JOURNALISM OF COURAGE SINCE 1932

The lockdown to contain the coronavirus outbreak has disrupted supply chains. One crucial chain is delivery of information and insight — news and analysis that is fair and accurate and reliably reported from across a nation in quarantine.

A voice you can trust amid the clanging of alarm bells.

Vajiram & Ravi and The Indian Express are proud to deliver the electronic version of this morning’s edition of The Indian Express to your Inbox. You may follow The Indian Express’s news and analysis through the day on indianexpress.com DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA

JOURNALISM OF COURAGE THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2020, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 PATNA &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

TWO DAYS AFTER BAN ON APPS EXPRESSNETWORK Chinesefirmsbarredfromroad projects,investinginMSMEs

Curbsonuse of “Wewill notgivepermission US backs app to jointventuresthathaveChinese Chinese telecom We have partnersforroadconstruction.We ban; China SECOND BLAST IN 2 takenafirm have takenafirmstandthatif they MONTHSATPLANT gear, BSNL cancels stand: Nitin (Chinese companies) come via chill prompts IN TN, 6DEAD Gadkari joint ventureinour country, we tender for4G will notallowit,”Union Minister TN CUSTODYDEATH: forRoadTransport,Highways and pushback SUB-INSPECTOR said it would notallow Chinese MSME Nitin Gadkari told news ARRESTED EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE companies to participate in agency PTI in an interview. elsewhere too PAGE 7 NEWDELHI,PATNA,JULY1 highway projects including On MSMEs, he said while the those through joint ventures and effort wastoenhance local pro- SHUBHAJITROY IN AMOVEthat targetsChinese also notallow Chinese investors ductioncapacity,foreign invest- NEWDELHI,JULY1 trade and investmentsinIndia, in micro, small and medium en- ment wasalso being promoted. the government Wednesday terprises (MSMEs). CONTINUEDONPAGE2 US SECRETARYofState Michael BUSINESSASUSUAL RPompeoWednesday wel- comedIndia’s ban on Chinese BY UNNY mobile applications calling them LAC stalemate: More meetings needed, “appendagesofCommunist PartyofChina's surveillance Rajnath, Army chief in Ladakh tomorrow state.”And Australian Prime MinisterScott Morrison unveiled Australia’s Defence Strategic SUSHANTSINGH& Updateinwhich he referred to KRISHNKAUSHIK the India-China stand-off. NEWDELHI,JULY1 FromAustraliato Japan,United States to Asean and countries in ADAY afterXIV Corps Europe, aloose strategic coalition Commander Lt General Harinder is taking on China even as New Singh and South Xinjiang Delhitries to break the deadlock Military RegionCommander with Beijing amid the standoff Major General Liu Lin held exten- along the Line of Actual Control. sive talksatthe Chushul border RajnathSingh,J&K L-GGirish Chandra Murmu Wednesday. PTI Though this is notlinked to California point on ways to reduce tensions South Block’s coercive diplomacy, along the Line of Actual Control CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Athree-year-old boywalksawayfromthe body of hisgrandfather (notshown in this in Ladakh,Armysources indi- break the impasse. an expeditious, phasedand step- regulators photograph) who waskilledwhen militantsopenedfireonCRPF personnel in Sopore, Jammu cated that moremeetingsand Sources said both sides, at the wise de-escalation as apriority”. and Kashmir, on Wednesday. ACRPF head constable diedinthe attack. ANI talkswill be needed,bothatthe meeting that went on for11 This wasthe thirdmeeting of the INDIA BREAKS SILENCE accuse Cisco militaryand diplomatic levels, to hours, “emphasisedthe need for CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ON HONG KONG PAGE 7 of caste bias 3-yr-old watching, his grandfather and PARESHDAVE CRPF head constable killedinSopore OAKLAND(CALIFORNIA),JULY1 Govt ICUs full,beds short, Bengaluru battle thatofficers at theSoporePolice the attic of amosque startedfir- CALIFORNIA REGULATORS sued NAVEEDIQBAL, Station bought forhim,to ing indiscriminately,”aCRPF Cisco Systems Inc Tuesday, ac- ADILAKHZER& changehim out of his blood- spokesmansaid, identifying the against surge leaves ambulances stranded cusing it of discriminating BASHAARATMASOOD stainedclothes. deceasedasHead Constable againstanIndian-American em- SRINAGAR,SOPORE,JULY1 The J&K Police, whichre- Deep Chand. Whiletheyfired TEST made available to patients. state’s anti-coronavirus meas- ployeeand allowing him to be leasedthe boy’sphotossaying back,the CRPF said, the militants JOHNSONTA On June 27,Karnataka ures on June 25, said once there- harassedbytwo managers be- THE THREE-year-old pretends theyhad rescuedhim at the site managed to escape. BENGALURU,JULY1 REP RTS Director of Healthand Family sult wasknown, officialsofthe cause he wasfromalower caste hishandisagun, turns the index of the encounter,said his grand- As the boylistens, backat FROM THE WelfareServices Dr Om Prakash BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru than them. finger towardshimself, actsasif father,65-year-old Bashir Khan’s home on the outskirts of ASYSTEM designedtocentralise Patilissuedacircular forbidding Mahanagara Palike) “whohave US employment lawdoes not he is pulling the trigger,and Ahmad Khan, waskilledwhen Srinagar,the familyaccuses po- bed allocations in Bengaluru, FIELD government and private labora- access to aspreadsheetwiththe specificallybar caste-baseddis- mimics the sound of gunshots. militantsopenedfireonsecurity liceofshooting Khan afterdrag- with the municipalcorporation TRACKINGTHEVIRUS, tories from conveying positive latest hospital bedpositions will crimination, but California's It’s severalhourssince the forces on the outskirts of Sopore. ging him outofhis car. He qui- giventhe powers to inform pa- resultsofCovid teststoindivid- find avacancy andcoordinate Department of Fair Employment child wasphotographedsitting The CRPF,whichlostaHead etly hands over aglass of water tients, determine the severity of LOCKDOWN uals concerned directly. They with the patientand ambulance and Housing contends in the on the body of his grandfather, Constablewhile three of itsmen to his mother Iram, who is incon- their symptoms, and ensure were told to upload theresults services to take the patient to the lawsuit that the Hindu caste sys- killedduring an encounter at were injured, said theyhad got solable at the loss of her father. their transfer in ambulances to multiple people, arewaitingfor on the ICMR portaland only right hospital”. temisbasedonreligion, which SoporeonWednesdaymorning. offtheir vehicles to setuparou- “Couldn’t theysee he wasac- hospitals or carecentres, has led hours outside hospitals as the sharedetailswithstate officials. While this wasmeant to pre- is aprotected class. He is still wearing the blue track tine checkpoint when the attack companied by achild?” shecries. to chaos in the city. latter demand paperwork re- Revenue MinisterRAshoka, vent asituationwherepatients The lawsuit, filedinfederal pants and full-sleevedT-shirt happened. “Militantshiding in CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Ambulances, oftencarrying garding tests, whichisnot being who wasgiven charge of the CONTINUEDONPAGE2 courtinSan Jose, does notname the alleged victim. It states that he has been aprincipal engineer DELHI RIOTS MURDERCHARGESHEET at Cisco's San Jose headquarters Powered by entry-level TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE since October 2015 and that he 9of12confession statements wasborn at the bottom of the CASES: RECOVERED:3,47,978 caste hierarchyasaDalit. surge,Maruti,Hyundai 121 Likeother large SiliconValley DAYSSINCE 5,85,492 DEATHS:17,400 PANDEMIC employers,Cisco's workforcein- see spikeinJune sales BEGAN TESTS: 88,26,525 | DOUBLING RATE: 19.84** near copies of one another cludes thousands of Indian im- migrants, mostofwhom were apistoland one admitsthathe 3admit topistol, born Brahminsorother high KAUNAINSHERIFFM started“indiscriminatefiringon castes. SANDEEPSINGH NEWDELHI,JULY1 Hindus.” firing; hunt on Former Cisco engineering NEWDELHI,JULY1 These statements, recorded managers SundarIyerand THE POLICE have charged12 under Section 161CrPC and at- for24suspects Ramana Kompella also arede- MARUTI SUZUKI India and KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING with the brutal murder of tached in the chargesheet,are fendantsinthe lawsuit, which Hyundai MotorIndia have re- TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* RATE** 20-year-old waiter Dilbar Negi notsubstantive evidence but can accuses them of harassment for portedasharp rise in sales in Someshunning ■ Maharashtra 1,74,761 4,878 3.32% 21.66 on February26inthe Delhi riots. be usedtocorroborateorcontra- KAUNAINSHERIFFM internallyenforcing the caste hi- June over the previous month — Negi’s body wasfound mutilated dict evidence during the trial. NEWDELHI,JULY1 ■ Tamil Nadu 90,167 3,943 4.88% 14.76 erarchy. spikes drivenbypent-up de- publictransport and charredinAnil Sweets in The chargesheethas been filed Cisco spokeswoman Robyn mand forcars, and atrend of ■ Delhi 87,360 2,199 3.95% 18.22 Shiv Vihar,the shop wherehe in the courtofChief WHILE NINE of the 12 have near Blum said the networkgear first-time buyerschoosing small AUTOMAKERS BELIEVE ■ Telangana 16,339 945 7.97% 9.04 worked. Metropolitan Magistrate, identical confessions, the re- maker followedits processtoin- andcompactvehicles in orderto theyare seeing some pent- ■ Haryana 14,548 338 3.39% 21.24 Besidesmurder,the accused Karkardooma. maining three, Shahnawaz, vestigateemployeeconcerns in avoid using public transport. up demand, along with have also been chargedwith All the accusedare in judicial Salman and Sonu Saifi, have sep- this case and would "vigorously Both carmakers have experi- people moving away from *Compounded Daily Growth Rate overlast7days ** Calculatedover7-day growth criminal conspiracy,rioting, and custody. aratestatementsinwhichthey defend itself" againstthe lawsuit. encedafasterrecoveryin sales in public transportasthe CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT promoting enmitybetween Matching excerpts for talk of procuring apistoland one CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ruralareas thatare less impacted economyreopens slowly groups. admitsto“firing at Hindus.” 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY by theCovid-19pandemic. There even as the pandemic Ascrutinyoftheir confes- four:Seelampur According to Shahnawaz’s is also greater demand forCNG- rageson. Availability of 3.17 6.20 18,653 sion statementsbyThe Indian Consider the matching ex- statement —partofthe Delhi THE EDITORIAL PAGE run vehicles amid the continu- credit on easier terms is NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: Express reveals apattern: Nine cerpts in the following state- Police chargesheetinthe mur- ous increase in the price of petrol also helping. 2.97 6.63 13,157 of the12accusedhavestate- mentsofAzad (24), der of DilbarNegi—ashesaw over the pastmonth. Deathsasaratioof Positives against Becoming sick vs mentsnear identical —words Rashid/Monu (20), Ashraf Ali the crowdcoming from HORSEMENOF Maruti Suzuki India, the positivecases(in %); number tested recovering; more and sentences arerepeated ad (29) and Mohd Faizal (20) re- Mustafabad,“Iand my friends, THEAPOCALYPSE indicatorofprogress (in %); indicatorof recoveries for 14 days biggestmanufacturer of passen- 2020. Hyundai MotorIndia an- in avertingdeaths the spread of disease may signal the peak verbatim. lated to the Seelampur riots: Sahil Parvez, Salman and their BY SYED AKBARUDDIN gervehiclesinthe country, an- nouncedthe sale of 21,320 units Three of the remaining ac- AZAD: “Inthe lastfew days, friends collected sticks,match- BasedondailydatafromUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbersincludedata PAGE 10 nouncedsales of 51,274 unitsin in June. frompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive cused have distinct statements therewereprotestsagainstCAA stickand bottles.” the domestic marketinJune CONTINUEDONPAGE2 wheretheytalk of howtheygot CONTINUEDONPAGE9 CONTINUEDONPAGE9

PAGE 1 ANCHOR In China Market: ‘Want to sell Indian goods butwhereare they?’ ASADISTRICT the poor.Asthe speechends, the flatscreen TVsand silk sarees. diers on the border,weare with outside the district soldierswel- overwhelming feeling is of relief Here, traders backthe govern- the government. Who doesn’t fare office, about 3kmaway. And UNLOCKS —and alittle disappointment. ment in itseconomic offensive want to sell Indian goods? But the man voicing it is Honorary Relief, says Sonu Kumar,one againstChina. But, with an im- arethereany in the market? Give Naib Subedar YogendraMandal, AN EXPRESS SERIES of the twowaiters,because “he portant caveat:the government us an alternative,” says Manish who spent 24 years in the Indian didnot announce another lock- mustprovideoptions that will Sah, ashopkeeper. Army, serving in 10 Bihar and down”. And disappointment, be- notsink the local economy. “Our business has fallen over 14 Bihar.Hespent four years in DIPANKARGHOSE cause he waswaitingfor the With 60,000 returning mi- 90 per cent. Muchofthe market Ladakh, over twoterms, andis BHAGALPUR,JULY1 PrimeMinistertotell the coun- grants, and aCovid count touch- revolved aroundthe railway sta- one of the nearly 6,000 ex-ser- tryaboutwhat washappening ing 500, the district is also the fo- tion, and since that is shut, ex- vicemenfromBhagalpurdistrict. THE SIGNS of economic distress on the border with China. “I don’t cus of amonth-long assignment ceptfor onetrain,everythingis That's notall. Both hissons areobvious. It's thecity’s oldest mean aban on goods, because by The Indian Express to track gone. If the government bans arealsointhe Indian Armyand, “big hotel”, and at 4pmona that would meanmorelosses, howlives andlivelihoodsin sell cheap electronic equipment, Chineseitems withoutgiving us he says,one of them is being weekday, withofficesand mar- but he should have at leastmen- smalltownIndia arecoping with mostofitsourcedfromChina. anyotheroptions, wherewill movedtoGalwan Valley, the site kets nearby, therestaurant of tioned China, no?” he asks. the unlockdown. Thereisatorch that sells for we go?” asksanother shop- of the violent face-offwithChina HotelRajhans is empty. Thereare Bhagalpuraspirestobecome The flavour of the week, The China Market in Bhagalpur;(Right) HonoraryNaib Rs 230, an emergency lightfor keeper,who does notwishtobe twoweeksago. onlytwo waiters, both watching one of the four “SmartCities” in though, is China. Or rather,China Subedar YogendraMandal served for20years. His twosons Rs 150, plastic bats, toys.But named. “I knowhow difficult the ter- PrimeMinisterNarendraModi Bihar, withmarketsthat sell mo- Market, opposite theBhagalpur areinthe Army, one postedinGalwanValley. Dipankar Ghose thereare no customers. As forthose clamouring for rain is. Iwas posted about110 km announcemorefreerationfor bile phonesand plastic trinkets, railway station.Its small shops “Chinakilled20ofour sol- war, there is awordofcaution CONTINUEDONPAGE2

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,JULY2,2020

DOWNLOADAPP WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

■ VISUALSTORIES

■ DAILY BRIEFING

■ PODCASTS ‘SHAKEN’:WRITERWHOFACEDCUSTODIALTORTUREONSATHANKULAMDEATHS

■ CUSTOMIZABLE TamilwriterMChandrakumarwroteaboutcustodialtortureandhistimeinjailinhisbook'Lockup',which COVAXIN: One of NEWS EXPERIENCE waspublishedin2006.Thebookwaslateradaptedintoamoviecalled'Visaranai'(Interrogation)by

WEB filmmakerVetrimaran. India's topCovid-19 Indian Express EXCLUSIVE ★★★★★■4.6 vaccine candidates VIDEOOFTHEDAY HEALTH NEWEPISODEEVERYDAY BUSINESSMAN MAKES COVID-19 WARD In today’s episode of the 3Things podcast, REUSABLE PPE KITS DOCTOR we talk about howCOVAXIN was AHyderabad bizman is ‘I am always anxious developedand howitgot approval for SCANTHISQRCODETO making PPE kitsfor about my family, but human trails. DOWNLOADTHEAPP non-clinical workers have to do my duty’ FROMPAGEONE

Sopore LAC stalemate move to pressaheadwithitsnew ambulancewas used to pick up securitylaws inHongKongwarn- five patients.“Onedoctorrefused Khan’sson Suhail Ahmad asks CorpsCommanders—the meet- Chinese firms barred from road projects ing that it will speedupthe re- to getin.” whyKhanwould have comeout ings on June 6and June 22 were assessment of China as atrust- Another ambulance driver of his car in the midst of firing, heldatMoldoontheChineseside worthy economic partner. saidhespentanhouronMonday adding thereisnobulletmarkon of the LAC, oppositeChushul. But heretoo, Chineseinvestors 4G networkinstallation,plan- Chinese firms and relaxing terintopactswith foreign part- EuropeanUnionCouncilpres- at Victoria Hospitalasrelativesof the vehicle. “They sayhewas In Beijing, Chinese Foreign would notbeallowed."For ning, testing, and maintenance, normsfor Indian companies to nerstograbprojects.“Evenif we identCharlesMichelsaid“wede- a56-year-old patienttried to killedincross-fire.Thenheshould Ministryspokesperson Zhao upgradation of technology,re- floated by state-run Bharat expand theireligibility criteria have to go forforeignjoint ven- plorethe decision” and the head arrangefor acopyofher test re- have diedinside the vehicle.” Lijian told reporters:“The two search,consultancy and other Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) forparticipationinhighway tureinthe areas of technology, of the European Commission, port. “The hospitalsaidthe docu- The J&K Police and CRPF have sides continue working towards works, we will encouragefor- and Mahanagar Telephone projects.Therewereafew proj- consultancy or design,wewill UrsulavonderLeyen,saidthebloc mentation wasnot right.” deniedthefamily’sallegations,in- implementing the consensus eign investment and joint ven- Nigam Limited's (MTNL), ac- ectsundertakenearlier which notallowChinese,”Gadkarisaid. wasdiscussing,withinternational Ahospitalofficial said the rel- cluding that security forces took reachedatthetwoearlierrounds tures in MSMEs, but in case of cording to official documents involvedChinese partners. In the telecom sector, the partners,any possiblemeasures atives hadahandwritten note of photosofKhan’sbody.Soonafter of commander-leveltalksand Chinese, we will notentertain accessedbyThe Indian Express. When asked about this,hesaid DoTdecisionto baruseofequip- in response. the test result. “WeneedaPDF.” the shootout, the J&K Police made progressineffective meas- them," Gadkari said. The DoThas decidedtobar the newdecision would be im- ment providedbyChinese tele- The EU recentlyannounced a An official at agovernment tweetedpicturesof anofficercar- ures by frontline troops to disen- Already, theCentralgovern- Chinese telecomvendors in the plementedincurrentandfuture com vendors couldlead to newscheme meant to fightback hospital being usedtotreat rying the boyafter his“rescue”. gage andde-escalatethe situa- mentseemsto bemovinginthe newtender. tenders. highercosts aswellasadelayin against China’s use of statesubsi- “medium risk”patients,however, Minutes later,pictures appeared tion. China welcomes that.” direction. Sources in the Bihar These decisionscome Withrespectto existingten- therolloutof 4Gservicesby the dies to give itsfirms an unfair ad- said the streamlining of admis- of him sitting on the body of his “Wehope theIndian side will government said atender for within twodaysofthe Ministry ders and future bids, Gadkari state-run telcos,whichare al- vantageagainstEuropean rivals. sions being triedbythe newsys- grandfather on social media. work withthe Chinese side to- construction of amegabridge of Electronics and Information said rebidding would bedoneif ready behind private operators Along-plannedinvestment temwas essential. On June 27,for NationalConference leader wardsthe same goal, keep up over GangaatPatnawas can- Technology banning59apps of therewereany Chinese joint in implementing the technol- screening mechanism meant to example, theofficial said,“We OmarAbdullahaccusedthesecu- close communication through celled.Thoughtechnicalreasons ChineseoriginincludingTikTok, ventures.“We have decidedto ogy.BothBSNL and MTNL do shieldkeyEuropeanfirmsandin- had 20 patientswaiting outside rityforces of using the boyasa militaryanddiplomaticchannels, have been citedforthe cancela- UC Browserand ShareItonna- relaxnorms forour companies nothavea4G network. dustries from predatoryacquisi- when all our 150bedswerefull.” “propaganda tool”. “Everything andeasethesituationandreduce tion,state government sources tionalsecurityconcerns.Itispart to ensurethat theyqualify for “Thecostsforuscouldbe25- tionswillfinallybeimplemented, UnderKarnataka’sthree-level becomesapropagandatoolinthe the temperaturealong the bor- said “chances of Chinesecom- of thegovernment’s coercive bidding in large projects.Ihave 30 per cent higher nowifnew amoveseenasanattempt to keep system of categorisation of coro- bloody violence in Kashmir.A der,” Zhaosaid. panies getting the bid” could be diplomacy to send astrongsig- directedtheHighways Secretary tenderbarsthem(Chineseven- China in check. navirus patients, those sympto- threeyearold toddler hasto have Meanwhile,DefenceMinister the main reason. Afresh tender naland messagetoBeijingthat (GiridharAramane) and NHAI dors). We arealsoanticipating NewDelhi is watching these matic and in vulnerable groups, hismiserybroadcasttothewhole Rajnath Singh will be visiting forthe Rs 2,900-croreproject, it cannotbebusiness as usual. Chairman(SSSandhu)to holda delayof2-3 years from normal movescarefully, awarethathowit liketheelderly above 60,pregnant worldtodrive homethe‘we good LadakhFridayfor areviewofthe would nowopen on July30. Twomonths ago, in April, meeting forrelaxingtechnical schedule,” an official said. conductsnegotiationswithChina women and thosewith co-mor- theybad’ message,” he tweeted. situation. Accompaniedby Army Whencontacted,BiharRoad the Department forPromotion and financial norms so that our According to industry esti- isalsobeingwatchedworldwide, bidities, aretobeadmittedin Omaralsosaid, “Wewould chief GeneralMMNaravane and Construction MinisterNand of Industryand Internal Trade, companiescanqualifyto work,” mates, Chinese telecom gear saidaseniorofficial.“ThatChina’s Covid19hospitals;theelderly and have expected no less from the Northern ArmyCommander Lt KishoreYadavtold The Indian had made it mandatoryfor for- hesaid.Elaboratingonit,hesaid vendorshave a25percentshare peaceful riseisamyth hasbeen those below60withnosymp- meninuniformthanto rescuethe GeneralYKJoshi,Singhwillinter- Express, “It is true that five of eign direct investment from if acontractor can qualify fora in the total Rs 12,000 croredo- reinforcedthrough itsaggressive tomsbutco-morbiditiesaretobe young boy&for thattheyhave actwithtroopsandwillbebriefed sevenbidders were Chinese neighbouring countries to take small project,hecan qualify for mestic market. ForbothBSNL behaviourinthelastfew months. takentodedicated statehealth our gratitude but we would ex- by militarycommanders. This companiesand five of these priorgovernmentapproval.The alarge one too. "Construction andMTNL,whose3Gnetworks Moreand morecountries will centresorprivate hospitals; low- pectbetterthanforthemto film& will be his firstvisittoLadakhaf- companieshadbeencollaborat- DPIIT move,also targeted at norms arenot good so Ihave mainlycomprise equipment push back,”hesaid. riskcases to Covid CareCentres. useathreeyearold’spaintheway tertensions beganinMay. ingtoget the project.Therehad Chinese investmentsintoIndia, asked to changeit. We are from Shenzhen-basedZTE, a Till the thirdweek of June, it’sbeingdonetoday.” Armysources said the been incomplete paperwork wastakento curbopportunistic changing it so that we can en- shifttoEuropeanvendorsis Bengaluru Bengaluru looked like one of the PDP president Mehbooba TuesdaymeetingatChushul“was and hence the tender wascan- takeovers/acquisitionsof Indian courageIndian companies,” he likelytoput further stress on its wentfromhospitalto hospitalfor coronavirus success stories Mufti’s daughter Iltija Mufti long and held in abusiness-like celled,” he said. companies during times of said. limitedresources. abed,onpaper it has ledtoprob- among megacities—with 827 tweetedfromher mother’s han- manner keeping in viewthe Separately, theDepartment Covid-19pandemic, whenval- According to him, qualifica- (WITHINPUTSFROMPTI, lemsof itsownasBengalurusees casesand43deathsatatimethat dle: “Two versions about what Covid-19protocols”. The discus- of Telecommunications (DoT) uations were at newlows. tion norms forprojectsare be- AASHISHARYANINNEW 500-pluscases daily. Mumbai had 60,228 cases and causedthe death of a65year old sions, sources said, “reflected the on Wednesday formallycan- According to Gadkari, apol- ingrationalisedtoensure Indian DELHIANDSANTOSHSINGH On Tuesday,a25-year-old 3,167deaths, Delhi 44,688 cases civilianinSopore.Family hasheld commitment of both sides to re- celled the March 23 tender for icy will be out soon banning companiesdonotrequire to en- INPATNA) pregnant woman wasleftat and 1,837deaths; and Chennai CRPF responsible forhis cold duce tensions alongthe LAC”. Victoria Hospital—the largest 34,245 cases and 422 deaths. Its bloodedmurder.” “Moremeetingsare expected Covidfacilityinthe city—byan practice of quarantiningpositive At apress conference, IGP, both at the militaryand at the ambulance. As the hospital cases and identifying contacts Kashmir,Vijay Kumarsaid,“If any diplomatic level, in future,toar- Maruti, Hyundai see spike in June sales sought acopyofher test results, within 24 hours of apositivere- civilian says that the CRPF has rive at mutuallyagreeable solu- her husband trieddesperatelyto sultwas lauded as afactor. donethis, pleasecome to us and tionandto ensurepeaceandtran- MSILandHMILhave closeto demand is emanatingfromthe reachthe BBMP official who had Underlining the seriousness report.We willtake action.Thisis quility along the LACasper 70 per cent shareinthe domes- PICKINGUP rural and semi-urban markets, calledthem. of thebedcrisisnow, aseniordoc- nottrue at all. It is just to spread bilateral agreementsand proto- tic market.Inthe small carseg- whichhavebeen helpedtoa “My wifehad been goingfor torataCovidhospitalinBengal- rumours and createlaw and or- cols,” sources said. ment, these twoautomakers JUNE MAY large extent by thevarious regular examinations to amater- uru said, “Wedon’t know when der problems.” The sources didnot referto have an even biggershare. stimuluspackages rolledout nity hospital near our home. On we will reachthe limit;italready 2019 2020 2019 2020 CRPF Special DG (J&K Zone) any‘consensus’or‘agreement’ MSIL and HMIL also ex- by the government. Acombi- Monday,theyasked her to geta lookslikewe’regettingthere.” Zulfiqar Hassan told TheIndian reachedondisengagementorde- ported4,289and5,700unitsre- Maruti Suzuki India 1,11,014 51,274 1,23,250 13,865 nation of multiple factors, in- Covid-19 test done. Todayacity China Market Express,“Ican saythatthe angle escalation.“Theprocessof disen- spectively in June 2020. Hyundai Motor42,00721,320 42,502 6,883 cluding the forecastofanor- officialtoldusshehastestedpos- from wherethe fire came and hit gagement along the LACiscom- While retail sales forMSIL mal monsoon, abumper rabi itive andmustbeadmittedinhos- from Leh... Therewas aplace the civilian,itwas from the mili- plex,” sources said. and Hyundai India aredown crop and the upcoming festive pital… Theyare notallowing us calledtheThreeSistersmountain tant side…The civilian, who was Disengagement refers to the by 53.8 per cent and 49 per ingoffered in these times has AHyundai official said that season areexpected to keep in as we do nothaveacopyofthe whereyou could see China.It caughtin themiddleof thefiring, process in whichtroops of two cent respectively from thecor- also helped,” Srivastavasaid. the companyhad decidedto the momentum going over the report,” the 26-year-old said, usedtobesocold that our food mayhavegot outtotakecover.” sides pull backfromstandoffpo- responding month lastyear, Headdedthatwhilesmaller keep itsproduction levelfor next fewmonths,” Pawan standing with her outside the wasnever warm, and we hadno Thefamilysaysthatthethree- sitionsorsituationsofcloseprox- both companies have reported cars aregetting alot of traction, FY’21at70per cent of last Munjal, chairman &CEO, Hero hospital. “She isingood health, I appetite,” Mandal recalls. year-old,the youngestofthree imity,thereby endingsuchface- sharp increases in sales over “thereisaclear trend of cus- year's production. MotoCorp, said. do notknowwhy theywant to Thenews of theborderdeaths siblings, wasdeeplyattachedto to-face situations. De-escalation, May2020. tomersshiftingtowardsCNG as Among other manufactur- As the countrywentinto admit her.” shook him. “So far, whatwehave hisgrandfather. “Heaccompanied in contrast, refers to both sides While MSIL sold almost petrolpriceshave shotupsignif- ers, Toyota Kirloskar Motors lockdown and all production Karnatakarequireshospitalor saidanddoneinresponseisokay, him everywhere, slept with him bringing down enhancedtroop four times itsMay sales of icantlyoverthelastone-month. announcedmorethan double and sales froze, almostall pas- institutionalquarantine,depend- but moremustfollow.Iamsure and looked forhim the moment levels to more‘normal’ levels, 13,865 unitsinthe domestic We have also seen faster recov- the sale numbers in June senger vehicle manufacturers ingonsymptoms,forallCovid-19 thatModi is lookingfor the right he got up in the morning,” Iram therebyreducing riskofconflict. market,Hyundai Motors sold eryinrural markets lessim- (3,866units) over May(1,639 registered zerosales in April. patients. On Wednesday, with time and opportunity,”hesays. says.Early Wednesdaymorning, Asecurity officialtold The morethan three times the May pacted by Covid-19.” units). In June 2019,TKM sold Some sales followedthe gov- casessurging,experts advisedthe Mandal warns, though, that Khanhad takenhim alongashe Indian Express that duringthe number of 6,883units. AHyundai India official con- 10,603 units. ernment’s decision to relax re- government to adoptahome the costofwar is terrible. “Our drovetoHandwara,viaSopore,to meeting the Chinese side “Retail inquiries, bookings firmedthe trends of increased Honda Cars Indiasaidithad strictions in May. June hasseen quarantine policy forasympto- economicsituationandtheirswill fetchthe family’s domestic help. stonewalledalldiscussionsonthe arebackat80-85 per cent of demand forsmaller and com- despatched1,398units in the amuchbroader revivalinretail matic cases. both be damaged,our livesand Speakinginamixof Urduand Pangong Tsoareawherethey pre-Covid levels, Shashank pact vehicles from first-time domestic marketinJune, as activity. Bengaluru has been seeing their liveswill both be lost. Kashmiri,theboywondersatthe have movedeight kilometres Srivastava, ED, sales and mar- buyers, and of the better recov- against10,314units in June Maruti sold 10,458unitsin morethan500 cases dailysince Perhaps,first,we cantryandsolve crowdathisnana’shouse.Thefact west on to the Indian side of the keting at MSIL, said. The rea- eryinrural markets. 2019. theminisegment (Alto&S- June 27,with the highestsingle- it without bullets," he says. thatKhan is no morehas notreg- LAC, and areinafaceoff with son, he said, wasa“mix of sev- While retail sales arerising The trend of recovery is vis- Presso) in June, down 44 per dayspikeof783 onJune28.Itsac- That's the hope across the istered; he askshis mother if he Indiansoldiersbetween Finger 4 eral factors”. and thereisexisting inventory ible in the two-wheeler seg- cent over the sales of June tive case numbers stand at 4,649 marketsofBhagalpur, includ- cangoout to look,as“nana is in and Finger 3. “While thereissomepent- in the market,thereislesserac- ment as well. HeroMotoCorp 2019.Inthe compact segment as on July1,with 191patientsin ing the Khalifabagh bazar the car waiting forme”. Therewasalsonosubstantive up demand, abig partofthis tivity at the wholesale level, in- has said that it made wholesale (WagonR, Swift, Celerio, Ignis, ICU.Ofits total 5,290cases,4,932 where Chinesephones are Thefamilymarvelsthathees- discussion on the Depsang area, rise in demand is on accountof dustryplayers said. “While our deliveries of 4,50,744 unitsin Baleno, and Dzire), it sold have beenreportedinJunealone. neatlypackedinpolythene, and capedwithoutascratch.Anaunt, whereIndian patrolsare no people moving away from retail demand is backto80-85 June to dealerships, whichwas 26,696 units, down 57.6 per As on June 27,out of 2,033 business has pickedupinthe who pickedhim up from the longer being allowedtoreach public transport and wanting per centofpre-Covid levels, the over four times the 1,12,682 cent. In the utility vehicle seg- bedsavailableacrossgovernment lasttwo weekssince the return SoporePoliceStationandgot him PP10,PP11, PP11A,PP12andPP13 to have their ownvehicle. wholesaledemand is backto unitsitdespatchedinMay ment, the companysold 9,764 facilitiesinBengaluru,1,770were of migrant workers. At every home,says,“Itisamiraclethatthe —onthe arcformedbyRaki and Besides, facilitation in terms of only50per cent,” Srivastava 2020. units, down 45 per cent over occupied.All100ICUbedsingov- cornerisashopthatsells elec- bulletsmissed him.” Jivan nalas—byChinesetroopsat flexible financing schemes be- said. “A major partofthe market the previous year. ernment hospitals were full. tronics, or amobile phone, with aplace calledBottleneck. While around 1,500bedsare billboards of Vivo,Xiaomi or Cisco PangongTsoandDepsangare available in private hospitals on Oppo. “Cisco is committed to an in- two‘areas of friction’ where the becauseof highdegreeof mistrust ernment itselfhas stated.” handlingof thecoronaviruscrisis, the screws on Chinese manufac- paperfor coronaviruspatients, Says thelocal distributor of clusive workplaceforall,”shesaid. twosidesdonot agreeonthe lo- and Chinese intransigence. Morrison Wednesday wasquestionedbypolice who turers.Thisis likelytohaveanim- theyhavenot beenofficiallyallot- aChinese smartphone brand: “Wewerefullyincompliance cationofthe LAC. The official said theyexpect announcedAustralia’s 2020 raidedhishomeaspartofaprobe pactonothercountries,including tedtothe State. “In Eastern Bihar,weusually withall laws as well as ourown According to the official, the this to be a“long haul”and there Defence Strategic Update, a270- intowhetherChineseagentshave India, whichisyet to makeupits TusharGirinath,theofficialin- sell as manyas15,000 phones policies.” emphasisisonatleast“maintain- is fear it could eventuallyleadto billion Australian dollar 10-year infiltrated his office. On Tuesday, mindonthe 5G rollout. charge of streamlining bed allo- amonth. Combine that with Iyer and Kompella did notre- ingtheequilibrium”sothatnoin- a“hardened all-seasonLAC”. The defenceplan whichincludes, for Japan deliveredits toughest TwoUSaircraftcarrierskicked cations forCovid 19 patientsin the twoother Chinese brands, spond to requests forcomment. cident, likethe oneonJune 15 in official cited theexample of the the firsttime,land, sea and air- wordstoChina on the issue of offjointexercisesinthePhilippine Bengaluru, said theyhavedetails that’s above 60 percent of the It wasnot immediately knownif Galwan Valley, where20Indian Kargil-Dras sector on theLineof basedlong-rangeandhypersonic Hong Kong afterBeijing report- Sea Sunday, aweekafter the USS regarding vacancies in allhospi- market.” But over thepast the twohaveretainedattorneys. soldiersandanunspecifiednum- Control(LoC)withPakistanwhich strikemissiles. edly passedasweeping national Nimitz andanothercarrier,the tals. “Hospital bed positions are month, as the rhetoric against ThecivilrightsgroupEquality berofChinesesoldiersdied,takes had no round-the-clockdeploy- Significantly, the India-China securitylawforthecitythatTokyo USSTheodoreRooseveltconducted updated at regular intervals and China and for“MakeinIndia” Labsina2018reportcited in the places between the twosides. ment of forces before the 1999 standofffiguresinits assessment. said would shakeinternational their ownjoint operations in the patientsare allotted to hospitals has grown, he hasbeen scour- lawsuitfound that 67 per cent of Another government official KargilWar. Now, thereisamoun- “Tensions over territorial claims faith in the “one-country, two- area. It is rare to seethree US air- on this basis,” Girinathsaid. ing the market foropportuni- Dalitssurveyed felt treated un- said that the “talksatthe military taindivisionwhichisdeployedin arerising across the Indo-Pacific systems” principle. craftcarriers operating at the However, ambulance drivers ties, to no avail. fairly at their US workplaces. levelare ameansto keepthenew that area throughthe year. region, as we have seen recently Japan and China arealso sametime in the Western Pacific sayitistheywho are facing the “If theybanthesephones,like At Cisco, the unnamedem- statusquo stable”eventhoughthe on the disputed borderbetween lockedinawar of wordsovera and even moreunusual to have brunt of the newsystem. “We theydidTiktok,thefirstthingthat ployeereportedIyertoHRin Indianposition isunequivocalon US backs app ban India and China, and theSouth Japanese move to changethe ad- separatedual-carrierexercisesso have becomelikecall centres,” M willhappenisthat22Indiansthat November2016 foroutinghimas seekingrestoration of status quo movesbythesecountriesadd up ChinaSea,andtheEastChinaSea. ministrative statusof theSenkaku close to eachother. Rudresh, an ambulance driver work in this office will lose their aDalitto colleagues.Iyerallegedly ante as of April on the LAC. This to aconcerted pushbackagainst The risk of miscalculation and Islands,whichChina claims and On Saturday, the Association whohadjustdepositeda35-year- jobs. Then,the Indians that work retaliated, but Cisco determined hasbeenconveyedtotheChinese Beijing. even conflict is heightening… refers to as the Diaoyu Islands. of SoutheastAsian Nations old, severely unwell patient at inthecompany'sfactoriesinIndia caste discrimination wasnot ille- side repeatedly, theofficial said. Pompeo,whowasbriefing re- Previous assumptions of endur- Also, lastweek, India and (ASEAN) said, in astatement is- BowringHospital,said.“BBMPof- willlosetheir jobs,” he says. gal,andissuescontinuedthrough According to theofficial,the porters in Washington DC, said, ing advantageand technological Japan Navies conducted their suedbyVietnam on behalfofthe ficials tell us to pick up apatient On his table is anew sticker: 2018,the lawsuitstates. progressinthese talkshas to be “Wewelcome India’s ban on cer- edge arenolongerconstantsand 15th joint “goodwill training”ex- 10-nation bloc, thata1982U.N. and drop them. We have to coor- Belowthe name of the Chinese Ciscoreassignedand isolated seen from the prism of the tainmobileappsthatcanserveas cannotbereliedupon. Coercive ercise in the Indian Ocean. oceans treaty shouldbethe basis dinatebetween the patients and brand,itsays“Make inIndia”with theemployee,rejectedaraiseand “groundsituation,”whichhaswit- appendagesof CCP’ssurveillance activities arerife,” Morrison said The US Federal Communi- of sovereign rightsand entitle- hospitals.Sometimesthepatients alogothathas the TajMahal, a opportunitiesthatwouldhave led nessed no changeinthe recent state. India’s clean app approach at the Update’s announcement. cations Commission’s designa- mentsinthe disputedwaterway. do nothavethe documents and peacock, the IPL symbol, the to oneand deniedtwo promo- past.OnTuesday, bothsidesreiter- willboostIndia’ssovereignty,will This comes days after tion of HuaweiTechnologies Co. Europe, too, is waking up to we areshuntedbetween hospi- Make-in-India lion, and alotus. tions, according to the lawsuit. atedtheconsensusarrivedonJune alsoboostIndia’sintegrityandna- Australian Labour MP Shaoquett and ZTE Corp. as “national secu- theChina challenge, withmany tals. It is chaotic.” FULLREPORTSON REUTERS 6, but progress has been difficult tional security,asthe Indian gov- Moselmane,whopraisedChina’s rity threats,” is seen as tightening leaders condemning Beijing’s Rudresh said recently, one www.indianexpress.com

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 3 THECITY THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,JULY2,2020 INSPECTS FACILITY AT COMMONWEALTH GAMES VILLAGE Sisodia orders audit Kejriwalcautions:Don’tlistentosocialmedia into accounts of expertsthatCovidpeakhascomeandgone Delhi Univ college ARANYASHANKAR NEWDELHI,JULY1

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE CORONAVIRUS IN THE CAPITAL DEPUTYCMManish Sisodia NEWDELHI,JULY1 WednesdayaskedtheDirectorate TOTALCASES Total Vacant of Higher Education to audit ac- DELHI CHIEF MinisterArvind HOSPITALBEDS 15,243 9,449 countsofDelhi-government Kejriwal Wednesday said that 89,802 VENTILATORS 794 221 fundedBhagini NiveditaCollege while the Covid situation in Delhi (BNC) forthe lasttwo years, after wasnot as alarming as projected Dailycases RecoveriesDeaths Tests he receivedcomplaintsoffinan- earlier, no oneshouldbelieve June 30 2,1992,113 62 17,179 cialirregularities againsttheprin- ‘Received complaintsof “experts on social media” who July1 2,442 1,6446119,956 cipal. financial irregularities from have claimedthat the number of "These complaintshavecome the college’s stakeholders’ cases in the cityhas peaked and Total27,007* 59,9922,803 5,51,708 from different stakeholders like willdecreasehenceforth. *Total active cases students, parents, teachers, etc. Kejriwal, addressing aweb- These allegefinancialirregulari- crease in academic seminars and cast,said:“Expertsarecomment- ties in tendering processes, hiring student activities. The college ing on social media that Delhi’s the countryafter amonth or two ent, the number of those being of acar forthe principal,buying should be known forthatrather peakhascomeandgone.Don’tlis- months. According to that, our hospitalised is also decreasing. of unnecessaryitems notneeded than all this." tentothem. Wear masks, main- projections showedthat by June Lastweek, about 6,200people in an educationalinstitution,etc," BNCgoverningbody chair- tainsocialdistancing,washhands 30, therewould bearound 1lakh were admitted.This numberhas Sisodia wrote to theSecretary man PavanSharma claimedhe regularly,don’t makeamistake. cases in Delhi, out of which nowfallen below5,800.Wealso Higher Education. "Directorateof had also receivedcomplaints We have managedto bringthesit- 60,000would beactivecasesand seethat wherethe recovery rate Higher Education should imme- againstthe principal but did not uation under control afteralot of Kejriwal, Sisodia at the Covid carecentrebeing readiedatCWG Village, Wednesday. Amit Mehra around 15,000 bedswill be wasaround 38% last month,it diatelyget the accountsofthe last divulge details. Askedifthe GB concertedeffort.Thereisasaying, neededinthe hospitals,” he said. has nowrisen to 67%... Whereon twoyearsaudited,preferablybya took acall to probethe com- hope forthe best,prepare for The city saw87,360cases till June23therewere3,950 new CAGempanelledauditor." plaints, Sharma said the last worst.That’swhatwe have to do.” should bereadyinthe next three CM,after hisvisit, said that while than it wasexpected initially. June 30. Of these, 26,270 were cases, this number wasaround Manisha Saxena, Secretary meeting on June 9endedina Laterintheday,theCMvisited days.Weare aiming at beginning he hopedextrafacilities willnot “Close to amonth ago,when active cases. On Wednesday, the 2,200 on Tuesday. Positivityrate Higher Education,said she had walkout by some members, so the Covidcarecentrebeing read- operations on Monday. Thereare berequired,ifthere is aspike, the lockdown waseasedinDelhi, the city saw2,442 cases, taking the has fallen from 31%toaround notyet receivedthe letter,but the issue wasnot brought up. iedattheCommonwealthGames arrangementsfor doctors who city willbeready to deal with it. number of cases rose veryquickly. total to 89,802 .Asper thegov- 13%now.The number of deaths addedthat the department had This is notthe firsttime the Village.The centrewill have arecoming in from different On the projectionthat Delhi We hadexpectedthisrise but not ernment dashboard, of the per dayhas halvedascompared asked12collegesfundedbyDelhi principalof BNChas facedallega- around 500bedsand afacilityfor parts of thecountry. Therewill be would have 1lakh cases by the at this speed. At the time, the 15,242 hospital bedsatpresent, to that on some days.While there government forsalarybills and tionsoffinancialandadministra- doctorsto stay at,andwillbeman- approximately40doctors, 80 end of June, Kejriwal, duringthe websitecreated by national ex- 9,444 areavailable. 61 deaths is adecrease in these parameters, recruitment details earlier. tive irregularities. aged by NGODoctors forYou. nurses and 120paramedic staff.” webcast, said collective efforts perts forthe central government were reportedonWednesday. these numbers couldrise again. When contacted,BNC princi- Former principal Purbi Saikia Dr Saket Kumar,in-charge of Separatewards have been made to fight the infection usedto give us futureprojections “Wehavemanagedto control We cannotbecomplacent. This pal Charu Sharma said, "I'm had facedallegations of irregular- the facility,said, “The facility createdformen and women. The meant the city wasbetterplaced of thenumberofcorona cases in the situationsomewhat.Atpres- virus is unpredictable,” he said. shockedtohearthis. Ididn't know ities in faculty appointment, ha- about it. Ionlytook over as prin- rassment of staff, misuse of staff cipal in April lastyear.Since the car,bribery, following whichthe Had to host party for cops: Father of kidnapped girl in HC lastone year,wehaveseen an in- CollegeGBhad suspendedher.

portedher missing on June 11. Khanna, submitted to the court lice force. It is clear to us that the shall have the internalexamina- allegedly misused itsauthority. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The GD (general diary)entryin thatthe father“wasmadeto bear SHO,PoliceStation,Sonia Vihar, tion of the victim conducted The courtdirected thepeti- NEWDELHI,JULY1 the case wasrecordedon June 12 all the expenses of the police and the IO concerned were ab- without anydelay. tioner and his counsel to “pro- at Sonia Vihar police station, party’s travelto,andstay at, Jaipur solutelyindifferent to the com- “Though the petitioner’s duce all the documents/bills to THE FATHER of an 18-year-old however, the same wasomitted and Kolkata, and the petitioner plaint made by the petitioner missing daughter has been lo- substantiate theirclaim that they woman, who went missing and in aDelhi Police statusreport, wasevenmadetohostaparty for since theydid notevenregistera cated andreturnedtoher par- expendedamountsfor the travel, wassubsequentlytraced,hastold courtrecords show. the police personnel at Jaipur”. case on receiptofthe petitioner’s ents, we areofthe view thatthe lodgingand boarding of the po- the DelhiHigh Court that he had Whentherewas no action SHO Sonia Vihar,who was complainton12.06.2020...The investigationcannotbeallowed lice party at Jaipur and Kolkata. to bear the expenses of aDelhi from the police, thefather fileda present during the hearing, de- FIR wasregisteredonlyon to remain in the hands of theof- The Commissioner of Police shall Police team’s visitstoJaipurand writ petition in court. The father niedthe allegations stating that 20.06.2020 –after the advance ficers at Police StationSonia examine all the material, includ- Kolkata,and also hostaparty for alleged that onlyafter filing this the expenseswerebornebythe copyofthe writ petition wascir- Vihar.Accordingly,wetransfer ing by calling upon the SHO, PS police officers in Jaipur.The court petition did the police act and department. culatedbythe petitioner to the re- the investigation in this case to Sonia Vihar,toproduce proof of has nowordered thetransfer of sendateam to Jaipurand Adivision benchofJustice spondents.Thereisnoexplana- the Crime Branchforthwith,” the expenditureincurredbythe the investigation from the local Kolkata, from wherehis daugh- Vipin Sanghiand JusticeRajnish tion as to whytherewas adelay court said. PoliceDepartment forthe said policestationtotheCrimeBranch. terwas recoveredand the ac- Bhatnagar passedthe order not- of eight days in thematter of reg- The courthas also directed visits, and on that basis, ifacase The woman wasallegedly cusedarrested. Police invoked ing: “The aforesaid statement of istration of the FIR and in the mat- the Commissioner of Police to is made out of misuse of author- kidnappedbyamanwho threat- IPC sections376,366 and 365 in learnedcounselforthe petitioner, terofconduct of investigation.” grant audience to thepetitioner ity,takeappropriateaction enedtoleakher private photos, the case. if true, raises serious concerns The HC orderedthat theIOto and his counsel, so theyshall dis- againstthe IO/SHO and all oth- following whichher father re- The father’s counsel,Sanjay about the functioningofthe po- whom the case will be assigned close the manner in whichpolice ers concerned.”

ADVERTORIAL MESSAGE Israel and India Work Towards Finding COVID-19 Solutions H.E.Dr. Ron Malka Completing each other in every possible manner, both India and Israel areworking round theclock to develop Ambassador of Israel to India COVID-19 solutions with each other’s extensive support, knowledge transfer, know-how, and other joint collaboration.

SRAEL is one of the most devel- recently said, “Israel’sMinistryof oped nations in the world today, Defenceiscollaborating withIndia’s Iand this resonates well withthe DefenceResearch andDevelopment country’sapproach to tackling the Organisation(DRDO)toworkon COVID-19 crisis from the start. Some rapid testsfor COVID-19using of the most brilliantmindsinthe various techniques.” country quicklygraspedthe need to He furthersaidthatthere is a flatten the curveearlyinorder to particular scent to coronavirus that gain fullcontroloverthe infection. can be detected in people infected Consequently,the country took with thevirus within minutes with drastic measures, including afull thehelp of advanced technology. lockdown. As of June22, over dramatic progress with the help of Anothertest is based on measuring 20,000 people are infected, out of IsraeliInstitute of BiologicalRe- the frequencies emittedbythe voice which 15,694haverecoveredand search (IIBR).The IIBRhas managed of patients infected with the virus by only306 have died.The countryhas to develop three kinds of antibodies trans-technology. Israelisalso relaxed the lockdown as of now and to the COVID-19 virusthat preventit helpingIndia in COVID-19 manage- The India-Israel has opened its schools and offices. from infecting nearby healthy healing the infected and serving as with India on developing COVID-19 ment by sharing new guidelines and Israeli scientists around the coun- human cells.Thistreatmenthas been astepping-stone to an eventual rapid testingtechniques. Highlight- practices, know-how, andother Growing Partnership – try are working day and night to de- described as abreakthrough achieve- vaccine. ingthe new initiative,Dr. Ron details fromits own experiencesin Stronger than Ever velopavaccine or cure.Ithas made ment in COVID-19 management, Thecountryisalsocollaborating Malka,Israel’sAmbassador to India, managing COVID-19.

Tishardtorecognize the reality we live in today.The outbreak of theCOVID-19 globalpandemichas disrupted ourlives,our world Moving Towards aPromising Future orderand theworld as we know it. However, one thingthat has Inot suffered from the virus hasbeenthe Indo-Israeli bilateralrelations. Showing unrelevning commitmenttowards each other’s progress, the India-Israelpartnership holds Thepartnership between Indiaand Israel hasbeen growing apromising future in the fields of agriculture and watermanagement, in time of COVID-19 andbeyond. steadily,and likemanyother ongoing processes, COVID-19has boosteditevenfurther. Today, Indiaand Israelare working together to NATION’S progressisdependenton findsolutions for COVID-19 challenges.PMModiand PM Netanyahu its ability to innovate and, conse- Aquently,changethe status quo of per- havespoken 3times since the outbreak, sharingbest practicesand committing to work togetherfor aunited responsetothe global tinent problems that hinder its growth. Israel is pandemic.TheDRDO and Israel’sR&D at theMinistry of Defence are anation ofinnovation, famous for its inter- working togethertodevelop rapidtesting to enable life in thepost- disciplinaryknowledge of materialengineer- COVID era.TheMinistry of ForeignAffairsisalso coordinating ing, biotechnologyand life scienceacademia, cooperationbetween the Indian and Israeli ministries of science and industryand athriving high-tech ecosystem. health, assessing 50 potential fields of cooperation againstCOVID-19 No wonderthenthatIsrael hashad resound- between the governments. ing successoverthe yearswith some game- Alongsidethe high-level cooperationbetweenthe two countries on changingsolutionstotackleissues of water this crucialchallenge, India and Israel continuetoinvestin management andrecyclingacross theglobe. cooperation today, which will change our tomorrow.Wecontinueto Today, theCOVID-19 pandemic hashigh- workonimproving the lives and livelihood of farmers with virtual lighted many coreissuesthatneedurgent at- agriculturaltrainingsessionsthrough ourCoEs.We invest in tention in drastic times likethese.The out- connectingIndian and Israeli business,industry and entrepreneurship break hasshifted the world’s attention in cooperating to facilitate innovation in the villagestocutting-edgetechnologies in tural practices, we generate applicable knowl- ecosystems, which have potentialtobenefit us all.We work together strengtheningtheir essential services that agricultural sector. Withabout 28 Centres of filtration andwater usage to promote preci- edge and solutions which are transferred to to implement Israeli water knowledgeand experience in India,which have become critical infrastructures for sur- Excellence (CoE) in agriculturespread sion in agriculture.Within this project, satel- an average of 1.5lakhfarmers annually in all hasbecomeever more criticalwith theneedtoprovide themeans for vival.Before the pandemic struck, both India throughout India, both the countries are lites and drones are used to monitor crops agricultural activities.Toovercomethe hurdle hygiene everywhere in order to prevent the spreadofCOVID. and Israel cametogethertocollaborate in cre- endeavouring to share resources,know-how, for the exact amount of water,fertiliserand posedbythe restrictionofmovementsduring We alsosee theeliminationofbordersbetween ourcountries,as ating asynergy to dealwith water manage- bestpractices and technology.Furthermore, nutritioneachplantneeds to increase effi- the lockdown, we have started imparting we moveinto thedigitalworld. International conferences,academic ment issuestoachievePrimeMinister Narendra the Indo-Israel AgriculturalProject(IIAP), a ciencyand optimiseyield. training throughdigital platforms,” says opendays,virtualtours andevenacademic classes andprograms all Modi's ambitiousgoalofprovidingtap water strategic cooperation on the G2G level in the TheCoEsact as ameeting pointforAcade- Alluf.The wayforward for the India-Israel availablebetweenIndians andIsraelis. By widening the channels of to every household by 2024.The bilateral co- fieldofagriculture,has introduced crop mia,Government andfarmerstocooperate cooperationinagriculture is aplan to create communication betweenus, we are able to bringtogetherthe most operation aims to resolve issues relatedto diversity, increased productivity andopti- towards fruitfulachievements,says Dan “villages of excellence”, createeco-systems, brilliant minds to shape thefuture.Together, we canmakesureour water use efficiency,desalination, wastewater mised water use efficiency in horticulture to Alluf,MASHAVCounsellor, Science and Agri- based on the G2G IIAP,for theestablishment reality post-COVID is safer, cleanerand betterfor India, Israel andthe and grey water reuse,pollution abatement, address thechallenges arising outofthe culture at the Embassy of Israel in India. of end-to-end solutions comprisinginfra- entire world. technologicalinterventions etc. pandemic. This agriculturalproject has “Through the ongoingpartnership, we are structure, capacity building,and acompre- On similar lines, Indiaand Israel are also shownextremepromise in introducing promoting advanced and sustainable agricul- hensivemarket-oriented approach.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,JULY2,2020 ANANDVIHAR SIRIFORT SHADIPUR DWARKA-SECTOR8 Poor Moderate Satisfactory Moderate

224 130 59 127 AQI AQI AQI AQI PM: 10 05Pollutant: 00 0500 05Pollutant: CO 00 0 PM:10 500 OZONE 4 THE CITY 0-50 Good 51-100 Satisfactory 101-200Moderate 201-300Poor 301-400VeryPoor 401-500Severe

BRIEFLY LEAVES BEHIND 2CHILDREN MCG warning toRWAs SpecialCell

Gurgaon: Office-bearers of Residents’ Welfare Associations (RWAs) in inspectordies Gurgaon will face action if they arefoundtobe in- troducing restrictions or measuresbeyondwhat ofcoronavirus has been laidout in the orderissuedbythe MinistryofHomeAffairs forUnlock 2onJune 29. SOMYALAKHANI Constable NEWDELHI,JULY1 hangsself “YOU BE careful, youhavedia- betes... Iwill be fine,” is what in- NewDelhi: A26-year-old spector Sanjeev Kumar Yadavtold Delhi Police constable al- assistant sub-inspector Satender legedly committed sui- over the phone from the hospital cide by hanging himself bed,ashebattledCovid, on June from atreeinDelhi Cantt, 17.The 48-year-old inspector also said officers Wednesday. reassured his youngerbrother Rajeevandhis closestfriend,SHO Man‘killedover (Wazirabad) PCYadav, that he Inspector SanjeevYadav will be home soon. died at Max hospital, Saket drinkinghabit’, Early Wednesday, inspector Yadav, who wasapart of Delhi wifearrested Police’s Special Cell, passedaway recalledtheirdecades-old friend- at Max Super Speciality Hospital, ship, and the team that was“PC Noida: Awoman wasar- Saket,due to Covid-related com- Yadav-Sanjeev Yadav”. He said, rested by Noida Police for VERSUS COVID plications, afterbeing on ventila- “Weworkedinthe Crime Branch allegedly killing her hus- torfor 13 days.Hewas adminis- together from 2007-16. He wasa band during afight over Covid patientsplaychessatShehnaibanquethall, aCovid carecentrelinked to Lok Nayakhospital, Wednesday. Prem Nath Pandey tered plasma therapytwice,said very disciplinedman,and cared his drinking habits. SHOWazirabad. “Weevengot the deeplyabout his team. Beforeany drug Remdesivir from Mumbaias raid, he would ensurethatthe it wasn’t available in Delhi. team wassafe. We made agreat Gurgaon Everyone triedtheir best... the po- team... We arenothing without busservice After concerns on 175 ventilators from Centre, lice headquarters, the Special eachother.Hewas like my Cell,” he said. brother.” resumes It wasinJune firstweekthat ASI Satender,who has known inspector Yadavgot tested aftera him closelysince 2015,said, Gurgaon: Threemonths manufacturer to sendexpertstoLok Nayak colleague contractedCovid. “That “Since Covid started, he made afteritwas directed to result came negative,and then a suretobrief us abouthow to be stop services amidstthe fewdays later,hefell sickagain. safe, howtokeep paperwork coronavirusoutbreak,the has been conveyedtothehospital tions whichthese ventilators are He wastaken to RajivGandhi ready.Evenwhen he wasinhos- GurugramMetropolitan ASTHASAXENA that thereare modesthatcanem- required to meet,” wrote Super Specialty Hospital on June pital, he wasconcernedabout my CityBusLimitedresumed NEWDELHI,JULY1 ulate thesefunctions. Thesealter- Mandeep KBhandari,joint secre- 17,wherehis test wasrepeated. health because Ihavediabetes.” operations in Gurgaon, native modes arepressuresup- tary,MOHFW. On June18,hewas shiftedtoMax On Tuesday afternoon, Delhi with buses plying on two AFTER DELHI’S Lok Nayak portventilation(PSV) and Tuesday’sletter alsohasasec- Hospital, Saket.His second Covid Police head constable Dheer routes Wednesday. Hospital raisedredflags over175 pressure-controlledsynchro- tioncalled“acceptabledeviations test came positive,” said acol- Singh (47) toosuccumbed to the ventilators providedbythe nisedintermittentmandatory in essential features”. Here, league. virus —aday afterhetestedpos- Government of India, saying they ventilation (PC-SIMV). againstthe ‘essential technical Yadavissurvivedbyhis wife itive. Singh wasdeployed with Northbody do nothavethe BiPAPmode, a MVGowtama, chairman feature’that “the machine should and twochildren, aged 11 and 17, DelhiPolice’s PCR (north zone), seeksbuilding team of experts from Bharat managingdirector of BEL, said the have invasive,non-invasive and who live in East Delhi's Laxmi and is survivedbyhis wifeand ElectronicsLimited(BEL)will visit machines areproducedasper CPAP features to makethem ver- Nagar. His brother Rajeev(46),a theirtwochildren, saidDCP (PCR) auditreports the hospital to address concerns. specifications providedby atech- satile”isan‘acceptabledeviation’: teacher,told TheIndian Express, Sharat Kumar Sinha. He joined The companyhas the manufac- nical committee formedbythe “Pressuresupport ventilation “He had no co-morbidities, no the forceover20years ago. NewDelhi: NorthMCD turing licensefor the machines, The Indian Express reportdated July 1 Ministry. “Wehavetold Delhi mode available can be usedin blood pressureorlung-related “Singh had takenthree days has issued115 notices to producedbyMysore-based hospitals that we have two place of CPAP and BPAP”. problems or diabetes. He was offashewanted to rest.On schools, residential group Skanray Technologies. modes —PSV and PC-SIMV, TheMinistryalso clarifiedthat very fit—in fact some people re- Monday, he got therapidtestfor housing societies and in- The ventilators were givento Technologies, 20 arebyDelhi- upgrade the equipment, howwe whichcan emulateCPAPand the ventilators suppliedtostates ferredto himas ‘cheetah’.In May, Covid done and the result came stitutional buildings to the Delhi government-run hos- basedAgVaHealthcare. “Wehave can use it aftermodifying it.” BiPAP modes respectively. We and UTsbytheMinistryofHealth he visitedourmotherandtherest positive thesame day. The doctor submit structural audit pital —the capital’s largest Covid receivedacall from thecompany According to experts,ventila- have suggestedtothemtouse andFamilyWelfare aremeantfor of us in our villageinBulandshahr. advisedhim home quarantine, reporttoensureseismic facility —out of the PM CARES todaysaying some changes have tors providedtothe hospital are these twomodes. Thehospital ICUs. “Ventilator models BEL and He got me masks, sanitisers, and andon Tuesday, we sent aPCR ve- stability of the buildings. Fund. to be made in the ventilators. A high-end models and can “simu- will also shareaquestionnaireto AgVa suppliedtothe States/ UTs told us to be cautious.” hicle to pick up his wifeand chil- Bilevel positive airwaypres- teamof experts willvisitthehos- late”theuseof BiPAPmodeinthe getdetails ontechnicalguidance. arecomplying with requirements His wifetoo contracted the dren to gettheirtestdone. By sure(BiPAP) is anon-invasive pital in aday ortwo,”saidasenior presenceof atechnicianordoctor. Themachinesare capable of pro- as per the specifications laid virus and wasadmitted to Max, then,hewasfeelingsickashehad Manheldfor technique to supply oxygen to the doctor from the hospital. The hospital also wrotean viding BiPAP through agraphical down by theTechnical Saket,and is back home afterre- developedfever.The PCR took extortion lungs without intubation. As re- On Tuesday, Dr Suresh Kumar, email to AgVahealthcare to seek user interface.” Committee. These cost-effective, covering. himtoLady HardingeMedical portedbyThe IndianExpress,the medicaldirector of Lok Nayak, clarifications on the machine’s The Ministryalso wrotealet- made in India ventilators have Yadavwas enlistedinthe Collegefor treatment wherehe NewDelhi: A21-year-old issue wasflaggedby Lok Nayakin had told The Indian Express:“We specifications.ProfDiwakar tertoDelhi’s Principal Health BiPAP mode and other such Delhi Police as asub-inspector in passedaway,”said Special CP wrestler wasarrestedfor feedbackgiven to the Director have givenfeedback and told the Vaish,the company’s founder, SecretaryVikramDev Dutt. “It is modes as have been prescribed 1996, worked in the Crime (Operations) Muktesh Chander. allegedly firing bullets General of Health Services, Delhi, authorities that we need250 said: “Wehaveresponded to the to reiteratethatall concerned in technicalspecifications. The Branch, got promotedtotherank Tenpolice personnel have outside abusinessman’s Dr NutanMundeja. The hospital BiPAP machines since that partis hospital. Our machines have a maykindlybeadvisedtorefer to ventilators arebeing supplied of an inspector in 2015,and joined diedofthe virussofar.Around house and trying to extort asked foranother250 BiPAP ma- notavailableon these ventilators. BiPAP mode.” the specifications of these venti- along with user manuals and the Special Cell in 2018.On 2,000personnel have testedpos- Rs 1crore from him in chines equippedwith this mode. We arealso forming acommittee Asenior doctor said that while lators anduser manualsfor any feedbackforms whichmustbe January26, he wasawarded the itive,ofwhichatleast1,300have Narela. ENS While 155ventilators have to see if we can modify thema- BiPAP and CPAP modes “aren’t di- clarity,andprovide timelyobjec- referredto forclarity,” said astate- Police Medal forGallantry. recoveredandresumedduty,said been manufactured by Skanray chines. The engineerswill have to rectly availableasmenuitems”,it tive feedbackabout thespecifica- ment issuedbythe Ministry. SHO (Wazirabad) PCYadav, asenior officer. Gurgaonmalls reopen, low footfallonDay 1 IIC chief librarian, who formed

of sales at clothing stores, others situation is notnormal, so we those who open do so while fol- poetry society, dies of Covid SAKSHIDAYAL said theywanted to see and try cannotexpect footfall to be what lowing the norms. Mostofour GURGAON,JULY1 before spendingmoney. it wasthree months ago. shops have opened, only7-8% Hailing from Kashmir,Kaul Ashish Sood (43), aresident However, the trend has been areclosed. Theytoo areplanning SURBHIGUPTA wasapostgraduateinlibraryand THERMAL SCANNINGofall cus- of Sector 53, said, "I neededa satisfactory; we sawmanycus- to re-open but it is noteasy;alot NEWDELHI,JULY1 information science from the tomers, automatic hand sani- pair of shoes but the brand I tomers around 2or3pm. People of them have staffissues be- Dr HKKaul University of Mumbai andgot his tiser dispensers at entrances, shop from is slightlyexpensive, came to purchase cosmetics, cause people went home during “A DEDICATED librarian, thor- worked at PhD from the University of Pune. PPE kitsand face shields forse- so Ididn't think it wasagood manyvisited clothing stores and the lockdown…," said Aman ough gentleman,who hadadeep IIC forfour An author of morethan 50 curity staff,electronic menus to idea to order them online.Ihave food outlets," said an official at Bajaj, member of the MGF interestinliteratureand poetry” decades books, he wasknown forediting be viewed on phones at restau- come todaytomakethat pur- Ambience mall. Metropolitan Mall Association. —that’s howformer diplomat anthologies Traveller’s India and rants—several safetymeasures chase… Idon't intend to venture At MGF Metropolitan Mall He said he expectsfootfall to and author PavanKVarma re- Historic Delhi. “Aspublishers, we areinplace at malls in Gurgaon, out regularly but seeing the pre- on MG Road, officials said things build up in another week: members Dr Hari Krishen Kaul, he diedafter battlingwithCovid- looked forwardtoour books be- whichreopenedtheir doors cautions in place, Iwon't be re- had "intentionally" been kept "People have been stuckat who he had firstmet duringhis 19 fortwo weeks. He was79. ing apartofthe discussion pro- Wednesday afterathree-month luctant to step out." At Gurgaon’s Ambience Mall slowonWednesday, to assess home forthree months.Where collegedays,when he waswork- Kaul wasknown forforming grammeat IIC,”veteranpublisher shutdown amid the coronavirus Officials at different malls in on Wednesday. TashiTobgyal preparednessofdifferent stores. can theygoiftheywanttoven- ing as the Executive Assistant to DELNET,anetworkofover1,500 Sridhar Balan told The Indian outbreak. the citysaid this latter senti- "Todayisthe firstday and we tureout —theatres areclosed, the Director at India International librariesinSouthAsia,in1988,and Express. Malls,however, reported a ment would echo amongst have notevenadvertised re- the temperatureissohigh that Centre(IIC). Kaul wasthe Chief wasthe founder-member and Notedpoet-critic K lowfootfall,withonlyaslow other customers as well, and lesser than usual, theysaid they opening yet. The management going to marketsisnot muchof Librarian at IIC, and had served president of the Poetry Society Satchidanandan remembered trickle of customers through the help build confidence. Although expect things will improvein wasmorefocusedonseeing an option. In another week or so, therefor four decades. Anotedli- (India), whichheset up in 1984, him as a“very gentleperson… day. Whilesomecustomerssaid conceding that footfall on the coming weeks. howmanypeoplewillopen we expect peoplewill gain con- braryand information specialist, along with poets KeshavMalik,J whofoundpleasureinpromoting theywanted to take advantage Wednesdayremained much "This is the firstday and the stores, and on checking that fidence and then come." author, poet, and bibliographer, PDas and Lakshmi Kannan. young poets”.

MANY USED WECHAT TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH FAMILY,FOR BUSINESS Majnu Ka Tila residents, with relatives in Tibet, feel pinchofapp ban

Recalling his emigration in notuse WhatsApp and Yamuna, three friends spoke TrinleyRigzi (32),who hada Tibetunsafefor them to grow up ASHNABUTANI 1992, Dikyi said, “I wasoriginally FacebookasitisbannedinTibet. about howthe appban wasgo- client base of 200Tibetansand in.“WhenIwas studying, my NEWDELHI,JULY1 from Lhasa.Ittook amonth to Forawhile,heusedQQ, an ing to impact local businesses. Chinese on the app, added, “It’s parentswould send me money reachNepal on foot,fromwhere instant messaging software Youton (30), who usedto okayifWeChat is banned but via WeChat. NowthatIamearn- IN THE bylanes of the nearly we took buses to cities in India. service alsodeveloped by send Ayurvedic cosmetic prod- thereshould be asubstitute. I ing, it is the other wayround. I emptyMajnu Ka Tila, Tenzing Iwas alonewith agroup of Tencent. “Wewould nottalk uctsfromDelhi to Tibetand used to exportIndian medicines do nothaveafixedincome, Dikyi (40) reflected on howhe strangers…Myparentsand very often. But everyonce in a China, said,“Iwould clickpho- to Chinaand Tibet. And we have rather,myincomeisdependent is nowcut offfromthe land of three siblings arestill there. For while, it wasnice to seetheir tosofproductsonWeChat and been unemployedsince the on howmanyitems arebeing hisbirth, Tibet, as WeChat, his manyyears, it wasdifficult to faces. Theyalways calledme send them to clients.Ifthey lockdown.” exportedtoChina or Tibet,” she onlylinkhome, is among 59 speak to them as it wasnot safe during festivals and familyocca- liked the product, theywould The fear that exporttoChina said. Chinese apps bannedinIndia. and the call rateswereveryhigh. sions.” makethe paymentthrough the and Tibetmight be adversely “Mostofour business comes Fordecades, MajnukaTila Then came WeChat, making it a AChinese translator by pro- app. Then, we would dispatch impacted loomedinthe air. from China. People order items has been synonymous with the lotsimpler.” fession, he said, “Thereisno the product.” YangkyiLhamo (26) looked from here, payusonWeChat Tibetansettlement near the gur- WeChat is amessaging,so- work underlockdown as it is. In Youton came to India when distraught as she beganher and then the boxesare dwara. Since the early 1960s, it cial mediaand mobilepayment the current climate,itlookslike shewas 13:“My familystarted work dayinacourier office in shipped…,” she said, adding has been home to over 365 app that wasreleasedby my languageskills hold no using WeChat afew years agoas the area. She came to India with that she doesn’t knowofany Tibetanfamilies who have set- Tencent Technology in 2011. value.” 365 Tibetanfamilies have settledinMajnu ka Tila. AbhinavSaha call ratesusedtobearound her brother when theywere other payment or video calling tledhere. Dikyi addedthat his familycan- Sitting on the banksofthe Rs 40 per minute.” children as her parentsdeemed appavailable in both countries.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,JULY2,2020 5 GOVT &POLITICS Only 13% of allocated free food grain handed out Govtnoticeto to returningmigrant workers, reveals govt data Priyankato 8lakh metric tonnes allocated forMay,June; States/UTslifted6.38 lakh metric tonnes; Distributed 1.07 lakh metric tonnes Finance MinisterNirmala These areAndhraPradesh, Goa, on Wednesday, Union Minister vacatebungalow HARIKISHANSHARMA Sitharaman had suggestedthat Gujarat, Jharkhand, Ladakh, of Consumer Affairs, Food and NEWDELHI,JULY1 the allocation wasmeant for Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Public DistributionRam Vilas about 8crore migrant workers. Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Paswan said, “Some states are ONLY13per cent of 8lakh met- According to the ministry's Telangana and Tripura. notdistributing foodgrain to the byAugust1 ric tonnes of free food grains al- data, all 36 states and Union Some states have lagged poor.Itisamatter of located forreturningmigrant Territories lifted6.38 lakhmet- behindinlifting of their share concern...theyshould be sensi- workers under the Atmanirbhar ric tonnes, or 80 percent of 8lakh of grains. Forinstance, Odisha tive to the poor.... We have no Housing ministry cites withdrawal of Bharat packagehaveactually metric tonnes of food grains allo- liftedonly388 metric tonnes problem in providing foodgrain SPG protection; Cong alleges revenge reachedmigrantsduring May catedunder Atmanirbhar Bharat from theFoodCorporationof to states. When it is being given and June, governmentdatare- Abhiyaanfor Mayand June.But India againstits allocation of free, Idon't understand the prob- veals. theyhavedistributed only1.07 32,360 metrictonnesunder lem in distribution. We aretak- LIZMATHEW This specialallocation was lakh metric tonnes (or 13%ofal- AtmanirbharBharat Abhiyaan. ingthisissue seriously.” NEWDELHI,JULY1 made by the CentreinMay,amid located quantity) of free food- MadhyaPradesh lifted 1,963 Among states whichhave criticism overmigrants workers’ grain to the intendedbeneficiar- metric tonnes (4%) of itsallo- performedcomparatively better, MONTHS AFTER the withdrawal exodus from urban centres. ies until June 30, it shows. cation of 54,642 metric Rajasthan liftedalmost100 per of SPG protectiontothe Gandhis, Latestdataofthe Ministryof Despitelifting their full two Workers load food grains on trucks in Ranchi. PTI tonnes, while Chhattisgarh cent of itsallocated quotaof the Union government on Consumer Affairs, Food and months'quota,several states did liftedonly944 tonnes (5%) out 44,662 metric tonnes and dis- Wednesdayissued an order for Public Distribution shows that notdistributethe free food grain of the allocated20,077 metric tributed over 95 per cent —or Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi againstthe Centre’s announce- to the returningworkers, statis- 1,42,033metrictonnes —was al- quotaof86,450 metric tonnes tonnes. 42,478 metric tonnes of grain to Vadratovacatethe bungalowal- Priyanka GandhiVadra ment of distributing free 5-kg tics shows. locatedtoUttar Pradesh, which but distributedonly1.842 met- Six or sevenstates, including 42.47lakh beneficiaries in May lottedto herinLutyensBungalow foodgrain per month fortwo At least26statesand UTs lifted1,40,637 metric tonnes. But ric tonnes (2.13%) to about 3.68 Goa and Telangana,havewritten and June each. Zone. months to about 8crore migrant have lifted 100-percent of their the statedistributedonly3,324 lakh beneficiaries in May, and to to theCentreand informedthat Haryana distributed6,463 Anotice sent by theMinistry Ministryhadsaidthedecisionwas workers who do nothaveration allocation from the Centrebut metric tonnes (2.03 per cent) to no one in June, according to data. theywill notbeable to imple- metric tonnes againstits alloca- of Housingand Urban Affairs takenafter “threatassessment". cards, only2.13crore beneficiar- notone of them distributed full about 4.39 lakh beneficiaries in Elevenstatesand one UT did ment the scheme since migrant tion of 12,649 metric tonnes. askedtheCongressgeneralsecre- In December,Parliament ies it in May(1.21 crore) and June quantities to the beneficiaries in May, andto2.25lakhbeneficiaries notdistributeeven1per cent of workers have movedout of their Himachal Pradesh, Assam and tary to vacateher government passedtheSPG(Amendment)Bill (92.44lakh). the lasttwo months, datashows. in June,accordingtotheministry. the quantitytheyhad liftedto states. Karnatakaalsoperformedwell, bungalowinDelhi by August1.It that limitsSPG protection onlyto Announcing this on May14, The maximum quantity — Bihar also lifted100 per cent the beneficiaries during June. At avirtual media conference theministry's datashows. said her allotmentstandscan- the Prime Ministerand his family celledfromWednesday, andshe andtoaformerPMandhisfamily owesRs3.46lakhinduestothe forfiveyears. TMC supporters government. FollowingWednesday’snotice, Bihar Oppn parties object to Priyanka and her familywere Congress leaders speculatedthat manhandled allottedthe Type 6B bungalowin Priyanka,who is the party’s in- 1997 asshewasanSPGprotectee. charge of UP,may shiftbaseto virtualrallies ahead ofelections me, vandalised “Consequent upon with- Lucknow. “She has been trying drawal of SPG protection and hard,though unsuccessfully, to DELHI CONFIDENTIAL the EC to allowbig campaign ral- berofvoters at abooth should be vehicle, says BJP grant of Zplus security coverby resurrect the Congress in UP.Itis EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE lies while seekingacap of 700on 500and the CPI and JDU wanted Ministry of Home Affairs, which an opportunity to shiftbaseto NEWDELHI,JULY1 the number of voters at apolling it to be capped at 700. Bengalpresident does nothaveprovisionfor allot- Lucknowtobreathlifeintothe booth.LJP,amemberof theruling The BJP and JDU also sup- ment/retentionofGovernment Congress and establish herself as OPPOSITIONPARTIES in Bihar NDA, also did notoffer anysug- portedfewer polling phases. accommodation on security aleader,”aseniorpartyleadersaid. have objected to virtual rallies as gestionondigital campaigning. While BJP wanted electionsin EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE grounds to you, the allotment of SurjewalasaidPMModi’sand amodeofcampaigningfor the The EC will in all likelihood twophases, the latter pitchedfor KOLKATA,JULY1 Type6Bhouseno.35 LodhiEstate, his government’s “blind rage and upcoming Assemblyelections. conduct Bihar elections on time asingle phase. Lasttime, NewDelhi is herebycancelled revengeagainstthe Congress The RJD, CPI, CPI (M), NCP, BSP amid the pandemic. In astrong Assembly elections in Bihar MEDINIPUR MP and West w.e.f 01/-07/2020. One month leadershipiswellknown”.Hesaid and RLSP have arguedthat digital indication of this, the were held in five phases. Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh concessional period on the same the government had withdrawn campaigning would violatethe Commission has already con- The EC on Wednesdaywrote on Wednesday said thathewas renti.e.upto 01.08.2020isallowed the SPG covergiven to Nehru- level-playing field and favour rich vincedthe LawMinistrytoallow to CPMdefending itsdecision to heckledbyTrinamool Congress as per rules,” the notice said. Gandhi family members and for- parties with “resources”. They Covid-affected patientstovote allow65-year-olds to vote supporters and his vehicle van- It said that anystaybeyond merPrime Ministers Manmohan pitchedfor small meetings and through postalballots. through postalballots in the up- dalised when he wasout fora August1will“attractdamage Singh and HDDeve Gowda be- gatheringsofvoters instead. The The EC isn’t opposedtothe coming election. The morning walk inRajarhat, where charges/penal rent as per rules”. causethey“continuouslyshowed PROCEDURAL DELAY parties put their views forward idea of digital campaigning. In an Commission said the decision he wasscheduledtohold an in- The Congress said the move themirroroftruthof theanti-peo- in an all-party meeting calledby interviewtoThe Indian Express wastaken to protect vulnerable teraction with party workers on showedthat Prime Minister plepolicies to the government”. PRIME MINISTER NarendraModipulled outfromChinesemi- the Bihar Chief Electoral Officer lastmonth, Election groups during polls while ensur- Wednesday. NarendraModiwas unnerved by “Now the Modi government cro-blogging platform Weibo on Wednesday.The move comes (CEO) on June 26. Commissioner Sushil Chandra ing theyare notdeprivedoftheir Alleging inac- Priyanka’s political activities in has stooped even further. twodays afterthe governmentannouncedaban on 59 mo- The BJP,whichheldvirtual had said that “parties will have voting rights. tion by the po- Uttar Pradesh. Whether it is Modi or UP CM Yogi bile apps with Chinese links, including Weibo, WeChat, TikTok rallies throughout lastmonth, to rely on virtualralliesand cam- CPM leader Sitaram Yechury lice, Ghosh WhileCongressspokesperson Adityanath, theyare deeplyun- and Shareit. Modi joinedthe Twitter-likeChinese social me- supportedthe digital modeof paigning through social media” had questionedthe move saying claimedthat Randeep Surjewala allegedthat nerved by the political activities dia platform ahead of his visit to ChinainMay 2015,and had campaigning in the all-party during Bihar elections. the poll body bypassedthe es- his security the government wasblinded by and activism of Priyanka Gandhi morethan 2.4 lakh followers. It seems theplatform’sstrict meeting and said it would be “in- To ensuresocial distancing, tablishedpractice of consulta- personnel revengeand said the Congress Vadraasalso the Congress in UP rules forverifiedhandles of prominentpersonalitieshad appropriate” forthe Election theEChas decidedtolimit the tion with political parties. The were also at- wouldnotbedeterredbysuchno- bringing to light successivefail- slowedthe process of quitting the platform. Commission(EC) to ban it. number of voters at eachpolling EC, in turn, pointed outthatit tacked. tices, Punjab Chief Minister ures of the BJP government,” ItsallyJD(U) wassilentonvir- booth to 1,000,instead of 1,600 wasconsulting political parties “I wasout AmarinderSingh asked thegov- Surjewala said. tual rallies specifically. But the in normalcircumstances.Parties before polls and attachedmin- DilipGhosh foramorning ernmentto withdraw theorderin Congress leader in Lok Sabha LOUD SILENCE party representative said that have suggestedbringing this utes of the all-party meeting walk and was the interestofPriyanka’s safety. AdhirRanjanChowdhurysaidthe some political parties were con- number down further.The LJP in- calledbythe Bihar CEO on June scheduledto InNovemberlastyear,thegov- move shows the BJP’s priorities. IN THE lastone week,EDofficials questionedsenior Congress tradicting themselvesbyasking dicatedthatthe maximum num- 26. visit atea stall at nearby ernmentwithdrew theSPGcover “Instead of waging battle against leader AhmedPatel twiceinconnection with amoney-laun- Kochpukur villagetotalk to our that wasgiven to Congress lead- Congress and Gandhi parivar, dering case involving Sterling Biotech group of Gujarat. While party workers. BeforeIcould ers Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi wage thebattle againstCorona the Congress gave astandardresponse on the firstday —that it reachthere, Trinamool support- and Priyanka since the assassina- and China.” WITHENSINPUTS is awitchhuntand is aimedatdiverting attention from otheris- Govts trying to manage perception, ers vandalisedthe teastall.Later, tion of former Prime Minister FULLREPORTON sues —former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka theyheckledand manhandled RajivGandhi in 1991.The Home www.indianexpress.com Gandhi Vadrahad been silent. Mostofthe topparty leaders too me and severalofour vehicles have notspoken out. Priyanka and Rahul arebothactive on must accept Covid situation: Rahul were vandalised.Mysecurity Twitter.Their silence hasnotgoneunnoticedinCongresscircles. guardswho came to rescue me frustrated and do notknowhow were also beaten up. The local CBI books Sanjay EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE to move forward,” he said. police were informed about my LEGAL HURDLE NEWDELHI,JULY1 “I think…the governments visit to thearea. However, they aretrying to managethe percep- did nothing,” said Ghosh. Bhandari for AFTER THE government move toban TikTok and58otherapps, AS COVID-19casesinthe coun- tion (and) theyare trying to give Partysources said that Union it seems thereare fewinthe legal fraternity to represent the trycontinuetosurge,senior asense that the problem is not Home MinisterAmit Shah spoke companies in court.While senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi has Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as bad as it is. But Ibelievethat to Ghosh over the phone and en- ‘corruption’ in refusedtoappear forTikTok, senioradvocateand Congress on Wednesdaysaid govern- look,wehavetoface theprob- quired about the incident. leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi, whohad earlier represented mentsare tryingto“manage” lem, so we should acceptthe The stateBJP president has and wonacasefor Bytedance Technology Pvt Limited (which the “perception” and give asense problem, define the problem ac- recentlyshiftedtoanew 12-bed- petroleum contract owns TikTok), is also unlikelytorepresentthem. Sources said that the problem is “notasbad Rahul Gandhi curately andthen fight the prob- room residence at Rajarhat area he had refusedindirect enquiries. Singhvi had lastyear ap- as it is” and arguedthat it is im- lem,” the Congress leader added. in North24Parganas district. of M/sSantechInternational,UAE pearedfor the companywhenitchallengedaban againstthe portant to “accept” the problem, Rahul wasinconversation Ghoshalso allegedthat the DEEPTIMANTIWARY inorderto induceunknownpub- appimposed by theMadrasHC. define it “accurately”and fight it. them as “a non-violent Army” withAnu Ragnat, who is work- owner of the newresidence was NEWDELHI,JULY1 licservantstoshowallegedundue The remarks came duringhis risking their livestosavepeople ing in NewZealand, Narendra being harassedbythe favour to the consortium of M/s interaction with four Indian from the pandemic. Singh, who is in Australia, administration. THE CBI has registeredacase of SECL in theaward of contract of DOUBLE BOOST nurses working in NewZealand, Speaking aboutthe situation Sherlylmol Puravady,anursein The TMC, however, dis- corruption againstarmsdealer DFCU project at Dahej,Gujarat.” Australia, the United Kingdom in Delhi, he said testing is notbe- Liverpool, UK, and Vipin missedGhosh’s allegations as SanjayBhandari, Samsung In the FIR, the CBI alleged “the FOLLOWINGPMNarendraModi’scall to be vocal about local, and India on the occasion of ing allowedatmanyhospitals. Krishnan of AIIMS-Delhi. “baseless”. “Everyday we get EngineeringLtdandunknownof- saidagreementwasrelatingto the TripuraCMBiplabKumarDebonWednesdayannouncedanovel Doctor’s Day. The interaction “One of the doctors Iwas speak- Krishnan, aformer general to hear similarthings(attack ficials of Oil and Natural Gas consultancy services to be pro- scheme. The stategovernment has asked self-help groups of wasstreamedonsocialmedia ing to in aprivate hospital was secretaryofAIIMS Nurses Union on Ghosh)... Thereisnoneed Corporation (ONGC) among oth- videdbyM/s.Santech DeendayalAntodaya Yojana -National Urban Livelihoods platforms. telling me that it becomes im- who had tested positive for forour party to resorttovio- ers forallegedirregularities in International FZC to M/s.SECLfor Mission to distributepineapple and lemonjuicebetween noon During the interaction,the possible forthem to work if they Covid-19, said nurses in the pri- lence to stop the BJP.In2021 awardofacontractrelatedto ape- obtaining the said contract”. and 4pmonSaturdays.This, the CM said, will help improveim- frontline health workers shared cannottestCovid patients.Ifthey vate sector arefacing a“lotofdis- Assemblypolls,BJP’s position troleumproject at Dahej in The Indian Express had on munity in Covid times while supporting farmers. Tripurapro- their experiences, perspectives don’tknowifthe patienthas crimination” and salarycuts. He in the statewillbeclear,” said Gujarat. February 10,2019, reported that duces1.28 lakh MT pineapples annually.The government has andthechallengestheyare facing. Covid or not, theydon’t know felt the government “musthelp Sudip Bandyopadhyay, TMC Sourcessaidthecasewasreg- probingVadraandhisrelationship allocated Rs 1crore forthe scheme. Expressing solidarity with wheretoput him... So theywere them and paytheir entire MP and party’s leaderinLok isteredbased on areference sent with Bhandari, the ED waslook- health workers, Rahul described saying that theyare completely salaries”. Sabha. by theEDtoCBIlastyearwhenED ing intowhether a2008deal be- wasprobing an alleged London tweenONGCand Samsung property associated with Engineering Ltdwas linked to al- Congress president Sonia leged payoffsthat were behind 100 days after taking over, Chouhan set to have full Cabinet Gandhi’sson-in-lawRobertVadra. the purchase of aproperty in The latter has deniedowning any London. The ED is probing Vadra were fractious discussions in mand to accommodatesenior Committee chief Kamal Nath property in London. in connection with half-a-dozen MILINDGHATWAI New Delhi and Bhopal on who MLAs who were ministers in tweeted, “The churning lasted Among those booked by the properties in London,which, it BHOPAL,JULY1 will makeittothe Cabinetbe- his three previous terms be- so long that it producedonly CBI areBhandari’s companyM/s. claims, areindirectlyownedby cause the party had to makea tween 2005 and 2018,evenas poison.Poison will have to be SantechInternational, FZC, UAE; him.Theagencyhadlastyeartold ALMOST100 days afterthe BJP tightrope walk in trying to adjust the party looked fornewer and drunk dailyfromnow on be- M/s. Samsung Engineering Co. aDelhi courtthatone of these unseated theKamal Nath gov- BJP leaders, including those who energetic faces.Three BJP cause there will be churning Ltd., SouthKorea; M/s. Foster propertieshadbeenpurchasedin ernment in Madhya Pradesh, had been ministers in the past, MLAs who were ministers in everyday.” WheelerEnergy Ltd.,UK; Hong 2010 with “kickbacks” through ChiefMinisterShivraj Singh as well as Scindia’ssupporters, the pastare unlikelytomakeit Nath waslikelyindicating NamKoong, the then Senior Bhandari.Ithad claimedthese Chouhan is settohaveafull- who willsoon face by-elections. to his Cabinetthis time,itis that thegovernmentwillhavea Manager of SECL and “unknown kickbacks were paid to Bhandari fledged CabinetonThursday. Twenty-twoCongress MLAs, learnt. tough time because Chouhan officials of ONGC/OPal”. in a“petroleumministry deal of Chouhan had takenoath including six ministers in the The Chief Minister, who will have to deal with unhappy According to CBI, “Sanjay the UPAera”. alone on March23, the night be- erstwhile Kamal Nath govern- spent twodays in Delhibefore BJP aspirantswho willnot be Bhandari,Directorof M/s.Santech Vadra’s lawyer KTSTulsi had fore thePrime Ministeran- ment, had resignedand later returning to Bhopal on Tuesday, able to getministerial berths. international, UAEacted in crim- then calledthe ED probea nouncedthe nationwide lock- joinedthe BJP earlier this year. hintedthat he had to makesome Uttar Pradesh Governor inal conspiracywithother ac- “smear campaign and notanin- down. Afterworking alone until While twoofhis loyalists,Tulsi compromises. “Jabbhi manthan Anandiben Patel, who took oath cusedand in furtheranceofthe vestigation”. April 21,heinducted five minis- Silawatand Govind Rajput, are hota hai amrit nikaltahai,vishto as MP Governor on Wednesday, said conspiracy entered intoa Samsung Engineering ters, including twoloyalists of already ministers, Scindia is Shivraj Singh Chouhanwith AnandibenPatel in Bhopal. PTI Shiv pee jate hai (every churning will administerthe oath of office consultancyagreementwithM/s. spokesperson Jin Hartmann had former Congress leader learnt to have wanted 10 others produces nectar,LordShivcon- to newministers on Thursday. SECL in violation of the contract earlier told TheIndian Express, JyotiradityaScindia,whose re- to be accommodated. sumes the poison),’’ he told the The state’s incumbent Governor, agreement betweenM/s.OPaL& “Samsung Engineering complies bellion brought down the previ- Mostseatsbound forthe by- the former Union ministerholds Assemblyelections. media on Wednesday. Lalji Tandon, is undergoing treat- M/s. SECL and allegedly obtained with the laws and regulations in ous Congress-ledgovernment. elections areinthe state’s clout. The Congress had done Chouhan had atoughtime Taking adig at Chouhan, for- ment at aprivate hospital in US$49,99,969(approx)fromM/s. theconductof business,including Over the lastfew days there Gwalior-Chambal region, where well in the region in the 2018 convincing the BJP high com- mer CM andPradesh Congress Lucknow. SECLintheoverseasbankaccount in the project awardprocess.”

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,JULY2,2020 6 THE OUTBREAK Somestates Corporate sector queues up as pvt Can’t abdicate usingtestlabs labs begin ELISA tests for antibodies responsibility to TABASSUM protectcitizens, BARNAGARWALA atsub-optimal MUMBAI,JULY1 PRIVATELABORATORIES have says Telangana HC kick-started antibody testing for level:ICMR,govt anyone who wantstoundergo the same, with most requests SREENIVASJANYALA Facing flak ,the state coming from the private sector HYDERABAD,JULY1 government had and ahigh testing ratio of 2,910 —people attached to salons, film KARISHMAMEHROTRA per 100,000people. industry, private hospitals, and WITH THE number of Covid-19 promisedtoincrease NEWDELHI,JULY1 Elevenstatesand UTshavea industrial and corporate offices. cases continuingtorise in testing to over 5,000 positivity rate below5per cent Thyrocare,whichhas con- Telangana, the High Courton SOME STATES have been utilis- andatestingratiobelow1,000per ducted about 5,000 ELISA (en- Wednesday criticisedthegovern- per day, but has ing testing laboratories, espe- 100,000 population. Another 12 zyme-linked immunosorbent ment for“behaving in amanner restricted them to less ciallyprivate labs, at a“sub-op- stateshave asimilarpositivityrate assay) antibody testsacross that is violating the right to live”. than 4,000so far timal” leveland it is “strongly but atesting ratio between1,000 India, said it has found 8per cent The court saiditisthe duty of recommended”that laborato- and 2,000per100,000people. of those examinedtesting posi- the state to protect the livesof ries should be free to test “anyin- At 212per 100,000 popula- tive forantibodiesagainstthe citizens. By notdeclaring the re- ment wasnot conducting dividual in accordance to ICMR tion,Biharhassomeof thelowest coronavirus. quired information regarding enough teststomeetthe mark guidelines”, the ICMR and the testing rates. Telangana, UP, Severalofthe samplesittook the spread of Covid-19, includ- of 50,000 in 10 days,asithad Health Ministry has stated in a Jharkhand,MadhyaPradesh,and in Mumbai were partofasero- inginformation on wherecon- promisedtodoinits lastaffi- letter to stategovernmentsand West Bengalall have below600 surveillancebeing undertaken MEANWHILE, IN MUMBAI: The MumbaiPolice on Wednesdayasked residentstorestrict tainment zones are, the stateis davit filedonJune 17. Union Territories. testsper 100,000population. by BMC alongwith Niti Aayog. their movementstotheir “neighbourhood” till July15. It reiterated thatbarring afew endangering the livesofcitizens, “Thereare high positives The letter notesthatstates The letter states: “Atthisjunc- The ELISA IgGantibodytest restrictions that have been relaxed between 9pmto 5am, prohibitoryorders will be in place it said. amidstlow testing but the gov- have made prescription from a ture, it is absolutely necessaryto involvestaking ablood sample duringthistime period underSection144 of the CrPC. Nirmal Harindran “You cannotabdicate your re- ernment has notadhered to its governmentdoctormandatoryto facilitate testing at the earliestby of aperson to checkwhether he sponsibility to protect your citi- assurance of increasing testing," allowfor aCovid-19 test,and ob- enabling all qualifiedmedical or shehas developedantibodies zens.Why areyou notconduct- the Benchsaid. servesthatthismay pose imped- practitioners, including private againstaninfection. Antibodies Thyrocareischarging Rs 600 Diagnostics. healthworkers, in containment ing the required number of The courtsought informa- imentsand lead to delays. practitioners,toprescribeCOVID take twoweekstodevelop after per test andresultsare generated The lab found 25 per cent of zones, and for government ap- tests? Whyare younot dissem- tion from the government on The letter,signedbyICMRdi- test to anyindividual fulfilling the exposuretoinfection. Aperson in 24 hours. The lab's head of op- those examinedtestedpositive proved sero-surveys. inating informationdaily in your howmanyprimary andsecond- rector-general Dr Balram criteria fortesting as per ICMR mayornot develop symptoms erations, Dr Caesar Sengupta, forantibodies but Arorasaid On June 23, in itsrevised bulletins about containment arycontactsofinfected persons Bhargava andHealth Secretary guidelines. In fact, ICMRstrongly but will still develop antibodies said theystarted antibody test- moretests areneededtodrawa guidelines, while ICMR main- zones, and moreinformation were tracedand samples taken. Preeti Sudan states: “It has been recommends thatlaboratories to fight the infection. ing from June 26, and have been definitive conclusion on the ex- tainedRT-PCR(real-time poly- about spread of the virus?” Chief “Health authorities started observedthat insomeStates/ UTs, should befree to test anyindivid- This test,usedassurveillance testing amix of high-risk popu- posurerate. “Testing250 sam- merase chain reaction) test was Justice RaghavendraSingh conducting moretests,but they thecapacity utilization of the test- ual in accordance to the ICMR tool, indicateshow manymay lation and the general popula- ples is asmall number.This may the “gold standard” fordetecting Chauhan said. were alarmedbythe high num- ing labs particularly the ones in guidelines and Stateauthorities have gotexposedavirus. tion. “Weare also testing indus- or maynot indicateactual expo- Covid-19 infection,itallowedpri- Facing flak from the HC and berofCovid-19cases when test- private sector,isgrosslysub-op- mustnot restrict an individual In European countries, the trial labourers who arereturning sure to the virusamongthe gen- vate labs to perform ELISAanti- others, the Telangana govern- ing wasincreased. The timal. It is strongly advisedthat from getting tested...” test is beingusedasan“immu- to work,” he added. eral population,” Arorasaid. bodytests forabroaderspectrum. ment had promisedtoincrease Telangana government has youshouldtake allpossiblesteps The ministryand the ICMR nitypassport” forpeople want- Suburban Diagnostics Dr NileshShah, group presi- Aspokesperson forSRL the number teststoover5,000 scaleditdown,” ahealth depart- to ensure full capacity utilization encouraged states to setup ing to return to work while be- startedantibody testing from dent at Metropolis, said they Diagnostics said theyare still per day, butithas restrictedthem ment official said. of all COVID-19testing laborato- camps and mobilevans in high- ing assured that they have Monday, andhas tested 250 startedELISAtesting in 45 labs evaluating protocol and will toless than4,000 so far. The increase in tests resulted ries in the State/ UT.” incidenceareas to collect sam- immunity againstCovid-19. samples so far. The lab is charg- on Tuesdayand have tested soon startperforming the tests. The CJ directed the govern- in the number of cases tripling Currently, Telangana and ples using rapid antigen tests, a “Wehavemostlyreceivedre- ing Rs 950 forwalk-ins,and Rs around 500peoplesofar.“We India so farhas 1,000 ap- ment to providedetails of efforts in Telangana, with amajority re- Maharashtrahavethe troubling newtype of quickand cheaper quests from corporateofficesin 1,450 forhome testing. have mostlytestedcorporate proved Covid-19testing labs, 730 being made to containthe situa- portedinHyderabad. As of June duoof highpositivity(both18 per test recentlymade available by different parts of India that “Weare receiving queries employees till now. Some hous- of them in the public sector. In tion by July17, failing whichithas 30, therewere16,339 cases in cent)andlowtestsperpopulation the government agency. wanted itsemployees to resume from health workers who want ingsocietiesare also approach- May, ICMR had conducted a orderedthe chiefsecretary, Telangana. (251and 863tests per 100,000 The positivity ratesof work.Wefound that 10 per cent to knowiftheyhavebeen ex- ing us," he said, adding that they sero-surveillance of 26,400peo- healthsecretary, director of pub- On June 30, 945new cases population, respectively). While Telangana (18%), Maharashtra of thoseexaminedincities and posedtothe virus. Salons want areyet to analysethe positivity ple and found 0.73per cent pos- lic health and commissioner of were reported; 869 of 945cases Delhihasahighertestingratio,its (18%),Delhi (16%), and Gujarat 5per cent in smallertowns their employees to be tested. rate and will arequire larger pool itive forantibodies, indicating public health to appear in virtual were reportedfromGreater high positivity rate also inches it (8%)remain some of the highest tested positive. On an average, 8 Since the film industryhas tododo. the exposureofvirus waslower court. Hyderabad Municipal closertotheworrisomequadrant. in the country. per cent people tested hadbeen startedshooting, severalare Until lastmonth, Indian than 1per cent. The BenchofChief Justice Corporation area. On the otherside of the spec- The ICMR has also addeda exposedtoCovid-19and devel- coming forELISAtests,” said Dr Council of Medical Research India so farhas 1,049ap- RaghavendraSingh Chauhan Therewereseven deathsin trum, Jammu and Kashmir has a newset of validatedantibodyand opedantibodies,” said Dr A SanjayArora,founder and man- (ICMR) guidelines had allowed proved labs.Among them,761 and Jusice Vijayasen Reddy the last24hours, taking the to- lowpositivity rate of 2per cent RT-PCR kits. Velumani,founder of Thyrocare. aging director of Suburban antibody testingfor frontline and areinthe public sector. questionedwhy the govern- taltollto260. Goa to begin opening hotels today Probe ordered Covid bodykept after hospital Notices to 18 hospitals in at home for Manohar Ajgaonkar made the The announcement comes EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE announcement on Wednesday, even as Goa looksatthe possi- performs surgery 48 hrs, Kolkata PANAJI,JULY1 saying, “Economically, we arein bilityofcontainment zones, with Bengaluruas52-yr-old dies abad shape.”Hesaidtourists 713active Covid-19 cases and withoutwaiting family alleges WITH Aviewtoget itseconomy who wish to enterthe stateneed around 330people quarantined mission by 18 hospitals… His son 50 per cent of their bedsfor backontrack,Goa will begin to pre-book themselvesand in various facilities. for Covid result EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Vikram Jain and nephewDinesh Covid 19 patientsreferredbyit. lack of govthelp opening over 250 hotels across should be tested forthe coron- Meanwhile, with an MLAof Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir BENGALURU,JULY1 have statedthatSri Bhawarlal was On June 27,ithad issued a the statestarting Thursday, with avirus at most48hours prior to the ruling BJP testing positive for administrationhas initiatedan takentothese hospitals on warning to them fordenying ad- the tourism ministryhaving en- their arrival. Those who haven't the virusaweek afterameeting inquiryintothe circumstances KARNATAKA’SCOMMISSIONER Saturdayand Sunday foradmis- mission to coronavirus cases. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE sured that all SOPs with regards tested themselvesfor the virus of the legislators, Chief Minister thatled aprivate hospitalat forHealth and FamilyWelfare sion on observingsomeILI-like The Karnataka government KOLKATA,JULY1 to thecoronavirus pandemic are should be willing to gettested Pramod Sawant on Wednesday Banihal conduct surgeryona Services has issuedashowcause symptoms. But none of the hos- has prescribed amountsranging in place. and mayonlyleave the hotel asked thosepresent at the meet woman without waiting forher notice to 18 private andpublic pitals admitted on the pretextof between Rs 5,200per dayfor a THE BODY of a71-year-old man, StateTourism Minister premises if theytestnegative. to getthemselvestested. Covid-19report. The 32-year-old hospitals in Bengaluru forrefus- unavailability of beds/ventila- general bed andRs10,000foran who had tested positivefor later tested positivefor the virus ing treatment to a52-year-old, tors.” The notice underlines that ICU with aventilator,for patients Covid-19after hisdeath on DIRECTORATE OF ENVIRONMENT &CLIMATE CHANGE DEPARTMENT,HARYANA BanihalSub Divisional who later diedofinfluenza-like private medical establishments referred by it to private hospitals. Monday, waskeptathomefor S.C.O.NO.1, 2, 3, SECOND FLOOR, SECTOR 17-D,CHANDIGARH-160017 MagistrateZahir Abbas said the illness symptoms. “cannotdeny/refuse/avoid treat- Forpatientsreachingprivate nearly 48 hours as familymem- Applicationsare invited to fill up the following posts on contractbasis forone year (maybeextended further) in theproject woman wasoperatedfor hernia The notice wasissuedafter ment to patients withCovid 19 hospitals on own, the ceiling has bers ranfrompillar to postseek- Establishing/strengtheningthe StateClimate Change Cell underNMSKCC in theEnvironment andClimateChange on Monday and her Covidtestre- reportsindicated that Bhawarlal and Covid 19-likesymptoms”. been setatRs10,000 foragen- ing help from government agen- Department Haryana. portcameaspositiveonTuesday. Sujani could notget admission As per the SOP forcoron- eral ward andRs25,000 foran cies and policefor itsdisposal. Sr.Name of the Post Essential Qualification and Experience Emoluments No. per Month As per the protocol, ahospital is at various hospitals through June avirus in Karnataka, people with ICU with aventilator.However, Followingthe delayincrema- 1. Senior Research Post Graduate DegreeinEnvironment Science/ Chemistry/ Botany/ Rs.28,000/-+20% HRA required to getthe patienttested 27 and28. The hospitals, includ- ILI symptoms aretobetreated as in the case of patientswho re- tion, the familyevenhad to rent Fellow(1Post) Zoology/Micro-Biology/Bio-Chemistry. forCovidbefore undertakingsur- ing major ones likeBowring, suspectedcases and tested. portdirectlytoprivate hospitals afreezer to preservethe body. Twoyears of research experience in field of environment and climate change.Preference will be given to UGC-CSIR_NET qualified candidates. gery on him/her,hesaid. Fortis and Manipal, have been Bengaluru is seeing asudden and have aprivate insurance Thedeceased, aresidentof 2. Junior Research Post GraduatedegreeinEnvironment Science/ Chemistry/Botany/ Rs.25,000/-+20% HRA Asurgeon at the hospital, told to getbackwithin 24 hours surge in cases,especiallysince cover, thereisnoceiling. Health Kolkata, diedwith Covid-19 Fellow(2Post) Zoology/ Micro-Biology/Bio-Chemistry. Preference will be given to UGC- meanwhile, said the surgeryhad on whyaction should notbeini- the beginning of June, resulting officials sayprivate hospitals are symptoms at his home around 3 CSIR-NET qualified candidates. Desirable: One year of research experience in field of environment and cli- to be performedinemergency tiatedagainst them,including in aheavy demand forbeds. The favouring patients with private pm on Monday.Toget adeath mate change. following obstructioninher ar- under the StateDisaster nearly 100ICU bedsingovern- insurance. certificate, the familymembers 3. ProjectAssistant Bachelor degree with Economics (one of the subject)/B.Sc. Rs.8,000/- (1 Post) tery.“...Her familyinsistedon get- Management Act. ment hospitals and medical col- As per official data, of the contacted alocal doctor who ting her operated at Banihal in The notice,byCommisioner leges arecurrentlyfull, andthe 1,619bedsinthe private sector suggestedaCovid test.The fam- The last date of receiving the application is 30.07.2020.The application format is available on website i.e. view of restrictionsoninter-dis- PankajKumar Pandey, says Sujani government has been trying to forCovid 19 cases, only418 were ilythencontacted the local po- www.harenvironment.gov.in. trict movement in the UT.” ENS “succumbed duetodenial of ad- getprivate hospitals to dedicate full betweenJune1and June 28. lice station, Health Department 81558/HRY DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENT &CLIMATE CHANGE DEPARTMENT,HARYANA and KolkataMunicipal Corporation forcremation of the body as per Covid protocol. ShahasksAssam to However, the familyalleged TENDER NOTICE that it had receivednohelp from anygovernment agency. conduct 10,000 tests The deceased’s nephewsaid, “Wecontacted the local police station, and we were told to con- in Guwahati per day tact the Health Department. We calledonthe helpline number of Covid-19 Ag’ test,through which the Health Department, but got ABHISHEKSAHA the resultofasamplecan be ob- no response. We also triedto GUWAHATI,JULY1 tainedwithin 15 minutes to one keep the body in mortuaries, but hour.The government hasor- were notallowed as uncle wasa UNION HOME MinisterAmit dered 2lakh ‘Q Covid-19Ag’ test suspected Covid patient.” Shah has told Assam Health kits, Sarma said. On Tuesdaymorning, the MinisterHimantaBiswaSarma Medical staffwould be familymembers contactedthe to trytoconduct10,000Covid-19 trainedtouse thenew kit on Kolkata Municipal Corporation, testsper dayinGuwahati,evenas Thursday, and it is expected that whichtoo asked them to contact the city remains under complete full-fledged testingthrough it the Health Department. “Wevis- lockdownandcontinuesto show willstart in thecity in the next ited the Health Department of- aspikeinthe number of people two-three days. fice wherewewereasked to get infected with the coronavirus. GuwahationTuesdayhad re- aCovid test report, without Speaking at apress briefing ported 382 fresh coronavirus whichthe cremation could not Wednesday, Sarma said, cases and by Wednesday after- be done,” said the nephew. “Conducting 10,000testsper day noon, another 157people tested The familythen managedto is abig task... Ithink in Guwahati positive from the city.Asof get atestconducted,and the de- so manypeople mightnot come Wednesdayevening, Assam had ceased tested positive. forwardtosubmit samplesper reported atotal of 8,547Covid- “Meanwhile, we had day—we cannotforce people. In 19 cases, including 2,885 cases, arranged afreezer to prevent the ourmodest target,weshould be and had reported12fatalities. body from decomposing. Today, able to conduct 2,000-4,000tests Currently, Guwahati has ato- in the morning, we submitted per day. Of course, if we can do talbed capacity of 1,538, of the Covid reporttoKMC,follow- 10,000testsitwill bevery good.” which987 areoccupied. ing whichcivic body workers fi- As aconsequence of Shah’s On Wednesday, Sarma inau- nallytookawaythe body in the telephonic conversation with gurated a900-bed Covidcare afternoon forcremation,” the Sarma, and in consultation with hospital at Guwahati’s nephewsaid. the ICMR, the Assam govern- Khanapara. He said that within “Evenour neighbourswere ment has decidedtoimplement the next 4-5 days,the statewill worriedbecauseofthe disease,” 81555/HRY. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION KINDLYVISIT:www.haryanaeprocurement.gov.in or www.etenders.hry.nic.in anew testing regime with the ‘Q develop aplasma bank. said the son of the deceased.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,JULY2,2020 7 EXPRESS NETWORK

TN CUSTODY DEATHS Assam floods: 7 Now, aCovid hurdle in bullet train tracks more die, nearly 15 lakh affected thegovernmentwithareadyrea- On the ground, however, the Onecopheld, VISHWASWAGHMODE, son. Asenior finance department delays arealreadybeingfelt,mak- MAYURAJANWALKAR& officialsaidthe government had ing theplannedroll out in August NEERAJTIWARI alreadyimposeda67percentcut 2022,tocoincidewith 75 years of EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE MUMBAI,JULY1 in expenditureondevelopment Independence, tough. In Gujarat, GUWAHATI,JULY1 schemes forthe current financial whereworkonthe project had murdercharge THE SHIV Sena-led Maha Vikas year due to reduced revenue col- commenced,thedisplacementof FLOOD WATERS areshowing Aghadi government in Mahara- lection amid the pandemic. migrant workers following the signsof recedinginAssam,butstill shtrahas anew reason to go slow “The government has takena lockdown from March 24 has al- claimed six livesonWednesday, ontheMumbai-Ahmedabadbul- decisionthat projects,inwhich ready causedalabour shortage. taking this year’s cumulative toll lettrain project—Covid-19. work is yettocommence, would AchalKhare,ManagingDirect- addedinFIR to 33.The Assam StateDisaster The Rs 1.1lakh crore-project be stayed forayear now,”state orof NHSRCL,said,“Itisverydiffi- ManagementAuthority(ASDMA) thatChief MinisterUddhav Thac- TransportMinisterAnilParabtold culttoforecast anything at this statedthatover14.95lakhpeople keray haddescribed as a“white The Rs 1.1lakhcrore-projectwas announcedin2017 The Indian Express when asked stagebut yes, it (pandemic) will ARUNJANARDHANAN were affected in 2,197villages in elephant”wasannouncedjointly specifically about the bullettrain have an adverseeffect.” CHENNAI,JULY1 21 districtsofthe state. by PrimeMinisterNarendraModi project. The government may Ironically, theprojectmayhave While the six flood deaths and his Japanese counterpart tions forthe project. project.However,withthepeople later reviewthe projectsput on moretakers in Maharashtranow THE MADRAS High Court-ap- were recordedfromDhubri, Nag- Shinzo AbeinTokyoin2017. Railways setupthe National of the area opposingthe project, hold,asourcesaid. thanbefore.InPalghardistrict,res- pointedCB-CIDteamprobingthe aon, Barpeta andNalbari, a50- Japan International Coope- High SpeedRail CorporationLi- acquisition has barelybegun. “Atthis moment, we have no idents who had refusedtomake custodialdeathofatraderandhis year-old from Cachar districtdied rationAgency(JICA)isfunding80 mited(NHSRCL),aspecialpurpose Within days of taking office, suchidea (of restructuring the fi- wayfor the project in 2018,are re- sonatSathankulampolicestation asaresultof alandslide.AsperAS- per centofthe estimated costof vehicle, to executethe project. Uddhavhad announcedthatall nancialagreement), so as per the considering their opposition due nearThoothukudiarrestedoneof DMA,thecauseofdeathwas“elec- the project through asoftloan. With108kmofthe530-kmof big projects, including the bullet agreement, we will continue to to the precarious financial condi- the twoaccusedsub-inspectors trocution due to uprootedtree The remainingcosthas to be corridorinMaharashtra,thestate train, would be reviewed in the support(the project),” said tion brought on by the lockdown. on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Sub-inspector Raghu Ganesh falling on powerline as aresultof borne by Gujarat and Mahara- has to acquire353 of thetotal lightofthe state’smassive debt. ShinsukeNagai,senior represen- FULLREPORTON twoFIRsofsuspiciousdeaths(176 landslide”.Lastmonth, 21 people, shtrainthe form of landacquisi- 1,400hectares required forthe Now, Covid-19has provided tative of JICA,India. www.indianexpress.com CrPC) were altered to include includingminors, died in aseries murder charges(302 IPC). TuesdaydirectedTirunelveli DSP of landslidesinCachar,Karimganj The CB-CIDteam has booked AnilKumartohead the CB-CID and Hailakandidistricts. sixofficersfrom Sathankulampo- probetoprotectevidenceuntilthe “The overall trend is improv- Oli softens stance, but 2nd blast in 2months at govt lice station. While sub-inspector CBItakesovertheinvestigationon ing, the waters arereceding be- Raghu Ganesh wasarrestedon the stategovernment’srequest. cause the rains have lessened,” pressure to quit mounts Wednesday, sub-inspector The CB-CID team conducted said an officialfromASDMA. As thermal plant in TN, 6dead Balakrishnan and four others are enquiries with familymembers perareleaseby theCentralWater yettobearrested. and acquaintances of the victims Commission (CWC) Wednesday, ACB-CID official said Ganesh on Wednesday. the reduction in rainfall has ledto YUBARAJGHIMIRE would be sent to judicialcustody PJeyaraj (62) waspickedupby adeclineinthelevelofmostrivers. KATHMANDU,JULY1 ENS&PTI on Wednesday night. Theyhave apoliceteamfromhisshoponJune Someof them,however,continue Nepal Prime CHENNAI,NEYVELI,JULY1 formed12teamstonab the other 19.HissonJBennix(32),whowent to be in the “Severe Flood” state. UNDER FIRE forhis remarks MinisterKP accused. tothepolicestation,wasalsotaken “RiverBrahmaputrahasstarted againstIndiaand told by the rul- Sharma Oli IN THE second suchblastatthe The senior inspector of intocustody.According to the falling in all the districtsinAssam. ing Nepal CommunistParty to NLCIndia thermal powerplant Sathankulam station, Sridhar, charges, both father and son were Since rainfall is likelytocontinue provehis chargesorresign,Nepal in Neyveli, Tamil Nadu, in two whowasaccusedofanactiverole subjected to torturethrough the with lesserintensity duringthe PrimeMinisterKPSharmaOliini- Intheinformalmeeting,some months, six workers diedand 17 in torturesessions in affidavits night before theywereremanded next 4-5 days,the ‘Above Normal’ tiated conciliatorymoves on members advisedhim to hand were injured following an explo- givenbypeoplewhofacedcusto- in judicial custody on June 20. to ‘Severe Flood’ situation is likely Wednesday, but the chorus over the Prime Minister’s postto sion in aboiler on Wednesday dial torturelastmonth, was Sathankulamstationwasbrou- tocontinuewithslowfallingtrend againsthim continuedtogrow. Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda morning. spared.Apartfromsub-inspectors ght under the control of the Reve- inthestatesofArunachalPradesh, LeelamaniPokhrel,amember fortheremaininghalf of thetenure Many of the injured have at GaneshandBalakrishnan,consta- nueDepartmentonMondayasper Assam and Sub- HimalayanWest of theNepalCommunistPartysta- as per the understanding reached least50per cent burns. They bles Maharajan, who allegedly the directionofthe HC afterthe Bengal duringthe next 3-4 days,” nding committee, echoedthe ot- between them 28 months ago. have been brought to Chennai made derogatoryremarks at the Kovilpattijudicialmagistrate,who the CWCrelease said. The ASDMA her leaders,tellingOli: “Your alle- Agroup of leaders, including fortreatment. judicial magistrateonSunday, wasinitiallydeputed to probethe release said the Brahmaputrawas gation that India wasplottingto CivilAviationMinisterYogesh The plant has been shutfor a Sellathurai, Murugan and case,saidhewasharassedandthr- flowing above dangerlevel at toppleyoudidnotbehove thesta- BhattaraiandAgriculture Minister safety audit and asenior officer Muthurajwerenamedinthecase. eatenedbyseniorofficersduring Nimatighat in Jorhat, Tezpur, tureofthe position that youhold. GhanshyamBhusal,offeredtostep suspended. The MadrasHChad on hisinquiryatthestationonSunday. Guwahati, Goalparaand Dhubri. Youmustfurnish prooforquit.” down.Bhusalmadeitclearthathe An official of NLC, a MatrikaYadav,alsoastanding wasnot happywiththePrimeMi- ‘Navratna’ PSU,said theywere committee member,said Oli nister’swayoffunctioning.“If you investigating the reasons forthe shouldquitthepostimmediately become stronger,democracy will blastinpowerstation II,which 9linked to Khalistani groups get ‘terrorist’ tag as he acted morelikea“gang getweaker, but if youget weaker, has about 2,000 workersand leader than that of the party”. itwillhave adirectfalloutonnatio- sevenunits.The blasthappened NewDelhi:The CentreonWedn- Federation head LakhbirSingh, Sikh forJustice member On Wednesday,Oli invited nalism,” he said, implying that when workers were doing main- esdaydesignatedninepersonsas- Khalistan Zindabad Force(KZF) Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, who someof hiscabinetcolleagues,loy- while he opposedOli’s wayof tenance work forresuming op- sociatedwiththeKhalistanmove- headRanjeetSingh,andKhalistan is basedinthe US, has also been alists andafew party leaders be- functioning, he supported the erations following ashutdown. ment as terrorists under the CommandoForce chief Paramjit named. Sikh ForJustice hadear- fore thecommittee meeting be- Prime Ministeronthe decision to In the May7blastatthe NLC UnlawfulActivitiesPreventionAct Singh areamong those desig- lier been declared an “unlawful gan.“Oliwasmildinhisexpression amendtheConstitutionto include plant, five were killedand three (UAPA). Underthe recently natedasterrorists.Allof themare association” by the government. and looked worried. He asked us Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiya- injured. amendedUAPA, individualscan basedinPakistan. Paramjit Singh, the UK-based to defendhiminnationalinterest,” dhura,areasonIndianmaps,inthe The six killedonWednesday be designated as terrorists. Also on the listare Khalistani chief of Babbar Khalsa Internatio- said one of the leaders invited. newmap of Nepal. were all contract workers, aged BabbarKhalsa International separatists holedupinGermany— nal, is in the list. So is Hardeep between 25 and 62 years. The chief Wadhawa Singh Babbar, KZFmembersBhupinder Singh Singh Nijjar,Canada-basedhead maintenance team includedan International Sikh Youth BhindaandGurmeetSinghBagga. of KhalistanTigerForce. ENS After banning Chinese apps, executive,two supervisors, three non-executive employees and 17 India raises Hong Kong at UN contract workers. NLCIndia,formerly Neyveli RightsCouncil beingheld be- LigniteCorporation Limited,is- SHUBHAJITROY tween30June-21JulyinGeneva. suedastatement saying ahigh- NEWDELHI,JULY1 “Giventhe large Indian com- levelinquiryhas been ordered munity that makes the Hong headedbyretired NTPC director FORTHEfirsttimesincetheHong Kong Special Administrative PKMohapatra,and the unit Kong protests brokeout lastyear, Region of China itshome, India head of thermal powerstation- IndiaonWednesdayspokeout at hasbeenkeepingaclosewatchon II suspended pending the theUnitedNationsHumanRights recent developments,”Chander report. All the 210MWunitsof Councilandsaidtherelevantpar- said, reading out from aprepared the powerstation-IIhave ties shouldaddress the issues statement. been shut down forimmediate “properly,seriouslyand objec- “Wehaveheardseveral state- safetyaudit, ChiefGeneral tively”.Thisisbeingseenasaretal- mentsexpressingconcernonthese Manager,PR, S iatorystepintermsofreputa- developments. We hope the rele- Gurusamynathan said. tional costtoBeijing,after India vant parties will take intoaccount Union Home MinisterAmit inflicted economic costtoBeijing these views and address them Shah expressedanguish over the by banning Chinese mobile apps. properly,seriouslyandobjectively,” incident and assured all possible The statement wasdelivered Chander said, while making a help to the Tamil Nadu govern- by India’s Permanent statement during ‘Presentation of ment. Chief MinisterEdappadi K Representative to the UN in annual report and oral updateon Palaniswami announcedRs3 Geneva, RajivKumar Chander, at Covid-19 by theHigh Commiss- lakh eachtofamilies of thesix Afterthe explosion at thepowerplant on Wednesday. PTI the 44th session of theHuman ioner under Agenda 2. deceased. China blocks L-G Murmu,top J&K 90% militants gunned Indian media websites, INS officers meet Shah, down in Valley this seeks govtaction Home secy in capital year were local youths

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE followedbyameetingwithHome Rashid. “It is being said that he NEWDELHI,JULY1 DEEPTIMANTIWARY SecretaryAjayBhalla. Afterthis, ADILAKHZER (Ghazi)hasbeensent by Pakistan NEWDELHI,JULY1 Murmumet Shah. The series of SRINAGAR,JULY1 recently, and is an ex-armyman AFTERCHINAblockedaccessto all meetingsbeganaround4pmand and JeM chief,” he said. Indian newspapers and media LIEUTENANTGOVERNORof Jam- endedat8.30 pm. OVER 90 per cent of militants About militantrecruitment in websites, the Indian Newspaper mu and Kashmir GCMurmu, Asked about the agenda after gunneddowninthe Valleyinthe the lastsix months,policerecords Society(INS) on Tuesdayissueda along with severaltop bureau- the meeting. Murmusaid, “Itwas firsthalf of 2020 were local showthat67people have joined statement sayingthat the action cratsofthe Union Territory, met related to developmentprojects youths, according to the J&K militant ranksthis year. by theChinese government is with Home MinisterAmitShah in Jammuand Kashmir.” Police records. “129 people joinedmilitancy uncalledfor. and Home SecretaryAjayBhalla With the J&K administration Officials said 118militants in the firstsix months lastyear. INS president ShaileshGupta, on Wednesdayand discussed havingbegunprovidingdomicile have been killedinthe last six Thisyear,datashows there is ade- onbehalf of themembers,“stated “developmentissues” associated certificatesto outsiderswhofulfil months, 11 of whom were for- cline of 48 per cent. It is agood thattheactionof theChinesegov- with the region. certain conditions, including a eignersand107werelocalyouths. thingforforces andsociety.Ofthe ernment to restrict access of The meeting holds signifi- minimum time spent in the UT, IGP,Kashmir, VijayKumarsaid 67,around 24 have been neu- Indian newspapers and media cance, cominginthe backdrop of voices of discontent have nearly half of the militantskilled tralisedinencounters and 12 websites is uncalledfor and even discomfortinbothJammu and emergedfromvariousquartersof in the lastsix months were from have been arrested,and therest theaccessthroughVPNserverhas the Valley over the government's thesociety.FormerJ&Kchief min- Hizbul Mujahideen.“In lastsix of them areinthe field. Iappeal been blockedbycreating a domicile policy.Italso comes isterand National Conference months,the commanders of mil- to the parentstobring them back. technologically advanced amid various speculations over leader Farooq Abdullahhas been itant outfitshavebeen killedas Makethem understand. If any firewall”. stockingof LPGcylindersinthere- quotedhavingcalledthedomicile well,” he said. parent brings him back, we will Gupta “strongly” urgedthe gionandthependingdelimitation law“illegalandunconstitutional”. Among the militantskilledin nottakelegal actionand will take Indian government “toexpedi- of itsAssemblyconstituencies. Arecent communication by the Valleythisyear,57are from it as surrender,” said the IGP. tiouslytakesteps to banall kinds Besides Murmu, J&K’s Chief theDirector,FoodCivilSupplies& Hizbul, 24 from Lashkar-e-Taiba, Asenior policeofficersaid the of accessto ChinesemediainIndia SecretaryBVRSubrahmanyam, ConsumersAffairsDepartmentin 22 from Jaish-e-Mohammed, majority of thosewho joinedmil- andcalloffcollaborations/invest- LawSecretaryAchal Sethi and J&Kaskingoil companiestostock seveneachfromISJKand AGH itancy this year arefromsouth mentsmadeby ChineseinIndian PrincipalSecretary(Power) Rohit uponLPGcylindershasledtocon- and one from Al-Badr. Kashmirdistricts.“Thisisdefinitely media companies withimmedi- Kansal,amongothers,tookpartin cern in the Valley. The depart- During apress conference on achallengefor us and we have ateeffect”. the meeting. The officials were ment,however, hassaidtheorder Wednesday, IGP Kumar said the beenmakingalleffortssothatless India had banned59mobile firsthostedbyAdditional Secre- wasissuedtoprevent ashortfall main target forthe next two youth join militantranks. While apps with Chinese linkson tary (Kashmirdivision) Gyanesh of “essentialcommodities” and months willbeto neutraliseJeM’s this year the number is half as Monday,amid tensions with Kumar,who had over an hour- maintainedthat“somepeopleare Pakistanmilitant Adnan, JeM comparedto lastyear,the recruit- China over the Ladakh standoff. longmeetingwiththem.Thiswas spreading false information”. commander Waleedand Ghazi ment has notstopped,” he said.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 8 EXPRESS NETWORK THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,JULY2,2020 SALUTE THE SOLDIER

315 FIELD REGIMENT (KARGIL) For first time, Prasar Bharati SALUTES ITS MARTYRS On the auspicious occasion of Martyr’s Day of sets up recruitment board 315 Field Regiment (KARGIL) we fondly remem- ber and salute our brave souls of Kargil War. thePrasarBharatiActof1990,but NK Bishnui Ray, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE it had notbeencreated since L/Nk PGopaiah, NEWDELHI,JULY1 Prasar Bharati wasset up in 1997, Gnr INC Singha, SM when the Actcame intoforce. In L/Hav Mallayya, FORTHEfirsttimesinceitwases- Februarythisyear,the govern- Maj CB Dwivedi NK Sarvan Kumar and tablishedin1997, Prasar Bharati ment notifiedthe rules forits set- SM Gnr RajKumar. hassetupaboardforrecruitment ting-up. of thousandsof programming,en- As per the notifiedrules,the gineering,transmissionandother newrecruitmentboard “shall executivesuptothe levelof holdthecompetitive examination Directors, according to sources. or departmentalexaminationor GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA, Thesix-memberboard willbe conduct interviews forselection “e”-PROCUREMENT NOTICE headedbyseniorjournalist of candidates”and“shallshortlist OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDING Jagdish Upasane, who is adirec- and recommendtothe (Prasar torofBharatPrakashan,thegroup Bharati) Boardcandidates forap- B-116 ENGINEER, KHORDHA (R&B) CIRCLE, KHORDHA that publishesRSS mouthpieces pointment thereto”. Panchajanya andOrganiser. Upasane, chairperson of the WORKS DEPARTMENT Sources said thereare thou- board, is the brother of Tender call Notice sands of vacancies at these levels ChhattisgarhBJP spokesperson E-mail: [email protected] in both All IndiaRadio and SachidanandUpasane.Their Bid Identification No. SE-Khorda (R&B) Circle-04/2020-21 Memo No- Dt. TheSuperintendingEngineer,Khordha(R&B)Circle,Khordha on Doordarshan. mother Rajni Upasanewas aJana behalf of Governor of Odisha inviting percentage rate bid in double Theprovisionsforthecreation Sanghmember and alegislator cover system in ONLINEMODEfrom eligible contractors for of the boardwerementionedin from Raipurin1977. Building workasdetailed in the table below: 1. Nature of Work : Building Work 2. No of Work : 1No HC seeksCentre response 3. Tender Cost : Rs. 10000.00 (On-line) STATEINDUSTRIES PROMOTION CORPORATION OF TAMILNADU LIMITED 19-A, RUKMANI LAKSHMIPATHY ROAD, EGMORE, CHENNAI -600 008. on plea for e-tailersto 4. Class of Contractor : 'B 'Class ,&,AClass CIN U74999TN1971SGC005967 5. Available of Bid : From Dt. 08.07.2020 10.00 AM to Tender Notice NIT.No.15/CW/DO/T.No.20/2020-21 Dt.30.06.2020 display product origin document in the Dt. 20.07.2020 05.00 PM Forand on behalf of State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Website Nadu Limited, sealed bidsare invited under “Two CoverSystem” forthe 6. Date of opening of Bid : Dt. 21.07.2020 at 11.30 AM following work from Class-I State levelregisteredCivil contractorsofPWD, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Highways,National Highways,TWAD, CMWSSB or with an equal monitorylimit 7. The Bidders have to participate in ONLINE bidding only. in other Government/Quasi GovernmentOrganisations having experience in NEWDELHI,JULY1 Further details can be seen from the Website: similar natureofworks.. Tenderswill be received upto 3.00 PM on 30.07.2020 https://tenderodisha.gov.in.Any Addendum/ Corrigendum/ and the same will be opened on the same dayat3.30 PM. THE DELHI High CourtonWednesdaysought the Cancellation of tender can also be seen in the said website. Name of Work Approx.value of work EMD Centre’s response on apleaseekingdirection to Superintending Engineer, Construction of innovation centerat Rs.869.12/- lakhs Rs.4,45,000/- ensurethat the name of the manufacturingcoun- Khordha (R&B) Circle, Khordha SIPCOT Industrial Complex, Hosur. tryisdisplayed alongside productssold on e-com- OIPR-34127/11/0006/2021 in the form of Demand Draft drawninfavour of SIPCOT Ltd., payable at merce sites. Chennai. OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER The PIL also sought adirection to ensurethat The tender Schedule canbeDownloaded at free of cost from the website Construction Division-2, P.W.D, Bulandshahr e-tailers displaythe ‘MadeinIndia’ option sepa- www.tenders.tn.gov.in No. 1221 /7A Dated. 12/06/2020 rately andconspicuouslyfor consumers. E-Procurement Inviting Tender Notice DIPR/ 2472/Tender/2020 SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, SIPCOT,Chennai-8 On behalf of Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Executive Engineer,ConstructionDivision-2, P.W.D., Bulandshahr invites To this,abenchofChief JusticeDNPatel and following percentage rate bid online through http://etender.up.nic.in from the eligible and approved Contractors JusticePrateek Jalan also issuednotice to the CAD-196 registered with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Mathura for Cartage of Bulk Bitumen from Date 15.07.2020 10.00 A.M. to 25.07.2020 upto 12:00 Noon as per the prescribed T-1ofGovt. of U.P.The technical bids will be opened online Centreand e-commerce platforms Amazon, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER on dated 25.07.2020 at 12:30 Noon. If the office happens to be closed on the date of opening of the bids as Flipkartand Snapdeal,seeking their stand by July specified, the bids will be opened online on the next working day,atthe same time andvalidityofbid will be 22. (P&C) IDCO, considered from the original date. The date and time of opening of the financial bid shall be notified on the website. The PIL by an advocatesought the implemen- IDCO TOWERS, BHUBANESWAR-751022, ODISHA Sl. Name of Work Estimated cost Bid Security Work Tender document No (Rs.in Lac) (Rs.in Lacs) Completion fee including GST RFP CallNoticeNo. IDCO/H.O./P&C/EST/E1536/04/2020 8942 tation of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 and the Date: 17.06.2020 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rules framed, whichmandatesthat the country NOTICE INVITING REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL UNDER NATIONAL 1 Cartage of Bitumen From Mathura 10.00 1.00 09 Month Tender Cost-Rs. 225+500 of origin has to be displayedonproductsbeing RefinerytoSikandrabad +G.S.T.18% 131= 856 COMPETITIVE BIDDING THROUGH e-Procurement Divisional Store sold on e-commerceplatforms. 1. Name of the Work: Fixation of rates for Supply,Installation, testing & Theplea saidthe enforcement of the mandate commissioning of Fire fighting fixture. 1. The Bid Security and Tender Document Fee must be deposited through Internet Banking only. 2. Terms &Other Conditions related to bid are available on https:// etender.up.nic.in wasimportant in the current scenario, when cit- 2. Other details Sd/- Sd/- izens intend to complywiththe Centre’s appeal Procurement Officer Bid Availability of Tender on Assistant Engineer UPID-153025 Dt. 30.06.2020 Executive Engineer Construction Division-2. PWD www.upgov.nic.in Construction Division-2, P.W.D. to promote andpurchase Indian goods. Identification Line for Bidding Bulandshahr Bulandshahr “Therefore,itwas essentialthat the countryof No. From To originisdisplayed on productsbeingsold on e- 1 2 3 4 commerce platforms,” the plea said. Chief GeneralManager Bid ID. No.- 17.00 Hours of 17.00 Hours of (P&C), IDCO, IDCO Towers, PC-EST-E- dt.24.06.2020 dt.03.07.2020 Bhubaneswar-751022 16/2020-21 Further details can be seen from the e-Procurement Portal. www.tendersodisha.gov.in. Corrigendum or addendum if any will not be published in news papers and can only be seen in the e-procurement portal www.tenderodisha.gov.in as well as IDCOwebsite Delhi Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. www.idco.in. An Enterprises of Govt. of NCT of Delhi, Sd/- ISBT Kashmere Gate Delhi-110006 Chief General Manager (P&C) I/C NOTICE INVITING TENDER IDCO, Bhubaneswar The Executive Engineer,DTIDC invite tenders on behalf of MD, DTIDC Ltd. for the OIPR-14003/11/0038/2021 following works through eprocurement solution only. 1. NIT No. : 05/DTIDC/2020-21 Tender ID No. : 2020_DTIDC_192086_1 Name of work : Construction of New Entry Road near impounding pit &other misc. Civil Works at Burari, Delhi. Estimated Cost : Rs. 1,19,62,898/- Earnest Money : Rs. 2,39,258/- Time Allowed : Three Months Last date of receipt of : 15.07.2020 Tenders MANGALURU SMART CITY LIMITED 2. NIT No. : 06/DTIDC/2020-21 Address: M.G. ROAD,LALBAGH, MANGALURU-575003, Tender ID No. : 2020_DTIDC_192090_1 DAKSHINA KANNADA, KARNATAKA. Name of work : Renovation work of VIU Auto Rickshaw &Taxi Unit CIN: U74999KA2017PLC102010 Phone: 0824-2986321 at Burari, Delhi. Email id: [email protected] Website: www.mangalurusmartcity.net EstimatedCost : Rs. 95,29,952/- Earnest Money : Rs. 1,90,599/- E-tender notification No. MSCL/AEC-14/2020-21 Date:01.07.2020 Time Allowed : Three Months Advt. No.73/2020-21 Last date of receipt of : 14.07.2020 Refer this e-Tender Notification No. MSCL/AEC-13/2020-21 Dated: Tenders 20.06.2020, the same is now cancelled. The tenderforms andother detailscan be obtainedfromthe website Mangaluru Smart City Limited invites fresh tender for Architecture & httpss//govtprocurement.delhi.gov.in/ Sd/- Engineering Consultancy for the project “Development of Waterfront, Executive Engineer Public Spaces with Mangala Corniche including town planning DTIDC Ltd., ISBT scheme proposal for Mangaluru Smart City”.Further details can be DIP/Shabdarth/0119/20-21 Kashmere Gate, Delhi obtained from http://www.eproc.karnataka.gov.in Sd/- Executive Engineer, MADHYAPRADESH RURALROAD DIPR/MNG/MCA/193/20-21 dt.1.7.20 Mangaluru Smart City Limited, Mangaluru DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (ANAGENCY OF PANCHAYAT &RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF M.P.) 5th Floor,Block-II, Paryavas Bhawan, BHOPAL M.P.– 462 011 No. 9902/22/D-12/MPRRDA/2020Bhopal, Dated :30.06.2020 NOTICE INVITING TENDER N0. 899 (PMGSY-III, Batch-I) Online Tenders for Construction of Rural Roads/CDs with 5 years maintenance are invited on the E-Procurement System portal https://www.mptenders.gov.in as detailed below : S. NameofDistrict No. of Packages Total PAC No. (In Rs.) GOVERNMENT OF CHHATTISGARH, 12 34 WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT 1Rewa 1173066000.00 SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER 1. Tender document can be purchased only online from the E&M CircleWater Resources Department Raipur above Website from 01.07.2020 17:30 hrs. Other Critical dates NATIONAL OPEN COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT and detailscan be viewed in the detailed N.I.T. and tender (Two-Envelope Bidding Process with e-Procurement) document on theabove-mentioned portal and concerned PIU. M.P. Madhyam/97801/2020 CHIEFGENERAL MANAGER (T &E-G) e-PROCUREMENT REQUEST FOR BIDS eProcurement Portal: https://eproc.cgstate.gov.in (First Call ) North central railways www.ncr.indianrailways.gov.in @CPRONCR System Tender No.: 65660/RFB No.: 02/SAC/2020-21, Dated :29.06.2020 Online Tenders areInvited for the following works up to 23.07.2020 at 5:30 PM Name of Work : Supply erection testing &commissioning of new 30mtr Hot dipped galvanized high mast pole with 350watt LED flood light and repair with replacement and fixing of 350watt LED fixture power cable and panel at 30mtr of 9nos existing high mast of RSP Gangrel Dam. Probable Amount of Contract :Rs. 110.59 Lakhs The details can be viewed and downloaded online directly from the Government of Chhattisgarh Integrated e-Procurement Portal (https://eproc.cgstate.gov.in) from Date 06.07.2020, at 5:31 Hours (IST) onwards. NOTE :- All eligible/interested contractors/bidders are mandated to get enrolled on the Integrated e-procurement portal (https://eproc.cgstate.gov.in) and get approval on specific vendor class from PWD under Centralized Contractor/Supplier Registration in order to download the tender documents and participate in the subsequent bidding process. Sd/- EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, E&M H.E.M.M. Division Rudri for Superintending Engineer 82013 E&M Circle Water Resources Department Raipur

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,JULY2,2020 EXPRESS NETWORK 9 BJPaccuses BAIL HEARING TODAY; STATES FIGHT OVER PROBE FROMPAGEONE Rajasthan govt of using state MaharashtraforestwatcherheldbyMP 9of12confession machinery to statements near spy on MLAs for5monthsfor‘movingtigercarcass’ copies of one another EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Departmentscontinue exchang- had died anatural death, Kumar Maharashtraforestofficials, Maharashtraofficialssaid,isthe JAIPUR,JULY1 VIVEKDESHPANDE& ing allegations. asked,“Whythenwould anyone meanwhile, call it afoul. “After spotpanchnama conducted by MILINDGHATWAI The tigress, Sharmili, reported take the risk of carrying the car- theyarrestedKhandate,they(MP MPofficials ---itreportedly states and NRC; my friends told me Jamnapar,” THE OPPOSITION BJP has NAGPUR,BHOPAL,JULY1 on MP Forest Department's cass and dumpitonthe other officials) did notcontact us. We thattheanimal'spug markswere those who don't have evidence “...Ataround 3pm, many slammed the Congress govern- record, wasfound dead in Seoni side?" He cited MP Forest approachedthem afterreports spotted at the sitewherethe car- (toprove citizenship) will be people startedgathering at Shiv ment in Rajasthan, accusingitof FIVE MONTHSafter hisarrestby forestsonMPsideofthe state Department's ownpostmortem emergedinsome MP newspa- cass wasfound. Kumar asked,“If evicted from the country. On Vihar Tiraha andstarted pelt- misusing statemechanismsand MadhyaPradeshForest boundarywithNagpur district reportcallingitanatural death. pers,” Nagpur CCF Kumar said. the carcass wasbrought therein the basis of this, on 24 February, ing stones at Hindu houses.” agencies for‘spyingonMLAsand Department foralleged involve- on December 11 lastyear.After Stating that the animal dieda “Later,wewrote to them to share abullockcarthow didpug marks in Seelampur,riots had begun; “...AtMustafabad, many public representatives’. ment in “shifting” atigress car- arresting Khandate,MPofficials naturaldeath,MP'sPrincipalChief the case papers so we could take getonthe spot?” and slowlyitspread across people gathered and started The BJP levelledthe allega- cass from Maharashtraside to said he had told them that the an- Conservator of Forest (PCCF), action againstour staffers, if they He also asked whyMPforest Jamnapar.Ataround2-3 pm, saying Muslims will be evicted tions afteraletterallegedly the MP side of the state bound- imal had diedonthe Wildlife, SKMandal said,“The hadanyknowledge.Buttheydid- officials areyet to seize the bul- manypeople startedgathering from the country, and todaywe written in April surfaced. In it, ary, aplantation watcher from Maharashtra side.According to Maharashtraforesterdumpedthe n'trespond.We finallysentateam lockcart, whichcould be “sucha at ShivVihar Tiraha and started have to showthemthe strength the intelligence unit of Maharashtraislikelytohavehis them,Khandate said he, helped carcassinMPoutof fearpsychosis. ledbyour Deputy Conservator of crucial material evidence”,and pelting stones at Hindu houses. of Muslims. Ialso startedsloga- Rajasthan Policehad requested bail plea finally heard. by someothers, including We wrotetothem to hand over Forest PrabhunathShuklato Seoni arrest thecart's owner. Hindus also startedpelting neering and others who were thatanew unitofthe statespe- DhamsinghKhandatewas Maharashtraforeststaffers, peoplenamedbyhim(Khandate) to checkthe facts.” To this, MPPCCFShrivastava stones at us;this went on for with me also startedsloganeer- cial branchinDelhi be created arrested on January31, forthe loadedthe carcass on abullock becausehewouldhave definitely According to Kumar,Shukla said, “Wecould neither identify quitealongtime.” ing against theHindus. After for“collecting intelligence” re- alleged crime that took place cartand movedittothe MP side informedhis seniors before sought copyofthe papers MP the bullockcartowner norseize “....AtMustafabad, many this, the entirecrowd, started lated to movementsofthe on December 11 last year.His on directions of Maharashtra dumping the carcass. Untilthey officials had.“(But) theyre- the cart. Unless we arrest the people had gathered and stated sloganeering, to setfire, throw state’s public representatives bail pleaisscheduledtocome "Deputy Ranger" of the area. hand over their staffer, theprobe fused, saying that they deputy ranger and take his state- that Muslimswillbeevicted out the kaafirs and Naare visiting Delhi and from the per- up before the principal bench Butcalling Khandate's 'writ- cannotprogress.” (Maharashtrateam)can only ment, we can’t progress,’’ he said. from the countryand today Takbir,Allah Hu Akbar;and spective of security. of MP High CourtinJabalpur on tenstatement'a“farce”, Nagpur Asked whytheywould see and read the papers.” Kumar asked,"Whydidn't we have to showthemthe startedthrowing marblesand The letter, datedApril 22 and Thursday. division's Chief Conservatorof dumpthe animal'scarcass when MP's Mandal said,“They theyseek call details recordof strength of Muslims. Along stones using aslingshotat writtenbythe Additional DGP, MP officials maintain that Forest (CCF)KalyanKumar said, it wasnatural death, Madhya wanted certaindocuments and our staffers? It might have ledto with the entirecrowd, Ialso got Hindu houses.” (Intelligence) to the ADGP Khandatewas involved,along “They(MP officials)haveattrib- Pradesh PCCF Rajesh Shrivastava, we wanted their staffers. evidence. Theydidn't do it;we carriedawaybywhat the SHAHRUKH: “Therewere (Reorganisation) states thatthere with afew MaharashtraForest utedthetermDeputyRanger;we who wasPCCF(Wildlife) when Correspondence is on. It was did. And we found nothing sus- crowdwas saying…The crowd protests againstCAA and NRC; is aunit functioning in Delhi for Departmentstaffers,inthealleged don't use that term.Wecallhim the incident took place, said neither acase of poisoningnor picious. So whyshould we hand gathered at Shiv Vihar, where my friends told me those who the security of the Chief Minister crime.Since then, he has been in round officer.Clearly,the state- “only they (Maharashtraoffi- of poaching.” over our staffers to them?.... They Hindu pelted stones at us, we don't have evidence (toprove and the Governor but thereisno jailwithout bail. ment is afarce." cials) can answer that, whichis A“crucial evidence” that have clearly made Khandate a threw stones at them. From our citizenship) will be evicted functioning unit of the state spe- Meanwhile, the twoForest Maintaining thatthe tigress whywewanttoquestion them”. could work in Khandate's favour, scapegoat in the case." side, the crowdwas sloganeer- from the country. On the basis cial branch in the capitalfor col- ing: kill them,wewill notleave of this, on 24 February, in lectionofintelligence. the Kaafirs today. Igot carried Jafrabad, riots had begun; and “Afterkeeping in mind the Assam: 1of26 away and startedpelting slowlyitspread across present political situation of No Lalbaugcha Ganesh festivalthis stones. Icontinuedtopelt Jamnapar,” Rajasthan stateand becauseof Bangladeshis stones foralong time.” “...Ataround 3pm, many the regular visitsofstate’s "…Afterthis, the crowd people startedgathering at Shiv elected publicrepresentativesto jailed dies of startedclimbing ontothe Vihar Tiraha andstarted pelt- the national capital, difficulties year, mandal to host Covid campaign godown of Anil Sweetshopand ing stones at Hindu houses.” arise in the collectionofintelli- Rajdhani School and indulged “...AtMustafabad, many gence about their movements,” one is only arepresentation. At cardiac arrest in stone pelting. Ireturned to people gathered and started reads the letter. SRINATHRAO Lalbaug, thereisonlyone large my house in the night and saying Muslims will be evicted The letter states that thereis MUMBAI,JULY1 idol, whichwebuild forthe pur- ABHISHEKSAHA stayed there. Icommitted a from the country, and todaywe adireneedofopening aunitof pose of worship," Santosh said. GUWAHATI,JULY1 mistake,please forgiveme." have to showthemthe strength the statespecial branchinDelhi THE ONLYcelebrationatLalbaug He addedwhile the mandal had MONU: “In the lastfew days, of Muslims. Ialso startedsloga- forintelligence collection and this year will be at Peru Chawl, earlier considered having the ONE OF the 26 Bangladeshi fish- therewereprotestsagainst neering and others who were the perspective of security. the historic settlement from idol installedand settingupdar- ermen underarrestinajail in CAAand NRC; my friends told with me also startedsloganeer- The letter requests the cre- whereMumbai's mostpopular shan by video-link,the logistics Assam fornearly twomonths for me those who don't have evi- ing against theHindus.After ation of 10 posts of policeoffi- Ganpati pandal rose. of the visarjan journeymade allegedly flouting visarules died dence (toprove citizenship) this, the entirecrowd, started cials in Delhi forthis purpose and On Wednesday, the those plans impossible. due to cardiac arrest at ahospital will be evicted from thecoun- sloganeering, to setfire, throw also givesabreakupofbudget Lalbaugcha Raja Sarvajanik Mumbai has about 14,000 on Wednesday, officials said. try. On the basisofthis, on 24 out the kaafirs and Naare required forit. Ganeshotsav cancelledits festiv- major Ganesh pandals with The Indian Express hadearlier February, in Seelampur,riots Takbir,Allah Hu Akbar;and Whencontacted,Additional ities, whichweredue to begin on Lalbaug being the mostfamous. reportedonthe group being ar- had begun; and slowlyitspread startedthrowing marblesand Director General of Police, August22, citing theCovid-19 Some mandals have 20 to 25 feet rested in Assam’s Dhubri district across Jamnapar.Ataround 2- stones using aslingshotat Intelligence, Umesh Mishrade- pandemic. The mandal instead idols.However, inviewofthepan- in Maywhile theyweretrying to 3pm, many people started Hindu houses.” clinedtocomment on the issue. announceda10-dayawareness Mumbai has about 14,000major Ganesh pandals,with demic, Chief MinisterUddhav return to their country. gathering at ShivVihar Tiraha Matching excerpts Asenior police official said on campaign forcured patientsto Lalbaugbeing the mostfamous. File Thackeray had asked them to While calls forthe release of and startedpelting stones at the condition of anonymity that donateplasma and ablood do- limit the size of the idols to four the men, who worked as fisher- Hindu houses. Hindus also forthree: suchproposals have been for- nation drive at itsoffice in the feet andnot take outprocessions. men and farm labourers and had startedpelting stonesatus; this The statementsofTahir warded to the government ear- chawl–whereitall began. theadjacentChivdaGalli.Another kiyahai (Wehavedonethis with "The mandal could have pre- valid passports stampedwith went on forquitealong time.” (38), Parvez (34) and Rashid lier as well. Local fishermen and street origin theorypinsthe name to a aheavy heart). But this adecision vented peoplefromvisiting the travel visas, have been growing “....AtMustafabad, many (22), constituteasimilar StateBJP president Satish vendorslivinginthechawl hadset bungalownamedLalbaugbuilton takeninthe interestofpeople's pandal but it wouldbeimpossi- in the neighbouring country, the people had gathered and stated matching set, identicaltothe Poonia said that the stategov- up the mandal in 1934 aftersuc- Parelislandbyamerchant who well-being,” he added. bleto stoppeoplefromjoiningthe police have filedcriminal that Muslimswillbeevicted statementsabove withaminor ernment doesn’t trustits own ceedinginatwo-year effort to prospered during British rule. Santosh said his father visarjan,"said Santosh. charges, alleging theywereen- from the countryand today addition. MLAs and alleged that the persuade their landlord to set Walking tours in Lalbaug's Ratnakar,who is nowinhis 80s The procession departs gagedinemployment activities we have to showthemthe TAHIR: “In the last fewdays, Congress is misusing official aside aplottobuild amarket. crampedbylanes areextremely and onlyworkson the idol's eyes, Lalbaug in the afternoon, winds and had violatedthe terms of strength of Muslims. Along therewereprotestsagainst mechanism forspying on public The residentscredited Lord popular among both Mumbai toowas in favour of letting the itsway through Mumbai, before their non-workvisa. with the entirecrowd, Ialso got CAAand NRC; my friends and representatives. Ganeshawithgrantingtheirwish residentskeen to learn about the year passbywithout the festival. the idolisimmersed at Girgaum Mohammad Bokul Mia, a55- carriedawaybywhat the experts told me that those who “Thisisagovernment misus- and firstworshippedanidol later city's history and tourists. Reducing the height of the idolto Chowpatty early the next day. year-old resident of Chilmari in crowdwas saying…The crowd don't have evidence (toprove ing statemachinerytospy on that year,acustomunbroken Santosh Kambli of Kambli four feet to meetthe BMC'sre- Thereissome consolation, Bangladesh, wastaken to Dhubri gathered at Shiv Vihar,where citizenship) will be evicted public representatives. The tim- since then. City historian Bharat Arts,which has been designing quirement wasalsoout of the however, fordismayeddevotees. Civil Hospital Tuesdayeveningaf- Hindu pelted stones at us, we from the country. On the basis ing of thelettershows the gov- Gothoskar said Lalbaug derivesits the towering Lalbaugcha Raja question, as the scriptures do not Asmallidol,whichlocalresidents terhecomplainedofchestpain. threw stones at them. From our of this, on 24 February, in ernment wastrying to spyon name from Lal Shah Dargahded- idol forfour generations, said allowfor it,hesaid. worship, stays outside the siteof Dhubri SP Yuvraj said,“He side, the crowdwas sloganeer- Jafrabad riots had begun; and MLAs in order to gather informa- icated to Sufisaint Lal Shah Baba. Wednesday's decisionwas taken "Atevery pandal, thereare the pandal throughout the year. wastaken to the hospital and he ing: kill them,wewill notleave slowlyitspread across tion pertaining to theRajya Ashrinededicatedtohis at ateary-eyed meeting at Peru twoidols –the smaller is meant "Theidolactuallynever leaves diedinthe hospital. Formalities the Kaafirs today. Igot carried Jamnapar…” Sabha elections,” said Poonia. brother Chand Shah is located in Chawl. "Dil pe paththar rakhke to be worshippedand the larger Lalbaug,"said Gothoskar. areontohandoverthe body...” away and startedpelting “...Ataround 3pm, many stones. Icontinuedtopelt people startedgathering at Shiv stones foralong time.” Vihar Tiraha andstarted pelt- Kerala to discharge Assam announces ordinance "…Afterthis, the crowd ing stones at Hindu houses.” patients testing In Himachal’s Kaza village, startedclimbing ontothe “...AtMustafabad, many allowing land conversion for godown of Anil Sweetshopand people had gathered and negative the first Rajdhani School and indulged startedtelling that Muslims awomanfromnearlyevery in stone pelting. Ireturned will be evicted from the coun- time in hospital MSMEs without clearances home after7-8 hours and try, and todaywehavetoshow stayed there. Icommitted a them the strength of Muslims. applyfor clearances at various mistake,please forgiveme." Afterthis, the entirecrowd, SHAJUPHILIP ABHISHEKSAHA departments. house now faces policecase All these sentences arere- startedsloganeering, to setfire, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, GUWAHATI,JULY1 “A person has to self declare peated,adverbatim,inthe con- throw outthe kaafirsand Naare JULY1 that he is settingupthis industry fession statementsofAshraf Ali Takbir,Allah Hu Akbar;and THE ASSAM government has an- at this location.Hehas to file the and Mohd Faisal. startedthrowing marblesand CHANGINGITS discharge proto- GAGANDEEPSINGH stones using aslingshotat nouncedanordinance to allow declarationinthe form of an ap- Matching excerptsfor col forCovid-19patients, Kerala conversionoflandformicro,small, plication either online or physi- DHILLON Hindu houses.” will nowdischarge people if they andmediumenterprisesto setup callytothe office of the SHIMLA,JULY1 two: Jafrabad These paragraphs from test negative thefirsttime after industries on the basis of aself- Commissioner of Industries,” he Similar is the pattern in the Tahir’s statement arerepeated their admission, oncetheycom- declaration—withouttherequire- said.“Afterchecking the applica- AWOMAN in almostevery confession statementsof ad verbatim in the confessional pletetheir 14-dayhospital stay. ment of any“permission, clear- tion, the Commissioner of household of Kaza villageinSpiti MohammedShoeb (22) and statementsofbothParvez and Until now, thestate started ance or licence” forthree years. Industries will acknowledge the has been booked by the local po- Shahrukh (24) related to Rashid. testing patientsonthe seventh The ordinance isyet to be noti- self-declaration. That acknowl- lice forholding ademonstration Jafrabad riots. The statementsdifferinthe dayofhospital admission, which fiedorreceivetheGovernor’sassent edgement letter willitself be ali- againstHimachal Pradesh SHOEB: “Therewereprotests weapons used. Azad and continueduntil theyreported but the announcement has trig- cense to startthe industry...” AgricultureMinisterRam Lal againstCAA andNRC;my Ashraf Ali said theyhad a twonegative resultsfor consec- geredcriticism by the Opposition DebabrataSaikia, Leader of Markanda earlier this month. friends told me those who “wooden balla”; Monu said he utive days at a24-hour interval. aswellasonsocialmedia.Inastate- the Congress Legislative Partyin Police have initiated legal ac- don't have evidence (toprove had an “iron rod;” Faizal Under the newprotocol,pa- ment on decisions takenatthe Assam, said the decision was tionagainstover200membersof citizenship) will be evicted claimedhehad a“stick.” tientswho areasymptomatic, or Cabinet meeting on Monday, the “notgoodfor thestate”. the Mahila Mandal who had par- Over 200members of the MahilaMandal had protested from the country. On the basis Shoeb, Shahrukh, Tahir,Parvez, showmildsymptoms, will be CM’sofficestated,“Inamajordeci- “Therewill beenvironmental ticipated in the protestatthe en- againstAgricultureMinisterRam Lal Markanda of this, on 24 February, in and Rashidclaimedthatthey tested on the10th dayofhospital siontoboostAtmanirbhar Assam, hazards... agricultural land is very trygateofthevillage onJune9,de- Jafrabad, riots had begun; and had “stored” lathis at their admission,sourcesinHealthDep- the CoM passedthe MSME essential forastate like Assam. If mandingthattheministerandhis slowlyitspreadacross homes. artmentsaid. “Wewerestarting Ordinancewhichputsanendtothe agricultural land is turnedintoin- entouragebeplacedunderquar- restsinthe case. “It wasaspontaneous protest testing of asymptomatic patients process of taking multiple permis- dustrial land justonthe basis of a antinefor entering the valley, as to ensurethat the MLAobserves on the seventh dayofadmission. sions forsetting up MSMEs in the self-declaration, then land will be per theCovid rulesdecidedbya The controversy quarantinejustliketheothers,”said As per the revisedprotocol, they statefor next threeyears.” exploited by industrialists,” he people's committee. Markanda, Asisthecasewithmanytribal Yuva Mandal presidentKesang, 3admit topistol, firing; will be tested on the 10th dayof Assam’s Industries and told TheIndianExpress. theMLAfromLahaul-Spiti,turned areas, collective decisions taken who waspartofthe protest. admission,”asource said. “There Commerce MinisterChandra Patowary said, “Of course, if backandlefthisconstituency.The by localorganisationssometimes Markanda told The Indian hunt on for 24 suspects won’t be arepeat test if theyturn Mohan Patowary told TheIndian the self-declaration says that the next day, police registered an FIR carry moreweight thangovern- Express thathehad to headback negative at firstinstance. Express thedecision will ease the industry is of aenvironmentally againsttheprotesters,wholearnt ment regulations. In the case of to Shimlafor official dutiesand In his statement, Salman Call Detail Records of the ac- However, discharge will be only process of setting up industries hazardous nature,then permis- aboutitwhentheystartedreceiv- Spiti, thereisalocal committee couldnotagreeto aquarantine,so said that he had “told Sonu…to cusedtoshowthattheywere after14days of admission.” by doingawaywith the need to sion willnot be granted.” ing summons afew days ago. comprisingmembers from the heleft.Heallegedthattheprotest bringthe pistolbecause he had present at the crime scene. And Kaza villagehas apopulation five monasteries (Gompa) and againsthim waspoliticallyinsti- purchasedapistolthree-four footagefromCCTVs seized of around 1,700. With an FIR other community leaders. gated.Someprotestersalsoraised months backfrom from the RajdhaniSchool, po- Decks cleared for pvt firms to board Rlys network againstover200,morethan10 per Fearingthatthediseasemight pro-Congress slogans, he alleged. Shahnawaz.” lice said, locatesix of the ac- cent of thetotal population of the wreak havocinthe valley, the Mahila Mandal president He admitsthat he “wore(a) cusedthere. The national transporter's in- The 109origin-destination villagenow stands accusedinthe committee bannedthe entryof SonamDolmavehementlydenied helmet, and startedindiscrim- Forexample, the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE vitation of “requestfor qualifica- routes have been divided into12 case, booked under Sections 341 outsidersonMarch 15.Inlate these allegations. “Some people inatefiringonHindusatthe chargesheetsays,Azad,isseen NEWDELHI,JULY1 tion” proposals comes around clusters across the rail network. (wrongful restraint), 143(unlaw- April, when the government al- askedus to give awritten apology ShivVihar Tiraha, emptiedthe “carrying adanda” at 4:09:05 eightmonthsafteranempowered Eachtrain on these routes shall ful assembly)and 188(disobedi- lowedHimachalisto returnhome, forraising politicalslogans... We magazine, and returnedthe pm; Faisal is “seen” at 3:44:50 THEINDIANRailways Wednesday group of secretaries ledbyNITI have aminimum of 16 coaches, ence of public order)ofthe IPC. thecommitteedecidedtoenforce won’tapologiseforsomethingwe pistoltoSonu.” pm; Shahrukh at 3:27:20 pm; took itsfirstformal step towards AayogCEO Amitabh Kant started the Railways said in astatement. MahilaMandal president quarantine on all returnees. have notdone.Itwas anon-polit- In hisstatement,Sonu says: Shoeb is “seen” at 3:37:04 pm; opening up itsnetwork to private steeringthelong-pendingsubject. It alsosaidthat amajority of Sonam Dolma,who wasalso Residentssaidtheystood ical, anti-Covid protest,” she said. Salman, who waspelting Rashid is “seen”at3:37:55 pm; firms, inviting proposals to oper- Global rolling stockmanufac- these trains aretobemadein booked fortaking part in the guardatthe villagegatetoensure Lahaul-Spiti SP Rajesh stones with us, asked me to get Tahir is “seen” at 3:41:59 pm; ateatotal of 151moderntrainson turers with Indian partners are India;the private firm shall be protest,said:“Policewere coming compliancewiththesenorms.On Dharmani alleged theresidents apistol, whichIhad purchased Salman is seen at 4:50:25 pm. 109pairs of routes. expected to be keenlyinterested responsible forfinancing, to everyhousehold to identify June 9, members of the Mahila singledouttheministerinenforc- from Shahnawaz…I bought the Police have also identified The project, intendedto in the contract. Sources said that procuring, operatingand main- womenprotesters.Sowe submit- Mandal,Yuva MandalandBeopar ingthequarantinerestrictionand pistolfrommyhouse and gave 24 more“suspects”, who still break the Railways’longstand- Chinese companies will notbe taining them.The trains willbe tedalistourselves.Thenames in- Mandaland others had gathered blocking his entry, and the state it to Salman. Salman wore the have to be questioned. Details ing monopolyinrunning rail entertainedgiven the current designedfor amaximum speed clude women from almostevery near the gate to discuss local is- governmentrules do notrequire helmet, and beganfiring the of the further investigation will services, would entailaprivate tensions with Beijing. The of 160kmph. villagehousehold, and nowthey sues withthe government when quarantine forintra-state travel, bullets at Hindus.” be placed on recordinthe sup- sector investment of around Rs Railways has notofficially com- FULLREPORTON allstand booked.” aconvoy of vehicles carrying so the case wasregistered.Spiti The Delhi Police plementary chargesheet,the 30,000 crore. mented on the subject. www.indianexpress.com Therehavesofar been no ar- Markanda arrivedthere. has remained Covid-free so far. chargesheetcites an analysis of police has said.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,JULY2,2020 WORDLY WISE Hungryman,reach forthe book: 10 THE EDITORIAL PAGE it is aweapon. —BERTOLT BRECHT Horsemen of Apocalypse

§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA Pandemic accentuates challengestoglobal order. New BECAUSETHE TRUTHINVOLVES US ALL framework is needed, India mustberule-shaper

THE GRAINMOUNTAIN Syed Akbaruddin

Extension of PMGKAYiswelcome amid continuing economic THE ERUDITE UN SecretaryGeneral, Antonio Amazon towers over all others withanet cap- borders to the rest from theregion bar Guterres, is aconsummatediplomat who is ital gain of over $400 billion in 2020. Sweden, becauseofits infection rate. distress. But FCI’s problem of plenty remains widelyregardedashaving his ear to the However, thereisagrowing body of thou- Lack of trustisalso impacting diversified ground. However, little did he knowthatthe ghtthat “darkside” troubles arelikely. Asurge supplychains. The corona crisis is driving a ICE AND WHEATstocksingovernment granaries stood at 73.85 million biblical analogy of the four horsemenof in cybercrime and cyber fraudisanticipated, shiftfromefficiency to self-sufficiency.Japan tonnes (mt) as on April 1, 3.5 times the normative operational-cum- Apocalypsethat he enunciatedon January22 if notthere already.The logic being that cybe- is paying companies to relocatefactoriesfrom strategic reserverequirementfor this date. Twomonths later,with the as the principal global challenges in the UN’s rspace use has expanded without commen- China. President EmmanuelMacron has procurement of the newwheat crop, these inventoriesrose furthertoan 75th anniversaryyear wouldbeover- surategrowth in security features. An article pledged “full independence” forFrancein R all-time-high of over 97 mt. Againstthisbackground,and on topofthe whelmedbyanunforeseen blackswanevent by Steven McBride in Forbes magazineinMay crucial medicalsupplies by year-end. Prime —the coronacrisis. predicted that the corona crisis practically MinisterModi has calledfor self reliance and widespread distress unleashedbythe COVID-19inducedlockdown, thereisastrong Midwaythrough the year,itisnot geopo- guarantees that we will see the “largest cy- being vocal forlocal in India. In the US, sup- moral as well as economic case foroffloading the excess grain lying with the Food litical tensions, climatecrisis, global mistrust berattackever” in the next six months. Several portfor “Buy American” benchmarksforgov- Corporation of India (FCI), by even giving it out free. That’s what is being done through the or the darkside of the digital world—the four others, too, aremaking direprojections of an ernmenthealthspending has growing bipar- Pradhan Mantri Garib KalyanAnnaYojana (PMGKAY). Under the scheme, over 80 crore issues whichSecretaryGeneral Guterres Instances of accentuation of impending “cyberPearlHarbour”. Thishorse- tisansupport. Countries arepreparing for listedasprimarythreats —that ordinarypeo- man is lurking in the shadows anda“break- individuallyforging recoveries when the cri- people were being provided5kgoffreegrain per month during April-June. It has nowbeen geopolitical tensions during extendedfor another five monthstill November.Inall, it would amount to some32mt ple viewastheir principal preoccupation.The out” cannotbediscounted. sispasses. This horsemaniscantering. challenges the horsemen pose have,for now, the corona crisis are well- Instances of accentuation of geopolitical SecretaryGeneral Guterresmay nothave being givenfreeofcost. Considering that this grain is going largely to poororlow-income been overshadowedbythe uber crisis tensions during the corona crisis arewell- gauged the speedwith whichthe horsemen households—and theyare alsothe worst-affected by the current economicdislocations documented. TheUS-China spawnedbythe blackswan. 2020 will go relationship wasalready documented.The US-Chinarelationship was willgather pace but got thetrends right. —the moral argument is self-evident. down as the year of the corona crisis. already deteriorating, the blame game over However, underpinning Guterres’s progno- As regardseconomics,itistrue that the FCI incurs an averagecostofRs37.27 on procur- However, prudentplanningfor the dayaf- deteriorating,the blame the virus has exacerbatedit. The brazen be- siswas that thesethreats beyond bordersare ing, bagging, transporting, handling, storing and distributing everykgofrice, and Rs 26.84 terrequires an assessmentofwherethe long- game over the virus has haviour of China in matters relating to Taiwan, best addressedbymultilateral bodies. Alas, forwheat. To theextent anygrain is issuedfreeofcost, thereisanobvious economic loss. term existential threatsstand.Evenasthe UN exacerbated it. Thebrazen Hong Kong,Australia, SouthChina Seaand even while Guterres’ apocalyptic horsemen prepares forits 75th anniversary, arethe the India-China border has addedtothe in- have been prancingaround, theUNsystem But these “economic cost” calculations do notfactor in the buffer“carrying cost”, which horsemen reinedinand lockedawayinthe behaviour of China in flammable stateofgeopolitics. Thatthere is has been missinginaction, exceptatthe is basicallythe interest andstorage chargespayable on the excess stocks heldbythe FCI. stables? Areany straining at the bit and want- mattersrelating to Taiwan, no recourse to those involvedreflects on the fringes.Barringthe descent of aguardianan- This carrying costisestimated at Rs 5.40 per kg during 2020-21. On 32 mt, it will work out ing to be runaways? Hong Kong,Australia, poor stateofglobal governance mechanisms. gel, the current multilateral order that to Rs 17,280 crore. The morethe excess grain that is offloaded,the morewill be thesav- The notion thatthe pandemic has not South China Sea and the Rarely has the worldseensuchpaucity of in- Guterrespresides over is in deep trouble. been “bad” forthe environmentiswide- ternational cooperationsince WorldWar II. The lasttimethinking aboutthe multilat- ings on this count. From the FCI’sand the government’ssubsidystandpoint, theissue India-China border has price of grain should ideally be as close as possible to theeconomiccost. But that’s impos- spread. In April dailycarbonemissionswere The unraveling of the global infrastructureof eral order wascementedwasatatime when added to the inflammable sible, giventhe sheer quantum of excess stocks.PMGKAY, if anything, has providedan down by 17 per cent comparedtolastyear. institutionsand partnerships that have been India did notindependentlypartake in the New datainJuneindicates that theyare 5per built since WorldWar II is stark. Thehorse- thought process. It resultedin our being con- avenue forliquidation of this surplusrice and wheat. state of geopolitics. That cent lowerthan at the same point in 2019,in- there is no recourse to those man signifying arise in geopolitical tensions finedtothe category of “ruler takers” for75 Thereisnodoubt that the FCI’s grain mountain has been the single mostimportant dicating aspurt. The drop in emissions in is trotting about. years and counting. Challenges that tran- reason fornosignificantincidence of starvation or food riots during the ongoing COVID 2020 —projectedto beabout8per cent down involved reflects on the poor The paucityofglobal trustamongst states scend borders areofcardinal importance to pandemic —afar cryfromthe 1943 Bengal Famine and other pastlarge-scale calamities. on last year —will justput us on trackto state of global governance has plummetedtoits worstsince WorldWar India’swell being. It is, therefore, time to con- But that does notstilljustify the magnitude of procurement —39mtofwheat and 50 whereweshould be,ifweare to reachthe mechanisms. Rarely has the II. The EU that toutsan“ever closer union” has ceptualise, in concreteterms, pathways to ad- mt-plus of rice from the 2019-20 crop —beingundertakenbygovernment agencies.The Paris agreement goal of limiting warmingto world seen suchpaucityof notbeenapretty picture. When facedwith dress them. This will need to include our en- 1.5C.The threat of climatechange,although corona crisisshortages,almostall EU states visaging the neworder and India’s ownrole FCI’s problem of plenty will, indeed, remain even if the PMGKAYisextendedbeyond raisingits head again, hasbeen constrained. international cooperation responded at the national level. Globally, at in it as well as who our partners in this ven- November.The existing regimeofopen-endedminimum supportprice-basedprocure- The horseman whose threat is existential has since World Wa rII. The one time, morethan 70 percentofthe world’s tureare to be.Others arealready working on ment forpaddy and wheat is financiallyand environmentallyunsustainable. The gov- givenusalonger lease of existence, fornow. unraveling of the global portsofentry—air, sea and land —restricted their game plans. The hereand nowisimpor- ernmentshould maintain sufficient stocks of allessentialfoodstuffs —including pulses, Cyberspace has been adigital saviour dur- infrastructure of institutions travel. According to aGlobal Trade Alertstudy, tant. So, too, is looking beyond the horizon. If edible oil, sugar,and milk powder —todeal with contingencies. But that doesn’t require ing the corona crisis.Constancy of virtual nearly 90 governmentsblockedthe exportof we want to be “rule shapers” rather thanbe- and partnerships that have even 60 mt in FCI godowns. communicationsenhanced through various medicalsupplies while 29 restrictedfood ex- ing “rule takers”, then we needtostart work- services,new apps, expandedcoveragehas been built since World Wa r ports. ing in partnership at blueprintsfor change. It been key to enhancedvirtual livesfor millions II is stark.The horseman In manyregions whereco-operation was is nevertoo earlytoplan forthe future. by increaseofthe avenues forworking from flourishing all of asudden thereare rivalries home, video chat connectivity and online de- signifying arise in and hardfeelings betweenpeople where The writer retired from theIndian Foreign OLI’SBLUSTER livery of goods. Companies that have deftly geopolitical tensions is therehavebeennoborders at all. Forexam- ServiceinApril as India’s Permanent usedcyberspace have prospered the most. trotting about. ple, the Nordic region. Norway openedits Representative to theUnited Nations Nepal PM seekstoblame NewDelhi forhis discomfiturein office, his rivals areright in calling him out

EPAL PRIME MINISTER KPOli’s remarkthat his politicalrivals arecon- spiring withIndia to remove him from office is ill-judged and mislead- ing. In Kathmandu, senior leaders of the Communist PartyofNepal NOT FAIR,BUT HOW LOVELY (CPN), including former prime ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal NPrachanda, MadhavKumarNepaland Jhalnath Khanal,and former Exploitativeideas of skin colour don’t have to define youforever deputy PM BamdevGautam, have demandedthat Oli quit office over the remarks.Oli, who is also the CPN chief, appears isolated within the party,and maynot find the going easy. His attempt to drag India intoNepal’s internal politics, rootedinpowerrivalries within AmritaDutta the CPN, has been rightlycriticisedathome. Prachanda described Oli’s remarks as “nei- ther politicallycorrect, nor diplomaticallyappropriate”, and warnedthat the statement ALITTLE GIRLand herbrother go to the of inequality,fromcaste togender and class professor of strategy at University of “maydamageour relationswiththe neighbour”. market. Theysniffpurple flowers, postalet- privilege,securingthem in place with its Michigan, cites HULresearch thatclaimed Oli has consistentlymaintainedananti-Indiastance—itfacilitated his rise in politics. terinared post-box, spyanorangecat softer, moreinvisible power. It worksinsid- “90 per cent of Indian womenwanttouse As the leader of Communist PartyofNepal-UnifiedMarxistLeninist(CPN-UML), he was peekingout from behindabasket of green iouslyagainstthe vulnerable,bychipping whiteners, because it is aspirational, likelos- bhindi,and watchtheirmotherhaggle with away at their self-worth. ing weight.Afairskinis, likeeducation, re- the face of the anti-Indiaprotests thatrockedNepalfollowing the 2015 border blockade. afisherwoman in an ochresari. These are ForHindustanUnilever, it has meant garded as asocial and economic step up.” In It helpedhim gain the upper hand when the CPN-UML and the CPN-Maoists ledby images from awordless picturebook for cold, hardprofit—Fair &Lovelywas made recent years, Fair &Lovelyads have showed Prachanda fought the 2017 electionstogetherand thereafter mergedtoformthe CPN.Oli children thatartist-writer Manjula forIndian marketsin1975, and is nowaRs women turning intosuccessful teachers, has sincebeen accusedofconsolidating power, both in government and party,while tak- Padmanabhanmadein1986. What stands 2,000-crorebusiness. In 2020, comes the cricket commentators or alawyerfighting ing Nepal away from India and closer to China. The mergerfailedto resolve thelong-stand- out in AVisit to The City Market (NBT) is the turnaround, prompted by the introspection for“women’s rights” by lightening their skin. ing rivalrybetween the twoCPN groups andthe contradictions arenow manifestinthe fac- richearth of the children’s skin,and the in America of ways by which apparently In one advertisement, ayoung working pro- tional fight within the party.Eventhe reportedattemptsbythe Chinese CommunistParty manyshades of darkbrown of other peo- neutral cultural ideals of successand beauty fessional proves her worthtoher father,who ple, from coffeetochocolate tochestnut. For perpetuatesystemicbias.“We recognise wishes he had ason, by transforming herself leadership to mediatepeace amongthe CPN factions have notsucceeded.Meanwhile,Oli Padmanabhan, one of the mostgenre- that the use of thewords ‘fair’, ‘white’ and intoafair woman. sought to tapintoanti-Indiasentiment in sections of Nepal society to whip up anational- bendingEnglish writersinIndia,the book ‘light’suggestasingular ideal of beauty that HUL and other brands arenot the only istfervour,and containthe challengetohis leadership. The recent cartographic challenge wasamilestone.“Those children aredark,” we don’tthinkisright,” the companyhas ones guilty of colouristbias—fromcinema to India —Nepal’s Parliament has passedaConstitution Amendment Bill thatendorses a she told me in an interviewin2015. “Till said,while announcing itsdecision to drop to news television and advertising, there then, Ihad been using —not pink,but asoft “fair” from the brand name, and assuringus has been little challengetothe upper-caste, newmap whichincludes Indian territory—was as much Oli’sattempt to foreground his Afair-skin obsession in a nationalistcredentials andconsolidate ground within the CPN. browncolour.And Isuddenlythought: Why —inthe face of 45 yearsofevidence to the NorthIndian ideal of beauty and desirabil- don’tIuse brown? The full undiluted countrywhere the majority contrary—that it is committedto“aglobal, ity.But, giventhe generations of dark The latestdevelopmentssuggestthatOli mayhaveoverplayedhis anti-India cardby brown. It wasveryliberating.But Ialso re- of people are brown is a inclusive portfolio of skin carebrands”. women and men who have been made to accusing party colleagues of conspiring with aforeign powertotopple the government. alised that many people found it ugly.” lifelong training in self- This is suspiciouslylessthan acosmetic feel unworthy because of the colour of their Prachanda and others maynot want their nationalistcredentialsquestioned in aclimate Icameacross thebook yearslater,asan change. Morethan blackorbrown lives, skin, it is notaburdentheycan shrug off. of hyper-nationalism. Thereislittle forIndia to do in this warofwords, but wait forNepal’s adult,longafter Ihad steppedout of achild- loathing and discrimination. profit matters, whichinanattentionecon- Exploitativeideas of skin colourdonot leaders to settle their disagreements. hood wherethe word fordarkskinin It is tangled with broader omyrun by global social media algorithms, define youforever.Irememberflipping Bengali —for my darkbrown skin —was not structures of inequality, needs insinceresocial messaging to manage. through Padmanabhan’s book,asIreadit just shamla,but moyla (dirty). The ads of Fair from caste to gender and Neither HUL nor other brands that reign over to my daughter,lingering over alittle brown &Lovely, beaming in the messageof the Rs 4,000-crorewhiteningcream market girldressed in abrightyellow—acolourI “twacha ka nikhar” even in our unfamiliar- class privilege,securing them has shown adesire to examine their role in wasashamed to wear as achild—and her DRAWALINE with-Hindi homes,therefore,did notneed in place with its softer,more the perpetuation of racist,casteistideas of statuesque mother,adarkershade of anytranslation. invisible power. It works skin colour.Nor howdeviouslytheyhave brown, also in ayellowsari, and feeling a Afair-skinobsessioninacountry where insidiously against the twistedideas of women’s empowerment to warm glow of affection: This is us. Notfair, Fornow,action againstmatch-fixing in sportis the majority of peopleare brownisalife- sell unsubstantiated claims of melanin-sup- buthow lovely. hobbledbylackoflegal definition longtraining in self-loathingand discrimi- vulnerable,bychipping away pressing “miracles”. In Fighting Poverty nation. It is tangledwith broader structures at their self-worth. Together (2011), the writer Aneel Karnani, a [email protected] AVINDER DANDIWAL HAS been accusedofbeingthe kingpin in aglobal tennis match-fixing and betting scam by the Victorian policeinAustralia. Dandiwal hasdabbledincricket in the past—hetried to run aT20 league in Mohali and is supposedtohavebeen behind aleague in Nepal —and R has been labelledasa“person of interest” by theAnti-Corruption Unit JULY 2, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO (ACU) of the Indian cricketboard.Despitehis tennis misadventures and his known past, that’s all that the non-enforcement agency can do. The lawdoesn’t allowittoevencall him PM ON ASSAM would notaccept any“consensus” reached sponsible forthe outrage, the Lok Dal sup- in forquestioning. Sincefixing isn’tdeemedalegal offence, it canatthe mosttry to stop PRIME MINISTER INDIRA Gandhi, todayde- by thepolitical parties but wasprepared to porters put the blame squarelyonthe local himfromenteringcricketstadiums. clared that she had an “open mind” on ne- thrash out asolution to theforeigners issue police. Common people and shopkeepers gotiations to settle the foreigners issue in through directnegotiations with an open around the main chowkwherethe killing Unsurprisingly, as the BCCI’s ACUhead, AjitSingh,told this newspaper,the list of “per- Assam. “I am fornegotiations.Ihave always mind. took place appeared to be silencedbythe fear sons of interest”islong. If the ACUisable to successfullywarn the players about these per- been working fornegotiations. We want ne- of being persecuted. sons or if their personnel spotand stop them from contacting the players, theysimply gotiations. But so farassecession is con- BAGHPAT VISIT changetheir methodology —orthe sport. As Dandiwal apparentlyswitchedfromcricket cerned, therecan be no twoopinionsthat no AFTER ATWO-HOUR visit to Baghpat, Home JANATA EVICTED to tennis. The sparsely-staffedACU unitdepends on the players to reportany untowardap- price is toogreat to payfor the unityand in- MinisterZail Singh and 11 MPs, including 10 APOLICE PARTY, accompaniedbyamagis- proach. It’s abattle againsthuman nature—one that the anti-corruption crusaders in sport tegrity of the country… Iamwilling to agree women, returnedtoDelhi, seeminglycon- tratebroke open the locksof theJanataParty oftenlose.Withoutadequate legislation in place, theculprits aren’t really worried. to anything providedotherIndiansare safein vinced that the 25-year-old, Maya Tyagi of office in Patna and threw outall theeffects, Assam and nottoanything that putsthe lives Sankalputhi village, wasbrutallyassaulted including typewriters and duplicating ma- The ACUneeds to constantlymonitor,updatethe database of suspected persons, share of minorities in danger.Theyare notstatis- and paradednaked on the main road on June chines, apparentlyto“evict”the party from information with other boards and the ICC —and hope that the players do their bit. For tics, theyare human beings —men, women 18.While the Congress (I) delegations hold the building. The incidenttook place when now, beyond this, notmuchcan be reallydone. “That’s whyweneedamatch-fixing law,” and children,” she said. Meanwhile, the All- the crowd, allegedlycollectedduring ashoot- Singh and other party members had gone Ajit Singh told this newspaper.The cycle of impunity needs to be broken. Assam Gana Sangram Parishad said that it out in whichthree men were also killed, re- out forlunch.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,JULY2,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY ‘‘China has wonthe first battle against the epidemic,and this is worthyof pride. But to maintain victories, we must also look at what is going on in the 11 world. It is aglobal fight,and situations in other battlefields will affectthe THE IDEAS PAGE Chinese battlefield.’’ — GLOBAL TIMES, CHINA Ayurveda deserves better Unlock the House Parliament represents will of the people. Ways When onemanufacturer pushesanuntestedproduct in an unethical manner, mustbefoundfor it to conveneand debatein whydoesitvilifyAyurvedaasawhole? times of Covid-19

no standing committee has conducted any business. In normalcircumstances, thereare three sessions of Parliament in ayear —the Budget Session, Monsoon Session and Winter Session. The Monsoon Session is generallyheld from JulytoSeptember.This time, anew modus operandi forthe func- tioning of the House has to be worked out. Madhulika Banerjee Adhir Ranjan Several options can be considered,learn- Chowdhury ing from the best practices of legislatures around theworld. BABA RAMDEV HASdone adisservice to First, therecan bethe usual meetings/sit- Ayurveda. He putsout Coronil, adruginthe THE PREAMBLE to theIndian Constitution tings but with preventive measures in place marketthatclaims nothingshortofbeinga —“We the people of India… adopt, enact to protect MPs. In addition to ensuring so- “cure” forthe worstpublic health crisis we and give to ourselvesthis constitution” — cial distancing,Parliament’spremisescan have facedinalongtime. Soon, it turns out declares the ultimatesovereigntyofthe be sterilisedasper WHO guidelines. that the drug had failedtomeetbothscien- people. The Constitution restsonthe au- Legislatures in Egypt, France, Germany, tificprotocols and regulatoryrequirements. thorityofthe people. This idea is exercised Israel,SwedenandtheEuropeanParliament This episode reinforcedall the modern throughthe instrument of representative have optedfor this model. stereotypes of traditional medicine —that of democracy. Second, Parliament sessionscan be at- mumbo-jumbopeddledbycharlatansand According to constitutional experts,par- tendedremotely through video conferenc- quacks.Specifically, it buttresses an old but liamentarydemocracy consists of therep- ing and webmeetings. Indonesia, ill-informedscepticism about Ayurveda, that resentation of the people, responsible gov- Venezuela, South Africa, Poland, Argentina, while it might have astrongknowledge of ernment and accountabilityofthe council Brazil and manyothers have optedfor this plantsand their medicinal value, it is notev- of ministers to the legislature. We,the model. idence-based, that it has unstructuredcon- Members of Parliament, owe our powerdi- Third,ahybrid model,whichincorpo- cepts that arenot believable, and that it can- rectly or indirectly to the peopleofIndia. rateselementsofboththe above models, notexplainhow it knows whatitknows. Iamgoadedtoquote Edmund Burke: can be considered.The Philippines and the Hundreds of practitioners, researchers “Parliament is notacongressofambassa- United Kingdom can serveasaguide inthis and manufacturers that Ihavemet over the CRSasikumar dorsfromdifferent andhostile interests; regard. lastthree decadeswhile researching and molecules enteringthe marketsothat common good. whichinterests eachmustmaintain, as an Article 85(1)inthe Constitutionstates: Ayurvedahavetaughtmeotherwise. Yes, I theycan supporttheir patients. Mostoften, The onlyspherewhereAyurveda seems agent and advocate, againstother agents “The President shall from time to time sum- knowand have written about popular med- theyhavetodothiswhile being judged on to have succeededisinthe manufacturing and advocates; but Parliament is adeliber- mon eachHouse of Parliament to meet at icines that Ayurvedaistodayknown for— the basis of rank ignorance and false pride sector. Not preparedtotakemarginalisation ative assemblyofone nation, with one in- suchtime and place as he thinksfit, but six Liv-52, Septilin, Hajmola (did youknowthis from practitioners of modern medicine. likethe other actors in this play, the manufac- terest,that of the whole; where, notlocal months shall notintervene between itslast is acandy version of Kshtudhavardhak bati?). DespiteAyurvedic knowledgebeing turers have triedtowin this game by taking purposes,not local prejudices, ought to sittinginoneSessionandthedateappointed Yes, Iknowthe underbellyofAyurvedatoo rootedinadifferent philosophy, teachers innovation to another level. Theyhavefound guide, butthe general good, resultingfrom forits firstsitting in the next Session.” —BAMS doctors prescribing allopathic have found ways of keeping up the processof that with the right kindofpackaging,posi- the general reason of the whole. You The maximum gapofsix months be- drugs, and worse,Ayurvedic practitioners adapting learning from the textstocontem- tioning and pricing, anyAyurvedic medicine choose aMember indeed; but when you tween sessions is important to be kept in mixing steroids in theirprescriptions. But poraryeducation, fittingintomodern clas- can be transformedtoanFMCGand be sold have chosen him, he is notMemberof mind. The lastsitting of the 17th Lok Sabha my research hasshown me severalother sifications of anatomy, physiology and higher as well as, or even better,thanproductsof Bristol, but he is aMember of Parliament.” wasonMarch 23. Sixmonths or 180days worlds of Ayurveda—the worldofthe prac- specialisations at adeeper level. Theyhave modern pharmaceutical companies. This So,when people elect arepresentative, will elapse on September 19.The House tising Ayurvedic doctor,the teachers in the both adapted to and adoptednew knowl- success comes withaprice. Ayurvedic man- he or she representsthe people of the mustbesummonedbeforethat date. scores of colleges and universities of edge,widening theirhorizons unhesitat- ufacturers have to enter the race to create countryirrespective of colour,creed,caste Our Constitution states that the Ayurvedaand researchers in different insti- ingly,truetotheir tradition. Yettheyhaveto newproducts, of “matching” the capacity of and religion. We elected representativesto President maysummon Parliament “to tutes. These worlds aremuchbiggerand face unhappystudents, struggling withlow biomedicine to makenew products;and of carry forwardthe people’s mind, whichin- meetatsuchtimeand place as he thinks deeper,beyond that of Patanjali, Dabur and self-esteem,under immensepressureto “matching” the capacity to mine the market cludes their weal and woeand the views fit”. Besides, the rules of procedureofboth Himalaya.That worldisvibrant, has integrity compromise their knowledge. forequallyhugeprofits. of the nation, as an input to Parliament and Houses requirethe secretary-general to is- and it is important that it be known, re- Researchers likeAshok Vaidyahavetaken The worlds of Ayurvedahavelongde- extract as an output the plethoraofActs, sue summons to eachMPspecifying the spected and valued. the responsibility of explaining themeaning bated some of thefundamental flaws built rules, sub-rules, etc, to servethe country. “date, time and place of commencement Thankstometiculous research by histo- of Ayurvedatomodernscientific research. intothis apparent success. When two We safeguardthe basic features of the of the season”. These enabling clauses can rians and anthropologists,weknowthat Theyhavesystematically, faithfully and often knowledge traditions have twocompletely democraticrepublic, infusedwith the spirit be usedtohold the sittings of the House Ayurvedafunctionedinadynamic and with verylittle recognition,done the difficult different perspectivesonbody and disease, of justice, liberty,equality and fraternity. through hybrid or remote meetings. proactive statefor averylongtime. jobofgetting the languages of science and then whycompete on themedicine and Parliament is considered the arena of de- Acrucial factor that should notbelost “Tradition”isnot the best waytodescribe it, Ayurvedatospeak to eachother.Theyhave cure? And when parameters of treatment bateand dialogue, decency and discussion sight of is that though the powertosum- because that makes it seem likeastatic wis- learnt and usedtheir methods, while also and expected outcomes areofdifferent —the diadems of parliamentaryniceties. mon Parliament is vested in the President, dom of one time. In reality,the canonical thinking carefullyofcredible translations be- kinds, then howcan the protocols of bio- Thereisnogainsaying the fact that the latter actsonthe advice on the council Ayurvedic textswerecomplemented by tweentwo languages, methods, and indeed medicine be used forevaluatingAyurvedic COVID-19has affected everysegment of of ministers,headedbythe primeminister. hundredsofcommentaries —adapting, world-views.Fromthis, they have produced Theonly sphere where medicines? Whycan Ayurvedic manufac- our national life. Eachand everyinstitution Asession is notterminated by adjourn- modifying,evenchallenging principles by credibleevidence that corroborates and com- Ayurveda seems to have turing notfocus on creating adifferent world has been undergoing aparadigm shiftto ment. During the eighth Lok Sabha, ases- stating evidence to the contrary. Also, there plementsmodern medical research.Despite of diagnosis, treatment and cureinkeeping deal with this threat. One suchinstitution sion whichcommencedonFebruary23, were exchanges of knowledge between prac- this hardworkand brilliance, theystruggle succeeded is in the withits perspective, expanding the rangeof is Parliament, the sanctum sanctorum of 1987,was adjournedsine die on May12, titioners of the broad traditions of Unani, to publish in the mainstream and thosethat manufacturing sector.Not choices patientshave? Thecommercial suc- Indian democracy.The people of the coun- 1987.The Lok Sabha, however, wasnot pro- Ayurvedaand Siddha, acknowledgeduntil do, nevermakebreaking news. prepared to take cess of Ayurvedic manufacturers enables tryhavelong remainedwatchful of rogued. On aproposal from the then the colonial period, whichbrought in the With this enormous effort available, and marginalisation likethe them to be the emblem of Ayurvedainthe Parliament’s proceedings as the powerof MinisterofParliamentary Affairs, the hegemonyofmodern bio-medicine. Under giventhat the spirit of inquiryguides science, public imagination. Thus, when oneofthe the executive originates from this august Speaker,exercising his powers underrule the influence of colonialism, we tethered the it could well have been expected that com- other actorsinthis play,the rogue manufacturers pushes an untested House. 15 of the Rules Of Procedures and Conduct language,the institutions and the systems of munication between science, these worlds manufacturershavetried to product in an unethical manner it vilifies In the wake of the pandemic, aquestion of Business in Lok Sabha, agreedtorecon- Ayurvedic knowledge production to the of Ayurvedaand thepublic would be fos- win this game by taking Ayurvedaasawhole. But on the flip side, has been in the air:How will Parliament vene the sitting of Lok SabhafromJuly27to margins of our learning and education. We tered. This would have been agreat contri- innovation to another level. even when the editor of The Lancet, the ven- resume business? August28, 1987.The twoparts,preceding closed manydoors and windowsofscien- bution to medical knowledge,for humanity erablejournalofmedicine, admitsthat he TheFinance Bill concerns the country’s and following the periodofadjournment, tific practices within and around traditional as awhole. Sadly, though, withhonourable They have found that with wasunderimmense pressurefromthe finances, ranging from taxesand expendi- were treatedasconstituting one seasondi- medical systems. But in atrickofinversion, exceptions, this has notbeenthe case. So, it the right kind of packaging, pharma industrytopublish unreliable data turetothe government’s borrowings and videdintotwo parts. we saytheydonot followthe language and is Ayurvedic doctors, teachers and re- positioning and pricing,any on Remdesivir,itwas considered an excep- revenue, and more. Afterthe presentation The people areeagerly awaiting the re- methodology of science. searchers who have made it their business tion, and did notmalign the modern medical of the budget,the FinanceBill is introduced sumption of Parliament, especiallyata Contrarytopopular opinion,thereare to inquire, implement, investigateand inno- Ayurvedic medicine canbe system as awhole. Ithink Ayurvedade- in the Lok Sabha. In aword, it is crucialto time the countryisreeling from amon- thousands of Ayurvedic practitioners who vate with these knowledge systems in com- transformed to an FMCG serves better. the country. Now, consider that the Finance strous pandemic and concernedabout the aretrue to their education and confidently munication withscience.Without waiting and be sold as well as, or Bill has been passedwithout awordofdis- Chinese aggression. prescribeonlyAyurvedic medicines. They forreciprocity, confidentlycarrying the dou- even better,than products of Thewriter is professorofpolitical science, cussion in Parliament —anunprecedented have found ways,for instance, to comple- ble burden of understandingthe Ayurvedic University of Delhi and author of Power, event. And since the prorogation of the The writer is theleaderof ment surgery with supportinrecovery.They as well as modern scientific knowledge,they modern pharmaceutical Knowledge,Medicine: Ayurvedic House due to the pandemic on March 23, Congress in Lok Sabha stay up to datewiththe latestinvestigations arepossiblycontributing moretothe greater companies. Pharmaceuticals at Home and in the World It shouldn’t take apandemic LETTER TO THE EDITOR SMART MOVE IDEAS THIS REFERSTOthe editorial, ‘New red CreationofCentralBed Bureau, hospital transfer protocols, islong-overdue line’ (IE, July1). Unlike1962,the contest ONLINE with China this time is amultidimen- LRMurmu sional one. We should be prepared to ONLYINTHE EXPRESS use non-linearoptions and hit them where it hurts.This is whywehavetobe ● ATONEMENT, NOT ON JANUARY30, Indiahad itsfirstCOVID-19 whereas bedsmay be available in another farm labourer, fell from atrain at wireless or other communication facilities smartabout dealingwith Chinese im- PRIDE: PRANNV DHAWAN patient, the same daythe WorldHealth hospital. But forapatient, it is tooburden- Mathurapur station in West Bengal at to find out whereaparticular emergency pa- ports.While blocking offessential sup- AND DHRUV JADHAV Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak some to locatehospitals with vacant beds. around 7.45 pm on July 8, andsustaineda tient can be accommodated when apartic- plies suchasactive pharmaceutical in- as apublic health emergency of international This has causedtremendous hardship to head injury. He wasgiven first-aid in the pri- ularhospitalfinds itselfabsolutely helpless to gredientsand other critical inputsfor ● ABASELESS concern.OnMarch 11,when the WHO de- manypatients, resulting in delayedtreat- maryhealthcentreatMathurapur and re- admit apatient because of physical limita- Indian industryissilly, targeting MERITOCRACY: clared it apandemic, the government of India ment and even deaths. ferred to ahigher centrefor further treat- tions. In suchcases, the hospital concerned Chineseinternetplatformscloses ase- NOUMAANANWER invokedthe DisasterManagement Act On June 5, Neelam, who waseight- ment. Unfortunately, he wasdenied should contact immediatelythe CentralBed curity loopholeand leveragesIndia’s (2005), and the EpidemicDiseases Act months pregnant, wasrefusedadmission by admission due to the lack of abed in four Bureauwhichwill communicatewith the hugemarket potential to put economic (1897).The national lockdownbegan on eight hospitals in 12 hours and diedinanam- government medical colleges, and twopri- other hospitals and decide in whichhospi- pressureonChina.This is also an oppor- www.indianexpress.com March 25. These invocations were meant to bulance in Noida. Aprobe ordered by the dis- vate hospitals. He finallygot admission in talanemergency moribund/serious patient tunity to developIndian alternatives facilitate and galvanise disasterprepared- trict magistratefound that she had to shuffle the CalcuttaMedical Research Institutethe is to be admitted.” The Delhigovernment’s leveraging our strengthsinIT. ness to meetthe unparalleled health crisis. between hospitals without aproper referral, next dayand wastreated there. This case, “Corona App” is agood initiative to locateva- SanjayChopra, Mohali portance of due process. AfterPrime MinisterNarendra Modi's and Noida hospitals made excusestodeny Paschim BangaKhetMazdoor SamityvsState cant beds, but is yettoprove effective. MAbdullah Ghazali, Patna warcry againstthe pandemic,citizens must her admission.Manysuchtragic stories have of West Bengal and Anr,was adjudicatedby Nonetheless, all the bedsavailable with every SAD REALITY have felt relievedand secure when the been reportedfromdifferent parts of the the Supreme Courtin1996. The Union of hospital in ageographical region needtobe TORTURE IGNORED health ministrybriefed the media on April country. Meanwhile, high courtsand the India wasalso made aparty to the case. pooledfor equitable distribution in the best THIS REFERSTOthe article,'Guarding 12 that nation is over-prepared in terms of Supreme Courttook note of the difficulties Considering the rangeofimplications, the interests of the patients. the guardians' (IE, July1). Theimple- THIS REFERSTOthe editorial, ‘Death in testing, training and hospitalisation to stay people were facing in accessing medical care apexcourtobservedthat other states, Were theseSCrecommendations taken mentation of the DK Basu judgmentsto custody’ (IE, June 30). According to data ahead of the disease curve. It stated,“As of and passedscathing remarkson the govern- thoughnot parties,musttakenecessary seriouslyand followedanywhereinIndia in curb police brutality has been, by the submitted by the statepolicetothe today, if we need1,671 bedsfor COVID-19 ments' handling of the situation. The Court steps in light of the directions passed. the last27years? Instead, the states arebusy writer’s ownadmission,afiasco. Most Madras HighCourt, there were 157cus- patients, we have over 1lakh 5thousand remindedthe custodians of public health The SC ruledthat denial of emergency reinventing the wheel amid the pandemic. people arestillterriblyafraidofand todial deathsinTamilNadu between bedsavailable”. Even though the figure services that theyare duty-bound to provide treatment is aviolation of the right to life The neglectofemergency health services for avoid contact with the police. This is un- 2012 and 2016.Thereisan urgent need looked impressive,onthe ground, the beds care. The government,aware of itsinadequa- guaranteedunder Article 21 of the decades is taking atoll. Hakim Seikh was fortunate. The police have around them forIndia to ratify the United Nations were scattered and notlocated as per the cies, triedtorope in private hospitals so as to Constitution. The order laid out comprehen- lucky to survive.But theremay be no such an air of impunity,beitfreerickshaw Conventionagainsttorture (UNCAT), hospitals’ requirement at agiven pointin coverasmuchground as possible from test- sive guidelinesfor proper documentation luckfor manyofthe seriouslyill patients, rides, custodial tortureorfakeencoun- whichitsignedin1997but has notrat- time.Thus, whenthereisnocoordination, ing to hospital bedsfor serious COVID pa- and protocols forreferral/transfer of patients. with COVID or otherwise. ters. At times, probablybecause of our ifiedyet.Despitetwo officialBills which cooperation and collaborationamong hos- tients. The delayedcorrectivemeasures, If apatientistoo sicktobetransferred, he/she aversion to theslowsystem, we are lapsedand areportbythe law commis- pitals in ageographical region, the problem morethan four months afterthe firstCOVID is to be kept on atrolleyand even on the floor The writer is professor of emergency swayed into celebrating police officers’ sion, the issue has notbeenapriority of shortage of beds gets acutelyexacerbated case, reflectmisjudgement of an evolving, till she/he can be accommodated.Toease the medicine (surgery), department of cruelty as instant justice. We must re- forthe Central government. This must and becomes unmanageable even with a calamitous pandemic. pressurefor emergency beds, the SC recom- emergency medicine, All India Institute of alise thatthe object of theirbloodlust changeatthe earliest. slight increase in the number of patients. A In 1992, therewas no disaster,noepi- mendedthat “a Central BedBureaushould Medical Sciences, NewDelhi. Viewsare can be anyone. We must realise the im- Shubham Choubey, Gurugram hospital that is fullmay denyadmission, demic and no pandemic.HakimSeikh, a be setupwhichshould be equippedwith personal

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 12 CLASSIFIEDS &TENDERS THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,JULY2,2020

PUBLIC NOTICE Government of Jammu&Kashmir My client Smt. Radha Joshi W/o Late Shri Jagdish Chand Joshi R/o OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER PWD (R&B) DIVISION RAMBAN H.No.133, Gali No.8, Bhagat Colony, Classifieds West Sant Nagar,Burari, Delhi-110084 have severed /terminated all relations (2nd TIME SHORT TERM) NOTICE INVITING TENDERS from her son Prabhakar Joshi S/o Late Fresh E-NIT No.: 09 of 2020-21 Dated: 27.06.2020 to E-NIT No 04 of 2020-21 dated 12.06.2020 (E-tendering) Sh. Jagdish Chand Joshi and his wife Smt. Prakrti Kambhoj R/o Kh-140/1/12, Forand on behalf of the Lt .Governor of Jammu&Kashmir UT,the ExecutiveEngineer PWD (R&B) Gali No.23, Bengali Colony,Sant Division Ramban invite tenders by e-tendering mode on Item/%age rates from approvedand eligible PERSONAL Nagar,Burari, Delhi-110084 disinherited /disowned them from their Contractors/Firms registered with J&K UT Govt. PWD,CPWD,MES &Railwaysfor the following work:- all moveable and immovable properties IHarshvardhan Kumar S/o I, Amit Kumar S/oRajpal Singh due to their misconduct. In future, if any Sr.Name of Work Tender Doc. Earnest Time &Class of Type of person dealing with the aforesaid No. of In shape of Money date of Contr- Contract

MahendraPal SinghR/o Village R/o.Rehmapur,Syewali Distt.- sion debarred persons, that shall be his/her Try. Challan (in Rs.) Opening actor Maheshwari, Post and PS- Bulandshahr U.P.,declare that own risks and costs and my clients will Divi not be responsible for the same in any Name /Receipt of Tender Mandawar, Distt-Bijnor, UP- my minor son’s is written manner. 12 34 5678 246721, have finally changed wrong as, ReebuSingh in my Ankur Gupta &B.Khan Associates Advocate Chamber No.169,Civil Wing, 1. Restoration of various roads of PWD R&B Sub 600.00 10000.00 “SHG” Stage my name to Harshvardhan service recordwhereas,his TisHazari Courts, Delhi-110054 Division Banihal by way of Snow clearance like- Contact Singh 0070707712-1 correct name Reebu. ly to be damaged during the current financial 2020-21 PUBLIC NOTICE year 2020-21 0040540895-3 IKadambari Singh D/O Lt Col "Be it known to the general public that 1.Battoo Gogani Road Length 3.00 Kms Anand Singh (retd) R/oJ-57A I, Aman Kumar S/oLalchand my client, Sh. Tilak Singh S/o Late 2. Restoration of various roads of PWD R&B Sub 600.00 10000.00 “A&B ”Stage Sh. Raj Veer Singh aged about 45 Division Gool by way of slip clearance,filling of Contact Sector 10 Faridabad have Kumar R/oH-164,2nd Floor, yearsR/o B-2/533. Gali No.23, ruts&snow clearance likelytobedamaged 2020-21 changed my name to Vernika Dakshin Puri, Dr. Ambedkar Harsh Vihar Delhi-110093 along with during the current financial year 2020-21 his wife, has disowned his eldest 1.Tragwal Morh to Salballa road length2.50Kms Singh for all future purposes. Nagar, Delhi-110062, that name daughter namely Babita from all his 2. Gool ByePass road Length 2.50Kms. of my father has beenwrongly moveable and immoveable property 0040540901-1 and severed his relationship with her 3. Restoration of various roads of PWD R&B Sub 600.00 10000.00 “A&B ”Stage written as Lal Chand in my as aresultofsufferings and Division Gool by way of slip clearance,filling of Contact I, Yuvraj S/oAshok Kumar R/0- Educational Documents. The harassment due to unsocial, ruts&snow clearance likelytobedamaged 2020-21 aggressive, and inhumane act & D-41 gali.no-2 East Vinod- actualname of my father is during the current financial year 2020-21 behavior of her abovementioned 1. Poultry Farm To Jaral Mohallah road length Nagar Delhi-91.have changed Lalchand Kumar daughter.Ifanybody keeps any 1.250 Kms. 2.Link road to I.T.I IGool Length relation or deals with her in any my name to yuvraj 0.150 Kms 0070707754-1 manner whatsoever,he/she would Choudhary,for all,purposes. be doing solely at his/her own risk 4. Restoration of various roads of PWD R&B Sub 600.00 10000.00 “SHG” Stage I, AanchalRanghare,D/o and consequences and my client DivisionGoolbyway of slip clearance,filling of Contact 0040540899-2 Mr.RajeshKumar, holderof shall not be responsible for the act of rutsand snow clearance likely to be damaged 2020-21 Babita. during the current financial year 2020-21 I, SNitinkumar Sajjan S/oSuresh IndianPassport No.J1449511 ASHOK THAGAL ADVOCATE 1.Link road to Employes Hostel length

BSajjan R/o14, Nandini R/o.H.No.C-15, South- CHAMBER NO.477 (LGF), CIVIL WING, 0.150 Kms. 2.Mugji to Dharam length hrs.) Badawane, Vijayapura, ExtensionPart-2, NewDelhi- TIS HAZARI COURTS, DELHI- 54 2.50 Kms. 5. Restoration of various roads of PWD R&B Sub 600.00 10000.00 “A&B ”Stage 110049,have changedmyname (1200

Karnataka-586109, have RAMBAN DivisionGoolbyway of slip clearance,filling of Contact changed my name to to Aanchal. 0040540932-3 ruts&snow clearance likelytobedamaged 2020-21 Nitinkumar Sajjan during the current financial year 2020-21. I, Roshini U,D/oUdaya R/o-F- 1.Link road to Ziarat Sharief Asthankund length 0070707757-1 1/176, J.J.Colony, Madangir, 1.10 Kms. 2. Gool Dheedah via Dachan road DIVISION New Delhi.have changed my length 5.00 Kms. 09.07.2020 I, Rajeev Kumar Dang S/o name to Roshini,for 6. Restoration of various roads of PWD R&B Sub 600.00 10000.00 “A&B ”Stage

Ramnath Dang R/oB-12, Alok (R&B) all,purposes. 0040540899-4 DivisionGoolbyway of slip clearance,filling of Contact Nagar, Jaipur House, ruts&snow clearance likelytobedamaged 2020-21 during the current financial year 2020-21

Shahaganj, Agra,UP-282010, I Ramesh Kumar S/oDariyav PWD 1.Ziyarat Sharief Farid-ud-Din Jaba Gool length have changed my name to Singh R/oH.No-778,Dichaon 2.00 Kms. 2Jabli gool to Old PWD rest house Rajeev Dang 0070707760-1 Kalan,Delhi-110043, have via Forest Guest house length 1.20 kms. changed my nametoRamesh. 7. Restoration of various roads of PWD R&B Sub 600.00 10000.00 “A&B ”Stage I, Rahul S/oDamodar R/oE-447, DivisionGoolbyway of slip clearance,filling of Contact Dakshin Puri, Dr. Ambedkar 0040540932-4 ruts&snow clearance likelytobedamaged 2020-21 Nagar, Delhi-110062, have during the current financial year 2020-21 I Rakesh Kumar Sharma S/o 1.Perthmulla to Kharbhak road length changed my name to Rahul rajender prasad sharmaR/o-k- 0.90 Kms. 2. Shan Mohallah to Zalus road Bagdi 0070707724-1 3/202 f-black 1st-floor mohan length 0.750 Kms. garden ND-59,have changed 8. Restoration of various roads of PWD (R&B) Sub 600.00 10000.00 “SHG” Stage I, RabiyaNadeem W/oSyed Division Gool by way of slip clearance,filling of ruts& Contact NadeemAkhtar R/oMohalla- my name to Rakesh sharma. snow clearance likely to be damaged during the cur- 2020-21 Palwalyan Post-Gulaothi rent financial year 2020-21 0040540932-1 1.Shanabati to Karara road road length Bulandshahr Uttar Pradesh, I I AJAY KUMAR GUPTAS/O RAJAN 3.00 Kms. 2. Dharam Kund to Shanabati road length Have change my Name Rabiya 1.90 Kms. LAL GUPTA, R/o-RZ-A-3/74, Khatoon For, All Purpose. GALI NO-A-3, DURGA PARK, Position of AAA =APPLIED FOR 0040540895-2 DELHI-110045.have changed Position of Funds =AVAILABLE IN 2020-21 PLAN 1. Date of Issue of Tender Notice 27.06.2020 I, Pradeep Kumar LakhwanS/o my name to AJAY GUPTA. Mohender Singh R/o7/512, 0040540932-2 2. Period of downloading of bidding documents From 28.06.2020,10.00 A.M. to 08.07.2020, 4.00 P.M. Vats Colony, NahraNahriRoad, 3. Date,Time and place of pre-bid meeting Bahadurgarh, Jhajjar, Haryana- 4. Bid submission StartDate 28.06.2020 From 10.00 A.M. 124507, have finally changed LOST & FOUND 5. Bid Submission End Date 08.07.2020 upto 4.00 P.M. my name to Pradeep Kumar 7. Date &time of opening of Technical Bids (Online) - 09.07.2020 at 12.00 A.M. in the Officeofthe Lost My Original Certificate of [The date should be one dayafter deadline forreceiv- Executive Engineer PWD (R&B) Division Ramban. 0070707729-1 Class 10th, Year 2018, Roll ing of hard copies] I, Neerja Jaryal D/oP.C.Jaryal No.8156661. Pass out from PUBLIC NOTICE 8. Date &time of opening of Financial Bids (Online) To be notified after technical bid evaluation is completed MY CLIENTS SH. RAM DARSH YADAV AND and Ex. Wife of Puneet CBSE Delhi.Finder Contact:- HIS WIFE SMT. SINGARI DEVI BOTH R/O 1. The Bidding documents Consisting of qualifying information, eligibility criteria, specifications,Drawings,bill of Upadhyay,R/o RZF-1/30, Lotus Ambareen Anwar, 194,Pocket- RZ-100/284, GALI NO: 2, GEETANJALI quantities (B.O.Q), Set of terms and conditions of contract and other details can be seen/downloaded from the PARK, NANGAL RAYA, DELHI-110046, B,New MIG Flats ,Mayur Vihar departmental website: www.jktenders.gov.in. Apartment Flat No-202A, Lane SEVERE ALL RELATIONS &DEBAR THEIR No. 1999-2021 Sd/- (Er.Maqbool Hussain) SON RAKESH YADAV &DAUGHTER-IN- No-3, Mahavir Enclave,Palam Phase-3, Delhi- 110096. Dated: 27.06.2020 Executive Engineer,PWD (R&B) Division, Ramban LAW PRIYANKA YADAV BOTH R/O H. NO: DIPJ-1819 Village, Delhi-110045, declare 99, GROUND FLOOR, POLE NO: 33, 0040540890-1 VILLAGE DABRI, SHEETLA MATA MANDIR, that Igot divorce from my DELHI-110045 FROM ALL MOVABLE- husband Puneet Upadhyay I Surendra Kumar Garg, S/O IMMOVABLE PROPERTY(S) DUE TO THEIR MISCONDUCT. MY CLIENTS WILL vide courtdecree HMA NO- Late.Ganga Prasad have lost NOT BE RESPONSIBLEFOR ANYOF my original Allotment-letter THEIR ACTS /DEALINGS IN FUTURE. 2729/2018, Dated 09.10.2018. Sd/- Further Ihave changed the dated-2/9/1985 and VIJAY YADAV possession-certificate issued ADVOCATE name of my minor son Aryan At: 8-168, North-Ex Mall, by Noida Authority. Property Sector-9, Rohini, Delhi-89 Upadhyay aged 7yearsand he D/1254-8/04 Mob. 9711292858 shall hereafter be known as address Plot.NO-233,sec- Aryan Jaryal 0070707758-1 15A,NOIDAGautambudh- nagar UP-201301.If anyone I, KRITIKA, D/O RAVINDER Found contact me Deepak KUMAR, H.NO.M-43,GALI.NO-5 Garg, Mob.No-9999175100 NEW MAHAVIR-NAGAR NEW address.plot.No-233, SEC- DELHI-110018,changed my 15A,NOIDAGautam Budh- name to KRITIKAMALHOTRA Nagar UP-201301. permanently. 0040540932-8 0040540932-6 I, KM Shakambari, w/oSh. Rajender Singh Rawat, r/oF-66 PUBLIC NOTICE My client MS. Tulsa DEVI W/o Late, Shri Om Jawahar Park, Devli Road, Prakash Resident of F-243, Inder Enclave Khanpur, New Delhi-110080 Phase-2 Kirari Suleman Nagar Nithari New Delhi-110086, have debarredand disowned have changed my name to theirson Mr.Hemant Kumar with daughter in- law namely Nitu And younger son Mr.Naresh Shakmbri Rawatfor all Kumar with daughter in-law namely Mamta, purposes. 0040540897-1 from all their movable and immovable properties due to his disrespectful behavior and out of control of my client. My client have also severed I, Gurcharan Singh S/o-Sohan all their relation with him. If anybody deal with him in any manner he/she/T.G. shall do so at Singh R/o-Flat.No.97,Farmers- his/her own risk, cost and consequences. My Apartments Plot.No.8, Sector- client shall not be liable or responsible for the same in any manner. 13, RohiniDelhi-85,changed my Sd/- Kaushal Kumar Singh daughter’sname Ipsita Singh Advocate Chamber No. 651, Lawyers Block, to Ipsita Kaur. 0040540899-3 Saket Courts, Complex, New Delhi-110017 I, GURVINDER KAUR SACHDEVA,W/OJATINDER SINGH SACHDEVA,H.NO.L- PUBLIC NOTICE 1/255B, DDAFLATS KALKA JI Public at large is informed that my client Shri Virender Kumar Sharma son of Late Shri D.D. NEW DELHI 110019. CHANGED Sharma, resident of C-25, New Krishna Park, Dhauli MY NAME TO GURVINDER KAUR Piau, New Delhi-110018, is the exclusive owner of the property bearing No. C-25, New Krishna Park, permanently. 0040540932-5 Dhauli Piau, New Delhi-110018 to the extent of 50% and also he is exclusive owner of the properties at Khasra No.38, situated at Village Dabri, New Delhi- I, Deepanwita MukherjeeD/o 110045. He hasnot given any attorney nor authorized anyone including but not limited to his Mrigank Mouli MaitraR/o.Flat sons and nephews namely Shri Vivek Gaur, Shri Aman Gaur, Shri Gaurav Gaur, Sandeep Gaur and No.N-1401, Prateek Deepak Gaur to deal in any manner with regards to wisteria,Sector-77, Noida- the aforesaid properties nor they have any right, title or interest, authority of any kind in the said ''IMPORTANT'' 201301,have changed my name properties. Anyone dealing with them shall do so at his/her/ their own risk, costs and consequences. My to Deepanwita Maitra. client shall not be liable for any kind of dealing with Whilst care is taken prior to anyone except my client in relation to the aforesaid properties. It is however clarified that Ihavegiven an acceptance of advertising 0040540895-1 attorney to the limited extent to pursue acase titled as Virender Kumar Sharma Versus Sunita &Others copy,itisnot possible to verify to my son Shri Vivek Gaur. I, AnilKumar PanwarS/o Chandi Sd/- its contents. The Indian Lal Pawar R/o507, Sector-15, ROHIT SEHGAL Express (P) Limited cannot be ADVOCATE Part-1, Gurgaon, Haryana- Chamber No, 6, Civil Side, held responsible for such Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi -110054 122001, have changed my name (M): 9811838411 contents, nor for any loss or to Anil Pawar 35hk(3) damage incurred as aresultof 0070707756-1 transactions with companies, PUBLIC NOTICE associations or individuals I, Daksh NagpalS/o Pankaj General public at large is informed that my advertising in its newspapers Nagpal R/o.B-34 Defence client Sh. Rishi Prakash S/o Late Sh. Kawal Singh R/o Khasra No. 77/20, Balmiki Basti, or Publications. We therefore Colony,New Delhi-110024,have Bawana, New Delhi-110039, has severed all recommend that readers changed my name to Daksh his relations with his son, namely Sh. Andeep S/o Sh. Rishi Prakash and his daughter-in- make necessaryinquiries Khanna permanently. law Smt. Rachna W/o Sh. Andeep. My client has disowned/ disinherited his son, Sh. before sending any monies or 0040540899-1 Andeep and daughter-in-law Smt. Rachna entering into any agreements and their legal heirs, successor, attorney from all his moveable and immovable properties with advertisers or otherwise I, DBalaKoteshwara Rao S/oD with immediate effect. As my client's son, Sh. acting on an advertisement in Narayana Rao R/o006, Andeep and his daughter-in-law Smt. Rachna is not under the control of my client and he any manner whatsoever. Himalaya Tower, Ahinsa does not listen to him at all. Henceforth, if anyone dealing with my client's son and Khand-2, indirapuram, daughter-in-law, he shall be doing so at Ghaziabad, UP-201014, have his/her own risks and consequences. And, my client shall not be responsible for any act of changed my minor son’s name his son, and daughter in law in any manner. Sd/- from DShivaSai Suryaaged 15 Karan Singh years to DSivamsh forever Advocate Chamber No. 846, Lawyers Chambers', Dwarka Court, Sec-10 Dwarka, 0070707750-1 New Delhi-75.Mob: 9560572128 I, Burhan Ali S/oMohammad

Hussain R/oPipali Chok Sen PUBLIC NOTICE mohalla, Aklera, Jhalawar, Our clients Sh. Om Prakash S/o Late Kishori Lal, Smt. Heera Devi W/o Om Rajasthan-326033, have Prakash and all Family Members R/o changed my name to C-485, Gali No.9, Mangolpuri, Delhi- 110083 have severed/terminated all Burhanuddin relations from his son Sh. Bhagwan Dass @Vikas S/o Sh. Om Prakash and 0070707726-1 his wife Smt. Komal their child Master Pranav R/o C-538, Gali No.9, I, Anupam RawatD/o Prem Mangolpuri, Delhi-110083 disinherited/ disowned them from their all moveable Singh RawatR/o House No-34, and immovable properties due to their Vill-Nijhada, PO-Kashipur, misconduct. In future, if any person dealing with the aforesaid debarred Distt-UdhamSingh Nagar, persons, that shall be his/her own risks and costs and my clients will not be Uttrakhand-244713,have responsible for the same in any manner. changed my name to Anupama Ankur Gupta &B.Khan Associates Rawat 0070707717-1 Advocate Chamber No.169,Civil Wing, TisHazari Courts, Delhi-110054 I, Anuj Kumar Sinha S/oBirendra Prasad Sinha R/oHNo-2257, Road No-20, PS Harla, Sector- PUBLIC NOTICE 8B, BokaroSteel City, Bokaro, It is for general information that I Jharkhand-827009, have BALJIT SINGH son of BANI SINGH, changed my minor daughter’s residing at F-4/243, 2nd FLOOR, SECTOR-16,ROHINI, DELHI- name from Ayana Sinha aged 4 110085, declare that wrongly date years to Ananya Sinha forever of birth (09.01.2003) minorson NAMAN aged 17 years (actual 0070707762-1 D.O.B. is 07.01.2003) also name of my wife has been wrongly written as I, Anand s/oRanjodh Singh r/oL- “JYOTI SINGH” in his educational 011, 1st floor, Centrumpark documentsCBSE 10th class marksheet. The actual name of my indiaBulls,sector-103, wife is “JYOTI” which may be gurgaon, haryana-122006 have amended accordinghly. It is sertified that Ihave complied changed my name to ANAND with all other legal requirement in SINGH. 0040540893-1 this connection.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,JULY2,2020 @ieExplained #ExpressExplained 13 If thereare questions of current or contemporaryrelevance that youwould like E EXPLAINED explained, please [email protected]

EXPERTS EXPLAIN If youare infected: demystifyingCovid-19 care

tions that canoccur, when someone is ex- ical elementsofan“ICU bed”—thereisnoth- senicum album and hydroxychloroquine, it posedtoCovid-19. Let’swalk through these ing special about the bed itself. will nowbewiser to distributepulse-oxime- possibilities, and the possible carepathways EXPOSURE Community-basedcare: The best wayto ters to communities at risk.Sofar,early data eachsituation warrants. relax the load on hospitals is to keep allthose suggestthat asteroid and the antiviral Asymptomatics: If exposed, one gets Don’t have Covid Have Covid who do notneedhospital-basedcare, away remdesivirmay showsome benefit in more Covid-19 or onedoesn’t.Ofall who getit, from hospitals —for as longasissafelypos- severe hospitalisedcases. Favipiravir has mostwillbeasymptomatic:theywillshow sible. Keeping people home safely means been approved foruse in moderatecases in Asymptomatic Pre-symptomatic Symptomatic no symptoms, but will continue to spread it. monitoringsymptomatic patientsbymeas- India, but the datahavenot been released. Satchit Balsari & It is likely that they maybelesscontagious uring their respiratoryrate(countinghow Note however, thatasimilarwonder-drug thansomeonewho is actively coughing,but manybreaths they take per minute—the av- forinfluenza mostlybrings down symptoms Mild symptoms Shortness of breath Other Zarir Udwadia thereisnoevidence to suggestthat the eragepersontakes about12) andtheir oxy- by aday.These medications arenot cures. asymptomatic patientsdonot spread the gensaturation, using asmall device that clips Covid-19willravage neighbourhoods AFTER THREEmonthsofmissteps, there virus. They, however, neednotreatment. High flowoxygen Pronation Ventilation on to your fingertips, calledpulse-oximeter. across India. The best strategy willbeto seems to be consensus —orrather alatere- Presymptomatics and mildcases: Of the Pharmaceuticals Neighbourhood champions and community mountahyper-localresponse that is backed alisation —that notall patientswith Covid- fewthatare symptomatic,all will firstbepre- health workers can be easilytaughttodothis by science. Dharaviand Kerala —verydiffer- 19 need to be takentohospitals. We have symptomatic.This is the roughlytwo-day in- via online teachingaids. ent from eachother —haveshown howa known withfair certainty since early March terval in whichtheywillbecontagious, will If the oxygen saturation beginstogo highlycontext-drivenstrategyworks.Most that Covid-19does notspread likeEbola, and spread the virus, but will nothavedeveloped whichinplain English,means lying onyour ventilators,orintensive carespecialists— down, or therespiratoryratebegins to go up, ofthose who will getCovid-19will be fine. thatinthe absenceofeffectivemedical treat- symptoms. Eventuallytheywilldevelop one belly, instead of your back.Doing so opens up especiallywhen no cityinIndiahas enough the patients needintervention —first, oxy- Among thosewho have some symptoms, ment,non-pharmaceutical interventions like or acombination of the Covid-19symptoms the air chambers in the backofyourlungs that of either,and most smaller towns and vil- gentherapy. Mostwillnot have access to hos- monitor as manyaspossible with pulse- hand-washing, masking and physical dis- we recognise:lossofsmell or taste, cough, arenormally collapsed, therebyproviding lages have neither. pitals, and can be safelygiven oxygen at oximeters (or simplybycounting the respi- tancingwouldbethe best defence. And yet, fever,and so on. moreoxygentoyour blood.Early evidence Severe cases: Unlikerun-of-the-mill home when possible, or in neighbourhood ratory rate,when devices runout). And if fornearly onehundred days,confirmed cases Mostofthese symptomatic cases will only shows thatthis helps avertthe needformore pneumonias, we have observed that the Covid-carecentres. Aminority will have to short of breath,administer oxygenation and of Covid-19 in India’s cities were being ad- have mild symptoms and will also need no aggressive intervention in some cases. shortness of breath in patientswith Covid- go to hospital. pronation. mitted to hospitals, irrespective of thesever- treatment, exceptwhat physicians appropri- But the principal intervention forthose 19 can progress abruptly, and these patients Therewill, of course, be many exceptions Aminority will getverysick, and will re- ity of disease. atelycall “symptomatic management”, with with moderateseverityisoxygen—which needventilators. These breathingmachines to this neat linearprogression,but the vast quirecritical care. The harsh reality is that This blunder —with no clinical justifica- medications to simplymanagethe fever and can be deliveredthrough amask and tube arehighlycomplex systems thatneedskilled majority will followthis trajectory, as data mostfromthe last group will notget the care tion —resulted in firstparalysing, then over- cough and bodyaches. Home remedies may connected to aportableoxygentank (which technicianstorun them, and requirethat pa- from around theworld areshowing. (Westill theyneed. We cannotfix decadesofneglect whelming, and finally crushing entirehealth help with some of this, but thereisnoevi- likeagas cylinder,isheavy,and must be re- tientshaveaflexibleplastic tubeadvanced don’thavereliable clinical datafromIndia.) while in the throes of apandemic. systems. The hospitals were rendered inca- dence thattheyalter thecourseofthe disease. placed); or as pipedoxygen, as is available intotheir trachea (windpipe),typicallybyan This strategy is notnew.Byearly April, pable of caringfor tens of thousandsofother Symptomatics,moderate: Of the re- in some hospitals, andwhichcomes from anaesthesiologistoremergency physicians patientsinNew York,wherethe epidemic (Dr Satchit Balsari is assistant professor in patients with non-Covid-related diseases, mainder,some will develop moderatesymp- largertanks; or simply via asmall, portable or intensivists.The patientsthen have to be wasthen at itspeak,werebeing sent home Emergency Medicine and in Global Healthat and jeopardisedthe wellbeing of their over- toms, and some will develop severe disease. machine calledanoxygenconcentrator kept sedated (asleep) with apreciselydosed with pulse-oximeters and even oxygen con- HarvardUniversity’s medical and public worked staff. Whatcan other cities, towns Onlythese twocategories needsophisticated whichmakes oxygen from air. Many people intravenous medication —anoverdose of centrators. Various states in India were at the healthschools. and villages in India learn from this, as the medical intervention. with lung diseases have them athome. whichcan easilykill the patient. And finally, time embracing unproven, unvalidatedin- Dr Zarir Udwadia is ConsultantChest pandemic spreads to the hinterland? Those with moderatesymptoms will ben- Thereisnoclinical justification to take up plasma donated from Covid-19survivors terventions. Physician, PD Hinduja Hospital &Medical Thereare afinite number of permuta- efit from oxygen therapy, and “pronation,” ICU bedsfor these patients. Theydonot need helps some of the sickest.These arethe crit- Instead of distributing spice mixtures, ar- Research Centre,Mumbai) SIMPLY PUT How acoronavirus Why Huawei,ZTE are ‘threats’ death has rekindled The US has designated Huaweiand ZTE as nationalsecurity threats. What does this mean fortelecom debate on weight of companies worldwide, including in India, thatwereusing equipment from these Chinese manufacturers? sumo wrestlers networkcomprises up to 30 per cent Chinese AASHISHARYAN telecom equipment, including Huawei's, NEWDELHI,JULY1 while Vodafone Idea uses 40 per cent. BSNL's 3G networklargely comprises equipment NIHALKOSHIE ON TUESDAY,the US Federal Communications from ZTE, whoseshareis40 percent. NEWDELHI,JULY1 Commission (FCC)designated Chinese tele- com vendorsHuaweiTechnologies Company Howdoesthe Huaweiban impact India? THE DEATH of asumo wrestler (rikishi) due and ZTE Corporation,and all theirparent,sub- With the reservepricefor 8,300MHz to Covid-19 in Mayhas openedadebate sidiaryandaffiliatefirmsas“nationalsecurity spectrum, including the 5G band, unchanged about the dietand lifestyleofJapan's heavy- threats”. Huaweiand ZTE have been accused at Rs 5.22 lakh crore, low-costequipment weight wrestlers. of beingcloseto the Chinesegovernmentand from Huawei or ZTE could have provided spying foritbysharing the dataofUScitizens. some relief to domestic telecom companies. Who is the rikishiwho died? In Decemberlastyear,TelecomMinister ShobushiKanji,just28,diedonMay13be- What arethe allegations againstHuawei Ravi ShankarPrasad had said allplayers, in- cause of multiple organfailureafter he was and ZTE? cluding Huawei, had been permitted to par- found coronavirus positive .Hewas notatop TheUS-Huawei-ZTE tussle is nearlya ticipateinthe 5G trials in the country. Huawei professional sumo wrestler but wasinthe decade old now. Thefirstofficial actionwas India’s Chief Executive Officer had said in June fourth-tier division, the ‘Sandanme'. Shobushi Asumo wrestler’s average intakeis takenin2012, whenthe US House 2019 thatthe companywas ready to sign a wasoneof thesevenwrestlerswhotestedpos- 7,000to 10,000caloriesaday. File Intelligence Committee releasedareport say- AHuaweistore in Beijing,onWednesday. AP “no backdoor” agreement with the govern- itivefromtheTakadagawastable.Astableislike ing Huaweiand ZTE posedarisktonational ment —itwould vouchthat it didnot gain ac- anakharainIndia,aplacewherewrestlerstrain security,and suggesting that US businesses cess to anyIndiancustomer’s equipment. andlive.Accordingto areportintheJapanTimes, However, it is unclear if it wasbecause of his avoid buying equipment from them. The said ZTE would be able to remain in business Ethernetswitches, small base stations, and Alot has changedsince then. Following the Shobushi “is thought to be thefirstperson in genes or lifestyle. Yetpreviouslydonere- committee saidneither Huaweinor ZTE had in theUS afterpaying afine of $1.3 billion, and basebandunits.The35-year-oldcompanytoo attackonthe Line of Actual Control, a4Gnet- the20sto diefromthevirusinJapan”.Heisalso search shows that arikishi who is obese may properly addressedconcerns raisedonthe providing “high-levelsecurity guarantees”, has movedintodatabase management sys- work expansiontender floatedby BSNLfor it- the firstsumo wrestler to die of Covid-19. have excellent health parameters. their ability to snoop on US citizens or firms. FCC's latestactions undoes thatdecision. tems, cloud computing, softwareand storage self and MahanagarTelephone NigamLimited Awidelycitedstudyby professoremeritus The US has oftenaccusedHuaweiand ZTE ■In 2018,basedonaUS warrant, Canadian systems, as well as networkcontroland man- (MTNL) has been cancelledand is likelytobe Whyisthere adebateontheir diet? of Osaka University,Yuji Matsuzawa,called of working in ways that were contrarytoits authorities arrested Meng Wanzhou, daugh- agement softwaresystems.ZTE has tie-ups reworkednextweektobar Chinesevendors Lastweek,the heaviest-everrikishi, ‘The role of fattopologyinthe risk of disease' “national security or foreign policy interests”. terofHuaweifounder RenZhengfei,forviolat- with severalbig corporations to manufacture such as Huaweiand ZTE from participating. AnatolyMikhakhanov, who weighed292.2 pointstosumo wrestlers having less visceral US authorities claim these companies send ing sanctions placedonIran. Wanzhou re- their equipment in China at very lowcosts. Private telecomoperators have warnedof kg just before he retired, wasvocalabout the fat(around organs including stomach and regular datapackets to Chineseintelligence mains under house arrest in Canada,awaiting hugeeconomic costs if such aban is put in ill-effectsofeating to gain weightinthe sport. pancreas;knowntoincreaseriskof heart dis- agencies by installing whatare called“back- eitherextradition to the USor return to China. Whyisthe banimportant? place. One of the mostimportant implications, Asahi Shimbun reportedthat Shobushi wasa ease and stroke)ascomparedtoanequally doors” in critical telecominfrastructures. The classification as ‘national security theysaid, could be the loss of their costarbi- diabetic and doctors cited'poor health' as one obese person. “Sumo wrestlers eat ahigh-en- ■ The US has accused the founders of What equipment do they manufacture? threats' could put pressure on US allies such trage, as barring Huaweiand ZTE from even of the reasonsfor hisdeath aftertestingpos- ergy diet(7,000 to 10,000 calories) to gain Huaweiand ZTE of being close to coremem- Huawei, the world's largest maker of tele- as India to take similar,ifnot the same, action. bidding in the 5G auctions could mean equip- itive forCovid-19. Mikhakhanovisfromthe weightbut at thesame time theyperform bers of Chinese Communist Partyand receiv- com equipment, and the second largest man- Aban on Huaweiand ZTE by other countries ment up to 30 per cent costlier.“Overall, the Republic of Buryatia near Serbia, wherehe strenuous physical training daily. Although ing regular funding from the People's ufacturer of mobile phonesand spareparts, could mean an increase of up to 30 percentin prices of Chinese gear areupto30per cent returnedafter callingitaday in 2018.Ayear theyshowmarkedobesity and have markedly Liberation Army. “Bothcompanies have close has of late triedtodiversify into the software costoftelecomequipmentacross the board, lowercomparedtotheir European competi- afteradopting afitness regimen of walking, high waistcircumference, the averageratio of ties to the ChineseCommunist Partyand industry. TheShenzhen-headquarteredcom- especiallywhen many countriesare gearing tion. That givesusbuyers apoint to negotiate. havingfivesmall meals aday and noteating visceral-to-subcutaneous fat(justbelow the China’s militaryapparatus, and both compa- pany,now 33 yearsold,had startedout by up to launch 5G services,according to experts. With them gone, our powertonegotiatealso after7pm, Mikhakhanovlost100kilograms. skin) is 0.25 in young sumo wrestlers, which nies arebroadlysubject to Chinese lawobli- making routers,Ethernetswitchesand wire- Theonlyother major players globally goes,” an executive has said, adding that tak- “It's nevereasytostayhealthy as long as is comparable to subcutaneous obesity,and gating them to cooperatewith the country’s less local area networkequipment.Ithas now present in the telecom equipment market ingChinesevendors out of the equationwould you'reliving the lifeofasumowrestler,” theirglucose and lipidlevels remain normal,” intelligence services,” FCC Chairperson Ajit expanded itsfootprinttooptical transport areEricsson,Nokiaand Samsung. Owing to result in aduopolyofEricsson and Nokia. Mikhakhanovwas quotedassayingbyAsahi the study states.BasedonCTscan images, the Paisaid in the latestorder. networks,cloudcomputing and smartdata their large unitsinChina, Huaweiand ZTE Reliance Jio usesequipment manufac- Shimbun.“Youare theonly personthatcantake studystatesthat sumowrestlers have verylit- ■ The US had also accused Huawei and storagesolutions. It has also ventured into have managed to keep prices of network tured by Samsung.The company's president careofyou. Nobody in your sumo stable cares tle intra-abdominal visceral fatwith ‘devel- ZTE of violating US economic sanctions im- mobile operatingsystemwiththe launch of routers, Ethernetswitches and base trans- MathewOommen said in arecent webinar aboutyou.Itistrueyoucannotdotrainingun- opedmuscularity’. However, the study,pub- posedonIran. Former President Barack HarmonyOS, whichitclaims could compete ceiverstationsincheckoverthe years. that as companies move towardsdeploy- lessyou eat.But thereisnosense in ending up lishedinthe International Journal of Obesity, Obama's administration had blacklistedZTE with Google's Androidand Apple's iOS. In India,Huaweiand ZTEcontrol acom- ment of 5G technologies in their respective ill.”When he wasactive, he wouldhavetwo has warnedthat in retiredwrestlers, who forseven years forselling equipment to Iran. ZTE,alsoheadquarteredinShenzhen,man- binedabout 25 per cent of the Rs 12,000crore countries,theymustbewaryofvendors hugemealsaday andwouldgulpdownacrate don't do as muchphysicalactivity,the chances WhilecurrentUS President DonaldTrumphas ufacturesback-endnetworkhardwaresuchas telecom equipment market. Bharti Airtel's whichcan bring a“digital pandemic”. of beerand200piecesof sushibefore goingto of diabetes can increase if theycontinueto bed.Hewasdiagnosedwithhypertension,and have the same high-calorie intake. initiallyfounditdifficultto walkshortdistances without aches afterhis retirement. What arethe stress levels arikishifaces CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD INDIA COUNT: 5,85,493 (17,400DEATHS) while at astable? What is the dietofarikishi? The lifeofarikishi is hard, likeIndian RESTOFINDIA Though theystart their dayatdawn, the wrestlers who stay in akharas wherethereis THE WORLD TOP10STATES AndamanandNicobarIslands 97 AndhraPradesh14595 firstmeal sumo wrestlers have is around aclearhierarchy between ‘senior'and ‘junior’ 14,548 ArunachalPradesh191 noon. The first-half of the dayisspend in and a guru-shishya tradition. Arikishibelongs 314,991 240,578 230,211 653,479 Haryana Assam 8227 strenuous training and practice, which to astablewherethereisastablemaster United Kingdom Italy Iran Russia Bihar10043 18,014 87,360 Delhi Chandigarh 440 means theyare very hungrywhen it is meal- (Oyakata) who is the head. Stables also have Rajasthan Chhattisgarh 2860 time. The typicalmealofarikishiisthe high- ahairdresser (Tokoyama) as arikishi must 23,492 UP DadraandNagarHaveli 213 Goa 1315 protein chankonabe or chanko,whichisa always keep his bun (Chonmage) in place. HimachalPradesh 953 brothofvegetables, including bok choy,fish, The averageage at whichanaspiring rikishi JammuandKashmir7497 Jharkhand 2490 chicken, meat, mushroom, onions and eggs. can join astable is 15.The budding wrestlers Kerala 4442 Theyalso eathugeamountsofrice. They areexpected to clean, cook and serve and 2,638,338 Ladakh 973 US 32,557 18,559 have large portions of chanko twice aday and usuallyget to eatlastafter the senior profes- Gujarat MadhyaPradesh 13593 West Bengal Manipur 1234 sleep shortlyafter each of thesebingeeating sionals (senior mostiscalledsekitori) finish. 285,213 Meghalaya 52 sessions. The averageintakeofarikishi is be- Awrestler cannotjoin another stable and has Peru 16,339 Mizoram 160 1,74,761 Telangana Nagaland 459 tween 7,000 and10,000 calories aday (for to remain with the same one till he retires. 1,402,041 Maharashtra Odisha 7065 an averagehuman it is 2,000-2,500calories Wrestlers in the lowerdivisions arehardly Brazil 585,481 249,271 India 15,242 Puducherry 714 aday). Thereare no weight restrictions in paid but once theyclimbupthe ladder Spain Punjab 5568 279,393 90,167 Karnataka Sikkim 89 sumo wrestling in Japanand hence the aim moneystartscoming in. In the lowerdivi- Chile Tamil Nadu Tripura 1388 is to getheavier as well as stronger and flex- sions mobile phones cannotbeusedand TOTALCONFIRMED:10,509,749 DEATHCOUNT:512,331 Uttarakhand 2881 ible. Rikishis use their superior body weight thereare also certain restrictions on arikishi Union Health Ministryupdateasof11pm, July1.Some states mayhavereportedhigher and strength to push an opponentout of the staying outside the stable with his wife. Source: Johns Hopkins University,updatedat11pmonJuly 1.JHU’s India tally and Health numbers. Onlystates/UTs with at leastone case listedabove. ringorforce anypartofthe body,other than Grand Champions, once theyretire, have Ministry’s tally(right) maynot matchasthese areaccounted at different times. solesoffeet, to touchthe ring. spoken about relentless beatings while at the 3,47,979PATIENTSDISCHARGED IN 35 STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES stable. The death of a17-year old sumo Does looking obese meanarikishi is wrestler in 2007,according to multiple re- Have aquestion on the COVID-19outbreak and whatyou should/should notdo? [email protected] prone to health issues? ports because of beatings at the stable, Reports sayShobushi wasdiabetic. causedanuproar in Japan.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,JULY2,2020 FOREST FIRES INDONESIA PROVINCE DECLARES EMERGENCY Indonesia’s third-largest province declared astate of emergencyafter identifying more 14 than700 fires, as the countrybracesfor itsannualfire season. Theprovince of Central THE WORLD Kalimantan said the state of emergencywillrun until Sept 28.

TOPOFTHE RALLIES ON ANNIVERSARY OF HONG KONG’S 1997 HANDOVER TO CHINA New coronavirus WORLD Over300arrestedinHongKong’s cases in US up 80% firstprotestundernewsecuritylaw in past two weeks THENEWYORKTIMES UK says lawbreaches Sino-British Joint Declaration; US says won’t standidle as China ‘swallows’HK JULY1 MORE THAN 48,000coronavirus cases were announced across Lt Gen Nigar Johar also REUTERS&PTI the United States on Tuesday,the becamePakistan HONGKONG,JULY1 most of anyday of the pandemic. Army’s firstfemale Officials in eight states —Alaska, surgeon general HONGKONGpolice firedwater Arizona, California, Georgia, Asoldier carries samples cannon and teargasand arrested Idaho, Oklahoma, South Carolina from patientsinBamako, morethan 300people on and Texas—alsoannouncedsin- Timbuktu,Mali. AP SOUTH ASIA Wednesdayasprotesters took to gle-dayhighs. PakistanArmy the streetsindefiance of sweep- Tuesdaywas thefourth time ingsecuritylegislationintroduced in aweek that the United States Covid-19cases appointsfirst by China to snuffout dissent. postedanew single-daycase Beijing unveiledthe details of record. mount in remote womanLtGen the much-anticipated lawlate The number of newcases in PAKISTANARMY haspro- on Tuesdayafter weeksofuncer- the United States has shotupby Timbuktu motedawomanofficerto tainty,pushingChina’s freest city 80 per cent in the pasttwo therankof lieutenantgeneral and one of the world’s mostglit- weeks, according to aNew York forthefirsttime,themilitary tering financial hubs on to a Times database. BABAAHMED said Tuesday. Major General moreauthoritarian path. Morethan 4,600new cases TIMBUKTU,JULY1 NigarJohar,whogot thecov- The United States and the of the virus were announcedin etedpostofathree-stargen- United Kingdom have con- Arizona, by farits mostinasingle HARANDANE TOURE started eral,hasalsobeenappointed demnedthe move. day, as Vice President Mike taking malaria pills when he first as the firstfemale surgeon British PM Boris Johnson said Pence plannedtotravelthereon spikedafeverbut as the days generalof thePakistanArmy. the newlaw violated Sino- Wednesday.Morethan 7,800 passed his illness onlyworsened. “She is the 1stfemale officer British Joint Declaration. "We newcases were announced Doctors ultimatelytold him to bepromotedasLieutenant stand forrulesand obligations across California and morethan he wasamong the hundreds General.Theofficerhasbeen and we think that is the soundest 6,800inTexas. nowinfected with the coron- appointed as 1stfemale basis of ourinternationalrela- The increaseininfections avirus in this town long fabled Surgeon GeneralofPak tions. The enactment and the came as the leaders of the most forbeing inaccessible from the Army,” the Inter-Services impositionofthis National Hong Kong protesters gesturewith five fingers,signifying populous counties in Texas rest of the world. Public Relations Director Security Lawconstitutes aclear their “Fivedemands —not one less” slogan, Wednesday. AP Why new law will worry Taiwan pleadedwith Gov. Greg Abbott Thereare no commercial General, MajGen Babar and serious breachofthe Sino- to allowthemtoissue stay-at- flightstoTimbuktu,whose re- Iftikhar,tweeted.Johargrad- British Joint Declaration. It vio- home orders. “Weare having mote location in the Sahara uated from ArmyMedical lates Hong Kong's high degree of nual rallymarking the anniver- the lawinresponse to protests CHINA’S SWIFT pas- cording to a NewYork an experiment,agamble,inthe Deserthas long made the town’s College,Rawalpindi,in1985 autonomyand is in direct con- saryofthe former British lastyear triggeredbyfears that sageofthe securitylaw Times report. As China hopesthat we can be the first namesynonymouswith theends and joinedthe Army’s flictwith Hong Kong Basic Law," colony’s handovertoChina in Beijing wasstifling the city’s that threatens Hong takesamoreaggressive community that suddenly flat- of the Earth. Health officials say Medical Corps. Johnson told MPs. 1997,riotpoliceusedpepper freedoms, guaranteedbya“one Kong’sautonomywill stance in the region tens the curvewithout astay- the globalpandemic has man- US SecretaryofState Mike spray and firedpellets. country, twosystems”formula be worrying to Taiwan, amid the Covid-19 pan- at-home order,” said Lina aged to reachhereall the same. Pompeo said the United States Police said theyhad made agreedwhen it returnedto whichhas so farheldoff demic,Taiwan’s worries are Hidalgo, the executive in Harris Already thereare morethan 500 would notstand idle as China morethan 300arrests forillegal Chinese rule. Beijing’sattemptsatpersuad- further compoundedbyun- County,whichincludes cases including at leastnine USA “swallows”Hong Kong intoits assemblyand other offences. Hong Kong police cited the ing it towardsunification. certaintyregarding US support Houston, the hardest-hit area deaths, making it Mali’s largest Judgedelays “authoritarian maw”. Pompeo The lawpunishescrimesof lawinconfronting protesters. With the re-election of pro-in- under Trump. Former US NSA of the state. outbreak outside the capital. said the newlaw wasanaffront secession, subversion, terrorism “You aredisplaying flags or dependencePresident Tsai John Bolton says in his new California’scasecounthas At the local hospital, acluster releaseofbook to all nations and Washington and collusion with foreign forces banners/chanting slogans/or Ing-wen in Taiwan, China has bookthatTrumprepeatedly explodedinrecent days —lead- of tentsset up outside now byTrump’sniece would continue to implement with up to lifeinprison, will see conducting yourselveswith an stepped up flightsofmilitary dismissedTaiwan’s signifi- ing the governors of NewYork, houses 32 Covid-19patients. President Donald Trump’s di- mainlandsecurityagencies in intent suchassecession or sub- aircraftintothe island’s air- canceincomparisontoChina. New Jerseyand Connecticutto Thereisn’t asingle ventilator DISTRIBUTIONOFatell-all rective to end the territory’s Hong Kong forthe firsttimeand version,whichmay constituteof- space, and also warnedit TheUSPresident is alsotrying tell travellers from California to available. Temperatures regularly book by US President special status. allows extraditiontothe main- fencesunder the...national secu- againstproviding asylum to to hold together amuch-trum- quarantine for14days,joining soar above 45 degrees Celsius, DonaldTrump’sniecewas In Hong Kong, as thousands land fortrial. rity law,”policesaidinamessage activists from Hong Kong, ac- petedtrade deal with China. the ranksoftravellersfrom adding to the patients’ miseryas blockedbyajudge of protesters gathered foranan- China’s Parliament adopted displayedonapurple banner. other hard-hit states. theybattlefever. AP Tuesday afterthe President’sbrothersaidits publication would violate ‘Irresponsible’ apact among family 52 killed in Ethiopia Facebook frustrates advertisers as members, but apub- lisher’schief executive says media leaks the book has already been protests following boycott over hate speech kicks off shippedand could notbe damage ability stopped. NewYorkstate with advertisers on Tuesday, the Supreme CourtJudgeHal singer’s fatal shooting to collect intel: SHEILADANG Zuckerberghas agreed eveofthe plannedone-month BGreenwald issuedanor- &KATIEPAUL to meetthe organisers boycott, three sources who par- Mississippi’s wasthe lastUS der requiring the niece, White House NEWYORK,SANFRANCISCO, ticipated in the calls told Reuters. stateflag with the MaryTrump, to explain DAWITENDESHAW JULY1 of the boycott But the executivesoffered no Confederateemblem. AP whytheyshould notbe ADDISABABA,JULY1 newdetailsonhow they would blockedfrompublishing LALITKJHA ADVERTISEMENTSFOR more tackle hatespeech, the sources the book: TooMuchand AT LEAST52people were killed WASHINGTON,JULY1 than 400brands including Coca- intotaking concrete steps to block said. Instead, theypointed back Mississippi drops NeverEnough: HowMy in Ethiopia’sOromiyaregion in Colaand Starbucks aredue to hatespeechinthe wake of the to recent press releases,frustrat- Family Created theWorld’s protests following the fatalshoot- “IRRESPONSIBLE” AND “erro- vanish from Facebook on deathofGeorge Floyd and amid ing advertisers who believe Confederate Most Dangerous Man. ing of apopular singer,aregional neous” media leaksnot onlyun- Wednesday, afterthe failureof anational reckoning over racism. those plans do notgofar enough. spokesman said on Wednesday, dermine the position of the US last-ditchtalkstostopaboycott Facebook executivesinclud- Facebook Chief Executive symbol from flag ITALY laying baresplitsinthe prime President, but also damagethe over hatespeechonthe site. ingCarolyn Everson, vice presi- MarkZuckerberghas agreed to ‘ISIS-made’ minister’s political heartland ability of the nation to collect in- US civil rightsgroups have en- dent of global business solutions, meetwiththe organisers of the EMILYWAGSTERPETTUS ahead of next year’s polls. telligence, the WhiteHouse has listedthe multinationals to help and Neil Potts, public policy di- boycott, aspokeswomansaid JACKSON,JULY1 drugsseizedin Musician Haacaaluu said,refutingreports of Russiaal- pressurethe social media giant rector,held at leasttwo meetings lateTuesday. REUTERS recordhaul Hundeessaa wasshotdead on legedly giving bounties to WITH Astrokeofthe governor’s Mondaynight in what police Taliban-linkedmilitantsfor killing pen,Mississippiisretiringthelast ITALIAN POLICE have said wasatargetedkilling. American troops in Afghanistan. Harvey Weinstein reaches tentative stateflaginthe US with the seized14tonnes of am- Protests reflecting anger at The intelligence assessment Confederatebattleemblem—a phetamines,allegedly pro- the killing of apopular figure and on the Russian bounties wasfirst symbolcondemnedasracist. ducedinSyria by the asense of political marginalisa- Haacaaluu Hundeessaa in reportedbyThe NewYork Times. $19-million deal with his accusers Republican Governor Tate Islamic Stategroup and tion brokeout the next morning traditional costumelastyear. Subsequently, other media out- Reeves signed the historic Bill destinedfor the European in the capital and other towns Themusician wasshotdead lets also publishedthe report, $18.8 millionsettlement. Tuesdayatthe Governor’s illegal drugmarket. and cities in the surrounding Mondaynight in what police triggering acontroversy. LARRYNEUMEISTER The former Hollywood pro- Mansion, immediatelyremoving Customs Police Col. Oromiyaregion. said wasatargeted killing. “Whichallieswillwant to NEWYORK,JULY1 ducer wasconvicted earlier this official status forthe 126-year- Domenico Napolitano The dead includedprotesters shareinformation with us if they year of rape and sexual assault old banner thathas been asource calledthe discovery of the and members of the security knowthatsomerogueintelligence HARVEY WEINSTEIN and his for- againsttwo women. Accusations of division forgenerations. drugsintheportofSalerno forces, spokesman Getachew bodyguards refusedtodisarm officercango splashthatinforma- mer studio’s boardhavereached by dozens of women in 2017 de- “This is notapolitical moment the biggestamphetamine Balcha said. Some businesses during astand-off withpolice. tion on the front pageofamajor anearly $19million settlement stroyedhiscareer andgave riseto to me butasolemn occasion to seizureevermade world- had also been setonfire. Haacaaluu, whose funeral US newspaper?”White House with dozens of his sexual mis- #MeToo, the global movement to lead our Mississippi familyto wide. Napolitano said the Police said lateonTuesday will be held Thursday, provided PressSecretaryKayleighMcEnany conduct accusers, NewYork hold powerful men accountable come together,tobereconciled drug’s production pro- that apoliceman wasalso killed asoundtracktoageneration of saidonTuesday. McEnanyalso re- state’s attorneygeneral and He wasconvicted earlier this fortheir sexual misconduct. and to move on,” Reeves said on videsISwithvitalrevenue. in Addis Ababa,and threeexplo- youngprotesters. Their three futed reports that President lawyersinaclass-action lawsuit year of rape and sexual The 68-year-old wasdiag- live TV justbeforethe signing. The amphetamines were sionstherehadkilledandinjured years of bloody street demon- Donald Trumpwas briefed on said Tuesday. assault againsttwo women nosedinMarch withthe coron- “Weare aresilientpeopledefined labelledcaptagon, the an unspecifiednumberofpeople. strations forced the unprece- the issue. “In this administration, The agreement wasan- avirusjustdays afterhewas by ourhospitality.Weare apeo- street name foradrug ProminentOromo opposi- dentedresignation of the previ- we’veseen 100criminal leak re- nouncedbyNew York Attorney movedtothestate’smaximumse- ple of great faith. Now, more than whosechemical baseis tion leader Bekele Gerba and ous prime ministerand the ferrals to the DOJin2017, 88 in GeneralLetitiaJamesandChicago judges in federal courts,would curityWendeCorrectionalFacility ever,wemustleanonthat faith, fenethylline. media mogulJawar Mohammed appointmentofPrimeMinister 2018,and 104onaverage per attorneyElizabethA.Fegan. permit accusers to claim from near Buffalo to begin serving his put ourdivisions behind us,and were also arrested when Jawar’s Abiy Ahmedin2018. REUTERS year,” McEnanysaid. PTI The deal, if approved by $7,500to$750,000 from the 23-year prison sentence. AP unitefor agreater good.” AP

7-DAY VOTE ON CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES THAT COULD SEE PUTIN IN POWER TILL 2036 COMES TO AN END Even as Russians vote in elaborate referendum, its outcome is preordained

intolaw months ago. voteisputtingPutin’s theatrical the amendments, and Putin has ingexpressed.” beconsequences.Those,shesaid, ANDREWHIGGINS “Fromajuridical point of techniques to the test.” pledged to honour their deci- The state’s vast reachand re- “mayvary, I’m justwarning you. MOSCOW,JULY1 view, this whole exercise is in- In afinalmelodramatic flour- sion. But the chances of that hap- sources have allowedittomobi- And this concerns both youand sane,” said Greg BYudin, asoci- ish on Tuesday, Putin addressed pening areminuscule,not least lize people likeLyudmila me. Iwill notevenexplain it to THEOUTCOMEof Russia’sseven- ologistand politicaltheorist at the nation againstthe backdrop because of what Golos, an inde- Savinkina, the editor in chief of you. Everyone can lose jobs, daynational plebiscite, intended the MoscowSchool of Social and of monuments to Sovietsoldiers pendent election monitoring or- Yegoryevsk Today, asmallstate bonuses —and this amid apan- to keep President Vladimir V. Economic Sciences. But, he killedfighting Nazi Germany, as- ganization, described on televisionstation inatownsouth- demic, when many people have Putininpoweruntilatleast2036, added, “it is notatall ameaning- suring voters that their voices Tuesdayasanelectoral process eastofMoscow. In arecording ob- already losttheir jobs.” Savinkina isallbutcertain:Putinwillgetthe less procedure,” because Russia’s mattered,nomatterthat the rigged from the start. tainedbyGolos, she ordered her didnotrespondto telephonecalls numbersheneedsafterafinalday system under Putin dependson scores of amendmentsthey Golos said the vote, unfairly staffnot onlytovote but to make seeking comment. of voting on Wednesday. the appearance of popularsup- were being asked to voteonhave skewed by anoisy one-sided sure theyvotedinthe town of Forweeks, along parade of Less clear,however, is whyhe porttoconfer legitimacy on de- already been enacted and the propaganda campaign by state- Yegoryevsk,nomatter where prominent Russians who de- even needs voters to approvea cisions he has already made. amendedconstitution has been controlledmedia and blatant they areusuallyregistered.(Local pend on the statefor theirposi- raft of constitutionalamend- “It is theatre, but very impor- publishedand is on sale in book pressurefromasprawlinggalaxy officials risk losing their jobs if tions and income —fromactors mentsthat, already approved by tant and well-playedtheater.The stores. “The voice of eachofyou of state-fundedcompanies and theyfailtomobilise enough vot- and musicianstothe patriarch of the national parliament in system needs to stagedisplays of is the mostimportant, the most Putin addresses Russians amid the referendum on organisations,does “notallowus ers in their owndistricts.) the Russian OrthodoxChurch — Moscow and regional legisla- public supportevenwhen it significant,” Putin said. constitutionalamendments. Reuters to talk seriouslyabout the possi- Forthose who disobeyed, the have paraded acrossstate televi- tures across the country, entered doesn’thaveit,”Yudinsaid.“This Voters could, in theory, reject bility of the will of the peoplebe- editor told her staff, therewould sion urging people to vote. NYT

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,JULY2,2020 15 ECONOMY GOLD RUPEE OIL SILVER `49,908 `75.60 $42.07 `51,870

Note:Gold,silverrates at spot market in Delhi; gold per10g,silverper 1kg; Brent crudeasof2230 IST SENSEX: 35,414.45 ▲ 498.65 NIFTY: 10,430.05 ▲ 127.95 NIKKEI: 22,121.73 ▼ 166.41 HANGSENG: 24,427.19 ▲ 125.91 FTSE: 6,088.55 ▼ 81.19 DAX: 12,111.94 ▼ 198.99

Internationalmarket data till 1900IST MONTH-ON-MONTH RISE IN JUNE COLLECTION ON PICK-UP IN BIZ ACTIVITIES, DUES INTERVIEW WITHFINANCE SECRETARY AJAY BHUSHAN PANDEY Down41%inApr-Jun:GSTmop-uptakesalockdownhit ‘Collection is down due to levies lower

were extended, officials said. pact of the pandemic and sec- cent of the collections in June than revenue neutral rates, wrong to ENSECONOMICBUREAU ED Finance and Revenue ondlydueto therelaxationsgiven 2019,” Office of Finance Minister IN Revenue NEWDELHI,JULY1 SecretaryAjayBhushan Pandey by theGovernment in filing of re- NirmalaSitharamantweeted. LA infer revenue has declined due to GST’ trendtobekey said that 70-80 per cent of the turnsandpaymentof taxesdueto Detailedbreakup forGST col- E● GOODS AND Services Tax(GST) EXP June collection would have come thepandemic.However, figuresof lections raisedinvariousstates TAXRATES that arelowerthan happeningat12 percentandif the collection in the April-June quar- GSTCOLLECTION on a fromtransactionsinMay. “Weare the pastthree months show re- showedthatmoststatesrecorded revenue neutral levels, coupled GSTcollectionswere growingat5 terdeclined 41 per cent to Rs 1.85 month-on-month basis doingthatexercisetofindout covery in GSTrevenues,” there- adeclineinGST collectionsinJune. withthe sluggish economic per cent, then it would have been lakhcrore,datareleasedfromthe has, however, shownare- fromtheavailabledatabutmy es- lease said. However, statessuchasPunjab, growth,have endedupimpacting acauseof worryandmeantsome Finance MinistryonWednesday covery,partlydue to timateisthat70-80percentof the InApril,whichreflectsGSTrev- Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, revenues, Finance Secretary GSTimplementation problem. showed. Whilethe month-on- pickupineconomic activ- June collection would have come enues forsales in March,the GST Bihar,AndhraPradesh,Telangana, AJAY BHUSHAN PANDEY said, But as long as GSTcollection is month collections showedapick ity and overdue pay- fromtransactionsinMay,”hetold revenue declined71.6per cent to Karnataka along withnorth east- addingthereare nointrinsicstruc- growing at ahigherratethan the up in June, rising to Rs 99,940 mentsfromprevious The Indian Express. Rs32,294crore.InMay,thecollec- ern states of Assam, Sikkim, tural issues with the indirecttax economic growth, then it means crore, from arecord lowofRs months.Revenue trendin The Finance Ministryinits re- tions were recordedatRs62,009 Manipur,Mizoram, Tripura, regime. In an interview with that the problem doesn’t lie so 32,394crore in Aprilinwhatcan comingmonths will be leasesaidtherevenueshave been crore, adeclineof38.2 per cent NagalandandArunachalPradesh AANCHAL MAGAZINE, Pandey, muchintheGSTimplementation be seenasasign of greater eco- crucialfor the govern- impacted due to the pandemic over the same period lastyear, recordedgrowth in GSTcollec- who holdscharge as Revenue and then it is on account of lower nomic activity amid easing of ment to be able to meet andrelaxationinreturnfilingand while in June, the collectionsde- tions in June over lastyear. Secretary, saidrate rationalisation, to ratesthat arelowerthan rev- economic growth. And, then one lockdown forCOVID-19, there- itsexpenditurealong taxpaymentdeadlines. “The rev- clined9percentto Rs90,917 crore. Taxexpertssaid even though correction of invertedduty struc- enueneutralrates.Alsoduringlast has to look forcertain solutions coverycouldalsobepartlyattrib- with compensationpay- enues during the financial year “The government collected GSTcollectionshavedeclinedfor turehavebeen discussed in the year and this year,the slumpin that howdowemanagetill the uted to delayedpaymentsfrom mentstostates. hasbeenimpacteddueto COVID- gross #GSTrevenueofRs90,917 the quarter, signs of recovery are GSTCouncil and the decisions economic activity is reflected in economypicks up, what is the previousmonths as deadlines 19,firstlydueto theeconomicim- croreinJune2020,whichis91per thereinJune. about these will be takeninthe GSTcollection.Inthecurrentsitu- kindofsolutionswhichpeople next8-9months.Editedexcerpts: ation if GSThad notcome, would can arrive at andall those things AMIDTENSIONS,INDIA&CHINAHAVE BEEN BLOCKING CONSIGNMENTS AT THEIR RESPECTIVE PORTS the VATrevenue have grownby will be looked at by the GST RBI unveils Howdoyou seeresolving the 14 percent? So, therefore, it is not Council. deficit in the compensation correct to infer thatbecause of Rising costs of raw materialsfrom China: NPPA cess fund? GST, revenuehas declined. In this year,goingforward, liquidity Taxcollectionsarereflective of Thewayweare usingdataan- what couldbethe topreforms taxrateand economic activity in alytics to targetthose who areat underGST in the coming six to allowpharma cos to raise heparin price by 50% scheme for the country. In the pre-GST thefringeofthelaw, thecollection months? regime,onanaverage,mostitems has been and will be higher than We have to improvethe tax- firms had submitted that the cost of the minutes. NBFCs, HFCs were suffering atax rate of more GDPgrowth.However, inCOVID- payers’ experiences, if thereare PRABHARAGHAVAN Thecosts of theAPI of theheparinsodiumactive phar- Acommittee headedby than31per cent. The revenue 19 situationif thecollectionisless problems,however small it may NEWDELHI,JULY1 constitutea“major” maceutical ingredient(API)used Central Drugs StandardControl neutral rate wasdecidedat17-18 than14 percentgrowthrate,then be,itmay be affecting even one to makethe drug had risen “toa Organisationjointdrugcontroller ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU per cent, but todaythe average the question is howtobridgethe taxpayer, we have to ensurethat THE NATIONAL Pharmaceutical portionof theinputcost considerable extent”, making it Dr SEswaraReddy had informed MUMBAI,JULY1 GSTrateis11-12per cent. Many compensationgap.The answeris he also gets as smooth an experi- PricingAuthority (NPPA)has de- forthedrugandtheAPIis “entirely unviable” forthem to the Authority thatthere has been itemsare exempted. Most items in the GSTCompensation Actit- ence as anyone else... and forthat cidedtoallow pharmaceutical “mainlyimportedfrom continue manufacturingit. a211 percentincreaseintheprice THE RESERVE Bank of India areatalowertaxrate thanearlier. self, whichsays thatthecompen- we areconstantlyworking with companiesto increasethepriceof The costs of the API constitute of heparin’s API when compared (RBI) on Wednesdaysaid the Yet,averagemonthlycollectionin sationwouldbepaidoutfromthe Infosys. essentialbloodthinnerheparinby China,”thefirmshad a“major”portionof theinputcost to the base year of September government has approved a thefirstyearof GSTwasRs89,000 compensationfundandthesolu- Onthelargerpolicyquestions, 50percentuntilDecember,citing submittedto NPPA forthedrugandtheAPIis“mainly 2018,according to the minutes. scheme fornon-banking fi- crore, in the second year it came tion has to be found by the GST such asinverteddutystructure,or shortagesand rising costs of the importedfromChina,”the firms As per pharmaceutical associ- nance companies (NBFCs) and to aroundRs97,000croreandlast Council, whichdiscussed this in rate rationalisation,thegoodthing rawmaterialsfromChina usedto hadsubmittedto NPPA,according ations, API costs imported from housing finance companies year it wasmorethan Rs 1lakh thelast2-3GSTCouncilmeetings. is that over the lastfew months, makeithere. The price hikealso at atime when tensions between to anotificationdated June 30. China and usedtomakeessential (HFCs) to improvetheir liquid- crore. This is despitethe fact that The GSTCouncil will take appro- severalgroups have been consti- comesasheparinwasamongsev- India and China have been on the “TheAuthority further noted medicinesherehaveonaverage ity position and avoid anypo- the ratesonmanyitems were re- priatedecisions on this. tuted underthe GSTCouncil. eral drugs flagged by the Health rise.While therehad been issues thatHeparininjection5000IU/ml risen20-35 percentinthelast3-6 tential systemic riskstothe fi- ducedinthe first, second, and Those discussions aregoing on. Ministryasessential medicines withdelayedclearances of con- has also been includedinlistof months,withamajorityof therise nancialsector through aspecial thirdyear. Is one of the optionsonthe Some decisionshavebeen taken that neededtoremain in stock signments from China atIndian medicineessentialforpatientsad- being brought in during the pan- purpose vehicle (SPV). Also,inFY20(July- table about less than 14 per andmoreandmoredecisionswill while the countrybattled the on- ports over the lastfortnight, ship- mitted in ICU and Hospitalization demic.Antibioticazithromycinhas As per thegovernment de- September),therewaslowereco- cent growth rate as is in the gettakenaswe go forward.Thisis going COVID-19 pandemic. mentsofpharmaceuticalproducts due to COVID-19 circulated by seena“substantial”increaseinAPI cision, SBI Caps whichisasub- nomicactivity,eventhen average compensation law? acontinuousexercise and hope- Meanwhile,otherpharmaceu- have begun to getreleasedthis MinistryofHealth &Family costs,asperIndianPharmaceutical sidiaryofthe StateBank of taxrevenuelastyearwasRs1lakh Itwillbeveryprematureforme fullywithinthe next 8-9 months, tical companies have also ap- week,asper Pharmaceuticals Welfare. Uninterruptedsupply of Alliance SecretaryGeneral India has setupanSPV (SLS crore.Last year,theFY20nominal tosaywhatGSTCouncilwilldecide. manysuchdecisionswillbetaken. proachedthedrugpricingwatch- ExportPromotionCouncilof India suchmedicines is essentialfor SudarshanJain. Paracetamolprod- Trust) to managethis opera- GDPgrowth rate was7.5 percent dog seeking priceincreases for Chairman Dinesh Dua. managementof COVID-19,”stated ucts, as per Indian Drug Manu- tion. “The SPV will purchase the but the domestic GSTcollection, Putting it another way, in Including rate rationalisation? various other essentialmedicines The NPPAhad receivedappli- the minutesofNPPA’sJune 22 facturers Association Secretary short-term papers from eligi- leaving aside the importpartas retrospect, was14per cent too This is something being dis- likeparacetamolformulationsand cations from “several”companies Authority meeting. “Further,re- GeneralDaaraBPatel,havealsoex- ble NBFCs and HFCs, whichwill GDP growth and taxgrowth can high an askingratefor cussed. The entireGST Council is antibioticsonsimilargrounds,The withmajor marketshareofhe- ports of shortage have also been periencedsimilar hikes. utilise the proceeds under this becomparedon domestic collec- compensation? very sensitive to the needs of the Indian Express has learnt. parin injections seeking an up- receivedforHeparinInjection.”The Full report on scheme solelyfor thepurpose tion,wasaround9percent—bet- Supposing the economyhad industryandaccordingly they take The development also comes wardpricerevision.Indoingso,the IndianExpresshasreviewedacopy www.indianexpress.com of extinguishing existingliabil- terthanGDPgrowth.Thepercep- grownat12per cent, then of an appropriate decision whether ities,” the RBI said. tion thatGST revenuehas not course, 14 percent wasachiev- itisraterationalisation,orinverted According to theRBI,the in- grown,thusleadingto acompen- able. But supposing the economy dutystructure orwhetheritis fur- BRIEFLY Makers, importers of pulseoximeters,oxygen strumentswill be CPsand sation gapisnot correct. growsonlyatsay 5per cent or 6 ther simplification. NCDs with aresidual maturity What one has to understand percent,thenof coursethe14 per Fullinterview on of notmorethan three months is thatthe collection is down due cent(ishigh).Say, thegrowthwas www.indianexpress.com Carlyletobuy concentrators asked to submit pricing data and ratedasinvestment grade. stakeinAirtel’s porters of theseproductstosub- thatmaximumretailprices(MRP) “The facility will notbe ENSECONOMICBUREAU mit pricing data. The move aims of medical devicescannotbe available forany paper issued ‘Manufacturing index stillincontraction modeinJune’ datacentrebiz NEWDELHI,JULY1 to ensurethat people seeking to hiked over 10 per cent in ayear, afterSeptember 30, 2020 and buy theseitems at this time are NPPAsoughtinformationonMRP the SPVwould cease to make Mumbai: India’smanufacturing At 47.2 in June,the seasonally clineinthehealthof themanufac- NewDelhi: CarlyleGroup AS THE demandfor pulse oxime- notfleecedinthe process. details of pulse oximeters and fresh purchases after activitysurgedsharplyinJunebut adjustedIHS Markit India turing sector,albeit one thatwas said it will acquireabout 25 ters and oxygen concentrators As per some industryexecu- oxygen concentrators, acopyof September 30, 2020 and would continuedinthecontractionmode Manufacturing PMI Indexsurged farsofterthan registeredinApril percentstakeinAirtel’sdata surge in the wake of the pande- tives,therehavebeeninstancesof the notification which The Indian recoverall dues by December forathird straightmonth as de- from30.8inMay. Areadingbelow and May, it said. PMI fell to 27.4 in centrebusiness, NxtraData, mic,theNationalPharmaceutical hikeinprices of these products Express has viewedstated. 31,2020 or as maybemodified mand and output suffered from 50 indicates contraction.Despite April from 51.8 in March,its low- for$235million. Pricing Authority(NPPA) has di- due to arise in demandand occa- Full report on subsequentlyunder the three months of lockdowns to therise,thelatestreadingpointed estreadingsince data collection rected manufacturers and im- sionalshortage in supply. Stating www.indianexpress.com scheme,” it said. quellthespreadof thecoronavirus. to athirdsuccessive monthly de- beganover15yearsago. ENS Pricefixing: ‘Dependence on foreign apps USDoJcharges INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH PUNE Tender Notice No: AMD/WR/ESG(Civil)/InternalGOVERNMENT&ExternalOFPaintingINDIAMIG &Elect/2019-20/148&01 (An Autonomous Institution under Ministry of HRD., Govt. of India) DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY Dated: 24/01/2020 Glenmark which have agenda must stop’ Dr.Homi Bhabha Road, Pune -411 008 lwww.iiserpune.ac.in ATOMIC MINERALS DIRECTORATE FOR EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH NewDelhi: Glenmark of the completion of DigitalIndia. RECRUITMENT:OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT 1-10-153-156, AMD COMPLEX, BEGUMPET Pharmaceuticals Inc, USA, AASHISHARYAN Prasad also requestedNass- Institute invites online applications from Indian nationals having HYDERABAD -500016 waschargedfor conspiring NEWDELHI,JULY1 compresidentDebjaniGhoshand excellent academicrecord for the position of “Office NOTICE INVITING e-TENDER Superintendent”[Level-6,Reservedfor OBC (NCL) Category]. to fixprices forgeneric Infosys’non-executive chairman NIT NO.AMD/AMDC/LAN-UPGRADATION/2020-21/T-1 dated 02/07/2020 Director,AMD, DAE, on behalf of the President of India invites online item rate tender (in two bid) through drugs,theUSDepartmentof INDIA’SDEPENDENCEon“foreign NandanNilekani,whowere pres- For detailed information about emoluments, requirements and submission of online application, please visit www.iiserpune.ac.in e-tendering mode from reputed, qualified, experienced, technically and financially sound firms for the work Justice said Tuesday. A apps whichhaveall agenda fora entattheconference,to encoura- of “SUPPLY, INSTALLATION, TESTING &COMMISSIONING FOR 1. LAN UPGRADATION: SWITCHES, and click on the link “Opportunities –Technical/Administration”. Glenmarkspokesperson variety of reasons muststop,” ge startupsandindividualswhich CABLES, &OTHER PASSIVE COMPONENTS, 2. AMD WANUPGRADATION: DATA ENCRYPTION SD- The last date for submission of online application is July 22, 2020. WAN,NASSERVER,SFFSERVERWITHMONITOR,NETWORKMANAGEMENTSYSTEM,INTEGRATION said, “Westronglydisagree Union Electronics and Infor- made suchapps. Advt. No. 29/2020/IISER-P/Rect./01.07.2020 Registrar OF DEVICES WITH EXISTING BSNL MPLS BASED VPN ROUTERS, FIREWALLS CONNECTING HQ with the chargesbeing ad- mationTechnologyMinisterRavi The MinistryofElectronics AT HYDERABAD &SIX REGIONAL CENTERS OF AMD AT NEW DELHI, BENGALURU, TATANAGAR, SHILLIONG, JAIPUR AND NAGPUR. WARRANTY WITH ONSITE MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORTFOR vancedbythe Federal gov- ShankarPrasadsaid Wednesday. and Information Technology had APERIOD OF 3YEARS”. Estimated cost: Rs. 1,54,00,000/-,EMD Rs. 3,08,000/-,completion period 04 ernment and do notbelieve “In the wake of the banwhich Mondaybanned 59 apps,includ- ODISHA RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY months,Cost of tender processing fee Rs. 5900/- in the form of e-payment. Detailed tender notice along the evidence supports the we have imposed... Idon’t want ing popular ones of Chinese ori- S-3/59,Mancheswar Industrial Estate,Bhubaneswar-751010 with other documents are available on website: . Tender documents are available for view/download from 02/07/2020 (11:00 hrs) to 15/07/2020 (17:00 hrs).Pre-bid queries from government’s case”. to go intothedetailsof it...emerg- gin likeTikTok andShareIt, based Phone: (0674) 2588260,2586398, 2580554,Fax: 2586368 16/07/2020 to 17/07/2020 (17:00 hrs).Date of uploading of pre-bid clarifications on 22/07/2020.Closing encypowershave beenexercised oninformationthattheywereen- Website : www.oredaorissa.com, of online submission of tender’s upto 17:00 hrs on 25/07/2020.Receipt of hard copies towards EMD etc. andthelegalprocesseshave been gagedinactivities “prejudicial to upto 15:00 hrs. on 31/07/2020.Opening of online tender (Technical bids) on 04/08/2020 at 15:30 hrs. Vaidyatakes E-mail : [email protected] Financial bids of qualified bidders shall be opened at alater date to be notified separately.Detailed NIT followed. But Ithink it is agreat sovereignty and integrity”,de- e-TENDER CALLNOTICE is also available on website: www.amd.gov.in for view only.For further clarification, please contact on overasIOC opportunity forgoods and apps fence, security and public order. 040-27761159, 040-27776267. made by Indians,” he said at avir- Fullreporton Notice No: 2701 Date: 30.06.2020 Chairman tualconferenceto markfiveyears www.indianexpress.com Tender is invited through e-tender portal from eligible bidders for design, engineering, supply, installation, testing, commissioning and Tender Notice No: AMD/WR/ESG(Civil)/InternalGOVERNMENT&ExternalOFPaintingINDIAMIG &Elect/2019-20/148&01 Dated: 24/01/2020 NewDelhi:ShrikantMadhav acceptance of Rooftop Solar Power System (RSPS) and solar Street DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY VaidyaWednesdaytookov- World Bank to give $750 mn Lighting System (SLS) through off-grid mode along with comprehen- ATOMIC MINERALS DIRECTORATE FOR EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH er as ChairmanofIndian Oil sive Operation &Maintenance (O&M) for ten (10) years at various 1-10-153-156, AMD COMPLEX, BEGUMPET Corporation(IOC),succeed- locations in the 115 no. of Panchayat Samiti Office premises across HYDERABAD -500016 all 30 district(s). ingSanjiv Singh,whosuper- funding support to MSMEs NIT NO. AMD/AMDC/LANWAN/AMC/2020-21/1 DATE: 02.07.2020 annuated on June 30. PTI improving funding capacity of Details can be seen from the website www.tenderwizard.com/ BRIEF TENDER NOTICE ENSECONOMICBUREAU small finance banks(SFBs) and OREDA or www.oredaorissa.com.Further corrigendum, if any, will Director,AMD, Begumpet, Hyderabad invites on behalf of the President of India, sealed item rate tender in be uploaded in these websites only. two parts (TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL) from eligible vendors, for the following work in the permises NEWDELHI,JULY1 non-bankingfinancialcompanies of AMD complex, Hyderabad SeniorLIC (NBFCs) forthe MSME sector. Sd/- ChiefExecutive Estimated Earnest Last Date of Date and Period of THE WORLDBank’s Boardof The WorldBanksaidthis pro- Tender SCOPE OF WORK Time of officialtakes No. job value (In money Submission completion Executive Directorshasapproved grammewill address the imme- Laksh INR) (In INR) Opening a$750millionMSMEEmergency diateliquidityand credit needs of of part 1 charge NIT NO. Comprehensive Annual 6.3 12600/- 14/07/2020 14/07/2020 1YEAR Response program to support some1.5millionviableMSMEsto AMD/ Maintenance Contract of : (15:00 Hrs) (15:30 Hrs) NewDelhi: LICsaid Dinesh fundingtomicro, small,and help them withstand the impact AMDC/ 1) AMD-LAN (VLAN) 320 LANWAN/ nodes at AMD Hyderabad, 2) Bhagat has takencharge as mediumenterprises(MSMEs),se- of the current shockand protect AMC/ Secured LAN (intranet) 100 AdditionalZonalManagerof verely impactedby theCOVID-19 millions of jobs. The loan has a 2020-21/1 Nodes at AMD Hyderabad, NorthernZone,whichcom- pandemic. maturity of 19 years includinga Date: 3) AMD-WAN (wide area 02.07.2020 Network) comprising of VPN prises Delhi,Haryana, The programme will helpin five-year grace period. equipment (Including Rout- Himachal Pradesh, Jammu ers) inter connecting AMD &Kashmir,Leh,Punjab, Headquarters, Hyderabad with SIX Regional Centres of Rajasthan and Chandigarh. IPEs can give support services AMD viz, New Delhi, Jaipur, Nagpur,Shillong, Tatanagar and Bangalore. `2crfromJSPL to insolvencyprofessionals 1) Sale of Tenders: 02.07.2020 to 10.07.2020 on working days only up to 17:00 Hrs. toChhattisgarh NewDelhi: Insolvency profes- msof creditorsandpreservingthe 2) Dates for Site visit: 02.07.2020 to 10.07.2020 (Please note that site visit is mandatory) sional entities (IPE) will nowbe goingconcernstatusandthevalue Tender documents: Tender Documents can be obtained in person or by post from Incharge AMDC, AMD, Complex, Begumpet, Hyderabad 500016, (Phone No. 040-27761159, 040-27776267) on any working CMReliefFund able to provide supportservices of assets of thecorporatedebtor. day from 02.07.2020 to 10.07.2020 on submission of required documents as per eligibility criteria given to anyall insolvency profession- Experts said the move will in detailed NIT at cost of Rs. 500/- (Postal charges Rs. 100/- extra) by non-refundable crossed demand NewDelhi: Jindal Steel & als(IP)handlingacorporateinsol- boostthe business of IPEs and draft, drawn on any nationalized/ Scheduled bank in favour of the Pay &Accounts Officer,AMD payable PowerLtd (JSPL) Monday vency resolution process (CIRP), helpdevelopmentof moreIPEsto at SECUNDERABAD.Cheques/ Bank Gurantees/ Postal Orders will not be accepted. For downloaded said it donated Rs 2crore to as per anotification by the insol- supportIPs as well as help insol- Tenders, Cost of Tender and documentary evidence in support of eligibility criteria should be submitted along with the Technical bid. theChhattisgarhChief Mini- vency regulatorWednesday. vencyprofessionalstotakeonas- For further details and eligibility criteria, please refer to the Notice Inviting Tender available in AMD’swebsite ster Relief Fund to help the IPEs assistIPs in carrying out signmentswiththe supportof https://www.amd.gov.in.The tender Documents will also be available for downloading from the AMD statebattle COVID-19. ENS theirresponsibilitiesinmanaging IPEs thatwould otherwise notbe website from 02.07.2020 to 10.07.2020. the CIRP,including collating clai- able to take up. ENS

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,JULY2,2020 Messiscores700thgoalindrawvsAtletico Lionel Messiscored his 700th career goal forclub andcountrybefore AtleticoMadrid came back to draw 2-2inthe Spanish league anddealBarcelona's title hopes amajor blow. Barcelona's third draw in four rounds left it in second place,one point behind 16 SPORT leader Real Madrid. Madridhosts Getafe on Thursdaywith achancetoopen up afour- pointlead with five morematches remaining.

BRIEFLY Manohar steps Sanga’sstatement Fields of Fanfield Road down as ICC soughtinWCprobe Theymay notbeabletocelebrateatthe stadium, but Liverpool fans arerevelling at theend of the 30-yeardrought

Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar 2win over local rivals Everton. Newton has chairman Sangakkarahas been asked to record NITINSHARMA&SHAHIDJUDGE gone forall homematches this seasonever his statement in front of aspecial in- CHANDIGARH/MUMBAI,JULY1 since he wasemployedbyThe Anfield Wrap vestigatingunitofthe Sports Ministry –afan-sitethatstartedoffbypublishing pod- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE probingallegations that the country's Newly-crownedPremier League champions casts(includinginterviews withformerplay- KOLKATA,JULY1 2011 WorldCup Final losstoIndia was Liverpool travel to Etihad Stadium on ers Dalglish and Kevin Keegan, and current fixed, local media reportedhere. Thursdaynight to take on second in the table manager JurgenKlopp). AS SHASHANK Manohar steppeddownas Sri Lanka's sports ministrylastmonth Manchester City,title-holdersforthe lasttwo Plimley, though,is aveteran.He’s beengo- the International Cricket Council chairman ordered an investigationintoformer seasons. As is the custom, PepGuardiola’s ing forgames since 1969. on Wednesday, hectic parleys areexpected in sports ministerMahindananda team will give theRedsaguardofhonour be- “In the lastfivedecades, Ihaveseen different cricketboardsinthe next few Aluthgamage's allegationthatthe na- fore kick-off.Eventhoughthere willbenofans Liverpool winning three Champions League weeks, withaneye to nominatehis succes- tional cricket team's loss to India in in attendance at the venue, it’s bound to make titles, at Wembley(1978), Paris (1981) and in sor.Itislearnt that the ICC Annual the 2011 WorldCup final wasfixed by everyLiverpool fan’s heartswell with pride Madrid lastyear,” liststhe sexagenarian. “I’ve Conference, scheduledinmid-July, has been "certain parties". PTI and there arebound to be afew tears of joy alsowatchedthemplayfourFACupfinalsand postponedindefinitelybecause of Covid-19. when theywatchthe end of their 30-year ti- four different league-title winning matches.” Manohar’s second two-year term would tle drought from afar. This time though, once the league have come to an endatthe Full Council. The RonpowersJuveto KenSkupski, aformer top50men’s dou- restartedbehind closeddoors in June, the senior administrator,who became the ICC’s 3-1winatGenoa bles tennis player, wasjustseven when matchexperience wasdifferent. firstindependent chairman in 2016,had al- Liverpool wonits lastleague title, backin1990. “I am missing the camaraderie of fellow ready announcedthat he wouldn’t be seek- Cristiano Ronaldo scored withalong- He doesn’t remember it, but curiously, has a fans –travelling togetheronthe bus, having ing athirdterm. rangerocketonanight when each faint recollection of his hometown club los- apre-and post-matchbeertogetherand The ICC release said deputy chairman Juventus goal wasmorespectacular ing the 1988-89title to Arsenal basedona taunting the oppositionfans,” he says.“Ican’t Imran Khwaja“will assume the responsibil- than the other in a3-1 win at relega- weaker scoring record(both teams were tied replicatethis at home as my wife wasnot ities of the Chairperson until asuccessoris tion-threatenedGenoa. Chasinga on 76 points). Simon Plimley(grey jersey),aregular at happyabout me making alot of noise in front elected”. The Boardagreedtothe ad-hoc record-extending ninth straight Serie “That hurt,” he offers. Liverpool games since1969, during the of the television.” arrangement when it mettoday.The ICC Atitle, the victoryrestoredJuventus' PatrickNewton, another Liverpoolresi- firstleg of the Champions League The stadium maybeshut forthem, and chair is usuallyelected at the Full Council, but four-point lead over Lazio, which dent, wasjustfourwhen Liverpool wonwhat semifinals in Madrid lastyear.(Below visitstothe pubs –aregular venue forbanter nowthatitispostponed, it needs to be seen won2-1 at Torino earlier Tuesday. is arguablyconsideredthe most gripping left) KenSkupski with his son Taylor at a among fans –limited becauseofthe pan- what timeline the game’s global body puts Since losing the Italian Cup final to Champions League finalsever playedin2005. Liverpool vs Leicester matchatAnfield. demic.But withLiverpoolwinning itsfirst out. “The process forthe Chairpersonelec- Napoli in apenalty shootout, He doesn’thavemuchrecollectionofthat league title in 30 years, and 19th overall, tion is expectedtobeapprovedbythe ICC Juventus has wonall threeofits matchthat he assumes he watchedathis means The Unbearables (a tagLiverpoolfans Boardwithin the next week,” the ICC stated. league matches in the restart. AP grandparents’ home (“Familytradition, to like. For(the younger generation) to think were givenbyrival fans, but onethat theyem- With the Covid-inducedeconomic crisis watchall finalsthere,” he explains).It wasonly we’refinally going to seeit, to have our mo- bracedcitingtheopponentsbeing‘jealous’of looming on the horizon, the majority of afew months afterNewtonhad attendedhis ment, and nowit’s been takenawayfromus. the club’s achievements) nowhold bragging cricketboardsneedthe BCCI’s support, es- LivecricketinSAto firstmatchathisfavouriteclub’s home ground It’s aterrible situation in the world, so we can’t rights. Andafter thethree- decade wait,there’s peciallyinterms of playing bilateral series, resumefromJuly18 Anfield –aYouth FA Cuptie. complain, but yes, it is disappointing.” alonglistofrival fans the ‘torture’ will be re- as abailout. The BCCI is ready to provide the “My parentspretty much startedtaking Skupski acknowledgesthatdisappoint- paid to –whichincludes, in Skupski’s list, his leadership. However, this paper understands, The postponed'3TCricket'competi- me to matches when Iwas old enough to leave mentaswell.Butthe 37-year-oldalso exudes former doubles partner and Andy Murray’s the Indian boardhasn’t yettaken adecision tion, whichwould markthe resump- home,” he says. asense of relief. current coachJamie Delgado. on whether to nominatesomeone from its tion of live cricketinSouth Africa fol- WhileSkupski and Newtonhavenorec- “You have to appreciatethe fact thereare “My entirecareer,I’vehad to listento fold or to throw itsweight behind aconsen- lowing the coronavirus-forcedbreak, ollection of the lasttime Liverpoolwon the things going on bigger than football,” says ManchesterUnitedfanstellmehowgoodtheir sus candidate. will be held on July18. TheSolidarity English Football League –the topflight divi- the 2017 Wimbledon men’s doubles quar- team wasand howsad it mustbebeing a Coming backtoManohar,hebecame the Cup,whichwill see 24 of South sion until the Premier League wasformedin emptystandsthisThursdaynight when terfinalist. “Wehavehad an amazing season Liverpoolfan,” Skupski says. ICC chief, nominated by the BCCI, in Africa's topcricketers featureinthree 1992 –overinLeeds, 61-year-old Simon City’s players give the newchampions a but at one point we almosthad to acceptthe “I have to admitIwasenviousoftheir suc- November 2015 afterthe Indian boardhad teams playing twohalvesinasingle Plimleyhad spent justunder half his lifewait- Guard of Honour. season wasgoing to be void. So to be able to cess. The title has been our need fortoo long recalledNSrinivasan and replacedhim with match, wasscheduledtobeheldon ing to embracethatold,longlostfeelingagain. “Toknowthatwewon’tsee it and the tro- come backtofinishoff what we startedisa as other fans have mockedusfor so long.But the former.Nextyear,Manohar quit the BCCI June 27 but waspostponed afterCSA That feeling of watching The Reds being phyceremony in person, that we won’t be in relief more thananything. It’sdisappointing nowit’stimeforTheUnbearablestoenjoytheir presidentship to becomethe ICC’s firstinde- felt moreworkwas neededtostage crownedchampions of England. thegroundstoenjoy the moment, it’s alittle to notbeinthe stadiumbut at the end of the wonderful team.” pendentchairman. However, afterjusteight it. The teams that will take partin disappointing,”says Newton, who grew up day, we arejustsuper excited to finallyget And he signs offinamannertypical of months in office, he resignedbut eventually the match arethe Eagles,tobecap- Subduedcelebrations listening to stories his grandfather would tell backonour perch.” Liverpool fans: “YNWA.” took it back. His tenuresaw the ICC disman- tainedbyABdeVilliers, Kingfishers, And so it happened, when Chelsea beat him of the gloryyearsinthe 1970sand 80s, You'll NeverWalk Alone. Ironicinthese tle the Big Three model to adoptamoreeq- to be ledbyKagiso Rabada and the second-placedManchesterCity,and the ti- when thelikes of KennyDalglish, IanRush, Bill Football getaway times. uitable revenue distribution system. “There Kites, whichwillhaveQuinton de tle wassecured.Yet this time, precautions Shankly, Bob Paisleyetall ruled the roost. Wheneverhemanaged to take aweek or TVGUIDE: ManchesterCity vs Liverpool, is no doubtthatcricket owesShashank adebt Kock as skipper. PTI againstthe COVID-19pandemicwould force “The older generation, they’veseenit, twooff from the tennis circuit, Skupski would live on Star SportsNetwork and Hotstarfrom of gratitude forall he has donefor thesport,” the celebrations to be subdued–including, they’veexperiencedit. Theyknowwhatit’s sneakinanouting at Anfield –including the 5- 12.45 am (Thursday) onwards. Khwaja, the ICC deputy chairman, stated.

OVER THE HEDGE by Michael Fry &TLewis CROSSWORD 4159 DAYTODAY BYPETERVIDAL

ARIES(Mar 21 -Apr 20) LIBRA (Sep 24 -Oct 23) Moneycould be the This is thesection of mainregion of life the week during still requiring whichyou should attention, although begin to thinkabout the excitementshould be over.I money. Your solar chartdenotes am notasking youtobeasaint, excellent financial skills, so I butIdothink that youshould have no doubt that youare begin to be alittle less concerned nowpoisedtopickupafew withyour ownaffairs and more bargains. Even when selecting preparedtohelpothers who partners, youneedto have missedout. shop around. TAURUS(Apr21-May 21) SCORPIO (Oct24-Nov 23) Your charttodayis Sometimes youare what astrologers call guilty, likeany ‘exalted’. This one ordinarymortal, of word should be crossing theroad CALVIN &HOBBES by Bill Watterson enough to convey the and walking pastwhen impression that youare well on yousee trouble. However, the the waytoimprovementsinthe impact the Sun has had quality of your life. The respect recentlyindicates that youdeserveiscoming, and will forthe next month youshould be very gratifying when it make apoint of helpingpeople finallyarrives. who aremuchworseoff than you. ACROSS DOWN GEMINI (May22-June21) 1Noise interrupts speech in 2Attackingagirlindistress Thereisonlyone SAGITTARIUS(Nov24-Dec 22) church ceremony (7) thing lefttosay at The current (10) 3Iam on time forthe picture homebut, exactly tendency in your 8GirlIcareabout (5) what,isnot clear chartisverymuch (5) 4Agree it lookslikewhat was from your chart. Having towardsdevoted 9Wrongly presume it’s the despatched fitted one last piece intothe hardworkand dedication to highest(7) (6) jigsawyou maybeableto your responsibilities. Even 10 Addone’s ringingtones to the 5I’m the type to makean go your ownway and leave relationships mustbeworked conversation? impression (7) familyrelationshipsto at, otherwise eventswillslip (5,2) 6When the Devil drives, they look afterthemselves. from your grasp. As soon as that 11 Smallpictureaspartofa must(5) Hopefully, other people will happens,then you’ll have collection (5) 7The topsalesman in print? nowco-operate. to dealwithcircumstances 12 What is left(6) (4,6) that youthought had been 14 Firm forhorses(6) 8Official title of greatmerit MARVIN by Tom Armstrong CANCER (June 22 -July23) finishedwith. 17 One of the damsels Ienjoy (10) Aplethoraof holding (5) 13 Comparative vacuum? planetary patterns CAPRICORN (Dec 23-Jan 20) 19 Ahigh post? (3,4) (7) progresses slowly We cannotliveby 21 Can hide perhaps, though 15 Acoal-burning vessel through your bread alone. What a confinedtoone area (7) horoscope. As theydoso, remarkablytrue (7) 16 Greyhound? youwillbecomehappier with statement that is, 22 Rosie is in willowy shape (3,3) your ideas and more and howamazingly relevant to (5) 18 Whereone maysit or getto successfulinsetting the your current circumstances. If 23 Possiblyagoodtryer? one’s feet (5) pace at home. Youwill also youkeep your eyes fixed That’s somewhat disparaging 20 Rod, pole or perch cook up anew wayofmaking doggedly to the ground, (10) (5) one of your major ambitions marvellous opportunities will come true. flybyunseen. Raise your sights to the skies. SolutionsCrossword4158:Across:1Exhale,4Versed,9Sundown,10Tuner,11 LEO (July24-Aug 23) Rhine,12Concern,13Conscripted,18Ruffian,20Impel,22Cones,23Snooker,24 Prosperity is indeed AQUARIUS (Jan 21-Feb 19) Seemed,25Offset.Down:1Ensure,2Hanoi,3Lioness,5Eaten,6Sincere,7During, on the way. It justso Onlywhen others 8Anachronism,14Offence,15Pairoff,16Cracks,17Claret,19Issue,21Pekes. happens that one have been put right very particular in no uncertain planetaryalignment indicates terms will yoube awell-deserved increase in able to getyour wayathome. your earnings. Iearnestlyhope However, it maybeanother JUMBLEDWORDS DifficultyLevel2s that the promise of the stars fewdaysbeforeyou have the Instructions comes to pass. What you very genuine satisfaction of Givenbelowarefourjumbledwords.Solvethejumblestomakeproperwordsandmovethemto TosolveaSudokupuzzle, have to do, though, is take having been proved right. therespectivesquaresbelow.Selectthelettersintheshadedsquaresandjumblethemtoget everydigitfrom1to9 4156 the initiative. Even then,you maynot theanswerforthegivenquip. mustappearineachofthe receive an apology. The__ofbecominga‘__-___’keepssomepeoplefrombecominganything.-EricHoffer VIRGO (Aug 24 -Sep 23) nineverticalcolumns,in Thedown-to-earth PISCES(Feb20-Mar 20) (4,.,3-4) eachoftheninehorizontal 4157 and the ultra- The concluding LMEEE THANES rowsandineachofthe mundane will be scene is about to be nineboxes. intricatelytiedtothe playedinone SUDOKU profound and the long-term. particular drama. Thereforedon’t dismiss Probablyall that is at stakei ENAAR EEORBF DifficultyLevel apparentlymeaninglesspeople saquestion of fact. It all boils or eventsout of hand, forthey down to who is correct but, SUDOKU 1s=Veryeasy;2s=Easy; mayeventuallyhavegreat as aPiscean,you must 3s=Medium;4s=Hard; significance. The mosttrivial remember that truthisrelative.

5s=VeryHard;6s= developments maywellbethe Everyone could be right,eachin r fe Hof ric -E ing. yth an

ming co be om fr people some eeps ’k en be s- ha ga‘ comin be of ar fe he :T er sw

An Genius most important. theirown way. SOLUTION

E OR EF ,B TEN AS ,H NA RE ,A MELEE SOLUTION:

VolLXXXVIII No.201 Regd.No. DL-21046/03-05 R.N.I.No.506/57. Printed andPublishedbyR.C.Malhotraonbehalf of The IndianExpress (P) Limited andPrintedatThe Indian Express(P) Limited Press, A-8, Sector-7,Noida -201301and PublishedatThe Indian Express (P) Limited,Mezzanine Floor,Express Building, 9&10, BahadurShah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110002. Editorial office: The Indian Express (P) Limited,MezzanineFloor,Express Building, 9&10, BahadurShah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110002. Phone: 0120-6651500.Advertisingoffice: The Indian Express (P) Limited,B1/B, Sector -10, Noida -201301. Phone: 0120-6651291.Chairman of the Board: Viveck Goenka, Chief Editor:Raj Kamal Jha, Editor:Unni Rajen Shanker,Editor (Delhi): Rakesh Sinha ** **Responsible forselection of Newsunder the PRB Act. Copyright:The Indian Express (P) Limited.All rightsreserved. Reproduction in anymanner,electronic or otherwise, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited.The Indian Express® New Delhi