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alone, readyperch BJPCLAIMS 21 OF 22 callsmigrantportaldelayunpardonable UP ZILA PANCHAYAT for bureaucrats CHIEF RESULTS Tells states to supplydry rations,set up kitchens;Assam, Bengal, C’garh, Delhi lagging on ration plan CHAR DHAM YATRA SUSPENDED adaisical” and “unpardonable”. of JusticesAshok Bhushan and mentation ensures availability of ED too in PSU boards APURVAVISHWANATH “When the unorganised MRShah said while issuing a ration to beneficiaries under BALAJI SRIVASTAVA NEWDELHI,JUNE29 workers arewaiting forregistra- Slowto string of directions to the Centre National Food Security Act IS NEW POLICE CHIEF tion and arewaiting to reap the PLAIN E andstates. (NFSA) and other welfare Manyare Independent Directors in OF DELHI ● takeoff THE SUPREME CourtonTuesday benefit of various welfare EX The court’s verdict came in a schemes, especiallytothe mi- PAGE 8 setadeadline of July 31 forstates schemes of the states and Centre, suo motu case it had takenupon grant workers and their families firms under Ministry they worked in; to implement the ‘One Nation the apathyand lackadaisical at- THOUGH THE One Nation May26lastyear concerning the at anyFair Price Shop across the One Ration Card’ system and for titude by theMinistryofLabour One Ration scheme is in welfareofmigrant workers amid Country”. IAS dominatesbeneficiarypool the Centretocreateanational and Employment is unpardon- operation in 32 states and the Covid-19pandemic. Solicitor GeneralTushar House panel databaseof unorganisedworkers. able. Therewas urgency in the UTs, it has been slowto Calling One Nation One Mehtahad earlier told the court YOUR RIGHT The courtalso pulledup portaltobe finalisedand imple- take off. In June, only1.65 Ration Card“an important citi- thatonlyfourstates—Assam, BUSINESSASUSUAL the Centrefor the delayinset- mented looking (at) the pan- lakh beneficiaries under zen-centric reform”, the Chhattisgarh, Delhi and West TO KNOW to Twitter: ting up anational webportalto demic and direneedofunorgan- the NFSAavailedofitfor Supreme Courtset adeadline of Bengal —wereyet to implement BY UNNY registermigrant and unorgan- isedworkers to receive the inter-state portability. July31for allstatestoimplement theOne Nation, One Ration Card AN EXPRESS RTI Explain why isedworkers, calling this“lack- benefit,” aSupreme Courtbench the scheme and said “itsimple- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 APPLICATION handles of

SHYAMLALYADAV MPs blocked Govt gives Moderna NEWDELHI,JUNE29 IT'S NOT justpoliticians linkedto LIZMATHEW the ruling BJP who have been NEWDELHI,JUNE29 emergency use nod, made Independent Directors on the boardsofPublicSectorUn- AS THE rowbetween Twitter ` 95 per kilo dertakings.Whenitcomestopa- and the government intensifies may first come in tronagefromthe ruling establish- over the newITguidelines,the ment,officialdomisn’t farbehind. TOMORROW parliamentarystanding com- ` 123 per kilo Records obtainedthrough the THEDOORBETWEEN mittee on IT has sought an ex- only as donations RighttoInformation Actand also PUBLIC&PRIVATE planationfromthe microblog- ` 152 per kilo investigatedby The Indian Express ging platform on the blocking of showthat at least46retired bu- Twitter accountsofUnion ` 72 per Dozen Paul, head of the national Covid reaucratsserveonthe boards of Director in anyPSU is guidedby Informationand Technology KAUNAINSHERIFFM& task force, on Tuesdaysaid, “I am 40 PSUs. statutoryprovisionsandinstruc- MinisterRaviShankar Prasad PRABHARAGHAVAN pleasedtoinform that an appli- In the firstofthis series tions issued.Ifeel it provides an and committeechairman NEWDELHI,JUNE29 cation receivedfromModerna, Monday, TheIndianExpress inves- organisationthe advantages of Shashi Tharoor. NHRC team through an Indian subsidiary tigation of 146PSUs —for which institutional wisdom, particu- It is learnt that the commit- THE NATIONAL drug regulator and partner of theirs, Cipla, has details were available —revealed larly in strategic planning, execu- teewrotetoTwitter—itwas probing Bengal on Tuesdaygranted emergency been granted newdrug permis- that of the 172Independent tion and management.Forexam- summonedbeforethe panel on use authorisation to US biotech- sion forrestricted use,com- Directors in 98 PSUs, 86 on 67 ple, basedonmyinterestand June 18 —and askedittoexplain violence faces nology firm Moderna forits vac- monlyknown as Emergency Use boards arelinkedtothe rulingBJP. experience, Imade good sugges- whythe Twitter handles of cine againstthe novelcoron- Authorisation. This is the firstin- Raising questions of propri- tions on CSR initiatives, which Prasad and Tharoor were avirus, paving the wayfor its ternationallydevelopedvaccine etyand conflict of interest, some made the initiative moremean- blocked, what is itspolicy on mob, ‘threats’ Indianpartner Ciplatoimport forwhichsuchpermission exists bureaucratsworkedinseniorpo- ingful. Idon’t find anyclashof in- blocking accountsand the safe- the firstmRNACovid-19 vaccine as of today,”Paulsaid. sitionsinministries withadmin- terestasthe role is advisory,” guards to ensurethat random SWEETYKUMARI intothe countryfor commercial He, however, said discus- istrative control or linkstothe Panda said. blocking does nottakeplace. KOLKATA,JUNE29 use. This is also the firstinterna- sions on whether Moderna and PSUs wheretheyare now SunilKumarKohli:InAugust Lastweek, Prasad was tionallydevelopedvaccinetobe Cipla would receive indemnity Independent Directors, the 2018,thisIndian Defence blockedfromaccessing his ac- THE NHRCteam investigating granted awaiverfromconduct- —protection from legal liability records show. AccountsServiceofficerretiredas count, ratchetinguptensions post-pollincidentsinWestBengal ing bridgingtrials in . in the case of adverse effects— Consider: FinancialAdvisor (Defence with the government. ontheordersof theCalcuttaHigh While the government said arestill underway. SanjayKumar Panda: A Services). He had earlier worked Following this, Twitter came Courtfaced heckling and report- details on the quantity of doses “That issue (indemnity) is be- 1980-batch IAS officer from the as Controller General of Defence under fresh criticism fornot fol- edly threatsofviolence in to be importedtoIndia by Cipla ing addressedand we have taken Manipur-Tripura cadre,heserved Accountsunderthe Ministryof lowing Indian laws. Jadavpur on Tuesdayafternoon. arestillunder consideration, The it up forexamination. It is under as Secretaryinthe Ministryof Defence. On July24, 2019,hewas Twitter deniedPrasad access Thevice-chairmanof theNational Indian Express has learntthat the consideration,” he said. Textiles for17months before his appointed as Independent to his account foralmostanhour Commission forMinorities, Atif vaccine isinitiallyexpectedtobe Emphasising that Tuesday's retirement in August2015. On Director with Bharat Electronics on the grounds that he had Rasheed,whowaswiththeteam, providedtoIndia in limited decision is onlyaregulatorystep, August9,2018, he wasappointed Ltd(BEL)underthesameMinistry. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 said amob had triedtohit and quantities —asdonations by the and thatimportdetails of the THEIR BEST SHOT as Independent Director at The CONTINUEDONPAGE2 chase them, and that police per- US drug maker. vaccine arebeing worked out, JuteCorporation of India Ltd, un- UP, MP, DELHI:FIRs sonnel accompanying them had Confirming the emergency Paulsaid, “(The emergency use Adoor-to-doorvaccination drive in Chitnan village,Bhatora derthe same Ministry. SEBI TIGHTENS AGAINST TWITTER providednohelp. use approval to Moderna’s authorisation) potentiallyopens Island, Howrah, on Tuesday. PTI “The appointment and func- NORMS PAGE 15 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 mRNACovid-19vaccine, Dr VK CONTINUEDONPAGE2 tioning of an Independent PAGE 12

BHIMA KOREGAON CASE MONEY LAUNDERING CASE Taloja prison officials seek Deshmukh expresses inability to appear transfer of accused, say before ED, requests virtual interaction they are giving ‘false KHUSHBOONARAYAN& SADAFMODAK complaints’ to put pressure MUMBAI,JUNE29

FORMER SADAFMODAK Home MinisterAnil Deshmukh MUMBAI,JUNE29 has written to theEnforcement Directorate(ED) Tuesdayex- MORE THAN ayear afterthe pressing his inability to appear male accusedinthe Bhima in person before theprobe Koregaon case were transferred agency in connection with a to TalojaCentralPrison in Navi moneylaundering case, citing Mumbai, the prison officials the Covid-19 pandemic.The NCP have sought to transfer them to Jailsuperintendent’s leader has instead asked the ED another jail in Mumbai on the communication to state to recordhis statement through ground that theythrough their prison department an “audio/visual” mode of their Anil Deshmukh’s advocate IndrapalSingh outside ED’s lawyers and kin aregiving “false mentions astatement by choice. office in MumbaionTuesday. Ganesh Shirsekar complaints”toput pressureon Navlakha’s partner on a In the letter,Deshmukh said, the jail administration. parcel containinganew “I am aseptuagenarian, about 72 The accused’s lawyers have pair of spectacles not years of age, suffering from var- desirable to appear in personto- clarify” the purpose of his per- said that while transfer of pris- acceptedbyjail officials. File ious comorbidities including hy- dayand Iamsending my autho- sonal appearance and denied oners is an administrative issue, pertension and cardiac problems risedrepresentative.” anywrongdoing. the ground giventotransfer the etc. Ihavealready exposedmy Deshmukh said he will fur- Following searches at his accusedismalicious. ferred to Mumbai afterthe person to some extent on June nish allinformation and docu- Nagpur residence, the ED had The Pune Police had arrested National Investigation Agency 25 in my long interaction with mentssought by theEDafter the summonedDeshmukh last nine persons, includingseven (NIA)took over the case. youspanning over severalhours agency giveshim acopyofthe week.Atthat time, Deshmukh men in 2018.Theywerelodged Themale accusedwerefirst during the course of the search enforcement case information had sought moretime to appear in Yerwada Central Prison till takentoMumbai Central Prison and recording my statement. report(ECIR) in the case. He also before theagency.Subsequently, February 2020 andthentrans- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Thus, it maynot be prudent or said the ED summons “do not CONTINUEDONPAGE2 NEW ROOTS OF EDUCATION Tripuraamong topinvaccine table, here’s why ARED initiativeappearsin today’s edition of The In dian Express.This page is an PAGE 1 happy.” have rough terrain and arepoorly initiativeofthe marketing ANCHOR With 98 per cent of its45- connected.What made it doubly solutions team of The pluspopulation and 80 per cent tough wasthe lackofawareness Indian Express Group and of the 18+population getting at on Covid, letalone the vaccine, in contain content paid forby leastone dose of the Covid-19 some of the remote areas of the advertisers. This page DEBRAJDEB vaccine, Tripurahas one of the state. AGARTALA,JUNE29 highestvaccination figuresinthe Then beganaconcertedpush should be read as an country. But it wasn’t an easy to drive home the message, start- advertisement SOME WEEKSago,Purna Laxmi journey for the tinyNortheast ing with televisedappeals from Debbarma, an 85-year-old from state—frombattling initial vac- Chief MinisterBiplab Kumar Deb THE WORLD Ramakrishna Para in West Deploying over 50,000 cine hesitancy and tackling irreg- as early as Marchthis year.Soon, Tripuradistrict, got her firstshot employees, including ular supplies of the vaccine, to personalisedletters from district AFGHANSITUATION of the Covid-19vaccine. “I didn’t healthcareworkers, police, nowbeing avaccine trailblazer. Chief Medical Officers were sent DETERIORATING:TOP feel anypain,” she said, rubbing thestate takesvaccines to Tripura’s populationof37 out in Hindi, Bengali, and indige- USGENERAL PAGE 13 herleftarm. “I will be healthy doorstep. Express lakh is spread across eight dis- nous dialects suchasKokborok. nowwiththisvaccine. I’m tricts. Manyofthe tribal hamlets CONTINUEDONPAGE2 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,JUNE30,2021

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One ration card The committee, according plannedand widespread vio- the prison inmates should they to itswebsite, summonedrep- lence." contractCovid-19. scheme.While the Delhi gov- resentativesofGoogleIndiaand According to the report, "In In May, Babu’sfamilyhad ernment told the courtithad Facebook to hear their views Not politicians alone, ready perch most cases, victims were afraid said he has developedanacute implementedthe scheme, “on the subject 'Safeguarding to lodgeacomplaint withpo- eyeinfection affecting his vi- Mehtaarguedthatitwas im- citizens’rights and prevention lice eitherdue to fear of reprisal sion. The family’s statement plemented only in Seemapuri of misuseofsocial/onlinenews or due to lackoffaith in police." had saidthatdue to an acute circle and “onlyahandful of media platforms including spe- for bureaucratstoo in PSU boards It recommendedthat the shortage of water, he “did not transactionswith42e-POSma- cial emphasis on women secu- Central government initiate dis- have access to clean waterto chines have been done.” rity in the digital space'.” “Thereisnoconflict of in- Independent Director in three Afterretirement in November October 2017,iswithAndrew ciplinaryproceedings against even batheand wasforcedto Underthe scheme,anesti- Facebook India wassaidto terest.AnIndependent statePSUs: Uttarakhand Power 2012,workedasAppellate Yule &CoLtd. those officers, including IAS, dresshis eyewith soiled tow- mated 69 crore beneficiaries of have told the panel that it does Director is notanemployee Corporation Ltd since Authority forIndustrial and The listincludes aformer who had "failedtodischarge els”. He soon tested positive for the National Food Security Act nothavewaystofind the source and onlyattends boardmeet- September 28,2018; Power FinancialReconstruction un- IRS officer who waspartofan their duties" in protecting lives Covid-19and wasshiftedtoa can buy subsidisedfoodgrains of aWhatsAppmessageasitis ings. Iretired as aFinancial Transmission Corporation of der the Department of agencytracking economic of- and destruction of properties. hospitalfor furthertreatment from anyofthe fair price shops protected by end-to-end en- Advisor, whoseworkistosee Uttarakhand Ltd since Financial Services (Ministryof fences before being appointed WITHENS,DELHI on orders of the BombayHigh across the country, notneces- cryption. Itislearnt that mem- things with due diligence. No September 27,2018; and, Finance). Since October 2019, on aPSU board. Archana Court. sarily wherethe ration cardis bers wanted to knowthatifthis one rewardedmefor being Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam he is vice-chancellor of Ranjan retiredasD-G, Central Taloja prison Familymembers of Rao, too, registered. isthe case, howdoes it limit the loyaltoanyone,” Kohli said. Ltd since March 5, 2018. National Sports Universityin Economic Intelligence Bureau, (or the Arthur Road Jail) before had submitted before the court On the proposedNational forwarding of messages. Subhash ChanderNegi: Pande wasunavailable for Manipur.Appointed as in April 2015.OnAugust9, being transferredtoTalojajail. regarding his deteriorating Databasefor Unorganised In April 2020, WhatsApp This 1978-batchIAS officer comment. Independent Director with 2018,she wasappointed as The NIA arrested sevenothers health condition. The High Workers (NDUW), the court had imposedalimit on for- from the Himachal Pradesh Mala Sinha: An Indian PowerFinanceCorporation Ltd Independent Director with lastyear,including six men. Court wasinformedabout the said, “It is onlyafter registration warding of messages. cadre occupied senior posi- Audit and AccountsService on July11, 2019. Food Corporation of India. Currently, Anand lack of medical facilities, includ- of the workers thatthe States Frequentlyforwarded mes- tions in the powersector,in- (IAAS) officer,she served as Mishradid notrespond to Ranjan declinedtocomment. Teltumbde, SurendraGadling, ing medical professionals with and the Centreshall be ableto sages, those whichhavebeen cludingasCMD of the HP State Additional Deputy requests forcomment from Among other senior offi- MaheshRaut, Sudhir Dhawale, onlyayurvedic doctors avail- extend the benefitsofthe wel- previouslyforwarded five times Electricity Board, andState Comptroller and Auditor The Indian Express. cials, PandyaAshwinkumar Rona Wilson, Arun Ferreira, able. fareschemes to them. Prior to or more, can onlybeforwarded PowerSecretary. Afterhis re- General (North Eastern region) Records also showthat the Balvantray,aformer chairman Vernon Gonsalves, Gautam that, unless the registration is to onechat at atime. tirement in September 2010, until retirement in November IAS dominates the pool among of the Central Water Navlakha, Sagar Gorkhe and Deshmukh complete,tall claims by all the Facebook and Google were he waschairman of HP 2017.OnJuly11, 2019,she was services withatleasteight re- Commission,isIndependent Ramesh Gaichor arelodgedin States andUnionthat theyhave said to have told the panel that Electricity Regulatory appointedasIndependent tired officers currentlyserving Director with National Taloja Central Jail. expresses implemented various welfare theywould fullycomplywith Commission. On March 25, Director withNorth Eastern as IndependentDirectors in Fertilizers Ltd.“CWCalso par- Jesuit priest andtribal rights schemesfor the migrant work- provisions of the IT rules and 2019,hewas appointed as Electric PowerCorporation Ltd, PSUs. Apartfromthe five listed tiallydeals with irrigation and activistFather Stan Swamyand inability to ers and unorganisedworkers the lawofthe land. Independent Director of Satluj aPSU administeredbythe above,theyinclude: Arun irrigated agriculture.Atthe Delhi University associatepro- remain onlyonpaper.” Jal VidyutNigam Ltd(SJVNL). UnionPower Ministry. Sinha Kumar (1983, Assam), Alka NFL, theyare generating prod- fessor HanyBabu areadmitted appear In an affidavit filedonJune Moderna SJVNL is aPSU under the could notbereachedfor com- Panda (1983, Odisha), ucts foragriculture. So thereis to private hospitals fortreat- beforeED 6, the Central government told up aclear possibility of the vac- MinistryofPower and ajoint ment. Vishwanath Giriraj (1985, asortofconnection between ment and Varavara Raoisonin- the courtthat the “major tech- cine being importedintoIndia ventureofthe Central Then, thereare several Maharashtra). the two,” he said. terim bail forsix months. The the ED issuedfresh summons nical as well as other opera- in thenearfuture.There are Government and the stategov- cases of bureaucratswho held In fact, Arun Kumar,the for- “Weare appointedtosee women accused, Shoma Sen, asking him to appear before it tionalissues have been resolved other formalities we have to fol- ernment. powerful positions before be- mer Mines Secretary, is among whether the companyisgoing SudhaBharadwaj andJyoti at 11 am on Tuesday. and developmentofthe portal lowbut very important licen- “I uploadedmyCV in 2016, ing appointedasIndependent three retired bureaucratswho on the right track,"said Air Jagtapare lodged at Byculla The ED, whicharrested had commenced”. The govern- surehas been given(to Idid notseek anyrecommen- Directors in PSUs -- from afor- areIndependent Directors Marshal Virender Mohan Women’s Jail. Deshmukh’s private secretary ment had cited the second Moderna)," Paul said. dation from anyone. My selec- mer central informationcom- with Balmer Lawrie &CoLtd, Khanna (retd), who wasap- Prison superintendent SanjeevPalande and private as- Covid-19waveasthe reason for It is unclearatthis stage tion wasonmerit. Theymight missionertothe current vice- mainlyatraveland logistics pointed as an Independent Kaustubh Kurlekar confirmed sistant Kundan Shinde, in itsre- the delayinsetting up the por- when Cipla willbegin import- have selected me because of chancellor of acentral enterprise under the Ministry Director with Broadcast that atransfer has been sought mand application said more tal. ing the vaccine and howmany my experience in the power university,and those in the of Petroleumand Natural Gas. Engineering ConsultantsIndia and that the courthad allowed than Rs 4crore,collected from In its80-page ruling, the doses will be made available for sector,” Negi said. revenue and forest services. The other twoare retiredIRS Ltd in February2020, nearly the plea. bar owners between December benchalsodirected stategov- India. QueriestoModerna and BPPande: A1983-batch AmitavaBhattacharyya: officer Arun Tandon and for- five years afterretirement. In communicationtothe 2020 and February2021, was ernmentstointroduce a Cipla remainedunanswered by IAS officer from the 1980-batchGujarat-cadreIAS, mer Indian Forest Serviceoffi- "Once actual meetings start state’s prison department and routed to Deshmukh’s charita- scheme to supplydry rations press time. Uttarakhand cadre, he was retired in December 2013,was cer Anil Kumar Upadhyay. again, Iwill be able to con- the special NIA courtoverthe ble trustinNagpurthrough four and setupcommunity kitchens "Cipla Limited is supporting CMD of RuralElectrification central information commis- Alka Panda, who retired in tributemore,” he said. past three months, the prison shell companiesinDelhi. to ensurethat migrant workers Moderna, Inc. with the regula- Corporation Ltd (REC) and sioner till December 2018. July2017asD-G,Bureauof CaptAnoop Kumar superintendent had said The agency probeinto without ration cards do notgo tory approval and importation Special Secretary, Union Appointed as Independent Indian Standards (BIS), is an Sharma, former CMD of “Bhima Koregaon and Elgaar Deshmukh’s financialtransac- hungryduring the Covid-19 of vaccines to be donated to MinistryofPower.Pande re- Director with ONGC, ama- Independent Director with Shipping Corporation of India, Parishad” accused,through tions is in line with the CBI pandemic. India. At thisstage,thereisno tired on March 31,2017. On haratna PSU,inJuly2019. “I Central Mine Planning and retired in September 2019 and their lawyers and relatives, have probeintoformer Mumbai “Most of the States have definitive agreement on com- December 13,2018, he wasap- have neverdealtwiththe pe- Design Institute Ltd, whichisa wasappointed on November been giving “false complaints” Police CommissionerParam Bir been harping on providing food mercial supplies," Cipla told the pointed as Independent troleum sector as an informa- subsidiaryofCoal IndiaLtd un- 10,2020 as Independent to themedia to createpressure Singh’sallegationsofcorrup- grains free of costfor two BombayStock Exchangeon Director with Northern tion commissioner so thereis der the UnionMinistryofCoal. Director with Kamarajar Port on the jail. They should,there- tion againstthe NCPleader. months, i.e., Mayand June Tuesdaynight. Coalfields Ltd, aPSU under the no conflict of interest,” he said. And Giriraj,who retired as Ltd -- both entities come under fore,betransferredtoanother Deshmukhhas deniedthe alle- 2020. The StateofWestBengal Moderna Chief Executive MinistryofCoal. RCMishra: 1978-batch Additional Chief Secretary the Union Ministryof prison in the state or the gations. has stated that thereisno Officer Stéphane Bancel said, “I Significantly, Pande is also Manipur-Tripura-cadreIAS. (Finance) of Maharashtrain Shipping. Mumbai Metropolitan Region, In his March 20 letter to scheme forproviding dryration want to thank the government it stated. Chief Minister Uddhav to migrant workers,” the court of Indiafor this authorization, The communication in- Thackeray,after he wasre- noted. whichmarks an important step cludedinstances likeastate- movedasthe Mumbai Police “Especiallyduring this pan- forwardinthe global fight to changes in the country’s reg- On Tuesday, announcingthe statehas recorded669 Covid- Central force. Theywerejoined ment issuedbyNavlakha’spart- chief, Singh had alleged that demic, the States/Union againstthe pandemic. We are ulatoryregime. “Wewill only success of the vaccination pro- related deaths. by some locals who intention- ner that aparcel containing a Deshmukh had asked policeof- Territories have to make extra committed to making our watchthe first100 beneficiar- gramme, Chief Minister Deb allytriedtoprovoke the locals. newpair of spectacles sent to ficers, including Sachin Waze, effortstoreachmigrant labour- COVID-19 vaccine available ies who receive the dose,” he wrote, “I am very happytoan- NHRC team An altercation took place. BJP the jail afterhis glasses were to collectRs100crore,includ- ers so that no migrant labourer around the world.” said. nounce that 100per cent vacci- DCP,Jadavpur,Rashid Munir workers,infact,attackedthe lo- stolen in December lastyear ing Rs 40-50 croreeachmonth is deniedtwo meals aday,” the On Tuesday,Paulalso said nations have been completedin Khan said police had notre- cal people of the area." wasnot accepted,and the sub- from 1,750 bars and restaurants SC said. the Indian government is wait- Tripura among 73 gram panchayatareas in dif- ceivedany complaints. BJP MLAand leader of missionbySwamy’s lawyers in Mumbai. The ED registereda ing forfeedbackfromPfizer on ferent districtsofthe state.” The NHRCteam, whichwas Opposition SuvenduAdhikari before courtthat he wasnot case againstDeshmukh foral- Twitter importing itsmRNAvaccine top in vaccine The stategovernment dis- recording videosofsome tweetedthat the incident givenaccess to hissipper caus- legedly obtainingillegalgratifi- violated theUSDigital intoIndia. “Wehavehad adis- tributed 102refrigeratorsand houses allegedly damaged in showedthat "democracy is go- inghim difficulty as he suffers cation, based on an FIR filedby Millennium Copyright Act. cussion with Pfizer... We arego- table, here’s why 20 deep freezers across the the post-poll violence, wasre- ing to the ruins in Bengal". fromParkinson's disease. the CBI in April. Prasad saidthe platform vi- ing through the agreements Awareness campaigns were state. In order to boostvaccina- portedlysurroundedbyaround Meanwhile, in Delhi, acivil “These instances highlight Waze, who has been dis- olated IT rules that requirean that arerequired forsuchan done through public announce- tion figures, Tripuraheld spe- 20-25people, including men society groupsubmitted a"fact- the conditions in jails.While missedfromservice, is being intermediaryorahostofuser arrangementtobeopera- ment systems and pamphlets cial drivesintwo phases--May and women. finding report" on post-pollin- transfer is an administrative is- probed by the NIA forhis al- content to give priornotice be- tionalised...Weare lookingfor- were distributed in locallan- 25-27and June 21-22 -- during Rasheedtweeted avideo cidentsinthe statetoMinister sue, if this is givenasaground leged role in the case relatedto fore locking access. ward toreceivingfeedback guages and dialects. At thesame whichover5lakh people were saying, "Asmemberofthe com- of Statefor Home GKishan fortransfer that we aremaking the bomb scareoutside Mukesh He criticisedTwitter,saying from their end,” he said. time, thousands of vaccination innoculated. mittee formedbyCalcuttaHigh Reddy,calling the violence false complaints, it is deeplydis- Ambani’s Mumbai residence its“actions indicate thatthey He said the government is camps were conducted across West TripuraDistrict courtand Vice Chairman of "premeditated"and aimed at turbing and malicious.Theyare and the murder of businessman arenot the harbinger of free also talking to Johnson& the state, with the stategovern- Information Officer Dr Ishita National Commission (for) supporters of aparty.Italso ac- among the fewprisoners, who Mansukh Hiran. speechthat theyclaim to be but Johnson on the importofits sin- ment employing an armyof Guha said that over the lastfew Minorities, we had come here cusedthe stateadministration because of their background, Meanwhile, the CBI said areonlyinterestedinrunning gle-dosevaccine. “There are over 50,000employees, includ- weeks, theyhavebeen admin- to checkcomplaintsthat we of failing to control the violence have access to lawyers whocan Tuesday it will be recording their ownagenda”. four vaccines with suchlicen- ing 20,000 healthcareworkers, isteringvaccines in big num- had received. We found that and recommendedanSIT voice the denialofbasic ameni- statements of four persons, in- Following this incident, sure: Covaxin, Covishield, police and security personnel, bers, with some days touching more than 40 Houses have been probe. ties whichtheyare entitled to cluding bar owners who had Tharoor toosaid thathehad Sputnik,and Moderna. Our vac- to take the vaccines to far-flung 20,000. burnt &vandalisedinthis area The group, 'Callfor Justice', as apartoftheirfundamental paid moneytoWazeallegedly facedasimilar issue with cine basket is nowricherbythis villages such as Nabachandpara “During aspecial drive,we and no one stays in those is headed by retired Sikkim rights. By highlighting these on the Deshmukh’s instruc- Twitter. addition. And our effortstoin- and RambhaktaparainWest administered 50,000doses in a houses anymore. Some goons High Court judgeJustice problems, it is expectedthat the tions, before amagistrate. The On June 25, responding to viteand to have other interna- TripuraorGandacherra and single dayinWestdistrict alone. attackedusand even the police PermodKohli and includes sev- overall prisonconditions im- statementsofthe four willbe Prasad’s postonthe blockingof tionally developed vaccines, Raishyabari in Dhalaidistrict. Whilesceptics do remain, most didn't help... Theytriedtohit us eral former IAS and IPS officers. provefor everyprisoner and not recordedunder section 164(1) his account, Tharoor said: specificallyPfizer and Johnson Health workers held vaccina- people arenow enthusiastic and triedtochase us.Suchthing Quoting from thereport,Reddy justfor them,” said PayoshiRoy, of the CriminalProcedureCode, “Raviji, the samething justhap- &Johnson, also continues,” Paul tion drivesevenintribal ham- about the vaccine,” she said. happenedtousimagine what's said, "About 15,000incidentsof who representsNavlakha. whichhas higher evidentiary penedtome. ClearlyDMCAis said. lets with barelytwo-threefam- NationalHealth Mission’s the condition of common peo- violence occurredpostelec- Lawyer Susan Abraham, value in atrial. getting hyperactive. This tweet Covid-19mRNAvaccines ilies. (NHM) statedirector Siddharth ple here. We informedlocalpo- tions. As manyas7,000women representingTeltumbde and An application wasmoved has been deleted by @Twitter have demonstrated high effi- Dr Dalia Sharma,a Jaiswal said that while the vac- lice and administration but no sufferedatrocities. Sixteen dis- Wilson, said theground given by the CBI before thespecial because itsvideo includes the cacy in clinicaltrials -- Community Health Officer cination drive had support from one is present here." tricts reported these incidents by thejailisnot as per thejail court Tuesdaythrough special copyrighted BoneyMsong Moderna's vaccine wasfound (CHO) at the Shantinagar health everyone -- from the CM down Sources in police said there and 25 people were killed." manual. public prosecutor Sandeep 'Rasputin'.” to have an impressive 94 per sub-centreinWest Tripuradis- to the volunteers on the field -- wasaverbalaltercation be- He addedthat the govern- “Through various delega- Singh stating that the state- “As Chairman of the cent efficacy in phase 3trials in trict, is part of thisspirited vac- ASHA and MultiPurpose tween the team and some peo- ment would study the report tionsand communication, the mentsofthe four persons are Parliamentary Standing the US -- but requireultra-cold cination army. Workers (MPW), mostlybe- ple. and "try to implement itsrec- issues facedbyprisoners, re- important and relevant to CommitteeonInformation storagesystems. Talkingabout her door-to- longing to local communities, On June 21,NHRC ommendations". garding their health or lackof throw light on thecase, they are Technology,Ican statethat we Paul, however, said door visitsand vaccination were the biggestsupportsys- ChairpersonJustice (retd) Arun Kohli told the media, basicfacilities, have been high- investigatingagainst will be seekinganexplanation Moderna’s vaccine can be camps in anganwadicentres, tems. Mishrahad constituted the "People were madetoleave lighted before the prison de- Deshmukhunder the from @TwitterIndia forthe stored at 2-8 degrees —arange she says,“Initially, therewas “Wehad some difficulties in panelheadedbyformer their home and take shelter in partment, stateministers and Prevention of Corruption Act. locking of @rsprasad's &myac- that suitsIndia’s coldstoragere- some resistance to the idea of the beginning -- therewereru- Intelligence Bureauchief Rajiv Assam. Some houses were to- the courts.The response to this “It appears that in order to counts&the rules&procedures quirementsunder theUniversal getting vaccinated,especially muors and people were hesi- Jain to enquireintocomplaints tallydestroyed.Eventhe bridge cannotbetransferring the pris- reachaproper conclusion of in- theyfollowwhile operating in Immunization Programme — amongthe elderly.All my pa- tant. But the ASHA workers of post-poll violence inWest of avillagewhichvoted fora oners on suchaground,” she vestigation, the witness men- India,”hesaid. providedunopenedvialsofthe tients aretribals and Idon’t spoketothe locals and drove Bengal, following orders of the particular political party was said. tionedisimportant whose On Tuesday, committee vaccineare stored forless than speak the languagetoo well. But home the point that vaccines High Court. demolished. Their watercon- In letters to theMaharashtra statement appears to be crucial members from acrossparties 30 days. ASHA workers and local social arethe onlyway to stay safe," Jadavpur MLADebabrata nection wassnapped." Chief Minister and the rights in this case,” SpecialJudgeAS were saidtohavebeen united Paul also said Moderna will organisations helpedmeand he said. Mazumdar of the ruling Retired IAS officer from commission, and petitions be- Sayyad said and directed the in making it cleartoGoogle notberequired to conduct gradually, thepicturechanged. Since the beginning of the Trinamool Congress claimedit Karnataka MMadan Gopal fore the court, the family mem- chief metropolitan magistrate’s India and Facebook India that bridging studies in India to es- Afew days ago, we vaccinated pandemiclastyear,Tripura has wasthe NHRCteam that had said: "That it wassporadic or bers have spokenabout their courttorecordthe statements theywould have to comply tablish the safetyofthe vaccine a99-year-oldwoman andshe recorded64,860 Covid cases, provoked people. "I heardthat spontaneousviolence is not worryabout the medicalassis- and submit it in asealedenve- with Indian IT rules. on the Indian population, due wasveryhappy,”Sharma said. with 3,560 active cases. The the team wasaccompaniedbya true. It waspremeditated,well- tance that would be available to lope on or before July5. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,JUNE30,2021 THECITY 3 BMC proposes oxygen IIT-Bintroduces interdisciplinary liberal bottling plant at Mahul arts, sciences,engineering programme within three months of receiving tions--engineeringsciences,nat- imum choice to curate their own EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the work order, officials said. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ural sciences, social sciences, art study experience in terms of MUMBAI,JUNE29 The BMC had earlier an- MUMBAI,JUNE29 and design or customising their courses and tracks they may like nouncedthatitwillsetupoxygen concentration to graduate in. to follow. Therearemany global THEBRIHANMUMBAIMunicipal plants at 16 sites to cater to the THE INDIAN Institute of The announcement made by examples of these types of pro- Corporation(BMC) hasproposed city’s oxygen demand. As per the Technology,Bombay, will now IIT-Bombay director Subhasis grammes that have produced to set up a Rs 21-crore oxygen bot- proposal,thecorporationplansto offer undergraduate students a Chaudhuri further states the se- leaders, innovation and profes- tling plant at Mahul as a partofits use the oxygen at the plant to re- choice to curate their courses by lected students will take a foun- sional excellence. Also, it allows preparations to tackle the third fill 1,500 oxygen cylinders with a offering interdisciplinary foun- dation course focusing on areas students to do what they want in wave of Covid-19 infectionsin the capacity of 7.1 cubic meters per dations to include social sci- such as modern South Asian his- casetheydonothave muchinter- city. Currently, BMC refills its oxy- day. OfficialssaidBPCLhasagreed ences, art and design. tory, history ofscience, contem- estintheengineeringbranchthey gen cylinders from an oxygen to supply about 10 metric tonnes CalledtheLiberalArts,Science porary digital societies, current find themselves in. This will in- supplier’s plant at Turbhe and (MT)to 15 MTof oxygenperdayto and Engineering (LASE) social structures, reading and crease student engagement very Rabale in Navi Mumbai. the bottling plant. Programme, students from the writing literature apart from much,” Anurag Mehra, professor The proposal of setting up the The BMC has also proposed to Autumn 2021 batch will be given their regular subjects on science, of chemical engineering and an plant will be tabled before the procuretwooxygentankshavinga a choiceto enrolfor thecourseaf- technology, engineering and associate faculty at the Centre for civic body’s Standing Committee capacityof 40tonneseachforeast- ter completing their first aca- mathematics. PolicyStudiesatIIT-Bombay, said. on Wednesday for approval. The ern and . It will demic year. The students can “It was felt that we should ex- He added that the programme project is expected to be ready spend Rs 3.75 crore on the project. choose betweenfive concentra- perimentby givingstudentsmax- will be housed in a newcentre. BJP demands inquiry into BMC’s proposal to recover fire service charge

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BJP HASdemandedaninquiry in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) proposal of recovery offire service charges from builders and housing soci- eties between the period 2014 to 2021. BJP corporator Vinod Mishra alleged that the fire brigade has deliberately delayed the implementation of levy of Fire Service Fee and Annual Fee, whichhas causedrevenue loss to the corporation. “According to the informa- tion in 2018, the state urban de- velopment department had questioned the delay on levying fire service charges on builders. But still, the fire department did not take action and delayed the recovery. This has led to a rev- enue loss of Rs 5,000 crore to BMC. Under whose instruction the fire service was not levied? In October 2020, the Deputy Municipal Commissioner Ramesh Pawar had directedthe fire brigade to start the recovery of fire service fee as it is causing revenue loss to the corporation,” said Mishra. On June 7, the BMC had is- sued a circular under which as per the Fire Prevention and Life Safety Act, 2006, it has decided to recover Fire Service Fee and Annual Fee from March 3, 2014, to June 6, 2021, from the devel- oper and housing societies. The circular also stated that regional fire command centres should start levying fire serv- ice fee and annual fee from June 7, 2021.

BJP corporator Vinod Mishraalleged the fire brigade has deliberatelydelayedthe implementation of levy of Fire ServiceFee and Annual Fee. This has led to arevenue loss of Rs 5,000croretoBMC WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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WhyCentrenod needed for home MUMBAIPOLICE COMMISSIONER’S ORDER vaccination for bedridden on EOWtonowprobe experimental basis, HC asks state casesoffraud, ‘Issue of health alsocomesunderstate listinthe Constitution’ ment forfurther approval. bedriddenbeneficiaries,priorcer- scaminvolving OMKARGOKHALE The court,however, ques- tificatefromtreating doctorto MUMBAI,JUNE29 tionedthe state government on showbeneficiaryisimmobile, a “dilutedguidelines”andsoughtto doctor to certify that beneficiary THE STATEpublichealth depart- knowwhy the Centre’s nod was willnothaveadverseeventfollow- Rs10crandabove ment on Tuesdayinformedthe required.Itsaidtheissueofhealth ing immunisation (AEFI) and be Bombay HighCourtthatbasedon also comes under statelistinthe “entirelyresponsible” to provide suggestionsof thestateCovidtask Constitution and asked if other appropriatetreatmentinthatcase. force,itdesiredto propose“home states,includingBihar,Keralaand The affidavit also stated that a EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Earlier,the cap wasfor vaccination”forbedriddenorim- Jharkhand, had obtainedsimilar written consent from afamily MUMBAI,JUNE29 mobilepersonsonanexperimen- approval forhome vaccination. member will be required to re- cases involving amount talbasis.TheHighCourt,however, “Whydoyou (Maharashtra ceive thejab,andto avoidvaccine Hugecrowd at Thane District Government Hospitalfor Covid vaccination, on Tuesday. THE POLICE commissionerof of Rs 6crore and above; asked as to whythe Centre’s nod government) needthe Centre’s wastage, at least10beneficiaries Deepak Joshi Mumbai on Tuesdayissuedan move aims to reduce wasrequiredin the matter,when approval?Healthisastatesubject incloseproximityshouldbemade order directing the Economic the stategovernmentsaid apro- too.Isthestategovernmentdoing available forvaccination. Offences Wing (EOW) of caseload of unit posal on the matter will be sent everything aftertaking approval Kapadiasubmittedthatprivate Mumbai Police to onlyprobe forfurtherapproval. from the Centre?” the HC asked. doctorswillnotbeabletogivecer- cases in whichthe amount in- The statehealth department Thestategovernment,onJune tificatesstatingbeneficiaryislikely Dentistaccused in 9‘bogus’ volvedwas more than Rs 10 ficer of the rank of joint commis- filedanaffidavittoadivision 22,submittedbefore theHCdraft to nothaveAEFI and take respon- crore. Till Monday, theEOW, sioner of police wasappointed benchofChief JusticeDipankar guidelines drawnupbythe task sibilityforthesame,andtherefore, which holdsexpertise in inves- to head the branch. DattaandJusticeGirishSKulkarni. forceondoor-to-doorvaccination difficulties be removedfromthe vaccination drives arrested tigating financial scams and The order copy, which is with The benchhas been hearing aPIL and sought aweek's time to get proposedguidelines. banking fraud, wasinvestigating The Indian Express, further reads filedbycity-basedlawyers,Dhruti approval forimplementing the Afterperusingsubmissions, mattersinvolving Rs 6crore and that cases involving amount less Kapadia and Kunal Tiwari, seek- policy.After perusing the draft the benchtold advocategeneral above.The freshorder has in- than Rs 10 crore, but arecomplex ing directions to theCentre, state guidelines,the HC had observed Ashutosh Kumbhakoni, repre- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE creasedthe amount, and further in nature requiringspecialised government and Brihanmumbai thatitwasproceedinginthe“right sentingthestate,“Thisaffidavitdi- MUMBAI,JUNE29 Probe indicates jabs fake, saline water stated that cases wheremoney skills and also cases with MunicipalCorporationto provide direction” and found it appropri- lutes the task forceguidelines. filled in empty Covishield vials: Tope involvedisless than Rs 10 crore, social/interstate ramifications door-to-door vaccination facility atetoleave itto thewisdomofthe Today’saffidavitagaintakesastep THE KANDIVALI police Tuesday investigation will be carriedout maybeinvestigated by EOW forthose aged over 75, specially task forcetoformulatemeasures back. We had appreciated the arrestedDrManishTripathi,a26- Mumbai: StateHealth MinisterRajesh Tope Tuesdaysaid apre- by theconcernedpolice station. with the permission of Mumbai abledand bedridden. fortheelderly andspeciallyabled. draftguidelinesframedbythe year-olddentist, afterhesurren- liminaryinvestigation by the police indicated the vaccines ad- Accordingto sourcesinthede- police commissioner. The health departmentsaid An affidavit filedbyDrDilip task force, youwill find aradical dered before them in connection ministered during the “bogus” drivestoover2,000people were partment,thedecisionto increase “Rest, all cases inwhich fraud the proposal will be senttothe Narayan Patil, deputy director of change. This is notwhat we ex- with the “bogus” Covid vaccina- “fakeand saline water” wasfilledinempty vials of Covishield. the amount wasmade to reduce amount is less than Rs 10 crore stategovernment,whichwill de- statefamilywelfarebureau,Pune, pectedfromthe state.” tion drivesinthe city. “Thequestion is howtheyaccessedthese vials. Inquiryisonto theburdenof casesonEOWunits. shall be investigated by the po- cide on it following whichitwill on Monday enumeratedfive con- The high courtwill hear the Tripathi’sname has cropped understand vials of whichbatchwereput to use,” he said. An Guidelines issuedbylice station under whose juris- be senttothe central govern- ditions:homevaccinationonlyfor PIL on June 30. up with five others in all the nine antibody test,Tope added, will be carriedinJulyfirstweek on Mumbai Police read, “The lower diction the crime has taken bogusdrivesthat were con- all those who receivedvaccination across the nine camps. “We limit of cases to be takenupfor place," said an officer,adding, ducted between May25and will createaprovision to getthese people vaccinated andreg- investigationbyEOW wasraised “and if anycomplainant ap- Laid off, debt ‘DO NOT WANT ANY MORE CASUALTIES’ June 6inthe city. So far, names of isteredonCoWIN as well...,” Tope said. ENS with special orders on proaches the police station first 14 accusedhavesurfaced, of September 13,2018, to Rs 6crore in whichthe fraudamount is recoveryagent HC asks state government, whom 11 have been arrested. and is herebyincreasedtoRs10 morethan Rs 10 crore, the com- Tripathi will be producedbe- Tuesdaygot thecustodyof twoac- avaccinationdrive croreand above." plaint should be forwardedto starts collection fore amagistratecourt cused, Shrikant Mane and Seema that took place at Kandivali (east) In the order,police commis- the EOWtoavoidany delay." BMC to take steps against Wednesdaywherethepolicewill Ahuja,bothtravelagentswhogot on April 23 and 24.Over550 peo- sioner Hemant Nagrale has The order also states that of- posingascrime seekhiscustodyforfurtherinves- acommission from the other ac- ple,workingforaprivate company stated that on March29, 2007, ficers working in police stations ‘illegal structures menace’ tigation. According to the cused to getpeoplefor vaccina- along with their relatives, had re- theEOW wasassignedtoprobe across the city,who areassigned branch officer Kandivali police, basedonthe tion.The duo had contacted ceivedjabs at the camp. The drive cases in which morethan Rs 50 the job of probing cases involv- Ulhasnagar,Bandraand . statement of one of the accused Hardik Shah,the CEO of Mansi wasconductedby theShivamhos- lakh wasinvolved. Subsequently, ing financial or banking fraud, OMKARGOKHALE OnJune11,theHChadordered MahendraSingh, Tripathi is in- Shares and Stockadvisors, who pital,whichwasanauthorisedpri- that wasincreasedtoRs 3crore arefurther directed to seek MOHAMEDTHAVER MUMBAI,JUNE29 ajudicialinquiryintothebuilding volvedinsourcingof thevaccines had then organisedthe vaccina- vate Covidvaccinationcentrefrom in May2014. Till May2016, the timelyguidance from senior MUMBAI,JUNE30 collapseatMaladinMumbaithat forthe “bogus” drives. tiondrive for514 peoplefromhis March 5toApril 28. EOWwas partofthe crime EOWofficers. “Thejoint com- THE BOMBAY HighCourton ledtothe deaths of 12 people, in- Tripathi,whoisthedirectorof companyand their relatives. In this case, too, police said branchand would reporttojoint missioner of police, EOW, may LAID OFF during the pandemic, a Tuesdayasked the stategovern- cluding eight children. It had aprivate instituteinKandivali “Wehavereceivedtheir cus- the victims did notreceive cer- commissioner of police (crime). call forcase papersofany case of debtrecovery agent forabank al- ment, BMC and other municipal termedtheincidenta‘man-made (east)thattrainsnursingstudents, todytillJuly5,”saidinspectorVijay tificates whichcompelled them Afteragovernmentresolution economic offences being inves- legedlystartedmaking extortion corporations in Mumbai disaster’ and appointed HC judge is also accused of using twoofhis Madeya from police sta- to approachlocal police. “Wegot put forthbythe then ruling BJP, tigated by local police for calls to collect moneyfor himself. Metropolitan Region to showur- Justice(Retired)JPDeodharas students -- Karim AkbarAli and tion,whoisinvestigatingthecase. the complaint afew days back. the EOWwas separated from the scrutinyand proper directions in He stolecontact numbers from gency and avoid lossoflives due Commissioner of Inquiry. RoshniPatel--tohelpcommitthe We will take action basedon crime branchand asenior IPS of- investigation,"read the order. thedatabaseoftheagencywhere to building collapsesbyprevent- On Tuesday, thebenchtook crimes. While Ali has been ar- 10th drive under scanner BMC’s report,” said Aanandrao hewas working, policesaid. ingthemenaceof uncontrolledil- note of the preliminaryreport, rested,Pateliswantedinthecase. The SamtaNagar police has Hakke, senior inspector of Samta Police identifiedthe accused legal constructions. whichstatedthat “Sum andsub- Meanwhile,theBorivalipolice nowwritten to theBMC to probe Nagarpolice station. as Satish Dhir (33), aresident of The courtalso questioned stance of the findings wasthat Week after rodentbite Badlapur,who has been ar- the statewhen will the author- therewas asingle-storiedstruc- rested.According to police, he ity to overseethe issue of illegal tureonwhichthree floors were ‘FAKE’ VACCINATION DRIVES would pose as acrime branchof- constructions in the city as sug- raisedinanabsoluteunautho- case,Rajawadihospital ficer and threaten people, espe- gested by it four years agowould rizedmanner,nopermission Check what 2,000 victims administered, ciallysenior citizens,bysaying be constituted.The HC also wastaken from authorities and to renovate ICU facility he would file cases againstthem sought aresponsefromBMC on the inquiry commissionerhas if theydid notpay up. Police said preliminaryfindings by the fixedresponsibility.” ensure fast probe:HCtoBMC, police to 12 timesto remove ascrapyard he had takenmoneyusing this court-appointed inquirycom- Aftersenior counsel Aspi YOGESHNAIK behindtheICUthatbredrodents. modus operandi from at least10 missioner intothe Malwani ChinoyrepresentingBMCsought seeking the court’s intervention and June 6. “Thereappears to be MUMBAI,JUNE29 Afterlastweek’s incident it was peoplesofar. (Malad) building collapse. aweekto respondto thefindings, OMKARGOKHALE on issues facedwhile booking statefailure. Morethan2,000 clearedoffimmediately, she said. During his interrogation, it Adivision benchofChief thebenchsaid,“Themonsoonhas MUMBAI,JUNE29 slots on theCoWin portal. The peoplehavebeen injected with THE MANAGEMENT of Rajawadi PreetiSharmaMenonof Aam came to light that he worked for Justice Dipankar Dattaand alreadysetin,we donotwantany petitioner also sought priority fake jabs, what areyou doing hospital has decidedtorenovate Aadmi Partysaid,“In ICU,patients adebt collection agency,and he Justice Girish SKulkarni was morecasualties. Do nottakeit THE BOMBAY High Courtob- slots forthe elderly. about their vaccination? itsIntensiveCareUnit (ICU) areunder the careofdoctors. In told police thathehad been laid hearing asuo motu public inter- next week.You have to tell us servedTuesdaythere wasa“state On Tuesday,chief publicpros- Whatever testsare required to whereapatient wasbitten by a this case, therewas no monitor- offnearly five months ago. estlitigation (PIL) it had initiated whichpartofthe recommenda- failure” in preventing unautho- ecutor Deepak Thakare, forthe find out what wasadministered rodent last week.Itwilltem- ing and afterthe rodent bitethe Police said he useddatafrom lastSeptember afterthe collapse tionsareacceptable.Pleaseaskof- risedCovid vaccination drives Mumbai Police,submitted a should be done,” the HC said. porarilyshiftthe facility to the patient, no notices were givento the agency and startedmaking of abuilding in Thane’s ficersto dealwiththematterseri- and asked the Brihanmumbai progress reportonthe investiga- Senior counsel Anil Sakhare, firstfloor till the ongoing renova- staff. We aregoing to askthem collections forhimself. An offi- Bhiwandi, whichclaimed40 ously. We have seen enough Municipal Corporation (BMC) to tions and said sevencaseshave appearing forBMC, submitted tion is completed,officials said. again on what compensation will cer said his personality waslike lives. The courthad notedthat buildingscollapsesofar.Therehas informitofthe measures taken been registered in connection the civic body wastrying to find Last Tuesday, arodent had be given,”’ Sharma Menon said. thatofacop’s and he even spoke between May15and June 10,at to beastrictvigilby authorities...” to verify what wasadministered with “fake” vaccinationcamps what were these victims in- nibbledthe eyeofpatient The ICU wasprivatised and run fluent Marathi in spiteofbeing leastfour incidentsofbuilding The courtpostedafurther to the over 2,000victims of such and 11 persons takenintocus- jected with, andthereafter, ShrinivasNagesh Yellapa in the by aprivate agency andinsteadof from Haryana. collapses were reportedfrom hearing in the matter to July2. camps and to inoculate them tody,whileone accused, Dr would approachhospitals or ICU.The patient, who wasona taking action, the BMC waspro- with Covid vaccines. Manish Tripathi, has surrendered getantibody testsdone. “The is- ventilator,had subsequentlydied. tecting them, she said. PSI on the run The courtalsodirected the before the police. sue pertaining to vaccination “Weare renovating and do- Astafferof Rajawadisaid,“This Ex-police commissioner’s Mumbai Police to ensureall per- “Pleasetell the police officers certificatesgiven to them has ingcivil worksinthe entirebuild- hospitalhasbeeninastate of neg- petrators, including the “big that therecould be big fishes, to be checkedbythe central ing. Nowwehavesome oxy- lect foralong time. The superin- after woman fish”, were booked and an “hon- who arenot investigated.None government,” he said. genated bedsonthe firstfloor. tendent of Rajawadi hospitalDr accuses him of son booked for ‘stalking, estendeavour”made to getto should be sparedirrespectiveof Sakharesubmitted SOPs for We plan to shiftthe ICU thereand VidyaThakur has been asking for the root of theissue. anycolour andprobe should be holding vaccination camps at renovate the presentICU on the fundsforrepairingthehospitalfor rape on pretext intimidating’ estranged wife Adivision benchofChief absolutelyproper,” the bench housing societies, commercial ground floor.Wealso intendto thelastfiveyearsandsomepatch- Justice Dipankar Dattaand told Thakare. premises and educational insti- have an internal routefromthe work of plasterisbeingdonenow. of marriage AfterTyagi’s wifereported Justice Girish SKulkarnimade The courtalsoasked the BMC tutes among others will be casualty to theICU,’’ Dr Vidya Rajawadi hospital is one of the JAYPRAKASHSNAIDU the matter to Bandrapolice on the observations while hearing to inform it of measures taken publishedbyWednesday. The Thakur,the medicalsuperinten- biggesthospitals in the eastern MUMBAI,JUNE29 Tuesdayafternoon, an FIR was aPIL filedbyMumbai-resident forthe 2,053 people “duped” in matter has been postedfor fur- dent of Rajawadi hospital, said. suburbs and the BMC has not EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE registered againsthim under Siddharth Chandrashekhar and the camps held between May25 ther hearing on July1. Thakur had written nearly 10 been sanctioning enough funds.” MUMBAI,JUNE29 THE police Tuesday sections 354D(stalking) and lodged an FIR againstRaj Tyagi, 506(2) (criminal intimidation) THE MUMBAI police areonthe the son of latepolice commis- of IPC. Apolice officer from SIDT introduces lookout forpolice sub-inspector sioner RDTyagi, forallegedly Bandrapolice said, “Wewill Vehicularemissions biggest contributor to poor (PSI) Ganesh Khatale, postedat “stalking and intimidating” his nowoppose his bail in court course on the Agripada police station, in estranged wife, who stayssepa- basedonthis FIR.” air quality in Mumbai, doubled since2016: SAFAR connectionwith arapecase. rately with her four children in Accordingtopolice, the fashion and According to thepolice, Bandra(west). complainant had told the police Khatale allegedly had promised The alleged act is in viola- that since she got marriedto pressednatural gas(CNG) among toria, aviation sector and brick textile design to marry awoman but had later tion of the bail conditions put Tyagi in December 1996, she SANJANABHALERAO Vehicular emissions in publictransportvehicles and kilnsmakeupfor 21 per cent. At declinedtodosoafter maintain- forth by the BombayHigh has been avictim of physical MUMBAI,JUNE29 even private,ithas been less present, theDeonar dumping EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the city areresponsible ing aphysical relationshipwith Courtwhile granting bail to abuse. She claimedthat lastJuly, across Mumbai. Majority of ve- ground in the is MUMBAI,JUNE29 her.Earlier this month, the Tyagi, who wasarrestedon Tyagi’s had assaulted her and VEHICULAR EMISSIONS have for30.5% emission load hicles continue to be petrol and the onlyopenlandfill sitewhere woman approachedthe March 21 in an attempt to mur- their four children afterwhich doubledsince 2016,and have be- of particulatematter diesel.” 1,300metric tonne of mixed SASMIRA’S INSTITUTE of Design Agripada police and basedon der and domestic violence case theylefthis house. Thereafter, come the biggestcontributor to Particle pollutioncontains garbageisdumpedunscientifi- and Textiles (SIDT) has intro- her statement, arapecase was filedbyher wifeagainsthim both the parties held delibera- the Mumbai's poor air quality, (PM) in 2019-20, an microscopic solids or liquid cally. According to officials, three ducedaBachelorofDesign in filedagainstKhalate, who was lastyear.The HC had granted tions to resolve disputes to ar- shows asource estimation analy- increase from 16 per droplets that aresosmall that waste-to-energy plantsare com- Fashion Designing and Textile then on leave. him bail on June 23. rive at a“viablesettlement”. sis by System of Air Quality cent in 2016-17 theycan getdeepinside aper- ing up at the site. Designingprogramme from The matter waslater trans- As per the bail conditions, The HC had granted bail on WeatherForecastingAnd son's lungs and cause serious The study further shows that this academic year.These pro- ferred to the Vakola police sta- Tyagi had agreednot to go any- strict conditions afterTyagi Research (SAFAR), an initiative by healthissues, including in- residential burning, including grammes would be conducted tion as the allegedcrime took wherenear her residence in filedanaffidavitfromjail, stat- MinistryofEarth Sciences. five years as asector contributing creasedrespiratory symptoms cooking, burning of wood and in collaboration with the place in an area under their ju- Bandra(west)orintimidate her ing that he will notenter the ju- Vehicular emissions in the to PM2.5 pollution in Mumbai. suchasirritation of airways, wind-blown dust, contributes to University of Mumbai’s -- risdiction. When the police sum- in anyway.Apolice officer has risdiction of Bandra West po- city areresponsible for30.5 per This is acombination of both an coughing, difficultyinbreathing 15 percentofoverall PM2.5. Garware Institute of Career monedKhalate, theydid notget been assignedfor theprotection lice station wherehis wife cent emission load of particulate increase in number of vehicles and development of chronic Beig said the city waslucky to Education &Development anyresponse from him. DCP of his wifeaswell. resides. His wifehad then matter (PM) in 2019-20, an in- and morestagnation at traffic bronchitis, among others. be surrounded by the seafrom (UM-GICED). (zone VIII) MSinghe then According to Bandrapolice, agreedtowithdraw all legal crease from 16 per centin2016- junctions leadingtocongestion.” The reporthas found the sec- three sides, whichhelps in swift It has also launched itsinter- formed ateam of officers to track the complainant contacted them proceedings againsthim. 17,asper the 2019-20 analysis for Maharashtra's Economic ond biggestcontributor to PM in dispersionofpollutants. nationalventurefromthis aca- him down. to inform that Tyagi wasstand- The Mumbai Police counsel PM2.5 pollutant by SAFAR, under Survey Report2019-20 shows thecityisemissions from indus- “However, nowalarmbells are demic year introducing a1-year “Basedonthe information ing belowtheir Bandra(west) had told the HC that it should Indian InstituteofTropical thatthe city has 3.86 crorevehi- triesand powersector at 18 per ringing.Weare approaching a Masters DiplomaProgrammes that he had gone to his village, a residence and had also trailed impose acondition that after Meteorology (IITM),Pune. cles. In the following year,num- cent, down from 36 per cent in tipping point wherethese natu- in Fashion Management and team wassent theretoarrest her car in his ownvehicle. The his release on bail, Tyagi shall Dr Gufran Beig, senior scien- berofvehicles rose by 2.7 per 2016-17. ralfactors will no longer make Fashion Design in collaboration him,” Singhe said. The police buildingwatchman,police said, notintimidatethe complainant tistand founder project director, centto3.96 crorevehicles. Emissions from othersources anydifference. Thus, addressing with IstitutoItalianoDesign team, however, could notfind had also spotted Tyagi standing and their children, whichthe SAFAR, said, “Transportsector Beig added, “While in Delhi, like municipal solid wasteplants, sector-wiseemission is key," (IID) –anItalianDesign institute him there. belowthe building. benchaccepted. has shown adrastic increase over thereismoreadoption of com- open burning of garbage, crema- he said. from Perugia, Italy. 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IMPACT OF SECOND WAVE GUIDELINES FOR GANESH CHATURTHI MCZMA stalls Idolheight capped Aksa Beach 79%hospitalityunitsrecord70%dropin redevelopment to 4feet for mandals, plan: ‘Notin businessinMay2021:Tourismdeptsurvey processions disallowed consonance with CRZ laws’ VISHWASWAGHMODE on immersion day MUMBAI,JUNE29 60.5lakh YOGESHNAIK cessions on the firstday of the MUMBAI,JUNE29 TOTALPOSITIVECASES EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE festival and on immersion day THE STATEtourismdepart- INMAHARASHTRA ment'ssurvey to measurethe MUMBAI,JUNE29 will notbeallowed. THE STATEcoastalzoneman- impact of the second waveof Active Cases 90,997 Instead of cultural pro- agement authority has stalled Covid-19shows that 79 per cent New Cases 8,085 THE STATEgovernment on grammes, organisers have been the MaharashtraMaritime establishments, suchashotels, TotalDeaths 1,21,804 Tuesdayissuedguidelines for asked to arrangehealth and Board's plan to undertakea restaurantsand others, recorded Ganesh Chaturthi, making it blooddonation camps. Large makeoverofAksaBeachinthe adropofover70per cent in Afterrestrictions New Deaths 231 mandatoryfor allmandalsto pandals have been asked to en- western suburbs. their business in May2021in were imposed Quarantined6.24lakh take permission from the con- surethat thereisnocrowding at Under the proposal, which comparison with December again in thestate Tested 4.13 crore cernedmunicipality or localau- their locations and have also had come up before the 2020. Suchbusinesses also wit- sinceMonday, thority and capping maximum asked them to createafacility for MaharashtraCoastalZone nessed50per cent cancellations exceptfor idol height at 4feet. The 11-day online darshan. Management Authority in futurebookings. essential services, 7,21,516 festival is expected to commence (MCZMA)earlier in the month, The state's directorateof timings forother TOTALPOSITIVE from September 10.Lastyear BJP objectsto the MMB had proposedtorepair tourism conducted asurvey to shops arenow 7 CASESINMUMBAI too, the stategovernment re- restrictions bunds, reconstruct pathway, analysethe impact of the second am to 4pmin New Cases 556 stricted the festivities in viewof construct parapetwall and pro- waveonthe tourism industry Thane. Deepak Joshi the pandemic. Ashish Shelar of the BJP on vide solar lightsfor astretch of and to understand ways to re- TotalDeaths 15,426 The statehas issueda13- Tuesdayslammedthe stategov- 300metres. cover faster afterthe pandemic. New Deaths 12 pointcharterasking people to ernment's guidelines issuedfor The MMB had later modified The survey wasconducted be- nesses, 55 per cent witnesseda fullyoperational, out of which 50 per cent return of GSTcol- observethe festival in are- Ganesh Chaturthi. The former the proposal and sought permis- tween April and Maybyreach- drop of over 90 per cent in trade 11.40 per cent areusedfor quar- lected in the lastthree financial stricted and simple manner.The ministerand MLAsaid, "The gov- sion foraseafront development. ing out to stakeholderssuchas while 24 percentwitnesseda antine purposes. Besides, 44per years. Theyhavealso sought commercial chargesthat are height of idolsshouldnot exceed ernment has givenafreehand to Theyproposedcreating agarden hotels, restaurants, tour opera- drop from 70 to 90 per cent. cent businesses have laidoff up compulsoryregistrationwith higher.The demand forrelief in 4feetfor Ganpati mandals in pubs, discos, bars to function. and playareafor children, park- tors, travel agents, transport Over 70 percent hotels recorded to 50 per cent employees, while the state's tourism department. electricity chargesand corpora- public places and 2feetfor home When it comes to Ganesh festi- ing lot, food plaza,lawns and toi- among others. It received drop in occupancy of over 50 per 42 per centare planningfurther Dr DhananjaySawalkar, direc- tion and ruralbodies' taxhave pujas. The guidelines statethat, if valithas imposedstringent let, gyms, space foryoga, around 600responseswith cent nowascompared to the salarycuts. tor, directorate of tourism,said been addressedinit. We have possible, people should worship rules." wooden shacks,bamboo sheds maximum responses from December-Januaryperiod when In the survey,stakeholders the stategovernment had ac- startedcompulsoryregistration metal, marble or clayidols at Shelar addedthat the guide- and volleyball courts. Mumbai and neighbouring dis- it wasrelatively open afterthe have also sought relief in taxa- cordedthe status of industryto forhotels andresorts,and will home and idols shouldbeim- lines were "one-sided",and that The project wasdiscussedat tricts, Pune and Nashik regions. firstlockdown. tions and electricity charges, the hospitality sector."So, the soon startregistration fortravel mersedatartificial ponds pre- the government had takenasuo ameeting with MCZMA officials According to findings of the The survey further shows waiver on licence fees, relief in fees and chargeswill be levied agentsand others," said pared by the localauthority.The motu decision that wasunac- in November lastyear wherethe survey,out of 79 per cent busi- that only15per cent hotels are corporation or ruraltaxes,and as industrial instead of existing Sawalkar. stategovernment has said pro- ceptable. latter had asked theMMB to statewhether the changes were as per the Coastal Regulation Zone of Environment Protection Tope asks citizens not to relax over decline in Stateannounces3-year tuitionfee, Act. The MMB has nowobserved Covid numbers, urges them to go for vaccination that activities likefood plaza, laptop for kids orphaned by Covid restaurant, gymkhana, and carriedout 6.2 lakh immunisa- The ministersaid forpeople, Meanwhile,Tope said thatof wooden shacks arenot permit- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tions, taking the total vaccination who arebedridden and old, vac- the 21 Deltaplus cases found in signedwith Project Mumbai to lakh in their bank account, which tedonthe seaward side.The MUMBAI,JUNE29 number to 3.17 crorejabs. A cination driveswill becarriedout the state, fewreportedthey took EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE look intothe education finances will be giventothem once they MCZMA has also said that activ- breakupofdatashows that in their societyand inside their vaccinationand still got in- MUMBAI,JUNE29 of children. turn 21.The taskforcewill alsobe ities likelandscaping, play- HEALTH MINISTER Rajesh Tope healthcare workers and frontline homes through mobile vans. The fected."Weare notseeing high The state announceditwill responsiblefor protecting the ground, recreationalgroundand urgedcitizens to go forvaccina- workers arestill notfullyimmu- stategovernment will soon re- transmissibility or severity.So, CHILDRENWHOhave eitherbeen provide all basic facilities to or- property and other legal rightsof ground will be allowedasper- tion withlakhs pendingfor their nised.Atleast, four lakh health lease suchapolicy.Maharashtra thereisnoneedtoworry.Thereis orphanedorlostasingleparentto phans andtacklepsychological these children. With the huge mitted under CRZ laws. second dose. workers and 10 lakh frontline has over 18,000sub-centres that needtofurther research about Covid-19inMaharashtrawillbe counselling to help them cope task at hand, the state govern- Earlier,the MCZMA had "Weare noticing aplateauin workersare yettoget their sec- canbeactivatedfor vaccination. this variant," the ministeradded. eligible to receive threeyears of with the situation. Project ment also plans to rope in NGOs stoppedthe beautification of dailyCovid numbers.People ond dose. The statecan perform1.75-2 Maharashtraisgoing to ex- tuition feeand alaptopormobile Mumbai will fund three years of forthe initiative. Versova beach. Environmentalist think the wavehas recededand Severalgovernment vaccina- lakh RT-PCR testsper day. Tope tend itsMoU with the Councilof foronlineeducation,Womenand tuitionfees forthem. WCDsecretaryISKundansaid Harish Pandeyofthe New Link thereisnoneedtoworry.But I tion centres have noticedade- said that the laboratories and the Scientific andIndustrial ChildDevelopment Minister So far, morethan 400children duetothe pandemic and restric- Road Association said, "Beaches urge them to step forwardfor cline in vaccine demand, while districtsmustensure thatthey Research's (CSIR) Institute of Yashomati Thakursaid Tuesday. have lostbothparents and13,000 tions on movement in some areopen public places and citi- vaccination. Unless we vaccinate private hospitals in Mumbai, too, conduct testsuptotheirfull ca- Genomics and Integrative TheMaharashtragovernment have lostasingle parent to Covid- places,counsellingwillbeunder- zens of Mumbai have right to use 70 per centpopulation, risk of fu- have notedthat slots arenot pacity. "Highand low-riskcon- Biology(IGIB)for another three has signedanMoU with the 19.Atask forcehas been consti- takenthrough onlinesessions. A this open space fortheir enter- turewaves remains," he said. booked up to 100per cent. Until tactsmustbetrackedand tested. months to continue genome se- Indian Psychiatric Society to be- tutedunder the district collectors dedicatedtoll-freenumber(1800- tainment and no construction So far, only4.8 per cent of the May, slots were getting booked We don't want to seeareduction quencing and mapping of new gin counselling of children who to collect information on these 1024040)hasalsobeenlaunched and concretization is allowedas statepopulation has been fully within seconds of being opened in cases due to areduction in variants. Tope said funds have sawtheir lovedones die during children. The stategovernment forchildrenortheir guardians to per CRZ norms.Itwillserve no vaccinated.OnMonday, thestate on the Co-WIN portal. tests," he said. been allocatedaccordingly. thepandemic.AsecondMoUwas will keep afixed deposit of Rs 5 callfor aid. public interest."

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The talk of holding the elec- sured that no onewas rendered improper management of ½FÀFBÊX-d½FSXFSX VFWXSX ¸FWXF³F¦FSX´FFd»FIYF "The NCPchiefhas pacified tion to theAssemblyspeaker's homeless in the BDD chawlrede- Covid-19treatment in the CM and convincedhim to postgainedmomentum after velopment and further directed Maharashtraand seekingvari- hold the electiontothe postof stateCongress president Nana to setupaministerialcommittee ous directionsabout the short- Assembly speaker in this Patole held ameeting with the to take policy decisions regard- ageofdrugs andurging formon- Assemblysession. The RT-PCR Congress leadership in Delhi last ing accommodation forpolice itoring of black-marketing and test is mandatoryfor all MLAs. So, week.The candidate forthe personnel. profiteering allegedly taking Chief Engineer (Solid Waste Management) Project place during procurement and Ch.E./78/SWM/Project/dt. 29.06.2021 distribution of those drugs. E-Tender Notice Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport Oldorder of transfer of officers with 8-yr Meanwhile, the benchalso Tender ID No. 2021_MCGM_699197_1 Belpaur Bhavan, 8th Floor,Sect.-11, CBD, Navi Mumbai. said that it will hear an interven- tion application by actorSonu Sub. : ''Appointment of Project Management Admin Dept. tenure in one unit to be implemented Sood in aPIL alleging improper Consultant (PMC) for Carrying out Supervision of E-Tender Notice Ext.-3 Construction/ Operation Services of 600 TPD Capacity Covid management,seekingto Waste To EnergyProject at Deonar,Mumbai, to be Tender No.NMMT/TM/ADMIN/01/21-22 727officers have been listedasthose who have be heardand to respond to the Implemented on Design-Build-Operate(DBO) Basis.'' Tender Description :Group HealthInsurance Policytothe EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE servedformorethaneight years. These officers allegations made by the petition- THE Municipal CorporationofGreater Mumbai employees and their family members of NMMT. MUMBAI,JUNE29 include those of the ranksofsenior inspectors, ers thathehad been unauthoris- (MCGM) invites online e-tenders from the interested Which is available on Website inspectors up to sub-inspectors.Sources,how- edly procuring and hoarding eligible applicantsfor ''Appointment of Project https://organizations.maharashtra.nextprocure.in Cont. ACTINGONanoldgovernmentorderthatapar- ever,said it would be difficult to carry out such anti-covid drugs to address SOS Management Consultant (PMC) for Carrying out details : 9356468309, 9356492848 &7506797596. ticular officer should notbepostedinthe same large-scale transfers in one go since notmany calls on social media. Supervision of Construction/ Operation Services of 600 Sd/- unit formorethan eight years, Maharashtradi- officers from other districtswouldbewilling to The HC will hear PILs next TPD Capacity Waste To Energy Project at Deonar,Mumbai, TransportManager, rectorgeneralof policeSanjayPandeyaskedpo- cometo Mumbai.Thereisalsoapossibilitythat Wednesday. to be Implemented on Design-Build-Operate (DBO) N.M.M.T. lice unitsacross the some mayalso trytochallengeitlegally. Basis''. The tender documents can be downloaded from statetodrawuplists This is, however, notthe firsttime officers https://mahatenders.gov.in of suchofficers. arebeingtransferredoutof MumbaiPolice.Soon Key details of the tender are as mentioned below : State should Sources said afterthearrest of formercopSachinWazeinthe Tender ID No. Tender ID No. 2021_MCGM_699197_1 while the govern- Ambani terror scarecase, Mumbai Police bring resolution Bid Start Date ment order wasis- CommissionerHemantNagraletransferredover 30.06.2021 at 1100 Hrs. &Time suedafew yearsago, 60 officers postedwith the Mumbai crime against Centre’s 15.07.2021 at 1500 Hrs. to be held itwasneverfullyim- branchfor over five years. physically at plemented.Anoffi- Following that, Pandeyalso transferred farm laws in Municipal Head Office, 2nd Floor, cer said while gen- around six officers from Mumbaiand Thane to Mahapalika Marg, Fort, Mumbai-400 001. Monsoon Pre-bid eral transfers (GT) otherdistricts.Someof theseofficers,including OR meeting Date, took place every Daya Nayak,however, managedto getthetrans- In case of online pre-bid meeting, please Session:Shetti time &Venue year,this particular ferstayedbyapproachingMaharashtra contact to Shri. Amol Gundre, Sub yeartheGT willhap- Administrative Tribunal (MAT). Engineer (SWM-Project), Mobile- pen on the basis of Severalofficers,especially thosepostedwith SHUBHANGIKHAPRE 9096303834 on or before 14.07.2021 during office hours. the government or- theMumbaicrimebranch,havemanagedtore- MUMBAI,JUNE29 der.Asaresultof taintheirpostingsforyearstogetherinthepast. Bid End Date 10.08.2021 at 1600 Hrs. this, in Mumbai This also helpedthem develop powerful con- SWABHIMANI SHETKARI &Time Policealone,around nectionsinthe city. Saghtana president Date &Time Tuesdayurged the Maharashtra for Opening of 13.08.2021 at 1500 Hrs. government to bringinaresolu- Packet A&B cegKÙe keâeÙee&}Ùe, efJejej otjOJeveer :0250-2525101/02/03/04/05/06 tion againstthe Centre's three Further Addendum/Corrigendum, if any will be He@âkeäme :0250-2525107 farm laws during the Monsoon published on https://mahatenders.gov.in only. efJejej (hetJe&), F&-ces} : [email protected] Session of the statelegislature. Avoid self Sd/- lee. JemeF&, efpe. hee}Iej -401305 peeJekeâ ›eâ.:Je.efJe.çe.ce./efJeefOe/30/2021 Adelegation ledbyShetti PRO/663/ADV./2021-22 medication. Ex. Eng. (SWM-Project) efoveebkeâ :29.06.2021 and social activistMedha Patkar ªFFWeS ÀFc¨F³FF metNCP president Sharad Pawar Tuesdaytodiscuss the adverse ½FÀFBÊX-d½FSXFSXVFWXSX¸FWXF³F¦FSX´FFd»FIZY¨¹FF ³¹FF¹FF»F¹Fe³F IYF¹FQZd½F¿F¹FIY ¶FF¶Fe impact of the controversial farm ´FFWX¯¹FFÀFFNXe ¸FWXF³F¦FSX´FFd»FIZY¨¹FF d½Fd²F ´FG³F»F½FSX Ad°FdSX¢°F ½FIYe»F ½F ÀFed³F¹FSX laws on farmers and the agricul- IYFCXd³ÀF»FSX ¹FFa¨Fe °Fe³F½F¿FFËIYdSX°FF ³FZ¸F¯FcIY IYSX¯¹FF¶FF¶F°F. turesector in Maharashtra. ½FÀFBÊ-d½FSFSVFWS¸FWF³F¦FS´FFd»FIZ ¨¹FFd½Fd²F ´FG³F»F½FS ¸FWF³F¦FS´FFd»FIZ ¨¹FF ½F°Fe³FZ Shetti later also metDeputy ³¹FF¹FF»F¹Fe³F IF¸FI FªF IS¯¹FFI dS°FF £FF»Fe»F´Fi¸FF¯û Ad°FdS¢°F ½FI e»F/ ÀFed³F¹FS Chief MinisterAjit Pawaronthe issue. IFCd³ÀF»FS ¹FFa¨Fe °Fe³F ½F¿FFËI dS°FF ³FZ¸F¯FcI ISF½F¹FF¨Fe AFWZ. "Toexpress solidaritywith A. ³¹FF¹FF»F¹FF¨FZ ³FF½F AF½FV¹FIY ÀFa£¹FF the farmers' protest, the MVA IiY. government should pass areso- ¸FF. C©F³¹FF¹FF»F¹F ½FI e»F -Qû³F, ÀFed³F¹FS lution againstthe three farm r. IFCd³ÀF»FS -EI laws in thestate legislatureinthe s. ¸FF. IF¸F¦FFS ½F AüôFûd¦FI ³¹FF¹FF»F¹F ½FI e»F -EI Monsoon Session.The Congress, ¸FF. ¸FF³F½Fe W¢IAF¹Fû¦F (Human ½FI e»F -EI NCPand ShivSena have in prin- t. ciple expressedtheir supportfor Rights Commission) thefarmers' agitation. The ques- u. Slum Tribunal ½FI e»F -EI tion is whyare theynot bringing Consumer Disputes Redressal ½FI e»F -EI in aresolution in the statelegis- v. lature," Shetti told The Indian Commission Express. The two-dayMonsoon NGT (National Green ½FI e»F -EI Session will commence from w. Tribunal) July5. NCLT(National Company ½FI e»F -EI The three laws in question x. are: Farmers'Produce Tradeand Law Tribunal) Commerce (Promotion and MACT (Motor Accidents ½FI e»F -EI Facilitation) Act; Farmers y. Claims Tribunal) (Empowerment &Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance MAT(Maharashtra ½FI e»F -EI z. and Farm Services Act; and Administrative Tribunal) Essential Commodities rq. ¸FF. ½FÀFBÊ ³¹FF¹FF»F¹F ½FI e»F -EI (Amendment)Act. Severalfarm- ers' leaders have demandeda °¹FF QÈáe³FZ B¨LbI½FI e»F /½FdI »FFa¨Fe ÀFaÀ±FF ¹FFa¨¹FFI Oc³F ½FÀFBÊ-d½FSFS VFWS rollbackofthese legislations. On ¸FWF³F¦FS´FFd»FI F, d½Fd²F d½F·FF¦F, ¨Fü±FF ¸FªF»FF, ´Fi·FF¦F ÀFd¸F°Fe kÀFel, ¶FWbïZVFe¹F June 26, the all-India farmers' B¸FFS°F, d½FSFS (´Fc½FÊ) ¹FZ±û ÀFa´Fc¯FÊ °F´FVFe»F ½F IF¦FQ´FÂFFaÀFdW°F dQ. rv.qx.sqsr protestagainstthe laws has ÀFF¹Fa. qu.qq ½FFªFZ´F¹FË°F AªFÊ ¸FF¦Fd½F¯¹FF°F ¹FZ°F AFWZ°F. d½F»Fa¶FF³FZ ´FiF´°F ÓFF»FZ»FZ AªFÊ completedseven months. The d½F¨FFSF°F §û°F»FZ ªFF¯FFS ³FFWe°F. stategovernmentsofKerala, ¸FWF³F¦FS´FFd»FIZ ¨¹FF ½F°Fe³FZ ISF½F¹FF¨FZ ³¹FF¹FF»F¹Fe³F IF¸FI FªFFÀFFNeNSd½F»FZ»FZ West Bengal, and Punjab have, so far, passedaresolutionagainst QS,AMe VF°FeÊ ½F AªFFʨFF ³F¸Fb³FF ¸FWF³F¦FS´FFd»FIZ ¨¹FF https://vvcmc.in ¹FF the three laws. ÀFaIZ °FÀ±FTF½FS C´F»F¶²F AFWZ°F. ÀFQS QSÀFc¨Fe ½F AMeVF°FeʨFe ÀFaIZ °FÀ±FTF½Fø ³F Meanwhile, urging the B¨LbI½FI e»F /½FdI »FFa¨Fe ÀFaÀ±FF ¹FFa³Fe d´FiaMAFD MIFPc³F ÀFQS QS ½F AMeVF°FeÊ Maharashtragovernment notto ¸FF³¹F AÀF»¹FF¶FF¶F°F À½FFÃFSeIø³FAªFFÊÀFû¶F°F ªFûO¯û ¶Fa²F³FI FSISFWe»F. makeany "hasty" amendments ½FdI »FFa¨¹FF ´FG³F»F¨¹FF d³F¹Fb¢°Fe¶FF¶F°F ¸FF. AF¹Fb¢°F,½FÀFBÊ-d½FSFS VFWS in the statefarm laws,hesaid, ¸FWF³F¦FS´FFd»FI F¹FFa¨FF d³F¯FʹF Aad°F¸F SFWe»F. "Instead, theyshould work on a comprehensivefarm model tak- ªFF½FI Ii .½Fd½FVF¸F/d½Fd²F/tq/sqsr ing intoconsiderationall pros dQ³FFaI :sz.qw.sqsr ÀFWe/- and cons. It should be farmer ori- CX´F-AF¹Fb¢°F(d½Fd²F) ented.The modelshould setan ½FÀFBÊX-d½FSXFSX VFWXSX ¸FWXF³F¦FSX´FFd»FIYF example forthe Centreand other states." WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,JUNE30,2021 EXPRESS NETWORK 7 Congdeniesanymeet, NIA takes over Jammu IAF station blast probe, policeeye on LeT Improvised Explosive Devices nor splinter injuries. dropping the payloads. The pos- ARUNSHARMA (IEDs) outside ashopping mall Sourcessaidinvestigatorssus- sibilityof alocalhandlerisalsobe- JAMMU,JUNE29 on Saturdayevening. Apolice pect that twodrones were used ing probed,sources said. team from Jammu later seized in the attackand were pro- “Amixof RDXwithsomeother waitingSidhumayget ON THE daythe National documents, including books, grammedwith Google Maps to explosive materialappearsto have Investigation Agency (NIA) took from the house of the operative reachthe targeted location. been usedtomakethe payload over the probeintothe blasts at in Banihal, an officer said. However, sources said, theyap- lighter so that these flying ma- the IAF station in Jammu, be- The police have registered a pear to have missedthe targetas chinescouldcovermoredistance. lievedtohavebeencausedbyex- caseundertheUnlawfulActivities An NSG team arrives one of the blasts occurredina Investigationsareon,”sourcessaid. timewithRahultoday plosive devices dropped by (Prevention) Actinconnection Tuesdayatthe Jammu Air building adjoining the hangar The aerial distance between drones, sources in J&K Police told with the blasts.OnTuesday, after Forcestation. PTI wherehelicopterswere stationed the IAF station and the nearest The Indian Express that theysus- theprobewashandedoverby the and another in an openarea. International Border pointat contacted on Tuesday, and his pect the role of terror outfit MinistryofHome Affairs, the NIA No parts or material have Phallian Mandal is 14 km.There EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE team did notrespond to calls or Lashkar-e-Toiba in the attack. registeredacase under the disposal squad of the National turnedupinsearches conducted have been instances previously NEWDELHI,CHANDIGARH, text messages. The sources said thatafew Explosive Substances Act, UAPA, Security Guard(NSG) is investi- within the stationand surround- of drones from the Pakistan JUNE29 Sources close to AICCgeneral hours before the attack, police and IPC sections on criminal con- gating thenatureofthe explosive ingareas,promptinginvestigators side dropping weapons up to a secretaryin-charge HarishRawat apprehendedaLashkar-e-Toiba spiracy and attempt to murder. devices usedinthe blasts in to suspect that the drones may distance of 12 km from thebor- THE MUCHanticipated meeting said that “if therewas anymeet- operative with nearly 5kgof According to sources, abomb whichtwo persons sustainedmi- have crossedthe border after der,sources said. between former Congress presi- ing, he (Rawat) wasnot in the dent Rahul Gandhi and party loop”. Punjab PCC chief Sunil leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who Jakhar said he wasnot privy to DELHI JAL BOARD: GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI has raisedabanner of revolt anydevelopment. Arrested LeT ‘commander’ OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (NW) III againstPunjab Chief Minister “The party high command OVER HEAD TANK ASHOK VIHAR DELHI Amarinder Singh, did nothappen has been sending aclearsignal killed, cops say firing PRESS NIT NO. 10 (2021-22) on Tuesday. But,party sources that it wantstoaccommodate Item Name of Work Estimated Date of release of Last date/time of said the meeting is likelytobe Sidhu. He is being seen as aforce No. Cost tender in E- receipt of tender held on Wednesday. Rahul Tuesday.Nomeeting multiplier.But he has been vocif- duringsearch operation Procurement solution through eprocurement Amid the infighting in the with Sidhu, he said. Anil Sharma erous in attacking the govern- 1. Replacment of old deep/ damaged water line Rs. Tender ID No. 12.07.2021 Up to 3:00 by D.I. water line of different dia (100 mm/150 70,38,309/- 2021_DJB_204938_1 PM Punjab Congress unit, Sidhu’s ment. Idon't knowwho is behind mm dia) in Reserve Bank Colony Paschim on 26.06.2021 at team had said on Mondaythat he this fauxpas –whetheritisat BASHAARATMASOOD Vihar under the EE (NW) III, AC-15 12.35 PM wouldmeetRahulandAICCgen- preted as asnub to Sidhu. But Sidhu’s leveloratthe high com- SRINAGAR,JUNE29 Further details in this regard can be seen at http://govtprocurement.delhi.gov.in. eral secretaryPriyanka Gandhi party sources in Delhi said Rahul mand’s level,” said aCongress Sd/- ISSUED BY P.R.O (WATER) (Mukesh Jindal) Vadrainthe Capital on Tuesday. is likelytomeetSidhu on leader who did notwant to be ADAY afteraLashkar-e-Toiba Advt. No. J.S.V.143 (2021-22) Ex. Engineer (NW) III But, in an unusual move,Rahul Wednesday. named. “If it amountstoasnub (LeT) commander,Nadeem “STOP CORONA; Wear Mask, Follow Physical Distancing, Maintain Hand Hygiene” told mediapersons on Tuesday Therewas no meeting be- by thehighcommand,Sidhuwill Abrar,was arrested,Jammu and that no suchmeeting wassched- tween the Gandhis and the Chief nottakeitlying down. He will hit Kashmir (J&K) Police said that he Stop Corona; Wear Mask, Follow Physical Distancing, Maintain Hand Hygiene" uled. Stopping his vehicle to Ministerwhen the latter wasin back,”hesaid. waskilledinagunfight in DELHI JAL BOARD: GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI speak to reporters gathered out- Delhi lastweek. Earlier,bothSidhuand the CM Maloora village, on the outskirts EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (NORTH EAST)-I side his residence in the evening, While Sidhu lefthis Patiala appearedbefore athree-member ofSrinagar,onTuesday. The house damaged duringa Rahul said: “Nomeeting with residence in themorning, it could panel setupbythe Congress to re- Inspector General of Police gun battle between security 2142, JANTA FLATS G.T.B. ENCLAVE DELHI-110093 Sidhu”. notbeconfirmedwhetherhe had solve the infighting. The panel has (IGP), Kashmir,Vijay Kumar said forces and militantsat PRESS NIT No-12 (2021-22) This wasimmediately inter- reachedDelhi. He couldnot be submitted itsreport. securitypersonnelaccompanying Maloora, Srinagar. Shuaib Masoodi (1) Detail of the work: Abrar came underfirewhen they S. Name of Work Amount put Date of release Last date/ time of No to tender of tender in receipt of tender tookhimto ahouseinMalooravil- E-procurement through E- Day after: J&K woman caught in lagefor recovery of arms. He said security forces," he said. solution procurement solution aPakistani terroristwho opened "In encounters, we give them 1. Replacement of old damaged water line in Ram Nagar 49,15,524.00 28-06-2021 12-07-2021 fire also diedinthe incident. (militants) achance to live," said between Jaswal Marg and Hans Marg in AC-64 NE-1 2021_DJB_204963_1 2:10 PM ‘conversion’row wed to fellow Sikh "Yesterday morning, CRPF Kumar."But if anyterroristlike Further details in this regards can be seen at https://delhi.govtprocurement.com and police caught Abrarduring this is involvedininnocent ISSUED BY PRO (WATER) Sd/- aspecific operation. He was killings (or) attacks on security Advt. No. J.S.V.145/2021-22 EX. ENGINEER (NORTH EAST)-I ShiromaniAkali Dal (SAD)Delhi istratethatshehadmarriedofher takentothe police station for forces/ police, we will notleave EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE president,said.Addressingapress ownfreewill. The familymem- joint interrogation by police, him. We will getfull information SRINAGAR,JUNE29 conference, Sarna said “though it bersof KaurandtheMuslimman Armyand CRPF.AnFIR was and neutralise him," he said. hasbeenclaimedotherwise,there were notavailable forcomment. lodged and he (Abrar) wasfor- Abrar,aresidentofNarbalvil- DAYS AFTER an 18-year-old Sikh wasnopreviousmarriageandthe Followinglocal protests on mallyarrested," Kumar said at a lageonthe outskirtsofSrinagar girl,ManmeetKaur, wassentback girlwas marriedonlytoday.” Saturday, Sarna andother Sikh pressconference in Srinagar. city,was arrested whensecurity to herfamily, followingallegations OnSaturday, Kaur'sfamilyand leaders, including SADleader "Under the Indian Evidence forces interceptedhis vehicle at thatshewas“forciblymarried”to other members of the Sikh com- Manjinder Singh Sirsa, arrived Act, we took him forrecovery (of Parimporaduring asearch oper- aMuslim man in Srinagar earlier munity had staged protests out- in Srinagar on Mondayto arms),whichiscompletelylegal... ation on Monday. this month, she wasmarriedoff sideacourthere,allegingthatshe protestagainstwhattheycalled At thesuspectedhouse,therewas On June 3, Mohammad to aSikhman,SukhpreetSingh,in had been “forciblymarried” to a “forcedconversions and mar- firing from inside...intotal, three Amin Malik,who police identi- Srinagar on Tuesday. Muslim man. Kaur waslater riages” of Sikh girls. Some of (security) people were injured. fied as a“militant associate”, The ceremonywas held at a handedovertoher parents. them attended thewedding We sentreinforcements, and the waskilledinapolice campat gurdwarainPulwama, after Whilepolicehaven'tmadean ceremonytoday. encountercontinued,” he said. Tral. Police said Malik,during in- whichthe couple and their fami- officialcommentontheissue,po- Sirsa later tweetedaseries of “The second militant, a terrogation, had snatchedarifle lies leftfor NewDelhi. lice sources had told The Indian photographs of Kaur,with her Pakistani, jumpedout of the from apoliceman, firedathim, “They knew eachother and Expressthat Kaur waspresented bridegroom and family. house and firedindiscriminately. and took refugeinabuilding in- therewas no coercion or force before the courttorecordher FULLREPORTON Later,bothNadeemAbrarandthe side the camp. Police said Malik used,” Paramjit Singh Sarna, statement, and she told the mag- www.indianexpress.com Pakistani were killedinthe en- waskilledinagunfight afterhe counter. It is abig successfor the refusedtosurrender. Smokers less vulnerable to Covid: Bidi, tobacco traders tell Bombay HC

stage,” he added. OMKARGOKHALE ThestategovernmentsubmittedaJune MUMBAI,JUNE29 15 reportbyDrRajendraBadwe,director of Tata MemorialCentre,whichreferredto THE BOMBAY High CourtonTuesdaysaid severalresearches and worldwide studies it will hear twointerventionapplications indicating thatsmokers arelikelytobe by MumbaiBidiTambakhuVyapariSangh moreprone to Covid-19infection. andFederationof RetailersAssociationop- However, senioradvocateRaviKadam, posing anyban or prohibition on smoking representing the Federation, submitted a and sale of cigarettesand bidis in apublic study conducted by the Council for interestlitigation (PIL) alleging improper Scientific and Industrial Research andsaid Covid-19management. that smokers arebetterprotected than The applications sought permission to non-smokersandarenot athigherriskbut interveneinthePILaftertheHChadsought at lowerrisk to contract Covid-19, adding to know from the stategovernment its that smoking has “littleornoeffect”on opiniononthestepsto betakenonareport Covid-19 patients. by expertsthatindicatedcigarette andbidi “But CSIR is forindustrial research,so smokersare morevulnerable to Covid-19. whyshould theysay something about the Theintervenorshave comeupwithre- medical field.While the TMCisunder the ports contrarytothe assumption that aegisof theDepartmentof AtomicEnergy. smokers were moresusceptible to Covid They areexperts,” the benchquestioned. and submitted studiesthat stated that the KadamrespondedthattheCSIRreport nicotine was“apreventive agent against also mentionedthe doctors and thereare MUMBAI BUILDING REPAIRS & Covid” and, therefore, smokers were at a studies also from various countries sup- RECONSTRUCTION BOARD lowerrisk of contracting the coronavirus portingintervenors’claims.Headdedthat (A Unit of MHADA) thannon-smokers.The stategovernment if thestate wantedto take apolicydecision, said it wasyet to decide on the “drastic itcannot“trash”theCSIRreport. Thecourt e-TENDER NOTICE steps” againstsmoking to curb Covid-19 allowedbothassociations to intervene in Main Portal :https://mahatenders.gov.in, MHADA Portal :https://mhada.maharashtra.gov.in spread. thePILandsaidtheissuewasan“offshoot” EXECUTIVE Engineer "G/N" Division /Mumbai Building Repairs &Reconstruction Board, Unit of AdvocateGeneralAshutosh of the main concerns raisedinthe PIL. MHADA, Sonawala Building, Gr.Floor,No. 8, S. A. Palav Marg, Shindewadi, (E), Mumbai- Kumbhakoni, representing the stategov- AG Kumbhakonialsosubmitteda“clar- 400014, is inviting on line digitally signed tenders in form 'B-1' (Percentage Rate) for following works from the Contractors registered under specialised waterproofing agency with MHADA in ernment, told the division benchofChief ification”articleissuedby theCSIRonApril the corresponding appropriate class of contractor. The e-Tender will be available on the above Justice Dipankar Datta and JusticeGirish S 24 statingthat it had notissuedany “press portal from - dtd. 01.07.2021 (after 10.00 a.m.) to dtd. 15.07.2021 (up to 11.00 a.m.) Kulkarni, that throughintervention pleas, note”titled“CSIR Study reveals smokers e- Name of Estimated E.M.D. Security Registration Tender Time limit the associations of bidi traders have ex- and vegetarians areless vulnerable to Tender Works cost (1% of Deposit (2% (Class) of Price for pressedworry that a“blanket order” may Covid-19infection”. The statesaid as per No. Estimated of Estimated Contractor including completion cost) cost) 50% by GST in of work be passed, restraining the sale of tobacco the CSIR, the reportwas notmeanttogive cash 50% Rs. and bidis. “Letmeput it to rest. Thisisnot rise to such assumptions that smokers deducted whatthe stateiscontemplating at this were better protected from Covid-19. from bill 1 S. R. To R/C 23,49,003/- 23500.00 47000.00 Class-V-A & 560.00 18th Bldg. known (50% initially above Months as Hirkani In &50% (registeredas (Including G/N Ward- through Bill) specialised Monsoon) Unionminister orders techno Waterproofing waterproofing TreatmentTo agency with Terrace MHADA) feasibility report for world-class 2 S. R. To R/C 15,45,891/- 15459.00 31000.00 Class-V-A & 560.00 18th Building (50% initially above Months known as &50% (registered as (Including petrochemicalcomplexatVidarbha Nellai Mahal in through Bill) specialised Monsoon) G/N Ward. waterproofing megaproject. Mumbai- agency with Waterproofing MHADA) EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Fadnavis wasaccompaniedbyaVEDC Treatment to MUMBAI,JUNE29 delegation and BJP MP Ashok Nete.On Terrace and June 14,VEDC made apresentation about Underground Water Tank. UNION PETROLEUM minister the project to Fadnavis during his visit to (Waterproofing DharmendraPradhan has directed a Nagpur.Fadnavis said, "Themeeting was Work). techno feasibility reporttobeconducted positive, Pradhan has immediatelydi- Those contractors who are participating in e-Tendering at first time have to get digital ID & foraworld-class petrochemicalcomplex rected the department to do atechno fea- password from the above portal. at Vidarbha region in Maharashtra. sibility report on petrochemical complex For any information and help for the up loading&downloading e-tender please do contact with support team on Ph. No. 1800 3070 2232 /+91- 7878007972/ +91 -7878007973 e-mail : Leader of Opposition in Assembly in Vidarbha region." [email protected] DevendraFadnavis on Tuesdayheld a Explaining the significance of the All information regarding e-Tendering is available on above portal. meeting with Pradhan to discuss the am- project, Fadnavis said, "A global petro- Sd/- bitious project. The Vidarbha Economic chemical complexinVidarbha will open for Executive Engineer "G/N" Divn., Development Council (VEDC) had pro- the door to newindustries, investment MHADA- Leading Housing Authority in the Nation M.B.R. &R.Board CPRO/A/279 posed the multicrorestate-of-the-art and employment generation." WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 8 EXPRESS NETWORK THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,JUNE30,2021

TRACKING THE SECOND SURGE DayafterHCstay,Uttarakhand 485 NEWCASES:43,069 DAYSSINCE ACTIVECASES:5,36,536 PANDEMIC BEGAN TOTALVACCINATION:32,90,29,510 suspendsCharDhamyatra DAILY DEATHS TOTAL DEATHS WEEKLY CFR OVERALL CFR 825 3,98,462 1.43% 1.34% Monday--hours afterthe court until further orders. cidedtostart theyatra in phases EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE order -- issuedSOPs for“Covid The Uttarakhand cabinethad from Julywhen the number of DEHRADUN,JUNE29 curfew”, whichsaid that the first on June 25 decidedtostart the dailyCovid cases starteddeclin- phase of Char Dham yatrawill Char Dham yatrafromJuly1for ing. THE UTTARAKHAND govern- startfromJuly1forlocalresidents locals in the three districtswhere In 2020, religious tourism in ment on Tuesdaysuspendedthe of Chamoli, Rudraprayag and the shrinesare located. Uttarakhand facedasetbackand External Affairs MinisterSJaishankar and EU Commissioner CharDhamyatrauntilfurtherno- Uttarkashidistrictswithpriorreg- ThecourtonMondaydirected thestate sufferedmajor revenue TESTS TODAY: 18,98,786 | TOTAL TESTS: 41,00,38,073 forInternationalPartnerships JuttaUrpilainen greeteach tice, aday afterthe High Court istrationandRTPCR/TrueNat/RAT thegovernmentto ensurethatthe loss duetodelayinthe yatradur- WEEKLY POSITIVITY: 2.36% | OVERALL POSITIVITY: 7.40% other withanelbowbumpinRomeonMonday. ANI stayed forfour weeksthe Covid negative test report. That ceremoniesconductedwithinthe ingthefirstwaveofthepandemic. Cabinet’sdecisionto allowtheya- SOPshadaddedthatinthesecond sanctum sanctorum of the Char The yatrawas startedinJulywith STATES REPORTING MOST CASES trafor localresidents of three dis- phase from July11, onlyresidents Dham temples be live streamed conditionsof mandatorynegative STATE NEW ACTIVE WEEKLY TOTAL tricts from July 1. of Uttarakhandwillbeallowedto forthe people. RTPCR reportfor devotees. Jaishankar flags vaccine CASES CASES POSITIVITY VACCINATION AbenchofChief Justice visit all four shrines withanega- Char Dham yatrawas earlier Around 3.11 lakh devotees had RaghvendraSingh Chauhan and tive Covid report. scheduledtostartinMaywiththe turnedupatCharDhaminthefive Kerala 13,550 99,58710.44% 1,37,48,684 ■ Justice Alok Kumar Vermaissued On Tuesday, Chief Secretary opening of portals of four shri- monthsofthe yatra. equity at G-20 meeting ■ Maharashtra8,085 1,17,0984.24% 3,17,82,327 the stay order on Mondaywhile Om Prakash issued revisedSOPs nes—Badrinath,Kedarnath, Gan- In 2019,when the yatrawas ■ Tamil Nadu 4,51239,335 3.28% 1,52,33,058 hearingabunchofPILs related to forCovid curfew,stating that in gotriandYamunotri.Butthestate conducted as usual from Mayto international firms with the ca- availability of health infrastruc- compliance with the High Court government hadsuspendedthe November,ithad recordedfoot- ■ Andhra Pradesh 3,620 40,074 4.61% 1,50,94,823 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE pacitytoproduce approved vac- tureinthe state. order,CharDham yatraisbeing yatracitingasurge inCovidcases. fall of 32 lakh pilgrims--23per NEWDELHI,JUNE29 cinations from doing so owing to ■ Karnataka 3,222 86,020 2.35% 2,22,04,063 Thestategovernmenthadlate suspendedwithimmediateeffect Thegovernmenthadlaterde- cent morethan 2018. issues with licencing. STRESSINGTHAT“institutional "Institutional multilateralism STATES REPORTING MOST DEATHS multilateralism has been found has been found wanting” MUZAFFARNAGAR STATE TODAY’S TOTAL WEEKLY OVERALL wanting”, External Affairs minis- Jaishankar said. "Reforms have DEATHS DEATHS CFR CFR terSJaishankar on Tuesday manyforms but vaccine equity flagged the issueof“vaccine eq- willbethe immediatetest. The ■ Maharashtra238 1,24,987 4.26% 2.11% Woman blames Hindu outfits, retracts uity”atthe G-20 Foreign realeconomyneedsdecentralised ■ Tamil Nadu 11832,5060.89% 1.37% Ministers’meetinginMatera,Italy. globalisation, including in manu- ■ Kerala 10413,1420.88% 0.48% Addressing the meeting, facturing, food and health. conversion complaint against Muslimbrothers Jaishankarsaidthatinternational Resilient supply chains mustde- ■ Karnataka 93 34,929 1.28% 1.26% cooperationwaskey to solvingthe velop in parallel." ■ AndhraPradesh 41 12,671 0.52% 0.70% neighbourhood had marriedher anyoutfit. her “husband” had marrieda Covid-19crisisandthechallenges He alsothatthe fulldiversity MANISHSAHU afterforcingher to changeher The SHO said the com- Muslim woman. When she ob- Note:DataasonJune29;vaccinationnumbersasofJune28.Deathsincludethosefrompreviousdays. it has posed. This wasespecially of our planetneededmoreaccu- LUCKNOW,JUNE29 religion. She also accusedhim of plainant deniedthatthe ac- jected,her husband and his importantwhenitcameto impar- rate reflection in global policy preparing false documentsto cusedeither took moneyfrom elder brother allegedly beat her tial access to vaccines. making.JaishankararrivedinItaly ‘Relax curbs in calibrated manner’ A24-YEAR-OLD Sikh woman in present her as aMuslim woman her or assaulted her. Sources up and threatenedher. "Whether it is vaccines,med- from Greece on the second leg of Muzaffarnagar district on eligible for“nikah [Muslim mar- said the police were planningto Following her complaint to the icines,PPE or oxygen,interna- thistwo-nationtourto attendthe NewDelhi: The MinistryofHome States and UTshavestarted re- Tuesdayretracted her allega- riage]”. While the man she was move courtand requestitto re- police, her husband wasar- tional cooperation is the answer G-20ministerial meetings. Affairs (MHA) on Tuesdayissued laxing restrictions. ...the process tions againsttwo Muslim broth- reportedlymarriedtoisinjailat lease the accusedfromjail. rested and producedbeforealo- to theCOVID challenge.Need TheG-20summitisscheduled an order under the Disaster of relaxing restrictions should be ers who have been booked for present, his brother is abscond- The policesaid the woman calcourt that sent him to judi- more, notless," Jaishankar said. to beheldinItalyinOctober.India Management Acttoimplement carefullycalibrated;and prompt rape and fraud, andchargedun- ing. visited the station on Sunday cialcustody. The minister’s remarks came isexpectedto holdthepresidency the actions suggestedby and targeted actions needtobe der the anti-conversionlaw “In her statement before the and alleged that aman had sex- Assistant Superintendent of in the wake of the European of the G-20 in 2022. The G-20 is MinistryofHealth forCovid implemented by the States and based on hercomplaint. The magistrate, thewomandenied uallyassaulted her on the pre- Police, Arpit Vijayvargiya,said Union's(EU)opposition to India’s an influential bloc that brings to- management on Monday. UTsinline withthe advisoryof woman deniedthe allegations all chargeslevelledagainstthe text of marriage, and wasnot re- the woman had submittedafew and South Africa'sproposal to in- gether the world's major In aletterissuedtoall states, MoHFW,” alettersent by Home while recording her statement twobrothers. Sheevendenied turning Rs 5lakh she had lent documents, includingthe creaselarge-scalemanufacturing economies. The G-20 member the MHA has also reiterated that SecretaryAjayBhalla to allstates before amagistrate. According having married[one of] the ac- him. The complainant’s father nikahnama(marriagecontract), of vaccinesby waivingsomeparts countriesareArgentina,Australia, despitedeclining numbers, said. to thepolice, the woman cused, and claimed she got the and the accused run grocery with her complaint. “Wewill of the intellectual property rules Brazil, Canada,China, France, states mustrelax restrictions in a The letter said states/UTs claimedthat she filedthe com- FIR lodged following pressureby shops. The woman claimedshe verify the nikahnama submitted under the Agreement on Trade- Germany, Japan,India,Indonesia, calibrated manner.Ithad issued should closely monitor casepos- plaint afterbeing pressured by some Hindu organisations,” said marriedthe primaryaccusedin by the woman along with the Related AspectsofIntellectual Italy, Mexico,Russia,SouthAfrica, similar advice on June 19. itivity and bed occupancy on some Hinduorganisations. the Station House Officer (SHO) May. complaintletter. Action willbe Property Rights(TRIPS SaudiArabia,SouthKorea,Turkey, “With the decline in the regular basis, taking district as an The woman had earlier told of the policestation concerned, This month, the complainant takenbasedonthe inquiryinto Agreement). Theserules prevent UK, US and the European Union. number of active cases, many administrative unit. the police thataman in her adding that she did notname reportedlycame to know that those documents.” 22 candidates elected

Chief Engineer (Solid Waste Management) Project Ch. E./234/SWM/Project/dt. 29.06.2021 unopposed, BJP says it E-Tender Notice Tender ID No. 2021_MCGM_699666_1 backed 21 nominees Sub :- e-Tender for Project of Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste Management in Mumbai” THE Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Balaji Srivastava (MCGM) invitesonlinee-tenders fromthe interested The voting forthe eligible for “Project of Construction and Demolition (C&D) LUCKNOW,JUNE29 remaining 53 seatsof Waste Management in Mumbai”. The tender documents can be downloadedfrom https://mahatenders.gov.in THE UTTAR Pradesh StateElection district panchayatchairs will Key details of the tender are as mentioned below :- CommissiononTuesdayannounced be held onJuly3.Counting Balaji Tender ID No. Tender ID No. that the chairpersons of 22 Zila will startafter polling ends 2021_MCGM_699666_1 Panchayats had been elected unop- Srivastava posed. It wasthe lastdatefor with- Bid Start Date &Time 30.06.2021 at 1100 Hrs drawal of candidature. Elections to the tions. Pre-bid meeting date, 22.07.2021 at 1600 Hrs to be held 53 other Zila panchayats will be held on The victoryofcandidates in these is new Delhi time &Venue physically at Municipal Head July 3. districtscame amid the Opposition’s al- Office,2nd Floor,Mahapalika While 21 of the22are reportedly legations that the BJP has been misus- Police chief Marg, Fort, Mumbai- 400001 candidates supportedbythe BJP,one is ing the government machinery.The saf- OR aSamajwadi Party(SP)-backed candi- fron party hit back,accusing the SP of In case of online pre-bid meeting, please contact to Shri. Santosh dateinEtawah. Of these 22, 18 seats using unfair means. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Chavan, Sub Engineer (SWM- were declared on theday of nomination, “Wecontestfair elections, and if the NEW DELHI,JUNE 29 Project), Moblie- 9320859565 on including Etawah, afteronlyone candi- allegations were nottrue then how or before 21.07.2021 during office date filedpapers in eachofthem. Four comethe SamajwadiParty wonEtawah BALAJI SRIVASTAVA,anIPS offi- hours. moreseats—Saharanpur,Bahraich, uncontested? Moreover, the waythe cer of the 1988 batch, wason Bid End Date &Time 07.09.2021 at 1600 Hrs Shahjahanpur andPilibhit —werede- Samajwadi Partypresident took action Tuesdayhandedadditional clared on Tuesdayafter some candidates afterthe nomination shows that he is on charge of Commissioner of Date &Time for Opening 14.09.2021at1600 Hrs withdrew their papers. The other dis- work from home. Four moreseatshave Police, Delhi. of Packet A&B trictswhereelections will notbere- come to the BJP,what will he do now?” CurrentlySpecial Further Addendum/ Corrigendum., if any will be published quired areChitrakoot, Agra,Gautam asked BJP statevice-presidentVijay Commissioner of Police on https://mahatenders.gov.in only. Budh Nagar(Noida), Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bahadur Pathak,who is the partyleader (Vigilance) in Delhi Police, he Sd/- PRO/664/ADV/2021-22 Ex. Eng. (SWM- Project) Bulandshahr,Amroha, Moradabad, in charge of the panchayatpolls. will take charge from Lalitpur,Jhansi, Banda, Shravasti, He added, “Our candidates have Commissioner SNShrivastava, Avoid Self Medication. Balrampur,Gonda, Gorakhpur,Mau,and been elected to 21 seats and nowwewill who retires Wednesday. Varanasi. work hardtoensurethat we win the Srivastava washandedaddi- Sources said aBSP-backedcandidate majority of theremaining seatsaswell.” tional charge bythe Ministryof in Saharanpur pulledout of the contest StateElection Commissioner Manoj Home Affairs. He has been cho- KARNATAKA NEERAVARI NIGAM LIMITED afterparty chief Mayawati announced Kumar said on July3votes will be sen ahead of Mohd TajHassan, (A GovernmentofKarnataka Enterprise) that her party will notcontestthe elec- counted from 3pm. a1987batchIPS officer. ExecutiveEngineer,KNNL,MLBCC, Division No.1 Ramdurg. An order issuedTuesdayby Tq:RamdurgDist:Belagavi Ph: 08335-242143, MHA Deputy Secretary Mail id:[email protected] (Services) BGKrishnan stated: Chhattisgarh minister “Consequent upon the superan- No: EE/KNNL/MLBCC/DIV-01/D.B/2021-22/175 Date:28/06/2021 nuation of SNShrivastava, SHORTTERM TENDER NOTIFICATION (TWOCOVER disagrees with CM on Commissioner of Delhi Police, SYSTEM) (Only through E-PROCUREMENT SYSTEM) Balaji Srivastavawill hold the Percentage tender through e-portal in twocover additional charge of systemisinvited by the ExecutiveEngineer,KNNL,MLBCC, pvt rural health infra Commissioner of Police, Delhi, Division No. 1Ramdurgonbehalf of the Managing Director, in addition to his regular charges Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Ltd., from the eligible until the appointmentofaregu- contractorswho fulfils the pre-qualification conditions for EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Notice to BMO for ‘2 lar incumbent or until further the following work. RAIPUR,JUNE29 orders, whicheverisearlier.” “Providing protection worksfor Malaprabha River CMs’ on vaccine card This is the second successive near Hampiholi villagetoGonnagar village, Ramdurgtaluka” CHHATTISGARH CM Bhupesh Raipur: InJanjgir-Champa, a time when asenior IPS officer Amountput to tender Rs.11667.51 Lakhs, Baghel’s decision to encourage BlockMedical Officer in Sakti has been givenadditional StipulatedPeriod of Completion: 11 Months setting up of private medical fa- wasserved ashowcause no- charge of Commissioner,Delhi The Contractorscan access and download the cilities in rural areashas met tice by the Chief Medical Police,instead of apermanent completedbid documents through e-procurementwebsite with disagreement from the Officer,after an imageofa appointment. www.eproc.karnataka.gov.in from 08.07.2021 to healthministerTSSingh Deo. Covid-19vaccination card Earlier,SNShrivastava was 26.07.2021. Prebid meeting will be held on 15.07.2021 on The stateBJP didn’t lose a identifying both Bhupesh givenadditional charge in Managing Director,Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Ltd., Coffee chance to take ajibeatthe Baghel and TSSinghDeo as February2020, and handed Board, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Veedhi, Bengaluru. @11.00 AM. Congress government, withfor- Chief Ministerwent viral. complete charge amonth before Details such as Amountput to tender/qualification of mer CM Raman Singh saying Senior officials said it wasa retirement. Bidders/ Tender conditions/Tender processing feeetc canbe that “thisisproof that thereisno printing error. ENS Balaji Srivastava has served obtained through e-procurementorfromthe office of the discussion in cabinetoneven as DGP,Puducherry,and DGP, under signed during the office hours. The date of submission important matters likehealth”. Mizoram. In Delhi Police, he has forcompletedtendersis26.07.2021 up to 4.00 PM. The tenderswill be opened on 28.07.2021 @4.00 PM at the On Saturday, Baghel had is- 'rightto health'initsmanifesto for worked as Special CP office of the ExecutiveEngineer,KNNL,MLBCC, Division No.1 suedinstructions to encourage the 2014 elections. (Intelligence), EconomicOffence Ramdurg, through e-procurement. The date of opening of subsidising privatehealthcarein Chhattisgarh's Congress unit and Wing and Special Cell. He was Financial Bid will be intimatedtothe qualified bidders. The rural areas. He also directed the the AICC also spokeabout intro- also ADG (Andaman and authority competenttoaccept the tendersshall have the industries department to pre- ducing auniversal healthcare Nicobar Islands), policesaid. rightofrejecting all or anyofthe tenderswithout assigning pareanactionplan forgrant of scheme in 2018 Assemblypolls Srivastava servedinthe anyreasons and will not bound to accept the lowesttender. subsidy withinthe next 10 days. and 2019 LokSabha elections.” CabinetSecretariat fornine Eligible bidderscan have further information through e- However, Health MinisterTS According to Singh Deo, the years before returningtoDelhi procurement(www.eproc.karna taka.gov.in). SinghDeo said no discussion has policy,ifittakes public moneyto Police.AnEconomics graduate Sd/-(B. N. Dayanand) beenheldatthecabinetlevelover the private sectorwhichwill take from St Stephen’s College,he ExecutiveEngineer.(I/c) the issue.“Ihavealways been in moneyfromcitizens, is notap- completedhis post-graduation KNNL,MLBCC, Division No.1, Ramdurg favorofuniversal health scheme. propriate. “It will be againstthe from Delhi School of Economics DIPR/BGM/RO-NO-288/MCA/2021-22 The Congress had mentioned concept of free healthcare....” and LLB from Delhi University. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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TOTAL VACCINATED IN INDIA (at least one dose) Ration card reform,sofar 27,11,31,337 ■ Firstdose ■ Seconddose The Supreme Courthas directed all states and UTstoimplement the One Nation,One Ration Cardsystem. 80,00,000 11,68,754 37,85,805 What issues does the scheme seek to address, and how? Whichstatesand UTshavenot yetimplemented it? 41,97,459 whichhas been historically marred by inef- 40,00,000 HARIKISHANSHARMA ficiency and leakages. NEWDELHI,JUNE29 ONORCwas initiallylaunchedasanin- 5,18,984 ter-statepilot.However, whenthe Covid-19 ON TUESDAY,the SupremeCourt directed pandemic forced thousands of migrant 0 all states andUnion Territories to implement workers to returntotheir villages lastyear,a LAST 10 DAYS (daily) the One Nation, One Ration Card(ONORC) needwas felt to expeditethe rollout. June 19 June 28 system, whichallows forinter-and intra- As partofits Covid economic relief pack- stateportability,byJuly31. age, the government announcedthe national rollout of ONORCinall states and Union TOTAL DOSES COVISHIELD COVAXIN What is ONORC? Territories by March 2021. 87.9% 12.1% The ONORCscheme is aimedatenabling 32,90,29,510 migrant workers and their familymembers What has been the coverage so far? to buy subsidisedration from anyfair price Till date, 32 states and Union Territories (SputnikV's72,472doses shop anywhereinthe countryunder the have joinedthe ONORC, coveringabout 69 National Food Security Act, 2013. croreNFSAbeneficiaries. Four states areyet notrepresentedinpie) Forinstance, amigrant worker from, say, to join the scheme —Assam, Chhattisgarh, Basti districtofUttar Pradesh will be able to Delhi and West Bengal. DOSESONJUNE28 53,66,213 access PDS benefitsinMumbai, whereheor According to the Union Ministryof she mayhavegone in search of work.While Consumer Affairs, Food and Public JUNE 27: 19,03,220 (15,49,319 st doses; 3,53,901 2nd) the personcan buy foodgrains as per his or Distribution, about 1.35 croreportability her entitlement under the NFSAatthe place transactions everymonth arebeing recorded whereheorshe is based, members of his or The ONORC scheme, launchedinAugust2019, seekstoensureportability of ration under ONORConanaverage. INDIA ACTIVE CASES 5,52,659 herfamily can stillgototheir ration dealer cards so that beneficiaries canuse themacross fair price shops. Express Archive “A total of morethan 27.83Crore portabil- backhome. ity transactions (including intra-state trans- To promotethis reform in the archaic actions) have takenplace all across these 10,00,000 729,243 Public DistributionSystem(PDS), the gov- hostall the relevant data. across the country. EachNFSAration card States/UTssince the inception of ONORCin 5,52,659 ernment has providedincentivestostates. When arationcardholder goes to afair holder is assignedtoafair price shop near August2019, out of whichalmost 19.8 Crore The Centrehad even setthe implementation price shop, he or she identifies himself or the place wherehis ration cardisregistered. portability transactions have been recorded of ONORCasapreconditionfor additional herself through biometricauthentication on during the COVID-19periodofApril 2020 to 5,00,000 borrowingbystatesduring the Covid-19 ePoS, whichismatchedreal time withde- What factors ledtothe launchof May2021itself,” the MinistrystatedonJune pandemic lastyear.Atleast17states, which tails on the Annavitaran portal. Once the ra- ONORC? 3. implementedthe ONORCreform, were al- tion carddetails areverified, the dealer hands Earlier,NFSAbeneficiaries were notable While inter-state ration cardportability lowedtoborrowanadditional Rs 37,600 out the beneficiary’sentitlements. While the to access their PDS benefitsoutside the ju- is available in 32 states, the number of such 0 crores in 2020-21. Annavitaran portalmaintains arecordofin- risdiction of the specific fair price shop to transactions is muchlower than that of in- LAST 10 DAYS tra-state transactions —inter-districtand in- whichtheyhavebeen assigned. The govern- tra-district and inter-district transactions. June 19 June 28 Howdoesitwork? tra-district —the IM-PDS portalrecords the ment envisionedthe ONORCtogivethem Note:The June 28 figures in these graphs arebased on thegovernmentupdates on June 29 ONORCisbasedontechnology that in- inter-state transactions. access to benefitsfromany fair price shop. Whyhavethese four states not volves details of beneficiaries’ ration card, Full coveragewill be possible after100% implementedityet? Aadhaar number,and electronic Pointsof Howmanypeople will it benefit? Aadhaar seeding of ration cards has been Thereare variousreasons.For instance, INDIA TOTAL CASES 3,03,16,897 Sale (ePoS). The system identifies abenefici- Under the National Food SecurityAct, achieved, and all fair price shops arecovered Delhiisyet to startthe use of ePoS in fair price Source: Ministry of Health &Family Welfare, updated at 11 pm on June 28 arythrough biometric authentication on 2013,about 81 crorepeople areentitledto by ePoS devices (thereare currently4.74lakh shops, whichisaprerequisitefor the imple- ePoS devices at fair priceshops. The system buy subsidisedfoodgrains —rice at Rs 3/kg, devices installed across the country). mentationofONORC. In the case of West runs with the supportoftwo portals — wheat at Rs 2/kg, andcoarse grains at Re 1/kg ONORCwas launched in August, 2019. Bengal, the stategovernment has demanded Integrated Management of Public –fromdesignatedfair priceshops. As on 28 Work on ration cardportability,however,had that the non-NFSA ration cardholders —ra- Distribution System (IM-PDS) (impds.nic.in) June 2021, thereare about 5.46 lakh fair price begun in April 2018 itself, with the launchof tion cards issuedbythe stategovernment — Five pharma companies team and Annavitran (annavitran.nic.in), which shops and 23.63 croreration cardholders the IM-PDS. The idea wastoreform the PDS, should also be coveredunder theONORC. up to trial Covid drug in India

FIVEPHARMACEUTICAL companies manufactureand supply Molnupiravir will collaboratefor the clinical trialof to India andover100 low- andmid- What to checkwhen building by the sea an investigational oral antiviral drug, dle-income countries. Under the col- Molnupiravir,for the treatment of mild laboration agreement, theywill jointly Covid-19inanoutpatientsetting in sponsor,supervise and monitor the Florida condominiumcollapseunderlines vulnerability of seaside structures. Achecklistofdos and don’ts India. These areCipla Limited,Dr trial in India. As per the directive of the Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd, Emcure Subject ExpertCommittee of the reg- of anycompressive layerunderneath,” said creases rapidly. Pharmaceuticals Limited,Sun ulator CDSCO, Dr Reddy’swillconduct SHINYVARGHESE structural engineer Santosh K, Principal Pharmaceutical Industries Limitedand the trial using itsproduct, and the NEWDELHI,JUNE29 Consultant, Design Spectrum, Calicut. Structural audits Torrent PharmaceuticalsLimited,an other four companies will be required “The lifeofthese underground members These areagoodway to maintain build- official statement said. to demonstrateequivalence of their THE PARTIAL collapse of the Champlain can be increased by carefully choosing mate- ings closetolarge waterbodies. In 2019,the Molnupiravir is an oral antiviral product to the product usedinthe trial. South Towers condominium in Surfside, rials that withstand the hostile saline envi- Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation that inhibitsthe replication of multi- The trialisexpected between June Florida, is areminder of howvulnerable ronment.These couldinclude chemical ad- (BMC) had stressedthe needfor structural ple RNAviruses including SARS-CoV- and September across India, with structures near the coastcan be.The 40-year- ditiveswhichimprove the performance of auditsonbuildings 30 years and older.While 2. It is being studiedbyMerck Sharpe 1,200patients. Suchacollaboration for old, oceanfront apartmentblockwas in need concreteorsulphate-resistant cement,” said the parameters vary forresidential, commer- Dohme (MSD),incollaboration with aclinicaltrial is afirstofits kind in the of substantial repairs,according to areport Santosh,who hasbeen constructing high- cial and industrial buildings, the basic checks RidgebackBiotherapeutics, in aphase Indian pharma industry. On comple- by an engineeringfirm,Thomas EHenz,in rise buildings along the coastfor two include columns, beams, pillars, iron bars 3trial fortreatment of non-hospi- tion of the trial, eachcompanywill in- October 2018.Among the findings were lack decades. and plaster, sewage discharge systems, and talisedCovid-19patientsglobally. dependentlyapproachregulatoryau- of adequatewaterproofing along the en- Forthe hardstratatosupportthe founda- waterpipelines. Anon-destructive test is Between March and April this year, thorities forapproval to manufacture trance driveway andpool deck, and“abun- tion,engineers increase the area of concrete usually recommendedbythe BMC’s empan- the five companies individuallyen- and supply Molnupiravir fortreatment dant cracking and spalling of varying degrees and makesurethatsteel is non-corrosive. elledstructural engineer. While implemen- teredintoanon-exclusive voluntary of Covid-19inIndia. in the concretecolumns, beams and walls” “The concreteismade densetohelp it be- tation remains achallenge, suchtimelyin- licensing agreementwith MSD to EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE in theparking lotofthe 12-storeybuilding. come watertight,” said Santosh. “Ideally, if you terventions have helpedprevent sudden The “marine urbansprawl” as Emma have areasonablygoodsoil foundation… the building collapses. Johnston, Dean of Science, UniversityofNew piles aredriventoasuitable depth and con- South Wales, calls it,plays amajor role in ris- nected on topwith astiff beam-slab system, Sea level ing waterlevelsand land subsidence because whichwill transfer the load to thesoil.” “Besides global warming, the sea has its of excessive groundwater extraction. inherent wayofgettingback. When youstart While the causes behind the “pancake Material interaction reclaiming the sea, and youencroachintoits collapse” areyet to be established, construc- In buildings close to the sea, amajor con- territory, the sea will take it backelsewhere. tion close to the sea has to take severalfactors cern canbespalling, or saltwater seeping into We have seen it across the world, be it in intoconsideration. In India,any construction concrete, causing supportbeamstorustand Mumbai,along the Kerala coast,Maldivesor along the coasthas four fundamental check- Arescue worker stands beside the weaken over time, and leading to collapse. Dubai, waterlevelshaverisen… We have to points, buildingexpertssay: partiallycollapsedcondominium Corrosion tooiscommon in coastalbuild- do research to knowmore,” Santosh said. building in Florida. Miami Herald via AP ings, and erosion can happen depending on In aJune 26 reportinThe Washington Post, Soil and foundation the coverofsteel. Another concern in such Surfside Commissioner Eliana RSalzhauer Along coastalareas, thereare sandy strata areas is carbonation, causing the cement said about the collapse: “I think this is all tied of considerable depth, and beneath this layer tion in theseareas. Concretepiles aredriven slurry around the structuretolose itsprotec- to sea-levelrise and our overdevelopment… is hardrockor, sometimes, marine clay. to rest on asuitable stratum deep intothe tive ability. Once this chemicalreaction Mother Earth comes back, and the ocean “Usually,buildings aredoneonapile founda- ground takingintoconsideration the effect reaches the reinforcement,corrosion in- comes back, andtakes it.” Howthepandemicimpactedhouseholdsavings,depositsanddebt

were at 8.2% of GDP in the thirdquarter, af- fections shootup, depositsofhouseholds February 2021. Bankers sayarise in cur- ▼ Equity holdings schemes likepostoffice and National GEORGEMATHEW terbeingat10.4% of GDPinthe second decline,onlytopickuppartiallywhen the rency holdingsindicates that people have Stockmarkets have progressively im- Savings Certificateremainedunchanged at MUMBAI,JUNE29 quarter(endedSeptember 2020) and 21% situation improves andfall again when in- startedtoaccumulatecash in anticipation of proved withthe Sensexrising from 28,265 Rs 75,879 croreinthe three quarters of FY the June quarter. In absoluteterms, netfi- fections rise again later. morestringent lockdown measures, at the beginning of April 2020 to above 2021. Mostofthese schemes have alock-in LAST WEEK,the ReserveBank of India (RBI) nancial assets of households fell to Rs prompting morewithdrawals at 52,000now. Afterthe decline in March and period,preventing investors from with- releasedits preliminaryestimateofhouse- 4,44,583crore in the December quarter ▲▼Currency holdings the ATM. the beginning of April 2020, the marketsre- drawing from them. hold financial savings (The Indian Express, from Rs 4,91,906crore in the September Significantly, currency holdingsshowed coveredbut households’ investment in eq- June 24). Forlakhs of householdsinthe quarterand Rs 8,15,886 croreinthe June fluctuations with households keeping more ▲ Lifeinsurance funds uity declined. Equity holdingsrose to Rs ▲ Household debt country, theCovid-19 pandemic has ledto quarter. whenever Covid infections were moving The insurance industryhas undergone a 18,599 croreinthe June quarter, but de- The householddebt to GDP ratio, which adecline in financial assets such as bank de- upward. Cash holdings were at ahigh of Rs significant transformation since the pan- clinedtoRs8,291crore in September and is basedonselect financial instruments, has posits, pension money, lifeinsurance funds ▼ Household deposits 2,06,889 croreinthe June quarterof2020. demic struck,with demand forpolicies ris- Rs 5,307 croreinDecember.The share of been increasing steadilysince end-March and currency holdings. While the RBI esti- Whileoverall bank depositshavebeen This declined to Rs 17,225 crorein ing. Lifeinsurers’ newbusiness premium savings in shares and debentures out of to- 2019.Itrose sharplyto37.9% at end- mated an increase in debt of around 20 going up, the shareofhouseholds has been September and recoveredpartiallytoRs income had declined27.9% in Apriland May talhousehold financial savings, whichwas December 2020 from 37.1%atend- crorehouseholds, whichcontributearound coming down. The ratio of household 91,456 croreinDecember,wheninfections 2020. However, forthe full fiscal 2020-21, 3.4% in FY20, is likelytoincrease in FY21to September 2020, the RBI said. Households’ 60% of gross savings in the economy, finan- (bank) depositstoGDP declinedto3.0% in came down. Afterthe government an- premium income recoveredand rose by 4.8-5% (or to 0.7 %ofGDP from 0.4%ofGDP liabilities to the banking sector contracted cial savings showedadecline of over 45% the December quarterof2020-21 from 7.7% nouncedastringent lockdown in March last 7.49%. Lifeinsurance funds of households in FY20),whichisstill muchlower than by Rs 1,38,472 croreinthe June quarterof from June to December 2020. in the previous quarter, the RBI said. In ab- year,currency with the public increasedby plummetedtoRs33,549crore in March 36.5%inthe US, according to an SBI report. 2020, but increasedtoRs2,18,216 crorein The broad takeawaysfromthe estimate: solutenumbers,householddeposits fell Rs 3.07lakh crorebetween March andJune, quarterofFY2020. However, as infections Mutual fund holdings of households con- December.The RBI had announcedamora- from Rs 3,67,264crore in September to Rs from Rs 22.55 lakh croretoRs25.62 lakh and deaths increased, funds rose to Rs tracted by Rs 51,926 croreinthe March 2020 torium on loan repayment lastyear. ▼ Financial savings 1,73,042 croreinDecember.This could be, croreinthe fortnight endedJune 19,2020. 1,23,324crore in June quarter, Rs 1,42,422 quarterbut improved later,showing a “Despitehigher borrowings from banksand When the pandemic firststruck,house- according to banking analysts,due to the Now, currency with the public is at arecord croreinSeptember quarterand Rs 1,56,320 growth of Rs 66,195 croreinJune 2020, Rs housing finance companies, the flowin hold financial savings initiallyjumpedIn tendency of households to withdraw cash high of Rs 28.78 lakh crore, as per the latest croreinDecemberquarter of FY2021. The 11,909 croreinSeptember and Rs 65,312 household financial liabilities wasmargin- the firstquarterof2020-21, but went on to to meet emergency needs. During April- RBI data. insurance industryendedthe lastfinancial croreinDecember. allylowerinthe Decemberquarterof2020- witnesssequential moderationinthe next June 2020, depositshad fallen to Rs 1,25,848 While currency with the public has been year at 9% growth in lifeand non-lifecom- 21 following amarkeddecline in borrow- twoquarters. According to theRBI’sprelim- crorefromRs4,55,464crore in January- rising, itspace slowedsince July, before bined. During the April-Mayperiodofthe (=) Small savings ings from non-banking financial inaryestimate,household financialsavings March.This suggests that when Covid in- gathering momentumonce again in current fiscal,ithas grown17%. Household savings in small saving companies,”itsaid. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,JUNE30,2021 WORDLY WISE Censorship always defeats itsown purpose, for it creates asociety incapable of exercising real 10 THE EDITORIAL PAGE discretion. —HENRY STEELE COMMAGER Count our dead

§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA Widelyvarying estimates between states needtobe BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL reconciled. That will helpscience—and save lives

A KIND OF RELIEF Milind Sohoni

Centreleans heavilyoncredit guarantees to aidthe economy. THE POST-WORLD WARIIera sawthe estab- greatdivergence.And,giventhenarrowinter- measuredevelopment outcomes with hon- lishment of manyglobal institutions, includ- ests of our experts,this is unlikelytochange. estyandtransparencyto developcapacitiesin Direct demand side supportremains minimal ing the WorldBank, andsubstantialresearch The reconciliation of thesenumbers will the states, encouragetheir participation and onnationaldevelopmentanditsdeterminants. improvethe science of epidemics and save insistongoodpractices across states. NMONDAY,UNIONFinanceMinisterNirmalaSitharamanunveiledaset of re- Afamousmodel wasthe Solow-Swan model lives.At theheartoftheoxygencrisiswere mis- Unscientificexcessesinthe implementation lief measures designedtoalleviatethe economic stress stemming from the that highlighted knowledge as akey determi- takesintheestimationof truedemandresult- of theDisasterManagementActandthequiet secondwaveofthepandemic.Theyconsist largely of creditguaranteesto boost nant—besideslabourandcapital—ofgrowth ing in unfair allocations. All this maynot bring acceptanceof implausibleCovid-19mortality Oliquidity flows towardsthe morevulnerable parts of the economy—micro, and well-being. Theconceptofknowledge is the dead backtolifebut will enableustogive numbers reportedbysome states aresteps in smallandmediumenterprises,smallhouseholdborrowers,tourismandhealthsectors.The nowbetterunderstoodandcoversnotonlysci- succour to those leftbehind. Consider,for ex- the wrong direction. entific knowledge but also the natureofinsti- ample,asteadymonthlypensionof Rs10,000 But thereisabiggerhurdle on the road to actual fiscal outgoonaccount of these relief measures is likelytobeminimal. In fact, similar tutions and information flows within society. to those households who have losttheir sole progress and convergence. to the approachfollowedduringthe firstwave, this time around, too, direct demand side Aconsequence of the model wasthe predic- breadwinner of age45yearsorless.Evenas- Eachstate hasevolvedits ownpolitical supportfromthe central government has been limited. tionthat under reasonable conditions, and by suming the true figureofdeathstobeeight cultureand acontractbetween itspeople, Among thesignificant announcements,the government has increasedthe limit of the adopting best practices, groups ofnations times as much, about 32 lakh, the number of politicians and the administration. This con- Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS)announcedlastyear by Rs 1.5lakh crore would convergetoroughly equal and higher those eligible would be about 4lakh. That tract decideshow peopleviewcitizenship, in hopesoffurther easing credit flowtoMSMEs. Of the existing limitofRs3lakh crore, so far levels of development. wouldmeananoutflowofabout Rs 400crore their duties and their expectations. Thus, During the current epidemic, affluent na- permonth,whichiscertainlymanageable.This what is acceptable behaviour foraminister about Rs 2.7 lakh crorehas been sanctioned, while Rs 2.1lakh crorehas been disbursed. tionsinthe West,fromthe USAtoBelgium, would be afitting resolution to the compen- or adistrict magistrateinUPmay notbesoin Enhancingthis schemecould help provide MSMEs access to thefunds theyrequire to sur- have seenroughly1,500-2,200deathspermil- sationcasecurrentlyintheSupremeCourt.But Goa or Karnataka.Moreover, in manystates, vive andmeettheir obligations, and the working capital needed to commenceoperations. lion (DPM) population. The datahavebeen intheabsenceof soliddata,thisoptioncannot thereisagrowingrealisation thatabureau- Onsimilarlines,anothercreditguaranteeschemeisdirectedtowardsmicro-financeinstitu- analysedthreadbareandtheroleof keydeter- be exercised. cracy that brooksfeedbackismorelikelyto tionsfor lendingRs1.25 lakhtoroughly25lakh small borrowers to address thebalance- minants—the ageprofile of the population in Reconciliation of mortality Reconciliation of mortality figures would delivermaterial well-being, than the politics sheetstress among lower-income households and provide funds forentrepreneurial activ- question, healthcareinfrastructureand coun- figures would allowamore allow amoresystematic study of our current of ideology or personality-relatednarratives. try-specific policies—accounted for. This dis- healthinfrastructure,manpowerandcapabil- Citizens herewant thefacts, howeverun- ities.Anothersuchschemehasbeenannouncedfortheravagedtourismsector,encompassing systematic studyofour cussionhasledtosocial,culturalandscientific ities, and the human costs of nothaving them pleasant,and wish to participateintheir various stakeholders. Considering that muchofthe activitiesinthis sectorare partofthe in- innovationsthathavesubstantiallybenefited current health in place. Forexample, in Maharashtra, the measurementand analysis. Across the world, formaleconomyandthattourismdemandisunlikelytoperkupsharplyinthenearterm,how- thesenations. infrastructure,manpower meanageforCovid-19deathsisabout60years, honesty about numbers and couplingbetter ever,itisdebatableto whatextentthisschemecanaidthoseengagedinthissegment.Forthe Letusnow come to the official dataon and capabilities, and the 11 years less than the lifeexpectancy of 71 knowledge withcitizenparticipation in gov- health sector, the government has announced twoschemes. One, aRs50,000crore loan Covid-19deathspermillion(DPM)inthestates human costs of not having years. This inversion has notbeen observedin ernancehas ledtobetterdevelopment out- of India. Just so that we do notget intoparty the developedworld, and indicates, perhaps, comes. In fact,the indices of governanceand guarantee scheme aimedatscaling up themedical infrastructure in partsofthe country them in place. Forexample, where it is currently terriblyinadequateormissing (in cities beyond the eight metropolitan politics,letuscomparestatesruledby theparty the poor overall health of ourpeople. We development move in tandem, and climb attheCentre.Weseeagreatdivergence—from in Maharashtra, the mean would also know howKanpur and sharply, as we go from UP to Goavia Gujarat. centres).And two, an allocation of Rs 23,220 croretorampupshort-term emergencypre- 100DPM in Uttar Pradesh and 150DPM in Ahmedabadmanagedtheepidemicfourtimes That couldbetherealreason forthe differ- paredness, with special emphasis on paediatric care. These arewelcome firststeps to ad- age forCovid-19 deaths is Gujarat to 530 DPM in Karnataka and 1,980 about 60 years, 11 yearsless better than Pune or Bengaluru —cities with ence in official mortality numbers. dress the gaps in the public health infrastructureexposedbythe pandemic. The other an- DPMinGoa.Evenmoresurprisingisthatmore some of the best per capitahealthcareinfra- Crucial to this transition is the emergence nouncementsrevolve aroundadministrative andregulatorymeasures,includingextending deathshaveoccurredinstateswhich were bet- than the life expectancy of 71 structure. Or howthe administration in rural of alocal civil society —teachers, profession- theemploymentsupportprogramme,theproductionlinkedincentive schemeforelectronic terprepared in terms of bedsand doctors — years. This inversion has not UP managed to keep the DPMbelow thatof als,politicians and artists,shopkeepers and manufacturing,and streamlining approvalsfor PPP projectsand assetmonetisation. UPhas37 doctorsperonelakhpeople,Gujarat been observed in the ruralGoa.Suchstudieswillleadto abetterand entrepreneurs, aresponsivescience and a has 101, while the states with ahigher DPM, moreengagedscience.Stateswouldlearnfrom greater role forthe regional universities and Using mainlythe credit guarantee routetoprovidesupporttothe economyisunlikely Karnataka and Goa have 153and 260 doctors developed world,and eachother,adoptgoodpracticesandevolve to- colleges. But this pushesagainstthe biggest to impact the government’sbudgetnumbersdramatically. Accordingto some estimates, the per one lakh people. Howdoweexplain this? indicates, perhaps, the poor getherforabetterfuture—exactlywhatSolow vested interestinmodern India —the central actual fiscaloutgoonaccount of the announcementsmadeonMondayislikelytobearound The proximatereason is, of course, under- overall health of our people. had argued. bureaucracy of science and higher education 0.6 per cent of GDP.While these measures maywell provide relief to some who arefinan- reporting of deaths, moreso, the cause of We would also knowhow TheEconomicSurvey 2020-21spentacon- and itseliteinstitutions. Moreover, such inde- death.Accordingto theCensusofficereportof siderable number of pages to propose aBasic pendent thinking and renewalinastate run ciallystressed, theyare unlikely tomateriallychange the near term outlook forthe economy. Kanpur and Ahmedabad That will depend largely on thepace of the vaccination drive. 2018,100percentdeathcertificatesinGoahad NecessitiesIndexandtriedtoexamineif states contrarytothe imperial viewinDelhi, itspol- reportedthe cause of death; while in UP,this managed the epidemic four were convergingonits yardsticks.For many iticsofcentralisation, andthe “One Nation One wasbarely6per cent. By scaling eachstate’s times better than Pune or indices,thestatesareeithernotconvergingfast Elite” motif. These aretoughconditions for death toll by thisfactor, we could getmore Bengaluru —cities with enough,forexample,populationgrowthrates, Solow’s virtuous cycle to take hold and the comparableDPM figures forall states —other or areactuallydiverging, as in the access to states to progress. SUPER CENSOR than Gujarat —of1,500to2,000.That said, some of the best per capita drinkingwater. Theresultingtensionsareforall thereisasyet no scientific explanation of this healthcare infrastructure. to see. The onlyway out is forthe Centre to Sohoni teaches at IIT Bombay Film fraternity’s fears over Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2021are well grounded. Centremustaddress them

HEDRAFTOFthenewCinematograph(Amendment)Bill,2021revealsadepress- ingold script—astate in ahurry to grab the role of asuper censor.Not surpris- ingly, representativesoffilmindustries have raisedthe redflag. In alettertothe NEW FACE,OLD IDEA Tinformation and broadcasting ministry, agroup of filmmakers and artisteshave remindedthegovernmentthattheremitof theCentralBoardofFilmCertificationisnotcen- sorship—butthework of certifyingfilmsforpublicexhibition.Theproposedlawpushesthe Ebrahim Raisi’s presidency is likely to be ultraconservative, but shunning adventurism projectofofficialcensoriousness of cinema in aworrying direction. It empowers the Centre to revoke acertificategranted to afilm by theCBFC, if it is found to violateSection 5B(1) of the Cinematograph Act, 1952, whichdiscourages certifying afilm thatis“againstthe inter- Ramin Jahanbegloo estsof [thesovereigntyandintegrityof India]thesecurityof thestate,friendlyrelationswith foreignStates,publicorder,decencyormorality,orinvolvesdefamationorcontempt of court THE ELECTIONofEbrahim Raisi to thepresi- fullsupportofAyatollahKhameneiandthemil- ablyfollowthe directivesofthe Supreme or is likelytoincitethe commission of anyoffence.” Thefilmfraternity has rightfully de- dencyinIranwill be widelyviewedasavic- itaryinstitutions, the newpresidentwill face LeaderonthenuclearagreementswiththeUS toryfortheSupremeLeaderof theRevolution, difficulties in persuading his fellowIranians to and Europe.Raisi is notamongthose hardlin- manded that this provision, whichturns the Centre intoasuper-censor,bewithdrawn. In a Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the Islamic toehis line. Despitehis relationswiththe ers who attackedthe Joint Comprehensive climate of competitive andpuritanical nationalism,the fear thatsocial media outbursts will RevolutionaryGuard Corps(IRGC).Intheeyes Iranian judiciary, from being amember of a Planof Action(JCPOA).Inthe2017 presidential lead to censorship by themob and abuse of government powerisnot far-fetched. The move of manyIranianandinternationalobservers,it committee thatordered the execution of po- electionTVdebate,RaisipresentedtheJCPOA also goes againsta2000 Supreme Courtorder,whichhad upheld aKarnataka HC decision wasnothing but an engineered selection by litical activists in the 1980stoholding the of- as a“national decision”, and in one of his re- strikingdownrevisionary powers of the government over CBFC orders. the Guardian Council, a12-member body of fices of deputy chief justice, attorneygeneral, cent election debates, he said he would sup- In recent years, several films, from Padmaavat to UdtaPunjab,havebeen held hostage jurists andclericsthatiscloselyalignedwith andchief justice,Raisiisaclericwithverylittle portrevivingthenuclearagreementif itwasin theofficeof theSupremeLeader.TheGuardian experience of either politics or management. the interests of the Iranianpeople. to the “offendedhonour” of communities and clans. While governmentshavecaved in Council’s decisiontodisqualify manywell- On domesticpolicies, Raisiwill certainly Thatsaid, it willbeinteresting to see how to mobs willing to useviolencetowrest victoryinthese culturewars, thecourts have known figures of the Iranian political estab- operatefromapositionof strength,especially theIranianpeopleandtheinternationalcom- steppedintoprotect the filmmaker’s right to freedom of expression.The apprehension lishment, likeformerSpeaker of the nowthat the Iranian reform movement has munity react to thepolitical and economic that the certification regime is moving to amorerestrictive mode has alsogainedground Parliament Ali Larijani, and twicePresident of been marginalised. Instead, he will sustain policiesofacleric, who for morethan three with the Centresummarilydisbanding the Film Certification AppellateTribunal (FCAT), Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, came as asur- Iran’s revolutionaryimageand itsIslamic val- decadeshasbeentheinstrumentof Iran’sun- whichallowedfilmmakers aforum of redressal if the CBFC deniedthem acertificate. prise to the Iranian voters and some political ues by confronting anyopposition from the electeddeepstate.BasedonRaisi’sbackground The rootsof“censorship” of cinema in India arecolonial, as the British believedthat elites. None of Raisi’s vetted rivals, including On domestic policies, Iranian civil society or the so-called“moder- andhispreviousstatements,hispresidencyis the former head of Iran’scentral bank, ates” of the Islamic regime. Lastbut notthe likelytobeultraconservative butshunningad- nativeshad to be protected from the destabilising influence of the mass medium. The in- Abdolnaser Hemmati, represented areal Ebrahim Raisi will certainly least, following Ayatollah Khamenei’s politi- venturism. Raisi’s government is unlikelyto fantilisingofcitizensand the trustinamoral censoriousnesscontinuedwell after threat to his candidacy and final election. operate from aposition of calgoal,thepoliticallyinfluentialpostsinRaisi’s be more successful than that of Hassan Independence, though over the yearsthe scales have tilted. CommitteesheadedbyJustice According to the figures releasedbyInterior strength, especially nowthat cabinetwillbeheld by loyalhardlinersand Rouhani in trying to resolve Iran’s difficulties Mukul Mudgal and ShyamBenegal have recommendedmoving to aregime of no-snips- MinisterAbdolreza RahmaniFazli on June 19, the Iranian reform some of the veterans of the IRGC: Raisi is ex- with the United States and Europe in Iraq, and-cuts. The film fraternity’s concerns that the Cinematograph (Amendment)Bill, 2021 the voter turnout was48.8per cent, the low- pectedto pickGholamHosseinMohseni-Ejei, Afghanistan,SyriaandLebanon.Thenewpres- movement has been undoes those gains mustbeaddressed—and redressed. estinapresidential election since 1979. ahardlineclericlinkedto theintelligencemin- identknows wellthathewillnotbeableto re- Theelectionof RaisiasIran’snewpresident marginalised. Instead,he istry, AlirezaZakani,theformersecretary-gen- storetheregime’spopularlegitimacy, butRaisi marks the beginning of anew chapterinthe will sustain Iran’s eral of the Alliance of Wayfarersofthe Islamic will trytodelivertangible improvement in country’sdomesticandforeignpolicies.Ahard- Revolution,MahmoudNabavian,aclericwho governance in order to prevent the ship liner,Raisi’s main challengewill be to protect revolutionaryimage and its hasbeenacriticofIran’snuclearnegotiations, from sinking. THIN KIM andsustain the ideological framework of the Islamic values by andParviz Fattah, who wasdirector of IRGC’s 1979 Islamic Revolution while trying to re- confronting anyopposition CooperativeFoundation. One wayoranother, The writer is Noor-York Chair in Islamic Manyleaders escape responsibility through propaganda. spondto thegeneralneedsof thelargerpartof from the Iranian civil society Raisi’schoiceswillhave to fitintoaframework Studies, York University,Torontoand the Iranian population that suffers daily be- of AyatollahKhameneiandIRGC’svisionof an professor-vice dean and director,Mahatma NorthKorea’s leaderdoes it through adiminishedwaistline causeoftheregime’spoliticalmismanagement or the so-called ‘moderates’ Islamic revolutionand government. Gandhi Centrefor Peace, Jindal Global and economic corruption. Though he has the of the Islamic regime. As forforeign policy,Raisi willmostprob- University OR AWHILE there, he had everyone worried. NorthKorea’s Supreme Leader and in- ternationalmanof mystery, KimJong-un,wasnowheretobeseen.Then,likeaprincess ornerdyteenagerinaDisneymovie,heemergedearlierthismonthwithamakeover F—hisregalrotundityseverelypareddown.Intherestof theworld,obsessedasitiswith weight loss, the reaction to acelebrity’s transformation would have been either admiration or JUNE 30, 1981, FORTY YEARS AGO jealousy.Not so in NorthKorea, at leastaccording to thetightly-controlledstate media. Kim, by allaccounts,presentshimself as morethan justapolitical leader.Heisfather I RAN BLAST Mohammad AU Rajai and Parliament Sundaynight of the seven-month-old to hispeople, as well as son and brother,friend and family. Since the pandemic struck, Speaker Hashemi Rafsanjani were reported Congress-I Ministry, ledbyAnwaraTaimur. though, NorthKoreanshavebeenunhappydue to the severe shortages of essentialsup- SIXTY-NINE OF IRAN’S political leaders, in- safe. Ayatollah Khomeini appeared to be the The Centre’s formal announcement is ex- plies —including food —becauseoftrade restrictions.Enter,ThinKim.After peoplenoticed cluding the Chief Justice, Ayatollah onlysenior figurenot at the meeting, security pected shortly. According to informed Mohammad Beheshti, were killed by abomb sources said. Iran’s state-run Pars news sources, the stateassemblyislikelytobekept that his watchwas more tightlytied, hisface moregaunt, speculation wasrife. Wasthe blastthat destroyed theTeheran headquar- agency and Teheran radio both announced under suspendedanimation. Earlier in the Supreme Leader unwell? According to KRT, the country’s news service, an unnamedciti- ters of the Islamic Republican Party(IRP) on the death of the 52-year-old Beheshti, the day, Singh metthe leaders of the leftistpar- zen —presumablyexpressing whatall NorthKoreans aresupposedtofeel—wasdis- Sundaynight, the official Pars news agency second most powerful Iranian leader after ties to ascertain their views. traught: “Seeing respectedgeneralsecretary(KimJongUn) lookingemaciatedbreaksour said. About 90 political figures were attend- theailingKhomeini,inSunday’s blast. people’s heart so much.” The unsubtle messaging is clear:Atatimeofnear-famine, Kim ing ameeting in the headquarters when the MP CABINET shares the suffering of his people, his ownsacrifice symbolisedbyadiminishedwaistline. bomb,plantedinadustbin near the speaker’s PRESIDENT’SRULE Forsatirists around the world, Kim has been agiftthat keeps on giving. And while platform, exploded. The agency said the GOVERNOR LPSingh is understood to have THE FIRSTTIME since assuming office as death toll wasannouncedbythe Teheran recommendedinhis reporttothe Centrethe Chief Minister ayear ago, Arjun Singh on various leaders have triedtoescape responsibility from the consequences of Covid-19— coroner’soffice. Also killedinthe blast, heard imposition ofPresident’s rule in Assam. Mondayreshuffledhis Council of Ministers, some through denial, others through politicising the disease and still others with public up to five km away,werefour Cabinetmin- Singh sent the recommendation aftermak- elevating sevenMinisters of Statetocabinet tears of sympathy—ittakes aspecial kind of audacity to tryand gain sympathyfroma isters and 18 deputiesofthe Majlis (parlia- ing an assessment of the politicalsituation rank,and addedseven Ministers of Stateand slightlyaltered bodycomposition. When it comes to propaganda, Thin Kim wins. ment), the radio said. Prime Minister in the statefollowing the resignationon three Deputy Ministers to histeam. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,JUNE30,2021 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “Itisnot only an illusion but also achimeraofWashington that it cansow discord between Beijing and Moscowtofacilitate its campaign to suppressthe 11 THE IDEAS PAGE latter twoseparately.” —GLOBALTIMES Afour-inch screen, work &play Teachers and

Forchildren in primaryschool, digital education is enormouslyinadequate. Learning deficitsofpandemic technology year must be addressedtoensure literacy goals arenot setbackbyageneration Covid inducededucation crisis and fourth industrial revolution can lead to anew ed-tech policy to maximise student learning

start-ups and acurrent valuation of around $700 million, the market is geared forexpo- nential growth —estimates project an as- SukantaChaudhuri toundingmarket sizeof $30billioninthenext 10 years.Thereare,infact, severalexamples of grassroots innovation.The Hamara APRIMARYSCHOOLteacherinrural Bengal Vidhyalaya in Namsai district, Arunachal phones “herchildren”regularly during the Pradesh,isfosteringtech-basedperformance lockdown. Theotherday,she wasgreeted by Amitabh Kant assessments;Assam’sonlinecareerguidance awail: “Didimoni, I’veforgotten what you portalisstrengthening school-to-workand look like!” (The child does nothaveavideo- INDIA’SSCHOOL EDUCATION landscape is higher-education transition forstudents in phone.) Another child stands to attention facingdauntingchallenges. The countrywas grades9to12;SamarthinGujaratisfacilitat- everymorning and sings the national an- reeling under an acutelearning crisis, even ing the online professional development of them, as theydid at the startofschool. before theCovid-19pandemic, with one in lakhsofteachers in collaborationwithIIM- Likeamputees nursing phantom limbs, twochildrenlackingbasicreadingproficiency Ahmedabad;Jharkhand’sDigiSATHisspear- these childrencling to make-believe relics of at the ageof10. The pandemic threatens to heading behaviour changebyestablishing the school lifetheyhavelost.For many, the exacerbatethis crisis, especiallybecause of stronger parent-teacher-student linkages; lossisirreversible. Aforecast last year pre- the physical closureof15.5 lakh schools that HimachalPradesh’sHarGharPathshalaispro- dictedthat 20 per cent of girlstudentswould has affected morethan248 million students vidingdigitaleducationforchildrenwithspe- permanentlyabandon school. The second foroverayear. cial needs; Uttarakhand’s community radio Covid wavewill have increasedthe rate.Boys Coalescing with thelearningcrisis is the ispromotingearly readingthroughbyte-size mayfarealittle better:Today, theyare often Fourth Industrial Revolution —the impera- broadcasts;MadhyaPradesh’sDigiLEPisde- their family’s sole or chief breadwinner. tive nowistoreimagine education and align livering content forlearning enhancement We know the digital divide has had it with the unprecedented technological through awell-structured mechanism with grotesqueconsequences foreducation dur- transformation.Astraditionalbrick-and-mor- over 50,000 WhatsApp groupscovering all ing the pandemic. The dubious cut-offfor dig- tarservice delivery models arebeing dis- clusters and secondary schools; and Kerala’s ital empowerment is asmartphone. ruptedacross sectors,the pandemic offers a Aksharavrikshaminitiative isfocusingondig- Inadequateatall levels, howmuchcan it ben- critical,yetstark,reminderof theimpending ital “edutainment” to supportlearning and efit theveryyoung? Theeverydaymiracle of needtoweave technology intoeducation. skill development via gamesand activities. teachingthemthe threeRsinvolvesagroup India’s newNational Education Policy To craftacohesivestrategy,action experience melding audition, expressionand (NEP) 2020 isresponsive to theclarioncallto needs to be takenonmultiple fronts. In the physical activity.Can theyread, writeand integrate technologyateverylevelof instruc- immediateterm, theremustbeamecha- count, or sing,drawand play, sitting alone or tion. It envisions the establishment of an au- nism to thoroughlymap the ed-techland- with atenseparent before afour-inchscreen? tonomousbody,the National Education scape, especiallytheir scale, reach, and im- Affluent educated parentsmight ensure Technology Forum (NETF), to spearhead ef- pact.The focusshould be on access,equity, an oppressive but reasonablyeffectivedigi- fortstowards providing astrategic thrust to infrastructure,governance, and quality-re- talregimefor theiroffspring. Forthose with- the deploymentand use of technology. lated outcomes and challenges forteach- out suchmeans, everyteacherIknowholds CRSasikumar India is well-poised to take this leapfor- ers and students. that online teaching achieveslittle or noth- ward withincreasingaccessto tech-basedin- In the shorttomedium-term, the policy ing at the primarylevel. arrangement. States likeWestBengalhave the latter head is desperatelyneededtoar- frastructure, electricity,and affordable inter- formulationandplanningprocessmuststrive The NCERT’s guidelines forthe lockdown lent their blessings though nottheir formal rest the decline in nutrition and child growth netconnectivity,fueledbyflagship to enableconvergenceacrossschemes(edu- take heedofchildrenwith no digital devices. imprimatur. Suchendeavours work best in evident foryears and grosslyaggravated by programmes suchasDigital Indiaand the cation,skills,digitalgovernance,andfinance), This concession is marredbythe unreal na- villages, whichhavemoreopen spaces and the pandemic. The urgency is obvious. The MinistryofEducation’s initiatives, including fosterintegrationof solutionsthroughpublic- tureofthe advice, prescribing additional better community support; but theyreach five-year-olddeprivedofsupplementary theDigitalInfrastructureforSchoolEducation private partnerships, factor in voices of all training forteachers; individual attention to onlyaminority of children. nourishment is weakenedfor life. If she does (DIKSHA),open-sourcelearningplatformand stakeholders, and bolster cooperativefeder- eachstudent and parent without regard to Twootheragenda seem crucial. First, notlearn her letters today, she is unlikelyto UDISE+ —one of the largest education man- alism across alllevels of government. Here, time, student numbers or restrictions on whenever schools reopen, to bring backthe do so at 10. agement informationsystems in theworld. lessonsmaybedrawnfromtheGovernment movement during lockdown; and an airyas- dropouts. The Uttar Pradesh government pro- The lockdown could have had asilverlin- Acomprehensive ed-techpolicyarchitec- of India’s Aspirational DistrictsProgramme sumption of the resources in everyhome, like poses to trackall studentsdisappearing be- ing if, during the closure, the infrastructure of turemustfocusonfour keyelements—pro- ontech-enabledmonitoringandimplemen- “newspapers, food packets[and] TV pro- tween Classes VIII and IX. Howeverdaunting anganwadis and primaryschools had been viding accesstolearning, especiallytodisad- tationthat emphasises citizen engagement, grammes”, wherebyaClass Istudent“can be in scale, the exercise needs extending to all upgradedasrequiredby the NEP.Weare talk- vantaged groups; enabling processes of partnerships and effective servicedelivery. easilytaught... All that will beneededisguid- classes in all states, especially theveryyoung, ing about improvementssomodestthat afew teaching, learning, and evaluation; facilitat- Specialattentionmustbepaidto address ance to theparents”. Teachers in slums and who might otherwise beconsignedtoilliter- lakhs per centrewouldworkatransforma- ingteacher training and continuous profes- thedigital divide at twolevels —accessand remote villages, with poorly-educatedpar- acy forlife. tion. The processwould have generated em- sional development;improvinggovernance skillsto effectively use technologyandlever- entspauperisedbythe lockdown, mayreact The secondtaskistoplugthe hugelearn- ployment across the countryand encouraged systems including planning,management, ageits benefits. Thematic areasofthe policy withscepticism. ing deficit —anunprecedentedpedagogic ex- TheNCERT’sguidelines for the manufactureofmaterials. and monitoring processes. shouldfeatureinfrastructureandconnectiv- Among migrantworkers’ children,46.2 ercise, light years removedfromcustomary the lockdowntakeheed of The CentralVista projectisbeing hustled Cross-countryexperience and research ity;high-quality,relevant, proven software per cent were outofschoolbyJuly2020. The remedial teaching. It calls fordetailedyet children with no digital through on thesamegrounds of urgency,es- provide us with crucial insightsonwhat and content;and rigorous global standards Education Ministryhas athree-pageguide- open-ended planning, adjustable to theun- sential need, employment generation and na- worksand what doesn’t. First, technology is foroutcome-basedevaluation, real-timeas- line fortheir rehabilitation —sensible in ab- folding Covid scenario.Thatplanning needs devices. This concession is tional pride. Arguably, aminimal education atool,andnotapanacea.Second,technology sessments,and systems monitoring. stract termsbut,again, unmindful of ground to start right now, notasanafterthoughton marred by the unreal nature forall India’s children is essentialatthe more mustbeinserviceofthe learning model. In the longer term,aspolicytranslates to realities. It enjoins adatabase of children who reopening. of the advice,prescribing basic levelofnational self-respect.The ex- Thereisadanger in providing digital infra- practiceatlocallevelsandtechnology-based have leftthe state. It skirtsthe practicalprob- This raft of measures, current and future, additional training for pandedParliamentwill notsit till 2026. By structurewithoutaplanonhowit’sto bede- solutionsbecomeubiquitous, arepositoryof lems of their enrolment in other states, in- demands muchmoremanpowerthan the then,myhypotheticalfive-year-old will be ployedorwhatteaching-learningapproaches thebest-in-class technology solutions, good volving achangeofenvironment and, per- regular corps of teachers can provide. Given teachers; individual attention 10,probably beyond the reachofremedy. it would support. Third, technology cannot practicesandlessons from successfulimple- haps, of language. Suchpious injunctions the scale and urgency of the need, it might be to eachstudent and parent We betrayedour foundingfathers by fail- substituteschoolsorreplaceteachers.It’snot mentationmustbecurated.TheNITIAayog’s mean nothing without detailedplanning, undertakeninmission mode.This isoften in- without regard to time,or ingtoensurefreeand compulsoryeducation “teachers versus technology”;the solution is India Knowledge Huband theMinistryof transfer of funds and active coordination with terpretedasalicence to reducefundsand di- by 1960. Our literacy rate has creptupto78 in “teachersand technology”.Infact,techso- Education’s DIKSHA and ShaGun platforms the states —all pending ayear down the line. lute responsibility.Inthis case, we do so at the restrictions on movement percent, andwewere about to reachfull en- lutions areimpactful only when embraced can facilitateand amplify such learning. The states, necessarilyoperating closer to national peril. during lockdown; and an airy rolmentinClass I, whateverthe subsequent and effectivelyleveraged by teachers. The journey from aholistic strategy to its the ground, have adoptedtwo major strate- The government has fallen curiously assumption of the resources drop-out rate.Bythe hundredth year of Conditionalongoodlearningdesign,tech- successfulapplicationwill,nodoubt,bealong gies foroffline instruction. By one, teaching silent over the much-vaunted newNational in everyhome,like Independence, we mayhaveworkedour way nologyholdspromiseandhasincrediblepo- one. It requires careful planning,sustained material is distributed andworksheets col- Education Policy (NEP). Itsmoststriking in- to almost total literacy. tential in enabling greater personalisation of implementation, and calculated coursecor- lected forreview. Parentsmightplayapart, novation wastomerge anganwadis and pri- ‘newspapers, food packets Aspikeindrop-outsand illiteracy today education and enhancing educational pro- rections.WithNEP 2020 having setthe ball but success depends on the teacher’s moni- maryschools in an integrated programme [and] TV programmes’, would put even this pitifulgoalinjeopardy. ductivity by improving ratesoflearning, re- rolling,atransformative ed-techpolicyarchi- toring. Hencethe secondrecourse:So-called of “early childhoodcareand education”. Yet wherebyaClassIstudent Letnot our children recall the 75th anniver- ducing costs of instructional material and tectureisthe need of the hour to effectively “lockdownschools”, wheresmall groups of the school education budget wasslashed ‘can be easily taught... All sary of Independenceasayear of shame. servicedeliveryatscale,aswellasbetterutil- maximisestudent learning. children meet their teacher,hopefullyobserv- this year by Rs 5,000crore, andthe Saksham isation of teacher/instructor time. ing Covid protocols, usuallyelsewherethan scheme thatincludesanganwadis by nearly that will be neededis The writer is Professor Emeritus, Department TheIndian ed-techecosystemhasalot of The writer is CEO, NITI Aayog. Views at school. Karnataka has formalisedthe Rs 4,500crore.Increasedspending under guidance to the parents’. of English, Jadavpur University potential forinnovation. With over 4,500 expressed arepersonal Cast in China’s image LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR INDO-PACIFIC MATTERS THISREFERSTOthearticle,‘Engagingthe IDEAS Beijing uses ‘party-to-party diplomacy’tocraft narratives, including on Covid world, likeChina’ (IE, June 29). Indiaand China wieldconsiderablepolitical, mili- ONLINE tary —theyare nuclear powers —and Shikha Aggarwal economic cloutinthe region around the ONLYINTHE EXPRESS subcontinent. Theyoccupycentre-stage AS THE CHINESE CommunistParty (CCP) ap- struggles to retain itsformer vigour,the ID- Pakistan, including Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf; from SouthAsia, China’s control of the epi- in the calculation of other worldpowers ● ANACCOUNTINGOFFUEL: proaches the centenaryofits establishment, CPC has been meticulouslysteering a twofromBangladesh, the CommunistPartyof demic wasdubbed as a“strategic achieve- in their engagement in the Indo-Pacific SUBRAMANIAMRIYER it has emergedasthe mostsuccessful, albeit Kafkaesque rendering of the pandemic saga Bangladesh and the Workers Partyof ment” that demonstrated the superiority of region. The twocountries mustsortout ideologicallyincoherent, experiment of the in whichthe CCP under Xi Jinping emerges Bangladesh;andtheNepalCommunist Party. “socialism with Chinese characteristics” un- theirdifferencesanddonothingthatup- ● HOW TO BREAK VICIOUS Marxistparadigm. Itsinternal contradictions as the paragon of hope, good governance and Throughtheseseeminglyinnocuousinitia- der the leadership of Xi. This seminar wasat- sets peace in the region. CYCLE OF MANUAL and aspirations of global leadership mean international leadership. Severalsuchactiv- tives,theIDCPCadroitlyspearheadedaninter- tendedbyMadhavNepal from the VinaySaroha, Delhi SCAVENGING: thatthis communistbehemoth constantly ities by the IDCPC enlistedparticipation from nationalappealbyworldpoliticalpartiesto op- Communist PartyofNepal and Dinesh VRRAMAN AND KANIKA seeks domestic legitimacyaswell as exter- political parties across SouthAsia. posethepoliticisationof thevirusandto refrain Gunawardena from the People’s UnitedFront FORESTESSENTIAL SINGH nal endorsement of itsOrwellianmoorings. To control theglobal narrative on Covid- from stigmatising anycountry. These events of SriLanka among others. These twodeterminantsofthe CCP’s exis- 19,the IDCPC formedaLeading Small Group served as alaunchpad forthe IDCPC to embed Interestingly, the BRIsegment of the THIS REFERSTOthe article, ‘It happened www.indianexpress.com tence arelinked through astate-sponsored to dealwith thenovel coronavirus as early as the idea of a“community with asharedfuture IDCPC’s Covid-19strategywas accordedspe- in Banni’ (IE, June 29). Geo-tagging and project:Any outside recognition is deftlyused January2020. As thecontrastbetween forpublic health”—anavatar of Xi’s “commu- cial emphasis in the case of Nepal and Sri digitisedrecording of community forest to perpetuatethe imageofChina’s rising in- China’s rapid recovery and the international nitywithsharedfutureformankind”—within Lanka. The IDCPC established Joint ownershipwillhelpdemarcateland,thus ternational stature under the CCP forthe do- community’s intense struggle withthe pan- global conversations on the pandemic. Consultation Mechanisms on the BRI be- clearingtheconfusionaroundlandrights couldseedapotential thirdwave. mestic audience. demicbegan to playout,the IDCPC dis- With China getting backtonormalcy dur- tween the CPC and major political parties in forests. Initiativesbylocal communi- AanyaSinghal, Noida Aprominent strategy employedbythe patchedletters to morethan 110political par- ing the second half of 2020, the IDCPC’S pub- from thetwo nations. ties forrestoration of forest arealways CCP to advanceits role in global politics is ties in over 60 countries. These letters detailed lic diplomacy evolvedintothree coremis- While the exact impact of the IDCPC’s ac- sustainablebecauseforthesecommuni- FIX TIMELINES “party-to-partydiplomacy” through which the CCP’s effortsincontrolling the epidemic sions. These includeshowcasing the tivities on China’sdomestic discourse or the ties it’s amatter of theirhome. the CCP manufactures consent forBeijing-led with Xi at the forefront and highlighted how strengthsand success of the CCP model in foreignpolicy outlookofpolitical parties can Afsheen Rizvi, Lucknow THISREFERSTOthearticle‘LimitsofNaya narratives, geo-strategicconstructsand China has been sharing information and of- containing the virus, soliciting publicpro- onlybeascertainedthrough extensive em- Kashmir’, (IE, June 28). The government China’s globalambitions among political fering supportand aid to other countries. nouncementsofgratitude from the interna- pirical studies, the IDCPC representsacrucial SAFETY FIRST has,therefore,madetherightcallinexpe- elites and parties in other countries. The party Later,the IDCPC hostedaninternational tional community forChina’s aid and cooper- component of the strategic and institutional ditingtheprocessof fillingthepoliticalvac- organdedicatedtothis enterprise is the conference along with the Secretariat of the ation, and projecting the Belt and Road paraphernalia employedbythe CCPtobelie THIS REFERSTOthe report, ‘Resurgence uuminJammuandKashmir.Delimitation International Department (IDCPC). International Conference of Asian Political Initiative (BRI)asthe panacea forthe post- all predictions of itsimpending doom, and of pandemic speculative fornow: govt’ exercise, revivalofthe electoral process The IDCPC is one of the five principal bod- Parties (ICAPP), titled“Synergy and coopera- Covid economicrecovery of countries. All continuewith itsrelentless march to castin- (IE, June 28).Therehavebeenseveral re- and the restoration of statehood report- ies that operatedirectlyunder the CCP Central tion againstCovid-19: Asian political parties at three goals were inscribedintothe blueprint ternational politicsinits ownimage. ports about apossible thirdwaveof edly figured in therecent talks. There Committee and hassofar established rela- work”. It also led230 politicalparties from of everymultilateral or bilateraldocument Covid-19.The best recourse would be to should be aproper timeline in place to tionswith morethan 400political parties and over100 countries to issue an open letter for releasedbythe IDCPC and relayedbackhome The writer,aSenior FellowatIndia erronthe side of caution.Any laxity in makethe exercise morepredictable. organisations in over 140countries. international cooperationagainstthe pan- as evidence of the CCP’s growing centrality Foundation, is currently in Taipei on the adopting Covid-appropriatebehaviour Sudip Kumar Dey, Kolkata As the worldcontinuestograpple with demic. From South Asia, the letter wasreport- within the global political landscape. Taiwan Fellowship awarded by theMinistry the Covid crisis, and international diplomacy edly signed by eight political parties from In one suchoutreachtopoliticalparties of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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Embassy urges Devas investors move US court, Indians in UPtoMP,FIRsagainst Afghanistan to tag A-I assets to recover award exercise strict Twitteroverdistortedmap LikeCairn Energy,say Air India is an ‘alter ego’ of India vigilance, caution compensationbyatribunal of The move comes even as a EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the UN Commission on Bengaluru benchofthe National Praveen Bhati, an advocateand BENGALURU,JUNE29 International Trade Lawon CompanyLaw Tribunal ordered SHUBHAJITROY EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Twitter vs UP Police:Cops move Bajrang Dal’s western UP region October 13,2020, following an liquidation of DevasMultimedia NEWDELHI,JUNE29 LUCKNOW,BHOPAL,JUNE29 co-convenor. AGROUP of foreign investors in arbitration processoveralleged on May26onthe grounds that SC, Karnataka HC adjourns hearing Besides Maheshwari, Twitter the start-up DevasMultimedia, violations by the Indian govern- the firm wascreated fraudu- THE INDIAN embassy in SEPARATE FIRs have been lodged India’sNewsPartnership head who areseeking to enforce a ment of abilateral investment lently. TheEnforcement Afghanistanhasissuedastrongly- in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya NewDelhi, Bengaluru: Uttar Maheshwari and said that the AmritaTripathi has also been $160-million arbitration com- treaty with Mauritius.Earlier this Directorateand the CBI arepur- worded advisoryfor Indian na- Pradesh againstsenior officials Pradesh Police has movedthe investigatorscanexaminehim made an accusedinthe case. pensation awardoverafailed year,the investors had moveda suing cases of money laundering tionals, asking them to exercise of Twitter India over adistorted Supreme Courtagainstanor- through virtual mode. Circle Officer,Khurja, Suresh 2005 satellitedeal with the US federal court seeking enforce- and corruption againstDevas “strictvigilanceandcaution”with map of the country, showing J&K der of Karnataka High Courtre- Meanwhile, Karnataka Kumar saidthe FIRwas lodged Indian Space Research ment of the arbitration award. over the 2005 deal. regard to security at workplace, and Ladakh outside India, that straining it from taking coercive High CourtonTuesdayad- under IPC section 505 (2). Police Organisation's (ISRO) commer- The Mauritius investors have Lastweek, aspecialcourtin placeof residenceandalsoduring appearedonthe socialmedia actionagainstTwitter IndiaMD journedtoJuly5the proceed- also invoked74ofITAct. cial arm Antrix Corporation, followedinthe footsteps of the Bengaluru whereaPrevention of movement in the city. platform. Manish Maheshwari in con- ings in amatter pertaining to Bhati told TheIndian Express have movedaUSfederal court, UK firm Cairn Energy in seeking MoneyLaundering Actcase Meanwhile, in NewDelhi, While Bulandshahr police nection with aproberelatedto Maheshwari and Ghaziabad that on Mondayafternoon he seeking to take over the assets of to getAir India declared an alter againstDevas is awaiting trial sources deniedthe social media lodged an FIR againstTwitter the assault on an elderly police. Advocate PPrasanna found the worldmap in ‘Tweep Air India to enforce payments. egoofIndia in order to pursue asked the official liquidator ap- reports claiming External Affairs India MD Manish Maheshwari Muslim man in Ghaziabad. On Kumar,who appearedfor UP Life’ section under‘Careers’ on The group of foreign in- assets of thenational carrier as a pointed to liquidateDevas MinisterSJaishankarhasmetcer- and another official at Khurja June 24,the HC had asked Police, sought adjournment, Twitter showing J&Kand Ladakh vestors—CC/DevasMauritius, strategy to enforce arbitration Multimedia whether he would tainTalibanleaders.“Suchreports Nagarpolice stationonMonday Ghaziabad police, whichissued following whichthe single outside India. “I washurtand de- Telcom DevasMauritius, and awards againstthe government. defend the moneylaundering arecompletely false, baseless and evening, the case in MP wasreg- the summons, from initiating benchofJustice GNarendar cided to getacaselodged against DevasEmployees Mauritius Pvt Cairn Energy's complaint chargesagainstthe firm. The liq- mischievous,” sources said. isteredonTuesdayevening, coercive action against posteditfor July 5. ENS officials of Twitter.Icollected Ltd —approachedthe Southern wasfiledinthe same courton uidator has sought time to re- The advisoryissuedbythe hours afterstate Home Minister names of Twitter officials posted DistrictofNew York court on May17. spond and the case is to be taken IndianHighCommissionsaidthat Narottam Mishrastatedthatitis in India from different sources Mondaywith aplea to declare The Mauritius investors have up again in July. the security situation in “a serious issueconcern...and go- the matterand subsequently limit when it issued adistorted and got the case lodged against Air India an alter egoofIndia, and contendedthat Air India should The liquidator has also Afghanistanis“highlyvolatile,un- ing on foralongtime”. book acase in the matter.” map of the countryshowing them,” he said. to allowattachment of the air- be madejointlyliable “for debts sought the release of Rs 79 crore predictableanddangerous”.Itsaid Mishra told the media, The map has been removed Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir as He said the distorted map line's properties in order to en- and obligations of India itself'', seizedfromDevas Multimedia that different terroristgroups op- “Sometimes something is said by Twitter. partofanother country," wasnot uploadedbychance but forcepaymentofcompensation according to thecourtfiling. The by the ED as partofthe PMLA erating in Afghanistanhaveesca- againstBharat Mata, and at times The case in MP wasregis- Keswani said. is meant to mislead the world. awardedbyaninternational tri- complaint says A-I should be case proceedings, whichhas latedviolentactivitiesandcarried awrong map of the countryis teredonacomplaint by Durgesh The FIR wasregistered under Therehas been no arrest in bunal in favour of the investors. made liable forpaymentsdue to been objectedtobysomeDevas out aseries of complexattacks in displayedonTwitter.These is- Keswani, who claimedtobepart IPC section 505(2) [statements the case so far. The Mauritius-basedin- Devasshareholders on account officials accusedinthe case. Kabulandotherpartsof thecoun- sues cannotbetakenlightly. The of social organisation creating or promoting enmity,ha- Notably, Twitter has lostits le- vestors in DevasMultimedia of the UNCITRAL arbitration FULLREPORTON try, mainlytargetingAfghan governmentsatthe Centreand 'Sadhbaona Aadhikar Manch'. tred or ill-will between classes]. galshield as an intermediaryin were awardeda$160-million award. www.indianexpress.com Defence and Security Forces, gov- the statehavetaken it seriously. I “Twitter is playing with senti- In Bulandshar,the FIR was India,becoming liable forusers ernment institutions but also the have askedthe DGP to investigate mentsofpeople; it crossedits registeredonacomplaint by posting anyunlawful content. international communityand in- Suspended nocent civilians. TMC to intensify calls “Indians arenoexception and SylendraBabu Jaipur mayor’s theyadditionallyfaceaserious threat of kidnapping by militants. to replace for Dhankhar removal husband,BVG Recently, targeted attacks areon theriseinKabulandmajorprovin- JKTripathy as officialarrested cial capitals, wherethe militants over ‘hawala link’: MP areattackingnotonlyGovt.estab- Tamil Nadu DGP for bribery lishments,but also hospitals,reli- gious institutionsand even civil- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ians. The road side IED blasts and ARUNJANARDHANAN KOLKATA,JUNE29 JAIPUR,JUNE29 magnetic IEDs arebeing usedto CHENNAI,JUNE29 target vehicles,” it said. THE TMC on Tuesday said it THE RAJASTHAN Anti- In viewofthe heightened CSYLENDRA Babu, a1987batch would intensify itscall forthe dis- Corruption Bureau(ACB) on threat, the HighCommission said IPS officer who has been apopu- missal of West Bengal Governor TuesdayarrestedRajaram Gurjar, thatallIndiancitizensareadvised lar face ofthe statepolice force Jagdeep Dhankhar,aday after husband of suspendedJaipur to exercisestrictvigilanceandcau- since the early days of his career, Chief MinisterMamataBanerjee Municipal Corporation (Greater) tion with regard tosecurityat has been appointed as thenew linked him to theJainHawala MayorSomya Gurjar,aswell as workplace,placeof residenceand DGP (lawand order) of Tamil scandal. The latestremarkscame West Bengal Governor Omkar Sapre, whoisarepresen- also during movement in the city. Nadu. He will replace JK on aday aTMC MP accusedthe JagdeepDhankhar tative of garbagecollectioncom- Tripathy, who is settoremitof- governor of being involved in a panyBVG,inconnectionwithal- fice on Wednesday. caseofillegal residentiallandal- leged kickbacks of Rs 20 crore. Atul Kehsap is The 59-year-old officer was lotment in Haryana thatwas later Dhankhar” features on the third The development comes a partofthe Special Task Force cancelledbythe Punjaband pageofadiaryusedbythe dayafter the Rajasthan High new US Chargé formedtonab theforestbrigand Haryana HighCourt. hawala dealers. He wondered if CourtdismissedSomya Gurjar’s PAYING TRIBUTE Veerappan. He also enjoys afol- At apress conference here, it wasthe governorhimself. petition challenging her suspen- d’Affaires in India lowing among youthsinthe state TMC’s RajyaSabha deputy leader “The governor is trying to sion as MayorofJMC, Greater. President RamNathKovindonFridaypaid tributetoBRAmbedkar at LokBhawaninLucknow forhis speeches, focussingonfit- Sukhendu SekharRoy said the create divisionamong people. On June 10,some video and on Tuesday. UP Governor Anandiben Pateland CM Yogi Adityanath were also present. BSP nessand competitive exams. party would discuss what steps This is highlyreprehensible...The audio clips had gone viral; in one EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE president Mayawati laterclaimed the layingofthe foundation of the Ambedkar Cultural “Hewaspopularfromhisearly could be initiatedtoseek governor said his name wasnot video clip, Rajaram Gurjar was NEWDELHI,JUNE29 Centrewas apre-poll act of “deceit”and “deception” by the BJP to serve itselectoral interest. PTI days as ASP and SPs in different Dhankhar’s removal. He added, in the chargesheetinthe Jain allegedly seen seeking commis- districts.Healways excelledinlaw “The CM has sent three letters de- hawala case. The governor is also sion from aBVG representative US DIPLOMATAtul Keshap will andorder,”said manding his recall from the state. abusing his powerfromaconsti- in lieu of clearing outstanding be departing forNew Delhito aseniorofficer. The legislatureparty also moved tutional position. The governor bills of Rs 276crore. serveasChargé d’Affaires, ad in- Kejriwal’s sops for Punjab: Babu is set the President forthe same rea- is trying to spread confusion by “Following the information terim,following the retirement to retirefrom son. Nothing happened. In the abusing his power. The governor of avideo of abribesought by a of US ambassadortoIndiaDaniel service in June upcoming parliamentaryses- has claimedthat everyone is free close relative of an important Smith, said an announcement 24x7 power, 300 units free next year. sion, too, we willraise the issue.” in the hawala scandal. The case publicservant, and the service from Washington. Babu was His party colleagueand Lok waslostinthe maze of lawand provider offering abribe, the Keshap served previouslyat handpickedby CSylendra Sabha MP Mahua Moitra, mean- order.There is no question of get- Rajasthan Anti-Corruption the US embassyhereand as The sops were promisedduring tureupgradation will be required then CM M Babu while, tweeted, “‘Man of in- ting rid of this case,” he said. Bureaulodged an FIRand an in- DeputyAssistantSecretaryofState MANAMANSINGHCHHINA Kejriwal’s visittoChandigarh. for24-hourpowersupply, itwould Karunanidhito tegrity’ Governor WB wasbene- Roywondered howPrime vestigationwas conducted by forSouth Asia. Acareer member CHANDIGARH,JUNE29 “It is aguarantee of Kejriwal take some time forimplementa- the postofCity ficiaryofillegal residential land MinisterNarendraModi ap- Special Investigation Unit,”the of the US Foreign Service, he has whichwill befulfilledonthe very tion. Kejriwal said that it would Police Commissioner when the allotment whichlater came to be pointed Dhankhar the governor ACBsaid in astatement. also servedasthe US ambassador RAISINGTHE poll pitchinelec- firstday of the AAP government, take about twotothree years for WorldClassical Tamil Conference cancelledbyaFull Benchof of West Bengal even though The video wassenttothe to Sri Lanka and Maldives. tion-bound Punjab, AAP national unliketall promises of Captain this implementation as in Delhi washeld in Coimbatorein2010. Punjab &Haryana HC. Wasthis none of the accusedinthe scan- stateForensic Science Laboratory “Keshap’sappointmentwillre- convener Arvind Kejriwal Amarinder Singh, that were never tooittook two andhalf years to Later he wasblamedfor an al- also constitutional...?” dalhad been exonerated. forexamination. But as the state inforce the close US partnership Tuesdayannounced300 unitsof fulfilled,” said Kejriwal. As partof provide 24-hour powersupply. leged fake encounter. The Jain hawala scam wasa Dhankhar has refuted the al- FSL did nothavethe facility to with the Government and people free powertoall domestic con- the promises,Kejriwalfurtheran- “Electricity is averybig issue He wassidelinedafter the hugepolitical and financial scan- legations of corruption, saying conduct testsoncertain param- of India,demonstratedby ourcol- sumersinPunjab if the party is nouncedthat the disconnected in Punjab and the situation is AIADMK came to powerin2011, dal that came to light in the on Monday, “I neverexpected a eters, the clip wassenttoaFSLin laboration to overcome global voted to powerin2022. electricity connections will bere- very bad. Despitebeingapower said his senior colleagues. “In 1990s.Moneywas believedto leader of her staturetocreatea another state, it said. challenges likethe Covid pan- He also declared that AAP storedandall domesticpowerbill surplus state, the electricity tar- spiteofhis outstanding image have been routed through sensation, engage in misinfor- “Following the receipt of re- demic,”USStateDepartmentsaid. would ensure round-the-clock arrears or unpaid billswill also be iffs in Punjab arethe highestin and good trackrecordinhan- hawala channels to top politi- mation and misrepresentation.” portsfrombothlabs,andafteran Keshap is likelytoholdforttill powersupplyinPunjabandwaive waived offafter AAP comes to India,” he said,adding that it is dling lawand order,hewas given cians in various parties. The BJP has come out in the analysis of facts, it was, prima fa- US President Joe Biden gets his pendingelectricitybillsifitwins powerinPunjab. because therewas anexus be- aless significant post, as the Banerjee’s allegations against governor’s defence. cie, foundthatforapublicservice nominationsforambassadorships the next Assemblypolls. KejriwalsaidthatinDelhi,the tween the private powerplants ADGP of CoastalSecurity Group Dhankhar came afterhis recent Following the TMC’s latestre- the husband of the then munici- approved by the Senate. Kejriwal,meanwhile,clarified AAP government wasgiving 200 and those in power. (CSG),” said asenior IPS officer. demandfor aspecialaudit into marks,state BJP president Dilip pal corporation Mayorsought a US media reports in mid- thatall existing electricity units free electricity to each Speaking on the debt in Babu held that position from the accountsofthe Gorkhaland Ghosh lashedout at the ruling bribe,theserviceprovideroffered June had tippedLos Angeles schemes,includingfreepowerfor householdandinPunjab,conces- Punjab, Kejriwal said that the sit- 2012 to 2016.Later,hewas ap- Territorial Administration (GTA). party formaking “bogus and aheavy bribe, and athirdperson MayorEric Garcetti to become farmers and the present rate of sion willbeof300units. uation wassimilar in Delhi too, pointed as the ADGP of prisons Sukhendu Roytold reporters nasty allegations”. waspresentthere,” said Bhagwan newthe ambassador to India. tarifffor industries, willcontinue. He said that since infrastruc- but it wasmade profitable. and railway police, from 2017. that the name “Jagdeep --WITHPTIINPUTS Lal Soni, ACBDirector General. Odisha govt calls for changes in draftports Bill DISCOVERY OF ANEW SOURCE OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES by aState enactment. Aprovision LIGO spots the first collisions between neutronstar, black hole AISHWARYAMOHANTY is required to be madefor the BHUBANESWAR,JUNE29 same,” Beherasaid in the letter. collaboration (LVC)ofgravita- “Basically, we have been detect- with the different chunksofdata According to the existing ANURADHA tional waves detectorshas only ing binaryblackholemergers to produceaquantitythatsigni- ODISHA’S GOVERNMENT sought Indian PortsAct, 1908, stategov- MASCARENHAS been able to observecollisions and binaryneutron star mergers fies howwell the signal in the modificationstothe draftIndian ernmentsofcoastal regions have PUNE,JUNE29 between pairs of blackholesor (until now). This is ahybridcol- data(if any) matches with any PortsBill 2021, whichdeals with thepowersto plan,develop,regu- neutron stars. Forthe firsttime, lision,” according to scientists at one of the waveforms. Whenever managementof minorports,with lateand control minor ports.The THERE IS hugeexcitement in January2020, the networkof the Laser Interferometer this match(in technical terms CommerceandTransportMinister latestdraft of the Billproposes to among scientists with the first detectors made the discovery of Gravitational-waveObservatory, “signal-to-noise ratio” or SNR) is Padmanabha Behera writing to transferthesepowersto Maritime confirmeddetection of aneu- gravitational waves from apair India (LIGO-India). significant (larger than8), an Union MinisterMansukh StateDevelopmentCouncil,which tron star-blackhole (NS-BH) col- of NS-BH mergers. When contacted,DrTarun event is saidtobe detected. Mandaviyaseekingchangesto ad- isanadvisorybodysince1997,and lisionbeing reported. This Raychaudhurysaid thatthere Souradeep, spokesperson of Observing an event in multiple dress concerns of coastalstates. give it statutory status. ground breaking discovery of is alot of interestingscience that LIGO-India, saidthat researchers detectorsseparatedbythou- TheMinistryofPorts,Shipping “The Union Government gravitational waves from apair can be learnt from this.“Forin- from LIGO-India have con- sands of kilometers almostsi- and Waterways has framedthe through Maritime States of NS-BH mergers waspub- stance, aneutron star has asur- tributed to this major discovery. multaneouslygives scientists in- draftBill to modify the current DevelopmentCouncilseekstoap- lishedinthe Astrophysical Journal face and black holedoesnot.A As the twocompactand mas- creasedconfidencethatthe management model of minor propriatethisauthorityof theState Letters on Tuesday. neutron star is about 1.4-2 times sive bodies orbit around each signal is of astrophysical origin, ports.“Odisha is in the processof throughtheproposedBill.We ob- Professor Somak the mass of the sun while the Experts said thedatacould also give clues about the origin of other,theycome closer,and fi- whichisthe case forbothevents. constituting‘The Odisha State jectto thisproposedappropriation Raychaudhury, Director of Inter other blackhole is muchmore blackholes or neutron stars. nallymerge,due to theenergy Using ParameterEstimation Maritime Board’. The Billfor it is of Stateauthority by theUnion University Centrefor Astronomy massive.Widelyunequal merg- lostinthe form of gravitational tools, scientists find theproba- nowwiththe MinistryofHome Govt. The proposedprovision in- andAstrophysics(IUCAA),toldThe ers have very interesting effects waves.The gravitational waves ble masses, spins, distances, lo- Affairs, Government of India now stead of making India astrong Indian Express thatthe develop- that can be detected,” he said. Bengaluru. Dr Kapadiahelped of our Marathi outreachpro- signals areburieddeep insidea cations of these mergers from awaitingthe assentofthe maritime nation, through itscen- mentwasexpectedforalongtime “Inferring from dataasto withthe estimation of the NS- grammes,” Raychoudhurysaid. lotofbackgroundnoise. To the data. Both of these eventsoc- President, afterbeing passed by tralizationofauthority,willstunt but wasnot confirmed. Anew howoften theymerge will also BH mergerrate,using amethod According to the IUCAA di- search forthe signals, scientists curred1billion lightyearsaway. theOdishaLegislative Assemblyin the growth of port leddevelop- analysis wasdone to reconfirm give us clues about their origin he co-developed. rector,the technique usedhere use amethod calledmatchedfil- As the gravitational wavesalso February2021. Thereisnoprovi- ment in the nation. Also, this pro- this discovery whichhas now and howtheywereformed,” “Among the authors of this to detect the signal is called tering. In matchedfiltering,vari- travel with the speedoflight, this sion in the‘Indian PortsBill, 2021’ posal is againstthe very spirit of been publishedinthe interna- said Dr ShasvathKapadia from paper is Bhushan Gadre,who matchedfiltering. “Thiswas also ous expectedgravitational wave- means that we observed merg- to include aState Maritime Board cooperative federalism and em- tionaljournal,saidRaychoudhury. the International Centrefor wasaPhD studentatIUCAA un- usedfor the firstdiscovery of forms predicted by Einstein’s ers that happenedaround1 bil- whichisconstitutedatalaterdate powermentof states."Beherasaid. Until now, the LIGO-Virgo Theoretical Sciences(ICTS) in til recentlyand took partinalot gravitational waves,” he said. theoryofrelativity,are compared lion years ago. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,JUNE30,2021 FRANCE IVF LEGAL FOR LESBIANS,SINGLE WOMEN France’s LowerHouseofParliament on Tuesdaydefinitively adoptedalawthat will allowsingle women and lesbiansaccesstomedicallyassisted reproduction forthe first time. Thewide-rang- 13 THE WORLD ing bioethics law, presented by PresidentEmmanuel Macron’s government,was approved with 326 votesfor and115 against. Themeasure has been muchawaited by LGBT rights groups. TOPOFTHE Deltavariantdrivesnew WORLD lockdownsinAsia-Pacific Yair Lapid in Abu Dhabi. AP Bangladesh, Malaysia among nations scrambling to curb virus Israeli foreign THENEWYORKTIMES minister in UAE JUNE29 AUNpeacekeepers vehicle in Beirut. Reuters on 1st statevisit COUNTRIES ACROSS the Asia- Pacific region arescrambling to slowthe spread of the morein- UNITED NATIONS AYABATRAWY fectious Deltavariant, reimpos- UNpeacekeeping &ISABELDEBRE ing restrictions and stay-at- DUBAI,JUNE29 home orders in ajarring missionsface reminder —for societiesthathad ISRAEL’S NEW foreign minister justbegun to reopen—that the possibleshutdown ‘NO CLIMATE,NODEAL’ wasinthe United Arab Emirates pandemic is farfromover. UNITED NATIONSpeace- on Tuesday,kickingoff thehigh- In Bangladesh, soldiers are keeping missions globally US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez participates in a“No Climate,NoDeal” protest est-levelvisit by an Israeli official preparing to patrol the streetsto At afactorymaking oxygen cylinders in Jakarta. Reuters arepreparing forapossible outside the WhiteHouse on Monday. Hundredsofclimateactivists,along withprogressive to the Gulf Arab statesince the enforcestay-at-homeorders,with shutdownonThursdayifthe lawmakers Ocasio-Cortez, Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush ralliednear the WhiteHouse to twocountriesformallyestab- newcases rapidly approaching 193-member UN General demand that US President JoeBiden deliver an infrastructurepackagethat investsinjob lishedrelations nine months ago. their early April peak.“The Delta Australia offers WHO officials Assemblyisunableto agreea creationand combatsthe climateemergency. Reuters Foreign MinisterYair Lapid is variant of Covid-19 is dominat- new$6billionbudget forthe expected to meetthe UAE’s for- ing,”saidRobed Amin,ahealth all adults urge vaccinated yearto June30,2022,officials eignminister in AbuDhabi, with ministryspokesman, addingthat and diplomatssaid on talkslikelytofocus in parton testing suggestedthe strain was AstraZeneca to people to keep Monday.Some diplomats Iran, whichbothcountries view responsible formorethan60per blamedchangesto negotiat- Top US generalsays Afghan as atop regional threat. centofnew cases. speeduprollout wearing masks ing procedures, issues with Soon afterhis arrivalinthe In Australia, outbreaksofthe logistics and toughtalks pit- UAE, Lapid told diplomatsgath- variant have forced four major AUSTRALIAISoffering WORLDHEALTHOrganisationof- ting China againstWestern security situation deteriorating ered at theinauguration of the cities —Sydney, Brisbane, Perth AstraZenecato alladultsinabidto ficials, concernedaboutthe Delta countries forthe delayin Israeli Embassy in AbuDhabi and Darwin —intostrict lock- rapidlyrampupsluggishvaccina- variant,haveurgedevenfullyvac- reaching an agreement. did notwithdraw our troops, US thatthe moment represented downs.OnMonday, theMalaysian tion ratesasmoreofthe country cinatedpeople to continuewear- Catherine Pollard, the UN KATHYGANNON men and women wouldbefac- “the right to determine our fate governmentsaidnationwidestay- on Tuesdaylockeddownagainst ing masksand taking other pre- head of management strat- KABUL,JUNE29 ing fire from on the ground and by ourselves.” Israel,hesaid, isn’t at-home orders would be ex- the spread of Covid-19. The gov- cautions. The US Centers for egy, policyand compliance, that wasnot something as the going anywhere. tendedindefinitely. And Hong ernment lateMondayagreedto Disease Controland Prevention, said the worldbody’s 12 THE US’ topgeneralin commander in chief, thathefelt The Trumpadministration Kong officialsbannedflightsfrom indemnify doctors whoadminis- ontheotherhand,toldfullyvacci- peacekeepingmissions — AfghanistanonTuesdaygavea wasacceptable,” Psaki said. brokered the so-called Britain,wherecases of the Delta terthe AstraZeneca vaccine that natedAmericansinMaythatthey mostofwhichare in Africa sobering assessment of the Washington signedapeace “AbrahamAccords” agreement variant, whichwas firstidentified has been blamedfor at leasttwo no longer neededtowear masks and the Middle East—had country’s deteriorating security deal with the Taliban in February thatestablishedties between in India, arerising fast. fatalities from arareblood clot indoors or to stay six feet from beenadvisedto startputting situation as Americawinds 2020.Itlaid out the promise of a the UAEand Israel. It washailed The lockdowns and restric- complication in Australia since otherpeople.Theriseof newvari- contingencyplansinplacein down itsso-called“foreverwar”. General Austin SMiller USwithdrawalandcommitments at the time by both IsraeliPrime tions have deflated hopes April.That exceeds the single ants“makes it even moreurgent case anew budgetisnot General Austin SMiller said by theTaliban to ensure MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu across the region, wheremany death from Covid-19inAustralia thatwe useallthetoolsatourdis- adoptedintime. REUTERS the rapid loss of districtsaround Afghanistandoes notharbour and US President DonaldTrump countries avoidedthe worstof this year,and vaccine hesitancy posal,” Dr Tedros Adhanom the countrytothe Taliban —sev- Jen Psaki said in meetings at the militantsthat can attackthe US. as among their greatest the pandemic’s initial spread has increasedwith only5%ofthe Ghebreyesus,thedirector-general eral with significant strategic White House lastweek with American officials have said achievements. AP lastyear.Now,wearyresidents populationfullyinoculated.Pfizer of the WHO,said at anews brief- value —isworrisome.Healso President AshrafGhani and theentirepulloutof UStroopswill arefrustrated by whatsome has been the recommended vac- ingonFriday. Though fullyvacci- USA cautionedthatthe militias de- AbdullahAbdullah —the Afghan mostlikelybecompletedby July4. describeastheir countries’ cine forpeople younger than 60 nated people arelargely pro- Housetovoteon ployedtohelp the beleaguered official taskedwithmaking peace ButMillerrefusedtogiveany date Biden to Israel: pandemic regression,asother since a52-year-old woman died tected,studiessuggestthe some national security forces could with the Taliban —President Joe ortimeframe,referringonly to the parts of theworld edge toward in Mayofblood clots in the brain vaccines’efficacyagainsttheDelta Billlaunching lead the country intocivil war. Biden said the US wascommit- Sept.11 timelinegivenbyBidenin No nukes for Iran normalcy. NYT blamedonAstraZeneca. AP variant isslightlylower. NYT \Miller told asmall groupof tedtohumanitarian and security April when he announcedthe probeofJan6 reporters in the Afghancapital assistance to Afghanistan. withdrawalofthe remaining on my watch insurrection that fornow he has the weapons ButthePresidentalsosaidthat 2,500-3,500American troops. and the capability to aid keepingUSsoldiersinAfghanistan Meanwhile, Taliban fighters Washington: US President Joe UK chief medical adviser harassed ANEW committee to inves- Afghanistan’s National Defense defiedapeacedealtheTrumpad- have been over-running districts Biden,inameeting on Monday tigatethe Jan. 6insurrection and Security Forces. ministrationnegotiated with the inrapidsuccession,manyofthem with Israeli President Reuven SecretarySajid Javid calling it “ap- at the US Capitol would have “What Idon’t want to do is Taliban and that wasn’t arisk he inthenorthof thecountry. Several Rivlin, said his commitmentto REUTERS pallingand totallyunacceptable”. 13 members and the power speculatewhat that (support) wasprepared to take. of thedistrictsare onkeyroadsand Israel is “iron-clad”and he looks LONDON,JUNE29 “This is disgusting and these to subpoena witnesses, ac- lookslikeinthe future,” he said. “Given the timeline setbythe oneisontheborderwithnorthern forwardtomeeting withnew thugs mustbefound and charged. cordingto legislationreleased White House Press Secretary prior administration, that if we Tajikistan. AP Israeli Prime MinisterNaftali BRITISH PRIME MinisterBoris Zerotolerance forharassing a by HouseSpeaker Nancy Bennett soon. Johnson on Tuesdaycondemned public servant,” Nadhim Zahawi, Pelosi.TheHouseisexpected Biden, in hisfirstmeeting as the "despicable" harassment of the vaccines minister, said. to voteonthe Bill this week. Russia conducts President with atop Israelioffi- the government's topmedical Police said the matter was TheeffortcomesafterSenate South African court cial, also said Iran would not adviser,Chris Whitty,after being investigated.Itwas not Republicans blockedthe for- raids on several come to possess anuclear footageemerged on socialme- Chris Whitty clear from the footagewhen the mationof anindependent,bi- weapon duringhis time in office. dia of twomen grabbing him incident took place. partisan commission to journalists orders ex-president “My commitment to Israel is around the head as he walked “Weare awareofavideo be- probethe attack, in which ... ironclad,” Biden told Rivlin at down the street. looking shaken. ing shared online showing an in- hundredsofformerPresident ASSOCIATEDPRESS the startoftheirmeeting in the Jeering loudlyand grinning at Prime MinisterBoris Johnson cident in St James’sPark,”police Donald Trump’s supporters MOSCOW,JUNE29 to jail for contempt Oval Office. He said the twooffi- the camera,the men areseenin saidtheincidentwas“despicable”. said on Twitter.“Officers spoke violently brokeintothe cials would discuss arangeof the film, publishedonTwitter, “I condemn the behaviour to all thoseinvolvedatthe time Capitol and interruptedthe RUSSIANAUTHORITIES Tuesday topics, including Iran. manhandlingWhitty,55, who of these thugs,” he said on and their details were taken.” certification of PresidentJoe morning raidedthe apartments MOGOMOTSIMAGOME “What Ican saytoyou is that has become one of the nation's Twitter.“Our hard-working It is notthe firsttime that Biden’s victory. AP of severalinvestigative journal- JOHANNESBURG,JUNE29 Iran will neverget anuclear mostprominent officials because publicservantsshouldnot have Whitty or other senior officials ists and theirfamilymembers, a weapononmy watch,”Bidensaid. of his regular appearances at to face this kind of intimidation have facedharassment,having SPAIN move that comes amid mount- SOUTH AFRICA’S former The meeting took place just coronavirus pandemic briefings. on our streetsand we will not previouslybeen targeted by 1stdraftofgender ing pressureonRussia’s inde- President Jacob Zuma has been weeksafter Bennett took over as Theyhold ontohim before tolerateit.” those who areopposedtothe pendent media outlets. found guilty of contempt of Israel’s newPM, replacing he manages to break free, and Other ministers alsoechoed Covid-19vaccine rolloutorlock- self-identification Police searched theapart- courtand sentencedto15 BenjaminNetanyahu. REUTERS walk away across the road their revulsion,withHealth down restrictions. mentsofRoman Badanin, chief months in prison fordefying a Jacob Zuma in courtlast Billapproved editor of the Proekt investigative courtorder to appearbeforean month. AP THE SPANISH government online outlet, and Maria inquiryprobingwide-ranging al- on Tuesdayapproved afirst Zholobova,one of itsjournalists. legations of corruption during Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels take regional capital draftofaBill that would al- Officers also raidedthe home of his tenurefrom2009to2018. Herman Mashaba in reactionto lowanyoneovertheageof14 the parentsofBadanin’s deputy, Zuma wasnot in court forthe the sentence. “This is indeedavic- from Tigray took backthe region, to legallychangegender MikhailRubin.Rubinwasdetained ruling on Tuesdayand has been tory forall SouthAfricansthat DECLANWALSH FearsofprolongedwarinEthiopia manypeople were cheered. without amedical diagnosis near Zholobova’s residenceand orderedtohandhimself over have becomegatvol (fedup)with &SIMONMARKS Residentsfiled from their or hormone therapy, agov- broughtto hisparents’apartment. within five days to apolice sta- those who have lootedour coun- MEKELLE,JUNE29 AFTER TAKING the re- lastyear,could continue homes, chantingand cheering, ernment source said. The Proektsaidinitsaccountinthe tion in his hometown of Nkandla trywith impunity,”Mashaba,for- gional capital, the unabated and even ex- as thefighters walked through draftBill, whichwill go to a Telegram app that the raidsoc- in KwaZulu-Natalprovince or in mer mayorofJohannesburgsaid EIGHT MONTHS afterEthiopia’s Tigrayan forces made it pand intoEritrea, with the streets. public hearing before asec- curredaftertheoutletpromisedto Johannesburg. in astatement. Armyattackedthe northern re- clear theywerenot the threat that the Ethiopian troops had re- ond reading in the cabinet release an investigation into If Zuma fails to turn himself South Africa’s apexcourt, the gion of Tigray,the civil warhas looking foratruce. They Tigrayan forces could treated from Mekelle aday ear- and ultimatelyavoteinthe Russia’sinteriorminister,Vladimir in withinfivedaysSouth Africa’s Constitutional Court, ruled that takenamajor turn: Tigrayan saytheyintend to continueat- take the fight to theEritrean lier afterastring of losses to the lowerhouse,removesthere- Kolokoltsev, andhisallegedwealth. ministerofpolice and the police Zumadefiedanorderby thecoun- fighters, nowonthe offensive, tacking the coalition compris- armyacross the border.Itisalso Tigrayan fighters. quirement fortwo years of The outletpublishedthe story commissioner have been or- try’shighest courtbyrefusingto beganconsolidating control of ing the Ethiopian and Eritrean unlikelyPMAbiy will call off The Ethiopian militaryhas oc- hormone therapyand apsy- shortlyafter the searches started. dered to take him intocustody cooperatewiththecommissionof the regional capital on Tuesday. armies, as well as alliedmilitias. the offensive in Tigray,which cupiedTigray sinceNov,havingin- chological assessmentfor Proekt later said at leasttwo within three days.This is the first inquiry, whichischairedby deputy Having marched through the This has raisedfears that the he said lastNovember would vadedincooperationwithEritrean people to switchgender in outofthreeraidswere connected time in South Africa’shistory chief justiceRaymondZondo.She night,acolumn of Tigrayan rein- warinEthiopia, whichstarted be wrappedupwithin weeks. and militiaforcestowrest control official records. The “self-ID” to adefamation case over a2017 that aformer presidenthas been addedthatindeterminingthe jail forcementsreachedthe regional from the regional government. draftBill sets agelimits, with documentaryBadanin and sentencedtoprison. sentence forZuma, the court capital, Mekelle, justafter dawn The Tigray Defence Forces spent 14-to16-year-olds needing Zholobovaworkedon, about aSt. “Finally, Zumawill find him- found it impossible to conclude and were receivedwith awave occupiedbytroops from Ethiopia atrocities againstcivilians —in- months regrouping, and then in parentalapproval.REUTERS Petersburgbusinessman with al- self wherehebelongs -behind that he would complywith any of relief and euphoria. and their allies formonths, with cluding sexual violence and arbi- the pastweekbegan acounterat- leged ties to organisedcrime. AP bars,” said opposition politician other order. AP The Tigray region had been reports that they had committed trarykillings.Sowhen fighters tack backtowardMekelle. NYT

BEIJING MOULDS HONG KONG INTO SOMETHING MORE FAMILIAR,MORE DOCILE Hong Kong’s security law: One year later,China remakes acity

Teachers have been told to im- “one country, twosystems.” have been trainedtogoose-step quences if violated.Lihad heard amajor pro-democracy newspa- VIVIANWANG& bue studentswith patriotic fer- But under Xi Jinping, China’s in the Chinesemilitaryfashion. some supervisors nagging his col- per,was forced to close afterthe ALEXANDRASTEVENSON vorthrough 48-volume book leader,the CommunistParty has City leaders regularly denounce leagues to fill out the form right police arrested itstop executives, HONGKONG,JUNE29 sets called“My Home Is in growntired of HongKong’sdu- “external elements” bent on un- away,hesaid, and employees the party said the publication China.” Public libraries have re- eling identities. To the party,they derminingthe country’s stability. competing to sayhow quickly had abused“so-calledfreedom WITH EACH passing day, the moveddozens of booksfromcir- made the city unpredictable, Senior officials in Hong Kong theyhad complied. “The rules of the press.”When dozens of boundarybetween Hong Kong culation,including oneabout the even bringingittothe edge of re- have assembled, righthands that were to protect everyone — oppositionpoliticians organized and the rest of China fades faster. Rev. Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. bellion in 2019,when antigov- raised, to pledgefealty to the as employees and also as citizens an informal election primary, The Chinese Communist and NelsonMandela. ernment protestserupted. country, justasmainlandbu- —are being weakened,” Li said. Chinese officials accused them Partyisremaking this city, per- Hong Kong had alwaysbeen Now, armedwith the expan- reaucratsare regularly called on In some corners of society, the of subversion and arrested them. meating itsonce vibrant, irrev- an improbability.Itwas athriv- sive national security lawitim- to “biaotai,” Mandarin for“de- ruleshave beenrewrittenentirely. China’s powerisnow so om- erent character with ever more ing metropolis on aspit of inhos- posedonthe city one year ago, claring your stance.” ButBeijingdeniesitisrenegingon nipresent that Chan TatChing, overtsigns of itsauthoritarian pitable land, an oasis of civil lib- Beijing is pushing to turnHong Pro-Beijing activists collect signaturestosupport the overhaul When the governmentor- itspromises to Hong Kong, insist- once aheroofHong Kong’s will. The very textureofdailylife erties under iron-fistedrule. A Kong intoanother of itsmainland of HongKong’s electoralsysteminMarch,amove China said deredemployeesto signawritten ing that it is reinforcing them. democracymovement, hasspent is under assault as Beijing former British colonythat re- megacities: economic engines would ensurethat only “patriots”governedthe city. NYT version of the oath, HWLi, acivil When China overhauled thepastyearurging friends notto moulds Hong Kong into some- turnedtoChina in 1997,the city wheredissent is smothered. servant of sevenyears,resigned. Hong Kong’s electionsystemto challengeBeijing. “Some young thing morefamiliar,moredocile. waspromisedfreedoms of “People from all walksoflife The newrequirementsdonot purge candidates it deemeddis- peopledon’tget it. Theythink the Residents nowswarm police speech, assemblyand the press in Hong Kong have further real- systems,’” Luo Huining, Beijing’s Hong Kong is nowamontage merelyrequireprofessions of al- loyal, Beijing calledthe change CommunistParty is apapertiger,” hotlines with reports about dis- unimaginable in the mainland, izedthat ‘one country’ is the pre- topofficial in Hong Kong, said of scenes unfamiliar and, for legiance; theyalso warn of termi- “perfecting Hong Kong’selec- he said. “The CommunistParty is loyalneighbours or colleagues. in an arrangement Beijing called requisiteand foundation of ‘two this month. many, unsettling. Police officers nation or other vague conse- toralsystem.” When Apple Daily, areal tiger.” NYT WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 14 CALENDAR THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,JUNE30,2021

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International market data till1900IST SECTOR WATCH ACCREDITED INVESTORSCOULDBEINDIVIDUALS, FAMILY TRUSTS Hope ‘challenging’ oil BIG TECH Sebibringsinnew‘investors’; prices ‘sober’, spoke ‘Legally insufficient’: stricterindependentdirnorms with OPEC: Pradhan US court dismisses ENSECONOMICBUREAU NEWDELHI,JUNE29 less than minimum amount FTC antitrust plaints KHUSHBOONARAYAN INDEPENDENTDIRECTORS:APPOINTMENTRULES mandated in Sebi rules and, sub- PETROLEUM MINISTER MUMBAI,JUNE 29 ject to certain conditions, getre- DharmendraPradhan said on SEBI BOARD tightened laxation from regulatoryre- Tuesdayhewas in discussions againstFacebook THE BOARD of the Securities and norms forindependent quirements. with oil-producing countriesand ExchangeBoardofIndia(Sebi) directors. It said that Sebi’s boardalso increased expected that crude oil prices has approved anew categoryof independent directors can the maximum rewardamount would“sober”afterthenextmeet- Petroleum Minister PRANAVMUKUL Market cap wealthy, well-informedinvestors be appointedonlythrough foraninformantwho blows the ing of the Organizationof DharmendraPradhan. PTI NEWDELHI,JUNE29 who will be allowedtoinvestin aspecial resolution passed whistle on insider trading to Rs Petroleum Exporting Countries hits $1 trillion riskier products, notusuallyal- by shareholders. Aspecial 10 crorefromRs1crorenow.It (OPEC), settohappen on July1. THE US District Courtfor the Washington: Facebook lowedtoindividuals. Termedac- resolution requires 75 per has also expedited thepayment “Today’s price is averychal- forthenextfewmonthsintheup- District of Columbia on shares rose morethan 4 credited investors, these entities cent of votes in favour of rewardstoinformants. lengingone.Butstill,I’mpersuad- comingmeeting.Thegroupiscur- Mondaydismissedacom- per cent afteraUSjudge could be individuals, family to be passed. SebiChairmanAjayTyagi. File The regulator has also ap- ing my producer states, and I’ve rentlyinthe process of slowly plaintfiledbyUSFederalTrade dismissedfederal and trusts,proprietorships, etc. proved amendmentstoits mu- had very good discussions with windingdowncutsincrude oil Commissionagainstsocialnet- stateantitrustcomplaints The regulator’s boardalso tual fund regulationswhichre- OPEC. An OPEC meeting is sup- production. Saudi Arabia is setto working giant Facebook that againstit. The shareprice tightenedthe norms forinde- teeshould have two-thirds inde- specify the eligibility criteria for quires assetmanagement posedtobethereinthe next few increase production by 400,000 soughtto undothecompany’s riseput the social media pendent directors. It said that in- pendent directors compared to a suchinvestors who can getthe companies to requiremoreof days,and Ihope thepricewillbea barrels perday in Julyasitwinds acquisitions of Instagram and giant’smarketcapitalisa- dependentdirectors can be ap- simple majority now. Theregula- accreditation from agenciessuch their ownfunds in riskier little bit sober.That’s our expecta- down avoluntary1million barrel WhatsApp. This is being seen tionover$1trillionforthe pointed onlythrough aspecial toralso stipulated that all related as stockexchanges, subsidiaries schemessothattheyhavemore tion,” Pradhan said in an online per dayproduction cut it had an- as amajor blowtothe US gov- firsttime. REUTERS resolution passedbysharehold- party transactions shall be ap- of depositories and so on. skininthe game. Currently, event by BloombergNEF.High nouncedinFebruary. ernment’s antitrustefforts ers. Aspecial resolution requires proved by onlyindependent di- AFebruaryconsultationpa- AMCs have to invest onlyone crude oil prices have contributed Pradhan said the government againstbig tech companies. Germanyto 75 per cent of votes in favour to rectors on the audit committee. per floated by the regulator had percent of the amountraisedin to raisingthepriceof petroltoover had approved 100per cent FDI in be passed. The regulator has also Further,the boardsaid that specifiedthese criteria as an- anew fund offer, or Rs 50 lakh, Rs 100per litrein12statesand refining. This move is settofacili- What wasthe complaint shut govt pages elaboratedand strengthenedthe “the entireresignation letter of nual incomemustbeatleast Rs whicheverislower. UnionTerritories,anddieselretail- tate automatic approval fora that FTCfiled? Berlin: German govern- disclosure requirementsfor the an independent director shall 2crore,orminimum net-worth Further,Sebi also allowed ingatoverRs100perlitreinsome takeover of Bharat Petroleum LastDecember,anantitrust ment organisationshave skills requiredto bean independ- be disclosedalong with alistof of Rs 7.5crore,with halfin- debt issuers who have less than parts of Rajasthanand Odisha. CorporationLtdby anyforeignbid- lawsuit wasfiled against untiltheendof theyearto ent director.Moreover, theregu- her/his present directorships vested in financial assets, or three-year trackrecordtoraise Pradhan notedthat cheap oil der.Three bidders including Facebook,alleging it harmed close their Facebook latoralso saidthat nomination and membership in boardcom- minimum annualincome of Rs fundsprovidedtheyissue only stored in refineries, floating stor- Vedantagroup, New York-based competition by buying up pages afterthe data pro- and remuneration committee of mittee.” 1crore plus minimum net on aprivate placement basis on age, andpipelines has been used Apollo Global, and ISquared smaller companies like tection commissioner the boardofdirectors, whichde- These changes will take effect worthofRs5crore. an exchangebond bidding plat- up over the pastfew months. Capital’s arm Think Gas areinthe Instagram and WhatsApp to found it had failedto cides on appointmentsand com- from January2022. Accredited investors will be form to qualifiedinstitutional TheOPEC+groupof countries runningtoacquirethe govern- squash threatstoits business. changeits practices to pensation, and the audit commit- Sebi’s statementsaid it will giventhe flexibility to invest the buyers (QIBs). aresetto decideproductionquotas ment’s 53 per cent stakeinBPCL. While the suit wasfiledbythe complywithGermanand NewYorkAttorneyGeneral,47 Europeanlaws.REUTERS other stateand regional attor- Answer to crisis neygenerals joinedit. COVID-19 IMPACT RIL, ADNOC to set The overarching theme of challengethe acquisitions of is to put money in thelawsuitwasthatFacebook, Instagram and WhatsApp in `70,000 crore people’s hands: whichacquired 2012 and2014, re- ‘New govt stimulus to raise Assuming equal distribution of up chemicals, PVC Instagram for$1bil- spectively. the new announcement of Rs Chidambaram lion in 2012 and fiscal deficit by 60 bps’ 1.10 lakh crore, with 50 per WhatsApp for$19 What is the cent and 75 per cent project in Abu Dhabi billion in 2014,vio- significance of The latest credit push forthe pandemic-hit sectors and other guarantee cover and arisk ENSECONOMICBUREAU lated antitrustlaws this decision? relief supports will have an additional 60 bps impact on the weight of 100 per cent, banks NEWDELHI,JUNE29 by purchasing com- TheJoeBidenad- fiscal deficit, and can offeranadditional liquidity windowof may have acapital relief of readyunderway. Thisincludesge- panies that were potentially ministration has mounted a Rs 70,000 croretobanks, according to SBI Research around Rs 7,500 crore that ADAY afterFinance Minister ENSECONOMICBUREAU otechnicalandtopographicalsur- on their waytobecoming its massive antitrustcampaign can further generate credit of NirmalaSitharamanannounceda MUMBAI,JUNE29 veys,amarinebathymetricsurvey competitors in the social me- againstbig tech firms, in addi- `1.5lakhcrore around Rs 70,000 crore package to supportthepandemic- and health, safety, and environ- dia market. tionto thescrutiny thesecom- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday hit economy, senior Congress ABUDHABINationalOilCompany ment impact assessments, which Fiscalimpactwillbeslightlyover have alreadybeencompleted,”RIL panies areundergoing from announced `1.5 lakh-crore of additional credit for small leader PChidambaramon (ADNOC) has signedanagree- Whywas the lawsuit various other branches of the Rs1.23lakhcrorewhichwillbe Tuesday saidthe answer to this ment withReliance Industries said.The surveyswill enable civil dismissed? government. businesses, more funds for the healthcare sector, loans around0.6percentofGDP “crisis” is to spur demand by put- (RIL)tosetup“anew world-scale” engineeringworkstocommence, AccordingtoaReuters re- And while the case was to tourism agencies and guides, and waiver of visa fees ting moneyinthe hands of the chlor-alkali,ethylene dichloride preparing the TA’ZIZ sitefor con- port,theUSjudgesaidthefed- filedinDecember,this could as part of acredit-led package to support the pandemic- Under the credit guarantee people,especiallythepoorandthe and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pro- structionaswellasdredgingforan eral complaintswere“legally prompt thefirstreaction on hit economy schemes to further the flow of lowermiddle classes. ductionfacilityatTA’ZIZinRuwais, entirelynew portfacility, it said. insufficient”.JudgeJames the issue from the FTCunder credit to the weaker sections Reacting to thedevelopment, AbuDhabi. “Tenders forthe initialdesign BoasbergsaidtheFTCfailedto itsnew commissioner Lina of the society, guarantees will Chidambaramsaid, “Some ele- Under the terms of the agree- of the sevenTA’ZIZchemicals de- showthat Facebook had mo- Khan,avocal criticofbig tech, be provided to banks for loans mentarytruths: Credit guaran- ment,TA’ZIZandReliancewillcon- rivativesprojectshavebeen nopolypower in the social- whowasconfirmedbytheUS to new or existing NBFC-MFIs teeisnot credit. Credit is more structanintegratedplant,withca- awardedand work is ongoing. networking marketbut said Senate earlier this month, at a or MFIs for lending up to Rs debt. No banker will lend to a pacityto produce940,000tonnes Finalinvestment decisionsforthe the FTCcould file anew com- time when thereisagrowing 1.25 lakh to around 25 lakh debt-riddenbusiness.” Debt- of chlor-alkali, 1.1million tonnes projectsandawardsof relatedEPC plaint by July29, the report bipartisan consensus on small borrowers burdened or cash-starvedbusi- of ethylenedichlorideand360,000 contractsare being targeted for said. He also dismissedalaw- Capitol Hill over the needto nesses do notwantmorecredit, tonnes of PVCannually. 2022,”RIL said. According to RIL suitby multipleUSstates,say- rein in the Americantechnol- Source: SBI Research/PTI theyneednon-credit capital, the “Contractshavebeenawarded Chairmanand MD Mukesh ing theywaitedtoo long to ogy majors. former finance ministersaid in a forthefirststagesofdevelopment Ambani,theprojectwillmanufac- series of tweets. WITHPTI of the TA’ZIZ site, and work is al- tureethylene dichloride.

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INBUNDESLIGA,whereSwitzerlandgoalkeeper Yann Sommer plies his trade forBorussia Mönchengladbach, he has acuriousmoniker. Heis called‘bonsai’ -not because heis short, he is six feet tall -but he wasasnot as tall as most of the custodians in the league. But on Monday night,Sommerstoodtall,symbolicallyandliter- ally, to clawawayKylian Mbappe’s strikeinthe penalty shootout to scriptthe biggest upsetin this edition of the Euros. That moment encapsulates the heart- warming storyofSwitzerland’s upsetinmany ways—anon-celebrityfootballerwhosename isscarcelyheardoutsidehisownleague,whois better knownasafood bloggerinhis country, slayingthereputationof oneofthemostexpen- RaheemSterling gave England the lead againstGermany in the75th minute. AP sive andcoveted young forwards around. Mbappe costPSG 133million dollars, his price hassinceshotto200milliondollars.Thewhole Englandinthe1990WorldCupsemifinals.Then of the Swiss squad combinedwould barely 90MINUTESIN2MINUTES therewas the English goal wrongfully disal- nudge150 million dollars. lowedasGermanyknockedthe English out of Ateam ranked 13th in the FIFAtable, with England 2 Germany 0 the 2010 WorldCup. an unremarkable footballing history,knocking NowEngland will playeither Sweden or theworldchampions,anundisputedeliteofthe Raheem Sterling75’ Ukraine in the Euro2020 quarterfinals on game, out of the tournament.Itisthe stufffairy Harry Kane 86’ SaturdayinRome,eying areturn to Wembley tales aremade of. ■ England beat Germany2-0 forthe semifinals and the final on July11. There, certainly, wasfortune winking at Therewill still be questionsabout England them.KingsleyComan’sshotreboundedoffthe coachGarethSouthgate’s team selection and junction of the bar and postinthe lastminute persistence with Kane when he managed only of stoppagetime. Beforethat, on numerous in- ROBHARRIS one touchinthe opposition penalty area in the stancesweretheSwisssavedbyarushingbody LONDON,JUNE29 firsthalf. And it wasabad one, taking aball too or askidding boot, last-ditchinterceptions and farpastManuelNeuerwhiletryingtogoaround frantictackling.Theyheldon,dreaming,daring ENGLAND IS unburdenedbythe weight of ag- the goalkeeper.But while Sterling’s goals are and defying. onizing history:Germanyhas finallybeen spearheadingEngland’sprogressatthislargely- NotjustSommer,mostofthe heroes of the Switzerland goalkeeper Yann Sommer savesapenaltykickfromKylian Mbappé. AP beaten in atournament again. hometournament,thesavesofJordanPickford night have unfamiliar names and faces. Mario No needtoenduremorepenaltyheartache areproving vital, too, including using one hand Gavranovic,themanwhose90th-minutestrike or disallowedgoals thistime. topushoverKaiHavertz’sshotatthestartofthe kept the Swiss in thegame, spentmostofhis Frenchfor amajority of the game, is equallyin- of immigrantlineageorimmigrantsthemselves. Justlikeinthe1966WorldCupfinal,England second half. “Wehad to be braveonand offthe youngeryearshoppingclubsinthebottomtiers clusive. Xherdan Shaqiri and Granit Xhaka are 120MINUTESIN2MINUTES triumphedoveraGerman team at Wembley ball,” England defender Harry Maguire said. “It of the Bundesligabeforefinallyblossomingat of AlbanianandKosovanheritagerespectively; No languagebarriers Stadium on Tuesday, winning 2-0 to reachthe wasreallyimportant.” Dinamo Zagreb lastyear. BreelEmboliisfromCameroon,DenisZakaria’s The jokeinthe team is that together they France 3 Switzerland 3 EuropeanChampionshipquarterfinals.Andjust TheclamortointroduceGrealishwasgrow- father is Congolese and mother Sudanese. speak mostlanguages in Europe, even those as likeinEngland’s twogroup wins, Raheem ing in the second half. It’s what got fans chant- Awelcoming country RubenVargas’sfathercamefromtheDominican rare asRhaeto-Romanic,spokenbyNicoElvedi, Benzema 57’,59’ Seferovic 15’, 81 Sterling wasonthe scoresheet, breaking the ing inside Wembley, withacrowd of about The 31-year-old symbolises the cultural di- Republic; Edmilson Fernandes is from Cape oneof its50,000speakersinthecountry. Some Pogba 75’ Gavranovic 90’ tensedeadlockinthe75thminuteinamovehe 40,000thebiggestinBritainsincethepandemic versity (and micro-diversity) of this Swiss side Verde;AdmirMehmedifromNorthMacedonia. of themlikeGavranovicspeaksCroatian,Italian, ■ France, Switzerland locked 3-3 at FT startedand completed. beganinMarch 2020. too.GavranovicisaBosnianCroat,broughtupin Djibril SowisofSenegalese descent. But none French, German and English. The round of 16 finallysaw England net The winger finallyentered withabout20 Switzerland’sItalian-speaking province of of these differencesmattered as they putina AEuropean team with cultural,linguistic morethan once at Euro 2020,and forHarry minutes to go and playedarole in the opening Ticino. His strikepartner Haris Seferovic toois supremelycollectiveshowofenergyandintel- and racial inclusivity is notrare-ahostofthem SHOOTOUT Kanetoshedthepressureonhisshouldersbyfi- goal. Sterling firsttook on the defenders, going from Bosnia, but aMuslim. His parentsfledthe ligence.Eclipsingamidfieldaxisof N’GoloKante likeBelgium, England, the Netherlands, SWITZERLAND FRANCE nallyscoring. The striker headedinJack pastAntonio Rüdigerbefore passing to Kane, violence in the Balkansatthe end of the 1980s. and Paul Pogba is adifficult choreatthe best of Germanyand France have similar squads -but Gavranovic Pogba Grealish’s cross in the 86th minute. whose layoff to Grealish thenwent to Luke LikeGavranonic,hecouldnotfindhisfeetat times. whatmakesSwitzerland’scasedifferentisthat “With all the expectation and pressure,” Shaw. Anditwastheleftback’scrossthatSterling mainstream European clubs and finallysettled Switzerland’s defensive bulwarkKevin thereisnohistory of colonialism. Almostall of Schar Giroud Kane said. “Wedelivered.” connected with, shooting pastNeuer with his down at Benfica in Portugal. But the oppor- Mbabu,whomissedthegamethroughsuspen- them arerefugees, first- or second-generation, Akanji Thuram It wasEngland’s second-everwin in the right boot. Forall the experience in Germany’s tunismandfinessehedemonstratedinslotting sion,hasaCongolesemotherandFrenchfather, who have adapted and integratedthemselves Vargas Kimpembe knockoutstageoftheEuropeanChampionship. side compared to the youth of England, it was Switzerland’s firsttwo goals had the stampofa but wasbrought up by an Austrian stepfather. intoanewcountry. Thetriumphthusisavindi- Thelastsuchtriumphcameonpenaltiesagainst WorldCupwinnerThomasMüllerwhosquan- top-class forward. The first, in the 15th minute, He has allies of Spanish (LorisBenito), Chilean cationof thecountry’slongstandingandgener- Mehmedi Mbappe Spain at Euro’96 before the hosts were denied dered achance to equalize in the 81st minute. stunnedFrance. The second, inthe 81st,pan- (RicardoRodríguez) Nigerian (Manuel Akunji) ous immigration and refugee policies. aplace in the final by Germanyinashootout at CleanthroughwithonlyPickfordtobeat,Müller ickedthemwhileinfusingtheSwisswithhope and Turkish (Eray Cömert)ancestry, who pro- The defeat of France could be justthe start Switzerlandwin5-4 Wembley. puttheballwidetoleavehimstillwithoutagoal and belief. ducedoneimprobableblockaftertheother.That of something special, but one that has areso- onpenalties. It wasonpenalties that Germanyalso beat at his three European Championships. AP TheSwissmidfield,whichout-muscledthe makes 16 of the 26 playersinthe Swiss squad nance beyond the football field. Seema wants hyperandrogenism Messi leads show At Wimbledon,Venus withabrace test conducted on competitor in Argentina’s turns back the clock

feelings arebubblinginside.” win over Bolivia ANDREW AMSAN Aformer Asian Games gold medallist, ASSOCIATEDPRESS/REUTERS PATIALA, JUNE 29 Seema said she has wonseveral laurels for LONDON,JUNE29 the countryoverher career –including ASSOCIATEDPRESS/REUTERS ON Aday she qualified forthe Olympics, four medals at the Commonwealth Games CUIBA,JUNE29 VENUS WILLIAMS accumulated 10 aces discus throwerSeema Antil asked the –but has neverseen anyathlete, whether Tuesday by smacking serves at up to 114mph Athletics Federation of India (AFI) officials at thenational or international level, pro- LIONEL MESSI is usedtobeing No.1with —not quiteliketheolddays,butnottooshabby, to conduct ahyperandrogenism (testos- ducingsuchdramatic results. Barcelona. Hours before his contractwith the either.She droveforehands to corners. She terone andotherandrogens) test on one Antil qualifiedfor Olympic Games in clubwasdueto expire,hewasgettingthatkind made her waytothe netfor crisp volleys.And of her Indian competitors. Antil alleged Tokyowith a63.72mthrow on the final of feelingwhile wearing theArgentina shirt at whenitwasallover,the41-year-oldAmerican thatthereismorethanwhat meetsthe eye dayofthe 60th National Inter-State CopaAmerica.The34-year-oldhassomeof the celebrated her firstWimbledon match win in the rapid improvement inher rival’s Athletics Championships at the National beststatisticssofarattheSouthAmericancham- since 2018 by raising her armsand yelling performance over arelatively short period. InstituteofSportshereonTuesday pionship.HecappedthegroupstageonMonday “Comeon!”before reprisingherfamiliarsmile- “Judging by her physical build and extraor- “Our senior officers, federation office- with twogoals and an assistinArgentina's 4-1 and-twirlwaveatNo. 3Court. dinaryimprovement,(she)doesn’t seem bearers, senior and junior athletes, as well win over Bolivia. Afive-time singles champion at the All ‘normal’,” Seema wroteinher letter to var- as the tax-paying public, will conclude that Messi's contract with Barcelona endson England Club who is making her 23rdappear- ious AFI functionaries. we have misusedthe facilities providedas June30after17seasons.TheArgentineforward ancethere,Williamsbeganherrecord-extend- Seema has namedthe athlete in herlet- we haven’t been able to showsuchdra- wonarecordsix Balon d'Or awards at the ing90thGrandSlamtournamentwithher90th terbut The Indian Express isn’t identifying matic improvement inour performance Catalan club, wherehe's the all-time leading careervictoryatWimbledon,beatingMihaela her to protect privacy. and arenot giving our best forthe coun- scorer with 672goals in 778appearances. But BuzarnescuofRomania7-5,4-6,6-3.Williams “In my career spanning morethan two try,”she said. he'syettoliftamajortitlewithhisnationalteam. isaformerNo.1-rankedplayerwhocameinto decades, Ihavenot come across suchim- Askingfor ahyperandrogenismtest Messi leads the Copa America scoring listwith this week ranked 111th and having lostinthe provement in anyathlete.Overthe last to alleviateany doubtsoverthe fellow threegoalsinfourmatches.Hegavetwoassists, firstorsecond round at the pasteight majors. four years, this 25-year-oldhas improved athletes’ achievements, Seema argued as manyasBrazil's Neymar. “You can’t win them all. Lifeisabout how her performance by 12-14metres, whichis Seema Antil qualifiedfor the Olympics that double Olympicgold medallist Sports datasiteSofaScoreplaces him on youhandlechallenges.Eachpointisachallenge unusual. Hence, Irequestyou to conduct witha63.72m throw on the final dayof CasterSemenya andIndian sprinter topinthe tournament so farinsuccessful on the court. No onegives youanything,” said Venus Williams advancedtothe ahyperandrogenism test on the athlete in the 60th NationalInter-State Athletics Dutee Chandhaveundergone similar dribbles (21), shots on target (10), total duels Williams, who wasdiagnosedadecade ago second round by defeatingMihaela the interestofalevelplaying field, sport- Championships. testsbeforereturning to international won(40) and goals from outside of the box withSjogren’ssyndrome,anautoimmunedis- Buzarnescu 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. Reuters ing spirit and meaningful competition.” competition. (2).Therewas some Messi magic involved easethatcancausefatigueandjointpain.“Ilike Seema also claimedher rival’s coach in the long-rangegoals,including his curling to think Ihandle my challenges well.” did nothaveabackground in the discus free kickinthe 1-1 draw with Chile and his year's grasscourt Grand Slam, will meeteither throw event. Seema saidthe coachusedto perfectly-timedlob over Bolivia goalkeeper Federer survivesscare FrenchmanRichardGasquetorYuichiSugitaof be ahighjumper and has no role in the Discusthrownotcoveredbyeligibilityrules? Carlos LampeonTuesday. That win coin- Sixth seedRoger Federer survivedamas- Japan foraplace in the thirdround. athlete’s rapid improvement. ACCORDINGTOWorld Athletics' The discus throw does notfallinthe cidedwithhis Argentinerecord 148th inter- sive scareagainstAdrianMannarinobefore ad- “If the countryisseriousabout getting Eligibility Regulations forFemale restricted category. So Antil asking the national appearance. vancing to theWimbledon second round on Zverev hitsthe ground running good resultsatthe Olympics and several Classification, athleteswith Athletic Federation of India to test her Argentina's captain helpedBarcelona win Tuesdaywhen theFrenchman retired with a AlexanderZvereveasedthrough his foreign coaches have been hired towards Differences in SexDevelopment (DSD) competitor is unlikelytobeheededto. four Champions League titles and 10 Spanish knee injuryafter slippingoncourt. WimbledonopeningroundagainstDutchqual- that end,why arethe other athletesde- cannotcompete in WorldAthletics says DSD league titles,among manyother trophies. Thematchwaspoisedat6-4,6-7(3),3-6,6- ifier Tallon Griekspoor in straight sets on niedthe guidance of the coachofthe na- international competition athleteshaveanadvantage 2with the eight-times Wimbledon champion Tuesday, leavinghimself enoughtimeto watch tional recordholder?” in races between 400 in all events, but have the Contract sagagoes to the wire forcing afifth setbeforeMannarino, who was hiscountrytakeonEnglandinthelast16atEuro Seema said if female athleteswithun- metres and one mile biggestadvantageinthe Messihas yettoagree on anew contract celebratinghis 33rd birthday on Tuesday,de- 2020.Thefourthseedservedstronglyandwas usuallyhigh testosterone levels areal- (restricted events)unless restricted ones because of withBarcelona,theclubwherehehasspenthis cidedhecouldnotcontinue.Federerwasserv- clinicalinoverpoweringGriekspoor6-36-46- lowedtocompete unchecked, it would de- theyreduce the 'elevatedlevels of entirecareer,and his 21-year association with ingwith a4-2 lead inthe fourth setwhen the 1inlessthan90minutestoadvanceto thesec- moralise other women athletesand their testosterone levelintheir circulating testosterone'. theCatalans couldcome to an end at midnight 41st-rankedMannarinoslippedwhileattempt- ondround. coaches in the absence of alevel playing blood to below5nano The eligibility regulations onWednesdayifnonewdealisreached.Barca's ing areturn and twistedhis right knee. RESULTS: Ashleigh Barty defeated Carla field. moles per litrefor aperiod introducedin2019, all-timetopscorer,whojoinedasa13-year-old TheFrenchmanreceivedmedicalattention Suarez Navarro6-1 6-7 (1-7) 6-1; Venus “There’s alot of angerand dissatisfac- of six months. However, DSDathletes replacedthe earlier in September 2000,could stay beyond June 30 on CentreCourtand limpedbacktocomplete Williams defeated Mihaela Buzarnescu 7-5 4- tion among women athletesovercompe- arefreetoparticipateinevents hyperandrogenism regulations which as afreeagent, however, andofficiallynot be- thesetbeforeshakinghandswithFederer,who 66-3; Karolina Pliskova defeatedTamara tition withsuchathletes. Even though outsidethe restricted category. were in place since 2011. long to the club until he putspen to paper on a nowhasa7-0head-to-headrecordagainsthim. Zidansek7-56-4;AlexanderZverevbeatTallon their voices aremuted at the moment, the contract extension. Federer,at39theoldestmaninthedraw atthis Griekspoor 6-3 6-4 6-1;

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