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THE EDITORIAL PAGE SECOND MEETING AT MOLDO-CHUSHUL BORDERPOINT Covid deaths the key CHINA&DELHI’S MAKE-BELIEVE CorpsCommanderstalkwellintothe metric, govt to track BY CRAJA MOHAN PAGE 8 night,Armychiefreviewssituation ambulance response, EXPLAINED waiting time for bed Indiapressing for D return to locations KAUNAINSHERIFFM E Focuson before build-up NEWDELHI,JUNE22 clinical PLAIN E ● BEYOND TESTING and isolation, EX management SIMPLY PUT fatality mitigation has emerged SUSHANTSINGH& as anew focus area of the govern- IN THE Centre's delibera- ININDIA-CHINA, KRISHNKAUSHIK ment's Covid containmentplan, tions with states, fatality THERUSSIAROLE NEWDELHI,JUNE22 as highlightedbythe Centredur- mitigation has been akey PAGE 11 ing meetings with representa- focus area. Epidemiologists THE MEETINGbetween XIV tivesofstateslastweek. and experts have also been Corps Commander Lt General Atop government func- saying that deaths, notris- HarinderSingh and his Chinese tionarytold TheIndian Express ing numbers, is akey metric SC clears Puri counterparttoreduce tensions that to keep the fatality rate un- to understand the effective- on the Line of Actual Control der control, therehavebeen de- ness of Covid containment (LAC)inLadakh continuedfor liberations with states on three plans. The government's fo- Rath Yatra, morethan tenhours Monday in sub-aspectsofthe clinical man- cus on clinical management search of abreakthrough. agement of patients: the time of patientsisastep in that but with no This wasthe second meeting takenfor patientstoreachthe direction. between the twosenior com- hospital and the call refusalrate crowds, with manders afterthe understand- of ambulances; the averagetime ing theyreachedattheir meet- the positive patient spends in the CabinetSecretaryRajiv Gaubahad ing on June 6couldnot be triageareabeforebeing assigned highlightedthat82percentof the distancing implemented following the abed;and the response of the deaths were from five states — Galwan Valleyclashes between hospitals in providingnon-inva- ,Delhi,,West the twosides on June 15 that left sive oxygen to patients. These Bengal,andMadhya Pradesh;and 20 Indian personnel dead. ‘sub-aspects’, sources said, often that 65 districtshaveacasefatal- Likethe firstmeeting, the Defence MinisterRajnath Singh arrivesinMoscowfor athree-dayvisit on Monday. DefenceMinistry makethe difference between life ity rate higher than 5per cent, meeting Mondaywas heldatthe and deathfor serious patients. much higher than the national Border Personnel Meeting Point In the June 11 meeting with case fatality rate of 3.22%. at Moldo on the Chinese side of health secretaries of states, CONTINUEDONPAGE2 the LAC, opposite Chushul. An official told The Indian BUSINESSASUSUAL Rajnath reaches Moscow, Jaishankar Express that the agenda of the In Puri on Monday, ahead of meeting wastobuild on deci- BY UNNY and Wang Yi meet today at RIC talks TRACKING ’S COVID CURVE the Rath Yatra. PTI sions agreedupon in the previ- ousmeeting of the twoCorps LOCKDOWN DAY CASES: RECOVERED:2,37,195 |DEATHS:13,254 Commanders. External Affairs MinisterS nel, including the Commanding ** ANANTHAKRISHNANG Aswiththepreviousmeeting, SHUBHAJITROY Jaishankar,meanwhile, will be Officer of 16 Bihar,werekilledin 90 4,25,282 TESTS:69,50,493 | DOUBLINGRATE:20.10 NEWDELHI,JUNE22 the agenda centered around the NEWDELHI,JUNE22 participating in avirtual meet- violent clashes with Chinese restoration of status quoanteon ing of theforeign ministers of troops on the night of June 15. THE RATH YatraofLord the LACasofApril, whichmeans ADAY afterhis meeting with the Russia, India and China (RIC) As he setout from Delhi, Jagannath in Puri will go ahead disengagementandde-escalation militarybrass on thesituation Tuesday. , in aTwitter post, as scheduledfromTuesday, but by bothsides along the border. along the Line of Actual Control This will be Jaishankar’sfirst said: “Leaving forMoscowona no congregationwillbeallowed The process decidedduring in Ladakh, Defence Minister face-to-face meeting with three-day visit. The visittoRussia and steps will be takentoensure the previous meeting fordisen- Rajnath Singh reachedMoscow ChinesecounterpartWangi Yi will give me an opportunity to that health and safetyare not gagement had startedfrom Mondaynight to startathree- afterthe Galwan Valleyincident hold talksonwaystofurther KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG. DOUBLING * compromised. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 dayvisit. in which20IndianArmyperson- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 TOWATCH CASES 24HRS GROWTH RATE** Athree-judgebench of the ■ Maharashtra 1,32,075 3,870 2.92% 24.64 Supreme Court headedbyChief ■ Gujarat 27,317 580 2.12% 34 Justice of India SABobde on ■ Delhi 59,746 3,000 5.46% 13.19 Mondaypartially modifiedits ONE OF THE FIRST KILLINGS INDELHI RIOTS June 18 order,bywhich it had re- Bihar on its mind,EC ■ Tamil Nadu 59,377 2,532 4.15% 17.34 strainedtempleauthoritiesinPuri ■ Bihar 7,665 162 2.44% 29.51 andelsewhereinOdishafromtak- Bullets fired by violent crowd hit ■ West Bengal 13,945 414 3.33% 21.62 ing out Rath Yatras this year. The courthad cited the“dan- to allow postal ballots *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth ger” to public health that the CONCERN CAUTION AGLIMMER Yatracould pose in the midstof Metro pillar, struck victim: police DELHI: Third TELANGANA: SIKKIM: Following the coronavirus pandemic, as forCovid-affected straightday of 730 new cases on spike last week, lakhs of devotees take partinthe the Jaffrabad Metrostation. 3,000-plus cases Sunday, almost eight cases on annual religious spectacle. KAUNAINSHERIFFM& Police arrested 10 men in the Sunday; hassecond 1,800 cases in Sunday after zero In itsrevised order on RITIKACHOPRA P7 MAHENDERSINGH case between March 5and April highest case load last three days cases for four days Monday, thecourtdirected that NEWDELHI,JUNE22 MANRAL 13,and named them as accused Based on daily data by Centre, ICMR, stategovernments all pointsofentryintoPuri —air- NEWDELHI,JUNE22 in the chargesheetfiledunder ports,railwaystations, bus STRESSINGTHATthe Election IPC section 302 (murder): Mohd stands, etc. —should be closed Commission (EC) will go the“ex- THE DELHI Police investigation Shahid (37), Mohd Shahrukh forthe duration of the festival. tramile” to ensurethat the pan- intoone of the firstkillings in the (24), Mohd Gulfam (23),Mohd The bench, alsocomprising demic does notaffect voter February communal riots in Amaan, 18,was killedinthe Gufran (23), Aqeel (26), Mehfooz Delhi to send oxygen Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and turnoutinthe Biharpolls later NortheastDelhi has concluded violence on February 25. File Raja (30), Mohd Azad (39), ASBopanna, asked theOdisha this year,ElectionCommissioner THEEXPRESS thatthe victim,18-year-old RifaqatAli(39), MohdFaizan(19) government to impose acurfew Sushil Chandratold TheIndian Amaan,succumbedto bulletsfired and Salman (26). support to those who starting 8pmonMonday“in the Express that Covidpatientswill INTERVIEW by a“violent crowd” at police that reviewedbyThe Indian Express. Courtrecords showthatpo- City of Puri on all the days and be allowedtovote through ricochetedoff the Metro line pil- AmaandiedonFebruary25near lice fired108 bulletsthat dayat CONTINUEDONPAGE 2 postalballots. ‘EC WILL ALSO GO lars,accordingto courtdocuments the anti-CAA protest site outside CONTINUEDONPAGE2 fall ill in home isolation In astrongindication thatthe TO COURT OVER Bihar polls arelikelytobeheld on FALSEAFFIDAVIT WORLD time, Chandrasaid the Law COMPLAINTS’ Father-in-law acquitted, five get life EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE MinistryhasacceptedtheEC'spro- SUSHIL CHANDRA NEWDELHI,JUNE22 posal on this issue,following ELECTION COMMISSIONER whichanew categoryof“Covid- term in Tamil NaduDalit killing case AS COVID cases continue to surge 19 suspectoraffectedpersons”has in the Capital, with Delhi over- beenaddedunderRule27Aofthe willnot be allowedtovoteathis the Udumalpetmarketinbroad takingTamilNaduasthe state Conduct of Election Rules, 1961. or her pollingbooth. This facility ARUNJANARDHANAN daylight. The murder,captured with the second highestcaseload To be eligible underthe new will be extendedtoall future CHENNAI,JUNE22 on CCTVcameras, had ledto in the countryafter Maharashtra, category,the voter should have elections, including bye-elec- Shankar's wifeKausalyafighting the Delhi government on GLOBAL COVID CASES tested positiveinagovernment tions," Chandrasaid. SETTINGASIDE atrial courtorder the caseagainst herparents, Mondaysaid it would help pa- Delhi Chief MinisterArvind healthcarefacility or onedesig- Askedabout voters in con- that had awardedthe death sen- Chinnaswamy andAnnalakshmi. tientsunderhomeisolation to Kejriwal on Monday. ANI TOP 9MILLION, U.S. nated by the government as a tainment zones who arenot in- tence to BChinnaswamy, the WhileChinnaswamy, adriver monitor their oxygen saturation EXPECTS SURGE Covid hospital. Voters under fected,Chandrasaid the panel main accused in the Udumalpet and alocal moneylenderfrom levels and even send oxygen con- IN AUTUMN “home quarantineorinstitu- has soughtinputsfromthe state honourkillingcaseof March 2016, VictimShankar,wife the temple town of Palani, be- centrators, if necessary. els… We will also give them a tional quarantine” can also avail Chief Electoral Officer (in Bihar), the Madras High Courton Kausalya:HCset asidetrial longedtothe Thevarcommunity, “Thebiggestissue we have number theycan callifthe lev- BRITAINREELS FROM the postalballotoption, he said. and is considering afew options, Mondayacquitted him of all courtorder an Other BackwardClass that en- seen is oxygen levels falling sud- els dip. Ateam will reachyour TERROR-LINKED "Therewill be an SOP forthe including advance voting. charges.Thecourtalsocommuted joys political and social clout in denly. Some patientsrequire house with aconcentrator.The STABBING Covid-positive votertonotifythe "Wedon'twant the turnout to lifethe deathsentence against the state, Shankar wasaDalit. oxygen immediately. Those un- patient can be stabilisedwhile PAGE 12 Returning Officer...Once the ap- to go down... We willgothe extra five other convictsinthe case. of hiring agangwho hackedhis In December 2017,the der home isolation will be given being shiftedtothe hospital. This plication is accepted, the voter CONTINUEDONPAGE 2 Chinnaswamywas accused son-in-lawVShankar,then22, at CONTINUEDONPAGE2 oximeterstomonitortheir lev- CONTINUEDONPAGE2

PAGE 1 ANCHOR As migrant workers leave,Kerala asks: Whowill plug the gap? TEST subsides. Or,asLabour Minister he says. Shaju S, the managing director. verely hit. “Mostofthe rice plant- SHAJUPHILIP TPRamakrishnan believes, The constructionindustryis In central Kerala, the sawmill ingisdone by migrantsfrom THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, REP RTS Kerala's ownmigrantsreturning the worst-hit. “About 90 per cent and plywoodindustry, which Bengal and Tamil Nadu. Many JUNE22 FROM THE from the Middle East, could fill of unskilledworkand 40 per had turnedErnakulam district have leftwhile others areaffected partofthe gap—nearly 72,000 cent of semi-skilledjobs is done intoamigrant hub, is tottering. by the curbs on inter-state move- SHAMEER VT,alabour contrac- FIELD have returnedsofar,and over 1 by migrants.The crisis will be- “Manufacturing has come ment,”says alocal official. torinKozhikode,isaworried TRACKINGTHEVIRUS, lakh moreare expected,manyof come moresevere,’’warns down to 40 per cent. Manyunits Pineapple Growers Associa- man. Justoverthree months ago, them having lost their jobs to the George Thomas, general secre- had employedworkers from a tionpresident BabyJohnsays he wasmanaging about 150mi- LOCKDOWN pandemic distress. tary,Kerala Builders Association. particular stateasagroup. They that everyJune, thesectorun- grantworkers, mostlyfromthe “All sectors arefeelingthe Forinstance,aconstruction have all gone back. Those re- dertakesnew planting on Northeast, who were busyat Shameer's story, in anutshell, shortage as we ease restrictions. siteinThiruvananthapuram, mainingare demandinghigher around 15,000acres. “This time, building sites across the north- is Kerala's newmigrant crisis. Afterthe lockdown, 3lakh work- whichhad employed2,000 mi- wages,’’ says Azees Pandiyarpilly, it will notbemorethan 3,000 ern district. Today, he's leftwith With at least3lakh workers ersleftfor their home states... grant workers, has only300 left. general secretary, Sawmill acres,’’ he says. “justsix” —and theywant a leaving the stateamid the Covid manyare still going back.Over 5 Uralungal LabourContractCo-op- Owners and Plywood Manufac- Allisnot lostyet,says George wage hike. lockdown, the pillars that lakhworkers had leftbeforethe Over 3lakh migrantsleftduring lockdown, stateislooking erative Society, aleading firm en- turers Association. Mathew, who worksamong mi- “Business has become costly. proppedupits economy—from lockdown. Manyare willing to at Gulf returnees. AP file gagedingovernmentprojects, In farming, the clockisticking grantsunder the Progressive Earlier,anunskilledworkerwas construction to manufacturing return when normaltrain serv- had 4,000 workers. “Now we because mostofthe work hap- Labour Movement forJustice. paidaboutRs700-800for aday's and farming —are crumbling. ices resume, and employers are have 1,000. We have begun are- pens in sync withthe monsoon. “Wehavestarted getting calls work.Now,theywant Rs 1,000 The onlyhope now, say ready to offerquarantine facili- “Now,our hope is that at least vacuum forskilledand unskilled cruitment drive forlocal workers, In Palakkad, whichisknown as from workers willing to return since thereare onlyafewleft,’’ stakeholders,isthat theworkers ties,’’ says Ramakrishnan, asen- asection of expatsreturning work.Weare encouragingthem including thosewho losttheir the state's granary, officials ex- because of the better wages,’’ he he says. will returnoncethe pandemic ior CPM leader. from the Middle Eastwillfill the to sign up with the skill registry,’’ jobs in the Middle East,’’ says pectpaddy cultivation to be se- says.

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GalwanValley, whereinthe twosideshad agreedto trial courtonJune 2, police have Shankar and Kausalya had met createadefacto‘bufferzone’ andboththe armies listeddisclosurestatements, deepen the India-Russia defence ment in the coming months. strikes, she metWang Yi and what wasthe firsthigh-levelvisit twoyearsbeforethe murder, were to step backout of thatareainaphasedman- recordedunder section 161ofthe andstrategic partnership. Ishall During his discussions with Russian Foreign MinisterSergey from China to India afterthe bor- while theywerestudents of an ner.Itwas to be implemented aftermeetings between CrPC, from some of theaccused also be attendingthe 75th Russian Deputy Prime Minister Lavrov andexplainedthe Indian der standoff. It also laid the engineeringcollege in Pollachi the commanders on the ground. During the imple- that namethe others -- and pros- VictoryDay Parade in Moscow.” Yury Borisovand Defence action. groundworkfor theinformal near Coimbatore. Afterher family mentation process, both sidesclashedoverthe exis- ecution witnessesthat include 33 Chinese Defence Minister MinisterSergeiShoigu,heis Beforethat, in November summit in Wuhan. opposedtheir relationship, she tence of aChinese ObservationPostinthe ‘buffer police and six CRPF personnel, a General WeiFenghe is also likely likelytoraisethe issue of the de- 2018,the leaders of RIC countries Tuesday’s RIC meeting, which startedstaying at Shankar’s zone’. private videographer and the to bepresent at the Moscowmil- livery of theS-400 missilede- —President Vladimir Putin, is being chaired by Russia, is a house. The murder,eight months In the previous meeting betweenthe Corps owner of aprivate studio,and itaryparade on June 24 to mark fence systems as well. Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, special sessiontomarkthe 75th aftertheir marriage, happened Commanders,therewas no breakthrough over nine doctors. the 75th anniversaryofthe Soviet Incidentally, theRIC, which ChinesePresidentXiJinping -- anniversaryofthe victoryover when theywereinUdumalpet Chinese construction and militarydeployment eight The chargesheetsays investi- victoryoverNazi Germanyinthe will bring Jaishankar and Wang had metatthe leaders’ levelfor Nazi Germany. town to buy clothes forShankar's kilometres to the west of theLAC on the northbank of gators examined thecrime scene Second WorldWar. Yi face-to-face, has become a the firsttime, afteragap of 12 But the three ministers, the birthdayand afarewell partyin the PangongTso. This wasexpected to remain ama- on March 19,but “failedtoget any Indian and Chinese troops are platform forstrategic communi- years. The meeting took place on MinistryofExternal Affairs said, college. jor point of contentionbetween the twosides during footagetrace” from CCTVcameras participating in theparade, along cationduring crises. thesidelines of the G-20 summit are“expected to discuss the cur- Sixmonths afterShankar’s Monday’s meeting, as the Chineseside had refusedto near the spotand adjoining areas. with contingentsfromother On February27, 2019,then in Buenos Aires. rent situation of the global pan- murder,Kausalyacleared acen- engageonthe matter and had been pressing hard It says footageobtainedfroma countries. External Affairs Minister Sushma And in December 2017,Wang demic and the challenges of tral government exam and againstthe Indiandeployment. private cameraman,Madan,who Singh will meetthe Russian Swaraj had travelledtoWuzhen Yi had travelledtoIndia —more global security,financialstability bagged apermanent job. Her le- This meeting washeld at the CorpsCommander washired by policetorecordthe defence brass and is expected to in China forthe RIC meeting. than three months afterthe and RIC cooperation in that con- galfightalso sawher emergeas levelassix rounds of talksatthe MajorGeneral level riots wasusedtoidentify the ac- reviewsuppliesofdefence equip- Within hours of the Balakot air Doklam crisis wasresolved—in text”. an iconofanti-castemovements had failedtobreak the impasse between the twosides. cusedand ascertain the “clothes in the state. In December 2018, The Chinese ForeignMinistry’s statement lastFriday worn” by them. she marriedSakthi, an activistand had also said that“asecond commander-levelmeet- In itsreplyfiledonShahid’s SC clears Puri without public attendance”, and 63,335.Mumbai,whichhas been cal parties, Chandrasaid, "(It) will the player of parai,atraditional ing should happen as soon as possible to deal with the bail plea at the trial courtonJune that “this hasbeen proposedby the citywiththe highestnumber alsohavetofollowthe health and drum. situation on the ground”. 1, police claim that“the violent Rath Yatra, but Gajapati Maharaj of Puri, who is of cases since the startofthe epi- NDMA guidelines.Partieswill As the CorpsCommandersdiscussedthe situation crowdwas bent upon proceeding with no crowds the Chairman of the Puri demic in March,has 67,586 cases, have to rely on virtualrallies and Focus on getting on the ground, the Armyheldadetailed operational towardsMaujpur,where already Jagannath Temple and is growingatamuchslower campaigning through social me- briefing in Delhi. ArmychiefGeneral MM Naravane another mob of the differentcom- during all the time when Rath Administration”. pace than Delhi. dia. But the situation could patients to attended thedetailedreviewofthe situation on the munity waspresent”. Yatrachariots aretaken in proces- “Indeed”, the court said in its At 5.7 percent, the average changecloser to the dateofthe ground with Armycommanders on Mondaymorn- Takentogether, thepolicere- sion...”, and “on such other days order,“if it is possible to ensure dailygrowth (7-daycumulative poll in Bihar.” hospitals ing,aspartofthe second leg of the Army plyand thechargesheetpresent and duringsuchtimeasdeemed that thereisnopublic attendance, daily growth rate)inthe capital is The term of the Bihar “Certain states have fatality Commanders’ Conference. crucial details: necessary”. we see no reason whythe Rath currentlythe highestinthe coun- Assemblyends on November 29. ratesofaround justone per cent, “ArmyCommanders Conference #ACC-20 is be- ■ Cause of injury: “During the No one would be allowedto Yatracannotbeconducted safely try. Consideringthis rate of and some have ratesthatare ing conducted on 22-23 June 2020 to review theop- investigation, alot of effort was come out of their homes or places along itsusual routefromtemple growth, the Capital lookspoised TN honour higher.For instance,despite the erationalsituation on both the Northern and Western takentofind out which riotershot of residencesuchashotels, lodg- to temple”. to emergeasthe city with the hugespikeindaily cases in Tamil Fronts,” the Armysaid. Amaan. However, the violent ing houses, etc., whenthe curfew Afterthe June18order,anor- largest number of cases. killing: HC Nadu, the state's Covid fatality Talksare also takingplace at the diplomatic level crowdwas thousandsinnumber, is in force, the order said. ganisation of devotees of Lord The CM, however, strucka rate hovers around 1per cent and in Beijing wherethe Indian side is being ledbythe belonging to aparticular commu- EachRath,the courtsaid, Jagannath had urgedthe Odisha positive note on Monday, saying acquits accused 's is alittle over 1per Indian Ambassador to China, Vikram Misri. nity, andnoone came forwardto “shallbepulled by notmorethan government to appealtothe SC to the number of patientsrecover- Principal District and Sessions cent. The number of deathsbeing speak the truth. However, accord- 500persons including officials allow the Yatrawith precautions, ing hasrisenoverthe pastweek. courtinTiruppur had awarded reportedtells us about the effec- Bullets fired by violent crowd ingtokey witnesses present dur- and police personnel”,who “shall and without anycongregation. WhileDelhi has23,820active deathsentence to six of the 11 ac- tiveness of clinical management. ing the incident, the rioters were be tested forthe Coronavirus”, Some individuals, including the cases, 36,602 have recovered, he cusedinthe case, including And that something is nothap- hit pillar, struck victim: police aiming at policeand firing bullets. and onlythose found negative hereditarychiefservitor of the said. Thereare 13,377 hospital Chinnaswamy. pening right in stateswhichare the site. Records also showpolicehavecited theopin- ThereisaMetro line above and willbeallowedtoparticipate. Lord, and BJP leader , bedsinthe city,ofwhich6,256 are On Monday, while setting reporting high fatality rate as far ionofdoctors to claim that the fatalinjuries were pillars below. The bullets collided Theywillalso be required to had movedseparateapplications occupied. Of these beds, 460 are aside the lowercourt's order as clinical management of hospi- causedbybullets of calibrenot usedbythem. They with the pillarsand hit the crowd, maintain social distancing, and seeking permissionfor the Yatra. occupied, 248are vacant and 708 againstChinnaswamyand acquit- talisedpatientsisconcerned,” the told the courtthattheir personnelfired only “in the and one among them wasAmaan therewillbeaninterval of one On Monday,the applications have ventilators. Another 12,922 ting him of all charges, including source said. air” or on the “lowerpartofthe body” of suspected who wasshotbythe bullets. hour between twochariots,the were listedbeforeasingle-judge people areunder home isolation. that of criminal conspiracy,the On the firstsub-aspect of clin- rioters in “selfdefence” and to “savepublic at large”. Manyother persons also were hit court said. benchofJusticeArun Mishra. “A week ago, therewere High Courtdivision benchof ical management –the time taken In aset of documentsfiledincourt -- to oppose by thesebullets," the chargesheet Only a“bare minimumnum- Backingthe requestfor modi- 24,000active cases. Therecovery Justice MSathyanarayananand M by patientstoreach hospitals and the bail plea of Mohd Shahid, oneofthe accused who states. berofpeople” who areCovid neg- fication of the order,the SG said rate is risingand at present, it Nirmal Kumar,said the prosecu- the response of ambulanceserv- wasalso injured in thefiring--police have cited a ■ Causeofdeath: The ativewill be allowedtoattend the the centuries old ritual should not seems likethe situation is stabil- tion was“unabletoprove the ices –the sourcepointed out that number of reasonstosupporttheir charges. Thereis chargesheetcites doctors who ritualsassociated with the Rath be interferedwith. Crores of devo- ising. We arealsotesting thrice as charge of conspiracybeyond any therehas been “substantial im- no mention of the murder weapon or identityofthe conducted thepost-mortemas Yatra, and theywillberequired to tees believe that if the Lordcan- muchaswewereearlier.Noone reasonable doubt”. provement”inthe national person who used it. saying that Amaan died of ahead maintainsocial distancing. notcome out on the dayofthe should face anyissues in getting The High Court, however, up- Capitalinthe last one week. Police told court that theaccusedwereidentified injury“causedbyaprojectile of Yatra, he cannotcome outfor the tested now,”Kejriwalsaid. held the lowercourt's acquittal of “The timetoreachthe hospi- on the basis of the clothes theywore, includingshirts, firearmweapon”. The benchput the responsibil- next 12 years, he said. Kejriwal said the number of Kausalya's mother and uncle talfromthe patient'sresidence is jeans and skull caps; footagetaken by an “authorised” Citingasecond medical opin- ity of ensuring thatthese norms The Odisha government ex- hospital admissionshavebeen Pandidurai. The investigation offi- an important aspect,especiallyfor videographer hired by police to record theprotests; ion, whichwas sought by police, arefollowedonthe committee in pressedagreement with the lowoverthe past10days,asign cer had movedanappeal in the patientswith severe symptoms. andmobilephonerecordsthat,theyallege, pointto the chargesheet states:The injury charge of the temple administra- Centreonconducting the Yatra that mostpatientswereeither High Courtagainsttheir acquittal. Also, callrefusal rate of ambu- the locationofusers. was“possible by both 7.65 mm or tion. “Eachmember... shallbere- withcertain precautions. In itsaf- asymptomatic or onlyhad mild While Kausalya’s statement lances is averyimportant data The communal riots were triggered by clashes fol- 8mmboreweapons”; the “intact sponsible fordue compliance” fidavit, the statesaid that itsap- symptoms. againsther parentshad playeda that would reveal howfastthe pa- lowing the gatheringofanti-CAAprotestersoutside bullet/projectile wasnot found”; with the conditions imposedby prehension “is primarilyrelated “On June 12,5,300 bedswere key role in Chinnaswamy's con- tient is reaching the hospital.For the Jaffrabad Metrostation on February23, and ledto “onlythe broken pieceofthe pro- it, and theCentralguidelines on to thousands of Rath Yatras tak- occupied.Today thisnumberis victioninthe lowercourt, the instance,inDelhi, data points out over 50 deathsinthe week that followed. jectile wasfound in the trace of public health, the courtsaid. ing place all over the State” which 6,200. This means that in 10 days, High Court in itsorder challenged that therehas been asubstantial Amaan, aresident of Seelampur,was amongeight the wound”; and,the “boreofthe “Officers designated by the State see “attendancebylakh ofdevo- 900morebedshavebeen occu- severalofthe evidence that the improvement in (the response of men who receivedbulletinjuries in the area on weapon will be opined by thebal- Government forconduct of the tees”. The Statewould, it said, en- piedevenasthe number of cases prosecution presented in court. ambulances) in the lastone February25and were rushedtohospitals.The listic expert”. Rath Yatrashallberesponsible deavour to makethe necessary recorded in this periodisaround Forinstance, the prosecution week,” the source said. ■ Bulletcalibre: In itscourt likewise,” it said. arrangementsfor the Rath Yatra 23,000.Thismeans twothings– had heldasevidence thecell- On the second sub-aspect -- reply, police claim that it recov- The courtacceptedthe pro- if it was“confined to Puri alonein one that the number of people go- phoneconversations the averagetime spent by the pa- ered 11 cartridges of 7.65mm, posal of Solicitor General Tushar alimitedway without public at- ing to hospitals is on apar with re- Chinnaswamy had with twoof tientsinthe triageareabeforebe- sevencartridges of 8mm, and17 Mehtatotelecastthe Yatra, so that tendance...” coveriesand second,that there the other accused, and details of ing assignedabed -- the source cartridges of 5.56 mm calibre devotees could witness it without The matter wasthen sent to arefewer cases that requirehospi- currency notesthat he allegedly said.“This is alsoverycrucial. A from thespot. The chargesheet coming out on thestreet. the three-judge benchheadedby taladmission. Fornow,wedonot paidthe hiredkillers and witness suspected patient couldspend states that the 108bulletsfired by “The rituals and the Rath Yatra the CJI, whichtook it up by video needalot of bedsbut we aren’t accountsofthe conspiracybeing five minutesorevenfivehours in policefromtheir Insasrifles were shall be freelycovered by thevi- conference in the post-lunchses- complacent. We have created in- hatchedattwo locations. the triagearea. If apatient spends of 5.56mm. sual media,” the courtsaid, and sion. The benchclarifiedthat it frastructureonawar footing and While rejecting the prosecu- five hours, the chances of that per- ■ The incident: The asked thestate government to al- washearing the requestfor mod- aregetting alot of supportfrom tion case, the High Courtbench son dyingare that muchmore. chargesheetrefers to arecorded lowTVcameras to be installedat ificationonlyinrespect of thePuri theCentre. This is notthe time for observed that they had failedto Also, the chances of the patient in- statement from Amaan's father, suchplaces as maybenecessary. temple. politics. We needtofight to- submitCCTVimages from the fecting people in the triagearea Iqbal Ahmed: “...myson,left Odisha, the courtnoted, “has a gether,” he said. ATMfromwhere Chinnaswamy arehigher,” thesourcesaid, home around 2-3 pm. When he good recordofhavingcontrolled Delhi to send The CM also targettedChina, allegedly withdrew moneytopay adding stategovernments, “are reachedTentwala school, there the pandemic with averylittle saying the countrywas fighting the gang. reviewing these twoimportant wasafight. Idon’tknowfrom loss of life”, and “wesee no reason oxygensupport “twowars” againstChina. “One is However, thecourtupheld the dataonadaily basis”. wherebullets were being fired, whythe same attitude of careand againstthe virussent by China trial court's conviction againstfive The triage, oftenthe emer- but theystruck my son.There caution should notbeappliedto to the ill and the second againstChinaat others sincethe CCTV images gency departmentofhospitals,is were 4,000-5,000 personsatthe the Rath Yatra”. will be present ineachdistrict. the border.Doctors and nurses are from the market establishedtheir usuallythe patient's firstpoint of spot. Some persons carriedmy The courtsaid thatonJune 18, Onceapersoniscured,the fighting the virus, and at the bor- identity. contactwithhealthprofessionals. son to JPC Hospital and later to it “had suggestedtothe parties oxymetercan be returnedtothe der,soldiers arefighting... There Observingthat the five be- It's here that aclinicalinvestiga- LNJP hospital. Some people came that the...Yatra...couldbeallowed government,” DelhiChief should notbeany politics over longed to the Piranmalaikallar tion of the patient is done for and informedthat due to firing to proceed, however, without the MinisterArvind Kejriwal said on this. Our 20 soldiers did notre- community,“adenotifiedcom- Covid symptoms. The govern- from thecrowd, Amaan had to be generalcongregationwhich par- Monday. treat,wecannotretreat either,”he munity”, and other Backward ment has mandated that in the admitted. Irequest youtohand ticipates in this Yatra”. Deputy CM ManishSisodia said. Class and MostBackwardClass triage area, the suspectedpatient over my son’sdead body.Idon't However, it said, “Wewerein- said 1lakhoxymeters were being communities, and making note of should be givenatriple-layersur- want anytype of legalaction.” formedthatitwould be well nigh procured,witheachcosting be- EC to allow the fact thatnoneofthem had gicalmask and directed to an iso- ■Call records, video footage: impossibletoensurethatthereis tweenRs1,000 and Rs 3,000. any“bad antecedents”, the court lation room, if available. The chargesheetclaimsthat“ex- no congregation.This Courtwas, On Sunday, in ameeting at- postalballots for commuted theirdeath sentence On the thirdsub aspect, the amination of videos captured dur- therefore,leftwithnooption but tendedbyKejriwal,Deputy CM to life. source pointed to the effective ingthe incident proves that all the to grant an injunctionrestraining ManishSisodiaand L-GAnil Covid-affected The government counsel said clinical management of states arrested accusedwerepresent at the Rath Yatraitself.” Baijal, among others, Home mileand even ensurethat,ifneed theywouldchallengethe High suchasTamil Nadu and the spot”.Itsays that questioning On June 18,SGMehta, repre- MinisterAmitShah had directed be,apolling officer is sent to de- Courtorder.“We will study the or- Karnataka,whichhaveacase fa- of accusedand CDR records ledto senting the Centre, hadproposed the Delhi government to share liverthe postalballottothe Covid- der,look at reasons forthis acquit- tality rate of less than2%, in pro- raids at locations wherethose thatthe Yatrabeorganisedminus with the Centredetailsofevery positive voter and even bring it taland go ahead with an appeal. viding non-invasive oxygen sup- who firedweresuspected to be the congregation;however, the Covid death in the Capital and also back,"hesaid. The government has astrong porttopatients. hidingorlikelytomeet, but they Odishagovernment, represented take caretonote whether apa- To ensuresocial distancing, viewagainstsuchcaste murders, “Once the patient is assigned “couldnot find anyclues and the by Senior AdvocateHarish Salve, tient who diedwas in home iso- the EC has decided to limit the we willchallengeit,”hesaid. abed,the focus shifts to howre- search is still in progress”. had said thatitwould be difficult lation andifthe person was number of voters at eachpolling ReactingtoMonday's verdict, sponsivethe hospital is in provid- The “voice of people firing” to do so. brought to thehospitalatthe right booth to 1,000, instead of 1,600 Kausalya’s mother said theywere ing ventilatorornon-invasive wasalso captured in the record- On Monday, thecourt saidthat time. under normal circumstances. "So innocent andthat this was“God’s oxygen supporttothe person. In ing, policeclaim, adding that they Odisha had in afresh affidavit said On Monday, as Delhireported we willhavetoadd another verdict.” TN and Karnataka, oxygen has have asked forCCTVfootage from thatitmight be possible to con- close to 3,000 newcases, the to- 30,000 polling stations,"hesaid. Kausalya said, “My Shankar savedpeople, notventilators,” the the PWD department. duct the Yatra“in alimited way talnumberofinfectionsreached As forcampaigningbypoliti- would have been still aliveif source said.

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BRIEFLY AFTER COST WAS CAPPEDATRs2,400 High Court asks Delhi govt 17Mandoli Jailinmates Pvtlabsstophomecollection to ramp up antigen testing testpositive EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE CORONAVIRUS IN THE CAPITAL NewDelhi: Twodays after ofsamples,saytooexpensive NEWDELHI,JUNE22 the Covid-19testresult of TOTALCASES: 62,655 | NEWCASES: 2,909 an inmatewho had THE DELHI High Court Monday passed away at Delhi’s removedthe pricecap forCovid- asked theDelhi government to Cases RecoveredDeathsTests Mandoli Jail came posi- ASTHASAXENA 19 testsandwrotetoallstategov- tryand increase Covid-19 testing tive,atleast 17 inmates NEWDELHI,JUNE22 ernments to fixthecostsaftercon- via rapid antigen tests(RAT), in June 20 3,630 7,7257717,533 who shared the barrack sulting stakeholders forRT-PCR viewofrising cases in the capital. June 21 3,000 1,7196318,105 withhim have testedpos- DAYS AFTER the Ministryof testing. In Maharashtra, the gov- AbenchofJusticesHimaKohli June 22 2,909 3,589 58 14,682 itive forthe virus.Delhi Home Affairs capped chargesof ernment has setdifferent rates— and Subramonium Prasad said Prisons DG Sandeep Goel RT-PCR testsfor Covid-19atRs Rs 2,200for swabs collected and dailyRAT numbers were Total23,820*36,602 2,2333,84,696 said, "These inmates were 2,400inDelhi,severaltopprivate sent to thelab,Rs2,500 if patient “abysmal”astheywerenot reach- *Total active cases tested andtheir results labs have stopped home collec- goes to thelab and Rs 2,800for ing 50% of the target of 22,000 came on Monday, which tion of samples. The move could home collection. testsper dayset by the govern- RATs perday (2,000 testseachin inedbythe medicalofficeratthe showedthat 17 have impact the number of RT-PCR “The revisedchargesofRs ment. “See if youcan expandRAT 11 districts).The benchobserved, testing sitetoassessseverity of ill- tested positive forthe testsbeing performedinthe city 2,400are inclusive of everything. numbers. Looking atthe rate the “Figures of testingdonefromJune ness. The officer will provide an virus. Theyhavebeen andadd to the hassles of people What will we payour staffwho (Covid)numbersaregoingup,the 18 onwardsare abysmal. The oximeter and explain home iso- shifted to aseparatebar- whodon’t want to or areunable go to collect the samples? We sooner youdo, the better,” it said. Delhi government has notcon- lationguidelinesto patients with rack,and arebeingclosely to visitcollectioncentres. Thetest payRs700-800tothe staffer The courtwas hearingaplea ducted more than 50% of tests.” mildsymptoms/arepre-sympto- monitoredby the jail doc- usedtoearliercostRs4,500. who visitshouses…The govern- by advocateRakesh Malhotra, Satyakamsaidthe court may matic. If such patients cannot tor. So far, their health is At present,Delhi carries out At present, Delhi carries out 20,247 testsper million ment should give us some lee- who sought directionstothe examine figures aftertesting has home isolate, theywillbesent to alright.” 20,247 testsper million popu- population. Praveen Khanna wayfor home collectionserv- government to ramp up testing been conducted till June 25. Covid carecentres.Thosewith lation. ices. It’s no longer feasible forus. facilities forsymptomatic and As per the Delhi govern- moderate/severe illness will be OnMonday, TheIndianExpress We arewaitingifslabs will be asymptomatic patients. ment, 19%ofcases arebeingre- referred to hospitals, and those E-registerto spoke to severalprivate labswho to be named. any, costinvolvedinpicking up followedinDelhi likein ThecityonMondaysaw 2,909 portedfromcontainment zones. with mild symptoms and co- enterHaryana confirmedtheyare nolongertak- Arepresentative from apri- and transportationofsamples, Maharashtra,” said another pri- newcases, taking the total count Officials said an epidemiologi- morbidities likediabetes and hy- ingsamplesfromhome. “Liftinga vate hospital in Delhisaid the lab documentation andreporting, vate lab owner in the city. to 62,655.Thetollis2,333,with58 cal analysis of newcases shows pertension will be shiftedto Gurgaon: People coming sample from apatient’s home re- isonlytestingsamplessentby the with immediateeffect.” At present, 42 labs areautho- deathsseen in the last24hours. that amajority of them arepre- Covid healthcentres orhospitals. to for72hours or quires aseparatePPE kit, gown, government. Earlier,asper therates setby risedtoperform RT-PCRtests in The court’s observation came sentingasisolated sporadic Those who undergo RT-PCR morewillhavetonow goggles, mask,gloves, vial trans- The MHA capped rateson the government,private labs the city. To enhance testing ca- afterDelhigovernmentadditional cases and then becoming clus- testswill be trackedbyateam of registeronlinebeforeen- portmedium, etc. All this is spent June 17 basedonareportbya would be paid Rs 4,500ifthey pacity, the city’s 11 districts have standing counsel Satyakam sub- tercases. It said 45% of cases are districtsurveillanceofficers.If they tering the state, as pera on asingle person who is risking committeeheadedbyNITIAayog collected thesampleusing their eachbeen assignedlabsfor ex- mitted thatasofJune18, 15,012 showing features of clustering. areunderhomeisolation,theteam directionissuedbythe hislifetoattendto asuspectedpa- member Dr VKPaul, whichhas ownkits; Rs 3,500ifthe govern- clusively testing samples to en- samples were collected—7,040 The government has also is- will makecalls foratleast 9days. Haryana StateDisaster tient, but the ratesfixed by the also fixedtreatment chargesat ment collected thesamples and suretimelytesting and getting samples tested through RATand suedfresh SOPs formanage- Anotherteamwillworkoncontact Management Authority. government arenot at all cost-ef- private hospitals. the private labs usedtheirkitsto resultswithoutdelay. 7,972throughRTPCRtest.OnJune ment of Covid positive patients. tracing. Officials said patientswill “The Authority has de- fective.Wehavecompletely An order by the statehealth test it;and Rs 2,200ifthe gov- The city has also receiveda 21,13,345sampleswere collected As per the L-G’sorder,all who be askedfor acontact who could cidedtocontrol theinter- stoppedhomecollectionservices department on June 18 stated, ernment collected the sample go-ahead from the Centreto —9,356 tested through RATand test positive willhavetofirstre- bethesourceof infectioninthelast statemovement in view andarerequestingpatientstovisit “The ratesofCovid RT-PCR test in and providedthe test kit as well. startrapid antigentesting. 3,989 through RT PCR. porttoCovid carecentres. 7-10days. Those who need to be of the protection of health the collection centre,” said apri- Delhi has been fixedatRs2,400 OnMay25,theIndianCouncil Till June 22, atotal of 3,84,696 He also said the government Those who test positive in the shiftedtohospitals/healthcentres of the common people, vate lab owner,who did notwish per test inclusive of GST/taxes, if of Medical Research (ICMR)had testshad been carriedout. has targeted conducting22,000 rapid antigen test will be exam- will be takenvia ambulances. due to increasing cases of coronavirus,” said Deputy CommissionerAmit Khatri. Police oppose Safoorabail: School owner accused in riots granted Districtteams bail by trial court, HC puts order on hold strengthened Pregnancy is no ground NewDelhi: Delhi govern- no suchprocedurewas followed Granting bail to Farooq, the powertofile the present peti- Copyofthe order be communi- ment planstostrengthen PRITAMPALSINGH in this case. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE trial courthad observed that the tion againstthe orderofthe catedtoconcerned Judgeand the district-levelsurveil- NEWDELHI,JUNE22 Mehrasubmitted that Delhi NEW DELHI,JUNE22 police “chargesheet is bereft of trialcourt’s Additional Jail Superintendent...,” the order lance teams, whichwill Policeshould move forrequisite material showing the linksof Sessions Judge(ASJ), passed on reads. nowcomprise of repre- SAFOORA ZARGAR’Spregnancy approvalfromthe competent THE DELHI High Courton applicant with PFI, PinjraTod June 20. Challenging the trialcourt sentativesfromDelhi cannotbegrounds to granther government authority and they Monday put on hold atrial court group and Muslim clerics”. Solicitor General Tushar order, Delhi Police had moved Police, MCD, district sur- bail,theDelhiPolicetoldtheHigh will getapproval. He said, “Police ordergranting bail to the owner The courtalso said, “It is Mehtasubmitted thathere- the HC through itscounsel, con- veillance officers,ITpro- CourtMonday, while opposing want different counsel, as they of aschool who wasarrestedin prima facie notestablishedthat ceivedinstructionfromthe cen- tending that “whilegranting fessionals forAarogya thepleaby theJamiaCoordination knowthatIwill have adifferent connection withthe Northeast the applicantwas present at the tral government to file the pres- bail to respondent (Farooq), the Setu, members from Committee’s media coordinator, view. Iwill have amorehuman- Delhi riots,ordering that if he is spotatthe time of incident”. entpetitionand to appear ASJ incorrectlyrecordedthatin medical colleges and de- who has been arrested in acase itarian approachinsuchmatters “still in custody,heshall notbe The High Courthearing, before this court. none of the CCTVfootages, the partmentofeducation related to communal violence in and willnot act as per their released”. whichwas conductedthrough Later,the courtwas apprised presenceofrespondentwas and youth. NortheastDelhi. whims and fancies.” Justice Suresh Kumar Kait the videoconferencing,also that the issue raisedinthe pres- there”. The contention wasmade in “Am Isupposedtobethe passedthe interim order on a witnessedstrong opposition entpetition shall be resolved. “Itissubmittedthat the ASJ the status reportfiledbyDelhi SafooraZargar mouthpiece of the Delhi Police? plea filedbythe Delhi Police from Delhigovernment’s stand- The courtissuednoticeto failedtoconsiderthat the re- Protestoutside Police’s counsels Amit Mahajan Iamanofficer of the court. As a againstthe trial court’s June20 ing counsel (criminal) Rahul Farooq and listedthe matter for spondent/accusedwas clearly DU V-C office and Rajat Nair before Justice prosecutor,Idon’thavetotoe order, by whichFaisalFarooq, Mehra, over the petition filedby further hearing on June 23. seen in CCTVfootage near RajivShakdher,who washear- safeguards and medical attention the line of the prosecuting ownerofRajdhani Public central government counsel on “Till further order,ifthe re- Rajdhani School on February 24 NewDelhi: About adozen ingthe bail plea. during their custody in jail…,” agency. Iwill have to function in- School, wasgranted bail. behalf of the DelhiPolice. spondent/accused, pursuant to at about 01.43 pm, whichevi- studentsand teachers The 27-year-old wasar- police said in their status report. dependently,”Mehra said. Since Farooq wasstill in cus- Mehrasubmitted that the order dated June 20,isstillin dencewas part of the protesting againstthe the rested by the Special Cell on “Itissubmitted thatthe very ASG Lekhireplied: “The tody,hewas notreleased. central government has no custody,heshallnot be released. chargesheet,”the police said. ’s deci- April 10 and is facing aUAPA fact of rearing of lifeought to client chooses the lawyer.Itis sion to hold open book case in connection with the ri- have been acheck on activities notthatthe lawyer imposes exams were detainedby ots. In her bail plea, she raised whichhad apotential to cause, himselfonthe client.”Lekhi said policefromoutside the her pregnancy as one of the and whichdid in fact cause, this controversy would deviate Vice-Chancellor’s office grounds forrelief. large-scale destruction of life the court fromthe issue at hand Monday. Police, in itsresponse, sub- and property,” it said. and Mehra’s objection can be mitted that as manyas“39 de- The hearing wasadjourned kept aside in this case. liveries have takenplace in Delhi forTuesday. Afterbothlaw officers made Jarwalaide prisons in the last10years”. The hearing also witnessed their submissions, the courtsaid getsbail “Insofarasground of preg- exchangeofwords between the the petitioner is notconcerned nancy by the accusedtoseek bail Delhi government’s senior about who will appear forthe NewDelhi: ADelhi from this courtisconcerned, it is standing counsel (criminal) Delhi Police. “Settle your battle courtgranted interim respectfullysubmitted that it is Rahul Mehraand additional so- outside the court,” the judgesaid. bail to Kapil Nagar, who noteventhe caseofthe petitioner licitorgeneral(ASG) Aman Lekhi. Zargar’s counsel Nitya wasarrestedalong with that she is notbeing granted Mehraobjected to Solicitor Ramakrishnan, meanwhile, AAP MLAPrakash proper careduring custody. General (SG) Tushar Mehtaand sought interim bail on the Jarwalinconnection “It is submitted that…there ASG Lekhi’s appearance in ground that her client is in adel- with the alleged suicide is no exception carved out for Zargar’s bail plea, submitting icatestate andisinafairly ad- of aSouth Delhidoctor, pregnant inmatewho is accused that unlikeother Delhi violence vancedstage of her pregnancy. noting that his father of suchheinous crime to be re- matters —inwhich requisiteap- Afterthe trial courtonJune has tested positive for leasedonbailmerelybecauseof proval wassought by Delhi 4dismissedher bail application, coronavirus. ENS their pregnancy.Tothe contrary, Police to be represented by a Zargarhad movedthe HC the lawprovides foradequate team of lawyers ledbythe SG — againstthe order. French envoy visits fairprice shop with Delhi foodminister

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FRENCH ENVOY to India Emmanuel Lenain Mondayvis- ited arationshopinthe Tughlaqabad assemblycon- stituency with Delhi Food MinisterImran Hussain. Lenain said the Frenchgov- Emmanuel Lenain andImran ernment wassupporting an ini- Hussain at Tughlaqabad tiative under whichevenmi- grantsare coveredunder the ambit of food security in astate. along with senior officialsofthe “VisitedaFairPriceShop—the government,gaveabrief pres- coreofIndia’s social security sys- entation to the Frenchdelegates tem. The €200M fundingofthe about the various initiativesof FrenchDevelopment Agency is the administrationregarding well spent! Franceislending sup- food and civil supply. porttoensure that even people “The ambassador wasappre- whoarenot registeredasresidents ciative of the effortsundertaken in astate can avail of subsidised by the Delhi Government and food supplies," Lenain tweeted. expressedsatisfaction that ben- Thereare 2,030 fair price efitsreachedtargetedsections of shops in Delhi under the PDS the society duringthe situation network, whichcoversaround arisen due to Covid-19 ,” the gov- 71 lakh beneficiaries. Hussain, ernment said in astatement.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 4 THE CITY THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,JUNE23,2020 Woman Man posing as doctor willing to donate plasma LAXMI NAGAR ROBBERY stabbed to death in arrested for duping Delhi assembly speaker 80-year-old man, who posedasadoctor with the payment. Afterthat, he Ghaziabad SOMYALAKHANI the medicine department at switchedoff his phone and NEWDELHI,JUNE22 RML hospital. He said he had re- nevershowedup.” livingalone coveredfromthe virus and could On June 20, Goel filedacom- market ON JUNE 19,Vidhan Sabha donate. Luckily, my nephew plaintatthe Civil Lines police sta- speaker RamNiwas Goel trans- managed to getanotherdonor. tion. On June 22, Karim wasar- ferred Rs 450 cab charge to the On June 19,Ireceivedacall from rested from South Delhi's Pul AMILBHATNAGAR account of aman who claimed my neighbourinCivil Lines who Prahladpur,wherehelives, us- killedathome GHAZIABAD,JUNE22 to be a"Covid-19survivor, adoc- waslooking foraplasma donor ing technical surveillance. toratRML hospital" and was forhis father.Mynephewgave DCP Bhardwaj said, “The ac- A23-YEAR-OLD popular TikTok willing to donateplasma to his me the number of this man.” cusedsaid he's been doing this content creator wasarrestedby neighbour's elderly father at Goel said he spoketothe ac- forafew weeks. He has no aides. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Ghaziabad Police on Mondayfor Gurgaon’s Medantahospital — The accusedsought Rs 450 from RamNiwas Goel (R) as cab cused, who told him that "he is He said he's dupedmorepeople; NEWDELHI,JUNE22 allegedly killing a19-year-old onlytobeduped. fare.Once moneywas sent,hestoppedanswering calls amongthe four doctors at RML we areinvestigating the matter.” woman. Police said the accused, Aday later,Goel submitted a hospital who arewilling to do- Goel said the complaint was- AN 80-YEAR-OLD man waskilled Sheru Khan, aresident of Delhi, written complaint to police.On nateplasma. He asked forRs450 n’t about the money. “Inthis in abreak-in at hisLaxmi Nagar KPAgarwal stabbed Naina to death in a Monday, theaccused, Abdul as adoctor,pretend to be a Rahul Thakur,through his cab fare,whichIsentsohecould case, the man playedwith some- apartment, with the accused, wasfound Ghaziabadmarket Wednesday, Karim (22), wasarrested. plasma donor and ask formoney nephew,who came to know reachMedantahospital. Ifound one's life. My neighbour wasted who areyet to be identified, rob- dead by allegedlyfor refusing to marry DCP (North) Monika in the guise of travelling ex- about him via social media. it odd that adoctorwas asking four hours, his father’s condition bing the victim’scash and valu- neighbours him. Ghaziabad Police has ar- Bhardwaj said, “During investi- penses to reachthe hospital The Speaker told TheIndian forcab money, but assumedhe deteriorated.Here's afamily des- ables. Police said the body of KP rested six persons in connection gation, he disclosedthat he wherethe patient is admitted. Express,“My nephew’s father-in- wasmaybe ajunior resident peratelylooking foraplasma Agarwalwas foundonMonday with the case so far. adoptedthis modus operandi of Afterthe online payment, he lawneededbloodplasmaashe doctor who neededfinancial donor for12hours,and this man morning. ingthe post-mortem reporttoas- "A murder had been carried cheating people on the pretext would stop taking their calls.” had contracted Covid-19. He help. Isent him the cash transfer chose to fool them.Thankfully, This is the second case of mur- certain the cause of death. out by Sheru Khan andhis ac- of donatingblood andplasma. Goel said he came to know postedabout it on social media receiptvia phonebut he kept we found anotherdonor andthe der and robberyinthe last 24 Agarwal’s neighbours said he ran complices on June 17.Three of his He would misrepresent himself about Karim, who posedasaDr and wasapproachedbythis saying that he hadn’t received patient is doing well now.” hours. On Saturdaynight, an 88- awashing machine service and associates had been arrested year-oldwoman waskilled, al- repairstoreonthegroundfloorof within 24 hours... OnMonday, we legedly by asecurity guardand the building. arrested the main accusedand his three associates, in Safdarjung Accordingto police, Agarwal’s twoofhis relatives, who had At protest to burn Chinese goods, Enclave.Her 94-year-old hus- son calledhim on Sundaynight givenhim shelter... The accused band, aretired MEA official, was and Mondaymorning. When his wascarrying arewardofRs also attacked. father didn’t pickup, his son 20,000," said SSP Ghaziabad some made-in-China links Agarwallived alone and is calledthe storemanager to go Kalanidhi Naithani. survivedbyhis son, who is in and checkonhim. By then,neigh- Thevictim'sfamilytoldpolice business environment is more Dubai, and twodaughters, who bours had found him dead. thatNaina,alongwithherparents, ABHINAV RAJPUT& conducive because theygive live in Indirapuram and Policesources said the doorof had gone to amarket in Tila Mor SHIVAMPATEL land at cheap ratesand techno- Bengaluru, said police. His neigh- his office wasalso unlocked. The when masked menapproached NEWDELHI, JUNE 22 logical help, while in India there bour called police around 10.30 familyhas allegedthe accused her.Initiallyanargumentbroke arebureaucratic hurdles for am Mondayafter finding the took valuables from the storeand out, whichsoon turnedviolent, MANY WHOwerepartofa peopletrying to enter abusi- front door open and Agarwalon the house. andtheaccusedallegedlystabbed gatheringtoburn Chinese ness. “The governmentneeds to the floor.DCP (East) Jasmeet Police arequestioningem- Naina multiple times, police said. goods at Karol Bagh market on makethe modelmorecon- Singh said, “The police team ployees at the storeand the do- The accusedsoon absconded, Mondayhavebusinesses that ducive fortraders,” he said. foundhim lying there, dead. In his mestic help. Asenior police offi- while Naina wasrushedtoahos- sell or rely on made-in-China MahenderGupta,convenor bedroom, the wardrobewas cersaid, “Weare scanning CCTVs pital, whereshe wasdeclared products—though all of them of CAIT's hoteldivision, owns a open andsome articles were andcalldetail records of the vic- dead on arrival, police said. claimtheyhopetochangethat hotelinKarol Bagh and also found missing.”Policesuspect the tim and his staff.” "Sheru and Naina had possi- going forward. runs an auto partsbusiness accusedfledwith gold jewellery Agarwal’s nephew, Anil Azad, blybecome acquaintances on so- The protest washeld by there. He is also aBJP and cashbut theyhaven’t been said, “My uncle has been living cialmedia acouple of years ago. traders' body Confederation of Around 10 traderswho took karyakarta. able to estimatethe loot. alone forthe pasteight years af- It appears that Sheru could not All IndiaTraders (CAIT),led by partinthe protestatKarol “In hotels, we keep furniture Therewerenovisibleinjuries terhis wifedied. We had been digestthe fact that Naina wasgo- itssecretarygeneralPraveen Baghweredetained by the and electronic goods made in on the man’s body.Asenior po- telling him to shifttoDubai but ing to getmarriedtoanother Khandelwal. Around 10 protest- police briefly. Prem Nath Pandey China.But we have nowvowed liceofficersaidhe mayhavebeen he told us he didn’t want to leave man... In fact, his intention wasto ing traders were brieflyde- that we would notbuy any smothered to death on Sunday Delhi. Ilivenearbyand would convince her to elope with him tainedbypolice. Chinese product. In terms of night, but investigators areawait- meethim often.” but when she refused, he got an- Khandelwal (59), who had said he sells boxesfor packag- auto parts,for the last10years, gryand stabbedher," said Keshav fought the 2008 assemblypolls ing garmentsinGandhi Nagar, Ihaveonlybeendealing in Kumar,Circle Officer,Sahibabad. on aBJP ticket from Chandni and rawmaterialsuchaspaper, Indian products,” he said. Naina waspursuing anursing Chowk,has ahardware and fit- duplexand lamination material Gupta said he isintalkswith Doctor assaulted in course and wasresidinginVivek tingsshop in Karol Bagh. He also comes from China -- but he several budgethotels in Karol Vihar Colony. She wasdue to get claims he has notsoldChinese is ready to bear the losses. Bagh to stop taking bookings marriedonJune 20, police said. goods forfour years, and that “Businessisdowndue to Covid from Chinese nationals. Dwarka clinic Other accused, Asif (22) and Amir the body willpushtoend so this is also an opportunity to SatenderWadhwa, Delhi (20),allegedly helpedSheru carry Chinese productswhen it startmills that have been closed general secretaryofCAIT,owns said the DCP.The accused, outthemurder and were the first comes to FMCG items, con- andmanufacture rawmaterial stores selling wristwatches and EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Sukhjinder Singh and Jeetender, to be arrested. sumer durables, builder hard- in Indiaonly,”hesaid. garments. On whetherhis sup- NEWDELHI,JUNE22 were arrested from their resi- With 4lakh followers and 40 ware,kitchen accessories and AshishGrover(48), Delhi pliers have China links,hesaid: dence in Bindapur. lakhlikes on his videos, Sheru subsequentlytechnological general secretaryofthe organ- “Wewill initiatedialogue with ADOCTOR wasallegedly beaten Singh told police that hisfa- Khan waspopular on TikTok.On goods. “UltimatelyChinese will isation, runsawholesale med- these companies and our sup- up by agroup of four-fivemen at ther diedlastThursday andDr June 13,heuploadedavideo in have to go,” he said. icinebusinessatBhagirath pliers and discouragethem in BALANCING ACT his clinic in Dwarka’s Bindapur Hansa allegedly told his neigh- whichheplays withawedding But forRajeshVerma (44), Place. He said he doesnot buy dealing with China while also area Saturday. Police said one of bours and others in the area that ring over akeyboardand it even- the Delhivice-president of CAIT, Chinese products, but pharma- trying to persuade them to set Aworkerloads abikeontoabus near LaxmiNagar at theaccused wanted to take “re- the entirefamilyisinfectedand tually stops at the letter N, pur- Chineseproductsare apartand ceutical companies he deals up theirmanufacturing unitsin Noida-Delhiborder. GajendraYadav venge” on the doctor for“telling needs to be hospitalised. portedlyhintingat Naina'sname. parcel of what he does. Verma with do so. He saidthe Chinese India.” neighbours thathis familyisin- Asenior police officer said, fected”after his father’s deathdue “Singh wasangrybecause his to Covid-19. neighbours and RWAmembers In his complaint, Dr Avtar started harassinghim and his Hansa alleged thatheand apa- family. He told us he wasn't un- tientwho wasthere forconsulta- well. Later,hedecidedtoteachthe tion were attacked by thegroup, doctor alesson and went to the who alsoransackedthe clinicand clinic along with three of his stole valuable documents. “They friends.” Police haven’t been able threatenedmetoshut theclinic,” to verifySingh’s allegations and he further alleged. areprobing the matter. Policesaid the four accused Dr Hansa deniedthe claims: bargedintothe clinic at 9.20 pm “I waslooking aftertwo patients and beat up the doctor and his pa- in the area, who were later shifted tient with rods and sharp to aprivate hospital,whereone of weapons. DCP (Dwarka) Anto themdieddue to Covid.Iwas told Alphonse said acase wasregis- by doctors aboutthedeath.Itwas teredonthe complaint of the doc- my duty to tell the relativesand torunder sections of trespass, vi- that’s all Idid. IcalledSingh and olence and criminal intimidation. his brothers and told them about “Wearrestedtwo of the accused their father’s death and asked andareinvestigatingthematter,” them about their health.”

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theChinesetransgressionandthe Hearguedthat“thetruthcan- sent teams to border MANOJCG government’shandlingof thecri- notbesuppressedbyhavingpli- NEWDELHI,JUNE22 sis, as also the economic and so- ant allies spout comforting but then aBJP spokesperson, pointed cialfalloutof thenationwidelock- false statements.” LIZMATHEW outthattherehadbeen233incur- WADINGINTOthe political row down. Asserting thatChina is While he did notelaborate, NEWDELHI,JUNE22 sions in 2008, and wanted the overthedeathof 20soldiersinvi- brazenlyand illegallyseeking to Singh's mentionof“pliant allies” government to issue awhitepa- olentclashes with Chinese PLA claimpartsofIndianterritorysuch were likelyaimed at statements WHILE THE BJP has slammed per“ontheentireramificationsof troops near the LACinLadakh's asGalwanValley andthePangong made by the chief ministers of Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi Indo-China relationship”. He had Galwan Valley, formerPrime TsoLakebycommitting multiple Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Rahul Gandhi forraising said, “The cumulative signalisin- HEARING FROM HOME MinisterManmohan Singh on Manmohan Singh incursions, Singhsaid, “Wecan- SikkimandMeghalaya insupport questions on the killingof20sol- deedominousanddisturbingand Mondayurged Prime Minister notand will notbecowed down of thegovernmentafterModi'sre- diers in Ladakh, withparty presi- yetthe wholeattitude of the THE CRUCIAL hearingonwhether theJagannath Rath Yatra NarendraModitobe“mindful”of by threatsand intimidation, nor marks. dentJPNadda accusing the Governmentisoneof callousneg- can go on in themiddleofthe coronavirus pandemic marked “implications” his remarks will vindication of their position". permit acompromise with our Theformer PM said: “Atthis Congress of being an “irresponsi- ligence.Why is theredeliberate amilestone forthe Supreme Court. Lawyers areappearing have onthe“nation’ssecurity”,as The ruling BJP countered, territorial integrity.” moment, we stand at historic ble”oppositionpartyanditslead- attempttodownplayit?Whythis from different parts of thecountryeversince the courtwent alsoits“strategicandterritorialin- with party president JPNadda Prime MinisterNarendra cross-roads. Our government’s ers of trying to “demoralise” the driftand confusion?” virtual, but perhaps forthe firsttimethe courtwas seated, terests”. calling Singh’s statement “mere Modi,hesaid,“cannotallow decisionsandactionswillhavese- nationandthesoldiersandHome On October 14 thesameyear, even if virtually, away from Delhi. CJI Sharad Bobde heardthe Referring to Modi's remarkat wordplay”. Nadda said Singh them (China) to usehis wordsas rious bearings on howthe future MinisterAmit Shah askingRahul Prasad alleged that theUPA was case from his Nagpur residence. The CJI has leftfor his home- the all-party meetonFriday– should have worriedabout avindication of their position, generations perceive us.” to riseabove“pettypolitics”,asan “almostbendingbackwardtode- town as the Supreme Court is takingatwo-weeksummer that neither hasanyone intruded Chinese designs “when, as PM, and (he) must ensurethat allor- He said, “The Prime Minister opposition party duringthe UPA liberatelydownplay”the“increas- break.Senior advocateHarish Salve,who ledthe arguments intoIndian territorynor has any- he abjectlysurrendered hun- gans of the government work to- mustalways be mindful of the years, the saffron party had tried ingpressurebyChina”atborders, forOdisha government, dialled in from London. onecapturedany militarypost– dredsofsquarekilometres of gether to tackle thiscrisis and implications of his wordsand to cornerthegovernmentseveral andasked then PM Singh to con- Singh remindedhim that“disin- India’s land to China”. prevent it from escalating further. declarations on our nation's se- times on similarissues. vene an all-partymeeting. formation is no substitute for Singh’shard-hittingstatement This is amoment wherewemust curity, as also strategicand terri- An analysis of press releases The BJP had also sent party (KHAN)MARKET MATTERS diplomacy or decisive leader- has setthe tone forthe Congress stand together as anation and be torialinterests.” issuedbyBJP between 2004and delegations to theborders. Adel- ship.” He said the PM cannotal- Working Committee meeting, unitedinour response to this FULLREPORTON 2014,available on itsofficial egation ledbyBhagat Singh PRIMEMINISTER NarendraModimay have popularised‘Khan lowChina to "use his wordsasa convenedonTuesdaytodiscuss brazen threat.” www.indianexpress.com website, shows it had issuedal- Koshiyari (nowMaharashtra MarketGang’,aneuphemism forhis entrencheddetractors mosttwo dozen statementson Governor) constituted by then in the national capital, ahead of 2019 Lok Sabhaelections, but China, cautioningthe then gov- party chief had “in- this hasn’t deterred the market’s popularity even ayear after ernment manyatimes and seek- vestigatedandcompiledadossier his re-election. Although the upscale marketincentral Delhi As CWC readies salvo at PM, an echo ing explanations. on the reportedincursions by is witnessingmuchsmaller footfall in the middle of the pan- InitsJune2013 Panajinational Chinese PLAonIndian soil.” demic, it still seems to attract the who’s who of the national executive meeting, forinstance, Briefing the media,Rajiv capital. Latesttobespotted at the marketonMondaywas of ’99 —and Cong’s attack on Vajpayee the BJP passedaseparateresolu- Pratap Rudy,who waspartofthe Union Home MinisterAmit Shah, one of the staunchestcrit- tion on “Suraksha and delegation, said, “... BJP fails to un- icsofthe ‘Khan MarketGang’. Although abrief visit, it wasa party believesModi is facing per- the dark” about Pakistani incur- Sonia Gandhi asked whether the Swabhiman”, whichstated: “... derstand whythe Indian govern- welcome changefor the market, giventhe epithetitearnedbe- MANOJCG hapsthemostdifficultforeignpol- sion. The CWC, whichmet in July government believestherewas a boundariesare violated at will ment has to be shyand timid fore last year’s elections. NEWDELHI,JUNE22 icyquestionsof histenure sofar, a 1999, also accusedthe Vajpayee “failureofintelligence.” umpteen times on Indo-China about the whole affairs.” front on whichhehas invested government of “negligence" that The Congress’s move in 1999 borders. The latestbeingthe in- According to theBJP website, UNFAZEDBY theBJP'scriticismfor heavily,withchallenges coming would "costthe nation many couldnotresurrectitspoliticalfor- cursion by Chinese troops almost inSeptember2013 ,RajnathSingh HEADLESS NO MORE raising questionsonthe govern- from even the otherwise friendly braveand precious lives". tunes. It wastrounced in theLok 19 km inside Indian haddelegatedagroupof BJPlead- ment'shandlingof theChinesein- Nepal. And unlikeinthe case of The Congress maynot see a Sabhaelectionsheldmonthslater, territory...India is being dishon- ersto studythesituationandsub- AFTER REMAINING headless formonths, public broadcasters cursions and itsnear-isolation in , the Chinese incursions Kargil parallel in Galwan Valley, downfrom141to114.ButtheBJP, oured,trivialisedanditslegitimate mit areport. Doordarshanand All India Radio have got newchiefs. Thegov- the Opposition ranks, the will notprovideBJP an opportu- but then,asnow,the dominant too,couldnotmanagetowineven authorityquestioned.Ourgovern- WhileBJP has unleashedan ernment’s appointmentscommittee on Mondayapproved to Congress, at itsWorking nity to tryand polarise domesti- opinioninthe grand old party is asingle seat morethan what it mentattheCentre,atbest,isonly aggressive campaignagainstSonia give additional responsibilities of directors-general to twoin- Committee (CWC) meeting cally, Congressleaders feel. that it should target the Prime had wonin1998–its tallyre- offeringplatitudes to itscitizens.” Gandhi's visit to China and Rahul formation service officers who were already heading the news Tuesday, is settolaunchfresh AfterModi'sremarksonFriday, Ministeroverthe incursions. The mainedat182. In itsJune2009political reso- Gandhi's meeting with aChinese divisions there. IraJoshi has takenoverasD-G AIR, and Mayank fusillade at the government. it accuses the government of hav- Congress then had to battle But elections arefour years lution,passedatthenationalexec- delegation, according to theweb- Agarwalmade D-G Doordarshan. ForJoshi, the tenuremay Partyleaders,sources say, be- ing surrendered Indian territory. Vajpayee’simage.Ithasbeenbat- away now, and Congress leaders utive in Parliament Annexe,the site, Chinese Ambassador Zhang be short, as she is due to retireatJuly-end; Agarwalwill re- lieve that the Galwan Valley This echoes the gambit the tling Modi’s charisma since 2014. saytheyrealisethatmanyopposi- party wanted thegovernment to Yancalled on Rajnath Singh,on tain the postfor sixmonths, unless replacementsfor both po- bloodbath and Prime Minister Congress playedin1999.Asthe The party had then alleged tion parties arebacking the Modi take China'smoveonraisingclaim October 16,2009. In August2010, sitionsare found in the meantime. Doordarshanhasn’t had a NarendraModi'ssubsequent Kargil warwas abouttoreachits thattheVajpayeegovernmentdid government.“That onlyhelps us over at inter- adelegation from China visited DG sinceOctober 2019 and AIRsinceDecember,asthe govern- statement and clarifications, if climax, the CWCmet and issued notshowthe will to actdespite establish that we arethe onlyal- nationalforumto be“treatedwith Gadkari,whohadvisitedChinaon ment wanted to put professionals at the helm. usedeffectively, can provide po- astatementaccusingthethenAB having information about the in- ternative to theBJP,”aseniorparty utmostseriousness.” CPC's invitation in January2011. litical ammunition to counter the Vajpayeegovernment of having cursion. At the all-party meeting leader said. FULLREPORTON OnSeptember18,2009,Union FULLREPORTON BJP’s jingoisticnationalism. The “deliberatelykeptthe nation in lastweek,Congress president www.indianexpress.com minister , www.indianexpress.com situation under considers control, BJP and allies IAF intensifies Combat Air Patrols in Ladakh dropping China airportsaw suchair activity. at TibetanChildren’s Villagein firm from will show result: Sarma VARINDERBHATIA& Aretired honorarycaptain of Leh, says,“Themanner in which MANAMANSINGHCHHINA Ladakh Scouts, Tashi Chhepal, a fighter jets and choppers aredo- Rs 1,400-crore LEH,CHANDIGARH,JUNE22 VirChakraawardee of Kargil ing sortiesevery morning, peo- ABHISHEKSAHA War, is settledinLeh. “It wasin pleofthe city arefearful.But bridgeproject &JIMMYLEIVON THE INDIAN Air Forcehas inten- 1999 that Leh airportsaw this people of Ladakh areextremely ,IMPHAL,JUNE22 Himanta sifiedits Combat Air Patrols kind of an aerial activity since the braveand patriotic. The noise of Biswa (CAP) in Ladakh in the lastfew air forceitasits base during the fighter jets also givesconfidence EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE HIMANTA BISWASarma,con- Sarma days following the LACfaceoff Kargil War. Otherwise, the city of that we areabsolutelysafe.” PANAJI,JUNE22 venor of the NorthEast withChina that left 20 Indian Leh is very calm and quiet. For He adds, "Earlier,onlyafew Democratic Alliance (NEDA),a soldiers dead. the lastcouple of months, domestic flightswould land at THE GOAgovernment is consid- BJP-ledallianceof regionalparties the state’s lone RajyaSabha seat ResidentsofLehsaythatthese tourists were also notcoming the airport. These days,the air- eringdropping aChinese consul- in the Northeast, on Mondaysaid on Fridayafter SpeakerY days theyare waking up to the due to coronavirus. The roads are portisalmostfilled with IAF jets tancy firm from aRs1,400crore the political situation in Manipur Khemchand disqualifiedthree noise of IAF fighter jets flying deserted, pin-drop silence pre- and choppers.” eight-lanebridgeconstruction is under control and the BJP and Congress MLAs and the state’s overhead and increasedsorties of vails in the evenings,” he says. Amajor concern forthe IAF is project across the Zuari riverin itsallieswillshowcasea“goodre- lone TMC MLA. transportaircraftandhelicopters. “In 1962, our Air Forcewas keeping an eyenot onlyonthe south Goa, officials said on sult”inthenexttwoorthreedays. Sarma and MeghalayaCM Fighter aircrafthavebeen notasstrong as it is today. From situation in eastern Ladakh but Monday. Talking to agroup of reporters ,who heads the stationedatadvance air bases in The mainmarket in Leh on Monday. Express the kind of fighter jetsorties, one also alongthe Line of Control The bridge—aprestigeproj- in Guwahati on Monday,Sarma, NPP,visitedImphalonSunday on Jammu and Kashmir as well as thing is quiteevident, that if with Pakistan. The Skardu air ect forthe BJP-ledgovernment the BJP’s keyleader inthe aspecialcharteredflight to con- Punjab and Haryana and the needbe, our Air Forcewillpro- base in Gilgit-Baltistan area, for —isslated to be namedafter late Northeastwho hasbeen busy duct meetings. Sarma said he CAPs ensurethat the IAF main- their airfields in Tibet. "The per thedemand of the situation," vide full supporttoour Armyin example, is very close. chief ministerManohar Parrikar. with negotiations since the BJP- might head to Imphal againon tains acredible deterrenceinthe Chinesehavealsobrought in air asenior IAF officialsaid. the Galwan valleyorany other "Weare seizedofall these is- It is being built by Dilip Buildcon ledgovernment in Manipursuf- Tuesday. skies. defence elementsatvariouslo- People in Leh recall that May- place as and when required,and sues. And we arewell prepared with Shanghai Tonggang Bridge feredajoltlastweek with MLAs “You cannotsay the same IAF sourcessaidthat the cationswherethe standoffistak- July1999, the months of the we shallgiveabefitting replyto to deal withthem. Thereisno Technology providing expertise resigning and allies withdrawing picturewill be therebecause af- Chinesehavebolsteredthe pres- ing place.Wehaveour counter- Kargil War, wasthe last time the enemy,”headds. cause forany alarm," asenior of- on severalaspects as well as ma- support,said, “Situation is more terRSpolls manypeople have ence of offensiveair platforms at measures in placeand flyCAPs as Leh's Kushok Bakula Rimpoche Tsering Wangchuk,ateacher ficer said. terials. or lessunder control. We arecon- been disqualified. Anyway, Public WorksDepartment sulting with all our MLAs and Manipur will go foramajor by- MinisterDeepak Pauskar on everything willberesolved election. Basically, architecture Soldier killed Monday saidtheywillhavetore- nicely. Nothingtoworry.All dis- could be alittle different and plans job guarantee examine their importpolicies cussions arepositive. We aretalk- moreorless we arecontinuing as Pakistani announces and needfor expertise in light of ing to eachother.You will seea with the spirit of NEDAand the standoff. Materials needed good result in the next 2-3 days.” NDA,”Sarma said. troops violate scheme for urban poor ‘Indira Rasoi forthe bridgeare presentlybe- Lastweek,three BJPMLAs Meanwhile, in Manipur, NPP ing importedfromChina. defected to the Congress, and MLAand former health minister days of the completion of work. “They (Chinese consultants) four MLAs from the National LJayantakumar Singh said that ceasefire ABHISHEKANGAD “Atany situation,thepaymenthas Yojana’ areexpected to arrive as they are People’s Party(NPP), one of the Sangmawillsupport the deci- Jammu: Pakistani troops on RAIPUR,JUNE22 to be made within 15 days of the supposedtobethe experts who TMC and an Independent with- sion of the NPP MLAs if it is in the Mondayviolated the ceasefire completion of work,” the draft DEEPMUKHERJEE aretoexamineparts of the work. drew support to theBJP-led party’s interest. “Whatever the along the LoC at Nowsherasec- WITHANESTIMATED25percent proposes. The stategovernment JAIPUR,JUNE22 Further, the remaining35% of the coalitiongovernment. collectivedecisiontaken by the torinJ&K’s Rajouri district,lead- households in urbanareas ad- will use itsavailable budget,and bridgerequires material,which The NPP is partofthe NEDA. four NPP MLAs, if it is to ing to the deathofone Indian verselyaffected by the extended if needed, createadditional RAJASTHAN fornow wastobeimportedfrom Despitetroubles in the al- strengthen the party,our party soldier,officialssaid. lockdown in Jharkhand, the state budget forsuchwork. Ashok GehlotonMondayan- China,” said Pauskar. liance, the BJP wonthe pollsto president is with us.” Defence PROLtColonel governmentisplanningto launch The workers will be able de- nouncedthat meals (twice a “Wewill be speaking to the Devender Anand identifiedthe ajob guarantee schemeunder mand work either in writing or day) will soon be madeavailable Chief Ministeronthisfor instruc- deceasedasHavildar Dipak whichurbanworkerswillbeable orallyfor aminimum of seven to thepoor at aconcessional rate tions. The development in our CPM MLA suspended for Karki. to demand amaximum 100days days andamaximumof100days. under the stategovernment's construction is obviouslydue to According to Lt Col Anand, of work. The draftstatesthat if aworker ‘IndiraRasoi Yojana'. the betrayal by the Chinese army, Pakistani troops initiatedsmall The wagesunder the pro- has achild of five years or less, “Thereisadearth of nutri- and the countryand Prime votingfor Cong in RS polls armsfireand mortarshelling posedMukhyamantri Shramik skill of the workers. thenafemaleworkerwillneedto tious food and it is with the idea MinisterNarendra Modi have around 5.30 pm.HavildarKarki Yojana arelikelytobeatleast 40 “The urban population in- be employed—totakecareofthe that nobodygoestosleep hun- decidedtoban theirproducts,” and suspendedhim forayear,ef- wascriticallyinjured,and he percenthigherthanRs194 aday volvedintheinformaleconomy is child—and paid the minimum grythatIam announcing thisto- he said. “Wewill then have to EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE fective immediately,”said CPM later succumbed to injuries, Lt providedunderthe MGNREGA staringatacrisisunseenbefore.In wage.Allbasicamenities,medical day. IndiraGandhi wasagreat source materials and expertise JAIPUR,JUNE22 StateSecretaryAmraram. Col Anand said, adding that programmeinthe state. Jharkhand, approximatelyone- facilities, registration as well as a leader and the reason behind the from elsewhere.” Poonia, MLAfromBhadrain Indian Armywas retaliating be- According to adraft plan be- fourthof thehouseholdsintheur- socialsecuritywillbeprovidedto creation of Bangladesh, she Sources confirmedthat the THE CPM Mondaysuspended Hanumangarhdistrict, has also fittingly. ing considered,the work will be banareas(3.5-4lakhBPLfamilies) them. brought in the Green Revolution, construction would run pastits party MLABalwan Poonia forone been givenashowcause notice Earlier,atabout 3.30pm, demand basedand dividedinto arelikelytobeaffected by the ex- The draftalso pavesway for conducted the nuclear testsin 2019 deadline. Theysaid the year over “indiscipline” forvoting seeking his response within Pakistani troops had resortedto variouscategorieslikecleanliness, tendedlockdown,”asourceinthe unemploymentallowancewhere Phokran during 1974.Inthe PWD is alsofacing labour issues foraCongresscandidateinthe re- sevendays. mortarshelling and smallarms waterharvesting,treeplantation, Chief Minister’s Office said. apersonwho has asked for work memoryofthe great leader,we as manyhaveleftthe state in centlyheld RajyaSabha polls. “He went againstthe party’s fire in Poonchdistrict’s Krishna public worksconstruction or re- As per estimates, about 13-14 does notget it within15days. have decidedthat IndiraRasoi light of the Covid-19pandemic. The decisioncame during a decision and voted forCongress. Ghati sector.The Indian Army pairandmanagingshelterhomes, lakhhouseholdsinthestate arein Suchpersons will be liable to be Yojana will be startedsoon un- According to PWD officials, StateSecretariat meeting at the Partyhad decidednot to vote for retaliated thereaswell. among others. Workers will be urban areas, of whicharound 15 paid one-fourth of the minimum der whichnobody will sleep whilemanylabourers have re- CPM’s office in Jaipur Monday. anyone. BJP’s second candidate Sources said Havildar Karki is paid the minimum wage as noti- per cent areemployedascasual wage as allowance forthe first hungry,”Gehlot said on Monday. mainedinplace on specific proj- “Wehad calledameeting to dis- waslosing as he neededover20 the thirdIndian soldier killedby fied by the stategovernment. labourers. month, half the wage in the sec- Former CM and BJP leader ects, the stateisfeeling the pres- cuss the MLA’s indisciplinein additional votes and Congress Pakistani firing along the LoC in The minimum wage per day The amount will be credited ondmonth,andthefullminimum accusedthe sureonmeetingdeadlines RajyaSabhapolls.Wefoundhim had about those manyextra the Rajouri-Poonchdistricts over in Jharkhand ranges from Rs to thebankaccountof workers,ei- wage amountinthe thirdmonth stategovernment of renaming because of an overall lackof guilty of going againstthe party votes,” Amraram said. the pastfortnight. ENS 274.81toRs438.39 basedonthe ther afterworkorwithinseven of no work. her Annapurna Rasoi scheme. manpower.

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COUSINS DIEWHILE TAKINGUNCLE’S BODYFOR CREMATION UP: man beaten Wearing PPEs in heat, they ‘ECwillalsogotocourtover up for ‘attacking child’, dies;faces pushed ambulance along river falseaffidavitcomplaints’ murder bid FIR AMILBHATNAGAR bank, fell unconscious,say kin NOIDA,JUNE22 ELECTION COMMISSIONER So this means the EC will not Is the EC worriedthat the 11.30 am, the hospital staffmade hours, with the familyalleging SUSHIL CHANDRA speaksto hesitatetogotocourt in case Covid-19 outbreakwillaffect A35-YEAR-OLD man dieddur- ARUNSHARMA all three wear PPE kitsand go in- that no revenue officials and po- RITIKA CHOPRA on the poll of falseaffidavits? theBiharelection turnout? ing treatment at aDeoband hos- JAMMU,JUNE22 side the mortuarytoidentifythe lice came forwardtohelp forfear panel's move to intervene in The case of falsifyinganaffi- We don't want the turnout to pital afterhewas beaten by an body and bring it out. Thereafter, of coronavirusinfection.Bothdied complaintsofcandidates filing davitwill be stronger (if EC is in- come down. We willmakespe- angrymob in Saharanpur district ONTHEwaytocrematetheirun- theyweremadetoboard the of dehydration, arelative said. false affidavitsand howitis volved). Therewill be an inves- cial effortstoensure that it does- of forallegedlyat- clewhodiedaftertestingpositive ambulancealong with the body The BJP demandedajudicial preparingtohold the first tigation, and evidence will be on n't. In Bihar,wehave72,000 tacking aminor. forCovid-19, twocousins suffered and proceedtowards Sidhra. inquiry, accusing the administra- Assemblyelection amid apan- file. The RO (Returning Officer) polling stations, but we have de- Accordingtothe FIR filedat scorching heat inside PPE kitsfor Around 12.15pm, the ambu- tion of putting the responsibility demic. Edited excerpts: who will file the complaint will cidedtoreduce the voters at Deoband policestation, the vic- hours, pushedanambulance lancereportedlystoppedoppo- of handlingthe body of acoron- also go to courtwithevidence. eachpolling station to 1,000 as tim, Israr,was cornered by amob across ariverbank and fell uncon- sitethe entrance of Golf Course avirus patient on relatives, and TheEChas always But this doesn't restrict the third against1,600,toensure social on Thursdayevening and was scious while officials refusedto at Sidhra. The driverand three demandedanFIR againstoffi- encouragedcomplainantsto party from going to court. distancing.Sowewill have to beaten with sticks and rods. He help forfear of contractingthe cousins sat insidethe vehiclefor cials guilty of negligence. approachcourtsdirectly add 30,000 polling stations. We wasrushedtoanearbyhospital virus, relativeshavealleged. 15 minutes, waiting foranofficial NC provincial president regarding complaints of Youare the EC's nominee to have also extendedthe facility of in Deoband but diedduring Vimal Zadoo (43) and Vipan to guide them to the cremation DevenderRana sought an NHRC candidates filing false the Delimitation postalballots to Covid patients treatment. Zadoo (30) diedonthe banksof site, the relativessaid. One of probe, saying that “notonlywas affidavits. What prompted Commissionfor J&K. What is and suspectedcases. We had The police maintain there the Tawi near Sidhra on June 18. them addedthat it was46de- the necessaryprotocol ignored, the Commission to changeits THEEXPRESS thestatusofthe delimitation written to the LawMinistrythat wasnocase of “lynching”, and Both testednegativefor Covid-19. grees Celsius and the trio, in PPE but no compassion or attention stand? process? allpersons above the ageof65 that the victimwas accusedofan Jammu District Magistrate kits, appearedrestless in the heat. wasshown by the designated In ademocracy, the voterhas INTERVIEW We have had three meetings and those infected with the virus attempt to murder at the same Sushma Chauhanorderedamag- In themeantime, Amit Zadoo, personnel whichled to the un- the fundamental righttoknow under the chairmanship of for- should be allowedtovotevia police station. WITH isterial inquiryand announced another relative,arrived in his fortunatedeaths”. (the whole truth) aboutacandi- SUSHIL CHANDRA mer Supreme Courtjudge postalballots.The LawMinistry SP (City), Saharanpur,Vineet ex-gratiarelief of Rs 2lakheach ownvehicle and ledthe ambu- When asked whynohealth date(contesting elections). ELECTION COMMISSIONER Ranjana Prakash Desai. We had has agreed… Bhatnagar said: “The police were to the next of kin. Lieutenant lancetothe cremation shedbe- worker accompaniedthe body Although all election affidavits sought(2011)census data from informedonThursdayevening GovernorGCMurmuonMonday side the Tawi. Upon arrival, one andhowthecremationwasleftto are(already) referredto CBDT for the Registrar General of India What about campaigning for that aman, Israr,had been at- approved ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh of the ambulance’s occupants untrainedrelatives,GMCPrincipal verification,lately, several com- gation. If theinvestigation finds basedonwhich the delimitation Biharelections? tacked by acrowd. On investiga- eachtothe next of kin of both. startedvomiting, even as arev- Dr Naseeb ChandDhingra asked plaints of candidates lying in thatthe candidatehas lied in his will be done. On receivingthat Forvoting,wewill followall tion,itwas found that this man Meanwhile, arow erupted enue official calledthe others to TheIndianExpressto contactGMC their affidavits have come to our affidavit, then we will nothesi- information, we have nowasked guidelines of the HealthMinistry had, the same day, robbed amo- over the deaths, with family take the body to another location HospitalMedicalSuperintendent notice… EC cannotbeamute tate in asking ourfield officer to the respective stateelection and NDMA.Campaigningwill torcycle and had attackedami- members and political parties along the riverbank. Dr DaraSingh. The latter did not spectator.Soitwas decidedby file acomplaint. We canalso in- commissioners and chief elec- also have to followHealth and nor with asharp object. In retal- accusing the UT administration Bythen,policearrivedandthe respond to repeated calls. the Commission that if thereisa form the respective politicalpar- toralofficers to map the census NDMA guidelines. Parties will iation forthe attackonthe child, of notfollowing HealthMinistry ambulancewas ledtowards the Director,National Health prima facie caseofsuppression ties and presidingofficerofthe dataagainst eachadministrative have to rely on virtual rallies and agroup of villagers attackedthe guidelines on handling the body riverbed.Fivehundredmetreson, Mission in Jammu and Kashmir, of information regarding assets AssemblyorHouse thatheorshe unit(panchayats,blocks,tehsil campaigning through social me- accused. During the assault, the of acoronavirus patient. atyregot stuckand the family Bhupinder Kumar,who is also or liabilities or criminalan- has notfiledcorrect information. etc) by July31. dia. But the situation could accusedsustainedinjuries (and Vimal and Vipan’s uncle, memberswere allegedly askedto the designated nodal officer to tecedents, thenweshould send But the complainant will We will be able to complete changecloser to the date of poll. succumbed subsequently).” who had atravelhistory to Delhi, push the vehicle. Vimal wasthe deal with Covid-19cases, re- it to the respective (investigating) have to give us evidence. It should the delimitation task within the FULLINTERVIEWON Bhatnagar said Israr’s family tested positive lastWednesday firsttofallunconscious, said arel- fusedcomment in viewofthe agencies fortimebound investi- notbeafrivolous complaint. (year's) deadline. www.indianexpress.com has named11people and that and diedatGovernment Medical ative.The othersasked forwater, ongoing magisterial inquiry. arrestswill be made soon. College(GMC) Hospital in and soon Vipan and the de- L-GMurmu also approved Apurported video of the inci- Jammu the same day. Following ceased’s son lostconsciousness. ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh to the next Indore admn dent, whichwas shared widely acall from arevenue official, With no helpforthcoming, of kin of Kamal Kumar,aresident HC hearingon, Ahmedabad on social media, shows aman ly- Vimal and Vipan accompanied Amit pickedupthe deceased’s of Chhapaki Kalaan who diedin invokes NSA ing in afoetalposition as men the deceased’s son to the hospi- son and rushedhim to hospital administrative quarantine in with sticks surround him. talnextmorning, relativessaid. and he revived, the relativessaid. Kathua on Sunday. The DM has againsttwo for police issue Rath Yatraroute The family said thataround Vimal and Vipal laytherefor ordered aprobe intothe death. cow slaughter Bharatsinh EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Amreli resident AHMEDABAD,JUNE23 Solanki tests TN govt reimposes MILINDGHATWAI becomes first BHOPAL,JUNE22 THE GUJARATHighCourt, which positive, 3days refusedtomodify itsJune 20 or- govt doc to die of lockdown in Madurai THE INDORE district administra- der staying the Rath Yatrapro- after RS polls tion on Mondayinvoked the cession in Ahmedabad and else- Covid in Gujarat adding that the number of test- National Security Act(NSA) whereinGujarat, heardmultiple EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ing per dayhas increasedfrom againsttwo people held forcow applicationsseeking to allowthe VADODARA,AHMEDABAD, CHENNAI,JUNE22 an averageof13,000 to 30,000 slaughter —the firstsuchinvo- processionwith due restrictions JUNE22 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE in the lastone week. cation of the stringent provision until lateMondayevening. RAJKOT,JUNE22 THE TAMIL Nadu government Radhakrishnan said medical since the BJP returnedtopower Even as the hearing wason, GUJARATCONGRESS leader Monday declared an intensified experts hope the lockdown in in Madhya Pradeshthree the office of Joint Commissioner Bharatsinh SolankionMonday PANKAJ JADAV, 50, adoctor in at lockdown in severalparts of Chennaiwouldhelpto preventthe months ago. (Traffic) of Ahmedabad police tested positivefor Covid-19, the Amreli district hospital in Madurai district, including the spreadof thevirus.“Ourfocusdur- On June 19,the Indorepolice commissionerateput out aroute Devotees pullachariotofLordJagannath in Ahmedabad. Reuters three days afterparticipating in Gujarat, diedofCovid-19while temple town, from Wednesday. ingthislockdownisto tracepeople chasedShahzad Mohammed plan, indicating that the 143rd the proceedings of the Rajya undergoing treatment at Pandit The number of Covid-19cases with infection, forwhichwehave Sattar,30, and Shanid Shakil,21, Rath Yatrawould be conducted Sabha elections in the stateasa DeendayalUpadhyay(PDU) continued to rise in the state mobilisedamaximumnumberof who were allegedly carrying as scheduledonTuesday. shorterroute.Another petition whatever restrictions. candidateofthe party. Hospital in Rajkot on Monday. with 2,710 reportedonMonday fever camps across the city to find meat on amotorcycle. While In astatement releasedlate movedbythe stateseeking a Another application was Solanki, who beganshowing His death comes 13 days afterhis —the 12-daylockdown in people with symptoms. Sattar wasarrestedand the meat Monday, Joint CP,Ahmedabad modification in the HC’s earlier movedbeforethe bench, seek- symptoms on Saturday, got him- mother diedofthe virus. This is Chennai and three neighbouring Transmissionof infectionto other wasseized, Shanil managed to City (Traffic), JRMothaliyamen- order waspending averdict well ing amodificationtothe order, self tested on Sundayafter he de- the firstcase of agovernment districtsisexpected to gradually peoplewillbereducedduringthe escape. When alaboratoryreport tionedthe Rath Yatraroute from pastmidnight. whichwas awaitingadecision velopedhighgrade fever,Anand medical officer dying of coron- arrest the steady spike. lockdown period in Chennai,” he confirmedthat themeat was JamalpurDarwaza. The return On Monday evening,Chief as of midnight. district administration officials avirus in the state. Thestate has reported atotal said. Cuddalore, Madurai and beef, the police bookedthemun- journey,according to the state- MinisterVijay Rupani, along The NGOhad sought that the said. Solanki is currentlyadmit- Jadavhad tested positivefor of 62,087Covid-19cases and Tiruvannamalaidistrictsare fol- der Sections 5and 9ofthe Cow ment,willfollowadifferent route with wifeAnjali and MoS absolutestayonprocessionbe tedtoaprivate hospitalin Covid-19onJune 13 and had 794deaths, including 37 re- lowing containment strategies in Slaughter Actand the ArmsAct. viaPremDarwaza and will end at Pradeepsinh Jadeja, went to modified, so as to allowfor three Vadodaraand hiscondition is been undergoing treatment at portedonMonday. Madurai has identified zones, he said. Superintendent of Police Jamalpur Darwaza in the evening. Jagannath temple at Jamalpur chariots to be takenout. The stated to be stable. Amreli civil hospital since. But as 849cases. According to the statehealth (EastIndore) MCJaintold The Yuva Vahini had and announcedhis government, benchheadedbyChiefJustice Solanki had metseveral his condition worsened,hewas “Trace, test and quarantine” department, up to 70%oftotal Indian Express that Shanil was movedanapplication seeking a would move an application be- Vikram Nath refusedtoentertain MLAs of the party in Gujarat in referredto the stategovernment- maximum cases is our strategy, cases continuetobeasympto- later arrested,and the district yatraofthree chariots alonga fore HC to conduct the yatrawith the application and disposedit. the run up to the RS polls. run PDU Hospital on Monday. said JRadhakrishnan, state matic while the remaining 20% collector had confirmedhis rec- Jadavwas postedas nodal of- health secretary. Tamil Nadu has have mildsymptomsandroughly ommendation forslapping NSA ficer of antiretroviral therapyde- so fartested8.76lakh people. 10%requirehospitalisation. againstthe two. PUNJAB INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD (PIDB) PUNJAB INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT partment at the Amreli district Movement of peopleinlarge Asenior doctor in agovern- The duo will be sent to DEPARTMENT OF TOURISMAND CULTURE AFFAIRS BOARD (PIDB) &DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING & hospital or Amreli civil hospital. numbers from Chennai to other ment hospital in Chennai city Bhopal central jail on Tuesday. (THROUGH PHTPB) URBAN DEVELOPMENT,PUNJAB Health officers in Amreli said that districtsahead of the lockdown said the number of patientswith Jain said theydid nothavecrim- PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE he had contractedthe infection has triggered morecases. mild symptoms have increased inal cases in the pastbut theirof- Upgradation, Operation &Maintenance of Ran Baas, Development of Mohali Commercial Complexcum Convention from his mother."His mother Radhakrishnan said in the lasttwo weeks. “Wehave fence was“severe”. Qila Mubarak, Patiala as Heritage Hotel on PPP mode Centre (GMADA), Ludhiana Commercial Complexcum had tested positive forCovid-19 Tiruvannamalai, Madurai and been seeing about 80% of Afterthe nationwide lock- Exhibition Centre (GLADA) and Amritsar Commercial Complex PROJECT DETAILS on June 8and diedthe dayafter. Cuddaloreare reporting more asymptomatic patients in the down due to the coronavirus cum Convention Centre (ADA) under Public Private Partnership Punjab Infrastructure DevelopmentBoard(PIDB) is the nodal (PPP) format on DBOFT basis Dr Jadavhad contracted the in- cases. “It is notthe number of initial stage. But amongthose wasimposed, the statehas in- agency of Government of Punjab, fordevelopment of infrastructure fection from his mother while cases but it is all about testing who come to feverclinics, 80% of vokedthe NSAonatleastthree projects on Public PrivatePartnership (PPP)mode, in the state of PROJECT DETAILS treating herathis home in and quarantining them, astrat- them arewith mild symptoms instances againstthosewho at- Punjab.Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs,Pb. through Punjab Infrastructure Development Board (PIDB) is the nodal agency of Amreli," Dr APSingh, epidemic egy to ensureearly intervention of fever,cough and throat pain,” tacked health workers,police of- Punjab Heritage and Tourism Promotion Board(PHTPB) hasdecid- Government of Punjab,for development of Infrastructure projects on Public Private Partnership (PPP) Mode,inthe state of Punjab.PIDB and officer of Amreli district, said. in maximum cases,” he said, he said. ficials or sanitation workers. ed to take up the Upgradation, Operation &MaintenanceofRan Baas,Qila Mubarak, Patiala as HeritageHotelonPublic Private Department of Housing &Urban Development, Punjab forthe better uti- Partnership(PPP). lization and operation of Convention Centre and Exhibition Centre has decided to takeupthe development of Mohali Commercial Complexcum BRIEF PROJECT STRUCTURE Convention Centre (GMADA), Amritsar Commercial Complexcum Himanta says Guwahati to The Private Sector Player(hereinafter referred as the Convention Centre (ADA) and Ludhiana Commercial Complexcum “Concessionaire”) shall be required to undertakeall the activities Exhibition Centre (GLADA) through Public Private Partnership (PPP). pertaining to and incidental to upgradation and Operation and The broad components shall be construction of newConvention Centres be locked down ward-wise Maintenance of Ran Baas,Qila Mubarak, Patiala as Heritage Hotel and Exhibition Centre based on each Project Structure. with 4-star hotel rating as per MinistryofTourism (MoT), GoI BRIEF PROJECT STRUCTURE guidelines. PrivateSector Player(PSP)shall upgrade the existing Health Department has recom- project site and therebyoperate andmaintain the facility forthe The Scope or Work forthe Private Sector Participant (PSP) shall be to ABHISHEKSAHA mendedKamrup (Metro) district entire Concession Period i.e.40(Forty) years.PSP shall be develop the Project within the specified construction period and thereby, required to develop,and operate&maintain all 28 (Twenty eight) operate and maintain the facility forthe entire Concession Period. The GUWAHATI,JUNE22 administration, under which period of Concession forthis Project shall be 99 (Ninety Nine) years Guwahati falls, should begin total rooms.The project shall be awarded to such bidder who shall offer (which includes the Construction Period). The Project shall be awarded to NEARLY150 Guwahati residents lockdown of wardswhere the the highest Annual Concession Fee(ACF) payableasper the such bidder who shall offer the highest Annuity/Annual Concession Fee, terms of the RFP document. payableasper the terms of the RFP document of each Project. withoutany travel history re- number of cases increase. He said PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE centlytestedpositive forCovid- this would beliketreating alarge As partofthe procedure defined in the provisionsofPunjab 19,sparking fears of community- area as acontainmentzone. Infrastructure Development &Regulation Act2002, (PIDRA-2002), As partofthe procedure defined in the provisions of Punjab Infrastructure leveltransmissionand leading “Ourfocusmoreorlesswillbe before the bidding forthe Development of the Projectiscarriedout, Development &Regulation Act 2002, (PIDRA-2002), before the bidding aPublic hearing is required to be conducted by the Punjab forthe Development of the projects are carried out, Public hearing is authorities to consider locking Guwahati now, so that thesitua- required to be conductedbythe Punjab Infrastructure Regulatory down thecitypart-wise as well tion in ourcity does notturninto Infrastructure RegulatoryAuthority (PIRA) inviting objections/ sug- gestions/ commentsfromthe Public. Authority (PIRA) inviting objections/suggestion/comments from the Public. asturningquarantinecampsinto whatitisinDelhi, Chennai or Accordingly,Punjab Infrastructure RegulatoryAuthority (PIRA) Accordingly,Punjab Infrastructure RegulatoryAuthority (PIRA) has decid- ed to conduct the Public Hearing. The proposed Development of the said makeshiftCovid-carehospitals. Mumbai. People have to strictly hasdecided to conduct the Public Hearing.The proposed (Project) is herebypublished forgeneral information. Acopyofthe StateHealthMinisterHimanta followdistancingnormsandwear Development of the said (Project) is herebypublishedfor general Feasibility Reportcan be obtained by submitting aDemanddraft of Rs BiswaSarma said Monday masks,” the minister said. information.Acopyofthe Feasibility Reportcan be obtained by sub- 2500/- (RupeesTwo Thousand and FiveHundred only) in favour of Punjab Guwahati’s situation has wors- Healsosaidsamplecollecting mitting aDemanddraft of Rs 2500/- (Rupees TwoThousandand Infrastructure Development Board (PIDB), payableatChandigarh, from its FiveHundred only)infavour of Punjab Infrastructure Development enedinthepastfew days,with114 centres, whereresidents canvol- office on or before 03.07.2020. Board(PIDB), payableatChandigarh, from its office on or before Notice is herebygiven to all concerned to file suggestions/views/com- peoplewithoutanytravelhistory untarilyget tested,will be in- 06.07.2020 ments and objections,ifany,onthe proposed project, to the Managing —who voluntarilycametoget creasedfromtheexisting12 to 31. Notice is herebygiven to all concerned to filesuggestions/ Director,PIDB,SCO: 33-34-35, Sector 34-A, Chandigarh within 15 days tested since June 16 —reporting “Itwillbelikeamakeshifthos- views/comments and objections,ifany,onthe proposed project, to of the publication of this notice.Besides,aPublic hearing will also be held positive.Inaddition, nearly 40 pitalforrapid the Managing Director,PIDB, SCO: 33-34-35, Sector 34-A, under the Chairperson, Punjab Infrastructure RegulatoryAuthority (PIRA) Chandigarh within 15 days of the publication of this notice.Besides, which can be attended by anyperson including bona fide residents,Non- peoplewithoutanytravelhistory, Covid re- aPublicHearing will also be held under the Chairperson, Punjab Government organizations and others,located at the project sites of dis- among those tested from 141ac- sponse in Infrastructure RegulatoryAuthority (PIRA) which can be attended placement likely to be affected by the proposed Infrastructure Project and tive containmentzonesinthecity, that area…,” by anyperson includingbonafide residents,Non-Government other members of Public. Oral and written submission can also be made have tested positive,hesaid. the minister organizationsand others,located at the project site of displacement during the Public hearing. The time schedule forpublic hearing is as below: Sarma said: “I fear cases in said. likely to be affected by the proposed Infrastructure Project and other members of Public. Oral and written submission can also be Guwahati will increase. This Overall, Sr.Projects Name Timings Venue made during the Public Hearing. The time schedule forpublic hear- No. curvewon’t be flattenedimme- has ing is as below: 1. Mohali Commercial 10th July,2020 GMADAOffice, diately. We will have to rigor- reported Sr.Project NameTimings Venue Complexcum Convention at 11.00 AM Mohali ouslytestmoreand more peo- morethan No. Centre (GMADA). ple, along with measures suchas 5,500con- 1. Upgradation, Operation &13.07.2020 Committee 2. Ludhiana Commercial 16th July,2020 Circuit House, implementing lockdowns and firmedcases Complex cum Exhibition at 11.00 AM Ludhiana Maintenance of Ran Baas, at Room, District Centre (GLADA). containment zones. So our quar- so far. On Qila Mubarak,Patiala as 11.00 A.M.Administrative 3. Amritsar Commercial 17th July,2020 Bachat Bhawan, antine centres in the city will be Sunday, the HeritageHotel on PublicComplex, turnedintoCovid-carecentres stateregis- Complexcum Convention at 11.00 AM Amritsar PrivatePartnership (PPP) Patiala Centre (ADA). to treatasymptomatic patients. teredits sin- Symptomatic patientswill be gle-day No TA/DAwillbeadmissible forattendingthe Public hearing. No TA/DAwill be admissible forattending the Public hearing. treated in hospitals.” highestspike Managing Director, Managing Director Punjab Infrastructure Development Board, Punjab Infrastructure Development Board He said that keepingthe spike yet—331 SCO:33-34-35, Sector34-A,Chandigarh. SCO-33-34-35, Sector 34-A, Chandigarh. in Guwahatiinmind, the state cases.

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§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA Acknowledging China’s rise, scale of challengeit BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL presents,are firststeps in crafting anew China policy

STEP UP THE FIGHT CRajaMohan Centreand Delhi government needtoworkinunison —that’s THE BRUTAL CHINESE ambush thatkilled ingtonegotiateonthe boundarydispute. againstJapanese imperialists duringthe the onlyway to counter the COVID surge Indian and Chinese soldiers in theGalwan That definedatemplate that in the end Second WorldWar.London encouraged Valleyineastern Ladakh lastweekwill hope- neither normalisedthe relationship nor re- Chiang Kai-shek to visit India and meetwith ELHI’S SHARPLYRISING COVID-19infection curveraisesquestions about fullycompelDelhi to confront the enduring solvedthe boundarydispute. To makemat- Mahatma Gandhi; Gandhi metChiang but the containmentmeasurestaken by the city’s AAP government during and tragedyofIndia’s China policy.That tragedy ters worse, other issues have takenalifeof refusedtocooperate.While the Congress afterthe relaxation of the lockdown. Nowthe Centrehas lentits weightto is rootedinpersistent politicalfantasies,re- their own—for example, the massive annual optedout of the war, British India, Great Dthe ArvindKejriwalgovernment.Inaseries of directivesonSunday,ithas fusal to learn from pastmistakes, and the be- trade deficits. If India thought economic co- Britain and the US embarkedonamassive asked the Delhi government to reviseits strategy to fight the coronavirus. Delhi has been lief that the US and the West areatthe source operationwill improvemutualtrustand cre- effort to supportthe beleagueredChinese of India's problems withChina. ateconditions forresolving political differ- government in Chungking. askedto redraw its242 containmentzones,enumerateall households outside these zones This is notaboutblaming one party or an- ences with China, it has been in forarude China neverreallyboughtintothe Indian and associateevery districtinthe city with ahospital. The Centrehas also asked theDelhi other that ruledDelhi in the lastseven shock. India’s massive trade deficit with ideas of buildingcoalitions againstthe West. government to send adetailedreport on everyCOVID death in the city —this mustinclude decades. There is plenty of blame to go China is nowalittle over halfofits totaltrade While India neverstoppedarguing with the when the patientwas broughttothe hospital, and from where. Suchameasure had ar- around;and theproblem predates inde- deficit. Worse, India is finding it hardtodis- West,China developedasustainedengage- guablybecome necessaryinlight of reports that the Delhi government’s COVID toll figures pendence. Eachgeneration has compounded entangle the deep economic dependence on ment with the US, Europe and Japan.Mao arenot tallyingwiththose of the city’s hospitals and municipalities. the challengewith the reluctance to discard imports from China and resurrect itsmanu- brokewith CommunistRussia to joinforces the illusionsthat India’sChina policy has nur- facturing sector. with the US in the early 1970s, less than two With nearly 60,000cases,Delhi is poisedtoovertakeMumbai as the city with the high- tured over the lastcentury. As the Cold Warcame to aclose, India decades afterhefought the American forces estcaseload. Maharashtra’s capital has about 67,000 cases but the growth rate of thein- Letusstart with Rabindranath Tagore, betthatpolitical cooperation with China in the Korean War. Deng Xiaoping promoted fection has come down appreciably in the city sincelastweek,when it added 8,000cases. who went to Chinain1924with the ambi- on global issues willprovidethe basis for massive economiccooperation with the US Delhi, in contrast, added 18,000 cases lastweek.CMKejriwal hasmaintainedthatthe tion of developing ashared Asian spiritual better bilateral relations. It could nothave to transform China and laythe foundations deathrateisthe keymetricinthe battle against the pandemic —but even on that yardstick, civilisation. Tagore returneddeeplydisap- been morewrong. PVNarasimha Raoand forits rise. Delhi’s figures areworrying.At3.65 per cent, Delhi’sdeath rate is abovethe national av- pointed as radical groups, including mem- his successors joinedChina and Russia in While China has leveragedthe deep re- bers of the newlyformed Chinese promoting a“multipolar world” —the code lationship with the West to elevate itselfin erageof3.4 percent. Thecityhas lostinexcess of 2,000 livestothe virus.With theDelhi CommunistParty,turnedonthe poetand his forlimiting America’s powerafter theinternational system, Delhi continues to government projecting5.5 lakh COVID cases in the city by the end of July, the national cap- hosts forconspiringtodivertChinese atten- Washington cameout victorious in the think thatstaying away from America is the ital could be staring at asteepeningtoll, if urgent measures arenot taken. tion away from the imperativesofmoderni- Cold Warand facilitated the break-upof answer forgood relations with Beijing. Sunday’s directives were precededbyanorder by Delhi’s Lieutenant GovernorAnil sation and, yes, westernisation. Nearly aquarter of acentury the SovietUnion. Beijing sees the worldthrough the lens of Baijal mandating five-dayinstitutional quarantine forall thosewho have testedCOVID-pos- Next wasthe turn of Jawaharlal Nehru, after embarking on astrategy Nearly aquarterofacentury afterem- power, while Delhi tends to resistthatreal- who approachedChina as amodernistand barking on astrategy to blunt America’s istprism. Indiahas consistently misread itive.The Delhi government wasright to push backand getitrevoked.L-G Baijal has now to blunt America’s‘unipolar asked all coronavirus positive patients to reporttoaCOVID-care centre, wheretheir suit- nationalist.Hemet adelegation of Chinese “unipolar moment”, Delhi is nowstruggling China’s interests and ambitions. The longer nationalists at Brusselsin1927and issueda moment’, Delhi is now to cope with the emergence of a“unipolar India takestoshedthat strategic lassitude, ability forhome isolation will beassessed. Reiteratedin the Centre’s directive,this require- ringing statement on defeating western im- struggling to cope with the Asia” —with Beijing as itsdominantcentre. the greater will be itsChina trouble. ment could place an additional burden on the patients. Already,there arereportsofasymp- perialism and shaping anew Asian and emergence of a‘unipolar Asia’ China’srapidrise has also pavedthe wayfor Delhi needs to come to terms with the tomatic carriersofthe virus being reluctant to visit the COVID carecentres. As it redrafts global order.But whenthe SecondWorld the potential emergence of a“bipolar world” fact thatagigantic powerhas risenonits door itsstrategy,the Delhi government shouldn’t do anything that further inconveniences pa- Warbroke out adecadelater,the Congress —with Beijing as its dominated by Washington and Beijing. step. India mustalso recognisethat China, tients. Itsdecisiontoprovideoximeters to monitor the oxygen saturation levels of patients wasunwilling to join hands with China in de- dominantcentre. China’s That brings us to the perennial illusion in likethe great powers before it, wantstore- under home isolation is awelcome step. The national capital could also followthe exam- feating Japanese imperialism. Forall theex- rapid rise has also paved the Delhi about Asian and anti-Western solidar- deem itsterritorial claims, has the ambition alted rhetoric of anti-imperialism,Indianand ity with China. Despitethe failureofthe re- to bend the neighbourhood to itswill,re- pleofKerala and Karnataka, whichhaveinvolvedthe community in tracing the contacts way forthe potential Chinese nationalists couldnot come together peated effortstoconstruct suchunity with shape the global order to suitits interests. of COVID positive patients. The Centrehas assuredtheDelhi government technical help in fortheywerefighting different imperial emergence of a‘bipolar world’ China —inthe interwaryears, thedecade af- China has certainlynot hiddenthese goals redrawing the containment zones. It should continue to playthe role of aguiding force, not powers. dominated by Wa shington terindependence, andthe postCold War and interests;but India hasrefusedtosee do anything that could be construedaspowerplayinatime of crisis. In the coming days As India’s firstPM, Nehru reachedout to and Beijing.That brings us to years —the Indian elitepersists withthe what is in plain sight. and weeks, the twogovernmentswill needtoworkinunison —theywill be watchedfor the Communistrulers of China, campaigned the perennial illusion in Delhi myth. Acknowledging China’sdramatic rise and howwell theycan do so. againstthe western attempt to isolate them, Linked to this is the unyieldingclaim that recognising the scaleofthe challengeitpres- serenaded ChinesePremier Zhou Enlai at the about Asian and anti-We stern the US is seeking to divide India and China; entsare the firststeps forDelhi in crafting a Afro-Asian conference in Bandung, Indonesia solidaritywith China. Despite but forthe evil imperialists,the fantasy goes, newChina policy. Forthe Modigovernment, in 1955. Within five years, India and China the failureofthe repeated Delhi and Beijing would be enjoying ever- this should be avaluable opportunity to get were at eachother's throatsand awar broke lasting peace and friendship. The fact is, we backtobasics on restoring internal political INALL FAIRNESS out in 1962. Atal Bihari Vajpayeetraveledto efforts to constructsuchunity don’t needAmerica to divide Indiaand coherence, accelerating economic moderni- China in February1979tore-engageBeijing. with China —inthe interwar China; our respective territorial nationalisms sation and expanding India’s national power. BlackLives Matter exerts an influence from afar,kickstartsa Beforehecould head home, Beijing had years, the decade after and irreconcilable conflictsofinterestdothat launchedawar againstafellowcommunist independence,and the post job rather well. The writer is Director,Institute of SouthAsian long-overdue process againsthard-codedracism in India regime in Vietnam. So muchfor Asian soli- Thereare other interesting facts, too. The Studies, National University of Singaporeand darity!Rajiv Gandhi in 1988 sought to nor- Cold Wa ryears—the Indian British imperialists,for example, wanted contributing editor on international affairs ORDECADES,ENLIGHTENEDIndianshave railedagainstfairnesscreams,andhelp- malise relations with China while continu- elite persists with the myth. Indian and Chinese nationalists to unite for The Indian Express lessly watchedtheirsalesgraphsgrow.Butnowthismarket segment,whichfeeds offand reinforces the racistbinaryoflight and darkness deeplyentrenched in so- Fciety and reflectedin the caste hierarchy, faces the mostimpersonal correctives— globalisation and commerce. In response to theBlackLives Matter movement, whichhas spilledout of the US, Johnson &Johnson have exitedtheface whitening categoryinAsia and the Middle Eastand ordered adrastic recall of productswhichwereeithersold as orper- ceivedaswhitening agents.Neutrogena Fine Fairness and Clean &Clear arethe firstproduct SPINNING AMAGICAL WEB linestobeaffected,and distributors have been ordered to immediatelyship backordestroy their inventories. These productsare also being removedfromJ&J websites. IntheUS,corporateswhichpersistedinsellingproductsassociatedwithracism,whilewel- Left-arm spinner RajinderGoel served cricketselflesslyand quietly comingthemovementtriggeredby thekillingof George Floyd,arebeingaccusedofhypocrisy, and there is arush to cleansethe stables by erasing,repositioning or updating products. J&J has erasedthe fairness segment and updated Band-Aid to reflect different skintones. Last Bishan Singh Bedi week,PepsiCo’sQuakerOatscommittedto rebrandingitsAuntJemimalineof pancakesand syrups,which aresold withtheimageofasmilingblackwomanfromtheeraofsegregation, if notofslavery.Andmeanwhile,acampaignburgeonsagainstUnilever’sFair&Lovely, whose OF ALL my contemporaries plying their trade ment. “Justgivemeone overtofind my cricket wasnot forhim. He justcouldn’t take of spinning aweb on the cricket pitch,Iwas rhythm,” he’d sayconfidently. And then he the English social life. Since Ihad known him niacinamide inhibitsthe production of melanin, and whichissold all over Asia. fondestofRajinderGoel. He leftusonJune 21 would go about his job with mechanical pre- forsolong, Icould understand. But howwas I In half the worldeastofEden, the popularity of fairness creams has stood testimonyto without amurmur,whichwas so much in cision.Theonlypeoplewhohadtobeontheir going to convince Kanhai? howdeeplyingrainedracismisincultures that arenot white, but aspiretobeso. It is also keeping with his cricketing years. No cribbing toes were the batsmen facing him. In the 1980s, we had setupaVeteran reflectedin theenthusiasmwith whichIndiahas rebuffedinternationalattemptstoequate or remorse.Justamovetoanotherpavilionto Iremember his very brief stint with the Cricketers' Benevolent Fund on the same lines race with caste,aconceptinformedbyvarna, whichliterallysignifies colour.Who would have see what the Almighty has in storefor him. Lancashireleague. During my countydays as the famous Cricketers Benefit Fund Series thought that markets would be thedeal-breaker of an ancient and ugly tacit understand- I’ve neverbeenable to figureout the me- with Northamptonshire, the West Indian (CBFS)inSharjah.We wouldplay theveterans’ ing that pervades so muchofthe Old World? But outside the segment of fairness creams, dia assessment that it wasBishan Bedi who great Rohan Kanhai once asked if therewas a series with PakistaninIndia, Pakistanand preventedGoel from donning the India cap. first-class left-arm spinner in India willing to Sharjah.Goelwasthefirstbeneficiary.Iremem- racism remains the name of the game. Whether it’s carromorchess, Whiteplays first. In all He wasmyseniorbyacountrymileandlasted tryhis hand forhis old club Blackpool. berhewas ever so thrilledand touched. He fairness, to equalise the question of primacy,why notconsiderthe toss of acoin, whichonly muchlongeronthe Indian scene. But yes, I Igot in touchwith Goel and, within days, sobbedlikeachildhuggingmetight.Icannever bears the colour of money? concede Iwas atrifle luckier than my erst- he wasinBlackpool wrecking oppositions as forget that moment of gracious gratitude. while colleague from Rohtak.Beyond that, I Goel wasalmost robotic in washis wont. Everyone in the Leaguewas very Goel wasaself-professed“bania” andas ruefullyacceptthatGoelwashugelyunfortu- his bowling pattern, and he pleasedwith Goel’s performance —except such, wasloathe to be aspendthrift. This trait natetomissthe bus. wasacaptain’s delight.He Goel himself. In less than amonth, he wasback reflectedabundantly inhisverystingybowling HIS GOLDEN ARM However, the couragewith whichheac- never asked forany in Rohtak.The Blackpool club secretarywrote figurestoo.Somewhere alongtheline,Ireckon ceptedthe verdict and carriedonserving to me about howhemissedGoel. He also sent the “ambition” aspect, forhim, might have cricketmostselflesslyisexemplary.Muchof particular end or field afew paper clippings about Goel’s outstand- takenthe backseat. But he wasacontended Rajinder Goel did notget to playfor the country. the time, while in Delhi, we were colleagues at placement. ‘Just give me one ing bowling feats. man, something Iobserved closely, and with That’s amighty loss forIndian cricket the StateBank of India (SBI).We had ahealthy, over to find my rhythm’, he’d But Goel had to go home. “I’vegot a afairamountofenvy, if Imay add. Goel wasa mutual respect foreachother. The one thing I telegram, my wifeispregnant” —hehad told committedfamilyman.And,of course,hewas noticedaboutGoelwasthathewouldalways sayconfidently.And then he the club. The club didn’t knowhow to handle inseparable from his wife, Sushila. All that NANY OTHER cricketing erainIndia, left-arm spinner Rajinder Goel, who diedon would go about his job with Sunday, would have playedTestcricket.Suchwas his calibre, but the accident of disappear from Delhi as soon as our games the situation.So Goel,in amatter of afew days, seemslikeafairytalenow. Rest inPeace,Goely. would getover. Suchwas hisstrong bond with mechanical precision. The went from Rohtak to Delhi to Heathrow to Cricket in the north can neverbegrateful birth hadhim competing with some of the finestpractitioners of spinbowling his folksbackinRohtak. ManchestertoBlackpool to Manchesterto enough foryourawesome contribution. I ever,likeBishan Singh Bedi, BSChandrasekhar,EASPrasanna andS only people who had to be on Goel wasalmostrobotic in his bowling pat- Heathrow to Delhi, andfinally, backtoRohtak. Venkataraghavan. He nevercomplained,but continuedhis labours on the domestic fields, tern, and wasacaptain’s delight. He never their toes were the batsmen All this without even seeing London. His urge The writer is aformer captain of theIndian finding joyinevery little accomplishment. asked forany particular end or field place- facing him. to be with his familywas very strong. League cricketteam Therewas atragicbeautytohis narrative,asyou would find with araftofsuchplayers across sports.Aparallel can be drawntothe Caribbeanpace-bowlers from the late’70sto mid-’80s, mean machines as good as Malcolm Marshall or Michael Holding,but who could notbreak into the team or command apermanent spot. Likethe strapping Barbadian tear- away Sylvester Clarke,the onlybowlerViv Richards admitted he ever felt “uncomfortable” JUNE 23, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO facing.GrahamGoochhadhishelmetsplitdownthemiddle.OrhisfieryfellowBajans,Wayne Daniel and Franklyn Stephenson. Similarly,anarmyofAustralianbatsmen wasconfinedto T HE CHINADEAL Line of Actual Control at the eastern sector, ASSAM FLAG MARCH playing county cricket in the mid-aughts, thankstoabrigadeofhigh-qualityexponents. THE INDIAN GOVERNMENTwithheld com- India should recognise the status quointhe AS TENSION RAN high throughout the mentonthereportedpackagedealofferedby western sector.” BrahmaputraValleyfollowing violent inci- StuartLaw battedjust onceinaTest match —remainedunbeaten on 54 —but endedupfor- the Chinese vice-premier,Deng Xiaoping, on dents in NorthLakhimpur town in upper ever on the fringes, despitegathering 27kruns in domestic cricket.OrJimmy Maher, Jamie the Sino-Indian border dispute. Instead, New SOVIETWITHDRAWAL Assam yesterday, troops staged flag marches CoxorMichael di Venuto.Similarly,sooverflowingwas Spain’stalent pool in the lateaughts Delhi has chosen to wait forthe return of Eric THE SOVIET UNION announcedtodaythat at anumber of places including , thattheycouldn’taccommodateGabi,and Mikel Arteta. Gonsalves, secretaryinthe ministryofexter- “some armyunitswhose stay in Afghanistan Lakhimpur,Rangiya and Golaghat, to show It’s the mischief of golden generations. HowWestIndies cricketwould have pleaded nal affairs, who is currentlyinBeijing holding is notnecessaryatpresent arebeing with- their presence.Troops continuedtobede- to have someone likeClarke or Daniel in this era, justasSpainwould wish theyhad Gabi discussions with the Chinese leaders on the drawn”.The six-lineannouncement by the of- ployedincurfew-boundNorthLakhimpurfor or Arteta.Between Bedi and RavindraJadeja, India handedTestcaps to men whosetal- entiregamutofrelations between the two ficialSovietnewsagency saidthewithdrawal the second day. The indefinitecurfew, countries. Xiaoping made the offerinanin- of the troops wasbeing made in agreement clampedonthe town yesterday, wasnot re- entswereinferior to Goel’s.InGerman football theyhaveaterm:Unvollendeter, an un- terviewtoaNewDelhijournal,Vikrant,onthe withthe Afghan leadership. The agency did laxed today. The situation at Tinsukhia, also fulfilledperson. It seems harsh, forthose who areremembered andrevered,asinGoel’s eveofGonsalves’ discussions.The operative notsay howmanyofthe estimated 85,000 curfew-bound, wasofficially stated to be case, despitenot representingtheir country. For, therewas aglorious dignity to their partofthe interviewquotedXiaoping saying Sovietsoldiers in Afghanistanwerebeing "quietbut tense". Curfew wasnot relaxed in labours, making them legends nonetheless. that while China “can recognise the present withdrawn. the town forthe fourth day.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,JUNE23,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “India cannotreplicate the US'overbearing approachtoChina. India will suffer 9 THE IDEAS PAGE more losses if it launches atrade waragainst China.” —GLOBALTIMES, CHINA Securing the sea lanes An indomitable

China has usedcivilianvessels formilitarypurposes. Thereisapressingneedfor India, with like-minded resolve countries,todevelop acomprehensive UnderwaterDomain Awareness strategy Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s death anniversary is occasion to remember his sacrifice fornational unity

establish the BJS. Guruji freedeight pracharaks, and this is wherethe work of BJS startedwith the missionofcorrecting the mistakesofNehru. TheBJS was VijayGokhale foundedonOctober 21,1951, and Mookerjee became itsfoundingpresident. The BJSwon three Lok Sabhaseatsin AT ATIME when China’s pre-meditated mil- the firstgeneral election,held from October itarymoves along ournorthern boundary 25, 1951,toFebruary21, 1952. Mookerjee aredrawingthe nation’s attention, it is im- PrabhatJha wasone of the three MPs. He attacked portant thatwedon’t losesight of our sur- Nehru’s policies in Parliament. During ade- roundingseas. bateinthe House, Nehru once pointed to OurnavyhasinterdictedChinesemaritime MANY DEATH ANNIVERSARIES arecele- Mookerjee and said, “Jana Sangh is acom- research andsurvey vessels that enteredour brated in the countryevery year.However, munal party,Iwill crush the Jana Sangh”. Exclusive EconomicZone (EEZ) and those pioussouls areveryfortunate,whose Mookerjee replied, “My friend Pandit ContinentalShelf (CS)without our prior con- supporters or ideals maketheir “sacrifice” Jawaharlal Nehru says that hewill crush sentin2018 and2019.Indiahaslegislation(Act meaningful. Syama Prasad Mookerjee is JanaSangh, Isay Iwill crush this crushing No.80/1976)that requires foreign marine sci- one suchsupremepioussoul,who sacri- mentality.” entific vessels to seek licence prior to under- ficedhis lifeonJune 23, 1953, forthe cause Even though the problem of Kashmir’s taking activities. The Chinese claim that they of aunited India. From the BharatiyaJana specialstatus became visible to the peo- areserving theinterests of global scientific re- CRSasikumar Sangh (BJS) to nowinthe BJP,June 23 has ple later,Mookerjee understood itsseri- search.Thatmay wellbeonepurpose;butitis law. TheLaw of the Sea Convention says that cent Forbes reportclaims that Sea-Wing un- had been celebrated notjustasthe death ousness from the beginning.His speeches well-knownthatChinauses civilianresearch military vessels have “right to innocent pas- derwater,unmanneddrones were launched anniversaryofMookerjee, but also as aday in the in 1952 makeitclear that vessels to gather crucial oceanographicdata, sage”to traversetheterritorial sea of acoastal from the Xiang Yang Hong No.6inmid- of resolution to abrogateArticle 370from whathappenedlater in Kashmir —terror- suchassub-sea and sea-bed conditions,for statewithoutenteringinternalwaters so long December 2019 and successfullyretrievedin the Constitution. In everymanifesto,the ism,atrocities and the exodus of Hindus — military purposes. It has donesointhe South as theyare notprejudicialto peace,good order February2020.That shouldbeamatter of our declaration of Mookerjee to abrogatethe had been foretold. The separatisttenden- ChinaSeawithoutheedtoprotestsbyclaimant and security of the coastalstate.The immediateconcernas during thatperiod this temporaryArticle 370was affirmed.Under cies that emergedfromSheikh Abdullah's states or international law. Convention is also open to different interpre- very ship wasinthe BayofBengal from the leadershipofPrimeMinisterNarendra political activities had begun to take hold To putthisintoperspective,one recent tations on the question of scientificsurveys in January27toFebruary 24. Modi, who had travelledwith Murli by 1952. Due to this, the national mind was survey done by the Asia Maritime the EEZ of coastalstates. TheUS, forinstance, Third, China might sail PLAN intelligence- Manohar Joshi and hoistedthe tricolour at disturbed.Mookerjee fullysupportedthe Transparency Initiative (CSIS), shows that be- maintains that hydrographical surveys with- gathering ships along our coasts or in the wa- the Lal Chowk of Srinagar,Article 370was satyagraha of the PrajaParishad,which tween April 2019 and March 2020, China de- outprior noticeorconsent arelawful in line ters offour island territories, justoutside the abrogated on August5,2019. Home aimedtomakeJ&K an integral partof ployed25maritime survey missions in the with centuries of statepractice, customary 12 nautical mile limit, on grounds that this is MinisterAmit Shah worked as atrue pa- India. In support, he raisedastrong slogan: Indo-Pacific. This figureisonlymarginallyless and international lawand Articles 58,86and “innocent passage” by navalvessels permis- triotinpassing the Bill in both the Houses “Two flags in one country, twolegislations thanthe 27 missions mountedby the next six 87 of the Convention. However, it is worthnot- sible under relevant provisions of the of Parliament. in one country, twoheadsinone country, countries takencumulatively —US(10), Japan ing that China herself explicitlyrequires all Convention; in other wordsthe Chinesever- Mookerjee made asignificant contri- unacceptable, unacceptable” (Ek desh (6),India (4),Australia (3), France (3) and the foreign marine research,and forthat matter sion of Freedom of Navigation operations. bution in the fieldsofeducation,politics, mein do nishan, ek desh mein do vidhan, Philippines (1). military, vessels to seek prior permission be- We have the necessarycapacity to mon- society and culture. He became amem- ek desh mein do pradhan, nahi chalenge, Earlier this year,the Australiansvoiced fore they enter China’s territorial seas as de- itor and interdict survey vessels well before berofthe Bengal Legislative Council in nahi chalenge). At amassive rallyin concern over the activities of the Chineseves- finedintheir Declarationon the TerritorialSea theyenter our EEZ. The needfor acompre- 1929, and wasthe youngest Vice- Jammu in August1952,heexpressedhis sel XiangYang Hong No.1ininternationalwa- (1958). The question, therefore, is whether hensive UnderwaterDomain Awareness Chancellor of the University of Calcutta resolve:“Either Iwillget youthe Indian ters between the Australian mainland and China will respect the laws of other coastal (UDA) strategy is pressing.This will needco- from 1934 to 1938. Later,hebecame the Constitution or Iwill sacrifice my lifefor Christmas Island. Theysuspected that aside states like India.In thatregard, recentChinese ordination between our nationalsecurity finance ministerofthe Province of Bengal, thepurpose”. from marine science research,the ship was behaviour in the South China Sea does notgive Earlier this year,Australians agencies, the navy,and the government de- and wassubsequentlyelected thena- To fulfil his resolve,Mookerjeedecided alsostudying submarineroutes from Australia reason foroptimism. voiced concern over the partmentsresponsible forthe marine envi- tional president of the All India Hindu to challengethe Nehru government in New intothe South China Sea. This, incidentally, is It is areasonable presumption that the ronment and disastermanagement, but also Mahasabha,the MahabodhiSociety and Delhi and Abdullah’s government in the same vessel that operatedin international completion of Gwadar and the use of Ream activities of the Chinese collaborationwith like-mindedcountries the RoyalAsiaticSociety.Mookerjee was Srinagar.InMay 1953, he setout on atrip to waters justsouth of the Andaman &Nicobar (Cambodia) if suchareportisconfirmed, will vessel Xiang Ya ng Hong No. who shareour concerns. Suchcooperation also amember of theConstituent J&K to study the situation there. In those Islands from April 15 to May21, 2019,presum- makeiteasier forChina to sustain navalde- 1ininternational waters includes, inter alia, deepening of real-time Assembly. He got the opportunitytoserve days,permits had to be obtainedfor entry ablywith similar objectives. China has ployments—including submarines —inthe between the Australian information exchange, co-developmentand the country as aminister in the firstcab- intoJ&K. When he wasasked forapermit, mountedatleast six survey missions cover- Indian Ocean. Thecollection of vitalhydro- deployment of UDAmonitoring devicesand inetofindependent India. In the firstgen- he said, “I am amember of the Parliament ing the waters between Indonesia and Sri graphical dataiscritical to theirunderstand- mainland and Christmas joint processing of acoustic signatures, and eral election, he waselected to the Lok of India, Iwill nottakeapermit in Kashmir Lanka, in the BayofBengal and the Northern ing of the sub-surface environment, particu- Island. They suspectthat closer coordination in the patrolling of sea Sabha from SouthCalcutta. in my owncountry”. He wasput under Arabian Sea, in 2019-2020. larly around the Andaman Islands, whichisa aside from marine science lanes to ensureafree and open Indo-Pacific. Mookerjee did notwant that Partition house arrest.For 40 days,neither medical The Cambodian opposition leader,Sam choke-point from the Chinese perspective,as research, the ship wasalso The deployment of PLAN intelligence- should happen.For this, he went to carenor other basic facilities were pro- Rainsy,wrote recentlyinForeign Affairs that well asto monitorour ownsubmarinemove- gathering ships withnavalescort along our Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhiji said the vided. He diedonJune 23 under mysterious China follows a“pattern of denial and obfus- ments. Itshould, therefore, bepresumedthat studying submarine routes coasts mightalsorequireanew sortofre- Congress did notlistentohim.Nehruwas circumstances. To realise his resolve, cation” in itsmilitary expansion overseas. in the coming 12-24months, the Chinese from Australia into the sponse. We should learn from Chinese tactics. alsoinfavour of Partition. When it became Mookerjee sacrificedhis lifefor the moth- Beijing initiallydeniedits intentiontomili- could step up their effortstosecure signifi- South China Sea. This, ARAND study describes howtheyuse fishing inevitable, Mookerjee pledged to ensure erland. At his funeral in Kolkata, over two tarise the SpratlyIslands but eventuallyac- cantlyimproveddataintheseasbetweenthe incidentally,isthe same boats, whichare actually“maritimemilitia”,to that the interests of theHindusofBengal lakh people gathered to paytribute. knowledged that theyserveamilitarypur- Malacca Straitsand Djibouti, especiallyinthe overwhelm the external adversarywith were notneglected.His effortsensured that Mookerjee’sresolve became the resolution pose. Asimilar pattern surroundedthe BayofBengaland Arabian Sea, through any vessel that operated in swarm-tactics, supportedfromthe rear by the Muslim League’s plan to annexthe en- of the nation.His sacrifice became the vow Chinese militarybase in the HornofAfrica. one, or all, of the following. international watersjust coast-guardornavalvessels. This is belowthe tireprovince could notsucceed. to abolish Article 370. Nobody anylongeraccepts China’s claim that First, the Chinese might trytosend another south of the Andaman & threshold of amilitaryresponse,and asuc- Due to Nehru’s disregardfor the dis- The 70-year-old mission wasachieved the Djibouti base is simplyalogistics facility. survey vesselwithoutourpermissionintoour cessful, albeit crude,way of blockingthe PLAN placedand hisown commitment to na- by the Modi government within 70 days of Rainsy has expressedconcern over asecret EEZ, even possiblyunder navalescort. In May, Nicobar Islands from April vessel. We have multiple fishing communi- tional interests,Mookerjee resignedfrom itssecond term. Mookerjee wasthe first deal that givesChina exclusive access to the Chinese survey vessel Haiyang Dizhi No.8 15 to May21, 2019, ties that can beprovidedwith the capacity and the Union CabinetonApril8,1950.Hebe- Indian to sacrifice his lifefor Jammu and Cambodia’s Ream NavalBase. If thisreportis accompaniedbytwo Chinese coastguard presumably with similar training forsuchpurposes. Building Maritime lievedthat the Nehru-Liaquat agreement Kashmir.June 23, the dayofsupreme sac- accurate, it will bring China one step closer to ships and severalfishing vessels (probably objectives. China has Domain Awareness, and especially wasmeaninglessasitentrustedthe re- rifice, should be observed in the countryas our shores. This is notthe only concerntobe maritime militia) entered the Malaysian EEZ UnderwaterDomainAwareness (UDA)capa- sponsibility of protecting the interests of Ek Nishan, Ek Vidhan, Ek Pradhan Day. had. It is also believedthatPLANavy (PLAN) in- in the South China Sea foroveramonth de- mounted at least six survey bilitiesandtechnology,bothdomesticallyand minoritiesonthe Indian government, but With this,the nation will notonlyremem- telligence-gathering ships have sailed our spiteMalaysian protests.Suchaction would missions covering the waters with like-mindedpartners, should be given no suchinitiative wastaken by Pakistan. berhim on his sacrifice everyyear,the spirit coast-line to gather information on navalfacil- contravene Indian lawbut the Chinese have between Indonesia and Sri the highestpriority. Theremay notbemore Afterresigning from the Nehru cabinet, of national unity and integrity will also be ities and ships. It will, almostcertainly, do so neverbeendeterredby finerpoints of thelaw. Lanka, in the BayofBengal time to lose. Mookerjee explored the possibility of strengthened. again. Second,morelikely, theymightdeploy un- forming apolitical party.Hemet with the China maywelltake the position that both mannedunderwater drones in ourEEZ,while and the Northern Arabian The writer is aformer Foreign Secretary and second sarsanghchalak(chief) of the RSS, The writer is national vice-president, activities arelegitimateunderinternational the mother vessel remains justoutside. Are- Sea,in2019-2020. Indian ambassador to China MSGolwalkar(Guruji), and urgedhim to BJP and aformer RajyaSabha MP CelebratingRattanLal LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR REQUEST & PROMISE IDEAS Winners of WorldFood Prizecan be role models forIndia's young OUR COMBINED REQUESTtothe public and veterans alikeis: Please letusdoour ONLINE UmaLele job. Rest assured,wewill laydownour liveswithoutbattinganeyelidif defend- ONLYINTHE EXPRESS ing the countryrequires that. But please RATTAN LAL, NATIVE of India and acitizen of world. Theyare also role models because Swaminathan’s visiontransformedIndia value. Vasal had receivedhis PhD in genetics avoid reasoning everymovewemake ● BEFITTINGREPLY the UnitedStates, has been awardedthe 2020 theyhavedemonstratedhigh returns to in- from a“begging bowl”toa“breadbasket”al- and plant breeding from the Indian and everything thatwedointhe battle- TOCHINA: WorldFoodPrize.Heis oneof eightpersonsof vestment in agricultural education and sci- most overnight,bringing the total crop yield Agricultural Research Institute(IARI). field.If there’sanythingyoucandoforus, ALCHAVAN Indianoriginto have receivedthe prize, estab- entific research. of wheat from 12 million tonnesto23mil- Gupta receivedthe awardin2005for start- itisjusttobeappreciative of whatwe are lishedbyNormanBorlaug in 1987.Borlaug Theawardees all comefromthe time of lion tonnes in four crop seasons and ending ing abluerevolution.Educatedin Calcutta, he doing and give strength to ourdear ones ● MORETHANMEDICAL wonthe NobelPeace Prize in 1972 forhis work the greenand rainbowrevolutions(of dairy India’s dependence on grain imports.Kurien, workedas aresearch associateatICARand de- leftbehind at home through your words HELP:VIKASBAJPAIAND on hybridisationofwheatandrice,whichled andaqua-culture),whenIndiainvestedheav- receivedthe prize in 1989 forIndia’s white veloped twoexceptionalapproachesfor in- andif possiblethroughyourdeeds.If that HARJITSINGHBHATTI to theGreen Revolutionin themid-1960s.The ilyinagricultural science education and re- revolution. Under his leadership, milkpro- creasing fish harvests among theverypoor is notpossible,wewillstill be happy,if WorldFoodPrizeisoften described as the search and Indian scientists shonebrightlyin duction increasedfrom23.3million tonnes therebyincreasing the protein and mineral youavoid trying to analyse24/7 every Nobelfor research in food. Upon winning the the global galaxy of science. Government sup- (1968-69) to 100.9 milliontonnes (2006-07) content in the diets of over onemillionofthe move we makeordon’t make.Bythe www.indianexpress.com Nobel, Borlaug had triedto convince the Nobel portforstateagricultural universities, and re- and is projected to reach187 million tonnes world’s mostimpoverishedfamilies.Gupta’s way, whileconfrontingtheenemyonthe committee to setupaprize forfood. When it search conducted by the Indian Councilof for2019-20,bringing millions of small and aquaculturetechnologies boosted battlefield,we don’tlookforany political refused, he setupthe awardhimself. Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the depart- marginal farmers, including women intothe Bangladesh’s fish yields from 304kgper instructions.Ourcompetentcommand- POLITICS VS DIPLOMACY The awards to eightIndians of thetotal of mentsofscience and technologyandbiotech- marketplace. hectaretoover2,500kgper hectareinless ers on the spotgiveinstructions. They 50 givensofar areatribute to thecountry’s nology has slippedinrecent years. Today, not Barwale, asmall farmer and entrepreneur, than ayear —including 1,000 kg per hectare carefor us, rub shoulders with us. We THIS REFERS TO thearticle,'Atime for agricultural university education and re- asingle Indian university is counted among receivedthe awardin1996.Hemade selling harvests in the dryseason. look up to them. So, we requestyou, our maturity'(IE,June 22). Asthe propaganda search system. The awardees areperfectrole the top100in the world. seeds of okraand sorghum “hip” and founded Rajaram, who wonthe prize in 2014,suc- countrymen, countrywomen, and our machineryof the government workson models forIndia’s rural youth. The country Rattan Lal wasawarded fordeveloping the MaharashtraHybrid SeedsCompany. The ceededBorlaug in leading CIMMYT’s wheat veterans, to kindlyavoid analysing our rhetoric, the writer's wishful thinking should celebratetheir achievementsun- and mainstreaming asoil-centric approachto Crop Science Society of America has called breeding programmeand developedanas- minutetominuteactionsthattooinpub- will remain adistant dream.While the abashedlywhen7-10millionnew produc- increasing food production that restores and himfatherof theseedindustryinIndia.He in- tounding 480varieties that have been widely lic.Ifyou aredivided,itcould shakeour Galwan Valleyambush may look like a tive jobs need to be created annually, and conserves natural resources and mitigates cli- troducedhybrid rice from China to India and adoptedbybothsmall and large-scale farm- confidence, because, your unity,trust, politicaland diplomatic disaster, it'san when it accountsfor athirdofglobal under- matechange.His research has shown that establishedaneye clinicforthe poorin his na- ers. Rajaram wasborn near asmall farming supportand belief givesusgreater electoralgainer forthe BJP. nourishment. The COVID-19pandemic has growing crops on healthysoilsproducesmore tive town of Jalna. villageinUttar Pradesh and receivedhis mas- strengththanweapons.Trustus,we don’t Shekhar Deshmukh, Mumbai made jobcreation and improved nutrition food from lesslandarea,lessuseofagrochem- Vasal wasgiventhe prize in 2000fordevel- ter’s degreefromIARI. hidefacts,butwe certainlyholdbackop- and healthmoreurgentthanever. icals, less tillage, less water, and less energy. oping quality protein maize (QPM). Studentsand faculty at ICAR and state erationallysensitive information which ANSWER THEM What is common to these scientists is Born in Pakistanin1943, Lal’s familymi- Integratingcerealchemistryandplant breed- agricultural universities can followintheir could help the enemy. In return, we give theirmodestbackground—almostall are gratedto IndiaduringPartition.He completed ingtechniques, Vasal and VillegasofMexico footsteps and achieve scientificexcellence, youthepromiseof guardingourborders THISREFERSTOtheeditorial,'UnlikeChina’ sons of farmers. Eachhas dedicated hislife his education from the Punjab Agricultural collaboratedto work on “opaque-2” maize va- if theyreceivethe resources and their work with our life. We saluteyou and salute (IE,June22).QuestionsfromtheOpposition to thepursuit of agricultural science with in- University —another PAUalumnus, Gurdev riety using molecular biology techniques. In is supportedwithincentives. our tricolour,the twomostprecious on the country's sovereignty areintrinsic tegrity and passion, spanning decades of re- Khush, wonthe prize in 1996 forhis research the mid-1980s, theyproducedaQPM things that we value most. to ademocracy. Thegovernmentshouldre- search and making spectacularcontributions on ricebreeding. Other recipients of theprize germplasmwith hardkernel characteristics The writer is visiting scholar,Instituteof CommodoreMedioma Bhada, spond with satisfactoryanswers. to environmentallysustainablefoodproduc- includeMSSwaminathan,Verghese Kurien, and tastelikethat of the traditional grain, but Economic Growth and presidentelect, viaemail AzharAKhan, Rampur tion. Their work has benefitted millionsof Ramlal Barwale, Surinder Vasal, Modadugu with muchhigher quality levels of lysine and International Association of small and marginalfarmersthroughout the Gupta and Sanjaya Rajaram. tryptophan, therebyenhancing the nutrition Agricultural Economists

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PUBLIC NOTICE Not being MY CLIENT SMT. ANITA W/O JAIPAL &SH. JAIPAL S/OLATE LAKMI In Afghanistan to perform sewa, Classifieds CHAND R/O 280/16 CHANDNI allowed to leave MARKET,NAHARPUR SECTOR 7 ROHINI PRASHANT VIHAR NARELA NORTH -WEST DELHI 110085, India: Koreans HEREBY SEVERE ALL RELATIONS & DEBAR HIS SON ASHWANI FROM Sikh man abducted from gurdwara PERSONAL ALL MOVABLE-IMMOVABLE PROPERTY(S) DUE TO THEIR probing styrene I, pankaj Kumar Singh S/o MISCONDUCT &BEINGOUT OF I, GITANJALI SAHU W/O-NO- CONTROL. MY CLIENT SHALL NOT We hope the Government of ers in Kabul. “Wecannotsay who Mahipal Singh R/o26B, Shipra 14623647N HAVDAYANIDHI BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ANY DIVYAGOYAL& Afghanistanwould be able to se- has done this, but we arevery leak move HC Sun City,Indrapuram, Dist:- ACTS IN FUTURE. SAHU R/O-VILL-RAMABERANI, Sd/- SHUBHAJITROY curesafeand early release of scared.”Hesaidtheincidenthap- Ghaziabad, UP-201014, Confirm PO-KUMURISINGHA,TEH-& RAJESH KUMAR (ADVOCATE) CHAMBER NO. 820 8th FLOOR, LUDHIANA,NEWDELHI,JUNE22 Nidan Singh Nidan Singh.” penedonWednesday night. That in My Passport my father DISTT-ANGUL, (ODISHA)- CHAMBER BLOCK, ROHINI and Mother name wrongly 759129,in my husband’s DISTRICT COURTS, DELHI- 110085 Sachdeva Charan Singh Sachdeva (57), “Since the Sehajdhari Sikh com- SREENIVASJANYALA mentioned as Manipal Singh service-recordmydate-of- ASEHAJDHARISikhwasallegedly Nidan’s cousin who livesin munity leftKhost,hardlyanyone HYDERABAD,JUNE22 and Sushila Singhinsteadof birth wrongly-mentioned as- abducted by four unidentified Delhi, said: “Webelong to Khost visitsthegurdwara...We have de- Mahipal Singh and Sushila PUBLIC NOTICE 22/04/1977instead of- armedmen from agurdwarain said, “Westrongly condemn the province in Afghanistanborder- ployedasecurity guard. It is the EIGHT SOUTH Korean nationals Respectively.Correct name of 20/04/1977. 0040539955-2 My clients Ravi Shekhar and Neelam both R/o H.No. B-1/404, Chamkanidistrictof Afghanistan’s abductionof NidanSingh,aleader ingPakistan. Our familymoved guardwho calledand told us that who had arrivedin my Father is Mahipal Singh and Gali No. 14, Harsh Vihar,Delhi- my MotherisSushila. I, BinayKumar Dubey S/oBaij 110093 have severed all their Paktiaprovince. of theHinduandSikhCommunity to India in the 1990s, but we fourmenwithweaponsabducted VisakhapatnamonMay 13 to in- Nath Dubey R/o-A3/201, relations from their son Shekhar The man, identifiedasNidan of Afghanistan, by terrorists.The keep visiting Afghanistanfor the Nidan.” vestigatethe styrene monomer 0040539961-6 PurvanchalSilverCity-II, Suman and his wife Smt. Ambika Sarowa and debarred them from Singh Sachdeva (55), wasal- targeting and persecution of the annual fair at Thala Sri Guru He added: “Nidan’s phone is leak at the LG Polymers factory I AbhishekSharma S/oRajiv Chorosia, Plot-10, Sector-P-II, their movable and immovable Sharma R/o197, Dayanand Rampur-Jagir,Sirajpur, properties due to their legedly abducted from Thala Sri minoritycommunity members Nanak Sahib gurdwarainthe on. When we call him, someone have filedpetitionsinthe GautambudhNagar, UP have misbehaviour towards my clients. Guru Nanak Sahib gurdwarain by terrorists at the behestoftheir month of Saawan. My brother else leavesavoice note on Andhra PradeshHighCourt, Vihar,Shakarpur, Delhi-110092, My clients shallnot be have changed my name to changed my nametoBinay responsible for their any acts. Chamkani. His familyisinDelhi. external supportersisamatter of went thereinMarch to getre- WhatsApp asking about his fam- saying theyare notbeing al- Abhishek Kumar Sharma Dubey. 0040539961-1 Sd/- (Richa Singh) Nidan had gone to Afghanistan graveconcern.” pairs done at the gurdwara. ily. In one of the messages they lowedtoleave the countryby Advocate 0070707127-1 I, Aman S/o-Late Vijander Singh Chamber No. E-216, three monthsago to perform He added, “India is in touch Therewerealso some visa for- said theybelieve Nidan is an the police. Rana R/o-Flat.No.11101, Block- Karkardooma Courts, I AjayKumar S/O, Sh. Bhagwan sewa at the gurdwara. with the Government of malitiespending as he is still an Indian spy.”Headdedthat there In three writ petitions,the Ebony, Mahagun Mywoods, Shahdara, Delhi-110032 Das R/oHouse No 3, Block 10 The Indian government con- Afghanistanfor ensuring safety, Afghanistancitizen.” has been no demand forransom. team said theywerenot em- GH04, Sector-16C, Greater- Spring Field Noida(West), UP.have demnedthe abduction. MEA securityandwell-beingofthemi- Charan Singh said theyare in Nidan worked as acookand ployees of LG Polymers but Haryana have changedmy changed my nameAman PUBLIC NOTICE spokesperson Anurag Srivastava noritycommunityinAfghanistan. touchwithSikhcommunitylead- gurdwarasewadarinDelhi. work forits parent companyLG name to AjaySatija for all Rana. 0040539955-7 General Public is hereby informed that my Chem. Theysaid theyhavein- purposes 0040539930-1 client Smt. Gyan Shree Devi wife of Late I Swarn Lata Alias Hem Lata Shri Kanhiya Lal Resident of 13-A, vestigated thecause of the leak I Bhupender SinghS/O,Santosh Pocket A-3, Mayur Vihar,Phase III, Delhi- Gupta D/oGainda Ram and 110096 hereby declare that my Son MAHARASHTRA and gave their statementstothe Singh R/oRz-12 A, Ravi Nagar Purushotam Kumar,his wife Radha, and W/o Hari ChandGupta R/o12, Extension, Khyala, Delhi- their sons Manish Kumar and Devvrat, police. plot No-F-5, Palm Groove have gone out of control, they neither give 110018 have changed my name any respect to me nor obey my sayings, However, AdvocateGeneral Apartment, Sector-50, Noida, they have leftour family home in year 1998, to Bhupinder Singh. and has since not ever taken care of me or Early sowing, but soyabean SSairam told the courtthatpo- GautamBuddha Nagar, UP- have asked about my well beingand health, 0040539935-1 201301, have changed my therefore Ihereby with immediate effect lice did notprevent the team name to Hem Lata Gupta disown and disinherit my son Purushotam from leaving the countrybut I JohnyS/o Narender PalR/o Kumar,his wife Radha, and theirsons Manish Kumar and Devvrat from all my onlyasked them to be present 375/23,DLF,ColonyRohtak, 0070707122-1 moveable and immoveable properties. That seedsfail to germinate Haryana-124001, have changed Iwillnot be responsible for any of their acts, forfurtherinquiries by the inves- I Shubjit SinghWaliaS/o Gurdit deeds and debts. my nametoJatin for all That anyone dealing with them shall do at mostseeds have been sold as tigation committee setupbythe Singh R/oHouse No-81-82A, his/her own risk and responsibility.That I purpose. 0070707123-1 have no relation leftwith them anymore. PARTHASARATHI “truthfullylabelled”. The early stategovernment.The AG sub- BabaDeep Singh Avenue, Ram Sd/- I KHUSHBOO D/O SWAMINATH Tirath Road, Amritsar,Punjab- Karan Anand (Advocate) BISWAS&KAVITHAIYER sowing,however, failedtohelp,as mitted that the petitioners be 2A, Pocket A-3, Mayur Vihar,Ph. III YADAV,R/o-D-3/80, SHIV- 143105,havechanged my Delhi-96 PUNE,MUMBAI,JUNE22 in manycases, theseeds failedto asked to file affidavits stating DURGA VIHAR, LAKKARPUR, name to ShubjitSingh. germinate. Diwase said com- that theywould be willing to FARIDABAD,HARYANA- 0070707104-1 SOYABEANFARMERS in partsof plaintscameinfromsometalukas come to India and present them- 121009.have changed my name to KHUSHBOO YADAV. I Satnam Singh S/oGurdial Maharashtrahavestartedreport- of Yavatmal,Beed, Ahmednagar, selvesbeforethe policeifre- Singh R/oPind, Charewan, ing early germination failure, Osmanabad and Pune. quired during the course of in- 0040539955-5 Charewan, Sri Muktsar Sahib, whichhas put them in afix. Soyabean is amajor kharif “Seedsof someprivateplayers vestigation. I KISMATBHARAJ D/O MANJIT Punjab-152026, have changed Growers in some parts of the crop, with the state and aparticular variety of The courthas reserved itsor- SINGH BHARAJ R/O-D-1/7 my name to SatnamSingh statehaveblamedinferiorquality reporting around40to42 Mahabeej(335)havefailedtoger- der in the matter. FIRST-FLOOR HAUZ-KHAS NEW Manes 0070707139-1 DELHI-110016 HAVE CHANGED of seed, while in some cases,in- lakhhectares of sowing. File minate.Also,therehavebeenger- The Andhragovernment had I PRABHU KUMAR ALIAS NIRAJ MY NAME TO KISMATKAUR sufficient soil moistureisbeing mination failures either due to formedaHighPower KUMARS/O BHULAN MAHTO BHARAJ. 0040539955-6 R/O-1606,GALI- blamed. Agriculture deepsowing(seedsbeingplanted Committee to probethe leak,in- I, Versha Rani W/o-Hari Chand HIMMATGARH,SITARAM- CommissionerSuhasDiwasecon- harvestedOctober with the oil toodeep in the soil) or early sow- cluding Special Chief Secretary R/o-H.No.151, 3rd-Floor,Sector- BAZAR,DELHI-06,HAVE firmedthe problembut said it is marketing year lasting till next ing, wherein the seeds failedto (Environment and Forests) 21-C, Faridabad.have changed CHANGED MY NAME TO NIRAJ restricted to some talukas of par- September. germinateinwant of proper soil Neerabh Kumar Prasad,Special my name to Varsha Rani for all KUMAR,FOR ALL,PURPOSES. ticulardistricts. Well before thesowingsea- moisture,” he said. Chief Secretary (Industries)R futurepurposes. 0040539955-1 0040539961-2 Timelyonsetofthemonsoons son, the agriculturedepartment Diwase said the problem has Karikal Valaven, Visakhapatnam I, Usha Rani@Usha I Neetu Kumar S/oMadan lal had pushedfarmerstohasten hadaskedfarmersto prioritiseus- been referred to the agricultural Police Commissioner RKMeena, Tayal@Manju Mittal W/o- Meena R/oHNo-3797, Gali No- sowing activities, especiallyin ageoftheir homegrownseeds. universities, whichwill form a Visakhapatnam CollectorVinay Mukesh Kumar Mittal and,D/o 10, Shanti Mohalla, Gandhi Trilok Chand TayalR/o-H.No.- Marathwada and Vidarbha. Also,the department had con- specialteam to investigate. Chand, and AP Pollution Control Nagar, Delhi-110031, have Soyabean is amajor kharif crop, ducted around 3lakh workshops “MaharashtraSeeds Corporation BoardMember-SecretaryVivek 25/120 Gali.No.13 Vishwas- changed my nametoNitin Nagar,Delhi-110032 declare Meena 0070707131-1 withthe state reporting around to educatefarmersabout con- Limited has already startedthe Yadav. Thecommittee has com- that all names aremine and 40 to 42 lakh hectares of sowing. ducting germination testsand process of investigating and re- pletedits probeand sought the same person and have I Mohit, S/OPradeepSingh R/o The oilseedissowninJuneand treating their seeds. The lock- placing the seeds that have failed views of experts and represen- H. No. 87/A-A,KhNo6/17/2, changed my name to Manju down, seedmanufacturers said, to germinate,” he added. tations from the public to in- Mittal,for future,Purpose. Gali No 5, Chanchal Park, Bakkarwala,Nangloi, Delhi-41 had put astoptothe processof FULLREPORTON clude in itsreportwhich will be 0040539955-3 have changed my name to certifying seeds and as such, www.indianexpress.com submitted this week. I, RISHAB KUMAR S/O-JC- Mohit Singhfor all purposes 331492K SUB DINESH KUMAR 0040539953-1 stressed assets recoveryBranch R/O-VPO-SELHUPUR, TEH- 2nd floor,Patna Main Branch Building, West Gandhi Maidan, Patna- 800 001 PUKHARAYAN,DISTT- KANPUR(DEHAT)UP- LOST & FOUND Demand Notice u/s 13(2) 209112,have changed my Anotice is hereby given that the following Borrower/s has defaulted in the repayment of principal and interest name,from RISHAB KUMAR to Lost my original 12th-class of the loans facility obtained by them from the Bank and the loans have been classified as Non Performing RISHABH KUMAR,forall,future passing certificate,Roll Assets (NPA). The notices were issued to them under Section 13(2) of Securitization and Reconstruction of purposes in my-father’s No.6692387,Year-2009.Finder pls Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act 2002 on their last known addresses, but they have service-recordmydate-of- contact; Anil Kumar S/oRam been returned unserved and as such they are hereby informed by way of this public notice. birthwrongly-mentioned as- Kumar Raigar,House.No.-1539, Date of Name of the Details of Properties/Address of Amount 28/06/1997 instead of- Sector-3,Pushp Vihar,New Notice & Borrower Secured Assets to be Enforced outstanding 28/01/1996. 0040539955-4 Delhi-110017. 0040539025-5 Date of NPA I, NEETU BANSAL W/OSANJEEV M/s Sangita Traders, Hypothecation of Movable Properties: 20.02.2020 `20,83,623.00 GOEL R/O-A/2,116, SECOND- PUBLIC NOTICE Prop.- Smt. Sangita Hypothecation of properties viz. Current & (Rs. Twenty lac eighty Devi W/o Sri Ramnath Assets and Hypothecated Movable 30.04.2017 three thousand six FLOOR, SECTOR-3, ROHINI, My Clients namely, 1) Sh. RAMESHKUMAR Lal Rastogi, By Pass Plant and machinery etc. of the borrower hundred twenty three DELHI-110085. CHANGED MY PAHADIA S/o Late Sh. DHANNARAM PAHADIA and2)Smt.PUSHPAW/o Sh. Road, Ward No.1, Near mentioned in the documents. only) as on 30.08.2017 NAME TO NITUGOEL. RAMESH KUMARPAHADIA, both are R/o C- 28-C, JVTS Garden, Chattarpur Extention, West Cabin Dhala, Equitable Mortgage of Immovable Properties: All that part and parcel of the 0040539955-8 Delhi-110074. They hereby disown their son Distt.-Khagaria, (Bihar) namely, Sh. VIJAY PAHADIA and his wife property consisting of land, building &structures as per details hereunder: Equitable namely, Smt. POONAM from alloftheir Pin-851204. I, NEERAJ KUMAR, S/O Mortgage of residential landed property,Sale Deed No.2344 dated 11.06.2016, Khata Movable and Immovable properties,and Murgia Chak, Near RAJENDER PRASAD,134, VPO, severedall their relationswiththem, due to No.01, Khesra No.1406, Area 10 Dhur,situated at ward no. 1, Mouza-Mathurapur, their disobedient and bad behaviourwithmy Masjid, Ward No. 9, Thana No.-265, Distt.-Khagaria, in the name of Smt. Sangeeta Devi W/o Sri Ramnath Sultanpurdabas, DELHI- clients. My clients have no control over them, Distt.-Khagaria, (Bihar) 39,HAVE CHANGEDMYNAME thereby if anybody deals with them, then Rastogi. Boundary: North-Bibi Chandni Pravin Jouje Md. Sabbir Alam, South-Mo he/she shall do at his/her own risk and Pin-851204 Mustak Hal Kharidar,East-By pass Road and Bandh, West-Md. Imarahim vo md. Aarif. TO NEERAJ KUMAR KAUSHIK consequences, and my clientsshall notbe CX.´fi.´ff½fSX MÑXfaÀfd¸fVf³f IYfSX´fûSmXVf³f d»f.BÊX- W`X:- IiY¸f Àfa. 1, d³fd½fQf Àfa£¹ffE½fa IYf¹fÊ responsiblefor anyoftheir acts and omissions. M/s Balajee Ingot Hypothecation of Movable Properties: 19.05.2020 `7,35,97,802.58 PERMANENTLY. 0040539961-5 Sd/- d³fd½fQf Af¸faÂf¯fÀfc¨f³ff A³fb·f½fe R¸ffZË/ IYf d½f½fSX¯f MXe- 49/20-21 Lokesh Baimad (Advocate) India Pvt. Ltd., Naya Hypothecation of properties viz. Current & (Rs. Seven crore thirty I, Mohamad Nazir S/oMohamad Offices: 36 Lawyer's Chamber, Bazar,Lakhisarai- Assets and Hypothecated Movable 28.01.2020 five lac ninety seven NZIZ QfS/If¹fÊQf¹fe ÀfaÀ±ffAûÔ ÀfZ d½fôb°f ´ffSm¿f¯f A»´fIYfd»fIY:- d½fôb°f´ffSm¿f¯f £f¯O ¸fZSNIZ Munshi R/oVill Sateen, At 811311, Bihar. Plant and machinery etc. of the borrower thousand eight hundred ¸faO»f ¸fZSNIZAa°f¦fÊ°f d³f¸³f If¹fûË WZ°fb A³°f¦fÊ°f 220 IZ .½fe.C´fIZ ³Qi´fS°ff´fbS Trotwan, Distt-Pathankot, registered office: mentioned in the documents. two and paise fifty eight Sarti,Gurdaspur, Punjab- PUBLIC NOTICE 2/7 Sarat Bose Road, Equitable Mortgage of Immovable only) as on 30.04.2020 ¸fûWS¶faQBÊ-d³fd½fQfEa BÊ-´fûMÊ»f (ªff¦fÈd°f d½fWfS)´fS 160 E¸f.½fe.E. ´fdS½f°fÊI 145022, that name of my wife This is to inform the general public at 6th Floor,Vasundhara Properties: All that part and parcel of large that my client Sh. Mahavir (www.etender.up.nic.in) ´fS Qû ·ff¦fûÔ WZ°fb N2 Fire Protection System Iû has beenwrongly written as Singh S/o Late Sh. Zile Singh R/o Building, Kolkata, City- the property consisting of land, building & Nazia Malik in my official WZ-98,80sq. yds. colony,Tilak Kolkata, Distt.-Kolkata structures as per details hereunder: ¸fZÔ Af¸fadÂf°f Ie ªff°fe W`aÜ ·ff¦f-1¸fZÔ BÊ- À±ffd´f°f IS³fZ ÀfZ Àfa¶fad²f°fIf¹fÊÜ ²fSXûWXSXSXfdVf Nagar,New Delhi-110018 has (West Bengal), Pin- recordGS-194823L, OEM. The severed all his relation for all 1. Registered Deed No. 269 dated 30.01.2018,All that peace and parcel of land d³fd½fQfAûaIZ´fi´fÂf d³f²ffÊdS°f Vfb»I 6000.00, d³fd½fQf ´fi´fÂf IYf ¸fc»¹f 1180.00 actualname of my wife is Nazia purposes with his sons namely (1) 700020 measuring an area of 37 Decimal situated at Mauza-Khairy,P.S.-Lakhisarai, District- Sudhir Kumar and (2) Anil Kumar Administrative AfS.Me.ªfe.EÀf./ E³f.BÊ.ER .Me. E½fa d³f²ffÊdS°f ªfe.EÀf.Me. ÀfdW°f, BÊX-´fûMÊX»f ´fSXd³fd½fQf Bibi 0070707103-1 and has disowned &debarred them Lakhisaraiinthe State of Bihar bearing Thana No.88, Tauzi No.62, Khata No.17, Khesra from all his movable and immovable office: Lav-Kush No.727(Part), Sub Registration Office and District Registration Office at Lakhisarai ²fSûWSSfdVf AfS.Me.ªfe.EÀf./ E³f.BÊ.ER.Me./ A´f»fûOX IYSX³fZ IYeAd³°f¸f d°fd±fE½fa Àf¸f¹f I, Kalyan SinghS/o Jagpal Singh, properties and assets, due to their Tower,Exhibition in the name of Sri Nirmal Kanodia. Bounded at Butted as follows:-North-Siwana R/oDankaur, GautamBuddha disrespectful behavior,insulting ¶f`ÔI ¦ffS³Me(A»f¦f-A»f¦f) IZ ¸ff²¹f¸f ÀfZ 03.07.2020 Àff¹fa 05 ¶fªfZ °fI , BÊX-´fûMÊX»f ´fSX attitude and humilitating nature. Any Road, Patna, Distt.- Hasanpur,South-Pokhar,East-Jagmohan Singh, West-Niz presently Nirmal Kanodia. Nagar, UP-203201, declarethat person dealing with said (1) Sudhir Patna, State-Bihar, 2. Registered Deed No. 270 dated 30.01.2018, All that peace and parcel of land A²feÃf¯f Ad·f¹fa°ff, d½fôb°f ´ffSm¿f¯f ¸f¯O»f, d³fd½fQf IYf´fi±f¸f·ff¦f £fû»f³fZ IYe d°fd±f name of my daughter and mine Kumar and (2) Anil Kumar shall be Pin-800001 doing so at his own risks and measuring an area of 11 Decimal situated at Mauza-Mahsona, P.S.-Lakhisarai, ¸fZSNIZ´fÃf¸fZÔ State Bank of India, E½fa Àf¸f¹f 04.07.2020 ´fif°f: 12 ¶fªfZ °fI , has beenwrongly written as consequences and my client shall Director: 1. Addittya District-Lakhisarai in the State of Bihar bearing Thana No.93, Tauzi No.2913, Khata Lipakshi Singh Sejwar and not be liable &responsible for any of Kanodia S/o Sir Nirmal No.511, Khesra No.678(Part), Sub Registration Office and District Registration Office Cantt Branch, Meerut Account BÊX-´fûMÊX»f´fSX d³fd½fQf IYf dõX°fe¹f ·ff¦f acts&omissions of said (1) Sudhir Kanodia, Hunger Fort Sejwar Kumar and (2) Anil Kumar. at Lakhisarai in the name of Sri Nirmal Kanodia. Bounded at Butted as follows:-North- No. 11047201099, IFSC Code £fû»f³fZ IYe d°fd±f E½fa Àf¸f¹f °fQ³fbÀffS respectively in my minor Sd/- VIPIN AND ASSOCIATES Street, Orbit Enclave, Govind Mahto, South-Nawal Kanodia presently Nirmal Kanodia, East-Tunha Sao SBIN0000680 ¸fZÔ ªf¸ff ISf¹fe ªff¹fZÔ¦feÜ daughter Lipakshi Singh aged ADVOCATES Flat No.-3C, 12/3A, Ch. No. 405, Civil Side, TisHazari presently Nirmal Kanodia, West-Nawal Kanodia presently Nirmal Kanodia. ¶fZ½fÀffBM´fS Àfcd¨f°f Ieªff¹fZ¦feÔÜ IiY¸fÀfa. 2, 16 years in her School Records. Courts, Delhi-54 Piccaso Bithi, Circus 3. Registered Deed No. 270 dated 30.01.2018, All that peace and parcel of land ¶f`ÔI ªf¸ff Ie Àffùf ¹f±ff ¹fûª¹f ¹fc.Me.AfS. d³fd½fQf Àfa£¹ff E½fa IYf¹fÊ IYf d½f½fSX¯f MXe- The actualname of my Avenue, Kolkata, West measuring an area of 62 1/2 Decimal situated at Mauza-Mahsona, P.S.-Lakhisarai, Àfa£¹ff, ´fZ-B³f dÀ»f´f ¸fc»f Ie ´fid°fd³fd½fQf IZ daughter and mineisLipakshi Bengal, Pin-700017. District-Lakhisarai in the State of Bihar bearing Thana No.93, Tauzi No.2913, Khata 50/20-21 A»´fIYfd»fIY:- d½fôb°f´ffSm¿f¯f Singh and Kalyan Singh Director: 2. Sri No.522, Khesra No.682(Part), Sub Registration Office and District Registration Office ´fi±f¸f ·ff¦f IZ Àff±f Àfa»f¦³f dI ¹fZ ªff¹fZÜ BÊ- £f¯O ¶fOü°f IZ A³°f¦fÊ°f 220 IZ .½fe. respectively 0070707126-1 Ramesh Kumar Daruka at Lakhisarai in the name of Sri Nirmal Kanodia. Bounded at Butted as follows:-North- d³fd½fQf IZ ´fi±f¸f ·ff¦f (¹fc.Me.AfS.Àfa£¹ff, ´fZ- S/o Sri Ratan lal Durka, Vender niz, South-Vendee Niz Nawal Kr.Kanodia presently Nirmal Kanodia, East- ¶ff¦f´f°f- ´fe.ªfe.Àfe.AfBÊ.E»f. »ffBʳf IZ Mf½fS I B³f dÀ»f´f ´fid°f, d³fd½fQf ´fi´fÂf, ´f`³f IfOÊ,B³I ¸f Bholenath S/oGamaChauhan Naya Bazar,Pachna Road, West-Shiv Shankar Sah. »fûIZ Vf³f Àfa£¹ff 12 E½fa 13 IZ ¸f²¹f Ãfd°f¦fiÀ°f R/oGramChakiya Road, Near Telephone 4. Registered Deed No. 270 dated 30.01.2018, All that peace and parcel of land M`¢Àf dSM³fÊ, ªfe.EÀf.Me. ´fi´fÂf Ie À½f¹fa OPGW Ie dS´fZ¹fdSa¦f ÀfZ Àfa¶fad²f°f If¹fÊÜ Bhagawanpur, Post lalganj, Exchange, Ward measuring an area of 12 Decimal situated at Mauza-Mahsona, P.S.-Lakhisarai, ´fi¸ffd¯f°f Lf¹ff´fid°f E½fa °fI ³feI eA³fb·f½f Azamgarh, UP-276202, have No.22, Lakhisarai, District-Lakhisarai in the State of Bihar bearing Thana No.93, Tauzi No.2913, Khata ²fSXûWXSX SXfdVf 2000.00, d³fd½fQf ´fi´fÂf IYf changed my name to Rudra Distt.-Lakshisarai, AfdQ) BÊ-´fûMÊ»f ´fS ÀI` ³O ´fid°f¹ffg (PDF No.507, Khesra No.678(Part), Sub Registration Office and District Registration Office ¸fc»¹f 590.00 ªfe.EÀf.Me. ÀfdW°f, BÊX-´fûMÊX»f Pratap Singh Chauhan Bihar- 811311. at Lakhisarai in the name of Sri Nirmal Kanodia. Bounded at Butted as follows:-North- format)°f±ff BÊ-d³fd½fQf IZ dõ°fe¹f ·ff¦f Director: 3. Sri Govind Mahto, South-Nawal Kr.Kanodia presently Nirmal Kanodia, East-Govind ´fSX d³fd½fQfA´f»fûOX IYSX³fZ IYeAd³°f¸f 0070707129-1 Awadhesh Agrawal (´fifBªfd¶fO)¸fZÔ QSmaE½fa ½ffd¯fª¹fI d³f¹f¸f ½f Mahta, West-Bodhu Sao. d°fd±fE½fa Àf¸f¹f 06.07.2020 Àff¹fa 05 ¶fªfZ I, Vijaya Kumaran.S S/oVikram S/o Sri Gopal 5. Registered Deed No. 270 dated 30.01.2018, All that peace and parcel of land Vf°fZÊ BÊ-´fûMÊ»f(www.etender. Agrawal, Ramkala R/oC-1, PoliceColony, Shakur measuring an area of 1Acre 28 1/8 Decimal situated at Mauza-Mahsona, P.S.- up.nic.in) ´fSX d³f¸³fd»fd£f°f°ffd»fIf IZ °fI , BÊX-´fûMÊX»f´fSXd³fd½fQf IYf ´fi±f¸f·ff¦f Pur, Saraswati Vihar, Delhi- Bhawan, Swaraj Path, Lakhisarai, District-Lakhisarai in the State of Bihar bearing Thana No.93, Tauzi £fû»f³fZ IYe d°fd±f E½fa Àf¸f¹f 07.07.2020 110034, have changed my name Purvi Tilak Nagar, No.2913, Khata No.522, Khesra No.682(Part), Sub Registration Office and District A³fbÀffS A´f»fûO Ie ªff¹fZ¦feÜ d³fd½fQf Vfb»I , to VijayKumar. Kankarbagh, Patna- Registration Office at Lakhisarai in thename of SriNirmalKanodia. Bounded at Butted ²fSûWSSfdVf E½fa A³¹f ½¹f½fÀffd¹fI ´fi´fÂf WfOÊ ´fif°f: 12 ¶fªfZ °fI,BÊX-´fûMÊX»f´fSX d³fd½fQf IYf 0070707128-1 800020. as follows:-North-Vendor Nij, South-Bandh, East-Road Jamui, West-Rameshwar dõX°fe¹f ·ff¦f £fû»f³fZ IYe d°fd±f E½fa Àf¸f¹f Mahto Khesra No.683. Ifg´fe ¸fZÔ A±f½ff ½¹fd¢°f¦f°f Àfa½ffWIIZ¸ff²¹f¸f I, KHALIQUE AHMAD,S/0- 6. Registered Deed No. 270 dated 30.01.2018, All that peace and parcel of land ÀfZ BÀfIf¹ffÊ»f¹f ¸fZÔ ´fif´°f ³fWeÔ dI ¹fZ ªff¹fZÔ¦fZÜ BÊ- °fQ³fbÀffS ¶fZ½fÀffBM´fS Àfcd¨f°f Ieªff¹fZ¦feÔÜ IiY¸f CHHUTTAN,R/0-A-1/38 AMAN measuring an area of 17 3/16 Decimal situated at Mauza-Mahsona, P.S.-Lakhisarai, Àfa. 3, d³fd½fQf Àfa£¹ffE½fa IYf¹fÊ IYf d½f½fSX¯f VIHAR KIRARI SULEMAN District-Lakhisarai in the State of Bihar bearing Thana No.93, Tauzi No.2913, Khata d³fd½fQf ·ff¦f dõ°fe¹f (´fifBªfd¶fO)£fb»f³fZ Ie NAGAR DELHI-110086, have No.522, Khesra No.682(Part), Sub Registration Office and District Registration Office at d°fd±f WZ°fb °fQû³fbÀffS ½fZ¶fÀffBM´fS Àfcd¨f°f Ie MXe- 51/20-21:- d½fôb°f ´ffSm¿f¯f £f¯O changed my name to KHALIK LakhisaraiinthenameofSriNirmalKanodia.BoundedatButtedasfollows:-North-Vendor ¶fOü°f IZ A³°f¦fÊ°f 220/132 IZ .½fe. C´fIZÔ ýiûÔ AHMED. 0040539955-9 ªffE¦feÜ BÊ-d³fd½fQf If´fi±f¸f ·ff¦f, °ffd»fI f¸fZÔ Niz, South-Vendee Niz, East-Road Jamui, West-Rameshwar Mahto Khesra No.683. ´fS À±ffd´f°f Ad¦³fVff¸fI ¹faÂfûÔ IedSdR d»fa¦fE½fa I, Jincy Jaise W/O, Jaise PR/o 7. Registered Deed No. 270 dated 30.01.2018, All that peace and parcel of land AadI °f dQ³ffaI E½fa Àf¸f¹f A³fbÀffS Àff½fʪfd³fI measuring an area of 25 Decimal situated at Mauza-Mahsona, P.S.-Lakhisarai, 85/9 Shanthi Niwas dS´fZ¹fdSa¦f ÀfZ Àfa¶fad²f°f If¹fÊÜ ²fSXûWXSXSXfdVf District-Lakhisarai in the State of Bihar bearing Thana No.93, Tauzi No.2913, Khata ø´fÀfZ £fû»ff ªff¹fZ¦ffÜ BÊ-d³fd½fQf £fb»f³fZ Ie Vasantkunj,kishangarh New No.475, Khesra No.684(Part), Sub Registration Office and District Registration Office d°fd±f ´fS A½fI fVf Wû³fZ Ie dÀ±fd°f ¸fZÔBÊ- 5000.00, d³fd½fQf ´fi´fÂf IYf¸fc»¹f 590.00 Delhi 110070 have changed my at Lakhisarai in the name of Sri Nirmal Kanodia. Bounded at Butted as follows:-North- ªfe.EÀf.Me. ÀfdW°f, BÊX-´fûMÊX»f ´fSX d³fd½fQf name to Jincy George for all Nawal Kr.Kanodia presently Nirmal Kanodia, South-Bandh, East-Nawal Kr.Kanodia d³fd½fQf A¦f»fZ If¹fÊ dQ½fÀf ´fS d³f²ffÊdS°fÀf¸f¹f purposes. 0040539933-1 presently Nirmal Manodia, West-Bhupal Mahto. °fI À½feI fS IeªffE¦fe E½fad³f²ffÊdS°f Àf¸f¹f ´fS A´f»fûOX IYSX³fZ IYeAd³°f¸f d°fd±fE½fa Àf¸f¹f I, HIMMATSINGH chauhan, S/o. 8. Registered Deed No. 270 dated 30.01.2018, All that peace and parcel of land £fû»fe ªffE¦feÜ BÊ-d³fd½fQfAûÔ Iû d¶f³ff IfZBÊ 23.07.2020 Àff¹fa 05 ¶fªfZ °fI , BÊX-´fûMÊX»f´fSX Ram autar singh chauhan,Add- measuring an area of 40 5/16 Decimal situated at Mauza-Mahsona, P.S.-Lakhisarai, d³fd½fQf IYf´fi±f¸f·ff¦f £fû»f³fZ IYe d°fd±f H-2-FARM-VIEW APARTMENT District-Lakhisarai in the State of Bihar bearing Thana No.93, Tauzi No.2913, Khata IfS¯f¶f°ffE BÊ-d³fd½fQf/ BÊ-d³fd½fQfAûÔ Iû SATBARI-SOUTH/DELHI-110074, No.522, Khesra No.685, Sub Registration Office and District Registration Office at AÀ½feI fS/d½f·ffdªf°f IS³fZ If Ad²fI fS E½fa Àf¸f¹f 24.07.2020 ´fif°f: 12 ¶fªfZ°fI , changed my name to HIMMAT Lakhisarai in the name of Sri Nirmal Kanodia. Bounded at Butted as follows:-North- A²fûWÀ°ffÃfSI°ffÊ IZ ´ffÀf ÀfbSdÃf°f SWZ¦ffÜ BÊX-´fûMÊX»f´fSX d³fd½fQf IYf dõX°fe¹f ·ff¦f SINGH,FOR all,PURPOSES. Vendee Niz, South-Vendee Niz, East-Shiv Shankar Sao, West-Vendee Niz. The steps are being taken for substituted service of notice. The above Borrower and/or their Guarantor(s) ²fSûWS/ BÊ-d³fd½fQf SfdVf SdW°f ½f ÀfVf°fÊ BÊ- £fû»f³fZ IYe d°fd±f E½fa Àf¸f¹f °fQ³fbÀffS 0040539955-10 (whenever applicable) are hereby called upon to make payment of outstanding amount within 60 days from d³fd½fQfEa À½feI fS ³fWeÔ Ie ªffEa¦feÜ IÈ ´f¹ff ¶fZ½fÀffBM´fS Àfcd¨f°f Ie ªff¹fZ¦feÔÜ A²feÃf¯f I Parul Chauhan S/oPratap the date of publication of this notice, failing which further steps will be taken after expiry of 60 days from the Ad·f¹fa°ff,d½fôb°f ´ffSmX¿f¯f ¸f¯OX»f, 130- Singh R/oHouse No-10/27, date of this notice under sub-section (4) of Section 13 of Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets d½fÀ°fÈ°f ªff³fI fSe, OfC³f»fûO,A³¹f ÀfaVfû²f³fûÔ Chauhan mohalla, Jasola and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002. E½fa BÊ-d³fd½fQf ´fiÀ°fb°f IS³fZ IZ dQ³ffaI°fI OXe, kk´ffSmX¿f¯f ·f½f³fll d½f¢MXûdSX¹ff´ffIÊY, Village, New Friends Colony, The borrower attention is invited to provisions of sub-section (8) of section 13 of the Act, in respect of d½fÀ°ffS AfdQ IZ Àfa¶fa²f ¸fZÔ IÈ ´f¹ff ¸fZSXNXÜ kkSf¿MÑXdWX°f ¸fZÔ DYªffÊ ¶f¨ff¹fZÔll´fÂffaIY Delhi-110025, have changed my time available to redeem the secured assets. www.etender.up.nic.in ´fS »ffg¦f Af³f 1703/ d½f.´ff.¸fa./ ¸fZSXNX/ dQ³ffaIY: name to Pankaj Chauhan Date :22.06.2020 AuTHorISED offIcEr 0070707135-1 Place :Patna STATEBANk of INDIA, SArB, PATNA ISmÔÜ d³fd½fQfAûÔ IYf d½f½fSX¯f d³f¸³f´fiIYfSX 22/6/2020

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SIMPLY PUT CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD THE WORLD 238,720 591,465 In India-China, the Russia role 306,761 207,525 United Kingdom Italy Iran Russia Russia has emergedakey playeramid tensions between India and China. Alookathow Russia’s ties with China have grownoverthe decades, and howNew Delhi and Moscowhaveengaged over the current crisis 2,291,353 US South China Sea. 251,338 SHUBHAJITROY Peru NEWDELHI,JUNE22 India and Russia 1,083,341 425,282 India has ahistorical relationship with Brazil 246,504 India RUSSIA HAS emerged, all of asudden, as a Russia, spanning over sevendecades. 246,963 Spain keydiplomatic playeramid the tension be- While the relationship has grownin Chile tween India and China. some areas and atrophiedinsome others, ■ On Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister the strongestpillarofthe strategic partner- TOTALCONFIRMED:8,835,095 DEATHCOUNT:465,284 SergeiLavrov hosts theRussia-India-China ship is of the defence basket. Source: Johns Hopkins University,updated at 11 pm on June 22 . JHU’s India tallyand Health (RIC) trilateral foreignministers’meeting, AlthoughNew Delhihasconsciouslydiver- Ministry’s tally(below) maynot matchasthese areaccounted at different times. whichwill be thefirstopportunity for sifiedits newpurchases fromother countries, External Affairs MinisterSJaishankar and the bulk of itsdefenceequipmentisfrom Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi forface- Russia.Estimatessay60to70percentof India’s time with eachotherovervideoconference. suppliesare fromRussia,andNew Delhineeds Jaishankar and Wang,who is also Chinese aregularandreliablesupplyofsparepartsfrom In pandemic months, fewer StateCouncillor,had an angryphone call on the Russian defence industry. In fact, Prime June 17 over the June 15 border clash, in Minister Modi has held informalsummits UK deaths than 5-yr average which20Indian soldiers were killed. withonlytwo leaders —Xiand Putin. ■ On Wednesday, Moscowwill host India has made this decision to reachout SCIENTISTS HAVE analysed mortality phasisedimportance of washing Defence MinisterRajnath Singhand his to Russia notjustout of choice, but also out statistics in the UK during the initial hands, staying home when one feels Chinese counterpart, WeiFenghe, who will of necessity,since it believesMoscowhas phases of the Covid-19pandemic, by unwell and coughing or sneezing into attend the VictoryDay parade on June 24, leverage andinfluence to shape and change analysing the weeklynational mor- atissue. Also,mortality maybere- along withIndian and Chinesemarching Beijing’s hardstanceonborder issue. tality statistics over the lastfiveyears. ducedashospital admission numbers contingents. At this time when thereistension at the Theyfoundtherewerefewer deaths have reduced; and theremay thus be Whiletheseare ministerial-levelengage- Russia President Vladimir Putin with China’s Xi Jinping (then Vice President) in border,Defence MinisterSingh will discuss recordedduringDecember 2019- areduction in the spread of hospital- ments, there have been at least twoout- Beijing in 2012.The twocountries have growncloseroverthe lastfew decades. supplyand purchase of newdefence systems March 2020 in com- acquired infections. reachesbetween India andRussia through Express Archive —likethe S-400missile defence system — parison to the previous The graph shows diplomatic channels. withthe Russian topbrass in the militaryand five years —including that in week 12,(start- ■ Early this month, before the June 6 government. in the subgroup assess- ing March 20) there Lieutenant General-leveltalksbetween India ment of respiratory wasanincrease in and China, Foreign SecretaryHarsh Vardhan RUSSIA RESPONSE TO MATTERS AROUND CHINA Russia position, then &now mortality rates. The deaths, with 2020 Shringla “updated”RussianAmbassador During the Doklam crisisin2017, Russian analysis found that deaths being 10,645, NikolayKudashev on the “recent develop- COVID-19RESPONSE diplomatsinBeijing were among the few during the firstmonths PAPER and previous 5-year ments” on the situation along the Line of briefed by the Chinese government. At that of 2020, therewere mean being 10,573. Actual Control(LAC). As theUSaccused China of unleashing the coronavirus, Russian time, it waskeptunder the wraps. consistentlyfewer CLIP Theypropose thatthis ■Afterthe June 15 clash between Indian Foreign MinisterSergeiLavrovsaidthe US wasincreasing pressure While Russia’s position during the 1962 deaths eachweek could be related to and Chinese troops in Galwan Valley, Indian on countries with independent foreignpolicies,aswell as criticising warwas notparticularly supportive of India, the WHO. “Wehear baseless accusations againstthe People’sRepublic of China compared with the NEWRESEARCH Covid-19, as symptoms Ambassador to Russia DBala Venkatesh NewDelhi takescomfortinMoscow’s sup- previous five years. suchasheadachesand Varma had aconversation with Russian and the Russian Federation. The calls to suspend unilateral sanctions forthe period portduring the 1971 war. The study is pub- lossoftaste weren’t Deputy Foreign MinisterIgorMorgulovon of the fight againstthe coronavirus, sanctions that hinder humanitarian deliveries Tuesday’s RIC Foreign Ministers’ meet- lishedinthe JournalofInternational identified; however, theyproposed, June 17.“The officials discussedregional se- of medicine, equipment and goods,are beingignored,” Lavrov said. ing, whichwas put offinMarch,will be the Medical Research. it could also be attributed to health- curity, including developmentsonthe Line firstopportunity forJaishankar and Wang Yi Researchers have calledthis the caresystems being increasinglyse- of Actual Control on the border between to engageinthat trilateral format. SARS-CoV-2 paradox—and suggested lective about whichpatientstotake Indiaand Chinainthe Himalayas,” abrief HONGKONG HUAWEI Askedonthe possibility of discussing the this could be due to early socialdis- as lockdown wasformallyan- statement by theRussian Foreign Ministry India-China tension, Russian Foreign tancing measures. The scientists pro- nouncedthat week. said. The Indiangovernment did notissue a On American criticism of China’s On Huawei’s 5G rollout in Russia, MinisterLavrov had said lastweek: "The pose it could also be due to the em- Source: University of Warwick statement on this. legislation tightening itscontrol of MoscowCIO and Government agenda does notinvolve discussingissues Hong Kong, Lavrov has criticised ministerEduardLysenkoas that relatetobilateral relations of acountry Whyitmatters the US formeddlinginChina's downplayedconcerns with the with another member of this format." While India and China have been talking internal matters. “The issues that security risksassociated with the On the eventsinGalwan, Moscow re- INDIA COUNT: 4,25,282 (13,699 DEATHS) at eachother—and nottoeachother —the [the US] is nowhyping concerning Chinese company. Alleged to have spondedinaverycalibratedmanner last outreachtoMoscowisnoteworthy. Hong Kong arerelatedtothe intelligence ties with Beijing, week.OnJune 17,RussianAmbassador RESTOFINDIA It is widelyknown that Russia and China internal affairs of China,” Lavrov Huaweihas facedroadblocksfrom Kudashevtweeted,“We welcome all steps TOP10STATES AndamanandNicobarIslands 47 have growntheir relationship in the pastfew has said, adding that US attempts theUSinits plans forexpansion. aimedatde-escalationatthe LAC, including AndhraPradesh8452 10,635 ArunachalPradesh135 years. The Moscow-Beijing axis is crucial, es- to createsomekind of scandalous Lysenkohas said: “The Russian the conversation between the twoFMs, and Haryana Assam 4904 peciallysince Washington has been at log- situation out of the issue would Federation has strict information remain optimistic.” He had said: “The exis- Bihar7533 gerheads with China in recent months and harm itscredibilityonany other security regulations whichwe tence of the RIC is an undisputablereality, 14,930 59,746Delhi Chandigarh 404 Rajasthan 2041 Russia muchmorecalibrated,eveninits re- topics. always follow.” firmlyfixed on the worldmap. As forthe cur- 17,731 UP DadraandNagarHaveli 68 sponse on the Covid-19outbreak. rent stageofthe trilateral cooperation, there Goa 754 HimachalPradesh656 NewDelhibelievesthat the approachof arenoindications that it might be frozen.” JammuandKashmir5834 Western countries, especiallythatofthe US possibility of amajor warinthe early 1960s of Beijing. According to Russian news agency TASS, Jharkhand 1965 11,903 Kerala 3039 towardsbothMoscowand Beijing, has and abrief border wartook place in 1969. ASino-Russian quasi-alliance has formed PresidentialSpokesmanDmitry Peskov said 27,260 MP 13,945 Ladakh 836 brought them even closer. This enmitybegan to reducefollowing Mao’s in recentyears,andthishas beenpossibledue that the Kremlinisconcerned over aclashbe- Gujarat Manipur 777 death in 1976,but relations were notvery to theanti-Chinese rhetoric fromWashington, tween the militaryonthe border between West Bengal Meghalaya 44 Mizoram 140 Initial friction good until the fall of the SovietUnionin1991. collapse of oilpricesandgrowingdependence ChinaandIndiabutbelievesthatthetwocoun- 1,32,075 Nagaland 201 Russia and China have had arocky start of Russia on Chinese consumption. tries could resolve this conflict themselves. Maharashtra Odisha 4856 Mending fences Puducherry 286 to their relationship, afterMao Zedong Western analysts see this as a“friendship “Certainly, we arewatching with greatat- 9,150 Punjab 3952 foundedthe People’s Republic of China. In the post-Cold Warera,economic rela- of convenience” betweentwo countries led tention what is happening on the Chinese- Sikkim 70 When Mao made his firstvisit to Moscowaf- tions have formedthe “newstrategicbasis” by strongmen —Russia by President Indianborder.Webelieve that this is avery 59,377 Karnataka Telangana7072 Tamil Nadu 1186 terwinning control of China, in 1949,hewas forSino-Russian relations. China is Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China by President Xi alarming report,” Peskov said.“But we con- 2301 made to wait forweeksfor ameeting with biggesttrading partner and the largest Asian Jinping. sider that the twocountries arecapable of the Sovietleader. “He spent severalweeks investor in Russia. China seesRussia as a Russia has been extremelycalibrated in taking necessarysteps to preventsuchsitu- Union Health Ministryupdateasof11pm, June 22. Some statesmay have cooling his heels in aremote dachaoutside powerhouse of rawmaterial and agrowing itsstatements on issuesonwhichBeijing is ations in the futureand to ensurethat there reported higher numbers. Onlystates/UTswith at leastone case listedabove. Moscowwherethe sole recreational facility marketfor itsconsumer goods. mostsensitive to:Huawei’s 5G rollout, Hong is predictability and stability in the region 2,37,196PATIENTSDISCHARGED IN 34 STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES wasabrokentable tennis table,” an article in The West’s approachtowards Russiaaf- Kong and the Covid-19pandemic (seebox). and that this is asaferegion fornations, first the SmithsonianMagazine said. terthe annexation of Crimeathrough harsh Beijingand Moscow, however, do notal- of all, China and India.” Have aquestion on the COVID-19outbreak and whatyou should/shouldnot do? During the Cold War, Chinaand the USSR sanctions in 2014 brought Moscowmuch ways see eyetoeye witheachother.China The Kremlin spokesmanemphasisedthat [email protected] were rivals afterthe Sino-Sovietsplit in 1961, closer to China. And India, forits part,has does notrecognise CrimeaaspartofRussia, ChinaandIndiaareRussia’sclosepartnersand competing forcontrol of theworldwide always felt that it wasthe West which has and Moscow, formallyspeaking, takesa allies, and “have verycloseand mutuallyben- Communistmovement. Therewas aserious pushed Russia towardsatighterembrace neutral stance on Beijing’s claims in the eficial relations built on mutual respect”. Whyhigh-altitudewarfareischallenging,howsoldiersaretrained

skills. Ladakh Scoutsare considered the best alsreduces drastically. Things move very mixed withthinners or other chemicals to VARINDERBHATIA in this kind of warfare. Mountain chop, a slowinthe mountains and mobilisation of makethem thin enough to fire the engine. LEH,JUNE22 tactic involved in suchwarfare, evolvedin troops consumes time. Thus, time andplace Planninghas to be done in advance, with India wherethe mountainousterrain is very needtobekeptontop priority when decid- recces carriedout, whichagain is difficult in THE VIOLENT standoffbetween Indian and difficult to scale. ing wherethe troops have to be stationed the mountains. Therehas to be acontin- Chinese troops in Galwan ValleyofLadakh Colonel Sonam said: “The mindsetofthe and howtheyhavetobemobilised. gency plan to firstidentify the tactical points region has thrownthe spotlight on high-al- enemysitting above needstobeassessed. At everystage when an assault pro- that needtobeusedincaseofanassault. titude warfareand the challenges that Taking stockofthe entire situation, one needs gresses, the troops requireaccess to main- In Galwan, whichisanextremelytactical troops face, particularly when advanta- to find out the easiestapproaches. Especially tenance. One needs to identify tactical area and strategicallyimportant, reinforce- geous positions on the heightsare occupied when thereare vertical cliffs,itisgenerally points(whichare passes in the current sce- ment plays avital role, particularly when the by the other side. perceivedthat the enemythathastakende- nario) wheretroops can build roadsand Indian troopsare notinaposition of advan- fensive positions will be lessguarded from take defensive positions, and wherethose tage.For communicationequipment, troops Howishigh-altitudewarfarefought? theside of difficult approaches… Basically, troops needtobemaintained.Normally,ad- needtocarry morebatteries because they High-altitudewarfareisfought keeping the mostdifficult approaches wherethe en- vance troops maybeable to carrypacked drain very quicklyathighaltitude. While a the terrain and weather in mind. The kindof emyislikelytogivethe leastresistanceneed rations or other required equipment that batterytends to last for24hoursinthe infrastructureand training that the troops to be usedefficiently”. can lastfor 48-72hours, but then constant plains, it willdrain in 1-2 hours in these se- requirefor high-altitudewarfare arekey supplies arerequired to reachthem. verely cold areas .Transport animalssuchas factors. The evolution of suchwarfaregoes What arethe challenges involved in Generally, troops carry a30-35 kg load in- mules needtobeusedtomaintain adequate backalongway:European countries had warfareinahigh-altitude place like cluding weapons,ammunition, communi- supplies, whichisnotaneasy task.Weather mountain brigades in viewofthe kindof Galwan Valley? cation equipment, rations etc. It is difficult constraintsplayamajor factor. terrain prevalent in those countries. The Abig factor is who has takendefensive to negotiatesuchterrains carrying such harshness of the terrain calls foraspe- positions and who is sitting on higher loads; it is difficult even to raise one’s hand. What kind of training do Indiantroops cialisedkind of training to preparesoldiers ground. Once troops aresitting on high getinmountain warfare? in terms of mindsetand acclimatisation. ground, it becomes very difficult to dislodge Jawans patrol an area near Pangong LakeinLadakh duringthe Sino-Indian war What arethe logistical challenges in First, the troops aretrainedinskilled “Tobegin with, the troops areimparted them from there. In aplace likeGalwan of 1962. Express Archive this kindofwarfare? mountaineering techniques,rock-craftas training in basic and advance training in Valley, whichisabsolutelybarren, thereis One major challengeisthatweapons well as mountain craft. Col Sonam said, mountaineering to makethem equipped notmuchconcealment. The soldier on high jam, particularly in high-altitude areas. “Generally, soldiersof theunitthatisgoingto formountain warfare,” said Kargil veteran ground is absolutelystationary, whichmakes opposingarmy, engageand overpower with the terrain and areproperly acclima- When asoldier is at aheight of 17,000 ft or beinductedgetmonth-long training. It’scon- and Maha VirChakraawardee Col Sonam those on lowerterrain easy targets; the en- them before thefirstlightofday.Incase tised, it is notaneasygame”. above,itisverycold, and he needs to grease certed training with the best instructors Wangchuk,who is basedinLeh. emycan pickthem up one by one.Normally troops do nothavethe capabilities, fitness or the weapons and cleanthe barrels at least placedinevery unit. The training continues in mountain warfare, troopsonlowerground strategies to do so before dawn, then it is a What arethe other challenges facedby once aweek to ensure theyfunction effi- wheneverthe unitsare inducted.Then HowisIndia equippedinsuchwarfare? use acombat ratio of 1:6, but in circum- lostcause.Col Sonam said, “Localtroops in soldiers in high altitudes? ciently. But at the time of combat,thisbe- comesthe acclimatisationto avoid non-bat- Generally, India is considered ahub of stances as in Galwan, it maygoupto1:10. Kargil proved fantastic since theywerefan- The firstmajor factor is acclimatisation comes difficult. tle,coldcasualties.Almostallunitshavethese mountainwarfareskills since mostofthe Generally, mountain warfareisfought tastic mountain climbers. But without ad- since the oxygen supplyreduces drastically. Vehicles do notstart when fuel jams. If trainers whokeeptroopswell-equippedand country’s north and northeastrequires such using the period of darkness to reachthe equatetrainedtroops who arewell-versed Next, the load carrying capacity of individu- the fuel is diesel,itwon’t igniteunless it is efficient to meet anycontingency.”

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PETERNICHOLLS Khairi Saadallah,the USexpectingasurgeinautumn READING,JUNE22 man arrested forthe THE ENGLISH town of Reading attack, wasinthe radar Terminally-ill held aminute’s silence on of MI5 lastyear over AGENCIES Mondayfor thevictims of astab- intelligence he had Serbian President SEOUL,NEWYORK,JUNE22 bishop, 4infants bing that killedthree people in- Aleksandar Vucic at a cluding an American in the lat- aspirations to travel for rallyinBelgrade. Reuters GLOBAL CASES of Covid-19 sur- among 340 being estterrorism-linked attack. extremistpurposes, passed 9million on Mondayas Three people were also hos- although his plans then anumberofhard-hitcountries brought to India pitalisedafter aman wielding a SERBIA reportednew outbreaks. five-inchknifewent on the ram- came to nothing Rulingalliance The firstcase wasreported from SAfrica pageinaparkonSaturday, ran- in China in early Januaryand it domlystabbingpeople enjoying winsbylandslide took until mid-Maytoreach4.5 asunny, summerevening. this includes an American citi- million cases. It has takenjust FAKIRHASSEN AWestern security source, zen,” he said on asmanyparties five weekstodouble to 9mil- JOHANNESBURG,JUNE22 speaking on condition of Teacher JamesFurlong,36, boycottpolls lion cases. anonymity,toldReuters that the who wasfriends with Ritchie- Healthauthorities in South ATERMINALLY-ILLbishop from suspect wasa25-year-old Libyan Bennett according to media re- APRELIMINARY official Koreasaid forthe firsttimethat Karnataka stuckinSouth Africa calledKhairiSaadallah. ports,was also killed. “He was votecountMonday of it wasinthe midstofa“second due to the coronavirus lock- Calling the incident terror- beautiful,intelligent, honestand Serbia’s parliamentary wave” of novelcoronavirus in- down wasamong 336passen- ism, police said a25-year-old fun,” his parentssaid. election confirmed an fections focusedaround its gers and four infantswho left had been arrested but they The thirdvictim has notyet overwhelming victoryfor densely populated capital, stem- for India on achartered flight were nothuntingothers. been identified. populistPresident ming from aholidayinMay. on Sunday. “What we sawhereon The security source told Aleksandar Vucic’s right- The KoreaCenters for The passengers on the Saturdayevening in Reading Reuters that Saadallah had come wing governingparty,the Disease Control and Prevention Ethiopian Airlines flight also in- wasthe actions of one lone in- across the radar of Britain’sdo- stateRTS television said. (KCDC) had previouslysaid cludedaneight-member dividual,” Home Secretary(in- mestic security agency MI5 last Electionauthoritiessaid, South Korea’sfirstwavehad Christian group from Goa visit- terior minister) Priti Patelsaid year over intelligence he had as- aftercounting morethan neverended.But on Monday, ing South Africa on areligious The Philadelphia Inquirer said pirations to travel forextremist 60% of the ballots,that KCDC director Jeong Eun- YOGA IN ADOME: Ayogaclass with participantsindomes to facilitate socialdistancing seminar, andanother 15-mem- one of the dead wasUScitizen purposes, although his plans Vucic’sSerbianProgressive kyeong said it had become clear protocols amid the Covid-19pandemic, in Toronto, Canada, on Sunday. Reuters bergroup of traditionalhealing Joe Ritchie-Bennett, 39, whohad then came to nothing. Partywon around 61%of that aholidayweekendinearly oil makers from Karnataka. livedinBritain for15years. US Shockedresidentsof the vote, followedbyhis Maymarkedthe beginning of a Almostall the passengers ambassador Woody Johnson Reading, about 65 km west of ally, theSocialists,with newwaveofinfectionsfocused cases spiked, driven in part by were from various southern sent condolences to families of London, held aminute’s silence around 10%, the report in the greater Seoul area. infectionsamong young people Fearing 2nd wave, Europe states with about half of them victims.“To our great sorrow, at 0900GMT. AP said.Thevotewaspartially “In the metropolitan area, we who visited nightclubs and from Hyderabad alone, said boycottedbythemainop- believe that the firstwavewas bars in Seoul over the holiday to train ‘army’ of medics Anju Ranjan, Consul General in position parties who said from March to Aprilaswell as weekend. Johannesburg, who coordi- Vucic unfairly dominated FebruarytoMarch,” Jeongsaid Atop WhiteHouse official Brussels: Europeans areenjoying COVID-19patients, and arenow nated andarranged forthe the state-runmedia. at aregular briefing. “Then we said the US government was the gradual easing of coronavirus looking at ways to retrain staffto strandedIndians to flybackto see that the second wave which working to replenish the na- lockdown measures, but in hos- avoid shortages of keyworkers the Telangana capital via wastriggered by the Mayholi- tional stockpile of medical pitals theyare already preparing if thereisasecond waveofthe Addis Ababa. dayhas been going on.” equipment and supplies in forthe next waveofinfections. novelcoronavirus. Ranjan arranged repatria- JAPAN At theend of February, South preparation foranother surge of Some intensive care special- “Weneedahealthcare tion of Indians with assistance Fireathazmat Koreareportedapeakofmore the virus this fall. ists aretrying to hiremoreper- army,”said Maurizio Cecconi, from SatguruTraveland India than 900cases in aday,inthe As the curveofinfections be- manent staff. Others want to president-elect of the European Club, agroup of expatriates un- facilityonUS firstlarge outbreak of the coro- gins to bulgeagain in the United createareservist “army” of Society of Intensive Care dertakingcommunityservice navirus outside of China.Anin- States afterflattening in the medicalprofessionalsreadyto Medicine (ESICM), whichbrings work in SouthAfrica fornearly baseinJapan tensive tracking and testing spring, the Trumpadministra- be deployedwherever needed together medics from around twodecades now. Tokyo: Afirebroke out campaign reducedthe numbers tion tried to resetexpectations to work in wardswith seriously the worldwho work in wards The bishop from Karnataka Monday inastorage build- to singledigitsbylateApril. about itsefforts to contain the ill patients. with extremelyill patients. wassuffering from end-stage ing forhazardous materi- But justasthe countryan- coronavirusand acknowledged European countrieshave Cecconisaidmedicalstaffneed cancerand got strandedhere Apolice officer lays flowers near to the scene of the alsatamajorUSairbaseon nounceditwould be easingso- that therewould mostlikelybe been giving medics crash to be moreflexibleintheir work, amid the lockdown, said India stabbings in Reading, Britain, on Monday. Reuters Japan’s southernisland of cial distancing guidelines, new another waveofcases thisfall. courses in howtodeal with and moremobile. REUTERS Club officials. PTI Okinawa, slightly injuring dozens of personnel who were exposedto smokeor Gunmen kill 5, 2dead in shooting chlorinegas,the US mili- Trumpsaysheheld NKorea vows to dump millions tary said. The blaze began including 2 at block party in in the morning in the North Carolina building at KadenaAir offXinjiangsanctions prosecutors, in of leaflets and trash on the South Baseandwasextinguished severalhours later, theUS Afghan capital ASSOCIATEDPRESS AirForcesaid.JapaneseTV because of trade talks CHOESANG-HUN CHARLOTTE,JUNE22 showedthickgray plumes SEOUL,JUNE22 of smokebillowing from ASSOCIATEDPRESS TWOPEOPLE were killedand the building, calledthe REUTERS KABUL,JUNE22 NORTH KOREA’S printing shops sevenothers were wounded in 18th wing Hazardous WASHINGTON,JUNE22 have been working overtime to an early Monday shooting in Materials Pharmacy. GUNMEN OPENED fire at acar revive afavoriteweapon of Cold NorthCarolina’s largest city, po- About 45 peopleinthe US PRESIDENTDonald Trump belongingto the Afghanattorney War-erapsychological warfare: lice said, while five others were area were exposedto heldoff on imposing tougher general'soffice on Monday, killing sendingmillions of propaganda hit by vehicles. smokeand chlorine gas sanctions on Chinese officials Questionsraised all five peopleinside, including leaflets across the world’s most The shooting happenedatan from the fire,but were blamedfor acrackdown on byBolton’sbook twoprosecutors, an official said. heavilyarmed border and scat- “impromptublockparty” that treated andmosthavere- China’sUighur Muslimminor- No oneimmediatelyclaimed tering them over SouthKorea. wasacontinuation of Juneteenth turnedtoduty,the state- ity because of concern such responsibility fortheattackinthe The tit-for-tat move wasan- celebrations, Charlotte- ment said. AP measures would have inter- WITH DEMOCRATIC leader capital, Kabul, but the countryhas nouncedonMondaybythe MecklenburgPolice Deputy Chief feredwith trade negotiations Nancy Pelosileading the crit- seen arecent spikeinviolence, North, whichhas become in- NorthKoreans prepareanti-South propaganda leaflets. AP JohnnyJennings told reporters. SRI LANKA with Beijing, he said in an inter- icism of Trump’s actions in with mostattacks claimedbya censedbythe leaflets that defec- Police responding to acall view published on Sunday. holdingoff the sanctions,the local Islamic Stateaffiliate. tors from the Northhavesent about apedestrian hit by acar Govtordersprobe “Well, we were in themiddle allegations raisedbyformer The muchlargerTaliban in- from the South to their the leaflets across the border, ficial Korean Central News found hundredsofpeople in the intoex-LTTE of amajor trade deal. And Imade NSAJohn Bolton comes even surgent group has scaledbackits Communisthome countryinre- along with cigarette buttsand Agency reported, addingthat streetsaround 12.30 am, apolice agreat deal, $250 billion poten- moreunder scrutiny. In his attacks since signing apeace centmonths, the North’s official other trash. The defectors have publishing and printing houses statement said. As officers arrived, dyleader’sclaims tiallyworth of purchases,” newbook,Bolton wrotethat agreement with the United news agencysaid. continuedtheir propaganda ef- in Pyongyang had printed12 mil- theyheardseveral shots nearby. Colombo: The Sri Lankan Trumpwas quoted as telling Trumpasked Chinese States earlier this year.Itdenied The pledgebythe Northto fortsdespiteprotestsfrom lion leaflets,with those in “Severalshooters discharged policehasorderedaprobe Axios on Fridaywhenasked why President Xi Jinping to help anyinvolvement in the shooting retaliatepresentsanother threat Pyongyang and inter-Korean provinces preparing to print mil- dozensofshots intothecrowd,”a intoanalleged statement he had notenacted Treasury himwin re-election by mak- and said it would “investigate”. to thefragile détenteonthe agreementstostopthem. lionsmore. “The time forretalia- police release said. Afemale vic- by former LTTE deputy sanctions againstCommunist ing agricultural purchases Kabul police spokesman Korean Peninsula. “Thelargest-everdistribution tory punishmentisdrawing tim waspronounceddead at the leader Karuna Amman, Partyofficialslinkedtorepres- from the US. The book also FerdawsFaramarzsaid the two NorthKorea said it was of leaflets againstthe enemyare near,” it added. “South Koreahas scene. Another victim waspro- claimingthathehadmur- sion in the Xinjiang region. says that Trumpencouraged prosecutors, twootheremploy- preparing3,000balloonsto carry almostcomplete,” the North’s of- to face the music.” NYT nounceddead at ahospital. deredover2,000 security House Speaker and leader of Xi to build camps in Xinjiang. eesand the driverwerekilled. forces, the government the Democratic party,Nancy The US President’s admission JamshedRasooli,a said on Monday.Acting Pelosi, criticisedTrump, saying that he delayedsanctioning spokesman forthe attorneygen- police chief Chandana that he underminedthe US’ China over Xinjiang lends eral’s office, said the prosecutors Brazil minister flees to US as probes rattle govt Wickremaratne has di- moral authority by delaying sanc- moreweight to Bolton’s alle- were members of the team su- rected the Crime tions to facilitatethe trade deal. gations, and could potentially pervising thereleaseofTaliban Brazilian leader plunged the his concern over Supreme legislative investigationsand a InvestigationDepartment The United Nations esti- lead to newinvestigations. prisoners as partofthe agree- LETÍCIACASADO, capital intocrisis as thecoun- Courtinvestigations targeting public health catastrophe attrib- to launchanimmediate mates that morethanamillion ment with the US.Heblamedthe MANUELAANDREONI& try'scoronavirus caseload sur- him and other officials sus- uted in parttothe president’s probeintoAmman’sstate- Muslims have been detainedin attackonthe “enemies of peace”. ERNESTOLONDOÑO passed one million. pected of orchestrating cavalier attitude. ment.Speakingatanelec- camps there. The State fight extremism. Since the February 29 peace BRASÍLIA,JUNE22 Then on Friday, Abraham defamation and disinformation Weintraubhopes to assumea tion rallylastweek, Department has accused China US officials previously told deal, the government has re- Weintraub, one of the campaigns online. senior role at the WorldBank in Ammanreportedlysaidhe of subjecting Muslims to torture Reuters that since late2018they leasedover3,000 Taliban pris- IT WASthe apexofone of the President’s mostpugnacious His hasty departurewas a the United States. He gaineden- had murdered over 2,000 and abuse. had weighedsanctions against oners and the insurgent group mosttumultuous weeksofJair lieutenants, made arushed exit dramatic illustration of howem- trytothe countrybycircumvent- governmenttroopsduring China has deniedmistreat- Chineseofficials over Xinjiang has freed631 Afghan national Bolsonaro’s presidency.Aflurry to theUSjustdays afterstep- battled and adriftthe Bolsonaro ing atravelban imposedtolimit the LTTE’sseparatistwar. ment and says the camps pro- but refrainedbecause of trade police and armypersonnel of arrestsand judicial orders ping down aseducation minis- administration has become the spread of the coronavirus. vide vocational training and help and diplomaticconsiderations. from captivity. targeting supporters of the ter. As he departed, he signalled amid mounting criminal and Preciselyhow is unclear. NYT

ALREADY AILING SPANISH TRADITION BATTERED BY PANDEMIC WithCovid-19 halting bullfighting, keepers of the tradition face hard choices

the bulk of aSpanish bullfight- fiesta of theSpanish people has in the rings of Spain and south- Extremeño and her other bulls, In recent years, it has also in- RAPHAELMINDER ing season that normallyruns become so politicised,” said ern France.Instead, the coron- while hoping bullfighting can creasingly found itself de- ALMADÉNDELAPLATA,JUNE22 from March to October. Aurora Algarra,who owns At a avirus lockdown had ledher to restartsoon. The world-famous nouncedbyactivists who see it Although Spain endedits Extremeño and is among the gathering send 30 of them to the slaugh- Pamplonafestivalpays asmuchas as publiclytorturinganimals. EXTREMEÑO, AN imposing Covid-19state of emergency fewwomen to run abull farm, outside a terhouse. She is earning about 15,000 euros foreachanimal, During acorrida, the matador blackbull who weighs more Sunday, bull breeders and mata- whichshe took over afterher fa- bullring in 400euros,or$450, foreachani- Algarra said. But if that does not drawsthe bull toward him, at the than half atonne, wasset to fight dors arecontinuing to lock horns ther diedin2006. “Wenow find Madrid to mal’s meat. That is onlyone- materialise,itwillgetmuchharder risk of getting gored. At the end of to deathnextmonth in theneo- withaleft-wingSpanish govern- ourselvesunder tremendous at- show tenth of the costofits upkeep forher to keep running the busi- afight, thematador usually classical ring of the Spanish city mentthatthey accuseofwanting tack from Spain’s government, supportfor during the four years in whicha nesssheinheritedfromherfather. plunges his sworddeep between of Valencia. to use theepidemic as an accel- but at leastthiscrisis has united bullfighting bull roams her nearly 2,000 The Pamplona festival was thebull’sshoulders;thenthedead Instead, the coronavirus gave erator forbullfighting’s perma- us in theface of adversity in a during the acres of landinthe emptycoun- amongthemaineventsthatwere animalisdraggedfromthering.In four-year-oldExtremeño an un- nent removal, in line with the waythatIhad notseen before.” pandemic. tryside of Andalusia, the south- scrappedshortlyafter Spain de- some rare instances, the public expected lease on life. Valencia’s wishes of animal welfareactivists. Algarra had been preparing Reuters ern and largest region of Spain. clared itsstate of emergency in sparesabull’slifebyaskingforitto fiesta wascalled off, along with “I find it deplorable that the to send 70 bullsthis year to fight Fornow,Algarra is keeping mid-March. be“pardoned”foritsbravery.NYT

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST COVID-19WATCH DEALING WITH NON-PERFORMINGASSETS RBI directs Yes Bank MOBILE APPLICATIONS CentrenotkeentofundIBA’sbadbank not to pay interest on Post soft launch on Upper Tier-II bonds Aarogya Setu, Swasth plan,one-timeloanrestructuringlikely pointsthis fiscal. “Lockdown will ENSECONOMICBUREAU INADEQUATE SUNNYVERMA impactcollectionsandresolutions MUMBAI,JUNE22 CAPITALRATIOS Alliance to release app &GEORGEMATHEW Govtinfavour andthusresultinhigherNPAs.The NEWDELHI/MUMBAI,JUNE22 gross NPAwouldbebetween 11- THE RESERVE Bank of India (RBI) ■ The bank’s CET-I ofmarket-led 11.5 per cent forthe base case and has directed YesBank nottopay for public this week ratio and Tier-I capital THEGOVERNMENTisnotkeento it could rise higher,” it said. interestonitsUpper Tier-II resolution ratio stood at 6.3 per infuse equity capital intoabad Therewasalsodemandforeas- bonds,whichwillbedue on June cent and6.5 per cent, PRANAVMUKUL& Theaimisto ramp bank,whichhas been recently ing of bad loan recognition norm 29 on account of inadequate respectively, AASHISHAARYAN proposed by the IndianBanks’ EVEN AS the Centre views amarket-led resolution of non- from90daysto180days.However, capital levels. upnumberof compared to the NEWDELHI,JUNE22 Association. The government’s performing assets as abetterapproach than directly bankingsourcessaidtheRBIisun- The bank would notbeable minimum teleconsultationsto viewisthat bad loan resolution funding abad bank,aone-time restructuring of certain likelytoagree to this proposal. to payinterest of 10.25 per cent requirementsof7.375 AFTER PIGGYBACKINGonthe shouldhappen in amarket-led categoryofloans is seen as favourable in the backdrop of Currently, loans in whichthe bor- on the Upper Tier-II Bonds due 1-2millionaday from per centand 8.875 per Centre’s contact tracingapp way, asenior government official the COVID-19pandemic-inducedstress forcompanies and rowerfails to payprincipaland/or forpayment on June 29, YesBank about50,000currently cent respectively. AarogyaSetu,thenot-for-profit said.Thebanksdemandforaone- financial institutions. The RBI has providedvarious interestchargeswithin90daysare said in an exchangefiling. “We SwasthAllianceissettolaunch time restructuringofloans is be- regulatoryrelaxations to banks to tide over this phaseand a classifiedasNPAsandprovisioning would liketoinform that Reserve itsappforthepublicthisweek onlinedoctorconsultationapp ingconsideredby thebankingreg- decision on loan recastproposal, expected by August-end, is made accordingly.Some banks, BankofIndiahas expressedits mum requirementsof7.375 per as it targetstorampupthe Practo AbhinavLal said at that ulator and the government. would provide further relief to corporateborrowers. whichare hopeful of an economic inability to accede to the bank’s centand 8.875 per cent respec- numberof teleconsultationsto time, AarogyaSetuwas look- While there’s no official word recovery,want this to be raisedto requestfor payment of interest tively,its auditors reportsaid. 1-2 million aday from about ing forsuchasolution and from the RBI about the creation of 180days to limitsurge in NPAs. due as on June 29, 2020, since the The bank wasearlier this year 50,000 per daycurrently. Swasthwaslookingforoppor- a‘badbank’oraone-timeloanre- discussedattherecentmeetingof were raisedattherecentmeetings The central bank had nevercome bank does notmeetthe mini- bailedout afterthe lender’s fi- Swasth, aconsortium of more tunity to getto“as manypeo- structuringproposalsofar, sources the Financial Stability and of theRBItopbrasswiththechiefs outfavourably aboutthe creation mum capital requirementscur- nancials worsenedand bad thana100organisationsinthe pleaspossible”. said aloan recastscheme forcer- DevelopmentCouncil(FSDC),but of banksand NBFCs, sources said. of a‘badbank’withothercommer- rently,”the bank said. loans shotup. The bank had re- healthcareandtechnologysys- “For us, Swasth as an al- tain categories of borrowers is it has notfoundfavour with the “Anydecision on loan recastis cial banksasmainpromoters. The bank had earlier sought ceivedcapital from investors temspace, is aimed at linking liance, it is important that we likelyinthewakeof theeconomic government.FinanceMinistryof- likelytocomeonlyinAugustwhen FormerRBI Governor Raghuram the RBI approval forpayment of amounting to Rs 10,000 crore. patientswith doctors. areable to reachasmanypeo- contraction,closure of thousands ficials did notrespond to an email the moratorium ends.There’s a Rajanhadopposedtheideaof set- interest forthe UpperTier-II StateBank of Indiahad invested Speaking with The Indian ple in this hour of needand of unitsacross the countryand seekingcommentsfor this story. likelihoodofaspike in bad loans ting up abad bank with amajority bonds.“In termsofInformation Rs 6,050 croreinthe capital. Expressaheadof theplatform’s providethemhealthcareserv- fearsoveraspikeinbadloansfrom Banksand India Inc were also from September.The loan recast stakebybanks. Memorandum datedJune25, YesBank had reportedaRs launch, Swasth’s governing ices free of cost. Forustobe September this year.“We have lobbying forone-time restructur- proposal is before the RBI,” said a The RBI, when UrjitPatel was 2012 under whichthe Upper Tier 1,506-crorenet loss forthe council member and MD & able to gettoasmanypeople studiedthe banks’ proposal (bad ingofloans and NPAreclassifica- banking source. the Governor, wasinitiallyreluc- II bonds areissued, the interest March quarterasagainstaprofit CEOof ManipalEducationand as possible, thereare various loan). The fact is thereare already tion norms from 90 days to 180 According to banks, the RBI tant to sanction forbearance to amount due and remaining un- of Rs 1,179crore in the year-ago MedicalGroupRanjanPaisaid: opportunities that have come market-ledoptions available for days as relief measurestotackle needs to give operational flexibil- small units but relented in the paid shall beaccumulatedand be period as provisions soared over “Theideaisto providefreecon- to be,and one of them, at that assetreconstruction anditlooks the impact of lockdown and the ity to banksfor acomprehensive wake of pressurefromseveral paid by the bank later,subject to nine times. It postedaloss of Rs sultations as farasthe corona point of time, wasAarogya betterthat way,”the officialtold slowdown in the economydue to restructuring of the existing loans boardmembers who pushedfor the bank complying withthe 18,564crore forthe December pandemicisconcernedandget Setuteamlookingatsuchaso- The Indian Express. COVID pandemic. Severalprivate and also areclassification of 90- thebail-outofsmallborrowershit stipulated regulatoryrequire- 2019 in thewakeofaspurt in as manydoctors onboardto lution. We don’t knowwhat’s The banking sector,led by the banksand NBFCs have also de- daynorm.Asof now, theJune7cir- by demonetisation and imple- ment,” the bank had said. bad loans. Gross non-perform- makesurethat the healthcare thefutureofAarogya Setuand IBA, waspushing fora‘bad bank’ mandedaloan restructuring cularonloanrestructuringisstrin- mentationofGST.The RBI had re- The bank’s CET-I ratio and ing assets of the bank skyrock- infrastructureinthecountryis AarogyaSetuMitr,”Lal said. to tackle themenace of non-per- scheme as moratorium alone is gent and giveslittle flexibility to centlyextendedtherestructuring Tier-I capital ratio stood at 6.3 per eted to Rs 40,709crore in the notoverburdenedbyleverag- Thecomingtogetherof the formingassets.Sources saidthe notsufficient to comeout of the banks.RatingfirmCrisilsaidNPAs deadlineforMSMEaccountsfrom cent and6.5 per cent,respec- December quarterfromRs5,158 ing technology”. stakeholderstoform Swasth, proposalofabad bank wasalso crisis situation. These demands areset to rise by 150-200basis March 31,2020earlier. tively,compared to the mini- croreayear ago. The platform, which whichcountsBengaluru- countshealth-techcompanies basedsoftwareproducts suchas1mg, PharmEasy, think-tank iSPIRTasone of its Gold prices ThreeChinese projects worth Practo, and Portea amongits members, happenedinApril Neediest states got asmallsliceof members, wassoftlaunched and, according to Ranjan Pai, rise for fourth `5K cr in Maharashtra on hold on AarogyaSetulastmonthas theimmensedemandfortele- big govtinfusioninfarm economy an ancillaryservice called consultation wasthe driving straight day, nies, Hengli Engineering and PMI AarogyaSetuMitr on the con- factor behind consortium be- rly Rs 1,32,000crore. This isn’t in- justtwo states:Telangana(6.4mt) MANOJMORE ElectroMobility Solutions, had tact tracingapp,but wasre- ingformed.Theplatformisbe- HARISHDAMODARAN significant,giventhisinfusionhas andAndhraPradesh(3mt).Afew PUNE,JUNE22 also plannedtoinvestRs1,250 movedlessthanamonthlater. ingusedbygovernmentagen- NEWDELHI,JUNE22 happenedinunderthreemonths, migrant labour-origin states too hit record peak crore. Of the two, PMI had prom- When asked howthe cies in at least twodistricts— andcomplexlogisticsareinvolved have deliveredsignificantquanti- AWEEK aftersigning memoran- isedtoinvestRs1,000 croreand Swasth platform wasgoing to VadodarainGujarat and SINCE MARCH 25, whenthe na- inbuyinggrainfromfarmerswit- ties afterMarch-end: Odisha (1.4 ENSECONOMICBUREAU dums of understanding (MoUs) create1,500jobs. be different than what was Faridabad in Haryana. tionwide lockdown came intoef- hout violating social distancing mt), West Bengal (0.9 mt) and MUMBAI,JUNE22 withthreeChinesecompaniesfor MaharashtraIndustries thereonAarogya SetuMitr,Pai Responding to questions fect, government agencies have norms. However, allthis liquidity Chhattisgarh(0.9 mt). But these investment worthRs5,000crore MinisterSubhash Desai said the said: “AarogyaSetuapp is not on user privacy,bankerand procuredaround 38.2 million has been pumpednot intostates amountsare small compared to GOLD PRICES on Monday ex- in Talegaon of Pune district, the statehas decidedtowaitfor in- goingto beascomprehensive. Swasth GoverningCouncil tonnes (mt) of wheat, 15.2 mt of that have borne the brunt of the the firsttwo states. Even smaller tendedgains forthe fourth con- Maharasthragovernmenthasput structionfromtheCentreoverthe Theappismoreaboutcontact- Member Nachiket Mor said paddy,1.8mtof chana(chickpea), lockdown-inducedreverselabour arethesharesof Bihar(0.6mt),Jh- secutive daytohit anew lifetime the projectsonhold,but has not investments.“Untilfurtherdirec- tracing.Thisismoreabouttry- the app, whichwill be 0.8 mt of rapeseed-mustard and migration, but intothose that al- arkhand(0.1mt) and UP (0.1mt). high of Rs 48,289 per 10 grams cancelledthem fornow. tives, it would be status quowith ing to give or give the patient a launchedonGooglePlayStore, 0.3 mt of tur/arhar (pigeon-pea). readyhave anestablishedagricul- It’s asimilar storyfor other (24carat) in the Mumbai bullion Of thethree Chinese compa- regard tothe MoUs,” he said. tele-consultationsolution.This App Store, as adirect weblink, At their respectiveminimum tural marketinginfrastructure. crops.Overthree-fourthsof chana market as rising COVID infec- nies,GreatWallMotorhadprom- He, however, clarified: “The willbeworking withthe andinteractive voiceresponse support prices (MSP)ofRs1,925, Take wheat, wherejustthree procurementhasbeenfromthree tions across the worldprompted isedinitialinvestmentworth Rs projectshavebeen put on hold. AarogyaSetuapp”. system (for featurephones), Rs1,815,Rs4,875,Rs4,425andRs states —MadhyaPradesh(12.9 states(MP,RajasthanandMahara- investors to accumulatethe yel- 3,770 croreand generationof Thisdoesnotmeanthattheyhave Redflags have been raised willitself notholdanymedical 5,800per quintal, the combined mt),Punjab(12.7mt),andHarya- shtra) and in rapeseed-mustard, lowmetal. It laterretreated to Rs 2,000jobs. It had also committed been cancelled. We will wait for in severalquarters,with the records.Theappwillonlycon- value of these procuredcrops na (7.4 mt) —haveaccountedfor shareoftopthree(Rajasthan,Har- 48,050 per 10 gduring the day. to aphasedinvestment worthRs further action on them.” stakeholders behind Swasth nect adoctor to apatient and would be over Rs 1,15,000crore. over86percentof overall38.2mt yanaandMP)hasbeenalmost96 The 22-caratgold wasquotedRs 7,600crore initsproposedfactory Thesigningof MoUshadtaken Alliancealso doubling up as a provide other downstream Addthe Rs16,600crore direct governmentprocurement.Onthe percent.OnlythePM-Kisansche- 44,087per 10 grams. in Talegaon. Twoother compa- place on June 15. partofthe team building serviceslikee-prescription,on- transfersto8.3 crore farmer ac- other hand, Uttar Pradesh, India’s mehasbeensomewhatbenefici- Gold prices have ralliedover AarogyaSetufor thegovern- lineorderingof medicines.The countsasthefirstinstalmentofRs largest wheat producer,has con- alto farmersinUPandBihar,who 15 percent during 2020 and ment. Responding to aques- alliancealsoplansto on-board 2,000 eachunder the PM-Kisan tributedhardly3.2 mt,and Bihar would have got close to Rs 3,500 nearly 25 per centinthe last one tion on the potentialconflict other healthcareservice SammanNidhischeme, the total amere50,000 tonnes. Similarly, croreand Rs 1,300crore,respec- year. NMDC Limited between AarogyaSetuand providers suchasinsurance liquidity pumpedintothe farm in paddy,ofthe around 15.2 mt of tively,ofthe total Rs 16,600crore. NishBhatt,founder &CEO, (A Enterprise) Swasth,co-founderandCTOof companies. economybythe Centrealone, procurementsincethelockdown, Full reporton Millwood Kane International, 'Khanij Bhavan', 10-3-311/A, Castle Hills, Masab Tank, Hyderabad -500 028, post-lockdown,worksoutto nea- about 62 per cent has been from www.indianexpress.com said, “The dream run of the yel- Telangana, India. CIN: L13100TG1958GOI001674 lowmetalcontinuesasithit a Empanelment of Transaction Advisors, fresh one-monthhigh earlier in Legal, Tax&Accounting and Technical Consultants BRIEFLY ICICI Bank sells1.5% stake in FitchRatings revises outlook trade today. Goldprices hita Proposals are invited for empanelment of the above consultants for Mergers high of 48,289 per 10 ginearly and Acquisitions and expansion of business in India and Abroad. trade before cooling offtoRs The detailed RFE Document can be viewed and /ordownloaded from NMDC’s Petrolnears life insurance arm for `840 cr of nine banks to negative website www.nmdc.co.in &Central Procurement Portal www.eprocure.gov.in 48,050 per 10 g. Gold is tradition- from 23-06-2020 to 31-08-2020. `80/litre,diesel NewDelhi: ICICI BankonMonday of face value of Rs 10 eachofICICI NewDelhi: FitchRatingsMonday of Baroda (New Zealand), Bank of allyusedasahedge againstin- Bidders on regular basis are required to visit the NMDC’s website for corrigendum, said it has sold 1.5per cent stake Prudential LifeInsurance said it has revisedthe outlook to India, CanaraBank, Punjab flation and risk aversion is help- if any, at afuture date. Last date of submission 31-08-2020 at 13:00 hours (IST). atnewhigh in itslifeinsurance subsidiaryfor Company, representing 1.50 per negative from stable of nine National Bank,ICICI Bank,Axis ing the rally.” Email id : [email protected] around Rs 840crore withanaim cent of itsequity sharecapitalat Indian banks, following lowering Bankwhileaffirmingtheirratings. Deputy General Manager (NMDC Global) NewDelhi: Petrolprice in to strengthen the balancesheet. 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Adani Powerhas approved India (RBI) has cautionedbanks Project Director Advt. No. J.S.V.85/2020-21 CWA(W&S) -I aproposalto delist company and paymentsystemoperators shares from stockexchan- about the continuing menace of Bureau of Investment Promotion, Rajasthan Bureau of Investment Promotion, Rajasthan ges, the firm said Monday. digital frauds. “In spiteofinitia- tives,incidenceof fraudscontinue Udyog Bhawan, Tilak Marg, Jaipur Udyog Bhawan, Tilak Marg, Jaipur UTIAMCgets to bedevil digital users, oftenus- Phone :2227713 /2227812 Phone :2227713 /2227812 ing the same modus operandi Notice Inviting Bid Notice Inviting Bid Sebi’sgoahead userswere cautionedabout,such as luring them to disclose vital N.I.B. No- 295 18th June, 2020 N.I.B. No- 294 18th June, 2020 tolaunchIPO payment information, swapping UBN No.: BIP2021SLOB0002 UBN No.: BIP2021SLOB0003 Rathi will help the FinancialConduct Authoritytonavigate simcards,opening links received Online E-bids under one stage two-envelope bidding Online E-bids under one stage two-envelope bidding NewDelhi: UTI Asset Britain’s departurefromthe EU. File in messages and mails, etc,” the process are invited from reputed Exhibition fabrication process are invited from reputed Exhibition fabrication ManagementCompany RBI said in acircular. ENS and development Firms for undertaking work related to and development Firms for undertaking work related to (AMC)hasreceivedSebi’sgo exhibition design, fabrication and setting up of pavilion/ exhibition design, fabrication and setting up of Stall/ ahead to raise alittle over Rs recovery with aspecial focus on stall for national events. Complete Bidding Document pavilion for International events. 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PTI PARIS,JUNE22 ing newtechnology,playingour Bid, Financial Bid, Conditions of Contract, Payment of partintacklingclimatechange, shrink 3.1% in Financial Bid, Conditions of Contract, Payment of Price NIKHILRATHI,headof theLondon enforcinghigh standards and en- of Bidding Document, Processing Fee, Bid Security etc. Price of Bidding Document, Processing Fee, Bid ColinShahis StockExchange’sUKdivision,has suring the UK is athought leader 2020: Moody’s may be seen at or downloaded from the website of Security etc. may be seen at or downloaded from the newGJEPC beenappointedchief executive of ininternationalregulatorydiscus- NewDelhi: Moody’s Investors State Public Procurement Portal website of State Public Procurement Portal the FinancialConduct Authority sions,” Rathi said in aministry ServiceonMondayprojected the http://sppp.rajasthan.gov.in or e-procurement portal http://sppp.rajasthan.gov.in or e-procurementportal Chairman (FCA), Britain’s finance ministry statement. The FCAhas been led Indianeconomytoshrink 3.1per http://eproc.raj.nic.in.Bid Security is Rs. 1,20,000 (In http://eproc.raj.nic.in.Bid Security is Rs. 80,000 (In said on Monday. Rathi, aformer onaninterimbasisby Christopher centin2020andsaidclasheswith case of eligible MSME Unit INR: 30,000). Last date for case of eligible MSME Unit INR: 20,000). Last date for NewDelhi: Gem and Jewell- finance ministryofficial,will play WoolardsinceMarch,when China on the borderalso suggest submission of online Technical and Financial Bid is submissionofonline Technical and Financial Bid is eryExportPromotionCoun- akey role in helping Britain’s fi- Andrew Baileylefttobecomegov- risinggeopolitical risksinthe 08.07.2020 at 2pm. Bids will be opened on 08.07.2020 08.07.2020 at 2pm. Bids will be opened on 08.07.2020 cil (GJEPC) has announced nancial sector to navigateits de- ernor of the Bank of England. Asian region where countriesare at 4.00 pm. For any further clarification Ms. Divya K at 4.00 pm. 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Aheadof England tour, Superspreadertennisplaysspoilsport 3Pak players NovakDjokovic’s stubborn stance to hold an exhibition tournament drawsflakafter 4, including2players, getinfected with COVID-19 Hieveryone,Iwanttoreachout& playingtennisatthetoplevel.”Andwhilesup- testpositive GAURAVBHATT portcame in theform of 156th-ranked Denis NEWDELHI,JUNE22 letmyfansandfriendsknowthatI Istomin, who claimed“Iwouldn’twanttobe testedpositivebackinMonaco.I forcedby someoneto take avaccineinorderto CROATIAN TENNIS playerBorna Coriccon- wanttomakesureanyonewhohas be able to travel,”Djokovic backtrackedabit EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE firmedhehas tested positive forCovid-19on beenincontactwithmeduring from his stance. “I am keeping an open mind, JUNE22 Monday, aday afterGrigorDimitrov’spositive thesepastdaysgetstestedand andI’llcontinueto research thistopic...”hesaid. test ledtothe cancellation of the Adria Tourfi- THREE PAKISTAN cricketers, rookie batsman nal in Zadar.Further announcementsare ex- takesthenecessaryprecautions. Spirituality over science Haider Ali, pacer Haris Rauf and leg-spinner pectedasnationalnews agencieshave quoted I’msosorryforanyharmImight Long the epitome of fitness on the tennis Shadab Khan, have tested positive forcoro- the head of Zadar’s local crisis response team, havecaused... tour,Djokovic’s‘Live,laugh,love’brandof spir- navirus ahead of the team’s upcoming Sime Vickovic, saying thatfourtennis players itualityandadvocacyof alternatemedicinehas England tour,the Pakistan Cricket Board and twocoaches tested positive. GRIGORDIMITROV oftenclashedwithsportsscience.Hefamously (PCB) has informed. As per the PCB release, Thediagnosescameafterthecharityexhi- delayedanelbowsurgery,and“criedfordays” the players were asymptomatic when they bition series, organisedbyworld No.1Novak Players absent at the invitationaltourcrit- afterultimatelygoing under the knife, feeling were tested on Sunday. The players have Djokovic, wascriticisedasfootage revealed icisedthe tournament as news broke. Chief “like Ihad failedmyself.” been asked to self-isolate. minimumsocialdistancingmeasures,packed amongthemwasAustralianNickKyrgios,who At the2008USOpen,Roddickhadmocked “ThePakistanCricket Board hasconfirmed venues,andplayertripsto nightclubsandbas- retweetedCoric’spositivetestannouncement Djokovic as ahypochondriac who wassuffer- three players –Haider Ali, Haris Rauf and ketballcourts.Asaresult, the initial optimism with the caption: “Boneheadeddecision to go ingfrom“cramp,birdflu, anthrax, SARS, and a ShadabKhan–havetestedpositive forCovid- of professionalsportsresumingafterthelock- ahead with the ‘exhibition’ speedy recovery common cold and cough”. 19.The players had shownnosymptoms un- down has been replacedbyafresh threat, as fellas, but that’swhathappens whenyou dis- Djokovic’s gluten intolerance wassubse- til theyweretestedinRawalpindionSunday the number of coronavirus infections swells, regard allprotocols. This IS NOT AJOKE(sic).” quentlydiagnosedafteradoctorplacedaslice ahead of the Pakistanmen’s national cricket with cases nowreported in other returning of whitebread on his stomach. He believesin team’stourto England,”thePCBreleasestated. sportssuchasgolf. No-vaxx telekinesesandtelepathyandhiredahug-lov- Itadded:“ThePCBmedicalpanelisincon- The unravellingofDjokovic’scharity tour- ingcoachPepe Imaz,who taughtlevitation. tact withthe three who have been advisedto Adria Tour namentcomesintheaftermathof theSerbap- But he came under fire in Mayfor suppos- immediatelygointoself-isolation.” At Djokovic’s behest, numerous tennis pearingto relaxhisstanceonplayingattheUS edly endorsingaproduct that claimstostim- It is learnt that the entiresquad will notbe players flewtothe Balkans forthe tour,which Open.Afterdescribingthehealthprotocolsfor ulatebrain cell growth. Djokovic spent three quarantinedastheselectedplayershaven’tas- kickedoff lastweekinthe Serb’s hometown the tournament starting August31as“ex- Instagram live sessions withnutritionist sembledyet and will meetinLahoreonJune of Belgrade.OtherthanDjokovic,Dimitrov,and treme” and “impossible”, DjokoviconFriday Chervin Jafarieh, whose companysells herbal 24,four days prior to their departureonJune Coric, the tournament includedDominic saidthathewas“extremelyhappy”by thepro- supplementscosting Rs 5,000 for50gm. The 28. The PCB is doing internal testingofthe se- Thiem(worldNo.3),AlexanderZverev (7),and posedregulations. pairtalkedabout howhumanscould change lectedplayersandsupportstaff,whoareturn- 2014 US Open champion Marin Cilic. This is the latestepisode in what has been the molecular composition of food and water ing up individuallyattheir respectivecentres. Throughouttheweekend,DjokovicandCo an eventful lockdown forthe President of ATP with theirthoughtsand emotions. Acombined, 29-member Pakistansquad were seen hugging, shakinghands and min- PlayerCouncil. In April, during avideo chat “I’ve seen people and Iknowsome people willbetravellingto EnglandtoplaythreeTests gling with the crowd. Within afortnight, withfellow Serbian athletes, Djokovic said: that,throughthatenergeticaltransformation, and as manyT20 internationals, starting next Dimitrov hadplayedtennisintwopackedsta- “Personally, Iamopposedtovaccination and I through the powerofprayer,through the month.Upon reachingEngland, they will go diumsintwo different countries, notwith- NovakDjokovic’s Adria Tour wascriticised as photosand videosrevealed wouldn’twantto beforcedby someoneto take powerofgratitude, theymanagetoturn the intoaquarantineperiodinDerbyshire.Thefirst standinggamesof footballandbasketball,and minimum social distancingmeasures. Players played in front of packedstands, avaccineinorderto beableto travel.Butif itbe- mosttoxic food or the mostpollutedwater, Test is scheduledtocommence from July30. avisitto anindoorcabaret clubinBelgradelast mingled with thecrowd, and took partinrecreational activities: kids' tennis comes compulsory, whatwill happen? Iwill intothe mosthealing water... Because water ThePCBwilltake acallonwhetherAli,Rauf week with players. clinics,pick-up games of basketball and football,and avisittoanindoor have to makeadecision.” reactsand scientists have proven that, that and Khan will join the squad at alater dateor Three-time Grand Slamsemi-finalist cabaretclubinBelgradewhere theywerecaptured dancingshirtless. AP FormerWimbledonchampion Marion molecules in the waterreact to our emotions, willbereplaced.Theirpressreleasejuststated: Dimitrov then facedCoric in Saturday’ssemi- BartoliurgedDjokovicto “thinkabouthuman- to what is being said,” said Djokovic while “ImadWasim and Usman Shinwari, also final in Zadar,where he wasvisibly ailing and ity and the rest of your mates on the circuit. Jafarieh noddedinagreement. screenedinRawalpindi,havetestednegative suffered a4-1,4-1 loss. This wasafter Montenegrocalledoff the three days before Djokovic’s tournament Thereare times in lifewhen certain personal Player-turnedcommentator MaryCarillo and, as such, will travel to Lahoreon24June. 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