, " - C    (%D     %%D    D     -/01-2(*$% +  . /01 2 3+04 5  (  % -65= 5* +A>+5 AA666<5 H=AB<=66 6-+A->,<=5? @+5-@+>@=6? ++66=@0+ ,6=5  56,5H6 06 A0+<=66> 06 G =,+A A> ,+=A0 + 6+ >= +G6 @HABG? -,  #+,7&--. 1;2 E  6  (       ! !!3 (                                          O                R      !"#$  %   !#&$'   =6?6-+A Foreign and Defence Ministers Quad countries in the last two region. “It is a matter of satis- (% '( of India and US are likely to years. Moreover, the two-day faction that the Indo-Pacific    ending a strong message to take place in New Delhi on conclave was the first against concept has gained increasingly SChina by brushing aside its October 26-27. the backdrop of ongoing ten- wider acceptance,” he said.     objection, the Malabar series of In his opening remarks at sion between India and China Highlighting the growing    P naval exercises this year will see the Quad meeting on October at the LAC in Ladakh and coro- importance of the Quad, he the participation of Australia 6, Jaishankar had said New navirus pandemic. also said the fact that the four too, a clear signal about the Delhi is committed to peaceful Jaishankar had held a two- Foreign Ministers were meet- forging of closer cooperation resolution of disputes, rules hour long bilateral meeting ing in person, despite the glob- among the Quad nations based world order and respect with his Chinese counterpart al pandemic, is “testimony to against the backdrop of for territorial integrity. Wang Yi on September 10 in the importance that these con- Beijing’s expansionist designs. He also said the four Moscow to end the logjam at sultations have gained, partic- So far, only India, the US democratic countries favour a the border. ularly in recent times”. He and Japan used to take part in free and open India-Pacific Spelling out India’s stand, added, “Our world is signifi- the annual exercise. Australia region. Jaishankar, however, he said it was for advancing the cantly different today than had participated in the exercise refrained from naming China. security and economic interests what it was when we last met in 2007 as a non-permanent This was the second of all countries having legiti- in New York in September     member. But, subsequently, Minister level meeting of the mate and vital interests in the 2019.” *  %  (  China claimed that with         Australia joining the exercise, %   + the Quad is getting militarised , (  -        and may pose a threat to %%      Chinese interests especially in bers collectively support a free, coordination between the ment comes days after Foreign    ( '   the Pacific region. open and inclusive Indo-Pacific Navies of the participating Ministers of Quadrilateral  L  M Given Beijing’s reserva- and remain committed to a countries, officials said. Strategic Dialogue or Quad    !   tions, India had been with- rules-based international order. The exercises started in met in Tokyo.  !!   holding Australia’s participa- The “non-contact — at 1992 as a bilateral Indian Navy- The issue of Australia’s "  # tion since then despite the lat- sea” format-based exercise is US Navy exercise. Japan joined inclusion in the Malabar exer-   =6?6-+A tocol after following due pro- India, he was questioned thor-   ter’s keenness. Not anymore. expected to be held in Bay of the exercise in 2015. cise had come up for discussion cedure”, the Army said here. oughly as to how he crossed 0 %   1'&22 The Defence Ministry on Bengal and Arabian Sea. The move to include there between S Jaishankar, t a time when the Line of It also said in a statement over.    % %   Monday made it clear: India Sources said it was likely to be Australia comes at a time when Mike Pompeo (US), Marise AActual Control (LAC) that the soldier identified as The Army said it also     seeks to increase cooperation held in two phases in the first India and China are engaged in Payne (Australia) and remains tense, the Indian Corporal Wang Ya was pro- received a request from the (        3 with other countries in the week of November and then a military stand-off for the past Toshimitsu Motegi (Japan). Army on Monday apprehend- vided medical assistance PLA about the whereabouts of    %  'N  -  maritime security domain and after a fortnight. more than five months at the Japan and the US had been ed a Chinese soldier in the including oxygen, food and the missing soldier. 5 '0 5O'6   %  in the light of increased defence The proposal for Line of Actual Control (LAC) pressing for Australia’s inclu- Chumar-Demchok area of warm clothes “to protect him As per established proto- * 0     cooperation with Australia, Australian participation was in Eastern Ladakh. The two sion for the past few years. Eastern Ladakh and took him from the vagaries of extreme cols, he will be returned back *  %   ( “Exercise Malabar 2020” will mooted three years back and sides have held several rounds Also, the nod for in custody. The People’s altitude and harsh climatic to Chinese officials at the  722    see the participation of the since then talks were on at var- of talks to break the stalemate Australian participation by Liberation Army (PLA) soldier conditions.” Chushul - Moldo meeting   O 77   ' Australian Navy. ious levels of the Government. but no success so far. India comes days before the will be returned to the Chinese Sources said the soldier point after completion of for-   It also said that the mem- The exercise will strengthen the Moreover, the announce- annual 2+2 talks between the Army “as per established pro- inadvertently strayed into malities, the Army said.          ! "     R            !     # "    P      <5-<   =6?6-+A  !       elivering an unprecedent-       he row over veteran   =6?6-+A Ded judgment for “unprece- TCongress leader Kamal dented times” the Calcutta    B**> Nath referring to Imarti Devi, eeping in mind Covid-19 High Court on Monday his former party colleague and Kpandemic, Durga Puja in banned the entry of general ormer Jammu & Kashmir now a Minister in the Shivraj the national Capital is going to public inside Durga Puja pan- FChief Minister and sitting Singh Chouhan-led BJP be different with online dar- dals throughout Bengal and Parliamentarian from Srinagar Government, as an “item” esca- shan, home delivery of prasad directed the State administra- Farooq Abdullah, who recent- lated on Monday with his and virus test for priests and tion to convert all the Puja pan- ly began another “political” refusal to tender an apology for cooks. These are some unique dals into “no entry zones.” innings under the banner of his statement, claiming he did measures that Durga Puja to allow entry of people and The decision came against “People’s Alliance for Gupkar not insult anyone. organisers have come up with limit physical darshan to their a Public Interest Litigation Declaration” to fight for the The National Women’s to safely host the festival. members only. filed by Advocate Sabyasachi restoration of Article 370, was Commission “strongly con- Talking to The Pioneer, S The Chittaranjan Park Kali Chatterjee and will be applic- questioned by the Enforcement demned the irresponsible and Bhattacharya, one of the mem- Mandir Society, which organ- able to about 37,000 Durga Directorate (ED) in Srinagar disparaging statement made #  $  %&$  &  '       ( '  bers of puja committee at CR ises one of the biggest Durga puja pandals, big and small all for about seven hours in con- by Nath, Leader of Opposition   )  *         '  #  +   Park, said no idol puja will be puja festivals in Delhi, has across the State. Out of these nection with a money laun- edly requested media with in Madhya Pradesh Legislative + #  $,+ organised this year. “We have decided not to allow entry of there are about 3,500 puja pan- dering case linked with a multi- folded hands not to link the Assembly”. It sought an expla- decided to hold Kalash Puja but general public to the temple dals in Kolkata alone. crore scam in the Jammu & Gupkar declaration with the nation from the former n’t to insult anyone... I just did- him. Be it Nath or Digvijaya no visitors will be allowed to premises this year due to Delivering the order, Kashmir Cricket Association routine questioning by the offi- Madhya Pradesh Chief n’t remember the (person’s) Singh, these are the people who attend it,” he said. It has tied up Covid-19. Bench of Justices Sanjib (JKCA) on Monday. cials of the Enforcement Minister and forwarded the name...this list (in his hand) keep fire burning in Gandhi with a DTH service provider “Around 2.5 lakh people Banerjee and Arijit Banerjee However, reacting to the Directorate. matter to the Election says item no.1, item no.2, is this family’s kitchen.” and a local cable operator so attend our Durga Puja. Due to said the puja pandals should summons issued by the ED, a Farooq had appeared Commission for further action. an insult? Shivraj is looking for For their part, while that devotees can have a dar- Covid-19, we have decided to be treated as containment day after the signatories of before the ED in the same mat- Union Women and Child excuses, Nath doesn’t insult Chouhan held a two-hour shan of Durga idol from their organise the festival in a sim- zones and directed the State “Gupkar Declaration”, Farooq’s ter to respond to their list of Development Minister Smriti anyone, he’ll only expose you protest in Bhopal, Scindia and houses. The temple society ple manner this year. Only a administration to mark 5 son and National Conference questions in July last year. Irani slammed Nath for trying with truth,” Nath brazened it other party members protest- also has plans to facilitate few members of our manage- metre area around small pan- leader Omar Abdullah and Official sources said to justify his utterance and the out on Monday. ed in Indore. The BJP has also online darshan on its Facebook ment committee will be in dals and the 10 metre area PDP president Mehbooba Farooq’s statement will be Gandhi family for remaining Addressing a rally in Dabra complained about Nath to the page and YouTube channel. attendance. We have hired cer- around bigger pandals as the Mufti both termed it “political recorded under the Prevention silent while Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, the Congress leader Election Commission. Some organisers said they tified cook to prepare prasad limit till which the general vendetta”. of Money Laundering Act Chief Minister Shivraj Singh had allegedly called Devi an “With your cheap state- will rope in two priests to and he has to show negative people can reach. Angry Omar posted a (PMLA). Chouhan and Jyotiraditya “item” leading to a massive ment, Congress’ crooked and avoid any last-minute scram- Covid-19 report. Even the entry of the club tweet in which he said the ED The ED case is based on an Scindia sat on a “silent dharna” backlash ahead of the keenly- despicable mentality has come bling if the main priest gets As devotees will not be members has been restricted. action was “...nothing less than FIR filed by the CBI, which in Bhopal. Chouhan appealed contested bypolls to be held on to the fore again. You have not infected with Covid-19, while allowed, we will deliver prasad The court directed the admin- political vendetta” and came booked former JKCA office- to Congress president Sonia November 3. just disrespected Devi, but others plan to maintain a at their doorsteps within a 2- istration to collect the names of days after the formation of the bearers, including general sec- Gandhi to immediately remove “Suresh Raje is our candi- each and every girl and sister record of visitors for easy con- km radius for which an agency 25 persons each from puja Gupkar declaration. retary Mohammed Saleem Nath from all party posts. date and is not like her... What’s of Gwalior-Chambal region,” tact-tracing. has been engaged,” Society committees beyond which no On the other hand, Farooq, Khan and former treasurer Devi is the State’s Women her name? You know her bet- Chouhan tweeted. Most Durga Puja commit- Joint Secretary Prodip Ganguly one would be allowed to enter who regretted skipping his Ahsan Ahmad Mirza in the and Child Development ter and should have warned me He also slammed Nath for tees in Delhi have decided not said. the puja premises. lunch during the day, repeat- multi-crore scam. Minister and was one of the 22 earlier... What an item!,” Nath his “feudal” mindset. “Devi is MLAs loyal to Scindia and had said in Hindi. the daughter of a farmer who who resigned in March, bring- While Devi said she was began doing labour in her vil- $ ! #%" '" "  ing down the Nath-led targeted for being a Dalit, lage and has since emerged as Government in Madhya Union Minister Irani said, “I a public representative in build- )  & ( " Pradesh. She subsequently can’t find any justification that ing the nation. First, Congress  &" & ( joined the BJP and is now a Nath (former MP CM) can give called me ‘hungry and ill-clad’ party candidate for the bypoll for using such derogatory word and now she has been called an "&   ( in Dabra, a seat reserved for against a woman political ‘item’. This shows the feudal Scheduled Caste candidate. leader. I don’t think Gandhi mindset of Nath,” the Chief  +# !"   & “I said something… it was- family will take action against Minister said.      B**>     ,+=A0 + at least five years has been pro- the Government is expected to        #  <5,+A posed in case any company or move the Bill, the Ministers are police inspector, returning *  7"'27'#"& 81'1827#'98'9:; minimum of five-year the businessman procures the holding meetings with the Ahome after offering prayers

     :'9"'2&2 "'8&#:'88' n a setback to the LDF Aimprisonment, hefty fines, farmers’ produce on rates farmers’ bodies. at a mosque, was gunned down IGovernment in the State, registration of case are expect- below MSP. Besides, it has The opposition parties in cold blood by terrorists in  <  :':2'"2872'&81"'&#'91; the Kerala High Court here on ed to be some of the strict pro- been learnt that the have been crying hoarse for not Kanelwan of Anantnag late on % = "';2';#" 72'";8"'81'7&1 Monday dismissed pleas chal- visions the Punjab Government Government has also included providing the copies of the Monday evening.  & '! (% >   8'&"'9"& "'"9&8'79'"9& lenging the Centre’s decision to has included in the proposed heavy fines for procuring pro- “important” Bill, maintaining The officer was rushed to lease out the bill, the ruling Congress party duce below MSP. that without this, a thorough the district hospital where he  ( ( ($) < #'8"'991 7'79# 1'&1'9"9 Thiruvananthapuram is likely to table in the House Available information also debate and fruitful discussion was declared brought dead.   #'##'7:7 $ !%!#'28'&"7 International Airport to Adani on Tuesday to negate the suggests that a provision to reg- would not be possible. The deceased was identi-  # ? @  #'1&'219 "'77;1'98'#1& Enterprises, holding that there Centre’s three farm laws. ister cases against the private The State Government has fied as Inspector Mohd Ashraf was no valid ground to inter- Aimed at nullifying the company or the businessman all along been claiming that it Bhat. He was currently on $&  (' 5  1':2'#8" 7'12&1'8;'&:& fere with the policy decision. recent central farm legisla- may also be included in the would come up with a strong leave and was posted in the #& %* '!)    1'1#'2&; 7'1:&1'22'"9" A division bench compris- tions, the Bill is expected to proposed Bill. legislation to negate the Police training school, @  1'2&'718 7'22# 7';#':9; ing Justices K Vinod Chandran have “better deals” and “safe- That is not all! It has also Centre’s agriculture laws that it Lethpora in Pulwama. and CS Dias rejected argu- guards” for the farmers like been learnt that to procure any would stand the scrutiny of the Meanwhile, in another  % 1'27'82: 9:&7':#'172 ments by the State Government ensuring procurement of their produce, the company or trad- Supreme Court. operation the joint team of    7':&'11" 7':"27'&1'&:# and other petitioners against produce, retaining mandi sys- er need to seek the All eyes are glued on security forces neutralised one *    7'"7'12# 1':9"7'8&'817 the Centre’s move to lease out tem, assuring minimum sup- Government’s permission, and Punjab as it would be the first terrorist in Melhora of Shopian 0  7'"2':11 #'"8"7'81'9;; the airport to Adani port price (MSP), among oth- it would decide which compa- State Government to bring in district on Monday. Till the Enterprises through public pri- ers. ny can procure produce from a Bill against the Central farm time of filing the report the ,  7'"2'#;" 7'8:97'#1'7"9 vate partnership (PPP) for a Sources has informed The which mandi and how much. laws. operation was still going on, period of 50 years. Pioneer that imprisonment for Notably, even as day before Continued on Page 2 official sources said.    !"#!"!" 

      

   ,+=A0 + Chief Minister, Haryana chairman of Haryana Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. against a newly created post Electricity Regulatory He was brought back from aryana Government on with immediate effect. Commission (HERC) before deputation at the Center and HMonday appointed a Dhesi, a 1982 batch IAS this appointment. made the Chief Secretary of the retired IAS officer DS Dhesi as officer who hails from Kangra Dhesi is counted among state. Chief Principal Secretary to in Himachal Pradesh, was the trusted officers of Chief He was appointed as the

32nd Chief Secretary of the State on December 31, 2014 and served in the post for almost five years and retired on June 30, 2019. After retirement, he was appointed as the chair- man of Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission on August 16, 2019. Sources said that for his appointment the State Government created the post of Chief Principal Secretary on the lines of Punjab and a retired IAS officer was appointed as the Chief Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister. With the appointment of Principal Secretary to the CM, Rajesh Khullar, as Executive Director of the World Bank, there was discussion among the bureaucratic circles about who would be the next Principal Secretary to CM. Khullar was PSCM for nearly five years, having joined in November 2015.   

From page 1 The Congress governments of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh too are slated to present their own versions of farm Bills by convening their assemblies, tentatively on November 2. Targeting the Centre and the BJP, Punjab Congress pres- ident Sunil Jakhar on Monday said that the Assembly should pass a unanimous resolution “condemning the humiliating treatment” meted out to the farmers’ representatives by the Narendra Modi Government at the national capital. “In doing so, the BJP has insulted not just the farming community but Punjab itself,” he added. By far, the agrarian state of Punjab has witnessed the most intense farmers’ agitation against the Central laws.

                                                                                                                                               !        "                                            #            $ % S                      '                "       (          

                      !     "   # $% % & '   (  )*+  ( + %$**)* , - *%.)+/$*01/.      23       -))  +44 4       5    !6  +     7 !6     47 27578!  7%** ! 6    7   9  -6  :6    ;    6 (  ;     6  3   ' #6 - $  8   9       <    ( -9 '+%%* **) 6 *%%+/*%%*/==    #6 &+ 0%  $ -#4' 8    - ( +)*%0*% 2 6 *%)*+/1.>1** ; /1.>>**  9 #6 / &     (  & ?  7   9+))$ *%$ , 6 *=))+)0/$//0+/=    !"#!"!"  

"# "#""$%&'(""#)( *  "  ( "6 ( " 7 " !"

 ,  *- K  (   '  H  0  <    (    (   %   @ K +             %(    *-    ,  *-%     3%@     '(   (    ?     O (*-   *- % < ' O (*-    ,+=A0 +  %(  ( %     +  unjab Vidhan Sabha on  '*- (    @H      PMonday paid tributes to all        (@  , the farmers who have lost their  %('(  3%     lives during the ongoing agita-   ( %    tion in protest against the  ?*  Centre’s draconian agricultur-    '79%      %  al laws on the first day of the two-day special session. ceedings for the day after 25 and find way out to negate the Shaurya Chakra Awardee minutes of ruckus. Centre’s agriculture-related Balwinder Singh Sandhu, Even after the session was lawsWhat started as a mode of known for bravely fighting the '  -  #.-           $ /   ,  #  $ 0 '    adjourned for the day, AAP protest with the burning of a militancy in Punjab, was also (  #  $  MLAs started an indefinite tractor by the Congress’ youth given homage by the House, dharna inside the assembly wing in the national capital has besides several other eminent     ,+=A0 + an hour. cuss the proposed bill. Besides, hall, demanding a copy of the emerged as the strong image of personalities that lost their     '  '  0 '  !$ ( #  With the protesting farm- the House was also scheduled proposed legislation from the a fight against Centre’s new lives during the intervening ( -  '#   2      

hiromani Akali Dal (SAD) ers eagerly waiting for the State to take up four bills on Monday. Speaker before it is brought in laws. period of the two sessions.                 Sand two Congress legislators Government’s move to negate The House was adjourned on Tuesday. Two MLAs of the ruling Sandhu was killed by uniden- (  P       $  snailing on huffing and puffing the controversial agri laws, the for an hour for a Business AAP MLAs announced to Congress — Gurkirat Kotli tified assailants outside his tractors; attired in black gowns, first day of the session wit- Advisory Committee meeting sit inside the assembly hall and Sukhpal Bhullar, and all house in Bhikiwind on October writer Kuldip Singh Dhir; unparalleled contribution to AAP MLAs burning of the nessed more action outside after making obituary refer- through the night if their legislators of the Shiromani 16 (Friday). Punjabi University Patiala’s for- the freedom struggle. copies of the Centre’s farm than inside.Amidst strong ences. When it resumed, the demand is not met. Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday Initially, these references mer Vice Chancellor Joginder Members also paid trib- laws; and dharna in the well of objections by the opposition Speaker announced the official On the other hand, the arrived at the Vidhan Sabha on were not included in the orig- Singh Puar; and noted musi- utes to Sardarni Davinder the House even after adjourn- legislators for not providing the business for the day. Raising SAD MLAs too sat on an tractors to express their soli- inal list but were added with the cian Kesar Singh Narula — Kaur, deceased mother of ment — all this and much more copies of the bill the state gov- objections that no other official indefinite dharna outside darity with the farmers. permission of Speaker Rana KP father of acclaimed singer Khanna MLA Gurkirat Singh was witnessed on the first day ernment has proposed to move work should be carried out Punjab Bhawan, which had However, the Akali Dal Singh on the request of Finance Jaspinder Narula, who had all Kotli; Pathankot MLA Amit of the two-day special session against the Centre’s new laws, apart from a discussion on the been declared as an extension MLAs, led by Bikram Singh Minister Manpreet Singh died recently. Vij's father Anil Vij; of Punjab Vidhan Sabha on the Speaker Rana KP Singh was farmers’ issues, the Akali MLAs of the Vidhan Sabha for the Majithia, were stopped near Badal.Speaker Rana KP Singh Lance Naik Karnail Singh Garhshankar MLA Jai Kishan Monday. forced to adjourn the House for entered the well of the House purpose of the two-day session, Punjab Vidhan Sabha for try- read the names and brief back- had attained martyrdom dur- Rori’s father Chaudhary Chain For almost two months, the day with no fruitful busi- and started sloganeering. also demanding a copy of the ing to enter the Capitol ground of all the personalities ing an operation to flush out Singh, and Saravjit Kaur one thing Punjab predomi- ness. Members of the Aam proposed legislation. Complex driving a tractor. given homage, following which militants on September 30 in Manuke’s father Sardar nantly talked about was ways of The special session, which Aadmi Party too raised from In an apparent attempt to “We are driving tractors to all the members observed a Krishna Ghati sector of Jammu Gurbant Singh who had all dealing with the Centre’s three was originally convened for a their seats demanding a copy of level the political turf, the SAD the Vidhan Sabha to support two-minute silence as a mark and Kashmir. died recently. “anti-farmers” farm legisla- day amidst farmers’ vociferous the proposed legislation. After on Monday used the Congress’ the farmers’ protest . We are of respect to the departed souls The House also paid The Speaker, after the obit- tions. But when the lawmakers protests against the Centre’s the opposition MLAs ignored party’s symbol of protest — a demanding that entire Punjab during the obituary references. respects to freedom fighters uary references, moved a res- finally met to consider the new agricultural laws, was the Speaker’s repeated pleas to tractor — for raking up the be declared as Principal mar- Tributes were paid to mar- Mahinder Singh, Sardar Singh, olution for conveying the con- possibilities of bringing about extended for another day, with stop their protest and take issue of farm bills on the first ket yard so that the central farm tyr Lance Naik Karnail Singh; Rai Singh Patanga, Mahinder dolences of the House to their legislation, the much-awaited the Government asserting that their seats, he announced day of the special Vidhan Sabha acts don't damage the interest doyen of science-literature con- Singh, and Hemraj Mittal, respective families, which was session lasted for just about half one day is not enough to dis- adjournment of the House pro- session, convened to discuss of the farmers,” said Majithia. fluence in Punjabi language — while remembering their passed by voice vote. $  + !  ,  (     -.

        copies of various bills, to be House…The entire Punjab is COPIES OF BILLS in a skullduggery, especially on WITH SPEAKER FOR NON- Vidhan Sabha proceedings tabled during the session, will watching what the Government Protesting against the non the lines of the Water SUPPLY OR PROPOSED while stationed there.       "  be given to the opposition par- is doing. The legislation to supply of copies of the pro- Agreement (Punjab Water LEGISLATION SAD MLA Bikram Singh   "  $    ties by the evening. counter the Centre's farm laws posed legislation to be tabled by Termination Law of Agreement Majithia asserted that the pro- As the House reassembled should have been the first busi- the Government in the special Act-2004),” said Cheema Registering a formal protest posed Bills were not being       after an hour long adjourn- ness of the House,” he said. session against the central farm adding that the alleged bogus for non-supply of proposed made public with three crore ment, AAP MLA and the Intervening, Finance laws, the AAP MLAs on water cancellation act brought legislation set to be intro- Punjabis because they were    ,+=A0 + proposed Bill before taking up Leader of Opposition Harpal Minister Manpreet Badal told Monday staged an indefinite no cheer to Punjab. duced in the Vidhan Sabha on being finalized as per directions for discussion in the House. Cheema said that the special the members in the House sit-in inside the House. Cheema alleged that the Tuesday to members with the of the Modi government. “The he Opposition parties — Amidst ruckus and protests by session was called to counter that they will get copies of bills AAP MLA and the Leader contentious laws were being Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rana Congress Government is gear- Tincluding the Aam Aadmi the opposition demanding new farm laws but the mem- to be tabled in the House in the of Opposition accused Punjab introduced on similar lines by KP Singh, the SAD on ing up to betray Punjabis as it Party (AAP) and the Shiromani copies of the proposed bill, the bers “have not been given evening. “As far as countering Government of conspiring the Amarinder Singh govern- Monday asked him to take did in the case of the river Akali Dal (SAD) — on Monday Speaker Rana KP Singh copies of the bills”. He asked, farm laws is concerned, the against the interests of farmers ment in cahoots with the Modi action against those responsi- waters termination Act in 2004 cornered the ruling Congress adjourned the House till “Will we get copies of the bills Government is already in con- of Punjab by withholding Government at the Centre. ble for not allowing SAD which allowed continuous flow led Punjab Government for not Tuesday — when the legislation after the session is over.” sultation with constitutional important information regard- “Why the information is being members to interact with the of river waters to Haryana and tabling the proposed legislation to counter farm laws is expect- SAD MLA Gurpratap experts,” he said. ing deadly Bills related to the kept a top guarded secret…It media at Punjab Bhawan. Rajasthan,” he said. to negate the Centre’s contro- ed to be brought in. Singh Wadala added that it As the SAD and AAP future of Punjab, to be tabled should have been provided to SAD MLAs held a four- Condemning the Congress versial farm laws on the first Punjab Finance Minister seems that the State MLAs continued their protest, in the House. the opposition and the repre- hour sit-in outside the gates of Government for not sharing day of the two-day special Manpreet Singh Badal main- Government “does not have the Speaker adjourned the “Capt Amarinder Singh, sentatives of farmers' organi- Punjab Bhawan and had their the Bills it proposed to intro- assembly session. tained that the Government is clarity” over the issue. “The House for Tuesday. known for betraying in the zations and other agriculture lunch sitting there after they duce in the House tomorrow The opposition members in consultation with the con- main bill against the Centre’s interest of the people of Punjab, legal luminaries,” he said. were not allowed inside to with the members, Majithia take on the ruling Congress for stitutional experts over the farm laws should have been AAP STAGES SIT-IN INSIDE especially farmers, has once interact with the media which said that this amounted to not providing the copies of the issue and assured that the first tabled and discussed in the HOUSE DEMANDING again been preparing to indulge SAD REGISTERS PROTEST had been asked to cover the murder of democracy. +      !(   #  !/.0   3 " 8 3 )  '*      %   .12.   3   2(  " 

   ,+=A0 + for the Baroda bye-elections.    ,+=A0 + after recovery, taking the total Earlier, it was on    ,+=A0 + three years,” he said. Talking to reporters, count to 139, 511. Among the September 26 when no Slamming the Centre for n the last day of with- Narwal said that he withdrew aryana on Monday regis- districts which reported a big COVID-19 fatality was report- oming out of 18-month- bringing the ‘anti-farmer’ farm Odrawal of nomination, an his nomination after khap rep- Htered eight more Covid-19 spike in the cases were ed in the city. A day before, the Clong self-imposed exile, laws, the former Minister said: independent candidate Kapoor resentatives and Bhupinder fatalities as the death toll due Gurugram (228), Faridabad union territory had reported cricketer-turned-politician “Today, they are handing over Singh Narwal on Monday with- Hooda urged him to do so in to the coronavirus in the State (153), Rewari (132) and Hisar one COVID-19 related fatality Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday agriculture to the capitalist, drew his nomination from the interest of “brotherhood reached 1648, officials said. (118). There are 10,075 active and 64 positive cases. attended the Punjab Vidhan when the manufacturing and Baroda assembly bye-election. and for the farmers’ concern”. On Sunday, the state did not cases in the state and the recov- According to the bulletin, Sabha’s special session called to service sectors are in losses. Sources said that the leader of Two days ago, residents of have any casualties. ery rate is 92.25 percent. “There were 861 active cases till discuss and counter the three They want the crony capitalist opposition and senior Congress Congress nominee Indu Raj’s There were 1201 fresh the evening. 63 patients have central farm laws. Notably, should rule. They will come leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda native village Rindhana visited cases which pushed the total NO COVID FATALITY IN recovered in the past 24 hours Sidhu last attended the and rule us like the East India succeeded in convincing Kathura, the native village of infections to 151,234, a bulletin CHANDIGARH, 40 FRESH taking the total number of Assembly session in February Company.” Narwal to put up united fight Kapoor Singh Narwal, to said. CASES recoveries to 12617. 2019. Sidhu added: “I dream of a with party nominee Indu Raj request him to take back his Of the fresh deaths, one No COVID-19 related The recovery rate was Sidhu, who was conspicu- Congress’s firebrand MLA Punjab where every small Narwal and teach BJP a lesson nomination. each were from Charkhi Dadri, fatality was reported in recorded at 92.1 percent while ous by his presence on the Amarinder Singh Raja farmer has complete freedom over three farm laws. However, his supporters Fatehabad, Sirsa, Bhiwani, Chandigarh during the past 24 the active ratio of cases was opening day of the Assembly Warring. and autonomy.” BJP’s Yogeshwar Dutt, an turned down the request. Gurugram, Panipat, Hisar, hours as the city reported 40 recorded at 6.2 percent which session, was seen interacting Later, Sidhu released a Pointing out that 86 per- Olympian wrestler, Indu Raj Finally, the khaps and Hooda Panchkula, the state health fresh cases on Monday. “The means for every 100 confirmed and exchanging pleasantries video from his official YouTube cent of Punjab’s farmers are Narwal, a former Sonipat zila convinced him. department said in a health death toll stood at 208 and the cases, 6 are currently infected with his party colleagues, but channel slamming his own under debt, he said: “If all is parishad member of the The Baroda assembly seat bulletin. total case tally reached 13686 in in the city.” 95776 samples not the Chief Minister Capt party’s government in the state well with Punjab’s agriculture Congress, and Joginder Singh had fallen vacant in April after A total of 1160 Covid-19 Chandigarh”, stated have so far been tested in the Amarinder Singh, with whom for its crop procurement model and the only problem is the Malik of the Indian National the death of Congress MLA Sri patients were cured and Chandigarh Health city. The report of 127 was he has been at loggerheads ever and “lack” of storage and mar- three new laws, then why have Lok Dal (INLD) are in the fray Krishan Hooda. released from the hospitals Department’s evening bulletin. awaited, the bulletin added. since he resigned from the keting ability while talking thousands of Punjab’s farmers State Cabinet in July 2019. about problems and solution. committed suicide over the After lying low for a year Sidhu, on the eve of intro- last few decades?” and a half, Sidhu reentered the duction of a state Bill in Punjab Sidhu claimed that the 2        B  ( %  state political scene by joining Assembly to negate ‘anti- farmers’ struggle against the the anti-farmers’ protests farmer’ central farm laws, also three laws was “controlled by recently. flayed the Central Government some outside powers” and is a    -    He was seen sharing stage by accusing it of handing over disrespect to the genuine voice    ( 2 # with Capt Amarinder during agriculture sector to the capi- of the people of Punjab”.   B-=+ the three-day tractor rally of talists whom, he said, it want- “Those who speak of ‘One Congress’ former national chief ed to rule. Nation, One Market’, pushing   +A*- There were 2565 active cases alandhar Rahul Gandhi in the state after Favouring continuation of it down the states’ throats with and 16175 have cured from the JCommissionerate the newly-appointed state party the minimum support price complete disregard to their ith the state witnessing virus. 267 persons have suc- Police has unearthed affairs in-charge Harish Rawat (MSP), the Congress leader demands, are acting unconsti- Wdecline in COVID-19 cumbed to the virus till now. one of the biggest drug reached out to him. said that the State Government tutionally,” he said. positive cases, Himachal Till the evening, 65 fresh pos- haul by seizing a huge As the Congress party has should procure lentils, oilseeds, Congratulating the state Pradesh Health Minister Rajiv itive cases were reported in the cache of intoxicant cap- issued a whip for all MLAs to vegetables and fruits also. for bringing a Bill in the Saizal on Monday said that the state, the bulletin stated. sules and tablets worth remain present during the ses- “Today, Punjab does not have Assembly to nullify the farm population of the state is on its So far, 346110 tests have Rs 2.01 crore from a sion and the issue of that of a government procurement laws, he said: “This is merely way to attain herd immunity been conducted in the state. house during a 14-hours state’s farmers which Sidhu model for any other crop apart the first step.” towards the deadly virus. Notably, the Chief Minister long search in densely has been raising strongly, the from wheat and rice. “If we turn the whole of “The number of positive Jai Ram Thakur and four of his populated Chet Singh Nagar in The seizure came following former Minister ensured to Neither, do we have storage Punjab into an APMC mandi, cases and active cases are on the Cabinet Colleagues had tested Ludhiana. the interrogation of two attend the session. Ahead of the capacity nor the marketing whether there will be assured decline in the state. It is pro- of community spread of the positive for the COVID-19. The team of Jalandhar Ludhiana residents from whom session, Sidhu reached the res- ability. government procurement or jected that 60 to 70 percent of virus has been observed in Chief Minister, Himachal Commissionerate Police, with cops had seized 27,000 intoxi- idence of his friend and Today, the central food- not?” he questioned the the state’s population will get Himachal. Vidhan Sabha Speaker Vipin the help of Ludhiana drug cant tablets and capsules on Congress MLA Pargat Singh grain warehouses are empty. Amarinder Singh government. affected by the COVID-19,” the As per the state’s evening Singh Parmar and Technical department, also recovered October 14. The third accused along with whom he arrived at They will buy our rice this year, He said that our commit- Minister said while talking to health bulletin (5 pm), there Education Minister Ram Lal medicines worth Rs one crore has been identified as Vikas the Assembly. our wheat next year. Then ment should be towards secur- the mediapersons here. were a total of 19041 positive Markanda were tested positive under the Drugs and Cosmetic Bansal, and is absconding in Later, Sidhu left the what after that? Our timeline ing the MSP and guaranteed Saizal said that a mild level cases reported in the state. last week. Act. the case. Assembly along with for preparation is just one to government procurement.    !"#!"!" & '" %&    -  (  % (, 

  =6?6-+A rime Minister Narendra (")    PModi on Monday urged students to use their knowledge obtained through education at   =6?6-+A accused firm, Royal Empire agency said. various stages of their real life. Marketing Pvt. Ltd, It was also alleged that the Modi termed real life as a he CBI has booked BSP and another accused director in company was supposed to route great university which teaches TMLA Gangotri Enterprises, Ajeet all its transactions through the various ways for applicability of and his wife Reeta Tiwari Pandey. Trust & Retention Account and knowledge. He also said his besides two private firms in “The Central Bureau of the company was not doing the Government is concentrating connection with an alleged Investigation has registered a same. It was further alleged that on the infrastructure creation bank fraud to the tune of case on a complaint from Bank there were irregularities in the and structural reforms in the Rs 754.24 crore and conduct- of India against two private financial statements of the com- education sector reforms and $  #  *  #      3 #  !   !*  #  $,+ ed searches at their premises companies based at pany, it said. the National Education Policy on Monday. /Noida (Uttar Searches were conducted would give new direction and throws light at difficult times in country. In the last 6 years, on ness. tion system. He said Skilling, Besides the MLA and his Pradesh), its Directors and on Monday at the premises of new strength to the reforms in life,” Modi said quoting the an average, a new IIT has been He said the first IIM Act Reskilling and Upskilling are wife, a private individual Ajeet unknown others on the allega- the accused/company at Noida the education sector. great Kannada writer and opened every year. One of gave more rights to IIMs across the greatest need of the hour. Pandey as also two private tions of committing misap- and Lucknow which led to The Prime Minister was thinker Goruru Ramaswamy them is also at Dharwad, the country. The National Being one of the best education entities arraigned as accused propriation, cheating and caus- recovery of several speaking at the centenary con- Iyengar. Karnataka. He also said as of Medical Commission has been institutes in the country, the are Gangotri Enterprises Ltd ing loss of Rs 754.24 crore incriminating documents. vocation ceremony of Mysore He said continuous efforts 2014 there were only 9 IIITs, 13 created to bring more trans- Prime Minister urged the and Royal Empire Marketing (approximately) to the consor- Investigation is continuing, University through video con- are being made so that India's IIMs and 7 AIIMSs in the parency in medical education. University of Mysore to inno- Pvt Ltd. tium of banks,” the CBI said in it added. ference from New Delhi. Education system caters to the country whereas in the subse- Two new laws are also being vate according to the new The agency conducted a statement. After scrutiny of the seized The PM said the University needs of the 21st century quent 5 years, 16 IIITs, 7 IIMs enacted for bringing in reforms emerging situation. He urged searches at the residence of “It was alleged that the pri- documents, the agency will of Mysore is the centre of the wherein infrastructure creation and 8 AIIMSs were either in Homeopathy and other the institute to focus on Chillupar () MLA vate company having its cor- soon summon the accused great education system of and structural reforms were established or in the process of Indian medical practices. PM Incubation Centres, Tiwari, who is son porate office at Mahanagar, persons for questioning in con- ancient India, the aspirations given special focus. He said to being created. expressed happiness that at all Technology Development of former minister and a Lucknow (Gangotri Enterprises nection with the probe. and capabilities of future India make India a Global Hub for Modi said efforts in high- levels of education in the coun- Centres, “Industry-academia strongman from Gorakhpur, Ltd) was engaged in Based on the recovery of and has realised the vision of Higher Education and to make er education over the last five try, the Gross Enrolment ratio linkage” and “Inter- discipli- , the construction of roads, the property documents of the “Rajarshi” Nalvadi Krishnaraja our youth competitive, efforts to six years are not limited to of girls is more than boys. nary research”. He requested and the office of the Lucknow- bridges and flyovers etc. It was accused and tallying them with Wadiyar and M Visvesvaraya Ji. were made qualitatively as well only opening new institutions Modi said the focus of the the University to promote based company, Gangotri further alleged that the their Income Tax returns, the He referred to stalwarts like as quantitatively. but work has also been done on National Education Policy is research on Local Culture, Enterprises Ltd. company availed credit facili- agency may register a separate Bharat Ratna Dr Sarvepalli He said even after so many governance reforms in these multidimensional to make our Local Art and other social Officials said the searches ties from a consortium case for possession of dispro- Radhakrishnan, who taught at years of independence, in 2014, institutions to ensure gender youth competitive through a issues along with related glob- were also spread out in Noida of banks led by Bank of India portionate assets against them, the University. “Education there were only 16 IITs in the equality and social inclusive- flexible and adaptable educa- al and contemporary issues. at the premises of another from time to time,” the officials added.   !# %& 42       5   =6?6-+A the pandemic. Naqvi added Haj other facilities both in India and grims. The Minister said due to senior officials of the Ministry; While chairing Haj 2021 Committee of India and other Saudi Arabia”, he said. 100 per cent digital Haj process Joint Secretary, External Affairs (    ithout giving a firm date- review meeting here, Naqvi Indian agencies will formally Naqvi said health and well- of India, Rs 2,100 crore have Vipul; Joint Secretary Civil Wwise time-table for Haj said Haj is scheduled for June- announce Haj 2021 applica- being of the pilgrims is of the been returned through DBT Aviation Ministry SK Mishra 2021, Union Minister of July 2021, but the final decision tion process and other related utmost priority for the mode, without any deduction, attended the review meeting.    '-  Minority Affairs Mukhtar regarding Haj 2021 will be preparations after a decision is Government due to corona to 1,23,000 people after cancel- Besides, Dr Ausaf Sayeed, Abbas Naqvi on Monday said taken in due course keeping in taken by the Saudi Arabia pandemic. lation of Haj 2020 due to coro- Indian Ambassador to Saudi the holy pilgrimage will depend view necessary guidelines to be Government on Haj 2021. The Indian agencies will navirus. Arabia; Y Sabir, Acting Consul   =6?6-+A as individuals of the need to on national-international issued by the Saudi Arabia The Minister said the entire ensure necessary arrangements The Saudi Arabia General in Jeddah; MA Khan, maintain physical distance, Protocol Guidelines due to Government and the Haj process might witness a sig- in this regard. The Indian Government has also returned CEO Haj Committee of India head of festivals and the hand hygiene, cough etiquette Covid-19 pandemic conditions. Government of India in view of nificant change in view of nec- Government and Haj about Rs 100 crore regarding and other officials from Health Awinter season, the World and wear a mask when and The Union Minister said a corona pandemic to ensure essary guidelines. Committee have started neces- transportation. Department, Air India etc Health Organization (WHO) where needed. People must whole set of procedures for the health and well-being of the “These include accommo- sary preparations to ensure Secretary, Minority Affairs attended the meeting through on Monday cautioned against remember the three Cs — Haj would change on account of people. dation, transport, health and health and well-being of the pil- Ministry PK Das and other video conferencing. any relaxation of response avoid crowded places, avoid actions following the recent closed settings and avoid con- slight decline in Covid-19 cases fined and enclosed spaces with in the South-East Asia Region. poor ventilation. 2  '(           :;  (" It said the pandemic continues Many of the same mea- unabated and our response only sures that are effective in pre-  =6?6-+A Pvt. Ltd.(Begur Omr Home Pvt honestly inducing delivery of action has been taken against needs to be strengthened further venting Covid-19 are also effec- Ltd) and Annabel Builders & the property, dishonest misap- any builder till date. to curtail virus transmission. tive for preventing influenza, plea has been filed in the Developers Pvt. Ltd as parties propriation of property and “It is necessary to state   The co-circulation of sea- including physical distancing, ASupreme Court seeking in the case. violation of corporate that registration of the project sonal influenza and Covid-19 hand hygiene, covering coughs, direction to the Centre to “Promoters, Builders and laws,” said the plea, filed with the regulatory authority in the winters may present ventilation and masks. frame model pacts for builder Agents use manifestly arbi- through advocate Ashwani has been mandatory $"  " challenges for health systems For the third week in a row, and agent buyers to protect cus- trary one-sided agreements Kumar Dubey. before it is launched for sale, and health facilities, since both the WHO South-East Asia tomers and bring in trans- that do not place customers at Due to deliberate excessive and for registration, the basic diseases present many similar Region has registered 6 - 8 per parency in the realty sector in an equal platform with them, delays in possession, real estate pre-requisite is that the devel-   =6?6-+A /-56/2/0//-07 symptoms, according to the cent decline in the number of tune with the Real Estate which offends Articles 14, 15, customers are not only suffer- oper must have all the requisite 5898;/9.90 health experts. “There should Covid-19 cases, mainly due to Regulatory Authority (RERA) 21 of Constitution. There have ing from mental and financial approvals. s part of the Atma Nirbhar 6+8+708206690/8; be no complacency in view of a decrease in reported cases Act 2016. been many cases of deliberate injury but also from brazen vio- “Thus the buyer is pro- ABharat Package to revive 0;96./.90;9+/,-67 the declining numbers in recent from India and Bangladesh. The plea filed by 62 home inordinate delays in handing lation of their right to life and tected as the project is ring- the rural and agriculture econ- 59+2-08022/+80=.2/+> weeks. The Region still reports Home to one-fourth of the buyers has also sought a direc- over possession and customers livelihood, the plea said. fenced from the vagaries of omy, as many as 1.5 crore  0?69+98/082-+> large numbers of Covid-19 worlds' population, the Region tion to all the states to enforce lodge complaints but police The PIL contended that non-approvals or delays in farmers, including fishermen >0979- +09-.>>98;>9+7 cases. We need to continue to has reported over 8 million of ‘Model Builder Buyer don’t register FIRs, citing arbi- many developers across the approvals which are one of the and dairy farmers, have /968/2+8/.98+>6+8+7 do our very best to curtail the the nearly 40 million cases Agreement’ and ‘Model Agent trary clauses of the agreement. country still follow a major causes of delay for the been benefited with sanctioned pandemic,” said Dr Poonam globally, mostly from the most Buyer Agreement’ and to “Builders issue revised common practice of pre- project,” the plea said. credit limit of Rs 1.35 lakh The Government provides Khetrapal Singh, Regional populous countries which also take steps to avoid “mental, delivery schedule again and launching a project without The plea has also sought crore under the Kisan Credit interest subvention of 2 per Director WHO South-East Asia face unique demographic and physical and financial injury” again and adopt arbitrary securing requisite approvals directions to compensate the Cards (KCC). cent and Prompt Repayment Region in a statement here. geographic challenges. to customers. unfair restrictive trade prac- for the project from the author- buyers for losses incurred due In May this year, the Union Incentive of 3 per cent to the The upcoming festival sea- In India, the number of The plea has made tices. All this amounts to crim- ities, and term it as ‘soft launch’ to inordinate delays on the part Finance Minister Nirmala farmers, thus making the cred- son and the approaching win- new coronavirus infections Ministry of Housing and Urban inal conspiracy, fraud, cheating, or ‘pre-launch’ etc. thus, open- of Promoters-Builders and to Sitharaman announced a con- it available at a very subsidised ter/cold season threatens to reported daily dropped below Affairs, DLF Southern Homes criminal breach of trust, dis- ly violating the law but no recover their money. cessional credit boost worth Rs rate of 4 per cent per annum. aggravate the situation if we let 60,000 for the second time 2 lakh crore to 2.5 crore farm- The Government has taken our guards down, she said. this month, while the number ers through KCC issued by the major farmer friendly steps by Member countries have of fresh fatalities registered ")"-) government. extending the benefits of KCC been making concerted efforts across the country dipped +  3  & It is expected that the same with interest subvention in scaling up capacities for time- below 600 almost after three will help in reviving the rural 2019 to Animal Husbandry ly detection, testing, tracing months, the Union Health       economy and accelerating agri- including Dairy and Fisheries contacts, isolating the affected Ministry data said. &  + 1  &  cultural growth. The scheme farmers for their working cap- and providing hospital care to The total cases mounted to -  provides an additional liquid- ital requirement and raising the those who need it. “Our relent- 75,50,273 with 55,722 infec- ity of Rs 5 lakh crore in the existing limit of collateral free less efforts need to continue tions being reported in    "   6 3 " hands of farmers, who are suf- agriculture loan from Rs 1 with more vigor,” the Regional a day while death toll climbed  =6?6-+A court that allowing Nanded fering from the recent down- lakh to Rs 1.60 lakh. Director said. to 1,14,610 with 579 fatalities New Delhi: A plea has been filling all the advertised vacant gurudwara to hold Dusshera turn of economy. “While ensuring conve- This festive season we must being registered in a span moved in the Supreme Court posts in a bid to cause undue he Supreme Court on procession will not be a “prac- The KCC scheme was nient and cost-effective credit continue to take responsibility of 24 hours. seeking urgent hearing of the delay in the appointments there- TMonday asked the tically feasible option” amid launched to prevent farmers delivery to farmers, the ongo- PIL seeking directions to gov- by frustrating peoples’ right to Maharashtra State Disaster COVID-19 and the state has from getting loans on high ing campaign will also be ernment authorities for imple- information”. Management Authority taken a conscious decision of interest rates charged via instrumental in driving the menting top court’s directions It said that no reasons have (SDMA) to decide on the rep- not allowing religious functions money lenders in the unor- rural economy and further regarding appointment of been furnished by the Centre resentation by Nanded gurud- to check the spread of virus. ganised sector. accelerating agricultural pro- Information Commissioners as to why four vacancies were wara management board seek- During the hearing on Under the scheme, farmers duction and allied activities, within a stipulated time and in not filled pursuant to the adver- ing to hold Dusshera procession Monday, the advocate appear- can avail a loan as and when besides enhancing the income a transparent manner. tisement dated December 12, amid Covid-19 pandemic. ing for the petitioner said that they require. The scheme was level of farmers. This will also An application has been 2019 and the order of this court A bench headed by Justice the Centre has issued guide- launched in August 1998 and go a long way in fulfilling the filed by RTI activist Anjali dated December 16, 2019. It L Nageswara Rao, which lines on the issue and the state was prepared by National Bank objective of food security for Bhardwaj for urgent listing of claimed that Centre after filling assembled during the Dusshera too has not raised objection to for Agriculture and Rural our country,” the Ministry said the PIL filed by her on filling one vacancy at the CIC has vacation of the apex court to limited gatherings. Referring to Development (NABARD). in a statement. up of vacancies in Central now put out a new advertise- hear the matter, said the deci- the guidelines, he said for mar- Information Commission ment dated July 12. sion will have to be taken on riage 50 people are allowed and (CIC) and the State The application claimed the basis of ground situation. the gurdwara management Information Commissions that even the State governments The bench, also compris- board is not asking for “public -  '        5    (SICs), in view of top court’s failed to comply with the direc- ing Justices Hemant Gupta and participation” and there will be December 16, 2019, order. tions given by this court vide Ajay Rastogi, asked the gurud- only as many people and on a   =6?6-+A Minister of State Parashottam by cooperatives across the three years old for getting On December 16, last year, Judgment dated February 15, wara management to file its limited route. Rupala said that Ayushman country. NCDC finance, for this start-up the top court had directed the 2019. “The State Information representation with the SDMA “Your contention that the ith the Covid-19 pan- Sahakar would revolutionise the “The idea is to expand the scheme. So, this is a great Centre and state governments Commission (SIC) of by Tuesday. state government is not oppos- Wdemic bringing into way healthcare delivery takes umbrella particularly at a time scheme for start-ups. Besides, if to appoint information com- Maharashtra is functioning with The gurdwara manage- ing the procession is wrong,” focus the urgent need to boost place in rural areas. He also gave when there is an imminent these start-ups are founded by missioners within three months only five commissioners and ment board can move the the bench said, adding that 40- healthcare facilities in rural a call to the existing cooperatives need to strengthen healthcare women or those with disabili- in the CIC and the SICs, and there is a backlog of nearly Bombay High Court if it is not 50 people in the procession is areas, a unique scheme, to take up healthcare services as facilities in the rural area in the ties, they would get an interest said there was a need to evolve 60,000 appeals/complaints as satisfied with the decision of okay but who will control the “Ayushman Sahakar”, was an activity for farmers. wake of Covid-19 outbreak. subvention of 2 per cent.” guidelines to stop misuse of the of July 31, 2020”, it said, adding the SDMA, it said. crowds if the gathering unveiled on Monday. It offers Talking to media, Sundeep The scheme has comprehen- Any Cooperative Society Right to Information Act. that these vacancies were not The top court was hearing a becomes bigger on the road. easily-accessible low-interest Nayak, Managing Director of sive approach-hospitals, health- with suitable provision in its The urgent hearing appli- filled despite direction from the plea by ‘Nanded Sikh The petitioner’s counsel loans to cooperatives and star- NCDC, said, “This scheme care, medical education, nurs- byelaws to undertake health- cation of Bhardwaj said that the top court given in its February Gurudwara Sachkhand Shri said the management has tups keen to venture into an aligns itself with the focus of ing education, drug stores, care related activities would be December 16, last year order has 15, last year verdict. The apex Hazur Abchalnagar Sahib Board’ reduced the procession route to array of health related facilities the National Health Policy, paramedical education, health able to access the NCDC fund. not been complied with and the court, in its February 15, last year seeking permission to carry out 1.5 km and its timing can be that would ensure last-mile 2017, covering the health sys- insurance and holistic health The NCDC assistance will flow number of vacancies at the CIC verdict, had said that selection the customary procession on fixed in the evening to ensure delivery of healthcare services tems in all their dimensions- systems such as AYUSH. either through the State have now increased to six and of information officers should account of the 300-year old a small congregation; more- across the country. investments in health, organi- Ayushman Sahakar scheme Governments/UT administra- even the post of the Chief include people of eminence event — ‘Dusshera, Takht Isnan, over, the proceedings would be The apex autonomous zation of healthcare services, fund would also assist cooper- tions or directly to the eligible Information Commission has from various other fields and not Deepmala and Gurta Gaddi’ — telecast. “State is saying there is development finance institu- access to technologies, devel- ative hospitals take up med- cooperatives. Subsidy/ grant been vacant since August 27, be limited to bureaucrats and the with certain conditions. The a health risk,” the bench said. tion, National Cooperative opment of human resources, ical/Ayush education,” he from other sources can be 2020, “frustrating the order of exercise be conducted in a trans- plea has said that “Gurdwara Senior advocate Devdutt Development Corporation encouragement of medical plu- explained. dovetailed, the official added. this Court as well as citizens fun- parent manner. Takhat Shri Hazur Abchalnagar Kamat, who appeared for (NCDC), under the Union ralism, affordable health care to “Even if doctors come Nayak pointed out that the damental right to information”. It had also directed the is a pious place of world fame for Maharashtra along with state’s Agriculture Ministry, has farmers etc.” together to form a cooperative co-operative is a complete busi- It said that as of October Centre and eight states -- West being the last place of tenth Sikh standing counsel Sachin Patil, already created a loan kitty of In fact, co-operatives are and start a hospital or a centre ness model that competes in 15, 2020, the number of pend- Bengal, Orissa, Maharashtra, Guru Shri Guru Gobind Singh referred to the number of Rs 10,000 crore for the purpose already playing an increasing- with physiotherapy services, the market like any other and ing appeals/complaints before Gujarat, Nagaland, Andhra ji Maharaj, where he granted COVID-19 cases and deaths in aiming to boost the provision ly important role in various sec- we would be able to support existing cooperatives hospitals the CIC is more than 36,600. Pradesh, Kerala and Karanataka holy seat of Guru to the the state as well as in Nanded of healthcare services by coop- tors such as fisheries, sugar, them,” he said. have shown that they have The application said, “It is — to fill up the vacancies of ICs Gurugranth Sahiv ji before going area and said that authorities eratives which largely com- dairy, textile and agri-process- Talking about the eligibili- been earning good profits while further submitted that it appears in the CIC and SICs without any to Sachkhand”. have not allowed any kind of prise farmers in the country. ing among a few others. In the ty for availing the loan, Nayak reinvesting in improving ser- the UOI is resorting to issuing delay within a period of one The Maharashtra religious gatherings amid the Launching the scheme health sector, the NCDC has so said, “As our original guidelines vice quality, so ensuring its sus- fresh advertisements instead of month to six months. PTI Government has told the apex pandemic. online, Union Agriculture far financed a few hospitals run go, a cooperative has to be tainability.    !"#!"!" '

  !  O/     P         <5,+A He said though Fasal Fareed had any documentary evidence   % and two more members were linking the petitioner with smug- he gold smuggling scam and questioned by the NIA team in gling and terrorist related activities.  , %  " #   Tthe unauthorised Quran and UAE, it will take a long time for the Sivsankar is alleged to have links date import cases are destined to extradition of these people. with gold smuggling scam, money Agra: After months of hiatus due to Covid-19 pandemic, fizzle out in the coming months, a “Though they are in the custody laundering charges and Quran secondary schools from class 9 to class 12 have Bhadohi (): A the case was registered against the accused threatened to kill senior member of the probe agency of the UAE Police, we are in the import cases. reopened in Agra in compliance with strict measures case of gangrape has been Vijay Mishra, his son Vishnu her. told The Pioneer on condition of dark why these persons are not Senior lawyer K Ramkumar and protocols. An official said that special teams have lodged against jailed MLA Mishra and relative Vikas The officer said the woman anonymity. being dispatched to India. The representing the Customs been constituted to inspect the schools premises and Vijay Mishra, his son Vishnu Mishra under sections 376D moved to Mumbai feeling “The investigation process is UAE authorities have their own Department told the court that the also to review the arrangements of sanitisation and social Mishra and another relative in (gang-rape), 342 (wrongful threatened by the MLA fear but slow because of the non-coop- interests,” said the official. Customs needed some more time distancing norms inside the classrooms. Bhadohi, the police said. confinement) and 506 (crimi- came back to the state to file the eration by some of the suspects Meanwhile Kerala High to explain and furnish its stance in Students have been asked to bring their own food A woman, in her mid- nal intimidation) of the Indian case when she learnt that he and those who have been arrest- Court on Monday asked the this case to which the judge asked and water bottles, along with consent letters from par- thirties lodged the report at the Penal Code (IPC). The alleged was in jail in another case. ed. Though it is known that the top Customs and Enforcement them to come with the same on ents. Meanwhile, the recovery rate in the city has now Gopiganj police station on victim has been sent for a Vijay Mishra was arrested political leadership in the State is Directorate not to arrest M Friday when he would hear the gone up to 90.78 per cent. The samples' positivity rate Sunday, alleging that Mishra medical examination. in August in an alleged case of involved in these scams, docu- Sivsankar, the former principal case. is 2.84 per cent. The number of active cases is 485. sexually assaulted her several A senior police officer said property grabbing and is cur- mentary evidence is slow to come secretary to Chief Minister Sivsankar who had been The famous Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan will times at gunpoint in 2014. She the woman, who belonged to rently in Agra jail. as this involves many agencies. As Pinarayi Vijayan, till Friday. admitted to the Medical College remain shut 'indefinitely' from Monday, barely two days said that his son Vishnu Mishra Varanasi, alleged that she was Mishra won the 2017 on date, we are not in a position While hearing a plea moved Hospital because of “severe back- after it was reopened for devotees. and his relative Vikas Mishra called for campaigning in assembly election as a candi- to interrogate the Consulate by Sivsankar who sought antici- pain” was discharged from the The temple had reopened on Saturday, the first day also raped her. Bhadohi during the 2014 gen- date of the Nirbal Indian General office staff because of their patory bail from the arrest by hospital and left for of 'Navratri', after a seven-month closure due to the lock- Krishnanand Rai, inspector eral election. She alleged that Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal diplomatic immunity,” said the Customs , the judge asked the Thiruvananthapuram when he down. More than 25,000 devotees turned up to offer of Gopiganj police station, said when she tried to resist rape, (NISHAD) party. IANS official. Customs Department whether it was told about the court directive. prayers at the famous temple. IANS  (  )   5 %6     ,  ! 

   *  P      <5,+A )'8,(     #  employees attached to the garage being thrown out of their liveli-     ,) cocktail of Press and social hood. The staff of the loss making Amedia made an impact in corporation thought that they Kerala at an unbelievable speed. should not allow the “fence itself to KOCHI/CHENNAI: Chief Minister Government,” said Vijayan. The Pioneer in its Monday edition eat the crop”. Pinarayi Vijayan claimed on Monday Viijayan disclosed that on Monday, had carried a report with photo- “We got an order from the that Kerala was doing exceedingly 5,022 new persons were diagnosed graph of how high-end low floor headquarters at well in controlling the Covid-19 pan- with Covid-19. “There are 92,731 buses of Kerala State Road Thiruvananthapuram this morning demic. “Union Health Minister Harsh Covid-19 patients undergoing treat- Transport Corporation were to get rid of the entire wild growth Vardhan was praising Kerala for the ment in various hospitals,” he said. But dumped in the garage uncared and and clean the garage whatever the effective methods deployed by us in the number of samples tested on unattended for months. The entire cost may be. Till yesterday, nobody controlling Covid-19. Our perspective Monday were just 36,599 samples. fleet of buses were covered with had uttered anything about this is that he was praising the State,” said Neighbouring Tamil Nadu sus- shrubs and wild growth of bushes garage but the entire situation Vijayan during his media briefing on tained its Covid-19 control measures grown around the parking space. changed overnight. The company Monday. for the third week in succession. The Kuttan Pillai, a farmer in the management rang up many times The Union Health Minister during bulletin released by the directorate of State drew the attention of Chief to find out what was happening,” his weekly interaction on Sunday had public health and preventive medicine Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on a staff member told this newspaper. criticised the Kerala government for its stated that 3,536 new persons were Sunday through a tweet about the Kuttan Pillai was all praise for failure to sustain the initial momentum diagnosed across Tamil Nadu on condition of these public sector the report. “I never knew the of the preventive measures to contain Monday while 49 persons succumbed vehicles. He had offered to launch KSRTC runs this fast. We are Covid-19. “The union minister is not to the pandemic. The number of active cultivation of snake gourds in the indebted to The Pioneer ,” he said aware of what happened in Kerala after- patients in the State as on Monday were space between the buses on a in a tweet on Monday. wards. There were certain people in 38,093. Chennai tested 885 positive lease basis and this found many ter. But the management of KSRTC the garage at Ernakulam Central growing snake gourds in the garage Thanks to Pillai’s uncondi- Kerala who wanted to derail the Corona cases while the number of patients test- takers. took instant action and removed Bus Station wore a new look devoid may bring in some money to the tional offer catalyzed by the report, pandemic preventive measures which ed positive in Coimbatore came down It is not known whether the the entire bushes, shrubs and wild of even a grass. farmer and the government. But the powers that be saw the writing were being implemented by the Kerala to 290. PNS message received the chief minis- growth around the buses. By noon, The management felt that they do not want the hundreds of on the wall of the garage.  ,   %       

  A#  earlier on and now realising that so that all the schemes can be said recounting how a <5-< it had backfired she is trying to implemented.” large number of reforms had      befool them with small conces- Attacking the Trinamool been carried out by the Modi he Centre is determined to sions.” Government, Nadda said how the Government. Timplement Citizenship Speaking about the delay of its Chief Minister had not only “In the case of labour laws we Lucknow: The has Assembly polls. frontal units Akhilesh Yadav has been Amendment Act and it will take implementation he said “due to blocked one central scheme “but have done away with many of started preparing for the 2022 Assembly Meanwhile, the decision of the working during the lockdown, con- place at any cost, BJP national corona situation the process got all the central projects like the them like the Plantation Labour elections in Uttar Pradesh. party to invite applications from aspir- necting with party workers virtually. president JP Nadda said on delayed but it is very much in the Ayushman Bharat that has bene- Act. We have now added Party President Akhilesh Yadav has ing candidates, has put those sitting “The party is busy consolidating the Monday. Government’s agenda and will be fited 55 crore people have been it with the Minimum Wages Act invited applications from potential can- MLAs of other parties -- who were plan- organisation at the booth level and party Nadda who promised a whole implemented … for which rules stopped from coming to Bengal… so that even the plantation work- didates for the Assembly polls. ning to switch over to the SP for the next president has asked leaders and work- lot of things in a meeting of party are being framed and soon the It is for the people to take a vow ers will get the wages like their Aspiring candidates can submit elections -- in a dilemma. ers to connect to the people at the grass- workers in Siliguri said that “our process will start.” that after the next April the BJP other counterparts,” he said applications from Monday until January A two-term BJP MLA, who spoke roots level and understand and address Government is different from Saying that the Narendra Government will be in place in promising projects for the 26, 2021 at the party's state headquarters on condition of anonymity, said, “It is dif- their problems,” said Chaudhary. the one led by Chief Minister Modi Government had per- Bengal so as to implement all such Gorkhas, Rajbanshis and other in Lucknow. The 47 Assembly segments ficult for me at this stage to join the SP The Samajwadi Party has already Mamata Banerjee whose formed on most promises he said people’s schemes.” groups residing in North that were won by the SP in 2017 and the because that would deprive me of my announced its decision to go it alone in Trinamool Congress oppresses how 8 crore people had been ben- The Modi Government had Bengal. seven seats where by-elections are sched- Assembly membership and there is still the next Assembly elections though it the people for four years and efited from the Prime Minister brought a whole lot of reforms so Saying that various aspira- uled to be held on November 3, are a one-and-a-half-year term left. I will may opt for seat adjustment with small- offers doles in the last one year Kisan Sanman Nidhi which was as to improve the quality of lives tions of the people of North exempted from this process and appli- have to negotiate with the SP leaders and er parties. In the ongoing by-elections for before the elections … we per- “unfortunately stopped from of the people of India he said Bengal related to Railway con- cations for these constituencies will not then decide what is to be done. There are seven Assembly segments, the party has form that we promise. So CAA is being implemented in Bengal by adding how2.2 crore people got nectivity will be addressed soon be accepted, said party spokesman more than a dozen sitting MLAs from left the Bulandshahr seat for the sure to happen and the process is Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee,” electricity in their houses. “In your he said that Railway Minister Rajendra Chaudhary. various parties who want to contest the Rashtriya Lok Dal. Akhilesh has already on,” complaining how the adding, “now it is your responsi- state about 1000 villages have no Piyush Goyal will soon sit with the This, party sources said, implies that 2022 elections on the SP ticket.” announced that he would leave the “Hindus were discriminated bility to throw the TMC power and the BJP is determined MPs of North Bengal and address almost all the sitting MLAs of the party Meanwhile, the SP has already Jaswantnagar seat for uncle Shivpal against by the Chief Minister Government and bring in the BJP to reach power to their houses,” he their issues. will be re-nominated for the next revamped its party organisation and the Singh Yadav. IANS          '5 5   *  /  (  4           ;09   1212  !  ( #    %     @  -A0 + will be conducted on the age of (       * HA land to the poor people in the capital region, the accused child. Only then , 37; % (    J which demonstrates his so-called love he Hathras incident has will the further action be decid-    =BA “Home department will give %     *> t a time when agitations in support of towards the poor. Tnot cooled down yet that ed. instructions to maintain social dis-    + J( (  J Ajust one capital at Amaravati have Parisapogu Srinivasa Rao, AP Madiga such a shocking incident has A man living in an area of arties at Goa's night clubs should tancing. Right now, parties should   J N,% O crossed 300 days, some people and Dalit Reservation Porata Samiti (MRPS) leader come to light again in Aligarh. ??Anoopshahar Road in Kwarsi Pnot start right away, but tourism not start. @ % = + organisations are also protesting in support questioned the Left parties as to why they A six-year-old child has been area has three children. The activity should be conducted by Tourism activity should be car-  *  %>   of the capital city trifurcation. are supporting Naidu, who is allegedly accused of raping a girl of same middle child is six years old. maintaining social distancing ried out with social distancing,” (    Dalit organisations are carrying out obstructing the sanction of free land to the age in the kwarsi area. The inci- Her mother reached the police norms, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant told reporters on the side- ,  G>   protests at Mandadam and Tallayapalem in poor. dent is said to be six days old. station and told that her daugh- Sawant said on Monday. lines of a function in Panaji.    Tullur Mandal, demanding decentralisa- Amaravati region MRPS convenor The police got into action ter had been raped by a neigh- Sawant's comments came a day Goa is one of the leading beach +  >   tion. Mallavarapu Nagayya Madiga, Chette Raju, when the parents of the girl bour. She told that the incident after photographs of dance-floors of and nightlife tourism destinations %   (  Vadithya Shankar Naik, a Dalit rights state Mala Mahanadu leader Satta Yohan complained to the police. took place on October 12 at leading night clubs in Goa packed in the country, whose nightclubs      % leader criticized former Chief Minister Nara Raju and other leaders protested in support Shortly, the girl was sent for around 3.30 pm. with party-goers went viral on located along the coastal belt, are < >     Chandrababu Naidu that he is only work- of three capitals for the southern state. medical examination. The girl was playing at the social media. popular with locals as well as *>'     ing for the progress of one section of the Earlier, several minority rights organ- Also, the police went to the door of the house. Then her The Chief Minister also said tourists.   L-   M people. isations' representatives have also protest- house if accused child and ball went to the neighbor's that in light of the viral photos, the The state currently has report-   %    “He never did justice to north Andhra ed in Mandadam, in support of the three questioned him. At the house. When she went to get Goa Home Department would be ed a total number of 40,746 con-        and Rayalaseema regions,” said Naik. He capitals, not very far from where the local moment, a lawsuit has been the ball, she was caught by the issuing instructions to the clubs to firmed cases out of which 3,283 are  % >     said Naidu is blocking the sanction of the people are demanding one capital. filed. A medical examination child of the family living there. maintain social distancing. active. )     -'$ '     7   % = 1:   BK!>  6+$   3       *>*@A Similarly, with 5984 fresh 19 toll in Mumbai rose from Srinagar: Jammu infections, the total number of 9,785 to 9,819 while the infect- youth in Meerut district attacked his father and   +G6 @ & Kashmir on n what came as a huge relief infections breached the 16 ed cases went up by 1,234 to Aslashed his neck with a knife when the latter asked Monday reported Ito the state health authorities, lakh-mark as the total cases trigger a jump in the total him not to play PUBG, a Chinese gaming app which has he Tamil Nadu government on 427 new Covid- the Covid 19-triggered deaths increased from from 15,95,381 number of infections in the been banned by the Centre, police said on Monday. TMonday announced 10 crore aid 19 cases, taking dropped to 125 and the inflec- to 16,013,65. metropolis from 241,935 to The father was severely injured in the incident and to Telangana for relief works in flood- the Union tions plummeted to 5,984 in Of the total 125 deaths 2,43,169. later, the accused, identified as Amir, also stabbed him- affected Hyderabad and other districts. Territory's coron- Maharashtra on Monday, even reported on Monday, Mumbai On a day when 15,069 self with the knife. Both, father and son have been admit- Chief Minister E.K. Palaniswami avirus tally to as the total number of infec- accounted for a maximum of people were discharged from ted to the Meerut Medical College. conveyed in a letter to his Telangana 88,369, while nine tions in the state crossed a grim 43 deaths, followed by 15 in various hospitals in the state, According to reports, the incident took place on counterpart K. Chandrasekhar Rao deaths in the past 16 lakh milestone. Pune and 14 in Thane. the number of people dis- Thursday in Jamnanagar in Kharkhoda town of the dis- that he has ordered immediate con- 24 hours took the A day after the state logged In the lower range, there charged from various hospitals trict but was not reported to the police immediately. tribution of 10 crore from the Chief UT's Covid death 150 deaths, the Covid-19 curve were seven deaths in in after full recovery since the sec- The youth attacked his father, Irfan, after he asked Minister's Public Relief Fund as a token toll to 1,388. appeared to be flattening, as the Solapur, 6 each in Amravati ond week of March this year him to refrain from spending long hours at gaming. Upset of support. A statement deaths came down to as low as and Nagpur, 5 in Jalna, 4 each went up to 13,84,879. The with his father's criticism, Amir picked up a knife and The Tamil Nadu government will issued by the Information and patients, 417 from Jammu divi- 125 and infections dropped to in Ahmednagar, Sangli and recovery rate in the state rose slashed his father in the neck multiple times. Later, he also send blankets and mats as relief Public Relations Department sion and 364 from Kashmir a low of 5984. Both the fatali- Nanded, 3 in Kolhapur, 2 each from 85.86 per cent to 86.48 also slashed himself in the neck. materials to the affected families. said that of the 427 positive division, were discharged from ties and infections recorded on in Raigad, Nashik and Satara per cent. Circle Officer Devesh Singh said the youth slashed Palaniswami wrote that the heavy cases reported on Monday, 169 different hospitals. Monday were the lowest dur- and one death each in Palghar, Meanwhile, the mortality his father's neck when he asked him not to play the game. rains and unprecedented floods in the were from Jammu division and The number of active cases ing the last four months. Jalgaon, Ratnagiri, rate in the state stood at 2.64 The youth is also in critical condition. city of Hyderabad and in certain dis- 258 from Kashmir division. in the UT stands at 8,314 now, With 125 fresh deaths, the Aurangabad, Akola, Yavatmal, per cent. The number of “active The family of the youth said he was addicted to drugs tricts of Telangana have caused exten- Out of the total cases, of which 3,189 are from Jammu total number of deaths mount- Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. cases” in the state dropped and was undergoing treatment, said Inspector Arvind sive damage to property and have taken 78,667 have recovered com- division and 5,125 from ed from 42,115 to 42,240. With 43 deaths, the Covid- from 1,82,973 to 1,73,759. Mohan Sharma. a toll on people's lives. pletely. On Monday, 781 Kashmir division. IANS    !"#!"!"  0    (%D     C    %%D    D  &'$() (*+ $ %    " ( (   -      QR 5  !     ),             7  (  %,  %      3%  )           S    .          (               3,     %               ,    1 $    +                        2       9  $   *  9    *    ,      .5$S     )      P Q             +  *   .                                   S (                     (   1*(                             S         he recent judgement of        S             the Supreme Court on the petitions pertaining     < $              S  ( to the three-month                      - protests, held in Shaheen BaghT in South Delhi earlier this year,                        should clear the air in respect of the                     ( prevailing debate on how far one can                S   go while exercising the right to dis-                  )     sent. The key point is that the occu- pation of public thoroughfares while       S   S            ( registering a protest is not acceptable     7                  ( indefinitely.            + S         * S This judgement will have long- term implications on how political    +     5    +   == 9>    battles will henceforth be fought      .5$ *            (    .5$ when they spill out onto the streets,               0  *  P( because if the right to protest is an untrammelled right, the constitu-        +   *  Q 7        tional scheme could get disturbed. 15, 2019, onwards. demnation of the Constitution methods of revolution. It means    (  (            .   The judgement of the three- The central argument of those largely comes from two quarters, that we must abandon the            %  !  $    judge Bench, comprising Justices who objected to the Shaheen the Communist Party and the method of civil disobedience, Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Aniruddha Bagh protest, including Dr Nand Socialist Party.” The commu- non-cooperation and satyagra- 7         (      #        Bose and Krishna Murari, said that Kishore Garg, who petitioned the nists do not like it because they ha.” These methods were okay     1$        S        Article 19 was one of the corner- court, was that the protesters had A=65 want a Constitution based on the when there were no constitution- #              S      stones of the Constitution which blocked an important thorough- principle of dictatorship of the al methods of protest. “But where           2   S        ( conferred two treasured rights on fare and caused enormous incon-  5*5A=0 proletariat. “They (the commu- constitutional methods are open, citizens — the right to freedom of venience to commuters. The nists) condemn the Constitution there can be no justification for               )       *  speech and expression under Article right to protest should not result >,+,+5 because it is based on parliamen- these unconstitutional methods.       +      19(1)(a) and the right to assemble in the infringement of the right 5 6H6 - tary democracy.” The Socialists These methods are nothing but              5            peacefully without arms under to free movement of other citi- want to nationalise all private the grammar of anarchy and the Article 19(1)(b). “These rights, in zens. Dwelling on this issue, the property without payment of sooner they are abandoned, the    .5$ )                   cohesion, enable every citizen to court said: “We have, thus, no *5=+'A compensation. Second, they want better for us.”  S       9>     *  9      assemble peacefully and protest hesitation in concluding that ?5>-+H6 fundamental rights in the The Shaheen Bagh mode of    ?   *  9>            =@ against the actions or inactions of the such kind of occupation of pub- Constitution to be absolute and protest falls into the category State. The same must be respected lic ways, whether at the site in @66=@66 5 without any limitations, “so that mentioned by Dr Ambedkar —             A           and encouraged by the State, for the question or anywhere else for if their party fails to come into organising a blockade to prevent  #                      strength of a democracy such as ours protests, is not acceptable and the +6 566  power, they would have the people from using an important                      +   lies in the same.” However, it noted administration ought to take unfettered freedom not merely to public thoroughfare and dis- that these rights were subject to rea- action to keep the areas clear of 5*5H6+6 criticise, but also to overthrow the rupting normal life. And let *   < +              sonable restrictions. Referring to an encroachments or obstructions.” State”. there be no confusion about the                        earlier judgement of the court, it The court recalled the history > 6*6,5>  Just substitute the Congress primary intent of those who                     $   % said, “each fundamental right, be it of protest during the freedom party for the Socialist Party and promoted this “grammar of anar- of an individual or of a class, does movement. It said: “What must 0A=+6 it will appear as if Dr Ambedkar chy” — their dissatisfaction with *            7    5          not exist in isolation and has to be be kept in mind, however, is that is talking about what is happen- the peoples’ verdict of 2014 and   *  9 +  + *          balanced with every other contrast- the erstwhile mode and manner -?*6@G ing in India in the year 2020 2019 — more than anything else,      #              ing right. It was in this respect, that of dissent against colonial rule where political parties, which and their desire to unsettle a duly in this case, an attempt was made by cannot be equated with dissent in +6 -A*6= have been rejected by the elec- elected Government. The objec-             P*   Q    us to reach a solution where the a self-ruled democracy. Our con- torate, want to foment trouble on tions to the Citizenship         S         .5$        rights of protesters were to be bal- stitutional scheme comes with +?5>- the streets to disturb the demo- Amendment Act were just a )                    # .5$   anced with that of commuters”. the right to protest and express @6+6 cratic process. Let us not forget façade.  B46 9>   *  @@ #   )     + $  The court declared that democ- dissent but with an obligation that the Congress party’s vote Instead of promoting such racy and dissent go hand in hand, towards certain duties.” This is a  5 A6 share has crashed to less than 20 chaos for several months, it C+$D   . + $  C.+$D 9> # *           but then the demonstrations significant observation by the per cent and the vote share of the would have been better for the         . *           expressing dissent have to be in des- apex court. In fact, Dr BR ,5=A>A5=- two communist parties has hit protesters to move the Supreme                   5     ignated places alone. “The present Ambedkar, who headed the rock bottom and touched a low Court against the law made by case was not even one of protests Constitution Drafting 65=6 of 2.50 per cent. the Parliament. That would be                    # *   taking place in an undesignated area, Committee, dwelt on this very The second aspect Dr the appropriate constitutional      =@       BBE  (      (  ) but was a blockage of a public way issue in his concluding remarks +?5>- Ambedkar highlighted relates response that would have passed   =4           .5$         which caused grave inconvenience in the Constituent Assembly on to the modes of protest. He told muster with Dr Ambedkar. to commuters. We cannot accept the November 25, 1949, before the +H66 the citizens what they must do if Hopefully, the apex court’s                   "   plea of the applicants that an inde- Assembly put its final stamp of they wish to maintain democra- judgement should put an end to     .                ( terminable number of people can approval on the Constitution. *>6 ?A+ cy not merely in form but also in the Shaheen Bagh mode of    % (*               assemble whenever they choose to In that speech, Dr Ambedkar  *@6< fact. The first thing we must do protests and restore some order protest.” The blockade had resulted made two observations, which is to hold fast to the constitution- in the way we express dissent.              S     in the closure of the Kalindi Kunj- are very relevant to the present al methods to achieve our social (The writer is an author special-        9                Shaheen Bagh stretch, including the debate on democracy and dissent and economic objectives. “It ising in democracy studies. Views                    ( Okhla underpass, from December in the country. He said: “The con- means we must abandon bloody expressed are personal)  .                    3  5  642 ?    =  6    3  %  ?   (    %        ( (  (   A            %    %  (  (%    ,8,       !,   '             '          A(  3 '%3   (    %%       ((         !  6  ! $     

       )     /008978-/9 978-/9 89+878/8-/9 ++/109 #      #     K0 ,  K= * K0  K@ *                          (   2 2  1  2 3 22 (   4231         +     ,  ,  ! *   -  .     for her. For now, she is ready to # %         (    PQ    form a Government within three Sir — Maharashtra Governor weeks but has declined to com-       "     ( Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s letter to  0(+ A !0+A$1212' ment on whether she would              ( Chief Minister Uddhav A   ;8% 72:    % rule alone or form a coalition.   /            ( Thackeray on re-opening tem-           (   L M Khushboo Ved ples in the State was meant to         3 Ujjain      0         ( serve two purposes — to draw O + % % A !+A$- '               the Hindutva concept of religious A O 0+A  721 77:   A                                identity back to the discussion,    %        (  and the other, to bolster the core         Sir — With the onset of winter    # 1,         .       pitch of the BJP. In truth, his '78  O      3 begins the yearly theatrics of who          S            ( words give credence to the sus-    A             3 is responsible for the rising pol-                 picion that the values enshrined    %  '   (     lution in Delhi. While the BJP in the Constitution of India are     5  %    claims that there is more pollu-                       under siege indeed. The French         3  (   (    %!$   tion due to local factors, the State 2     ,                   adage, “the legislator becomes the     (   % (   %% 3 3 Government blames the ruling    (2 )  +   34            transgressor”, aptly describes the (%   (    %   %    '    party at the Centre and Congress Governor’s epistle, as he had (    %   3        of forming an alliance to allow           34              come close to denouncing the  ( A O L M        (    ( ,  stubble burning. Amid all this 5   Constitution.  (%%   M  %   '            %   political gamble, the rising air -                    Koshyari’s letter unsettles even %       %    #8.  pollution continues to affect the the ardent believers of Hinduism.    (   =  quality of life and subsistence of 64               +        He declares one is not a Hindu the city’s inhabitants. The Centre       )     * 7 *     until and unless he or she should initiate a joint plan with                       embraces the Hindutva doc-      political system was introduced pers at two Christchurch the support of the State trine. Koshyari told Thackeray in 1996. On the other hand, the mosques and a fatal volcano Governments of Delhi, Haryana,                   2    that the latter had become a “sec- Sir — New Zealand’s Prime opposition National Party was eruption. Having a solid interna- Punjab and Uttar Pradesh to      8    .    (         ular” Hindu, and thus, forsaken Minister Jacinda Ardern deliv- able to secure only 26.8 per cent tional following with her promo- make Delhi pollution-free. They                        his claim to be in the Hindutva ered the biggest election victory and just 35 seats in the 120-seat tion of issues, including women’s should also have a permanent stable. The country is now in dire for her Labour party in half a Assembly. The resounding victo- rights, social justice and multilat- ban on firecrackers and not just        -         %    need of a collective Opposition century. With all votes tallied, ry is due to Ardern’s progressive, eralism, Ardern has become a for the festive season.          -            ( forum and a stable, cogent leader Ardern’s party won 49 per cent, democratic governance, her lead- role model to many. However, Amit Singh Kushwaha      #    %           ( to save the very fabric of democ- bringing 64 seats and an outright ership in successfully curbing the there has been some criticism of Satna                        racy. parliamentary majority. This is spread of COVID-19 in the her economic policies. Also, a Haridasan Rajan the highest result that any party country, as well as her handling summer season with no interna- '      )                  Kozhikode has achieved since the current of the massacre of 51 worship- tional tourists will be a major test //9-/+5+89B;70,6+7    !"#!"!"   7    84123)5 !    !"#3521 !"#         AP    A  DE     A #                    ,    , D    E, 0%    % L  L# "  A           F &22%   *   "    9- , 9:()   !    ;   %& 6( 5                       , + !               %      )  #              (                   1   %             (                          (        %        (      *     *  $   C**$D            9 +  $  C9+$D                        7                  =?       F4  ##, 2              9+$ 8              9+$      ( he Finance Ministry is building pressure on the                   15th Finance Commission (15th FC) to allow        Tgreater flexibility while fixing the fiscal deficit #              (FD). It wants to adopt a flexible, range-bound FD            @E     target instead of a fixed number. With this aim in      #          ( mind, the Modi Government is reviewing the Fiscal                9  Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act. The issue was discussed at the Economic Advisory                   Council (EAC) of the 15th FC, wherein the chair-                man, NK Singh, cited a similar practice followed by     #            the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) with +/- two per                 cent inflation target while deciding its monetary pol- /              ( icy. The immediate prompt for this is the sharp con-         # %     traction in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by     (          ( about 24 per cent in the first quarter of the current           )      financial year (FY) and a corresponding steep reduc-          S   #  ( tion in tax collections even as the expenditure com-  * ) =4B4     ?44       C9#D  mitments are on the upswing (courtesy the two stim- +6 uli already given). As a result, on May 8, the A=,5 5 A5=5     BFG         ) )     Government raised its gross market borrowing tar-   =F4  9#         BF4  +6 =06 get for the FY 2020-21 to 12,00,000 crore, up from 56=556    =4=4       G44  9# # the 7,80,000 crore provided for in the Budget on            %$    B6  February 1. =G+A=0@66          ?@          Of this, the Government had already borrowed +=?+A ) # %  H   C%HD        7,66,000 crore during the first half of the current - 6G+6 6A=      B3F@         FY and plans to borrow the remaining 4,34,000 +6 @*-?K

 C8/D #    %H           crore by January 2021. At 12,00,000 crore, the bor- AO6=>*@6         8/ =4=4(=B )       rowing limit is already set at about 5.8 per cent of  06->  I?               ( the GDP — 2.3 per cent higher than the budgeted 6,6,->6K 20 from 3.3 per cent Budget Estimate (BE) Government has a lot of leeway — explic- up to one year), not a range. FD target of 3.5 per cent. With this and demand for >=-6AA+6 to 3.8 per cent in the Revised Estimate it as well as not so explicit. On the explic- It is argued that a range brings an ele-        B4             yet another Stimulus III gaining ground, it is not sur- (RE) and for FY 2020-21, from three per it side, we have seen the fiscal consolida- ment of predictability in knowing how far       #  "      A=6=5 prising that the Finance Ministry is building pres- *= A=A=+6 cent as per the glide path required under tion glide path made fairly liberal to suit the Government can go in expanding its                 ( sure on the 15th FC. During the current year, we have the Act to 3.5 per cent. The one big thing the budget math as also the revised FD borrowing programme and the resultant                an extraordinary situation, so one can understand A==,6*A=A G that she did last year was reducing the being significantly higher than the target impact on crucial parameters like bond               the desperation. But it is important to recall here that 5+H6@5+' Corporate Tax rate, which meant a rev- — yet going unpunished (for instance, yields, interest rate; hence helpful in    #         #     in his budget speech for 2016-17, the then Finance =*6-G =06 enue loss of close to 1,50,000 crore annu- during 2008-09, the actual FD was six per boosting investor confidence. This is a friv-                  Minister Arun Jaitley had announced the ?6--+6 ally. The reform was far-reaching and cent against the target of three per cent as olous argument. Whether it is one fixed             #     Government’s intent to review the FRBM Act 6,6,->6 structural but one wonders whether this per the FRBM Act, 2003). On the not so number or a range, there is predictabili- "            #  (2003) with a view to make the target flexible (that +?5>-@6 was an event not anticipated by the explicit side, DSPs and EBRs have been ty in both the scenarios. The difference is   $  9   *  C$9*D    the announcement was made following the year AA=06=>5> Government. used to camouflage the true deficit. notional as in a range, one looks at the 2015-16, when it had achieved the FD target of 3.9 +67&+, Ironically, the above numbers do not If the FD range gets embedded in the upper end. Unpredictability arises when                    per cent, sounds a bit anomalous). He had set up a give the true picture of the FD as a lot of FRBM Act, this will amount to giving legal things such as DSPs/EBRs are done out-    9+$             +5>- 6 A= committee under NK Singh (it included among oth-  5*05A=05  expenses, despite being a liability of the sanction to slippages. It will defeat the very side the FRBM framework; sadly, those are                ers, the then Chief Economic Adviser, Arvind sovereign Government, are kept off its bal- purpose of fixing a target which is to oblig- swept under the carpet.           Subramanian, and the then Deputy Governor, RBI, =063@5>= ance sheet. These are deferred subsidy pay- ate the Government to keep the excess of Another argument in support of # %             Urjit Patel) to examine the issue. +66O= ments (DSPs) and extra-budgetary its expenses over revenue within a spec- range is what some experts describe as                ( The committee recommended a “glide path” for  =06*6= resources (EBRs), a nickname for borrow- ified limit. The moment the law itself pre- reinforcing “counter-cyclical” objectives.               the next six years, beginning 2017-18. It recommend- +5>-,5=A=>6 ings by Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) scribes a range, say of three per cent-3.5 Put simply, when the economy is on a   )     $9*S        ed a FD target of 2.5 per cent, revenue deficit 0.8 per ?A+>A@-6 and other agencies of the Government on per cent, even the most discerning downswing, then the Government needs            #       ( cent, combined Centre-State debt ceiling of 60 per A=, 66A=+6 its behalf. Including these off-balance sheet Government will take the higher end of to undertake major investment to rein in                cent and a Central debt ceiling of 40 per cent for 6 *AA@-6 items, the FD for 2017-18 and 2018-19 the range as the benchmark as from a legal the slide and put the economy back on the 2022-23. Further, it fixed three per cent FD to be @ 6,+>=6 +6 would be about 5.9 per cent and 5.7 per standpoint, violation will happen only growth trajectory. It is primarily to tack-             ( achieved during 2018-19. It also allowed the cent respectively. For 2019-20, including when the actual exceeds 3.5 per cent. le extraordinary situations such as during       #        ( 6,6,->6 Government to breach the target — by up to 0.5 per --+A6= DSPs alone, FD would be 5.1 per cent. Add To put it differently, providing for a the current year that a 0.5 per cent cush-        /           cent — in case of “far-reaching structural reforms EBRs and the deficit will gallop. For 2020- range is a more subtle and sophisticated ion is permitted as per the 2018-19     (           ( with unanticipated fiscal implications.” -A06>,+ 21, the likely deficit of 5.8 per cent is exclu- way of embedding in the legislation a more amendment to the FRBM Act.        (    -        ( In the amendment to the FRBM Act vide  =6@  sive of DSPs and EBRs. relaxed target without catching the atten- The incorporation of FD range does                 ( Finance Bill 2018-19, even while retaining the “escape +5>-@6 There is a short provision in the tion of the not so discerning eye. not offer anything better than what is < -         *   clause” to cover unanticipated events, the  5+A@A6 Budget: Food subsidy about 1,03,000 The comparison with inflation target- already there in the FRBM law—fixed +              ( Government adopted the glide path of achieving crore and fertiliser subsidy around 80,000 ing under the monetary policy to justify number FD target plus escape        *  %  !   three per cent FD by 2020-21 instead of 2018-19 crore. Plus, there will be a huge shortfall FDI range is not all fours. While, the FD clause—unless it is the intent of mandarins               =644    =4B? mooted by the committee. Further, it set the debt limit in proceeds from disinvestment by at least target has a direct bearing on budgeting in the Finance Ministry to have both, of 40 per cent for the Centre to be reached by 2024- 1,50,000 crore as big ticket sales such as by the Centre (a swing of 0.1 per cent namely range as well as the escape clause.  6?444    =4=? 25 instead of the committee’s mandate of 2022-23. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited either way makes a difference of 20,000 That would be disingenuous. The 15th FC # %            ) This cherry-picking may be seen in the back- (BPCL) and Life Insurance Corporation crore in its borrowing limit), inflation tar- should refrain from going for a range-          ?44  9#      drop of the Government missing the FD target for (LIC) are unlikely to go through during geting by the RBI does not impact the bound FD. The extant arrangement     2       S     # 2017-18 by 0.3 per cent and seeing no hope of achiev- the current year. This adds up to two per finances of banks. For a proper compar- should continue with suitable increase in                   ing three per cent during 2018-19 as recommend- cent, taking the total to 7.8 per cent. ison, we need to look at the RBI mandat- the permissible breach under the escape            ed by the committee. While presenting Budget 2020- Including EBRs, the FD could touch 10 per ed “provisioning” for a loan that becomes clause. All hidden slippages such as DSPs C      D 21, Sitharaman has already invoked the escape clause cent. Already, under the existing dispen- an NPA. That is a fixed number, say 25 per and EBRs should be prohibited. of the FRBM Act to relax the FD targets for FY 2019- sation of FD being a fixed number, the cent (for an account remaining unpaid for (The writer is a policy analyst)     ,     8314 5:                          

States such as Uttar Pradesh (UP), lenge. Even Kerala, despite its high liv- sions grew 1.7 per cent in 2018 to India’s share of renewable energy in its the GDP, where a smaller value is Jharkhand and Odisha still lag behind ing standards, has witnessed glaring- reach a historic high of 33.1 gigatons final energy consumption stands at always desirable, as it points towards the national average. Rural areas of UP ly low progress in this aspect. Also, as of CO2 globally. It was the highest rate 32.2 per cent as of 2017 and has been greater energy efficiency. and Jharkhand are most deprived with per NSS-76, there exists a blatant, of growth since 2013, and 70 per cent suffering a decline for the last many India has made significant 80 and 85 per cent access to electric- countrywide rural-urban divide in the higher than the average increase since years. Even though India’s share of progress in delivering energy efficien- ity respectively. access to clean fuel. 2010. However, the global energy renewable energy is higher than coun- cy. It has done better than major According to the National Family On average, the beneficiaries of demand in the first quarter of this year tries like Russia, the US, China, Japan economies, namely China, the US, @ A=0*N5= Health Survey (NFHS)-4, in 2015-16, the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana declined by 3.8 per cent relative to the and Europe, the decline in this share Russia and several European countries. 5+66- '()* ""+ ** Bihar ranked at the bottom of all States (PMUY) go for only 3.1 LPG cylinder first quarter of 2019, resulting in five must be controlled. Whereas for It has showcased exemplary perfor- 4*9 )4(1 with just 60 per cent of its households refills in a year. For the year 2019-2020, per cent lower CO2 emissions as well. countries mentioned above, in order mance on this front and achieved an A   (    having access to power. Since then, it around 4.14 crore families never But this seemingly desirable change, to be able to sustain the share of energy intensity level of 4.1 to 5.1 %   has made significant progress in opted for a refill of more than three that was mainly caused by the nation- renewables in their total energy mix, megajoules per US dollar (MJ/$) that   (     ( he United Nations’ Sustainable expanding its electricity access to cylinders. Madhya Pradesh, UP and al lockdowns, may not continue for intense efforts for increasing that is even lower than the global average     Development Goal (SDG) 7.1 near-universal coverage in the last Rajasthan fared the worst in this more than a few months. share must be realised too. of 5.4 MJ/$. Energy efficiency and Taims to ensure universal access three years. But despite attaining regard. According to the information To sustainably move towards a The Energy Statistics 2020 has increasing share of renewables are fun-    to affordable, reliable and modern near-universal electrification for the given in the Rajya Sabha recently, since better future, it is now essential that reported a substantial growth in the damental in achieving several other  '   energy services by 2030. India’s jour- majority of States, securing continu- the beginning of the new financial year we cope with our energy needs, giv- renewable energy share in the total sustainable development goals.   % ney so far has been remarkable in ous and quality supply of power to in April till August, around 1.84 crore ing due consideration to the environ- installed electricity generation from Without accelerated clean energy    (  achieving near-universal access to remote villages and poorest house- families refilled their LPG cylinders ment that has been long neglected and 13.4 per cent (2015-2016) to 17.7 per innovation and transition towards @  O       electricity in the last one decade. As holds still remains a big concern. only once. This information came in continues to be so. The energy tran- cent (2017-2018), owing to significant renewables, the 2030 agenda seems per the “Saubhagya” dashboard, 99.9 Compared to electricity access, even as the Government claimed of sition from conventional to renewable investments and expansions made in far-fetched. ( > O  per cent of rural households in the larger variations can be observed in the providing free cylinders to the poor sources is the biggest need of the hour. wind and solar power generation. A As the nation faces the grim eco-    >< country have been electrified and less access to clean fuel among the States. during the lockdown. Hence, the Owing to this, SDG target 7.2 aims to recent International Energy Agency nomic impact of the pandemic, ener- %  @  % than 20,000 homes lacked electricity Meghalaya, West Bengal, and challenge further remains to not only increase the share of renewable ener- analysis shows that in 2018, India’s gy efficiency offers several opportuni-       access as of March 2019, but as per Empowered Action Group (EAG) increase the access to cleaner fuels for gy in the global energy mix by 2030. investment in solar energy was greater ties to provide the much-needed NSS-76, more than six per cent house- States, excluding Uttarakhand, still lag households, but to increase the over- Among the BRICS nations, Brazil than in all fossil fuel sources of elec- boost to the economy in the form of   (  holds in rural areas and one per cent in providing universal access to clean all consumption per family. has been leading the way in the share tricity generation put together. SDG- employment generation and so on,       in urban areas had no access to elec- cooking fuels, and every second Energy production of all types of renewable power in its total ener- 7.3 aims to double the global rate of although a great deal of uncertainty       tricity till December 2018. household has no access to it. This sig- contributes to about 70 per cent of car- gy mix, drawing advantage from its energy efficiency by 2030. Energy exists with regard to SDG-7. 0 %     A majority of the States have nificantly low national average poses bon dioxide (CO2) emissions across high potential of electricity production intensity indicates the amount of (The writers are researchers, !    $ above 97 per cent access, but larger a core developmental and health chal- the globe. Energy-related CO2 emis- from wind and solar energy sources. energy needed to produce one unit of International Institute for Population)    !"#!"!"  /

)    #      %   

Bangkok: Thai authorities ered sacrosanct and tough laws the country. ( ! worked Monday to stem a protect it from insult. Police also searched the growing tide of protests calling It has also raised the risk of office of a publishing house that for the Prime Minister to resign confrontation in a country handles books by Thai and for- by threatening to censor news where calls for political change eign scholars with sometimes +  , & coverage, raiding a publishing have a history of being met controversial perspectives. house and attempting to block with military intervention or Same Sky publishing house New York: Democratic presi- opponents in this race… you the Telegram messaging app even violence. said police took away copies of dential candidate Joe Biden is think the Chinese gave Hunter used by demonstrators. Authorities are now three titles that had been sold not good for India as he could Biden $1.5 billion … because he The efforts by Prime increasingly turning to cen- at a recent book fair in a bun- be soft on China, US President was a great businessman, or Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha’s sorship to try to clamp down dle it called Monarchy Studies, Donald Trump’s son said at an because they knew the Bidens government to drain the stu- on the demonstrations after and asked their publisher to event to celebrate the “success” could be bought, and therefore dent-led protests of support protesters heckled a royal come for questioning at their of his book that talks about graft soft on China,” he said. and the ability to organise motorcade last week in a once station. allegations against the Bidens. Trump Jr was referring to comes as they have grown in unthinkable scene. Deputy police spokesman Trump Jr is leading the re- the latest allegations of corrup- the capital and spread around With protesters starting to Kissana Phataracharoen also election campaign of his 74- tion against the Biden family as the country, despite an emer- gather for three new rallies in confirmed an order signed by year-old father. The presidential revealed by The New York Post. gency decree, which bans pub- Bangkok on Monday evening, the chief of police that could elections in the US are slated to “Therefore, (Joe Biden is) lic gatherings of more than a top official with the National allow officials to block access to be held on November 3. bad for India,” he said in his four people in Bangkok, out- Broadcasting and news sites that give what he “We have to understand the address at the meet and greet laws news said to affect nation- Telecommunications called “distorted information.” threat of China and no one event along with Kimberly al security and gives authori- Commission confirmed Under existing laws, the knows that probably better than Guilfoyle, who is leading the ties broad power to detain reports that the agency had National Broadcasting and Indian-Americans,” Trump Jr, fund-raising efforts of Trump’s people. been ordered to block access to Telecommunications told a select group of support- re-election campaign. The mostly young protest- $ 5       5         )  !   % ! the messaging app Telegram. Commission and the Ministry ers from the community at the The book, signed copies of ers have gathered en masse ,  #  -$ Suthisak Tantayothin said of Digital Economy and Society event in Long Island, New York. which were handed out to par- across Bangkok the past six it was in the process of talking are empowered to ban broad- In his book “Liberal ticipants of the event, reflects, days to push their demands, Prayuth, an army commander to favour a pro-military party. demand for checks and bal- with internet service providers casts and block internet con- Privilege”, he has documented according to Trump Jr, on the which also include a contro- who led a 2014 coup, was The protesters say a constitu- ances on the monarchy has to discuss doing so, but so far tent. Police themselves can allegations of corruption against “corrupt practices” of the Biden versial call for reform of the returned to power unfairly in tion written and passed under deeply angered conservative the encrypted messaging app also do so under the emergency Biden’s family, particularly family. PTI monarchy. last year’s general election military rule is undemocratic. Thais — and broken a taboo favored by demonstrators the decree, which went into effect against his son Hunter Biden. The protesters charge that because laws had been changed But their more recent since the monarchy is consid- world over was still available in October 15. AP “When you look at our + 5-   6        (   (    =" R      !.0    5(     / / ,  + !  ,  New York: Describing <2  Beijing: China said Monday Cong Peiwu, branded pro- companies operating in Hong President Donald Trump as that it has complained to democracy protesters in Hong Kong SAR, you should support   India’s “good friend”, a group Canada for allegedly condon- Kong as violent criminals and those efforts to fight violent of Indian-Americans have London: The number of con- has been driven by a surge in ing anti-China comments that said if Canada grants them asy- crimes,” Cong said last week in urged the community mem- firmed COVID-19 cases across Europe, which has seen over appeared in Canadian media lum it would amount to inter- a video news conference from Karachi: Pakistan’s deposed Pakistan People’s Party-ruled bers across the country to the planet has surpassed 40 mil- 240,000 confirmed virus deaths following controversial remarks ference in China’s internal the Chinese Embassy in prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s Sindh government distancing support and vote for the lion, but experts say that is only in the pandemic so far. made by the Chinese ambas- affairs. Ottawa. son-in-law Capt (retd) itself from the arrest, Safdar was Republican leader in the the tip of the iceberg when it Last week, the World Health sador. “If the Canadian side real- Cong was asked whether Muhammad Safdar was on released by a judicial magistrate November 3 elections. comes to the true impact of the Organization said Europe had a Ties between the coun- ly cares about the stability and his remarks amounted to a Monday briefly arrested from against surety bonds of Rs Al Mason, co-chair of the pandemic that has upended life reported a record weekly high of tries are at their lowest point in the prosperity in Hong Kong, threat, to which he replied, his hotel room in Karachi, a day 100,000. Trump Victory Indian and work around the world. nearly 700,000 cases and said the years amid China’s outrage and really cares about the good “That is your interpretation.” after he staged a protest at the Maryam told reporters that American Finance The milestone was hit region was responsible for about over Canada’s detention of a top health and safety of those On Saturday, the Toronto Sun tomb of the country’s founder she would leave Karachi with Committee, on Sunday said Monday morning, according to a third of cases globally. Britain, executive of Chinese telecoms 300,000 Canadian passport- published an editorial calling and attended a joint opposition her husband as he had been the Indian-American com- Johns Hopkins University, France, Russia and Spain giant Huawei. Last week, holders in Hong Kong, and the on Cong to either apologize or rally. released on bail. munity has emerged as a which collates reports from account for about half of all new China’s ambassador to Canada, large number of Canadian leave Canada. AP “Police broke my room “Aboard the flight to force to reckon with for the around the world. cases in the region, and countries door at the hotel I was staying Lahore. Thank you Karachi! first time in the history of the The actual worldwide tally like Belgium and the Czech at in Karachi and arrested Capt You won me over,” she tweet- US presidential election. of COVID-19 cases is likely to Republic are facing more intense Safdar,” said Safdar’s wife ed. “Your support will con- be far higher, as testing has outbreaks now than they did in        Maryam, who addressed the Maryam said the tribute to President Trump’s been variable, many people the spring. large anti-government rally in Opposition parties will con- win,” he said. have had no symptoms and WHO said the new mea- the port city on Sunday. tinue their protests until Prime “This is a historical elec- some governments have con- sures being taken across Europe    +  - She said she was asleep Minister Imran Khan is tion where we all e have to cealed the true number of are “absolutely essential” in stop- when the police “barged in” her removed from power. make a simple choice. Do we cases. To date, more than 1.1 ping virus from overwhelming Athens: A prosecutor on of the former lawmakers was Monday night or Tuesday hotel room where he was stay- Safdar was arrested after a want better economy, less million confirmed virus deaths its hospitals. Those include new Monday recommended that all a flight risk or at risk of re- morning. ing with her husband. first information report (FIR) taxes and smaller govern- have been reported, although requirements on mask-wearing former lawmakers of Greece’s offending while they remain The lengthy sentencing Safdar was arrested a day was registered against him, ment, then let’s re-elect experts also believe that num- in Italy and Switzerland, closing extreme right Golden Dawn out of jail, and said most had procedure caps a marathon, after he raised slogans at Maryam and 200 others for President Trump? You want to ber is an undercount. schools in Northern Ireland party who have been convict- a clean criminal record prior politically charged five-year Pakistan’s founder Mohammad violating the sanctity of the have a good friend for India, The U.S., India and Brazil and the Czech Republic, closing ed and sentenced to prison for to this. trial that involved 68 defen- Ali Jinnah’s (Quaid) mau- Quaid’s mausoleum. first time ever, let’s elect are reporting by far the high- restaurants and bars in Belgium, leading or participating in a A final decision on dants, dozens of lawyers and soleum just before the second Complainant Waqas President Trump,” said emi- est numbers of cases — 8.1 mil- implementing a 9 pm curfew in criminal organisation should whether the sentences will be encompassed four cases, rally of the Pakistan Ahmed alleged that the PML- nent Indian businessman lion, 7.5 million and 5.2 million France and having targeted lim- be allowed to remain free suspended pending appeal is including the fatal stabbing of Democratic Movement’s N leaders, along with 200 of Chintu Patel. PTI respectively — although the ited lockdowns in parts of the until their appeal has been to be made by the panel of a left-wing Greek rap singer, (PDM) – an alliance of 11 their followers, reached the global increase in recent weeks U.K. AP heard. judges trying the case follow- and physical attacks on opposition parties. Quaid’s grave where Safdar Prosecutor Adamantia ing summations by defense Egyptian fishermen and left- After much hue and cry on jumped over the grill sur- Economou argued that none lawyers, and is expected either wing activists. AP the political scenario with the rounding it. PTI Q     %      =    )% RQ'%  >  9 R   R    ?+A=05=

Paris: French police on Some in the crowd chant- he Supreme Court is Monday raided the homes of ed “I am Samuel”, echoing the Tagreeing to review a dozens of suspected Islamist 2015 “I am Charlie” rallying Trump administration policy terrorists three days after the call by supporters of free that makes asylum-seekers beheading of a teacher who speech. wait in Mexico for U.S. Court had shown his pupils car- Paty, 47, was murdered on hearings. toons of the Prophet his way home from the school As is typical, the court did Mohammed, the interior min- where he taught in a suburb not comment Monday in ister said. northwest of Paris on Friday announcing it would hear The raids came a day after afternoon. the case. Because the court’s tens of thousands of people A photo of the teacher and calendar is already full took part in rallies country- a message confessing to his through the end of the year, wide to honour teacher murder was found on the the justices will not hear the Samuel Paty and to defend mobile phone of his killer, an case until 2021. If Joe Biden freedom of expression. 18-year-old Chechen man were to win the presidential Gerald Darmanin said the Abdullakh Anzorov, who was election and rescind the pol- swoop on Islamist networks shot dead by police. icy, the case would become was designed to send a mes- Eleven people are being largely moot. sage that “enemies of the held over the attack, including Trump’s “Migrant Republic” would not enjoy “a a known Islamist terrorist and Protection Protocols” policy, minute’s respite”. the father of one of Paty’s known informally as “Remain He said over 80 investiga- pupils who had railed against in Mexico,” was introduced in tions had been launched for him online and called for his January 2019. It became a key online hate speech following the dismissal. pillar of the administration’s attack, which has drawn paral- Darmanin accused the two response to an unprecedent- lels with the 2015 massacre at men of having issued a “fatwa” ed surge of asylum-seeking Charlie Hebdo satirical maga- against Paty, using the term for families at the border, draw- zine, where 12 people were an Islamic edict that was ing criticism for having peo- gunned down for publishing famously used to describe the ple wait in highly dangerous the Mohammed cartoons. 1989 death sentence handed Mexican cities. That attack -- the first in down against writer Salman Lower courts found that a string of assaults that have Rushdie by Iran’s Ayatollah the policy is probably illegal. killed over 240 people in Khomeini. But earlier this year the France -- brought over a mil- “They apparently launched Supreme Court stepped in to lion people onto the streets of a fatwa against the teacher,” the allow the policy to remain in Paris to denounce extremism. minister told Europe 1 radio. effect while a lawsuit chal- On Sunday, people again Anzorov’s family arrived lenging it plays out in the congregated on Place de la in France when he was six courts. Republique in Paris, where from the predominantly More than 60,000 asy- world leaders had marched Muslim Russian republic of lum-seekers were returned alongside the French in 2015. Chechnya. AFP to Mexico under the policy.    !"#!"!"  .

  "  <<0 & R"#5 (% 1(  ,         ' Q #   % %%R 23143#5'   *>*@A ing gains with sustained inter- est seen in banking, financial,   quity benchmarks made a oil and gas, metals and realty   =<>  80-/-/8?/ Ewinning start to the week stocks. Bourses in Hong Kong,  =6?6-+A up further if the bidding price crore which should reduce to on Monday as banking and Tokyo and Seoul ended on a %  he head of the European 108?70 is higher than the base price. 78,800 crore and 1.3 lakh financial counters saw robust positive note, while Shanghai TCentral Bank says that the nvestments in key compo- Assuming about 9,000 crore, for coverage of only buying amid largely positive closed lower after the release of :##: economic recovery “risks los- 8/.0022 Inents of 5G network on mid sites would be required for cov- metros and category ‘A’ circles, cues from global markets. China’s GDP numbers. ing momentum” due to the sec- 7+9-/7..-2. or low-band spectrum with erage, the total capex require- it said. The 30-share BSE Sensex China’s economic growth ond wave of coronavirus infec- pan-India coverage is estimat- ment for the sites would be Even assuming rollout ended 448.62 points or 1.12 per accelerated to 4.9 per cent over    tions and that the chief mone- /+0?8>0/+8 ed to be about 1.3-2.3 lakh 1,800 crore - taking the total starting from FY23, a stag- cent higher at 40,431.60. The a year earlier in the latest quar- tary authority for the euro crore, according to a report by capex to 10,000 crore, it said. gered deployment over the broader NSE Nifty surged ter as a shaky recovery from the  *>*@A countries could add more stim- 082-+8;;9+/ Motilal Oswal Financial Similarly, capex estimate next 4-5 years - in line with 4G 110.60 points or 0.94 per cent coronavirus pandemic gath- ulus if that becomes necessary. >9+7/.5-.9;8 Services. for 5G rollout in Delhi would investment trend - may insu- to finish at 11,873.05. ered strength. The economy he rupee slipped by 2 Christine Lagarde was The total capital expen- be 8,700 crore – assuming late the impact to a large ICICI Bank was the top “continued the steady recov- Tpaise to close at 73.37 quoted as saying in an inter- 8>6/+8- diture or capex requirement 100MHz mid band spectrum at extent. gainer in the Sensex pack, ery”, China’s National Bureau of against the US currency on view with the French newspa- when it comes to 5G rollout for base price. The expiry of spectrum jumping 5.33 per cent, fol- Statistics said in a report. Monday due to some dollar per Le Monde that “the second be done, we will do more.” The Mumbai alone is seen at The Indian telecom for Jio’s 115MHz quantity in the lowed by Axis Bank, Nestle However, it warned that “the demand and uncertainty wave of the pandemic in ECB is already supporting the 10,000 crore, and 8,700 crore industry is seeing capex peak 800MHz band acquired/shared India, SBI, HDFC, IndusInd international environment is related to the US fiscal stim- Europe, notably in France, economy with a pandemic for Delhi, it said. out - particularly for Bharti and from RCOM in 19 circles, Bank, ONGC and Kotak Bank. still complicated and severe”. It ulus and presidential elec- and the resulting new restric- emergency program of bond According to the tele- Reliance Jio - and increased free Bharti’s 57 MHz quantity in the On the other hand, Bajaj also said China still faces “great tions. tions are adding to the uncer- purchases that are pumping com report from Motilal Oswal cash flows (FCF), the report 1,800 MHz band and Vodafone Auto, TCS, M&M, Bharti Airtel pressure” to prevent a resur- The local unit opened tainty and weighing on the 1.35 trillion euros (USD 1.58 Financial Services, for mid said but added that risks have, Idea’s 37.8MHz/6.2Mhz quan- and Maruti were among the gence of the virus.Meanwhile, at 73.38 against the US dol- recovery. “ “Since the trillion) in newly created band or low band spectrum, however, started emerging due tity in the 1,800MHz/900MHz laggards, shedding up to 2.12 stock exchanges in Europe lar at the interbank forex rebound we saw over the sum- money into the economy. overall capex requirement for to the increased costs toward band are “attractive good qual- per cent. In the Sensex pack, opened on a positive note. market and moved in a nar- mer, the recovery has been Analysts think the bank pan-India coverage would 5G upgrade and the upcoming ity spectrum” and would be up 23 constituents logged gains “Domestic markets witnessed row range of 73.35 to 73.42 uneven, uncertain and incom- may eventually add more stim- hover at 1.3-2.3 lakh crore. spectrum renewal. for renewal over the next 6-12 while seven closed in the red. sharp recovery in the backdrop in the day trade. plete and now risks losing ulus due to weak inflation and Based on the TRAI’s lat- Investments in three key months, Motilal Oswal report The domestic market of strong rebound in heavy- Meanwhile, the dol- momentum,” she said in the slowing growth from the est reserve price, capex large components for a 5G noted. This would cost opened on a positive note weight financials space, which lar index, which gauges the interview published Monday in upsurge in infections, along requirement for obtaining 100 network – spectrum, sites and Jio/Bharti/Vodafone Idea Rs tracking largely positive cues was in focus today led by greenback’s strength against English on the ECB’s website. with any new restrictions on MHz mid band spectrum in fiber on mid/low band spec- 28,000 crore/Rs 12,900 crore/Rs from global markets, traders strong numbers reported by a basket of six currencies, was Lagarde said that “the travel and activity that may be Mumbai would be about trum with pan-India coverage 8,300 crore at reserve price, it said. During the afternoon ses- HDFC Bank and positive com- trading 0.17 per cent lower at options in our toolbox have not imposed by governments to 8,400 crore, which could go – would stand at 1.3-2.3 lakh said. sion markets held on to open- mentary by the management. 93.52. been exhausted. If more has to slow the spread. >,    A ( -          -            .     /       % (     =6?6-+A massive haircut on their utation for reliability. world, and Jet was a large air- remaining airlines had made be able to find some good lease removed service to several advances to Jet Airways but Jet Airways did not even line with almost 140 aircraft in hay as planes ran full and fares deals on aircraft. At the same small cities, particularly from  7& hile the National also some equity. control their frequent flyer its fleet at the peak, has recov- skyrocketed. Now, it appears time, Jet Airways, if it indeed Mumbai and rivals have not WCompany Law Tribunal How the winning bidders program, which has now been ered from bankruptcy after that the financial situation at restarts, will also be able to find really plugged those gaps, for  =6?6-+A (NCLT) is yet to give their will get Jet Airways flying again rebranded ‘InterMiles’, the closing operations. And not just most Indian airlines with the slots at crowded airports like example, Jet Airways had a assent to the bid submitted by is however a mystery and while high-end passenger data pos- in aviation, where the revival of exception of IndiGo is dire, and Delhi and Mumbai because strong network of flights o attract potential suitors, Kalrock Capital and Murari they will come up with more sibly does not even reside with iconic brands like Pan Am there is a good chance that one, demand is heavily down. Of between Mumbai and several Tthe Government will ease Jalan for Jet Airways, the fact concrete plans in the coming the airline. Even more impor- have failed, resurrecting maybe even two airlines might course, this depends on the medium-sized towns in Gujarat asset valuation norms for Air that the lenders voted for the weeks, there has been one tantly, Jet’s demise in 2019 was brands, particularly service not survive the pandemic. ability of the new manage- and Maharashtra. India by allowing bidders to put deal means that approvals from massive change in the eighteen preceded by the airline losing brands is not easy. It might have That said, there are some ment to convince airports and Alternatively, Jet owns a in offers on an enterprise value NCLT and other government months since Jet Airways’ col- hundreds of large corporate worked in a situation where air positives for the new owners of the Ministry that they mean few long-haul planes, in fact basis, a source said on Monday. authorities might come soon. lapse, the Coronavirus and the deals, these massive deals for travel was still growing, but air Jet Airways. The collapse in business. Landing and take-off they sold their building in To begin with, the govern- Sanjay Mandavia, a former Jet subsequent collapse in air trav- thousands of seats annually travel has taken a massive tum- passenger demand is not slots belong to the public just Bandra-Kurla Complex to buy ment is likely to further extend Airways pilot who had the el. At the same time, assuming injected a lot of money into the ble during the past few months localised to India and is a like telecom airwaves and by out six Boeing 777’s and pos- the deadline for putting in a losing bid has congratulated the that ‘brand loyalty’ remains operations. Corporates will and even as things slowly start worldwide issue, as a result buying Jet Airways’ assets it sibly the rise of non-stop trav- preliminary expression of inter- winners although media towards Jet Airways and old wait for Jet Airways 2.0 to getting back to normal, pas- there are hundreds of relative- does not mean that old slots el post-pandemic could see est for the loss-making nation- reports have emerged where he flyers will come streaming back establish themselves before senger numbers are down mas- ly young aircraft parked on the can be magically restored. But them transform into a boutique al carrier to December 15. The claims that his plan was better. to the airline should not be even considering coming back. sively. In September 2020, the ground, not even including if Jet Airways gets off the international airline. Going up source said bids will be sought However, submitting a winning made. Jet’s most loyalty high- With most of India’s top 500 number of daily departures the 500 or so Boeing 737 MAX ground soon, they might be against IndiGo’s reach on most on an enterprise value basis - bid for whatever assets remain tier passengers on major met- companies having huge con- stood at 1,311 daily, less than planes that were grounded able to pick up some prime sectors as well as Vistara’s ser- a popular valuation methodol- of the once storied airline, ropolitan routes have all tracts with IndiGo whose net- half the 2,874 departures in before the pandemic. It is slots, like the airline once had vice standards will not be easy ogy for takeover deals. there is no guarantee that the switched their loyalties over to work and frequency means September 2019 and load fac- unlikely that air travel will in Mumbai. and as sentimental as some Enterprise value (EV) is a mea- airline will fly again. The win- Vistara, if they still care about that it will be increasingly tors, while rising over the past recover for another 18-24 It may not be a bad idea for passengers might be about the sure of a company’s total value, ning bidders have promised service, but increasingly unlikely for them to be weaned few months, was still below months even if a vaccine is Jet Airways 2.0 to begin as a brand, that will not be enough often used as a more compre- lenders not just some money, IndiGo, because the behemoth off. two-thirds. After the collapse of approved tomorrow. So the more regional-focussed carri- to fill the planes or make a prof- hensive alternative to equity although the banks will take a of Indian skies has built a rep- No large airline in the Jet Airways last year, the new owners of the airline will er as the airlines collapse it. But one hopes for the best. market capitalization. "+ !R9*1.        '     =      (  ?@ +"-       /12 / B    B%% Katra: Dr Jitendra Singh Hon’ble Minister of State   =6?6-+A from earlier estimate of 4.5 per tified states stood at Rs 2,90,900   =6?6-+A @%  at the Secretary-level in the (Independent Charge) of the cent of gross state domestic crore as against Rs 3,79300 ,6  A  ministries and CMDs in CPSEs Ministry of Development of tate Governments’ deficit is product (GSDP) as Covid-19 crore in the same period of pre- tressing the need for capital  % (  to achieve capex targets. North Eastern Region, Minister Sseen higher at 5 per cent, up continues to suppress eco- vious year, a drop of over 23 per Sexpenditure (capex) by In FY 2019-20, against the of State in the Prime Minister’s nomic activities resulting in cent. The biggest fall has been Central Public Sector % % capex target of Rs 1,11,672 Office, Minister of State in the lower resource mobilisation in GST collection that fell from Enterprises (CPSEs), Union , 37; crore for these 14 CPSEs, the Ministry of Personnel, Public and higher state expenditure, Rs 1,14,600 crore in April -July Finance Minister Nirmala achievement was Rs 1,16,323 Grievances and Pensions today Kotak Institutional Equities of FY20 to Rs 84,200 crore in Sitharaman has said that they with the CMDs of 14 CPSEs crore -- 104 per cent. inaugurated 09 days “Navratra Tourism, Jammu. said on Monday. the four month period of FY21, need to scale up their capex belonging to these ministries, to The capital expenditure tar- Festival” at Katra. While speaking on the In a research report on a drop of 26 pet cent. The states both in the current and the review the capex in this finan- get for 2020-21 is Rs 1,15,934 The inaugural function was occasion, the Hon’ble Minister public finance, the brokerage have also witnessed a sharp next financial year. cial year, Sitharaman told the crore. Mentioning the signifi- attended by Sh. appealed the stakeholders of said that finances of state gov- decrease in sales tax revenue The Minister also said that Secretaries concerned to close- cant role of CPSEs in giving a K.K.Sharma, Hon’ble Advisor Tourism Sector to come for- ernments remain weak with a during the period during to better performance of CPSEs ly monitor the performance of push to the growth of the Indian to Lieutenant Governor, Sh. ward and work in synergy for sample of 16 states suggesting slowing down of economic can help the Indian economy in CPSEs in order to ensure the economy, the Finance Minister Sanjeev Verma, Divisional the revival of the Tourism that revenue receipts fell 11.4 activities across sectors. The a big way to recover from the capital expenditure to the tune encouraged the CPSEs to per- Commissioner, Jammu, Industry. pet cent during 4MFY21, with lower revenue has come at a impact of COVID-19. of 75 per cent of the capital out- form better to achieve their tar- Sh. Ramesh Kumar, CEO, Shri This will help to boost the bulk of the decline coming time when Covid-19 had During a videoconference lay by the end of Q3 of FY 2020- gets and to ensure that the cap- Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine economy of the Union from tax revenue (23 per cent). increased the need to spend to meeting with Secretaries of the 21 and make appropriate plan ital outlay for FY 2020-21 is Board, Smt. Indu Kanwal Chib, Territory of J&K which is stag- During the April-July peri- keep the wheel of the economy Ministries of Petroleum and for it. She noted that that more spent properly and within time, Deputy Commissioner, Reasi nated due to COVID -19 pan- od, tax collection on 16 iden- moving amidst the pandemic. Natural Gas and Coal, along coordinated efforts are required said an official statement. and Sh. R.K.Katoch, Director demic. & 1  % 

New Delhi: Keeping in mind global environmental issues, particularly climate change, Mangalam Cement Limited, one of leading cement manu- factures, has launched envi- ronment friendly premium quality cement Mangalam PromaxX. The eco-friendly PPC cement with an advanced i- PSD technology will result in dense concrete with higher strength, leading to lower heat of hydration, water conserva- tion and sustainable durabil- ity of structures, said compa- ny president (operations) Sunil Sachan.  $ -    !"#!"!" 5 *  $  % &''  & ( &)'  * &' *  &  ), (    .  & )   */0) & )#  .& )&1 ( &' 2#""" & &)  . &'  & ( &)  ) &&% &'   (( &&' )& 1&1  (%%3)'  &  &' & ,)#  .& &'   & )( ) )  &  $  &

FOR THAT 3    -5H<6+== #:9#>" ##    %             ;       A     '   %    A    '   %   ,        G>+A-<+A ,;       >:&3&+3         R  t has been more than half a year since the %(    Iworld stopped due to the lockdown. The intensity of the pandemic is so drastic that    %  the whole globe is facing the repercussions. Not only personal lives, even the professions of all sorts are affected. From big companies  and conglomerates to medium and small enterprises including the disorganised sector. All the workload has shifted on the dig- ital space with a new term quite in trend is work from home. In this phase, a lot has changed. And it is axiomatic that lifestyle habits will be affected too. ()R  Everything from eating to waking up has changed dramatically. People have ,    been more careless than ever. And it has started to affect their performance of work too. It is already very difficult to thrive in he year 2020 has brought in its wake a new and widespread prob- such situations and work normally when sit- Tlem of infection with deadly Coronavirus. Even though the dis- ting in a closed space. And the unpleasant ease is continuing to take millions of lives worldwide, unfortunate- '+(+ change in the lifestyle just makes it more dif- ly, there is no cure on the horizon and vaccines are still in pipeline. ficult. As is said, every problem teaches us something new. This global One thing that has been affected in the pandemic has taught us to take greater care of our health. Thanks lifestyle on a much greater level is the sleep to the technology and a widespread media coverage, every person schedule and timing. A good quality sleep was aware of the important role of strong immunity in mitigating is the need of the hour the effects of the virus. (& Studies have shown that good sleep There are many myths regarding ways to boost up our immune enables decision-making and complex response, particularly in our country. Medically, on the contrary, thinking. You function better and you are this has been still a matter of curiosity among scientists all over eartburn, indiges- of minerals like sodium, pain. The symptoms can minerals like zinc, iron, and able to give a hundred percent when it the world. People not only took vitamins and probiotics, but also tion, and acidity calcium, magnesium, and get severe with long-term magnesium. comes to your work. started using supplements, herbs and many indigenous nuskhas are one of the aluminium. These salts have use of antacids.  Kidney stones Also, lack of sleep can make some vac- in the hope to improve their immunity. The rationale for the ram- most uncomfort- the potential to neutralise  Elevated blood pH The hard, crystalline cines less effective. With the vaccineslaunch- H 3=" pant use of these products is based on the common belief that these able situations that result the acid. Similar to antacids Antacids containing mineral depositions in the ing anytime now, we don't need anything products are natural and hence safe. Even many members of the from many causes. Doctors are the acid-reducers that    bicarbonate salts of calcium kidneys are termed as kid- going against us now. medical community are advocating regular use of vitamins and sup- usually recommend using reduce acid production by and sodium can make the ney stones. The higher the Here are some tips for a better and ful- plements as preventive tool. antacids for a short period of inhibiting acid production.   " blood alkaline by elevating consumption of antacids, filling sleep: There is an increase in Gastrointestinal (GI) complaints seen time to overcome this. But  Side effects of long-term    its pH when absorbed in the the higher is the amount of A sleep schedule is must: Create a rou- in recent times. Though, there is now data showing COVID-19 pre- are these antacids harm- use of antacids bloodstream. In order to circulating minerals in the tine and follow it. It gives a sense of nor- senting with GI symptoms like diarrhoea, loss of appetite, less? Yes, they are harmless When antacids were dis-   compensate this alkalinity blood that further deposit in malcy and calms the overall self. A consis- nausea/vomiting and abdominal pain as the major complaints. But, if the consumption is limit- covered, several researches    body slows down respiration the kidneys. These stones tent sleep schedule cannot be ignored. many of these symptoms were seen even in those not infected with ed to the extent that it does conducted on the effects of    that leads to severe fatigue can lead to severe back pain Follow the same wake-up and lie-down the virus. Restricted movement, lack of exercise and increased stress not trigger their side effects their long-term use stated and tiredness due to raised and bleeding during urina- time. Once your body gets into the habit of because of lockdown arefew of the most important factors seen in in the body. What are the that they could only be used    levels of carbon dioxide in tion. a sleep schedule, you will have a fulfilling these patients. Many patients side effects of frequent and for a short time to subside   " the blood.  Vitamin B12 deficiency sleeping experience. 1"    shared a renewed interest in long-term use of antacids? the acidity. Thus, the use of  Increased risk of GI tract Long-term consump- Sleep hygiene: Check your sleeping cooking during the lockdown Read on to get an answer to antacids must be restricted  "> infection tion of acid blockers can environment and get rid of things that can   $;   period which led to not only this. to a limited time period   "  As antacids reduce the reduce the absorption of disturb your sleep. A good sleeping envi-   $     increase intake of starchy foods,  What is acidity? (according to your doctor’s " "= stomach's acid, its prolonged vitamin B12 in the body. ronment includes:    ;$ but also binge eating at times. The stomach is respon- prescription). Here are the use can affect one of the Moreover, it also affects the  Cool temperature          These alterations in lifestyle led sible for digesting the food seven side effects that arise important host defense gut microbiota that is Minimal light to increase in dyspeptic symp- that you eat. In order to due to prolonged use of   mechanisms of the body. responsible for the produc-  A comfortable mattress and pillow  "  toms and poor digestion in digest all the components antacids: They can also change the pH tion and absorption of vita-  No digital devices around " ;   many patients. It also led to present in food, the stomach  Impaired bowel move-  ; of the stomach and affect the min B12 in the body. Nerve  Using the bed for the sole purpose of increase in fatty liver in many secretes gastric juice. One of ments <   gut microbiota. This can function can get affected sleeping    patients. the components of this juice Overuse of antacid can lead to frequent GI tract due to Vitamin B12 deficien- Relax yourself physically and mental-     There are still a large chunk is Hydrochloric acid. cause constipation as well as  "" infections like gastroenteri- cy, which may lead to con- ly: Thousands of thoughts are one of the   " "  of patients, who were very par- Although the acid is neces- diarrhoea according to the     tis and diarrhea as a result of ditions like dementia main causes of sleep delay at night. In such ticular of their eating habits sary for digestion, if its type of antacid you con- the infection caused by a Although antacids are a scenario, the relaxation of the overall body  ;"   < and were regular in home exer- amounts raise in the stom- sume. Calcium and alu-  " wide range of pathogenic now available over-the- is a must. Try deep breathing, yoga, guid-  "   cise/yoga sessions, but still faced ach, you suffer from acidity. minum-containing antacids    bacteria. counter, it is not advisable to ed meditation, reading,or calming music to     similar complaints. Few weeks When this acid enters differ- have been known to cause  =   Impaired digestion and consume them for a longer relax yourself. Also stay away from the news. back, a young male of around 32 ent organs of the body (other diarrhoea if consumed for mineral absorption period of time. Prolonged It creates negativity. Restrict yourself to a years age, came to my OPD with than the stomach), it can the long-term. Magnesium Prolonged use of use of them can lead to few trusted resources, so that you don't complaints of bloating, non-specific pain abdomen, nausea and lead to conditions like heart- containing antacids can also antacids can lead to a unimaginable damage to the completely cut off from the outside world. belching. There was also history of disturbed bowel symptoms. He burn and GERD. lead to recurrent diarrhoea decreased amount of acid in human body if the amounts People have been taking sleep for was physically fit and was doing regular yoga throughout this lock-  The role of antacids and as a result of their pro- released in the bloodstream the stomach. Hence, the and frequency are not regu- granted by abusing the sleeping pattern and down period. His investigations were also grossly normal. acid reducers in curing longed consumption. through antacids. When food you eat does not get lated. Do not consider a it has begun to influence their work.Also, Subsequently, we came across many similar patients. Few of these acidity  Muscle and nerve func- there is an imbalance of digested properly, and it can one-time prescription as a bad quality sleep affects the overall func- patients even had mild liver injury. On retrospective analysis, we Antacids are over-the- tion impairments these electrolytes in the enter the esophagus result- lifelong prescription for tioning of the body and degrades mental & found one similar history in all these patients. There was increase counter medications that Antacids are packed blood, it directly affects the ing in nausea and vomiting. antacids. physical wellness. So keeping in mind the intake of so called immune boosters, including kadas, green tea, neutralise the acid produced with minerals like calcium, nerve and muscle functions. Apart from this, overcon- ,    (5  ! consequences, everyone should focus on turmeric and other indigenous products. Though, there is dearth in the stomach. Antacids are magnesium, and phospho- This can result in muscle sumption of acid blockers *    ( 2  good quality sleep for their wellbeing. of data regarding the true prevalence of drug injury in India; but generally composed of salts rous. These minerals are weakness, tenderness, and can impair the absorption of   :;%#+ ,      '   there are reports of liver injury from the use of Ayurvedic herbal medicines procured from local stores or on the internet that have been published or presented. Thus, a strong suspicion came to mind,   24 that the use of these seemingly harmless products, in excess, may  cause damage. There was similar experience among many other n line with its motto of ‘Educating and Dr Alexander Thomas, President, medical providers, who attested to its occurrence. The exact patho- Headaches are a common IAdvocating for Well Being of Common AHPI,Cdr Navneet Bali, National Convener, physiological mechanism behind these symptoms in COVID times Man’ the AHPI has recently established the AHPI, RP Singh, Secretary General of eeping in mind the importance of high is however uncertain. occurrence, especially if one is ‘AHPI Patient’s Grievance Redressal Forum’, Quality council of India (QCI), Dr Venkat immunity today, Plix has come up There is a real need to educate the Indian population that these stressed. Given the present with a view to educate as well as listen to Rao,Chairman, AHPI Patients Grievance Kwith handpicked products will boost indigenous products are not without side effects, and thus should pandemic, popping pills may the grievances of patient as consumers, Redressal Forum and Dr Girdhar Gyani, your immunity, nourish your body and fuel be taken (if needed) in a controlled manner. A regular physical activ- while availing services from private health- Member Secretary, AHPI. All AHPI state it with wholefood multivitamins. Boost your ity, balanced diet, avoidance of starch and carbs, relaxation ther- not be the right thing to do. care providers. Along with patients’ rights chapter representativesalso participated in Vitamin C naturally, get the goodness of greens apies and the use of immune boosters only in moderation may not ROSHANI DEVI shares tips as consumers, medical, negligence is some the programme. from 21 superfoods, manage your weight with help improve your immune system but also keeps your digestive that can help ease the pain of the issues that need to be resolved with Dr Devi Shetty said that: “The nation apple cider vinegar and strengthen your body system healthy. some mediation, as legal complexities of building exercise basically depends upon with Plant protein. ll of us have had a headache pain. such grievances are generally out of the basic multiple institutions like Court of law, The box consists of Plix Apple Cider   headache sometime A few minutes of mas- understanding of the patients and their fam- Government, Educational institutions. Vinegar — it’s the world’s first effervescent one, Aor the other. The saging neck and temples can ilies. Today we may take such institution for Plix Green Elixir — the effervescent tablets and   The which helps with appetite throbbing and the pain that help ease a tension headache, The AGRF will provide them guidance granted but back in time some people had one stop solution for getting all your proteins, grapefruit is a citrus fruit control by promoting fullnes, comes with it is unbearable. which may result from and help; it will work as a mediator started some of the institutions with view antioxidants and multivitamins all in a deli- with a flavour that can range thereby managing weight. Some of it can be stress stress. between concerned hospitals and patients of making our lives comfortable, and over cious drink, Plix Vitamin C — which consists from bittersweet to sour. It is Eating grapefruit regular- and tension related Eat ginger and keep them well informed which will the years such institutions became essen- of 1000mg of amla Vitamin C and 10 mg zinc low in calories, yet high in ly may have the potential to and here is what or better have help to make the process smooth without tial. Initially every great institution starts and it has no added sugars or preservatives and nutrients. It is known for its prevent insulin resistance, one can do. tea and put unwanted delays and save precious time of with a crazy idea. Some people believe in Plix Strength Plant protein which is a great way high content of Vitamin C, which can lead to Diabetes. Drink plen- ginger in it both parties. Dr Devi Shetty, Patron, AHPI it and some may not, but it makes history to recover after your workout is by refueling which has antioxidant It can also improve heart ty of water. to ease the inaugurated the forum in the presence of if it honestly adds to the value of mankind.” yourself with a post workout protein shake and properties known to protect health by reducing risk factors Dehydration is a pain. what better then drinking the natural good- your cells from harmful for heart disease, such as high common cause Some   4 ness. It contains digestive enzymes Bromelain bacteria and viruses. blood pressure and choles- of tension times, people (pineapple) and papain (papaya) that results Thus, it can also terol. headaches and get headaches  3     ,==O @   %%  in fast protein breakdown, better digestion, help to boost migraines. Drinking due to sleep    ' %%  ',  %      and good gut. your immune water has been shown deprevation. Get A   ? +5   '   , 37;   PL? Overall Benefits of the immunity box: system. to relieve headache symp- propper sleep.  %      ( %  '( J      Detoxifies body It also toms within 30 minutes to If you are prone to  , 37;    ? %(   Stress Relief help in aid- three hours. headaches try and avoid eat-     % '    Weight loss ing weight If you wear your hair ing processed foods, eating %   %    %' %'   Alkalizes and balances pH loss. It con- in a tight ponytail, try cold food like ice cream and ,5HA37;              (   ?   Makes your skin glow tains loosening the hair. Believe dairy products like butter-     %        J       Better gut health fiber, it or not, it does work. milk, sour cream, and yogurt.            Helps balance sugar levels Have some tea or coffee. Apply or inhale lavender  6       ( (  (  ' Decreases inflammation If you catch the headache essential oil. This can ease    '%      ' 61217 Increased energy levels early, it could ease your migraine pain.           ( % % M Nourishes body.    !"#!"!"    -- THE GODDESS BEAMS INTO YOUR HOME

E "    *&"3 "3:)  -8 /  6P         #   A   3          !  ! %     @        LAJ (         ( ( % f you are missing pandal-hopping, just year,” he says, pointing towards the pan- go online where Kolkata’s extravagant demic as the major reason. “Another issue     (   Ishowcases of artistry and imagination was that of sponsors. We didn’t have any. %    are being live-streamed daily. If you are Even the active members were not willing A%%( missing pushpanjali, then sign up with to participate this time. You can blame it  A   committees online which will guarantee all on the economic slowdown. While some   ' ' that the priest offers it on your behalf while are facing pay cuts, some don’t have jobs,”   '  you chant mantras in your room. If you adds he. miss the cuisine, look around your neigh- Although the Central government %  bourhood. Community women are turn- gave a green signal for conducting scaled A%  ing home chefs to deliver Bengali delica- down celebrations a few days back, there 'MH cies. As for dressing up and flashing a mil- was little or no time left to put everything    lion watt smile, there’s Zoom, where you together. “Planning and organising Durga    can change the backdrop to that of a puja Puja is a huge responsibility, which takes of your choice. As for the cultural pro- at least a months time. Even the oldest %%    grammes, those too have been recorded for Ramlila committees have backed out  ' you to tune into. This is the puja in the new because they didn’t have enough time. Time    3 normal but if we really want to imbibe the constraints are big,” Bose says. %   essence of the goddess, then we must realise Celebrations in the famed Chittaranjan L? A that she is dynamic herself. Park are being confined to the Kali Mandir   '   During this time, Durga Puja organ- only. “We don’t have a pandal. We will wor- isers around the city, every year, are seen ship the goddess inside the temple with an  A  ' working round the clock on the decor, and earthen pot and coconut and camphor on    (  setting up idols and pandals, making the its top. The celebration will be on a small %  % A Navratris a cause-oriented festival through scale and with the priests only. They will     distinctive and relevant themes. One could carry all the procedures of the puja system- gatherings, there won’t be any typical pan- which could turn out to be helpful in fol- will be e-pushpanjali, pre-packed bhog  A  easily spot people playing the dhunuchi atically,” confirms an organiser. dal set-up with big idols. Suvankar Mitra, lowing all the precautionary measures and only the residents of the society will J %  naach, doing pandal-hopping till late As COVID-19 has changed our very general secretary of the committee, shares and government guidelines. We are try- be allowed to take part in the celebra- nights, playing dhaakis, sindoor khela and way of living, festivities are also going dig- that the organisers are just going to do the ing to deliver the personal touch virtu- tions.” %  @ taking part in many other cultural activi- ital. “Everything is majorly going to be kalash puja in a very limited area. It’s all ally,” Mitra tells us. Das shares about the arrangements 'M   ties, revelling in the festivities. This time online this time. We are live streaming the going to be live, he says. “We’ll post every- Colonel Basu, Dwarka Puja head, made at the temple in case people try to there is more heart and devotion minus the puja proceedings. People can register thing live on our social media pages. We Dwarka, feels that it would have been forcibly come inside. “There are two dif- frills. themselves beforehand so that they can have also planned a cultural programme really difficult to mount the traditional ferent lanes for entry and exit, where only O    Robin Bose, General Secretary of the simultaneously carry out their rituals at but that too online. We have requested for set-up. For him, the major challenge one person can be present at any given  @ Delhi Durga Puja Samiti (the oldest in home, following the priest who will per- a subscription of 500 from our members,” would have been to train the volunteers time. There are barricades beyond which town), also known as the Kashmere Gate form the rituals at the temple. We will do adds he. to guide people, who tend to be indisci- people can’t go. No entry is allowed with-     Durga Puja, shares that this year, pandals Facebook live, Instagram live and Zoom for “I’m honestly very scared about what- plined, without being rude. He tells us out face masks. Social distancing must be    are being set up within the prescribed size. our committee members and the public at ever is happening in Kolkata. The celebra- that he was ready with three plans maintained at all times. Thermal screen- “We are only doing the kalash puja and not large,” says Durga Puja organiser and tion seems to be on a very grand scale there. before the government’s decision and ing, sanitisation and other such safety  the murti puja this time so that there is a founder member of Paschim Vihar Bengali It’s very dangerous. Remember the guidelines came out. However, post the measures — everything has been kept  A @  lesser crowd. We are doing only 10 per cent Association, Mahadeb Das, who feels that COVID-19 situation in Kerala after Onam? order issued on Sunday, Basu finally ready,” adds he.   of what is done every year. You can very digital is the only way out this year as its The state was doing just fine but then the decided to go with his first plan. Says he, Since this year there is no extravagant well imagine the difference now. I really difficult to ensure people follow the nec- festival came and the numbers just doubled “This plan includes a small pandal of affair, which in turn means fewer funds    haven’t seen any such thing happen in our essary precautions and social distancing up. Hence, we discussed this with our man- three feet. There is seating arrangement used, while many have not taken any        lifetime. This is the very first time we are norms in a festive mood. agement committee, where some suggest- too, which keeps the social distancing donations at all, Das is utilising his puja witnessing festive celebrations to be so low- Even at the Antaranga Durga Puja at ed completely stopping the puja. However, norms in check. We will live-stream the funds to help the COVID-affected. Now "      $ key given that we wait for this season all Mayur Vihar, in order to avoid large social we decided to do it remotely and online, puja proceedings on giant screens. There that offering would redeem us indeed.       4        ;      )   5 ;;;   >               3             . .    2   A " >P       2          L    

       3 %3    3  % '          <   <      (  % L-(     'M      '      %    4 & 5 #     %   7 %   ( %3       4            ctors Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol starrer ADilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ), %  ( directed by Aditya Chopra, completes 25  ( <  ' years today and the film’s leading lady opens  %      up about why the film is hailed as a loved      romantic film. Kajol says, “I think the film is timeless because everybody identifies somewhere down the line with Simran (played by Kajol) and Raj 4D  ; (played by Shah Rukh). People like these char- =; ,  acters.” The character Simran made an attempt to   '  redefine the portrayal of women on screen. She  %    3( ' was traditional yet modern in her outlook and      (  (         people could relate to her hugely. Says Kajol,  (   %  “Honestly, I thought Simran was a little bor- ing but I realised that there’s a glimpse of that %     (  character in almost everybody we know. You LA (   3( 3 want people to instill confidence in you that B    3(  you are doing something right. So, yes Simran   % %   was like that. She was a little old-fashioned but cool.”  A    % 3 The actor adds, “While we were shooting    A   for this film, we never thought that we were %   making something that will be recalled even   after 25 years. We just thought we are going to %    'M make a cool film together and hopefully, it will be a hit film. I don’t think anyone of us ever %    realised the kind of impact the film would have   -( 0+        +        on people when they see it.”  3    % NO to buy him a bat. But any form of dren but that’s not the case any- physical activity is detrimental to more. It is an attempt to give voice  N%O   his health. So his mother makes up to that viewpoint that even though  NO a story and tells him that the kids you watch the film from the view-  N %OLAJ who play outside their home and point of a children, there’s so   A%   ' %(Q> A@ 5+6 ' don’t obey their parents are much more to it.”   % attacked by the devil. She tells him Speaking about the main plot           that the evil soul resides in their the brothers said that children live    heart and makes them suffer in the world of stories which they ND%J   '  % %' throughout their life. On the con- are told. The story of the film is   %(  %  (   trary, children who listen to their about a child who believes and  % 3 parents are blessed by god. lives in the stories told to him.” AJ    ritten, directed and pro- fame. Nidhi Bisht of The Viral Speaking on the story of the The process of filmmaking Wduced by Akbar and Azam Fever plays the role of a parent. film, Akbar and Azam said, “The was a tedious one for them as it %(%  Quadri, the film Shahzada Ali is The film is a moving tale of an film was shot in Chhatarpur, was their first film. They shared A%'  being released for the first time to innocent boy who wants to enjoy Delhi, and is based majorly on the about the burden of managing  'M%  the public. The film has had pre- and explore life but is curbed to viewpoint of a child and the world everything right from produc-   miers at various film festivals. play outdoor with other kids he sees around him. There was a tion to the creative part to work- In the film, Ali is played by because of his physical ailment. Ali time when there used to be films ing with a child actor. (The film is Izhaar Khan, Gangs of Wasseypur loves cricket and insists his father made from the viewpoint of chil- streaming live on MXPlayer.) .1

   !"#!"!" * 1 " ''"  23: %

*  849 #  # 1 *   1 ;  -. < 

      ! #  2 1    !        . 2 !        !    DUGOUT   "           !                   !             .           6     .   MOTION PICTURE 6 .      &7! .           !       2                               .             Disciplined Royals restrict CSK to 125/5 +'       

 >@A return of Chris Gayle MATCHES 25 has reduced the bur- # +  7 5  ) $  ) <+$ 7 he nail-biting win KINGS XI PUNJAB 14 den on the shoulders DELHI CAPITALS 11    (  /          +$.  Tover defending of the star openers,   #+ )<+$'  =   champions Mumbai '     especially allowing Indians was certainly a Rahul to play more morale-lifter but the inconsistent freely. Kings XI Punjab have another Nicholas Pooran has shown tough battle at hand when they his lethalness time and again but take on table leaders Delhi is yet to play a match-winning Capitals here on Tuesday. knock and the pressure is increas- Having lost two tight games ing on Maxwell the batsman, who they should have won at the start is proving to be more useful as a ' '   5 #'  (')   +$.,:? of the season, KXIP managed to spinner operating in the power- get on the right side of the results play. picked up wickets at regular inter- pointed, perishing in the next over in the last couple of games, However, the team is likely vals to make life difficult for off Tewatia’s bowling as CSK although it was too close for com- to stick to him in the game CSK. slumped to 56 for four. fort by their own admission. against Delhi Capitals. CSK lost the in-form Faf du Dhoni and Jadeja tried their Needing seven off the last two Delhi are clearly the team to Plessis (10) in the third over, best to resurrect the innings and overs with nine wickets in hand, beat in the tournament and have caught by Jos Buttler off Archer then up the ante, but it proved to they should have wrapped the gained in confidence with a and then an over later, Shane be too little too late. game against RCB much before close win against Chennai Watson was sent back by Kartik. Dhoni was run out in search the last ball and even in the IPL’s Super Kings on Saturday. ) ,         '  4   +$.,:? Opening the batting again, of a double in the 18th over. first double Super Over against While Prithvi Shaw needs Sam Curran made 22 off 25 balls Kedar Jadhav continued to Mumbai Indians on Sunday to be back among the runs  @>+@A while young Kartik Tyagi (1/35) before being dismissed by Gopal. struggle with the bat as RR night, the K L Rahul-led side after a couple of too was impressive. Dhoni’s deci- After that, a lot depended on bowlers didn’t give the CSK bats- could have closed it out ducks, his opening ajasthan Royals produced a sion to bat first backfired as RR Ambati Rayudu but he too disap- men any leeway. in regulation time. partner Shikhar Rfine bowling effort to restrict Death bowing Dhawan elevating three-time champions Chennai and the form of his game bodes Super Kings to a modest 125 for A8 ,%-  star player Glenn well for the team five in an Indian Premier League Maxwell in a that has won seven match here on Monday. shaky middle-order out of the nine match- Opting to bat, CSK never got remain a concern for es it has played. going and lacked the fire power   122  a team that needs to Axar Patel has to put up a decent score after win its remaining shown his utility not just -   +  5  > '   )<+$ being reduced to 56 for four in 10 five games to with the ball but also with the   +$.:?:?    ( #+!8(% 5  overs.  @>+@A CSK skipper Dhoni told sented Rising Pune Supergiant. make the bat. His three sixes off Ravindra >  (    > !M   Ravindra Jadeja top-scored presenter Danny Earlier this month, he over- play-offs. Jadeja helped Delhi get over the N 8 (  !>      for CSK with a 30-ball unbeaten hennai Super Morrison at the toss. took Suresh Raina (194 games) The fact line in the final over finish               35 and skipper Mahendra Singh CKings’ match The two-time World to become the player with most that KXIP against CSK.     Dhoni, playing in his 200th IPL against Rajasthan Cup winning captain appearances. have struggled With an envious bowling game, made a run-a-ball 28 while Royals on Monday added, “It feels good but In 199 games, the former this season line-up, Delhi have shown they adding 51 runs for the fifth wick- marked the 200th at the same time it’s just India captain amassed 4,596 despite having can defend even below-par totals. et. appearance of a number. I feel fortu- runs, which includes 23 fifties, tournament’s Playing in the absence of an Jofra Archer (1/20) was ter- Mahendra Singh Dhoni nate to play for such a with a highest score of 84 not top two run-getters injured Rishabh Pant, time is rific with the new ball but he in IPL but, as is his wont, long time without many out. His strike-rate reads 137.67. in openers Rahul running out for Ajinkya Rahane would be disappointed with his the skipper played injuries.” With 215 maximums, (525) and Mayank to make an impact. outing on the field. down the milestone Dhoni has been the cap- Dhoni also ranks third in the Agarwal (393) best The match went into a Super Besides Archer, the spin duo and said he was obliv- tain of CSK since the inception list of big-hitters in the tourna- sums up their errat- Over last time the two teams met of Shreyas Gopal (1/14) and ious to it. of IPL in 2008. When the ment after Chris Gayle (333 ic run. and more than Delhi, KXIP will Rahul Tewatia (1/18) were eco- “You spoke about it and franchise was suspended for sixes) and AB de Villiers (231 On a positive be hoping that it doesn’t come nomical in the middle overs, that’s how I got to know,” two years, the veteran repre- sixes). note, the successful to that again.

     ;    <,* - ,     ).8   )<+$5#+      '      !M#  >@A Even in the last game   AN8   ! )<+$    !M,  against RCB, KXIP  ,  /         N ings XI Punjab captain could have finished O%         #  P KKL Rahul lauded his the job earlier than ' 6(+&7*(+& ( ()  pace spearhead they eventually did.  >@A KXIP snatched a win.  ,   *  % <   Mohammed Shami for “It is not the “He’s a world-class crick-   ( %    %  his ability and clarity first time. But we umbai Indians all- eter. He has been number one * '         of thought to bowl six don’t want to Mrounder Kieron Pollard in a couple of formats for a 1:33 3    78 %  12 yorkers in the Super make a habit out of feels that pace spearhead long period of time. He has % '  7"    %  Over while defending it. We will take the Jasprit Bumrah has taken over learned and has grown leaps  %"9:L ,       just five runs in their two points in the the mantle from Sri Lankan and bounds for us at Mumbai  1:33     ( dramatic IPL match end. It doesn’t Lasith Malinga to become the Indians...We have comfort in % % * '  against Mumbai Indians. always happen the lynchpin of the four-time IPL him,” Pollard said at the post- %77A  % - 'M%     #  -   (  /         +$.,:? “He (Shami) was very way you plan so champions’ bowling attack. match press conference. clear he wanted to go with you don’t really After picking up the cru- “A couple of years ago, we 345226 0 N K  O six yorkers. He has been know how to stay cial wickets of KL Rahul, had a fit and fair Lasith phenomenal, and keeps balanced. Mayank Agarwal and Malinga and he (Bumrah) 3 * " # getting better every game. “I was just Nicholas Pooran in the stipu- has taken over that mantle ( +' ; : 1 R2;17 (% ( 5 It is important that senior hoping we get lated 20 overs, Bumrah (3/24) now,” he added. players win the games for over the line bowled an excellent Super enough as Mohammad Shami Malinga, the highest wick-  ,! ; " # R7127 (  >@A the team,” Rahul said at because the boys Over against Kings XI Punjab, bowled an equally impressive et-taker in the IPL, opted out ) ': ; " # 322;" ( the post-match presenta- have been working conceding just five runs. over to lead the match to a sec- this year citing personal rea- he big-hitting Chris Gayle revealed that he tion. really really hard. In However, it was not ond Super Over in which sons. % && ; & 8 32"2: (! Tfelt “angry and upset” going in to the Super Rahul, who was named the games that we have ( ; # " R2229 $ Over after Kings XI Punjab were in a comfort- man of the match for his lost, even then we have ning two back-to-back close the talk in the dressing room processes that lead to a win.” able position to win the IPL match against 77, expressed happiness at played well and just not matches, he said, “We still is to focus on the process. Mumbai Indians bats- $ &7! ; # " 321"1 $ Mumbai Indians in regulation period. the victory but said his side been able to get over the want to take it one game at a “We know we need to man Kieron Pollard said Chasing 11 runs in the second Super Over, would not want to make a line.” time. It is sweet after the kind win everything from here, despite loss his side played & '& ; # " 32#9" $ the Universe Boss cracked a six off the first ball habit of winning like this. On his side win- of matches we have lost but but we can’t forget the good cricket. *  ; # " 32::9 $ before opener Mayank Agarwal smashed succes- sive fours to give KXIP their second consecutive win. “No, I wasn’t nervous. I was a bit more angry and upset that we got ourselves in this position. 6 8# # But it’s a game of cricket and these things do hap- pen,” Gayle told Agarwal and Mohammad Shami during a post-match show for  -AH6 55- surgery, hobbled off after a shocking be substituted and further assessment IPLT20.Com. challenge from Everton goalkeeper on the injury has revealed an opera- “Even when we were going out to bat (in the iverpool’s Premier League title Jordan Pickford in a 2-2 draw in the tion will be needed. “No specific second Super Over) you asked me ‘who is going Ldefence was rocked on Sunday Merseyside derby on Saturday. timescale is being placed upon his to face the first ball’. I was like ‘Mayank you real- when the club confirmed key defend- “The centre-back damaged knee return to action at this stage.” ly asked that question? It has to be the boss who er Virgil van Dijk has suffered knee ligaments following an incident It will at the very least be months faces the first ball’,” Gayle added. ligament damage amid reports the involving Blues goalkeeper Jordan before Liverpool’s talismanic presence For Punjab, Shami bowled a brilliant first Dutchman could miss the rest of the Pickford after six minutes at at the back returns, leaving Jurgen Super Over, defending five runs which was fol- season. Goodison Park,” Liverpool said in a Klopp with a major problem to solve lowed by Chris Jordan conceding 11 runs in the Van Dijk, who will require statement. “Van Dijk was required to to keep the Reds’ season on track. second. “Shami is the man of the match for me. To defend six runs against Rohit (Sharma) and (Quinton) de Kock, that’s fantastic. That’s a great job.” “I have faced you in the nets and I know that you can nail those yorkers, and nail them well. Today he came and delivered and brought it home for us,” Gayle added. Shami, who nailed his yorkers in the Super Over to allow MI to only equal KXIP’s score, said with the margin of error being so less he just focussed on what he knew he could do best. “It was very difficult. When you get 15-17 runs to defend in the Super Over, it’s a different matter altogether. You believe at the back of your mind that you can do it. “But when the margin of error is so less, you focus on what you can do best. I believe a lot in myself. When I was going back on the top of my mark every ball, I was saying to myself, ‘This last ball was great. The next ball will be great too’. I repeated that six times,” Shami added.