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JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2021, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 BIHAR &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM Day after, Haryana KEY SIGNAL IN VIDEO MESSAGE Ceasefireissuccessful Dy CM: SDM who Indiaimportant,wanttomaintain due to India’sstrength; said break farmers’ newdynamism against headswill face action ties:TalibanleadershipinQatar enemies, says Rajnath Taliban deputy head in Doha mentions SUKHBIRSIWACH trade withIndiathrough Pakistan EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE CHANDIGARH,AUGUST29 NEWDELHI,AUGUST29 KarnalSub- ADAY afterKarnal sub-divisional Divisional SHUBHAJITROY DEFENCE MINISTER Rajnath magistrateAyush Sinha was Magistrate NEWDELHI,AUGUST29 Singh on Sundaysaid the cease- caught on camera instructing po- Ayush Sinha Sher fire with Pakistanhas held be- lice to beat farmer protesters and IN WHATisbeing seen as asignal Mohammad cause of India’s “strength”. to notlet anyone breachthe se- to India, amember of the Taliban Abbas Without naming Pakistanor curitycordonwithout a“broken BUSINESSASUSUAL leadershipinQatar has said that Stanekzai China, he said that India wasfac- head”,Haryana Deputy Chief India is “veryimportant forthis ing itsadversaries with anew MinisterDushyant Chautala said BY UNNY subcontinent” and that his group The US said it conducted an airstrikeonavehicle carrying dynamism. Says ‘changing equations’ in ED the government would take ac- wantstocontinueAfghanistan's Tracking “multiple” Islamic State“suicide bombers” heading towards “If aceasefire is successful to- Afghanistana‘challenge’. PTI tion againstthe officer. “cultural”, “economic”, “politi- actions the Kabul airportonSunday. AP REPORT.PAGE 12 day, it is because of our strength. “I am pained at yesterday’s cal”and “trade ties” with India PLAIN E In 2016,cross-border strikes ● onground incident...that statementsthat “likeinthe past”. EX changed our reactionarymind- Singh said the neighbourthat do notmeetthe ethical stan- This overturewas made by To evacuate,Delhi dialled setintoaproactivemindset, had losttoIndia in 1965 and dards of an IAS officer,were Sher Mohammad Abbas Stane- THIS IS the Taliban’s first whichwas further strengthened 1971 cannotwagea“frontwar” givenbyanIAS officer.Action kzai,deputy head of Taliban’s of- outreachtoIndia since the by theBalakot airstrikein2019,” because it does nothavethe ca- will be initiated againsthim...,” fice in Doha, in acarefully group captured power Karzai, Abdullah, Moscow Singh said at the Defence pacity —and forthatreason,it Chautala said at apress confer- scriptedstatement that he read twoweeksago.Awary Services StaffCollege in resortsto“proxywar,and terror- ence in Chandigarh on Sunday. out in Pashtoina46-minute Delhi will, however, wait atensetwo days afterthe fall of Wellington. ism has become an integral part “Fromthe waythe statement video messagebroadcast and watchfor demonstra- NIRUPAMA Kabul on August15, among “Thebelief that India would of their statepolicy”. is being made in the video, Ifeel Saturdayonthe group's social ble behaviour on the SUBRAMANIAN those critical to the negotiations notonlyend terrorism on its “Ever since our countrybe- that he does notfulfill theoath media platforms and Afghanis- ground in Afghanistan MUMBAI,AUGUST29 forsafepassage forthe Indian ownland but also nothesitateto came independent, it has been that an officer takestomaintain tan's Milli Television. that shows good faith by convoy from the Embassy to the conduct counter-terrorism op- the effort of the opposing forces ethical standards. Uske oopar jo the officer's statement that “we The signal is significant given the Taliban, includingits AS INDIA madefrantic effortsto airport—besides the Americans erations on their land if needed is to create an atmosphereofinsta- karyawahi hogi wohsarkarzaroor have notsleptfor the entire that Pakistanholdsthe levers to treatment of Afghans who evacuatediplomatic and other —weretwo high-profile Afghan graduallybecoming stronger,” bility within the country karegi (The government will cer- night”, Chautala said: “He (the the Taliban,and Islamabad and have worked with India. personnel at itsEmbassy,and politicians who arecurrentlyin he said, and commendedthe through one or the other means. tainlytakesuitable action officer) probablydoes notknow CONTINUEDONPAGE2 other Indians and Afghans over CONTINUEDONPAGE2 armedforces fordefeating the If we look at the history of the againsthim),” Chautala said. that the farmer also can’t sleep neighbour “whichhas been tar- last75years, it seems that we In an apparent referenceto CONTINUEDONPAGE2 geting our nation”. CONTINUEDONPAGE2

2yrs of Assam NRC: Lakhs make EXPRESS NETWORK JD(U) turns up heat on BJP, wants NDA it to list, but struggle for Aadhaar panel, saysNitish has‘allqualitiesofPM’ sues we differon”. SANTOSHSINGH Maynot be The party alsopassedareso- TORAAGARWALA PATNA,AUGUST29 in race for lution at itsnational council GUWAHATI,AUGUST29 PM, says meeting that Bihar Chief WITHOUT RAM, AFTERPUTTINGthe BJPinaspot party MinisterNitish Kumar has “all FOR18months now, Bhanu by seeking an inquiryinthe resolution the qualities” that aPrime Upadhyay, apostdoctoral fellow AYODHYAISNOT Pegasus spywareissue and Ministershould have. at IIT Bombay, has been running AYODHYA, SAYS teaming up with rivalRJD to de- Speaking to reporters afterthe around foranAadhaar card. PRESIDENT mandacaste census, keyally ing foranNDA coordination council meeting, JD(U) principal Aftermanycallstotoll-free PAGE 6 JD(U) turnedupthe heat on its committee at thestate and cen- general secretaryand national numbers, e-mails, and visitsto alliance partner Sundaybyask- tral levels to “discuss severalis- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ‘Wedid something application centres, the Aadhaar bigger than winning application of the 33-year-old amedal, we createda Nepali-origin resident of Assam is “still under process”. legacy.Will be Upadhyay, who hails from connected to India Abhongpathar, aremote village About 8lakh who gave biometrics waiting forAadhaar. File my whole life’ in Golaghat district, managed to SJOERD MARIJNE work around the needfor the FORMER COACH, INDIAN unique identification number. Around eight lakh people who In all, 27 lakh people had regis- WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM “But it’s giving me sleepless providedtheir biometrics, and teredtheirbiometrics,but 19 PAGE 14 nightsnow since Iwill be apply- also made it to theNational lakh of these did notfind their ing forjobs at central institutions RegisterofCitizens (NRC) pub- names in the NRC. whichwon’t acceptmyapplica- lishedonAugust31, 2019,are Stategovernmentofficials tion without Aadhaar,” he says. struggling to getAadhaar, and reckon it is a“unique problem” In new JNU Upadhyayisnot alone. worryabout benefitslinked to it. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 course,‘jihadi violence’ is onlyformof ‘fundamentalist religious terror’

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“JIHADI TERRORISM” is the only form of “fundamentalist-religious terrorism”, and Communist regimes in the erstwhile Soviet Union and China were the “pre- dominant state-sponsors of ter- rorism”that influenced“radical Islamic states”. These aresome of the keyas- sertions in anew course on counter-terrorism forengineer- ing students pursuing adual de- gree programmeatJawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). The optional course, titled ‘Counter Terrorism, Asymmetric Conflictsand Strategies for Cooperation among Major Powers’, wasclearedduring a meeting on August17ofthe uni- versity's Academic Council. The course will be offeredto studentspursuing an MS with specialisation in International Relationsafter aBTech in Engineering —online classes for the monsoon semesterstart on September 20. The Council is the university's highestdecision-making body foracademic programmes. Its clearance forthe course will have to be endorsed by the Executive Council, whichde- cides on management and ad- ministrative issues, as partof procedure. One of the newcourse's modules, titled‘Fundamentalist- religious Terrorism and its Impact’, states: “Fundamentalist -religiousinspired terrorism has playedaverycriticaland domi- nant role in the spawning of CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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Mandaviya FROMPAGEONE releases first Rajnath Singh Karnal SDM between the West and the Soviet commercial Union and China. The Soviet have inherited thechallenges,” for200outof 365nights...Theuse Unionand China have been pre- batchofCovaxin the Ministersaid. of suchlanguage by anIASofficer dominant state-sponsors of ter- Taliban leadershipinQatar: But India’s paradigm forna- forthem (farmers) is con- rorism and theyhavebeen heav- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tionalsecurity has nowchanged, demnable.Thereisanimportant ilyinvolvedinterms of their ANKLESHWAR,AUGUST29 hesaid.“Iamhappytosay thatwe partoftheirtraininginwhichthey intelligenceagenciestraining,aid- have made major changes to our aretaughtthe importance of in- ing and providing logistical sup- India very important... UNION MINISTER forHealth and security policies... Under anew tegrity and balancedaction. porttoCommunistultrasandter- FamilyWelfare Mansukh dynamic, we have madeour atti- Certainly, actionwillbetakenand rorists,” it states. Rawalpindihavealways seen cadets. In 1996, he had made a said. On the Taliban’splans for ment is formed. Mandviyareleasedthe firstcom- tudeagainstterrorismproactive.” an explanation will be soughtfor “In the post-Cold Warperiod, India’s ties with Afghanistanas similar overturetoIndia after tradeinthe region, Stanekzai Stanekzai also referred to mercial batchofCovaxin manu- Despitethe challenges at hiscomments.” thetrend has been well adapted anegative influence. It is also the Taliban'sfirsttakeoverof said: “Trade withIndia through theChabahar portdeveloped factured by Bharat Biotech from India’s borders, “the common The Samyukt Kisan Morcha by severalradicalIslamic states the firstcategoricalstatement Kabul whenhewas Deputy Pakistanisveryimportant for by Indiawhile speaking about itsChiron Behringvaccines facil- man is confident that therewill has demandedthe suspension of thathavemirroredtheearliertac- directed at India by asenior Foreign Ministerofacaretaker us. With India, trade through air relationswith Iran, and high- ityatAnkleshwarinSouthGujarat be no compromise on India's na- Sinha,anofficerof the2018 batch tical strategies of the Communist leader of the Taliban since they regime. corridors will also remain lighteditsimportancefor trade. on Sundayand said thirdphase tionalsecurity”, Singh said. of the IAS. powersandhave continuedtoaid captured powerinKabul on This time, his statements open.” Over the lasttwo weeks, trial of vaccine forchildren above “The belief graduallybecame In avideo clip that wascircu- and arm the variousterrorist August15. come at atime whenIndia has This is again an important Taliban spokespersons Suhail twoyearsofage will beginsoon. stronger,thatIndia would not lated widelyonsocial media on groups,” it reads. The Indian Express reported evacuated itsentireIndian statement from India's point of Shaheen and Zabiullah “Today,firstbatchofCovaxin onlyend terror on itsown land, Saturday,Sinha can be heardin- Whencontactedby TheIndian Sundaythatthe UnitedNations diplomatic contingent from the view since Pakistanhas always Mujahidhavealsospoken manufactured by Bharat Biotech but would nothesitatetoattack structing agroup of policemen: Express,AswiniMohapatra,Dean Security Council, withIndia as embassy in Kabul. blockedoverland transit,trade about the group’s views on re- at Ankleshwar has been re- on their land if needed,” he said. “Utha utha ke maarna peechhe of JNU’s School of International itspresident forthe monthof “India is very importantfor andaccessbetween India and lations with India. leased. The companyhas the ca- Speakingaboutthenearly 16- sabko (hit them hard)… We shall Studies(SIS) and concurrent fac- August, had droppedarefer- this subcontinent.Wewantto Afghanistan. South Block,whichistrack- pacity to manufactureone crore monthstandoff with China in notallowthis cordon to be brea- ulty in the School of Engineering, ence to theTalibanfromapara- continue ourcultural,eco- Speaking on Afghanistan’s ing all these statementscare- dose per month... The world's eastern Ladakh, whichbegan in ched.Wehaveenoughforceavail- saidhewasnot involvedinthede- graph in itsstatement asking nomic and trade ties withIndia relationswith Turkmenistan, fully,isyet to respondtothese largest vaccination drive is going May2020, Singh said: “In the able.We haven’tsleptforthepast sign of the course. Afghan groups to notsupport likeinthe past,” he said. Stanekzai listedthe messages. But officials have on in India... we areincreasing northern sector too, lastyear a twodays.Butyouhavecomehere Ruchir Gupta,Dean of the terrorists “operating on the ter- “Wegivedue importance to Turkmenistan-Afghanistan- pointed out that the Taliban manufacturing and simultane- unilateral attempt wasmadeto aftertaking some sleep… Mere Schoolof Engineering,saidArvind ritoryofany other country”. our political,economicand Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas had cooperated forthe safe ouslythe capacity of administer- changethestatusquoonthebor- paas ek bhi banda nikal ke nahin Kumar,Chairpersonof theCentre Stanekzai,incidentally,was trade ties with India and we pipeline project and said the passageofIndian diplomats ing it,” he said. der.”But “heretoo we have gone aana chahiye. Agar aaye tohsar forCanadian, US and Latin at theIndian MilitaryAcademy want these ties to continue. We Taliban would work to address and nationals, and Afghans, “Zydus Cadila vaccine has from our old response to our ad- phoota hua hona chahiyeuska. American Studies, wanted to in- in Dehradun in the 1980s as arelooking forwardtoworking theproblems that areholding who were evacuated from been authorisedtobeusedon versary to anew dynamic”. Clear hai aapko (Noone should troducethe course. “Wehavea partoftraining forAfghan army with India in this regard,” he up the ventureonce agovern- Kabul. emergencybasisanditwillbead- Singhsaidthattoday, “theen- breachthe cordonand reachme. joint programme withSIS,they ministeredtochildren above 12 emynolongerneeds to enterthe If someone does, makesurehe askedusto passthiscoursesowe years old. BharatBiotech vaccine border”, and can “also target our has abrokenhead. Hope this is passedit. I’m notanexpert on in- ster of Statefor Home Affairs Taliban aterroristgroup, it is securitymeasuretokeep trackof Guwahati,theHomeandPolitical has been allowedresearch work security apparatus from outside clear).” ternationalrelations,”Gupta said. NityanandRaihadsaid:“TheGov- amongthreecountries—Pakistan the digitalentityofthose who Department in Dispur,and the forvaccine of children above two the border”. The “alignmentand Sinha wasdeployed as duty Kumar confirmedtoThe ernmentof Indiahasdecidedasa and Chinaare the othertwo — mayget excluded from the list, UIDAIregionalofficeinGuwahati yearsof agewhichhascompleted realignmentof globalpowersadd magistratetomaintainlaw and Indian Express that he had de- matter of policy nottoenumer- that have kept their diplomatic saidofficialsinvolvedinthedraft- have been floodedwith letters secondphase.Andresearch work to alreadychangingsecuritychal- order near HotelPremPlaza in signedthe course. Asked about atecaste-wise populations other missions open in Kabul even af- ing of the SOP. from aggrievedcitizens. forthirdphasehas also been per- lenges”. Karnal, wherestate BJP leaders, the reference to onlyone religion than SCs and STsinthe census.” terthe Taliban takeover.Russia Thestate’sHomeandPolitical Oneamong them is 22-year- mitted...” Mandaviyasaid. On Afghanistan, wherethe includingChief MinisterManohar in the module on “fundamental- has hosted Taliban delegates in- Departmentwasmadetheregis- old Bikash Singh, aComputer Talibanarebackinpowerafter20 Lal Khattar and stateparty presi- ist-religious terrorism”, he said it Karzai, Abdullah cluding Mullah Baradar in trarof thisexercisewiththeUIDAI Applications graduatefrom years, Singh said “the changing dent Om Prakash Dhankar,were was“becauseIslamicterrorismis power-sharingnegotiationswith Moscowfortalks,andhadpushed providing technicalsupport.The Duliajan in Upper Assam. Unable CHHATTISGARH equations” presented a“chal- meeting to discuss the party’s aworld-acceptedthing. Afterthe the Taliban. forthe Taliban to play an impor- biometric details of 27,43,396 to applyfor jobsfor the lackofan Mob assaults pastor lenge”. These “circumstances strategy forthe panchayat elec- Taliban,ithasgainedmomentum Theywereformer president tant role in post-US Afghanistan. were collected by the UIDAI dur- Aadhaarcard,hehasshotoff mul- have forced everycountry to tions. now.” Hamid Karzai and former vice- Russia’sAmbassadorto Kabul ing the process. tiplelettersto thePrimeMinister’s while raising ‘stop think on itsstrategytoday”, he OnSunday, Chautalaalsosaid: Kumarsaidthat“tothebest of president Abdullah Abdullah, Dmitry Zhirnov held talkswith In March2019, Upadhyayre- Office,RGI,Chief Minister’sOffice said,addingthattheQuadrilateral “It’sthe job of the police to main- my knowledge”,hehas“notcome whowasalsothechairmanofthe the Taliban on security forhis members flying to Guwahati — and the UIDAI, Guwahati —but conversion’slogans SecurityDialogue, or Quad, “has tain lawand order. Shouldaction across” an instance of anyother HighCouncil forNational country'sEmbassytwodays after and driving to Sarupathar in without luck. Kawardha: Agroup of over 100 beenformedkeepingthesethings notbetakenif someoneattacks...a religion resorting to methods of Reconciliation in the oustedgov- they took over,accordingtore- Golaghat—forthehearing.While “Mybrother,whoisinthefirst people allegedly beat up a25- in mind”. personwhoholdsaconstitutional terrorism. ernment of AshrafGhani. ports in the Russian media. his mother had made it to the year of college, has notbeenable year-oldpastorafter barginginto “Militarypower, trade, com- postorisanelected representa- OnthereferenceonlytoSoviet New Delhialsoreachedoutto Moscow’s special envoyto NRC, his father,his sisterand he to applyfor scholarships. It is his houseataremote villagein munication, economy, and polit- tive?”Hesaidthatwhile“mostof UnionandChinaas“predominant Moscow. AfghanistanZamir Kabulovsaid had not. “Theofficialstoldusthat mental torture,” said Singh. Chhattisgarh’s Kabirdham dis- icalequations, this changecan be the 40 (farmer) union leaders” state-sponsorsofterrorism”, The decision to evacuatethe in an interviewthatRussia had once the listisout, we would get ThenthereisMamtazBegum, trict on Sunday,during which clearly seeninall areas. Inthis era were from Punjab andUP, it was Kumarsaid:“State-sponsoredter- entireIndian Embassyincluding built contactswith the Taliban ourAadhaarcards,” he says.On ahousewifeinAssam’sBaksadis- theywereheardraisingslogans of globalisation, with these Haryana that wassuffering as a rorism is very difficult to define, AmbassadorRudrendraTandon, oversevenyears.Itwasthesecon- August31, allthree made it to the trict,whohasappliedforAadhaar againstreligious conversion, a changes happeningall over the result of the protests.“Whyis we have to findevidenceforitand wastakenaftertheGhanigovern- tactsthat New Delhicalledon NRC. “I wasgladthe ordeal was seventimes. Newly married police official said. world, no nation should be left Haryana being made the epicen- onlythenwecan includeit.” mentcollapsed,andsecurityper- Moscowtoleverageonits behalf. over,”hesaid,buttheAadhaaror- Roshni Singh, aBihari-originres- The incident took place untouched; Iunderstand it is not tre(of the protests) again and sonnelinKabul’sGreen Zone, Karzai has known Mullah deal had justbegun. identofAssam, who is basedin around 11 am in Polmi village possible,”hesaid. again? These 40 leaders should JD(U) wherethe diplomatic missions Baradarclosely. Thetwo menhad The freezeinbiometrics is Mumbai, saidshe has notbeen under Kukdur police station lim- “Keeping our security pre- explain whytheydid notblock- spokespersonKCTyagisaid:“Just arelocated,abandonedtheir triedtostartnegotiationsforapo- linkedtothe fate of the NRC able to open abank account nor itswhen aprayer wasunderway paredness in proportion to these adeUPandPunjab...Theywantto as therehad been acoordination posts. litical settlementbackin2010. which, even aftertwo years of getaration card. at the house of pastor changes, or should Isay astep disturb thesystemand hurt the committeeof theNDAduringthe Armedfightershad setup Abdullah wasintouch with the publication,hangsinlimbo: the On itspart, the stategovern- Kawalsingh Paraste, said ahead of that, becomes our need, agrarianeconomyofHaryana.But AB Vajpayeegovernment, we theirown checkpoints across the Taliban duringthe “intra-Afghan Registrar General of India has not ment has been in touchwith the Kabirdham Superintendent of notourachievement...Thechange we won’t letthemsucceed.” would welcomeasimilar com- Afghan capital. Their chain of talks” lastyear afterbeingap- notifiedit, and the Supreme Centreabout the issue. In re- Police Mohit Garg. “As per the in the security paradigm over Karnal deputycommissioner mittee nowtodiscussseveral is- command wasnot clear;apart pointed headofthe High Council Court, whichsupervisedthe sponse to aquestioninthe preliminaryinformation, a time is the reality of today. Nishant Kumar Yadavsaidon sueswe differon.Itwouldhelpin from the Taliban,several allied forNational Reconciliation. process from 2013,has notheard AssemblysessioninJuly, Assam crowdofover100 people “Todealwiththesechallenges, Sundaythatwhile he “regretted smooth functioning of theal- groups,includingPakistan-based Karzai and Abdullahhave the matter since January6,2020. Chief MinisterHimantaBiswa stormedintohis houseand al- continuouslystrengthening our afew of thewordsthatwere used liance and discourageunwar- groups suchasthe Haqqaninet- reachedout to the Taliban to ne- BoththeBJPgovernmentandthe Sarmasaidthestate hadtakenup legedly damaged articles of wor- preparedness,andmakingstrong (bySinha) in the video” and that rantedcommentsfromleadersof work —some of whomnurse a gotiateaninclusive government statecoordinatorof NRChavenot the matter with the RGIand the ship and household items, and strategiesisnot justthe need of “these should nothavethere”, the NDAalliance.” special animus againstIndia — —and oneorbothcould be part acceptediteither,and arecur- UnionHomeSecretary. tore scriptures,” he said. PTI the hour,but it is alsoademand.” Sinha wasan“upright officer”. Later,speaking to The Indian were reportedtobepresent. of thenewdispensationinKabul. rentlypushing fora“corrected” The NRCoffice in Guwahati “Thesewordscameoutinthe Express,Tyagisaid:“Wehavealso Driving to the airport through With150-oddevacueesgath- NRC. alsowrotetothestate’sHomeand heatof themomentwhichshould passedaresolution at the party’s theseposts wasfraughtwithrisks. eredattheEmbassy,negotiations “Nothingishappening right Political department thrice since nothavecomeout,” Yadavsaid. national council that Nitish On August16, afteranAir continuedthrough Monday.The now,”admitted an official from March 2020 highlighting the “His (Sinha's)intentionwas not Kumar might notbeinthe PM IndiaflightfromDelhiwasunable green light came lateinthe theNRCoffice,requestinganony- “deprivationsof thepublic”.Inthe wrong because that wasthe last racebuthasallthequalitiesthata to land in Kabul as thousands evening —and the convoy leftfor mity.Lastyear,HDSarma, the latestletter, HDSarma, theNRC naka from the venue. We had PM shouldhave”. swarmedthe tarmac, India sent the airportaround10pm. NRCstate coordinator,submitted coordinator,said: “…around 26 givenstrict directions to him that Askedabouttheneedforsuch anIAFC17Globemastertransport The vehicles were allowed an affidavit to theGauhati High lakhapplicantswhosebiometrics EXPRSESEDUCATION protesters shouldnot go beyond aresolution,Tyagi said:“There aircrafttoevacuateitscitizens,in- intothe technicalareaofthe air- Court, referring to theAugust31 were capturedduringclaimsand thispointatanycost.Andit’snat- have oftenbeen insinuations cluding those at the Embassy, portaround2.30 am. Four hours listasa‘supplementary’ listand objections phaseare notable to ural that thedirections that were from some quarters(on Nitish through the militaryside of the later,the C17tookoff forDelhi. seekingre-verification. obtaintheAadhaarcardastheen- giventohimwere supposedtobe Kumar’s prime ministerial airportthatwas controlledbyUS Effortsare nowontoevacuate SourcesintheNRCstate coor- rolment numbers have been givenfurther to theforce, so that chances),andwe wantedto keep forces. the 260 Indians who arestill dinator’s office saidthe Supreme blockedbythe UIDAIasper para no doubtremainsinthe mind of the recordstraight”. But the challengewas to get strandedinKabul. Court SOP clearly saidAadhaar 9ofthe SOP… government may forceoverwhatistobedone.” The JD(U) leaderalso saidthe theIndiansto theairportsafely— willbegivento thosewhoarepart liketofile an affidavit in the partywouldcontinuetodemand and to ensure that the Taliban or Assam NRC of the “final NRC”. “But the NRC Supreme Court seeking relax- JNU course acaste census.“Weare waitingfor groups alliedtothem did not and attributeittored tape and a we have nowisnot final…sohow ation of paranine of the SOP so terroristviolenceinthebeginning apositive responsefromthePM,” place hurdles in the way. lack of clarityontheNRCexercise canweshare information on the thatapplicantsareableto availthe of the 21st century. Theperverse he said. The US had been using Black itself. The statehas highlighted applicantdata—evenifitisforan benefit of Aadhar card.” interpretationof theKoranhasre- Asked about the JD(U)’s de- Hawkmilitarytransporthelicop- the issue by writing to the Aadhaarcard?Thatwillmeanvi- In turn, officials at the Home sultedintherapidproliferationof mandforacoordinationcommit- ters to evacuate their Embassy Registrar GeneralofIndia, but no olating the SC order,” the official and Political department have ajihadicultistviolencethatglori- tee, BJP leader and BiharDeputy since August12. Some European action has been forthcoming so said. said theyhavewritten to the fiesdeathby terrorinsuicidaland CM TarkishorePrasad wascau- diplomatic missions toohad ac- far. At theUIDAI, Regional Office, Union Home Secretaryand RGI homicidalvariants.” tiousinresponse. “Wesupportit cess to militaryaircraft, but the At theheartofthe problemis Guwahati,officialstoldTheIndian twice —inNovember2020 and It states: “The exploitation of becauseitwillhelpuscoordinate Indian mission did nothaveits aNovember2018Supreme Express theycannotissue the June 2021. the cyberspace by theradical on various issues,”hesaid. ownair resources. Court-approved Standard Aadhaar numbers “till aclarifica- “RGIhasnotmadetheirstance Islamic religious clerics has re- On August23, NitishKumar With no line of communica- OperatingProcedure(SOP). tion is receivedfromRGI and the clearontheNRCyet…tilltheydo sulted in the electronic propaga- had leda10-party delegation to tionwiththeTaliban,Indiahadto Under the SOP,thoseleftout of matteriscommunicatedto UIDAI notdeclareitasthefinalNRC,our tionof jihaditerrorismworldover. meetPrimeMinisterNarendra rely on third-partyinterlocutors the draftNRC listpublishedon by Home and Political Depart- hands aretied,” said an official Online electronic dissemination Modi on the caste censusissue. to establishcontact.“Wereached July31, 2018,had to mandatorily ment, Government of Assam.” from the Home and Political de- of Jihaditerrorismhasresultedin Earlier,theChiefMinisterhadde- outtoallthosewhohadanychan- submit their biometrics during KuldeepPegu,Deputy Direc- partment. The IndianExpress the spurtofviolence in non- mandedaprobe intoallegations nelswiththeTaliban,”aseniorof- thehearingsof ‘claims’(toinclude tor, UIDAI,RegionalOffice,Guwa- reachedoutto theRGI,butdidnot Islamic societies that aresecular of surveillance of phones using ficial said. themselvesinthe NRC) and ‘ob- hati,saidinanemailtheNRCbio- receive aresponse. and arenow increasingly vulner- the Pegasus spyware. So, even as External Affairs jections’ (toobjecttosomeone metric enrolmenthad been kept Caughtinthemiddlearepeo- ableto theviolencethat(is)onthe TheBJP is wary of taking any MinisterSJaishankarspoketoUS else’sinclusion) process.These on hold in accordance with the plelikeUpadhyay, Begum, and increase.” step regarding acaste census, es- SecretaryofState Anthony hearings were conducted in the SOPguidelines.“Tillaclarification Bikash Singh. Bikash Singh re- Anothermodule,titled‘State- peciallywiththe UP elections Blinken,andofficialsof bothsides run-up to the publication of the isreceivedfromRGIandthemat- centlyformedaWhatsAppgroup sponsored Terrorism: It’s Influ- around the corner.Several party were in constant touchonthe lo- complete listonAugust31, 2019. teriscommunicatedto theUIDAI ‘WeWantAadhaar’. “Thereare ence andImpact’, refers only to leaders have privatelysaidthat gistics at the militaryside of the “Once the finalNRC has been by Home and Political Depart- about35 onit—everyoneisfacing the SovietUnionand China. the party cannotaffordtoantag- airport, NewDelhi fell backon published, suchpersonswho are ment,Governmentof Assam,the some issue or the other…some- “Terrorism has always ageo- onise the OBCs, who have be- some old friends in Kabul — includedintheNRC,willbegiven Aadhaar number cannotbeis- one’sPFhas stopped, someone graphical base and support comeacrucialsupportbaseinre- KarzaiandAbdullahwere tapped. theusualAadhaarnumberasap- sued,” he said. elseisnotableto getarationcard. Contact forAdvt. Booking: M/sFriends Publicity Service havens forits operations. State cent years. India alsodialledRussia for plicable to legal residentsinthe Since the publication of the Idon’t knowhow muchitwill (M): 9212665841, 9212008155 sponsored terrorismhas been On July20, in awrittenreply help. country,”Clause 9ofthe SOP NRCinAugust2019,theoffices of help—butfornow,atleastwecan largelyduringtheideologicalwar to aquestion in Lok Sabha,Mini- AlthoughRussiaconsidersthe stated.The clause wasaddedasa the NRCState Coordinator in vent,”hesaid.

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No property tax: ZeroCovid-19deathson18 Proposal gets nod NewDelhi: The NorthMCDhas approved aproposal to exempt houses measuring up to 50 daysincapitallastmonth squaremetresfrompaying property tax. The proposal is also aimedatgarnering support 576, the number of deaths was needtokeep in mind that people forthe party in civic elections EXPRESSNEWS SERVICE still morethan 100—103 Covid aregetting immunised, so there scheduledearly next year. ENS NEWDELHI,AUGUST29 deathsrecorded that day. is acombinedeffectof exposure Doctors had saidthe number on people. However, this is adel- MORE THAN half the days in the of deaths were notdroppingas icateequilibrium that might be lastmonth have seen no Covid rapidlyasnumberofnew cases disruptedanytime. Amutation deathsinDelhi. because patients admitted to of the virus can cause antibody Since July29, zeroCovid ICUs during the second wave protection to fallflat, depending deaths were recordedon18days and strugglingwithalong bat- on number of factors. Thereis —the longeststretch with no tle were still dying everyday. still achunkofpeople notex- deaths wasfivedaysfromAugust Dr Lalit Kant, former Deputy posedtothe virus, thereare 20 to 24.The highestnumber of Atotal of 31 people diedof Director General ICMR, said: people whose antibody protec- deaths in one dayinthe last Covid in thelastmonth. “When we have apeak of the tion will be wearing out.” month wasonAugust6,when magnitude that we did in Delhi, The government is prepar- the city recordedfivefatalities.A morepeople develop antibodies ing to conduct itsseventh sero total of 31 peoplediedofCovid in count had gone as high as 448 againstthe virus whichgives survey to estimatethe percent- the lastmonth. On Sundaytoo, on asingle dayonMay 3. In April some protection. When they ageofthe population exposed zerodeaths were reported. and May, the city had recorded have thatprotection, notonlyto- to SARS-CoV2 afterthe second These arepositive numbers 13,201deaths. Even when daily talnumber of cases butalso seri- wave. Samples collected from foracity wherethe second case count begantodecrease, ous cases starttocome down. aresettlement colonybyanAI- Covid wavedid notjustsee a the number of deaths continued This is whatwe’re seeing in Delhi, IMS team during the second large number of cases, but fatal- to remain high. On June 3, when when serious cases come down, half of March had found asero- ities as well. The Covid death the case count had droppedto deaths also come down. We also positivity rate of 74.7%. Filmproducer among 4held for posing as Stressed Asset Management Branch, Khajpura, Jagdeopath, Bailey Road, Patna-800014 ED officials, SALENOTICEFORSALEOFIMMOVABLEPROPERTIES E-Auction Sale Notice for Sale of immovable assets under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement extortion of Security Interest Act, 2002 read with proviso to Rule 8(6) of the Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002. Notice is hereby given to the public in general and in particular to the Borrower(s) and Guarantor(s) that the below described immovable property mortgaged/charged to the Secured Creditor,the Symbolic possession of which has been taken by the Authorised Officer of Indian Bank (Erstwhile EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Allahabad Bank) Stressed Asset Management (SAM) Branch, Patna, Secured Creditor,will be sold on "As is where is”, “As is what is" and NEWDELHI,AUGUST29 "Whatever there is" on 15.09.2021,for recovery of bank's dues from the following borrower and guarantors. Sl. No. Name of the Account Description of the Charged/ Name of the Amount of Reserve Price Earnest & Mortgage Property Mortgagor(s)/ Secured Debt (in Rs) Money THE DELHI Police Crime Branch Branch Guarantor(s) Deposit arrested four men, includinga 1. Equitable Mortgage- Sri Vijay Singh `1,51,71,589/- `42,01,000/- `4,20,100/- movieproducer,forallegedlypos- M/s Vijay Tractor, SAMB Prop.: Sri Vijay i) All that part and parcel of the (Mortgagor) (Rupees One (Rupees Forty (Rupees Four ing as Enforcement Directorate Patna property of Sale Deed No.493 dated Mrs. Sunita crore fifty one two lac one lac twenty (ED)officialsandextortingmoney Singh Simli, NH- 11.01.2010, Flat No.-101, area of Singh lakhs seventy thousand only) thousand one from hundredsofpeople. Didarganj, Patna super built up 1195 sqft. (Guarantor) one thousand hundred only) The producer,Santosh Rai, is City,Patna-800008 situated in Prince Residency Apartment, Vivekanand five hundred Park, New Patliputra Colony,Patna, Mauza-Mainpura eighty nine allegedly involved in morethan 1. Sri Vijay Singh, only) as on 35 cases of cheating andextor- commonly known as New Patliputra Colony,PSDigha Flat No.-101, Now P.S-Patliputra, Dist.-Patna within the Jurisdiction 30.03.2020 tion across India. He also pro- Prince Residency of Sub and Sadar Registry Office, Patna under Phulwari with further ducedaBollywood movie with Apartment revenue Thana No.2, Tauzi No.5506,Khata No.671 & interest, costs, the cheated money, said police. 648, Circle No.-247A, Ward No.-14/New Ward No.-23, other charges Vivekanand Park, and expenses In 2008, he wasconvicted by the Holding No.-101/103, Zone No.-03, Govt. Valuation Boring Patliputra thereon Saket court forcheating butlater List Serial No.-225, Jamabandi No.-2080, Computer Road, Near Code-571. Boundary details of property: North-Front got outonbail. Alpana Market, Offset of the building, South-Corridor,Lift &Stair case Earlier this month, the and flat No.-103, East-Side Set back of the building, DirectorateinDelhi received Patna-800013 West-Side Set Back of the building. severalcomplaintsagainstan 2. Mrs. Sunita ii) All that part and parcel of the Sri Vijay Singh `22,81,000/- `2,28,100/- “Enforcement Directorateoffi- Singh (Guarantor) property of Sale Deed No.494 (Mortgagor) (Rupees (Rupees Two cial” namedRajeevSingh. While Flat No.-101, dated 11.01.2010, Flat No.-103, Mrs. Sunita Twenty lac lac twenty thereisnoone by that name, of- Prince Residency area of super built up 595 sqft. Singh eighty one eight thousand situated in Prince Residency (Guarantor) thousand only) one hundred ficials found that the man was Apartment Apartment, Vivekanand Park, New only) posing as an Enforcement Vivekanand Park, Patliputra Colony,Patna, Mauza-Mainpura commonly known as New Patliputra Colony,PSDigha Directorateofficer, sending fake Boring Patliputra Now P.S-Patliputra, Dist.-Patna within the Jurisdiction of Sub and Sadar Registry Office, Patna notices to people, and asking for Road, Near under Phulwari revenue Thana No.2, Tauzi No.5506, Khata No.671 &648, Circle No.-247A, Ward money. Alpana Market, No.-14/New Ward No.-23, Holding No.-101/103, Zone No.-03, Govt. Valuation List Serial No.-225, Jamabandi No.-2080, Computer Code-571. Boundary details of property: North-Flat No.-101, South- On Thursday, the Patna-800013 Enforcement Directorateap- Flat No.-102, East-Se Set back of the building, West-Corridor,Lift &Staircase. proached CrimeBranchofficials. 2. M/s Om Jai Vishnu Rice i) All part &parcel of land & Sri Ajay Kumar `9,35,10,453/- `51,35,000/- `5,14,000/- Monika Bhardwaj,DCP SAMB Mills Pvt. Ltd. building in the name of Sri Ajay Mehta S/o Sri (Rupees Nine (Rupees Fifty (Rupees Five (Crime Branch), said, “Weexam- Patna Registered Office-Jamhore, Ramjatan Mehta crore thirty one lac thirty lac fourteen PO-Jamhore, District- Kumar Mehta S/o Sri Ramjatan five lakh ten five thousand thousand only) inedall calls and notices and Aurangabad, Bihar-824121 Mehta, Title Deed No.8626 thousand four only) found that the accusedpersons 1. Sri Binod Kumar (Director dated 27.06.2012, admeasuring hundred fifty were using apps to send spoof e- &Guarantor) 9Decimal situated at Mauza- three only) as mails from the National 2. Smt. Sarita Devi (Director on 08.06.2018 Jomhour,Khata No.16, Plot No.- Informatics Centremailid(gov- &Guarantor), with further ernmentmail). Theywerealso 3. Mr.Ajay Kumar Mehta S/o 542/4256, Thana No.-105, Tauzi interest, costs, Late Ram Jatan Mehta No.-4715, Dist-Aurangabad. other charges making calls from different gov- 4. Smt. Sushila Devi W/o and expenses ernment office numbers (using Late Shambhu Mehta R/o Bounded by: North-Nij, South- thereon, less spoof apps)tothreaten the vic- Village-Jamhore Late Ramsaran Mehta, East- recovery if any tims. Theywanted the victims to PO-Jamhore, PS-Jamhore, Ramjanam Mehta, West-Santu Pd feel that government officers are District-Aurangabad, Agarwal Others. contacting them.” Bihar-824121 The investigating team con- ii) All part &parcel of land &building in the name of Smt. Sushila Devi Smt. Sushila `20,80,000/- `2,09,000/- tacted oneofthe victims, abusi- W/o Late Shambhu Mehta, Title Deed No.6994 dated 19.06.2007, Devi W/o Late (Rupees (Rupees admeasuring 5.5 Decimal situated at Mauza-Jomhour,Khata No.239, Shambhu Mehta Twenty Twolac nine nessman namedMohammad Plot No.-3659, Thana No.-105, Dist-Aurangabad. Bounded by: North- lac eighty thousand only) Rafi,and “laid atrap” by asking Ramjanam Mehta, South-Gupteshwar Narain Singh, East-Alarak thousand only) the accusedtocomecollect the Singh, West-Plot No.3658. money. iii) Land property in the name of Sri Binod Kumar Mehta S/o Sri Binod Kumar `10,10,000/- `1,01,000/- On Saturday, policearrested Sri Shambhu Mehta, Title Deed No.-6976 dated 06.06.2003, Mehta S/o Sri (Rupees (Rupees One Raiand his associateBhupender admeasuring 31.25 Decimal situated at Mauza-Padrawa, P.S-Jamhor, Shambhu Mehta Tenlakh ten lakh one Singh near Parliament Street Khata No.25, Plot No.-1, Thana No.-286, Dist-Aurangabad. Bounded thousand only) thousand only) whentheycame to getthe ex- by: North-Nij Hal Bikdreta, South-Nij Bikreta, East-Dilip Mehta, West- Shivana Pathak Bigha. tortion moneyfromthe victim. While Raiusedthe name 3. M/s Buddha Heritage Equitable Mortgage- All that Sri Bhagwan `5,91,96,434/- `91,04,000/- `9,10,400/- SAMB Prop.: Shri Ashutosh part and parcel of the Land and Lal Jha S/o (Rupees Five (Rupees (Rupees RajeevSingh to cheat people, Patna crore ninety Ninety one lac Nine lac ten Kumar Jha 121, Jamuna Building along with present and Balmukund Jha Bhupender Singh posed as his Apartment, Boring Road, one lakh ninety four thousand thousand four advocate. Police said Singh Patna-800001 future construction there on: six thousand only) hundred only) worksatalaw firm in Patiala 1. Shri Ashutosh Kumar In the name of Sri Bhagwan four hundred House courtand used the Jha 121, Jamuna Lal Jha S/o Balmukund Jha, thirty four lawyers’ chambers to call victims Apartment, Boring Road, area measuring 4.59 Decimal, only) as on and threaten them with legal ac- Patna-800001 30.08.2019 2. Shri Bhagwan Lal Jha Regd. No.76/Pat/81 Dated with further tion. S/o Late Balmukund Jha, 28.10.1986, Khata No.69, Survey interest, costs, During questioning, police R/o Jagat Narayan Road, Plot No.1195, Tauzi No.131, other charges found that the duo worked with Kadamkuan, Near PP Thana No.26, situated at Village- and expenses amurder accusednamedAfzal School, Patna-800013 thereon less Jaganpura, Thana-Phulwarisharif, Ahmed, who is out on parole, 3. M/s Rajnandini Projects recovery if any. District-Patna, Bihar,bounded as and acyber expertnamedAkash Pvt. Ltd. through its Managing Director,Road Chauhan. under (as per deed): North-Road, No.-06, Ward No.-18, South-Co-operative Plot No.-08, “The notices were prepared Chandradeep Complex, by Raiand sent by Chauhan. Dakbunglow Road, Bandar East-S.P.No.-1195 (Part),West- Theywereusing spoofing apps Babaicha, Patna, Bihar 14 feet wide Road. andsending emails with the id Detail of encumbrance, Outstanding Dues of Local Govt, Electricity,Property tax, Municipal Tax, etc. if any known to the Bank: Not Known ‘[email protected]’. Raialso madecalls Last Date &time for Registration and Submission of EMD amount: 13.09.2021 through https://www.mstcecommerce.com/auctionhome/ibapi by spoofing landline numbers of Till 5.00 PM. ED and severalDelhi Police es- Date &Timeofe-auction: 15.09.2021 from 11.00 AM to 3.00 PM at the platform of http://www.mstcecommerce.com with unlimited extension. tablishmentstothreaten the vic- Bid incremental amount is Rs.10,000/- (Rupees TenThousand Only). Property ID: 1. (i) IDIB1755A, (ii) IDIB1755B, 2. (i) IDIB1756A, (ii) tim. Ahmedand Chauhan are IDIB1756B, (iii) IDIB1756C), 3. IDIB1754. absconding,” said DCP Bhardwaj. For further details and Terms &Conditions, Contact: Shri Rajat Sinha (Chief Manager) Mob.: 9162910272 Police also arrested Singh’s For downloading further details and Terms &Conditions, Please Visit: (i) https://www.mstcecommerce.com (ii) https://www.ibapi.in friend Kuldeepwho runs afac- *Applicable tax to be borne by the bidder. tory and another associate Bidders are advised to visit the website (www.mstcecommerce.com) of our e-auction service provider MSTC Ltd to participate in online bid. For namedSanjaywho workswith Technical Assistance please call MSTC HELPDESK No.033-22901004 and other help line numbers available in service providers help desk. For the victim. Registration status with MSTC Ltd, please contact [email protected] and for EMD status please contact [email protected]. “Sanjaywas asked to watch For property details and photograph of the property and auction terms and conditions please visit: https://ibapi.in and for clarifications related to this portal, please contact help line number '18001025026' and '011-41106131'. the businessman, inform the Bidders are advised to use Property ID Number mentioned above while searching for the property in the website with https://ibapi.in and other accusedabout his plans. www.mstcecommerce.com. The other men would callthe Date :25.08.2021 Authorised Officer victim and threaten him,” said Place :Patna Indian Bank (Erstwhile Allahabad Bank) police.

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the investigation conducted in conducted in thematters.This ANANDMOHANJ the matter. case is aglaring example, NEWDELHI,AUGUST29 “Itisfurther painful to note wherein injured persons/victims that in alarge number of cases arepolice personnel itself.” ADELHIcourt came down heav- of riots,the standardofinvesti- The lawyer forthe accused ilyonDelhi Police while framing gation is very poor. Afterfiling had told the courtthat their chargesagainsttwo men accused chargesheetinthe court,nei- clientswerefalselyimplicated in of being members of amob that ther the IO nor SHOnor super- the case. It wasarguedthat the attackedthe 65th Battalion of the vising officers bother to see as accusedpersons were not SashastraSeemaBal during the to whatother material is re- namedbythe complainant,and NortheastDelhi riots,observing quired to be collected from the theyare the onlyones that “inalarge number of cases appropriateauthority... and chargesheetedinacase involv- of riots,the standard of investi- what steps arerequired... to take ing amob of 100-150 persons. gation is very poor”. theinvestigationtoalogical Special Public Prosecutor RCS Additional Sessions Judge end,” the court said. Bhadoria arguedthat the 65th It took authorities morethan twohours to recoverthe bodies of thevictims from the river. Amit Mehra Vinod Yadavinhis order passed It said this case wasaglaring Battalion was“deployedatavery Saturdaysaid “after filing the 53 people were killedinthe example wherethe injuredper- shortnoticeand as such,itisvery half-baked chargesheets in riotslastFebruary. Archive sons arepolice officers “yet the difficult forthe complainant and court,police hardlybotherabout IO did notbother to collect sam- his colleaguestoget acquainted taking the investigation to alog- pleofacid/corrosive substance with the area/localityand as Out for bath, 3teens drown in Yamuna ical end”. untarilycausing hurt to deter and to have itschemical analy- such,theycould notspecifically “The accusedpersons, who public servant from his duty sis, particularly when IPC Section name/identify the accusedper- lefttheir homesat6am to go for ing forhelp, some onlookers and he couldn’tswim. Pankaj have been ropedinmultiple amongothersections of the IPC. 326-A(voluntarilycausinggriev- sons”. He further submitted that EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE arun. rushed in and made acall to the and Sumit also triedtohelpbut cases,continue to languish in Thejudgesaid it was“really ous hurt by use of acid,etc) has accusedpersons have been cat- NEWDELHI,AUGUST29 The families, residentsof PCR. Theywerefishedout and drowned. jails as aconsequence thereof. It painful to note”thatalarge num- been invokedinthe matter”. egoricallynamed/identified by Brijpuri area, live next to each takentoanearbyhospital, The boys were screamingfor is high time that the DCP of berofcases of riots have been It further notedthatthe IO independentwitness. THREE TEENAGERS who had other. Theysaid the boys usually wherethree of them were de- help when fishermen and locals NortheastDistrict and other pending consideration on charge has “not bothered to collect the The courtsaid the statement gone forabathinthe Yamuna come backhome aftertheir clared dead on arrival. Police rushedtohelp. Buntywas res- higher officers concerned take and in majority of cases the “IOs opinion about the natureofin- of this independent witness riverinNorth Delhi’s Wazirabad morning run but on Sunday, they have informedtheir families,”an cuedbyfishermenwho threw a notice of the aforesaid observa- have notbeenappearing in juries upon the victims, particu- “cannotbebrushedaside/dis- drownedSundaymorning, went to take bath near the ghat. officer said. netathim and pulledhim out. tions and take immediate court... at the time of considera- larly when the provision of IPC cardedmerelybecause therehas while one of their friends was “WereceivedaPCR call at During enquiry, police found The others couldn’t be savedin remedial action required...,” the tion on charge”. Section 332(voluntarilycausing been some delayinrecording rescued. It took authorities more around 7.41 am that four boys that the boys were warnedby time. courtsaid. ASJ YadavsaidIOs have not hurttodeter public servant from thereof or the complainant has than twohours to recoverthe were drowning in the Yamuna. the caretaker of the ghat near Families told policethat the The present case wasregis- been briefing the Special Public his duty) has been invoked”. notspecificallynamedthem”. bodies. Theywillbehandedover Twofiretenders,ateam of Wazirabad bridgebut theyde- boys likedtorun in the morning teredonthe complaint of acon- Prosecutors forargumentson The supervising officers have The court, however, agreed to families afterpost-mortem. divers, and local police rushed to cidedtogofor aswim. because all of them wanted to stable from the 65th Battalion, charge.“On the morning of the miserablyfailedtosupervisethe with the argument of the de- Police identifiedthe victims the spot. All four had gone to the Theyfourwereinthe water applyfor the Indian Armyand whichcame under attackbya date of hearingoncharge,they investigationunder theDelhi fence lawyers that the “absence as Sameer (16), Pankaj(15), and Yamuna on Sundaymorning for when Sameer startedstruggling Police Services examinations in mob near ShivVihar on February simplye-mail PDF of the High Court Rules, the courtsaid: of reportregarding thenatureof Sumit (14). Locals said that the abath,” said asenior police offi- to stay afloat. Bunty told police the future. Their fatherswork 25 lastyear.The court framed chargesheettolearnedSpecial “Theydon’t even bother to care injuries upon the MLCs of victim three, along with Sameer’s cer. that he triedsaving his elder odd jobs to earn moneyfor their chargesagainsttwo men, Ashraf PP and leave it upon himtoar- forthe queries of learnedSpecial constable(s) Srinavasa Rao, younger brother Bunty (14), “Whentheystarted scream- brother but the riverwas deep families, said police. Ali and Parvez, under sections of gue the matter on charge as it is, PPs, regarding the chargesheet Mukesh Singh, Manikandan, and rioting, voluntarilycausing without giving him an opportu- and the further investigation GNalloperum is fataltothe case grievous hurtbyuse of acid, vol- nity to go deep intothe factsand whichissupposedtohavebeen of prosecution”. 2arrested for Eight months after policy BRIEFLY kidnapping HawaMahal newborn notified, 40 projects get

lookalikein EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Chandni GHAZIABAD,AUGUST29 nod to transplant trees Chowk LESS THAN 10 hours aftera three-day-old infant waskid- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE dismantled nappedfromagovernmenthos- NEWDELHI,AUGUST29 pital, Ghaziabad Police rescued NewDelhi :The building the babyand arrested twopeo- AFTER THE Delhi government’s that looked likeJaipur’s ple in connectionwith the case. tree transplantation policy was iconic Hawa Mahal in According to police, acom- notifiedinDecember lastyear, Chandni Chowk has been The newclinic coming up in Shakur Basti is made from ared shipping container,has plaint wasfiledafter theinfant making transplantation manda- dismantledbythe trader modular interiors, and is narrowerthan the previous designs went missing from aCommunity tory forprojectsthat will replace who made it, afterhewas Health CentreinMurad Nagar. trees, around 40 suchprojects told by theNorth MCD to The child’s mother,Meenu, had have been givenapproval to take it down earlier this alleged that she woke up at transplant trees. month. The building, on around 4amonSaturdaytofind Since January thisyear,the the 1.3-km pedestrian Compact, portable: New mohalla her babyboy wasmissing. project that has been approved stretchbetween RedFort “Teams, including SWAT offi- to transplant the largest number Since January, the project that has been approved to and Fatehpuri Masjid, clinics to be made from containers cials, beganinvestigation and the of treesisthe National Highways transplant the largestnumber of trees —nearly 4,000—is wasrenovatedby accusedwereinterceptednear Authority of India’s (NHAI) NHAI’s Urban Extension Road-II. Archive Rajasthan-basedtrader Gangnahar hours afterthe inci- Urban Extension Road-II (UER- and architect Ankit Keyal. Aadmi Party’smain projects, has the previous designs. “Wehave dent. The boywas safely recov- II). The project is slated to dis- He said he removeditaf- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE been an uphill task.When the noticedthat land procurement ered from the accusedand place around 6,000 trees, of the local environ,” the tree trans- kikar. The policy makes aprovi- terthe NorthMCD served NEWDELHI,AUGUST29 party came to powerinDelhi in along with finding space in con- handedovertothe family,”said whichnearly 4,000will be trans- plantation policy states. sion to penalise the agency car- him anotice. 2015,building1,000 mohalla gested areas wasanissue. These Dr Iraj Raja, SP RuralGhaziabad. planted,according to an official Muchregarding transplanta- rying out the transplantation if it NEWER MOHALLAclinics in the clinics wasone of the main clinics areneededwherepeople Afterthe woman informed of the Forest Department.The tion is still a“work in progress”, fails to ensurean80% survival city will be made from portable promises made. Over the years, aresowecan’t lookfor secluded her family, alarge crowdgath- UER-II is aRing Road that will the official said. Monitoring of rate of the transplantedtrees. The AtDelhiMetro containers, whichcan be assem- however, land procurement has spots.The newstructures canbe ered outside the hospital. Angry connect NH-1,NH-2, NH-8, and transplanted treesdoesnot fall payment that the agency will re- stations, bledquickly, andfit into smaller been among the severalissues setupquickerthanpermanent family members and localsfrom NH-10,and will passthrough within the ambit of the Tree ceive depends on the survival spaces.The firstsuchclinic is be- whichmeant thatabout 500 structures.Theywillalso occupy Surana villageblockedthe Najafgarh, Rohini and Dwarka. Transplantation Cell, constituted rate of thetrees. separate ing constructed at Shakur Basti, have been built so far. less space and aredesignedina Meerut-Ghaziabad stretchofthe Another project that will earlier this year,headded. The Forest Department en- the assembly constituency of The clinic coming up in waytoutilise space well. This de- highway,demanding action transplant trees by the thou- Local committees compris- suresthatthesoilwherethetrees toiletsfor Health MinisterSatyendar Jain. Shakur Basti is made from ared sign will be usedinclinics that againstthe hospital staff. The sands is ahousing society proj- ing members of residents’ asso- aretransplantedissuitable. Getting land to build these shipping container,has modular will be operationalisednext,” blockade lastedfor afew hours ect being undertakenbyapri- ciations and experts will have to Compensatoryafforestation is transgenders clinics, whichare among Aam interiors and is narrowerthan said agovernment official. andwas onlyliftedafter senior vate companyinSouth Delhi. be formedinthe areas to which mandatorybothfor felledtrees officials promisedswiftaction. Around 1,200trees arelikelyto the trees aretransplanted to and transplanted ones. NewDelhi:Inanattempt Police obtainedCCTVfootage be transplanted forits construc- monitor their growth. Since permissions have been to provide asafespace andarrestedVijay,atransgender, tion, the official said. The Tree Transplantation Cell givenonlyrecently, transplanta- and prevent discrimina- Gangster’s death in Tihar: andone Prince afterthe team ze- The sitefor transplantation of the Forest Department em- tion is yettobegin in full-swing, tion againsttransgender roed in on them on Saturday and afforestation is to be pro- panelledfour agencies in June the official said. Once transplan- people, the Delhi Metro night. videdbythe project implement- this year and project implement- tation has been carriedout on a has made nowmade sep- Probe finds slap was trigger Police said the accusedcon- ing agency.“In asituation where ing agencies can choose from large scale,astudywill be done aratetoilets,whichwere fessedtostealingthebabyasthey retaining the trees at their exist- amongthese to carry out trans- to determine the survivalrate earlier meant onlyfor wantedto take him home. Police, ing locations is unfeasible, prior- plantation. The agencies had to and success of the policy,hesaid. people with disabilities, moresecurity personnel and had alleged thathis son was prima facie, have notfound any ity should be giventotransplant fulfill criteria including previous The largest transplantation open to transgender peo- MAHENDERSINGH told them that three of them killedbyjailofficials as he refused evidencethat thechildwasbeing the affected trees to other per- experience in transplantation. drive that is already underwayis ple,saidaspokesperson MANRAL (Gujjar and the twootherin- to give them “protection money”. trafficked. manent locations within the Going by the Tree forthe treesthat aremaking way of the Delhi MetroRail NEWDELHI,AUGUST29 mates) had attackedstaff... and Vikram had also shared apur- Twowardstaffers were sus- project sitewhereappropriate, Transplantation policy, 80% of the forthe Dwarka Expressway.Till Corporation.Atpresent, ordered the personnel to portedvideoofaninmatewho pendedfor allegednegligence, so as to increase the tree’s sur- trees affected by aproject areto October last year,around3,800 Delhi metrohas 347such THE POLICE probeintothe death charge...,” said apolice source. waslodgedin thesame cell as his said an official from Ghaziabad vivalrateafter transplanting and betransplanted, barring invasive out of 10,000 treeshad been separatetoilets at stations of gangsterAnkit Gujjar (29) at The brothers said in their son, wherein he claims that Medical Department. minimise the loss of greeneryin or exotic species likethe vilayati transplanted forthe project. across the network. Tihar Jail earlier this month statementsthat afterthe alleged Gujjarwas slappedbythe deputy found thataslap wasthe trigger assault, theywereshiftedtoan- superintendent, and he slapped Fellowship foranallegedassault on him by other cell whereGujjar was him back, following which“30- security personnel, The Indian founddead the next morning. 35 security personnel opened Director of finance firm arrested for forAfghan Express has learnt. Sources in “Police also recordedstatements lathicharge andassaultedhim for West district police said they of jail officials,who corroborated around 30 minutes”. studentsat recordedstatementsof12jail in- this,” said the source. Meanwhile, security person- ‘cheating’ over500 people of Rs 3crore mates and 10 jail officials, which The deputy superintendent nel from Tihar and Delhi Police Jindaluniv revealedthat Gujjar had al- and five of his subordinates were have been deployedoutside the legedly slappedthe prison suspended afterthe incident. house of the DS and other jail of- saidSrivastav ranthe company promised18% interestonthe Srivastav andhis associates NewDelhi :Inresponse deputy superintendent (DS),af- Urvija Goel, DCP (West), had said, ficials afterpolice uncoveredan EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE along with other directors at schemes.Theywerealsotold allegedly collected investments to theturbulence in terwhichjail security personnel “Wehavealready booked six alleged plotbysome criminals NEWDELHI,AUGUST29 Paharganj. Police said theyare that the companyisregistered mostlythrough cash to avoid be- Afghanistan, Jindal Global allegedly beat him up before persons in the case and arein- to take revengefor Gujjar’s questioning Srivastav andcon- with the ReserveBank of ingcaught, police said. University has introduced shifting him to another cell. vestigating the matter.” death. THE ECONOMIC OffencesWing ducting raids and to makemore India and authorisedbythe “Aftercollecting morethan afellowship forAfghan Sources said twoother in- Gujjar wasanaccused in the DCP (Special Cell) Pramod (EOW) of Delhi Police has ar- arrests. government. Rs 3.5 crorefromover500 in- studentspursuing Ph.D. mates who were injured,Gurjeet murder of BJP leader Vijay SinghKushwahsaid: “Satender rested thedirector of afinance “Theytargetedinvestors in “The companyhad been vestors,heshutdownthe com- in the university,offering Singh and Gurmeet Singh, were Pandit outside his Dadri home alias Sattewas arrested foral- companyfor allegedlycheating Delhi-NCR and collected more cheating people forthree years. pany, sold his house, and ran amonthlystipend,ac- lodged in ward 5A,cell number in 2014.Hewas arrested in legedly planningtoharmajail morethan500 people on than Rs 3.5 crore. The accused We areyet to receive other com- away along with other associ- commodation and health 26, along with Gujjar. 2015.Police had received official to avengethe death of the pretextofgetting them promisedreturns on the invest- plaintsand ascertain the total ates,” said Singh. insurance. Thefellowship “In their statements, the two Gujjar’s autopsy reportfromthe Ankit. Satender had askedhis as- to invest in schemes and fixed mentsbut shut the company amount. Theywereneither reg- The directors were allegedly policy,JGU’s ADVANCE brothers told police that amo- medicalboardofthree doctors, sociate to procureanAK-47 to deposits. and fled. We have found that 531 isteredwith RBI nor authorised,” collecting small paymentsfrom (Advancement of Afghan bile phoneand achargerwere whichstated, “There aremulti- eliminatethe deputy superin- Police identifiedthe accused people were cheated by the ac- said Singh. their investors and maintaineda Nationals in Comprehen- recoveredfromGujjar’s posses- ple injuries... the cause of death tendentofTiharJail; theaudio of as Murari Kumar Srivastav, and cused,” said Singh. Afteracasewas registeredby passbook and records. Initially, sive Education), will be sion during asurprise search by due to haemorrhageconse- the same had gone viral. He is in- alleged that he had fledwith Police initiallyreceived com- the EOW, teams were sent to ar- to “attract” morepeople, the ac- effective from January jail staffintheir ward.The DS quent upon onlycumulativeef- volvedinover20criminal cases morethan Rs 3.5 croreofin- plaintsfrom38people. Mostof rest the directors. Using techni- cusedreturnedthe moneytoa 2022, fora maximum of came and allegedly slapped fect of multiple blunt forcein- but wasout on interim bail in a vestors’ money. them invested Rs 2lakh-Rs 10 cal surveillance, Srivastav was fewinvestors and gainedthe 10 students. ENS Gujjar,who slappedhim back. juries sustainedtothe body.” murder case of arival gang RKSingh,Additional lakh in the schemes. tracedtoBihar and arrested from trustofmanyinvestors who Theyallegedthatthe DS called Gujjar’s father VikramSingh member.” Commissioner of Police (EOW), The people said theywere Humayunpur village. were later cheated,said police.

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Yoga (thepathfor unificationwith God Govindas,who compete witheach other to statues of baby Krishna, clothehim in new through work withoutattachment). He is break the pot.Theritualhas now become a fabric and place himinacradle.The devo- theperfect practitioner himself,helping community sport where the boys are teesthen break their fast,sharing food and people selflesslyand for the greater good.It awarded for crestingthe handiatthe high- sweets.Women draw tiny footprints out- is from this position of strength that he de- est elevation.And given thesurfeitofvisual side their homes,particularlythe kitchen, livered adiscourse to his disciple and close media,Dahi Handi has now become aspec- symbolising Krishna's notional arrival and friend Arjuna on the eve of the grand Ma- tacularacrobatic display. his blessingsbyextension.Itisatime for re- habharata war. Thekernel of this became At the strokeofmidnight,devotees wash newingour faith. Bhagvad Gita, one of the greatest scriptures of Hinduism. This yearKrishna Jamashtami will be cel- ebrated onAugust 30.Devotees celebrate it with much pomp and fervour,visiting the Kr- ishna temple,observing fast,singing devo- tional songs and continuingcelebrations till midnighttocelebrate the divine moment of his birth as an earthly avatar.Much of the momentumbegins afew daysinadvance in the city of his birth,Mathura. Locals stage plays and dance dramas,enacting the lifeof LordKrishna as Lilas.TheNanda Utsav is cel- ebrated in Mathura and Vrindavan the day after.Maharashtra celebrates the lighter side of theLordasayoungboy througharecre- ationofDahi Handi. Story goes thatthe women of Vrindavan, where Krishna spent his childhood,would tietheirfreshly churned with herhusbandVasudev.Hekilled alltheir domswere denied,evilwas everywhere and butter pots at aheight so that he could not six children who were bornincaptivity. How- there wasathreattohis life.Given the hostile steal them with his friends. But he outwitted ever,atthe time of the birth of theirseventh atmosphere aroundhim,hegrewupwith them, formingahuman pyramid with his child, Balram,the embryo wasmystically foster parentsinGokul.To conceal hisdivin- friendsand having hisway with thebutter. transferred to Princess Rohini’swomb.So ity,hegrewupasacommoner,fraternised Recreatingthatritual,devotees fill an earth- when the couple’seighth child,Krishna,was with everybody,regardless of where each ern pot with dahi (curd) and makkhan (white born, Kansa waslulled into asense of com- came from. Shaped by his surroundings,he butter)and drop it down from acoiled rope placency.Takingadvantage of themidnight conceived aholistic and equitable society spanningbothendsofthe neighbourhood. hour,when the entire palace wasindeep and laid the framework of what we know as Thegroups who set this up are called man- slumber,and araging thunderstorn,Vasudev dharma today.Krishna is considered apoor- dalsand the boyparticipants areknown as carried the babyinabasket, smuggledhim navatar or ahuman whosegodly qualities out and took him to Nand and Yashoda’s were manifested in full.In fact,he is beyond house in Vrindavan. He then returned to religion and embodies auniversalphiloso- Mathura to the palace with ababygirl and phy.This is oneofthe reasons why thewor- handed her over to Kansa. When the king ship of Krishnahas even transcended tried to kill the baby,she transformed into boundaries,considering the global appeal of Goddess Durga ,warninghim about hisim- the ISKCON (International Society of Krishna pendingdoom. Krishna grew up in Vrinda- Consciousness)movement.This is because vanand finally killed hisdemonic uncle. Krishnaisthe personification of love and Thewhole episodeisametaphor forthe compassion. human condition. Krishna wasborn amid His attraction to devoteesismagnetic.He chaos when persecution wasrampant,free- is ever joyful, he is the preacherofKarma

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MANN KI BAAT Daysafterhetoldcopstoarrest ‘SabkaPrayas’ DELHI CONFIDENTIAL Rane,ministergetsEDsummons can takeIndia to INSENA,WHOEVER “Hello, what areyou people VISHWASWAGHMODE doing? But youneedtodoit. new heightsin MUMBAI,AUGUST29 Maharashtra SPEAKSAGAINSTME Have youdetained him or Transport not?… What order aretheyask- DAYS AFTER Maharashtra MinisterAnil ISPROMOTED:RANE ing for? The High Courtand ses- TransportMinisterAnil Parabwas Parab Sindhudurg: Unionminister sions courthaverejected his bail sports,saysPM caught on cameradirecting the and BJP leader Narayan Rane (plea)… then use the police policetoarrestUnionminister Sundaysaid the ShivSena force,” Parabwas heardsaying Narayan Rane, the Enforcement summonedbythe ED. “This promotesleaders who speak on the phone. The ministerwas Directorate(ED) has sent him a evening Ireceivedthe ED notice, againsthim, and claimedthat audible as he wasseated before EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE PM praised notice asking him to appear be- but thereisnomention of any his arrest wasanattempt to open microphones. NEWDELHI,AUGUST29 India’s fore it on Tuesday, August31. case in it. The onlything it says is disrupthis Jan Aashirvaad ShivSena sources said the Olympic Parabsaid therewas no clarity to appear before ED at 11 am on Yatra. “Some ministers who party would stand behindthe URGINGPEOPLE to transform his hockey HAT IN THE RING as to whythe ED had summoned August31. So, Ican’t sayinwhich think of themselvesasthe senior leader.The issue of the ED mantraof‘Sabka Prayas’ (collec- medal him because the ED notice only connection the notice has been President gave orders formy notice wasdiscussedwith the tive endeavour)intoreality, WITH LOKSabha MP Karti Chidambaram openlyevincing in- mentions the summons to him served,butitsays ‘as partof anin- arrest.Theyweretrying to party leadership, whichisstand- Prime MinisterNarendraModi terest to head the Tamil Nadu Congress, the party high com- “as partofaninvestigation” with- vestigation’. We had anticipated stop my yatra. In ShivSena, ing by him, and theyhavedecided Sunday said India can attain the [Everyone should play, everyone mand's attemptstorevampthe unit is nowbeing keenly out mentioning aspecific case. something likethis. Now, we will whoeverspeaksagainstme to fight it out legally, said sources. heights in sportsitdeserves should blossom],” he said. watched. Although Congress is nowafringeplayerinTamil “As expected,Anil Parabhas examine it legallyand respond to is promoted,” Rane said in “Thereishugesupport and through everyone’s contribution. “Through ‘Sabka Prayas’ [every- Nadu, senior leader Rahul Gandhi is muchinterestedinparty been servedanotice by the ED it,”saidParab, speakingwithme- Kankavali on the lastday of sympathyfor Parabinthe party The Prime Ministerhad first one’s contribution], India can at- affairs in the state. One gets to hear that Karti's Lok Sabha col- as soon as the Jan AshirwadYatra diapersons on Sundayevening. his yatra. ENS and among party cadres. Because usedthe slogan ‘Sabka Prayas’ tain the height in sports which it league andKarurMPJothimani could alsobeconsidered for concluded. The central govern- When asked whether the the ED notice hascomedaysafter during his Independence Day deserves... All of us should strive the postifthe party leadership decides to replace KSAlagiri. ment has startedits work.The Centreacted in avindictive man- cameralastweek issuing direc- Parabwas caught on cameradi- speechthis year. to furtherthismomentum...Let us Karti, the son of veteranPChidambaram, is also aformidable epicentre of theearthquakewas ner,Parab said,“Iwill notcom- tionsto arrest Rane.Theguardian recting the policetoarrestRane. During the 80th edition of his transform the mantra of ‘Sabka contender.Itisnot known whether Lok Sabha MP Manickam Ratnagiri (referring to Rane’s ar- ment on it now. Iwillrespond ministerofRatnagiri wasata So, the party willstand behind monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ radio Prayas’ intoreality.” Tagore,the AICC in charge of Telangana who is considered rest)and Parabisthe Guardian legallyafter studying the issue.” pressconferenceonTuesday, dur- Parabinthis entireepisode,” said programmeonSunday,the Wishing people on the eveof close to Rahul, is interestedintaking up the job. Minister of that district. Please To aquerywhether he will ingwhichhebroke offtohavetwo asenior Sena leader.Earlier,for- Prime Ministersaid, “This is the Janmashtami, the Prime understand the chronology.This appear before theED, Parabsaid, phoneconversations.Afterreceiv- mer Mumbai Police officer period of 75 years of Ministerurgedpeople to under- is alegal battle whichwewill “I will examine it legallyand ing the firstcall,hemade another SachinWaze, in alettersubmit- Independence. This year,wehave stand the science behind festi- fight legally,”ShivSenaMP then take adecision.” call –apparentlytoapoliceoffi- tedtothe NIAcourt, had claimed to makeanew resolve,think new vals. “Friends, when people TAKING TIME OFF SanjayRauttweeted. Parab, knowntobeclose to cer.Ranewas arrested by police thatParab hadaskedhim to carry everyday,and increase ourzest across the worldthink so highly Parabsaid it wasunclear in MaharashtraChief Minister forhis threatening to “slap” out extortionofRs50crore from to do something new. When of Indian spiritualityand philos- AHEAD OF the impending assemblyelections in some states, whichconnection he had been Uddhav Thackeray,wascaughton Thackerayremarks. aprivate trust. India will complete thecente- ophy, then it is ourresponsibil- DelhiChief MinisterArvind Kejriwal, the star campaigner for naryofIndependence, then these ity to carry forwardour glorious AamAadmiParty, setoff SundaytoJaipurfora10-day Vipassana resolutionswillreflect in the traditions... Letuscelebrateour camp. At the camp, he will be free of all distractions suchas Akhilesh calls foundation of itssuccesses. So, festivals by understanding the phoneand other forms of communications and willdedicate President visits temple site in we cannotlet this opportunity science behind them and under- his time to meditation. It appears likethe Chief Ministeristak- go.Wehavetocontributeour standing their meaning,” he said. ing timeoff forsome solitaryreflection before he gets sucked on 5-time BSP maximumefforts to this.” ThePrimeMinisteralsospoke intothe rough and tumble of campaigning forPunjab, Ayodhya, prays to Ram Lalla Rememberinghockeyleg- at length about LordKrishnaand Uttarakhand, UttarPradesh and Goa elections early next year. MLA Sukhdev end Major Dhyanchand on his discussedtheartworksof Jadurani birth anniversary, whichiscele- Dasi, an American devoteeand HYBRID OPTION Rajbhar brated as National SportsDay, ISKCONfollower. Hesaid,“Weare EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the PM said, “I wasthinking, awareofall the forms of the lord, SUPREME COURT, whichhas been hearing cases via the vir- LUCKNOW,AUGUST29 wherever his soul maybe, he fromthenaughtyKanhaiyatothe tual mode since the lockdown lastyear,isgearing up to grad- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE mustbeextremelypleased. Krishna who assumes the Virat uallyresume physical operations. Starting September 1, PRESIDENT RAM Nath Kovind on LUCKNOW,AUGUST29 Because Dhyanchand ji con- Swarup.Fromthemasterofscrip- lawyers in matters listedfor final hearingonnon-miscella- Sundayofferedprayers to the de- quered theworld of hockey for turesto themasterofweapons,be neous days —Tuesday, Wednesdayand Thursday —will have ity of RamLalla in Ayodhya,visit- SAMAJWADI PARTY(SP) presi- India... India’ssons and daugh- it art, beauty or sweetness, Shri ahybrid option and can opttobeheardinthe physical mode ing the sitewhereaRam temple dent AkhileshYadav on Sunday ters have once again instilled Krishna is everywhere.” by registering on the court’s portal. If the number of lawyers is being built. Kovind said the city visited five-time BahujanSamaj newlifeintoIndian hockey. ThePrime Ministeralso ex- appearing in acase is morethan 20, it will be heardonlyvir- couldnot be imaginedwithout Party(BSP) MLAand former “Nomatterhow many tolledthe virtues of Sanskrit, say- tuallyunlessthe courtfeelsotherwise. Anyother matter may the deity,and emphasisedthat Vidhan Sabha Speaker Sukhdev medalswewin,until we wina ingthelanguagehelpsstrengthen also be heardinphysical modeonnon-miscellaneous days if Rambelongs to everyone and “is Rajbhar at his residence in medal in hockey, Indians cannot cultural ties betweennations. He the Benchagrees.The courthad made plans to starthybrid in everyone”. Lucknow’s Gomti Nagararea. fullyenjoythe victory. And this appreciated thecontributions of hearingsinMarch this year as well but it did nottakeoff ef- Kovind inaugurated the In ablowtothe BSP,Rajbhar, time, we did win an Olympic Rutger Kortenhorst, aSanskrit fectively because of the second Covid wave. RamayanConclave at the Ram who representsAzamgarhdis- medal in hockey, afteragap of scholarand teacherinIreland;Dr Katha Park.GovernorAnandiben trict’s Didarganj seat in the four decades,” he said. Chirapat Prapandavidyaand Dr Pateland Chief MinisterYogi Assembly, announcedhis retire- ThePrimeMinisterurgedpeo- KusumaRakshamaniinThailand; Adityanath were amongthose ment from politicsonJuly31, pleto alsopickupothersports.“Be and Boris Zakharin, who teaches I-Dayannouncement: Rlys floats who attendedthe event. In his President RamNath Kovindoffers prayers at the Ram and said his son Kamlakant itathomeoroutside,invillagesor Sanskrit at MoscowState speechatthe event,the presi- temple in Ayodhya,Sunday. PTI (Pappu) would followAkhilesh’s intowns,oursportsgroundsmust UniversityinRussiainpromoting tender for58Vande Bharattrains dentsaid he hopedthat follow- leadership. be full. Sab khelen, sab khilen the languageintheir countries. ing theattemptsofthe stateand Kamlakant,present at the NewDelhi: Following Prime cialsaid,adding75of themwillbe Central governments, Ayodhya Ayodhya.Where thereisRam, Projectsrelated to the expansion meeting between the SP presi- MinisterNarendra Modi’s available by August 15 next year. would be developedasacentre thereisAyodhya,” Kovind said. and renovation of the Tulsi dentandhisfather,toldreporters, Clarify on move to make August15announcement, the The newcoaches will be of humanwelfare. He alsohoped He added,“By organising the Smarak were also inaugurated. “My fatherhas been suffering Railways has floatedatender for manufactured at the Integral forthe city to be an example of RamayanConclave,the state “I am happytobehere from post-Covid complications 58 Vande Bharat train sets in or- CoachFactory, Chennai, Modern social harmony, and addedthat government has taken among youall. Ibelieve that sincehegot infectedlastyear.The Amarinder poll leader: der to roll out 75 such trains dur- CoachFactory, RaeBareillyand he wishedfor it to be knownin Ramayana to the peopleand I Ramayana is suchauniquebook visitbyAkhilesh ji wasnot politi- ing the75weeks of “Azadi ka Rail CoachFactory, Kapurthala. the futurefor its“moral and spir- appreciateCMYogi Adityanath that givesamessagetohuman cal.Hehad come to checkonmy Amrit Mahotsav”. Officialssaid30rakesaretobe itualculture”, and as aglobal hub and his entireteam.Ihavebeen beings to followthe values of father’s health. We aregrateful state gen secytoRawat At present, only twosuch manufactured at ICF and 14 each of education and research. told thatthe RamayanConclave life,” said the president. thathecameall the way.” trains areinoperation—both at MCF and RCF. Theclosing date Earlier in the day, the presi- last year wasverymuchsuccess- Emphasising the importance Senior SP leaders said the from Delhi.One goes to Katra forthetenderisOctober20.Apre- dent, on the fourth and final day ful and it is amatter of great joy of Raminthe context of Ayodhya, visit wassignificant, given ANJUAGNIHOTRICHABA Punjab and the other to Varanasi. bid meeting willbeheldon of his Uttar Pradesh visit, arrived that the conclave is being organ- Kovind tweetedthat RamKatha SukhdevRajbhar’s statureinhis JALANDHARAUGUST29 Congress According to the tender, 102 September 21 with the cut-off in Ayodhya on aspecial presi- isedinseveral UP districtsthis waspopular notonlyinIndia but community in Azamgarh.“The general suchtrainswillbedeliveredtothe dateforthesubmissionof pre-bid dentialtrain, andinaugurated year.Spreading Ramayana is also across the globe. “Thereare many visit sends amessagetothe PUNJAB CONGRESS general sec- secretary Railways by March2024, an offi- queriesbeingSeptember14. ENS theRamayanConclave.Kovind important because the lifeval- readable forms of RamKatha, in- Rajbhar community that retary Pargat SinghSunday Pargat Singh visited theRam Janmabhoomito ues giveninRamayanare always cluding Ramcharitmanas of Akhileshjiisstandingwith questionedstate political affairs seek the blessings of “Ram Lalla”, relevant forhumanity.” Goswami Tulsidas innorthIndia, them. All of us knowthatthe BSP in-charge Harish Rawatabout and later in the dayheoffered Kovind told the audience that KrittivasRamayana in the eastern has disappointedmanyofits the decision to hand the leader- Amarinder Singh wasthe face of prayers at the famous the conclave wasimportant to partofIndia, Kamban Ramayana senior leaders, and hence the ship of the 2022 Assemblyelec- the Congress in the state. But MARTYRDOM ON 30 AUG2016 Hanumangarhi temple. encouragecultural andreligious in the south,” he added. visit should help the SP transfer tion campaign to Punjab Chief questions were nowbeing raised On 30 Aug 2016, Lance Naik Rajendra “Ayodhya is thebirth landof tourism, and increase the appeal Governor Anandiben Patel some of BSP’s votes towardsthe MinisterAmarinder Singh. on the fulfillment of promises Singh made the supreme sacrifice in the line Bhagwan Ramand his leela of Indian culture. Severalplaces said Ayodhya wasknown across party in next year’spolls,” said a Speaking to reporters at a made by the Chief Ministerafter of duty and attained martyrdom while bhoomi. Without Ram, it is hard connected to the Ramayana cir- the worldasthe land of religion senior leader. social gathering,PargatSingh, four-and-half-years of Congress serving at Line of Control in Akhnoor Sector to even imagine Ayodhya.This cuit,under the Swadesh Darshan and culture.She added, “On the In aletterannouncing his re- the Jalandhar Cantonment rule, he said. (J&K) in ‘Operation Rakshak’. We bow our connection of Ayodhya andRam programme, were inaugurated, cultural map of India, Ayodhya is tirement from politics, the 75- MLA, asked Rawattoexplain “Thereisnoquestion of heads in reverence of the martyred soldier. has been mentionedinSanskrit President Kovind said,adding the onlycityfromwhere people year-old Rajbhar had warned when the decision wastaken, as groupism in here, but Ifeel sad LANCE NAIK He, in the true traditions of the 2nd poetBhasa’s Pratimanatakam... that it would provide severalfa- believingindifferent sectsofreli- that the Bahujan movement was acommitteeformedtwo that such astrong leader like RAJENDRA Battalion the Rajputana Rifles, made the Without Ram, Ayodhya isn’t cilities to tourists and devotees. gionandfaithhave beenpresent.” weakening. months agounderMallikarjun Amarinder Singhhas notbeen SINGH supreme sacrifice for the motherland. It is Kharge had decidedthat the able to fulfill promises forthe because of soldiers like him, that today every member of the elections would be held under pastfour-and-a-half-years,” said 2nd Battalion the Rajputana Rifles holds his head high. Govt depts must the leadership of Soniaand the former HockeyOlympian. ‘MAYTHE ALMIGHTY CONFER EVERLASTING PEACE Classifieds Rahul Gandhi. Asked about newPunjab TO YOUR NOBLE SOUL’ integrate resources Rawathad on August25said Congress chief NavjotSingh REMEMBERED AND REVERED BY for bestoutcomes: thatthe 2022 Punjab elections Sidhu’s ‘eye foraneye’comment, COMMANDING OFFICER AND ALL RANKS PERSONAL will be fought under Amarinder Pargat Singh said it seemedtobe 2nd BATTALION THE RAJPUTANA RIFLES (EVER I, PramodKumar S/oSL Jitendra Singh Singh aftermeeting four state directed towardsRawat, since Srivastava R/o228A,Near VICTORIOUS) ministers whoweresaid to be Sidhu has “great respect for NarmalSchool, Alahdadpur, seeking the CM’s ouster. Sonia ji, Rahul ji and Priyanka 14 Oct 1976 -30Aug 1999 PS-Rajghat, Gorakhpur, UP- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Pargat Singh said that in 2017, Gandhi”. 273001 have changed my name This historic day fills our hearts with pride JAMMU,AUGUST29 and sorrow alike when in the highest to PRAMOD KUMAR traditions of the Indian Army,you laid down SRIVASTAVAfor all future purposes. 0070751843-1 AS INDIA evolvesintoa“front- your life in the line of duty.World is a TripuraBJP MLAsmeetto lesser place without you but we know that I, Nidhi KalraW/o VarunPathak line” nation in the global com- you are with the gods above and even R/oB-41, Vrindavan munity,the current “mantra” of At the rallyinPhagwaraonSunday. Express heavens have improved by your gracious Apartment, sector-6, Plotno-1, successwould be to pull out all identify ‘party mistakes’ CAPT SUNEEL Dwarka, New Delhi-110075, academic facultiesfromsilos and KUMAR YADAV, presence. have changed the name of my integratethem formeaningful (POSTHUMOUS) Fondly remembered by minor son Ayush Pathak aged and cost-effective outcomes, said SAD-BSP’s quota promise: DEBRAJDEB Former CO AND ALL RANKS OF 3RAJPUT about 12 Years and he shall hereafter be known as Aayush Union MinisterofState in the AGARTALA,AUGUST29 health Kalra. 0070751847-1 PMO, Personal, Public Grievance 50% for women in jobs, 33% minister AUCTION NOTICE I Barkha D/O,DevendraSingh and Science &Technology,Dr AGROUP of BJP MLAs ledbyfor- Sudip Roy RawatR/o Flat No-49, 2nd Jitendra Singh, here. mer health ministerSudipRoy Barman This notice is for auction of unserviceable/ scrap/ Floor,Pocket-02, Sector-23, Speaking during the signing for govt school students BarmanSunday heldapublic unusable state property i.e. wooden scrap/furniture/iron Rohini, New Delhi-110085have of twoMoUs by IIM-Jammu meeting in Agartala to “identify items/ computer peripherals/ misc items lying in 1Delhi changed my name to Barkha with AIIMS-Jammu and IIT- He said aRs10-lakh student mistakes” by the Tripuragovern- Barman said: “I haven’t con- Rawat 0040582238-1 R&V Sqn NCC Gdaipur,Mehrauli, New Delhi. Apay Jammu on Sundya, the minister ANJUAGNIHOTRICHABA cardschemewill be launchedto ment and stateparty unit, say- tacted them, Iamconfident order/DD of Rs. 1000/-infavour of OC, 1Delhi R&V I Devender Singh RawatS/O, cited the exampleofthe Covid- PHAGWARAAUGUST29 help studentswho want to un- ingthese wouldbebrought up none of those with us have com- Jeetpal Singh RawatR/o Flat Sqn NCC is required to be deposited with the unit to No-49, 2nd Floor, Pocket-02, 19 pandemic. “Almostevery de- dertake higher education. Badal before thecentral leadership. municated with TMC. Iamnot participate in tendering. Tenders are being invited from Sector-23, Rohini, New Delhi- partment, ministry, or agency THE SHIROMANI Akali Dal (SAD) promised400 unitsoffreeelec- RoyBarmantold reporters sure if anyone else has done it. I interested venders.Tendersmust be sealed and 110085 have changed my name had launchedaproject on Covid and Bahujan SamajParty (BSP) tricity free to everyconsumer that the party and government am comfortable whereIam.” dropped inside the tender box placed at above to DevendraSingh Rawat because it fetchedvisibility,me- combine Sundayheld itsfirst everymonth. “Contractual em- have little interestinlistening to RoyBarman, who moved mentioned address up to 1300 hrs on 04 Oct 2021. 0040582237-1 dia attraction and also funds’’ the rallyinthe run-up to next year’s ployees will all be regularisedby grassroots workers. from TMCtoBJP in 2017,was ministersaid, adding, “If onlyall Punjab Assemblypolls. The fo- our government and covered He said: “Wehavegiven them Health Ministerinthe Biplab Tenders will be opened at 1600 hrs by the Board of I ZUBER S/OANWAR R/OHouse A-1260, Street No-24, Pocket-4, these different agencies or de- cus of the rally, in Phagwara’s under aRs10lakh health insur- scope to speak andlighten their Deb cabinet. He wasdropped Officers on the same day.Interested bidders can see SoniyaVihar, Delhi, Delhi- partmentshad pooledtheir re- Dana Mandi, wasonDalits, stu- ance scheme," he said. minds. Some of them might have later,ostensibly owing to differ- the stores items from 27 Sep 2021 to 30 Sep 2021 from 110094declarethat name of sources to come up withasingle dents, women, farmers, and con- “If voted to power, ourgov- said some untowardthings. They ences with the Chief Minister. 1000 hrs to 1700 hrs at above mentioned address. my father and my mother has project, the outcomes could have tractual employees. ernment will restoreall dropped aresayingthese out of pain and In 2020, RoyBarman, accom- Competent authority has full right to withdraw or make been wrongly written as ANWAR KHAN and BARISHA in been manifold better.” SADpresident Sukhbir Singh welfareschemes. We will restart anguish. The party and govern- paniedbyfiveotherMLAs, vis- changes in the tendering process. my alleducational Singh addedthat he had di- Badal said theywillcreateone the SC scholarship,” Badal said. ment aren’t listening to their ited New Delhi to speak with Sd/- documents. The actual name rected all departmentsand min- lakhgovernmentjobsandreserve Ramji Gautam, Memberof voices. We shall bring these to the party president JP Nadda. (Dushyant Bali) of my father and my mother istriesofthe government to con- 33 per cent of them forstudents Parliament and national coordi- attention of Delhi,the partyand Asked about Sunday’s meet- Col areANWAR and WARISHA. duct theme-based projects who studiedinstate-run schools. nator of BSP said: “Whenwe the stategovernment.” ing, BJP spokesperson Nabendu 0070751849-1 DIP/Shabdarth/0276/21-22 Officer Commanding rather than department-based He alsopromised50per cent unite, the Centrewill have to Asked if he is in touchwith Bhattacharya said he hadno ones. reservationinjobs forwomen. take backthe three farm laws.” the Trinamool Congress, Roy knowledge of it.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,AUGUST30,2021 EXPRESS NETWORK 7 Arrested for raping 18 children test FarmerinjuredinKarnal TRACKING THE SECOND SURGE Covid positive minor, teen gets bail 546 NEWCASES:42,513 in Mumbai DAYSSINCE ACTIVECASES:3,76,599 lathichargehasdiedof PANDEMIC children’s home after paternity test BEGAN VACCINATIONS:62,98,30,818 DAILY DEATHS TOTAL DEATHS WEEKLY CFR OVERALL CFR 384 4,38,214 1.35% 1.36% SANJANABHALERAO comes back negative heartattack:Chaduni MUMBAI,AUGUST29 He said he knewthe girl but EIGHTEEN CHILDREN from a SHAJUPHILIP deniedtherewasanyrelationship children’s home in Mumbai THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, betweenthem.“Whenthepolice EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tested positivefor Covid-19. All AUGUST29 forced me to confess to the CHANDIGARH,AUGUST29 TESTS TODAY: 17,17,985 | TOTAL TESTS: 52,03,60,914 the infected children have been chargesofrapeandimpregnating WEEKLY POSITIVITY: 2.25% | OVERALL POSITIVITY: 6.29% shiftedtoaCovid carecentreat ATEENAGER, who wasarrested thegirl,Ipleadedignorance.They SENIOR BKU leader Gurnam Vashi in Navi Mumbai. Officials lastmonth forthe rape and im- tortured me mentally as well as Singh Chaduni said Sundaythata STATES REPORTING MOST CASES from the Brihanmumbai pregnation of aminor girlin physicallytotaketheresponsibil- farmerwho had been injured in STATE NEW ACTIVE WEEKLY TOTAL Municipal Corporation(BMC) Kerala’s Malappuram district, ity forthe pregnancy,” he said. the police lathicharge in Karnal CASES CASES POSITIVITY VACCINATION said all of them arestable. has been releaseduncondition- The teenager’s lawyer said the previous day, has died of a Harish Nouni, medical officer allyonbailafter aDNA paternity the police movedagainst te teen heartattack.HaryanaPolicehow- ■ Kerala 29,836 2,13,034 18.53% 2,79,50,601 of the MEastwardsaid, “On test came backnegative. solelybasedonthe girl’s state- ever,deniedany farmer’sdeath ■ Maharashtra4,666 52,844 2.36% 5,70,39,029 August 25, onechild from the The 18-year-old spent 35 ment. “It wasthe prosecution’s due to thelathicharge. home tested positive at the ■ AndhraPradesh 1,55715,1792.20% 2,87,49,800 days in judicial custody before he decision to go forapaternity test The BKU leader tweeted: Chembur Shatabdi hospital and wasreleasedSaturday. Police without anydelay. We areplan- “SushilKajal,whoownedoneand ■ Tamil Nadu 1,538 17,322 0.99% 3,12,50,471 twomoretestedpositive on had takenhim into custody from ningtofile adamagesuit against ahalf acres of land, had been par- Farmers blockahighway in Patiala on Sunday. Express ■ Karnataka 1,262 18,7840.70% 4,07,28,915 August26. Later, allthe remain- his house on July22midnight, the police,” the lawyer said. ticipatinginthefarmers’agitation ing inmates were tested and 15 and he wasremandedinjudicial The 18-year-old’s father said forthe pastnine months.Hehad STATES REPORTING MOST DEATHS moretestedpositive.Weare custody the next day. the paternity test has brought re- sufferedseriousinjuriesinthepo- Punjab farmers block keeping awatchonall of them.” The Class XII student alleged lief forthe entirefamily. “The girl licelathicharge atKarnaltollplaza STATE TODAY’S TOTAL WEEKLY OVERALL Civicofficialssaid that an- physical and mental tortureat also hails from our locality,but yesterdayand at nighthesuc- state,national highways to DEATHS DEATHS CFR CFR other screening will be held af- the hands of the police, and his even afterthe DNAtestresult, cumbed to aheart attack…” ■ Maharashtra133 1,40,679 3.07% 2.20% terfivedays at the facility. lawyer said thattheywillfilea theyhaven’ttenderedan apology Police had lathichargeda “Regular healthcheck-ups of ■ Kerala 75 20,620 0.76% 0.56% damagesuit. forhumiliating my son,” the fa- groupof farmersdisruptingtraffic protest Karnal lathicharge children aredone. The guidelines “I vehementlyobjected to the ther said. on anationalhighway while ■ Odisha 69 7,8875.46% 0.79% of thegovernmentare strictlyen- allegationthatIhadrapedthemi- Meanwhile, police sources headingtowardsKarnalto protest been backedbythe politicians. ■ Tamil Nadu 22 34,8781.25% 1.35% forced,” said an official from the nor and impregnated her.Before said although the paternitytest aBJP meeting, chaired by Chief RAAKHI JAGGA Hence, we needtostayunited in ■ AndhraPradesh 18 13,825 0.90% 0.69% home. As per protocol, the home thenextday'sbreak,Iwastakento came outnegative,the teenager MinisterManoharLal Khattar,on LUDHIANA,AUGUST29 our fight forour farmer broth- has been sealedand sanitisedand the house of the girl, handcuffed. will still have to face the sexual the upcomingpanchayatpolls, ers... We needtoget ourselves Note:DataasonAug29;vaccinationnumbersasofAug28.Deathsincludethosefrompreviousdays. all other residentsquarantined. The girl told the police that Ihad abuse chargesagainsthim. “We Saturday. BKU claimed50farm- Thousands of farmersinPunjab heardand also want to give a abusedher and wasresponsible have also startedprobing to iden- ers were injured,ofwhich 10 had hit the streetsonSunday,block- loud andclearmessage to the GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM forthe pregnancy,” the teenager tify the person who has impreg- sustainedserious wounds. ing trafficonall important states administration that we farmers said afterhewas released. nated the girl,” an officer said. Farmer groups will be meet- and national highways fortwo areunited." POWER(ELECT.)DEPARTMENT ing in Karnal Mondaytodecide hours to protestagainst thelath- SukhdevSingh KokriKalan, DISPUR::: GUWAHATI-6 the next course of action. ichargeonfellowagitators in general secretary, BKUUgrahan ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE POST OF MANAGING DIRECTOR, Actor held for possessing Farmers who attended Karnal aday earlier. said,“Effigies were burnt in 705 Sushil’scremationSundayalsoal- The chakka jam continued villages of Punjab and at 39 pakka ASSAM POWER GENERATION CORPORATION LIMITED, ASSAM legedthathehadreceivedinjuries from noon till 2pm in various dharna sites by our union.” Power (Electricity) Department, Government of Assam invites application from drugs to be probed for inthepolicelathicharge.However, Punjabvillages, during which JhandaSinghJethuke,another Karnal SP Ganga RamPunia said: farmers burnt effigies of the protester, said, “Wewill intensify eligible candidates with outstanding career having at least 20 years of relevant ‘financing illicit trafficking’ “It’sfactuallyincorrectthathedied Haryana government. our struggle in the coming days. experience and proven managerial and leadership quality for the post of becauseofthe injuriesreceived ManjeetSinghDhane,vice On September 7, we will support Managing Director,Assam Power Generation Corporation Limited. Armaan duringuse of forcebypolice. Had president of BKU-Dakaunda, adharna staged by government EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Kohli was ithappened,thefamilymembers said, “The Haryana government employees forvarious demands. About the Organisation: MUMBAI,AUGUST29 arrested for wouldhave certainlygot hispost- ordered action againstuswhich On September 13,wewill gherao Assam Power GenerationCorporation Limited,aState Public Sector possession mortemdone. We came to know ledtoseveral farmers sustaining Moti Mahal, the personal resi- EnterprisesofAssam, having annual turnoverofRs. 503.98 crores and Annual ACTORARMAAN Kohli, who was of cocaine abouthisdeathonlywhenhiscre- injuries during alahicharge.The dence of Punjab Chief Minister arrested by Narcotics Control mation wastaking place...” orders of the SDM Karnal has Amarinder Singh in Patiala.” Net Profit of about Rs. 4.28crores, was incorporatedin2005 as aLimited Bureau(NCB) on Sundayfor pos- Company under CompaniesAct, 1956. {Presently CompaniesAct, 2013} with its sessingcocaine,has alsobeen croppedupwhen the NCBoffi- registered office at Bijulee Bhawan,Paltan Bazar,Guwahati-1, Assam. booked for“financingillicit traf- cials were questioning AjayRaju ficand harbouring offenders”. Singh, amajor drug peddler ar- IE Thinc session today on livelihood Job Description: The Managing Directoristhe Chief Executive of the Company The actor faces aminimum of 10 rested on Saturday, who said he and accountable to the Board of Directors and the Government of Assam. years and amaximum of 20 sold drugs to Kohli multiple opportunities for migrant workers He/She will be responsiblefor day to day operation, efficient and effective years in prison if convicted. times in the pastand that Kohli functioningand management of the Company for achieving the corporate goals The NCBhad searchedKohli’s has also bought drugs from an- and performanceparameters.The Managing Directorwill also be responsible residence Saturdaybasedonin- otheraccused, whoisonthe run. workers? What is the role that formation that he waspossessing “So far, the investigation has EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE big private sector firms can play for strategic planning for Company’scontinuous growth,capacityaugmentation drugs. Officialsrecoveredcocaine revealedthat the case has inter- NEWDELHI,AUGUST 29 in the process? Howcan the pri- and modernization of the grid and transmission networkbesides expeditiousand from atable in his bedroom. national linkages as the cocaine vate sector join hands with civil timeboundproject implementation. Afterhis arrest,Kohli was seizedisofSouth American ori- HUNDREDS OF millions of mi- societyorganisations and the producedbeforeamagistrate gin. NCBMumbai is probing the grant workers were the worstaf- governmentstoimprove the for- Eligibility:- courtand wasremandedtoNCB routeand linkages usedtobring fected by the repeated Covid-in- tunes of migrant workers? 4. Qualification and Experience:The minimumquailificationofthe postshould custody foraday.His name the seizedcocaine to Mumbai...” ducedeconomic disruptions as Thefifth edition of the eight- be gradution from arecognized University with execlient academic record and their livelihood opportunities partwebinar series Thinc disappeared overnight.Asthe Migration by TheIndian Express, adequate experience at senior levelofmanagement in reputedorganization 1held in Mathura over threats Covid vaccination rate increases, whichwill go live Monday, will in the Power Sector.He/She should haveaproven trackrecord of thereishopethatthe economy address these questions. performanceindesign, planning project implementation and administrative to Muslim cook at dosa stall will grow and createmorejobs. Presented by Omidyar Network functionfor aminimum period of 20 (twenty) years. Persons with But will that happen India, the panel discussion Technical/Engineering/Post Graduate Management Qualifications (MBAor plainant, agroup of men had in amanner that cre- from experiencing among the leaders from acade- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE heckledhim on August18, ob- ates job opportuni- jobless growth to mia, private sector and civil so- PGDM)orprofessional qualificationofCA/ICWA and having experience in the NEWDELHI,AUGUST29 jecting to the name of his stall— ties formigrant witnessing areduc- ciety will examine the extent of fieldsofFinance, HR,Marketing, Technical Servicesetc. will haveadded Shrinath Dosa Corner.Inavideo workers, who are tion in total employ- damagetothe employment of advantage.The Company is looking for leadership quality in acandidate who POLICEONSundayarresteda whichemergedonsocial media, drivenout of homes ment. Persistently migrant workers and suggest will be capableofleading the company,motivatingall engineers and man in Mathurafor threatening Sharma and others areseen tear- by acuteeconomic high unemployment what needs to be donetocreate employeestoachieve highstandards in performance. aMuslimman running adosa ing the eatery’s bannersand distress? rateshavebecome newjobs. stall in the city. warning Irfan to remove the stall The countryisal- the newnormal. The panel forthis edition in- 5. Government Officers not below the rankofAdditional Secretary to the The accusedhas been identi- from thecity’sVikas Market. ready witnessing a Again, with meagre cludes keynote speaker Meher Government of Assam or itsequivalent rankwith adequate experience in the fiedasShrikantSharma.“We have Workers at the eaterysaid it “K-shaped” recovery levels of skills, mi- Pudumjee (Chairperson of relevantfield will be eligible. arrested oneperson in connec- is ownedbyalocal resident wherebigger firms have grant workers oftenfind they Thermax Limited); Rajiv 6. Candidates from private sector,CPSE and State Government tion with acase. He is alocal and namedRahul,who pays them Rs bouncedbackwhile millions of can onlyparticipateinalimited Khandelwal (Founder,Aajeevika Company/Undertaking in the rankofGeneral Manager Engineering prima-facie it appears that he 400per daytorun it. Irfan said, small and marginal firmscon- number of activities. Bureau), Manish Sabharwal does nothaveany affiliation to an “Weare running this forthe last tinue to languish. Under the cir- Under the circumstances, (Chairman,TeamLease), Discipline)and above also will be eligible for above postand mayapply. outfit. We areinthe process of five years... Thatday,somepeo- cumstances, thereisahigh what can governmentsdotocre- Radhicka Kapoor (Fellowat Age: identifying other persons in- ple came and tore thebanners chance that migrantsmay con- atemorelivelihoodopportuni- ICRIER), and Deepak Mishra volvedin the incident.Furtherin- and said that Muslim people tinue to struggle. ties formigrantworkers? What (Professor,JNU). The sessionwill Minimumage of the candidate should not be less than50years and maximum vestigation is pending,” said an of- cannotrun ashop with aHindu Moreover, the evidence of arethe policy changes required be moderated by Udit Misra, age should not exceed 57 years as on 31.03.2021. Upper age limitisrelaxable ficial from Kotwali Police Station. name. Theyseemedtohavean the pasttwo decades shows that to address the grievances of un- Deputy AssociateEditor, The by anotherone yearincaseofinhouse candidate. According to Irfan, the com- issuewiththe name.” the Indian economyhas gone employment among migrant Indian Express. AgeofSuperannuation: 60 (sixty) years. Not against O Tenure of Appointment:- 2 In Kerala village, expatriates join hands to set Subject to the termsand conditions issued by Government of Assam the initial plant: ABVP after tenure of appointment will be for aperiodof3(thee) years. The tenure maybe lathicharge at up steel plant; invest Rs 1lakh-40lakh each extended by anothertwo years or up to superannuationwhicheverisearlier, subject to satisfactory performanceofthe incumbent. Ramban protest Explaining whytheyoptedto Salary and Perks: SHAJUPHILIP setupthe unit, GTFSteels CEO The postcarries afixed payofRs.1,60,000/- (Rupeesone lakh sixtythousand) THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Ishaq Koyilil, also from Thikkodi, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE AUGUST29 said: “As per our analysis, the per month (withoutgradepay)plus other allowance admissible as per company JAMMU,AUGUST29 monthly demand of GIpipesand Rules. Higher starting paymay be given consideringthe qualification, AFTER WORKINGinSharjah for tubes in Kerala was40,000 met- experience.Moreoverpay protectiontosuccessful candidatesundergovt. THE ABVP on Sundayaccused 15 years,TCShiju,42, returnedto ric tonnes during pre-Covid.It service/regulatory service etc.may be provided. police of harassing itsactivists in his home in Thikkodi village,in would bedown to 25,000metric Ramban district allegedly for Kozhikode district of Kerala, tonnes now. However, the pro- SubmissionofApplication: spearheading an agitation about twoyears ago. He wasex- duction in Kerala is only4,000 Eligible candidatesmay submit their applicationsduly signed along with a against“unplanned”demolition ploring investment choices, metric tonnes per month.Our photographofthe applicant, full bio-data/C.V,email address, self attestedcopies of some structures of the govern- when he found aviable option in monthlyproduction capacity is ment higher secondaryschool his villageitself. 3,000 metrictonnes. We see a of testimonials/certificates, payslip etc.may be submitted online vide email there. According to theoutfit, With an investment of justRs hugegrowth potential, as con- ([email protected]) on or before 30.09.2021 their protest is againstthe dem- 1lakh,hebecameapartnerinGTF struction and infrastructuresec- Application sentafter last dateshallbeliable for rejection. olition but notagainstthe con- Steel Pipesand TubesLLP,anovel tors arepoisedfor major growth struction of an oxygen plant on manufacturing ventureset up by 207people invested in GTFSteel Pipes and Tubes in Kerala.” Candidatesserving in Government,Public Sector EnterprisesorStatutory the site–ashas been stipulated expatriateshailingfromThikkodi None of the partners work in Bodies should apply through proper channelwith ano-objectionfrom their by authorities. andits surrounding villages. fixedatRs50,000,and an individ- losses. Our concern wastomake the factory. Therecruitment was present employer at the time of interview. Alleging that police were vis- Setupbythe Global ual had to invest in at leasttwo suchpeople apartofabusiness done in aprofessional manner, iting the homes of ABVP activists Thikkodiyans Forum (GTF) —a shares. Therewas acap on the venture,’’ he said. withonlyqualified, trainedwork- TA &D.A for appearing for interview: and threatening their parents, socialmediagroup of expatriates maximum investment as well – Ummer Koyilil, 60,returned ers being selected. Single to and from economyclass airfare by shortestroutefrom residence/place the outfit’s J&K secretary, from Thikkodi floatedin 2015 fol- Rs 40 lakh per person. to Thikkodi villageabout two Abdul Latheef, also from of presentposting to the place of interviewwould be reimbursed to the Mukesh Manhas, demanded lowing alooming job crisis in the “Themajor highlight of the years ago, afterworking in Thikkodi,saidtheywantedto put that the administration initiate Middle East–in May2018, the ventureisthatalarge section of Bahrainfor18years.“Itriedtoset forwardabusiness and invest- candidatescalledfor the interviewsubject to production of originaltravel actionagainstRamban police unit commencedproduction ear- investors areordinarypeople up asmall business, but it did not ment model whichcould beem- documentsand receipts. station's SHO saying he had re- lier this month. who have somesmall savings, a materialise,” he said.“Ihavein- ulated across the state. “This Other Conditions. sortedtoalathicharge on This is the firstsuchattempt fewlakhrupees,afteryearsof toil vested onlyRs1lakhinthisven- modelwillhelp ordinaryexpatri- Thursdayonagroup of activists in the state where expatriates, in the Gulf. But foraninitiative of ture. Thishas givenmeexposure ates to invest their hard-earned The selectedcandidate shall havetojoin the assignment within one month from protesting in the town. He and returnees,ofavillagehave this type, theywouldnot have to abusiness enterprise. savings in viable business ven- the dateofissueofappointment letter and an undertakingtothat effectshall warnedofintensifying their ag- come together and mobilised been able to be apartofaprofes- Otherwise, Iwould have ended tures. We have 2,000-odd mem- havetobesubmittedatthe timeofinterview. itation if no action wastaken capital forabusinessenterprise sional business venture,” said GTF up as asmall trader,’’ he said. bers in the GTF. Onlythose inter- Sd/- againstthe Ramban SHO. of this kind. Steels Chairman Mohammed Beforedecidingto setupaunit estedininvestinginthe steel Meanwhile, the district ad- The total investment of Rs 18 Basheer Nadammal. to manufacturegalvanisediron industrywereselected as part- PrincipalSecretary to the Govt. of Assam, ministration has imposedCrPC crorewas raisedfrom207 people. “Mostofthesereturneesin- pipesandtubes,theGTFexplored ners. We areplanning other en- Power (Electricity)Department, Section 144inRamban town and Of these, 147investedonlyRs1 vest in trade or hotelindustry, and otherpossibilities,includinginte- terprises too, in whichothers in JanasanyogNo-D/4905/21 Dispur,Guwahati-06. itsoutskirts. lakh each. The price of asharewas then backout afterincurring huge grated farming and tourism. the forum can invest,’’ he said.

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Fiftyper centIndians getting at leastone shotofCovid vaccine IN THE 1980S, women’s groups protested at the accusedMPfiledacase of forgeryagainst temptchargeatthe height of thepandemic. is asignificant milestone. Thereisstillneedtounlockcarefully the gatesofthe Supreme Courtagainstthe her,inwhich anon-bailable warrant had been It is asocial fact that the criminal legal sys- acquittal of policemen who rapedatribal girl, issuedby aVaranasi courtinAugust 2021. And temoften merely re-arranges asystemofil- ASTWEEK AS the countrycrossed60-crorecumulative vaccinations, it reached afterfour lawprofessorswrote an open let- the Delhi police allegedlynow suspect that legalities. Forexample,rape survivors arerou- asignificant milestone in itsCovid inoculation drive.Morethan 50 percent tercritiquing the judgment. On December 20, theykilled themselvesafter being framedin tinelypressurisedto“compromise”illegally adult Indians have receivedatleastone shotofthe vaccine. Officialdatashow 1979, the then Chief JusticeofIndia, YV afraud case.Anenquiryhas been announced, and turn hostile in trials, failing whichthey Lthat 99 per cent healthcareworkers have receivedthe firstjab and 83 per cent Chandrachud, wrotealettertothe Gujarat and an officer sent to judicial custody,aswe maybethreatenedor even killed. Noting this, arefully vaccinated.Nearly 80 per cent frontline workers have receivedboththe shots.In women’s groups ledbyJyoti Sangh assuring despondentlywaitfor more information on the Supreme Court in Ramesh v. Stateof them that he fullysharedtheirview“that life this tragic case. Haryana, has notedthat this technique of ter- conjunction withthe serosurvey resultsthat indicatedtwo-thirds of people in the coun- and justice mustbemade safeand accept- It is devastatingthatwehaveadarklegal rorunder the guise of compromise is part of tryhaveantibodiesagainstthe coronavirus, the vaccinationdataiscause foroptimismat able to unprotected women”.Without ro- history that mutely records that rape sur- our socio-legal culture. The apexcourthere atime when medical experts arewarningofapossiblethirdwave. These developments manticising the past, it wouldbefair to note vivors areroutinelykilledorkill themselves givesvoice to the desperationwhenvictims arelikelytogiveafillip to thepost-second waveopening-up underwayinseveral parts that suchcourtesy to women’s groupshas not in protestinfront of police stations, courts and witnesses areatthe mercy of police. In of the countryand inform plans of stategovernmentstoresume physical classes in edu- been emulated within the judiciarysince. and government buildings. Outrage, if any, is the lockdown, this terror wasamplifiedastri- cational institutions. Therecan be scarcelyany doubt on the needfor people to emerge Protests by women againstsexual im- pushedtowards the convenient demand for als got postponed. During the lockdown, vic- punityinlaw and society at the gatesofthe death penalty,deflecting public attention tims could notescape intimidation,and trans- from the pandemic-imposed shells. At the sametime, however, thereisalso abundant rea- apexcourt have continued. Forthe gatesof from aserious reviewofstate impunity. ferpetitions were notalwaysheardduring son to suggestthatnecessary caveatsbebuilt intothe un-lockdown measures. The temp- the Supreme Courthaveoccupiedasymbolic While the media discourse on rape is this time. No moratorium wasdeclared tation to assume pre-Covid normalcy should be stoutlyresisted. significanceinthe geographyoflivedconsti- mostlyspectacularisedand sensationalised, againstarbitrary arrestsofwomen and vic- The government has asked states to speedupthe administration of the second shots tutionalism through different kinds of peo- stateresponse alsopathologises or crimi- tims of violence,despiterepeated petitions —asalient advisorygiven the well-establishedfact that twoshots provide the maximum ple’s movements. Today, the gatesofthe nalises anti-rape protestthatchallenges state and advisories. Guidelines on howtotreat protection againstthe virus. Thefirstshotpreparesthe immune system to build antibod- Supreme Court markthe contemporaryge- impunity.The dominant response to demand rape survivors during the lockdown were not ographyofdesperation,its destination. death penalty does notchallengecultures of announcedtoensuretheir safety, as trials ies. But these antibodies areknown to wane afterafew months. Afterthe second jab, the On August16, 2021,the 24-year-old rape stateimpunity.Forit is notsensational enough could notbeheld. body produces astronger immune response because it nowhas substantial Tcells that survivor who hadaccusedBahujan Samaj to demand accountability and strict action Theirabject storyisalignedtoanother identify the pathogen. However, thereismuchthat is unknown about the virus’s behav- Party MP in 2019 of rape, setherself ablaze againstthosewho bring false chargesagainst unspoken history of our courts.While this iour and the recent spurtinbreakthrough infectionsindifferent partsofthe worldsug- along with her friend, a27-year-old man, in vulnerable victims and complainants. There history is unfortunatelynot of interesttostu- geststhat even twodoses of the current crop of vaccines maynot provide the protection front of the Supreme CourtofIndia. Both are is no sober and serious reflection on howto dentsoflaw,there aremanycases of sui- theywereearlierbelievedtooffer.The ICMR has, in fact,beenalive to this exigency.Ithas nowdead. The victims thoughtofthe abolish those practices of policing that target cides from courtbuildingsbyaccusedper- repeatedly underlinedthat the vaccines are“disease modifying” —theyreduce the sever- Facebookliveasa“dyingdeclaration” or the and victimise unprotected people basedon sons or litigants. It is notthe tradition of final complaint againstthe legalsystemand their identity or status as the firststeptowards courts to mourn the death of litigantsorvic- ity of Covid –but notalways “disease preventing”. The premier medical research agency’s the cultureofstate impunity,astheycalled addressing the social problem of violence. tims, who kill themselvesfromcourt build- counsel —and thatofotherexperts—onobserving Covid-appropriatebehaviour is even out the names of those officers who they Transfersand suspensions arethe firstre- ings or immolatethemselvesinfront of a moreprescient at atime when masksare makingacomebackinthe publichealthdis- heldaccountable. Afterthis public roll call It is devastating that we have sponse of governance to impunity. Practices court. Forjudicial “reference” is onlypassed course of countries that dispensed with this anti-Covid measureearlier this year.The US of impunity and apowerful appeal to the adark legal historythat of policing within asecurity stateframework to mournthe passing of judicial lives—not Centers forDiseaseControl, forinstance, has reversedits earlier advisoryand askedpeo- public to recordtheir testimony, the two mutely records that rape also do notactually challengesexualim- when victims and litigantsgiveuponlifebe- ple to wear masksinpublic indoor spaces in areas wherethe virus is surging. friends setthemselvesablaze.The victim in- survivorsare routinely killed punity.The increaseduse of the National cause of law’s violence. dicted thepolice and the judiciaryfor strip- Security Actinrape cases indicates abreak- Victims and litigantsare usuallyaddedto Severalcountries arenow planningtoadministerboostershots to people in 2022 to ping her of dignity. or kill themselves in protest down in routine policing, rather than assure the design and procedureofcourts,while ju- enhance their immunity againstthe virus. Policymakers in India arenot impervious to this We areleftnumb with grief as we con- in front of police stations, us of gender sensitive policing. Moreand dicialdoctrine is built on their stories of so- discourse. In keeping the virus at bay, thepriority should be to nudgepeople to remain sume their words, their cries and images of courts and government morerapesurvivors, especiallyfrommargin- cial suffering.Weoften forget that thereisno vigilant—not waver from Covid-appropriate behaviour —aswell as complete this year’s their burning bodies at GateD.The singed buildings. Outrage,ifany,is alisedcommunities, have been re-victimised. constitutionalglory without abrief. Will the vaccination targets. hands of the security guards of an emptyapex The imprisonment of victims of violence is judiciarymourn these deaths? Or will the vic- court, without the usualbustle of lawyers and pushed towards the on the increase in lockdownprisons. Thereis tims whosehope is broken by thepromise of litigants, bear witness in flesh to the crisisin convenient demand for no judicial enquiryonwhy victims of violence justicebeblamedratherthan be honoured the legal system today. death penaltydeflecting areimprisonedonfalsecounter cases. There forreminding lawand society of the forgotten NOSINGLE STORY For, as persome media reports,the victim public attention wasnochangeinjudicial policy declaringthat questfor humanity? had filedapetition in the Supreme Court no rape victim would bearrestedand impris- pleading foratransfer of the rape case from from aserious review of oneddespitethe outragethatfollowedthe Baxi is theauthor of Public SecretsofLaw: DU decision to strikeoff worksbyBama, Sukirtharani and Allahabad to Delhi in March.The brother of state impunity. imprisonment of arapesurvivoronacon- Rape Trials in India MahaswetaDevismacks of censorship in thenameofculture

ITERATURE, BY INSTINCT and in practice, is against theoppression of the sin- glestory.Itisinterested, notindogma, but in texturesand voices,chroniclesand records that confound easy truths. By pushing us into zones of discomfort and Ldisquiet, it allows us aclearer viewofhuman life. In doing so, it also offers a FINDING HER PEOPLE powerful waytospeak backtopower. It’s an understanding that appears to have escaped Delhi University authorities, who have struckoff the worksofTamil writers Bama and Sukirtharani, as well as the shortstory ‘Draupadi’ by MahaswetaDevi, from apaper of HowGail Omvedt found acceptance in theDalit-Bahujancommunity the undergraduateEnglish literaturesyllabus. No reasonedargument has been offered by theDU’s OversightCommittee forthe decisions that severalmembers of the univer- sity’s academic council have described,inanoteofdissent, as “vandalism”.The Delhi SomnathWaghmare University registrar defendedthe changes by stating apreference for“literarycontent … that does nothurtthe sentimentsofany individual”. He also objected to the language of ALMOSTALL SOCIAL movementsinIndia, The next day, Iwent to my collegelibrary as if she wasdoing them afavour. When MahaswetaDevi’s ‘Draupadi’ —the storyofDopdi Mejhen, aSanthal woman gang-raped whether leftorright, feministorAdivasi, and asked forbooksshe had written. The li- farmers and labourers, both men and areled by people from historicallydomi- brarian gave me herbook on Babasaheb women, mether at rallies or protests,she in police custody —asgoing against“cultureand ethics”, and the fear that it would make nant castes. The onlyexception is India’s Ambedkar.Thatbook, Ambedkar:Towards spokewith them kindlyand patiently. She “studentshatethe military.” Dalit-Ambedkaritemovement,whichhas an Enlightened India,transformedmylife. I listenedtothemand wasaccessible. It appears that behind suchdecisions is the idea of the classroom as asanitisedencounter neveracceptedour oppressors as ourlead- knewthen that Iwould always work forso- It wasthis, along with her academicstri- —tobemeasuredbythe deference of studentstoall kinds of authority,especiallythe state. ers or heroes.And yet, our movement cial justice. dency,thatled to her complete acceptance The summarydismissal, too, of the worksofBama and Sukirtharani, who powerfullyrep- wholeheartedly embracedGailOmvedt, a From then on, Isaw her regularly at by theDalit-Bahujan communities. In 2018, resent the experience of living in anoppressive caste society, confirmsthisnarrowvisionand whiteAmerican woman who came to India protests,rallies and meetings forthe rights the Delhi-basedDalit rightsNGO hador- in the 1970sfor her PhD. In the lastfew days, of Dalit-Bahujans. Iwent to Pune foraMaster ganisedaconference calledDalit Women itsanxieties. In the name of “culture” and “ethics”, it undoes decades of scholarship and de- since Omvedt passedaway, all the messages of Arts in Communication Studies and began SpeakOut at the Savitribai Phule Pune bate that have pushedliteraturedepartmentstoamoreexpansive understanding of liter- thatIhave seenonBahujan social media to work with the camera. Iwanted to make University.The group invitedDalit women aryexperience andmerit —asgendered, as influencedbycaste,and race and empire. and WhatsApp statuses have been in tribute films on our issues and documentour from across the countrytospeak.Omvedt Anything but the single wholesome story. That suchadecision has been takenbyacommit- to her.Weare allgrieving. Ifeel as if my As much as she spokeand Bahujan people. Isaw that the so-called wasthe onlynon-Dalit woman to be invited teewhichdoes notinclude members from the English Literaturedepartment, among other mother has died. wrote forDalit-Bahujans, mainstream media and cinema purposely as aspecial guest. disciplines, also leads to worrying questions of the waysyllabi arebeing vetted.According Ibegan to shootadocumentary film on ignored Dalit-Bahujan icons and we did not In the lastfew years, as her health de- her and her husband Bharat Patankar in 2017, she also treated them have anydocumentation of our leaders, writ- clined, Isaw Patankar patientlycarefor her to the DU registrar,however, “I can read English, youcan read English. If something offen- justafter my firstfilm on Bhima Koregaon equally,not as if she was ers and activists.Myfirst idea wastomakea likeachild. Theyweredevoted to eachother. sive is written somewhere, we don’tneedaPhD in literaturetounderstand that.” (The Battle of Bhima Koregaon: An Unending doing them afavour.When biopic on Omvedt and her work,but Ifelt it Irecordedfiveinterviews with her,aswell as Scholars and studentsofliteraturemustnot be distracted from their work –the critical Journey)had released. My family’s villageis farmersand labourers, both wasnot yetthe time, so Imade the Bhima manymorewith Patankar about their life studyof alltexts, whethernationalistic ornot—by suchcensoriousinstincts. Norshouldthe 15 km from theirs andIhaveknown them Koregaon film instead. andwork. Iknew, as Ishotfootage foralmost classroom be held hostage to the “sentiments” of those who take offence at anychallenge and their daughter Prachi foralmosta men and women, met her at Soon after, Iasked thecouple forpermis- three years, travelling with her and sitting to the “consensus”. Delhi University mustrethink itsdecision to shrink the syllabus. decade. Afterthree years of closelyfollow- rallies or protests, she spoke sion to makethis film. From thenuntil the by her side, recording the twoofthem ing them forthe film, it hurttoshoot with them kindly and pandemic lockdown beganinMarch 2020, I singing progressive songs together and try- Omvedt’s lastrites on Thursday. patiently.She listened to would periodically followbothofthem in ing to capture everymovement, that her Ihad the privilegetomeether in my first their social work,shooting their interactions, time wasrunning out. My film is in post- year of BA,when Iattendedacadre camp them and she wasaccessible. meetings and speeches. This waswhen Isaw production and will be releasedinsix Freeze Frame EPUnny organisedbyPatankar. It wasthe firsttime It wasthis, along with her the side of her thatwentbeyond the scholar months. It is painful to know that shewill Ihad seenawhite woman, that toospeaking academic stridency,that led and activist. Though she wasalwaysthe cen- neversee this visual tribute to herincredible fluent Marathi. Afriend told me that she was to her complete acceptance treofattention at meetings and rallies, she work forIndia’s Dalit-Bahujans. Patankar’s wifeand aprofessor and activist nevercordonedherself away from people. who worked forour cause. Iwas curious by Dalit-Bahujan As muchasshe spokeand wrotefor Dalit- Waghmareisadocumentary filmmaker and about whyIhad neverheardofher before. communities. Bahujans, she also treated them equally, not aPhD scholaratTISS, Mumbai

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U NCERTAINTY ON DA poundediftheyare adequatelycompen- MIZORAM PACT THE GOVERNMENTWANTS halfthe addi- sated in house rent allowance and citycom- THE CENTRE HAS decidedtoconclude most tional dearnessallowance forits employ- pensation allowance. of the demands made by the Mizo National ees impoundedfor aperiod of one year.This Front (MNF) leader Laldenga. Theunder- is believedtohavebeenspelt out by the CONG (I) ROUT ground MNF and the Centrehad reacheda government at ameeting of the representa- pact about twoyears agounder whichthe tivesofthe national council of the joint con- THE ROUT OF the Congress(I) in the crucial MNF had givenanundertaking to stop all sultative committee held on August29. electionstothe Visakhapatnam and hostile activitiestopavethe wayfor nego- CabinetSecretary, KrishnaswamyRao Vijayawada municipal corporations in tiations forsolving the Mizoproblem. Saheb, who presided,isbelievedtohave AndhraPradesh hasshockedthe party high Despitethis, the MNF continuedtopartic- said that the impounding shouldapply to command. The Chief MinisterTAnjiah is ipateinillegitimateactivities. the twoinstalmentsofDAalready due — expectedinDelhionAugust30when he April and June. The reasons assignedwere will explain the reasons forthe party’s bad MOMATHAI DEAD runawayinflation and the needtocheck showing to the high command. It is likely moneycirculation and the difficult ways that the high command will deputeone of MOMATHAI, special assistant to firstPM andmeans position of the government. It thegeneral secretaries to Andhra Pradesh Jawaharlal Nehru, whose booksonthe is believedthat employees areready fora foron-the-spotassessmentofthe party’s Nehru Gandhifamily setoff apublicdebate portion of the additional DA to be im- imageinthe lightofthe poll results. has died. He was72and abachelor.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,AUGUST30,2021 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “Western countries, including the UK,musthonourtheir obligations, not only to thosewho worked forthem, includingthe refugees who must nowbefound 9 THE IDEAS PAGE homesand jobs, but to Afghansociety as awhole. ” —THEGUARDIAN Meetingthe Opening up poshan challenge open-source Constraintsinpublicprocurement processes are holding backthe technology from realising its Fortification of rice supplied under government schemesisawelcome decision.Thisshould be potential. Itsuptakemustbeincentivised accompanied by policiestoimprove women’s education and well-being India is at an inflection point in itsjour- neytowards greater adoption of FOSS in GovTech—ithas already demonstrated the potentialof FOSSdeploymentthroughitsuse incritical,population-scaleprojects.Withan IT workforceofmorethan four million em- ployeesand asoftwareindustrythat is the Abhishek Singh and envy of the world, we already have there- quired talent. What we needisaconcerted FROM PLATE TO PLOUGH Va rad Pande pushto harnessthebiggestpromisethatFOSS holds -- the possibility of collaborativetech- By Ashok Gulatiand THE JOURNEY OF Free and OpenSource nologicalinnovation. Software(FOSS)inIndiahas been longand Hereisafour-steppath to makethisvi- Ritika Juneja vibrant. What beganwithafew Linux user sionareality. groups in the1980s has grownintoamove- The firststepistoincentivise the uptake ON AUGUST15, Prime MinisterNarendra mentthroughcollaborationamongadiverse of FOSS in government. The government's Modi addressedthe nation from the ram- community of innovators. FOSS todaypres- policy on the adoption of open-sourcesoft- partsofthe RedFort to markIndia’s 75th entsanalternative modelto builddigitaltech- ware requiresalltech suppliersto submitbids Independence Day. Besides other big an- nologiesfor population scale. Unlike propri- withopensourceoptions.Suppliersalsoneed nouncements,heemphasisedthe needto etarysoftware, everyone has thefreedom to to justify in case theydonot offeranopen- ensure“poshan” (nutrition) to the country’s edit,modifyandreuseopen-sourcecode.This sourceoption,andsourcingdepartmentsare women and children. PM Modi announced results in many benefits—reducedcosts,no asked to weigh the lifetime costs and bene- that, by 2024, rice providedtothe poor un- vendorlock-in,theabilitytocustomiseforlo- fitsof bothalternativesbeforemakingadeci- der anygovernment scheme —PDS, mid- cal context, and greater innovation through sion. While thisserves as agoodnudge, pol- day-meal, anganwadi —will be fortified. It widercollaboration.We have seensomegreat icy can perhapsgoastepfurther by formally is abold decision. Leveraging sciencetoat- examples of publicservices being delivered giving greaterweightagetoFOSS-specific tack the complexchallengeofmalnutrition, through systemsthat useFOSS building metricsintheevaluationcriteriainRFPs,and particularly forlow-income and vulnerable blocks,including Aadhaar,GSTN, and the offeringrecognitionto departments that de- sections of the society,who cannotafford DigiLocker. While the trend is promising, ploy FOSS initiatives, suchas, aspecialcate- balanceddiversified diets,can be agoodin- muchmorecan be done. gory underthe DigitalIndia Awards. tervention. We presume that the nutrition Recognising itspotential, in 2015,the The second step could be to curatea experts of the Indian Council of Medical Indiangovernmentannouncedapolicyto en- repositoryof“GovTechready”buildingblocks Research (ICMR) have been consulted in ar- CRSasikumar courageopen source instead of proprietary thatare certified foruse in government and riving at the decision. technology forgovernment applications. audited forsecurity compliances.Off-the- Scientists at the Indian Councilof nutritionalsecurity and will notbeableto breastfeeding, diarrhoea prevention and However, the true potential of this policyis shelf FOSS softwareisoften notreadyfor di- Agricultural Research (ICAR) have been de- achieve the UN’sSustainable Development treatmentusingoralrehydrationsolution, yettoberealised, largelydue to constraints rect deployment by government.Creating a veloping biofortifiedcrops in India with a Goal (SDG) of eliminatingall forms of mal- child immunisation, and familyplanning. in public procurementprocesses. repositoryofready-to-use “GovTech-ised” viewtoeradicatingmalnutrition amongst nutrition by 2030 in the business-as-usual Innovative strategies that integrateeduca- Severalmisconceptionsremainintheun- buildingblocks,canhelpdepartmentsquickly the poor sections of the society.Asper the scenario. tion andnutrition programmesholdgreat derstanding of FOSS,especiallyfor GovTech, identify and deployFOSSsolutions in their ICAR website,theyhad developed21vari- However, access to nutritious food is importance in combatingthe malnutrition and it is important to clarify these pointsto applications. eties of biofortifiedstaples includingwheat, onlyone of thedeterminantsofnutrition. problem.The Global Nutrition Report helpincrease the adoption of FOSS. Third, FOSS innovations can be encour- rice,maize, millets,mustard,groundnut by Other factors likepoor access to safedrink- (2014)estimates that everydollar invested “Free” in FOSS is perceivedtobe“free of agedthrough“GovTechhackathonsandchal- 2019-20. These biofortifiedcrops have 1.5 ing waterand sanitation (especiallytoilets), in aprovennutrition programme offers cost” and hence manythink that the solu- lenges”, bringing together theopen-source to 3times higher levels of protein,vitamins, lowlevelsofimmunisation and education, benefitsworth 16 dollars. tions basedonFOSSare notgoodenough. For community to design solutions forspecific minerals and amino acids compared to the especiallyofwomen, contributeequallyto Second, innovations in biofortifiedfood example, FOSS is oftenmistakentobeless problem statements identifiedbygovern- traditional varieties. It is worthnotingthat this dismal situation. In acountrywhere can alleviatemalnutrition onlywhen they trustworthyand morevulnerable, whereas ment departments. The best innovations these varieties arenot geneticallymodified about 50 per cent of the rural population arescaledupwith supporting policies.This FOSS can actuallycreatemoretrustbetween emergingfromthesechallengescangetaleg —theyhavebeen developedthrough con- does nothavesafeand adequatedrinking would requireincreasing expenditureon the government and citizens. FOSS commu- up by listing them on government procure- ventional crop breeding techniques by our waterwithin premises, whereabout 15 per agri-R&D and incentivising farmers by link- nitiescanexaminethe open-source code for mentplatformssuchasGeM.Onesuchchal- ownscientists. Aresearch team ledby cent of schools still lackaccess to basicinfra- ing their produce to lucrative markets adherence to data privacy principles, help lenge—a#FOSS4Gov Innovation Challenge MonikaGargatthe National Agri-Food structure (electricity,drinking waterand through sustainable value chains and dis- find bugs, and ensuretransparency and ac- —was recentlylaunchedtoacceleratethe Biotechnology InstituteinMohali has also sanitation) and wherethe averageannual tribution channels.This will generate re- countability.Manysolutions launchedby the adoptionofFreeand Open SourceSoftware developedbiofortifiedcoloured wheat schooldropout rate at the secondary level munerative income forfarmersand fuel the government including Digilocker, Diksha, (FOSS)ingovernmentby harnessinginnova- (black, blue, purple) that is richinzinc and (Class 9-10) is still 18 percent(as per the Niti scaling-up of the unfolding technology.The AarogyaSetu, the Covid-19vaccination plat- tionfromthe FOSS ecosystem. anthocyanins. Farmers from Punjab and Aayog’s SDG Indexfor the year 2020),one government can also rope in the private sec- form CoWIN —built on topofopen-source Finally, acredible institutional anchor is Haryana have been ropedintomultiplythe cannot tackle the multi-dimensional prob- Innovations in biofortified tortocreateamarket segmentfor pre- digitalplatforms —havebenefitedfromvalu- neededtobeahomeforFOSSledinnovation productionofthis wheat variety.This points lem of malnutrition justbybiofortification. mium-qualitybiofortifiedfoods to cater to able inputsprovided by volunteer open- inIndia.Suchaninstitutioncanbringtogether towardsthe beginning of anew journey, It must be recognisedthat in the long run, food canalleviate high-end consumers. Forinstance, trusts source developers. Suchinputshaveim- FOSS championsand communities thatare from food security to nutritional security. India needs amulti-pronged approachto malnutrition only when they run by theTATA groupare supporting dif- menselyhelpedinimproving solutions and scatteredacrossIndiaaroundasharedagenda The HarvestPlus programme of the eliminatethe root cause of this complex are scaled up with ferent statestoinitiatefortification of milk making them morerobust. forcollectiveimpact.Kerala’sInternational Consultative Groupfor International problem. That approachshould include the supporting policies. This with Vitamin Aand D. Other private dairies Anotherimportantissueisthatitcanfeel Centrefor Free &Open Source Software(IC- Agricultural Research (CGIAR) also deserves following initiatives. shouldalso be encouraged to scale up milk easierto dealwithaproprietarysoftwareven- FOSS) is agreat example of suchaninstitu- special mention hereastheyhavebeen First, thereisadirect correlation be- would require increasing fortification across the country. dorwhobuildsabespokesoftwareandcanbe tionthatledtoKeralabeingapioneeringstate working closelywithICAR, stateagricul- tween mothers' education and the wellbe- expenditure on agri-R&D Third, anationalawarenessdrive on the heldaccountablefor anyfailures.Inthe case in the adoptionofFOSS.Anational “FOSS tural universities(SAUs),the international ing of children. Children with mothers who and incentivising farmersby lines of the “SaltIodisationProgramme” of FOSS,thereappearsto beanabsenceof one CentreofExcellence”canconvenecapital,re- centres of CGIAR,seedcompaniesand have no education have theleastdiversified launchedbythe government in 1962 to re- clear“owner”,whichmakesitharderto iden- sources and capacity-building support, cre- farmerorganisations to accelerateproduc- diets and sufferfromstunting and wasting linking their produce to place ordinarysalt with iodisedsalt, can tifywho is responsible. While this concern is atingthemuch-neededmomentumto build tion and improvethe access of the poor in and areanaemic. Notwithstanding consid- lucrative markets through play an important role at the individual and legitimate, there arewaystomitigateit, for world-class “madeinIndia” FOSS products. India to iron-richpearlmilletand zinc-rich erable effortsbythe government to improve sustainable value chains and community levels to achieve the desired example, by having the government’s in- wheat. Globally,morethan 40 countries femaleliteracy,only12.5per cent women distribution channels. This goals of poshan forall.Branding, awareness house technical staffunderstand available Singh is CEO MyGovand National have releasedbiofortifiedcrops, benefitting (in agegroup 15-49years) were found to campaigns, socialand behavioural change documentationandgettingkeypersonnelto eGovernance Division, Ministry of over 48 million people. have completed school education (Class 12) will generate remunerative initiatives, suchascommunity-levelcoun- join relevant developer communities. This Electronics &IT(MeitY) and Pande is at The PM’s strong commitment towardsa in 2018 according to the Sample income forfarmersand fuel selling, dialogue, media engagement and hasbeentriedoutinseveralprojectssuccess- Omidyar Network India. malnutrition-free India —Kuposhan Mukt Registration System Survey.Hence, targeted the scaling-up of the advocacy,especiallyamongst marginalised fully but needs to be strengthened further. Viewsare personal Bharat –iscrucial as 15.3 per cent of the programmesfor improving the educational unfolding technology.The communities, can promote consumption of country’s population is undernourished, status of girls and reducingthe school locally-available, nutrient-dense affordable and India has the highestproportion of dropout rates, particularly at the secondary government canalso rope in foods among the poor and children. But “stunted”(30 per cent) and “wasted” chil- and higher educational levels, needtobe the private sector to create a equallyimportant is grandma’s recipeofdi- dren (17.3per cent) belowfiveyears of age, promoted. Also, childcareknowledge and market segment for versifieddiets —weshould always keep LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR as per the FAO’s recent publication,‘The information on holistic nourishment should premium-qualitybiofortified that in mind. StateofFood Securityand Nutrition in the be compulsorilyincludedinthe school cur- World, 2021’. These figures indicatethat riculum.This will improvemothers’ knowl- foods to cater to high-end Gulati is InfosysChair professor and Juneja is Indiaisatacriticaljuncturewith respect to edge regarding colostrum, continued consumers. Consultant at ICRIER ENGAGE KABUL THIS REFERS TO thearticle ‘Importance IDEAS of Engagement’ (IE28Aug). 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Lesson from Partition is nothow horrific it was, but hownot to recreateits madness ● INCLUSIVE NATIONALISM: AFGHAN QUESTION CHAITANYA PANDEY & THIS REFERS TO theeditorial,‘Connect SANDEEP PANDEY Shah Alam Khan with Kabul’ (IE, August27). With an at- tack at Kabul airportkilling adozenUS www.indianexpress.com ON THE EVEofPakistan’s Independence Partition. No wonder it nowbecomes an History,memoryand cultural identity identity and culturehas to be reimaginedin troops and injuring manyothers, the DayonAugust14, Sayema, afamous radio anti-national act to wish IndependenceDay arethe mostsinistertools of manipulating asecular,rational perspective, away from "wait and watch" maynot be afelici- jockeywithaprivate radio station, tweeted greetings to aneighbouring country. masses.Nothing is moreproductivepoliti- politicalbenefitsand free from ideological tous approach. Creating athoughtfully IndependenceDay wishes to friendsacross As identitybeginstotakeovernations callythanacohort manipulated with hate. bonhomie. In the wordsofthe American put out plan forbalancing out the rela- tion. Agricultureneeds to be depoliti- the border.For the next fewhours, her time- and national identity becomes atool for The Prime Ministercould have been more philosopher,Martha Nussbaum, “as we tell tionship with the Taliban and prevent- cisedand the ongoing farmers agitation line wasinundated with abuse, hateand manipulatingthe masses,weneedtohave careful and correct in the choice of his stories about the livesofothers,welearn ing them from bolstering abreeding mustbewound up immediately. bigotry of the mostrepulsive nature. aclear understanding of the ideological de- words. Frantz Fanon, the West Indian howtoimagine what another creature ground forterrorism seems to be the Involvement of market forces will bring Unfortunately, mostofthose abusingher bate on nationalism, patriotism and na- philosopherand writer,believed thatcul- might feel in response to variousevents. At onlyway out. Delhi is walking on a real benefits. were nottrollsorfromthe IT cellsofpolit- tional identity.Inthe 75th year of its tural identity is asociallygenerated neuro- the same time, we identify with the other tightrope wherebothaction and inac- HNBhagwat, Chiplun icalparties. Theywerecommon people like Independence, India is at the threshold of a sis.Heuseditinthe contextofcolonial cul- creatureand learn something about our- tion seem equallydicey. youand me. Sayema’s messageoffriend- Partition of adifferent kind. The binary tural influences but it could be equally selves.” Nussbaum’s wordsmarkthe epit- Melvin Thomas, Bhopal STRATEGIC HELP ship wasinterpreted as hateagainstIndia whichhas cometoruleusisuglyinits ide- correct forreligiousinfluences as wasseen ome of what should be remembered about and mostlabelled her an anti-national -- ological posturing. The identity politics at the time of Partition. One of the greatest the Partition. We should remember that our FARM REFORMS THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘A helping the commonestholetofit apeg of any whichdrivesthe PM intoannouncinga writer-philosophers, AlbertCamus, be- horrors arealso someone else’s stories. hand to Kabul’ (IE, Aug28). It is time we shape. Sayema is apeg with the oddest Partition Horrors Remembrance Dayisdan- lievedthathistory is notjustapossiblesite We needhealers, notthe hurt, to reduce THIS REFERSTOthe article, ‘The land become pragmatic about howwede- shape in this newIndia—she’saMuslim. gerous and illogical. of violence, but historycoincides with vio- the pain of Partition. The patriotism we em- question, and answers’ (IE, Aug28). The velop our foreign relations.Being senti- The PrimeMinisterofthe world’s The horrors of Partition arenot forre- lence. He debunkedthe theory of “history brace shouldn’t be at the expense of hatred experiment of thecollectivisation of mental or blindlyfollowing apath just largest democracy has asked us to com- membrance. Theyare forderiving lessons. as necessity.” Camus’s questioning of the of the other.The PM has apenchant for farms wastried in the erstwhile USSR because we areusedtoitmay land us memorateAugust14asa“Partition Horrors They shouldn’t haunt us but rather help us dialectical ideaofhistory is so relevant in catchy phrases and words. But playing with withdisastrous consequences. The hu- up in the same situation that found us Remembrance Day”. The horrors of in comingout of the trauma of communal- this newIndia, wherethe highestexecutive collective memories is tricky.Collective man costofthis ideology drivenstep in the unipolar worldafter thedemise Partition areundoubtedly amongthe most ism and bigotry,whichhad besieged the of the democracy requests itscitizenryto memories arethe mostprecioustreasure has been chronicledmostpoignantly in of the erstwhile communistUSSR. painful memories of anysociety. Theblood subcontinent at that time. To remember remember the trauma of Partition. of anycivilisation. Theyshouldbehandled Sholokov’s immortalnovel, AndQuiet Strategic appreciations should be based lineswhichweredrawn over the land mass them as ameans of horror is to pollutethe The hopeless sadness whichsuchmem- with carebecause if they break,theycan re- Flows theDon.Inour countryadequate onlyonhardfactshoweveruncomfort- of the subcontinent in 1947 still continue memorypoolofcoming generations. To re- ories can generateinthe people of that era lease demons of all kinds. measures existtoprotect farmers. What able theymay be. to bleedfor manyfromthatgeneration. member them as lessonswouldbethe best canhaveadisastrousoutcome notonlyon is missing is their honestimplementa- Shubhada H, viaemail August14isthe Independence Dayof waytoprovide them with ahandbook on them but on their heirs too. In countries with The writer is Professor of Orthopaedics, Pakistan, the byproduct of thatvery “how nottocommunally divide acountry.” existing wounds likethose of the Partition, AIIMS, NewDelhi

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80,00,000 43,83,862 TheHurriyat Conference, the political platform of separatistsinKashmir,isgetting increasingly 53,35,740 marginalised, withthe Centrecrackingdownonits leadersand considering aban on both factions. 40,00,000 14,09,193 hardlinersremovedAnsari as Hurriyat chief BASHAARATMASOOD and announcedMasarat Alam as interim 15,05,944 SRINAGAR,AUGUST29 chairman. The Hurriyat split intoMirwaiz 0 and Geelani camps. LAST 10 DAYS (daily) AFTER BANNINGthe Jamat-e-Islamiand the The J&K Liberation Front ledbyYasin Aug19Aug 28 Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front(JKLF), Malik partedwayswithbothfactions. therehavebeen reports thatthe Centreis considering aban on both factions of the All Moderates-Centretalks TOTAL DOSES COVISHIELD COVAXIN Parties Hurriyat Conference. What does the The Mirwaiz campwas in favour of dia- 87.7% 12.2% Hurriyat Conference stand for, and what is logue with New Delhi whilethe Geelani 62,98,30,818 itsrelevance? group setaprecondition that New Delhi first accept Kashmir as adisputed territory. (SputnikV's7,35,154doses The beginnings Immediatelyafter thesplit, the Mirwaiz In the winter of 1992, when militancy group openedthe channels of dialogue with notrepresentedinpie) wasatits peak in Kashmir,the separatists felt the Centre. On January22, 2004,thenDeputy the needfor apoliticalplatformthatwould PM LKAdvani hostedaHurriyat delegation DOSES ON AUG 29 68,41,684 complement the militant movement and —Abbas Ansari, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Abdul seek aresolution of the Kashmir issue. This GaniBhat, Bilal Lone and Fazal Haq Qureshi AUG 29: 1,07,80,592 (1ST DOSE: 80,37,926; 2ND: 27,42,666 ledtothe formation of the All Parties —athis office in NorthBlock. Both sides de- Hurriyat Conference (APHC), an amalgamof cidedtomeetagain.The second round was separatistpolitical outfits. held in New DelhionMarch 27 that year. INDIAACTIVE CASES 3,68,558 On July31, 1993, severalseparatistpolit- Talkscontinuedwith the subsequent ical, social and religious parties —with dis- government. On September 6, 2005, then parateideologies but united by acommon Prime MinisterManmohan Singh metwith 4,00,000 viewthatKashmirisunder “illegal occupa- Hurriyat moderates ledbyMirwaiz. The next tion” —stitched togetherthe alliance after round wasonMay 4, 2006,and the twosides sevenmonths of deliberation. agreedtoevolve amechanism to continue 3,63,605 3,68,558 The idea wasfirstdiscussedonDecember dialogue forresolution of the Kashmir issue. 2,00,000 27,1992atameeting calledbyMirwaiz Umar Then chairman of the hardline Hurriyat faction Syed AliShahGeelani (centre), With the Centre’s backing, the Mirwaiz Farooq, then 19,who had takenoveras moderatefactionhead Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (right),and Yasin Malik (left) aftera faction and Mohd Yasin Malikalso travelled Kashmir’shead priest(Mirwaiz)and thechair- meetinginSrinagar in 2016. Express Archive to Pakistanonthe Srinagar-Muzaffarabad man of Awami Action Committee afterthe as- bus to meetthe leadership in Pakistan. 0 sassinationof hisfatherMirwaizMohammad LAST 10 DAYS Farooq on May21, 1990. When the alliance anychangeinthe executive council but per- The split The rise of Geelani Aug19Aug 28 took shape, Mirwaiz wasits firstchairman. mitted increasing or decreasing the numbers From 1993 until1996,the Hurriyat was The moderates’ perceivedcloseness to Note:The August 28 figures in these graphs arebased on thegovernment updates on August29 TheHurriyat’s constitutiondescribes it in the general council. the dominant political forceinKashmir with NewDelhi and the absence of anyoutcome as aunion of political, social and religious The executivecouncil wasrepresented mainstream politicalleaders having with- from the dialoguebolsteredthe Geelani-led parties of J&K, to wage a“peaceful struggle” by Jamat-e-Islami,asocio-religious outfit drawn. While the National Conference re- hardliners. On April 12,2016, six leadersin- INDIA TOTAL CASES 3,26,95,030 forresolution of the Kashmir dispute, accord- that supported Kashmir’s integration with turnedtothe political scene during the 1996 cluding Shabir Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Ahmad Source: Ministry of Health &Family Welfare, updated at 11 pm on August 29 ing to UN resolutions or through tripartite Pakistan; Jammuand Kashmir Liberation Assemblyelections, the Hurriyat stayed Khan and AgaHassan Budgami partedways talks–amongIndia, Pakistanand the peo- Front, apro-Independence militant outfit afloat with backing from Pakistan. with Mirwaiz and joinedGeelani. ple of Kashmir. that declaredaunilateral ceasefirein1994 Afteroveradecade, the alliance started The Hurriyat essentiallywas an extension to work forpeaceful solution; People’s crumbling within,struggling to keep itsflock The current disarray Children gained more weight of apoll allianceformed six years earlier.In Conference, apolitical party foundedby together with itsdisparateideologies, from The National Investigation Agency (NIA) the 1987 Assemblyelections, severalsocial, Abdul Gani Lone who wasassassinated by moderates likeMirwaiz Umar Farooq and raids on Hurriyat leaders in 2018 put both than normal in pandemic religious and political parties had joined militantsin2002; Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s Abdul Gani Lone to hardliners likeSyedAli factions on the backfoot. hands under the banner of Muslim United Awami Action Committee; Ittehadul Geelani and Masarat Alam. Their differences On June 30 lastyear,Geelani sprang a YOUNGCHILDREN, especiallythose tronic health records of 1,91,509 mem- Front (MUF) to oppose the National Muslimeen of Shia cleric Abbas Ansari; over futurestrategy,role of militancy, anddi- surprise when he dissociated himselffrom belonging to theage group 5-11years, bers of Kaiser Permanente, belonging Conference-Congress combine. The elections, People’s League ledbySheikh Abdul Aziz alogue with New Delhi, were out in the open. his factionofthe Hurriyat, leavingthe reins gainedexcess weight during the pan- to theage group 5-17years, from widelyseen as rigged,sowed the seeds of a who waskilledwhen police firedonprotes- The 2002 Assemblyelections ledtoa to his deputy Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai demic, according to astudy published March 1, 2019,toJanuary31, 2021. civilianand militant movement againstwhat tors marching towardsMuzaffarabad in split. The hardline group ledbySyedAli Shah who diedincustody in Jammu jail earlier in the Journal of the ■ Those age5-11 wasperceivedasNew Delhi’s rule in Kashmir. 2008; and Muslim Conference of Prof Abdul Geelani accusedSajad Lone, representing this year. AmericanMedical years gained5.07pounds Gani Bhat,aprofessor who wasterminated People’s Conference afterhis father’s assas- TheNIA raids,the banofJamat-e-Islami, Association. moreduring Covid-19 The structure from service by the J&K government for“con- sination, of fielding proxycandidates in the and the arrest of most of the topand sec- “Whenwecompared than during the same The Hurriyat had atwo-tier structure: an stitutingathreat to the security of the state”. elections.The Geelani group demanded ond-rung leadership of both factions, be- the weight gain among time period before Covid- executive council of sevenmembers, and a The general council includedtrade bod- Lone’s expulsion, but then Hurriyat chair- fore theabrogationofJ&K’s special status children from 2019 to 19,while those aged 12- general council of close to twodozenmem- ies,students’associations, and social and re- man Abbas Ansari refused. In ameeting at on August5,2019, have leftthe Hurriyat in 2020, we found that PAPER 15 and16-17gainedan bers. The Hurriyat constitutiondidn’tallow ligious groups. Itsnumbers kept changing. Geelani’s homeonSeptember 7, 2003, the disarray. therewas more weight excess of 5.1pounds and gainedduring the pan- 2.26 pounds over the demic foryouths of all CLIP prior year,respectively. ages,” Corinna Koebnick, ■ Among 5-to-11- NEWRESEARCH What’s new in renovated Jallianwala Bagh the senior author of this year-olds, this weight gain study,ofthe Kaiser resulted in almost9% PermanenteSouthern California’s morechildren becoming overweight What’s been added memorial at the original sitewas built to re- Department of Research &Evaluation, or obese compared to 5% in thoseaged DIVYAA A28-minute sound-and-light showthat member the martyrs who were identified. wasquotedassaying in the press re- 12-15yearsand 3% in those aged 16- NEWDELHI,AUGUST29 re-enactsthe eventsofApril 13,1919, is be- The secondmemorial has been built over 1.5 lease issuedbyKaiserPermanente. 17.Mostofthe increase among those ing shown free everyevening. ASalvation acres, almost3kmfromthe site. The CM, a Kaiser Permanenteisahealthcare 5-11and 12-15yearsold wasdue to ON SATURDAY evening, Prime Minister Ground has been built forvisitorstosit in si- trusteeofJallianwala Bagh, also attendedthe consortium basedinPortland, an increase in obesity. NarendraModi—alsothe chairperson of the lence to honour the victims of the massacre. Centre’s event, whereheurged the PM to California. Jallianwala Bagh Memorial Trust—inaugu- Severalnew sculptures of victims have come bring backthe personaleffectsofShaheed The researchers analysed the elec- Source: Kaiser Permanente ratedthe renovatedJallianwala Bagh com- up on the high walls of thenarrowlane UdhamSingh from theUK. plex, whichhad been shut since February through whichvisitorsenter. With families of the massacrevictims 2019 foranextensive makeoverbythe Four newgalleries have been created present, the PM spokeabout how, to mark75 MinistryofCulture. The monument had through adaptive reuse of underutilised years of Independence, ‘Azaadi Ka Amrit looked nondescriptonthe 1-km stretchof buildings to showcase the historical signifi- Mahotsav’was being celebrated,withfree- HeritageStreetinAmritsar, whichdraws an cance of eventsinPunjab, including the free- domfighters being honouredin everyvillage average10,000 visitors aday,mostofthem Visitors at Jallianwala Bagh on Sunday, dom movement and the Gadar movement. andplacesassociatedwith the freedom to payobeisance at the Golden Temple. afterthe reopening. Rana Simranjit Singh It also has asculptureofGuru Nanak Dev, Sikh struggle seeing arevamp. Modi listed steps Alookatwhat has changed in the warrior Banda Singh Bahadur,and astatue of takenbythe Centretotakethe legacy of the makeover, and what has been added: MaharajaRanjitSingh. Gurus to the youth —turning Sultanpur Lodhi entryand exit pointshavebeenrepositioned, intoaheritagetown, the Kartarpur corridor, What’s changed and alotus pond has been builtaroundthe Politics of nationalism air connectivity betweenPunjab and some ApproximatelyRs20crore wasear- main memorial. The ‘Shahidi Khu’ or Martyrs Lastweek,Chief MinisterCaptain countries, interconnectivity of places relat- markedfor restoration and conservation, im- Well, intowhichhundredsofpeople jumped Amarinder Singhhad inaugurated the ingtothe SikhGurus,and development of the plementedby the government-ownedNBCC to escape bullets,isnow enclosedinaglass Jallianwala Bagh CentenaryMemorial Park, Anandpur Sahib, FatehgarhSahib,Chamkaur Ltd. Facilities suchastoilets,ticketing coun- shield —adecisioncriticisedbysomesince it asecond memorial as “a tributetothe un- Sahib, Ferozepur,Amritsar,Khatkar Kalan, ters and drinking waterhavebeen added. The is perceivedasrestrictingthe view. known martyrs” of the massacre, saying the Kalanour and Patiala heritage circuit. MilitancyinAssam’sDimaHasao:inthe1990s,2000s,andnow

“It drawsits supportand sustenance from centralisedgovernanceincertaintribalareas killing, and extortion," he said. Dimasa statesothattheycan bebrought un- TORAAGARWALA the NSCN(IM)[of Nagaland],” said Singh. The of the Northeast. They arerun by the North Gorlosawas arrested in 2009,signeda der one political unit. “If yousee the couple GUWAHATI,AUGUST29 trucksattackedonThursdayweretravelling Cachar Hills AutonomousCouncil and Karbi ceasefireagreement in 2012,and joined of videos the group has put on social media, from acement factory, ownedbyasubsidiary AnglongAutonomous Council respectively. mainstream politics. In 2017,anNIA court it is clear that theyare playing on the senti- ON THURSDAY,asuspectedmilitant attack of the Dalmia Group. According to Singh, the InDimaHasao,thedemandforstatehood convicted him and 14 others fordiverting ment of the pre-colonial Dimasa state,” said leftfivetruckersdeadinAssam’sDima Hasao attackwas aimedat“sending amessage” to beganinthe1960s,alongwithothertribalsec- government funds to insurgent groups for Bathari. Addedtoitisafeeling of neglect. “If hill district. As per reports,aconvoy of about the Dalmia Group in particular,and other in- tions of undividedAssam. While newstates terror activities between 2006 and 2009. youtraveltointerior areas, it is evident that seventrucks—carryingclinker and coal from dustries, to extort money. suchasMeghalaya were carved out, Karbi Asenior journalist from Dima Hasao, theyliveinpoorconditions –bad roads, no afactory—werefired upon, and then set Anglong and North Cachar remainedwith who wishedtoremainanonymous,saidthe connectivity,and fewschools,” said Bathari. ablaze. According to police, intelligencein- Who arethe Dimasas? Assam on apromise of morepower by the area wasahotbedofinsurgency in 1994-95 putssuggestthatanoutfitcalledtheDimasa The Dimasa-Kacharis (or Dimasas) now thenCongressgovernment,includingimple- and again in 2003-2009, but has been largely What is the significance of the attack? National Liberation Army(DNLA) wasbe- live in Dima Hasao, Karbi Anglong, Cachar, mentationof Article244(A),whichallows for peaceful in the lastdecade. It comesatatimewhenthegovernment hind the attack. Hojai and Nagaon districtsofcentral and an ‘autonomous state’ within Assam in sone has been making effortstobring militant southern Assam,aswell as parts of Nagaland. tribal areas. This wasnever implemented. What aboutthe DNLA? groups to the mainstream. As per govern- What is the DNLA? EdwardGait, in his book AHistory of One of the trucksattackedbythe new Ademand foraseparatestate,‘Dimaraji’, The journalistsaid the group was“nota ment data, 3,439militantshavesurrendered It is anew insurgent group, formedin Assam,describes theDimasa-Kacharis as militant group on Thursday. Express gathered steam, and ledtothe formation of big organisation”. “However, theyhavetried since2016, whenthe BJP firstcametopower. 2019.Ithasnotclaimedresponsibilityfor the “aborigines” or the “earliestknown inhabi- the militant Dimasa National Security Force to be active in the lastyear or so,” he said. Also, when the Bodo Peace Accordwas attack. When it wasformed, it had said in a tantsofthe BrahmaputraValley”. in 1991.Itsurrendered in 1995, but itscom- “Therehavebeenextortion attempts,andfir- signedinJanuary2020,allfactionsofthe mil- release that it was“committedto revamp the PriortoAhomrule, the Dimasakings What is the history of militancy here? mander-in-chief, JewelGorlosa, brokeaway ing incidents–but none as big as what hap- itant group NDFB gave up arms. national struggle and fight forthe liberation ruledlarge parts of Assamalong thesouth The hill districtsofAssam —Karbi and formedthe Dima Halam Daogah. After penedonThursday.” “This [the attack] comes at atime when of asovereign,independent DimasaNation”. bank of the Brahmaputrabetween the 13th Anglong and Dima Hasao (earlier North thisgroup begantalkswiththegovernment Special DGP Singh said the group, when tourism and development wasgaining mo- Special DGP(Law&Order) GPSinghsaid and 16th centuries. Cachar Hills) —havehadalonghistoryof in- in 2003, Gorlosa brokeawayagain and formed,had astrength of about 20-25.In mentumin DimaHasao,”saidthe journalist. the group was“another one in aseries of mil- “It wasapowerful kingdom and had al- surgency that peakedin themid-1990s, and formedthe Dima Halam Daogah(Jewel), May, apoliceoperationledtothedeathof six SpecialDGPSinghsaid:“Nowwehaveto itant organisations in NorthCachar Hills mostall of thesouthern belt of Brahmaputra wasrootedinacoredemand of statehood. withanarmedwingcalled BlackWidow. of itstop cadres. “Current strength is about neutralise them [DNLA] on an urgent basis.” (Dima Hasao) district claiming to represent under itscontrol in the 16th century,”said Bothdistricts arenow protectedunderthe Batharisaidthesegroupswere “quitestrong” 12-15,” said Singh. BJP spokesperson Pijush Hazarika said interestofDimasa people”. Uttam Bathari, AssociateProfessor of History SixthSchedule of the Constitution, thatal- in the 1990s-2000sand had “a popular sup- In Bathari’s assessment, the group's main the government would take “allsteps at the Thegrouprunsonextortion andtaxation. at Gauhati University. lows forgreater political autonomyand de- portbase”. "Therewas alot of violence, demand is the formation of the pre-colonial strictestlevel to bring them to book”.

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TOPOFTHE AMERICAN MILITARY WINDS DOWN EVACUATION FROM AFGHAN CAPITAL With wind speeds WORLD USsaysdronekillsISsuicidebombers topping 230 kph, Hurricane Ida makes beforetheycouldattackKabulairport landfall in Louisiana Rocket strikenear airportkills child ASpaceX Falcon 9 KEVINMCGILL ED Stronger rocket launchedfrom &JAYREEVES stormthan Kennedy Space Center AP&REUTERS Countries say will NEWORLEANS,AUGUST29 PLAIN E ● Katrina on Friday. AP KABUL,AUGUST29 EX accept Afghans HURRICANE IDAblastedashore AUSdrone strikeSundaystruck a after August 31 along the Louisiana coaston HURRICANE IDAhas made USA vehiclecarrying“multiplesuicide Sunday, with the eyeofone of landfallinLouisianaonthe SpaceXtakes bombers” from Afghanistan’s THEUSand97 othercountries the mostpowerful storms ever same dateonwhich Islamic Stateaffiliatebeforethey said theywouldcontinue to to hit the US arriving near the Hurricane Katrina did so 16 ants,avocados could target the ongoing military take in people fleeing barrier island of Grand Isle. years ago. ACategory4 evacuationatKabul’sinternational Afghanistanafter the The powerful Category4 storm, Ida is muchmore tospacestation airport, American officials said. Americanmilitarydepartson storm made landfall on the powerful than the Category ASPACEXshipmentof ants, Therewerefew initial details Aug31and hadsecured an same dateHurricaneKatrina 3Katrina, whichhad avocadosand ahuman- about the incident, as well as a agreementwiththeTalibanto ravagedLouisiana and wreaked havocinthe state sizedrobotic arm rocketed rocket that struckaneighbour- allowsafepassage forthose Mississippi 16 yearsearlier, leading to as many as 1,833 toward the International hood justnorthwestofthe air- whoareleaving.TheTaliban’s about 64 kilometres west of deaths.However, the mas- Space Station on Sunday. port, killing achild. The Taliban chief negotiator,Sher whereCategory3Katrina first sive toll takenbyKatrina was Thedelivery—dueto arrive initiallydescribed the two MohammedAbas Stanekzai, struckland. seen as the result of an inad- Monday—isthecompany’s strikes as separateincidents, hadannouncedonFridaythat US President Joe Biden,FirstLady Jill Biden and SecretaryofDefence Lloyd Austin during the Arriving withabarometric equatelevee system, which 23rdforNASA injustunder though information on both re- thegroupwouldnotstoppeo- transfer of remains at DoverAir ForceBase in DelawareonSundayfor the13members of the pressure of 930 millibars,Ida experts noware hoping is adecade. ArecycledFalcon mainedscarce and witnesses plefromdeparting,nomatter US militarywho were killed in abombinglastweek in Afghanistan. NYT goes down as tiedfor the fifth muchbetterequippedto rocket blasted intothe heardonlyone large blast their nationality or whether strongesthurricane to make handle ahurricane. But the predawnsky from NASA’s Sunday in the Afghan capital. theyhad worked forthe US landfall in the United States intensity,size and direction KennedySpaceCenter.The Theairstrikecame as the US during the 20-year war. The basedonwind speed. of HurricaneIda couldresult Dragon is carrying more windsdownahistoric airliftthat jointstatement wasreleased Taliban kill Afghan folk singer Ida rapidlyintensified in it becoming amassive nat- than2,170 kg of supplies sawtens of thousandsevacuated on Sundayonbehalf of more overnight as it movedthrough ural disaster, expertssay. andexperiments,andfresh fromKabul’sinternationalairport, than half of the world’s gov- some of the warmestocean food including avocados, the scene of muchofthe chaos ernmentsand NATO. NYT in restive province, says family waterinthe worldinthe north- lemonsandevenicecream that engulfed theAfghan capital ern Gulf of Mexico, itstop intensification from afew forthespacestation’sseven since the Taliban took over two liftthatsaw tens of thousands Hindu Kush mountains remains winds grew by 72 kph to 230 thunderstorms to massive hur- astronauts. The GirlScouts weeksago.After an Islamic State CaptBillUrban, aspokesman KATHYGANNON, evacuated from Kabul’s interna- the only one of Afghanistan’s 34 kph in five hours. ricane over threedaysleftno aresending up ants, brine affiliate’ssuicideattackthatkilled forthe US military’s Central TAMEEMAKHGAR tional airport, the sceneofmuch provinces notunder itscontrol. Hurricane forcewinds time to organize amandatory shrimp andplants as test over 180people, the Taliban in- Command,calledthedronestrike &JONGAMBRELL of the chaos that engulfed the The Taliban previouslycame startedtostrikeGrand Isle on evacuation of its390,000 resi- subjects,whileUniversityof creaseditssecurityaroundtheair- an action takenin“self-defence.” KABUL,AUGUST29 Afghan capital since the Taliban out to Andarabi’s home and Sundaymorning. Beforepower dents. Wisconsin-Madison is fly- field as Britain endedits evacua- Hesaidauthoritiescontinued“as- took over twoweeksago. searched it, even drinking tea waslostonthe Louisianabar- MayorLaToyaCantrell ing up seeds from asmall tion flightsSaturday. sessing the possibilities of civilian ATALIBAN fighter shotdead an The shooting Fridayofthe withthe musician, his son Jawad rier island, abeachfront web urgedresidents to leave volun- flowering weed. AP US militarycargo planescon- casualties, though we have no in- Afghan folk singer in arestive folk singer came in the Andarabi Andarabi said. But something camerashowedthe ocean tarily. Those who stayed were tinuedtheir runs intothe airport dications at this time.” mountain province under un- Valleyfor whichhewas named, changed Friday. steadilyrising as growing warnedtopreparefor long Sunday, aheadofaTuesday TalibanspokesmanZabihullah clearcircumstances, his family an area of Baghlan province “He wasinnocent, asinger waves churnedand palm trees poweroutages amid sweltering deadlineearlier setbyPresident Mujahidearlier said in amessage said Sunday. Thekilling reignited some 100kmnorth of Kabul. The who onlywas entertainingpeo- whipped. Morethan 100,000 heat. IRAQ Joe Biden to withdraw alltroops to journaliststhattheUSstriketar- concerns amongactivists that valleyhad seen upheavalsince ple,” his son said.“Theyshothim customers had lostpower in NickMosca waswalkinghis Macronvisits from America’s longest war. getedasuicidebomberashedrove the insurgentswould returnto the Taliban takeover,with some in the head on the farm.”His son Louisiana by noon and were dog, likemostofthose who TwoAmerican militaryoffi- avehicleloadedwith explosives. their oppressive ruleinthe coun- districtsinthe area coming un- said he wanted justice andthat without electricity,according were out Sundaymorning. Iraqicity cials, who spokeoncondition of Biden headedonSundayto tryafter theirmilitaryblitztop- der the control of militia fighters alocal Taliban council promised to PowerOutage.US, which “I’d liketobebetterpre- anonymity to discuss military DoverAir ForceBase to honour pledthe government. opposedtothe Taliban rule. to punish his father’s killer. tracks outages nationwide. pared.There’s afew things I’m destroyedbywar operations, calledthe airstrike members of the US militarykilled The slaying of Fawad The Taliban saytheyhave TalibanspokesmanZabihullah Wind tore at awnings and thinking we could have done. FRENCH PRESIDENT successful and said the vehicle in Thursday’s attackastheir re- Andarabi comes as the United sinceretakenthoseareas,though Mujahid said theywould investi- waterbegan spilling out of Lake But this storm came pretty Emmanuel Macron on carriedmultiple bombers. mains were returnedtothe US. States windsdownahistoric air- neighbouring Panjshir in the gate theincident. AP Ponchartrain in New Orleans. quick, so youonlyhavethe time Sundayvisited Iraq’s Officials theresaid Ida’sswift youhave,” Moscasaid. AP northern city of Mosul, whichsufferedwide- Ex-UK Marine spread destruction dur- Veteran Afghan strongmen to form new ing the wartodefeatthe leaves Kabul Islamic Stategroup in 2017.Macron beganhis front for holding negotiationswith Taliban with dogs, cats visit to Mosul by touring the OurLadyofthe Hour 27,toldReuters in an interview However, the backroom dis- but no localstaff Church,aCatholic DEVJYOTGHOSHAL from an undisclosedlocation. cussions areasign of the coun- church that wasbadly AUGUST29 “So, it is important forthe en- try’s traditionalstrongmen com- damaged during the rule tirepolitical community of the ing backtolifeafter the Taliban’s JILLLAWLESS of IS that lastedfrom ABAND of veteranAfghan lead- countrytobeinvolved, espe- stunning militarycampaign. LONDON,AUGUST29 2014 untilthe extrem- ers, including tworegional ciallythe traditional leaders, It willbeachallengefor any ists’defeat three years strongmen, areangling fortalks thosewith power, with public entitytorule Afghanistanfor AFORMER UK RoyalMarine later.Iraqi children with the Taliban and plan to meet support,” Noor said. long without consensus be- who wagedahigh-profile cam- dressedinwhiteand within weekstoformanew front Veteranethnic Uzbek leader Atta Noor and Dostum, veter- tween the country’s patchwork paign to leave Afghanistanwith waving Iraqi and French forholding negotiations on the AbdulRashidDostum ans of four decades of conflict in of ethnicities, mostanalysts say. almost200 rescueddogs and flags sang upon country’s next government, a Afghanistan,bothfledthecountry “The Taliban at this pointare catshas flown to safety—with In NewOrleans aheadofthe approaching Hurricane Ida Macron’s arrival. AP member of agroup said. when the northern city of Mazar- very,veryarrogant, because they the animals, but without his on Sunday. AP Khalid Noor,son of Atta Rashid Dostum and others op- iSharif fellto theTaliban,thehard- justwon militarily. But what we charity’s Afghanstaff,who were CONGO MohammadNoor,the once- posedtothe Taliban’s takeover. lineIslamistgroup,withoutafight. assume(is)thattheyknowtherisk leftbehind in Kabul. powerful governor of northern “Weprefertonegotiatecol- The US-backedgovernment of rulingthewaytheydidbefore,” Aprivately fundedchartered Suspected Afghanistan’s Balkh province, lectively, because it is notthat the and militaryfoldedelsewhereas Noorsaid,referringto theprevious plane carrying Paul “Pen” militantskill19 said the group comprisedofvet- problem of Afghanistanwill be the Taliban sweptintoKabul on Taliban regime's exclusion of mi- Farthing and his animals took off UK public moves eran ethnic Uzbek leader Abdul solvedjustbyone of us,” Noor, August15. nority ethnic groups. REUTERS from Kabul lateSaturdayafter a ineasternvillage sagathatgrippedand divided Britain, raising difficult questions on from virus curbs SUSPECTED ISLAMIST militantskilledatleast Afghans say Taliban’s enemies starting to disappear about therelative value placed 19 peopleinaraid on a on human and animal lives. villageineastern Animal welfarecampaigner even as cases rise Democratic Republic of Afghancitizens.Thatcouldbedis- were conducting door-to-door Dominic Dyer,who has acted as Congo, local authorities CARLOTTAGALL astrousforhundredsofthousands searches, as has been rumored. aUK-basedspokesman for said. The attackers looted AUGUST29 of people who had been working Yetthere aregrowingreports Farthing, said the plane wasdue MARKLANDLER& houses and started fires to counterthe Taliban threat. of detentions, disappearances to land at London’s Heathrow STEPHENCASTLE in Kasanzi-Kithovo near AS AMERICAN troops rush to So far, the Taliban’s political and even executions at the AirportonSunday. LONDON,AUGUST29 Virunga National Park in complete their withdrawal by US leadership has presented amod- hands of the Taliban, in what Farthing, who startedthe NorthKivuprovince President Joe Biden’s Tuesday erateface, promising amnestyto some current and former gov- Nowzad charity afterserving NEARLY60,000football fans overnight between deadline, manyAfghans are government security forces who ernment officials describeasa with British forces in packedLondon’s Emirates Fridayand Saturday,they afraidthatreprisalsfromthe Talibanfighters in Kabul. NYT laydowntheirarms. Theyhave covert pursuit of the militants’ Afghanistan 15 years ago, wasel- Stadium lastSundaytowatch said.“Idon’t knowwhere country’snew rulers willsoon even writtenletters of guarantee enemies. The scale of the cam- igible forevacuationinBritain’s Chelsea outplayArsenal. to go with my twochil- follow. that they will notbepursued, al- paignisuncertain because it is militaryairlift alongwith Afghan Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musi- Britain is nowreporting more dren,”villager Kahindo When Taliban fighters seized Theiraim—recountedby two thoughreservingtherightto pros- being conducted covertly. membersofhis staffand their cal, Cinderella,made itsglitter- than 30,000newcoronavirus Lembula,who lost four control of Kabul twoweeksago, Afghan officials who had been ecuteserious crimes. “It’s very muchunder- dependents. But he refusedto ing debut in the West End after cases aday. Reuters of her relativesinthe at- the invading unitsmadeabee- briefed separatelyonthe raid — ATalibanspokesman, Suhail ground,”said one former leg- leave without the animals. severalCovid-related delays.On tack,toldReuters by line fortwo critical targets: the wastosecure the files of intelli- Shaheen, said in aTwitter postin islator,who wasinhidingelse- Dyer said Taliban guards the subway, wheremasksare phone. “OnlyGod will headquarters of the National genceofficersandtheirinformers, Englishthat there wasnosettling wherewhen the Taliban would notlet the Afghan staff still mandatory, half theriders has notyet risenanywherenear helpus.” REUTERS Security Directorateand the and to obtain the meansoftrack- of scores. Nor, he said,was therea visited his home in the middle enterthe airport,eventhough go barefaced. the levelthat government offi- MinistryofCommunications. ing the telephone numbers of hit listwithwhichthe Taliban of the night. NYT theyhad the required papers. AP All this at atime whenBritain cials predicted whentheylifted is reporting morethan 30,000 virtuallyall Covid restrictions last newcoronavirus cases aday,hos- month. Some maybebecause of pitals arecoming under renewed the weaker link between cases strain, and preliminarydata and severe illness.And some of At least30killedinHouthi Israel strikesHamas targets in shows that the protectionpro- it maysimplyreflect fatigue, af- vided by vaccines ebbs several ter17monthsofbaleful head- months afterthe second dose. lines and stifling lockdowns. strikes on Yemen military base Gaza after border protests Such is the strangenew phase “There’s afeeling that finally of Britain’s pandemic:The pub- we can breathe; we canstart were stillclearing the scene. oustedthe government of Abd- from obtaining nuclear weapons. lic has movedon, even if the virus trying to getbackwhatwe’ve REUTERS The southern forces arepart Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Acoalition ASSOCIATEDPRESS On Saturday, hundredsof has not. GiventhatBritainhas lost,” said Devi Sridhar,the ADEN,AUGUST29 of the Saudi-ledcoalition. ledbySaudiArabiaandtheUnited JERUSALEM,AUGUST29 Hamas-backedactivists staged a been at the vanguardofsomany head of the globalpublichealth Twomedical sources said Arab Emirates intervenedin nighttimeprotestalongtheIsraeli coronavirusdevelopments — program at the University of AT LEAST30soldiers were killed severalbodies had arrivedatLahj March 2015 to restoreHadi to ISRAELI PLANES struckHamas border,throwing explosivesto- from incubatingvariantsto Edinburgh. “It’s really difficult and 60 woundedonSundayin province’s main hospital along powerbut the ensuing conflict, militanttargets in the Gaza Strip wardIsraeliforceswhoresponded rolling out vaccines —experts say to ask people nottomix fora Houthi strikes on amilitarybase with another 16 woundedpeo- nowstalemated,haskilledtensof Sunday, hoursafterviolentclashes with live fire.Gaza health officials this could be aglimpse intothe prolonged period, especiallyif belonging to forces of the Saudi- ple. It wasunclear if civilians thousandsandcausedtheworld's between Palestinian protesters Israeli Prime Minister said three people were injured by futurefor other countries. thereisnosolution.” ledcoalitioninsouthwestYemen, were among the casualties. worsthumanitarian crisis. and troopsalong the border. Naftali Bennett Israeli fire.Additional protests “Wedon’t seem to carethat With nearly 80 per centof aspokesman forthe southern Residentssaid that several The attacks came at atime The Israeli militarysaid that were plannedthrough the week. we have these reallyhigh infec- the adult population fullyvacci- forces and medical sources said. loud blasts were heardinthe al- when peace talksbetween the planesbombedaHamasmilitant Organiserssaidtheprotestsare tion rates,” said TimSpector,a nated and the virus still circulat- The Houthis have carried out Anad area, whichislocated at Saudi-ledcoalition and the facility in the Gaza Strip in re- face-to-face meeting with meanttoincrease pressureon professor of genetic epidemiol- ing widely, Professor Sridhar severalattacks using armed some 70 km north of the south- Houthis,andbackedbytheUnited sponse to the launching of incen- President Joe Biden.Itwas the Israel to lift itsblockadeofthe ogy at King’s CollegeLondon, said, Britain maybeamodel for drones and ballistic missiles on ernportcityof Aden.Severalother Nations and the United States, diaryballoonsintosouthernIsrael firstsince Bennett took office in Palestinian territory. Israel and who has been leading amajor other European countries and theal-Anadmilitarybase,Yemeni residentsfromthe disputedcen- have stalledafterbothsidesfailed and violent protests staged fora June. “Wewill operateinGaza Egypthavemaintainedtheblock- study on Covid-19symptoms. the United States of “whether southern forces spokesman tralcityof Taizsaidtheyheardbal- to reachacompromisedeal. second consecutiveweek. according to our interests,” he ade since Hamas,agroup sworn “It lookslikewe’rejustaccept- youcan manageCovid in asus- Mohamedal-Naqeeb said. listic missiles firedfromlaunch- The talksare focusedonsteps Israeli Prime MinisterNaftali said in Hebrew on the tarmac. to Israel’sdestruction,seizedcon- ing it now—that this is the tainable way”.The evidence, she Naqeebsaid that between 30 erspositionedintheHouthi-held to liftablockade on Houthi-held Bennett spoketoreporters in Bennett said he “achievedall trol of Gaza in a2007coup after price of freedom.” added, wasinconclusive because to 40 soldiers were killedand at eastern suburbs of the city. ports andSanaa airportinreturn Washington before he boarded the objectivesfor the trip” to winning Palestinianelections. Some of that equanimity Britain still faces critical chal- least60wounded, adding the The warstartedin 2014 when forapromise from the Iran- aflighttoIsrael, wrapping up a Washington, including strategic IsraelandHamashave foughtfour maystemfromthe fact that lenges, likethe reopening of deathtollmaystillriseasrescuers the Houthis invadedSanaa and alignedgroup fortruce talks. state visit that culminated with a cooperation in preventing Iran warssince,themostrecentinMay. Britain’s case rate,while high, schools on Wednesday. NYT

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The photo stoked con- to itsleaders. The platform had levy andremittances. The exten- VivadSeVishwastill duction-linked incentive(PLI) designing to make in knowofthe development told troversy and wassubsequentlytaken down by Twitter, then said it had taken“proactive sionofcompliance deadlines September 30 kind of scheme foradditive prototypes or The Indian Express. Facebook,and Instagram. Simultaneously, the National action”onseveral othertweets, comesasthenewincometaxpor- manufacturing of electronic working models of The needfor an SOP forthe in- Commission forProtection of Child Rightssent legal notices to whichhadpostedthesameimage. tal, www.incometax.gov.in,laun- components, sources said. objectsbylaying termediaryguidelines wasfelt the platforms and Gandhi. “Wehavetaken proactive ac- ched on June 7, has been facing stakeholdersinelectronicfilingof In meetings held over the down successive once again, following the recent tion on severalhundred Tweets glitches since itsrollout. certain forms it has been decided lastmonth,theITMinistryhad layers of materials controversy over Congress leader thatpostedanimagethatviolated The Finance Ministryhad last to furtherextendtheduedatesfor reachedout to electronics Rahul Gandhi’s postacross social tice. Theyshould have either ap- der Section 69A of the IT Act. our rules, and maycontinue to do week“summoned”InfosysCEO& e-filing of these forms. component makers to under- media platforms, wherein he had proachedusthroughthegrievance “Neither Section 69A nor the so in line with our rangeofen- MD Salil Parekh to explain the is- The CBDT in aseparate state- standtheirrequirementsothat manufacturing uses com- postedaphoto of theparentsofa officer or got acourtorder asking blockingrulesunderITActautho- forcement options. Certain types suesresultinginthedisruptionof ment also announced extending asuitable policy could be de- puter-aideddesigningto make nine-year-old Dalit girlwho was us to take down the post. We took rise NCPCR to directintermedi- of private informationcarryhigher the portaldeveloped by thesoft- the deadline formakingpay- signedaccordingly, one of the prototypesorworkingmodels allegedlyraped. The photo stoked down the posts as it violated our aries to remove content. We will risksthanothers,andouraimisal- ware major.Inthe meeting with mentsunder the direct taxdis- sources said. of objects by laying down suc- controversyandwassubsequently policies.Thereis,however, noSOP challengeits(NCPCR’s)jurisdiction ways to protect individuals’ pri- Parekh on August23, Finance puteresolution scheme VivadSe “Specificlightweightprod- cessivelayersof materialssuch takendownbyTwitter,Facebook, andwe donotknowwhichagency in this issue,” the executive said. vacy and safety,” aspokesperson MinisterNirmalaSitharamanhad Vishwas (VsV) by amonth till uctswhichare usedincritical asplastic,resin,thermoplastic, and Instagram. Simultaneously, cansendusatakedownnoticeand Twitter wasthe firsttolock forthe platform had said. expressed“deep disappoint- September 30. However, taxpay- electronicequipment and are metal, fiberorceramic. With the NationalCommission for whichcannot,” asenior executive Gandhi outofhis account, allow- Later,Gandhi’spostwas re- ment”overpersisting glitchesfor ers have the option to make pay- very expensivetoreplaceare thehelpof software,themodel Protectionof ChildRights(NCPCR) at asocial media firm said. ing him access only to delete the movedfromInstagram as well as morethan twomonths afterthe mentstill October 31,with an ad- amongthe priorityitems. We to beprintedisfirstdeveloped sentlegal notices to theplatforms An executive at another social tweet. 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Intimation to be December2020reportedthat tive manufacturing space on posting and notonthe notices contentfromsocialmediacanonly main hidden as it is againstrules her familyhad pleadedfor their Form-1 forthe Financial Year madeby PensionFundandsover- the IT Ministrywas likely to would beon achievement of a sent by the NCPCR. be if thereisacourt order,orifa under theProtection of Children safetyincourt,and, therefore, to 2020-21tillDecember31,against eign wealth fund in respect of in- come out with apolicy on ad- minimumthresholdof cumu- “Right now, theNCPCR has no competentauthorityof theCentral fromSexualOffences(POCSO)Act. ensuretheirsafetyanddignity,the the original due dateofJune30. vestment made in India forthe ditive manufacturing soon. lative incrementalinvestment jurisdiction to send us alegal no- governmentissuessuchorderun- “As partofthe appeal process, content had been takendown. The quarterly statement in Form June and September quarter, The newpolicywas aimedat andincrementalsalesof man- 15CC to be furnishedbyautho- whichisrequired to be furnished promoting 3D printing on an ufactured goods netoftaxes. riseddealersinrespect of remit- by July31and October 31,would industrial scale and helping Therecould,however, besome tances made forJune and nowhavetobefurnishedby domestic companies“over- relaxation forcompanies in RECOVERY IN CORPORATE PERFORMANCE, WITH TOP- AND September quarter, can nowbe November 30 and December31, come technical and economic this space as it is arelatively MostCEOs expect growth BOTTOM-LINE GROWTH EXPECTATIONS TO BE BETTER THAN filedbyNovember 30 and respectively. barriers”sothattheycould newsector,anofficial said. PRE-COVID:CHANDRAJIT BANERJEE, DIRECTOR GENERAL, CII December31, respectively. The The CBDT also extendedthe build supportive and ancillary “Fortheelectronicsmanu- to be over 8%, says CIIpoll original due datefor filing this duedateforuploadingof declara- facilities forworld leadersin facturingsector,whichisahigh of theCEOs ofthesenior statement wasJuly15and tions receivedinForm 15G/15H the technology,suchasthe US volume production area, the Asignificant economic 46%expectedmorethan 49%industryleaders October 15 respectively. fortheJuneandSeptemberquar- and China. demandandproliferationright recovery is on thecards in 10percentgrowthin thefirst polledindicatedmorethan10 In astatement, the Central tertill November 30 and As per adraft of the policy, nowisverylow.Weplantoen- 2021-22, according to a halfofthecurrentfiscalwhen percentnetprofitgrowth BoardofDirect Taxes(CBDT) said December31, respectively. The the Ministryvaluesadditive couragecompanies applica- poll, conducted among comparedtothefirsthalfof duringfirsthalfofcurrentfiscal onconsiderationof difficultiesre- original due dates were July 15 manufacturing or 3D printing tion areas aresmart glass, pre-pandemicyear2019-20 whencomparedtofirsthalfof portedbythetaxpayersandother and October 15,respectively. 117senior CEOs at the industryat$35.6 billion by powerelectronics,sensorsand pre-pandemicyear2019-20 2023,upfromalessthan$7bil- non-electroniccomponentsin recent meeting of the said theirfirm’s lion in 2017.For the electronic electronics suchasmobile ac- Confederation of Indian 33%revenuegrowth will hopedtheir manufacturing component cessories and give them some Industry National Council. be up to 10 per centduring first 32%companies to Suspension of foreign space,theMinistryseespoten- incentivesbeyondPLIaswell,” About 79% of them expected halfofcurrent fiscalwhen register up to 10 per cent tialfor3Dcomponentsinwea- the official said. Asia leads the GDP growth to be over8% compared to the firsthalfof growth in net profits for the rabledevices,softrobots,struc- worldin3Dprintingandabout pre-pandemic year 2019-20 first half of current fiscal passenger flights tural monitoring and building 50 per cent of itsmarketiscor- elementsand radio frequency neredbyChina. But, globally, KEY 51% indicated that Ease of DoingBusiness was still cumbersome About one third of the CEOs identification devices. the US leads with over 35 per at the grassroots followed by Cost of Doing Business (other than indicated that current capacity Source: extended till Sept 30 3D printing or additive cent share. HURDLES: Capital cost) being high, as indicated by 32 per cent of the CEOs is still in excess of demand CII ENSECONOMICBUREAU SPECIALFLIGHTS BRIEFLY NEWDELHI,AUGUST29 Market rallies despite FPIs exit: Retail investors step up THE SUSPENSION of scheduled internationalpassenger flights FSDCmeeting made netequity purchases of ‘smart money’ theyare no longer ketshavebeen relatively stable due to the coronavirus outbreak onSept3 GEORGEMATHEW Rs32,155crore,asagainstnetsales marketmoversinIndia.At leastfor due to steady purchases by DIIs has been extendedtill MUMBAI,AUGUST29 of Rs 11,140 croreinthe samepe- now, retailinvestorshaveemerged anddomesticretailinvestorsasthe September 30, aviation regula- NewDelhi: Finance Minister riod of lastyear,reflecting the in- asmarketmoversandDIIsalsoare accommodativepolicy stanceof torDGCAsaid on Sunday. Nirmala Sitharaman has WHILE THE Sensexclosedatan creasedinflows in the funds and playingasupportiverole.We don’t theRBIhasensuredampleliquid- “However, international Delhi airport. File calledameeting of the all-time high of 56,124.72on heightenedinterestofretail in- knowhow long this retail exuber- ity in the system. scheduledflightsmay be al- Financial Stability and Fridaywithretail investors going vestors in the equity markets. ancewilllast.Presentvaluationsdo US Fedchair Jerome Powell lowedonselected routes by the DevelopmentCouncil(FSDC) intoanoverdrive,foreign portfo- Domesticinstitutionalinstitutions notofferanymarginof safety,”said madeclearsomeimportantpoints competent authority on acase- ■Specialinternational on September 3todiscuss lio investors (FPIs) soldstocks have investedRs46,940sinceApril VK Vijayakumar,chief investment that gave investors thecomfort to-case basis,”itadded. flightshavebeen the stateofthe financial sec- worthRs779croreduringtheday, this year.Investmentsbyretail in- strategist,GeojitFinancialServices. theycravedatthevirtualJackson Scheduledinternationalpas- operating under the torand astrategy to support taking the total outflows(exclud- vestorsthroughSIP(systematicin- PerhapsthisisthereasonwhyFPIs Holeevent. He indicated thatta- senger services have been sus- Vande Bharat Mission the nascent recovery of the ing IPOs) to over Rs 48,000 crore vestment plan) areaveraging have been consistent sellersinthe pering and interestrates arenot pendedinIndia since March 23, since May2020 and pandemic-hit economy. since April this year,asworries around Rs 8,000 croreevery cashmarketformanydaysnow. At linked,which is very importantif 2020 due to the coronavirus under bilateral “air over ataper tantrum in the US in- TheBSE in Mumbai. File month. On theother hand,active the same time, theydon’t want to the Fedwants to avoid amini ta- pandemic. But special interna- bubble” arrangements creasedand valuations of domes- investor demataccountsroseby lose momentum in the market pertantrumwhentheydopullthe tional flightshavebeen operat- withselectedcountries Airtelboard tic stocks shotup. 27 lakhinayearto 2.221 croreasof since India is, by far, the outper- triggerinthecomingmonths.The ing under the Vande Bharat since July2020. okaysfundraise Even as retail investorstight- and Rs 65,317crore in November. July 2021. former in emerging markets. messagefromPowellwasthatthe Mission since May2020and un- enedtheirgripoverthestockmar- StocksoffloadedbyFPIshave been The market rallyisnow being SumanChowdhury, chief an- plan is still to taper this year. der bilateral “air bubble” NewDelhi: Bharti Airtel’s kets, datafromthe exchanges acquiredby retailinvestorsandin- ledbydomestic retail investors — alyticalofficer, Acuite Ratings & “Theresultseasonisoverwith arrangementswith selected ated by theirairlines between boardonSundayapproved showFPIshave takenoutRs7,652 stitutions with alacrity. amplysupported by domestic in- Research,said FPI sales can be at- better-than-expecteddeliveryand countries since July2020. their territories. raising up to Rs 21,000 crore croreinAugustsofar,Rs23,193 Despitethe FPIpullout,the stitutions and mutual funds — tributed largelytoincreasedcon- vaccination drive going on in full India has formedair-bubble The circular issuedbythe by wayofrightsissue, at a croreinJuly, Rs25croreinJune,Rs Sensexhas gainedover6,600 amid hopesthatthe Covid-hit cerns on the taper down of bond swing.However, thesharpoutper- pactswith around 28 countries, DirectorateGeneral of Civil price of Rs 535per share, ac- 6,015 croreinMay and Rs 12,039 points, or 13.36 per cent, from economywillreboundinthecom- purchasesby theUSFedwhichare formance in the past18months including the US, the UK, the Aviation (DGCA) also said the cordingto aregulatoryfiling. croreinApril.Whencompared to 49,509sinceApril1thisyear,aided ing quarters as vaccination has expectedto commenceby theend ledtoconcernsonvaluations,”said UAE, Kenya, Bhutan and France. suspension does notaffect the this, FPIs had invested Rs 42,044 by sustainedflowoffundsfromre- pickedupand the number of in- of thecalendaryearandnormalise Siddhartha Khemka, head-retail Under an air-bubble pactbe- operations of international all- croreinFebruary this year,Rs tail investors and institutions. 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However, the mar- Services. ternational flightscan be oper- icallyapproved by it. forLICIPO NewDelhi: Thegovernment Regulation of ‘AI asks US hasshortlisted10merchant Subscribers joining NPS OPEC+could reconsider bankers,includingGoldman coal supply to court to dismiss SachsGroupInc.,JPMorgan after 65 can take up to Chase&Co, and ICICI plants to free up output increase, says Kuwait Cairn petition’ Securities, to managethe megainitialpublicoffering 50% equity exposure NewDelhi: AirIndia has asked a (IPO)of thecountry’slargest 1.77 lakh tonnes: Kuwait City.Economies of East NewYorkcourt to dismiss apeti- lifeinsurerLIC.“Goldman REUTERS AsiancountriesandChinaremain tionfiledbyBritain’sCairnEnergy Sachs GroupInc, JPMorgan ENSECONOMICBUREAU Call for tax Power Ministry KUWAIT,AUGUST29 affectedby COVID-19andcaution forseizure of itsassets to enforce Chase &Co, ICICI Securities NEWDELHI,AUGUST29 mustbeexercised,Faresadded.US $1.2billionarbitralawardsagainst Ltd,KotakMahindraCapital exemption ENSECONOMICBUREAU THEINCREASEinoiloutputagreed President Joe Biden’s administra- theIndiangovernment,sayingthe Co, JM Financial Ltd, MAKINGTHE National Pension on pension NEWDELHI,AUGUST29 lastmonth by OPEC+ nations tionhasurgedOPECanditsalliesto litigationwasprematureasanap- Citigroup Inc and Nomura System (NPS) more attractive for could be reconsidered at itsnext boostoil output to tackle rising pealagainstthearbitrationaward HoldingsInc areamong the subscribers joining it after65 NewDelhi: Pensioners’ body REGULATION OF coal supplyto meeting on Sept.1,Kuwait’s oil gasoline prices thatitviews as a wasstillpending. 10 BRLMs that have been years of age, the PFRDAhas per- BharatiyaPensioners powerplantsthathave morethan ministersaid on Sunday.The threat to theglobaleconomic re- The petition by the airline, shortlisted,” an official said. mitted them to allocateupto50 Manchhas urgedPrime 15 days of fuel stockwillfreeup Organization of the Petroleum covery. whichisseparatetothe govern- per cent of the funds in equity, MinisterNarendraModito around 1.77 lakh tonnes of coal Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Asked aboutthe US call,Fares ment’spleainaWashingtoncourt besides easing the exit norms. exempt pension from in- from 26 stations, said the Power alliesincludingRussia,collectively said OPEC+ members had differ- seeking dismissal of Cairn’s law- ‘Carlyleofferfor The Pension Fund come taxtoproviderelief to Ministry. 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14 THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,AUGUST30,2021 IDEA EXCHANGE Newsmakersinthe Newsroom SJOERD MARIJNE,FORMERCOACH,INDIAN WOMEN'S HOCKEY TEAM ‘ We did something biggerthan winningamedal,we create‘ dalegacy. Will be connected to India my whole life Marijne talksabout being shuffledbetween teams, earning the girls’ trustand teaching them to “dream big”, describes the semi-final loss and telling them why“in a fewdays,theywould seeitdifferently”, and shares his plans about abook,and maybe Chak De India 2. The session wasmoderated by Assistant Editor Mihir Vasavda

MIHIR VASAVDA: Youreturnedhome Iwas with thewomenfor ninemonths dreamedabout what people say, about andstarted coaching aclub soon so it felt likebeing backhome. Theyhad awards and about money. Ionlydreamed afterthe Olympics. Do youmiss made good progress withWayne about one thing. And that is doing some- being in India with the team while Lombardand their fitness had really im- thing that nobody has done before and the celebrations aregoingon, or proved.Icould continue with the plans I creating alegacy thatyou will alwaysbe have yousettledintoyour newlife? had forthe women’s team and Ifelt good remembered for. That’s whyIwill al-

It’s strange. Ichose to be with my about coming home. ways,for my wholelife, be connected family because Ihadn’t seen them for with India. three-and-a-half months. That wasthe SRIRAM VEERA: What did youmake main reason forcoming back. Thecom- of reports about SANDEEP petition in The Netherlands starts around Vandana DWIVEDI: I’m sure WHY ‘ September 11 or 12,and I’mcoachinga Katariya’s house Indians are everywhere... youhavebeen club team so Ialso had to be there. But SJOERD MARIJNE being attackedand and hockey’spopularityhas asked several it’sabit likeliving in twoworlds. One etook over the women’s howdid it affect times about Chak worldisIndia, wherethe team members the team? risen with this. We need not De India,the Hindi areheroesofthe country. The girls have hockeyteam in 2017, The mostimpor- film. Youalso had worryabout our Olympic done so well,and thereare alot of cere- H tant thingisthatwe asocialmedia after they finished 12th monies... What happens is youkeep stay- weren’t using social status now... if you want a conversation with ing in that feeling, andthen of course, out of 12 teams at Rio Olympics. media.Ididn’t talk to ‘ Shah Rukh Khan. youare remindedofthe Olympics. And In four-and-a-half years, he herabout it then be- million people watching... Do youexpecta while I’m nowinThe Netherlands, it feels cause Ididn’t knowif sequel to thefilm different because lifegoes on. It’s normal. turned around the team’s shehad seen it. They on your journey? My countryisdifferent withthese things, fortunes and brought them were hardlyusing Have youbeen it’s notlikeIndia, thereare notalotof their phones because therewas astrict approachedbypeople? ceremonies. closer than ever to an Olympic rule at the Olympics.After thelastmatch, As long as Idon’t have to play myself, It’ssometimestoughtoadjusttosuch medal. In Tokyo, India stunned Ispoketoher andshe saidshe knew Iwill be fine. Iamwriting abook.The last asituationbecause youdon’t want to (about it), but blockeditout and contin- chapterisalmostfinished.Ican’t wait for losethe feeling thatyou had at the former championsAustralia in ued. That’s the waythese girlshavebeen it to be publishedand everybody can Olympics. The twodays that Iwas in what wasone of the biggest trained. It’s likesoldiers who aretrained read all the thingsthatreally happened Delhi (afterreturningfromTokyo) were to go into the battlefield. The thingsthat to me forthe lastfour-and-a-half years amazing. Afterwardmaybe —and I upsets of all-time; gave eventual happenbackhome,you have to close as coach. Also, Iwant to sharevaluable spoketomywifeabout this— it wasbet- silver medalists Argentina a lessons forpersonallife, private lifeand tertostayalittle bit longerinIndia. But also forcorporatelife. Maybeone thing at that moment youonlywant one thing scare before narrowly missing leads to another.Ifthe book leads to a and that’s justgoingbacktothe family. the bronze medal, and lost to movie, Iwould be honoured.Itwould be It feels abit likeatwo-way feeling. nice to have a Chak de India 2, yes. It won’t Britain in play-off matchto surprisemeifpeople come forthat. But MIHIR VASAVDA: Howtough is it to finish fourth. He has since I’m notfocusingonthatatthe moment. move on, to return to the dailylife Firstlet thebookget published, and then afterall the emotional highs you moved on, becoming coachof let’ssee. Ijusthopepeoplelikeit...What experiencedinTokyo? Dutchclub HC Tilburg Isaw when Iarrived in India, howdid I Iwillsay nowthat, afterfour-and-a- do the wholethingfrom2017tothe halfyears, I’musedtogood weather.On Olympics... It’s an exciting storyand Iam Tuesday,Iwas coaching my newteam in happytoshare it. the rain.Itiscold, the summer is notre- allygood here. Then youare reallythink- SHIVANI NAIK: Howdoyou train an ing likeokay, my life’s notgoing to be like Indianwomanplayertobe this now. Youare notgoing to be wearing ambitious and to notbecontent? shortsnow,but alongertraining kit. The thing is, as aplayer, youonlyhave That’s something different. Iamsome- 10-12yearsatthe highestlevel andIal- one who can adapt very fast. ways askedthem, what do youwantto The other thing wasthatfor four-and- be remembered as?Doyou want to be a-half years, Ididn’t understand what the remembered as being 10 years in camps girls were sayingtoeachother,and also and notwinning anything? Or do you the boys.Idon’t speak and know allthe want to be remembered in another way? Hindi words. Andnow Iunderstand Because afterthis, youare going to work everything. So that’s also different and a or have children or anythingelse. So why nice change. don’t youdream big?And that is some- thingthatIhavetaughtthe girls, to MIHIR VASAVDA: Youtook over the dream big. What is your dream goal that team in 2017.How different wasthat will inspire other women. Andhow can team from the one we sawinTokyo? we makethat happen?Likewinninga Ididn’t knowwhat to expect at the medal.It’snot about winningamedal Olympicsbecause we didn’t play but the medal helps to achievethat matches againstother good countries for dream goal. It’s constantlytaking them five months. We playedinJanuaryand outoftheir comfortzone. Februaryagainst Argentina and Germany. But it wasalmosttwo years Illustration:Suvajit Dey NITIN SHARMA: Howdid youhandle since we playedmatchesunder pressure, the team postthe narrow loss in the and that wasthe (Olympics) qualifiers. Indian team, something that makes judging you. The moment they realised the Commonwealth Games,but the rest your ears to it. Youhavetoblockitand semi-finals when theywereonthe That’s whyitwas reallydifficult. youfeel that the trip wasworth it? that, theystarted comingtomeand of the time we did reallywell. As Isaid, that’s the wayitis. Afterthe battle, you field crying? Iget alot of complimentsbut you Thatmoment would be winning openedupgraduallywithall kinds of the Asia Cup wasthe lasttournament seethe emotions coming. But theprob- Initially, Isaid, ‘Thereare no words mustnot forget what the supportstaff againstAustralia. Therewere24seconds things, their issues. Iamnot apatient guy the men won. Forme, Ifelt likeIcould- lem wassolved. Theysolveditreallywell that will help take away howyou feel. I did. Iwasn’tbymyself. Janneke to go and Neha had the ball with Navneet but in theend,theyopenedup. n’t take it (the decision to be shifted) se- and reallyfast. The policeand Rani have no wordsfor that.You have to feel (Schopman, analytical coach) and Wayne and the others. Theyknewthatweare riously. If this is happening, it can’t be (Rampal, captain) did reallywellinthe it. That's sport.’ But Ialso told them that (Lombard, strength and conditioning going to win... It’sabout that moment... NITIN SHARMA: When youjoinedthe serious. situation, as it is about leadership. in afew days youwill think differently coach)did so much amazing work.There Yousee the four-and-a-half years flash women’s team, what were your first about this. Youwill be proudofwhat were girls who didn’t believe they could before your eyes. All things that had hap- impressions of the team, tactically TUSHAR BHADURI: Do youfeel you SANDEEP DWIVEDI: What does India youhaveachieved. Itold them youdon’t achieve something.Theycametothe pened, the losses, the frustrations...We and technically? should have been consulted before doing well at the Olympics mean for knowthisbecause youare away from camps, theydid theirjob —theyhavea had so muchdisappointmentwiththe We had our matchagainstBelarus (in being shunted around? international hockey?How does the social media but the whole country jobfor alifetime at the Railways or wher- WorldCup (in 2018), the qualifier.The March 2017)and the firstthing Inoticed Ithink youshould alwaysspeak with worldsee Indian hockey post- lovesyou.Right now, youwill notfeel ever else—and that’sfine. But they girls were devastated and Iusedthose wasthatwewerenot fit. Andiffitnessis the coach. Iwas on holidaywhenIre- Olympics? likethat... In sport, yougiveeverything weren’t ambitious. Itold them that they experiences and told them, ‘Listen, do notgood,itisnot possible to playgood ceivedaphone call saying that Iwasn’t The good thing about India is that youhavegot.Thatisthe golden rule. In immediatelyneedtobeambitious and youwant to go through those moments hockey, so that is whereitstarted.The the coachfor the men’steam anymore. I Indians areeverywhereinthe world. Ire- theend, yousee whatthe scoreis... If needtoset goals. And that’s what we did. again? Do youwant to feel it againbe- other thing that Isaw wasalot of techni- wasthenasked whether Iwantedtocon- ceive messages from all over the world. I yougaveeverything and youdon’t have

Making the position of the women bet- cause youknowhow painful it is.’Atthe cal errors. Decisions made on the pitch... tinue with the women’s team. When I thinkthat is also agood thingbecause the anyenergy anymore, youcan be happy terwas thedream goal and Ithink we (Australia match) it finallywentinour Iwouldthink,‘Whyare youdoing this? lookbacknow,itsounds funny. popularity of hockey has increasedwith with yourself. achievedthatgoal. favour;thatwas the moment. We were Idon’t really see the reasonwhy youare this. Ithink that the FIH (International the ones who won doingthis.’ From thereonIstarted mak- MIHIR VASAVDA: HockeyFederation) MIHIR VASAVDA: Youhavedealt with SANDEEP and Ididn’t have to ing aplan on howIwanted to see the Youhaveseen is reallyhappyabout Hockey Indiaand theSAI. Arethey ‘ DWIVEDI: You TheOlympics wasoutcome tell thegirls things team in the Olympics. And we worked Indian hockey Themen are ranked higher ‘ what happened,be- doing things right or do theyneedto have madethings of 4.5yearsofhardwork... like, ‘Wewerereally from thatplan backward. from both sides, as they have tournaments cause Idon’t think focus moreoncertain issues? easier forthe next close’ or ‘You really the men’s as well we have to worry It’s abig challengefromhere. It’s not coach. Afterall Theend wasperfect, but I did well’. But no, we TUSHAR BHADURI: Howdid youdeal as the women’s everytime... Ijust hope about our Olympic easy.Thereisnoclubcompetition. That’s this, howtough were theones who withadministrative issues linked to teams. In terms of status forthe follow- what helps The Netherlands very much. It wasittowalk didn't forget that. Forthe went intothe semi- the federation, SAI(Sports Authority the supportthat Hockey India and Odisha ing years... if you helpedBelgium women and men, away?Are there next coach, it will be harder finals, we were the of India), Sports Ministry? they get, is therea canorganise more want amillion peo- Germany... So that is something that’s a anyregrets? ‘ ones who wonthe Iamonlyconcerned about the things difference ‘ ple watching these challengefor the federation and SAI. Idon’t have any as expectations are rising match. Thatmo- Ican control. Thereisalot administra- between the tournaments forwomen matches... Iamcuri- Another thing is of course organising tour- second thoughts ment of joy, Iwill tion-wise that Ican’t control. (Former teams? ous about the num- namentsand ProLeaguewith India and about comingback neverforget. Indiacoach)Roelant Oltmanstold me Thereisabig dif- berofspectators that needs to happen.Alot of girls will play to India. Youmust the moment Iarrived,‘ListenSjoerd, ference,but SAIpro- watching these hockeynow.Theysaw howwomen were notforgetthatwhathappenedatthe DEVENDRA PANDEY:Was it tough to these things can happen and youjust videdthe tools we wanted.Sothat was matches. Ithink they(the FIH) arereally stars from the Olympics. Howcan you Olympics wasthe outcome of four-and- getplayers to open up, especially have to letitgo. Youcan worryaboutit notanissue.It’s more about participat- happy. And it’s also good forwomen’s identify talent? That will besomething else. a-half years of hardwork. Frustrations, girls who came from remote partsof but it will createalot of frustration, and ing in the ProLeague, organising tour- hockey,thatlikeothercountries we also LikeDavid John, the previous High emotions, positivity… all different the country? that’s what youhavetoavoid.’ Iamnot namentsinyour owncountry... The men feel, ‘Whoa! we can do this’. Performance Director... He wasthe one things. Noweverything lookslikeit It wasverydifficult. Iamthe coach saying it wasalwayseasy but that is what areranked higher because tournaments who identifiedtalent. One trip,Icame back went easy and smoothly, but that wasn’t and in India, thereisalot of distance be- Ialwayskeptatthe backofmymind. I areorganisedfor them everytime. For SANDEEP DWIVEDI: Do youattimes and he says I'm going to have someone for the case. tween acoachand the players. The dis- also knewthatIwanted to do better and instance, the women didn’t qualify for just thinkaboutwhat youhavedone your team. Iwas always open to that but I Ihad momentswhenIreally missed tance is lesser in The Netherlands. It is that it wasnot always working. Let’s say the WorldLeagueinNew Zealand and forthe game in India and what it said ‘I don't know.’Hesaid, ‘Trustme, Iwill my family and Ididn’t knowwhether I easier foracoach. The whole respect Ihad some challenging moments... the men didn’t either.Ijusthope Hockey means? Has it sunk in yet? add someone to your team and youwillbe couldstilldothe job in India. Ending thing in India is also very good but it India and Odisha can organise more Yes, because Idon’t want to forget happy.’Itwas Salima Tete.Soshe was things likethis is perfect, but Ididn’t for- didn’t work forus. Theywereafraid to TUSHAR BHADURI: Wasthe manner tournamentsfor women. Maybethe Pro this. Forme, theyare the mostbeautiful scoutedprettywell.This will beachallenge. getthose moments. That is important. talk to me because theythought Iwould in whichyou were shuffledbetween Leaguebecause that’s what the girls moments. And thereason is thatwecre- And forthe next coach, Ithink it will be drop them if theytalk about their issues. the men’s and women’s teams need. ated alegacy.Wedid something bigger SHIVANI NAIK: What would your advice moredifficult because the expectations Theyfelt Iwould think theyare not difficult to deal with? thanwinningamedal. The longerweare be to school coaches of girls’ teams? arerising. good enough. Isaid thistothe girlsaswell. Ihave SRIRAM VEERA: When yourejoined away from thetournament, the longer Don’t focus onlyonexercises of ball It wasaslowprocess of building their to be able to lookinthe mirrorand say, the women’s team, SavitaPunia said it’sbehindus, the morewerealise what and stick. Trainthe wholemotorskills. SANDEEP DWIVEDI: Youfinished confidenceand getting them to under- ‘I did everything Icould. Iput all my en- that theyliked having youback. Can we have changed.And that is something Teachthem to catchballs, roll balls, fourth at the Olympics. Is therea stand thatifyou come to me with ques- ergy and timeinit.’ In thissituation, I youtell us aboutthat exchange? huge. I’m proudtobepartofthatbecause throw balls andmovements. Makethat memorythatyou will carrywith you tions or feel youare notdoing something wasverysurprised, because if yousee It wasagoodmoment because it that’s whatIalwaysdreamed of. Inever better,thenmaybe someone will be- from this assignment with the right,Iamtheretohelpyou instead of those nine months, we didn’t do well at made me feel liketheywantedmeback. dreamed about winning medals. Inever come acompleteplayer.

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BRIEFLY Fourgoldmedalsfor Nishad leaps to the podium IndiaatAsianjunior boxingchampionship High jumper,who losthis hand in fodder-cutting machine,wins silvermedal at TokyoParalympics NewDelhi:Itwas gold rush forIndia at the Asian Junior Boxing Championships in Dubaiwith four NITINSHARMA pugilists from the countryfinishing CHANDIGARH,AUGUST29 Vinod’s bronze on on topinthe finals held on Sunday. RohitChamoli (48kg), Bharat Joon AS 23-YEAR-OLD Nishad Kumar posed hold after protest (+81kg), Vishu Rathee (girls 48kg), alongside AmericansRoderickTownsend and Tanu (girls 52kg) notchedupcon- and Dallas Wise afterwinning the silver Tokyo: Leftbed- trasting victories in their summit medal in men’s T-47 high jumpevent at the riddenforcloseto clashes to bagthe topprize. While TokyoParalympics, his parentsweresome- 10 years after Chamoli defeated Mongolia's howholding backtears in village Badaun in falling offacliff, OtgonbayarTuvshinzayainanintense Himachal Pradesh’s Unadistrict. Indian discus final, Joon got thebetterof RashpalSinghandPushpaKumariremem- throwerVinod Kazakhstan's Yerdos Sharipbek 5-0 to beredhow,14yearsago,Nishad lost his right Kumar scripted finish on top. In another final, Gaurav hand in afodder-cutting machine.With an astonishing Saini (70kg) signedoff with asilver Rashpalworkingasamason,ithasbeenalong tale of resiliencebyclinching abronze medal afterlosing 0-5 Boltaev journeytothepodium.“Asparents,whenever medal in the men's F52 event but a Shavkatjon of Uzbekistan. In the girls' we remembertheday whenNishad’shandgot protesthasputhiscelebrationsonhold. competition, Rathee pickedupthe intothe fodder-cutting machine at our home, The41-year-oldBSFman,whoseArmy gold medal defeating Uzbekistan's we cry. Today’smedalistherewardforhishard manfatherwasinjuredduringthe1971 BakhtiyorovaRobiyakhon. work.Tosee him holdthe Indianflagand the Indo-Pakistanwar,producedabest silvermedal at the TokyoParalympics has throw of 19.91m to finish thirdbehind madeusforget allthehardships,”anemotional PiotrKosewicz(20.02m)of Polandand Nagalpullsoutof Rashpal told The Indian Express from Una. Velimir Sandor (19.98m) of Croatia. DavisCuptie At Tokyo, Nishad jumped2.02m in his However, the result has been chal- firstattempt in the medal round before lenged by some other competitors, NewDelhi:Indiantennis playerSumit reaching 2.06m in his thirdattempt.Itwas who have objected to hisclassification Nagalhas withdrawnfromthe coun- only bettered by Townsend with ajumpof in the F52 category. The grounds of the try's upcoming away Davis Cup tie 2.15mwith Wise tiedwith Nishad on 2.06m. protestare notclear as theprocess was againstFinland citingahip injuryand With his father owningless than an acre Nishad Kumar in actionatthe TokyoParalympics on Sunday. (Below) With his coachNaseem Ahmad Reuters/Express completedonAugust22. PTI has been replacedbySakethMyneni of farmland in their village, Nishad grew up in the five-man squad forthe indoor seeing his father doing masonryworktosup- contestonSeptember 18-19. Nagal, portthe family. Nishadwas six when his right who had lostinthe firstround of the hand went intothe fodder-cutting machine US Open Qualifiers,communicatedto while helping his mother at home. He was Silverpocketed, music and merriment the national tennis federation AITAon takentoahospital in nearbyHoshiarpur in Saturdaythat doctorshaveadvised Punjab, but the hand had to be amputated. him nottoplayonthe hardcourts. Twoyears later,Nishad would optfor ath- begin for table tennis star Bhavina Non-playing captain Rohit Rajpal and leticsunder coachRamesh at theSaraswati chairman of the selection committee, VidyaMandir, Katohar Khurd, and would ini- Nandan Bal then discussedthe re- tiallycompete in 200m and 400m apartfrom aroundand sight-seeing.She's theretoplay. placement and agreedupon the name high jump. “When Nishad recovered, he was SHAHIDJUDGE She wantsnothing to distract her. Thesame of Myneni, who lastplayedfor India disappointed forsome time butwatching MUMBAI,AUGUST29 thinghappenedinTokyo.” in 2018 in the WorldGroup Play-off sports events on television aroused interest Nowthatthe medal hasbeensecured tie againstSerbia. in sports andheasked coachRamesh at his fourdays aweekandheshowedimprovement “YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!” though, Gangrade is remindedofwhat hap- school about starting athletics. He neversaw withmedalsatWorld GrandPrix andWorld The single word,often prolonged, was penedthe lasttimehehad seenher win atitle him lesserthan anybody and would oftentell Championships,” remembers Ahmad. what Bhavina Patelwould shout with a –atthe nationals in March. Mumbaidefeat hismotherthat he will do better than normal raisedand right fist to celebrateapoint. Set. “She wasall quietwhenthe tournament Omanby4wickets athletes. He competedinnormal categories Supportsystem And match. wason. Aftershe wonthe final and the prize early in his career,” remembers Rashpal. Nishad’s growing prowess and ambition Asimplecelebration by moststandards, it distributionwasover, shecameto meandsaid Muscat: Young opener Yashasvi meant his familyhad to find moneytofund brokethe cacophonyof‘Cho-lay’being to play somemusicontheloudspeakerssothat Jaiswal's stroke-filled 82 and adisci- Rapid rise his training. “When Nishad told me that he shouted at the TokyoMetropolitan theplayerscoulddance,”hesays.“Itwasquite plinedshowbythebowlersformedthe WhileayoungNishad would win ahigh had to train at Panchkula, Itoldhim notto Gymnasium –the venue forthe table tennis an endearingsight –these players in their cornerstone of Mumbai's comfortable jumpsilvermedal in the sub-junior category worryaboutexpenses.Sometimes, Iwould event at the TokyoParalympics. wheelchairs dancingtoDaler Mehndi and four-wicketwin over hosts Oman in at the 2013 National School GamesinPatiala, travel to nearbyvillages or to Punjab for ‘Cho-lay,’ has itsroots in China –acountry Mika Singh songs.” thefirstone-dayhereonSunday. After it wasnot untill 2017 that he startedcompet- work.Sometimes, Iwould getdailyworkat thathasdominatedthesportto suchanextent Bhavina Patelafter her final on Sunday. Therewill be celebrations no doubtwhen losingtheT20series1-2,Mumbaihave ing in the paracategory. Theathletecame to Rs 350-400 for10-15 days per month and thatforeignplayers(evenIndians)havestarted shecomes back to India as well. But thereisa startedthe one-dayseries on ahigh. Panchkula to trainunder NaseemAhmad, sometimes for20-25 days permonth. using it. Essentially,cho-laymeans‘good, one hope that government officials et al whowill Mumbai firstbundledout the hosts for coachofOlympic javelin throw champion Whatever we could save,wesaved forhis more.’ ButPatel’sown war-cry, her unique medal in the final. holdfelicitationprogramswillbeconsiderate. 196and then cantered to the target in Neeraj Chopra,and Vikram Chaudhary. He trainingexpenses and would alsoask rela- identity,foundapermanentplaceinthesport’s “With this run she’s probablygoing to go Diagnosedwithpoliomyelitiswhenshewas 43.4 overs, with Jaiswal being the star would win the silvermedal in high jump tivesfor help apartfromtaking loan from the Indian history. up to thenumbersix or sevenspot,” says ayear old, Patelhas been playing the sportfor performer.Thesecondone-daywillbe with an effort of 1.83matthe National Para villagecooperative society,” says Rashpal. As three Chinese flags were raisedduring Pramod Gangrade, general secretaryofthe half her life. It’s amuch-neededrelease and playedonTuesday. AthleticsChampionship at Panchkulathe The last oneyear has seen Nishad training the medal ceremonyfor the Class4(wheel- Para Table TennisPromotion Association methodofexerciseforher,butitdoestakeitstoll. same year.In2019, Nishad would emerge as in BengaluruunderSatyanarayan, coachofRio chair) women’ssingles event, therewas an (PTTPA). “The big goal nowwill be to keep at “These players sufferfromstiffbackissues the champion at the WorldParaGrand Prix Paralympics gold medallistMariyyapan, and Indian flag too. The silverwas Patel's –atesti- thatspotandgo higher.Forthatshehasto con- very quickly. If theysit formorethan two2 FormerIOCprez Championship in Dubai with ajumpof Ahmad believesNishad will only improvefur- monytoherunexpected,butnotundeserved, tinue goingfor tournamentsregularly.” hoursinthewheelchairatastretch itbecomes Roggenomore 1.92m before getting abronze medal at the ther.“Hisbiggest strengthhasbeen the ability achievement.Itmadeher the firsteverIndian very stiffand painful. The onlyway to counter WorldParaChampionshipsatDubai the to do what he visualises in training as well as (able-bodiedorimpaired)paddler to have Different demeanouroncourt it is to liedownfor awhile at intervals,” Jacques Rogge, the Olympic sailor and same year with ajumpof2.00m. in competitions. Hisspeedbeforethe jump medalledattheOlympicsorParalympics,also But that’s something Gangrade,aformer Gangrade says. orthopedic surgeon fromBelgium who “When he came to train, we were im- wasexcellent and he didnotlookunderpres- India's firstatthis edition. paratabletennisplayerhimself (hewas “Nomatterhow muchfitnesswork youdo, ledthe International Olympic pressed by his height and the wayhetook ad- sure.Towin amedal with anew Asian record TheWorldNo12wasneverexpectedto get strickenwithpolio and has adisabledleftleg) this problem persists.But I’m sureshe’ll smile Committee as president for12years, vantageofit. He had learnt the basicsofthe jumpspeaks of his confidence.Heisyoung this farinher first-everappearance at the isconfidentPatelwillanyway betargeting.He’s through everythingand sit through all the has died. He was79. The IOC an- FosburyFlop technique on TV but we had to andIamsurehecan achieve moreinthe com- Games,notevenget outof thegroupstageher known the 34-year-old since 2010,and he’s functions even if it goes on foreight hours. nouncedhis death on Sundaywithout work alot in improving him. He had made ing years,” shares Ahmad. rankings considered.But she beat WorldNo9 seenhow her demeanour changes when she Theseplayers aren’t starved forfacilities, they giving details. Rogge's health had visi- jumpsof1.40-1.55m in the general category At thevillage, Pushpa and Nishad’s sister MeganShackletonofGreatBritainintheround enters atournament. long forrecognition.” blydeclinedwhen he attended and we made him spend time on vertical Rama Kumari arewaiting forhis return. robin. Then WorldNo8Joyce De Oliveiraof “She’sbeenaveryjovial,fun-lovingfriendly The celebration will onlylastfor amonth- Olympiceventssince his presidency jumps on aboardapartfromstandingjumps “Bahut hi sherdil bachha hai. Jab se wo acci- Brazil in the Round of 16,SerbianWorld No 2 person,butwhenatournamentstarts,shegoes and-a-half though, as her husband Nikul ex- endedin2013, afterbeingappointed near the pit boxand the high jumparea. It dent hua hai, usne hi hameinsambhala hai. and defending champion Borislava Peric- intoashell,” he explains. plains.“Wewillcelebratethismedal,butthere IOC’seighthpresident in 2001.Rogge helpedhimmastertheFosburyFloptechnique (He is alion- heartedkid. Since the accident, Rankovic in thequarterfinal, and finally2016 “Shewillgo to thestadium,playhermatch, is still moretobeachieved. The World representedBelgiumin rugbyand was and the medal in the Para Nationals in 2017 he always gave us support). He loveseating Rio silvermedallistand WorldNo3Zhang head back to her room and rest.She’ll come Championshipsarecomingup,thenwe’llhave aworld champion in sailing. gave him the belief thathecan do more. Once his favouritemakki ki rotiand saag.When Miaointhesemi-final.Inthesummitclashshe out to have her food,and head backtothe theCommonwealthGamesandAsianGames. PTI &AP his body balanceand technique wasfine- he returns, we will welcome him with his fell to WorldNo1YingZhou –alegendinher room. She’ll speak little to nothing to people, We will notstophere,”says theformer u19 tuned,we wouldmakehimjump 50-60jumps favouritefood,” said Pushpa. ownrightwhowonhersixthParalympicgold and she's notreallyinterestedinroaming cricketer.

ENGLAND VS INDIA New equation: Ashwin-Shardul could be better than Ishant-Jadeja

press conference on Saturday, sometimes Sundar in Brisbane earlier thisyear,turned SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY youneedtolookbeyond the numbers. the game on itshead. Kohli spokeabout Wood, Woakes AUGUST29 Onlyafew days ago, Ashwin tweeteda partnership batting, howstands of 50-60 pictureofhim batting left-handedatthe nets runsare moreimportant thanpersonal return; Buttler out VIRATKOHLIdismissedthe idea of playing with acaption: “The desiretoignitesome- milestones. From that perspective,an an extrabatsman.“Idon’t believeinthatbal- thing different everyday neverburns out.” Ashwin-Shardul lower-order partnership London: Pacer MarkWood and all- ance. Ihavenever believedinthatbalance.” It’s amatter of interpretation whether asly inspires moreconfidence than the Jadeja- rounder Chris Woakes were on Acombination of six specialistbatsmen, dig wasaimed at anyone, but someone with Ishant combine. This also allows the team Sundayaddedtothe England squad abowlingall-rounder and four bowlers has close to 2,700 Test runs and five centuries is management to retain a4-1 combination. forthe fourth Test againstIndia after been India’s recipe forsuccess over the past no mug withthe bat. In his last10Testin- regaining full fitness while Jos Buttler couple of seasons. The India captain sawno nings, Ashwin has scored ahundred under The Pant puzzle will miss the game as hiswifeisex- reason to changeitevenafter an innings de- pressureplus amatch-saving39not out Inconsistency has been Pant’s biggest pectingtheir second child. feat at Headingley. againstAustralia in Sydneylastwinter.His problem. On his day, he is amatch-winner Wood had hurthis right shoulder The templatefor thefirstthree Testsin sound footwork holds him in good stead. and his Brisbane heroics confirmthat. But while fielding during the second Test the ongoing series had been four fast bowlers As an off-spinner,heisarguably the away from home, suchimpact knocks are at Lord's whileWoakeshas recovered and RavindraJadejaasaspin-allrounder. world’s best.“TheyhavetopickAshwin. It’s fewand farbetween.India’s middle order from the heel injurythat kept him out Giventhe skipper’s reluctance to changeit, very hardfor me to digestthatthe (team’s) and lower-middle order have been suffering of international cricketsince the ODI maybeachangeofpersonnel wouldbeben- best spinner wasout of the playingelevenin from Pant’s current travails. Kohli refusedto series againstPakistaninJuly. Woakes eficial. On the face of it, Ravichandran Ashwin the firstthree Tests. Who youwill drop? It’s read toomuchintohis 17-plus averageafter playedadomestic T20 game on Friday and Shardul Thakur forJadejaand Ishant up to theIndian think-tank.The best spinner Former selection committee chairman Dilip Vengsarkar said Ravichandran the firstthree Tests, protecting the young andwillbeawelcomeaddition to the Sharma could makethe team better-bal- should be playing,” former India captain and Ashwin should be includedinthe playing XI forthe fourth Test. Reuters ‘keeper-batsman andspeakingabout assess- squad in the absence of key players ancedwithout rejigging the template. ex-selection committee chairman Dilip ing his performanceonlyafter theseries. At suchasBen Stokes and JofraArcher. In fact,there’s aparadox. Although Jadeja Vengsarkar told TheIndianExpress. the same time, the skipper’s antidote to While JonnyBairstowwill keep in wasthe specialistall-rounder in the XI, India The SouthamptonTestin2018was oneof brieflybecameAshwin’s home ground after turnedout, twoconsecutive Testsat33years tackle England’s bowling was“concentration Buttler's absence, Sam Billings, who effectively playedthe firstthree Testswith thelows in Ashwin’scareer.Onaturningpitch, the WTCfinal, when he joined Surreyfor a of agewerealittle toostrenuous forthe Delhi and precise decision-making”. has played25ODIsand 32 T20s, has sevenspecialistbatsmen.Conditionsrestricted England’s Moeen Ali outperformedhim with shortCounty stint ahead of the Test series. fast bowler.Hewas completely bereft of The England bowlers aren’t giving Pant been broughtinas thereservewicket- the left-arm spinner’s bowling minutes at anine-wicket match haul compared to the He ranthrough Somerset’s batting with 6/27 rhythm. Collectively,the tourists didn’t bowl anyhitting space.Heistrying to counter that keeper."Both of them have come TrentBridgeandLord’s.Anddespitehimsend- Indian offie’s three. But over the subsequent in 15 overs,dismantling them for69intheir well at Leeds. “Basically, they (England) by dancing down the tracktopacers, who are through fine. Wood wasbowlingyes- ing down 32 overs and taking twowicketsat three years, Ashwin’ bowlinghas become second innings. As the Adelaide Test lastyear bowled alot better than us in this game,” muchtaller than him. Bounce andaway terday morning. He will be available Headingley,Jadeja hardlymade muchimpact even morewell-rounded, with addedvariety. and the WTCfinal twomonths agoshowed, Kohli said at the presser on Saturday. movement have made him asitting duck. forselectionandWoakes has playedso in agameeventhough he wasexpected to be The pink-ball Test in Adelaide in December Ashwin of the 2021vintagecan rise above Afit-againShardul should automatically Vengsarkar opinedthat an iffy middle or- he becomes available again," alot moreeffective.Ontheotherhand,theleft- lastyearwasacaseinpoint, whereinseamer- the pitchfactor, forhehas become moreskil- return to the XI at The Oval. In the firstTest, der needs the cushion of an extrabatsman. Silverwood said aday afterEngland's hander is the fourth-highestscorer(133runs) friendly conditions, he spun aweb around ful in the air,through hisflight,loopand dip. his twowickets in an overinthe firstinnings “India willhavetoplaywithsix (specialist) series-levelling win over India at Leeds. in the team at the moment aheadofKohli, SteveSmith and company, eventuallyretun- included Joe Root.Inthe second innings also, batsmen and the sixth should be Silverwood wasalso asked if AjinkyaRahane and Rishabh Pant. ing with four wicketsinthe firstinnings. In the Shardul forIshant? his twowicketsneutered England’s middle- Suryakumar Yadav. He is at the peak of his Bairstowwas up forthe job? "Yes, Iam Jadeja’s contributions, however, have WorldTestChampionship (WTC)finalalso, India startedthe series with Shardulas order charge.Shardul is aswingbowler,a career and can match anybody in this team confident thatJonnycan do thejob if been restricted to important cameos and a he partiallyopenedthe game forIndia on the their fourth seamer and he would have re- valuable commodity in English conditions. as farasbatting is concerned.” asked and yesJonnywouldwant to couple of crucial partnerships. Over the last final day, justthathedidn’thaveenoughruns tainedhis place but forahamstring injury. As alower-order batsman, he is aseri- Kohli seesanextrabatsman as adefensive do the job if asked.” twoyears, his batting improvement has been to bowl with in the fourth innings. Ishant playedatLord’s and gave an impact ousupgrade on Ishant. On manyanocca- option and one loss will notshatter his belief. The fourth Test begins on immense but at No.7,heisnoRaviShastri The fourth Test will be playedatThe Oval performance in both innings. Afterama- sion in domestic cricket, Shardul has bailed This,though,putsgreaterpressureonPant.The September 2atthe Oval.The series is and maybeonlymarginallybetterthan from September 2. It’savenue that tradition- rauding win in the second Test,the team at out Mumbai withhis batting.His 67,and a youngsterwill be givenalong rope, but the tiedat1-1. PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA Ashwin. And as Kohli said at the post-match allyhas the flattestpitches in England. It Headingleysortofpickeditself. But as it 123-run partnership with Washington team templatereduces his margin forerror.

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ternationalbreak at the topofthe thatwin. In order to achieve con- REUTERS table having wonall three games In the other match, PatrickBamfordcelebrated sistency,itwill take time. It wasa AUGUST29 1-0 under newmanager Nuno his England call-up with the equaliser on Sunday difficult game, but reallygood EspiritoSanto.Watfordare 12th movement in the secondhalf. with three points. as Leeds United came backfor a1-1 draw at Therewerechances that we have MASONGREENWOOD’S late In the other match, Patrick Burnleyinthe Premier League. to be moreclinicalwith," he winner earnedManchester Bamfordcelebratedhis England added. Afterthe international United a1-0 win at wasteful call-up with the equaliser on breakTottenhamfacethreetough WolverhamptonWanderers in SundayasLeeds United came promotedWatfordtotwo efforts think he has along waytogo. He London derbies againstCrystal the Premier League on Sunday, backfor a1-1 draw at Burnley in on target over the 90 minutes. will improvehis numbersalong- Palace,ChelseaandNorthLondon breakingtherecord forthelongest the Premier League. EspiritoSanto wasdelighted side the team. He is afantastic rivals Arsenal, but fornow they unbeaten away run in English Leeds has twopointsfromits withhissidebutsaidthatSonstill team player, the wayheworks.I will bask in their position at the Football Leaguehistory in the opening three games while Sean had room forimprovement, de- am happyfor him,but the chal- topofthe table. process. Greenwood’s lowstrike Dyche’sBurnleyhadlostitsopen- spitegetting the winning goals lengeistopushfurther," the 47- "I think they(ourfans)should wasdecisiveafter Wolveshad ingtwo games. againstManchesterCity and year-old coach told broadcaster go home proud as the boys missedahostofchancesthrough- Watford. BEIN Sports. worked hard forthem," Espirito MasonGreenwood afterscoring the latewinner. Reuters out the matchasUnited made it No stoppingSpurs "Sonny is fantastic but Istill "The players worked hardfor Santosaid. 28 unbeaten on the road in the TottenhamHotspur main- league, beating Arsenal’s record tainedtheir 100percent start to setbetween April 2003 and thePremierLeagueseasonwitha September 2004. 1-0 win over WatfordonSunday Thehomesidethrew every- thankstoasomewhat fortuitous thingatUnitedearlyon,withRaul first-half goal from Son Heung- Jimenez and Trincao going close, min. but the visitors somehowclung Son firedaswerving free kick on until halftime, without offer- intothe boxfromthe left-hand ing muchasanattacking threat. sidethatdeceivedWatfordkeeper Wolves continuedtothe better Daniel Bachmann and found the sideafterthebreak,withDavidde bottom-rightcornerthree min- Geamakingaremarkabledouble utes before thebreak. save to keep out twocloserange ItwastheSouthKorean's72nd effortsfromRomain Saiss. goalonhis200thPremierLeague JadonSancho,whohadaquiet appearancefor theclub,helping fulldebut,wasreplacedinthesec- them to maintain their 100per ond half as United went in search centrecord undernew manager of the winner, withhome-grown Nuno EspiritoSanto and lifting youngsterGreenwoodnettinghis themto thetopof thetablewitha thirdinasmanygamestosnatch perfect nine points afterthree all three points. games. Tottenham head intothe Wolveswereadamantthere international breakhaving won wasafoulfromPaulPogbainthe all three 1-0, while Watfordare build-up to the winner but noth- 12th with three points,and Spurs ing wasgiven, as United made it fanswillbedelightedathowwell sevenpointsfromnine so farthis theirteamhasperformeddespite seasonto sitthirdinthestandings, the turbulence around striker whileWolvesstay18thwithouta Harry Kane. pointorgoal. England international Kane TottenhamHotspurgo ontop, has dominated the headlines in LeedsearnapointagainstBurnley recent weekswith alengthybut TottenhamHotspurmain- unsuccessful transfer bid from tainedits 100percent starttothe ManchesterCity,and Tottenham season witha1-0 win over fans sang in supportofhim as he WatfordonSundaythankstoa made his firststart of the season firsthalfgoal from SonHeung- forthe club. Min. The South Korean’s swerv- Kane could have found him- ingfreekick,threeminutesbefore selfamong the goalsbut fluffed a the break,deceivedWatford great chance whenhefailedto keeper Daniel Bachmann and connect with across from Lucas found the bottom-right corner. Moura,andmomentslaterhehad Spurs’strikerHarryKane,who awell-struck volleysaved by had been the subject of alengthy Daniel Bachmann. butunsuccessfultransferbidfrom Forallthetalkof Spurs'attack, ManchesterCity,made his first itistheirmiserly defencethathas startofthe season forthe club. been keytotheir good starttothe Tottenham heads into thein- seasonandtheyrestrictednewly-

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