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SC initiates contempt Centre will wait for As tensions soar, U.S. Supreme Court to proceedings against COVID19 vaccine for tells China to shut its hear BCCI appeal Prashant Bhushan ﬁscal push, says CEA consulate in Houston after two weeks page 9 page 11 page 14 page 16

Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY SC will hear today Rajasthan 11 Rajasthan policemen get Speaker’s plea against HC order life term for exroyal’s killing State told to compensate families of victims and the injured Delhi to hold sero-survey He has challenged deferring of antidefection proceedings against Pilot camp every month, says Jain Special correspondent kept at the site for the CM. NEW DELHI Krishnadas Rajagopal topple the State govern LUCKNOW/ jaipur The Independent legislator, Delhi Health Minister Mohammed Iqbal ment. The Centre was creat A Mathura court on Wednes seeking an eighth term, was Satyendar Jain on Wednesday NEW DELHI/JAIPUR ing a “raid raj”, it said. day sentenced 11 policemen, furious after Congress work said the government will conduct a serological survey A Supreme Court Bench, led Speaker C.P. Joshi ex including the then Deputy ers tore his posters. every month to know the by Justice Arun Mishra, is pressed the hope that the Superintendent of Police, to Narayan Singh, lawyer for percentage of people in the scheduled to hear on Thurs top court would pass direc life imprisonment for the Man Singh’s family, said the city who have developed day an appeal filed by the Ra tions before July 24, when murder of ‘Raja’ Man Singh, 11 policemen sentenced in antibodies against COVID19. jasthan Speaker’s office chal the High Court is scheduled the titular head of the Bha cluded then DSP Kan Singh CITY Ī PAGE 3 lenging the State High to give its verdict on the writ ratpur erstwhile princely Bhati and Station House Of DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Court’s order to defer anti petition filed by Mr. Pilot’s state in Rajasthan and seven ficer Virendra Singh. defection proceedings camp. “Else, my special time legislator, and his two The court also directed Ex-judge to steer panel against former Deputy Chief leave petition will be ren associates in 1985. the Rajasthan government to probing Dubey killings Minister Sachin Pilot and 18 dered infructuous and the Police taking away those compensate the families of NEW DELHI Congress MLAs till July 24. Speaker’s powers will be cur Guilty of rioting convicted in Mathura the three victims and the The Supreme Court on The other two judges on tailed,” he said. “I do hope Sessions judge Sadhna Rani on Wednesday. * PTI four injured with ₹30,000 Wednesday approved the the Bench are Justices B.R. that the dignity of the Speak Thakur also found the ac and ₹2,000 each, respec U.P. government’s choice of Gavai and Krishna Murari. er’s office will be main cused, all retired members dead by the police on Febru tively. Man Singh’s daughter former judge B.S. Chauhan for The virtual court hearing tained. I respect the judges, of the Rajasthan police and ary 21, 1985, a day after he and former Bharatpur MP heading the panel to probe will begin after 11 a.m. In another development, case. The Congress accused but the roles of all constitu the Rajasthan Armed Con drove his vehicle into a stage Krishnendra Kaur ‘Deepa’ the killing of eight police officers and the alleged fake Mr. Pilot and the other le the Enforcement Directorate the BJPled Centre of using tional authorities are well stabulary, guilty of rioting set up for an election rally of said justice had finally been encounter killings of Vikas gislators filed a caveat peti raided the premises of Chief the ED to target the ruling defined,” he said. armed with deadly weapons then Rajasthan Chief Minis delivered. Dubey and his associates. tion in the court, saying Minister Ashok Gehlot’s el party leaders in Rajasthan af and unlawful assembly. ter Shiv Charan Mathur, CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 NEWS Ī PAGE 11 “nothing should be done” der brother Agrasen Gehlot ter failing in its conspiracy to Man Singh, then 64, and causing it to topple. The veh ANOTHER REPORT PAGE 11 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD without notifying them first. in Jodhpur in a fertilizer “kidnap democracy” and Ī his two associates were shot icle also damaged a chopper EDITORIAL Ī PAGE 6

Special Correspondent Shankar Pandey reached Ghaziabad/New Delhi Yashoda Hospital, where Vikram Joshi, the Ghaziabad Joshi had been admitted, and journalist shot at by assai announced a relief of ₹10 lants on the night of July 20, lakh for his family. succumbed to bullet injury on Wednesday in a private Death sparks outrage hospital, said police. He was Joshi’s death sparked outrage shot four days after lodging a across the region. complaint at the Vijay Nagar Members of Vikram Joshi’s family with the Ghaziabad District Oﬀering condolences to

police station against three Magistrate on Wednesday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT the journalist’s family, Con persons for harassing and gress leader Rahul Gandhi making objectionable com volved in the murder. it seems it was there that he slammed the U.P. govern ments against his niece. “There has been a lapse hatched the plot,” said Ra ment as he tweeted in Hindi, Nine persons, including and the responsibility has to kesh Mishra, Circle Oﬃcer I, “They promised Ram Raj but main accused Ravi and Sheh be ﬁxed,” said Manish Mis Ghaziabad. delivered Goonda Raj.” noor Mansoor alias Chhotu, hra, Superintendent of Police Furkan Malik, a family Congress spokesperson who had allegedly shot the (City). He said Ravi lived near friend of Joshi who had ac Supriya Shrinate said there journalist with a .315 bore the residence of Joshi’s sister companied him to the police has been a complete collapse countrymade pistol, were ar and the two families had a station on July 16, said, “Even of law and order in U .P. and rested on Tuesday. history of acrimony. “On July a few hours before his mur questioned Chief Minister Yo Joshi’s sister accused Ragh 16, there was a clash between der, Vikram called and told gi Adityanath’s silence on the vendra Singh, the police post the two groups and Ravi’s the police post incharge that recent spate of incidents. incharge of Pratap Vihar group also lodged a counter he could see Ravi’s friends The Samajwadi Party an

Open for business: Vendors at a floating market on the Dal Lake in Srinagar on Wednesday. * NISSAR AHMAD who was suspended on Tues complaint,” said Mr. Mishra. doing a recce of the area.” nounced financial assistance CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC day, of being directly in “Ravi was hospitalised and District Magistrate Ajay of ₹2 lakh for Joshi’s family. ‘Ecommerce sites must state country of origin’ India, China not to use Centre tells Delhi High Court law in place, enforcement rests with States/UTs UAVs at Staff Reporter tions are observed, action is Responding to the peti This relaxation, Snapdeal NEW DELHI taken by the legal metrology tion, Snapdeal said it func explained, was made as the friction points The Centre told the Delhi officials of the State/ UT go tioned as a “marketplace “law does not mandate a dis High Court on Wednesday vernments in accordance based” ecommerce model closure of the country of ori Vijaita Singh that all ecommerce entities, with the law,” it added. in which it only acted as an gin/manufacture/assembly New Delhi including Amazon, Flipkart “intermediary” and merely separately, in case of India The Chinese and Indian ar and Snapdeal, have to en Dent to economy provided its information manufactured goods”. mies have agreed to not sure the mandatory declara The affidavit came in res technology platform to con Snapdeal contended that use unmanned aerial vehi tion of country of origin of ponse to a petition filed by nect thirdparty sellers with in many cases, finished cles at the friction points in imported products sold on advocate Amit Shukla who potential consumers. goods sourced from diffe eastern Ladakh along the their respective sites. said he had done a detailed rent countries are packed Line of Actual Control The Department of Con research of several ecom ‘Data field available’ together or assembled in a (LAC), other than for mu sumer Affairs, in an affidavit, merce entities and found Snapdeal said it had ensured third country, prior to their tually agreed “short time said the law relating to the is that most of them did not that a data field pertaining to shipment to India. periods”. sue was enacted under the mention the country of ori “country of origin” was It could not be simply The confidencebuilding Legal Metrology Act, 2009 gin of products offered on available on its system, presumed that the rules in measure has impacted and the Legal Metrology sale. He argued that the eco which may be filled in by a tended that the last country realtime verification of the (Packaged Commodities) nomy of the nation would seller when creating a new of export alone be declared deescalation process, as Rules, 2011. suffer if the sites continue product listing. However, as the “country of origin”, aerial objects cannot be The department stated the practice. the seller could, at his own unless the law was amended used within 10 km of the that the enforcement of the The court had earlier this risk, choose to leave the or clarified to expressly state faceoff sites, a senior go provisions of the Act and month issued notices to ma field blank as the site had so, it argued. vernment official said. Rules rests with the State jor ecommerce entities on not made it mandatory to Earlier, the two armies and Union Territory govern the contentions raised in the enter data in the designated ‘E-PLATFORMS MUST BE SENSITIVE had agreed to a 30day mo ments. “Whenever viola plea. field. TO DEFENCE CONCERNS’ Ī PAGE 15 ratorium on foot patrolling at all the friction points while they pulled back from their positions. The official said that as of now, they were not engaged in an eyeballtoeyeball con frontation at any of the points, but a continuous verification was required and they were prepared for the long haul. The Corps Commanders of both armies have held four rounds of talks so far — on June 6, 22, 30 and July 14 — to deescalate from the buildup areas in Galwan Valley, GograHot Springs and Finger area along the Pangong Tso (lake). India has demanded that status quo be restored along the unsettled boun dary line.

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Heavy monsoon showers continued to lash the Capital with 67.6 mm of rain recorded between 9 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. at the Safdarjung station on Wednesday. The maximum temperature settled seven degrees below normal at 27.5 degrees Celsius and the minimum settled three degrees below normal at 24 degrees Celsius. Cloudy skies with light to moderate rain is likely to continue over the next few days, the MeT department said in a bulletin. Waterlogging was reported in at least 27 places in south Delhi.

Trees also reportedly fell at 16 places in south Delhi. Commuters were asked to avoid Mahipalpur bypass road and Ashoka Road due to cave-ins caused by heavy rain. * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA, R.V. MOORTHY AND SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR IN BRIEF Punjab’s law plays ‘minimal role’ Residents take to social media Waqf Board asks ASI to inspect damaged mosque NEW DELHI as Gurugram is left inundated The Delhi Waqf Board has written to the Archaeological in spiking Delhi’s pollution: study Heavy rain leads to traffic disruption; bus service hit Survey of India requesting it to study Masjid Mubarak Begum, Special Correspondent gram Traffic Police cau As per the district rainfall which was damaged due to ‘Crop burning contributed nearly 40% of the nearsurface PM2.5 in Delhi in 2016’ GURUGRAM tioned the motorists to avoid report, it rained 22 mm in heavy rain on Sunday. The Jacob Koshy burning 10 days beyond what Heavy rain led to waterlog those roads and use alter Gurugram and 25 mm in Board said it will carry out the NEW DELHI removal of debris on the is currently practised could ging across the Millennium nate roads. neighbouring Manesar till 5 terrace to avoid absorption of Delhi’s meteorology and the be detrimental and coul d City on Wednesday, prompt The city bus service, cur p.m. However, Farrukh Na more water that may lead to quantity of chaff burnt play a lead to an increase in peak ing residents to take to social rently plying on six routes gar block received the maxi further damage. However, it greater role in worsening air particulate matter emissions networking sites to express with a fleet of 68 buses, was mum 38 mm rainfall in the requested ASI’s help in doing quality than the time chosen as well as increase the num their ire and seek help from also hit. district and Pataudi the mi this so that the rubble could by farmers in Punjab to start ber of pollution days, the the authorities. nimum at 15 mm. Sohna re be preserved for research and crop burning, a study argues. paper notes. Several areas, including Demand action ceived rainfall at par with later used for restoration. Crop burning, a tradition “[The role of] legislation Golf Course Road, IFFCO People took to Twitter to Manesar. al practice in Punjab and Ha appears to be minimal, and Chowk, South CityII, Kan seek help. A resident posted Municipal Corporation of ‘Take action against ryana of razing fields off rice indeed can sometimes de hai Chowk, Hanuman pictures of his house with Gurugram Commissioner Vi stainless steel units’ chaff to prepare it for winter crease as well increase air Chowk, Sector 46, Sector 15 the streets completely inun nay Pratap Singh said vehic NEW DELHI sowing, begins around Oc Delaying rice burning 10 days beyond what is currently quality problems depending PartII, Rajiv Nagar, Jwala dated. He said that they felt ular movement on most of Following a plea seeking tober and peaks in Novem practised could be detrimental, the study reveals. on the meteorological condi Mill Road and Palam Vihar like being in a “jail” and de the major roads was smooth action against stainless steel * FILE PHOTO: R.V MOORTHY were left flooded. manded immediate action with only few instances of pickling units operating in ber, coinciding with the with tions of the time,” the auth residential areas leading to drawal of southwest ors note. They con sist of Also, Narsinghpur, the pe from the municipal corpora slowmoving traffic. pollution, the National Green monsoon. chaff burning. As a result, the the number of crop burning scientists from the IITKan rennial waterlogging point tion. “A few residential areas Tribunal has directed the Delhi Subsidies and assured pro pollutants and the particu episodes (gleaned from satel pur; The University of Leices on NH48, and Rampura “Every time it rains, the witnessed some waterlog government and the Delhi curement of rice has led to a late matter from chaff, along lite images) and levels of par ter, The Energy Resources In flyover exit on the highway roads are flooded. All claims ging and issues are being Pollution Control Committee rise in the rice acreage in with other sources of pollu ticulate matter were plugged stitute, Panjab University were inundated. Vatika of the administration saying tackled by staff from the Gu to take appropriate action these States. Coupled with tion in Delhi, which stuck in into a mathematical model, it and Post Graduate Institute Chowk on Sohna Road and that they are prepared for rugram Metropolitan Deve against such industries that increased farm mechanisa the lower atmosphere of the emerged that crop residue for Medical Research, MDI Chowk near Sector 14 the rain falls flat every year,” lopment Authority and are operational in Wazirpur in tion, large quantities of rice IndoGangetic plain, exacer contribution to particulate Chandigarh. also reported waterlogging. said Vivek Sharma, a resi municipal corporation,” said violation of the Master Plan. stubble have increased over bated winter pollution. matter over Delhi, in 2016, “Ultimately, the halting of In a series of tweets, Guru dent of Sector 46. Mr. Singh. the years. However, it has The study, which largely increased only marginally crop residue burning would been pointed out that a relies on mathematical mo (1%) when compared to a hy greatly aid the newly esta Air Quality of Delhi-NCR change in Punjab’s water pol delling and to be published pothetical scenario of crops blished National Clean Air Delhi 59 Gurugram 53 icy in 2009, mandated farm in the peerreviewed Envi being burned 10 days earlier. Programme [NCAP], which Eyewitness in Delhi riots case Ghaziabad 54 Faridabad 70 ers to delay sowing to late ronment Research Letters, Moreover, early burning aims to reduce emi ssions Noida 77 Greater Noida 42 June (to discourage ground finds that crop burning con while reducing particulate from various sectors includ ■ Good ■ Satisfactory ■ Moderate water extraction), led to sow tributed nearly 40% of the matter burning by 20g/m3, ing agricultural residue burn 0-50 51-100 101-200 ...... ing being delayed by an aver nearsurface PM2.5 in Delhi didn’t reduce the number of ing,” the authors note. The gets threatening phone call ■ Poor ■ Very Poor ■ Severe age of 10 days compared to in 2016 — a year that saw one days of significant PM expo NCAP proposes to reduce 201-300 301-400 >400 ...... 20022008. of Delhi’s severest pollution sure in Delhi, which hovered pollution by 2030% in an Air Quality Index at 4 p.m. yesterday (Average of past 24 hours) | Source: CPCB This, consequently, de episodes. around 55 days. But the mo nual PM concentration by School owner’s son lodged complaint on July 4: police layed harvesting and rice However, when data on del showed that delaying rice 2024. SAURABH TRIVEDI to take his case back and New Delhi said that if he did not do so, HC rejects The son of the owner of DRP “then Faisal bhai would see Convent School, which was him, his father and family plea by police AAP gave candidates ₹3.14 cr. for Delhi Assembly polls burnt down during the members... and would des northeast Delhi riots in Fe troy his business”. Staff Reporter Congress, which failed to secure a single seat, declared its expenditure on candidates as ₹12.25 crore bruary, has lodged a com A senior police officer New Delhi plaint stating that he has said that a case was regis The Delhi High Court on Damini Nath cording to an election ex ers the lump sum payments his New Delhi constituency. part election expenditure been threatened to take tered on the basis of the Wednesday rejected a NEW DELHI penditure statement made to candidates through The party gave Okhla MLA statement published on back his case, the police said complaint, and an investiga fresh plea by the police The Aam Aadmi Party, submitted to the Election cash, cheque, demand draft Amanatullah Khan ₹38,720 Tuesday. on Wednesday. tion is under way. seeking cancellation of bail which swept the Delhi As Commission. or fund transfer. for the campaign. The party had contested The complaint was On June 3, Delhi Police granted to Faisal Farooq, sembly elections in Febru In its part election expen Among the payments Meanwhile, the Con 66 seats, with the remaining lodged on July 4 at Dayalpur had filed a chargesheet be principal of Rajdhani Pu ary with 62 out of 70 seats, diture statement, which made by the party were gress, which failed to secure four being contested by the police station. fore a court here in relation blic School, in connection gave its candidates a total of was published on the EC ₹21.22 lakh for Delhi As a single seat in the Delhi As Rashtriya Janata Dal in al In his complaint, the son to the riots in which the with a northeast Delhi ₹3.14 crore for poll expendi website on Wednesday, the sembly Speaker and then sembly for a second consec liance with the Congress. mentioned that on February building of DRP Convent riots case. ture. party declared that it made Shahdara candidate Ram utive term, declared that it The Communist Party of 24 and 25, the school was School was burnt down. The court noted that the payments of ₹3,14,43,764 to Niwas Goel, ₹20 lakh each gave 64 of its candidates India (Marxist) declared in ransacked and later burnt by Faisal Farooq, owner of one petition filed on behalf Poll expenditure candidates for the 70 seats for Deputy Chief Minister ₹12.25 crore in total. its statement that was also rioters, following which a Rajdhani School in Shiv Vi of the State, challenging This amounted from ₹7,100 between January 1 and Fe Manish Sisodia for Patpar published on Tuesday that case was registered by his har locality, was among the the bail granted to Mr. Fa for Madipur candidate Gir bruary 11. ganj constituency and win Per candidate it gave its three candidates father. On July 4 at 10.48 18 arrested, for his alleged rooq, is already pending ish Soni to ₹27.63 lakh for This statement does not ning candidate from Kalkaji The amounts ranged from for Wazirpur, Badarpur and a.m., the son received a call involvement in burning and before the court, the fresh Minister Gopal Rai for Ba include the amount spent Atishi and ₹15 lakh for Chief ₹10 lakh to ₹25 lakh per can Karawal Nagar seats a total from an unknown number. damaging DRP Convent petition is not barpur constituency, ac by the party itself, but cov Minister Arvind Kejriwal for didate, according to the of ₹1.69 lakh. The person threatened him School. maintainable. Gurugram school blocks students Can finalyear Be responsible citizens, exams be held Kejriwal tells students from online classes over dues in MCQ format, ‘Pay back to nation when you grow up’ District administration intervenes; parents to move court HC asks UGC Special Correspondent NEW DELHI Ashok Kumar As per government ed to move court. Staff Reporter GURUGRAM <> New Delhi rules, parents are The overcharging of fees Chief Minister Arvind Kejri Several students of Pathways only supposed to in violation of the State go The Delhi High Court on wal on Wednesday told stu dents that taxpayers’ money World School in Aravali were pay the tuition fee vernment orders has been Wednesday asked the Un on Wednesday blocked from the bone of contention bet is being utilised to fund go during the iversity Grants Commis attending online classes by ween several private schools sion (UGC) to explain if fi vernment schools and mak lockdown the school authorities for not and the parents in the city. nalyear examinations by ing education free and ac clearing their dues. Siddhartha Ghosh Many schools, including pro cessible to all. Hence, it is Parent universities can be con However, district adminis minent ones, have clubbed ducted based on Multiple the responsibility of stu tration intervened to order daughter, a Class 11 student, tuition fee and other charges Choice Questions (MCQ), dents to pay back to their Chief Minister Arvind restoration of classes till the was among those banned. to create a new head, “com open choices, assignments nation when they grow up. Kejriwal interacting with issue is resolved. He said that she came to posite fee”, and are not will and presentations, instead The Chief Minister, along students in Delhi. * PTI The issue pertained to the know about her being ing to share the breakup. of long form exams. with Deputy Chief Minister payment of school fee during blocked when she tried to Gurugram Divisional Com Justice Prathiba M. Singh Manish Sisodia, was inte dren to study, instead want the lockdown period, and log in on Tuesday evening to missioner, Ashok Sangwan, asked the UGC to explain racting with students who them to work and earn mo the parents, in a Facebook check the schedule for next has directed the District Edu the import of its guidelines had done well in their Class ney. “The reality is that it post on ‘Pathways Aravali Pa morning. cation Officer to look into the issued in April, which men 12 CBSE Board examinations was the government’s fai rents’ page, claimed that the He claimed that around matter and ensure that no tioned the type of exami and had been invited to the lure in not ensuring quality school was seeking fee till 400 students were blocked. coercive action was taken nations that can be held by Chief Minister’s residence education to children that December and demanding “It is a matter of princi against the students. a college, for conducting fi with their parents and made lowincome families hidden charges. The Face ples. We want the school to Tripti Singh, administra nalyear exams. teachers. Mr. Kejriwal said, to think that sending them book page also showed a not to charge for the servic tor of “Gurgaon Parents for The HC’s query came “Each one of you have faced to school would be a waste purported communication es, such as transport and Better Education”, a Face while hearing a plea chal a difficult situation but you of time,” Mr. Kejriwal said. between the school princi sports activities, that cannot book forum, said: “If parents lenging Delhi University’s did not give up. By sheer de He said that now that the pal, teachers and the sys be accessed during the lock are willing to pay tuition fees decision to hold open book termination you achieved government schools’ condi tems staff saying that certain down and also provide us as mandated and seek clarifi examination for finalyear such a good result. The re tion has improved in Delhi, students, with list attached, the breakup. As per govern cation on the other fee UG courses which will be in sults are proof of your unde the poor man wants his were not allowed to join ment rules, parents are only heads, they should be able to long form exams. terred efforts and dedica child to study. classes and should not be al supposed to pay the tuition access the information.” The counsel appearing tion towards studies.” Several students narrated lowed to join from other fee during the lockdown,” The Pathways World for the petitioner pointed The Chief Minister added the hardships they faced in means as well. said Mr. Ghosh. The parents’ School administration did out that many universities that a perception had been school and how they over One of the parents, Sidd association president Akshay not respond despite repeat have opted for a creative created that lowincome fa came it to achieve good hartha Ghosh, said his Tripathi said they had decid ed attempts. mode of examination. milies don’t want their chil results. 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Timings DELHI Active cases fall below 15,000 THURSDAY, JUL. 23 Delhi to hold serosurvey every RISE 05:38 SET 19:18 RISE 08:05 SET 21:34 Capital registers 1,227 new COVID19 cases in a single day FRIDAY, JUL. 24 Staff Reporter past six days. RISE 05:39 SET 19:17 month, next one from August 1 New Delhi The number of people ad RISE 09:10 SET 22:13 As many as 1,227 new CO mitted to COVID19 hospitals SATURDAY, JUL. 25 VID19 cases were reported has also been decreasing for RISE 05:40 SET 19:17 More samples will be collected this time around, says Health Minister in Delhi in the past 24 hours, the past 20 days — from RISE 10:14 SET 22:50 Staff Reporter conducted in both contain taking the total to 1,26,323, 5,892 on July 1 to 3,342 on New Delhi ment and noncontainment according to the health bul Wednesday. The number of Delhi Health Minister Sa zones. letin released by the Delhi COVID19 patients in home tyendar Jain on Wednesday He also said that the city is government on Wednesday. isolation has decreased from said the government will yet to attain herd immunity. Also, 29 more deaths 16,703 on July 1 to 7,966. conduct a serological survey “Experts have different were reported in a single The positivity rate, which every month to know the views on this. They say herd day, taking the toll to 3,719. is the percentage of people percentage of people in the immunity is developed Of the total cases, On June 23, new cases had who test positive, has city who have developed an when 40%70% of the popu 1,07,650 people have reco almost touched 4,000 – the dropped from 12.2% on July 1 tibodies against COVID19. lation has recovered from vered and there are now highest so far. Since then the to 6.1%. The number of con The next survey will be COVID19. We have received 14,954 active cases. Active number of new cases has tainment zones has in conducted between August 1 the results for 24% of the cases have been decreasing been dropping and it has creased to 693, compared to and 5. population, and therefore since July 1. been less than 1,500 for the 461 on June 22. Mr. Jain, while addressing we cannot say that in Delhi a press conference, also herd immunity has deve commented on the results of loped within the popula a similar serological survey, tion,” the Minister said. Kejriwal gives ₹1 crore Delhi govt. which was released on Tues He also reiterated that it is day by the Central govern up to the Central govern hiding actual 0 ment. “Yesterday, the result A health worker collects blood samples for a serological ment to declare if there is to kin of ‘corona warrior’ DISCLAIMER: Readers are requested to survey to analyse spread of COVID-19 in Delhi. * FILE PHOTO COVID19 verify and make appropriate enquiries to of the serosurvey came out, community transmission of satisfy themselves about the veracity of an advertisement before responding to and according to it, about the virus in the city. “There Lok Nayak employee died in May any published in this newspaper. THG figures: Cong. PUBLISHING PVT LTD., the Publisher & 24% people, that is a quarter month. From 1st to 5th (Au kits. A positive result means has been a spread (of the vi Owner of this newspaper, does not vouch Special Correspondent for the authenticity of any advertisement of Delhi's total population, gust) and sample will be ta that the person has deve rus) in the community. I or advertiser or for any of the advertiser’s New Delhi products and/or services. In no event can have antibodies. That means ken again for the survey,” he loped antibodies against the have been saying this for the Special Correspondent the Owner, Publisher, Printer, Editor, Dir- ector/s, Employees of this newspaper/ a quarter of Delhi’s popula added. novel coronavirus. last two months. Communi Chief Minister Arvind Kejri NEW DELHI company be held responsible/liable in any manner whatsoever for any claims tion was infected and has re In a serological survey, Mr. Jain said more sam ty spread is a technical term wal on Wednesday met the The Delhi Congress on and/or damages for advertisements in this newspaper. covered. Most of these peo blood samples of random ples than the previous sur and NCDC (National Centre next of kin of 59yearold Wednesday said that the ple didn’t know that they people across different age vey will be collected for the for Disease Control) or Cen Charan Singh, an employee results of the serological were infected,” he said. groups and areas of the city next one. He said the Delhi tral government will have to of Lok Nayak Hospital who survey, which show that al “Now the government has are collected from their government is working on take a decision whether it is succumbed to COVID19 in most 23% of the city’s pop AAP seeks decided that the serosurvey houses and later tested in making a detailed protocol community spread or not,” May. ulation has developed anti will be conducted every labs using antibody testing of the survey, which will be Mr. Jain said. Mr. Kejriwal presented a bodies against COVID19, probe against cheque of ₹1 crore to the fa Arvind Kejriwal comes as no surprise as the mily of the technical super government was not con EDMC Mayor visor who contracted the vi is the least we can do for our ducting enough tests from Councillors seek subsidy at hospitals AAP demands rus and passed away on the Corona warriors [sic],” Mr. the beginning. Staff Reporter heels of his retirement. Kejriwal tweeted. Delhi Congress chief Ch. New Delhi Staff Reporter the corporation, they are states. Tripura CM’s “Met the family of Late In a related development, Anil Kumar said the serolo The AAP on Wednesday New Delhi forced to pay arbitrary rates It proposed that council Sh. Charan Singh ji, who Health Minister Satyendar gy data and actual CO wrote to LG Anil Baijal and Councillors of the North Del for healthcare, the resolu lors be charged similar rates resignation passed away in the course of Jain said Javed Ali, who VID19 data are different as the Central Vigilance Com hi Municipal Corporation tion read. at such labs and hospitals. his Covid duty. He was a worked at a Delhi govern the Delhi government is mission to initiate a probe and their dependants ought In the case of municipal This way the corporation Staff Reporter Technical Supervisor at our ment hospital and died after hiding the actual figures by against East Delhi Munici to be allowed to pay subsi staff and officials, they are will not have to bear any ad New Delhi LNJP Hospital. Delhi govt contracting COVID19, “fudging data”. pal Corporation Mayor Nir dised rates for services at charged rates set by the Cen ditional cost in the form of The Aam Aadmi Party has provided financial assis would be granted similar Mr. Kumar said the sur mal Jain and other officials labs and hospitals empa tral Government Health medical reimbursement as (AAP) on Wednesday de tance of ₹1 cr to his family. It compensation soon. vey conducted by the Delhi of the BJPled civic body for nelled under the civic body, Scheme or the Directorate in the case of municipal staff manded the resignation of government and the awarding an extension of li a House meeting resolved on General Health Services at and officials, it added. Offi Tripura Chief Minister Bi Centre was not fully repre cence to Allena Pvt. Ltd. to Wednesday. certain empanelled hospi cials were instructed to draft plab Deb for calling Punja sentative of the spread of operate slaughterhouses in Since municipal council tals labs, where their bills and implement procedures bis “less brainy” and Jats No one listening to salary the virus in the Capital, Ghazipur. lors and their wards are gi are later reimbursed by the regarding the same at the “less intelligent”. and therefore the result of Alleging corruption in ven no medical benefits via civic body, the resolution earliest. AAP Minister Kailash the study was not an actual the process, AAP Political Gahlot said: “ As a repre woes: Hindu Rao doctors representation of the pan Affairs Committee member sentative of the Jat com demic’s surge. Durgesh Pathak said Mr. munity, I want to make it ‘No response yet from LG’s office’ Blood samples of people Jain had taken a “danger ‘AAP blocked talks on waterlogging’ clear that we condemn in densely populated areas ous decision”. “In 2009, such a regressive state Staff Reporter cognisance of a threat of and many containment the East MCD gave tender Party’s councillors created ruckus, says north body Mayor ment. Before the elections, New Delhi mass resignation by doc zones in the Capital were to Allena to run slaughter the BJP goes to every house Doctors at Hindu Rao Hospi tors, the letter added. not taken, he added. houses. The tender was for Staff Reporter BJP calls for all-party why waterlogging is taking and asks for votes from tal, who have not been paid Doctors have started to 10 years, which ended on New Delhi meeting to tackle issue place, he said. both Punjabi Sikhs and salaries for the last three resign and others plan to ‘50 lakh affected’ August 3, 2019. Within one Aam Aadmi Party councillors NEW DELHI Congress leader Mukesh Jats. But after the elections months, said on Wednesday not renew their contract, “If this sample survey is ex year, the civic body first ex blocked a discussion on de The BJP on Wednesday Goel said that his request to they make such regressive that authorities were not said president of the hospi panded on the assumption tended the tender for six silting of drains in Delhi and demanded an all-party meeting allow discussion over desilt statements.” paying heed despite multi tal’s RDA, Abhimanyu Sar that one among four has to find a solution to the months, then another consequent waterlogging at a ing of drains and COVID19 “On behalf of AAP, I de ple petitions. dana. The nonpayment of been affected by the virus, Capital’s waterlogging problem. three months,” an official House meeting of the North situation was accepted, but mand immediate resigna Last week, the Resident salaries is a violation of Med then effectively nearly 50 North-East Delhi MP Manoj statement read. Delhi Municipal Corporation Tiwari, citing the Centre’s AAP “did not allow the sub tion of Mr. Deb. I also want Doctors’ Association (RDA) ical Council of India norms lakh people in Delhi have Mr. Pathak said the on Wednesday, the BJP and intervention in COVID-19 ject to be raised” leading to a to ask the BJP whether they wrote to the LieutenantGo and a contempt of court, the been affected by the dis Mayor had claimed that the Congress have alleged. situation in the city, said the temporary suspension of the have sent any notice to him vernor, seeking his interven RDA said. It requested that ease,” Mr. Kumar said. EDMC followed due pro Discussions were to be time had come for similar action meeting, despite which dis or taken any action,” he tion in the matter. the issue be resolved and a He added that if the Kej cess in tendering and ex held over waterlogging and to tackle waterlogging. cussions were blocked. added. It pointed out that it had “prompt and efficient” solu riwalled government had tension as there were no the COVID19 situation, but Leader of Opposition Vikas AAP MLA Jarnail Singh “become a trend in North tion be provided. adopted the testtracetreat applicants other than Alle none could take place as a re Goel stated that AAP was not said that Sikh and Jat or civic body hospitals that the Mr. Sardana said no res strategy from the very be na. “AAP has, however, ex sult of a ruckus created by partment, the Public Works opposed to discussions on ganisations across the salaries are not regularised ponse was received a week ginning and improved the posed Mr. Jain’s lie and members of AAP, said Mayor Department, the DSIIDC, and the issues. He added that AAP country are protesting and healthcare workers are after the letter was sent. infrastructure and facilities submitted that three other Jai Prakash. He added that the the civic body. However, lack councillors had protested against the statement and invariably protesting and Sources in the Raj Niwas, in hospitals, the Capital companies along with Alle responsibility to stop water of desilting at most major when a matter brought up by AAP would protest against dissenting”. Earlier, salaries however, said that the mat would not have witnessed na had applied for the ten logging laid with the Irriga drains falling under the Delhi him was not taken up for dis such mindset of the BJP at for March and April were ter has been referred to the over 3,600 deaths and a der,” the statement read. tion and Flood Control De government’s jurisdiction is cussion in the House. every level. credited after courts took authority concerned. huge surge in cases. Uncle, accomplice arrested for trying New data show fewer Delhiites tested for virus IN BRIEF Govt. seizes 133 buses to kidnap 4yearold girl at Shakarpur Till recently, daily test figures in official bulletin comprised city residents plying illegally in city NEW DELHI as well as people from other States whose samples were analysed in Delhi Over 100 private buses that Accused wanted to extort money from girl’s father: police are registered in three SAURABH TRIVEDI Nikhil M Babu separate States and were NEW DELHI New Delhi plying illegally in the Capital were seized by the Delhi A man, who tried to kidnap The actual number of Delhi government over the past his niece, was arrested ites tested daily for CO week. Government sources along with his accomplice VID19 using RTPCR test is said the Transport Department on Wednesday from east lesser than the city govern has seized 133 such buses and Delhi’s Krishna Nagar, the ment’s official daily bulletin is in the process of writing to police said. They are trying data by about 3,000 tests a the respective State Transport to arrest the other accused day, at least in the first 10 Authorities where these who are absconding. days of July, a new set of da vehicles are registered, to The arrested accused ta accessed by The Hindu cancel their permits. “It was were identified as Dheeraj shows. noted that after Unlock 1.0 (26), a resident of Jagatpuri, When asked about the some private operators and Upender, a resident of discrepancy, Health Minis started plying contract

Krishana Nagar, they said. The accused in police custody. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT ter Satyendar Jain said: carriage buses ferrying Upender, the girl’s uncle, “There is an Indian Council passengers to U.P., Rajasthan planned to kidnap her in or nor. However, she saw it Another neighbour parks of Medical Research (ICMR) and Bihar, an official said. der to extort ₹30 lakh to ₹35 and managed to foil the bid his scooter to intercept the website from where we take period. Delhi tested. Last week, af CBNAAT/True NAAT Tests lakh from his brother. Ho and saved her daughter. accused, but they manage the data. They reconciled On July 13, the daily bulle ter requests by the Delhi go conducted today’. wever, his plan was foiled The victims had been to escape. their data and we changed it tin released by the Delhi go vernment, the ICMR by the girl’s mother, a senior conducting recee of the During investigation, the accordingly.” vernment reduced the total opened a new dashboard No mention of switch police officer said. area since last week. They police found that the bike The data on testing in the number of tests done till and started providing the The government never offi The police received a tip have been spotted in a was bearing a fake number daily bulletin till July 12 was date from 7,89,853 to new data which was not cially mentioned the switch off regarding an attempt of CCTV footage , they said. plate. The owner was identi under the heading ‘RTPCR 6,92,845 — a dip of 97,008. available before. The earlier in data. abduction of a fouryearold The entire incident was also fied as Dheeraj through the tests conducted today’. But This is despite the fact that data was also from ICMR,” Though in the earlier set girl at Shakarpur on Tues captured on CCTV cameras chassis and engine num it was actually the total over 12,000 tests were done an official source said. of data the number of tests day. After reaching the spot, installed near the spot and bers. “Dheeraj was arrested number of tests done by go as per the bulletin on July 13. The ICMR dashboard is included people from oth they found a bike and a bag the clip went viral on social from Jagatpuri,” DCP (East) vernment and private labs The only explanation gi not accessible to the public. ers States, the number of containing a countrymade media. Jasmeet Singh said. in Delhi, which had samples ven was: “As per the recon The official added that after positive results mentioned pistol with four live car In the video, the woman During interrogation, of people from outside the ciled data of ICMR for Del weeding out results from in the bulletin were only for tridges that were left behind is seen trying to free her Dheeraj said Upender had city as well. This was never hi”. But official sources told other States, it was found people of Delhi. This means by the accused. daughter. She pushes the hatched the plan. Upender disclosed in the bulletin. The Hindu that it was due to that the total number of that the positivity (positive The police said that the bike rider, following which had promised Dheeraj ₹1 The new set of data for Ju switching to the new set of tests in Delhi was 6.92 lakh. results divided by total tests) accused first came to the the bike falls on the ground lakh. At his instance, Upen ly 110, which gives the num data. Also, all the 97,008 From July 13, the Delhi go calculated using the earlier girl’s house around 4 p.m. and the pillion rider starts der was arrested, the DCP ber of Delhiites tested using tests were RTPCR tests. vernment started providing set of data was less than the and asked for some water. running. Later, the rider said. RTPCR, is less by an average “Earlier, the data given the new set of data in its dai actual positivity rate. So, When the girl’s mother speeds away with his two Upender told the police of 3,000 every day com [in official bulletin] was of ly bulletin, which is the total more people were testing went inside to bring water, wheeler. A neighbour is also that he is in debt and that pared to the official daily tests done by labs in Delhi. number of Delhiites tested, positive per 100 tests done they tried to abduct the mi seen chasing the accused. his brother is quite welloff. bulletin data for the same The new data is of people of under the heading ‘RTPCR/ than thought before. Published by N. Ravi at Kasturi Buildings, 859 & 860, Anna Salai, Chennai-600002 and Printed by S. Ramanujam at HT Media Ltd. Plot No. 8, Udyog Vihar, Greater Noida Distt. Gautam Budh Nagar, U.P. 201306, on behalf of THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD., Chennai-600002. Editor: Suresh Nambath (Responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act). Regd. DL(ND)-11/6110/2006-07-08 ● RNI No. UPENG/2012/49940 ● ISSN 0971 - 751X ● Vol. 10 ● No. 175

DELHI THE HINDU 4 NORTH & EAST THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE No public events to mark Six-day lockdown in Kashmir Remains of mother and IDay in M.P. this year daughter found in house Decision in view of pandemic: govt. Valley to stem COVID-19 spread Woman’s livein partner absconding Staff Reporter ducted only by government Special Correspondent Bhopal didn’t give any credible officials at district and tehsil Agriculture, horticulture and construction activities will continue, say officials Ghaziabad answer. So I lodged a com The Madhya Pradesh go level. No public celebra The mortal remains of a plaint with the Meerut pol vernment on Wednesday tions, including school func Peerzada Ashiq over the past 24 hours in mother and her daughter ice on April 15 but no action decided against organising tions and parades, will be Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir,” the of were recovered from the was taken.” any public celebrations to organised,” he said. As Jammu and Kashmir’s CO ficials said, adding all the Meerut residence of her live She said it was only after mark the Independence Day VID19 cases crossed the deaths took place in the in partner almost four the intervention of a local this year in view of the CO Insurance increased 15,000 mark, the adminis Valley. months after they myste Bajrang Dal leader that the VID19 pandemic. Further, Mr. Mishra in tration on Wednesday decid The death toll of coronavi riously disappeared, police police registered an FIR and The decision was taken at formed that the insurance ed to reimpose a strict lock rusinfected persons in the said. The accused Shamshad Shamshad was detained. In a Cabinet meeting, said for safai karamcharis had down across the Valley up to Union Territory has now ri alias Dilshad who allegedly the FIR, Chanchal alleged Home Minister Narottam been increased. “In case of July 27. sen to 273 — 253 in the Valley killed and buried them is that Shamshad lured Priya Mishra. “Celebrations will natural death, it has been in A government spokesper and 20 in the Jammu region, absconding. on a social media site with be held at one location in creased to ₹1 lakh from son announced “a complete the officials said. The case came to light be the fictitious name of Amit Bhopal where the Chief Mi ₹50,000. And in case of lockdown in all the red dis cause of the relentless pur Gurjar and she shifted to nister and the Council of Mi death owing to accidents tricts, excluding Bandipora, 453 new cases suit of deceased Priya’s Kanshi Ram Colony in Mee nisters will take part,” Mr. the amount has been in of the Kashmir division from The Union Territory record friend Chanchal. Originally rut with him. Mishra said. creased to ₹2 lakh from ₹1 today [Wednesday] evening ed 453 new COVID19 cases from Ghaziabad, Priya and Superintendent of Police “Flag hoisting will be con lakh,” he said. till 6 a.m. of July 27”. during the past 24 hours, her daughter lived as a te (City) Akhilesh Kumar Singh He added that activities they said. nant in the house of Chan said, “On Tuesday, investiga EDUCATIONAL related to agriculture, horti A J&K policeman donating blood plasma in Srinagar on The cases detected on chal’s father in Modinagar tion revealed that Shamshad culture and construction will Wednesday. * NISSAR AHMAD Wednesday included 33 per after her divorce and since had possibly buried Priya continue in accordance with sons who had returned to then they were in touch. and her daughter in one of the DMRR guidelines. Health Ministry figures on 6,540 in the UT. The highest the UT recently, they said. In the FIR, Chanchal said the rooms at his residence. “The movement of goods Wednesday, the number of single day spike was on Mon The officials said Srinagar that she was in touch with We dug out the bodies and EDUCATIONAL carriers, LPG and oil tankers cases in Jammu and Kashmir day when 751 cases were re district recorded the highest Priya over phone till March their DNA test would be [are] to continue unhin has risen to 15,711, up from corded. of 165 new cases, followed by 28. “After that she was un done.” dered,” he added. 7,497 on June 30. The Valley “Ten persons, who were 62 in Kulgam district. reachable. I called up Sham “The accused will be ar According to the Union has 5,263 active cases of the COVID19 positive, have died (With PTI inputs) shad many times but he rested soon,” said Mr. Singh.

Omar Rashid father was hit with sharp LUCKNOW weapons and that the ac Five persons accused of cused men, who were from hacking to death an Army his neighbourhood, also as jawan’s father in a village in saulted the women in the Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi house. were arrested on Wednes DSP Piyoosh Kant Rai day, police said. said five out of the six The arrests were made af named accused were arrest ter a video of jawan Surya ed and the weapons used in Prakash Mishra, seen crying the crime, three lathis and next to a stretcher bearing one iron rod, were his dead father, was widely recovered. shared on social media. On July 21 evening, the ‘No major dispute’ accused persons barged in Mr. Rai said there was no to the residence of the Mis major dispute between the hras in Shukulpur Thengah two sides. village in Sangrampur and They had a dispute over allegedly assaulted Surya spattering of water when a Prakash’s father Rajendra wall in Mishra house was Prasad and also damaged a undergoing plaster work, motorcycle and water pipes said the officer. lying there, police said. However, Surya Prakash OBITUARY & REMEMBRANCE Rajendra died on the way said that the police had to hospital, they added. failed to take action when Surya Prakash, who was informed during previous DEATH Villagers move with their cattle to a safer place from a floodaffected area in Gopalganj, Bihar, on Wednesday. * PTI not at home then, said his disputes. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Tripura BJP Furore over arrest of Punjab govt. approves project vice-chief tests positive Assam antiCAA activist for water supply to two cities It’s witchhunting, say student bodies Syed Sajjad Ali Agartala SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT the case of Aligarh Muslim World Bank will finance 70% of the canalbased initiative The headquarters of the GUWAHATI University Sharjeel Usmani Tripura BJP was sanitised Students’ organisations in in Uttar Pradesh. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ment at $7.6 million , it on Wednesday after its Assam have slammed the ar CHANDIGARH added. State vicepresident Ram rest of antiCitizenship ‘Fake information’ The Punjab Cabinet on Wed The Punjab government Pada Jamatia tested positive (Amendment) Act (CAA) acti “The Assam police appre nesday approved a US had, in June 2018, through for COVID19. Party’s State vist and Gauhati University hended Dipjyoti Gogoi for $285.71 million project for the Government of India’s general secretary Tinku Roy student Dipjyoti Gogoi for creating fake information. A canalbased water supply Department of Economic said that whoever came in posting on social media a case has been registered un for Amritsar and Ludhiana Affairs (DEA), requested the contact with Mr. Jamatia re fake floodrelated fund rais der the Crime Branch police cities under World Bank World Bank to support Pun cently would undergo a ing appeal in the name of station,” a statement from financing. jab for implementing 24X7 DEATH ANNIVERSARIES swab test. Chief Minister Sarbananda the State government said on “The International Bank canalbased water supply Chief Minister Biplab Ku Sonowal. July 21. It added that he had for Reconstruction and De projects in Amritsar and mar Deb confirmed that the But antiCAA groups been booked under relevant velopment (IBRD) would fi Ludhiana. 63yearold leader had test claimed he was caught for al sections of the Indian Penal nance $200 million (70%) CM Amarinder Singh. ed positive for the virus. Mr. legedly reciting an antigo Code and the Information and Punjab government Land pooling policy Jamatia’s wife and two per vernment poem on social Technology Act. $85.71 million (30%) as per include strengthening ur The statement said to make sonal security guards were media. The poem had refe Gauhati University organi the proposal mooted by the ban water supply service the land pooling policy also infected, Mr. Deb in rences to peasant leader and sations and Students’ Federa local government depart management with a total more attractive for those formed in a tweet. antiCAA activist Akhil Gogoi. tion of India slammed Mr. ment,” said an official state cost of $11.61 million, im giving up their property vo All of them were lodged Friends and members of Gogoi’s arrest and said the ment, adding that the deci proving water supply infras luntarily for development at a COVID19 Care Centre Mr. Gogoi’s family in eastern BJPled State government sion to this effect was taken tructure at $240.38 million, projects, the government in Agartala. Assam’s Demow said he was was indulging in witchhunt in the Cabinet meeting besides land acquisition and has decided to give addition Ram Pada Jamatia has whisked away in a white veh ing against all those who chaired by Chief Minister rehabilitation at a cost of al land as compensation to been the first politician of icle around 8 p.m. on July 20. have taken part in the anti Amarinder Singh held $15.62 million, COVID crisis such persons, while coming the State to contract CO The way he went “missing” CAA movement on one pre through videoconferencing. response to the tune of $10 out with a similar new poli VID19. He was elected from for some time was likened to text or the other. The project components million and project manage cy for the industrial sector. Bagma (ST) constituency in Gomati district in the 2018 Assembly election. The COVID19 tally in the NGT questions Ministry, OIL on drilling in national park State has soared to 3,349 with 254 new cases detect ed on Tuesday. Health de Appeal against environment clearance for the project was filed by two Assambased conservationists partment officials said in fection figures were rising Rahul Karmakar Assambased conservation ment (EIA) Notification of had clarified that its explo abled drilling of wells up to a as they have increased the GUWAHATI ists Bimal Gogoi and Mridu 2006. ratory drilling project was depth of approximately 4 km number of daily tests, in The National Green Tribunal Paban Phukan against the en The petitioners contented “under” and not “in” the 765 from an existing well plinth cluding antigen tests, (NGT) has directed the Envi vironment clearance to OIL that the EIA report grossly sq km DibruSaikhowa Na without entering the protect across the State. ronment Ministry, Oil India on May 11 for drilling in the undermined the risk by stat tional Park. ed area, OIL officials said. Limited (OIL) and two other DibruSaikhowa National ing that the threat due to “OIL had obtained permis “Drilling will take place at entities to explain how the Park in violation of a Su “blowout” was “negligible”. sion for the seven wells in an average of more than 1.5 proposed drilling of seven oil preme Court order of Sep The NGT noted that the re 2016 on the basis of the so km outside the demarcated wells in an eastern Assam na tember 2017. port “only considered the phisticated ERD [extended area of the national park tional park was permitted. The NGT’s Eastern Zone blowout risk applicable to the reach drilling] technology where OIL already is carrying The other two respondents Bench, comprising Justice U.S. and did not give data that will enable us to explore out hydrocarbon exploration are the Assam State Pollution S.P. Wangdi and expert mem from India in general”. hydrocarbon deposits hori since the last 15 years,” the Control Board and the Assam ber Nagin Nada, also took zontally, from beyond the na spokesperson said. State Biodiversity Board. note of the petitioners’ con Baghjan accident tional park,” an OIL spokes On July 20, the NGT or The NGT has given the En tention that OIL did not carry The petitioners also said OIL person said. dered the formation of a com vironment Ministry, OIL and out a biodiversity assessment suppressed the recent blo The ERD was extensively mittee to probe allegations of the others 30 days’ time from study for the sevenwell ex wout of Baghjan Well No. 5 used to intersect hydrocar largescale illegal coal mining the date when the order was ploratory drilling project be that resulted in massive irrep bon targets far from the sur by the North Eastern Coal issued. sides not conducting a public arable injury to the environ face or areas of the reservoir fields inside Dehing Patkai The NGT directive on July hearing as mandated by the ment and the people of the that otherwise were difficult Elephant Reserve in Assam’s 20 was based on a petition by Environment Impact Assess surrounding villages. to access. 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Weather Watch MVA, Oppn. lock horns Outfit demands life insurance Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday over GR on meetings cover for Pune’s waste pickers Payment of ₹10 per property covered during lockdown sought Officials barred from attending meetings called by LoPs Shoumojit Banerjee recycling companies and Alok Deshpande seems to have scared the Pune scrap shops had shut down Mumbai Uddhav Thackeray govern In the wake of the novel co as well, reducing waste pick The ruling Maha Vikas Agha ment and therefore such an ronavirus pandemic, the ci ers’ incomes by more than di (MVA) government and tidemocratic decision has tybased Kagad Kach Kachra 50% during this period. Yet, opposition Bharatiya Janata been taken,” said BJP spo Panchayat (KKKP) — an out they have ensured that the Party (BJP) have locked kesperson Keshav Upadhye. fit fighting for the rights of doortodoor waste collec horns over the State’s recent waste collectors — has de tion continues smoothly,” directions to district admi Unfounded, says Cong. manded that the 7,500 Poornima Chikarmane, co nistration and officials say The Congress, on the other waste pickers working with founder, KKKP, said. ing it was not mandatory for hand, hit out at the BJP’s in the Pune Municipal Cor As per the contract bet them to attend meetings criticism calling it as “un poration (PMC) limits be ween the PMC and SWaCH (a called by Leaders of Opposi founded claims”. provided with a life insu A waste collector in Pune. cooperative of selfemployed tion in the State legislature. “It seems the BJP has not rance cover of ₹2 lakh each * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT waste collectors), waste pick Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 17.00 Hrs) In a government resolu Sachin Sawant realised that they are no lon for death due to natural ers servicing the declared Forecast for Thursday: Heavy/very heavy rainfall likely at isol tion (GR) issued on Tuesday, ger in power. It was the De causes or accident. and has reported more than slums of Pune are given a ated places over Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tripura, Bihar, the State government stated, Parliament or State Legisla vendra Fadnavis govern “Waste pickers who have 1,000 fatalities till date. slum subsidy of ₹10 per pro Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, “Ministers in the govern ture members.” ment, which on March 11, died after April 1, and are not The KKKP said the PMC perty per month. The ba central Maharashtra, Konkan & Goa, Telangana, south interior ment have the powers to su 2016 and August 29, 2018 covered under such an insu must compensate the waste lance user fees are to be paid Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal and Kerala pervise and call a meeting of ‘Murder of democracy’ had issued directions to offi rance scheme should be co collectors with ₹10 per pro by the resident citizens. city rain max min city rain max min Agartala...... 60.3....32.0....25.1 Kozhikode...... —....32.6....26.0 concerned officials and issue The Opposition BJP on Wed cials to not attend the meet vered directly from the PMC’s perty covered by them dur “However, as the lock Ahmedabad...... 0.3....38.2....27.1 Kurnool ...... —....34.2....26.4 them directions and orders. nesday reacted strongly to ings called by Opposition budget,” a KKKP activist said. ing the three months of the down caused many slum Aizawl...... 12....22.8....18.7 Lucknow...... 9....35.1....25.0 However, no such powers this decision calling it “mur parties. Was that decision The outfit further de lockdown. dwellers to lose their jobs, Allahabad...... 2....35.3....26.4 Madurai...... —....35.2....26.1 Bengaluru ...... —....31.0....22.0 Mangaluru ...... —....31.9....24.1 are given to nongovern der of democracy”. “Both not antidemocratic?” asked manded that the Pune civic “Waste pickers engaged in they in turn have been un Bhopal ...... —....33.5....24.3 Mumbai ...... —....32.8....26.2 ment members such as Devendra Fadnavis and Pra Congress spokesperson Sa body’s funds left over from doortodoor collection de able to meet these user fees Bhubaneswar...... —....31.8....24.3 Mysuru ...... —....31.5....20.8 the discontinuation of the pend on the citizens’ user payments to waste pickers. Chandigarh ...... 8.2....31.5....24.3 New Delhi ...... 30.2....27.5....24.0 Leader of Opposition of vin Darekar have been tour chin Sawant. Chennai ...... —....34.9....28.0 Patna ...... 1.4....34.8....25.6 State Assembly or Council ing the entire State and ex The former Chief Minis Centre’s Aam Aadmi Bima fees and sale of scrap such as Given that the ongoing eco Coimbatore ...... —....33.8....24.0 Port Blair...... —....30.8....25.7 despite being given the sta posing the reality of ter, he added, should have Yojana life insurance premi paper, plastic, metal, and nomic crisis will continue Dehradun...... 0.3....27.5....21.6 Puducherry ...... —....34.2....26.8 Gangtok...... 19....21.7....17.2 Pune...... —....32.6....23.6 tus of a minister.” government administration known the directions issued um till January 2018, be util glass for their income and for a while, waste pickers Goa...... 8.4....31.2....25.3 Raipur ...... 9.2....33.0....24.5 It categorically stated through their visits to hospi by his own government. “Ac ised to compensate the kin of sustenance. With the lock servicing declared, unde Guwahati ...... 2.8....30.0....25.3 Ranchi...... 11.4....28.8....22.5 that, “Therefore it is not ex tals. While it was expected tually, a showcause notice waste pickers who have died down of all shops, markets, clared slums and SRAs must Hubballi...... —....29.0....22.0 Shillong...... 58.6....22.1....18.4 Hyderabad ...... —....33.3....24.7 Shimla...... 1.8....26.6....17.1 pected for the officials to at from the ministers to tour should be served to him to during the pandemic period. and commercial areas, they be provided an incentive of Imphal ...... 3.2....30.9....22.1 Srinagar...... —....22.8....11.6 tend the meetings or tours the State to know the reality, ask him how he violated Pune city, whose total case received no scrap or user ₹30 per household per Jaipur ...... 0.1....33.5....26.0 Thiruvananthapuram...... 2....31.5....24.8 called by the nongovern their work is being done by rules framed by his own go tally has surged to 40,000, fees from these, despite be month over a sixmonth pe Kochi ...... 0.2....31.0....25.4 Tiruchi...... —....36.1....25.6 Kohima ...... 1.2....24.0....18.4 Vijayawada ...... —....33.8....26.6 ment members, Members of Opposition leaders. This vernment,” Mr. Sawant said. has over 15,000 active cases ing at work every day. The riod,” Ms. Chikarmane said. Kolkata ...... 30.2....31.3....25.0 Visakhapatnam ...... —....32.5....28.0 (Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius) Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday

CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE Sheena murder: Shyamvar Rai’s bail plea rejected Antigen test must from today Ahmedabad..... 17 .38 .19 ....52 ...39 ....* Bengaluru ...... 11 .21 .40 ....54 ...59 ....* In observation made at * 4.00 p.m., Ballabgarh, Sonam Saigal Chennai ...... 4 .11 .97 ....57 .....— .... Haryana recorded an overall Khar police under the Arms rything that transpired on Mr. Rai had recorded his * Mumbai for people arriving in Goa Delhi ...... 20 .37 153 ....65 .....— .... air quality index (AQI) score Act in August 2015, which April 24 and 25, 2012, when confessional statements un Hyderabad ...... 7 .53 .14 ....16 ...26 ....* of 116 indicating a The special Central Bureau led to discovery of a new ele Sheena was murdered, and der Section 164 (recording of Press Trust of India Kolkata...... 12 ..— .23 ....70 ...77 ....* moderate level of pollution. nesday at Mangor Hill, which * In contrast, Hubballi, Panaji Lucknow...... 2 .20 .54 ....44 .....— .... Karnataka recorded a of Investigation (CBI) court ment in the murder case her body was dumped and confessions and statements was declared a containment Mumbai ...... 59 .18 ...5 ....23 ...39 ....* healthy AQI score of 19 on Wednesday rejected the wherein he had acted as an burnt in Raigad, 120km before a magistrate) of the People arriving in Goa from zone last month after a spike Pune...... 26 ...9 .53 ....24 ...24 ....* interim medical bail plea eyewitness to the crime. On south of Mumbai. Code of Criminal Procedure Thursday will have to un in COVID19 cases. Visakhapatnam 14 .43 .32 ....28 ...61 ....* filed by Shyamvar Rai, ac May 11, 2016, Mr. Rai, main He had told investigators on November 16, 2016, which dergo rapid antigen tests, The Chief Minister said if Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI) cusedturnedapprover in accused Indrani Mukerjea’s that Ms. Mukerjea had con revealed how Ms. Mukerjea SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, Chief Minister Pramod Sa a family tests positive, but its making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air the Sheena Bora murder driver and coaccused in the ducted a reconnaissance to and he had done a Skype call want said after a State Cabi members are asymptomatic, particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues case. Mr. Rai, lodged at Talo case, had sought pardon dump Sheena’s body in Rai to plan the killing of not only net meeting on Wednesday. they will be allowed to re and monuments. NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by ja Central Jail, has sought an from the court and pleaded gad district on April 23, Sheena but also her brother Mr. Sawant said the fast main in home quarantine. reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. interim medical bill for 45 to be made an approver in 2012, and had returned to Mekhail. His statements mi diagnostic testing, which is So far, people arriving in CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to days through email, citing the case. book a room for her exhus nutely described the day suitable for pointofcare Goa were subjected to swab critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. that there is a risk to con He had in his statement band Sanjeev Khanna, also Sheena was murdered and testing that directly detects testing and had to be in qua PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, tract COVID19. first to the Khar police and an accused in the case, at what role Mr. Khanna did the presence or absence of rantine in Staterun facilities nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced He was arrested by the later to the CBI revealed eve Hotel Hilltop in Worli. play in the end result. an antigen, began on Wed till their reports arrived. lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and premature death in people with heart or lung disease IN BRIEF CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Two booked Matter of survival Saltloving bacteria turned Sahil Seth now honorary for setting adviser for BRICS CCI Lonar lake pink: report MUMBAI guard on fire Sahil Seth, Deputy Press Trust of India Since it [Haloarchaea] pro Commissioner of Mumbai Pune duces a pink pigment, it Raina Assainar Customs, has been appointed The colour of water in Lonar formed a pink colour mat on Navi Mumbai as an honorary adviser to the lake in Maharashtra’s Buld the water surface.” The Khandeshwar police steering committee for the hana district turned pink Dr. Dhakephalkar and are on the lookout for two BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) young due to a large presence of other researchers have pre men who allegedly tried to leaders for the period 2020 the saltloving Haloarchaea pared a detailed report of kill a security guard at a car 2023. The role is on a microbes, according to a stu their findings and sent it to to shed by setting him ablaze. voluntary basis, and no dy by a Punebased institute. the forest department, An attempt to murder financials are involved, thus “Haloarchaea or halophil which will submit it before case was registered by the making it a no/zero ic archaea is a bacteria cul the Nagpur Bench of the mother of the victim, Devi remuneration appointment. ture, which produces pink Bombay High Court. Dr. Dha das Ugavle (30), on Tues “I am extremely happy to be pigment, and found in water kephalkar said the absence day evening. appointed as an honorary saturated with salt,” Dr. of rain, less human interfe “According to the com advisor and to represent my Prashant Dhakephalkar, di rence and high temperature plainant, her son works country. BRICS CCI young rector of Agharkar Research could have resulted in the with a private firm and was leaders is a welcome step in Institute, said. Last month, evaporation of water, in deployed by a contractor motivating the youth across the State forest department creasing salinity and pH le who is constructing a car the country,” said Mr. Seth, a informed the Bombay High vels in the lake. shed for the Railways near 2011 batch Indian Revenue Court it had collected water The report also concluded Tembode village in Panvel Service officer. samples and sent them for that the change in colour taluka. The car shed is testing to Agharkar Research was not permanent. “We al around two km from Tem Ecstasy drug worth Institute and the National lowed the sample water to bode, adjacent to a vast over ₹14 lakh seized Environmental Engineering stand still for some time and field,” senior police inspec AHMEDABAD Research Institute in Nagpur. found the biomass settle at tor Shyam Shinde said. The customs department has Dr. Dhakephalkar said, the bottom. The water then Around 10.30 p.m. on seized 639 pills of party drug “Initially, we thought it was became clear and transpa Monday, while Mr. Ugavle ecstasy worth ₹14.7 lakh from because of the redpigment rent. So, it was the biomass was stationed at the spot, two parcels that arrived at ed Dunaliella algae. But of these microbes that two men with torch fires at Foreign Post Office in while studying the samples, turned the surface of the wa tempted to trespass to Ahmedabad, an official said Desperate measure: Hair and beauty salon owners hold scissors and locks as a symbolic protest to show that their business is * we found a large Haloar ter red or pink,” Dr. Dhake reach the field where they on Wednesday. The still under lockdown even after the government allowed them to function with restrictions. VIVEK BENDRE psychotropic drug was CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC chaea population in the lake. phalkar said. wanted to catch crabs. concealed in boxes containing books that had arrived at the FPO in Shahibaug area recently, the Ahmedabad Appoint govt. servants as gram Aortic valve replacement surgery saves farmer’s life Customs said in a statement. Customs officials received a Lalatendu Mishra was a difficult task as the pa tipoff that the drug was Mumbai tient was critical and was not being transported by post, panchayat administrator: HC In a firstofitskind emergen fit for a CT scan that was following which the parcels cy transcatheter aortic valve needed to find the exact size were examined on Tuesday, it replacement (TAVR) proce of the valve. was stated. PTI ‘No reason why local authority officers should not be first choice’ dure conducted at Sir HN Re “In this patient’s case, liance Foundation Hospital, luckily he had undergone 93yearold spiritual Sonam Saigal dated July 13 and 14 issued opposed any interim order doctors have saved the life of angiography a week before, leader to deliver lecture Mumbai by the State Rural Develop and stated that administra a 62yearold farmer from which further helped them MUMBAI The Bombay High Court on ment Department respec tion of panchayats would be Navi Mumbai, who was in judging the exact type and Swami A. Parthasarathy, the Wednesday passed an inte tively. The GRs and ordi hampered if an administra brought with heart failure. size of the previously im 93yearold spiritual leader, rim order directing that a go nance were challenged on tor is not appointed. The special type of TAVR, planted valve and place the will deliver his first online vernment servant or officer various grounds and relate The court held, “because which is valveinvalve pro Vitthal Kadam with doctors at Sir HN Reliance Foundation request for the appropriate discourse on July 26 in what of the local authority be ap to the appointment of priv of the pandemic, elections cedure, was performed with Hospital. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT valve for him. The valve was would be a delayed Guru pointed as an administrator ate individuals as adminis are not being held and if ad in four hours of the patient’s delivered by the manufac Purnima lecture to his for nearly 15,000 gram pan trators of gram panchayats. ministrator is not appointed, relatives and doctors agreed gasping for breath. “Initial leakage and narrowing of turers within two hours,” followers. The live webcast chayats where the terms of Senior advocates Milind the working of the gram pan for the procedure, which is assessment showed he had the artificial tissue valve hospital officials said. about ‘Personal Rehabilitation these officers have ended or Sathe and Pralhad Paranjpe chayat will be affected.” also a record in itself, hospi very low blood pressure, no which was put in his heart In the hourlong proce – From Concern to would be ending. appearing for Mr. Hulawale The court said, “We see tal authorities said. urine output, and swelling six years ago through an dure, cardiologists implant Composure’, will be TAVR is a planned/elec all over the body, suggestive open heart surgery,” he said. ed a new valve inside the transmitted live across the A Division Bench of Justic and others, pleaded that no no reason why government globe. The onehour session es Nitin Jamdar and Abhay administrator, at least no servants or officers from the tive procedure and it takes a of severe heart failure. He However, the patient was previously implanted valve by the founder of Vedanta Ahuja was hearing two peti private person, be appoint local authorities should not few days to organise this, was immediately put on mul considered to be extremely which had failed, through World will focus on helping tions — one filed by Vilas D. ed. Mr. Sathe argued that the be the first choice for the which involves a battery of tiple medicines to support high risk for an redo valve arteries of the groin and individuals deal better with Kunjir and others; the other appointments of private ad State. As an interim mea diagnostic tests, CT scans, his dropping blood pressure replacement surgery be without opening the chest. the pandemic. During his by Pradeep Shivaram Hula ministrators is not warrant sure, the administrator to be planning by a team of doc levels and dialysis,” a person cause of his critical condi The patient’s heart failure sevendecade journey as a wale and others — concern ed in law and will have a last appointed under the ordi tors, and deciding on right familiar with the case said. tion and previous open improved and all his param spiritual devotee, ing the Maharashtra Village ing adverse impact on the nance and resolutions, size of the valve. “The medical team was heart surgery. Medical team eters stabilised soon after Parthasarathy has authored 12 Panchayat (Amendment) Or local governance. should be a government ser The patient, identified as sure that he needed an ur then suggested the TAVR the procedure. Mr. Kadam books. Devotees can register dinance, 2020, and the go AdvocateGeneral Ashu vant or an officer from the Vitthal Kadam, was brought gent valve replacement sur procedure as a better op was discharged from the for the session online. vernment resolutions (GRs) tosh Kumbhakoni however, local authority.” in on June 20 evening while gery as there was a severe tion. The planning of TAVR hospital on July 4.

DELHI THE HINDU 6 EDITORIAL THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Statues as deeply contested heritage Preserving or removing a person’s statue must rely on shared judgment of his contribution to collective life say, in narratives, music or perfor ing with artists, philosophers, his flective Mahatma and not Mohan mances but also tangible, mate torians, architects and alert das Karamchand Gandhi, the pa rially embodied in monuments guardians of cultural memory? rochial, upper caste Gujarati or Justice, slow but sure and statues. Not a valueneutral Didn’t public discussion yield a the barrister loyal to the British Conviction of police for passing off murder as term, ‘heritage’ is saturated with fine decision in the 1960s to re Empire. Those who want to de ethical evaluation, a judg ment of move George V from under the Im molish his statues are simply going an ‘encounter’ is welcome, though delayed Rajeev Bhargava what is worth remembering and perial canopy near India Gate but by an early fragment of his life that t is not often that policemen involved in shooting pe preserving. Conversely, it pushes leave it empty, a gentle reminder he himself disowned with great ef ople dead and seeking to cover up the incident as an some features of our history into that monarchs and dictators have fort. There can be nothing more armed encounter are convicted for murder. The ver cross the globe, people in the background, fit for forgetting no place in our republic? absurd or tragic. Imagine a statue I large numbers have been or dispassionate historical reflec of Valmiki torn down because of dict of the Sessions Court in Mathura sentencing 11 pol Aseen toppling statues that tion. Integral to the construction The Mahatma and Mohandas his perceived criminal past! Ima ice personnel, including a DSP, to life for murdering Ra stood as icons of their past oppres of heritage then is an assessment Take the example of Gandhi’s sta gine further the fate of statues of ja Man Singh, the head of the princely state of sion and continuing humiliation. of what must be remembered and tues on account of their obvious all great men of the past on the

Bharatpur in Rajasthan, and two of his associates, in The most recent example is the forgotten, what calls for respect AP global significance, complexity sole ground that they fail the ‘pa 1985, is one such rare instance. While welcoming this tearing down in Bristol, U.K., of and celebration and what is a those who were formerly enslaved and, since they are surrounded by triarchy test’. Who in the past rare blow for accountability and justice, it is inevitable the statue of Edward Colston, a ‘stain’ remembered only to be pre or colonis ed? Likewise, in socie controversy, their current rele would pass it? Not Marx, the revo that one must lament the tardiness of the criminal jus slave owner. Not long ago, statues vented in future, an object of re ties where caste hierarchies vance. Some strongly feel that the lutionary, not Ambedkar, our of imperial rulers were removed in curring regret that it happened at abound, the continual denial of Mahatma must be off the pedestal greatest Dalit leader, not Mandela tice system. Even accounting for the usual or expected India too. Once considered herit all, mourned publicly. Raj Ghat is public recognition to Dalit sym because of his alleged collusion or Martin Luther King, icons of delay in prosecuting police personnel, the 35 years that age, symbols of a past to be cele not only a place where we remem bols leads to demands of greater with the E mpire, more so for his Black struggles, nor I am afraid, all it took for the case to complete the trial stage is further brated, they are now viewed as ber Gandhi but also where we inclusion of their heritage. And racism. Assume the worst. Shall the male gods worshipped by ma evidence that justice moves in slow motion in this coun best erased from public memory. mourn his assassination by one of when after struggles for recogni we then allow the violent removal ny. The general lesson to be drawn try. There are several longdelayed trials that spanned Not surprising, because herit his own countrymen. Heritage is a tion, Ambedkar’s statues finally of his statues? Now, Gandhi was is this: a decision to preserve or re generations. The trial of the men who assassinated Rail age is almost always contested. It way of addressing and rectifying make their way into public spaces, neither born a Mahatma nor be move statues cannot be based on way Minister L.N. Mishra in January 1975 ended in con is not naturally given but what hu past wrongs. The Holocaust me why would they, indeed we, not be came one overnight. He began life current stereotypes of historical fi mans imagine and construct. morial in Berlin and Washington’s outraged if an Ambedkar statue is as a very ordinary man, a child of gures or narrow standards of polit viction in 2014, a good 39 years later. The Hashimpura What we call ‘heritage’ is not eve Vietnam memorial are both ges vandalised? his social milieu with straightfor ical correctness that highlight a case, in which nearly 40 Muslims were massacred in rything we happen to inherit from tures towards reparation, monu ward middleclass aspirations. It is general flaw characteristic of an 1987, ended with an en masse acquittal in 2015, but the our ancestors. It necessarily in ments of public apology. Inescapably public easy to imagine him inheriting entire era but must instead rely on Delhi High Court restored some faith in the judicial pro volves a selection of what we pre For the rest, I confine myself to in caste prejudices in his childhood complex, collective judgment of a cess by slapping lifelong prison terms on 16 men three sently consider significant in this Reactions in diverse societies escapably public statues — not hid and, after arrival in London to stu person’s overall contribution to years later. While convictions in heinous crimes oug ht inheritance. Every society decides In complex, stratified, and diverse den away, or installed in special dy law, imbibing the prejudices of social, political and intellectual to be welcomed regardless of the long delay, those a d what is and isn’t heritage. Since ev societies, the part of history that is parks and museums with restrict his colonial masters, to see himself life. Gandhi, in my view, passes ery collective decision involves selfaffirming to some can be a ed access, but installed in public as close to educated British elites this test. Colston or Cecil Rhodes ministering criminal law will have to explain how far politics, the construction of herit source of selfdenial to others. The squares, at crossroads, unavoida than to Indian peasants or the ‘un do not. We must carefully avoid finding old and infirm people guilty after letting the m age too is deeply political, a field of same thing which provides recog bly open for all to see. Who then touchables’, and when in Johan anachronism in our judgments of enjoy decades of impunity really serves the cause of power not among ruling elites nition and pride to some ignites decides what will be on such pu nesburg, to the oppressed black the past. justice. Fortunately, the delay did not affect the out alone but all people whose con misrecognition and shame in oth blic display and why? As differenc community. come in this case, but it does not mean there is no truth cern it is. ers, be offensive, hurtful and dis es are inevitable, as indeed are at The real question worth ad Bring some statues up in the old axiom that delay amounts to denial of justice. respectful. Even when it does no tempts to influence and pressur e dressing is whether he continued At a time when statues are being The electiontime murder of Raja Man Singh at Deeg The past in the present such thing, it may simply not key decision makers, how should living this way, consolidating his brought down, why not talk of on February 21, 1985, was initially sought to be pas sed Why care for heritage? Because it speak to them. Public display of such collective judgments be racist and casteist views or strug bringing some up? I am puzzled by contributes to and enhances our the heritage of only a few is a reached? How must differences be gled to jettison these prejudices. our persistent obsession with pol off as an ‘encounter’. The previous day, the titular head, collective selfunderstanding. Her source of profound estrangement prevented from turning into inter Not just superficially, but by con itical power, even when used for a seventime independent legislator, had apparently felt itage affirms our collective identi and exclusion for others. Heritage minable disputes, even violence? fronting his deepest self, the kind good purpose. Why is there no insulted on hearing that his family flag had been dam ty, is a source of pride. It is impor is often linked to cultural domina To see statues of oppressors being of bad person he had been and movement to erect statues of M.S. aged by Congress supporters. In a fit of rage, he dro ve tant also because it is that part of tion that invites resistance. It fol torn down is understandable but then transforming it into someth Subbulakshmi, Kumar Gandharva, his jeep into the stage put up for then Congress Chief history which is continuously lows that heritage is that which why reach that tipping point? Why ing altogether different. By all ac or Begum Akhtar for their massive Minister Shiv Charan Mathur’s rally, and went on to brought to life by artefacts, inte brings comfort or unease, to not decide what to do with them counts, Gandhi struggled with his contribution to our cultural herit damage a helicopter used by the Chief Minister. The grated with our lived collective ex which people are either attracted after collective deliberation demons all his life and eventually age? Won’t it be most appropriate perience. It is a part of the past or repulsed. Wherever symbolic among all stakeholders? Why became the Mahatma that he was to have a statue of Mohammad Ra next day, as the Raja was on his way to surrender, his that we live and with which we power is unevenly distributed, ar leave heritage, a matter of long — a global figure of immense ethi fi or Kishore Kumar in busy public jeep was surrounded by a party led by the DSP and oth live. And because it directly touch tefacts that manifest this accumu lasting importance, solely to elect cal significance, admired by his ad squares near metro stations or bus ers. Eyewitnesses said they fired at the vehicle’s o ccu es identity, it evokes strong feel lated power provoke passionate ed governments that come and go? versaries, inspiring great men like terminals? pants, killing Man Singh and his two elderly associates. ings. disputation. Is it surprising then While politics around heritage is Martin Luther King, even Nelson Later, top police officials admitted the former ruler was Heritage construction involves that a statue of a slaveowner or unavoidable, is it not best to have Mandela. The statues erected glo Rajeev Bhargava is Professor, Centre for not armed. The then Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, ethics too. It is the valued past of member of the imperial ruling dialogue, consultation, delibera bally honour and celebrate the the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), asked Chief Minister Mathur to step down. The investi societies: intangible, preserved elite provokes indignation among tion among people at large, includ struggle embodied by this selfre Delhi gation was transferred to the Central Bureau of Investi gation. Later, the Supreme Court shifted the trial to Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. It may not be known if Con Set up a High Court for Puducherry gress leaders conspired with the police, but the inci dent remains a blot on the party’s record in the 1980s. The administration must highlight the need to streamline expenses, the case volume and constitutional rights as factors one State, administrative expenses merely because other litigants are practising in the Court having ju Another front have to be paid only from the con not benefitted, especially when risdiction. For instance, on De solidated fund of the ‘State’ in the Constitution permits Pudu cember 12, 2019, Meerut MP Rajen India and Bhutan must have complete which the principal seat of the cherry to have its own High Court dra Agarwal pointed out in the Lok understanding on dealing with China’s claims High Court is situated. However, under Article 241. Sabha that “the U.P. Government this provision is breached with res had recommended a bench in 1955 or the third time since early June, China on Tues Nirmalkumar Mohandoss pect to Puducherry which shares Aiding Statehood demand but it’s the HC lawyers who always day repeated its claim that Bhutan’s eastern boun the disproportionately exorbitant A High Court for Puducherry will exert pressure not to allow the dary was a “disputed” area with Bhutan. Its first expenses with Tamil Nadu. On the also strengthen voices seeking bench in Western UP”. Unlike

F GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO claim was at a UNDPled Global Environment Facility n 1962, when Puducherry was other hand, administrative ex Statehood. The Constitution ena Meerut, the advantage that Pudu conference on June 23, when the Chinese representa merged with India, the jurisdic penses of a High Court at the Un (with High Courts) put together . bled establishment of a legislature cherry enjoys is that the Constitu tion of the Madras High Court ion Territory shall be drawn from Therefore, the size of population and Council of Ministers for cer tion enables Parliament to esta tive tried to stop funding for the Sakteng forest reserve I was extended to it. After several the ‘Consolidated fund of India’ and territory is irrelevant. Bigger tain Union Territories with the in blish separate High Courts in in Bhutan’s eastern district of Trashigang, which abuts decades, in 2017, the Puducherry under the Constitution. States have more judges and staff, tent of providing them Statehood Union Territories. Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang district. The claim was legislature unanimously resolved A Puducherry High Court, with smaller States have lesser num gradually. Out of the seven Union In March 2016, the Government surprising for several reasons: China has not object ed to have its own High Court, and four to five judges, can ensure bers of these. Territories originally placed under of India had suggested to the wri earlier to funding provided to the sanctuary at the GEF. the Madras High Court was in quick action on pendency of mat The data collected by this writer Article 239A, all except Puducher ter that the establishment of a Second, the Trashigang area does not share a boundary formed on July 7, 2017 . Prior to ters of the High Court matters, at show that in terms of the number ry were granted Statehood by High Court will be taken up if the with China. Finally, whatever the origins of the cla im, this, in April 2017, the Pondicherry least at Puducherry. In the All In- of cases filed in 2010, the figures 1989. Most Union Territories un Puducherry government proposes Bar Association also passed a reso dia Judges Association And Others are: Sikkim (1,117), Manipur (637), der 239A at least had B enches of the idea. However, the decision of Chinese officials have not raised the eastern boundary lution seeking establishment of vs Union Of India (Uoi) And Ors. , Goa (4,984) and Puducherry High Courts when they attained the Puducherry legislature has still in 24 rounds of talks with Bhutan , that began in 1984. the High Court. the Supreme Court observed that (24,159). In terms of the number of Statehood. Tripura, Manipur, not been conveyed to the Central Thus far, talks have been only about the Pasamlung and In August 2019, while address the “time has now come for pro cases decided, the numbers are: Meghalaya had Benches of the government. Jakarlung valleys in Bhutan’s north, and Doklam and ing a Statelevel conference on le tecting one of the pillars of the Sikkim (1,174), Manipur (495), Goa Gauhati High Court before they got Interestingly, though the 2017 other pasturelands to the west, that come up to the tri gal services and Motor Accident Constitution, namely, the judicial (3,646) and Puducherry (24,336). their own High Courts. Interesting resolution of the legislature seeks junction point with India. On Wednesday, China re Mediation Cells, Puducherry Chief system, by directing increase, in Similarly, the memorandum ly, the Delhi High Court was esta a High Court, authorities have on ferred to a “package solution” for the dispute, that is be Minister V. Narayanasamy said the first instance, in the Judge provided by the All India Bar Asso blished in 1966 before Delhi got its multiple occasions spoken of esta lieved to refer to an offer made in the 1990s to swap the that “a Bench of the Madras High strength from the existing ratio of ciation to the Chief Minister in legislature in 1993. blishing a B ench of the Madras Court at Puducherry on the lines 10.5 or 13 per 10 lakhs people to 50 2017 shows that the number of cas Even a Bench of the Madras High Court. There is a popular no northern and western areas, something Bhutan reject of the one set up in Madurai” wasa Judges for 10 lakh people”. This es disposed from Puducherry High Court as against a separate tion that the establishment of a ed given India’s concerns. Bhutan’s response at the felt need and sought the support was also discussed in the Law (28,631 cases) is three times more High Court at Puducherry is unfa Bench of High Court is easier and start was to reject China’s claim at the GEF, and it was of judges of the Supreme Court. Commission of India Report titled than the number of cases (9,031 vourable because: Puducherry economical as against the reality able to secure the funding. Subsequently the Bhutanese ‘Arrears and Backlog: Creating Ad cases) disposed by four High will still have to share the expenses pointed out in this article. There Embassy in Delhi served a démarche to the Chinese Sound reasons ditional Judicial (wo)manpower’, Courts (Tripura, Manipur, Megha of such a large High Court; judges fore, the territorial administration Embassy (Bhutan does not have diplomatic relations So, why should there be the need in 2014. laya and Sikkim) put together in might not prefer shuttling bet should have clarity on this point. with China), but the Chinese MFA repeated the claim in for a High Court at Puducherry? However as of 2016, the ratio is 2016. ween Benches at Chennai, Pudu The Puducherry g overnment The Puducherry g overnment only 12 judges for one million pop The presence of the Constitu cherry and Madurai frequently; should now form a committee to early July, and then again this week. Bhutan has now spends exorbitant sums of money ulation. This ratio at Puducherry tional Court in the capital city acts the protests against the setting up prepare a comprehensive report appeared to take a sober view of China’s claims by say towards expenses of the large High can be increased if a separate High as a check on the executive and le of the Madurai Bench a decade ago and a draft Bill backing its propo ing that all disputes would be taken up in the next Court. With not much of a popula Court with four to five judges is es gislature. Even the exercise of safe should be borne in mind. In fact, sal and forward it to the Central round of ChinaBhutan talks. Talks — the last round was tion, this amount can be reduced tablished. guarding fundamental rights in the presidential order establishing government. In this the nominat in 2016 — have been put off due to the Doklam standoff to less than a quarter of the volves travel, time and expenses. the Bench was challenged before ed Lieutenant Governor and the in 2017, elections in 2018, and the pandemic this year. amount spent with a much smaller A data comparison Several people often cite that liti the Madras High Court in 2004, elected Chief Minister must work Despite Beijing’s repeated statements on the boun High Court for Puducherry. The number of cases filed and dis gants from western districts travel just before commissioning the in tandem. In fact, according to the Consti posed of at Puducherry in 2010 is the long distance to Chennai. It de work; demand for a B ench of the dary issue, both Thimphu and New Delhi have chosen tution, when a common High four times higher than the num fies logic why litigants from Pudu High Court has always been met Nirmalkumar Mohandoss is an advocate not to react in a rash manner. For Bhutan, the Chinese Court is established for more than bers at Sikkim, Manipur and Goa cherry need not be benefitted with stiff resistance from the Bar practising at the Madras High Court claim may be seen as a pressure tactic: an attempt to hurry the scheduling of the next meeting, or to gain lev LETTERS TO THE EDITOR erage in the boundary talks. For India, that is already Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. dealing with Chinese aggression across the Line of A c To read more letters tual Control, the Sakteng claim could be a diversionary Wheels of justice be undone even if the “political power grows out aggression. If China does ignominy on us. As common online, scan the QR code tactic, or one aimed at driving a wedge between India As I read the report, “35 judiciary pronounces a of the barrel of a gun” and not hesitate to use its “wolf military logic dictates, based and Bhutan. More significantly, by claiming Bhutan’s years on, 11 policemen verdict. Judicial China respects power, be it warrior” diplomacy, India on the terrain, force levels on attrition warfare, making eastern boundary, China is attempting to double down convicted of royal’s killing” reformation is the urgent economic, military or should shed its timid and equipment profile in the full use of Surveillance and (Page 1, July 22), I was left need of the hour. Time technology. It is interesting outlook, which till now has areas concerned, most of the Target Acquisition (SATA) on its claims over Arunachal Pradesh, neither of which confused — on whether to bound trials depending that the writer (Editorial reinforced Beijing’s view actions will be at a tactical and fire power resources it has lien on or control of. The repetition of its “pack rejoice or deplore the upon the gravity of the page, “The main planks in a that India can be coerced to level and with very little available to the Indian Army age” offer is worrying as it implies that Beijing is not giv verdict or the situation. In crime and filling judicial counterChina policy”, July accept its point of view. scope for manoeuvre by and the Indian Air Force. ing up its push for the Doklam plateau, where it has India, many cases are vacancies are some steps 22) suggests recognising the H.N. Ramakrishna, mechanised forces. Jatinder Singh, consolidated its military infrastructure and would l ike getting prolonged and that are needed. relevance of the Dalai Bengaluru Therefore, the stress will be Chandigarh to inch towards India’s Chumbi valley, a strategically unduly delayed in courts M.B. Madhusudanan, Lama. Surprisingly, India Chennai ■ corrections & clarifications: sensitive location. No matter what Beijing’s designs are for years and years. As a has gone neutral on the I am disheartened, as a result, those guilty, Dalai Lama and should now retired major general, by the The graphic that accompanied a frontpage story titled “720 behind its new claims in Bhutan, New Delhi and Thim more test positive in [Kerala] State” (July 22, 2020, some editions) including those in authority Countering China harness the global goodwill former NSA suggesting the phu must stay the course, with the close cooperation erroneously gave the percentages corresponding to the active and who are vested in devising As a rising Asian power, that the spiritual leader use of “subtler tools” of recovered cases respectively as 49.9 and 49.7. The correct figures and complete understanding they have shared for de and implementing policy India should be more commands. He could play a power by India. China are : Active 57.6% and Recovered42.1%.

cades, in order to respond to them purposively. decisions, go scot free. The assertive in its dealings with role in our soft diplomacy defeated us comprehensively The Readers’ Editor’s office can be contacted by Telephone: +91-44-28418297/28576300; damage they cause cannot China. It was Mao who said in highlighting Chinese in 1962 and has now heaped E-mail:[email protected]

THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 OPED 7 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Are people in J&K citizens or subjects? Puncturing a culture of silence India needs a pro-Constitution, pro-facts, pro-inclusivity It’s nearly a year since they have had 4G Internet and the Supreme Court has done little to enforce its writ Gandhi Project analogous to the Lincoln Project in the U.S. cine, and to the courts, and how — dia and a strong Opposition, in India, Modi without it — the people of J&K were worship remains widespread. The Opposi placed at a signiﬁcant disadvantage tion is weak and much of the media is with compared to the rest of the country. out a spine. Meanwhile, the BJP social media The Supreme Court gave a ruling fake news factory is alive and well. And a wi on May 11. Once again, it dodged the despread fear of even asking questions of the Gautam Bhatia issue before it. Quite opposed to de Atul K. Thakur & Abhimanyu Chandra government, let alone criticising it, remains. & Suhrith Parthasarathy ciding on the validity of the govern The Lincoln Project’s key achievement ment’s actions and its impact on has been to have punctured the Republican rights, the Court wound up creating For a long time, a deﬁning question of the Party’s silence and servility around Mr. The Internet is often spoken about as a new threemember special commit Trump presidency was whether, and when, Trump. It showed that Republicans could, a great equaliser. Its evolution was tee headed by the Union Home Se Republicans would speak up against Presi and should, critique Mr. Trump, as well as meant to herald a more equal socie cretary — an exercise wholly outside dent Donald Trump’s disregard for women, his blind political lackeys. ty. But the ravages wrought by CO the legal framework — to take stock of the constitution, the armed forces, racial jus VID19 have taught us that the web is things. The irony here speaks for it tice, facts, and much else. Formed by a Distinctly Indian

also capable of creating new and NISSAR AHMAD self. The executive that was responsi group of stalwart Republicans in December If the need in the U.S. for something such as more insidious barriers to basic ble for restricting access to the Inter 2019, ‘The Lincoln Project’ is the most pro the Lincoln Project was great, the need in In goods. Across the world, despite the rism. The blockade though, imposed tion placed on the web must be ne net in the first place was now tasked minent of the cracks in the Republican Party dia is only greater. Such an initiative would structural hurdles to access, the In as it was indiscriminately on the cessary and proportionate to the goal with reviewing its own actions. so far. It seeks to “Defeat President Trump need to be distinctly Indian. Through videos, ternet has become indispensable to whole region, was challenged in the that the State seeks to achieve. This But there’s more irony to come. and Trumpism at the ballot box.” Its foun advertisements and events, it should chal human freedom. School children Supreme Court, in Anuradha Bhasin meant that the government now had More than two months have passed ders are opposed not just to Mr. Trump, but lenge the culture of silence and servility. It take their lessons online, businesses v. Union of India (2020). to produce the orders on the basis of since the judgment, but, at least os to his cult following: of people living in fear should infuse more facts and accountability cannot work without accessing the The petitioner there made two which it was shutting down the Inter tensibly, no committee has been that if they speak, he might tweet against in public debate: accountability, for in web, our courts have moved virtual, primary arguments. First, she point net. But promising as this might have formed. And 4G Internet remains them and they might lose their Senate or stance, for the skirmish with China, for the and even our leisure is inextricably ed out that the government had re looked at first blush, the Court did banned. Early in June, the petitioner House seat. The Lincoln Project’s founders failure to forecast the migrant workers’ chal bound by the system. fused to make public its orders block not hold the government accounta again moved the Court, this time also seek to challenge the larger culture of lenge, for the Pulwama attack, for the misery What this has also meant is that ing the Internet. This, she said, ble. It simply didn’t test the blockade seeking to hold the government in disregard for the constitution, of exclusion, caused by demonetisation. It should aim to those without access to the Internet violated a basic tenet of the rule of on the touchstone of the very consti contempt. After more than a month, of cruelty that has come with Mr. Trump. break the pattern of liberals finding them have suffered more than others. The law: that people have a right to know tutional principles that it said were the petition finally came up for hear Through videos such as ‘Truth’, ‘Betrayed’, selves largely only responding to the BJP, pandemic has shown us a smidgenof why their freedoms have been con applicable. Instead, it ordered a ing. In it, the government claimed ‘Shrinking’ and ‘Making China Great Again’, rather than setting the terms of the debate. It just how reprehensible the digital di strained. Second — and more sub weekly review by a committee set up that it had, in fact, constituted a com The Lincoln Project has achieved a prized should draw in average Indians, operating in vide is. There was a report, for exam stantively — she argued that empiri under the Temporary Suspension of mittee whose decision, it said, it was goal: getting under Mr. Trump’s skin. He has multiple languages. It should call out the ple, of a student taking her own life, cal evidence demonstrated that Telecom Services Rules, 2017. ready to deliver in a “sealed enve tweeted against them, as a result only contri misinformation, the Goebbelsian tactics, the because of a lack of access to online there was no link between shutting The aftermath of the judgment lope” to the Court. But even assum buting to their reach and fundraising. They “alternative truths”, the false narrative set school. Therefore, a staunching of down the Internet and the state’s ob brought about some alleviative mea ing this exercise has indeed been car now have 1.5 million followers on Twitter. ting such as around the antiCAA protests the gateways to the web invariably jective of protecting security. In sures. The prohibitory orders were ried out, it still runs in the teeth of The U.S.’s problems are different from In fostered by the BJP and its IT cell. It need not strikes at the dignity of individuals. deed, available materials pointed the published, although a perusal of the judgment in Anuradha Bhasin , dia’s, the Republican Party’s flaws are not necessarily be an antiBJP effort; but it must other way: that the Internet was a va those showed that the reasons re which demands a publication of or the same as those of the BJP, and Mr. Trump be profacts, proaccountability, proinclu A complete ban, and a challenge luable tool that could be used to mained brief and cryptic (and some ders restricting Internet access. and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are diffe sivity, proConstitution. It should aim to Yet, the government feels no com counter the spread of incendiary ru times contradictory). In time, a few rent figures. Yet, there are similarities: the broaden the sphere of debate in India . Such punction in doing precisely just this mours and fake news. Moreover, the websites, through a process of “whi Transformation of basic rights majoritarianism, the misinformation, the an initiative must operate with the support in Jammu and Kashmir ( J&K). Since government had at its disposal less telisting”, were made available for By the time the case comes up for weakening of institutions. India needs an of a broad base. The Gandhi Project should August 4 last year, people in the re restrictive options, such as the black access. But the rest of the Internet hearing again, the government is ex analogous initiative: ‘The Gandhi Project’. build on the path shown by the peaceful gion have not had access to 4G Inter listing of specific websites and target was still out of bounds. Eventually, a pected to file an affidavit explaining modes of antiCAA protests. Some such ef net. The authorities see the restric ed surveillance measures. It is un few months after the verdict, 2G In itself. But what the Court surely must Hope and reality forts have emerged, but they need to be tion, which was placed in the leadup clear if these alternatives were even ternet alone was restored. But even now see is that the Internet restric In 2014 and 2019, many voters chose the BJP broadened and become more resourced, so to the dilution of Article 370 of the considered. Thus, the petitioner the onset of the pandemic, which has tions in J&K are fast approaching and Mr. Modi hoping for economic growth, phisticated, and scaled. The Gandhi Project Constitution, as unassailable. But by claimed that there was no justifica shown us just how instrumental the their first anniversary. Not only has strong national security and robust foreign might, for instance, bring together the Rash all means — even by the Supreme tion for a blanket Internet shutdown Internet is in accessing critical servic its intervention thus far been ener policy. As it stands, the economy is on the tra Manch founded by Yashwant Sinha, Baat Court’s own concession — a complete that impacted a territory of eight mil es, didn’t lead to a lifting of the ban vated, in that it has failed to answer downslide; unemployment is high; national Bihar Ki led by Prashant Kishor, Constitu ban of this kind is disproportionate. lion people, a vast majority of whom on 4G. the constitutional questions at stake, security is imperilled amidst the clash with tional Conduct led by retired civil servants. It impinges on the liberty of an entire had nothing to do with terrorism. In response, a second challenge but even the few directions that it has China, issues with Bangladesh, and cross Like Lincoln, Gandhi was not a perfect fi populace. Yet the Court has done lit It took the Supreme Court five was mounted in the Supreme Court, issued have not been complied with. border terror from Pakistan; and foreign re gure. But like Lincoln in the U.S., Gandhi re tle to enforce its writ, to do what the months to rule on this petition. All this time by the Foundation for Me In the process, basic rights have been lations with some of India’s closest allies, mains a rallying symbol in India. The Lincoln Constitution demands of it: act as an the while, the blockade continued dia Professionals. This petition point transformed into government lar such as Nepal, are in tatters. Many of these Project has framed the option before Ameri independent check on majoritarian unabated. And when the decision ed out that it had been eight months gesse. The question that the Court problems were evident before the pandem cans as one between America and Mr. power. did come, on January 10, 2020, it did since the web was restricted in J&K, must now ask itself is, therefore, this: ic, but the government’s blundering res Trump. The Gandhi Project can pose the To begin with, this move to res little to mitigate the damage. The and now the combination of the pan are the people of J&K subjects to be ponse to the pandemic made matters worse. choice before Indians as that between consti trict 4G Internet in the region was Court no doubt held that the ability demic and a lockdown had made In ruled over, or are they citizens who A lot of BJP and Mr. Modi’s supporters re tutionalism and anticonstitutionalism, bet part of an array of measures limiting to access the web had an instrumen ternet deprivation even more uncon possess rights against the State? mained steadfast behind the party and the ween Gandhi and Godse. communications and movement. tal bearing on a number of other fun scionable. Specific evidence was leader for years . Gradually, some former These moves were made ostensibly damental rights, including the rights placed before the Court to show how Gautam Bhatia is a Delhibased lawyer and supporters began to criticise him. Even so, Atul K Thakur is a Delhibased policy professional and out of a concern for national securi to free speech and freedom of busi 4G Internet was indispensable for Suhrith Parthasarathy is an advocate while in the U.S. criticism of Mr. Trump’s ma columnist; Abhimanyu Chandra is a PhD student at ty, with the aim of thwarting terro ness; and that therefore any limita adequate access to education, medi practising at the Madras High Court ny failed policies is robust, by way of the me the University of Chicago

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If this is indeed the universal The vast majority of people in the rural higher education during the pan reality, why should we bestow so areas live in huts of mud and thatch, though demic revolves around homebased much importance on a syllabus? Why in villages near the bigger cities, houses of learning — more specifically, the tools is there such enormous pressure on brick and mortar have made their appea to deliver homebased learning. The the higher education system to com rance. The traditional materials have certain merits and demerits of plete every bit of that sylla advantages, being cool in summer and online learning and, in bus within a prescribed warm in the cold season, and even the some measures, of time? And why do we take prosperous farmer prefers to invest his mo broadcastbased learn such massive efforts to eval ney in land or farm machinery rather than in ing, are being debated. uate students’ knowledge of buildings. Mud houses cannot, however, be There is a sense of that syllabus through ex easily electrified or provided with modern heightened anxiousness ams? Why not completely household appliances or good furniture. and urgency to find solu reevaluate the syllabus ev They enforce the simple life on the occu tions to tide over the pan ery now and then? Why not pant. 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In 1957, the Government an instead of getting bogged down by evaluation too can be a mix of regular nounced that cheap loans for building or re the challenges of identifying the best assignments, performance in the in constructing houses in the villages would be solutions to provide an inclusive and ternship as rated both by the indus provided upto a maximum of Rs. 3,000. The affordable homebased education, try and the college, and a light, Union Minister for Housing, Mr. K. K. Shah, we can think of the enormous possi homebased proctored exam. The has pointed out at the conference of the bilities presented by the pandemic to time saved in attending regular class State Ministers at Jaipur that, during the past the education sector. es in the institution can be compen twelve years, only 43,500 houses had come sated for by spending time on the de up with the help of these loans. This is a very Ideal learning outcomes velopment of skills and prosocial poor performance in view of the enormous There are three ideal learning out attitudes and values that will help the backlog which runs into millions. comes of higher education. The first student lead an enriching life. This is to provide knowledge in the rele component can again be a guided A HUNDRED YEARS AGO JULY 23, 1920 vant discipline to the students. Se teaching process using videos, films cond, since higher education stu and books. Mr. Gandhi’s movement dents are on the verge of joining the (From an editorial) workforce, it is expected that their A big opportunity education will also impart them with India is uniquely positioned in the In his address as President of the Bellary Dis the skills needed for their jobs/enter world today to benefit from its demo trict Conference, Mr. V.P. Madhava Row, prises. Finally, students are expected graphic dividend. Yet, in many con C.I.R., whose reputation as a successful ad to play a constructive role in shaping texts, it has been pointed out that this ministrator and shrewd observer of men and the society and the world at large us dividend can actually turn into a lia matters lends considerable weight to his ing the values and ideals of a mod bility since those in the population views, pictures, with becoming sense of res ern, progressive society; the teach bracket that are ready to join the ponsibility and gravity, the serious crisis inglearning process is expected to workforce have practically no skills which has been developed in the country by mould their character accordingly. or knowledge that add to their em the bankruptcy of British statesmanship and We should reflect on how many of ployability. The higher education the failure of British justice. The whittling India’s higher learning institutions, sector has multiple stakeholders (and down of the Reform Scheme, shadowy as it and the students within them, are multiple vested interests). In normal was even at the inception, the betrayal of the able to fulfil any or all of these ideal times, maintaining the status quo or Punjab, the mishandling of the Khilafat learning outcomes. The reality is that implementing incremental and mar question, and the threat of repression — all apart from a handful of institutions in ginal reforms was all one could hope these are factors in the situation which leave the technology, management and lib for. The pandemic has opened the us nothing but despair. Mr. Montagu’s state eral arts streams, and a small number doors for ushering in massive, bold ment in the Commons regarding Mr. Gand of extremely selfmotivated students, and transformational reforms. As hi’s movement practically holds out to us the a vast majority of other students just John Lewis said, “If not now, then threat of repression in case noncoopera meander through college and ac when?” tion is adopted. But, unfortunately, much as quire a degree. the public would like not to resort to it if they That there is a huge gulf between Jayesh Ranjan is an IAS officer in the could help it, there is no other remedy open the curriculum taught in the colleges Telangana government and the officiating to the country to make its opinion effectively and actual job requirements is un ViceChancellor of the Jawaharlal Nehru felt; and Government cannot ignore this as iversally known. It is common to hear Technology University, Hyderabad. Views are pect of the question when they think of even the brightest of students men personal blindly resorting to repression. 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Speaker’s plea today Special Correspondent ruvananthapuram, where tests and 19,535 rapid anti Thiruvananthapuram community transmission gen tests. In a steady progression of High Court’s interim order Kerala reported a markedly was declared earlier, 208 of events on Wednesday, granting extended time to high 1,038 new COVID19 cas 226 cases (92%) reported on 5,849 new cases in T.N. Speaker C.P. Joshi’s office Mr. Pilot and the other es on Wednesday, taking the Wednesday were attributed Tamil Nadu recorded its filed the special leave peti MLAs to file their replies to State’s total case load to to local transmission, with 15 highest singleday number of tion in the apex court, the July 14 antidefection 15,032. Intense community having no epidemiological COVID19 cases with 5,849 through advocate Sunil Fer notices amounted to viola transmission across all dis link. persons testing positive on nandes, three minutes to tion of Article 212 (courts tricts was cited as the likely The district had the high Wednesday. This took the noon on Wednesday and not to inquire into the pro cause. Five more COVID19 est load with 2,421 cases. State’s overall tally to within a day of the High ceedings of the legislature). deaths were reported in the With 272 recoveries, there 1,86,492 even as 4,910 more Court order. Shortly after “The notice dated July 14 State. were 8,818 patients undergo persons were discharged af the petition was filed, senior is a proceeding in the House Approximately 80% of the ing treatment in the State. ter treatment and 74 persons advocate Kapil Sibal, while and immune from judicial Total recoveries were 6,164. succumbed to the infection. appearing in another case, interference at that stage. Mr. Vijayan said that of the This is the first time that happened to complain to The notice was only limited active patients in hospitals, the daily count of COVID19 Chief Justice of India (CJI) to inviting comments from 53 were in ICUs and nine pa crossed 5,000 in the State. Sharad A. Bobde about the the Respondents [Mr. Pilot cases – 839 out of the 1,038 – tients on ventilators. Chennai accounted for 1,171 lack of a proper mechanism and other MLAs] and there were locally acquired infec The State death toll was of the fresh coronavirus in to mention cases for urgent was nothing adverse against tions. In 57 cases, the source 45. fections. hearing in the current vir them at that stage. A notice of infection could not be With 55 new deaths due to Of the 74 deaths, 21 per tual court system. He said is much prior to any final de established. COVID19 in Karnataka on sons died in Chennai. his team had been trying termination or decision on Till July 20, COVID19 pos Wednesday, the total toll The State’s toll increased hard, but without success, disqualification. The pro itive tests among health touched 1,525. to 3,144 as another 444 to mention the Rajasthan ceedings, including the not workers stood at 267, Chief The number of new cases While there was a 706% in 65 deaths and 6,045 cases on covery rate of 49.65%. deaths were notified based Speaker’s case for an early ice, are in the realm of the Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was 4,764, taking the total crease in positive cases, Wednesday. The tally Active cases were 31,763. on the Death Reconciliation hearing. legislative proceedings un said. number of cases in the State there was a 969% increase in jumped to 64,713 and toll to For the first time, 49,553 Committee‘s report. The CJI told Mr. Sibal that der Paragraph 6(2) of the On Wednesday, 24 health to 75,833. There was a huge deaths compared to June 22. 823. Also, 6,553 patients samples were tested in a day. (With inputs from Benga- he would apprise the court Tenth Schedule,” the Speak care workers tested positive, spike in cases and deaths Andhra Pradesh saw a big were discharged, making up Of these, 30,018 were RT luru, Vijayawada and Chen- Registry and see if the case er’s office argued. 18 in the capital city. In Thi compared to a month ago. rise in cases and deaths, at 32,127 recoveries, with a re PCR, TrueNat and NACO nai bureaus) could be put up before a It said judicial review of Bench. By evening, the case an ongoing antidefection was listed before Justice Mis proceedings was limited. IN BRIEF hra’s Bench. Kihoto Hollohan case ED launches probe into gold smuggling case ‘Lakshman Rekha’ The petition referred to the The petition said the High Constitution Bench judg Court crossed the “Laksh ment of the top court in the Air Cargo shipments were addressed to the UAE consulate in Kerala; financial trail to be pursued man Rekha” by asking the Kihoto Hollohan case in Speaker to put off his deci 1992 in this context. Special Correspondent kg of gold since July 2019. Ac former employee of the UAE sion on the disqualification “Judicial review cannot NEW DELHI cording to the NIA, K.T. Ra consulate, was arrested by notices issued to the 19 dissi be available at a stage prior The Enforcement Directo mees has been identified as the Customs Department. Water to Chennai: KRMB dent legislators on July 14. to the making of a decision rate has initiated a money the kingpin of the racket. Swapna Suresh, also a form to constitute panel The High Court order was by the Speaker/Chairman laundering probe into the al The businessman from Ma er employee of the consu VIJAYAWADA an affront to the powers of and a quia timet action leged largescale smuggling lappuram was arrested by late, and Sandeep Nair were The Krishna River the Speaker. It was “illegal would not be permissible. of gold through air cargo the Customs Department arrested by the NIA in Benga Management Board (KRMB) and perverse” and “des Nor would interference be shipments addressed to the earlier this month. luru on July 11. has decided to constitute a troys the delicate balance permissible at an interlocu United Arab Emirates (UAE) Further investigation led sixmember High Power envisaged by the Constitu tory stage of the proceed consulate in Kerala. Four suspects held the agency to zero in on Du Committee, comprising tion between the legislature ings,” the Speaker’s office The ED will pursue the fi The NIA has so far arrested baibased Faizal Fareed. representatives (irrigation and the judiciary”, it stated. quoted from the 28yearold nancial trail in the case, four suspects, while the Cus The NIA has approached officials) of Andhra Pradesh The Speaker said the verdict. while the National Investiga toms Department has arrest the Interpol seeking a “Blue and Tamil Nadu. The tion Agency (NIA) has alrea A file photo of Sandeep Nair being taken away by the police ed 13 persons in connection Notice” against him, to gath proposed committee will discuss Tamil Nadu’s request dy been probing the criminal after a hearing at a special court in Kochi. * PTI with the smuggling racket, er more information about aspect of the conspiracy to after the seizure of 30 kg of his identity and location. to release water stored at 11 policemen get life term smuggle gold into the coun The agency suspects that activities. Those involved in gold at Thiruvananthapuram A probe team also visited Kandaleru to meet the try in large quantities from the proceeds might have the case are suspected to airport on July 5. Faizal Fareed’s ancestral drinking water requirements for exroyal’s killing the UAE. been used to finance terror have smuggled in about 250 Accused Sarith P.S., a place recently. of Chennai. 3 Railway employees die Three of the 18 persons in Chief Minister Shiv Charan as engine runs into them itially accused — Kuldeep, Mathur and a chopper. For Chelluboyina, Seediri HYDERABAD Nekiram and Sitaram — died the chopper incident, Man Reinstate Ramesh Kumar as Three South Central Railways during trial, while one Ma Singh was booked for at employees were killed on hendra Singh had been dis tempt to murder. Wednesday near Vikarabad in join Jagan’s Cabinet Telangana, after a train charged, said Mr. Singh. In the 1985 Assembly SEC, Governor tells A.P. govt. engine ran into them. Police Three policemen, who were elections, the Congress said that around 12 workers of accused of forging the gen fielded Brijendra Singh, a re Krishna Das made Deputy CM of A.P. the Bridge Management eral diary entries and facing tired IAS officer, against Direction comes at a time when State’s plea is pending in SC System were engaged in charges under Section 218 of Man Singh from the Deeg Staff Reporter Staff Reporter painting a bridge. The engine the IPC, however, were ac seat. “On February 21, 1985 against the High Court ver VIJAYAWADA driver did not know that work VIJAYAWADA quitted. Raja Man Singh along with dict and its application for Members of the Legislative was being done on the bridge Apart from Bhati (now 82) Thakur Hari Singh, Thakur Governor Biswa Bhusan Har stay on the contempt pro Assembly Chelluboyina Sri neither were the workers and Virendra Singh, the oth Sumer Singh and others was ichandan has directed the ceedings initiated by Mr. Ra nivasa Venugopalakrishna warned. The victims were er persons convicted by the going to the Deeg police sta Andhra Pradesh govern mesh Kumar are pending and Seediri Appalaraju were identified as Pratap Reddy, Mathura court are Bhanwar tion to surrender when the ment to take steps for the disposal in the Supreme sworn in as Ministers at a 58; Naveen, 34 and Singh, Padma Ram, Ravi then deputy SP Kan Singh reinstatement of Nimmagad Court. simple ceremony at the Raj Shamsheer Ali, 25. Shekhar Mishra, Jeevanram, Bhati and other policemen da Ramesh Kumar as State The High Court on May 29 Bhavan on Wednesday. Sukhram, Hari Singh, Sher fired indiscriminately at him Election Commissioner struck down the A.P. Pan Governor Biswa Bhusan Case of custodial death Singh, Chattar Singh and near the Anaj Mandi as part (SEC) as per the May 29 High chayat Raj (Second Amend Harichandan administered registered in A.P. Jagmohan, all aged above of a wellplanned conspira Court judgment. ment) Ordinance, 2020, the oath of office and secre ONGOLE 60. cy,” said Mr. Dushyant in a This was communicated through which the govern cy in the presence of Chief A Dalit youth allegedly died in police custody after he was statement. to Mr. Ramesh Kumar by the ment curtailed the tenure of Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Dharmana Krishna Das picked up by the police for Long stint Man Singh and his two as Governor’s secretary two N. Ramesh Kumar the SEC from five to three Reddy. Man Singh, who was the sociates died on the spot. days after the former sub years and the consequent Dharmana Krishna Das, a Dr. Appalaraju, a doctor not wearing a mask in Chirala town in Andhra Pradesh. A third son of ‘Maharaja’ The police had claimed that mitted a representation to It was stated in the letter appointment of Madras High senior member of the Cabi by profession representing case of custodial death was Krishn of Bharatpur, was Man Singh and his suppor the Governor seeking sent to Mr. Ramesh Court retired judge V. Kanag net, has been elevated to the the Palasa constituency of registered after Y. Kiran first elected as an MLA from ters had refused to surren his restoration as SEC. Kumar on July 21 that araj as new SEC. post Deputy Chief Minister. Srikakulam district, has Kumar died in a private Rajasthan in 1952 and was der when they went to ar During a July 17 hear the State government The court had ordered He will now hold the portfo been allocated the portfolio hospital in Guntur late on undefeated till his death as rest him and opened fire, ing on the contempt pe has been instructed to that Mr. Ramesh Kumar be lio of Revenue and Registra of Animal Husbandry, Dairy Tuesday. While the relatives an Independent MLA, even following which the police tition filed by Mr. Ra implement the High restored as the SEC, which tions and Stamps. Development and Fisheries. of the youth claimed that he resisting the waves of 1977 fired in selfdefence. mesh Kumar, the High Court judgment which was challenged in the apex Mr. Venugopalakrishna, The Roads and Buildings was beaten up for not (Indira Gandhi) and 1980 Man Singh’s daughter and Court said he was at li came in his favour. court by the State govern representing the Ramachan portfolio has been allocated wearing a mask, Prakasam (Janata Party). former Bharatpur MP Krish berty to represent his The Governor’s di ment, which asserted that drapuram constituency in to Malagundla Sankarana district police said that he had On February 20, 1985, nendra Kaur ‘Deepa’ said case to the Governor. Ac rection came at a time when his act of selfrestoration as East Godavari, has been al rayana who earlier held the jumped out of the jeep on the Man Singh — furious after her family had full faith in cordingly, he met the Gover the special leave petition SEC was beyond the conceiv located the portfolio of portfolio of Backward Class way to the station, which Congress workers pulled the judicial process and jus nor on July 20. filed by the government able mandate of law. Backward Classes Welfare. es Welfare. resulted in a head injury. down his banners — dam tice had finally been deli aged a stage set up for then vered. TTD senior pontiff moved to Chennai TIRUMALA Osmania hospital Deputy Collector’s post, house Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Pedda India, China not to use Jeeyar (senior pontiff), who inpatient block sealed tested positive for COVID19, UAVs at friction points site for slain Colonel’s wife was shifted to Chennai on Wednesday for better medical Speculation rife over its demoliton care. The Jeeyar was admitted China had amassed troops window when UAVs can be KCR orders posting for her in and around Hyderabad to Sri Venkateswara Institute K. Shiva Shanker since AprilMay all along used. The topography in it needed extensive repairs. of Medical Sciences super HYDERABAD Eastern Ladakh and occu some places is such that Water leaking through Special Correspondent hospitality hospital last pied positions in India’s per UAVs cannot be used, and Around a week after rainwa roofs, seeping through HYDERABAD Friday. After primary ception of the LAC. foot patrolling is not al ter flooded into Osmania walls, chunks of lime mortar Telangana Chief Minister K. treatment there, he was in “The two armies have lowed… this is why the General Hospital’s century crashing down from the ceil Chandrasekhar Rao on Wed selfisolation at the math in agreed to not take any step physical verification is slow old inpatient block, orders ing made healthcare profes nesday handed over the let Tirupati. Sources said his that could derail the ongo and takes time,” said the of were issued to vacate the sionals fear for their lives. ter of appointment as Depu health condition was stable. ing talks. No foot patrolling ficial. After the Galwan Val building and seal it on Wed In 2015, the Telangana go ty Collector to Santoshi, wife and not flying UAVs within ley incident, the flashpoint nesday. Though there was vernment announced a new of Colonel Santosh Babu SI arrested for tonsuring 10 km of the friction points of June 15 violent clashes widespread speculation that building for the hospital. Pa who laid down his life fight Dalit youth in A.P. are among the measures to when 20 soldiers were this is a step to bring down tients were shifted from the ing the Chinese forces in the RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM build confidence, but it also killed, the Corps Comman the inpatient (IP) block — IP block to other sections of Galwan valley last month. Subinspector of adversely affects realtime ders had agreed to disen built in 1917 by the se the hospital and to Mr. Rao had lunch with Seethanagaram police station Sk. Feroz Shah was arrested monitoring,” said the gage and withdraw fully venth Nizam Mir Os other hospitals. Ho nearly 20 relatives of Ms. on Tuesday on charges of official. from other faceoff sites man Ali Khan — sourc wever, heritage acti Santoshi, who were invited Telangana CM K. Chandrasekhar Rao handing over the letter tonsuring a 23yearold Dalit along the LAC. es in the know of vists and leaders of for the occasion, at Pragathi of appointment to Ms. Santoshi on Wednesday. youth in the police station. No full pullout “General flying is not al things said that the or Opposition parties re Bhavan here. Feroz was taken into custody As reported by The Hindu, lowed and ground comman ders were issued to sisted the move to des The Chief Minister or about the wellbeing of the costing ₹20 crore, was following a review into the Chinese troops are yet to ful ders have been asked to as avoid any illegal activi troy the over100year dered that the Colonel’s wife Colonel’s family. among the three sites in incident that took place in ly move out of Patrolling sess and constantly keep a ties in the vacant building. old building. After some be given a posting in and Earlier, Hyderabad Col Shaikhpet mandal that were Rajamahendravaram. A case Point (PP) 15 of Hot Springs vigil on the ground. The The OGH has three more incidents of lime mor around Hyderabad and that lector Swetha Mohanty offered to Ms. Santoshi to under the SC&ST (Prevention area and continue to occupy agreement allows use of blocks: IP Block, OP (outpa tar crashing to the ground, she be trained under the gui handed over documents choose from. Ms. Mohanty, of Atrocities) Act, 1989, has positions within 1.5 km of UAVs, but not in an indis tient) block and Quli Qutb doctors and staff at the hos dance of a Secretary in his pertaining to a 711 sq yd plot Ms. Santoshi and other offi been registered against Feroz the India’s perception of the criminate manner and only Shah block. The IP block has pital formed the ‘OGH Joint office, Smita Sabharwal, a on Road No. 14 near K.B.R. cials visited the place. and two constables. All of LAC. at mutually agreed time pe been in the news from 2015. Action Committee’ to de media release said. Park at Banjara Hills to Ms. The family was already of them were suspended from “There is a very small riods,” said the official. Because of years of neglect, mand a new building. Mr. Rao also inquired Santoshi. The piece of land, fered ₹5 crore as ex gratia. service on Tuesday.

THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 NEWS 9 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE SC issues notice to lawyer Rajnath lauds ‘rapid use’ of IAF assets Prashant Bhushan over tweets Quick deployment in forward locations sent a strong message to adversaries, says Defence Minister special correspondent disengagement from the ponse to COVID19 pandemic Court initiates suo motu contempt proceedings against him NEW DELHI standoff areas, its second has been highly praisewor A rapid deployment of the phase has been held up des thy,” he said on Twitter. Legal Correspondent case showed ‘Twitter Com Indian Air Force (IAF) assets pite talks at the military and NEW DELHI munications India Pvt Limit in forward locations in res diplomatic levels. Rafale induction The Supreme Court on Wed ed’ as the respondent party. ponse to the prevailing situa Since the beginning of the Bolstering its capabilities nesday initiated suo motu He said the correct descrip tion in eastern Ladakh sent standoff with China along amid the ongoing standoff, contempt proceedings tion is ‘Twitter Incorporat out a strong message to In the LAC in early May and the on July 29, the IAF is sche against noted civil rights la ed, California, USA’. The dia’s adversaries, Defence combat fatalities in the Gal duled to induct the first wyer Prashant Bhushan, say court asked the social media Minister Rajnath Singh said wan clash on June 15, the IAF batch of five Rafale fighter ing his tweets on its “role” in platform to file a reply. at an Air Force Commanders has raised its alert level and jets from France at Air Force the “last six years” and a (ACC) conference that began forward deployed its front Station, Ambala. photograph of Chief Justice 2009 case on Wednesday. line fighters along the LAC. The IAF had stated that its of India Sharad A. Bobde on Meanwhile, another suo mo- “Mr. Singh said that the Its new inductions, the aircrew and ground crew a motorbike undermines its Prashant Bhushan tu contempt case against Mr. nation’s resolve to defend its AH64E Apache attack heli had undergone “compre dignity and the office of the Bhushan, dating back to sovereignty stands firm on copters and CH47F(I) Chi hensive training” on the air Chief Justice of India (CJI) in and suo motu register the 2009, is listed on July 24 be the faith its people have in Crucial meet: Rajnath Singh at the Air Force Commanders nook heavy lift helicopters, craft, including its highly ad the public eye. proceedings”, a threejudge fore the same combination the capability of its armed have also been deployed in vanced weapons systems Conference in New Delhi on Wednesday. * PTI “We are, prima facie, of Bench led by Justice Arun of judges. Former Tehelka forces. He alluded to the on Leh. and were “fully operational the view that the aforesaid Mishra recorded in a written magazine editor Tarun Tej going efforts for deescala R.K.S. Bhadauria said the situations at a short notice According to a defence now.” statements on Twitter have order. pal is a respondent party in tion on the Line of Actual IAF was wellprepared to for ensuring a robust res source, Mr. Singh also said it Post arrival, efforts would brought the administration The court issued con the case with Mr. Bhushan. Control (LAC) and urged the counter shortterm as well as ponse,” the statement said. was incumbent on the focus on operationalisation of justice in disrepute and tempt notice to Mr. Bhush The case was initiated on IAF to stand ready to handle strategic threats and the un Last week, addressing armed forces to be prepared of the aircraft at the earliest, are capable of undermining an. It also issued notice to the basis of an interview gi any eventuality,” the IAF said its were evenly poised to troops at Lukung near Pan to respond both at a short it said on Monday. the dignity and authority of Attorney General K.K. Venu ven by Mr. Bhushan, in in a statement. counter any aggressive ac gong Tso, Mr. Singh said the notice as well as build and In the threeday ACC, dis the institution of Supreme gopal to assist the court in which he made remarks Mr. Singh assured the tion by the adversary. progress in the talks with sustain military capabilities cussions would take place on Court in general and the of the proceedings. The case is about the presence of form commanders that all require “He noted that the res China should lead to a reso to deter any adversary in the the current operational sce fice of the Chief Justice of In scheduled for hearing on er CJI S.H. Kapadia on the ments of the armed forces, ponse by all Commands in lution of the issue but long run. nario and deployments. The dia in particular, in the eyes August 5. Forest Bench of the apex whether financial or other ensuring deployment and stressed that there was no “IAF’s role in some of the action plan for operational of public at large. We take Senior advocate Sajan court that decided the Ni wise, would be fulfilled, it readiness of forces was guarantee to what extent the most challenging circum capability enhancement of suo motu cognisance of the Poovayya, appearing for so yamgiri mining lease case in stated. prompt and laudable. He issue would be resolved. stances is wellregarded by the IAF in the next decade aforesaid tweet also apart cial media platform Twitter, Odisha in favour of Sterlite Addressing the ACC, IAF emphasised on the need to While some initial pro the nation. Their contribu would also be discussed, the from the tweet quoted above said the cause title of the Industries. chief Air Chief Marshal focus on the ability to handle gress has been made in the tion during the nation’s res IAF said. PM Modi invites U.S. U.S. needs to ‘go beyond’ ‘India, U.S. should work firms to invest in India together to face China’ ‘Indian economy is reformoriented’ alliances, says Jaishankar Press Trust of India It has to learn to work with a more multipolar world, says Minister All at risk if we get it wrong, says Mike Pompeo New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Sriram Lakshman gence on the big picture.” Sriram Lakshman confident that with our Modi on Wednesday invited Mr. Jaishankar said India was concerted efforts, we U.S. companies to invest in External Affairs Minister S. Jaish changing and the conversations Secretary of State Mike can protect our inter India’s healthcare, infras ankar has said that the U.S. India and the U.S. were currently Pompeo has said coun ests.” he said, com tructure, defence, energy, needs to learn to work with a having as, “rebalancing of the tries like India and the mending India for ban farm and insurance sectors, more multipolar world and “go world economy conversations” U.S. should work to ning 59 Chinese apps saying the country offers beyond” alliances. His com where “up and coming players” gether to face the ‘chal following the clashes in openness and opportuni ments, made at the U.S. India Bu have some different concerns lenge’ of the Chinese Ladakh. ties. siness Council’s India Ideas Sum from “ established players”. “Es Communist Party Mr. Pompeo also said “Today, there is global <> India offers a mit, echoed remarks he made tablished players obviously (CPC). India was key to U.S. optimism towards India. perfect earlier this week that India want, in many cases, the advan Mr. Pompeo’s record Mike Pompeo President Donald This is because India offers a combination of would never be part of an S. Jaishankar tages which work for them cur ed comments, shared at Trump’s foreign policy. perfect combination of openness, alliance. rently to continue in the long the India Ideas Summit velling in Europe, said “India too, is an impor openness, opportunities opportunities and “I think the U.S. really has to day, by working together to run. I think it will be fair to ac organised by the U.S. In via a recorded video tant partner and a key and options. Let me elabo options learn to work ... with a more shape the world…We are work commodate the legitimate con dia Business Council message. pillar of President rate. India celebrates open multipolar world, with more plu ing on maritime security, coun cerns of emerging economies, (USIBC), came hours af “Our infrastructure Trump’s foreign policy: Narendra Modi ness in people and in gover Prime Minister rilateral arrangements, go terterrorism, connectivity, how emerging companies, emerging ter news broke of the projects, our supply multilateralism that ac nance,” Mr. Modi, said while beyond alliances with which to respond in the case of corona technologies. And that harmoni U.S. ordering the clo chains, our sovereignty, tually works,” he said addressing the U.S.India the tech sector. Recently, an really it has grown up over the to pandemics…even issues like sation, how will we do that? I sure of the Chinese con and our people’s health The Secretary listed Business Council. interesting report came out last two generations,” Mr. Jaish climate change, the knowledge think that’s a very important sulate in Houston. and safety are all at risk examples of India and in India. It said for the first ankar said. economy. So, I think a large part part of our relationship build “It’s important that if we get it wrong. The the U.S. working togeth Economic resilience time ever, there are more “I am now specifically refer of it is how do we actually, while ing,” he said. democracies like ours recent clashes initiated er including the Quad He said the COVID19 pan rural Internet users than ring to India, given our history of strengthening our bilateral agen Mark Warner, Democratic Se work together, especial by the PLA are just the and the World Intellec demic had shown the im even urban Internet users,” independence and the fact that da, shape a larger agenda,” he nator from Virginia and CoChair ly as we see more clear latest examples of the tual Property Organisa portance of economic resi he said. we really are coming [from] dif said. of the Senate India Caucus, a dis ly than ever the true CCP’s unacceptable be tion elections earlier lience, which can be Stating that open markets ferent places. There will be is cussant in the panel with Mr. scope of the challenge haviour. We were deep this year (in which a Sin achieved by stronger dom mean more opportunities, sues on which our convergence Innovation-tech partnership Jaishankar, called for a techno posed by the Chinese ly saddened by the gaporean candidate for estic economic capacities. Mr. Modi said during the last would be more, somewhere it Mr. Jaishankar was optimistic logical “alliance of the willing” to Communist Party,” Mr. deaths of 20 Indian ser director won against a “This means improved six years the government would be less. I think the quest that the trade differences bet counter China’s domination in Pompeo, currently tra vice members. I am Chinese candidate). domestic capacity for ma had made many efforts to in the last 20 years, and I see that ween India and the U.S. could be the field. nufacturing, restoring the make the Indian economy continuing into the future, is resolved and the relationship be “I think this idea of counter health of the financial sys more open and reform really to find more common shifted to a “higher gear”. ing the Communist Party of Chi tem and diversification of oriented. ground,” he said. “This ability to work together na’s rise and desire to dominate international trade,” he ad Reforms have ensured in Both India and the U.S. are in the world of innovation and new technologies may be a ded. creased competitiveness, currently grappling with a more technology, I think that is really chance for a new set of coopera “India is emerging as a transparency, digitisation, assertive China and tensions in what will set our relationship tion [sic] between India, the Un land of opportunities. Let innovation and policy stabil their bilateral relationships with apart. There, it is vital that we ited States, based on these tech me give you one example of ity, the Prime Minister said. China. “We have the ability to have a …very strong conver nology alliances,” he said. 45 RS members take oath 36 are firsttimers to the Upper House

Special Correspondent remony commenced, BJP MP Jyoti New Delhi raditya Scindia walked across the Fortyfive of the 61 newly elected aisle to greet members from his members took oath on Wednesday, former party, including Congress and for the first time, the ceremony MP Digvijaya Singh. was held inside the Rajya Sabha Mr. Scindia won’t be the only hall when Parliament is not in ses former Congress MP to be sitting in sion. Rajya Sabha Chairman Ven treasury benches after joining the kaiah Naidu urged the new mem BJP. He will be accompanied by the bers “not to fall prey to the former chief whip of the Congress temptation of disrupting the pro in Rajya Sabha, Bhubaneshwar Kal ceedings of the House for short ita, who recently joined the BJP. term gains”. Out of the 45 who took oath, 36 The BJP now stands at 85 mem members were firsttimers to the bers, more than double of the Con Upper House, and 12 members gress, which is down to 40. Hence, have been reelected, including the Rajya Sabha is no longer a road NCP leader Sharad Pawar, Con block to any legislation proposed gress leader Digvijaya Singh, and by the National Democratic Al Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sab liance (NDA) government. ha and Janata DalUnited leader Ha A little before the oathtaking ce rivansh Narayan Singh.

DELHI THE HINDU 10 NEWS THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Will discuss all disputed India records highest 3 foreign experts injured areas with China: Bhutan in OIL blowout accident ‘Border talks delayed due to pandemic’ single-day recoveries ‘It was not a blast but a lateral fire’ Suhasini Haidar SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI GUWAHATI Post-law, 82% fall in 28,472 discharged as recovery rate mounts to 63.13%: govt. triple talaq cases: Naqvi A day after China repeated An accident at the blowout NEW DELHI its claims over Eastern Bhu natural gas well in eastern There has been about 82% tan, Bhutan issued a rare Assam’s Baghjan on Wed decline in triple talaq cases statement, asserting that nesday injured three of the since the law against the “all disputed areas” will be six foreign experts flown in “social evil” was put in place, discussed when the Bhutan more than a month ago to Minority Affairs Minister China boundary talks, control the disaster. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on which have not been sche Wang Wenbin Well No. 5 near the Di Wednesday, terming August duled for four years, are bruSaikhowa National 1, when the legislation came held again. discuss these in the dialogue Park is one of the 22 crude into being, “Muslim women’s “The boundary between between them. oil and natural gas wells op rights day.” Bhutan and China is under On Tuesday, the Chinese erated by the Oil India Li A video grab of OIL negotiation and has not Ministry of Foreign Affairs mited (OIL) in its Baghjan employees recording an Bihar MLC Sunil Kumar explosion on Wednesday. been demarcated. Twenty (MFA) had responded to Oilfield in Tinsukia district. Singh dies of COVID-19 * PTI PATNA four rounds of ministerial le questions over its assertion It had burst into flames al Bihar BJP MLC Sunil Kumar vel boundary talks have that Sakteng was disputed, most a fortnight after expe Mr. Hazarika said. Singh, 69, died of COVID-19 been held,” a statement made at the Global Environ riencing a blowout — un Installation of the blo late on Tuesday. He is the first from the Royal Bhutanese ment Facility (GEF) meeting controlled escape of gas at wout preventer on the re legislator from Bihar to die of Embassy in Delhi, made first in early June. In res great speed — on May 27. maining undamaged spools available to The Hindu, said. ponse, the MFA had said “It was not a blast but a within “a day or two” is ex COVID-19. The BJP MLC from Daily grind: A health worker screening inmates at a building in Mumbai. * AADESH CHOUDHARI Darbhanga district was “The 25th round of boun Bhutan’s “Middle (North workrelated accident pected to tame the fire on admitted to All India Institute dary talks has been delayed ern), Eastern and Western special correspondent While the national recovery Minister of State for where a lateral fire took the well. of Medical Sciences here on by the coronavirus pandem sections of the border are NEW DELHI rate has improved, 19 States Health and Family Welfare, place. They received minor July 13 after his sample test ic. All disputed areas will be disputed”. India reported its highest ev and union territories are Ashwini Kumar Choubey, injures at the fagend of the Operations delayed report was found positive. discussed during the next Reviving reference to an er number of recoveries on a posting a recovery rate high said these concentrators critical operation to suc OIL officials said removal of Bihar, so far, has reported 198 round of boundary talks, earlier “swap proposal” bet single day, with 28,472 CO er than the national aver were helpful in the manage cessfully remove a dam the damaged spool could deaths due to COVID-19 and which will be held as soon ween the Northern and VID19 patients having been age,” said the Ministry. ment of patients classified as aged spool,” OIL spokes have been done earlier had 28,564 positive cases. as it is mutually conve Western sections of Bhu cured or discharged from moderate cases, who might person Tridib Hazarika the operations not been de Punjab reports six nient,” it added. tan’s border, the MFA spo hospitals in 24 hours, ac Oxygen concentrators require low oxygen support. said. layed first by floods and more COVID-19 deaths kesperson Wang Wenbin cording to a statement from Meanwhile, India on Wed “They convert atmos The three injured were then by blockades by local CHANDIGARH Key statement had added, “China has pro the Union Health Ministry nesday received the first pheric air to therapeutic ox from the Singaporebased people forcing them to shut Punjab recorded 414 fresh The statement is significant posed a package solution to on Wednesday. tranche of 4,475 oxygen con ygen that has a concentra Alert Disaster Control. down 12 wells in the vicini COVID-19 cases on as Bhutan’s government these disputes. China is op “With this, the number of centrators from the Tema tion of 9095%. As the Doug Dallas was slightly ty of the blazing blowout Wednesday and reported six rarely comments on foreign posed to making an issue of patients recovered stands at sek Foundation, Singapore. machine obviates the need more injured in the right well. OIL has been dishing more deaths, taking the policy issues or gives details such disputes at multilateral 7,53,049. This has strongly The Foundation has offered for transportation and refill hand than the other two — out more than ₹30 lakh per death toll to 269, according of its talks with China, that forums and China remains boosted the recovery rate to to donate 20,000 concentra ing of heavy oxygen cylin Anthony Steven Reynolds day on the six foreign ex to an official statement. The were started formally in in communication with the 63.13%,” said the Ministry. It tors to India. The remaining ders, they can be placed in and Craig Neil Duncan. perts — the three others are number of positive cases has 1984. It also indicates that relevant parties regarding said the constantly increas concentrators will be re the wards where such pa “They were taken to a from the U.S. and Canada. reached 11,301. The major despite China making new this issue”. ing number of recovered pa ceived next month and these tients are provided care. private nursing home in Di These experts were on the chunk of the new cases, 81 claims on Bhutan’s eastern The Ministry of External tients had further widened devices will be made availa These machines can be used brugarh from where they verge of going back to their and 73, were reported from boundary, and the Sakteng Affairs has made no state the difference with active ble to States and union terri at COVID Care Centres and were released. They will countries after locals had Hoshiarpur and Ludhiana districts respectively. forest sanctuary on the bor ment on China’s claims on cases. “This difference is tories for use in manage railway coaches that have resume operation tomor virtually held them captive Chandigarh reported 29 new der with Arunachal Pra areas bordering Indian terri showing a progressively ment of moderate COVID19 been repurposed as COVID row [Thursday] for install for 18 hours at the Baghjan COVID-19 cases. desh, Bhutan is prepared to tory. growing upward trend. cases. Care Centres,” he said. ing the blowout preventer,” site on July 18. 66% of private schools Trinamool backs virtual using WhatsApp: survey panel meets

‘80% of teachers unpaid since March’ Sobhana K. Nair Special Correspondent New Delhi NEW DELHI The Trinamool Congress, The popular image of priv in a letter to both Rajya ate school education in the Sabha Chairman Venkaiah time of COVID19 is the af Naidu and Lok Sabha fluent child using a laptop Speaker Om Birla, has re for Zoom classes. In actual quested that meetings of fact, over twothirds of priv parliamentary committees ate schools assessed in a be held via videoconfe preliminary survey by the rence, and that the presid Central Square Foundation ing officers of both Houses (CSF) are using WhatsApp, New normal: A student have the freedom to decide probably on a shared attending an online class the procedures for func phone, as the main mode using a phone. tioning of the panels. for teaching and learning In the letter, the party during the pandemic. More the yearend examination, pointed out that the Rules than 80% of teachers in to pay annual fees for the of Procedure and Conduct these schools have not been previous year, the lockdown of Business of the Rajya paid after March, it found. meant that more than half Sabha and the Rules of Pro The preliminary survey of the school owners sur cedure and Conduct of Bu of about 90 stakeholders to veyed have uncollected fees siness in the Lok Sabha es assess the impact of CO ranging from ₹4 lakh to ₹4.8 tablished that the decision VID19 on the private school crore due from the previous of the presiding officers system was part of a wider year. “Out of about 3,900 was final when deciding report on the status of the budget schools that I have the procedure of function sector by CSF and Omidyar been tracking, 58% say they ing of the committees. Network, released through have not received one paisa Both Houses have main a webinar on Wednesday. in fees since the lockdown,” tained that the rules have said Kulbhushan Sharma, to be amended by the Budget schools president of the National In Rules Committees and “Almost half of all students dependent Schools Associa then approved by them. are enrolled in private tion, which has 70,000 priv schools in India today. Most ate schools as its members. of these are not elite He urged the Centre and schools; 70% of students State governments to give pay less than ₹1,000 per parents of schoolgoing chil month and 45% pay less dren direct benefit transfers than ₹500 per month. (DBT) in order to pay fees. About threefourth of chil Releasing the report, NITI dren in urban India go to Aayog Chief Executive Ami private schools,” said CSF tabh Kant said States must founder and chairman Ash ensure that the reimburse ish Dhawan. ments for students of Eco Given that many low in nomically Weaker Sections come parents wait until must be paid promptly to MarchApril, at the time of private schools.

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Special Correspondent through in the next few special correspondent NEW DELHI months, then the time will CJI says key aspect of probe will centre on Dubey’s release JAIPUR The Centre is likely to wait be right for a fiscal push as it The Congress on Wednes for the development of a CO will generate demand for legal correspondent role. Dubey and his asso ter the vehicle carrying him day accused the BJP go VID19 vaccine before com even discretionary spend NEW DELHI ciates allegedly ambushed a met with an accident. vernment at the Centre of mitting to any further “fiscal ing. The timing is important The Supreme Court on Wed police team that was on its CJI Bobde has time and using the Enforcement Di push” to revive the economy, so that the bang for the buck nesday approved the Uttar way to his house at Bikru vil again said the court found it rectorate (ED) to target the according to Chief Economic is maximised.” Pradesh government’s lage in Kanpur on July 2 “appalling” that a man like ruling party leaders in Ra Adviser (CEA) Krishnamur choice of its former judge night and killed eight Dubey, who had 64 criminal jasthan. thy Subramanian. Boosting demand B.S. Chauhan heading the policemen. cases against him, including Congress chief spokes After he addressed a webi Industry groups have been commission to inquire into “Had he been in jail, this under the National Security person Randeep Surjewala nar organised by the Federa demanding immediate fiscal the gunning down of eight would not have happened in Act, got parole or was out on said at a press conference tion of Indian Chambers of Centre’s response to the to argue that people were measures as a necessary step police officers and the the first place,” Chief Justice bail. He called it a “failure of that Agrasen Gehlot had Commerce and Industry crisis. more inclined to save than to boost demand and sup “fake” encounter killings of Bobde said. the system”. been targeted just because (FICCI) on Wednesday, Dr. The CEA responded that spend during the pandemic, port vulnerable small busi their alleged assailants, his The panel’s task is to en he was the Chief Minister’s Subramanian was asked the government was willing thus flattening demand. nesses. torysheeter Vikas Dubey ‘Appalling situation’ quire who all in the State of brother. whether the government to do whatever was neces “The question is not about Earlier this week, scien and his associates. The police caught up with ficialdom are responsible for The case in which the was planning any further fis sary to drive consumption, if but when,” he said, regard tists at Oxford University Chief Justice of India Sha Dubey at Ujjain in Madhya his release . It will also in ED conducted the raids on cal measures as part of an but added that at a time of ing a fiscal package. “Once said they have had encourag rad A. Bobde said the “sin Pradesh. According to the of quire into any “collusion” Wednesday pertains to the economic stimulus, as op uncertainty, people were un we have the vaccine, then ing results in early trials for a glemost important aspect” ficial version, he was killed between the police or any alleged illegal export of po posed to monetary and cre willing to spend. the uncertainty that people vaccine, which seems to be of the commission’s inquiry by the police team escorting State department with Du tassium chloride to Malay ditbased measures which He cited higher balance have will go down signifi safe and induces an immune should be how Dubey came him back to Kanpur when he bey and suggest steps to pre sia and Taiwan from 2007 have so far dominated the data from Jan Dhan accounts cantly. If the vaccine comes reaction. to be released on bail or pa allegedly tried to escape af vent recurrence in future. to 2009.

3.18 lakh new Bihar shelter home: Delhi 24% RS members face criminal cases subscribers in HC issues notice to CBI ADR analysis finds that 89% have declared assets estimated at over ₹1 crore May: EPFO Special Correspondent MPs and 69% of the Trina Special Correspondent NEW DELHI mool Congress MPs. NEW DELHI Thakur had challenged his life term for assault on 40 girls About a quarter of the sitting The Employees’ Provident Rajya Sabha members have Highest declared assets Fund Organisation (EPFO) Soibam Rocky Singh Thakur was the owner of declared criminal cases Janata Dal (United) MP from on Wednesday said it had New Delhi the NGO, Sewa Sankalp against themselves, accord Bihar Mahendra Prasad had registered a growth of 3.18 The Delhi High Court on Evam Vikas Samiti, and ing to an analysis of their the highest declared assets at lakh new subscribers in Wednesday issued notice to managed the institution selfsworn affidavits by the ₹4,078 crore, followed by May, indicating that “net the Central Bureau of Inves where the assaults took Association for Democratic YSRCP MP from Andhra Pra new enrolments have start tigation (CBI) on a plea of place. Reforms (ADR) released on desh Alla Ayodhya Rami ed to make headway for Brajesh Thakur, who was “In the present case, Wednesday. Reddy, with assets worth most industry convicted and sentenced to neither the Bihar police nor With three seats vacant ₹2,577 crore, and Samajwadi classifications”. life imprisonment in con the CBI conducted the po and Kerala MP K.K. Ragesh’s Party MP from Uttar Pradesh According to the provi nection with the sexual as tency test of the accused Bri affidavit being unavailable, Jaya Bachchan, actorturned sional payroll data pu sault of over 40 girls at a jesh Thakur and, despite ex the ADR report said that an politician, who declared as blished by the EPFO on shelter home in Bihar’s Mu amining his wife, did not analysis of 229 of the 233 Ra sets over ₹1,001 crore. Monday, the monthon zaffarpur district, challeng Brajesh Thakur place her statement under jya Sabha seats that repre The ADR report said BJP month increase in sub ing the verdict. Section 161 of the Cr.PC. on sent the States and the Union MP from Manipur Maharaja scribers was 218%. Despite A Bench of Justices Vipin manner” and hence violated record and thereby, the pro Territories showed that 54 Sanajaoba Leishemba de the lockdown, around 1 Sanghi and Rajnish Bhatna his right to a free and fair secution has miserably MPs or 24% had declared cri clared ₹5.48 lakh in assets, lakh net new subscribers gar asked the agency to res trial as guaranteed under failed to prove the first, fore minal cases. the lowest of the MPs ana were added to social secur pond to the plea by August the Constitution. most and most important Out of the 229 MPs, which lysed, followed by Aam Aad ity schemes of the EPFO in 25, the next date of hearing. On January 20, the trial fact which is a prerequisite included the newlyelected of the 77 BJP MPs and eight that 203 of the 229 MPs, or mi Party MP from Delhi San April... The subscriber court convicted him, along in a rape case, i.e. the fact representatives taking the of the 40 Congress MPs had 89% of those analysed, had jay Singh, who declared ₹6.6 base growth is on account ‘Hurried hearing’ with 18 others. On February that an accused who is oath on Wednesday, 28 or declared criminal cases declared assets over ₹1crore, lakh in assets, and BJP MP of increased number of In his plea, Thakur said that 11, the court sentenced him charged of rape is, in fact, 12% had declared serious cri against themselves in their including 90% of the BJP from Jharkhand Samir new subscribers, lower ex the trial court had conduct to undergo life capable of committing minal cases. affidavits. MPs, 93% of the Congress Oraon, who declared ₹18.69 its and higher rejoining by ed the hearing in a “hurried imprisonment. rape,” the appeal said. The report stated that 14 The ADR analysis found MPs, 100% of the AIADMK lakh. exited members,” it said.

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Bora had on May 19 rescued rescued from drowning. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT three hours before they Open for trade: A file photo of trucks entering India at Attari, Leading Amritsarbased the three boys clinging could be rescued,” Mr. Bora Semblance of normalcy near Amritsar, in Punjab. * AP custom clearing agent Jaspal desperately to a piece of Maklung antipoaching officer told The Hindu. said. Pakistan had allowed Af Singh said: “Our business driftwood. The trio had camp adjoining the river Most of KNPTR’s 223 The range officer said the ghanistan to send goods to lathhi [liquorice] and assort eration of International had come to a standstill for been swept from Biswanath spotted three heads trying antipoaching camps have a three boys were handed India using the border from ed goods in the last four days Chambers of Commerce and the last four months, result district on the northern to stay above water and country boat tied nearby for over to their relatives at July 15 under the PakistanAf till July 21, worth over ₹5 Industry. ing in a huge loss, as there bank of the Brahmaputra cries for help. The current emergency operations. Bokakhat in Golaghat ghanistan Transit Trade crore, has brought back a was literally no work at the upstream. of the river was too strong Mr. Bora, 40, sped off as district as it was too late for Agreement. semblance of normalcy in Place orders land port. Zero imports had “The guards on the for them to get to them in a soon as he received the them to return to Biswanath “The arrival of 14 trucks the markets,” said Ashok Traders from India usually rendered the entire labour ceiling of the inundated country boat,” the range message and hauled the that day. laden with dry fruits, mu- Sethi, director of the Confed import dry fruits and herbal force jobless.”

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Time to sow (Clockwise) Green munities without middlemen. We don’t gram varieties chamki pesarlu and know how long this urge to have healthy balintha pesarlu; seeds of native food will sustain. Right now, people are vegetables; seed distribution by willing to spend more for good produce Aranya Agricultural Alternatives since there is no expenditure on eating in Bidakanne village of Telangana out, malls and other entertainment. Re * SNEHA KOPPULA tail chains are also keen to source native grains and pulses,” he explains.

The golden pearl Among the grains and pulses finding more takers, Prabhakar lists amaranth, Bolstered by the timely South-West chickpea and cowpea. He has also been at the forefront of reintroducing heritage monsoon and a steady demand for wheat varieties such as the 2,000year native produce, the farming old Sona Moti. “This year, farmers in Punjab harvested 60 tonnes of Sona Mo community is looking forward to ti which were presold at ₹ 75/kilogram,” the sowing season says Prabhakar. A few other farm communities are treading cautiously. Visalakshi Padma nabhan who founded the Buffalo Back Collective and works from a farm in the vicinity of Bannerghatta in Bengaluru, says the early arrival of monsoon has been a boon. “Since this is a rainshadow region, farmers here usually prepare for drought. This year, everyone is busy do Grains ing their best to harvest the available wa ter. With the help of forest officials, ponds and streams along the elephant corridor were cleaned up; new ponds have also been created. This prevents elephants from venturing into human settlements for water.” With weekly organic farmers markets in Bengaluru shut due to COVID19, she of hope says how farmers had to look for alterna tive ways to reach their consumers.

of fruit saplings,” ex Rice is nice plains Padma. In Chennai, organic farmer VM Parthas Paddy cultivation has al arathy says while farmers in this belt are ready begun in Domadugu, Guntapal happy with the early monsoon, they are ly and other villages near Hyderabad, as concerned about forecasts that suggest well as the cultivation of green and black the possibility of a floodlike situation in gram, toor dal, and native vegetables. A NovemberDecember 2020. Memories :: Sangeetha Devi Dundoo levels in some pockets. few years ago, organic farmer Praveen of 2015 floods still remain fresh. “No one In Hyderabad and other districts of Abhishetty had begun growing small wants to delay planting so that they can We have had the wettest June in 12 years, Telangana, where scorching heat pre quantities of fragrant chitti muthyalu, harvest before the floods. The lockdown according to the Indian Meteorological vailed till late June in the last few years, red and black rice varieties. He intends has been tough since we couldn’t ex Department (IMD). the premonsoon showers towards the to do so this year as well. change seeds within our organic farmer Statistics released by the IMD show end of May and monsoon in the first networks in different cities; we have had that India recorded 118% of the Long Pe week of June encouraged farmers to pre Direct selling to find alternatives,” he says. riod Average rainfall in June 2020, which pare their land to sow rainfed crops. Bengalurubased Prabhakar Rao, the Nirosha Kathiravan of The Villagers in is considered excess. These copious founder of Hariyalee Seeds, works with Vandavasi, near Chennai, has sowed see- showers brought cheer to the farming Going local farmers across India and affirms plant raga samba rice for the first time. “We community, despite several regions fac At Zaheerabadbased Aranya Agricultu ing has begun fairly early owing to the cultivate groundnut, sesame, moong A GOOD HARVEST ing intrinsic challenges such as shortage ral Alternatives, which has become the monsoon. “Leading up to the sowing and urad dals too. The monsoon has of labour in the wake of COVID19 and goto centre for Permaculture, its CEO season, the sale of seeds peaked to 300% helped us plant more grass varieties and Aranya Agricultural Alternatives, Telangana: Demand for seeds disruption in supply chains due to inter Padma Koppula has noticed the in of our usual volumes,” he states. maize as fodder for our indigenous cat and saplings of mangoes, jackfruit, wild species of phalsa, neem, cashew nut, soursop, custard apple, ginger, turmeric, tree spinach mittent lockdowns. creased sowing of sorghum, pigeon pea Prabhakar also noticed a tangible in tle [milk and milk products are the main and moringa. Farmers are also growing small bitter gourd, In many states, both Government and and cotton in nearby areas. crease in the demand for chemicalfree, stays of this farm]. The big challenge in tapioca, vetiver, lemongrass and air potatoes. privateowned seed banks ensured that She also witnessed a small but steadi safe food following the pandemic out this belt is to find labour, which has be farmers had sufficient seeds to sow. ly growing demand for foxtail millet and break: “Those with diabetes, which is come tougher due to spread of the pan Buffalo Back Collective, Karnataka: Ragi, avarakai (broad beans), Farmers following sustainable practices a sizeable demand for seeds and sa considered a comorbidity for COVID19, demic beyond Chennai limits,” she says. groundnut and sesame are among the popular native crops here. noticed an increase in demand for plings of native fruits and vegetables (see wanted to start including millets in their The monsoon has brought new hope Farms near Chennai: Seeraga samba, thanga samba, Thanjavur chemicalfree produce and native veget box). “It is good to see more focus on diet. Farmers living close to urban areas and the farming communities look for ponni and thooya malli rice. ables, fruits and grains, spurred by the food crops this time; nearly 80 farmers have been able to sell their produce at ward to tiding over logistical setbacks AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA need to eat healthy and boost immunity in this region are trying out 30 varieties apartment complexes and gated com and reap good harvests.

Fields of yarn Quilts from last edition of the Festival; (below) the founders of IIQF A bond with brothers in arms

* SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Habba’s ‘Jai Jawan. Jai Artisan’ invites citizens to buy rakhis made by partner artisans from across India and send them to Army personnel

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At Khetikhan, a quiet village in Uttarakhand, women from ar tisan NGO Himalayan Blooms braid threads to make rakhis. With every overlap of the Festive colours skein, they metaphorically Some of the bind tighter the bonds of si rakhis on offer bling love. Across the geo and the artisans graphical superlatives of the of Himalayan Kumaon Himalayas that sur Blooms * SPECIAL round the village are men of ARRANGEMENT the Indian Army who guard these frontiers, and who may this Rakshabandhan (August 3) wear some of these rakhis. The NGO is part of a net work of 10 others from across India — three in Kutch, two in Tamil Nadu, one more in Utta JUST DUVET rakhand, one each in Jhark hand and Bengaluru, and a India International Quilt Festival’s second edition is an online one, and the audience this time is global collective that straddles Mad hya Pradesh and Uttar Pra desh — that are part of Habba, :: PRIYADARSHINI PAITANDY 2019 edition — their first — the those under the age of 18). The quilters to be represented in the an initiative of Bengaluru event received 290 quilts and 161 idea to incorporate a category for international arena. “If young pe based Rang De, which believes In the village of Nattarasankottai, participants from 11 countries. children came about after the or ople don’t get engaged, the sector in ‘honest pricing’. Tamil Nadu, students gather “For this edition, we an ganisers noticed entries from the dies,” says Varsha. Ramakrishna NK, 45, co short, the rakhis are on sale embroidery tradition of the skeins of colourful thread and ex nounced the categories two under18 age group last time. founder of Rang De, says over online before those sold are tribe. Babu Naik, who holds a citedly sit to work. This is their months ago,” says Tina. “Last year, a quilt made by 10 Spreading the word phone from Bengaluru, “This despatched to four Army bas Master’s in Computer Science chance to showcase their creation There are three new categories yearold Ritu Sudarshan won a Last year, the team took 18 award is our first connect with the es across the country. “The and his wife, Priyanka, set up to the world. this time: Indian Quilts (works prize in the novice category that winning quilts to five cities Army. We conceived this in campaign ends this weekend,” the NGO in 2018. “We work With the India International that reflect the rich textile tradi had entries from all age groups,” around India. The travelling exhi itiative three weeks ago when says Ramakrishna, “as we with Lambadi women from Quilt Festival going virtual this tion of the country and its various says Deepa. bition, called Threads That Bind, one of the Uttarakhand NGOs need time to sanitise and ship two villages. We are making time, it opens a worldwide view quilting styles), Miniature (maxi Geography and age have hard was showcased at DakshinaChitra reached out asking us to help the rakhis. Buyers can also 2,000 rakhis. They take ap er base for its participants. The mum size: 18 inch on any side) ly been a deterrent for enthu in Chennai, and in Jaipur, Delhi, them sell 10,000 rakhis. We send a note of gratitude, but proximately 30 minutes to upcoming edition will take place and Generation Next (for siasts of this art form: one of the Kolkata and Coimbatore. wanted to express our grati will not be able to choose the make one. We stick to the co between January 23 and 25, 2021. oldest winners was 77yearold “This was done because we tude to the soldiers and also rakhi, although they will re lours that mirror our heritage “It is a beautiful time in Chen Sunita Santaram. “The perfec wanted people to know that we help these artisans who have ceive an email saying it has — red, yellow, cream, green nai and we want this festival to tion in the work of these se have an ancient tradition of quilt been struggling because of the reached a soldier.” and light blue. The samples are become part of Margazhi festivi nior quilters has to be seen to ing and there is an international pandemic. The tradition of The rakhis are a reflection distributed to the women who ties,” says Varsha Sundara be believed. Their fingers competionfor the same,” says Ti rakshabandhan involves ack of the diversity of Indian han create these at home. The co rajan, who started the are still so nimble,” adds na, who is pleased to see an in nowledging bonds with one or dloom and handcraft. Made lours are their choice,” says event in 2019 with Ti Deepa. crease in the interest in this skill, two brothers. Here, citizens with locally sourced material, Naik. na Katwal and Deepa Through this with queries especially from stu are invited to buy any number they showcase the rich co The campaign page has Vasudevan. festival, the dents of design and fine arts. She of rakhis at ₹100 a piece and lours of Kutch, the simplicity messages such as “A thread IIQF is a bian founders in is currently conducting online honour our brothers in arms. of Himalayan flowers and the that carries the prayers of all nual event that tend to revive classes on quilting. We now have 1,00,000 rakhis, complex geometry of tribal Indians from my side...” and al showcases quilts quilting, pro In its online avatar, the IIQF the sale of which will benefit embroidery. so the numbers that show a lot from all over the mote it as an will have trunk shows, work 1,000 artisans. Each of the 10 In Kil Paachar Thanda vil more has to be sold to help world. There are art form shops, sale of artisanal crafts, and NGOs has contributed varying lage, 30 kilometres from Tiru these artisans kickstart their li seven different cate and com a celebratory webinar to an numbers. Each artisan will re vannamalai in Tamil Nadu, a velihood and honour the sol gories and the best mercially nounce winners. Their catalogue, ceive ₹50 a piece and the re young couple spearheads Bu dier this Rakshabandhan. in each are awarded viable pur too, will be available online. maining will go towards ship riya, an NGO that works with For details, https://hab- cash prizes, vouch suit. They hope Registrations open on Septem- ping, design, material and Lambadi women. Named for ba.org/rakhi, call 080- ers and the much to provide an ber 1, 2020. For details, log on to training.” the nosering worn by these 41650037 or mail coveted ribbon. In the opportunity for www.indiaquiltfestival.com With the timeline being women, Buriya’s focus is the [email protected]

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The Indian Bullfrog can be identiﬁed by its colour during the rainy season

* CHANDRA BHUSHAN MAURYA ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: HOMING IN Some quality jazz, a few ageless poems and a dose of laughter as usual. Your lockown list of Live Gigs this week is a mix of all things breezy

Meghna Majumdar

IN OUR BACKYARD Monsoon The Indian Afro Latin Jazz Alliance The alliance, according to its Facebook page, Bullfrog makes its provides, among other things, “institutional presence felt in support for the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra” that the rainy season puts up some stellar music on the alliance’s CROAKERS Facebook page every Sunday. The performances are often collaborations between the orchestra and jazz bands. The music isn’t always live — collaborations and recordings are done from Abhishek Gulshan Being nocturnal and formidable areas with freshwater bodies like the young people playing video multiple countries — but the discussion that Hozier ambush predators, they lie in wait ponds, marshes, and lakes, a habi games at the club arcade, I would follows is. Follow Afro Latin Jazz Alliance on “Happy Friday. I hope you As the monsoon arrives, our appe for their unsuspecting prey to come tat that they prefer. Their feet are stand around and watch the swim Facebook for more. had a good week,” said tite for pakodas becomes insatiable. closer before lunging and grabbing nearly entirely webbed to help ming pool. The faint memory of Hozier, and my Friday was So it is for the animals around us, them with their mouths. At times them adjust to the water and the ve those frogs made me realise much made. The globally except that they are blessed with a they may swim or stealthily hop to getation surrounding it. When later, that they were all Indian Nelly famous, Billboard and BBC far more diverse menu than ours. wards their prey in order to catch threatened, they can jump on the Bullfrogs. Music awardswinning Irish Frenzied mating and a voracious them by surprise. The powerful surface of the water, just like on Bullfrog legs are considered a The USbased rapper will be hosting a virtual singersongwriter has been appetite come together to ensure jaws and sharp teeth, efficient ton land, despite being large in size. delicacy and they are illegally hunt drawing in viewers by the the survival and procreation of the gueplay, and fairly large hands al Until late into my career as a nat ed and served in several places concert on July 25, at 9 pm EST. The concert, a thousands to his Instagram amphibian we’re going to talk low them to grab, constrict and uralist, I had only heard this frog in across the country even though the lives, which feature not his about today. At any other time dur push its helpless meal inside the videos posted online. Three years species is protected under Sche celebration of the 20th anniversary of his songs, but a range of ing the year, the Indian Bullfrog mouth bit by bit. ago, around this time, I got an op dule IV of the Wildlife Protection poems including those (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus) roam With a large appetite and com portunity from WWFIndia to work Act of India, 1971. It is the most album, Country Grammar, will reportedly be broadcast in 360 recommended by fans. He alone and have a varied dull olive plete lack of dietary preference, on a publication on the wetlands of hunted frog across the country and goes live for about 45 greenbrown appearance, camou they are known to feed on almost Keoladeo National Park (formerly the forest department works dili degree virtual reality. It is a part of Melody VR’s event series, so you will have to check if their minutes every Friday, at flaging well with their immediate anything, which includes a wide ar called Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary) in gently towards any leads to try and @hozier. surroundings. ray of both vertebrates and inverte Rajasthan. curb its consumption. app is compatible with any of your devices. When the rain comes down, brates including insects, worms, On a late evening recce, the si Their opportunistic feeding be their breeding season begins, and snakes, rodents, fish. They often lence of the park burst with an haviour, prolific breeding (with the males, now yellow, with two engage in cannibalism by feeding echoed repetitive call of a creature. large egg clutches) and adaptability The BisiBeleBois blue vocal sacs, set out in search of on smaller individuals of their own Somehow, the call seemed urgent makes them invasive in nature, females, that are generally larger. If kind and on other frogs. Even their and not normal, more like a plea! where they tend to overpower oth This Bengalurubased improv comedy trio you find a big congregation of tadpoles have been observed to On investigating further, I found an er native species, a problem frogs will be going live on a ticketed Zoom show, adults, with the yellow males on top feed on smaller tadpoles of their unfortunate bullfrog in the jaws of a native to Andamans are facing at hosted by Embellish event management. of dulllooking females in and own kind as well as on tadpoles of big Indian Rat Snake near the reeds present. The species was also intro The quirky humorists have been fairly around water bodies around this other frogs in the vicinity. of the wetland. duced in Madagascar and the situa creative through the lockdown, and even time, you know what they’re upto. In the way of the Nature, they al On seeing me, the snake slowly tion follows the same course. came up with their own music video, Classified under the Internation- so are an important preybase for wriggled across the periphery of Areas like Sanjay Van and Lodhi professing their love for dosa, in April. al Union for Conservation of Na- several other creatures like birds, the wetland and made it into the Garden are presently homing a Show starts at 8 pm on July 26; passes are ture’s (IUCN) Least Concern catego bigger snakes, and at times desper denser reeds. At first, the call be large number of breeding Indian on insider.in ry, it is one of the most familiar and ate carnivore mammals. Rat snakes came a little more desperate, slowly Bullfrogs. abundant frogs of South and South for instance live in sewers and feed fading and disappearing complete East Asia, and also the largest frog on the frogs that also inhabit the ly thereafter. The writer is the founder of NINOX - Owl We would love to know how you are keeping busy at found in the Indian Subcontinent. area. At the once quaint DSOI Army About Nature, a nature-awareness home. Tell us who you are catching live at They can be identified by the point The Indian Bullfrog’s loud croak club in Dhaula Kuan, where even initiative. He is the Delhi-NCR reviewer for [email protected]. Ebird, a Cornell University initiative, ed snout and long hind limbs, ing call, attracts the opposite sex, ings revolved around the adults en monitoring rare sightings of birds. He which help them jump. but also predators, especially in gaging in drinks and dinner, with formerly led a programme of WWF India.

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DELHI THE HINDU 14 WORLD THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Pandemic will get worse before U.S. to buy 100 U.S. orders China to close Texas million doses it gets better, says Donald Trump of vaccine consulate; Beijing may retaliate Australia reports a daily record of more than 500 infections, Reuters The U.S. government will ‘Houston office was shut to protect intellectual property, private information’ Agence France-Presse pay $1.95 billion to buy 100 Washington million doses of Pfizer Inc Reuters in Houston within a short pe The COVID19 death toll in and German biotech firm Beijing/Washington riod of time is an unprece the United States has spiked BioNTech SE’s COVID19 The United States has told dented escalation of its re again with President Donald vaccine candidate if they China to close its consulate cent actions against China,” Trump conceding the pan are able to successfully de in Houston, both countries Chinese Foreign Ministry demic crisis will get worse, velop one, the companies said on Wednesday, further spokesman Wang Wenbin as record infections in Aus said on Wednesday. deteriorating bilateral ties, told a regular news briefing. tralia underscored second The agreement allows and a source said Beijing was “We urge the U.S. to im wave dilemmas globally. the U.S. government to ac considering shutting the U.S. mediately revoke this erro Nearly 15 million cases quire an additional 500 consulate in Wuhan in reta neous decision. Should it in have been confirmed and million doses, the Depart liation. sist on going down this 6,15,000 lives lost since the Work goes on: A gardener goes about his tasks near a mural of ment of Health and Human

Washington “abruptly de wrong path, China will react virus was first detected in a health worker in Mexico City on Tuesday. * AFP Services (HHS) and the De manded” closure of the with firm countermeasures.” China late last year. partment of Defense said. Houston consulate on Tues Mr. Wang said the U.S. go Almost a quarter of those Other nations, which had also growing in Japan’s capi day, China’s Foreign Ministry vernment had been harass deaths have been in the U.S., eased crippling lockdowns tal, with hundreds of new Two injections said. The editor of an official ing Chinese diplomats and the worsthit nation after a after the virus had appeared cases reported each day ov In clinical trials, Pfizer and media outlet said China had consular staff for some time scattershot response from to fade, are struggling to er the past week, promoting BioNTech have been test been given 72 hours to do so. and “intimidating and inter Mr. Trump that has been combat second waves. authorities to urge people to ing vaccines that require Beijing condemned the rogating Chinese students dominated by him repeated stay home during an upcom two injections. order and threatened retalia and confiscating their perso ly downplaying the severity Second wave fears ing national holiday. France Pfizer will deliver the of the crisis. Australia on Wednesday re also said transmissions were doses if the product re tion, but did not say what Dip in ties: A view of the Chinese consulate in Houston, Texas, nal electrical devices, even measures it might take. detaining them.” With authorities report ported more than 500 infec increasing again over the ceives emergency use auth U.S., on Wednesday. * AP The State Department He said the United States ing on Tuesday the highest tions in a day, posting a re summer holiday season, af orisation or licensing from confirmed the decision and you’re seeing taken by Presi vention, states “have a duty had interfered with China’s daily nationwide death toll cord high nearly four ter the country suffered one the U.S. Food and Drug Ad said the move was made “to dent Trump, we’ll continue not to interfere in the inter diplomatic missions, includ in weeks of nearly 1,000, Mr. months after cases appeared of Europe’s worst outbreaks ministration, after demon protect American intellec to engage in this,” said Mr. nal affairs” of the receiving ing intercepting diplomatic Trump adopted a newly se to have peaked. In Mel during the spring. strating safety and efficacy tual property and Ameri Pompeo. state, Ms. Ortagus said. pouches and confiscating rious tone. “It will probably, bourne, Australia’s second Countries with fragile in a large Phase 3 clinical can’s private information.” The deterioration in U.S. The State Department al Chinese items for “official unfortunately get worse be biggest city where most of health systems have yet to trial. The companies said China ties comes in the run so said China has engaged in use”. He did not specify fore it gets better,” the Presi the new infections have oc enjoy even a brief reprieve they expect to be ready to National security cited up to the November U.S. pre massive spying and in whether the actions were re dent told reporters during curred, wearing face masks from the virus, with Mexico seek some form of regula Speaking on a visit to Den sidential election, in which fluence operations through lated to the Houston his first formal pandemic will be mandatory from on Tuesday passing 40,000 tory approval as early as mark, U.S. Secretary of State President Donald Trump out the United States for consulate. briefing for nearly three Thursday. deaths — the pandemic’s October if the ongoing stu Mike Pompeo offered no and his Democratic rival Joe years. “These activities have The State Department did months. Second wave fears were fourthhighest national toll. dies are successful. specifics, but repeated accu Biden have appeared to increased markedly in scale not immediately respond to sations about Chinese theft compete over who can look and scope over the past few a request for comment on of U.S. and European intel tougher in response to years,” it said. the Chinese charges. lectual property, which he China. A source with direct ‘WHO’s handling of COVID19 caused deaths in Britain’ said were costing “hundreds Late on Tuesday in Hous ‘Violation of sovereignty’ knowledge of the matter said of thousands of jobs.” ton, local media reported “The United States will not China was considering clos “President Trump has that documents had been tolerate the PRC’s violations ing the U.S. consulate in Wu Secretary Pompeo accuses global health agency of striking a ‘deal’ with China said enough — we are not go burned in a courtyard at the of our sovereignty and inti han, where the State Depart ing to allow this to continue consulate. Chinese Foreign midation of our people, just ment withdrew staff and Agence France-Presse that its decisions were in nister Boris Johnson and Fo organisation said on Tues to happen,” he told a news Ministry spokesman Wang as we have not tolerated the their families early this year London fluenced by a deal struck reign Secretary Dominic day, according to The Tele conference. Wenbin said the consulate PRC’s unfair trade practices, amid the COVID19 outbreak The World Health Organiza between chief Tedros Adha Raab focused on China, and graph. The U.S. announced “We are setting out clear was operating normally, de theft of American jobs, and that first emerged in the cen tion (WHO)’s actions during nom Ghebreyesus and China met some Conservative par earlier this month that it expectations for how the clining to comment further other egregious behaviour,” tral city. China’s Foreign Mi the COVID19 pandemic led that helped him become its ty MPs during a private would be withdrawing from Chinese Communist party is on those reports. Ms. Ortagus said in a state nistry did not immediately to “dead Britons”, U.S. Se head, according to quotes in morning event. the WHO, accusing it of be going to behave. And when State Department spokes ment, using an acronym for respond to a request for cretary of State Mike Pom The Times and Daily Tele The WHO said it rejected ing controlled by China. they don’t, we are going to woman Morgan Ortagus said China’s official name, the Pe comment on whether it peo told lawmakers during a graph. “When push came to “ad hominem attacks and Ties between the U.S. and take action to protect the the consulate was ordered ople’s Republic of China. would shut the consulate. trip to London, British me shove, when it really mat unfounded allegations”. China have worsened sharp American people, protect shut “in order to protect It was not immediately Last month, the U.S. em dia reported on Wednesday. tered most”, people died “WHO urges countries to ly this year over a range of is our national security and al American intellectual pro clear why China’s Houston bassy in Beijing said that the Mr. Pompeo told a private “because of the deal that was remain focused on tackling sues, from COVID19 and te so protect our economy and perty and Americans’ priv consulate had been singled United States would resume meeting of MPs on Tuesday made”, he said. the pandemic that is causing lecoms gear maker Huawei jobs. ate information.” out. “The unilateral closure operations at the Wuhan that the WHO had become a Mr. Pompeo was in Britain tragic loss of life and suffer to China’s territorial claims “That’s the actions that Under the Vienna Con of China’s consulate general consulate soon. “political” body, alleging for meetings with Prime Mi ing,” a spokesperson for the in the South China Sea. ELSEWHERE Pak. journalist freed Imran Khan raises Kashmir issue Indian-origin nurse in hours after abduction in phone call with Sheikh Hasina Singapore gets award Some kidnappers wore police uniforms Service during pandemic draws praise Pak. PM stressed on peaceful resolution to the dispute Press Trust of India Press Trust of India Islamabad special corespondent prosperous region”. Dhaka’s with public anger after India Singapore A top Pakistani court on NEW DELHI official news agencies have, stopped export of onion, A 59yearold Indianorigin Wednesday expressed Pakistan Prime Minister Im however, maintained silence Bangladesh turned to Pakis nurse in Singapore has been Ukraine President alarm at the abduction of ran Khan on Tuesday on the Kashmir issue. tan and other countries for conferred with the Presi agrees to endorse movie prominent journalist Matiul briefed Bangladesh leader “The Pakistan Premier supplies. dent’s Award for Nurses for KIEV lah Jan, who was later freed, Sheikh Hasina about the phoned Prime Minister serving on the frontline dur All 13 people taken hostage noting that kidnappers wore Kashmir issue, Pakistan’s of Sheikh Hasina at around 1 Fight against virus ing the COVID19 pandemic. on a bus in Ukraine were police uniforms and wanted ficial news agency has re p.m. and wanted to know During Tuesday’s discus Kala Narayanasamy was freed unharmed on Tuesday to “scare” other people too. ported. from her about the coronavi sion, Mr. Khan also ex among the five nurses given after President Volodymyr The Islamabad High During a telephonic con rus situation in Bangladesh pressed Pakistan’s condo the award, the Ministry of Zelenskiy spoke by phone Court Chief Justice Athar Mi versation, Mr. Khan dis and how her government is lences regarding the loss of Health announced on Tues Kala Narayanasamy and Tay with the hostagetaker and nallah heard the habeas cor cussed the COVID19 scena combating the deadly dis lives in Bangladesh because day. Each recipient was Yee Kian, two of the five agreed to endorse an animal pus petition against Mr. Jan’s rio and assured the Prime ease,” Bangladesh Prime Mi of the pandemic and praised awarded a trophy, a certifi nurses given the award rights documentary. Reuters abduction filed by his family Minister of Bangladesh that nister’s Press Secretary Ihsa Ms. Hasina's initiatives to cate signed by President Ha on Tuesday. The court took his country wished to have nul Karim told official news counter the spread of the limah Yacob and SGD flows and standard operat 14 injured in Chicago prompt action and ordered bilateral ties with Dhaka agency Bangladesh Sangbad disease. 10,000 ($7,228). ing procedures to convert shoot-out Matiullah Jan. * REUTERS Secretary Interior, Commis based on sovereign equality. Sanstha. He also sought Dhaka’s Ms. Narayanasamy, who wards at the Yishun Com CHICAGO A shootout outside a funeral sioner, Islamabad and In Chief Justice Minallah This was the second support to maintain the spi is the Deputy Director of munity Hospital to care for left 14 people wounded on spector General, Islamabad noted that CCTV footage Safe region phone call in a year from Mr. rit of regional cooperation Nursing at Woodlands COVID19 patients. Tuesday in Chicago, as to produce the journalist on showed that some kidnap According to the Associated Khan, who had earlier dis under the umbrella of Health Campus, was award She is currently involved President Donald Trump Wednesday or personally pers were in police un Press of Pakistan, Mr. Khan cussed the regional situation SAARC. ed for using infection con in planning for the Woo threatens to send federal appear before the court. iforms. “Someone has the invited Ms. Hasina to visit Is with Ms. Hasina before she The conversation was trol practices she learned dlands Health Campus, agents to a handful of U.S. Mr. Jan, who is highly crit nerve to do such a thing in lamabad and drew attention arrived on an official visit to held weeks after Bangladesh during the 2003 severe scheduled to open in 2022, cities led by Democratic ical of the government and police uniforms What im to the situation in Kashmir Delhi in October 2019, two Foreign Minister A.K. Abdul acute respiratory syndrome drawing on almost 40 years Mayors.The episode started the security institutions of pression will the public get and “stressed the impor months after India ended Momen hosted Pakistan’s (SARS) outbreak, in the cur of experience to lead the de when occupants of a vehicle the country, was freed on that people are roaming tance of peaceful resolution the statehood of Jammu and High Commissioner Imran rent pandemic. velopment of nursing ser began firing at attendees of a Tuesday, hours after he was around freely in police un of the Jammu and Kashmir Kashmir. Ahmed Siddiqui in the Fo She tapped on this expe vices for the division of funeral. AFP abducted. iforms,” he said. dispute for a safe and Subsequently, to deal reign Ministry in Dhaka. rience to introduce work medicine at the campus.

INTERVIEW | ANDREW POLLARD ‘India will have to deliver COVID19 vaccine on a scale never seen before’ Even if you have a vaccine and enough doses, the logistics of preventing infection in everyone is going to be a mass vaccination programme, says Oxford scientist Narayan Lakshman ple around the world getting <> It is likely that there How much protection will ble, and then we need to be comorbidities. That is prob vaccinated. will be differences in the vaccine offer? Will the able to vaccinate enough pe ably the right way to start. The remarkable progress on a COVID19 vaccine made by An immunity between effect be uniform across the ople to stop the virus in its drew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group and chief On the question of efficacy people. A particular population? tracks. But that is quite a big From your perspective, investigator on its COVID19 trials, and his team, holds out of the vaccine, is it possible deal. First of all, you have got given the science that has hurdle is older hope that an effective and safe vaccine might be available ear that mutations of the virus ■ It is likely that there will be to manufacture it at an enor gone into vaccine adults, especially lier than originally assumed, during 2021. In an interview, he might render the vaccine differences in immunity bet mous scale, for a country like development, what would a shared insights into the COVID19 endgame scenarios that less effective than what was those over 70 years ween people. A particular India, to be able to vaccinate reasonable price for the might now be on the table. Edited excerpts: seen in the trials? of age hurdle is for older adults, es a large proportion of the vaccine be? pecially those over 70 years population. Could you explain the vaccine development process of your ■ We do not know the answ response that you observed of age, where we know that Then you actually have to ■ I do not know what the group, including how the er to that yet. So far, we do in the vaccine trials, and is it their immune systems just get out and deliver the vac price range would be. I did ChAdOx1 nCoV19 vaccine into the cells in our body to not see evidence that the something that would do not crank up as much cine on a scale that has never hear Adar Poonawalla of the works, and what phase the cause infection. spike protein itself has mu inspire hope? when they are vaccinated. been seen before. That is al Serum Institute of India trials are in? In addition to that, the tated so that the vaccine so a big hurdle. Even if you speaking about some sug vaccine also induces a type would not work. But that is ■ We do not know how India is expected to have have a vaccine and you have gested prices but the impor ■ The way the vaccine works of white blood cell called T something that has to be strong an immune response possibly the world’s largest enough doses, the logistics of tant thing for most people in is rather similar to most of cells, which are able to des monitored, because these vi have happened so far, as far is needed for protection. All number of COVID19 cases preventing infection in eve the world is that govern the other vaccines in deve troy our cells if they get in ruses, as they pass on from as we can see, is that if they we can say is that we are see by early 2021 — once the ryone is going to be a huge, ments are likely to pay for lopment. What we are trying fected by the virus. This person to person, they do have big mutations in the ing immune responses that vaccine has been rolled out mass vaccination this or have funding exter to do is induce immune res might halt the infection. The make mistakes in their genet spike protein, they would are better after a second to scale, how long will it take programme. nally from international or ponses to spike protein. The combination of those two is ic code. That could allow not be able to infect our cells dose. They are also not so to bring the pandemic to a Many countries are think ganisations to help them. So, spike protein is the protein exactly what we hope to in these mutations to arise and any more and it would be a bad after a first dose. We do halt? ing, initially, about how to hopefully for individuals be that decorates the surface of duce with the vaccine. We for new forms of spike pro dead end for the virus. not know if those are enough protect those at greatest risk, ing vaccinated, this will be of the coronavirus and the vi are now in the Phase 3 trials, tein to develop. One of the for protection, which is why ■ We need to have enough like hospital workers, older no cost to them, or a very rus uses it in order to enter with more than 10,000 peo reasons why this may not How strong was the immune we have to do these trials. doses of the vaccine availa individuals, and those with low cost.

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market watch 22-07-2020 % CHANGE L&T Q1 profit plunges 79% Sensex dddddddddddddddddddddd 37,872 ddddddddddddd-0.16 Tyagi calls for unified bond US Dollardddddddddddddddddddd 74.75 ddddddddddddddd0.00 Gold ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 50,920 ddddddddddddddd1.41 Brent oil ddddddddddddddddddddd 43.94 ddddddddddddd-1.94 as revenue declines 28% NIFTY 50 market, moots GSecs in demat PRICE CHANGE Company expects more orders in next two quarters Adani Ports...... 312.00...... -2.70 SEBI chief urges firsttime retail investors to invest in government debt Asian Paints...... 1695.75...... -28.50 Special Correspondent Axis Bank ...... 478.95...... 32.75 L&T CEO and MD S.N. Lalatendu Mishra MUMBAI Bajaj Auto ...... 2985.40...... -18.90 demat accounts,” he added. Subrahmanyan said the Bajaj Finserv...... 6347.40...... -36.95 MUMBAI Observing that the go Larsen & Toubro reported company had done well un Bajaj Finance ...... 3253.00...... -39.45 Bharti Airtel ...... 569.15...... 1.40 Securities and Exchange vernment planned to bor firstquarter consolidated der the current circumstanc BPCL...... 450.60...... -13.60 Board of India (SEBI) chair row an additional ₹4 trillion net profit declined 79% to es and operationwise, nor Britannia Ind ...... 3805.05...... -75.35 man Ajay Tyagi on Wednes this year on account of CO ₹303 crore from ₹1,473 crore malcy would be achieved in Cipla ...... 661.70...... -0.60 Coal India ...... 134.10...... 1.00 day called for unification of VID19, he said the issuance in the yearearlier period the next 45 to 60 days as Dr Reddys Lab ...... 4061.60...... 28.05 the financial markets, ad of GSecs in demat form mainly on lower revenue, workers had started report Eicher Motors...... 19890.55. .. -226.10

GAIL (India)...... 101.95...... -1.85 ding that the corporate bond would facilitate easier ₹500 crore credit provisions ing at sites. Grasim Ind ...... 601.80...... -1.30 market needed reforms borrowing. in ﬁnancial services business “We are fairly optimistic HCL Tech...... 650.15...... -2.20 without any further delay. and underrecovery of that the domestic sector HDFC ...... 1881.05...... -2.60

HDFC Bank...... 1126.35...... -12.20 “Unification of financial Corporate bond market overheads. would pick up and we will Hero MotoCorp ...... 2768.00. .. -101.15 markets is an idea whose Stating that the corporate “The company earned a S.N. Subrahmanyan get more orders in the com Hindalco ...... 159.90...... -0.10 time has come. The market bond repo market had not total profit after tax (PAT) of ing two quarters,” he said Hind Unilever ...... 2248.50...... -69.50

ICICI Bank ...... 381.10...... 2.30 infrastructure for corporate taken oﬀ as expected, he ₹544 crore of which alloca the group level, registering a declining to give any gui IndusInd Bank ...... 513.55...... -9.95 bond and GSecs markets One to tango: Two separate ecosystems result in divergent said SEBI was examining pol tion to noncontrolling inter decline of 39%. dance due to uncertainties. Bharti Infratel ...... 200.55...... 1.70 should be integrated,” Mr. governance, regulatory norms, says SEBI chiefAjay Tyagi. * PTI icy options to make it work, est is ₹241 crore. “It was a very unusual The consolidated order Infosys ...... 917.90...... -18.85

Indian OilCorp...... 92.00...... -1.45 Tyagi said in his inaugural including a central clearing “The consolidated PAT at quarter,” said R. Shankar Ra book of the group stood at ITC ...... 196.55...... 4.30 address at the FICCI Capital these two types of securities He said it would be ideal facility for triparty repo tributable to shareholders of man, CFO, L&T. ₹3,05,083 crore with the in JSW Steel...... 207.00...... -2.95 Market Conference ‘Atma should follow the same rules for ﬁrsttime investors to be trades in corporate bonds. the company, including pro ternational order book con Kotak Bank ...... 1342.35...... -16.65

L&T...... 920.90...... -17.15 nirbhar Bharat: Role of Capi and regulations, he said, ad gin their capital markets He said development and ﬁt from discontinued busi Hit by lockdown stituting 24%. M&M ...... 592.00...... 3.70 tal Markets’. ding that the economies of journey by investing in risk deepening of the corporate ness, is ₹303 crore, reﬂect “Revenue was impacted by About 65% of the new Maruti Suzuki ...... 6003.40. .. -127.45 “Having two separate eco scope and scale would also free government bonds. “I bond market ought to be one ing a decline of 79% visavis the nationwide lockdown, projects came in the infras Nestle India Ltd...... 17151.85. .. -123.75

NTPC ...... 90.35...... 2.00 systems results in artificial dictate such unification. would suggest that, to of the topmost agendas of PAT of ₹1,473 crore for the resulting in halting of manu tructure segment that se ONGC ...... 82.60...... 0.15 segmentation of investors Observing that the equity achieve this, the GSecs may the policymakers, more so corresponding quarter of facturing and construction cured orders worth ₹11,349 PowerGrid Corp ...... 179.65...... 6.00 and divergent governance markets had seen a big surge be issued in demat form,” considering the problems the previous year,” the firm activities, nonavailability of crore, down 32%. Reliance Ind ...... 2004.00...... 32.45

State Bank ...... 192.00...... -2.40 and regulatory norms for in in participation of retail in Mr. Tyagi added. with the banking sector. said in a filing with the stock labour and disruptions to IT & Technology Services Shree Cement ...... 21979.45. .. -461.30 stitutions in the two markets vestors in the last few “These new demat ac Since the market was get exchanges. the supply chain ecosystem. segment’s revenue stood at Sun Pharma ...... 474.30...... -2.95 performing similar func months, he said that the rise count holders, after gaining ting restricted to toprated Gross revenue declined Since the company lost sig ₹6,028 crore, clocking a Tata Motors ...... 105.15...... -3.30 Tata Steel ...... 350.05...... -9.10 tions,” the SEBI chief noted. in new demat accounts indi experience of investing in G corporate bonds, there was a 28% yearonyear to ₹21,260 nificant revenue during the growth of 58%. The growth TCS ...... 2190.95...... -34.10 The market infrastructure cated the entry of firsttime Secs could then gradually dire need to move down the crore. The firm bagged or quarter, margin was not was led by consolidation of Tech Mahindra ...... 617.95...... -2.75

Titan ...... 1057.70...... 42.55 institutions dealing with retail investors. add other securities to their rating curve, he said. ders worth ₹23,574 crore at available,” he said. Mindtree.

UltraTech Cement...... 3862.65...... -0.65

UPL...... 460.25...... 1.85

Vedanta ...... 112.10...... 1.30

Wipro ...... 266.00...... -5.35 Zee Entertainment ...... 157.00...... 3.25 Bajaj Auto Q1 net halves ‘Eplatforms must be sensitive Gold exceeds ₹50,000 EXCHANGE RATES Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit on COVID19 challenges level, dampens demand except yen at 4 p.m. on July 22 CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL to defence, privacy concerns’ US Dollar...... 74.56...... 74.88 Total income declines 58% to ₹3,417 cr. ‘Buyers may wait to see if prices hold’ Euro ...... 85.89...... 86.27 British Pound...... 94.31...... 94.72 Special Correspondent Upcoming law to address data availability for development Reuters Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 69.66...... 69.96 MUMBAI Mumbai Chinese Yuan ...... 10.64...... 10.69 Special Correspondent Swiss Franc ...... 79.80...... 80.16 Bajaj Auto Ltd.’s ﬁrstquar cerns of citizens but also en Gold prices in India rose Singapore Dollar ...... 53.78...... 54.02 ter standalone net proﬁt de NEW DELHI sure availability of data for above the psychologically Canadian Dollar...... 55.32...... 55.56

Malaysian Ringitt ...... 17.50...... 17.60 clined 53% to ₹528 crore for All digital platforms need to innovation and economic important ₹50,000 level for Australian Dollar ...... 53.09...... 53.36 the period ending June 30, be accountable and sensitive development. “In view of the first time on Wednesday, Source:Indian Bank 2020, from ₹1,126 crore in towards concerns related to these concerns, digital plat as expectations of more sti the same period last year on defence and data privacy of forms having presence in mulus to resuscitate pan account of challenges due to citizens of sovereign coun many countries must be demichit economies lifted IN BRIEF the COVID19 pandemic. tries, Union Minister Ravi come trustworthy, safe and the metal’s appeal as an in The company’s total in Shankar Prasad said on secure,” the statement flation hedge. Local gold fu come also declined 58% to Wednesday. added. tures reached an alltime ₹3,417 crore compared with The Minister, who holds “We all need to acknow high of ₹50,085 per 10 gm the ₹8,197 crore in the same tarted operations, sporadic the portfolio for Law and ledge… that the digital eco on Wednesday, taking their es,” he said. The domestic period last year. localised lockdowns are dis Justice, IT and Telecom, was Ravi Shankar Prasad nomy must go hand in hand gains to 28% in 2020 after price includes a 12.5% im “The first quarter of FY21 rupting the supply chain,” speaking at a virtual meeting with the data economy be rising a quarter in 2019. port tax and 3% sales tax. has been extremely chal and impacting the return to of G20 Digital Economy “Digital platforms need to cause data is the important However, the price rise “I couldn’t sell a gram of lenging due to the unprece normalcy, it added. Ministers. be responsive, accountable component to accelerate the dampened retail demand gold today,” said Harshad Aj dented COVID19 pandemic. The comments follow the and sensitive to concerns of digital economy. We under for gold in India, the world’s mera, proprietor, JJ Gold Lockdown and other con Low volume Indian government’s move sovereign nations as far as stand the issue of data inno secondlargest consumer of House, a wholesaler in Kol tainment and precautionary For the quarter, the compa to ban 59 Chinese applica safety, defence and data pri vation, of data cross flow, the precious metal. Alth kata. “Prices rose too much measures have resulted in ny’s sales volume was low at tions, including TikTok, Sha vacy is concerned,” the mi but we also need to acknow ough the price rise has been too quickly. Buyers will wait BSE delivers 16,000 kg disrupted supply lines and a 4,43,103 units, including ex reit, Mi Video Call, Club Fac nister said. ledge who has the sovereign dampening retail demand, for a few days to see wheth ‘almonds in shell’ futures sharp decline in overall de ports, compared with tory and Cam Scanner, citing According to an official ty over data. We are very investment demand has er they sustain at higher le MUMBAI mand,” Bajaj Auto said in a 12,47,174 units a year earlier. a threat to national security statement, Mr. Prasad added clear that data must belong been improving lately, said a vels,” he said. India’s gold BSE has announced the statement. As of June 2020, the com and sovereignty. The deci that India was soon going to to the sovereign nation con bank dealer with a bullion imports in the June quarter maiden delivery of ‘almonds “Impact of this pandemic pany’s surplus cash and sion announced in June put in place a robust perso cerned, to protect the priva importing bank. plunged 96% from a year in shell’ futures at its was experienced in India cash equivalents stood at came amid border tensions nal data protection law cy of its people, to protect “But the share of invest earlier to 13 tonnes after designated warehouse in and in countries that we ex ₹14,232 crore. It was ₹14,322 between India and China in which will not only address digital concerns for its peo ment demand is very small shipments virtually ground Navi Mumbai. The delivery of port to. While we have res crore on March 31, 2020. Ladakh. data privacyrelated con ple,” he said. compared to retail purchas to a halt in April and May. 16,000 kg of ‘almonds in shell’ was successfully completed despite the lockdown, BSE said in a Will fight statement. “For the first Prospects of early turnaround in time, ‘almonds in shell’ were privatisation priced and delivered on a forward looking, market of PSBs: AIBEA driven basis based on the commercial vehicles dim: SFL BSE futures, offering Special Correspondent stakeholders greater Chennai transparency and certainty,” ‘Sustained economic activity, infra projects may spur sales’ said Sameer Patil, chief Bank unions would fight at business officer. Special Correspondent ly affected as well,” S. Viji, our customers could under tempts to privatise any pu Chennai chairman, Sundaram Fi go changes, which could blic sector bank, said a un Piramal arm, Medivant in The prospects of an early nance Ltd. said, addressing open up new hitherto un ion official. U.S. market supply pact turnaround in the commer the 67th AGM of the compa known opportunities for “It is ironical that when MUMBAI cial vehicles segment (CV) ny. He said that the infras us,” T.T. Srinivasaraghavan, the association released Piramal Critical Care (PCC), a appear dim and will depend tructure sector could offer a MD, Sundaram Finance Ltd., the names of 2,400 wilful business unit of Piramal heavily on a sustained reviv big opportunity. “Budgetary said. “Given the heightened bank loan defaulters, who Enterprises Ltd., has al in economic activity. Ho allocations for this sector are uncertainty, we are aligned are all private companies, announced a strategic wever, infrastructure pro significant and if various to opportunities that may news comes that public partnership with U.S.based jects could provide a boost projects get under way, they open up in the coming sector banks would be pharmaceutical outsourcing to CV sales, a top executive could provide a boost to CV months and are constantly privatised. It is nothing but facility, Medivant Healthcare, of Sundaram Finance Ltd. sales,” he added. scanning the landscape to handing over these banks to meet the shortage of said. According to him, the see what new opportunities to the same private compa injectable drugs in hospitals “While demand in the switchover to BSVI norms might arise,” he added. nies [that] are defaulters,” across the U.S. PCC and first two months of the cur could not have come at a He said that there may be said C.H. Venkatachalam, Medivant will work together to distribute singledose rent financial year has been worse time for the Indian au opportunities to acquire general secretary, All India injectable drugs in approved virtually nonexistent, sup tomotive industry. portfolios of NBFCs in need Bank Employees’ states for COVID19 patients ply chains have been severe “Some business models of of funding. Association. that have fallen dangerously short in supply. PCC has a marketing and sales team in the U.S., serving nearly all LIC Home Finance offers Tea Board to try out hospitals and surgical facilities nationwide. new loans at 6.9% interest new auction system Mylan gets DCGI nod for anti-TB drug pretomanid ‘Lower EMIs to help lift home demand’ ‘It will ensure transparency in pricing’ HYDERABAD Mylan on Wednesday said Special Correspondent dable EMIs will aid in ad Staff Reporter The board may start the the Drugs Controller General MUMBAI dressing the demand side UDHAGAMANDALAM trial session in two or three of India (DCGI) has approved In probably the lowest in the for buying homes,” Siddhar The Tea Board of India will weeks, M. Balaji, executive its antituberculosis drug market, LIC Housing Fi tha Mohanty, MD & CEO, soon unveil a new system to director of Tea Board said in pretomanid for conditional nance Ltd. has announced a LIC Housing Finance, said. auction tea on a pilot basis Coonoor. access under the National 6.9% rate of interest on new LIC HF has also intro at Coonoor in the Nilgris. Explaining the benefits of Tuberculosis Elimination home loans. The rate of in duced a special home loan Known as the “ascend the new system, he said that Programme. Pretomanid has terest for home loans up to product ‘ Griha Varishtha’ ing” auction system, this is it would ensure transparen been developed by non ₹50 lakh starts from 6.9% for pensioners. The tenure currently in place in Japan cy in pricing and fair play profit organisation TB for borrowers with a CIBIL is till the attainment of 80 for fish auctions and in the between buyers and sellers. Alliance and is part of a 3drug, 6month, alloral score of 700 and above. For years of age or maximum up Netherlands for floriculture. Sellers will have a say in regimen for treatment of a similar score, the rate of to 30 years, whichever is Based on the recommen the price fixed for the auc pulmonary extensively interest is 7% onwards for earlier. This product caters dations of the Indian Insti tion and buyers will have a drugresistant TB and non loans above ₹50 lakh. to retired or serving em tute of Management Banga choice. When the base price responsive multi drug “Home loan interest rates ployees of PSU insurers, go lore, the new platform has is fixed for a particular lot, resistant TB. Initially, Mylan are at an alltime low for the vernment, railways, defence been developed for tea auc the system will keep in will make the drug available company, thereby resulting and banks entitled to pen tions. creasing the price at regular via a donation of 400 in low EMI payment. Attrac sion under Defined Benefit Virtual training sessions intervals till just one buyer courses to the NTEP. tive price points and affor Pension Scheme. are on for stakeholders. is left to buy that lot.

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TV PICKS Stokes the best allrounder I Will be a real test for Serie A: Sony Ten 2 (SD & SC to hear BCCI appeal HD), 11 p.m. & 1.10 a.m. (Thursday) have played with: Anderson West Indies: Lloyd PGA Tour: Eurosport (SD & HD), 12 a.m. (Thursday) after two weeks WI IN ENGLAND ‘England will come through strongly’ IN BRIEF S. Dipak Ragav Ayan Acharya Board seeking extension of tenure for president, secretary ormer England player ames Anderson has Fand coach David Lloyd Krishnadas Rajagopal Jhailed teammate Ben feels the West Indies faces NEW DELHI Stokes as the best allroun an uphill task in the decid The Supreme Court on Wed der he has ever played with, ing Test that starts on Friday nesday agreed to hear after after the 29yearold’s at Old Trafford. two weeks a bunch of peti match haul of 254 runs and “It will be a real test for Villa moves out of tions, including one filed by three wickets helped En the West Indies,” Lloyd said. the relegation zone the BCCI for an amendment gland level the threematch “England will come through BIRMINGHAM in its constitution which may Test series in Manchester on strongly because lads like Aston Villa climbed out of decide the tenures of its pre Monday. Shannon Gabriel were suf the Premier League’s sident Sourav Ganguly and “It is hard to say how Anderson and Stokes. fering. He is a fast bowler relegation zone with one secretary Jay Shah. good he [Stokes] is because * FILE PHOTO and you can’t do that in David Lloyd. * FILE PHOTO match to play after beating The BCCI has urged the it is difficult to find the three backtoback matches, Arsenal 1-0. Trezeguet court to revise a rule in its words... Joe Root said the batting and getting wickets whereas England rested An Stokes stacks up against netted the winning goal in new constitution which other day that ‘we are in the as well — it [the workload] derson and Archer will former England great Ian the 27th minute on Tuesday. The results: Premier League: mandates that administra presence of greatness’ and can take its toll. come back. Botham, Lloyd said, “All the Watford 0 lost to Manchester tors have to serve a three he is spot on,” said “We got to look after him “England’s coach said talk now is ‘is he better than City 4 (Sterling 31, 40, Foden year coolingoff period after Anderson. and make sure we can keep they were going to play the Botham’. Well, it doesn’t 63, Laporte 66); Aston Villa 1 six successive years in the Wait continues: The fate of Sourav Ganguly, right, and Jay “The fact that he could getting the best out of him strongest [team] and I sur matter. What matters is that (Trezeguet 27) bt Arsenal 0. BCCI or State association. Shah, holding BCCI posts, is yet to be decided. * FILE PHOTO get into any team as a bat for as long as possible be mise that as Anderson, he changes the game. Serie A: Atalanta 1 (Muriel 62) The coolingoff period sman... and with that his cause he is becoming the Broad, Archer and Woakes. bt Bologna 0; Sassuolo 1 was a major recommenda cations next week as it associations of Tamil Nadu bowling and fielding speak best allrounder England I would play the leftarm Fitter and better (Caputo 42-pen) lost to AC tion by the Lodha commit would be busy with the Ma and Himachal Pradesh volumes about the kind of has ever had and there is no spinner Jack Leach because “Let’s not forget the lad had Milan 2 (Ibrahimovic 19, 45+2). tee to reform cricket admi ratha reservations case. The would also be heard after a player he is. reason why he can’t go on to the West Indies has [like] 10 an offfield problem that Contracts of 32 foreign nistration in the country. A BCCI application was not fortnight. TNCA’s petition be even better.” righthanded batsmen,” ended up in court. But he coaches extended Bench of Chief Justice of In listed for hearing, but was pertains to release of funds Doing everything The third Test between En- Lloyd said on the Sony Ten has gone away and re NEW DELHI dia Sharad A. Bobde and L. mentioned. withheld by the BCCI during “After a week where he has gland and West Indies will be Pit Stop Facebook chat. dressed the situation and The Sports Authority of India Nageswara Rao said the The CJI said the separate the tenure of the Committee done everything — chasing live on Sony Six channels On the constant compari come back better, fitter and (SAI) on Wednesday extended court cannot hear the appli applications by the cricket of Administrators (CoA). balls off his own bowling, from July 24, 3.30 p.m. son of how allrounder Ben more determined.” the contract of 32 foreign coaches in 11 disciplines till September-end next year to ensure continuity in the NDTL’s suspension My journey training of athletes till Tokyo ‘No regrets but it could have ended better’ Olympics. PTI mirrored extended for six months Kumble talks about his India coaching stint in an online chat with Mbangwa ancient paths The lab can move CAS within 21 days PRESS TRUST OF INDIA happy moving on from there coach, with the team reach NEW DELHI as well,” Kumble told former ing the Champions Trophy of chess: Anand Y.B. Sarangi oratory remained suspend Former skipper Anil Kumble Zimbabwe player Mpumele final in 2017 and also becom KOLKATA ed. The disciplinary pro does not regret his time as lo Mbangwa in an online ing a dominant Test side, los P.K. Ajith Kumar The World AntiDoping cess is now complete and head coach of the Indian session. ing just one out of 17 Tests KOZHIKODE Agency (WADA) has sus the second sixmonth sus team, but feels the end of his during his tenure. Chess has actually grown pended the accreditation of pension began on July 17, tenure could have been Significant role “I was very happy that I in popularity during the Ali’s 1996 Olympic torch the country’s National Dope 2020,” said a WADA better. “I know the end could have took up the role (India coronavirus crisis. donated to IOC Testing Laboratory (NDTL) statement. The 49yearold stepped been better, but then that’s coach). It was great, the one Recently, some of the le LAUSANNE for another six months. The NDTL can move the down after the Champions fine. As a coach, you realise, year I spent with the Indian gends of chess and repre On the occasion of a visit to The NDTL was originally Court of Arbitration for Trophy in 2017 following a when it’s time to move on, team was really fantastic,” sentatives from the UN ex the International Olympic suspended in August last Sport (CAS) against the de rift with skipper Virat Kohli. it’s the coach who needs to said Kumble. changed ideas online on Committee (IOC) year for six months due to cision within 21 days of re “We did really well in that move on. I was really happy I “Having been with great the occasion of the Interna headquarters on Tuesday, nonconformities with the ceipt of the notice. oneyear period. I was really played a significant role in performers and being a part tional Chess Day ( July 20). former Formula One Chief Executive Bernie Ecclestone International Standard for “During the period of happy that there were some that one year,” he added. of the Indian dressing room Anand, who had logged donated the iconic original Laboratories (ISL), includ suspension, if the laborato contributions made, and Kumble had a successful again was a great feeling,” he in from his home in Chen torch, with which Muhammad ing in relation to the labora ry satisfies the LabEG in Kumble. * FILE PHOTO there are no regrets. I was oneyear stint as India said. nai, was asked to trace the Ali lit the cauldron at the tory’s isotope ratio mass meeting the requirements, history of chess, which was 1996 Atlanta Games, to the spectrometry (GC/C/IRMS) it may apply for reinstate fitting given that it had orig IOC. ANI analytical method. ment prior to the expiry of inated in India. “In February 2020, when the sixmonth suspension “When I won in Iran, my Indian Super League joins the sixmonth suspension period. Should the labora Anand defends well to hold Carlsen journey mirrored the an World Leagues Forum period elapsed and some tory not address the non cient paths of chess,” he NEW DELHI outstanding nonconformi conformities by the end of Rakesh Rao 1.52.5, following a onemove ert any pressure. Nine moves drew with Viswanathan Anand; said. “I was living in Spain The Indian Super League (ISL) ties had not been addressed the sixmonth suspension NEW DELHI blunder in the fourth game, later, draw was agreed fol Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr) drew at that time. The two ve has been inducted into the successfully, WADA’s Labo period, WADA may extend Troubled in the middle Anand was under pressure lowing repetition of moves. with Boris Gelfand (Isr); Ian Ne- nues of the championship prestigious World Leagues pomniachtchi (Rus) bt Ding Li- Forum (WLF), the association ratory Expert Group (La the suspension of the labo game, Viswanathan Anand between moves 21 and 34, World No. 3 Ding Liren, were New Delhi and Tehe bEG) recommended the in ratory’s accreditation for up defended accurately to split when Carlsen’s rook and stunned by Boris Gelfand in ren (Chn); Peter Svidler (Rus) ran. These were the first of professional football drew with Peter Leko (Hun); itiation of further to an additional six the point in the first game bishoppair threatened to the first round, lost to Ian three countries where leagues which includes the Vladimir Kramnik (Rus) drew likes of Premier League, disciplinary proceedings months,” said WADA. against Magnus Carlsen in prove superior to Anand’s Nepomniachtchi in the only with Anish Giri (Ned). chess seems to have been LaLiga and Bundesliga. against the laboratory. Following the suspension the second round of chess24 rook, knight and bishop. decisive game of the round First round: Svidler bt Anand played first.” The ISL said in a release that These disciplinary proceed of NDTL, the National Anti Legends of Chess on But the Indian managed before Vladimir Kramnik let 2.5-1.5; Carlsen bt Giri 3-1; Gel- He said he was happy it has become the first league ings were carried out by an Doping Agency (NADA) has Wednesday. to trade his knight for a bish Anish Giri off the hook. fand bt Liren 3-1; Nepom- that so many people had from South Asia and seventh independent Disciplinary been sending the samples After surrendering the op on the 35th move and the Second round results: Game niachtchi bt Kramnik 3-2; Leko discovered chess during in Asia to join the WLF. PTI Committee... while the lab abroad for testing. first round to Peter Svidler reafter, Carlsen could not ex One: Magnus Carlsen (Nor) bt Ivanchuk 3-2. the pandemic. We are among the favourites, says Vidit Gujrathi India starts its campaign in the FIDE Online Olympiad on Aug. 21

Rakesh Rao “When I checked on Tues ity to return with a medal. is, the timecontrol is 15 mi NEW DELHI day, there were 40 teams in “Without doubt, we are nutes on the clock for each Seventh seed India will join the Top division, divided in among the favourites. Our player and fivesecond incre the action in the inaugural to four groups of 10 each. juniors are most talented ment per move. FIDE Online Olympiad bet Now I discover the number and grossly underrated (as “With Anand busy playing ween August 21 and 23, al of countries stands reduced per rapid ratings). The aver in the Legends of Chess, Hari most a month after its com to 25. As per the email from age rating of the team (2419) away in Biel, and Humpy and mencement. The firstofits FIDE, the timings of the final does not reflect our true Harika involved in speed kind team event, with 161 phase of matches will be de playing strength. With chess, I am in touch with the participating countries, cided after ascertaining the Anand around, it will be a big junior members of the started on Wednesday and time zones of the qualified plus for India. team.” will culminate on August 30. teams.” “Since this is the first tour About R. Vaishali, elevat Getting to lead the Indian nament of its kind (with each ed as a reserve for Humpy

Unclear on format Vidit Gujrathi. * FILE PHOTO team that includes seniors sixmember team including and Harika after initially be Speaking to The Hindu on like Viswanathan Anand, P. men, women and juniors), ing considered as a junior Wednesday, the Indian team the format once India ﬁnish Harikrishna, Koneru Humpy still a lot of clarity is needed playingmember, Vidit said, captain Vidit Gujrathi admit es with its engagements in and D. Harika, Vidit saw it as for every team before start “she is among the strongest ted he was still unclear about the 25team top division. an honour, and an opportun ing its campaign. All I know junior girls in the game.” Madhubani artist turns ‘mask man’ of Bihar Turning his traditional skills to the need of the hour, Remant Kumar Mishra makes trendy safety wear

Amarnath Tewary characters, and aspects of ders from all over the coun Patna nature are central motifs in try and in the past three When the full impact of the this style of painting, origi months, has sent over 14,000 COVID19 pandemic hit India nally rendered only with fin masks in sanitised packages in March, noted Madhubani gers and natural colours. on a first comefirst served artist Remant Kumar Mishra, “But now we use brushes, basis. 37, decided to turn adversity nibpens and synthetic co He charges ₹50 apiece for into an opportunity. lours as well to paint Mithila his threelayered cotton Now going by a new sobri art,” said Mr. Mishra. masks featuring Madhubani quet of Bihar’s “mask man”, Mr. Mishra’s phone has motifs. “We also have masks Mr. Mishra despatches masks been ringing constantly with with catchy slogans like ‘go with handpainted Madhuba orders after photos of his corona’ and ‘namaste karna ni motifs all over India. masks went viral on social hai, haath nahi milana hai’ Hailing from the Jitwarpur media. “I heard that social (greet greet each other with village under the Rahika activist and writer Advaita folded hands, don’t shake block of Madhubani district Kala tweeted about my hands),” he said. in north Bihar, on March 9, Practical art: Remant Kumar Mishra with his creations. masks, which helped other He orders his cotton fabric Mr. Mishra distributed 650 people all over the country from Warangal in Telangana. masks with Madhubani (also comfortable to wear but also so paint in the Madhubani find out about them. I am “I am quite particular about known as Mithila painting) look ethnic and trendy,” Mr. style. “In every household thankful to her,” he said, ad choosing the right fabric. My motifs among district offi Mishra, who has been a Mad here, you can find a Mithila ding that he now engages first priority is the safety and cials and his acquaintances, hubani artist from the age of painting artist,” he said. nearly 300 villagers, includ satisfaction of my custom seeking their feedback. 10, told The Hindu. His Ranti under the Rajnagar ing 15 tailors from his locali ers,” the artist said. He can be “They appreciated my ef grandmother, mother, wife block is another hub for this ty, in painting masks. contacted at 8789183527 or fort as the masks are not only and other family members al craft tradition. Mythological He has been receiving or 9899429912.

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