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datafromthe full phase 3trial for CHARGES OF FORGERY, CHEATING KAUNAINSHERIFFM& scientific peer reviewpublica- PRABHARAGHAVAN tion,” the release said. NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER9 While Monday’s announce- Scholarship ment is notscientificallyconclu- AMERICAN PHARMA company sive evidence on the safetyand Pfizer said on Mondaythat dur- efficacy of the vaccine candidate, ing the firstinterim analysis from Pfizer has become the firstfirm scam: FIR filed phase 3clinical trials, itsvaccine to release promising late-stage candidatehad been found to be trial dataofapotential vaccine morethan 90 per cent effective forCovid-19. in preventing Covid-19inpartic- “This is afirstbut critical step in Gaya, Assam ipantswithout evidence of prior in our work to deliverasafeand SARS-CoV-2 infection. effective vaccine,” chairman and Pfizer and itspartner,the CEO Dr AlbertBourla said. As of German biotech company Monday, over 50 million people police arrest 21 BioNTech, said the analysis of had been infected by the novel phase 3trial dataofthe m-RNA coronavirus worldwide, and 1.25 vaccine candidatebyanexternal million had died. Accusedposedasnodal officer of independent DataMonitoring The phase 3clinical trial of Committee (DMC) “has notre- the Pfizer-BioNTechcandidate, Workers during asanitation drive at arailway shedinKolkata. Eastern and South Eastern Railways areset to resume school to divert scholarship: FIR portedany serious safetycon- BNT162b2, beganonJuly27and suburban train services from Wednesday. Partha Paul cerns”. enrolled43,538 participants, scam basedonacomplaint However, the independent 38,955 of whom had receiveda ABHISHEKANGAD& lodged by the state's nodal offi- expertcommittee has recom- second dose by November 8. The ABHISHEKSAHA cer in August. mendedthat the study “con- candidateisasingle nucleoside- Talks with regulators next, no manufacturing RANCHI,GUWAHATI, In Bihar,the FIR wasregis- tinue to collect additional safety modifiedmessenger RNA NOVEMBER9 teredatthe Civil Lines Police and efficacy dataasplanned”, (modRNA) vaccine, whichis agreement in India yet, cold chain an issue Station in Gaya under IPC sec- the companyunderlined. “The made of ashortsegment of ge- POLICE IN Gaya Mondayregis- tions 468(forgeryfor cheating), datawill be discussedwith reg- netic material —the messenger In August, The candidatefor the Covid-19vaccine. Topgovern- teredtheir firstFIR in the illegal 471(dishonestlyusing aforged ulatoryauthorities worldwide,” RNA—whichprovides instruc- KAUNAINSHERIFFM Indian Express had novelcoronavirus, ment sources had confirmed siphoning of the Centrally document) and 420 (cheating). Pfizer said in arelease on tions forahuman cell to makea NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER9 firstreportedthat the which, it said, demon- earlier to The Indian Express that fundedpre-Matric scholarship It names one accused, identified Monday. harmless version of atargetpro- Indian government stratedastrong im- while Pfizer did not“as of now” meant forpoor minority stu- as Babar Ali, forallegedly sub- The release did notprovide tein, in this case the spikeprotein ONE OF the keytakeaways for had had an “initial mune response. have an agreement with the gov- dentsbyanalleged nexus of mitting forged verification docu- details on the specifics of the im- of SARS-CoV-2, in order to acti- India from Monday’s announce- meeting” with repre- Pfizer has so far ernment, and had notidentified middlemen, bank correspon- mentstothe district welfareof- mune response, adverse reac- vate an immune response. ment by Pfizer is the US pharma sentativesofPfizer’s identifiedfivefacili- anymanufacturing facility,itwas dents, officials and school staffin ficer while posing as nodal tions, and age-specific efficacy of Pfizer's announcement on giant’s decision to hold discus- Indian subsidiarydays ties across the globe, possible that a“fill and finish” Bihar and Jharkhand, whichwas officer of Manu Indian Public the vaccine candidate. “Pfizer the firstinterim analysis comes sions with regulatoryauthorities afterPfizer releasedthe early including in the United States option might emerge. revealedinaninvestigation by School to illegallydivertthe and BioNTechplan to submit CONTINUEDONPAGE2 worldwide. phase 1trial dataofits vaccine and Germany, to manufactureits CONTINUEDONPAGE2 The Indian Express. scholarship. The move comes Speaking to The three days af- Indian terthe Union THE Express, Amir Ministryof Subhani, Stop telecast of Minority SCHOLARSHIP Additional HC rejects Arnab plea BMC bans bursting of firecrackers till Affairs, which SCAM Chief content defaming administers Secretaryof for interim bail, police Nov 30, makes exception for Diwali this scholarship -- Rs 1,400crore Bihar's Minority Welfare Bollywood: HC lastyear nationally--decidedto Department who also handles to TV channels ask the CBI to investigatethe the Home portfolio, said: “Based to question him daily EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE nexus that also ropedinschools on The Indian Express report, an MUMBAI,NOVEMBER9 from Punjab and Assam. initial inquirywas conducted SOFIAHSAN In Assam, the Criminal and today, an FIR wasregistered NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER9 OMKARGOKHALE& CITINGHEALTH risk to Covid-19 Investigation Department (CID) in Gaya.” SADAFMODAK patients, the Brihanmumbai said Mondaythat it has arrested On November 5, The Indian RESTRAININGTELEVISION MUMBAI,NOVEMBER9 Goswami Municipal Corporation (BMC) on 21 people, including four head- Express reportedthat Manu news channels including wasarrested Mondaybannedbursting of fire- masters and ateacher,on Indian Public School in Gaya's Republic TV and Times Now THE BOMBAY High Court on Nov4 crackers in Mumbai till chargesoffraud and forgerydur- BankeBazaar blockhas as many from airing or posting any Mondayrejected pleas of November 30 with immediate ing itsinvestigation intothe CONTINUEDONPAGE2 defamatorycontent againstthe Republic TV editor-in-chief effect, making an exception for Mumbai film industryand those Arnab Goswami and twoothers were ready to cooperatewith Diwali on November 14,when partofit, the Delhi High Court forinterim bail in an alleged police. The courtasked the de- less polluting or mild firecrack- Bihar election results Mondaysaiditexpectsfair re- abetment to suicide case regis- fence lawyers to provide copies erslike fuljhadi and anar can be portage and neutrality from the teredagainstthem in 2018,and of the bail applications to the burstinside housing societies or Ashop sells firecrackers in Thane on Monday. Deepak Joshi media. said theycould move bail appli- prosecution so that the latter outside houses in the evening. today: JD(U)-BJP holds It said thereneeds to be some cations before asessions court could file areply. Bursting of firecrackers any- “toning down” because people foradecision within four days. Meanwhile, following an or- whereelse, likeinhotels, clubs, forNovember 14 when in the Hinting at apossible ban on do notwant their private lives Goswami, Feroze Shaikh and der lastFridayfromthe Chief gymkhanas as well as organisa- evening, especiallychildren un- firecrackers in the stateduring on to hope, RJD upbeat dragged in public and are“really Nitish Sarda approachedthe ses- Judicial Magistrate, the three tion and commercial premises, der the guidance of parents, can Diwali, MaharashtraHealth scared”ofthe fourth estate. sions courtinAlibag, and their men arebeing questionedby has been bannedcompletely. burstfirecrackers that aremild in MinisterRajesh Tope had last Justice RajivShakdher, in his bail applications stated that they CONTINUEDONPAGE2 “Wehavemade an exception nature...,” stated the guidelines. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 DIPANKARGHOSE observations on TVdebates, said PATNA,NOVEMBER9 thereis“no civility in (the) dis- course”. THE TWOhouses arebarely500 “I am hearing participantsin First time since border standoff, Setback for Google, to metres apart, but on Monday, debates areusing cuss wordsbe- the mood outside could nothave cause theyget so excited.Ifyou been moredifferent. keep egging them on, that is Modi, Xi on one platform today be probed for alleged Outside 1AnneyMarg, the Outside the RJD office in what happens,” he said. official residence of Chief Patna Monday. Dipankar Ghose Justice Shakdherwas hearing Officials said chances of a abuse of dominance MinisterNitish Kumar,therewas asuit filedby38leading Hindi SHUBHAJITROY border thawatthe SCOmeeting apall of silence. cinema associations and produc- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER9 are“bleak”, giventhe hardposi- Security per- BUSINESSASUSUAL tion houses againstRepublic TV tions the twosides have taken. AASHISHARYAN sonnel discour- and Times Nowfor publishing THE STAGEisset forthe firsten- Besides, unlikeinthe pastSCO, NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER9 aged anyone BY UNNY “irresponsible, derogatoryand counter between Prime Minister BRICS and G-20 summits, where from lingering defamatoryremarks”againstthe NarendraModi and Chinese the leaders could meetinretreat IN YET ANOTHER setbackfor DECISION around, and the film industryand those partofit. President Xi Jinping since the sessions and engageinfree- Google, the Competition 2020 onlyvehicles CONTINUEDONPAGE2 border standoffineastern Theylastmet virtuallyon wheeling discussions, the virtual Commission of India (CCI) BIHAR parkedinthe Ladakh that startedinMay,with March 26 forG-20 meet format doesn’t provide forone- Mondayinitiated aDirector- compound the twoleaders scheduledto on-one conversations. General (DG)-levelprobe intoal- seemedtobethose of the police. THECITY participateinavirtual interac- In 2017,the nearly three- leged abuse of dominant posi- Thirdmajor probebyCCI The gatesat10, Circular Road, tion at the Shanghai Cooperation November 21-22 forthe G-20 month-long Doklam border tion by the companytopromote home to twoformer Chief NCBSUMMONS Organisation (SCO) summit summit. The twoleaders have stand-offwas resolvedjust itspaymentsapp, Google Pay. It Ministers –Lalu Prasad Yadav ARJUNRAMPAL,HIS Tuesday. metatleast18times in the last ahead of the BRICS summit in calledfor investigations to be Indian competition regulator and Rabri Devi –and potential Modi will also shareavirtual six years but lastshared aplat- September 2017 in Xiamen. The completedand areportsubmit- againstGoogle and the various Chief MinisterTejashwi Yadav, PARTNERON platform with the Chinese form on March 26 when Saudi Chumar border stand-offin tedwithin 60 days. services it offers in the country. were shut too. Nobody was NOVEMBER11 PAGE 3 President on November 17 for Arabia held avirtual G-20 gath- September 2014 wasalso This is the thirdmajor an- Acting on an anonymous CONTINUEDONPAGE2 the BRICS meeting and on ering over the Covid pandemic. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 titrustprobe ordered by the CONTINUEDONPAGE2

PAGE 1 ANCHOR Rajasthan schools suspend online classes aftertussle with govt

since November 5and we have fees theyshall be allowedto atelyand the reimbursement for charge excess fees. fees. We also have to arrangefor DEEPMUKHERJEE suspendedonline classes. After charge subject to afinal decision. RTEadmissions be paid. When “Manyschools arecharging laptops and other gadgetssothat JAIPUR,NOVEMBER9 the Covid outbreak,the state On October 28, the govern- schoolsreopen, what will be the excess moneyinthe name of on- the studentscan take online government had deferredthe ment said that as long as schools logic forcharging less tuition fees line classes. At present, thereis classes, whichisanextracost,” FORTHE pastfivedays,private payment of fees forprivate areclosed, studentswill be as forusthe costofmanpower no system in place to monitor said Arvind Agarwal, president, schools across Rajasthan have schools. The 11 lakh teaching and chargedcapacity building fees, and other facilities will be the the quality of online classes. We Sanyukt AbhibhavakSangh, a suspendedonline classes, with non-teaching personnel at these whichwould be60 per cent of tu- same as it wasbeforethe Covid urge the government to ensure parents’ association. school unions claiming that over schools areindirefinancial con- ition fees. crisis? We also want the govern- adetailedmechanism about on- Speakingatapressconference 50,000institutions have gone on dition as the schools couldn't pay But the government also said ment to ensurethat students line classes. Moreover, the Sunday, Education Minister strike. Their demands include no them,” said Anil Sharma, presi- that afterreopening, CBSE schools from affluent families or whose schoolsneedless infrastructure GovindSinghDotasrahadsaidac- cutsintuition fees, payment of dent, School Shiksha Pariwar could charge only70per cent of parentsare government em- foronline classes and them tion will be takenagainstschools reimbursement foradmissions Sanstha, Rajasthan. the total fees that waschargedin ployees, paythe fees so that we charging excess moneydoesn’t that don’t conduct online classes under the Right to Education On October 23, the Rajasthan the lastsession, and Rajasthan can waiveoff the fees forneedy makesense. The 60 per cent fee despitetaking fees forit. The rep- (RTE), and withdrawal of in- High Courthad ruledthat con- Boardschools 60 per cent, due to families,” said Sharma. fixedbythe government forca- resentativesofprivate schools structions issuedonfee collec- sidering the hardship of private the reduction in syllabus. Meanwhile, parents’ associ- pacity building classes is notac- held talkswith the government tion when schools reopen. schools, the stategovernment “Wedemand that the ations have demandedthe inter- ceptable to us. Due to decreased onMonday, followingwhichthey “Over 50,000private schools shall issue necessarydirections October 28 order by the govern- Protests at aschool in Jhunjhunu. Express vention of the government to income in wake of the pandemic puttheirplanto take outaprotest across Rajasthan areonstrike by October 28 regarding interim ment be withdrawnimmedi- ensurethat the schools don’t we won’t be able to payexcess march on Tuesdayonhold. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,NOVEMBER10,2020

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Breakthrough posed“expeditiously”withinfour Border standoff had prima facie formedanopin- days of filing. ion that Google had abusedits days before thecompanyplansto SenioradvocatesHarishSalve resolvedafterModihadraisedthe dominantpositioninthedomes- submit safetyand efficacy data and Aabad Ponda, representing First FIR filed in scholarship scam issue with the visiting Chinese ticsmartphonemarket by reduc- fromthetrialto theAmericanreg- Goswami,hadsoughthisinterim President in Ahmedabad. ing the ability of original equip- ulator,theUnitedStatesFoodand release,arguingthathisarrest was as 134scholarship beneficiar- wordstoaccess the National “Rahman”. William Tell, the Customer Service Points(CSPs) But this time, therehas been mentandmobilephonemarkers DrugAdministration(FDA)seek- “completely illegal”. ies, including 128who stay in a ScholarshipPortal(NSP)to dupe school owner,said the institu- of banks,andmiddlemen,”said nosignof disengagementandde- to optfor alternateversions of its ingemergencyuseauthorisation Goswami’s plea had stated hosteltherebybeingeligiblefor studentsand setupfakebene- tion has no branchoutside SurendraKumar,IGP (CID), escalation aftereight rounds of Android mobile operating sys- “soon afterthe required safety that the closurereportonthe FIR thehighest slabof Rs10,700per ficiaries,whilegenuinepoormi- Punjab, and that therewas no Assam. militarytalks,sixroundsof diplo- tem. It had then asked forade- milestone is achieved, whichis in the case wasfiledin2019, year. nority studentswereleftout or student by that name. “Inanother,middlemenhad matic talksand at leastone face- tailedinvestigationintotheissue. currentlyexpectedto occurinthe whichwas acceptedbythe mag- But the school turnedout to were givenonlyaportionof the Besides, this newspaper fraudulentlyobtainedthe login to-face meeting between the The CCI had in 2018 also thirdweek of November”. istratethe same day, and an A- be alocked, partiallypainted money. found at least39beneficiaries credentials of the school with- IndianandChineseNSAs,Defence launchedaprobe and finedthe PfizersaidonMondaythatfol- summaryreportwasfiled.Ponda two-storeystructureonade- The FIR states: “FromManu across six districtsinBihar from outanyknowledge of thehead- ministers and External Affairs global softwareconglomerateRs lowing“discussion”withUSFDA, said it wasnot challenged in any sertedfield. Itsowner Rajiv Public School, one person was theKendriyaVidyalaya atNazira masterand were verifying the ministers. 136crore for“search bias” and the companyhad “recently courtnor wasthereany protest Kumar said the beneficiaries giventheuserIDandpassword... inAssam'sSivasagar.Theyare all applications,” he said. The CID So far, the keyfactor that has giving“undue”spaceto itsFlights elected to drop the 32-case in- petition by the informant and no were “fake”,andthattheschool However, as per the published fake,the KV's principal said. have also seizedthree laptops, kept tensions in checkisthe ab- option on itssearch homepage, terim analysis and conduct the remedy wasexercised. didnothaveahostel.“Thereare report(in TheIndianExpress) In Assam, the arrestswere 217photographs, 104bonafide sence of escalatorymoves on the over and above other rivals in the firstinterim analysis at amini- The benchsaid it had exam- 150studentsinthe school but therewas no KYCdocuments spreadacrossfourotherdistricts certificates, 173application border since External Affairs market.The CCI order was, how- mum of 62 cases”. inedthe documentsonrecord onlyseven from minority com- submitted,whichisamatter of -- Goalpara, Darrang, Kamrup forms and 11 bank passbooks. MinisterSJaishankarandChinese ever,stayedbythe National “Upontheconclusionof those and observed that before carry- munities. Ihavenever verified investigation.” and Dhubri -- afterthe FIR was As partofits investigation, StateCouncillor and Foreign CompanyLaw AppellateTribunal, discussions, the evaluable case ing out the probe, the magistrate anyscholarship application,” The applications needtobe lodged on August28by TheIndianExpressmatcheden- MinisterWang Yi agreedona wherethe case is pending. count reached94and the DMC wasintimated about further in- Kumar said. verifiedfirstbydesignatednodal Mahmood Hassan, who is the tries, district by district, on the joint approachtodefuse the situ- India is notthe onlycountry performedits firstanalysis on all vestigation, and therewas en- About 20 km away,atBinda heads in schools who areregis- state'snodalofficerfortheschol- NSP with beneficiarybank ac- ation. wherethesearch-to-softwaregi- cases.Thecasesplitbetweenvac- dorsementof 'seenandfile'.Itsaid villageinBarachetti block, The teredwith district welfareoffi- arship. countsinthe Public Finance RussiaischairingtheSCOand ant is facing an antitrustprobe. cinated individuals and those statementsunder Section 164of Indian Express trackeddown cers. Theyare checkedbythe The CID said that acase has ManagementSystem(PFMS)to BRICSsummits.TheSCOsummit Apartfromfacing regulatory who receivedthe placebo indi- the CrPC were recordedafter ob- twoofthesebeneficiaries,listed district and statenodal officers been registeredunder IPC sec- findseveralcasesof thescholar- will also be attendedbyPakistan scrutinyinthe European Union catesavaccineefficacyrate above taining permission of the CJM. in records as Class 7students before beingsentto theMinistry tions 120(B), 406, 409, 419, 420, ship being illegallydiverted-- Prime MinisterImran Khan and foranti-competitive behaviour, 90%, at 7days afterthe second “Inouropinion,thefurtherin- who receivedRs5,700 eachfor of MinorityAffairs, whichveri- 468and 471, whichdeal with firstinsix districtsacross RussianPresidentVladimirPutin, Google has also facedthe ireof dose. vestigation cannotbetermedas 2019-20. One of them was fies and uploads them on the fraud, cheating and conspiracy, Jharkhand and then in Bihar. among others. regulatorsintheUS.Abi-partisan “Thismeansthatprotectionis illegal” or one “without seeking Mohammad Arshad Ansari, 20, NSP before disbursal through foralleged misappropriation of This Pre-Matric Scholarship Sourcessaidthatthisyear,the panelof USsenatorshadincluded achieved28days afterthe initia- permission of the Magistrate," it an apprentice barber,and the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). thescholarship'sfundsfor2018- Scheme, launchedin2008by summit will end with the adop- it in the listofcompanies to be tion of the vaccination, which said. other his neighbour,Shaiyma The FIR states: “Ansari and 19 and 2019-20. the UPAGovernment, is meant tion of aMoscowDeclaration. broken up intosmaller compa- consistsof a2-doseschedule,”the Thejudgessaidtherewas“no Parveen, 16,aClass 10 student Parveen acceptedthat they “Wereceivedseveral com- to help studentsofminority TherewillalsobeSCOstatements nies. companysaid. doubtintheirmind”thatthestate in alocal government school. were notstudentsofManu plaintsthateligibleapplicants communities, Muslims, on issues likethe commemora- Following the probe, the The clinical trial will continue government can “always”direct Ansari said he had never IndianPublicSchool...Theowner were notgetting the money. Christians, Sikhs, Parsis, Jains tion of the 75th anniversaryof United States Department of through to “final analysis at 164 furtherinvestigationto thepolice studiedinManu Indian Public of the school also gave in writ- Middlemen were scamming and Buddhists,fromfamilies WorldWar II, digital economy, Justice (DoJ) also suedGoogle al- confirmedcases in order to col- officers concerned, as wasdone School, and that he had cleared ingthatthesetwo,including133 theprocess...Fakemobilephone with annual income belowRs1 Covid, cyber terrorism and the leging the companyhad abused lect further dataand characterise in the present case. Class 10 from agovernment students, arenot his students numbers and SIM cards were lakh. drug threat, sources said. There itsdominant position in away the vaccine candidate’s perform- Accepting the stategovern- school twoyears ago. He con- andalsoBabarAlidoesnothold used,” said Hassan, who is also To beeligible,studentsneed will also be decisions relating to that had harmedits competitors ance againstother study end- ment’ssubmissionsthroughsen- firmedthat he got the money anypostinthe school." directorof thestateminorityde- to scoreatleast50per cent in major projectsand initiativesin aswellascustomers.Elevenstates points”, the companysaid. iorcounselAmitDesai,thebench this year after“aform wasfilled ApartfromGaya, The Indian velopment board. theirclassexams.Studentsfrom trade and economy. in the US have joinedthe DoJ in said,“Thecontinuouspersuasion by alocal person on my behalf”. Express found that scholarship The modus operandi mir- Class 1to5receive Rs 1,000per the anti-trustlawsuit against Cold chain issue of StateGovernment by the in- Parveen showedher ID card records showabeneficiaryin rors those found by The Indian year,and studentsofClass 6to Google setback Google“forunlawfullymaintain- Pfizer has said it would man- formantforredressalof hergriev- from agovernment school and Bihar's Saharsa district from St Express in Jharkhand and Bihar. 10 receive Rs5,700ayearif they complaint filedinFebruarythis ing amonopolyingeneral search ufacture up to 100million doses ance and the concernedIO, after confirmedthatshehadreceived Mathews SSSinPurhiran,which “Inonemodel,theheadmasters areday scholars or Rs 10,700 if year,the CCI in its39-pageorder services and search advertising”. of thevaccine by the end of 2020, intimating the Magistrate, com- the moneyafter ateacher “took is in Punjab's Hoshiarpur.The had got the studentstofill the theyare in ahostel. Mostofthe said prima facie, Google had andpotentiallymorethan1.2bil- mencesthefurtherinvestigation, down our names”. beneficary, identifiedasAtul applications. Afterthat, they corruption, The Indian Express abusedits dominant position in BMC bans lion doses by the end of 2021. It cannotbesaid to be irregular or TheIndianExpressfoundthat Singha, has been shown as a manipulated the bank details found,isrelatedto theselasttwo theIndianmarket to unfairly push week said that the measurewas hassofarannouncedagreements illegal by anystretch of imagina- the nexus stole IDs and pass- Muslim and the son of with the help of owners of categories. Google Payontwo accounts. necessarytoshield Covid-19pa- to supplythevaccineto countries tion." ThefirstonewasGoogle'spol- tientsand stall apossible second including the US, UK, Japan, and “Victim’s rightsare equally icy of “mandatoryuse of Google waveofthe infection in the state. Canada. importantliketherightsoftheac- Play’s payment system forpur- Chief MinisterUddhav Should thecompany (and its cused. We cannotacceptpeti- Bihar: JD(U)-BJP holds on to hope, RJD upbeat chasingtheappsandIAPs(in-app Thackeray had on Sundaysaid partner,theGermanbiotech firm tioner'scontentionthattherecan- purchases) in the PlayStore”. The thatwhilethestatewouldnotban BioNTech) decide to approach notbefurther probewhen allowedinside, and yetitdidn’t itsabilityto tapintothis anti-in- n’t steppedout, his brother,Tej have told the media because of secondwas“excludingothermo- firecrackers, this Diwali, people Indian regulatoryauthorities, a Magistrate's order accepting ‘A’ matter.Through the day, there cumbency,with Tejashwi cross- Pratap Yadav, did, with asimple howaggressive the Yadavcom- bile wallets/UPI (Unified needtorefrain from using them keyissue that will have to be ad- summarywaswithoutnoticeand were at leastahundred people crossing the stateatabreathless message: the RJD wasconfi- munity wasthis time, but Ibe- PaymentsInterface) apps as one intheinterestofhealthandsafety dressedisthat of the cold chain. withoutgivingopportunityto the standing outside, with garlands, rate,toshoreupvotes beyond dent, and his brother wason lieve therewas asilent votefor of theeffective payment options of all. “(Covid-19) cases in Delhi Pfizer's mRNAvaccine candidate informantforfilingtheprotestpe- sweets and Tejashwi's photo- the traditional Muslim-Yadav course to be the youngestchief the NDA,”said Sanket Singh, a in Google Play’s payment sys- have increasedbecause of pollu- requires storageand shipping in tition," it said. graphs. Tejashwi didn’t emerge bastions. minister. BJP worker from Patna. tem”. tionthatweakenstherespiratory sub-zerotemperatureconditions. outside, but theywaited The daybeforethe election In another partofPatna, But therewas also talk,in The probeagainstGoogle Pay system. We could have banned Asubgroup formedbyIndia's ‘Stop telecast’ nonetheless. results, the RJD-ledalliance therewas another setofcon- quietwhispers, of possible elec- comes justfour days afterthe firecrackers but we arenot doing high-levelexpertgroup on vac- The plaintiffs have sought the “Pradesh ke agle mukhya- seemedconfident, boostedby trasts.Veerchand PatelPath is toralmiscalculations, particu- National PaymentsCorporation that.Thisyear,wehavecelebrated cineadministrationhasstartedto High Court’s intervention to en- mantri ka janamdin manaane the exit polls whichgaveita home to the party offices of the larly regarding the LJP and the of India (NPCI) allowedrival manyfestivals with simplicity. map cold storagefacilities across surethat the channels and their aaye hai. Kal unkosabse accha clear edge. threebiggestplayersinthiselec- decision to stickwith Nitish. “I Facebook-ownedWhatsApp to Youhavealways listenedtome thecountry, includingthoseavail- journalists abide by provisions of giftmilega(We'vecome to cel- On Sunday, the RJD leader- tion -- the RJD, JD(U) and BJP. still think we will win, but Iam go live on the UPI in the multi- and Iknowyou will continue to able with the food processing in- the Programme Code under the ebratethe birthdayofthe state's shiphadsentoutapointedmes- Outside the RJD office, the surethat if we had fought with bank model. do so. CelebrateDiwali, light dustry. The28,000-unitcoldstor- CableTelevision NetworkRules, next chief minister. He will get sagetothe cadres, telling them mood wassimilar to that out- the LJP and notNitish Kumar, InitsorderonMonday, theCCI lamps, enjoyfaraal (delicacies agenetwork that the country's 1994. the best gifttomorrow),” said to acceptany resultoncounting side Tejashwi’s residence. As tel- we would have woncomfort- also came down heavilyon prepared in Maharashtrian universal immunisation pro- Hearing in the matter has Munna Yadav, an RJD worker daywith humility and grace, evision cameras turnedon, sup- ably. Naaraazagi tohthi unke Google's policy to charge 30 per homes) but avoid firecrackers," gramme uses, currentlyhandles been adjournedtoDecember 14, from Patna. and to refrain from inappropri- porters rushedtothem, feeding khilaaf (therewas resentment cent commission forall app and Uddhavhadsaidinhisaddressto temperatesintherangeof2-8de- and parties including the TV The long electoral battle for atecelebrations,includingcele- eachother sweets,abit prema- againsthim),” said aparty in-app purchases and said since the state. grees Celsius. channels, have been directed to the Bihar Assemblydraws to a bratorygunfire.Thecadreswere turely. But young Maqsoor worker. itsPlaystore cornered about 90 The BMC, however, came out file written responses. close on Tuesday, when the re- also asked to stay away from Khan wasconfident. “This is not Across the road, the office of percentof alldownloads,asignif- with itsown directiveson Arnab bail plea Appearing forthe plaintiffs, sultsfor the 243Assemblyseats Tejashwi's home on his 31st prematureatall. The onlyde- the JD(U) wasevenemptier, icant volume of paymentsbeing Monday, stating that action will police at the Taloja Central Jail senior advocateRajiv Nayarcited will beannounced. The election birthday, as he wishedtocele- bateisabout the scale of victory. with justahandful of people processedinthe market would betakenagainstthosewhofound wheretheyare currentlylodged. “defamatory” programmes tele- has seen Nitish fighting fora brateitinasimple manner. Dedh saupaar,yaeksau piccha- walking around. But heretoo, thus be controlledbyit. violating the guidelines. Theywill be questioneddaily castbyTVchannels and said fourth term, facing seeming Munna Yadavsaid he was tarpaar (past150, or past175),” muchofthe hope restedon the “If theapplicationdevelopers, “All assistant municipal com- forthree hours —the CJM court when suchreportage is usedasa anti-incumbency and eco- following both the guidelines. he said. “silent voter”. “For years, no in response, raise their subscrip- missioners of the 24 administra- acceptedthe police application means to increase TRP,others nomic distress, in an alliance “Look at everyone here. We are About 200metresahead,at leader has done forthe EBC and tionfeesto offset thesecosts orre- tive wardsand local police sta- seeking permission to question startfollowing. with the BJP that seemedtode- all from Patna and nearby. We the BJP’s office, the conversation the women what Nitishji has move/reduce premium/ paid tions have been asked to them. Police had to seek court Nayarsaid it startedwith ac- velop deep faultlines, particu- will beat our stations tomorrow outside wasdecidedlymore done. Theywill notabandon subscription offers forusers, it implement these guidelines.If permissionbecausetheyhadnot torSushant Singh Rajput’s death, larly with the LJP’s decision to to ensurenothing goes wrong. I somber,but hope wasn't lost him. Yes, it is atough fight, but mayaffect user experience, cost anybodyisfound violating the beengrantedcustodyof thethree and “suicide became murder, contestseparately, away from onlyhavesome flowers to give yet. Theyspokeofhow exit polls the onlygovernment that will andchoice. Suchconditions im- norms,BMCandpoliceteamscan men. Bollywood became criminals, the NDA. him... Hopefully, he will come have been wrong before,point- be formedisofNitish,” said posedbythe app stores limit the take action againstthem under Goswami, Shaikh and Sarda Bollywood then became drug Muchofthe conversation out. Even if he doesn’t, thereis ing to 2015.“Idon’t believe Mukesh Kumar,fromPatna abilityof theappdevelopersto of- Epidemic Act, 1897 and Disaster were arrestedon November 4af- peddlers, drug consumers, drug around the RJD-ledGrand no place I’d rather be,” he said. these exit polls. The people I Sahib, who had come to “ensure ferpaymentprocessingsolutions Management Act, 2005,” said a terpolice in Raigad reopeneda solicitors… then Bollywood has Alliance, with the Congress and Till lateevening, while the metwereall afraid of jungle raj, that he stands with the JD(U) of their choice to the users,” the civic body official. case involving the death of inte- ISI links”. He calleditascurrilous the Leftaspartners, has been on chief ministerial aspirant had- andvoted forus. Theymay not even in difficult times.” CCInotedinitsorder,askingade- Officialssaidthatthedecision rior designer AnvayNaik and his campaign. tailedinvestigation to be made. wastaken in larger“public inter- mother Kumud Naik at their AdvocateAkhil Sibal said Google's plan to charge a30 est”consideringthepandemicsit- home in Alibag in May2018. there’s adisjunct between jour- regulation? What is to bedone in maybecome diluted when it the media already starts report- that balance has to be brought per cent commission had come uation.MunicipalCommissioner According to police, the Naiks nalism “as anormative concept amatter likethis? Youare pre- comes to personalities. ing and identifying persons. about.” under severe fire from several Iqbal Singh Chahal said, “Letus committed suicide over alleged whichembodies acertain setof judging issues. It is less news, “Because if youliveonpublic Justice Shakdherasked the TheHighCourtobservedthat Indian developers who accused strive to have acracker-freeDiwali non-payment of dues by principles that we associatewith moreopinion. It is ageneral re- praise… youare expected to get counsel to assistthe courtinthis the aggrievedindividuals have the companyofadopting a“take this year to save our great city of Goswami’s channel and compa- journalism” and acertain section mark, across the board. What do acertain amount of flak as well, regard.Healso referred to the notpersonallybecome plaintiffs it or leave it” policy. Mumbai from possible second nies of the twoother men. of TV news media “whichap- we do about this?” but please see what happened episode of aDelhi-basedteacher in the case, and asked whythey Following this uproar,Google waveofCovid.” In the High Court, the bench pears to have abandonedthose “Your undertakings to the whenthemediachasedsomeone who “almostgot lynched” due to were hesitant to take the next delayedthe implementation of TheBMChasalsoappealedto of Justices SSShinde and MS principles”.Theprivilegethatthe courtand the authority… it does like(Princess)Diana.Thedriftwas fake reporting and asked,“Does step. the policy by six months from residentstofollowsocialdistanc- Karnik rejected the interim bail mediaoriginallyenjoyed,hesaid, notseemto beworking.Allof you she diedbecause she wasracing no one take responsibility be- AkhilSibalsaidthe“malicious September 2020 to March 2021. ingnorms,wearmasksandavoid pleasof thethreeaccused,saying neededarethink. have to think about it. It is alittle away from the media. What Iam causeshedoesnothavemoneyto attack” is on Bollywood as a Thecompanyhas,however, made firecrackers even on November “nocaseismadeoutforreleaseof Justice Shakdherobserved, disheartening and demoralising. trying to sayisithas happenedin cometo courtandsuethesechan- whole, and thereisalso an ele- it clear it intends to charge the 14.Ithas instructed people notto applicant under extraordinary “Some of us were reallyyoung Itdemoralises.Todayitisnot hurt- other cases also. Youneedtotell nels?”. mentthattheindividualsare“vul- commission. usesanitizerswhilelightingdiyas writ jurisdiction”. andwe usedtofindDoordarshan ing us… suppose it is your what is to be done here. Youcan- He said “at the end of the day nerable”.“Theideaisnottoattack EarlierthisyearinOctober,CCI or bursting firecrackers, as it is The benchsaid itsobserva- very stale. Iwish Doordarshan (lawyers) fraternity tomorrow. notgoonlikethis. Courts arethe we needtoresolve thisissue”and themediaasawhole.Theideais: had receivedreports of Google flammable in natureand could tionswere of “primafacienature” comes back. Theyhad some Surely, you(media) can investi- lastoneswhowantto interferein asked the counsel to think what this has to stop. Therehas to be abusing itsdominant position in cause accidents. It further re- and rejection of the interim bail lovely broadcasters there… Iac- gate…but it has to be fair re- all this… but what is happening needs to be put in place to help somecoursecorrection.Itcannot theAndroid-televisionmarket by questedresidentstouse online applications “should notbecon- tuallythink blackand white, and portage…you saysoand so is a here… is no one wanting to fol- changethewayreportingisdone. go on likethis. It is crossing aline. creating barriers forcompanies mediums to observeDiwali and struedasimpediment”. Doordarshan wasmuchbetter”. personof interest…heisbeingin- lowthe Code?” he said. He asked senior advocate We arenot half-hearted, but it is whichwantedto useormodifyits Bhai Dooj. It said itsearlier direction of Observing that there“needs vestigated,”JusticeShakdhersaid. Referringto thesystempreva- Kapil Sibal, who represents alsonotafightwiththefourthes- Android operating systems for Meanwhile,takingnote of in- theaccusedbeingatlibertyto ap- to besometoningdown”andthat Observingthatpeopleare“re- lent in other countries, he said Facebook in the case, to address tate.The fringe, what usedtobe their smarttelevisions. It is, how- creasedcrowd at public places, plyfor bail under Section 439 of it seems the news channels were allyscared”about the fourth es- names of accusedorsuspectsare the courtonthe issue. Sibal said, calledyellowjournalism,appears ever,not clear,whether the anti- the BMC commissioner has di- theCrPCbefore thesessionscourt notfollowing the Programme tate giventhat no one wantsto notdisclosedtill achargesheetis “Wemustprotect the freedom of to be becoming mainstream. A trustbody has initiated aprobe rected civic and police teams to remainedunaffectedand the ap- Code, he asked,“What is the next have private livesdraggedinpub- filed. He said herethe situation is the press, the press mustprotect signalneedsto comefromcourt,” intothe issue. take action. FULL REPORTS ON plicationshouldbeheardanddis- stephereifyoudonotfollowself- lic,hesaidthequestionof privacy that thereisnot even an FIR, but other people’s freedom as well... he said. Similarly,inJune2019,theCCI www.indianexpress.com WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,NOVEMBER10,2020 3 THE CITY BMC commissioner nod NCBsummonsArjunRampal,his to removal of Sewri TB hospital’s superintendent partneronNov11indrugscase

On October 18,body of Covid and TB-infected patient was EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE found in hospital toilet14daysafter he went missing MUMBAI,NOVEMBER9

outside Sewri TB hospital. Asen- in the weehours of October 4 THE NARCOTICS ControlBureau EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ior civic official said anew super- and collapseddue to breathless- (NCB) on Mondayissuedsum- MUMBAI,NOVEMBER9 intendent will soon beappointed ness. He wasreportedmissing mons to actor Arjun Rampal and to replace Anande. on the morning of October 4. his partner Gabriella THE BMC commissioner on The civic body has also initi- Later,amedical officer wrotein Demetriades in connection with Mondayapproved the removal ated departmental inquiry his medical documentsthat toi- adrug case lodged following ac- of Sewri TB hospital’s medical against12nurses, one medical of- lets mustbecheckedtolook for torSushant Singh Rajput’s death. superintendent Dr Lalitkumar ficer,aclerk,and awardboy in the him, but the instruction wasnot Sources in NCBsaid the couple Anande, observing that the doc- case, apartfromissuing warning carriedout. Patientsinthe same has been asked to appear before torwas notefficient in discharg- letters to 17 contractual workers ward said theyhad complained the agency at 11 am on ing his duties as an administra- in the hospital, and four senior of stenchfor severaldays but November 11. torinhospital. On October 18, medical officers and administra- staffers had notpaid attention. Officers said searches were the decomposedbody of a tors. The inquiryreportsubmit- Yadavhad movedfrom carriedout at Rampal's resi- Covid-19and tuberculosis-in- tedlastweek observed that the Mirzapur to Mumbai forajob in dence in Bandraand 11 elec- fected patient wasretrieved superintendent wasnegligent in September.Hewas admitted in tronic gadgets, including laptops, from the hospital toilet14days his duty when the patient went aGoregaon hospital afterhefell mobile phones, pen drivesand afterthe patient had gone miss- missing. The inquirycommittee ill. He tested positive forTBand tablets were seized. “Some doc- ing. recordedstatement of close to Covid-19and wasreferredto umentsand bannedpills were (Left) Arjun Rampal’s driverarrives at NCBoffice on Monday; FirozNadiadwala’s wifeShabana Saeedwas producedbefore Anande, who wasslatedto re- 200patients, nurses, staffers and Sewri hospital on September 30. also seizedand his driverwas courtonMonday. Ganesh Shirsekar tireinDecember,said he has not doctors to assess whythe body His father,adailywager,could brought in forquestioning. yetreceivedthe notice. BMC wasnot found in the days follow- onlybecontacted afterhis dead However, he wasallowedtoleave Commissioner Iqbal Chahal con- ing Suryabhan Yadav’s disappear- body wasfound. aftersometime,” said an officer. Lonavala. The resortinwhichhe Meanwhile, the agency on Ayaz Khan, has filedabail plea, Saeed's bail plea stated that firmedthat action has been initi- ance and whytoilets were not Doctors in the hospital said “The pills recoveredfrom wasstaying with his fiancee was Monday questionedfilm pro- whichwill be heardonTuesday. the prima facie it is acase of per- ated afteradetailedinquiryre- cleanedthrice aday. since it is common forTBpa- Rampal's residence arebanned raidedand 0.8 gm of charas were ducer FirozNadiadwala, whose She wastaken intocustody by sonal consumption. It addedthat portwas submitted by acivic On October 18,body of 27- tientstogoabsconding from the under the NDPS Act... But we are recoveredfromhim. wifeShabana Saeedwas ar- NCBonSundayfollowing the ar- Saeedisthe mother of minor chil- body-appointed committee that year-old Yadav, who had also hospital, severalassumedYadav verifying whether these arepre- The NCBhad then said rested on Sundayfor allegedly rest of drug peddler Wahid dren and since the NCBhas not found multiple lapses in duty of tested positive forCovid-19, was had also absconded. The hospital scribed medicines,” another offi- Agisilaos is partofalargerdrug buying ganja from adrug ped- Abdul Kadir Shaikh in Andheri sought her custody forinterroga- severaldoctors, nurses, ward boys found in one of the three toilet had registeredamissing com- cer added. racket and wasthe one who sup- dler.Saeedwas producedbefore lastweek.The NCBhas claimed tion, she can be releasedonbail. and administrators when the pa- cubicles of ward number 12 in a plaint with RAK Margpolice on In mid-October,30-year-old plieddrugs to the peddler who the courtonMondayafternoon that aprobe intoShaikh's clients During his day-long interro- tient went missing. But BMC has highlydecomposedstate.Itis October 4, but even police offi- South African national Agisilaos wasintouchwith Rhea and sent to judicial custody.The had ledthem to Saaed, who is al- gation, Nadiadwala deniedany notclarifiedwhether Anande will suspected that Yadavhad cials refrainedfromentering the Demetriades, brother of Chakraborty and her brother NCBdid notseek her custody. leged to have purchased10gms linkswith his wife's case, said a bedemotedorgiven another post walked on his owntothe toilet Covid-19ward. Gabriella, wasarrestedfrom Showik,also accusedinthe case. Saeed, through her lawyer of ganja from him. source from NCB.

Maharashtra Regional &Town Planning Act, 1966. Goregaon-Mulund Link Road project ● Notice undersection 37(1AA) of the said Act. ● Proposed modification to Development Plan- 2034 for Greater Mumbai in respect of land bearing CTS No. 657A(Part) and CTS No. 853(Part) of Village Kanjur,Mumbai. sees Rs 1,500 crore cost escalation GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA Urban Development Department, tions Chinese companies may border countries will be eligible Mantralaya, Mumbai-400 032. th LAXMANSINGH notqualify forthe project that While the estimatefor onlyiftheyare registeredwith Dated :5 November,2020 MUMBAI,NOVEMBER9 were providing low-costTBMs,” the registration committee con- south side tunnel is NOTICE PVelrasu, Additional Municipal stituted by the Department for No. : TPB-4318/678/CR-114/2019/UD-11 EVEN BEFORE work begins, the Commissioner (Projects), told Rs 3,205 crore, north Promotion of Industryand WHEREAS, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub Section (1) of Section 31 of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning costofBrihanmumbai The Indian Express. side tunnel will cost Internal Trade (DPIIT). Act, 1966 (hereinafter referred to as ''the Said Act''), the State Government vide Notification No. TPB-4317/629/CR-118/2017/DP/UD-11, Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) The BMC has plannedthe The BMC is hoping that split- Dt. 08.05.2018 (hereinafter referred to as ''the said Notification'') has accorded sanction to the Draft Development Plan-2034 of Greater Goregaon-Mulund Link Road 13.65-km GMLR to ease traffic Rs 3,020 crore. Both are ting the project intotwo will Mumbai (hereinafter referred to as ''the said Development Plan'') along with the Development Control and Promotion Regulations-2034 for (GMLR) project has escalated by on Mumbai’s east-westconnec- help speedupworkand min- Greater Mumbai with modifications shown in SCHEDULE-A appended to the said Notification excluding the substantial modifications as about 4.7 km long nd Rs 1,500crore. tors. It would be the fourth such imise risk factor.“Risk diversifi- shown in SCHEDULE-B appended to the said Notification. And whereas, Government has issued acorrigendum of even number dt. 22 June, 2018 to the said Notification, as per which the said Development Plan has came into force from 01.09.2018. And whereas, thereafter In April, the civic body had connector.The existing road cation, better project monitor- Government has issued aCorrigendum and Addendum of even number dt. 29th June, 2018 to the said Notification, which is published in the floated tenders to appoint con- from Western Express Highway condition, “Anybidder from a ing, creating asense of Government Gazette dt. 30th June, 2018; tractors to design and build twin to Film City in Goregaon will be countrywhichshares land bor- competition between agencies And whereas, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (hereinafter referred to as ''MMRDA'') vide their letter dated tunnels, including approach connected to Amar Nagarin der with India will be eligible to aresome reasons fordividing the 11.12.2018 has requested the Government to reserve land admeasuring 43.76 hectare bearing CTS No. 657A(Part) and CTS 853(Part) of roads, of the project. The costes- Mulund west and further to bid onlyifitisregisteredwith the project. It’s ahugeproject and Village Kanjur for ''Metro Car Depot, allied uses and Commercial''; timatewas then Rs 4,770 crore. Eastern Express Highway. competent authority.” The will be difficult forasingle firm And whereas, Government of Maharashtra vide Notification dated 05.11.2020 has sanctioned certain excluded part of said However, nowithas gone up to Earlier,inSeptember the changecame afterthe finance to executework.Also, in the cur- Development Plan included in the MMRDA SPAarea for Metro car depot at Kanjur declared under section 40(1)(c) of the said Act vide Rs 6,225 crorefor both tunnels. BMC had cancelledthe tenders ministrymade amendmentsto rent pandemic situation it Notification dated 27.12.2016 read with corrigendum and addendum dated 04.11.2020. While the estimatefor the forGMLR following technical General Financial Rules (GFR) makes sense to split it intotwo,” And whereas, as per the said Development Plan, the land bearing CTS No. 657A(Part) and CTS No. 853(Part) of Village Kanjur, south side tunnel is Rs 3,205 reasons. As per the newtender 2017 under whichbidders from said Velrasu. Mumbai is reserved for various public purposes such as Garden/Park, Affordable Housing Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Homeless crore, the north side tunnel will Shelter,Police Station, Police StaffQuarters, Municipal School, Electricity Transmission and Distribution facility and Development Plan costRs3,020 crore. Both tunnels Roads (hereinafter referred to as ''the said land''); areabout 4.7 km long, passing Administration of U.T, And whereas, considering the request of MMRDA and Report of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, the Govt. is satisfied the SanjayGandhi National Park that in the public interest it is expedient to change reservations, land use in respect of portion of the said land and Development Plan road pattern for proper connectivity in the nearby vicinity more specifically described in the schedule given below (hereinafter referred to as ''the (SGNP) 25 metres to 200metres Dadra and Nagar Haveli &Daman and Diu, proposed modification''); underground. Directorate of Medical &Health Services, Now,therefore, after considering the above facts and circumstances and in exercise of the powers vested in it under sub-section (1AA) Civic officials said the in- of Section 37 of the said Act, and all other powers enabling it in this behalf, the Government hereby publishes aNotice for inviting crease in costisdue to tworea- Silvassa objections/ suggestions from any person with respect to proposed modification, as required by clause (a) of sub-section (1AA) of Section sons. Earlier estimatewas made No. DMHS/CON/2020/387 Date: 04/11/2020 37 of the said Act, within aperiod of one month from the date of publication of this Notice in the Maharashtra Government Gazette; one and half years back.Another The Government is further pleased to inform that any objections/ suggestions upon the proposed modification received before the reason is, newtender conditions ADMISSION NOTICE expiry of one month from the date of publication of this notice in the Maharashtra Government Official Gazette be forwarded to the Deputy put up as per instructions of the Directorate of Medical &Health Services Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Director of Town Planning, Greater Mumbai, having his office at ENSA Hutments, E-Block, Azad Maidan, Mahapalika Marg, Mumbai- 400 001. Any objection or suggestions, which may be received by the Deputy Director of Town Planning, Greater Mumbai within the said central government in abid to Daman and Diu invites application from the eligible female candi- keep Chinese companies out. As period shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisionss of sub-section (1AA) of section of 37 of the said Act; China is the biggestsupplier and date (10+2 pass with science) for the year 2020-21 admission in Aplan showing the proposed modification shall be kept open for the inspection of the general public at the following offices : manufacturer of Tunnel Boring (1) Office of the Metropolitan Commissioner,Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority,Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra Basic B.Sc Nursing (04 Years Course) in Shri Vinoba Bhave College (East), Mumbai-400 051. Machines (TBMs), nowthe civic of Nursing, Silvassa and Govemment College of Nursing, Daman. (2) Office of the Chief Engineer (Development Plan) Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Mahapalika Marg, Mumbai-400 001. body will have to look to (3) Office of the Deputy Director of Town Planning, Greater Mumbai, having his office at ENSA Hutments, E-Block, Azad Maidan, Western countries, whichmay Note:Details regarding application form and fee details for Basic Mahapalika Marg, Mumbai-400 001. costmore. Officials said coun- B.Sc Nursing Course at Shri Vinoba Bhave College of ursing, SCHEDULE tries likeRussia, Germany, (1) The reservation of ''Garden/Park, (ROS 1.5) (7 Nos.) Affordable Housing (RR2.2) (3 Nos.), Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RR2.1), Austria and Turkey have TBMs. Silvassa and Govemment College of Nursing, Daman areavailable Homeless Shelter (RSA2.9), Police Station (RPU3.1), Police StaffQuarters (RR1.2), Municipal School (RE1.1), Electricity “The earlier calculation of on the official website: www.vbch.dnh.nic.in and Transmission and Distribution Facility (RPU5.2) and 27.45m, 18.30m (5 Nos.), 13.40m (2 Nos.) wide Development Plan Roads'' on costismorethan ayear old. Now, land bearing CTS No. 657A(Part) and CTS No. 853(Part) of Village Kanjur having area admeasuring approximately 43.76 Ha. are www.daman.nic.in proposed to be deleted and the land so deleted is entirely proposed to be reserved for ''Metro Car Depot, Casting yard and other Metro the process of appointing agency Sd/- uses'' as shown on plan. and starting work will take an- (2) Due to above modification necessary changes that are required to be made in the Development Plan road pattern for proper other six to eight months. We Director connectivity in the nearby vicinity area are proposed to be modified as shown on plan. have to see what the price and Medical and health services, This Notice shall also be available on the Govt. of Maharashtra web site : www.maharashtra.gov.in (Acts/Rules) inflation ratesare at that time. By order and in the name of the Governor of Maharashtra. It’s afuturistic estimate. Another No.IP/DNH/302/2020 Dadraand Nagar Haveli & Sd/- factor nowis, with newcondi- Silvassa Dt:-8/11/2020 Daman and Diu, Silvassa SEAL (Nirmalkumar Chaudhari) DGIPR/2020-2021/1158 Under Secretary to Government. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,NOVEMBER10,2020 4 MAHARASHTRA IGANVAYKonkNAIK SUICIDEanseekCASE s suspension ofprobeofficer

Akshata Naik has SAGARRAJPUT made serious MUMBAI,NOVEMBER9 allegations on the INSPECTOR GENERAL (Konkan investigation, which is range) SanjayMohiteon extremely sensitive. Mondaywrote to Mira- Varade made several Bhayander-Vasai-Virar errors and investigated Commissioner Sadanand Date, the case irresponsibly. recommending him to suspend Taking the seriousness police inspector SHVarade as an inquiryfor indiscipline has been of the matter, an inquiry initiated againsthim. has been initiated under Varade, currentlyincharge of Section 3(1-A) (1) (A) of Virarpolice station, wasprevi- the Mumbai Police Act ouslypostedatAlibaug police and suspending station. He wasthe investigating him would be an officer in the abetment to suicide case of interior decorator Anvay appropriate decision” Naik and his mother that took SANJAY MOHITE place in May2018. INSPECTOR GENERAL On the basis of Akshata’s (KONKAN RANGE) (Anvay’s wife) statement, acase under sections 306(abetment to suicide) and 34 (common inten- tion) wasregisteredatAlibaug terfurther mentionedthat they police station. Varade had sub- will needmoretime to complete mitted the ‘A’ summaryreport the inquiryand keeping him on in the case, whichwas accepted duty will notbeappropriate. “As by the Alibaug court. the matter is sensitive and to en- The police alleged Varade surehedoes notinterfereinthe worked in connivance with the matter by misusing his power, we accused. Mohiteisconducting an arerecommending youtosus- inquiryagainsthim. Mohite’s let- pend him,” the letter states. terstated, “AkshataNaik has Dateconfirmedhereceived FOUR DAYS TO GO made serious allegations on the aletterfromIGKonkan on investigation, whichisextremely Mondayevening asking him to People buy decorative lightsahead of Diwali, in Mumbai on Monday. Pradip Das sensitive.Varade made several suspend Varade. “Wewill exam- errors and investigated the case ine it,” he said. irresponsibly. Taking the serious- While Mira-Bhayandar- ness of the matter,aninquiryhas Vasai-Virarwill conduct an in- Alt Balaji, production houses HELD FOR SHARING FALSE CONTENT RELATED TO SUSHANT DEATH been initiatedunder Section 3(1- dependent inquiry, theywill A) (1) (A) of the Mumbai Police also go through the inquiryre- Actand suspending him would portsubmitted by the Raigad booked for ‘transmitting Court orders release of Vibhor Anand be an appropriatedecision.” police. “The disciplinaryauthor- As Varade is working in the ity will go through the evidence pornographic content’ that if he is allowedtobere- mitted that he had no intention content againstMaharashtra Mira-Bhayandar-Vasai-Virar and also recordthe statement of EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE leasedoncash security,Anand to defame the reputation of any Chief MinisterUddhav commissionerate, IG Konkan Varade afterwhichadecision to can potentiallyhaveanadverse MUMBAI,NOVEMBER9 will misuse the bail and will not person but was“made to be- Thackeray and others. doesn’t have powers to take ac- suspend him will be taken,” an EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE effect on the young impression- be available forthe trial. The lieve”that Rajput and his former Thakkar,abusinessman, was tion againsthim. Mohiteinhis let- officer said. MUMBAI,NOVEMBER9 able minds of our society”. ASESSIONS courtonMondayor- courtsaid that it had setcondi- manager Disha Salian were arrested lastmonth by Nagpur The police invokedsections of dered the release of aDelhi- tionstoensurethat Anand will murdered by watching TVchan- police afterwhichhewas THE MAHARASHTRA cyber po- the Indian Penal Code, the IT Act basedman arrested forallegedly remain present. “Even other- nels, particularly RBharat. He brought to the city and arrested lice department lastweek regis- and the Indecent Representation sharing false content related to wise, if it is found that the ap- had also agreedtotender an by VP Road police station. teredacase againststreaming of Women (Prohibition) Actinthe the death of actor Sushant Singh plicant has misusedthe bail, in apology on social media. Thakkar through lawyer Aabad service Alt Balaji and severalpro- FIR against13streaming services, Rajput lastmonth. Vibhor Anand that case, the investigation Ponda had filedananticipatory duction houses, directors and ac- including Alt Balaji operated by wasgranted bail lastweek but agency is at liberty to approach ■ Bail rejected bail in the thirdcase registered tors, forallegedly transmitting Balaji Telefilms Limited,and the order wasstayedafter the this courtfor cancellation of Asessions courtrejected the by the BKCpolice station. The pornographic content. pornographic websites. prosecution submitted that an bail,” the courtsaid. anticipatorybail application of prosecution opposedthe plea The FIR wasfiledon “The videos uploadedon appeal is to be filedagainstit. While arguing forbail on be- SameetThakkar,who wasar- stating that his custodial inter- November 6following acom- the OTT platforms and websites On Monday, the prosecu- half of 30-year-old Anand, his rested in twoother cases foral- rogation is necessary. The court plaint by aresident of Palghar areextremelyobscene, lascivi- tion submitted before the court lawyer Ashok Saraogi had sub- legedly posting defamatory rejected the plea. district, afterhecame across a ous and have notbeen certified news storyabout aman arrested by anycertifying agency.Itis forshooting and selling porno- likelythat the actors depicted graphic videos across India and in the videos in an obscene way BMC plans to construct tunnel to prevent abroad. The Palghar resident ap- have been exploited,lured or proachedthe cyber police after compelledtoperform the ob- discovering that those videos scene acts. It can have disas- overflow of Vihar lake into Mithi river had been publishedonline by trous consequences on young severalstreaming services and minds and lead to erosion of Pada, located on the banksofthe According to officials, the commissioner VijaySinghal in pornographic websites. dignity of women. Hence, legal SANJANABHALERAO river. The riverfloods due to consultant will submit aprelim- 2019 afterthe Mithi riverover- ShivSena workers praise the police forceinMumbai on Acyber police officer said that action has been takenonper- MUMBAI,NOVEMBER9 heavy rainfall coupledwith high inaryreport, geotechnical survey flowedthree times that year. Monday. NarendraVaskar the department took cognizance petrators of suchOTT plat- tide besides the excess water and ecological studies forthe She had demandedthat the ex- of the complaint since “this issue forms,” the officer said. RESIDENTS OF Kurla(West)are from Powaiand Vihar lakes be- project. “The consultant will also cess waterbedivertedintothe likelytoget some relief from ing drainedintoit. assess the damagetothe envi- Airoli creek. flooding everymonsoon, as the Since the width and depth of ronment and trees affected dur- This is the second project Koshyari calls Deshmukh, Cop caught accepting bribe Brihanmumbai Municipal the Mithi riverhas reducedover ing the diversion process. plannedtotackle the flooding in Corporation (BMC) is trying to the years, the waterfloods the Depending on the feasibility re- Kurladue to overflowing Mithi startaproject to prevent the areas around. In some instances, port, excess waterwill be di- river. The BMC is mulling over a expresses concern over saulted lastmonth. overflowofVihar lakeintothe thefloodwaterhas even entered verted to either Airoli creek or plan to createholding ponds EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE She allegedly demandeda Mithi river. Lastweek,the civic the airport’s runwayat Bhandup Treatment Plant,” said along the rivertostore excess MUMBAI,NOVEMBER9 bribetoconduct athorough in- body appointed aconsultant to Santacruz, hampering opera- an official. waterduring monsoon. In an- Arnab Goswami’s safety vestigation and arrest the person conduct feasibility of construct- tions. An overflowing Mithi also While Vihar lakeislocated in other project, the civic body is AWOMAN police sub-inspector who had assaulted the com- ing atunnel that would take the cripples the Railway’s western, the SanjayGandhi National Park contemplating the construction wascaught allegedly accepting plainant. excess watertothe Bhandup central and harbour lines, and (SGNP), the Powailakeissitu- of floodgates or asmall dam at EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE abribeofRs10,000 on Monday. Following this, the com- ComplexWater Treatment Plant submergesareas likeSion, ated near IIT-Bombay. Moreover, the mouth of the Mahim MUMBAI,NOVEMBER9 The officer,Swapnali Jangale plainant filedacomplaint with or Airoli creek. Chunabhatti and Matunga. when Tulsi lake—also located in Causeway, in an attempt to stop (32), is postedatPydhonie police the ACB. ResidentsofKranti Nagar, On Friday, the BMC standing SGNP —overflows,the excess the chronic flooding that hitsar- MAHARASHTRA GOVERNOR station in south Mumbai. Afterverifying the complaint, Bail Bazaar and Taximen’s committee appointed Tata waterenters the Vihar lake, said eas likeSion, Chunabhatti and Bhagat Singh Koshyari calledup According to the Maharashtra the ACBlaid atrapfor Jangale on Colonysufferwaterlogging Consulting Engineers (TCE) to aBMC official. KurlafromMithi river. The con- stateHome MinisterAnil Anti Corruption Bureau(ACB), Mondayand caught her accept- everymonsoon as the Mithi river conductthestudyatthecostofRs NCPcorporator from Kurla, sultancy services forthe project Deshmukh and expressedcon- According to RajBhavan, Jangale wasinvestigating acase ing the moneyfromthe com- swells. Around 1,300people live 2.35crore.The study is expected Saida Khan, had written to would costthe civic body cern over the safetyand health of the Governor also asked wherealocal resident wasas- plainant, said an officer. in Kranti Nagarand Bamandaya to be completedinsix months. then additional municipal around Rs 30 crore. RepublicTVeditor-in-Chief Arnab the Home ministerto Goswami. On Sunday, Goswami allowthe familyof had alleged that he was“as- Goswami to meethim BJP ANNOUNCES CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATE, TEACHERS’ CONSTITUENCIES saulted”injail and wasnot being allowedaccess to his lawyers. According to RajBhavan, the ment on the accusations of Party cannot please every aspirant: Chandrakant Patil Governor also asked the Home Goswami that he has been beaten ministertoallowthe familyof in jail. “The matter is sub-judice Goswami to see him and speak anditwould notberight on my Instead, the BJP shiftedher to the candidate. Aloyal party worker, constituency then, replacing to him. The Governor had earlier parttocomment on it,” he said. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Pankaja Munde’s Centreasanational secretaryin he has worked with both late Kulkarni. She had been assured a conveyedhis concern over the He also addedthat an inquiry MUMBAI,NOVEMBER9 supporters took to JPNadda’s team. Gopinath Munde and Pramod seat in the StateLegislative manner of Goswami’s arrest. hadbeeninitiatedintotheconduct Among the names an- Mahajan. Council. “I receivedacall from the of Investigating Officer Suresh STATEBJP president Chandrakant social media to hit out nouncedonMondayare former Pune graduateconstituency Recently, she had com- Governor wherehesaid that the Varade during the investigation Patil on Mondayunderplayedthe at BJP statepresident Nagpur Municipal Corporation sawthe party pickSangram plainedabout howthe party was familyofArnab Goswami should intothe death of AnvayNaik. unrestwithin the party over se- MayorSandeep Joshi, who will Deshmukh. He is the Sangli dis- notinforming her about meet- be allowedtomeethim in jail. Meanwhile, the NCPdid not lection of candidates forgraduate Chandrakant Patil for be BJP’s candidatefor the grad- trict BJP president. Through ings in Pune. However, in viewofthe pan- take kindlytothe Governor’s call and teachers constituencies for ‘sidelining’ her uateconstituency polls from Deshmukh, the BJP wantsto Responding to the charge, demic forthe lastfour months in and said that it would have been the StateLegislative Council polls, Nagpur division. His candida- playthe Maratha cardin Patil said, “Thereare limitedseats all jails of the staterelativesof better if the Governor had saying it wasnot possible to turewas pushedbyformer CM Western Maharashtrato and large number of candidates. prisoners arenot being allowed shown sympathytoAnvay please everyone. “sidelining” her,who wants needs to be addressed.” and Opposition leader counter the Congress-NCP.For We cannotaccommodateall. The to meetthem as thereisfear of Naik’s familyinstead of showing Sources said Pankaja Munde greater sayinmatters related to However, Munde’s anger DevendraFadnavis. Amravati teachers constituency, ones who makeitfeel justice has the virus spreading. Forthis rea- sympathytoanindividual wanted to push her candidates the Marathwada region, after within the party is no secret.She Afterthe announcement, the BJP has chosen the low-pro- been done. The rest feel theyhave sonthe familyofArnab will not booked foraserious crime. in Aurangabad and Pune, which she skippedPatil’s three-day blamedthe leadership forher Joshi said, “I’m happythe party file Nitin Dhande. been subjected to injustice. We be able to meethim in prison. “The waythe Governor is wasnot acceptable to the party tour of the region. defeat in the 2019 Assembly has reposedfaith in me. Iwill Former MLAMedha will reachout to those leftout However, theycan speak to him showing sympathyfor aparticu- leadership. Besides, the party’s Commenting, Patil said, polls from ParliinBeeddistrict work to makethe organisation Kulkarni, who wasvying for and hold talks.” on the phone,” Deshmukh said. lar accusedlikeArnab Goswami decision to give importance to “Munde is notupset. She sent of Marathwada region at the stronger.Ithank both Union Pune graduateconstituency,is “Sangram Deshmukh is not He also said that prisoners and notsiding with Naik’s family other leaders, namelyShambhaji an SMS yesterday(Sunday) hands of her estranged cousin ministerNitin Gadkari and upset. In the 2019 Assembly my son-in-law. NorMedha were allowedtouse phones in whichfor months had to run Nilemgekar Patil from Latur,has night seeking permission to DhananjayMunde. She wanted Fadnavis forgiving me this op- polls, she wasdeniedticket de- Kulkarni my enemy,”Patil said. certain cases providedtheyhad around seeking justice is not notgone well with her. skip the tour.She is busy with the Opposition leader’s role in portunity.” spitebeing asitting MLA. The “Wehavetochoose candidates the prior permission of the jail proper,” stateCabinetminister Munde’s supporters took to her sugar factories’ issues, in- the StateLegislative Council, In Aurangabad graduatecon- stateBJP president had con- from among many. It’s on merit authorities. and NCPspokesperson Nawab social media to hit out at Patil for cluding bank loans, which whichthe party did notheed. stituency,Shirish Boralkar is the tested from Kothrud Assembly and notpersonal prejudice.” Deshmukh declinedtocom- Malik said. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,NOVEMBER10,2020 MAHARASHTRA 5

Student body writes to Samant Counterfeitmasksusingleadingbrand’snamemajor over ‘unlawful’ appointments of 5joint directors concernformanufacturer;cases,raidsinmanycities amask forRs200.Theywereus- is notaverywell regulatedprod- TABASSUM ing brand name to sell. Acus- uct. Forachemisttodifferentiate ABHAGORADIA BARNAGARWALA tomer will be unable to differen- between afakeand an original 17.23lakh MUMBAI,NOVEMBER9 MUMBAI,NOVEMBER9 tiatebetween afakeand original,” mask is difficult. And that is why TOTALPOSITIVECASES Singh said. we prefer buying onlybranded INMAHARASHTRA STUDENT ORGANISATION ONE OF India’s leading mask EIPRhasbeengatheringintel- products. But if it is counterfeited, Prahar,foundedbyMinisterof manufacturers Venus Safetyand ligenceoncounterfeitingandreg- then achemistcannotmakeout Active Cases 96,372 StateBacchu Kadu, on Monday Health Private Ltd has issuedat istering FIRs forVenus as well as the difference,” he said. NewCases 3,277 sent amemorandum to Minister least38legal notices during the another manufacturer 3M India Gulfaraz Makani, director of TotalDeaths 45,325 of Higher and Technical Covid-19pandemic to owners of in case of counterfeited masks. EIPR, said theyhavecarried10 Education UdaySamant over the manufacturing unitsthat pro- OfficialsfromtheEIPRsaidtailors, raids intomask counterfeiting NewDeaths NA* “unlawful” appointment of five duce counterfeit masksusing the bagmanufacturersandthosereg- with help of police across India. Quarantined10.45L academicians as in charge joint company’s brand name. As de- ularly involvedinthe business of The companyfound four manu- Tested 94.82 lakh directors (Higher Education) for mand formaskscontinues in the counterfeiting switchedtomask facturers producing fake 3M Nagpur,Mumbai, Amravati, pandemic,counterfeiting has re- manufacturing with the onsetof masksinDelhi, and twoin Jalgaon and Aurangabad regions. mainedanissue of concern. Covid-19pandemic.Inonecasein Kolkata. “Moreraids areunder- 2,65,144 Prahar has alleged that the “Everyone is making money Delhi, adye manufacturer was way. The brands have also be- TOTALPOSITIVE directorateofhigher education in our name. The local manufac- also involvedincounterfeiting. come conscious of counterfeit- CASESINMUMBAI had unlawfullyappointed the turer,distributor and retailer These maskshavemade way ing and aretaking interestin NewCases 599 five professors and associatepro- selling the mask,” said Mahesh intonot juststreet-side stalls of taking suchpractice to alogical fessors as in charge joint direc- Kudav, managing director of hawkers, but also intochemist conclusion. The material local TotalDeaths 10,465 tors while theywerestill serving Venus. The companyhas regis- Health workers collect swab forCovid-19tests at Govandi in Mumbai Monday. Amit Chakravarty shops and e-pharmacy portals. manufacturers use is inferior and NewDeaths 20 atwo-year probation period. teredseven cases whereover In another FIR on October 15 by different. It also poses ahealth As per aDecember 30, 2019 47,000fake maskshavebeen re- Dum Dum police station, 8,600 risk if aperson wears amask *Due to technical difficulties letter from the department of trievedthrough police raids, and non-woven fabric called manufacturer had usedawhite Ltd, acompanythat helps brands fake masksof3Mand 9,100 thinking it willprotect him on ICMR portal, thestate higher education, Satish FIRs have been lodged across polypropylene (whichtraps cloth and put afakeVenus seal investigateintocounterfeiting, masksofVenus were recovered againstcoronavirus but it actu- government could not Deshpande (Jalgaon), Keshav Delhi, Ghaziabad, Bengaluru, dust), small-scale manufactures to sell the masks. The police said thereisahigh demand of from ashop. A30-year-old shop allydoesn’t,” Makani said. provide totalnumber of Tupe (Amravati), Yuvraj Mhalge Kolkata, and Mumbai. use asimilar looking fabric to have namedone Amit Mohan as masks, whichcan beproducedin owner,Abhijit Ghosh, has been Rakesh Bhagat, director of deaths forentirestate and (Mumbai), Maheshkumar The issue of counterfeited makeN-95 masks. the accusedinthe FIR. Mohan highvolume and yield hugeprof- namedaccused. Magnum MedicarePvt Ltd, also has only provided deaths Salunke(Nagpur) and Digambar masksholds public health con- In the latestcase on wasacloth bag manufacturer its. This combination has encour- Anil Navander,fromThe amask manufacturer,said he recorded in Mumbai Gaikwad (Aurangabad) were in- cern. The masksseizedduring November 3, Sahibabad police who bought amachine and agedlocal manufacturers to start MaharashtraState Chemists and has reportedthe issue of coun- structed to continue as faculties raids were made of inferior qual- in Ghaziabad raidedamanufac- startedproducing masks, selling small-scale productions. “Wegot Druggists Association, said the terfeiting to the Textile Ministry in the institutes wherethey ity cloth with no quality checks turing unit andfound 7,562 fake them under the brand name of to knowthe manufacturing cost number of distributors in the as well as the Health Ministry. couple of manufacturers to re- were appointed as professors to ensuretheyprevent exposure maskswith brand name Venus Venus and 3M. of one mask wasRs4and these supplychain of maskshas shot “When we came across cases ini- frain from copying our brand and associateprofessors despite from virus. Instead of meltblown 4400 N-95. The FIR stated the ManpreetSingh from EIPR Pvt local manufacturers were selling up during the pandemic. “Mask tiallyinMay,wehad warneda name,” he said. their appointment as in charge joint directors. “Wehavereceivedcom- Pawar family cancels annual plaintsfromstudentsafter these MUMBAI SLUMIMPROVEMENT BOARD professors and associateprofes- Diwali event of meeting AREGIONAL UNIT OF sors, who were appointed as (MAHARASHTRA HOUSINGAND AREA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY) joint directors even as theywere Tel. No. :022-66405484; E-mail : [email protected] serving their probation period, well-wishers from across state Ref. No. EE/City/MSIB/e-tender/04/2020-21 during whichtheyare ineligible e-TENDER NOTICE to applyfor other posts as per the familyshould send greetings general administration depart- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE from their home,” read the 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 contractors registered with PWD/MHADA/CPWD/ ment rules. We also have atten- PUNE,NOVEMBER9 statement. CIDCO/MES/MJP/MIDC/Indian Railway/BPT/MCGM/ in the corresponding appropriate class of contractor or any Govt./Semi Govt. organisation. dance datatoprove our point. The Pawarfamilyurged The appointmentsweremade in NCPCHIEF Sharad Pawarand his residentstotakepreventive Sr. Name of Works Estimated E.M.D. Security Deposit Registration Tender Time limit for haste by Director (Higher familymembers have cancelled measures and celebratethe fes- No. Cost 1% of 2% (1% in the (Class) of Price completion of Estimated form of FDR Contractor including work Education) Dhanraj Mane. We an annual programme, when tivalsafelyfromtheir home. Cost and 1% through 12% GST have requestedthe ministerto theymeetwell-wishers from “Afterthe pandemic, the next RA Bills) in Rs. probethe matter,” said Prahar across the stateinBaramati dur- Diwali festival will be cele- 1 Providing and Laying Water Supply Line and Construction of Passage at 446429.00 4464.00 8928.00 Class-VIII & 560.00 6Months (Including president Manoj Tekade. ing Diwali, due to the Covid-19 brated with enthusiasm in B.M.C. Chawl, Shivdi Koliwada (MP-LAD) (Mumbai South Central) above monsoon) The organisation has de- pandemic this year. Baramati,” it stated. 2 Construction of Open Shed and Drain and Passage at T-90, T-10 Near Post 1339286.00 13393.00 26786.00 Class-VI & 560.00 9Months (Including mandedthat these faculty mem- The entirePawar familygath- “Thereisastrong desireto Office, Sion Pratiksha Nagar (MP-LAD) (Mumbai South Central) above monsoon) bersberelievedimmediatelyfrom ers together at their home in meetwell-wishers but we can’t 3 Construction of Open Shed and Drain and Passage at Shastri Nagar,A 1607143.00 16071.00 32142.00 Class-V-A & 560.00 12 Months the position of joint directors. Baramati during Diwali and do so this Diwali. It should be un- Ward, Sion Pratiksha Nagar (MP-LAD) (Mumbai South Central) above (Including monsoon) The memorandum has meetpeople, who come from derstood that thereisaneedto 4 Construction of Open Shed and Drain and Passage at Shastri Nagar,B 1607143.00 16071.00 32142.00 Class-V-A & 560.00 12 Months stated that while the advertise- across the state. strictlyfollowrules to checkthe Ward, Sion Pratiksha Nagar (MP-LAD) (Mumbai South Central) above (Including monsoon) ment forthe postofjoint direc- The joint statement on this spread of Covid-19and we can’t 5 Construction of Open Shed and Drain and Passage at Shastri Nagar,C 446429.00 4464.00 8928.00 Class-VIII & 560.00 6Months (Including tors waspublishedon has been issuedbyPawar, come together at this time for Ward, Sion Pratiksha Nagar (MP-LAD) (Mumbai South Central) above monsoon) November 18,2019, applications Deputy Chief MinisterAjit the festival. We needtohavepa- 6 Construction of Patra Shed, Drain and Passage at Sadakant Dhavan Maidan 2142857.00 21429.00 42858.00 Class-V-A & 560.00 12 Months Near Apna Bazar,Naigaon, Dadar (MP-LAD) (Mumbai South Central) above (Including monsoon) were invited within four days Pawar, MP SupriyaSule and MLA tience forsome moretime and and interviews and appoint- Rohit Pawar. followpreventive measures 7 Providing and Fixing Chequred Ladi, Drain and Passage Near Soham 1428571.00 14286.00 28572.00 Class-VI & 560.00 9Months (Including Society,Shastri Nagar,Dharavi (MP-LAD) (Mumbai South Central) above monsoon) mentsconducted in the follow- “The Pawarfamilyhas de- while celebrating the festival 8 Providing and Fixing Chequred Ladi, Drain and Passage Near Gajanan 2232143.00 22321.00 44642.00 Class-V-A & 560.00 12 Months ing 10 days,committing undue cidedtonot celebrateDiwali safely,”said the Pawarfamily. Society,Shastri Nagar,Dharavi (MP-LAD) (Mumbai South Central) above (Including monsoon) haste.“These academics had with the public this year to avoid Theyalso appealedtopeople 9 Providing and Fixing Chequred Ladi, Drain and Passage Near Green Palace, 1160714.00 11607.00 23214.00 Class-VI & 560.00 9Months (Including barelyserved four months of the spread of Covid-19among to ensurethe safetyoftheir fam- Shastri Nagar,Dharavi (MP-LAD) (Mumbai South Central) above monsoon) probation when theyweregiven local residents. Those who come ilymembers and society during 10 Providing and Fixing Ladikaran, Construction of Drain and Passage at 1071429.00 10714.00 21428.00 Class-VI & 560.00 9Months(Including appointments,” said Tekade. all the waytoBaramati to greet the pandemic. Ganesh Nagar, AlmedaCompound, Sion Pratiksha Nagar (MP-LAD) above monsoon) (Mumbai South Central) MUMBAI METROPOLITANREGION 11 Providing and Fixing Ladikaran, Construction of Drain and Passage at 60 1160714.00 11607.00 23214.00 Class-VI & 560.00 9Months (Including Feet Road, Dharavi (MP-LAD) (Mumbai South Central) above monsoon) DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 12 Providing and Fixing Benches and Dustbin at Ward No. 214 and 215, 686566.00 6866.00 13732.00 Class-VII & 560.00 9Months (Including (A Govt. of Maharashtra Undertaking) Tardeo, Mumbai (MLC-LAD) (MLC Fund) above monsoon) 6th floor,Planning Division, Plot Nos. R-5, R-6 &R-12, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), 13 Providing and Laying DrainageLine and Fixing ChekersLadi in 514924.00 5149.00 10298.00 Class-VII & 560.00 9Months (Including Mumbai –400 051. Tel. 022-21712195/97, Fax: 21712150. every Building Open Premises at Dainik Shivner Marg, Worli (MLC-LAD) above monsoon) Website :www.mmrda.maharashtra.gov.in Email :[email protected] (MLC Fund) NOTICE 14 Providing and Fixing Kota Ladi and Construction of Toilet at Gavali Wadi, 429104.00 4291.00 13732.00 Class-VIII & 560.00 6Months (Including Chirabazar (MLC-LAD) (MLC Fund) above monsoon) Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 15 Providing and Fixing New Tiles Between Sabhagruha at Mahameru Shimpi 686566.00 6866.00 13732.00 Class-VII & 560.00 9Months (Including No. :SROT/2700/KBMC/ VILL. BADLAPUR/861/2020. Samaj, Kamathipura, 4th Gully (MLC-LAD) (MLC Fund) above monsoon) WHEREAS, the Govt. of Maharashtra has appointed Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Author- 16 Providing and Fixing Rough Shahbad Ladi and Laying Drainage Line at 429104.00 4291.00 8582.00 Class-VIII & 560.00 6Months (Including ity (hereinafter referred to as “the said Authority”)established under Mumbai Metropolitan Region Lokarichi Chawl, Sitaram Poddar Marg (MLC-LAD) (MLC Fund) above monsoon) Development Authority Act, 1974, (Maharashtra-IV of 1975) to be the Special Planning Authority for 17 Construction of Shed for School Childrens and Traffic Police at Raje 429104.00 4291.00 8582.00 Class-VIII & 560.00 6Months (Including the “Kalyan Complex Notified Area” by Urban Development and Public Health Department Notification Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Chowk, Barkat Ali Naka, Wadala (E) (MLA- above monsoon) No.TPB-1275/1199/UD-8, dated 15th March, 1976 promulgated in exercise of its powers conferred by Section LAD) (Wadala) 40 (1) (c) of Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966. (hereinafter referred to as the “said Act”); 18 Construction of Open Sabhagruha at Prabhodhankar Thakrey Zopadpatti 429104.00 4291.00 8582.00 Class-VIII & 560.00 6Months (Including AND WHEREAS, the Govt. of Maharashtra, Urban Development Department by its Notification No. TPS Sangh, Barkat Ali Naka (MLA-LAD) (Wadala) above monsoon) -1200/1957/CR-32/2001/UD-12, dated 22nd March, 2001 has changed the name of the Kalyan Complex Notified 19 Construction of Open Sabhagruha at Babasaheb Ambedkar Vichar Manch, 686566.00 6866.00 13732.00 Class-VII & 560.00 9Months (Including Area as “Ulhasnagar,Ambernath, Kulgaon-Badlapur and Surrounding Notified Area”; Barkat Ali Naka (MLA-LAD) (Wadala) above monsoon) AND WHEREAS,the Govt. of Maharashtra, Urban Development Department by its Notification 20 Construction of Drain and Passage Near Ashirawad Building, St.Zhaveriya 1287311.00 12873.00 25746.00 Class-VI & 560.00 9Months (Including No.TPS-1202/806/CR-83/2002/UD-12, dated 26th October,2004 excluded the area within the Street, Parel (MLA-LAD) (Wadala) above monsoon) jurisdiction of Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation from “Ulhasnagar,Ambarnath, Kulgaon-Badlapur 21 Construction of Drain and Passage Near Daftari Niwas, Kakasaheb Gadgil 858207.00 8582.00 17164.00 Class-VII & 560.00 9Months (Including and Surrounding Notified Area” and name of the said Notified Area is changed to “Ambarnath, Marg, Elphinstone (MLA-LAD) (Wadala) above monsoon) Kulgaon-Badlapur and Surrounding Notified Area” (hereinafter referred to as the “said Notified Area”); 22 Construction of Drain and Passage Near Klash Building, Kakasaheb 1029848.00 10298.00 20596.00 Class-VI & 560.00 9Months (Including AND WHEREAS,the Govt. of Maharashtra, Urban Development Department by its Notification Gadgil Marg, Elphinstone (MLA-LAD) (Wadala) above monsoon) No.TPS-1204/941/CR-163/04/UD-12, dated 25th July,2005 has sanctioned the Development Plan along 23 Concreting Work at Ambedkar Nagar,Senapati Bapat Marg(MA-LAD) 858207.00 8582.00 17164.00 Class-VII & 560.00 9Months (Including with Development Control Regulations for the said Notified Area and published certain parts in the form of (Wadala) above monsoon) E.P.(Excluded Parts); 24 Providing and Laying Water Supply Line at Tata Compound, Bhatankar 1287311.00 12873.00 25746.00 Class-VI & 560.00 9Months (Including AND WHEREAS,the Govt. of Maharashtra, Urban Development Department by its Notification Marg, Parel (MLA-LAD) (Wadala) above monsoon) No.TPS-1204/941/CR-163/04(Part-II)/UD-12, dated 11th August, 2008 has sanctioned the E.P. 25 Construction of Open Sabhagruha and Beautification Work at Labour 1716414.00 17164.00 34328.00 Class-V-A & 560.00 12 Months (ExcludedParts) for the said Notified Area; Camp, Naigaon (MLA-LAD) (Wadala) above (Including monsoon) AND WHEREAS, Hon. High Court,Bombay vide its order on Writ Petition no.5565/2014 dated 24.09.2019 26 Construction of Open Sabhagruha in front of Hanuman Mandir Near 429104.00 4291.00 8582.00 Class-VIII & 560.00 6Months (Including has directed to initiate action for rectification of S.no.2 shown on Development Plan of village Badlapur Wadala Police Station, Wadala (E) (MLA-LAD) (Wadala) above monsoon) of the said Notified Area; 27 Construction of Burial Compartment, Filing Red Soil and Providing and 2574621.00 25746.00 51492.00 Class-V-A & 560.00 12 Months AND WHEREAS,theAuthority by its Resolution no. 1530 passed in its 149th meeting held on 7th July, Laying, Water Supply Line, Laying Drainage Line, Fixing Ladikaran at above (Including monsoon) 2020 has approved to initiate the procedure u/s 37(1) of the said Act for rectification of S.no.2, which is Mahim Kabrastan, M. M. C. Road, Mahim (SBVY) (Mahim) wrongly shown on Development Plan of village Badlapur of the said Notified Area (hereinafter referred 28 Providing and Fixing Ladikaran at Shivaji Park, Smashanbhumi, Shivaji 3432828.00 34328.00 68656.00 Class-V & 560.00 12 Months as “the said modification”); Park (SBVY) (Mahim) above (Including monsoon) AND WHEREAS, the Authority by its Resolution no. 1530, in exercise of the powers under section 139 Sr.No. Stage Desc. Date of time period of the said Act and section 7A of Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority Act, 1974 has 1 Publishing Date 11.11.2020, 10.00 authorized the Metropolitan Commissioner to complete all statutoryprocedures with respect to the said 2 Document sale start 11.11.2020, 10.05 modification in exercise of the powers under section 37 of the said Act; 3 Document sale end 25.11.2020, 17.35 NOW THEREFORE, this notice is hereby published under Section 37 of the said Act for inviting 4 Bid Submission start 11.11.2020, 10.05 suggestions and/or objections from public for carrying out the said modification to Sanctioned 5 Bid Submission end 25.11.2020, 17.35 Development Plan of the said Notified Area for rectification of S.no.2 shown on Development Plan of 6 Technical Bid Opening 26.11.2020, 17.35 onward village Badlapur of the said Notified Area 7 Price Bid Opening 27.11.2020, 17.35 onward Part plan of the sanctioned Development Plan showing the said modification is kept for 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 notice hereafter inspection of the public in the following offices during office hours. will be published online on web site https://mahatenders.gov.in, MHADA Website -https://mhada.maharashtra.gov.in 2. Bidding documents can be loaded on the web site https://mahatenders.gov.in,from Date 11.11.2020 at 10.05 to Date 25.11.2020 upto 17.35. 3. The payment for Tender Form Fees and Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) must be made online. 3. The Senior Planner, 1. The Chief, Planning Division, 4. Technical Bids will be opened on dt. 26.11.2020 from 17.35 onward &Price bids will be opened on dt. 27.11.2020 from 17.35 onward at the office of the Executive MMRDA, Sub-Regional Office, Multipurpose Hall, 6th Floor New MMRDA Building, Bandra- Engineer (City)/ MSIB, Room No. 539, 4th Floor,MHADA, Kalanagar,Bandra (East), Mumbai-400 051 on web site http://mahatenders.gov.in. 2nd Floor,Besides Oswal Park, Pokharan Road 2, Kurla Complex, Bandra (E),Mumbai -400051. 5. e-Tenderer should submit original documents (those were uploaded during bid preparation) for verification at the time of Technical Bid opening. Majiwada, Thane (W) –400 601. 6. e-Tenderer should submit information and scanned copies in PDF format in Technical Envelope as mentioned in Technical Offer. 2. The Collector, Thane, 4. The Chief Officer, 7. e-Tenderer should have valid Class-II/III, Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) obtained from any certifying authority. Collector Office, Near Court Naka, Kulgaon-Badlapur Municipal Council, 8. The Executive Engineer (City)/ M.S.I. Board, MHADA, Kalanagar,Bandra (East), Mumbai-51, reserves the right to accept or reject any or all tenders without assigning Thane (W)- 400 601. Kulgaon, Tal. Ambernath,Dist. Thane –421 501. any reason. 9. e-Tenderer shall refer detailed Tender Notice regarding Performance Security and other documents to be submitted. The suggestions and/or objectionsreceived in this regard in writing by the Senior 10. e-Tenderer should upload GST Registration Certificate. Planner,MMRDA Sub-RegionalOffice, MultipurposeHall, 2nd Floor,Besides Oswal Park, 11.Tender called is based on SSR rate year 2017-18 without GST.GST will be paid on accepted contract value. Pokharan Road 2, Majiwada, Thane (W) –400601 within 30 (thirty) days from the date of publication of this notice in the Maharashtra Government Gazette will be considered. The Notice 12. Guidelines regarding e-tendering system and submission of bids can be downloadedfromweb sitehttp://mahatenders.gov.in, Help support : 1800-307-02232; E-mail : [email protected] and part plan of the sanctioned Development Plan showing the said modification is also available on 13. In case of the rates quoted by lowest bidder less than estimated cost &L1bidder failed to submit Additional Performance Security Deposit within 8days, then L2 (2nd MMRDA’s website at https://mmrda.maharashtra.gov.in. Sd/- Lowest) bidder will be asked and if L2 is agree to carryout the work below %than L-1 quoted rate then his offer will be accepted. For more information please refer (R. A. Rajeev) detail Tender notice. Sd/- Place : Mumbai Metropolitan Commissioner, MHADA -Leading Housing Authority in the Nation Executive Engineer (City), Date :05.11.2020 MMRDA. CPRO/A/197 M.S.I.B. Board. 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has been demanding the release ATIKHRASHID of staffers' salaries forovera SMOOTH PUNE,NOVEMBER9 FADNAVISTAKES month. Lastweek,another MSRTC staffer from Ratnagiri RATTLED BY the suicide of afi- ONSTATEGOVT had endedhis lifebysuicide. RIDE nanciallytroubledstaffer of OVERSUICIDE Afterameeting with senior MaharashtraState Road MSRTC officers on Mondayaf- Asouth-bound flyoverwas TransportCorporation (MSRTC), ternoon, Parabannouncedthat inaugurated on Eastern stateTransportMinisterAnil Mumbai: Aday aftera the transportbody will release Express Highway near ParabonMondayannounced 30-year-old bus one month's salaryand festival Andheri-Ghatkopar Link that MSRTC will release two conductor employed advance immediately, while an- road junction, in Mumbai months’ salarybeforeDiwali. with MSRTC diedby other month’s salarywill be de- on Monday. Amit Chakravarty The transportbody has been suicide allegedly due to posited before Diwali, whichfalls unable to paysalaries to itsem- financial crisis, Leader on November 14. ployees forthree months due to of Opposition Devendra “It’s true that three months’ the severe financial losses in- Fadnavis on Monday payfor our staffers is pending but curredduring the lockdown slammedthe Maha owing to the financial trouble we In search of network, students appear for months, and the subsequent low Vikas Aghadi arein, likemostgovernment-run occupancy of buses. government for corporations,wewerenot ableto The minister's announce- withholding salaries of paysalariesontime.Ihavealready online exams atop hillocks, underneath trees ment came afterManoj Anil the statetransport said that Iamready to borrow Chaudhari, a30-year-old bus employees. “I am moneytoclear these dues. Ihave conductor employedwith the shocked...Now,the also requestedthe stategovern- exam, Vasave had dippedinto It wasthe firsttime that sity.“The man who runs the terfinishing duty everyday. Jalgaon depotofMSRTC,diedby UddhavThackeray ment to grant us funds to provide ABHAGORADIA her family's savings to purchase Vasave had livedawayfromher restaurant is afriend. He allowed While Imanaged to appear for suicide on Mondaymorning. His government should relief to our staffers. However, MUMBAI,NOVEMBER9 asmartphone that costRs7,500, family. She felt asense of relief us to use the WiFi at his restau- the exams, severalofmyfriends familymembers claimedthat wake up and take things aren’t materialising. But half of whichisyet to be paid. when she could return to the rant, forwhichwecollectively postedinother areas could not Chaudhari had leftbehind asui- immediatesteps to pay considering the situation, we MATHURA VASAVE (22), TYBSc “Exams startedonOctober comfortofher home. paid him Rs 500. We usuallysit do so due to connectivity issues. cide note,inwhichheblamed the employees, whichis made some arrangementsand I student from Nandurbar's 12.Wecouldn't find (cellphone) Online final-year exams have under atreeoutside his hotel,” Appearing forexams in the mid- the stategovernment and their right," he told have directed the officials con- Akkalkuwatown, campedona rangeinour village. So, we notonlyrequired universities in said Dagor. dle of duty hours is difficult, but MSRTC forpushing him to take mediapersons. “I had cernedtorelease one months' hillockinBalaghat with twoof walked fornearly three hours to Maharashtratoexploredigital ForDagor,itwas a30-minute so far, Ihavemanaged," said the direstepbynot releasing his written to the CM salary and festival advance for her women friends fortwo the hillockwith camping equip- solutions, but also pushedstu- walk to the spot, but Naravde Chandure, astudent of salaryregularly. giving details on how Diwali immediately. Theyshould weeks–the entireduration of ment. We built atemporary dentsthe extramile, or several had to hitchhikefromKhopoli, Yashwantrao Chavan “My son worked with the statetransport startdisbursingthat in an hour. their final-year exams, as that shelter using tin sheets,cooked miles, as in the case of students whichisanhour away.Bomble, MaharashtraOpen University. Jalgaon depotofMSRTC.Hehad employees' condition is Salaryfor another month will be wasthe onlyplace theycould our food and went intothe jun- in Nandurbar likeVasave. who livesinPimpaloli village, LataMore, Principalof borrowedmoneyand wasnot worsening. They releasedbeforeDiwali,” the min- managetoget networkontheir gletobathe. We were notalone; Afterencountering severalis- hitchedaride on apassing truck. Nandurbar's Surupsing Hirya able to repaythe loans as the cannotafforddecent istertold mediapersons. phones, in order to attempt their studentsfromnearbyvillages sues on the firstday of their on- Meanwhile, RamChandure, Naik CollegeofEducation, said MSRTC paid salaries erratically... twomeals... Many Parabsaid the MSRTC was online papers. had also come to campatthe line exams that beganon an Armypersonnel postedin online exams mayhavebeen an He diedbysuicide because of cannotpay school fees trying to raise funds through Justfour days ahead of the same hillock,"she said. October 14,studentsVinay Ranchi, obtainedspecial permis- alternative to ensurethe safety this reason,” said Manoj’s father of their children...,” he loans to tackle the current finan- Dagor,Sandeep Naravde and sion to appear forhis final-year of studentsfromCovid-19, but Anil Chaudhari. added. ENS cialcrunch, anditwas also in the Sachin Bomble of Pune sociology exams. The 24-year- theyaren’t asustainable concept Afterthe incident came to process of making long-term University-affiliated Dr BN old had found aspotinthe living forstudentsinthe state. light, opposition leaders, includ- plans forincreasing revenue SALUTE THE SOLDIER PurandareArtsCollegedecided area of the cantonment space “Ninety percent of our stu- ing former chief minister MinisterUddhavThackeray be generation from non-transport to appear fortheir exams from that offeredadecent mobile dentshail from adivasi padas DevendraFadnavis, criticisedthe booked on chargesofabetment sources suchasdevelopment of REMEMBRANCE 5041534 L/HAVTUL PRASAD PUN underneath atreeoutside a connection. (tribal settlements), where stategovernment andde- of suicide. land properties and renting out 10 NOV restaurant oppositethe univer- “I prepared formyexams af- Internetconnectivity is notcon- mandedthat Paraband Chief The MSRTC workers’ union itsfacilities. On this day 5041534 L/Hav TulPrasad Pun of 5/1 Gorkha Rifles made stant. Manyofthem have bor- the supreme sacrifice during 'OP RAKSHAK' Jammu &Kashmir in Nov cegKÙe keâeÙee&}Ùe, efJejej otjOJeveer :0250-2525101/02/ rowedsmartphones from 1998 in atrue act of valour.The brave soldier will always be friends or relativestoappear for remembered for his enthusiasm. To this brave heart we pledge that we efJejej (hetJe&), 03/04/05/06. Can’t hold online hearings with old and shall always be guided by his immortal spirit and make his name He@âkeäme :0250- 2525107 the exams, and that toofrom proud. lee. JemeF&, open farmlands, hillocks and at F&-ces} : [email protected] CO AND ALL RANKS, 5/1 GORKHA RIFLES efpe. hee}Iej-401305 peeJekeâ ›eâ. :JeefJeçece/yeebOe/524/2020 times, over trees. 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THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,NOVEMBER10,2020 7 GOVT &POLITICS Punjab struggles with shortages as Punjablatest 230 goods trains stuck for amonth DELHI CONFIDENTIAL todropgeneral Inputsget dearer,power cutseat intoproduction 100 rakes of coal, 70 with RAAKHIJAGGA consenttoCBI LUDHIANA,NOVEMBER9 fertiliser lying MOHAMMAD ALAM, 50, a KANCHANVASDEV labourer working at the dryport idle: Railways CHANDIGARH,NOVEMBER9 of Ludhiana, has been sitting idle with nearly 200others since AVISHEKGDASTIDAR AMIDCENTRE-STATErelationson October 1. The reason: Railways NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER9 downward spiral, Punjab has be- have stoppedall freight trains to comeanothernon-BJP-ruledstate Punjab amid an impasse over NEARLY230trainsloadedwithes- to withdraw general consent ac- farmers’ protests between the sential goods areidledoutside cordedtothe Central Bureauof HOWZZAT FOR FRIENDS Centreand state, leaving these Punjabforthepastonemonthdue Investigation (CBI) to investigate porters without work. to protests by farmers in the state, cases. CM Amarinder Singh INDIA HAS been involvedincoaching cricketers and officials “Weusedtoearn around Rs according to Railways officials. The investigative agency will from Maldives. Coaching sessions forcoaches and umpires 15,000amonth,andnowwehave Labourers sit idle at the railway godown in Ludhiana. GurmeetSingh Coal forpowerplants, petro- have to seek permission from the have already takenplace, and coaching of 30-member men’s been rendered penniless,” says leumproductsmeantforthestate stategovernment to probeevery probeinthe state. and women’s teams eachwill commence soon in Chennai. Alam. aswellasforLadakhandJ&K,and case.Inanotificationto thiseffect Punjab has followedinthe India is also building acricket stadium on the island-nation. On Afew hours away,Amarjeet plantshaveshut operations. A fertiliser arethe main items in publishedinthe stategovern- footsteps of non-BJP-ruledstates avisit to Male, Foreign SecretaryHarsh Vardhan Shringla on Singh, afarmer at Ferozepur’s Amarinder Venuprasad,chairmancumman- these rakes. ment’s gazetteonNovember 8, thathadwithdrawnconsent.The Mondayexpressedhope that an IPL matchcan be hostedinthe Bhurekalan village, is worried appeals to agingdirector(CMD),PunjabState Chief among them are100 AdditionalChief Secretary, depart- states that have withdrawncon- countryinnear future. about the urea he needs forhis PowerCorporation Limited rakesofcoal meant forthe five ment of home affairs and justice, sent include Jharkhand, Kerala, crop. “Thereisnotrace of urea in farmers (PSPCL), says,“We arefacing a powerplantsinthestate.Withthe has issuedorders, “In exercise of Maharashtra, West Bengal, the market.Ifthe goods trains Chandigarh: As the dead- shortage of 7500MWpower blockade stretching to over a the powers conferredbysection Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. COURTESY CALL don’t resume soon, we will have lockcontinues between everyday asallourthermalplants month, theyhavebeen moved 6ofthe Delhi Special Police The Amarinder Singh-led to arrangetrucks to getit.” theCentreandPunjabover have run out of coal. We have no away and kept in various loop Establishment Act, 1946 (Central stategovernment hadearlier UNION MINISTER of State(independent charge)for Cultureand Industrialists tooare feeling running of goods trains to option but to impose powercuts lines in Delhi and Haryana, a ActNo. 25 of 1946), the withdrawnconsentgiventocases Tourism Prahlad PatelonMondaymet AgricultureMinister the pinch. Transportation of raw the state, Chief Minister ranging from 2-4 hours.” Northern Railway official said. Government of Punjab hereby of Bargari sacrilegeand Behbal NarendraSingh Tomar.During the meeting, it is learnt, Patelex- materials by road is jacking up Amarinder Singh on Ravi Dhingra, afarmer of Around 10-12rakes of coal withdrawsthe general consent Kalan firing afterthe Assembly tendedaninvitation of his daughter's marriage, scheduledat costs.Asteel coil forbicycles that Mondayappealedtothe Muhammad Piravillage, close to service these powerplantsevery accordedtothe members of the had passedaresolution to with- the end of this month. Incidentally, the meeting of the two waspricedatRs54akglast farmers to completely lift the India-Pakistanborder in day. Punjab has expressedcon- Delhi Special Police draw these cases from the CBI. strong Madhya Pradesh leaders came aday before the resultsof month nowcosts Rs 60 akg. their rail blockade to also Fazilka, rues that these blackouts cernthatif coalstockofthepower Establishment, anytime herein Punjab is already lockedina crucial Assemblyby-elections in their home stateonTuesday. “Steel manufacturers are allowpassenger trains to have no fixedtime. “I have or- plantsisnot replenishedintime, before.” confrontationwiththeCentre,es- chargingusmoreonthepleathat plyinthe state, in viewof chards of guava,dates, dragon the statewill face powercrisis in The notification also reads peciallyafter changes to the farm their rawmaterial is coming via the initiative takenbythe fruit, maltaetc…but these days the winter. that, “In viewofrevocation of all laws.The state’s Legislative GOING GREEN roadinsteadof freighttrains,”says Centre to discuss the issue we getwaterforbarelytwo hours Around70rakesoffertiliserare previous general consentsissued Assemblynot onlypassedtheBills Onkar Singh Pahwa, MD of Avon of the farm laws. againsteight hours in our area. I also lying idle at various places in earlier,prior consent of the negatingtheCentre’slaws butthe IN THE Urban Mobility India conference, alot of emphasis was Cycles. TheCentrehascalleda have my house in Fazilka where Northern Railway zone awaiting Governmentof Punjabshallbere- CM ledadharna of legislators at laid on the needtoshifttopublic transport—and even to non- Rajesh Bansal, owner of Rana meeting of agitating unscheduledpowercutsoffour clearance, official datashow. quired,hereinafter, on acase-to- JantarMantarinDelhiagainstthe motorisedtransport—for personal mobility in urban areas. In Cycles, says even plastic parts farmer organisations on hours have become the norm.” Railwaysofficialssaidthatasperan- case basis forinvestigation of any Union government recently. fact, the Secretaryofthe MinistryofHousing and Urban Affairs come at apremium now. “There November 13. ENS On Sunday, Punjab Chief nualroutine,rakesloadedwithfer- offence or class of offences under The Centrehas retorted by said that he uses taxi services forpersonal commuting instead is blackmarketing of steel. Those MinisterCaptAmarinder Singh tiliserareprioritisedacrossIndiato section 3ofthe aforesaid Act, by suspendinggoodstrainsto Punjab of taking out his car,and that his son cycles 7kmevery dayto whoarereadyto paymoreget the had said he had sought Union servicePunjabinthekharifandrabi the Delhi Special Police affectingsuppliesonthepleathat work. stocks instantly, the rest of us are thatwe startedworkingroundthe HomeMinisterAmitShah’sinter- seasons.Punjabisheavilydepend- Establishment. thefarmerswere blockingtherail asked to wait forafortnight. It is clockinAugust, but nowweare vention intothe issue even as the ent on fertiliser from other states. Under Section 6ofthe Act, all traffic. The Centrehas also with- affecting our supplychain.” backto12hours... Besides raising BJP statepresidentaccusedthe Thirty rakesofpetroleum statesexceptDelhiandtheUnion held the rural development fund Thesuspensionof goodstrains ourinputcosts,theroadtransport CM of trying to arm-twistthe productmeantforthestateaswell Territories have the discretion to (RDF) giventoPunjab everyyear POLITICIANS EXEMPT: FB SPOKESPERSON has dealt ablowtoinduction fur- also slows down the pace of our Centreby“instigatingfarmers”to as supplies to Ladakh and J&K are give their consent to the CBI fora during procurement of paddy. naces too. KKGarg, president of operations.” continue with their protests also awaiting clearance. The rest theNorthIndiaInductionFurnace Farmers and manufacturers againstthe farm laws. arecontainers with various kinds Facebook removes Association, says,“We have arenot justbattlingshortage of in- The Railways has declinedto of goodsmeantformultipleplaces, TAMIL NADU around 150induction furnaces in puts, but long powercutstoo. resumeservicesinPunjab,saying recordshows. Punjab, out of which25are in Withthecoalsupplyferriedby it will either operatebothfreight FULLREPORTON ‘misinformation’ tag Ludhiana.Itiswithgreatdifficulty goods trains drying up, thermal and passenger trains or none. www.indianexpress.com Will form govt on own: from Himanta video AIADMK day after BJP Amid Gujjar stir in Rajasthan, Jats claim to choose next CM ABHISHEKSAHA GUWAHATI,NOVEMBER9 and Muslims renew quota demand EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE FACEBOOK on Mondayremoved Himanta CHENNAI,NOVEMBER9 acautionof misinformationithad BiswaSarma put on avideo postedthree days HAMZAKHAN AFTER THE Tamil Nadu govern- TN BJP chief agobyAssam ministerHimanta JAIPUR,NOVEMBER9 Keepingits ment refusedtogrant permission LMurugan BiswaSarma, in whichhehad The police in Assam’s Cachar E cool to the BJP stateunit forits much- ● claimedthat supporters of Lok district, wherethe incident took AMID THE protests by the Gujjar EXPLAINED hypedVel YatratocelebrateLord SabhaMPBadruddin Ajmalal- place,hadregisteredacaseagainst community,asection of Jat and Murugaabodes in the state, a and form the next government on legedly shouted ‘Pakistan alleged slogans in the video. Muslim communities have re- WHILE THE agitation by statement by the saffron party's itsown. Ruling out the BJP's Zindabad’sloganswhilereceiving On Monday, Opposition newedtheir demand forreserva- the Gujjars on the railway statepresident, LMurugan, has chances of assuming akey role in him at an airport. Congress lodged an FIR in tion under the Other Backward tracks has entered its irkedthe AIADMK leadership and the government if AIADMK is Facebook had retainedthe Guwahati againstSarma. In the Classes (OBC) category. ninth day, the Ashok invited astrong counter. elected forthe thirdconsecutive videobuthadflaggeditasfalsein- FIR, stateCongress general secre- “If the government wantsan- Gehlotgovernment ap- On Sunday, during his second time, Jayakumar said, “Thereis formation. tary Ranjan Borastatedthat the archyand onlylistens to agita- pears to be patientlytry- unsuccessful attempt to launch space fortalksabout acoalition AIUDF has maintainedthat ministerpostedremarksonsocial tions, then we will decide on a ing to avoid anycon- his VelYatra, as the police took government. The AIADMK will the supporters raisedthe slogan media with an “intention to cre- strategythrougheightmahapan- frontation and violence. him and others intocustody form the government, as it has “Aziz Khan Zindabad” –for the atereligioustensionbetweentwo chayatsinthedistrict(Bharatpur), Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla’s son Vijay(in blue cap) The government’s repre- again, Murugan had said that the done in the past. Thereisnodoubt partyMLAfromKarimganjSouth communities through amislead- the firstofwhichwill be at with his supporters at aprotest siteinBharatpur. Express sentativeshavecontinued VelYatrawill makeBJP an un- about that.” constituency who wasalso pres- ing statement and false Facebook PathenavillageonNovember18,” to hold talkswith leaders questionable forceinTamil Nadu However, senior AIADMK ent there. post”. saidNemSinghFaujdar,convenor from the community even in theupcomingAssemblypolls, leaders said that the ongoing war AFacebook spokesperson AFacebook spokesperson of the Jat Arakshan Sangharsh didates should be givenappoint- MMDC General Secretary as thelatterhavebeen try- expected by next summer. of wordsbetween the twoparties told The Indian Express that it ex- said:“Werelyonthird-partyfact- Samiti. “Wewill notset anyvehi- ment immediately. Third, cases Yunus Ali Khan said, “Muslim ing to up the ante. Murugan also said that the will notbeaggravatedto the point emptspoliticians from itsthird checkers to help reduce spread of cleonfire,norwillwe damageany filedagainstmembersof thecom- OBCs fare worse than other OBC next chief ministerofTamil Nadu of breaking the alliance, as the party fact-checking programme, false news and other viral misin- property,but we will do achakka munityduringtheagitationshould castesineducation and social will beaperson chosen by the BJP. AIADMK cannottakeadecision and that the tagwas erroneously formation likememes or manip- jam that the government can’t be withdrawn,” Faujdar said. backwardness.” The MMDC has Chandnaandtopofficialsfromthe The twoparties areinalliance on snapping ties without taking put on ulated photosand videos. even imagine,” he said. The Muslim Minority sought separatereservation for district administration held an- in the state. the BJP central leadership in con- Sarma’s post. Facebook exemptspoliticians “Our firstdemand is that the Development Committee Muslim OBCs in education and other round of talkswith Gujjar Reacting to Murugan’s state- fidence. “These arenecessary OnNovember6,Sarmaposted from our third-party fact-check- stategovernment should writeto (MMDC) has demanded10per servicesinthestate“onKarnataka leadersledbyKiroriSinghBainsla ment, stateCabinetministerand statementstosilence the local the video and wrote: “Look at the ing.Afact-checkingratingwasap- the Centre, recommending reser- cent reservation forbackward pattern”. and his son VijayBainsla on senior party leader DJayakumar leaders of BJP to counter their brazenness of these fundamen- pliedinerror on this postand has vation forJatsofBharatpur and Muslim castes“along the lines of Meanwhile in Karauli, State Monday. However, noagreement said the AIADMK continues to be over-enthusiasm,” asenior state talists anti-national people who been removed.” Dholpur.Second,ourselectedcan- reservation forGujjars”. Youth Affairs MinisterAshok could be reached. powerful enough to face the polls ministerand AIADMK leader said. areshouting PAKISTANZIND- The AIUDF and the Congress ABAD while theywelcome MP have announcedanalliance to BadruddinAjmal.Thisthoroughly fight the upcoming Assam elec- Uttarakhand CM exposesIndianNationalCongress tions early next year. An experiment to grow saffron Odisha revokes decision whichisencouraging suchforces On Monday, Sarma tweeted, announces 10-yr by forging an alliance...” “Video is agenuine one and not to cut scholarship fund Fact-checking websites such doctored.Good that the video is in Sikkim, with help from J&K infra plan for as AltNews and BOOM Live soon restored.” reportedthat pro-Pakistanslo- Ajmalhadearliertoldtheme- Sikkim,’’ said Sarma. for SC, ST students summer capital gans were notraised. Later,acau- dia, “Aziz Khan’s supporters ESHAROY The Botany and Horticulture tion wasput on the video by shouted slogans in his support. NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER9 departmentsofSikkim Central LALMANIVERMA Facebook: “False information. The BJP and HimantaBiswa University,whichcollaborated AISHWARYAMOHANTY DEHRADUN,NOVEMBER9 Checkedbyindependent fact- Sarmamanipulateditandsaidthe SO FAR, the cultivation of saffron on the project, tested the soil pH BHUBANESWAR,NOVEMBER9 Odisha CM checkers.” sloganswere ‘PakistanZindabad’.” —the mostexpensive spice —in in Yangyang, and found it simi- Naveen UTTARAKHAND CHIEF Minister India has been limited to afew lar to the saffron-growing areas THE ODISHA government has re- Patnaik TrivendraSingh Rawaton areas in J&K. The Ministryof of Kashmir,especiallyPampore. vokedits decision to reduce the Mondayannouncedthat11 police 21 held as Assam CID begins probe Science and Technology,through “Saffron seed/ corms were post-matric scholarship amount outposts would be setupinthe the Department of Science and purchasedand air-transported forSCand ST students, following dentscould be ropedinand pro- border areas. On the occasion of into minority scholarship ‘scam’ Technology (DST), is nowlook- from Kashmir to Yangyang by criticismoverthe move. videdthescholarship,”aseniorof- the foundation dayof ing at extending itscultivation to the department. One saffron “Therewill be no changein ficialof theSC/STdevelopmentde- Uttarakhand, the CM also an- Guwahati: The Assam Police CID “On the basis of evidence col- some states in the Northeast. growerwas engaged and sta- the amount of post-matric partment said. nouncedde- on Monday arrested 21 persons, lected during investigation so far, Apilotproject has yielded tionedtolook afterthe complete scholarship forSCand ST stu- The decision washeavilycrit- velopment of includingfourschoolheadmasters 21 persons have been appre- successful resultsinYangyang Yangyang villageinSouth growing process, along with the dents. The studentswill con- icisedbytheOpposition.“...(It)can infrastructure and ateacher,asitbegan itsprobe hendedbyCID with supportoflo- villageofSouth Sikkim, which Sikkim producedits first faculty of the university," the DST tinue to getthe same amount as createhurdles forpoor meritori- and facilities in intoalleged misappropriation of cal police of Goalpara, Darrang, producedits firstcropofsaffron crop of saffron this said in astatement. theyavailedthe previous aca- ousstudents.Alot of familieshave summer capi- pre-matric scholarship funds for Kamrup and Dhubri districtsasa this September.Itwas grown September. Express The corms were irrigated demic year,” Chief Minister sufferedfromfinancial setbacks talGairsainata poor minority studentsfor the resultof co-ordinatedsearchoper- across 1,000 squaremetres. during September and October, Naveen Patnaik said in astate- during the pandemic and the de- costofRs years 2018-19and 2019-20. ations on multiple places which Once the quality of the saffron is whichensured timelysprouting ment, adding that the earlier no- cisionto cutdownonscholarships Trivendra 25,000 crore Acase wasfiledafter acom- startedintheeveningof November assessed, this will be scaledup graphical area in J&K, mainly and good floweryields, it said. tification has been put on hold would have onlyaddedtotheir Singh Rawat over the next plaint by Mahmood Hassan, di- 8,” the CID statement said. 10 times in Sikkim itself, said Pampore, followedbyBudgam, “The pH levelofthe soil wasa and the CM’s office will verify the woes. It will discouragethe stu- 10 years.Rawat rector of the Assam minority de- The illegal siphoning of the Dr Arun KSarma, Director Srinagar and Kishtwar districts. particularly important factor... official file pertaining to the dentsfromfurther pursuing said acommit- velopment boardand statenodal Centrally-fundedscholarship by General, NorthEastCentreFor “Wehavebeen thinking for we arecarrying out ascientific same again. higher studies. It is notatall sur- teewill be constituted under the officer of the pre-matric scholar- an alleged nexus of middlemen, Technology Application and sometime that the soil and analysis of the plant to see howit “Thedecisiontoslashtheschol- prisingthatthestategovernment Chief Secretarytoensureplanned shipforminorities.TheCIDsaidin bankcorrespondents,officialsand Reach(NECTAR), an au- weather conditions in Kashmir compares to the saffron plant in arshipamountwastakenaswe in- decidedtobring in sucharesolu- development of Gairsain. apress statement that acase has school staff, as reportedbyThe tonomous body under the DST aresimilar to some areas in the Kashmir.Ifthe quality is indeed creasedthecoursesbeingcovered tion immediatelyafter the elec- To markthe state’s 20th foun- been registeredunder Sections Indian Express investigation, is whichimplemented the project. Northeast. So we brought 100kg similar,then the Northeastwill from 27 to 99 forthe 2020-21aca- tions to the bypolls,” Youth dation day, various programmes 120(B),406,409,419,420,468and also being probed by the CBI. Saffron cultivation has long seeds from Kashmir,along with be agood alternative sitetogrow demic session. This would have CongressOdishapresidentSmruti were organisedbothinDehradun 471ofthe IPC. ENS been restricted to alimited geo- asaffron farmer,toSouth saffron,’’ said Sarma. meant that morenumber of stu- Ranjan Lenka said. and Gairsain. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 8 EXPRESS NETWORK THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,NOVEMBER10,2020

URBAN MOBILITY INDIA CONFERENCE Pat for Bihar move to Eyeonjointclinicaltrials,India TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE 252 CASES: RECOVERED:79,17,373 deploy buses for returning DAYSSINCE 85,53,657 DEATHS:1,26,611 PANDEMIC migrants during lockdown trainingnationsinSouthAsia BEGAN TESTS: 11,85,72,192 | DOUBLING RATE: 130.02** amenable to eventuallybuying AVISHEKGDASTIDAR The topawards, KAUNAINSHERIFFM that vaccine,” the sources said. NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER9 NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER9 Three indigenous vaccine however, went to manufacturersareatpresentcon- THE BIHAR government’s efforts Bhubaneswar AS INDIA prepares to administer ducting clinical trials of Covid-19 to deploybuses to provide last- and Agartala avaccine againstthe novelcoro- vaccine candidates. Hyderabad- KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING miletransporttomigrantsreturn- navirus infection to itspopula- basedDrReddy'sLaboratorieshas TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** ing home during lockdown has tion early next year,itisworking receivedapproval to conduct wonitamention in the national The topawards, however, with countries in itsneighbour- phase2/3trialsof Russia’sSputnik ■ Maharashtra 17,19,858 5,585 0.30% 237.34 awards forinnovative transport went to Bhubaneswar and hood on possible collaborative Vvaccine.Indiaisastakeholderin ■ Kerala 4,86,109 5,440 1.43% 50.36 solutions during the pandemic. Agartala. Bhubaneswar turned clinical trials of vaccine candi- thetripartitearrangementamong ■ Delhi 4,38,529 7,745 1.60% 44.96 “The TransportDepartment itsneighbourhood bus stops into dates in the future. the WHO, the vaccine alliance of Bihar deployedmorethan vegetable vending zones and Aspecialistteam of scientists group GAVI, and the Coalition for ■ West Bengal 4,05,314 3,920 1.01% 70.94 7,000buses on PPP mode to facil- brought essential supplies to the and researchers from the Indian Testing in NewDelhi on Monday. AP Epidemic Preparedness ■ Karnataka 8,46,887 2,740 0.34% 212.43 itateunprecedented movement doorstepusing itspublic trans- Council of Medical Research and Innovations (CEPI) whichisseek- of migrantsinexcess of 25 lakh portapparatus. Agartala, the the Department of Biotechnology ing to ensurethat the vaccine, *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth during COVID19. An emergency SmartCity,made 5kmofdedi- under the Union Ministryof According to the sources, the Thecontenthasbeendesignedby whenavailable,reacheseveryone. CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT response team wasset up within cated pedestrian walkway dur- Science and Technology,has im- Indian team has focusedits India, and training has been im- India's collaborative exercise 24 hours of lockdown facilitating ingthe lockdown. partedtraining to doctors and training on conducting crucial partedtoSri Lanka, Myanmar, with other countries in the region 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY real time monitoring through Earlier in the day, Housing and regulators in at leastseven coun- phase 2and phase 3human clin- Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and comes in the backdrop of Prime 1.49 7.43 45,903 TransportManagement System,” Urban Affairs ministerHardeep tries, topgovernment sources ical trials of the potential vaccine Afghanistan,” asource said. MinisterNarendraModi high- NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: said the citation at the 13th Urban Puri emphasisedthe needto who arealso partofthe high-level candidatealong lines of India’s This exercise will allowIndia lighting, during the lastreview 1.48 7.21 48,405 Mobility India conference by the adoptinnovative transportsolu- expertgroup on vaccine admin- regulatorymechanism. In to explorethe option of buying meeting on vaccine delivery,dis- Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs MinistryofHousing and Urban tions in the post-Covid world. istration, told The Indian Express. phases 2and 3, reactogenicity the potential Covid-19vaccine tribution, and administration, the positive cases (in %); number tested recovering; more Affairs on Monday. “Futuremobility is about striving “With select countries, India (ability to produce common, ad- from these neighbouring coun- requestfromneighbouring coun- indicator of progress (in %); indicator of recoveries for 14 days in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak Bihar wascited along with towardsenvironment-friendly, is training and building capacity verse reactions), immunogenic- tries, the sources said. tries forclinical trials. The Prime DataasonNovember8,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers various initiativesbyGurugram, integrated,automated and per- with their doctors, scientists,as ity (ability to provokeanim- “While the aim currentlyisto Ministerhad also directed that includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive Surat, Rajkot and Ernakulam, sonalisedtravelon-demand. New well as their regulators. The team mune response), and safetyof facilitateafuturecollaborative India should “notlimit efforts” to whereautorickshawdrivers in- advancementslikeintelligent of DBT and ICMR have visited the vaccine candidateare as- clinical trial, going forwardifa itsimmediateneighbourhood, stalledseparators between transportation systems, and traf- Bangladesh twice to take this for- sessedinalargerpopulation. vaccine is clinicallytriedinthese and reachout to the worldatlarge driver and passenger and ac- ficmanagement applications are ward.The aim of this exercise is “Thereiselectronicanddigital neighbouring countries (in ac- to provide vaccines, medicines, In Assam, 34 inamtes at ceptedpaymentsonlythrough in thepipelinefor enhancedmo- to facilitatefuturecollaborative content...thistraininghasbeenim- cordance with India's regulatory and IT platforms forthe vaccine digital means to aid distancing. bility in major cities,” he said. clinical trials,” the sources said. partedtoregulators and doctors. framework), India could be delivery system. Covid UP juvenile home test positive GOVERNMENT OF TAMILNADU positivity rate TIRUMANGALAM MUNICIPALITY Lucknow: As manyas34inmates RocNo: 223/2020/E1 CORREIGENDUM NOTICE Date: 04.11.2020 drops to 1-2% at an overcrowdedjuvenile home Due to Administrative Reasons the followingcorreigendum is issuedin in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda district continuation of tenderROC No: 223/2020/E1 Dated:14.09.2020 for notice inviting (3rd Call) Request For Qualification (RFQ) for the construction of have tested positive forthe coro- New Bus Stand in Tirumangalam Municipality on Design, Build, Finance, ABHISHEKSAHA navirus during arandom sam- Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) Basis request for qualification. GUWAHATI,NOVEMBER9 pling held twodays ago. This was Request for Qualification Extension of last date for Submission up to 18.12.2020 the fifthrandom checking held in FORALMOSTamonth now, the home since March when the Tender Reference and NameofWork Particulars CriticalDate Earlier Revised Assam has registeredaCovid- pandemic brokeout. ENS

ROC No: 223/2020/E1,Dt:14.09.2020 BidSubmission 18.11.2020 18.12.2020 UP 19 positivity rate of 1-2 per cent NAME OF WORK: End Date 3.00 Pm to 3.00 Pm —afiguremuchlowerthan Tirumangalam Municipality–Notice inviting request forqualification (RFQ) Bidopening 18.11.2020 18.12.2020 UP earlier trends, even as health Pending JRF, forconstruction of New BusStand Date 3.30 Pm to 3.30 Pm officials saythat the risk of the in Tirumangalam Municipality on Government of India virus spreading in the statere- Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Department of Atomic Energy SRF fellowships Transfer(DBFOT)Basis Bhabha Atomic Research Centre mains. Technical Services Division This is asharp drop from the DIPR:4187/TENDER/2020 Commissioner (i/c),Tirumangalam Municipality to be released North Site, Trombay,Mumbai-85 6-7 per cent positivity rate seen NoTICE INvITING e-TENDERS in September and 4-5 per cent in aweek: UGC MYSORE PAINTS &VARNISH LTD., The Chief Engineer,Technical Services Division, Bhabha Atomic seen in August. (A Govt.,ofKarnataka Undertaking) Research Centre, North Site, BARC, Trombay,Mumbai -400 085, on “Wehavefound that when NewDelhi: The University Grants NewBannimantap Extension, Mysuru-570015 behalf of the President of India invites online item rate tenders on two bid system for following work :- we tested 1lakh people per day, Commission Mondaysaid pend- Phone:0821-2493831-2497469/2499340, NIT No. BARC/TSD/177/2020-21, Name of work –Supply,installation, the positivity rate wasaround 2 ing fellowships forJunior website: www.mysorepaints.karnataka.gov.in testing and commissioning (SITC) of chilled water piping from New Engineering per cent, while on days when Research Fellows (JRF) and email: [email protected] GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA, Hall-09 to CFB Building, North site BARC, Trombay,Mumbai 400 085. ; testing wasaround 10,000 per Senior Research Fellows (SRF) Ref: 1. MPVL/MAT/2019-20/435/CALL-3& Estimated cost - `2,70,00,000/-; Earnest Money - `5,40,000/-; Period of day, likeonaSunday, then too will be releasedinaweek.UGC completion –18months; Last date and time of submissionofbid – 2. MPVL/MAT/2020-21/440/CALL-3 DATE :05.11.2020 “e”-PROCUREMENT NOTICE the rate was1-2 per cent. On an SecretaryRajnish Jain said dis- 27.12.2020 (23:59 Hrs.). average, we aredoing 30,000- E-TENDER NOTIFICATION WORKS DEPARTMENT The bid forms and other details can be obtained from the Website bursal washeld up due to techni- odd testsper day, and nowwe cal issues. When asked to elabo- Tenders areinvited from reputed manufactures/authorized B-384 E-mail- [email protected] www.tenderwizard.com/DAE or www.barc.gov.in aremaintaining apositivity rate rate,hesaid it wasatransition dealersfor supply of thefollowing materialsthrough e- Bid Identification No. CE-W.B.P.(O)-10/2020-21 Changes if any,inthe above scheduled date etc. will be notifiedonly of 1-2 per cent,” LakshmananS, from an old system to anew pro- Procurement Portal.The detailsare as mentioned below: 1. The Chief Engineer (World Bank Project), Odisha on behalf of in the website www.tenderwizard.com/DAE. Governor of Odisha invites percentage rate bid in double cover Assam’s Mission Director of the cedureofhow moneywas given 1. e-TenderNo.:MPVL/MAT/2019-20/IND 435/Call-3 -e-Tender Contact for assistance /clarifications 24x7 @ 9969395522 Shri Rudresh, system in ONLINE MODE from eligible contractors for e-mail: [email protected] National Health Mission, told The to UGC by the government. Notification forsupply of 2K PU Paints &AlliedProducts. (25 construction of Road &Bridge works as detailed below: Chief Engineer Indian Express. The clarification came Item’s andEstimated valueRs.1.99 Crore.) 2. Nature of work : Bridge work “Wehope to maintain this. Mondayinwakeofthe death of 2. e-Tender No.:MPVL/MAT/2020-21/IND440/Call-3-e-Tender 3. No. of work : 01 no But the risk of the virus spread LSRcollegestudent Aishwarya Notification forsupplyofSynthetic Enamel paints &Allied 4. Tender cost : Rs. 10,000.00 (on-line) absolutelyremains.” Reddy by suicide. She wasare- cipientofthe Ministryof Science Products.(45 Item’s and EstimatedvalureRs.1.88 Crore). 5. Class of Contractor : Special Class Contractor Interested partiesmay visitwww.eproc.karnataka.gov.in and Technology’s INSPIRE schol- 6. Available of bid : From 10.00 A.M. of 11.11.2020 to forparticipating in thetender. arship. Dr SanjayMishra, who document in the 5.00 PM of 02.12.2020 took over as in-charge of the IN- 1.MPVL/MAT/2019-20/435/Call-3 &MPVL/MAT/2020-21/440/ website SPIRE Programme on November Call-3 : Last date forsubmissionofTender/Bids is 05.12.2020 7. Date of opening of Bid : Dt. 03.12.2020 11.30 AM 1, has said despitefinancial con- at 17:00:00 hrs. 8. The Bidders have to participate in ONLINE bidding only.Futher straintsduring the pandemic, the 2. MPVL/MAT/2020-21/435/Call-3&MPVL/MAT/2020-21/ details can be seen from the website: department decidedthe crunch 440/Call-3 -TechnicalBid Openingon10.12.2020 at 15:00:00 https://tenderodisha.gov.in.Any addendum/ corrigendum/ will notbe“translated to anyfel- cancellation of tender can also be seen in the said website. hrs. lowships, scholarships”. ENS Sd/- For Mysore Paints andVarnish Ltd., Chief Engineer Sd/- World Bank Project, Odisha TIA/GeneralManager (Admin) OIPR/34003/11/0013/2021 DIPR/DDMYS/MCA/644/2020-21 नवीमुंबईमहानगरपालका

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THEPEAKinDelhi’slatestwaveofcoro- Anotherstatethathasbeenrecord- Pfizer hasreportedthat itsvaccine,BNT162b2, hasbeenmorethan 90% effective in late-stage trials. How navirus infections is getting higherby ing averyhigh number of deaths rela- theday. With7,745new casesdetected tive to itssizeisChhattisgarh.Inthelast does it work,and whatdothe promising results mean forthe US and other countries, including India? on Sunday, Delhi scaled afresh record, couple of weeks, the statehas been re- and nowisalsothe fastest-growing porting between 40 and 60 deaths FDA. Thefirmalsoexpectsthe required read- stateinthe country, having overtaken everyday,although this number has PRABHARAGHAVAN out from late-stage human trials later this Kerala. In the lastone week,Delhi has been comparatively lowinthis past NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER9 month, and can reportedlyapproachthe reg- contributedover46,000cases.Thisisa weekend, with 22 deaths on Saturday ulator foranEUA towardsend-November. couple of hundredcases morethan and13 onSunday. Closeto2,500people US DRUG-MAKERPfizer has releasedprelim- Kerala; Maharashtrahas detected have so fardiedinChhattisgarh,which inarydatafromlate-stage human trials of the Will India getaccesstothis vaccine? about 36,000cases this also sawits caseload Covid-19vaccine it developedwith German So far, no. The firmshavesofar inkeddeals pastweek. cross 2lakh on Sunday. biotech firm BioNTech. The vaccine has been forhundredsofmillions of doses of the vac- With agrowth rate About 46,000 new found more than 90% effective.The findings cine withcountrieslikethe US,UK, Japanand of 1.6% aday,Delhi is cases were detected arecriticalasthevaccineisheadedforareview the EuropeanUnion region. currentlygrowingmore across thecountry on by theUSFoodandDrugAdministration(FDA) Basedoncurrentprojections,thefirmsex- than three times faster Sunday, taking the total laterthismonth,andtalksoftheshotreceiving pect to produceglobally up to 50 millionvac- thanthenationalrate.It number of confirmed emergency authorisation areclosertoreality. cinedosesin2020andupto 1.3billiondosesin is one of the very few casessofarto85.53lakh. 2021. Whilethe Indiangovernment had held statesthatare currently Odishahas crossed What type of vaccine have Pfizer and an “initial meeting” with representativesof witnessinganincrease CORONAVIRUS three lakh cases. Afew BioNTechdeveloped? Pfizer’s Indian subsidiaryinlateAugustafter in their active cases. COUNT days ago, West Bengal This is avaccine that wasdevelopedusing early phase1dataofthevaccinehadcomeout, Delhi has close to had crossedfour lakh. mRNA technology —itmakes use of the mes- therehas been no major movement on that 42,000 active cases Odishahassloweddown sengerRNAmoleculesthattellcellswhatpro- front since. right now, whichislower than only in the lastfew weeks; West Bengal is teins to build.The mRNA,in this case, is coded ThelaunchofthisCovid-19vaccineinIndia Maharashtraand Kerala. one of three states whosecurrent to tell the cells to recreatethe spike protein of would dependonwhether Pfizer and What is moreworrying is the fact growthrate ishigherthan1%aday,the the novelcoronavirus. Once the mRNAisin- BioNTech, either on their ownorthrough a that the death count in Delhi has also others being Delhi and Kerala. jected intothe body,the cells will use itsin- Outside Pfizer’s headquarters in Manhattan. Reuters/File partnershipwithanotherIndianvaccinefirm, beenrisingsharply. Inthelastfew days, Thebiggestimprovementhashap- structions,creatingcopiesof thespikeprotein, approachIndia’sdrugregulator(CentralDrugs Delhi has reportedmoredeaths than penedinMaharashtra,wherethenum- whichisinreturn expectedto prompt theim- StandardControlOrganisation)forapprovalsto anystate exceptMaharashtra. On beroffresh cases has remainedbelow munecells to createantibodies to fight it. The firm also said that analysis of the late- emergencyapproval in the US? conduct human trials of the candidatehere. Sunday, 77 deathswerereported,after 6,000foralmost10days now. Twodays Unlikeseveral other vaccine candidates, stagetrial datashowedthat therewerenose- Notnecessarily. Theinterimresultsreleased As per India’s regulatoryrequirements, a 79deathsthepreviousday. Thecityhas ago, the statereportedaround 6,800 mRNAvaccinesaresyntheticallydeveloped— rioussafetyconcerns. todaywereofonly94outof nearly 40,000vol- vaccine would have to undergo local trials in recordedcloseto 7,000deathstillnow. newcases, but that wasonlybecause theydon’t needthe virus to be cultivatedand ConsideringthattheUSFDAaswellassev- unteers who were injected with the vaccine the countrybeforeitcan receive an approval Five states —Maharashtra,Karnataka, over 1,800unreportedcases during replicated, justthe code forthe most crucial eralinternationalregulatorsandhealthorgan- candidate. “It’s important to note that we can- foralaunch. Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West June-September were nowadded. partthat the body’s immune system is to tar- isations have suggested that aCovid-19 vac- notapplyforFDAEmergencyUseAuthorization Indiaismajorly focusedonfiveotherCovid- Bengal —haverecorded moredeaths. AMITABHSINHA get. Another advantageisthat theycan be cine has to be able to protect at least 50% of basedontheseefficacyresultsalone.Moredata 19 vaccine candidates, being tested by Serum manufactured at alarge scale in large vats those receiving it, the findings in Pfizer and onsafetyisalsoneeded,andwe arecontinuing InstituteofIndia,BharatBiotech,ZydusCadila, calledbioreactors. BioNTech's case seempromising. to accumulatethatsafetydataaspartof ouron- Dr Reddy’s Laboratories and Biological E. INDIAACTIVE CASES 509,673 Theseare platforms thatcan work “onde- “The results demonstratethat our mRNA- going clinical study,” said Bourla. mand”, said an Indian vaccine maker who basedvaccinecanhelppreventCovid-19inthe PfizerandBioNTechare currentlyaccumu- What major roadblocks could prevent a spoketoThe Indian Express on conditionof majority of people who receive it. This means lating this additional safetydataand estimate quickscale up of this vaccine? 600,000 anonymity.Aftergettingthecodeforthevirus, we areone step closer to potentiallyproviding thatitwill take until the thirdweek of The vaccine mayrun intologistical issues it is possible to develop the vaccine within peoplearoundtheworldwithamuch-needed November forthe companytomakeavailable onaccountofcold storage—the candidatere- weeksfor pre-clinical testing, compared with breakthroughto helpbringanendto thisglobal twomonths’worthofsafetydatafollowingthe portedlyneeds to be stored at temperatures monthstaken formoretraditional platforms. pandemic,” said Albert Bourla, CEO, Pfizer,ina secondandfinaldoseof thevaccine.Sincethis below-90°F. This would requireanultra-cold statement upon the release of the results. is the amount of safetydataspecifiedbythe storagesystem,asstoringitatrefrigeratedtem- 582,649 What do the early resultssay? “Thisisafirstbutcriticalstepaswe continue USFDAinitsguidanceforpotentialEmergency peratures reportedlyfor morethan twodays 550,000 Thecompany’sfirstinterimefficacyanaly- ourwork to deliverasafeandeffective vaccine,” UseAuthorisation,itislikelythatthefirmswill mayrender it ineffective. 509,673 sis signals that the vaccine is able to demon- Bourla said. be able to approachthe regulator foremer- This means major constraintsinstorage strate an effectivenessagainstCovid-19. Thephase3trialsof thisvaccinecandidate gency approval then. and distribution in countries likeIndia, which According to thefindings, the vaccine was —BNT162b2—beganonJuly 27 andhassofar Another mRNAcandidate, by US firm is still mapping and scaling up itscold storage “morethan”90%effective inpreventingCovid- enrolled43,538participants,38,955of whom Moderna in collaboration with the National footprintto storeevenvaccinesatrefrigerated 19 amongparticipantswhohadreceivedasec- had receivedasecond doseasofNovember 8. InstituteofAllergyandInfectiousDiseases,has temperatures. Even countries with morero- 500,000 onddoseasopposedtothoseparticipantswho alsobeenafrontrunnerintheracetowardsan bustcold chain systems mayhavetoinvest had onlyreceived aplacebo. Does this mean the vaccinewill receive Emergency Use Authorisation from the US moretoadheretothesestricter conditions. Oct 30 LAST 10 DAYS Nov8 Note:The Nov8figureinthisgraph is based on thegovernment updateonNov 9 FACT CHECK, GROUND REALITY INDIATOTAL CASES WORLDTOTALCASES 8,553,657 50,550,062 Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, Welfare,updatedat11pmonNov9 updatedat11pmonNov 9 How doesthe US media call an election?

then the race is decided, essentially,”Sally other networks and The NYT held on as count- InanFAQpostedonitswebsite,theAPsays: EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Buzbee,theAP’sexecutive editor,toldTheNew ing progressedslowly over the next twodays. “AP’sracecallersandDecisionDeskaredriven NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER9 York Times in an interviewonthe eveof In 2016,the AP calledthe race at 2.29 am entirelybythefacts…AP’sracecallersarestaff Prevalence, outcomes of heart ElectionDay. “Andif thereisany uncertainty,or ET the dayafter Election Day(November 8, whoaredeeplyfamiliarwiththestateswhere PRESIDENT DONALD Trump, who has notap- if thereare enough votes out to changethe re- 2016)throughasimplenews alertthatwasre- theydeclarewinners…They…studyelection pearedinpublicsincetheAssociatedPress(AP) sult, then we don’t call the race.” ceivedbymedia organisations around the rules and recount requirementsand track disease among Covid-19 patients andAmericancablenews networkscalledthe world:“DonaldTrumpelectedpresidentof the changes and updates to electionlaw…[,] they presidentialelectioninfavourof hischallenger Has the AP always calledUSelections? United States.” work with AP’s politicaland government re- ANEW study has re- Overall, about one fifthof Joe Biden on Saturday, wrote on Twitter early What about other organisations? NPR, the syndicatortomorethan1,000 porters[, and] review and rely on information viewedthe prevalence the patientshad an onMonday morning(Indiatime):“Sincewhen The AP has been calling elections since publicradiostations,andthefree-to-airbroad- from AP’s election research group.” and outcomes of hospi- episodeofatrial fibrilla- doestheLamestreamMediacallwhoournext 1848,when ZacharyTaylor became the 12th casterPBS rely on theAP’scall, as do thenews- TheAP’sracecallersuse tools including talisedCovid-19 patients tion/flutterduring hospi- president will be?Wehaveall learnedalot in President of the United States. UnlikeinIndia, paperchainsGannett(ownerof USAToday)and “AP’s votecount, whichithas conductedin withheartrhythm disor- talisation.Further analy- the lasttwo weeks!” thereisnocentralorfederalmechanismto run McClatchy. TheNYT, TheWallStreetJournal,The everyU.S. presidential electionsince 1848”, ders suchasatrial fibrilla- PAPER sis showedpatientswith the election, actual resultsmay take weeksto Washington Post,all use AP data. The real-time and datafromawide-ranging survey of the tion and atrial flutter.It apriorhistoryof atrialfib- Wasitunusual forthe mediatocall the betabulated,anditfallsonthe“decisiondesks” resultsthat appearedon Google’s search page, electorate. “Race callers collaboratewith ana- willbepresented at the CLIP rillationand flutter had a November 3election? at Americanmedia organisations to “call” the aswellasthepanelonYouTube,arefromtheAP. lystswhofocusonstatewideraces,[and]…ed- American Heart higher riskof death,inde- On the contrary, presidential elections in electionforoneortheothercandidateinevery itors at AP’s Decision Desk sign offonevery Association’s Scientific NEWRESEARCH pendent of other health the US areasarule calledbythe media —this stateand,ultimately, forthenationasawhole. Howdoes the AP makeits determination race call forPresident, Senateand Governor.” Sessions 2020 from issues.In-hospitalatrial includesPresident Trump’s own2016victory Broadcasters FoxNews, NBC, CNN,CBS, and of who has won? November 13 to 17. arrhythmias were associ- over his Democratic rivalHillaryClinton. The ABC have their owndecision desks—all of Inthe2020generalelection,theAPtracked When is arace “too closetocall”? Researchers reviewedmedical ated with even higher risk of death,as AP,formanydecadesthegoldstandard forcall- them take their job extremelyseriously, have over7,000races,includingtheTrumpvsBiden Thisisanexpressionthatwasheardrepeat- recordsof 435patientshospitalizedbe- wellasmulti-organfailure,such asres- ing US election races, says unequivocallythat formidablereputations,andaretrustedwidely. contest;Senate, House,and gubernatorial edly between November 3and November 7 tweenMarch andJune2020intheYale piratoryand renal failure.The re- it“declares winners”—it“does notmakepro- Thedecisionto callaraceby anetwork that races; and thousands of down-ticket races. asthecountingprogressed.TheAPsays it“may New HavenHealthSystem.Thedatare- searchers citethe needfor moreinves- jectionsorname apparent or likelywinners”. hasits owndecision desk can come either be- Morethan4,000freelancelocal reporterscol- decide nottocallarace if the margin between vealedthat 7.8% patientswerediag- tigationtounderstandthemechanisms Thecallmadeby theAPisindependentand fore or afterthat of the AP —lateonSaturday lectedcountsfromeverycountyineachofthe thetoptwo candidatesislessthan0.5percent- nosedwithatrial fibrillation/flutter for of heartinjuryfromCovidinfectionand professional—“ourdecisionteamdoesnoten- evening (in India), CNN wasthe firsttocall 50 states and phoned in to theAP’svote entry agepoints”. Also, “AP maynot call winners in the firsttime in their lives, and 15.9% of methods to prevent this complication. gage in debate with anycampaignorcandi- Pennsylvania and, therefore, the presidential centres, wherethe datawereassessedand races forUSHouse if the margin is less than thepatientshadapriorhistoryof these. Source: American Heart Association date”,itsays —andisalmostneverdisputed.“If election forBiden; the AP followedminutes cross-checkedbysome 800clerks before be- 1,000votesand winnersinraces forstate leg- there’s no wayfor the trailing candidateto later.However, theelectioninArizonahadbeen ingfedintotheorganisation’scentralcomputer islatureifthe margin is less than 2percentage catchup, no legal way, no mathematical way, calledbyAPandFoxNewsveryearly,whilethe system, according to areportinThe NYT. pointsor100votes”. KeralaministerJaleelandthecaseofillegalimportsthroughUAEConsulate

focus on Jaleel. The ministeragreedhehad withoutCustomsexamination.TheCustoms utedamong the staffofCAPT,while 31 pack- Congress ally, to saythe Quranshouldnot be SHAJUPHILIP contacted Swapna as she wasaconsulate foundthattheSPOhadgrantedtheConsulate etsweresentto Malappuramandkept attwo distributed.TheCPMhasallegedtheCongress THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,NOVEMBER9 staff,butsaidhewasunaware shehadleftthe aduty-exemptioncertificateduring2016-18, religious institutes, although thesehad not andBJParetargetingJaleelfordistributingthe Consulateayear ago. The National butnotgrantedexemptionfromCustomsex- askedfortheQurancopies.Customsweighed Quranandfoodkitsamongthepoor.Muslim KERALAHIGHER Education MinisterKT InvestigationAgency (NIA)and the aminationorassessmentin2019-20.Swapna the consignment and found some weight religious leaders have criticisedthe CPM for JaleelisbeingquestionedbyCustomsofficials Enforcement Directorate(ED) have already and her accomplices have reportedlycon- “missing” compared to the inventoryofthe dragging in religion. inKochiafterbeingnamedasa“personof in- questionedthe minister,who is aCPM- fessedtoCustomsthattheyhadmisusedthe cargo.Investigatingagenciesarelookinginto terest”incases of illegal importofdates and backedMLA since 2006.The Congress and diplomaticrouteon21occasionsto smuggle chances of contrabandaccounting forthe WhyJaleelmatters to CPM religious textsthrough diplomatic cargo theBJPhave beendemandinghisresignation. in 168kggold. As per the Customs Act, the missingweight.Also,theprobehasfoundthat Jaleel started as afirebrand SIMI leader mailedtotheUAEConsulate.Theseemerged Thegoldseizure ledtothe Customs look- Consulatecan importthrough diplomatic the GPS of the vehiclethat took theQuran and later became an office-bearer of Youth duringaprobeinto smugglingof 30kgof gold ing intoother imports through diplomatic cargo onlyitemsfortheiruse.Sincetheseim- copiesto Malappuramwasdisabled.Customs League,the IUML youth wing. But strained through diplomatic cargo to the Consulate. cargo.TheprobefoundthattheConsulate had ports cannot be soldoutsideordonated,the foundthatthegovernmentvehiclewithreli- relationswiththe IUML leadership, particu- imported17,000 kg of datesinthe last three Customs registered acase of illegalimports gious text had even gone to Karnataka. larly PKKunhalikutty,led to hisousterin The smuggling case &Jaleel years and at least250 packetscontaining of religious textsand datesfor outside use. Probeagencies have found that Jaleelvi- 2005. The CPM fieldedJaleel as aparty- On July5,Customs seized30kgofgold 8,000-oddcopiesof QuranduringMarch this TheCustomsDepartmenthasfoundthat olated protocol by directlyinteracting with backedcandidateagainstKunhalikutty in stashedindiplomatic cargo addressed to year.The dates and religioustexts had been KTJaleel, Higher Education Minister the imports to the Consulateviolatethe themissionof aforeigncountry.Customsof- 2006.Agood orator,Jaleel could whip up Consul Chargé D'affaires Rashid Khamis Al pickedupbytheCentreforAdvancedPrinting CustomsAct,ForeignContributionRegulation ficials areofthe viewthat severalkey func- community sentimentsonanti-US, anti- Sheimeili,acting as Consul-General since and Technology (CAPT), whichruns under Act,andPreventionof MoneyLaunderingAct. tionaries,includingJaleel,have beenindirect Israel campaigns,the then planks of the Left. April. As per the inventory, the cargo con- Jaleel’s department, and been takentohis approval of the Protocol Special Section (of touchwiththe UAEand itsmission. He wonin2006, and again in 2011 and2016. taineddatesandsanitaryfittings.Diplomatic home district Malappuram fordistribution. thestate government).Articlesmeantfordo- WhereJaleelfiguresinthis Jaleelhasarguedthatthegovernmentin- Forthe CPM,whichhas been trying to make baggageisoftenchosenby smugglers,inboth nation arenot importduty-free. Goods im- Jaleel has claimedthat the Consulateap- currednolossintheimportordistributionof inroads into the Muslim votebank, Jaleel is KeralaandtheUAE,assuchconsignmentsare Imports allowed/notallowed portedduty-free arenot to be sold/disposed proachedhim through Swapna forfacilitat- religioustextsorfoodkits,thatitisagoodwill important in pulling anti-IUML votes and exempt from Customs inspection under As per the Protocol Handbook-2018 of the until three years from the dateofimport. ing distribution of consignments. Jaleel sent gesturefromthe UAEduring Ramzan,and votesof fringeMuslimoutfitsopposedtothe Article 35 of the ViennaConvention. ExternalAffairsMinistry, diplomaticmissions The Consulate has to getaduty-exemp- agovernment vehicle from CAPT to pickup thatnodiplomaticissueswere involvedinhis UDF.Hehas had close linkswith Chief Thearrest of aformerExecutive Secretary areallowedtoimportfreeofcustoms duty tioncertificatefromtheStateProtocolOfficer thesepackets fromtheConsulate.Onepacket linkswiththe Consulate.Facing protests,he MinisterPinarayi Vijayansince the time the attheConsulate,SwapnaSuresh,broughtthe certainarticlesfortheirofficialuse,withprior (SPO)every time it wantstoimportcargo wasopenedand Qurancopies were distrib- hasdaredtheIndianUnionMuslimLeague,a latter wasparty statesecretary. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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OPENING IN VALLEY UKSinha Decision of Gupkar Alliance to contestdistrictcouncilpolls is a WHICHEVER PARTYORcombination forms manufactureanything of consequence. even executethesepromises. While lakhs of significant moment in Kashmir,opensuppossibilities thenextgovernment in Bihar in the next few Povertycontinues to be high and unemploy- jobs in the government have been promised, days has to avoid some intractable mistakes ment muchabove thenational average. The the fact is that fordecades, no major recruit- HE DECISION BY theNational Conference, People’s Democratic Party, J&K being made across the countryoverthe last manufacturing sector’s contribution to ment has takenplace in the statewithout People’s Conference, other regional parties as well as the CommunistParty of three decades. Joe Biden, in his victory Bihar’s economy is just8.7 per cent of the na- controversies around nepotism, mismanage- India (Marxist), that theywill contestthe upcoming District Development speech, spokeabout leading notjustwith the tional average. Datafor 2017-18shows that ment and corruption. It is notuncommon for T Council polls in the one-year-old Union Territorytogether as the recently example of their power, but by the powerof amere1.5 per cent of the nation’s factories candidates waiting forresultstobean- formedPeople's Alliancefor Gupkar Declaration,isastepinthe right direction. It holds their example. WheredoesBihar standon areregisteredinBihar;the needle on fixed nouncedeventhree or four years aftertheir that parameter? capital formation has remainedstatic on 0.6 recruitment tests. Officials of the agencies potentialfor melting the ice thathad formed over all political activity in the statesince All parties arecompeting to roll out more per centfor over adecade. FDI in the statein conducting recruitment have landedinjails August5,2019. It could nothavebeen easy to arrive at this decision. Afterall, the freeze was and morefreebies to amajority of the popu- 2019-20 wasamere0.01per centofthe na- and endless litigation has takenyearstore- notoftheir making, but the fallout of the newarrangementsthe Centreput in place last lation —often undeserved and without a tional average, and Bihar’s rank in ease of do- solve —often reaching the Supreme Court. year.Mainstream political leaders and their party workers were detained, some formore sunset.Thereare scantplans forlong-term ing business was26in2019. Our exaggerated faith in DBT is getting than ayear —manyare stillindetention —for no otherapparent reason exceptthatthey capital formation and employment genera- Entrepreneurship seems to be systematically exposedinscandals in schemes likedistri- would undertake political activity.All of them aremainstream leaders who had partnered tion.Whatbegan in the1980s as asmall discouragedinthe state. Bihar is the onlyma- butionofscholarships and mid-day meals. measuretohelp the old, the poor and the in- jor stateinthe countryfromwherenot asin- The newgovernment will have to internalise political parties at the Centre, including theBJP.After their release, eachofthe leaders firm, has degenerated intoarace to empty glecompanywas trading on the BSE or NSE that while technology can be agreat enabler, spokeabout howlet down, howbetrayed,theyfelt by theCentre.But these parties also re- the treasury by dolingout more and more in 2017.Private equity or venturefund invest- it can onlygothus far. Forastate onceproud alise that staying out of the political process,whatever itslimitsand constraints, is notthe cashintohouseholds and even offering uten- mentsinthe stateare nearly nil. of itsadministrative machinery, todaythe solution. Manyoftheir workers have losttheir livestoterrorism and the militancy. sils, colour TVsand gold fordaughters’wed- Biharcontinues to be the Gangotri sup- population faces harassment, lackofac- Ourexaggerated faith in It is significant thattheseparties have chosentocontest thesepolls as an alliance. dingsinsome states. The focus on educating plying unskilledlabour to therestofIndia. It countability and sensitivity.The coretenets Suchanalliance between theregional parties —specificallybetween the PDP and NC — her,improving her employability and em- DBT is getting exposed in is asad refrain that still rings true —aBihari of command, supervision and grievance re- poweringher,isabsent. Farm loan waivers mustleave Bihar to makeit. Highlyeducated dressal appeartohavebrokendown. Higher wasbrieflycontemplated afterthe 2014 election results, before thePDP decidedtoform scandals in schemes like and unemployment allowances arebecom- distribution of scholarships and accomplishedBiharisare makingsignif- levels of administrative supervision andac- apartnership with the BJP.That decision did notgodownwell in the Muslim-majority ing the norm. What is the examplebeingset? icantcontributions in different parts of the countability at all levels have to be ensured Valley, and the government collapsedunder the weight of itsown ideological contradic- What is the powerbeingwielded? and mid-daymeals. Thenew worldinIT, finance, medicine and engineer- before anybig ticket expenditurepro- tions,despiteall hopes and expectations to the contrary. The PDP,whichhad canvassed The next government mustlook at the government will have to ing. Ayoung person, Amanullah, recently grammes arelaunched. votes in the name of keeping the BJP out, wasseen as having betrayed Kashmir forthe sake state of the economyand itsown adminis- internalise that while startedasmall initiative of creating an The next government musttackle head- of power. Six years later,the PDP,aswell as other parties, seem to have come around to trative capability before committingtoany technology canbeagreat alumni group of the once prestigious Patna on the reluctance amongstall the political the viewthat theyneedtounitetofight the BJP. major long-term populist(but unproduc- Science College. HundredsofBiharis from parties to grapplewithfundamental issues of tive)expenditure.Whilethe lasttwo enabler,itcan only go thus across the worldoffered to help out. The next economic stagnation, lackofemployment This is the firsttime that the DDC is being filledthrough direct election, and as there decades in India have seen buoyancy in gov- far.For astate once proud of government needs to createconditions to opportunities, absence of private investment is no sign of the Assemblyelection, it is assumedthat it is this body,evenwith itslimited ernment receipts,the abilitytosplurge for its administrative tapthis resource to initiateareverse brain- and administrative decline.The solutions will powers, thatwill be at the forefront of development activity.The electionsare to be held the newgovernment in Bihar is going to be machinery, todaythe drain. requiredeep structural changes, oftendiffi- from November 28. The entryofthe People’s Alliance will makeitahardfought contest, seriouslyconstrainedduring the next few But alook at the manifestosinthis elec- cult and unpopular. one in whichneither the BJP nor the newlyincubatedJ&K Apni Partycan take anything years, mainlydue to COVID-related eco- population faces tion paintsadisappointing picture. The BJP It will notbring immediateresultsand forgranted. nomic shocks.Liftthe hood and the statis- harassment,lackof has promisedtocreateconditions for19lakh will requiresupportfromall sectionsofso- tics arestark:Bihar’s per capitanet statedo- accountabilityand jobs —4lakh directlyingovernment —and ciety.The confrontational social and politi- mestic product in 2019-20 wasjustRs provide free COVID vaccines forall. The RJD cal sentimentsgenerated during the election 46,664,againstthe national averageofRs sensitivity. Thecore tenets of has promised10lakhdirect jobs in the gov- will have to makeway foranefforttobuild 1,34,226: Amere34.7per cent.Inspiteof command,supervision and ernment, loan waiver forfarmers and unem- consensus foraneconomic revival. My call AISHWARYA REDDY higher yearly growth in the last10years, this grievance redressalappear to ployment allowance to theyouth. The to the next government is to work towards ratio has movedonlyby0.4 per cent (from have broken down. Higher Congress and JD(U) have promisedunem- transforming the administrative machinery 34.3 percent to 34.7 percent) during this ployment allowance and farm loan waiver. intobeingresponsive,sensitive andpeople Death of astudent is agrim reminder:State,education system period. We had alow base to startfrom, levels of administrative The LJP has promised to construct aSitatem- oriented. Itstaskistocreateanenvironment supervision and mustacknowledge toll of digital inequality,worktolessen it whichmakes forattractive percentages,but ple, among other things.Isthatthe best we forprivate investment, improveproductiv- when it comes to even catching up with the accountabilityatall levels candofor the people of Bihar? Temples, loan ity and value addition in agriculture,educa- rest of the country, it is inconceivable how waivers and unemployment benefits? Is this tion, healthcareand industry. It has to lead HATPUSHED A19-year-old student —whose faith in her owndream have to be ensured before manydecades it wouldtake. the futureBiharisare clamouring for? by example. It is incumbentupon it to do so. enabledher journey againstgreat odds from asmall town in While agricultural production has shown anybig ticketexpenditure Besidesthe obvious worry(who pays for Telangana to one of Delhi’s best colleges —toend her life? The an- encouraging improvement,Bihar does not programmes are launched. this), akey concern is the state’s capacity to The writer is former chairperson of SEBI W swer is still notentirelyknown. But the death of Aishwarya Reddy’s dreams is notjustanindividual tragedy. It is asign that the distress of ageneration of stu- dents, struggling to cope with the post-pandemic disruption, is going unheard. It is a wake-up call forgovernmentsand educational institutions to do more, especiallyinreach- ing out to the vulnerable in the student community. MuchlikeAishwarya’s familydid, thousands of families have staked their savingsand READING VOLTA IRE IN FRANCE resources on the education of their children —onlytofind that the hard-won access to classrooms and labs, ideasand opportunities, is beingerodedbythe lackofalaptop, a smartphone that stoppedworking, adatapackthat cannot lastthe full span of aday,orthe Religions arenot only about our beliefsbut about what we do withour beliefs flickering internetconnection that ejects astudent from the classroom. Worldwide, edu- cation systems have turnedtoonlineclasses to copewith the challengesofthe pandemic. But unlikethe physical classroom and the brick-and-mortarcampus, wheresolidarity and Ramin Jahanbegloo friendship can cushion the blowofotherdeprivations, the digitalclassroomcan multiply exclusions and deepen inequalities of geography, casteand gender.That an institutionlike NEARLYSIX YEARS ago, on January7,2015, arephilosophicalonlyonthis condition. rary,the Frenchphilosopher, Helvetius: “I the LadyShri RamCollege—with the intellectual and financial resources at itscommand twoFrenchjihadists,the Kouachie brothers, Philosophyis, above all, an affirmation of the lovedthe author of the book, De l’Esprit.This —could nothear the ominous silences in this digitallearning project is deeplyworrying. assassinatedeight employees of the satirical freedomtothink.Fanaticism, forVoltaire,is man wasbetterthan all his enemies together; newspaper Charlie Hebdo andinjured11oth- opposedtothecriticalandphilosophicalspirit; but Inever approvedof the errors of his book, The crisis of the pandemic has underlinedthat academia cannotaffordtosee stu- ers. That same day, manyFrenchpeople gath- it can’t lead to truthand justice. By definition, norofthe trivial truths he emphatically dentsonlyasefficient learningmachines,without stoppingtonotice —and carefor — ered at theBastille Square andwaved heorshewhogivesfreereinto hisidolatryand spouted out. Itookhis side highly,when ab- the economic andemotional circumstancesthat shape them as learners. Similarly,atech- Voltaire’s Treatise on Tolerance.Inthe pastsev- servitudeofthoughtandcomesto murderisa surd men condemnedhim forthese very nocratic and purelytechnologicalsolutiontothe manyhardquestionsthrownupbythe eral weeks, France has witnessedanew wave fanatic.ThatiswhyVoltairewagedarelentless truths.” pandemic —without recognising the responsibilities of the stateand educationalinsti- of terror attacksin the name of Islamic funda- waragainstthefanaticismthatappearedinthe Maybethis is one of thereasons whywe tutions to createasense of community and security forthe young and vulnerable —runs mentalism, taking innocent livesmosthorri- CatholicChurch.Oneof hisconcernsisthede- needtogobacktoour classics in all cultures, the riskofabandoning thousands of young people to desperatecircumstances. Central bly. The outrageous beheading of the well- fence of thosewho have no voice and who are whichtaught us amorepluralistand dialogi- meaning teacher,SamuelPaty, on October 16, oftenvictimsofreligious extremism. In the cal approachtoideas that we do notshare. and stategovernments, the entireeducation system, mustrespond to this snowballing and asimilar attackona60-year-old woman same manner,inthe Treatise on Tolerance Great figures of Indian independence like crisis of inequality —bygathering dataand information, by putting systems in place that and twoothers in Nice twoweekslater were We need to go back to our (1763),Voltairetakes the opportunitytocriti- Gandhi, Tagore andAmbedkar were critics of can detect and react to strains of mental health amongstudents, and by looking forways actsofdeliberateviolence and fanaticism.In classics in all cultures, which cise severely the intolerance of Catholics to- secular and religious forms of fanaticism. to blunt the edge of digital deprivation. The aspirations and futures of millions of young his tributetoPaty, French President taught us amore pluralist wardsProtestants. Gandhi believedthat “eventhe teachings Indians areatstake. EmmanuelMacron referred indirectly to and dialogical approachto Voltaire’s work is, in many ways,against themselvesofthe Quran cannotbeexempt Voltaire, underliningthe fact that “the fanaticism.Inadialogue betweenan from criticism. Everytrue scriptureonlygains Enlightenment will nevergrowdim”. ideas that we do not share. Englishman and aSpaniard, publishedin by criticism.After all, we have no other guide It seems that with the rise of fanaticism Great figures of Indian 1764 in his Dictionary of Philosophy,Voltaire butourreasonto telluswhatmayberegarded around the globe, the necessity of reading and independence likeGandhi, wrote the following in defence of freedom of asrevealedandwhatmaynot be”.LikeVoltaire, HOUROFTHE FURNACE re-inventing Voltaireisfelt more than ever. Tagore and Ambedkar were expression, by taking England as an example: he arguedthat aperson who believesintruth Reinventing Voltairemeans carrying out a “Wehaveonlybeen happyinEngland since and godcannotgotoamosque,synagogue, two-fold reflection, in particular,byasking critics of secular and everyone gainedthe right to speak his mind templeorchurch oneday,andthenextdayfos- Solanas advocated aThird Cinema thatrejected commerce of oneself whatitmeans todaytobecommit- religious forms of freely.”Voltaire’s keypoint hereisthat it is terhatred andviolence. Hollywood, individualism of European arthousefilm tedagainstfanaticism in aglobal environ- fanaticism. Gandhi believed necessarytoexpress one'sdisagreement in Reading Voltairetodayasacritique of re- ment, and by reflecting on freedom of that ‘even the teachings thepublicspace, wheredivergences areal- ligious violence helps us to evaluatestrongly HE SIXTIES IN Latin Americawas aperiod of political andsocial ferment, thought as away of looking criticallyatour lowedand welcome. This is the idea we have Gandhi’sphilosophyagainst formsofreligious whichresulted in cultural movementsand expressionsthat had an impact worldawayfromstereotypes. What we can themselves of theQuran todayoffreedom of expression when Charlie fanaticism. Afterall, religions arenot only beyond the continent. Fernando Solanas,the Argentine filmmaker who died learn from Voltaireisthat it is notthe very cannot be exempt from Hebdo voluntarilycriticises religions in a about our beliefsbut about what we do with thing we thinkthatmakes freedom, but the newspaper whichexemplifies the public our beliefs. T lastweek aged 84,was an exceptional artistwho emergedfromthe chaos criticism. Everytrue waywethink about it. space. Voltairepractisedthis with regard to andcrises of the 1960s. He spokefor acinemathat rejected the marketand aesthetics of Freedomof thoughtis,therefore,thecom- scripture only gains by those he did nottotally approve of. Agood ex- The writer is Noor-York Chair in Islamic both Hollywood and European arthouse films, and situated cinema as an expression of mongroundof allphilosophicalschools:They criticism’. ample is what he wroteabout his contempo- Studies, York University,Toronto asocial collective. Along with fellowArgentine filmmaker Octavio Getino,hewrotethe manifesto foraThirdCinema, acinema of liberation —onthe ground, it took the shape of aculturalopposition to thedictatorialregimes and their close relations withmulti- national capital. Solanas and Getino famouslysaid: “The cameraisagun whichshoots twenty-four framesasecond.” NOVEMBER 10, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO ThirdCinema wasalmostaguerrillaactivity,with filmmakers forced to shootand edit underground and then screen in working class gatherings and peasant communities, AASU INVITES HM their invitation. The twoleaders said that of the area wasundertaken. outsidethe theatrenetwork.Solanas releasedhis celebratedfilm, TheHour of theFurnaces, THE ALL ASSAM Students’ Union (AASU) has theyhad informedSingh at the lastmeeting in 1968,whichlaid barethe poverty, inequality and suppression of rightsinArgentina invited UnionHome MinisterZail Singh to in New Delhithatthe futuretalksonthe is- MUGABE VS NKOMO resume talksinAssam on November 14 on sue would have to be held in Assam. “Our AN AS YET unknown numberofpeople under the military junta. Described as afilm essay, it shook up audiencesbyits political the foreigners issue. TheCentreisunder- invitation to youstands,”theysaid. The were killed in abloody clashbetween sup- daring,narrative honesty and freshness of form. WhileSolanas, asupporter of Juan Peron, stood to be considering the suggestion of the AASU letter said, “Veryrecentlyyou visited porters of Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, wasforcedtoflee his countryfollowing amilitarycoup in 1976,his ideas found adherents agitation leaders to holdthe projectedtalks some states of the north-eastern region and and those Home Affairs MinisterJoshua elsewhere.Directors likeGlauber RochainBrazil, Tomás GutiérrezAlea in Cuba andMiguel at Gauhati, reportsPTI.InareplyZail Singh’s it is very surprisingthat the occasion was Nkomo at Bulawayo,Zimbabwe’s second Littin in Chile emergedaround the same time and challenged thepolitical and aesthetic letter of November 7tothe agitation lead- notutilisedtoresume discussions with us”. city,police said. Supporters of the twopar- establishment. Their films and ideas found aresonanceacross the ThirdWorld, includ- ers inviting them to NewDelhi fortalks, ties in the coalition government —Mugabe’s ing in the parallel cinema movement in India. AASU president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, AGRA CLASHES Zimbabwe African NationalUnion'(ZANU) and the general secretary, Bhrigu Kumar SEVERAL PEOPLEWEREarrestedbythe po- andNkomo’s Patriotic Front(PF)clashed vi- Solanas joinedelectoral politics on his return from exile and waselected to the Senate. Phukau, saidunder the present circum- lice following aclash between twogroups olentlyataZANU rallyinthe southern city, However, followingpublicunrestinArgentinain2001, he returnedtocinema, making ase- stancesitwould be inconvenient forthem at acrossing near the Agra city railway sta- apolice spokesmansaid. Anumber of peo- ries of films that explored the role of multinational corporations in controlling national to leave Assam.Theywould thereforere- tion. The police quicklybrought the situa- ple had been killed, said the spokesman, economies.Even in hislastyears, thefurnacecontinuedtoboil,the cameraremainedagun. questthe Union Home Ministertoaccept tion under control and vigorous patrolling who wasunable to give afigure. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,NOVEMBER10,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “Beijing should undertaketocommunicate with the Biden team as thoroughly as it can, making greater efforts to recover China-USrelations to astate of 11 THE IDEAS PAGE great predictability.” —GLOBAL TIMES, CHINA Misreading theBidenmoment Closing of the

Thereisaregrettable under-investment in study of US society,politicaleconomy, international relations. Americanmind Anarrowfocus on bilateralties produces ashallowIndian debate on America Current suspicion of higher education in US comes from people who feel disenfranchisedbyprocess of globalisation. It mayoutstay Trump

graduate, shared thestory that backinthe ’60s and ’70s, newYaleprofessors were anx- iouslyasked by their seniorcolleagues: “I hope youhaveatrustfund? Surelyyou RAJA MANDALA don’t have to actuallyliveonthe salary?” But the demotic spirit of the American By CRajaMohan universityhas been historically resilient, bolsteredbyafew landmarkpolicy meas- ures: The 19th-centuryestablishment of THE EXTRAORDINARYAND popular Indian SaikatMajumdar the land-grant college, whichoffered train- interestinthe US elections can beattributed, ing that sought to address everydayprob- at leastinpart, to thegrowing engagement lems of the local community,and in the between the twocountries over the lastcou- 20th century, the GI Bill sponsored college ple of decades. But so long as the widening NOWTHATDONALD Trumphas been education forawide rangeofwar veterans, interface between the twosocieties is not shown the EXIT sign, we maybeabletoen- includingmanyfrompoor and working- matchedbyagreater awareness of America’s joythe Netflix series, Trump: An American class backgrounds.Soon thereafter, the complexinternal dynamics, multiple misper- Dream,without an immediatesense of baby-boomers flockedtocollege, and that ceptions willcontinue to define India’s pub- doom. The series reveals theenormityof tooprimarilyfromblue-collar backgrounds. lic discourse on the US. the deception behind the rise of apopulist Higher education wasnolonger the ex- One is the illusion that Indianshaveasay dictator.How does aManhattan real-estate clusive provenance of the wealthy, though in the US elections. Thatmight be explained tycoon, who almostexclusively dealt in the elitebastions remained—say the fabled by the prolonged spectacle that the US pres- uber-luxury high-rises and casinodens, Andover-Yale network, through whichan idential election has become and the endless toying with 24-carat-gold cutleriesinapri- academically mediocreGeorge WBush speculation on what’s in it forIndia. vate jetsurroundedbyPlayboy models, end could rise to political power. But,atthe Notwithstanding the growing number of up as the champion of the working class? same time, aperceivedradicalisationofthe Indian-Americanvoters and the historic sig- The answer to this is simple:Trump’s universities andthe consequentculture nificance of Kamala Harris, it is important to CRSasikumar hatred of highereducation. “I love the wars begantoenergise aconservative back- remember thatthe electionsare about poorly educated”–he’d declared during the lash againsthigher education. The fear of American and notIndian politics. the House of Representatives has 435mem- Congressional staff.ThankstoIndia’s wider 2016 primaries—and that became his bat- the university classroom as avenue fordan- Since the US occupiessomuchofour bers and the Senate100 —focus on human anddeeperengagement with the US in the tle cryaround anationwide band of dis- gerous liberal ideas —asuspicion that mindspace, it is easytobelieve that America rightsand religious freedom, others want to lasttwo decades, India will find alot of famil- gruntledwhitevoters reeling under the would be well-understood in India today. might be spending alot of time thinking open India’smarket and deepen greater bi- iarfaces across the administration. “humiliation” of ahighly-educated Black But the current suspicion of higher ed- about India. America indeedmatters to India, lateraldefence cooperation. The US Congress While the Indianpublic discourse focuses president foreight years. ucation does notcome so muchfromcon- and everyone else in the world, morethan is avibrant legislaturewhereall kinds of inter- on suchexcitingissues likeBiden’s thoughts Is populism anti-intellectual?Itishard servativeideologues, who have also had anyone of us matters to the US. That is be- ests and ideas find vigorous articulation. on the “Howdy Modi” rally, the government to makealarge claim. As the Marxist their high-philosophical champions, prob- cause theUSisthe dominant powerinthe in- Congress is an important partofthe US is hopefullypreparing to deal with the conse- scholarTerry Eagletonsays,when it was ablymostnotably in Allan Bloom’sinfluen- ternational system and even minorshifts in government, but onlysome of the ideas de- quential issues at the topofthe new found that Nazi administrators of the tial The Closing of theAmerican Mind.It its policies have big implications forothers. batedtheretranslateintoWashington’s poli- Administration’s agenda —trade and eco- Holocaustliked to whileawaytheir time comes rather from awide swathe of poor But the reverse is nottrue. cies. The lasttwo decades have seen strong nomic security forthe US, climatechange, outside gaschambers with Wagner operas, and blue-collarwhites, who feel excluded That brings us to that perennial debate support from the US Congresstothe execu- health security, and rebuilding alliances. it seemedthat defenders of high culture and disenfranchisedbythe process of glob- aboutwho is good forIndia —Donald Trump tive on strengtheningall-round cooperation China figuresprominentlyinall of them. had some serious explaining to do. alisation. Beginning with the depletion of or Joe Biden? Republicans or Democrats? with India. Thereisnoreason to see that What stands out from our debates on The moreurgentquestion to asknow is the manufacturing industries in the rust These areinteresting but inconsequential changing underthe next President and Biden policies is India’s regrettable under-in- whether the popular suspicion of higher belt —traditionallyblue states that have questions,since India’s preference can’t make Congress, if Delhistays engaged with both. vestment in the study of US society,its polit- education in the US is nowdeepand wide gone swing —theyreachedaclimactic out- adifference to the electoral outcome in the Whileenduringnational interests drive ical economyand international relations. The enoughnot only to powerdeceptivepop- burstofanger in 2016,leading to theTrump US. What is relevant is the reality that India, Americanforeign policytowards India, per- public focus is naturallyonbilateral relations ulism,but to have far-reaching policy im- victoryexactlyasasimilar rage polled likeall other countries, has no option but to sonal and subjective factorsare quiteimpor- and on the developmentsofthe day. As the plications no matter who is in power. Given Brexit to victory. deal with whoeveriselected to the White tant in the routineconduct of international American saliencecontinuestorise forIndia, the history of the Americanuniversity,this It is the great ironyfor anation that cre- House. relations. If personnel is policy,Delhi starts Delhi badlyneeds the capacity to analysethe is deeplyironical. ated land-grant colleges and the GI Bill that The US presidentialelection this year has out on agood footing with President Biden. structural forces shaping US policies. Unlikethe universal and cosmopolitan nowthe working class basicallymeans peo- unfortunatelygot enmeshedwith India’s in- Thosewho remember the twists and Anarrowfocus on bilateral ties produces ambitions of the medievalEuropean uni- ple without acollegedegree, irrespective ternal politicalcontestations. Trump’s defeat turns of the historic civil nuclear initiative ashallowIndiandebate on America. Abetter versity,the origins of the American univer- of people who arewagelabourers. Plenty is being interpreted by some as asetbackfor during 2005-08, will fondlyrecall the role of understandingofthe deeper forces animat- sity system were humble, parochial and of space forananti-intellectual billionaire Indian Prime MinisterNarendraModi be- Senator Biden in mobilising the much- ing America helps us deal moreproductively deeplylocal. “The American collegeinthe television populisttoinserthimself as a cause Delhi has investedso muchinthe rela- neededcongressional supportfor Indiain withthe United States. nineteenth century,”writes the education champion of the working class! tionship withthe Trumpadministration. To Washington at critical junctures that de- Russia and China have invested quite historian David Labaree, “was ahometown Either way, 2016 feels likeawatershed makeitevenmoreinteresting, thereismuch mandedurgentlegislative action. Equally im- heavilyinacademic and policy research on entity.” In aland of multiple andcompet- year.According to apoll conducted by the speculation that Biden might be nursing a portant arethe personnel manningthe ram- the US. If the Russians inheritedalarge struc- ing church denominations,foundingacol- PewResearch Center,amajority of people grievance againstModi because theIndian parts of the US foreign and security policy turefromthe SovietUnion,China has system- legewas an effective wayto“plant the flag from both parties had apositive view of col- PM wasbuttering up Trumpatthe “Howdy under Biden. Manyindividuals expected to aticallybuilt-up American Studiesasadisci- and promote thefaith”. Likewise, acollege leges in 2015.But in 2016,only43per cent Modi” rallyinHouston lastfall. Biden has far take up toppositions underBiden have What stands out from our pline in itsuniversities and think tanksinthe wasasolid claim forasleepycountrytown of Republicans held that view, compared toomuchonhis platetowaste time plotting worked with him whenhewas Vice debates on Biden policies is lastthree decades. to getonthe map so that it could demand with 72 per cent of Democrats. Mostrecent on howtoget even with Modi forsaying “Abki Presidentinthe ObamaAdministration. The India went the other way. Justasrelations arailway stop, the countyseat, or even the pollshaveshown sharper concerns about bar,Trump Sarkar”. Indian establishment is familiar with mostof India’sregrettable under- with the US begantotakeoff,Indiashutdown statecapital, and, in turn, to raise the value higher education from supporters of both This debatetells us moreabout the divi- them. investment in the studyof apremierinstitute —the American Studies of local real estate.The founding history of parties —and what is, perhaps, the great- sions within Indiaand howtheycolour our Twoprofessionals being mentionedfor US society, its political Research CentreatOsmania University, American collegescontinues to live in their estconcern to Americans across the board judgementsofothersocieties. SomeinDelhi Biden’s SecretaryofState —AntonyBlinken economyand international Hyderabad. When the US funding forthe deep community engagement —mani- —the impossiblyescalating costofcollege. hopeand othersfear that the US Congress has and William Burns—haveworkedclosely ASRCstoppedinthe late1990s,India could fested most strikinglythrough their com- Adeep suspicionofthe university is the wisdomorthe powertoset rightIndia’s with the Indian government on arangeofis- relations. Thepublic focus is notfind the resources to sustainit. Maybe mitment to collegiatesports andlocal nowakey reality in what is being described internal problems. Thosewho arehopeful or sues during the Obama years. Susan Rice,an- naturally on bilateral Delhi can revive that institution or startbuild- alumnisupport. as the DividedStatesofAmerica. In it are anxious aboutcritical commentsfromasec- other candidate, wasObama’s national secu- relations and on the ing anew one devoted to the study of the Notwithstandingits local and commu- the seeds of suspicion of muchelse: tion of the Democratic Party’s legislators rity adviser in the second term and wasenvoy developments of the day. As United States. ForAmerica todayisIndia’s nityroots,eveninthe early 20th century, Globalisation, immigration, the cosmopol- aboutKashmirand the Citizenship to the UN in the first. Michele Flournoy, who mostimportant international partner, and collegewas alikelier choice forthe wealthy, itan lifeofthe mind, responsibilityfor the Amendment Acttend to overdetermine the could well becomethe firstwomantohead the American salience the connectionsbetween ourtwo societies whichmade up the Republican party. environment. weight of theseconcerns in the conduct of thePentagon, servedasthe UnderSecretary continues to rise forIndia, aregettingthickerbythe day. People supporting the Democratic party Of science, yes. And, at this pointed mo- the US foreign policy towardsIndia. of Defenceinthe Obama years and wasvery Delhi badly needs the were mostly labourers and wage-earners, ment of political relief,the urgency of the Like Biden,the US Congress has multiple muchinvolvedinstrengthening security co- capacitytoanalyse the Thewriterisdirector,InstituteofSouth Asian people farless likelytoattend college. An mask! domestic issues, including systemic racism, operation withIndia. Studies, National University of Singaporeand aristocratic oligarchydefinedthe faculty for to handle, before puttingthe Modigovern- Mostofthe othersub-cabinetofficials too structural forces shaping US acontributing editor on international affairs long after. When Istarted teaching at The writer is professor of English &creative ment in the dock. While some in Congress — would come from the Obama stable or the policies. for The IndianExpress Stanfordin2007, asenior professor,aYale writing at AshokaUniversity In aclass of his own LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR DON’TFLIP-FLOP Thisrefersto theeditorial,‘Mixedsignals’ IDEAS CPBhambhri wasalively intellectual, as staunchlysecular as he wasMarxist (IE, November 9).Seen in the context of thepressing needtoreviveinvestment, ONLINE PMNarendraModi’sexhortationstickall Niraja Gopal Jayal the rightboxes. He needstoensurethat ONLYINTHE EXPRESS hisassuranceof stabilityisbuttressedby IN ARELATIONSHIP spanningfour decades, bringingrival ideological perspectivestobear ing JNU.Heeloquently described the aca- manyformer students, straddling multiple actions that dispel investors’ concerns ● OFFTHETRACKIN Professor CPBhambhri(CPB) wasmyteacher, on the analysis of Indian politics. The imperi- demic philosophyofJNU —its character as generations, from India and abroad, calling overpolicyflip-flops.Therulechangesin PUNJAB: colleague, mentorand friend.When he for- alising propensities of modernisation theory an all-India university,its cultureofopen de- on them, partaking of suchanenormous wholesaleandonlinetradeareexamples SARTHAKGUPTA mallyretired from the Jawaharlal Nehru came to be widelyacknowledged. bateand the freedom to differfromfaculty, reservoir of affection. of shiftinggoal posts.Indiamustensure University in 1998,Ijokedat his farewell that It is possible to discerntwo phases of itstreatmentofstudentsasadultsand part- Although the touchstone of scholarly regulatorycertaintywhileseekingto woo ● INBIHAR,DEMOCRACY therewerefourCommunistparties in India – CPB’s intellectualjourney. Hisbooks ners in knowledge.These principles were part achievement forCPB waswriting abook,that global investors. ATWORK: the CPI, CPI (M), the CPI (M-L) and the CPB. Bureaucracy and PoliticsinIndia (1971) and of hispedagogicaland institutional practice. wasnot sufficient to earn his respect. There SSPaul, Nadia He oftenrecalledthat remarkwith achuckle, TheWorld Bank and India (1980) belong to the CPB wasquintessentially JNU.Icannot wasasecond requirement, that of interven- PREMSINGH acknowledging that his particular brand of firstphase, in whichheaddressed primarily think of another personwhoseidentity was tion in publicdebate.Inthis, he subscribedto DD NEEDED www.indianexpress.com Marxism wasasoloact, hostage to no politi- ascholarly audience, in away that reflected so closelybound up with the institution in the highestideal of the public university as a cal party or school of thought. strongly theideological prism throughwhich the building of whichhehad been acommit- space wherethe exercise of democratic citi- THISREFERSTOthearticle,‘AnewDDfor In the 1970s, in the classroom and beyond, he viewedthe world. In the second phase, tedand energetic participant, and whose ac- zenship is notjustdesirable but necessary. To anew time’ (IE, November 9). The na- he savagedrelentlessly the tradition of behav- whichextendedoverthree decades, he was ademic normsherobustly defended, among understand social, political and economic de- tionalbroadcasterhasasignificantcred- BIDEN’SBALANCE ioural political science which, originating in morethe public intellectual, seeking to edu- them the participation of studentsinuniver- velopments, and to sharethis analysis with ibilityadvantageoverprivate broadcast- THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Not America, had displacedthe extant institution- catepublic opinion through his newspaper sity affairs. Aman of personal and profes- the largerpublicwas the responsibilityofthe ers.At atimewhenanumberof ournews Trump’ (IE, November 9). It is heart- alistapproachtopolitical studies in India. As columns, in whichhistorical insights,drawn sional integrity,hewas asharp criticofcrony- university teacher.Itwas one he discharged channelsareventuringintotheentertain- ening to note that the Joe Biden camp Susanne and Lloyd Rudolph have docu- from aprodigious memoryofIndian politics, ism,regardless of whichideological stable it with conviction himself. ment space to improveviewership sta- has categoricallystatedthat it cannot mented,inthe backdrop of the Cold Warand were woven intothe analysis of contempo- came from. The legacy of Professor Bhambhri en- tistics, thereisadireneedfor the public solve global challengeswithout the atroubledUS-India relationship, the air was raryissues, identifying continuities and trac- Afterhis retirement, CPB continuedto dures through his students, whether theyare news broadcastertoset high standards. help of India.But sincethe Bidenteam thickwithspeculationaboutthecovertfund- ingpatterns, allinflected by hisparticular visitthe campus regularly,presiding over a teachers in India and abroad, or political com- The public exchequer mustsupportthe is dividedonwhat should be thestrat- ing of academic research by the CIA.This was worldview. In both phases, he wasalivelyand shabbylittle cubicle likeanemperor,receiv- mentators whose writings enhance our un- statebroadcaster, butitmustfunctionin- egy towardsChina, it will be interest- particularly so in thefield of comparative pol- combative intellectual, as staunchlysecular ing andentertaining an enormous and di- derstanding of India and the world, or indeed dependentlyofthe government. ing to see howthings pan out with re- itics where, ledbyGabriel Almond and David as he wasstaunchlyMarxist. verse rangeofvisitors, listening to grievances civil servantsstriving forabetter society. Doordarshan (DD),being aterrestrial spect to both US-China and Easton, structural-functionalism and mod- All of these qualities were on full display and gossip, dispensing advice on howtone- Meanwhile,his trademark wit andbooming broadcastingnetworkhasawiderreach, India-China relations next year.More ernisationtheorydominatedthestudyofpol- in CPB’s classroom. He wasaconscientious gotiateworkplace intrigues, and offering tea laughter that once echoeddownthe corri- through itsregional stations.Ithas the so whenBiden has hintedthat he will itics in developing societies. Rajni Kothari’s teacher(oftenpunning about his own“class lacedwith commentary on the news of the dors of JNU aresurelyenliveningthe proceed- advantageofscale, whichmustbetaken be aone-term President with his Politics in India (1970) wasastudyinthis vein, consciousness”) and, apartfrompunctuality, day. Nobodyentered that cubicle without a ings wherever he is now. intoaccount while designing anew deputy KamalaHarris as ashoo-in and Bhambhri’s Marxistcritique of it in the expected no conformityfromstudents, least feelingofbeing warmlywelcomedand no- roadmap to revamp DD. candidatefor 2024. Indian Journal of Political Science triggered of allofopinion.InJuly2016, anguishedby bodyleftwithout acouple of sardonic and The writer is professor,Centrefor theStudy of Sudip Kumar Dey, Kolkata Bal Govind, Noida what wasarguablythe firstscholarly debatein the eventsofFebruarythat year,hewrote(in freshlyminted witticisms about politics and Lawand Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru theannals of Indian political science, famously these pages) an open letter to studentsenter- people. Fewprofessors in retirementhaveso University,Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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PRIME MINISTER Narendra In September,Aishwarya had with her academic or financial is- notone of them: “She did not hostel. She had said she would Modi on Mondayexhortedpeo- SUKRITABARUAH been one of over 1,400respon- sues. Theyalso said she had ap- communicatetothe hostelseek- trytodoitbyNovember 7.” ple to promote locally-made NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER9 dentsofasurvey conducted by pliedfor free-ship as afirst-year ing an extension in dates forcol- Kanika Ahuja, collegemedia productsfor Diwali saying that the students’ union highlighting student and that the collegehad lecting her luggage, nor her fi- adviserand ateacher in the psy- this would also makethe festive TWOKEY issues that LSRCollege thedigital divide in online learn- paid afree-ship amount of Rs nancial problems... She sent a chology department, said while season fortheir makers better. PM NarendraModi student Aishwarya Reddy’s fam- ing. Thesurvey showed27.5% of 12,000in her account on April 24. shortWhatsApp messagetothe the collegetries to help students Speaking via video-confer- ilysaid were troubling her —lack respondentshad said theydidn’t An immediateconcern her hosteloffice assistant stating she address mental health issues, encing at an event in Varanasi of resources foronline learning have access to alaptopand 39.4% familysaid had been facing was or her friends would collect her Aishwarya had notapproached whereheinauguratedinfrastruc- Diwali' strongly”. and having to vacateher hostel had said theydidn’t have agood that all second-year studentsof luggageonNovember 7. Several anyofthe avenues. tureprojectsworth Rs 200crore Noting that festivepurchases room by October-end —had been internetconnection. Aishwarya the hostelhad been issuedano- studentshad appliedfor an ex- Agroup of over 700alumni and laid foundation forprojects didn't onlymean 'diyas' (lamps), flagged during the course of this wasone of the 95.5% of students tice to vacatetheir rooms by tension —eachapplicationwas and studentsofthe college, worthRs400 crore, the Prime Modi said, “I urge the people to year by studentsand student rep- who had respondedthat online October31.LSRprovideshostelfa- discussedand ageneral exten- meanwhile, issuedastatement Ministersaid promoting local insistonlocal products.. be vo- resentativestocollegeauthorities. classes had affectedtheir mental cilities to onlyfirst-year students. sion giventill November 10.Even Monday: “LSR has always held productswould rejuvenatethe cal... celebrateDiwali with local Aishwarya,asecond-year stu- Aishwarya Reddy wasa and physical health. She had re- InapressconferenceMonday, her afterthat, extensions have been academic rigour in high regard. entireeconomy. He also wished products... This will boostthe dent of B.Sc. (Hons) Mathematics 2nd-year student of B.Sc. spondedthat while she had 5-8 mother said afterthe notice ar- givenongenuine grounds like However, over the years, it has people forall upcoming festivals. economy.”Modi said that in the at DU’s prestigious Lady Shri Ram (Hons) Mathematics at LSR hours of classes per day, she was rived,Aishwarya wasworriedher cancellation of trains, illness, etc.” also created an atmosphere “Local forDiwali… This lastsix years during his tenureas Collegefor Women, committed able to attend less than 3hours. familywouldnotbeableto afford Aclose friend of Aishwarya’s wherestructural inequalities are mantracan be heardevery- aMember of Parliament from suicide on November 2. In apur- “Wehad sent an email with private accommodation, requir- from the hostelsaid she wasnot exasperated in the name of where... Isay to the people of Varanasi, “unprecedented”infra- portedsuicide note she had leftin could notaffordalaptopand she this survey to collegeauthorities ingherto dropout.At thetimethe one to challengerules: “It was rigour and merit... No student Banaras, as well as people of the structuredevelopment has been her Telangana home, she wrote washaving difficulty keeping up to highlight issues being facedby directive wasgivenby thecollege, very difficult formanyofusfrom should have to choose between country, promote 'local for undertakeninthe district. “Because of me, my familyisfac- with online learning on aphone. studentsbut therewas no re- on October 11,the hostelunion poorer backgrounds living in far- quality education and their life... ingmanyfinancial problems. My Her father GSrinivasReddy,a sponse,” said LSRstudents’ union had triedtoresistit. away places. We were trying to between acquiring adegree and education is aburden. If Ican’t motorcycle mechanic, had said general secretaryUnnimaya. Hostelwarden Ujjayini Ray struggle againstthis, but not reducedtoabject poverty... We On Maldives visit, Shringla discusses study,Ican’t live.” she asked foralaptopinOctober Collegeauthorities maintain said while other studentshad ex- Aishwarya.She wasdocile and urge the institutetotakecog- One of the issues her family but he had notbeen able to af- Aishwarya had notapproached pressedtheir difficulties with va- followedrules. The lastthing we nizance of itsrole in the stu- infrastructure projects with India help said she wasfacing wasthat they ford even asecond-hand one. anyofher department teachers cating the hostel, Aishwarya was spokeabout wasvacating the dent’s suicide...” NewDelhi: Foreign Secretary factorystatus of implementation Harsh Vardhan Shringla on of decisionstakenduringthehigh- Mehbooba: Editors Guild writes to Yogi for Mondaymet MaldivesPresident levelinteractions held between J&K party moves SC for urgent hearing Ibrahim MohamedSolih and dis- Prime MinisterNarendraModi Centre left no ‘protection of press freedom’ cussedthe pace of progress in in- and Solih in December 2018 and of pleas against revoking special status frastructureprojectsbeingimple- June 2019.Shringla elaborated on middle ground for mentedinthatnationwithIndia’s the progress made on the imple- people in Valley “Serious constitutional ques- nent residentsofthe erstwhile EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE help. Commencing his two-day mentation of eight infrastructure EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tions having farreaching impli- State...” the party said in an ap- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER9 visit to Male’, Shringla calledon projectsinthe Maldivesunder NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER10 cations and impact arepending plication filedthrough Senior Yogi Solihandbriefedhimonthesatis- Indian Lines of Credit. ENS EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE consideration in the present AdvocateRajeevDhavanand THE EDITORS Guild of India on Adityanath JAMMU,NOVEMBER9 THE JAMMU and Kashmir batchofpetitions and it is imper- AdvocatePritha Srikumar Iyer. Mondaywrote to Uttar Pradesh People’s Conference on Monday ative that these questions are It contendedthat “these Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath PDPPRESIDENTandformerChief movedthe Supreme Court, considered at an early date… changes will have an irreparable urging him to address issues on favour”. Cracking down on crackers MinisterMehbooba Mufti seeking urgent hearing of pend- Notwithstanding the foregoing, impact on the rights of Indian “protection of press freedom and In an veiledreference to Mondayaccusedthe BJP govern- ing petitions challenging the pending the final hearing of citizens, including creation of journalists’rights” in the state. RepublicTVeditor-in-chief Arnab mentattheCentreofvitiatingthe Constitutional amendmentsre- these petitions… and notwith- domicile rightsand third-party It also asked Adityanath “to Goswami,whoispresentlylodged TheNGT on Mondayimposed atotal banonsale atmosphereinKashmirandleav- voking the special status of J&K standing the prevailing pan- rightsinland ownership”. The free the jailedjournalists,with- inaMaharashtrajailinconnection or use of firecrackers in the National Capital ingnomiddlegroundforthepeo- and itsreorganisation intotwo demic conditions, sweeping plea said “these changes, which draw casesthatareunderreview, with an abetment to suicide case, Region from November 9midnight to November ple in Valley. Union Territories. The party has changes arebeing brought about presume the validity of the as well as to ensuresafetyofall the guild said to Adityanath: 30 midnight.Alook at what other states are She claimedthat since “all stated that the Centreismaking by Respondent No.1 (Union of aforesaid Impugned working journalists in the state”. “whileyouwererightto promptly doing to checkair pollution voices”have beenscuttled,youths “significant changes to the India) that impact the rightsofa Constitution Orders and the Citing severalinstances of uphold the freedom of the press in the Valleycon- rightsofthe residents” even large number of people, includ- Reorganisation Act, unfairly prej- cases being filedagainstjournal- when an editor of aTVchannel sider it better to though the petitions areyet to ing dilution of the safeguards udice and pre-judgethe case of ists in the state, the guild further wasarrestedinMumbai,thereare UTTAR PRADESH: Additional Chief Secretary(Information) pickupthe gun be decided. earlier available to the perma- the Petitioners before”the court. said it is “keen to send adelega- farmorecompelling cases of in- NavneetSehgal said the government is yettotakeacall on instead of being tion of national editors to timidation,harassmentby author- banning crackers. However, he stated that the NGTdecision to jailed. Objecting Lucknow”, to work with ities of working journalists in UP, ban crackers in the National Capital Region will be imposedin to changes to the Adityanath's administration to whowereprevented from doing the districtsofGautamBuddha Nagarand Ghaziabad. land regime in Srinagar admin stops High Court “exploreways that can createa their job” and said that “manyof J&K, she said the protective environment forthe them have been unjustifiablyar- Mehbooba BJP government bar association from holding polls media to work without fear or rested on spurious charges”. HARYANA ernment wrotetoNGT,advo- Mufti hasdonenothing The stategovernment on cating that Punjab did not forthereturnand ment of Kashmir dispute”. states the following as itsfirstob- Sundayannouncedatwo- needtoban firecrackers in its rehabilitation of EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Inaseparatenotice,theadmin- jective:‘to find ways and means, Customs questions Kerala minister hour windowfor the sale and non-attainment cities, the Kashmiri Panditsinthe Valley. SRINAGAR,NOVEMBER9 istration has prohibited JKHCBA take steps, forresolving the issues use of firecrackers on Diwali. government has decidedto Pointing out that even peo- from holdingthe elections. It has concerning public at large includ- Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Customs sources said he was However, the NGTdecision to ban the crackers in the cities ple “likeus” arefinding it diffi- ADAY before the Jammu and also imposedrestrictions in the ing largerissue of peaceful settle- Higher Education MinisterKT questionedfor six hours. A ban crackers in the National that had “poor” AQIlastyear. cult to stay in Kashmir,she said KashmirHigh CourtBar districtcourtcomplex,apparently ment of Kashmir dispute…’ You Jaleel wasonMondayques- source said, “Weheardhim. He Capital Region will affect 14 The chief secretarysaid the “militancy has risen to sucha Association(JKHCBA)wastohold to thwartany protests by the arerequired to explain your posi- tionedbyCustoms officials in has givenexplanations.” of 22 districtsinthe state, and Punjab Pollution Control levelthat 10-15youths together itselection, the Srinagardistrict lawyers. In anotice to the JKHCBA tion on the subject since it’s notin connection with cases pertain- Asource said: “A fewmore hence, the government is Board(PPCB) is preparing a leave avillagetoday, because you administrationonMondayissued presidentandelectioncommittee, consonancewiththeConstitution ing to illegal importofreligious persons have to be examined likelytoissue revisedinstruc- listofthe cities whichhad have scuttledall the voices. You anotice, asking the association to Deputy Commissioner,Srinagar, of India,wherebyJ&Kisanintegral textsand gold smuggling. and then, if required,the minis- tions. poor AQIlastyear. have leftnooption…middle clarifyitspositiononamentionin Shahid Iqbal Choudharystated, partofthe countryand notadis- The Customs has namedthe terwould be summonedagain.’’ ground forthem)”. itsconstitution—“peacefulsettle- “JKHCBASrinagar constitution pute.” ministera“person of interest’’. SHAJUPHILIP MADHYAPRADESH GUJARAT Chief MinisterShivraj Singh The stategovernment hasis- Chouhan has appealedtothe sueddirections to all police RETD IAS OFFICER WRITES TO CHIEF SECY people to burstcrackers in a chiefsand district magistrates FIR against Goa professor for restricted manner but al- to regulatethe sale, purchase lowedtheir use by following and bursting of firecrackers in ‘Rs250 cr invested by PSU in NGTand Supreme Court the festiveseason under CrPC ‘outraging religious feelings’ guidelines. The government Section 144. In line with this Canadian firm eroded to Rs 10 cr’ has bannedthe sale of im- order,Ahmedabad police portedcrackers and appealed commissioner has allowed isteredonthe basis of com- to the masses to notburst bursting of crackers onlyfrom SMITANAIR plaintsbybothJha and Singh. Jha the investment in shares of writeabout it. No further devel- crackers whichhavethe im- 8-10pmonDiwali. Aban has PANAJI,NOVEMBER9 said: “She is notmyfriend on AVINASHNAIR Karnalytewas an assured supply opmentsare likely. If Ikeep quiet ages of gods and goddesses also been put on importor Facebook but we seem to have AHMEDABAD,NOVEMBER9 of potash. Notone tonappears to on the issue, Iwould nothave on them. possession/sale of anyforeign ANFIRwasregisteredonMonday 20 to 25 mutual friends. After have been received... The potash been able to forgivemyself.” firecrackers and sale/pur- againstShilpa Singh, an assistant ABVP’s complaint, Isaw this ARETIRED IAS officer of 1979 project is still at aconceptual Luke,72,hastakenupfarming PUNJAB chase of 'sky lantern' or 'bal- professor at aGoa lawcollege, for April 21 postofher on Facebook. batch, Alexander Luke, has writ- stage,”statedLukeinanarticlehe at his villageinKollam district of Twodays afterthe stategov- loon firecrackers'. allegedly outragingreligiousfeel- IfirstapproachedPanaji police tenalettertoGujarat chief secre- wroteforawebportal. According Kerala.“Ihave nopersonalinterest ingswithdeliberateandmalicious Shilpa Singh on October 28 and in awritten tary Anil Mukim, pointing out to him, the GSFC later increased in this. But Ineededtobring this intention. The case wasfiledona note asked that she should seek howaninvestment of Rs 250 itsstake intheCanadiancompany truthto thepeopleof Gujaratand KARNATAKA: The government, following the advice of atech- complaint by RajivJha, of public apology.Since they(po- croremade by Vadodara-based to 38 per cent and the initial in- India,” he added. nicalcommitteeforhandling the Covid-19crisis, had initiallyan- RashtriyaHindu Yuva Vahini’s abusive postonOctober 30”. lice) didn’t react...weagain went public sector unit (PSU), Gujarat vestment made by the statePSU Chief secretaryAnil Mukim nouncedacomplete ban on firecrackers. However, nowithas Goa unit. Thedevelopmentcomesdays with anew complaint the StateFertilisersandChemicalsLtd in the Canadian firm is worthjust did notrespond to calls, while allowedthe sale of “green” crackers from November 7-16. In his complaint, Jha referred afterthecollegesentawrittenre- next day.” (GSFC), in aCanadian firm seven Rs 10 croretoday. Agarwalcon- CMDof GSFCArvindAgarwalsaid, to aFacebook postbySingh, who sponse to acomplaint against Singh calledita“witchhunt”. years agoerodedtoRs10crore. firmedtothispaperthatthePSU’s “He (Luke) has sent an email. It is teachesPoliticalScienceatPanaji’s Singh by ABVP,the students’ out- In alettertothe chancellor’s Intheletterwrittento Mukim equity in Karn-alytecontinuedto very long and has some sevenor NEW DELHI Puja, Chhath and Kartik Puja VM Salgaocar CollegeofLaw,on fitofRSS, stating that it does not nominee, executive council, Goa and GSFC Chairman and be 38 per cent. eightlinksinit.Ihavenot yetseen The National Green Tribunal to curb pollution amid the April 21 in whichshe had chal- have a“locus standi” to raise ob- University [or the Governor], she Managing Director,Arvind Talking to The Indian Express, it.Hehasbeenbehindthismatter Mondayordered atotal ban Covid-19pandemic. lengedthepatriarchyanddogma jections about her teaching, and has raiseddoubtsonJha filing a Agarwal, on November 2, 2020, theretiredIASofficerwhoheaded forabout ayear.InJanuary, he againstthe sale or use of all by comparing ‘mangalsutra’ to a that no termination order will be complaint six months afterher theretiredIASofficerhaspointed the 58-year-old GSFC between tweetedsomething...Itisaseven- kinds of firecrackers in the CHHATTISGARH “chaineddog”. issuedagainsther.The ABVP had post, and around the time her out that the amount invested in 2003and’06,successfullyturning year-old matter and thereisno National Capital Region from The chief secretaryhas passed Singhhasalsoapproachedthe sought her termination. collegerefusedtoentertain Canadian firm M/s Karnalyte itintoaprofit-makingentity,said, point in going in, digging. Idon’t midnight of November 9-10 an order allowing the sale policeforpurportedlyabusive and Confirming the develop- ABVP’s demands to sackher. Resources Inc fora20per cent “Iwaitedforsevenyearsandafter knowwhy he is doing it...” to the midnight of November onlyof“green” firecrackers, threatening messages she is re- ments, SP (north Goa) Utkrisht FULLREPORTON stakethe companyin2013has realising that the brief lifeofthe FULLREPORTON 30-December 1. whichwill be allowedtobe ceiving after“Jha’s [social media] Prasoon said FIRs have been reg- www.indianexpress.com eroded. “The primarypurpose of potashprojectisover,Idecidedto www.indianexpress.com burstonlyfor atwo-hour RAJASTHAN windowonthe dayoffestivals Chief MinisterAshok Gehlot likeDiwali, Chhatt, Christmas Kerala firm that won panchayat on November 1directed of- and NewYear. Stress build-up in Dharchula region, ficials to ensureaban on the in 2015 to contest four more sale of firecrackers in the ODISHA state. Following this, the The stategovernment has ated.The companyhas nowde- scientists warn of major earthquake Home Department issueda bannedthe sale and use of SHAJUPHILIP cidedtocontestpollsinfourmore notification on November 3, firecrackers from November THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, neighbouring panchayats -- Scientists saythese large con- Himalayasbeing one of the most Rivervalleytoinvestigate. whichsaid that “no shop- 10-30. In arelease, the govern- NOVEMBER9 Mazhuvannoor,Aikkaranadu, ESHAROY centrations of earthquakes are tectonicallyactive regions in the “The Dharchula region falls keeper shall sell anykind of ment said bursting crackers Kunnathunadu and Vengola. NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER9 “release of stress’’ building up in country. However, the Kumaon between twoknee-like struc- fireworks'and 'no person “releases copious amountsof AKERALA-BASEDcorporatefirm, KITEX MD Sabu MJacob said, the region and that in the near Central Himalayan, whichbe- tures, whichtraps the stress in shall use or allowtofireany harmful chemicals, which whichwonapanchayatinthelast “AtKizhakkambalam panchayat, ABOUT45KMfromthe new future, thereislikelihood of an longs to this CSG region, is one of this region. This is the reason why kind of fireworks”. have severe impact on the res- local body elections, has decided we could bring adifference from Kailash Mansarovar road, con- earthquakeofhigh magnitude the mostseismicallyactive re- therehavebeen crowdedearth- piratoryhealth of vulnerable to field candidates under its the waypoliticians handle rural necting Dharchula in in the region. “Apartfromthe gions of the Himalayanbelt that quakes herewithin aspan of WESTBENGAL groups and suchpollutants CorporateSocial Responsibility development.We have long-term Uttarakhand to Lipu Lekh on the Kangraearthquakein1905 and experiencedaconsiderable years, numerous smaller earth- The CalcuttaHigh Courthad can further aggravatehealth wing (CSR)infour morevillage planning, scientific study of proj- China border,scientists at Wadia Bihar-Nepal earthquakein1934, number of moderateand strong quakes have occurredhereand Thursdaybannedthe use and conditions of Covid-19posi- panchayats in the elections next ectsand systematic execution in InstituteofHimalayanGeology this region has notexperienced earthquakes in the recent past,’’ the stress keeps building up. For sale of firecrackers on Kali tive persons”. month. KITEX grouphad fielded adisciplinedmanner.When we have unearthedlarge concentra- an earthquakeofmagnitude said Dr Devajit Hazarika, lead sci- the stress to be finallyreleased, candidates under itsCSR wing assumedoffice, the panchayat tions of microand moderate greater than 8.0 in the last500 entistonapaper that has now thereisastrong possibility that a Twenty20 in the election to wasindebtof Rs39lakh.Now, we magnitude earthquakes in the years, and hence the region is been publishedbythe institute. high magnitude earthquakeof8 SIKKIM: The stategovernment hasimposedacomplete ban Kizhakkambalam panchayatin have asurplus of Rs 13.57crore. Dharchula region and adjoining known as the Central Seismic Scientists from the institute on the richter scale mayoccur...’’ on firecrackers throughout the stateinviewofthe pandemic, 2015.Itwon 17 out of 19 wardsin Twenty20 could improveeffi- areas of Kumaon Himalaya due to Gap (CSG) region. Agap is aterm have establishedaseismological addedDrHazarika. PTI reported. the panchayat, whereKITEX ciency in functioning of the pan- stress in the region and explored usedtodenote an area with little networkof15broadband seis- FULLREPORTON group’s garment unitsare situ- chayat.’’ the geological structurebehind it. tectonic activity.This, despitethe mological stations along the Kali www.indianexpress.com WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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TOPOFTHE PRESIDENT-ELECT IMPLORES AMERICANSTOWEARMASKS WORLD BidenmovesforwardwithCovidtask forceasTrumptriestoclingtopower Incumbent plans to holdralliestobuild supportfor hischallenge to election result, campaign says EvoMorales Asupporterholds apictureofAung San Suu Kyioutside REUTERS&AP CO-CHAIRSOF party headquarters in Yangon. Reuters WILMINGTON,NOVEMBER9 BOLIVIA BIDEN’SCOVID Moralesheads PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE Biden TASKFORCE convenedatask forceon Suu Kyi’s party homeafternew Mondaytodevise ablueprint for socialistpresident tackling the coronavirus pan- DR VIVEK MURTHY demic in the United States and Indian- claims victory in isswornin hailedprogress on avaccine, origin FORMER LONGTIME while President Donald Trump former US Bolivian leader Evo steadfastlyrefusedtoacknowl- Surgeon Myanmarelection Moralescrossedtheborder edge his electoral defeat. General, who had backintoBolivia on Biden conferred in Delaware commandedthe public Monday, ending ayear in by videolinkwith the 13-mem- health forcethat dealt exile, afteraclose allyand bertask forcethat he named, with Ebolaand Zika. SHOONNAING Sunday’s election was memberof hisMASsocial- headedbyformer US Surgeon YANGON,NOVEMBER9 seen as areferendum on General VivekMurthy, former DR MARCELLA istparty wassworn in as the fledgling president. Morales, who Food and DrugAdministration NUNEZ-SMITH MYANMAR’S RULINGparty said ledBolivia foralmost14 Commissioner David Kessler and Associate on Mondayithad wonenough democratic government years as the firstindige- YaleUniversityhealthcareequity professor of seatsinParliament to form the ledbyAung San Suu Kyi expertMarcella Nunez-Smith. internal next government, afterreport- nous president, entered and the NLD party the countryfrom The task forcewill liaise with medicine, ing alead basedonits unofficial Argentina afterafarewell officials to consider howtosafely public health and Biden and Harris address reporters in Wilmington, Delaware,onMonday. Reuters count of votes from the country’s ceremonypresidedoverby reopen schools and businesses management at Yale second general election since the Argentine President and tackle racialdisparities. and associatedean for end of strict militaryrule. are315 seatsinthe 425-mem- Alberto Fernandez. Twodaysafter clinching vic- health equity research Most Republicans refuse to Trump fireshis Partyspokesman MyoNyunt berLowerHouse and 161seats Morales, who leftBolivia tory over the Republican at Yale’s medical school. told Reuters internal reports in the217-seat Upper House of underacloudin2019 after President,theDemocraticformer DefenceSecy showedthe National League for Parliament. someobserverscitedirreg- vice president cautionedthat DR DAVID KESSLER acknowledge Biden victory Democracy (NLD), ledbyAung The NLD came to powerafter ularities in an election that Americans still face “a darkwin- Professor of Mark Esper San Suu Kyi, had wonthe 322 a2015landslide in whichitwon gave himafourth term in ter” and needtobeaggressive pediatrics seatsinParliament needed, atotal of 390seats, abenchmark office, said thatbeing able about mask wearing and social and though no officialresultshad MyoNyunt saiditexpected to to return filled him “with distancing as infections continue epidemio- HELENECOOPER been announcedbythe election exceed, according to datacom- happiness”.NewPresident to surge around the country. logy and biostatistics at &ERICSCHMITT commission. “Wethank the peo- piledfromreports by party Luis Arce has said that “Wecould save tens of thou- University of California, WASHINGTON,NOVEMBER9 ple,” he said. “For the people, for agentsatpolling stationsacross Moraleswillplaynorolein sands of livesifeveryone would San Francisco, and US the party,this is suchanencour- the country. hisgovernment.REUTERS justwear amask forthe next few FDAcommissioner from US DEFENCE Secretary Mark agingelection result.” Aspokesman forthe second months. NotDemocratic or 1990 to 1997. Esper wasfired by President The Election Commission is biggestparty,the military- Republican lives, American Former president George WBush and Senator MittRomney DonaldTrumponMonday, the expected to announce official re- backedUnion Solidarity and lives,” Biden said. “Please, Iim- areamong the fewRepublicans to congratulateBiden. Reuters latestcasualty in the President’s sultslater. Development Party(USDP) AUSTRIA ploreyou, wear amask.” notacknowledgeddefeat in the revolvingdoor of topnational se- Sunday’s election wasseen could notimmediatelybe 30arrestedin Biden labelledas“great election and has launchedanar- curityofficials who fell on the as areferendum on the fledgling reachedfor comment. news”Pfizer Inc’s announce- ray of lawsuitstopress claims of declarethe electionoverindefi- wrong sideoftheir boss. Trump democratic government ledby The military, whichruled anti-terrorraids ment on Mondaythat itsexper- election fraudfor whichhehas THENEWYORKTIMES ance of Trump’srefusal to accept announced the decision on SuuKyi and the NLD, whichre- Myanmar fornearly 50 years un- AUSTRIAN POLICE made imental Covid-19vaccine was producednoevidence. NOVEMBER9 theresults. “I extendedmywarm Twitter, saying in an abruptpost mains hugelypopular at home til it beganwithdrawing from 30 arrestsinmorethan 60 morethan 90% effective. Trumphas no public events congratulations”toBiden, Bush thatEsperhadbeen“terminated”. but has seen itsreputation col- civilian politicsin2011, controls a raidsonMondayaspartof But Biden said it would be scheduledfor Monday,and has AS TOPRepublicansremained said in astatement. TrumpwroteonTwitter that lapse overseas amid allegations quarterofseatsinbothhouses of an anti-terrorism opera- “manymoremonthsbefore there notspoken in publicsince dividedSundayovercongratu- Republican leaders like he wasappointing Christopher of genocide againstthe Rohingya Parliament, under aconstitution tion, but there wasnolink iswidespreadvaccination”,again Thursday. He plans to holdrallies lating President-elect Joe Biden Senator MitchMcConnell have Miller,described by the Muslim minority. itdrew up andwhichSuu Kyiand to adeadlyattackin underscoringthe importance of to build supportfor his challenge and declaring the election over, refusedtopubliclyacknowledge President as the “highlyre- Up forgrabs in the election allieswanttoamend. REUTERS Vienna aweek agoin masksand social distancing. to theelectionresults,acampaign President Trump’s closestadvis- Biden’svictorywithout neces- spected”director of the National whichaconvictedjihadist Meanwhile, Trumphas still spokesmansaid. ers continue to brief himonpos- sarilyembracing Trump’s claims. Counterterrorism Centre, to be killedfour people, prose- sible “legal remedies,” accord- Manyofthem have either re- acting defence secretary. He will cutorssaid.Austriahasfor- ing to aWhite House official. mainedsilent or have straddled be the fourth man to leadthe mallyremandedincus- HurdleforBidentransitionteam That path has been encour- the line with statementscalling Pentagon under Trump, who tody 10 suspectsin aged moststronglybyRudy forall legal votes to be counted. made apoint of noting that connectionwiththeattack Giuliani, Trump’s personal Onlyafew well-known Miller has been approved by the by a20-year-old gunman ACCORDINGTOUS soon aftermajor news lawyer,while mostother Trump Republicans, likeSenators Mitt Senatealready. NYT whohad previouslybeen law, thetransition organisations call the advisershavesaidprivately that Romneyand Lisa Murkowski, convicted of trying to join team of thepresident- electioninfavour of a the chances of changing the re- have congratulated Biden. IslamicStateinSyria.Police elect gets access to fed- candidate. However, sultsofthe election through var- Others, likeGovernorKristi shothimdeadminutesaf- eral agencies and fund- the Trump-appointed ious courtchallenges areex- Noem of South Dakotalashed terheopenedfireonbars ing to setupthe new GSAadministrator has notyet ceedinglyslim. out at Democratsand the news and bystandersincentral administration as soon as the setthe ball rolling forthe Some within the Republican media on the ABC programme Vienna. REUTERS head of the GeneralServices Biden team to beginthe tran- Partyhavemadeitclearthatitwas “ThisWeek,” insisting that “com- Administration (GSA) “ascer- sition, leadingtofears of a timeforthePresidentto concede. puter glitches” and reports of The European Commission's Michel Barnier arrivesfor PAKISTAN tains” who the winner of the rushedand messy process On Sunday,formerpresident “dead people voting in Brexit talksinLondon on Monday. AP election is. Usually, this is done ahead of the Jan inauguration. George W. Bushbecamethehigh- Pennsylvania” were examples of MarkEsper Courtsendsteen est-profile Republican to publicly widespread fraud. toshelterhome UK, EU make one more aftermarriageto 45-year-oldman With election over, cracks in Democratic Party widen push for Brexit trade deal APAKISTANI courtsent a minor Christian girltoa faces astruggle forevennarrow ment afterBiden wasdeclared JohnsonsaidSundaythatadealis shelter home aftershe ASTEADWHERNDON controlof theSenate—wouldgive victorious, said: “A Band-Aid ap- JILLLAWLESS “there to be done”beforethe two wasallegedly converted &ADAMNAGOURNEY Progressiveslike liberal Democratsless of aplat- proachwon’t getthe job done. LONDON,NOVEMBER9 sides’ mid-November deadline, to Islam and marriedtoa NOVEMBER9 AlexandriaOcasio- form to push Biden to the left. We have amandatefor action on obstacles remain over fishing Muslim man. Arzoo, 13, Cortezhavebeen Afterafierycall among bold plans to meet these twin NEGOTIATORSFROM Britainand rights and competition rules. On who is aresident of SINCE US President Donald blamedfor the members of the House healthand economic crises.” the European Union meton topofthat, controversial legisla- Karachi’s Railway Colony, Trumpwon the WhiteHouse in party’s worse-than- Democratic caucus, in which Rep. Alexandria Ocasio- Mondaytoseek abreakthrough tion from Johnson’s government went missing on October 2016,ashockedDemocratic expected resultsin some arguedthat progressives CortezofNew York,aleading in gridlockedtrade talks, withjust threatenstoderail adeal. 13 andwas later found to Partyhad been unitedbehind congressional whohaveentertainedideas like voice of the party’s leftwing, said days until adeadline to strikea Johnson has infuriatedthe have marriedSyedAli the mission of defeating him. races. NYT defundingthe police or the next fewweekswould set post-Brexit deal. EU with aBill that breaches parts Azhar, a45-year-old Four years later,with the election “Medicare forAll”had cost the the tone forhow the incoming EU chief negotiatorMichel of the legallybinding with- man, afterconverting to of Joe Biden, the divides that party congressional seats, some administration will be received Barnierwasdueto meethisBritish drawal agreement that allowed Islam, according to an have long simmered among emerge within hours of Biden’s the Democratic Party. Those tests Democratic leaders pushedfur- by liberal activists. counterpart, David Frost, in forBritain’s exit from the bloc in FIR.The Sindh High Court Democratsare nowbeginningto victory. Moderatesarguedthathis includedsingle-payerhealthcare, ther away from the leftwing. “I think that’s what people are London, afterbothsides warned January. The Internal Market Bill ordered police to take ac- burstintothe open,asthe pres- success, particularly in industrial aggressivemeasures to combat But by everyearly indication, keeping an eyeout for: Is this ad- therewas little time to bridgebig givesthe UK powertooverride tion againstthe manfor ident-elect confrontsdeep gen- Midwestern states that Trump climate changeand expanding Biden’s election has embold- ministration going to be actively differencesbetweenthem.Barnier sections of the agreement deal- violating child marriage erational and ideological differ- seizedfromthe Democratsin the Supreme Court. enedprogressive energy,no hostile and trytoput in appoint- tweetedthathewas“Happytobe ing with Northern Ireland trade. laws,and sent the girltoa ences among congressional 2016,was proofthatacandidate ModerateDemocrats saida matter the setbacksinthe con- mentsthataregoingtojustsquash backinLondon today, redoubling The legislationhas been con- shelter home. PTI lawmakers, activists andthe who resistedprogressive litmus disappointing showing by the gressional races. progressivesandorganising?”she our effortstoreachagreement on demnedbythe EU,USPresident- party’s grassroots base. testswas best positionedtowin partyincongressionalraces—the Senator ElizabethWarren, said.“Idon’tenvytheBidenteam. the future partnership.” elect Joe Biden and scores of The fault lines beganto backvoters who had abandoned party lostseatsinthe House and setting policy terms in astate- It’s averydelicatebalance.” NYT AlthoughPrimeMinisterBoris British lawmakers. AP Australian media on trial for VIRGIN HYPERLOOP COMPLETES FIRST MANNED TEST Astep forward in the promise of ultrafast ‘Hyperloops’ breaching order in Pell case

lateral forces that would have amuchslowerspeedthan what Pell wasconvictedon Dec. 11, ERICATAUB causedthe pod to sway,she said. proponents of hyperloops claim RODMCGUIRK 2018,ofsexuallyabusing two MOAPA,NOVEMBER9 “Itfelt notthatmuchdiffer- the technology is capable of, CANBERRA,NOVEMBER9 choirboys in aMelbournecathe- ent thanaccelerating in asports companyofficials described it as dral when he wasthe city’s arch- HYPERLOOPTECHNOLOGY, car,” said Josh Giegel, 35,the asafetymilestone. HIGH-PROFILE AUSTRALIAN bishopinthe late 1990s. whichpromises to transport companyco-founder and the “The No.1question Iget from journalists and large media or- The trial of the mostsenior people and goods at speeds of up other volunteer rider. investors is, ‘Is it safeenough to ganisations went on trial on Catholic to be chargedwithchild to 600mph, has long seemedtoo “This is astepofhistorical sig- ride?’ ”said Giegel. “We’reevery- Mondayonchargesthatthey sexabusewasnotreportedinthe good to betrue. But one company nificance,” said JayWalder,the daypeople,we’renot astronauts. breachedagag order on report- Cardinal Pell’ssex abuse news mediabecauseofasuppres- says it hascleared an important company’s chief executive, This shows that it’ssafe, and ob- ing about Cardinal George Pell’s convictions in 2018 have sion order that forbade publica- step toward commercialising it pointing to 20 months of plan- servers can take this backtotheir sexabuse convictions in 2018 since been overturned. AP file tion of details in anyformat that by moving twoofits employees JoshGiegel and SaraLuchian in theirhyperlooppod. NYT ning. “I don’tthink youcan over- investors and interestedmunici- thathavesince been overturned. could be accessedfromAustralia. through atestsystem. state it. This is amoonshot mo- palities.”Thetest alsogivesasense Atotal of 18 individual jour- Details were suppressedto VirginHyperloopbecamethe ment. Ihavenodoubtthis will of realityto anotherwiseabstract nalists,editorsand broadcasters Suchorders arecommon in prevent prejudicing jurors in a firstcompanytoconductahuman sideavacuumtubeto107 mphin pod were three times that of an changethe world.” sci-fi-likeconstruct. “You can face potential prison sentences the Australianand British judi- second child abusetrial thatPell test of the technology Sunday at 6.25seconds. airplane, “it wasmuchsmoother Whether it becomes agiant showthe mostelegantdiagram and 12 media organisations face cial systems. But the enormous wastofacethree months later. its500-metretesttrack in the Theriderssat in molded seats than Iexpected,” said Sara leap formankindisstill unclear. but at the end of the daywhat is fines if theyare foundguilty in international interestinan Thatsecondtrialwascancelled desertnorthof LasVegas.Thetwo coveredinwhitevegan leather, Luchian, 37,one of thetestriders Virgin’s test mightbeassym- important is, will people ride it? the Victoria stateSupreme Court Australian criminal trial with due to alackofevidence, and volunteers, wearing casual street housed inside the all-whitecar- and the company’s director of bolically importantasitiscrucial This is an example of apicture of breaching ajudge’s suppres- global ramifications highlighted Australia’s High CourtinApril clothes, were whisked in apod bon fiber-clad pod. passenger experience. And un- to thetechnology’sultimate suc- worthathousand words,” sionorder on Pell’s case. They the difficulty in enforcing such overturnedall convictions after thatwas levitatedby magnetsin- While the G-forces on the likeanairplane, therewereno cess.While the pod travelledat Luchian said. NYT have all pleadednot guilty. orders in the digital age. Pellhadspent13 monthsinjail.AP WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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International market data till 0020 IST SECTOR WATCH AT 42,597, INDEX SURGES 2,336 POINTSIN5STRAIGHT SESSIONS ON US POLL CLARITY EQUITY MARKETS Sept quarter: DIIs, FPIs All-timehigh:SensexralliesonBidenwin train eyes on banking, ENSECONOMICBUREAU Dow, S&P hit lifetime peaks MUMBAI,NOVEMBER9

finance stocks amid DOMESTIC STOCKmarketson Mondaystagedastrong rallytoa on Pfizer vaccine trial result economic greenshoots recordhigh afterJoe Biden clinchedtheUSpresidency,boost- ingriskappetiteandhopesof pos- REUTERS INDICES,CRUDERALLY;GOLDFALLS SANDEEPSINGH Market experts say itive global developmentsema- NEWYORK/LONDON,NOV9 NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER9 strong FPI inflows nating from the fact that more DOWJONES S&P 500 NASDAQ orderly conditionsandaggressive THE S&P 500and the Dowhit ▲ 29,682.64 ▲ 3,621.39 ▲ 11,978.70 AS THE economystarted wit- intobankand finance pro-growthstrategiesmayprevail recordhighs on Mondayasthe 1,359points 112points 83points nessing signs of recovery in withachangeofregimeintheUS. The BSE in Mumbai on Monday. AP firstsuccessfullate-stage clinical companiesisinline BRENT WTICRUDE US GOLD quarterendedSeptember 30, The Sensexsoared 704pointsto trial of aCovid vaccine sparked with thefact that ▲ 42.62 ▲ 40.52 ▼ $1,855 2020,bothforeignportfolioin- close at anew peak of 42,597.43 hopesofthe economy emerging 8.04% 9.10% 4.9% vestors(FPIs)anddomesticin- theyare relatively andtheNifty50soared198points perdollaragainstpreviouscloseof All the sectoral indices wit- from apandemic-drivencrisis. stitutional investors (DIIs) undervalued to 12,461.05 in buying euphoria. 74.20 and closedat74.15. nessedhealthy buyinginterest The blue-chip Dowsurgedas STAY-AT-HOME STOCKS HIT trainedtheirfocus on the The Sensexhas jumped2,336 The US dollar fell to a10-week wherein banks, telecom and muchas5.7 per cent intra-day, ZoomVideoCommunications $432.39 -13.54% bankingandfinancesectorand pointsinthelastfivesessionsamid lowafter enoughstateswere metals were thetop gainers. alsogetting aboost from Joe Netflix $482.88 -6.19% invested heavilyinbanksand Givenwhat the economyhas the volatility triggeredbythe US calledforBidenovertheweekend Joseph Thomas, head of re- Biden clinching atightly-fought Amazon.com $3,234.17 -2.33% financial institutions. undergone over the last7-8 elections. Firm globalcues and a followingdays of counting.Global search,Emkay Wealth presidential election.The com- PelotonInteractive $106.07 -15.46% According to datasourced months,thereisnow expecta- clear majority to favourite marketswerebuoyedasthe Management, said, “The market panies hit hardestbymonths of Docusign $201.48 -13.04% fromprimeinfobase.com,ofthe tionof creditofftakegoingfor- Democratic party in the US elec- tighter-than-expected election, continuedits upwardtrajectory travel bans and lockdowns 10 companies that witnessed ward andbankingandfinance tiontookbenchmarkindicesto all- whichmay leave Republicans in across indices basedonpositive soared,with Boeing Co up 12.6 *Price as on Nasdaq. All dataasof01:36 pm EST the highestbuying by FPIs in will benefit and that has re- time highs. control of the Senate, is expected global developmentsemanating per cent and airlines and cruise the quarterendedSeptember sultedintoinvestmentsbyFPIs On Monday, foreign portfolio to prevent alarge US fiscal pack- from thefact thatmoreorderly line operators all trading 20 per 2020,therewerefivebanks and DIIs.” During the quarter, investors(FPIs)investedanetof Rs age, potentiallyputting the em- conditions and aggressive pro- cent to 30 per cent higher. Oil BlizzardInc fell between 1.5per at 01:36 p.m. EST, while US West andahousing finance com- FPIs invested gross of 4,547 croreintodomesticequities phasis backonmonetary stimu- growthstrategiesmayprevailwith prices surgedaround 10 per cent cent and 4.7 per cent. TexasIntermediate(WTI) crude pany. Similarly,ofthe 10 com- Rs 4,13,836 croreand anet of The rupeeopenedhigherat73.94 lus, analysts said. achange of regime in the US.” and US Treasuries sold offafter Worldstockshit arecordhigh wasup$3.38, or 9.10 per cent, panies that witnessedhighest Rs 46,860 croreintodomestic Pfizer and BioNTechsaid the data earlier in the dayand the dollar at $40.49. buying by DIIs in during the equities. Datashows while showedthe vaccine wasmore remainedweak as expectations Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia quarter, three were banksand theyraisedtheirholdingin349 than 90 per cent effectiveinpre- of better global trade ties and said an OPEC+ oiloutput deal twofinancecompanies. NSE-listedcompanies during Hard-earned1,000 points SENSEX THIS YEAR venting Covid. moremonetary stimulus under could be adjustedtobalance the ICICI Bank wasthe biggest thequarter, theyreducedhold- 41,306.02 42,597.43 Pfizer and BioNTech, thefirst President-elect Biden liftedde- market.IfOPEC+ maintains the gainer as datashows that FPIs ing in 535companies. The Sensexsurged 704points to close above the42,000- drugmakers to showsuccessful mand forrisky assets. current curbs on output, it invested anet of Rs 12,728 While FPI ownership of levelfor thefirsttime Monday. It took almostayear to end datafromalarge-scale clinical Treasuryyields hadfallen last would tighten supplyand lead croreinICICI Bank.Theyalso Indian equities declinedfrom above the42,000-mark,after it hadcrossed 41,000 last trial, said theyhad found no se- week on expectations that Biden to higher prices. investedinAxisBank(Rs8,578 22.46 per cent in December November.These 1,000 points were witness to the rioussafetyconcerns so farand would win the White House but Gold slumpednearly crore), YesBank (Rs 7,012 2019 to 21.17percentinMarch expect to seek US emergency use the Senatewould be controlled 5per centonMonday as news of crore). The other three 2020and21.05percentinJune Covid-19pandemic, GDP contraction of 23.9%, aUS authorization laterthis month. by Republicans, potentiallysti- the firstsuccessful late-stage election and some economic greenshoots emerging now banks/financecompanyinthe 2020, following the sharp fall 1/1/2020 11/9/2020 By 01:36 p.m. EST, the Dow fling afiscal stimulus package Covidvaccine trials promptedin- listoftop 10 includedHDFC in markets due to Covid, the Jones Industrial Averagewas up and putting the onus backonthe vestors to dumpsafe-havenbul- Ltd, Bandhan Bank and HDFC September quartersaw arise 1,359.24points, or 4.80 per cent, Federal Reserve. lion and flocktoriskier FPI INFLOW INTO EQUITIES IN 2020 Total -2020 CLOSING ABOVE Bank.Asper primeinfo- in their holding to 21.52 per MILESTONES and the S&P 500was up 111.95 The pan-European STOXX assets.Spotgoldwas down 5.1 base.com,the netinvestment cent. Market expertssay 60000 59,336 points, or 3.19 percent, while 600jumpednearly 4per cent per cent at $1,852.82 per ounce 12,123 47,080 in the companies have been strong FPI inflows into bank 40000 35,000 the Russell 2000 small-cap in- and clockedits best daysince late by 11:07a.m. EDT(1607 GMT), calculated by multiplying the andfinance companies is in 20000 42,000 dexsurged5.7 per cent intra- March. The export-heavy FTSE while US gold futures slid 4.9 per differencebetweensharehold- line with the fact that theyare 0 daytoanall-timehigh. The S&P 100jumped4.7 percent, while cent to $1,855.30. ing of June and September relatively undervaluedand, energy indexwas on course for the British mid-capindex added Spotprices beat asharp re- -20000 11,448 with the averageclosing price thus, provide opportunityfor -40000 -7,783 itsbestday since April. 5.2 per cent. Germany’s DAXrose treat from anear two-month 9 forthequarter. So,of thenetin- investment. -60000 9 The tech-heavy Nasdaq to amorethan two-week high af- peak of $1,965.33 hit earlier in vestment of Rs 63,810 crorein In January, theprice-to- -61,973 Rs crore Compositewas up 83.47points, terSeptember exportdatacame the session amid aweaker dol- thesetop10companies,thesix earning ratio forSensexwas -80000 or 0.70 per cent, at 11,978.70as in above expectations. lar and hopes formorestimulus 2/4/1 4/6/19 231/18 9/8/18 17/1/18 9/11/20 January November 9 27/7/18 bank/ finance firms garnered 25.6 and,inOctober,itis 27/11/1 Netflix Inc, Amazon.com Inc and Brent crude wasup$3.17,or following Biden’s victoryinthe overRs42,000crore.Theother around 28.09, whichmeans gamingcompanyActivision 8.04per cent, to $42.62 abarrel US elections. fourcompaniesthatmadethe theSensexisalreadytradingin top10include Eicher Motors, amoreexpensive zoneascom- Reliance Industries, Asian paredto thatinJanuary. Incon- ‘ADDITIONAL DIRECT FISCAL STIMULUS OF 3-5%OFGDP REQUIRED’ PaintsandInfosysandtheyat- trast,whilethePEratioofBank ‘False security’: Zoom settles with tracted an aggregateinvest- indexatBSE stood at 32 in Need further stimulus to offset ment of over Rs 21,600crore. January2020, it currentlyis DIIsalsofollowedasimilar hovering around 20.37. This US FTC, agrees to added scrutiny trend and five banks/finance meansthatthePEratioof bank loss of working hours: SBI research companiesoccupiedthelistof indexwas muchlower than it that underminedthe security of keys”, whichcould allowZoom 10 companies that witnessed wasinJanuary. 2021, when the lockdown was ufacturing PMI, GSTe-way bills, ENSECONOMICBUREAU itsusers”. the access to itsusers’meetings. highestbuying by DIIs during Fund managers feel while ENSECONOMICBUREAU severest”. petrol consumption, vehicle NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER9 Zoom will also have to obtain “Zoom’s misleading claims thequarter.Datashows DIIsin- thereare someconcernsonac- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER9 “The totalnumber of hours sales, SBIindex, food arrivaland “biennial assessments” of the gave users afalse senseofsecu- vested anet of Rs 9,782 crore countofNPAs,thesectorisun- lostfor all these periodscomes prices. THE FEDERAL Trade Commission newsecurity programme that it rity,according to the FTC’s com- in YesBank and Rs 2,377 crore dervaluedand throwsoppor- AN ADDITIONAL direct fiscal to 5948 crorehours ... the gov- “The numbers have become (FTC) saidMondayithad reached implementsbyanindependent plaint, especially forthosewho inHDFCLtd.Theyalsoinvested tunityforinvestorsandseveral stimulus of 3-5 per cent of the ernment might thus needtogive positive when compared to the asettlement with Zoom, the US- thirdparty,whichmustbeautho- usedthe company’s platform to in Bandhan Bank (Rs 2053 fund houses areadvising their grossdomestic product (GDP) afurther direct fiscal stimulus of pre-Covidlevels, and theyhave basedvideo calling softwareso- risedbythe FTC. If anydatais discuss sensitivetopics suchas crore), ICICI Bank (Rs 1,465 investors to invest in sectoral might be required to offset the the size of 3-5% of GDP to offset also crossedthe peak reachedin lutions provider whichhas seen breachedatZoom, the FTCmust health and financial information,” crore) and Mahindra& funds focussing on banks. loss of working hours in the the gapbetween the equivalent last1year forsome including itsuser base skyrocketfrom10 be informed of the same by the the FTCsaid in arelease. MahindraFinancial Services “Atthis point in time, we countryfollowing the outbreak fiscal stimulus and the labour manufacturingindex, GSTe-way million users in December 2019 company, the order by the US reg- The company, thetrade com- (Rs 1,251crore). believe banking&infrastruc- of the Covid-19pandemic,State market disruption through loss bills, vehicle sales (from the pos- to over 300millionby April 2020. ulator said. mission said, also liedtoits users PranavHaldea, MD, Prime turespaceisunder-valuedand Bank of India (SBI) said in itsre- of working hours,” the reportby itive levelreached2yearsago). As per the terms of the settle- Accordingto the complaintby about storing the recordedmeet- Database said, “Whenever hence, investors with a3-5 search reportonMonday. SBI said. However, RTOrevenue collec- ment, Zoom will have to “imple- FTC, Zoom liedabout using a ings on asecured cloud storage, thereisaneconomic revival, year horizon should consider Citing the recentestimates of The Indian economyhas tion,powerconsumption,freight mentarobustinformation secur- higher ‘end-to-end 256-bit en- when in reality some of the thereare expectationsof credit SIPs in suchfunds,” said loss of working hours by the pickedupmomentum in trafficrevenue, food arrivals, ity program to settle allegations cryption’ whichcould offerase- recordedmeetingslayunsecured offtakeand financial sector SankaranNaren,EDandCIOat International Labour October,the reportsaid, citing petrol and diesel consumption that the video conferencing curecommunication option to its on un-encryptedcloud storage benefitsfromthatrevival. ICICI Prudential AMC. Organization (ILO), SBIsaid“the indicators of vehicle sales, Apple areall still belowthe pre-Covid provider engaged in aseries of users. The company, instead, forasmanyas60days before be- maximum hours lostwas in Q1 mobility,RTO transactions, man- peaklevel,” thereportadded. deceptive and unfair practices maintainedthe “cryptographic ing movedtoasecurestorage. BRIEFLY Despite market bounce back, MF equity COAL BLOCKAUCTIONS FinComm HDFCcutsretail Joshi urgesstatesto submits report primelendingrate schemes see outflowsof`2,724 cr in Oct supportwinning bidders to President NewDelhi:HDFConMonday announcedcutting itsretail OVERALLPOSITIVEFLOW bution to Rs 7,800crore as com- “Therise in both SIP contribution blocks forcommercial use, along primelendingrate(RPLR)on ENSECONOMICBUREAU pared to Rs 7,788.37 crorein and SIP AUMs during October ENSECONOMICBUREAU withaslewofmeasuresto attract housing loans by 10 basis MUMBAI,NOVEMBER9 September.Total SIP AUMrose 2020andcontinuedslowingout- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER9 investorsaspartoftheAatmanir- points(0.10 percent). PTI `98,575.96cr from Rs 335,571.57crore as of flowinequityschemesreinforces bhar Bharat campaign. Chhattis- EQUITYSCHEMESof fundhouses September to Rs 342,018 croreas the retail investor confidence in UNION COAL MinisterPrahlad garh’sGarePalmaIV/7coalblock, witnessedanoutflowofRs2,724 ■The mutualfundindustry of October 2020. The outflowsig- the mutualfund as an assetclass. JoshionMonday saidthefirstauc- whichwasauctionedonMonday, EUhitsUS croreinthe month of October witnessedanoverall positive nificantlymoderated forhybrid Thistrendisreflective ineconomy tionof coalblocksforcommercial receivedthe highestbid of 66.75 withtariffs 2020 despitethe stockmarket flowofRs98,575.96crore in scheme categoryatRs1,681.87 improving further withgreen usehadbeensuccessfulandcalled per cent revenue sharing from staging agood performance. October 2020. crorefor October 2020 as com- shoots amplyvisible —attractive on stategovernmentstosupport Sarda Energy and Minerals Ltd. Brussels:The EU will“regret- However, the debt market re- pared to Rs 4,219.01crore in interestrates, rise in GSTcollec- and cooperatewith successful “Iappealtostate governments tably” impose tariffs on im- ceivedinflows of Rs1.10 lakhcrore September 2020 and Rs 4,819.45 tions, digitalisation-driveneffi- bidders. Atotal of 19 coal blocks to cooperatewiththebiddersup- 15th Finance Commission ports of $4 billion in US takingthetotalmutualfundassets during October 2020, as per crorefor August2020. cienciesmakingIndiancorporates across Chhattisgarh,Jharkhand, port them.Ultimatelyinthe next Chairman NK Singh File goods from Tuesday, EU under management (AUM) as on Association of Mutual Funds of Onthedebtside,asurge inthe healthier,conducive GoIpolicyfor Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra 20-30years,we willbeableto use Trade Commissioner Valdis October 31,2020 to the highest India (AMFI). netflows in debt schemes during attracting FDI and continued and Odisha with total geological coal,” said Joshi, noting that post Dombrovskis said. ever Rs 28.22 lakhcrore. Themutualfundindustrywit- October2020wasdrivenbyliquid, surge in FII investment coupled reserves of 3,069milliontonnes this period theremay be alot of NewDelhi:The15thFinanceCom- While multi capfunds regis- nessedanoverall positiveflowof moneymarket, corporatebond withfavourablegeo-politicalsce- of coal have been auctionedoff in pressuretostopusingcoalasthere mission(FFC)onMonday submit- teredoutflowsofR1,902 crorein Rs 98,575.96 croreinOctober fund, short duration, ultrashort nario would continue to keep thefirstphaseof auctionsforcom- wascurrentlyahugeopportunity teditsreport—whichdefinesthe VisionFundCEO October,sectoral and thematic 2020. During October 2020, SIP duration, lowduration and bank- Indian equity marketsanattrac- mercial coal mining. foreconomic growth in India devolutionof Centraltaxrevenues Misraquitsboard funds witnessednet flows of accountsgrew to 3.37crore,lead- ing and PSU fund categories. tive investment destination over The governmenthad, in June, whichneededalot of growth in to states andother fiscalmatters Rs2,214.67crore dueto twoNFOs ingto ariseinmonthly SIPcontri- NSVenkatesh,CEO,AMFIsaid: along term.” announcedtheopeningupof coal powergeneration. —for thefiveyear period from Tokyo: SoftBank has annou- 2021-22 to 2025-26toPresident ncedremovalofseveral RamNath Kovind.Titled ‘Finance high-profile executives Commission in Covid Times’, the from itsboard, including Bigbasketdata breach: What user information could be at risk reportwas submitted by the VisionFund chief Rajeev Commission ChairmanNKSingh Misraand Chief Operating Cyble, whichfirst leaked? been leaked on the darkweb? plaint with the Bengaluru Cyber databreaches in India? along with Members AjayNara- Office Marcelo Claure, after PRANAVMUKUL made the details of Cyblehasclaimed Cyble has listedaportal Crime Cell. “Theprivacy and con- If one onlygoes by the infor- yanJha,AshokLahiriandRamesh investor pressuretoimpr- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER9 thepotentialbreach that personal infor- www.amibreached.com, where fidentialityof ourcustomersisour mationfromCyble, therehave Chand and Prof. Anoop Singh. ovegovernance. REUTERS public, the alleged mation of as manyas userscan checkiftheir personal priority and we do notstore any been six cyber breaches in India The reportseekstoaddress a INDIA’STOP online grocer breachoccurredon 20millionusers,such information has been leaked on financialdataincludingcreditcard inthelastonemonthalone.These whole rangeofissues including Bigbasket hassufferedapotential October14.Bigbasket as full names, email to thedarkweb. numbersetc., and areconfident includeincidentsatsnacksmaker transfer of funds to local bodies, ‘PVretailsales databreach, resulting in personal said it firstdetected IDs,passwordhashes thatthis financialdataissecure. HaldiramSnacksPvtLtd,wedding disastermanagement grant and dip8.8%inOct’ informationofover20million the breachonOcto- (potentially hashed Howdid Bigbasket respond? The onlycustomer data that we planning websiteWedmegood, performance incentivestostates, customersbeingallegedly soldon ber30and aftervalidating the OTPs), pin, contact numbers,full Inastatement,theBengaluru- maintain areemail ids, phone the Prime Minister’s personal issues of defence expenditure. NewDelhi: FADA said pas- the darkweb. This incidentfol- breach, the companydisclosed it addresses, dateofbirth, location, basedfirm said it wasevaluating numbers, order details, and ad- websitenarendramodi.in, online Itwillbemadepublicdomain senger vehicleretail salesin lows aseriesof databreachesthat to themanagementonNovember and IP addresses of login have the extent of the breachand au- dresses so these arethe details matrimonial service Bharat once it is tabledinthe Parliament October sawayear-on-year have impactedIndiancompanies. 1. Cyblemadethe details of the been put up forsaleonthe dark thenticity of the claim in consul- that could potentiallyhavebeen Matrimonyand Indian Railways’ by theCentrealongwithexplana- fall of 8.8% to 2,49,860 units, breachpublic on November 7. webfor $40,000. tationwithcybersecurityexperts accessed,” it said. online ticketing portalIRCTC. tory memorandum/action taken as registrations slowed. PTI When did the breachhappen? and finding “immediate ways to Full report on report on the recommendations As per cybersecurity firm What information has been Howtoknowifyourdatahas contain it”. It has also filedacom- What arethe previous cases of www.indianexpress.com containedinthe report. ENS WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 15 SPORT/CALENDAR THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,NOVEMBER10,2020 Delhi has decisions to make ‘Chhota dynamite’ delays his explosion In contrast to a settled MI, Capitals have several questions on composition and strategy ahead of IPL final

SANDIPG SRIRAMVEERA NOVEMBER9 MUMBAI,NOVEMBER9 WHEN ISHAN Kishanburstintothe domes- CHENNAI SUPER Kings fans usedtoboast tic team as afresh-facedteenager reputedfor through memesthat IPL wasacompetition his explosive batting, his senior teammates whereall otherteamsbattled to find outwho spun anickname forhim. He wascalledchota would playthe final againstCSK. Mumbai dynamite, as he wasthen short and scrawny Indians ownthat meme now, and the ques- yetequippedwith arangeofpowerful tion ahead of IPL 2020 final is whether Delhi strokes. Since then, he has grownafew inches Capitalshaveitinthem to halt theseemingly taller,his biceps aredefinedand forearms unstoppable Mumbai machine. Delhi’s story tonedbeneaththe inked head of aRoman is known: apositive aura-building startwas god, arippedconstitution, and has cultivated puncturedmidwaythrough the tournament astubbletocomplement the earrings. Ishan Kishan has nowunderstood the and theywereleftunsureabouttheirbest But the moniker chotadynamitehas not importance of taking his time before playing eleven. The problem largely centred lostits resonance, rather it has neverbeen hitting out. BCCI/IPL around their batting though afew niggles apterthan this season. It wasthe season the have affected their bowling optionsalso. dynamiteexplodedinits fullfuryinthe Indian Premier League, leaving atrail of de- strokes,whichherecommissionedatthedeath Will theyopen with Stoinis? struction on hapless bowlers, the best of overs. In the next 17,hescored 32. Against Prithvi Shaw’s failures forced Delhito them still living to tell the story. He’s the joint Bangalore, in the tiedgame, he was25off 24 changethe toporder.Theyparachuted highestrun-getterfor his franchise with balls. The next 34 balls bargained74runs. AjinkyaRahane but he toowasn’t up to Quinton de Kock (483), but took him just In that sense, he’s amoreaware batsman, scratchinitially. TheytriedShawagain but three innings fewerand at abetterstrikerate who knows that he has the game to makeup without luck. This time around, Shaw’s prob- and averagethan theSouth African, besides fordot balls. It’s an aspect of the game he has lems weren’t justtemperamental as techni- from differentpositions in the batting order, pickedfromwatching Kieron Pollardand cal flaws toohad creptinand he looked a reflecting his adaptability to different roles. Hardik Pandya. “I knowhow theyplan the shadowofthe playerhewas at thestart of Recount some of the situations he had game. It’s justnot onlyabout power, (but the tournament.Rahane wasout in the cold walked outintothis season. At no 4with his also) howtheytakethe game to lastoveror fortoo longand by thetime he wasgiven a side teetering on 2/16inpursuit of 201. He re- howtheyput pressureonthe bowlers also chance,the batsmanwho thrivesonconfi- spondedwith 99 off58deliveries. Then as an at the same time howtheyrotatethe strike,” dence wasyet again waging afight forsur- Delhi Capitals coachRicky Ponting will hope Shreyas Iyer regains his touchfor the final against Mumbai tonight. Delhi Capitals opener againstChennai Super Kings after he had said in an interaction with the press. vival. Luckily,for them, trial and errorworked Rohit Sharma wasinjured,heput Quinton de with Rahane finding some fluency at No.3. Kock to shadewithanunbeaten 68off37balls. Work on his game He still hasn’t regainedhis best form but his wicketaway. RishabhPant toohas gone off had averygoodtournament thus far. In the He thenworethe death-over destroyer role He has worked on his game, as well. showedenough tightness in his game to be Though theyobviouslyknow boil; the bowlers have stopped bowling at his past, he could be accused of being one-di- withhis 55 notout of 30 balls againstDelhi Depending on the length, he could clear the reliedupon as an anchor at thatspot. He can what destruction Marcus stumps,preferringtobowloutsideoff,outof his mensional but this IPL, he has been at his Capital in the firstqualifier.Between,hehas front legforthe slog-sweep,swivelfor the pull, weatherthe storm if an early wicketfalls or hitting rangeand making him trytoswipe un- best,punctuating his skidders with the oc- been amiddle-overknockout artisttoo. The or move across forthe lashing cuts. He gets if theyare chasing alow(ish) total wherehe Stoinis can wreak as an opener... successfully.Theleft-handerhashadnoanswers casional slowed-up turners –acombination roles were different, but he blendedimper- quicklyintoposition to playthosestrokes— can sewupone end. But as seen in Sunday’s the management wasn’t too as yet. Even the spinners keep slidingitaway that has kept batsmen second-guessing. It ceptiblyintothe character the roles de- mostinstructive washis pulled-six offKagiso Qualifier,ifthe openers getoff to arollicking from him with great success. As aresult, Delhi also remains to be seen if Delhi will trust manded,demonstrating thathehas finallyde- Rabadain thequalifier.The ballwasshortand start, he can go unusedinthe order. keen to promote him as they keep pushing him down the order and even rookie leg-spinner Praveen Dubey in afinal codedthe hitherto elusive consistency code. fast,buthe just stoodwherehewas to swivel- Thoughtheyobviouslyknowwhat de- don’t have another big hitter AxarPatellooksabetterhittingoptionthanhim. againstMumbai, who have threeleft-han- Toning down aggression has been the pull it. Remarkable washis bat-speed, which struction Marcus Stoiniscan wreak as an down the order Delhi will hope that the big-match situation ders in their line-up and whether theydare marked difference of his game,observes Jaggi reckonsisfundamentaltohis success. opener basedonhis exploitsinthe Big Bash brings out the best in Iyer and Pant. to play three spinners. closefriend and Jharkhand teammateIshank He strikes through the line with justahint of League, the management wasn’ttoo keen to Jaggi: “Earlier whatusedtohappen is he used those rubberywrists foraddedpower. promote him as theydon’t have another big Ashwin’s shoulder hindering him? What if Rabada has an off-day? to tryand hit from the firstball. Manytimes, He is notascompulsive acover-driveras hitter down the order.Theykepthoping that howthe 2015 WorldCup final whimpered RAshwin got some treatmentonhis So muchhas revolved around their talis- the result didn't go in his favour.Now he mostleft-handedbatsmen. Even when Shawcan take careoffireworksin the power- out tamelyafter NewZealand’s explosive shoulderfromthe physio before Delhitook man bowler Rabada that Delhi can’t afford a takeshis time, takes10-15 balls to settle. He cover-driving, he doesn’t lungeforth, just playsothatitleavesStoinistofloatasadestruc- opener Brendon McCullum fell in thefirst the field in the lastgame. By the time, he re- bad day. In thelastgame,itwas his dismissal has understood that the morehespends hangs on the back-foot and punches on the torinthe endormiddle overs as per the de- over of the match. Or will Delhirecall Shaw turnedfor the end overs afterbowling asoli- of David Warner that allowedDelhi to seize time at the crease the better he will do.” In rise. Faster,bouncier surfaces would offera mands of the game, but Shaw’s and Rahane’s to tryhis luckagainsttwo new-ball bowlers tary over with thenew ball, he dealt onlyin the day. He wasbowling afew balls in the the process, he also stashed an array of sterner examination of his technique. But on failures leftthem with no option but to send he has the leastchanceofsucceeding against carrom balls. Another off-spinner Graeme warm-up, justbeforethe chase began, and strokeslikethe ramp and the reverse sweep. flat surfaces, the technique worksclockwork Stoinis to open againstSunrisersHyderabad. as Bumrah and Boult have allthe arsenal Swann wondered in commentarywhether found that the ball swung. It wasthen that Twoyears, Dhoni had givenhim similar and explains his leg-side predilection. However, Hyderabad’s attackhad neededtohurthim. Ashwin’s injurywas preventinghim from he decidedthat he would tryacouple of full advice during adomestic game. “He told me The 22-year-old is aleg-side bully—as medium pacers;Mumbai will unleash bowling regular off-breaksand affecting his deliveries to seeifitswings in the matchand that since everyone knows youare an attack- manyas21off his 29 sixes were hit through Powerplaykings Trent Boult and Jasprit Iyer and Pant in the middle bowling. Barring acouple of games, Ashwin troubles Warner,who clearly wasn’t expect- ing player, youcan’t keep being in that mode the onside. Forthe boundaries, he margin- Bumrahathim. Theyhavepace, swing, seam, With Iyer’s form tapering off, Delhi’s mid- has been bowling likeadream in this tourna- ing afuller length. Rabada has the cricketing all the time. Youneedtoknowwhen to slow allyfavours the off-side (18-15), but overall bounce and if that doesn’t work,aquality leg- dle-order muddle has worsenedasseen in the ment, showing great game awareness with intelligence and skill-settotrouble Mumbai down, and go backintoyour zone”,” he had 67 percent of his 483runswereoff his legs. spinner in Rahul Chahar. If oneofthem takes lastgame. Iyer wasn’t able to find his touchand skills to match. He waseffective againsthit- but he has also spoken aboutfatigue and be- recollected in 2018. Beyond all these qualitiesisasense of fear- out Stoinis early,Delhi will be bereft of fire- his sluggish approachthreatenedtolose them ters likeDavid Warner and Chris Gayleand ing “mentallyand physicallytired”atthe end Take forinstance his half-centuryagainst lessness, whichwas notthe case in the first poweratthe topand bottom. It will come the momentum that Stoinis and Shikhar has troubledall topbatsmen including Rohit of the lastgame. Delhi will hope that there Delhi Capitals. At one stage, he was10off 13 seasonwhen he stood starstruckinthe dress- down to howPonting sees it:Will he see Dhawanhadmanagedatthestart.His20-ball21 Sharma and ViratKohli. Delhi will sweat on is enough gasinthe tank forone lastbig per- deliveries, resisting his urge to go bonkers. ing room. Now, Kishan couldclaim himselfto Rahane opening as adefensive option and wasacrawl in the contextofthat game and his his fitness,though. formance from the man with the Purple Cap. MumbaihadjustthenlostSuryakumarYadav be astar, at leastone in the making. Achota braveout his luckwith Stoinis. The danger is teamwouldhavesighedinrelief whenhethrew His partner-in-crime Axar Patel, too, has LiveonStarSports Network,7.30pm and Kieron Pollard,soheshelvedthe big dynamiteexploding in front of us.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,NOVEMBER10,2020 VALENCIA BEAT REAL MADRID 4-1 Real Madrid stumbled to a4-1 defeat at Va lencia on Sunday. Real conceded three penalties forthe first time in their history, all of whichwere scored by 16 Va lencia's Carlos Soler,while Raphael Va rane also scored an owngoal, after SPORT Karim Benzema had given the champions the lead. REUTERS BRIEFLY KohlitoreturnhomeafterfirstTestinAus IbraturningMilan intocontenders Captain will be on paternity leave,Rahane to lead in his absence as India grapple with unavailability issues fortour Down Under Milan:ZlatanIbrahimovicsaidlastsea- son that if he'd been at AC Milan from the outsetthe Rossoneri would have SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY Rohit Sharma has been included wonthe title. He could be proved right KOLKATA,NOVEMBER9 in the Test squad, he would be this campaign. Manyscoffedat Ibrahimovic'sstatementinJuly, despite VIRATKOHLI will return home afterIndia’s returning to the fold aftera it coming momentsafter an extraordi- firstTestinAustralia, as BCCI has granted him month-and-a-half of inactivity nary4-2 victoryoverJuventus. Milan paternity leave upon request. Aspateofin- hadbeen in turmoil forseveral years, juries during the IPL means that in ahigh-in- changingownerstwiceandnotfinish- tensity Test series, India could also miss their Cricket Australia (CA) has already called inghigherthanfifthintheleaguesince mostexperiencedfastbowler Ishant Sharma Kohli’s absence “massive news”. “Losing 2013.The team was12th when and first-choice wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Kohli forthe bulk of the Border-Gavaskar se- Ibrahimovic returnedtothe club in Saha. Medium pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar ries would be ahugeblowtoIndia’s hopes of January, eightyearsafterhisdeparture is already ruledout and spin spearhead retaining the trophy,”CApostedonits offi- -and that of others -sparkedaspiral of Ravichandran Ashwin is nursing asore cial website. decline. Milan is currentlytwo points shoulder.And although, as the BCCI in- As acaptain, inconsistencies in Kohli’s clearatthetopoftheleagueandhasn't formed, Rohit Sharma has been includedin team selection have drawncriticism. But lostinSerie Asince March. the Test squad, he would be returning aftera India under Kohli carries adifferent inten- month-and-a-half of inactivity. sity on the field, as wasthe case during the India will have to deal with amid-series triumphant tour twoyears ago. India Leicestertakeleadin leadership change, forAjinkyaRahane will bouncedbacktowin the thirdTestafter con- PremierLeague take over captaincy following Kohli’s depar- ceding the secondand held on to a2-1 lead. ture, likelyfor the remaining three Tests. The Rahane’s captaincy styleisnot overtlyag- London:Therevolvingdooratthesum- firstTestinAdelaide, aday-night affair,will be gressive as wasevident during the onlyTest mit of the Premier League continued playedfromDecember 17. in whichheled the country. In 2017,how- spinning as firstTottenham Hotspur “Atthe selection committee meeting ever,hecaptainedIndia to victoryinthe de- and then LeicesterCity reacheditbe- held on October 26th, 2020, Mr ViratKohli ciding fourth Test againstAustralia in fore Liverpool stumbledintheir bid to had informedthe BCCI about his plans to re- Dharamsala, with Kohli injured.The decision reclaim it with adrawatManchester turn to India afterthe firstTestinAdelaide. to hand Kuldeep Yadavhis Test debut proved City.Southamptonhad begun the day The BCCI has granted paternity leave to the to be amasterstroke. asunlikelyleadersbutHarryKane'slate Indian captain. He will return afterthe first Abig question is who will bat at No.4in goal earnedTottenham a1-0 win at Test againstAustralia in Adelaide,” stated the Kohli’s absence. Rohit will return forthe Tests West BromwichAlbion.ThatputSpur’s BCCI press release. but would be shortofgame time and, of late, While ViratKohli will miss the lastthree matches of the Australia tour,Rohit Sharma will join the squad forthe Test series. File intofirstplacewith17 pointsfromeight The BCCI didn’t mention if the India cap- has been opening in Tests. KL Rahul is in the games but later Leicester's 1-0 win tain would return forthe final Test,in squad but hasn’t playedfor India in the long againstWolves, sealedwith aJamie Brisbane from January15. Kohli would cer- form since September 2019,when he was Vardypenalty,hoistedthem up to 18 tainlymiss the second and thirdTests –in droppedonform. It needs to beseen whether points. Liverpool’s 1-1 draw with Melbourne and SydneyfromDecember 26 the team management opts forShubman Gill. Curious case of Rohit Sharma: ‘Fit’ for ManchesterCitymeanttheyendedthe and January7respectively –and if he intends He is in the Test squad by dint of his perform- dayinthirdspotbehind Tottenham on to playthe final Test,the latesthemight have ance in first-class cricket (average 73-plus) goal difference while City,yet to really to return to Australia is by NewYear. and could well be in the reckoning. Mumbai Indians, not ‘fully fit’ for India getgoing, remain in 10th. The Australian government’s quarantine rule forinternational travellers says:“To pre- Injuries galore FormerIndia vent the spread of COVID-19, travellers ar- The BCCI press release stated that Ishant Sharma had controversiallyreturnedto riving in Australia by air or sea mayneedto would be includedinthe Test squad “once NIHALKOSHIE The fitness updateissuedbythe captain the side in adead rubber league defenderGhoshdies go intogovernment-approvedmandatory he fullyrecovers and gains sufficient match NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER9 game and the Qualifer 1though India coach quarantine for14days from arrival.” fitness”. He is currentlydoing his rehab at the BoardofControl forCricket in Ravi Shastri had warnedhim againstrush- Kolkata:FormerIndiadefenderSatyajit Exceptions aregranted to travellers coming National Cricket Academyafter suffering a ROHIT SHARMA,the Mumbai Indians skip- India on Mondaymakes one ing backand BCCI president Sourav Ganguly Ghoshdiedofcardiacarrest athishome from “a green safetravelzone” (applicable rib-cageinjuryduring the IPL. Saha, nursing per,isset to playthe high-intensity IPL final thing clear:Sharma has been asking him to look beyond short-term goals town at Bandel in the early hours of to ‘New South Wales or the Northern ahamstring injury, is also uncertain forthe againstDelhi Capitals in Dubai on Tuesday to prevent aggravation of the injury. Monday, familysourcessaid.Hewas62 TerritoryinAustralia’ or those who arecom- Test series. Kumar is ruledout afterathigh but will be rested forthe ODI and T20 playing forthe Mumbai Indians What made it look likethe selectors and and is survivedbyhis wifeand daugh- ing from a‘safetravelzone country’) or those muscle injury, while Ashwin’s fitness is un- Internationals in Australia to 'regain full fit- though he is not100percent fit Sharma were notonthe same pagewhen it ter. "Ghosh sufferedamassive cardiac who fall “in an exemption category” (as per der the scanner. ness'. The fitness updateissuedbythe Board came to the extent of injurywas the videos arrest athishouseinDebanandapurin the discretion of the Australian Health Meanwhile, the BCCI informedthat a of Control forCricket in India (BCCI) on postedbyMumbai Indians of him practising Bandel and diedonthe wayto Protection Principal Committee). Kohli shoulder injuryhas ruledspinner Varun Mondaymakes one thing clear:Sharma has ited-overgames. momentsafter theyomitted him from the Chinsurah Hospital," afamilysource would be coming out of abio-bubble to re- Chakravarthyout of the T20I series in been playing forthe Mumbai Indians though The opener playing forthe Mumbai squads pickedfor the tour of Australia. said. Ghosh represented India in the turn to India. Australia, while young fast bowler Kamlesh he is not100 percent fit. Indians while his fitness wasbeing moni- Sharma had sustainedthe injuryduring the 1985 Nehru Cup in the team coached In 2018-19, during India’s first-everTest Nagarkoti, who wasincludedinthe touring As things stand, Sharma will playinthe toredhas been puzzling. "The BCCI Medical game againstKings XI Punjab on October 18. by Yugoslovian MilovanCiric. After series win in Australia, Kohli scored 282 runs party as anet bowler,wouldn’t be able to final on Tuesdaynight but will then needa Team has been monitoring Rohit Sharma's As he wasn't fitenough to be pickedfor the starting his career with Railway FC in in four matches, including acenturyand a travel, as “he is still working with the med- month to rest and regain 'full fitness'. He was fitness and has briefed the All-India Senior national squad foraseries whichbegan a 1980,GhoshswitchedtoMohunBagan half-century. In 12 TestsDownUnder,hehas ical team on his bowling workload manage- addedtothe Test team on Mondayafter ini- Selection Committee on the same. In consul- month later,hewas expected to miss the rest from the next season and formedthe six hundredsand an averageabove 55. Last ment”. Left-arm seamer TNatarajan has tiallynot being pickedfor the squads forthe tation with Mr Sharma, it has been decided of the IPL season. coreoftheir backline alongwith star time, Australia had missedSteve Smith and been includedasChakravarthy’s replace- tour to Australia because of the injurytohis to rest him forthe ODIs and T20Is in Australia On his return to action in the lastleague IndiandefenderSubrataBhattacharya. David Warner,who were serving bans. This ment and the selectors have addedSanju hamstring. ThefirstTestisaday-night game to regain full fitness and he has been included game againstSunrisers Hyderabad, Sharma AGENCIES time, India have problems galore, unavail- Samson “as an additional wicketkeeper to at Adelaide and will be playedfrom in India's Test squad forthe Border-Gavaskar in his post-matchcommentshad said 'the ability-wise. India’s ODI squad.” December 17 afterthe conclusion of the lim- Trophy,"the BCCI media advisorysaid. hamstring is absolutelyfine'.

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