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Growth-inflation dynamics complicates RBI task of keeping an accommodative stance in the face of rising prices

May—asix-month high, datare- central bank on atightrope walk AANCHALMAGAZINE leasedbythe government on INFLATIONRATES in balancing the growth-inflation NEWDELHI,JUNE14 Mondayshowed. 15 dynamics. While the RBI is un- MAHARASHTRA With this, the retail inflation ■CPI (in per cent) 12.94 likelytochangeits accommoda- IN WHATcomplicates the RBI’s has breachedthe inflation target 12 ■ WPI (in per cent) tive stance or the policy rate any- task of setting the directionof of 4+/-2 per cent setbythe time soon, there is also pressure MMRDATOCUT monetary policy,Wholesale ReserveBank of India’s (RBI). 9 on the government forfiscal pol- 6.93 6.30 MANGROVES ON 1 Price Index-basedinflation The wholesale inflation has 6 icy action to spur growth. HECTARE FOR scaledtoarecordhigh of 12.94 been rising forfivemonths, and is WPI inflation rate was-3.37 METRO STATION per cent in May, pushed by expected to rise further as the 3 2.29 per cent in May2020 and 10.49 higher fuel and commodity impactofhighcrude prices and per cent in April 2021, while CPI 0 EX-COPSHOOTSAT prices, and alow base effect. It surging commodityprices feeds Nov Dec Jan Feb March April May inflation rate was4.23 per cent SONS,ONE DEAD, also translated into ahigher re- in. This would cause the retail in- 2020 2020 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 in April2021. ANOTHERINJURED tail inflation of 6.30 per cent in flation to rise as well, putting the Source: Commerce Ministry, MoSPI CONTINUEDONPAGE2 SII-partner Novavax PAGE 5 reports 90% efficacy, AYEARAFTERGALWAN says focused first on Disengagement of troops: China suggests developing countries

PRABHARAGHAVAN Major Gen-level talks NEWDELHI,JUNE14

Valleyincidentinwhich20 NOVAVAXWILL prioritise devel- KRISHNKAUSHIK Indian Armypersonnel losttheir opingcountriesfor the initial NEWDELHI,JUNE14 livesinclashes with PLAtroops. supplies of itsCovid-19vaccine, China belatedly admitted to the the Chief Executive Officer of the FOUR MONTHSafter Indianand loss of four PLApersonnel. American biotechnology com- Chinese troops disengaged in Asenior officer from the de- panysaid on Monday. Pangong Tso, and twomonths fence establishment said China The Maryland-headquar- afterCorpsCommander-level has conveyedtoIndia that nego- teredcompanysaid itsvaccine talksfailedtomakeheadway on tiations fordisengagement at had demonstrated 100per cent pullbackoftroops from other ar- HotSprings and GograPost—at protection in late-stagetrials eas of eastern Ladakh, China has both places,small contingents againstmoderateand severe dis- suggestednegotiations at the of Chinese troops areonthe ease causedbySARS-CoV-2 —a Ajam in Bengaluru Monday, levelofDivision Commanders — Indian side of the Line of Actual boostfor the prospectsofits as Covid curbs areeased. PTI an offerthatthe Indian sideis Control—can be discussedby Chirag Paswan waitsoutside unclePashupati Kumar Paras’s house in NewDelhi Monday. He spent around half-an-hour in Indian version, Covovax. said to be considering. Division Commanders. India, hisvehicle before being letin. AnilSharma Overall, the efficacyofthe

Division Commander-level the officer said, is considering vaccinewas 90.4 percent —that ED talksinvolve teams headedby the idea. He said China has con- is, it showedthe ability to bring Hopeand officers of the rank of Major veyedthis to India through dif- down symptomatic Covid-19 caution General. This is different from ferent levels, including hotline cases by morethan90per cent PLAIN E ● forIndia the Corps Commander-level talksonthe ground. Uncle dumps Chirag, takes all LJP compared with those who had EX talksthat involve more senior of- The officer did notrule out notreceivedavaccine. ficers —LtGenerals who head futurediscussions between “It should be noted... that, NOVAVAX’S COMMIT- Corps or equivalentformations. CorpsCommanders, but said if giventhat we’vegot acommit- MENT to developing The Chinese suggestion negotiations between Division MPs, says wrong to have left NDA ment of 1.1billion doses with countries, and India’s abil- comes at atime whenthereisa Commanderscan find asolution, COVAXalong with our partner ity to produce this vaccine stalemateoverthe disengage- then senior commanders may tional president, ChiragPaswan. Lok Sabha Secretariat issuedacir- up to which Chirag Paswan had Serum Institute(of India), alot of arepromising.However, ment process. The Corps notneedtomeetagain. He SANTOSHSINGH, The five MPs —Pashupati cular confirming Parasasleader attackedthe JD(U) and Chief our firstdoses aregoing to go attention needs to be paid Commander-leveltalksonApril pointed out that though there LIZMATHEW Kumar Paras(Hajipur), of the LJP in the Lok Sabha. MinisterNitish Kumar,and intolow-and middle-income to thefine print,including 9made no progress. has been no progress since &DIPANKARGHOSE ChoudharyMehboob Ali Qaisar Of the five MPs, twoare re- steppedout of the NDA,all along countries,astheyshould,” CEO howeffective the vaccine Incidentally, June 15 will troops from the twosides PATNA,NEWDELHI,JUNE14 (Khagaria), Chandan Kumar lated to the Paswan family— maintaining that he wanted to StanleyCErcksaidinaconfer- is againstspecific variants. markone year of the Galwan CONTINUEDONPAGE2 (Nawada), Veena Devi (Vaishali) Hajipur MP ParasisRam Vilas work with the BJP.The LJP had, ence call on Mondayafter an- LESS THAN ayear afterRam Vilas and Prince Raj(Samastipur) — Paswan’s younger brother however, faredpoorly in the nouncing the vaccine’s perform- Paswan’sdeath,theLokJanshakti metLok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Samastipur MP Prince Rajis elections, with itslone MLA ance in phase 3trials in the tured by other companies, even Party(LJP)thathefoundedin on Sundayevening and again on Paras’s son. eventuallycrossing over to the United States and Mexico. as low- and middle-income Two allege gangrape by 2000 is headedfor an imminent Monday,sayingthat theyhave The series of dramatic events JD(U). Severalhigh-income coun- countries have been struggling splitwithfive of thepartyMPsre- electedParasasLJP parliamentary come months afterthe Bihar On Monday, therebel MPs, tries have already inoculated with acutevaccine shortages. TMC men after polls, belling againstthe sixth — party leader and Kaiser asdeputy Assemblyelections in October- while making it clearthat the large sections of their popula- Novavax, asmall company Paswan’s son and the party’s na- leader.LateMonday night, the November last year,inthe run- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 tions with vaccines manufac- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ask SC to monitor probe

J&Kactivist behind bars for remarks BUSINESSASUSUAL See-sawfor AdaniGroup ANANTHAKRISHNANG, RAVIKBHATTACHARYA on ‘outsider’officersatjanata durbar BY UNNY stock, deniesfreeze &ATRIMITRA NEWDELHI,KOLKATAJUNE14 five-six members of acivil soci- courtand arguing againstbail to on accountofinvestors TWOWOMEN from West Bengal BASHAARATMASOOD etygroup, told advisorBaseer Sofi, police said, "If the accused have movedthe Supreme Court SRINAGAR,JUNE14 Ahmad Khan that people could is releasedonbail at this time, he seen by The Indian Express, alleging rape by supportersofthe have expectations from local of- can harass the witnesses and can EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE notedthatthe statusofthe de- rulingTrinamool Congress dur- AN ACTIVIST who ledadelega- ficials likehim and seek answers hinder the investigation in the MUMBAI/NEWDELHI,JUNE14 mat accountsofthe three funds ing the post-pollviolence in the BJP leader Adhikari meets tion to apublic hearing held by from them. On the other hand, case. Since the accused is impu- holding shares in Adani Group stateinMay,immediatelyafter Governor on ‘law, order’. PTI one of the advisors of Jammu whatcouldhehope from offi- dent, he can coax the witnesses." SHARES OF Adani Group compa- companies is “active”inthe MamataBanerjee ledher party andKashmirLtGovernor Manoj cers who belong to outside the Giving an account of what nies plunged up to 25 per cent NSDL system. to athirdterm in power. Sinha has spent the pastfour region, Sofitold Khan. happenedonJune 10,police in intra-dayMondayfollowing The reason whythe NSDL Seeking acourt-monitored been held in the case of the mi- days in custody forapparently Jyotsna, an IAS officer of itsreportsaid, "During the meet- news reports that accountsof websitecontinues to reflect the probebyaSpecialInvestigation nor'sgangrape. rubbing Ganderbal Deputy Uttar Pradesh-cadrewho was ing, acivil society group put for- three foreign investor funds name of these three foreign Team (SIT) or the CBI, both the In her applicationsinthe Commissioner Krittika Jyotsna postedtothe Union territoryre- ward itsdemands before the holdingsizeable stakeinthe funds —AlbulaInvestment Fund, women -- a60-year-old and a17- Supreme Court,the 60-year-old the wrongway. centlyand waspresent at the Advisor (Khan) sahib. The group’s companies had been Cresta Fund and APMS year-old -- have in separatepleas allegedthat she wasgangraped The Lt Governor has initiated hearing, strongly objectedto group... wasled by Sajad Ahmad INSIDE frozenbyNationalSecurities Investment Fund —inthe listof sought to be made parties in a by five TMC workersinthe pres- these public hearings or durbars what Sofisaid. Sofi... While putting forwardhis DepositoryLtd (NSDL). frozenaccountsasonMay 31, pending petition filedbyBiswajit enceofher six-year-oldgrand- across Kashmirtoreachout to Soon afterthe hearing ,Sofi, demands before theAdvisor The shares recoveredpar- 2021, wasbecause these ac- Sarkar, brotherofBengal BJP child. people. Topofficers, including ad- who belongs to Safapora,was sahib, he usedthe following DEATH DAYSAFTER tiallyafter the group companies counts were different from those worker Abhijit Sarkar,who was She alleged that on May3,a visors to Sinha, attend the hear- booked under Section 153A words: 'Mein aapse umeed CUSTODY, COPS denied the news reports and in- whichheld shares of Adani murdered, allegedlybyTMC dayafter the Assemblypoll ings andlistentothe grievances (promoting enmity between the rakhtahoon. Chunki aap ik FACEMURDER FIR formed stockexchanges thatthe Group companies, asource in workers, during the post-poll vi- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 and demands of public. However, groups) and jailed. Afterhewas Kashmiri hain aursamajh sakte demat accountsinwhichthese NSDL, whodid notwish to be olence in May. Sajad Ahmad Sofimay bepaying givenbail by alocal courtonJune hain, aurmein aap ka gareban CAMP IN DISTRICTS foreign funds holdtheir shares identified, said. In Kolkata, policesaid that aprice forspeaking his mind. 12,police held him underpre- pakad saktahoon auraapse FOR 2MONTHS: YOGI were notfrozen. The NSDL source said it was while one person has been ar- BENGALTOSC: NO At the durbar held at ventive detentionfor being a jawab-talab kar saktahoon. TELLS MINISTERS An email sent by NSDL to the possiblethe freeze could either rested forthe rape of the 60- STATE COMPLICITY SafaporavillageinGanderbal on "threat to peace": Magar gair-riyasati afsaron se PAGES 6, 7 Adani Group following aquery be on separateFPI accountsheld year-old, three persons have IN VIOLENCE PAGE 6 June 10,Sofi, who ledagroup of In itsreportsubmitted to the CONTINUEDONPAGE2 on the status of these funds, and CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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Half an the talksatthe levelofDivision bed.Ilodged apolice complaint and experts in the fields of data cedingmonth.Someof theitems trackedemergencyapproval.Erck lead theinvesting community. hour later,Chirag wastaken to a Commanders will also include but onlyone person wasarrested. scienceand auditshaveshown that pushedretail inflation were Novavax has “acknowledged” that the This is causingirreparable loss of waiting area, wherehewas told Depsang Plains whereChina is The rest of the accusedareroam- that chess.commakes itsdeci- fuel whichrecordedaninflation that receivedhugesupportfrom companywould“probablywinits economic value to the investors that neither of the twoMPs were blockingIndian troops from ac- ing free. We have no faithinthe sionsconservatively andwiththe of 11.6 per cent (the highestsince the Trumpadministration's firstauthorisationelsewhere,” at large andreputation of the home. Twohours later,around cessingtraditionalpatrollinglim- police. That is whyweap- confidence thatanaccount once March 2021),transportandcom- OperationWarp Speedlastyear, The NewYorkTimes reported. group,” it said. 1.15 pm,Chirag,whowasaccom- itsatPatrolling Point 10,PP11, proachedthe Supreme Court." closedisstatisticallycertain to munication at 12.6 per cent, edi- alsoplansto fulfillitsadvancepur- It wasnot immediatelyclear Adani Portswhichplunged paniedbyformer LJP MLARaju PP11A, PP12and PP13. Tapas Dolui, general secretary have violated rules,”Danny bleoilat30.8perandpulsesat9.3 chase agreements(APAs) with if this would in turn slowdown 18.75 per cent to 681.50 in the Tiwari, leftwithout meeting the Recently, ArmyChief General of aBJP organisational district, Rensch, chief chess officer of per cent. “four or five”high-income coun- SII’sabilityto bringCovovaxto the opening session recoveredtoRs leaders. MMNaravane mentionedthat said,“Sheisour supporter and chess.com, said in astatement. Coreinflation—thenon-food, tries. market in India. Queries to the 768.70–still aloss of 8.36 per Parasheldaseparatemeeting negotiationstaketime, and had used to comefor our meetings. Thestormdidhave asilverlin- non-fuel inflation component — “But in the veryearly days,it’s Pune-headquarteredvaccine cent -- afterthe company's clar- of rebelMPs at the residence of cited the example of the 1986 The Trinamool Congresstargeted ing, though: chess.com director surgedtoa83-monthhighof 6.55 going to be low- and middle-in- maker about this, as well as ification. Adani Enterprises Vaishali MP VeenaDevi. Asource Sumdorong Chu standoffnear herbecause of that.” Rakesh Kulkarni said the event per cent in May. come countries,” Erck said. whether it would be able to seek plunged 25 per cent but later re- close to Chiragsaid, "Chirag has Tawangwhichtookeightyearsto In the second case, a17-year- raisedabout Rs 12 lakh. The RBI, which primarilyfo- The companyexpectsto restrictedemergencyusepermis- coveredsmartlytoclose at Rs even offeredachangeinparty be resolved. old girlfiledanapplication cuses on retail inflation while de- “transition” next year from its sioninIndiawithout the vaccine 1,501.25 with aloss of only6.26 leadership by suggesting the Indian and Chinese Corps throughadvocate Ravi Sharma, Janta durbar liberating on itsmonetary policy, APAs and commitment towards having receivedEmergency Use per cent. Adani Green Energy de- name of his mother Reena Commanders have held 11 alleging shewas gangrapedby kyaumeedrakhsaktahoon(Ican had leftthe keyinterestrateun- supplying vaccines to developed Authorisation (EUA) in other clined4.13per cent to Rs 1,175.95 Paswan to lead the LJP." roundsofdiscussions to resolve TMCworkers on May9,“solely have expectationsfromyou be- changedearlierthismonth.Ithas andunderdevelopedcountriesto countries,remainedunanswered on the BSE, Adani Powerfell 5per Both Parasand hisson Prince the military standoffineastern forher family’spolitical affilia- causeyouareaKashmiriandyou projected CPI inflation at 5.1per “eventually”provide itsjabsasa by press time on Monday. cent to Rs 140.90,Adani Rajhavereportedly been upset Ladakh that beganinMay 2020. tions and religious beliefs”. can understand us. Ican grab you cent during 2021-22 —5.2 per “booster” dose. In April, the government Transmission by 5per centtoRs with Chirag fornot "valuing In February,Indian and Her plea said that on May9, by the collar and seekanswers. centinQ1; 5.4 per centinQ2; 4.7 “Ithink,particularly intheUS, easedrequirementstoseek ap- 1,517.25 and Adani TotalGas also them" enough. Chirag's decision Chinese troops and armour dis- sheand her friendwerereturn- But what expectations can Ihave percentinQ3;and5.3percentin ourvaccineisgoingto beprobably provals forcertain foreign Covid- by 5per centtoRs1,544.55. to bring in Raju Tiwari as party engaged from the north and ing from her grandmother’s from officers who areout- Q4 of 2021-22. mostimportantlyusedasa 19 vaccines, allowing awaiveron The marketcapitalisation of workingpresidentwasseenasan south banksofPangong Tsoand house when theywerestopped siders)?'." In WPI inflation,among the booster,”Ercksaid. the needfor local bridging stud- Adani Group shares had touched attempt to curtailtheinfluenceof the Kailash ranges. While the by four men and dragged to a The police reportaddedthat threemajorcomponentsnamely In the shortrun, Novavaxhas iesforvaccinesthathave received Rs 9.5 lakh crorelastFriday.Inthe Prince Raj, who is also LJP state commanders metonFebruary nearbyjungle, with the attackers Jyotsna "stood up from her seat primary articles, fuel and power, a“tiered” pricing scheme for EUAs from regulators suchasthe lastone year,Adani Port shares president. 20, immediatelyafter the disen- allegedly shouting, “Now we will and strongly objected". "The cir- and manufacturingthat con- lower-,upper-, and middle-in- US FDA, EMA,UKMHRA,and surgedby145 per cent, Adani Withthelatestdevelopments, gagement, therewas no agree- teachyou alesson forsupporting cumstances of the incident and tributedto theriseininflation,the come countries that are“in line” Japan’s PDMA,oraWHO Transmission shot up by 697per thenewLJPisnotexpectedto face mentonpullingbacktroopsfrom the BJP.Yourfamiliesshould from the statements, acrime un- keydriverwas fuel and power with mostother manufacturers. Emergency Use Listing. cent, Adani Green Energy 280 anyobjections from the JD(U) in the otherfriction points. knowthis is the outcome of op- der 153A of the IPC is made...The whichregisteredaninflation of Againstwhat the US Centres per cent, Adani Powerby310 per itsbid to return to theNDA fold. Theymet again on April9but posing our leader”. The applica- accusedhasbeenarrestedandhis 37.6 per cent, followedbythe forDisease Controland Adani cent and Adani Enterprises 906 Parashaslongbeenintouchwith the talksalso did notresult in any tion alleged that the men took family has been informed.Heis manufacturing at 10.8 per cent Prevention(CDC)considers“vari- by the three funds or on the de- per cent.Adani TotalGas shares JD(U)MPRajivRanjanSinghalias agreement.Infact,unlikethepre- turns to rape her formorethan onpoliceremandatthepolicesta- andprimaryarticleat9.6percent. antsofconcern” and “variantsof positoryreceipt(DR) accounts movedupfromRs125 to Rs Lalan Singh. Officially, however, vious fewrounds, thetwo sides anhour. Theplea furthersaid that tion Safapora," the reportsaid. “Since foralarge number of interest”, the vaccine’s efficacy held by them. The DR accounts 1,544.55 in the last12months. the JD(U)onMondaycalledthe didnotevencomeupwithajoint the girl's friend managed to flee Section153Aofthe IPC deals commodities, their globalprices wasfound to be around 93 per arefor the purpose of holding eq- As the promoter holdsasiz- developmentsan"internal mat- statementafterthemeeting,hint- and ledthe victim’s familytothe with'promotingenmitybetween areapass through, the same is cent, Novavaxsaid in itsan- uity shares issuedupon cancel- able stakeinAdani companies, ter" of the party. ing at lackofany understanding spot, wheretheyfound herun- differentgroupsongroundsof re- nowgettingreflected in their do- nouncementaboutthePREVENT- lation of DepositoryReceipts the promoterwealth has sky- In Patna, JD(U) spokesperson on the futurecourse of action. conscious. The application said ligion, race, place of birth, resi- mesticprices.Forexample,petrol, 19 phase 3trial in the US and (GDR/ADR) held by them. rocketedduringthe past year. and former ministerNeeraj police were yettoarrestone of dence, languageetc'and 'doing dieseland LPG witnessedanin- Mexico. In June 2016,capitalmarket The promoterholds nearly 75 Kumar deniedtalkofhis party TMC men the men involved. actsprejudicialto maintenanceof flation of 62.3 per cent, 66.3 per However, in itsrelease, the regulator SEBI had passedanor- per cent in Adani Transmission, having playedapartinthe LJP results, amob of around 100- In Kolkata, apoliceofficer said, harmony'. centand 60.9 per cent in May companygroupedtogether the der directing custodians to in- Adani Powerand Adani split,saying,"Thenameof ourMP 200TMC supporters had sur- "Three persons were arrested as Justifyinguseof Section153A, 2021,”SunilKumar Sinha, Alpha(B.1.1.7)andDelta(B.1.617.2) form depositories to freeze ben- Enterprises. LalanSinghhasbeenunnecessar- roundedher house and threat- soon as police receivedthe com- andSofi'sre-arrest followingbail, PrincipalEconomist,IndiaRatings variantsofthevirus—whileB.1.1.7 eficial accountsthatreceived ilydragged intothis by the enedthe familytoleave the plaint." forbeinga"threat to peace", &Research,said. made up the “majority” of the underlying shares on conversion LJP Oppositionand the media. We house or face consequences. ABJP worker,who livesinthe GanderbalSSP Suhail Munawar The high rate of inflation in variant-of-concern cases, B.1.617 cancellation of GDR issues by 51 five MPs want to rejointhe NDA, have alwaysvaluedLJP leader Then, on the night of May4,she same neighbourhood as the vic- toldTheIndianExpress:"He(Sofi) May2021isprimarilydue to low figured in the 17 percent of cases companies.Thislistdoes notin- placedtheirconfidence in "vikas Pashupati Kumar Parasand had alleged,fiveTMC men barged tim, said, “The girl's familyare all did tell the Honb'le Advisor all base effect and rise in prices of causedbythe variant of interest. clude anyAdani Group company. purush" Nitish Kumar. made him aminister in the Bihar intothe house when she was supporters of our party.Wedo these things(that arementioned crudepetroleum,mineraloilsviz. The companyintends to file Another source in Sebi, who also Speaking to reporters, Paras government." with her grandchild. She alleged nottrustthe police here.” in the police report). This is dis- petrol,diesel,naphtha,furnaceoil forregulatoryauthorisation in did notwish to be named, said said,“Itwaseveryone'sdesirethat The revolt in the LJP comes that shewas slapped, beaten, Rajib Hossain, adistrictgen- criminationand falls well within etc. and manufactured products multiple countries between July the frozen account reflected on after2014, we go withthe NDA amid intensespeculationovera handcuffedand tiedtothe bed eral secretaryofTrianamool the ambit of 153A... We subse- when compared with the corre- andSeptember.Thiswouldbring the NSDLwebsitewas probably coalition. It waslateRam Vilas reshuffle of the UnionCouncil of “as the criminals forced them- Congress, said, “Thereisnotruth quentlyre-arrested him because sponding monthofthe previous SerumInstitute of India(SII)astep linked to that order. Paswan ji’s final wish that the Ministers. Sources saythe LJP selvesonher”. in theallegation.We have faithin therewas reasonableapprehen- year,the MinistryofCommerce closer to launching Covovaxina The shares of Adani Group, poor in the country, those from move isaclearsignalthatitwants The plea said that as her con- the judiciary. The BJP is taking sionthathewill createalaw and said. CoreWPI inflation also rose similar timeframe. whichwitnessedbig gains over theweakersectionsareuplifted... to be part of the governmentsat dition deteriorated,after eight thesematters to theSupreme order situation. So he wasar- to adouble-digitlevel of 10 per “Upon regulatoryapprovals, the lastfew months, hit the He is notamong us anymore. I the Centreand in Bihar,which days,she wasadmitted to apri- Courtbecause theycannotaccept rested under (Section)107 and cent in May. Wholesale food in- Novavaxremains on trackto lowercircuit in theopeningses- wantthispartyto continueto live. would nothavebeen possible vate hospital, wheremedical their defeat." 105etc.Itisroutinepreventive ac- flation,however, moderatedto 4.3 reach(a)manufacturingcapacity siononMonday.Minutes before Some anti-social elementsen- with Chirag at the helm. Last testsconfirmedrape. tion." per cent in May. of 100milliondoses per month themarket closedfor trading, the teredour party and, rejectingthe week,JD(U) had said that allies Alleging that the “conduct of Chess game OnlySofiamong the delega- Rising global crude oil and by theendof thethirdquarterand statement by the Adani Group to feelings of 99 per cent workers, should getarespectable sharein the statepolice is unsatisfactory pieces and had justseconds tionhadbeenarrested,Munawar commodity prices areexpected 150million doses per month by stockexchanges, ledtosome re- brokethealliancewiththeNDA… the Union Government. and non-cooperative”, shehas left, to run out of time. stressed. to push up WPI inflation further the end of the fourth quarterof covery.Inthe statement, the Theresultof thiswasthatinBihar, So far, while the BJP has demanded acourt-monitored On Monday, Kamath did not Khanhadmet severaldelega- incomingmonths.Withmostde- 2021,”the companysaid in itsre- group said the reports are“bla- the NDAalliancewas weakened, avoidedcommentingonthe LJP SIT probe. The plea also alleged respondtotextmessagesand tions that day, includingthose of velopedcountries opting for lease. tantlyerroneous”. and the party almostbecame ex- infighting,asectionintheBJPhas that policehad “deliberatelycho- calls from The Indian Express transporters,traders,civilsociety monetary stimulus measures, “Weexpectto filewiththeUS “Giventhe seriousness of the tinct,” Parassaid. notbeen toohappywith Chirag sen to name onlyone of the five seeking comment. members,Block Development global commodity prices areris- FDA,withtheUKMHRA,withthe article and itsconsequentialad- Saying he has "no complaint" for“crossingthelimitsandreach- accusedinthe FIR”. GrandmasterPravin Thipsay Council members andreligious ing amid expectations of aglobal EUEMAandalso,importantly...in verseimpact on minority in- againstChirag,Parassaid,“Chirag ing astate of no compromise” Superintendent of Police said:“Anandisamasteroftactics, leaders. When the meeting was economic recovery.InIndia too, IndiaandKorea,”Erck saidduring vestors, we requestedRegistrar Paswanisamemberof my family, duringthe election time. They Amarnath Ksaid, “According to a accuracy and calculations.Even about to end and Khan was an ebbing of the second waveof the conference call. and Transfer Agent, with respect is my nephew,and until nowthe blamehis relentless attacks on complaint by the victim's rela- (world champion)Magnus preparing to leave,Sofimade the thepandemicandincreasingvac- “Weintendtohavethosefil- to thestatus of the demat ac- national president of theparty." Nitish Kumar,despiterepeated tives, she wasraped by one per- Carlsen hasn’t beaten Anand in remarksthatapparentlyangered cination numbers have ledtoex- ingsdoneinthethirdquarterand count of the funds(Albula But within afew minutes of warnings, forthe NDA's reduced son.We arrestedtheaccused,35- this way. It wasobvious that he the Deputy Commissioner. pectations of arecovery in de- the different agencies will take Investment Fund, Cresta Fund Parassayingthisto themedia,ev- victorymargin in Bihar. year-old Mohammad Usman,the (Kamath) wasgetting external Jyotsna, who waspostedto mand. This has ledproducers to different times to evaluate it (the and APMS Investment Fund) and idenceofwhat is both apolitical sameday. He is still in judicial cus- help." J&K in Februarythis year in an in- expecthigherrawmaterialprices data) but alot of them arework- have their writtenconfirmation and familial fallout became clear China tody." Chess.com, whichwas quick ter-cadre transfer,didn'trespond in the coming months. ingonitrightnow becausewe’ve vide itse-mail dated June 14, in the national Capital. By 11 30 steppedbackfromthe Pangong The victim's son-in-lawtold to blockKamath’saccount,saidits to frequent calls and text mes- “Thecontinuedrise in global hadrollingsubmissions,”hesaid. 2021, clarifying that the demat am, Chirag wasat18, Rajendra Tsoregion, China has notrefused The IndianExpress, “My mother- FairPlayTeamcomprisedseveral sages. Vatican rejectsfinal appeal, Kerala nun Housepanelsummons Twitteron says will seek justice in Indian legal system June 18 to discuss new IT rules bunal in the Vatican. notsharinghergovernmentsalary SHAJUPHILIP The tribunalrejectedher ap- (asaschoolteacher)withhercon- THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,JUNE14 pealonMay27anditwasonJune gregation.Sheboughtacarandgot Twitter'sIndiaofficials being Twitter has been involved in versy thenled to Twitterflag- 13 that the FCC superior-general it registeredinher name, which LIZ MATHEW & questionedbyDelhi Police and atussle with the Indian govern- ging concerns about freedom of KERALA’S REBEL Catholic nun AnniJosephissuedadirectionthat the congregation found in viola- AASHISHARYAN the intermediary guidelines ment since Februaryafter the expression and the safetyofits Lucy Kalapura,who hitthe head- Lucyshouldvacatetheconventin tion of itslaws. She had also pub- NEW DELHI, JUNE14 and their compliance,” said a Union technology ministry staffinIndia afterDelhiPolice linesbytaking on aBishop al- aweek, saying that her further lishedahandful of her poems as a source in Parliament. asked it to blockcontent alleg- visited itsoffices in NewDelhi. legedly accusedofraping anun, stay in the convent is unlawful. book, even afterthe superior de- AMIDSTTHE ongoing tussle be- According to theagendafi- ing PM Modi’s administration Twitter also earnedthe ireof has been told to vacateher con- Lucy Kalapuratook partin Lucy had strained relations niedpermissionforthesame.The tween the Central government nalised, the panel will “hear the wastryingtosilence criticism the ruling party and itssup- vent afterthe the Supreme protestdemandingarrestof withhersuperiorssince2015,but nunboughtaMarutiAltocarwith and Twitter,the Parliamentary views of representativesof related to farmers’protestsin porters when it had brieflyre- Tribunal of the Apostolic aBishop accused of rape thisreachedaflashpointandcame avehicle loan obtainedasa Standing Committee on Twitter followedbyevidence of the country. Following that, movedthe “blue tick” verifica- Signatura —the highestjudicial to theforeonlyinSeptember2018 salaried person. This action Information Technology has representativesofMinistryof India announcednew rules tion badge from the personal authority in the Catholic Church when she took partinapublic ag- amounted to violation of vowof summonedrepresentativesof Electronics and IT on the sub- that aim to makesocial media account of Vice-President M in Vatican —rejected her appeal anycost,” said the nun, who re- itation of nunsinKochi, demand- obedienceasperthecongregation. the micro-blogging sitetoap- ject safeguarding citizens rights firms moreaccountable to le- Venkaiah Naidu and RSS chief againstthe dismissal. tired as ateacher of agovern- ing the arrest of Bishop Franco Inanapparentreferencetoher pear before it on June 18.The and preventionofmisuse of so- galrequests forswift removal Mohan Bhagwat. However, SisterLucy(56)said ment-aidedschool in Wayanad Mulakkal —accusedofraping a petition pending in the civil court panel has also calledofficials cial/online news media plat- of posts andrequirethe ap- In the firstweek of June, the shewouldnotvacatetheconvent early this year. nun from the Jalandhar-based inWayanad,theSuperior-General from the MinistryofElectronics forms, including specialem- pointment of an Indian griev- Centreissued“one lastnotice” —atKarakkamala villagein Lucy wasdismissedfromher MissionariesofJesus. During the said,“IassureyouthattheFCCwill and Information Technology phasis on women security in ance officer to deal with com- to Twitter over appointing Wayanad district. “I willseek jus- congregation Franciscan Clarist nuns’ agitation, Lucyhad pub- abidebyany of thelawfulordersof (MeitY) to present their version digital space”. plaints. India-basedofficers as per the tice in the Indian legal system.I Congregation(FCC) in May2019, lished articlesinnon-missionary the civil courtinthis regard as we on the ongoing controversies. The IT panel, chaired by The differences between country’s newrulesfor social had petitioned thelocal munsif on chargesof“violation of the publications and raisedcritical alwaysuphold the rule of lawand “This will be acontinuation Congress leader and the government and the firm media companies, failing court, whichonDecember 19, vows of obedience and poverty”. comments on socialmedia sites, the legal system of the nation. of discussions with the social Thiruvananthapuram MP took another turn when which, the government said, it 2019 had issuedatemporary in- She then approachedthe whichtheauthoritiesfeltwere be- However, FCC,beforethelawofour media groups. The panel will Shashi Tharoor,iscalling Twitter classifiedsomeofthe will face “consequences”asper junction to the congregation or- Congregation forthe Oriental littling the Church andits clergy. country, is aprivate organization discuss the IT regulation rules Twitter officials forseeking the posts made by the BJP leaders the IT Actand other penal laws. derto vacatetheconvent.Thepe- Churches, whichrejected her ap- Thenunlockedhornswithher havingitsownbyelaws anditcan- and some of the recentdevel- social media firm's explanation as “manipulated media”, trig- tition is still pending in the court. pealinSeptember 2019.She congregationonseveraloccasions. notpermitanyonetolivewithinits opments, including the manip- as well as itsviews on arange gering sharp responses from FULL REPORT ON Iwould notvacatethe convent at movedafinalappeal withthe tri- The Church had pulledher up for foldinviolationof ourproperlaw.” ulated media controversy,the of issues. the government.The contro- www.indianexpress.com WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,JUNE15,2021 THECITY 3 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,JUNE15,2021 4 MAHARASHTRA ASHAstogoon State to HC: Won’t striketoday, arrest Param Bir demandbetter Singh in atrocities payforCovidduty case till June 22 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE MUMBAI,JUNE14 ernment asked ASHAs to con- ParamBir EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE duct RT-PCR andrapidantigen THE BOMBAY High Court Singh MUMBAI,JUNE14 testing. Afterstrongopposition Mondayadjournedhearing till from ASHAs,who said theynei- June 22 on pleas filedby MORE THAN 72,000Accredited ther knewthe technical skill nor Mumbai'sformerpolicecommis- transferredtoThanepolicestation SocialHealth Activists(ASHAs) had personal protectiveequip- sioner ParamBir Singh seeking andeventuallyisbeingprobedby willgoonstrikeacross ment (PPE), the stategovern- quashing of an FIR lodgedagainst the stateCID. MaharashtraonTuesdaytode- ment withdrew thedirective. himby theThanePoliceunderthe On June 22, the HC willalso mand better payfor Covid-19 Multipurpose health workers SC/ST(Prevention of Atrocities) hear an intervention plea by a work.The ASHAs have refused and auxiliary nurse midwives Actand challenging preliminary Khar-baseddeveloper,Kartik to continue with Covid work have nowbeen tasked to con- inquiries initiatedagainsthim. Bhatt,allegingthatearlierthisyear unless their monetary incentive duct Covidtests. This comes aftersenior coun- Singh, through his twoofficers, is increased. ASHAworkers said their sel Darius Khambata, appearing hadtriedtoextortRs200crorefor ASHA workers form the bul- regular health programmes forMaharashtra, submitted that an SRA project that Bhatt had un- wark of thehealthcaresystem took eight hours everyday,and Beneficiaries in the agegroup of 18 to 44 years getthe Covid-19vaccine at anursinghome in Thane Civil Hospital. Deepak Joshi thestategovernmentwouldcon- dertaken in Chembur. Bhattal- in rural areas, servicing at least that the additional Covid work tinue itsearlier statement of no leged he hadalready paid Singh 72 healthprogrammes. Fora took up moretime. “Weare not coerciveaction,including arrest, extortion moneyin2018for the year,theyhavebeen conduct- providedPPE,sanitisers were againstSingh tillthe next hearing same project. ing surveys to screen sympto- givenlastyear.Weneedmore No Covidcase in Dharavi, first time since second wave in the caseunder the Atrocities maticCovid cases. “Weare paid safetymeasures,” Bholap said. Act. Adivision benchofJustice HC adjourns hearing in little and we work eight hours The ASHA workforcehas de- 250-bed quarantine centreat Dadarareaiscurrentlyinuse. when Dharavi, likeother parts of Prasanna BVarale and Justice Rashmi Shukla in aday.Government is paying Rs mandedthat beds must be re- SANJANABHALERAO VanitaSamajHall wasfully occu- Interestingly,justbefore Mumbai, too, startedrecording a Surendra PTavadeadjournedthe ‘phone tapping’case 33 per dayfor Covid surveys,” served forthem and theirfam- MUMBAI,JUNE14 piedandtheciviccorporationhad February2,when the second spikeinCovid cases. On April 8, hearingasabench,ledbyJusticeS said Nashik-basedASHA ilies if theycontract Covid-19 to starttwo morequarantinecen- wavebegan,nonewinfectionwas the highestsingle-dayincrease SShinde, which is hearing the The HC benchalso adjourned worker Maya Bholap. and needhospitalisation. THE SLUM colonyofDharavi tres to increase admission capac- recordedfromthe area. Dharavi wasrecordedat99,sparkingcon- matters regularly,was notavail- till June 22 hearing on aplea by ApartfromCovid-related Unionshavealsodemanded recordednonew cases Monday, ity forDharaviresidentsalone. wasalso knownfor successfully cerns. Since February, 47 deaths able Monday. senior IPS officer Rashmi Shukla work,their dutiesincludeprena- free treatment. forthefirsttimesinceFebruary11, Since May10, however, controllingthe numberofdaily have been also recorded, taking Atotal of 27 sections,includ- andformer commissioner,state taland postnatal care, immunisa- Across Maharashtra, at least when the second coronavirus Dharavihasbeenrecordingadaily cases during the firstwave. Since the total toll reportedfromthe ing those under the SC/ST intelligence department, against tion drivesfor children, popula- 570ASHA workers have been wavehit Mumbai. drop in the cases. Post May26, September 2020, the number of area to 359. (PreventionofAtrocities) Act, an “illegal” phone-tapping case, tion-basedscreening fordisease infected with Covid-19. MA Sincelastyear'sCovid-19out- fewerthan10 caseshavebeenre- daily casesto berecordedfromthe Avaccination centreatanur- were addedinanFIR lodged on a registeredbyMumbai Police. surveillance among others. Patil from MaharashtraRajya break,the area has reportedato- portedfromtheslum-dominated area dippedbelow 30 with no banhealthcentreinDharavi,pop- complaint filedbyinspector The stategovernment has as- Vinod ZodgefromAll India ASHA Gatpravatak Karamchari talof6,861infections, the area. Until Monday, therewere newcases reportedina24-hour ularly known as 'Chhota Sion Bhimrao Ghadgeallegingthat sured the courtthat no coercive Trade Union Congress said they Kruti Samiti said the demands Brihanmumbai Municipal only13active cases in Dharavi. Of periodonsix occasions -oncein Hospital', wasopenedonMarch Singhhadcoercedhimintodrop- steps, including arrest,will be had demandedRs500 per day by ASHAs had been pending for Corporation(BMC)datastates.Of these, four areadmittedinthe December lastyear,onfourdays 22. Afteratepidresponse in the ping the names of afew persons takenagainstShukla till the next forCovid work.The entire along time. “Weunderstand these,2,900cases,whichisnearly hospital, three in Covid Care in Januaryand once in February first10days,vaccinationnumbers fromanFIRin2015,andregistered hearing. workforcewillgoonaday's howimportant their job is and 42 per cent, were recordedamid Centresandsixinhomeisolation. this year.The ward officer's deci- pickedup, goingupto600inocu- FIRs againsthim whenhedid not The HC, as per state's assur- strikeonTuesdayand has de- theywant to help villages fight the second wave. With this, the BMC has nowshut sionnot to discontinuethe fever lations on May6.The centrehas acceptthe orders. ances, notedthat earlier state- cidedtostopdoingCovid duty Covid-19. But theyare over- In March,the congestedslum itsquarantine centres in thearea. clinics in the area had helped vaccinatedaround23,000people Ghadge's FIR againstSingh mentsbecontinuedtillnexthear- from now. worked andunderpaid,” Patil settlement recorded average50 Acommunity centreconverted screenandisolatetheslumpopu- to date,ofwhomamajorityare wasregisteredinitially by the ing,without prejudice to rights Lastmonth, the stategov- said. cases daily. By March 23, asingle intoaquarantinefacility in the lation, especiallysince February from Dharavi. Akolapoliceandfromthereitwas and contentionsofparties. Finally, help HC gives state week’s time to decide on BMC CIRCULAR ON VACCINATIONDRIVES Transport dept for mucor-hit Pvt hospitals warned developing Navi Mumbai door-to-door vaccination for elderly, disabled not to publicise political softwaretoissue driver as civic 10 letter written by BMC state's subject”. warning if body steps in OMKARGOKHALE Commissioner Iqbal Singh “FromsuchreplybyASG parties, leaders at camps vehicle’s driver MUMBAI,JUNE14 59.17lakh Chahal to thehealth ministry, ex- Singh, it clearly appears to us pressing the civic body's willing- that thereisnocategorical prohi- in some cases free of cost,for vot- TOTALPOSITIVECASES EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE THE BOMBAY HighCourt on ness to conduct door-to-door bition imposedbythe central EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ers in their jurisdiction. The BMC becomes drowsy INMAHARASHTRA MUMBAI,JUNE14 Mondayasked thestate govern- drivesfor severely ill and bedrid- government forthe states to un- MUMBAI,JUNE14 has receivedreports thatsome ment to makean“appropriate” Active Cases 1,47,354 den people andseeking guide- dertake adoor-to-door vaccina- politicianshavehelped organise TAKINGCOGNISANCE of areport decision on theissue of door-to- New Cases 8,129 lines forthe same. tion programme, forthe elderly ACIRCULAR issuedbythe vaccination camps and put up VALLABHOZARKAR published in TheIndian Express doorvaccination of the elderly On Monday, additional solic- and disabled as described by us Brihanmumbai Municipal theirbanners at the campsite MUMBAI,JUNE14 TotalDeaths 1,12,696 about acontractual driverofthe and speciallyabledpersons, itor general Anil Singh forthe in June 9order,” the High Court CorporationMondaybarredpri- even when the entireexercise is Navi Mumbai Municipal within aweek. New Deaths 1,592 Centresubmitted aresponse by noted. vate hospitals basedout of paid forbythe recipient getting IN AN attempt to preventacci- Transport, who lostvision in one This came afterthe central Quarantined9.54lakh Manohar Agnani, additional sec- Kapadia referred to anews Mumbai from holding vaccina- the jab. dentscausedbythedriverdozing of his eyes due to mucormycosis, government reiterated itsstand Tested 3.82crore retary,MinistryofHealthand reportwherethe statehealth tion camps forcorporates or Under the newcircular, pri- offatthe wheel, the statetrans- Navi Mumbai civic chief Abhijeet that “door-to-door”vaccination FamilyWelfare, whichstated minister Rajesh Tope had said his housing societies within city vate hospitals have been di- portdepartment is in the process Bangar has initiated steps to wasnot advisable at present and, that door-to-doorvaccination department wasworking on al- limits. Additionally, private hos- rected to sign amemorandum of of developingasoftwarethatwill arrangefor regular supplyof therefore, it expected the 7,16,190 cannotbeadoptedatpresent lowing home inoculation forthe pitals have been warnedagainst understanding (MOU) with a issue awarning if the driverbe- medicines as well as clear pend- Maharashtragovernment and TOTALPOSITIVE due to AdverseEventsFollowing bedridden, and also forthose publicising names of political corporate office or housingsoci- comes drowsy. ing salarydues of the 44-year-old the Brihanmumbai Municipal CASESINMUMBAI Immunization (AEFI) and cold who could notgotovaccination parties or politicians during pri- etyand registerwith BMC before “Wehaveworkedonthe sys- employee. Corporation (BMC) to follow chain protocols. centres. vate immunisations drives. eachvaccination drive. temand the technologyisavail- New Cases 530 Lastweek,Bangar calledup “near-to-home”national policy It also said Near-to-Home Afterthe courtinquired with “Wehavereceivedcom- Hospitalslocated outside able;however, therewas aneed Mhasketounderstand the hic- instead. TotalDeaths 15,202 Covid VaccinationCentres additional government pleader plaintsthat political parties are Mumbai have been also told not forasoftwarethatwehavebeen cups he wasfacing. “He arranged The Centre also said the near- New Deaths 19 (NHCVC) forthe elderly andspe- Geeta Shastri aboutthe progress puttinguptheir bannersand to hold camps within the city developing.Ademonstrationof foraregular supplyofanti-fungal to-home policyfor bedridden ciallyabledpersons could be op- in suchadecision, shesought hoardings outside private im- limits. Chahal said even if ahos- the same will be giventoChief medicines fromtheNaviMumbai and severely ill,basedonthe rec- erationalised. The health min- time to take instructions and re- munisation camps. We arein- pital parks itsambulance at a MinisterUddhavThackeray Hospital in Vashi,” said Mhaske's ommendations of National Justice Dipankar Dattaand istrysaid “near to home” spond to the query. structing hospitals to notcarry camp, in case of an adverse event, within amonth's time,” said wifePriya. ExpertGroup on Vaccine Justice Girish SKulkarni passed vaccination will remain ana- Senior advocateAnil Sakhare suchcamps if apolitical party is it will have to travel backtothe transportcommissioner Avinash Bangar has also initiatedthe Administration forCovid-19 directions while hearing aPIL tional policy till further changes forthe BMC, responding to the campaigning foritself. Ahospi- hospital in anotherdistrict. “This DhakneonMonday. He was process to payMhaske's pending (NEGVAC), wasanfiledbycity-basedlawyers, and 'door to door' policy wasnot court's queryonifthe civic body talcan even lose itslicence if it will beat the purpose of quick speakingduring avirtuallaunch salaryfromFebruarytill June. “advisory/guideline”. Dhruti Kapadia and Kunal advisable. will followthe Centre's policy or fails to comply,”BMC commis- AEFI management,”hesaid. of aservice to provide learning li- “Wewill also be processing are- “In the event adecision is Tiwari, seeking directions to the When the Courtasked Singh the state's decision, submitted sioner Iqbal SinghChahal said. Lastmonth, the BMC had cence and online registration of fund forhis treatment cost. takenpermitting door-to-door Centre, the stategovernment if the Centrehas prohibited that the civic authority would Chahal has giventwo weeksfor writtentoall ward officestoen- newtwo-wheelers and four- NMMCemployees areentitledto vaccination prior to adjourned and the BMC to provide door-to- Kerala, Bihar,Jammu and followdirections of the state hospitals, corporateoffices and sure no political party putsup wheelers through distributors. free treatment in government dateofhearing (June 22), all con- door facility forpeople aged over Kashmir,Odisha, whichare car- governmentand, presently, it private societies to comply. bannerspublicising vaccination Thackeray,whowasalsopres- hospitals,” Bangar said. cernedshall be free to imple- 75, speciallyabledand those rying out door-to-door inocula- would await suchdirections. With the corporationelec- drivesincollaboration with ent,hadsuggestedintheprevious Thedriverwillnowbeposted mentthe same immediately,” bedridden. tion forthe needy,Singh re- Seeking response from the state, tions slated fornextyear,several BMC. “Vaccinationhas to be a roadsafetyprogrammethatsuch in another department to per- the benchnoted in the order. Lastweek,the benchasked spondedinthe negative and the HC will hear the PIL next on politicians have startedorganis- purelyapolitical exercise,” asystemneededtobeputinplace. form clerical work. Adivision benchofChief the Centre to respondtoaJune addedthat “health wasthe June 22. ing mass immunisation drives, Chahal said. He had said suchasystemwould help reduce road accidents. Hence,thetransportdepartment CIDCO has been working on creating IMD downgrades orange warningtogreen as suchasystemwith the helpof announces sale Tata Electronicsand Tata ConsultancyServices. of 12 plots in The CM, on Monday, also in- heavy rainfall belt shifts towards south Konkan augurated the updated system 'Sarathi 4.0', whichisanonline Navi Mumbai learner's licence and online vehi- sunnyday. observatoryrecorded the maxi- cle registration system. With this EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE With the shiftingofthe rain mum temperatureat33.6 de- newsystem, youwill no longer EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE MUMBAI,JUNE14 band towardsthe south Konkan grees Celsius, while the mini- have to go to the regionaltrans- MUMBAI,JUNE14 region, Raigad and Ratnagiri re- mum temperaturewas at 27.4 portofficeto getalearner'slicence THE INDIA Meteorological ceivedheavy rainfall over 200 degrees Celsius. and appear forthe test;itcan be THE CITYand Industrial Department (IMD) on Monday mm in 24 hours ending 8:30 am done online and even licence will Development Corporation of downgradedits warning alert Monday. According to IMD's 18-year-old drowns be issuedonline. Maharashtra (CIDCO) an- forMumbai, Thane and Palghar satelliteimages, rain clouds were at SilverBeach Earlier,motor vehicle inspec- nouncedsaleof12large resi- as the heavy rainfall belt has seen covering the west coast, be- tors would checkvehicles during dential and commercialuse shifted towardsthe south lowMumbai. An 18-year-old man, who newregistration. Now, all docu- plots at Kharghar,Kalamboli and Konkan region. As per the 24-hour forecast had gone foraswim with his mentswillbepreparedby distrib- NewPanvelinNaviMumbai. Earlier,the weather bureau forMumbai, light to moderate friends on SilverBeachinMalad utorusingdigitalsignaturecertifi- “This scheme will proveben- had issuedanorangealert for rainfall is likelyinthe city and (West) lateonSunday, drowned cate, in e-signatureform, so there eficial forthe revivalofthe ham- Mumbai with the forecastof suburbs. In 24 hours ending 8:30 afterhewas pulledinbythe isnoneedtosubmitthevehicleor pered real estate sector due to heavy to very heavy rainfall till am Monday,Mumbai recorded strong current of waves. documents. The vehicle number pandemic and prolonged lock- Wednesday. However, thealert light rainfall at 4mm. The incidenttook place willbeissuedassoonasthedealer down. Further, residential and has nowbeen updated to green, Since June 1, the city has around 4.15 pm.The deceased pays thetax and fee. commercial constructions on withaforecast of lighttomod- recorded719.3 mm rain, much has been identifiedasQayyum According to transportoffi- large plots will add up to the de- eraterainfall till Wednesday. higher than the 505mm which Shaikh,aMalwani resident. cials, over 15 lakh learner's li- velopment of the city,” Sanjay With the onsetofsouthwest is the normal averagerainfall for According to police, Qayyum did cencesareissuedinthestate every Mukherjee VC &MD, CIDCO monsoon, the city has been wit- June. Nearly 73 per cent of the to- notknowhow to swim. year and morethan 20 lakh new said. nessing torrential rainfall since talrainfallrecordedtill nowwas Police said his body was vehicles areregistered.This work The plots vary from 1,902.43 June 8, leaving manylow-lying witnessedinjustfivedays be- found later on the beach. costs about Rs 100crore. sqm to 8,143sqm. CIDCOwill areas waterlogged and train and tween June 8and 12. An accidental death report Now, by makingtheseservices startbidder registration from bus servicehit. The intensity of Meanwhile, aslight rise was has been recordedbythe available online,itwill save cost, June 15.The e-tenderprocess will rain in the city and Thane re- recordedinday and night tem- Malwanipolice station. Alife- time and labour.Itwill also help beconductedfrom June 15 to July ducedfromSaturday. On perature, both of whichwere guardfromAksabeachsaid the reducetheworkloadof about200 6. Accordingly,the e-auction will Monday, no rain wasrecorded The Thane-Belapur Road is rigged withpot holes. NarendraVaskar one degree above normal on Silverbeachdid nothavelife- officers and improvethe quality be conducted on July 8. and the region witnesseda Monday. The IMD's Santacruz guards. of work. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,JUNE15,2021 MAHARASHTRA 5 Formercop shoots BJP urges state MMRDAtocut govt to allow at sons, one dead, pilgrimage to Pandharpur with mangroveson anotherinjured Covid guidelines

VALLABHOZARKAR Police said the ex-ASI EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE 1hectarefor MUMBAI,JUNE14 MUMBAI,JUNE14 attackedhis sons after A33-year-oldmandiedwhilean- an argument over the THE BJP has urgedthe stategov- othersustainedinjuresaftertheir payment of acar ernment to allowthe annual pil- septuagenarian father,aretired insurance instalment grimagetotempletown Metrostation assistantsub-inspector(ASI),fired Pandharpur with certain Covid- at them Monday in Navi 19 guidelines. Mumbai’sAiroliareafollowingan said, an argument brokeout be- Claiming that the sentiments Environmental activists question move argumentoverthe payment of a tweenthe two. of worshippers could be hon- carinsurance, police said. Patil, police said, told his sons oured while ensuring strict ad- grovewetland areasinthe re- The Rabale policehavede- to come over to his house to dis- herence to Covidrestrictions, YOGESHNAIK gion were earlier handedover CURBS EASED,MIGRANTS RETURN tainedformer ASI, Bhagwan Patil cuss and settle the matter. former chiefmisterDevendra MUMBAI, JUNE 14 to privatedevelopers and now (74),onchargesofmurderandat- Following whichbothofthem Fadnavis said, “Insmall batches theyare going aftermangrove Migrant workers, who had leftthe city onlyafew weeksback, wait to gettestedfor Covid-19 tempttomurder under IPC sec- reachedhomearound6pmand of 50, warkaris (devotees who THE MUMBAI Metropolitan areas too. The BESTdepot and aftertheir return at Thane station on Monday. DeepakJoshi tions.PolicesuspectthatPatilmay again an argumentbroke out be- worship lordVithal) could be al- Region Development Authority truckterminal in Wadala have have consumedalcohol at the tweenthem. lowedtoundertake thepilgrim- (MMRDA) will clear mangroves morethan adequatespace time of the incident and they Inafitof rage,policesaid, Patil ageinaphased mannertoen- on aone-hectare (ha) plotat whereastation can comeup. takenhis blood sample foratest. pulledout his revolver andfireda suretherewerenocrowding and Bhakti Park in Wadala forcon- This is completely unnecessary Vijay(33), who sustained fewrounds at his sons. “Boththe social-distance norms ob- structionofanelevatedstation in our opinion,” environmental- Clarify if moneycollected threebulletinjuries,includingtwo brothers were livingseparately served…Putting acomplete ban of the 32-km-longWadala- istDStalin of NGOVanashakti inthestomachandoneinanarm, from the father due to thefamily on pilgrimageisnot agood idea.” Thane Metroline. said. succumbed while undergoing disputes. We have detainedPatil Pointing that the statewas “This is the onlypatchof Activist ZoruBhathena also treatment later in the night. His andare in the process of register- already easing Covid-19restric- mangroves on MetroLine 4that questionedthe MMRDA’s plan in name of faithmisused, younger brother, Sujay(31), sus- ing an FIR.Wehaveseizedthe tions, BJP vice-president we willbeusing. We have got to cutmangrovesonthe entire tainedminor injuries as abullet firearmusedinthecrimeandver- MadhavBhandari said the gov- permission from the Bombay one-hectareplot, saying that brushedhis ribs, police said. ifying whether it is alicensedre- ernment should nowalso con- High Courtand all the other au- cuttingoff mangroves where The incidenttook place volver,” Yogesh Gawade, Senior sider grantingpermission to thorities.This plot doesnot have the piers were to be erected Sena asks Ayodhya trust around6.30pmMondayatPatil’s Police Inspector of Rabalepolice warkaris to undertake the pil- adense mangrovecover.The for- would have sufficed. “Tocut Airoli Sector 3residence. station,said.Policesaidafew years grimage. “During the Moghul estdepartment will also under- trees on aone-hectareplotfor Monday.“The evidence put forth knowwhat is happening.” Accordingto thepolice,Vijay,who agoPatil had brandished a reign, Aurangzebmade several take compensatory afforesta- an elevatedstation is com- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE by him is shocking. The temple’s Singh, AAP’s RajyaSabha livesinVasai,had receivedacall weapon at acorporator,who is attemptstostopthe pilgrimage. tion,’’ MMRDAdirector (works) pletelywrong when onlyman- MUMBAI,JUNE14 bhoomipujan ceremonywas member,and SamajwadiParty from an insurancecompanyfor theirrelative,andthreatenedhim. But despitehis might, the Pramod Ahuja said. To agency groves around the piers/pillars also attendedbyUttar Pradesh leader PawanPandeyhaveal- the payment of avehicle pre- “Weare checking if thereare any warkaris continued their tradi- will fund the compensatoryaf- needtobecut. That will help IN THE wake of the allegations of Chief MinisterYogiAdityanath leged that apiece of land worth miumownedbyhisfather.When othercriminaloffencesregistered tional pilgrimage. It wasnever forestation. VirendraTiwari, save alarge number of man- fraudand corruption over the and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. Rs 2crore wasbrought at an in- hecalledPatilforthesame,police againstPatil,” an officer said. interrupted,” he said. Additional Principal Chief groves,” Bhathenasaid. purchase of apiece of land by the So, theyshould clarify and tell flated price of Rs 18.5 croreby Conservator of Forests(man- Mumbai MetroLine 4from temple trust, the ShivSena has people whether the allegations the trust. Singh has demandeda groveprotection cell) said, “We Wadala to Kasarvadavali is a32- demandeda“clarification” from aretrue or false,” Raut told media probebythe CBI or ED in the will be doingcompensatoryaf- km-long elevatedcorridor with the RamJanmabhoomi Tirth persons. matterasitconcerns the reli- forestation in our driveslater.” 32 stations. The Rs 14,500-crore KshetraTrust, Rashtriya The Sena leader addedLord gious beliefsofcroresofpeople. Environmentalists,however, project is expected to provide SwayamsevakSangh (RSS) and Ramand the fight forthe Ram In astatement, the Trustdenied have raisedobjection to the interconnectivity among the others stating that the construc- temple wasamatter of faith. the allegations. clearance and said despiteade- existing Eastern Express tion of the Ramtemple in “The commonpeople have On Monday, Raut said the quatelandavailable forbuild- Roadway, CentralRailway, Ayodhya is amatter of the faith made donations out of faith. members of the trustwereap- ing the station,the mangroves Monorail, and theongoing forthe party and common man. Even ShivSena had contributed pointed by the BJP.“We were arebeingcut. “Thenon-man- Metrolines. ShivSena leader and MP Rs 1crore to the temple trust. If saying thatthe representative of SanjayRautsaid AamAadmi the moneycollected out of faith an organisation likeShivSena Party(AAP) MP SanjaySingh is misused, then what is the use should be amember of the trust. Passportrenewal plea spoketohim on theissue on of having faith? We needto But it did nothappen,”headded. rejected, Kangana Allow quota in education for minors Ranaut moves HC orphaned by Covid-19: NCP MP to PM In the letter sent on Saturday, come of age. To help them com- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the MP has asked thePrime plete their education, the MP has EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Kangana has PUNE,JUNE14 Ministertoensuresuchreserva- asked thecentralgovernmentto MUMBAI,JUNE14 been booked tion is made in all verticals of ed- bring reservation forsuchchil- on sedition NCPRAJYASabha MP Fauzia ucation, whichwill allowthe dren from pre-primarytopost- ACTORKANGANA Ranaut, who charges. File Khan haswritten to Prime children to seamlesslycomplete graduateeducation. “This has been booked by theBandra MinsterNarendraModi request- their education. schemewillnot only empower Police on sedition chargesalong ingthe central government to Khan pointed outthatthe re- them but also provide much withher sisterRangoli,has re- passport wasnearing expiryin implement reservation in edu- centlyannouncedcentral gov- neededacademic supportand centlymoved aplea in the September 2021and, therefore, cation forchildren orphanedby ernment’s scheme would come guidance that educationinstitu- BombayHighCourtseeking di- she appliedfor itsrenewaltothe the pandemic. intoeffect onlyafter the children tions provide,” the letter read. rections to the authorities con- PassportAuthority of India. cernedtorenewher passportto However, as per the plea,the au- enableher to go abroad forthe thority raisedobjections stating shooting of afilm. that the FIR againsther is an im- The actor has submitted that pediment to renewal. The the passportauthority has raised Bandrapolice station registered an objection to renew/reissue an FIR againstRanaut and her her passport. The courtisex- sisterunderIPC sections 153A pected to hear the plea Tuesday. (promoting enmitybetween dif- An interim application, filed ferent groups), 295A(deliberate through advocateRizwan actshurting religious senti- Siddiquee, said that Ranaut’s ments) and 124-A(sedition). WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 6 EXPRESS NETWORK THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,JUNE15,2021

REPLY TO NOTICE ISSUED AFTER PIL TO ‘STOP POST-POLL VIOLENCE’ Ayodhyalanddeal:OppntargetsBJP, Allegations of state complicity allegescorruption;UPDyCMhitsback in violence false: Bengal in SC the StateofAssam, and other re- the statesaid,“arefrivolous and EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE portedinstanceswhereresidents politically motivated”. AAP’s Sisodia says Ramdevotees have been letdown; Congress demands probe NEWDELHI,JUNE14 were forced to fleeawayfrom It also said that petitioners their homes, as aresultof“post- shouldnot have approachedthe Singh, who wasalsopresent ACKNOWLEDGINGREPORTS poll” violence. However, it is un- SC before exhausting their rem- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE While AAP targeted at the press meet, said: “The BJP Temple trust dismisses about people being displaced tenable to categorize eachand edyavailable before the NEWDELHI,LUCKNOW,JUNE14 BJP leader Rishikesh came to the defence of all those from their homes in the wake of everyact of violence followedby HC under Article 226 writ who carriedout this scamin violence that followedthe decla- the declaration of electionresults jurisdiction. ADAY afterthe AAP and SP al- Upadhyay, Congress the name of Shri Ram.... It is corruption charge, says rationof Assemblyelectionresults as “post-pollviolence” while Moreover,afive-judgebench leged corruption in the pur- demandedaprobe crystalclear that BJP leaderand in West Bengal, the TMCgovern- adoptingapremisethatsuchvio- of the CalcuttaHC“is alreadyad- chase of apiece of land in monitored by SC MayorofAyodhya has abig role ment has, however, told the lence is ongoing in the Stateof judicating multiple PIL(s) cover- Ayodhya by the Ram to play.” land deal ‘transparent’ Supreme Courtthat allegations West Bengal to whichthe State ingawidegamutof issuesarising Janmabhoomi TirthKshetra Alleging thatitwas a“big thatthe statemachinerywas Machineryhasturnedablindeye. fromtheallegedincidentsofpost- TrustinMarch,Opposition par- wasfictional, and that the Ram scam” committed usingfunds cernedhadto complete theirpre- complicitinthe In this regard,Itismostrespect- poll violence in the Stateinclud- ties on Mondaytargetedthe Setu did notexist...Theydonot collectedfromdevotees of Lord AVANEESHMISHRA vious agreement so that the trust violence are“false” and fullysubmittedthatthispetitionis ing the stateand well being of in- rulingBJP,accusing one of its hesitate in leaving anyoppor- Ram, Congress communication AYODHYA,JUNE14 can purchase the land. Once the “misleading”. politicallymotivated and purely ternallydisplacedpersons in the local leaders of involvement, tunity to defame the Ram department head Randeep sale deed wasmade in favour of Thestategovernmentsaidthis filedtomisleadthisHon'bleCourt StateofWestBengal” and“has and alleged donationsmade by Janmabhoomi.” Surjewala said the Chief Justice DEFENDINGITS purchase of a those who had reachedanagree- initsreplytoanoticeissuedbythe on the actual circumstances with beenpassingeffectiveorderssince devotees forconstructionofthe At apress conference,sen- of India and the Supreme Court piece of land in Ayodhya forRs ment with the trust, the Teerth topcourtonaPILseekingitsinter- regard to the lawand ordersitua- 07.05.2021andgrantingappropri- Ramtempleweremisused. ior AAP leader and Delhi musttakecognizance of the 18.5 crore, alleged at an inflated Kshetrasignedtheagreementand vention“tostop”the“post-pollvi- tion in West Bengal”. aterelief to the aggrievedper- While the AAP targeted Deputy Chief MinisterManish matter and order acourt-mon- rate,Ram Janmabhoomi Kshetra got it registeredwith full trans- olence”,anSIT probeintothe al- The plea, it contended, “reeks sons”.Thereplyaffidavitalsoout- Ayodhya Mayorand BJP leader Sisodia said, “Manypeople do- itored probe. The Supreme Trustgeneralsecretary Champat parency,” astatement issuedby leged crimes and for of political motivation by adopt- linedsteps takenbythe West Rishikesh Upadhyay--one of nated moneytowards the con- Court, he said, should also get RaionMonday said the deal was Raisaid. compensating and rehabilitating ing amisleading narrative and Bengal Policeand KolkataPolice the twowitnesses in the deal in struction of the RamMandir... an audit conducted forall the “transparent” andthose making Raialso claimedthe trusthad those “internallydisplaced” due showthat the State to acceptcomplaints whichthe land wasbought by Moreland being boughtfor the donationsand fundsreceived theallegationsaretryingto create decidedthat all paymentswould to theviolence. Administration is complicit with related to breachoflaw the trustallegedlyataninflated construction of the temple was and spent by the trust forthe confusion in the society. bemadedirectlyintothebankac- The replysaid that the peti- thewrong-doersintheallegedin- and order. rate -- the Congressdemanded amatter of pride formostpeo- constructionofthe Ramtem- Raisaid, “In connection to the counts.“Those who made the al- tioners“have falselyalleged the cidentsofviolence” and added The stateclaimedthere aSupreme Court-monitored ple but this pride has now ple. land,thereweredifferent agree- legationsdid notreachout to any StateMachinery as being com- that “it wasbecause of the timely wasastream of fake news probeintothe allegations. turnedintodisappointment AICC general secretaryin mentsinfavourof thecurrentsell- of the Trustoffice bearers to un- plicit in suchviolence on the ba- intervention of the State and morphed videosconcerning Hitting backatthe and shame, considering that charge of UttarPradesh ers in 2011,2017and 2019.When derstand the truth,and thiscre- sis of hearsayreports andcon- Administration that the law&or- the scenario of post-poll Opposition, Uttar Pradesh BJP leaders have used money Priyanka Gandhi Vadra checked, we foundthe land to be ated confusion in the society.” cocted stories disseminated on dersituation in West Bengalwas violence in West Bengalon Deputy Chief MinisterDinesh allocated forRam Temple for tweeted: “Crores of people of useto usandcontactedtheper- Ravi Mohan Tiwari, oneof the social media by miscreants”. restored to normality”. social media platforms and Sharma, said, “Theofficial an- their ownmeans... made their offerings at the feet sons concerned. The price de- twopersons who soldthe land to The statealso said thatnot all It said that some of the peti- said “mostofsuchfake swer will be givenbythe Trust. “They[the people] never of God out of their faith and de- manded wascompared withthe the Trust, told TheIndian Express incidents of violence can tioners“whoclaimto bevictims... news/videoswere intendedto in- Iwould sayinone line that thought that Rs 2crore worth votion. Misuse of those dona- current market price, anda final onMondaythathisagreementfor be categorisedas“post-poll have broadly allegedthat the in- stigatecommunal disharmony thereare some peopleinthe land would be bought forRs tions is unrighteous, asin and decisionwasmadeatRs1,423per the said land wasmade with violence”.Itsaid“theinstantpeti- stances of violence in the State andpolarisation”andthatlawen- Opposition who do notlike 18.5 crore,” Sisodiasaid,aday an insult to their faith.” Former sqft, whichismuchless thanthe HarishPathak(theoriginalowner tion filedinthe guise of aPIL... wassponsored by the State forcement agencies took steps to anything positive in contextto afterhis party MP SanjaySingh Congress president Rahul market price of thenearby area. as per the documents) in 2011 for highlightsthe reportedincident Administration through theirin- curbthespreadof suchfakenews the RamJanmabhoomi. made the allegations in Gandhi tootweeted on similar Once an agreement wasreached Rs2crore,butthevalueof theland of internallydisplacedperson(s) actionincontrolling or suppress- to limit the influence of misinfor- Sometimes theysay LordRam Lucknow. lines. on the price, the persons con- increasedsignificantly. from the StateofWestBengal to ingtheviolence”.Suchallegations, mation on the public.

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Note:DataasonJune14;vaccinationnumbersasofJune13.Deathsincludethosecausedbycomorbidities. RANCHI REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,RANCHI (Urban Development&Housing Department, Govt. of Jharkhand) GOVERNMENT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH “PragatiSadan”,Kutchery Chowk, Ranchi –834001 HIMACHAL PRADESH STATEROADS TRANSFORMATION Email :[email protected] PROJECT (HPSRTP) Ref:760 Dated:14/06/2021 Request forBids (RFB) Notice Regarding Cancellation of Tender (Bidding Process with e- Procurement) The Chief Engineer-cum-ProjectDirector,State Roads Project, HPRIDCL Due to unavoidable circumstances, the Bids invited vide following Nirman Bhawan, Nigam Vihar Shimla-171002, Himachal Pradesh India references areherebycancelled with immediate effect :- invites the online Bids forthe Construction of Tunnel as mentioned below:- Sr.Name of Work Cost of Document Sl. Tender Reference No. P.R. Reference Name of Works No. No. No. Construction of Road, ,Culvert and Drain from 1. Construction of 2Lane Road Tunnel parallel to the Rs.10,000/- existing Dhalli Tunnel including all relevant E&M Emanual Toppo's house (Pipal tree) to Rajesh kr Works, Reconstruction of existing Approach Road Singh's House and around at VillageGarhkhatanga and Maintenance at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Block Namkum Under RRDAArea[Tender ID: under Shimla SmartCity Mission on Engineering, 2021_UDD_49704_1] Procurement &Construction(EPC) Mode RRDA/EE/01/2021- 1 22/711 Dated: P.R. 246926 Construction of : The detailed Request forBids (RFB) Notice,Bidding Document along with 24.05.2021 (A) Road and culverts at Residential area in other necessaryinformation will be available on http://hptenders.gov.in from Basargarh from CH. 1.200 KM (EAST) of Karma 15th June,2021 at 3:00 PM. Chowk, Hatia-TonkoRoad to VillageOberiyaand Note:- Anyfurther addendum/Corrigendum to this Request forBids (B) AngaraBelwari (Block Angara)fromTatisilway (RFB) Notice shall be available to all the interested bidder on Road to ITI (under construction) Under RRDAArea http://hptenders.gov.in Chief Engineer-cum-Project Director, [Tender ID :2021_UDD_49704_2 ] State Roads Project, HPRIDCL, Sd/- Nirman Bhawan, Nigam Vihar, PR 247956 Ranchi Regional Development Authority(21-22)#D ChiefEngineer,RRDA, Ranchi 0153/HP Facsimile: +91-177-2620663; Tel: +91-177-2627602, WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,JUNE15,2021 EXPRESS NETWORK 7 MurderFIRagainstHaryanacops Police register murder case in UP journalist’s death after wife says he feared for life asyouthdiesdaysaftercustody do notknowwhat exactlyhap- Samajwadi Partypresident MAULSHREESETH penedbuthisjeanswasdownand Akhilesh Yadavdemanding a LUCKNOW,JUNE14 hisshirtwas open [when he was high-level probe. forquestioning, of whom one, hadinjurymarkswhentheywere Sulabh found]... It does notappear to bea BJPMPSangamLalGupta,who SAKSHIDAYAL Shahid, wasfound to be an ac- released, andthatpolice person- POLICEONMonday registereda Srivastava simpleaccidentsoallIwantisjus- representsPratapgarh, said the GURGAON,JUNE14 cusedand wasarrested. Theother nel made Junaid and his brother, murdercaseinconnectionwith ticefor my husband even if it journalist’s death raises several five,including Junaid, who was Irsad,whohadgoneto gethimre- the deathofa42-year-old means aCBI levelinquiry,”said questions as it occurredjustafew POLICE IN Haryana’sNuh have suffering from kidneydisease, leased,“signmanyblankpapers”. Prayagraj-basedtelevision jour- The IndianExpress, “The cause of Renuka,amother of two. days afterhe“fearlesslyreported registeredacase against“11-12 were releasedthe same night,” The SHO threatenedJunaid nalist–afterinitiallyclaimingitto death is duetoshockand hemor- In her complaint to thepolice, ontheliquormafia”.Guptasought police personnel” from said SubeSingh, PROofFaridabad that if he took anyaction against be aprima-facie caseofaccident. rhagedue to anti-mortemin- shesaidher husband washad action againstthe culpritsand fi- Faridabad in the death of a24- Police. Police said that on the ba- police or got his “medical...done”, The murder case wasregistered juries.Thereiscontusionnearthe beengettingthreatseversincehe nancialhelpforSrivastava’sfamily. year-oldman, Junaid, following sisofinformationprovidedby he would “put the entirefamily afterthe journalist's wifealleged forehead and another contusion did anews storyonthe liquor “Shockedatthedemiseof ABP acomplaint from his familythat Shahid, as well as “technical evi- in the same condition as Junaid”, thathefearedforhislifefollowing betweenthe kidneyand the mafia about whichhe journalistSulabh Srivastavain he had succumbed to injuriesin- dence”, three others, including the complaint alleged. arecent news reportonliquor spleen. Thereisnosharp or blunt had informedthe Additional UttarPradesh…Sadto seethatde- flicted while in their custody. Junaid'stwo brothers, were ar- When Junaidreturnedhome, mafiathathedid,andhadwritten injury.”“WhilePrima-facie it ap- DGP,Prayagraj aswellasincharge spite‘democracy and freedom’ AccordingtoNuh Police, the rested.“Cyber Police did nottor- his mother alleged,heconfided to seniorofficialstwo days agode- pearsto beanaccident,we would SP Pratapgarh. beingpartofourethos,we areun- FIR has been registeredonthe PickeduponMay 31,Junaid ture anypersonorkeepanyone that he had been beaten up. On manding security. investigateonallaspects,”hesaid. Confirming that he hadre- ableto save liveswhoareworking complaint submittedby Junaid’s diedonJune 11. Express in illegal custody,” said the PRO. June 11,hewas takentothe CHC SulabhSrivastava, who Earlier, AdditionalSPSurendra ceivedthe messagefrom tirelesslytowards unfolding the mother,Khatija, at the Bicchor In her complaint to police, inPunhanawherehismedicaltest worked withABP news channel, Dwivedi said Srivastavadiedina Srivastava, but onlyonSunday, truth,”West BengalChief Minister police station in thedistrict. Junaid’smothersaidhewasonhis wasdone, following whichhis wasfound seriously injured near crashwhilereturningfromAsrahi Additional DGP,Prayagraj,Prem MamataBanerjee tweeted. “An FIR has been registered cyberstation in Faridabad. waybackfromawedding in familywas trying to take him to a abrickkilnlateSundaynight.“He villageunder the Lalganj police Prakash, told reporters, “One ap- Akhilesh,aformer chiefmin- under IPC sections 302 (murder), WhileJunaid's relativesal- Rajasthanaround6pmonMay 31, bigger facility because his condi- hadgonefornews coverage to the stationareaafter reporting on an plication wasgiven by him on ister, askedthe stategovernment 342(wrongfulconfinement),and legedthat he waswrongly picked along withfiveothers, when “10- tion wasdeteriorating, it states. Kotwali Lalganj area on Sunday illegal arms manufacturing unit WhatsApparound1.41 pmandhe whySrivastavahadnotbeenpro- 34 (common intention)against upon May31and torturedin cus- 12”police personnel from “Beforereachingthe hospital, and wasreturninghome lateat whichwas busted there. wasconnected to incharge SP.” videdsecurity although he had sevenpolicepersonnel by name tody,FaridabadPolicedeniedthe Faridabad Cyber Police Station in becauseof theinjuriesonhisbody night.Hewas found seriouslyin- The journalist's wife, Renuka Prakash, who also metthe expressedfearforhislifefromthe and 4-5 unnamedothers,”said allegationsand linkedthe death three carsinterceptedthem. whichhad been inflicted by jured near the Sukhpal Nagar Srivastava, told The Indian family, saidprimafaciethereisno liquormafia.“TheBJPgovernment NarendraBijarniya, NuhSP. to akidneyailment. According to She alleged that they took FaridabadPolice,Junaiddied,”the brickkilnandwastakento thedis- Express,“Hewastroubledforpast evidence of murder but action should orderahigh-levelinquiry The personnelnamedinthe Faridabad Police, theyhad taken Junaid and his companions to the complaint stated.Officials from trict hospital, wheredoctors de- 3-4 days.Hehad reported some would be takenwhenfacts intothe incident...,” he said. FIR areSub Inspector Rajesh, Sub Junaid, alongwithfive others,into station, from wherehewas re- NuhPolice said no injuries were clared himdead,” Pratapgarh SP news andhadbeenworriedsince emerge.BasedonRenuka's com- Congressgeneral secretary Inspector Surjeet,Head custody in connection with acase leasedthenextdayafterhisfamily found in the postmortem. Akash Tomar told reporters. then.Itwas rainingheavily[on plaint,anFIR has been registered Priyanka Gandhi Vadratargeted ConstableNaresh,Head registeredinSeptember lastyear paid Rs 70,000.His companions, FollowingJunaid’s death, res- Accordingtothe police, Sunday]butstillwhenhegot acall underSections302and506ofthe the Yogi Adityanath government. ConstableDalbir,Assistant Sub regarding an incidentoffinancial she alleged,werealsoreleasedaf- identsofthe area had staged a Srivastava'smotorcycle crashed aboutsomepoliceraid,heleftthe IPCagainst“unidentified”people. “FromAligarhtoPratapgarh, the Inspector Narendra, Assistant fraudofRs80,000. terpayment of similar amounts. protestonSaturday,whichculmi- intoapole near the brickkiln. housedespitemeandmy daugh- Meanwhile, Oppositionlead- liquor mafia is playing with Sub Inspector Javedand Station “Investigating the matter,on Hercomplaint also alleged nated in violence forwhicheight Laterinthe day, askedabout terasking him notto.” ersand aBJP MP raisedquestions lives...Thegovernmentissleeping” House Officer Basant, all from the May31, six peoplehadbeentaken that Junaid and his companions people have since been arrested. the autopsy report, Tomar told “I am nottakingany nameasI on Srivastava's death, with she wroteonsocial media. MURDER CASE REGISTERED: ADDITIONAL DGP Chhattisgarh MUMBAI SLUM IMPROVEMENT BOARD AREGIONAL UNIT OF HC stays toolkit (MAHARASHTRA HOUSING AND AREA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY) ‘Cow vigilantes’ lynch Tel. No. :022-66405484; E-mail :[email protected] FIR probe e-TENDER NOTICE (for Unemployed Engineers Only) MP man transporting against Raman DIGITALLY Signed &unconditional online Tender in form 'B-1' (Percentage Rate) are invited by the Executive Engineer (City) Division, Mumbai Slum Improvement Board (Unit of MHADA), Room No. 539, 4th Floor,Griha Nirman Bhavan, Bandra (East), Mumbai-400 051 from the unemployed cattle in Chittorgarh Singh, Patra Engineers registered with PWD/ MHADA/ Govt./ Semi Govt. in appropriate class in Collector Mumbai City District. Sr. Name of Works Estimated Security Deposit Tender Price Time limit for Chittorgarh. No. Cost Rs. 1% of including 12% completion of work Estimated cost GST in Rs. DEEPMUKHERJEE According to Bagirath EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE JAIPUR,JUNE 14 Maida,Babu’s brother-in-law, RAIPUR,JUNE14 1 Providing and Fixing Benches at 179-Sion Koliwada Constituency (MPSSVY) (Mumbai 2177700.00 21777.00 560.00 12 Months the familyownedeight bigha South Central) (including monsoon) A25-YEAR-OLD man from of farm land and wasinneedof CALLINGITacase“registered 2 Providing and Fixing Benches at 181-Mahim Constituency (MPSSVY) (Mumbai South 2177700.00 21777.00 560.00 12 Months Madhya Pradesh waskilledand twobulls. with political motives”, the Central) (including monsoon) another injured when amob of Babu, who worked on his ChhattisgarhHigh Courthas 3 Providing and Fixing Benches at 178-Dharavi Constituency (MPSSVY) (Mumbai South 2177700.00 21777.00 560.00 12 Months suspected cowvigilantes ownfarm, would also work as stayed the probeintothe FIR Central) (including monsoon) stoppedatruckinwhichthey alabourer in fields in filedagainstBJP leaders Raman 4 Providing and Fixing Benches at 180-Wadala Constituency (MPSSVY) (Mumbai South 2177700.00 21777.00 560.00 12 Months were transporting cattle in Rajasthan’s Raytavillagefor Singhand Sambit Patrauntil the Central) (including monsoon) Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh district better pay—dailywagein next hearing on June 14. and assaulted them, policesaid RaytaisRs200 againstRs150 Patraand Singh had moved 5 Construction of Drain, Laying Water Supply Line and Passage at Shivshankar Nagar, 1567944.00 15679.00 560.00 12 Months on Monday. in Jhabua. the HighCourttoquash the FIR Wadala (MPSSVY) (Mumbai South Central) (including monsoon) “On the intervening nightof “It wasinRayta thataper- filedagainstthem over their 6 Construction of Drain, Laying Water Supply Line and Passage at Pratiksha Nagar,Wadala 2003484.00 20035.00 560.00 12 Months June 13 and 14,two men in son who ownedafarm near the tweetabout an alleged toolkit (MPSSVY) (Mumbai South Central) (including monsoon) Chittorgarh districtweretrans- one whereBabu worked had made by the Congress to al- 7 Providing and Laying Water Supply Line, Fixing Benches and Passage at Shivaji Park, 2177700.00 21777.00 560.00 12 Months porting bovines to Madhya agreedtosell twoofhis bulls to legedly defame the country. Dadar (MPSSVY) (Mumbai South Central) (including monsoon) Pradesh. Amob attackedthem Babu,” said Bagirath. Akash Sharma, the 8 Providing and Laying Water Supply Line, Fixing Benches and Ladikaran at Prabhadevi, 2177700.00 21777.00 560.00 12 Months and one of the men diedinhos- Babu took aloan of Rs Chhattisgarhpresident of NSUI, Dadar (MPSSVY) (Mumbai South Central) (including monsoon) pital while undergoing treat- 40,000 in Jhabua and leftfor had filedacomplaintabout the ment. Acase of murder has Raytawith Pintu (21) to buy the tweets postedbySingh and Patra 9 Providing and Fixing Ladikaran, Construction of Drain, Laying Water Supply Line and 1742160.00 17422.00 560.00 12 Months Passage at Naik Nagar,Dharavi (MPSSVY) (Mumbai South Central) (including monsoon) been registered,” Additional animals on Saturday.Hewas to on May18, andanFIR was DGP (Crime) Ravi Prakash return on Sunday. lodged the next day. 10 Construction of Drain and Passage at G.D. Ambedkar,Bhoiwada (MPSSVY) (Mumbai 1829268.00 18293.00 560.00 12 Months Meharda said. “Wetriedcalling him on TheFIR wasregistered under South Central) (including monsoon) The police said the twowho Sunday night but his cellphone Sections 504(intentional insult 11 Construction of Drain and Passage at Shastri Nagar,Sion Koliwada (MPSSVY) (Mumbai 1916376.00 19164.00 560.00 12 Months were attackedwerefrom wasswitchedoff.Itwas onlyon with intent to provokebreachof South Central) (including monsoon) Jhabua district of Madhya Mondaythat we learnt from the peace), 505(1)(b) and 12 Providing and Fixing Ladikaran, Construction of Drain Laying Water Supply Line and 1742160.00 17422.00 560.00 12 Months Pradesh and had come to the policethathehad died,” 505(1)(c) (statementsconduc- Passage at Kamlaraman Nagar,Matunga (MPSSVY) (Mumbai South Central) (including monsoon) Rajasthan to buy bulls forfarm said Bagirath. ing to public mischief), 469 (for- 13 Providing and Fixing Ladikaran, Construction of Drain Laying Water Supply Line and 2177700.00 21777.00 560.00 12 Months work. Babu is survivedbyhis wife, gery forpurpose of harming rep- Passage at New B.D.D. Chawl, Bhoiwada, Naigaon (MPSSVY) (Mumbai South Central) (including monsoon) “The deceasedhas been asix-year-old daughter and a utation) and 188(disobedience identifiedasBabuBheel, 25. three-year-old son. to order dulypromulgated by 14 Providing and Laying Water Supply Line and Construction of Passage at Sangam Nagar, 1916376.00 19164.00 560.00 12 Months Wadala (MPSSVY) (Mumbai South Central) (including monsoon) The other person who is in- RatanSingh, Station House publicservant) of the IPC,accus- jured has been identifiedas Officer of Begun police station ing the BJP leaders of spreading 15 Providing and Fixing Ladikaran, Construction of Drain Laying Water Supply Line and 1742160.00 17422.00 560.00 12 Months Pintu Bheel. Chittorgarh police in Chittorgarh district, unrestand provoking people Passage at Anna Nagar,Dharavi (MPSSVY) (Mumbai South Central) (including monsoon) have takenaroundeight people said the twomen were trans- overafakestory theycreated us- 16 Providing and Fixing Ladikaran, Construction of Drain, Laying Water Supply Line and 1916376.00 19164.00 560.00 12 Months intocustody and arequestion- porting three bulls when they ing forged documents. Passage at Antop Hill, Sion Koliwada (MPSSVY) (Mumbai South Central) (including monsoon) ing them. The accusedwill were attacked. Asingle benchofJustice 17 Construction of Open Gym at Worli B.D.D. Chawl No. 61, Ramesh Devrukhkar Marg, 1742160.00 17422.00 560.00 12 Months soon be identifiedand ar- “Preliminary investigation NarendraKumar Vyas found “no Worli (MPSSVY) Worli) (including monsoon) rested,” said Meharda. suggeststhe bulls were bought offence” under Sections504 and Preliminaryinvestigation forfarm use. We confirmed 505 (1)(b) and (c). “By the Twit 18 Reconstruction of Open Sabhagruha at Siddhivinayak Tarun Mandal, Worli (MPSSVY) 1306620.00 13066.00 560.00 9Months Worli) (including monsoon) suggests involvement of cow this with Raipuria police sta- (sic) of the petitioner,congress- vigilantes. tion in Madhya Pradesh, men areaggravated which 19 Laying Drainage Line, Chamber,Fixing Ladikaran and Concreting Work at Worli B.D.D. 1742160.00 17422.00 560.00 12 Months “The twomen had come to whichhas jurisdiction over the clearly indicates that no public Chawl No. 44, Dr.G.M. Bhosale Marg, Worli (MPSSVY) Worli) (including monsoon) RaytavillageinChittorgarh to villagetowhichthe twomen peace or tranquility is being ad- 20 Reconstruction of Toilet and Construction of Passage at Madhavbhuvan Parshiwada, Lower 1742160.00 17422.00 560.00 12 Months buy bulls, whichtheyweretak- belong,” said Vijayvargiya. verselyaffected anditispurely Parel (MPSSVY) Worli) (including monsoon) ing backinatruckwhen they Shesaid while Babudieddur- political rivalrybetween twopo- 21 Construction of Retaining Wall at New Rashtriya Chawl, Near Bhoiwada (RW) (Mumbai 2177700.00 21777.00 560.00 12 Months were attackedaround mid- ing treatment, the condition of litical parties. This, prima facie, South Central) (including monsoon) night. Preliminaryinvestigation Pintu is stable. establishesthat the present FIR 22 Construction of Retaining Wall at BEST Vasahat, Near Wadala (RW) (Mumbai South 1742160.00 17422.00 560.00 12 Months suggests the accusedwerecow An FIR has been registered has been registeredwith politi- Central) (including monsoon) vigilantes. Theycontinuedto under IPC provisionsrelating to cal motives.” assault the twowith sticks and murder and attempt to murder Calling further investigation 23 Construction of Retaining Wall Near Bhoiwada Smashanbhumi (RW) (Mumbai South 1306620.00 13066.00 560.00 9Months other weapons foraround an among others, she said. “abuse of law”, the courtsaid the Central) (including monsoon) hour before the police arrived WITH INPUTS FROM Raipur police registeredthe FIR 24 Construction of Retaining Wall Near Wadala Police Chowky,Barkat Ali Marg, Near Wadala 1306620.00 13066.00 560.00 9Months and theyfled,” said Tripti IRAM SIDDIQUE, BHOPAL without examiningthe “truth- (RW) (Mumbai South Central) (including monsoon) Vijayvargiya, Additional SP, fulness of the complaint”. Sr.No. Stage Desc. Date of Time Period 1 Publishing Date 15.06.2021, 10.00 2 Document sale start 15.06.2021, 10.05 Citizenship notification routine, 3 Document sale end 29.06.2021, 17.35 4 Bid Submission start 15.06.2021, 10.05 not related to CAA: Govt to SC 5 Bid Submission end 29.06.2021, 17.35 6 Technical Bid Opening 30.06.2021, 17.35 onward ferent and “it is inconceivable” tifiedthe Citizenship 7 Price Bid Opening 01.07.2021, 17.35 onward ANANTHAKRISHNANG that the intervention application (Amendment) Rules, 2004, 1. The complete bidding process will be online (e-Tendering) in two bid system. All the notifications and detailed terms and conditions regarding this tender NEWDELHI,JUNE14 can befiledinthe original writ pe- whichdelegated thepower to tition againstthe citizenship law. grant citizenship by Registration notice hereafter will be published online on web site http://mahatenders.gov.in MHADA Website :http://mhada.maharashtra.gov.in THE CENTRE Mondaytoldthe TheMay28notification,MHA under Section 5, in respect of 2. Bidding documents can be loaded on the web site http://mahatenders.gov.in from Date 15.06.2021 at 10.05 to Date 29.06.2021 upto 17.35. Supreme Courtthat itsMay 28 pointedout,“doesnotprovidefor Pakistani nationals of minority 3. The payment for Tender Form Fee must be made online. notification inviting citizenship anyrelaxationstothe foreigners Hindu community,tofourdis- 4. Technical Bids will be opened on 30.06.2021, 17.35 onwards &price Bids will be opened on 01.07.2021, 17.35 onward at the office of the Executive Engineer applications “seekstomerely andappliesonlytoforeignerswho trict collectors in Gujarat and to (City)/ M.S.I.B. Room No. 539, 4th Floor,MHADA, Kalanagar,Bandra (East), Mumbai-400 051 on web site http://mahatenders.gov.in delegate” to “thelocal authorities have enteredthecountrylegally”. the state’s home secretary, if 5. e-Tenderer should submit original documents (those were uploaded during bid preparation) for verification at the time of Technical Bid opening. in particular cases” itspower to The central Government, it said, suchPakistani nationals livedin grant citizenship to members of onlyusedits authority under other districts. The said notifica- 6. e-Tenderer should submit information and scanned copies in PDF format in Technical Envelope as mentioned in Technical Offer. minority communities from Section16ofThe Citizenship Act, tion also enabledcollectors of 7. e-Tenderer should have valid Class-II/III Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) obtained from any certifying authority. Pakistan, Bangladesh and 1955 –whichconfers on it pow- Barmer and Jaisalmer districtsto 8. The Executive Engineer (City)/ M.S.I.B., MHADA, Bandra (East), Mumbai-400 051 reserves the right to accept or reject any or all tenders without assigning Afghanistan. It said this has been ersto delegatesomeof itspowers registerascitizens of India “Pak any reason. done on “numerous occasions to grantcitizenshipto suchofficer nationals of minority Hindu 9. e-Tenderer shall refer detailed tender notice regarding Performance Security &other documents to be submitted. previously” and “hasnorelation or authority as maybespecified community” displaceddue to whatsoever” withthe —and delegated itspowers to the 1965 and 1971 wars. 10. e-Tender should upload GST Registration Certificate. Citizenship Amendment Act. grant citizenship by Registration In 2016,the Centredelegated 11.Tender called is based on SSR rate year 2017-18 without GST.GST will be paid on accepted contract value. The Union Home Ministry or Naturalisation to District itspowers to grant citizenshipby 12. Intending Bidders shall have to comply with the contents of G.R. No. meerSšer-01/2015/Øe.›eâ.20/F&cee.2 Dt. 24.04.2015. said this in an affidavit filedin Collectors. It is merelyanadmin- registration or naturalisation to 13. Guidelines regarding e-tendering system and submission of bids can be downloaded from web site http://mahatenders.gov.in, Help support : the topcourtopposing an inter- istrative delegation of power collectorsof16districtsand 1800-307-02232 E-mail :[email protected] vention application filedbythe withoutanyspecificclassification home secretaries of 7statesinre- Indian Union Muslim League or relaxation, said the affidavit. spect of migrantsfromsix minor- 14. In case of the rates quoted by lowest bidder less than estimated cost &L1bidder failed to submit Additional Performance Security Deposit within 8days (IUML),challengingthe May28 TheMinistrysaidSection18 of itycommunities of Afghanistan, then L2 (2nd Lowest) bidder will be asked and if L2 is agree to carryout the work below %than L1 quoted rate then his offer will be accepted. For more notification. TheCitizenshipAct,1955,confers Pakistanand Bangladesh fortwo information please refer detail Tender notice. IUML filedthe applicationin ontheCentralGovernmentpow- years, the affidavit said,adding Executive Engineer (City), itspetition challenging the CAA. ers to make appropriate rules to this wasdone to fast trackciti- M. S. I. B. Board Opposing this, the government carryouttheprovisionsof theAct. zenship applications of this cate- MHADA-Leading Housing Authority in the Nation CPRO/A/252 pointed out that the twoare dif- In 2004,the government no- gory of foreigners. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,JUNE15,2021 WORDLY WISE Thereisnothing to which men cling more 8 tenaciously than the privileges of class. THE EDITORIAL PAGE —LEONARD WOOLF Theonline exam option

§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA Complete cancellation of exams is unfortunate. BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL Let’s notfind ourselvesinsame situation next year

MILESTONE GALWAN SSMantha and Ashok Thakur

Carefullyconstructed India-China relations have been upended. THE GOVERNMENT HAS announcedthat manual, error-proneand subjective. Thatthe postexams, the requirement is of assigning CBSE Class XII Exams 2021havebeen can- end-semester exams arestill heldisacom- answer-sheets to evaluators, monitoringand LACineastern Ladakh continues to be source of concern celled. The next step is to compile the results mentaryonthe internal and continuous managing the evaluation process and the of Class XII studentsaccording to “a well-de- evaluation systems. declarationofresults. Severalapplication- T’S AYEAR since the clashbetween Indian and Chinese troops in Galwan Valley, finedobjective criterion” in atime-bound When astudent enrols, he expects that basedsolutions that conduct exams areLMS- at the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh, in whichIndia lost20soldiers, in- manner.Itwill onlybeamatter of time be- his learning is uninterruptedand that he is integrated as well. cluding the commanding officer of 16 Bihar.ThisFebruary, Chinaofficiallyac- fore stateafter statewill startcancelling their evaluated fairly forlearning outcomes, We arefortunatetohaveanefficient I knowledgedthe deaths of four PLAsoldiers in the mostserious incident in 45 boardexams forClass XII. The media has whichwelooselyinterpret as knowledge agency,tailormade to take up thetask.The years between the twoarmies along the over 4,000km contested border.Delhihad been overwhelmingly claimedthisasanappro- gained. Justasthereare different modes of NationalTesting Agency (NTA) wasestab- priateand bold decision. Be that as it may, learning, thereare severalmodes of assess- lishedin2017asapremier,specialist, au- caught by surprise at the large-scale massing of PLAtroops in the Eastern Ladakh area, with thereare severalserious issues confronting ment thatschools and universities routinely tonomous and self-sustainedtesting organ- transgressions by theChinese in the Pangong area and other “friction points” in Depsang. notonlythe school boards (for assessment) follow. Whateverbethe mode or duration, isation to conduct entrance examinations for But it wasthe clash in the Galwan Valley, in aperiod when the twosides hadagreedto and colleges(foradmission)but also what learning is notcomplete without assess- admission/fellowship in higher educational de-escalatorysteps, that markedanew lowinIndia-China relations. It seemedtoupend needs to be done in the future, in the interest ment of outcomes. institutions. The LMS is available in some nearly threedecades of carefullyconstructed bilateral relations afteraseries of border of the students, when it is known that Covid Astudent would always take pride in form in SWAYAM, again aGoI initiative. agreementsand confidence building measures in the 1990s. In the year since, the two is heretostay. showing the resultsofhis effortstohis peers This needs some customisation and in- What could this well-definedcriterion and parents. That this will notbethe case tegration with online exam tools. The private sideshavehad severalrounds of militarycommander-leveltalks, as well as between the be?Marks of theClassXboardexamina- foryet another year is notonlythe student’s sector routinelyprovides suchsolutions to foreign ministers and the special representatives. It is clear that India and China perceive tions? Evaluation of studentsbyteachers? loss but also questions the systems in place. the corporateworld.Atthe other end,one the boundaryquestion in fundamentallydifferent ways.And that, forBeijing, this is no Already,the Delhi High Courthas issuedno- The psychological damage it does to chil- could have easily setupkiosksorgiven lim- longer amatter of border management;itwill continue to push itsterritorial claims. ticestothe CBSE, Centreand Delhi govern- dren’s self-esteem can onlybeimagined. ited scope tabletsthat hardlycostRs5,000 Though tensions have come down since the mutual agreement on de-escalation and ment on aplea seeking modifications in the Study awhole year and then find some to those who needthem.Using the BSNL/NIC withdrawal of troops in the Pangong area in Februarythis year,and despiteefforts to policy forthe tabulation of marks forClass inane waytopass, besides the long-term services, Wi-Fihotspots could have been set Xboardexams basedonthe internal assess- effect of havingtoshowsuchresult sheets up at strategic locations. project this as a“victory” enabledbythe timelyIndian occupationofthe Kailash Range ment conducted by aschool,whichisjust at everycompetitive exam,beitfor further One possible solution could be to work heights, the fact is that other areas of friction continue. Indian soldiers arestill deniedthe the beginningofsuchlitigations. Thefact studies or forfindingemployment.Atleast on the pattern of GATE: Asingle paper,with right to patrolinsomeareas, and Chinese build-up of infrastructureonits side is going on remains that evaluationscannot be free of 14 lakh students bear the consequences of six sections/subjects, eachof30marks,con- apace. All this means the LACineastern Ladakh continues to be asource of concern for subjectivity or thetendencyofschools to We had ayear-and-a-half to the decision. To that extent, the decision ducted over 180minutes; objective,online India. Afterthe Galwan clash, Delhi hit backbycutting out some Chinese investmentsin inflatemarks in order to outdo eachother. makethe necessary seems to be insensitive towardsthe feelings and multiple choice-based, in awindowof Indian businesses, and restricted imports to reduce dependence on Chinese goods. But It is alsogoing to be an uphilltask forthe investments. We could have of students. 15 days,twice aday with options to thestu- the numbers forlastyear showthat the two-way trade came down onlyslightly, from Education Ministrytomaintain parity learnt from our experience of Covid forced everyone to go online from dent to choose time and day. With 70 per across boards as the body whichissup- March lastyear.When so muchwas aligned cent weightageassignedtoeachofthe com- $85.5 bn to $77.7bn, and China still remains India's biggesttrading partner in the first posedtocoordinatesuchmatters —COBSE NEET, JEE, CAT, GATE or to theefficacy of technology and itspossibil- ponentsaddedto30per cent weightageto half of FY 2020-21. (Council of Boards of School Education) — even the online exams ities, whydid we notthink about conduct- internals, one could generateaClass XII Even as the India-China relationship has undergone amassive shift, the asymmetry is largelyineffective. conducted by AICTE in ing examinations and assessmentsthrough marksheet,whichcan be usedfor admis- between thetwo has also become clearer.The standoffalso underlinedthe difficultiesof The continuous evaluationofastudent pharmacy and management the same technology? We had ayear-and-a- sions as well. dealing withahot LoC and ahot LACatthe same time. With Islamabad's ownpreoccupa- using dataanalytics and remedial measures half to makethe necessaryinvestments. We The fact that all this wasnot even ex- since 2010. This mode of tion in Afghanistan, and itsrenewed diplomatic outreachtoapost-TrumpUS, aceasefire is the mosteffective way. Technology pro- could have learnt from our experience of plored and we instead went forthe softerop- vides “Learning Management Systems” NEET,JEE, CAT, GATE or even the online ex- tion of complete cancellationofexams is un- on the Line of Control from Februarythis year has providedanopeningfor Delhi to repair examination is universally (LMS) forsuchevaluations. If theyare indeed accepted as atrusted ams conducted by AICTE in pharmacy and fortunate. The official justification forthe ties with Pakistan. The Chinese actions at the LAC, whichcoincidedwith sharpenedBeijing- used, then as apolicy,the end-semesterex- management since 2010.This mode of ex- decision is thatitismeant to safeguardstu- Washington animosities, gave the worldaclearerviewofthe India-China rivalry. Delhi's ams could be abandonedasadisposablebur- assessment methodology. amination is universallyacceptedasatrusted dents’ health. The government must seri- participation in the Quad alongside the US,Australia and Japanhas notgonedownwell in den on the student, Covid or no Covid. Pre-processing of exams assessment methodology. ouslyexploreall the possible options so that Beijing. As the onlycountryinthe Quad that shares aborderwithChina, India needs to be Unfortunately, we areveryfar from adopt- includes the creation and Pre-processing of exams includes the cre- we don't find ourselvesinthe same situation prepared to contend with amorebelligerent Beijing, from the LACtothe Indian Ocean. ing suchavant gardeinitiativesinschools or scheduling of exams, setting ation and scheduling of exams, setting up next year. even in universities. The fewthat follow anti-cheating tools as well as evaluation these do so onlyinsome chosen coursesand up anti-cheating tools as well rules.These exams areconducted digitally Mantha is former chairman, AICTE.Thakur is programmes and in amanner that is often as evaluation rules. and proctored using AI technology.Finally, former secretary MHRD, GoI JUMPING THE QUEUE

Priority shots forstudentsheadedfor foreign universities is an iniquitous idea. Prioritise all students, notaselect few ONE YEAR AFTER GALWAN ASTWEEK, THE Centre decidedtoreduce the gapbetween twoCovishield shots forstudentstravelling abroad, lending momentumtospecial inoculation drives in some states andmunicipalities thathad begun early this month. Amidsta Delhi mustreviewits China narrative, craftclear-eyedstrategic policies L shortage of shots,especiallyfor the 18 to 44-year-old group, Karnataka, Telangana, AndhraPradesh andthe municipalities of Mumbai, Pune,Ahmedabad and CUdayBhaskar Surat reserved vaccination centres forstudents headed forforeign campuses. Punjab, Odisha and Delhi have followedsuitand the UP government has similar plans on itsanvil. IN Awelcome move,Defence Minister number admitted is onlyfour personnel. teredIndian territorynor were Indian posts Sucharrangementscouldremove some of the pandemic-inflicteduncertainties that have Rajnath Singh on June 12 approvedarevised Galwan is amajor punctuation in the taken” has setthe obfuscation template besetthe country’syoung. But setting aside achunk of subsidisedshots forawell-heeled policy on howIndia compiles, archives and troubledbilateral relationship and India has about transgressions by the PLA. section of studentsintroduces another element of biasinaninoculationproject already disseminatesits wardocumentsand related come offsecond best in the Ladakh “scuf- RecentlyinMay this year,the ArmyChief shadowedbyinequalities bornofthe digital divide and rural-urban disparities. history.Asper the newpolicy, once an oper- fle”. Delhi has to contendwith an altered General MMNaravane notedinaninter- Lastyear,after the lockdown wasannounced, studentsinmostuniversities were ation/war is completed, the firstcut of his- LoACand aBeijing that has decidedtovio- view: “Therehas been no transgression of forced to vacatehostels and campuses and return home. Though teachingresumedin tory is to be prepared and disseminated for latethe 1993 Jiang Zemin-NarasimhaRao anykind and the process of talksiscontinu- severalinstitutions in late2020,semesters were shortened, studentslostaccess to vital internal circulation within five years. agreement. Carefullyshaped narratives ing.” If indeed therehas been no “transgres- Whether this firstdraft of history is to be about the militarydefending national sov- sion” then what is the meaning of insisting resources suchaslibraries and laboratories and fulfilling the demands of the curricula placedinthe public domain or not, will be ereignty and territorial integrity arecrucial on areturn to the pre-Galwanstatus quo? became achallengefor thoselacking the wherewithal required forthe shift to the online determined on acase by casebasis, depend- forany political leadership —authoritarian From apolicy perspective and in keep- mode. Manyuniversities, too, were unpreparedfor this emergency measure. Campus life ing on the sensitivity of the operation/war. or democratic —and Galwanhas special ing with the latestdirective about military resumedearly this year in some parts of the country, onlytobecut shortbythe second Predictably, theHendersonBrooks-Bhagat salience forbothChina and India. operations and narratives, the Galwan an- wave. The emotional toll takenbythe lossofthe home away from home on thecountry’s report relating to the 1962 warwith China, While India has interpreted Galwanasa niversaryshould encourage the government young population is nowwell-documented.With asubstantialchunk of their students whichisstill under wraps, will notbepart case of Chinese perfidy and places the onus to setupanindependentpanel of experts of the newpolicy. Apparently, another com- on Beijingtorestore the status quo, the view to review the institutional lapses that ledto vaccinated,universities in severalparts of the worldare nowtaking steps to resume in- mittee will take aviewonprevious wars. from China is very different. In the run up to an altered LoACinthe Ladakh sector. person classes. In India, too, ground mustbelaidfor aliberal vaccine policy that allows Unveiling this newpolicy on the eveof the July1centenaryofthe CCP (Chinese Concurrently, Delhiwillneedtoobjec- all studentstoreturntothe familiarityofthe analogue world. Till suchapolicy is framed, thefirst anniversaryofthe Galwan “scuf- Communist Party), the PLAaction against tively reviewand anticipatewhat the PLA however, those who have receivedoffers from foreign universities mustbeencouraged fle” on June 15 has complexsymbolism India’snarrative about India is being projected as acase of guarding mayembarkupon next,perhaps afterthe to registerthemselvesatprivate facilities that could abide by the government’s newvac- about India’s strategic cultureand the Galwan remains opaque and the border and defending the motherland. A CCOP centenary. Beijing has staked an ex- cinationtimelines. opacity cum ostrich-act that envelops its Chinese flag “once raisedonPangong Lake” pansive territorial claim that includes China policy in particular.Fromall ac- there has been no detailed is being takenbyelitePLA troops from units Arunachal Pradesh and thecompletion of SeveralUSuniversities have madevaccination compulsoryfor areturn to classrooms. counts, with Prime MinisterNarendra official statement from the postedalong the LoACtoeducational insti- the Lhasa-Nyingchi high-speedrailwaynet- Manyofthem have alsomade arrangementstovaccinateinternationalstudents. Yet, the anx- Modi at the helm, India’s bilateral relation- MinistryofDefence on the tutions to stokeprideinmilitaryand mus- work by end June has multiple tactical and iety of Indianstudentstoget the shotsbeforeleaving thecountry’sshores is understandable. ship with China seemedmorethan buoy- current tactical situation in cular nationalism, wherein the militaryre- strategicimplications. This railwayline Addressing this predicament, however, shouldn’t be at the costofvaccine equity. ant and the image-richModi-Xi summitry iterates itsallegiance to theparty as would terminateatapoint that is less than that movedfromAhmedabad to Wuhan to Ladakh. PM Modi’s represented by President Xi Jinping. The CCP 15 kilometres from the LoACnorth of the Mamallapuram conveyedasense of shared statement soon after the in turn has accordeduntoitselfthe sacred Tuting sector in Arunachal Pradesh. bonhomie. However, this optimism was Galwan incident (June 20, duty of defending the territoriality of the Galwan could have asilverlining if it en- clearly misplacedand the tealeaveswere 2020) that,‘No one entered motherlandand Galwan is being accord- courages Delhi to reviewits China narrative MAMATA WEDS SOCIALISM notread astutely. inglyconsecrated. in an objectiveand unvarnishedmanner In June 2020,PLA troops “surprised”India Indian territorynor were India’s narrative about Galwan remains and craftaffordable andeffectivelong-term Awedding in Tamil Nadu goes viral, in the Ladakh sectorofthe contestedLoAC Indian posts taken’ has set opaque and there has been no detailedoffi- strategic/security policies that arenot (line of actual control) wherethe Indian the obfuscation template cial statementfromthe Ministry of Defence cloudedbypolitical compulsions. proving that there's alot in aname Armylost20lives,including thatofColonel on the current tactical situation in Ladakh. Santosh Babu in the Galwan valley. The PLA about transgressions by the PM Modi’s statement soon afterthe Galwan ThewriterisDirector,Society forPolicy HIS IS NEITHERsatire norallegory.Agroom calledSocialism and abridecalled also losttheir troops, though the official PLA. incident(June20, 2020) that,“No one en- Studies, NewDelhi MamataBanerjeehave tiedtheknot.AstheysolemnisedtheiruniononSunday underthesickleandhammer,brothersofthegroom,CommunismandLeninism, T lookedon.Thisgrandalliance,though,didnottakeplaceinWest Bengal.Infact, the fatesseem to have asense of narrative consistency:The marriagetook place in Salem districtinastate ruledbyStalin. JUNE 15,1981, FORTY YEARS AGO Socialism is the thirdson of the SalemCommunistParty of Indiadistrict secretary, A Mohan.His twoelder children arenamedafter high-mindedparty principles as well. C ONG-I WINS CUTTACK maintain lawand order in viewofthe pro- aryleader,has warnedthe armytostayout Mamata's grandfather is responsible forher name —hewas afan of the nowthree-term posed12-hour bandh in the stateonJune of politics. “If asoldier participates in pol- Chief MinisterofWestBengal. Social media, and even itsmoreanalogue counterparts,took EXCEPT FORONE incident of policefiring 15 calledbythe agitatorsonthe foreigners’ itics, he will lose his militarystatus,” Tehran greatinterestinthenuptialseversincetheweddingcardwentvirallastweek.Andwhynot? at Hisua assemblyconstituencyinBihar issue. The All Assam Students Union and Radio quoted Khomeini as saying. His and allegedbooth capturing at afew areas, the All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad have statement came afterthe removalof “MamataBanerjee marries Socialism” is agreat headline, and even better clickbait. Then, voting in by elections to six Lok Sabha and giventhe call forthe bandh in protest President AbolhassanBani-Sadr as the there'sthe fact that manyaleftsympathiser,and quiteafew liberals, had hopedthatthe Left 23 assemblyconstituencies waspeaceful. againstthe alleged repressive measures Commander in Chief of the Iranian army. Front and Trinamool Congresswouldburytheir hostilities and allyinWestBengal to defeat Chargesofviolence and snatching of bal- againstthe people associated with the ag- the BJP before the elections. Theywouldn’thaveknown that their wish, albeit in asymbolic lots were made in the Garhwal con- itation and the rise in prices of essential DELAY ON REFINERY and belated manner,would come true in Tamil Nadu. stituency.Cuttackwhichwent to thepolls commodities in the state. Armedpolice and Names, moreoften than not, areseentobemeaningful if theyhaveareligious connota- on Fridayremainedwith the Congress (1) Central ReservePolice contingentshave SECRETARIAL ACROBATICS, WITH political with Jayanti Patnaik emerging victorious. been deployedtomaintain peace. overtones, aredelaying afirm decision on tion. Even “Kabir”, so popular among secularists in North India at one point, has ahint of establishingtwo oil refineries.The delay saintliness to it. Socialism, Communism and Leninism, as concepts go,can beas powerful as ASSAM BANDH KHOMEINI’SWARNING canupsetthe schedule forestablishing a divinity,and alsoasdistant. Theycan beof some consolation while waitingfor Utopia. Don't minimum refinerycapacity during the be surprised if there'saspate of kidsnamedAchhe Din. TROOPS HAVE BEEN alertedinAssam to AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI,IRAN’S revolution- Sixth Plan period. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,JUNE15,2021 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “The mediocrityofthe self-absorbed politicians when the public expects them to come togetherfor the sake of the country has eroded publicconfidence in 9 THE IDEAS PAGE government,federalism and even the legal system .” —THEKATHMANDU POST Apromise of renewal Afine judicial moment G-7 statement on opensocieties could form the blueprint forthe futureengagement between Indiaand the West Amid pandemic, in recent months,courts have shown that national sensitivities and judicial conscience do notlie apart

tionofcitizens in distress. Batting forpreserving a“collective pub- lic memory” through which“the present RAJA MANDALA speakstothe future”, the courtendorseda narrative in whichthe futurewill “choose By CRajaMohan justice over the “jurispathic” tendencies of the moment, echoing JudgeCardozo’s cele- Ashwani Kumar brated reminder that “the process of justice TWOIMPORTANT MESSAGES emerge from is neverfinished, but reproduces itself gen- India’s participation,virtually, in the summit eration aftergeneration”. of the world’s leadingindustrial democra- THE QUALITYOFdemocratic governance Despite the initial missteps, therefore, cies in the Cornwall region of South Eastern anchored in sacrosanct human rights is de- thejudicial response to thepandemic’s many England over the weekend. One is Prime terminedbythe integrity and resilience of challenges mustgladden our hearts. MinisterNarendraModi’s proclamation that constitutional institutions establishedto Constitutional courts have leanedtouphold India is a“natural ally” of the G-7 and itspart- sustain and nurtureits purposes.The role human rights, navigating the complexities ners. The other is the emphasis on shared and relevance of these institutionsistested in maintaining the equilibriumof dispersed democratic values that bind India with the in difficult times, particularly when theequi- power, in furtheranceof democracy andthe West.This wasreflected in astatement on librium of sovereign powerdispersedbe- Constitution’s preambular promise of ajust “open societies” that Indiaissued along with tween co-equal constitutional institutions society. Building upon the national charter’s the members of the G-7 and three other in- is in question. The catastrophicpandemic is dignitarian philosophyexpoundedin vited guests —Australia, South Africa and one suchmoment. Puttaswamy (2017), Romila Thapar (2018), South Korea. Cries forjustice, foundedinthe promise Nambi Narayanan (2018), Navtej Johar (2018) The twoideas arecertainlynot newto of Articles 14 and21ofthe Constitution, have et al, the finalcourt has declared that gov- India’sforeignpolicy, but theyacquirespe- brought under the scanner, therole of the ernment policy dealing with the pandemic cial importance at the current juncture.Back higher judiciaryasthe designatedprotector “mustbebound by the human rightsframe- in the autumn of 1998,Prime MinisterAtal of fundamental rights. And this, when judi- work ….”,asserting thereby“limits to the Bihari VajpayeedeclaredinNew York that cial leadership of the moral universe of law limitations on human rights.” India and the US could be “natural allies”. and society is suspect. Responding to the felt sensitivities of a Cominginthe wake of theUSsanctions that In recent months, however, the some- nation in pain, the courthas refusedtobe followedIndia’s nuclear testsinMay, CRSasikumar what faltering recordofconstitutional courts hemmed in by argumentsof“institutional Vajpayee’s claim appeared incongruous with in defence of civil liberties, vacillation in de- incapacity” and the usual caution againstin- Delhi’s traditional foreign policy orientation. Biden declared his main objective as rallying dition foranalliance between Delhi and ciding politicallysensitive cases andreluc- terferencewiththe government’spolicy pre- Yet, India’s nuclear testscreated the con- democracies to meetthe great challenges of Washington. Afterall, the Indian political plu- tance to censureexecutive apathytohuman scriptions. Itsrulings have confirmedthat ditionsfor arapid rapprochement withthe ourtime,especiallythose presentedby China. ralism could notbridge the strategicdiver- suffering,has been redeemed through ele- India’sconstitutional democracyhasmoved US under Vajpayeeand Prime Minister In offering the outline of apotential alter- gence between Indiaand the US during the vating judicial pronouncements, demon- beyond the “majoritarianpremise”andthat ManmohanSingh. But India’s bonhomie nativetoChina’s ambitious Belt and Road Cold War. But in the lasttwo decades, shared strating that national sensitivities and judi- the court’s interventions are, to recall Ronald with the US did notautomaticallycompute Initiative,callingfor areorientation of global commitment to democratic values has cial conscience do notlie apart. Dworkin, “inthe serviceof itsmostconscien- intobroader warmth towardsthe West as a supplychains away,demanding afresh in- helpedcement Indo-US relations. Floodedwith requests by desperatecit- tious judgmentabout what democracy re- collective. That has begun to changeinthe quiryintothe origins of the Covid-19pan- The G-7 plus statement on open societies izens forhumanitarian intervention in the allymeans”, signalling at the same time that lastfew years, as Delhi embarkedonanex- demic in China, reprimanding Beijing poli- is acontinuation of an Indian policy that be- wake of an unprecedentedcalamity that has the court“is no usurping tyrant, trying to pansive engagement withEurope. The cies in Xinjiangand Hong Kong, and raising ganunder Vajpayee, whose government redefinedthe boundaries of grief and the cheat the public of itsdemocratic power…” Cornwall summit can be seen as the begin- concerns about the conflict across the Taiwan joinedPresident Bill Clinton’s initiative on limitsoffortitude,the courts have intervened (Law’sEmpire,1986). ningofaninstitutionalisation of India’s co- Strait, the G-7 summithas respondedto building aglobal community of democra- proactively.Illustrations of judicial relief in- In an assertion of itsplenaryjurisdiction operation with the West. Biden’s call. cies. Manmohan Singh joinedthe Bush cludedirections foroxygensupplytogasping as guardianofthe Constitution, the apex To be sure, Indiahas occasionallypartic- Some of the allies, however, did not Administration in promoting aglobal patients,provision of essential medicines, courthas reiterated that the purpose of ju- ipated in theG-7 summitsbefore. It hasbeen want to turn the G-7 intoaChina-bashing Democracy Fund at the UN. hospital bedsand ambulances fortrans- dicial function is to hold government true to the customtoinvitearange of countries to exercise and found ways to softenthe po- The lastcouple of years have seen a portationof thesickand dead,welfareofchil- the constitutional standards of reasonable- join the outreachconsultations at the G-7. litical blow. The host, British Prime Minister sharpening debate, both at home and abroad, dren who have lostaparent, ensuring dig- ness. Drawing aclear distinction between This time,though, it has been different —on Boris Johnson, did notrefer to China in his on the stateofIndian democracy.The rush nity of the dead, facilitating priority policy and principle while delineating the twocounts. post-summit press conference. Thereisa to writeobituaries forIndiandemocracy was vaccination forthe vulnerable, directions to boundaries of itsauthority, it has leftnone in The G-7 forum, whichcame up as an in- strong viewthat the door mustbekept complemented by thewidespread assump- decongest jails andregularity in the payment doubt that in the event of conflict between formal consultative group among the leading open forengagement with China on issues tion that the Biden Administration’sfocus on of old agepension to the elderly. thetwo,the latter must prevail, “notout of Western economies in the mid-1970s, was likeclimatechangewhile calling out itsun- human rightswill castadarkshadowover However, the crowning gloryofjudicial anydesire to tiltthe legislative authority in a givenupfor dead afterthe 2008 financialcri- acceptable policies. US relationswithIndia. function at this time arethe recent orders of crusader’sspirit butindischargeofaduty sis.The morerepresentative G-20, whichin- Biden’s effort to channel alliedenergies India’s domestic argumentsondemoc- the court, datedApril 30 andMay31, passed plainlylaid down upon them by the cludes China,Russia, Indiaand manyothers, on the China challengeislikelytofind ex- racy inevitablyfind aresonanceinthe inter- in asuo motu writ petition by abenchofthe Constitution” (VG Row,1952). seemedtosupersede the G-7.But amidstthe pression at Monday’s summit of the North national civil society.But governmentsof Supreme CourtheadedbyJustice DY Thechallenges of our times demand that growing senseinWashington that China has Atlantic Treaty Organisationand Biden’s major powers arenot prone to quickand Chandrachud. These orders will remain constitutional courts vigorouslydischarge gamedthe global economic order to Tuesdayconclave withthe leaders of the sweeping conclusions about India’s domes- etchedin public memoryand judicial record their mandateascustodians of the constitu- America’s disadvantage, therehas been re- European Union. The US-China rivalryisalso tic politics. Theydoarticulatetheir concerns as exemplars of judicial statesmanship. tional principle, secureinthe belief that the newedinterestinlike-mindedcoalitions like likelytoform the backdrop to Biden’s meet- publicly and take them up privately with In acompelling articulation of constitu- moral integrity of their judgmentswill pre- the G-7.Equallyimportant wasthe recogni- ing with the Russian President Vladimir Thecase fora‘coalition of Delhi.But those concernsdonot negatethe tionallogicand morality thathas prompted vail over the impulses of transientmajori- tion of the case forwideningthe base of in- PutininGeneva on Wednesday. current imperative forjointly buildingin- areviewbythe Central government of its ties. Abnegationofjudicialauthority is not stitutionslikethe G-7 beyond the geographic Thereisnodoubt that Biden has put democracies’ wascertainly ternational coalitions basedonshared po- flawedvaccination policy, the court has en- an option when defence of the Constitution West to includelarge democracies likeIndia. China at the front and centreofhis interna- gaining ground over the last litical values. sured ajustand non-discriminatoryvacci- demands judicial intervention. Forsu- The case fora“coalition of democracies” tional policy.After four decadesofexpanding twodecades within Unlikemanyofits predecessors, the nationregime. An excerptfromits order of premacy of the rule of lawtoremain the wascertainlygainingground over the last collaboration with China, facilitating itsin- Biden Administration recognises that the April 30 speaksfor itself: “Prima facie the ra- definingdistinction of democracy,law must twodecades within American academia and tegration with the global economyand ac- American academia and the problem of democraticdeficitafflictsthe US tionalmethod of proceeding in amanner “workitself pure” through judicial pro- the political class. But the powerful forceof celeratingits rise to great powerstatus, the political class.But the too. The case forrenewaland reform of dem- consistent with the right to life(whichin- nouncementsthat lendweight to itsmajesty. economic globalisation and the absence of US has begun to push back. powerful force of economic ocratic institutions is urgent in both the US cludes the right to health)under Article 21 Thejudicialbranchofthe Indianstatehas great powerrivalrymeant therewas no The ruptureinthe US engagement with globalisation and the and India. So is the needfor sustainedcon- would be forthe Central Government to itstask cut out, even as the debateonthe compelling policyurgency to constructan China coincides with the rapid deterioration sultations between India and itsWestern procureall vaccines and to negotiatethe boundaries of judicial powerinaconstitu- “alliance of democracies”. That condition in Delhi’srelations with Beijing and sets up a absence of great power partners on arangeofnew challengespre- price with vaccine manufacturers …webe- tionaldemocracy rageson. Forthe moment, has altered radicallyinthe lastfew years newcontextfor India’s partnership with the rivalrymeant there wasno sentedbydigital technologies, including lieve that the central government should we canreasonably concludethat thelimitsof amidstthe growing US tensions with China West.Ifthe Indo-Pacific provides aregional compellingpolicy urgency to radicalisation,disinformation, electoral in- considerrevisiting itscurrent vaccinepol- judicial powerwill be determinedbythe and Russia. The TrumpAdministration’s na- basis forIndia’s engagement with the US and constructan‘alliance of terference, cyber attacks and the role of large icy to ensurethat it withstandsscrutiny of constitutional courts themselves, hopefully tional security strategy had proclaimedthe Europe, mitigatingclimatechange and the social media companies. The statement on Articles 14 and21ofthe Constitution.” In its in aharmonious reconciliation of constitu- return of great powercompetition with managementofthe Covid-19pandemic pro- democracies’. That open societies provides asound basis for order,the courtalsoexpressed “deep dis- tional authority with the sovereign will. China and Russia. vides aglobal templatefor India’s engage- condition has altered suchanengagement. tress”atthe targeting of individuals using The Biden Administration has brought ment with the West. radically in the last few years social media platforms to express them- The writer is senior advocate, Supreme even greater intensity to this newapproach Wheredoes the democracy question fit amidst the growing US Thewriter is director,InstituteofSouthAsian selvesand issuedastern warning to govern- Court, and former Union Ministerfor Law by defining adeepening contradiction be- intothis newequation? The US has along Studies, National University of Singaporeand mentagencies against oppressiveprosecu- and Justice. Viewsare personal tweenthe world’sdemocracies andautocra- recordofaligningwith authoritarian states; tensions with China and contributing editor on international affairs cies. As he headedout to Europe lastweek, Indian democracy is by no means aprecon- Russia. for The Indian Express LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR

Illusion of redistributive justice DOCTRINE DOUBT THISREFERS TO the article, ‘Sun Tzu and IDEAS Kautilya’(IE, June 14). The assumption Thereismoretotheproposalforglobalminimumtaxthanmeets theeye that strategic thinkers and planners in ONLINE India’shigheststrategic echelonswill go intooverdrive andchangePMEto give ef- ONLYINTHE EXPRESS Suranjali Tandon fect to the PM’sutterances during the commanders’ conference does notap- ● ADIGITALFUTUREFOR THE RECENT G7 meeting sawthe finance min- the rules applicable to residence countries. cateconnection between the two. The allo- The deal between the sevencountries is pearlogical.ThePMwasaskingthecom- RESTAURANTS: isters of the sevennations communicating The G-24earlier had expressedtheir unhap- cation of profitsofbig-techcompanies still being labelledalandmark, but in the absence manders steeped in western traditions SAMEERSETH theircommitmentto aglobalminimum taxof piness withthese thresholds, howeverthey remainstobedecidedunder Pillar One. The of 132other members of the inclusive frame- of militarythinkingto keepanopenmind at least15per cent. This struckachordwith all continue in design. allocation of taxmade under Pillar One to work,including India, co-optedonanequal whenitcomes to strategicthinking. ● MAKING COVID TESTS those who wish that taxhavensno longer prey The minimum taxisbeing hailedasanend marketswill be addedtotaxes collectedin footing by OECD, it is notyet aglobal deal. Thereisneitheraneedtoseedevilsinhis ACCESSIBLE AND at their taxbase with exemptions and zerocor- to arace to the bottom, essentiallyimplying the calculationofaminimumrateinacoun- History has been in the making forthe past advicenorareasonto distrustourhigher AFFORDABLE:MANISHA poratetax rates.However, there is more to this that eventaxincentivesthat existintreatyrates try. Anydigital servicestax suchasthe equal- sevenyears since the inception of theBase military leadership. BHINGEAND SARANG DEO than meetsthe eye. or local taxsystemsmaynolonger beavailable. isationlevywill notcount as taxpaid forthe Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) programme, HNBhagwat, Chiplun The agreement on the rate is justthe be- While the juryisout on if taxincentiveswork calculation of the minimumrate. wherecountrieslikeIndiashapedthe proposal www.indianexpress.com ginning of along road to forgoing apolitical in attractinginvestment, thereare smallcoun- Pillar One wascriticisedfor the complexal- to give countries their due share. THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘Sun Tzu and consensus on howthese profitsare taxedand, triesthathangby thethreadof limitedmeans. locationofprofits to market jurisdictionsbased On the contrary, theG-7 meet evoked a Kautilya’(IE, June 14). The Rig Veda ex- moreimportantly, where theyare taxed. For Taxationremainsthe only alternative forthem. on thearbitraryallocation betweenresidual sense of deja vu whererules forthe world horts,“Letnoble thoughtscome to us this, one mustturn to the250-pagereport of Even foracountrylikeIndia, the recent push androutineprofits,and did notsit well with were being decidedbyselect developedcoun- from all directions”. This is the beauty of TOWARDS EQUALITY the OECD on the Pillar Twoproposal. Glancing to bringforeigninvestorsthrough the interna- manydeveloping countries. And manyofthem tries. The latearrival of the US is notjustal- Indianness.Our Constitutionisaliving THIS REFERS TO the editorial ‘An equal through the pages, it is clear that the complex tional financial services centreisanincentive. adopteddigitalservicestaxes, triggeringUSTR truism,but an actofself-preservation. The tax example —weimbibed thebestofall classroom’ (IE, June 14). Even as the gen- proposal is designedtoshoreuptaxes from Itis, therefore,unclearif thecurtains aredown investigations in 2020.Failing aconsensus, cutsintroducedbythe US during the pastfour worlds and stitchedittoour size. der gapisclosing in undergraduateedu- low-taxjurisdictions, especiallyonincomes on suchregimes.Exhibiting suchapprehen- these investigations will result in the applica- years aretobereversedand this cannotbe Though our militaryisbattle-hardened cation in India, it has notbeen reflected from intangible assets.Itgives the jurisdic- sions, British Chancellor of Exchequer,Rishi tion of retaliatorytariffs.Toarriveataconsen- done in isolation. All countries mustsign up and quitequalifiedtoprepareamilitary in the labour participation of women tions of the ultimateparent entities —offirms Sunak,after declaring success,now seeksto sus, the US suggestedarevamp of Pillar One forthis proposal to work.Ifall do notagree to doctrine, the question is, do we really much—at22percentin2021, Indiaranks with revenue above 750 million euros —the carveout London’s financial marketfromthe statingthat thetop100companieswillbecov- the globalminimum taxproposal,itmay needone? Even if the answer pointsto amongthelowest intheworld.Thepan- firstright to taxthe differential between the proposal. Therefore, concerns of loss of sover- ered —this includes notonlytechcompanies sparkanew sortofcompetition —corpora- aneedfor anew doctrine, looking in- demichas addedtothe agonyofhigher- actual and the effective taxrate. Amirrorrule eignty to taxremain. —and the G7 committed that 20 per cent of tionswill search forcountries without the ward maynot be the best route. In a educated women,who feel less opti- that givessource countries suchasIndia the The Pillar Twoproposal wasintroduced the profit above 10 per cent willbegiven to minimum taxrule as their residence. To avoid global era, being abreastwith peers misticabouttheircareerprospectstoday. right to withhold ahigher rate on cross-bor- along with Pillar One under the OECD’s tax qualifying markets suchasIndia.However, it chaos, countries arebeing offeredthe illusion through exercises and engagement is Muchmoreneeds to be done,with the der paymentstolow-tax jurisdictions is sub- challenges arising out of digitalisation. It is remains to be seen whether all these changes of redistributive justice. the wayforward. informal sector as the toppriority. ject to certain thresholds and moresowould amplyclear that Pillar Twohas movedbeyond will result in the desired reallocation of taxing AbhishekKumar Anshu, Patna YGChouksey, Pune requirebilateraltreaty renegotiations unlike digital companies, but thereremains an intri- rightstomarkets. The writer is assistant professor,NIPFP WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,JUNE15,2021 MEANWHILE ENDANGERED CORPSE FLOWER BLOOMS IN WARSAW Theendangered Sumatran Titanarum, agiant foul-smelling blossom also known as the corpse flower, went into arare,short bloom at abotanical garden in Wa rsaw,drawing large crowds who 10 THE WORLD waited forhourstosee it. Theextraordinaryflower, which emits adead-bodyodor to attract pollinating insects that feed on flesh, bloomed Sunday. It wasalreadywithering early Monday.

TOPOFTHE BIDEN: ALLIANCE’S MUTUAL DEFENCE PACT ‘SACRED OBLIGATION’ FOR U.S. WORLD AtfirstsummitwithBiden,NATOleaders sayChinapresents‘systemicchallenges’

ROBINEMMOTT, US mending ties with majorallies STEVEHOLLAND& People sitatoutside tablesinCovent Garden, London, on SABINESIEBOLD Monday. Outdoor dining is already allowedinEngland. AP BRUSSELS,JUNE14 BIDEN’SFIRSTface- global alliances, in- The Long March-2F Y12 to-face meetingswith cluding NATO, from rocket. Reuters NATOLEADERSdesignated G-7 and NATOallies whichTrumphad China as presenting “systemic have brought the US even threatenedto UK delays lockdown challenges” in asummit com- backtoaleadership withdraw.Now,the CHINA muniqueonMonday,taking a position in these powerful US has been able to convince ‘DivineVessel’to forceful stance towardsBeijing international alliances.This itsmostimportant allies to easing by amonth, at Joe Biden’s firstsummit with comes afterfour years of the put up aunitedfront against markChina’s1st an alliance that Donald Trump Trumpadministration,un- what it believesare major openlydisparaged and ridiculed. US President Joe Biden with NATOSecretaryGeneralJens der which theUShas had an threatsfromRussia and citing Delta variant humanspaceflight The newUSPresident has StoltenberginBrussels on Monday. AP oftentenserelationship with China. since2016 urgedhis fellowNATOleaders to standupto China’sauthoritarian- ACHINESE spacecraftwill ism and growing militarymight, “China’s stated ambitions and threatenedtowithdraw from the proachedQatar to secureabase withdrawalbySeptember 11. WILLIAMJAMES& blastoff from theGobi achangeoffocus foranalliance assertive behaviourpresent sys- allianceandaccusedEuropeansof that can be usedtotrain Afghan “Weare holding talkstoear- ALISTAIRSMOUT Desert on aLong March createdto defendEuropefromthe temic challenges to the rules- contributingtoolittleto theirown specialforcesaspartofastrategic markabase in Qatar to createan LONDON,JUNE14 rocket in thecoming days, Soviet UnionduringtheColdWar. basedinternational order and to defence.“Iwantall Europe to commitment afterforeignforces exclusive training ground for ferrying three men to an or- The languageinthe summit's areasrelevantto alliancesecurity,” knowthat the United States is withdrawfromAfghanistan,three senior members of the Afghan PRIME MINISTER Boris Johnson biting space module fora final communique, whichwill NATOleaders said in acommu- there,” said Biden.“NATO is crit- seniorWestern officialssaid. forces,” said asenior Western se- delayedhis plans to liftCovid-19 three-month stay, thefirst nowset the pathfor alliancepol- nique aftertheir summit. Biden icallyimportant to us.” Aftertwo decades of war, curity official in Kabul. lockdown restrictions by a time China has sent humans icy,comes aday afterthe G-7 also told Europeanalliesthe al- NATO approaches Qatar forces from 36 countries in- An integral partofResolute monthonMonday, warning that Boris Johnson announced intospace fornearly five richnations issued astatement liance's mutual defence pact was volvedinNATO’s Resolute Supporthas been to trainand the moreinfectious Deltavariant that restrictions will years. Shenzhou-12, mean- on humanrightsinChinaand a“sacred obligation” forthe US — to seek training base Supportmission in Afghanistan equipAfghansecurityforcesfight- meantifhedid nothing thou- continue foranother month ing “Divine Vessel”, will be Taiwan that Beijing said slan- amarkedshift in tone from his Meanwhile, security officials areset to pull out of the country ingtheTaliban,whichwasousted sands morepeoplemight die. the thirdof11missions dered itsreputation. predecessor Trump, who had underNATOcommand have ap- in coordination with aUStroop from powerin2001. REUTERS Under the final stageofaplan neededtocomplete China’s outlined by Johnson in February, Iran approves space station by 2022. he hadhopedtoliftmostsocial Among them,four will be restrictions on June 21,meaning firsthomegrown missions with people on pubs,restaurants,nightclubs and Covid-19vaccine board, potentiallypro- other hospitality venues could pellingupto12Chinese as- fullyreopen. Tehran: Iran’s stateTVisre- tronautsintospace —more That much-anticipated step portingthatthe country has than the 11 menand waspushed backtoJuly19. approved an emergency use women that China has sent “Ithinkitissensibleto waitjust of itsfirstdomesticallyde- since 2003. REUTERS alittlelonger,”Johnsontoldanews velopedcoronavirus vac- Aung San Suu Kyi conference.“As things stand,and cine that couldbring the ontheevidencethatIcanseeright hardest-hit countryinthe now. I’mconfidentthatwe willnot MiddleEastcloser to inoc- USA Myanmar puts needmorethanfour weeks.” ulating itscitizensagainst Womandiesafter The extratime would be Covid-19. The emergency Suu Kyi on trial usedtospeedupBritain's vacci- authorisation of COVIran driverhitscrowd nation programme —already Barekat wasapproved after on charges oneofthe world's furthest ad- the countryfacedwith inMinneapolis vanced—byshortening the rec- problems from importing AWOMAN waskilledand critics call bogus ommendedtime between doses enoughvaccines. AP twopeople were injured in forthoseagedover40toeight Minneapolis lateSundayaf- GRANTPECK weeksfrom12weeks. teraman droveacar intoa BANGKOK,JUNE14 The situationwould be re- discoveredinIndia. Health offi- group of people who had viewedonJune 28, whichcould cials believe it is 60% moretrans- gathered foravigil against MYANMAR’S OUSTED leader allowthe reopening to be missible than the previous dom- police brutality, thepolice Aung San Suu Kyiwent on trial brought forward, although inantstrain and scientists have said. Asuspect wasarrested Mondayonchargesthatmanyob- Johnson’s spokesman said that warnedthatitcouldtrigger a and takenintocustody,the servers sayare an attempt by the wasconsidered unlikely. thirdwaveofinfections. Minneapolis Police juntathat deposedher to elimi- CelebrationsinTel Aviv’s Rabin SquareonSundaynight afterNetanyahu’s exit as prime minister. Reuters In recent weekstherehas On Monday, Britain recorded Department confirmedon nateher as apolitical force, erase been fast growth in newcases 7,742new Covid-19cases and Twitter.The statement did the country’s democratic gains causedbythe Deltavariant, first three deaths. REUTERS notprovide anyinformation and cement the military’s power. about apotential motive. SuuKyi’sprosecutionposesyet Israel’s new coalition government starts “I’ve neverseen anything another setback forMyanmar, that horrendous,”Zachery whichhad been makingprogress Afghanistan: Full hospitals James, 28, said from the towardsdemocracy when a work; Netanyahu promises to oust it scene, whereseveral of the Februarycoup prevented elected close doors to new patients crowdwerestill gathered lawmakers from her National hours later. NYT LeagueforDemocracypartyfrom ternoon with his predecessor, isedtotry to healthe dividedna- ideologyonmanyissues,thethree takingofficeafterelectionvictory. ILANBENZION but without the formal cere- tion.Netanyahu serves as theop- leaders clashedwith the divisive as Covid-19 cases surge GERMANY HumanRightsWatchsaidthat JERUSALEM,JUNE14 monythat traditionallyaccom- position leader. former prime ministeroverhis the allegations beingheard in a panies achangeingovernment DavidBitan,aLikudlawmaker, personalityand leadership style. Govtseekstofine special courtinthe capital, ISRAEL’SNEWgoverningcoalition —asign of Netanyahu’s linger- told Kan publicradio that Under acoalitionagreement, REUTERS operatorsof Naypyitaw,are “bogus and politi- promisedtoreachout to neg- ing anger and hostility toward Netanyahu did nothold aformal Bennett will hold the office of pre- KABUL,JUNE14 callymotivated”withthe inten- lected foreign allies as well as to the newgovernment. handoverceremonywithBennett mierfor the firsttwo years of the Telegramapp tion of nullifying thevictory and healdivisivenessathomeafterse- Israel’s parliament, the because he feels “cheated” by the term, and then Foreign Minister THE TWOmain hospitals treat- GERMANAUTHORITIEShave preventing Suu Kyifromrunning curingarazor-thinmarginto oust Knesset,narrowly approved the formation of the Bennett-Lapid YairLapid,thearchitectof thecoali- ing people with Covid-19in launchedproceedingsagainst forofficeagain.“Thistrialisclearly Benjamin Netanyahu. But the newBennett-ledcoalition gov- governmentand“doesn’twantto tion, will become prime minister. Afghanistanhavehad to close Telegram thatcouldsee the the openingsalvo in an overall longtime leader showednosigns ernment on Sunday,ending give even the slightestlegitimacy The newgovernment was their doors to newpatientsbe- messengerapp’soperators strategyto neuterSuuKyiandthe of backingdown,vowingMonday Netanyahu’s historic 12-year rule. to this matter.” sworninlateonSunday andwent cause of alackofbeds, asenior Ahospital worker receivesa finedfor failing to abideby National League forDemocracy to deposehis rivals and saying he Bennett nowpresidesovera The coalition includes three to work on Mondaymorning. health official and doctors said vaccine doseinKabul. Reuters laws requiring social media partyasaforcethatcanchallenge wascheated out of power. diverse and fragile coalition parties that areheadedbypoliti- US President Joe Biden called on Monday. sites to police their users’ ac- militaryrule in the future,” said Newlyminted Prime comprisedofeightsmall and cianswho usedtobeNetanyahu BennettlateSundaytowishhim Afghanistan is grappling with tions. German magazine Der PhilRobertson,theorganisation’s MinisterNaftali Bennett held a midsize parties withdeep ideo- allies,includingBennett.Although well and pledgehis commitment athirdwaveofthe pandemic, Mirwais Alizay, deputy Spiegel reportedoverthe deputy Asiadirector. AP brief handovermeeting in the af- logical differences —but prom- theyshareNetanyahu’s hardline to preserving US-Israelities. AP with arecordnumber of infec- health ministry spokesperson, weekendthatofficialsbelieve tions and deaths being reported saidhospitals had closesome- use of the Telegram app has amid asurge in violence as US- times due to higherpatient reachedathreshold whereit Hollywood take on Christchurch massacre sparks anger in NZ ledinternational forces with- numbers but he deniedthat hos- can be treatedinthe same draw andTaliban insurgentsgo pitals were facingserious short- wayasFacebook,Twitterand but instead on the response by NewZealand producer dropped Zealand’s Muslim community. on the offensive. ages of supplies, saying issues TikTok when it comes to re- NATASHAFROST Prime MinisterJacinda Ardern. outof theproductiononMonday. “The griefisstill very rawfor alot “Both Afghan Japan and Ali with oxygen had been solved. quiring cooperation with AUCKLAND,JUNE14 More than60,000peoplehave Some Muslims said thefilm, of the victims, their families and Jinnah hospitals had to close MasiNoori,adoctor at Afghan German authorities. AJustice signedapetition callingfor the as proposed, would exploit their forthe community as awhole.” their doors because theyhad no Japan hospital, said it had been Ministryspokeswoman con- APLANNED Hollywood film movietobeshutdown.Ardernre- trauma and engagein“white The film, announcedon morebedsorresources,” the closedto newpatientsfor several firmedthat authorities have about the Christchurch mosque leasedastatementdistancingher- saviorism” by making Ardern Thursday, is called TheyAre Us, health official said. days because it had run out of written to Telegram’s opera- massacrehas drawnasharp self from the film, whichshe said the central character. takingitstitlefromArdern’scom- The official said the twohos- beds. Eid Wali, head of Ali Jinnah tors in the UAEoverits failure backlash in NewZealand, with she had notbeen consulted on. “It’s reallyintenselyhurtful,” mentsabouttheMuslimcommu- pitals, both in the capital Kabul, hospital, saidit hadto stoptaking to provideachannel forrais- Muslims denouncingthe direc- The mayorofChristchurch said Amakeshiftmemorial in said GuledMire, aFulbright nity afterthe 2019 shootings at were facing persistent shortages newpatientswhen itsCovid-19 ingcomplaints. AP tor’s decisiontofocus notonthe that the movie’screwswould not Christchurch,New Zealand, scholar at Cornell University twomosques,inwhichmorethan of oxygen and other medical bedswerefull. It letinnew pa- community’s pain and resilience, be welcome in her city,and one in March 2019. NYT who is amember of New 50 people died. NYT supplies. tientsasbedsbecome free.

SHI ZHENGLI,ATOP VIROLOGIST,SAID IN ARARE INTERVIEW THAT SPECULATION ABOUT HER LAB IN WUHAN WAS BASELESS China’s ‘BatWoman’,atthe centre of apandemic storm, defendslab

lab in Wuhan, the city wherethe of unsettling questions. email, she denouncedthe suspi- jor transportation hub as well as thatthreeresearchersfromherin- AMYQIN& pandemic firstemerged. Some scientistssay Shi con- cions as baseless, including the arecent study that showedthat stitutehad sought treatment at a CHRISBUCKLEY The idea that the virus may ducted risky experimentswith allegationsthat severalofher justbeforethe pandemic hit, the hospitalinNovember2019 forflu- JUNE14 have escaped from alab had long bat coronaviruses in labs that colleagues mayhavebeenill be- city’s markets were selling many likesymptoms, before thefirst been widelydismissedbyscien- were notsafeenough. Others fore the outbreak emerged. animal species capableofhar- Covid-19 cases were reported. TO Agrowing chorus of US tistsasimplausible and shunned want clarity on reports,citing US The speculation boilsdown bouring dangerouspathogens “The Wuhan Instituteof politicians and scientists,she is by others forits connection with intelligence, suggesting that there to one central question: Did Shi’s that could jumptohumans. Virologyhas notcome across the keytowhetherthe world former US President Donald were earlyinfections of Covid-19 lab hold anysource of the new Some of Shi’s experimentson suchcases,” she wrote. “If possi- will ever learn if the virus behind Trump.Butfreshscrutinyfromthe among severalemployees of the coronavirus before the pan- batviruseswere doneinBiosafety ble, can youprovide the names the devastating Covid-19pan- Bidenadministrationandcallsfor Wuhan InstituteofVirology. demic erupted? Shi’s answer is Level2labs, wheresecurity is of the three to help us check?” demic escaped from aChinese greater candor from prominent Shi has denied these accusa- an emphatic no. lowerthan in other labs at the in- As forsamplesthat the lab lab. To the Chinese government scientistshave broughtthetheory tions and nowfindsherself de- Shi Zhengliinside alaboratoryatthe Wuhan Instituteof But China’srefusal to allow stitute. That has raisedquestions held,Shi has maintainedthat the and public,she is aheroofthe backtothe fore. fending the reputationofher lab Virology in 2017. NYT an independentinvestigation about whether adangerous closestbatvirusshehadinherlab, country’s success in curbing the Scientists generallyagree that and, by extension, thatofher intoher lab, or to sharedataon pathogen could have slippedout. whichshe shared publicly, was epidemic and avictim of mali- thereisstill no direct evidence to country. Reachedonher cell- itsresearch,makeitdifficult to Shi said that bat viruses in China only 96%identicalto SARS-CoV-2, cious conspiracy theories. supportthe lab leak theory. But phone lastweek,Shi said at first “Howonearth can Ioffer up tion. “Idon’tknowhow the world validateShi’sclaims and has only could be studiedinBSL-2 labs be- the virus that causes Covid-19— Shi Zhengli, atop Chinese vi- moreofthem nowsay that the that she preferrednot to speak evidence forsomething where hascometo this,constantlypour- fuellednagging suspicions. cause therewas no evidence that avastdifferenceby genomicstan- rologist,isonceagainatthecentre hypothesis wasdismissedtoo directlywith reporters, citing her thereisnoevidence?” she said, ingfilthonaninnocentscientist,” Those in favour of the natural theydirectlyinfected humans, a dards.Sherejectsspeculationthat of clashingnarrativesaboutherre- hastily, without athorough inves- institute’s policies. Yetshe could hervoicerisinginanger during she wroteinatextmessage. origins hypothesis, though, have viewsupportedbyotherscientists. her lab had worked on other search on coronaviruses at astate tigation,andtheypointto arange barely contain her frustration. thebrief,unscheduledconversa- In arareinterviewover pointedto Wuhan’s role as ama- Shealsorejectedrecentreports viruses in secret. NYT WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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SIMPLY PUT QUESTION &ANSWER CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD TOTAL VACCINATED IN INDIA (at leastone dose) How indicative is GDP? 20,63,69,672 ■ Firstdose ■ Seconddose

35,00,000 GDP has oftenbeen criticised forfailing to capturesome aspects of the economy. Instead of pullingit 30,00,000 25,00,000 34,66,241 down, using abroader setofvariables can provide amorenuancedunderstanding of people’s wellbeing. 20,00,000 15,00,000 14,76,211 Butdoesn’t GDP oftenfail to account for UDITMISRA allthe things that bring down our 10,00,000 2,84,628 HOWSOMECOUNTRIESAREGOINGBEYONDGDP 1,78,042 NEWDELHI,JUNE14 welfare? Forinstance,the damage done 5,00,000 by the use of fossilfuels. 0 EVERYTIME India revisits itsestimates of ■INDICATOR ■ DESCRIPTION This is true; GDP fails to capturethe wel- LAST 10 DAYS (daily) growth in GrossDomesticProduct,thereis fare loss. But then the reverse is also true. June 04 June 13 renewedconcern about the use of GDP. AUSTRIA ISRAEL GDP oftendoesn’t adequatelyaccount forall Many, including thosebelonging to therul- ■ How’s Austria ■ Well-being, the welfaregains either.For instance, as we ing party,haveclaimedthat GDP is afaulty ■ Statistics Austria Sustainability and have seen during the pandemic,abar of soap TOTAL DOSES COVISHIELD COVAXIN measure. publishes since 2010 National Resilience or asimple mask,bothofwhich can be ob- 87.9% 12% HowaccurateisIndia’s GDP? Does it suf- an annual reporton30 Indicators tainedfor less than Rs 10,provide welfarefar 25,48,49,301 ferfromaflaw?Isitresponsibleformisdirected keyindicators categorisedintothree ■ Agovernment resolution in 2015 in excess of Rs 10 (their final market value) policiesand flawedeconomic outcomes? dimensions:material wealth, quality asked theCentral BureauofStatistics by saving lives. (SputnikV's25,314doses Beforetackling thesequestions, it would of life, and environmental to publish indicators in 10 domains As farasthe broader question of people’s help to recollect howGDP is defined. sustainability including quality of employment; wellbeing is concerned, of course, GDP is in- notrepresentedinpie) personal security;health; housing adequatebut again, that is by design. In other What is GDP? BELGIUM and infrastructure; education. words,if one wantstoknowabout the stateof DOSES ON JUNE13 16,54,253 The International Monetary Fund states ■ Complementary air pollution or the cost(or ease) of getting a “GDP measures the monetary valueoffinal indicators to GDP JAPAN hospital bed or the unequal distribution of JUNE 12 : 35,94,744 (32,03,312 1st doses; 3,91,432 2nd) goods and services —that is, those that are ■ A2014law requires ■ Commissionon wealth, or even happiness, then one would boughtby thefinaluser—producedinacoun- an annual reporton Measuring Well-Being needtomap other measures. tryinagiven period of time (sayaquarterora ComplementaryIndicators to GDP.It ■ Establishedin2010 INDIAACTIVE CASES 9,73,158 year)”. It is important to note that GDP maps includes reporting trends for67 to promoteresearch What arethe alternatives? the “final” goods and services, notthe inter- indicators groupedin13themesand and studies on new The table alongside details the steps taken mediateones. covering three dimensions: current growth and well-being, and to by some countries to go beyond GDP. 20,00,000 generation (hereand now), future develop and improvestatistics in Inhisbook,Pillingdevotesseveralchapters Is GDP afaulty metric to map economic generation (later) and other countries these fields discussing the alternatives. Theyare GDP per growth? (somewhereelse). capita, median income, inequality (Gini coef- 15,00,000 9,73,158 It is true thatfor awhilenow,GDP'sdomi- UNITED KINGDOM ficient),netdomesticproduct(NDP,calculated nance as the single mostimportant wayto GERMANY ■ Measuring National aftersubtractingdepreciationof capitalgoods 15,55,248 mapthehealthof aneconomyhasbeenques- ■ Gut Leben in Wellbeing programme from GDP), well-being (using Maryland’s 10,00,000 tioned. Deutschland ■ Launchedin2010, it GenuineProgressIndicator)and,lastly, carbon Mostnotably,in2008, Nicholas Sarkozy, (Wellbeing in Germany aims to monitorand dioxide emissions. 5,00,000 then PresidentofFrance, commissionedare- —what matters to us) reporton“howthe UK But pick anymeasureand youcan find LAST 10 DAYS portfromJosephStiglitz,AmartyaSenandJean ■ Launchedin2013, it as awhole is doing” through faultswithit—especially if youwantto treatit June 04 June 13 Paul Fitoussi “toidentify the limits of GDPas includes 46 indicators groupedin measures of well-being. Aprogress as thesingle go-tometric formaking policies. Note: The June 13 figures in these graphs arebased on thegovernment updates on June 14 anindicatorof economicperformanceandso- 12 dimensions. The indicatorsare reportispublishedbi-annually. Forinstance,whileGDPpercapitaprovides cial progress, including the problemswith its supposedtobeupdated on a Source: Beyond GDPbyStiglitz, amoreaccuratepictureofthe wellbeing of an measurement;toconsiderwhatadditionalin- regular basis Fitoussi andDurand averageIndian,itcontinuesto sufferfromsome INDIATOTALCASES 2,95,10,410 formationmight be required forthe produc- of thesame drawbacksasGDP.Moreover, it Source: Ministry of Health &Family Welfare, updated at 11 pm on June 14 tion of morerelevant indicators of social can be shown thatGDP per capitafails to spot progress;to assessthefeasibilityof alternative Does it claim to measure welfareorwellbe- and berating it by judging it basedonsocial or risinginequalities.Imaginethetop100Indians measurement tools, and to discuss howto ing?Doesitclaimto measurehappiness?Does moralnormswouldbecompletely missingthe doubling their income in ayear while the rest presentthestatisticalinformationinanappro- it claim to measureinequality? Is it ameasure point of using GDP. of India remains at the same level. In sucha priateway”. of corruptionorthelack of it?Doesitmeasure Forinstance, GDP can go up withprostitu- scenario,per capitaGDP will rise and give an Diabetes drug shows promise Their 2018 book Beyond GDP built on the therobustnessof ademocracy?Doesitmeas- tion as well as coal mining. That it does so is impression—albeitafaultyone—thattheav- Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussireporttofindalternatives urepollutionorclimatechange?Theanswerto notits fault. The question of whether an econ- erageIndian is better off. against Covid lung effects to GDP. all suchquestionsisasimple“No”. omyshould allow either prostitution or min- Similarly,inTheGrowthDelusion (2018), So,forthesakeofargument,youcouldhave ing, or both, or neither,iscompletely separate What is the takeaway? METFORMINISawidelyprescribed whichfluids leakintothe lungs, mak- David Pilling, asenior journalistwith the an economythathas rising levels of inequal- from whathappens to GDP wheneither of It is true that solely focusing on GDP can blood sugar-lowering drug.Itisoften ing breathing difficult and restricting Financial Times,arguedthat GDP is the wrong ity,falling levels of democratic norms, falling these activities is undertakenopenly. lead to policiesthatare blind to people’s usedasanearly therapy(in combina- oxygen supplytoessentialorgans. waytomeasure thewellbeingofasociety, and levels of civil liberties, increasingair and wa- broader wellbeing. But it is also true that it's tion withdietand lifestyle changes) for ARDS is afrequent cause of death in pa- thatpursuingpoliciesthatsolelyfocusonrais- terpollution, worsening gender equality etc. Even if it is notfaulty per se,isitadequate? easier to berate GDPthantofind aworthy type 2diabetes. In astudy published tientshospitalisedwith COVID-19. ing GDPoften ends up hurting the welfareof and still have rising levels of GDP. In an economysuchasIndia, thereare replacement. Instead of pulling down GDP, online in thejournal Immunity ,a The researchers found that the people. The question is: Does the existence of any severallimitations with regard to dataavail- it is better to look at abroader setofvariables multi-institution team metformin adminis- (or all) of these ills implythat GDP is afaulty ability.For instance, the merefact thatalarge to getamorenuancedunderstanding of peo- ledbyresearchers at teredtomice prior to or Howfar arethese allegations valid? measureof“the totalmarketvalue of all final partofIndia’s economyfunctions in the in- ple’s wellbeing. University of California afterexposuretobacte- TheanswerdependsonwhatyouuseGDP goods and services”? formal sector suggests that “formal” esti- San Diego(UCSD) rial endotoxin, asurro- for. GDP measures the total marketvalue of The answer is, again, “No”. mates of GDP would be missing out on ac- LONGER VERSION: School of Medicine gate forbacterial pneu- goods and services in an economyinayear. The fact is that GDPisasimple measure, curatelycapturing the GDP. www.indianexpress.com identifiedthe molecu- monia, resultedinthe lar mechanism forthe inhibition of ARDS on- anti-inflammatoryac- PAPER setand lessening of its THIS WORD MEANS: BIRTHING PEOPLE tivity of metformin and symptoms. Metformin found that metformin CLIP also produced amarked prevents pulmonaryor reduction in mortality Debate around replacing ‘mother’ for inclusivity lung inflammationin NEWRESEARCH in endotoxin-chal- miceinfected with lenged mice and inhib- SARS-CoV-2. ited immunity. plebeyondbinarygenderidentitiescanberep- feeding’insteadof breastfeeding,‘birthingpar- tweeted, “Theleftissowokethey’restripping Researchers usedamouse model YASHEE resented.Othersuchtermsincludechest-feed- ent’insteadof ‘mother’,and‘secondbiological from womenthe one thing that only we can of acuterespiratorydistress syndrome Source: University of California NEWDELHI,JUNE14 ing instead of breastfeeding, and ‘menstruat- parent’ or ‘co-parent’ instead of father. do.” Yetanother criticism is that atermsup- (ARDS), alife-threatening condition in San Diego ing people’ or ‘menstruators’ instead of AlsoinFebruary, ahandbookpublishedby posedtobeinclusiveactually excludesadop- IN ITS recent budget,the US governmenthas ‘menstruating women’, whichauthorJK the GenderInstituteofAustralian National tive parents. replacedthe word ‘mothers’ with ‘birthing Rowlingfamouslytook offence to. University advocated the use of terms like The counter-arguments arethat the term people’inasection thatdealswithbringing Those who advocatethe use of ‘birthing “chest-feeding”and“gestational”and“nonges- doesnoterasewomen,aswomentooare “peo- down maternal mortality rates. “The United people’ saytransmen (persons assigned the tational” parent. Aspokesperson forANU, ple”;andtheassumptionthatonlywomenare States has the highestmaternal mortalityrate female gender at birth but who identify as however, later said these were notthe official mothers puts the pressureof“confirmingto SHUBHRA RANJAN amongdevelopednations, with an unaccept- men)andgenderqueerpeople(whoidentifyas views of the university. motherhood” on women who maynot wish ablyhigh mortalityratefor Black, American neithermennorwomen)alsogive birth.They to have children. Always Ahead Point, counterpoint We are PROUD of Our Unique PEDAGOGY and Our STUDENTS Indian/Alaska Native,and other women of argue that languagebuilt around afemale Onewaysuggestedhasbeenthat‘birthing Who haveaccomplished their cherished Goal by putting Trust in Us. color,” the policy document says. mother erases suchparents. Critics see ‘birthing people’ as an example people’beusedalongwithratherthanreplace The use of the term hasbeen mockedby of ‘extreme wokeism’.For example, ‘chest- ‘women’.The Brighton and SussexUniversity ADMISSIONS OPEN AT ALL OUR REGIONAL CENTERS many, including President Joe Biden’s Previous use feeding’ is supposedtobegender-neutral, Hospitals said on itswebsitethat its“gender- GS Foundation Batch Optional Courses Republican opponents At aHouse Oversight hearing In May, US whenbattle armour,arather “masculine” en- additive approach”wouldinvolve“usinggen- CongresswomanCoriBushsaidinaspeechshe semble,includes ‘breastplates’.Others argue der-neutral languagealongside the language Live Batch PSIR |GEOGRAPHY |ANTHROPOLOGY Why‘birthing people’ would do her utmosttosave“Blackmothers, thatthe term erases women from astruggle of womanhood”. 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MF had violated provisionsofMutualFunds changeinterms of investment immediately cised;theamountinvolvedwasRs315crore. therefore, could notredeem their invest- VivekKudvasaid: “My personal transac- GEORGEMATHEW& Regulations and certain Sebi circulars. to valuation agencies and credit rating agen- The regulator said the decision to remain ments,” Sebi said. tionsinthetwoschemes(underwinding-up) SANDEEPSINGH It notedserious violations withregardto cies,and had made incorrect disclosures of invested in suchilliquid securities wasa have been conducted in good faith and with MUMBAI,NEWDELHI,JUNE14 scheme categorisation (replicating high-risk the monthly portfolio of securities. strong pointer to the (commercial) arrange- FT's explanation no intent to gain unfair benefit. As stated in strategy across severalschemes); pushing ment of lending moneytothe issuer forthe Franklin TempletonAMC said the six the Sebiorder,Ihad already placedmyself in MORE THAN ayear afterFranklin long-term papersintoshort-term duration; Investment irregularities pre-decidedtime, or until the issuerrepaid. schemes have followedaconsistent strategy asimilar positionasinvestors in April 2020 TempletonAsset Management Company non-exercise of exit options in the face of Sebisaidtheinspecteddebtschemeshad of investingincreditsacross the rating spec- and the proceeds of the redemptions were abruptlyshut down six credit risk schemes emergingliquidity crisis; and securities val- exposuretoilliquid securities in the rangeof Role of Kudvas trum and have deliveredmeaningful out- voluntarilyset aside suchthat Iand my fam- involving Rs 26,000crore, the Securities and uation,risk management, and due diligence. 73-85%forMay 2019,and85-94%forJanuary VivekKudva, Director of Franklin comes to investors over longperiodsoftime. ilywill ultimatelyreceive no morethan the ExchangeBoardofIndia (Sebi) has found 2020, long before theCovid-19pandemic hit TempletonAMC, his wifeRoopaKudva, and It said it places“great emphasis on compli- investors remaininginthe schemes.” major lapses and abreachofthe regulator's Showcause notice the financialmarkets. It is notclearwhy the mother Vasanthi Kudvasold unitsworth Rs ance” and believesthat it has alwaysactedin mutualfund guidelines, and comedown Followingtheforensicauditreport,which fundhousedidnotexercisetheexitoptionin 30.70 crorejustbeforeFTshutdownthe the best interestofunitholders and in accor- Impact on MF industry heavilyonthe fund house. includedresponsesof theAMC/trustees,Sebi the face of increasingliquidity stress. schemes on April 23, 2020. VivekKudvahad dance with regulations. When FT shutdownsix schemes in April issuedashowcause notice to FT AMC on Between October 2019 andMarch 2020, been privy to information suchasconcerns “These schemes providedanimportant 2020, therewas panic among debt scheme Sebi order againstFT November 24 lastyear. therewereeightinstances of put options in of redemption, concentration andliquidity source of funding to growing companies in investors across fund houses, and hugere- Sebi barredFTAMC from launching any It said FT had invested in illiquid securi- the ultrashortbond scheme that AMC had riskpertaining to thestressinthe impugned Indiathattodatehaveproventobesoundin- demptionsincreditriskschemesof othermu- newdebt scheme fortwo years, and asked it ties without proper due diligence, and had notexercised;themarketvalueofthesecuri- debtschemes,mostofwhichwasnotinpub- vestments. Manyofthese holdings arenow tual funds.Assets under credit risk funds to refundRs512.5crore,theinvestmentman- made investmentsthat were akin to giving ties on the dateofput option wasaround Rs lic domain, Sebi said. being liquidated by the schemes at fair value plummetedbyRs36,000 croretoRs25,656 agement and advisoryfees collected from loansto issuers.ThenoticeallegedFTwasrun- 900crore.Also,therewere15instancesof in- SebifinedVivek Rs 4crore,Roopa Rs 3 under normal market conditions,” it said. crorefromFebruary2020 to May2021. June 4, 2018 to April 23, 2020 withrespect to ning the inspected debt schemes likecredit terest rate reset(excluding the call and put crore,andbannedthemfromthemarketsfor Itsaidthesixschemesunderwinding-up “Somefund houseswereusing thesame the six debt schemes, along with simple in- risk fund schemes, and had notdisclosed to options) whereinthe scheme had notexited one year.“It wasalleged thatthe act of re- have distributed Rs 14,572 croretounithold- modusoperandithatFTusedinthesixclosed terest attherate of 12%perannum.Italsoim- investorsitsstrategyof investinginhigh-yield even though the security had become illiq- demptionofunitsbythe Kudvas...amounted ers as of April 30, 2021, and Rs 3,205 croreis schemes.They have investedinilliquidinstru- posedapenalty of Rs 5crore. securities withlow credit rating of AA and A. uid;theamountinvolvedwasRs4,708crore. to anunfairtradepracticeinsecuritiesmarket available fordistribution as of June 4, 2021. mentsofunknown companies. We don’t Sebi said it had found severalirregulari- ItalsoaccusedFTofgivingincorrectmaturity In the low-duration scheme, during and afraud on the other unsuspecting unit Afterthis, the total amount disbursedwill knowthe fate of suchinvestments. The Sebi tiesintherunningof theschemes,whichim- dates; the securities were thusvaluedincor- October2019 to March 2020,therewerefour holdersofsaid debt schemes who were not rangebetween 40% and 92% of AUMasof move will clean up the system,” an invest- pactedtheinterestsof unitholders,andthatFT rectly. It alleged FT had notdisclosed the instances of put option that were notexer- privy to suchconfidentialinformation and April 23, 2020 across the six schemes. ment advisorsaid. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 12 CALENDAR THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,JUNE15,2021

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International market data till1900IST COVID WATCH CONSULTATION PAPERONMICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS Dronesfor vaccines: VACCINATION MFIframeworkplan:RBIforlimit ICMR seeksbids, Less than 0.5% sign Telangana explores up for vaccines onrepaymentterms,noratecap ‘Medicines from Sky’ household, more emphasis The RBI has notproposed via rural centres ENSECONOMICBUREAU New auditors: should be placedon‘normally anyspecific interestrateceiling. PRANAVMUKUL& UAVsFORMEDS MUMBAI,JUNE14 living together’ than on ‘ordinar- “The boardofeachNBFC-MFI PRABHARAGHAVAN RBI clarifies on ilytaking food from acommon should adoptaninterestrate NEWDELHI,JUNE14 ■ ICMR is seeking UAVs govt cited to SC THE RESERVEBank of India (RBI) tenure, norms kitchen’, it said. The RBI has model taking into account rele- capable of operating has proposedanew regulatory mootedcappingthe payment of vant factors suchascostof WITHTHE focus moving to deliv- beyond visual line of framework formicrofinanceinsti- Mumbai:TheRBIhasstuckto interestand repayment of prin- funds, margin and risk premium ering vaccines in difficult to reach sight. The Aviation AASHISHARYAN tutions (MFIs) that includes cap- itsstancebuthasclarifiedcer- cipal forall outstanding loan ob- and determine the rate of inter- areas,theCentreandstategovern- Ministrypicked20 NEWDELHI,JUNE14 pingtheoutflowonaccountofre- taindoubtsintheindustryon ligations of the household as a esttobechargedfor loansand mentsare taking the drone route consortia but none payment of loan obligations of a the tenureand eligibility cri- percentageofthe household in- advances,” the RBI said. to gettosuchterrains. On one ha- have been cleared. OVER Amonth afterthe household to amaximumof50 teria regarding newnorms come, subject to alimitofmaxi- It has proposedwithdrawal of nd, the Indian Council of Medical Meanwhile, companies Supreme Court wastoldthat percentof thehouseholdincome forappointing auditors by fi- mum 50 per cent. some of the guidelines presently Research (ICMR) has soughtbids likeFlipkartand Dunzo the CommonService Centres and no pre-payment penalty or nancialinstitutions. PTI Thereare 197MFIswithaloan applicable to onlyNBFC-MFIs, in- from droneoperators to supply have announcedtheir (CSCs) would be ropedinto requirement of collateral, along outstanding of Rs 2,27,942crore. cludingstipulationsrelatedto sub- medicines and vaccines; on the consortia under registerthe rural population with greater flexibilityofrepay- Of this, 15 banksaccount forRs limitsonloan amount (Rs 75,000 other,the Telangana government Telangana’s drone forvaccination on the Co-Win ment frequency forall microfi- Rs1,25,000andRs2,00,000forru- 93,432 crore, 86 NBFC-MFIs Rs in firstcycle, exclusion of loans to- has launchedaproject to check delivery scheme platform, the 3lakh CSCs ac- nanceloans. ralandurban/semiurbanareas,re- 70,196 croreand 8small finance wardseducationand medical ex- deliveryfeasibilityof medicalsup- countforlessthan0.5percent Inaconsultationdocumenton spectively. Forthis purpose, banksRs42,689 crore. pensesfromoverall limit), tenure plies.Companieswithlogisticsex- of the total number of people MFIregulations,whiletheRBIhas ‘household’meansagroupof per- AspertheRBI,thereshouldnot (minimum tenureof24months perience including Flipkartand Onthelinesof theconditional who have registeredsofar. suggestedacommondefinitionof sons normallyliving together and be anypre-paymentpenalty and forloans above Rs 30,000)and Dunzohaveannouncedtheircon- exemption granted to ICMR,the According to records ob- microfinance loans forall regu- taking food from acommon disclosureofpricingrelatedinfor- purpose(minimum50percentof sortia under Telangana’sdrone Centrealso exempted Telangana tainedbyTheIndianExpress,of Vaccination drive in Pipan, lated entities, it has notfixed any kitchen,” the RBI said. mation should be in astandard loansforincomegenerationactiv- delivery scheme to develop and from the BVLOSrestrictions to al- the28.5crore peoplewhohad near Ahmedabad. Of the ceiling on interestrates. Even though the determina- simplifiedfact-sheet. Minimum, ities).Ithas alsomootedthe with- executedrone deliveries there. lowdrone operations to test fea- registeredfor vaccination till 28.5crore people whohad “Microfinanceloansshouldmean tion of the actual composition of maximum and averageinterest drawal of two-lender norm for As per ICMR’s June 11 tender sibility forvaccine deliveries. June 12,only14.25 lakh had registeredtill June 12,only collateral-freeloansto households ahousehold should be left to the rateschargedonmicrofinance lendingbyNBFC-MFIsandallpric- document,floated by HLL Infra Industryexecutivesindicate that registeredthrough the CSCs. 14.25 lakh had registered withannualhouseholdincomeof judgment of the head of the loans should be displayed, it said. ing relatedinstructions. Tech Servicesonitsbehalf,theaim withBVLOS,droneoperationsbe- Thoughthe totalnumber via CSCs, as perrecords. File isto developa“feasible”modelfor come morecostefficient as of registrations donebythe vaccine delivery to ensurelast- economiesof scalecanbebrought CSCshasincreasedmarginally mile coverage of “difficult” ter- in.This ispossiblebytheability of PANDEMIC IMPACT month-on-month,itstillhigh- Thestate,whichhasoneof the rainsin“selected”locations.Itwas having the drone pilots locatedin lightsthe gapbetween rural highestnumberof villages,had floated usingthe preliminaryre- asituationwhiletheUAVsareop- and urban India, and raises registered5,18,422 people on ‘Consumer anxietyathighest, less sultsof a“successfully”conducted eratedin adifferent region. These questions on vaccine equity. theCo-Winplatform,followed affluent mostskeptical of economy’ feasibility study with IIT-Kanpur can be specificallymoreusefulin Till May11, only54,460 by Punjab, whichhad regis- to delivervaccines usingun- casesof time-sensitive deliveries. CSCswere active,andtheyhad tered77,303. Consumer anxiety is at its highestlevels since the mannedaerial vehicles (UAVs). In astatement announcing its registeredjust1.7 lakh people VillagesinUnionTerritories outbreak of pandemic in India withthe less affluent most In April, the MinistryofCivil participation in the Telangana forvaccination—about0.1per showedfurthermarginalisisa- skeptical about economic outlook,aBCG study said Aviationhadgrantedaconditional government’s‘Medicinesfrom cent of the over 17 crorewho tion.TheCSCsinAndamanand exemption to ICMR forits study SkyProject’,Flipkartsaid:“Aspart had registeredfor vaccination NicobarIslands,Lakshadweep, SURVEYDETAILS: 23andMay28,coveringaround Expectedtheir against40%inthelastsurvey with IIT-Kanpur on feasibility of of the consortium,Flipkartwill across the countrytill then. Dadraand NagarHaveli, Covid-19consumersentiment 4,000respondentsacross 51% spendsovernext roundinJuly20-Aug2,2020 BVLOSoperations forvaccine de- utiliselearnings from itstech-en- Explaining the reason for Daman and Diu, and Ladakh researchconductedbetweenMay metros,tierI,II,III,IVandruralIndia sixmonthstobelower,as Source: BCG/PTI liveries. Basedonthe experience abledsupplychain to deploy theslowpaceof vaccineregis- registeredonly57, 10,39, 58 from this study,ICMR is seeking drones and enable deliveries of trations, avillage-levelentre- and 68 people respectively. Why is it important: With the crisis having existed for over ayear, the shape of anew normal for consumer behavior is also beginning UAVscapableof operatingbeyond vaccines and medical supplies”. preneur(VLE)operatingaCSC SmallerstateslikeGoa, to emerge. Many newly adopted behaviors ranging from online shopping, digital content/ payments have continued to stick visual line of sight (BVLOS) and “Acombinationofthesetech- inHaryanasaid:“If we askpeo- Manipur, Meghalaya,Mizo- can coverdistances of 35 km at nologieswillthenbeusedtocon- ple to registerfor vaccination, ramand Nagalandalso fared “minimum” altitudes of 100m. duct BVLOSdeliveries in remote theyaskusif vaccinesare avail- badly, withtheirCSCsregister- It shouldbecapableofcarry- areas of the state wherethe road able, and then tell us that they ing just165; 1,165; 1,350; WINDING UP OF SIX CREDIT RISK SCHEMES IN 2020 ing aminimum payload of 4kg infrastructureisnot conducive for willreturnwhenthereare vac- 1,258; and 1,582 people re- and adheretothe DGCAand the fast deliveryof vaccines.Thepilot, cines. We have to live with spectively. Thetotalnumberof Franklin Templeton MF senior officials, MinistryofCivil Aviation’s safety whichisexpected to be con- them so we don’t pushthem vaccinations(atleastonedose and weight standards. The feasi- ducted foroversix days,will be muchtoregister”. each) in these states was6.57 bilitystudy has made it clear that tested outfor delivering thou- Officials from the Ministry lakh, 5.43 lakh, 5.16 lakh, 3.57 parachute-baseddeliveries will sands of vaccines while keeping of InformationandTechnology lakhand3.48lakhrespectively. trustee fined `15 cr;AMC to move SAT notbepreferred.However, while in mind allthe safetyand effi- confirmedthat the news of The CSCs, run and man- 20 consortia have been pickedby ciency parameters,” it added. vaccine shortagehad indeed aged by the IT Ministry, are file an appeal withthe Securities informationwithrespecttostress theMinistryforexperimentalBV- The‘MedicinesfromSky’proj- percolateddownto thelowest seen as critical nodes in the ENSECONOMICBUREAU Sebi said the trustees of AppellateTribunal (SAT). in the debt schemes. LOSoperations, none have been ect has been conceivedbythe levels in villages. Theywere, government’seffortstobridge MUMBAI,JUNE14 Franklin TempletonMF In three separateorders, the The marketregulator saidthe cleared to carryout these opera- WorldEconomic Forum and however, confidentofregistra- the rural-urban digitaldivide. regulator imposedapenalty of Rs trustees of Franklin Templeton tions as yet. Current rules stipu- Healthnet Global Limited,and tions picking up once vaccine These gram-panchayatand THE SECURITIES and Exchange and officials failedto 5crore on MywishMarketplaces, Mutual Fund (MF) and these offi- latethatdrone operators onlyfly outlines the requirementsfor supplies arerestored. village-leveloutposts often BoardofIndia (Sebi) on Monday avertcertain lapses in Rs 25 lakh on JayaramSIyer,Rs45 cials failedtoavert certain lapses theirUAVswhen in line of sight. drone delivery andhow to assess “Vaccine hesitancy is still a help residentswith digital imposedapenaltytotalling Rs 15 itsfunctioning lakh on VenkataRadhakrishnan in the functioning of the mutual TheseincludeSpiceJet,Dunzo proposals. Telanganahasadopted majorfactor.Thereare allkinds serviceslikeapplying for croreonseniorofficialsof Franklin and Rs 5lakh on Malathi fund.“Theactsanddeedscommit- AirConsortium,SkylarkDrones& this framework to implement of myths floating around. The Aadhaar card, passport, per- TempletonAMC, including presi- Radhakrishnanfor redeeming tedbythem while discharging Swiggy,ClearSky Flight dronesfor last-mile delivery and confusion aroundpricing has manent account number dentSanjaySapre, and itstrustee eachonfund managers —Kunal theirmutualfundunitsbeforethe their duties arenot in the interest Consortium, Throttle Aerospace plans to integratethem intothe moreorless gone nowwith (PAN)card,oropeningof bank forviolating regulatory normsin Agarwal,PallabRoy, SachinPadwal schemeswerewound up. of the unitholders in specific and Systems and Virginia Tech India. state’s healthcaresupply chain. sustainedcampaigning. But accounts.Apart from these thecaseof windingupof sixcredit Desai and Umesh Sharma —as Sebi notedthat VivekKudva, theinvestorsingeneral,”Sebisaid howdoesoneconvincepeople services,roughly1.4lakhofthe risk schemes in 2020. well as former fund manager head of Asia Pacific (APAC)for in its151-pageorder. GOVERNMENT OF RAJASTHAN thattakingthevaccinewillnot active CSCshavealso received The regulator has slappeda Sumit Gupta. Franklin TempletonAMC, and FT officials did notexercise makethemimpotent,”saidan permissionsto startoperations fine of Rs 3crore on Franklin Besides, aRs50lakhpenalty Alok Sethi, director at Franklin proper due diligence while dis- OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT, official. 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THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,JUNE15,2021 MARKIS KIDO DIES OF HEART ATTACK Indonesian badmintonplayer Markis Kido,anOlympicdoubles gold medallist, has died aged 36 from aheart attack,the Badminton World Federation (BWF) said in atweet on Monday. Thedoubles specialistwon gold at the 2008 Beijing 14 SPORT Olympics partnering HendraSetiawan, ayear afterthe pair wonthe men’s doubles titleatthe worldchampionship in KualaLumpur. REUTERS

BRIEFLY 90MINUTES Grandmotherdied The world at his feet IN2MINUTES Aglanceatscorelines, those justbeforeFrench readytoline up at Euros Open final:Tsitsipas With searing speed, enviable skill &voraciousappetitefor goals, thepossibilities areinfinitefor Mbappe at Euros SUNDAY'S GAME DUTCHDELIGHTONTHEIRRETURN Paris: FrenchOpen runner-up As muchasthe gifts,it’s his motivation TOMAJORTOURNEY Stefanos Tsitsipas revealed in an SANDIPG that could see Mbappe scale pastordinary TheNetherlands 3(Wijnaldum emotionalsocial JUNE14 greatness. Thereisananecdote by Antoine 52’, We ghorst 58’, Dumfries 85’) media poston Le RoyfromCanal Plus, who made adocu- beat Ukraine (Yarmolenko75’, Mondaythat he IT’S THE speedthat comes to mind when mentaryabout Mbappe, about his motiva- had learnedof the name Kylian Mbappeisdropped. It was tion. In sparetime, Le Royand Mbappe Ya remchuk 79’) the death of his at the 2018 WorldCup in Russiathat the usedtoplayFIFAonPlaystation. ■ Playing their firstmajor paternal grand- then 19-year-old showedthe worldthat he Bored of beating him repeatedly, tournament in sevenyears, The mother onlyfive wasinatearing hurry to be aglobalsuper- Mbappe asked Roywhat game he pre- Netherlands mightturn out to be minutes before star.Inthe chaotic Round of 16 encounter ferred.Roy said basketball, and he ham- themostentertaining team this the FrenchOpen againstArgentina,searing through the mered Mbappe. Then he told Roy: Euros. The Oranje were everything final againstNovak Djokovic. The heartofthe midfield, Mbappehad his arms “Antoine, give me aweek.When I’m ready, that tournamentfootball is 22-year-old from Greece lostto outstretched forbalance, head pulledback I’ll letyou know.” usuallyassociatedwith:fluid and worldNo. 1Djokovic 6-7 (6-8), 2-6, while his legs whirred. Marcos Rojo,grasp- Aweek later,hegot Mbappe’s call and carefree in attack, calamitousin 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. He thanked herfor ing at shadows,dragged him ontothe invitation. The footballer beat him soundly. defence. The five-goal thriller raising his father and calledher a ground forapenalty. “I had been playing for10years, but Idid- againstUkraine neatlysummed “wise woman whose faith in life, and NowasMbappe and France begin their n’t knowwhat to do. He’s likethat in every- this up,with the Netherlands willingness to give and provide can’t Euros campaign againstGermanyin thing. He giveseverything to be the best,” winning 3-2 thankstoan85th- be compared to anyother human MunichonTuesday, the worldchampions Roytold the PSG website. minute winner by Denzel being that Ihaveevermet.” Tsitsipas would be expectingmuchmorefromtheir Mbappe apparentlyscoured through Dumfries. The debutant had an continued: “It’s important to have talisman, who has evolvedoverthe last hundredsofvideos and literaturetomas- eventful game, missing an open morepeople likeher in this world. three years. The 22-year-old has showed terthe game. Mbappewould say, it’s not chance in thefirsthalf,settingup Because people likeher makeyou he wasmorethan justblinding speedand about motivation, but about dreaming. twointhe second before slotting come alive.Theymakeyou dream. rawpower.Heisstill aspeedmerchant, an In acolumn in Players’ Tribune,he home the deciding goal himself. “I would liketosay that regardless ingenious tricksterand an incrediblydriven wrote:“In Bondy, in the93, in the ban- Butwithcentrebacks Virgil van of the day, circumstance or situation, individual, but his appetitefor goals has in- lieues, maybethereisnot alot of money, Dijk and Matthijs de Ligt out this is entirelydedicated to her,and tensified. it’s true. But we aredreamers. We’reborn injured,the Netherlands defensive onlyher.” Consequently, Tsitsipas He’s lookingtoscoremoregoals than that way, Ithink.Maybe,it’s because frailty wasexposed. Theyedged pulledout of theWimbledon warm- ever before,and understandablyhas had dreaming doesn’t costmuch. In fact, it’s outUkraine, but againsttougher up event in Halle, Germany. his mostprolific season forPSG, scoring 42 free. Me and my friends, we did nothope opponents, this could be their REUTERS goalsin47gamesthis season.His assist to become footballers. We did notexpect. Achilles heel. count, conversely, has comedown, from an We did notplan. We dreamed. Thereisa Messiconfessesto averageof15inthe previousthree seasons difference.” KylianMbappe has gone from strength to strength, three years afterhis to 11 in the last. It’s an indestructible alignment of qual- superlative performancesatthe WorldCup. AP PLAYINGTONIGHT worryingabout ities -dreams alliedwith devotion, speed Dressing-room discord? weddedwith technique. Despitethe riches HUNGARYVS His shots at goal have multipliedwhile he has acquired,Mbappe’s feet arefirmly NOSCHICK!PATRIKSCORES‘GOALOFTHETOURNAMENT’ contractingCovid PORTUGAL passes have halved. This tendency has his on theground. SaoPaulo:ArgentinastrikerLionelMessi France colleague Olivier Giroud ruffled, THE REBOUND shot. “I sawthe ’keeper offhis line, I KICKOFF: 9.30PM confessed that he worriesabout con- quipping that “sometimes youmakearun Sociallyaware ■ In the 52nd minute, Scotland’s Jack checkedalready in the firsthalf. I Defending champions Portugal tractingCOVID-19,aday before hekicks and the balls justdon’t arrive.” Rumours of Lastyear,helaunchedacharity forun- Hendrytriedahopeful long-range thought maybethis situation will aren’tonlyabout Cristiano offanother Copa America with the na- dressing-room discordswirledaround. derprivileged kids called“Inspired by KM”, shot, whichwas blocked. The rebound come.Iknewhestays very high, so Ronaldo this time. In midfielder tional side amid aspateofinfections But Mbappe is notbothered.“I’m afor- whichwill sponsor 98 underprivileged rolledtoPatrik Schick’s feet.The Bayer when the ball came, Iquicklychecked Bruno Fernandes, winger among rivalteams. Players or officials ward andI’vehad that feeling 365 times in children from Paris. Leverkusenforward spotted wherehewas standing, and it wasa Bernardo Silvaand forwardDiogo from Bolivia, Colombia and Venezuela agame,whenyou feel likeyou’re notbe- He shelledout €60,000 to help find goalkeeper David Marshall wayoff his nice goal,” he said. Jota,theyhaveateam that has all testedpositive forthevirusevenbefore ing served,” he said. Nantes forwardEmiliano Salaand pilot line, pickedhis spotand,fromacouple the potential to defend the title. theSouthAmericantournamentkicked Carefullychosen words, likehis care- David Ibbotson aftertheir plane tragically of yardsinside Scotland’s half, THE CURL In 2016,Portugal were held to a offonSundayevening in Brasilia. fully chosen passes these days.His passing disappeared lastJanuary and donatedall delivered aperfect curling shotthat ■ But saying Schickgot lucky because pulsating 3-3 draw by Hungary. Messi,whowilllineupforArgentina has improved since teeing up with Neymar £275,000 of his matchfees from France’s went over the ’keeper and intothe top of an out-of-position goalkeeper But this Hungarian team isn’t as in their opener againstChile in Riode at PSG. His final ball is sharper and more 2018 WorldCup win to charity.His leftcornerofthe goal. would be undermining his skill. He enterprisingasthe one four years JaneiroonMonday, saidthefearof con- precise, because Neymar oftenlikes the ball Instagram account reveals asocially-sen- still had to look up, decide to shoot, agoand theirproblems have tractingtheviruswaswidespreadinthe being fedathis feet. sitive and awarefootballer.Hehas posted 49.7M pickhis spotand ensurethe ball was compoundedafter 20-year-old squad. “It worries us because it is arisk At thestart of their alliance, the about the Australian bushfirecrisis, saving ■ Despite thestrongwinds blowing on target... all this in justamatter of Dominik Szoboszlai, one of the foreveryone catching COVID,” he told Frenchman used to misread Neymar,but the Amazon rainforests and voting in the across Glasgow’s Hampden Park, twoseconds. Cameraangles showed biggesttalentstoemergein reporters. “Wetry to be careful but it’s now, theyare usuallyonthe same wave- European elections. Schick’s shottravelled49.7m before the amount of curlhegenerated-the Hungaryinadecade,withdrew noteasy.Thesethings happen.” “We’ll length. Some of his critics would chime in Thosethat arenot entitledtohis mercy landing in the goal. UEFAsaid this is ball startedfromalmostagoal-width owing to an injury. trytodoall we can so no one gets it but that he has pickedthe petulance of Neymar seem to be defenders. He could unleash the furthestaball has travelledfor a away,beforecurling to the right and Live on Sony Sports Network sometimes it doesn’t depend solely on too, citing the flare-ups with former coach puremayhem on them. An ageing German goal from the time the body started finding the backofthe net. ourselves.”Messiisnotbelievedtohave Thomas Tuchel and his detachment with defence seemsanopen invitation foran maintaining records. The previous GOAL-SCORINGSPREE beenvaccinated,eventhoughtheSouth severalcolleagues. Mbappe would dismiss Mbappe speed-fest; Portugal, their back- record, 38.6m, wasset by Germany 8,393 DAYS American Football Confederation said suchtalk. line mannedbyRuben Dias, would offer midfielder TorstenFrings at Euro ■ Scotland had waited 8,393 days, inAprilithadreceivedvaccinationsand His link-playtoo has improved, and so moreresistance, but the same fear that the 2004. almost 23 years, forareturn to major Number of goals scored aimedtogiveall international players automaticallyhis rangeofpassing. If at worldsaw in Rojo’s eyes that evening in tournament football. The entire 42by Mbappe in 47 games shots before theCopaAmerica kicked times, he usedtoover-hitthe pass, it’smore Kazan could flash on severalpairs of eyes SWEEPER-KEEPER MARSHALL countryhad virtuallycome to a forPSG lastseason. His off.Argentinawasdueto hostthisyear’s well-weighted these days.He’s amore in Euros when Mbappehas the ball at his ■ Even forasweeper-keeper,Marshall standstill to witness this moment. But assists count, conversely, has come Copa America but withdrew at the last roundedplayerthan ever before,exceptin feet.For he alreadyhas theworld at hisfeet. wastoo farupthe pitch--virtually Schick’s brilliance floored them.Apart down, from an averageof15inthe minutedue to asurge of COVID-19 his owneyes. “I still believe that Ihavealot FRANCE VS GERMANY: 12:30 AM playing as acentral midfielder.Schick from the wonder goal, he also scored previous three seasonsto11inthe cases. REUTERS to learn before Ican call myself acomplete (WEDNESDAY); said that encouraged him to take a offaheader in the 42nd minute. ENS last. player,”the youngsterhad recentlysaid. Live on Sony Sports Network Anders andMortenBoesen: Former badminton Why reducing speedonhis players and brothers who helped reviveEriksen firstserve helped Djokovic second serve? lengefor the brothers. SHAHIDJUDGE The Djokovic second serveiswhat an op- SHIVANINAIK Yet, Denmarkisacountrythat seems pre- MUMBAI,JUNE14 ponent can target.And the Serb did nothave MUMBAI,JUNE14 paredfortheseemergencies.“Whenyougofor astellar recordthroughout the tournament. adriver’s licence, youneedtodoastrict CPR WHEN NOVAKDjokovic stepped up to serve In the six matches before thefinal, ANDERS BOESEN wasknown to be an aggres- course, so all above 18 knowthis. Maybeolder at 4-3 in the deciding setagainstStefanos Djokovic served 206second serves, winning sive young shuttler in the early Noughties who generation notsomuch. Also, thereare heart- Tsitsipas, he decidedtochangetactics. It was 114ofthem at 55 per cent. AgainstTsitsipas shared some feisty face-offs with the great starters at different locations across town and agutsy decisiontodrastically reduce the pace his win percentagewas 53, and the Greek IndonesianTaufikHidayat.OnSaturday,hewas almosteveryonehasaHeartHelperApp.Sohelp on his firstserve at that point in the French had attackedDjokovic’s second serveinthe athandasthestadiumdoctor,forolderbrother isroundthecornerassoonasanalarmisraised," Open final, but he had the groundstrokes to firstset (winning nine of 12 points). Morten Boesen-alsothe Denmarkfootball Boe explains. The recently-retired 40-year-old backitup. The 19-time Grand Slam cham- Therefore, in the final stages of thematch, team’schief physician-whenChristianEriksen shuttler,now India coach, waslooking forward pion is notthe biggestserver,but can send when Djokovic needed to holdhis twore- collapsedatthe Parken Stadium afteracardiac to catchingthe action on TV.“Look,the Euros the ball at nearly 200kmph. But at that point maining service games, he decidedtoreduce arrest.The shuttlers-turned-doctors Boesen andWorldCuparethebiggestsportseventsfor in the match, he droppedthe the pace to ensurethe ball landed brothers helpedrestart Eriksen’s heart, after13 Denmark.It’slikecricket in India. The coron- pace down to the 140s, notfo- inside the box. minutes of CPR (cardiopulmonaryresuscita- avirusrestrictionswere justlifted,andeventhe cusingtoo much on angles, in- tion) and one go of thedefillibrator. sun wasshining. People were out theretohave stead making surethe point was Wastherearisk in the tactic? Watchinghishometeamplaytheiropener ablastandeveryonewassmiling.Andthenthis activated. Thereisalways apossibility that againstFinland, India’sdoublescoachMathias happenedandshockedeveryone.Thedreadbe- It wasatactic to notgivehis the opponent maythumpthe ball Boe went through atumult of emotions, as he fore therelief wastoo much,” he says. opponent alook at asecond backfor awinner,but that’s un- watchedthefamiliarwell-builtfigure of Morten Sitting in Hyderabad whereheisplotting serve, opined12-time men’s likely, consideringDjokovic’sdefen- take charge behind the protective circle the Anders and Mortenadministering Eriksen. AP the progress of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and doubles Grand Slam champion sive and anticipatoryskills. Djokovic team formed. Boe had playedfor 6-7 years Chirag Shetty forthe TokyoOlympics, Boe MarkWoodforde on commentary. “He’s sent a142 kmph serveonthe firstpoint while alongwiththeBoesensasteammatesat inter- though foundapainful memory flash back trusting his groundstrokes.” serving forthe title. He sent a190 kmph wide national and club level. “When Eriksen went The Boesen brothers –there’s also athird sionateasIwaswhenoncourt,” Boe says.“He when he watchedEriksen. Playing the 2016 Aslowerfirst servemeant less chance of on matchpoint, whichgot aweak return. down, Iimmediatelyknewthis wasn’t looking doctor sibling Lars in thefamily-playedbad- played withalot of heartand showedaggres- EuropeanMen’sTeamChampionshipatKazan, an ace or service winner,and Tsitsipas could good. I’vemet him afew times since we come minton the hardDanish way. sion. But whathe’s remembered forishis fight- Boe’spartner,fellow formerWorldNo.1, Carsten easilyget the ball backinplay. Butthat By taking pace offhis serve, wasDjokovic from the same hometown. Notknowing what “Mortenwas alittle older while Iwas still ing spirit and howhardheworked. Obviously, Mogensen collapsedsimilarly in front of him, worked well forDjokovic, who had started relying on his groundstrokes? might’vehappenedwas super frightening. But comingup.Heplayedmainlysinglesbuttrained it’snotthetemperamenthecarriedintohiswork suffering an intracranial aneurysminahotel to anticipateeverything the Greek threw at The34-year-oldisone of the best defend- Iwas amazedtosee howthe medical staffre- verystrongly and has remainedfit and muscu- asadoctor.Butthebrotherswerefightersasplay- room. “My mind went backtothe dayCarsten him by then. ers the game has seen and arguablythe actedquickly. Andobviouslylater,Iwasproudas lar.Anders lovedphysical hardsessions. Even ers, and I’m glad theywerethere forChristian.” collapsed. He fell over and later wastold there greatestmover.His groundstrokesare im- abadmintonplayerthatMortenhadgivenhim afterretiring,whenhewasstudyingsurgery,he WhileMortenrosethroughthe ranksat wasablood clot. Iknewwhat the players were Howdrasticallydid the speeddrop? peccable. In general, his serve,though effec- CPR and they’d helpedrevivehim on thefield,” wouldturnupforanintensetwo-hourmorning Copenhagen FC, the topclub in the capital, and goingthroughwatchingafriendgodown.There In his semifinal againstRafael Nadal, tive,isnot considered his biggestweapon. Boe, a2012Olympic silvermedallist, says. sessionat5am.Asaplayer, healwayswantedto thenmovedtothenationalsidein2018,Anders wasnodoctor,justahotelreception with very Djokovic’s averageservicespeedwas clocked Instead, he relies on his groundstrokes to win run the ball hardand stayed in extremelygood wascalledonby UEFAtobethestadium doctor. broken English. It waspureadrenaline Iran at 185kmph. It droppeddownto175 kmph pointsshould arallystart. Shuttlers-cum-doctors shape by running,” Boe recalls. around on finding the team physio and doctor against Tsitsipas. And the serves in his final In thefifth set, Djokovic servedjustone While Danish badminton has along legacy AnderswasPullelaGopichand’sopponentin Thorough professional and getting an ambulance,” Boe recalls. twoservicegames hadaneffect on the mark. ace,whichmeant the remaining 20 points of champs who studiedmedicine -mostlyor- the quarters when the Indian wonthe 2001 All Mortenwould reveal to thepress about the “It wasonlywhen Carstenwas in good Djokovic startedtoserve withless pace (out of 21)hewon on his servecame through thopaedicsurgeonsinlinewiththeirsport-the England. And while Gopichand got past him cardiac arrest and sticktothe facts. “Wedon’t hands that Iclearly remember lying on the bed and morekick. The speeddropped to the groundstrokes. He served five aces in the Boesens were adeptatadministering CPR and withoutmuchfuss,Andershadcreatedastirin knowhow closeitwas,”hewouldexplain,soon and my brain spinning, the ceiling turning and 140s (the slowest measuredat133 kmph), match, meaning the remaining89points (of keepingtheircomposure.“Twentyyearsago,it theearlierroundbeatingthefanciedIndonesian, afterEriksen wassafelydepositedtoahospital feelingmentallyexhausted.Justhow thefootball instead of the 170s and 180s he had been 94)werewon through his groundstrokes. wasprettycommonforallof ustofinishdegrees Hidayat. An earlier Thomas Cup semifinal be- four minutes away in what wasclockworkre- teamwasconvincedtogobackonthepitchand serving in the previous games (his fourth set By putting in slowerfirstserves, alongside badminton and take mandatorylec- tween the twohad been aclassic. He’d retire suscitation. Fearing that he was“gone” when playthe same evening, Idon’t know. It washu- averagewas 180kmph). Tsitsipas could notgenerateenough power tures in between training sessions. (Former around2004afterrealisingthathe’dmaxedout theyarrived at the scene, the medics had gone manlyunfair.Right now, I’m onlythankful that In the last12pointsofthe matchon to put away the point,soinstead had to worldchampion) Peter Rasmussen, Niels as DenmarkNo. 3or4in singles at most, and about calmlyreviving the 29-year-old. With a medical staffand his teammates could revive Djokovic’s serve, sevenwerebelowthe 150 start the rallyand Djokovic could then Christian Kaldauand both Mortenand Anders pursue higher medicine and surgery. globalaudiencetunedinand16,000spectators Christian.I’m proud of what my former bad- mark, and he wonfiveofthem. work his magic around thecourt. And he studiedmedicine, while Anders also reached As aplayer, Anders carriedahell-raising in- focusedonthe medical staff, this heartmuscle minton mates did there to save him. Ihope he kept mixing the pace on his servetokeep WorldNo. 3insingles,” Boe explains. tensity to thecourt. “He wasascrazy and pas- emergency wasanaltogether different chal- gets OK,” he prays. “Restisjustsport.” Whywas Djokovic trying to protect his his opponent guessing.

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