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ASTRAZENECA ADMITS TO ‘ERROR’ Oxfordvaccine viable even at 60-70% efficacy: Serum Institute

ANURADHA Indiatrial MASCARENHAS results PUNE,NOVEMBER26 notin THE ASTRAZENECA-OXFORD vaccinecandidate, even at the THE EFFICACYresultsof lowest efficacy of 60-70per cent, AstraZeneca were based is aviable one againstthe novel on trials being con- coronavirus, the Serum Institute ducted in the United Protesting farmers at the Punjab-Haryana border,inShambhu, Patiala, on Thursday. HarmeetSodhi of (SII) said on Thursday. Kingdomand Brazil. It SII has partnered with the does notinclude the tri- Foreign Secy meets University of Oxfordand als of the same vaccine ‘DELHICHALO’ AGAINST FARM LAWS AstraZeneca forthe manufacture being conductedbythe and distribution of the vaccine Serum InstituteinIndia. Nepal PM as Delhi candidate. The resultsofthe Indian "Eventhough the lowest ef- trials areexpected to Farmerscrossbarricades,water ficacy resultsare at 60-70%, it is a come out in December. movestorepair ties viablevaccine againstthe virus. That said, variedage groupswith different dosage forms will re- ment on Wednesdayby sult in slightvariations and effi- AstraZeneca of akey errorinthe jets;Tomar,Rajnathoffertalks SHUBHAJITROY cacy.Wemustbepatient and not dosage receivedbysomeofthe NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 panic," SII said in astatement. study participantsofits Covid- Harsh The statement —acouple of 19 vaccine candidate AZD1222 Protesters take over roadstoDelhi; Amarinder, Khattar sparonTwitter IN THE firsthigh-leveldiplo- Vardhan days before PM NarendraModi (namedCovishield in India). maticvisittoNepal since the Shringla is scheduledtovisit the company According to partial results againstthe three newcentral president YogendraYadavwas slide in ties afterthe boundary —comes amid an acknowledg- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 SUKHBIRSIWACH, farm laws were camping forthe detainedatBilaspurvillagein BUSINESSASUSUAL rowthis summer,Foreign RAAKHIJAGGA night on the highways. Gurgaon while leadingagroup SecretaryHarsh Vardhan EXPRESS NETWORK &HARIKISHANSHARMA Alarge group of farmers, of protesters on the Delhi-Jaipur BY UNNY Shringla reachedKathmandu CHANDIGARH,LUDHIANA, mainlyfromHaryana, were at highway. Thursdayand metthe country’s NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 Panipat toll plaza, some65km As theyconvergeonDelhi leaders includingPrime Minister RAJNATH:TALKSON from the Delhi border on the from multiple directions, the KPSharma Oli. WITHCHINA,NO AS THOUSANDS of farmers from Delhi-Ambala highway;another farmers areprepared forthe long Sources said that Foreign NATIONSHOULDBE Haryana and Punjabtook over group of mainlyfarmers from haul. Their tractor trolleys are Secretary’s discussions with Oli EXPANSIONIST PAGE 12 nationaland statehighways lead- Punjab wascamping at Karnal, laden with rationsand bedding. —theyhad aone-on-one meet- ` 82 per kilo ingtoDelhi on Thursday,Union 100kmfromthe Delhi border on Theyare alsoontrucks,buses, ing, apartfromthe delegation- ED:SARNAIK GOT Ministers NarendraSingh Tomar the same highway. andjeeps; manyare marching leveltalks—includeda“candid relationship and enhance the KICKBACKSFROM and RajnathSinghappealedfor Athird, smaller group was CONTINUEDONPAGE2 reviewofthe stateofthe bilat- levelofengagement. ` 110 per kilo calm and invited them fortalks. moving on the Delhi-Sirsa high- eral relationship”, and the poten- Sources said the special rela- TOPSGRUP FOR Afterbraving watercannon way, and had reachedHansi in tial forbringing India and Nepal tions between India and Nepal, FACILITATING and lathis, and casting aside bar- Hisar district, some 115kmfrom MOREREPORTS closer. and the importance of “respect- ` 135 per kilo MMRDACONTRACT ricades, protesters on the march the Delhiborder.SwarajIndia PAGE 12 Oli, Indian sources said, con- ing each other’s sensitivities” PAGE 7 veyedNepal’s desiretobuild on were notedduring the meeting. ` 62 per Dozen the momentum in the bilateral CONTINUEDONPAGE2

MONEY LAUNDERING Tech relianceduring Covidhas INVESTIGATION Police cars, campaign crunched, ledtonew inequality, says CJI ED arrests acandidate steps out of J&K cold promoter of Unfair criticism of Constitutional bodies: JusticeRamana Cox and Two Armymen court, spokeofthe “unfounded killed in J&K DIPANKARGHOSE CJI spokeat criticism” that Constitutional in- Kings Limited NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 an event stitutions were facing and said firing,hunt to mark the onlyanswer wastowork CHIEFJUSTICE of India SABobde Constitution hardtofulfill Constitutional duty. KHUSHBOONARAYAN on for gunmen said Thursday that the “pan- Day “Thereisatrend of unfair and MUMBAI,NOVEMBER26 demic has been the biggest chal- unfoundedcriticism againstour lengeindelivering unhampered Constitutional institutions. Such THE ENFORCEMENTDirectorate BASHAARATMASOOD justice to thecommon man”, Courttocommemorate criticism destroysthe public (ED)onThursdayarrestedAjay SRINAGAR,NOVEMBER26 and urgedthe governmentto ConstitutionDay thatwas at- trust, whichharms the founda- Ajit Peter Kerkar,the promoter Cong bids farewell look forsolutions fora“newkind tendedbyPresident RamNath tion of democracy.The onlyan- of bankrupttravelfirm Coxand TWOSOLDIERS of the Army's to Ahmed Patel, of inequality” that has emerged Kovind and LawMinisterRavi swer forthis criticism is to work Kings Limited,inconnection ChoudharyMohammad YaseenPoswal, an independent QuickReaction Team suc- from justice becoming “technol- Shankar Prasad. hardtofulfill our Constitutional with itsmoneylaundering probe candidate,campaigns in Tral. Shuaib Masoodi cumbed to bulletinjuries Tarun Gogoi ogy dependent”. In his welcome address, duty.Nothing should deterus,” againstthe company. Thursdayafternoon aftertwo PAGE 8 The CJI wasspeaking at an Justice NVRamana, the second Justice Ramana said. Coxand Kings owesRs5,500 militantsopenedindiscriminate event organisedbythe Supreme mostsenior judgeinthe apex CONTINUEDONPAGE2 croretobanksand financial in- rity personnel and chaperoned fire at aconvoy deployedonthe stitutions and it is one of the top NAVEEDIQBAL to their constituencies. road at ZainakoteinSrinagar's THE CITY borrowers of YesBank Limited ARIPAL(PULWAMA), This is the firststepinthe suburbs, less than 2kmfromthe when co-founder Rana Kapoor NOVEMBER26 Centralgovernment'sbidtorestart headquarters of the counter- BMCTOSPEND Need tighter supervision before washeading it. YesBank has an the political process in the newly insurgency Kilo Force. Rs569CRTOCLEAN exposure of morethan Rs 2,267 AT 10 AM, Choudhary createdUnionTerritorywithelec- J&K Policesourcestold The croretoCox &Kings Group. The Mohammad Yaseen Poswal tions to 280 constituencies —140 Indian Express that ajoint search MITHIRIVER corporates run banks, say experts listedtravelfirm wassent to emergesfromthe security blan- eachinKashmir and Jammu— operationhas been launchedto PAGE 3 bankruptcy courtlastOctober, ket over theEDI building starting November 28. But nab the gunmen who were banking. But theyexpressed afteritdefaulted on payments. in Pamporeonthe out- on the ground, thereare armedwith automatic WORLD GEORGEMATHEW, THE IDEAS PAGE concerns over supervision of Coxand Kings came under skirts of Srinagar.Acan- noposters,nopartyflags, weapons,wearing combat fa- SUNNYVERMA& related-party lending, especially the scanner afterthe ED initiated didateinthe firstever and very little talk about tiguesand travelling in aMaruti SANDEEPSINGH ACAPITALMISTAKE deals that hide behindcomplex an investigationintoallegations District Development the polls. carinthe high-security zone. MUMBAI,NEWDELHI, BY SHANKAR ACHARYA, companystructures or were of kickbacks takenbyKapoor in Council elections in The onlysign of an Police suspect that the attack- NOVEMBER26 VIJAYKELKAR structured throughlending to lieu of granting loans to several Jammu and Kashmir, election aresecurity ve- ers were Pakistani terrorists &ARVIND SUBRAMANIAN suppliers of promoters and their companies that have nowde- Poswal is the onlycivil- DECISION hicles passing by. from the Jaish-e-Mohammad NEARLY27YEARS afterthe PAGE 11 group companies. faulted on repayments. Kapoor, ian in the mini-convoy 2020 Moving swiftly, they (JeM). ReserveBank of India allowed Oneofthe experts,Chandra who is currentlyunder arrest, of twovehicles with J&K take 44-year-old “Terrorists firedindiscrimi- private promoters to setup tenexperts consulted by the Shekhar Ghosh, who is the MD has deniedthese allegations. armedpolicemen. DISTRICT, Poswal,anindependent natelyattheQuickReactionTeam banksin1993, it is still adivided RBI's Internal Working Group and CEO of Bandhan Bank,said, In April, The IndianExpress, in With twodays to go LOCAL POLLS candidate, to Aripal of Indian ArmyinAbanShah TRUMP PARDONS house over lettingcorporates whichlastweek favoured entry “Thereisaneedfor morebanks aseries of stories, reportedthat a forthe firstphase, and tehsil in the Tral area of Chowk,HMT,Khushipora, FORMER NSA run banks. of business houses,said compa- forgrowth in thefinancial sec- forensicauditfound the travel criticism from the mainstream Pulwama, about 70 km south. Srinagartodayafternoon.Twosol- MICHAEL FLYNN Across-section of stakehold- nies can bring in much-needed tor. Maybethereare notthat firm did related party transac- PAGD alliance of being kept Offthe main road, is an open diers were criticallyinjured and PAGE 13 ers contacted by The Indian capital, business experienceand manypeople other than the tions worthRs21,000croreover away from the electorate, the field of boulders, afterwhichthe were evacuated to the nearest Express,including three of the managerial competence into CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 candidates areflanked by secu- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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J&K candidate As soon as the candidates pleasedthat the higher judiciary At themeeting, all facets of leave the area, agroup of young has been making availableits thebilateral relationship were mobile networkdisappears. men gathers in front of the local judgementsinmoreand more discussed, the Indian embassy in Another kilometre-and-a-half bank.Manyofthem arenot Farmers cross barricades, water jets regional languages,” he said. Kathmandu said. Shringla also uphill, is Bangidarvillagein awareofthe polling date. CJIBobdesaidthat“veryearly handedover2,000 vials of Satoora, ready forameeting un- “Candidates arecoming these on foot as well. stop the protesters.Police have the protesters. FoodandPublicDistributionon on”, the Supreme Courtbecame Remdesivir to Gyawalionbehalf der ablacktarpaulin sheettiedto days but Idon'tevenknowwhen Intheafternoon,Agriculture takenover90farmerleaders Non-BJPleaders in both Thursdaysaid paddy procure- awarethat the effectsofthe virus of India as continuing assistance atree. the election is scheduled. Even MinisterTomarsentconciliatory intopreventive custodyoverthe Haryana and Punjab have ex- mentduringtheongoingkharif hadthe“potentialto threatenthe forCovid-19patients. With his 19-year-old son earlier,MLAswould come before signalstothe protesters, telling lasttwo days. tended their support to the agi- marketingseasonwascontinu- rule of lawitself and completely Following his meeting with Younis running the campaign, the election and then neverlook somereportersthatthegovern- The situation wasvolatile tating farmers. DelhiChief ing “smoothly”. blockout accessto the justice sys- counterpartBharat RajPaudyal, this is Poswal's firstvisit to the back,”says Ehsan Ahmed. ment wasready to talk about across Haryana's Fatehabad, MinisterArvind Kejriwal said “Paddy procurement for tem”. “Therehad to bean instant Shringla said,“Wehadaverypro- constituency since he filedhis With politicalbacking,Ganaie “issues and resolve differences” Jind, Panipat, Sonipat, Rohtak, peacefulprotestwastheir“con- Kharif 2020-21 is continuing mutation in the justice delivery ductive and useful exchange, we nomination on November 18. is basedat ahotel in Srinagar.But with them. and Ambala districts. Police stitutional right”, and criticised smoothlyintheprocuringStates system and the choice wasvery went through averylarge num- And withsnowfalling, the resi- as Poswal's campaign winds up, “I want to appealtoour were pelted with stones at sev- Haryana and the Centrefor us- &UTs of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar clear.Either to switchtovirtual berofissues of bilateral coopera- dents--all from the Gujjar com- aftercovering sevenmeetings in farmer brothers to notagitate,” eral places. Therewerereports ing forceonthem.Asthe farm- Pradesh, Telangana, hearing or the other option to tion. It shows the multifaceted munity that Poswal represents- different areas, he is takenback Tomar said. “I am surethat our of clashes between police and ers reachDelhi on Friday, the Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, shut down the courts completely. andcomprehensive natureofour -jostle under the tarpaulin sheet to theEDI complex. It's 5pm, and dialogue will have apositive re- protesters in Ambala, Jind, largest numbersareexpectedto Chandigarh,Jammu&Kashmir, Throughout the current pan- cooperation.” and take turns to raise issues. the gatesclose behind him. sult.” Fatehabad, and Karnal. trytoenter the capital at the ,,AndhraPradesh, demic, the courtshad to deal with “Webothagreedonvarious “Even afteryearsofelectinglead- In the evening, Rajnath Government and private vehi- Kundli border. Odisha and Maharashtrawith difficult situations pertaining to steps to advance some areas of ers, we arewaitingforbasic facil- Armymen killed Singh said he wasthe son of a cles were damaged in Jind and HaryanaPoliceonThursday purchase of over307.03 LMTs migrant workers, woefullyinad- the cooperation… very good ities likeroadand electricity.We medicalfacility. However, they farmerhimself,and that the Ambalaasfarmersclashedwith eveningadvisedpeopleto avoid (lakh metrictonnes) of paddy equatefacilities fortreatment of progress on commitmentsmade have seen adifficult life, should succumbed to their injuries,” government could not“betray” police at the Shambhu barrier. the pointsofentryintoDelhi upto 25.11.2020 againstthe last dying men and women, dead by the leadership and looking at our children face the same fu- Defence spokesperson Col Rajesh farmers. Neither the statement by from Haryana on NH 10 (Hisar- yearcorrespondingpurchaseof bodies notreceiving burial for some other initiativesthat could ture?” asksavoter. Kalia said. “I appeal to them thatend Tomar in Delhi nor various at- Rohtak-Delhi) and NH 44 259.41 LMTshowing an in- fear of infection,inadequatehos- happen,” he said. ForanAssemblyor J&K Police said the soldiers your protests,Iinvitethem for tempts by the government in (Ambala-Panipat-Delhi). DGP crease of 18.35%overlastyear,” pital bedsand unaffordable costs On his firstvisit to Nepalas Parliament election, the Gujjar who diedwerefromthe discussions,” Singh said at the Haryanasucceededinpacifying Manoj Yadava warnedthe gen- theMinistrysaidinastatement. of treatment,” he said. Foreign Secretary, Shringla is community voteisrelatively Territorial Armyand identified HT Leadership Summit. “I am the agitated farmers. In the af- eral publicofinconvenienceon “Out of the total purchase of “Hearing matters through meetingleadersacrossthepolit- small. However, the DDC elec- them as SepoyRatan (163 the Defence Minister, but as the ternoon,farmers'organisations the roadstoDelhi, especiallyon 307.03 LMT, Punjab alone has videoconferencinghas givenrise ical spectrum —hemet delega- tions provide the opportunity to Battalion) and SepoyDeshmukh son of afarmer, as afarmer,I turnedtheirbacksonscheduled the stretches between Panipat contributed 202.53 LMT which to anew kind of inequality.Itwas tions of Nepali Congress and elect morerepresentatives. (101 Battalion). want to invite them. Iamready talkswith Chief Minister and Karnal, Karnal and is65.96%oftotalprocurement,” difficult to anticipatethis and it is Madhes leaders. He also met Poswal's promise is the im- The Kashmir Valley, especially to talk to them. We cannotbe- Manohar Lal Khattar. Kurukshetra, and Kurukshetra it said. extremelydifficult to deal with it President Bidya Devi Bhandari. plementation of the Forest Rights Srinagar city and itsoutskirts,has tray thefarmers.” “The Chief Ministerhad in- and Ambala. FoodMinistrydataaccessed because we arecaught in abind. He returns on Friday. Act, 2006 that aims to empower seen at leastfivesuch“shootand Both Tomarand Singh vited leaders of the farmers “Our field unitstriedtopre- by TheIndianExpressshowthat That inequalityarosebecauseac- The visit is being seen as are- nomadic communities, suchas run” attacks this year on police, soughttopersuade farmers unions fortalks. Theyhad vent farmers coming from about 202 LMT of paddy had cess to justice has become tech- ciprocal gesturefollowing Oli’s the Gujjars and Bakerwals, by paramilitaryand Army person- that the newlawswouldbene- agreed,butsomehooliganspre- Punjab from entering Haryana been procured in Punjab over nologydependent.It has become August15reachout via aphone granting rights to habitatand nel: fitthem,and thatapprehen- vailedupon the others,and the in arestrainedmanner...But the thelasttwo monthsof thekharif difficult forthose who do not calltoPrimeMinisterNarendra livelihood. But his voters' expec- ■ On October 5, militants sions of the endofthe mini- unions did notcomefor the farmers notonlydamaged the procurement season,from have access to technology to gain Modi. While New Delhiisnot tations arefar lower--within killedtwo CRPF personnel and mumsupportprice (MSP) talks,” Haryana Home Minister police barricades, but pro- September 26 up to access to justice,” he said, while changingits stance on the bound- sight is alog of wood that serves woundedthree others in the regime and the mandisystem Anil Vijsaid. He said district ad- ceededbyremoving all the Wednesday. appealing to Prasad, who is also aryissue, Shringla’svisit is aimed as abridgebetween twosides of group near Kandizal on the were unfounded. ministrations were continuing blockades and obstructions. This is 20 per cent higher IT Minister, to come up with a at bringing the relationship back the village. Srinagar-Jammu highway. Throughtheday, multi-layer to trytonegotiatewiththefarm- Police did notuse force, but the thanthetarget of 168.66LMTfor remedy. on track, six months afterthe Formostresidents, getting a ■ On August30, militants barricadescomprisingironbar- ers' unions to avertdisruptions farmers triedtodisturb lawand the current season, and higher AttorneyGeneral of India KK map issue affected bilateral ties. permanentbridgeisamorereal- firedonaJ-K Police's Special riers, giant blocks of concrete, and prevent large crowds from order by throwing stones at po- thanthe 161LMT of paddypro- Venugopal said further innova- India’s inauguration of anew istic and urgent need. On the pe- Operations Group (SOG) during and concertina wireput up at gathering in the middle of the lice at manyplaces,” the DGP cured in the corresponding pe- tionsto hearingsbyvideo confer- road from Dharchula to Lipulekh ripheryofthe group, Hafeeza arifle-snatching bid. In the gun- various places on multiple na- Covid-19pandemic. said. riodlastyear. encing, suchaslivestreaming, on the Mansarovar Yatraroutein stands next to her twoyoung fight that followed, three mili- tional and statehighways by As the farmerscontinuedto The Centre has invited the ProcurementinHaryanahas could beimplemented.“Ican en- MayangeredtheOligovernment children. “I live in fear that one of tantsand apolice personnel were Haryana Police could notstop breakpolicebarricades,Khattar farmers forasecond round of beenlower. Sincethebeginning vision one day, with the Law whichcameout withanew map these days oneofthe children killed. the farmers on their “Delhi enteredintoawarof wordswith minister-leveldiscussions on of the procurement on Ministerbeing present, he is also of Nepal, adding to it an area of might slip and fall on the river ■On August 17,militantsfired Chalomarch to forcethe Centre his Punjab counterpart Capt December3.Anearlierroundof September 26, about 55 lakh in charge of telecommunications, 370sqkmatthe tri-junction of bed.Evenifthereisnowater in it, on ajoint security team at Kreeri to scrapthethreefarmlaws,and Amarinder Singh. Both leaders talksbetween the government tonnes of paddyhad been pro- whereevery single subordinate Nepal, India and China (Tibet) theywill notsurvive,” she says. villageinnorthKashmir,killing obtain alegal guarantee of con- postedaseriesoftweetsagainst andfarmunionrepresentatives cured in Haryana until courtinthis country, everyHigh whichIndiamaintains is itster- Standing nearby, Abdul Gani says, twoCRPF personnel andapolice- tinuation of the MSP system. eachother,withAmarinderask- on November 13 had remained November 25,which is lower Court, will have video conferenc- ritory. “The stream is dryfor two man. Three militantsand two HaryanaPoliceusedteargas ing Khattar nottouse forceon inconclusive. than the 63 lakh tonnes pro- ing, video streaming,” he said. months ayear and we have lost Armymen were killedinthe gun- and watercannon, and carried the farmers, and the Haryana Amid the protests, the cured in the corresponding pe- Prasad hit out at criticism of Cox and Kings twopeople in it, including my sis- fight that followed. out cane charges, but failedto CM accusing him of instigating MinistryofConsumer Affairs, riodof2019. thejudiciary that “goes beyond four years (2015-2019)tosiphon ter.” ■ On August14, militants propriety” and terms suchas“ju- funds. It also found that Cox& Abridgealso means hope. “If killedtwo policemen at Nowgam dicial barbarism”. Kings had falsifiedrecords, thereisabridge, then aroad Srinagar on the Srinagar-Jammu “Of late, Isee alot of criticism booked sales worthRs9,000 might follow, aschool, ahospital highway. ‘Oxfordvaccine viable even at 60-70% efficacy’ of thejudiciary.Indian judiciary croretoover160 customers who and perhaps abetterlife,” says ■ On June14, aCRPF officer from dayone has always wel- arebogus or do notexistand in- Gani. Right now, theclosest waskilledand twopersonnel in- announcedonMondayfromon- statement,if needed," the state- atOxfordworkonvaccines,they thinking what sortofresponse comedcriticism. Whynot?There flated bank balances. school and hospital areabout 2 jured in asimilar attackat going trials in the UK and Brazil, ment said. go all the waythrough Phase 1 would oneget if the firstdose have been very recurrent criti- Last month, theEDhad ar- km downhill.“When awoman is Panthachowk on the outskirts of the vaccine showedastriking Phase 3trials areunderway andsometimesthroughPhase2 wasevensmaller –half of what cism of collegium and appoint- rested the firm'schief financial aboutto deliver,oranelderneeds Srinagar city. differenceinefficacy,depending across17 sitesinthecountryand of thetrialontheirown.Iunder- theygive--whetherbydesign ment of judges, on whichsome officer,Anil Khandelwal, and its urgent attention, theyhavetobe on the amount delivered. Areg- dataonthe Indian trials should standthatinthiscase,theywere or accident, Idon't care. Would of us also shareour views.But internal auditor,Naresh Jain, in carriedtothe hospital,” says Supervision imenoftwo full dosesgiven a be out in amonth or so, SII CEO advisedtonot do everything on one getanequal or better re- that is adifferent partwhile giv- connection with the case. Fareeda, another resident. corporates whichcan starta monthapartwas62percentef- AdarPoonawallahadearliertold theirownandasearly aspossible sponse then?" Dr Jameel told ing due respect to these institu- The audit conducted by Mostofthe men work as bank.Inourcountry, forfinancial fective while participantswho The Indian Express. linkupwithalarge vaccinecom- The Indian Express. tions,” he said. PricewaterhouseCoopers has labourers. In acrowd of phirans inclusionand to reachmorepeo- receivedhalf adoseofthe vac- While scientists and experts pany. Oxfordstarted to work Callingtheresultsa"blessing “But of late, Isee a...disturbing found that the companyhas andcaps, Poswal standsoutinhis ple,you needmorebanks. In that cine in the firstroundand then sayavaccine with efficacy of 60 with AstraZeneca and this error indisguise",hesaid,"Theadvan- trend. The trend is that some peo- recordedrelatedparty loans and brownsuit and chequered scarf. sense, private entities, corporate the full dose amonthlater were per cent and above is good, they indosingmayhavehappenedin tage isthatif half orquarterdose ple have aviewonaparticular advances of Rs 9,494 croredur- As he starts speaking, the po- or non-corporate, both can to- foundto be90percentlesslikely have,however, raisedconcerns thatswitch from doingearly givesabetterresponse, then case to be filed, or that if it has ing the same period, of which licemen spread out around the gether getalicence.” to develop Covid-19. The aver- over the company's communi- phase studies themselvesand therewould be twice as many been filed, that ajudgment about Rs 4,008 crorewas loaned group, their guns pointing When asked if he favoured ageefficacy waspeggedaround cation strategy. thelatertrialswithAstraZeneca. vaccine doses to vaccinatepeo- should come. Thereare narra- to 11 overseas entities connected straight. “Recently in Pahalgam, the entry of corporates intothe 70 percent. When contacted,DrThiswouldneedtobeinformed ple. That is abig plus. Manysci- tivesinthe newspapers,thereare to Coxand Kings. Of these off- homes of the forest dwellers like banking sector,Abizer Diwanji, But on Wednesday,accord- Gagandeep Kang, virologistand to theregulators andinthe trial entific discoveries have hap- campaigns on social media as to shoretransactions, transfers of Rs youand me were destroyed.After Partner,EYIndia,said,“Yes… sub- ing to reports,AstraZeneca ad- professor of Christian Medical registry." penedserendipitously,”hesaid. what kind of judgment should 581crore wasallegedly donein that, the administration issuedan ject to fitand proper and con- mittedthatthehalf dosewasan College, Vellore, said, "You need However, none of this is any OnSaturday, PrimeMinister come. And if the judgment is not violation of the ReserveBank of order to implement the Forest nected exposurenorms.” The errorsince some of the vials did to beabsolutelystraightupfront reason to dismiss the vaccine, NarendraModi is settovisit in accordwith that, then thereis India norms. Rights Act. Iamhopeful that by amendment of the Banking nothavethe rightvaccinecon- andtransparent.We have learnt she said. "This is notavaccine Serum InstituteofIndia"to un- further sweeping criticism. I The forensic audit also found March 2021, thiswill be imple- Regulation Actwill“strengthen centration. In itsstatement,SII that the lowdose in the Oxford thatshouldbeputinthedustbin derstand the process of vaccine would say, if the judiciaryhas to the companydid nottakeboard mentedthroughout J&K,” says controls”, he said. Diwanji was said therewerenoconcerns study with higher efficacy was justbecause of 60 per cent effi- production and distribution". be independent, judgeshaveto approvals forRs6,071-croreloans Poswal. also one of the experts consulted about the trial in India. an accident.Tofirstsay that low cacy.Itisagoodvaccinethathas OfficialssaidthePMwouldreach be leftcompletely free to decide extendedtoatleast20related The livesofthe community, by the RBI working group. "TheIndiantrialsarerunning dose gives90per centefficacy exceededthe WHO and FDA around1pmanddepartaround their cases in accordance with parties between2014and 2019. he says,are closelytiedtothe According to Ghosh,regula- smoothlywith strict adherence and later saythat the dose was benchmarks.Thereisalot more 2.30pm.ThePMvisitwillbefol- law…statementslikejudicial The audit revealedthat Coxand foreststheyinhabit and they tors will have to introduce fresh to allthe necessaryprocesses anerrorcreatesdoubtaboutthe datatocomeand we will learn lowedbyavisitby ambassadors barbarism is totallyunacceptable, Kings gave Rs 1,100crore to Alok should notbeforcefullyremoved restrictions,differenttypes of su- andprotocols.Sofar, thereare no processthatisunnecessary.” morewhen it does," she said. and HighCommissioners from regardless of the statureofthose Industries, astressedfirm that from their “rightful place”. “Many pervisorysystems to address the concerns. However, we arego- Saying she "trustedthe re- VirologistDrShahid Jameel around 100countries, Pune that mention these things about went bankruptin2017, even as of them still use firewood in their questions being raised. “You can- ingthroughthedatathatisavail- searchers at Oxford", Kang said, said he wasintriguedbythe re- Divisional Commissioner our judiciary,”hesaid. the travel firm did nothaveany kitchens,sotheyneedtogotothe notsay these groups of people able and willmakeafurther "Usuallywhen the researchers sults. "As ascientist, Iamnow Saurabh Raosaid. business relationshipwiththe forestsand collectfirewood.They cannotcome. Manyofthese peo- Foreign Secy company. Significantly, have livestockthat needs pas- ple areverygood.In termsof gov- Both sides felt that “we Khandelwal is the brother of the tures. It is inhuman to remove ernance also, thereare good in- therehas to be averyclear and have to take thedecision and the censing regime of universal difficult to be in everynook and should focus on the positivesof CFOofAlok Industries. them from this setting,” he says. stitutions,” he said. sharp line between banking and Banking Regulation Actneeds to banks. However, business houses corner of the financial system to the wide-rangingrelationship,” The ED has found that Cox At Bandigar,asingle electric- The IWGhas proposed other businesses.Whiletherehas be amended,” he said. were notconsidered though stop poor lending,” theysaid. the sources said. “Both sides and Kings sold it UK subsidiary– ity line runsthrough the village amendment to the Banking to be alimited shareholding, it is Corporatehouses were active prominent corporatehouses in- WaybackinAugust2011, the shared their perspectiveson HolidayBreak Education Limited of about200households, most of Regulations Acttotighten the su- important thereare no common in the bankingsector five decades cluding AdityaBirla Group, Anil then RBI Governor DSubbarao boundarymattersanddiscussed –for Rs 4,387crore and “si- whichdonot ownagascylinder. pervisorysystembeforeallowing or overlapping directorships. agotillthe bankspromotedby Ambani’s RelianceCapitaland said thereare persuasive argu- ways to take it forwardunder the phonedmajority of the money”. Forits residents, the biggestrea- corporateentryintothe sector. Also,therehasto bezerolending them were nationalisedinthe Bajajgroup showedinterestin mentsbothfor and againstthe appropriatebilateral mecha- Out of the sale proceeds, at least sontovoteisthat the candidate Former ReserveBank to relatedparties of thegroup,” late1960s amid allegations of 2013-14. proposal of allowing corporate nisms,” sources said. $15.34million wasallegedly is one of them. Governor Raghuram Rajan and said Naushad Forbes, Co-chair- connectedlending and misuseof Opposing the entryofbusi- houses in banking. Addressing a The NepalForeign Ministry, in transferredtoKuber Investment At the market in Aripal, Deputy Governor ViralAcharya man,Forbes Marshal andformer depositors’ money. “The past ness houses in banking, former meeting organisedbyFicci and astatement, said “Theyalso dis- Mauritius Private Limited,afirm meanwhile,another candidateis had criticisedthe working President of CII. Governorsofthe RBIwere against RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan Indian BanksAssociation, he said, cussedthe boundarymattersand controlledbyKerkar. shaking hands and passing group’s proposal. Former Aformer RBI Deputy corporatehouses' entryduring and Deputy Governor Viral “By far, thebiggestapprehension exchanged views on completing EzeegoTraveland Tours, an- around his number.PAGD's Governors YV Reddy,DSubbarao Governorwho did notwish to be their tenures in the last20years," Acharya saidindustrial houses is about self-dealing -- that com- the boundaryworkinthe re- other subsidiaryofthe group, is Manzoor Ahmad Ganaie also and severalRBI officers -- both namedsaidthe reasons behind said aformer RBI official. needfinancing, and theycan get panies will use the bank as apri- maining segments.” accusedofdiverting Rs150crore bringsupthe “uniqueidentity” of serving and former -- toohad ear- barring corporateentrysofar Prior to nationalisation, the it easily, with no questions asked, vate pool of readilyavailable Beforemeeting Oli, Shringla to Redkite Capital Private Limited, J&K.Afterfour yearsin the BJP,he lier cautionedabout enabling in- were obvious. “These days the sector wasorganised in the pri- if theyhaveanin-house bank. funds.” metNepal Foreign Minister acompanypromotedbyCFO says he wasdisenchanted and dustrial houses to run banks. RBIis working in closeco-ordina- vate sector. It wasopenedup “The history of suchconnected Pradeep Kumar Gyawali. In that Khandelwal and auditor Jain. This joinedthe PDP in 2019.“Iwantto But corporateleaders argue tion with the Central govern- againpostliberalisationwiththe lending is invariablydisastrous – Tech reliance meeting, it is learnt that Shringla fund wasusedtobuy controlling be the voice of the forallowing business houses into ment. It’snot clear from where firstround of licensing of private howcan the bank makegood In his address, Kovind said the conveyed an invitation from stake in Tourism Finance youth...Questions of restoration banking. “In principle, whynot? this idea has come. The RBI is im- banksin1993. Since then there loans when it is ownedbythe “notionofjustice implies access External Affairs MinisterS Corporation of India Limited,a of J&Kasitwas pre-August last The countrywill benefit if good plementing whatever the gov- have been twomorerounds in borrower? Even an independent to justice.” “Improving accessto Jaishankar to Gyawalitovisit listedNBFC. year areuptoour leaders,” he businessmenrunninggoodcom- ernmentwants. This is justapre- 2003-04and 2013-14. In 2016, committedregulator,withall the justice forall is aworkin India forthe next round of the FULLREPORTSON says. panies creategood banks. But liminaryproposal.The RBI will the RBI put in place aon-tap li- information in the world, finds it progress...Andonthiscount, Iam Joint Commission Meeting. www.indianexpress.com WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,NOVEMBER27,2020 3 THE CITY BMCclearsproposals worthRs569crore tocleanupMithiriver

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ED MUMBAI,NOVEMBER26 Moneydown THE BMC is planning to spend Rs AIN thedrain 569.52 croretoclean up Mithi PL river. Under the civic body's am-

EX E● bitious 'Mithi River Covid testing underwayatVashi railway station in Navi Mumbai. Three passengers tested Rejuvenation' plan, widening positive at six stations in MumbaionThursday. Amit Chakravarty and deepeningworkwill also be IN THE last13years, the BMC had spent Rs 1,400crore on carriedout at the river. cleaning, widening anddeepeningMithiRiver but with lit- The ShivSena-ledBMC tle impact. Mithi's plight came to light afterthe July26, MNS leader murder: Man held Standing Committee on 2005 delugeinMumbai. Special zone at airport for Covid Wednesday clearedfourpropos- Afact-finding committee setupbythe stategovernment for helping two shooters escape als related to the project. to find out the reasonsbehind the delugehad also blamed Mumbai: The ThanePolice Crime wherehepickedthem up. We According to the proposals, encroachment on Mithi and suggestedits restoration. BranchThursdayarrestedaman have also seizedthe redcolour test of passengers from 4states while sewerlines will be laid Since then BMC and MMRDAhad both spent alot of forallegedly helping twopersons Hyundai Accent vehicle in which along the rivertostopsewage moneyonprojectsrelatedtoMithi. escapeaftertheyshotMNSleader heferriedtheduo,”anofficersaid. dayofscreening of passengers enteringintoit, the flowofthe Jameel Shaikh dead earlier this The police have formedfour EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE at railway stations, three tested riverwillbemanaged by widen- week.TheCrimeBranchsaiditar- teams to trackdownthe twoac- MUMBAI,NOVEMBER26 positive forCovid-19on ing and deepening it and also by 18.02 lakh rested Shahid Shaikh (31) and re- cused. The police remainedtight- Thursday. constructingreinforcedcement out the work in less than the civic contractor will have to deploy TOTALCOVIDCASESIN coveredthe vehicle in whichhe lippedabout the motive behind THE CHHATRAPATIShivaji The civic body has been concreteprotection wall and a body's estimate. The BMC is pay- machines dailytotransport MAHARASHTRA ferriedthe twobike-borne ac- the murder.Jameel Shaikh had Maharaj International Airport screening passengers at the six service road. These workswill be ing 17 per cent to 22 per cent these rockstothe designated cused. An officer said that based been shotdead by the twobike- (CSMIA) on Thursday createda Active Cases 85,963 railway stationsinthe city after executed between the airport higher thanthe original estimate dumping place and alsocon- ontheirprobe,theytrackeddown borne assailantsonNovember 23 dedicated zone fordomestic New Cases 6,406 the Maharashtragovernment- taxiway bridgeinKurla, Ashok prepared by itsstorm waterde- struct an approachroad to reach Shaikh,whoisaresidentofRabodi following whichamurder case passengers arriving from Delhi, issuedstandardoperating pro- NagarinAndheri, MTNL Junction partment, said officials. the site. Further,encroachment TotalDeaths 46,813 area, same as the deceased. wasregistered.Thepolicefounda Goa, Gujarat and , who cedures (SOPs)inthe wake of at BKCand Filterpada at the BMC officials said that the could delaythe work,” said an of- “Wehad informationthatthe CCTVgraboftheincidentinwhich arerequired to undergo the RT- New Deaths65 rising Covid-19cases postfesti- Powaistretch of the river. costhas increaseddue to the ad- ficial. twobike-borne accused met thetwoaccusedareseengoingon PCR test upon arrivalatthe air- Quarantined5.34L vals. On Thursday, the BMC Over the years, the water verse condition of the sitewhere Since April,the Maharashtra Shaikh at acertain point from amotorbike. ENS port. Passengers will be directed Tested 1.05 crore screened13,253passengers quality of Mithi has deteriorated the work will takeplace. “There Pollution Control Boardhas also to thetestzone located near the across six railway stations in the with slums and industrial units, areslums on the riverbank been imposingafine of Rs 10 baggagecarousel to undertake city.Symptomatic passengers whichhavecomeuponits bank, whereworkofdeepening will lakh everymonthonBMC for the test before exiting the air- 2,79,744 were tested using rapid antigen discharging sewage and indus- take place.Due to slums, thereis notimplementing the time- port, the airportauthority said. TOTALCOVID kits. Three passengers were trial wastedirectlyintoit. In no space to keep rocksthat are boundplan forthe rejuvenation “In keeping with the latest CASESINMUMBAI found to be positive forthe 2019,the waterinthe riverwas removedfromthe riverbed.The of the river, theofficial added. edict from the stateof New Cases 1,147 virus, including twoatDadar found to have thepresence of fe- Maharashtra, passengers arriv- railway station while one at cal coliform bacteria 15 times ing at CSMIA from Delhi, Goa, TotalDeaths 10,740 Bandra terminus. higher than the standardlimit. Gujarat and Rajasthan arere- New Deaths15 On Wednesday, as the testing Starting from VirarLake, the quired to provide proof of aneg- beganatthe six railway stations, 17.8-km Mithi Riverendsinthe ativeRT-PCR test prior to board- 10 passengers had tested posi- Arabian Sea at Mahim creek. ing their flight or undertake the mentation of the directives, 120 tive forCovid-19. Atotal of 9,779 While 11.84kmofitfallsunder test upon arrivalatMumbai. domestic arrivalpassengers un- passengers were screenedon the jurisdiction of BMC, the rest Since the implementation of the dertook theRT-PCR test.Inreply Wednesday. is under the Mumbai newdirectiveon25th Novem- to severaltweetsofpassengers, Of the total number of Metropolitan Region ber2020, CSMIAhas tested over the airportclarifiedthat only screenedpassengers, 3,236 at Development Authority. 200passengers who have ar- those passengers exiting the Mumbai Central and 3010 at Interestingly,all four compa- rivedfromthese earmarkedre- Mumbai airportwill be required BandraTerminus and 3821pas- nies have bagged contractsfor gions, of whichnone have tested to produce their test report, not sengers at Borivali railway sta- the proposals above theesti- positive forCovid-19,” said a those transiting via theMumbai tions. Records of all suchsymp- mates of BMC. This is unusual, as statement by theairport. airport. tomatic cases will be maintained in case of majority of BMC proj- On the firstday of the imple- Meanwhile, on the second by respective ward offices. ects, the bidders offertocarry Cityrecords From 26/11 to Covid-19 poor airquality, similar forecast INDIA FIGHTS for today BACK SANJANABHALERAO MUMBAI,NOVEMBER26

POLLUTION LEVELSinMumbai witnessedaspikeonThursday. According to the System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) data, the Air Quality Index(AQI) on Thursdaywas recordedat252, whichfalls in the poor category. Afternearly amonth of mod- eratepollution, the city wit- nessedpoor air on Wednesday with AQIlevelsrecordedat201, calculated from an averageof10 locations in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). SA- Guest of Honour FARhas forecastanAQI of 235 (poor)for Friday. Dr Harsh Vardhan SAFARcategorises AQIlevels Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, from 0-50 as good, 51-100satis- Science & Technology , Earth Sciences factory, 101-200moderate, 201- 300poor, 301-400verypoor, and above 401assevere. Chief Guest The worstair quality this year wasrecordedat272 on March Shri Uddhav Thackeray 18.During the lockdown period, the AQIwas under50. Chief Minister of MahaMaharraashtrshtra Researchers said Mumbai’s air quality waslikelytoremain poor forthe next fewdays due Featuring to changeinwind pattern. The wind pattern over Mumbai re- Shri Amitabh Bachchan gion is presentlynortherly to north-easterly with winds coming from the land bringing A musical tribute by moredustoverthe city. Location-wise databythe SA- The Kings FARshowedMazgaonasthe mostpolluted with AQIof314 BROADCAST (verypoor), followedbyColaba Directed by and Chembur at 303 (very Nitesh Tiwari poor) and Andheri 293 (poor), Sunday, Nov 29, 8.30 pm respectively. The maximum andmini- mum temperatureinthe city TV news partner continuedtobeabove average on Thursday.The maximum temperaturerecordedbythe India Meteorological Department’s Santacruz obser- vatory was34.8degrees Celsius, while the Colaba observatory recordedamaximum temper- ature of 32.6 degrees Celsius. On Thursday, the minimum temperatureatSantacruz ob- servatorywas recorder at 20.8 degrees Celsius while at Colaba, it was22degrees Celsius. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,NOVEMBER27,2020 4 MAHARASHTRA

TRIBUTE TO 26/11 VICTIMS

Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, along with Chief MinisterUddhavThackeray,atMumbai Police headquarters; (right)the 26/11police memorial siteatCSMT on Thursday. Ganesh Shirsekar

MSCB‘SCAM’ ED can’t intervene in Mumbai StanSwamyseeksbailagain:Targeted Police closure report giving dueto‘natureofhiswritings&work’ clean chit to Ajit Pawar: Court on an insecuredigital divide”. Swamy, the NIAhad said: “Since SADAFMODAK Referring to theletters an- from the maximum part of the MUMBAI,NOVEMBER26 Plea for return of straw & nexedtotheNIAchargesheet,the country, partymembers (of CPI- complaint in the samecase per- depositsweretaken during the bail pleasays therewas nothing Maoist) were arrested and the SADAFMODAK tainingtoallegationsofmoney loan transactions and specific al- FATHERSTANSwamy,aJesuit sipper from NIA junked incriminatingto showhisinvolve- party wasnot havingany face, so MUMBAI,NOVEMBER26 laundering. The complaint arises legations –procedures notbeing priestand tribal rights activistar- ment in anyterroristactivity. it gave responsibility to Stan out of the EOWFIR. The ED had followedwhile granting loans, le- rested by the National Mumbai: The special courton seized anysuchsipperduring “Theregion(Jharkhand)istorn Swamyashewasagainstthegov- ASPECIAL courtonThursdayre- submittedthat if the closurere- galrecoursenottakenfornon-re- Investigation Agency (NIA) in the Thursdayrejectedanappli- the arrest,after the plea was in conflictbetween the Stateand ernment.StanSwamyishavinghis jected an interventionapplica- portfiledbythe EOWisaccepted payment and loans being givenat Elgaar Parishad case, on cation filedbyStanSwamy, rejected.Swamy’s lawyers Naxalites.Atmosttheprosecution ownidentity.StanSwamy is hav- tion filedbythe Enforcement by the court, it would cause “se- theend of financial year –are of a Thursdayfiledabail application seeking return of strawand filedanotherapplicationseek- has managed to establish that the ing his ownNGO in Jharkhand.” Directorate(ED) againstthe rious prejudice” and “interfer- civil natureand acriminal offence before aspecialcourt, saying no sipper whichhesaid was ing directions from the court applicant had some correspon- Swamy’s bail plea says the clean chit givenbythe Mumbai ence”inits case. cannotbemadeout of them. purpose wasserved by “keeping seizedafter his arrest. to instruct jail authorities to dence with others whocould be NIA failedtobring on recordany- Police’s Economic Offences The EOWhad startedaprobe The ED in itsinterventionplea asick83-year-old incarcerated”. The plea filedearlier this permit them to provide win- membersof bannedorganisation. thing thatshows he wassup- Wing (EOW) to Deputy Chief intothe case afteritreceiveddi- had said that probewas required Swamywas arrested on month soughtaccess to the terclothes and strawand sip- Nowherehavetheybeen able to porting the bannedorganisation MinisterAjit Pawarand over 70 rections from the BombayHigh in at leasttwo transactions of the October 8inJharkhand andpro- strawand sipper as he suffers perto Swamyinjail.Thecourt establish that the applicant him- through PPSC. “The role of PPSC others in the MaharashtraState Court based on apetitionfiledby MSCB, includingone involving ducedinaMumbaicourtthe fol- from Parkinson’s disease and has calledfor areport from selfisamemberof thebannedor- has been established, admittedly Cooperative Bank (MSCB) al- an individual namedSurinder relativesofAjitPawar,who was lowingday. TheNIA,however, did wasunabletoholdaglass.The Taloja jail.The matter will be ganisation.Workingfortheunder- by theprosecution, as an organ- leged fraudcase. Arorathrough his lawyer Subash then the director of the bank. notseek his custody forinvestiga- NIA submittedthat it had not heardonDecember 4. ENS trialswhocouldorcouldnothave isation providing legal aid... The EOWhad filedanearly Talekar.Itwas claimedthat there The EOW, in itsreply, also tionandfiledachargesheetagainst been Maoistdoes notmakethe Nowheredoes the Constitution 70,000-pageC-summaryclo- were irregularities in the loan said that ED’sinterference was him and sevenothers the same applicanthimself aMaoist,”itsays. states that alleged Maoists are surereport lastmonth stating transactions of sugar coopera- “unwarranted”. It referred to a day. He has since been lodged in The 31-pagebail plea, filed forthe injustice againstthe mar- Swamyisthe founder of nottobeallowedanopportunity that it had found no irregulari- tive banksfrom2002till 2017 similar order wherethe court Taloja Central Jail afterhis interim through his lawyer Sharif Shaikh, ginalisedpersons of society... it is Bagaicha, an organisation work- to defend themselves,” it says. ties in the case. The ED had op- and aprobe should be initiated had refusedED’s interventionin bailapplication on medical says Swamyhas been targetedby duetothe natureofthe work that ing with tribalsinJharkhand on The bail plea also says that posedthe reportstating that a againsttheir directors and mem- the JetAirways probebythe grounds wasrejected lastmonth. the investigating agency due to he is being falselyimplicated in issues that includealleged ille- Swamywas notconnected to the probewas required to establish bers, who included politicians of Mumbai Police. Calling the arrest “uncalled the “natureofhis writingsand the said FIR,” it states. galdetentionofyoungsters on organisation of the Elgaar conflict of interestofauthorities Maharashtra. The chargesin- Meanwhile, protestpetitions for” and “malafide”, the bail plea work”about “caste andland The bail application claims chargesofbeing Maoists.Heis Parishad event on December 31, involved in the case. It had main- vokedinthe FIR were that of filedopposing the EOW’s closure says that the fact that his custody struggles of the peopleinIndia thatwhile the NIAalleges his also amember of Persecuted 2017,whichthe NIA claims was tainedthat the courtshould not cheating, forgeryand criminal reportbythe original com- wasnot sought over twoyears and violation of the democractic linkswith Maoistgroups based Prisoners Solidarity Committee linked to the violence in Bhima acceptthe reportand the inves- conspiracy under the IPC and the plainant, Surinder Arora, will be afterthe FIR wasfiled shows that rightsofthe marginalisedcitizens on some documentsfound on (PPSC), whichthe NIA claims is Koregaon the next day. Asking tigation should continue. Prevention of Corruption Act. heardseparatelybythe court he wasnot considered aflight of India”. “Through his literature, his laptop, the format in which afrontal organisation of the the NIA to file itsreplytothe bail The EOWhad said that ED The complaint had claimed next month. It had directed him risk or someone who would hehasraisedquestions and holds the documents arefound can be bannedCPI(Maoist) group. plea, the courtfixed December 4 had no locus standi to interfere that loans were givenwithout to file adetailed petitiononthe tamper with evidence. the stateauthorities responsible “easilymanipulated andplanted In itschargesheet against as the next dateofhearing. in the proceedings of another in- following specific procedure, re- report. vestigating agency.Alleging that sulting in losses affecting the ru- Others claiming to be partof ED wastaking “undue interest” raleconomy. ThePIL had also the cooperative sugar factories LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL in the case, it had further said claimedthat till2006, therewere have also filedprotest petitions 808 machines at work thisseason, over thatthe investigating officer had 202 sugar cooperativesinthe stating that the nexus and in- Former minister carriedout adetailedprobe and state, of which, while 116were volvement of politicians should urges Governor also considered twoletters sent running in losses,74had nega- be probed.After hearingthe 14% canetobeharvested mechanically by theEDinMay and Augustre- tive worthand 31 had been shut. protestpetition, the courtwill not to nominate garding the probe. The EOWinits closurereport decide whether to acceptorre- problems associated withman- tries, small landholdings have chines. Out of 808machines in The ED is probingaseparate had said that accurate security jectthe closurereport. PARTHASARATHIBISWAS ual harvesters in the lastfew been amajor constraint fortheir the state, Solapur alone has Khadse, Shetti PUNE,NOVEMBER26 years. The stategovernmenthad mass adoption in the state. pressedintoservice 216ma- startedasubsidyscheme forthe Equipment manufacturers chines. Kolhapur and Pune have Court grantsbail to 53 in Palghar lynching case SUGAR MILLShaveemployedan purchase of these machines. claimedthat theyhavetomake reported182 and 176machines, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE all-timehigh of 808 mechanical Mills encouraged manyfarmer necessarymodifications to help respectively, while MUMBAI,NOVEMBER26 Palghar district. Maharaj Kalpavrukshagiri (70) harvesters to harvestcane in the self-help groups to invest in massive machines adaptto Ahmednagar hasreported 107. PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA DistrictjudgePPJadhavin and Sushilgiri Maharaj (35) — 2020-21crushing season. This these machines. Indian conditions. Thesema- It is expected that outof873 lt of RYAT KRANTI Partychief THANE,NOVEMBER26 his order granted the accused and their driverNilesh Telgade season,Maharashtra is settosee While the number of har- chinescan harvestaround an cane, 115ltwill be harvestedby SadabhauKhothas urged bail with asuretyofRs15,000 (30) at Gadchinchale in Palghar an averageof14per centout of vesters has onlyincreasedevery acreofcane field in four hours, the machines. Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari ASPECIAL courthereon each. Earlier this month, the district, 140kmnorth of 873lakhtonne (lt) cane being season, technical difficulties whichnormally takestwo days Traditionally, cane is har- nottonominateNCP leader Thursday granted bail to 53 per- courthad granted bail to four Mumbai. harvestedbymechanical har- causedmills to think twice be- formanual harvesters. vested by seasonal migrant EknathKhadse and Swabhimani sons arrested in the Palghar mob persons,including aman and his While the twomonkswere vesters,whichwould be another fore includingthese machines in This season, 808 machines labourers. At the startofthe sea- Shetkari Sanghatana president lynching case, in whichtwo sad- twosons, in the case. travelling to Gujarat in acar fora recordfor the state. their harvesting plan. Extremely willbeoperational in the state son, close to 10 lakhlabourers Raju Shetti as members of the hus and their driverwerekilled On April 16,2020, amob funeral, the mob suspected that Mills have movedonto common in Brazil and other ad- with Solapurmills contracting migratetodifferent sugar mills stateLegislative Council. at avillageinMaharashtra’s lynchedtwo sadhus—Chikne theywerethieves. mechanised harvesters due to vancedsugar producing coun- the highestnumber of suchma- to harvestand transportcane. Earlierthismonth,theUddhav Thackeray government had sub- mitted12 namesto RajBhavanfor their nomination as MLCs under the Governor’s quota. Theyin- ‘STATE OF POLICING,LAW AND ORDER IN MUMBAI’ cludedShetti and Khadse, who had recentlyquit BJP to join NCP. Of the 78 MLCs in the Legislative Trial courtjudgment comes 3yearsafter filing an FIR: Report Council, 12 arenominated by the Governor. As perrules,these 12 MLCs arechosen fortheir contri- therebeinganincreaseinthetime 2019 andthe conviction rate for The reportsaid that to im- vestigationslikethe Forensic bution to thefields of art, litera- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE takentofile achargesheet, it does HIGHLIGHTS compared to other crimes crimes againstchildren has provethe scenario,itwas neces- ScienceLaboratory(FSL) arealso ture,culture, academics or coop- MUMBAI,NOVEMBER26 notshowacorresponding im- ■ Thereisan18per cent fallen. Also, as compared to other sarytoensureall vacancies in the notperformingwell. The report erative andsocial work. provement in the conviction rate vacancy in the Mumbai crimes in 2019,crimes against police forceare reducedand po- said that in 2019–20, the FSL ex- Khot, who wasMoS agricul- ■Therehas been arise in THE TIME spanbetween filing an in these time slabs.” police, mostofitatthe women were the lowest re- licepersonnelareprovidedproper amined22,530 cases, thelowest tureinthe previous BJP-ledgov- the number of cases of FIR to theday when atrial court Apartfromthis,while the levelofACP and lower portedcategoryofcrimes at 31 housing in ordertoimprove their number since2015. Whilethere ernment,onWednesdaysubmit- rapes and molestation delivers judgment has increased trends observedin the whitepa- rung officers per cent followedbycrimes efficiency.Butthereportsaidthat were atotal of 41,000 cases sub- tedalistofcandidates to the from twotothree years in the per over the years have largely re- registeredinMumbai againstchildren at 38 per cent. 62 per cent of police personnel mitted to FSL, it managed to test Governor fornomination.“These ■ Alliedagencies assisting pastdecade, according to are- mainedconstant, therehas been ■ When it came to Alook at the trial and investi- were notallotted housing as of only55per cent of the cases as 12 MLCsshouldbefromthefields police investigations like portbythe PrajaFoundation, an increaseinthe number of po- conviction rates, crimes gation of all crimes under the March 2020inMumbai. comparedto 88 per cent lastyear. of art, literature,culture,sports, the Forensic Science ‘State of policing and lawand or- lice personnel who losttheir lives againstwomen and Indian Penal Code in the city The reportalso said that there The reportsays that while the education and social work.Ihave Laboratoryare also not der in Mumbai’. this year due to Covid–19. children had the lowest shows that at the end of 2019, wasan18per cent vacancy in the StatePoliceComplaintsAuthority urgedthe Governortonominate performing well Based on RTIs, the reportsays Therehas been arise in the conviction ratesas 76,763 cases were pending inves- Mumbai police, mostofitatthe (SPCA) wasestablishedtolook prominent persons from these that from 2008 to 2012,ittook numberof casesof rapesandmo- tigation and have been carriedto levelofACP andlower rung offi- intocomplaintsagainstthepolice fields. The nominations should 25.8 months forthe entire lestation registeredinthe city,the the current year.This adds up to cers. Therewas a35per cent in Maharashtra,its Konkan, notbepoliticallydriven,” he said. process to be completed, which reportstates. As compared to that while the Protection of When it came to conviction 64 per cent of the cases pending shortage in officers of the ranks Nagpur and Aurangabad divi- When contacted,NCP state increasedto40.4 months be- 2015-16, rape and molestation Children from Sexual Offences rates, crimes against women and investigation as compared to 70 of police sub-inspectorinvolved sional units arenon-functional. president andMinisterJayant tween 2013 and2017. caseshave risenby 24 percentand (POCSO) Actstipulates that atrial children had the lowest convic- and69 percentin 2017 and2018. in investigating cases. When it An RTIquery seeking the sta- Patil said, “The ruling allies have NitaiMehta,founderandman- 25percentin2019-20.Policehave be conducted within ayear,42 tion ratesascompared to other When it came to trials,too, at cametoashortfall in depart- tus reportofthe StateSecurity unanimouslyapproved 12 can- aging trustee, PrajaFoundation, attributedtherisetomorewomen per cent cases were pending trial crimes.Ayear-on-year compar- least94per cent of the cases ments, thepolice controlroom Commission, whichwas to be didates and sent the listfor the said, “The duration includes both coming forwardtoreportsexual foruptothree years while14per ison shows that as compared to were pending trial at the end of had a49per centshortfall in staff. setuptoadvise the government Governor’s consent. We arehop- the time takenfor investigation offences as compared to the past. cent were pendingtrial formore other crimes, therewas im- 2019,the same percentageasthe Apartfromthe policeforce, on security issues, revealedthat ing it would be cleared by andconductingthetrial.Inspiteof Another finding has been thanthree years as of 2019. provement in conviction rate in previous year. alliedagencies assisting police in- it had notbeen established. November end.” WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,NOVEMBER27,2020 5 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 6 EXPRESS NETWORK THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,NOVEMBER27,2020

26/11 Cheat devices: TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE SC junks Skoda 269 CASES: RECOVERED:86,79,138 Volkswagen plea DAYSSINCE 92,66,705 DEATHS:1,35,223 PANDEMIC 12yearson,halfofIndia’sfishing BEGAN TESTS: 1,35,931,545 | DOUBLING RATE: 148.63** to quash FIR

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE vesselsstillwithouttransponders NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 THE Supreme Courton KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING smaller boats--the 26/11at- Committee on Security,and erations,” said the security es- morerobustnow. Thursdayrejectedaplea by car- TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** KRISHNKAUSHIK tackers had usedinflatable the center willbeamulti- tablishment official, and added “Adversaries areaware that makers Skoda Auto ■Maharashtra 17,95,959 6,159 0.31% 232.59 NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 motorboatstoreachMumbai’s agency body including the that so is the Indian Space we arewatching and monitor- Volkswagen India Private shores. Navy,Coast Guard, intelligence Research Organisation (ISRO), ing, and that creates deter- Limited to quash an FIR against ■ Kerala 5,78,363 6,490 0.99% 72.91 TWELVE YEARS afterthe 26/11 Transponders on sea-faring agencies, statemaritime which, he said, shares pictures rence,” he said. it in Uttar Pradesh over acus- ■ Delhi 5,45,787 5,246 1.17% 61.50 attack exposedwide gaps in vesselshelp national and inter- police forces, ministries of of fishing vessels around the The government, the offi- tomer's complaint alleging use ■ West Bengal 4,66,991 3,528 0.79% 90.85 India’s coastalsecurity, senior national authorities tracktheir shipping,ports andfisheries, Indiancoastline with the cial asserted,“wantstoensure of “cheat devices” –whichma- ■ Haryana 2,24,489 2,197 1.16% 61.92 sources in the security estab- movement, and also to check among others, foraninte- Information Management and that everyboat”should trans- nipulateemission figures–in lishment said that nearly 60 allrelevant information in- grated approachtomaritime Analysis Centre(IMAC). mit some information. Forthe Audi cars he bought. *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7days**Calculated over 7-day growth per cent of India’s nearly 3lakh cluding routes, ports, owner- security, sources said. EstablishedinNovember “darkships” in the IOR, but be- AbenchofChiefJusticeof fishing boatsare smaller than ship, nationalityand history. According to an official, 2014,IMACisthe nodal center yond India’s international wa- IndiaSABobde and Justices A CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT 20 meters, and mostofthem In the absence of transpon- “severaloptions arebeing con- formaritime securityinforma- ters, agencies have to work on SBopannaand VRamasubram- 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTEDTODAY areyet to have transponders ders,orAutomatic sidered”but findingasolution tion collation and dissemina- “satellitemonitoring”. anium said the question 1.47 6.97 44,489 thatcan help the authorities Identification System (AIS), the is abit tricky since“the respon- tion. Anycommercialship with whether suchdevices were in- NOW: NOW: RECOVEREDTODAY: trackthem, but severalgovern- vessels aretracked either sibility dilutes between the In the absenceofalarge grosstonnage(GRT) of over stalledand whether the cus- 1.46 6.82 36,367 ment departmentsare looking through specific intelligence Centreand stategovernments” number of Indian boatsstill 300ismandated to have AIS tomer had made anyrepresen- to fixthe issue. inputs, or through satellite and the owners of these small without AIS, whichcan poten- internationally. The official said tation in this regard to the Deaths as aratioof Positivesagainst Becoming sick vs positive cases (in %); number tested recovering; more In 2009, the Centre had monitoring. vessels needtobecompen- tiallybeusedbyadversaries, that some large ships too“do companyare all questions of indicator of progress (in %);indicator of recoveries for 14 days mandatedthat all fishing ves- The Navy's proposal to cre- sated forinstallation of any the senior official from the se- nottransmit on AIS” and are fact whichcannotbegoneinto in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak sels over 20 metres longshould ateaNationalMaritime transponders. curity establishment said that calleddarkships. He stated at this stage. DataasonNovember25,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers have AIS transponders. Awareness Center is under “The Fisheries Ministryis compared to 26/11, the IMAC that “these gaps areexploited According to thecom- includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive However, thisleftout the consideration by the Cabinet consideringcertain vessel op- and other systems arealot by thesubversive elements”. plainant,hebought sevenAudi cars from authorised dealers of the company. At the time of SOUTH EAST CENTRAL RAILWAY purchase andtaking delivery,he SALUTE THE SOLDIER Bombay HC quashes claimed,hegot it clarifiedfrom the companythatnosuchde- 27 NOVEMBER 2008 On this auspicious day,wepay homage to Maj vice wasinstalledinits vehicles domestic violence sold in India. However, author- Sandeep Unnikrishnan,AC, of 7BIHAR, who led aNSG commando team to flush out terrorists ities subsequentlyfound this from Hotel Taj, Mumbai. With utter disregard wasnot true and that there was FIR against doctor for his own safety,headvanced from room to higher emission of nitrogen ox- room, rescuing numerous hostages. When one ide in the company’s models. of his team members was grievously injured, he STEM WATER DISTRIBUTION & (husband or his relativessubject- Hearing twoother applica- MAJ SANDEEP pinned down the terrorists with accurate fire INFRASTRUCTURE CO. PVT.LTD., THANE OMKARGOKHALE ingwifetocruelty),324(voluntar- tions, the NGThad in March last UNNIKRISHNAN, and rescued the injured commando. In the Vardan Commercial Complex, 9th Floor,MIDC, Road No. 16, Wagale MUMBAI,NOVEMBER26 ilycausing hurtbydangerous year concluded that cheat de- ASHOK CHAKRA Industrial Estate, Thane (W)-400604 process, he was mortally wounded,but Tender Notice No. 4for 2020-21 weapons ), 377(sexual activities vices were “infact used” and di- continued to fight till the terrorist threat was eliminated. Your Expression of Interest for Internal Auditor of STEM. THE BOMBAY High Courthas againstorder of nature), 504(in- rected the manufacturers to gallant actions will inspire us for generations. We,the fraternity of E-EOI For 2020-21 STEM Water Dist. &Infra. Co. Pvt. Ltd; Invites from C.A. Firm office base in quashedanFIR of domestic vi- tentionalinsultwithintenttopro- payRs500 croreasdamages. The Veer Biharis, salute you. Thane/Mumbai City/Kalyan/Dombivali/Panvel/ for the work of Internal audit Executive Engineer/TS olence filedbyadoctoragainst vokebreachofthepeace)and506 An appeal againstthis is pend- THE ASSOCIATION work with Audit Management, supervision And full back office support as per duties &responsibility narrated in NIT. CPR/10/326 S.E.C. Railway,Bilaspur. herhusband,whoisalsoamed- (criminalintimidation) of the IPC ing in the SC. MARTYR OF CISF ON 27TH NOVEMBER Pre-Qualification Criteria :The Chartered Accountant's firm musthave South East Central Railway @secrail minimum period of 3continuous year audit experience out of which 1year ical professional,after she said and Section 67 (punishment for The car maker had earlier CISF proudly remembers the supreme sacrifice experience in Govt. Company/Semi Govt. Company/Deemed Govt. Company that therewas amisunder- publishing or transmitting ob- movedthe Allahabad HC seek- as aStatutory auditor or Internal auditor. of this brave-heart. On this day,helaid down E-EoI documents will be available for view downloading on authorized website standing between the couple scenematerialinelectronicform) ing quashing of FIR on the his life at the altar of duty while fighting with https://stem.abcprocure.com from 01.12.2020 to 15.12.2020 up to 1500 Hrs. and that their marital lifewas of theInformationTechnologyAct, ground that the complaint was Last date online submission of E-EoI dtd. 15.12.2020 up to 1500 Hrs. Received the ULFAmilitants. His courageand bravery E-EoI will be opened on dtd. 18.12.2020 at 1200 Hrs. in presence of all bidders sufferingdueto 'heavypressure among others. lodged more than twoyears af- would remain an abiding source of inspiration or his representatives. Right to reject any or all the tenders without assigning any reason thereof is reserved by the undersigned. of work'owing to the Covid-19 The benchsaid it wassatisfied terpurchase and that, as per NAIK K.C. ROY for the force. The force will remain eternally Managing Director pandemic. The woman said thatshevoluntarilysoughtquash- the VAHAN Portal of the gov- SBSS SALAKATI indebted to him for this noblest deed. that she and her husband, who ingof theFIR.“Duringourinterac- ernment, the complainant had 27-11-1996 worksinagovernment hospi- tion with respondent (wife), she purchasedthree and notseven tal, have been living together stated that out of heavy pressure vehicles. Regd. Off.: PSEB H.O., The Mall, Patiala-147001 since September. of work inthehospitals...therewas CIN: U40109PB2010SGC033813, Website: www.pspcl.in ANDHRA PRADESH MEDICAL SERVICES & Adivision benchofJustice S some misunderstanding and the OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER/MECH.MTC. CIRCLE-I SShinde andJustice MSKarnik FIR came to be lodged...” Justice New INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION G.H.T.P., LEHRA MOHABBAT, onWednesdayquashedtheFIR. Shindesaid, “Doctors in govern- DISTT.BATHINDA(PUNJAB) PIN-151111 2nd Floor,Plot No.9, Survey No.49, IT Park, Mangalagiri-522503 The woman, in June this ment hospitals areunderstress. email :[email protected] [email protected] Phone: 0164-2756434, FaxNo. 0164-2756255 guidelines in E-mail: [email protected], GSTIN 03AAFCP5120Q1ZC year,had registeredthe FIR at We have the highestregards and Tender Notice No.15/APMSIDC/2020-21, Dated: 25.11.2020 Ambad Policestation in Nashik respect fordoctors workingdur- NOTICE INVITING TENDER APMSIDC invites tenders through e-procurement platform for againstherhusbandandhisrel- ingthepandemicformorethan18 UP, Bihar to Equipment Wing: 1. Procure and supply of Medical Equipment and Tender EnquiryNo. 18/MM-I/BMC-335(XI)/O&M/GHTP/2020 ativesundersections 498-A hoursaday atthecostofthehealth other activites under NHM Fund. 2. Identification of Service Provider for ShortDescription: Routine,preventive, breakdown maintenance of theirfamiliesincludingchil- providing Tele-Radiology services in APVVP Hospitals under PPP Mode and overhauling jobs (Mechanical works) of dren.” The courtsaid, “The re- curbCovid 3.Procure and supply of dental equipment to Vijayawada. 4. Procure Pressure Parts, Wind Boxand Burners,Air and supply of Equipment of Audiometric Rooms. 5. Procurement of lab Pre-Heaters,SCAPHs,ESPs,Aux. PRDS, spondent is notgoing to sup- Ducts,Dampers &Gates,Coal Pipes,Soot Items to DHs under IDSP Scheme 6. Balance items under 2HDUS/9HDUs portthe allegations in the FIR Blowers,Safety Valves,HP/LP Piping and and as aconsequence... the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE 7. Medical Equipment under DME Plan Budget 8. Medical Equipment Manual Valves,Fuel Firing System (including under APVVP up-gradation/other schemes. Fuel Oil Pump House) etc. of Boilers of 2x210 chancesof convictionwouldbe LUCKNOW,PATNA, DrugsWing:1.T.No.84/APMSIDC/MedicineWing/2020-21,Dt.25.11.2020- MW and 2x250 MW BHEL makeUnits of bleak... No fruitful purpose NOVEMBER26 Procurement and supply of Surgical Consumables 2.T.No.85/APMSIDC/ GHTP,LehraMohabat. wouldbeservedbycontinuing Medicine Wing/2020-21, Dt.25.11.2020 -Procurement and supply of Earnest MoneyDeposit: Rs.4,10,000/-(Four Lakhs Tenthou- further investigation.” THE UTTAR Pradesh and Bihar Medicines. sand only). governmentshavebrought CivilWing:1.EstablishmentofMultiSpecialtyHospitalsat1)Seethampeta Last Date &Time forBid Submission: 28.12.2020 upto 11.30 hrs. newguidelines to arrest in Srikakulam District 2) Parvathipuram in Vizianagaram District Date &Time of Opening of Techno Commercial Stage Bid: the spikeinCovid-19cases. 3) Rampachodavaram in East Godavari District 4) Buttaigudem in West 30.12.2020 at 12:00 hrs. Detailed NIT and tender specification can onlybedownloaded In Uttar Pradesh, as per Godavari District and 5) Dornala in Prakasam District 2. Construction of from PSPCL website https://eproc.punjab.gov.in from dated the newguidelines, if asin- New OPD Block in the premises of District Hospital at Nandyal in Kurnool 26.11.2020 onwards. gleCovid-19case is found nd District (Balance works) (2 call) NOTE: at alocation, the area Sanitation Wing: 1.Sanitation Services under the control of APVVP 1. The prospectivebidders can obtain clarification regarding tender within aradius of 50 mwill Hospitals &DME Hospitals &institutions Under Package-1 (Srikakulam, specifications from this office.For registration of digital signa- be marked as acontain- Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam &East Godavari Districts) Package-2 tures and uploading of tender,information maybesought from ment zone. At alocation (West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur,Prakasam &Nellore Districts) Package-3 M/s GePNIC,Contact No.91-120-4001002/5. whereaclusterofcases is (Chittoor,Kadapa, Kurnool &Anantapur Districts) 2. Security Services in 2. It is informed that in case the tender process is not completed pending packages under DME and APVVP institutions. due to anyreason no corrigendum wiIl be published in newspa- found, the area within100- pers.Detail regarding corrigendummay be seen on PSPCL offi- mradius willbemarkeda APMSIDC will reserve the right to cancel the tenders at any time cial website i.e.https://pspcl.in. containment zone. withoutith tiassigningiany reasons. Sd/- Managing Director Sd/- If multiple cases arere- Superintending Engineer, portedfromthe same DIPR No.465PP/CL/ADVT/1/1/2020-21, Dt: 26/11/2020 Mechanical Mtc. Circle-I/O&M, GHTP-56/2020 GHTP,PSPCL, Lehra Mohabat, house,the containment Distt. Bathinda-151111(Punjab) zone will be thearea within a50-mradius.

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER Recently, thestate gov- RURAL WATER SUPPLYAND SANITATION DIVISON, CUTTACK ernment capped the num- MAHANADIBIHAR; CUTTACK-753004 berofpeople in groupac- O-618 Telephone:0671-2441619, e-mail: [email protected] Govt. of Odisha e-procurement Notice tivitieslikemarriage Bid Identification No. rwssctc- 05/2020-21 ceremonies and religious The Executive Engineer,RWS&S Division, Cuttack on behalf of Governor of Odisha invites lump sum bid through e-procurement double cover system according to norm of e-procurement. functions at 100. 1. Nature of work : Rural Piped W/S Schemes. As per the instructions, 2. No. of tenders : 5Nos. 3. Tender Paper Cost : Rs.10,000/- attendance at suchevents 4. Value of Work : Rs.82.93 Lakh to Rs.147.83 Lakhs 5. Class of Contractor : “B” &“A” Class outside containment zones 6. Date and time of availability of bid document in portal : 11 hour of 02-12-2020 to 14-12-2020 up to 17 hours has to be notmorethan 50 7. Date &time of seeking tender clarification : 11-12-2020 up to 17 hours 8. Date &time of opening of tender : 15-12-2020 at 11:30 Hours in the office of the Executive Engineer,RWS&S Division, Cuttack Office of theMember Secretary,Rajasthan per cent of thetotal capacityof 9. Time of completion : 180 to 270 days. the closedpremises -- the 10. The bidders have to participate in online biding only.Further details can be seen from the website https//www.tendersorissa.gov.in. Medicare Relief Society &Superintendent, Sd/- Sir Padampat Mother &Child Health Institute, maximum number of people EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, cannotexceed100. RWSS DIVISION, CUTTACK J.L.N. Marg Jaipur. OIPR-25022/11/0012/2021 No ------/Acctt/SPMCHI/RMRS/2020/8231-32dated: 23.11.2020 At open spaces likegrounds E-TENDER NOTICE and parks,sucheventsneedto Tenders are invited rate contract for supply of Surgical/disposable &consumable have attendance less than 40 items for hospital use &life line drug store. Tender Document will be available on per cent of total capacity.Face the net. The tender notice and other details can be downloaded from the website mask, distancing,thermal http://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in No separate hardcopy will be given from this office. any technical difficulty please contract the Office . scanning,sanitisers and hand- Bidding Schedule washingwillbemandatory at 1. Estimated Cost Rs. 2.00 Crore (Rupees TwoCrore only) such events. 2. Tender Fees Rs. 1000.00 (Rupees One Thousand only) In Bihar,where therehas 3. RISL Processing Fees Rs. 1000.00 (Rupees One Thousand only) 4. Earnest Money Rs. 4.00 Lacs (Rupees Four Lacs only) been a10per centspikein 5. Publishing in newspaper Date &Time 24.11.2020 Covid positivity casesinPatna 6. Publishing in e-Tender Dated &Time 24.11.2020 up to 4.00 PM and some other districtsover 7. Document download start date &Time 25.11.2020 from 10.00 AM 8. Document Download end time &date 16.12.2020 till 4.00 PM the lastfew days,fresh guide- 9. Online Bid submission start date &Time 25.12.2020 from 10.00 AM lines on attendance at social 10. Online Bid submission end date &time 16.12.2020 till 4.00 PM gatherings have been put in 11. Submission of Tender Fees, Tender processing 15.12.2020 till 04: PM fees &Earnest Money Last Date &Time place. 12. Tender opening date &venue 17.12.2020 At 2.00 PM at Account Office, The cap on attendance of SPMCHI, Jaipur employees in government of- Note- 1. Earnest money and tender fees (in the form of Bankers Cheque/Demand Draft fices -- exceptthose in essen- in favour of MemberSecretary Rajasthan Medicare Relief Society, Sir tial services--inPatna, Padampat Mother &Child Health Institute, J.L.N. Marg Jaipur.payable at Vaishali, Begusarai, West Jaipur) and RISL processing fees (by way of bankers Cheque/Demand Draftin favour of MD, RISL) to be submitted physically at the office of Member Champaran and Saran has Secretary Rajasthan Medicare Relief Society,Sir Padampat Mother &Child been reducedfrom50to30 Health Institute, J.L.N. Marg Jaipur on or before of 15.12.2020 at 4.00 PM persons. Buses and other com- 2. Bidders who wish to participate in this tender will have to register on http://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in mercial vehicles plying in 3. To participate in online tender,bidders will have to procure digital signature Patna and plying from Patna to certificate (DSC) as per information Technology Act.2000. other districtsand states can The Member Secretary Rajasthan Medicare Relief Society,Sir Padampat Mother & Child Health Institute, Jaipur reserves the right to reject all/any application received nowhavepassengers up to 50 from the firm without assigning and reason thereof. per cent of their seating capac- NIB- SMS2021A0189 ities. These rules would be ap- UBN-SMS2021GLRC00370 Sd/- DIPR/C/9177/2020 plicable from November 26 to Member Secretary &Superintendent December 3. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,NOVEMBER27,2020 MAHARASHTRA 7 Sarnaik got kickbacks of MUMBAIPOLICE CHARGESHEET HC refuses to stay Rs 7crfrom Topsgrup 31-seclock:Howchannels, mergerofLakshmi for facilitating contract Vilas Bank &DBS with MMRDA, says ED cableoperatorsfixedTRPs LVBare being completely wiped OMKARGOKHALE out,” Khambatasaid. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE preparing the 1,400-page landing pages. HoweverinMay chargesheetnames 11 other per- MUMBAI,NOVEMBER26 Senior counsel Dinyar MUMBAI,NOVEMBER26 MOHAMEDTHAVER chargesheetfiledonTuesday,told 2019,purchasing of the landing sonsasaccused,includingfivefor- Madon, appearing forIndiabulls, MUMBAI,NOVEMBER26 TheIndianExpress,“Somecableop- pagewas made legal meremployeesof HansaResearch THE BOMBAY High Courton concurredwith Khambataand THE ENFORCEMENT Directorate erators had been told to lock by the TelecomDisputes Group that measures TRPs on be- Thursdayrefusedaninterim stay said that the RBI had violated (ED) has alleged that ShivSena INITSchargesheet filedintheTRP Republic for31seconds. So if you SettlementandAppellateTribunal half of the BroadcastAudience on the Union Cabinetapproved provisions of the Banking MLAPratapSarnaikhas received scam, the Mumbai Policehas said were surfingchannels,youwould (TDSAT).” Research Council(BARC). mergerofthe crisis-ridden Regulation Act. kickbacksof over Rs 7crore from that some cableoperators had getstuck onthischannelfor31 sec- Thechargesheetdetailedhow Apartfromthe12 personswho Lakshmi Vilas Bank Limited with Senior advocateJanak Topsgrup forallegedly facilitat- been asked to lockcertainchan- onds.ThiswouldcountasaTRPfor Republichad allegedly useddual were charged, the chargesheet the DBS Bank,whichwill come Dwarkadas,appearing forDBS ing itscontract of Rs 175crore nels for31seconds so that view- the channel.” LogicalChannelNumber(LCN), mentions “owners/directors and/ into effect from Friday. Bank, deniedallegations that it with the Mumbai Metropolitan ers would notbeable to change The officer said theyhave wherebyits twonewschannels orpeoplerelatedtothemlinkedto The HC said that it wasnot in- wasgetting “a free gift” through Region Development Authority channels forthat duration, thus alerted Telecom Regulatory would showupinthe genreof Republic TV channels, News clinedtogrant astayonthe amal- theamalgamation.Referring to (MMRDA). The contract forpro- SenaMLA Pratap Sarnaik contributing to televisionrating Authorityof India(TRAI)aboutthe ‘kids channels’, apartfromthe Nation” as wanted accusedinthe gamation since the reliefssought the deteriorating financial con- viding security guards at MM- pointsfor channels. behaviourof thesecableoperators ‘news channels’ category, thus case,but have notnamedanyone. by shareholders were of “mone- dition of the Lakshmi VilasBank, RDAwas sub-contractedto According to normsfor calcu- and that notices had been served showing up at twoplaces. OwnersofMaha Movies and tary terms” andcan be decided he said that his client will have TopsGrup. FIR, lodgedon the basis of acom- lating TRPs, aviewerhas to spend to them.Headded, “Prior to May The Crime Branchalleged Wowmusic channel have been at alater stageofhearing. to clear futureliabilities afterthe The ED had conducted plaint filedbyaformer employee over30secondswatching apar- 2019,eventhe landing pageofa thesewere malpracticesthatwere summonedfor questioning. Ow- Lakshmi Vilas Bank Limited mergercomes intoforce. searches at the residences and of- of Topsgrup, Ramesh Iyer,who ticularchannelforitto beawarded cable —the pagethat comes up revealedduring the interrogation nersof FaktMarathiandBoxCine- will startnormal operations as However, senior advocate fices of Sarnaik and his son has alleged that the company arating point. onceyouswitchonyourTV—was of GhanshyamSingh, Republic’s mas had been arrested earlier. DBS Bank India Limited from Ravi Kadam, representing RBI, Vihang on Tuesdayinconnection had cheated MMRDAofRs175 Assistant PoliceInspector illegallypurchasedbysomeof Assistant VP (Distribution), who Police have accusedsix chan- Friday, with the Union govern- said that as aregulator,the cen- withamoneylaundering probe. crore. Sachin Vaze from the Crime these channels.Earlier,TRAI had wasarrestedinthecase.Hehasap- nels,includingtwonews channels, mentonWednesdayapprovinga tral bank’s duty wasata“much Sources said that Amit On Thursdayafternoon, IntelligenceUnit(CIU),involvedin prohibited channels from buying pliedforbail.ApartfromSingh,the of rigging TRPs. scheme foramalgamation pro- larger scale”. He said thatthe Chandole,director of Vihang Chandole wasproducedbeforea posedbytheReserveBankofIndia scheme would benefitand se- Advertising and aclose aide of special courtdesignatedunder (RBI). The RBI had said the mora- curenearly 20 lakh depositors of Sarnaik,who wasarrestedbythe the Prevention of Money State invitesideas toriumimposedonLakshmiVilas the bank with about Rs 20,000- ED lateWednesday, allegedly Laundering Actand sent to ED Bank(LVB) will be liftedon croredeposits. used to collect Rs 6lakh every custody till November 29. from students on November 27,resulting in depos- Kadam argued, “The petition- month from Topsgrup on behalf While seeking Chandolecus- itorsbeingableto withdraw their ersare mere shareholders,they of Sarnaik. tody for10days,Special Public how to combat fundswithoutany limits. arerisk-takers, but RBI has to pro- Topsgrup, foundedbyRahul ProsecutorKavitaPatil,appear- environmental The decision waschallenged tect the interestofaccount hold- Nanda, runs asecurity service ing forthe ED, submittedthat his in the HC on Thursdaybythe ers and depositors who arenot across the country. Chandole is custody wasrequiredto probeal- challenges promoters and the shareholders shareholders... This amalgama- also on the boardofseveral firms leged diversion of funds and to of LVB, including Kare tion scheme is alegislative act run by Sarnaik and his family. look intothe quantumofthe al- Mumbai: Not-for-profit Project Electronics &Development and petitioners cannotseek to The ED is investigating a leged proceeds of crime.Itwas Mumbaiandthestateministryof Private Limited, Pranava stay on it. Continuity of the finan- moneylaundering case against also submittedthatthe facts environmentandclimatechange Electronics Private Limited and cial system, economyand depos- the promoters of Topsgrup, afew Chandole had revealedinhis have invited school and college KRPradeep and investor itors’ interestisimportant.” related parties and Sarnaik.The statement to the ED alsoneeded studentsfromacrossMaharashtra Indiabulls Housing Finance. The He said Lakshmi VilasBank ED case is linked to aOctober 28 to beverifiedand probedfurther. to shareactionable ideas to com- petitioners also sought an in- was“failing rapidly”and has a bat environmental challenges terim relief as stay on the merger “negative networth”ofnearly Rs through an essaycontest. pending hearing of the case. 700crore.Ithas nearly 7lakh ac- DRUGS CASE The contest—titledIdeas for Adivision benchofJustice countsand shareholders do not Action —seekssolutions to Nitin MJamdar and Justice getanything since the networth MumbaiandMaharashtra’sland, Milind NJadhavconducted an of thebank is zero,headded. Court grants bail waterand air problems andaims urgent hearing of the case Opposing the relief sought by to builda“responsibleyounggen- through video conferences and the IndiabullsHousing, Kadam eration”.Theentriescaneither be refusedtogrant interim relief to said the companyhad purchased to KshitijPrasad, inMarathi,HindiorEnglishinthe the petitioners. shares to take over the bank, and EARLY INTRODUCTION form of text/essayoraudio/video Senior counsel Darius as that could nothappen, it was files. The contest is open to stu- Khambata, representing the nowseeking compensation. another accused Aman, along with achild, celebrates ConstitutionDay at Ambedkar Garden in south dentsofhighersecondaryschools shareholders and the promoters, Afterhearing the submis- MumbaionThursday. Ganesh Shirsekar (aged 14-17) and junior college challenged the merger and ar- sions, the bench“prima facie” (aged 17-21). guedthat steps takenbyRBI foundthat the demands raised erymade from him of any Winners willget an opportu- were in “utter haste”and with in the petitions were basedon EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE bannedsubstance. It wasalso nityto share theirideaswithstate “total non-application of mind”. “monetaryterms” anddid not MUMBAI,NOVEMBER26 submitted that he wascoerced Environment MinisterAaditya He addedthat before taking such requireinterim relief. The court intofalsely implicatingcertain Won’t allow City Centre Mall to Thackeray andotherexpertsatan adecision, the consideration of refusedtogrant stay on the ASPECIAL courtonThursday persons from the film industry. exclusive roundtable.Students all shareholders, including the mergerand said that it would granted bail to KshitijPrasad, an Prasad further claimedthat can mail their essays to environ- members,was required to be recordthe reasons separately. executive producer of Karan therewas no evidenceagainst be reoccupied till it’s inspected, [email protected] takenbyRBI as perSection 45 (5) Seeking responses from the Johar’s Dharmatic him other than statements of co- December 20 or getmoredetails (f) of the Banking Regulation Act. parties in the case, the HC posted Entertainment, who wasar- accusedand in light of a on projectmumbai.org. ENS “However, the shareholders of further hearing on December 14. rested in connection with the Supreme Courtjudgment last getsfire NOC, BMC tells HC drugs case registeredbythe month, statingthatstatements Narcotics Control Bureau(NCB) recordedunder Section67ofthe (number of shopssanctioned) over hundred shops and ques- Govt. of Jharkhand following the death of actor Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE prepared by the BMC and the tionedwhy theBMChadgiventhe Energy Department Sushant Singh Rajput. Substances (NDPS) Actcannotbe MUMBAI,NOVEMBER26 demolition of the illegal con- developer15,000sqftFSIareafree Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (JREDA) Prasad, who wasarrestedon admissible as confessional state- structions carriedout by thede- to construct those shops. It raised 3rd Floor,S.L.D.C. Building, Kusai Colony,Doranda, Ranchi-834002. September 26 in the case, was ments, he could notbedenied THE BMC on Thursdaytold the veloper in the mall. thecontentionthatdespite theoc- Ph.: 0651-2491161, Fax: 0651-2491165, E-mail: [email protected]; Website: www.jreda.com granted bail on Thursdaybut bail onlyonthe basis of the state- BombayHigh Courtthat it The pleasaid that as Covid- cupationcertificatebeinggranted e-Procurement Notice will remain in custody as he was ments. The NCBhad arrested would notallowOrchid City 19 restrictions were in placeand in 2006,asper the plan sanc- Tender Reference No.: 11/JREDA/RE/SHS/20-21 Dated: 25.11.2020 arrested in asecond case earlier over 20 persons in the case. CentreMall in Mumbai Central, the fire startedduringthe clos- tionedthe same year,fresh plans 1Name of the work Empanelment of Agencies for Rate Contract for this month. The bail application In the second caseagainst whichwitnessedamajor blaze ing hours of the mall,therewas were sanctionedbyBMC from Household Electrification Works through Solar in the second case will be heard Prasad, the NCBhas claimedthat lastmonth,tobereoccupiedun- no loss of human lives, and 300 2014.Theapplicantsclaimedthat StandAlone Syste ms including FiveYear next week. aforeign national arrested last til the building is inspected and a people could be rescuedwithout as per the 2006 plan, 344shops ComprehensiveMaintenance Contract (CMC) on Prasadand another accused monthhad revealedtohavesup- no objection certificate(NOC) suffering anyserious injuries. were permittedto beconstructed, Turnkey basis across the State of Jharkhand. Dwayne Fernandes were pliedcocaine to aman. It was from the fire department of the Theapplicantshavesoughtac- but1,233shopswere constructed 2Total quantity (Nos.) 2253 Nos. granted bail on apersonal bond claimedthat the person whom civic body is obtained. tion againstallegedillegal con- in the mall at the end. 3Estimated cost (Rs.) 8,27,30,160/- of Rs 50,000 eachwithcondi- the banneddrug wasallegedly Thecivicbody’scounselmade structioncarriedoutby thedevel- While stressing on the im- 4Empanelment period 12 (Twelve) Months 5Completion period 04 (Four) Months tions includingthat theywill deliveredtohad claimedthathe astatement before adivision oper,Neelkamal Realtors and portance of compliances,advo- 6Date of publication of NIT on website: 28.11.2020 (Saturday) have to deposittheirpassports wasunaware of the contentsof benchofJusticeSJKathawallaand Builders Private Limited,and cateJamshedMistry, appearing http:// jharkhandtenders.gov.in with the court. In his bail appli- the parcel it waspackedinand JusticeRIChagla,whichwashear- raisedconcernsoverunlawfulsale forthe applicants, said that the 7Date &time of Pre-bid meeting 08.12.2020 (Tuesday) at 1.00 P. M. cation filedthrough lawyer he had collected it at the instance ing an interim application of four andstorageofcellularphonesand fire brigade wascalledfor a“level 8 Last date &time for receipt of online bids 21.12.2020 (Monday) upto 05:00 PM SatishManeshinde, Prasad sub- of Prasad. The plea will be heard shopowners, in viewofthe fire lithium batteriesinthe premises. 5” blaze on October 22, in which 9Submission of originalcopies of Bid fee 21.12.2020 and 22.12.2020 up to 5.00 P. M. mitted that therewas no recov- on December 3. that brokeout at amobile acces- The interimpleawas moved fire engines from across the city &EMD (Offline) sories shop on the second floor in apending petition filedbythe and other agencies arecalledin 10 Technical Bid OpeningDate 23.12.2020 (Wednesday) at 04:00 P. M. and spread further. applicantsin2018, seeking direc- forrescue operation. 11 Name&address of office inviting Director,Jharkhand Renewable Energy Fifty-six hoursafter it broke tions to the BMC and itschief fire Senior counsel Milind Sathe, tender Development Agency(JREDA) 3rd Floor,SLDC HC dismisses PIL out on October 22 night –one of officer to take immediatesteps representing BMC, said, “Until Building, Kusai, Doranda,Ranchi -834002(Jharkhand) the biggestfires in thecitythis forprevention of fire and demo- the building inspection is carried 12 Contact no.ofprocurement officer 0651-2491163/67/61 13 Helpline no.ofe-procurement 0651-2491163/67/61 year –the blaze wasextin- litionofillegal constructions ap- out in respect of itsconstruction seeking CBIprobeinto Any corrigendum/addendum can be seen on website: http://jharkhandtenders. gov.in &www.jreda.com. guishedonlyonOctober 24 prehending that the failure to do in accordance with the sanc- Further details can be seen on website: http://jharkhandtenders. gov.in &www.jreda.com morning. so would cause loss of livesinthe tionedplan and requirementsof PR.NO.236293 Energy(20-21):D Sd/- Director, JREDA, Ranchi DishaSalian’s death The interim application by mall and those of occupantsand fire NOCare complied with, re- the four shopowners sought fire residentsofOrchid Enclaveresi- occupation will notbeallowed that the case betransferredtothe preventionand safetymeasures dential building above it. by the BMC.” amï´r¶ Hmo{eH m{dkmZ Ho ÝÐ, nwUo EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE CBI and monitored by the HC. forthe mall,includingits sealing Thepleahasraisedgrievances The HC postedfurther hear- MUMBAI,NOVEMBER26 The Supreme Court, on as per the 2006 occupation plan overallegedillegalconstructionof ing forDecember 7. NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CELL SCIENCE, PUNE October 26, hadrefusedtoenter- THE BOMBAY High Courton tain aplea foracourt-monitored (An Autonomous Institution of the Department of Biotechnology, Thursdaydismissedapublicin- CBI probeinthe case and had Skeletalremains Government of India) terest litigation (PIL) seeking a givenDhanda the liberty to ap- court-monitored CBIprobe into proach the HC. dating backto NCCS/Advt./Academic/JRF-PHD/March-2021 Dt. 23.11.2020 the death Disha Salian, the for- TheHCaskedVineetDhandaif mer managerofactor Sushant he had approachedthe police to Peshwa era NCCS Ph.D Admission-March–2021 Singh Rajput, whodiedbysui- provide anyinformation regard- cide on June 14. ing Salian’s deathafter the police foundinPune NationalCentre for Cell Science, Pune, invitesapplication for Admission as The PIL, filedbyDelhi-based issued apress note in August, Junior Research Fellow to the Ph.D Programme for March-2021 session. lawyer PuneetKaurDhanda seekinginformationpertainingto through advocateVineet the case. Dhanda respondedthat ANJALIMARAR Students with apost-graduatedegree and having valid fellowshipfrom Dhanda, also sought that the while he had notapproachedthe PUNE,NOVEMBER26 CSIR/UGC/DBT-(Category I)/ICMR/ BINC, are eligibletoapply. MumbaiPolicebedirected to police, apetitionwas served to it. hand over the investigationre- To this, the benchsaid that the WORKERSDIGGING at the Pune DST-Inspire qualifiedstudents with NET-LS or GATE are also eligibleto porttothe petitioner. same is notsufficient. Metrositenear Mandai have ac- Maintainingthattherewas Questioning thecapacity to cidentallydiscoveredskeletalre- apply no reason to entertain the PIL, a file the petition, the benchasked mains of animals dating backto Students with post graduate degree, who do not have afellowship but have division benchofChief Justice Dhanda, “Who areyou? If there when the Peshwas ruledPune. th Dipankar Dattaand JusticeGS is anyfoul playinthe death of This is possiblythe firsttime such qualified JGEEBILS examination conducted by NCBS/TIFR held on 08 Kulkarni notedthat Dhanda had Disha Salian, then her familycan remainshavebeen found within December,2019 are eligible to apply.However,candidates those are no locus standi to file suchacase. approachauthorities.” To this, city limits. While the remainsbe- It addedthat if thereisany “foul Dhanda replied, “Families can be long to an elephant and some shortlisted by NCCS criteriawill only be called for interview. play”, the familymembers of the threatenedtoo.” bovineanimals, these were not All shortlisted candidates will have to appear for an online interview during deceasedcan pursue the same Afterhearing the submis- ancient but between 200and th th th as per law. Anyperson havingin- sions, the benchsaid: “Thereis 300yearsold, expertssaid. 27 ,28&29 January,2021. formation of cognizableoffence no recordtoshowthat the peti- It wasausual working The completeapplication form (download from NCCS web site) along withthe related to adeath can approach tioner approachedthe police Wednesdayfor the workers, the police and pursuethe mat- with relevant information to un- who were digging near copies of M.Sc. marksstatementand Fellowship certificate/admit card should terasper Criminal Procedure earth the deathofDisha Salian. Mahatma Phule Mandai, when Code (CrPC),the courtsaid. The petitioner instead ap- theystumbled upon some elon- be sent by e-mail to [email protected] (One PDF file containing Salian (28), diedonJune 8, af- proachedthe Supreme Court.” gatedbones. Theycarefullyre- application in prescribed format along with certificates) on or before terallegedly falling from the 14th Dismissing thePIL, it added, movedthem and alertedexperts floor of aresidential building at “If anyperson has informationof at Deccan CollegePostGraduate 24.12.2020 Malad, Mumbai. In the petition, cognizable offence in pursuance Research Institute. while submittingthat the police to deathofDisha Salian, he or she Afour-member team from Dean have only registeredanacciden- shall pursue procedureoflaw to the archaeology department vis- Academics taldeath report, Dhandasought approachpolice.” ited the siteonThursday. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,NOVEMBER27,2020 8 EXPRESS NETWORK PM:Needdeepstudy, End of an era: Farewell, Gogoi, Patel AhmedPatel laidtorestinancestral discussionon‘One village; topCongress leaderspresent arrangementsfor the VVIPs KAMAALSAIYED were made at the parking area of PIRAMAN(BHARUCH HMP health carecentre, afew Nation,OneElection’ DISTRICT),NOVEMBER26 steps from the Congress vet- eran’s residence. TOPCONGRESS leaders, includ- Around 11 am, Rahul arrived EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ing former party president Rahul and metPatel’s son Faisal, AHMEDABAD,NOVEMBER26 Gandhi, were among those who daughter Mumtaz Siddiqui and attendedthe burial of party vet- his three sisters. SAYINGFREQUENT elections im- eran AhmedPatel at his native The pall wasliftedbyyouths pededdevelopmentandreiterat- Piraman villageatAnkleshwar dressedinPPEs. The body was ing his callfor 'One Nation, One in Gujarat’s Bharuchdistrict then takennear Patel’s residence Election',Prime Minister Thursdaymorning. forfamilymembers and rela- NarendraModi calledfor adeep The body of Patel, who died tivestopay their lastrespects. study and discussion on the sub- of multiple organfailurepost- From there, the body was RahulGandhiwithAhmed Patel’s son Faisal and daughter Mumtaz,inPiraman village. PTI ject. The PM also advocated a Covid on Wednesdayat takentoanopenfield near the commonvoterlistforallelections. Gurgaon hospital, wasflown to burial ground wheremanyof- Addressing the All India PrimeMinister NarendraModi addresses the All India Vadodaraonacharteredflight. ferednamaz-e-janaza. Presiding Officers’ Conference at Presiding Officers’ Conference on Thursday.PTI From the airport, the body was Leader of Opposition KevadiyainGujarat on the occa- takentothe Ankleshwar-based Dhanani said, “Not onlyGujarat, sion of Constitution Day, Modi, SardarPatel Hospitaland Heart but our countryhas lostsucha speaking through video confer- He wasaddressing the con- portant aspect of digitalsecurity. Institutewhichhehelped dynamic person whose human ence from Delhi, said, “One cluding session of thetwo-day Similarly,KYC in anew form: setup. natureand behaviour attracted Nation, One Election sirf ek char- conference held on the themeof KnowYour Constitution,” Modi ChhattisgarhChief Minister manyyoung politicalleaders. chakavishay nahinhain, balki ye ‘Harmonious coordination be- said. Bhupesh Baghel, former Madhya The pandemic has takenthe life Bharat ki jaroorat hain. Har kuch tweenLegislature, Executive and Urging presiding officers to Pradesh Chief MinisterKamal of agreat person andleftmany mahine me Bharat me kahinna Judiciary–Key to aVibrant take the lead in popularisingthe Nath and Congress general sec- young leaders without amen- Patel’s three sisters watchhis body leave kahinchunavhorahehote hain.Isse Democracy’. Constitution amongthe youth, retary RandeepSingh Surjewala tor.” the home, in Bharuchdistrict. HanifMalek vikas ke karyon par jo prabhav In his speechthatlasted the PM calledfor campaigns to were present at the burial.So “He had identifiedmanysons padtahain, use aap sab bhali- around30minutes,Modiinvoked spreadawarenessaboutthe doc- were RajyaSabha MP Shaktisinh of farmers from different corners bhantijaantehain. Aise me One MahatmaGandhiwhilestressing ument, especiallyinschools and Gohil, Gujarat Congress presi- of the countryand groomed Nation One Election par gahan ad- ontheneedforcitizensto perform colleges. dent Amit Chavda, Leader of them intonational leaders. We Gaurav hyayanaurmanthanavashyakhai their duties as prescribed in the Modi said that the language Opposition in the Assembly wish his soul restsinpeace.” Gogoi near (One Nation, One Election is not Constitution. “Friends, our usedinthe Constitution is often Paresh Dhanani, party leaders LateonThursday afternoon, his father’s justasubjectofdiscussion,butthe Constitutionhasmanyspecialfea- beyond the reachofthe common Arjun Modhwadia,Siddharth Patel’s son Faisalsaid in avideo body as needofthe nation. Everyfew tures.Butoneveryspecialfeature citizensforwhomitisframed.He Patel, Madhusudan Mistry, message,“Iamthankfultoall members months,elections arebeingheld is the importance giventoduties. said the languageshould be sim- Hardik Pateland Independent the well wishers of Ahmed of the insomeplaceortheotherinIndia. Mahatma Gandhi himself was ple and urgedSpeakers to help MLAJignesh Mevani. Former Patelji, our father.Wemustre- Christian Youare allwellawareoftheeffect very keen about this. He sawa with that task. Congress leader Shankersinh member AhmedPatelji, afine community of frequent electionsondevelop- close link between rightsand du- Later,speaking to the media Vaghela wasalso present. example of morals, ethics, values Tarun Gogoi’s body makes itsfinal pay mentwork.Insuchasituation,itis ties. He felt that onceweperform afterthe conference, Lok Sabha Tight security hadbeende- and culture.Hewas agentleman, journeyinGuwahati on Thursday. AP respects. necessarytohaveadeep study our duties,rightswill be safe- SpeakerOmBirla said acommit- ployed in the village, especially agentle soul, andwemiss him Dasarath Deka and discussiononOne Nation, guarded,” Modisaid. teehas been setupunder the near Patel’s residence. Seating immensely.” One Election).” Modi also calledfor acam- chairmanshipof CPJoshi,Speaker On the needfor acommon paign to popularise the of the RajasthanLegislative voterlist, the PM said, “Lok Sabha Constitution of India amongthe Assembly,todiscuss financialau- ho,VidhanSabhaho,ya panchayat youth, tweaking the common tonomyfor statelegislatures. "A ‘Assam’s historywon’t forget Gogoi’s contribution to publiclife’ chunavho, iske liyeekhivoterlist 'KYC'to 'Know YourConstitution'. number of legislatures have ex- Namghar (Vaishnaviteprayer position parties and DGP Gaurav Gogoi said his father had body had been placedatthe kaammeaaye,iskeliyehameinsab "Friends, our attemptsshould pressedtheir opinion that they EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE hall), amosque, atemple, and a Bhaskar JyotiMahantawere afinal wish of travelling through SrimantaSankardeva se pehle raastabanana hoga (First, be such that commoncitizens should also have financialauton- GUWAHATI,NOVEMBER26 Bihu field —inaccordance with among those who laid wreaths the stateonce. “Wehavedecided Kalakshetra,aculturalinstitu- we have to makeway foracom- have awiderunderstandingof the omy, thewayitexistsinLokSabha Gogoi’s wishes—the procession on the Congress leader’s body. thathis ashes will be takento tion in Guwahati,for people to mon voter list, whether it is Lok Constitution.Forthat,itisveryim- and RajyaSabha... Afterthis com- ASSAM’S LONGEST-SERVING finallymade itsway to thecity's Massive crowds gathered Titabor (his constituency) first, paytheir respects. Sabha, Assemblyorpanchayat portant to knowand understand mitteesubmitsits report,wewill Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi, was Nabagraha crematorium where outside the cremation ground and then across the state,” he said. The stategovernment had elections).Todaywehavesepa- the Constitution.Nowadays,we discusstheissuewithchief minis- cremated Thursdaywith full the three-time chief minister’s and all along the waythrough The three-time chief minis- also declared ahalf-dayholiday rate voter lists forevery election. hear ‘KYC’. It is averycommon tersandtrytoseeif alllegislatures statehonours afteranemotional body wasconsignedtothe whichthe popular leader’s ter, two-time Union minister and on Thursday. Whyare we spending?Why are word that meansKnowYour can have financial autonomy on farewell journeythat slowly flames by his son, Gaurav. cortege passed, showering petals six-time Lok Sabha MP diedon “Itisthe end of an era... Along we wasting time?.” Customer.Ithas been averyim- thelinesof Parliament,"Birlasaid. passedthrough the roads of Chief MinisterSarbananda and capturing the moment on Monday at the ageof84follow- eraofAssam’s politics came to Guwahati, linedwith thousands Sonowal, senior ministers, in- cameras. Large televisionscreens ing anearly four-monthbattle an end today... Assam’s history of residentswaiting to paytheir cluding one-time protege were also installedoutside with Covid-19and related com- will neverforgetTarun Gogoi’s final respects. HimantaBiswaSarma, senior Nabagraha. plications. contribution to Assam’s public BJP MLA who ‘got call’ Stopping at achurch,a Congress leaders, leaders of op- At the cremation ground, Since Tuesdayafternoon, his life,” Sarma said. from Lalu lodgesFIR Union strike affects Kerala,Bengal, Assam Nivar makes landfall:3killed ruledKerala, wherepublic trans- as cash depositsand withdrawal try’s largest lender StateBank of SANTOSHSINGH PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA portalso went offthe road. West and cheque clearances were India and private sector banks in Tamil Nadu PATNA,NOVEMBER26 NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 Bengal witnessedsporadic impacted. were functional. clashes in severalparts as Left In other parts of the country, The daylong strikewas called TWODAYSafter senior BJP leader ANATIONWIDE strikebytrade unions took out rallies, disrupt- the strikehad little effect, but re- by ajoint platform of 10 central PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA Sushil Kumar Modi accusedLalu unions in protestagainstthe ing vehicular movement and ports suggested that several trade unions to protestagainst CHENNAI,NOVEMBER26 Prasadofcalling up aBJP MLAto Centre’s economic policies on forcing shopkeepers to down the bank branches witnessed alim- the central government’s new allegedly makehim “goabsent” Thursdayhit normal lifein shutters. ited impact. farm and labour laws,among SEVERE CYCLONIC storm Nivar during Wednesday’s election for Kerala, parts of West Bengal, The strikealso partiallyaf- Bank unions claimedthat in other worker-related issues,as madelandfallinTamilNaduearly Bihar AssemblySpeaker,the leg- Assam and Telangana as public fected normallifeinOdisha, Pu- the clearing grids, about 20 lakh well as to raisevariousdemands. on Thursday, killingatleastthree islator from Pirpati,Lalan transport went offroad and ducherry,Assam and Telangana. cheques worthabout Rs 18,000 Apartfromtrade unions suchas people,uprootingtrees,snapping Paswan, on Thursdaylodged an RJD leader Tejashwi Yadavinthe Assembly on Thursday. ANI banking services were disrupted. With bank unions joining the crorecould notbesent forclear- INTUC, AITUC and Hind Mazd- powerlinesandinundatingsome FIR againstthe RJD chief at All government offices and stir,bankingoperations in Kerala, ance due to the strike. Even oor Sabha,various independent low-lyingareas. Patna’s Vigilance Police Station. major business establishments West Bengal and north-eastern ATMs in some parts of thecoun- federations and associations are Aftermaking landfall near BasedonPaswan'scomplaint, In hiscomplaint to Vigilance mobile number from whichhe remainedclosedacross Left- states were hit. Operations such trywentdry.However,the coun- part of the joint platform. Puducherry,Nivar,withwindsof Vigilance policelodged thecase police, Paswan maintainedthat calledLalan Paswan,” he said. upto 130kmperhour,weakened againstLalu Prasad underprovi- “Lalu Prasad triedtobuy” the Kumar also sought the status intoacyclonic stormand further sions of PreventionofCorruption voteofanMLA of apolitical of asimilar probebyJharkhand I- intoadeepdepression as it en- Act.InRanchi,fromwhere Lalual- party by trying to allure him G(Prisons) VirendraBhushan in teredAndhraPradesh, said offi- legedly calledupPaswan, the with the offerofaministerpost August2020.Bhushanhas or- KERALA ANNOUNCES 2-DAY MOURNING IN SPORTS SECTOR cials of IndiaMeteorological jailedformer Bihar CM wasshif- in the event the RJD-led dered afresh probeintothe lat- Department(IMD). tedfromthe RajendraInstitute of Mahagathbandhan forms the est“tape controversy”. SeveraldistrictsinAndhra Medical Sciences director’sbun- government aftertoppling the Neeraj Kumar said, “Lalu Kannur to Kolkata, fans pay tribute Pradeshwitnessedheavyto extr- galowtoits payingward. Nitish Kumar government in the Prasad will continue to violate emelyheavy rainfallWednesday Lalu is in jail afterhewas con- Speaker’s election. jail manual. He should (there- evening, leading to the death of victed in the fodder scam cases. JD(U) spokesperson Meeraj fore)beshiftedtoTihar Jail.” one person. On Wednesday, the Jharkhand Kumar told reporters here: “We Lalu is undergoing treatment to Maradona in their own ways In TamilNadu, three people, government had ordered a requestthe Supreme Courtto at Ranchi’s RIMS Hospital for includingawoman,were killedin probeintoSushil Modiand Lalan take cognisance of the matter multiple ailments. In August, he foranhour,” said Lahiri. rain-relatedincidentssuchastree Paswan’s allegation that he had and requestthe authorities con- wasshiftedtothe RIMS direc- SHAJUPHILIP BCCI president Sourav and wall collapses in Ponneri and calledupthe latter and asked cernedtoshift the RJD chieffirst tor’s bungalowtoprotect him THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Gangulytweetedaphotographof Villupuram, officials said. They him to abstain from voting in the to Ranchi’s Hotwar jail from the from exposuretoCovid-19. NOVEMBER26 him withMaradona duringhis said1,086treeswere uprooted.At Speaker’s election. sprawling Kelly’s bungalowmea- RJD spokesperson Mrityunjay second visit to Kolkata. some places, overhead electricity The JD(U) on Thursdayde- nt forresidence of RIMSdirector.” Tiwari told TheIndianExpress: FROM WESTBengal to Kerala, “My heronomore... my mad cablessnappedasheavy trees fell mandedthatthe RJD chief be Kumar later told The Indian “Lalu Prasad is suffering from sev- football fans in the country genius rest in peace. Iwatched on them. shiftedfromjail in Ranchi to Express thatLalumeeting multi- eral healthcomplications and it Thursday mournedthepassingof football foryou,”wrote Ganguly. ChiefMinisterKPalaniswami Delhi’s Tihar Jail. The party also ple visitors and engaginginpo- is inhumanfor theNDA to de- DiegoMaradona,widely regarded Football clubs in Kolkataheld visited Cuddalore, closetoPudu- asked thegovernment in neigh- litical discussions with them mand that he shouldbeshifted as one of the greatestplayers of prayer meetings and garlanded cherry,andtookstockofthedam- bouring Jharkhand to thor- were aviolation of Jharkhand jail from Ranchi hospital to else- the sport. the footballer’s statue in the city. ageinthe district. He inspected oughlyprobe intoalleged viola- manual. “Wewantthe Jharkhand where. In fact, theJD(U) has been Tributes poured in from In Kannur,ahotel suitewhere plantaincropsdamagedby thecy- tion of jail manuals, with Lalu Prisons department to find out in aweofhis persona —the RJD is politicians, sports personalities Maradona had stayed during the cloneand reviewed the situation ostensibly“meeting people for howapersoncalledIrfan Ansari still the largest party in Bihar.” As and fans. While West Bengal 2012 trip has been maintainedas along with senior state officials. political discussions and keep- has access to LaluPrasad. As per forthe“tapecontroversy”,Tiwarisaid Chief MinisterMamataBanerjee amuseumsince then. He also visited the Devanam- ing athirdaide, againstprovi- rule, Prasad is allowedtokeep investigationsareunderway. condoled hisdeath with a Fans paytributetoMaradona in KolkataonThursday. At room 309 of the Blue Nile pattinam relief camp, and spoke sions of keeping onlytwo aides onlytwo aides. The jail police WITH INPUTS FROM Facebookpost, theKerala gov- Partha Paul Hotel,allitemstouchedorusedby to thepeopleshelteredthere. or sevadars” while in jail. should also seek calldetailsofthe ABHISHEKANGADINRANCHI ernment announcedtwo-day the footballer have been pre- Later,hetold reporters that mourninginthe state’s sports served in displayboxes. Thesein- due to adequateprecuationary sector and appealed to everyone expressedgrief overthedeathand tances. Instead of five minutes, cludeabouquet hewasgivendur- measures takenbythe govern- in the fraternity to join as amark said his fans around the world our meeting lasted foranhour,” inghis reception,ballswith his ment, therewas no major dam- TMC wants Bengal Governorbooked for of tribute. would miss the football legend. said Lahiri. signatureand plates he usedto age. While 4,233relief camps The Argentine playerhad a Banerjee posted: ‘My deepest Maradona, who wore his dine during the stay. were ready to accommodate ‘obstructing money laundering probe’ massive fanfollowing in both condolences to his family, friends Communistleaningsonhissleeve BlueNilemanagingdirectorV about 13 lakh people, “right now, Kerala and Bengal. He had visited and countless fans around the and idolisedChe Guevara and Raveendransaid:“Theremainsof about 2.30 lakh of them arein tion “untenable”lacking knowl- vestigationagainstcattleand Kolkatatwice—in 2008 and world. The entirefootball family Fidel Castro, had also metformer the seafood whichhehad con- 2,999 camps”, he said. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE edge of “elementaryconstitu- coal smuggling. 2017—setting offscenes of mass has lostone of itsgreats.” West BengalChief Ministerand sumedare also preserved fordis- Low-lyingareasinChennai,in- KOLKATA,NOVEMBER26 tional and legal aspects”. TMC MP KalyanBanerjee jubilationduringhis appearances. CPM leaderShamikLahiri re- CPM leader JyotiBasuin2008. play. TheMaradonasuiteisallot- cluding those in suburbanIrum- Aday afterone Govinda said, “Those who obstruct a He also came to the southern calledhis interactions with “I remember Ihad told him tedonlytothosewhoarereadyto buliyur,Mudichur and Urapak- THE TRINAMOOL Congress on Aggarwal wasarrestedby criminal investigation can be state’s Kannur fortwo days in Maradona when he had visited that we also have aCommunist ensurethatall artefactswouldbe kam, witnessedflooding and ThursdayrequestedKolkata KolkataPoliceina2018 casereg- prosecuted under Sections186 October 2012 foraprivate event. the player’s residence in legend,Jyoti Basu,and he is like kept intact.We getbookingsfrom waterenteredthehousesofmany Policetobook Governor Jagdeep isteredatHareStree police sta- and 189ofthe IPC. So, Iwill re- Here, too, he had receiveda Argentina. FidelCastrofor us. He immedi- football fans who come with the residents. Rescue personnel fer- Dhankhar forallegedly obstruct- tion here, Dhankhar on questthe KolkataPolice to file a hero’s welcome, with fans con- “Three of us went to meet atelyexpressedinterestinmeet- dream of stayinginaroom used riedcookedfoodtothepeopleus- ing investigationintoamoney November 22 termedthe arrest case againsthim forthe wayheis verging at the stadium three days him to invitehim to Kolkata. He ing Basu. The time slot wasonly by the legend.” ing inflatableboatsand while launderingcase. “politically inspired”and said tweeting to intimidatepublic prior to the event. hugged allofusinsuchaway for10minutes forthe meeting. --WITHPTIINPUTS somechoseto shifttothehomesof Dhankhar termedthe allega- that it wasaimedatimpeding in- servants.” ChiefMinisterPinarayiVijayan thatweare likehis old acquain- However, the meeting extended FROMKOLKATA their relatives, others stayed put. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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SIMPLY PUT QUESTION &ANSWER CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD INDIA ACTIVE CASES 452,344 Takeaways from Oxford error 500,000 Aftertrial resultsofthe AstraZeneca-Oxfordvaccine, it has nowemergedthat amistake in dosing ledto 453,401 452,344 the 90% efficacy report. Whatquestionsdoes this raise about this vaccine,and about trials in general?

450,000 might be considered unethical to remove PRABHARAGHAVAN these participantsfromthe ongoing trial, ac- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 cording to Dr Kang. “You have recruited these LAST 10 DAYS people telling them that your volunteering, Nov16Nov 25 AN ERROR in the trials of the AstraZeneca- in aspirit of altruism, will benefit the public 400,000 University of OxfordCovid-19vaccine, at large.Can youaffordtothen say, ‘Sorry, but AZD1222, has called intoquestion the way all your effort is wasted because we made a Note:The Nov25figureinthisgraph is based on the government updateonNov 26 vaccine clinical trials during thepandemic mistake so, now, we aregoing to stop?’” she have been handled. This is whyitmatters, said. “You actuallydon’t knowwhat the right and whatneeds to be done now. dose is (for this vaccine yet), and this might INDIA TOTAL CASES WORLD TOTAL CASES be turnedintoanopportunity to understand 9,266,705 60,641,673 What wasthe error? moreabout the vaccine,” she said. On Monday, Oxfordand AstraZeneca said Yet, she said, “I do wish that therewas Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, AZD1222 couldhaveanefficacy up to 90% — waymoretransparency —maybe that’s too Welfare.updatedat11pmonNov26 updatedat11pmonNov26 when administeredinahalf-dose followed muchtoask from Big Pharma, but,inthis by afull dose amonth later.What theydid emergency situation, with misinformation notdisclose initiallywas that these findings and contention everywhere, being ab- were the result of amistake.The nearly 3,000 solutelyopen by publishing protocols and participantsinthe UK on whomthis result papers and sharing informationindetail, Similar symptoms in Covid, wasbasedwerenever supposedtobegiven would be muchmorehelpful.” alower dose in the firstplace. Half adose followedbyafull dose wasnot the intendedregimen. Univ of Oxford via AP lung injury caused by vaping The revelation has addedtodoubtsabout Does this raisequestions forIndia’s the wayAstraZeneca and Oxfordhavebeen Covishield, whichisbasedonAZD1222? LUNG INJURIES causedbyCovid-19 conducting these trials, with some scientists TheIndianExpress on Thursday. forsucherrors? It shouldn’t call the capability of the vac- and itsmanifestations aresimilar to flagging the lackoftransparency in the en- In this case, the mistake brought about a cine completely into question, according to those causedbye-cigarettesand vap- tireprocess. Whydid theerror happen? potentiallypositivefinding thatAstraZeneca some experts. ing, anew study has underlined. “Withthe exception of the US-basedtrial, Oxfordsays that due to a“difference in the intendstostudy further in the US arm of the “The fact that the arms in the UK and PublishedinSAGE Open Medical Case Iamnot awareofdetails on howthese trials manufacturingprocess” forthe vaccine trials, but it could have ended badly if the Brazil arecoming up with an efficacy above Reports, the study presentsacasese- arebeing monitored.Isthereacentralised batchesusedfor thephase 3trialsinthe UK dosing wasthe other wayaround. 60% means thatthis vaccine is working...and ries of three teenagers who presented DSMB (DataSafetyand Monitoring Board)? initially,the doses givento2,741 UK partici- “In this case, the direction in whichthe we were aiming for50% in the guidance from with breathing problems at University Aretheycombining the accrueddata? They pantswereoverestimated,resulting in ahalf- errorwent wasnot atragedy.Overdose has WHO, the FDAand the DCGI,” said Dr Kang. of California-Davis (UC Davis)Health seem to have combinedeventsacrossBrazil dosebeing administeredasthe firstdose. the potential to cause harm. Underdose usu- “Butwewill have to wait until regulators during the pandemic. Eventually, they and UK. Whynot theother countries?” “Wehavedifferent ways of measuring allydoes not,” Dr Kangsaid. reviewthe dataand areconvincedthis is a turnedout to be Covid-negative,but Natalie EDean, biostatistician at the the concentrationofthe vaccine and when “In clinical trials, everything is precisely vaccine worthhaving, because it is impor- eachhad ahistory of vaping. University of Florida,tweetedon Wednesday. it wasapparent that alower dose wasused, protocolised, and it has to be uniform across tant to understand that regulators will get Medicalprofessionals use the “And reporting out asecondaryanalysis we discussedthis withthe regulator,and allparticipantsinthetrial.Normally, youdon’t muchmoredetail than scientists can read in acronym EVALI to describee-cigarette, that wasnot pre-specified(since it seems to agreedaplan to test both the lower seethisleveloferrorhappening,”saidDrJesani. ascientificjournal,” she said. or vaping, productuse-associatedlung ChestX-ray image of patient be basedonadosing error) is notdesirable. dose/higher doseand higherdose/higher But protocol deviations arestill common What is required nowisfor Serum injury.The study authors underlined with lung injurydue to vaping. If theyseek to getthe half-dose approved, dose, allowing us to include both approaches in clinical trials, Dr Kang said. InstituteofIndia (SII), whichistesting that EVALI and Covid-19 sharemany UC Davis Health theyshouldwaituntil theyhaveacom- in the phaseIII trial,”the university said. “The “Wrong labelling of samples, issues with Covishield in India, to “quickly”submit apro- symptoms but have very different pelling result. Otherwise, we canland in ‘ev- methods formeasuring the concentration data quality,yourfreezer breaking down — tocol foradditional studies that can test this treatment plans. They idence limbo’,” she tweeted. arenow establishedand we canensurethat these areall bound to happen. Even though vaccine using half adose to startwith. stressed that healthcare highlightedinadifferent Thedevelopment makes it uncertain all batches of vaccine arenow equivalent.” errors or deviations mayormay notmakea “Serumshould ask forall of the datafrom providers caringfor paedi- study,publishedinthe whether regulators likethe US Food and “Thereare tworeasons whythese errors difference, youwould want to stop thestudy, the AstraZeneca study to sharewith the DCGI atric patientswith unex- same journal. Asurvey by Drug Administration would authorise emer- could have creptin,” said Dr Amar Jesani, an investigatewhat is happening and then pro- anddoveryquick immunogenicitystudies plainedrespiratoryfailure Mayo Clinic researchers gency use, with confidence in the develop- independent consultant, researcher and ceed,” she said. on Covishield to decide on an appropriate should also consider EVALI found shifts in vapinguse ment programme havingbeen “damaged”, teacher in bioethics and public health, co- “Errors happen.The point is that the study dose that it can go aheadwith —alow dose and ask forrelevant smok- among young adultsafter according to areportinTheNew York Times. founderofthe Forumfor MedicalEthics protocol is aguidance document that lays out would mean we could have double the ing/vaping history. PAPER thepandemicbegan.These “Wehavetosee howmuchofthisdata Society and editor of the Indian Journal of what to do and howand monitoring is an ap- doses,”said Dr Kang. Common symptoms study,too, stressedthe im- (from the low-dose group) is potentiallyus- Medical Ethics. proachtoprevent as manyerrorsaspossible. At the same time, this incident should also between EVALI and CLIP portance of screening for able forregulatorysubmissions in the “Oneisthehaste withwhichtheCovidvac- In anykind of clinical trial, despitebestefforts, beawakeupcall formoretransparency in the Covid-19include fever, vaping and substance use strictestsense, because, my understanding cinetrialsarebeingconductedduringthepan- it is likelythat youwill have protocol devia- wayevenIndiancompanies conduct trials. cough, nausea, abdominal NEWGUIDELINES duringthe pandemic. is youcannotuse datathatisnot specifiedin demic... theyare trying to compress various tions. Youhavetorecord that,” she added. “Wedon’t even knowatwhat dosage pain and diarrhoea. With The study coveredpa- theprotocol. It is likelytheynotifiedthe reg- stages of vaccine development.The second is SerumInstituteistestingCovishieldoverhere... the pandemic, it is easy to missEVALI tientsvisiting the outpatient depart- ulators, but this is notexactlya‘per protocol’ that companies arevying with eachother to Should these participantshavebeen Icanreadthefullprotocolof AstraZeneca’sclin- diagnosis, the researchers said. In the mentsacross Mayo Clinic locations. or an ‘intention to treat’ analysis, whichisthe capturethe market at the earliest,” he said. removedfromthe trial? ical trial and makeajudgment about an error. case series described in the study,the Of 1,018respondents, 542reported wayclinical trial analyses areusuallydone,” Giventhat the errorwas that of adminis- Can youdothat forSerum InstituteofIndia’s patientsshowedupwith fever,nau- vaping, or usingmarijuana, tobacco vaccine scientistProfGagandeep Kang told What checks and balances areinplace tering alower firstdoseofthe vaccine, it protocol?” said Dr Jesani. sea and cough. Theyhad fast heart or alcohol, during the pandemic. The rate,rapid breathing and lowoxygen shifts observed: levels in their blood. Their test results ■ Nearly 70%increasedalcohol pointedtoinflammation commonly consumption. President’s powers to pardon —inUS, India seeninCovid-19,but their SARS-CoV- ■Vaping decreasedin44% of peo- 2testing returnednegative.When the ple, and increasedin27.9%. patientsshared information about re- ■ Tobacco product use decreased Forinstance, Article II, Section 2ofthe US history,Pew Research datashow. In his four mutethe sentence of anyperson convicted of cent vaping, doctors could diagnose in 47.3% of people,while24.1% of peo- OMMARATHE Constitution says allPresidents“shall have years, Trumphas granted pardons to 29 peo- anyoffence where the sentence is asentence EVALI and treat them successfully ple increaseduse. NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 Powertogrant Reprievesand Pardons for ple (including Flynn) and 16 commutations. of death”. Under Article 161, the Governor with corticosteroids. ■ Of the 140people who de- Offenses againstthe United States, exceptin In contrast,PresidentBarackObama had, toohas pardoning powers, but these do not scribed achange in marijuana use, WITH LESS than twomonths of histenure Cases of Impeachment”. duringhis eight-year tenure, issued212 par- extend to death sentences. Vaping shift 39.2% increaseduse and 36% de- remaining, US President Donald Trumpon Further,the poweronlyapplies to federal dons and 1,715commutations. The only The President cannotexercise his power Another connectionbetween vap- creaseduse. Wednesdayexercisedhis powers under the crimes and notstate crimes —those par- other President who can be compared with of pardon independent of thegovernment. ing/substanceuseandthepandemicis EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Constitution to pardon Michael Flynn, his donedbythe Presidentcan still be triedun- Trumpfor infrequent use of the poweris RashtrapatiBhawanforwardsthe mercy plea former National Security Advisor,who had der the laws of individual states. George HWBush, who granted 77 clemency to the Home Ministry, seeking the Cabinet’s twice pleadedguilty to lying to the FBI. requests during his one-term tenure. advice. The Ministryinturn forwards this to What is theextent of theUSPresident’s Pardons by Trump, others The highestnumber of clemency grants the concernedstate government;basedon powertopardon? The Flynn pardon is notthe firstbyTrump by aUSPresident (3,796) came during the reply, it formulates itsadvice on behalf to raise eyebrows. In 2017,Trumppardoned FranklinDRoosevelt’s 12-year tenure, which of the Council of Ministers. HowUSPresident pardons former Maricopa County SheriffJoe Arpaio, coincidedwith WorldWar II. In severalcases, the SC has ruledthat the The President of the US has the constitu- who wasfound guilty of being in contempt of President has to act on the advice of the tional right to pardon or commutesentences courtforignoringafederaljudge’sorderto stop HowIndian President pardons CouncilofMinisters while decidingmercy related to federal crimes.The US Supreme arresting immigrantssolely on the suspicion Unlikethe US President, whosepowers pleas. These include MaruRam vs Union of Courthasheldthatthispoweris“grantedwith- that they were residing in the US illegally. to grantpardons arealmostunfettered, the India in 1980, and DhananjoyChatterjee vs outlimit”andcannotberestrictedby Congress. Others include right-wing commentator President of India has to actonthe advice of StateofWestBengal in 1994. Clemency is abroad executive power, and and convicted campaign fraudsterDinesh the Cabinet. Although the President is bound by the is discretionary—meaning thePresident is D’Souza, andMichael Milken, afinancier Under Article 72 of the Constitution, “the Cabinet’s advice, Article 74(1) empowers him notanswerable forhis pardons, and does not convicted of securitiesfraud. President shall have the powertogrant par- to returnitfor reconsideration once. If the Co- have to provide areason forissuing one. But Yet, Trumphappens to have usedhis par- dons, reprieves, respites or remissions of uncil of Ministers decides againstany change, thereare afew limitations. don powers lessthan anypresidentin modern punishmentortosuspend,remit or com- the President has no option but to acceptit.

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V-Pcherry-picks afew verdictstosuggestjudicial overreach THATMAGICIAN, DIEGO Maradona, has left defender triedtobody-blockhim, cut out his lieve that the brillianceofLionel Messi,my us without giving anynotice.Therehavebeen channels, and prevent him from tearing favouritecontemporaryplayer, is because of when the largerpattern says quitethe opposite times when we sawhim teeteringatthe edge away.Maradona stopped, as if reconciledto Maradona:AMessicould have been born of death. If he had recoveredthis time, he the tackle. The defendertoo stopped, think- onlyinthe land of Maradona. nthe theme of “harmonious coordination between legislature, executive, wouldhave shruggedoff thelatestscarewith ing the Argentine would retreat. But Another endearing aspectofMaradona and judiciary”, at the two-day80th All India Presiding Officers Conference asmile andquotedMarkTwain: “The reports Maradona had scriptedadifferent plotinhis washis political conviction. Politics is woven at Kevadia in Gujarat, the President, Vice President and Prime Minister of my death aregreatlyexaggerated.” mind. He took off, likealittle bubble of en- intothe heartand soul of Latin America. sent out some high-mindedand mostlyunexceptionable messages. Thegenius of Maradona can beinterpreted ergy.The defender stood frozen, as Maradona However, those who benefitted from the OSpeaking on the concluding day, alsothe 71st ConstitutionDay,Prime in manifold ways —foremost is the football swishedpasthim. What amazedmemost marketeconomyofthe West,rarelytakepo- magician who the worldmarvelledat. The washis control, the ball wasdrifting out of litical positions. But Maradona did, emphat- MinisterNarendraModi spokeofthe “maryada” (adherence to boundaries), separation sorceryhewas capable of withhis feet cre- the corner line, but Maradona with the icallyand powerfully. His political beliefs of powers, and checks and balancesbuilt intothe constitutional design, whichalsooffers ated legions of football fanatics around the faintestoftouches and turns, kept it in play, were unshakeable.Iremember a2005free the corrective if theseare disturbed.Hedrew alink between effortstoharmonise the work- world, including me. My son wasonlybegin- cut backand flung awell-weightedgoal to trade summit in Buenos Aires thatinvolved ing of the three organs of the Constitution and the “people’s trust”. And of the needtofind ning to learn the nuances of the game, when Cannigia, who inexplicablyspilledit. If that the then US president George WBushand newerwaysofconnecting the people with the Constitutiontheygavethemselves(“jan Maradona failedadrugtest andwasforcedto had been agoal, it would have been the manyLatin American leaders. Theyhad as- bhagidari”)and popularising theconstitutional ethosand language, especiallyfor the leave the 1994 WorldCup midway. It wasa greatestWorld Cup assistofall time. sembledtosign afree-trade treaty that personal loss forall of us. Maradona later put Maradona always answered his critics on would isolateCuba. But Maradona organised “yuvapeedhi” or the young. President RamNath Kovind spokeofthe importance of the role that incident beautifully: “Theychoppedmy the field. Beforethe pre-quarters against aprotest.Heworea“WarCriminal” T-shirtto of the Opposition, the necessity formeaningful deliberation with the ruling party.And legs.” Thereisapoetinhim, we realised. Brazil in the 1990 WorldCup, Cannigia burst an anti-Bush “counter-summit” that drew Vice President Venkaiah Naidu talked of the “excesses” of the executiveand legislature— The worldgot acquaintedwith the poetin out, “Maradona needs justMaradona”, im- protesters from around the world. “violation of rightsand liberties of citizens by theexecutive at times is toovisible. At times, Maradona during the 1986 WorldCup quar- plying that he wasselfish. His wordsdis- Eventually, thesummit failed. the legislaturetoo hascrossedthe line …” Naidu also toucheduponamounting unease terfinal againstEngland. That matchrevealed turbed me, but in that match, Maradona Maradona usedtohostatelevision pro- about the constitutionalbalance between institutions, or itsunsettling. hisdivineand mortalselves. Memoriesof that served Cannigia adelicious pass that the lat- gramme, in whichheinterviewedthe likes of match, whichIwatchedonablackand white terconverted andwon the matchfor Fidel Castroand HugoChavez. He had the Naidu spokeofjudicial “overreach” and disrespect of the “jurisdictional sanctity en- TV set, arevivid. When asked about the first Argentina. It wassogood adelivery thateven presence as well as the knowledge to engage shrinedinthe Constitution”and pointed to courtinterventions on mattersrangingfrom goal —the infamous Hand of God goal —he Icould have scored, Iusedtojoke. Legend has them in serious conversation. Once apresen- fireworkson Diwali to denying the executive aroleinthe appointment of judges. These, he remarkedwithanequalounceof mischief and it that Cannigia wept and hugged Maradona terscepticallyasked him who he learnedhis said, have resulted in “avoidable blurring of contours demarcatedbythe Constitution”. cheek: “A little with the head of Diegoand alit- He wassuchaspontaneous in thedressing room. politics from? Maradona replied: “I have read While eachofthe specific instances cited by the VP maysparkaseparatedebateonthe tle with the hand of God.” Therewas ameas- creator of the outrageous -- a Iliked his roguishness, likeinthe 1986 fi- CheGuevara,heismycompatriot. Ihavetried scope and limitsofjudicial power, thereisaproblem with his broader formulation and the ured poeticbeauty to the line. Diegoinlocal prince of the outrageous. His nal againstWestGermany. Argentina gets a to understand Cuba. Whyare other Latin wayhecherry picked afew verdicts. In fact,the disquieting pattern is an inversion of his parlance meant godormessiah. free-kicknear the centrecircle, Maradona American countries notlikeCuba, Ialways Then, in the 55th minute, he scored agoal powertoimagine was surveys thefield clumsily, drifts and prances analyseand trytolearn. Italk to Castro. This is real worry. In the lastseveral years, the growing concern has been about the political exec- of sheerbrilliance —every move and move- stupendous. At the same as if he’s disenchanted.Then he beltsanac- howIlearn.” utive weaponisingits majoritymandateand thejudiciarynot steppinguptoits roleto keep ment that ledtothe goal wasforgedingrace time,hewas given to revelry. curatecross to Jorge Burruchaga, who nets Ihavenoembarrassment in admitting thebalance. In other words, while theremay well be instances of the judiciary’s overreach, and beauty,power and precision. He danced, the match-winner. that Iwas mad about Maradona. So, when he the largerdisquietinrecent times is causedbythe judiciary’s reticence —its unwillingness slithered and slippedpastseveral defenders In that,hewas likeMozart, He wassuchaspontaneous creator of the visitedIndiain2008, ItravelledtoKolkata.A or inability to talk backtothe executive,topoint outthe limitsofits powers vis avis other to score themostbeautiful goalever in aWorld another genius. Mozart’s outrageous —aprince of the outrageous. His meeting wasarranged in JyotiBasu’s house. institutions and to uphold the rightsand freedoms of citizens againstatransgressing state. Cup. The sequence of the goal continues to in- creativityhad the efficiency powertoimagine wasstupendous. At the When Ishowedhim aphotograph of Basu toxicateeveryfootball loveronthe planet. That same time, he wasgiven to revelry. In that, with Castro, his eyes glowed. He told me: Thereis, indeed, as the vice president suggested, aneedtopause and reflect on adis- of acomputer,because he the Aztec StadiuminMexicoerectedabronze he waslikeMozart, another genius. Mozart’s “Fidel, your friend. Fidel, my friend.Weare turbed constitutional balance, but notquiteinthe wayhemeant it. The executive must statueofMaradona is atestament to that could compose even when he creativity had the efficiencyofacomputer, friends.” Later,Ishowedhim awatchthat had ask itself if the majority or majoritarian principle can be usedinall domains and whether goal's immortality.Thereare thousands of waspreoccupied with non- because he could compose even when he atinypictureofChe embossedinside it. It was it is doing adisservice to itsmandatebywielding it likeablunt instrument. And the ju- statuescelebrating footballers and sportsmen, musical tasks. Mozart,itis waspreoccupiedwith non-musical tasks. giventomebyMaradona’s friend and famous diciary mustturnthe gaze withininorder to retrieve asense of institutional self and pur- but is thereone to commemorateagoal? said,could rewind and fast Mozart, it is said, could rewind and fast for- actor,Sergio Corrieri. He wasexcited:“Che pose thatsometimes appears to be lostorreceding. Thereare severallingering memories of ward the composition in his mind and repro- Guevara,Che Guevara,” he kept saying. I his game, some of whichhavefallenoff the forward the composition in duce the noteslater.TalentslikeMaradona wishedthatheshowedmethe Castrotattoo Maradona myth. Forinstance, athrough ball his mind and reproduce the and Mozartmakeus, non-believers, think on hisleg or theChe one on his bicep. Afew to Claudio Cannigia againstCameroon in the notes later.Talents like that godmight actuallyexist. minutes later Maradona left, leaving me con- 1990 tournament opener.Itstarted likethis: Maradona and Mozart make It used to be said of Mahatma Gandhithat vinced that therewas no one quitelikehim. BATTLE FORACITY Aground ball from the Argentina half he could makeleaders from clay. So did reachedMaradona, who washovering us, non-believers, think that Maradona —hemade even the mostmod- Thewriter,amember of theCPM politburo, is aroundthe centre line.AsturdyCameroon godmight actually exist. estplayeraround him aworld-beater.Ibe- aformer education ministerofKerala BJP’s high-voltagecampaign maybeturning municipal polls intoahigh stakes —and polarising —contest

LECTIONS TO THE GreaterHyderabad MunicipalCorporation (GHMC)have always seenfierce political battles. However, theBJP has ratchetedupthe competition this time to alevel hithertounseen. Sensing an opportunity to LESSONS FROM THE COMPANY Eestablish itself as amajor playerinastate whereithas had onlyanominal presence until recently, the party has assembledabatteryofheavyweight campaigners—Union Home MinisterAmitShah and party chiefJPNaddaare among Our pastshould teachushow to resistnew colonial designs framed by apandemic those scheduledtocampaigninthe city before polling on December 1. With Bhupender Yadav, who playedarole in strategising forthe Bihar assemblyelection, in charge of the GHMC campaign, the BJP offensive has acquired anew edge. Meeta Rajivlochan The BJP’s hopes forthe GHMC,whichencompasses 24 assembly seatsacross four dis- tricts,ride on expectations born of itsrecent electoral success in Telangana.Inthe 2019 IONCEMET aresearcher from JNU at asocial The balance of the moneyrequired forthe terthe Battle of Plassey. This wasanIndia generalelection, the BJP wonfourofthe 17 Lok Sabha seatsinthe state—one seat more event. In the course of our conversation, I maintenance of the English settlement is ob- whereabanker of the house of Jagat Seth than the Congress —and got nearly20per cent votes. It wonanassemblyby-poll earlier found out that she waspursuing adoctorate tainedbyplundering the ships voyaging to the thought nothing about paying the English this month in chief minister KChandrasekharaRao’s home district —the party’s voteshare andImadethe mistake of asking her whatthe House of God, of whichtheytakeone or two companytodislodgeSiraj-ud-Daulah in doctoratewas about. She looked at me with everyyear.” Evidently, to Khan, the company Bengal —theymay well have thought that one risingfrom13.75 per centin2018to38.5per cent. Besides,the Secunderabad Lok Sabha some pity and told me kindlythat the subject wasaset of punypeddlers who, in their igno- ruler wasasgood as another.Within five years seat,whichfalls in GHMC, has been electing BJP candidates. The BJP calculates that it is wasadifficult one; onlyaninitiatecould un- rance and foolishness,haddaredto challenge of thecompany coming to power, thehouseof poisedtoreplace the Congress as the main oppositioninTelangana.Awin in Hyderabad derstand it. Ilooked at the clockand sawthat theMughals. Within three decades of his ful- Jagat Seth went intoanirreversible decline. could become alaunchpad forthe party to expandinthatstate,and thereafter, increase we had another twohours to kill. So Iasked minations, the Mughal empirehad crumbled Current eventsshowthat this is no mere itsfootprint in southern India, whereits success has so farbeenlimited to . her to tell me nevertheless —perhaps Imight and the punypeddlers were on theway to be- historical anecdote.Asthe pandemic threat- The BJP has proposedanambitious welfareagenda forGHMC, wherethe TRS is on understand. It turnedoutthatshewasstudy- What everyIndian child coming the newmasters of India. ens the foundations of global order,some writ- ing the cultureand politics of alittle-known So what is it about Indians that leadsthem ers point out that amodern-daycolonialism the backfootafter the recent floods. Along withthe welfarism, it is also raising the pitch tribal group in central India as partofalarger should remember is that to conceit or an abject self-abnegation of the basedonthe monopolyofdataisverypossi- on polarising issues —Hyderabad has a30per cent Muslim population and is the home study of oppression. She seemedtohave from the last decade of the kind that we routinelysee today? Indians be- ble and that India could become acolonyof turf of Asaduddin Owaisi and his party,the AIMIM. BJP leaders suchasTejaswi Surya have known the dimensions of oppression before 16th century, various have todayasthoughall true knowledge must theWest once again. That ittakesapandemic accusedthe TRS and AIMIM of sheltering Bangladeshis while Union Textile Minister she beganthe study.Iwonderedwhy she did European companies began come from the West,and adegree from any to bring this home to us is amatter of serious Smriti Irani has claimedthat thousandsofRohingyawereillegallyresiding in the city. the study in that case but decidedthat sucha Western universityisworthfarmorethan any concern. For, it shows that India has learnt lit- to arrive in India. We The party has also startedacampaigntocelebrate September 17,the daythe question could be aconversation stopper. Indian degree. Yet, barely200 years ago, tle from 200years of colonial rule. concludedits operations againstthe Nizam’s forces, as Hyderabad Liberation Dayinstead Later,while reading the marvellous The interacted with them while Indians showedmassive arrogance and un- Irrespective of what evil theBritishdid,the History of India, as Told by ItsOwn Historians concern about the West. one thing the EastIndia Companyshowed of remembering it as Telangana MergerDay.Hyderabad has come along waysince doing businessfor well over (1867), edited by Elliott and Dowson, Icame What everyIndian child should remem- consistentlywas greatsensitivity to itssur- Operation Polo in 1948andemergedasasoftware and education hub. It would be unfor- acrossanepisodethat demonstrates that such 150 yearsbefore the Battle of beristhatfromthe lastdecadeofthe 16th cen- roundings, an abilitytolearn from competi- tunateifthe competing visions forthe cosmopolitan city’s futureend up harking backto overweeningconceit is, and has been,abe- Plassey.And yet,noone tury, various European companies beganto tors and, above all, the ability to test beliefs old fault lines and contestedhistories. setting sin of Indians, forafew hundredyears seems to have realised that arrive in India. We interactedwith them while againstreality.These arequalitiesthat we at anyrate.KhafiKhan, the historianofMughal the Europeans brought with doing business forwell over150 years before would do well to learn. Formaking moneyis times, wasrailing againstthe English East the Battle of Plassey. And yet, no one seems to notsomuchaboutaccessto capital but about IndiaCompanyanditsdepredationsonIndian them afundamentally have realisedthat the Europeans brought with theabilitytoimagine the future, to learn re- shipping. He says,“the total revenue of different attitude to them afundamentallydifferent attitude to cursively and to constantlytestyour beliefs BALL LOSES FOOT Bombay, whichischieflyderivedfrombetel- business, with no business, with no compunctions about using againstreality. nuts andcocoa-nuts, doesnot reachtotwo or compunctions about using coercion and statepower to further the ends Through aturbulent lifeand career,DiegoMaradona never three lacs of rupees. The profitsofthe com- of trade. Makenomistake,the EastIndia The writer is an IAS officer and author of merce of these misbelievers, according to re- coercion and state powerto Companybeat Indianbusinessmen at their Making India Great Again:Learning from failedhis partner in ahypnotic tango port, does notexceedtwenty lacs of rupees. further the ends of trade. owngame muchbeforeitcame to poweraf- our History

ROWINGUPINaBuenos Aires slum,the precociouschico, Diego Maradona, befriendedhis mostloyal friendveryearly —afootball, or whatever he couldfashionintoone.Anorange, acrumplednewspaper or anything sphericalthataccompanied him to school in keepy-uppies NOVEMBER 27,1980, FORTY YEARS AGO G—jugglingwithout letting the ball touchthe ground. First, adamaged fence and then umpteen defenders and goalkeepers boretestamenttohow inseparable VPSINGH’S STAND However, he defendedthe chargesof made by highcourt judges. the boyand ball could be,until the lastmoment when he letgofor agoal, and it wasall too PIQUED BY THE criticismofhis govern- casteism. late. He neverlosthis hypnotic hold over theball —onceaiming it accurately to flick Ruud ment by Congress-I MPs from Uttar FARMERS PROTEST Gullit's dreadlocks en routethe topcorner. Pradesh,the statechief minister JUDGES’TRANSFER FARMERS OF BHANDRA district,the “rice Vishwanath Pratap Singh is likelytostep THE GOVERNMENTISdeliberatelydelay- bowl”ofMaharashtraare on the warpath, DiegoMaradona diedonWednesdayaged60. In his TVshow TheNight of theTen,he’d down whenhemeets theprime minister. ing itsdecision on aproposal to transfer close on theheels of protests by cotton musedthat his gravestone be inscribed "thankstothe ball”. But likehis Peter Panglee Singh is likelytoaccompany Indira Gandhi judges from one highcourt to another be- growers in Vidarbha. At ameeting organ- when tossed aball, he neverlostthe rawness, spontaneity andindividualbrilliance of the to RaeBareli and Allahabadduring her cause it wantsanational debateonthe is- isedbythe BharatiyaKisan Sangh, the street-footballer.Through alifethat fell apart withthe onsetofaddiction,ageingand obe- two-dayUPvisit beginning November 29. sue. This wasstatedinthe Lok Sabha by farmers decidedtoboycott government sity,the ball when at his leftfootdidn't seem to lose shape or go astray.Heurgedhis legions Referring to thecriticism by his party col- Union Home Minister PShivShankar procurement centres on December 7- 8. to believe that no matter what happenedinhis lifeoutsidethe ballorbit, his partner in a leagues, he said “theyare elected repre- while replying to adebateonthe High sentativesand their views mustbegiven Courtand SupremeCourt(Conditions of ‘GANDHI’FILMING tango, the football, would remain honourable and unstained. due importance”. He said if somebody, Service) Bill, whichthe House later passed. THE OPENINGSHOT of the film on Blessed with an exquisiteleftfootand alow centreofgravity,the 5-foot-5talllegend even the CM, is an obstacle to the progress He rejected the charge that the govern- Mahatma GandhibyRichardAttenborough humiliatedhis opponentsbytwisting and turning, dribbling and dodging. The selfless love and development of UP,heshould be re- ment wasdelaying appointments till“suit- wastaken at an especiallyorganisedset in forthe ball neverdiminished even as afan at agame.Inhis passing away,the ball lostits moved. Singh said he did notwant to an- ablycommitted”judges arefoundnor had Gurgaon.Ben Kingsley, who plays Gandhi better half —the divine foot. swer the allegations made againsthim. it disagreedwith the recommendations in the film, featured in the shot. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,NOVEMBER27,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY ‘‘The2020 election wasnot simplyfree of fraud, or whatever cooked-up malfeasance the president is brayingabout at thishour.Itwas, from an 11 administrativestandpoint,aresoundingsuccess.’’ THE IDEAS PAGE — THE NEWYORK TIMES Acapital mistake A statue, an Permitting industrialhouses to ownand control bankswould be agrievous error, one that could occupation undermine both economic growth and democracy NewVivekananda statue at JNU is an installation in apower project—thatdemands obedience andpiety rather than critical engagement

“enemy”. Herethe “enemy” is Jawaharlal Nehru, whose statue waspubliclysculpted by the renownedartistBiman Das in 2004- Shankar Acharya, 05, in an atelier justbelowthe administra- VijayKelkar and tion block. Therewas nothing mysterious Arvind Subramanian aboutitsmaking.AnilBhatti,inhiscontribu- tion to ourforthcoming book titledJNU Stories: The FirstFifty Years,has this to say: AN INTERNAL WORKINGgroup of the RBI Janaki Nair “Thestatueis,of course,astatement.Butitis has recentlymade afar-reaching recommen- different from the statues in other universi- dation: To permit industrial houses to own ties because of this oblique, eccentric loca- and control banks. We believe that this step NOINDIANcityisexempt fromthecompet- tion slightlyoff-centrewith the age-old would be agrievous mistake,one that would itive assertion of rightstopublicspaces by Aravalli rocksbehind it. And because the seriouslyset backIndian economic and po- hitherto dominatedgroups.Statuesandflag- mottoatthebaseof thestatueitself givesthe litical development.Accordingly,weurge polesatstreet cornersserveasareminderof construction an emblematic structurede- that this proposal be shelved. newurban collectivities,ofautodrivers and manding interpretation.” Whydowehavesuchserious misgiv- their cinematicheroes, of Dalitsand their Nothingcouldbeastarkercontrasttothe ings? One clue is giveninthe reportitself, radical political forebears, of poets who re- Nehrustatuethanthe newoutcrop on the whichacknowledgesthat it ignored the ex- mind us of arichlinguistic and cultural her- JNU horizon. Itsfurtive existence wasen- perts thegroup had consulted.The report itage. Theyannounce anew political pres- hancedbyits prolonged shrouding in tat- states that all the experts exceptone “wereof enceinasegmentedand hierarchical public teredorangecloth.Bypositioningthestatue the opinion that large corporate/industrial arena,but dominant groups and ideologies squarelyatthe entrance to theadministra- housesshould notbeallowed to promotea arenot farbehindin“occupying”spacewith tionblock,by purposelymakingit“threefeet bank.” sometimes gigantic symbolsofpower. This taller” than the Nehru sculpture, and,above Experts hold this view because allowing richeconomyofsymbolsisaninseparable all,bysacralisingit, the stolidbut domineer- industrial houses to ownbankshas fewben- partofour public life. ing Vivekananda is asymbol of all that the efitsand manyrisks. According to the report, The needtoinstall and unveil astatue of universityhasbecomeoverthelastfiveyears. the main benefitisthatindustry-owned Vivekananda at the JNUcampus came from Unencumberedby anycommitmentto crit- banks wouldincrease the supply of credit, suchsymbolics of “occupation”. As his tu- icalreason,to connectingpastandpresent,it whichislow and growing slowly. Credit con- multuoustermasvice-chancellor(VC)ofthe demands obedience and pietyratherthan straintsare indeed areal problem, and creat- prestigiousuniversity comes to aclose,will engagement. ing morebanksiscertainlyone wayofad- MamidalaJagdishKumarlookbackwithsat- Arewebeingthrownbacktoaworship- dressing the issue. But this is an argument isfaction at having notonlyunderminedal- fulpast,orto atimebefore themessybutex- forencouraging morebanksand moretypes mostall the statutesofthis institution but hilaratingdemocracyandtheopportunities of financial institutions, generally. It is notan “occupying”itwith astatue and flags? it has offeredtoreconfigurethe university? argument forcreatingbanksspecifically Flanking the entrance to the administration Or areweinvited to engagewiththe ownedbyindustry. The other powerful way block, thestatue had been under (saffron) Vivekananda who sawthrough “sectarian- to promote more good quality credit is to un- wraps forwell over twoyears, before being ism, bigotry,and itshorrible descendant, fa- dertake serious reforms of the public sector finallyunveiledonNovember12. naticism”, whichhad “filledthe earth with banks. Kumar engaged withthe symbolics of violence, drenched it oftenwith human The problemwith banksownedbycor- CRSasikumar “occupation” throughouthis tenure. He blood,destroyedcivilisationandsentwhole poratehouses is that theytend to engagein repairedafter the considerable damage done banking licences will notjustmakethem mounted,in2017, aWallof Heroesto 21 dec- nations to despair?” The one who railed connected lending. This can leadtothree by the COVID-19pandemic before the gov- stronger than commercial rivals, but even oratedsoldiers,makingJNU the firstuniver- againstany onereligion claiming to be self- main adverseoutcomes: Over-financingof ernment takesthe risk of assuming an enor- relative to the regulators and government it- sity to complywith the ministryofhuman sufficient, and thereforedenouncing any risky activities; encouraging inefficiency by mous futurecost. self. This will aggravateimbalances, leading resources and development(MHRD)’s claim to religioussuperiority of anykind? delaying or prolonging exit;and entrench- Second, the Indian economytodaysuf- to avicious cycle of dominance breeding “VidyaVeerta Abhiyan”. In the name of The strategy of “occupation” allows only ing dominance. Consider each. fers from aseriouslackofexit.The economic moredominance. restoringpurportedly“defaced” walls, he forapious engagement. We arenowiser First, lending to firms that arepartofthe landscape is littered withfailedfirms,kept Formorethan aquarterofacentury, wipedclean JNU's magnificent mural art. about what Vivekananda had imagined corporategroup allows them to undertake aliveonlifesupport, making it impossible for Indianfinancial sector reforms have aimed And in response to theilluminating discus- higher education would become in inde- risky activitiesthat arenot easilyfinanceable moreefficientfirms to grow and replace at improving notjustthe quantity,but also sions on nationalism thatJNU teachers pendentIndia,oraboutwhathewouldhave through regular channels.Precisely because them. While some progress in clearing the the quality of credit. In other words, the goal mounted in the turbulent months after thoughtof theplural,inclusive,andyetques- these activities arerisky,theyoften do not landscape wasinitiallymade under the has been to ensurethat credit flows to the February2016, Kumar asked foratank to be tioning spacethatthe Indian public univer- work out. And when that happens,itistyp- Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), this mosteconomicallyefficient users, since this rolledontothe campus to “instil”national- sity has already become. His call to “manli- icallytaxpayers who end up footing the bill. had stalled even before thepandemic, largely is the keytosecuringrapid growth. If India ism.Astatuemaynot have theloomingbulk ness” as agospel of our timeswould be In principle, connectedlendingcan be because existing promoters and owners nowstartsgranting banking licences to pow- of atank,but it serves severalpurposes –of grotesquelyinappropriate giventhe unbri- containedbythe regulatoryauthority. mounted astiff resistance. If industrial erful,politicallyconnected industrial houses, planting aflag in “enemy” territory, and dledandentitledmasculinitythatisnowon Indeed, Indonesia triedtodothis: It banned housesget direct access to financial re- allowing them to determine howcreditisal- sacralising it. displayinmostpartsof India.We arealready the practice. But as the authorities there sources, their capacity to delay or prevent located, we will effectively be abandoning JNU had long nurtured the tradition of a thrownintothealreadyoverheatedmythol- found to their dismay, no matter howoften exit altogether will onlyincrease. that long-held objective. socialrealismthatengagedwithcontempo- ogy around Vivekananda, including videos theytightenedthe definition of connected Finally, crossing this lakshman rekha will But the real problem is muchdeeper and raryandhistoricalissuesinitsexpressive mu- —entitled“Real Voice of Swami lending, conglomerates were always able to mean that the existing patterns of industrial broader.Indian capitalism has long been stig- raltraditions,heartfelt songs and theatrical Vivekananda”,“TheOriginalVoiceof Swami find loopholes to exploit. Experiences in dominance will become ruinously en- But the real problem is much matisedbecause of the murky two-way re- productions. The installation of the statue Vivekananda”,etc,—claiming to purvey the other nations have been similar,convincing trenched. The Indian economyalready suf- lationship betweenthe stateand industrial comes as itsobverse, of atheatreofpower originalvoice of Swami Vivekananda. (The mostadvancedcountries that regulating fers from over-concentration. We notonly deeper and broader.Indian capital. If the line between industrial and fi- heraldinganew reality,presidedoverbythe unfortunatepopularityof thesefakesledthe connected lending is impossible; the onlyso- have concentrationwithin industries, but in capitalism has long been nancial capital is erased, this stigma will only PrimeMinisterhimself athisalliterative best Ramakrishna Math and Mission to issue a lution is to ban corporate-ownedbanks. It is some cases the dominance of afew indus- stigmatised because of the become worse. Corporatehouses that areal- (invoking“confidence, conviction,charac- clarificationthat“thereisnovoicerecording also whyIndian policymakers over seven trial houses spans multiple sectors. The murkytwo-way relationship ready big will be enabled to become even ter”). Who better than Vivekananda, repur- of Swami Vivekananda, letaloneofhis decades have consciouslyand wiselydrawn COVID-19 crisis is aggravating this picture bigger by having access to raise and redirect posedasthe posterboy of the Hindu right, speeches at the World’s Parliament of alakshman rekha between banking and in- becausethosewithdeeppockets willnot between the state and resources, allowing them to dominatethe to be at the centreofthis occupation game? Religions, available to us today”.) dustry. onlymoreeasilysurvive the crisis, theywill industrial capital. If the line economicand political landscape. Arules- So,weonlyrecentlylearned that the statue, WhichVivekananda is at stake? But, Crossing this lakshman rekha lookspar- be able to take over small, medium and large between industrial and based, well-regulated marketeconomy, as whoseprovenancewasshroudedbothliter- above all,whoseuniversityisatstake?Fervid ticularly unwise in India’scurrent circum- enterprisesthat have nothad the resilience financial capital is erased, well as democracy itself —already shaky and allyand figuratively,was proposedbyan criestochangethenameof JNUhave already stances. Afterall, the RBI has encountered or resources to weather the COVID-19gale. ravagedbybroader trends in India and also alumnus, ManojKumar, to the VC forits begun.Thankfully, oppositionto suchchange enough difficulty in dealing withbanking ir- Afterall, if large industrial houses getbank- this stigma will only become internationally—will be undermined, per- “pleasinglook”,fundedbyoneVipulPatelin has come from the ABVP,fearful of what regularities at Punjab National Bank,Yes ing licences, theywill become even more worse. Corporate houses haps critically. the US, and executedbyone Naresh might be thrownout with the bathwater: Bank,ILFSand Lakshmi Vilas Bank.Expecting powerful, notjustrelative to otherfirms in that are alreadybig will be The conclusion is clear.Mixing industry Kumawat. Thegreatreputationof auniversityto which the RBI or other institutions to effectively reg- one industry,but firms in another industry. and finance will setusonaroad full of dan- Itbearsallthemarksof abrazen“occupa- theyyearn to belong, but cannot, alas, build. ulatethe practices of corporatehouses- Forexample, one can imagine acorporate enabled to become even gers —for growth, public finances, and the tion”, and likeour formerBritishrulerswho turned-banksistoask the impossible. house trying to assume dominance in the bigger by having accessto futureofthe country itself. We sincerelyurge implantedstatuepoliticsinourmidst,makes The writer is former professor Regulation and supervision needtobe paymentsspace and using that to dominate raise and redirectresources, policymakers nottotakethis path. averyliteral pointoftriumphing over the of history,JNU strengthenedconsiderablytodealwiththe the e-commerce space. Getting the rightsto allowing them to dominate current problems in the banking system be- ownabank could facilitatethe former, Kelkar is former Finance Secretary and fore theyare burdenedwith newregulatory therebyenabling the latter. the economic and political Acharyaand Subramanian areformer Chief tasks. Equally, thefiscal position needs to be Moreover, thepoweracquired by getting landscape. Economic Advisors LETTER TO THE EDITOR

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THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘Lawofun- IDEAS Leading from behind freedom’ (IE, November 26). The discus- sion on “lovejihad” castigating the BJP ONLINE anditsaffiliatesforbringingalaw against ONLYINTHE EXPRESS AhmedPatel’s silences randeep. Congress will miss itsgo-toperson it can't be faulted in terms of apolity guidedbytheirideology of Hindu Salman Khurshid Rashtra. Whyblame the BJP formain- ● HARNESSINGTHESUN: streaming itsfringethrough legislative AMRITAGOLDARAND route, if it suitsthem? At least the BJP is TARUNSINGH THE PASSINGofAhmedPatel, known to all sented or complainedof. Instead, genera- his kind of politics wasfastbecoming athing of thehuman being when confrontedbythe mockinglytransparent comparedtothe as Ahmedbhai, is adeep personal tragedy tions of aspirantshoped to become his of the pastbut in truth we neededhim now wrath of nature. But amongstothers, the loss opposition parties’ muted reactions and ● AIFORTHE forthose who have known him closelyand favourite. It wasnot something sought to morethan ever. of Pranab Mukherjee and Ahmedbhai has lackofacounter-narrative.For instance, FARMER: amonumental setbackfor the Congress. The be measured in worldlybenefits, justthe Patelwill be missedbyour leaders as in- deprivednot the Congressalone but the madrasaswereblamedfor holding back ABHISHEKSINGH go-toperson forany personalorinstitutional comfortofknowing that he thought of you deedbyloyal party workers. The Congress countryofaunique combination of head Muslims from moderneducation, and a crisis, he leavesbehind innumerable known favourably. party will miss Ahmedbhai in whom we saw and heartthat will needanother lifetime to breedingground forfundamentalism, and anonymous beneficiaries of his generos- When our topleadership says that it will the invincibility and sustenance of our ide- replace —ifatall, areplacementispossible. but if one gets modern educationand www.indianexpress.com ity and sagacity.Wewill, of course, getac- be difficult to replace Patelfor the manyre- ological beliefsand secrets of our organisa- Both were very different and yetalike: One cracks thecompetitive Indian civilserv- customedtothe grief and sorrow—that is markablethingshewas andfor his devotion tional strength. We areall muchdiminished being comfortable at the frontline as indeed ices examination, and is still blamedfor human nature, afterall. But it seems that to the cause of the party,itisnot justhyper- in the untimelydemise of the gentle giant of at private conferences; and the other con- “UPSCjihad”,itisamanifest bigotedpar- Americastillwanttheirjobstobesecured thingsfor us in the Congress will neverbe bole causedbygrief and asense of loss. After our times. tent to guidematters from behind the lines. adox.Inessence,theright-wingpoliticsof and alimit on migration. the same. It felt that waywhen we gathered all, from beingayoung party leader under Having come from Ankleshwar in Onenever diffident about wordsinpublic, polarisation will keep churning anti- Yash Sinha, Vadodara at his house to bid him goodbye,alas in the Indira Gandhi to being an indispensable ad- Gujarat, Ahmedbhai, who grew up to all but but the othercommunicating with silences. Muslim sentiments. absence of mortalremains due to the strict viser to RajivGandhi,Narasimha Rao, rule the capital of India, has quietlyreturned What theyshared wasadeep knowledge of LRMurmu, Delhi UP'SAPARTHEID LAW COVID-19restrictions,surroundedby Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi, the late home. In recent years, he did sometime talk the Congress party.Dada wrote about it with masked familiar faces that have been part leader had acquired an institutional stature. about returning to Ankleshwar but each aflourish but sadlyAhmedbhai did notget WAIT AND SEE THISREFERSTOtheeditorial,'Rollitback' of the worldhesustainedand nurtured un- Having donnedanunderstatedpolitical per- time, we knew it could notbeand that he the chance to recordhis partofthe story, (IE, November 26). The UP ordinance on noticed. sonality with an arms-lengthapproachto surelyknewsoaswell. But the ways of god leaving us impoverishedinknowledge even THIS REFERS TO theeditorial, ‘New Old inter-faith marriages underminesper- The complexrelationships thatform the media, he wasnonetheless aconfidant aremysterious and unpredictable. as the sinking thought reminds us: Bare America’ (IE, November 26). It is maybe sonal liberty and incentivises hooligan- the body of the party were knownto of innumerabletop journalists, civilservants Thousands of Ahmedbhai’s admirers and shawq se sun raha thazamana/Humhisogaye true that “America is back”, but how ism.The draconian lawnot onlycontra- Ahmed bhailikethe palmofhis hand. How and politiciansfromacross the party.But the well-wishers who constantlyprayed forhim dasta kehte kehte (The worldwas listening muchisthisisbeneficialfor Indiaisthe dictsBJP'slong-stated view on Uniform manytimes and wherehemight have in- understated demeanour and quietconfi- would have notfor amomentthoughtthat in rapt attention/But we dozed offwhile important question. Howthe US re- CivilCode.Itissimilartoapartheid,which tervenedtohelp, counsel, encourageorre- dence on the surface, likestill waters, ran their prayers would notbeanswered. telling the tale). spondsontrade towardsChina post had put legal obstacles forinter-ethnic assurewould be knowntohim and the per- very deep. Therewas so much,perhaps all COVID-19has been very harsh to the Januarymustalso be seen. Policies can’t marriages amongits citizens. son concernedonly. He had his favourites, therewas to know, that he kept discreet. whole worldand everylifelosttothe pan- Thewriter is asenior Congress leader,and disappear in one night and the people of RajivBoolchand Jain, Zirakpur likeweall do, but that fact wasnever re- Some short-sighted people mightthink that demic has remindedusofthe insignificance former Union Minister WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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Cracks widen in TMC DELHI MOVE TO BOOST INDIAN OCEAN SECURITY China talks on, but no nation after minister Adhikari DovaltovisitLanka, should be expansionist:Rajnath quitskey office Defence Ministersays nearlyimpossible to executeanother JaishankarSeychelles 26/11-style attack, India notshy of cross-border actiononterror ATRIMITRA With Thursdaymarking the &SWEETYKUMARI tions withnewly-appointed EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Defence 12th anniversaryofMumbai ter- KOLKATA,NOVEMBER26 SHUBHAJITROY Ministerfor Foreign Affairs and NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 Minister rorattack, whichkilled166 peo- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 TourismSylvestreRadegonde. Rajnath ple, Singh said, “Wecan assurethe RUMBLINGS WITHIN the ruling Suvendu His visitassumessignificance STATINGTHATnocountry Singh people that India has strength- TMC in West Bengalcame to the Adhikari AT Atime Chinese aggression in as India is developinginfrastruc- should harbour “expansionist” enedits internal and external se- fore Thursdaywhen minister the Indo-Pacific region is evident, tureatthe Assumption island, a ambitions, and eachshould de- curity system to an extent that an- Suvendu Adhikari resignedas NewDelhiismovinginfastto keystrategic project. Developing velop within itsboundaries, are“someagreements, protocols other 26/11onIndian soil is now chairman of the HooghlyRiver is inevitable that strengthen maritime security in External Affairs Minister infrastructureonAssumption is- Defence MinisterRajnath Singh that arefollowedbyarmies of almostimpossible to execute.” BridgeCommissioners (HRBC), his father and twobrothers will the Indian Ocean region. National SJaishankar and National land in Seychelles is akey piece on Thursdaysaid thatChina has both countries to patrol” the Line He said November 26 is con- and party MP KalyanBanerjee also leave.Wehavetosee what Security Advisor Ajit Dovalwill be Security Advisor Ajit Doval in India’s proactive maritime “said another round of talkswill of Actual Control (LAC). sidered very important in terms wasnamedtothe postwith im- happens next.” in Sri Lanka on Fridaytoholddis- strategy as it counters China’s take place, but the dates have not Problems, however, occur of national security,asthe mediateeffect. Meanwhile, CoochBehar cussions with keysecurity and movesinIndian Ocean region. been finalised” yet. “when agreedprotocols areig- Mumbai terror attackmade Ministerfor transport,irriga- Dakshin MLAMihir Goswami defence ministers of Sri Lanka among Indian Ocean countries,” But President Ramkalawan “Talksare going on, and more nored,hesaid. Indiachange itssecurity strategy tion and waterresources, has also leftthe TMC. andMaldives, andExternal Affairs the MinistryofExternal Affairs opposedthe project in the talksare going to happensoon,” Singh said: “Wecannotallow forever. “Noself-respecting Adhikari has been distancing “On October 3rdafter an- MinisterSJaishankarisheadedto said in astatement Thursday. course of his political campaign. he said. PLAtoact on the LACinanuni- countrycan forget the26/11in- himself from the TMC forseveral nouncing my resignation from Seychelles. The meeting will provide an Jaishankar’svisitisthe first Speaking at the Hindustan lateral wayunder anycircum- cident... Iamproud that our se- months now, organising pro- all organisational responsibili- Dovalwill be in Colombo on opportunity fordiscussiononis- in-person visit to Seychelles Times Leadership Summit,Singh stances. We do notwant war curity forces did notlet asingle grammes withoutthe party ban- ties of the TrinamoolCongress, I Friday, where he will holdaNSA- suespertaining to cooperation since the Covid pandemic. saidIndia is notshy of taking ac- with anyone, but to ensurewar terroristgobackalive,” he said. ner.Posters of ‘AmraDadar had also said that Ican also re- leveltrilateral meeting on mar- in maritime security, it added. Seychelles,whichisunderstrict tion across the border against does nottakeplace,itisneces- Ever since Independence, he Anugami’ (Weare thefollowers sign from the postofMLA if the itime securitycooperation with On the sidelines, the NSAisalso quarantine norms, has made an terrorismany longer,and that it sarythat we should always be said, “therehas been aconstant of Dada) have been put up by his party supremo instructs. It has SriLanka’s Defence Secretary expected to have other bilateral exemption to allowthe visit. “To is nearly impossible to execute ready forwar.Wewantpeace. effort by the anti-Indian forces supporters at severalplaces, and already been twomonths. Ireg- MajGen (Retd) Kamal engagements, it said. the best of ourknowledge,no another 26/11-style terror attack Historically, India has neverat- to createanatmosphereofinsta- there’s intense speculation that ularly sharemythoughtswith Gunaratne and Maldives Jaishankar will travel to other high-levelvisit has taken on Indian soil today. tacked anynation or captured an bility within India eitherby he mayleave theTMC forBJP people on social media about my Defence Minister MariyaDidi. Seychelles on Nov27-28 place since the newPresident Referring to the ongoing inchofany other nation. We pre- crossing the borders or through aheadofthe Assemblyelections thoughts. Those who have wel- This mechanism is being re- November,after visiting Bahrain took over.Hence, the External standoffwith Chinese PLAatthe parefor wartoprevent war. the borders...Pakistanhas now in West Bengal next year. comedmythoughts, Iwould like vivedafter six years —pastmeet- and the UAE. Affairs ministerwill be thefirst LACinLadakh, Singh said: “Like “But Iwant to reiterate: no- triedall the tricks on terrorism.” Adhikari wasnot available for to tell them again that over the ings were held in Maldives He will call-on newly-elected high-levelvisitor he willbere- Pakistan, we have another body can occupyaninchof Singh said aspecial force comment Thursday, but aclose lastten years, Ihavebeen repeat- (2011), in Sri Lanka (2013), and President WavelRamkalawan ceiving,” asource said. neighbour who keeps raising India’s land.” namedSagar Prahari Bal is being aide, who is also aTMC leader, edly neglected and humiliated in India (2014). and discuss the priorities of the Jaishankar,itislearnt,iscar- disputes about the border.” He Singh also stated that India's preparedwithin the Navy,which said, “It (hisresignationfrom within the party as adedicated “The NSA-level Trilateral newgovernmentand avenues rying aletterfromPrime said thereare “perceptional dif- forces have been givenafree will “notonlyprotect navalassets HRBC)can be treatedasthe start worker,” Goswami said in aso- Meeting has servedasaneffec- forfurther strengthening rela- MinisterModi to the newly ferences between India and hand to “stronglyoppose any presentin thecoastalareas,butit of his exit from the TMC.” cial media post. tive platform forcooperation tions. He will also hold consulta- elected President. China on the border,” but there changeonLAC”. will also act as aforce multiplier”. Adhikari’s father and TMC “Thestate leadership of the MP SisirAdhikari said he heard party has remainedsilent and on TV that his son had resigned has also supported it. Despitere- from the HRBC. He said if the peated statementsmade by me, ‘BJP ruling indirectly... should Chief MinisterthinksKalyan Iwitnessednochange. Today, I Banerjee is amoreappropriate realise that the party Ihad joined candidatefor the chairman’s about twenty twoyears agois post, then it’s up to herand “I notthe same anymore. Thereis seek votes on what it has done’ have no comment on that”. no place formeinthis party.So AseniorTMC member said, todayIwant to end all ties with “The Adhikarifamilyalways de- this Trinamool Congress. Ihope J&K PEOPLE’SConference chair- role model state. But thereis cides as afamily. So, if Suvendu my long-time friendsand well- man and People’s Alliance For hardlyany role model statein decides to quit the party,then it wishers willforgive me,” he said. GupkarDeclaration (PAGD) India... and we arearole model spokesperson SAJADLONE stateinmanyother issues. Nota spoketoNAVEED IQBAL on the single farmer suicide, no dowry AIMIM’s ‘inroads’ in Bihar polls coming together of mainstream deaths, no customofdowry,lib- parties and the alliance’s prepa- eral people, moregender neutral leave Cong jittery in Rajasthan rations forthe upcoming local in terms of equal opportunities Police personneluse watercanons on farmers near Ambala polls. Excerpts: forwomen than anyother state on Thursday. PTI in India, incidences of crime Some Congress leaders feel What were your (PAGD) againstwomen is very low... My DEEPMUKHERJEE that severalfactors, suchasdis- motivations to contestthe point is that if lack of develop- JAIPUR,NOVEMBER26 content amongstthe Muslim DDC elections? ment warrantsrelegating astate No one can stop communityovertherecentmay- We arepartofacollective to UT,then theywill have to rel- WITH THE AIMIM putting up a oral elections in Jaipur,havere- mechanism. Anydecision made egateall states. good electoral showinthe Bihar sulted in an environment fitfor collectively is binding on all the The PAGD chairperson has us,say thousands polls, the political milieu in the AIMIM to cultivate asupport members. Iwas partofthe con- written to theState Election Congress-ruledRajasthanisabuzz base. sensus to go ahead and contest ment waselected whichmoved Commission, stating that candi- with speculation of the party “Owaisi is seen working as an these elections.... The elections very fast to implement itsideo- dates of the alliance arenot be- making inroads in Rajasthan. agent of PM NarendraModi and arebeingrushedthrough, cer- logical agenda... My ideological ing allowedtocanvass in their at capital’s borders The probableentryofthe the BJP,for the purposeofweak- tainlywith motivesotherthan preferences were made clear on areas. AIMIM in Rajasthan has also ening the Congress...,” Congress empoweringpeople at the grass- August4when Ijoinedthe al- That is the feedbackwehave capital, until the Centre listens to prompted aresponsefromthe MLAand party Chief Whip root level... THEEXPRESS liance meeting. Nobody forced got from the ground. Therecer- SUKHBIRSIWACH our legitimate demands and Congress, whichhas accusedits Mahesh Joshi said. Ipersonallysupport partici- me to ally withBJP... and nobody tainlyisanexplicit andblatant &RAAKHIJAGGA withdrawsthe farm laws.” chief Asaduddin Owaisi of being FULLREPORTON pation in all elections, irrespec- INTERVIEW could have forced me to notbea bias in terms of providingsecu- CHANDIGARH,LUDHIANA, Amongtheparticipantsofthe an “agent” of the BJP. www.indianexpress.com tive of anyhostile conditions or WITH partofthe alliance.... But retro- rity to those alignedwith the rul- NOVEMBER26 “Delhi Chalo” march at Shambhu political compulsions. My debut SAJAD spectively, Iregret my foolhardi- ing party directlyorindirectly. barrierwasSukhbirKaur,51, who in politics wasasapartofthe ness and naivety. THE SAMYUKT Kisan Morcha had come from Mangatvillageof ODISHA GIRL FOUND DEAD LONE boycottideology... And Ican say J&K PEOPLE’S Do youviewthese elections and All IndiaKisan Sangharsh Dasuyaalong with her young that it is an infertileconcept... CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN One of the allegationsthe BJP as an appraisal of the current Coordination Committee daughter Gursimrat. Therewas Oppn seeks minister’s ouster Boycottdisempowers people makes is that these are dispensation in J&Kaswell as (AIKSCC), in ajoint statement also retiredFCImanagerGurnam and creates space forthe very District Development Council the Centreoverthe last14 said morethan 50,000 farmers Singh Dhumma, and 15-year-old after couple’s immolation bid peoplewho youwanttokeep litical workers of these parties... Elections and PAGD is not months? were expected to be at Delhi’s schoolboySachin Sharma. out. discussing development, but We can’t have one election to bordersbyThursday evening, “Khattar should nothave According to the parents, the Did you, duringyour speaking of specialstatus and define this. The BJP has now and thattheir “numbers areex- stopped us, he should knowthat AISHWARYAMOHANTY girlhad gone missing from near What did it take forall parties detention, reflectonyour the largerquestions been ruling this place indirectly pected to swell through the youcan’tcow down aPunjabi,” BHUBANESWAR, NOVEMBER26 their house on July10. Her re- in PAGD to come together? association with the BJP? concerning Kashmir.What is forabout twoyears... They night as thousands of tractors Rajinder Singh, leader of the Kirti mains were found twoweeks Ihonestlyfeel that no one YesIdid... Letmeexplain my your take on that? should seek avoteonwhat they and trolleys arecarrying farm- Kisan Union from Mansa, said. TWODAYSafter acouple at- later. neededtobepersuaded... point of view. When the 2014 We areaware that DDC elec- have done.... It’s theopposition ers, women and children from Rajinder and alarge group of temptedself-immolation out- Opposition Chief Whip Everyone felt we shouldcome elections were held, therewas tions arefor basic grassroots thatnormallytalks about what interior areas of Punjab”. about 2,000 protesters broke side the Odisha Assembly, MohanMajhi said that theyare together.Therewas an onslaught no ideologicalmandate. All par- democracy and development. has notbeendoneorwhat has The statement criticisedthe through the barricadesonthe Opposition parties Thursday notsatisfiedwith the decision to and therewas no other option... ties have an ideological agenda But no election anywhereinthe been donebadly.Thatrightis “inhuman, anti-people, RSS-BJP Sardulgarh-Sirsa road around 1 corneredthe BJD government in transfer the case to theCrime and adevelopment agenda. No countryisdevoid of politics. You ours today... Haryana government” forusing pm. “Haryana Police stoppedus, the House over allegedpolice in- Branchasthe ministercould still Howwouldyou respond to single party secured seatsbe- can’t de-link politics from elec- forceagainstthe farmers. It said but Haryanvi villagersservedus action in the killing of their 5- influence the investigation. the Home Minister terming yond the 50 per cent markto tions... When do yousee yourself “massiveprotests have been re- langar at Hanspurvillage,” year-old daughter. The parents Sahoo Thursday said he wel- the alliance the “Gupkar pursue an ideological agenda. In contesting an election? portedfromfarmers andindus- Rajinder said. have alleged that Agriculture comesafreshprobeinthematter. Gang”? the absence of that, Ithought What about the criticism Youhavetoask the trialworkers in EastUP, Bihar, Police accusedthe farmers of MinisterArun Kumar Sahoo The statement came even as Ihonestlythink that they that the developmental agenda aimed at development done Government of India when they West Bengal, Odisha, Telangana, violence.“Theythrew stones shieldedone of the prime sus- an audio-clip of apurportedcon- should have desistedfromthe is something that we can work by the popular governments aregoing to conduct elections. Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil when the police stoppedthem pectsinthe case from arrest,de- versation between the minister word “gang” under all circum- on... in J&K until 2018? Theyhavecreated stakeholders... Nadu, AndhraPradesh, Gujarat from moving intoHaryana (from railing the policeinvestigation. and the sarpanch from the girl's stances. Thereare three former ...The government broke ... If youare going to compare Nowbureaucracy is anew stake- and Maharashtra”, as well. Punjab).Thepoliceaskedthemto On Thursday, members of village,intheaftermathof thesui- chief ministers in this midway and that wasthe end of us with London or NewYork, we holder.You reallythink theywill Protesters including women leave theirtractorsatthe border the Opposition parties including cide attempt by the parents, alliance...Thereare members of our alliance with them. We pale in comparison. But you allowpopular rule to come and children, gathered at the andmove onfoot.Legalactionwill BJP and Congress intensified spreadonsocialmedia.Intheclip, Parliament, centralministers. fought Parliamentaryelections compareuswith an Uttar back?Ipersonallyfeel it is along Shambhu barrier near Ambala, be takenagainstthosewho have their demand forSahoo’s resig- avoicealleged to be Sahoo's is Thereare so many former cabi- on our own, withatag that we Pradesh or aChhattisgarh or a distance away. told TheIndianExpress that the broken the law,”Hisar rangeIGP nation, twice forcing the ad- heardchiding the sarpanchfor netministers... and mostimpor- had alliedwith them. That wasa Bihar,Iwould sayweare doing FULLINTERVIEWON governmentsinHaryana and at SanjayKumar said. journment of the Assembly. “instigating” the parents. tantlythereare thousands of po- meretag... Anew Union govern- very well... We have notbeena www.indianexpress.com theCentrewould notbeable to Haryana DGP Manoj Yadava stop them from reaching Delhi. said protesters from Punjabhad “It is ahugemistake on the pelted nakas at Dabwali (Sirsa), CBI filesFIR SLPs filed in top partofthe Haryana government. Dhanori (DataSinghwala), and Will remove allencroachments on state, Chief MinisterManohar Lal Tohana with stones. “Theydis- against former courtagainst Khattar should have understood mantledthepolicenakasbyusing our plight and allowedusto unlawful force. Theyhavetriedto J&K ministerfor scrapping of forestland:BJP promise for DDC polls peacefullymarch... Nobody can traveltowardsDelhi.We have de- stop us,” aprotester said. layedtheir movement alot by in- ‘forest landgrab’ Roshni Act in Jammu and Srinagar areon When his attention was Baseer Khan,anadvisor to J&KLt Anotherprotesteradded:“We stalling nakas at multiple places. ARUNSHARMA stateland, their occupation of it drawntowards astatusreport Governor Manoj Sinha, in the have enough supplies to campin Theyare trying to jam the capital, NewDelhi: The CBI has booked NewDelhi: Abunchofspecial JAMMU,NOVEMBER26 has been regularisedunder filedbyDivisional 2009Gulmarglandscam.In2009, Delhi foratleastsix months. We whichshouldn’t be allowed,” former Jammu and Kashmir leave petitions have been filedin RoshniAct. TheAbdullahs’ house Commissioner Jammu and the then StateVigilance arereadytospendallwinterinthe Yadava told TheIndian Express. ministerTaj Mohiuddin in con- the Supreme Courtagainsta All STATEand forest landwill be in Jammu’s Bhatindi area, where Principal Chief Conservator of Organisation–now ACB–had nection with alleged illegal reg- Jammu and KashmirHigh Court retrieved from unauthorised oc- twoformer CMs –DrFarooq Forestsinthe Jammu Kashmir registeredacase against20peo- ularisation of encroachedforest order scrapping theRoshni Act cupantsafter demolishing struc- Abdullah and Omar Abdullah – High Courtthat BNCollegebe- ple, including Khan,the then If asked to, will march with land in his name under the that gave proprietaryrightsto tures raisedonthem, the BJP live,too,isbuilt on apiece of ing run by former BJP minister BaramullaDeputyCommissioner, Roshni Act, officials said on occupantsofstate land,withthe promised in itsvision document land, amajor portion of which Abdul Gani Kohliand hisfamily and sixother topbureaucratsfor farmers in Delhi: Mamata Thursday. petitioners pleading that they forthe upcoming District belongs to forests,” Sethi said. in Channi Rama area of Jammu allegedlymisusing their official Along with Mohiuddin, afor- neverencroachedongovern- Development Council (DDC) “So in coming days,the land is on stateland, Sethi said: positionto transferstatelandear- vited,she will join them. mer Congress minister in the ment land and were nevermade elections in Jammu and Kashmir from both these offices will be “Whosoeverhas done encroach- markedfor development of EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE “The farm laws have erstwhile state, theagency has aparty in the case. on Thursday. The party also said retrievedand these offices ment, allthe landhas to be re- touristinfrastructure in Gulmarg KOLKATA,NOVEMBER26 snatchedthe rightsoffarmers. also booked Mohammaed The SLPs movedbyformer that criminal prosecution will be closed,” he said. Similarly,“if our trievedfromhim.’ to private parties. The laws willpavethe wayfor Ramzan Thakur,former Deputy bureaucrats, businessmen and launched againstthose, includ- party comestopowerinthe DDC “Whosoeverisinvolved–for- Apartfromremoving en- HOURS AFTER Punjab Chief middlemanand corruption… Commissioner of Shopian; retired judges challenged the ing bureaucrats, who facilitated elections, we will retrieve the mer CMs, their ministers, busi- croachments, the BJP in itsvision MinisterAmarinder Singh criti- The waypeaceful farmers were MohammedYousuf Zargar, then October 9order of the high court the encroachments. forest land on whichAbdullahs’ nessmen who arefundingpoliti- document promisedimproved cisedpolice action againstfarm- treated is highlycondemnable. Additional Deputy whichdeclared the Roshni Act Releasingthe vision docu- house has been constructed and cal parties, bureaucratsand even powerand watersupply, ers marching peacefullytowards They(Centre) cannotsnatchthe Commissioner;Hafizullah Shah, “illegal, unconstitutional and un- ment,BJP chief spokesperson restoreittoforests,” he said. policeofficers,actionwillbetaken strengthening road network, Delhi against the contentious democratic rightsoffarmers. I then Assistant Commissioner sustainable” and ordered aCBI Sunil Sethi said, “The BJP has zero “Forestland is meant forwildlife againsteveryone,’’ Sethi said. promoting areas of touristpo- farm laws,WestBengalChief fullysupporttheir protestand if (Revenue); and Ghulam Hassan probeintothe allotment of the tolerance forencroachments.” and politicians and their houses Lastmonth, the Anti tential to boostlocaleconomy MinisterMamataBanerjee on invited,Ican also join (them),” Rather,the then Tehsildar. PTI land under this law. PTI “National Conference offices have no place on it.” Corruption Bureauhad indicted and createemployment. Thursdayannouncedthat if in- she said at apress conference. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,NOVEMBER27,2020 13 THE WORLD PANDEMIC Trump pardons WATCH Bidenurgesunity:‘We’reatwar ex-adviser Flynn, withvirus,notwithoneanother’ who pleaded guilty in Russia probe ANNIEKARNI USTOPCOURTBACKS BilawalBhutto WASHINGTON,NOVEMBER26 CHALLENGETONEW US PRESIDENT-ELECT Joseph R YORKCURBSON REUTERS PAKISTAN Biden Jr on Wednesdaydeliv- WASHINGTON,NOVEMBER26 ered araw but optimistic ad- RELIGIOUSSERVICES BilawalBhutto dress to Americans in his first US PRESIDENT Donald Trumpon nonpolitical speechsince win- Washington: The Supreme Wednesdaypardonedhis for- testsCovid ning the election,pleading with CourtlateWednesdaynight mer national security adviser positive,in the nation to "hang on" and have barredrestrictions on reli- Michael Flynn, who had twice US PresidentDonaldTrump hope even with the number of gious services in NewYork pleadedguilty to lying to theFBI and formernational security self-isolation coronavirus cases spiking across that GovernorAndrew M. duringthe investigation into adviser Michael Flynn the countryand ahardwinter on Cuomo had imposedto Russian meddling in the 2016 Islamabad: Pakistanop- the horizon. combat the coronavirus. presidential election. position leader Bilawal "Looking backoverour his- In an unsignedopinion, Trump’s pardon, whichcould BhuttoZardari said on tory,you see thatit's been in the the majority said Mr. be thefirst of severalafter he lost ED Pardonblitz Thursday that he has mostdifficult circumstances that Cuomo’srestrictions vio- the 2020 presidentialelection to before tested positivefor the the soul of our nation has been lated theFirst Democrat JoeBiden, drew con- PLAIN E Trumpexit? ● coronavirus.The Pakistan forged," Mr.Biden said. Amendment’s protection of demnation from Democratsand EX Peoples Partychiefand In an implicit repudiation of the free exercise of religion. other critics. son of former PM Benazir Mr.Trump,who has dismissed The measures were Aretired Armygeneral, Flynn THE END of anypresi- Bhuttowent intoisola- the coronavirus as the flu and prompted in large partby pleadedguilty to lying to theFBI dentialadministration is tion afterbeing infected mockedpeople who wear rising coronavirus cases in about interactions he had with atime forintense lobby- with the virus. Bilawal masks, Mr.Biden urged Amedical stafferinMonza, Italysanitises her colleague aftertreating asuspected Covid-19 OrthodoxJewish areas but Russia’s ambassador to the ing related to pardons. has recentlyreturnedto Americans to see it as their pa- patient inside an ambulance. AP coveredall “houses of wor- United States in the weekslead- But in Trump’s case, it Karachi afterrunning al- triotic duty to fight the pandemic ship.” NYT ing up to Trump’s inauguration extends to his ownper- mostamonth-long elec- together by taking the proper in January2017. sonal and political con- tion campaign prior to precautions."Iknowthe coun- dent," before claiming, inaccu- He has since sought to with- siderations, his bitterness the November 15 election tryhas grownwearyofthe rately,that the countryhad German Covid-19 curbs PUTINOPENSCOVID draw the plea, arguingthat pros- over the Russia inquiry in Gilgit-Baltistan. He also fight," he said. "Weneedtore- "roundedthe curve." Mr.Biden DRUGPLANT, RUSSIA ecutors violated his rights and and his transactional ap- attendedamassive anti- member we'reatwar with the on Wednesdayappearedtopick dupedhim intoaplea agree- proachtogoverning. government rallyofthe virus, notwith oneanother,not up the wartime mantle, describ- set to last into 2021 REPORTSRECORD ment. His sentencing has been The sheer number of PakistanDemocratic with eachother." ingthe coronavirus pandemic as of Germany’s 16 federal states FORCASES,DEATHS deferredseveral times. peopleinthe president’s Movement in Peshawar As he urged3Americansto "a nearly yearlong battle"that REUTERS lateonWednesday to extend “It is my Great Honor to an- circle to have gottenin on November 22. PTI wear face masks, practice social has "devastated this nation." BERLIN,NOVEMBER26 and tighten the coronavirus Moscow: Russian President nounce that General Michael T. trouble with the lawhas distancing and limitthe size of "America is notgoing to lose lockdown until December 20, Vladimir Putin on Thursday Flynnhas been granted aFull also made the question group gatherings, especially this war,"hesaid, reminding GERMANY WILL probablyhave but ease rulesoverthe Christmas inaugurated apharmaceu- Pardon. Congratulations to of pardons especially aroundthe holidays,henoted: people, "Don'tlet yourself sur- to stickwith measures to holidays to letfamilies and tical plant in Siberia that @GenFlynn and his wonderful fraught. TURKEY "None of thesesteps we'reask- render to thefatigue." dampen the coronaviruspan- friends celebratetogether. willmanufacture drugsto family, Iknowyou will nowhave 475jailedfor ing peopletotakeare political Mr.Biden also triedtopaintan demic intoJanuary, Chancellor “Giventhe high number of in- treatCovid-19. atrulyfantastic Thanksgiving!” statements. Everyone of them is optimistic visionofthe future,de- Angela Merkelsaid on Thursday, fections, we assume that the re- “People needthese Trumpwrote on Twitter,aday president has pardonedArmy lifeover2016 basedonscience, real science." spitethe currentcrisis, andasked while her chiefofstaff suggested strictionswhichare in place be- drugs,” he said. “Theyneed before theUSholiday. personnel accused of warcrimes He said he hoped thegood Americans to "dream again." that restrictions might be fore Christmaswill continueto be them literallyevery day.” Flynn’s attorney who told a in Afghanistanand Joe Arpaio,a coupattempt news abouteffectivevaccines "We'regoing to leadthe neededuntil March. valid until the startofJanuary, cer- Russia reported arecord courtinSeptember she person- former Arizona sheriffand hard- would "serve as an incentiveto worldbythe powerofour exam- “Giventhe high number of in- tainlyfor mostparts of Germany,” high of 25,487 newcoron- allyasked Trumpnot to pardon lineragainst illegalimmigration. Istanbul: ATurkish court everyAmerican to take these ple, notjustthe example of our fections, we assume that the re- Merkeltold parliament. avirus infectionson her client, said the pardon was “Thispardon is undeserved, sentenced475 accused simple steps to getcontrol of the power,"hesaid. "We'regoing to strictions whichare in place be- Merkel’s chief of staff said Thursdayand 524deaths in “bittersweet”becauseFlynn was unprincipled, and one more ringleaders of the failed virus.There's real hope,tangible lead the worldonclimateand fore Christmaswillcontinueto be rules limiting social contact the last24hours, the high- innocent. stain on President Trump’s rap- 2016 coup against hope. So hang on." save this planet. We'regoing to valid until the startofJanuary, cer- might be neededfor longer. “We estnumbers it has reported Trump’s move wasthe high- idlydiminishing legacy,” House President Recep Tayyip Mr.Trump, in the early days find cures forcancer and tainlyfor mostparts of Germany,” have difficult winter months since the startofthe pan- est-profile pardon he has of RepresentativesJudiciary Erdogan to multiple life of the pandemic, had triedto Alzheimer's and diabetes, I Merkeltold parliament. ahead of us. This willcontinue demic. REUTERS granted since he took office. Committee Chairman Jerry terms on Thursday, brand himself a"wartime presi- promise you." NYT Merkelagreedwith leaders until March,” HelgeBraun said. Among others, the Republican Nadler said in astatement. Turkish media reported, culminating one of the mostimportant mass tri- UK PM appoints Four students als of nearly500 defen- British-Australian PM: Ethiopia to begin ‘final dantsaccusedofinvolve- business charged over ment in the plot. The trial consultant as Paris teacher’s focusedonagroup of scholar freed in phase’ofoffensive in Tigray senior militaryofficers and civilians who gath- new chief of staff beheading ered in the Akinci air base Iran prisoner swap outside the capital, REUTERS Ankara, on the night of REUTERS ADDISABABA,NAIROBI, AGENCIES the coup and ordered FARNAZFASSIHI LONDON,NOVEMBER26 NOVEMBER26 PARIS,NOVEMBER26 warplanes,helicopters NEWYORK,NOVEMBER26 and armyunitstoattack BRITISH PRIME MinisterBoris THE ETHIOPIAN militarywill be- FOUR STUDENTS have been and seize key targets. NYT IRAN RELEASED aBritish- Johnson appointed Dan gin the “final phase” of an offen- chargedoverthe killing of aParis Australian scholar,Kylie Moore- Rosenfield,abusinessconsult- sive in the rebellious northern teacher lastmonth, Frenchme- AUSTRALIA Gilbert, detainedsince2018on ant and former treasuryofficial, Tigray region, Prime Minister dia reportedonThursday. chargesofspying forIsrael, in a as his newchiefofstaff on Abiy Ahmedsaid on Thursday, In October,anIslamistterror- 10soldierstobe prisoner swap conducted Thursday. hours afteranultimatum for istmurdered SamuelPaty and sackedover Wednesdayfor three Iranian Johnson is reshaping his sen- Tigray forces to surrender ex- beheadedhim afterthe teacher men described by Iran’s official Kylie Moore-Gilbert ior team of advisers following pired. showedcartoons of the Prophet Afghankillings media as businessmen who had the dramatic departureof The government gave the Muhammad,whichweretaken been held abroad. Dominic Cummings earlier this Tigray People’s Liberation Front Women who fledthe conflictinEthiopia's Tigray region at a from the satirical magazine Sydney: Australia has is- Iran didnot reveal the iden- showedone of the men in a month. Cummingswas seen as (TPLF) 72 hours on Sundaytolay refugee campineastern Sudan. AP Charlie Hebdo,tohis students. suedtermination notices tities of the three citizens wheelchair. the driving forcebehind down their arms or face an as- Three of thestudentscharged to at least10specialforces swappedfor Ms. Moore-Gilbert Therewas no immediate Johnson’s strategy on Brexit and sault on Mekelle, the regional were reportedly accusedof soldiersafterthe release of nor the identity of the countryor comment about the swap from mostother policies, and his exit capital of 500,000 people. surrendered.The TPLF has de- added. "complicity in aterroristmurder" areportthat found credi- countries where theyhad been either Thailand or Israel. Prime has been billedasachance fora Rightsgroups raisedcon- niedits fighters aresurrendering. Thousands of people areal- by allegedly pointing Paty outto ble evidenceofunlawful held. But social media channels MinisterScott Morrison of ‘reset’ forthe British leader. cerns forcivilians caught up in “The lastpeacefulgatewhich ready believedtohavediedand the killer.The three areagedbe- killings in Afghanistan, the affiliated with the Islamic Australia said he was“thrilled “ThePrime Ministerhas to- militaryoperations. remainedopen forthe TPLF therehas been widespread de- tween 13 and 14 years old, news ABC said Thursday. An in- Revolutionary Guards Corps in and relieved” at Ms. Moore- dayappointed Dan Rosenfield as Reuters wasnot immediately clique to walk through has now struction from aerial bombard- agency AFP reported. dependent reportpub- Iran identifiedthe three as Saeed Gilbert’s release but providedno his chief of staff,”astatement abletoreachthe TPLF forcom- been firmlyclosed,” Abiy said. ment and ground fighting since The fourth suspectisthe lishedlastweekin Moradi, Mohammad Khazaei details on howithad been from Johnson’sofficesaid. He ment. Claims by allsides have Abiy, who wonthe Nobel the warbegan on Nov. 4. Nearly daughter of the man who ledan redacted form said there and Masoud Sedaghat Zadeh, all arranged. will begin work in Downing been impossibletoverify be- peace prize lastyear forending 43,000 refugees have fledover online campaign againstPaty, wasevidence that 39 un- detainedinThailand since 2012 Ms.Moore-Gilbertwas alec- Street on December 7and offi- cause phone and internetcon- along-running stand-offwith the bordertoSudan. TPLFrockets AFP reported. She has reportedly armedAfghan prisoners on chargesofhaving plannedto turer in Islamic Studies at the ciallytakeupthe Chief of Staff nections to theregion aredown Eritrea, calledonthe people of have hitthe capital of neigh- been chargedwith "slanderous andcivilians were killed bomb Bangkok,and assassinate University of Melbourne when role on January1. and access to the area is tightly Mekelle to “disarm, stay at home bouring Eritrea. denunciation" of Paty. by 19 Australian soldiers. Israeli diplomatsthere. she went to Iran in 2018 to at- Rosenfield previously controlled. and stay away from militarytar- On Wednesday, Human The newsuspects comein REUTERS Mr.Moradi lostbothlegs in a tend aconference. Agentsofthe worked at Bank of America as a “The72-hour period granted gets”. RightsWatchsaid both sides addition to the twoother stu- botchedbombing in Thailandas RevolutionaryGuards arrested managing director of investment to the criminalTPLF clique to sur- “Our National Defence Forces mustavoid putting civilians in dentswho were chargedinrela- FRANCE Thaipolice, apparentlyacting on her at the airportasshe wasleav- banking, and spent over a render peacefullyisnow over have carefullydevisedastrategy danger.The government’s warn- tion to the murder earlier this atip from Israeli intelligence, ing on chargesofspying for decade working in the finance and our lawenforcement cam- to bring the TPLF criminal clique ing did notabsolve it of the duty month. Those twosuspects, Policewatchdog brokeupaploteight years ago. Israel. ministrywhereheserved as a paign has reachedits final stage,” to justicewithout harming inno- to protect civilians when con- aged 14 and 15,wereindicted for toprobe‘beating Television footagefromthe She had been serving a10- senior aidetoformer finance Abiy tweeted, adding that civil- cent civilians, heritagesites, ducting militaryoperations in "complicity in terroristassassi- prisoner swap shown on state year sentence,muchofitinIran’s ministersAlistair Darling and ians would be spared andthat places of worship, development the city of Mekelle, the watch- nation" and have been placed ofBlackman’ televisioninIranonWednesday notorious Evin Prison, NYT George Osborne. thousands of fighters had already institutions and property,” he dog said. under judicial supervision.

Paris: France’s IGPN police watchdog is investigating allegations aBlackmusic New Zealand to declare producer wasphysically EQUIPPED WITH ULTRASOUND,X-RAY,OPERATING AND RECOVERY AREAS attackedand racially climate emergency to abusedduringapolice check,saidFrenchInterior Mobile hospital forhurt Australian wildlifehits road MinisterGeraldDarmanin combat global warming on Twitter on Thursday. “Seeing dozens of injured Ican getthereand Ican give Theincidentwascaptured REUTERS koalas sitting in laundrybaskets them thetreatment that they REUTERS New on CCTVfootage which SYDNEY,NOVEMBER26 waiting forcarewas heartbreak- need,” said wildlife specialistDr. WELLINGTON,NOVEMBER26 Zealand wascirculating online. “I ing,”Van Mil said in astatement. Bree Talbot, who will be aboard PM Jacinda have askedtheheadof the AMOBILE hospital forinjured Since then, acrowd-funding the mobile clinic along with a NEW ZEALAND Prime Minister Ardern police forcetoprovision- wildlifesuchaskoalas andkan- campaign, philanthropic dona- small team of volunteers and Jacinda Ardern’s government is allysuspend the police garoos beganajourneyon tions, and help from conserva- veterinarystaff. to declareaclimateemergency concerned,” wrote Thursdaytoits newbase in tion groups have turnedthe “I can give them the medi- in asymbolic step to increase on,”Ardernsaid,accordingto state Darmanin.Theallegedvic- Byron Bay, on Australia’s east A$700,000 ($515,600) mobile cine and the pain relief and the pressurefor action to combat broadcasterTVNZ. timsaidhehadbeenwalk- coast. hospital intoareality. fluid therapy... and getthem global warming. “Unfortunately, we were un- ing without afacemask-- Custom-built by Byron Bay The self-sufficient vehicle has backout hopefullysooner rather The government will put for- able to progress amotionaround againstCovid protocols -- Wildlife Hospital in a16-metre been fitted withveterinary than later,” she said. ward amotion to declarethe aclimateemergency in parlia- and upon seeing apolice (52.5-feet) semi-trailer truck, the equipment, including ultrasound Ongoing costs of A$250,000 emergency next Wednesday, the ment in the lastterm, but now car,went into his studio to mobile clinic will treat and reha- and X-ray machines, operating to maintain the clinic will be government said as parliament we’reableto.” avoid afine. However, the bilitatenative animals hurtand Avolunteer holds akangaroo rescuedfrombushfires in and recovery areas, waterstor- partlyborne by theWorld reconvenedafter ageneral elec- If aclimate emergency is policefollowedhiminside traumatisedduring wildlife Australia's Blue Mountains region. Reuters file age, satellitecommunications WildlifeFund forNature tion wonbyArdern’s party. passed, NewZealandwould join and startedtophysically crisesacross the country. and solar power. Australia (WWF), said Darren “We’vealwaysconsideredcli- countrieslikeCanada,Franceand attackhim and racially Byron BayWildlife Hospital “Being able to work in amo- Grover,the head of theWWF’s matechangetobeahugethreat Britainthat have takenthe same abuse him. REUTERS founder and CEO Dr.Stephen ceivedoftwo years ago, but the trous bushfireseason lastyear bile hospital means that Ican ac- HealthyLand and Seascapes to ourregion,and it is something course to focus effortsontackling VanMil said the projectwas con- devastation of Australia’s disas- underscored the need. tuallyhelp these animals quickly. group. we must take immediateaction climatechange. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 14 CALENDAR THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,NOVEMBER27,2020

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST OCTPOLICYGUIDANCEEMPHASISEDNEEDTOSEETHROUGHTEMPORARYINFLATIONPRESSURES Paytm, PhonePe, Amazon Pay, Stronger-than-expectedpickupin others now NPCI shareholders; recovery,Covidriseadownside:Das may get more say in UPI future ers ashotatdecidingthe future ENSECONOMICBUREAU NPCI has raisednearly shapeof UPIanddigitalpayments Association of India (FEDAI). The ment’s recent policy focus to en- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 in India.

ED ‘Capital account `82 crorevia private ENSECONOMICBUREAU Needtobe CentreislikelytoreleasetheSept- hance India’s participation in Thiscomesatatimewhenthe MUMBAI,NOVEMBER26 watchfulof emberquarterGDPdataonFriday. global valuechains,including convertibility THE NATIONALPayments placement of 4.63% of NPCIanddigitalpaymentcompa- PLAIN E “Weneedtobewatchfulabout through production linkedincen- Corporation of India (NPCI) on itsequity shares nies have disagreedwith each ● demand RESERVEBANK of India (RBI) EX thesustainabilityofdemandafter tivesfor targeted sectors, can Thursdayraisednearly Rs82crore otheronseveralkey policyissues, Governor ShaktikantaDas on festivals and apossible reassess- leverage on thestrong external is aprocess’ by wayofprivate placementof with the latestbeing the cap on Thursdaysaid the economyhas RBI GOVERNOR ment of market expectations sur- balancepositionof India,”hesaid. 4.63 per cent of itsequity shares Bank of India, Punjab National thetotalvolumeof paymentsthat exhibitedstronger-than-expected ShaktikantaDas has em- roundingthevaccine,”hesaid.The He assured that the Reserve Mumbai: RBI Governor to 19 newbanks,non-bankingen- Bank,CanaraBank,HDFC Bank canbedonebyany oneplayeron pickupinmomentumofrecovery phasised on the needto monetary policy guidance in Bank “remains committed to fos- ShaktikantaDas has said capital titiesandtheparentcompaniesof and ICICI Bank remain the bigger the UPI platform. but cautionedabout the “sustain- be watchfulaboutthe sus- October emphasisedthe needto teringorderlyfunctioningof finan- account convertibility of the ru- paymentsystems aggregators. players fornow,other older play- Earlierthis month,evenas ability of demand”. tainabilityofdemandaf- see through temporaryinflation cial markets andwill continue to pee will continue to be ap- “This broad basing exercise ers suchasStandardChartered Facebook-ownedWhatsApp got The recovery hascome after terfestivals and apossible pressures and also maintain the evaluateincoming information proachedasaprocess rather than wasdonetofurther diversify and Bank, DhanlaxmiBank,and IDFC the nod to roll out itsUPI pay- witnessing asharp contractionin reassessment of market accommodative stance at leastin having abearing on the financial an event, takingcognizance of distribute theNPCI shareholding FirstBankhavefound seats at the mentsservice to its400-million GDP by 23.9per cent in the first expectations surrounding thecurrentfinancialyearandinto marketsandact,asneeded,to mit- prevalent macroeconomiccon- to alargerset of the RBI (Reserve expandedtable.New entrantsto strong userbase, the NPCIissued quarterof2020-21and amulti- the vaccine.However, the the next financial year,hesaid. igateany downside risks”. ditions.“Alongterm vision with Bank of India) regulated entities the bankingsystemsuchas adirective askingthirdparty UPI speednormalisation of activity in resilientexternal balance Accordingto Das, akey source Das said domestic financial short and medium term goals is andcategoriesofpaymentindus- SuryodaySmallFinanceBankand providersto capthetotalnumber the second quarter, he said. position maybring in of resilience in recentmonthshas marketconditionswhichwerebe- the wayahead,” he said at a tryparticipants.NPCImadeanof- Capital Small Finance Bank are of transactions on theirplatform Das said the global economy somecomfort. been the comfortable external nign at the startofthe year wit- FEDAI event. ferfor the private placementto also in the expandedlistofNPCI, to 30 per cent of the total volume has also witnessedastronger- balance position of Indiasup- nessedseverestressand disloca- “Today, the capital account is 131RBI regulated entities, out of which nowhas 67 shareholders. of transactions. The move came a than-expectedreboundinactivity portedbysurplus current ac- tion as the pandemic unfolded. convertible to agreat extent. which19evinced interestand Theentryof non-bankingand week afterthe total number of intheSeptemberquarter. TheIMF has improved,downside risksto count balances over twoconsec- “The RBI acted proactively Inward foreign direct investment were allottedshares in NPCI,”the parent companies of digital pay- transactions on theUPI platform hasaccordingly reviseditsassess- growth continue duetorecent utive quarters, resumption of and nimble-footedlytoeasefi- (FDI) is allowedinmostsectors not-for-profit initiative,which ment companies suchasPaytm had crossed2billion amonth in ment forglobal growth in 2020 to surge in infections in advanced portfolio capitalinflows on the nancial marketconditions and andoutboundFDIby Indianincor- runs and manages the Unified PaymentsBank,One Mobikwik October. Inastatement,NPCIsaid alessseverecontractionthanwhat economiesandpartsof India,”Das back of robustFDI inflows,and mitigateriskswith aslewofcon- porated entities is allowedasa Payments Interface (UPI), said. Systems Private,Amazon Pay the move wasaimedtohelp ad- wasassessedinJune2020,hesaid. said in his address at the Annual sustainedbuild-up of foreign ex- ventional and unconventional multiple of their networth,” Thoughtraditionalbankssuch Indian Private,PhonePePrivate dresstheriskstotheUPIplatform “Even as the growth outlook DayofForeign ExchangeDealers’ changereserves. “The govern- measures,” he said. Das said. ENS as the StateBank of India, Union andPineLabsmaygivetheseplay- and protect the ecosystem.

AMAZON-FUTURECOUPONS CASE Future Retail: Not every AMID COVID-19 FC Kohli, ‘father of Indian ‘CFOs seek to balance short-term results, long-term value’ development ‘material Majority of CFOs feel that achieving abalance between short-term results and creating IT industry’, passes away long-term value will become apriority postthe pandemic, an EY survey said event for disclosure’ tureofinnovation and excel- Chief Financial THOSE WHO SAID THEY ENSECONOMICBUREAU lence in the tech industry. ement, the SingaporeInterna- >800Officers (CFOs), HAVE TO PROTECT THEIR MUMBAI,NOVEMBER26 Painedbyhis demise. ENSECONOMICBUREAU tional Arbitration Centre(SIAC) Financial Directors (FD) and ORGANISATION TODAY Condolences to hisfamily and NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 had made it aparty to theagree- senior finance executives of WHILE ENABLING FUTURE FC KOHLI, the firstchief execu- manyadmirers.” ment through an order.FRL had, large organisations covered GROWTH: tive officer of Tata Consultancy NChandrasekaran, chair- STEPPINGUPits attack on global therefore, “raisedjurisdictional under the EY survey, with 40 ■ 79% in EMEIA Services (TCS) and popularly man, Tata Sons, said, “I am e-commercegiant Amazon, objection to itsinclusionasparty per cent of the respondents ■ 86% globally known as the ‘Father of the deeplysaddenedbythe news FutureRetail (FRL) on Thursday to thearbitration”. On Wednes- from EMEIA (Europe, Middle Indian information technology thatFCKohli passedawaythis said everydevelopment in itsar- day, the SIAChad dismissed plea East, India and Africa) Source: EY/PTI Industry’, has passedaway. afternoon. He wasatrue legend, bitration with the former would of FRL to be excludedfrombeing He joinedthe companyin who laidthe very foundations notbe“amaterialeventfordisclo- aparty to arbitration. 1969 at the behest of JRD Tata, forIndia’s spectacular IT revolu- sureunder” under section 30 of In August, KishoreBiyani’s then chairman of Tata Group. tion and setthe stage forthe dy- the listing obligations and disclo- FutureGroup entered intoan Kohli pivoted TCSfirstinto namic modern economyween- surerequirements(LODR) regu- agreementwithRelianceRetail— management consultancy and joytoday. Kohli ledinnovations lationsofthe Sebi. anarmof RelianceIndustries—to ‘India to offer incentives for solar modules’ then over the next twodecades, in areas far-ranging from adult FRLwas,however, makingthe sell itsretail, wholesale, logistics would be givenfor local produc- intosoftwaredevelopment, literacy, waterpurification,soft- disclosures“outof abundantcau- andwarehousingassetsto thelat- ENSECONOMICBUREAU tion of theseproducts, he said. helping the organisation navi- FC KOHLI ware engineering, softwareau- tion” as Amazon, the other party ter. However, the Rs 24,713-crore NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 Modi said, as per a PTI report gate multiple technology waves tomation, complex-systems and in the arbitration had adopteda dealranintotroublewithAmazon afterthe success of Production over two-and-a-halfdecades by 1924-2020 cybernetics.” media strategy of “having every claimingits “contractual rights” DEMAND FORdomestic solar Linked Incentivesinelectronics continuallyinvesting in people “Kohli wasthe true pioneer development reportedand con- have been violated.Lastyear,FRL cells and moduleswill grow to manufacturing,“wehavedecided and staying relevant to cus- of Indian IT.Wehaveall fol- verted intoaline of communica- hadsignedanotherdealworthRs around 36 giga-watt (GW) in the to give similar incentives to high- tomers. Moditweeted,“Shri FC Kohli Ji lowedinhis footsteps. His con- tion with stockexchanges”. 2,000crore withAmazon, as part next three years, Prime Minister Prime MinisterNarendraModi efficiencysolarmodules”.Hewas He steppeddownasCEO of will be remembered forhis pio- tribution to the IT industry and In itsdisclosureonThursday, of whichAmazonhadacquired49 NarendraModisaidonThursday, addressingthethird editionof RE- TCSin1996. neering contributions to the thus to India is immeasurable,” FutureRetailsaid though it was per cent stake in FutureCoupons, underscoringtheneedforIndiato Invest,anannual renewable en- Expressing grief over his worldofIT. He wasatthe fore- Wiprochairman Azim Premji notapartyto thearbitrationagre- the promoterofFRL. beaglobalmanufacturinghubforrenewable energy.Incentives ergy investor meet. FEWITHPTI death, Prime MinisterNarendra front of institutionalising acul- said in astatement. Lakshmi VilasBank shares suspended from bourses,may be delisted today

written off. ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU NOBAILOUTFOREQUITYSHAREHOLDERS “The investors who bought MUMBAI,NOVEMBER26 in hope of revival, on an expec- ■ LVBshares had risen by shareshavebeen tation of healthy gain got stuck. LEAVING93,000 shareholders 4.8 per cent to Rs 7.65 on written off. In this merger, shareholders of stuckwith worthless paper, Wednesdayamid hopes ■ The RBI said the LVBwill notget anybenefit, The stockexchanges have sus- that the RBI will announce moratorium imposedon entirecapital of the bank will pendedthe shares of Lakshmi somescheme to Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd will be written offpostthe merger Vilas Bank (LVB) following the compensateshareholders. be liftedonNovember27, with DBS Bank India,”Jaikishan RBI decision to mergethe However, thefinal scheme resulting in depositors Parmar,Senior Equity Analyst, bank with DBS Bank on announcedonWednesday being able to withdraw Angel Broking. November 27. didn't offerany bailoutfor their funds without The RBI said the morato- The stockislikelytobe equity shareholders whose anylimits. rium imposedonLakshmi Vilas delistedfromthe exchanges on Bank Ltd will be liftedon Friday. LVBshares had risen by November 27,resulting in 4.8 per cent to Rs 7.65 on scheme to compensateshare- Wednesdaydidn’t offerany depositors being able to with- Wednesdayamid hopes that holders. However, thefinal bailout forequity shareholders draw their funds without the RBI will announce some scheme announcedonwhose shares have been anylimits. BRIEFLY PNGRB simplifies gas pipeline ECLGSextended to27sectors tariff to make it more affordable NewDelhi: Thegovernment affordable to users farfromthe willleadto significantlyhigherus- said Thursday it has exten- ENSECONOMICBUREAU sourceof naturalgasorimportter- ageofgasinareasfarfromLNGter- dedthe Emergency Credit NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 minals.The move is partofthe minals and sources of natural gas Line Guarantee Scheme government’s effortstoboostgas clusteredonthe west coastofthe (ECLGS) to thehealthsector THEPETROLEUMandNaturalGas consumption in the country. country. and 26 othersidentifiedby RegulatoryBoard(PNGRB) on According to experts, the “Theseregulationshave setthe the Kamath panel. PTI Thursdayreleased aunifiedtariff move,whichsetsafixed tarifffor groundforgasconsumption to go structurefor over adozen thefirst300kmdistancefromthe up forpeople in farflung areas of pipelines, including GAIL’s net- source of gasand afixed tarifffor the country,”saidVivekanand BuxarThermal work of sevenpipelines, with the distances over 300kmonthe Subbaraman, analystatAmbit Projectclosed aim of making natural gasmore sameintegratedpipelinenetwork, Capital. NewDelhi:Thefinancialclo- sureofthe 1,320 MW Buxar ThermalPowerProject, be- US Fed weighsboosting bond ingdoneby SJVNLimitedvia itsarm SJVN Thermal Pvt shifttowarrant suchadjustments.” Ltd,wasachievedThursday. ASSOCIATEDPRESS The Fedsince June has been buying WASHINGTON,NOVEMBER26 $120 billion in bonds eachmonth to keep downward pressureonlong-term interest DNSBankposts AT THEIRmeeting earlier this month, US ratesasaway of givingtheeconomyaboost profitinFY20 FederalReserveofficialsdiscussedpossible asitstrugglesto emerge fromadeepreces- futureadjustmentstothe central bank’s sion. The purchases have included $80 bil- NewDelhi: Dombivli Nagari monthlybondpurchasesto boosttheecon- lionamonthinTreasurybondsand$40bil- Sahakari(DNS)Bankhasre- omy. The Fedreleasedminutes of its lioninmortgage-backedsecurities. portednet profit of Rs 38.82 November4-5meetingrevealingthatwhile The minutes of the meeting showthat crore,afterprovisions,forfi- officials believednochanges were needed while no decision wastaken on whattodo nancialyear 2019-20. ENS to thebondpurchaseprogramatthattime, or when, Fedofficialswerekeeping their “theyrecognisedthatcircumstancescould optionsopen. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,NOVEMBER27,2020 “A very sad day for all Argentinians and for football. He has left us but he isn't going anywhere because Diego is eternal. I'll remember the lovely moments I experienced with him and Isend my condolences to 16 his family and friends. Rest in peace.” SPORT LIONEL MESSI ON MARADONA

IND IN AUS:SERIES OPENER Divine feet, humane touch Lack of clarity on Rohit Manner in whichMaradona impacted people’slives offfield best explains his popularityacrossthe world injury... playing the well, Kerala. An unusualgeographic circuit, SANDIPG boundbythe magneticforce Maradona was. NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 Friends of all kinds waiting game:Kohli AJEWELLERYshop in Kerala is perhaps the He counted among his vast canvasof lastplace one would expect to find Diego friends the powerful and mighty,the reli- Maradona. But forseveral years, he has been gious and communists,premiers and dons, VISHALMENON the shop’s ubiquitous face. He even visited the darkand the deluded, writers and NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 the statetoinaugurateabranchofthe jew- thinkers. He wore Fidel Castroonhis calf and ellerychaininthe football-crazy northern Ernesto Che Guevara on his bicep, he en- VIRATKOHLI didn’t hide his disapproval at Kerala city of Kannur in 2012.Thousands dorsedthe politics of EvaMorales and Hugo the Rohit Sharma’s injurysaga, saying that flockedtocatchaglimpseofhim, so that they Chavez, dined with the dreaded Giulianos of “confusionand lackofclarity” has ledtothe could brag that theyhaveseen Maradona in Naples mafioso and had friends in the Indianteam playing a“waiting game”onhis flesh and blood. Camorra.Heinspired Peruvian novelistand availability forthe series in Australia. When he diedonWednesday, the state NobelLaureateMario Vargas Llosa to scrib- Kohli wasforthright in stating that Rohit declaredtwo days of mourning.Fromthe ble beautiful essays on him. “Hewas one of and Ishant Sharmashouldhavetravelled chief ministertocelebrities and sportsmen, thoseliving deities that mencreated to be with the Indian team to Australia afterIPL, everyone wasbusy rattling out their best able to worshipinthem. To admire sucha likeWriddhiman Saha did and continued “After that he playedinthe IPL and memoryofMaradona. champion is to admirepoetry, abstract art, their rehab with the team. Currently, Rohit we all thought he would be on that As if he is one of their own. As if they without anyrational content”, he once wrote. is nursing ahamstring injuryand Ishant flight to Australia and we had no owedhim something. Adebt of gratitude for Maradona mettwo Popes. Aftermeeting Sharma has an abdominal tear.Theyare informationonwhy he is not the football he played? Or justpure, sponta- the first, Pope John PaulII, he told the press: completing their rehab at the National neous love? “I wasinthe Vatican and Isaw all these Cricket Academy(NCA) in Bengaluru. Even travelling with us.” It’s the transcendental charisma of golden ceilingsand afterwards Iheardthe if theyfly to Australia eventually they will VIRAT KOHLI Maradona —tobedeified, mournedand Members of the Argentina fanclub at GangulyBagan in South Kolkatapay tribute Pope saythe Church wasworriedabout the have to undergo a14-dayquarantine. lovedinapartofthe worldsodifferent from to DiegoMaradonaonThursday. Partha Paul welfareofpoor kids. Sell your ceiling then, Despitehis hamstring injuryduring the been the case with Rohit and Ishant. It would his ownBuenos Aires or Naples. amigo, do something!” IPL, the selectorsretainedSaha in the Test have giventhem achance to getthemselves It’s the emotional resonance Maradona To the next, the Argentine Pope Francis, squad aftertheyreceivedthe nod from the fitand be available before the startofthe Test alwaysstruckwith people —the powerto football with the gutstotakesuchabold step, ‘yes, it can!’” he said during an event. he expressedgratitude forhis reconversion BCCI medical team. Therewas no suchclar- series,” Kohli said. move even his sworn enemies or castaspell muchless pull it off. Betweentraining sessions, he squeezedin to the Catholic faith in 2016.Maradona trav- ity in case of Rohit though. Rohit had pickedupaninjury on October over his fiercestcritics. Apeople’s champion, Three years later,when he wasplaying a time to visitslums and promote football. He elledtoRome severaltimes to take partin “Beforethe selection meeting in Dubai, 18.Consequently, Rohit wasnot selected for he remainedtill his lastbreath. WorldCup qualifier in Sydney, the45,000- wasleftintears when he visited adisadvan- severalbenefit games called ‘Matches for we got amail stating that he is unavailable anyofthe squads forthe Australia tour. Nothing symbolises his charisma more odd were all cheering forMaradona, so much tagedschool in Pretoria. “I have received Peace’whose proceeds went to apapalchar- and that he has pickedupaninjuryduring Curiously, afterBCCI president, Sourav than the supporthecoaxed from the Naples so thatthe crashing of Australia’s dream was manywelcomes in my football career across ity foreducation in developing countries and the IPL. It said that the pros and cons of the in- Gangulyhad cautionedRohit againstfocus- crowdinthe 1990 WorldCup semifinal ringed in with thunderous applause.“The the world, but the warmth youhaveshown forvictims of the 2016 earthquakeincentral jurywereexplained to himand he under- ing on the short term at the expense of his againsthosts Italy. Until that juncture, Italy’s whole of Australia reallygot behind football me will makemenot to forget thisday in my Italy. At the same time, he defendedGaza, stood and he wasunavailable,” Kohli added, career,hewalked out fortoss in aseemingly stroll through the WorldCup had takenplace forone of the firsttimes because of the in- lifetime. With eachkissand everyhug, Ifelt even saying: “In my heart, I’m Palestinian.” "Afterthatheplayedinthe IPL and we all inconsequentialleague encounter. in front of overwhelming home support, but terest in DiegoMaradona,”remembered for- Ihad afriend,” he later said. Therewererumours that he would coach thought he would be on that flight to As things stand, the NCAhas informedthe the Argentina matchtook place in amuted, mer striker Graham Arnoldinaninterviewto The inherent compassion drovehim to their football team. Australia and we had no information on why team management in Australia thatRohit's almostrespectful atmosphere. socceroos.com.au. Mexicotomanageasecond-divisionclub, It’s this giftofpersonal affinity that one he is nottravelling with us. Therehas been condition wouldbeassessedonDecember When Argentina wononpenalty kicks,a DoradosdeSinaloa, in 2018,basedout of the could strikewithMaradonathat distin- no information, therehas been alackofclar- 11.Kohli is clearly notimpressed.“And after large chunk of the 80,000 crowdweresaid Winning them over with words drug-dragged city of Culiacán. He made it his guishedhim from other footballing giants. ity.Wehavebeen playing the waiting game,” that the onlyotherinformation officiallywe to be secretly happythat it wasMaradona’s Years later,helandedinSouth Africaand home, and later recollected his stay with Whereas Maradona is notalone in foot- Kohli said in avirtual press conference on the have receivedonmail is that he is in the NCA team thathad qualifiedfor the final. wonthem over with his words. fondness. “Theysaid Ionlycame herefor a balling genius —the debatewhether he was eveofTeam India's 3-matchODI series and he's been assessed and he'll be further Afew monthsbeforethe WorldCup, he Maradona lavishedpraise on everything holiday. No,Icame to getuspromoted. But the best or notwill rage on forages—hewas opener againstAustralia in Sydney. assessedonDecember11. So from the time had made an evocative speechinNaples, from South African fans to the organising my footballing commitment hereisnot only alone in the personal resonance he struck Kohli compared the Rohit scenario with that the selection meeting happenedtothe home of his then club Napoli, reminding the committee to the cityofPretoria. He cast about the ball. It’sabout people who arein with the masses. Be it in PretoriaorPalestine, Saha.“Saha had an injuryduringIPL and has IPL finishing now, when this email came fans thatthe mainstream Italian society had himself as adefender of the hostnation need, who’vealso lostmanythings,” he told Naples or Kannur,Mexico or Buenos Aires, been doing his rehab with the team. We are about his assessment at the NCA, therehas always ignored them, and hencetheywere againstthose who doubted whether it could the press. SydneyorRiyadh. awareofhis progress and he is on the right been no information,”heexplained. notobliged to cheer forthe country.It’s hard organise acompetitionlikethe WorldCup. He departedasahero, likehewas to He wasthe herotheyloved,and ahero path to makesureheisfit and availablein to imaginetoo manyother figures in world “TodaySouthAfrica answers the sceptics, Naples, Argentina, South Africa, Mexico and that seemedtolovethem back. time to playthe Test series; same would have 1stODI: Live on SonyNetwork:9:10am Friends with Freddie, ambushing Bush

Life, strifeand timesofDiegoMaradona as he leftthe famous in aweand alsobrought some infamyonhimself

wasJoaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman. Locals said national jersey, he whippedthe crowdintoa that Maradona didn’t live in afancy hotelbut frenzy,with orchestraconductor-likechants instead in ahome. He attendedbaseball of ‘ARGENTINA’ betweenpoints, and cele- games by himselfwithout anyguards and brating wildlybywaving ashirt afterwin- somehowmanagedto find –inhis ownwords ning acrucial point. –some peace, right in that partofthe world Even before that tie, when news brokeof that has seen anything but peace. Aussie star Lleyton Hewitt hiring twobody- guards forthe duration of the matches, Fideling around Maradona calledfor the national team to There’s apictureofMaradona proudly ‘ruinhim.’ Argentina wonthe tie 5-0. showing his Fidel Castrotattoo to theman Adecade later in 2016,when Argentina himself. He would once call the revolution- reachedthe final againstCroatia in Zagreb, aryleader from Cubahis ‘second father’. The he sat in the VIP box, suspending the national Argentine’s politics routinelycareenedto- flag with “Aca estamos familia Maradona wardsLatin America’s leftand his admira- (Maradona familyishere)” on it. His coun- tion forCastroknewnobounds. Stories rang- trymen wontheir firstDavis Cup title. ing from the Cuban clearing up his schedule and spending time with Maradona in his of- Stressedfan Aman stops by an altar devoted to fice forthree hoursplaying football to Castro Argentina facedamust-win matchin Maradona in downtown Naples. Reuters appearing on Maradona’s TV show talking their lastgroup game againstNigeria at the about the re-election of George WBush 2018 WorldCup in Russia, and had their addedtothe lorebothheld in the eyes of greatesticon in attendance. The Albiceleste Naples Stir Up their supporters. It would be no surprise that had had astuttering campaign thus farand Naples wassecond home to Maradona Maradona would pass away on the same were coming offathrashing at the hands of who knewthe San Paolo Stadium was datethat his herodid four years earlier.When Croatia. Argentina’s best chance of beatinghosts Italy Bush visited Argentina in 2005 forasummit, But with Maradona in the stands, he was in 1990. Italians from other parts of thecoun- Maradona, who wasveryvocal against neo- boundtocatchmoreattentionthan events try, wanted nothing to do with Naples which imperial tendencies of earlier England and in the middle. He wasseen prayingfor divine represented socio-economic faultlines that later the US, would proclaim, "I hateevery- help before kick-offand even unveiledaban- bordered on racism. The richindustrial north thing that comes from the United States. I ner depicting himself –who else? He cele- didn’t considerNaples, in the poor agricul- hateitwith all my strength." brated wildlywhen Lionel Messi opened the tural south, apartofItaly and during a scoring before falling asleep. It got tense Juventus-Napoli match, nasty fans would when the African team grabbed an equaliser, dub it "shame of Italy."Maradona made a but Maradona wasathand withadouble miracle out of this misfit leading his team to DiegoMaradona with Freddie Mercuryand members of the band Queen. Twitter/Queen (NealPreston) middle finger salutewhen Marcus Rojo twoSerieAtitles and aUEFACup win. Loved scored the winner in the 86th minute. By likeapatron saint, anurse is said to have left some accounts, Maradona neededmedical avial of his blood “on ashrine in aCatholic GOD, FAVE, QUEEN treatment afterthe match. church.” In acemetery,abanner wassus- pended, taunting the dead that, “You don’t It's March of 1981 in Buenos Aires, and biographer Leslie-Ann Jones, lead Union Jacktee and posedfor photos. Shooting at reporters knowwhat youmissed.” Aworkofgraffiti DiegoMaradona and Freddie Mercury guitaristBrian Maywroteof Argentine press meanwhile firstwent In February1994, abunch of reporters replied: “howdoyou knowwemissedit?” arekings. The former had just Maradona: "The spirit of the pursuit of afterMercury—citing the shirt landedathis home in Buenos Aires unan- Beforethe semifinal againstItaly, completeda$4mn transfertoBoca excellence livesinthe man" —and exchangeasa"demagogic act" —and nounced. Upset, Maradona took his air rifle, Maradona would be quotedbyThe NewYork Juniors afterrunning roughshod for Mercuryinvited him on stage in front ayear later, when the photos crouchedbehindacar and shotatthem, Times assaying, “'Italymakes it feel impor- five years with Argentinos Juniors. of 300,000-strong Estadio Velez resurfacedduring the Falklands War, whichled to injuries to four people. In 1998, tant one dayofthe year,but forgetsabout it Mercury's band Queen meanwhile Sarsfield . attackedMaradona.The footballer he receivedasuspendedprisonsentence of the other364.” He wroteinhis autobiogra- had released theireighthstudio Maradona peeledoff his Argentina remindedpeople that the pictures twoyearsand 10 monthsfor the offence, ac- phy‘El Diego:’ “The Argentinian national an- album, the synthesizer extravaganza number 10 jersey, swappeditfor the had been takenamonth before any cording to theBBC. them, forthe firsttimeinthe whole World 'The Game', and were on the 'South frontman'sFlash t-shirt and conflict began. Argentinacouldn't stay No love waslostbetween him and the re- Cup, wasapplaudedfrombeginning to end. Castrowas one of Latin America’s America Bites the Dust' tour.The band introduced'Another One Bites the mad at their prodigal son forlong porters in the years that followed. Maradona Formethat wasalready avictory. Iwas Leftistleaders Maradona bondedwith. wasafan —inaletter to Mercury's Dust'. Backstage,heput on May's anyway. wasonhis waytoArgentina’s squad an- moved: these were my people.” nouncement forthe 2010 WorldCup when The visitors would win on penalties. hiscar wassurroundedbyreporters.Unable Acheeky birthdaywish would his dream giftfor his 60th birthday November.The message, ‘Force Diego’ was whose nameisDiego, (born) between90’s to keep driving, he forced his wayout by re- WhyMexico, Diego? would be?Maradona replied: “Idream of forhis namesake. to 2000 is because of Maradona.” portedlyrunning over the foot of aphoto- It’s ‘tranquilo’, said Maradona to aBritish DiegoMaradona’s‘thehand of God’ goal being able to scoreagainstEngland again... “Everyone knows Argentina because of The 1986 WorldCup star’s been pho- journalist. To rub salt intothe injured pho- reporterwho had travelledall the wayfrom againstEngland in the 1986 WorldCup re- this time with my right hand”. Needless to Maradona. That’s whyIput ‘Fuerza Diego,’ tographedwith the Big 4–and youcouldn’t tographer’swounds, Maradona–as per the Manchestertomeethim. In one of his lastat- mainsone of the mosticonic eventstotake say, he burstintolaughter in typical because he’s struggling, he’s nothealthyright tell who wasthe ‘fan.’ But Maradonaisn’t just Press Association –shouted:“What an tempts at coaching, Argentina’sgifttofootball place in the history of the sportdespiteits Maradona manner. nowand he had surgery last night.” therefor the polaroid moments. a**hole youare!How can youput your leg found himself in the city of Culiacan in Sinaloa, deceitful nature. The eccentric Argentine just In an interviewwith the ATPduring the In apackedstadium in BuenosAires for therewhereitcan getrun over,man?” managingtheirMexicansecond division club, days aheadofhis 60th birthdaymade aref- Ten&Tennis the Menace Tour Finals lastweek,Schwartzman, aBoca Argentina’s Davis Cup semi-final against Dorados de Sinaloa. The Sinaloacartelwas erence to that iconicmomentinarather “#FuerzaDiego” wroteWorld No.9Diego Juniors fan–whereMaradona finishedhis Australia in 2006,hebrought football fanati- GAURAVBHATT,SHAHIDJUDGE, flaggedby US officials as one of the mostpow- cheeky manner.Inhis lastmajor interview, Schwartzman on acameraafter beating career –claimed, “I think 98 percent of my cism to thearena –overpowering all tennis SHASHANKNAIR,ANDREWAMSAN, erful cartels in the world, the head of which he wasasked by the France Football what RichardGasquetatthe Paris Masters in early nameisbecause of Maradona.Everyone etiquette. Dressedinhis fablednumber 10 MIHIRVASAVDA,TUSHARBHADURI

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