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JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2020, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 14 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00, WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM CENTRE SENDS TEAMS TO UTTAR PRADESH, PUNJAB, HIMACHAL PRADESH Tunnel used by four Jaish Newworryasstateswithfewercases men killed in Nagrota found seeCovidspurt,bigjumpinRajasthan Cross-border tunnel is 15-20 ft deep, 150metreslong: DGP ARUNSHARMA JAMMU,NOVEMBER22 Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh also reportsignificant increase in active cases IN Akey breakthrough, the Border Security Force(BSF) and AMITABHSINHA RISINGNUMBERS police have detected across- PUNE,NOVEMBER22 border tunnel in the Regalareaof ■ActivecasesonNov7 Jammu's Samba district that was EVEN AS states with relatively ■ ActiveCasesonNov21 usedbyfour Jaish-e-Mohammad smaller caseloads have been re- terrorists to enter J&K before they porting aspurtinCovid cases, RAJASTHAN were gunneddownbysecurity the Centrehas dispatchedhigh- 16,627 forces in an encounter at Nagrota levelteams to Uttar Pradesh, three days ago. 21,951 Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to “The tunnel is 15-20 ft deep Cement bags with Pakmarkings found in tunnel: Police. ANI help them tackle the spread of GUJARAT and nearly 150mlong...It origi- the disease. 12,146 nates from inside Pakistan...It While fresh cases of coron- wasusedbythe four Jaish-e- available with us lead to this Samba early Thursdayand 13,285 avirus infections continue to de- Mohammad militantswho were point only. It appears to be a boardedatrucktoKashmir,were cline —orremain stagnant —in MADHYAPRADESH killedrecently,”said J&K Police fresh tunnel, but mayhavebeen interceptedhours later and the worst-affected states of 7,736 DGP Dilbagh Singh aftervisiting usedbymilitantsearlier also,’’ killedbysecurity forces during a Maharashtra, Karnataka and the siteSundayalong with BSF DGP Singh said, adding that ce- three-hour encounter. 11,192 AndhraPradesh, on the other IG (Jammu Frontiers) NSJamwal ment bags with Pakistani mark- DGP Singh said the tunnel hand, Haryana, Punjab, PUNJAB and other senior officers. ings were found inside. showedsigns of “proper Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya 4,827 “All the technical evidence The militants, who entered CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Pradesh and even Himachal Pradesh have been seeing asig- 6,561 nificant rise in active cases. HARYANA Lawyer making debut, Uttar Pradesh is the onlyone Amarket in Jaipur on Sunday. Night curfew has been imposedinparts of Rajasthan. Rohit Jain Paras 15,713 in the top10stateswith highest caseloads to have seen an in- 20,325 EXPERT crease in itsactive cases in the number of newcases everyday, In absoluteterms, Haryana, cases than Maharashtra, or some HIMACHAL PRADESH EXPLAINS veteran bracing for lasttwo weeks, and that tooonly even these twoseem have left Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, other top10states, but it is much 4,222 Dr Gagandeep Kang anominal rise of less than 500. their peaksbehind, and arenow Madhya Pradesh and even morethan what theywerere- While Delhi and Kerala con- witnessingadeclineintheir ac- Himachal Pradesh arestill re- porting earlier. 7,102 FromTheIndianExpresspanel fight in J&K poll fray tinue to reportthe maximum tive cases. porting farlesser number of CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ofspecialists,exclusiveinsight NAVEEDIQBAL& WHEREAREWEIN BASHAARATMASOOD VACCINEHUNT? SRINAGAR,NOVEMBER22 Azad underlines again: TBM stuck in tunnel Whatdothevaccinetrial AN ADVOCATE, aformer jour- findingsmean?What nalist, abusinessman, and aca- Congress needs revamp, for over ayrinPowai, doesIndianeedforamass reer politician areamong the vaccinationexercise? candidates forthe upcoming District Development Council Clockwise leaders have no connect EXPLAINED polls. The first-everelections to from left: water project stalled PAGE 9 the DDCs areset to begin on Bukhari, Says organisational polls mustbeheld, November 28 and will be con- Panditpuri, ducted in eight phases through Nasir Lone blame notonnational leadership December 19. On one side is aseven-party BUSINESSASUSUAL alliance —the People’s Alliance the big questions surrounding MANOJCG forGupkar Declaration (PAGD), the scrapping of J&K’s special NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER22 Noclear BY UNNY whichincludes mainstream status, the introduction of the E Kashmir parties National domicile clause and recent ● roadmap THE TURMOIL in the Congress EXPLAINED Conference and the People's changes to land laws. KERALA: JAIL FOR that resurfacedafter the party’s Democratic Party—while on the The Indian Express spoke to SOCIAL MEDIA POST poor performance in the Bihar THE LETTER by 23 leaders other arecandidates fieldedby some of the candidates in elections and bypolls is showing to Congress president the BJP,the Altaf Bukhari-ledJ&K Kashmir: no signs of abating. On Sunday, Sonia Gandhi seeking to Apni Party, as well as some SUHAIL BUKHARI (PDP), Unease in CPM The stuckTBM in the tunnel. Express Ghulam Nabi Azad, one of the 23 forcereforms and ac- Independents. SANGRAMA over ordinance, senior leaders who wrotethe countabilityinthe party, In the backdrop of the politi- The 37-year-old PDP unprecedented letter to Sonia and the lackofacogent re- improveMumbai's old supply cal vacuum in J&K over the last spokesperson is contesting his Gandhi demanding sweeping sponse from the leader- LAXMANSINGH network, in order to prevent wa- 14 months, candidates sayvot- firstelection. Beforejoining the BJP and Cong changes in the party,said the ship, have onlyserved to MUMBAI,NOVEMBER22 tertheftand provide relief to res- ers arekeen to have representa- Mehbooba Mufti government as Congress's organisational “sys- makethe Congress appear idents dealing with lowpressure tivesinplace to address every- media advisor in 2016,hewas a call it bid to gag temhas collapsed” and itsposi- weaker vis avis asurging IN Aone-of-its-kind incident, a watersupply. day bijli-paani issues as muchas CONTINUEDONPAGE2 tion will notimprove unless re- BJP.The party has been tunnel boring machine (TBM) The TBM is of German make free speech forms arecarriedout. running around in circles drilling forthe Brihanmumbai –Herrenknecht. According to Talking to The Indian Express, forthe pastsix years with Municipal Corporation's (BMC) BMC officials, acontract of Rs 183 Azad, leader of the Opposition in no roadmap to reconnect ambitious Veravali-Powai- crorefor the Veravali-Powai- SHAJUPHILIP RajyaSabha, said the situation of with the people. Ghatkopar watersupplyproject, Ghatkopar watersupplyproject &MANOJCG the Congress is “notgood” but hasbeenstuckinitsownpartially- wasawarded to Patel THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, arguedthat “making it good is in dug tunnel near Powaifor over a Engineering in January2012, NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER22 our hands”. He admitted that party’s revival, he said, is organ- year,with no respiteinsight. with adeadline of 48 months. “our leaders have lostconnec- isational election from booth- The BMC is constructing a Thereweretwo arms of the tun- IN THE face of widespread criti- tion with people on the ground.” levelupwards. 6.6-km watersupplytunnel nel, with Powaibeing the central cism and outrageoverthe Kerala The onlysolution forthe CONTINUEDONPAGE2 from Veravali to Ghatkopar to CONTINUEDONPAGE2 government move to amend the lawtomandateajail term for any“offensive”social media post, Chief MinisterPinarayi BCCI’s IPL card: revenue Rs 4,000 cr, Vijayanclaimeditwould notbe usedagainst“free speech” or TV viewership up, 30,000 Covid tests “impartial journalism”. Fewwerebuying this, with Treasurer Arun Dhumal, is the re- broadcastand media rightsdeal Opposition parties slamming the DEVENDRAPANDEY portcardatthe end of the high- signedin2017with Star worth CPM-ledruling LDF forthe MUMBAI,NOVEMBER22 profile T20 league. This year's IPL Rs 16,347 crore. “harsh and draconian” move to wasalso India's firstmajor sport- With stringent Covid curbs in “gag the media”. Sources in THE INDIAN cricket boardearned ing tournament since the Covid India, the IPL washeld from Vijayan's ownparty said the Chief “Rs 4,000crore” in revenue from outbreak startedspreading September 19 to November 10 in Minister's clarification came af- theIPL intheUAE, TVviewership across the globeinFebruary. Dubai, AbuDhabi and Sharjah. terintervention by the CPM cen- was“about 25 per cent morethan Dhumal, however, did not But, Dhumal told The Indian tral leadership. “Thereisconsid- lastyear”, and over 30,000 RT- discuss the breakup of revenue Express,the tournament wasin HIMANTA BISWA erable outrage...It becomes PCR Covid testswereconducted or viewership forthe tourna- doubt with barelytwo months SARMA difficult to defend suchanordi- foratotal of 1,800individuals ment that washeld without to go when WorldNo.1tennis ASSAM MINISTER OF nance,” aPolitburomember said. without anyofthe 60 matches spectators in the stands due to playerNovak Djokovic tested FINANCE, HEALTH The CPI, aconstituent of the being affected by the pandemic. the pandemic. Organisers have positive afterplaying exhibition PAGE 8 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 This, according to BCCI been banking on the five-year CONTINUEDONPAGE2 His 3-yr search formissing wifeprompts HC alarm &ahuman trafficking probe in Shirdi

PAGE1 Dwarka and Nageshwar apink saree, has notbeen seen ANCHOR Jyotirling temples in Gujarat. We since. could nothavetravelledsucha And now, Soni’s relentless ef- long distance in the unreserved fortstofind her have prompted compartment with our twochil- the Aurangabad Benchofthe MAYURAJANWALKAR dren. That’s when my wifeand I BombayHigh Courttoask MUMBAI,NOVEMBER22 decidedtocatchabus to Shirdi Maharashtra’s toppolice officer from Ahmedabad,”said Soni, 42. to probesimilar disappearances IT WASa15-dayholidayManoj On August10, the family reportedfromthe famous tem- Soni had plannedfor his family from Indorevisited the famous pletownand investigatethe an- in August2017, and visiting Saibaba temple. “While the chil- gleofhuman trafficking. Shirdi wasnot apartofthat. But dren were enjoying the rides at a On October 29, taking note of then, the dateonthe train tick- fair,mywifewanted to take a aplea by Soni that he had run etshebooked from Ahmedabad look at the shops nearby. Ifelt from pillar to postfor three years to Vaishnodevi wasJuly9,in- she should go without the kids and found the police “leastcoop- stead of amonth later. From the familyalbum: Manoj Soni and his wife. Deepti, a or theywould demand alot of erative”, the Benchexpressed “I realisedthis on August9af- nursing assistant, went missing from Shirdi on Aug10, 2017 things,” said Soni. dissatisfaction over the action of terwehad visited Somnath, His wifeDeepti (38), wearing CONTINUEDONPAGE2 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER23,2020

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Azad says it will notdothat.” curity guardand her mother postthe eventsofAugust5last “Wewould have gone the worked in adoctor’s clinic. She year have leftpeople nearly or- He said the pandemic has whole hog and said do it tomor- States with fewer cases see Covid spurt has twoother sisters. But the phaned," he says. “derailed” attemptstoreform rowonly…but Iamnot sure loss has been mine morethan the organisation but argued“as howlong Covid is going to con- Accordingly,the Health September 19,and has come detecting an averageofabout weeks. theirs,” he said. and when we have aclear win- tinue.” Ministryhas sent teams to down to about 4.4 lakh now. 650 cases everyday forthe last Whilethis is the firstmajor The children, Soni says,have TBM stuck dow”, the leadership should When pointed out that the Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and But twoofthe lastthree days twoweeks. Beforethis month, spurtincases in Himachal matured beyond their years. point. One arm of 2.2 km from push reforms to strengthen the BJP topleadership has been car- Himachal Pradesh. Afew days has seen asmall rise in active it had neverreportedmore Pradesh, states suchasGujarat, “My son and daughter nowsug- PowaitoVeravali has been com- party. rying out party activities even in ago, similar teams were sent to cases, thankstothe surge that than 460 cases in aday. Rajasthan and Madhya gest ways to find their mother. pletedand commissioned. “The defeat in Bihar and the the midstofthe pandemic, he Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana is being seen in some of the On Saturday, the state Pradesh areexperiencing a At their age, it is particularly The TBM had got stucklast by-elections is amatter of great said, “Theyhavespecial aircraft. and Chhattisgarhaswell. states. found as manyas915 fresh second waveofinfections. hardtobewithout the mother. Augustduring tunneling forthe concern forthe party.And for That luxurywedon’t have.” Nationally, coronavirus The biggestrise in active cases. These states were among the Theybreak down sometimes other 4.4-km stretch–from this, Idon’t blame the national Asked about Congress pres- cases aregrowing at adailyrate cases in the lasttwo weekshas The active cases in the state highestcontributors afew when theymiss her toomuch.” PowaitoGhatkopar –after leadership. We will notimprove ident Sonia Gandhi and son of 0.45 per cent. Amongstthe come in Rajasthan –anin- have morethan doubled, from months ago, and also figured drilling about 1.2kmand 90 m our position in anystate unless Rahul’s Goa trip, he said, “Going tenstateswith maximum crease of morethan 5,600-- about 3,000 to over 7,000, in the topfivestateswith max- deep. The tunnel wasflooded we have the block-level, district- to Goa is notforbidden. Goa is a caseloads, onlythree –Delhi, followedbyHaryana, MP and since the startofthis month. imum caseloads. J&K poll fray with aslush of soil and rainwa- leveland PCC-levelelections, partofIndia... If the leader is go- Kerala and West Bengal -- are Himachal. In fact, on Saturday, Haryana also reportedits Part of the reason forthe journalistfor 14 years, working ter. The soil strata at the location whichhas been our demand ing forthree-four days holiday, currentlygrowing faster than Rajasthan reportedmorethan highesteversingle-dayrise surge in these states could be largely fortelevision media. is softasagainstthe required from Day1.Bydemanding this, the worlddoes notstop... If we the national rate.Onthe other 3,000 newcases in aday for this Friday, detecting over attributed to lowadherence of Forhim, this election is rockypatchand extricating the we arestrengthening the hands have the elected system at every hand, 14 of the next 20 states the firsttime, and on Sunday, 3,000 cases forthe firsttime. physical distancing norms dur- about the largerquestions sur- machine has proved to be an of the leadership and the party,” levelinplace… then it is notim- have growth ratesfasterthan even higher number of cases, Herealso, the active cases have ing the festival season, espe- rounding J&K’s politics as well impossible task so far, officials he said. portant howmuchtime the top the national growth. 3,260, were reportedfromthe almostdoubledinthe lastone ciallysince it came afterapro- as the issue of governance. said. Azad's commentscome af- leadership spends in the states Active cases in the country state. month. In fact, Haryana has longed phase of relative “DDCs aregoing to be awhole Explaining the problem, terhis party colleague Kapil or in office or outside.” have been falling steadilyfor Similarly,Himachal been among the five states stability,whichcould have newsystemofgovernance in chief engineer of the BMC wa- Sibal said that the Congress’s Earlier in the day, former the lasttwo months. It had Pradesh, whose total caseload with the highestcontribution givenrise to complacency J&K and would have akey role tersupplyproject department, poor showing in the recent Union ministerSalman peaked at 10.17lakh on is less than 35,000,has been of newcases in the lasttwo amongstthe public. in futurepolicy formation. That Shirish Uchgaonkar,said that Bihar elections and bypolls un- Khurshid said therewas no said, we do notwant this space the soil strata at the location is derlinedthat people no longer leadership crisis in the party and to be takenawaybythe BJP or different when compared to sawthe party as an “effective al- an all-round supportfor Sonia Tunnel used by 4Jaish men killed in Nagrota found itsproxies and we will do our other parts of the city.“The por- ternative”and that the leader- Gandhi and Rahul was“appar- best to counter their divisive tion whereTBM wasdrilling soil ship wasnot addressing the ent to anyone who is notblind”. engineering work”, with its tries to denyits role in terror telephones, wireless sets,eata- Police have recovered11AK agenda,” he said. strata is pyroclastic ash, it is very party's problems. Claiming that therewere opening on the Indian side re- activities in J&K, stands ex- bles and even the clothes had assault rifles, 24 magazines DR ANEESAGULL (BJP), loose in nature. Thereare cavi- Azad hit out at the “five-star enough forums in the Congress inforcedwith sand bags with posed. Right from the time the Paskistani markings on them. and 7.5kgofRDX along with CHADOORA ties near the TBM and during culture” in the party during forairing views,Khurshid told Pakistani markings, and care- four slain Jaish-e-Mohammad Now, the cement bags usedin 20 mofIED wireand six deto- Adoctorateinsociology,Gull the rains lastyear,the tunnel elections. PTI, “The leadership listens to fullyconcealedbehind thick militantsinfiltrated intoJ&K to the tunnel toohavePakistani nators. comes from the backward wasflooded. The TBM is now “During elections, the gen- me, Iamgiven an opportunity, bushes and coveredwith soil. their killing in an encounter at markings. Cement bags with Recoveries include one Chopan community of Central surroundedbyslush. It is adiffi- eral tendency these days... they(those criticising in the me- On the other side of the Ban Toll Plaza, all the available similar Pakistani markings Under BarrelGrenade Kashmir.Asenior leader of the cult terrain to work at and this whichisnot justinCongress but dia) aregiven an opportunity, tunnel's location arethree technical evidence strongly were found in another tunnel Launcher,29grenades, five ri- BJP’s OBC MorchainKashmir is the firsttime we have come in BJP also... but the BJP has an wheredoes this thing come Pakistanborder outposts,he pointstowards Pakistan,’’ DGP that wasdetected in the fle grenades, three pistols with and an executive member of its across suchaproblem while advantagethat theyhaveother from... that the leadership is not said. Singhsaid. Bengalad area of Samba sector six magazines, awireless set Mahila Morcha, Gull startedher constructing awater supply grass root outfitswhichare so listening?” “Pakistan, whichalways “All the gadgets, medicines, sometime back,’’ he said. and aGPS. political career with the tunnel. Suchsoil with pyroclas- muchentrenchedinthe villages Asked about some leaders Congress before switching sides tic ash has notbeen found any- and small cities and towns... so calling forafull-time president, to BJP in 2014.Her father whereelse in the city,” he said, theycan allowthis luxuryof Khurshid said theyshould come Ghulam Mohammad Chopan adding that the soil strata in coming backbyhelicopterto forwardand talk about it inside able to face imprisonment of people’s right to freedom of ex- as officials alertedIPL teams on sons were reportedmissing wasthe BJP candidatefor the Mumbai is usuallyofabasalt the capital city and stay the the party.“See our leader and three years or afine of Rs 10,000 pression. The Chief Minister booking charteredflightsinad- from Shirdi in one year.Inal- 2014 Assemblypolls while her rock type. night. But since we do nothave sayyou don’t look good without or both. wantstosilence notonlynew vance and gave hoteloptions at mostall the cases, the Bench sister-in-lawisaBJP sarpanch. The TBM’s diameterisabout that kind of party structureat alabel. The leader will take a While the government has media but also the main- adiscounted rate. said, the missing persons had "My aim is to upliftthe people 2.8 mand itslength is less than the grass-rootlevel, block-level call,” Khurshid said. claimedthat the amendment stream," he said. Mostteams had over 40 come to the temple. of my community," she says. 50 m. In the lastone year,the and district-levellikethe re- aims to checkmisuse of social In 2015,the Supreme Court members in their squads, with “When relativesofpoor per- ULFAT MUSHTAQ civic body has approachedsev- gional parties or the BJP... we media targeting individuals, the in itslandmarkjudgement on Mumbai Indians emerging as sons go missing, theyare help- (PEOPLE’S CONFERENCE) eral TBMexperts in the country should, instead of getting Unease in CPM Opposition said it is “against the Section 66Aofthe IT Acthad the largest contingent with over less. Mostofthem do notap- RAMHAL as well as across the world, in- temptedtocome backtothe LDF in Kerala, is upset, too. A freedom of press” and “infringes struckdownasimilar provision 150members, including atailor, proachpolice and very rarely The 29-year-old advocate cluding those in Germany, seek- statecapital by helicopterand party leader said Vijayanshould upon the fundamental right to of the Kerala Police Actfor be- amake-up artistand ahair- suchpoor persons can come up from NorthKashmir,who is ing help forremovalofthe ma- stay in ahotel and wasting pro- have takenthe allyintoconfi- freedom of speechand expres- ing violative of the right to free- dresser.“In case we had any to this court,” the Benchhad ob- fighting her debut election, is chine, but in vain. ductive hours.... Congress lead- dence and that the issue will be sion enshrinedinthe dom of speechand expression Covid cases, the boardhad served. standing from the reserved seat The BMC has also formedan ers, whether theyare general takenupinthe next alliance Constitution”. and forits vagueness. blocked200 rooms separately Soni marriedDeepti, anurs- of Ramhal in Kupwara. Alawyer, expertcommittee under the secretaries, secretaries, PCC meeting. In astatement, Vijayansaid: so that patientscan be quaran- ing assistant, on February27, she says that while fighting for chairmanship of aprofessor presidentsorother star cam- CPI general secretaryDRaja “In the name of the freedom of tinedand onlyjoin once they 2009. “It wasanarranged mar- people’s rightslegally, she re- from IIT-Mumbai to decide on paigners...should stay at the dis- told The Indian Express said his press, individual freedom can- BCCI’s IPL card have fullyrecovered,” Dhumal riagebut no less than alove alisedthat she could contribute the further course of action. trict and taluka level.” party wasopposedtogovern- notbeviolated.Similarly,inthe matches in Serbia and Croatia. said. marriage. We understood each further by becoming partofthe BMC officials and members of Calling the party's situation mentstaking the ordinance name of individual freedom, the Recalling aconversation The firstsetbackcame afew other so well. She wasmild- legislative process. “As alawyer, the expertcommittee areset to “notgood” and that “making it routeonsuchmatters. freedom of the press cannotbe with BCCI secretaryJay Shah, days afterthe teams reached mannered and Iloved her one comes in contact with alot meetnextweek. good is in our hands”, he said “The Chief Ministerhas violated.The government is Dhumal said: “Afterthat report Dubai, when Chennai Super dearly,” he said. of people who areincapable of Speaking to The Indian Congressmen have lostthe con- come out with aclarification duty bound to protect both. It is (about Djokovic testing posi- Kings sawadozen members Over the lastthree years, fighting forthemselves. This Express, Additional Municipal nection on the ground "because saying all objections and appre- in this contextthat even at the tive)came in, we were in two test positive,including two Soni says he has been to Pune election givesmethe opportu- Commissioner (Projects) P we don’t have the elected bod- hensions and constructive crit- international levelmeasures are minds. Manypeople told us to players. “When we heardthe afterastranger said he may nity to do so on their behalf." Velrasu said, “The TBM requires ies... (which) have to be compul- icism will be takenintoconsid- being put in place againstthe in- notgoahead with it (IPL). What news,wetriedtounderstand have spotted his wifeatthe rail- NASIR LONE (NC), SOGAM basalt rock forboring. Here, sorilyintouchwith the people.” eration.Soour party hopesthat fringement of personal dignity. if somethinghappens to a whether it is asymptomatic or waystation, scannedhours of The 33-year-old represents since the soil strata is loose in Azad said those who are the LDF government will con- The amendment in the Kerala player? The IPL would go on for serious. We were told all are CCTVfootage with the help of the young political leadership nature, we have to leave that speaking out should notbe sider the public opinion and our Police Actare onlythose that are almost three months. However, asymptomatic. So all went un- police, visited the red-light area within the party.His brother, particular stretchof200 m treated as rebels. party will address the issue ac- in tune with suchmeasures.’’ Jaysaid we should go ahead, he der isolation and we went by all with alumpinhis throat, come Kaiser JamsheedLone, is an ex- (wherethe TBM is stuck) and “Weare notrebels. We are cordingly at the appropriate He said that the stategov- wasmoreconfident than all of health authorities' advice. We to Kalyantwice on atip from a legislator from Lola in Kupwara then continue work further.We reformists.Rebels want to re- level. We will take up the matter ernment has been receiving us.” mustthank the UAE, which tantrik,and even alertedShirdi district. “The bureaucracy is not areworking on methodology to move aperson who is in aposi- at the appropriatelevel,” Raja complaints, includingbypromi- Dhumal said: “The Board stood with us everymoment,” police about agroup from heeding to the people. Theyare remove the machine. These tion and gethim replacedwith said. nent public figures, of targeted managed to cut nearly 35 per Dhumal said. Kopargaon known forkidnap- notaccessible and it is impor- things happen when we don't himself. Reformists arethose Meanwhile, Leader of attacks and misuse of social me- cent of the costascompared to ping people. tant to fill that void." Apro-elec- understand soil strata perfectly. who arenot bothered about Opposition in the Kerala dia, especiallybysome online the lastIPL. We earnedRs4,000 But he wasonlymet with tion voice within the party,Lone The soil is expected to be better leadership. He is one who wants Assembly, Congress's Ramesh channels “in the guise of jour- croreduring the pandemictime. Shirdi disappointment. says that “while the fight is big- in the rest of the stretchtowards to strengthen the system. We Chennithala, accusedthe gov- nalism”. Our TV viewership went about the Shirdi Police that had, it felt, Soni takesapause before ger, democratic institutions can- Ghatkopar.” arefor strengthening the sys- ernment of “trying to silence Pointing specificallytoat- 25 per cent higher,wegot the failedtoexamine the disappear- speaking about the insinuation notbeleftvacant”. The project wassupposedto temwhichneeds reforms. And those who criticise them”. BJP tacksonsocial media facedby highest-everopening game ances through the human traf- that Deepti mayhavehad an ex- ABDUL GANI BHAT(NC), be completedin2016. However, these reforms areembeddedin statepresident KSurendran said women and the transgender (Mumbai Indians versus ficking angle. tramarital affair and leftofher NAIDKHAI twoextensions have been our party constitution.” the amendment wasaimedat community,Vijayan said they Chennai Super Kings) viewer- “Moreimportantly”, the ownaccord. “I have examined Aveteran member of the NC awardedtothe contractor to fin- Saying “nothing will “silencing all political protest”. have resulted in “heartwrench- ship. Those who doubted us courtsaid, the stateDGP should that angle, too. Ithought if peo- cadre, the 70-year-old says he ish the work since. BMC officials change... by changing the lead- Senior Congress MP and for- ing tragedies” and involve “per- came and thanked us forhost- “unravel the mysteryofthe ple, including some police offi- has been associated with the said that the project has seen ership at the national level", mer Union Home MinisterP sonal vendetta” with “monetary ing the IPL. Had this IPL nothap- missing persons vis-a-vis ahu- cers, saythat it is possible I party since Sheikh Abdullah's costescalations. In 2016,while Azad said,"Theperceptible Chidambaram tweetedthat he interests”. “The Government pened, cricketers would have man trafficking /organ traffick- should find out more. Ihavein- times. Despitepastinstances of the project wasgranted exten- changewill take place onlyifwe was“shockedbythe law”. He will certainlyconsider all cre- lostone year.” ing racket”. quired with people we know sarpanches and other public sion, the costhad gone up to Rs bring the system in order at the wanted to knowhow CPM gen- ative opinions and suggestions According to other BCCI of- According to datasubmitted but have found nothing to sug- representativesbeing targeted 263 crore. state-, district- and booth-level... eral secretarySitaram Yechury that arebeing aired with regard ficials, the boardreceivedtwo by police, 279persons were re- gest that. Even if Ihad the slight- by militants, he says he is not So far, the BMC has success- This system wasderailedafter would defend the “atrocious” to this amendment,” he said. formal invitations to hostthe IPL portedmissing from Shirdi be- estdoubt, would Icontinue afraid of stepping out because fullyconstructed watersupply RajivGandhi’sdeath. In be- decision. Chennithala said: “The new -- from the UAEand Sri Lankan tween 2017 and October 27, looking forher?” “it is the people of this area who tunnels spanning morethan 80 tween thereweretwo other Vijayanclaimedsuch“ap- section is aimedatsilencing the boards. The boarddecidedtogo 2020, of whom 67 still remain While Soni is mostlyaway have forced me to contest. As km in abid to improvethe city’s presidentsalso. AfterRajiv prehensions” as “unfounded”. media. TheCPM andits govern- with the UAEsince it had hosted untraced, including married searching forDeepti, or taking long as Iamamong them, Ihave network. In Mumbai, 18 TBMs Gandhi’s death, this whole sys- The Kerala Police said that be- ment want to silence those who the IPL earlier,and teams could and unmarriedwomen. up driving jobs forafew days in nothing to fear.” arecurrentlybeing usedfor var- temcollapsed,” he said. fore taking further action under criticise them. The government travel by bus to reachthe sta- Referring to Soni, the court Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra ABID KHAN (BJP), DEVSAR ious infrastructureprojectssuch Asked whether the leader- the amendment, aStandard wantstogag the press, whichis dium, whichcostless. noted: “It is morethan three or even Uttarakhand, their chil- District president of the BJP as Metro3(Colaba-Bandra- ship is in anymood to listen, he Operating Procedure(SOP) will exposing corruption and nepo- Subsequently, an official years that his various attempts dren -- a10-year-old boyand an forKulgam, Abid Khan worked Seepz). said, “It is nottrue that the lead- be prepared in consultation tism in governance. The CPM is said, the details were firmedup to trace out his wifehavebeen eight-year-old girl--are looked as acontractual lecturer before India's biggestTBM had ar- ership is notlistening. We had with legal experts to ensurethat sending the messagethat any- through over 40 conference rendered futile. He is aresident afterbytheir grandmother. joining politics. The 34-year-old rivedinthe city in April forthe made five demands –afull-time the ordinance is notmisusedin one who dares to speak against calls that “lastedfor endless of Indoreand despitethe dis- “I have no other help. My Kulgam resident, who started coastalroad project. About 12.19 president and election should anymanner. the government will be sent to hours”. Therewerevirtual tance, he is tenaciouslytrying to mother is 85 and Icannotexpect his political career in 2010 as a mwide, this TBM will drill 3.4- be immediatelyheld forthat On Friday, Governor Arif jail.” meetings, too, on ensuring play- find his wifeeventoday.” her to do much. Itakeupjobs member of the CPI(M), joined km twin tunnels under Malabar and an elected (Congress) Mohammad Khan approved the He said the Chief Minister ers' safety, and tying up with According to senior police wherepeople needadriverfor a the BJP in 2014.AMaster’s in Hill and Girgaon Chowpatty. Working Committee. Both have Kerala Police (Amendment) “has brought aharsh and dra- tech companyRestratafor abio- officers, the matter is “being in- fewdays and makewhat Ican Physics, Khan is also apanch The project will commence by been agreedupon. Even Rahul Ordinance, 2020 that incorpo- conian rule againstfreedom of securebubble. The BCCI sent its vestigated from everyangle”. to supportmyfamily. My in- from Bonigam villageof the end of December. Gandhi and Mrs Gandhi wanted ratesanew Section, 118(A), in expression’’. keystaff to Dubai in advance “The courtwill be appraisedof come has reduced, things be- Kulgam. Across the world, too, it is it to be held in October only. But the Kerala Police Act. BJP statechief Surendran who took the “extraprecaution” the progress made in tracing the come difficult sometimes but IRFAN PANDITPURI rare foraTBM to getstuck. In because of Covid, it wasnot pos- Accordingly,any person who said the newsection is “meant of boarding onlyflightswith 20 persons reportedmissing from howcan Istoplooking formy (PEOPLE'S CONFERENCE), 2013,the world's then biggest sible... The real strengthening of creates or sends anyinforma- to silence political protest per cent occupancy,anofficial Shirdi,” an officer said. wife?” Soni said. QAZIABAD TBM, 'Bertha', whichwas the party will come when elec- tion that is offensive or is in- against the government”. “It said. It's notthe firsttime that the And yet, he does notlose Abusinessman, the 47-year- drilling forahighway project, tions will be held forblock, dis- tendedtooffend or threaten an- shows thereisanundeclared Meanwhile, aStandard courthas takennoteofthe heart. “Her familymembers are old, who is contesting his debut wasstuckunder Seattle city in trict and statecommittees… the other person, through any Emergency in Kerala. The new Operating Procedure(SOP) was problem. On November 22, helpless, too. Her parentsare election, says,"Iamcompelled the US afteratechnical snag. It leadership has notsaid that they means of communication, is li- act is an encroachment into worked out with experts,even 2019,itobserved that 88 per- poor.Her father worked as ase- to contestbecause the silence wasremovedafter four years. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER23,2020 3 THE CITY BhartiSingh,husbandinjudicialcustodytillDec4 Willwin over

of custodial interrogation as the coveredabag with 65 gram of 114 seatsin2022 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The NCBtold the court alleged substance recoveredis ganja. Later,another search was MUMBAI,NOVEMBER22 lesser than the ‘small quantity’ carriedoutathisresidence,Oberoi that the twohave as prescribed under the Narcotic Springs in Andheri, from where AMUMBAI courtonSundaysent confessedto Drugs and Psychotropic another bag consisting 21.5 gram BMC elections, comedian Bharti Singh and hus- consuming ganja Substances (NDPS) Act. of cannabisandunaccountedcash band Harsh Limbachiyaa, who Khan said, “The drugs seized of Rs 1.49 lakh were seized. have been arrested by the fromthemareverysmallinquan- NCBofficials said theyhad re- Narcotics Control Bureau(NCB) early on Sunday. tity... The agency has alleged that centlyarresteda21-year-oldman says Fadnavis following seizureofganja from While Limbachiyaa in his theyhaveconfessedtoconsum- from Khar Danda area, who was their house, in judicial custody statement disclosedthat he pur- ing,sowhydotheyneedtheircus- allegedly involvedindrugtraffick- till December 4. The courtwill chasedganja from one peddler. tody?” The magistrateaccepted ing. During his interrogation, hear their bail pleas on Monday. He addedthat he would keep the argumentsand notedthat names of Singh and Limbachiyaa EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The NCBtold the Esplanade one bag of the contraband at his custodialinterrogationwasnot re- had come up, afterwhichraids MUMBAI,NOVEMBER22 courtthat the twohavecon- office and another at his house quired and that the accusedhave were carriedout at their resi- fessedtoconsuming ganja. forconsumption. TheNCBsought alreadybeenquestionedforacon- dence, said an NCBofficial. AS THE Maha Vikas Aghadi gov- Singh is said to have told officers Limbachiyaa’s custody forques- siderable time on Saturday. The twohavebeen booked ernment completesone year in that she would smokeweedpro- tioning but did notseek Singh’s NCBofficials said that follow- under sections 20(b)(ii)(A) (in- poweronNovember 28, cured by her husband. custodyandtoldthecourtthatshe ingatip-off,theirteamcarriedout volvessmallquantityof drugs)and Opposition BJP is concentrating According to the police, Comedian Bharti Singh and her husband Harsh Limbachiyaa maybesent to judicial custody. asearch operation at the produc- 8(c) (possession of drugs) and 27 on ‘Mission Mumbai 2022’, with Bharti wasarrestedonSaturday at acourtinMumbai on Sunday. PTI Defence lawyer Ayaz Khan tionhouseof Limbachiyaalocated (consumption of drugs) of the an aim to install aBJP mayoraf- while Limbachiyaa wasarrested arguedthat thereisnoquestion in Versova on Saturday. Theyre- NDPS Act. — WITHPTIINPUTS terthe BMC polls. The party,whichplans to contestthe BMC polls alone in BJP’s politics is centered Accused flees 2022, is currentlyworking on its on development. team forthe elections. While Mumbaikars know what three-term MLAfromKandivali, the BJP government had after constable Atul Bhatkhalkar,has been ap- pointed the poll in charge forthe done for the city and its receives elections, Mangal Prabhat Lodha 1.25 crore people in a has been retainedasthe city BJP short span of five years. electric shock president. People will have to But the campaign will be led choose between at his house by former chief ministerand development, which Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, DevendraFadnavis. BJP will deliver, and EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE “The party has setatargettoget Sena’s corruption” MUMBAI,NOVEMBER22 absolute majority on itsown. We DEVENDRA FADNAVIS will contestalone. We will win LEADER OF OPPOSITION, STATE OFFICERS OF the Trombaypolice morethan 114seats(the half- who had gone to CheetahCamp waymark),” said Fadnavis. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY on Fridaytoarresta27-year-old “Mumbai will getits firstBJP man wanted in severalcrimes, mayorin2022,” addedBJP pres- frastructureprojectsworth Rs 1 returnedempty handedafter identChandrakant Patil. lakh crore, whichwereinitiated one of the constables receivedan Partyleaders said that during the Fadnavis regime for electric shockwhen theytriedto notwithstanding the optimism, Mumbai, will be projected enter his house. the city unit is awarethat Shiv among the people. These would The police said the accused, Sena, along with Congress and include Metro, Mumbai trans Abdul Kareem alias Dubai NCP, cannotbetaken forgranted. harbour link and coastalroad Akram, is wanted in severalse- In 2017,when the twopar- projects. “Also, reforms under- rious offenses, including assault, ties fought the polls separately, takeninthe real estate sector to robberyand theft. “Wehave Sena had won86seatsand BJP checkinflated prices and corrup- been trying to trace him fora 82 in the 227-member BMC. “In tion through RERA,aswell as while. Afterwegot an input that the lastelections, we handed providing affordable houses for he has come backtohis house at over the BMC to ShivSena on a middle and lowermiddle BblockinCheetahCamp, our platter following directives classes, would be highlighted,” team went to his house to get from then party president Amit the leader added. hold of him,” said Senior Police Shah,” said Patil. Fadnavis said, “BJP’s politics Inspector Siddheshwar Gove of The party is nowworking on a is centered on development. Trombaypolice station. two-prongedstrategy —tomake Mumbaikars knowwhat the BJP The police said that the ac- inroads intothe Marathi vote- government had done forthe cusedsomehowmanaged to get bank of the Sena and the consol- city and its1.25 crorepeople in a the information and passedon idation of NorthIndian and shortspan of five years. People the source of electricity to the Gujarati votes, said BJP leaders. will have to choose between de- iron door of his house. PartyMLAslikeManoj Kotak, velopment, whichBJP will de- “As soon as our constable Sunil Rane and Yogesh Sagar as liver, and Sena’s corruption.” triedtoenter the house, he re- WORK IN PROGRESS well as Leader of Opposition in “The BJP,with 17 MLAs of the ceivedelectric shocks and the the stateLegislative Council, 36 MLAs in Mumbai, has an up- history-sheetermanaged to fled Work is underwaytoinstall iron beams on the Patripul rail overbridgeinKalyan. With amegablockannouncedonSaturdayand Sunday, 90 per cent of the Pravin Darekar,will also work on per edge.Itwill work to uproot by creating ahole on the roof,” work has been completed. The remaining work will be takenuponMondaynight. Deepak Joshi the polls. Sena from BMC,” said Bandra said Gove. Aparty insider said that in- MLAAshishShelar. The constable wasrushedto Shatabdi hospital and waslater dischargedthe same evening. Man poses as NIA officer on matrimonial website, held Five college students held for

TVACTORDIESDUE “However, thesethingsraised Technology Act. coveredfakeidentity cards, du- beating man, leading to death TOKIDNEYAILMENT SAGARRAJPUT suspicion in her mind and she During the course of investi- plicaterubber stamps of several MUMBAI,NOVEMBER22 wrotetothe NIA inquiring gation, the police located Sapkal commissionerateand sub-divi- accusedhad passedcomments Mumbai:TVactorLeenaAcharya, Harshad whether this man wasemployed in Nashik.“His phone was sion offices and NIA uniforms EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE againsther... she went and who featured on shows like Class A25-YEAR-OLD man has been Sapkal was withtheagency.Shealsoattached switchedoff forafew days,due from Sapkal’sresidence. MUMBAI,NOVEMBER22 complainedtoManas More,” of 2020 and Seth Ji,passedaway arrested forposing as aNational arrested thephotographshehadsentof his to whichwecould nottrace him. The police learnt that said an officer. following akidneyailment, said Intelligence Agency (NIA) officer from Nashik identity cardand uniform,” said However, on Wednesdaynight, Sapkal’s had been arrested previ- FIVE COLLEGE studentswerear- Following this, Morecalled actorRohan Mehraa. She wasin afterthe woman he waswooing SeniorInspectorRajendraMohite we learnt that he is in Nashik.A ouslyfor duping aman of Rs 9 rested on Sundaybythe Vakola his four friends and confronted her late30s. Mehraa, who co- wrotetothe agency seeking in- of Gamdevi police station. team wassent to his location,” lakh in Nashik on the pretextof police forallegedly beating a Joshi near DattaMandir in starredwith Acharya in Classof formation about him. technology,while posing as a “The NIA went through its said Mohite. getting him arole in amovie. man, leading to his death. Vakola. Aheated argument en- 2020,said the actor breathedher The Gamdevi police arrested NIA officer,sent the woman a records and found no officer was “However, aftersometime, Recently, he wasarrestedalong The police said that the de- sued, resulting in afight with lastinDelhi on Saturday. Harshad Sapkal from Nashik on marriageproposal on amatri- employedwith it by that name. his location suggestedthat he with awoman forposing as po- ceased, identifiedasMayur Moreand his friends beating ActorAyush Anand, who Thursday forallegedly posing as monial websiteinthe firstweek Theyrepliedtothe email, inform- wasinMumbai... but we asked lice officers and fining people in Giridhar Joshi (28), would often Joshi with batons. Joshi was worked with Acharya on Perfect aNIA officer and trying to de- of September.The woman re- ing the woman of this, and fileda the team in Nashik to stay put. As Pune fornot wearing masks. followand harass a19-year-old rushedtothe hospital, where Pati,saidthe actor nevermen- frauda21-year-old woman from sponded, following whichthe policecomplaint,” said an officer. soon as he returnedtohis resi- “Another case of rape is reg- woman, due to whichthe five he succumbed to the injuries tionedabout her kidneyailment. south Mumbai. He wasarrested twostarted chatting and ex- Following this, acase was dence on Thursday, he was isteredagainsthim in Nashik. collegestudentsconfronted on Sunday. “Itwasonlyyesterday whenIhad afterNIA officers approached changed cellphone numbers. registeredonchargesofcheat- caught and brought to the police Also, he is wanted in acheating him, leading to his death on Acase of murder and rioting awordwith her brother Igot to Gamdevi police and filedacom- To gain her trust, Sapkal also ing by impersonation, imper- station forinquiry,”headded. case in Jalna,” said Mohite. Thursdaynight. has been registered. “The five ac- knowthatshewassufferingfrom plaint on November 13. sent the woman photographs of sonating apublic servant, cheat- Sapkal confessedtothe crime Sapkal wasproducedin The police identifiedone of cusedhavebeen arrested and kidneyissues since the pastfew The police said that Sapkal, a his identity cardand picturesin ingand forgeryunder the Indian immediately, said the officer. court, whichremandedhim to the accusedasManas More further investigation is on,” said years,” Anand said. PTI diploma holder in information NIA uniform, said police. Penal Code and the Information The police said theyhavere- police custody till November 24. (19), the woman’s friend. “The the officer. Will be big national service if PM tells BJP leaders not to play To spread Covid awareness among sex workers, politics over pandemic: Raut activists use strategies learnt to counter HIV Covid-19andtheshrinkingecon- tion, the precautions that need twodecades has nowhelpedin “For preventing HIV/STIs, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE omy? Corona has attackedDelhi. SADAFMODAK to be taken. Though HIV and the outreachfor Covid-19. women sexworkers were edu- MUMBAI,NOVEMBER22 President and Prime Minister MUMBAI,NOVEMBER22 Covid-19are starklydifferent, we During the lockdown, many cated on safesex practices, con- 17.80 lakh (Narendra) Modi live in Delhi. have adoptedmanyofthe same sexworkers were leftwith no dom use and regular screening. It TOTALCOVIDCASESIN ACCUSINGTHE BJP of politicis- People aredying in front of their FOROVER 15 years, 42-year-old methods of reaching out to the means of earning. With easing is always achallengetochange MAHARASHTRA ing Chhath Puja and reopening eyes. It would be abig national Devtahas conducted commu- community,” Devtasaid. of restrictions and some with behaviour and is notpossible of places of worship amid the service if the PM tells his party nity outreachprogrammes to This includedgoing to the supportfromNGOs, manyman- overnight, but consistent behav- Active Cases 81,512 Covid-19pandemic,ShivSena leadersnottoplaypoliticsoverthe createawareness among com- community members and ask- aged to shifttootherjobs, in- iour changehaveshown results NewCases 5,753 MP and party chief spokesper- Covid-19pandemicinone of his mercial sexworkers on HIV and ing them about the viruses and cluding selling vegetables or and the number of cases have TotalDeaths 46,623 son SanjayRautsaid on Sunday SanjayRaut addresses to the nation.” AIDS. Since the Covid-19pan- providing information about the working as domestic helps. gone down. Social conditions, that it would be abig national Further criticising the Delhi demic, these sessions have in- steps theyneedtotaketopre- Others continuedwith their stigma and vulnerability initially NewDeaths 50 service if Prime Minister government’s “overconfidence”, corporated learnings of the last vent getting infected. work,evenhaving shiftedtoof- made it difficult forthem to Quarantined5.20L Raut said the spikein NarendraModi, in his address to Raut claimedthat the spikein twodecades with the current “For instance, ‘testing posi- fering audio and video services. changetheir behaviour.This Tested 1.02 crore the nation, told his party leaders Covid-19cases in Delhi Covid-19casesinthenationalcap- uncertainties brought by the tive’has become common parl- Those working in the field time, the sessions were on main- nottoplaypolitics in suchcir- is due to the early italisdueto theearly easingof re- virus of adifferent kind. ance with Covid-19. The stigma said that due to misinformation taining hygiene and wearing cumstances. strictions. “Markets, shops and With social distancing not associated with this wasmuch and the natureofthe work, masks,” said Seema Sayyed, 2,75,714 Raut, in his weeklycolumn easing of restrictions places of worship will be closed possible due to the natureof morewith HIV.BothHIV and women would initiallyspray manager with Aastha Parivaar. TOTALCOVID Rokhthok in Saamana,said that down again. The BJP leaders in their work,sex workers arebe- Covid-19havenovaccines so far. sanitisers on their entirebodies She addedthat amulti-sec- CASESINMUMBAI BJPleaders hadsoughtpermis- Maharashtrashouldthinkof why ing told to ensuretheywear a Likewith HIV,thereisacertain justtofeel safe. toralapproachinvolving sex NewCases 1,135 sion to celebrateChhath Puja at form Chhath Puja at home, he it happened. Theyare opposing mask while avoiding touching disbeliefabout Covid-19, too— Members of organisations workers, government organisa- public places in Mumbai but added. everymoveofthe MVAgovern- their eyes, mouth, nose and face that theycannotget infected.It likethe community-ledAastha tions, police, local governing TotalDeaths 10,675 howcan theyforgetthat BJP- ObservingthatBJPmighthave ment forthe sakeofit,” he said. without sanitisingtheir hands. is easy to explain when youcan Parivaar,working on HIV pre- bodies and neighbourhoods NewDeaths 19 ruledstateslikeGujarat, Haryana decidedtowrest West Bengal Taking on BJP leaders in “In 2004,when Ibegan draw similarities between the vention since 2009, said that a would help tackle both HIV and and Madhya Pradesh did notal- fromTrinamoolCongressafterre- Maharashtra, Raut said, “Those working on the outreachpro- two,” Devtasaid. major takeaway from this has Covid-19. “Outreachcould in- lowthe same. In almostall the taining powerinBihar,Rautsaid: who areassociating the fight grammes, manyhad little infor- She addedthat the bonds been that behaviour cannotbe clude mental health coun- programmes in clusters with districtsofBihar,the administra- “When will the BJP be able to againstCovid-19with Hindutva mation about the spread of HIV. theyhaveestablishedwith the changed overnight, likemaking selling, establishing peer sup- high incidence of Covid-19pos- tion had issuedorders to per- overcome real challenges suchas arethe enemies of the people”. We would speak about preven- community members fornearly everyone wear amask. portsystems, buddy itive cases,” Sayyed said. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER23,2020 4 MAHARASHTRA Uddhavsays‘weareat 797 names, faces and stories, Police Martyrs’ acrossroad’,Ajitspells Gallery opens on anniversary of 26/11 attacks

SRINATHRAO itout—‘decisionon MUMBAI,NOVEMBER22 HINTS OF the history of the MaharashtraPoliceHeadquarters in Colaba come from unlikely lockdownin10days’ places —likethe sailors knots carved intoits stone pillars. Around 150years ago, the build- inghadopenedastheRoyalAlfred EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Sailors’ Home. It served as the MUMBAI,NOVEMBER22 stateAssembly untiltheconstruc- tion of the Vidhan Sabha and as THE STATEgovernment on thepoliceHQsincethelate1980s. Sundayhinted at the possibility Now, it will house amuseum of reimposing some curbs over —partmorgue, partmemorial, the movement of people in view partviewing galleryand partcor- of the threat of asecond waveof ridor of filing cabinets filledwith Covid-19infections engulfing stories of 797police personnel the state. martyred in the line of duty. While Chief MinisterUddhav Over ayear in the making, Thackeray urgedthe people to the Martyrs’ Gallerywill offi- avoid crowding and unnecessary ciallyopen on Thursday–the travelling and hinted at some 12th anniversaryofthe 26/11 curbs being imposedifnorms UddhavThackeray addressedthe stateonsocial media on terror attacks. arenot followed, Deputy Chief Sunday. File photo:Twitter @CMOMaharashtra Chief MinisterUddhav MinisterAjit Pawarcategorically Thackeray,Home MinisterAnil said that the government was Deshmukh and the families of the keeping an eyeonthe situation said. He also urgedthe warkaris itics. Some people aresaying 26/11martyrs —IPS officers The gallery, designedtoresemble amorgue, will displaynames of 797police personnel killedonduty. Pradip Das and would reviewthe same in to celebrateKartiki Ekadashi, open everything. But will they Hemant Karkareand Ashok the next 10 days to see if alock- whichfalls on November 26, in take responsibility forit?” he Kamte; inspectors VijaySalaskar down wasrequired. asimple manner. asked in an apparent reference and Shashank Shinde; and assis- want anything that would glorify (Administration). As manyas gunnedbysuspected Khalistani had been killed. That is where “Weare at acrossroad and Maintaining that the state to Opposition BJP. tant sub-inspector Tukaram the police,” he added. 167ofthose liveswerelostin terrorists in Vikhroli in 1990; the emotions reallycame out,” have to decide wheretogo. Shall healthmachineryisfullyprepared Ajit Pawar, meanwhile, said Ombale —aswell as sub-inspec- Lambah, Sharrma and Pune- Gadchiroli in over five decades sub-inspector Sitaram he added. we go foralockdown again? It is to tackle anyeventuality,Uddhav that the decision on whether to torPrabhakar Aalam, who was basedagency Setu Advertising fi- in ambushes, encounters, land- Chaudhary, who wasmurdered Among the agency’s hardest notmyfavouritesubject. So, furthersaid:“Donotthinkthatthe again impose alockdown will be killedduring an encounter with nallysettledonaninteractive mine explosions and abductions. by amob in BhandaraonMay 1, interviews wasofLataPatar, since we areatacrossroad, we crisisisover,aswehavereopened takeninnextfew days.“It was Maoists in Gadchiroli in 1992, will museum. “Wewant to tell visi- Thestories behind the names 1973,agitating foraseparate whose husband Ashok and his have to control our movements. everything.” He addedthat very crowdedduring Diwali. The formallyinauguratethe gallery. tors about the livesofthe dead and faces recall specific mo- stateofVidarbha and constable colleagues were killedinanam- While the vaccine will come, we youngstersaregettinginfectedin situation wassimilar during the Over the lastone year,the po- police personnel. Bollywood puts mentsofexemplary, harkback RajendraDeshpande, who was bush by Maoists at Kishtapur in have to be careful right now,” the second waveofCovid-19. Ganesh festival. We aretalking lice have compiledalistofmar- the police at the bottom of the to movementsfor aseparate stabbed to death while protect- Gadchiroli in November 23, 1993, Uddhavsaid while addressing The CM said that thereisstill to the concerneddepartments tyred personnel beginning 1960. ladder. Sab kuchhone ke baad aa Vidarbha and Khalistan, the ing acook from athief in Satara while cycling from villagetovil- the statethrough social media. uncertainty regarding the avail- about Covid-19testing and the The galleryexhibitsnames and jaatehain. Veryfewpeople know anger directed at the Sikh com- on March 21,1987. lageaspartofthe district admin- “Some people aresuggesting ability of the vaccine and howit number of cases. We will review pictures whereavailable, of po- about the conditions in which munity afterformer Prime It fell to Setu Advertising to istration’s awareness campaign. that Iimpose anight curfew.Still, should be administeredtopeo- the situation forthe next eight to lice martyrs until 2019.Itispart theylive,” Sharrma said. MinisterIndiraGandhi wasas- pick 17 stories from 797assub- “The firsttime she went to Ifeel that thereisnoneedfor law ple. “So, the onlyoption is to 10 days and then adecision will of the extensive conservation “Wedid ademo of the gallery sassinated,and above all, every jectsofshortfilms. Six of these the place whereher husband foreverything. We mustfulfill wear amask,wash hands and be takenonthe lockdown,” he and restoration work under- recentlywhen we had invited daystories of apoliceman or films focus on the police’s con- shotwas when we filmedher in- our responsibility.Wedidn’t im- maintain social distancing.” told mediapersons. takenbyarchitect Abha Narain families of the some martyrs. woman coming to the rescue of tinuing warwith Maoists in terview. She wasshivering and pose aban but youdidn’t burst Uddhav, while thanking peo- States likeGujarat and Lambah and firstconceptualised The waytheyput their hands of ordinarycitizens. Gadchiroli. “DGP Jaiswal wanted crying throughout,” Khairesaid. firecrackers during Diwali on my ple fortheir cooperation, also ex- Madhya Pradesh have imposed by former statedirector general the names of their familymem- Therewas constable Pradeep to showthe real pictureofpolic- The shortfilms will playon appeal,” he added. presseddispleasureoverasec- night curfew in some cities in of police DattaPadsalgikar. bers told us that we had done Nimbakar,who rescuedtwo per- ing without dramatising it. He three TV screens in three lan- “Wehavetotakeprecautions tion notfollowing norms. “While viewofthe rising cases. Last Vickramh Sharrma, aPune- our job right,” he added. sons from drowning in Kurla asked us to focus on the incident guages while sombremusic post-Diwali as therewas crowd- manypeople arewearing masks, week,the Maharashtragovern- basedtechnologyconsultant The stories have been cate- during the July26, 2005 deluge, and howitaffected the martyr’s plays on in the background in the ing during the festival... The in- manyare moving around with- ment had said that it wasconsid- who wasropedintoworkonthe gorisedbydecades and the cir- but drownedwhile trying to familyand colleagues,” said corridor designedtoresemble a crease in crowding does not out wearing masksand crowd- ering the option of curtailing or project, said that the initial brief cumstances in whichlives were save athirdperson; constable Nikhil KhaireofSetuAdvertising. morgue. The finestwords mean that the crisis is over.There ing at places. Though we have discontinuing flightsand train from current DGP Subodh Kumar lost—battling Maoists,terror Arjun Nerkar,who waskilledby Khaireand his colleagues in- printed in the gallerybelong to is another waveinDelhi and openedoffices, we still could not services to NewDelhi. Jaiswal wastobuild asimple me- strikes, investigating crimes, law amob in Bhusawaltargeting terviewedfamilies, friends and English poetand epitaph writer night curfew has been imposed open schools despitetaking ade- Sources said Uddhavhas di- morial. “The initial idea wasto and order situations and relief members of the Sikh commu- colleagues of martyred police John Maxwell Edmonds — in Ahmedabad. The second ciding to do so. We areworried rected officials to “act fast”to justdisplaynames of the mar- and rescue operations, said nity and ransacking the town on personnel in their homes. “We “When yougohome, tell them wave, if compared with the first as studentsmay getinfected.” contain afresh waveofinfec- tyrs. Anything else would look SanjivSinghal, Additional October 30, 1984;sub-inspector shotinterviews with widows at of us and say, foryour tomorrow, wave, maybelikeatsunami,” he “I don’t want to bring in pol- tions in the state. tooflashy. DGP Jaiswal did not Director General of Police Lakhmersingh Sardar,who was thesites wheretheir husbands we gave our today.” Clash between 2big Rise in corruption cases after slump during Two killed, eight hurt cats leaves tigress lockdown, Oct sees 11% jump from last year in methane gas leak at

wasbroughtdown‘afternegotia- dead, miscarriage MOHAMEDTHAVER CASESREGISTERED tion’to Rs2,000.Thebribewasfor Solapur sugar factory MUMBAI,NOVEMBER22 issuing amarriagecertificate. On Monday, asecondaryengineer of ing night of Saturday-Sunday, ■ 2020 ■ 2019 of its four foetuses AFTER MONTHS of seeing a theBMCwasarrestedforseeking EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the tank suddenlygot dislodged slumpincorruption cases across 79 abribeofRs2,000.“The officials PUNE,NOVEMBER22 from itsstructureresulting in 80 76 the state, the MaharashtraAnti- 58 58 61 55 caughtforseekingthesebribesare heavy leakageofmethane gas. Corruption Bureau(ACB) has 60 notlow-rung employees,” an of- TWOWORKERS were killedand Twoworkers were killedand VIVEKDESHPANDE The carcass found registeredmorecases in October 40 30 ficial said, requesting anonymity. eight others takenill or injured eight morewereeither takenill NAGPUR,NOVEMBER22 on Sundayalong this year than the previous year. 20 7 Overall, atotal of 583cases afteramethane gastank fell or injured.The deceasedwork- Duetothe nationwide lock- 0 have been registeredin2020 (till from the structureholding it, ers have been identifiedas ATERRITORIAL clash between with itsfour foetuses down in the wake of Covid-19 April May SeptemberOctober November 19), while the lowest leading to gasleakageatasugar Jyotiram Dada Vagere (45) and twobig catsleftone of them lying nearby pandemic, therewas asteep fall number of cases registeredina mill in Solapur district on the in- Suresh Ankush Chavan(22). The dead and the miscarriageofits in the number of corruption year since 2014 was891 lastyear. tervening night of Saturday- other eight workers were being four foetuses, in UmredPaoni cases as offices were shut. is asmall period to identify were registeredthis year as com- In the current year,among the Sunday. Police have launcheda treated at alocal hospital and Karhandla (UPKWS) Wildlife HoweverinOctober,the number trends, the high numbers in pared to 76 lastyear. eight ranges, Mumbai has probeintothe incident. were said to be out of danger. Sanctuary, 50 km from here. “This partofthe forest is the of cases registeredhas seen an 11 October is apositive sign that “While hardlyanyone recordedthe lowest 22 cases The incident took place on Inspector Ashok Saykar of The carcass of the tigress was territoryofamale calledT22. If per cent jumpfromlastyear. people arecoming forwardto steppedout to government of- while Pune registeredthe max- the premises of Lokenete Mohol police station said, “We found in the Tasbeat of the sanc- the tigress had mated with it, it Officers in the ACBsee the registercomplaints.” fices during the lockdown imum 127cases. Thane and Bapurao Patil Agro Industries have launchedaninquiryinto tuaryonSundayalong with its is unlikelytohavekilledher. increasednumbers as aposi- As per the statistics, atotal of months, the number of cases Mumbai ranges have seen the Ltd, whichhas asugar factory the incident. An investigation re- four foetuses lying nearby. The Thereare three males in the tive trend as reporting corrup- 61 cases were registeredin were low. However, people steepestdropincases from last and distillerylocated in Mohol portfromthe office of Factory foetuses were at leastseven- sanctuarywho oftenstray into tion, unlikeother crimes, is October this year as compared to startedgoing to offices afterease year at 51 per cent and 44 per taluka of Solapur district. Police Inspector is awaited and as part eight weeksold. each other’s territories. So, it is largely dependent on com- 55 cases in the month lastyear. in restrictions, whichled to a cent, respectively. said the factoryhas large tanks of our inquiry, we arerecording “The tigress, aged three-four likelythat the tigress waskilled plainantsapproaching the anti- The lowest number of cases was spike,” an officer said. Among those who have been wherewaste material is bio- statementsofemployees. If years, apparentlydiedinaterri- by some other male,” said corruption agency. understandablyinApril, when On Thursday, twostaffers at caught accepting bribes, the po- chemicallytreated to produce thereisprima facie negligence torial clash with another tiger, RoheetKaroo, honorarywildlife Director General (ACB) sevencases were registeredas the marriageregistrar’s office in lice and revenue departments methanegas, whichisusedto behind the incident, acriminal possiblyamale. Alot of signs of warden of Nagpur who is ac- Rajneesh Seth told The Indian compared to 58 lastyear,afall of south Mumbai were arrested for topthe listwith 197and 190 fuel the boiler in the factory. offence will be registeredand theviolent clash, like blood trail, quainted with the sanctuary. Express,“Even though amonth 88 per cent. In May, 30 cases seeking abribeofRs3,000 that cases, respectively. Police said on the interven- further action will be taken.” disturbed forest floor vegetation, The 189-sq km UPKWShas at drag marksand puncturemarks least10tigers, including some on itsneck, areindicative of the sub-adult ones. clash with another tiger,” said Asked if the twotiger deaths PenchTiger ReserveField interritorialclashsuggestspaucity EXPERTS SAY RISE IN OCCURRENCE INDICATES RISING OCEAN TEMPERATURE Director Ravikiran Govekar. of space,Govekarsaid,“Thesanc- “Partofits body wasalso tuaryisnot oneintegratedwhole found eaten, whichstrongly in- of forest.Thereare somebreaches. Fishermen’s nightmare: 80-90% daily catch is jellyfish dicates territorial clash possibil- Also, tigers herekeep moving in ity as cannibalism among tigers and out. Sometimes theymove is aknown fact,” he added. towardsBrahmapuri in netare catching them in bulk, swarms postmonsoon. This is second tiger death in Chandrapur district using acorri- SANJANABHALERAO Notnewto pointingattheincreaseinthepop- However, now, thereare jellyfish territorial clash in UPKWSinthe dor.So,theremay notbeany fixed MUMBAI,NOVEMBER22 ulation in the state’s waters,” said invasions throughout the year, pastthree months. Asub-adult territories of some of the tigers.” Maharashtra SwapnilTandel,amarinebiologist with itsbloom reportedoff the E coastline ● male waskilledinAugust. This Karoo said, “The sanctuary FORTHE pastone month, jelly- EXPLAINED and fisheryconsultant with coastofVisakhapatnam forthe is also thirdtiger death in the re- that came intoexistence eight fish have created ahavoc forfish- Numer8 Analytics. firsttime in 2018. gion in the pasteight days. years agoafter the Tadoba- ermen in the state. Fishermen JELLYFISH ARE no Ramkumar S, scientist-in- Stretchesof Goa’sbeacheswit- On November 16,atiger was Andhari TigerReservespillover from Palghar to Sindhudurg strangers to the state’s charge,CentreforMarineFisheries nessedjellyfish blooms in July found killedwith itsbody parts population startedcoming here have raisedcomplaintsthat coastline. Thereare six and Research Institute(CMFRI), 2008andmanytouristsandothers strewnoverthree farms in avil- has onlyone good corridor, nearly 80-90 per cent of their species of jellyfish that are Mumbai, who has been studying had to be hospitalisedafter they lageinGondia district. Before whichtakes it backtowhereit dailycatchisclogged with the found in the state’s water, jellyfish occurrence in six coastal were stung by the Portuguese that, parts of atiger electrocuted came from...” crownorpurple-stripedjellyfish particularly between districtsofMaharashtra,said,“The Man-O’-Warspecies.Thepresence by some villagers were recovered He said, “A large area of 160 or orangejellyfish. September and January. jellyfishswarms’sightingsarenot of bluebottlejellyfish,whichisalso from Brahmapuridivision. sq km is vacant adjacent to the “The rise in the occurrence of However, the fishermen anew orrecentphenomenon.Our knownasthePortugueseMan-O’- This is the firstknown time west of the sanctuarydue to re- jellyfish indicates rising ocean have complainedthat the ongoingstudyhasshownthatthe War, created panic at Girgaum that the fouteses of atigress got habilitation of over 60 villages af- watertemperature. Presence of Jellyfish can survive increasing temperature, pollution levels. rate and intensity of the jellyfish swarms have been exist- Chowpatty,Aksaand Juhu abortedinaterritorial clash. fected by Gosikhurdirrigation jellyfishinthe area indicatesthe occurrence have increased ing in the state’s coastalwater in beaches in Mumbai in 2018. The tigress wasfirstspotted project. Wildlifeisslowlymov- reduction in the fish population. since 2016. the pastfivedecades. We have re- In the lastone week,over90 in UPKWSinMarch this year,in- ing in there...thereisample grass In addition to reducedfish catch, Purse Seine Fishing Welfare Jellyfish eat plant plankton, the centlyreceivedacomplaint from tourists have receivedtreatment dicating that it had recentlymi- and waterfromGosikhurdback- the jellyfish bulk also damage Association. eggs and larvae of fish —aswell Dahanu area. The occurrence of aftertheywerestung by jelly- grated to the sanctuaryand must waters is available. Development the fishing nets.Inlastone Jellyfish can survive increas- as young fish, reducing fish pop- fishermencannotseparatethefish jellyfish is at itspeak between fish on Goa beaches. have been struggling forspace. of this area intoatiger habitat month, jellyfish swarms are ing temperatureand pollution ulations. Theycan eat 10 times catchandthejellyfishfromthenet. September and January.” In July, aswarm of jellyfish It also shows that it conceived with protection being extended caught in coastal, as well as deep levels. In fact, the increasing lev- their body weight daily. Itisnotthatthisisthefirstyearwe Everyyear,Mumbai, Goa, clogged up acooling system and from mating with amale after could solve alot of territorial is- water,”said Ganesh Nakhwa, elsofpollution in coastalwaters “Jellyfishpresenceisalways in have recordedthe jellyfish’s pres- Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra nearly suspendedproduction at coming to the sanctuary. sues forthe big catshere.” vice-president of Maharashtra areconducive fortheir growth. swarms/bulk.Sincetheysting,the ence,butnowevensmalltrawlers, Pradesh beaches spotjellyfish apowerplant in Israel. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER23,2020 5 EXPRESS NETWORK Eyeon2024,Naddatobegin Despite Khattar appeal, farmer outfits firm 120-daynationwidetourinDec on march to Delhi

MinisterAmit Shah—had iden- central government schemes EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tifiedaround 115seatsinstates and on to howtofurther raise EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Haryana NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER22 BJP wherethe party machinerywas awareness about them. CHANDIGARH,NOVEMBER22 CM president weak.The BJP made consider- With assemblyelections in Manohar WITH AN eyeonimproving the JPNadda able improvement in itsper- four states –WestBengal, Kerala, DESPITE AN appeal from Lal Khattar party’s Lok Sabha tallyin2024, formance in these constituen- Tamil Nadu and Assam –set to Haryana Chief Minister BJP president JPNadda will em- cies in the polls afterShah went be held in the firsthalf of next Manohar Lal Khattar to call off barkona120-daynationwide units, the smallestorganisational on an extensive tour. year,Nadda will also reviewthe their march to Delhi on this agitation,” he said. tour from next month, focusing entity in the party,and meet Singh said the BJP would be party's preparedness, Singh said. November 26 to protestthe Earlier,Khattar urgedfarm- on areas wherethe party did not everyparty MP and MLAbesides working hardand taking all He will spend three days in big Centre's newFarm laws,the ers to notbe“misled” by the Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan celebrates the do well in the 2019 elections. itsseniorleaders, including dis- measures to see to it that it wins states and twoinothers. BharatiyaKisan Union (BKU) Opposition, and “have faith” in ‘Gopashtami’ festival at his residence in Bhopal Sunday. ANI Nadda will begin his tour in trict chiefs, in eachstate.Hewill the seatswherethe party had During his tour,the BJP chief said Sundaythat protesters from the stategovernment.Citing the the firstweek of December and also visit some booths to inter- lostinthe lastLok Sabha polls. will interact with allies and hold the statewill enter the capital rising number of Covid infec- Uttarakhand will be the first act with ground workers, he said. Forthis, he said, the party would public programmes, Singh said. from five sides and come pre- tions and revenue loss of about stateonhis itinerary,BJP general “The BJP president will be the also take all programmes of the He will speakwithpersonalities pared foralong haul with extra Rs 10,000-12,000crorethis year ‘Gau cabinet’ meets; secretaryArun Singh told re- onlychief of anational party NarendraModi government to from different fields in the re- clothing and food supplies. due to the pandemic, he said porters. December 5isthe likely who would be going to the states all parts of the country. spective areas. Apartfromas- “On November 26, we will “this is notthe year of protests”. date forbeginning the tour. and addressing even booth and In fact, the BJP-ruledstates sessing activities, Nadda will dis- enter Delhi from five sides, in- Haryana’s roadways and MP considers cow Singhsaidthe BJPpresident mandal leaders,” Singh said. will give apresentation to Nadda cuss futurestrategies with the cluding four from Haryana and other employeeunions, too, will visit everystate,hold virtual Ahead of the 2019 election, on various aspectsoftheir work, coregroup members of the re- one from Uttar Pradesh. From have announcedastatewide ag- meetings with heads of all booth Nadda's predecessor—Home including implementation of spective states. Haryana, we shall enter Delhi itation on November 26. cess for gaushalas from Ambala road, Rohtak road, Meanwhile,stateofficialssaid Gurgaon road and Agra road, and theyare looking at the possibility from Bareillyroad in UP.The of reimposingthelockdowninthe enable us to recoversome small PM lays foundation for 23 rural drinking biggestmarch will be on Ambala wake of afreshsurge ininfections. IRAMSIDDIQUE amountsfromthe people in the road. Forthis, we aretouring However, Chaduni calledit“an- BHOPAL,NOVEMBER22 form of asmall taxthat will en- Haryana and asking people to other ploy” by the government to able us to have enough funds for water projects in UP’s Vindhyachal join this protest,” BKU's Haryana “scuttle the agitation”. ON Aday when he chaired the the upkeep maintenance of president Gurnam Singh “When we do arally, corona firstmeeting of the recentlyap- gaushalas.” The Prime Ministersaid that Chaduni said. awakens. The government had pointed gau cabinet, Madhya He said carewill be takento EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE despiteresources, the regions of “Whatevermodes areavail- been using the coronavirus as an PradeshChief Minister Shivraj ensurethat the cess does notcre- LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER22 Vidhyachal and Bundelkhand able with the people, be it opportunity to pass the three Singh Chouhan Sundayurged ateadditional burden on the became deprivedofdevelop- scooter, motorcycle, car,tractor- draconian legislations and scut- people to contributetowards common man. PRIME MINISTER Narendra ment work forlong and invoked trolley, anything that theyhave, tle the farmers' agitation,” gaushalas through asmall cess He addedthat cowmilk is Modi on Sundaylaid the founda- poetRahimdas. theycan bring to participatein Chaduni said. the stateisconsidering. like“amrit” and children suffer- tion of 23 rural drinking water “PoetRahimdas had said ‘jaa He also said that in abid to ing from malnourishment will schemesinSonbhadraand par vipadaa parat hai, so aavat makegaushalas self-reliant, chil- be givenmilk that will increase Mirzapur districtsofPM NarendraModi addresses people virtuallyduring the yehi desh’ (a person facing diffi- Railways plans to restart services dren in anganwadis of the state the sale of milk and benefit Vindhyachal region of Uttar foundation stone-laying programme on Sunday. PTI culty comes to this place). The will be givencow milk procured gaushalas. Pradesh via video link and reason forthis belief wasthe in Punjab with freight trains from the gaushalas. The Chief Ministersaid he will praisedthe stateBJP government abundant resources and possi- Chouhan chaired the first ensurethat Madhya Pradesh sets of continuing with the develop- government and itsofficials is state, itsgovernment,and Yogiji's bilities present here... For in astatement that atentative meeting of the gau cabinetvir- an example in cowprotection in ment work despitethe Covid changing completely,” the Prime team," Modi said. decades afterIndependence, if EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE plan forrestoration of train serv- tuallyfromhis Bhopal residence. the countryand that the govern- pandemic. Ministersaid, praising Chief The Prime Ministeralso anyareahad fallen prey to neg- LUDHIANA,NOVEMBER22 ices has been formulated. At leastfivecabinetministers, ment will makecomplete use of "Despitethe coronavirus MinisterYogi Adityanath. praisedAdityanath forbringing lect, then it wasthis area. Be it As per the plan, freight trains head of the departmentsand 14 cowdung, milk and cowurine. pandemic, this (rural drinking “The waythe fight against down encephalitis cases and Vindhyachal or Bundelkhand, THE RAILWAYS is looking to will startrunning from cowexperts from across the An action plan will be made water) scheme will ensurethat coronavirus is being fought in said that the success of the state this entireareadespitehaving restartoperations in Punjab November 23 with amaximum countryhad connected via video forprotection and promotion the road to development is not UP... Migrant labourers were government in containing the resources became an area of from November 23 with freight speedof60kmph in viewof conferencing. of four native breeds found in affected.Uttar Pradesh is also an givenemployment, theywere disease “is being discussedfar scarcity.Despitehaving so many trains running at alimited speed, safetyand security considera- Chouhan subsequentlyflew MP -- Malvi, Nimari, Kankatha example...Ascompared to the takencare. This is notanordi- and wide”. rivers, this area wasidentifiedas astatement releasedonSunday tions. The plan is subject to track to Agar Malwatocelebrate and Gaolo, he said. Gobar gas perception of Uttar Pradesh ear- naryjob that in suchabig state, “For saving livesofinnocent the mostthirsty and drought-af- said.This came afterPunjab safetyclearances. The railways is gopashtami at the cowsanctuary plantswill be installedinvil- lier and the predictions made, so manythings arebeing done children, eachand everycitizen fected area. This wasthe reason, farmers suspendedtheir agita- looking to run 17 pairs of trains in Salaria. Addressing agathering lages and connections will be the wayinwhichprojectsare on all the fronts. UP has done ka- of UP is blessing the entireteam whichforcedmanypeople to tion againstthe contentious from the evening of November there, Chouhan said, “Weare giventohomes there, the Chief getting implemented one after maal (wonders). Iwould liketo of Yogi Aditynath,” PM Modi migratefromhere,” the Prime farm laws for15days 23 evening till November 29, as working on aproposal that will Ministersaid. the other,the imageofthe UP congratulatethe people of the said. Ministersaid. The Northern Railways said per the schedule. Declared ‘dead’, HATHRAS WOMAN’S DEATH Former Karnataka minister Vacancies unfilled, Covidpatient CBI takes 4accused to back home after arrested in IMA ponzi case minorities panel has kincremate body Gandhinagar for brain theirponzischemeafloatisoneof only one member of anotherman mapping, polygraph test EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the keydocumentsthat the CBI BENGALURU,NOVEMBER22 usedtotrack thetrailof thealleged illegalpaymentsmadeby thefirm. andtheirfindingswere submitted EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The team took the THE CENTRAL Bureauof Roshan Baig “Names of severalpeople are ESHAROY to thegovernment.Yetnow,there KOLKATA,NOVEMBER22 AHMEDABAD,NOVEMBER22 accusedto Investigation (CBI) Sundaynight mentionedasreceivingpayments NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER22 iscleartargetingof aparticularmi- arrestedformerKarnatakaminis- —ranging from Rs 400crore to a nority in Uttar Pradesh forinsta- IN Acase of mistakenidentity ATEAM of the Central Bureauof Gandhinagar Saturday. terRoshan Baig, who shiftedalle- downfall.Oneof thepersons,who politicianto Rs30croretoapolice THE SEVEN-MEMBER National nce, but the Commission hasn’t due to the blunder of hospital au- Investigation (CBI), whichis Datefor conducting the giance from the Congress to the heclaimedhadreceivednearly Rs officer.Theinvestigationshave not CommissionforMinorities(NCM) said awordabout it so far, which thorities, a75-year-old Covid-19 probing the alleged rape and BJP lastyear,inconnection with 400crore,was Baig, who wasthe been able to find trails forall pay- isdownto justonemember.While is shocking,’’ said Habibullah. patient in West Bengal’s North24 murder of a19-year-old Dalit testsisnot yetdecided the Rs 4,000-croreIMonetary then Congress MLAfrom mentsseenintherecordskept by five posts were lying vacant since “In 2004,the standing com- Parganas district wasdeclared woman in Hathras district of Advisory(IMA) Group ponzi Shivajinagar constituency in cen- theofficialof thefirm.Inthecases May, thevice-chairperson,Manjit mittee on social justice and em- dead lastweek,and his family Uttar Pradesh, has takenthe four scheme in whichheisallegedto tral Bengaluru. of some people atrail has been SinghRai, retired on October 25. powerment, headedbySumitra cremated another man’s body accusedinthe case to and brain-mapping test of the have receivedseveral crores of During investigations in mid- found,” asource familiar with the TheNCMismandatedto have Mahajan, had made specific rec- that washandedovertothem. Gandhinagar forbrain-mapping accusedfor whichadatewill be swindledfunds. 2019,police found documentsin probehad said earlier. sevenmembers,includingachair- ommendationsto strengthenthe Shibdas Banerjee wasadmit- and polygraph test. decidedsoon. The accusedwere Baig, who wasarrestedafter whichakey associateofKhanhad Baig, aseven-time MLA, was personandvice-chairperson,with NCM.Oneof theissueswasthein- tedtoBalrampur Basu Hospital The team took the accused, notbrought to the FSL today. ” over sevenhours of questioning, recordedpaymentsmade to deniedaBJP ticket forthe bypolls amembereachfromtheMuslim, sufficient investigative powers in Khardah on November 4, and who were lodged in Aligarhjail The woman diedduring wasproducedatthe home of a politicians, policemen, and gov- held forthe Shivajinagar con- Christian,Sikh,Buddhist,Parsiand that the NCMhas... But these rec- declared dead on November 13. in Uttar Pradesh, to Gandhinagar treatment at Delhi’s Safdarjung specialCBIjudge,whoremanded ernment officials. It showedBaig stituencyinDecember2019 onac- Jain communities. ommendations were neverim- On Friday, his familywas told on Saturdayand held discus- Hospital on September 29. him in 14 days’judicial custody, as akey recipient of funds. countof hislinkstotheIMAscam. “Therehasbeensomedelayin plemented by the then UPAgov- that he wasalive,while they sions with officials of the Fore- The Uttar Pradesh govern- sources said. DespitebeingnamedbyKhan, The CBI has chargesheeted fillingthevacanciesbecauseof the ernment.Whichevergovernment were preparing forhis “shrad- nsic Science Laboratory(FSL). ment had come under fire over Morethan 40,000 investors, Baighadmanagedto evadearrest twoseniorIPSofficers—Hemanth Covid-19pandemic,but the is in power, the reports tabledby dha” ceremony. The datefor conducting the the manner in whichthe vic- mostlyfromthe Muslim commu- in the early days of investigations Nimbalkar,aninspector general process is underway,’’ said Union the minority commission in Afour-member inquirycom- testsisnot yetdecided. tim’s body wascremated and nity,weredupedoftheir savings by aSpecialInvestigationTeamof of police,andAjayHillori,asuper- Ministerfor Minority Affairs Parliament arenever reallytaken mittee has been setupand the An official of the Gandhi- the wayher familywas treated —tothe tune of Rs 4,000crore— thepolicesetupbytheCongress- intendent of police —and three Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. The min- up or debated,’’ said former Vice district health department has nagar-basedFSL told The Indian by local police, following which by the ponzi scheme operatedby JDSalliancegovernmentthatwas other policemen who gave the istryrecommends the names to PresidentHamidAnsari,whowas initiated aprobe. Express,“TheCBI officials came the case wastransferredto the IMA Group of arrested in poweruntil July2019. ponzischemeclearances.Thepo- the Prime Minister’s Office. also NCMchairperson. “The inquirycommittee’s re- foradiscussion on the polygraph the CBI. businessman Mohammed Baig crossedovertothe BJP liceofficersareallegedto have re- Thisisn’tthefirsttimethatva- Section 13 of the NCMAct porthas been sent to the state Mansoor Khan. alongwith16 otherCongressand ceivedbribes in excess of Rs 30 cancies haven’t been filledinthe mandates that the annual report, health department. Necessary Baig’s name emergedwhen JDS MLAs in July2019and helped crore. ApromoteeIAS officer,BM NCM—in2017, allsevenposts re- “togetherwiththememorandum action will be taken,” said district the scam surfacednearly 18 theBJPformagovernmentunder Vijayshankar,who wasarrested mainedempty forovertwo of actiontakenontherecommen- Chief Medical Officer of Health TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE months agoand Khan fledthe BSYediyurappa by ousting the andchargedfor receiving abribe months. dationscontainedtherein’’,aswell (CMOH) Tapas Roy. countrybeforebeingarrestedand Congress-JDScoalition.Soonafter of Rs 1.5crore as the Bengaluru The NDAgovernment faced asthereasonsfornon-acceptance According to officials, the CASES: RECOVERED:85,21,617 brought backfromDubai in July coming to power, the BJP handed Urban Deputy Revenue criticism fornot filling vacancies of the recommendations, if any, body that wascremated was 265 2019 by the Bengaluru crime over the IMA scam case to the CBI Commissioner forclearing ponzi inthecommissionsforScheduled be tabledbeforeParliament an- that of 75-year-old Mohinim- DAYSSINCE 90,95,806 DEATHS:1,33,227 branchpolice. in August2019. scheme,committedsuicideafew Castes, ScheduledTribes, back- nually. Sources said these reports PANDEMIC ohan Mukherjee. He wasadmit- BEGAN TESTS: 13,17,33,134 | DOUBLING RATE: 160.12** In avideo releasedwhile he An Excel document in which monthsago.Severalofficialsfrom ward classes and minorities. The have notbeen tabledin tedtothe hospital on the same wasinhiding, Khan had claimed Khan and one of his firm’s finance the revenue department have same year,the Delhi High Court Parliament since 2010. dayasBanerjee. that severalstate politicians and directors, Naveed Ahmed, main- been chargesheeted. soughttheCentre’sresponseona “Even when Itook over in On November 7, he was officialshadcoercedhimintopay- taineddetails of bribes theypaid TheEnforcement Directorate pleaagainstthegovernment’s“in- 2006,thesereportswere nolonger transferredtoaCovid hospital in ing bribes, causing the IMA’s to people in government to keep is also investigating the scam. action” in clearing appointments being tabled. And Ihad to take up Barasat. However, the Khardah to the NCM. the matter with the minorities hospital sent the Barasat “ItistruethattheCommission, ministerandrevive thepractice.It facility Banerjee’s medical re- Odisha revises school merger decision even with all itsmembers, is not is notaccidental that the govern- ports,resulting in the case of KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING always effective.Butitisneverthe- ment is reluctant to scrutinise,’’ mistakenidentity. TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** less arepresentation forminori- said Ansari, who investigated the When Mukherjee died, the stance, School and Mass the ruling BJD of depriving stu- ties and an important instrumen- Nandigram incident in West Barasat hospital authorities in- ■ Maharashtra 17,74,455 5,760 0.24% 297.66 AISHWARYAMOHANTY Education MinisterSamir dentsoftheir right to education. tality of the government in a Bengal during his tenure. formedBanerjee’s familyand ■ Kerala 5,57,441 5,772 0.99% 72.98 BHUBANESWAR, Ranjan Dash said closing down Government chief whip democracy that givesthem agen- “The Commission is meant to handedoverthe body to them. NOVEMBER22 schoolswas neverthe intention. Pramila Mallickhad said the cy,andwhentheNCMliesvacant, act on complaintsthat it receives. ■ Delhi 5,23,117 5,879 1.17% 61.47 The familysaw the body from a “In scheduledareas, onlyschools mergerisimportant to ratio- theyfeel excluded. The NCMisin Mostofthecomplaintsthatwe re- distance, and it waswrappedin ■ West Bengal 4,52,770 3,639 0.79% 91.11 FOLLOWINGPROTESTS by the with less than 15 studentswill nalise resources. charge of ensuring that the Prime ceive areregarding service mat- protective layers as is mandated ■ Haryana 2,15,021 2,666 1.19% 60.45 opposition in the Assembly, the be mergedwith other schools. In March,the education de- Minister’s15-pointprogrammeis ters,whereanindividualmayfeel incaseof Coviddeaths.Asaresult, Odisha government Sundayre- However, if anywhereany stu- partmentissuedanotificationfor implemented and the pro- that he has been terminated or theydid notrealise the blunder. *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth visedits decision on mergerof dent faces difficulties, theycan mergerof 11,517 schoolswithlow grammesforminoritycommuni- passedoverfor promotion be- AfterBanerjee recoveredon CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT schools,specificallyfor sched- approachthe district adminis- enrolment.Theprocessremained tiesare actually functioning,’’ said cause of his religion. We also get Friday, the hospital staffcalled uledareas. tration or the ministrywith their incomplete due to the lockdown. WajahatHabibullah,whowasthe complaintsofpropertydisputes,’’ 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY Mukherjee’s family, saying he Areas declared scheduledar- grievances and their concerns Earlier this month, the depart- NCMchairperson in 2011-2014. said BAnand, NCMSecretary. wasready to be discharged. 1.47 7.06 45,209 eas under the FifthSchedule of will be looked into,” Dash said. mentissuedafollow-upto theno- “In the past, the Commission Former NCMmembers said When theysaw adifferent man, NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: the Constitution with aprepon- “A separatefresh listwill be tification,askingdistrictadminis- has investigated matters of com- therehasbeenashiftinthekindof theyraisedanalarm and the 1.46 6.90 43,493 derance of tribal population preparedagainto ascertaintheex- trationsto expeditetheprocessfor munalconflictandriots.Ihavevis- members appointed to the body. blunder came to light. Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs have aseparatelegal and admin- act number.The number of such 8,000schools in 15 districts. ited sites of suchconflict to inves- While pastappointmentsin- Banerjee’s familywas then positive cases (in %); number tested recovering; more istrative framework.Three dis- schoolswithlessthan15 students The mergerisbeing under- tigate. The 2011 Bharatpur cludedformer chief justices, civil informedthat he wasstill alive. indicator of progress (in %); indicator of recoveries for 14 days trictsinthe statefall completely will be around 3,000,” he added. takenunder NITI Aayog’s communalriotswere investigated servants,academiciansetc,there- in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak The familyarrived at the hospi- under the scheduledareas while On Saturday, Opposition par- Sustainable Action for by the Commission. In 2012,ate- centappointeeswere mostly“so- DataasonNovember21,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers tallateatnight and took includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive nine others fall partiallyunder it. ties, including BJP and Congress, Transforming Human Capital in am wassent to Assam to investi- cialactivists”withlinkstotheBJP, him home. Clarifying the government’s had raisedthe issue and accused Education programme. gate the Bodo-Muslim clashes, theysaid. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 6 CALENDAR THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER23,2020 OVER THE HEDGE by Michael Fry &TLewis CROSSWORD 4283 DAYTODAY BYPETERVIDAL

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER23,2020 7 EXPRESS NETWORK BRIEFLY SwapwithIndonesia:Indiato As Kerala brings in new hostG-20Summitin2023 gag law, recalling SC rap PM stresses on reforms in multilateral organisations forfasterpost-Covid recovery on another 5years ago

Tarun Gogoi MEA said that the Prime Minister tions to ensurebetterglobal gov- lead” the recipient. Penal Code. SHUBHAJITROY underscored the importance of ernance forfasterpost-COVID re- SOFIAHSAN Section 118A,whichwas “Quiteobviously, aprospec- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER22 the 2030 Agenda forSustainable covery,” Modi tweeted. NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER22 addedtothe Kerala Police Actas tive offender of Section 66Aand ASSAM Development Goals aimedat Chinese President Xi Jinping partofthe amendment cleared the authorities who aretoen- TarunGogoi’s INDIAISsettohosttheG-20sum- “leavingnoonebehind”.Withthe said the G-20 countries should KERALAGOVERNOR Arif by the Governor on Saturday, forceSection 66Ahaveab- mitin2023,insteadof 2022—the changing situation in the wake of take the lead in tackling climate Mohammad Khan on Saturday provides forasimilar punish- solutelynomanageable stan- healthremains 75th year of Independence. thepandemic,thePrimeMinister change,followtheguidanceof the approved an ordinance by the ment on conviction as that of dardbywhichtobook aperson IndonesiawillassumeG-20pres- said the countryhas adoptedthe UN Framework Convention on stategovernment that provides Section 66Aand Section 118(d) foranoffence under Section ‘verycritical’ idency in 2022 afteraswapwith ‘Self Reliant India’ initiative,and ClimateChangeand push forthe forjail term forany communica- but is notrestricted to communi- 66A,”the courthad said, while India,Indonesianforeignminister PM Modi speaksduring G-20 willbecomeanimportantandre- fullandeffective implementation tion or publication, including so- cation made through acom- holding the provision to be un- Guwahati: The health Retno Marsudi said, adding that Riyadh Summit, via video liablepillarof worldeconomyand of the Paris Agreement. cial media or cyber post, that is puter resource or acommunica- constitutionallyvague. condition of former the changeofplan wasagreed conferencing, in Delhi. PTI global supplychains basedonits AG-20 declaration said the deemed“threatening, abusive, tion device, as it explicitlystates Concluding that Section 66A Assam chief minister consideringthatIndonesiawould competence and dependability. leaders “arecommittedto leading humiliating or defamatory”. In “through anykind of mode of takeswithin itssweep pro- Tarun Gogoi remained also chair the Association of At agloballevel,Indiaalsotook the worldinshaping astrong, sus- 2015,the Supreme Courtinits communication”, tected speechand “verycritical” on Sunday SoutheastAsianNations(ASEAN) NarendraModireiteratedtheim- theinitiative of establishinginsti- tainable, balancedand inclusive landmarkjudgment on Section and is notre- speechthat is inno- although he respondedto in 2023. “India also has had the portance of reforms in multilat- tutions suchasthe International post-COVID-19era”.Onterroristfi- 66Aofthe IT Acthad struck stricted to annoy- cent in nature, the alonger duration of dial- same requesttochangethe G-20 eral organisations to ensurebet- SolarAllianceandtheCoalitionfor nancing,theG-20declarationsaid, down asimilar provision of the ing someone, like courthad said that is ysis, stateHealth Minister presidency in 2023,” the terglobal governance forfaster DisasterResilient Infrastructure. “Wesupportthe Anti-Money Kerala Police Actfor being viola- Section 118(d). liable “thereforetobe HimantaBiswaSarma Indonesian ministersaid. post-Covid recovery at the G-20 Addressing the side event — Laundering/Counter-TerroristFin- tive of the right to freedom of It says “who- usedinsuchaway as said. The Congress vet- “Welook forwardtoour next Summit hostedbySaudi Arabia. ‘Safeguarding the Planet: The ancingpolicyresponsesdetailedin speechand expression and forits ever makes, ex- to have achilling ef- eran’s health condition meetings in Italyin2021, The agenda of the second day Circular Carbon Economy FATF’s paper on COVID-19, and vagueness. presses, publishes fect on free speech”.

EXPLAINED E● deteriorated on Saturday Indonesia in 2022, India in 2023 of the summit focusedonbuild- Approach’, Modi said India is not reaffirm our supportfor the FATF, Section 118(d) of the Kerala or disseminates... The then afternoon, following and Brazil in 2024," the G-20 ing an inclusive,sustainable and onlymeetingitsParisAgreement astheglobalstandard-settingbody Police Actprovidedfor impris- anymatter or sub- Additional Solicitor multi-organfailureand Riyadh Summit Leaders resilient futurewith aside event targets, but also exceeding them. forpreventing and combating onment of up to three years for ject forthreatening, abusing, General of India Tushar Mehta– he became unconscious Declaration said. on safeguarding the planet. “Reiteratedtheimportanceof moneylaundering,terroristfinanc- anyperson convicted of causing humiliating or defaming aper- who is currentlySolicitor with difficulty in breath- Meanwhile, Prime Minister An official statement by the reforms in multilateral organiza- ing and proliferation financing.” “annoyance” to anyperson “in son or class of persons, know- General –had arguedthat the ing. Sarma said the doc- an indecent manner” by “state- ing it to be false and that causes fact the provision is capable of tors had initiallyplanned mentsorverbal commentsor injurytothe mind, reputation being abusedisnot aground to forfour hours of dialysis, Fireman injured telephone calls or call of any or property of suchperson or test itsvalidity and had assured but theycould continue type or by chasing or sending class of persons or anyother the courtthat the government forsix hours. “Wecan say in anti-Bru clashes messages or mail by any person in whom theyhavein- wascommitted to free speech this is apositive sign," he means”. terest”shall be punishedwith and the provision would be used told reporters at Gauhati dies; toll now 2 The apexcourt, in the Shreya imprisonment extending up to only“when excesses areperpe- Medical Collegeand Singhal case ruling, said that three years or with fine extend- trated by persons on the rights Hospital. PTI DEBRAJDEB what it has said about Section ing to Rs 10,000 or with both. of others”. AGARTALA,NOVEMBER22 66Awould directlyapplytothe The benchofJustices J However, the courthad ob- provision “as causing annoyance Chelameswar and RFNariman served that an assurance from AFIRE Services personnel who in an indecent manner suffers in the ruling on Section 66Ahad the present government even if UTTARAKHAND sufferedserious injuries during from the same type of vagueness notedthat none of the expres- carriedout faithfullywould not Governor the anti-Bru resettlement and overbreadth...” sion usedinitare defined. bind anysuccessor govern- protests in TripuradiedSundayat Section 66Acriminalised Terms suchas“threatening, ment. testspositive, astate-run hospital, taking the toll sending of acommunication – abusing, humiliating or defam- In the ShreyaSinghal case, from Saturday’s clashes to two. via computer or acommunica- ing” arenot definedinSection the courthad notedthat the pro- asymptomatic One protesterhad diedon tion device –whichcould be said 118A either but Section 2ofthe vision is notaimedatdefama- Saturdayafter the police opened to be “grosslyoffensive,has Kerala Police Actstatesthat the tory statementsatall as for Dehradun: Uttarakhand fire on activists of the Joint menacing character” or false in- wordsand expressions notde- something to be defamatory, in- Governor BabyRani Movement Committee, which formation intendedat“causing finedunder the said lawshall jurytoreputation is abasic in- Maurya tested positive to had blockedaNational Highway annoyance, inconvenience, dan- have the meanings as definedin gredient. Covid-19onSunday. She in NorthTripuradistrict. The ger, obstruction, insult, injury, the Indian Penal Code or Code of Section 66Adoes notcon- is asymptomatic and has joint forum of Bengali and Mizo criminal intimidation, enmity, Criminal Procedure. cern itself with, it said. However, isolated herself under organisations clashedwith the hatred or will” or anyelectronic Out of four actions crimi- Section 118A in particular en- medical supervision. On police while protesting the reset- mail or email messages intended nalisedunder the latestamend- compasses both defamation and Saturday, Maharashtra tlement of Bru refugees in at “causing annoyance or incon- ment by Kerala, onlydefamation injurytoreputation and men- Governor Bhagat Singh Kanchanpur sub-division. venience or to deceive or to mis- is clearly definedinthe Indian tions them explicitly. Koshyari had held acour- BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Sevenprotesters and 15 po- tesy meeting with lice and Fire Services personnel Maurya at the RajBhavan Samajwadi Partyleader Akhilesh Yadavgreetsfather MulayamSingh Yadavduring his 81st sufferedinjuries. ‘Hurt sentiments’: MP ‘Retrograde’: IMA in Dehradun. Maurya was birthday, in LucknowonSunday. Express Meanwhile, the stategovern- on aweek-long leave in ment ordered amagisterial in- slams move to Agra and returnedFriday. quiryintothe police firing and may act against kissing Astatement said she has announcedRs5lakh as compen- allow Ayurveda notcome intocontact GULMARG LAND SCANDAL sation forthe familyofthe de- practitioners to with anysecretariat staff ceased. scenes in web series in the lastcoupleofdays. perform surgery ENS Arguments on charges against UP:Two-day RSS EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE GUJARAT BHOPAL,NOVEMBER22 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Manbeatsyouth Lt-Gen’s Advisor begin today meet begins;‘love PUNE,NOVEMBER22 jihad’ on agenda ADAY afteraBJP youth leader todeathfor ther investigatethe case. Last Advisor by the CentreinMarch calledkissing scenes shown in ‘A THE INDIAN Medical EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE month, the agency filedareport, this year. Lucknow: Publiccontributionsfor Suitable Boy’, aweb series based Association has come down ‘raping’daughter NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER22 indicting Khan once again in the The newindictment by the RamTemple construction and on the novelbyVikram Seth, a heavilyonthe government case. ACBleftred faces in the adminis- “love jihad” were among the top- wayofpromoting “love jihad”, move authorising some Ahmedabad: A30-year- AFTER Afresh indictment by the In 2009, the StateVigilance tration, whichhas been claiming ics discussedataNational Madhya Pradesh Home Minister ABJP youth leader had Ayurvedapractitioners to per- old man has been ar- Anti-CorruptionBureau(ACB),the Organisation –now ACB–had successinitsfightagainstcorrup- Executive Committee meeting of NarottamMishraSundaystated calledkissing scenes in A form surgical procedures, de- rested forallegedly beat- Special Judge(Anti-Corruption) registeredacase against20peo- tion, especiallyafter the abroga- the RashtriyaSwayamsevak that the stategovernment is ex- Suitable Boy away of scribing it in astrongly-worded ing to death a19-year-old Baramulla is settohear on ple, including Khan, the then tionof J&K’sspecialstatuslastyear. Sangh(RSS)thatbeganSundayin amining the scenes and consid- promoting ‘love jihad’ statement as “retrograde”, “un- youth who has been Mondaythe final argumentson BaramullaDeputyCommissioner, However, the government has Prayagraj. ering action. civil” and “foul play”. booked forraping the for- framingof chargesagainstBaseer and six other topbureaucrats, for maintainedacomplete silenceon The two-daymeeting forthe Mishrasaidinavideomessage The apexmedical body urged mer’s five-year-old Ahmad Khan, Advisor to J&K allegedly misusing their official the issue. eastern Uttar Pradesh region was sharedonTwitter,“ASuitableBoy single episode the Muslim boyis the Central Council of Indian daughter in Bharuch, po- Lieutenant Governor,inthe 2009 positions to transfer stateland in Though the Roshni Actwas attendedbyChief MinisterYogi series on an Over-the-top (OTT) seen kissing the Hindu girlthrice. Medicine (CCIM), the Ayurveda lice said Sunday. The 19- Gulmargland scandal. Gulmarg,earmarkedfordevelop- scrappedbythe then Governor Adityanath along with platform is highlyobjectionable. And all the three times, the kiss- regulatorybody under the year-old man had al- The case involving the top ment of touristinfrastructure, to SatyaPal Malik soon aftercentral Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat Kissing scenes have been shotin- ing scene is shown in the Shiv AYUSH Ministry, “todevelop their legedly lured the child, his functionaryinthecurrentgovern- private parties. This, the agency rule wasimposedinJ&K in 2018, and SarkaryawahSuresh side amandir with background Mandir located in Maheshwar ownsurgical disciplines from neighbour,tohis house ment has grabbed attention, es- hadsaid, wasinviolation of the theJ&KHighCourtinitsjudgment “Bhaiyaji” Joshi, sources said. bhajan in it. Thereare severalof Ghat,” the complaint stated, their ownancient textsand not on Fridayand rapedthe peciallybecausetherulingBJPhas J&K StateLands (Vesting of lastmonth calledthe manner in The minutes of the meeting these shots whichIfeel hurtthe adding that it is aplottopromote claimthe surgical disciplines of minor inside abathroom. calledits government’s action to Ownershipto theOccupants)Act, whichownership of stateland were notreleased. Sangh sources sentimentsofpeople.” “love-jihad”. Gaurav has de- modern medicine as their own”. The child, police said, was nullifyRoshniAct“asurgicalstrike 2001 or Roshni Act. wastransferredunder this law saidthatbesidesoutreachforcon- He said he has instructed po- mandedstringent action against ANovember 20 notification rescuedbythe youth’s againstthe corruptofJ&K”. The Khan wasarrestedon “loottoown”. The courttrans- tributions to RamTemple con- lice to examine the scenes and Monica Shergil, VP Content, by CCIM authorisedpost-gradu- elder sister. Afterthe mi- Gulmarglandscandalisoneof the September 23, 2013 on charge of ferredtheprobetoCBIandspecif- struction and “love jihad”, issues what actions can be taken Netflix and Ambika Khurana atepractitioners in specified nor’s parentscame to high-profile cases wheretop offi- corruption and granted bail the icallyaskedit to “fix the responsi- suchasenvironment conserva- againstthe directors and pro- who holds the designation of streams of Ayurvedabetrained knowabout the assault, cialswere bookedforallegedly vi- same day. He went on to become bility and culpability of the tion and the RSS’s role in village ducers of the series. Director of Public Policies. to perform surgical procedures. her father allegedly olating the Roshni Acttotransfer Divisional Commissioner, persons who were at the helm of developmentfortheAtmanirbhar Mishra’s statement comes a Asenior police officer said, IMA president Dr Rajan nabbed the youth and stateland to private persons. Kashmir.Hewas givenanexten- affairs...”.Thecurrentgovernment Bharatcampaignwere discussed. dayafter BJP youth leader “Wewill have to look closelyat Sharma said the body condemns beat him up with a InJunethisyear,SpecialJudge sion by the current government has announcedthat it would im- Five sessions of the meeting Gaurav Tiwari submitted awrit- the content and the objections the “uncivil” ways of the CCIM wooden stick. ENS (Anti-Corruption)NaseerAhmad aftersuperannuation. plementthe courtorder andini- were conducted on Sunday. tencomplaint to SP,Rewa, to ascertain if it is liable forfur- “toarrogateitself to vivisect Dar had directed the ACBtofur- Subsequently, he wasnamed tiated steps to retrieve the land. ENS Rakesh Kumar Singh. “Within a theraction.” Modern Medicine and empower itspractitionerswith undeserv- ing areas of practice”. “Corrupting Modern Fake Aadhaar, Facebook account: how ‘Cold shoulder to Urdu’: Rajasthan teacher Medicine by mixing with other systems and poaching the disci- gang posed as cops, targeted contacts plines of Modern Medicine calls off march to Dandi after 9-point pact through backdoor means is cer- police officers in Karnataka, Tamil through the fraud–from tainlyfoul playoffirstorder,” the JOHNSONTA Nadu and Telangana have ledthe Rajasthan and areonthe lookout Khan, who claimedthat over 130 pointed forthe same in aschool. IMA statement said, describing BENGALURU,NOVEMBER22 KarnatakaCIDcyberunitto anor- forafifthsuspect,ShakeelAhmed, HAMZAKHAN former and current MLAs and The 2004 statepolicyhad em- the move as a"retrograde step of ganisedcybercrime networkop- who allegedly created fake ac- JAIPUR,NOVEMBER22 nearly 200organisationshave ex- powereddistrict education offi- mixing the systems”. ON SEPTEMBER 15,asenior IPS erating mostlyfromBharatpur countsonFacebookandotherso- tendedtheir supporttohim. cers to administerprimaryedu- AYUSH MinistrySecretary officer in Karnataka, P and other parts of Rajasthan. cial media. TWENTY-TWOdays afterheset Forseveral years now, the cation in minority languages but VaidyaRajesh Kotechasaid the Harishekharan, filedacomplaint The networkofoperators – "Thereisarise in the number outonayatratoDandi in Gujarat Urdu teachers in Rajasthan have the September 2order ostensibly notification does notamount to with aCID cyber crime police including amobile phone SIM of instances wheresocial media seeking better terms forUrdu beenmakingseveraldemands,in- altered this provision. anypolicy deviation or anynew station in Bengaluru, saying cardretailer and adistributor – profiles of public figures and of- teachers,ThakurShamsherBhalu cludingregularisationof madrasa Frustrated by the “cold shoul- decision. “It streamlines the ex- somebody had created afake had created hundredsoffake ficials, including police officers, Khan (45), an Urdu teacher and teachers—currentlyemployedon der to Urdu teachers, language isting regulation relating to post Facebook profile with his name Aadhaar identities and issued arebeing duplicated to cheat the son of former Congress MLA Thakur Shamsher Bhalu acontractualbasisbytheMinority and community”, Khan decided graduateeducation in Ayurveda and photographs and wasseek- SIMcards againstthe fake IDs public. The impostersends Bhalu Khan, calledoff his march Khan (whiteturban) began Affairs Department —and more to undertake aDandi march on with respect to the specifiedpro- ing funds from his friends. whichwerethen usedtocreate friend requests to all the contacts on the border district of Udaipur his yatraonNovember 1 recently, forteachingUrduandap- November 1. cedures. Further,the notification Aday later,CID Deputy social media accountstoimper- and once accepted, theywould late on Sunday, following ameet- pointment of teachers forthe Education MinisterGovind does notopen up the entirefield Superintendent of Police MH sonatethe police officers. induce the persons to transfer ing with Rajasthan Waqf Board same forprimaryclasses under Singh Dotasraearlier said, “There of surgery to Ayurvedapracti- Nagthelodgedasimilarcomplaint. The CID have arrested four moneytovarious e-wallets/pay- ChairmanKhanuKhanBudhwali. Khan’s march united several the Education Department. is no thirdlanguageinclasses 1-5 tioners and specifies aset of sur- On October 5, another DSP in membersof thegang–Balwinder ment bank accountsciting some “Wehavereachedanine-point Muslim organisations and What acted as acatalystwere anywhereinIndia, but onlybe- gical procedures. It outlines that the CID, Prakash Rathod, lodged a Singh, aSIM carddistributor who urgent need,'' said MDSharath, agreementandinvitedhimtomeet brought out the growing discon- twogovernment orders by tween classes 6and 8. If primary notall post-graduates of complaint saying afriend of his activatedfakeaccounts; Ansar Superintendent of Police of the Education MinisterGovind Singh tent among asection of Muslims PrimaryEducation Director school itself had Urdu, then why Ayurvedacan perform these friend had donated moneyafter Khan,aSIMcardretailerwhosold CID cyber crime unit in DotasrainJaipur on Monday. againstthe Ashok Gehlot-led Saurabh Swami on September 2 would the madrasas have procedures. Onlythose spe- being approachedbyafake SIMs againstfakeAadhaar IDs; Karnataka whichcarriedout the Following the meeting, he has Congress government. Several andSeptember5.Theordersstate opened?Somepeopleareunnec- cialisedinShalya and Shalakya Facebook account in the DSP's Saini, an accomplice who created recent arrests. calledoffhisDandiyatra,”Budhwali Congress MLAs also wrotetothe that onlyone thirdlanguagecan essarilycreating confusion.” areallowedtoperform these name. Investigations in over a thefake AadhaarID;andSaddam, FULLREPORTON told The Indian Express.Khan is ex- Chief Ministerand Education be taught, between classes 6and FULLREPORTON surgical procedures,” Kotecha dozensimilarcomplaintsmadeby areceiverofthe funds obtained www.indianexpress.com pected to arrive in Jaipur Monday. Ministeroverissues raisedby 8,andonlyoneteachercanbeap- www.indianexpress.com said.

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Sarma says theBihar poll resultswill have apositive impact forBJP in both West Bengal and Assam, argues that his problem is notwith Assamese Muslims but the ‘threat’ to com‘positeAssamese culture, remains hopeful of Naga peace talks, and claims he has ‘no personal ambition left’. The session wasmoderated by AssociateEditor Liz Mathew

LIZ MATHEW:Doyou thinkthat the All private madrasas will continue. We Assamese culture. BiharAssemblyelection result will arenot touching them. It is apartoftheir influence the polls in Assam next year? constitutional right. And we respect that KRISHNKAUSHIK: When the Assam We should notsee the Bihar Assembly right...Butthesearticles(intheConstitution) NRCpanel submitted itsreport, the electionresultinisolation.Itshouldbeseen do notdirect the government to run reli- government contested it, amidst along with the bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, gious education. The minoritieshavethe rumours that it had excludedmore MadhyaPradesh,Telanganaand Manipur. right to run educationalinstitutions. But Hindu thanMuslim names. What was If youlookatthe country’s map, from east theydon’t have the the reason for to west and southtonorth, peoplehavere- right to impose their rejectingit? What iterated theLok Sabhaverdict once again. holyscripturesorliter- We requested 20 per cent ‘ will be different in a This reiteration is more vocal. The Biharre- WHY atureonthe newNRC? sult is acontinuation of Prime Minister government. re-verification in six border We arenot oppos- HIMANTABISWA SARMA NarendraModi’s Lok Sabha victory. districts and 10 per cent in ingorquestioningthe Although one stateelection doesn’thavea versatile politician, KABIR FIRAQUE: NRC.We arequestion- direct impact on the other,people’s faith in Youhavespoken other districts. If this ing certain processes PMModiwillhave ahugeimpactinAssam Sarma is BJP’schief about the clash of adoptedby(NRC) co- presents same picture,we and Bengal elections.The resultshaveled Atroubleshooter in the twocivilisations ordinatorPrateekHaj- to apositive psychologicaleffect on the and greater Assam- ‘ ela. He adoptedcer- are going to accept the NRC karyakartas in both Bengal and Assam. North East. With Assamgoing ese culture. Yousaid tain procedures and that AssameseMus- misledthe Supreme LIZ MATHEW:Inthe Biharpolls, the to pollsnext year,Sarma is lims areonyour Court. First, the NRC AIMIM spokeabout the Citizenship expected to play acrucial role in side.So, in your did notdelete more (Amendment)Act (CAA) and National vision of twocivilisations, wheredo Hindu names then Muslim.Itput 5,56,000 RegisterofCitizens (NRC). Do youthink BJP campaign to retain power youplace Assamese Muslims? And in Hindus and almost11lakh Muslims in the this issue holds appeal in the Assam the greater Assamese culture, wheredo doubtfullist.Butthatisnotourconcern.Our Assemblyelections giventhatthe state youplace MiyaMuslims and Bengali concern is that in the bordering districtsof has alarge Muslimpopulation? Hindus? Assamthereisatremendousgrowthinpop- The Assamese Muslim community Bengali Hindus arenot distorting ulation, whichisdisproportionatetoany will votefor us. But so farasMuslims who Assamesepoetry...Theyare notsayingthat otherMuslim-orHindu-dominateddistrict have migrated from Bangladesh at differ- Bengali is an Assamese culture. Theyare in the state.So, we had requestedMrHajela ent stages of time (areconcerned), they saying we have adistinct culture. We have to recheck20per cent of sample datafrom arenot going to vote forthe BJP.So, what the officer of aneighbouring district. But he theythink and do is an activity to be no- rejected the re-verification. We had pro- ticedbythe Congress and All India United duceddocumentaryevidence beforehim. Democratic Front. We arecontinuing our We also informedthe Centralgovernment development work because the govern- and brought to their notice that manyfake ment is forall. documentswereannexedalong with the NRCapplications... So, we justrequested20 LIZ MATHEW:So, does this mean that in percentre-verificationinsixborderdistricts the coming days the BJP will tryto and 10 per cent re-verification in other dis- consolidateHindu votesinAssam? tricts.If there-verificationpresentsthesame It is notaHindu-Muslim (matter). It is a picture, we aregoing to acceptthe NRC.... fight between twocultures.The so-called migrants—Bangladeshi Muslims —have TORA AGARWALA:Every time the CAA startedanewconceptinAssam. Theycall issue comes to the fore,Assam erupts. it Miyaculture, Miyapoetry... Miyalan- Nowwith Covid-19, theissue hastaken guage... We have to protect the composite abackseat. But when the CAAcomes Indian culture and moreparticularly intofocus again, howdoyou plan to Assameseculture...AndAssameseMuslims prevent violence? arefirmlybyour side. Yousaw (anti) CAAprotestson December29(2019).Butafterthat,yousaw LIZ MATHEW:Assam witnessed BJP rallies in support of the CAA. And you widespread protests againstthe NRC also sawthe kind of people who came out and CAA.Howwill this affect the polls? and supportedthe Home Minister’s move TherewereprotestsagainsttheNRCand on the amendment of the CAA. Of course, CAA. But afterthat, manythings have ontheissueoftheCAA,therewillbeaset of changedinthelandscapeof Assam.Thereis people who will keep on opposingand currentlynot toomuchtalk about the NRC therewill be another setwho will saythat and CAA. These issues arenolongerapart theCAAisimportantforAssam.Havingsaid of themainpoliticaldiscourseof Assam.But that,Idonot thinkthatinAssampeopleare if somebody from Delhi comes and asks currentlydiscussingtheCAA.We have been someone about whichside of the NRCand ableto largelyconvincethe people that the CAAtheyare on, then people have to tell CAAisnot anti-Assamese and that it will something.Butinthepoliticallandscapeor notharm Assamese culture. Idonot know thebuild-upto theelection,nobodyistalk- whether therewill be protests or not. ing aboutthese issues. Idon’t think these willbeapoliticalissue.Ofcourse,some(po- TORA AGARWALA:The Baghjan Oil litical) parties (or leaders) maymentionit Field wasonfirefor months. This has intheirspeeches.Ithinkthingshave already Illustration: Suvajit Dey adverselyaffected the environment takenadifferent turn —aconflictbetween even in the neighbouring areas.There cultures, the development work doneby Assamese culture. In Assam, the practice expect adramatic outcome. This will take An opportunitywas givenonlytoaclass of no issueaslong as youare saying that is alot of discontent regarding it on the ourgovernment. since500years ago, whichwas startedby time and will be discussed in afriendlyat- citizens to study their holyscriptureand BengaliHindusfollowBengaliliteratureand ground.... Mahaprabhu Sankardev,isthatyou assim- mosphere. Thereisnobreakdown of the then scoremarks.So, my opposition is culture...ButMiyacultureisdistortingAssa- Iamofthe viewthat it should have ABHISHEK SAHA: At leasttwo new ilate intoabroader Assamese cultureand Naga peace talks. becauseyouhavetoestablishparity.Either mese language... BengaliHindus arenot in been containedmuchearlier.Ifyou can- political formations (the KrishakMukti we will pickupyourpositive elements. But Thereare some proposals and youallowtheBhagavadGitaorBiblesothat confrontation with Assamese culture... So notcontrol the blowout on time, then Sangram Samiti and the Assam Jatiya hereisacommunity whichhas distorted counter-proposals. The Home Ministryis other studentsalso score200marks,orre- as longasyou don’t clashwith our civilisa- people will resistnew drilling. So, eco- Parishad)havemadethe CAAand NRC Assamese languageand created alan- in touchwith theManipur civil society, move theQuran. tion, we have no issue. nomicallyand environmentally, we have their main planks. guagecalledMiya... It is notanindepend- and Assam and Arunachal Pradesh gov- Ithink introducing the Bible or Bhaga- Today, AssameseMuslims arebeing to search fortechnology and alternative These twoformations haddeclared ent culture, theydistortedAssamese poet- ernments. We have to ensurethat any vadGitawillnotbeeasybecauseAssamhas exploited.Theydonot have anyrepresen- mechanisms so thatblowoutsare con- their intention to form apolitical party ry and startedMiyapoetry... So it is Naga solutiondoesnot createanother acompositecultureand thereare many tative in the Assemblyorany parliamen- tainedimmediately. We areintouchwith about five to six years back. In the context aggression. Theytell people that theywant counter-agitation in Assam, Arunachal smallreligions.Sothebest waytoestablish tary constituency... Nobody talksabout the local people in Baghjan. We have of Assam,Idon’tthinksomebodycanthink to assert their identity.What is the need Pradesh or Manipur. parityisto remove thesubjectontheQuran. them or their plight... So, the BJP is strongly startedvariousdevelopmentactivities. of getting anyseatorpercentageofvotes to assert identity? That means youwant We aredoing that this month. The Cabinet on the side of the Assamese Muslim com- And Ithink that publicanger is softening talking about the CAAand NRC. Alot of ru- to aggressivelycounterAssameseculture ABHISHEK SAHA: Howsuccessful has note is already in circulation and in itslast munity.Wehavealready ordered fortheir because theysaw that OilIndia Limited mours were spread duringthe CAAagita- by encroachingonlandofour mon- Assam been in managing the Covid-19 stages of approval. census and announcedaDevelopment worked dayand night to contain the tion.Peopleweretoldthat alot of Bangla- asteries... We will notacceptthis type of crisis? Then, we have another setofmadrasas Council forthem. We have allotted Rs 100 blowout. But the impact on the environ- deshis would come. assertion. This is not Ourdoctors,paramedics,nursesandthe whichimpartdeep crorefor their devel- mental is there. We needtoensurethat Theywerealso told acceptabletous. governmenthave doneacommendablejob religious or theologi- opment. this does nothappen again. that 500trucks were in combating Covid-19.Wehaveseenal- cal knowledge.And Private madrasas will ‘ Assamese Muslims will ‘ lining up at theBan- ESHA ROY: The Naga most2,10,000 positive cases. In astate like we give equivalenceof continue. Minorities have KABIR FIRAQUE: If ANANT GOENKA: What is your viewon gladesh border.But vote forus. Migrants from peacetalks seem to Assam,thisisahugenumber.Yet,today, our Standards10and 12 MiyaMuslims social media platforms havingthe peoplehaveseenthat have hit aroadblock recovery rate is 97.45 per cent. Our mortal- (tothem). This is not right to run educational agree to live as a powertocontrol content? Bangladesh, they are not all these things have formanymonths ity rate is just0.45 per cent. We have com- correct. Manystu- institutes. But they don’t separateculture, First,asacountry, we cannotopposethe nothappenedinthe going to vote forBJP. now. Therehave pleted5milliontests.Assamhasshownthe dentsafter complet- would the greater freeflowofinformation.Butthisshouldnot lastone year.Ithink if been reportsthat wayastohow by testing, tracking and iso- ing Standard10ask have right to impose their Assamese society become asource of misinformation. Iam somebody triesto What they do is forCong, the Union govern- lating,you can combat Covid-19.Inthe whether theywillbe ‘ accept them? notinaposition to suggestaway but the raise this issue, it will ‘ ment has now meantime,we have celebratedDurga Puja. able to study medi- holy scriptures on govt Whereisthe qu- government or an independent authority boomerang on them. AUDF to think about agreedtodiscuss We arealsoholding political activities for cine or engineering. estion of us accept- mustsee to it that social media is notmis- Imeetmanypeople. the Constitution the Bodoland council polls, wherethou- The decisiontosend ing or notaccepting usedfor supplying misinformation. Ithink Nobody is talking and separateflag sands of people areattending political ral- them to themadrasa them? The Constitu- graduallywecan thinkofanindependent abouttheNRCorCAA. that the National lies. In spiteofall this, our positivity rate is wastaken by theirparents.This wasnot an tion of India givesthem that right. Youare mechanism,out of the government’s con- So these twopoliticalformations will also SocialistCouncil of Nagaland (I-M) has justbelow1per cent. So, Ithink Assam has informedchoiceof thestudent.Astudycon- already in the Assembly. Youhavealready trol, to see thatsocial media contentsare eventuallydedicateonlytwo minutes for been demanding. Is it true? If not, how done acommendablejob... From Septem- ductedby GauhatiUniversityfoundthat90 said that Bengali is your mother tongue in notharming society,individual reputation these issues. Then theywill attackthe BJP is the governmentplanning to take the ber1,wehaveseenasteady decline. At percentof thestudentswantto studymed- the Census... But nowyou aresaying that or national interest. on other fronts. talksforward? somepointintime,ouractive casesperday icine and engineering and do notwant to Bengali is notyour mother tongue and Iwill notgointothe detailsabout the were about 36,000.Today, our active cases study in madrasas. But at that stage,they that youhaveaMiyalanguage. Is therea LIZ MATHEW:With the Assam Assem- TORA AGARWALA:The representatives flagandconstitution.ButIwouldlike to say per dayare just 200. realisethatthedoorsarealreadyclosed.So, languagecalledMiyalanguageinany dic- blyelections approaching, arewegoing of the Miyacommunity saythat they that the NDAgovernment’s policy is main- we have decidedtoconverttheseinstitutes tionary?Atsomepointintime, they(Miya to see youinthe topposition? arenot asserting an independent or a taining the integrity of the nation. That is ABHISHEK SAHA: Whyisthe govern- intoseatsfor general education. Now, 600 Muslims) will saythat their poetryisthe Ihavebeeninthe Assemblyfrom separate culture, but thattheyare part whatwesaw in Jammuand Kashmir... ment opposedtomadrasa education? madrasas will be closed(down). In these real Assamese poetryortheir cultureis 2001.So, Ihavealreadyrequested the of the greater Assamese culture. What However, theNagaissueisaverycomplex In 1955,the Assam government had madrasas, we aregoing to impart modern the real culturebecause theyare gaining party that Idonot want to contestthis is your opinion on that? issue. These issues need to be resolvedfor publishedaneducationrule where they education. This (is notto) save anyfinance. amajority.So, ours is adefensive mecha- election. Ihavedonealot formystate in In Assam, manypeople have come in largerpeace and stabilityofour region. made twoprovisions.Theycreated aset of We will keep spending Rs 300crore be- nism. We arenot on theoffensive.Weap- the last20years. So,now Iamatthe the last1,000 years. Sevenhundred years Under the supervision of (Union) Home schools calledhighmadrasa, whereastu- causewe arenot goingto take anybodyout prehend that at some point in time the party’s disposal. Whatever theydecide, I ago, my forefathers themselvesmigrated MinisterAmit Shah, ateam of officers are dent could appear forgeneral subjects. But of service... The madrasa education is op- Miyalanguagewill become the official will be fine with it...Idon’thaveany per- here... So, everybody has assimilated into engagingwithMrThuingalengMuivah(the theywerealso allowedtostudy asubject posedbythe student themselves. languageofAssam... So, the problem is the sonal ambition left. Ihavegot enough love the bigger cultural landscape. Nobody has generalsecretaryoftheNSCN).Thediscus- basedonthe Quran and can score200 aggressive attitude. If theywant to stick and affection from the people. It might triedtoassertanindependent culture. sions arepositive and both sides have re- marks in that. This has createdanimbal- LIZ MATHEW: Butthe Constitution to theirown culture, who is going to op- have been an ambition 10 years back. But They(MiyaMuslims) saythat we want re- alisedthattheyneedtoaccommodateeach ance as otherstudentsare notable to give givesrightstominorities to run pose them?... Do nottry to mainstream now, it is no longer an ambition. Iamina spect and space within the greater other.But,atthe same time, we should not answers on the Bibleorthe BhagavadGita. educationalinstitutions.... your cultureand impose it as the real flow. Let’s see what happens. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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Welfare,updatedat11pmonNov22 updatedat11pmonNov22 announcedbyPfizer,Moderna and That's notthe message we got 3-4 months Russia that their respective vaccines ago, when we were told about hundredsof have over 90 efficacy%? millions of doses being made everymonth. All these vaccines offering protection at Ithink initial availability is going to be Scientistsprobe cell membrane ahigh levelwas surprising because, with limited and the trickle will become stronger mucosal infections, youusuallysee less pro- as production increases...weare notreally tection than forinfections at other sites. going to have serious amountsofavaccine defence against coronavirus Influenzavaccines, in agood season, offer even with the successful candidatesfor an- about 60%, and this can be muchlower when other three to five months. TO INFECTahuman cell,the novel lish amolecular understandingofthe the strains arenot matched. If we look at en- That's time to getlogistics fordelivery to- coronavirus needs to firstbind to the membrane properties that allowvi- teric (intestinal) infection vaccines, theycan OxfordUniversity-AstraZeneca vaccinePhase 2trials in Pune. Even with successful gether,because Idon't think we areasready cell membrane using itsspikeprotein. ralentry, howmembranes change be 85-90%protective,but notinall parts of candidates, availability is likelytobelimited initially. Arul Horizon/File photo as we shouldbe... Idon'tthink I'veheard The cell membrane is thus the cell’s when in contact withthe virus, and the world. With parenteral (non-oral) vac- enough about the planningtoknowmost outermost lineofdefence againstthe what membrane modifications could cines foramucosal infection, one example problems have been anticipated and the roll- coronavirus. Researchers arenow in- inhibit the infection process. Theteam we have is the polio vaccine —you can give actively seeking it out to destroy it]? Youwound up using moredoses of oral out will be smooth andashigh volume as is vestigating what treatmentscould is using ORNL’s liquids reflectometer an injectable polio vaccine, and it's pretty We have some of this datafromthe phase polio vaccine, but youstillgot to the same being projected. makethe membrane moreresistant (LIQREF)toexamine the conforma- good at preventing disease, but it doesn't re- 2studies, but thedetailedlookatimmunol- goal of trying to eliminatethe disease from to virus entry. Cell membranes serve tion of membranes andviral spike allyprotect againstthe mucosal component, ogy so farisinsmall numbers. It's good to see the country.Now,weare trying to eradicate What moreshould we knowtoget a as abarrier between the cell’s interior proteins, as well as the effectsofcer- whichisinfection of the enteric tract. validation of the vaccines in different popula- it by combining oral and injectable vaccines. senseofhow government is geared up? and itssurroundingenvironment. In tain therapeutic candidates. With the Idon't think we expected thesevaccines tions,but we also needtolearn moreabout Youwould needtostart communicating themselves, theyhost instrument, scientists to perform as well as theyare.Aswefollow the safetyissues —RNA,for instance, is very The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines don’t with groups likelytobevaccinated early. The manyactivities neces- canmeasurethe trajec- them forlonger, the efficacy is notgoingto inflammatory. We sawthereweremorereac- seem feasible fordeveloping countries. government could put out aplan telling us saryfor cell function. tories of neutrons as they be maintained... These areearly results, when tions in the peoplewho got thehighestdose What sortofvaccine would be better this is howsequencing of vaccination is go- Theyare justafew interact with different bi- the immune response has justbeen made. in the Moderna trial, forexample, and that suitedfor India? ing to be done —innot justthe big broad nanometres thick. ological materials. They That said, forareasonable timeframe, Idon't doseisnot being usedfor further studies. Agood vaccine forIndia is an affordable term of “these arethe 3-5 categories (of pri- Researchers from then use this information think the ratesare going to decline incredibly. The efficacy information releasedbythese vaccine that can be made in largenumbers ority groups that will getthe vaccine first)”, Virginia Instituteof to determine howasam- companiesare justheadline numbers in press and deliveredeasily—preferablyasasingle but alsohow theyare going to operate Technology and the US PAPER ple is organisedatthe What does it mean to have an efficacy releases. We haven’t seen dose. It should give long- within states. Department of Energy’s molecularlevel. rate of over 90%? the actualdata, so we term protection —I The big pictureisatthe Centrebut, at the Oak RidgeNational CLIP The researchers per- Let's startwith averysimple design, can’t saywhat protection would likelifetime pro- statelevel, therehas to be adelivery mecha- Laboratory(ORNL) are formedtheir experi- whichisa1:1 randomisation. This means lookslike. Companies are THEEXPERT tection. We don'tknow nism andclarity. We hearyou'regoing to have using neutron scattering mentswith amembrane half the people willget the vaccine and the going to have to publish this will happen, but one healthcareworkers, but is it private or public NEWRESEARCH to investigatehow the model that closelymir- other half will getaplacebo. If we’relooking this dataand submit it to DR GAGANDEEP KANG, dose eases the burden on healthcare? What's the sequence?How do cell membrane and the rors the shape and com- at avaccine trialwith 20,000 people in this the regulators. Professor at Christian the immunisation pro- youbreak down healthcareworkers? And, in virusimpact eachother.Bydetermin- positionofcell membranes within design, 10,000 would be vaccinatedand Medical College–Vellore, is gramme, because you our country, can youdelivertoall healthcare ing howthe coronavirus penetrates human lungs. Theymeasured how 10,000 would not. Earlier,expertssaid a one of India’s leading don't have the problem workers around the countryatthe same time the cell membrane, scientists can de- the membrane’sproperties change Let'ssay10% of peoplewouldnormallyget vaccine with 60-70% medical scientists.Dr of needing to trackthe or will some states be prioritised? veloptreatments that hinder this when exposedtoeither melatonin or the infection with averyhigh attackrate. So, efficacy wasdesirable. Kang’s work on vaccines person down forthe sec- We’venever seen this scale of activitybe- process. Manyresearchers areexplor- azithromycin —commonly available of the 10,000 people who have notreceived Howdesirable is this includes akey role in onddose. fore,soitwouldbereassuringtohaveapublic ing ways to combat the virus by tar- productsthat arecurrentlybeing in- the vaccine, 1,000 people will getthe disease cut-off now? development of India’s We don't have avac- plan forhow this is actuallygoing to be done. geting itsspike proteins,but fewerare vestigated as possible treatmentsfor withinadefinedperiod. Now, we also have If youhave90% effi- indigenous rotavirus cine as expensive as the paying attention to the sitewherethe mitigatingCovid-19symptoms. 10,000peoplewho have receivedthe vaccine. cacy,and it lasts six vaccine. She is the first AstraZeneca vaccine The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, both infection process begins: the cell In them,if the vaccine doesnot work at all,we months versushaving Indian woman inducted as (Covishield) in our pro- mRNA, needtobestoredatdifferent, membrane. Source: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will get1,000infections, because 10%will get 60% efficacy that lasts 10 Fellowofthe RoyalSociety. gramme at the moment, lowtemperatures. Is it possibleto The newresearch looks to estab- US DeptofEnergy infected.Ifavaccinehas50%efficacy,500peo- years, whichone would She wasrecentlyChair of and that's at $3 adose — develop an mRNAvaccine that can be ple will getthe infection and, if it has 90% effi- youpick? We can't make an ICMR panel on Covid-19 the lowest price an- stored at warmer temperatures? cacy,only100people will getinfected. decisions basedonpress drugs and vaccines. nounced. It still means EverymRNAvaccine is different… releases. It's encouraging youneed$6justfor the Gennova Biopharmaceuticals(whichisalso Afterthe information releasedbythese information, but we vaccineand more to de- working on an mRNAvaccine) is planning to firms, what questions remain? have to wait forthe full datasets,analyse liveritincampaign mode. If you’retalking makeavaccine that can be stored at 2°C to Will it work in younger people? Will it them, and then decidehow we want to $10per person per setofvaccination,that al- 8°C.CureVac [of Germany] is also working work in people who areimmunocompro- move forward. ready makes it the mostexpensive vaccina- on a2°C to 8°C formulation. Even Pfizer is mised?Arethesevaccinesyoucangive to preg- It is about the performance characteris- tion program this countryhas ever had —at planning to modify itsformulation,but it will nantwomen?Whatwouldtheirsafetyrecord tics of the vaccine and the goals youare try- the individual, per person, costand notjust take them acouple of years to gettothat be?How longdoesprotectionlast?Whatdoes ing to achieve. in terms of the number of people that would point, whichisnot surprising, because the immune response look like? What is the If we look at othervaccines... In the case of needtobeimmunised. Moderna has been in the mRNAgamefor a B-cells component [a B-cellisatype of white the oral polio vaccine, immune responses in If we'retalking about national pro- long time,whileBioNTechand Pfizer's tie- bloodcell that helps createantibodies against low—and middle-income countries are grammesand immunising everybody in the up wasfairly recent. It takestime to develop apathogen while it is infectingthe body]? muchlower than forinjectable polio vac- country, we aregoing to needsomethingun- these morestable formulations. What'stheT-cellcomponent(T-cellsaretypes cines.But, adecisionwas made to go with deradollar adose, preferablyunder 50 cents. of whiteblood cells that arepartofthe body’s oral polio vaccines, because theyare much These arethe kindsofthings second- EDITEDEXCERPTS long-term immune responseagainstavirus, easier to delivertothe population. wavecandidates should be aiming for. Longerversion: www.indianexpress.com Riseofacleric:howdidKhadimRizvibecomesoinfluentialinPak?

blasphemy.The government served Rizvi evict the protestors, brokered adeal that The Islamist cleric diedonFriday. Hisabilityto severalwarnings over his utterances before waseffectivelyatotal surrender by the gov- arm-twistgovts standsout even in Pak. Alook at finallysackinghim.After this,hethrew ernment. Not only wasthe amendment himself intoacampaign in supportofblas- rolledback, theLaw Ministeralso resigned his meteoric rise, and whatnextfor his movement phemylawsand forthe release of Qadri. The afterissuing an apology.Asenior military PPP government wasthen considering are- officer wasseen distributing moneytothe Barelvi, whose practice of Islam is suffused peal or reform of the draconian laws,but protesters,whichwas explainedawayas ZEESHANSHAIKH morewith Sufitraditions prevalent across had to shelve this. ticketmoneyfor going home. MUMBAI,NOVEMBER22 SouthAsia, than with the Saudi Wahabism AfterQadriwas hanged in February When the TLP contestedthe 2018 gen- that reigns over jihadi tanzeems. 2016,Rizvi and his supporters swarmed eral elections, it positioneditself as the PAKISTAN’S HARD-TALKING, expletive- But Barelvis,likeevery other sect of Islamabad and sat on adharna on the dayof guardian of Hurmat-e-Rasool(Prophet spouting Islamist cleric Khadim Rizvi died Muslims, also have strong views about per- his chelum, the 40th dayafter death.There Muhammad’s honour) and the custodian of on Friday. His meteoric riseinPakistan'smil- ceivedblasphemy.Rizvi channelisedthe wasteargassing andrioting. Three people blasphemylaws. It polled4.21% of the votes itary-dominatedpolitical landscape and his common belief among amajority of died. The protestors demandedthe recog- countrywide and emergedthe fifthlargest powertobring governmentstotheir knees, Pakistanis that thereisnoforgiveness for nition of Mumtaz Qadri as amartyr,the con- party,betterthan theperformanceofLeT all in the spanofless than adecadeuntil his blasphemy, weaponised it forhis political versionofhis Adiala Jail cell intoanational chief Hafiz Saeed's party.Italso wonthree sudden death,are unique even by the stan- ends, and turneditintoraw street power. heritagesite, the execution of Aasia Bibi, the seatsinthe Sindh ProvincialAssembly. dards of howmuchthe country's historyhas He did nothavetoindulge in terroristvio- removalofAhmadis and other non-Muslims Afterthat, the TLP carriedout periodic been shapedbyradical Islamunderthe be- lence, yetwas moresuccessful than any in keyposts,and the assurancethat the blas- protests, paralysingthe government in nignand enabling gaze of itsarmy. other extremistgroup in getting hisway phemylawswould notbediluted.The November 2018 with ahugesit-in in Rizvi's abruptdeath has created confu- with those in powertoo. protests were held under the banner of Islamabad demanding the execution of sionandspeculationaboutitscause,although At the very least,heforcedsuccessive Tehreek-e-Labaik Ya Rasoolullah(TLYRA). Aasia Bibi aftershe wasacquittedbythe indications arethat it waslikelyacase of governmentstoperish thethought of re- Khadim Hussein Rizvi washead of Tehreek-e-Labaik, amovement and later a Awidelycirculated video of Rizvi weep- Supreme Court. The government signedan Covid-19.Tehreek-e-Labbaik(TLP),hismove- formingthe draconian blasphemylaws. political party. AP/File photo ing at the funeral, and putting his turbanat agreement withthe TLP thatshe would not mentandlaterapoliticalparty, hasgrownso And he wasrepeatedly able to target and the feet of Qadrifor notbeing able to save be allowedtoleave the countryasitwas be- muchandproveditself usefulsomanytimes undermine civilian governments. him, cemented his leadership of the move- lieved she would do afterthe acquittal. that Pakistan's permanent powerwielders In this way, he wasacounterpoint to allyofthe Pakistanmilitarywhichuses re- of working to theagendaofoutsiders. ment,whose declaredaim wastosafeguard areunlikelytolet it wither away. Saeedand otherjihadists who had been ligious extremism forits ownagenda. Fora the blasphemy laws.HeleftIslamabad with What now tagged as globalterroristsbythe interna- week immediately preceding hisdeath, Rise from nowhere awarning to Sharif that he would return, AfterRizvi'sdeath,his son SaadRizvi has What made him different tional community.Their work wassecre- Khadim had summonedhis followers to Rizvi literallycame out of the blue. His whichhedid in November 2017,when he been appointed as the head of the TLP.The The sheer street powerthat Rizvi com- tive and across borders. Rizvi, on the other march on Islamabad in protestagainst launchpad wasthe 2011 assassination of and thousandsofhis followers sat-in on an leaders of other parties, suchasthe Sunni mandedmade him different from the other hand,was out there, harnessing religion FrenchPresident Emmanuel Macron's Salman Taseer,the Pakistani politician who arterial road between Islamabad and Tehreek Pakistan, or the Jamiat Ulema e extremists who have risen to prominence across the countrywithout setting offlarge- stand in favour of free speechand the car- wasthen Governor of Punjab province, by Rawalpindi, paralysing lifeinbothcities for Pakistan, arealso likelytosee an opportu- in Pakistanoverthe lastthree decades. He scale violence.Plushehad no linkswith toons of ProphetMohammed. In his his bodyguard. Rizviwas then an unknown nearly amonth. nity –eithertorevivetheir ownoutfitsto wasnot aDeobandilikethe Taliban, nor an militant Islamists in Afghanistanorwith IS speeches at the protests,Rizvi also launched government-employedcleric in Lahore. He The trigger forthe protestwas an at- ride the current waveofBarelvi religious Ahle Hadees likeLashkar-e-Toiba's Hafiz or al-Qaeda. Moreimportantly, he wasa scathing attacks againstformer PM Nawaz took up the cause of Taseer's assassin tempttoreform the election laws,which extremism and political activism, or to try Saeed. Rizvi wasaBarelvi. Most Barelvisare populistwho knewthe pulse of the aver- Sharif who had accusedArmychief Gen Mumtaz Qadri, lauding him forkilling a Rizvi alleged wasaimedatdiluting the anti- andtakeoverthe leadership of the move- viewedasmiddle-of-the-road, moderate ageconservative Sunni Pakistani. Qamar JavedBajwa of conspiring with the man who had comeout in supportofAsia Ahmadi provisions. Finallythe Pakistani ment that Rizvi has leftbehind. Either way, Sunni Muslims. Half of Pakistanidentify as But likethe others, he wasalso anatural judiciarytoousthim. Rizvi accusedSharif Bibi, the jailedChristianwoman accused of Army, whichhad refusedtouse forceto theywill needpowerful benefactors. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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10 THE EDITORIAL PAGE the slaughter —GEORGE WASHINGTON Paying for poison

§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA Theregime of subsidies is the mainreasonwhy BECAUSETHE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL thereisstubble in the firstplace IRONINVELVET JessicaSeddon and Ashok Gulati Kerala government mustwithdraw social media ordinance. It violates Constitution, arms police with achilling newweapon IF YOUWERE being forcedto consume poison well as itsperpetrator. easy,and subsidisedasthe basicgranules. —and to payfor it —how would youreact? Particulatematterand ground-level We have to stop paying forpoison. An im- HE KERALAGOVERNMENT’S decision to amend the lawtomakeallegedly Notwell, forsure. It sounds abstract, far- ozone (formedfromindustrial, powerplant, portant element to correct in the policy ma- “threatening or abusive or humiliating” social media posts punishable by fetched, but this is one of the dynamics at play and transportation emissions among other trix is the policy of subsidies on power, fer- ajail term crosses manyred lines —and walksapath whichthe Supreme behind air pollution in Delhi and the Indo- ingredients) cause double-digit losses in crop tilisers and procurement. We needtoshiftthe Courthas clearly flaggedasunconstitutional. By pushingthrough an or- Gangetic plains at large. yields. Ozone damages plant cells, handicap- nature of supporttofarmers from input sub- Tdinance that makes suchadraconian change, the Leftgovernment not People in this highly-pollutedairshedare ping photosynthesis, while particulatemat- sidies to investment subsidies,say forthe con- choking toward aslowdeath. As winter terdims the sunlight that reaches crops. version of paddy areasinthis belt to orchards onlyadds to thesteady stateencroachment of free speechand individual liberties but it dawns,the wind slows,temperaturesdrop, AgriculturescientistTonyFischer’s 2019 esti- with drip irrigation,vegetables, corn,cotton, also sets aflagrant example of overzealous policing.Chief MinisterPinarayiVijayan has andsuspendedparticulatematter (PM) ac- mates of thetwo pollutants’ combinedeffect pulses and oilseeds, that consume much less defendedthe amendment in the name of the damagedone to “women, transgender peo- cumulates. The more-than-enough pollution suggestthat as muchas30per cent of India’s water, muchless powerand fertilisers and ple” and families who arethe targetsofscurrilous attackson online media platforms. The in Delhi and surrounding citiesfromcon- wheat yield is missing (SageJournals, Outlook don’t createstubble to burn. argument ignores the fact that thereare enough provisions in the IPC that can address such gestedtraffic, dust,construction,waste-burn- on Agriculture). Earlier,BSinha et al (2015), in Adiversificationpackageof, say, Rs violations. Indeed, manyofthese arebeing weaponisedbypolice across states, be it ing and powergenerationaccumulates and Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 10,000crorespread over the next five years, MaharashtraorUttar Pradesh. More worryingly, Kerala’s move is areflectionofasaviour gets atop-up from the burningofpaddy stub- Discussions,found that high ozone levels in equallycontributed by the Centreand states, ble in Punjab,Haryana andWestern Uttar parts of Haryana and Punjab could diminish maybethe best waytomoveforward in re- complexthat allows states and politicians to invoke arange of ruses —fromthe protec- Pradesh. This top-up varies daily—from 1to rice yields by aquarter and cotton by half. ducing agriculture-related pollution. States’ tion of the weak,tothe aggrievedsentimentsofcommunities, to national security and 42 per cent of the totalpollution, as per But the ironyofagricultural pollution is savings on powersubsidies and from reduc- fake news —toarrogatemorepower to themselvestoregulate and restrict free speech. SAFAR’sreading from October 24 to that taxpayers areessentiallypaying forit ing watertable depletion could payfor most It is an attempt to smuggle in the iron fist in the velvetglove of noble intentions. November 19.But it is, in general, abig chunk through asystemofsubsidies that actually of the package. The approachtodiversifica- But the Supreme Courthas calledout suchattemptspreviously. In 2015,the apexcourt of the poison, as growing research usinga motivatesthe very behaviours thatdrive the tion has to be demand-led, with aholistic struckdownSection 66Aofthe Information Technology Act, 2000,whichgavethe govern- rangeoftechnologiesand methods, from agricultural emissions that theybreathe. framework of the value chain, from farm to satellites to ground monitoring to chemical Muchofthe policy attention has focused fork and notjustfocusedonproduction. The ment powertoarrestand imprison an individual forallegedly offensive online posts.The analysis, concurs. on howtochangethe disposal of paddy role of the private sector in building value courtruledthat as it did notdistinguish between speechthat wasmerely“offensive or an- Agriculture’s contribution to air pollution stubble, but our current system of subsidies chains will be critical. noying” and that whichwas guilty of inciting adisruption of public order,Section 66Awas runsevendeeper thanwhat happens be- is abig reason that thereisstubbleonthese On the fertiliser front,instead of massive “liable to have achilling effect on free speech”. The same judgment also declared as invalid tween crop seasons. The Indo-Gangetic plain fields in the firstplace. Free power—and subsidisation of urea to thetune of almost75 Section 118(d) of the Kerala Police Act, whichprescribed ajail term forthose who caused is also one of the world’s largest and rapidly- consequently,“free” water, pumped from per cent of itscost, it would be better to give annoyance to others by “indecent” statements, comments, calls or messages. In effect, the growing ammonia hotspots.Atmospheric the ground —isabig partofwhatmakes farmers input subsidy in cashonper hectare ammonia, whichcomes from fertiliser use, growing rice in these areas attractive.Open- basis, and free up the prices of fertilisers com- newordinancetries to resurrect asectionstruck down as unconstitutional by the apexcourt. animal husbandry, and other agricultural endedprocurement of paddy,despitethe pletely. This would be in acrop-neutralway Despitethe guarantees in theConstitution, the Indian politicalclass, Left, Right, even Free power—and practices, combines with emissions from consequently,‘free’ water, bulgingstocksofgrains with theFood that would makeagriculturedemand-driven Centre, riding on the ballastofahyper-polarisedpolitics, increasingly looksatfreespeech, powerplants, transportation and other fos- CorporationofIndia,addstothe incentives. and also save the countryfromhigh costs of dissent and even legitimatecriticism as an exercise in bad faith, and projectsitasanattack sil-fuel burning to form fine particles.The pumped from the ground — Subsidies account foralmost15per cent of carrying excessive stocks of rice and wheat. on democraticallyelected authority.Asaresult, existing laws arebeing weaponisedtoar- preciseshareofthese “second particulates” is abig part of what makes the value of rice being producedinPunjab- Government procurement of paddy from rest journalists andcitizens foratweet or aslogan or aFacebook post, when institutions of (secondarybecause they areformed by mul- growing rice in these areas Haryana belt. farmers burningstubble in their fields may amaturedemocracy should have the broad shoulderstoshrug offsuchcomments. That tiple direct,orprimary, emissions reacting Similarly,the rootsofrising ammoniapol- also be restricted. in the atmosphere) has notbeen extensively attractive. Open-ended lution lie in the wayfertiliserisused. Fertiliser, Takentogether,these measurescould the avowedlyprogressive Leftgovernment in Kerala —seen by many of itsardent admirers studiedfor Indian cities but findings from procurement of paddy, particularly urea in granular form, is highly double farmers’ incomes,promote efficiency as alastoutpostofliberal values —also decides to strikeablowagainstliberty is asign of an China with similar emission patterns sug- despite the bulging stocks of subsidised. It is one of the cheapest formsof in resource use, and reduce pollution —awin- endemicintoleranceto dissent, cuttingacrossideologicallines.The PinarayiVijayan govern- gest that theycan account foraquartertoa grains with the Food nitrogen-basedfertiliser,easy to storeand win solutionfor all. TheModi government thirdofparticulatematter pollution even in easy to transport, butitisalso one of the first has already undertakenbold agri-marketing ment, astridentcritic of stateexcesses elsewhere in thecountry, mustholditself upto those Corporation of India,adds same standards —and withdraw an ordinance that does notpass the constitutional test. urban settings. to “volatilise,” or release ammonia intothe reforms. It is time to reform the input subsidy To besure, agriculturealone is notthe full to the incentives. Subsidies air.This loss of nitrogen, the main point of fer- regime and stop payingfor poison. story. The post-Diwali PM 2.5 levels of 1,970 account foralmost 15 per tilising in the firstplace, then leads to acycle in VivekVihar to 1,073inMandir Margin cent of the value of rice of more andmorefertiliserbeing appliedto Seddon is Fellow, ChadhaCenter for Delhi (againstasafevalue of 60) were clearly getthe intendedbenefitsfor crops. Thereare Global IndiaatPrinceton University,and MANY MORE BANKS being produced in acocktailofmanysources.Itisimportant to ways to reduce the nitrogen loss, and pollu- Gulati is InfosysChair Professor for note that agricultureisavictim of pollutionas Punjab-Haryana belt. tion consequences,but theyare notascheap, AgricultureatICRIER RBI panel proposal to allowlarge NBFCs to converttobanksis welcome. Need forbettersupervision mechanisms is urgent

NDIA HAS NO balance of paymentsproblem. Norisitconstrainedany longerby endemic shortagesoffood, fuel and other essential rawmaterials. Even govern- ment finances areonthe mend, with the goods and services taxregime stabil- POWER IN THE AIR ising and the worstofthe COVID lockdown-inducedrevenue shortfalls over.But Ithereisone unresolvedcrisis—ofabroken bankingsystem—thatcan hold back economic growth. Public sector banks(PSBs), in the lastfiveyears, have seen their share IAF has enhanced India’s deterrent and coercivepostureinLadakh in total advancesand depositsfall from 74-76per cent to 60-65per cent. But these arestill fartoo high andalso worrying, giventhe accumulation of bad loans, both pastand prospec- tive.The Centre cannotkeep recapitalising PSBs. While thereare well-run private sector Arjun Subramaniam banks, theycannotpickupthe slackfromthe vastly reducedlendingcapacity of PSBs. The solution is simple: India todayneeds morebanks. It is in this contextthat the rec- AFTER ALMOSTTWO decades, the wider cit- Fordecades, the airspace over Ladakh has space,bothprecision attacksandareabomb- ommendation by aReserveBank of India (RBI)-appointed internal working group to allow izenryhas been exposedtoseveral facets of remained muted withonlythe baremini- ing arenot likelytocause anycollateral dam- non-bankingfinancialcompanies (NBFC) with assetsize of Rs 50,000croreormoretocon- howIndia’s armedforces aredeployed in mum transportand helicoptersupportbeing age, therebyallowing airpowertooperate warlikeconditions in Eastern Ladakh. The de- undertaken forsustenance,stockingand ca- without anymajor shackles. vert to banks, is welcome. Such NBFCscould include those controlledbylarge corporate liberateand decisivedeployment of the sualty evacuation. Lulledand even intimi- Modern air powerisall about targeting houses, subject to their having aminimum of 10 years of successfuloperations and the pro- Indian Army, withits entirerangeofcombat dated fordecades by thestricturesimposed andtargeting is allaboutbuilding aproper moters being “fit and proper”. If the panel’s suggestions areaccepted, manyNBFCs —like and engineeringcapabilities including tanks, on it by the various border protocolsand con- intelligence mosaic. The principal medium to BajajFinserv, AdityaBirla Capital,L&TFinance,M&MFinancialServices andCholamandalam towedheavy artilleryguns, special forces and fidence-building measures, Sub-Sector North createthismosaicisspace andthe platforms Investment &Finance —would qualify.Their lending booksare already bigger than many hardy troops in protective wintergear,has and Eastern Ladakh were literallyquasino- used areimaging, infrared,communication banks. The integrity and reputation of the promoters in these cases, too, isn’t under ques- sent astrong messagetothe People’s flyzones forIAF fighters. Whatever little and navigation-enabling satellites. It will take Liberation Army (PLA). An even moredeter- fighter flying comprisedmainlyofCombat decades forIndia to matchChina’s superior- tion. If becoming banksgives them greater access to low-costpublic depositsand thereby rent signal has been the willingness of the Air Patrols over Siachen and some familiari- ity in this realm. While India has wiselycho- enables morelending, that is good forthe economy’s growing credit requirement. Indian Armytooccupytacticallyadvanta- Never has so muchloadand sation in other parts of Ladakh. sen nottoengageinaspace race withChina, Converting establishedNBFCs intobanksisdifferent from permitting large geous heightsalong the north and south The government seems to have realised thereisaneedtoacceleratethe military seg- corporate/industrial houses in general to setupbanks. The RBI panel has rightlyadopted banks of Pangang Tso. It has forced the so manypersonnel been twoimportant facets of anyfuturelimited ment of India’s space programme.The cre- acautious approachinthis regard.Banking as abusiness involvesdeploying others’ money. Chinesetoreevaluatetheir strategicgame- flown into Ladakhbythe conflict scenarios across the LAC, particularly ation of aDefence Space Agency is astepin India’s pasthistory is replete withinstances of business houses usingbanksascaptive plan, whichwas expected to unfold by the IAF,not even in 1962. The in Ladakh. The firstisgiven the dense and al- this direction. In the meantime, Unmanned time winter setin. This strategic pause has mostmirror-image ground deployments of Aerial Vehicles and other air-basedsurveil- fund poolsfor financing other group entities and related parties. Licencesshould, hence, helpedthe Indian Armydig in along the LAC skies over Ladakhnow the Indian Armyand the PLA, force-on-force lance systems needtofill the gap. Space- be issuedselectivelyand preference giventothose with aproventrack recordinrunning and consolidateits deterrent posture. reverberate with the sound engagementsare notlikelytolead to anyde- basedcommunication and signalintelligence NBFCs as independent, arm’s-length businesses. Bankingregulationsshould ensuread- However, whathas slippedunder the of Sukhois, MiG-29s, cisive outcomes that couldresult in an alter- satellites arekey to createanelectronic orbat equatesafeguards against“connected lending”, though one mustn’t forget that recent radar is the massiveeffortbythe Indian Air Rafales, C-17s, C-130s, ation of status quofor either side. With hu- (order of battle) of the adversary. Forceinenabling,supporting and comple- man capacity significantlydiminished by Whatever transpires on the ground dur- scams have been moreabout PSBs and so-calledprofessional-promotedentities (Yes Chinooksand Apaches as Bankand Global TrustBank). The need forbettersupervision mechanisms is as urgent as menting this effort,bothinreal termsaswell altitude and terrain, air powercan cause sig- ing thecoming weeks, theaerospacesegment Leh emerges as among the theneedfor morebanks, small and big. as coercive posturing. Neverhas so muchload nificant psychological degradation in an ad- of deterrence, intelligence gathering, surveil- and so manypersonnelbeen flown into busiest IAF airfields. versary. The Kargil conflict wasacase in point. lance and reconnaissance mustact as the Ladakhbythe IAF,not even in 1962. The skies Images of Special Forces Second, giventhat the PLA’s capacityto strategic establishment’s eyes and firstre- over Ladakh nowreverberate with thesound absorb punishment in alimited but high in- sponder in anyfutureresponses alongthe LAC, of Sukhois, MiG-29s, Rafales, C-17s, C-130s, training with aviation tensity conflict is untestedinrecent times, particularly in Ladakh. Air and space power Freeze Frame EPUnny Chinooksand Apaches as Leh emergesas elements of the armyand the the ability of airpowertocause significant at- areextensionsofthe same continuumand among the busiestIAF airfields. Imagesof IAF in the rugged terrain tritionand destruction of combat potential thatoughtto bereasonenoughto invest more Special Forces training with aviation elements bear testimonytothe mustbefactored in. Thisisessentialifa effort and resources in sharpening them. of the Army and the IAF in the rugged terrain weaker power(India) is to seize the initiative bear testimonytothe improving synergy be- improving synergy between early on in aconflict to shape adesirable out- Subramaniam, aretired Air Vice Marshal, is tweenthe twoservices. the twoservices. come. Giventhe sparselypopulated battle- theauthorofIndia’sWars

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ALLYING WITH FARMERS said he wasprepared to invitethe Union agri- tween India and the SovietUnion.Moscow’s THE FARMERS’ AGITATION in Western India cultureministerand arrangeameeting be- concern is on manypoints, particularly is poisedtoenter anew phase with tween him and the farmers’ leader. Afghanistan. Prime MinisterIndiraGandhi Opposition parties proposing to launchasus- has been telling foreign dignitaries that the tainedprotest in whichstudentshavebeen ASSURANCE FROM UP SovietUnion mustwithdraw from asked to boycottclasses. Meanwhile, Gujarat UP CHIEF MINISTER VPSingh has said that Afghanistan. MoscowisunhappyoverIndia’s Chief Minister Madhavsinh Solankihas given he has no apprehension about farmers in the “unofficialstance” that the SovietUnion an open invitation to thefarmers’ leader for stategoing on aWestern India-likestir. He must setadatefor the withdrawal of its talks. His MaharashtracounterpartAR said that it has been made clear to farmers forces from Afghanistan. Antulayhas appealedtothe Union agricul- that the government is on their side. Singh tureministerRao BirendraSingh to increase also said that the ban on exportofkhandsari RAJIV’S PLANS the prices of sugar andonion. He has also that wasplacedduring the festiveseason has RAJIV GANDHI, ELDER sonofthe prime asked theCentretodirect the National been lifted. minister,isundecidedonwhether he AgricultureCooperative Marketing wantstocontest elections, according to UP Federation to increase onion purchase and BREZHNEV VISIT Chief MinisterVPSingh. The CM added allowexportsonbehalf of the Maharashtra PRESIDENT BREZHNEV’S VISIT to India is ex- that personallyhewould welcome such a Cooperative Marketing Federation. Solanki pected to leadtoaneasing of differences be- decision. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER23,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “Priti Patel, the home secretary, is abully.Her defence is that she had not the wits abouther to notice. If shehad anyshame,Patel would resign fromahigh- 11 THE IDEAS PAGE profile,high-pressure job” —THE GUARDIAN Aworldtowin Water bomb in

The timehas come to rallyaround anew ideafor the world—ademocratic the Himalayas globalgovernment that will notbeheld hostage to warand narrownationalsovereignty Chinese dam projectsonthe Brahmaputraare a threat to livesand livelihoods downstream

experience harsh and drysummer and the rainfall is scarce and erratic in the eastern coast. As in China, an equallyambitious north-south river-linking project has been proposedinIndia, though it has come un- der criticism forpotentiallydisturbing frag- Sudheendra ile ecosystems. Kulkarni Thereare nowmultiple operational dams in the Yarlung Tsangpo basin with moredams commissionedand under con- Christophe Jaffrelot struction. These constructions present a “I PLEDGE TO beapresident who seeksnot to and VijeyGanesh RS unique challenge forIndian planners. First, divide, but to unify;who doesn’t see redstates theywill eventuallylead to degradation of and blue states, onlysees the United States of the entirebasin: Massive amountsofsilt America.”ThusspokeJoeBidensoonafterde- WITH INDIA-CHINArelations hitting its carriedbythe riverwould getblockedby feating Donald Trumpand becomingthe 46th lowest point since the 1962 war, border in- dams leading to afallinthe quality of soil president of the US. Mayhesucceedin his dif- frastructurehas come under intense and eventual reduction in agricultural pro- ficult mission. scrutiny. The construction of severaldams ductivity.Second, the Brahmaputrabasin The US is notunique in being severely po- along the Yarlung (Brahmaputra) riveron is one of the world’s mostecologicallysen- larised. Corrosive social andpoliticaldivisions the Chinese side has been arepeatedcause sitive zones. It is identifiedasone of the arealso apparent in India, Pakistan, France, forconcern forIndian officials and the lo- world’s 34 biological hotspots.This region Turkey,Brazil, Ethiopia —indeed, in every cal people, whose livelihoods and security sees severalspecies of floraand fauna that countrytoalesser or greater degree. The an- dependonthe river. areendemic to onlythis partofthe world— tidotetopolarisationis reform of government The Brahmaputraisaperennial river, theKazirangaNational Park houses 35 and stateinstitutions in away that theywork with severalpeculiar characteristicsdue to mammalian species out of which15are forall citizenswithout discrimination and in- itsgeographyand prevailing climaticcondi- listedasthreatenedinthe IUCN conserva- justice. Societies arehealedwhen governance tions.Inhabitants alongthe riverhavetodeal tion list. The riveritself is home to the becomes fair and compassionate. with twofloods annually, onecausedbythe Gangetic riverdolphin, whichislistedas The largerquestionthe21st centuryis pos- melting of the Himalayansnowinsummer criticallyendangered. CRSasikumar ing with increasing urgency is: Howisour di- and the other due to the monsoon flows.The Third, the locationofthe dams in the videdworld going to be united and healed? wars. Hereare some radicalideastoavert nations. Furthermore, nations that wage of- frequency of these floods have increasedand Himalayasposearisk. Seismologists con- Not since the end of the Cold Warthree that danger. fensive wars or have failedtoresolve disputes aredevastating due to climatechangeand sider the Himalayasasmostvulnerable to decades agohas the worldbeen as fractured, First, if non-discriminatoryand justice- with their neighbours should stand disquali- itsimpact on high and lowflows.These pose earthquakes and seismic activity. and as besieged with uncertainty,asitisto- promoting governance is the remedy to heal fied/suspendedfromUNSC membership. aconcern forthe population and food secu- Landslides resulting from earthquakes pose day. Indeed, thereare fears of anew cold war the fissureswithin nations, the same is also Sixth, thereisastrong case formaking rity in the lowerriparian states of India and asignificantthreat—the 2015 Nepal earth- breaking out if US-China relations grow icier. necessaryfor creating amoreunited,safer and governance morebroad-basedand partici- Bangladesh. The riverisinitself dynamic as quakeand theresultant landslides wiped Theintensifying rivalrybetween the world’s better world. Therefore, the conceptofestab- patory. In ourincreasinglyinter-connected frequent landslides and geological activity out severaldams and other facilities. The largest and second-largest economiesisnot lishing ademocratic worldgovernmentmust and inter-dependent world, technology and forceittochangecourse very often. sheer size of the infrastructureprojectsun- the onlycause forworry.The militaries of the be brought to the centre of global discourse mobility have made it possible forartists,cul- As India and China continue to grow de- dertakenbyChina,and increasingly by world’s mostand second-mostpopulous na- and action. tural workers, educators, mediapersons, mographicallyaswell as economically India, poses asignificantthreat to thepop- tions —Chinaand India —havebeen engaged Second, nations and nation-stateswill, of writers,scientists,innovators, entrepreneurs, amid increasedconsumption among itscit- ulations living downstream. Close to amil- in atense standofffor the pastseven months. course, continue. But the paradigm of exclu- professionals, environmentalists,young peo- izenry, both nations face waterconstraints. lion people live in the Brahmaputrabasin Nearby, the armiesoftwo other nuclear- sive andparamount national sovereignty has ple,women andotherpreviously disempow- China, whichishome to close to 20 per cent in India and tens of millions further down- armedcountries —India and Pakistan—have becomethe greatestbarriertohumanunity ered communities, peace activists and spiri- of the world’s population, has only7per stream in Bangladesh. The projectsinthe remainedinanendless stateofconfrontation. and fraternity.When national sovereignty is tualseekers to have meaningful cent of itswater resources. Severe pollution Himalayasthreaten the existence of hun- Elsewhere, West Asia has seenfour externally invokedtothreatenpeace,well-being andde- conversationsand collaborations transcend- of itssurface and groundwater caused by dredsofthousands of people. instigatedcivil wars in Syria, Iraq, Libya and velopment of historicallyinter-connectedso- If non-discriminatoryand ing national barriers. Theyare creating an rapid industrialisation is asource of con- ForbothIndia and China, the Yemen. A“hotwar” of adifferent kind is be- cieties and regions,itbecomes amenace to ever-expandingreservoir of shared knowl- cern forChinese planners.China’s south- Brahmaputrapresents ageopoliticaloppor- ing wagedbythe greedy and reckless rulers humanity.Therefore,inthe ageofglobalisa- justice-promoting edge andwisdomcapableofaddressingthe ern regions arewater-richincomparison to tunity as damming this perennial river in Brazil, who have literallyset on fire parts of tion, we must embrace the virtues of shared governance is the remedyto mostcomplex challengesbeforethe world. the water-stressednorthern part. The would result in watersecurity in an eraof the Amazon forest,the world’s largest sink for sovereignty,inwhichconnectivity (physical, heal the fissures within Therefore, their empoweredparticipation, southernregion is amajor food producer unprecedented shifting climatepatterns. atmosphericcarbon dioxide.Thereisalso a digital, cultural and people-to-people) takes nations, the same is also and ending the monopolyofprofessional and has significant industrialcapacity as a This security extends beyond water, as there crisis looming over nuclear disarmament. priority over the fetish of territoriality.This politicians, in global governance is amust. consequence of morepeople living there. is the potential to significantly changethe Time is running out forthe extension of the will also makeitpossible forthe worldtocre- necessary forcreating amore Lastly, it is futile to expectmostnational China has an ambitious plan to link its flowrateduring times of standoffsand high onlyremainingnuclear weapons controlpact atereliablenewstructures forcollective global united,safer and better governmentsand political establishmentsto southand north through canals, aqueducts tensions. In fact, duringthe 2018 Doklam between the US and Russia —the New and regional security. world. Therefore,the concept embrace either the idea or the imperativesof and linking of major rivers to ensurewater border standoffbetween Indiaand China, StrategicArms Reduction Treaty —whichis Third, militarisation of international dis- of establishing ademocratic global governance. This is because theyhave security. In pursuitofthese goals, China, be- China stoppedcommunication of water settoexpireonFebruary5,2021. putes mustbecriminalisedunder the new become prisoners of sectional interests and ing an upper riparian stateinAsia, has been flowlevelsfromits dams, effectively render- We must add to thislistmanyotherpress- laws of global governance. Beforecynics dis- world government must be outdated patterns of thought and action. In blockingriverslikethe Mekong and itstrib- ing India blind to floods during the standoff. ing challenges —ensuringaffordable availabil- miss it as impractical, theyshould consider brought to the centre of human history,peoplealonehavebeen the utaries, affectingSoutheastAsian countries Thereare alternatesolutions to solving ity of the COVID vaccine to the entireglobal this: Haven’t nation-statesoutlawedand global discourse. Second, ultimatechange-makers.Historytakesanew likeThailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. the watercrisis. Both sides mustcease new population; making the worldeconomyin- criminalisedviolencebycommunities and in- nations and nation-states turn whenevermultitudes swing intoaction It has causedimmense damagetothe envi- constructionsonthe riverand commit to clusive,equitable and sustainable, with com- dividuals within their jurisdiction? If so, can inspired by newdreams and troubledbyan ronment and altered riverflows in the re- potentiallyless destructive solutions. plete eradication of povertyasthe foremost humanity notrisetothe next leveloflaw-gov- will, of course, continue. But awareness that old beliefsand systems area gion. China sees these projectsasacontin- Building adecentralisednetwork of check goal; achieving time-bound climateaction to ernedand trust-basedcoexistence? Yes, it can. the paradigm of exclusive hurdle to thefulfilment of their vital needs uation of their historic tributarysystemas dams, rain-capturing lakes and using tra- protect the planet; and stopping the militari- Fourth, anatural corollaryofthe above is and paramount national and aspirations. the smaller states have no means of effec- ditional means of watercapturehave sationof oceans,outer space and other global that the worldcommunity mustcompel all Hence,thetimehascometo rallythepeo- tively resisting or even significant leverage showneffective results in restoring the eco- commons. If we do so, twoquestions in- nations, especiallybig and powerful ones, to sovereigntyhas become the ple of all nations, racesand religions arounda in negotiations. Chinese projectsinthe logical balance while supporting the popu- evitablyconfront us. Do we have leaders with notonlydestroy alltheir weapons of mass de- greatest barrier to human NewIdea of the World. It is the idea that our Himalayashaveonlyrecentlybeguntoop- lationsofthe regions in asustainableman- aglobal vision, and notjustavision limitedto struction but also steeplyreduce their mili- unityand fraternity. When globalisedhumanfamily needsanew demo- erateamid protests from India. ner. It is in the interestofall stakeholders to making their ownrespective nations “great”? tary expenditures. national sovereigntyis cratically governingbodyto addressthechaos Indiaisseverelywater-stressedaswell. neutralise this tickingwater bomb. Arenationalgovernmentsshowing adequate Fifth, the United Nations has become in- and troubles causedbymyopic, self-centred In summer,avastmajority of urbanareas commitmenttointernational cooperation, so capable of discharging itsmandatedue to its invoked to threaten peace, and unaccountable nationalgovernments. face watershortage.Similar to China, India Jaffrelotissenior research fellowatCERI- essentialtotackleproblemsthat arecommon well-known structural defects. It mustbere- well-being and development Bringingsuchabodyintoexistence is notgo- has 17 percent of the world’s population Sciences Po/CNRS, Paris, and professor of to manyorall nations? The answers areobvi- formedand strengthenedtograduallyevolve of historically inter- ingtobeeasy.But then whichtransformative and 4per cent of water. Whileamajorityof Indian politics and sociology at King’s India ous, and deeplydisquieting. intoafuture worldgovernmentbody.Asakey connected societies and humanendeavourhaseversucceededeasily? India’s populationresideinthe Gangetic Institute. Ganesh is astudent of politics and Without effectiveglobal governance, the element of UN reforms,permanent member- plains, thesouthern andwestern regions governance at Sciences Po Paris worldfaces the real danger of lurching to- ship of itssecurity council mustbeabolished regions, it becomes a The writer wasanaide to former Prime wardsmoredisorder,divisions and even as it is repugnant to the tenetofequality of all menace to humanity. MinisterAtalBihari Vajpayee LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR The wide net of hunger FOUND WANTING THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Fighting IDEAS smarter’ (IE, November 20).The COVID- 19 pandemic in India is an almostnine- ONLINE Hunger,nutrition areworse than before lockdown. PDS mustbeuniversalised month-old public health emergency. Despite the fact thatthe Delhi govern- ONLYINTHE EXPRESS ment,theCentre,theHCandtheSChave DipaSinha and Rajendran Narayanan takencognizance of the matter months ● SECURINGINDIA’SDAMS: ago,thecitycrossed5lakhcases,andthe GAJENDRASINGH THEEFFECTSOFthelockdown and the result- pre-lockdown compared to only2.4 per cent afford nutritious diets.Further,basedon everymonth). While on the one hand, it is deathtollper24 hourshasrecentlygone SHEKHAWAT ant economiccrisis continuetodisproportion- morethan Rs15,000.One-thirdofthem were leaked consumptionexpendituresurvey heartening to see that at suchatime when all up. The government’sact of balancing atelyimpact the poor and informal sector dailywageworkers. from 2017-18, SSubramanian, showedthat else seemedtofail, the PDS seems to have livesandlivelihoodhasnotbeenenough, ● THEDIRTYTRUTH workers.Sincethelockdown,theGovernment Although thereisanimprovement in the consumption declineduniformly acrossthe come to the rescuefor many, it is alsodaunt- giventhewoefullyinadequatehealthsys- ABOUTODF:PRAGYA of India (GoI) has announcedrelief packages current situation compared to what it was entirecross-sectionofrural India.Taken to- ing to imagine what the situation would be tem’s capacity. AKHILESH under the Pradhan Mantri GareebKalyan during the peak of the lockdown in April- gether,these studiessuggestthataffordabil- if even this support is missing. The PDS gives LRMurmu, Delhi Yojana (PMGKY) and Atmanirbhar Bharat. May, it is still muchworse than it wasbefore ity of nutritious dietsmighthaveworsened only5kgoffoodgrain per head eachmonth www.indianexpress.com However, numerous studies have showntheir the lockdown in February-March. before the lockdown and got further exacer- at subsidised prices and as part of Covid-re- EC’SCHALLENGE inadequacy. The Economist referred to India’s Widespread hunger continues even now. This bated since. Indeed, the statistics from our lief, an additional 5kgfor free and 1kgpulses lockdown as the “stingiest”. wasseen across the board, irrespective of the survey comparing the food situation before forthe entirehousehold. The demand forra- THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Shadowin Whatismoreworrying is that eventhe few incomelevels. lockdown and in October indicate about71 tion cards amongstthose who didn’t have Bengal’ (IE, November 20). The cultureof by actively engaging withitinmultiple measures suchasfreegrains to those having Notonlydid thesehouseholds startoff per cent of ourrespondentsreportedthat the one wasalso high. violentelectionsinWestBengalwasnur- formats.India,oranyotherpowerforthat ration cards as per the National Food Security very poor,but theyalso face precariouscon- nutritionalquality of food worsened. Two- Although it has been over six months turedby theLeftpartiesduringtheirlong matter that has stakes in the region, Act(NFSA) arecoming to an end this month. ditionswith 27 per cent sayingthat theyhad thirds of households reportedthat the quan- since the SupremeCourtgavedirections that rule. MamataBanerjeehascontinuedthe shouldengagemorecloselywiththebloc While therehavebeen reports hinting at con- no income in the month before thesurvey tity of food consumption either decreased school meals should continue even though practice moreaggressively.The BJP is not fortangible outcomes both in the eco- tinuing the provision of free grains, it is yetto (compared to 43 per cent with no income somewhat or decreasedalot and 73 per cent schools areclosed due to thepandemic,less averse to suchacultureand has been re- nomic and strategic spheres. be announced. In this context, the Right to during April-May). Out of those who didn’t reportedthat their consumption of green than half the anganwadi children (47per taliating with increasing vigour.The Sudip Kumar Dey, Kolkata Food campaign in partnershipwithseveral have anyincome in April-May, 87 per cent vegetables decreased. cent) and 63 per cent of school children said ElectionCommissionwillfaceitsgreatest civil society organisations initiated “Hunger continue to have no income. One in three re- Giventhat Indian diets arealready known thattheyweregetting some sortofdry ra- challengewhenelectionstakeplacenext BANKING WOES Watch”, arapid survey across 11 states (~3,500 spondentsreportedmembers having to skip to be quitepoor on average, suchareduction tions and/or cash supportinlieu of the meals. year in Bengal. households) from mid-September to mid- meals “sometimes” or “often”. To cope with in consumption of foods is notonlyareflec- All indications showthataneconomic re- YGChouksey, Pune This refers to the editorial ‘Rescuingthe October.The objective wastoassess the situ- reducedincome and food insecurity,people tion of the current levels of deprivation but vivalwill take sometime —supportisre- bank’ (IE, November 2020). The banking ation of hunger among vulnerable groups, as have reduced theirfoodconsumption and also can be expected to have serious health quired during this period to at least prevent ASEANCHANCE businessisnot likeotherregularbusiness well as to take immediatelocal action to sup- compromisedonfood quality.Morethan half and nutrition effectsinthe longer term. starvation. Thereisnobettertimetouniver- enterprises. It is the people who lend portthose in extreme need. To thisend,we fo- the respondentssaid their current consump- The contribution of awell-functioning salise PDS. In addition, to resuscitatedemand, THIS REFERSTOthe article, ‘Partnership moneytothebankto enablethemto run cussedon the conditions among marginalised tion of rice/wheat wasless than whatitwas Public Distribution System (PDS)alongwith MGNREGAneeds to be strengthenedalong inprogress’(IE,November20).Thecoun- theirbusiness.TheReserveBankandthe communities suchasDalit/Adivasi house- pre-lockdown. The situation wasevenworse cash-supportmeasures through social secu- with an urban employmentprogramme.We triesinSoutheastAsiacoulddoverylittle government needtostepinand protect holds, daily-wage workers,households with in the caseofdal;almosttwo-thirds saytheir rity pensionscannotbeoverstatedinthis con- cannotpretend we arebacktonormal. intheirindividualcapacityto restrainthe thedepositors.Theyneedtounderstand singlewomen, agedor disabledand so on.The consumption of pulses reduced. Basedonthe text. Among the Hunger Watchrespondents, risinginfluence of the assertive big theirlives areatstake,aswecan see in survey wasconductedthrough physical visits 2011 National Sample Survey,arecent paper 70 percent had some kind of aration card. Of Sinha teaches in Ambedkar University Delhi brother in the region.ASEANhas been the PMCBank case,amongothers. to the householdsby localresearcher activists by Raghunathan, Headey, and Herforth, pub- thosewho had arationcard, 93 per cent said and Rajendran teaches in Azim Premji able to restrain the big bullytoanextent, Melville XD'Souza, Mumbai and 41 per cent of our sample reportedhav- lishedinthe Food Policy showedthat between that theyreceivedfreerations at leastonce University,Bangalore. Theyare both ing amonthly incomeoflessthan Rs 3,000 63 and 76 per cent of ruralIndianscould not (two-thirds said theyreceivedfreerations associated withthe Right to Food campaign WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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TOPOFTHE G20 says it will strive WORLD AfterPennsylvaniacourtdefeat,Trump for fair global access facesnewpressuretoconcedeelection to Covid-19 vaccine ‘Strainedlegal argumentswithout merit,’ judgesaysofcase; moreGOP lawmakers call forconcession “protect lives, provide support DAVIDEBARBUSCIA with aspecial focus on the most breaking ranks. Americans. &MARWARASHAD vulnerable, and put our ANDYSULLIVAN Republican Senator Pat In order to remain in office, DUBAI/RIYADH,NOVEMBER22 economies backonapath to WASHINGTON,NOVEMBER22 Toomeysaid the ruling closedoff Trumpwould somehowneedto restoringgrowth, and protecting GeneralAngus anychance foralegal victoryin overturn election resultsinat LEADERS OF the world’s 20 and creating jobs forall.” Campbell AFTER Ascathing courtsetback Pennsylvania and calledon leastthree large states —anun- biggesteconomies vowedon On vaccines, testsand treat- in Pennsylvania, US President Trumptoconcede the election. precedented feat in US history. 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COURAGE to do what has to be vealedvulnerabilities in our G20 leaders said that while inquiryintotheconductof missedasimilar effort in ing itsresultsonMonday. tion,” said KristenClarke,presi- Critics sayTrump’s refusal to done to maintain the integrity of preparedness and response global economic activity has par- specialforcespersonnelin Pennsylvania, writing that the Trump’s lawyers voweda dent of the Lawyers’ Committee concede have serious implica- our Elections and the United and underscored ourcommon tiallypickedupthanksthe grad- Afghanistanbetween case amounted to “strainedlegal quickappeal, but lawyers who forCivil RightsUnder Law. tions fornationalsecurity and States of America itself,” he challenges,” the final commu- ualreopeningof someeconomies, 2005and2016,foundthat argumentswithout merit and opposedhim in courtsay he is Some of Trump’s fellow the fight againstthe coronavirus, wroteonTwitter afterthe nique said. the recoveryis uneven, uncertain seniorcommandosforced speculative accusations.” out of time. RepublicansinCongress arenow whichhas killednearly 255,000 Pennsylvania ruling. REUTERS G20 nations will work to and subject to risks. REUTERS junior soldierstokill de- fencelesscaptivesinorder to “blood” them forcom- bat. Defence ForceChief Erdogan: Turkey sees GeneralAngus Campbell said Sundayhewould be held to account to ensure itself as part of Europe the reportwas dealt with thoroughly. REUTERS REUTERS ISTANBUL,NOVEMBER22

AFRICA TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep EthiopiaPM Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday thathis country, an officialcandi- Supporters of the PakistanDemocratic Movement in givesTigray72 datefor European Union mem- PeshawaronSunday. Reuters bership,seesitself asaninsepara- Turkish President Recep hrstosurrender blepartofEuropebutwillnotgive Tayyip Erdogan regionalcapital into attacksanddoublestandards. “Wesee ourselvesasaninsep- Pak Opp alliance holds ETHIOPIAN PRIME arable partofEurope...However ing itsseparation” from the bloc. MinisterAbiyAhmedgave this doesnot mean that we will The EU will discuss Turkey’s Tigrayanregionalforces72 bowdowntoovert attacksto our pursuit of natural gasexplo- massive rally despite hours to surrenderbefore countryand nation, veiledinjus- ration in contestedwaters in the the militarybegins an of- tices and double standards,” eastern Mediterranean at their fensiveontheregionalcap- Erdogansaid in aspeechtothe next summit in December, ban on gatherings ital of Mekelle. “Weurge members of itsAKParty. German ChancellorAngela GUATEMALA’S CONGRESS BUILDING TORCHED youtosurrenderpeacefully Turkey’s drilling activities in a Merkelsaid on Thursday. government’s “lastmonth in within 72 hours, recognis- disputed partofthe eastern “Wedonot believe thatwe Aprotesterwaves aGuatemalan flag as apartofthe Congress building burns in the PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA power”andthepeoplewilldecide ingthatyouare atthepoint Mediterranean have raisedten- have anyproblemswithcountries background in Guatemala City on Saturday. AP PESHAWAR,NOVEMBER22 howPakistanwillbegoverned. of noreturn,”Abiysaidina sions with the EU as Turkey or institutions that cannotbe “Theywill go home in message postedonTwitter lockedinadisputewith and solvedthrough politics, dialogue PAKISTAN’S NEWLY-FORMED January,” he said. “Time is near on Sunday evening. Greece and Cyprus over the ex- and negotiations,” Erdogan said. ■Hundredsofprotesters broke ■ The amount of damageto ■Discontent had been building alliance of 11 Opposition parties when you, the people, would Tigrayan forces could not tent of their continental shelves Erdogan said thatthe EU intoGuatemala’s Congress and the building wasunclear, over the 2021budget on social on Sundayheld itsmassive anti- hold this selectedgovernment immediately be reached and hydrocarbon resources. should keep itspromises regard- burnedpartofthe building but the flames initially media. People were angered government rallyinPeshawar and itsselectors responsible for forcomment.Amilitary EU foreign policy chief Josep ingthemigrantsissue.Hewasre- Saturdayamid growing appear to have affected because lawmakers approved despiteaban imposedbythe current crises...,” he said. spokesmansaidadvancing Borrell said this month that ferringto a2016dealunderwhich demonstrations againstthe legislative offices, rather $65,000to payfor meals for city administration owing to a On criticism over PDM’s de- Ethiopian troops plan to Turkey’s rhetoric on Cyprus was Ankaracurbed migrantentries legislaturefor approving a than the main hall of themselves, but cut funding for spikeinCovid-19cases and se- cision to went ahead with the surround Mekelle with aggravating tensions withthe EU intoEuropeinexchangeforfinan- budget that cut educational Congress.Protesters also set Covid-19patientsand rights curity threats, with topcoalition rallydespitethe government tanksand mayshellthe and Ankarahad to understand cialhelpandvisa-freetravelinthe and health spending. some bus stations ablaze. agencies,among other things. leaders predicting that the Imran ban, Bilawalsaid the govern- citytoforce surrender. thatits behaviour was“widen- Schengen region. Khan government will“have to ment “onlyremembers Covid REUTERS go home by January”. when theywant to stop our ral- The fourth powershowby lies and your protest”. UNITED KINGDOM Nawaz Sharif’s the PakistanDemocratic “Theydon’t remember Covid Britainaimsto 52 yrs later, IBM sorry for firing trans woman Movement (PDM) washeld de- when it comestoregularising mother dies at 91 spitethe Khyber Pakhtunkhwa medical stafforincreasing easeCovidcurbs her“pioneeringwork”incomput- She wouldtakealeavefromIBM, government’s warning that it salaries,” he said. MARIACRAMER ers,acompanyspokespersonsaid. complete her transition and re- Lahore: Pakistan’s formerprime maylodge cases againstthe PDM In his speech, PDM chief and byChristmas NOVEMBER22 “It wassounexpected,” turn as anew employeewitha ministerNawaz Sharif’smother leaders if aspikeinCovid-19 Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) THE BRITISH government Conwaysaid in an interview, newidentity,Conwaysaid. Begum Shamim Akhtar diedin cases waswitnessedinthe leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Sundayitwas IN AUGUST1968, Lynn Conway, Lynn addingthat she recalledblinking But companyexecutives London on Sunday. She was91. province afterthe rally. The al- said that all political parties working with Scotland, apromising computer engineer Conway backtears. “It wasstunning.” were alarmed, she said. Conway BegumAkhtarwasnotwellfor liance earlier held three massive agree and it is the movement’s Wales and Northern at IBM in Sunnyvale, California, in 2006 The apology wasmade four said she later learnedthat IBM the lastone month or so, accord- back-to-backgatherings in “clear stance” that the Imran Ireland to ease Covid-19 wascalledintothe office of Gene months afterthe Supreme Court executivesfeared “scandalous ing to PakistanMuslim League- Gujranwala, Karachi and Quetta. Khan government came to restrictionsoverChristmas Myron Amdahl, then the com- ruledthataperson could notbe publicity” if her storygot out. Nawaz(PML-N) party sources. Addressing the gathering, powerthrough a“rigged elec- to allowfamilies to getto- pany’s director of advanced supervisors.Thistime,thesetting firedfor being gayortransgender. Aftershe wasfired,Conway She had travelledtoLondon PakistanPeople’s Partyleader tion”. He said thatthe people gether.CabinetMinister computing systems. wasavirtual meeting witnessed Conwaywas hired at IBMin underwentgenderconfirmation in February lastyear and had BilawalBhuttoZardarivowedthat have “rejected the riggedgov- Michael Gove discussed Amdahl had been supportive by other companyemployees. 1964.She wasonthe vergeofa surgeryandbegan rebuilding her been living with Sharif and her January will be the incumbent ernment”. the issue with the first when he learnedthat she was Theywatchedlastmonth as breakthrough —working on the career.She worked at Memorex grandchildren. ministers of the devolved “undertaking agender transi- Diane Gherson, IBM’s seniorvice architectureteamof aprojectcen- in 1971,and in 1973,she wasre- Thepartysaidherbodyislikely administrations Saturday, tion,” Conwaywrote in an ac- president of human resources, teredoncreatingacomputerthat cruited by XeroxPalo Alto to be brought back to Lahoreon China to launch Moon the government said, and count, but the company’s chief told Conwaythat while the com- wouldwork attopspeed—when Research Center,whereshe de- Monday and buriednexttothe theyagreeditwas impor- executive,Thomas Watson Jr., panynow offeredhelp and sup- she beganundergoing medical velopedcomputer chip design graveofher husband Mian Sharif tant forfamilies and wasless tolerant. port to “transitioning employ- treatments.Inearly 1968,shetold methods that would eventually attheJatiUmra Raiwindresidence probe,seeking first lunar friendsto meet inacareful That summerday,Amdahl ees,” no amount of progress asupervisor thatshe wasunder- be usedbytechcompanies of the Sharif family. NawazSharif, way, while recognising it had grim news. could makeupfor the treatment taking agendertransition. worldwide. In 1985, she became whohasbeendeclaredan‘abscon- wouldnotbeanormalfes- “I wasfired,” Conwaywrote. she had receiveddecades ago. Her direct supervisors aprofessorof electrical engineer- der’by aPakistanicourt,isunlikely rock retrieval since 1970s tive period. REUTERS Fifty-twoyears later,Conway Conway, 82,was then givena wanted her to stay at the com- ing and computer science at the to returntothe countrytoattend wascalledbacktospeakwithIBM lifetime achievement awardfor panyand came up with aplan: University of Michigan. NYT the lastrites of his mother. PTI RYANWOO BEIJING,NOVEMBER22

CHINAPLANS to launchanun- THEY WERE KILLED IN THE 79 AD ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS manned spacecrafttothe Moon thisweekto bringbacklunarrocks in the firstattempt by anynation Pompeii’s ruins yieldscalded bodiesofrichman and slave to retrievesamplesfromEarth’s natural satellitesince the 1970s. It will be thefirstattempt by The Chang’e-5 probe, named anynation to retrieve the 18th century. Thefinding is discoveredvictims. That brings afterthe ancient Chinese god- samples from theMoon ELISABETTAPOVOLEDO an “incredible font of knowledge the ranksofPompeii’s posthu- ED Window dess of theMoon,will seekto since the 1970s. Reuters ROME,NOVEMBER22 forus”, Massimo Osanna,de- mous effigies to morethan 100. intoancient collect material that can help sci- parting director of the Archaeologists posit that the PLAIN E entists understand moreabout ● Romanlife EXCAVATIONS AT asuburban Archaeological Park of Pompeii, twovictims had sought refugein EX the Moon’s origins and forma- have launchedMoon missions. villa outside ancientPompeii this said in avideo issuedbythe an underground corridor before tion. The mission will test In the Apollo programme, month have recoveredthe re- CultureMinistryonSaturday. being engulfed by ashowerof THE ANCIENT Roman city of China’s ability to remotely ac- whichfirstput men on the mainsoftwo original dwellers Forone thing, the twowere pumice stones, ash and lapilli. Pompeii wasburiedunder quiresamples from space,ahead moon, the United States landed frozen in time by an eruption of dressedinwoolen clothing, Pompeii officials believe the 10-20 feet of volcanic ash after of morecomplexmissions. 12 astronautsoversix flights Mount Vesuvius one fateful addingcredenceto thebelief that older man to have been 30 to 40 the eruption of Vesuvius in If successful, the mission will from 1969 to 1972,bringing back morning nearly 2,000years ago. the eruption occurredinOctober years old, and the younger be- 79 AD. The ash kept mostof makeChinaonlythethirdcountry 382 kg of rocksand soil. The unearthing of the victims of 79 AD rather than in Augustof tween 18 and23. the city,including itsinhabi- to have retrievedlunar samples, The SovietUnion deployed —whomarchaeologists tenta- that year,ashad previouslybeen The villa wherethe discovery tants, entombed andundis- following the United States and three successful robotic sample tively identifiedasaPompeian thought, Osanna said. wasmade is in CivitaGiuliana, turbed until 1748 when the the SovietUniondecades ago. return missions in the 1970s. The landowner and ayounger en- Using amethod refinedby an area about 750 yardsnorth- firstexcavations started. The Since the SovietUnion crash- last, the Luna 24,retrieved 170.1 slavedperson —offered newin- Italian archaeologist Giuseppe The casts of what arebelievedtohavebeenarichman and west of Pompeii’s ancient walls, buildings, artand human re- landed the Luna 2onthe Moon grammes of samples in 1976. sight intothe eruption that Fiorelli in 1863 and further hismale slavefleeing the volcaniceruption of Vesuvius whichhas already yieldedim- mains that arestill being found in 1959,the firsthuman-made China’s probe, scheduledto buriedthe ancient Roman town, honedwithmodern technology, nearly 2,000years ago, on theoutskirts of the ancient portant finds, including apure- therehavegiven us awindow object to reachanother celestial launchincoming days,will tryto whichhas been asourceoffas- archaeologists last week made Roman city of Pompeii. AP bred horse with abronze-plated intolifeinancient Rome. body,ahandful of other coun- collect2kg of samplesinaprevi- cination sinceits rediscovery in plastercasts of thetwo newly saddle uncoveredin2018. NYT tries including Japan and India ouslyunvisited area. REUTERS WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER23,2020 MarketWatch FPISNET BUYERSINNOV SO FAR NewDelhi: Foreign portfolio investors(FPI) have pumped in anet sum of Rs 49,553 crore in Indian markets this month so far on back of high liquiditycoupled with improving global indicators 13 ECONOMY PTI and clarityafter the US presidential elections.

OVERDUE PAYMENTS WITH GOVTS, CORPORATES PEGGED AT OVER `4 LAKHCR LVB merger: Investors may Afterslightfall,MSMEduesofCPSEs& seek legal recourse, unions ministriesagainmountinlast5months questionDBS Bank selection bank’s hugebad loans and action to MSMEs afteraninitial markup. ties. On the balance Rs 4.5 lakh GEORGEMATHEW& ANNOUNCEMENTOF should be takenagainstthem. AANCHALMAGAZINE STATUSOFMSMEDUESASONSEPT12,2020 Almostevery stateinorder to fi- crore, some portion of about Rs SANDEEPSINGH As things stand now, share- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER22 nance their Covid-relatedexpen- 40,000-47,000 crorecouldbein MUMBAI/NEWDELHI, PLANTHISWEEK holders of thebank will getzero ditureiscutting back on invest- EMD(earnestmoneydeposit) NOVEMBER22 compensation as the draft AFTERANinitialpush towards Reportedmonth Totaldues Paidduring Pending ment. So youare essentially payments, whichisgenerally2 ■Shareholdersof scheme announcedbythe RBI clearance of dues forthe micro, byclose themonth atthe end substituting relatively lowmul- per cent of the contract amount SHAREHOLDERS OF Lakshmi Lakshmi Vilas Bank are has proposed totalwrite-offof small and medium enterprises ofmonth ofmonth tiplier activities forhigh multi- and normallyexemptedfor SMEs Vilas Bank (LVB) who areupset waiting forthe final shares and debentures of LVB. (MSMEs), overdue payments May2020(25ministries 2,349.53 1,787.89 561.64 plier ones. So that’s an additional located within thestate. with the draftscheme, announ- amalgamation plan The RBI, whichwas to announce from states, Centreand corpo- &79CPSEsreported) source of contraction. Both states Performanceguarantee refunds cedbythe ReserveBank of India with DBS Bank to be the final schemelastweek,isex- rateshaveagain begun to pile up June2020(25ministries 2,553.94 1,905.11 648.83 and Centreare beingpro-cycli- would be about approximately (RBI), forthe mergerwith DBS announcedbyReserve pected to announce the final September onwards. Industryes- &86CPSEs) cal. Moreexpenditureisneeded Rs 70,000-75,000 crore,” KE Bankare waiting forthe final Bank of India this week amalgamation plan this week. timates peg the overdue pay- to reverse the trend,” Sen said. Raghunathan, convenor of amalgamation plan to be an- before they decide to The bank’s market capitalisa- mentstoMSMEs at over Rs 4lakh July2020(30ministries 4,124.34 3,155.16 969.19 Accordingtodatafromthe Consortium of Indian nouncedbythe central bank this take legal opinion tion, whichwas nearly Rs 500 crore, withexperts suggesting &108CPSEs) Controller General of Accounts, Associations, arepresentative week before theydecide to take ■Bankers and industry crorelastTuesday, fell 40 per thatless funds with governments August2020(25 3,527.33 2,696.97 830.36 capexofCentrerosetoRs33,067 body forMSMEs, said. legal opinion. On the other hand, insiders arealso cent to Rs 303 croreintwo days. and corporates could be behind ministries&91CPSEs) croreinJunefromRs26,900 In May, as partofthe bank unions have questioned questioning the “LVB has been givenvirtually the pile-up of dues. Allfiguresin`crore croreinMay and then reduced Aatmanirbhar Bharat package for the waythe RBI selected DBS different approach free to DBSBank.The draft As per government dataon on amonth-on-month basis in dealing with the pandemic, Bank forthe amalgamation. adoptedbythe RBI for scheme of the RBI indicates MSME Samadhaan portal, the July(Rs s23,576 crore) and Finance MinisterNirmala Interestingly,the RBI sought YesBank and LVB nothing is in storefor sharehold- online redressal system for This data, however, does not ture(capex) by governmentsaf- August(Rs 22,598crore)before Sitharaman had said steps were feedbackofthe LVBsharehold- ers,” said ashareholder who MSMEs, total dues forMSMEs re- reflect actual government dues teraninitialmarkupinJune risingagain to Rs 31,389 crorein being takentoclear duesof ers earlier lastweek afteritcame wrotetothe RBI. The central portedby25ministries and 79 as thereisreluctance among could alsobereflective of thede- September. MSMEs withonlythe litigated out with thedraft amalgamation peanuts,” according to him. bank had rejected aproposal by central publicsectorenterprises MSME unit ownerstowrangle layedpaymentstoMSMEsafter “In September and October, duesnot beingclearedand rest plan whereitdecidedtowrite- “If theyhad decidedtowrite DBS Bank foracquiring 50 per (CPSEs)havenearly doubled in with the government over pend- the initial payment drive,which dues have gone up tremen- all accumulated dues and the offthe equity shares of the bank down the equity value of LVBto cent stakeinLVB in 2018.RBI was the last four-fivemonths. ing payments as this mayhavea is adding to the already contrac- dously. About Rs 4-4.5lakh crore incrementaldues addedfor to zero. “Wesubmitted our feed- zero, therewould have been then againstgiving aforeign Pending dues surgedinJulytoRs negative impact on fresh order tionarycycle,former Chief would be the outstanding dues, clearance. backonFridayand arenow manybanks that would have bank higher stakeinabank.LVB 969.19crore,72per cent higher flows anddues of state govern- StatisticianofIndia Pronab Sen out of whichmaybe Rs 70,000- MSMEs areunder stress and awaiting forthe final amalgama- been interestedinacquiring a promoters holdonlyaround 6.80 than Rs 561.64 croreofpending mentsand statePSUs will beover said. 80,000 crorewould be normal, manybusiness owners arere- tion plan from the RBI,” said one bank likeLVB that has over 500 per cent stakeinLVB. duesinMay and continuedtobe and above this amount. In addi- “The expenditurenumbers payable dueswithinthe time sorting to gold loans and prop- of the key shareholders of LVB. branches.Theycouldhavecalled Depositors of LVBhavealso elevatedinAugust at Rs 830.36 tion, corporatesector’s payments arecoming down month-on- limit of 45 days.For material sup- erty sales to meetthe fund Bankers and industryinsid- forbids from other banksgiving turnedcautious. While LVBisof- crore. Totaldues in August were to MSMEs arestill weak,despite month since July. Whichmeans plies, state governments’ and crunch. The MSMEs have made ers arealso questioning the dif- them fewdays to do their due fering 6per cent interestonone- reportedatRs3,527.33 crore, the government’s nudgetothem rather than stepping up public stateundertakings’ dues would representations forremoval of ferent approachadoptedbythe diligence,” said abanker who did year term deposits, DBS Bank’s lowerthan Rs 4,124.34crore in to clear suchpayments. expenditure,the Centreisactu- be around Rs 2-2.5 lakh crore. capitalgainstax on such distress RBI forYes Bank and LVB. In the notwish to be named. Digibankoffers 4.05 per cent on July, but higherthan Rs 2,349.53 The month-on-month de- ally cutting it down. It could also Mostofthe localisedcontractors sales and alower interestratefor case of YesBank,while RBI pro- “Wehavebeen demanding one-year term deposits. On the crorereported forMay. clining trend in capital expendi- be reflecting delayedpayments deal with states andmunicipali- gold loans, Raghunathan said. tected the interestofsharehold- timelyaction by RBI on the dete- other hand, the terms of the ers, in case of LVB, it decidedto riorating health of LVBand LVB amalgamation of LVBwith DBS writeitdowntozero. to be mergedwith apublic sec- Bank have upsetstock investors. Thereare some who also torbank.Suchapro-active ac- DBS established21new Why Tamil Nadu, some southern raisedquestions on the wayRBI tion wasnot taken. Nowthis an- branches in India in 2019 forato- 437infra projectsshowcost came out with itsresolution plan nouncement has come as a talof33, but the proposedtrans- forLVB and announcedthat it shocktothe bank customers and action will add as manyas563 states have banned online gaming overruns of `4.37 lakh crore has decidedtomerge thebank general public. This will create branches, agreater number than with DBS. panic and doubt in the minds of that of all other foreign banksin Defenseofthe Ancients,PUBG the arrivalofmoneyhas further Amid delays in execution and other constraints, as many CH Venkatachalam, General people about the stabilityand India put together. AASHISHARYAN andCounterStrike,thoughfreefor complicatedmatters.Mostadver- as 437infrastructureprojects have been hit by cost Secretary, All India Bank dependability of banksbecause LVB’s networkisfocusedin NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER22 mostusers,give theoptionof buy- saries of online gamesand gam- overruns of overRs4.37lakh crore, according to the Employees Association (AIBEA), people keep their hard-earned south India, withthree-quarters ing in-game additions to the blinghave saidthatsincethereare said therewas no transparency savings in the banks,” he added. of itsbranches located in three MoSPI report forSeptember 2020 TAMIL NADU Governor player’savatar. Othermultiplayer no regulations, mostplayers end in theselection of DBS Bank for “The RBI whichisresponsi- states —Tamil Nadu, Andhra Banwarilal Purohit lastFriday cardgames like Rummy, and up spending alot of moneyfor the takeover.“RBI knewabout ble to maintain the stability of Pradesh and Karnataka. promulgated an ordinance that Pokerrequireusersto invest some buy-ing these games. the problemsinLVB forthe last banksand financialsector can- “WeregardLVB’sbranches as bannedonlinegaminginthestate, moneytoenterthegameandplay Criticshave alsosaidthatsince three years. When we have notescape itsresponsibility for one of itsmostcoveted residual with fine up to Rs 5,000 andim- withother players globally. thesegames areplayedbykids of manyIndian bankswith finan- nottaking timelyaction. Itsrole assets foraforeign buyer and be- prisonment of up to six months. allages, the lackofmoneytobuy cial capacity,why wasaforeign should be thoroughlyprobed,” lieve theready-made platform Whydid Tamil Nadu ban theseadd-onputsdifferentkinds bankselected?How were they Venkatachalam said, adding that that will enabledeeper market What constitutes online onlinegames? of peer pressure, leading to un- selected? It’s unfairtothe Indian some topmanagement officials penetration is the keydrawfor games and gambling? In the ordinance banningthe pleasant circumstances. public.Theyare getting LVBfor of LVBare responsible forthe- DBS,” FitchRatings said. The earliestversions of com- game, the Governor saidthat due munity-basedgamesweregam- to online gaming, innocentpeo- Whichotherstateshave ingarcadeswhichwereverypop- plemainlyyoungsters arebeing bannedonlinegames and INTERVIEWWITHMD&CEO, UNIONBANKOFINDIA ular in the United cheated andsome gambling? Total projects and above States and Japan in peoplehavecommit- While gambling and betting 1,663worth Rs 150 ■ 43.89 months: Average time overrun of all projects ‘Restructuring requestsquite theearly 1990s.These tedsuicide. The state as asportare bannedacross the crore and above monitored by arcades required the has thus decided to country, nearlyten states in India the Ministry of Statistics and gamer to buyin- banonline gamingto suchasAssam, Arunachal Programme Implementation `21,09,236.41crore: Total game time with “avoidsuchincidents Pradesh, Goa, Kerala, (MoSPI) original cost of low ... not muchtraction in somechips.Fromthe of suicideandprotect Maharashtra,Mizoram,Nagaland, implementation of arcade,the games the innocent people Punjab, Sikkim and West Bengal Projectswhose 1,663 projects movedtohouse con- from the evils of on- have their lotterysystems. These 924neither year of soles, and then fur- line gaming”. Any lotterieshaveverystrictcontrols commissioning nor tentative `25,47,057.52 crore: retail,seen some in MSMEs’ ther to personal computers. formof wageringorbettinginthe overthenumberof tickets printed gestation period has been Anticipated cost of With the invention of the in- cyberspaceby usingcomputersor and the prize moneydistributed. reported implementation of all projects UNION BANK of India MD and arenot in the formalstructure. ternetand the arrivalofconnec- anyothercommunicationdevice, Moststates, however, areop- CEO RAJKIRAN RAI says the loan Thereare issues but it is our en- tivity on personalcomputers, commongaminghouses,andany posedtoonlinegambling or bet- Number of projects `4,37,821.11crore: Overall restructuringschemehasevoked deavour to reachoutto everyone. these multiplayergames saw electronictransferof fundsto dis- ting as thereare very fewregula- 531that reported time cost overruns, i.e. 20.76 per averylow responseanditmayat- In our MSME book,wereached playershostinggamingpartiesus- tributewinnings or prizemoney tions to control the number of escalation, of which: cent of original cost tract only2-3 per cent, or even out to everycustomer whoiseli- ing local area networks.With the has also been banned. players and theinvestment that ■ 122: delayed by one to 12 lower, of theloan book.Inanin- gible.We have ensuredthatallel- arrivalofaffordable internet, all This effectively meansthat canbemadeinthegame.Byban- months `11,61,524.97 crore: terviewtoGEORGEMATHEW,Rai igible customers aregiven relief the arcade-based multiplayer playersinthestatewillnotableto ning online games andgambling, Expenditure incurred on all —also the Chairman of Indian under ECLGS and other schemes. games movedonline. Nowadays, purchase anyadd-on forthe Tamil Nadu joinedits neighbours ■ 128: delayed by 13 to 24 projects till September2020, BanksAssociation (IBA) —said, nearly allgamesareonlinewhere gamestheyplay, go to gamingar- Andhra PradeshandTelanganain months 45.60 per cent of “we’renot seeing muchstress What’s the IBAstand on users connect their devices to a cades or participate in online banning some form of online ■ 160: delayed by 25 to 60 anticipated cost building up.” Edited excerpts: setting up abad bank? IBAhad centralserverhostedbythegam- gaming tournaments. gamesandgambling.Meanwhile, months submitted ablueprint on the ing company. Mostofthem are While therehas been some Karnatakatoohasbeenmullinga ■ 121: delayed by 61 months Source: MoSPI/PTI What’s the status of loan creation of abad bank to the free and justfor entertainment. debateonwhether online games lawtobanonlinegamesandgam- restructuringplan approved government. Multiplayergames suchas areamatter of pureluckorskill, ing in the state. by the RBI? What has been the Rajkiran Rai Somehowwedidn’tgetmuch response from corporates and tractiononthissuggestion.Thisis retail borrowers? an important concept whichcan BRIEFLY IMF calls for On the corporateside,weare torium has givenalot of cushion be implemented anditwill help 737 MAX return: 24x7 effort notseeing muchtraction. We forretail borrowers. in big resolutions because these were initially expecting that 5-6 We have decentcollections arelarge NPAs. We can develop a Petrol,diesel expansion per cent of our book is likelyto andthere’ssomestressinMSMEs. specialisedagencywhichcanlook pricesrisefor underway to clearinventory seek restructuring. In the last Unitsmay go out of businessfor at resolutions and NPAs. This is a of G20 quarter, whenwe announcedthe various reasons. Ithinkthe guar- good ideaand hopefully, we 3rdstraightday results, our expectationwas anteescheme,especiallythegov- wouldliketotakeitupagain and around 2-3per cent. It canbe ernment guarantee, would have see that thereisaconsensusto NewDelhi: Petrolprice on REUTERS debtrelief loweralso.Asofnow,only12cor- helped. We don’tsee anystress in push this idea. On the bad bank Sundaywashikedby8paise WASHINGTON,NOVEMBER22 poratesapproachedusforrestruc- agriculture exceptfor the normal concept,somehowpeoplehave per litre anddieselby19 turing foranamount of roughly stress. On the corporate side,ex- that feeling that bankswill park paise, the thirdstraight day THE FUTURE of Boeing Co’s framework Rs 3,600 crore. Our loan book is ceptfor twoorthree sectors all theirbad assets andnothing of increase in ratesasthe freshlyapproved737 MAX is in around Rs 6.5 lakhcrore and out which aremajorly impacted,we will happen there. We needto firming international oil the hands of nearly 700workers REUTERS of this,large corporatebook may see almost 90 percent efficiency convince all stakeholders about ratesbroke anearly toiling behind the gray doors of a WASHINGTON,NOVEMBER22 be around Rs 3lakh crore. levels being reachednow.Ifthe thepurpose...,theactionplanand two-month-longhiatus in three-bayhangar at adesert air- Restructuring requests arequite courtdecision happens, the strategy behindthe ARC. pricerevision.Petrolpricein portinWashingtonstate. THEHEADofthe International low. In retail, we arenot seeing DecemberNPA numbers may Delhi washiked to Rs 81.46 Inside, over an endless 24- Monetary Fund on Sundaycalled muchtraction but in MSMEs, we alsoincludeSeptembernumbers. Bank frauds have increased of per litre from Rs 81.38, ac- hour loop, 737MAX planes are forpromptand effective imple- have seen some requests. We have sufficientlyfactoredin late, according to the RBI cording to aprice notifica- rolledinformaintenance,andup- mentation of anew G20 frame- Foraportfolio of Rs 1,30,000 the required provision. Annual Report. Do youthink tion from oil marketing gradesof software andsystemsas work setuptohelpthe world’s crore,restructuringof Rs500crore banksare lax in their risk and companies. Dieselrates mandated by the US Federal poorestcountriesreachperma- isalreadydone.It’snot abignum- Do youthink the banking system management? went up from Rs 70.88 to Rs Aviation Administration in this The Boeing facilities at Grant County InternationalAirportin nent debt relief, but said other ber, butinMSMEs,there is some sector profitswill be hit in The frauds reportedthis year 71.07per litre. week’s order lifting aflight ban Washington, US, whereroughly240 grounded 737MAX countries neededhelp as well. restructuringhappening and our fiscal year 2020-21 duetothe areold ones. While these frauds imposedaftertwocrashes,theair- aircraftare stored. Reuters “It is criticaltooperationalize expectation is amaximumofRs Covid-related issues? happened five or six years back, port’sdirectorsaid.Infront,work- thisFramework promptly andef- 5,000crore. We areverypositiveaboutthe theywerereportedonlyrecently. Growthtoturn ers in brightyellow vestsinspect fectively,”IMFManagingDirector waythings areturning around. During the lasttwo years, we had positiveinQ3: theroughly 240jetsstoredingi- While parkedonthe tarmac, The work at Moses Lakeisa Kristalina Georgieva said in a Areyou expectingasurge in Lookingatthewaycollectionsare gone forforensic audit andinves- ant grids at Grant County eachjet is fitted with redengine cornerstone of agloballogistical statementafter addressing the NPAs in the Decemberand improvingandcorporatesare be- tigation into these accounts. We AshimaGoyal International AirportinMoses and wheelcovers,awindshield and financialstrategy under way leaders of the Groupof20major March quarters following the having, we do notsee aproblem. found fund diversions and other Lake-morethanhalf of aninven- screentoblockout the sun, and a at Boeing to clear abacklogof economies. “Going forward, we withdrawalofmoratorium? Itistooearly to give afinalconclu- issues. Youhavetodifferentiate NewDelhi: India’s macro- tory worthabout $16billion, as small generator powering cycles morethan 800mothballed737 mustalsohelpthosecountriesnot It’s muchdifferent thanwhat siononwhethertheCovideffectis between when the fraudhap- economic situation is im- per investment firm Jefferies. of freshairandelectricitythrough MAX jets.About 450 areBoeing coveredbythe Framework to ad- we anticipated.Weexpected a over and it can still playout. penedand when it wasrecog- proving fast andthe coun- Analysts sayclearing the log- itssystems -the aviation equiva- property,and afurther 387were dress debt vulnerabilities so that hugerestructuringand that’snot nised.Inthe lastfour or five years, try’s GDP growth will turn jam of up to 450 stored jets in to- lent of lifesupport. in airline servicebeforethe FAA’s their economies can become crystallising. Even the perform- There’recomplaintsthat the thegovernanceandsystemstruc- positive in the thirdand taliscrucialbeforeBoeingcan re- “It’s an enormous undertak- grounding order in March 2019. moreresilient.” anceof thebookiscomparatively majority of genuine MSMEs tureshave evolved.We have done fourth quarters of the cur- sume meaningful production of ing,”the airport’s director,Rich Acrosstheglobe,Boeingteamsare The debt treatment frame- better.For the September and arenot benefiting from the arootcauseanalysisandbuiltsys- rent financial year,econo- itstraditional cash cow-atask Muller,told Reuters.“Butthis go- hammering out delivery sched- work endorsedbyG20leaderson Octobercollection,we didnotsee recastschemes launchedfor tems so thatlapses will notrecur. mistAshima Goyalsaid on complicated by the fact thatbuy- ahead from the FAAhas given ules,andfinancialterms,withair- Sundayappliesto73nations that muchstressbuildingup.Thismay them. What’s your view? We have takenalltheprecautions. Sunday. PTI ers have in some cases walked themarealshotinthearm.It’sre- lines who last year scaledback areeligibleforatemporaryfreeze be because of the steps thatwe While the MSME sector is a Full interviewon away during the grounding. allyenergizedeveryone.” schedules and flewold jetliners. inofficialbilateraldebtpayments. had taken. The six-month mora- verylargesegment,manyofthem www.indianexpress.com WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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UNDER THE CLOUD Facing domestic violence allegations, Zverev gets Djokovic’s support

claim his innocence. way, and he hit my head intothe wall.” calledher claims “unfounded” and “simply “The ATPfullycondemns anyform of vio- SHAHIDJUDGE “WhatelsecanIsay?Ihavesaideverything Sharypova laterclaimedthatafteranother nottrue.” lenceorabuse.We expectallmembersof the MUMBAI,NOVEMBER22 thatIcan,”Zverevsaid.“Youknow, it’sveryun- fight during the 2019 US Open, Zverev threw At the Paris Masters twoweeksback, af- Tour to do the same, and to refrain from any fortunatethat these kinds of false allegations her down “ontothe bed,took apillow, and terfinishing runner-up, he said: “I knowthat conductthatisviolent,abusive,orputsothers AFTER DEFEATINGAlexander Zverev on can put suchdamageand put the attention thensaton(her)face.”Eventually, shefledthe there’s gonna bealot of people that right now atrisk,”readthestatementasreportedbyThe Friday, worldno. 1Novak Djokovic posteda away from the sport.” hotel, barefoot, with justher phone. aretrying to wipe asmile offmyface but un- Guardian.“Incircumstanceswhereallegations peculiar messageonsocial media –peculiar Lastmonth, aday afterZverev’s ex-girl- Afew weekslater,atthe LaverCup in der this mask,I’m smiling brightly. Ifeel in- of violence or abuse aremade againstany because of the timing. “Always apleasure friend Brenda Patearevealedshe is pregnant Geneva,Sharypova claimedtheyhad their credible on court… everything is great in my member of the Tour,legal authorities investi- sharingthecourtwithyouSasha@AlexZverev. with his child, another former girlfriend Olga worstfight. “In other fights, he waspushing life. The people who aretrying can keep gate and due process is applied, we then re- Greatendingof theseasonforyou.Bestwishes Sharypova took to Instagram to claim that me,shoving me,twisting my arms, choking trying.” viewthe outcome and decide the appropri- in what awaitsyou on and offthe court. Stay he had been physicallyabusive during their me.Butthiswasthefirsttimehepunchedme, At the startofthe Tour Finals in London, atecourseof action.Otherwise,we areunable strong.” relationship. reallypunchedme(in the face).” Sharypova his tone changed,asheread astatement off to comment further on specific allegations.” At anyothertime,thetweetwouldbecon- addedthataftertheGermanlefttheroom,she hisphoneduringapressconference:“Wehad In other words, the ATPwill take action sidered harmless and motivational. But now, The incidents injected herself with insulin in asuicide at- our ups and downs, but the wayour relation- onlyifthere’s alegal case. However, the gov- as allegations of domestic violence have Sharypova,also 23, wasabudding tennis tempt, whichforcedZverevtoseek an event shipwasdescribedinpublicisnothow itwas. erning body is still silent in the case involving emergedagainstZverev, the Serb’s message playerfromRussia. Theystarted dating in official forhelp. That’snotwhoIam,that’snothow Iwasraised former worldno. 16 Nikoloz Basilashvili of is arguablytasteless, especiallysince he’s September 2018.But the domestic violence by my parents.” Georgia,arrestedinMayonchargesofdomes- claimedhedoesn’t know“what happened would startsoon too. “The firsttime wasin Alexander Zverev’s ex-girlfriend Olga Zverev’s reaction ticviolenceagainstex-wifeNekaDorokashvili. truly.” Monaco in his apartment,” she told Racquet Sharypova claimedthat the German SinceSharypova wentpublic–thoughnot ATP’s reaction Acourtcase is allegedly pending. But afterexiting the ATPTour Finals on Magazine.“Iwas going to leave because we had been physicallyabusive during seeking to press chargesbecause she “does- Thetour’sgoverningbodyhasbeenlargely The ATPhas no specific policy regarding Friday, the 23-year-old German continuedto hadareallybigfight.Iwasstandinginthehall- their relationship. Reuters n’t want anything from him” –Zverevhas silent. Onlyrecentlydid it issue astatement. domestic violence. BRIEFLY Waiting to pair in Test hunts Haalandgetsfour forDortmund Erling Haaland scored four goals and Though the contests againstAussies will startwith white-ball cricket, Shami focusing on Test series YoussoufaMoukokobecame the youngestplayerinBundesligahistory fromwhite-balllengthto itsTest-matchequiv- as Borussia Dortmund beat Hertha SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY alent. Little wonder then that he is focusing on Berlin5-2to move second.Thebuildup KOLKATA,NOVEMBER22 red-ball cricket at the moment. hadbeenallaboutMoukoko,whowas eligibleforhisdebutafterturning16 on AFTERABOUTaweekof quarantineinSydney, On ahigh afterIPL Friday. But Haaland stole the showbe- theIndianteamisnowtrainingeveryday ahead It is very likelythat the Indian team man- fore makingwayfortheyoungster'sde- of thecontestsagainstAustralia.ThreeODIsand agementwillrotatehimandBumrahinthelim- butinthe85thminute."Ithinkhe'sthe three T20Is will precede amarquee four-Test ited-oversmatches.However, Shamiwillgo to biggesttalent in the worldright now. series.AsforMohammedShami,heisconcen- the Test series still carrying the confidence of a 16 yearsandoneday, that'squiteamaz- trating moreonred-ball cricket. very good IPL forKings XI Punjab. ing. He has abig career ahead of him," “Weare going to have along tour starting He took 20 wicketsinthe tournament, but Haaland said about MoukokotoESPN. with the whiteball followedbypink and red morethan that number,his bowling in the "I'm over 20 years, I'm getting old now. ball Tests. My focus area has been the redball Super Over againstMumbai Indians wasre- That's howitis." AP and Iamworking on my lengths and seam garded as one of the highlightsofthe IPL. movement,” Shami told bcci.tv. “Beingableto defendjust5runsagainsttwo The firstODI in SydneyisonNovember 27, mostexplosive batsmen (Rohit Sharma and AFI highperformance while the firstTestinAdelaide, aday-nighter, Quinton de Kock)isthoroughlysatisfying. My directorHermannquits commences on December 17.Overthe past performancesforKXIPinIPLhasgivenmealot two-and-a-half months,Shamihadbeenplay- of confidenceandputmeintherightzone.The Athletics Federation of India's High ing white-ball cricket in the Indian Premier biggestadvantageisthat Ican nowpreparefor PerformanceDirectorVolkerHerrmann, League (IPL) and the limited-overs leg of the the upcoming series without anypressure. I whose contract has been extendedby Australia tour will be asortofcontinuation. had worked hardonmybowling and my fit- the Sports Ministrytill the end of 2024 ness in the lockdown. Iknewthat IPL would Olympics,hasquitfromhispost,saying Length is key take place sooner or later and Iwas preparing he "could no longer meetthe self-im- The Adelaide Test will be aplayedwith a myself forit,” Shami said. posedexpectations coming along with pink ball, whichswings morethan itsredvari- He compared it (Super Over) with his hat- therole."TheGermanwasappointedto ant.ThenextthreeTests,inMelbourne,Sydney trickagainstAfghanistaninthe WorldCup last the postinJune 2019 foraterm till the and Brisbane respectively,are traditional red- year,whichhelpedIndia secureawin. “The end of the postponedTokyoOlympics ballencounters.Forabowler,especiallyapacer, marginwasverylessagainstAfghanistan.Ihad in 2021. In September,the ministryex- adjusting lengths will be important. to getmyyorkers right. We were favourites to tendedhis contract till the end of 2024 “Ihave always feltthatonceyoustartpitch- win and the game had gone right down to the OlympicsbutAFIsourcessaidhedidnot ing the ball at the lengths youdesire, youcan wire.IamgladIcouldhelpIndiawinthatgame sign the newcontract. "Afterone-and- succeedindifferentformats.Whatyouneedis and, in the course, also got my hat-trick. Such MohammedShami took 16 wicketsinfour Testsat26.18 during India’s triumphant tour in 2018-19. Express file a-half fruitful and inspiring years in control. Ihavedone well with the whiteball momentsstaywith youfor along time.” India, the dayhas come when Icould and nowspending time in the nets bowling notany longer meetthe self-imposed with the redball. Youdon’t bowl in the same Awell-roundedattack expectationscomingalongwiththerole area since both formatsare different, but your Statistics put out by the BCCI showIndian From Kohli to Zampa: $15 vegan food voucher of AFI's high-performance director, basics don’t changemuch,” Shami said. fastbowlers’supremacyoverthelasttwo years. whichiswhy Iresignedfrommyposi- Since2018,Indianfast bowlershave taken292 “Therewas acricket clip recentlyfrom tionthreeweeksago,"Herrmannwrote Quicklearner wicketsin24matches at an averageof21.33. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE cricket.com.au,therewas afunnyrun-out, he on Facebook. PTI His firsttour of Australia in 2014-15wasn’t Thetrioof Bumrah(68),Shami(61)andIshant NOVEMBER22 waslaughing about it forthree weeksstraight. very successful, although Shami wasIndia’s Sharma (53) have accounted for182 scalps in He lovesholding ontojokes likethat.” highestwicket-takerwith15 scalpsfromthree thelasttwo years.Shamiattributedthesuccess AUSTRALIAN LEG-SPINNER Adam Zampa Zampa went on: “He talksabout coffee, Angulo’sbracehelps Tests. Arelative newcomer backthen, he was to the “camaraderie” in the bowling group. has providedaninsight intoVirat Kohli as a travelling, food –‘Zamps, do youwant a GoaholdBengaluru still learning the ropes as regardstohandling “Thesuccessof thisgroupislargely because teammateand howthe India captain is like Beyond Meat burger?’ –because he’s aveg- theredKookaburra,andhislengthwasn’tcon- of thecamaraderiewe shareamongourselves. offthe field. Zampa and Kohli shared a etarian himself. He’s areallycultured guy. Spanish striker Igor Angulo’s double sistent. Twoyears ago, during India’s tri- Thereisnoreal secret as suchbut it lies in each dugout forRoyal Challengers Bangalorein He’s good to talk to,good fun. strikescriptedFCGoa’s comebackas umphant tour in 2018-19, he took 16 wickets other’sstrengths.We have acommongoaland the IPL this year and talking to The Sydney “One night he took me aside and talked to theyheldBengaluruFCto a2-2draw in in four Testsand his series averagewas 26.18 all of us look to collectively achieve that. There Morning Herald,the tweaker recounted how me about his travels through Nepal. He’s al- an Indian Super League encounter on compared to 35-plus in 2014-15. He bowled a is ahealthycompetition but thereisnorivalry on the very firstday,the skipper made him ways talking to me about his newcoffeema- Sunday. Bengaluru, happytosit back lotfuller,swung the ball, and wasrewarded. within the group... We have alot of discussion feel at home. chine. He’s apretty normal bloke. and maintain defensive shape, ledtill Shami targeted afew batsmen with bouncers, among ourselves. We hunt in pairs.” “It wasthe firstday Iarrived [and] he “The one thing youtakeawayfrom the hour markwith goals from Cleiton but useditmoreasashockweapon. Twoyears ago, Australia sans SteveSmith WhatsAppedme. Ididn’t have his number. spending time with those guysisthey’reas Silva (27') and Juanan Gonzalez (57'). Somefastbowlers,especiallyfromthesub- andDavidWarnerwere depleted.Theywillbe He made it as if we’veknown eachother for- Adam Zampa and ViratKohli shared muchofahuman being as youare.” Goa brought on Brandon Fernandes continent, tend to getalittle carriedawayon at full strength this time and the challengewill ever,” Zampa said. The messagewas about a adugout forRCB this year. Twitter Soon Zampa and Kohli would be oppo- and Alberto Noguera, and soon found hardand bouncy Australian pitches and resort be bigger.Shami is game. $15voucher at avegan restaurant. nentsduring the forthcoming limited-overs their waybackintothe contestwith to anoverdoseof short-pitchedbowlinginTest “Our fast bowling group can bowl at 140 “Zamps, here’s the $15off voucher at a series and so farintheir duels, the leggie has twogoals from Angulo in the space of cricket.At30years of age, Shami is nowone of kph-plus and youneedthat kind of pace in veganrestaurant from Deliveroo. It’s areally lovescompetition, he hates losing as much dismissedthe Indian batting great seven threeminutes.Angulofirstcutshortthe the senior bowlers in the group and India’s Australia.Evenourreservesarequick,youdon’t good restaurant,” it read. The Aussie spoke as anyone. He probablyshows it morethan times. “I would laugh at it. And reallyappre- deficitwithaneatfinish(66')following chancesto agreatextentwilldependonhowhe gettosee that kind of an attack. We thrive on about howKohli is acompletely different anyone. ciateit. I’vegot him out seventimes, but link-up playbetween Fernandes and and Jasprit Bumrah perform as apair. challenges.We have varietyinourspinbowling person offthe field. “He’s absolutelynot what “Once he’s offthe park, he’s the most they’reatagood click; the economyiswell Noguera, then chestedaball intothe Thenagain,evenforabowlerof Shami’sex- attacktoo. We can bowl fast but we areall dif- yousee on the cricket field. He always brings chilledguy.He’s watching YouTubeclips on and trulyoversix runs per over as well. It’ll be netfor the equaliser (69'). PTI perience,it’snoteasyto makeaninstantswitch ferent, our skills aredifferent.” his intensity to training and the game; he the bus, he’ll laugh out loud. interesting nowwe’recloser,” Zampa said. Why Grammy-winner Dua Lipa is in the new FIFA game Atletico in pole position after

Tottenham striker Harry Kane. Afterscoring a ond F1 drivertobeaddedtothe game, while beating Barca; Madrid slip EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE hat-trickagainstPanama at the 2018 World NBAwill be represented by two-time MVP NOVEMBER22 Cup, Kane wasasked to pickasong to GiannisAntetokounmpoof Milwaukee Madrid:ATLETICOMADRIDdeliveredamajor playonaBrazilian programme. His re- Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers Joel boosttotheir hopes of winning La Ligaon BARCELONAWOES SOON,YOU will beable to watchpop star Dua sponse:“I’llgo ‘OneKiss’byCalvinHarris Embiid. Other incoming celebrities in- Saturdaybybeating Barcelona 1-0 and con- Lipa go toe-to-toe with the topfootballers; at and Dua Lipa.” clude DJ Snake, surfer Gabriel Medina, signing their opponentstotheir worststart to leastvirtually. According to adatamine of the E footvolleychampNatalia Guitler, aleague season in 29 years. YannickCarrasco Barcelona areat11points Other notable additions? ● FIFA21’s latestupdate, Dua Lipa will beadded EXPLAINED YouTuber Fred and the NFL Baltimore finishedbrilliantlyfromrangeafter mistakes aftereight games this Ravens’ Lamar Jackson. 11season, their worsttallyat to the video game as aplayable character. David Beckham will be the cover fromGerardPiqueandMarc-AndreterStegen athlete forthe firsttime since FIFA98. leftthegoalgapingbutBarca,andabelow-par this stagesince 1991/92 season, What’s happening? WhileBeckham’sreturnwasfirstrevealed Howhavethe gamers reacted? Lionel Messi, failedtorespond at the Wanda when theywon La Liga. Inabidto freshenuptheirlong-runningse- in the aforementioneddatamine, the former Largely with indifference. However, some Metropolitano. ries and increase crossoverappeal, developers ManchesterUnited star confirmeditonhis fans have criticisedEASports’decision to give Instead,Atleticorecordedtheirfirstleague Lionel Messi has scored one EA Sports addedtwo-time worldchampion Instagram.“23yearslater…soproudto beback Dua Lipa and other celebs detailedfacescans victoryoverBarcelona in 10 years, whichputs out of his last48direct free 1kicks forBarcelona in all boxerAnthonyJoshua and recording artistDJ onthecover…”hewrote.Accordingto reports, and photorealistic likenesses, while younger them three pointsahead of Real Madrid, with Diplo when FIFA21releasedlastmonth. And PopstarDua Lipa, who will be playable three different likenesses of Beckham will be footballers likeManchesterUnited’s Mason agame in hand, and second in the table, level competitions (vsOsasuna lastJuly) they seem to have double-downedonbring- in FIFA21, got adetailedface scan. addedtothe game: rated87, 89 and 92, chart- Greenwood —who scored17 goals lastseason on pointswith early leaders Real Sociedad. It Stats: Opta ing non-footballing names to the game. ing the 45-year-old’s long career. —sportinaccurate, seemingly-random faces. alsoleavestheiropponentslanguishingin10th, Noteddataminer Blade Johnson went Othershave comparedLipa’sadditionto the withBarcelona’s11 pointsfromtheirfirsteight through FIFA21’s code and uploadedthe PDFs vanceupdate,have uploadedvideoswhereDua Who all aregetting to the game? lackofwomen footballers in the game. While games their worsttallyatthis stagesince the time since 2010 –beforeSimeone arrivedas confirming the appearance of Dua Lipa, as well Lipa can be seen playing as astriker forteams LipaandBeckhamwillbejoinedbyFormula EA introducedplayable women footballers in 1991-92 season. coach–will do wonders forthe team’s belief as numerous other celebrities, as playable suchasLiverpool and Real Madrid along with 1world champion Lewis Hamilton. In real life, FIFA16, therehaven’t been alot of updates in “Likeany coach, Iamresponsible,” said and extends what is nowaconsiderable ad- characters. ‘Love Is Religion’—atrack from the the real-world squads. the 35-year-old playedassociation football thefive yearssince.Onlymarqueenameshave coachRonald Koeman. “Weknowwehaveto vantageinthe table. It also extends Atletico’s Grammy-winner’s ‘Club FutureNostalgia’—is The 25-year-old performedatthe opening along with school schoolmateand eventual receivedfacescans, and one can onlyplayin- improvetheresults.Icontinueto trusttheplay- unbeaten run in the league to 24 matches. already featured on the game’s soundtrack. ceremonyofUEFAChampionsLeaguefinaltwo England international AshleyYoung. ternational matches and women’s club foot- ers Ihave.” Earlier,apatched-up Real Madrid had to SeveralYouTubers, who receivedanad- yearsagoandisalsoafavouriteofEnglandand Australian Daniel Ricciardo will bethe sec- ball has been absent. AndbeatingBarcelonainLaLigaforthefirst hang on foradrawagainstVillarreal. AFP

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