wastewater collectedfrom Milan leasedlateonThursdaysaidsam- causes Covid-19can be de- McKenzie, who leads US Central by the Aspen Strategy Group,sug- source of the clusterand the ex- ing from WHO headquarters in and Turin in December 2019 — plestaken in Milanand Turin on tected in sewage,and many Command. “We’veagreedtogo gested that completing afull tent of the infections.Itrequested Geneva. “The virus is still spread- suggesting Covid-19 wasalready Dec 18 showedthe presenceof countries arebeginningtouse to mid-8,000 rangewithin 135 withdrawal in 14 months, as the the genetic sequencestobere- ingfast, it is still deadly, andmost circulating in Northern Italybe- the SARS-Cov-2virus. wastewater sampling to track days.We’reatthat number now.” deal calls for, would depend on UNITED NATIONS leasedassoon as possible. people arestill susceptible.” fore Chinareportedthefirstcases. “Thisresearch mayhelpusun- the spread of the disease. McKenzie, who wasspeaking the Taliban. NYT Emergencyaid deliverymayend FB takes down Trump nextmonth:UN Johannesburg: Aglobal emergency delivery serv- ads, Twitter labels his ice that has kept tons of humanitarianaid flowing despitecoronavirus travel tweet ‘manipulated’ restrictions could shut down next month if fund- SKorea’s Unification ing can’t be foundtokeep REUTERS MinisterKim Yeon-chul itrunning,theWorldFood JUNE19 Program warnedFriday. The shortfallcomes “just FACEBOOKSAIDonThursday that Amid tensions as demand forthis service ittookdownposts andadsrunby is reachingits peak,” WFP the re-election campaign of US with North, said.Of the$965millionto President Donald Trumpfor vio- keep the service going lating itspolicy againstorganised South Korea’s through the end of the hate. On the same day, Twitter Trumpatameeting in the year,$178millionhasbeen addeda‘manipulatedmedia’la- White House on Thursday. Unification confirmed. Whilenations belonavideopostedonTrump’s Reuters thatare traditionallythe Twitter feed thatshowedadoc- Minister resigns world’s topdonors were torednews clipwithamis-spelled distracted by the growing bannerflashing“Terrifiedtodler Trump warns HYONHEESHIN pandemic, the WFP,the runsfromracistbaby”. &JOSHSMITH UN’s logistics leader, The ads takendownby protesters SEOUL,JUNE19 heavedtheemergencyop- Facebookshowedared inverted erationintoplacewithun- triangle, asymbol the Nazis used Washington: US President SOUTH KOREAN President precedented reach. to identifypoliticalprisoners,with DonaldTrumpthreatened Moon Jae-in on Fridayaccepted textaskingFacebookusersto sign unspecifiedaction against US MARKS JUNETEENTH —WITH PROTESTS the resignationofthe minister NEW ZEALAND apetitionagainst antifa,aloosely anyprotesters at his week- responsiblefor relations with organisedanti-fascistmovement. endTulsa, Oklahoma, elec- AJuneteenth Awareness Walk in Boston, Massachusetts. Reuters NorthKorea, as tensions with Copshotdead “Our policy prohibitsusinga tionrally. “Anyprotesters,an- Pyongyang rise over the activi- duringroutine bannedhategroup’s symbol to archists,agitators, looters or ties of defectors in the Southand identifypoliticalprisonerswith- lowlifes who aregoing to ■ In anyotheryear,Juneteenth, which ■ But in 2020, as the coronavirus ravishes ■ Friday’s celebrations were markedfrom stalleddiplomacy. trafficstop out the contextthat condemns or Oklahomaplease under- marksthe dayin1865 that thoseenslaved blackAmerica disproportionately, and as coasttocoastwith demonstrations of civil South Korean Unification ANEW Zealand police of- discusses the symbol,” said a stand,youwillnotbetreated in the US learnedtheywereset free, would police brutality continues to devastate disobedience, along with expressions of MinisterKim Yeon-chul, who ficer waskilledand an- Facebookcompanyspokesperson. likeyou have been in New bemarkedbyblack families with acookout, blackfamilies, Juneteenth has become blackjoy in spiteofanespecially oversees engagement with other seriouslyinjured on OnTwitter,Trumphadposted York,Seattle,orMinneapolis. aparade and acommunity festival. aday of protest. traumatic time forthe nation. AP NorthKorea, offeredon Fridayafter they were aneditedversionof avideo,which It will be amuchdifferent Wednesdaytostepdown, mak- shotduring aroutine traf- wentviralonsocialmediain2019, scene!” Trumptweeted. ing himself accountable forthe ficstop, the country’s po- showing ablacktoddler and a worsening ties. licecommissioner said, as whitetoddler running towards Atlanta officers China indicts2Canadians, escalating dispute Afterseeing aboost in officials urgentlyhunted eachother andhugging. It was favourabilityoverhis govern- forthe suspect. Schools publishedherewiththeheadline protest charges ment’s handling of the coron- and daycarecentres near “These twotoddlers areshowing Spavor, abusiness consultant, In briefstatementsonFriday, ments. “The criminal factsare avirus outbreak,Moon’sapproval the scene of the incident uswhatreal-life bestieslooklike” Atlanta: Atlantapoliceoffi- JAVIERCHERNÁNDEZ were detainedin2018asrela- Chinese court officialssaidthat clear and the evidence is verified rating fell to 55%,the lowest level in Auckland were on lock- on CNN's websitelastyear.The cerscalledoutsicktoprotest JUNE19 tions betweenChina and Canada Kovrig had been indicted in and sufficient,” aspokesman for in aboutthree months, drivenby down as police searched clipshared in Trump's tweetfirst thefiling of murdercharges soured when Canada arrested Beijing on chargesofespionage the Chinese Foreign Ministry, worries over NorthKorea, ac- forthe shooter, who also shows thepartwhereoneof those againstanofficerwhoshota CHINESEOFFICIALSsaidonFriday the chieffinancialofficer of and “gathering statesecretsand Zhao Lijian, said at anews con- cording to aGallup Koreapollre- injured amemberofthe toddlers is seen runningahead of manintheback.Prosecutors theyhad indicted twoCanadians Huaweiatthe requestofthe intelligence forforeign coun- ference in Beijing. leased on Friday. public when fleeing by theother.Atonepointthebanner brought felony murder and on chargesofespionage, escalat- United States. Theyare nowat tries.” Spavorwas indicted in When areporter asked how NorthKorea hassnubbed car.The twoofficers were reads: "Racistbabyprobablya otherchargesagainst Garrett ing Beijing’spunitive campaign the center of aheated interna- Dandong, anortheastern city,on China viewed“hostagediplo- Seoul’s calls forengagement as unarmed,whichisusual Trumpvoter". Rolfe, an officer who shot againstCanadaoverthearrest of a tional disputethat has pitted the similar chargesofespionage macy”, Zhao bristled. “You ask a effortstorestart inter-Korean procedureinNew The tweetedvideo then goes RayshardBrooksafter he topexecutive of theChinesetech- China againstCanada andthe and“illegally providingstate se- question brimming with mal- economic projectsstalleddue to Zealand. on to show theoriginalvideo grabbed aTaser during a nology giant Huawei. United States,atatime when re- cretsfor foreign countries.” ice,” he said. “You better ask the international sanctions designed and concludes :“Americaisnot struggle and ran. Thetwo men, Michael Kovrig, lations have deterioratedto their The Chinesegovernment on Canadian government what to rein in the North’s nuclear and the problem. Fake news is.” aformer diplomat, and Michael lowest point in decades. Fridaydefendedthe indict- hostage diplomacy is.” NYT missile programmes. REUTERS Bestselling Spanish novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafon, British actor Ian Holm, who starred as Bilbo author of The Shadow of the Wind,diesat55 BagginsinLord of the Rings,dies aged 88

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST COVIDWATCH MOVE MAY BE COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE,SAY SOMECOMPANIES LIC stake sale: Govt PHARMACEUTICALS StoppingChinaimportsmayhurtIndia’s invites bidsfor pre-IPO Glenmark’s antiviral edge,exports:telcos,pharmacompanies transaction advisors FabiFlu gets CDSCO ENSECONOMICBUREAU purchaseanypieceof equipment thearmto Indian vehicle makers. NEWDELHI,JUNE19 PRANAVMUKUL, 14%OFIMPORTS fortheirnetwork,iscreatealistof An executive at aPune-based emergency use PRABHARAGHAVAN& all items that arenecessary. No automotive companysaid there THE GOVERNMENT on ANUJBHATIA FROMCHINA companyruns100percentonjust wasaneedforacoherentstrategy Fridayinvitedbids from transac- approval, with riders NEWDELHI,JUNE19 one vendor,itisanaggregation of on nations and suppliers. “That tion advisors includingconsult- Hopestoraise ■ Manycompanies have multiplevendors,”headded. our companyhas spent years ing firms, investment bankers, AT Atime whenasentiment in said that boycotting Further,despitehaving alaid building asupplier base in China and financialinstitutions forthe `90,000cr PRABHARAGHAVAN The approval has favour of boycotting Chinese Chinese goods could down plan forthe electronics and that they arecontributors to proposedinitial public offering NEWDELHI,JUNE19 been granted on the goodsisgatheringsteam,compa- impact competitiveness manufacturing segmentsince our competitiveness, especially (IPO) of LifeInsurance THE CENTREexpectsto nies across import-dependent 2015,muchofIndia’selectronic external marketslikeAfrica and Corporation(LIC). raise Rs 90,000crore INDIA’STOP drug regulator condition that the sectorssuchasautomobile,phar- ■China accountsfor goods areonlyassembledlocally South Americaiskey to our busi- The Centrehas proposedto through stakesale in LIC Fridaygrantedemergencyuse drug be administered maceuticals,electronics,telecom- around 14%ofIndia’s withhigh dependence on import ness.Evenifweimportacertain engageuptotwo pre-IPO trans- and IDBI Bank,and an- approvalto GlenmarkPharm- munications, etchavesaidthat imports,including of parts from China. Micromax, quantity from China, our exports actionadvisorsfor assisting the other Rs 1.2lakhcrore via aceuticals forits antiviral onlywith anymoveinthisdirection could components for whichwas once thetop mobile are15timesthat,”thepersonsaid. DepartmentofInvestmentand other disinvestment. LIC FabiFlu (favipiravir), adrug informedconsent becounter-productive andimpact smartphones, auto, phone maker in India, lostout to While it is unclear whether Public AssetManagement (DI- is also amajority share- whoseeffectivenessinCOVID- theoverallcompetitivenessof the telecom equipment, Chinese smartphone companies Indiawillimplementabanonim- PAM) in the preparatoryproce- holder in IDBI Bank 19 treatmentisbeingtestedby approval, but did notcom- Indian manufacturing sector. APIs &other chemicals whichcamewithbudget offer- portsof ingredientsusedtomake sses leading to the IPO of LIC. thefirmhere,TheIndianExpre- mentonpricinganddetailsre- Theyattributetwo main rea- ings,andnowhaslinedupseveral crucialmedicines, some industry “Bidders should have advised, sshaslearnt.Theoralmedicine lated to itstrials, whichwere sonsforthis:One,automobileand newlaunches.OtherIndiancom- executivesfear rising tensions handled, an dcompletedatleast will be openedonJuly14. is to be administeredonlyin conducted in 10 hospitals. At pharmacompanieshave invested Telecommunications(DoT)hasal- panieslikeIntex andLava,too,met withChina mayindirectlycreate one transaction of IPO of asize of The sharesaleofLIC,which mild to moderateCOVID-19 least150patientsacrossstates deeplyinbuildingasupply chain ready asked state-ownedopera- the same fate,thoughthe latter shortages. “The major problem Rs 5,000 croreormorebetween wasset up in 1956, is expectedto patients andmay costaround likeGujarat,Maharashtraand that tracesbacktoChinasignifi- tors BSNL and MTNL to keep still has agrip in smaller towns. we aregoingtofaceisinimports April12017toMarch 31,2020 or be the biggest in the Indian cap- Rs 100per 200mgtablet. Delhiwereapartofthe trials. cantlyand disruptingthat supply Chinesevendors out of the scope According to the Internetand of intermediates, whichweneed should have managed acapital ital markets, giventhe size of the Central Drugs Standard “Thisapproval has been chain could adverselyaffect their fortheirtenders.Adviceto private Mobile Association of India (IA- inhugequantitiesto convertto ac- market transaction of Rs 15,000 Corporation and itsdominant ControlOrganisation(CDSCO) granted basedonevaluation competitive situation in the ex- companiesto notuseChina-made MAI),Indiasuffersfrommanycost tive pharmaceuticalingredients croreormoreduring the period,” position in the lifeinsurance chief Dr VG Somani allowed of dataand in consultation port segments. Two, forcompa- equipment in their networks is disadvantages compared to na- (APIs).ManyAPIsalsocomefrom according to therequest forpro- market. restricted emergency use of with the Subject Expert Com- nies in the telecom and electron- also being considered now. tions likeChina,Vietnam,South China. Thereare manyexamples posal(RFP) document issuedby The insurer’s total assets had the antiviral foramaximum mittee,aspartofanacceler- icssegments,thedisruptioncould “Clearly,this is notsomething KoreaandTaiwan.Suchdisadvan- of medicines like paracetamol, the government. The advisors touchedanall-time high of Rs courseof14days,asenior atedapprovalprocess,consid- come from the lackofdomestic that we wouldprefertohappen tagesemanate from challenges cephalosporin and penicillin, for can submit their bids beginning 31.11lakh crorein2018-19, an in- Health Ministryofficial told eringtheemergencysituation manufacturing capabilities and but we have to see what is in the likelogistics,highcostofdebt,lack whichwedonot currentlypro- Friday, till July13, 2020,which crease of 9.4per cent. The Indian Express on condi- and unmetmedical needof significantly higher input costs. national interest. Huaweimakes of utilitieslikehighqualitypower duce intermediates,” said RC tion of anonymity.This in- the COVID-19outbreak,” the Chinaaccountsfor around 14 $122 billionglobally, and they andwater. ChinaandVietnam,for Juneja, chairman of Delhi-head- cludes adosageof3,600 mg firmtoldBSElateonFriday. “It per cent of India’simports,with make just over $1 billionfrom instance give incentivestoindus- quarteredMankind Pharma. ‘Closely monitoring situation on the firstday followedbya isforrestrictedemergencyuse major items in the importbasket India. It’s notthatifyou go after trytomakedomestic manufac- Another fear is that, even if dosageof1,600mgdaily. in India. Restricted use entails being componentsfor smart- telecom, you’ll makeabig dent,” turing competitive,asper IAMAI. Indiadoesn’timposeaban,China However, thisapprovalhas responsible medicationuse phones and automobile,telecom saidRajanMathews,directorgen- Similarly,for the automobile mayincrease prices of the inter- so that relief measures are beengrantedonthecondition whereevery patientmust equipment, plastic and metallic eral, Cellular OperatorsAssocia- sector,relations developedwith mediates and APIs in retaliation. thatthedrugbeadministered have signedinformedconsent goods, APIs, andother chemicals. tionof India(COAI).“Whatourop- component suppliers in China Full report on percolated at ground levels’ onlywithinformedconsent, before treatmentinitiation.” In telecom, the Department of erators do when theywantto over decades have givenashotin www.indianexpress.com andthatGlenmark submitac- Unlikeinremdesivir’scase, tive post marketing surveil- favipiravir is notrestricted to ENSECONOMICBUREAU Curbs on pension lancedatafor thefirst1,000 hospitalsandinstitutionalset- All pleas related NEWDELHI,JUNE19 patients as soonasitreceives tings, TheIndianExpress has NCLAT overrules BHEL objections, funds from China thesame.“Thedrugisalready learnt. “However, it hastobe to Franklin THE GOVERNMENTisclosely NewDelhi: Amidstgrowing approved in Russia. The trials givenwith informedconsent gives nod to Surana Power liquidation monitoring transmission of repo tension betweenIndia and herehaveshown promising of thepatient,”saidtheofficial Templeton to be rate cut by banks to customersin China,the Finance Ministry results,” said theofficial,who citedabove.Glenmarkhasap- ceedings,state-run BHELwon an termsof lowerinterestrates,along Fridayproposedrestrictions addedthatdatasubmitted to proachedtheNationalPharm- AASHISHARYAN NOVALIDPLANSFOR ex-parte arbitration award transferred to with closelywatchingdisburse- on foreign investment in CDSCOshows that patients aceutical Pricing Authority to NEWDELHI,JUNE19 SURANAPOWER againstSurana Power, whichgave ment of loans under the announ- pensionfunds from anyof have been showing improve- fixtheretailpriceof itsFabiFlu it lien overall the equipment and Karnataka HC cedscheme to provide Rs 3lakh India’s bordering countries. mentwithinfourdays of treat- and proposedaprice of arou- THE NATIONAL CompanyLaw goods lying at the latter’s unit, as crorecollateralfreeautomatic Adraft notification read, “A ■ SuranaPower, ment withthe drug. ndRs100atablet,saidasource Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT)has well as itspartiallyorfully con- KHUSHBOONARAYAN loans forbusinesses, Finance governmentapprovalwould whichwas admitted Glenmarkconfirmedthe on condition of anonymity. held that the liquidation process structed buildings. MUMBAI,JUNE19 MinisterNirmalaSitharamansaid be required for the investing intoinsolvency in of acompanyunder the Following the award, BHEL, inavideointeractionwithmemb- entityorindividualfromany January2019, didnot InsolvencyandBankruptcyCode whichisalso one of the secured THE SUPREME Court Fridaydi- ers of PHD Chamber of Comme- of theborderingcountriesin- receive anyvalid (IBC)holds precedence over out- creditors, refusedtogiveits con- rected transfer of all petitions re- rceandIndustry(PHDCCI)Friday. cluding China.” PTI resolutionplans,and comeofanarbitration proceed- sent forliquidation as it would lated to Franklin TempletonIndia “Weare closelymonitoring wasthereforeordered ‘USmulling over restoring ing, and thereforeprocess under have resulted in it getting lesser shutting down six of itsdebt thesituationinconsultationwith to be liquidated by the IBC shall notbestopped. shareaccording to IBC’s waterfall schemesfromvarioushighcourts bankssothatrelief measures an- the FM as saying. Chennai Bench of In itsjudgment, athree-mem- mechanism. BHEL’s refusal was in the countrytothe Karnataka nouncedbythe Government are “Hon’ble @FinMinIndia India’sstatusunder GSP’ NationalCompany berBench of NCLATheld that challengedbythe liquidator at the HighCourtwithintwo weeks. effectively percolated at ground @nsitharaman assured that she LawTribunal (NCLT) India’s designation as abenefici- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited’s Chennai benchofNCLT. In an oral order,the SC also di- levelsespeciallythetransmission will personallyensure that LALITKJHA arydeveloping nation under the (BHEL)objections to liquidation The adjudicating authority rected theKarnataka HC to hear of repo rate cutstoconsumers in #bankstransfer benefits of the WASHINGTON,JUNE19 keyGSP trade programmeafter of Tamil Nadu-basedSurana had then ruledinfavour of BHEL these cases within three months. termsof reducedinterestrates,”a #ratecutstoendconsumersatthe determining that it has notas- Powerwerenot valid as majority thesecuredfinancialcreditors in and said the state-run company It said till the matter is decidedby Finance Ministryrelease quoted earliest,” PHDCCIsaid in atweet. THE US is mulling over restoring sured the US that it will provide of secured creditors had given the secured assets,” it said. had full rightstorealise the secu- thehighcourt,theinterimstay on India’s beneficiarystatus under “equitableandreasonableaccess” their consent to liquidation. Surana Power, whichwas ad- rity interests it had wonaspartof the e-voting process forwinding itstrade preference programme to itsmarkets. “It wouldbeprejudicialtostall mittedintoinsolvency in January the arbitration. up the schemes will continue. GSP on receiving acounterbal- The GeneralizedSystemof the liquidation process at the in- 2019,did notreceiveany validres- The NCLAThowever, setaside Further,theDelhiandMadras ancing proposal from NewDelhi, Preference (GSP) is designedto stance of asingle creditor having olution plans, and wastherefore NCLT’s ruling and said that since highcourtshave soughtresponse US Trade Representative Robert promote economicdevelopment only26.24per cent share(in ordered to be liquidated by the BHEL did nothavethe minimum from the fund house and Sebi on Lighthizer has told lawmakers. by allowing duty-free entryfor value), in the secured assets. The Chennai BenchofNational 60 per cent valueinsecured in- petitions againstwinding up of US PresidentDonaldTrump thousands of productsfromdes- respondent(BHEL)doesnot hold CompanyLaw Tribunal (NCLT). terest, it couldnot be allowedto the schemes. The companyisyet in June lastyear terminated ignatedbeneficiarycountries. PTI asuperior charge from therestof During the liquidation pro- stall the IBC proceedings. to fileareplyinany of thesecases. BRIEFLY Sensex gains With over `1.69Lcrraised ‘Paneltodevelop another 524 pts in 58 days,RIL debt-free jobplatform’ on RIL rally NewDelhi: NITI Aayoghas before March ’21 target formedapanelincludingtop ENSECONOMICBUREAU officials of tech companies MUMBAI,JUNE19 likeGoogle, Microsoftand ENSECONOMICBUREAU Tech Mahindratodevelop a LED BY Reliance Industries (RIL) MUMBAI,JUNE19 TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH job platformfor migrant shares,stockmarketsonFridayral- (National Centre of Department of Atomic Energy, labourers, as per sources. liedanother 1.5per cent on firm RELIANCE INDUSTRIES Limited Government of India for Nuclear Science and Mathematics) Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai-400 005. globalcues,capitalinflowsanddo- (RIL) on Fridaysaid it has become mestic investor support. Despite free of netdebt ahead of March e-Tender Notice Petrol,diesel TWO Part e-Tenders are invited for the following job through India-China border tensions and 2021targetafter raising Rs RIL chairman and MD NIC e-procurement system. risingCOVIDinfections,theSensex 1,68,818 crorefromstakesalesand Mukesh Ambani. File Estimated EMD (Rs.) Due pricesraised Tender gainedanother 524pointsto arightsissuein58days. No. Job Cost (Rs.) Tender Date No. NewDelhi: Petrolprice was 34,731.73andtheNSE NiftyIndex Shares of RIL surged6.23per Fee (Rs.) hiked by 56 paise per litre rose 153pointsto10,244.40. cent to Rs 1,759.50 on the BSE on Mukesh Ambani said, “Wehave TFR/PD/ S/F/I of Aluminium 30,800/- and diesel by 63 paise alitre. The gains were ledbyRIL, Friday, with amarket capitalisa- fulfilled ourpromise to the share- 1 CF19-75/ framedpartition at 15,40,000/- 06.07.2020 whichcontributedhalf of thegains tionof Rs11.15lakhcrore.RIL’snet- holders by makingReliance net 192079 TIFR, Colaba, Mumbai. 500/- forNifty.The rupee closed6paise debt wasRs1,61,035crore as of debt-free muchbeforeour origi- The Tender documents are available on www.eprocure.gov.in/cppp Bankcredit lowerat76.20againsttheUSdollar. March2020.RIL chairman-MD nal schedule of March 31,2021.” and TIFR Web site : www.tifr.res.in/e-tender All future Corrigendum/Addendum's will be published on TIFR web grows6.24% site (e-tender)/CPPP Website only. Mumbai:Bankcreditandde- Centreplans to Tender Notice No. Pub/1/20-21 positsgrew6.24percentand NCLT gives more time Administrative Officer 11.28 per cent to Rs 102.54 decriminalise lakhcroreandRs139.55lakh to SBI for filing rejoinder crore,respectively,infortnight variousprovisions endedJune5,asper RBIdata. to Anil Ambanireply of LLP Act ICICIBank ENSECONOMICBUREAU divestsstake ENSECONOMICBUREAU Anil Ambani’sReliance NEWDELHI,JUNE19 MUMBAI,JUNE19 Communications owes NewDelhi: ICICI Bank on THE CORPORATE Affairs Ministry Fridaysaid it has divested THENATIONALCompanyLaw tri- about `5,000croretoSBI on Fridayinvited comments on 3.96 per cent stakeinICICI bunal (NCLT) Fridaygavesome proposalstodecriminaliseprovi- LombardGeneral Insurance moretime to StateBank of India hearing on June 30. sions of the Limited Liability Companyfor Rs 2,250crore. (SBI) to file itsrejoindertoareply SBI has filedapplications un- Partnership (LLP) Act2008toim- submitted by industrialist Anil derSection95(1)of theInsolvency proveease of doing business for Ambani,inconnectionwithacase and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) to law-abidingLLPsandto declogthe PMCBank wherethelenderhasmovedtore- nominatearesolutionprofessional criminal justice system. curbsextended coverRs1,200crore fromAmbani forthe resolution process of the “It has been decidedtoreview under the personalguarantee personal guarantor.InMarch,the thepenal provisions of the Actto Mumbai: The RBI has en- clause of the bankruptcy law. boardofSBI had approved areso- decriminalise compoundable of- hancedthewithdrawallimit The Mumbai Benchofthe lutionplan forReliance fencesinvolvingminor,procedural atPMC Bankto Rs1lakhbut NCLT,presidedoverby thejudicial Communications(RCom)thaten- or technical violations of the Act, extendedregulatoryrestric- memberMohammedAjmalanda visagedlendersrecoveringaround oroffenceswhichmay notinvolve tionstillDecember22. PTI technicalmember Ravikumar Rs23,000crore.RComowesabout anyharm to publicinterest,” the Duraisamy, posted the case for Rs 5,000croretoSBI. Ministrysaid in anotice.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,JUNE20,2020 ‘HOMESICK’ PLAYERSLEAVE CAMP Confined to the SAICentre in Bengaluru formore than twomonths because of the COVID-19lockdown, "homesick" Indian hockeyplayers were on Fridayallowedtoleave the facilityafter being granted a 18 month's break.Theywill reassemble in Bengaluru forthe next phase SPORT of the national camp on July 19. Anti social-distancing Borderdispute:IPLtoreview Napolifans pour intostreets to celebrate Italian Cup win; fears of ‘Games Zero’return dealswithChinesesponsors ENS &AGENCIES JUNE19 SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY THOUSANDS OF Napoli footballfans who KOLKATA,JUNE19 pouredintothe streetstocelebratetheir team’s Italian Cup title without social distanc- ADAY aftersaying that the BCCI would be ing amid the coronavirus pandemic were crit- open to reviewing the Indian Premier icisedbyhealth officials as being “reckless.” League’s (IPL) title sponsorship, the cricket WorldHealthOrganizationassistantdirec- boardhas calledanIPL Governing Council torgeneral Ranieri Guerra said the scenes re- meeting next week to reviewthe league’s mindedhim of Atalanta’s ChampionsLeague sponsorshipdeals. game withValenciainFebruary. That match, “Taking note of the border skirmish that whichhas been labeled“Game Zero” by local resulted in the martyrdom of our brave media, is believed to have been akey factor in jawans, the IPL Governing Council hascon- whythevirushasbeensodeadlyinthenorth- venedameeting next week to reviewIPL’s ern city of Bergamo. “Reckless,”Guerra said. various sponsorship deals,”the IPL tweeted “Right nowwecan’tpermit thesethings.” from itsofficial handle on Friday. Deputy HealthMinisterSandraZampa Vivo,aChinese smartphonemanufac- addedthat it amountedto “dangerous behav- turer,acquired theIPL titlesponsorshipfor ior.” Shortly afterNapolibeat Juventus in an Napoli fans celebratetheir team’s win over Juventus in the Cup final. AP Rs 2,199crore in 2018 in afive-year deal. The emptystadiuminRome on Wednesdaynight, IPL, in fact, has multiple Chinese linksin supportersin Naplesfloodedintocentral piaz- terms of commercial partnerships. Paytm, IPL’s title sponsor is Chinese smartphone manufacturer Vivo. zas and setoff fireworks as theycelebrated De Magistris addedthat his onlycriticism to restartlastweekwith the Italian Cup semi- the IPL’s official umpirepartner,has invest- intothe early hours of Thursday morning. forfans wasfor jumping into historic foun- finals. Serie Aisset to resume Saturday. ment from Chinese companyAlibaba. (LAC)atGalwanvalley that saw20Indian Hardlyany of themwere seenwearingmasks. tains. Napoli supporters also crowdedinto Chinese internetgiant Tencent has put The Chinese Armymen lose their livesfighting against the the city’s main rail station overnight to wel- Fans to return? moneyinDream 11 and Swiggy,the IPL’son- Chinese troops. Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh 'Criticism hypocritical' come backthe team —forcing the squad to Aday before theNapolicelebrations, the line fantasy league partnerand associate connection wasone of the prominentvoicestoadvocate While nearly 35,000 peoplehavediedin getoff at asecondarystation. Italian Health Ministryeasedquarantine re- sponsor respectively.Tencent has also notbuyingany items coming from India’s Italyfromthe coronavirus, the Campaniare- strictions forteams in case of apositive test. backedByju’s, the Indian cricketteam’s offi- ■Vivo,aChinese smartphone northern neighbour. Game zero gion that includes Naples has accounted for Health MinisterRoberto Speranzagaveper- cial sponsor. manufacturer,isIPL's title sponsor. SL launches probeintofixing 431deaths. Naples MayorLuigiDeMagistris The scenes brought backrealfearsassoci- missionforteamsto go throughasoftquaran- BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal, on calledthe criticism “hypocritical.” “Either the atedwithAtalanta's ChampionsLeague game tineincaseofapositive test meaningthatonly Thursday,had already made it clear thatthey ■ Paytm, apaymentscompany claims in 2011 WorldCup final games shouldn’thavebeen playeduntil on February19thatwas believedtobethe theinfectedpersonneedstobeisolatedif such wouldn’t hesitatetoterminateitifthe Indian and IPL's official umpirepartner, Colombo: SriLanka'ssportsministryon Septemberorinsomewaywhathappenedthe reasonCOVID-19became so deadlyin asituationarises.Italianfootballchief hailedit government asksthem to do so. “Westand has investment from Chinese Fridayordered an investigation intoformer other nightwas inevitable,” De Magistrissaid. Bergamo. In their maiden appearance in the as amajor step, adding: "I''mhappy but there by ourgovernment if it decidestoban entityAlibaba. sportsministerMahindanandaAluthgamage's De Magistris —who waslambastedby knockout stageofthe Champions League, is still one piecemissing,whichisthe partici- Chinese products andcompanies. There’s no allegation that the nationalcricket team's loss Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis when Bergamo-basedAtalanta beat Spain's pation of thefans and Ihope theycan return twoways about it. In casethe government ■ Dream 11,IPL's online fantasy to India in the2011WorldCup final wasfixed thelattertookoutafull-pageadvertisementin Valencia 4-1 at Milan’sfamousSan Siro very quickly. Ihope it will be the beginningof decides to ban Chineseproductsand com- leaguepartner,and Swiggy,the by "certainparties".ThesportsministerDullas newspaperscriticisingthemayorforadminis- Stadium. Eachoftheir four goals wascele- July--the firstweekormid-Julyatthe latest." panies, we (BCCI) will be happytofollow league's associatesponsor,are Alahapperuma has orderedthe investigation trative disasters and lackofinvestment—be- bratedwith little concern forsocial distancing While games arescheduledtobeplayed that,” Dhumal told this paper on Thursday. attachedtoChinese internet andaskedforareportonitsprogresseverytwo lievesthecelebrationonstreetswasinevitable. by the45,792 spectators. Within amonth, in emptystadiums, Naples MayorLuigi De He had pointed out that by having a giant Tencent. weeks, the ministry saidinastatement. ItwastheNapoli'sfirsttitlewininsixyears,and Bergamo’s cemetery wasoverwhelmedand Magistris joinedfootball officials in calling Chinese companyasthe IPL’stitle sponsor, Thesports secretary, KADSRuwanchandra, it came againstthe club's formercoach militarytrucks were transporting bodiesto forsome fans to be allowedinwith appro- Indian cricket andthe national exchequer onAlahapperuma'sdirective,hadcomplained MaurizioSarriandstarstrikerGonzaloHiguain. neighbouring regions, prompting medical ex- priatesocial distancing. have been benefitting and notthe other way thousands of crores across the country. So if to theministry'sinvestigationunitonSaturday. “Onlypeoplewhodon’tknowNaplescould perts to call the matcha'biological bomb'. But Franco Locatelli, apediatric oncolo- round. “Inthis case (Vivo as the IPL’s title Vivo is sponsoring cricketorthe IPL, we are Aluthgamage has alleged that his country think that afteravictoryoverthe Juventusof The outbreak ledtoathree-month break gistatBambino Gesuhospital in Rome who sponsor), we aretaking moneyfroma notlettingthem help the Chinese cause.” "sold" the game to India, aclaim that was (Maurizio) Sarri and (Gonzalo) Higuain that forItalian football. As conditions easedup, is one of the moreprominent members of Chinesecompany.It’s notthatweare giving But Dhumal said that the BCCI wouldn’t ridiculedbyformer captains Kumar Neapolitans would remain at home to cele- foreign players returnedtothecountrylast the scientific-technical committee advising moneytoaChinesecompany,” Dhumal had awardcontractstoany Chinese companyin SangakkaraandMahelaJayawardenewhode- brate,” the mayoradded.“But that doesn’t month, including Portuguese superstar the Italian government about COVID-19con- said, adding: “Money, 42 per cent of that goes the futuretobuild stadiums or infrastruc- mandedevidencefromhim.Aluthgamage said mean people in the city aretaking the virus CristianoRonaldo, who spent almosttwo tainment measures, said this week that “it’s to theGovernmentofIndia as taxes. So in a ture. Therehavebeen calls to boycottChinese the final wasfixed.Set atargetof275, India lightly, becausesince about thestart of June monthsinhis native Madeira. Italian football toosoon (tosay)it’ssafetobringfans”back way, we arehelping the Indian cause. We productsand companies in the aftermath of claimedthetrophythankstoGautamGambhir the contagionlevel in Napleshas been zero.” wasgiven the go-ahead by thegovernment to the stadiums. have createdcricketinfrastructureworth the flare-uponthe Line of ActualControl (97) and MS Dhoni(91). PTI

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