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WORLD Amid divestment plans,PSUs lag in marketrally, FPIs 34 KILLED IN SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN show little interest AFGHANISTAN, ARMY BASE ATARGET PAGE 10 SUNNYVERMA& SANDEEPSINGH NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 UP law sees AMID THE relentless rallyinthe stockmarket, institutional in- Aworryfor vestors seem to have largely first case: Kin voted down government- theMinistry ownedcompanies. Their stock of 20-yr-old prices continue to languish, un- STOCKPRICES OF gov- Farmer leaders hold apress conference at Singhu Border on Sunday. GajendraYadav WHEREAPOSSIBLEBREAKTHROUGHMAYLIE,EXPLAINED,PAGE8 likethose of leading private sec- ernment-ownedcom- moveagainst torcompanies. paniesand bankscon- The PSUs have shown signif- tinue to lag behind Muslim friend CREATE AWARENESS: PM ON MANN KI BAAT icantlag in performance despite private peers, and have the broad recovery in the mar- been trading sharply be- kets since April 2020. lowtheir peak value of MANISHSAHU While the BSE Sensexhas recent years. Lowvalua- LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER29 Newlawshelpfarmers,sayPM,Shah; risenby50per cent between tions areanissue forthe March 31 and November 24,the government because it ADAY afterthe newanti-con- BSE PSU indexhas risen by only has aheavy disinvest- version lawcame intoforce in 18.7 per cent. In fact, the BSE mid ment agenda linedup. Uttar Pradesh, the police on cap and small capindices have The Finance Ministryis Sunday registeredits firstcase keyMinistersmeetonwayforward jumpedby60per cent and 75.6 said to be looking at under it. Owaisi Ahmed, 24,was per cent respectively in the same ways to improvethe booked by the Deorania police period. marketvalue of govern- in Bareilly forallegedly pressur- Modi says agri reforms openeddoors to With the government look- ment companies. ing aHindu woman to convert, BUSINESSASUSUAL Rejecting talks, farmers ing to raise funds through divest- and threateningher parents newpossibilities; go to designated protest ment of stakeinsome of these when theyobjected. sitefor early talks: Home Secy to farmers BY UNNY say will intensify protest PSUs,the issue of lowvaluation value afterthe pandemic im- The familyofthe 20-year-old has come up fordiscussion in the pacted marketsinMarch 2020, woman lodged the complaint. AgricultureMinisterNarendra Border —through whichthe Finance Ministry. Sources said HDFC Bank and KotakMahindra The police said theyhad not EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Singh Tomar metatBJP presi- AMILBHATNAGAR highway to Haryana, the government has been look- Bankhavehad fresh record been able to find Ahmedyet. NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 dentJPNadda’s residence. &JIGNASASINHA Chandigarh, and onward to ing at ways to improvevaluations highs in recent days and several Preliminary investigation has In his Mann Ki Baat address, NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 Himachal Pradesh and Punjab in line with the book value and other private sector bankshave indicated thetwo were in arela- AS FARMERS from Punjab and Modi said demands of farmers, passes —tochalk out their profitability of the companies. done well. tionship, and had elopedlast Haryana, seeking repeal of the promisedatone time or an- REJECTINGTHE Centre’s invita- course of action. In the evening, State-ownedbanks, which Even the Nifty CPSEindexis year,beforetheywerefound and newfarm laws,continuedto other by everypolitical party, tion forconditional talks, farm- theyannouncedatapress con- were expected to benefit in down almost46per cent from broughtback. WhileAhmed had protestatthe gatesofDelhi, Prime had been metthrough these ers camping at the Delhi- ference that theywould block- terms of market value aftera itspeak of 2,795 recordedin been arrested then too, the MinisterNarendraModi and laws.Heasked theyouth, “es- Haryana border reiterated their ade five pointsofentryintoDelhi spateofamalgamations and 2018.Whilestate-ownedfirms woman had denied thecharges Home MinisterAmit Shah backed peciallythose studying agricul- demands on Sunday, and said —Sonipat, Rohtak,Jaipur, capital infusion, have seen a have lagged behind their private of kidnappinglodged against the laws Sunday, saying they ture” to go to villages, and cre- theywould notvacatethe arte- Ghaziabad-Hapur,and Mathura steady decline in value. The Nifty peers in terms of performancein him by herfather.The woman were forthe benefit of farmers. ateawareness among farmers rial GT Karnal highway. —inthe coming days. PSU Bank index, forinstance, is the pastaswell, the differential wasmarriedoff by the familyto Lateatnight, Shah, Defence about the newlaws. Farmers’ groupsheld discus- The farmers have been down 64 per cent from itspeak between their marketperform- someone elseinApril this year. MinisterRajnathSingh and CONTINUEDONPAGE2 sions at Delhi's northernSinghu CONTINUEDONPAGE2 of 4,327in2017. ance has been widening in re- IG, BareillyRange, Rajesh While manyprivate banks cent years. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 also sawasharp decline in share CONTINUEDONPAGE2

DELHI RIOTS PSUs LAG IN PERFORMANCE Mar31 Nov27 Change Court orders FIR and probe into ariots BSEPSU 4,498.12 5294.9 17.7 BSESensex 29,468.49 44149 49.8 BSEMidcap 10,569.9316914.6 60.0 complaint which Delhi Police had shelved BSESmallcap9,608.9216875.2 75.6 Rejectspolice claim that complainant arrested,was trying to save himself

Metropolitan MagistrateFahad out on bail. leged…requiretobeinvesti- KAUNAINSHERIFFM Uddin, is related to acase where Afteraprobe,the police gatedbythe police”. Atmanirbhar push in NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 Saleem, aresidentofYamuna claimed, “no cognizable offence Citing acertificateunder The Vihar,alleged that on February wasfoundtobemade out and Evidence Act, the courtindicated bullet train: Industry ADELHI court has ordered the 24 this year,his neighbours hence no FIR has been registered that the electronicevidence was police to register an FIR and con- Subhash Tyagi and Ashok Tyagi in (Saleem’scomplaint) case,” admissible evidence. The 90-ftecobridgeonKaladhungi-Nainital highway. Express duct a“fair,independent and im- openedfireand attackedhis and so the inquirywas closed. “This Court deems fittodi- told to build substitute partial”probe into ariots case house. He also alleged that his Rejecting this, the courtsaid rect the SHO P.S. Jafrabad to reg- where the police had closedthe neighbour,Nasheer,was shot. thatafter a“perusal of the mate- isteranFIR at the earliestunder inquirydespitethe fact that Thepolice told the court that rial placedonrecord”, especially the appropriateSectionsoflaw for made-in-China tech Uttarakhand’s unique video recordings againstthe ac- Saleem washimself involvedin the “video footageofthe alleged on the basis of the allegations cusedweresubmitted as evi- the riots,was arrested on March incident”,itwas of the viewthat made in the Complaint…and to bridge to help reptiles dence by thecomplainant. 19,and had fileda“false com- “a cognizable offence is made ensurethat afair,independent AVISHEKGDASTIDAR The November 23 order,by plaint to save himself”. Saleem is out”and that“theoffencesal- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 cross busy jungle road AS THE corporationbuilding the country’sfirstbullet train project lizards, snakes including CoBRA officer was to come home for EXPERT pushesfor Indian firms shoulder- LALMANIVERMA pythons,rodent squirrels, and EXPLAINS ing three-fourth of the work, DEHRADUN,NOVEMBER29 monkeys,and the crushedre- celebrationofbirthday, alateDiwali Indian industryhas been urged mains of reptiles arefrequently Dr KSrinath to come up withanalternativeto Reddy THE UTTARAKHAND Forest found on the highway. the high-techmachinesneeded Department has built afirst-of- The 5-foot-wide, 40-foot- While the 33-year-old diedof FromTheIndianExpresspanel to construct viaducts(elevated Work is on at the Sabarmati its-kind ecobridgeacross abusy high bridgecan take theweight GARGIVERMA injuries sustainedinthe IED ofspecialists,exclusiveinsight structures) at the desired pace, hub of the bullettrain. File highway in Ramnagar forest di- of three adult humans, andforest &SRINATHRAO blast,seven CoBRA personnel whichare currentlymade onlyin vision of Nainital district so that officialssaidtheyhoped it would RAIPUR,MUMBAI, were injured and arenow out of China.Trade with Chinahas been reptiles trying to cross over are be usedbyevenleopards. NOVEMBER29 danger.The attackhappenedjust ROADTOMASS affected by the border tension in launching mechanism com- notcrushedundertraffic. The bridge, whichwill be put 6kmfromthe Burkapal base VACCINATION eastern Ladakh. monlyusedinIndia—while one- The 90-foot-long structureof in sightoffour camera traps, will FAMILY, FRIENDS and colleagues campofCoBRA. The megacarrier and and-a-half girders areplacedina bamboo, jute, and grasses was be studiedasamodel by the described Assistant Comman- The CRPF said Bhalerao had EXPLAINED PAGE 8 launcher machines, also known week with this, the Chinese ma- built across the two-lane Forest Department, Ramnagar dant Nitin PBhalerao, killedina fought on forseven hoursde- as Transporter, Gantryand Full chines enable twogirders aday. Kaladhungi-Nainital highway by Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) MaoistattackinSukma, spitelosing alot of blood. THE EDITORIAL PAGE Spam Launcher machines, are Eachmachine costs around local contractors over aperiod of ChandraShekharJoshi said. Chhattisgarh, on Saturdaynight Nitin PBhalerao, 33,diedin The Assistant Commandant’s ubiquitous in China’s large-scale Rs 70-80 crore. The bullettrain 10 days at acostofRs2lakh. The bridgehas been strung at as someone who strove to be the aMaoistattackinSukma cremation on Sundayevening at connectivity projects. Typically, a project will needupto30such The highway is the main apointwherethe road arcs in a best at whatever he did, and who Nashik drew friendsand locals, Q2DATA:ONWARDS vehicle carrying afull girder trav- machines, Achal Khare, routetoNainital, and is usedby wide ‘U’, and vehicles going ledfromthe front. Tenyears ago, apartfromfamilymembers. ANDUPWARDS elsonanalreadylaunchedgirder Managing Director of the alarge number of vehicles espe- downhill oftentravelathigh he ranked firstinbasic training warfaretraining afterbeing in- Bhalerao is survivedbyhis BY SOUMYA KANTI GHOSH to place the next girder under this National High SpeedRail ciallyinthe touristseason. The speed. It is expected that by as aCRPF Sub-Inspector,and re- ducted intothe force’s elite mother Bharti, wifeRashmi, PAGE 6 technology.The speedisalmost Corporation (NHSRL), said. jungle is home to monitor CONTINUEDONPAGE2 peated thedistinction in jungle CoBRA unit. 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at agovernmentschool, empty of rice, dal and boiledvegetables TORAAGARWALA due to thelockdown, located on gave waytostewsofporkand GUWAHATI,NOVEMBER29 the edge of her hometown, bamboo shoot, chickencooked Bhalukpong. The desksand with traditionalherbs and, on “THEY WERE working forus, so benches were stowed away, somedays,evenfeasts of the del- whynot work forthem?” Neeshi largeutensils brought in, and a icacy mithun.The langar is still Jebisamam remembers thinking stovecrackledtolife. The 10 — running, nowmannedby the dis- in April, aweek afterthe nation- homemakers, nurses, teachers — trict administration. wide lockdown wasannounced. put on theirmasks, rolled up “Wenever chargedfor our But even at the outset,therewere their sleeves, and got to work. meals,” says MarySidisow, the murmurs: “Isn’t it risky? What if And justlikethat, faraway 39-year-old staffnurse at the youget the virus?” Arunachal from the virus epicentres, Community Health Centre Pradesh might have had onlyone Jebisaman and the othershad (CHC) who firstsuggestedthe case of the coronavirus backthen, joinedthe ranksofthe countless women best epitomisingthe On dayone, Jebisaman recalls, idea of acommunity kitchen. but panic had beguntoset in. corona warriorsacross the coun- stories of strength that had theyproducedameal for70, but “Our objective wassimple —to ‘SOON,AVACCINE The 25-year-old English trywhom TheIndian Express is helpedthe city put the killings only35showedup. But then feed thefrontline worker,beita MADEININDIA’ teacher wasdeterminedthough, celebrating as partofthe an- Homemakers, nurses, teachers cametogether,ran the behind. Ashowrecountingtheir slowly, as word gotaround of the doctor,anurse, apoliceman or PAGE 9 and one brightmorning, she niversaryofthe 26/11terrorat- kitchen forfrontline workers forthree months. Express stories wastelecastonStarPlus Bhalukpong Women’s Langar,the even adailywagelabourer. held ameeting with 10 women tacksonMumbai —the men and on Sundaynight. numbersdoubled,the simplefare CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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Rejecting talks Delhi's Tikri Border.Delhi Police killing in large numbers. It seems The projectisfacing delays as have parkedtrucks blocking the Naxals arefrustrateddue to land acquisition is progressing at camping outsideDelhi since road on the Delhi side of the bor- Farm laws for benefit of farmers: PM, Shah these things." He added: "Our asnail’s pace in Maharashtraand Friday. OnSaturday, UnionHome der.Tikri Kalan is in the Outer forces arebeing cautionedto thereare pendingissueswiththe Minister Amit Shah had invited Delhi district, and the border is “New dimensions,”hesaid, would be addressedindiscus- Mann Ki Baat address, spokeof that the area’s SDM has to ad- move carefully. But sometimes, Japanese.However, theportionin farm unions fortalkson close to Mundkaand Peeragarhi. were being addedtofarming sions with ahigh-levelcom- the “newrights” that the new dress the complaint of the inadvertently, lapseshappen Gujarat has pickeduppace with December3ontheconditionthat Thehighway to Bahadurgarh and and alliedindustries. “The agri- mittee of Union Ministers at laws hadgranted farmers. farmer within amonth. Now that lead to such incidents." three contracts awardedfor de- theymovethe protest from the JhajjarinHaryanapassesthrough culturereforms in the lastfew Vigyan BhavanonDecember 3. He cited the example of a when ourfarmer brother got The DGP said the attack sign and construction. Whilethe highway to the Sant Nirankari Tikri. days have openeddoors to He said this discussion can farmer in Dhule district of the strength from this law, then would motivate the forceto Railwaysinsists the project is still Samagam Ground in Burari. “Wedon’thave anestimateof newpossibilities. Foryears, the take placeearlier if all unions Maharashtrawhose “full hisproblem wasresolved. He "continue with our mission with on time forthe December 2023 “Wehaverejected theinvita- thenumberof peoplebehindthe demands of farmers, demands gather the protesting farmers knowledge of the laws has complained, and in afew days, morevigour,and synergy with deadline, sources said theyare tionfromthe Centre. One of their barricades (onthe Haryana side). whichwerepromisedatsome at the designated ground in come to his aid”. his dues were paid. In other the ChhattisgarhPolice and other staring at acompletion dateof conditions wasthat we mustgo Alot of farmers and others from time or another by everypolit- Burari on theoutskirts of Delhi. “JitendraBhoiji haddone words, full knowledge of the security forces". December 2028. to theBurariParkfirst. We will Punjab have joinedthe protest ical party,havebeen fulfilled. “Some unions have de- farming of maize, and had de- laws became Jitendraji’s nevergotoBurariPark. We have now. We told them thatthey Afteralot of discussion, mandedthe discussions to be cidedtosell it at the right price strength. Whateverthe field, Bullet train Free hot meals come to knowthat it is morean couldgotoBurari’sNirankari Parliament gave agricultural held earlier than December3. to traders. The price forthe farawayfromevery kind of ru- “Ifweare to build 237kmin Afreemeal foranyonewho was open jail than apark,”Surjeet Ground but they want to stay reforms legal recognition. The moment youshifttothe crop wasdecidedatRs3.32 mour and misconception,cor- four years, thereisnootherway hungry.” Singh,presidentof BhartiyaKisan here. Thereare morethan 300- These reforms have notonly ground in Burari, theverynext lakh. JitendraBhoi also got Rs rect information is abig aid for excepttouse this technique. But Sidisow had got thefirst Union (Krantikari), Punjab, said. 400trucks and tractors on the removedmanyrestrictions for dayahigh-levelcommittee of 25,000 in advance. It wasde- everyperson,”Modi said. these carrier-and-launcher ma- inkling of howthe coronavirus “Farmers from Uttarakhand road,”aseniorpoliceofficeratthe farmers, but have giventhem Union Ministers is ready to cidedthat the rest of the Hecitedtwootherexamples chinesaremanufacturedinChina. could turn lifeupside down in who reachedDelhi todaywere Singhu Border said. newrightsand opportunities,” meetthe representativesof moneywouldbegiven to him —ofMohammad Aslam of So this is one of the challenges their small town, located in West told by Delhi Police that they Nishan Singh, afarmer from he said. farmer unions at Vigyan in 15 days.But the circum- Baran in Rajasthan, CEO of alo- whichwehaveposedtothe in- Kameng district. Health workers would be takentoJantar Mantar, Punjab,said,“Mostofthefarmers Shah, meanwhile,said he Bhavan,” he said in his letter. stances turnedout laterthathe cal farm produce organisation dustry, including L&T (whichis likethem had been ropedinfor but they were instead held at the hereare from our state. We are had neversaid that the farmer Bhalla said because of the did notget the money. Buythe who has created aWhatsApp building 325 km of ahigh-speed newduties, including screening Burari Park.The protest at the calling our familymembers and protests were political. protestcall givenby30farm- crop from the farmer,don’t pay group of farmers on prevailing viaduct in Gujarat) and theacad- people at check-posts. Singhu Border will continue,” friends to join us. We won’tleave “Everyone has thatright (to ers unions, alarge number of formonths on end.Perhaps mandirates,andVirendraYadav emicians, that whycan’t we de- As the entrypoint to West SurjeetSingh said. Delhiunlesstheyrepealthethree protest)inademocracy.But I farmers from Punjab,Haryana people were following the of Kaithal who has done busi- velop them rather than import- Kameng, Tawang and East Delhi Policespokesperson Dr farmerlaws.Over50peoplefrom want to saythat all the three and other parts of the country practice followedfor many nessof Rs2crore intwoyearsby ingthemfromChina?”Kharetold Kamengdistrictsbordering EishSinghaldeniedtheallegation. the All India KisanSangharsh farm laws arefor the benefitof have gathered near Delhi’s bor- years. In the same way, forfour sellingfarmstubbletoagro-en- ameeting of the industrybody. Assam,Bhalukpongseesconstant “Beforetheir protest, we had ap- CoordinationCommitteewilljoin the farmers. And afteralong ders, disrupting trafficontwo months, Jitendraji’s payment ergy plantsand paper mills by The Indian industrydoesn't have movement of security forces. pealed to the farmers to not us tomorrow, and we will then time, the farmer is going to keyhighwaysbetween Punjab did nothappen.Inthis situa- using strawbalermachines. anyexperience of building high- Sidisowsays sherealisedthat protestinDelhi, and stated that decide our next step.” come out of aconstricted sys- and Delhi since November 27. tion, to his aidcame the new “I requestthe youth, and es- speedrail systems. working long hours at thecheck- protests atJantarMantarwerenot On Sundaymorning, farmers tem… Ihavenever called the “According to available in- farm laws.” peciallythe lakhs of students Procuring thesemachines postsaswellasthehospital,many allowed.We hadrejectedalltheir beat drumsand raisedslogans as protestbyfarmers as political. formation, due to severe cold, “In this law, it has been de- studying agriculture,that they wascommonearlier.“Iguesspeo- of themendedupskippinglunch. requests,” he said. police made announcements Iamnot saying that nowei- farmers arefacingalotofprob- cidedthat in three days,the should go to nearby villages ple herenever needed to apply “Our town is so small that we The Burari Park,commonly aboutsocialdistancingandCovid ther,” he told reporters in lems. In the wake of the Covid farmer mustbegiven full pay- and bring awareness among their minds to makethem be- were usedtogoing home fora knownastheNirankariSamagam guidelines. With the border Hyderabad. pandemic, thereisathreatof in- ment. And if the payment does farmers about the recently cause theywereavailablecheap bite.” Mostofthe 10 who volun- Ground, belongs to the Delhi sealed,trafficfromHaryana was Union Home SecretaryAjay fection due to such largegath- nothappen, then the farmer passedfarmreforms. By doing in China. Now we are telling peo- teered forthe community Development Authority and is diverted to Jharoda and Rajokri. Bhalla, writing to farmer erings,” he saidin the letter,urg- can registeracomplaint. The this, youwill be partnersinthe pleto tryanddesignthem,let’sbe kitchen,whichwould startoper- spread over an area of over 20 Policeatthe picketsrecordedthe unions staging the protest,as- ing farmers to move to Burari. lawhas another very big thing. big changethat is happening in selfreliant. It’s notlikeIndian en- ationsby 8am,were fromherex- hectares. It is around 20 km from details of commuters before let- sured them that alltheir issues The Prime Minister, in his In this law, there is aprovision the country,”hesaid. gineers cannotmakeit,” Khare tended family. the Singhu Border. ting them enter Delhi. told TheIndian Express, adding “Bhalukpong’scommunity- The farmers aredemanding that giventhe current "situation" basedorganisationshadcollected the repeal of three “pro-corpo- First case in UP WhileFPIs have pumpedina andstakesaleinIDBIBank.Aspart complainantalsomadeawritten wasbeing carriedout by the and the government's emphasis somemoneyfromdonations,we rate”farm laws enacted by the Pandeyconfirmedthatacasehad netofoverRs1.56 lakh croreinto of privatisationplans,thegovern- complaint on March 1(2020), CoBRA,STF and DRG(District on Aatmanirbhar Bharat, it was pooledintoo,” says Sidisow. “I Centre, and have vowednot to been lodgedagainstAhmedun- IndianequitiessinceApril1, 2020, ment hascleared plansfor com- withtheSHOPSJafrabadandfur- ReserveGuard) troops from unlikelyanyone would getthese would finish work at theCHC backdown. “Wehaverations to der the Uttar PradeshVidhi state-ownedcompanieshave not plete sale of itsequity in Air India, ther to DCP concerned on March Chintalnar,Burkapal and machines from China.“Ithink early (havingtakenpermissionfor lastusmonths,untilourdemands Viruddh Dharm Samparivartan beenitsbeneficiary. Datasourced BPCL, Shipping Corporation of 17 butnoaction hasbeen Chintagufabase camps on people will trytodevelop these the same), head home, put on aremet.Ourtractorsarelikemini Pratishedh Adhyadesh, 2020, from primeinfobase.comshow IndiaLtd,whileapprovingmajor- taken…so farbythe police.” Saturday. At around 8.30 pm, an machines here, and that is good. comfortable clothes and head to lodgings,” SurjeetSingh said. whichwas notifiedonSaturday. that no state-ownedcompany ity stakesaleinContainer IED blastoccurrednear the Howelsewillwe becomeself-re- the kitchenaround 11 am." He also said the farmers The governmenthas said the or- figured in the listoftop 10 com- CorporationofIndia along with ‘Ecobridge’ Arbaraj Mettahills,"hesaid. liant?” The oldestvolunteerwas would notallowany person affil- dinance is meant to check panies that receivedhighestFPI transfer of management control. reducing the needfor sudden The siteishardly8km from Khareacknowledgedthatthe BajimSagro,nearly 60.“Everyone iatedwithapoliticalpartyontheir "forced" and "fraudulent" reli- investment in the quarterended braking in front of acrossing ani- Minpawhere 17 DRGpersonnel machinesare"nojoke".“Theyare knew everyone,”says Jebisamam. platform.“We demandthatthe gious conversions. September 2020. Delhi riots mal, the road will become safer losttheir livesinaMaoistattack vehiclescapableof carryingloads “Time would justfly as we rate of MSP (minimum support Accordingtothe police, the Shareholdingdataavailableat and impartialinvestigation is forhuman beings too. in March,the policesaid. The of 1000 tonnes-plus. Currently, choppedvegetables,plannedthe price) should be fixed, and that woman's father,afarmer,said BSE showthat in the caseof made…and afinal report “Thisisadenseforest,andele- Chintagufa Police Station is 9km girders arecarriedbyroad in lit- menu forthe next day, and fig- farmers should notbefinedfor Ahmedand she becamefriends ONGC,the FPIholding declined filed…withoutdelay,” the court phants, leopards, deer,and blue away. tle segments."Noting that even ured out howwecouldimprove burningfarmstubble.We alsode- whileinschool together,and he from 8.65 percentinDecember ordered. bullsmoveinthis area.Drivers Eight of theseriouslyinjured Japan,whichishelpingIndiawith our dishes.” mandthattheproposedelectric- waspressuringherto convertand 2019 to 7.69 in September 2020, It addedthat Deputy canseethemfromsomedistance were evacuatedin ahelicopterto the bullet train project, had not Adds AmitaSangcho, 42,one ity Ordinance should be kept in getmarriedtohim. Ahmed, who whileIndianOilCorporationsaw Commissioner of Police, North and slowdownorstop, but they Raipur around midnight. designedsuchmachines, Khare of thevolunteers,“Thekitchenbe- abeyance,” SurjeetSingh said. studiedtillClass12,doesoddjobs the FPI holding fall from 7.64 per East–under whichJafrabad falls rarely do so forsnakes, lizards, However, Bhaleraocould notbe said China came up with them came our priority,took prece- Delhi Chief MinisterArvind in neighbouring Rampur district cent to 6.07per cent in the same –should monitor the probe. monitors,orsquirrels,”aForestof- saved. overitsconstructionof 25,000km dence over everything else. Once Kejriwal tweetedonSundaythat and regularly visitsBareilly. period. Saleem’scomplaint also ficialsaid. Having joinedthe CRPF in of high-speed rail. we stayed till 7pm, that’s how “TheCentremusttalk to farmers Apartfromtheordinance,the Even in the case of SBI and namesNareshTyagi,UttamTyagi, To attractreptiles and other 2010,Bhalerao had servedin Similarly,the NHSRCL has longittook to feed everyone immediatelywithoutanyprecon- police have lodged an FIR against PowerGrid Corporation of India and Supreme Maheswari who small animals, creepers will be Gujarat, Jammu &Kashmir and asked the Ahmedabad Textile lunch.” ditions.” Ahmedunder IPC Sections 504 Ltd (PGCIL), whichare the two figureasaccusedbytheDelhipo- grownoverthebridge,whichwill Delhi earlier. In 2018,heap- Research Institutetoworkonde- Oftenthe lockdown made During the day, severallead- (intentional insult with intent to mostvaluablestate-ownedcom- lice in the murder of oneParvez be layeredwith grassand leaves, peared forthe Limited velopingupholsterysimilarto the vegetables hardtosource. “We ers of farmers' groups gave provokebreachofpeace)and506 panies by market capitalisation, (48) during the riots. officials said. DepartmentalCompetitive fire-retardantoneusedinJapan's would drive down 10 km to an- speeches from atop tractors on (criminal intimidation), said the FPIs have reducedtheir hold- TheIndianExpresshadfirstre- “Weare experimenting. We Exam and cleared it to be pro- high-speedShinkansen system. other town to buy from local the Haryana side of the Singhu Station House Officer,Deorania ings significantly. Whileinthe portedondiscrepanciesinthepo- wantto create suitableconditions motedtothe rank of Assistant “Theysay thatevenifyou pour farmers,” says Sidisow.Several Border as Delhi Police remained Police Station, Daya Shankar. The caseofSBI, theyreducedtheir licechargesheetinParvez’smur- forreptiles andother suchani- Commandant. During abasic petrol on theupholstery and set people donated in the form of stationedbehind barriers officer said theyhad raided holding from 10.98per cent in der case: howsections of Arms mals so that theycan use it. We training course at the CRPF's itonfire,itwillnotpropagate.We chickenandpigs.“Inthatsense,it mountedwithbarbedwire.More Ahmed's house butnot found December 2019 to 7.75 per cent Actweredropped; CCTVfootage want to createamicro-environ- Internal Security Academyin cannotbedependent on Japan waspurelyacommunity-run,do- farmers were likelytojointhe him. inSeptember2020,theybrought of the incident wasnot found by ment forthem on the bridge,” Mount Abu, he wasadjudgedthe foreverfor this,” Khare said. nation-basedkitchen." protestoverthenexttwodays,the The woman's elder brother it down from 27.28 percentto the police; and that all accused DFOJoshisaid. best outdoor trainee. He fol- Besides, at the behestofthe Amonghundredswhowould leaders said. told TheIndianExpress, 25.97per cent in the case of PG- had deletedtheir mobile phone Reptiles and other small ani- lowedthat up with three-month NHSRCL, severalIITsare making walkinforahot mealeveryafter- Agroup of 80-100 farmers "Wheneverwesaidanything, CIL in the same period. datafromthe days of theriots. mals areanimportant partofthe training at the CoBRA School of simulationsoftware forelectrical noon wasDrTageNeha,Senior managedto crossintoDelhiusing Ahmedabusedusandthreatened Datafromprimeinfobase.com Significantly,anoffice-bearer forest food chainand ecosystem, Jungle Warfareand Tactics in systems etcwhichare currently Medical Officer at the CHC. “We narrowlanes on Sunday, and to eliminatethe entirefamily." also showthat the percentage of VishwaHinduParishad, Joshisaid. Belgaum. Onceagain,hewas ad- the sole domain of foreign con- have been on Covid duty since protestedsome 50 metres from Ahmed'sfamilyrunsashopin holding of government(as pro- Devesh Mishra, among those judgedthe all-round best trainee. sultantsengaged in railwayand March.Inthe initialdays,late the police barricade. “Wedonot Bareilly. Daya Shankar said his moter) in companies listed on questionedbythe police in CoBRA officer CRPF spokesperson and other suchprojects. Engineering night dinner wasthe only meal I have anyintentionsofmoving parentsandsisterhadleftthevil- NSEhitanall-timelowof5.05per Parvez'scase,hadlodgedaformal daughter Vedangi (10), and two Deputy Inspector General Moses institutes and the industryhave wascertain of," he says.“Until further.Wecame from theother lageafter the case waslodged. cent as on September 30, 2020, complaintthat"falsecases"were brothers. Bharti raised the chil- Dhinakaran said Bhalerao was also been asked to study ballast- theseladiescamealong--thesav- side and were allowedin, since Thepolicehavecometo know down from 6.17 per cent as on being foisted"on innocent dren on her ownafter losing her skilledinplanning and execut- less track, to replicatethe iours of Bhalukpong.” police thoughtwewereheaded that Ahmedand the woman had June30,2020.Overan11-yearpe- Hindus". husband when theywerevery ing operations againstMaoists, Shinkansen technology. In July, as cases spiked,com- towardsthe Nirankari Ground. leftthevillagetogetherinOctober riod,theholdinghasbeensteadily Calling foranFIR in Saleem’s young. as well as being an excellent mo- The NHSRCL plans to hire munitymembers advisedthe But the protestwillcontinue last year and were tracedfour declining from 22.46 per cent on case, the courtsaid: “…The alle- Bhalerao's birthdaywas on tivatorand man-manager in dif- management professionals and women to shutthe kitchen till here,” said SukhdevSingh of days later to Madhya Pradesh. June 30,2009. gations areserious in natureand December 21,and he wasplan- ficult surroundings. "Hehad ex- send them on secondment to JR things settleddown. “Wedidn’t Amritsar,one of the farmers Additional Superintendentof PranavHaldea, Managing pertain to the protection of the ning to return home around that ceptional leadership qualities. He East, whichruns the Shinkansen, want to,but we understood that campednear the Alipur police Police, Bareilly(Rural), Sansar Director of Prime Database, said righttolifeand property of the time.The familyhad hopedto wasdisciplined, braveand en- sothattheylearnhow thesystem the risk had increased. We made post. SinghsaidAhmedwasarrestedat the decline in the government’s complainant. The equal protec- celebrateadelayedDiwali apart thusiastic," Dhinakaransaid. is managed and come backand it clear we were ready to pitchin Therewerenomorethan200 the time but the woman had de- holdingisdueto factorsincluding tion of laws cannotbedeniedto from hisbirthdaywithhim. Bhalerao's instructor during replicatethat “culture” in India. wheneverrequired,”says Sidisow. farmersatthe sprawling niedthe prosecution chargesin “Government’s divestment pro- the complainant merelyonac- Sister-in-lawVrushali Bhalerao basic training, Assistant In the latestunderstanding Jebisamam has movedtoan- Nirankari Ground in Burarion court. "I have yettocheckthe sta- gramme,notenoughnewlistings count of registration of certain said the 33-year-old would come Commandant VijayChaudhary, reachedwith the Japanese side, othertown,anotherArmyschool, Sundayevening. The Delhi gov- tusof thatcase,"SansarSinghsaid. and also lacklustreperformance FIRs againsthim…and on the as- home everyyear forDiwali. "This said he stood out forhis "tactical Indiaisto carryoutaround75%of carrying the memory of those ernmenthad put up tentsand InApril,thewomanwasmar- of manyCPSEsrelativetotheir sumption of the IO (Investigating year he delayeditbecause he acumenandphysicalfitness",and the construction forthe project days even as she holdsonline mobilewashroomsforthem,and ried, and movedtoPilibhit."The private peers”. Officer)thatthecomplaintisfalse wantedothers in his battalionto that outofthe various wingsof throughIndianfirms.Typically,in classes. “Initially, we would rem- organisedlangars at several familyhas said that since coming Datashowthatthe value of and made to save the com- go home forthe festival," she theCRPF,hehadoptedforCoBRA. projectsof suchascale,aroundRs inisce about our time at the places –but the farmers were to know of the marriage, Ahmed government holdings in compa- plainant andthat toowithout said. "... We areveryproud of his An undated video postedon 80,000-90,000 croreworth of kitchen, and keep popping in to camping on their tractor trolleys. hadbeenharassingthem.Hewas nies promotedbyithas declined even registering an FIR and con- sacrifice." Twitter had ajunior officer prais- contracts,mostlyincivilconstruc- checkifthe officials were doing “Some of us hadtocome to pressuring them to call backthe from Rs 11.67lakhcrore as of ducting an independentand im- Afriend in Bhalerao's home- ing Bhalerao and saying he tionandeventrack-laying,would their work.Wespentthree NirankariGroundearlier,butthat woman and allowthe twoof December2019to7.62lakhcrore partialinvestigationintothealle- town Nashik said, "He always wishedevery forcewould getan go to Indian companies. The bul- months there, it became apartof doesnot mean we have cavedin. themto getmarriedaftershecon- as of September 2020. Whilethe gations made by the wanted to be at the forefront. I officer likehim. lettrain project, withoutnormal our lives, giving us immense joy The protesthereisthe same as verts.Helastvisitedthewoman's value had fallen sharplyto6.95 complainant.” wish he had stopped some- The ceremonytopay homage inflation factored in from 2015,is atableaktime."Thebiggestsatis- thatonthe border,and we will family on Saturdayand theyap- lakh croreinMarch 2020 follow- In itsorder,the courtalso put where." to Bhalerao in Raipur wasat- estimated at Rs 1.08 lakhcrore. faction wasthe thanks theyre- stay here until we areallowedto proachedthe police," the SHO ing thehugefallinmarketsin on recordthe allegedresponse of The injured in Saturday's at- tendedbyChhattisgarhHome The NHSRCL has told Indian ceivedfrompeople, including protestatthe Ramlila ground, or said. March,therecoveryof PSUstocks DelhiPoliceinhandlingthecom- tack all belongtothe 206CoBRA MinisterTamradhwaj Sahu and contractors to ensure that their high-ranking officials. our demands aremet,” Diljeet have been relatively very slow. plaint. Battalion, including second-in- CRPF DG APMaheshwari, who staff,fromrail-weldingtechni- One health worker who had Singh from Mohali said. Divestment plans Lowvaluationsareanissuefor “It has been alleged...some command rank officer Dinesh flewinfromDelhi. Calling the at- cians to engineers, motorcar op- come to eattook their picturesas OnFriday, policehadresorted Market experts saythisdiffer- thegovernment asithaslinedup anti-socialpeoplewho arehis Kumar Singh. Bhalerao had been tack an "act of cowardice", Sahu erators and supervisors, get theyservedfood, and posted to lathi chargesand tear gas ential in performance has been aheavy disinvestment agenda. neighbours...firedgunshots athis postedwiththe battalion in said: "Our policeand Central trainedandcertifiedbyareputed these on Facebook. “He wrotea againstthe protesters at Singhu oneofthereasonsforweakinter- TheFinanceMinistryhassetatar- house, pelted stones and threw Chhattisgarhnot toolongback. forces have been jointlycarrying Japaneseagency.Thetrainingses- long, heartfelt postonusand our Border.OnSunday, morefarmers estofforeignportfolio invest- getofRs2.1 lakh croreofreceipts petrol bombs...The complainant BastarIGPSundarrajsaid the out operations forthe lasttwo sions can lastfromafew days to kitchen,” says Sidisow. “Wewere from Punjab and Haryana joined mentsinstate-ownedcompa- through disinvestments, includ- asked for help but no policeper- incident occurred in Chintagufa years.Ithas resulted in the sur- 125days, and the costhas to be only cookingbut someone actu- the protesters at Northwest nies. ing the initial public offerofLIC sonnel arrivedatthe spot. The area. "An anti-Maoistoperation render of Naxals, their arrest and bornebythe contractors. allythoughtitwas special.”

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER30,2020 3 EXPRESS NETWORK SIIjunksvaccinetrialparticipantadversereaction claim,sayswillseekRs100croreindamages

states that it is very disappoint- fend suchmalicious claims,” the havioural changeinher hus- ARUNJANARDHANAN ing and shocking to note that af- PM to interact with 3teams involved SII said. band –hewas notaware of his CHENNAI,NOVEMBER29 terhis discharge from the hos- The principalinvestigatorof surroundings, he showed irrita- pital, therehas been no in developing vaccine today the trial sitetold TheIndian tion towardslight and sound, DAYS AFTERaChennai man, follow-up.... Even afteramonth Express, “I can confirmthat we and wasresisting anyeffortto who volunteered to take part in of the severe adverse reaction to NewDelhi: Prime Minister he will interact with arefrom reportedthe case to concerned makehim getupfrombed,” it the clinical trials of vaccine can- the vaccine, neither have the NarendraModi will interact Gennova Biopharma, authorities; in this case, it is the said. didateCovidshield, sent alegal regulator (Drugs Controller with three teams involved in Biological Eand Dr.Reddy's,” ethics committee and the DGCI. The notice said the partici- notice to Serum Institute of GeneralofIndia/ Dataand Safety developing Covid-19vaccine the PrimeMinister's Office All theprotocols have been fol- pant wasdischargedonOctober India (SII), allegingthat the vac- MonitoringCommittee), the via video conferencing on (PMO) said in atweet.This lowed.” 26, with discharge summary cine triggered “severe adverse sponsors (ICMR and Serum Monday. “Tomorrow,on30th cameaday afterthe Prime Tamil Nadu Health Minister stating that he had suffered reaction”inhim and sought a InstituteofIndia) or the collab- November 2020, PM @naren- Ministervisited Ahmedabad, CVijayabaskarsaid the govern- “AcuteEncephalopathy”. The compensation of Rs 5crore,the orators of thesponsors dramodi willinteract,via video Hyderabadand Pune to review ment will probethe issue. He notice alleged thatinthe 16 days Pune-basedfirm on Sundaysaid (AstraZeneca and Oxford conferencing,with three teams the development and manu- said until nownosuchadverse that he wasinhospital, “almost the allegations were “malicious” University) got in touch with thatare involved in developing facturing process of the vaccine reactions or cases in the vaccine all possiblemedical testsand in- and that his medical condition him to find out aboutthe severe aCovid-19 vaccine. The teams candidates. ENS trialshad been reported. “We vestigations were doneonhim wasnot linked to to the vaccine adverse effect aftervaccination have been closelymonitoringall to connect his neurological set- Modi in Varanasi today trial. and investigatethe severe reac- of them andtherewerenoside- backtoany of his earlier health The companysaid it will seek tion the test vaccine has had on volunteer.The volunteer is “Inspiteofspecificallybeing effectsreported so far... We will condition”. But all testsreturned to attend Dev Deepawali damagesinexcess of Rs 100 him.” falselylaying the blame forhis made awareofthe same,hestill probeonthisparticular case re- negative. crore. On Sunday, the SIIsaid in a medical problems on the Covid chose to go public and malign portednow,” he said. Apart from the SII, the notice Pateland Chief MinisterYogi Chennai-based advocates N statement:“Theallegations in vaccine trial.” the reputation of the company. According to the legal notice, wassent to AstraZeneca and EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Aditryanath, who has personally GRPrasad and RRajaram sent the noticeare malicious and The SII said the “claim is ma- It is evidentthat the intention the participant had “no adverse OxfordVaccine Groupwith LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER29 supervisedthe arrangements for the legal notice to SII –whichis misconceived.While the Serum liciousbecausethe volunteer behind the spreading of such reaction forthe first10daysaf- copies to WHO. It demandedthe the event. collaborating with AstraZeneca InstituteofIndia is sympathetic wasspecifically informedbythe malicious informationisan terthe vaccination”. But on vaccine trial, whichiscurrently PRIME MINISTER Narendra Duringhis six-hour visit, the and OxfordUniversity to de- with the volunteer’s medical medical team thatthe compli- oblique pecuniary motive.The October 11,hewokeupat5.30 being tested on about 1,600vol- Modi will attend the Dev Prime Ministerwill watcha velop the vaccine –onbehalf of condition, thereisabsolutely no cations he sufferedwereinde- Serum InstituteofIndia will am with severe headache and unteers in India, be halted im- Deepawali in his constituency showbasedonthe lifeof the participantonNovember 21. correlation with the vaccine trial pendent of the vaccine trial he seek damages in excess of 100 went backtosleep. “Our client’s mediately. Varanasi on Monday, and light Gautam Buddha and another The notice said, “Our client andthe medical condition of the underwent”. crorefor the same and will de- wifesaysthere wasatotal be- WITHENS,NEWDELHI the firstdiya–earthen lamp– show based on amythological at Rajghat. according to state theme. officials. Arrangementshave He is also expected to review been made formorethan15 the progress in Kashi Tea in kulhad at nearly 400rly stationsfor plastic-free India: Goyal lakh diyas, up from 10 lakhlast Vishwanath Dham Corridor year,whichwill be lit across80 project. Beforeleaving the city, waystations in thecountry.This have increasedmultiple times country, saving fuel, moneyand ghats. he will also perform puja at PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA will be the contribution of the The ministerwas between 2014-2020 as com- time. This is the firsttime the Kashipuradhpati temple and JAIPUR,NOVEMBER29 Railways towardsaplastic-free speaking at an event to pared to that between 2009- Also, the speedoftrains will Prime Minister will be attending willtakeaboat ride along the India.” 2014. also be increased, he said. the DevDeepawali, whichiscel- ghatsofthe Ganga. TEA WILL be soldinenviron- The ministersaid before ad- markthe inauguration Goyalsaid 65 underpasses “This will also help farmers ebrated on the 15th dayafter The Prime Minister will also ment-friendly'kulhads' dressing this gathering, he was of thenewly electrified were constructedfrom2009-14 who willbeabletotaketheir Deepawali. According to officials, address apublic meeting in (earthen cups) instead of plastic having teaina'Kulhad' and the while 378underpasses have crops to anypartofthe country he will be accompaniedbyUttar Khajuri and inaugurateasix-lane cups at all railway stations in the tastewas reallydifferent. Dhigawara-Bandikui been constructed from 2014- (through rail freight transport) Pradesh GovernorAnandiben road from Rajatlab to Handia. country, Railway Minister 'Kulhad' savesthe environ- section under North- September 2020. in less time,” he added. Piyush Goyalsaid on Sunday. ment and lakhs of peopleget Piyush Goyal Western Railways He said onlyfour over- Goyalsaid the Prime DELHI STATECANCER INSTITUTES Speaking at an event organ- employment from it, he said. bridges were constructed in five Ministerisveryconcerned Centres parexcellenceinthe service of humanity isedatthe Digawararailway sta- The ministerwas speaking at years till 2014 whereas 30 such about the environmentand (A group of autonomous institutions under the tion in Rajasthan's Alwar dis- an event to markthe inaugura- Ajmer has nowbeen electrified Rajasthan as electrification had bridges have been constructed thereforeemphasisisbeing Govt. of NCT of Delhi) trict, the ministersaid, “Tea is tion of the newlyelectrified with the electrification of this notbeentaken up in the last30 from 2014 to September 2020. givenonelectrification. EAST :DILSHAD GARDEN, DELHI 110095 givenin'Kulhads' at nearly 400 Dhigawara-Bandikui section stretch, he said. years afterthe electrification of The ministersaid electrifica- Dausa MP Jaskaur Meena, EPABX: +91-11-22135200, 22135700 FAX: +91-11-22110505 railway stationsinthe country underNorth-Western Railways. The ministersaid before the Delhi-Mumbai route. tion of railway lines across the GM-NWR Anand Prakash and WEST :C-2/B, JANAK PURI, NEWDELHI 110058 EPABX: +91-11-25501111,25541111 FAX: +91-11-25549999 today, andinfuture, it is our He also flagged offthe firsttrain NarendraModi government He said the investment by countrywill save the environ- other public representativesand Website:www.dsci.nic.in E-mail:[email protected] planning that teawillbesold on the newlyelectrifiedsection. came to powerin2014, the rail- Railways and infrastructurede- ment as engines willrun on railway officials were present in NIN ID: DSCI (East) -1112313380 & DSCI (West) -1115545855 onlyin'Kulhads' at all therail- The entireline from Rewari to waysector wasignored in velopmentprojects in Rajasthan electricity producedinthe the function. 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Jaipur WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 4 EXPRESS NETWORK THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER30,2020 Reconsider farm No space for Khalistan, laws: CM Gehlot Haryana:Meetingsontosend Pak slogans writes to Modi talks: Oppnslams raised at PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA morefarmerstowardsDelhi JAIPUR,NOVEMBER29 PM’s stance on farm protest: RAJASTHAN Panchayats across stateholdmeetings, dayafter Khattar deniedtheir involvement BJPgen secy CHIEF Minister Ashok Gehlot new farm laws Dehradun: Dushyant Kumar on Sundayde- SUKHBIRSIWACH HOODASLAMS Gautam, BJP national general mandedthe CHANDIGARH,NOVEMBER29 secretaryand the party’s in- central govern- KHATTARREMARK EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Surjewala said the charge forPunjab and ment to recon- Ashok ADAY afterChief Minister Chandigarh: Congressleader NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 Prime Minister’s Uttarakhand, on Sundaysaid sider the three Gehlot Manohar Lal Khattar claimed BhupinderSinghHooda that pro-Khalistanand pro- newfarmlaws that Haryana farmers have not SundayslammedHaryana HOURS AFTER Prime Minister remarks show his Pakistanslogans arebeing raised againstwhich takenpart in the farmers’ stir CM Manohar Lal Khattar for NarendraModi defendedthe “obduracy,arrogance during the farmers’ agitation and farmers arestagingprotests. againstthree agricultural laws his remarks that the state's farm laws passedbyhis govern- and rigidity” in dealing suchelementswill be arrested. In alettertoPrime Minister and he thanked them forthis, farmers have notparticipated ment, the Opposition Sundayhit The RajyaSabha MP claimed that NarendraModi, the chief minis- farmers held panchayatmeet- in the stir againstthe newagri out at the BJP-ledCentral gov- with “62 crore farmers the government is ready to talk tersaid that even when GDP ings in manyvillages to finalise laws.Hewarnedthatiffarm- ernment saying the Prime and farm labourers to the protesting farmers but growth rate has been -7.5 per their plans to jointhe protest- ers' problemsare notre- Minister’s remarksleave little theyare being misguidedbythe cent in the financial year 2020- ers. Some of the statefarmers solved, a“bigger movement” room fortalkswith the agitating Congress and otherOpposition 21,the agriculturesector has in- movedtoDelhi borders on would be launched. Hooda farmers and said that his stance of the BJP.The BJP,whichfavours parties. creasedby3.4 per cent. Sundayitself. said the state’s farmershave showsthatthe governmentis the rich, is conspiring to mort- Addressing the media at the In these difficult times, “Fromour village Samain of been agitating againstthe “drunk with power” . gage farms, farming, small busi- BJP office in Dehradun on Gehlotsaid, the farmers are Fatehabad district, farmers Farmers hold a press conference at Delhi’s Singhu border on laws foralong time. “Prime MinisterModi hasin ness, trading,roads,transporta- Sunday, following atwo-dayor- makingpositive contribution to movedtoDelhi in around 20 Sunday. GajendraYadav ENS his Mann ki Baat address sup- tionand everything else to the ganisational visit afterbeing ap- the economyand theyshould tractor-trolleys today,”said Sube portedthe three anti-farmer rich... If farmers areterrorists for pointed as theparty’s notbegiven suchareward. Singh Samain, akhap leader. black laws.When thehead of the the BJP,the BJP leaders and Uttarakhand in-charge,Gautam Gehlotdemandedthat PM According to Samain, similar grammewill be chalked outto country… the primeminister workers should pledgenot to said farm laws arefor the entire Modi reconsider the agriculture panchayatmeetingswereheld move to Delhi in tractor-trol- Khattar puts out call data, himself, comes out in support of consume the food grownby countrybut were opposedonly laws to protect the interests of in other neighbouring villages leys,” said Jagbir Ghasola, a the laws…then howwill talks them,” he said. in Punjab. farmers and democraticvalues. toolikeDanoda (Jind) and farmer leader from Charkhi Amarinder terms it fraud happen and what will betheout- At the Congress press confer- “Slogans of Khalistanzind- “When the countrywas cel- Fatehabad’s Bithmada, Dadri. comeofsuchtalks…” Congress' ence, Surjewala said the Prime abad, Pakistanzindabad arebe- ebrating Constitution Dayon26 Bhimawala and Gajuwala. “An impression is gaining pastseveral days.Yet none of communications department Minister’s remarksshow his“ob- ing raisedtheretoday. Slogans November,the farmers were hit Ahead of the “Delhi Chalo” ground among the farmers of EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE theseofficialsconveyedKhattar’s head Randeep Surjewala said at a duracy,arroganceand rigidity” arebeing raisedinfavour of anti- by sticks and watercannon. To call forNovember 26 and 27,the Haryana that theyshould notlag CHANDIGARH,NOVEMBER29 desire to talkto meatanypointin pressconference. in dealing with “62 crorefarm- national forces. Youshould think preventfarmersfromreaching Haryana Police had arrested sev- behind when tens of thousands time,” Amarinder said, adding The Left,Bahujan Samaj Party ers and farm labourers .” He also about who is behind these Delhi to keep their demands, eral farmer leaders from differ- of farmers from Punjab have al- AFEW hours afterHaryana Chief thathisHaryanacounterpart’sat- (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party lashedout at Home Minister (protests),” Gautam said, adding roads were dugand blockers entparts of thestate.Despite ready marched to Delhi bor- MinisterManohar Lal Khattar temptto“seize ahighmoral (SP) tooslammedthe Prime Amit Shah forholding road that those raising such slogans were also installed. The central that the farmers from Haryana, ders,” he added. According to made his office’s call detailspub- ground” on the farmers’ Delhi Minister's remarks.“The Prime shows in Hyderabad while there will definitelybearrested. governmenttriedtotakeaway especiallyfromthe districtsof Ghasola, akhap panchayat lic to provethathecalledhis Chalomarch was“pathetic”. Ministerhas justifiedthe laws. wasnowordontalkswith the In astatement issuedbythe the right to protest againstthe Ambala, Kurukshetra, meeting toohas been plannedin Punjab counterpart Capt “Howmanytimes in the past Then he should meet therepre- agitating farmers. BJP stateoffice, Gautam said the farmers, whichisnot justified,” Yamunanagar and Fatehabad Charkhi Dadri district on Amarinder Singh to discussthe has Khattar usedthe attendant sentativesofthe farmers and ar- “Home MinisterAmit Shah government is ready to talk to Gehlotsaid. had reachedDelhi borders on November 30. farmerprotests,thelattertrashed channelto getintouchwithme?” gue with them. The leaders of has all the time to holdaroad farmers but the Congress and He said the farmers have ir- November 25, 26 and 27.Firstof All IndiaKisanSabha (AIKS) it as “complete fraud”. heasked,tellingtheHaryanachief this agitation arenot ignorant showinHyderabad, 1,200kilo- someother parties were mis- rigated theland of the country all, aconsiderablenumber of the statesecretaryDayanant Poonia In astatement,Amarinderon ministerto“stop lying”. people… and wherewas the metres away from the capital, leading them. He said the in- with their blood and sweat. The farmers from Haryana, ledby said the farmersfromBhiwani Sunday said,“Flaunting apageof In anycase, said Amarinder,“I Prime Ministerwhen the Bills but he can’t travel 15 kilometres volvement of separatist ele- Centreshould immediatelyre- stateBKU president Gurnam district will move to Delhi in hisownofficeregistercannotcon- have an attendant to receive calls were passed. Whyhedidn’t to theborders of Delhi to talk to mentsinthe agitation wasa solve their problems by listening Singh Chaduni, had movedto tractor-trolleys on December 1. done ML Khattar’s lies, and if he atmy residenceonlyfrom9amto speak or intervene in Parliament. the agitating farmers… Haryana matter of concern. to their demands, the Congress Delhi from Ambala by breaking According to Poonia, the farmers reallywantedto connect,hecould 5pm,asIdon’tbelieve inill-treat- He should have communicated Chief MinisterMLKhattar is call- Gautam alleged that the AAP, leader added. police barricades on National areholding meetings in the vil- easilyhaveusedofficial channels ing my staffmembers. Khattar to thepeople through ing the farmers terrorists…The “whichdid notprovide food to The CM said the Centre Highway-44 on November 25. lages of neighbouring Hisar dis- orcalleduponthemobilephone.” could simplyhavepickedupthe Parliament. MannKiBaat cannot Agricultureministersays he will labourers duringthe pandemic”, brought in the laws without any Nowsome of Haryana trict too. Keeping in viewthe Dismissingitasa“pathetic”at- phoneand called me on my mo- replace Parliament,” CPI general talk to the farmersonDecember wasputting up tentsand arrang- discussion with farmers and ex- farmer leaders have been re- “Delhi Chalo” call of farmers, temptbyKhattar to prove his bile phone.” secretaryDRajasaid. 3… whycan’t the government ing meals foragitating farmers. perts while also ignoring the de- leasedfromjails. Afterrelease, Poonia toowas arrested on claims,Amarindersaidthatby re- Amarindersaidthatthefactof “The farmers of the country talk to the farmers earlier… have “Those associated with Shaheen mands by opposition parties in theyhaveintensifiedtheir efforts November 26 and wasreleaseda leasingthe callrecordcopies,the the matter wasthat theHaryana areangryand agitated over the theyconsulted an astrologer for Bagh toohavejoinedthis agita- Parliamentto sendthebillsto ase- to mobilise the farmers against daylater. HaryanaCMhad,infact,“exposed CMwas“outtosuppressthefarm- three farm laws enacted recently this purpose,”heasked. tion,” Gautam said. lectcommittee.TheseActs donot the three controversial farm The farmers in Haryana are hisdeception”evenmore sharply. ers and had no serious intent of by theCentral government. It “Prime Minister Modi wants Earlier,Gautam, along with mention the minimumsupport laws.“Iwas detainedon also planning to offertactical “If at all someone from his office discussing their protests with would be better if the Centre re- to ensurethat the Rs 20-25lakh party national vice-president price (MSP), whichhas ledtodis- November 24 and wassentto help to the protesting farmers at calledmyresidence,whywerethe him”.“If Icantalkto awholelotof considers these laws enacted crorecommodity marketiscon- Rekha Verma, said the BJP will trust among farmers, he added. Bhiwani jail on November 26. Delhi bordersincase theyface calls made to an attendant? Why central leaders,right from the without forgingany consensus trolledbyhis four to five crony win morethan 60 seatsinthe The CM further said that with Immediately aftermyrelease anytype of atrocities. “If forceis were official channelsnotusedto PrimeMinister, ontheissueof the with farmers,” BSP chief capitalistfriends.But the prime 2022 Assemblyelections. They the implementation of these from the jail on November 28, usedagainstthe farmers at Delhi getintouch with me?” asked farmers’ protest, whywouldItry Mayawati said. ministerhas bitten morethan he also discussedpreparations for laws,farmers will become de- we approached the farmers in borders, we will blockroadsin Amarinder. to wriggleoutof talkingto Khattar SP chiefAkhilesh Yadavtoo can chew because when 62 crore BJP president JPNadda’sfour- pendentonprivate players only. connection with the ongoing ag- Haryana,” akhap leader warned. “Top officials of the Punjab onthesame?”hequipped,accus- attackedthe Centre,accusing it farmers rise in unison, the 'Delhi dayvisit to the statescheduled Gehlotalso informedthe PM itation. We have plannedtohold Further,the farmers of government,atprincipalsecretary ing Khattar of “politicisingthe of seeking to mortgagethe coun- darbar' will be unseatedand that to beginonDecember 4. Nadda of the amendmentsmade by the ameeting of 19 villagesof Rohtak districthavestarted col- and DGP levels among others, genuine demands of the farmers trytothe rich. is notawarning, that is achal- is scheduledtobeginhis visit by stateinthe three laws to protect Charkhi Dadri district on lecting rationtosupplytothe have been in touchwith each and their very real on-ground “Insulting farmers by calling lengetothe prime minister,”he meeting santsinHaridwar. the interestofthe farmers. December 1inwhichpro- protesters at borders. otheronthefarmers’issueforthe fight forsurvival”. them terrorists is the worstface said. ENS

HYDERABAD CIVICPOLLS SALUTE THE SOLDIER BJPwants to createown ecosystem, 5043352 LNK NUN BAHADUR RANA, SM AND 5045078 RFN SHER BAHADUR GT, SM 29 NOV institutionscompromised: Mehbooba On this day 5043352 Lnk Nun Bahadur Rana, SM and 5045078 Rfn Sher Bahadur GT,SMof5/1 Gorkha and indirectly... That Iprovoke the Kashmir issue is over.“Poll percent- Rifles made the supreme sacrifice during 'OP RAKSHAK' BASHAARATMASOOD people. The onlything theyare try- agedoesn’t mean anything. Elections Jammu &Kashmir in Nov 1997 in atrue act of valour.The SRINAGAR,NOVEMBER29 ing to do is to gettomebut theyare have been conducted earlier as well. brave soldiers will always be remembered for their notgetting anything (againstme). This goes on likethis,” she said. enthusiasm. To these brave heart we pledge that we shall PDP PRESIDENT and former Jammu Theywant to banmyparty,” Mufti Accusing the administration of always be guided by their immortal spirit and make their andKashmirCMMehbooba Mufti on said. “I want to tell them when their “murdering democracy” in the names proud. Sundaysaid the BJP wantstocreate ministers come here, nine out of 10 course of DDC polls, she said candi- Union Home MinisterAmit Shah at a CO AND ALL RANKS, 5/1 GORKHA RIFLES an ecosystem wherethereis“no times theyonlytalk about article 370. dates of the Gupkar alliance were roadshowinHyderabad on Sunday. PTI space forrealdemocracy” and the WhenItalk about it,theyget rattled.” confinedtotheir homes while others country’s institutionsare at the“fore- “Ifbyabrogating(Article) 370, the had freedom to campaign. front of implementing” the ruling issue has been resolved, what is the “Municipal elections were conducted Shah seeks one chance party’s agenda. Armydoing here? Theyshould have when the code of conduct wasin Addressing themedia, she asked been at borders. The Kashmir prob- force. Howcould theyhavecon- for BJP, claims secret pact Sale noticefor sale of immovable properties whatare soldiers doing in the Valley Mehbooba Mufti lem is thereaslong as we have nine ducted the election. ECI is abig insti- E-Auction Sale Notice for Sale of Immovable Assetsunder the Securitisation if revocationofspecial status had re- lakh soldiers here. Have youseen so tution. Unfortunately, institutionsof and Reconstruction of Financial Assetsand Enforcement of Security Interest between TRS, AIMIM Act, 2002 read with proviso to Rule 8(6) of the Security Interest solvedthe Kashmir issue. manysoldiers in anyother state, so the country have become ‘yes boss’,” (Enforcement) Rules, 2002 “The BJP wantstocreatean compromised,” she added. manysecurity forces, so manycheck- she said. Notice is hereby given to the public in general and in particular to the Borrower (s) and Guarantor (s) ecosystemwherethereisnospace She asked if India can talk to points... Unless theydon’t resolve the Mufti said the Roshni Actwas a SREENIVASJANYALA that the below described immovable property mortgaged/charged to erstwhile Andhra Bank, now Union Bank of India, the Physical possession of which has been taken by the Authorised Officer of forreal democracy. Theywant to cre- China, whynot Pakistan. “China has Kashmirissue, don’t return (Article) scheme forthe poor and notascam. HYDERABAD,NOVEMBER29 erstwhile Andhra Bank, now Union Bank of India, will be sold on “As is where is”, “As is what is”, atetheir ownecosystem where they grabbed our land and we aretalking 370, Kashmir will remain afantasy “If BJP is so seriousaboutthe land and “Whatever there is” basis on 15.12.2020, for recovery of Rs. 5339764.74/- (Rupees Fifty Three Lacs Thirty Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty Four and Seventy Four Paise Only) as on want to installtheir puppets and their to them... Hereonthe border,people forthem,” she said. grab issue, it should go afterbig fish, UNION HOME MinisterAmit Shah on Sunday 31.08.2020 and failure interest and charges thereon from Mrs. RINKU SAIN W/OBHAGWAN B-teams,” she said. aredying from both sides. Whydon’t Mufti said the Opposition and ac- notthe poor who have noteven5 claimedthat the rulingTRS in Telangana and SAIN,PLOT NO. 19- CANAND VIHAR 9DUKAN KALAWARROAD WARD NO 11,JHOTWARA JAIPUR-302012, RAJASTHAN (Borrower) and BHAGWAN SAIN S/O SIVDAN SAIN 19 CANAND “Wheretheycan’t do anything youtalk to Pakistan. Is it about being tivists have also been silenced. marlas of land.” AIMIM have enteredintoasecretpact. WHAR 9DUKAN KALAWARROAD, WARD NO. 11,JHOTWARA JAIPUR-302012,RAJASTHAN themselves, theydoitthrough aMuslim countrybecause every- “Unfortunatelynobody from the op- Condemning the arrest of PDP “Wedon’t have aproblem if TRS has atie-up and Mr.Ravi Kumar Saini S/o GavindnarayanSain 30, Teeja Nagar B, Vishnawala, Sirsi Road Panchyawala, Jaipur-302034, Rajasthan (Guarantors) courts... It is unfortunatethat all our thing is communal now. Asardar is position is talking because theyknow youth leader Waheed ur Rehman with AIMIM. But whyhide it? Whydoesn’t the TRS The reserve price will be Rs. 4194000/- (Rupees Forty One Lacs and Ninety Four Thousand only) institutions, whichshould have safe- Khalistani, aMuslim Pakistani and a some ED, some NIA would be after ParrabyNIA,she said he paid the have the gutstoacceptthat theyhaveanunder- and the earnest money deposit (EMD) will be Rs. 419000/- (Rupees Four Lacs and Nineteen Thousand only) guardeddemocracy,whichshould Kashmiri aterrorist.” them, Even activists arenot talking price fortalkingabout Article 370. “It standing with AIMIM?” he asked. SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY have safeguardedthe rightsofthe Mufti said she had receivedmes- because theyknowthe UAPA is is very unfortunate theyhaveslapped “Aapdono aapas mein secretly ilu ilu karteho Land and Building -Residential belonging to Mrs. Rinku Sain situated at FLATS-2, 2ND FLOOR, people, even though theyswear by sages, warningher nottotalk about ready.” UAPA againsthim. Waheedhas been lekin bahar nahi bolteho(You areinteracting se- PLOT NO. 54, MAHATMA GANDHI NAGAR, D.C.M. Ajmer Road, Jaipur,Rajasthan, bounded by North: Plot No. 53, East: Plot No 43, West: 30 ft.Wide Road, South: Plot No, 55. the Constitution, areatthe forefront Article 370orthe Kashmir issue. The PDP chiefsaid participation the ardent advocateofdialogue, cretly but notmaking it public),” Shah told re- For detailed terms and conditions of the sale, please visit the link www.mstcecommerce.com of implementing the BJP’s agenda in “They have told me earlier and they of people in District Development democracy and reconciliation,”she porters during his visit to Hyderabadahead of the (Common landing platform for E-Auction of Bank Properties) and www.unionbankofindia.co.in Date: 26.11.2020 totality... our institutionshavebeen aretellingmetoday as well ... directly Council (DDC) Polls doesn’tmean the said. elections to Greater Hyderabad Municipal Place: Sirsi Road, Jaipur Authorised Officer &Chief Manager Corporation (GHMC). Expressing hope that the city will elect aBJP mayor, Shah appealedtothe citizens to give the party one chance. “Hyderabad can become aglobal IT hub but the TRS and AIMIM who rule GHMC failedtodevelop proper infrastructure.Recently,the city got flooded and 7lakh families were affected.During the last six years, the TRS and AIMIM failedtolay even a single newstormwaterdrain or desilt the existing ones,” he said. “The AIMIM encourages encroachment every- where, including on waterbodies, whichblockthe flowofwater causingthe flooding. If BJP comes to powerinGHMC,wewill demolish all the illegal structures blocking rain watersothat the cityis savedfromflooding in future. Give us one chance. We will eradicatethe nawab-nizamculture and convertHyderabad intoamodern city.Wewant to take Hyderabad from dynasty rule towards democracy.Wewant to make it aprogressive city. Give BJPone chance,” Shah added. Targeting Chief MinisterKChandrashekar Rao over his handling of the floods, the Union Home Minister said, “Where wasKCR when half the city wasflooded? The localities oppositethe CM’s res- idence were alsoaffected buthewas missing in action, neither did he call ameeting of GHMC of- ficials or corporators.” Campaigning forthe GHMC elections ended Sundayand polling forthe 150seats will be held on December1.

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GLIMMER & TUNNEL Soumya Kanti Ghosh Economyoutpacedexpectations in second quarter. But sustainability of rebound in activitiesremains aconcern THEGDPDATA releasedonNovember27 takes gone manystructural changes, datarevisions OECDoninequality showsthatbetween 1985 us back50yearswhen economistand Nobel in GDP anddiscrepancies have movedinthe and 2013 (the latestavailabledata), theGini LaureatePaulSamuelson,onbeing askedon a same direction (upwardrevisionsinboth), coefficient rose significantlyfor mosthigh- FTER AN UNPRECEDENTED decline of 23.9 per cent in the firstquarter television panel about his changingviews on specifically in 2016-17and 2017-18. In 2018- income countrieswiththe US andUKbeing of the current financialyear,the Indianeconomy faredbetterthanmost inflation,observed,“wellwheneventschange, 19,evenasGDP wasrevisedupwards, dis- amongstthe mostunequal. The datafor India, expected,withthe paceofcontraction easing to 7.5per cent in the sec- Ichangemymind. What do youdo?” India’s crepancies were reviseddownwards indicat- though quitedated andsporadic,indicates ond quarter. The performance, better than what economists at the RBI GDPdata,orforthatmattertheGDPnumbers ing the processofreconciliationisgetting that inequalityhas increasedbut notsignifi- Ahad predicted,reflectsinpart, asteady improvementinactivity levels releasedglobally, leadto asimilarpredicament. better.But this jobwillbecome difficultin cantly worsened. It is of utmostimportance Untilnow, GDPdata forthethirdquarterofthe 2020-21asevenCSO believesthatthe data that we continue to reduce inequality with the easing of lockdown restrictions during this period, and the ramping up of pro- calendar year 2020 has been releasedfor 49 will undergochanges. through income support or transfers. duction to satiate the pent-upand festival season-leddemand. In the weeksthereafter, countries, 44of whom have contracted in the Whatarethepossiblereasonsforthesurge It is interesting to see howthe incremen- the continuing sequential improvementinleading economicindicators has ledtoopti- rangeof0-10per cent. The narrative has in manufacturinggross value added(GVA)? talcapital-output ratio(ICOR)will playout in mism that the economyislikelytorebound stronger than expected in the second half of changed forthe better since the firstquarter We believe one possible explanation could be 2020-21. The ICOR is the amount of capital re- the year.However, one mustadvise caution, as the durability of the sharper-than-ex- (financial year) when India’s GDPgrowth de- the stellarcorporateGVA numbers in the sec- quired to produce one unit of output.The pected rebound remains amatter of concern. clinedby23.9 per cent, and the fall forthe full ond quarteronthe backofamassive purge in higher the ICOR, the less efficient the use of In part, the continuing healthyperformance of the farm sector helped ease the extent year wasexpected to be doubledigits. costs (a recent RBI study also confirms that), capital. Delaysinthe completionofprojects, Sowhatdoesthedatashow?Themostre- particularly on employees. The downside to lackofcomplementaryinvestmentsinrelated of contraction of the economy. Excludingagriculture,value addedbyrestofthe economy markablepartisthenominalGDPlossnarrow- suchcost-cutting could be significant labour sectors and the non-availabilityofcritical in- contracted by 8.3 per cent in the second quarter. The manufacturing sector grew by 0.6 ing down to Rs 1.98 lakh croreinthe second market disruptions,increasinginequality and putscan allleadtoarise in ICOR.The ICOR in per cent in the secondquarter, aftercontracting by astaggering39.3 per centinthe previ- quarterofthe financial year from astaggering thus amaterial impact on consumption. The India has increasedfrom3.8 in 2016-17to4.9 ous one. Whilevolumeindicators likethe index of industrial production continuedto con- Rs 11.1 lakh croreinthe firstquarter(the cu- goodthingisthatCOVID-19 hasbroughtabout in 2018-19and is expected to further deterio- tract during this period, even though the extent of contraction had easedgreatly, presum- mulative lossatRs13.1 lakhcroreisequivalent rapid changes in manyindustries in terms of rate to 6.9 in 2019-20. ably,value added by the sector has risenonthe back of aggressiveexpenditurepruning as to 6.4percentof 2019-20GDP).Manufacturing innovations that will surelyoutlive the pan- Itwouldbeunfairif we don’ttalkaboutthe (andconstruction)hasminimiseditslossesby demic. Forexample, the pandemic has accel- hugerole that the RBI had playedinthis con- indicatedbycorporate results. Similarly,the construction sectorwitnessedasignificant 91 per cent from the firstquarter. The services erated the pace of technology adoptioninthe text of arresting the growth slowdown. With uptickwith the contractioninactivities easing to 8.6 per centinthe second quarter,down sector has reducedits losses by 43 per cent, banking system in India,with branchfootfalls governmentconsumptionexpendituredeclin- from 50.3per centinthe firstquarter. This despiteconstruction activities being muted whilethelossesincurredbythetradesub-seg- droppingsharply. Onenotableexampleof such ing sharplyby18per centinthe second quar- duringthe monsoon season.Onthe servicesside,whileasimilar improvement wasob- ment have fallen by astaggering 80 per cent. technology adoption is the credit guarantee ter, it nowseemsthat monetary policy has servedinthe trade, hotels, transport and communicationsector, surprisingly, the paceof However, thelossesofthefinancial,realestate Thedisruptions in the schemeforMSMEsthathasbeenaresounding playedtheperfectfoilevenasfiscalpolicycon- contractionactuallyworsenedin financial, real estate and professionalservicessector dur- and professional services andthe public ad- labour market,however, success, with almost allparts of the country tinues to remain tight-fisted. The RBI has ministrationsegmentshavejumpedby50per benefitting from the scheme. Dataconsump- donnedmanyhatsand fulfilled manyexpec- ing this period. While private consumption faredbetter, as household spendingperked cent. The recovery has been ledbymanufac- could be arisk forfuture tion in rural India on the networkofcommon tationsduringthecrisis.Beginningwithacom- up with restrictions on economicactivities and movementsgraduallylifted, government turingand also by the largest component of consumption and inequality. service centres, and specialpurpose vehicles prehensive solutionfor providing aliquidity spending rather than being counter-cyclical, continued to be pro-cyclical, falling in the the servicessector —trade, hotels, transport There have been more (physical facilities fordelivering government backstoptoconvincing marketsthat liquidity second quarteraswell,despitethe announcement of massiverelief packages.Investment and communication. The other good news is aggressive cuts in employee of India e-servicestorural and remote loca- problemswillnottranslateintosolvencyprob- activity also improved during this period, presumably on account of work beginningon that the agriculturesector has already added tions)alsojumpedbynearly 100percentdur- lemsand issues of financial stability,togiving costs in the case of small projectsthathad been stalleddue to the lockdown restrictions, as did the changeinstocks, 0.4 per cent to GDP in both the quarters. ing the lockdown. Thethrust on digital finan- explicit forwardguidance of ratesfor an ex- indicatinghigher inventoryaccumulation. If thistrendoflossminimisationcontinues companies with aturnover cialliteracycannowhelpinrapidlyonboarding tendedperiod to assuagingbattered market (at this rate,possible gains in nominal GDP in the digitally-unbanked rural population. sentiments when uncertaintywas highand The stronger than expected uptickineconomic indicators in October,while raise op- of up to Rs 500 crore. This is the thirdand fourth quarterare adistinct pos- Thedisruptionsinthelabourmarket,how- adoptingoutof boxunconventionalpolicies— timism over the stateofthe economy, mustbetreated with caution as datafor some of sibility)India’s2020-21nominalGDPwillsur- also substantiated by the ever,could be arisk forfutureconsumption itsproactive approachhas been alearning ex- these indicators forNovember signals some moderation in activities, justifying concerns prisinglynot be lowerthan 2018-19levels as results of NCAER’s Business and inequality.Therehavebeen moreaggres- perience forall of us over the sustainability of thisupswing. Further,the possibility of the imposition of lo- wasearlier expected.This would mean India Expectations Survey that sive cutsinemployeecostsinthecaseofsmall So,whatnext?We nowexpecttheGDPde- calisedrestrictions on activities due to rising COVID-19cases adverselyimpactingeco- has weathered the COVID storm in terms of a shows that firms were more companies with aturnoverofuptoRs500 cline forthe fullyear to be in single digits, and nomic activities going forwardalso cannotberuledout loss of output in 2020-21thatcould be more crore. This is also substantiated by the results possiblyevenlowerthantheRBIandmarkets’ than salvaged in 2021-22,though this is con- likely to terminate the of NCAER’sBusinessExpectationsSurvey that forecasts.The thirdand fourth quarternum- tingent on India getting backtobusiness employment of temporary shows that firms were more likelytotermi- bers arelikelytospring apositive surprise, through continuedsector-specific reforms. workers, compared to that natethe employmentoftemporaryworkers, thoughconditionalonthe absence of another Oneworrying data point is the large dis- of permanent workers, compared to that of permanent workers,ow- waveofinfections. VACCINATOR CHALLENGE crepancies in the second quarter numbers ingtothe skill premium of the latter. whichamountto1.7 percent of GDP.Over owing to the skill premium This raises clear concerns regarding The writer is group chiefeconomic advisor, Professionals needtobetrainedtodeliver Covid-19vaccine. the lastfew years, as the economyhas under- of the latter. inequality.Globally, dataprovidedbythe StateBankofIndia. Viewsare personal Government mustcoordinatewith private sector

HE SEARCHFOR ashield againstthe coronavirus has reachedacritical phase in severalparts of the world, including India. Thoughwedonot have afirm date on avaccine formass use, aconsensus seems to be emerging that a Tpreventive willroll outoflaboratoriesmonthsbeforeitwas anticipated JUSTICE ON TRIAL when the pandemic brokeout. The Serum InstituteofIndia, one of the lab- oratories at theforefront of vaccine developmentinthe country, has reportedlysaid that it willapplyfor permission foremergency use of the preventive in afortnight. Many is- Existing bail regime, loaded againstpoor and underprivileged, needs urgent reform sues, however, remaintoberesolvedinwhat mayshape up to be one of thebiggestlogis- tical challenges in public health. It is heartening, therefore, that the Centreand states have Nitika Khaitan embarkedonthis task in the rightearnest. Lastweek,duringameeting with Prime Minister NarendraModi, chief ministers of severalstatesoutlinedtheir plans forvaccine deployment. THESPEEDWITHwhichArnabGoswamiwas underscores howremandisextended suretycondition, or does notknowanyone lo- Conversations have begun on ways to bolsterthe country’s cold-chain infrastructure. A recentlygrantedbailhasthrownintosharpre- mechanically. callywillingto standassuretyforher,shemust cadre of vaccinatorswill nowhavetobemobilisedtoadministerthe firstdoses. lief the multitudes forwhom such quickac- Oncearresteesare entangledinthesystem, remaininjail.Asreportedtothehigh-powered The government reportedly plans to vaccinateabout one crorehealthcareprofession- cessto justicewillneverexist.Accordingto the their release depends on their access to legal committeesetuptodecongestprisonsinDelhi als in the firstphase, and 30 crorepeople by September 2021. Expertsreckonthatthe latestfiguresfrom2019, an extraordinary69 aid, woefully inadequate in Indiaand deter- duringthelockdownearlierthisyear,hundreds Universal Immunisation Programme’sworkforce will notbeadequate forthe purpose. per cent of inmates in prisonare undertrials – minedentirely by privilege, whichalso deter- of prisonerswere injailonlybecausetheycould Already thereare complaintsthat divertinghealth workersforthe anti-COVID-19efforts has personswhohave notyet beendeclaredguilty minestheirabilitytoappealupwards,if alower notmeettheirsuretyconditions.TheHCpassed of anycrime.Deprivingpersonsof theirliberty courtdenies them bail, and their ability to de- aone-timeorder doingawaywiththe surety disruptedroutine inoculation programmes. Doctors, nursesand lab technicians from pri- withoutaconviction is meanttoserveanar- mand rights, suchasthe right to be releasedif conditionsinlightof thepandemic,thoughthe vate healthcare facilities will have to beropedintomeetthe current challenge. The National rowpurpose:Ensurethatthey donotabscond theyare incustodyforacertainperiodwithout problem will remain longafter thepandemic. ExpertGroup on Vaccination Administration forCOVID-19has sought the views of indus- or tamper with the evidence or influence wit- being chargesheeted. It is little surprise that One-time orderscharacterise thecourt’s trybodies suchasthe FICCI and CII as well as hospital associationsonthe matter.This is a nesses. Under the existing bail regime, how- Muslims,Dalitsand Adivasis areincarcerated response to many of theseissues.Indecisions step in the rightdirection. Butmuchmoreneeds to be done, especiallybecausegovern- ever,thereislegitimateconcern thatpeople Statutes suchasthose at ratesdisproportionate to their population. on the drug-related offences lawin1994and ment and private agencieswill have to work in tandem in diverse realms —monitoring arebeingincarcerated unnecessarilyand lan- penalising drug and terror Somelaws make bailevenharder.Statutes anti-terrorlaw in 1996, the courtrecognised beneficiary databases, human resources training,bracing up cold-chain logisticsand en- guishinginjails forfar longer than justified. offences impose special suchasthose penalisingdrug and terror of- that whereaspeedy trialisnot possible,bail The problem begins with arrest.For deca- fences impose specialrestrictions on bail, restrictions equal undulylong confinement suring smooth supplies of syringes and medical glass vials. Coordination mechanisms be- des, government reportsand courtdecisions restrictions on bail, which whicheffectivelycondemn arrestees to bru- and infringeonArticle 21 rights.Inbothcases, tween government officials at different levels and private sector expertswill have to be in- have notedtheprevalenceof unlawfulandun- effectively condemn tallylong custody pendingtrials. Provisions thecourtpassedone-timeordersdirectingcer- stitutedto ensurethat the targetedinoculations aredeliveredinthe shortest possibletime. necessaryarrests.RecentSupremeCourtdecis- arrestees to brutally long under ordinarylaw that mandate release of tain undertrials to be released, while clarify- The firstlot of the vaccines is notlikelytobe100per cent effective —the Oxford-Astra- ionsandchangesincriminallawhavesoughtto periods of custody pending undertrials if theyhavespent halfofthe max- ing that the orders would notaffect future introduce safeguards—for instance, requiring imumpossiblesentenceincustodydonotap- cases. In another1996 decision, theDelhi HC Zenecavaccine developedbythe Serum Institutehas so farreported 70 per cent efficacy. trials, whichspanyears. The Anycase, vaccines have side effects. Atransparent mechanism to report adversereactions thepoliceto refrainfromarrestincertaincases plytoprisonersunder special laws.The grav- appointedcourtcommissionersto investigate if theaccusedappearsbefore thepolicewhen- gravityofdrugs and terror- ity of drugsand terror-related crimes is used the background of prisoners unable to afford —and deal with misinformation andfearmongering—will be critical to the inoculation ever she is asked. But the difficulty of co- related crimes is used to to justify suchdraconianrestrictions. But let- suretyandpassedone-timedirectionsrelaxing drive.Thereisnotime to lose in mobilising and training aworkforce forthe purpose. mplainingagainstpoliceofficialsandweakint- justify suchrestrictions. But tingthe seriousness of the allegation become their bail conditions. ernal incentivestodiscipline officers means aprimaryconsideration in bail means that These orders evidence widespread recog- thereislittleaccountabilityforarbitraryarrests. letting the seriousnessof prosecutingagencies can simplytrump up nition of fundamental issues with bail,yet re- Freeze Frame EPUnny After24hours,thepolicemustproducethe the allegation become a chargestoensureyearsofpunishment. frain from systemic change. In the absence of arrested in courtfor magistrates to decide primaryconsideration in Finally, one major impediment remains large-scalereform,however,wewillcontinue whether remand to further custody is warra- bail means that prosecuting even onceacourt has granted bail. Landmark with aregime that in itsdailyrealitybothhor- nted.Acatena of judgmentsemphasises that judicialdecisions have long deprecatedthe rifies and numbs. magistrates cannot merelyacceptthe say-so agencies cansimply trump practiceofcourtsdemanding excessivesurety of thepolice.Butanequallyvastjurisprudence up charges. orlocalsureties.If anarresteecannotaffordher The writer is alawyerbasedinDelhi

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ASSAM PROTEST India resumedworkafter 28 days of strike. be ready to face the consequences. TheCPM ANINE-HOUR FAST by leaders of the Assam LifeinGauhatiremainedcrippled, with the is alleged to have attackedthe offices of the movementendedonNovember 29 with CRP patrolling streetsand panic-stricken Congress in Kerala. PCC president AK strong speechesbytheirleaderscondemn- people trying to avoidthem. Manyimpor- Anthony, whobriefed newsmen, saidthat ing the government forletting loose areign tant markets also remained closed.The All- the CPM is yettofullyunderstand the basics of terror againststudents.Earlier over 1,000 Assam Minority Students Union has ex- of the conceptofaleft democratic front. Cotton CollegeStudents, manyofthem pressedconcern overthe protests. women,held protests,demanding that the INDIRA AND STARS principalextend protectiontoboarders. The CONGRESSVSCPM PRIME MINISTER INDIRA Gandhihas said studentsalso demandedthe withdrawal of THE RULINGCONGRESS in Kerala has made that she has no faith in astrologers. The PM casesagainsttheir 10 counterparts,who are it known itsdissatisfaction to theCPM over said that an impression has been created in in jail and 66others whohavebeen released the communistparty’s conceptofthe Left the Indian and foreign press that she con- on bonds. Theysaid that CRP jawans had Democratic Front,its approachtoits front sulted astrologers before takingmomentous takenawaymoney, wristwatches and other partners and itshandlingofthe lawand or- decisions. “I have neverbeen to astrologers, belongingsfor whichtheyshould be paid der situation in the state. It has warnedthe though people come to me. The onlystars I compensation. Theydenied keepinglethal CPM that if it wantstotry the Bengal formula believe in arethose of India’s bright past, arms in hostel. Meanwhile, officialsofOil or even the politics of 1967 in Kerala, it should bright present and brightfuture,” she said.

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Allegations of corruption,electoralmalpractices arenothing newinopposition protests. ground But criticism of the militaryinpolitical rallies is unprecedented TheUSpossessesaremarkable senseof independence and community at locallevel, even when dividedatthe nationallevel

tion seemedtoequateTrump’sloss with a return of times when apresident did not continuallylie and bully. Theycelebratedthe return to decency their votes had produced. But at least47per cent mournedthe result. FarzanaShaikh Manyamong them felt that “America” had lost, and “a hostile world” had won. ThatTrumpwas endorsedby nearly half FORACOUNTRY as famously unpredictable of theAmerican electorateshowed, among as Pakistan, the regularityofits dispiriting Rajmohan Gandhi other things, the success of adrive to inject pattern of politics can be hardtoexplain. victimhood in the country’s Whites, who Periodicwaves of popular protest, each rid- form around 61 per cent of the population. ing on the backofever-higher expectations THATAMERICAISnot acentralisedstate Latinos (termed“Hispanics” until recently) of democratic change,soon recede to expose wasprovedbythe election. The declara- makeuparound 19 per cent, Blacks around an entrenchedpattern of power, whichhas tion of Biden’s victory—the “call”, to use 13 per cent, and Asians (possiblythe fastest remainedbroadlyconstant formorethan the Americanphrase —did notcomefrom growing segment) around 6per cent. sevendecades. aWashington official or from anyelection That America equals WhiteAmerica is Thereislittle to suggest that the latest commission(no suchbody exists in the what manyAmericans, and manynon- round of opposition protests againstPrime US).Itcame from “decision desks” of TV Americans too, have tendedto think.Others MinisterImran Khan will be anydifferent. networks. have equated diversity with America;they The familiar ring is hardtomiss. Midway Firmlyseparatedfromthe channels’pop- thinkofthe country’s steadilyaltering racial through itsterm of office, an elected govern- ular andusually partisan anchors, these “de- mix. MuchbeforeTrump, American “nation- ment faces demandstostepdownfromdis- cision desks”haveremained independent alists”ofadozen hues (ranging from the Ku affected parties, who accuse it of corruption over the decades. This has been true also of Klux Klan to naïvebelievers) had told their or electoral malpractice.The memory of Fox, whose principal anchors areopenlypro- Whitecompatriots that theworld wasex- Khan’s container drivenpolitics, whichledto Trump. When, muchahead of rivalchannels, ploiting the US. the ousting of former prime minister Nawaz the Fox“decision desk”named Biden the Trumpsaw and seizedhis moment after Sharifin2017, is still fresh. projectedwinnerin toss-upArizona, Trump globalisationenabledAsian economieswith This time aloose allianceunder the ban- wasfurious, as were Republicans across the talented but cheaper workforces to capture ner of the PakistanDemocratic Movement country, but Foxcontinuedto“call”Arizona agrowing percentageofworld trade. Inside (PDM),led by the PakistanPeople’sParty forBiden. the US,IT or “Tech” wasoutpacing manufac- (PPP), the PakistanMuslim League-Nawaz America’selections areorganisedby each turing.Hundredsofthousands hadlostjobs. (PML-N) and theJamiat-ul Ulama i- Islam- county (the equivalent of an Indian district), Renewable energy wasdisplacing coal. Fazlur Rahman (JUI-F), is again seeking the notbythe federal government or,directly, by “You’rebeingcheated,” Trumptold White resignation of the governmentbeforethe end astate.Ineachcounty,volunteering citizens American masses leftbehind by globalisa- of itsterm in 2023. also play acrucial part. In this and other crit- tion and “Tech”. Mostlivedin smalltowns in Oppositionparties have accusedKhanof icalareas,the country’s courseis setbysmall the country’s vast hinterland spaces,far from complicityinriggingthe 2018 elections to independent groups and local communities, the coasts and the greatcities. With Trumpat favour his “selection” as prime minister—ac- notbyaleviathan. This is America’s strength. the helm, the forgottenAmerican, the hard- cusationsthat have been amplifiedbyclaims Afternews networks “call” an election, working, flag-waving, family-defending of widespread irregularities in recent polls counties certify their tallies, and then astate WhiteMan, would take his countryback! heldinGilgit-Baltistan, where Khan’s does. Once astate certifies, itsElectoral The messageevokedwild enthusiasm. PakistanTehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party is setto Collegedelegation is constituted.Due this Iwas asked,during aconversation about form the government. CRSasikumar year on December 14,physical voting by EC Trump’s adoring audiences, “Do theythink Asinthepast,thecurrentprotestshave met delegates in their state(or federal territory) hecares forthem?”Don’ttheyrecognise his withthefamiliardrumbeatof amilitary-secu- willconfirm the president-elect, but Joe plain falsehoods? My answer was, “They rityestablishment,whichhas warnedoppo- heads the government, twosenior PML-N Thefirstindicationsappearedon November 6 Biden will notassume apresident’s powers think he cares forwhat theycarefor.” sition leadersagainstacting as agents of “for- leaders aresaidtohavebrokenranks with when, in the course of an interviewwith the until his oath-taking on January20. Theylovethe flag, theylovethe White eign interests”looking to exploit chinksin Sharif over his “narrative”againstthe army, BBC, the co-chairman of the PPP,Bilawal In theory, Electoral College memberscan America that is sailing away,theylove Pakistan’s armour.And as before,these insin- whichtheyclaimisacall to “mutiny”. Bhutto, confessedthathe had been “shocked” be bought, kidnapped, or prevented from America’sdominancein the world, theylove uations of treason have been rejected by op- Well-worn tactics to usereligious parties by Sharif’s decision to single out individual voting, though laws existinmany(notall) their traditional jobs.Theyloveitwhen position parties insisting on their right to close to the military-securityestablishment membersofthe militaryestablishment as cul- states to make this hard. However, very few Trumpimpliesthat the flag, the gun, andthe protestagainstanillegitimategovernmentand have also resurfaced. The radical Barelvi pritsfor bringing Imran Khan to power. “We instances of delegatesdefying their state’s cross arethree different wordsfor the same aprime ministertheydescribeasa“puppet”. group, the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan(TLP), don’t talk likethis in rallies,” he declared. verdict have been recorded. thing. Theyloveitwhen Trumpsignals that Other triedand tested methods from the whichshottopolitical stardomin2017after Sharif’s daughter,Maryam, de factohead of In reality,therefore,whatcreateschange, masksare forsissies. Forgetting that they past arealso in play. Acrackdown on dissent, working with the security establishment to Sharif’s decision to take the the PML-N,was quicktorespond saying joy, and griefinAmerica is the news net- themselveshad once gainedfromachang- the harassment of opposition activists, the oustformer prime minister Sharif,has made bull by its horns has also Bilawalhad offeredhis personal opinion. works’ “call”, whichthis year wasmade on ing America, theyresent fresh changes. And orchestration of divisions in opposition ranks, afresh appearance. These differences reflect eachparty’s dif- November 7. The rest is always asequence whenTrumpsaid,“Nomoreendless wars in and the use of religious parties to diffuse at- In aseries of rallies in early November, opened up cracks in the fering stakes in theexisting dispensation. of formalities,thoughthereisscopeforlegal distant places!”he touchedanold isolation- tention or fuel the fire,are all in evidence. whichserved to distract attentionfromop- Opposition, whichcould While the PPP retains control of the provin- challenges,and, Trump being Trump, for iststrainin the Americanpsyche, asentiment In October,the bodyresponsible forissu- position demands, the TLP blockedmain spell alossofmomentum. cial government in Sindh, the PML-N is still some suspense. Losing or droppingmanyof strengthenedbycontinuing PTSD in soldiers ing media licences (the PakistanElectronic routes to the capital, Islamabad, and calledfor Thefirst indications confinedtopolitical wilderness. This mayex- his challenges,hehas earned disgrace by who hadservedin AfghanistanandIraq.And Media RegulatoryAuthority or Pemra), Pakistantosever relations with France over plain MaryamSharif’srecent offeroftalks threatening county or state-levelofficers, when Trumpclaimedthat he wasfor stim- barredtelevision channels from broadcast- allegedIslamophobia. appeared on November 6 withthe military in whichshe setasacondi- who in the US have political affiliations. ulus moneyreaching unemployed ing the speeches of “proclaimedoffenders”. Notwithstanding these familiar patterns, when, in the course of an tion forKhan’s dismissal but refrainedfrom “Not agoodday forthose who’velost,” Americans and those on the vergeofevic- The Opposition dismisseditasaploytosti- the latestopposition protests do break some interview with the BBC, the demandingthe resignation of either Bajwa acknowledgedVan Jones, CNN’s African- tion, he showedapopulism whichisthevery fle publicity forSharif,who is currentlyin newground. The mostsignificant departure co-chairman of the PPP, or Faiz Hameed. American commentator on November 7. A oppositeofthe fiscal conservatismthat London formedical treatment, and vowedto from previous movementshas been to call But the military’s options also seem to be stirredJones also said that withthe an- Republicans usedtostand for. defy the ban. out senior members of the militaryhierarchy BilawalBhutto, confessed constrainedatthe moment. While it maybe nouncement of Trump’s defeatmanylike At the local level, as the election process In oneofthe mostegregious cases of ha- forexceeding their constitutionalremit and that he had been ‘shocked’ by inclinedtonegotiatewith opposition parties, him wouldoncemore“breathefreely”.Every proved,Americapossesses aremarkable rassment, securityofficialsalso forced interfering in politics. Sharif’s decision to single Khan’sunwillingnessto do so has provedawk- viewerconnected the remark to the dying sense of independence and also of commu- Karachi’s police chief to sign an arrest war- The tone wasset by Sharif who,inadra- out individual membersof ward and, arguably, something of an irritant. George Floyd’s “I can’t breathe” gasp earlier nity,evenwhen the US is deeplyand sharply rant forSharif’s son-in-law, Safdar Awan,who maticvideoaddress from London to amass Yetthe militaryisclearly notready to impose in the year.Now,addedJones on November dividedatthe national level. wasseizedinhis hotelroom at night afterat- rallyinGujranwala whichkickedoff the the militaryestablishment as itswill or to alienateKhan forfear he mayalso 7, he cantell his young son, “See! Being good tending an opposition rallyinthe city in movement on October 17,namedGeneral culprits forbringing Imran “gorogue” likeits erstwhile protégé, Sharif. matters”. The writer teaches at University of Illinois at October.The arrest triggeredoutrage prompt- Bajwaand the current head of the ISI, General Khan to power. ‘Wedon’t Khan, however, is farfrominvulnerable. Morethan 51 per cent of the US popula- Urbana-Champaign ing the armychief, GeneralJavedBajwa, to or- Faiz Hameed, as conspiring to ousthim from Nourishedbythe militaryand increasingly der an inquiry. However, details of theaction office. The unprecedented intervention has talk likethis in rallies,’he exposedasineptatgovernance, his political takenagainstthe offending officials remain leftthe militaryscrambling to salvage itsrep- declared. Sharif’s daughter, fortunescan be expectedtolastonlyaslong firmlyunderwraps. utation as aneutral arbiter aboveparty Maryam, de facto head of the as it takestocobble together amoredepend- LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR Since then reportshaveemergedofde- politics. PML-N, wasquickto able“King’s Party”. fections in opposition parties orchestratedby But Sharif’s decision to take the bull by its the security forces. In Balochistan, wherethe horns has also openedupcracksinthe oppo- respond saying Bilawalhad The writer is an AssociateFellowatChatham pro-militaryBalochistanAwami Party(BAP) sition,whichcouldspell aloss of momentum. offered his personal opinion. House London DIEGO’SPARADOX THIS REFERSTOthe editorial, ‘Ball IDEAS losesfoot’ (IE, November 27). Diego Maradona,the legendaryArgentine ONLINE footballer,was astrangeblend of the divineand the profane —his skills ONLYINTHE EXPRESS Who’s afraid of Vivekananda? with afootball were magical, but his indifference to hisown wellbeing, his ● HOWRAHULCANPROVE abuse of his squat, strong body, was OBAMAWRONG: baffling.Going purelybyhis football KANCHAILAIAHSHEPHERD JNU needs his spirit,teachingstohelpitscale newheights skills, worldfootball is the poorer in his passing. ● NEPANDTHEAUTONOMY RashmiDas SSPaul, Nadia QUESTION: SUNILGUPTA POLARISED POLL SWAMI VIVEKANANDAWILL give JNU its istswamps, theyhavesurvivedonpastre- student forceand relentlesslycause dam- of this committee. www.indianexpress.com nationalistspine. In his lectureon“Six gurgitations of stale theories. Manyofthem agetothe university system. Prime MinisterNarendraModi, while THIS REFERSTOthe editorial, 'Battle Lessons on Raja Yoga,” he said:“Take careof have routinelyshirkedtheir teaching re- This behaviour wasevident in therun unveilingthe Vivekanandastatue narrated foraCity'(IE, November 27). The high- the spine, everythinghappens along the sponsibilities during the pandemic. Their up to the conduct of the JNU Entrance Exam an episode from Swamiji’s life. During his voltagecampaign being undertaken spine.” Vivekananda wasaspiritualgener- indolent excuses citing capacity constraints (JNUEE) 2020-21.While many faculty mem- travels to theWest, Vivekananda wasoften by the BJP in Hyderabad has definitely liance duringCovid hasled to newin- alissimo. In hislifetime, hisvisage and work would makethe communications industry bers of different Schools andCentres went to ridiculed for his saffronrobes. On one such put highstakesonamunicipal poll. equality,says CJI’ (IE, November 27). evoked aweand reverence from university of India squirm. These facultymembers the office of National Testing Agency (it con- occasion, an Englishman chidedhim and But that is nothing newfor the BJP. The statement, in the natureofverdict, bigwigs, industrycaptains, topoperaartists have saidthat they teachbig classes andare ductsall important educational entrance said, “whydon’t youdress up as agentle- Similarly,ithad usedheavy weights comingfromChief Justice of Indiaon and an array of intellectuals. To an enslaved notable to accommodatethe number of tests likeJEE-Mains, NEET,UGC-NET), to set man?”. With his characteristic mirth, in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore, with anyissue is expected to be basedon nation facing an imperial worldorder,he students. Truth be told, the university has the questions papers forJNUEE, some deans Swamiji responded, “in your culture,tailor even the PM Modi holdingrallies in substantive evidence. Technology is a gave us our manliness. conducted over adozenwebinarstoteach and chairpersons played saboteurs andre- makethagentleman, in ours character these cities. But the GHMC polls are meretool, much depends on forwho's It is thereforefitting that aVivekananda faculty members howtouse the lateston- fusedtocooperate. The Academic Council makes oneagentleman”. different —awin forthe BJP,orevena benefit it is made to use.For instance, statue in JNU has been installedatthe en- line tools so that anynumber of students in itslatestmeeting, 155(B), took “serious Therelevance of thismessageshould be runners-up position will upstage the despitethe lawagainst manualscav- trance of the administrative block. As can be taught—notonlyfor JNUfaculty,the note”and referred thistothe Executive high priority forJNU. Congress, and give the party alaunch- enging,sanitation workers’ deaths Swamiji had instructed,this statue will in- university has trained 5,000teachers across Council of JNU,(thehighestdecision-mak- Some self-styled intellectualsofthe left- ing pad in Telangana,where it has during sewage work even after70 spireto“tell the truth boldly, whether it the countryinthe use of online learning and ing body of theuniversity) forsuitable ac- over variety areharriedbythe Vivekananda been alow key player.The polarising years of Independence is ablotfor hurts or not. Neverpander to weakness. If evaluation methods. tion. statue, more so by “tatteredorangecloth” of voters, and voicing the communal largest democracy of the world. Just the truthistoo muchfor intelligentpeople The participationofthe left-leaningfac- The290th Executive Council (EC) meet- with whichitwas coveredprior to his un- agendaofBangladeshis andRohingya, nowthe governmentistalking about and it sweeps them away,let them go;the ulty in suchwebinars hasbeen extremely ing held on November 25, has classifiedthis veiling. Even when showeredwith global will be counter-productive.BJP needs mechanising the work.Therefore,pro- soonerthe better.” poor.Manyare unaware thatsuchwebinars as agrave misconduct of service rules.The praiseand alegionofrenowned followers, to show restraint. nouncing inequality being“de-novo”, Manyinthe JNU faculty could benefit areheld, despitethe university posting EC hasconstituted afact-finding commit- the monk lovedhis tattered orangecloth. RajivBoolchand Jain, Zirakpur and blaming the COVID-19and the from Vivekananda’s lectures on karma yoga. thesedetails regularly.The culture of non- teetoidentify the recalcitrant faculty mem- He taught us kingly values. These will per- technologyfor it's genesis, obfuscate Theyare in direneedofit. Performance cul- performance in these leftswampsisanother bers so that suitable penalties maybemeted meateJNU nowand makeitgrand. BEYONDTECH the intractable problems plaguing the ture, tenacious hardwork, selflessness,hon- contagionthatthe university hastograpple outtothem. Thefact-finding committee is entirejustice system fordecades. esty,the emotional experiencethatisIndia with.Thesefaculty members hawk around headedbyRajneesh Shukla, the Visitor’s The writer is member,ExecutiveCouncil, THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘Techre- LRMurmu, Delhi —theyare bereft of suchrealisations. Having in the name of the student community but nominee to theEC; deans of twoschools Jawaharlal Nehru Universityand editor, converted their centres and schoolsintoleft- in reality,theyare the mostmalevolent anti- who willbenamedshortly, will also be part TelecomLive&InfraLive

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Much of the oppositionistojustone of thethree forits chipsisdifferentfromthetablealooused jute. TheCentre, in other words, canverypass The reason forthis is simple: Muchofgov- in kitchens. Farmers don’t sell sugarcane and anylaw thatremovesall impedimentstoboth ernment procurement at minimum support newlaws. It is the FPTC Actand itsprovisions milk in mandis either.The produce sugarmills inter-and intra-state trade in farm produce, prices (MSP) —ofpaddy,wheat and increas- and dairyplantssource from them is practi- whilealsooverridingtheexistingstate APMC ingly pulses, cotton, groundnut and mustard thatare seen as weakeningthe APMC mandis callycontract farming. An Actthat formalises Acts.The FPTCAct does preciselythat. —happens in APMC mandis.Inascenario contract cultivation through a“national However, some experts make adistinction wheremoreand moretradingmoves out of Giventhat stocklimitsapplyonlyto framework”andexplicitlyprohibitsany spon- between agricultural“marketing” and“trade”. the APMCs, theseregulatedmarket yardswill HARISHDAMODARAN traders —the amendment exemptsproces- sor firm from acquiring the land of farmers – Agriculture perse would dealwitheverything lose revenues. “Theymay notformallyshut, NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 sors, exporters and other “value chain partic- whether through purchase, lease or mortgage thatafarmerdoes—rightfromfield prepara- but itwouldbecomelikeBSNLversusJio.And ipants”aslong as theydon’t keep quantities –should actuallybewelcomed. tion andcultivation to alsosale of his/herown if the government stops buying, we willbeleft EVENASthe farmerprotests againstthethree beyond their installedcapacity/demand re- produce. The act of primarysale at amandi by with onlythe big corporates to sell to,” said a newagriculture-relatedlawshavegathered quirements—itshouldn’t concern farmers at The contentiousone the farmer is as much “agriculture”asproduc- Panipat (Haryana)-basedfarmer. momentum, one thingseems obvious: Much all. Farmers, if anything, would gain from re- That leavestheonly law–the FPTC Act, for tion in the field. “Trade” begins onlyafter the of the oppositionreally is justtoone of the movalofstocking restrictions on the trade, as short–whichisabone of contention.Itper- produce has been “marketed” by the farmer. What could be negotiated three laws.Eveninthat one—theFarmers’ it potentiallytranslates intounlimitedbuying mitssale and purchase of farm produce out- Going by this interpretation, the Centreis If the protesting farmerunionleaderswere Produce Tradeand Commerce (Promotion and demand fortheir produce. side the premises of APMC mandis.Such within itsrightstoframe laws that promote to sit down at the negotiating table, the gov- and Facilitation) Act—thereare onlysome The Farmers (Empowerment and Farmers at Singhu villageduringtheir trades (including on electronic platforms) barrier-free trade of farm produce (inter-as ernmentcan possiblyget them to agree to contentious provisions, which, Protection)Agreementon Price march to Delhi on Sunday. PTI shall attract no market fee, cess or levy “un- well as intra-state)and do notallowstock- drop thedemand on repealing allthe three although key,can still leave Assurance and Farm Services der anyState APMC Actorany other Statelaw”. holding or exportrestrictions.But thesecan laws.Their problem is essentiallyaboutthe doors open fornegotiation. Acthas to do with providinga At issue hereisthe very right of the Centre beonly afterthe farmer has sold. Regulation of FPTCAct and itsprovisions that they see as regulatoryframework forcon- PepsiCoforits Lay’sandUncleChippswafers) to enact legislation on agricultural market- firstsale of agricultural produce is a“market- weakeningthe APMC mandis.Thereisalso The other twolaws tract cultivation. This specifically or dedicated forexports (gherkins). The ing. Article246 of the Constitution places ing” responsibility of the states, notthe Centre. disquietonthe disputeresolutionmechanism Consider firstthe twolaws concerns agreementsentered processors/exporters in these cases typically “agriculture” in entry14and “markets and Farmers, fortheir part, would want no re- fortransactions outside the mandis.The Act that ought nottobeserious IN FACT intobyfarmers with agri-busi- notonlyundertake assured buybackatpre- fairs” in entry28ofthe StateList. But entry42 strictions on themovement,stocking and ex- proposes these to be referred to offices of the cause forfarmer angst. nessfirms(processors, large re- agreedprices, but also provide farmers of the Union Listempowers the Centretoreg- port of their produce. Maharashtra’sonion sub-divisional magistrateand district collec- The EssentialCommodities tailers or exporters) ahead of seeds/planting materialand extension sup- ulate“inter-State tradeand commerce”. growers have vehementlyopposedthe tor. “Theyaren’tindependentcourts andcan- (Amendment) Actisabout doing away with anyplanting/rearing seasonforsupplying pro- porttoensurethat onlyproduce of desired While trade and commerce “within the Centre’s resorttoban on exports and imposi- notdeliverusjustice, leave alone guarantee the Centre’s powers to impose stockholding duce of predeterminedquality at minimum standardisgrown. State” is under entry26ofthe StateList, it is tion of stocklimitswheneverretail priceshave timelypayment,” alleged the same farmer. limitsonfoodstuffs,exceptunder “extraordi- guaranteedprices. The point to note is that contract cultiva- subject to the provisions of entry33ofthe tendedtogoup. But these restrictions relateto These maybejustfears, but theyaren’t naryconditions”.Thesecouldbewar, famine, Again,thereislittle rationale forobjecting tion is voluntaryinnatureand largely forcrops Concurrent List–underwhichthe Centrecan “trade”. When it comes to “marketing” —es- small.Fromthe government’s standpoint, the other naturalcalamities of gravenatureand to anActthatmerelyenablescontract farming. notamenable to trading in regular APMC makelawsthat wouldprevail over those en- peciallydismantling of the monopolyof elephant in the room would be if thefarmers annual retail price riseexceeding 100% in hor- Suchexclusive agreementsbetween compa- (agriculturalproducemarket committee) acted by the states. APMCs —farmers, especiallyinPunjab and insistonanadditional demand: Making MSP ticultural produce (basicallyonions and po- niesand farmers arealready operational in mandis.Thereishardlyany domestic market Entry 33 of the Concurrent Listcovers Haryana, aren’t very convincedabout the alegal right. That would be impossible to tato)and 50% fornon-perishables (cereals, crops of particular processinggrades (the po- forgherkins, justasthe high drymatter and trade and commerce in “foodstuffs,including “freedom of choice to sell to anyone and any- meet, even if the three farm laws were to be pulses and edible oils). tatoes used by beveragesand snacks giant lowsugar content potato that PepsiCo needs edible oilseeds and oils”, fodder,cottonand where” argument. put on hold.

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Once aCovid-19vaccine becomes available in India, howdoesthe governmentgoaboutimmunising the population? Whichgroups should getthe vaccine first, and who should getitfree? In an interviewtoPRABHA RAGHAVAN, India’sleading public health expertweighs in.

duction volumesexpandingfortheinitialvac- CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD cines through outsourcedmanufacture. The EXPERT domestic demand forvaccines will also grow as vaccine confidence builds up, if the initial EXPLAINS global and countryexperience demonstrates INDIA ACTIVE CASES 453,956 safety. At this time, vulnerability will become Prof KSrinathReddy an important criterion forprioritisation, but the general public toocan be coveredalong- 500,000 FromThe IndianExpress panel of specialists, exclusive insight side, agegroup by agegroup. The health sys- temtoo would be moving at full strength to deliverthe vaccine, with the existing health 453,956 Whyisitimportant to getvaccinated workforcesupplemented by trainedauxil- 443,794 againstCovid-19? iaries. However, listing andsequencingthe Covid-19isahighlyinfectiousvirus personsinthe general population willbea 450,000 whichcauses variedclinical manifestations challenging exercise. with awide rangeofseverity.Ithas notbeen Furtheron,we willtransitto asteadystate easy to predict who can be safe from it. Even when asizeable proportionof thepopulation young persons have been known to have be- has been immunisedand the task of immu- LAST 10 DAYS comeseverelyill or die, though notasoften nising the rest becomesapart of the health Nov19Nov 28 as the elderly.Because of this unpredictable system’s routine immunisation programme. 400,000 nature,everyone should feel vulnerable and Serum InstituteofIndia, wherethe vaccineCovishieldisbeing developed. Photo The capacity forasurge response will needto seek protection. tweetedbythe Prime Ministerduring arecent visit. Twitter viaPTI bekept as aplannedreserve even at this stage, Note:The Nov28figureinthis graph is based on the government updateonNov 29 Anatural infection can provide differing but both supplyside and demand side pres- levelsof immunity,basedonthe variableviral sures would have eased. load different persons areexposedto. We do Howprepared is India to carryout amass higher,co-morbidity levels aremore, risk ag- INDIA TOTAL CASES WORLD TOTALCASES notknowhow longsuchimmunity lasts in vaccination campaign? gravatingfactorslikeair pollution aresevere What do we still notknowabout the way 9,392,919 62,448,117 eachperson. Avaccine administers astan- This depends on the vaccine(s) available. I and health servicesare stronger.The experi- the government is preparing to vaccinate dardiseddose that elicitsagood immunere- am assuming we will be able to choose from encegatheredtherewill behelpfulasthe im- thepopulation? Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, sponse,whichislikelytolastlongerthananat- aset of safeand effectivevaccines whichdo munisationprogramme movestowards small Iambasing my response on the informa- Welfare,updatedat11pmonNov29 updatedat11pmonNov29 ural infection of variable viral exposureand nothavestringent coldchainrequirementsof towns and ruralareas. However, if thereare tionavailablein thepublicdomain.Itispossi- clinicalseverity.For thatreason,getting im- severe sub-zero temperaturesforstorage and hotspots of rapidlyincreasingcases inanypart ble thatdetailedplanshave been madewhich munisedisagood idea. Further,other coun- transport.Someof thesuccessfulvaccineswill of the country, urgent immunisation of sus- the governmenthas notyet made public. tries maynot allowannon-immunisedper- probably needtobestoredatonly2°–8°C or ceptiblepersonsthereshouldbeundertaken. We do notyet know which vaccine we will son to travel thereifthe virusisstill actively even stay well at room temperatures. If we can begin with. We also do notknowwhat assur- Coronavirusmutations circulating. Employers maynot permit non- access those, our supplychain logistics will Whoshould getthe vaccine forfree? ancesaretherefor gettingthestocksfromthe immunisedworkers entrytoaworksite. notpose problemsinthe initial stageswhen Ibelieve allpersons should receive the manufacturers early on. Have anyadvance clearly demarcatedgroups willbeimmunised. vaccine free. Protecting people from this rap- purchase commitments been made? If mul- do not increase its Whichgroups should getitfirst? By the timeoursupplychainexpandstocover idlyspreading infectious diseaseisthe prime tiple vaccinesbecome available, whatwill be The twomain criteria forselection of the the general population, example of what econo- the guidingcriteriaforchoice?If multiplevac- initial groups to beofferedthe vaccine arees- we wouldhave gainedex- mists call a“public good”. cines areprocured,how will theybedistrib- transmissibility:analysis sentialityand vulnerability.These criteria perienceand would be If aperson does not utedacross states? Apartfrom the announce- overlap in some groups. Forexample, health- able to handlethe higher THEEXPERT getvaccinated becauseit ment that health workers, other essential ANEW analysis of coronavirus global dataset. Of those, the re- careproviderswho test,trace,treat or counsel numbersthatcome later, PROFESSOR KSRINATH is unaffordable and gets serviceproviders and personswith co-mor- genomes from over 15,000 Covid-19 searchers honedinon31mutations persons infected with Covid-19 arebothes- with greater efficiency. REDDY is presidentofthe infected,other suscepti- bidities will beprioritised,the plan forthe roll- patientsfrom75countries has found whichhaveoccurredatleast10times sentialserviceprovidersandalsoveryvulner- The main challenge public-privateinitiative blepersons can be in- outin thegeneralpopulationhasnotbeenre- that none of the newmutations ap- independently during the course of able to becominginfected.Theywill be the willbethe actualadmin- Public Health Foundation fected by this person vealed. Theprocurementwillbecoordinated pears to be transmittedatahigher the pandemic. toppriority everywhere. Otheressentialserv- istration of the vaccine, as of India. Specialising in even as theyawait their by the centralgovernment. Howwill the de- rate.The study,whichispublishedto- The researchers modelledthe icesincludesanitation,security,transport and an intramuscular injec- cardiology and turn. Whether it is the mand of eachstate be accommodated,atdif- dayasapre-print and has notyet been virus’s evolutionarytree, and thoseinvolvedinthe productionofessential tion in twodoses set3-4 epidemiology,hehas held government or employ- ferent phases? At anystage,can states directly peer-reviewed, builds on another re- analysed whether aparticular muta- goods and supplies. weeksapart. Those who positionsinseveral ers paying forit, access to purchase from the manufacturers? If so, will cent, peer-reviewedstudy published tion wasbecoming increasingly com- Applying the vulnerability criterion,eld- areatpresentauthorised institutions, includingas the vaccine should not the Centreprovidequalityandcostguidelines in the journal Infection, Genetics and mon withinagiven branchofthe evo- erly persons and people withknown comor- to administer suchinjec- former Head of the carryacosttoany individ- to maximallyensureuniformity? Evolution.The previous study charac- lutionarytree. bidities thatenhance the risk of severe illness tions aredoctors, nurses DepartmentofCardiology ual. Since the privatesec- Do some sections of the population have to terisedpatterns of diversity emerging The researchers found no evi- or death areahigh priority.The coexisting and auxiliarynurse mid- at AIIMSand currentlyas torhealthcare providers pay? If so, what would the price be?Thereis in the genome of SARS-CoV-2. dence that anyofthe common muta- health disorderswhichincrease suchrisk in- wives. Due to our past Adjunct Professor of toowill getinvolvedinde- no informationonthe proposedrole of pri- “Weemployeda tions areincreasing the cludehigh blood pressure, heartdisease, dia- neglect, their numbers Epidemiology at Harvard. livering the vaccine at vate healthcareproviders, pharmacies and noveltechnique to deter- virus’s transmissibility. betes,obesity,chroniclungdisease,malnutri- areinadequateinmany Winner of severalawards some stagetosupple- employers in the organisedsector in the vac- mine whether viruses Instead,theyfound some tion or anycondition in whichimmunity has parts.Those who are includingthe Padma ment government agen- cination programme. Howwill theysupport with the newmutation common mutationsare been reducedbydisease or drugs. The prob- available will also bebusy Bhushan,heisthe author cies, financial mecha- the governmentprogramme? areactuallytransmitted neutral, but mostare lem in identifying this group is thatseveral providingother health of Make Health in India: nismsneedtobeworked at ahigher rate,and mildlydetrimental to the persons who have these conditions maybe services, including careof Reaching ABillion Plus. out to ensurethat individ- Howlong, realistically,will it take forlife found thatnone of the virus. unaware of them, becausethe weak health Covid-19-infected per- uals arenot subjected to to getbacktonormal? candidatemutations ap- PAPER The mutations servicesinurbanslums, smalltowns or vil- sons. Even if we use the out-of-pocket expenses. Itdependshow thevirusbehavesoverthe pear to be benefiting the analysed includedone in lageshave notscreenedor testedthem.Insuch general election personnelfor assembling, next year,how early an immunisation pro- virus,” lead author CLIP the virus spikeprotein cases, it is best to applythe agecriterion as a identifying and regulatingthe flowofpeople Howmanyphases of vaccination maybe grammecanbegin andhowextensively it can Professor Francois calledD614G, whichhas probability predictor andmove steadilydown to be vaccinated,who will actuallygivethe required? coverthe countryinthe monthstofollow. Will Balloux (University NEWRESEARCH been widelyreportedas decade by decade from the 60+ agegroup to injection and monitor sideeffects? Will med- Howeverotherpeople maywish to the virus becomeless or moreinfectious? We CollegeLondon Genetics being acommon muta- the 20+ agegroup. ical, dentaland nursingstudentsbepressed numberthe waves of the pandemic or do notknow. Willavaccine pass allregulatory Institute) said in astatement. tion whichmay makethe virus more Young persons constitute an interesting intoservice, aftershort training? Can we also phases of the immunisation, Isee the im- checksto arrive soon? It appears possiblebut Coronaviruses can develop muta- transmissible. The researchers said challenge. Theyare essential forcurrent eco- train othergroups of vaccinators, through munisationdrive passing through key tran- we still needtosee the final trialdata. tions in three different ways:bymis- the newevidence suggests this mu- nomic activity or needtopursue education, training administeredtoyoung science grad- sitions as it evolves. Untilmuchofnextyear,wewill needto take from copying errors duringviral tation is, in fact, notassociated with whichisaninvestmentforfuture economicre- uates? Will existingregulatory restraints be Initially, the supplytoour health system diligentlyobservepublic healthadvisorieson replication;through interactionswith increasedtransmission. vivaland growth. Theyare highlyexposedto relaxedtopermitthese newgroupsofvacci- will be limited as the productionofany vac- masks, physical distancing,hand washing and other viruses infecting the same cell; The researchers found mostofthe the virusbecauseoftheir higher mobility and nators? These arequestionscentral and state cinewillbeinundatedby globaldemand.That avoidingsuperspreader events. The advent or as aresult of theimmuneresponse common mutations appear to have socialising.Whiletheyare at alow risk of se- programme managers mustconsider. is also the time when we will be applying the of summer maygiveussome respitebut not of the host. Mostmutations areneu- been inducedbythe human immune vere infection,theycaninfectothers,especially essentiality criterionand beginning the learn- full release. tral, while othersare advantageous or system, rather than being the result the elderly membersofthe family.Are theyan What should be the geographic strategy ing curve of our vaccine delivery system.The So,if 2020hasbeentheyearof despairand detrimental to the virus. of the virus adapting to itsnovel hu- earlypriorityforimmunisationoralaterprior- foraprogramme of this scale? numbers vaccinated will be relatively small depression,2021hasto betheyearof discipline Theresearch team from multiple man host. ity? Opinions aredivided. It dependsalso on Idonot thinkgoing statebystate would and the efforteasy as thepersons to beimmu- anddeterminationtosubduetheviruswithall institutions has so faridentified6,822 theamountof vaccineavailable.If limitedquan- be right, forbothpublic healthand political nisedare already listed. thetools we aregathering or makingnow. mutations in SARS-CoV-2acrossthe Source: University CollegeLondon titiesare availableinitially, theolderagegroups reasons. Thereare essential workers and vul- That will move latertoaphasewherethe will take priority and the demographic bulge nerablepeopleeverywhere.Itis betterto start vaccine supplywillbelarger, bothduetomore EDITEDEXCERPTS of young persons will needtowait. with the cities wherethe crowddensityis vaccines getting regulatoryapprovals and pro- Longerversion: www.indianexpress.com

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9 Interview: Union Health Minister Iassure people that in afew months,wewill have ‘ avaccine,developedand researched in India

In conversation with superstarAmitabh Bachchan and The Indian Express Executive DirectorAnant Goenka, at a26/11special event showcasing ‘ corona warriors who epitomise the stories of strength that markMumbai —whichwas telecastonStarPlus on Sundaynight —GuestofHonour Dr Harsh Vardhan talksaboutPrime MinisterModi’s effortsand the role of India’s immunisationprogramme in fighting Covid. Excerpts:

Union ministerHarsh Vardhan, Amitabh Bachchan in the courseofthe virtual interactionduringthe show

AMITABH BACHCHAN: Thereisperhaps healthworkers,inthegovernmentandpri- minutestdetails, holding two-three-hour- thatwewerepro-active, preemptiveand testing... the Prime Ministernot justraised no better person to talk about our fight vate sector,then frontline workersinthe long meetings...Weshould begratefulthat gradedinour response even before the their morale but also had the foresightof againstCovid than you, as both the field whether it is the police, paramilitary we have suchavisionaryleader inspiring WHO had declared thecoronavirus an making the 1899 Indian Epidemics Actso Health Ministerand asenior doctor. or Army,corporationemployees or sanita- and guiding us. emergencyofinternationalconcern. stringent that anyone misbehaving with a What amazes me is thatinthe midstof tion workers, followedbythose above the As forwhether this is the firstwaveor corona warrior knewtheywould have to this massive crisis, deshkekone-kone ageof65, then those between 50 and 65, ANANT GOENKA: Somedoubtshave the second wave,weare studying research face strict punishment. Ibelieve that this mein sewa bhaav ki kai mashaalen and then those younger who have comor- been raisedabout India’s lowCovid across the world, our Science Ministry, my commitmentshown by ourCovid warriors, prajwalit dikheen (wesaw this sense of bidities suchasdiabetes, heartconditions. fatality rate.Ifthe rate is correct, what HealthMinistry, allourscientistsarework- their dedication about helping others, the service across the country).Doyou Indiahasshownthatitcanachieve such do youthink is the main reason? ingonthis. satisfaction theyfeel when apatient gets want to tell us something aboutthis? afeat, having rid the countryofpolio in We have been absolutelytransparent better and goes home... it is due to them Youhaveasked averygoodquestion.I 2014.Atlakhs of centres in the country, the about our data... sharing it with the coun- AMITABH BACHCHAN: What would be that India’s fatality rate,at1.46, is among want to remind youthateven25-26years poliovaccine is stored at minus 20 degrees try, the world... hardlyanyone elsehas your advice forthe countrytill a the lowest in the world. The doctors have ago, whenthe campaigntorid India of po- Centigrade and then twodrops adminis- been as transparent. We have been 100 vaccine is available? playedabig role in this,and the constant liowasstartedandIjoinedtheprogramme teredtochildren...We have theworld’smost per cent honestand givenevidenceofour Isaidthisrightatthebeginning,perhaps inspiration providedbyPradhan Mantriji is in Delhi, Ican’t tell youthe scale in which robustUniversal Immunisation Program- numbers.The testing strategy that we put during the lockdown, whenthere wasno our real taakat (strength)... As forusdoc- ordinarypeople and NGOs participated. me,including 12 vaccinations. So, we have in place from the start, the tracking, con- inkling of avaccineinthe near future,that tors, the satisfaction we derive from how ThatconvincedmethatBharatkeDNAmein the experience, and thereare detailedpre- tact tracing, early diagnosis, earlytreat- thebest vaccine,themostpowerfulandpo- countrymen have respected us,Ican’t de- ek paropkar ka aur sewa ka bhaavhai (there parationsonregardinghowtocoverthetar- ment, provision of facilities... the journey tent vaccine, available to us is ‘socialvac- scribeitinwords. is asense of service and generosity in the getedgroups in 2021. The states areon that startedwith one laboratoryhas now cine’. Idescribed ‘social vaccine’ as using a DNAofIndia),aninherent goodness, aba- board, and we have converted our eVIN or crossedthe 2,100mark. We aretesting 10- mask fullycoveringthe nose and mouth, AMITABH BACHCHAN: The whole sichumanity.WhenCovidstruck,onecould Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network 15 lakh people, 97 per cent of the country notremovingitwhiletalking,eatinginpri- countryisgrateful to itsdoctors and have saidthatfightingitwasthejobof NGOs intoaCOVIN platform. This platform will has atesting facility within 3km. We or- vate so as to notremove it in frontofother health workers, the Covid warriors. Is orthegovernment...Irememberthevideo- have the list of all the potential beneficiar- ganiseddedicated Covid hospitals, health- people,maintainingadistanceof twoyards, the governmentplanning to do conference meeting NITI Aayogorganised ies, the schedule of when theywill getthe carefacilities, care centres, to ensure 20 washinghands with soap, and coughing, something forthem? And howcan we formewith thousands of such organisa- vaccine, and wheretheywould have to go, lakh bedsacross the country,with oxygen sneezing intoour elbows.Wetold every- as the public contribute? tionsworkingontheground...However, be- informationregardingwhichwouldbesent support, or in ICUs. Thereare around onenot to wait forthe actual vaccine but The government is doing all it can, and yond them, who Iconsider heroes in this on SMS. The platform willalsohold infor- 13,000quarantine centres. Nowthe same have faith in this‘social vaccine’. willcontinue to do so. Ithink even people Covid warare ordinarypeople. mation regarding who gave thevaccine, countrywheretherewas ashortage of Iheld the firstmeetingonCovid in have contributed to the best of their abil- Iwill sharejustafew examples, of peo- where, and when. People who arevacci- PPEs, dailynews about N95 masksorven- January. Eleven months later, Ican say ity.IamconstantlyremindedofModiji’s plewholeftfoodoutsidedoorsof theirnei- natedwillgetcertificatesonthesameplat- tilators, whichwould importexpensive with confidence, afterhavingmade a innovativecall of Janata Curfew on March ghbours afflicted withCovid during the form,andwillalsobesentremindersforthe testing kits, is producing all theseinlarge round of all the hospitals, Covid wardsin 22, howpeople observedit voluntarilyand lockdown; others second dose. quantities. Todayweproduce more than Delhi, metsomany then, at 5pm, turned who turnedupin We will track 10 lakh testing kitsdaily... We arenow in people, maybesome- out to honour the co-

hugenumbers to help wherethe vaccine is aposition to offerthese to other coun- times without ade- rona warriors,the

out stray dogs,cows, When anyone needs help, stored,atwhat tem- tries... Bharat has achievedthis due to its quatedistancing,that We have been working 3 doctors, nurses, para- birds, who could no manymore rise on their perature,andprovide ability, itscapacity... It’s our DNA,ourcon- ‘social vaccine’ has months to ensure that the medics, in theirown longerdependonleft- training to our vacci- fidence, the PrimeMinisteralso talksof protected me,ithas way... Irememberthe

overs. Iheardabout owntohelp... We sawthe nators, as well as or- Aatmanirbhar Bharat. protected countless vaccine reaches all the video of averyold

one Uber driverwho ganisations such as Thestrategywe followedfromthestart people... Iwantto woman, alabourer, refusedtotakeapas- same in the case of NGOs whichwould is the reason we have this lowfatality rate. urge people thatthe corners... figuring out how beating bricks with a senger in Delhi who migrant labourers. That be ropedin. We have Eventherecoveryrate,ifIamnotmistaken, message that we are manymore vaccine carriers thin stickasher way wasn’t wearing a ‘ already startedtalks is 94 per cent. Of 90 lakh people infected, giving, please follow ‘ of saluting them. The ‘ mask,saying he coul- period of hardship too with NGOs... So Ias- 85-86lakh have been treated,around four it closelyand truth- and health workerswould ‘ Prime Ministerhas dn’t put society at risk surepeople that very lakhareactive cases,manyalsoontheroad fully. Avoidcrowded ledfromthe front in forthe sakeofhis job passed,and there wasno soon,inthe next few to recovery.Ibelievethis has brought us to places, or going un- we need,refrigerated vans, encouragingCovid or afew hundred ru- setbackinfighting Covid. months,wewillhave asituation wherepeople aretaking Covid necessarilytomar- syringes, training...Wehave warriors, honouring pees... Thereare thou- asafe, effective vac- lightly,saying what’s the big deal, we will kets and social gath- them, telling people sands of suchexamp- Hats offtothe common cine, developedand getbetter... especially in Delhi. So, while erings. It is perhaps foreseen all situations, even to do the same... As a les... This shows that researched in the mostofthe countryisseeing adecline in the mostimportant government, we when anyone needs man of this country, hats country. cases, at some places cases shootupat thing one can do in adverse reaction... PM is have launchedso help, manymorerise times.Still,Indiahasperformedexception- the fight against manyschemes for on their owntohelp... offtoevery Indian AMITABH allyagainstCovid,leavingsomeof themost Covid...Irequestyou himself monitoring this Covidwarriors.They We sawthe same in BACHCHAN:Has developedcountries in the worldbehind. too, to spread the have been provided the case of migrant therebeenworkon messagevia your insuranceofRs50 labourers, jitni takleef suchascale before ANANT GOENKA: The second waveof Kaun BanegaCrore- lakh in case of an un- mein ye the, kitne saarelog unkisahaaytake in the country? And aretherestill the Spanish Flu (1918-19) had proved pati programme. fortunatedeath... Therehavebeenatleast liyekhade ho gaye (the hardships theyfaced, problems that youforeseeinthe morefatal? Is that acause forworry? 400-500 such martyrs whose deaths will so manypeople stood with them). And that vaccinationefforts? Ihaveread aboutthe Spanish Flu, but ANANT GOENKA: At atime suchasthis, always pain us, and the insurance claimsof period of hardship toopassed,and there AsIsaidearlier,itisnot thefirsttimethat the fact is ouractions from the starthave when doctorssuchasyourself are manyhavebeensettled. Recentlywe wasnosetbackinfighting Covid. Iwant to India is workinginthe field of research and been keeping the worstinmind.Wesaw putting your livesatrisk,how does one startedascheme to setaside five MBBS say‘Hatsoff to the commonman...andhats developmentof avaccine.We have seenre- our firstCovid case on January30; it wasin keep one’s morale up? seatsfor wardsofCovid warriors in med- offtoevery Indian... Isalutethem’. search on rotavirus, typhoid,Japanese en- January(firstweek) that China had in- We areverylucky that to keep our icalcolleges. cephalitis,malaria...Normallysuchresearch formed theWHO about this newvirus morale up, inspireusconsistently, we have What canpeople do....?Ithink what AMITABH BACHCHAN: The question takesyears, howeverour scientists have causing pneumonia-likesymptoms. suchabig and ideal leader as Prime theycan do best is give Covid warriorsthe foremostineveryone’s mindsisregar- achievedamiracle giventhe Covid emer- Within 24-48hours,wehad ourfirst MinisterNarendraModi. Since the firstday, respect theydeserve, to thebestoftheir ding avaccine. When do youthink a gency,not justinIndiabutacrosstheworld, meetings on Covid in the Health Ministry, he has been therefor us, notjustfor us but ability in their ownspheres, whether it is vaccinewouldbeavailable, including ensuring avaccine within ayear... We have by 17th,detailedadvisorieshad gone out forthe entirecountry, withhis variousmes- government or non-government. forthe general public? been working forthe pastthree months across thecountry,surveillance had sages, meetings at severallevels, the plan- Schemes can be startedfor Covid warriors, The capacity and capability of India in nowonensuring that the vaccine reaches startedatall entrypoints, airports, ports, ning... Initiallydoctors had to face such fortheir wards, particularly their moth- production of vaccinesiswell-known. We all thecorners of our large country, there- borders. We also startedcommunity sur- stigma,insultswhentheywent home,doc- ersand families.Somanymothers have provide 60 per cent of the vaccines needed mote villages,Adivasiareas,mountains,jun- veillance.The pointIamtryingtomakeis tors were attackedwhen theywent for losttheir children in these 10 months to by developingcountries, and about one- gles...figuringouthowmanymorevaccine the Covid fight. The Covid warriors are fourth the world’s requirement. Roughly, carriersandhealthworkerswouldwe need, tired,but theynever sayit. And in this morethan100candidatesforCovidvaccine thenumberof extrarefrigeratorsandrefri- countryof135 crore, Idon’t knowasin- areunder various stages of development geratedvans required,the amount of sy- gle case of amother, abrother,asister round the world, and 30 of them in India. ringesneeded,thetrainingthatwouldhave telling aCovid warrior that it’s enough, Of these30,fiveare invariousstagesof clin- to be organised... In fact,our COVIN plat- don’t report at aCovid ward anymore... ical trial, twoinanadvancedstage,two in form’stechnologycanhelpothercountries And when Italk of Covid warriors, it is not the preclinical trialstage... As per the inter- tooinworkingouttheirlogistics.Itforesees justhealth workers, it is all frontline work- nal reports availablewith us,the talksthat allsituationsthatmightarise,evenadverse ers, including journalists, who areonthe areon, Iamfullyhopeful of avaccine being reactions.Ouradvisorygroupof experts has ground, creating awareness... some of availableinthebeginningof 2021, asafevac- secretariesof alldepartments,officersfrom them have died. Throughout history,the cinewithgoodefficacy.Regardingitsavail- the Indian AcademyofPaediatrics,AIIMS contributionofthese Covid warriors will abilityto thepublic,thereisnodenyingthat doctors,state governments.Theexperience continue to inspire. The whole country is we can’t inoculate135 crorepeople all at we have duetoour polioeradication and awareoftheircontribution. once.However, asperourplanning,by June- Universal Immunisation Programmewill July, almost30crore peoplewillgetthevac- helpus.We areluckythatthePrimeMinis- (TVnewspartnerABPNewswill cine, among whom we will prioritise first, terishimself monitoringthis,goingintothe telecastthespecialshowtodayat10.30pm)

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TOPOFTHE WORLD 2bombblasts inAfghanistan kill34:officials General WeiFenghe Car bombs hit Ghazni, Zabul provinces HongKongChief Executive Carrie Lam China’s defence RAHMATULLAHNEKZAD Therewereno minister visits &TAMEEMAKHGAR immediateclaims of HONGKONG GHAZNI,NOVEMBER29 CarrieLamsays Nepal, seeksto responsibility forthe AT LEAST 34 people were killed attacks,whichtook can’topenbank resumemilitary on Sundayintwo separatesui- place as the Afghan govt cide bombings in Afghanistan accountafter cooperation thattargetedamilitary base and and the Taliban hold USsanctions aprovincial chief, officials said. peace talksinQatar Therewerenoimmediate HONGKONGleaderCarrie SHIRISHBPRADHAN claims of responsibilityfor the Lamsays shehasto pileup KATHMANDU,NOVEMBER29 attacks,whichtook placeas the armybase aftersecurity cash at home as she has US SCHOOLS FACE MANY CHALLENGES AS THEY REOPEN Afghan government representa- forces openedfireonthe car.It been unable to open a CHINA’S DEFENCE Minister tivesand the Taliban hold face- wasnot immediatelyclear why bankaccountintheglobal General WeiFenghe on Sunday Studentswearing masks and face shields take their seatsatclassrooms remodelledtoadhere to social distancing on the first to-face talksinQatar forthe first therewas adiscrepancy. financial centresince the metNepal Prime Minister dayofin-person kindergarten in Baltimore.Likeother school districts across the country, BaltimoreCity Public Schools are time to end the country’s Interior Ministry spokesman US sanctionedher shortly KPSharma Oli and exchanged slowlytrying to getstudents backinthe classroom. It has notbeen easy,but neither has remote learning. Educators looking decades-long war. Tariq Arian said asuicide bomb- afterBeijingimposedana- views on matters of mutual in- to getbackinfront of studentshavehad to navigateconflicting guidance from politicians and public health officials. Some IneasternGhazniprovince,31 ingtook place, though he didnot tional security lawonthe terest and held talkswith Nepal teachers’ unionshaverefusedtoreturn to buildings until the virus abates, ostracizing colleagueswho darebreak with them. soldierswere killedand24 others provide further details. city.“Sittinginfrontof you Armychief General Purna On the other hand, the country’s mostvulnerable children have sustainedsevereacademic and social harm from the woundedwhen the attacker In southern Afghanistan, an- is achiefexecutive of the ChandraThapa on ways to re- remote-learning experiment.Parents, navigating their owneconomic and work struggles, areincreasingly desperate. NYT drove amilitaryhumveefullof ex- other suicide car bomber tar- HongKong SAR(Special sume militarycooperationand plosivesontoanarmycommando getedthe convoy of aprovincial Administrative Region) training, whichhas been affected basebeforedetonating the car councilchief in Zabul province, who hasnobanking serv- by the Covid-19pandemic. bomb, according to an official in killing at leastthree people and icesmadeavailableto her,” Gen Weiheld bilateral talks Singaporean Afghanistan’s National Security wounding 21 others, including Lamtoldanewschannelin with the Nepal Armychief at the Daily coronavirus deaths keep Council,whospokeanonymously children, according to provincial thecity.“I’musingcashfor ArmyheadquartersinKathmandu gives birth to because he wasnot permitted to spokesman GulIslam Sial. all the things,” shesaid.“I duringhisday-long“workingvisit” speak directlytothe media. The council chief, Attajan have pilesofcashathome, to Nepal, said astatement issued rising amid changing US crisis baby with Covid Ghazni’s provincial health Haqbayat, survivedSunday’s at- thegovernment is paying by theNepalArmy. “Thetwo held department chief, Zahir Shah tack with minor injuries, al- me cash formysalarybe- acordial discussiononvarious is- antibodies: report Nikmal, also confirmedthe though one of his bodyguards cause Idon’t have abank sues of bilateral interest,” it said. Afar smaller percentage of people who catchCovid are death toll from the attack. wasamong those killed, said account.” REUTERS “Bilateraldiscussionswere Afghanistan’s Defence provincial police spokesman then held at the delegation-level dying, but recordrise in cases keeps dailydeath toll high REUTERS Ministryreleasedastatement Hikmatullah Kochai. mainlyonissuespertainingto re- SINGAPORE,NOVEMBER29 claiming10soldierswerekilled Therehas been asharp rise in sumption of training and student pastweek alone. were reportednationwide —the and nine wounded. The ministry violence this year and asurge of BRITAIN exchangeprogrammeandfollow CAMPBELLROBERTSON, At thepeak of thespring highesttoll since May—only ASINGAPOREAN woman, who alsoofferedadifferent account of attacks by the Talibanagainst Brexittalksin upondefenceassistancethathave GIULIAMCDONNELL wave, about 31,000 newcases three counties reportedatoll of wasinfected with the novel what happenedthan the official Afghanistan’s beleaguered secu- been impacted due to the Covid- NIETODELRIO,JOSEPH were announcedeachday, morethan 20. coronavirus in March when she at the National SecurityCouncil, rity forces since the startofpeace ‘reasonable 19 pandemic,”thestatementsaid. GOLDSTEIN&MITCHSMITH though that wasavastunder- Forty-four states have set waspregnant, has givenbirth to saying the vehicle explodednear talksinSeptember. AP The Chinese defence minis- NOVEMBER29 count because testing capacity weeklycase records, and 25 ababywith antibodies against position’:Raab ter, who wasleading a21-mem- wasextremelylimited.OnApril states have setweeklydeath the virus, offering anew clue as BREXIT TRADE negotia- berdelegation, viewedboththe AFAR smaller proportion of peo- 15,the United States reacheda records in November,asthe na- to whether the infection can be tions with the European proposals “positively andaf- ple who catchthe coronavirus grim nadir:2,752 people were tion’s death toll has surpassed transferredfrommother to child. Union areinareasonable firmedthatthe bilateral cooper- aredying from it than were in reportedtohavediedfrom 264,000andofficialsworry that The babywas born this position, with some ation should resume as soon as the spring,expertssay.Yet the Covid-19, morethanonany day Thanksgiving gatherings may month without Covid-19but progress on competition possible, including exchangeof sheer breadth of the current out- before or since. cause infections to spread still with the virus antibodies, the issues but significant dif- high levelvisits,” it said. break means that the cost in lives Still, the toll of the virus was morewidely in the coming days. Straits Timesnewspaperreported ferences outstandingon He also pledgedto provide ad- lostevery dayisstillclimbing. an abstraction formany The countryreachedapeak on Sunday, citing the mother. fishing, British foreign ditional assistance to theNepal Morethan 170,000 Americans because deaths were seven-dayaverage of 176,000re- TheWorldHealthOrganisation ministerDominic Raab Armyinfighting theCovid-19 Americans arenow testing pos- concentrated in ahandful of portedcasesonWednesday, and says it is notyet knownwhether a said on Sunday. “I do think pandemic, the statement said. itive forthe virus on an average states likeNew York,New Jersey there is reason to fear the worst pregnant woman withCovid-19 we’reinareasonable po- The statement expressed day, straining hospitals across and Louisiana. is still coming. Dailycasecounts can pass the virus to herfoetus or sition, there’s adeal to be confidence “the visitwillhelp in muchofthe country,including Nowthe deaths arescattered around NewYorkCityhavebe- babyduringpregnancyordelivery. done,” Raab told Sky further strengthening and ex- in many states that had seemed widelyacross the entirenation, gun ticking up again, with an av- To date,theactive virushasnot News. Asked about afinal panding the cordial military-to- to avoid the worstofthe pan- and thereishardlyacommunity erageof6,600 eachday in the been found in samples of fluid Afghan soldiers arrive at the siteofthe suicidebombing in deadline fortalks, he said militaryrelationsbetween the demic. Morethan 1.1million that has notbeen affected.On metroarea, afivefoldincrease around the babyinthe womb or Ghazni province on Sunday. AP negotiationswereintothe twocountries”. PTI people tested positive in the Wednesday, when 2,300deaths from the startofOctober. NYT in breastmilk. “lastweek or so” but said the EU had previously movedthe goalposts on a final deadline. REUTERS Ethiopia claimsvictory in Dave Prowse, the actor who

AUSTRALIA Severefiredanger Tigray conflict after assault played Darth Vader, dies at 85 astemperatures dubbed by James EarlJones. smashrecords SIMONMARKS Fightinglikely to continue JILLLAWLESS Prowse donnedDarth Ametal object wasfound in PARTSOFAustralia,includ- ADDISABABA,NOVEMBER29 LONDON,NOVEMBER29 Vader’sblackarmourand hel- the remote Utah desertlast ing Sydney, sweltered metfor Star Wars (1977), The week by stateworkers through the hottest ETHIOPIA CLAIMED victoryinits EVENIFthe Ethiopian LiberationFront has DAVE PROWSE, the British EmpireStrikes Back (1980) and Novembernightonrecord conflict with the restiveregion government’s forces said thegroup hasno weightlifter-turned-actor who Return of theJedi (1983). withtemperatures likely of Tigray on Saturday,after aday- have takencontrol of intentionofsurrender- wasthe body, though notthe He expressedsome regret Thatmysterious to stay high on Sunday, longseriesofartillerystrikes the Tigrayan regional ing. Theyhavealarge voice, of arch-villain Darth Vader that, thankstoVader’smask,“I prompting authorities to againstthe regional capital, acity capital, fighting in this armedmilitia, whichis in the original Star Wars trilogy, can walk around with complete monolithinthe issue atotal fire ban. of half amillion people. warislikelytocontinuefor a likelytoengagethe Ethiopian has died. He was85. anonymity.” Sydneysurpassed40de- With communications shut lotlonger,expertshave militaryinguerrillawarfare Prowse diedSaturdayafter a “Allactorscrave recognition Utah desert? It’s grees Celsius on Saturday off, there wasnoway to confirm warned. The Tigray People’s thatcould go on foralong time. short illness, his agent Thomas Prowse signs autographsin and I’d liketohavesome likeLuke while swathesofwestern the government’s claim. Bowington said Sunday. Los Angeles in 2007. Reuters Skywalker and Han Solo,” he told gone, officialssay NewSouthWales, South The shelling of the city, Born in Bristol, southwest The Associated Press in 1980. Australia and northern Mekelle, came twodaysafter control” of the central govern- sistance whilefederal policeap- England, in 1935,Prowsewas a “Fortune tends to followfame.” Victoria baked through Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy ment and that federal forces in prehend theTPLFclique.” three-time British weightlifting Clockwork Orange andasked the Prowse also worked as a BRYANPIETSCH evenhighertemperatures Ahmed, had ordered the startof the city are“searching all sus- Earlier on Saturday, the lead- champion and represented 6-foot-6-inchactor to audition trainer forother actors, helping NOVEMBER29 nearing45degrees. The what he calledthe thirdand final pected areas the juntamight be ershipofthe TPLF,whose England in weightlifting at the forthe villainous Vader or the Christopher Reeveprepareto countryhas seenunusu- phaseof anoperationaimedatre- hiding”, referring to the TPLF. decadeslong political and eco- 1962 Commonwealth Games Wookie Chewbacca in Star Wars. be the Man of Steel in hit 1978 AS MYSTERIOUSLYasitarrived, allyprolongedandintense movingthenorthernstate’sruling “I am pleasedtoshare that we nomicclouthaswanedconsider- before breaking intomovies Prowse later told the BBC he film Superman. ametal monolith thatwas dis- bushfiresthat lastseason Tigray People’s Liberation Front, have completed and ceasedthe ablysinceAbiytookofficein2018, with roles that emphasisedhis chose Darth Vader because “you Prowse wasalso known to a coveredthis month by Utah burnednearly 12 million untilrecently thedominantpower militaryoperations in the Tigray vowednot to surrenderandcalled commandingsize, including alwaysremember thebad guys.” generation of Britishchildren as public safetyworkers is now hectares,killed33people in the national government. region,” Abiy posted to Twitter onlocalcitizensto resistthearmy. Frankenstein’s monsterinapair Physically, Prowse wasper- the Green Cross Code Man, asu- gone, officials said Saturday. and an estimated 1billion On Saturdayevening, Saturday night. “Our focus now ManyMekelle residentsfled of Hammer Studios horrorfilms. fect forthe part. His lilting English perheroinaseries of road safety The three-sidedmetal struc- animals. REUTERS Ethiopia’sstate broadcasterre- will be on rebuilding the region to rural areas, fearing theycould Director George Lucas saw West Countryaccent wasconsid- advertisementsduring the 1970s turewas removedFriday portedMekelle wasnow “under andproviding humanitarian as- be caught in the crossfire. NYT Prowse in asmall partinA eredlessideal,and his lines were and 1980s. AP evening “byanunknown party” from the public land it wasfound on, the federal BureauofLand Management’sUtahofficesaid in astatement. THE ELEPHANT HAD LANGUISHED ALONE FOR YEARS IN APAKISTANI ZOO The bureausaid it had notre- movedthe monolith,whichit considers private property. ‘World’s loneliest elephant’ Kaavanstarts trip to Cambodia The Utah Department of Public Safetysaid Mondaythat it had found the object while sur- bolted,his departure could have phant’s life. “In thesanctuary in Saheli in 2012,has captured when he leftthe zoo Sunday. veying forbighorn sheep. KATHYGANNON been delayedfor months while Cambodia...waiting forhim is worldwide attention. Kaavan’s wounds areemo- “IT’S GONE!” theDepartment ISLAMABAD,NOVEMBER29 the rescue team sought to restore three ladies, three Asian female Cher’s animal welfaregroup tional as well as physical. He of PublicSafetysaid,reactingto the calm and trustbeforetrying elephants,” he said. “Now Kaavan Free the Wild has worked with would spendhis days throwing news in an Instagram post. KAAVAN, DUBBED the“world’s again, explainedMartin Bauer, a mighthaveanew partner,and Four Paws and the American hisheadfromsideto side,astereo- “Almostasquicklyasitappearedit loneliestelephant” afterlanguish- spokesman forFour Paws shareanew life with apartner.” syndicatedcolumnistand phil- typical sign of boredom and mis- hasnowdisappeared,”thedepart- ing alone foryears in aPakistani International.The globalanimal Khalil described howon anthropist, Eric Margolis, to re- eryinanelephant,Bauersaid,and mentsaid,adding,“Icanonlyspec- zoo, wasreadiedSundayfor his welfaregroup hasledthecharge Sundayheslowlyand gentlyca- locateKaavan—amission that’s something the Four Paws team ulate”thatalienstookitback,using flight to asanctuaryinCambodia to save Kaavansince2016. joledKaavantowalk backwards costabout $400,000.She’s also has been working to treat. the emoji forextraterrestrials. and the much-neededcompany Iconic American singer and intoasteel crate, as nearly a making adocumentaryfilm The loss of his mateSaheli in It wasamystery howthe of other elephants. actress Cher also arrivedin dozenmen carefullyguidedhim about the process. 2012 tookatollonKaavan’smen- monolithhadbeeninstalledinthe The mammoth task of get- Islamabad lastweek,the culmi- insideusing chains around his Kaavanwas diagnosedearlier talhealth.Elephantsare socialan- firstplace. Officials saidthat the ting him intoanelephant-sized nationof herlongstandingefforts Dr Amir Khalil,aveterinarian who has been treating tree-trunksizedlegs. this year as being dangerously imals that thrive on the company structurewas mostlikelyawork metalbox fortransporttook sev- to raise awareness about rescu- Kaavan’s manywounds and ailmentsoverthe pastthree Kaavanisset to leave aboard overweight,owingtohis unsuit- of other elephants, Bauer ex- of artand that itsinstallation on eral hours, and wasperhaps the ing Kaavanfromthe zoo. months, feedsthe elephant afterhewas loadedintoacrate aRussiancargo plane forthe able dietofaround 250 kilo- plained. ForKaavan, the last eight public land wasillegal. It wasun- mostcrucialstepinrescuing him Conditionsthereweresobad that to transporthim to asanctuaryinCambodia. Reuters 25,000-acresanctuaryearly grammes of sugar cane eachday. yearshavebeen akin to livingin clear who hadput it there—and from the direconditionshe’s acourtinthe Pakistani capital or- Mondaymorning. With Khalil’s help, Kaavan quarantine —something the when —but the artworld quickly livedinfor 35 years. dered thezoo closedinAugust. The plight of the male Asian lost450 kg over thepastthree worldhascometounderstandall speculateditwasthework of John Had Kaavanbeen spooked Dr Amir Khalil, aveterinarian treatingKaavan’s manywounds months, said he washopeful elephant, who’s been alone months, and wasdowntoaslim- toowell amid the coronavirus McCracken,asculptorfondof sci- and refusedtoenter the cage or with Four Paws who’s been andailments over the pastthree about the next chapterofthe ele- since the deathofhis partner mer,moreagile over 4,000 kg pandemic, he said. AP ence fiction. He diedin2011. NYT

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INDUSTRYWARYOFEMPOWERINGWATCHDOGTOAPPOINTDIRECTORGENERAL INTERVIEW: CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITYOFINDIA ‘Will award projects worth CompetitionBill:Optionsforfastercase `2 lakh crore by FY21, Covid disposal,CCItonameprobearmchief has made us more aggresive’ HIT HARDbythe pandemic and pace of constructionand “Weare hopeful that we will notthe case with theDGofCCI. competitive conduct to reachan thelockdown,thehighwayscon- completion of projects? KARUNJITSINGH be able to placethe Bill before CONCERNSON “It seems that even nowthe agreementwiththeCCIto dispose struction sector is backinbusi- That wayweare slightly NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 Parliamentinthewintersession,” investigationsbytheDGareinflu- of acaseaftertheDGsubmitsare- ness, racing to achieve itstargets shorterthan lastyear becausefor saidagovernmentofficial.Theof- ‘AUTONOMY’ encedbythe prima facie view portindicating competition law as the government identifiesin- twomonthsthe work had to be THE CENTRAL governmentisset ficial addedthat the amendment takenbythe CCI” said the expert, violations.Thecompanywouldbe frastructure workslikebuilding stoppedbeforeitpickedupgrad- to introduce the Competition to transfer thepower to appoint ■ Industrybodies and adding that an investigative arm required to ceaseanti-competi- roads,asoneof theareasforpost- ually. Thelockdown wasinApril AmendmentBill before the DG would be retainedinthe experts hadopposed likethe DG shouldbeseparate tive conductandmayberequired Covidrecovery of the economy. and May. These twomonths are ParliamentduringtheWinterses- finalBill,notingthattheinvestiga- the proposal to give the fromanadjudicatoryarmsuchas to payafine decidedbythe CCI. TheNationalHighways Authority equivalentto gettingfourmonths’ sion,accordingto governmentof- tive armofcompetitionregulators authority to appoint the Competition Commission. Under the commitment of India (NHAI), atthe forefrontof worthofworkdone. The con- ficials. Keychanges in the Bill in- in other jurisdictions wasalso theDirector General of The Internet and Mobile mechanism, partiesaccusedof thatexercise,courtedcontroversy struction speedisthe highestin clude vesting the powerofthe overseen by the regulator. the investigative arm of Association of India (IAMAI) had anti-competitive conduct may recentlywhen Road Transport these months because monsoon appointmentof theheadofthein- Experts notedthat their pri- the Competition alsosaidincommentsonthedraft seekto settleacasebefore theDG and Highways MinisterNitin comesrightafterthatsothework vestigative armofthe Competit- maryconcern wasthe mainte- Commission of Indian Bill that “the suggestedpowerfor of the CCI begins investigation by Gadkaritookadigatitpubliclyfor Sukhbir Singh Sandhu is usuallyexpedited before that. ion Commission of Indian (CCI) nanceof thefunctionalautonomy to the watchdog itself, the Competition Commissionof committingtoceaseanti-compet- taking 12 years to construct its Andinwinteralsowedonot con- withtheregulatoritself,aswellas of the DG. “As the power of ap- noting that sucha India to appoint the Director itive conductandpayingafinede- ownoffice building.NHAI struct as fast.But we arerecover- anew “settlement”and“commit- pointment is currentlywiththe move maycompromise Generalunder theproposedBill cidedbythe CCI. Chairman SUKHBIR SINGH shelter,liketheywereincamps, ing very fast and hopefullybythe ment” mechanisms to allow for centralgovernment,thisgivesthe the independence of risksunderminingthe setrules Themove isexpectedtospeed SANDHU tells AVISHEK G but complying with the guide- end of March 31,wewill be able quickerdisposalofcases. DG functional autonomy. Ihope the DG ensuringfairandindependentin- up thedisposal of cases. Notably, DASTIDAR that Covid has made lines.Sotheystartedwork imme- to complete our target. The head of the investigative that by giving the powerofap- vestigation under the casesresolvedunderthesemech- theorganisationmoreaggressive diatelyafter thelockdown was armof theCCI,theDirector-Gene- pointmenttothe CCIthe func- Competition Act, 2002”. anisms will notbeopen to ap- in pushing targets and that NHAI lifted. In some cases, yes, the And the Delhi-Mumbai ral(DG),iscurrentlyappointedby tional autonomypresently en- comparison of the CCI with other Anotherkey amendment in peals.The CCI may, however, re- isintheprocessof identifyingand labour had gone back.But they Expresswaybeingyour the Centre.Industrybodies and joyedbythe DG office is not jurisdictions wasnot appropriate the proposedBill is the inclusion voke ordersofsettlement or weeding out non-performers also startedcoming backinafew flagship project,isthereany expertshadopposedtheproposal diluted,“said MM Sharma, head as while the investigative armsof of the settlement and commit- commitment if it concludes that whodelayworks.Editedexcerpts: weeks’ time. impact on that? to give this authority to the com- of competitionlaw practice at jurisdictionssuchastheEuropean mentmechanismforquickerdis- parties have notmade adequate And manycontractors sent Notmuch. Maybeamonth or petition watchdog, noting that Vaish Associates. Union do operate under the reg- posal of cases. The settlement disclosures at the time of the Where do youfind yourself in theirvehiclestoBihar, Bengaland twointerms of timeline. It is the suchamovemay compromise An expert, who requestedto ulator,theyhavebeen seen to be mechanism wouldallow afirm agreementorif thereare material the post-Covid world Odisha to getreturnedlabour biggesteverprojectandthespeed the independence of the DG. remain anonymous, said that the “fiercelyindependent”whichis whichmay have engaged in anti- changes to thefactsofthe case. considering the government back.Becausecontractorsrealised of construction is notsomething has emphasised highway that the costtheywereincurring seen in India. Our neighbouring construction as one of the with the machineryremaining country(China)isknownforcon- CBIC seeks to means to economic recovery? idleatsiteswasmuchhigherthan structing roads with that good a $8.30BILLION: $7.12BILLION: Our awardofcontractsisal- the costofgetting labourers back speed. Rs 86,000crore worthofa Higher inflows by tech cos make FOREIGNINFLOWSRECEIVED FDIATTRACTEDFROMTHE most60per cent higher com- through owntransport arrange- project completing in three years verify certain FROMSINGAPOREINTHE UNITEDSTATES DURING pared to lastyear in thesame pe- ments. So we were backatwork is abig deal. US biggestFDI source in H1FY21 FIRSTHALFOF2020-21 APRIL-SEPTEMBER 2020 riod. It is thehighestever. When almostimmediately. deemed GST these worksstart on theground Howare youexecuting it The US has replaced Mauritius as thesecond biggest source of therewill be alot of employment Did youalso have to give alot differentlyfromother registrations foreign direct investment (FDI) during thefirst half of FY21, Riseinforeign FDIreceivedfromthe generation, economic activity.It of concessions to contractors? projects? datafromthe Commerce and Industry Ministry showed 15%inflowsintoIndia remainingsevennationsinthe will help the economytocome Yes. We have startedthe sys- We have dividedthe project duringthefirsthalfofcurrent top10: outof thebadpatch.Bythisfinan- temofreleasing payments into44packages. Mostofthem PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA fiscal,reaching$30billion;in ■ $2.1billion:CaymanIslands cialyearwe willaward worthRs2 monthly. Earlier it usedtobe stand awarded. So instead of NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 August,thecountryhad ■ $1.5billion:TheNetherlands lakhcrore,whichisthe highest stage-payments, wherein the re- monitoring from one side, we are attracted$17.5billionworthof ■ $1.35billion:United ever.Partlyitwas ourtargetbut lease of moneywas linked to monitoring44differentpackages THE CBIC has asked field offices foreigninvestments Kingdom because of Covid, Iwouldsay,we completion of acertain stageof simultaneously.Thathasresulted to carry out physical verification ■ $1.13billion:France had to become moreaggressive. the contract. That wasonlyfive ingoodspeed.Alsothereisaded- of premises of businesses which $2billion:FDIfromMauritius, ■ $653billion:Japan timesinayear.Now ithasbecome icated landacquisition team and have been granted deemed GST whichslippedtofourthposition, ■ $2020million:Germany What kind of issues did you monthlyand that has increased around 90 per cent of the land re- registration between August21 infirsthalfofthisfinancialyear ■ $48million:Cyprus face during and afterthe liquidity of the contractors to a quired is with us. Being aflagship and November 16 to ascertain lockdown at your greatextent.Theyare veryhappy. programme everything is being that theyhavegenuine business US,Mauritiustradepositions: Whyisitimportant:According construction sites? monitoredveryclosely. Imonitor or intend to carry out so. AsperdatafromtheDPIIT toexperts,increasingFDIfrom Frankly, we were down only Did youtaketheir feedback? it sometimes weeklyand some- The CentralBoardofIndirect (DepartmentforPromotionof theUnitedStatesreflectsthe forthe firstthree weeksoflock- Oh yes. We spoketocontrac- timesfortnightly. Anyissue crops Taxesand Customs (CBIC)has IndustryandInternalTrade), furtherstrengtheningof downsinceMarch.Wehavebeen tors.Thereweresome80sugges- up withstates, we speak to chief also asked taxmen nottogrant Mauritiuswasthesecond economictiesbetweenthetwo workingcontinuouslysincethen. tions. We immediatelyagreedto secretaries and other officials. GSTregistrationondeemed ba- biggestFDIsourceduringApril- countries.TheUSwasalso The contractors took some time. 60 of themand issuedorders on There isrecord-settingprogressin sisincases wherethe applicant September2019,whiletheUS India’stoptradingpartnerin In certain areas therewas not the same day. this.So, by December 2023 it will has notopted forAadhaarau- wasthefourthbiggestinvestor 2019-20 muchofaproblem.Insomeareas be complete. thentication or the authentica- duringthatperiod Source: DPIIT/PTI labour had notgone back; where Awarding of contractsisone Full interviewon tion has failed. thecontractorgave themfoodand thing, butwhat about your www.indianexpress.com BRIEFLY Six shutschemes get `11,576cr BUDGET FY22: CENTRE CONSIDERINGSEVERALPROPOSALS CIIurges Capital infusionfor infra projects planned industrynotto so far:Franklin Templeton announced,” an official source ENSECONOMICBUREAU REGULATORYNORMSBARRINGSOMEINVESTORS said. Some of the remedies will lowerguard 2020 stands at Rs 7,226 crorefor derly manner,” the fundhouse NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 likelyfeatureinthe upcoming ENSECONOMICBUREAU the four cash positive schemes, said in alettertounitholders. ■Extant regulatorynorms ■The Budget is also likelyto Budget forFY22. NewDelhi:IndustrybodyCII MUMBAI,NOVEMBER29 subject to fund runningex- This includedthe optionof THEGOVERNMENTisweighinga effectively bar investors that unveil adevelopment TheBudget isalsolikelytoun- has urgedits member com- penses. seeking unitholderconsent ac- raft of proposals, including relax- bring in patient capital from financial institution with the veiladevelopmentfinancialinsti- panies in north India to not THE SIX schemes that Franklin Individually, FranklinIndia cording to thejudgmentofthe ingrulesto enableinsurancefirms funding private-sector SPVs, mandatetofundlarge rural tution(DFI)withthespecificman- lowerguardagainstCovid- Templetonhad shut since April LowDurationFund, Franklin High Court, it added. and pension funds to put in long- while mostinfrastructure infrastructureprojectsthat datetofinancelarge rural 19 andensurethatthe pre- this year have receivedtotal cash IndiaUltraShort Bond Fund, “However, afterdetailedde- termcapitalininfrastructure proj- firms areset up as SPVs requirelong-term finance infrastructureprojectsthat re- scribed norms of wearing flowsofRs11,576crore till Franklin India Dynamic Accrual liberations, we determinedthat ects,asitseekstospurjobcreation quirelong-termfinanceandcould masks,maintainingphysical November 27 from maturities, Fund and Franklin India Credit it willbenecessarytoseek judi- and bring the Covid-hit economy serve asantidote to generalinvest- distanceof atleast6feetand pre-payments andcoupon pay- Risk Fund have 48 percent, 46 cialinterventionfromthe backontrack fast. These instruments, such as “Theseanomalies between ment famine during economic avoidinglarge gatheringsare ments, outofwhichRs2,836 per cent, 33 per cent and 14 per Supreme Court to ensureanap- Extantregulatorynormseffec- government andpublic-sector therealityandregulatoryrequire- downturns. It will work under an followed. The pandemic crorewas receivedinNovember. cent of their respective AUMin propriateimplementation of the tively barthese investors that bonds,oftenfetch measlyreturns. mentsare beingaddressed.While innovative framework,wherepri- continues to pose hardship AccordingtoFranklin cash, respectively. lawinthe best interestof bringinpatientcapitalfromfund- Similarly, variousinstitutional we certainlyneedmorelong- vate corporate fundsand global forthe entirecountry, the Templeton, over the latest fort- “Postthe judgement of the unitholders,” it said. It remains ingprivate-sectorspecialpurpose investorsfacerestrictionsinfund- termcapital,thegovernmentalso patientcapitalwillfindviabilityin chamber said on Sunday. night (November 14-27), these High Court of Karnataka,wecon- the earnestdesire and endeavour vehicles(SPVs),whilemostinfra- inginfrastructureprojectsthatare wantstoensureany suchstep India’srural projects. Also,there schemes receivedRs1,895 crore, sideredall possible options over of theTrusteetoensureequitable structurefirmsare setupasSPVs. notrated AA or above,even doesn’t pose riskstothe broader will be practical solutions to the mostofwhich(Rs 1,664 crore) the lastfew weekstostart return- distribution of scheme assets to Theselong-terminvestorsare also though mostofthese projects financialsystem. Consultations issueof asset-liabilitymismatches Canimprove wasaspre-payments.The cash ing moneytounitholders in the unitholders at the earliestpossi- required to invest primarilyin rarely have ratings of BBB or with regulatorsand othersare on facedbybanksastheylend to DHFLoffer: available as of November 27, shortest possible time in an or- bletime, Templetonsaid. highlysafeinstruments. above. andappropriatestepswillsoonbe long-gestation projects. FE GautamAdani Proposals for NewDelhi: Gautam Adani’s UN armcompletes New guidelines for cab aggregators: roads-to-mininggroup, in designing and an email written to the ad- ministratorofDHFL, has in- evaluation of three What they mean for driversand riders manufacturing dicated that it can improve on itsRs33,000 crore an amount notless minimum of three forthe current year shall be the of indigenous takeover offerfor thecol- new5G-relatedtech PRANAVMUKUL than Rs 5lakhwith months and maxi- basefare chargeableto customers lapsedhousing lenderand NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 base year 2020-21 mum of 24 months availing aggregator service. In has sought forfeitureofde- face specification. and increasedby5 from the dateon stateswhereacitytaxifare hasnot GPS chips positsofbidders seeking to PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA “The radio interfaces that THE MINISTRYofRoad Transport per cent eachyear. whichsuchdatawas been determined,anamount of vitiateauction by question- NEWDELHI, NOVEMBER 29 will be used in full-scale com- and Highwayshas issuedthe Additionally, aterm generated.Thisdata Rs25/30willbethebasefare.The PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA ing maximum recovery of mercial deployment of fifthgen- MotorVehicleAggregatorGuide- insurance of Rs 10 willalso have to be baseminimumfare chargeableto NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 public money. THREE NEW technologies in- eration mobile communication lines, meant to regulatethe hith- lakh mustbegiven to madeavailabletothe customerswillbeforaminimum cluding ‘5Gi’ submitted by the networks have achievedglobal ertounregulated cabaggregator eachdriver. The aggregator will stategovernment,asper due of 3kmtocompensatefor dead THE GOVERNMENT has invited Telecommunications Standards validation with the successful segment,mainly controlledby also needtoconduct refresher processof lawbutthenormsstip- mileageand distancetravelled proposals fordesign, manufac- ViolationofFDI Development SocietyIndia (TS- evaluationbyITU of threenew twoplayers —the US-basedUber trainingprogrammeforthedriver ulatethat anydata related to cus- andfuelutilisedforpickingupthe turing,supplyand maintenance norms:CAIT DSI) have completed “successful technologies that conform with andBengaluru-basedOlaCabs.In eachyear.Acompulsory5-day tomers shall notbedisclosed customers.Aggregatorshave been of 10 lakh integrated NavIC and evaluation” and conform with the International Mobile theguidelines,theCentrehaslaid trainingof driverswillincludetop- without their written consent. allowedtocharge afare50per GPS receivers. writestoPM rigorous performance require- Telecommunications 2020 downvariousprocedurespertain- icssuchasefficientuseof theapp, cent lowerthan base fare and im- The proposal is in line with ment, according to International (IMT-2020)vision and stringent ing to conditions forgrant of li- provisions of the MotorVehicles What changes forcustomers? poseamaximumsurge pricingof the government’s plan to com- NewDelhi: Traders’ body Telecommunication Union (ITU) performance requirement,” ITU cence to an aggregator,compli- Act,1988,on-roadsafetyandfirst- Theaggregatorshave beenal- 1.5times the base fare. mercialise NavIC userreceivers CAIT on Sundaywroteto statement. said in arecent statement on its ance with regard to vehicles, responder training, terms and lowedtoprovidepoolingfacilities Additionally, the normssay to promoteanindigenous posi- Prime MinisterNarendra During the multi-year devel- website. regulation of fares, etc. conditionsof thecontractwithag- to customers, whosedetailsand thatthedriverofavehicleshallre- tioning technology. Modi seeking“strong ac- opment and evaluation process It added: “Thetechnologies gregator,gendersensitisation,etc. KYCinformation is available. ceive atleast80percentof thefare “MeitY(Ministryof tion” againste-commerce by the ITU are—3GPP 5G-SRITand 3GPP Whyhavethese guidelines Further,for women passengers applicable on each ride, thereby Electronics and IT) seekspropos- firms foralleged violation Radiocommunication Sector, 5G-RIT submitted by the Third been issued? What changes foraggregators seeking to avail ride-pooling, the cappingthecommissioncharged als from bidder to design, manu- of FDI policy by them. It these technologies were Generation Partnership Project As partofthe MotorVehicles in terms of the app? aggregators will needtoprovide by the aggregators at 20 per cent. facture, supplyand maintain also sought setting up of an deemedtobesufficiently de- (3GPP), and 5Gi submitted by (Amendment)Act,2019,thegov- The aggregator will needto theoptionto poolonlywithother Currently, the commission rates Integrated NavIC andGPS chips empoweredregulatoryau- tailedtoenable global compat- Telecommunications Standards ernment providedthatanaggre- makeitsappaccessibleinEnglish women passengers. In cases of rangebetween25-35percentand and ensuredeployment of thority to regulateand ibilityofoperation andequip- Development Society India (TS- gatorwill need to be issued ali- and Hindi as primarylanguages non-transport vehicles being ag- differsfromcityto city.Oncancel- Integrated NavIC and GPS re- monitor the e-commerce ment, including roaming, it said. DSI)”. cenceto operate by therespective forriders, along with one official gregated forride-pooling, alimit lation of rides withoutvalid rea- ceivers,” therequest forproposal business in India. The The International IMT-2020 specificationsfor stategovernmentand that the languageofthe relevant state, of fourride-sharingintra-citytrips son, by either adriverorarider,a document said. Confederation of All India Telecommunication Union(ITU) the fifthgeneration of mobile stateswillfollowtheguidelinesis- whereofficial languageisnot on acalendarday and tworide- penalty of 10 per cent of total fare The Indian Regional Traders (CAIT) also claimed is the United Nations specialised communications (5G) will be suedbythe Centre. Hindi. Additionally, the app will sharing inter-city trips per week notexceedingRs100shallbeput. Navigation SatelliteSystem, that various government body forinformation andcom- the backbone of tomorrow’s have to beaccessibleinalanguage foreachvehiclewith the driver Thepenaltyimposedonriderwill known as Navic, is the country’s authorities have failed to munication technologies or ICTs. digital economy, transforming What changes fordrivers? understandable to the driver. has been stipulated. bedividedbetweenthedriverand navigation satellite built to pro- protect “the sanctity of the The latestmoveholds signif- livesand leading industryand Theaggregatorhasbeenasked In terms of datagenerated on the aggregator in the proportion vide accurateposition informa- policy and lawofthe gov- icance as one of the technologies society intothe automated and to ensure that everydriverispro- the app, aggregators will have to What changes in terms of fare? of the decidedcommission rate. tion servicetousers in India as ernment.” PTI evaluated,underlines India’s intelligent world, Houlin Zhao, videdwith ahealth insurance in- storesuchdataonaserverinIndia The guidelines stipulatethat Full report on well as the region extending up contribution on 5G radio inter- ITU Secretary-Generalsaid. tegrated withthe aggregator for and it will needtobestoredfor a the city taxi fare indexedbyWPI www.indianexpress.com to 1,500kmfromits boundary.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER30,2020 PHILLIPSHITSFASTEST T20 CENTURYASNZ WIN SERIES Glenn Phillips smashed thefastest Twenty20international hundred forNew Zealand to help the hosts to a72-run winagainst We st IndiesonSundayand an unassailable 2-0 lead in thethree- matchseries.The middle-orderbatsmanhit eightsixes and10foursinhis 108off 51 ballsasthe hosts, who wonthe opening T20 by five wickets, posted amassive 238for threeintheir 20 overs 12 SPORT afterput in to batfirst at Mount Maunganui.WestIndies kept losing wickets at regular intervalsin their chase and could only reach 166/9. REUTERS On returntoring, Tysondrawsin Secondwind,anavalanche Smith crunches another62-ball centuryasAustraliaburyIndia in Sydneytoseal the three-matchODI series exhibitionwithJones SCORECARD PRESS TRUST OF INDIA SYDNEY, NOVEMBER29 AUSTRALIA VS INDIA ASSOCIATEDPRESS SYDNEY CRICKET GROUND LOSANGELES,NOVEMBER29 AUSTRALIA BURIEDIndia under an ava- Toss: Australia, chose to bat lanche of runs fora51-run drubbing in MIKE TYSON steppedthrough the ropes in his the second ODI and an unassailable2-0 AUSTRALIA signatureblacktrunksand heardthe opening serieslead afterthe majestic SteveSmith DWarnerrunout(Iyer) 83(77b,7x4,3x6) bellinaboxingringforthefirsttimein15years. producedanother master-class in the AFinchcKohlibShami 60(69b,6x4,1x6) The former heavyweight champion of the form of a64-ball104 hereonSunday. SSmithcShamibPandya 104(64b,14x4,2x6) worldtradedlivelypuncheswith RoyJones Jr. Batting first, Australia rode on five fifty- MLabuschagnecAgarwalbBumrah 70(61b, foreight entertainingrounds that endedwith plus scores including Smith’s blazing 5x4) twomiddle-agedlegendswearilyhuggingeach knock, to post an imposing 389 forfour GMaxwellnotout 63(29b,4x4,4x6) other in mutual admiration. againstasluggish India. MHenriquesnotout 2(1b) Their fightwas onlyanexhibition, and it This wasSmith’s fifthcentury against ■ Extras(lb2,nb1,w4) 7 endedinadraw. But forTyson,the experience India in the 50-overformat andsecond on ■Total(50overs) 389/4 evoked the joyand excitement he felt so long the trot afterhis toninthe series-opener, ■ FoW: 1-142(AaronFinch,22.5ov),2-156 agoatthestartofhisboxingcareer—anditwas whichcame off66deliveries. (DavidWarner,25.3ov),3-292(StevenSmith, likelythe start of anew chapterinhis epiclife. Atargetof390 proved to be toomuch 41.2ov),4-372(MarnusLabuschagne,48.5ov) “I’m happyI’m notknockedout,” Tyson said. forIndia as theywerestopped at 338for ■ Bowling:MShami9-0-73-1;JBumrah10-1- “I’ll lookbetterinthe next one.” nine, with captain Virat Kohli (89) and KL 79-1;NSaini7-0-70-0;YChahal9-0-71-1;R Tyson showedglimpses of his destructive Rahul (76) finishing as their main contrib- Jadeja10-0-60-0;MAgarwal1-0-10-0;H prime Saturdaynight during the 54-year-old utors in what turnedout to be another Pandya4-0-24-1 boxing icon’s return to the ring againstthe 51- forgettable outing forthe beleaguered year-old Jones. visitors. INDIA (TARGET:390) Tyson had the mostimpactfulpunches, MikeTyson throwsapunchinthe third India started thebig chaseinearnest MAgarwalcCareybCummins 28(26b,4x4) showingoffversionsof thefootwork andcom- round. AP with the in-from Shikhar Dhawan(30) and SDhawancStarcbHazlewood 30(23b,5x4) binationsthat made him the world’s most Mayank Agarwal(28) dealing in bound- VKohlicHenriquesbHazlewood 89(87b,7x4, feared fighter.After eight two-minuterounds, aries from the onset. If Agarwalfoundthe 2x6) both Tyson and Jones emergedfromStaples Theeventwasderidedasananti-sportingspec- fence twice in the firstover, Dhawanstruck SIyercSmithbHenriques 38(36b,5x4) Centersmilingandapparentlyhealthy. “Thisis tacle by somecritics, yetbothTyson and Jones Mitchell Starcfor three successive fours to KL RahulcHazlewoodbZampa 76(66b,4x4, betterthanfightingforchampionships,”Tyson appearedtohandlethemselves capablyand getthe Indian innings going. 5x6) said of the heavyweight exhibition, which safely. Their fans were clearly enthralled, with Amagnificent coverdrive by Agarwal HPandyacSmithbCummins 28(31b,1x4,1x6) raisedmoney forvarious charities. “We’rehu- the showgetting enormous tractiononsocial took the visitorspast50in6.1 overs. RJadejacMaxwellbCummins 24(11b,1x4, manitarians now. We can do something good media. However, in trying to go forone toomany, 2x6) forthe world. We’vegot to do this again.” Some of that success was due to the co- Dhawanperished.Incame Kohli and as he NSaininotout 10(10b,1x4) Tyson’s return to the ring forthis showat- main event, in whichYouTubestarJakePaul has mostlydone through hisillustrious ca- MShamic&bMaxwell 1(4b) tracted international attention, and Iron Mike knockedoutformerNBAplayerNateRobinson reer,the Indian captain playedsome de- JBumrahlbwbZampa 0(2b) didhisbestto demonstrate hismonthsof work in the second round of Robinson’s proboxing lightful shots on the waytohis 87-ball in- YChahalnotout 4(6b) to recaptureameasure of the form that made debut. Paul, in his second profight, recorded nings to keep the visitors in with achance. ■ Extras (nb2,w8) 10 him alegend to ageneration of boxing fans. threeknockdownsagainstRobinson,thethree- During his stay in the middle, Kohli ■ Total(50overs) 338/9 TysontaggedJoneswithbodyshots,headshots timeNBASlamDunkcontestchampion,before pulled, drove, flicked andcut with plenty ■FoW:1-58(ShikharDhawan,7.4ov),2-60 andaparticularly nastyuppercutduringabout anoverhandrightputRobinsonflatonhisface of success as India tried to keep the re- (MayankAgarwal,8.3ov),3-153(ShreyasIyer,23.1 thatwasrequiredby theCaliforniaStateAthletic and apparentlyunconscious. quired rate within9-10runsper over. ov),4-225(ViratKohli,34.5ov),5-288(KLRahul, Commission to be areasonablysafe, glorified But mostofthe fans tunedintowatch But pacer Josh Hazlewood provided 43.4ov),6-321(RavindraJadeja,46.1ov),7-321 sparring session.Hewas exhaustedtwo hours Tyson, manyfor the firsttime. Anyboxingfan Australia their biggestbreakthrough when (HardikPandya,46.2ov),8-326(Mohammed afterward, but also clearly energizedashere- who came of ageafter Tyson retiredfrom box- he had Kohli caught brilliantlybyadiving Shami,47.3ov),9-328(JaspritBumrah,48.3ov) countedhis emotions with his wifeand team ingin2005hadneverseenalivefightfromthe Moises Henriques at midwicket. ■Bowling:MStarc9-0-82-0;JHazlewood9-0- looking on. legendaryfigure —and within the bounds of That brought Hardik Pandyainthe 59-2;PCummins10-0-67-3;AZampa10-0-62- “I took my youth forgranted,” Tyson said. this event, Tyson delivered. middle and the all-rounder, in the com- 2;MHenriques7-0-34-1;GMaxwell5-0-34-1 “ThiseventmademefindoutwhatIwasreally panyofKLRahul, playedsome big shots. ■ Result:Australiawonby51 runs made of. ... My bodyfeelssplendid. Iwantto ‘Fighting gutsorthe heart’ But theywerenever going to be enough. beat it up some more.” Tyson intends to fight Tyson saidhenolonger had “the fighting Rahul departed afterstriking five sixes in moreexhibitionsnextyear,perhaps head- gutsorthe heart” afterhequit in adismalloss and four boundaries in his 66-ball knock. ingto MonteCarlonextto challengeaEuropean to journeymanPeter McBride in his final bout. India completely lostthe plotafter that. fighter.Hedidn’tclosethedooronthepossibil- Finallyfreeofhis sport’s relentless pressure, Australia fast bowler PatCummins Warner injured ity of afull-fledged comeback, although that Tyson graduallystraightenedout his life, kick- pickedup3/67inhis 10 overs.Besides This wasSteve Smith’s fifthODI centuryagainstIndia. Reuters would be manyfights in the future. Forone ingaself-describeddrugaddictionandeventu- Smith’s 104-run knock, swashbuckling Sydney: Australia'sswashbuckling night,Tyson and Jones were backatthe center allysucceeding in acting, stageperformance, openerDavid Warner smashed 83 off77 opener David Warner's participa- of the sportsworld,and they reveledinit. charity work andevenmarijuana cultivation whileskipper AaronFinch contributed 60 “I think last innings Iprobably Coming offanexpensiveoutinginthe tion in the remainderofthe limited “I’mhappytoscratchthatoffmybucketlist whilesettlingintocomfortablefamilylifeinLas in afirst-wicket standof142 in under 23 could have been caught at long on, series-opener,lead pacer Jasprit Bumrah overs series againstIndia was and move on with my life,”said Jones, thefor- Vegaswith his thirdwifeand theirchildren. overs. aclose lbw. Ididn't give any startedwith amaiden and generated good thrownintodoubt afterhesuffered merfour-divisionworldchampionwidelycon- Theideaof aboxingcomebackseemedpre- The duo of Marnus Labuschagne and chances today and Ijust felt good pace offawicketwith adecent grass cover. agroin injuryduringthe second ODI sidered themostskilledboxer of his genera- posterous, but Tyson startedtowardthisun- Glenn Maxwell continuedthe onslaught from ball one. Iwas able to get But he soon lost his rhythm as the hereonSunday. Warner hobbledoff tion. “He hit harder than Ithought. Everything likelyfightwhenhestarteddoing15 daily min- to propel Australiatoahumongousscore myself in and go hard.Another Australiansfoundtheirs afteraslowstart. the field afterhestruggledtoget up hurt.Hishandshurt.Hisheadhurts.Everything utes on atreadmill afew years agoathis wife’s in what wasamust-win game forthe vis- Finchfoundhis firstboundaryofthe following adiveinthe fourth over hurt when Imade contact. He’san exceptional urginginabid to lose 100pounds. itors.Labuschagne made 70 and the big- greatfoundation set by Finchy and daywhen he comfortablyflickedBumrah of the Indian innings. puncher still. He can do anything he wants Theworkoutssoonbecamemulti-houraf- hitting Maxwell blazedawayto63off 29 Davey. Let me go hard at the back over the backwardsquareleg region, even Acar waited outside the Sydney next.”Neitherfighterwasdeceivedby thequal- fairsencompassingbiking,runningandfinally balls with the help of four sixes and as end.” as thebowler clocked146-147onthe Cricket Groundtotakethe senior ity of the bout. While both cameout throwing punching as he regainedameasureofhis ath- manyfours. speed gun. playerintoanearbyhospital forun- punches that evoked echoes of theirglorious leticprimethroughdisciplineandavegandiet. Earlier,during his stay in the middle, STEVE SMITH, Navdeep Saini wasbrought on early dergoing scans. Consideringthe primes, theyalso tiedupfrequentlyonthe in- Tysonpostedavideoofhimself hittingpads Smith hit 14 boundaries and twosixes AT POST-MATCHPRESENTATION and Warner welcomedhim with asix over wayWarner grimacedinpain after side, and their occasionallylabored breathing on social media early in the coronavirus pan- while Warner found the fence seventimes the squareleg boundary, whacking his falling while divingtostopthe ball, could be heard on the microphones in the demic,andtheoverwhelmingpublicresponse and cleared it thrice before missingout on ing the imperious Australian to slash one shortfirstdelivery with aplomb. it appears he could notonlymiss emptyarena. Hip hop star Snoop Dogg’s witty ledtoseveral lucrative offers foraring come- what would have been awell-deserved straightintoMohammedShami. Taking full advantageofSaini’s inexpe- the thirdand final ODI but also the televisioncommentarywasamongtheloudest back.Withthechanceto makemoney forhim- ton, thankstoafine direct throw from the rience in these conditions, Warner col- following three-matchT20 series. noises insideStaples, and he had ahandful of self and forcharity,Tyson eventuallyagreedto deep by Shreyas Iyer. Hardik returns to bowling lected twoboundaries offhim before giv- Teammates PatCummins, zingers: “This is like twoofmyunclesfighting take on Jones long afterthe chance of their In histrademarkunconventional man- Beforethat, Warner gotthe Australian ing thesame treatment to Shami in the Glenn Maxwell and physio David at the barbecue!” dream matchup seemeddashed. ner, Smith played shots allroundthe innings underwaywith aboundary innings’ eighth over,asAustralia reached BeakleyhelpedWarner take the ButTysonandJoneswere theheadlinersin Tyson and Jones negotiated with the wicket to torment theIndian bowlers. through the point region offShami in the 50 in another solid startfor the home firstfew steps on his waytothe the mostimprobablepay-per-viewboxing California commission over the limitations of To dislodgeSmith, India neededPandya firstover. team. Australian dressing room, from eventinyears,engineeredbysocialnetworking their bout, eventuallyarriving at eight two- to bowl forthe firsttime since returning The manner in whichheleanedbackto Australia maintainedthe momentum whereheheadedstraight to the app Triller and featuring fightsinterspersed minute roundsofhardsparring with onlycer- from abacksurgery more than ayearago, place the shortand wide fourthdelivery through the innings as the Indianbowlers hospital. PTI withhiphopperformancesinanemptyarena. emonial judgingand no official winner. and he did the trickinhis thirdover, lur- on the offside showedWarner’s intent. toiledonahot, sunnyday.

[ ISL WRAP:ROUND 2 ] Lobera gets sweetrevenge as Mumbai-Goa clash puts Kolkata derby in shade

pitch, andevenwhen theydidn’t have the beroftheir coreplayers have left. League’sspotlighthas fallen on foreign in- SHASHANK NAIR ball, wasthe difference againstMumbai. ternationals, when the focus of the tour- NEW DELHI,NOVEMBER 29 Lobera’s teams likecontrol over mid- Kolkataderby nament needs to be on Indian players and field but as of now, figuringout howto It’s toughtojustify the logic behindthe what theycan do in themidstofquality BEFORE THE start of Round 2ofthe Indian work in thefinalthirdofthe pitchiswhat Kolkata derbybeing conducted this early overseas recruitsand pedigreedcoaches. Super League, the firstKolkata derbyofthe should be Mumbai’s primaryconcern. intothe season.With both clubsinthe ISL Withalmostnofootball in eight months, ISL waseasilythe matchmostfans looked Beforethe redcard, Mumbai hadn’thad a forthe firsttimeand therebeing no oneofthe thingstolook out forwas how forwardtothe most.But atechnical game single shotontargetfor almost 150foot- crowds allowedasofnow,the match the Indian national team players per- of football between twoSpanish coaches ball-playing minutes. should ideallyhavebeen built up as amar- formedinthe opening part of the season. at Mumbai City FC and FC Goa, afew days Theyfinallyendedtheir second game quee event alittle later in the season when Round 2ofthe ISL wasparticularly fortu- before thetie between the Kolkata giants, of the ISL with three shots on target against both teams were notfeeling the effectsof itous forafew of them. showcased the quality of football that the ateam with aman down and had to rely ashort pre-season and lifeinabio-secure Chances areifyou areanIndian striker rest of the league should aspireto. on Adam Le Fondre’s last-gasp penalty for bubble. andyour name isn’t Sunil Chhetri, getting SergioLobera, Mumbai City FC’s new all three points. The rustshowedwithBagan once again game time in the ISL is difficult. Manvir coach, once an integral partofthe FC Goa Forced to playmorethan halfthe notable to find consistency in their pass- Singh,brought on as asubstitutefor ATK set-up,was up against Juan Ferrando, a matchwith 10 men, Goa completedthe ing but possessing aperfect get-out-of-jail Mohun Bagan, managed to put in alung- first-time coachinthe ISL hailing from the game with over 300passes, and the same cardlikenoother in RoyKrishna –who busting run in the final minutes of the same neckofthe woods as Loberahimself. number of shots on and offtargetastheir scored hissecondgoalintwo games. East Kolkata derbybeforeasmart left-footed Lobera, who wasunceremoniouslysacked opponentsand had 17 interceptions over- Bengal, though,haveafar bigger concern finish,cutting insidethe boxfor his first by Goadespitealeague-leading entryinto all forthe team. with thelackofapedigreedgoal-scorer in goal of the season. the 2019-20 playoffs,had apoint to prove Mumbai’sfirepower, with Le Fondreand their ranks, something that wasevidentin His teammates at the back, Sandesh againsthis former club. Getting three Sergio Lobera, Mumbai City FC’s newcoach, onceanintegralpartofthe FC Goa set-up. Bartholomew Ogbeche, who came on as a the derby when theyhad to rely on India Jhingan and Subhasish Bose, twoofIndia’s points musthavefeltgood forLobera. substituteinthe 71st minute, shouldhave internationalBalwant Singh to spearhead four-man defensive backline, have now Both teams were organisedtoplay made this result look alot moreconvincing. the offence. Suffice to say, that wasn’t the managed twoclean sheets in twogames. from the backbut it wasGoa whoenjoyed As the matchprogressed,afew things in previous seasons and endedupwinning But Goa, with a2-2 draw against Bengaluru best of options. This is particularly significant forJhingan moreofthe ball and onlygaveuponthat became clear.Goa’s captain Edu Bedia, be- titles –a statement that almostfelt like a and nowanarrowone-goal loss to Mumbai, who has come backafter alonginjurylay- afterRedeem Tlanggot red-cardedinthe fore the startofthe season,had said that parting shot at Lobera. But the movement have shown in twogames that theyare just Indian players offand is one of the best central defend- 40th minuteofthe match. some teams had better tactics thanthem that Goa showedinthe finalthirdofthe as competitive ateam even though anum- Time andagain, the IndianSuper ers available forthe national team.

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