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As Maldives reopens for CRISIS IN RAJASTHAN: CONG SAYS PARTY INTACT Evidence of immunity is tourists, India is likelyto aglimmer, but data show create special airbubble Pilotdigsin,claimshehasthe lasting Covid-19 damage President IbrahimSolih an- P7 NIRUPAMASUBRAMANIAN nouncedonJune 23 that the atoll numberstocutGehlottosize KAUNAINSHERIFFM MUMBAI,JULY12 nation would reopenresortson NEWDELHI,JULY12 itsislands on July15, andhotels INDIA IS considering establish- in the populated centres, includ- Says won’t join BJP as his office claims 30 MLAs backhim, won’t attend CLP today EMERGINGDATAonthe body's ing an air bubbleorair travel inginthe capital Malé,onAugust immune response suggestthat bridgetothe Maldives, whichre- 1. Visas will be free, on arrival, “wemay beprotected” more than THEEXPRESS opensfor tourists on July15af- and therewill be no compulsory Why this time we currentlybelieve,DrRandeep terafour-month shutdown due quarantine. Guleria, directorofAIIMSandone INTERVIEW to theCovid-19pandemic. As of July11, Maldives, which battle-lines are of the experts leading the coun- ‘PULMONARY... BUT The Maldivesgovernment has apopulation of alittle over try's novelcoronavirus disease re- CANALSOBECALLED has made aformalrequestinthis 500,000,had 2,681 confirmed drawnharder sponse, told The Indian Express. SYSTEM DISEASE’ regard toNew Delhi, and an Covid-19cases,ofwhich 2,238 However, thegrim news is DR RANDEEP GULERIA agreement maybereachedin had recovered, and 13 patients than ever that Covid-19isnow a“systemic DIRECTOR, AIIMS the next twoorthree days, The haddied.SinceJune2,thecountry Ashok Gehlot; Sachin Pilot CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Indian Express haslearnt. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 MANOJCG HAMZAKHAN, NEWDELHI,JULY12 DEEPMUKHERJEE TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE River rises, villagers pull &MANOJCG THE ASHOK GehlotvsSachin JAIPUR,NEWDELHI,JULY12 Pilottussle in Rajasthan has be- CASES: RECOVERED:5,34,620 down their homes to come some 132 IN WHATappears to be ashow- Outside Rajasthan Deputy Chief MinisterSachin Pilot’s sortofacliche DAYSSINCE 8,49,552 DEATHS:22,674 PANDEMIC down by Rajasthan Deputy Chief residenceinNew Delhi on Sunday. AbhinavSaha in Congress in- BEGAN TESTS: 1,15,87,153| DOUBLING RATE: 21.30** save bricks for rebuilding MinisterSachinPilot almost 18 fighting. But months afterCongress returned the latest to powerinthe state, hisoffice showdown be- on Sundayclaimedthat the tween the Ashok Gehlot-ledgovernment Tharoor to Sibal, Cong Chief Ministerand hisNumber wasreducedtoaminority after twoisqualitativelydifferent. over 30 Congress and some in- leaders hearwake-up call, Both the timing and the dependent legislators pledged framing aresignificant. It comes KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING supporttoPilot. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* RATE** The statement issuedby hopeleadership listens LokendraSingh, who manages STATEOFPLAY ■ Maharashtra 2,46,600 8,139 3.03% 23.74 media relations forPilot, also ■ Tamil Nadu 1,34,226 3,965 3.29% 21.88 said, “RajasthanDeputyCM& MANOJCG CONGRESS BJP BUSINESSASUSUAL ■ Delhi 1,10,921 1,781 1.90% 37.81 With the riverchanging course over the years, Govindpur is Congress leader Sachin Pilotnot NEWDELHI,JULY12 107 72 ■ Karnataka 36,216 2,798 7.70% 9.35 ahamletthat has become an island. Dipankar Ghose to attendCongress Legislative BY UNNY Partymeeting scheduledtobe THE CRISIS threatening the 200 ■ Telangana 33,402 1,178 5.93% 12.13 heldtomorrow.” Congress government in ASSEMBLY ASADISTRICT on one side. Justadayearlier,this Pilothas remainedincom- Rajasthan, justfourmonths af- STRENGTH *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth wasahomeRohitKumarhadbuilt municado forthe pasttwo days, terthe party letMadhya Pradesh ■ RashtriyaLoktantrikParty3 CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT with his ownhands. On Sunday, andsome legislators backing slip from itsgrasp,has once UNLOCKS ■BharatiyaTribalParty 2 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY he pulleditdowntoprevent the CONTINUEDONPAGE2 again underlinedthe leadership ■ CPI(M) 2 riverfromwashing it away. vacuum in the party and howits 2.86 6.88 28,637 AN EXPRESS SERIES ■ RashtriyaLokDal 1 NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: In times likethese, with a senseofdriftisdeepening fault- ■ Independents13 lockdown outside and fears that EXPLAINED lineswithin: oldversusyoung, 2.67 7.33 19,235 DIPANKARGHOSE Covidmay strikehome, Rohit is second-generation leaders ver- SIMPLY PUT INCALLIES: BTP,CPI(M), RLD Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs GOVINDPUR,JULY12 keen to at leastsavethe bricks. sus thosewho rose through the BJPALLY: RLP positivecases (in%); numbertested recovering; more He can use themtorebuild the UNDERSTANDING ranks. indicator of progress (in %); indicatorof recoveries for 14 days ■ 3of13Independents in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak THE FLOOD WATERS of riverKosi house once the flood waters re- PILOTVSGEHLOT On Sunday, the party’s top removedasCongress DataasonJuly11,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbersinclude swirlaroundhim,his house apile cede in Govindpur, a dariya PAGE 7 leaders appeared dividedon associate members datafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive of rubble, with redbricks stacked CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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Pilotdigs in him, sources closetoGehlotsaid. stress,”the leader said. We arehopingthattheyalsore- Khadiyawasallegedto have been raisedthepitch by takingaswipe easetosomeextent.Itcanalsobe velopedwithwater. Peoplewould Later in the evening, Congress The sources closetoPilot said turn to Jaipur.Wedon’t have a offeredmoneybythe twoBJP at Pilotafter police arrested two termedasasystemic disease be- shifttoanembankment on the him also stayed put in the MLARajendra Gudha said, the notice was“unwarranted” fixedestimatebut as per guess, men who were arrested by the BJP members forallegedly trying causeitinvolvestheentirebody.” other side of the river, but their National Capital Region. He was “Gehlotjihas majority.Weare and “no self-respecting person thereare around 15-18people SOG. to lureawayCongressand Complications persistinre- homes remained safe. inactive on socialmedia too, and also making effortsand some BJP would tolerateit.” Withdrawal of who want to meetand talk with Taktold The Indian Express IndependentMLAswithoffersof coveredpatients with severe “Earlier, onlyour fields would did notrespond to calls or text MLAsareincontact.We willbring thenoticetoomay notresolve the the high command.” thathewas unhappywith CM Rs 20-25 croreeach. Gehlotsaid symptoms, Dr Guleria said. “We getsubmergedunder floodwa- messagesby Congressleaders.His moreMLAsfromBJP than we crisis, theysaid. SOG officials said Congress MLAfrom Gehlotashehad methim on that“only one can be CM”al- have seen anumber of patients ters.Butthesedays,thewaterhas silence, however, fueledspecula- would lose.” notices had been sent to over a Deedwana in Nagaur, Chetan Fridaybut laterinthe day, he though his party “mayhave5-7 who have severe pneumonia, begun loosening the earth under tion in NewDelhi over his next The statement on behalf of dozen MLAs, mainlyindepend- Dudi,whowasamongthosewho learnt he wasbeinginvestigated people whomay be contenders wherethe lungs gettotally our homes. This started in 2019, courseof action.Whenaskedif he Pilotwas postedbyLokendra ent MLAs, apartfromthe CMand were in Delhi, said that, “Tomy by theACB.Formerly intheBJP,he forCMand mayalsohavethe ca- scarred(in recoveredpatients); whensomehousescollapsedinto wasjoining theBJP,Pilot told The Singh, admin of theWhatsapp Deputy CM to recordtheir state- knowledgetherewas no herding said he was“wholeheartedly” pability and talent”. although theycomeout, some of the river. So, this year,weare tak- Indian Express, “I am notjoining group ‘Sachin Pilot:Update’ at ments. of MLAs and Idid notget acall re- withGehlotandthebetrayal“im- “AlthoughSachinisthe state them requireoxygenathomeaf- ing the bricks alongasweshift,” the BJP.” around 9pmSunday. Avinash Pande,Congress gardingthis. Ihavesaid this time menselysaddened” him. “On Congress president and Deputy terrecovery.Threemonthsdown RohitKumarsaid. With thepolitical crisis esca- Aclose aide of Pilotsaid, he General Secretaryand Rajasthan and againthatIwill be there 10th, the CM calledmewithin CM,Gehlothasvirtuallydeprived (the line), the CT scans have Notjusthim,but everyother lating, theCongressparty rushed wascutupwiththenoticesentto in-charge,however, told The wheneverCongressneeds me. half-an-hournoticeandIreached. him of all powers. Sachin says he shown that the lungs areinbad residentof thevillage,childrenin- AjayMaken and Randeep him by theRajasthan Police SOG. Indian Express that the party Second, IreturnedfromDelhi Itoldhimmanydetailsoneto one cannotevenrecommendatrans- shape...Somepatientsoverweeks cluded,whoarefranticallybreak- Surjewala to Jaipur along with “A notice wasissued to him un- “doesn’t see areasonfor his Sunday morning andamatmy but same dayacasewas regis- fer,”asenior leadersaid. have complainedofweakness, ing down their homes, loading General Secretaryand Rajasthan der124 B, which is sedition, and narazgi (dissatisfaction)because private residence Iworkaccord- teredagainstme; we were made Another leader disagreed: and do nothavethe energytogo the bricks intotractors, and tak- in-charge Avinash Pande.Pande 120A.Haveyouheardofany chief he has the responsibility of PCC ingtothe wishesofmyancestors sacrificial lambs.” “Is meeting a “Those who were paradropped backtowork.Insomecases,there ing them across the riverbyboat. had submittedareportto ministerofanelectedgovern- chief as well as Deputy CM – and workers -theyhaveplaced fellowIndependentMLAcrime?” because theyweresons of areseriousneurologicalproblems CongressPresidentSoniaGandhi ment issuing suchanotice to the whichare big responsibilities. In theirtrustinCongress…Iwillsup- He, however, claimed he had Congressleaders,likeScindiaand (afterrecovery)” he said. Battle-lines onthesituationinthestate,which party President and Deputy suchasituation, he will act re- portCongress government 100 nothingto dowiththePilotcamp Pilot, thosewho have notcome While researchers across the whenthepandemicandthelock- is still unraveling. CM…What if Pilothad been the sponsibly.” per cent forits entire tenure.” either,saying that when bulls through the NSUI and the Youth worldare studyingwhetheranti- down have forced parties to put The Gehlotcamp, however, Home Ministerofthe stateand JustadaybeforeonSaturday, ThreeIndependentMLAs,be- fight, the grass gets trampled. All Congress, those who areRahul bodies developedbythe body in mostpolitical activity on pause. dismissedthe claims made by had issued suchanoticetothe Gehlothad claimedthat BJP was inginvestigatedbythe Rajasthan threeindependentMLAswere re- Gandhi’s preferredpeople...they responseto thevirusprovideper- And,unlikeprevious times, it Pilot’s office as “fake” and “ru- Chief Minister? The Chief engineeringto topplehisgovern- Anti-Corruption Bureauincon- movedasassociatemembers of aretheonesnotshowinganyloy- manent immunity,DrGuleria doesn’t have an external trigger. mours”. “His office can run any- Ministerwould have dismissed ment, even as the SOG arrested nectionwiththeSOGprobe,have the Congress. Om Prakash Hudla alty to the party...thisshows how said that dataare emerging in Indeed, it has moretodowith thing. We will consider it official himstraight away,” aCongress twoBJP members and quoted also been out of Rajasthan and wasathis residenceinDelhi,and badyourjudgementof peopleis.” India that cell-mediated immu- the Congress’s internal dynam- when he himself comes forward stateleader closetoPilotsaid. them in the FIR discussing the claimed disillusionment with said he willreturn in 2-4 days, Severalleaders agreedthat nity,animmune response that ics.That explains whythistime and makesthe claim. Tomorrow “Thisnoticeisbasically issued DeputyCMandhisplansto break Gehlotforbeingnamedinthein- while Khushveer Singh wasin the leadership vacuum is adding does notinvolve antibodies,may manyCongress leaders feel it is he candistance himself from the justtoshowthe worldthat the away fromCongressandthegov- vestigation.WhileSureshTakand Gujarat with his in-laws. to problems.FormerLawMinister also be protecting the body. time the leadership –read Sonia claims made by his office,” said a Chief Ministercan do whatever ernment. Om Prakash Hudla were in Delhi, Rajasthan Sports Minister MVeerappa Moilyand Rajya “...Dataisemerging, we are Gandhiand Rahul Gandhi –not Congress leaderclosetoGehlot. he wantsand thathecan dis- Congress MLAfrom Khushveer Singh wasinGujarat. Ashok Chandna said, “Wedon't Sabha MP VivekTankha said the alsolearningaboutthebody’sim- kickthis can down the road as To displayhis government credit, humiliate, allegeand treat Kishanpole Amin Kagzi, said, “I As per ACBofficials, thethree have anythreat.The mentality of highcommandshouldstepinim- muneresponse;we have realised theyhavebeendoing sincethe wasonasurefooting, Gehlot the party president and Deputy wantto assureyouthatatthemo- had metanotherIndependent BJP is wrong and theywillget mediately. that cell-mediated immunityis party wonJaipur in December calledCongress MLAs and others CM as anon-entity. It is being ment,there’snocrisis.Butwe are MLARamila Khadiya,who is their answer.The attemptsofthe “Everybody cannotoccupy also activatedand giving protec- 2018.Atleasttwo MPs even ar- supporting himathis residence done primarilytoput him under hearing about horsetrading and namedin an FIR complaint regis- BJPfortopplinggovernments and the same post. Even leaders tion through the T-cells in the ticulatedtheir concerns in public. on Sunday;around90MLAsmet surveillance legallyand cause some people arealso in Delhi... teredbythe SOG in Jaipur. horse trading have failedin shouldhaveflexibility.But if they blood.Wemay be protected to This is also different from the Rajasthan. To thosewho have cannotresolve this themselves, someextent,morethanwhatwe tumult whichthe party went beeninCongressforgenerations, the high command should re- arethinkingrightnow.The big through in Madhya Pradeshjust Iwantto tellthemthattheylearn solve it immediately... Soniaji has question is howlong doesthe four months agothat sawJyotira- from Madhya Pradesh. Those to actnow andinjectdisciplinein protection last. That is difficult to ditya Scindiaexit and bring the who left(the party) at Madhya theparty,” Moilysaid. predict,” he said. BJP backtopowerinBhopal. Pradesh, theyhad to sit at their Tankha said “millions of One night is also along time homesfor four months and they Congress workers arelooking at Maldives in politicsbut Pilotmay notbe have been made ministers outof thehighcommandforsolutions”. has had fewerthan 50 daily posi- in anyrush to join the BJP.His compulsion justahead of elec- “As aperson weddedtothe tive cases –and even though this firstpriority, aclose aide said, is tions. Theywillalso losethe elec- Congress ideology,itisverydis- number rose to 64on Saturday, it to getthe leadership to listen tionsandtheirministerialposts," hearteningandsadto witnessthis is consideredalow corona-risk and take astand rather than al- he said. weakeningofthe party,”hesaid. country. lowthisfeud to fester. InRajasthan,Congresshasthe “It is deeplyunfortunatethat Establishing the air corridor For, Pilot, likeScindia,is asec- supportof122 MLAs –107 of its we seemto have learntlittlefrom willsendoutastrongsignalofsol- ond-generationleader but differs own, 10 independents,two each theMadhya Pradeshcatastrophe. idaritywiththeSolihgovernment in both political styleand capital. of BTP and CPMand oneofRLD. Since the Lok Sabha defeat in andtheMaldives,governmentof- He has the backing of an influen- BJP has 72 MLAs and itsallyRLTP 2019,wehavemeeklysurren- ficials said. tial caste (Gujjar) whichScindia three.Withthemajoritymarkbe- dered Karnataka and Madhya TheeconomyoftheMaldives, lacked. Pilothas also shown a ing101inanAssembly of 200,BJP Pradesh, and allowedour state located to the southwestofIndia willingness to endurethe rough needs the support of at least26 unitsinGujarat,etc.,toweaken.It in the Indian Ocean, is almosten- and tumbleof politics.He didnot additional MLAs to stakeclaimto is imperative that the Rajasthan tirelydrivenbytourism, which shyawayfromtaking up there- form agovernment. crisis is resolvedatthe earliest,” makes up 70 per cent of itsGDP. sponsibility of helming the state said SanjayJha, who wasre- Theairbubble,officialssaid,would unitwhenitwas offered.Scindia, Cong leaders movedaspartyspokespersonlast bea“specialgesture”to acountry on the other hand, wasnever what ledtothe latestclashbe- month afterwarninginanarticle with whichIndia has had tradi- keen to gethis feet wet. tween Chief MinisterAshok thatthepartywasfacing“political tionallywarm ties, but where in UnlikeScindia who turned Gehlotand his Deputy Sachin obsolescence”. recentyears,ithashadto contend down Deputy Chief Minister- Pilot,buttheywereunitedinask- However, partyspokesperson with growing Chinese influence. ship, Pilothas fought hardfor the ing the high command to “wake Abhishek Singhvi struckare- An air bubble wouldenablea posthesecured,displaying po- up” and “save the government” - strainednote.“Thisisthetimefor limitednumberof flightstooper- litical hunger and ambition -arecurring themeeversince balance,restraint and sobriety. atefromselect Indian airports to along with an awareness of the Rahul Gandhiwalkedawayfrom Differences inevitablyexistbut the Maldives even before Indian needtopay hisdues. the toppostlastyear,leaving the cause of the party is always airportsopentoregularinterna- This time, therefore, the lines SoniaGandhiholding interim larger. Ihavenodoubt that this tionalflights.Sixteeninternational aredrawn harder than ever. charge. turbulence will notlast,”hesaid. airlineshave announcedflightsto Pilot, sources close to him said, The disquietwithincan be the MaldivesfromJuly15. is clearhewill nottakethe SOG gaugedfromanunusualtweetby AIIMS director notice lying down. He believesit party loyalist,seniorleader and disease” that can affect notjust As river rises cannotbe“business as usual,” formerUnionMinisterKapilSibal. the lungs, but the brain and kid- or ahamletinBhagalpur. and the party leadership needs “Worriedfor our party.Willwe neys as well, Dr Guleria saidina It has nowturnedintoanis- to listentohim. wake up onlyafter the horses detailedinterview. land with the riverchanging “Gehlottried to killtwo to have boltedfromourstables?”he Dr Guleria, who heads the courseovertheyears.Thesedays, three birds with one stone. In wrote. clinical research group of the na- it is accessible onlybyarickety that, he went alittle toofar.He Thiruvananthapuram MP tional Covid-19task force, said boatthattransportshumans,live- cornered the BJP saying youare ShashiTharoorwasmorecircum- that medical examination of pa- stock, andtractors. party breakers…but he put a spect. “I passionatelybelieve that tientswithsevere illnessshowed Amicrocosm of Bihar, fishinginquirytoo…invoking ourcountryneedsagenuinelylib- thatevenmonthsafter recovery, Bhagalpuristhefocusof amonth- sedition,hewent toofar notre- eralpartyheadedbycentristpro- their lungs continuedtobein long seriesbyThe IndianExpress alising that Pilotwillrespond. fessionalscommittedto inclusive “bad shape”, and theyrequired to understandthepandemic’sef- Pilothas reacted more strongly politics and respectfulofIndia’s oxygen at home. fectsinsmall-townIndia. It has a than whatGehlothad antici- pluralism. All who believe in the Covid-19patientswerenow citythatisaspirational,butitsvil- pated," asenior leader said. founding values of the Republic sufferingfromstrokesandneuro- lages continue to sufferdamage In the past, both have traded mustworktostrengthen logical disorders,makingthedis- inflicted by floods that areanan- words. From portfolioallocation @INCIndia notundermine it,”he easeworsethanjustarespiratory nual feature. to Gehlot’sdesiretofield his son tweeted. infection,DrGuleria,thecountry's TheBhagalpurtownitself lies VaibhavintheLokSabhaelections Withoutreferringtothecrisis, toppulmonologist, said. onthebanksofGanga,which cuts some monthslater,theyhave KarthiPChidambaram,Sivaganga “Firstwethought it wasonly throughthedistrict.To itsnorthis crossedswordsoverarange of is- MP and son of formerUnion pneumonia,andthenwe realised riverKosi thateventuallymerges sues.Pilot opposedtheCM’scon- Ministerand RajyaSabha MP P it causedhypercoagulable state, withthe GangainKhagaria.Itis troversial decision to allowindi- Chidambaram,tweeted:“Whyis whichpromotesclotting; and thesetworiversandtheirdistrib- vidualswhohadnotbeendirectly @Google asuccessful company? people were suddenlydyingbe- utariesthatmakeBhagalpur’ssoil elected by thepeopletocontest Because it lets talenttobecome causeof clots blockingbloodves- fertile and provide sustenance. mayoralpolls andsaid the entrepreneurialwithintheorgan- sels in the lungs and heart. And Yet, forthree months in ayear, Government did notshowcase isation.Lessonsto belearnthere.” nowwehavealsostarted seeing these rivers also ravage thedis- achievementsunderhisMinistry Andyet,whatsummedupthe that it is happening in the brain, trict, causing devastation. during the one-year celebration. party's predicament wasatweet and people who presenting with “You see all this water? This Thedeathof infantsataKotahos- fromthemanwhohadpulledthe stroke andother neurological wasonce land and the river pital tooturnedintoaflashpoint. plug on itsgovernment in problems. At thebeginning, we floweddifferently. Thegovern- This time, thereisno obvi- Madhya Pradesh.“Sad to see my thoughtall this nottobeabig is- ment tried to control the rivers, ous issue –otherthan the root erstwhilecolleague,@SachinPilot sue,but as we see morecases, it andnowithasenvelopedus,”said one: the fight between Gehlot too, being sidelinedand perse- has become an issue,” Dr Guleria Rohit, pointinginthe direction and Pilot. Those close to Pilot cuted by Rajasthan CM... Shows said. whereone can justsee waterall think thatthis couldbealso that talent and capability find lit- “The infectionstartsoff with over.And yet, even till 2019,the framedasafightfor something tlecredence in the @INCIndia,” thelungs.Soitisstillapulmonary residentsofthe villagecould still larger–the very futureofthe postedJyotiradityaScindia, who disease,”DrGuleria said. “But it deal withthe problem. When party. is nowaprominentBJP face. hassignificantvascularproblems. 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MALLICAJOSHI CORONAVIRUS IN THE CAPITAL NEWDELHI,JULY12 TOTALCASES Total Vacant THE NUMBER of Covid patients HOSPITALBEDS 15,233 10,931 admitted to hospitals in the cap- 1,12,494 VENTILATORS 1,027517 ital continuedtodecline in Delhi, with the figuredropping to 4,315 Daily casesRecoveries Deaths Tests on Sunday.Officials, though, are July111,7812,998 34 21,508 remaining cautiouslyoptimistic, citing the example of countries July121,573 2,276 37 21,236 that were on the right path until Total19,15589,9683,371 7,89,853 theysaw sudden spikes. *Total active cases Over the pasttwo weeks, morepeople have been dis- chargedthan admitted to hospi- 10,931are unoccupied. Of these, countriesarenow reporting sud- tals. Between June 23 —when the 1,027are ICU bedswith ventila- den spikes. We have 15,000beds highestnumber of patientswere tors, and 517are unoccupied. todaybasedonthe projections admitted—andJuly12,therehas Morecapacityhasbeenadded made at the time, and it is best to been a31% drop in admissions. in the form of a1,000-bed hospi- be ready foraspikeifitcomes," On Sunday, 1,573caseswere talbeingmaintainedbyDRDO, said Dr Arun Gupta,one of the reported, while 2,276 people re- near Dhaula Kuan. Hotels at- members of the state govern- covered. Therehavebeen atotal tachedwithhospitalsandsmaller ment's Covid panel. of 1,12,494cases,of which almost clinics have reportedaverylow Delhi government officials 90,000 have recovered. Of the occupancy rate,withthe latter Saturdayhad saidthat of the peo- 19,155 active cases, 11,059 areun- worriedthat till the time their es- ple in home isolation, onlyabout NOW SHOWING der home isolation. tablishmentsare treating Covid 6% required hospitalisationata According to aprojection patients, non-Covid patientswill later date.Chief MinisterArvind Covid patientsatthe Commonwealth GamesVillage Covid care centre watchRamayana on Sunday. AbhinavSaha madeby afive-member commit- notcome fortreatment. Kejriwal tweetedSundaythat teeonCovid-19preparedness "When the projections were oximeters —devices that meas- early lastmonth, Delhi's caseload made,thecity'sdoublingrate was ureoxygensaturationinblood — wasprojected to touch5.5 lakh around 12-13days and the posi- have provedto beabig safeguard Guard killed cases by July-end. With the posi- tivity rate wasaround 28-30%. forthose underhome isolation. Firm to map isolated Organ transplants tivity rate declining, though, the We arerelievedthisisnot thecase "Delhi has been able to min- number of cases has notin- anymorebut we do notknow imise deathsofcorona patientsin in burglary creasedasswiftly. enough about the virus yettore- homeisolationthroughthissurak- casesinareas outside dip as Covid fear Despitealmost72% of hospi- lax.Amonth ago, we sawade- sha kavach calledpulse oximeter. talbedslying vacantinthe city, cline in countries wherethe dis- If patientsdetect their oxygen is attempt officials saidtheyare notplanning ease startedspreading rapidlya falling,theyreachoutto usforhelp. containment zones keeps patientsaway to reduce thenumber of Covid month before it didinDelhi. In We immediatelysend oxygen NewDelhi: A62-year-old security bedsany time soon. Thereare a Italy, forexample, we sawasta- concentrators to their home or guard’s bodywasfoundinside an total of 15,233beds, of which bilisation amonth agobut some takethemto ahospital,"hewrote. iron factoryinNorthwest Delhi’s Wazirpur Industrial Area Sunday, ASTHASAXENA with police suspecting that the NEWDELHI,JULY12 guardwas hitwith arod during a Waste management firms burglaryattempt theprevious THE NUMBER of organtrans- night. The victim, Madhav plants in Delhihas droppedpre- Mishra, wasfound by workers cipitouslyoverthe lastthree Sundaymorning. Mishrahailed months, with very fewpeople say stretched to the brink from Bihar and livedwith his son opting forsuchsurgeriesunless in Shalimar Bagh. Police said that it's absolutely essential. he wasallegedlykilledbyuniden- BetweenApril andJune, the tifiedmen whotriedto breakinto number of living liverand kidney People areslowlygaining ABHINAVRAJPUT the factory. However, policesaid transplantsinDelhi stoodat50 confidence now, saydoctors NEWDELHI,JULY12 no valuables were stolen. DCP and 30 respectively,asper Areas with 3ormorecases aredeclared containment zones (Northwest) VijayantaAryasaid National Organand Tissue THE TWOcommon biomedical that acase has been registered TransplantOrganisation(NOTTO) confidence in moving out. wastetreatmentfacilities (CB- under sectionsofmurder and data. The figurewas around 100- "This pandemic has been dis- WTF) that cater to most of the GSDL will help us identify such trespass. Asenior policeofficer 120and 250 respectively in the ruptive but patientsshould not hospitals in the city areseeing a EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE neighbourhoods. Later,basedon said, “Since thereare no cameras firstquarterofthe year. ignore organfailure... Hospitals rise in load since the Covid out- NEWDELHI,JULY12 requirements, suchareas could in the factory, we arescanning "People arealso notwilling areperforming surgeries in a break,and have demanded that also be converted into contain- CCTVfootage fromthearea.”ENS to step outside... Unless and un- sensible manner.The Covid theybeallowedtodivert their GEOSPATIAL DELHI Limited ment zones,” the official added. til theyare very troubled,theydo treatment area in ahospital is wastetowaste-to-energyplants. (GSDL),apublicsector undertak- Thereare 652 containment notopt to come foratransplant. completelyseparate," saidDr The twoCBWTFs in Delhi are ing under the Delhi government, zones in Delhicurrently. Areas Mosttransplantsweredone dur- (Col) RajeevSood,head of de- SMS WaterGrace BMWPvtLtd in has been tasked with mapping with three cases or moreare de- Man killed ing January-March," said Dr partment &director,Urology, West Delhi’s Nilothi and Biotic areas whereisolated Covidcases claredcontainmentzones and Vasanthi Ramesh, director, Robotics Renal Transplantation WasteSolutions Pvt Ltd in have been found frequentlyover sealed. According to the revised after row NOTTO,anapexorganisation at Fortis Hospital Vasant Kunj. Jahangirpuri, withanoperational Workers handling Covid wasteatSMS plant in Nilothi the lastone month but whichfall plan, areas with isolatedcasesare whichcoordinatesprocurement Among those who were ap- capacity of 12 and 34 tonnes per outsidethe ambitof containment those “regularly reporting iso- and distribution of organs and prehensive of getting atrans- dayrespectively. zones. The decision has been lated cases for28days andother with son tissues across the country. plant wasRavinderRana (37), Amit NilawarfromSMS hospitals includingLok Nayak icalwaste(Covid andnon-Covid) takenunder the revised Delhi areas(having infrequent isolated Another factor is interna- whoeventuallycame to Delhi WaterGracesaidithasbeen over and Safdarjung, quarantine cen- perday now, againstaroundsix Covid responseplanthatlays em- cases), forwhichstandardoper- NewDelhi: Aman wasallegedly tional patients, who usedtoac- from Dharamshala on June 1and amonth since theywrote to the tres, isolation facilities, testing tonnes in the pre-Covid times. phasison theneedtochalkout ef- ating procedure(SOP) needs to be killedbyhis familymembers in countfor alarge chunk of those wasadmitted to Max on June 10. DirectorateGeneralofHealth centres,dispensaries,privatehos- "This has increasedthe risk of fective surveillance measures for devisedfor effective surveillance”. Outer-North Delhi’s Samaypur gettingtransplants, arenolonger "Around 85% of my liverwas Services of Delhi government for pitals and laboratories in six dis- snags in machines," he said. suchareas. Thedistrict surveillance units Badli afterthe victim asked his coming in. "Earlier,weusedtodo damaged lastyear afterIsuffered permissiontoallow theirsurplus trictsofDelhi —west, southwest, Vikas Gehlot, director of Biotic The plan had stated that a of the governmentwill take afinal son move outafter hismarriage. about 25 transplants amonth acutejaundice. Doctors sug- wastetobesent to waste-to-en- central, Shahdara, eastandnorth- WasteSolutions, said their facil- “significant number of cases” are call on the demarcation of areas According to police, the accused and nowweare doingabout6-8 gested Ishould notdelaythe ergy plants.Hesaid permission to east. Biotic WasteSolutions cov- ity is disposing of around 22 being reportedasisolated cases withisolatedcases basednot just —the victim’s son, wifeand son- per month," said Dr Subhash transplant. Iwas skeptical...,but expand the facilityisalsoawaited, ers north, northwest, NewDelhi, tonnes of wasteper day. from across the 11 revenue dis- on GSDL mapping, but also daily in-law—dumpedhis body in Gupta,chairman, Max Centrefor my fears ended once treatment even as the wasteload keeps ris- south, andsoutheastdistricts.It He also said alot of waste trictsofthe city.According to the clusterreports prepared by the Haiderpur Canal. Police is yetto Liverand Biliary Sciences,adding began," he said. Doctors success- ing. “Thereare severalnew quar- collectsCovid wastefromAIIMS, coming intothe plant is non- plan issuedonJuly8,“this is a Union MinistryofHealth and recoverhis body."The arrests that things areslowlygetting fullyperformedthe livertrans- antinecentresopeninginthe city, RMLHospital and Lady Hardinge medical wastesuchasbottles, matter of concern and needs to FamilyWelfare. were made Saturdayevening af- back on trackaspeople regain plant on Rana. butweare in aposition wherewe Medical Collegetoo. food and plastics, whichhesaid be addressed”. At thoseareas, says the plan, terthe deceased's brotherlodged would notbeabletotakewaste ADelhi governemnt could damagetheir machinery. Accordingly,GSDL, whichhas contact tracing will be enhanced missing complaint on July10,"a from thesenew facilities if swift spokesperson said theywere He said the firm has also asked alarge repository of Coviddata within three days andahouse-to- senior police officer said.Police actionis nottaken,”Nilawarsaid. looking intothe issue. the government to payRs50per down to thewardlevel, has been house survey will be undertaken saidvictim’ssonallegedly hithim SMS WaterGrace collects Nilawarsaid their incinerator kg forCovid-19 waste, citing in- ropedintoidentify suchareas, a foridentifying ILI and SARI cases with ablunt object afteranargu- Covid wastefromgovernment is burning 12 tonnes of biomed- crease in operating cost. senior official said. “For now, among other measures. ment on July8.ENS

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boxesintotempo trucks forRs monsoon. It is better to return arickshawtotakethem home. ANANDMOHANJ 3,000 amonth. No onecan sur- than beginDelhi,” said Utpal. Theyusedtoearn Rs 6,000 a NEWDELHI,JULY12 vive on that,” he said. Ashop setinthe heartofthe month working at afan-making Bawana Industrial Area has industrialarea, whichmostlysells unit, and receivedtheir lastsalary HARINDER KUMAR (18) took his around 16,000unitsmaking plas- small machine parts andelectri- in March.Theyhad returnedto clothes, mobile phone charger tic granules, coolers and fans, as cal items to factories nearby, has work,but were soon informed and ablanket whenheleftfor his well as chemical factories. seen adrastic reduction in sale. that the unit is shutting down. villageinUP’s Etawah asthelock- Half amonth sincethe un- OwnerAshok Aggarwal (41) said Israti Khatun (45) said, “I cried OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL CHIEF COMMISSIONER down firstcame intoeffect in lockdown, the area continues to thereisa30% fall in demand of in- in front of him but he said nothing GST &CX, DELHI ZONE, C.R. BUILDING, Delhi. It took him awhole dayto face an unprecedentedchallenge dustrial goods since he opened could be done.Ihavethree chil- I.P.ESTATE, NEW DELHI -110002 reachhis village, where he and of resuscitatingunitsamidaweak his shop on May15. “Itisawor- dren to feed.Imagine standing in Subject:-Constitution of Panel of Senior/ Junior Standing Counsels for four familymembers sustained demandfrom wholesalemarkets rying trend,” he said. aline everyday forthree months handling cases of Indirect taxation before the various High Courtsand other Fora; Renewal/Fresh appointment of themselvesbygrowing gehu and and no labour.Industry sources Some workers who usedto forfood.” Counsels -reg. dhan on their twobighas of land. said alarge number of fan- and load and unload material, and ForJoginder Singh (39) and Applications are invitedfor constituting panel for Junior/ Senior Counsels for Aphone call from his em- cooler-makingunitshaveshut transportfinishedproductsfrom five other workers, employedin representing the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs and itsfield formations and attachedoffices,intheHon’ble Delhi High Court and other ployeratasoftdrinksmanufac- since theymissedout on summer Bawana Industrial Area has around 16,000small factory factories to wholesale markets, the transport of heavy machin- Appellate fora. turing unitinBawanaIndustrial months, when theymakethe units. GajendraYadav nowspend mostoftheir time ery, thereissomeworkfor the 2. The terms and conditions governing the constitution of panel of aforesaid Area, asking him to come to work, revenue forawholeyear. playing cards beneath the trees. firsttimesince the lockdown — Counsels is containedinAnnexure ‘I’ of letter D.O. F. No. 278A/43/07- Legal dated 05.12.2007 which can be accessed at gstdelhizone.gov.in. changed that lastmonth. He re- Puneet BahrafromBawana One of them, Mohammad carrying heavy iron pipes to alo- 3. The fees and other charges for the panel Counsels are contained in turnedtoDelhi,thistime inabus, FactoriesWelfareAssociationex- credit-basedsystemoftrade has the entrance. Utpal Pramanik Ibrahim (28), said he usedtoearn cal factory. CBIC’sletter F.No. 278A/50/2011-Legal dated 14.09.2012which can be expecting to see the 40-odd plainedwhat has changed:“The cometo ahalt.Employers have to (43),awelder,was busy loading Rs 300adaybeforethe lockdown. Singh, who usedtoearnRs accessed at gstdelhizone.gov.in. 4. Eligible andwilling applicantsmay apply in proforma“A” or “A-I” (as workers backinthe unit. Instead, workers have all left. The ones payfixed costs forfour months abatchofcooler parts ontoa He has notfound work in the last 500toshiftaheavymachinepart, applicable) to the Additional Commissioner,Office of the Principal Chief justfour hadreturned. who stayed backcannotcome to when the factories did notfunc- tempotruck.Heand ahelper, 15 days.“Ihavenine familymem- nowdoes the job forRs300: Commissioner,C.R.Building, I.P.Estate, New Delhi-110002. Last date for In aweek,the unitshutdown Bawana, whichiscut offfromthe tion. Those workers who re- Ramantullah (44),are the only bers; Ihavetopay Rs 2,000asrent “Beforethelockdown,we usedto submission of completed application is 20.07.2020. Incomplete application shall not be entertained. The date and time of interview shall and Harinder plannedtoreturn rest of Delhi with no last-mile mainedare demanding high employees at this unit, whichear- along with other dailyexpenses. work threedays aweek.Now,we be communicated to the applicantswho fulfil the eligibility criteria. to Etawah. “I lookedfor ajob connectivity.Suppliers have salaries. Naturally, unitshave lier employed20people. “The Nobodyismakinganythingsowe arelucky to find this assignment. Sd/- everywhere... IusedtoearnRs starteddemanding cash; earlier started shutting down.” summer months were spentin arenot needed,” said Ibrahim. Ihavetwo children to feed.Ican't (Santosh Kumar Mishra) Additional Commissioner 8,000 per month. The onlyjob I theywould give us 15 days to Outside acooler-making unit, the lockdown. Now, thedemand Nearby, three women stood in bear to look at them when they PCCO, GST&CX, Delhi Zone found wasloading corrugated makepayments. The whole stacks of blue parts were kept at forcoolerswill decrease withthe the middle of the road looking for ask howmyworkday was.”

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ORDER APPLIES TO BUSY NOIDA, GREATERNOIDA TOO BRIEFLY Classifieds Sisodiathanks RECRUITMENT Offices,shopsacrossUPwill SITUATION VACANT LokNayak staffmembers OTHERS remainshutonweekends NewDelhi: Deputy CM ManishSisodiavisitedLok NayakHospital— the largest dedicatedCovidfa- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE cilityinthe capitalwith LUCKNOW,JULY12 2,000 beds— on Sunday and thanked itsstaff for DAYS AFTER theannouncement their effortstocombat of fresh restrictions forthis week- Covid-19. “Delhi has seen end to controlthe spread of Covid areassuring decrease in as well as vector-bornediseases, number of newcases in officials in Uttar PradeshSunday pastfew weeks. Credit confirmed that theprocesswill goes to Corona Warriors, continue during upcoming doctors and medical weekends too. As per the restric- teams all over Delhi,” he tions declaredThursday, allmar- tweeted. kets, offices and commercial es- PERSONAL tablishments—including in the busy urban centres of Noidaand BJPdemands I, VICKY,S/O MOHAR SINGH Greater Noida —are supposedto An emptyNoidaSector-18market during the lockdown on Sunday. GajendraYadav R/O-H.NO.191, 1ST-FLOOR, powerbillrelief DAYANAND VIHAR, ANAND- remain closed from 10 pm on VIHAR,DELHI-92,HAVE Fridaytill5amonMonday.Only NewDelhi: Delhi BJP chief CHANGED MY NAME TO VICKY emergency and essential services nomic activities likeindustries dischargedfromhospitals, and Awasthi said that having Adesh Gupta has written MOHAR SINGH,FOR ALL were allowedtobeopen. willremain operational. Banks 934Covid-related deaths, there reachedthe averageper daytest- to CM Arvind Kejriwal, FUTURE,PURPOSES. On Sunday,GautamBudh willbeopenonSaturdays,” said are12,208active cases. Of the to- ing capacity of 40,000 tests, the requesting the grant of 0040541727-7 Nagarrecorded 64 cases, taking Additional Chief Secretary taldeaths, 21 have been recorded statenow aims to increase this reliefsinelectricity bills, I, Tilak Raj R/oA1b/25b,Krishna the district’s tallyto3,377. Awanish Kumar Awasthi. in the past24hours. to 50,000 in the next fewdays. claiming thatbusiness Appartment, Paschim Vihar, Ghaziabad has, meanwhile, seen “During the weekend, there “FromJuly2,westarted a Of this, 30,000 testswill be RT- establishmentsare re- New Delhi -110063 have 3,104cases so far, including 142 will be cleanlinessand sanitisa- door-to-door survey programme PCR and rest by TrueNat ma- ceiving hugepower bills changed my minor daughter’s on Sunday. While 33 people have tion drivesinmarketsjustlike from Meerutdivision; we chines and Rapid Antigen Tests. despitebeing shut amid name from Poorvi to Poorvi Chauhan for all purposes. diedinGautamBuddh Nagar, 62 the lasttwo days.Inurban areas, reachedevery single house and He said thatasper themedical the pandemic. deaths have been reportedin garbagewould be disposedof recordedthose with symptoms educationdepartment, thereare 0040541689-1 Ghaziabad. properly,there will be anti-lar- or comorbidity.This wasalso 15 labs in the statewheremore I, Ravinder Kumar R/oVpo- “FromFriday 10 pm to valtreatment as well as fogging. startedfromJuly5in theremain- than 1,000 Covid testsare being Man,woman bhagwi, Teh- charkhi Dadri, Monday5am,some activities Covidhelpdeskswill also be en- ing 17 divisions. While thepro- conducted on adailybasis.On Distt-charkhi Dadri(har) Pin- founddead 127307 have changed my were restrictedin the stateunder sured at all industries. CM has gramme in Meerutisending to- Saturday, thestate tested 39,623 minor daughter’s name from which offices were shut, markets directed officials to ensureat day, forthe rest it will end by July Covid samples. Gurgaon: Thebodiesofa KumariMinakshi to Minakshi were closedand general move- least48-hourback-up of oxygen 15.Till Saturday,morethan 2.51 On Sunday,GautamBuddh 20 year-old-woman and a Kumarifor all purposes. ment wasrestricted too. The re- in all non-Covid hospitals,” he crorehouses were surveyed,in Nagaradministrationcarried man were found in 0040541688-1 strictions had agreat responseon said. which12.94crore people live. out aspecial testing drive and Gurgaon’sPataudiSunday, I Akash Kumar S/oDhanesh Saturdayand thus theCMhas de- As per the health department Those with comorbidities have conducted4,177 tests, out of withpolicesuspectingthe Kumar Shah R/oB-6/12, Sector cidedthat on five days,markets data, the staterecorded 1,388 been asked by our teams to be which3,707 were antigen tests. man allegedly shotthe 18, Rohini, New Delhi -110089 will be open from 9amto9pm, newcases of Covid on Sunday, extracautious,” said Principal Thirty persons tested positive. womanbefore turningthe have changed name to Akash and on the rest of the twodays, taking the total count in the state Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan ResultsofRT-PCRare awaited, weapon on himself. ENS Kumar Shah. marketswill be shut but eco- to 36,476.With 23,334persons Prasad. officials said. 0040541691-1 I, NOOR SHABANA KHANUM, W/OISHTIAQAHMED,H.NO-35, कायालायप्रधानाचाय,ालाला लाजपत राय मारक मडेिकल कालजे,मरेठ GROUND-FLOOR, DEFENCE- Cycles for hire at doorstep soon COLONY,N.DELHI-110024, ई-निनिदा सचूिास奍ं या :पी.सी./2020/5897 नदिाकं:10.7.2020 changed my name to SHABANA KHANUM. -: पनु:ई-नननिदा सचूना(अ쥍पकालीन):- as firms plan expansion in capital 0040541727-5 उ.प्र. सरकार के ई-निनिदापोटटल http://etender.up.nic द्वारा I, Mohit GroverS/o Shri.Lajpat ला.ला.रा.मा. मनेिकल कॉलजेसेस륍बद्ध स.ि.भा.प. नचनक配सालय, मरेठमᴂ भतीी Rai GroverR/o-Flat.No-A-708, कोरोिा िायरस (कोनिि-19) मरीजⴂकेउपचार मᴂ तैिातनचनक配सक एिं Pushp Vihar,Sarvodaya Enclave Gaur Ganga-Apartment, परैामनेिकल टाफ को भोजि उपल녍ध करािे हतेुदर अिबुꅍधनकया जािे हतेुई- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE and LajpatNagar 1. Sector-4, Vaishali, Ghaziabad- NEWDELHI,JULY12 HarshalGupta,aseniorofficial U.P.,have Changedthe name निनिदा दो नबि प्रनियाकेमा鵍यम से नदिाकं18.07.2020तकआमंनित की जाती ह।ैनिततृनििरण एिंप्रपि उपरो啍त पोटलटपरउपल녍ध ह।ैभनि�य मᴂ नकसी withYulu,said therehas been a of my minor daughter namely WITH AN increasing demand for surge in the demand forsolo and Palak GrovertoNikitaGrover भी प्रकार के सशंोधि की सचूिापोटलटपरउपल녍ध होगी उसे समाचार पि के aged-15 years. मा鵍यम से प्रकानशत िहĂ नकया जायगेा। contact-lessmode of transport sanitisedmobilitysolutions.With due to theCovid-19pandemic, cyclesat35 Metrostationsnotbe- 0040541659-1 एस. क.ेगगग (प्रधािाचाय)ी I, KUMARI MEGHA app-basedbicycle companiesare ing usedasthe Delhi Metrore- KHANDELWAL R/OHNO.48, planningtoexpand theirservices mains closed, the companyplans SECOND-FLOOR,ANAND- in the capital’s residential areas. to divert these forthe time being VIHAR, PITAMPURA, DELHI- Twosuchcompanies —Yulu, Yulu operates in 25 to residentialareaswherethereis 110034. HAVE CHANGED MY whichprovidesbattery-operated residentialareas. TashiTobgyal an increase in demand, he said. NAME TO MEGHA two-wheelersatDelhiMetrosta- Similarly,SmartBikeisplan- KHANDELWAL. 0040541727-3 tions in collaboration with DMRC, ning 30 newstationsinresiden- andSmartBikes, whichisoperat- Vasant Kunj, Lajpat Nagarblocks tial clusters, in collaboration I, GURSIMRANSINGH,S/o AMARJEET SINGH,ADD-B6/14 inginLutyen’sDelhi in collabora- Gand F, Pushp Vihar andSaket with NDMC in Lutyen’sDelhi, by EXTENSION, SAFDARJUNG- tion with the NewDelhi Hblock. The companyisnow November this year,said com- ENCLAVE, NEW-DELHI- MunicipalCouncil —are planning planning to createaround 100 panychairman DV Manohar. 110029,inform that GIVEN to setupbikestations in over130 zones in the next three months These projectsare subjecttothe NAME GURSIMRAN and residential areas this year. in areas across South Delhi such approval by the council,hesaid. SURNAMESINGH. As of now, Yulu operates in as Hauz Khas Market,Aurobindo Thereare 49SmartBikestations 0040541727-1 25 residential areas including at Place Market, CR Park Market, in Delhi, witharound490 cycles. I Raj Kumar S/O, Lala Ram Sharma R/oD-53, New Multan Nagar, New Delhi -110056 have changed my name to Raj Kumar Sharma for all Haryana’s firstplasma purposes. 0040541685-1 I MANOJJOSEPH MAVELY, S/O MATTHEW MAVELYR/O A-52/8, bank settoopen doors at DLF-PHASE-1,GURGAON, HARYANA, HAVE CHANGED MY NAME TO MANOJ MAVELY. 0040541727-4 ESIC hospital by July-end I,Nirmala Sethi,W/o-Darshan Lal Sethi,R/o.House.No.10810,Gali. No.17,Partap-Nagar,Delhi- SAKSHIDAYAL 110007,have changed my name,from Nirmala Devi to GURGAON,JULY12 NirmalaSethi,for all,purposes.Nirmala Devi &- THE EMPLOYEES’ State NirmalaSethi same and one Insurance Corporation (ESIC) person. hospitalinFaridabad willestab- 0040541727-2 lish Haryana’s firstplasma bank I, Punam Jain &Poonam Jain, by theend of this month, with wife of Mr.Rajeev Jain,r/o 1044 officials from the facility saying ATSVillage Sector 93A NOIDA UP,are one and the same theyhaveprocuredall the per- person andhenceforth, Ishall missions and mostofthe infra- be known by the name Punam structurefor the facilityand are Jain for all purposes. nowworkingonmotivating 0050166429-1 peopletodonateplasma. I, SANSKAR, S/OVIRENDER According to officials from KUMAR, H.NO-7062, TEJ SINGH ESIC,the hospital wasthe firstin Donation of plasma in progress at ESIC hospital. Express PAHARI DHIRAJ SADARBAZAR, the statetobegin plasmatherapy DELHI-110006. Changed my backinMay as partofthe placid name to SANSKAR BEHL. trial. Adecision wastaken to ap- The hospital’s plan, officials demand is so high thatwhatever 0040541727-6 plyforthesettingupof theplasma said, is to establish aplasmabank we arecollecting is getting used bank afterseeing the enquiries capable of accommodating 300 on the same dayitself, so thereis PUBLICNOTICE from patientsand the surge in plasma bags, with areserve of notmuchstock forthe bank as of casesinFaridabadinJuneandJuly. around 100units at anypoint. A now,”said Dr Nimisha Sharma, “Overthelastfew weeks,ithas team of at least10people will nodalofficerfortheplasmabank. ''IMPORTANT'' been seen that senior patients handle the facility,with man- “Wehaverecipients,butinor- whowere notrespondingto treat- powerbeing diverted from de- derto beeffectiveweneedtohave Whilst care is taken prior to ment respondedverywellafter partmentsthat arecurrentlynot lots of plasma from all theblood acceptance of advertising plasmatherapy, andwewerealso operating, suchasOPD and groups. We areintouchwith copy,itisnot possible to verify receivingcallsfromalot of donors, Emergency.The hospital has also some social organisations, NGOs its contents. The Indian whichiswhy we thoughtwhynot secured approvalfromthe ESIC as well as RedCross to motivate Express (P) Limited cannot be do this formorepeopleand start headquarters forsome more people to donateplasma; even aplasma bank,” said Dr AK technicians, who areexpected to ourstaffwhotestedpositive have held responsible for such Pandey, Registrar (Academic). be appointed soon. volunteered.However, there is a contents, nor for any loss or “Weare already running Although ESIC hospital has needfor somecommunity edu- damage incurred as aresult of plasma therapyfor our institu- theinfrastructure requiredforthe cation and awareness program, transactions with companies, tional demand and in some bank,includingaplasmaphere- and to make themaware that associations or individuals emergency cases, but oncethis sis machine, and is working on within48hourstheentireplasma advertising in its newspapers develops as aplasma bank it will improving storagecapacity,the along with antibodies willbere- or Publications. We therefore cater notonlytoESICbut also to next challenge, officials antici- placedinthem,” said Dr Pandey. recommend that readers other hospitals in Faridabad and pate, will be encouraging people Officials said that people can make necessary inquiries in other districtssuchasGurgaon, to donateplasma forthe bank. donateplasma 14 days afterthey before sending any monies or because almosttwo-thirds of “Forplasmabank,thescenario recoverfromcoronavirus and casesarefromthese twodistricts. is suchthat people aredonating every15daysthereafter. Unlike entering into any agreements We already hadameeting with but the unitsare getting takenfor blood,whichcannotbestoredfor with advertisers or otherwise the Deputy Commissioner,Dean usesimultaneouslybecausethere morethan55days,plasmacanbe acting on an advertisement in and Civil Surgeon, and have is so muchdemand. We got three stored foruptoayear,theysaid. any manner whatsoever. startedworkingtowards estab- donations daybeforeyesterday, “The bank will be ready by lishing the bank,” he said. one donation todayalso, but the July20or22,”saidDrPandey.

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CONG INFIGHTING IN RAJASTHAN Another MP Cong BJPwatcheskeenly,wants MLA joins BJP, gets DELHI CONFIDENTIAL SachinPilottomakefirstmove minister status MILINDGHATWAI Sad to see Pilot has three and is supportedby BHOPAL,JULY12 LIZMATHEW one Independent MLA. sidelined, NEWDELHI,JULY12 In MadhyaPradesh,the dif- FOUR MONTHS after22 ference in the number of MLAs Congress legislators defected to says Scindia WITH THE infighting in of the Congress that formedthe the BJP and brought down the Bhopal: BJP leader Rajasthan Congress out in the government in 2018,and the BJP Kamal Nath government in JyotiradiyaScindia on open,the BJPthat leverageda wasverynarrow--the Congress Madhya Pradesh, one more Sundaytook aswipe at similar situation in Bhopal is had 114, the BJP 109. Congress MLAjoinedthe saffron his former party amid the watchingcloselytosee if it can It will notbewise forthe BJP party on Sunday,dealing another developments within the find an opportunity to put up an to makeamove unlessitcan en- blowtothe Opposition party Congress in Rajasthan. alternatearrangementinJaipur. gineer abigger splitinthe ahead of the crucial by-elections. “Sad to see my erstwhile VIRTUAL SHIFT But the party is notyet ready to Congress, sources said. Bada MalharaMLA colleague, @SachinPilot take anystep, said sources. One leader also pointed out PradyumnaSingh Lodhi handed too, being sidelined and THE LOCKDOWN period forced the BJP leadership to adaptto “Weare justwatching the sit- that the BJP also has on itsmind his resignationtopro tem persecuted by Rajasthan digital platforms to address itsleadersand workers across the uation. The game still does not theissues it is facing in Madhya speaker RameshwarSharma on CM, @ashokgehlot51. country. Theparty nowseems to be extremelycomfortable appear to be setfor the BJP,” said Pradesh, wherethe national Saturday, accusing the previous Shows that talent and ca- withvirtual interactions. BJP presidentJPNadda has been ad- asenior party leader.Another leadership is still struggling to Congress government of ne- pability find little cre- dressing office-bearers everythird dayonvideoconferences. senior leader from Rajasthan Outside CM Ashok Gehlot’s house in Jaipur. Rohit Jain Paras reachaconsensus on portfolio glecting the Bundelkhand region denceinthe @INCIndia,” He hasaddressedstate presidents, MLAs and MPs on virtual said, “As of today, theBJP has distribution among the new and diverting schemes to he tweeted. Scindialeft platforms. According to party leaders, theycan connectto60 takenaconsciousdecision notto ministers. Even the cabinetfor- Chhindwara—Kamal Nath’s the Congress in March, lakhpeople through video conferences whichwould be quite do anything, but is watching the it’s notanoptionfor him. even. It is tooearly forthe BJP mation got delayeddue to differ- stronghold. Sharma accepted with 22 party MLAs leav- atask otherwise. Theysay suchmeetingsare more focused, developments. Letthe crackin The BJP leaders deniedthat leadership to getinvolved. ences between the party's sen- the resignation on Sunday, say- ing the party and joining the communication easier and people moreconcentrated.So, the Congress widen enough for Pilot, whose friction with Chief Because we know thatPilot,as ior leaders, including Chief ing Lodhi had stucktohis deci- the BJP,leading to the col- the party will have moredigital platforms forinteractionsin the government to fall through.” MinisterAshok Gehlothas inten- of today, is notcapable of mus- MinisterShivraj Singh Chouhan sion though he had givenhim a lapse of the Kamal Nath the future too. LateonSundaynight, there sified, metparty leaders. tering the number (of MLAs) to and JyotiradityaScindia, who day’stime to think. government. ENS were hectic meetings in the BJP “These arerumoursspread pulldownthe Gehlot govern- crossedoverfromthe Congress The resignation reduces the over Rajasthan’s political devel- by the Gehlotcamptomalign ment,” said aleader. to theBJP with MLAs loyalto Congress’sstrengthinthe 230- SEEKING EXEMPTION opments. Union Minister Pilotand cementhis position However, partysources ad- him, leading to the fall of the member house to 91. welfareworks in his con- DharmendraPradhan held dis- withthe Congress leadership,” mitted that the BJP has notruled Kamal Nath government. Beforejoining the BJP at the stituency.Lodhisaid, “For me THE MHA guidelines on Unlock2haveclearly stated that cussionswith Home Minister said aBJP MP from Rajasthan. out a“Bhopal-likedevelopment” Keeping in mind judicialin- party headquarters, Lodhimet postisnot important, service is. schools,universitiesand educationalinstitutions cannotopen Amit Shah in the evening. Another party MP added, “This in Jaipur. terventions that foiledthe CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan. ShivrajSingh Chouhanhas be- tillJuly31. But oneUnionTerritory feels it should be exempted. Incidentally, Pradhan wasinstru- is Gehlotlaunching apre-emp- In the 200-member party’s attemptstoformalter- Withinhoursof hisjoiningthe come an alternative to develop- Lakshadweep has written to theHRD Ministry, seeking per- mental in JyotiradityaScindia tive strikeagainst Pilot. As it is, Assembly, theCongress has 107 nategovernmentsinthe pastin BJP,Lodhi wasmadechairman of ment. In an adverse situation he mission to open itsschoolssince it hasn'treportedany Covid- joining the BJP.While BJP lead- Gehlothas made him afigure- MLAs and it is supportedbytwo Uttarakhand, Karnataka and the civil supplies corporation and sanctionedanirrigation project.” 19 infection till date. Lakshadweep is the onlyregion in India ers arenot averse to Sachin Pilot, head Deputy CM and nowhe members eachfromBharatiya Maharashtra, the BJP wantsPilot wasgivencabinetministerstatus. The stateCongress unit’s to remain Covid-free. The HRD Ministryhas referred there- nowDeputy CM of Rajasthan, wantstoweaken himfurther be- Tribal Partyand CPM, one MLA to actand pull down the Gehlot Welcoming him to theparty, Twitterhandle postedinHindi, questtoMHA and hasn’t heardfromthemyet. joiningthe party,the Congress fore theCongress leadership.” from RLD, and 12 Independents. government,likewhat Scindia Chouhan said Lodhi methim “All those who were up forsale leader has been maintaining that “Thereare no negotiations The BJPhas 72 MLAS, itsallyRLP did in Madhya Pradesh. several times forsanctioning aregatheringinone place...” TESTING TIMES

WITH NEARLY40Covid-19cases being reportedfromRail Days after Geelani letter, Ashraf India in good positioninbattle Bhawan, it has been decidedtoget all itsofficials tested. Officials have been asked to getthemselves tested forfreeat aCovid camporganisedonThursdayand Fridayand to be or- Sehrai held, booked under PSA against coronavirus, says Shah ganisedonMondayaswell. Officials areofthe viewthatin- stead of coming to work with fear everyday,itwould be bet- anychancetore-assemble un- “But, today, everyone is see- tertoget everyone tested so that all thosefound positive could BASHAARATMASOOD der the umbrella group after SAKSHIDAYAL ingthat, if asuccessful battle be isolated and amegaquarantinelistdrawn up forasafe SRINAGAR,JULY12 Geelani parted ways from the or- GURGAON,JULY12 againstcorona has been fought work environment. ganisation. “Under the present anywhereinthe world, it is in SEPARATISTLEADER and circumstances, he wasthe only HOME MINISTER AmitShah on India...Everywhereinthe world, Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH) chair- leader who could have been the SundaysaidthatIndiaisina“good onlythe governmentshave man Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai consensus candidate and also position” in the battle againstthe fought this battlebut,inour wasonSundaymorning taken could have reunited the sepa- coronavirus,hailingtheroleof the country, along with the govern- ‘Covid crisis points to intocustody from his home in ratists,” said asenior police offi- security forces in handling the ment, apopulation of 130crore, Srinagar by J&K Police and cer.“Under Sehrai, attempts pandemic. all the stategovernments, and need for social security booked underthe PublicSafety were being made to reunitethe Shah wasspeaking at the everysingle person has fought. Act. Sehrai (76) wasastrong con- separatists.Byhis arrest,the gov- Central ReservePolice Force With thepolicy of onepeople, tendertotakeoveraschief of the ernment has ensured that the (CRPF) AcademyinGurgaon’s onemind,one nation, today, we for marginalised’ Hurriyat Conference afterits life- Sehrai had takenoveras confusion and chaos should re- Kadarpur villageahead of the All areinagood positioninthis bat- time chairman Syed Ali Shah Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chief main in the separatistranks.” India Tree Plantation Campaign. tle, thereisnoatmosphereoffear Geelani, in aletter, announced afterGeelani’sresignation AfteraraidatSehrai’s house Termingthe fightagainstthe anywhere, thereisapassion to ANANTHAKRISHNANG his dissociation from the sepa- in Srinagar’sBaghat area early on coronavirus abattle forthe “sur- fight againstit, adetermination NEWDELHI,JULY12 ratistamalgam. Sundaymorning,policetold the vivalofmankind”, Shah said, “In Shah at CRPFAcademyin to overcome it,” Shahsaid. This comes days afterthe TeH beenbookedunderPSA,”Kashmir separatistleaderthat he wasbe- the historyof mankind... no other Gurgaon. Express Acknowledging the role that THE COVID-19 crisis has pointed formedateam to probethe au- InspectorGeneral of PoliceVijay ing takenintopreventive cus- epidemic has had the capacity to security forces have played, the to the need forsome assured so- thenticityof theletterpurportedly Kumar told The Indian Express. tody,sources said.However,they spreadasmuchasthiscoronaepi- minister vowedthat their sacri- cialsecurityformarginalisedsec- writtenbyGeelaniinwhichthe However, sources said the later announcedhehas been demic... the whole worldisfight- India fight the battle againstco- ficeswillnot go invain.“Thesecu- tions and effective disbursal of latter announcedhis dissociation separatists were trying to reunite booked under the PSAthat al- ingthis battle... India is also fight- rona, apopulation of 130crore,a rityforcesalsohave averybigcon- public entitlements, Justice DY from the Hurriyat Conference. under Sehrai, once aclose confi- lows authorities to detain any ingthisbattleverywell...Everyone federal structure, in the absence tributioninthisbattle,nobodycan ChandrachudsaidSunday. Police areyet to statethe rea- danteofGeelani, and that the ar- person without atrial foratleast thoughthow will acountrylike of asingle chain of command. ignorethis...” TheSupremeCourtjudgealso Justice DYChandrachud sonsbehindthemove.“Yes,hehas rest is an attempt to denythem six months. underlinedthe importance of re- assessinglong-standing LJP is not Constitutionalcommitmentslest non-discrimination and equality Preparing on assumption theyare losttomarket forces in in order to continue to be mean- J&K Assembly will be formed indispensable thenewglobalorderandtheneed ingful”, he said “newergroups on that Bihar polls will be forthe statetorecalibrate itsreg- the marginsare constantlybeing for NDA, says ulatory role in apost-liberalised discovered”and“areknockingon afterdelimitation:Madhav economywhere “uncheckedpri- thedoorsof theSupremeCourtto held as per schedule: CEO vate action can...breedseveral in- usher in anew ageofinclusion”. auxiliaryboothshave beencreated Sanjay Paswan equitiesand deprivations”. These groups have already ADILAKHZER SANTOSHSINGH wherethereare over1,000voters.” Hewasdeliveringalectureon waitedfor70yearsandcannotbe SRINAGAR,JULY12 PATNA,JULY12 He said training of 90 return- SANTOSHSINGH the occasion of the birth cente- asked to wait anylonger, he said, ing officers wasunderway.“Here PATNA,JULY12 narycelebration of his latefather adding that “the role of the con- BJP GENERALsecretaryRam WITH COVID-19cases surging again, we aremaintaining social and former Chief JusticeofIndia stitutional courts in this new Madhav on Sunday said the and the Bihar Assemblypolls distancing forthe returningoffi- DAYS AFTER LJP leader Chirag JusticeYVChandrachud. global order,isthat of apartner in Jammu and Kashmir legislative due later this year,the statepoll cers. Adhiveshan BhavaninPatna Paswan saidthathewas notin “Thelessonsfromthehuman- alargerdialogue that can trans- Assemblywill be formedonly panel has said it is going ahead can accommodateall the 243re- favour of holding elections amid itariancrisisthataccompaniedthe mutecultivatedvaluesintolaw”. once the delimitation exercise is withthe preparations assuming turningofficers,but we aread- the pandemic, former Union present pandemic demonstrate JusticeChandrachudsoughtto complete in theUnion Territory. that the election will be held as heringtoCovid protocols of the minister and BJP leader Sanjay thatthe marginalisedneedtobe stress that “ourConstitution is a Madhavwas in Kashmir to per schedule and anydecision on Centraland stategovernment.” Paswan on Sundaysaid that the assuredof aminimumformof so- tool to achievethe continuing so- meetthe familyofBJP leader the time of holding the polls will Asked about people’s appre- LJPisnot indispensable forthe cialsecurityand effective disbur- cial,politicalandeconomiceman- Sheikh Waseem Bari, who along be takenbythe Election hensions abouttouching EVMs, NDA,andthat the alliance could sal of public entitlements, now cipationof allcitizens,butitisalso with hisfather Sheikh Bashir and CommissionofIndia (EC). the CEO said it would beensured win the upcoming Assembly morethanever,”observedJustice aplatformforsocialcoordination younger brother Sheikh Umar StateChief Electoral Officer that their concernsare addressed polls in Bihar without the party’s Chandrachud. amongstcompeting factions Sultan waskilledinamilitant at- (CEO) HRSrinivas told The Indian and less human interaction takes support. “An approachfor progressive withinapluralistsociety”and“itis tack at Bandiporalastweek. Express,“Our job is to preparefor place. Asked about the sugges- SanjayPaswan, currentlya realisation of rights,”hesaid, these twin roles of the Speaking to themedia in RamMadhavand Union ministerJitendraSingh at the house electionsassumingtheywouldbe tions receivedfrompolitical par- Member of Bihar’s Legislative “mustthereforebedevisedbya Constitution thatlead to strands Srinagar afterwards, Madhav of BJP leader Sheikh Waseem Bari, who waskilledina held in time. The final decision ties, Srinivassaid, “There are Council, said Chirag Paswan was dialogic process that involves all of both continuity and change said, “…thistime priority is to militant attacklastweek,inBandipora. Shuaib Masoodi rests with the Election three types of campaigningsug- going “overboard”with hisstate- constitutional stakeholders”. withinour Constitution”. firstfightCOVID-19, then the de- CommissionofIndia...Asafirstbig gestions —some parties want the ments, anddemanding the post- Advocating the needfor a “The unlimited festering of limitation exercise will take step,we have created33,797 aux- conventional campaigns, some ponement of the stateelections changing societytoadopt a“dy- economicinequalitywillbenoth- place and then forUT, Legislative ment of India will decide about forpolitical workers, Madhav iliarypolling booths besides the want amix of both and some was“notgoodfor democracy”. namic approach” to interpret the ing shortofaconstitutional infir- Assemblywillbeformed. At an other matters as well.” said the administration is mak- existing 72,723 polling booths to onlyvirtual campaigns. The EC The MLCsaid, “Wedovalue “foundingConstitutionalvaluesof mity,”hesaid. appropriatetime, the govern- When asked aboutsecurity ing all efforts. maintain social distancing.The has to take afinalcall.” what RamVilasPaswansays. Afterall, he has done Dalit poli- tics for50yearsnow.Heisthe product of along struggle but his 5new plantscoming by 2023, firstatmanirbhar boost may be in urea son Chirag is aproduct of the re- sources of his father.Heshould record11million tonnes (mt) of next rabi crop season. Being im- Corporation(IOC) and FCIL. fields. Since this coal has high ash Chemicals &Fertilisers and to run on coal-bed methane and notgooverboardwith making HARISHDAMODARAN urea valuedat$2.89 billion —in plementedbyRamagundam “Theyshould be fullyopera- content, it will be blended with FCIL),” the official said. had begun operations in October political statements. We do not NEWDELHI,JULY12 whichChina’s share wasover2.9 Fertilisers &Chemicals —ajoint tional before rabi 2021. petroleumcokesourcedfrom The Talcherproject is pro- 2017,beforeproduction wassus- attachvalue to whathesays.” mt, worth$854.56 million. ventureofNationalFertilisers, Ramagundam wassupposed to IOC’s Paradip refinery. jected to cost around Rs 13,300 pendeddue to non-availability TheformerUnion minister UREA COULD be the firstbig- Although lowerthan the high of EngineersIndia, andFertilisers startfromthiskharif (June) and “While the feedstockissub- crore, as againstthe Rs 5,500 of feedstock. Itsrevival hinges said the party “mustnot beunder ticketiteminwhich the 6.4 mt ($ 1.98 billion) in 2014-15, Corporation of India Ltd (FCIL) — the other three by 2021kharif. stantiallyindigenous (pet-coke croreofRamagundam andRs upon natural gasfromthe anyillusion that LJPrepresents NarendraModigovernment it wasabove the 0.8 mt ($ 235.74 it is the revivalproject of aclosed But the construction disruptions is abyproduct of domestic re- 7,000 croreeachfor the Jagdishpur-Haldia and Bokaro- the entirePaswansofBihar”.He reaches atmanirbhartaorself- million) for2017-18. state-ownedunit in from Covid-19havepushed fineriesthat mainly process im- other three. Dhamrapipelines,whichsupply also calledonRam Vilas Paswan reliance,reducing thedepend- “Thefivenew units areof1.27 Ramagundam, Telangana. these backbyabout six months,” portedcrude), the technology is TwoplantsofNagarjuna to Gorakhpur,Sindri, and to “rein in his son”. ence on Chinese imports. mt per annumproduction ca- The other three projectsthat the official said. Chinese. The lumpsum turnkey Fertilisers &Chemicals at Barauni. The section connecting However, stateBJP president Four newureaplantswill be pacity each. Once they, and three areexpected to be commis- The fifthplant will come up contract wasawarded to Kakinada in AndhraPradesh Matix is said to be nearing SanjayJaiswal said in astate- commissionedbefore2021, and others that arecurrentlyshut or sionedbeforenextyear areat in Talcher,Odisha, and, unlike Wuhuan Engineering Co. Ltd last with 1.52 mt aggregatecapacity, completion. ment, “Weare an alliance of afifth is expectedin2023. The areinthe process of gettinggas, Gorakhpur (UP), Sindri the other four plantsthatwill September.Itisacommercial and a1.27mtfacilityofMatix “If theyare made operational three parties and it is insepara- lumpsum turnkey execution arefunctional, we will become (Jharkhand), and Barauni (Bihar). run on imported natural gas, is deal between the Wuhan-based Fertilisers &Chemicals at through newpromoters, we can ble. We would go to the polls to- contract forthe fifthplanthas, atmanirbhar in urea by 2023- These projects arebeing setup envisaged to be acoal gasifica- technology provider-cum-EPC Panagarhnear Durgapur in West increase ourproduction capac- gether.” incidentally, been awardedto 24,” atop governmentofficial by Hindustan Urvarak& tion-basedammonia-urea (engineering, procurement, con- Bengal, arecurrentlyidling with ity by 9mt-plus,fromthe exist- LJP did notreacttoSanjay the Chinese state-ownedfirm told TheIndian Express. Rasayan, another public sector complex. struction) contractor and Talcher the companieshaving defaulted ing 24-24.5 mt. Therewould Paswan’s remarks,referring to Wuhuan Engineering. The firstofthese plantswill joint ventureofCoal India Ltd It will use coal from the North Fertilisers Ltd (a consortium of on loans. hardlybeany need forimports Jaiswal’s statement on the al- In 2019-20, India importeda be ready in October,beforethe (CIL), NTPC, Indian Oil Arkhapal mine of Talcher coal- CIL, GAIL India, Rashtriya The Matix unit wasplanned then,” theofficial said. liance.

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NIA arrests ALL ENCOUNTERS FROM JULY 2-10 TO BE INVESTIGATED two from BSF:BorderGuardBangladesh UP govt forms inquiry Pune for ‘IS links’ supportscattlesmuggling commission to probe It says the cattle areblind- Because the lactic acid in itsbody complete cooperation and coor- Dubey ambush, encounter CHANDANHAYGUNDE& DEEPTIMANTIWARY folded, and banana stems are is completelydepleted... due to dination betweenthe twoforces SUSHANTKULKARNI NEWDELHI,JULY12 tiedtothem to help them float the absence of lactic acid in its on the issue of cattle smuggling. PUNE,JULY12 on the Ganga, so that theycan be meat, manytypes of harmful In 2015,after then Home IN WHATmay be the firstsuch sweptacross to Bangladesh. bacteria flourish in it. Those who MinisterRajnath Singh asked the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE UP Police reachMumbai THE NIA on Sundayarrestedtwo official articulation on cattle “Whentheyarrivein eat it areatrisk of fallingsick." BSF to put acompletehalt to cat- LUCKNOW,JULY12 personsfromPune, including smuggling, the Border Security Bangladesh, thereare hundreds The cattle arepackedin tle smugglingsothat people in to question 2held there 20-year-old woman Sadiya Force(BSF)has said the Border of Bangladeshi cattlesmugglers trucks from across NorthIndia Bangladesh give up eatingbeef, ADAY afterthe Uttar Pradesh AnwarShaikh, aresident of GuardBangladesh(BGB) sup- who capturethese animals, us- and transported to the border. Bangladeshi newspaper The government formedanSIT to in- men were killedwhentheywent Vishrantwadi, who wasonthe ports the “inhuman, merciless ing their speedboats. This task is When theyare near the border, DailyStarquotedthen BGB vestigatethe rise of gangster SAGARRAJPUT to arrest gangsterVikas Dubey. radar of police and intelligence and seditious” activity. sometimes done with the agree- the smugglers trytomakethem Director General MajorGen Aziz Vikas Dubey and thecases against MUMBAI,JULY12 Dubey waskilledinanallegeden- unitssince 2015 forher alleged In apress statementdatedJuly ment of the Border Guard run fast so that theycan't be Ahmedassaying,“My message him, asingle-member inquiry counter Fridaywhilehewas be- linkswith the Islamic State(IS). 6, on itspreparations to checkcat- Bangladesh personnel,” says the caught. Forthis, the animals are to my forceisthat ensureno committee wasformedSunday ADAY afterUttar Pradesh Police ingbroughtfromUjjainto Kanpur. The second suspect arrested tle smuggling aheadofEid ul- statement, signedbyDIG SS injected with drugs or their tails Bangladeshi canenter India to to investigateincidentsthat took said the twomen arrested by Addl DG, Lawand Order, from Punehas been identifiedas Adha or Eid Qurban later this Guleria of South Bengal Frontier. arecut and pressureisapplied bring cattle." place between the ambush of po- MaharashtraAnti-Terrorism Prashant Kumar said apolice Nabeel Siddiqui Khatri (28). month, the BSF has citedreligious It says that on Eid Qurban, on the wounds, it says. In 2017,after aBSF-BGB licemeninKanpur on the night of Squad (ATS) in connection with team from Kanpur is going to Sources confirmedtoThe Indian and medical reasons to underline personallyreared animals are The statement says that a meet, BGB Region Commander July2-3 andthe July10encounter the killing of eight policemen in Maharashtratoquestion the Express that both were placed that the meat of the smuggled supposedtobesacrificed, not buffalo that costsRs50,000 in Addl Director General Md Zahid in whichDubey waskilled. Kanpur were notnamed as duo. The police team, whichin- under arrest by ateam of NIA, cattle is notfit forconsumption. those thathavebeen smuggled India will sell forRs1.5 lakh in Hasantold reporters in Shillong, The committee will investi- wanted accused in the case, a cludesthe investigating officer Delhi, late on Sunday.Sources The statement, in Hindi, gives and “tortured”. Bangladesh during Eid. The cat- “Actually, cattle smugglingis gate the actionsofDubey and his team from Kanpur police in the Kanpur case, would decide said ateam from Maharashtra details of howthe animals are Citing medical reasons, it tle smuggler,accordingtothe harmingour economy. If it (cat- men in thisperiod as well as all reachedMumbai on Sundayto on the next courseofactionaf- Police accompaniedthe NIA smuggledacross the border. says:“When the cattle under- BSF,makes about Rs 10,000 per tle) doesn't comefromIndia, the other encounters in the state. question them. terquestioningthem,headded. team forlogistic support. “The inhuman, merciless and goes mental and physical pain buffalo. then ourdairy farmers can do Other than Dubey,who was The ATShas producedArvind Requesting anonymity,apo- Sources alsosaidthatthe two seditious actions of cattle smug- before beingslaughtered,its In the past, the twosides better and we can take careof killedinthe July10encounter, alias Guddan Ramvilas Trivedi liceofficerfromKanpursaid, “We suspects from Pune were held by glers areverydisgusting,” it says. meat is notfit forconsumption. have maintainedthatthereis ourselves.” five of those namedinthe FIR and his driverSushilkumar alias areaware that TrivediisDubey’s the NIA in connection with the registeredinconnection with Sonu Suresh Tiwari before alo- accomplice but we arestill veri- case of arrest of aKashmiri cou- the killing of theeight police- cal courtwhich has remanded fying whether theywereinvolved pleinMarch fortheir alleged Kerala gold men, have been shotdead in en- them in judicial custody.The in the shooting. So far, theyare not linkswith the IS. Aishwarya, daughtertest counters withthe police. ATSproducedthe twoincourt wantedbutwe areconducting an Officialssaid the Kashmiri smuggling Thecommissionalsohasto in- under Section 41(1) CrPC (police investigation and if their names couple wasfirstarrestedin quire,indetail,anyconspiracybe- mayarrestany person without appear,weshall arrest them.” March by Delhi Police alleging positive, to quarantine at home racket: 1more tween Dubey,his associates and warrant on suspicion of being in- Another senior officer said if that theyhad linkstoIslamic thepolice,otherdepartmentsand volvedinacognizable offence). the team finds that adetailed State-KhorasanProvince(IS- held; IAS officer individuals,amongothersaspects An ATSofficersaid theyhave questioning of the duo is needed, KP), the Afghanistan-basedfac- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE of the case. It has to finishthe in- confessedtobeingpartofthe theywouldbebroughttoKanpur. tion of theIS. Investigators have MUMBAI,JULY12 to be questioned quiryintwo months. shootout in whicheight police- --WITHENSLUCKNOW claimedthat the couple wasin- volved in exploiting theunrest ADAY afterAmitabh Bachchan SHAJUPHILIP among the Muslim youth and his son Abhishek revealed THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Cop suspended againstthe CAA. that theyhad tested positive for JULY12 Investigators arezeroing on the coronavirus, his daughter-in- for links to Vikas the suspicioussocial media com- lawAishwarya (46) and grand- THE CUSTOMS Department on municationsof KhatriandSadiya. daughter Aaradhya (8) also Sundayarrestedone moreper- Dubey moves It mayberecalledthatSadiya tested positive forthe virus. His soninconnection with the has been on the radar of investi- wifeJayahas tested negative. seizureof30kgofgold from SC, seeks SIT gating agencies since 2015. Whilethefather-sonduowere diplomatic cargoat While no offence waslodged admitted to Nanavati hospital on Thiruvananthapuram Airport, into failed raid againsther in Maharashtra, the Saturday aftershowing mild addressedtothe UAEConsulate stateATS hadinDecember 2015 symptoms, Aishwarya and Municipal workers sanitise the area surrounding Amitabh —and has decidedtoquestion EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE providedcounselling to her as Aaradhya areasymptomatic and Bachchan's bungalowinMumbai's Juhu. Ganesh Shirsekar senior IAS officer MSivasankar NEWDELHI,JULY12 she wasfound mentallyset to go aresetto remaininhomeisolation. forhis alleged close linkswith to Syria forjoining the IS, after ANanavati hospital official membersofthe smugglingring. AN UTTAR Pradesh policeman being influencedbythe online said, “Both (Amitabh and dren, tested negative. aquarantine facility canbeset up Sources in the department RAF personnel at Kanpur district's Bikaru village,where whowassuspendedandarrested operativesofthe terror groups. Abhishek)are stable and have The BMC on Sunday sanitised forthe familyand thestaff,ifthe identifiedthe person arrested as Vikas Dubey and his gang killedeight policemen. PTI foralleged linkstoslain gangster On January26, 2018,Sadiya mild symptoms. Abhishek and sealedall four bungalows of needarises or if the same is re- KTRameez (33), whoisfacing Vikas Dubey has approachedthe wasput under arrest by the Bachchan maysoon be advised theBachchan family–Jalsa, quested,” said an BMC official. prosecution in three earlier Supreme Court,seeking an SIT Jammu and Kashmir police due home isolation and discharged.” Janak,Pratiksha and Vatsa–and On Sunday,actor Anupam smuggling cases. Earlier,Sarith P intothe killing of eight police per- to hersuspicious activities, but On Saturday,Aishwarya, Jaya declared them as containment Kher took to Twitter stating that S, aformer PROatthe UAE's con- Brahmins should not be sonnel by Dubeyand hisgang af- waslater releaseddue to lackof and other familymembers were zones. All staffers in the four bun- his mother has tested positive sulate, SwapnaSantosh,aformer terafailedpolice raid on July2. evidence and handedovertoher tested using rapidantigen kits. galows underwentthermal while his reporthas come nega- executive secretary at the made to feel terrorised, Uttar Pradesh Police Sub- family. Then in February same While theytestednegative,their screening. Thirty were identified tive.Kher tweeted, “My brother, Consulate, and their friend InspectorKKSharma and his year,she had held apress confer- swab samples were takenfor RT- as high-risk contactsand their bhabhi (sister-in-law) and niece Sandeep Nair,werearrestedin wife, who movedthe topcourt ence in Pune saying “she had PCR tests. Aishwarya and samples collected fortests. in spiteofbeingcareful have also connection with the case. Mayawati tells UP govt on Sunday, said“afterseeingthe gone to Jammuand Kashmirto Aaradhya tested positive on “Thereissufficientspaceavail- tested mildlypositive. Igot my- Sourcessaidtheywillbeques- incidentsofencountersofthe al- secureadmission in anursing Sundaybut Jaya,daughter able at Jalsa forthe stafftobein self tested as well &Ihavetested tioning Sivasankar,who wasre- Dubey incident and instead take leged accusedpersons in the course at alocal college.” ShwetaNanda and her twochil- quarantine for14days.However, negative.BMC is informed.” movedasPrincipalSecretaryto MAULSHREESETH action as per strong factsand es- present FIR”, theywere“of the Chief MinisterPinarayiVijayan,for LUCKNOW,JULY12 tablish public trust.” confirmedopinion and has full hisallegedcloselinkswithSarith, Sheadded,“Thegovern- apprehension that” even 2Pak militants Nair and Santosh. BSP CHIEF Mayawati on Sunday ment should notdoanything Sharma “maybeeliminatedby Son of Gujarat minister, 2friends “WehavenabbedRameez asked the Yogi Adityanath gov- that willmakethe ‘Brahmin adopting illegal andunconstitu- among 3killed in basedonthe deposition of Sarith. ernment nottodoanythingthat Samaj’herefeel scared,ter- tional means”. Rameez is aprominentfigure in would makeBrahmins feel rorisedand insecure.” “The incidentsofencounters Sopore: Cops held for violating lockdown rules the smuggling syndicate, which scared,terrorisedorinsecure. Meanwhile, Congress leader of thealleged accused persons in has been financing smugglers GangsterVikasDubey,ac- and former Union MinisterJitin the present FIR fully proves the Srinagar: Three Lashkar-e-Taiba The 3had an being out on the streetsduring abroad. Sarith and the other two cusedofkilling eight policemen Prasada offeredhis help to the factsthat the Respondentshave militants,including twofrom EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE altercation curfew hours. She purportedly arrested—SwapnaSanthoshand during araidathis home on July “community” in time of need. no faith in the courts of lawand Pakistan, were killedinanen- SURAT,JULY12 with snatchedthe keys of thecar and SandeepNair—havebeen facili- 3,wasaBrahmin. Five of hisasso- Prasada, undertaking the the lawofthe land and aregiv- counter in SoporeinKashmir’s Constable one of the youths calledupthe tating the smuggling through the ciates who have been killedinas “Brahm Chetna Samwad” cam- ingfinal verdict of punishment Baramulla district on Sunday. SON OF aGujarat ministerand SunitaYadav minister’s son who reachedthe diplomatic route. All these per- manyencounters also belonged paign in UP,claimedmembers by adopting illegal andunconsti- Policesaidanencounterbegan twoofhis friends were arrested spot. In the video, when asked sons have been getting commis- to the community. of his communitywerebeing tutional manners,” the plea said. intheRebanareaintheearlyhours in Surat on Sundayfor violating whyhesteppedout during cur- sionfortheirrolesinthenetwork,’’ Mayawati tweeted, “It is the made to roam from one place to AUPPolice Special Task Force of Sundayafter security forces lockdown norms and curfew curfew hours on July9night. few, the man claiming to be said asourceinthe Customs. belief of BSP that an entirecom- another forjustice. He alleged had arrested SharmaonJuly8on launchedacordonandsearch op- rules imposedinthe city dueto Apurportedvideo and audio Kanani’sson,isheardtellingYadav Swapna and Sandeep were munityshouldnotbeharassedor the environmentbeing created chargesthat he tippedoff Dubey eration around midnight. the surge of Covid-19cases. The clips of the altercation went viral he came “tohelp hisfriend”. arrested from Bengaluru on questionedfor thecrime of one indicatedthatthe intention of and gang about an impending “Two of the killedterrorists three were later released on bail. on socialmedia,following which Yadavjoinedthe Lok Saturdaybythe NIA,whichis wrongperson. Thus,inKanpur the BJP government towardshis police raid in Kanpur on July2 were foreigners and have been MinisterofState forHealth Surat policetransferredYadav to Rakshak Dal constabularythree looking at aterrorangle to the police killing case, while fear in community wasnot right. and fledfromscene as soon as identifiedasAbu Rafiaalias KishoreKanani’s son, Prakash, policeheadquarters, while order- years ago. She is from afamilyof caseafter invoking the UAPA. the community over crimes of In response, the ruling BJP ac- the shootout started. Usman and Saifullah, both resi- andhisfriendsDushyantGodhani ing an inquiryintothe episode. migrantsfromUPand grew up Regarding Sivasankar,sources Vikas Dubey andhis menshould cusedthe Congress and the BSP The petition said he “was di- dentsofPakistan... Theywerein- andSanjayKakadiaallegedly had Sources said Yadavstopped in Surat. On Sunday, she is learnt said, “Sivasankar will be ques- beremoved, at the same time, UP of trying to divide the society in rected by his in-charge namely volved in manyterrorinci- an altercation with Constable five youthswhowere travellingin to have reportedtoher new tionedtoascertain whether he Government should notdopoli- the wake of Dubey’skilling out VinayTiwari to remain at the po- dents...,” the J&KPolice said. ENS SunitaYadavonthe road during acar without wearing masksand posting at the headquarter. has anyrole in this racket...” tics in the name of the Vikas of their greedfor power. lice station”. Amid Covid spike, half of J&K to allow PULSE OXIMETERS tourists to fly in Sales surge, but imports hurt market share: Indian firms Srinagar under lockdown from July 14 order stated that inthe initial Some localbodieshavealso ufacturersand importers aread- fornot lessthanRs1,000.“Quality NAVEEDIQBAL phase, “therewill be apartial SHYAMLALYADAV bought their own.” visedtodeclaredetailsofthe de- productsare availableforRs2,000- SRINAGAR,JULY12 opening of the tourism sector for ARUNSHARMA NEWDELHI,JULY12 Industrysources said bulk or- vices within 18 months. Last 5,000.Someare costlier. But un- external visitors, limited to JAMMU,JULY12 dershavealsobeenplacedby month,the National known brands arebeing sold FOUR WEEKSafter thegradual tourists arriving from outside the THE SURGE in Covidcases has Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala PharmaceuticalPricingAuthority through online platforms and by unlocking of Srinagar began, a UT by air only”. THE JAMMU and Kashmir boosteddemandforpulseoxime- and Gujarat. The centralgovern- directedallmanufacturersandim- non-medical traders,” theysaid. fresh lockdown wasannounced The order advises tourists to administration on Sundayde- ters but Indianmanufacturers ment, meanwhile, hasdecidedto THE porters to detail the quantity and Established manufacturers in parts of thecity,starting 5pm have “confirmed” hotelbook- cidedtore-open the entryof complainthat zerocustoms duty reimburse the priceofpulse maximumretailpriceof thesede- and importers have also pointed on Sunday. The decision to en- ings and return tickets, proof for tourists flying intothe Union onmedicaldevicesto tacklethein- oximeters (up to Rs 1,200) pur- COVID vices. “Wehavegathered details. to lack of adequatequality forceanother lockdown in parts whichwillbechecked on ar- Territoryinaphasedmanner fection has ledtothe market be- chasedbyCGHS beneficiaries BUSINESS We areexamining the matter,” checks.Theypoint outthat while of the city comes afterthe rival, and cautionstourists from July14. ing floodedwith imports,cutting who test positive. says NIChoudhury, Advisor,NPPA. ISO-13485 is aquality manage- Jammu and Kashmir adminis- above the ageof65yearsto According to newguidelines intotheir market share. “Over the pastfew years, we VENTILATORSTOTESTING Some of theestablished ment system formedical devices, tration’s announcementthatthe “avoid” travel. issuedbythestateexecutive com- Theyhavealsoraisedques- have been making and selling brands, suchasNovin, Dr Trust the CE mark(European Union) Union Territorywill“reopen for According to authorities, mittee of the Department of tions about the dependence on nearly 70,000 pieces everyyear, KITS,OXYGENSUPPLIESTOPPE and Masimo, arefromthe US. and FDAtag (US) arefor safety tourism” and the city’s public thosereturning to the city after DisasterManagement,Relief China when it comes to compo- but in the last three months we AN EXPRESS SERIES PART 6 Manyofthe models manufac- and efficacy.Veryfew products spaces and gardens were the easing of restrictions account Rehabilitation and Reconstruc- nents.And highlighted thelackof have sold morethan that num- tured in India,including BPL, in the Indianmarket have these openedup. foramajority of thenew cases tion, tourists must have acon- effective regulation and certifica- ber. Due to growing demand, we ChoiceMMed, Newnik,Nidek, certifications, they say. The lockdown announce- and the number of peopleget- firmedhotelbookingandmustbe tion forthe device that measures arethinking of manufacturing February, hardlyany customer Medtek,Accusureand Infinity, “Until it is regulated,the certi- ment follows aspikeinCovid-19 ting infected from oneperson in possession of aconfirmed re- oxygen levels in blood -- akey pa- pulse oximeters, full-fledged,at asked for pulse oximeters. But use componentsfromabroad, ficationof importeditemsmustbe cases over the lastthree weeks. has increasedsignificantly. turn air ticket, or aconfirmed rametertoflag the onsetofCovid. thecomponentlevel.Butdespite since June, the averagedaily sale mostlyfromChina. Others im- checked,” said Tarun Arora, direc- The number of active cases in Deputy Commissioner, ticket to anyother place in the InDelhi,wherecasesarenear- the growth in sales, our market in this marketismorethan 100 port“readymadeitems” from torofInfinity Mediquip, aDelhi- Srinagarclimbed from 572on Srinagar,Shahid Iqbal countryoutside the UT. ing the 1.1lakhmark, thegovern- shareinIndia has reducedtoless pieces,” he said. China to be repackaged and sold based manufacturer. June 27 to 1075 on July11. As Choudharysaid, “The number of Therewillbea“partial” ment has ordered 65,000 pieces than50per cent of whatitwas Jaipur-basedYashModi, pro- here,say industryexperts. “Pseudo manufacturers im- manyas88red zones have been contactsofaparticular case be- opening of the tourism sector of which59,000have been deliv- earlier.That is because cheaper prietorofMicroand Nano “The dependence of Indian port items from countries like placedunder lockdownand bar- ing positive wasearlier one or for“external visitors from out- ered,saidSanjayGoel, in-charge productsare available,”said Technologies, imports compo- manufacturersonChinaishighas China andapplystickers of their ricades put up in largeparts of two, that same number is now side J&K, limited to tourists ar- of Covidpurchases and MD of Praveen Nagpal, Senior Vice nentsfromChina and manufac- components, likethe chip,are ownbrand and claim as Made in the city,blocking access to the between 8to15insome cases.” riving by air only’’, the guidelines Delhi Tourismand Transport President, BPL Medical turesnearly 1lakhpiecesannually made onlyinafew countries like India. The zerocustoms duty on main road. Also, tertiarycarehospitals said. Development Corporation. Technologies. under the brand name Meditive. China,TaiwanandMexico,”saida manyCovid medical devices is Meanwhile, the administra- areonlylocated in Srinagar and However, the UnionTerritory Tamil Nadu, Principal The rise in demand is also at “Weare facingover25percentin- manufacturer. addingtothis flood of importof tion on Sundayissued“guide- patientsinorder districtswith government is yettodecide on Secretary(Health) J the individuallevel, saidNK crease in demand,” he said. From Industrysourcessaidthesede- poorquality items,” saidRajiv linesfor tourists”visiting the complications or highviral load allowingthe Vaishno Devi pil- Radhakrishnan said, “Wehave Agrawal, ashop owner at South April, all medical devices have vices were available forabout Rs Nath, forum coordinator,Indian UnionTerritory. Agovernment getreferredtothe city. grimageinJammu. arranged nearly 30,000 units. Delhi’s YusufSarai market.“Till beenclassifiedasdrugs,andman- 500eachearlier but arenow sold MedicalDeviceIndustry(AIMED).

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SIMPLY PUT QUESTION &ANSWER What Pilot vs Gehlot means for both —and party Months afterits MP government fell, Congressfacesanother crisis in Rajasthan. What is similar,and what is not, between therebellions of Pilot and Scindia?

The BJP got74votes—its own72and 3 The feud between Gehlotand Pilotesca- been unhappywiththe Congress as theybe- MANOJCG from the HanumanBeniwal-ledRashtriya latedafter theCongresshigh command gave lieve it has notgiven them their due.The NEWDELHI,JULY12 LoktantrikParty, lessonevotedisqualified.And Gehlotathird shotatchief ministership, with Congress has historicallyhad tall Jat leaders unlikeinMP, mostofthe independents in an eyeonthe Lok Sabha elections that were in Rajasthan,suchasParasram Maderna, ATUSSLE betweenRajasthan ChiefMinister Rajasthan areclose to Chief MinisterGehlot. then round the corner. Thetwo leaders have Ramniwas Mirdha, and SisramOla. AshokGehlot andDeputyCM SachinPilothas DespitePilotbeing the PCC president since been at loggerheads since, and eachhas Interestingly,Gehlothad pippedMaderna pushedthegovernmentto thebrink.Alookat 2014,Gehlothad the upperhand in ticket dis- made comments againstthe other without to thepostfor thefirsttimein1998. Maderna the similarities and differences with the tribution forthe Assemblyelections in 2018 taking his name on severaloccasions. wasthen the Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradeshsituationwheretheresigna- and about 75% CongressMLAsare claimedto Assembly.The Jatshad then demandedthat tion of Congress MLAs loyaltoJyotiraditya beloyaltohim.ThePilot campclaimsthesup- But whyhasn’t it been sorted out? the Chief Ministerbefromamong theirranks Scindia had toppledthe government four port of at leasthalf the MLAs. Manyleadersarguethattheparty’scentral –either Maderna or KNatwar Singh. But monthsago,andthereasonswhytheCongress leadership has weakenedinthe last six years. Singh, likeSachin’sfather Rajesh Pilot, pre- struggles to resolve suchflare-ups: And the BJP is adividedhousein Regionalleaderswieldconsiderableinfluence. ferred to stay in national politics. Rajasthan, is it not? The AICC in-charge of Rajasthan,Avinash If Pilotweretoleave the Congress, how Yesitis, and that is perhapsthe key dif- Pande, is seenasalightweight, who does not Even if thegovernmentdoesnot fall, would the numbersstack up? ference with MP.Also, the postofChief have the staturetomakeGehlotand Pilotsit what will be the impact of this crisis? The difference between the combined Ministerisatthe heart of thetussle between across the tableand sortout their differences. The crisis will certainlyunderminePilot’s strengthofthe Congress and that of the BJP- Pilotand Gehlot,while Scindia wasnot ask- Sachin Pilotwith Chief MinisterAshokGehlotinJodhpur, File photo/PTI Rahul Gandhi’s decision to step backfrom position. Sources closetohim askhow he can ledoppositionisnot razor-thin in Rajasthan, ing forchief ministership, whichmadethings active organisational activities too, has leftthe remain in the government, that tooasnum- unlikeinMadhyaPradesh wherethe easy forthe BJP.IfPilotweretojoin the BJP, youngerleaders pondering their future. The bertwo,whenanFIRsays thatthe“DeputyCM Congress government fell when 22 MLAs the question would be whether he would sign so that the strength of the House comes CongressinJanuary2014after it suffered one old-versus-young tussle —and their compet- says that he will be the CM.The mutual dis- pulledout. In aHouse of 230, the Congress settle foranything less than chief minister- down. Theywould then have to join the BJP, of itsworstdefeatsunderGehlot. Pilot, those ing ambitions —has split the party in MP,and trustbetween Gehlotand Pilotwilldeepen. It strength fell from 114to92(nowdownto91 ship, giventhat he is already Deputy CM. and contest by-elections to fill the vacancies. closetohim say, believedhis appointment is nowthe most visible in Rajasthan. is terrible opticsfor the party,too. afterone moreresignation) whichisbelow Former BJP Chief MinisterVasundhara Raje But since the difference in the combined markedagenerational shift in the party, and It is alsodifficult forthe Congress to ig- the BJP strength of 107. and alarge section of the BJP leadership will strengthisaslarge as 50, that manyMLAswill thathewould be CM if the party wonagain. norecaste equations. Pilot comes from the Canany other statetoo see suchacrisis? The numbers in Rajasthan, on the other notacceptPilot as ChiefMinister. have to resign to bring the halfway mark Gehlothas been around foralong time. Gujjar community,and oneofthe factors that All is notwellinPunjab and Chhattisgarh. hand, were tested justamonth agointhe down to alevel whereeachside has 75. This He became ChiefMinister forthe firsttime in went againsthis elevation wasthat it may AlthoughPunjab CM Amarinder Singh does RajyaSabha elections. The twoCongress can- Can Pilotnot break the Congress and is assuming that the independentsand 1998,when he was47. He had been the PCC nothavegone down well with the Meena notface anychallengetohis leadership, there didatespolled123 of the200votes—its own walk out along with MLAs loyaltohim? smaller parties willalign as before.Ifthereis president, and had spearheadedthe community.Gehlot, on the other hand, be- is rumbling —and the likes of formerPCC 107, all13independent MLAs, 2two from To escape the anti-defection law, two- aswitch of sides by some of thosewho sup- Congress campaign that defeated Bhairon longs to thebackwardMali caste,and is not chief Partap SinghBajwa and former Minister BharatiyaTribal Partyand onefromRLD.It thirds of Congress MLAs will have to leave ported the Congress in the RajyaSabha polls, Singh Shekhawat’s BJP (whichhad been in seen as athreat to anycaste group —the NavjotSingh Sidhu keep stirring the pot. alsobanks on the support of thetwo CPM the party.That is averybig number —72out the breakawaycampwillneedfewer than 50. powersince 1990, barring ayear’s President’s dominant Jats, Gujjars, Meenas, or Rajputs. In Chhattisgarh, Chief MinisterBhupesh MLAs in acrunch,whichtakes the tallyto125. of theCongress’s 107MLAs. Rule), and brought the Congress backto Thatsaid, the Congress cannotignorethe Baghel and Health MinisterTSSingh Deo, It got 123votes because aministerand aCPM The other option is the ‘Madhya Pradesh What arethe rootsofthe powertussle? power. Gehlot has sincealternated as Chief Gujjars either —and that is whereitsought who wasacontender forthe post, aresaid to MLAcould notvoteonaccountoftheir health. model’ —whichmeans MLAs loyaltoPilot re- Pilotwas givencharge of the Rajasthan Ministerwith VasundharaRajeofthe BJP. to strikeabalance. As it is, the Jatshavelong be no longer on talking terms.

AN EXPERT EXPLAINS New insights on Covid

As the Covid-19 pandemicenters itssixthmonth in India, DR RANDEEP GULERIA, Director of AIIMS, tells KAUNAIN SHERIFF Mabout keylearnings from managing it, and newaspects thathaveemerged

In the beginning, we thought the virus therapy, and tocilizumab? wasonlycausing respiratoryinfection, Bothremdesivirandtocilizumabhave only pneumonia. Nowthereare patientswith emergency-use authorisation. If youlook at CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD blood clots;the virus is targeting the dataforremdesivir,initialstudiesdidnotshow transportofoxygen, choking offits supply muchbenefit. Subsequent studies said it to other organs. Does this mean Covid-19 showedsome benefitsindecreasing hospital THE WORLD is nowmoreavascular disease? stay by four days.Thereweresuggestions that Youare right. When it started, it wasfelt it inmoreseverepatientsitmay have amildben- 3,269,531 291,154 257,303 726,036 waslikeany otherviral pneumonia: as we see efit but it wassignificant to saythattherewas US United Kingdom Iran Russia withinfluenza,itcausespredominantlyupper mortality benefit. But Idon'tthink we have respiratoryproblemsand in some people it strongevidenceonewayortheother.Currently, goesto thelowerrespiratorytractandleadsto it is onlyapromising repurposing drug rather fall in oxygen saturation. But we arelearning than areally effective drug forCovid-19. moreand moreabout howthiscoronavirus Thereare twoorthree thingsweneedto 295,268 behaves.We realiseditcausesalot of systemic keepinmindaboutplasmatherapy. Everyone Mexico effects.Itcausesinflammationoftheinnerlin- does nothaveagood amount of antibodies as ing of bloodvessels andthis leads to narrow- shown by various studies from New York and 322,710 ing of their area. Also, we see alot of inflam- Europe. These studies have shown that in a Peru matorymarkers enter the blood. communityonly10-15 percenthaveantibod- 1,839,850 It causedahypercoagulable state, which iesand even people who recoverdon't show Brazil 849,553 264,184 India promotesclotting;andpeoplewere suddenly that robustantibody production. Whatit 312,029 SouthAfrica dyingbecauseof clotsblockingtheirbloodves- meansisthateverybody is notfit forplasma Chile sels in the lung and heart. We have startedto donation and youhavetocheckthe blood to see that happeninginthe brain, people with seewhetherithassufficientantibodiessothat TOTALCONFIRMED:12,772,755 DEATHCOUNT:566,036 stroke andotherneurologicalproblems.Inthe From adiagnosis point of view, yes, you Thereisrecent evidence that therecould it can be given. Second is that the dataisnot Source: Johns Hopkins University,updated at 11 pm on July 10 . JHU’s India tally and Health beginning, we thought allthiswasn’tamajor needtohaveaCT scan if youare looking at a be apost-Covid syndrome in children. strong. Thereisalarge study of 100patients Ministry’s tally (below) maynot match if these areaccounted at different times. issue but as we see morecases, it has become stroke.Dialysisisanotherimportantaspect;all Howseriousisthis? (with)randomisedcontroltrials,whichlooked an issue. So the treatment has to be holistic. Covid-19critical hospitals have dialysis ma- Thatisstillbeingevaluated.Ithas been re- atplasmatherapyanddidnotshowany strong Theinfectionstartsoff withthe lungs.Soit chines in their ICUs. AIIMS hasfour in the hos- portedfrommultiple places in the US and is mortalitybenefit.ItwasalsousedforEbolaand INDIA COUNT: 8,49,553 (22,674 DEATHS) is still apulmonarydisease. But it has signifi- pital and one is in the Covid suspect area. seeninindividuals, who sortofrecoveredand the evidenceisnot that strong. cant vascular problems. It can be termedasa then theyhaveafever, hyperinflammatory RESTOFINDIA vascular disease, to some extent. It canalsobe What do follow-ups showinrecovered syndromewhichaffectstheskin,intestine,and In patientswho arerecovering,are we TOP10STATES AndamanandNicobarIslands 163 termedasasystemicdisease because it in- patients whoselungs, kidney,brain were hascardiacdysfunction.Manyofthesepatients seeingpeople developing immunity for ArunachalPradesh341 Assam 15536 volves theentire body. infected? requireICUcaretosupportbloodpressure.This the virus? Areweseeing patients being Bihar15373 Thereare people who have residual dam- is asyndrome that is still evolvingand mimics re-infected? Chandigarh 555 Some autopsies ofCovid patientsreveal age. People who have had astrokehave another similar disease, Kawasaki disease. We arenot seeing patients, whichwecan 23,748 1,10.921 Delhi Chhattisgarh 3897 Rajasthan DadraandNagarHaveli471 people aredying from bloodclots in the neuro-deficit in terms of paralysis or some classically(categorise)underre-infectionasof 35,092 UP Goa 2368 brain whichiscausing the stroke.Isthe partofthe body notfunctioning. We have Therehas been no surge in cities(in now. However, thereisawhole debateonim- Haryana 20582 HimachalPradesh1182 virus travelling to the brain? also seen anumber of patientswho have se- Europe) where schools have opened. munity andhow longdoes it last. JammuandKashmir10156 Thereisnot much data on this. Doctors vere pneumonia, were lungs gettotally Does it meanthatschools can be Classically, we reliedonantibody forma- Jharkhand 3613 28,453 Kerala 7438 have triedtoculturethe virus from the brain scarred. Although theycomeout, some of reopenedinaplannedway? tion of immunoglobulin Einthe bloodtosay 40,941 West Bengal Ladakh 1077 itself. Whether it causes encephalitis, where them requireoxygenathomeafter recovery. It does seem thatchildren might notbebig that we have protection. What we really need Gujarat MadhyaPradesh 17201 doesthevirusenterthebrainanddoesitcause Threemonthsdown, CT scans have shown transmitters.However, untilnowmostschools to lookatis,andwhichisdifficultto doinalarge 33,402 Manipur 1593 Telangana Meghalaya 207 inflammationinthebrainorwhetheritcauses lungs areinbad shape. Thereisadebate areclosed. So thereisno real harddatatosug- population, is neutralisingantibodies. 2,46,600 Mizoram 227 inflammationof vesselssupplyingbloodto the about whether we have to give them steroids gest if thereisanoutbreak,havethe children It is possible that theremightbeneutralis- Maharashtra 27,235 Nagaland 748 Andhra Pradesh Odisha 12526 brain –all these arebeing looked at. Probably, or other drugs to be able to decrease the fi- carriedthe virustothe home? The fear is that ingantibodiesin sufficientamountbutarenot Puducherry 1337 it is alittle bit of both. brosis or put them under arehabilitation pro- if afew children getinfected, they might de- being picked. Second, we arealsolearning 36,216 Punjab 7587 1,34,226 Karnataka Sikkim 151 Therecould be viremia, gram so that their lung ca- veloptheinflammatorysyn- aboutthe body’s immune Tamil Nadu Tripura 1949 the virus traveling from the pacity can improve. Some drome,whichusuallyoccurs response; we have realised Uttarakhand 3417 bloodto thebrain,andcaus- patientskeep complaining two-three weeksafter the thatcell-mediated immu- It is still apulmonary The recommendation Union Health Ministryupdateasof11pm, July10. Some states mayhave ing some changes; but a ofdry cough, whichisdue infection. But theycan also nityisalsoactivatedandgiv- reportedhigher numbers. Onlystates/UTswith at leastone case listedabove. large amount of effect that disease. But it has to scars in the lung. Some give it to theelderly in the (hydroxychloroquine) ing protection through T- happensisbecauseofvessel significant vascular patients, over weeks, have house withcomorbidities is for mild cases... cellsintheblood.We maybe 5,34,621PATIENTS DISCHARGED IN 35 STATES AND UNIONTERRITORIES involvement. Youcan see complainedofweakness causing serious illness. protected to some extent, thatinourpatients,theyare problems. It can be and of nothaving the en- Hydroxychloroquineis morethan what we are notonlypresenting stroke termed as avascular ergy to go backtowork. In UK trials show recommended thinking right now. The big DAILYNEWCASESUNTILJULY12 even while in the ICU and disease, to some some case, thereare seri- hydroxychloroquine has because it is asafe question is howlongdoes being treated forCovid-19; extent. It can also be ous neurologicalproblems. no clinical benefits, WHO drug,easily available this protection last. Thatis 30,000 butithappensevenlateron, has discontinued the difficulttopredict. over the course of the dis- termed as asystemic Is it time to expand the HCQ arm of the Solidarity and evidence is as ease when the viral load disease because it symptoms ? trial. However, India’s strong and poor as What is the biggestCovid mayhavecomedownbut involves the entire With time,the symp- protocol continues to other drugs that have mysterytoday? 20,000 the inflammation persists. body” toms have reallyexpanded. recommend it formild beenpromoted” First, when we look at When we startedoff,itwas and moderatecases... transmission, the challenge ease Adecrease in kidney justcold, fever,and cough. The evidence we have is ishowmuchofitisairborne

ncr function has been reportedinsome Nowwehavebodyache,lossof senseof smell predominantlyfor prophylaxis. When we talk compared to dropletinfection and so what yI 10,000 patients.Isthe kidney also adirect target ? and tasteand it will graduallyexpand. It will in terms of treatment, the dataisnot that measuredoweneedtotake.

Dail The kidneycan fail under multiple ways; becomemorechallengingforthephysicianto strong. The current recommendation is for The secondissue is what we should we do one, when we have vessel involvement, and suspect and diagnoseCovid19. mild cases. But we alsoknowthatinmild withregard to theinflammationandsystemic ofteninadvance-stage patients,(thereis)sep- Ithinkwe willhavetobemoreliberalinour cases,there is spontaneous recovery; effect on organs.Weknowthat steroids make 0 tic shockwhichleads to adecreaseinblood testing, especiallyinahospital setting. We had whether theyare recovering becauseofhy- abigdifference.Are thereany otherdrugs,im- 15 June 10 July supplytokidney causingkidneyfailure. Also, this problem twomonths ago… patients with droxychloroquineorontheir ownisnot clear. munomodulators,oranti-inflammatorydrugs, whatwe found,inaroundone-thirdofpatients stroke didn’t gettested, went intothe general It is recommended becauseitisasafedrug, whichalong withsteroids, mayactuallyhelp who arecriticallyill —theydohaveacutekid- ward,andunderwentCT,MRI.Andlater,when easily available, and evidence is as strong and decreasethesystemiceffectsofvirus?Notonly neyinjuryand requiredialysis. We had antic- the X-raylookedabnormal, theyweretested poor as other drugs thathavebeen promoted. save livesbut reduce the multi-organeffect? Have aquestion on the COVID-19outbreak and whatyou should/shouldnot do? ipated this to some extent. andcamepositive forCovid.Thiscreatedpanic. Finally, we need to reallysee howfastwecan [email protected] We arelearningthat we needtohavealow What is the preliminary evidence getaneffectiveand safevaccine. At hospital level, does this mean we need thresholdfordiagnosingandwe shouldtestall emerging in Indian patientswith respect moreCTscans and dialysis machines? patientswith an atypical presentation. to remdesivir,convalescent plasma (Edited excerpts)

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§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA US president’s anti-student salvo hastodowith BECAUSETHE TRUTHINVOLVES US ALL what he considers enemywithin —liberalism

MALABAR MOMENT Bhaskar Chakravorti

Inviting Australia intoMalabar exercise can be partoflarger YOUMAY BE amongthe 2,00,000plus Indian Whywould Trump’s band of geniuses logic, consider these. studentsstudying or planning to study in an bother with suchtrivialities, givensomuch First, the administration’s actions arede- strategy to address strategic consequences of China’s rise American university.You maybeaparentor else goingonthatcould easilyhelp occupy signedto influence the universities’ decision- well-wisher standing behind astudent. You their time? The US holds the worldrecord in making process regarding campus re-open- ELHI’S REPORTED OPENNESStoAustralia’s participation in India’san- maybewonderingwhy is America hassling COVIDcases and deaths. Twentymillion ings. This is partofTrump’spush to getbackto nual naval exercises with the US and Japan hopefullymarks theend of internationalstudents.Now, let’s notkidour- workers have losttheir jobs andonly4.8 mil- business-as-usual, anarrative essential forre- itsincrediblyslowadaptation to arapidlychanging maritime environ- selves. Going to the US to study has neverbeen lion of those lostjobs were recoveredinre- election. He’s been urging schoolstore-open. ment in the Indo-Pacificlittoral. In inviting Australia, Delhi is also hope- easy.Backinmyday,Ronald Reagan wasthe openings in June. Nearly nine million adults The international student visa move is away Dfullyputting away itsneedless defensiveness on choosing itspartners US president. Ivisited the US embassy three and four million children areliving with post- to strong-arm university administrations. times, wasmadetowait outside the building pandemic food shortages. George Floyd’s Losing these studentswould mean loss of forsecurity cooperation. Waybackin2007, the Indian Navy invited the maritime forces forhours in heat and duststorms, onlypartly murder in Minneapolis brought 26 million much-neededrevenues foruniversities. of Japan, Australia and Singaporetojoinits annual bilateral Malabar navalexercises with mitigated by the greeneryofthe Diplomatic people intothe streets. Second, don’tforgetthe long-running the United States. On the face of it, having afive-nation navalexercise in the BayofBengal Enclaveand dreams of an adventureahead. And then, thereisthat election in China-as-enemyrhetoric. Chinaisthe biggest seemed sensible, to optimise the costs of conducting so manyseparatebilateral exercises Thevisainterview waslikeapoliceinterroga- November. source of international students. Athirdrea- with India’s partners. It turnedout to be anything but. tion and it got even worse when Ilandedat So, whypickthis fight? It is notasifthe son has to do with the enemywithin—liber- In Delhi all hell brokeloose as China objected to the exercises and itsmedia beganto the John FKennedy airportinNew York.My coal miners of West Virginia, whovoted alism. The three states that overwhelmingly experience is farfromunique. Trumpinare being displacedbythese hap- benefit from international students, California, describe them as the firststeptowards thecreation of an “Asian NATO”. The defence min- Isuspectthings improvedsince theReagan less students. Someone should slip amemo NewYorkand Massachusettswill, without isterofthe UPAgovernment, AK Antony, got hotunder thecollar at the political storm the years before they got worse. Trumpseems to to theTrumpre-election team that interna- question, votefor Joe Biden.Collegecampuses BayofBengal exercises had triggered.The Leftparties, whichwereamajor partofthe have problems with “aliens” of manystripes. tional studentsproduced4,58,290 jobs in arealso considered to be moreleft-leaning. Congress-ledUPA coalition, who were generallyopposedtoengagement with the West, Thelatestanti-studentsalvo beganwithaJune 2018-19, almost nine times the number of Finally, Trumpknows his base gets weaker announced street protests.AnangryAntonypulledthe plugonany multilateral navalex- WhiteHouse proclamation to stop “aliens coal miningjobs in America. the closer youget to college. Sixty-four per ercises,but also appliedpolitical and bureaucratic brakes on the ambitious defence co- who present arisk to the US labour market”. Manyoftheseinternational studentshave cent of non-college-educated Whites sup- Nowwehaveguidance from the US survivedthe rigours of the mostcompetitive portedDonald Trump, as compared with38 operation agenda that Prime MinisterManmohan Singh and his predecessor in the de- ImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement(ICE) What canyou —student, institutions on Earth. Manypay three times per cent of Whites with auniversity degree. fence ministry, Pranab Mukherjee, had agreedtoin2005. It wasonlythe adventofthe NDA that will prevent all international students parent,well-wisher —do? the tuition paid by domestic students. For Punishing colleges and “elitism” is apower- government in 2014 that sawrenewedmomentum to India-US defence cooperationand from getting or keeping astudent visa if their Google the addresses forICE many, the airline tickets alonehaveemptied ful part of there-electionnarrative.Ofcourse, morebroadlyIndia’s navaland militarydiplomacy.Itgreen lightedthe participation of classes aretobetaughtexclusively online. the family’s financial reserves. It’s no wonder the reaction from US academia has been swift. Japan in the Malabar exercises in 2015 andwill nowwelcome Australia. Being together on acampus is one of the leadership. Bang out aletter that those who make it pastthe hurdles do Universities,across the board,including my India,however,has lostmuchvaluable timeinthe 13 years since the BayofBengal hallmarksof American higher education, but on Microsoft Word and well forAmerica. The next student to be own, have protested—somehaveevensued. exercises. TodayChina is farmorepowerful and itsnavynow maintains apermanent fea- togetherness is currentlyapublic health risk. makeaPDF to ensure it will bootedout could be the next Noubar Afeyan, What can you—student, parent,well- Some universities plan to cautiouslyre-open from Lebanon. AfteranMIT PhD, he eventually wisher —do? Google the addresses forICE tureofthe Indian Ocean. It has acquired itsfirstmilitarybase in Djibouti in the Hornof not be tampered with. Tell their campuses with face-to-face classes. co-foundedModerna, afront-runner in the leadership. Bangout aletteronMicrosoft Africa. Karachi and Gwadar arealready de-factonaval facilities forthe PLANavy. Thereis Others have gone allonline. And yetothers them howstupid this idea is race foraCOVID-19vaccine.Thenext student Word and makeaPDF to ensureitwill not mounting speculationthat Iran is about to letChina develop portfacilities at the mouth have ahybridmodel planned. One benefitof and that it will only set deniedentrycould bethenextGitaGopinath, be tampered with. Tell them howstupid this of the strategicHormuz Strait in theGulf. Meanwhile,China’spolitical and militaryinflu- online instruction is that it givesevery stu- Americaeven further back. from India, aPrinceton PhD. Aschief econo- idea is and that it will onlyset America even ence is growing in the island states of the Indian Ocean and the PLAhas emergedasa dent the same experience, as long as they Get on aZoom call with mistofthe IMF,sheis assessing the economic furtherback. GetonaZoom call withyour major strategic actor in the eastcoast of Africa. Delhi had betthatdeference to Chinese have reliable internetservice and areina damageworldwidefromthe great lockdown friends in America and suggesttheydothe compatible time zone. your friends in Americaand —and possible actions forrecovery.That stu- same thing. Alsotell ICE that the companies sensitivities would limit Beijing’spotentialthreats to India. The oppositehas happened. The ICE announcement risksmaking suggest they do the same dent we lockout could be the next letting youget all this doneare all run by — As China turns moreassertive in the Great Himalayasaswell as the Indian Ocean, Delhi noncitizens of the US second-class citizens in thing. Also tell ICE that the Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, from Nigeria. youguessedit—former international stu- is nowscrambling to find answers. The decisiontoinviteAustralia intothe Malabar ex- digital classrooms. It eliminates the option of Afterstudying at Eastern Connecticut State dents. Theyare also America’s gifts to itself ercise can onlybeasmall partofamuchlargerstrategy that Delhineeds to address the traveling to gain better digital access or time companies letting you get all University,Johns Hopkins and Yale,she wrote and to the world. long term strategic consequences of China’s rise and itsimpact on India’s security. zone synchronisation. Those who areforcedto this done are all run by — anovel withoneof the finestinsightsintobe- return, mustuprootthemselves, face restric- you guessed it —former ing BlackinAmerica. Without anyofthese or The writer is Dean of Global Business at The tionsintravel,return to potentiallyunsafe con- international students. They countless of my ownstudents, our under- Fletcher School at TuftsUniversity,founding ditions or carry unsafeconditions with them standing of whereAmerica is and whereit executivedirector of Fletcher’s Institutefor —the US has the highestvolumeofCOVID-19 are also America’sgifts to ought to go would be much poorer. Business in theGlobal Contextand anon- THE GOODNEWS cases in the world. itself and to the world. To disentangle the twistedTrumpian resident senior fellowofBrookings India

With India headedfor abumper kharif harvest, agriculture continues to holdout hope amid crisis

ARMERS HAVE COMPLETED sowing of kharif crops in nearly 55 per cent of the season’s normal area by thefirstweek of July.Lastyear at this time,theyhad AUNIVERSAL BENEFITS REGIME achievedhardly38per cent coverage,while undertakingthe bulk of plantings after mid-July andall through August. The primaryreason has been the south- Fwest monsoon’s timelyonsetand thecountryreceiving 14 per cent above-nor- Digitisationmakes it possible. It can be discontinued when pandemic ends mal rains so far. With waterlevelsinmajor reservoirs at 146per cent of thelast10-years’ averagefor this time andgroundwater tables rechargedfromthe good pre-monsoon show- ers as well, farmers have sought to capitaliseonthe excellent soilmoistureconditions. Not Rohini Nilekani, GauravGupta and RoopaKudva surprisingly, everycrop—frompaddy andpulses to maize, bajra, jowar, small millets,soy- abean,sesamum, groundnut and cotton —has posted asignificant acreagejumpoverlast IN AWELCOME move,the Pradhan Mantri Rs 2,000.Our dataalsosuggeststhatabout five Severalstateshaveexperimented with a kharif.Fertilisersales registering high double-digitgrowth everymonth from November Garib KalyanYojana, whichtargets 800mil- million households could have both run out moreuniversal approachwith positive re- lion people forfreerations throughthePublic of savings and notreceivedany cash transfer sults. Tamil Nadu’s PDS system has strong is further proof of farmers’inclinationtoplantand also invest in their crop. Distribution System, has been extendedun- from the government. coverage andequitable pricing, delivering 20 Simplyput,India is headedfor abumper kharif harvestontop of the recent rabi or win- tilNovember.Asthe COVID-19pandemic We estimate thatover 55 millionworkers, kg of rice at Rs 1/kgevery month to allfam- ter-springcrop.Thisis,of course,subjecttothemonsoonnotplayingtruantinthesecondhalf rageson, amassive effortis being undertaken who were earning above povertyline in- ilies who needit. Morerecently, Chhattisgarh (August-September) and also no locustattacks.Lastyear,there wasverylittle rainfalltillthe to minimise the economic impact on our most comes, have lostjobs, temporarilyorperma- universalisedPDS to provide fortheirreturn- last week of July, afterwhichitpoured so muchthat 2019 endedupasthe wettestyear in a vulnerable population. Schemes suchasJan nently, duringthiscrisis.Manysuchworkers ing migrantswith encouraging results. quarterofacentury. Theoppositehappening —goodrainsnow giving waytoextendeddry Dhan,PM KisanandPMUjjwalaaimtotrans- would notshowupaseligible under standard MGNREGAhas always been open to allrural ferRs532 billon to 420 million people. These lists.The scale of current urban-rural migra- households. spells—cannotberuledoutthisyear.Oneneedsto equallywatchoutforlocustswarms:The effortshaveprovedtobereasonably success- tion makes this challengeworse. If we shiftto We could factor in voluntaryopt-outs. The Food and Agricultural Organisation has warnedabout breeding already occurring along the ful. With this success, and with so manypeo- universal benefits we can minimise asitua- “Give up LPG Subsidy” campaign offers many Indo-Pakistanborder.These could lead to “substantial hatching and band formation” this ple nowindangerofslipping intopoverty,itis tion wheremillions miss outoncritical relief. lessons. By highlightingtherealintendedtar- monthandcausethefirst-generationof inbredswarmsto formby mid-August.Thatiswhen imperative to createaregime, even with asun- Whoeverturns up to arationshop needing gets of the relief effortand the adverse impact the kharif crop,too,wouldbeinthe vegetative growth stage. Government agencies needto setclause,ofuniversal benefits. free/subsidisedrationsshould be abletoget onmillionsof people,others could beinspired We have commissionedamulti-round We estimate that over 55 it. People should be able to sign up foracash to give up their ownbenefits.This couldre- be on high alertduring the next 4-5 weeksand takepreemptivecontrol measures, includ- million workers, who were ing aerial spraying operations in the main scheduled desert breedingareas. survey of 47,000 households, mostly below relief transfer with minimal paperwork.The duce some of the burden on the exchequer. povertyline,across 15 states. The surveys ex- earning above povertyline good news is that nowit'smorepossible than We areinamarathon when it comes to As things stand, agricultureisone sectorthat seems to holdout hope, even as manu- plorewhetherrelief schemes have been work- incomes, have lost jobs ever before. this pandemic. People will needsupport for facturing,retail andother services continue to grapple with uncertaintyfromrising COVID ing as intended, who is missing out and what Digitisation has created efficiencies that longer than anticipated.Duringacrisis, the cases and localisedlockdowns. The NarendraModigovernment didwell to ensure smooth moreisneeded. Our datarevealedthe imme- temporarily or permanently canbeleveraged to expand the welfarenet. emphasis needs to be on including those harvesting of the rabi crop and also minimum supportprice-based procurement in re- diate, andlikelylong-lasting ,natureoftheeco- during this crisis. Many such The vast amountof leakageinthe welfaresys- who reallydeservethe help rather than spect of wheat, paddy, chana,rapeseed-mustard and tur.Nomajor reports have come of nomic shock.Primaryincome earners in two- workerswould not showup temwas notdue to fraudbycitizens, but be- making surethe wrongpeopleare kept out. shortage of fertiliser,seedand other inputsfor the current kharif season either.The recent thirds of the households have losttheirjobs as eligible under standard cause of fraudand inefficiencybythose deliv- It’s preciselybecause the current systems or wages. Theaverage familyhas lost more ering the benefits. Successive governments arelargely working that we cancontemplate reforms involving removalofstockholding limitsonfoodstuffs and allowing farm produce than60percentof itspre-crisis income andis lists. Thescale of current should be applaudedfor the steep reduction auniversal benefitsapproach. This approach to be tradedoutside regulated mandis maynot have anysubstantial immediateimpact. nowmaking justRs4,000/month. Twenty urban-rural migration makes in suchproblems.ImplementingtheJAMtrin- canbediscontinuedonce the pandemic But theysend out the right signals about asector whose growth, employment and value four per centof low-income households have this challenge worse. If we ity has helpedlowertransactioncosts,reduce ends and the economic shocks abate. The creation potential, both on- and off-farm, hasn’t reallybeen realised. runout of moneyandsupplies. Fortypercent shift to universalbenefits we leakages and reachbeneficiaries quickly. PM’s recent announcement is astrong start- families areindebt. In some states, as many Aadhaar can prevent identity frauds. Our so- ing point. Let’s extend that further by mak- as one in five primaryincome earners do not canminimise asituation phisticated paymentsinfrastructureenables ingituniversal —freebasic rations to who- expect to find work in the near future. where millions missout on directbenefit transfers. The speedatwhich ever claimstoneedit. Freeze Frame EPUnny In this diresituation, government relief has critical relief. Whoever turns MGNREGApaymentsare madeto beneficiar- been an importantlifeline. Ninety four per up to aration shop needing ies has improved morethan threefold since Nilekani is aphilanthropistand chairperson, centof eligible families hadreceivedextraPDS 2015.Pilots forthe OneNation-One Ration Arghyam. Gupta is partner and Asia director, rations by end Mayand 80 percent had re- free/subsidised rations Cardprojecthaveshown that inter-state Dalberg Advisors. Kudvaismanging director, ceivedcashentitlementsaveraging close to should be able to get it. portability is possible. Omidyar Network India

JULY 13, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO

RALLY IN PAKISTAN ASSAM CONGRESS’S VIEW the aircraft carrying the twocrashed, has FIVE OUTLAWED POLITICAL parties in THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of the Assam deniedthat her husband wasmedicallyun- Pakistanhavevowedtolaunchanationwide Congress Partyhas sought Prime Minister fit. She also quoted Air ChiefMarshal Arjan movement to outlawthe government of IndiraGandhi’s permission to stakeclaims Singh as saying that therehad been an ex- General Ziaul Haqif democracy is notrestored to form agovernment in the state. The com- plosion in the aircraft and that it had tryto in the countrywithinsix weeks. The Pakistan mittee said manyproblems have come up in perform acrobatics before crashing. The Air Nation Alliance (PNA) presenteditsdemands the wayoffindinganamicable solution to Chief Marshall, however, deniedmaking any at anational conventionattendedby 800del- the foreigners problem in the statebecause suchstatement. egates in Lahore. The meeting chaired by Pir it did nothaveapopular government.The Ali Shah of the Muslim League washeld in vi- resolution said that theforeignersproblem NO TO CONGRESS olation of the martial law. General Ziahadout- wasanational problem and should be solved THE JANATAPARTY President Chandra lawedpolitical parties in October lastyearand at the national level. Shekhardeniedreports that he hadevertried bannedpolitical gatherings. The PNAresolu- to jointhe Congress (I). He said the “possibil- tion said that GeneralZia’s order had turned SANJAY PLANE CRASH ity of my joining the Congress is likethe Pakistan“into agraveyard andthe countryhas USHA SAXENA, WIFE of Captain Subhash possibility of Mrs Gandhi trying to join the been totallyparalysed”. Saxena who waswith SanjayGandhiwhen JanataParty”.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,JULY13,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “Without ahigh number of daily tests, it willbeimpossible to assesshow quicklycases are rising and what level of risk Covid-19 carriersposetomembers 9 THE IDEAS PAGE of thepublic.” —DAWN Commission and omission Adangerous illegality Acommittee whichproposestoreform criminal lawfrompost-colonialand non-patriarchal perspectivesexcludes women, minoritiesand representativesofmarginalisedsections We needarootand branchrepair of policeand guardian agencies tasked with keeping them lawful

public. Theymakeafine excuse forgovern- mentstoleave vacancies unfilled, go short on equipment and upgrades. At 158, India’s police to populationratio (policestaff per 1,00,000 citizens)isone of theworstinthe world. Itlagswell behindits neighbours. Manpowerdeficitsturn into perpetual inefficiencies,contributetolow NanditaRao conviction ratesand long incarcerations for Maja Daruwala the hapless poor who overcrowd our jails. Another common illegality is picking up AFIVE-MEMBERCOMMITTEEfor Reforms in people withoutcause.Often it is because the Criminal Lawhas been setupbythe Union AQUICKGLANCEatthe daily news from local publicwants aquick arrest andthepo- Ministryof HomeAffairs at theNationalLaw around the country throwsupstory after lice apatsy.People with prior records form University (Delhi). The vice-chancellor of NLU storyofpolice misbehaviour,great and apool of easy pickings, as do the powerless (Delhi) is the chairpersonand themembers small. Videos uploadedday afterday con- —inthe Ryan schoolboymurder case, the include GSBajpai, registrar,NLU,Delhi, Balraj firm this is no rarity —ahorrific double mur- bus conductor had to stand forthe real cul- Chauhan, vice-chancellor of DNLU Jabalpur, der in Tamil Nadu, grosslydepraved behav- prit until the CBI steppedin. Mahesh Jethmalani, senior advocateand GP iour towardswomen who came to complain The speedofarrestand strength of in- Thareja, former district and sessions judge, in UP,four alleged escapeesgunned down vestigations arenotoriouslyselective.Inthe Delhi. The mandateofthe committeeisto by apolice posse in Telangana, afather tor- Tuticorin custodial murder,the father and recommend reforms in the criminallawsof tured to death before his10-year-old son in son were arrested on the instant fora15- the countryinaprincipled, effectiveand effi- Hapur,UP. minutelockdown infraction. But it took six cient manner,whichensures thesafetyand It is no stretchtosay these depravities days,the Madras High Court’s doggedinter- security of the individual, the community and areprobablythe tipofthe iceberg. Statistics vention and anationalhue andcry before the nation and whichprioritises the consti- reaffirm the epidemic of bad behaviour.The six policemen could be arrested.Vikas tutional values of justice,dignity andinherent NationalCrimeRecordsBureaurecords 853 Dubey with 60 cases, including the daylight worthofthe individual. In itswisdom,the custodialdeaths between 2010 to 2018 —70 murder of aministeragainsthim, could not committeehas decidedtocommence “on- of them in 2018 alone. At 1,636,the National be touchedfor decades. In Delhi, the swift line” consultationsatthe peakofthe COVID- Human RightsCommission putsthe death criminalisation of student protestors is mov- 19 epidemic to ensurethat it has itsreport figuremuchhigher.For this,justthree po- ing apace while thereislittle word about the ready in thesix-monthtime-framefixed by licemen have been convicted. allegedpolice vandalism inside JNU hostels. the home ministry. It is common practice in police stations Action againstsenior politicians alleged to Lawreform is ordinarilywithin theman- to ignorethe statute,laiddownprocesses have made incendiaryspeeches is awaited. date of theUnionMinistryofLaw and histor- and Supreme Courtguidelines. So frequent From talukatonational level, checksand ically, various lawcommissions have been set is the brazen disobedience to the lawthata balances to staunchpolice transgressions up to recommend lawreforms.Apartfrom lotofillegality seems to have morphedinto abound. Internally, there aredisciplinary government servants,the commission con- acceptedpractice. Amostdangerousillegal- mechanisms. Outside, thereare the courts. sists of area experts,lawyers and is givena ity hidesinside the “encounter” storiesthat Everystate has human rightscommissions, specific mandate, suchasremovalofobso- regularly surface.Whetheritiswhendealing specialinterestbodies likethe scheduled lete laws or identificationoflaw that obstructs CRSasikumar withso-calledinsurgents, sandalwood castesand scheduledtribes, women, and economic progress. Afterholding nationwide seektoachieve.The women’s bar across the morelikeareferendum on the amendments smugglers, alleged rapists on the wayto minoritiescommissions, and some have the consultations over aperiodofthree years, the countryhas refusedtoacceptthe composi- predeterminedbythe committee members, court,ormostrecently,the UP “encounter” police complaintsauthorities. The Supreme commission givesareport that is studied by tion of this committee and has demandedits rather than an open-endeddiscussion to de- of gangsterVikas Dubey andseveral of his Court’scleardirections coupled with the the lawministryand then placedbefore reconstitution —112 women lawyersfromthe termine the reform priorities of accomplices,thestorieshave afamiliar ring. criminal code provide ample safeguards Parliament. Thereisnoreasonable explana- Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta,Bangloreand Madras Independent India. The wickedwereincustody.Theytriedto againstexcess. But all this is on paper. tion whyauniversity is being chargedwith High Courts have written to the chairman of The inhuman killing of George Floyd in escape. Apistolwas snatched.Shots were In real life, internal mechanismsare makingrecommendations on the reform of the committee expressing their graveconcern the US has sparkedoff aglobal introspection fired.Therunawaywaskilledinself-defence. overindulgent of illegal behaviour,obscure criminal lawand that too, with an ambigu- that acommittee whichproposes to reform intocriminal lawand an acknowledgment Afew policemen were injured.Factorfic- and dilatory. Putting it kindly, toooften the ous objective,inatruncated time-frame of criminallaw from apost-colonial and non-pa- that lawenforcers arethemselvesbecoming tion, end of the story. firstresponderlowercourtsare constrained six months. triarchal perspectiveexcludes women, mi- athreattothe livesand liberties of citizens, So commonisthis stratagemfor dealing by capacityand circumstanceto belessthan The purpose of criminal lawisnot onlyto norities and representativesofthe margin- especiallythose from minorities andmar- with inconvenient people that everymedia vigilant in the protection of lifeand liberty. detercriminaldeviance and protect society alisedsections of society. ginalisedcommunities. Worldoverthereis platformtalkedaboutthestrong possibility The 70 per cent undertrials awaiting their from crime, but also to provide procedural Causingeven furtherambiguityon theex- no longer tolerance forrationalising police of Dubey being “encountered”. Editorials dayincourt attest to this. safeguards to individuals and protect inno- act focus of reform and at odds with the noti- World over there is no longer excessesinthe nameofcommunity or na- warnedagainstit. To no avail.Once in UP,he Very fewofthe over one hundred centsfromStatepersecution. Thepresump- fied objectiveofthe home ministry, whichis tolerance forrationalising tional security.Itisunfortunatethat in India, waskilled. The Supreme Courtisclear that guardian bodies dottedaround the country tion of innocence, the principle of equality “ensuring the safetyand security of the indi- police excesses in the name the criminal lawreform agenda hasclubbed in eachsuchcase, an FIR mustberegistered work effectively.Manyare simplysinecures before the law, non-admissibility of state- vidualand thenation”, the mission statement of communityornational the security of an individual with the security and the matter probed independently. If forthe aged.Others aredeliberatelyleftun- mentsmade to thepoliceand restrictions on of the chairman of the committeeon itsweb- of the nation. This runs contrarytothe expe- false, an “encounter” is premeditated mur- derstaffedand under-resourced. The Andhra admissibilityofincriminating evidenceob- sitestatesthat:“Thecolonial foundations of security. It is unfortunate riencedreality of mostmarginalisedpeople der.Thatisall. No one will shedatearforthe Pradesh SHRChasnochairperson nor mem- tainedfromsearch andseizure areall inte- ourcriminal lawhavelongbeen amatter of that in India,the criminal across the world, who aremostlyatthe re- likes of Vikas Dubey,but we should forthe bers. Gujarat, Bihar,Chhattisgarh, Kerala and gral to the purpose of criminal law. The fact concern in legal discourse. The fundamental lawreform agenda has ceivingend of police atrocities and harass- rule of law. Tamil Nadu SHRCs function with acting thatthe Unionhomeministry, under whom principles of Indian Penal Code, Criminal clubbedthe securityofan ment.Their safetyliesinstrongprocedural Notregistering complaintsisanother chairs and Himachal Pradesh,Jharkhand, three investigative agencies function, has no- ProcedureCodeand Indian EvidenceActcon- laws that ensurethe presumption of inno- common failing. If registered, itsmagnitude Manipur,Maharashtraand Rajasthan have tifiedthisreformagendaisinitselfacause of tinue to reflect statepaternalismand Victorian individual with the security cence and deterarrestand long incarcera- is oftendiluted.Itissodifficult forwomen, no members. The fewinstitutions that have concern and raises questions as to the propri- morality of the colonial state.” One would have of the nation. This runs tion on flimsy grounds. in particular,toget crimes registeredthat in the powerand resources restrain their own etyofthis exercise. imaginedthatwiththismission statement contrarytothe experienced The strong critique by thelegal fraternity 2013,the lawitself had to be changed.Now functioning through terminal timidity.All The composition of this committee, its andapost-colonial agenda, the committee of the CriminalLaw Reform Committee set apolicemanwho refuses to registeracom- areroutinelyignored or duped through methodology and time-frame, have alsobeen would seektoreformthe laws thatprovide realityofmostmarginalised up at the National LawUniversity(Delhi) by plaint of asexual assault faces atwo-year wordyvague responses or gamedvia pro- receivedbythe legal fraternity across the qualifiedimmunity forpolice excesses or in- people acrossthe world,who the MHA,onits composition,methodology sentence. But since hardlyanyone has been cedural smokescreens designedfor delay. countrywithdisapproval, suspicion and dis- viteconsultationonrationalisingthepunish- are mostly at the receiving and time-frame is abell of caution againstany punished,the remedial section liesstillborn. Even without going intothe incidentsof comfort. The Bar Council of Delhi wasone of ment and definitionofoffences againstthe end of police atrocities and attempt by this committee to dilutethe pro- Some inkling of crime registration can corruption, extortion, intimidation, justthe the firsttoraise an objection to the almost stateand againstpublic tranquillity. Instead, cedural safeguards of individuals in the name bediscernedfrom India’s crime rate.In2018, number and regularity of heinous crimes complete exclusion of practising lawyers and the focus of thiscommittee seems to beon in- harassment. Their safetylies of national security. It is alsointhe optimism it stood at 383.5 per 1,00,000population. By callsoutforroot andbranchrepairofthepo- the Bar from the committee. Severalretired creasing strict liability offences and making in strong procedural laws that acommitteewith atrulypost-colonial contrast, the crime rate in the US wasover lice and the manyguardian agencies tasked judges and senior advocates have also raised sexual offences gender neutral. that ensure the presumption vision willrespect the democratic voices of 2,500per 1,00,000 .Thisseems to make with keeping them lawful. concern over the lackofdiversity in the com- The methodology adoptedbythe com- of innocence and deter arrest dissent and changeits composition and clar- India asafer and better policedcountry. But positionof thecommittee andthe inadequacy mittee basedonquestionnaires,also reflects ify itsobjective. actually, such artificial sweetnessabout low The writer is senior advisor,TataTrusts and of the time-frameand lack of clarity on the apredetermination on what is to be and long incarceration on crimefigureshurts the policeasmuchasthe CommonwealthHuman Rights Initiative objectivesthatthe reforms or amendments amendedand the process of consultationis flimsygrounds. The writer is aDelhi-based lawyer

LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR Justice with atwist SUSPICIOUSDEATH IDEAS THIS REFERS TO theeditorial,'Undue Verdictsseemmoresympathetic to causesofMuslim women,than of Hindu women process'(IE,July10). Assuspected,itdid- ONLINE n’t take long forthe UP police to stage Faizan Mustafa what seems likeafakeencounter for ONLYINTHE EXPRESS Vikas Dubey.The dreadedgangster, with deep connections in police and political ● DENYINGTALENT: INDIAN JUDGES ARE independent of the ex- thus notentitledtomaintenance. Justice Anil Allahabad Railway station.Rizwan wasinter- cruelty,observed that thereshould be no au- circles, could notspill the beans. This un- PARTHMANIKTALAAND ecutive and unlikeinthe US, do notrepresent Dave andAdarshGoel in Prakash (2015) had estedinsustaining themarriageand hadfiled tomatic arrestsonchargesofcruelty and each holynexus becomes difficult to break PRASHANTKHURANA apolitical ideology.Generally, the religion, refusedtogiveretrospective effect to the 2005 acaseofrestitution of conjugal rights. When district should have aFamilyWelfare whenthosethatpullthelevers of power caste or economic status of litigantshas no Amendment to Hindu Succession Actunder she applied forthe transfer of thiscasefrom Committee.The order wasinfavour of the go to anylengthtoremain, apparently, ● FALSECLAIMS:ANKITA bearing on judgments. Though our judgesat- whichadaughter wasfor thefirsttime recog- Allahabad to Kashipur,Rizwan sent awritten husband and in-laws.Inthis case, adowry of squeaky clean. AGGARWALANDANMOL tach no importance to litigants' religion or nisedascoparcener and entitledtoancestral divorcedeedalong with adraftof dowerand Rs 3,00,000 and acar wasdemanded, which Vijai Pant, Hempur SOMANCHI caste,yet,arecent study by Anup property.The pro-women judgmentofthe maintenance. It wasnot thecaseofinstant the wife’s familywas unable to meet.The Surendranath found that the poor,Dalitsand Karnataka HC wasreversedbythe apex court. triple divorce. pregnant wifewas droppedinapathetic con- THIS REFERS TO theeditorial,'Undue minorities constitute76per cent of thepeople Strangely, in the second partofthe samejudg- The factsofNarender (2016)weresimilar ditionoutsideher parents’ house, leading to process'(IE,July10).Extrajudicialkillings www.indianexpress.com on death row. Thereisonestrangeand notable ment, Justice Goel expressedconcerns about to ShayraBano.Inthis case, too, ahigh court the terminationofpregnancy.She wasal- onlyundermine the due process of law. side of the judiciary, whichhas notyet been Muslim women and the discriminatoryna- hadruled in favour of the wife. The SC bench legedly tortured,aswasnotedbythe lower The caseoffugitive Vikas Dubey is fullyresearched.Itseems that at leastsome tureofMuslimPersonalLaw,though he did of Justice Anil Dave and LNageshwarRaoheld court. UnlikePrakash, the plain languageof shroudedinmystery.Itisanyone'sguess ology, forinstance, acrime? Thepolice’s Indian judges arefar more sympathetic to acceptthe matter wasnot in disputebefore that “Hindu wifeisexpected to be with the the statuteand legislative intent were nota howhehadmanagedto travelacrossthe assertions of Kalita’s guilt were,atleast, Muslim women’s causes comparedto thoseof them.Why did the courtdid notconsiderdis- familyofthe husband afterthe marriage. She problem in this case.Yetthe Courtdid nothes- states,orwhyhehadto beshotdeadsoon irrelevant, if notuntrue. That the court Hindu women. Forinstance, arecent judg- criminatoryprovisions of the Hindu becomes integral to and forms partofthe fam- itatetodilutethestatutoryprovisionandgive afterhisarrest.Wasitreallyanactof self- chose to pull the police up is arelief. ment of the Guwahati High Courttreatedthe Succession Act, whichwereverymuchbefore ily…shewouldneverinsistthatherhusband anumberofdirectionsinfavour of theac- defence or apremeditated encounter? MAbdullah Ghazali, Patna refusal to putonsindoor (vermillion) and it? That is aHindu mother,Hindu wife and should getseparatedfrom the familyand live cused. Subsequently, thematterwas referred Varun Das, Zirakpur conchshell bangles (shaka) as asufficient ba- Hindu daughter-in-laware still notco- onlywithher.” This would amount to “cru- to athree-judgebench. LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS sis to grant adivorce to the husband. parcener. Similarly,ifachildless Hinducou- elty” and the husband wouldbeentitledto di- Decades ago, in HarvinderKaur (1983), IMMORAL POLICING Some judges appear nottobelieve in the ple dies, the property of the husband goes to vorceher.The judgment overlooksthe fact Justice AB Rohtagi of the DelhiHChad ob- THIS REFERS TO thearticle, 'Task after independent agency of women. In arecentor- hisparents. Butstrangely, eventhe wife’s goes thatmarriageisaunion of twoindividuals, servedthat the “introduction of constitutional THIS REFERS TO thereport, ‘HC raps po- Galwan'(IE,Jul10).Themainreasonwhy der granting bail to arapeaccused,Justice to the husband’s parentsratherthanher own. nottwo families.The Courtalso usedIndian lawinthe home is mostinappropriate. It is lice on affidavit in Kalitaplea: Allegations China has takenastepbackfromthe Krishna Dixit of the Karnataka HC had made ShayraBano (2017) or thetriple divorce and Hindu ethos interchangeably. likeintroducing abull in achina shop. It will unwarranted,irresponsible’ (IE, July10). brink is the realisation thatitispushing somedisturbingobservationsaboutthereac- case basicallyoriginated from the orders of In Daniel Latifi (2001)too,ignoringthe leg- provetobethe ruthless destroyer of the mar- Incompetence and callousness on the Indiafirmly intotheUScamp—precisely tion of Indian women when theyare as- theapexcourt in the above casewhere the islative historyof1986law,thatisMuslim riageinstitution andall thatitstandsfor.Inthe police’s partare eroding publictrust.The whattheauthorrecommends.However, saulted.Subsequently, he had to expungehis Courtgavejudgment against aHindu woman Women’s (Right on Divorce) Actthat was privacy of home and the marriedlife, neither claims made by theDelhi policeinsocial realstrategicsolutionslieelsewhere.PM controversial statement. Afew years ago, the but seemedmoreconcernedabout Muslim broughtintoundo Shahbano (1985), the SC Article21nor Article14haveany place.” activistDevaganga Kalita’s case areun- Modi,using hisstature and political cap- Madras High Courtgaveastrange orderdi- women. Interestingly, ShayraBano’shusband gave abig relief to Muslim women by saying Fortunately, afew months ago, theapexcourt substantiated.Morethan factsdiscov- ital,mustmoveforward to settletheLAC recting “divorceestoo should maintain sex- Rizwan Ahmad waskeen to retain her as his that the infamous lawbrought in by Rajiv had agreedtorevisit theconstitutionality of eredin aprobeby thepolice, theysound foronce and all on the basis of give and ual purity to claim alimony”. wifeand it wasshe whohad askedfor sepa- Gandhi in no waydilutes Shahbano. the restitution of conjugal rightsprovision. likethe opinions of itspolitical masters. take. Even aliberaljudgelikeJustice Markandey rate house and Rizwan rentedone forher.Not In Rajesh Sharma (2017), abenchofJustice Is trying to convince people of one’s ide- HNBhagwat, Chiplun Katju in DVelasamy (2010)had termedasec- satisfied, she wasaskinghim to live withher Adarsh Goel and UULalit, afternoting the mis- The writer is constitutional lawexpert. ond Hindu wifeas“mistress” and “keep” and parents. Her fatherleftthe childrenat use of Section 498A of the IPC,whichpunishes Viewsare personal

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,JULY13,2020 VATICAN POPE ‘DEEPLY PAINED’OVER HAGIA SOPHIA MOVE Pope Francis said on Sundaythat he was“deeplypained”over the decision by Turkey to change thestatus of HagiaSophia—whichwas originally built in Istanbul as aChristian 10 THE WORLD cathedral —from amuseum to amosque.

TOPOFTHE AGREEMENT OVER JOINT DRILLS, R&D, AS WELL AS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY WORLD DefyingUS,ChinaandIrannear tradeandmilitarypartnership

People votewith their phones in the primaryelection. Reuters Michael Pack Investment, security pact to vastly extend Beijing influence in West Asia, give Tehran economiclifeline peoplewho have discussed it USA FARNAZFASSIHI& with the Iranian government, 580,000 HongKongers Trumpappointee STEVENLEEMYERS confirmedthat it is the docu- JULY12 ment obtainedbyThe Times, maynotextend whichislabelled“finalversion” cast ‘protest’ vote visasforforeign IRAN AND China have quietly anddated June,2020. Worries in Iran draftedasweepingeconomicand It has notyet been submitted journalistsatVOA security partnership that would to Iran’s Parliament forapproval, over China deal against security laws Washington: As manyas clear the wayfor billions of dol- stoking suspicionsinIranabout 100foreign citizens work- lars of Chineseinvestmentsinen- howmuchthe government is TALK OF the pact withChina ergy andother sectors, undercut- preparing to give away to China. has alreadycausedsome JESSIEPANG& Ahigh turnout will send a ing in the US as journalists very strong signal to the forthe Voice of America, a ting the Trumpadministration’s InBeijing,officialshave notdis- anxiety within Iran, with the JAMESPOMFRET government-funded effortstoisolatethe Iranian gov- closedthetermsof theagreement, foreign ministerfacing a HONGKONG,JULY12 international community, news outlet, might not ernment becauseofits nuclear The partnership wasfirstproposedbyPresident Xi Jinping of anditisnotclearwhetherXi’sgov- grilling about the issue in that we Hong Kongers have theirvisas extended and militaryambitions. China during avisit to Iran wherehemet his Iranian ernmenthassignedoff or,ifithas, Parliament recently.Voices as HUNDREDS OF thousands of never give up.” oncetheyexpire, accord- The partnership, detailedin counterpartHassan Rouhani in 2016. AP when it might announce it. prominent as former presi- Hong Kong citizens queued to ing to people familiar with an 18-pageproposedagreement If putintoeffectasdetailed,the dentAhmadinejad have cau- castballotsoverthe weekend in —SUNNY CHEUNG the planning. Michael obtainedbyThe NewYork Times, partnershipwouldcreatenew and tionedagainstdealing witha what the Chinese-ruledcity’s HONG KONG DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST Pack,the newchief exec- would vastly expand Chinese potentiallygiving China a The partnership —firstpro- potentially dangerousflashpoints countrythatfaces allegations opposition campsays is asym- utive forthe US Agency for presence in banking,telecom- foothold in aregion that has posedbyChina’sleader,XiJinping, in the deteriorating relationship of having leftanumber of bolic protestvoteagainsttough GlobalMedia, has indi- munications, ports,railways and been astrategic preoccupation duringavisitto Iranin2016 —was between China and the US. Asian and African nations in a national security laws directly ingyoungdemocratsoutlobbying catedhe maynot approve dozens of other projects. In ex- of the United States fordecades. approved by President Hassan It representsamajor blowto debt-trap. But with US sanc- imposedbyBeijing. and giving stumpspeeches. extensions forany jour- change, China would receive a It calls forjoint trainingand exer- Rouhani’s cabinetinJune,Iran’s the Trumpadministration’sag- tions having severely affected The unofficial poll will decide “And that we still stand with nalistholding aJ-1 visa, regular —and, according to an cises,joint research and foreign minister, Mohammad gressive policy toward Iran since itsoil salesand other trade, the strongestpro-democracy thedemocraticcamp,we stillsup- whichallows foreignciti- Iranian officialand an oil trader, weapons development and in- JavadZarif,said lastweek. abandoning the nuclear deal Iran maybeforcedtodoa candidates to contestLegislative portdemocracyand freedom.” zens to temporarilywork heavilydiscounted —supplyof telligence sharing—all to fight Iranianofficialshavepublicly reachedin2015byPresident deal withChina,and the pact Council elections in September, Defying warnings from asen- in the US in ways that pro- Iranian oil over the next 25 years. “the lopsidedbattlewith terror- statedthat thereisapending Obamaand the leaders of six reportedlyalready has the whentheyaim to ride awaveof iorHongKong official that the mote culturalexchanges. The documentalso describes ism, drug and human trafficking agreement withChina, and one other nations aftertwo years of Supreme Leader’s approval. anti-China sentiment stirredby votemightfallfoul of the national The decision could be a deepening militarycooperation, and cross-border crimes”. Iranianofficial,aswellasseveral grueling negotiations. NYT the lawtoseize control forthe securitylaw,residentsyoungand blowtothe news-gather- firsttime from pro-Beijing rivals. old flockedtoover250 polling ing and global-broadcast- While the primaries areonly stations across the city, manned ing abilities of theVOA, Iran blames bad forthe opposition camp, ob- by thousands of volunteers. whichoperates inde- servers arewatchingcloselyas Long queues formed down pendentlybut isfunded communication, theysay the turnout will serveas streets, in residentialestates by the government. atestofbroader oppositiontothe and at businesses-turned- alignmentfor law, which criticssay will gravely polling stations, with people undermine the city’s freedoms. casting an online ballotontheir downing of “A high turnout willsenda mobilephones afterhaving MALI very strong signal to theinterna- theiridentities verified. Oppnleaders airliner in Jan tional community,thatweHong Organisers said 580,000people Kongersnevergiveup,”saidSunny hadvoted on Sunday, in the city arrestedafter Cheung,24,oneof abatchofaspir- of 7.5million. REUTERS massprotest AMIRVAHDAT& JONGAMBRELL Bamako: Mali’sopposition TEHRAN,JULY12 coalition said security Mueller defends his Russia forces detainedtwo lead- AMISALIGNED missile battery, ersofanti-government miscommunicationbetween probe, says Stone still afelon protests and raidedits troops and their commanders headquarters on Saturday and adecision to fire without au- following violent demon- thorisation all ledtoIran’s ERICTUCKER strationsagainstthepres- RevolutionaryGuardshooting WASHINGTON,JULY12 ident in the capital. down aUkrainian jetliner in Simmering tensions saw January, killing all 176peopleon FORMERSPECIALcounselRobert small groups of protesters board, anew reportsays. Mueller sharplydefendedhis in- erect barricades out of The reportreleasedlate vestigation intoties between tyres and bitsofwoodto SaturdaybyIran’sCivil Aviation Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 blocktraffic through sev- Organisationcomesmonthsafter presidential campaign, writing in eral districtsinBamako,al- the January8crash near Tehran. an opinionpiece Saturdaythat Robert Mueller though numbers were Authoritieshadinitiallydeniedre- theprobewas of “paramountim- well belowthe thousands sponsibility,onlychangingcourse portance”and asserting thata who took to the streets days laterafter Western nations Trumpally, RogerStone,“remains gation wasillegitimate andour and occupiedstate build- presentedextensive evidencethat aconvicted felon, and rightlyso” motiveswereimproper,and to ings on Friday. Iran had shot down the plane. despitethe President’sdecision specific claims that RogerStone The reportmay signal anew TRUMP WEARS MASK IN PUBLIC FOR FIRST TIME to commutehis prison sentence. wasavictim of our office”. CHINA phasein theinvestigationintothe The op-edinThe Washington “The Russia investigation Floodalertraised crash, as the aircraft’s blackbox US President Donald Trumpworeamask during avisit to amilitaryhospital on Saturday, thefirsttime he has been seenin Post markedMueller’s firstpub- wasofparamountimportance. flight recorder is due to besent to public with the type of facial covering recommendedbyhealth officialsasaprecaution againstspreading Covid-19. Trump licstatementon his investigation Stone wasprosecuted andcon- tosecond Paris, whereinternational inves- flewbyhelicoptertoWalter Reed National MilitaryMedicalCenter in suburban Washington to meet wounded since his congressional appear- victed because he committed highestlevel tigators will finallybeabletoex- servicemembers andhealth careproviders caringfor Covid-19patients.Asheleftthe WhiteHouse,hetold reporters: “When ance lastJuly. He wrotethat he federal crimes. He remains a amine it. It also comes as public you’reinahospital, especially... Ithink it’s agreat thing to wear amask.” AP felt compelledto“respond both convicted felon,and rightlyso,” Beijing: China on Sunday opinion remains lowoverIran’s to broad claims that our investi- Mueller wrote. AP raisedits floodresponse government as it faces both alertto thesecond highest crushing US sanctions and vast grade as downpours con- domestic economic problems. tinuedtobatterregions The shootdown happened ‘KapoorHaveli’ in Pak’s Peshawar faces threat of demolition along the Yangtze River, the same night Iran launcheda withthe eastern provinces ballistic missile attacktargeting Shah Mahmood Qureshi had the building,but wasstoppedby moneytocater to my needs. I teenager when Rishi Kapoor vis- of Jiangsu and Jiangxi US soldiers in Iraq, itsresponse PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA alsoassured Rishi Kapoorthat FIRs were registeredagainsthim supplyaround threetofour ited the house in the early 90s. among the worsthit, state to the American drone strikethat PESHAWAR,JULY12 the government would convert by theKhyberPakhtunkhwa maund (120kg-160kg) gold a Shakeel Waheedullah, media reported. Regional killedGuardGeneralQassem the house intoamuseum. heritagedepartment. week to Peshawar’s biggestjew- SecretaryCultural Heritage flooding in the Poyang Soleimani in Baghdad on Jan 3. THE HISTORIC ancestral home of However, local residentssaid Therewerereportsthat the ellerymarket,” he said. Council Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, county of Jiangxi has At the time,Iranian troops lateBollywood actor Rishi the haveli wasinadilapidated provincial government had Local residentsfear the build- also expressedregret over the di- made waterlevels of were bracingfor aUScounter- Kapoor in Pakistan’s Peshawar condition, and could collapse at failedtoconvert the building ingmay collapse on itsown if the lapidated condition of the house. China’sLakePoyang,its strikeand appear to have mis- city is facing the threat of demo- anytime. intoamuseumdue to differ- government did nottaketimely Kapoor Haveli wasbuilt by biggest freshwaterlake, takenthe plane foramissile.The lition as the current owner of the The haveli is currentlyowned ences with itsowneroverprice. actiontoconserveit. Basheswarnath Kapoor, the fa- surge to above 22.52 me- civil aviation reportsaid achange house wantstobuild acommer- by Haji Muhammad Israr,a But Israr has deniedthat he “It is amatter of concern that ther of Bollywood pioneer ters,ahistorical high. By in the “alertness levelofIran’s air cial complexonthe site. wealthyjeweller in the city. had anyissue with the govern- the KapoorHaveli, whichwe PrithvirajKapoor. Saturdayevening, provin- defence” allowedpreviously In 2018,the Pakistangovern- The provincial government Kapoor Haveli in Peshawar ment over the price of the consider as the pride of our city, The Kapoor familymigrated cial militaryauthorities scheduledair traffictoresume. ment decidedtoconvert the wanted to buy the house, keep- property,estimated to be over is in dilapidated condition be- to India afterPartition in 1947. had dispatchedthousands The reportdetailed aseries “Kapoor Haveli” in Peshawar’s ing in viewits historic impor- Rs 5crore. cause of being ignored,” said In 1990, Rishi Kapoor and of soldierstohelp bolster of momentswherethe shoot- Qissa Khwani Bazar intoamu- tance and to conserveitinits struct anew commercial build- He said he simplywanted to Mujeeb-ur-Rehman, aresident brother RandhirKapoor visited thelake’sbankstoprevent down of Ukraine International seum, heeding to arequest by originalform. ing at the prime location. demolishthe haveli andcon- of Dhaki Nalbandi, wherethe their ancestral home where his them from bursting. AirlinesFlight752 could have Rishi Kapoor. Israr,however, intendedto He made numerous at- struct ahugecommercial mar- palatial house is located. grandfather,Prithviraj and his fa- been avoided. AP PakistanForeign Minister demolish the building and con- tempts in the pasttodemolish ket at the site. “I have sufficient Mujeeb said he wasa ther RajKapoor, were born.

US SUPREME COURT SAYS MUCH OF OKLAHOMA BELONGS TO THE MUSCOGEE (CREEK)PEOPLE For aNative American tribe, courtruling provides vindication at longlast

confirmedwhat the Muscogee treaty obligations. older pains. assimilation,colonisation,conver- theywerenot surprisedbymore JACKHEALY (Creek) Nation has long asserted: ForMuscogee citizens, who “It mademecry,” said Jason sion policy by the government,” alarmistresponses, includingby JULY12 That this land wastheir land. makeupthe country’s fourth- Salsman, the tribe’s press secre- said Amos McNac, 77,ajusticeon Senator TedCruz, who said the “It’s so momentous and it’s largest Native American tribe, it tary.“It wasapowerful moment, the Nation’sSupreme Courtand court “justgaveawayhalfof THE SORROW and death of the immense,” said JoyHarjo, the US wasalso something deeplyper- one Iwasn’tready for. It brought heles-hayv,amedicineman. Oklahoma, literally. Manhattan Trailof Tearswere stillfreshwhen poetlaureateand aMuscogee sonal,athoroughlyAmericanmo- out emotionsyou didn’tknow “We’vesurvived.Westillhaveour is next.” aband of Muscogee (Creek)peo- (Creek)Nationmember wholives ment that rippledacross time, wouldbethere.Itwasjustaprom- culture andour tradition.” The court’s decision will re- ple gathered by an oak tree in in Tulsa.“Itmarksapossibleshift. connecting ancestors forced to ise kept.Weknowthe history of The court’s decisionbrought shape howthe criminal-justice 1836 to depositthe ashesofthe NotjustforMuscogeeCreekpeo- leave theirhomesintheSoutheast promisesthat have been broken. amix of acceptance and confu- system treatsNativeAmericans ceremonial firestheyhad carried ple, forall Native people.” with futuregenerations. Istillget chills thinking about it.” sionfromnon-Nativesacross by preventing stateorlocal au- across America and begin anew The court’s 5-4 declaration “The impactisnot only going The Muscogee (Creek) Oklahoma. The mayorofTulsa thorities from prosecuting home in the West.Itwas called that muchofTulsa and eastern forward,” Harjo said. “It’sgoing Nation, whichhas 86,100en- hailed along history of coopera- Indigenous people who commit Tulasi, or “Old Town.” Tulsa. Oklahoma had long been areser- backward, allthe waythrough rolledmembers, stretches across tion between tribal and local gov- crimesonreservationland.Tribal Whatfollowedweredecades vation of the Muscogee (Creek) the trailtoGeorgia and Alabama, 3million acres of rolling hills, ernments, and said that the or federal courts will nowdeal of betrayals,brokentreaties and Nation wasseen as awatershed whereitresounds.Itgoes outin grasslands, small towns and court’s “recognitionoftribal with their cases. The decision attemptstolegislateand assimi- victoryfor Native Americans’ all directions.” The Muscogee (Creek) Tribehas experiencednumerous cities across 11 counties in east- boundaries will notevenbeno- couldalsotouchoff awaveofnew latetribes out of existence. Then long campaign to upholdsover- It brought feelings of relief, broken treaties over time. AP ern Oklahoma. ticeable” to mostresidents. appeals from Indigenous people thispastweek,theSupremeCourt eignty,tribalboundaries and joyand vindication, mixedwith “Weexperiencedgenocide, But Muscogee citizens said convictedbystate courts. NYT

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,JULY13,2020 MarketWatch FPISPULL OUT $2,867 CR IN JUL SO FAR NewDelhi: Foreign portfolio investors(FPI) have pulled out Rs 2,867 crore from Indian markets in July so far.FPIspulledout anet Rs 2,210 crore from equities and Rs 657 crore from debt segment,takingthe 11 ECONOMY PTI totalnet outflowtoRs2,867 crore between July 1-10, as per data.

MANYLEADING BANKS ANNOUNCEDPLANSTORAISE CAPITALINLASTFEW WEEKS Indian alternatives to Chinese Assetqualityandprofitabilitystressed, video sharing apps see surge, but bankstoraise`1.5Lcrinnext12-18mths brands choose to wait and watch anInstagraminfluencerwasover AASHISHARYAN& SOMESAY‘LITTLE 10 timeshigher than thatofa the economic impact of the pan- KotakMahindraBank had PRANAVMUKUL TikTokinfluencer. Inaddition,the SUNNYVERMA& PSBs,PVTBANKSLOOKINGTOMOBILISEFUNDS demic —due to lock-down and raisedRs7,442 crorethrough a NEWDELHI,JULY12 DIFFERENCE’ TikTok influencer’s reachwould GEORGEMATHEW anticipatedpostlock-downcom- qualifiedinstitutional placement be muchmoretargeted. NEWDELHI/MUMBAI,JULY12 ■ Among PSBs, StateBank ■ Private bankshavealso pression in economic growth— issue. Besides, severalsmall pri- EVENASthe banningofshort- ■ Number of views and On June 29,GauravJain, a25- of Indiaplans to mobilise firmedupplans forcapital mayresult in higher NPAs and vate banksare also gearingupto video sharing platform TikTok — videos on these apps year-olddigitalmediaagencyex- INAmegafundraisingplan,banks around`20,000crore, raising activity of around capital erosion of banks. raise funds. Morebanksare ex- aspartofthegovernment’s move notwithstanding, it is ecutive from Faridabad, had have lined up to raise arecordRs PunjabNational Bank will `75,000-1,00,000crore. StateBankofIndia has plann- pected to announce capitalrais- to ban59appswithChineselinks likelytobeverydifficult achievedamajor milestone as he 1,50,000 crorefromthe capital raise equity capital up to Three private banks—Yes ed to mobilise around Rs 20,000 ing plans goingforward. —has ledtoasurge in numbers forusers on theseapps hitalandmark1millionfollowers market inthenext12-18months, `7,000crore, Bank of Bank,Axis Bank and ICICI crore,whilePunjabNationalBank The uncertainty on the asset foritsIndianalternatives,theuse- to convert fanfollowing on TikTok.His happiness,how- againstthebackdropof weakcap- Baroda up to Rs 13,500crore Bank —havealready will raise equity capital up to Rs quality of banksremains high rs dependingonthe app fortheir intomonetary gains, as ever,wasshortlivedastheappgot italcushionandtheexpectedincr- andCanaraBank plans to announcedplans to raise 7,000 crorevia sharesale to stre- withalmost30-40percentof loan livelihood have seen ajoltasthey mostadvertisers and bannedlater thatnight. “I can tell ease in stress on assetquality and raise`6,000-8000crore `45,000crore ngthen itsbalancesheet. Bank of book across various banks under transition to these alternatives. brands areinawait and youTikTok wasgoing to be the profitabilityinthewake of theec- Baroda’s boardapproved fund moratorium announcedbythe Forinstance, shortvideo app watchmode next big thing. It wasbringing onomic impact of thepandemic. raising plans of up to Rs 13,500 RBI.GrossNPAsarelikelytoriseto Roposo, whichisownedbythe manymonetisation options (for Almost all leading bankshave minimum capital requirements on the other hand, had expected croreand CanaraBank has 11.3-11.6per cent by March 2021 InMobi Group, claimedtobethe ■Some advertisers say content creators) and forbrands announcedtheir plans to raise forbanksmaynolongerbesuffici- PSBsto raisecapitalfrommarkets plannedtoraise Rs 6,000-8000 from an estimatedlevelof8.6 per topappinthiscategorywithover therewill be little aswell.AnyTikTokuserwithgood capital in the lastfew weeksto entenoughto absorblikely losses. andhencepossibly didnotBudget croreincapital. Forthe five years cent forMarch 2020, with afresh 75 million downloads within a difference in overall engagementonhischannelcould beef up their balance sheets and “Bankshaveraisedtheir capi- anycapital infusion for2020-21. between 2015-16and 2019-20, gross slippageof5.0-5.5 per cent week.Similarly,anotheralternat- planning as mostbrands earn somewherearound Rs makeprovisioning.Banksare at talrequirementsasbad loans are “With thin capital cushions thegovernmenthadinfusedato- of standard advances during iveBoxEngagesaw a10-timesur- in India were still testing 40,000to Rs 100,000”hesaid. the frontline of being adversely expected to rise significantlyand andexpectedincreaseinstresson talofRs3.08 lakhcrore capital FY2021,ICRAhas said. ge in active usernumbers within waters on TikTok Jain is notthe only one who impacted by the COVID-19pan- profitsare likelytobeunderpres- assetquality andprofitability,we PSBs.However, thiswillnot besuf- As per Basel III regulations, 24 hoursofTikTok being banned. advertising due to had managed to makeamore demic as economic contraction sureincomingmonths,especially expectPSBstorequireRs45,000- ficientgiventheexpectedspikein bankswererequired to maintain By July1,video-streaming “imageissues” than decentliving from brand reducedcorporateearningsand afterthe moratorium endsin 82,500croreofcapitalevenunder non-performing assets (NPAs). acapitaladequacy ratio (CAR) of platformZee5toohadannounced promotions on TikTok and other individual incomes, reducing the August. Abig amountmay be re- ascenario of lowcredit growth of Private bankshave alsofirmed 11.5percentfromMarch 31,2020 the launchofits ownshortvideo suchsocialmediaapps.OnTikTok, capacitytorepay debts. quiredto makeprovisioning,”said 3-4 per centduring FY2021. Furt- up plans forcapital raisingactiv- onwards. This includedCAR of 9 platform, HiPi. Asimilar app, formshad been amarketer’s de- the most-followedIndian is 16- ReserveBank of India (RBI) an officialofanationalised bank. her,theinvestorappetitetowards ityofaround Rs 75,000-1,00,000 per cent along with capital con- Chingari said it had recorded148 lightastheyhadavastreacheven yearoldMumbai-basedRiyazAly, Governor ShaktikantaDas on CreditSuissehadforecast that thesebankswillcontinueto rem- crore. Threeprivate banks—Yes servation buffer(CCB) of 2.5 per million videos being watchedon in alimited budget, she said. “We withnearly 43 millionfollowers. Saturday had said that “building banksmay need$20billioninad- ain weak amid prevailing uncer- Bank,Axis Bank and ICICI Bank— cent.However, withtheoutbreak itsplatform in asingle day, ascale hadvariousoptionsof customised “In all overall media planning buffers and raisingcapital willbe ditionalcapitalinFY21. Publicsec- tainties,” said Anil Gupta,sector have already announcedplans to of COVID-19, the RBI decidedto it usedtomanageonlyevery 22 bundledoffers whichincluded mix,internetadvertisingwasusu- crucial notonlytoensurecredit torbanks(PSBs),whichearlieres- head—financialsector ratings, raiseRs45,000crore.WhileHDFC defer the implementation of the days before theban.International home screen ad, hashtag promo- ally catered to an urban, male, flowbut also to build resilience in timated acapital requirement of ICRA Ratings. Bank recentlyobtainedapproval lasttranche of 0.625per cent of social media giant Facebook- tions as well as influencer out- English-reading audience. It was the financialsystem” in thewake Rs 10,000-20,000 crorefor FY21, Dashadnotedthatarecapital- to raise Rs 50,000crorebyway of the CCB from March 31 to Septe- ownedInstagram toorolledout reach, costing anythingbetween atop-downapproach. TikTok of thepandemic-inducedstress. have morethan doubledtheir isation plan forPSBs and private additionaltier-1bonds,it’sunclear mber 30, so the current required itsshort-video platform Reels for Rs 5-10lakh,” Guptaexplains. bloomedfromthe other way. Healsoindicatedthatexisting capital requirement. The Centre, bankshas become necessary as howmuchwill it raise in FY21. CARstandsat10.875 per cent. users in India, within days of the These apps were also favou- Internet consumptionishappen- Chineseapps beingbanned. ritesamongglobalbrandssuchas ing in all regional languages and The number of views and PepsiCo and ReckittBenckiser, one does necessarilyhaveto BRIEFLY videos on these apps notwith- and homegrownonessuchas knowhow to readto useinternet. Stressed NBFCs, HFCs seek about `10,000-crore standing,itislikelytobeverydif- Pantaloons and Oyo. Both Pepsi AppslikeTikTok,therefore, came ‘Gaursons ficult forusersontheseapps to and Reckitt Benckiser,which in thefocus,” aBhopal-basedad- financing support under special liquidity scheme convert fanfollowing intomone- whichmakes Dettol had gained vertisingprofessional said. Realtechguilty tary gains, experts said, as most substantiallyfromthe platform, Other advertisers, however, “SBICAP has received 24 applications requesting provedandtheremainingarealso advertisers and brands areina garnering views in billions for saythere will be little difference ofprofiteering’ PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA about Rs 9,875 crore of financing as on July 7, 2020 under consideration, it said. wait and watchmode. theirvideocampaigns. inoverallplanningasmostbrands NEWDELHI,JULY12 which are being processed” TheInvestmentCommitteeof “TikTok advertising revenue An executive at acab-hailing in India were still testing waters NewDelhi:TheNationalAnti SpecialLiquidity Scheme (SLS) has witnesseda50 percent companytold The Indian Express on TikTok advertising due to “im- Profiteering Authority has THEFINANCEMinistryonSunday FINANCE MINISTRY Trusthasapprovedinvestmentof growthinthepastyear.However, that the firm had plannedTikTok ageissues”. “Brands were still found Gaursons Realtech said financingrequests of close to up to Rs 200crore in commercial it is yettotakeasignificant share campaigns forthe launchofits warming up to TikTok.Therewas guiltyof notpassingonlow- Rs 10,000 crorehavebeen re- The scheme waslaunchedon to NBFCsandHFCsonJuly1,2020 paper issuedbythe applicant. of the country’s Rs 17,000 crore servicesintier-IIandtier-IIItowns little to no adoption policy-wise ertaxratebenefitsworthRs ceivedunderthe special liquidity July1.The ReserveBank of India itself on the Scheme. SBICAP has Duringthelatestreviewofthe digital advertisingmarket,which in states likeAndhraPradesh, because brands were wary,ma- 19.72crore to homebuyers. schemeworthRs30,000crorefor (RBI) has providedfunds forthe received24applicationsrequest- Atmanirbhar Bharat packageby is still dominated by Google and Kerala, Tamil Nadu, etc. jorly becauseof theaudiencesuch stressednon-banking financial schemeby subscribingto govern- ingaboutRs9,875croreoffinanc- Finance MinisterNirmala Facebook,” Aparna Gupta,man- “Influencers on TikTok have a apps cater to,which theytend to companies (NBFCs) and housing ment-guaranteedspecial securi- ingasonJuly 7, 2020which arebe- Sitharaman, progress of various agingdirector of digital media significantreachinsmallertowns believe do notnecessarilyhave FY20:USstill financecompanies(HFCs)whose ties issuedbyatrust setupbySBI ing processed,” the Finance schemeswasdiscussed,including agency Evolve Digitas, said. andtheyalsocomeatalowercost the spending power,”another India’stop financialsfurtherdeteriorateddue CapitalMarketsLimited(SBICAP). Ministrysaid in astatement. The the Rs 3lakh crorecredit guaran- Apps suchasTiktok,Heloand than celebrities,” the executive Mumbai-basedadvertiser said, tradingpartner to theCOVID-19crisis. “RBI has also issuedacircular firstapplicationhas been ap- teeschemefor the MSME sector. other shortvideo sharing plat- said,addingthatthecostofhiring askingnot to be named. NewDelhi:TheUSremained India’stop tradingpartner COVID-19IMPACT Yes Bank follow-on public offer: Breachofcapital forthe second consecutive fiscal in 2019-20, showing levels prompts fundraisingatsteep discount increasingeconomictiesbe- ‘18.6% fall in first-year tweenthetwocountries.As sday, StateBank of India(SBI), the who will also getadiscount of Rs tier-1 capital ratio forYes Bank per datafromthe Comm- premium of lifeinsurers’ SUNNYVERMA largest shareholderinYes Bank, 1per share. was6.5 per cent, muchbelow erce Ministry,in2019-20, NEWDELHI,JULY12 approved furtherinvestmentof An investor needstobid fora the RBI requirement of 8.875 per the bilateral trade between Hit hardbythe pandemic,the lifeinsurance sector Shareoffirst-year up to Rs 1,760crore in YesBank. minimum of 1,000shares and in cent, necessitating the fund rais- the US and India stood at witnessed an 18.6 per cent drop in thefirst year premium premiumduring IN ORDER to boostits capitallev- What arethe lots of similar quan- ingplan. YesBank reportedanet $88.75 billion as against to `49,335 croreinthe April-June quarter of thecurrent els in line with regulatory norms, tity forhigher sub- profit of Rs 2,629 croreafter it $87.96billionin2018-19. PTI Q1FY21: YesBank is launching itsfollow- issue details? scription. YesBank wrotedownadditionaltier-1 financial year,according to areport by CARE Ratings 74%: on public offer(FPO) to raise Rs The FPO opens chose the FPO route bonds as partofits reconstruc- IRBpreferred LIC 15,000crorefromthemarket.The foranchor investors as it offers freedom tion scheme. Excluding the Fall in first-year `60,637 CRORE: 26%: price band forthe issuehas been on July14. Forall in pricing the issue, write-down, the bank has bidderfor 18.5%premium for Life First-year premium recorded Privatecompanies fixedatRs12toRs13per share— other investors, the as compared aqual- postedaloss of Rs 3,668crorefor Insurance Corporation (LIC) in in the first quarter of financial substantiallylowerthan market offerperiod is July ifiedinstitutional the fourth quarterendedMarch NH-19project Q1FY21, against an increase of year 2019-20 by life Fallinfirst-year priceofRs25.60 at close at the 15-17. Theprivate placement (QIP) 2020,asagainstalossofRs1,507 81.2 per cent ayear ago insurance sector premiumoflife National StockExchangeFriday. sector bank has kept routethat requires croreinthe same period of last Mumbai: IRBInfrastructure insurancesector: The discountislikelytomake retail portion forinvestment at a pricing around recentmarket year.The bank had reporteda DevelopersLtd (IRB) has Fall in first-year `8.8 LAKH CRORE: the offerattractive fornew in- minimum of 35 per cent of the prices as per aSebi formula. recordloss of Rs 18,560crore in emergedasapreferredbid- 19.2%premium for Overall sum assuredinJune vestors, making capital raising offersize,while fornon-institu- 32.6%in 27.9%in What about capital the December quarter, as it der forthe build-operate- private sector companies in 2020 quarter,falling 12.9 per April2020 May2020 easierforthelenderandreducing tional investors aminimum of 15 made provision of Rs 15,422 transfer (BOT) projectofsix Q1FY21, compared to growth cent from Rs 10 lakh crore in the burden on the consortium of per centofshares have been re- levels and profitability? croreduring the quarteragainst laning of the NH-19from of 32 per cent ayear ago the year-ago period bankstoinfuse further capital. A served.Qualifiedinstitutional Spurtinnon-performing as- NPAs. The bank’s gross NPAs Dankuni to Palsit stretchof SBI-ledconsortium of banksin- buyers (QIB) canbuy up to 50 per sets (NPAs) andconsequentpro- were at Rs 32,878 crore(16.80 63.83kminWestBengal, Why this is important: The report attributedthe decline in businessinthe first fusednearly Rs10,000croreinYes cent of the totalissue size. A visioning has ledtoYes Bank per cent of advances) this March, with aprojectcostofRs quarterofthe current fiscaltolockdown and business disruption. However, it Source: CARE BankinMarch inareconstruction maximum of Rs 200-crore breaching the capital adequacy as against3.20per centinMarch 2,193.23 cr. ENS said growth could potentially return in the secondorthird quarter of 2020-21 Ratings/PTI plan approved by the Reserve worthofshares have been re- requirementsasmandatedby 2019 and18.87per cent in Bank of India (RBI). LastWedne- served forYes Bank employees, the RBI. At March-end 2020, December 2019. Qualcomm buys 0.15% stake in Jio Platforms Amid deteriorating Govt extends New utility for banks, Qualcommthat will helpJio roll- wehaveashared visionofcon- deadline for PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA outofadvanced5Ginfrastructure necting everything by building a finances, India Inc’s credit post offices to ascertain NEWDELHI,JULY12 and services in India. robustand securewirelessand duty-freeimport With this deal, RIL has sold digitalnetwork andextendingthe profile continues to worsen of diamondssent TDS for cash withdrawals RELIANCE INDUSTRIES (RIL) 25.24per cent stakeinJio benefitsofdigital connectivity to Sundaysaid it has securedRs730 Platforms Ltd —the unit that everyone in India”. JSWSteel to negative while S&P forcertification crorefromwireless technology houses India’s youngestbut SteveMollenkopf, CEO of ENSECONOMICBUREAU downgradedDelhi International ENSECONOMICBUREAU The CBDT said data leader Qualcommbyselling a largest telecomfirmJioInfocomm Qualcomm Incorporated,said, MUMBAI,JULY12 Airport(DIAL) to ‘B+’ as it antici- NEWDELHI,JULY12 showedthat “huge small stakeinits technology ven- andapps.Intotal,JiohasraisedRs “With unmatchedspeeds and pates aslowrecovery in trafficin PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA tureJioPlatforms,addingto aslew 1,18,318.45 crore. Qualcomm, emerging use cases, 5G is ex- AT AROUND21 downgradesaday thewake of thetravelrestrictions. NEWDELHI,JULY12 THEINCOMETaxDepartmenthas amount of cash is being of investmentssinceAprilthat has whichisthe12thmarqueefirmto pected to transform everyindus- between Januaryand now, thefi- DIAL’s ratio of operating cash launchedanew utility forbanks withdrawnbypersons crossedRs1.18 lakh crore. have setasight on India’s hottest tryinthe coming years”.Morgan nances of corporateIndia con- flowtodebt,theagencyobserved, THE GOVERNMENT on Sunday and postoffices to helpascertain who have neverfiled “QualcommVentures’invest- digitalplayinasmanyweeks,val- Stanleyacted as financial advisor tinueto deteriorate.Closeto 3,936 wasexpected to stay belowits said ithas relaxedthe deadline the applicable TaxDeducted at ment will translateinto0.15per ues Jio Platforms at Rs 4.91lakh to Reliance Industries and AZB & firmshave beendowngradeddur- downgrade trigger of 5per cent forre-importofcut andpolished Source(TDS)forcashwithdrawals income-tax returns” centequity stake in Jio Platforms crore, the statementsaid. Partnersand Davis Polk & ingthistimewhile593havebeen over thenext12monthsevenif diamonds that have been sent aboveRs20lakhfornon-filersand onafullydilutedbasis,”RILsaidin MukeshAmbani, CMD,RIL, Wardwellactedaslegalcounsels. upgraded.From464inJanuaryto the airportoperator receivesits abroad forcertification and grad- above Rs 1crore forfilersofin- Rs 1Crore”(in case of non-filers). astatement.The investment, it said, “Qualcomm has been aval- Trilegal acted as legal counselfor 582 in June, downgrades have commercial property develop- ing by three months in the wake cometax returns.The Central “Sofar, morethan53,000ver- added, will deepen the ties with uedpartner forseveral yearsand Qualcomm Ventures. been rising steadily;the firstnine ment (CPD) depositand an upco- of COVID-19pandemic. BoardofDirect Taxes(CBDT) said ification requests have been exe- days of July have seen 161down- ming tariff revision is favourable. The three-month extension dataoncashwithdrawal indica- cutedsuccessfullyonthisfacility,” grades. Businesses, whether in “The rating confirmation shall applytoall cut and polished ted“hugeamountof cashisbeing aCBDT release said. ‘WeWork expects positive cash flow in 2021’ manufacturing or the non-bank- recognisesthatwhileJSW’scredit diamonds thatshould have been withdrawn by persons who have The government had, in ing financial companies (NBFCs) profile will deterioratereflecting re-importedbetween February neverfiledincome-tax returns”. Budget 2019-20,introducedaTDS controlledcompanyhas also re- “Everybody thought space, arestressed. the challenges broughtbythe 1toJuly31thisyear but which Withthisutility,thebank/post levy of 2per cent on cash with- REUTERS ducedits workforcebymore WeWork wasmissionimpossi- About35 percentof creditrat- pandemic, we believe that the could notbebrought backdue to office has to nowonlyenter the drawals of morethan Rs 1crore BENGALURU,JULY12 than 8,000 people, renegotiated ble,”Claure, whoisalsoa ingsonIndiancompanieshave ei- company’sfinancial metrics will disruption on account of coron- permanent account number fromabankaccountinonefinan- leases and sold offassets to re- SoftBank executive,was quoted ther anegativeoutlookorare on likelyrecovertolevels commen- aviruspandemic situation, the (PAN) of the person who is with- cial year to discouragepayments WEWORK EXECUTIVE Chairman duce itscash burn and shedcosts, as saying by the FT.“Andnow,a creditwatchwithnegative impli- suratewiththecurrentratingsby CentralBoardofIndirect Taxes drawing cash forascertaining the in cash. To ensurefilingofreturns Marcelo Clauresaid the office- FT said. year from now, youare going to cations, S&P Global Ratings had thefiscalyearendingMarch2023 and Customs (CBIC) said in a applicable rate of TDS.Onenter- by thesepersonsandto keeptrack sharingcompanywas on course NewYork-basedWeWorkis see WeWork to basically be a observed in anote on June 24. (fiscal 2023),”Moody’swrote. statement. ingPAN, amessagewillbein- on cash withdrawals by non-fil- to have positive cashflowin2021, currentlyinthe middle of execut- profitableventure with an in- “Thatincreasesto one-in-tworat- Even before COVID made “In viewofCOVID-19pan- stantlydisplayedonthe depart- ers, and to curb blackmoney, the ayear earlier than atargetthe ing afive-year turnaround plan credible diversity of assets.” ingsif we exclude debt-freecom- things worse,the economywas demic situation, the government mentalutility—“TDSisdeductible Finance Act, 2020 had further company setinFebruary,the setout this year and is shaking up WeWork told Reuters it did paniesintheITsector,”analystsat slowingwithGDPgrowthinFY20 todayextendedrelief to gems at the rate of 2per centifcash amendedIncome-taxActtolower Financial Times reportedSunday. itstop management ranksunder nothaveany further comment the agency wrote,adding further clocking in at an anaemic 4.2 per and jewellerysector by relaxing withdrawalexceedsRs1crore”(if threshold of cash withdrawal to Claure, in an interviewwith Claure. The plan includedatar- beyond the FT interview.The downgrades were possible in cent. Forasample of 1,691firms the requirement of re-importof the personwithdrawing cash is a Rs 20 lakh forthe applicabilityof the newspaper,said WeWork has getofreaching operating prof- companyhas gone throughatu- spiteofseveralnegative ratingac- (excluding banksand financials), cut and polisheddiamonds, filerof ITR)and“TDSisdeductible this TDS fornon-filers and also seen strong demand forits office itability by the end of next year multuousperiod since abandon- tionsoverthe pastthree months. netprofits dove 38 per cent in the whichhavebeen sent abroad for at the rate 2per cent if cash with- mandated TDS at the higher rate spaces sincethe startofthe coro- and Clauretold the FT that ing itsinitialpublic offering (IPO) Last week,Moody’s Investors year;excluding TCSand RIL,the certification and grading, by drawal exceeds Rs 20 lakh and at of 5per centoncash withdrawal navirus outbreak.The SoftBank- WeWork is on tracktomeetit. in September. Service changed theoutlook for fallwasasteeper45percent. FE three months,” it said. the rate of 5per centifitexceeds exceedingRs1crore by non-filers.

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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE MOHAMMADKAIF THOSEMONTHS,THOSEMINUTES JULY12 MY FIRST memory of that chase at Lord’s is Mohammad Kaif recalls amagical AFASCINATINGTestmatchended in thrilling peoplewalking out when Iwas walking in afternoon at Lord’s 18 years ago, when fashion,asWestIndies,propelledbyJermaine to bat. They felt the matchwas over as he playedthe mostsignificant innings Blackwood’s 95, inflictedafour-wicket win Sachin had got out. Later,Iwouldfind out of his career that made India believe over England. Chasing 200onalargelydocile that my familyinAllahabad toohad done theycould chase big totals in ODIs and fifth-day surface in Southampton, after thesame. The movie Devdas wasrunning win big finals. England were bowled outfor 313, the visitors inanearby theatreand my father,afanof overcame early wobbles and latedrama to Dilip Kumar,had takenthe familytosee the wrap up amemorable run chase. ShahrukhKhan starrerafter Sachin fell. Crazy celebrations Test cricket’s returninthese toughtimes Don’t worry, Ihaveforgiventhem! Iwould foreverrememberwhat fol- couldn’thave beenmoreentertaining.Though Ialsoremember NasserHussain sledg- lowed. FirstYuvraj ranout forabig hug. therhythmswerelazyforthemostpartofthe ing me as Iwalked in. “The busdriver. He And then Ganguly, who had the shirt-off match,thelastfoursessionsexplodedintolife. drives Tendulkar around.” Nasser wasre- celebration in the balcony, ranand jumped Blackwood wasanunlikelyhero, notleast building his team at that stageand had onto me and we were bothdownonthe afterthe hideous shot he playedtoget outin West Indies’ middle-order batsman Jermaine Blackwood (95) wasinvolvedina scoredhis firstcentury.Hewas excited that ground. Rahul Dravid toowas celebrating the firstinnings. He got out in identicalfash- match-winning 68-run partnership with the doughtyShane Dowrich. AP theywereabout to winthe game. Ihad to more than normally. Behindthem,Icould ioninthe secondinnings too, but aftereffec- wait forthe rightmomenttoreply;itcame seeSachin Tendulkar.Inthose times, he tively winning the match forhis team. afterwewon the matchand Itold Nasser: would nevercome ontothe ground aftera Itcouldwellhave beenhislastTestinnings, the perfect innings forthe occasion. He could- couldn’taffectthesimplestofrunouts.Several “Not badfor abus driver, eh?” match.But therehewas, runningontothe but herehewas delivering asplendid account n’t have retreated intoashell, it would have times Blackwood played and missedand sur- It hadn’t startedsowell. Iremember the field, high-fiving me. It wasareallyspecial of his batsmanship, revivingacareerthatwas playedintoEngland’shands.Hecouldn’tgofull- vivedlbw shoutsand reviews.But unper- dressing room justbeforethe chase. There moment -some of these legends,who Ihad longwritten off. Between October2017and throttle, foritwouldhavehastenedthe end. turbed,hecarriedon. wasafeeling of ‘herewegoagain’ as we Kaifpointstothe Lord's final memento grownupwatching,werenow jumping July2020, hisloneappearance came as acon- Thathemanaged to blend patiencewith ag- He wasinvolvedintwo vital partnerships, weren’t chasing well those days.John at his Gurugram home. and celebrating with me. cussionsubstitute inthesecondinningsof the gressiontestifieshisripeningasaTestcricketer. firstwiththe chase-resurrecting 73-run asso- Wright, our coach, stood by and it wasmore Backhome in Allahabad, once Ire- Sabina ParkTestagainst India last year.He Needlessto say, heplayedsomebreathtak- ciationwithRostonChase,whobattedbravely aplayers’meeting whereSourav Ganguly turned, Icouldn’t handle the celebrations. madeastroke-laden38,playedJaspritBumrah ing strokes, exuding aCaribbean joie de vivre. before gettingouttoabrutethatleapt offfrom said, “Don’tpanic.Wewill just start well, like Tendulkar,Ganguly,Dravid,Sehwag, Iwas ashy person but people kept coming betterthananyoneelseonthattour, butitonly Mostemphatic wasastraight drive,moreofa agood length. Andthen with amatch-swing- trynot to lose anywicketand take it on Yuvraj and as ayoungster, youhavethatfire to my home. The media attention toowas confirmed the selectors’ worstfearsthat his thud rather, over JamesAnderson’shead. ing 68-run partnership with the doughty later.” within to proveapoint. Bhaihum bhi hain different. Iloved to flykites by the Yamuna temperament in this format wasstilldodgy. TheJamaicanjustclearedthefront-legand Shane Dowrich. The reversal arrivedafter the Yuvraj andIwereburning to makea yahan(I’malso here). and theywould say, “Look,Kaif ne aaj The quality of his stroke-making wassel- swung his long, muscular hands at alength visitors had slumpedto27/3 and withJohn name forourselves. We had playedtogether Then, Yuvraj fell. Iwas in shock, nowI patang udayi (Kaifflewkites today!)”. Arre! dom disputed —hewas anointed forbigger ball. Earlier,the England talisman wasdeftly Campbell retired hurt, afterArcher’s yorker in youthteamsand hadanunderstanding. had to do it with the tail-enders.Itwas Ihavebeen flying them from childhood. It featsafter aterrific hundred againstEngland clippedbehind foraboundarysoon after shatteredhistoes.Inthosefranticopeningex- Iremember therequiredratenever got over Harbhajan who helpedmeatanimportant took me awhile to understand all those re- inNorthSoundin2015 —buthistemperament reachinghis half-century. changes,Archer bossed around the batsmen, eight at anystage.Heplayedhis shots;Idid moment. Ihad slogged PaulCollingwood actions. wasoften caught wanting forthe hardgrind some of them whowerehis school seniors in whatIdoand the game startedtoturn. and the ball went offthe inside edge to fine of Test cricket.Itrequiredastandoutdomestic England’s best put to rest Barbados. At one stage, [91neededfrom72balls], leg fortwo runs. Bhaji told me, “Kyakar raha Avictorylikenoother season —768 runs in 15 innings includinghis Similarly,England’sbest bowlerof theday, Criticised forhis listless bowing in the first Icould see Gangulywaving his hands to hai, what areyou doing? Justrun-a-ball That win changed Indian cricket to an maiden double hundred (248)inthisyear’s JofraArcherborethebruntofhisblade.Hewas innings, he cranked up serious pace, struck catchmyattention.Heput his finger up, sig- now.”Ithought, yes, he is right, Ijustneed extent. It showeduswecould chase big domestic season—tocharthis wayback. Still, expertlyclumpedoff thelegs,before swatting amenacing length, seamedthe ball fraction- nalling thatIshould take asingle and give to watchthe ball. scores, it showeduswecould win big finals had DarrenBravo or Shimron Hetmyernot him through backwardpoint and creaming allybothwaysand got Englandoff to ater- the striketoYuvraj.Asany captain would Ihit twofours offGough and then in one –that’s oneofthe reasons Indianfansre- abortedthe tour,hewouldhavebeen warm- him through covers to complete the50-run rific start. At one stage, West Indies were reel- do, he wanted to guide the youngsters in over Flintoffgot Harbhajan and Anil member it as this wasabig tournament win ing the benches. partnership with Shane Dowrich. Then to ing at 7/2, before MarkWoodsconsumed the middle. But Iwas in my zone. Also, Ihad Kumble, who fell to awrong decision by at Lord’s afterthe 1983 WorldCup final. MuchofBlackwood’stechnique is still the showhis polish, Blackwood languidlycover- Shai Hope and another familiar Caribbean wanted to makeaname formyself.Almost SteveBucknor.Off the lastball of the 48th, Iremember another special image. same,heremainsanoff-sideheavyplayer. He’s droveMarkWood, those malleable wrists implosion loomed large.Woodstried to force immediately, whenAlexTudor bowled one withsix runs needed and the field in, Iwent When Ireturnedhome to Allahabad, Iwas ahandsomeplayerdowntheground,unafraid again guiding the ball through thegaps, com- alatetwist, by dismissing Dowrich, and then -itwas perhaps noteventhe length to pull forabig leg-sideshotbut it went offthe putonanopen-jeep procession. It took us to loftseamers andlovestofreehis armsat pensating forhis lack of reach. Blackwood toodeparted, but Jason Holder -Iinstinctively went forit. edge to the thirdman boundary. Even then, nearly three-four hours to travel some five- anything withahintofwidth. At times he rode his luck, but England had calmlycarriedthem on his large shoulders Iwasn’t sure of thewin. six kms to our house. Whathaschanged,though,ishisdiscretion. onlythemselves to blame fortheir shoddy to the finish line. As he has oftendone in the Backing myself Younever know. Because if Zak got out, People lineduponthe roads. Garlands, Hedoesn’tcounterpunchasinstinctively ashe fielding. Jos Buttler spilledaroutine edge off last fewyears. As the ballflewintothe stands,Itold we had Nehraji. Ican visualise him sitting chants, happyfaces. When Iwas akid, Ihad usedtointhepast; ratherhehasaddedmoreju- Stokes’s bowling.RoryBurnscouldn’t latch BRIEF SCORES: England204 &313 all out (Z Yuvraj in some anger,“Bhai,hum bhi khelne in the dressing room, scratching his head. seen Amitabh Bachchan in an open jeep af- diciousness intohis battingwithout forsaking ontoathickedgethatflewpastgullyoff Stokes, Crawley76;SGabriel 5/75) losttoWestIndies aaye hain!”(Ihavealsocome to play). Iwas Zaheer playedout twoballs but offthe terhehad wonanelection in my home- his attacking inclination. He waitsfor the right theEnglandskipperhimself wentinthewrong 318&200/ 6(JBlackwood95, RChase 37;J trying to carve an identityfor myself then. third, we went forasingle but therewas an town. Thatday,Ifelt likeAmitabh Bachchan. ball to playthe rightstroke. The end result was direction to an edge at slips, and Zak Crawley Archer 3/45, BStokes2/39) by 4wickets. Everyone’s focus wasonthe bigger names overthrow and apanic run. That wasit! ASTOLDTODEVENDRAPANDEY

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