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VIJAYADASHAMI SPEECH IndiajoltedChina,must buildtiestogrowbigger thanBeijing:RSSchief Attacks‘tukde tukde gang’, foreign ‘agents’; backs newfarm legislation Bhagwat at Sangh’sDussehra PM paid tributes to Indira event in Nagpur Sunday. ANI Gandhi in Mann Ki Baat. ANI VIVEKDESHPANDE NAGPUR,OCTOBER25 event that wasshrunk by restric- THREE IS A CROWD INDIA’SRESPONSE to the“en- tions due to the Covid-19 pan- Light alamp croachments” in Ladakh had demicthisyear,Bhagwat threw The effigiesofRavana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna burn in adesertedfieldduring alow-key Dussehracelebration in Noida on Sunday. GajendraYadav “numbed andjolted”China, his weight behind the central for soldiers, RashtriyaSwayamsevakSangh government on the three con- (RSS)chiefMohanBhagwat said tentious farm laws and virtually on Sunday, andcalledfor a endorsedUttar Pradesh Chief go vocal for THE EDITORIAL PAGE strengthening of ties with other MinisterYogiAdityanath’s the- On Amazon’s plea, Singapore neighbours to present amore oryofan“international conspir- local: Modi powerful counter to the Chinese. acy” againstthe stategovern- THECHINAFACTOR In hisaddresstoasmall gath- ment —eventhough he did not BY TANVI MADAN tribunal stallsFuture-RILdeal eringofswayamsevaksatthe directlymention either the new EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE PAGE 8 RSS’s annual Vijayadashami CONTINUEDONPAGE2 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25
Express that theorder,issuedby PRIME MINISTER Narendra AASHISHARYAN an emergency arbitrator of SIAC, ED Smallwin INSIDE Modi on Sundayasked his coun- BUSINESSASUSUAL NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 will be valid forthe next 90 days inlong trymen to light lamps forthe sol-
PLAIN INDIA WANTS until an official arbitration panel E diers guarding the nation’s bor- ● battle BY UNNY ISSUINGANemergency order on is appointed. EX END TO LAC ders, and to go “vocal forlocal” aplea from global e-commerce Theysaid that although in their festival shopping. giant Amazon, the Singapore Indian laws do notrecognisethe IN THE shortterm,the TENSION, BUT “Wehavetoremember our International Arbitration Centre conceptofinternational arbitra- Singaporetribunal's or- ‘ManyHigh Courtstoo WON’T CEDE soldiers who areonthe borders (SIAC) SundayrestrainedFuture tion and emergency orders is- der could be asetbackin suggest we intervene... AN INCH: during these festivities, protect- Group and RelianceIndustries suedbysuchtribunals,the or- FutureGroup’s attempts We don’t censor.We ing Bharat Mata. We mustlighta Limited from proceeding with ders areusually“respected” by to cutits debt. For believeinself-regulation’ RAJNATH lampinthe honour of these sons PAGE 5 the Rs 24,713-croredeal signed business houses. Amazon, the ruling PRAKASH JAVADEKAR and daughters of Bharat Mata. I in Augustfor FutureRetail to sell However, Reliance Retail marks asmall victoryin Minister for Information & wantto tellourbravesoldiersthat itsretail, wholesale, logisticsand Ventures Ltd, aunitofRIL,said the longer corporatebat- Broadcasting, Environment, youmay beat theborders butthe warehousing unitstoReliance that it intends to "enforce its tle expected ahead. Forest and Climate Change whole nation is with you,” the Retail and Fashionstyle. rightsand complete the PAGE 12 No ideology, norms, culture: PrimeMinistersaid during his Legal sources told TheIndian CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ‘Mann ki Baat’ radio address. Tens of thousands of Indian Uddhav tears into BJP, says soldiers have been lockedina standoffwithChinese forces in Arriving in Delhi today, J&K is past stage of uneasy calm, amend or abandon the GST high-altitude terrain in Eastern Ladakh since May. Pompeo says share vision problems of the GSTregimeor Greeting the nation on says Army Corps Commander EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE revert to the earlier system. He Dussehra, Modi urgedpeople to MUMBAI,OCTOBER25 also accusedthe BJP of playing remain mindful of the ongoing for an open Indo-Pacific is responsible foroperations politics overthe Covid-19pan- coronavirus pandemic, and to KRISHNKAUSHIK Lt General along the LineofControland MAHARASHTRA CHIEF Minister demic; and said the ShivSena's buy Indian products. SRINAGAR,OCTOBER25 BSRajuisin againstmilitancy. UddhavThackeray launched a Hindutvawas about nationalism, “Whenyou go shoppingdur- SHUBHAJITROY charge of Raju wasspeaking to re- blistering attackonthe BJP and not“clanging bells and utensils”. ing these festivals please re- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 MORE THAN ayear afterthe operations porters aday before the Centre the central government on Thackeray comparedtheexit member we have to give prior- Central government removed along LoC amendedthe Jammu and Sunday,accusing themofhaving of the BJP's old ally, theShiromani ity to localproducts. ...Today WITH US SecretaryofState the special status giventoJammu Kashmir Panchayati RajAct to in- no ideology,norms, or culture. Akali Dal, from the NDA, and its when we aregoingvocalfor lo- Michael RPompeo andDefence and Kashmir under Article 370 clude athirdtier of governance, Thackeray demandedthat veteranMaharashtra leader cal, the worldisalso becoming a SecretaryMarkTEsper landing and split the state intotwo Union to Lieutenant General BSRaju, at the district level, to setthe the government either fixthe CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 in NewDelhiMonday forthe 2+2 Territories, the region is “pastthat Commander of the Army’s stagefor the Panchayatand ministerial meeting with their Secy of State(left);Def Secy stageofuneasycalm”,according Chinar Corps (XV Corps),which CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Indian counterparts, NewDelhi arecoming for2+2meeting and Washington areworking to enhancemilitaryinteraction and 2016 TRAINACCIDENT THAT KILLED 152 cooperation in defence and se- RajnathSingh on October 27, Chirag fires another salvo, warns curity —with an eyeonin- sources said twoIndian officials EXPERT creasedChinese belligerence in willbedesignated forcounter- Panel finds welding fault the region. terrorismcooperation withthe Nitish of jail over ‘corruption’ EXPLAINS Ahead of their summit with US. Pompeo and Esper will also butaddscaveat:wait for Amitabh Mattoo External Affairs MinisterS call on Prime MinisterNarendra Jaishankar and Defence Minister CONTINUEDONPAGE2 DECISION EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE FromTheIndianExpresspanel the NIA sabotage probe ofspecialists,exclusiveinsight 2020 PATNA,OCTOBER25 Hoshiarpur rape, murder: LJP PRESIDENT Chirag Paswan US PRESIDENTS BIHAR said Sunday that if his party was AVISHEKGDASTIDAR voted to power, all those in- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 ANDINDIA Girl familyknewaccused volvedin“corruption” in the Nitish Kumar government’s Saat THE PROBE intothe derailment The US relationship is the Nischayscheme,including the of 14 coaches of the Indore-Patna most importantofIndia’s almost since his birth Chief Ministerhimself, would be LJP president Chirag Paswan Express that killed152 passen- bilateral ties.Have Republican sent to jail. at the Buxar rallySunday. PTI gers on November 20, 2016 near Presidents been more The youth, Surpreet, and his Paswan wasaddressing a Kanpur washandedovertothe pro-India than Democrats? ANJUAGNIHOTRICHABA 80-year-old grandfather Surjit public meeting in Dumraon, National Investigation Agency 14 coaches were derailed. File EXPLAINED JALANDHAR,OCTOBER25 Singh, who arelandlords, were RAJPUT DOYEN’S Buxar.Saat NischayorSeven crowd, “Jin logonneSaat Nischay amid suspicions raisedbythe PAGE 7 arrested afterthe half-burnt DAUGHTER TRIES Resolutions is aflagship scheme mein bhrashtachaar kiyahai, government attributing the ac- THE YOUTH arrestedforthe rape body of thegirl, who wastoturn OUTANEWARENA of theJD(U)-BJP government to unka kyakarna chaahiye (What cident to terroristsabotage. Then Commissioner of Railway Safety and murder of a5-year-old Dalit 6onNovember 28,was found in build rural roads, drains and should we do with the people in- Railway MinisterSureshPrabhu is in. Anditidentifies asudden GOVT &POLITICS child in avillageinHoshiarpur abuilding used by his familyto JAGADANAND SINGH overall sanitation. volvedincorruption in Saar had said therewas “possible catastrophic mechanicalfailure district wastreated by her and keep farm implementsand cat- Paswan leftthe NDAinBihar Nischay)?” When asection of the criminal interference by out- as the “probable cause”. her five elder sisters as abrother. tle. The twohavebeen booked HASLALU’S EARS, just before theelections andhas crowdsaid suchpeople should siders” and at aUPelection rally, The reportsays that apartof ALL DATES DECIDED... The six, who had no brothers, had underPOCSO,aswell as charges TEJASHWI’SBACK been attacking theJD(U) since, be sent to jail, the LJP chief said, Prime MinisterNarendraModi, the welding on acoachgaveway BE IT RAM TEMPLE been tying rakhi on the 20-year- of murder,mitigating evidence PAGE 11 including over the Saat Nischay “To chaliyeChirag Paswan aap lo- too, calledita“conspiracy". due to corrosion, fell off, and got OR WARWITH PAK, old foryears, said herfather,40, a and underthe SC/ST Act. FULL COVERAGE, VISIT scheme,whilepraising Prime gonsewaadakartahai, agar LJP While the NIA probeisstill on “embedded” in the track, creat- CHINA: UP BJPCHIEF migrant labourer from Bihar’s The 40-year-old and his WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM MinisterNarendraModi. At the ki sarkar aayi, Saat Nischay —nochargesheethas been filed ing an obstruction in movement PAGE 5 Bhagalpur district. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 rallyonSunday, he asked the CONTINUEDONPAGE2 yet—the final reportofthe CONTINUEDONPAGE2
PAGE 1 ANCHOR Bengalurukilling,two calls raise alarm overnew gangland order
ment in robberyand extortion of ManojKodikere, an activistof communal shades in recent to fill the vacuum in the under- polls from Udupi’s Kundapur, JOHNSONTA andwasanassociateoftheextra- the Hindu Jagaran Vedikewith years —mirroring the Mumbai worldleftbythe death of Raiand had earlier accusedRai of cheat- BENGALURU,OCTOBER25 dited gangsterRaviPujari, was criminal antecedents,for the gang rivalries of the 1990s. the arrest of Pujari, and whether inghim of hisshareinaproperty killedoutside DuetBar and killing.“The murder wasthe fall- But the circumstances, police the fight has been extendedfrom deal in Mangaluru. “Thereare re- TEN DAYS ago, abar owner was Restaurant.Soon,acallerclaiming out of adisputebetween Hegde sources say, aredifferent. The Mangaluru to Bengaluru,” police ports that someofthe persons shotoutside his establishment to beVijayShetty,aformerassoci- and Kodikerefor control of busi- Bengaluru killing has come at a sources said. who surrendered forthe murder in the heartofBengaluru with a ateofMumbai gangsterChhota ness activities at the Mangalore time when the localunderworld PujarihailsfromMangaluru, in Udupi on September 24 are breech-loading gun, and then Rajan and aself-styled“patriotic” port,” police sources said. is in astate of flux following the whichwas also Rai’s hometown. linked to Rakesh Malli,” police hackedwith amachete.This gangster, calledtwo localchannels In his phone calls to TV9in deathofformer don Muthappa Raiwas extradited in 2002 from sources said. rare underworldkilling in the in Bengaluru and Mangaluru to Bengaluru and Daijiworld in Rai, 68,due to cancer in Mayand Dubai wherehewas an associate UnlikeRai, whowentfrom central business district,fol- claimthatthekillingwasanactof Mangaluru, the caller who iden- the extradition of Pujari, 54,from of Sharad Shetty,the Mumbai Bengaluru to Dubai before being lowedbyachilling phone call to revengefor amurder in coastal tifiedhimself as VijayShetty Ravi Pujari (left) wasextradited from Senegal in February; Senegal in February. gangsterfromthe Dawood extradited,Pujari wasapartof twoTVchannels, has raisedap- Karnataka lastmonth. claimedthat the Bengaluru bar- Muthappa RaidiedinMay The big question, sources say, Ibrahim gang. And sinceRai’s the Mumbai underworldand prehensions in police circles On September 24,Kishan owner had allegedly orches- is whetherthis is apossible power death, therehavebeenreports the Chhota Rajan gang before that anew gangland order is Hegde, agangsterinUdupi with trated the Udupi murder.“He struggle forthe control of that one of his former associates moving abroad. He is alleged to moving to take over organised alleged linkstoHindutva groups, (Manish Shetty) providedall the murder wascarriedout. This is of the bar owner would have Bengaluru among underworld Rakesh Malli, 49,has been trying have collaborated with Raiinthe crime in the tech city. washackedtodeath in broad supportfor the murder.Hewas whyweattackedManish been consideredanextension of remnantsfromvariousgroups. to gain control of the gang. 2001 murderofthe realtor OnOctober15,ManishShetty, daylight by agroup of men. theboss of KodikereManoj. It is Shetty,'” the caller claimed. Mangaluru gang rivalries that “Weare trying to ascertain if there Malli, who wasaCongress SubbarajuinBengaluru. 41,who has ahistory of involve- Udupi Police arrested associates under his influence that the In normal course, the killing have long histories and taken is an attempt by different groups candidatefor the 2018 Assembly CONTINUEDONPAGE2
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Light alamp: PM Group in an earlier agreement Uddhav seeing Surpreetwith the girl, with it. saying he had said he wastak- fanofour products. Manyofour “If Future-RIL decide to go India response jolted China: Bhagwat Eknath Khadsefromthe party, ing her fortuitions to his home. local productshavethe poten- ahead withthe deal within the to a dahi handi pyramid that was FootagefromCCTVcameras in- tial to become global. Today next 90 days,Amazon will seek hollowingatthe bottom, and stalledoutside ashop and a khadi is regarded as an eco- enforcement of the arbitration laws or the Hathras incident, ingpoliciesof today’sleadership ited sense of waytoworship or He calledfor promoting an- wasonits waytoinevitablecol- house alsoshowhim with her. friendlyfabric,”hesaid. order,”sources said. bothof whichtriggeredpower- of Bharat,and the unity dis- dietary practices (puja aur cient Indian agriculturalprac- lapse. The girlwas themigrant Modi gave the example of As partofthe deal, Kishore ful protests. playedbyits people,”the RSS khaanpaan).” tices and organic farming by “When your foundation labourer’s youngest, afterfive Oaxaca in Mexico, wherekhadi Biyani-ledFuture Retail willsell “China is mentionedinan chiefsaid. An attackonthis concept blending them with modern stones weaken, youhavenoide- other daughters, whoare 20, 19, is woven in severalvillages. itssupermarket chain Big asandigdha (innouncertain Opposition parties and the “loosens the common string practices. “Thepolicies should ology,norms of conduct, cul- 13,11and 9, all of them born in Modi narratedthe storyof Bazaar,premium food supply terms) wayinthe discourse on “tukde-tukdegang”were “trying thatbindsustogether”,Bhagwat be suchthat afarmer should be ture, nothing. Suchagovern- Punjab. While the twoeldest one MarkBrown of Oaxaca, who unit Foodhall, and fashion and the coronavirus. An arrogant to divideandweakenIndianso- said. “Sothose trying to divide abletouse theseresearch find- ment is notgoing to lastlong. I neverwent to school, the others had been inspired to visit India clothes supermartBrand and expansionistChina en- ciety by creatingsocialstrife”, us startbycriticisingthe word ings and sell his producewith- again challenge you(the BJP) to areenrolled in alocalschool. afterwatching afilm on Factory’s retail and wholesale croacheduponourterritory. Itis Bhagwat said. “Thereare such ‘Hindu'.Theytry to spread that outgetting trapped—eitherin topple our government... but The 5-year-old went to an an- Mahatma Gandhi. Brown“vis- units, to MukeshAmbani- conducting itself similarly with powers in the worldand their we arenot Hindus. Theyde- theinterpretationsof thosefind- firstprotect your government ganwadi. The familypays Rs 500 ited Bapu’s ashram in India... He ownedReliance Retail. the whole world. But Bharat’s agents (hastak)inIndia, who scribethe diversity of India in ings that areaimedatmaking (in Delhi). Because one day, peo- per month foratwo-room ac- realisedthat khadi wasnot just However, Amazonhad reaction numbed,jolted them. paintthediversityof Indiaasdi- termsofseparateness.Theycall profit, or in sponsored research plewilllookbeyondyou and commodation, ownedbyan acloth; it wasacomplete wayof claimedits “contractual rights” Oursoldiers gave them abrave visions,andincitestrife,”hesaid. differences, separateness. They by the corporatesector,orun- say, 'give us anyone else, but not NRI. life,” Modi said. “He introduced had been violated.Lastyear, reply. Due to this, other coun- “If aone-offincident hap- makeitasourceforseparatism.” derpressurefrommarketforces you'. This thought has already The 20-year-oldsister, who the villagers of Oaxaca in Mexico FutureRetail hadsigned a tries toohavestarted to scold pens... it should nothappen. Apparentlyreferringto non- and middlemen. Onlythen will started,” the Chief Ministersaid. is to getmarriednextmonth, to khadi. And nowOaxaca khadi Rs 2,000-croredeal forAmazon China,” Bhagwat said. Whyshould there be anyinci- Hindus,Bhagwatsaid,“If we call suchapolicy be compatible Thackeray wasspeaking at adds, “Surpreetnever ever mis- has become abrand.” to acquire49per centstake in “This has createdasituation dentofatrocityanddiscrimina- youasHindus or youcall your- withthe Bharatiya view, andbe the ShivSena's annual Dussehra behavedwith us. He would call The PM remindedpeople of FutureCoupons, the promoter thatChinahadnotthoughtof.It tion?But if aone-offincident selvesasHindus, youdon’t lose atruly Swadeshipolicy.” rally. The strict Covid-19proto- us didi. His familywas also very the services of those who have firm of FutureRetail. is notclear howitwill react. So does take place in suchabig anythingexceptthefundamen- Bhagwat welcomed the col meant onlyaselectgroup of nice to us. Whyhedid this is be- been keeping lifegoing at adif- According to Amazon, the we will have to always remain country, theadministration talist (kattarpanthi)belief that neweducation policyofthe 50 ministers, leaders, MPs, and yond our comprehension." ficult time, and urgedthem to be deal had also givenita“call”op- alert andprepared,” he said. should immediatelycatchthe yours is the onlysuperior faith. Modigovernment. “Fortunately, MLAs were present. However, the familyalso includedinthe festivities. “We tion, whichenabledittoexer- Bhagwat added: “Wewill culpritsand punish them.But Youhavetoonlyquitthefunda- we can rely on and expect from The Centreowed addsthatsince Rakhi, Surpreet’s have understood the important cise the option of acquiring all have to improveour strategic while reacting, as asociety,we mentalismand feelingofsepa- the prevailing political leader- MaharashtraRs38,000crin behaviour had changed.“He roles that safaikarmacharis, do- or partofFutureRetail’sshare- preparedness,economicpower mustkeep in mind that it does ratism thatyou are different.” shiptoengender thefeeling of GSTdues, and other stateswere would visitoften, sometimes mestic helps, local vegetable holdinginthe company, within and international relationsand notaffect national integration, The RSS chiefcalled for onenessandtrustwithregard to complaining as well, Thackeray daily. But we neverthought any- seller, the milkman and security three to 10 years of the agree- grow bigger than China in and (reactions) areexpressed adoption of Swadeshi. “It isn’t matterssmallandbigamongall said. “I appeal to all Chief thing about it,” the sistersays, guards play. In our hour of diffi- ment. It said the deal also re- powerand reach(vyapti) in our within the limitsofthe consti- justaboutproductionwithinthe the people.” Ministers to comeforward to adding that earlier,hewould culty,theystood by us. Nowdur- quired FutureGroup to inform relationship with neighbours... tutional and legal framework.” countryand abouteconomic On the Covid-19 pandemic, discuss this. The PM should ac- leave aftergreeting them and ing the festivities,wehaveto Amazon before entering into “Wemustfosterties with Bhagwat said, “thereare gains remaining within the Bhagwat said, “Weneednot ceptthe lacunae in the GSThon- staying aminuteortwo. keep them with us. Iurgeyou to anysaleagreement with third Brahmadesh(Myanmar), Sri peopleinourcountrywhofeign country. The thought behind fear coronavirus, but shouldbe estly, and it should be amended. Therehavebeen some sug- include them like afamilymem- parties. Lanka, Bangladesh,and Nepal, faithintheConstitutionandlaw, suchproduction shouldbeour alertand cautious. We cannot Otherwise,weshouldrevertto gestions that Surpreetsuffered ber,”Modi said. Amazon had calledFuture’s whichare countries muchlike but areseen indulging in vio- own(swa-adharit)... Bhagwat stop living.Coronavirus is the old taxregimethat will ben- from some mentalproblems. Referring to Covid, he said agreementwithRelianceavio- us.Wemustconnect ourselves lence. Theyare alsoseenraising said,“Weare opentoforeignin- spreading but fatalities areless. efit the states,” he said. However, the 20-year-old says Dussehra is as muchafestivalof lation of anon-compete clause quicklywiththem. Differences slogans of splittingthe country vestorsandgivingrelaxationsto Due to thepandemic,wehave On the BJP's election prom- theynever noticed anything of the victoryofpatience over and aright-of-first-refusal pact. and disputes would alwaysbe (desh ke tukde karne ki ghosh- companiesofferingnewertech- startedlearningthe impor- ise of providing free Covid-19 the kind. crisesasitisofthe victoryof On itspart, the FutureGroup there,butwe willhave to tryand nayein).” nologies, providedtheyengage tance of hygiene, environment, vaccine in Bihar,Thackeray In June, the entirefamilyof good over evil. “All of youare had said it had notsoldany clearthem soon.” Bhagwatalsoblamed“these on our terms.” and family values.” asked:“Is the rest of the coun- the girlwas engagedfor paddy carrying on with immensepa- stake, and wasmerelyselling its TheincidentinLadakh“was people”for spreading miscon- He expressedsatisfaction The pandemic, Bhagwat tryPakistanorBangladesh or transplantation by Surpreet’s tience, celebrating the festival assets. thefirsttimethatChina experi- ceptions about the RSSidea of thatasaresultofthe reforms in said, “has givenrisetochal- Kazakhstan? Those who are familyontheir 12 acresofland. with restraint... and hence, in our encedthe coming together of Hindutva. “Weuse the word the farm sector,farmers would lengesofunemployment... The playing divisive politics should Says the father,“Iworkedper- ongoing fight, our victorytoo is the patriotism and valour of Hinduforall130crore peopleof beableto selltheirproduceany- challengeistocreateopportu- be ashamedofthemselves.” manentlywiththem forseveral assured,” Modi said. Commander Indiansoldiers,theself-respect- India. We don’t use itin the lim- where in the country. nities in different places”. Without namingGovernor years, driving their tractor.My “Manymorefestivals areon District Development BhagatSingh Koshyari, elder daughters would work in the wayinthe days to come. Committee elections. Thackeray said thosewho were their housetill acouple of years ThereisEid,Sharad Purnima, “Wehavebeen abletostop questioning the ShivSena's back. Theywouldcallmewhen- Valmiki Jayanti, Dhanteras, infiltration substantially” due Chirag fires another salvo,threatens Nitish with jail Hindutvawere“hiding in their ever therewas work." Diwali, Bhai dooj, Chhath and to “a combination of alot of ef- mein jitna bhrashtachaar hua volved, whether it is the offi- palayankeliyemajboor kar de, “no", he said if suchaCM holes” when the Babri Masjid The 20-year-old says Punjab Guru Nanak Jayanti.” fortsthat is beingput in by the hai, jo ghotaala hua hai, chaahe cials or the CM himself, to kyaaiseCMkoCMbanerehna should be removedornot. wasdemolished. Koshyari re- is home to them. “Wehavegone The government’s newfarm ground force”, including “addi- adhikari ne kiyahoya jail)." chaahiye (A CM whoruins The crowdsaid “yes". centlywrotetoThackeray de- to Bihar onlyacoupleoftimes laws would revolutionise the tional personnel, additional mukhyamantri ne swayam He also asked thepeople Bihar,aCMwho forces the Addressing another meet- manding that places of worship in our livesand neverstayed agriculturesector, Modisaid. He technology”along the LoC and kiya ho, unko jail bhej denge would theywant aCMlike youth of Bihar to migrate, ing,atSitamarhi, reveredas be openedup, and mockingly therebeyondaweek or 10 gave the example of “a company “drones to monitor move- (So letmepromise youthat if that. “Jo mukhyamantri Bihar should suchaCMstay)?" the birthplace of Sita, Paswan asking the CM whether he had days." in Maharashtra(that) bought ment”,Rajusaid. the LJP comes to power, we ko barbaad kar de, jo mukhya- Paswan asked. promisedtobuild agrand turned“secular”. maizefromfarmers and gave However, he pointedout, would send all those in- mantri Bihar ke naujavanon ko When the crowdsaid temple forher. On the death of the actor Bengaluru them abonus over the price... thereis“no desireonthe part Sushant Singh Rajput, the CM The companysaid that the new of Pakistantostopinfiltration”. referred to the “mudslinging” killing laws related to agriculture have On combating militancy, againstthe government, the Pujari wasprimarily in- enabled farmers to sell their pro- Raju said:“We have been able per centare killedwithin six conclude the Basic Exchange to-militaryinteraction and de- Acharya retired in July 2018 Thackerayfamily, and Tourism volved in extortionactivities us- duce anywhereinthe country to keep the violence levelata months,and nearlytwo in and Cooperation Agreement fence trade. aftercompleting the probeand MinisterAaditya Thackeray. ing the services of ahenchman and theyare gettingpaid well. threshold...where normal peo- everythree (62.6per cent)are (BECA) during the visit. Akey submitting his findings, which “You cannotdoanythingagainst from Mangalore,KaliYogesh, So the companythought that plecan continuetodotheir killedinlessthan ayear,the military pact, BECAwillallow have been formalisednow.He us as we areclean... Youusedof- who is reportedlyinaforeign this extraprofitshould be shared job... (We) have been ableto datashow. India to use US geospatial intel- NIA probe said thatthereisnofurther fensive language, but nothing country, andlocal aides likethe with farmers.” keep the terroristnumbers also Armydatashowthatofthe ligenceand enhance accuracy of as the train wasspeedingat106 technical evaluation needed. happenedbecause we areclean. bar-owner Manish Shetty,po- Modi spokeofPulwama dis- under afair amount of control.” 131local recruitsinthe Valley automated systemsand km per hour.Two coaches“took “Wedid alot of evaluation. We Nowyou have to swallowit.” lice sources said. trict in South Kashmir —often in Today, north and south till September 2020 (up from weapons likemissiles and off” from the trackand became even rantests on prototypes in The murdered Shetty served the news forterroristincidents Kashmir put together,Rajusaid, 117in2019), 102werebetween armeddrones. a“projectile at high speed”, and Howrah, etc,” he said. a10-year jailterm fora2006 —which is the largest manufac- hasover200 militantsatany the ages of 16 and 25 —62were “With respect to military-to- fell on athirdcoach. All of this The reportrules out the pos- Hoshiarpur rape bank robberyinBelagaviwhere turer of pencils in the country. time, “whichwas like 260 in the killed, 14 apprehendedand two militaryengagement,weare happenedwithin three seconds sibilityofasimplerail fracture daughters oftenworkedin he waspartofagang that “Pulwama is playing an im- beginning of the year”. Army had surrendered.Theyshow working to build greaterinter- around 3.02 am. on multiple grounds:four Surpreet’s family’s fields or robbed Rs 8lakh from an SBI portant role in educating the datashowthatofthe 207active that the total number of mili- operability by increasing the so- The CRS report, whichwas trains passed the spotwithout home. Living around akilome- branch. He wasarrestedfollow- country. If children across the militants, 117are local recruits tantskilledinJ&K till October is phistication of our combined submitted in June this year and reporting anyabnormality;the treapart, the families have ing an armedrobberyworth Rs countryare doing their home- and90fromPakistan. Aregion- 171, along with50appre- exercises.The passing exercise is currently under considera- drag marks of the derailed known eachother fortwo 2.90 crorefromabranchof works... it is also because of the wise break-up of the data hendedand three surrendered. between the Indian Navy and tion, has an unusualcaveat.It coachwas notaslong as it decades -- almostsince Chemmanur Jewellers in hardworkofpeople from shows that northKashmir has “I have said this earlier,it the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike says that itsconclusionsare should have been in acaseof Surpreetwas born.Surpreet’s Bengaluru in August 2007. Pulwama,” he said. He men- 22 local recruitsand 65 doesn’t give us pleasuretokill Group this summer is justone valid only“if sabotage is ruled rail fracture. father is aschool teacher.While While in prison, he is alleged tionedone Manzoor AhmadAlai Pakistani militantswhile the people, especiallypeople who example. The recent refuelling out by NIA”. “All the fracturefacesofrails Surpreetisenrolledincollege, to have been involved in coor- who he said had risen from south has 95 local recruitsand have justpickeduparms a of one of our Navy P-8aircraftin “The reportoftheir (NIA) in- were crystalline in natureindi- he hardlyeverattendedeven dinating extortion activities of making apple boxestolarge- 25 militantsfromacross the monthback,”Corps Port Blair is another example,” vestigation has notbeensub- cating sudden breakagehad when classes were on before the Pujari gang with associates scale manufacturing of pencils. border.The datashowthat CommanderRajusaid. said asenior US official. mitted to the CRS, KolkataCircle takenplace due to sudden serv- the lockdown, villagers said. likeKali Yogish and Nikhil The PM also spokeabout a while 24 youth joinedmilitancy He said the Armyhas been “Over the pastyear,wehave so far. TheRailwayBoard has ice impact,” the reportstates. The body of the girlturned Shetty who wasextradited from hairdresserfromTamilNadu, in north Kashmir,107 did so in trying to encouragelocal re- placedaUSliaison officer at the also notforwarded anyinvesti- The report also reliedon up justhours aftershe went Dubai in 2015.After his release, PonMariappan, who had con- thesouth. cruitstosurrender.“Not onlyin Information FusionCenter- gation reportofNIA to CRS... witnessaccountsofthe train’s missing from her home on ManishShetty providedmuscle verted apartofhis salon in Of the total number of mili- operations, otherwise also a IndianOceanRegion. Thatis Hence,itisnot possible to con- driverwho said that aftercross- October 21 afternoon. Onlyan forafraudulent real estate firm Thoothukudi intoalibrary,and tantspresent in Kashmirasof large numberoffamilies today India’smaritime domainaware- clude the cause of the accident,” ing Pukhrayan he noticedthat elder sister, who is 9, waswith and wasaninformant, police of similar inspiringefforts in October,89are with Lashkar-e- arecoming out and saying that ness fusion center that they states the report. The reportwas the overhead equipmentwas heratthe time. Their mother sources said. Madhya Pradesh, Bhavnagar, Taiba, of which51are Pakistani. theywanttheir children to host. And an Indian liaison was authored by the then CRS shaking and the brakepressure had gone to anearbyshop and One of the reasons that Chandigarh, and Arunachal Hizbul Mujahideen has atotal come back. Anumber of people placedatUSCentral Eastern Circle PKAcharya,who of the engine wasdropping. He her elder sisters, who work in Bengaluru Police arenot readily Pradesh by ordinarypeopleand 56 militants, with 52 local re- have comeback,”hesaid. Command... both of these have is nowretired. immediately applied emer- neighbour’s homes, were out. buying the claim of gangster organisations. cruits; Jaish-e-Mohammedhas Raju said, “Weare saying enhancedcoordination and in- In the run-up to the UP as- gency brakes, he said. The familysaysthe 9-year- VijayShetty that the Bengaluru Modi also spokeabout 52; and, Al Badr,whichhad youcan come back” —and just formationsharing between our semblyelections in March 2017, Among others, the probe old told them Surpreethad murder wasanact of revengeis Sardar Vallabhbhai Pateland Dr been dormant formanyyears, because they“held agun and navies. We also hope to confirm Prime MinisterNarendraModi alsoquotedthe account of takenthe child sayinghewould the lead that the four hired Bhimrao Ambedkar,and paid had recruited 16 local youth took aphoto”does notmean twoadditionalIndian liaison of- had said: “Gonda is aborder dis- Prakash Kumar Pandey, apas- buy her biscuits. When she did killers –Shashikiran(45), Nitya tributes to IndiraGandhi. this year of which10are active. theyhavetodie. ficer placementsinthe near tricttouching Nepal. Therewas senger and BTechstudent of notreturn and theywentto Shetty (29), Ganesha (39) and Major General HashimBali, term to expand counterterror- arail accidentinKanpur,hun- mechanicalengineering. check, Surpreet’s familysaid Akshay(32) -- were tracking the who heads the Awantipora- ism cooperation,” the official dredsofpeople were killed. Pandeytold investigators that theyhad no clue about her movement of the bar-owner for Future-RILdeal basedVictor Force, whichisre- Pompeo, Esper said. Some peoplehavebeen ar- he wasawake at night and whereabouts. at leastfour months prior to the transaction in terms of the sponsible forall counter-terror- Modi and meetNSA Ajit Doval, With Indian and Chinese rested... Thiswas notanacci- could hear “heavy sound com- The familysays theykept killing. scheme and agreement with ism and counter-insurgency apart from attendingseparate troops lockedinaborder stand- dent, it wasaconspiracy.Where ingfromS1coach”after Jhansi looking forher,including going Twoofthe alleged killers, Futuregroup withoutany de- operations in south Kashmir, bilateralmeetings. off, officials said the Indian and were theconspirators hiding? and alsobeforethe accident. to nearby villages.Then,around who were arrested within hours lay". The FutureGroup did not dismissed anyconcerns about “Wheels up formytrip to US ministers will seek to solidify Across the border.” He was Acharya recorded in the 5pm, Surpreet’s grandfather of themurder,wereemployed respond to queries from The the revivalofAlBadr. “Ifitwas India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, and strategic alignment and reiter- speaking at acampaign rallyin chronology of hisreportthatin came to the house and told near Duet Bar,policesources Indian Express. potent, itsmemberswould Indonesia. Grateful forthe op- atethe needtoworktogetherin Gonda on February28, 2017. January2017, variousnewspa- them the girl’sbody wasintheir said. “The killing of Kishan “Wewelcome the awardof have had arms and ammuni- portunity to connectwithour promoting a“free and open” When contacted,PK pers were reporting that “ISIof “haveli” and that she had set Hegde in Udupi mayhavebeen the emergency arbitrator.We tion commensurateofapotent partners to promote ashared vi- Indo-Pacific. Acharya told TheIndian Express: Pakistan” wasbehind the acci- herself on fire. the sparktoexecutethe aregratefulfor the order,which group,” he said. sion forafreeand open Officialssaid the twosides “I said (in the report) that if the dent. Questioning howachild Bengaluru murder whichwas grantsall the reliefsthat were According to official datafor #IndoPacific composedofinde- will also focus on four broad NIA finds out that it wasacase Asked about the probere- coulddosomething likethis, the being plannedfor many sought,” said aspokesperson 2020, morethan one-thirdof pendent, strong, and prosper- themes from the defence and of sabotage then anythingcould portand itscontents, Chief girl’s father says,“We could months. But thereare hidden forAmazon, whichhad ob- local recruitshavealifespanof ous nations," Pompeo postedon security perspective:regional happen... Iwill notbeabletosay Commissioner of Railway nevereverimagineSurpreet figures behind the curtains and jected to the deal citing con- less thanthree months once Twitter Sundaynight. security cooperation, defence anything on the reportasIhave SafetySKPathak said: “I will would break our trustlikethis." we aretrying to find them,” a tractualviolations by the Future theyjoin militancy.Around 44 The twosides areworking to information sharing, military- retired.” notcommentonthe matter.” Awoman hastestifiedto senior police officer said.
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‘SI POSTED WITH SPECIAL CELL’ Two boys drownincanal Coparrestedfor‘molesting’ NewDelhi: Twoboys,aged15, drownedinacanal in EastDelhi's NewAshok Nagarwhile playing with their friends Thursday. Their bodies were found in the canal a fourwomen,minorinDwarka daylater.The victims, AmitJha and Harsh Jha, were cousins and livedwiththeir families in New happened. The man then asked investigation, police found four Ashok Nagar. DCP(East)Jasmeet MAHENDERSINGH fordirections,but before Icould morewomen whoalleged they Singh said “The neighbouring MANRAL reply, he unzippedhis pantsand were molestedbyhim on the children initially panickedand NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 touchedhis genitals. Ishouted at same stretch,” an officer said. didn't inform the familybut after him… and noticedtherewas no- One of the victims, in her policeintervened, theytoldpo- A35-YEAR-OLD sub-inspector, body around me. He startedsay- statement, alleged that shewas lice about the drowning.” postedwith the Special Cell, was ing nasty things and Ididn’t walking when the accused, who OnThursday around3pm,the arrested forallegedly molesting know whether to leave or record wassemi-naked, flashedher.She cousins lefthome saying they four women and aminor in the incidentonmyphone,” al- also alleged that he triedtograb were going to play with their Dwarka on October 17 and 20. leged the woman in the video. her from his car,but she man- friends in the park. When they Police lodged four separateFIRs She claimedshe wasshocked aged to escape. didn't return at night, their fami- under IPC sections 354(molesta- when he started misbehaving “Police found that the inci- liesfiledamissingperson'sreport. tion), 354-D (stalking) and with her:“He wasconstantly dentstook place on October 17 Police beganasearch,and recov- Prevention of Children from Sub-inspector PuneetGrewal hurling abuses and saying sexu- and October20. Afterregistering ered their bodies from thecanal Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. ally explicit things. Iwas near the an FIR, policescannedall CCTV REVAMP the next day. On the family’s alle- Oneofthe women refusedto DDAsports complexbythen. I cameras in the area. Theyspot- gation that theydidn't act imme- lodgeacomplaint, said police. ice,” said asenior police officer. raisedanalarm andwas trying tedagrey Baleno but found that An aerialviewofthe walkway and street being constructed as partofthe ChandniChowk diately, police said:“We checked According to police, SI Puneet The incident came to lightaf- to cycle faster to getnear people. the registration platewas par- redevelopment project in Old Delhi. Officialssaid the 1.3km-long stretchfromRed Fort to the area and sent personnel near Grewal is postedwith the Special terone of the women posteda Afew locals heardme, and the tiallycovered with acloth,” said Fatehpuri Masjid will be completedbythe firstweek of November. TashiTobgyal the canalalso, but it wasdarkand Cellbut is currentlyworking with videomessageonsocialmediaon man rolleduphis windowand an officer. theycouldn't be traced.” ENS one of the DCPs (trafficunit). “The October 17,allegingthat aman startedspeeding.Locals triedto Police startedlooking forthe arrest wasmade on Saturday drivingagreyBalenoharassedher go afterhim but he fled. There car in Dwarka, while also scan- evening afterpolicefoundcon- when she wascyclinginDwarka. wasnonumberplate on the car. ning CCTVfootage from adjoin- Dengue under control creteevidence againsthim. He “On October 17,around 8.30 Iwas panicking and someone ing areas. “Afterscanning University GrantsCommission wasproducedbeforeaDelhi am, Iwent cyclinginSector11, gave me water. Icalled1091at footagefromover200 CCTVs, courtand sent to judicial custody near Dussehraground. Isaw a 9.30 am aftertelling my parents. theyfound footageshowing the in capital this year: CM (Ministry of Education, Government of India) for14days. We willnow move an grey car with ashattered rear Igot acall from the PCR team. An carheading towardsJanakpuri. Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110002 application in courtonMonday windshield.Icontinuedcycling officer told me it would be diffi- Police then scannedother cam- foratestidentificationparade but thedriversloweddownand cult to identify the accusedas eras and found wherehelives. Public Notice on Fake University (TIP), and arealsogoingtorecord droveclose to me.Itried to ig- therewas no number plateand Theyreachedhis home and EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The University GrantsCommission Act, 1956 under NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 statementsofall victims under nore him but he honked.Isig- the man can getthe windshield found the car parkedinside… It Section 22(1) provides that adegree can be awarded CrPC Section164.Wehavealso nalledtohim to go aheadbut he fixed.” wasregisteredinhis wife’s writtentohis seniors, asking didn’t and it felt likehewas chas- Initiallyshe wasreluctant, but name, who is ateacher. He also DELHI HAS managed to keep only by aUniversity established under aCentral, them to dismiss him from serv- ing me. Istoppedtocheckwhat later filedacomplaint.“During has adaughter,” the officer said. dengue in checkthis year,Delhi State/Provincial Act or an Institution deemed to be Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal university under Section 3ofthe UGC Act or an said Sunday. Dengue cases in Institution especially empowered by an Actof Delhi so farhavebeen the lowest Parliament to confer the degree. DDA’s new web portal to cater to housing bids in five years. The city has seen Kejriwal at home, Sunday only395 cases this year so far, as Further,Section 23 of the UGC Act prohibitsthe use mote online modes forpublic launchits 2020 housing scheme, choose their options and prefer- opposedto644 in 2018.Inprevi- of the word ‘University’ by any institution other than a ABHINAVRAJPUT dealing. in which843 flats will be on of- ences, and payregistration fee. If ousyears, the tallywas higher. whichisalso when dengue university established as stated above. Studentsand NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 Earlier,forms and brochures fer: 215Higher IncomeGroup theyare selected in the draw of Likelastyear,the Delhigov- cases rise. were bought from empanelled flatsnear JasolaVihar-Shaheen lots,theycan undertake the ernment has been running a10- "On the 8th Sundayof Public at large are hereby informed that persently 24 THE DDAplans to do away with banksorDDA offices by paying Bagh Metrostation, 352Middle other formalities through the week awareness programme Delhi's fight againstdengue, Iin- self-styled, unrecognized institutions are functioning the process of gettingforms and arequisiteamount and had to be Income Group flatsinDwarka portal. People will have the op- againstthe vector-bornedisease. spected my house foraccumu- in contravention of the UGC Act, have been declared brochures from bankstoapply submittedatthese places along Sector 19-B, and 276 tion of uploading documentstoo Under the 10 Hafte 10 Baje 10 lated waterand changed it. To as fake universities and these are not empowered to forits housingschemes, as it is with abanker’s cheque or de- EconomicallyWeaker Section on the same, he said. Minute campaign, people are preventdengue, we have to stop confer any degree. developing aweb portalfor the mand draft(DD) forthe registra- flatsinDwarka’sManglapuri. “The portal, however, will not asked to checktheir houses for thebreedingof mosquitoes.Just same. The decision has been tion fee. The websitewill help The official said people will justberestrictedfor housing but stagnant waterat10amevery likelastyear,dengue is under The list of fake universities is at UGC website takentoreduceperson-to-per- people makedirectpaymenton- be able to generateuser IDs can also be usedfor other DDA Sundayfor 10 weeks. Mosquito control in Delhi. Delhi is defeat- www.ugc.ac.in. son contactand prevent spread line,said asenior DDAofficial. through the website, through services and forinternalactivi- breedingiscommoninthe city ing dengue forthe second con- Sd/- of Covid-19aswellastopro- The DDAisplanning to whichtheywillbeable to apply, ties,” the officialsaid. between Julyand November, secutive year," Kejriwal tweeted. davp 21205/11/0015/2021 Secretary
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ASI SUSPENDED; FAMILYALLEGES TORTURE, POLICE DENY Jain: Situation contained, no Takenforquestioningincartheft relaxation till vaccine found
EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 CORONAVIRUS IN THE CAPITAL case,mandiesinpolicecustody Total Vacant TOTALCASES AMID FESTIVAL season and a HOSPITALBEDS 15,755 10,399 changeinweather,Health 3,56,656 MinisterSatyendar Jain Sunday VENTILATORS 1,245 487 JIGNASASINHA saidthe Delhi government is car- ‘He did not commit Daily casesRecoveries Deaths Tests NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 rying out containment, contact tracing and isolation to tackle the Oct244,116 3,614 36 55,461 AN AUTO rickshawdriverwho suicide’:Familystages Covid-19 situation in the city. Oct 25 4,1363,8263349,069 wasbeing questionedinacar The high-levelexpertcom- Total26,744*3,23,6546,258 43,64,408 theftcase diedinpolice custody mittee ledbyNITI Aayogmem- at LodhiColonypolice station on protest outside AIIMS berDrVKPaulhad earlier sug- *Total active cases Sunday. Delhi Police has sus- gested that the state pendedASI VijayKumarand sent government preparefor 15,000 15,000 cases per dayinthe city. 19 patientsare vacant at the mo- twoconstables, Rajender and Familymembers said cases per day. “Theexpert com- “Winter months that makeres- ment. Thereare 15,755 bedsfor Sandeep,topolicelines in con- JIGNASASINHA Dharambirownedtwo auto rick- mittee had said that due to cold piratoryillnesses severe;pa- Covid patientsinthe city,out of nection with the matter. NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 shaws,and had giventhe second and the festiveseason, cases(per tientsmay come from outside to which10,399 arevacant. Policesaid the man, one to another driveronrent. day) can spikeupto12,000- Delhi in large numbers; patients Talkingabout the national Dharambir Prajapati(50),al- “MY FATHER wastrying to coop- Hiselder son Saurav (24) said 14,000.But right now, it’s coming from distant areas are capital’sfatality ratiointhe last legedly jumpedfromthefirstfloor The victim, Dharambir (50); eratewith the police. He re- theyreceived acall from around 4,000 so the situation is likelytobeget moreserious. In 10 days,hesaid: “In the last10 and committed suicide. He was (top) His familyoutside spectedthe forcealot and wanted Dharambir on Saturdaynight. contained. We arefocusing on addition, with festival gather- days,the deathtoll has been 0.94 immediately rushedtoAIIMSbut AIIMS, Sunday my brother to become an IPS offi- "They took my father forques- containment, contact tracing ings, therecould be asudden per cent while the overall fatality diedduring treatment. The fam- cer.This is beyond our under- tioning at 11 am. We triedtocall and isolation to tackle the situa- rise in cases,” the reportstated. ratio stands at 1.77 per cent.” ily, however, allegedthattheman standing. He wasnot involvedin him allday but his phone was tion. Hence, therewill be no re- Forthe lasttwo days,Delhi The health ministeralsode- wastortured.The cause of death Dharambirhadsustainedinjuries the theftcase… my sister’ wed- switchedoff. At 7pm, he calledus laxation in restrictions unless has been reporting over 4,000 clared that schools in Delhi has notbeenascertainedand a to his leg and head. ding wascoming up in March…I and said he wasbeingtortured the vaccinearrives. Masks and Covid cases daily. On Sunday,the won’t reopen in the near future. post-mortemreport is awaited. On Sundayafternoon, knowhedidn’t commit suicide, and police were asking forRs social distancing is absolutely city saw4,136 newcases and 33 “All schoolsshall remain closed Police also said the Chief Dharambir’s familyand afew lo- Howcan theybeat him to 50,000.Thesewere hislastwords. mandatory. We willcontinue deaths, takingthe total infec- forthe timebeing. We had adis- Metropolitan Magistratewas in- cals protestedoutside AIIMS, al- death?”Sachin Prajapati (21), son Iwas at Kalkajitemplethen… I taking strict precautions,” Jain tions to 3,56,656 and the death cussion regarding the same with formedabout theincident.Police thattwomen,Ghewarand Satish, leginghe wasthrashedbythe po- of Dharambir Prajapati who died didn't knowsomething likethis said on Sunday. toll to 6,258. Thepositivity ratio Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal said the ASI wassuspendedover were driving the auto.Wear- licemen, who also asked fora in custody at Lodhi Colonypolice would happen… When Ireached The committee, in itsreport wasrecordedat8.17%, while the yesterday,”hesaid. lackofsupervision. Thetwo con- rested them in the case. The men bribeofRs50,000.Police triedto station on Sunday, said. home, police calledand said my submitted to the Delhi govern- death rate was1.76%. Of the 26,744 active cases in stables who brought Dharambir told us theyhad giventhe auto to remove theprotesters, wholeft Hours before they found out father wasfoundonthe ground, ment, had listedthree reasons Jain said abouttwo-thirds of the city,16,115are under home to the police station have also someone else,” DCP (South) Atul afterthe body wasreturnedto he wasdead, Dharambir’s family injured.We were later toldhe was whichmay lead to asurge of the bedsearmarkedfor Covid- isolation. been sent to policelines pending Kumar Thakur said. them. members saidhe calledthemand at AIIMS, wherehedied." ABA enquiry. On Saturday,ASI Kumar again Saurav (24),Dharambir’sson, told them that he wasbeing tor- student, he is preparingtobe- According to police, interrogated Dharambironthe alleged,“Theycameto ourhouse tured.OnSunday, his family come an IPS officer. Dharambir,who livedin firstfloorofthe policestation on Saturdayaround11amand staged aprotest outside AIIMS, Dharambir livedwith his Najafgarhwith his family, wasbe- around midnight. “At2.45 am showedusaphoto of ourauto wherehis body wastaken, alleg- Sumitaand theirthree children ing interrogatedbythe ASI after (Sunday), he went to the wash- rickshaw. We told them we inghewastortured.The50-year- in Najafgarh. His daughter acar wasstolen from Lodhi room, leaving the man alone in bought it ayear agobut gave it to old auto driverwas takeninfor Poonam got engaged10days ago, ColonyonThursday.Police said the room. When he came back, someone else to drive.Theythen questioningin connectionwith a with the wedding plannedfor CCTVfootage near the spotofthe he didn't find Dharambir inside. took my father to the police sta- cartheftcase. March next year.“My fatheris the theftrevealedthat the suspected He wasfoundlyingonthe floor in tion. We triedtocontact him but Policemaintainhecommitted solebreadwinner,hewas driving car thievesreachedLodhiColony the central courtyardofthe po- his phone wasswitchedoff.At7 suicide. DCP (South) Atul Kumar an auto forthe past30years...He in an autorickshaw. lice station,” said DCP Thakur. pm,hecalledmeand said the po- Thakur said, “The accusedin- encouraged me to pursue my “The autorickshawwas found The familywas informed licemen were torturing him and volvedinthetheftcasecameinan dream of becoming alawyer, and to be registeredinthe nameof about the death in the morning. asking forRs50,000.Theytor- auto which wasregistered under my brother to preparefor his IPS Dharambir's son, but he had Theywenttothe police station tured him formorethan 12 Dharambir's son's name. He was exam.We don't know whattodo rented outthe vehicle. He told us and were told to go to AIIMS as hours.” calledfor questioning Saturday.” anymore...,” said Sachin. BRIEFLY Air pollution doubles amid Labourer Manclaims electrocuted dupedby Dussehracelebrations in Ghaziabad website At Lajpat Nagarmarket,Sunday. AbhinavSaha EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE factory NewDelhi: A46-year-old NEWDELHI, OCTOBER25 section officer from Indian Councilfor Agricultural AIR POLLUTION levels rose in EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Research lodged acom- the capital on Dussehraasfire- GHAZIABAD,OCTOBER25 Diwali round the corner, plaint againstane-com- crackers were burned, nearly merce websitefor al- doublingthe concentration of ALABOURER diedand three legedly sendinghim pollutantsatfivemonitoring others were injured afterthey detergent soap instead of stations after6pm on Sunday. came in contact with ahigh ten- footfall in markets sees rise mobile phone in east The rise in pollution levels sion wireinafanmaking unit in Delhi’s Ghazipur.Acaseof were noticedevenaswind Ghaziabad's Kavi Nagaron At the Lajpat Nagarmarket, sentimenthas continuously cheating has been regis- speedatthe five monitoring Saturday evening. According to ANANYATIWARI the lasttwo weekends wit- picked up,” said Sanjay teredagainstunknown stations —acrucial meteorolog- police, the labourers were try- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 nessednear normal footfall and Bhargava,generalsecretary, persons. ical factor that helpsindisper- ing to liftsteel angles on to the consumer sentiment, said Chandni Chowk Vyapar Mandal. sion of pollutants—remained roof when the incident oc- OVER THE pastfew weeks, de- Ashwani Marwah, general sec- However, he said, the market constant and low, ranging be- curred. spitearise in Covid cases, mar- retary of theTraders’ has notseenmanyfestivalshop- Hitbycluster tween0.1 and 1metre per sec- “They were rushedtohospi- ketsacross the capital have been Association of Lajpat Nagar. pers. “Due to the liquidity crisis bus,mandies ond, as per datafromthe Delhi tals whereone of them, Akash witnessing an increase in foot- “Consumer sentiments are in the marketperhaps,festival Pollution Control Committee Rana (18), wasdeclared dead on fall. Traders attributed this to close to normal, and has defi- shopping isn’t happening likeit NewDelhi: A40-year-old (DPCC). arrival. Another worker,Mangal, Navratri whichbegan on nitelypickedupalot since the used to.However,sari and man diedafter he wasal- Patparganj,India Gate, wasreferredtoSafdarjung hos- October17and Diwali next Unlock period.Consumersare lehengashops andother wed- legedly hit by acluster Dwarka, Najafgarhand Mundka pital whereheiscurrentlysta- month, the upcoming wedding buying newclothes and house- ding-relatedbusinesses aredo- bus in Northeast Delhi’s were thefivemonitoringsta- At the Karkardooma CPD ground in eastDelhi on Sunday. ble. Twoothers, Harish and season, as well as consumers hold items, decorations forfesti- ing well,” said Bhargava. Seelampur on Saturday tions whichrecorded asudden Prem Nath Pandey Shivam, receivedminor injuries. adapting to the ‘new normal’. vals and giftitems. Business suf- At Khan Market,traders’ as- night. Police said the er- spikeinparticulatematterof An FIR has been filedagainstthe “Things aredefinitelygetting feredinthe pastfew months but sociationpresident Sanjiv rant driver, who fledthe 2.5 and 10 micrometres(PM2.5, factoryofficials,”said Nagendra better,with moreand morepeo- we arehappytosee that things Mehrasaid, “Weare witnessing spot, waslater arrested. PM10) —fine particleswhich wasadded to Delhi after6pm PM2.5rose from 205 to 254 Chaubey,SHO Kavi Nagar. ple coming to markets like aregetting backtonormal now; morefootfall. Duetothe festival areemitted from combustion on Sunday, meaningthe risein µg/m3 at the same time, against Rana wasstaying in Khurja Connaught Placetoshop forthe it gets crowdedduring the season, manypeopleare buying activities, including burning of pollution levels do, in part, re- its24hourexposurelimit of 60 in arented accommodation past15daysorso, especially weekends too. Shops arefollow- puja items and such. But sale of Minorgirl’s firecrackers. latetothe burningofcrackers. µg/m3. with his mother and sister. during weekends,” said Atul ing all precautions thathave electronic giftitems has not bodyfound With festivitiesbeingrela- At Patparganj, the concen- The spikeinPM2.5 —con- Having lost hisfather at ayoung Bhargava,president of the New been prescribed,” he said. picked up;restaurantsare not tively hushedthis year due to tration of PM10rose from 277 sidered more toxic than PM10 age, Rana wasthe sole bread- Delhi Traders’ Association. At Chandni Chowk,mean- doingsowell either.” inhouse the coronaviruspandemic, µg/m3at6pm to 509 µg/m3 at —was sharpest at Mundka,ris- winner of the family, said locals “Moreover, sinceConnaught while, weddingshopping has He said that due to the de- therewerefewer Ravana effi- 9pm, nearly five time above its ing from 110at6pmto271 and police. He had recently Place is an open area, manypeo- pickedup. crease in purchasing power NewDelhi: The decom- gies setonfireand fewerfire- 24-hour exposurelimitof100 µg/m3 at 9pm. found dailywageworkinthe in- ple areheading out with cau- “For the pastfew weeks, the amid the Covid economic slow- posing body of aminor crackers burnedonDussehra,as µg/m3. Officialsalso said other dustrial area of Kavi Nagar. tion… theyare tired of being at markethas seen shopping for down, it maytakeawhile forthe girl, originally hailing from compared to the same period At 6pm, Dwarka already monitoring stations in the city, "It has been allegedbythe home forthe past fewmonths. weddings that were cancelled sentiment to come close to be- Bihar,was recoveredfrom lastyear. had PM10levelsover10times suchasBawana and Mandir familythattheywerenot given At shops as well, we arefollow- during the lockdown months as ing comparable to lastyear. ahouse in Northeast Delhi However, officials saidthat above the acceptable limit, at Marg, also recordedaspikein safetygear andthe right equip- ing measures suchaswearing well as upcoming weddings “Still, we aredefinitelyinabet- on Sunday.The girlwas firecrackers were the onlyaddi- 1,320 µg/m3. It droppedto719 pollution levels between6pm ment while carrying out the masksand carrying out thermal slated forthe November- terpositionsince before,” said living with her uncle and tional air pollution source that µg/m3 by 9pm. The levelof and 9pm. work," said Chaubey. checking,”headded. December season. Consumer Mehra. aunt in Delhi. According to police, her aunt went out on Saturdayafternoon and when she returned, the door waslocked, after TRIED AND TESTED IN PALLA whichshe sleptather friend’s place. On Sunday, the woman calledthe po- In plantorestoreNajafgarh lake,ponds in 100 acres of farm land lice and theyfound the girl’sbody inside. Police saidthe girl’suncleismiss- drain, whichofficialssaid consti- approval," the official said. groundwater recharge.Ifthe proj- environmental scientistand Delhi ing and teams have been SHIVAMPATEL tutethe lake,issubmergedfor Landfor theproject at Palla ect gets underway,the land will University professorCRBabu,for deployedtosearch for NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 mostpartofthe year by overflow- wasalso takenonlease from be desiltedand historical waste restoration of the lake. him. ENS ing drain water. This has im- farmers forthe same amount of- removed," an official said. Rawtaresidents said discus- THE DELHI government is plan- pacted farmers' income and led feredtofarmers in Rawta. Systemswillalsobeput in sions areunderway. Birender ning to restoreNajafgarh lakeand them to stageprotests, one even Officials said the project could be place to improvewater quality Tokas, aresident, said some farm- HinduRao augment the city's watersupply recentlyseeking Chief Minister expandedbeyond100 acresif and reduce biochemicaloxygen ers areworriedtheymight have docscontinue by leasing farmers' lands and Arvind Kejriwal's intervention. farmers agree. demand along with creation of difficulty leavingthe lease agree- building ponds to recharge the The government has now "The land at Palla is sandy and recharge pits on thelines of the ment if theydecide to sell their protest groundwater table at Southwest proposedtotakethis land on helps in better groundwater Palla project, the official said. land in future. Delhi's Rawtavillage. The pro- lease from farmers forRs77,000 recharge.AtRawta,because The National Green Tribunal Deepak Yadav, aresident of NewDelhi:Resident doc- posedprojectis similarto the one per acre, with an increment of 7% there's inflowoftreated andalso had also directed Haryana and nearbyJhuljhuli village, said the tors of HinduRaoHospital it is undertaking at NorthDelhi's per annum, and use it to restore possiblyuntreated wastewater, DelhigovernmentsinSeptember government shouldofferahigher Sundayheldademonstra- Palla, wherea25-acrepond, up to the lakeand also augment the 100acres of Rawta’s farmland is submergedfor most of the along withflood waterduring to createajoint environment rate:"If the government can offer tion in Connaught Place adepth of 1.7metres, wascreated city's watersupplybyaround40 year. AbhinavSaha monsoons,from theBadshahpur management plan forNajafgarh Rs 1lakh per acretofarmersfor and burnt an effigy of on the Yamuna floodplains to million gallons per day(MGD). drain (in Gurgaon, whichjoins lake. An official at the October 17 installing solar panels on... their Ravana to draw attention recharge groundwater through The proposal wasmade by Najafgarhdrain), thereissiltation meeting said the project pro- land (byprivate firms under to non-payment of overflowfromthe river. Ministerfor Floodand Irrigation October 17 with farmers from the couldn't reachaconsensus at the and historical sludgeatthe posedatRawta will followthe Mukhyamantri Kisan Aaye salaries.PTI About 100acres of Rawta's Satyendar Jain and Matiala MLA village, an official at the meeting time. The project will be taken ground. This creates stagnant recommendations of an NGT Badhotri Yojana), then waterisa farmland close to the Najafgarh Gulab Singh at ameeting held on told The Indian Express."Villagers forwardwhen residentsgivetheir conditions which do nothelp in technicalcommittee, headedby muchmorevaluable thing.”
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DEFENCE MINISTER Rajnath beyond, for EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Singh on Sundaysaid thatIndia LUCKNOW,OCTOBER25 wantsanend to theborder ten- welfare of all sionwith China and aims to es- AVIDEO hassurfacedpurport- tablish peace but reiterated that edly featuring BJP Uttar Pradesh Indian soldiers will neverallow EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE president Swatantra DevSingh even an inchofland to be taken DEHRADUN,OCTOBER25 telling agathering in Ballia two by anyone. days backthatPrime Minister PROMOTING WAYANAD Afterperforming ‘Shastra NATIONALSECURITYAdvisorAjit Narendra Modi had setthe time Puja’--customaryworship of Defence MinisterRajnath Singh inspects aweapon at the DovalSaturdaysaidIndiawillfight forwar with Pakistanand As Lok Sabha MP from Wayanad, Rahul Gandhi seems to be weapons -- at the Sukna-based Sukna ArmyCampinDarjeelingonSunday. PTI on itsown soil andoutside, too, China. soft-selling his constituencytooutsiders. Of late, his office has headquarters of the Indian but for“parmarth”—welfareof Singh is seen telling party been makingand promoting shortfilmsonaspectslinked to Army's 33 Corps, also known as all—and notselfish motives. workers in the video, “Yeh SwatantraDev Singh was the place. Afilm on Edakkal caves--believed to have been Trishakti Corps, in Darjeeling dis- torians will writethe storyof “Mostofthe border roads of Addressing followers of Modiji ne tay... Sab tithi tay hai, speaking to BJP workers created by arrows shotbyLuv and Kush -- had almost2lakh trict of West Bengal on the occa- courageand valour of oursol- Sikkim arebeing upgradedby Parmarth Niketan in Rishikesh mirtron. Kabkya hona hai,sab views.Attemptsare being made to promotetalentedyoung- sion of Dussehra, the Union min- diers in gold letters.” the BROtodouble-lane. Out of Saturdayevening, the NSAsaid: tayhai... 370dharakab samapta sters -- singers, sportspersons and studentswho did well in ex- istersaid, “Atthe moment there ArmyChiefGeneralManoj this, 65 km of road construction “Aapne kahakihamnekabhi kisi hoga, RamMandirkanirman kab forby-elections to seven ams -- from the constituency through videos. Ashortfilm is tension on the India-China Mukund Naravane wasalso work is in progress in East ke upar akraman nahi kiya. Iske hoga, Pakistanseyuddhkab Assemblyseats in Uttar made on atribal farmer wasahit. The MP’s office has made border,but India wantsthat it present at the occasion. Sikkim, and 55 km of road con- bare me apne ek vichaar hain ki hoga, China se yuddh kab hoga (It Pradesh, and Singh has been sevensuchfilms in the lastfew weeks. Sources said theyhave should end, peace should be es- The ministeralso inaugu- struction is under the action agar kahin se khatraaaraha tha has been decidedbyModiji... travellingtodifferent con- gathered alot of interestevenoutside Wayanad. tablished. That is our aim. But rateda19.85-km alternatealign- plan. The construction of 225 km to kar dena chahiyetha (you said The dateisset foreverything, stituencies in the stateaspartof sometimes thereare some ne- ment of the National Highway- double-lane road to 'Mangan- we neverattackedanyone. There what will happen when, every- that. farious acts.But Iamcompletely 310inSikkim through video Chungthang-Yumesamdong' is an opinion that it should have thing is decided... When will In thevideo,Singhgoes on convinced and Ialso believe that conference. In astatement, the and 'Chuganthang-Lachen-Jima- been done if therewas athreat Article 370beabrogated,when to saythatthe BSP, SP and PARTY MATTERS our Army’s soldiers in anysitua- Defence Ministrysaid it was“ne- Muguthang-Nakula' is planned from somewhere.” will Ramtemple be built, when Congress have failedtomeet tion will notallow an inchof cessitated due to the previous under the Bharatmala project in Dovaladded: “Hum wahin therewillbeawar with the expectationsofthe people. AFTER THE appointment of Adhir Ranjan Chowdhuryaspres- India’s land to go intoanyone alignment having seen extensive NorthSikkim. These worksare ladengejahan par aapki ichhahai Pakistan, when therewill be a He askspeople to weigh Prime ident of the West Bengal Congress unit, lobbying hasbegunfor else’s hands.” damages due to sinking and plannedinnine packages with yehkoijarooratto nahi.Humwahin warwith China)." MinisterNarendra Modi against aleadership changeinAssam, whichgoes to Assemblypolls Rajnath, who is on atwo-day other natural hazards”. “Theroad an estimated costofRs5,710 par ladengejahan par se khatraaa As acontroversyeruptedon others and decidewho wasgo- next year along with Bengal. RajyaSabhaMPRipun Bora, who visit to West Bengal and Sikkim, serves as an important link to crore,” the Defence Ministersaid. raha hai aur hum khatre ka Sunday, Singh told The Indian ing to give abetterfutureto is the PCC president, wasappointed in 2016 andmanylead- also reviewedthe operational bolsterdefence preparednessin He also “emphasisedthe muqabla wahinkarenge (It is not Express:"Ijustaddressed the their children. ersargue the party should changehim -their argument be- preparedness of the Trishakti the Nathula Sector in particular government’s drive towards necessarythatwe willfightwhere workers and Idid notsay any- He said the BJP wasworking ing Borawas onceanaccusedinamurder case. Those close to Corps,whichisresponsible for and in the whole of EastSikkim progressing infrastructurede- youwant. We willfightonlyfrom thingonthe lines as is report- on the path shown by Lord Borasay thereisnocase againsthim nowand he got aclean the Line of ActualControl with in general,” it stated. velopment in far-flung areas whereweare getting threats).” edly being circulated.Iwould Krishna and Ram, adding that chit from the court. While Harish Rawat, who wasAICC in China in the Sikkim sector. The ceremonywas held notonlytoenhance defence The NSAsaid: “…Humyuddh have to look intothe context LordKrishnahad notspared charge of Assam, ruledout aleadershipchangeinFebruary, Greeting the soldiersonthe through avideo conference from preparedness but also forfos- to karengeaurapnizameenparbhi first." even his familyand hiscaste, those eyeing forthe postare hoping thatthe newin-charge occasion of Dussehra, the minis- the 33 Corps headquarters “due tering socio-economic devel- karenge aur baahar bhi karenge. Singh wasinBalliafor the and thatincase awrong is com- JitendraSingh will have afresh look at the issue. tersaid, “Whatever has hap- to inclement weather”. opment of the region” and re- Lekin apne niji swarth ke liyenahi, bhoomi pujan ceremonyofa mitted,one has to rise above penedlatelyonthe India-China “By constructing... alternate iterated the Centre’s “resolve to parmarthkeliyekarnapadega(We Krishna temple under the familyand caste forthe sake of border in Ladakh, Ican saywith routeofNH-310,the BROhas ful- speedupinfrastructuredevel- willfight,onourownsoilandout- Sikandarpur Assemblycon- the country. FLOOD FORECAST concreteinformationaboutthe filledthe aspirations of the Army opment in alignment withthe sidetoo,notforselfishinterestbut stituency represented by BJP He also said that the BJP duty performedbyour soldiers, and residents of East Sikkim,” Prime Minister’s ActNorth East forwelfareofall).”The NSAison MLASanjay Yadav. would notallowany insult of AFTER FORECASTING the last couple of cyclones, including that when history is written, his- Rajnath said. policy”. aprivate visit to Uttarakhand. Campaigning is currentlyon the countryorthe poor. Amphan, with great accuracy,the MetDepartment and the EarthSciences Ministrywillnow be making flash flood fore- casts notjustfor the country, but forSouth Asia as well, in- cluding Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka. The IMD Political scientist SuhasPalshikar is willput into place an automated mode of dissemination through platforms likesocial media to reachdisasterauthor- guestatBihar polls Explainedtomorrow ities as fast as possible. establish Hindutvaasthe state’s dominant political narrative? Protests in Jammu against What role will caste,tradi- tionally the keytovoting in Mehbooba’s Tricolour remarks EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Bihar,play? And willthe context NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 of the pandemic matter in the flag at the iron fence outside the direction in whichBihar chooses EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE PDP office. IT IS India'sfirstmajor 'Covid' to go? JAMMU,OCTOBER25 Amidslogansof “BharatMata election, and could turn out to To answer these and many Ki Jai”, some protestors were be amongthe mostconsequen- other questions, The Indian PROTESTSCONTINUEDinJammu heardwarningMehboobaagainst tial in recent times.The DATE:27October2020 Express has invited Suhas againstPDPleaderandformerCM visiting Jammu. 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PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA syndicate’ with Jamaat-e-Islami, PFI PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA JAIPUR,OCTOBER25 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE BHUBANESWAR,OCTOBER25 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 Pratap BJP CHIEF JP Nadda on Sunday Congress EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE UNION MINISTER Pratap Sarangi Sarangi alleged that the Oppositionhas PEOPLE ARE supremeingover- president NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 Sundaysaid everyIndian citizen become directionless and has nance and thereisnoplace for Sonia will be providedfreeCovid-19 startedopposing the countryin arrogance, falsehoodand reneg- Gandhi CALLINGITaquestion of “na- vaccine, days afterthe BJP an- forAnimal Husbandry, Dairy, itsantagonism towardsPrime ing on promises in aruler’s life, tional security”, the BJP on nounceditfor the people of poll- Fisheries and Micro, Smalland MinisterNarendraModi. Congress president Sonia Sundayaccusedthe Congress of bound Bihar. Medium Enterprises,was re- He said that Congress leaders Gandhi said in her Dussehra is the biggestmessageofVijaya allying with “radical organisa- The BJP announcement had sponding to criticism levelledby opposedthe abrogation of messageonSunday. Dashami,” she added. tions Jamaat-e-Islami and kickedupacontroversy,with the Odisha Food Supplies and Article 370and indirectlysup- FormerCongress president She also asked people to be Popular Front of India (PFI)” in opposition alleging that the rul- Consumer WelfareMinister, RP portedPakistan. Rahul Gandhi tooextended safeand protect themselves poll-bound Biharand sought to ing party wasusing the pan- Swain. “Atatime when the entire Vijaya Dashamigreetings saying from coronavirus duringthe fes- knowifRJD leader Tejashwi demic forpolitical reasons. Swainhad earlier in the day countrywas celebrating afterthe truth ultimatelytriumphs. tivals and followall Covid-19 Yadavand his party arealso part Union Finance Minister questionedDharmendra abrogation of Article 370, Rahul In her messageonDussehra, guidelines. of such“an understanding”. Naqvi duringapress conference at the BJP headquarters in NirmalaSitharaman had said the Pradhanand Sarangi, thetwo Gandhi contendedthatinjustice Sonia Gandhi extendedgood The Congress president “The grand old party has NewDelhi on Sunday. Prem Nath Pandey announcement wasinorder as Union Ministers from Odisha, for wasdone to thepeople in wishes to all. hopedthat this Dussehrawill formedabrand-newalliancewith it wasanelection manifesto an- their “silence” on their party Srinagar,” Nadda said while ad- She said, “A symbol of tri- notonlybring happiness, peace radicalorganisationsJamaat-e- nouncement. stand on free Covid-19vaccina- dressing party workers in umph of justice over injustice, and prosperity in everyone's life Islami and PFI. Forpower, the arequestions of national secu- Jamaat-e-Islami in his rallies” Prime MinisterNarendra tion forthe people of the state Rajasthan via video conference. truth over falsehood and pru- but also strengthenharmony Congress has formedthis‘radical rity,not politics,” Naqvi said. than of his ownparty. Modi has announcedthat all along the lines of theone being He wasspeaking afterinau- dence over arrogance, Dussehra, and cultural values among peo- syndicate’ to support radicalism The BJP leader said the Shiv In an apparent reference to people will be providedfreeof promisedinBihar. gurating twoBJP offices and lay- afternine days of worship, also ple. in the country,”UnionMinister Sena, whichhas formedagov- the Congress leader meeting the costvaccines. An estimated Rs The governmentsofTamil ing the foundation of six offices brings withitanew resolveand Severalsenior Congress lead- MukhtarAbbasNaqvisaidduring ernmentinMaharashtra with wifeofKeralajournalist Siddique 500will be spent forthe vacci- Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Assam in various districtsofthe state. avow to fulfill duties in anysitu- ers, including general secretary apressconferenceattheBJPhead- Congress help,willalsohaveto Kappan, who wasarrestedinUP nation of eachperson, Sarangi and Puduchchery have already “It is unfortunatethat the ation.” (organisation) KCVenugopal quarters. “Wewanttoask answer on this issue. and booked under UAPA,Naqvi told reporters afteraddressing a announcedfreevaccines forthe Opposition has gone direction- People, Sonia said, arepara- and general secretaries Randeep Tejashwi Yadavwhether,along Referring to RahulGandhi’s said Rahul nevermissesachance campaign meeting forthe people of their states. Delhi Chief less. It has startedopposing the mount in governance. Surjewala and Priyanka Gandhi with Congress, his party (RJD) candidatefromWayanad Lok to meetthe families of PFI mem- November 3assemblybypollin MinisterArvindKejriwal hasde- countryinits antagonism to- “And thereisnoplace forar- Vadra, also extendedgreetings has also made an understanding Sabha seat in 2019,Naqvi said bers and of those arrested for in- Balasore. mandedthat the measurebeim- wardsPrimeMinisterNarendra rogance, falsehood and breaking to people on Dussehra. with Jamaat-e-Islami and other people were “shocked” to see volvement in “anti-national” ac- Sarangi, the MinisterofState plemented forall citizens. Modi,” he said. of promises in aruler's life. This -WITH PTIINPUTS ‘radical elements’inBihar.These thatthere were “moreflags of tivities. -WITHPTIINPUTS
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Army conference begins today; Ahead of MP ‘Publicfeelingcheated...No bypolls,one more security situation, Ladakh on table Cong MLA quits
firstday of the conference will Amongthe other slated dis- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE focus on matters relating to cussions is an updatebythe onewillacceptthissauda’ IRAMSIDDIQUE NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 management of human Commander-in-Chief of the GWALIOR,OCTOBER25 resources. The sources said Andaman and Nicobar THE TOPleaders of the Army therewill be abrief reviewofthe Command—the onlytri-service CAMPAIGNINGATMorena,oneof thing and at that point,Ididn’t re- withAadhaar.There were six THECONGRESSsufferedits latest will reviewthe stand-offwith security situation of the coun- theatrecommand. the 16 bypoll-bound seatsinthe member her name.Therewas no lakhs farmers who didn’t even blowinMadhya Pradeshon China in Eastern Ladakhand the try, especiallythe standoffin Therewill also be brief up- Gwalior-Chambal region, MP insultmeant to anybody and if have an account. And therewere Sundaywithits Damoh MLAde- country's overall security situa- eastern Ladakh with China, dates on various issues by prin- CongresspresidentKAMALNATH anybody felt insulted, I 27 lakh people, youcan’t go writ- fecting to theBJP justdays ahead tion, amongother issues, during whichstarted early May. cipal staffofficers. speakstoIRAMSIDDIQUEonthe regret it. ing-offloans without having a of the statebypolls. afour-daybiannualconference Defence MinisterRajnath The lastday of the confer- fall of his government,the recent record. In December 2018,Ipro- RahulLodhi,afirst-timeMLA, that startsMonday. Singhwill addressthe Army ence will see the Director rowoverhis remarkonawoman But the wayunparliamentary posedand then we startedthe is the 26th lawmaker to quit the The second leg of the Army leadership on October 27.Chief General of Border Roads speak- candidateand the working of the languageisbeing used... process... We reached27lakh Congress since March this year. Commanders’ Conference— of Defence StaffGeneral Bipin ing about the infrastructurede- Congress.Excerpts: Thisisparliamentary, itemno. farmers in 11.5 months, two He handedhis Assembly whichwill see the participation Rawat, ArmyChief General velopment projectsbeing un- 1Smriti Irani, she wasreferredas months of my government was membership resignation to pro of topofficers such as the Army Manoj Mukund Naravane, Navy dertaken by theBorder Roads What makes youconfident item no… it says so in the Lok the code of conduct, onemonth temspeakerRameshwarSharma, Chief, the Vice Chief, command- Chief Admiral Karambir Singh Organisation (BRO) andallied thatthe Congress has afair Sabha sheet, it says so in the wasthissaudebaazi...Mygovern- following in the footsteps of his ers, andprincipalstaff officers— andChief of the Air Force, Air formations. chance of returning to power? Vidhan Sabha sheet; item no. 1 mentdidnotfallbecauseoffarm- cousin Pradhyuman Singh Lodhi willbeheldinNew Delhitill Chief Marshal RKSBhadauria, Automation initiativesat What numbersdoyou have in The Prime Minister, item no. 2so ersbut because of betrayers. —alsoafirst-timeMLAfromBada October 29. will address the conference be- various levels of theArmywill mind? and so minister... whatdoes Malherawho switchedtoBJP Sources in the Armysaid the fore Singh. alsobediscussed. Idon’tbelieve innumbersand it mean... What do youthink aboutthe around three months ago. the speculationgame. Forthat, letter writtenby23senior The formerDamoh MLA one should ask Shivraj (Singh) THEEXPRESS Imarti Devi has accusedyou of Congress leaders to Sonia joinedthe BJP in the presence of ARMY PROMOTIONS UNDERSCANNER Chouhan. Ihavecontested and paying Rs 5lakh to your non- Gandhi highlighting aneedfor Chief MinisterShivraj Singh wonelectionsfor 40yearsandno INTERVIEW ministerial MLAs to keep your changeinthe working of ChouhanandstatepartychiefVD onehas done it longer...Iunder- governmentintact... Congress Sharma. WITH Brigadier almost misses promotion stand the voter’s mood. The logic None of the MLAs saythat. Everyparty has to always be RahulLodhi’s resignation has KAMAL NATH issimple:inNovember2018,peo- MP CONGRESS PRESIDENT ImartiDeviissayingthatbecause in aprocess of changeastimes reducedCongress’s tallyto87in ple sentthe BJP home and then she is contesting elections... change, politics changeand vot- the 230-memberHouse. The BJP over allegationslater found false theycame backafter 15 months. erschange.Youhavetobeabreast has107seatsandneedsjusteight In the pastseven months Sachin Pilotisyour star Youhavebeen projected as the with that... and that is what they moretoachieve asimple major- Electronics and Mechanical came to the conclusion that the since theyreturned, have they campaigner,what impactdo sole face of Congress in highlighted.Itwas notagainst ity.The Congress, on the other MANAMANSINGHCHHINA Engineering (EME) corps in pseudonymous complaint was done anything forthe people that youthink this will have, Madhya Pradesh forthe anybody;itwas highlightingthe hand, needs to win at least22of CHANDIGARH,OCTOBER25 2018.The boardcomprisedthe made to negatively affect the willmakethem changetheir especiallyinthe Gwalior- bypolls and Digvijaya Singhis need to bring about achange. the28seatsheadedtothepollsto then Chief of ArmyStaff Bipin chances of promotion of the of- mind? What theyhavedoneis Chambal belt, considering his missingfrommanifesto to ekeout abargaining position THE INDISCRIMINATEmanner Rawataschairman and Vice ficer by misleadingthe selection purchase MLAs. Do youthink the proximity to Scindia and the campaigns, why? So, youagree with their whereitcan trytogainthe sup- in whichValue Judgement (VJ) Chief of ArmyStaff and all board. Consequently, despitethe public arefools? The public is recent eventsinRajasthan We dividethework,Digvijaya concernsraisedinthe letter. port of four Independents, two marksareawarded in Armypro- General Officers Commanding- selection boardnot changing its feeling cheated... Out of the 28 Idon’tknowabout his prox- is doinghis work.Heishandling Iamsaying that the party re- BSP MLAs and one SP legislator. motions has once again come to in-Chief as members. recommendation, the MoD seats(going to bypolls), 25 are imity,but he is an unadulterated variousissuesthatcomeupindif- quires persistent change. TheformerDamohMLA'sres- light, with an ArmedForces During the courseofdiscus- changed the result of the board those on which‘sauda’ has taken Congressman whichiswhy he is ferent constituencies while Iam ignation came amonth afterhe Tribunal (AFT) judgement re- sion over eachcandidate, one —the Brigadier wasapproved for place and three arebecauseof coming to campaign. touring.Intheevening,wereview Do youfeel Congress has failed metwithstate Congress chief vealingthataBrigadier almost boardmember mentionedthe promotion and the officer who deaths, so what will theytell peo- our strategy,listentocomplaints to evolve with times whichis Kamal Nath. According to party lostout on promotion to the rank allegations of domestic violence had jumpedupone place was ple? People made up their mind Do youfeel that youfailedto about misuse of police forceand whyitissuffering at the sources,Nathhadcalledthemeet- of Major General afteraselection andextra-maritalaffairs against notapproved. in 2018,now youhaveonlymade sense the ambition of young so on. Nowthe BJPisleftwith national level. ing with Rahul Lodhi, as well as boardawarded him lowVJ aBrigadier by his wife. The entiresequence of it worse foryourself (BJP). No one leaders likeScindiaand nothingbut to tryand usethe po- No,itisnot.Wehad theelec- Tarvar Lodhi, another MLAfrom marks over allegations of do- The other members were events came to light when the is going to acceptthissauda, this accommodatethem within liceand administration to coerce tionsinMay2019,right.Youcan’t Banda, amid rumours that they mesticviolenceand extramari- swayed andawarded lowVJ officer who missedout on pro- betrayal. the party? voters and to buy votes.... startjumping intothings. could be poachedbythe BJP. talaffairs, whichwerelater marksto the Brigadier,thus put- motion due to MoD changing We had averyyoung cabinet, “After assuring Nath thathe found to be false. ting him out of contention. The the result of the selection board Arethese bypolls aCongress but his agenda wasvery The farm loan waiver during Over the period, Congress has willnotswitchsides,Rahulhelda Amaximumoffivemarks move benefitted another movedthe AFT,demanding that versus Scindia fight with different. your 15-monthtenurewas also takentosoft-Hindutvabe pressconferenceto announcethat out of 100are allotted forVJin Brigadier,who movedupone he be promoted.The AFT’s prin- Jyotiradityabeing amajor delayed and came in bitsand it by welcomingRam Mandir he does notwant his children to the selection boardfor promo- position and washencerecom- cipal benchinNew Delhi upheld forceinthe Gwalior-Chambal What do youhavetosay about pieces whichleftmany verdict or constructionofthe ask whyhis father became agad- tions in the Army, while the re- mendedfor promotion. the decision of the MoD and dis- belt? unparliamentarylanguage farmers in the lurch and temple. Then thereisRahul dar (traitor) and switchedsides,” maining 95 arequantified When the proceedings of the missedthe officer’s petitionear- OnNovember10,we’llseethe usedbypolitical parties on therebyagitated. Gandhi adorning ajaneu said asenior Congress leader. through other parameters like selection boardwereput up to lier this month. results. We sawthe resultsofLok both sides, be it your remark Farmerswere neveragitated.I (sacredthread). Congressspokesperson courses attendedetc. Amidst the MinistryofDefence (MoD), In ajudgment in February, SabhaelectionswhenScindialost on Imarti Devi or those from have waived offloansofall farm- We have justwelcomedthe BhupendraGupta said:“We tough competition, it is oftenVJ this anomalywas noticed by of- the Supreme Courthad ruled his ownseat. Amajor factor was BJP. ers—27 lakhsthey(BJP)have said Supreme Court’s verdict. Ican would liketoask Rahul Lodhi markswhichbecome the decid- ficials. The ministryasked the that an officer cannotbeover- that he didn’t lose to atiger or a Ihavesaid that when youare themselves.Thereisaprocessand onlytalkformyself,RahulGandhi what his children willnow think ing factor. Armyheadquarters to provide looked forempanelment for very eminent person. giving aspeechyou saysome- forthe firsttimeweweredoing it will have to do it forhim. of his move.” The selection boardinques- evidence of the allegations made higher rank onlyonthe basisof tion wasevaluating 24 againstthe officer and anyaction the VJ marks.Abench of Justices Brigadiers forsix vacanciesinthe takenagainsthim. LNageswara Raoand Hemant AZADSAMAJ PARTY TO CONTEST BULANDSHAHRBYPOLL BYPOLL AT MORBI, GUJARAT rank of Major General in the It wasthen revealedthat no Gupta on February11ordered a Court of Inquiryhas been held freshpromotion selection board againstthe Brigadier and that a to be held fortwo retired At rally for partynominee, As BJP leaders raise Ram Classifieds pseudonymous complaint had Brigadiers forthe rank of Major been made againsthim with no General. The benchhad dis- temple, villagers stress evidence. It further came to light agreedwith government coun- Azad raises Hathras incident PERSONAL that the wifeofthe officer had sel’s contention that deference also givenawrittenstatement should be shown to theselection on water for farms, roads I, Savita Sharma W/ORajesh that she had neverfiledacom- board’s decision as it comprised AMILBHATNAGAR ED Sharma R/OL2/92 Gali No 3 Firstrealtest ShastriNagar Delhi 110052 plaint againsthim. The MoD senior Armyofficers. NOIDA,OCTOBER25 have changed my name to forAzad GOPALKATESHIYA PLAIN Savita. 0070718243-1 BHIM ARMY chief E SamajParty GUNGAN(MORBI),OCT25 ● KATHUA RAPE-MURDER VICTIM KIN’S COUNSEL EX I, Rajan Paul R/oE24 Guru Chandrashekhar Azad on Nanak Pura Janak Puri New Sundaylaunchedthe Azad THESE POLLSwillbethe CAMPAIGNINGFOR the upcom- Delhi 110058 have changed my FIR against J&K lawyer for Samaj Partycampaign forthe firstreal test forthe newly ing bypolltoMorbi Assembly minor son’s name from Nixon upcoming Assemblybypollin formedAzadSamaj Party, seat,BJP candidate Brijesh Merja Paul Diwan to Nixon Paul for all Bulandshahr. ChandrashekharAzad afterits transition from a triedtoconvince voters that he purposes. 0040552446-1 hurting religious sentiments Hazi Yamin is theparty’scan- political movementtoa “sacrificedhis position as I, Kundan Kumar, S/OPrem didate from the Bulandshahr political party.Itwillbe Congress MLA” for“national- Merja at ameetinGungan. Kumar Sharma,R/o 533,Gali-5, Sadar Assemblyseat. This is the Speaking aboutthe Hathras lookingtoconsolidatethe ism”, Ramtemple and other is- Gopal Kateshiya MS Block-3, Ranaji Enc. Bajrang Dal activists Najafgarh New Delhi-110043 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE onlyseat the Azad-ledparty is gangrape case, Azad said, “Our Dalit and minority vote, suesespousedbythe Narendra have changed my name to JAMMU,OCTOBER25 held ademonstration contesting in the upcoming by- daughter in Hathras didn’t get especially afterBSP’sre- Modigovernment. Kundan Sharma. 0070718244-1 outside Rajawat’s polls to sevenAssemblyseats. justice and she didn't even get fusal to associatewith However, villagers con- were sitting in aRam temple and I Dr. Vandna MittalW/O,Dr. THE JAMMU and Kashmir police Addressing arally on Sunday, proper treatment. Will youvote Bhim Armyinthe run up fronted the party leaders with that it wasthe BJP that kept its Rajiv Mittal R/oA-148, First have booked AdvocateDeepika residence and calledfor Azad targeted the government forthose who burnt her?Imet to generalelections. The their priorities:Narmada water promise of constructing aRam Floor, Saraswati Vihar, Singh Rajawatfor allegedlyhurt- action in the matter over corruption and “anti- her family... They(UP govern- party is looking to prepare forfarmsand better roads. temple in Ayodhya.“We wel- Pitampura, Delhi 110034 have ing the religious sentimentsof farmer” activities. ment)are standing in between forthe Uttar Pradesh AfterMerja addresseda come the Supreme Courtjudg- changed my name to Dr. Vandana Mittal for all the Hindu community through “Those who promise to end me and the family. This govern- AssemblyPolls basedon gathering at Nava Sadulka vil- ment on the Ramtemple. But let purposes. 0040552444-1 atweet. of itsCyber Cell about the origin corruption arethemselvesso ment has failedtoprovidesecu- the feedbackfromand re- lage, farmer VijayPanchotiya us talk about Narmada water The advocate, who wasthe of the tweet, among other things, corrupt... theyhavenomoney for rity to them.” sultsofthe bypolls and said, “Wehavenocomplaints... now,”the sarpanch said. I Prabhdeep Singh Son Of Parminder Singh Vohra counsel forthe parentsofthe before proceeding againstthe the public. But when it comes to Accusingthe government of Panchayatelections exceptthatyou weren’t seen in In Ravapar (Nadi) village, ResidentOfC-14ff Fateh Nagar eight-year-old victim in the lawyer and activist. buying MLAs, theysuddenly discriminating between com- our villageevenonceafter win- Merja said, “I sacrificed my MLA New Delhi 110018 Have Kathuagangrape andmurder Earlier,Bajrang Dal activists have lots of crores,” Azad said at munities, he said,“Thereisa ningthe election in 2017.” postatthe altarofNarendra Changed My Name To case, on Tuesdaytweeted two held ademonstration outside the rallyinNumaishGround in Constitution that guarantees electionsinthe state. “Lastyear,wesowedRabi Modi’s yagna of Rashtravad and Prabhdeep Singh Vohra sketches. Rajawat’s residence and de- Bulandshahr. equal rightstoeveryoneacross “Afterthis, we willget an- crops in October but Narmada my sacrifice would notgoin 0050170677-1 Apolice officer said an FIR mandedaction intothe matter. Yamin is up againstthe BJP’s religions. In Baghpat, apolice- other chance in the panchayat waterreachedour fields onlyin vain.” I Nelson Paul Diwan S/O, Rajan wasregisteredfollowing com- Theyalso lodgedacomplaint Usha Sirohi, wifeofformer MLA man requestedtokeep abeard elections. Our party members December afterwefoughtour Merja and sevenother Paul R/oE24 Guru Nanak Pura, plaintsbyseveral people and againsther with the police. from the seat VirendraSingh but seniors refused… They will go to everyvillageand block wayuptill Gandhinagar... You Congress MLAs resignedahead Janak Puri New Delhi 110058 have changed my name to addedthatprobe is on. Deepika described theFIR as Sirohi, whose death in March ne- thought theywillcreatethis is- and it will help us identify hon- bring us waterorforgetsupport of the RajyaSabha election. In Nelson Paul for all purposes. Sources said Rajawathas “a fractured piecewhichwill not cessitated the bypoll. RLD’s sue and Muslimswill object, and estand hardworking candidates. from our village,” Sarpanch Krushnagarvillage,sarpanch 0040552445-1 been booked under Sections survive in thecourt’’, adding that Praveen Singh, Congress’s Sushil theywillbeable to do polarising This will give us agoodbase for Dinesh Panchamiyasaid. Hari Khimaniyasaid, “For five I RajanPaul DiwanS/O,Lt. Sh. 295A and 505 (b) (2) of the it wasregisteredbyway of Chaudharyand BSP’s politics.” the Vidhan Sabha polls as well,” Hiren Pathak,general secre- years, the condition of the road StyaPaul R/oE24 Guru Nanak Indian Penal Code. Though the “sheer abuse of lawand under Mohammad Yunus arealso in The party also plans to con- Azad earlier told The Indian tary of BJP’sMorbi district unit, connecting our villagetoNH29 Pura Janak Puri New Delhi sections arenon-bailable, the pressurefromBJP andother saf- the fray. test the upcoming panchayat Express. sought to underline that they has gone from bad to worse.” 110058 have changed my name police were waiting forareport fron organisations’’. to Rajan Paul for all purposes. 0040552448-1 CBI lodges FIR against Seaplane for first flight to Statue man for ‘selling’ sexually of Unity to arrive in Gujarat today explicit images of children lated to online sexual abuse, said EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE MOHAMEDTHAVER an officer. VADODARA,OCTOBER25 MUMBAI,OCTOBER25 CBI Spokesperson RK Gaur said, “Wehaveregisteredacase THE SEAPLANE that will connect THE CBI on Sundayregistereda and further investigation is on in Sabarmati Riverfront in caseagainst a30-year-oldmanliv- the matter.” Ahmedabad to Statue of Unity in ing in Mumbai forallegedly sell- “The accusedwould claim to Kevadia in Narmada district flew ing sexually-explicit images of befromthefilmindustryandstart intoKochiinIndiaonSundayfrom children.Accordingto officials,the chatting with children by prom- Male in Maldivesand will arrive children arebasedout of several ising to getthemroles,” asource inGujaratonMonday, aweekbe- foreign countries, including US said. The accused would also fore it takesits official inaugural Europe and South Asia. The ac- makevideocallswherehewould flight with Prime Minister cusedcontacted over 1,000 peo- getthechildrento strikecompro- NarendraModionOctober 31. The seaplane bound forGujarat lands in Kochitorefuel at a ple as partofthe racket,theysaid. mising poses under the guise of According to arelease from navalbase on Sunday. Nitin RK According to officers, the ac- gettingthemroles.Hewouldthen the Defence wing, the seaplane, cusedclaimed to be working in sell these images and videos to whichwillbeoperatedby the film industryand exploited clientsinvarious countries,offi- SpiceJet,isaTwinOtter 300. nelfor atechnical halt. “The sea- Indian Navy,CIAL and Kochidis- minorsunderthepretextofoffer- cialsadded. Theaircraftis19-seater,which plane wasprovidedassistance trictadministrationwere present ingthemrolesthroughsocialme- The police have chargedthe willbeable to accommodate14 withberthingfacilityatNavaljetty to supervise the transit halt. dia. The agency is looking if any- accused under thePrevention of passengers at aticketcostof and refueling fortheir onward Vice Admiral AK Chawla, Flag one else is involved in the crime. Children from Sexual Offences Rs4,800perperson.Theaerialdis- journey. It is scheduledtofly to Officer Commanding-in-Chief, An official said searches were (POCSO)Act. tance betweenAhmedabadand Ahmedabad where it will com- Southern NavalCommand wel- carriedout at the Mumbai resi- Earlier this week,the CBIhad Kevadia is about 200kilometres. mence flying as apartofregional comedthe aircraft in Kerala. dence of the accusedand his mo- bookedanother person foral- OnSunday afternoon,thesea- connectivity scheme between “The run from Kevadia to bileandlaptopwereseized.Prima legedly sellingchild sexual abuse plane took offfromMale in Sabarmati riverfront and Statue Ahmedabad is expected to be facie forensic scanning of his de- material on groups in amessag- Maldivesand made asuccessful of Unity,” the release said. about 45 minutes....” said agov- viceshaverevealed material re- ing application. landing insideVenduruthychan- RepresentativesofSpicejet, ernmentofficial.
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The US relationship is the mostimportant of India’s bilateral ties, having growninrecentyears on account of China’s belligerence. In the concludingpartofaseries on the US Presidential election, alook at the howthis relationship has evolved, and itshighs and lows irrespective of whether the President has been aDemocrat or aRepublican WHATAMERICAMEANSTOINDIANSATHOMEANDAWAY THEEXPERT PROFESSORAMITABH ULTRA ELITE INDIAN PERCEPTIONS OF US PRESIDENT INDIANAMERICANVOTERS MATTOO is one of India’s SEEN AS MOST FAVOURABLE FOR INDIA SINCE 1945 leading specialists on for- PRESIDENTIAL VOTE eign policy.Heisa RACE FOR GeorgeWBush CHOICE 2020 Professor at the School of THE WHITE JohnFKennedy International Studies, HOUSE WilliamJClinton Whodoyouintendtovotefor? Jawaharlal Nehru RonaldReagan University,and Honorary 72% FranklinDRoosevelt Professor at the Faculty of Arts,Universityof 0% 10%20% 30% 40% 50% 60%70% 80% 90% 100% Melbourne. He has spent pitulation and accepting Chinesehegemony Source: Based on informalphone interviews with asample of serving or retired IndianAmbassadors 22% severalsemesters as (“Ifyou cannotbeatthem,jointhem!”). That Visiting Professor at the conducted in 2020.The survey did notincludethe present incumbent, Donald Trump. 3% 3% EXPERT would also exclude the US from the strategic Note: The figures of Clintonare taken forpost-1998nuclear testsand Kargil War. University of NotreDame options available;noself-respecting Indian Survey conducted by Mattoo ResearchGroup.Research Coordinator:Pooja Arora Joe Donald Other Donot at SouthBend, Indiana. Biden Trump intend EXPLAINS would be comfortablewith such an option. tovote Balancing is the mostchallenging and PERCEPTIONSOFINDIANSABOUTTHEUS N=842 U.Sadultcitizens Amitabh Mattoo confrontational option and is likelytobethe preferredoption of the TrumpPresidency. From The Indian Express panel India is notinaposition to balance China on INDIANS’OPINION OF CONFIDENCE IN THE US KAMALA HARRIS IMPACT of specialists, exclusive insight itsown, andbalancing (softand hard:eco- THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENT DoestheselectionofKamalaHarrismake nomic, diplomatic and military) would de- PART3 Doyouhaveafavourableorunfavourable HowmuchconfidencedoyouhaveintheUS youmoreorlessenthusiasticaboutJoe mand building acoalition with the US and viewoftheUS? President(Trump2017-present,Obama Biden’scandidacy? other “like-minded” states. 2009-16,Bush2003-08)? Whydoes the US Presidential election Whatstructure andformwouldbalancing 60% of Indians in 2019 have afavourable 49% matter to India? take?The shapeofa“Quad”(with Australia, opinion of theUS 31% 74 The relationship with the United States of Japan and the US)? Or afull-fledged military 70 PercentageofIndians 60 58 56 56 56 55 PercentageofIndians responding Confidence, 53
49 15% Americamattersto Indiamorethananyother alliance suchasanAsian NATO? WouldIndia 48 42 bilateral engagement:economically, strategi- be comfortable being ajunior partner in such responding Favourable, all years measured 40 4% 29 callyandsocially.AmericanPresidentscanof- anarrangement?WherewoulditleaveIndia’s all years measured More Makesno Less Don’t tenmakeareal difference to bilateral ties, in- deeplyheld belief in strategic autonomy, de- enthusiastic difference enthusiastic know cludingontrade,onimmigrationpolicies,and finedasthe independence to makechoices Read the previous parts of the 16 16 18 18 14 14 10 10 series here: 02 02 06 06 08 04 largerstrategic issues. about warand peace? 04 N=936 U.Sadult citizens Part 1: https://bit.ly/31e12ir 2012 2012 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2008 20 20 Outsidethefringes,themainstreamof po- 20 Source: 2020Indian American Attitudes Part 2: https://bit.ly/3ok9feV liticalopinion favours stronger relations be- Thereisastrong belief that Republican Source Global AttitudesSurvey 2019,Pew Research Centre Survey, Carnegie/YouGov tween the twocountries.Anti-Americanism, Presidents, historically, have been more oncetheknee-jerk reactionof theIndianelite, pro-India than Democrats—isthat true? seems almostantediluvian today. TheIndian Otherthan anecdotalevidenceand flaky agement of theinternationalsystem. diasporainthe US is one of themostsuccess- intuition, thereare fewhardfactstosupport ■ ■ ■ ful expatriatecommunities, and while their this contention. True,Republicanregimes are political preferences maydiffer—theyall oftenassociated with the surgical pursuit of Similarly,the worstphase of India’s rela- favouracloserbondingbetweentheirjanmab- American interests,and can be less woolly- tions with the US wasduringthe Republican hoomiorpitrabhoomi andtheirkarmabhoomi. headedonissueslikedemocracy,nuclearnon- RichardNixon administration and the early The reason forthe drasticchangeinthe proliferation and human rights; but we have years of the Democratic Bill Clinton adminis- geo-strategic outlook can be summarised hadPresidents,acrossthepartisandivide,who tration.Whilethepro-Pakistantiltof theNixon quickly. India’s firstseriousdeparturefromits have engaged India with passion and vigour. Presidency in the 1970siswell known(espe- NonAligned posture, the 1971 Indo-Soviet Take thetwo Presidentsoften viewed as ciallysince Islamabad wasacting aconduit to treaty,wasaresponseto thecontinuingUStilt being the mostaffectionatetowards India Beijing in the newopeningofthe US towards towardsPakistanand thebeginningsofa since WorldWar II: John FKennedy,inthe China, thePrinceton academicGarry Bass has Washington-Beijing entente. In 2020,itisthe 1960s, and George WBush, in the 2000s. The recentlyunearthedthatNixonhelddeepprej- frighteningprospectof apowerful,belligerent former wasadyed-in-the-woolDemocrat, The twoUSPresidentsseenasthe mostaffectionatetowards India. (Left)atthe Indian Embassy in Washington; theKennedysare udice againstIndia and Indians. and hegemonic China that has helpedNew and the latter aneo-Conservative introducedtoclassical dancer Indrani Rahman as Jawaharlal Nehru looks on;George WBush with Manmohan Singh. Express Archive Duringtheearly Clintonyearsof the1990s, Delhi build itsrelationship with Washington. Republican. Both reachedout to India and IndiaandtheUShadadipinbilateralrelations; engaged New Delhiwith uncharacteristic withpressure onIndiato “freeze,rollbackand Will the outcome of the electionimpact zeal, in twoverydifferent times, but on both alystBruce Reidel, Nehru wassosmitten by of militaryaid (specificallyrequestedby tionalinhisfinalmeetingwithPresidentBush eliminate” itsnuclear programme and to set- India’s ties with China? occasions the China threat acted as acatalyst Jackie that for the rest of his life, he had apic- Nehru). Kennedy also playedarole, according in September 2008. tle Kashmir.The presence of the impetuous Clearly,bothJoe Biden and Donald Trump to ensurethat the bonding extendedbeyond tureofheronhisbedstand. (Reidel‘sstudy JFK’s to Reidel,inrestraining President Ayub Khan In the Oval Office, Singh told Bush: “The Robin Raphael (an FOB—Friend of Bill) as recognise the gravethreat from China, but justpersonalchemistry. ForgottenCrisis:Tibet,theCIA,andtheSino-Indian of Pakistanfromopeningasecondfrontagainst people of India deeplyloveyou.And all that Assistant Secretaryaggravatedthe situation. their response maybedifferent. While Recentlydeclassified sources have re- War is easilythe best account of those years.) IndiaduringtheSino-Indianwar. Moreexcep- youhavedonetobring our twocountries Beforebeing elevatedtothat position, Trump2.0 maybewilling to even more ag- vealedthe extent to whichKennedywas In 1959, Kennedy (as Senator)had givena tionally, therewereseniorfigureswithin the closer to eachother is something history will RaphaelhadbeenacounsellorintheAmerican gressively counter China, Biden is likelyto willing to support India in positioningitasa major foreign policy speech(draftedby KennedyadministrationwhowantedIndiato remember.” Indeed, the former Ambassador EmbassyinNewDelhi.Inthatposition,shehad followapolicyof“Congagement”: contain- democratic counterweight to atotalitarian Galbraith,whichonereadstodaywithasense be helpedtotestand develop nuclear of the United States, the Harvardacademic beencultivatedbyKashmiriseparatistsandthe ment withengagement. China in Asia in the 1960s. The President sent of déjàvu).Hesaid:“[n]ostruggleintheworld weapons,before Chinadidso,to give apsycho- Robert Blackwill,usedtooften recountathis PakistanHighCommission, buttreated with To bemosteffective,India’sChinapolicy— oneofhis most trustedaides, the Harvard todaydeservesmoreofourtimeandattention logical fillip to itsstandinginAsia. dinner roundtables at New Delhi’s Roosevelt disdainby theMinistryof ExternalAffairs(and manywould argue —would have to be cus- ProfessorJohn Kenneth (“Ken”) Galbraith as than that whichgrips theattention of allAsia. Had Kennedy notbeenassassinated in House, an intriguing storyabout howhewas deservedly so), including by MinisterHardeep tomisedtotheUS’sresponseandcoordinated Ambassador;Ken had unfetteredaccess to That is the strugglebetween India and China 1963,and Nehru notdiedin1964, the his- persuadedtotakeupthe job. In 2001, Puri, thenJointSecretaryfortheAmericas. Not withWashington. Thishasalreadygenerated, Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru and ahot- forleadershipof theEast,andtherespectof all tory of theUS-Indiarelationshipmay have President Bush calledhim to his ranchin surprisingly,inherveryfirstofftherecordbrief- as it should, arobustdebate. line to the WhiteHouse. of Asia...”Abattlebetween ademocraticIndia takenadifferent course during the difficult Texasand said:“Bob, imagine: India, abil- ing,RaphaelquestionedJammuandKashmir’s Arising powerlikeIndia has three clear Later, the FirstLady,Jacqueline (“Jackie) that supports “human dignityand individual 1960s and 1970s. lion people, ademocracy,150 million accessionto IndiaandquicklyhelpedUS-India strategic choices: Hedging; Balancing; or Bouvier Kennedy’s goodwill visit to India in freedom” against RedChinawhichruthlessly Andthentake thecaseof Bush,whosesim- Muslims and no al-Qaeda. Wow!” relationsfalltoanewnadir. Bandwagoning. March 1962 wasnot just aspectacular suc- denieshumanrights.To helpIndiawintherace plicity manycomparedtothat of the fictional It wasthe personal weight that Bush put Fortunately, afterthenucleartestsof1998, Astrategy of Hedging offers the prospects cess, but built adeep bond between an age- againstChina, Kennedy hadproposed that characterChancyGardner—asimple-minded intoitthatensured the success of the nuclear thedialoguebetweenDeputySecretaryStrobe of continuing cooperation with China on ar- ing Nehru and the Camelot of brilliant minds therebeanequivalentofa“Marshall Plan” for gardener thrustintothe Presidency (played deal between India and the United States,de- Talbott and External Affairs MinisterJaswant eas of mutual interest, while building India’s that Kennedyhad assembled(the previous IndiafundedbyNATOalliesandJapan,asitwas by Peter Sellersinthe Hollywood film Being spitethe naysayers withinthe State Singhhelpedrestore balancethatledtoagrad- defencesand confronting Beijing on alacarte 1961 Nehru visit to the US wassurprisingly the duty of the free worldtoensurethat dem- There). But his passionfor India and his desire Department. The agreement mainstreamed ual warming of relations. In sum, therehave basis(at atime and place of newDelhi’s disappointing). ocratic India prevailedoverRed China. to arrive at a modus vivendi withNew Delhi India’snuclearprogramme. The deal wasde- been Democratic and Republican Presidents choice).ABidenPresidencymaydemandcon- Jackie wasput up in the“Edwina During the Kennedy years, India received wasdrivenbyazealuncharacteristic of US signedinamannernottobox Indiaanditsnu- whohave viewedIndiaasapartner;andthose, tinuedstrategic Hedging. Mountbatten”suiteatTeenMurtiHouse,while unprecedented economic assistance, and in Presidents. It even provokedthe staid Prime clearprogrammeintoacorner,butto welcome across the partisan divide, who have takena Bandwagoning is adefeatistoption of ca- in NewDelhi, and according to former CIA an- the 1962 waralmostacarteblanche in terms MinisterManmohan Singhtobecome emo- arisingpowerontothehightableof theman- less favourable viewofIndia. How free grainishelping mills, lifting exports
firstintocoarser sooji andfurther to maida. Kumar,executive director of SunilAgroFoods HARISHDAMODARAN INDIA’SRICEEXPORTS Refined maida flourisusedineateries and Ltd, aBangalore-basedflour miller. NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 sweetshops–formakingnaan,parottaandru- Rice exports Basmati Non-Basmati mali rotiorevensamosa, kachori and gulab ja- INDIAPRODUCEDanestimated107.59million mun –thatwereshut during the lockdown. The marketdistortions areworseinrice, 2017-18 40.52(26,841.19)86.33(22,927.06) tonnes(mt)of wheatthisyear.Outof thatcrop, But maida is alsoaningredient in bread, bis- wheregovernment agencies procured 51.65 2018-19 44.15(32,805.53)75.34(20,903.22) marketedinApril-June at the height of the cuits, cookies and noodles, whose consump- mt of the country’s 118.43 mt production in 2019-20 44.55(31,025.88)50.36(14,352.75) lockdown, 38.99 mt or over 36% wasbought tionathomeshas,if anything,goneup. Wheat 2019-20.The real interesting thing,though, is by theFoodCorporationof India(FCI)andstate Apr-Aug2019 16.65(12,621.24)21.4 (6,046.44) demandoverallisunlikelytohaveplummeted. exportofrice,whichisprojected at 14 mt this CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD government agencies. Apr-Aug2020 20.35(13,659.17)39.29(11,538.18) It bringsthe moreplausible thirdexplana- year,surpassing the previousall-time-highof Bothnumbers–outputaswellasprocure- Export quantities in lakhtonnes tion: Leakage. That is bound to happen with 12.7 mt achievedin2017-18(see table). ment –wererecords. And theymatter,partic- (Figuresinbracketsare in `crore) 94.63 mt of grain (36.82 mt wheat and 57.80 Indianexportersare currently shippingout Falling in India, rising elsewhere ularly whenmuch of thegovernment’srelief to Source: Department of Commerce mt rice) being offeredvirtuallyfree. basmati rice at $700-800per tonne. But the thoseworsthitby theCovid-relatedeconomic Wheat from central India is getting deliv- growth is coming from non-basmati, wherea WHILE MANY coun- The decline in India dislocations has been in the form of free grain ing Rs 1,900-2,000 per quintal (100 kg)for ered to southern mills at sub-Rs combinationof Covid-induced tries in the West have has gone againstthe rather than cash. wheatdeliveredattheirgate.Untillastmonth, 20/kgbytrucks,rail rakesand panicbuyingand droughtin been reportingrecord global trend of rising In 2019-20 (April-March), foodgrain off- theyweregetting it at even Rs 1,850-1,900— even sea route. About 12,000- Thailand has ledtosurge in numbers of newcoro- numbersinmostofthe take from publicwarehouses, fordistribution lowerthan the minimum support priceofRs 15,000containers(eachof25-27 global demand. Parboiledrice navirus infectionsin disease hotspots.The through fair priceshops and under various 1,925/quintal payable to farmers. tonnes),loadedinbarges/vessels with 5% broken grains from the lastfew days,the US, forexample, has schemes, totalled 62.19mt. Thatallocationis from Gujarat, aresaidtobear- Indiaisgoingat$370 pertonne, cases have continued been reporting more up morethan half, at 94.63 mt, in the current The possible reasons riving everymonth at southern belowthe$450fromThailand. to decline in India. On than 60,000cases aday, fiscal.Thisincludesnotjust60.17 mtunderthe If baggedwheatisbeingdeliveredinsouth- ports.Alot of it maywellorigi- IN FACT Again,itshouldn’tsurprise Saturday, about 50,000 CORONAVIRUS alevel notreached National Food SecurityAct (NFSA),whichen- ern mills todayatRs1,900-2,000/quintal–as nallyhavebeen PMGKAY/NFSA if someof thiscompetitive ad- newinfectionswere COUNT sinceearly August. titles80crore-pluspersonsto 5kgofwheator againstRs2,400-2,500ayearago–therecould grain.Theall-Indiaaverageretail vantageiscourtesy diverted detectedin the country, France has reported riceeachpermonthatRs2andRs3/kg,respec- be threereasons. priceofwheat, according to Department of FCI grain. If last year’s paddy wasprocured at the lowest since July28, morethan 40,000cases tively.Thereisanadditional 32.91mtCovid- The firstisthat nearly 85% of the govern- ConsumerAffairsdata,hasfallenfromRs30to the MSP of Rs 1,815/quintal, the equivalent barring the big dip lastMonday. forthe lasttwo days.Recordlevels are specialallocation, mainlyunder the Pradhan ment’s38.99mtwheatprocurementthistime Rs 20 per kg in the lastone year. price of milledrice would beover Rs 27 perkg Forthe 22nd consecutive day, being reachedinItaly,Spain, United Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), wasfromjustPunjab, Haryana and Madhya The government, however, seems nottoo —thattoo,without accounting forcommis- morepeople recoveredthan fallen ill, Kingdomaswell. thatgives an extra5kg per month forApril- Pradesh.That would have allowedgrain from concerned. FCI has fixedthe minimum price sionfees,locallevies,transport,bagging,ware- atrend that has resulted in asignifi- In India, current numbers areal- November free. otherstates–moreso,UttarPradeshandBihar of itswheatforopenmarketsalesto bulkcon- housingandothercharges.Thisricecannotbe cant decline in active casesinthe mosthalf of the peak that was Aquestion to askis:To whatextentisthe –tobeavailableatwaybelowMSP.Butshould- sumers at Rs 2,135/quintal. This excludes rail exportedatlessthan$400-410 pertonne. country. As on Saturday, therewere achievedinthe thirdweek of cheap/free wheat and rice, especiallyunder n’t this have been the case lastyear,too?Why freightandroadtransportcost. “FCIwheatwill Clearly,betweenFCI’sown“economiccost” justabout 6.68lakh active cases, September,and declining steadily. PMGKAY, actuallybeing diverted to the open were prices ruling 25% higher then? costRs2,400-2,500atmymill.Theycannotbe of Rs37.5/kgforriceandtheRs0-3/kgratesun- down from over tenlakhamonth ago. AMITABHSINHA market, instead of going to theintended Asecondreasonmaybedemand.Roughly buyingatRs19.25/kg from farmers, selling at der PMGKAY/NFSA,thereare gaping holes for beneficiaries? 80%of India’swheatgoesto stonechakkimills. Rs 0-2, and then coverlosses by charging us enough grain to leakthrough. Flour millers in South India arenow pay- The balance is processedbyroller flour mills, wayabove openmarketprices,”saidSPramod FULLREPORT: www.indianexpress.com
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§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA ForDelhi, US election result is consequential in terms BECAUSETHE TRUTHINVOLVES US ALL of howthe next administration approachesChina
FIREPORTINGNEWS Tanvi Madan Mumbai to Delhi to Lucknow, the police force, armedwithIPC, ASIGNIFICANTAMOUNTofthecommentary the otherway on developmentsrelatedto icism in return forChinese cooperation on takescue from political masters to intimidatethe press in India about the upcoming US presidential Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Huawei/ZTE. certain administration priorities. More election’s impact has focusedonwhatDonald The other aspectsofTrump’s China ap- broadly, it will look at whether Biden admin- HE MUMBAI POLICE FIR againstseveral journalists working at Republic Trumpand JoeBidenhavesaidornot said proachthathavegiven Delhipause areits istration’s Asia policy derives from itsChina TV,accusingthem of defamation and causing disaffection againstthe po- about Kashmir.However,that misses acru- ideological dimensions, as well as responses policyorvice versa. lice commissioner,isanominous newlow even by today’s standards of cial point: Broader foreign policydecisions will liketariffsthat have hurtIndia too, and Other aspectsofBiden’s preferredap- highlypolarisedpolitics and publicdiscourse. If the police commissioner have more significantimplications forIndia. American withdrawal from international in- proachmightsuitIndia.For instance, acting Particularly consequential will be howasec- stitutions and agreementsthat has served to collectively withallies and partners rather Tbelievesthat the TV channelhas crossedaline,thereare means of seek- ondTrumpadministrationor aBiden admin- benefit Beijing. than unilaterally, notimposing tariffs that hit ing redress. Criminalising journalists forastory is justone step shortofcriminalising istration perceive and approachChina and,re- Moreover, the China prism has had itslim- alliesand partners along withChina, and journalism itself. It is well understood that some media houses have become megaphones latedly,the question of America’s role in the its—ithas not, forinstance, resulted in con- recommitting to international organisations in forthe powerful and believe that the duty of the press is nottospeak truth to powerbut world. The outcome will depend on notjust cessions to India on trade and immigration. ways thatcould blunt Chinese influence. Delhi letpowerdecide what the truthshould be.Inthis role, manyTVchannels reduce them- whowins in November,but also the choices If Trumpwins,Indiawill carefullyconsider might also broadlyapprove of —and could selvestobeing handles forthose in power, arole theyseem onlytoo happyand proudto thatthe next American president makes on three elements: Whether Trumpstays the benefitfrom—the 3Ds of aBiden foreignpol- Linked to the China play. Enter the police. keypersonneland policies. course or againpivotsonChina, whichoffi- icy that former Obama administration official Forthe Indian government,the Trumpad- cialsremaininorjointheadministration,and Anne-Marie Slaughter has outlined: Domestic The battle betweenRepublic andthe Mumbai police is notabout good or bad journal- question is howthe debate ministration’s morehawkish view of China on America’sapproachtothe howBeijing responds to aTrumpvictory. (renewal), deterrence and democracy. ism, factsversusfakenews,but, in fact, aproxy political warbetween the BJP and the has been welcome. It broadlyconverges with Delhi will also watchChina policy closely Linked to the China question is howthe Opposition coalition thatrules the state. This is unfortunate.Inanopposition-ruledstate Indianconcerns about arisingChina’s actions world will play out in the if JoeBiden wins.The former vice-president debate on America’s approachtothe world likeMaharashtra, this wasanopportunityfor the Mumbai police andthe stategovern- and intentions. And it has facilitated,ifnot next few years. If are-elected is no stranger to foreign policy or Xi. will play outinthe next fewyears. If are- ment to showthemselvesasdifferent from the national trend. But theyhaveended imi- driven, the Trumpadministrationtoassign Trump’sinstincts on Commentators have notedhis recent, more elected Trump’s instincts on alliances, immi- tating this trend, in which, forinstance, the Delhi Police Commissioner,who answers to the India an important role in itsstrategicframe- alliances, immigration and hardenedviewofChina. He has calledXi“a gration and trade arevalidated,itcouldmean work,includingthrough the Free and Open thug” and written about “the needtoget areducedand/or contingent American com- UnionHome Minister, has been happytowelcome and pose with the authors of abook that Indo-Pacific concept. This, in turn, has laid the trade are validated,itcould tough on China”. His campaign has laid out mitment in Asia, feweropportunities for reachescertain conclusionsabout howthe Delhiriots began, even as the police forceun- basisfor defenceandsecuritycooperation,in- mean areduced and/or specific stepsitwilltakevis-à-vis Tibetand Indians in the US, and tougher demands on derhis charge still investigates who the perpetratorsofthe violence were.Itisnodiffer- centivisedWashington to manage differences contingent American Taiwan, andtalkedofa“genocide”in Xinjiang. Delhi to secure atrade deal. If aBiden admin- ent, forinstance, from theYogi Adityanath government filing FIRs underseditioncharges withDelhi on trade, Russia, Iran andhuman commitment in Asia,fewer And thereisrecognition among most istration sees engagement with China on cli- or the UnlawfulActivitiesPrevention Actinthe wake of protests over the Hathras rape. rights, and ledtovocalAmerican supportfor Democratsthat the US-China relationship to- matechange,global health security and non- opportunities forIndians in Nothing is better news forthoseinpower than apliable press that is hyper-partisan, India in the ongoing crisis with China. dayisdifferent from what it wasin2009, 2012 proliferation as apriority,has atransatlantic Moreover, while India prefers asubtler ap- or 2016.AnObama administration China emphasisatthe expense of an Asianone, and apolice forcethat’s pro-active to please itsmasters and apolitics that couldn’t careless the US,and tougher proachtohighlighting Beijing’s malign behav- demands on Delhi to secure hand notedthat opinioninthe US on ap- sets certain standards forits democratic part- aboutfreedom of thepress. This shrinksthe middleground wherefreeand independent iour,the administration’smoreexplicitone — proachtoChina has“movedfrombalancing ners,thatwillcomplicatethe Indian govern- media best thrive.Asrandom petitionersseektoregulatethe media,courts dailyask who and the tools it has as itsdisposal —has put a atrade deal. If aBiden co-operationand competition, to competi- ment’s options and requireadjustments. should control the media, judges deliverinsightful advisories on what is good journalism global spotlight on Chinese assertiveness. administration sees tion and confrontation”. Moreover, witheither TrumporBiden,for- and ministers and politicians shedtears over press freedom, thereisnoquestion that it However, thereare aspectsofPresident engagement with China on But what aBiden administration seesas eign economic policy choices (for example, is that very freedom that is being sought to be circumscribed,despitethe guarantees in Trump’s China approachthat have caused climate change,global health the termsofstrategic competition with resilience and recovery through diversifica- the Constitution. That affectsnot justafewTVchannels or the ranting of their frenzied consternation in Delhi. Therehas been aper- China and howitmight choose to blend in tion or reshoring)and budgetaryones (for ex- sisting concern about Trumpstrikingadeal securityand non- cooperation will have implicationsfor India. ample, spending at home versus abroad) will anchors —but all of media. with Chinese leader Xi Jinping since the Mar- proliferation as apriority, And thereisadebateonthis among Biden’s have crucial implications forIndia. a-Lagosummitin April 2017.The administra- has atransatlantic emphasis advisors —one that will likelycontinue. Its Finally,Delhi will needtoconsider what tion subsequentlypivotedtocompetition with at the expense of an Asian outcomewill depend in partonthe presi- America’s choice on November 3will mean China thatsummer.But questions have re- dent’s views,who holds key foreignand forAmerican powerand purpose—because mainedabout whether the competitive ap- one,and sets certain economic policy positions, as well as assessmentsofthatcould determine how ONIONFEARS proachtoChina hassufficient presidential standards forits democratic Beijing’s approach. Beijing decides to act in the region and globally. buy-in or is morethe result of certain Trump partners, that will complicate Delhi willcloselywatchhow this debate Unpredictable rainfall is affecting kharif crop,retail prices. administration officials’ preferences. These the Indian government’s plays outand howBidenmight respondto Madan is Senior Fellowatthe Brookings doubtshavebeen fuelledinpartbyTrump’s anyovertures from Beijing. It will particularly Institution, and author of Fateful Triangle: Government mustcreatebufferstock statementsabout his “very, verygood friend” options and require worry aboutany signs thatWashington HowChina Shaped US-India Relations Xi, as well as his reportedwillingness to look adjustments would bewilling to limit competition or crit- During the ColdWar NIONS RETAILINGATanall-India averageofRs70per kg —theyruled at Rs 50 levels lastyear tooaround this timeand had crossedRs100by mid-December —has one keytakeawayfor policymakers. Thathas to do with the unreliability of kharifcropproduction even in supposedly Onormal monsoon years. The southwestmonsoon season (June- September) recordedsignificant surplus rainfall both in 2020 and 2019.Yet,theydidn’t yield the desired harvests.Lastyear,the rains weren’t good till the lastweekofJuly, but REINVENTING NON-ALIGNMENT it poured thereafterand right through October.Itled to the standing crop —including onions, pulses and soyabean —suffering heavy damage.Something similar has happened Indiacan play aconstructive role in evolving amultipolar and justworldorder thistime. ExcessAugustrainstookatoll of soyabean and urad (blackgram) in Madhya Pradesh. In September,itwas arhar(pigeon pea) and onioninKarnataka.The current month has been awashout forMaharashtra’s harvest-ready kharif onions and even the DRaja late-kharif bulbs that couldn’t be transplanted due to thenurseries getting flooded. The extendedmonsoon rains, although notbeneficial forkharif, should nevertheless THE FACE-OFFBETWEEN Indiaand Chinain to decide what is best foreveryone. health and education infrastructure. India helprecharge groundwateraquifers and, thereby, deliverabounty during the rabi season. Ladakh and the plans forannexation of the This establishedmechanism is under mustreject both theunipolarity of the 1990s Farmers did harvestbumperwinter-spring crops of wheat, chana (chickpea), mustard West Bank by Israel have brought matters of threat. The rise of China as the workshop of and the bipolarity of the current system dom- and even onion, tomato, gourds, beans and melons this April-June; one can hope fora global powerdynamics to the fore.Inthe the worldhas made manywestern powers inated by the US and China. India should live repeat in the upcoming season as well. Rabi production is largely dependent on access to 1990s, afterthe disintegration of the Soviet insecure. It has ledtoatrade warbetween up to itsindependentnon-alignedcredentials irrigation, whichhas improved over the years through provision of tubewell connections, Union, commentators such as Francis China and the US. Of particular relevance is andplayaconstructive role in evolving amore Fukuyama were quickinannouncing the the routeIndia will take in the evolvingbipo- inclusive,multipolar and justworld order. building of farm ponds/water harvesting structures and adoption of drip/sprinkler tech- “end of history”and labelling ideology as lar worldwiththe US and China constitut- In his address to the 75thGeneral nology. Absenceofflooding, mild temperatures with clear skies, and lowpestand disease unimportant andirrelevant in the conduct of ing the twopoles. Assemblyofthe United Nations, Prime incidence during this period allowsfarmerstoobtainyields higher than from the regu- global politics. The supposedlyunipolar India facedasimilar situation at thetime Minister NarendraModireiteratedthe de- lar post-monsoon kharif season —maize in Bihar is aclearexample. It is rabi, notkharif, worldthat came intobeing afterthe Cold War, of Independence. Then, India refusedtojoin mand of India’s inclusioninthe UN Security that’s going to increasingly impartstabilitytoIndia’s agricultural output. with the US acting as the global policeman the Cold Warcamps and optedfor anon- Council. This demand is justifiedconsidering Linked to all this is also an effective pricestabilisation strategy.The lackofitisappar- andleaderinall institutions, facilitated the alignedforeign policy that championedthe India’s history,size, economyand potential march of capitalism on aglobal scale. cause of the colonisedregions and the newly- to play aconstructive role in global affairs. ent from the same onions, whichwereretailing at Rs 100/kg in December,being dumped However, eventsthat unfoldedlater,for in- decolonised partsofthe world. In the recent However, under the current dispensation, barelyfourmonthslater by Maharashtrafarmers at Rs 7/kg. The NarendraModigovern- stance the 9/11terrorattacks,cametohaunt past, the Indian government’s foreignpolicy these credentialshavebeen tainted by mul- ment learnt the rightlessonsfromthe 2015 Bihar Assemblyelections debacle by focus- theUSand itsallies. Non-conventional secu- priorities have tilted towardsthe US and the tipleinconsistencies, especiallyinthe neigh- ing on procurement of pulses and building abufferstock.Today, it isn’tarhar,but POT rity threatschallenged theestablishedcon- neoliberal framework.TyingIndianinterests bourhood. India should useits UNSC chair to (potato, onion, tomato) that is givingthe ruling alliance thejitters.Production fluctua- ceptionsofsecurity,war andmodernity. to thecoat-tails of America will bedisastrous. represent nations hithertounrepresentedor tionsare inevitable with climatechangeand irregular rainfall patterns. The waytoman- The2008globalfinancialmeltdownexpo- The support forPalestine has been muzzled underrepresented at the high table and con- agethemisnot by banning exports andimposing stockholding limitsinonions or forc- sedthe realities of the neoliberal worldorder. in this environment andnon-alignment tinue the tradition of speaking forthe mar- Mostinstitutions of lending crumbled before abandonedasthe government optedtoplay ginalised. Unfortunately, thecourseofIndian ing cold storeowners to release potatoes deposited with them. The government should theinevitablelogicof capitalism—thecycleof secondfiddletothe US in Asia. The US is try- foreign policy in the lastfew years does not createabufferstock of notjustfoodgrain, butevenonion, potato,sugar,edible oil, milk boomandbust.Thecrisisrenderedthousands ing to drag India intoits conflictwithChina correspond with this broad, inclusive world- powder and whitebutter,toenable non-distortivemarketing intervention. unemployedand destitute. The statehad to to protect US interests in the Asia-Pacific re- view basedonsolidarity. bail out some of the largestfinancialcorpora- gion. The trade deals donetoplease theUS In this context, India and China, as the tionsoftheworldwithpublicfunds.Thewest- have resultedinthe loss of livelihood, agri- world’s twomostpopulous countries and ern worldsoon cametounderstand theim- cultural land and hard-won labour rights of mega-economies, shouldengageinamean- portance of sharing responsibility and India pursuing an Indian working classes. ingful dialogue to resolve theborder dispute. Freeze Frame EPUnny adjustingto thenewglobalrealitiessuch asthe Whatthe worldneeds todayisaninterna- India should strive to makethe worldmore economicriseof ChinaandIndia.G-20nations independent foreign policy is tional orderbasedonthe principles of mutual inclusive,justand sensitivetothe environ- replacedtheeliteG-8of richcountriesindecid- not only essential forthe respect, concern and cooperation and public ment. India pursuing an independent foreign ing the economic course of the world, though countryorthe South Asian participation. Privatisedhealthcare systems policy is notonlyessentialfor the countryor within aneoliberal framework.This wasan region, it canhaveabearing implodedunderthe weightofCOVID-19 the South Asian region, it can have abearing arrangementto sharepowerandskiprespon- whereascountrieswithasocialisedorsocial- on deprivedpopulations of the world. sibility,asitkeptalmostall poorcountries of on deprived populations of istpublichealthcaresystemfared better.The theworldoutof decision-making.Therichgot the world worldneeds to cometogethertobuild public The writer is general secretary,CPI
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TRIPATHI RESIGNS everything laid down in the Constitution WAR RAGES ON RAILWAYMINISTER KAMALAPATITripathi neednot be relevant forall time to come and IRAQCLAIMED ITS forces chasedthe fleeing has resignedfromthe Union cabinet. calledfor anational debateonthe question defendersofIran’s major portcityof Criticism of the performance of theRailway of whether therewas anyformofgovern- Khorramshahr down the highway to the oil MinistrybyPrime MinisterIndira Gandhi at ment better suited forIndia than the present definingcity of Abadan as air battles flared her news conference lastTuesdayisbelieved system. Mrs Gandhi said the system handed overhead. But Iran said itsfighters regained to have prompted Tripathi to send in his res- down by the Constitution-makers hadnot key positions in the embattledcity of ignation.Aletterwritten by Tripathi wasde- been reviewed. She also said therewas need 3,50,000 inhabitants, repelling enemy at- liveredtoMrs Gandhi. Tripathi is understood forevolving precepts andconventions appli- tacksonKhorramshahr’smosque, govern- to have stated that MrsGandhicould choose cable to the opposition as they“increasingly ment house, tobacco companybuildingand ayounger person to handle theministry and, resorttoagitational politics”.She notedthat the Khorramshahr-Abadan bridge.Acom- as forhimself, he couldhavemanyother av- while severalcountrieshad experimented munique from the Iraqi command said Iran enues of service under her leadership. with government systems and sought more setwaves of helicopter gunships to halt an effective forms of government,inIndia the Iraqi advance on Abadan, prompting Iraqi PRESIDENTIAL HINTS Britishstyle of parliamentarysystemhad jets to scramble up overthe desertplainand THE PRIME MINISTER declared herethat gone on withoutevenadebate. “shootdownthree enemyhelicopters.”
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The propriety of Andhra CM’s allegations againsta SC judge is questionable, but theymustnot be sweptunder thecarpet
Andhra CM, who is under ascanner with morethan30cases of corruption pend- ing againsthim, is irkedbythis judgment, and that his allegationsare highlymoti- vated. It is also being said that Justice Ramana has been caught in the crossfire betweenthe presentand theformer chief ministers of the state,and thejudiciary has been unnecessarilydragged intoan Rekha Sharma unseemlycontroversy. While the timingand the propriety of the CM releasing the letter to thepress are THE CHIEFMINISTER of AndhraPradesh, certainlyquestionable, the letter cannotbe Jagan Mohan Reddy,inalettertothe Chief sweptunder the carpet. Howsoeverunwar- Justice of India (CJI) on October 6, has made ranted the allegations mayappear to be,it CRSasikumar seriousallegationsofinterference in the cannotbeignored that theyhavebeen courseof administrationof justiceby Justice made by oneconstitutional functionary NVRamana,thesenior-mostjudgeafterthe againstanother.What is at stakeisnot only CJI andthe next in line forthe post.Justice the prestige, independenceand the repu- Let’s not wasteacrisis Ramana, according to Reddy,isclose to the tation of the honourable judge, but also the formerCMofAndhraPradesh,Chandrababu high office of the chief ministerofAndhra Naidu, and hasbeen influencingthe sittings Pradesh. The truthmustcomeout, howso- of thehighcourtjudgesof AndhraPradesh— ever bitter it mayappear to be.Itisoften Challenges to newcentral farm bills, suchasthoseposed by Punjab, harken including the allocation of cases important said that sunlight is thebestdisinfectant. to theTeluguDesamParty—to afew chosen Justice Ramana is reported to have said at a to socialistera.Theyattempt to undo agriculture’s 1991 moment judges. He has referredto questionable land book launchfunction forJustice (Retd.) R dealsbyNaiduinAmaravatibeforeitwasde- Bhanumati that judges areself-restrained government (Rs 3,500crore)and arhtiyas time to yieldresults, but, by the 2000s, India claredthesiteforthenew capitalof thestate from speaking in their owndefence, and, (Rs1,500crore)squeeze annuallyfromthe wastaking 7per cent GDP growth as itsnew andhasalsoalludedto theallotmentof land hence, theyare being construedassofttar- FCI forwheat and paddy procurement. normal —double the “Hindu rate of growth” to the twodaughters of Justice Ramana. On gets.Hemay beright but in the current age, Letmeget to the economic rootsofthis of the 1970ssocialistera of IndiraGandhi. October 10,the principaladvisor to the CM allegations do flythick and fast,and the only politics. My reading is that the Congress and But even the 1991 economic reforms by- releasedtheaforesaidlettertothemedia.As waytoclear the air is to subjectoneself to an manysocial activists who demand that MSP passedagriculturemarketing reforms. aresult, what wasbetween the chief minis- enquiry. Those who hold high constitu- be made alegal instrument (rather than in- It wasonlyunder the leadership of the terand the CJI has come intopublic domain. tional offices,speciallyjudges, should also dicative)actuallyexhibit deep distrustofthe latePMAtalBihari Vajpayeethat agri-mar- AlthoughtheCJIhassofarnotreacted,some be ready to bear the cross if the circum- private sector and markets.This line of think- keting reforms became high on the agenda. statebar associationshavepassedresolu- stances so demand. The ball is in the CJI’s FROM PLATETOPLOUGH ing goes backtoabout 50 years. It maybe It wastriggered by the bulging stocks of tionsagainstReddy,describinghisletterasa court. It is forhim to take acall whether to worthrecalling what late IndiraGandhidid to wheat and rice with the FCI. In 2003, amodel blatant attempt to tarnish the fair name of hold an in-house enquiryortoget thealle- by Ashok Gulati wheat andpaddy traders in 1973-74, when act on agri-marketing wascirculated to the Justice Ramana, and an attempt to overawe gations examinedthrough some retired she wasatthe peak of her popularity.Recall states.Vajpayee’s styleoffunctioning wasan the judiciary. judges of the SupremeCourt or to hold no BY PASSING ITS farm bills,Punjab has fired that in 1971,she had wonthe warwith accommodative one, as he wasleading a The Supreme CourtBar Association has enquiryatall. the firstsalvo againstthe pieces of legisla- Pakistan(thatgave birthto Bangladesh), abol- large coalition government. But that model also passedaresolution condemning Recently, senior advocateand social ac- tion enacted by Parliamentlastmonth.Other ishedthe privy purses of the families of erst- act did notgofar enough.The NDAlostthe Reddy’s action in placing the letter in the tivistPrashant Bhushanwas held guilty of states in whichthe Congress holds office, while princelystates, giventhe catchy slogan general electionsin2004. public domain. It has stated that suchac- contemptofcourt over twotweetsposted Rajasthanand Chhattisgarh,could followsuit of “Garibi hatao”, and nationalised commer- The UPAgovernment, from 2004to 2014, tions by constitutional functionaries areop- by him. In one,hehad commented on the soon. Notwithstanding whether President cial banksin1969.All this waspartofthe so- did notpursueany major agri-marketing re- posedto conventionsand have aserious im- CJI riding aHarleyDavidson motorbikewith- RamNathKovind giveshis assent to the state cialistera,although the word,“socialist”, was forms. In food,theyagain turned socialist, pact on the independence of the judiciary. out ahelmetand amask during lockdown, bills that undermine the central ones, the im- inducted in the Preamble of the Constitution enacting the NationalFood Security Actin However, theresolution by the SC Bar is not and in the other,hehad stated that when portant issue is to siftthe grainfromchaff— onlyin1976. 2013,giving5kg wheat or rice to 67 per cent unanimous, as itspresident Dushyant Dave historywould bewritten abouthowdemoc- howmuchofthisconflict is about econom- In October 1972,IndiraGandhi an- of the population at Rs 2/kgand Rs 3/kg. One has notendorsedit. Dave is reportedtohave racy wasdestroyedwithout aformal emer- ics aimedathelping farmers and howmuch nouncedanimportant agri-marketing pol- maywellask what happenedto“Garibi expressedtheviewthatsofar no oneknows gency,the conduct of the lastfourCJIs would sheer politics. My take on this episode is that icy step —that thewholesale trade in wheat hatao”of1971, if 67 per cent of the popula- about the truthfulnessorotherwise of the beparticularly marked. The Supreme Court it is 90 per cent politics and only10per cent and rice(paddy) will betakenoverbythe gov- In October 1972, Indira tion wasstillfood-insecure in 2013? allegations, and that truth will emerge only held that the tweets could shakethe confi- economics —ifatall. Letmeexplain. ernment as traders were being unscrupulous Gandhi announced an The NDAgovernment under Prime once thereisanenquiryintothe allegations. dence of the people in the judiciary. If in the Punjab’s farm bills prohibit private play- in notgivingfarmerstheir due MSP and ma- important agri-marketing MinisterNarendraModiset up ahigh-level Till then, according to Dave,any resolution wisdomofthe Supreme Court, the two ers from buying wheat and paddybelow the nipulating prices. The firstmarketing season policy step —that the committee (HLC) under ShantaKumarin is prematureand would tantamount to tweets of Bhushan were so offensive that MSP (minimum supportprice)evenoutside of the government takeover of wholesale 2014 to restructurethe grain management pre-empting the enquiry. He goes on to say theymerited conviction and punishment, the APMC (agricultureproduce marketcom- wheat trade, in 1973-74, sawamajorfiasco. wholesale trade in wheat and system. The committee suggestedmajor that if afterthe enquirythe allegations are what Reddy has said about Justice Ramana mittee) markets.Anyone trying to do so will Market arrivals dropped, and wheat prices rice (paddy) will be taken changes, including cash transfers in the pub- found to be false, the SC mustinitiatecon- is farmoreserious and direct. If the allega- end up with three years in prison, and also shotupbymorethan 50 per cent. It wasabit- over by the government as lic distribution system, and overhauling the temptproceedingsagainstReddy. tionsare found to befalse, frivolous and mo- leviedahefty fine. The point is that this per- terlesson. But IndiraGandhilearnt, andgave FCI’s operations with agood dose of free mar- Lastmonth, abenchofthe Supreme tivated, theycertainlywouldcallfor initia- tains only to wheat andpaddy.Why notdoit up the policythe very next year. traderswerebeing kets to makethe system moreefficient. But Court headed by Justice Ramana delivered tion of contempt proceedings againsthim. forother crops, saymaize, cotton, pulses and In Punjab’s farm laws,Ifind resonances unscrupulous in not giving the Modigovernment could notmuster ajudgmentinwhichhepasseddirections, But then, therehas to be aprima-facie en- oilseeds that areunder the ambit of the cen- of the wheat trade takeover of 1973-74— farmerstheir due MSPand courage to undertake bold reforms,except including arequest to thechief justicesof quiryfirst. Letnoonegetafeelingthatwhen tral MSP system? Or even extend it to milk that wasalsothe period of “licence raj” in in- manipulating prices. The some marginal tinkering of labour rules in the high courts to head special benches to it comes to itsown, theSupreme Courtisre- and vegetables by declaring localMSPs for dustry withmarginalincome taxrates going the FCI. It also triedgoing theVajpayeeway immediatelyhear criminal cases against luctant to act, and letBhushan also notget them? Because the stategovernment is as high as 98 percent. Do we want to go back first marketing season of the through model actsonagri-marketing re- MPs and MLAs, whichare pendingfor the feeling that he wasasofttarget. smartand knowsfull well that it will create to the economic philosophyofthosedays in government takeover of forms. But again, theydid notgofar enough. decades. It also directed that the hearings afiasco in agri-markets,whichmight the early 1970sthat gave us what my teacher, wholesale wheat trade,in The COVID-19crisis openedawindowof should proceed on aday-to-daybasis. The writer is aformer judgeofthe boomerang on it politically. the famous agri-economist, RajKrishna, de- 1973-74,saw amajor fiasco. opportunity to reform the agri-marketing It is being said in some circles thatthe Delhi HighCourt Would alaw foronlywheat andpaddy scribed as the “Hindu rate of growth” or 3.5 system. The Modi government grabbed it — helpfarmers?Not really,asthe Centre al- per cent GDP growth? Market arrivals dropped,and this is somewhat akin to the crisis of 1991 readybuysmorethan 95 per cent of Punjab’s It is to the credit of the Congress Party wheat prices shot up by more leading to de-licensingofindustry. Patience wheat and paddy at MSP through the Food leadership under then Prime MinisterPV than 50 per cent. It wasa and professionalism will bring richrewards LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR Corporation of India (FCI) and stateprocure- Narasimha Raothatitsupported the eco- bitter lesson. But Indira in due course, notnoisy politics. ment agencies. So, whereisthe economic nomic reforms packageprepared by gain forthe Punjab farmer? Muchofthe up- Manmohan Singh and his team of trusted Gandhi learnt,and gave up The writer is Infosyschair professor for roar is about the Rs 5,000crorethat the state economists in 1991.The reforms took some the policy the verynext year agriculture at ICRIER A NEWLOW THISREFERSTOtheeditorial,‘Thewrong IDEAS dose’(IE,October23).TheBJPhasgottwo issuesmixedup —employmentandvac- ONLINE cine —inthe run-up to the Bihar assem- blypolls.Biharactuallyneedsanemploy- ONLYINTHE EXPRESS ment vaccine. But thereseems to be no The other vaccine roadmap forthis “jumla”. As per CMIE ● MINDTHEGAP: data, Indiahas 40 crorejobs, of which SUNNYJOSEAND only4percent(1.5crore)are governmen- BHEEMESHWARREDDYA Research suggeststhataflushot canofferashieldagainstsevereCOVID-19 talandsemi-governmental.Thecommit- ment of 19 lakh jobs is atotal farce, simi- ●WHENEVERY Partha PMajumder larto theoneNarendraModiannounced MINUTECOUNTS: in the run-up to the general elections, of KANCHANATK 2crore jobs per annum. The BJP,by AFORMER POSTDOC of mine, who is nowa Thatis,instead of double-strandedDNA,these and IgG antibodies that bound the COVID-19- whichrefers to the immunity that avaccine singling outBihar forthe vaccine prom- www.indianexpress.com professor in the CalcuttaUniversity,was in- viruses aremadeupofasingle-strandedRNA causingcoronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in bloodbe- generates againstalargerset of pathogens, ise,hastakenpoliticalrhetoricto itslow- fected with SARS-CoV-2acoupleofmonths genetic material.Isitthen possible thatthe in- fore symptomatic recovery.These immuno- notnecessarilyonlyagainsttheonefor which estebb. agoand hadrecoveredfromCOVID-19. She fluenzavaccinecanalsobeprotectiveagainst logical findings were similartothose thathave it wasdesigned. Thus, the cocktail of inacti- RajivBoolchand Jain, Zirakput askedme, “Afterour antibody levelagainst the coronavirus? Since both areRNA viruses, been found earlier in patientswith influenza vatedstrains of the flu virus confers protec- whom the so-called“eternity” of their the coronavirus goes down, would it bedesir- is it possiblethatthe body mountssimilarim- virus infection —aswellasinindividuals who tion notonlyagainst theinfluenza virus but THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Vaccine anachronistic agenda is what matters. able to take an influenza vaccine?” mune responses? receivedavaccineagainstinfluenza. also againstother viruses. While suchnon- isn’t poll sop’ (IE, October 22). The BJP’s Needlesstosay,fraternityisanadhesive When avirus or bacteriainfectssomeone, Almostimmediatelyafter thecoronavirus Alarge studyconductedrecently in Brazil specific protection may, in some cases, bede- poll promise of afreeCOVID-19vaccine forkeeping society unitedagainstdivi- the bodyfights back.Theimmune system pro- outbreak wasdeclaredapandemic, manysci- comprising 92,000 COVID-19patientshas sirable, it compromises providing protection to allBiharresidents, if voted intooffice, sive forces.Theseforcesareontheprowl, duces antibodies that arecritical to fighting entists andpublic healthexperts claimedthat concludedthat theinfluenza vaccine protects againstthe virusfor whichitwas designed.It is anew lowinIndian democracy. courtesy of their mentors, who arenow and clearing the virus. The antibodies areof- those who have receivedthe influenza vac- againstgetting severe COVID-19. Asimilar is thought that becauseofthisnon-specific While it’s notnew forIndian voters to in the political ascendency. tenspecific. That is, an antibody producedto cine aremoresusceptible to infection by the conclusion wasreachedinastudy conducted immune responseofthe flu vaccine, recipi- be promised“freebies” during election Tarsem Singh, Mahilpur fight avirus maybeineffective or less effec- coronavirus. This claim wasquicklyrefuted earlier in Italy. The Brazilian study found that entsofthe flu vaccine can recognise SARS- season, bringingthe pandemic intothis tive to fight another virus. by conducting focusedscientific experiments if aperson takesaflu shotbeforecontracting CoV-2 efficiently andalsofightthecoronavirus dirty game is deplorable. It’s clear that My familyand Ihad also tested positive —and by an analysis of dataand specimens SARS-CoV-2, the chance of deathfromCOVID- infection better.Hence, flu vaccine recipients BJP has completely lostthe positive at- LOCKDOWNEFFECTS forSARS-CoV-2.We areall above65years,my from over 10,000residentsinCanada. 19 reducesby20per cent. When aperson infectedby thecoronavirus canclearaway the tributes of itscelebrated tagline, “party father is 98.But none of us hadany major Scientists have observed many interest- takesthe shotafterthe onsetofCOVID-19, the coronavirus rapidly. Therefore, their COVID- with adifference”. THIS REFERSTOthe article, ‘Lockdowns symptoms of COVID-19.Wehaveall recov- ing commonalities between immune re- chance of death reduces by 27 per cent. 19 clinical symptoms areless severe. Kiran Ransing, Ahmadnagar don’t work’(IE, October 24). The writer’s ered.Ihavebeen wondering whether anypast sponse in patientswith COVID-19and those The influenza vaccine is acocktail of inac- Thereisnot yetatreatmentfor COVID-19 evidence-basedanalysis onlyconfirms action on our partmay have helpedusrecover withinfluenza infection.Recently, scientists tivatedviruses,thatis,deadviruses.Since the or avaccine againstSARS-CoV-2.Weare hav- POWER VS FRATERNITY what Indians have known intuitively for without serious symptoms. When my former and cliniciansofthe Peter Doherty Institute RNAoftheinfluenzavirus changes(mutates) ing to rely on preventive measures suchas some time now. One of the earliestand postdoc asked me aboutthe flu vaccine, my forInfection and Immunity in Australia stud- rapidlytoevolve intonew strains, the cocktail wearing aface mask,hand-washing and THIS REFERS TO thearticle, ‘The answer moststringent lockdowns in the world answer wasthatIamnot sureifitwillprotect iedthe immune responses in the bloodina alsochangeseveryyear.In2019-2020,the in- maintaining physical distance. Everyyear, is fraternity’ (IE, October 22).The inclu- hadone definitive result —the migrant youfrombeingreinfectedby SARS-CoV-2,but COVID-19patient.Theyconductedthis study fluenza vaccine providedglobally wasa WHO recommends mandatoryflu shotsfor sion of the word “fraternity” in the crisis.Intermsofthespreadof COVID-19, it will certainlyprotect youagainstthe flu in thesame patient at different pointsoftime quadrivalent, containing four inactivated the elderly,children and pregnant women; Preambleof ourConstitutiononlyshows it seems to have helpedlittle. Lockdown virus. Ialso mentionedtoher that my whole when the coronavirus wasactive in the pa- strains of flu virus —two strains eachofin- the subsection of anypopulation who areat the foresight of the foundersofthe proponentsmay arguethatthesituation familyhasbeentakingthefluvaccine annually tient.Theyfound that significant changes in fluenza Aand B. high-risk forinfluenza.This season, getaflu RepublicofIndia. Itsimportance, there- would have been muchworse without forover10years. It dawnedonmethat this different cell types related to immunere- The juryisstill out on howthe fluvaccine shotnot onlytoprotect yourself againstin- fore,cannotbelostonthosewhobelieve it.That’s the great advantageofcounter- mayhavebeen the passive action that helped sponseinthis patient comparedto those with- can protect againstsevereCOVID-19. Avac- fluenza, but also to prevent severe COVID-19. inequalrightsforallcitizens,irrespective factuals —theycan usedtojustify even us smoothlytideoverour COVID-19. out SARS-CoV-2 infection. Forexample, there cine againstavirus that is composedofone or of their religion,caste andcreed.But un- the poorestdecisions. The influenza viruses —ofthe four types, wasalarge increase in numbers of antibody- moreinactivated strains of the virus fails to The writer is distinguished professor, fortunately, it is anathematopeoplefor Biswadeep Chatterjee, via email A, B, Cand D, onlyAand Bcan cause severe secreting cells and follicular helper T-cells. produce specific immunity againstthe virus. National InstituteofBiomedical disease—and SARS-CoV-2 areall RNAviruses. Theyalsodetectedimmunoglobulin M(IgM) Instead, it produces non-specific immunity, Genomics, Kalyani
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Bareilly teen, youth Inattempttocontrolpotatoprices, booked for her governmentcrackswhiponhoarding ‘abduction’ found in
“Under the Cold StorageAct, it,howwewillsowthenextcrop.” Ajmer, claim marriage HARIKISHANSHARMA Needforholisticmechanism theperiodofpotatostorage inpri- Alamgeersaidpotatosowing City CentreMall. File NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 vate cold storageofthe district wasdelayed“duetoprevailing anydocumentaryproof. should be kept effective till high temperatures in October”. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Police said the girlclaimedto AFTER TAKINGstringent meas- Retail prices have going up, production October 31,and effective action “Sowing will continue till LUCKNOW,OCTOBER25 have marriedthe youth after MAHARASHTRA ures to controlonion prices, the gone up due to sev- in the upcomingsea- should be ensuredinrespect of November.Soifwetakeout the conversion. Mumbaimall government is nowcrackingthe eral reasons, includ- son is also likelytobe the arrivaland sale of tomatoes, stockbyOctober31,thenourseed DAYS afteramob ransackeda During questioning, the girl, whip on potato hoarding, with ing lowerproduction, affected.The way onions and potatoes so that willget rotten.” police station in Bareillyafter al- who is pursuing graduation, said blazedoused Uttar Pradesh -- the largest pro- disruptedsupplies, ahead is to put in hoarding is controlled,” UP DoongarSingh, apotato legingpolice inaction in thein- she is amajor and willinglywent ducerof thetuberinthecountry- reducedacreageand rise in place amechanismtogive HorticultureandFoodProcessing farmerinKhandolivillage inAgra, vestigation intothe alleged ab- with the youth, said police. “She after56hours -asking privatecoldstorestoof- inflation -- vegetable whole- farmersaccess to credible AdditionalChief SecretaryManoj saidthestategovernmentis“bul- duction of ateenaged Hindu girl producedher educationcertifi- Mumbai: Nearly 56 hours floadthestockbyOctober31 inan sale prices increased by forecastsofopening stocks, Singh said in orders sent to all lyingthefarmers”.“Thisisthefirst by ayouth from another com- cates to claimshe is amajor.All afterafire brokeout at the attempt to bring down prices in morethan36% in domestic consumption and DistrictCollectors on October 10. timeinthelastfouryearsthatpo- munity, the police found the two documentsneedtobeverified,” City CentreMallin the market. September.With seed prices export demand forall crops. According to UP government tato farmershave got agoodprice. at ahotelatAjmer. saidanofficer. Mumbai, it wasdousedby According to theDepartment estimates, therewas astock of This is because of lowerproduc- While the girl’s familysaid in The girl, police said, deniedto fire personnelearly Sunday of Consumer Affairs website, un- 22 lakh metric tonnes of potato tion this year,” Singh told The their complaint that she is 17- go foramedical examination. morning, an official said. der the Union Ministryof tions,” said asenior official at the potato belt areapprehensive of a in cold storageacrossthe statein Indian Express over phone. year-old, police said the girlhas “Wewill produce her in court This is among the longest ConsumerAffairs,FoodandPublic Union MinistryofConsumer negative impactof suchmeasures, October againstamonthlycon- According to estimates, cold told them that she is 19 and went on Tuesdaytoget her statement fire-fighting operations in Distribution,retailpricesofpotato Affairs, Food and Public sayingtheyare gettingagoodprice sumption of about 6-6.5 lakh stores across India have stocked with the youth willingly. The two recorded. The next step would the cityinrecent times. were recordedatanywhere Distribution,when asked about due to lowerproduction. metric tonnes. However, onlyanestimated36crore bags also claimedthat theymarried. be takenasper courtdirective,” Earlier this month, ablaze around Rs 30 to Rs 60 per kg in the measures being takentocon- Forinstance,UttarPradesh,as MohammadAlamgeer, general (of 50 kg each)ofpotatofromthe On Saturday, the twowere said Circle Officer,Bareilly, Saad atacutlerymarketinsouth citiesacrossthecountryonOct24. trol potato prices. partofits actions againsthoard- secretaryofAloo Utpaadak Kisan main rabi (winter-spring)crop brought to Bareilly. Police said Mian Khan. Mumbai took almost45 “Stateshavebeen asked to While these steps areyet to ing, has asked cold stores to of- Samiti,Agra,said,“Normally, 30th harvestedinFebruary-March. theyrecoveredRs3lakh in cash On October 17,the girl’s father hours to be extinguished. take action againsthoarding and yield significantresultswithpo- floadthe potato stockbyOctober Novemberisthelastdatebywhen This wasagainst48crore in 2019, and twofakeAadhaarcards of lodged an FIR, statingthat alocal The fire at the City Centre blackmarketing in viewofthe tato retail prices rising steadilyin 31.But farmers saythatmostof farmers aresupposedtotakeout 46crorein2018andtherecord57 the girl. Police have nowalso youth kidnappedhis daughter Mall in Mumbai Central amendedEssentialCommodities thecurrentfinancialyearamidlow this stockisseed-potato which their potato stockfromthe cold crorebags of the 2017 post-de- chargedthe youth with forgery. from nearhis house.Hesaid his area brokeout on the sec- Act. Severalstatesare taking ac- productionthisyear,farmersinthe theywillneedfor sowing. storage...Thisisourseed,if we sell monetisation crop. The youth wasproducedbe- daughter had Rs 8lakh in cash ond floorofthe basement- fore alocal courtwhich sent him and jewellerywhenshe waskid- plus-three-storey structure to judicialcustody.The girl has napped. On the basis of the com- at 8.50 pm on Thursday.“It RBI Governor been sent to aprotection home plaint,acase waslodgedagainst wasalevel-5 (massive) aftershe refusedtogowithher the youth and his family. blaze and wasdoused tests positive, parents. On October 20, amob barged around 5amonSunday,” a “The youth has been booked intothe police station and ran- fire brigade official said. asymptomatic on forgerychargesbecause he sackedit. Local BJP leaders Around14 fire enginesand got afakeAadhaarcardofthe girl claimed that although theywere 17 jumbotankerswere en- Mumbai: ReserveBankofIndia made. He is currentlyinjudicial present at the police station at gagedinthe operation, he Governor ShaktikantaDas has custody,” said Assistant SP the time, those who created said, adding that cooling tested positive forCovid-19and RavindraKumar. ruckuswereoutsiders and not operations areunderway. is in home quarantine. He addedthat while the girl party workers. The protesters Five fire brigade personnel “I have tested Covid-19posi- and the youth claimedtohave damaged furnitureand tore up were injured duringthe tive.Asymptomatic. Feeling very married, theycould notproduce documents. operation, but allofthem muchalright. have beendischargedfrom Have alerted hospital. PTI those who came in con- Withdraw TRP fraud tact in recent days.Will con- WESTBENGAL tinue to work case referred to Low-intensity from isolation. Work in the blastatshopin Shaktikanta RBI will go on CBI, NBA asks govt Das normally. Iam Kolkatasuburb in touchwith all Deputy EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE MEDIAAGENCY Kolkata: Alow-intensity Governors and other officers NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 blasttookplace inside a through VC and telephone,”Das OWNERARRESTED medicine shop in at tweeted. THE NEWSBroadcasters Mumbai: MumbaiPolice on Kamarhati in the northern Das tillrecently chairedvir- Association (NBA) has asked the Sundaymadeanotherarrestin fringes of the city on tual meetings of the Monetary governmentto withdraw thecase the TRP scam, taking the total Sundayafternoonasthe PolicyCommittee and the RBI’s of alleged TRP manipulation that numberofarrests in the case statecelebrated central board. Lastweek,Das has been referred to the CBI. to 10.The latest person to be Mahanavami. North 24 said the countryisatthe In astatement Saturday, the arrested is Abhishek Kolavde, Parganas district police doorstepofeconomic revivalon NBAsaid, “The speedwithwhich owner of asmall media saidtherewas no reportof PUJA,WITH PRECAUTION the backofaccommodative the case wastransferredtoCBI agency.Anofficersaid,“During anycasualty.A bag kept monetary andfiscalpolicies be- overnightraisesdoubtsaboutthe the auditing of accountsof inside the shop went offat Apriestwearingamask and afaceshield performs Nabami puja at apandal in KolkataonSunday. Partha Paul ing pursuedbythe central bank intentions. Acomplaint filed some of the accused we have around 1pmand prelim- and the government. ENS againstunknown persons by an arrestedasyet,we foundsome inaryinvestigationsug- individualwhohasnolocusstandi suspicioustransactionsto their gested that therewere mayleadtoawitch-hunt against accountfromKolavde.We some illegalfirecrackers Maharashtra approves Tarun Gogoi the media,its advertisersand ad- wanted to interrogate him inside the bag, asenior po- TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE vertising agencies.Wesincerely about the same.” ENS lice official said. “A team of discharged urge thegovernmenttoimmedi- forensic experts will soon Rs 103 cr aid to kin of cops CASES: RECOVERED:70,78,123 atelywithdraw thecasereferred visit the spot. We have reg- 237 from hospital toCBI,” the statement said. TRPcase;itscommissionerParam isteredasuo motu case DAYSSINCE 78,64,811 DEATHS:1,18,534 The NBAsaid the Broadcast Bir Singh mentionedearlier this who died on Covid duty PANDEMIC and startedaninvestiga- BEGAN TESTS: 10,25,23,469 | DOUBLING RATE: 104.16** Guwahati: Former Assam Chief AudienceResearch Council,which month that Republic TV wasone tion,” he added. PTI MinisterTarun Gogoi, who was measuresandpublishesTRP,“has of the three channels involved in government had specifiedafew undergoing treatment forCovid- amechanismtodealwithsuch the alleged manipulation. Now, UTTAR PRADESH MOHAMEDTHAVER conditions,includingthattheper- 19 andother post-recoverycom- cases”. The statement comes five channels areunder probe. MUMBAI,OCTOBER25 sonnel should have been on duty plications,was discharged from againstthe backdrop of the gov- On Friday, Mumbai Police 5-yr-oldgirl for14days prior to falling ill,the hospital on Sunday afterexactly ernment transferring the case to booked Republic Media rapedbyminor THE MAHARASHTRA govern- personnel should be on Covid twomonths. the CBI afteranFIR wasfiledin Network’sexecutive editor,anan- ment, whichisprovidingRs50 duty and the death certificate The 86- Hazratganj basedonthe com- chor,two reporters and other ed- inFatehpur lakhcompensationto thefamilies should clearly mention the cause KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING year old vet- plaintbyanemployeeofanad itorial stafffor broadcasting al- of policepersonnelwhodieddue of death as Covid-19. TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** eran Congress agencybasedin Delhi. Basedona leged defamatorynews content Fatehpur: Afive-year-old to Covid-19,hastillOctober21 ap- “Inthe four cases that have politician will reference by the UP government, againstthe police department. girlwas allegedlyraped proved apayout of over Rs 103 beenrejecteduntilnow, eitherthe ■ Maharashtra 16,38,961 6,417 0.47% 154.03 continue to re- theCBIfiledanFIRagainst uniden- The NBAstatement said itis by ateenageboy in avil- croreto205 families. officer had been on leave and ■ Andhra 8,04,026 3,342 0.45% 159.98 main under tifiedpeople Tuesday. “verydisturbed at the turn of lageinUttar Pradesh’s As per details obtainedfrom passedawayorwas notonCovid observation of Since then, Maharashtra gov- eventsinMumbaiastheclashbe- ■ Karnataka 7,98,378 4,471 0.73% 98.19 Fatehpur district, police the Home department, applica- duty.Insuchcases,theapplication ateam of doc- ernment has withdrawnits “gen- tween Republic TV andMumbai said on Sunday. “AnFIR tions were receivedfrom223 madebythefamily memberswas ■ Tamil Nadu 7,06,136 2,886 0.47% 154.23 tors from the eral consent” to the CBI to investi- policeisposingathreatto thecred- wasregisteredon families, of which205 were ap- rejected,” an official added. ■ Kerala 3,86,087 8,253 2.08% 34.58 Former Gauhati gate casesinthe state. Mumbai ibility and respect of twogreat in- Saturdayonacomplaint proved, five were rejected while “In some cases, the cause of AssamCM Medical Police has been investigating the stitutions, media and police”. againsta13-year-old boy, 14 have been forwardedtothe death wasnot clearly mentioned *Compounded Daily Growth Rate overlast7days ** Calculatedover7-day growth Collegeand who allegedly rapedthe health department to getclarity or the person dieddue to multi- CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT Hospital at his girl. We have detained on the cause of death. Of the 223 ple factors. Therewere14such residence, asenior doctor said. 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY him,”apoliceofficialsaid. claims, 80 were related to the caseswhichwethenpassedonto “His blood pressure, sugar NCB arrests six, According to theFIR,the Mumbai Police. thehealthdepartmentwhereex- 1.52 7.95 50,129 and other vital parameters are local residentseventried An official from the Home de- perts will take acloser look. NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: normal at present. He is com- to quietenthe matter.The partmentsaid,“Sofar, upwardsof Dependingonwhat theysay,we 1.51 7.67 62,077 pletely fine now. However, our including TV actor, in girlwas playing near her Rs103crore have beensanctioned will either approveorreject...” Deathsasaratioof Positives against Becoming sick vs doctors and nurses will continue house when the accused by theMaharashtragovernment Families of policemen who positivecases(in %); number tested recovering; more to monitor hishealthathis resi- took her to asecluded forfamilies of thosepolicemen dieddue to Covid-19 arealsobe- indicator of progress (in %); indicatorof recoveries for 14 days dence,” thedoctorinformed. Mumbai drugs case in avertingdeaths the spread of disease may signal the peak place and allegedly raped whopassedawayonCovidduty.” ing givenRs10lakhbythe The three-time chief minister DataasonOctober24,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers her,the kinalleged. PTI The official said that in order MaharashtraPolicefromits wel- includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive had tested positive forCovid-19 12,990, from avehicle. One more to qualify as acorona warrior,the fare fund. on August25. PTI EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE personwasarrestedinconnection MUMBAI,OCTOBER25 to this,the official said. Inaseparate case,basedonin- THE NARCOTICS Control Bureau putregardingsupplyofmarijuana Wish Ihadn’t let her go: mother of woman jailed in Qatar drug case (NCB) on Sundayregisteredtwo in Versova,aMumbaiZonal Unit casesinwhichsixpeoplewere ar- team on Saturdayapprehended lose alot of money. And areyou agency searched thebag and firm Hyosung, wasdue to be pro- NCBagainst Tabassum Qureshi rested under sectionsofthe twopersonsatMacchimarcolony SRINATHRAO& telling me thatpregnant women found4.1kilogrammesof hashish motedbeforehisarrest.Onibahad and herassociateNizamKara. He Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic in Versova.“The team seized99 SAGARRAJPUT don’t fly?” Qureshi is alleged to inside. Despitethe couple’s quit her job as an assistant man- also sent copies of phone calls in Substances (NDPS) Act. Thosear- gramsof ganjafromtheirposses- MUMBAI,OCTOBER25 have told her nephew. protestations of innocence, the ager with aprivate firm in whichTabassumallegedly coaxed rested include aTVactor anda sion,” an official said. In theend, the young couple Supreme JudiciaryCouncil of Mumbai afterher marriage. andemotionallyblackmailedher Tanzanian national. The official said that the sup- MOHAMMAD SHAREEQ and wasforcedtotraveltoBengaluru Qatar found them guilty and sen- “Oniba didnotwant to go.But nephew intogoing to Qatar. According to an NCBofficial,4 plier,Faisal (20), and the receiver, Oniba Qureshiwerenever sup- in an air-conditionedbus and tencedthemto lifeimprisonment sinceShareeq’sauntwasinsistent Following severalmonths of grams of cocaine were seizedat Preetika Chauhan (30), were ar- posedtogoonasecondhoney- catchtheir flightfromthe Mohammad Shareeq and in December lastyear.While in on giving them awedding gift, I surveillance,the NCBarrestedsix MohammadAli Road in south rested and producedbeforea moon. Notafter Onibafound out Kempegowda International Oniba Qureshi jail,Oniba had ababygirlnamed toldherto go.IwishIhadn’tlet her peopleforrunninga“well-organ- Mumbai,andBrunoJohnNgwale, court. Chauhan has worked in twodays before their flightto Airport.“Beforeleaving,Tabassum Ayat Qureshi earlier this year. go,” shesaid. iseddrug trafficking syndicate”. aTanzaniannational,wasarrested severalTVserials, includingMaa Qatar lastJulythatshe waspreg- handedthem abag whichshe Backinher home in Mumbai SinceDecember,bothShareeq On October 14,the NCBtracked on Saturday. On thesameday,4.4 Vaishnodevi. nant with their firstchild. But the said containedtobacco. She said International AirportinQatar on Central, Oniba’s motherParveen and Oniba’s families had written downKara,whoadmittedto hav- gramsof ecstasyand1.88gramsof Duringinterrogation,itwasre- “sponsor” of their trip, Shareeq’s that oncetheychecked intotheir July6,2019, wasascene that rues notstopping her daughter to thePrime Minister’s Office, the ingsetupShareeqandOniba,said MDMA were seizedatVersova, vealedthattheganjawassourced paternal aunt Tabassum Riyaz hotelroom in Qatar,someone countless unwitting drug mules from going to Qatar.The couple, Union Home Ministerand NCBDeputyDirector KPS Andheri, and one Rohit Hire was from one Deepak Rathaur,alsoa Qureshi,didnotreacttothenews would come and collect the bag have hadto faceatairportsaround both 29 yearsold, hadmarriedin Narcotics Control Bureau(NCB), Malhotra.The Government of arrestedinconnectionto thesame. resident of Versova.According to withhappiness. from them,”said Oniba’s mother the worldwhile carrying apiece May2018andgoneto Bangkokfor seeking help fortheir children. India, the NCBand the Indian Another NCBMumbai team an official, Rautharhas alsobeen “I’ve spentsomuchmoneyfor Parveen Qureshi. of luggageentrustedtothemat theirhoneymoon.Shareeq,anad- On September 27,2019, Embassy in Qatar arenow help- seized325 grams of ganja, 32 arrested in the pastbythe youandOnibato have agoodtime WhathappenedonceShareeq the lastminute. ministrative consultant with the Oniba’s father,Shakeel Ahmed ing the families file an appeal grams of charas and five grams of MumbaiAnti-NarcoticsCellforal- in Qatar.Ifyou cancel now, Iwill andOnibaarrivedattheHammad The local drug enforcement Japanese financial technology Qureshi,filedacomplaintwiththe againstthe conviction. methamphetamine, as well as Rs legedly supplying drugs.
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CAMPAIGN TRAIL:SHREYASISINGH FORMORELOGONTO INDIANEXPRESS.COM/ELECTIONS Her fatherher main ammo, BJP’s ● POLL PITCH: PM MODI'S ADDRESS IN SASARAM, GAYA ; NITISH KUMAR'S WHOISSANJAYYADAV? candidatekeeps hereye on theprize BEGUSARAI SPEECH ● WHO’S WHERE Whatmight also helpShreyasi is the open TODAY: BJP rebeliscompeting forRajput votes,and RJD has LJPsupportforher.PartymensayPaswansare aloyal base, but goodwill forDigvijaySingh may in “complete solidarity”with her.Saysavil- TEJ PRATAPYADAV IN lager,RajdevPaswan, “WithLJP president HASANPUR; JPNADDA hold29-yr-oldshooting champion in good stead Chirag Paswan appealing forher,wehaveto IN AURANGABAD supporther.Inany case, we areNDA voters.” nowstanding as anominee of Upendra AssheleavesJhundovillage,Shreyasisays, SANTOSHSINGH Kushwaha’s RLSP. “Iamgettingsupportofpeopleacrossthecaste JAMUI,OCTOBER25 Needingallthehelpshecanget,Shreyasiis divide.” banking on being her father’s daughter.His Sheclaimsnottoknowtoomuchaboutthe SHETALKSofhavingbroughtlaurelsto Jamui, photo looms big on her campaign vehicle, one crowdscomingto RJDleaderTejashwiYadav’s THEWINNERTAKESITALL Bihar and India. She invokeslegacyofher late inwhichhebearsastrikingresemblanceto her. rallies,while adding,“Idonotthinkheisafac- father and former Union ministerDigvijay OnaThursday,ShreyasireachesJhundoby toratall. IamfocusedonJamui. Here, Nitish Singh. She seeksvotesinthe namesof“Nitish 1. 30 pm aftervisitstoSagdaha, Dharampur and Modi arethe main factors.” 2015 Bihar Election Kumar in Bihar and NarendraModi in Delhi”. and Bela villages.Asshe makes her waytothe Going door to door at her next stop, 18,108 Winning And she insists she won’t go anywhereifshe ScheduledCaste Manjhi tola,asupporterin- Shreyasi,stoppingtoaddressagatheringatthe margin average wins despitewhat her detractors claim. troducesherasa“famousshooter”and“Dada’s insistence of villagers, says,“Some peopleare Till twoyears ago, Shreyasi’s arena wasa daughter”, adding she is acandidate of Jitan spreading canards that Iamanoutsider... You PartyWin average worldfar removedfromJamui, located near RamManjhi. The former CM’s Hindustani knowIamfromGidhaurhereandcontinueto the Jharkhand border and counted among Awam Morchaispartofthe NDA. live there despitebeingbusywith sports.” TOTALSEATS HAM-S 29,408 LWE-affecteddistricts.In2018,shewonagold The crowdclapsappreciatively,assome LJP support mayhelpShreyasi. Santosh Singh With OBC, EBC and ScheduledCaste and 243 LJP 24,107 medal in the double trap shooting event at women step forwardfor acloser lookat Muslimvotes,apartfromuppercastes,Jhundo Independent 21,333 CWGgamesinAustralia and,till date,the 29- Shreyasiamidslogansof “ShreyasiSinghzind- is keenlypoised. And henceone of the areas year-oldremains Bihar’s onlywoman Arjuna abad”.Shreyasisays:“Iamyourdaughter,niece whereShreyasi canvasses is the Muslim set- JD(U) 21,209 Awardwinner. andsister. IwillworkforJamui’sdevelopment. tlement,travellingthroughitherhandsfolded 80 RJD 71 JD(U) 53 BJP 27 INC RJD 20,091 However, likemanyotherchildrenof polit- NitishKumarhasbeendoingwellinBiharand intoa“pranam”. INC16,836 ical heavyweights, her eventual destination PM Narendra Modiatthe Centre”. At Chihutia village where upper castes 3 CPI(ML)(L) 2 BLSP 2 LJP Araria BJP 11,804 wasforetold.Herfatherwasperhapsthelastof Belongingto aroyalfamilyoftheerstwhile aredominant,aresident, Subash Singh, says Saharsa 1 HAM-S 4 Independent theRajputleadersof Bihar,knownpopularly as GidhaurEstateinJamui area,Shreyasi took to Katihar theybackShreyasi and hopes she will get CPI(ML)(L) 10,092 Patna “Dada”.UnionministerintheChandrashekhar shooting naturallywithher grandfather them along-promiseddam. Source: Election Commission of India BLSP 6,837 JAMUI and ABVajpayeegovernments, he had been Kumar SurendraSingh and father Digvijay Gaya Shreyasi, meanwhile, is preparing to ad- deniedaticket from Banka by the JD(U) and Singhace shooters aswell aspresidentsofthe dressanothergathering,andleadsafive-year- contested as an Independent, and won. After All India Rifle Association. Her uncle Kumar old girlwith her by hand to asmall platform. he had diedofheartattackin2010, wifePutul Tripurari Singh said: “She grew up with the “DoIneedtoseekyourvotes?...Ijustneedyour KumarihadwontheBankaseatinthebypolls sports in the family.” Shreyasi and AjayPratapmay divide the blessings,” she says. KEY PLAYERS but lostthe same in 2014 and2019. In the Jamui contest, Shreyasi is facing sit- Rajput votes between them, while Vijay As villagers remarkatthe “humility” of It wasalast-minutecallbythe BJP to field ting RJD MLAand ex-ministerVijay Prakash Prakash will hope to getthe RJD’s Muslim- Dada’sdaughter,Shreyasican’tkeepthesmile ShreyasifromJamui.AjayPratapSingh,fellow (younger brother of former Banka MP Yadavvotes. Pratap also carriesthe stampof offher face. It’s4pm, evening is already set- Rajput leader who has Rajput and descendant of Srikrishna Singh, Jaiprakash Yadav) and AjayPratapSingh. family, with both his grandfather Srikrishna ting in, and thereare four morevillages to go. who had contestedfromthe seat in 2015 and The Assemblysegment is dominated by Singh and father NarendraSingh having Butshootinghastaughtherthatfocus,andpa- comesecondandwonin2010,revoltedandis Yadavs,Rajputs andMuslimsfollowedbySCs. been ministers in the state. tience, pay. Lalu’s ear, Tejashwi’s back IHereby Declare ARMSAND LEGS RJD’s firstupper caste Bihar chief,Jagadanand Singh’s prime qualification is his unwaveringloyalty
Illustration: SuvajitDey CHANDANYADAV Indian National Congress, Beldaur (Khagaria) challenged Lalu. DEEPTIMANTIWARY He sealedthe palace trust in him when in TOTALASSETS NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 1997 he proposed to thefamily to makeRabri `1.16 CRORE Devi CM as Lalu resignedafter fodder scam INNOVEMBERlastyeartheRJDtookeveryone charges. Later,ina2010 Assemblybypoll, he **Contestingelection forthe firsttime by surprise when it appointed Jagadanand campaignedagainstown son Sudhakar in his MOVABLE ASSETS Singh,aRajput,asitsstate president.Itwasthe bastionRamgarhandensuredhisdefeatto the firsttimeinthe RJD’s23-year history that an RJD’sAmbikaYadav. Sudhakarhadaccepteda `51.97 LAKH upper caste leader had been appointed its BJPticket aftertheRJDignoredhimfortheseat. Assets 2015 2020 Bihar chief. Thistime,incidentally, SudhakaristheRJDcan- Cashinhand -4lakh Thedecisionwasasmuchinformedbythe didatefromRamgarh. In Patna, securitypersonnelline up to getweaponsfor electionduty on Sunday, ahead of the firstphaseofBihar polls. PTI RJD’s intent to recastthe party’s imageofa “JagadaBabumaynot beapan-Biharmass Bankbalance -1.2lakh Yadav-dominated OBC outfit, as it wasbythe leader but he has agoodpolitical mind. Ever Stocks&bonds -NIL family’s desiretohavealoyalist by Tejashwi’s sincehehastakenthereinsof theparty,things Otherinvestment -4.77lakh sideashetakesontheNDAforthesecondtime have become systematic and the approachto Jewellery -20lakh HASHTAG POLITICS without charismatic father Lalu Prasad. the polls is morecoordinated.Heisalso very BUSINESSASUSUAL Aproduct of the socialistpolitical move- logicalanddifficultto argueagainstevenifyou Vehicle -8.75lakh ment, “Jagada Babu” is one of the founder don’tagreewithhim.Thatworkersknowthat Other -13.24lakh ●First signature on 10 lakh BY UNNY membersofthe RJDand hasrepresented the hehastheweightof thefirstfamilybehindhim TOTAL -51.97lakh jobs: Tejashwi Yadav Ramgarhseatmultiple times as an MLA. He and that helps,” says aseniorRJD leader. remainedaministeralmostall through the The RJD also hopes that Singh’s appoint- IMMOVABLEASSETS Posting avideo, RJD leader Lalu regime. ment sends the messagethat the party is not `64.74 LAKH @yadavtejashwi tweeted: “From the In 2009, SinghcontestedBuxar Lok Sabha againstupper castes. In the run-up to the 2019 first Cabinet meeting itself, with the seatonanRJDticket anddefeatedtheBJP’sLal polls, the RJD’s vocal opposition to 10%EWS Assets 2015 2020 veryfirst signature,10lakhyouths will MuniChoubey by over 2,000 seats. The most quotafor upper casteswas seen to have back- popular leader then in that region, Choubey fired. The NDAhad sweptthe statethen,win- Agriland -4.74lakh get jobs, this is certain!” had notlostfromBuxar since 1996. The seat ning 39 out of the 40 seats(the Congresshad Non-agriland -NIL waswrested backbythe BJP in 2014 and re- wonthe remaining one). With NitishKumar Commercial -NIL 95K VIEWS, 15K LIKES, 3K RETWEETS IN 9HOURS tainedin2019, with Singh losing both times. having appropriated the EBCs, the RJD sees Residential. -60lakh WhileSinghissaidto have considerablein- upper castesasavote bankitcan tapintoto Other -NIL fluenceamongRajputvoters in Central Bihar, expand itssocialbasebeyond Yadavs and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi tweeted: “We’ll protest againstany law his importance in the RJD is attributed more Muslims. TOTAL -64.74lakh with religion as the basis forcitizenship. Ialso want to tell Congress,RJD... your to his unwavering loyalty to Lalu’s family. “Let’salsonot forget that Jagada Babu was LIABILITIES `50LAKH silenceduring (anti-CAA+NRC) agitation is not forgotten. WhileBJP leaderswere As atallbut quietleader,Singh, 74,has al- the de factoCMduringthe RJD regime when calling peopleofSeemanchal ‘ghuspethiye’, RJD-INCdidn’topen theirmouthsonce.” ways endeared himself to the family. Unlike Lalu wasabsent forseveral years. The family CRIMINALCASES theotherinfluentialRajputleaderintheparty, wantsaveteranandloyalisttoguideTejashwi No pending criminal cases 1.4K LIKES, 272 RETWEETS IN 4HOURS Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, who leftthe RJD in acontestthatisappearing increasingly days before he diedrecently, Singhhas never close,” an RJD leader says. BIHAR OUTSIDE BIHAR DELHI Hit by lockdown, acall for change: from ‘chacha Nitish’to‘bhatijas’
wasvotingfor it, and so did I.” inginDelhifor16years,says thatdespitework- Pitambar Sharma,48, aBihar migrant be- TANUSHREEGHOSH Mukesh Kumar,22, who belongs to ing14hours aday,seven days aweek,behas longing to the Badhai (carpenter) community, &NUSHAIBAIQBAL Paswan’s village andworks withhim,spent no savings. He voted for“KanhaiyaKumar livesinSangam Vihar,one of the largest unau- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 Rs 2,500toget homeinApril. He returnedin (CPI)”lastyearbutisnotgoinghomethistime. thorisedcolonies in the country. Sharma September.“Thereare no jobs in the village. Heisunawareofwelfare schemes;thoughhas came to Delhi with his father backinthe BIPINPASWANstarts work at9amintheelec- Thereare tapsnow, butnowater,”says Kumar, “heard” that if his name is struckoff the vot- 1980s, when justachildand,overthe years, tric-switchfactorywhereheworks,and lives, whomakesRs8,000-10,000amonthinDelhi. ers’list,hewillbedeprivedofbenefits,suchas hasgone through astring of jobs. Still, mov- with adozenothers.It’sone of the matchbox- Hewouldhave votedfortheRJD’sTejashwi Bihar’s pension scheme forthose over 60. ing backhometoBhaur Hanuman Nagarin likeunitsliningthedirtlanesinMangolpuriin Yadavifhisnamewasonthevoterlist.“When During the lockdown, the Nitish govern- Madhubani withhis three children is notan Delhi’sNorthWestdistrict. Ahoarding on one elections happen, I’m neverthere... Iwatch ment that initially urgedmigrantstostayput, option, he says.“We would enduptaking a of the shop frontsannounces “tatkal money Tejashwi’srallies on my phone,” he says. arrangedrationkitsfortheminDelhiandother loan at 10%interestagainst land,”hesays. transfers”. Forevery Rs 1,000 remitted back “In April-May, we sawoff around 25 lakh cities, says Kaushlendra.However, notevery- ADelhivoternow,Sharmasays tripshome home, Rs 30 is charged, says Paswan, 26. migrants on the 10-11specialtrains between onehad access to or knew of suchservices. showhimthework Nitishhasdone,including If he couldgohome to Begusarai’s Delhi and Bihar,” says KaushlendraKumar The 10 kg ration Mohammad Salahuddin roadsthathave cuttheMadhubani-Patnajour- Bachhwara, he would have votedfor Chirag Singh, an accountant in the office of the Joint got wasprovided by civilsociety groups. The neytohalf.However, Sharma’svillagestilllacks Paswan. “Not on caste. Foronce, Iwanttovote LabourCommissioneratDelhi’sBiharBhawan. Mukesh Kumar (in darkblue) at electric-switchfactoryinMangolpuri. Tanushree Ghosh labourers’ ration cards areregistered back adispensarywhile the nearesthospital is 20 forayoungleaderto win,”hesays.However,he As per aCentrefor Monitoring Indian home.Forthelast12days,the55-year-oldhas km away.Ifhecould, he would votefor has no plansofgoingthis time; he didn’t go Economysurvey,inMay,unemployment in been visiting the Labour Chowk in Rani Bagh, TejashwiorChirag,hesays.“Chachajiko15 saal evenduringthelockdownashehadnomoney Delhi and Biharwas double thenational aver- Economic Policy and Public Finance, Asian differencethistimewas,havinglosttheirjobs, near Mangolpuri, hoping to find work.But he avsar diya, ab bhatijon ki baari. Boodhe bailse and feared losinghis jobifworkrestarted. ageof21.7% —42.3% and 46%,respectively. DevelopmentResearch Institute,says therush theydidnothavethe10-15%monthlyexpense plans to go home to Sitanabad in Saharsa to kabtakkhetikarwayenge(Gave uncleNitish15 In the 2019 general election, he voted for Bakshi Amit Kumar Sinha,Assistant home at this time of the year is expected. theykeep aside from money senthome.” vote on November 7—for NitishKumar.“He years, nowit’s the turn of nephews.How long “Modi’s party (BJP)”, Paswan says.“Everyone Professor at the Patna-basedCentrefor “WorkersgenerallyreturnforChhathPuja.The Manjay Paswan, 32,who hasbeen work- got us roads, hospitals.” can one makeanold bull toil)?”
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The Union Ministerbelievespollution on account of stubble burning will be less this year because of Centre's measures, asserts the countrywill see “minimum loss” because of‘Covid-19inwinter months, and says Congress notthe BJP is raking up PakistaninBiharpolls. Thesessionwas moderated by Special Correspondent Krishn Kaushik
KRISHN KAUSHIK: Howwouldyou precautions whichneedtobetaken. So ity in the elections. assess thegovernment’s we will definitelyworkwith the Gujarat We should have been ruling.Instead, communication strategy in the past government in this regard... Seaplane is a theShivSena ditchedthe BJPand went six months of the pandemic? wonderful avenue notjustfor tourism with those who we defeated, the
The Prime Ministerspoke from the but willbeusefulinproviding local serv- Congress and the NCP… So it is the Shiv heartand addressedpeople directly. It ices. Sena whichisanswerable, notthe BJP. had alot of impact. Indiaminimisedits losses due to people’s participation on PRABHA RAGHAVAN: The Power MANOJ CG:ADelhi-basedjournalist the Prime Minister’s appeal. Ministerhad made a working with Malayalam news Even forthe (coronavirus) challenge recommendation to your Ministryin outlets wasbooked under the in the winter months, he has already WHY Augusttoextendbytwo years the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act talked from the bottom of his hearttothe deadline for (UAPA) while on people. PRAKASH JAVADEKAR thermal power his waytoHathras. Quantum (ofsuggestions, ‘ We will succeedthen too, and India sI&B Minister, plantstoinstall As the I&B willsee minimum loss. We willwin this the flue-gas criticism) forEIA draft was Ministerhaveyou waragainst thecoronavirus. Javadekar has been the desulfurization triedtospeak to (FGD) systems to large. Apanel is analysing the Uttar Pradesh Agovt’s face in the KRISHN KAUSHIK: What can the minimise government about government do to ensurethat TRP pandemic,communicating pollution from them. Things will take this case? dataismorerobust?Secondly, even their operations, time... Will discusswith We have re- as an investigation intothe alleged Centre's measures to check forover300 ‘ ceivedinformation rigging of TRP continues, youasa spread of the virus to people. As thermal power people when time comes of the case and you Union ministeralong with the BJP units. Is thereany canalsoask thegov- president tweetedabout it. Whythe television newsgrappleswith updateonthat? ernment, the gov- need to comeout and defend one The statusisthat ernment is open to person and an organisation? TRP scam,his Ministryhas some plants alreadyhaveFGDsinstalled it...But what we areasking the Congress No... Letmemakeitveryclear that the assertedneedfor better self- in their systems, while manyothers had is that while youare making noise on government doesn’t take sides.I’m say- givenordersfor it but their plans were Hathras, 10 placesinRajasthan have seen ing it very clearly that repression of press regulationinthe industry. He disrupted because of the pandemic. So, worse crimes. So the Congress cannot is notwelcome. That is the onlymessage also holds the MoEF portfolio, therewill definitelybesome delayin have selective amnesia. Theyhaveto of my tweet. Ihavenot mentionedany procuring the machinery.Thereare some condemn all incidents. channelorperson. andMinistry’s draft EIA, 2020, plantswhichare yettoplacetheir orders The BARC (BroadcastAudience hascome under criticismin and arepreparing the DPR, and asmall AAKASH JOSHI: Howdoyou seethe Research Council) is an independent in- number of plantshavenot prepared the politicisation of the Sushant Singh stitutefoundedbyadvertisers and recent months DPR. So, the plantsare at different stages. Rajput case ahead of the Bihar broadcasters. It is the job of both these We areincontinuous touchwith thein- elections? stakeholders to run BARC efficiently; we dustry.Theyhavealsobeeninrecession Thecaseisunder investigation by have notinterfered in it. as we know… (Theextension)depends three Central agencies. People have faith Twoofmyrepresentatives, notas on acase-to-casebasis. We have already in them,let them give theirfinalreport. partofMinistrybut as broadcasters of donethe reviews,and Imentionedthe The matterisincourt,and the agencies Doordarshan, participateinBARCpro- four stages in which the plants are… I will submit their reportinthe court… ceedings. But other than thatwedon’t am very surethatIndian industry Yes, theremay be alocal reaction of peo- interfereintheir affairs. Areyou inviting will be cleaner… We areinvest- ple or voters to acertain case in acertain me to interfere? ing Rs 46,000 croreinnew way. But we do notsee it as one statever- technology called‘coal-to- sus another. LIZ MATHEW:Why did the BJP feel the needtoraise Pakistaninthe SHUBHAJIT ROY: It’s been five-and-a- Bihar poll campaign when, as you half months since the border claim, youhaveagood governance standoffwith China began. Has the reportcardtotaketothe people? issue been discussedinthe nearly 20 We arenot creating problems, it is Cabinetmeetings that have taken the Congress party that is creating place in this period? problemsfor themselves. Who spoke China is being closelymonitored. in Lahore(Think Fest)? It wasShashi China has also understood that India Tharoor... When youare talking todayisnot the India of pre-2014. about Article 370orany other thing Therehas been achange.Wehave likePakistan, if youare speaking the givenafittingresponse. And the language of Pakistan, therewillbe government has made it very clear definitereactions. So, we arenot that we have notsuccumbed an digging up something that they inch… The CabinetCommittee on spokeabout 10 years ago, we are Security always keeps trackof justreacting to their recent tweets, developments,practicallyevery recentutterances... And we are minute, everyday,and takes askingquestionsonwhy they are decisions. The issue is discussed talking Pakistan’s languageon in the CabinetCommittee of Kashmir. Security in whichall the member Cabinetministers are LIZ MATHEW:Inthe 2015 Bihar present... The government has made elections too, then BJP it clearthat notasingle inchofIndian president Amit Shah had said land has gone anywhere. that if the BJP loses, therewill be fireworksinPakistan. The KRISHN KAUSHIK: Your party party’s ownassessment was announcedfreevaccineinBihar as that the comment mayhave Illustration: Suvajit Dey partofits election manifesto.Will backfired.Sowhy bring up Pakistan peopleoutside Bihar getfreeCovid- again? 19 vaccine? But we arenot saying it... The 2012-13period… completedinfour years, suchvehicles SHIVAM PATEL: It seems that while liquid’ that will reduce pollution to a If the vaccine comes, it will be for Congressisspeaking,Rahul Gandhi But letthe thingscometothat stage, don’tenter Delhi… Delhi has takenalot of steps to check great extent. So, on all avenues we have everyone, notfor onestate…You will said… PChidambaram and Digvijaya then we will discuss with the people, not Thirdly, we have closedthe Badarpur pollution —banning diesel startedtaking action.Today, the absolute have to ask (HealthMinister) Harsh
Singh tweetedthat we willrestore now. and Sonipat thermal powerplants. More generators, shutting down Badarpur coal consumption of America is little Vardhanji about it (the BJP’s poll
Article 370(the Congress said it had only importantly, we have created87 plant, plying moreCNG buses —the morethanwhat India uses. promise in Bihar). objected to waythe provision wasabro- KRISHN KAUSHIK: The issue of air Gigawatt of renewable powerthrough- other NCRtowns have notbeen so If the party mentions something in gated). So, Ichallengethem to writethis pollution has come up again in out thecountry; it’s notasmall thing.It proactive.What can be done about NIRUPAMA SUBRAMANIAN: itsmanifesto,itisanintended in the Bihar manifesto. What is wrong in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and NCR. is completely natural, pollution-free... that? Recently, veteranMaharashtra programme. Nowsomebody has to
giving political reaction to apolitical Basically, the acceptance of aprob- We have alsoarranged more than 40 Thereare some localissues...Itisnot politician Eknath Khadse quit the subsidise that government tweetorpolitical speech? lem is alsothe beginning of solution. In croreLED bulbs saving tremendous one stateversus another state. It is not BJP,and has nowjoinedthe NCP. Did programme. If the government 2015,the Prime power, whichalsoreduces pollution. about ablamegame. the BJP make decides to subsidise it, that is a ESHA ROY: The Ministerlaunched We have brought in construction and We all have to work enough of an different matter.Let the vaccine draft the nationalAir demolition wastemanagement rules for together because air- effort to retain come. Then everystate will help their ‘ BARC is an independent ‘ If vaccine comes, will be for Environmental QualityIndex. Till the firsttime. We have borrowedthe sheddoesn’t under- him? Doesn’t his citizens differently. Impact institute of advertisers, thattime therewas good practices of Metroconstruction… stand political or ge- everyone…Ask Harsh departuredent Assessment (EIA) onlymanual,volu- So, curtains arebeing put up, thereare ographical the party in KRISH KAUSHIK: Thereisalot of talk Notification 2020 broadcasters. They must minous dataavail- sprinklers to prevent dust... Delhi also has boundaries. Va rdhanji about (BJP’s Maharashtra, or these days about what media should receivedarecord run it. We don’t interfere in able. Therewasn’t ageographical problem. Bihar promise). Let vaccine wasitthat you do, what it is doing, what is it not number of onefigurefor air We have the Himalayanwinter cou- ADITI RAJA: The wanted to make doing... objections and their affairs. Areyou quality index... pledwith dust in the airand the mois- Gujarat come. Everystate will help an example out of That is what my question to the suggestions. Is the ‘ Basedonfindings turefromthe rivers... If youdownload government ‘ him? Secondly, media is. Everyday manyhigh courts Ministrylooking inviting me to interfere? from various towns the Sameerapp,itprovides thepresent appliedfor its citizens differently the BJP has been arealso suggesting that the Ministry at including these and cities, we have position of pollution in morethan 122 environment saying that the intervene, notonlyinthe TRPscam recommendations chalked out the na- cities. Youwill understand that the allu- clearances for ruling coalition and BARC,but even other areas of and, maybe, tional clean airpro- vial soil region, that is the gangetic plains, wateraerodromes government in programming. We don’t censor.We overhauling the draftcompletely? gramme for100cities. On August 15,the has the maximum pollution load com- at Sabarmati Riverfront in Maharashtraisveryunstable and believe in self-regulation. See, as farasthe EIA draftiscon- Prime Ministersaidthat in thousand pared to otherprovinces with the same Ahmedabad and near Sardar Sarovar that it will collapse anytime now. But Nowwhether self-regulation cerned,wewelcome all suggestions and days or in three-four years, we aregoing traffic, same industries, same population dam in Kevadia colonyfor the we alsohear that thereare others worksornot.... Recently, two criticism. We have appointed acommit- to improvethe air quality in these hun- load…Mumbai,Bengaluru, Hyderabad, seaplane project onlyinJuly, even as from the BJP waiting in the wings to prominentnewschannelownershad teetogothrough all of them. Whatwe dred cities. This includes special focus on Chennai don’t getthismuchpollution. the inaugural run is plannedfor jumpship. come to me. have found is that98% (objections,sug- the Delhi-NCR region... So, (in the Delhi-NCRbelt) geographical October 31.With MoEF clearances As farasEknath Khadse is concerned, Theywanted to give me aletter gestions) have thesame wording and We have takensomanysteps, letme factors arealso responsible (for causing pending forthe Sabarmati terminal he is our senior leader and has worked urgingthe government to intervene matter,but we have takencognizanceof enumerate. First, throughout the coun- pollution). of the project, would the project not forthe party for40years. Therewere to save the industry from going down. everything. But letmetell youthings will trywehavelaunchedBS-VI fuel as well The Central government has taken be in violation of the EIA some problemsand if he hastaken ade- Itold them, broadcasters and take little time because the quantum(of as (compliant) vehicles. It is arevolution- action in everyfield... To curb stubble Notification? cision,itishis decision, it wasnot forced advertisers arethe twostakeholders. suggestions) waslarge. arystepand will reduce vehicular pollu- burning, we have givenRs1,400crore for When aproposal is submitted offi- by the party. Who gets howmuchisaprivate thing, We cannotsay that 30-40 days…But tion by 50-60-70% on variousparame- machines and manyfarmers areusing cially,wegiveour decisions officially. So As faraspeople waitingtojumpship it has nothing to do with the the analysis will take some time and after ters. machines(to remove stubble). When whenthat willcome, youwillunder- is concerned, actuallythe reverse is hap- government.Therefore, we never thatwewill announceour decision on the Secondly, closeto60,000 vehicles this year’s stubble burning season is over, stand what has happened.But moreim- pening...See letusunderstand the elec- intervened. subject. We will also explain to thepeo- that had no work in the city wouldpass therewill be lesser pollution on account portantly, my question to youall is tion resultsinMaharashtraproperly.The Therehavealso been discussions ple what the EIA actuallyproposes, what through it and add to the pollution. Now, of it.Thatiswhatscientists areexpect- whether we want to explorenew kinds ShivSena wononNarendraModi’s about OTT platforms. Ihavecalled is the changefrom2006to2014, and that because of completion of the Western ing. of tourismornot? posters. The BJP-ShivSena gotamajor- them twice to talk about acredible we have justconsolidated manyofthe Peripheral Expressway,whichwas not So, letuswait andsee. But we have The seaplane causes no pollution,it’s ity.Wefought as an alliance and the al- self-regulation method, but theyhave things whichwerealreadydone in the completedin10years, and whichwe takenactiononall fronts. awonderful thing… Of course, thereare liance got 160seats.Wegot afull major- notcomeupwith aproposal.
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THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER26,2020 USA ‘MURDER HORNET’NEST VACUUMED OUT Ateamofentomologistsinfull-bodyprotective gearvacuumedAsiangianthornets out of a treeinWashingtonstate on Saturday, eradicating the first nest of the so-called murder hor- 13 nets found in the US.Authorities spentweekssearching forthe hornets, whichcould pose a THE WORLD threattohumans, becausethey cansting repeatedly with venom stronger than ahoneybee’s.
TOPOFTHE Gunmen storm WORLD ‘Nothowyoutalkaboutfriends’:Biden school in Cameroon, slamsTrumpforremarksonIndia’sair killing seven children But it wasagrim newlow in Says deeplyvalues BLAISEEYONG& aregion that since 2017 has seen JOSIANEKOUAGHEU hundredsdie and thousands dis- India partnership KUMBA,OCTOBER25 placedbecause of the conflict, with manychildren unable to at- Opposition candidate GUNMEN STORMED aschool in tend school. The attackhas WavelRamkalawan Cameroon on Saturdayand drawnwidespread condemna- castshis voteashe opened fire indiscriminately, tion andislikelytopile further holds his son. Reuters killing at leastseven children and pressureonthe government to wounding about 12 more in are- do moretoend theconflict. gion whereseparatist insurgents “They found the children in SEYCHELLES RACE FOR operate, officials and parentssaid. class and theyopenedfireon Oppositionwins Arriving on motorcycles and them,” city sub-prefect Ali THE WHITE in civilian clothes, the attackers Anougou told Reuters. presidential HOUSE hit the school around middayin Isabel Dione ranintothe thecity of Kumba in South West school to search forher 12-year- electionfor1st Region, according to the accounts, old daughter when she heard timesince1977 including from one parent out- about the shooting. She found LALITKJHA side the school at the time. her on the floor of aclassroom, THE SEYCHELLES elected WASHINGTON,OCTOBER25 Some children were injured bleeding from the stomach. an opposition candidate jumping from second storey “She washelpless andshe as president forthe first SLAMMINGUSPresident windows. wasshouting‘mumplease help time since 1977,authori- Donald Trumpfor his comment It wasunclear if the attack me’, and Itold her ‘onlyyour ties announcedon on India’sair pollution,former waslinked to an ongoing strug- God can save younow’,”Dione Sunday, and winner vice president and Democratic glebetween the Armyand told Reuters. The girlwas WavelRamkalawanreaf- Partypresidential nominee Joe groupsseeking to form abreak- rushed to hospitalwhereshe is firmedapledgetohike Biden on Saturdaysaid he and away statecalledAmbazonia in undergoing treatment fora the minimum wage after his running mateKamala Harris the English-speaking west. gunshotwound. REUTERS Covid-19stifledthe deeplyvaluedAmerica’s part- LINES STRETCH FORBLOCKSASNEW YORKERS TURN OUT FOREARLY VOTING: ThousandsofNew Yorkers flooded polling tourism-dependent econ- nership with India. placesand waited hoursinlonglinesSaturday, thefirstday of early voting.Linesstretched forblocks outside polling sites as omy. Ramkalawan, afor- “President TrumpcalledIndia election officials contendedwithmalfunctioning electronicpollmachinesand tried to calmanxious voters.The hurdlesfor mer Anglican priest, de- ‘filthy’.It’s nothow youtalk about voters and poll workers on the firstday of voting reflected the challenges of aholding acontentiouspresidentialelection in the PoliceinjuredinLondon feated PresidentDanny friendsand it’snot howyou solve middle of apandemic. Butmanypeople remainedundeterred by the delays and the coronavirus, some waitingaslongasfive Faureafter threedecades global challenges likeclimate hours and somerushing to getinlinebeforepolls closed. Reuters lockdown protests, 18 held of unsuccessfulruns for change,” Bidensaid in atweet, the presidency of the East twodays afterTrump, during a African nation,anIndian presidentialdebate, accused Ocean archipelagofamed China, India and Russiaofnot tak- Virus surge colours campaign’s final stretch forits natural beauty and ing careoftheir “filthy”air. rare wildlife. REUTERS “KamalaHarris and Ideeply Pence’s topaidetests positive, Vice President to keep travelling despitecontact At aprotestin value our partnership and will Trafalgar Square, put respect backatthe centreof landedinWashington.“Ididhear London, on our foreign policy,” Biden said on ASSOCIATEDPRESS about it justnow,” he said.“And I Saturday. AP BRITAIN Twitter Saturdayasheretweeted WAUKESHA,OCTOBER25 thinkhe’squarantining.Yeah.Idid Doctorsdemand his op-edinthe latest issue of the hearaboutit.He’sgoingto befine. India West weekly. USPRESIDENTDonaldTrumpas- But he’s quarantining.” anygatheringsofmorethan six freemealsfor “TheObama-Bidenyearswere suredsupporters packedshoul- The revelation bookendeda ADITIKHANNA people areprohibited. childrenduring some of the best we’veeverhad derto shoulderatweekendrallies dayinwhichBiden and Trump LONDON,OCTOBER25 TheMetropolitanPolicesaidit betweenour twocountries. A that“we’reroundingtheturn”on demonstratedremarkablydiffer- made arrests foravariety of of- schoolholidays Biden-Harris administration will thecoronavirusandmockedchal- Trumpand Biden have been campaigninginswingstates entattitudesaboutwhattheysaw SCOTLAND YARD said itsofficers fences,includingbreachingcoron- PEDIATRICIANS ARE urg- build on that great progress and lengerJoeBidenforraisingalarms days ahead of the November 3election. AP as safebehaviour in the home- policinganti-lockdown demon- avirus regulations and assaulting ingtheBritishgovernment doevenmore.We canandshould aboutthepandemic,despitesurg- stretchofacampaign thathas strations in London have made 18 an emergency service worker. to reverse course and pro- be natural allies,” Biden wrotein ing cases around the countryand been upended by the pandemic. arrests, with some officers receiv- “Onedemonstrationinpartic- vide free meals forpoor the op-ed.“That’s whyifelected morepositive infections at the House said, but still plannedto markedthe starklydifferent ap- “Wedon’twanttobecome ing minor injuries following ular attracted alarge number of childrenduringschoolhol- President,Iwillcontinue whatI WhiteHouse. keep travelling and holding ral- proaches thatTrumpand Biden superspreaders,”Biden told sup- clashes with the protesters. protesters andIbecame increas- idays as the Covid-19pan- have long calledfor:The US and Trump’s remarks came lies around the country. aretakingtocampaigning in the porters at a“drive-in”rallyin Large groups of protesters inglyconcerned that those in the demicpushes more fami- India willstand togetheragainst Saturday,hours before the White The revelation of another ageofthe novelcoronavirus. Pennsylvania, picking up aterm were seen marchingthrough the crowdwerenot maintaining so- lies intopoverty.Some terrorisminallitsformsandwork House announcedthatatopaide high-rankingadministrationoffi- Pence’s office confirmedlate that has been usedtodescribe cityonSaturday withbannersand cial distancing or adhering to the 2,200members of the together to promote aregion of to Vice President MikePence had cial testingpositive forthe virus Saturdaythat hischief of staff, the Rose Garden event in late placardscallingfor“freedom”and terms of their ownrisk assess- RoyalCollege of Pediatrics peaceandstabilitywhereneither tested positive forthe virus. coupledwiththeadministration’s MarcShort, had tested positive. September in whichTrumpan- an end to Covid-19restrictions, ment,” said CommanderAde and Child Health have China nor anyother country Pence has been in close contact decision to continue business as Trumpcommented on Short nouncedhis latestSupreme whichhascurrentlyplacedtheUK Adelekan,leadingtheMetPolice’s written an open letter to threatensits neighbours.” PTI with the adviser,the White usual punctuated aday that early Sunday afterhis plane Courtnominee. capital underTier 2, under which operationoverthe weekend. PTI Prime MinisterBoris Johnson, saying theywere TURKEY’S ERDOGAN ALSO SLAMS FRENCH PRESIDENT shockedbyhis “refusal” to Afghanistan sayssenior backdownonthe issue. The House of Commons Imran accuses Macron of attackingIslam lastweekrejected legisla- Al-Qaeda leader killed tion that would have pro- Muhammad in aclass on free- terroristswho carry out violence, videdfreemeals duringall REUTERS dom of expression. be it Muslims, White ED school holidays from ASSOCIATEDPRESS Morestrain ISLAMABAD,ISTANBUL, “Sadly, President Macron has SupremacistsorNaziideologists”. King Al-Sultan Abdullah(left) OctoberthroughtheEaster KABUL,OCTOBER25 onUSdeal OCTOBER25 chosen to deliberatelyprovoke Turkish President Recep andPMMuhyiddin Yassin break. AP PLAIN E Muslims,incl his owncitizens, Tayyip Erdogan said Macron had ● withTaliban AFGHANISTANCLAIMEDSunday EX PAKISTANIPRIMEMinisterImran through encouraging the display “losthis way”, in his second VATICAN itkilledatopAl-Qaedapropagan- Khan said on SundaythatFrench of blasphemous cartoons target- sharp criticism of the French Malaysia’s king distonanFBI most-wanted list THE FEBRUARY deal between PresidentEmmanuelMacronhas ing Islam &our ProphetPBUH,” leader in twodays over the treat- Popenamesnew duringanoperation in the coun- the US and the Taliban, which “attackedIslam” by encouraging PakistanPMImran Khan Khan said on Twitter. Khansaid ment of Muslims.OnSaturday, rejects PM’s cardinals,putting try’s east, showing the militant has already been under strain, the displayofcartoonsdepicting Macron could have shown a Erdogan said Macron had a group’scontinuedpresencethere could be in further trouble the ProphetMuhammad. “healing touch” to denyspace to problem with Muslimsand request for hisstampon as US forces work to withdraw with one of itsmajor condi- Khan’s commentscome days by an Islamistradical who extremists but had instead “cho- needed mental checks —are- from America’s longest-running tions likelyunder threat. afterMacronpaid tributetoa wanted to avenge the use of car- sento encourageIslamophobiaby bukethat causedFrance to recall emergencyrule Church’sfuture waramidcontinuedbloodshed. Under the deal, the Taliban is Frenchhistory teacher beheaded toons depicting the Prophet attacking Islam rather than the itsambassadorfromAnkara. POPE FRANCIS named13 The reported deathofHusam supposedtocut ties with newRoman Catholic car- Abd al-Rauf, also known as Abu groups that threaten the secu- JOSEPHSIPALAN dinals on Sunday, includ- Muhsin al-Masri, follows weeks rity of the US and allies, in- &ROZANNALATIFF ing nine under the ageof of violence including an IS- cluding Al Qaeda. But with Pak Oppn holds third massive anti-govtrally KUALALUMPUR,OCTOBER25 80whoareeligibleto enter claimedbombingonSaturday the reportedkilling of the aconclave to elect his suc- near Kabul that killed 24 people. Qaeda leader in Afghanistan oppositionpartiesformedonSept withtherally, whichwasattended againstpeople's wishes and[by] MALAYSIA’S KING Al-Sultan cessorafter hisdeathor This threatens the peace talks and officials saying he wasbe- PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA 20,earlierheldtwomassive back- by topleaders of thecoalition. tearingaparttheConstitutionand Abdullahrejected on Sundaya resignation.Theywillbeel- between the Afghan govern- ingprotected by the Taliban, KARACHI,OCTOBER25 to-backgatherings in Gujranwala Addressingthe rallyvia video laws,for pushing peopletowards proposal by Prime Minister evatedto thehighrankata ment and the Taliban in Qatar.It the US could see this as avio- and Karachi this month. linkfromLondon,PML-Nsupremo povertyand hunger,” Sharif said. Muhyiddin Yassin forhim to de- ceremonyknownasacon- also complicates US’ effortsto lation of the terms of the deal. PAKISTAN’S MAJOR Opposition As thepublicmeetingbegan andformerPMNawazSharifagain His daughter and PML-N vice clareastate of emergency in re- sistory at theVatican next withdraw from Afghanistan. parties on Sundayheld their attheAyubStadiuminQuetta,the blamedArmychief GenQamar presidentMaryamNawaz in her sponse to thecoronavirus crisis, month. The nine electors Details about the raid that led thirdmassivejoint rallydespite citywitnessedablastthatkilled JavedBajwa and ISI Director speech said thetimehad come sayingthathedidnotseetheneed. comefromaround the to al-Rauf’s alleged death re- al-Rauf’s reporteddeath.The FBI, security threatsinthe troubled three people and injured seven General Lt Gen Faiz Hameedfor to changethe fate of Pakistan. Critics sayMuhyiddin’s re- worldand increase the mainedmurky,hours after theUSmilitaryand NATO did not southwestern Balochistan othersinHazarganjiarea,35 to 40 Pakistan's current situation. Addressing the rallyvia video questfor emergency rule, which possibility that the next Afghanistan’sNationalDirectorate respondto requestsforcomment. province’s capital Quetta, as part minutes away from the rallysite. “Gen Bajwa, youwill have to link,PakistanPeople’s Partychief would include suspending par- pope will be aperson who of Security intelligence service Amanullah Kamrani, deputy of their nationwide campaign to According to police, an im- answer forrecord rigging in the BilawalBhuttoZardari asked, liament, is an attempt by the pre- will continueFrancis’ poli- claimedonTwittertohavekilled headof Ghazni’sprovincialcoun- oustPrime Minister Imran Khan. provisedexplosive device was 2018 elections,for horse-trading “What sortofademocracy is this mier to stay in poweramid a cies. REUTERS himinGhazniprovince.Al-Qaeda cil, said Talibanwas offeringshel- The PakistanDemocratic planted in amotorcycle. in the Parliament, formaking wherethe media isn’t free and leadership challenge. didnotimmediatelyacknowledge terand protection to al-Rauf. Movement(PDM),acoalitionof 11 The PDMleaders went ahead Imran Niazi primeminister neither is the judiciary?” Malaysiaisseeingaresurgence invirusinfectionsandonSaturday reported itsbiggestdaily jump in cases with1,228 newcases. The palace said Muhyiddin DEBATES IN THE STATE HAVE LONG BEEN LEADING INDICATORS OF SOCIAL ISSUES ROILING AMERICA made the requestfor emergency rule to deal withthe coronavirus pandemic, but that the govern- Also on California ballot: Gig economy, race in admissions ment has been handling the cri- sis well. “Al-Sultan Abdullah is of the Debates in this Democraticstate legislative debatesaboutgaymar- ers suedUberfor $260millionon cationto considerrace,sex,colour, opinion that thereisnoneedat KARISHMAMEHROTRA have longbeenleadingindicators riage.In2010,voterswere askedto Thursdayfor thecompany’s ag- ethnicity,ornational origin to ad- the moment forHis Majestyto SANFRANCISCO,OCTOBER25 of social issues roiling America — choose between emission stan- gressive in-app messages asking dressdiversity.Inother words, it declareanemergency in the andthepropositionsontheballot dardsandemploymentrates—all riders to supportthe prop. would allowaffirmativeaction, countryorinany partofthe SHOULDUBERdriversbeconsid- thistime arenodifferent. issues that eventuallymade their Currently, companieslike giving preferential treatment to countryofMalaysia,” the palace ered employees?Should public “TostudyCaliforniainitiatives waytointernational discourse. Uber,Lyftand food delivery firm historicallydisadvantagedgroups. said in astatement. schools consider race when ac- and referendumistostudy ami- This year,the most contested DoorDash use acontracting The statehad outlawedthis prac- “His Majesty is confident in ceptingstudents?Should17-year- crocosmof themajor...issuesthat proposition, Prop 22, hasvoters model so that theydon’thaveto ticeinthe1990s.Thesystemisdif- the ability of the government oldswho willturn 18 by thetime peopleandpoliticianshave cared askingif Uberdriversshouldhave paytheirworkersunemployment ferent from quotas, whichare under the leadership of the of apresidential election be al- about,”wrotehistorianJohn flexibility or stability.With stick- insurance, overtime, or compen- bannedbyAmerican federal law. Prime Ministertocontinueto lowedtovoteinthe primaries? Allswanginhisbookonthestate’s ersonUbervehiclesand on bags sation.Thecompaniesclaimmost This is mostoften brought up implement policies and enforce- Should prisoners be able to pay proposition system. Supporters of “pro-black”initiativesonthe ballotatanevent of onlinegroceryserviceInstacart, of their drivers, amillion in the case of university admis- ment effortstocurbthe spread cash to getbail? Thisyear’spropositions,puton hosted by the California Democratic PartyBlack Caucus. AP app-basedcompanieshave spent Californians, would prefer the sions. ManyAsian Americans be- of the Covid-19pandemic.” Otherthanchoosingbetween the ballotbycitizenswho gar- $181 million—the mostin flexibility of contract work over lieve affirmative actionmeasures Theking’s decision came af- presidential candidates Donald nered at least623,212 signatures California’s history on aproposi- thestabilityof employeebenefits. hurt them, as theirhigher scores terameeting with other senior Trumpand JoeBiden,inwhat is in supportofeach, come from a endum in astate,bypassingthe mostfrequently. Aseriesof propo- tion campaign —toget voters on Anothercontentiousmeasure, arede-valuedfor another’s iden- royals. The constitution givesthe being calledthe contestfor tradition of direct democracy in legislature.Californiawasthesec- sitionsinthe1900sdealtwithpol- their side. If it passes, it would ex- supportedbyDemocratic Vice- tity.Otherssay diversityshouldfo- king the right to decide if an “America’s soul”, these aresome the country. US citizens can sug- ondstate (afteritscloseliberalsis- iticsoveroilexplorationandinsur- empt companies likeUberfrom PresidentnomineeKamalaHarris, cus moreonclass, notrace. emergency should be declared, of the questionsCalifornians will gestpropositions—orlegalmeas- terOregon)to institutethesystem ance companies. In 2008, providing employeebenefitsto wouldallowpublicentitiesinem- FULLREPORTON basedonthreats to security, econ- be voting on come November 3. ures —tobeput to popular refer- in the late1800s andhas usedit Proposition8wasone of the first theirdrivers.Agroupof gigwork- ployment,contracting and edu- www.indianexpress.com omyorpublic order. REUTERS
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OCTOBER 31 DEADLINE FOR ECLGS WORTH `3 LAKH CRORE APPROACHING How key policy actions led to TomaximiseliquidityforMSMEs,govt rise in income levels during a mayextendcreditschemedeadline pandemic-hit global economy ANILSASI As per Credit Suisse Group AG’s 2020 Global Wealth ECLGS is open until October 31 or Rs 3-lakh croreECLGS provides take loans in their individual ca- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 Report, India and China arereportedtohaveseen SUNNYVERMA until Rs 3lakhcrore has been 62.52%OFFUNDS additional 20 per cent collateral- pacity,for instance, truckdrivers, NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 sanctioned, whicheverisearlier. freecreditto MSMEsfullyguaran- small shopkeepers, taxi drivers, THE PANDEMIC and the subse- gains in householdwealth in thefirsthalf of the year “TheNCGTC has increasedits SANCTIONED teed by the central government lawyers, agricultureequipment quent lockdownmay have had a THE GOVERNMENTplanstoex- outreachsubstantiallythismonth. againstloanlosses. owners and doctors and engi- devastating impact on people’s tend the deadline forEmergency TheideaisputtheentireRs3lakh ■ Bankshave Of the total 27.37lakh loan ac- neers with loans on equipment. livelihoods and incomes globally, Fedand other west- sets.Acaveatisthat Credit Line Guarantee Scheme croretouse so that liquidity can sanctioned62.52% of countswhichreceiveddisburse- According to arecent survey buttherehasalsobeenaparadox- erncentralbanks,and thelatestfindingsare (ECLGS) forMSMEsbeyond reachthe maximum number of the targeted Rs 3lakh ment under the scheme, PSBs publishedbythe National ical rise in household wealth in the forceofthese basedonprovisional October 31 in case the targeted enterprises. Loan sanctions have croreunder the ECLGS cateredto22.19 lakh accounts— InstituteofBankManagement, India, according to the findings in monetary interven- household balance loansanctionamountof Rs3lakh pickedupafter individualswere forstressedMSMEs, or 81.09per cent of totalaccounts microenterprises have been the Credit Suisse Group AG’s 2020 tions, allasset classes sheetsforthequarter croreisnot achieved,sourcessaid. allowedtotakebenefit.Butevenif whiledisbursements —whileprivate banksserved3.89 biggest beneficiaryofthe ECLGS, GlobalWealthReportreleasedlast aresurging. These issuedbyfew coun- Bankshavesanctioned 62.52 we reachRs2.90 lakh croreof were at 45.38% of the lakhcustomers.Shareofdisburse- butithasbeenusedmostlyforim- Thursday.Indiaand Chinaare re- central bank emer- tries. Besides Latin per cent of thetargetedRs3lakh sanctions, then also thereisa totalamount as of ment by state-ownedbanks has mediateliquidity support, rather portedtohaveseen gains in gency responses in- Americancountries, croreundertheECLGSforstressed ground forextension of scheme,” October 5 come down from around 90 per thanbusinessgrowth.Thesurvey household wealthinthe firsthalf cludedcutting interestrates to among the major global MSMEs, while disbursements asenior government official said. ■ Sources said the cent in earlier months,while pri- alsohighlightedvariousconcerns of theyear,up4.4percentand1.6 zeroand undertakingtobuy un- economies, the United Kingdom were at 45.38 per centofthe total AsonOctober5,12 publicsec- NCGTC, whichis vate banks and NBFCs have —disbursement patterns being per cent,respectively. limitedamounts of bonds, which has seen the biggestrelative ero- amount as of October 5, up from torbanks,24 private banksand31 implementingthis steppeduplending. unequal as alarge proportion of Globally, household wealth has translatedintoall assets — sion of wealth. 47.7 percentsanctions and32.9 non-bankingfinancialcompanies scheme,isrunning a Atotal of 1.64 lakhindividual borrowers have receivedasmall has held up in thesesix months stocks,bonds and even alterna- On theconcertedmovement percentdisbursementsrecorded (NBFCs)sanctioned Rs 1.87 lakh campaign this month borrowers were sanctionedRs shareofthetotalloan;low utilisa- even as South America suffered tives—moving up in tandem. of copper and gold prices, as as on August12. Sources said the croreunderthescheme,of which to enable increased 17,460crore and disbursed Rs tion rate forthe smallest borrow- badlyonthismetricdue to local Thesurge inwealthof therich- againstthe general trend of one NationalCreditGuaranteeTrustee Rs 1.36 has been disbursedto funding to MSMEs 5,939crore underthe scheme. ers and manufacturingfirms. currencydevaluations,withindi- estAmericansisbeing drivenby rising and the other falling,there CompanyLtd (NCGTC), whichis 27.37lakh borrowers, govern- The Centre had amended the Though under the ECLGS vidual wealth taking ahit across the sharp bouncebackofthe US aretwo overlappingtriggers. The implementingthisscheme,isrun- ment datashowed. The amount ECLGS scheme in Augusttocover banksare notsupposedtotake geographies during this period. stockmarket,primarily drivenby trigger forgold is predictable: ninganaggressive campaign this of loansanctionsby private banks 81,648 crore, private banksanc- individual entrepreneurs, who anycollateral from borrowers, it Thereare other global trends the unprecedentedactionbythe fears of aprolonged downturn as month to enable increasedfund- continuedtoremainhigherwhen tions were Rs 95,510crore. run alarge chunk of theover6.3 allows extension of charge on se- thatrun countertothe generally Fed. Investors have been buying the virus continues to spread and ing to micro, small and medium compared to state-ownedones. Disbursals by PSBs and private croreMSMEs across thecountry. curityfortheexistingloanswhich establishednorms: equities,withBigTech companies uncertaintiesovertheimpending enterprises(MSMEs). Whilepublicsector banks bankswereatRs68,814crore and This enabledNBFCs to provide involvesdocumentationandreg- ■ Amajor distortion is that and those linked to healthcare— globalrecoveryisforcinginvestors LaunchedonMay 23, the (PSBs) sanctionedloans of Rs Rs 62,848crore,respectively. The fundingto borrowerswhomostly istrationandstampdutycharges. stocks and bonds have movedin BigPharmaandhospitalstocks— to flocktotheyellowmetalasthey tandem during muchofthe last among the major beneficiaries. seek out asafehaven.But,unlike six months, whichdoes nottypi- Most of theglobalrichownstocks during atypical downturn, when HIGH COURT ALSO PULLS UP SEBI OVER CRITICISM BY UNITHOLDERS callyhappen. in theirown companies and oth- copper pricesdip as manufactur- ■ Then thereisatwistinthe ers, therebybenefiting from the ingandconstructionslow, theup- Karnataka HC order on Templeton 441infraprojectsshowcost otherwisesynchronisedchoreog- surge in market valuations. turnincopper’strajectoryhasone raphyinvolving copperand gold The trendofriseinhousehold keydriver—China. overruns of `4.35lakh crore prices. Almostalways, when one wealth, as reported by the latest Hitfirstbythe virus, China is schemes: Fundhouse may move SC rises, the other tends to fall. So, Credit Suisse report, toocan be recoveringfirst—having clocked Amid delays in execution and other constraints, as manyas generallyinaneconomic down- tracedbacktothe concertedgov- asecond successive quarterof ruledthatthe trustees of Franklin copy of theresolution datedApril 441infrastructureprojects have been hit by costoverruns turn, while gold typically surges ernmentandcentralbankactions growth at nearly 5per cent dur- ENSECONOMICBUREAU Templetonmusttaketheconsent 23, 2020 passedbythe Boardof of over`4.35 lakh crore, as per theMoSPIreport forAugust as investors flocktoasafehaven to mitigatethe Covid-19fallout. ing July-September,accordingto MUMBAI,OCTOBER25 of unitholdersbyasimplemajor- Directors of the Trustees provid- investment,copperpricesslideas Thesemonetaryinterventions datareleasedMonday. Due to a ityfor winding up of the six debt ingfor winding up. Numberofprojects manufacturing and construction have resultedin global wealth re- very strong infrastructurede- FRANKLINTEMPLETONAMChas funds. Aweek ago, Franklin Temple- 539thatreportedtime slows down.But the Covid-19 boundingfromaninitialslumpin mand recovery in China from the indicated that it will move the However, thehigh courthas tonhad said itssix shut schemes escalation,ofwhich: pandemichastriggeredasurge in thefirstquarteroftheyear,adding Covid-19pandemic and the red SupremeCourtagainstcertainas- stayed the operation of this order receivedRs8,302crore from ma- 128:delayedbyoneto12 both gold and copper that are $1 trillion by June afterending metal’s fundamental role in elec- pectsofthe KarnatakaHigh forsixweeksandclarifiedthatno turities,pre-paymentsand months moving up in tandem. 2019 at $399.2 trillion. Anthony trification, copperpricesshould Court’s order on the issue of the redemptions, borrowingsorcre- coupon paymentssince closing ■ Despitethe devastation of Shorrocks,economistandauthor remain “veryrobust”forthe fore- closureofsix credit risk schemes. ating liability in the said six down in April. 128:delayedby13to24 jobsand employmentprospects, of the report, said, “Giventhe da- seeable future, trading company “While we arestillinthe schemes can be initiated by the Part of thisamounthas been months savingshave goneupacrossgeog- mageinflictedby Covid-19onthe Trafigura’s executive chairman process of studying the order,ba- fund house. utilisedtorepayborrowings and 167:delayedby25to60 raphies. In the US, sevenin10 globaleconomy, itseemsremark- and CEO JeremyWeirtold partic- sis our initialreview, we believe it In itsorder,the HC also said as postrepayment,Rs5,116 croreis months Americanjob-losersintherecess- ablethat household wealth has ipantsinthe virtual FT maybenecessarytoappealas- awatchdog, the Securitiesand available fordistribution to 116:delayedby61monthsand `25,26,063.76crore: ionwouldearnmorefromunem- emergedrelatively unscathed. CommoditiesGlobal Summit pectsofthe orderinthe Supreme ExchangeBoardofIndia (Sebi) unitholders in four cashpositive above Anticipatedcostof ployment-insurance payments Wealth actsasaform of self-in- September 29. Court,” the fund house said in a wasexpectedto playaveryproac- schemes —Franklin India Ultra 43.18months:Averagetime implementationofallprojects thantheyhad doneonthe job. surancethathouseholdscandraw Addedtothatisanothertrig- letter to investors. tive role by questioning the AMC, ShortBondFund, Franklin India overrunofallprojects upon when times arehard. Initi- ger: supply constraints.Ascopper “Itwillalsobeourendeavorto trustees and sponsor about the Dynamic Accrual Fund, Franklin `4,35,132.49crore:Overall What explains these trends ally, the impact of the pandemic production is concentrated seekappropriatedirectionsfrom compliances with the provisions IndiaLowDurationFund,Franklin Totalprojectsworth costoverruns,i.e.20.81percent Thereare cogentexplanations wasfeltmainlyviathesharpworl- mostlyinSouth America,supply thecourtregardingreturnof cash of the mutual fund regulations. India Credit Risk Fund —subject 1,661`150croreandabove oforiginalcost forsome of these observations. dwidedecline in equity prices.” isshortassomeminesinPeruand of overRs5,200crore currentlyac- The unitholders of the (six) to fund running expenses. monitoredbytheMinistryof Forinstance, thephenomenonof Household wealth in India is Chileareshutbecauseof thevirus, cumulated in thefourcash posi- schemes will be justifiedintheir Thefundhousehadclosedsix StatisticsandProgramme `11,48,621.70crore: stocks and bonds moving in tan- dominatedby propertyandother andare onlyslowlyresumingpro- tive schemes, and with regard to criticism that Sebi wasasilent debt mutual fund schemes —in Implementation(MoSPI) Expenditureincurredonall demandthesurgingwealthof bil- real assets,although financial as- duction,accordingto aReutersre- anyadditional cash we mayre- spectator,the high courtadded. whichclose to Rs 28,000 croreof projectstillAugust2020, lionairescan be tracedbackto sets have grownovertime, now port that quoted Susan Bates of ceivewhile thematterremains It said Sebi did notrespondto investormoneyisstuck —onApril `20,90,931.27crore:Total 45.47%ofanticipatedcost broadlythe same trigger—the forming 22 per cent of gross as- MorganStanley.AChineserecov- under the consideration of the the email dated April 14,2020 23, citing redemption pressures originalcostofimplementation recordquantitative easing from sets.In2019, non-financialassets eryaugurswellforgoldtoo,given Court,” it added. sent by theAMC and the regula- and lackofliquidity in the bond ofthe1,661projects Source: MoSPI/PTI central banks. As aresult of this roseby 12.5percentcomparedto thatthecountryisthebiggest con- TheKarnatakaHConSaturday torwas notevenpossessing a market. unprecedentedaction by the US 8.6percentgrowthinfinancialas- sumer of theyellow metal. BRIEFLY DHFL lenders unimpressed by low offers, INTERVIEW WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,BHARAT BIOTECH ‘IndusIndBank ‘Trying to raise manufacturing stakesale against huge haircut; may invite fresh bids reportsuntrue’ sets(NPAs)of thebankingsystem. setportfolio of Rs 33,000 crore, liquidationvalue(LV)arrivedatby capacityabove 500 million GEORGEMATHEW& Sources saythatbankers are wholesale assetportfolio of Rs theindependentvaluersonbehalf Mumbai: The promoter of SANDEEPSINGH notinfavourofacceptingthebids 48,000 crore, and cash andcash of the lenders. IndusIndBank,the Hinduja MUMBAI/NEWDELHI,OCT25 astheyfeelthattheamountistoo equivalent of Rs 12,000crore. In November 2019,the Reser- doses as soon as possible’ group, has “reaffirmedits low. Thereisafeeling among the The Adanis offeredtopay Rs ve BankofIndia(RBI)superseded unstinted supporttothe THE COMMITTEE of Creditors bankers thatthe retail assets of 750crorewithinoneyearandthe the boardofdirectors of DHFL — BHARATBIOTECH,whichrecently wherebetweenRs100-250crore. bank”andruledoutanysale whichissupervising the resolu- around Rs 30,000 croreofthe balanceRs1,500crore wouldbe which has liabilities of closetoRs receivedapprovalsto conductlate Ithink we’regeareduptosupply of stake.Referringto reports tionplan of scam-hit Dewan companyare agoodportfolioand payable aftereight years. Piramal 84,000 crore—and initiated the stagehuman trials of Covaxin — good quantities to the govern- that KotakMahindraBank HousingFinanceCorporation the administrator is running the Enterprises has bid forDHFL’s Rs bankruptcy proceedings“owing itsCovid-19vaccinecandidate— ment when it is acquired. wasexploring taking over (DHFL)isagainsthandingoverthe companywell.Thelowbidsby the 33,000 croreretail portfolio for to governance concerns andde- has committed “significant” in- Ithink,interms of our own IndusIndBank,the Hinduja companyatahugehaircutof over Adani group, Piramalgroup, US- onlyRs6,000 crore. Piramal faultsbyDHFLinmeetingvarious vestment towardsexpanding its cold chain capacity, we have two groupsaid,“Thepromoterof 70 percentto thefourbidders.Itis basedOaktree and Hong Kong- Enterprises has alsooffered Rs payment obligations”. ability to makethe vaccine, ac- locations in Hyderabad ... which IndusInd Bank,IndusInd considering various options, in- basedSCLowytobuyDHFLassets 9,000croreoutof Rs12,000crore TheRBI,whichsteppedinafter cording to thecompany’sexecu- have large coldchain capacities. InternationalHoldingsLimi- cludinginviting fresh bids, “for asong” shockedthe lenders availablewiththecompanytothe thebanksandDHFLfailedtoagree tive director,SAIPRASAD.Inanin- We’realsobuildingaverylarge in- ted(IIHL),completely denies takeoverof DHFLassetsby lenders as the companycashworth over lenders.ThePiramalbidwouldre- on aresolution plan to bring the terviewtoPRABHARAGHAVAN, tegrated warehouse right on our thesaidrumourandconsid- themselvesorcontinueoperating Rs 10,000crore. sult in recovery of onlyaround6 firm backonthe rails, appointed Prasaddetailsthe company’s dis- Sai Prasad campusrightnow, andthatissup- ers it malicious, untrue and under the administrator ap- Asourcesaidthatthebankers per cent forthe lenders. SC Lowy RSubramaniakumar,former MD cussionswith the governmentto posedtocomeonlineby midnext baseless.” IIHL is promoted pointed by the RBI. will ask the interested biddersto hassubmittedthebidthatcomes andCEOof IndianOverseasBank, bringoutthevaccinehere,aswell year,soIthink we will have by theHindujas. ENS The four bids offeraverylow revise the bid or will likethe ad- with so manyconditions that it is astheadministratorto runtheaf- asitsdiscussionswithothercoun- thatwe’vealreadyhad,anddiscu- enough capacity in Hyderabad. recovery value,rangingfromas ministratortorun the company unlikely to be considered. fairs of the company. tries to supplyCovaxin globally. ssions on ... anynew facilities and We have averysimilarkindofca- lowasRs75crore to thehighest forsomemoretime,adding,“The There’s also aviewamong Although DHFL promoter Edited excerpts: investmentsthat we aremaking. pacityinBangalore—wehavean- ‘LICIPOabig of Rs 15,800crore.The recovery bids aretoo lowand the bankers bankers that DHFLhas an attrac- Kapil Wadhawan, who is in judi- other sitewhere we do other issue...will rate from these bids forlenders arenot willing to take suchabig tive zeroriskretailportfolioandit cial custody,had recentlywritten Has the government made any What is your cold chain and kinds of products over there. We willbeinthe rangeof3per cent haircut of around 70 per cent, es- should be acquired by the banks to theRBI administrator offering commitment, in interactions, manufacturingcapacity? Are also have asiteinAnkleshwarin taketime’ to 16 percent.Thismeanslenders pecially when theyfeel that the themselves instead of offering familyassets“valuedatRs43,000 towardsprocuring aspecific youexpandingthis and how Gujarat, whichisthe Chiron will suffer aloss of Rs 68,000- retail portfolioofDHFL is strong.” that to anybidder at such alow crore” to facilitatethe resolution number of doses of Covaxin muchhaveyou invested Behring(site)thatwe acquiredre- NewDelhi: Department of 70,000 crorewhich,inturn, will DHFL had totalassets of Rs valuation. Bids receivedare far processof DHFL,lendershave not at-risk?Ifyes,how many? towardsCovaxin so far? centlyfromGSK. InvestmentandPublicAsset push up the non-performing as- 93,000crore,comprisingretailas- lowerthan the fair value (FV) and considered this proposal. No,weare producingCovaxin Intermsof manufacturingca- Management (DIPAM) at-risk.Wedohavecertain quan- pacity, we areatabout150million Does the lackofcertainty on SecretaryTuhinKanta tities of stockalready manufac- dosesperyearrightnow. We have procurement impact your Pandeysaid that the initial tured andkeptready,but we’ve an existingfacility, andwe’realso approachtoat-risk public offering (IPO) of Life Samsung chairman, who turned company nothad a(commitmenttowards building abrand newfacilityin manufacturing and the Insurance Corporation of procurementofspecific doses). Hyderabad itself right next to (it). timelines you’veset foryour India(LIC)isabigissueandit We’vehad manydiscussions Thatisgoing to be online during vaccine’s development and will take time. into aglobal powerhouse, passesaway with the government, but not December.We’realso exploring launch? about procurement of acertain another facility in another city, It absolutelydoes. The more and dubioustransfersofthe fam- around 5p.m. (0800GMT), Lee’s fixedquantityasof yet.We’vehad whichisveryearly stageexplora- positivereinforcementweget in LTCcash JOYCELEE,CYNTHIAKIM& ilywealth. son JayY.Lee,vice chairman of discussions on ... what kind of tory work,tosee whether we can terms of volumes and procure- voucher:FinMin HYUNJOOJIN “Lee is such asymbolicfigure Samsung Electronics, wearing a quantities we can produce avac- makeCovaxin over there. So, I mentcommitments,thefasterwe SEOUL,OCTOBER25 in SouthKorea’sspectacular rise face mask, walked intothe cinein,whattimelinesthevaccine think we aretrying our best to in- canwork, becausethatair of un- releasesFAQ and howSouth Koreaembraced SamsungMedicalCenterwherea willbeavailable ... what kind of crease this capacity north of 500 certaintycanberemoved.But,our LEE KUN-HEE, who built globalisation, that his death will memorial wasbeing held. The product profile will it beavailable million doses as soon as possible. teams arediscussing with other NewDelhi:TheExpenditure SamsungElectronicsinto aglobal be remembered by so many areaforthememorialwaslimited in, what will be theformulation, We’vealsocommittedasigni- countries...andthereisalotofin- Department, underthe powerhouse in smartphones, Koreans,” said Chung Sun-sup, to 50 people,asign said. whatwillbethestability,packag- ficantamountof investments,be- terest from othercountries to try FinanceMinistry,hasissued semiconductors and televisions, chief executive of corporatere- The funeral will be asmall ing, distribution systems —many cause(for)ourphase3clinicaltrial to getCovaxin.Some countries aset of FAQs (Frequently diedSundayafter spending over searcher firm Chaebul.com. familyaffair,Samsungsaid. It did different aspectsofthe vaccine. alone, the budget is approximat- were also talking about technol- AskedQuestions)ontheLTC six years in hospital following a Samsung Group affiliates’ notsay whenorwherethefuneral Thereare severalministries elyRs150 croreintermsofthe ogy transfer and getting it manu- (Leave Travel Concession) heartattack, thecompanysaid. 326.7trillionwon($289.6billion) would be.The presidentialoffice that we arediscussing with, and conduct of the clinical trial (for) facturedlocallyintheirrespective cash voucher scheme, clari- Lee,who was78, grew the LEE KUN-HEE in2019 revenuewasworthabout said SouthKorean President theyare allveryproactiveinterms 25,000-26,000 subjectsand all countries,sowe’renot trying to fyingthatagovernmentem- Samsung GroupintoSouth 17 per cent of South Korea’s gross Moon Jae-in had plans to send of howtheyare supporting us. other ancillaryaspects of aclini- look at this purelyasanIndia is- ployeecan also avail the Korea’sbiggestconglomerateand 1942-2020 domestic product, according to condolenceflowersto thefuneral, Theywant to knowour cold cal trial of that size. sue. Obviously, India is our home scheme utilising the appli- becamethecountry’srichestper- Fair Trade Commission dataand andsendchief of staffNohYoung- chainfootprint,whatthepackag- In terms of capexand opex, country, we willsupply, butwe’re cable LTCfarewithout leave son. But he wasalsoconvictedof aReuterscalculation. min and senior presidential sec- ing dimensionswill look like, whilewe areusingtheexistingfa- also lookingatother countries. encashment. PTI briberyand taxevasion, andhe ifiedfor wielding hugeeconomic Leediedwithhisfamily by his retary Lee Ho-seungtopay re- whether we have storagecapac- cility now, this newfacility (in Fullinterviewon and the empire he built were vil- clout, andforopaquegovernance side, the conglomeratesaid.At spectsonhis behalf. REUTERS ity ... Ithinkthose arediscussions Hyderabad)isalsocostingusany- www.indianexpress.com
New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 15 SPORT THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER26,2020 Khabib calls Arshdeep: KXIP’s young time on Drivinginto undefeated man for the tough jobs MMA career recordbooks NITINSHARMA CHANDIGARH,OCTOBER25
ASSOCIATEDPRESS By winning the Portuguese Grand Prix, Hamilton WITH 14 runstodefendinthe lastover, the ABUDHABI,OCTOBER25 overtakesSchumacher with ahistoric 92nd F1 win Kings XI seamer Arshdeep Singh wassur- roundedbyChris Jordan and the captain KL UNBEATEN LIGHTWEIGHT champion Rahul.Arshdeepwasallearsashewasthepre- Khabib Nurmagomedovretired from mixed REUTERS vious time the trio had converged afew overs martial arts afterstopping Justin Gaethje OCTOBER25 back. Theplan then wasfor Jordan to bowl with atriangle chokeearly in the second yorkers as he had to contend withshort leg- round at UFC 254onSaturdaynight. SIX-TIMES worldchampion Lewis Hamilton side boundaries and forSingh to dig in the Nurmagomedov(29-0)made the an- became the mostsuccessful Formula One sloweronesonthedrytrack to makeuseof the nouncement immediatelyafter he impres- driverofall time in terms of race wins on longerleg-side boundaries. sively finishedhis firstfightsince the death Sundaywithadominant 92nd career victory The pair stucktothe plan to drag thecon- of his father and lifelong coachinJuly. at the Portuguese Grand Prix. test intheirfavourandSinghwasintentonfin- Abdulmanap Nurmagomedovhad aheart The Mercedes driver, who took the che- ishing it offonahigh in the lastover. He re- problem exacerbated by COVID-19, and his quered flag ahuge25.592 seconds aheadof movedSandeep Sharma with aslower-short son wasovercomebytearsinthe cagemo- second-placedteam mateValtteri Bottas, had ball and prisedoutPriyam Gargnextball with mentsafter choking Gaethje unconscious equalledFerrari great Michael Schumacher’s aslowcutter to seal the game. 1:34 intothe second round of his thirdUFC record91wins at the previousrace at the ItwasforthefirsttimeinhisIPLcareerthat title defense. Nuerburgring. Victory, along with abonus the six feet,three inches tall Singh wasbowl- This is my lastfight,”Nurmagomedov point forfastest lap, stretchedthe Briton’s ForLewis Hamilton, aseventh world ing the lastoverthe innings. said. “There’s no wayI’m going to be back championship lead over Bottas to 77 points title would equal anotherMichael InthesixmatchesinthisIPL,hehasbowled without my father.Ispoke to my mother.She with five races remaining. “You arere-writing Schumacher record. Reuters 16 of his 19 overs in the powerplayorinthe While defending14runs in the final over againstSRH, Arshdeep removed don’tknowhow Ifight without father,but I the history books,” Mercedes told Hamilton lastfiveovers. In this game, in the 18th over, Sandeep Sharma and Priyam Gargtoorchestrate aremarkable win. BCCI promisedit’s going to be my lastfight, and if over theteam radio, withteam bossToto Wolff Singhhadgot thematch-turningwicket of the Igivemyword, Ihavetofollow it.” adding: “Lewis, 92. 92.” “I owe it alltothese position on alivelyopening lap with occa- well-set VijayShankar with ashort-of-length The 32-year-old Nurmagomedov wasac- guyshereand backatthe factory,”said sional rain complicating matters. deliverybowledfromaroundthewicket.Singh cutters on slowpitches.” tive with strikes and with grapplingagainst Hamilton. “It’s justbeensuchaprivilegework- Bottas, who had gone ahead, wasthen has earnedthe captain’s trustthathecan exe- In the six matches in this IPL, In the time between matches, Singh has Gaethje (22-3),the dangerousbrawler who ing withthem,” addedthe Briton,who was passedonlap twobyMcLaren’s Spaniard cuteany plan.Aftertheirpreviousgameagainst Arshdeep Singh has bowled 16 been picking the brains of Shami and other had knockedout four consecutive eliteop- joinedonthe podium by race engineer Peter Carlos Sainz, who had startedseventh on the Delhi Capitals, Rahul had said, “Tocome and of his 19 overs in thepowerplay seamers. “Tobehonest, Ihaveasked so many ponents while winning the UFC’s interim ‘Bono’ Bonnington. “Todaywas toughbut it softtyres,withtheMercedespairstruggling to nail six out of six yorkers is areally good job”. questionsand sought tipsinthe last one and lightweight title. wasall about temperatures.” getheat intothe medium rubber. “You can’thavefear in thisformat,” or in the lastfiveovers.Inthe half monthsthattheyhavestarted saying ‘Oh Afterspending the firstround largely DutchyoungsterMaxVerstappenfinished Hamilton, whose father wasatthe circuit Arshdeeptells The Indian Express. game againstSRH,hebowled in no, notagain,” (laughs). Ihavebeenasking trading punches and kicks with the aggres- thirdfor RedBull at the Algarvecircuit near to see his triumph, reportedcramp with seven “It’sabatsman-dominatedformatandthe the18th over,inwhichhegot Shami bhaiabout howhekeeps the seamre- sive Gaethje, Nurmagomedovusedhis un- Portimao that washosting the country’s first lapsto go butthen proceededtoset aseriesof ideaisto stoprunsandmakethemplayunder ally goodandthekindof pacehegets.Sheldon paralleledwrestling skillstotakedown grand prix in 24 years. fastestlaps.“Icould neverhavedreamedof pressure. Ilovethe challengeofbowling in the match-turning wicket of Cottrell has told me about howtocontrol the Gaethje early in the second round and then Hamilton lappedall but the three drivers being whereIamtoday,”hesaidafter his powerplayand death overs. Itrustmyslow VijayShankar. action as aleft-hander.Chris (Jordan) always workedintoposition forthe finishing choke. behind him but it had notlookedso simple at eighthwin of the season and 71st sincehe balls and yorkers and that’s what tellsmeto beaccurateindeathovers.Onething Gaethje appeared to tapout at leasttwice the startwhenhedroppedtothirdfrompole joinedMercedes. (Mohammad) Shami bhai has also told me to whichall of themsay is that Ishould notcom- before thereferee noticed and stopped the believe,” says Arshdeep. “He lostsome pace afterthe hamstring injury. plicatethings much.Every bowler is unique bout, by whichtime Gaethje wasuncon- In July, when we resumedtraining, the focus and youare good enough that’s whyyou are scious. He bouncedupquicklyand shared a HEAD-TO-HEAD Working withtruck tyres wastomakehis run-up abit fast as duetothe playing here,” says Singh. moment of mutualrespect with thedomi- In 2015,whenSingh had approachedthe injury, his muscle memorywas makinghim nant Russian champion. “I knowhewas in a coachJaswant RaiathisSector 36 Academyin run in atouch slower. We worked on getting Targeting increase in pace badspot, butwhether he wasornot,hedid ■■ Hamilton ■■ Schumacher Chandigarh,the skill and love forvariations his armrotation and run-up better.” HiscoachRaibelievesthatSinghcanregain what he neededtodo,” Gaethje said. “I know wasthefirstthingwhichRainoticedbutitalso The next step wascross fittraining to get the pace he had. “He had touched140 during his father is so proud.” Also at UFC 254, for- STARTS posedaproblem. readyfortheIPL.“Hetoldmeto arrangeforcar theU-19WorldcupandChallengertrophyand mer middleweight champion Robert 262 306 “Iwasimpressedby hisheightandtheway tyres forthe cross fit. After15days,hewanted hecanreachthatpaceagain.Ihavebeenwork- Whittaker made his case foranother title he bowled the nip-backer.Initially, he would trucktyres! And Iarrangeditfroma kabaadi ingonhiswristpositionandhecanbowlclose WORLD TITLES shotwithasolid unanimous decisionover thinkaboutbowling different sixballs in one shop(scrapdealer).Now, see,heisrunninglike to 142-144KPH.Last year,whenhewaspicked fellowcontender Jared Cannonier in the 67over.TheU-16 coacheswillsaythathewasabit newtyres in the IPL,” Raisays. up by KXIP,itwas on the insistence of then penultimatebout on Fight Island. SEASONS erratic Aftersome time, Imade him sit down coachMikeHesson who believedthat Nurmagomedov’s firstfightin13months and told him that he has to be accuratefirst. Picking Shami’s mind Arshdeep has ahugepotential. would be an appropriatefarewell forone of 14 19 We concentrated on him bowling bit shortof In this IPL, Singh’s variations have got As forSingh, he has been afan of Irfan the mostdynamic competitors in recent WINS good length and bowling for2-3 hours at the Rohit Sharma, Manish Pandey, and Andre Pathan and Wasim Akram and hopes to meet MMA history. samespot,”addsRai.Itwasthefeatof taking27 Russel among others and he sharedhis think- them one day. “I startedasapacer as Iidolized The Dagestan-borngrappling specialist 92 91 wickets insixmatchesforPunjabU-23teamin ing process. Irfan Pathan sir afterhis hat-trickagainst developedawell-roundedgame under the PODIUMS the Col CK Nayudu trophyin2018thatcata- “Wehad plannedtobowlwide against Pakistanandwouldalsowatch WasimAkram tutelageofhis fatherand aBay Area-based pulted Singhtothe limelight. powerhitterslikeRussel and hit the hard sir’sbowling.Thewayheusedtoswingtheball 161155 MMA gym, culminating in his ascent to the But he sufferedahamstring injurybefore length areas, with some swing, againstbats- remains abenchmarkforall. Ihope Ican meet UFC title in 2018. the U-19ChallengerTrophylastNovember. men likeRohit,”says Singh. “Use the slower them one day,”saysSingh.
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New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 16 SPORT THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER26,2020 BRIEFLY Rajasthan royalty comes to the Crumbs of comfort fore as Stokes takes MI down CSK getsomething to cheer with afacile winoverKohli’sRCB SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS Big Ben tolls afterHardik blitz When pace wasacurse for trumps Jofrastunner. Bangalore andthe lack of it a blessing forChennai. SHAMIK CHAKRABARTY Former India pacerChetanSharma OCTOBER25 tweetedthisphoto of Kapil Dev. SANDIPG Twitter/ChetanSharma OCTOBER25 ASCINTILLATING 59-ball hundred from Ben Stokes helpedRajasthan Royals beat Mumbai THE MATCHturnedout to be abalmthat fleet- Indians by eight wicketsand stay alive in the KapilDevdischarged ingly soothedthe pain of aprematuretourna- IPL. Chasing 196for victory, RR wonwith10 ment exit forChennai Super Kings. “A perfect balls to spare.Anunbroken 152-runpartner- fromhospital match”,ascaptainMSDhoniwouldlaterreflect. ship (82 balls) between Stokes and Sanju It wasalsothe perfect conditions fortheir Samson took the game away from MI. RR’s NewDelhi: India’s firstWorld Cup win- bowlers,andthemostimperfectfortheiradver- win officiallyslammedthe playoffsdoorshut ning-captain Kapil Devwas on Sunday saries,Royal Challengers Bangalore. on Chennai Super Kings. dischargedfromacityhospital,twodays afterundergoingangioplastyfollowinga Lackofpace, ablessing Big Ben tolls heartattack.The61-year-oldcomplained If ViratKohli and AB de Villiers, among the Ruturaj Gaikwadand MS Dhoni took CSK pastthe finish line without anyfuss. BCCI “I didn’t sleep foraweek and my head of chestpainonThursdayfollowing batting royalty of this generation, arestriking wasn’t reallyinit,”Stokeswas quotedassay- whichhewas takentoFortis Escorts the ball at aratelessthan 120inaT20 game, ing by Weekend Herald afterhis father Ged Ben Stokes’ second IPL centurycame HeartInstitute’semergencydepartment. something should be wrong with the world. finedtheiradaptability. Inthesecircumstances, wasdiagnosedwith brain cancer.Heleftthe offjust59balls. BCCI He is doing fine now. “Mr. Kapil Devgot Theyfaced79deliveries,scoredonly89runs, POINTSTABLE on suchasluggish surface and againstabunch England team during their home series dischargedtodayafternoon. He'sdoing found the rope thriceand cleared it once. In a Team Matches Won Lost NR Points of bowlersbornto maximiseit.Fortheirdefeat, againstPakistanand missed asizeablechunk fine and can resume his regulardailyac- normalworld,deVilliersiscapableof smacking MI 11 74014 theycan onlyblame thedisposition of their of this IPL.His ailing father “encouraged” MI were going at almostnine runs per tivitysoon.He’llbeunderregularfollow- ahundredin39deliveries.Kohliwouldnothave DC 11 74014 ownbowling unit. Stokes to return to cricket. over during the 83-run second-wicketpart- up consultationwith Dr.Atul Mathur,” been toofar behind. RCB 11 74014 In the previous five matches, the left-han- nership between Kishan and Suryakumar thehospitalsaid. Angioplasty is aproce- But it wasnot anormal world. It wasnot a Pace, acurse der had barelymadeanimpactbut on Yadav. Inspired by Archer’s effort,RR KKR 11 65012 duretoopenblockedarteries and re- normal T20 hit-through-the-line surface. The IfthepitchwastoodifficultforevenKohliand Sunday, he more than made up foraslow bounced back. Leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal storenormal blood flowtothe heart. IPLcaravan is amonth and week old, andthe KXIP 11 56010 deVilliers,how didChennai’sbatsmenmanage burn. His innings startedwithaflurryof dismissedYadav and Kieron Pollardinside Following his admission, Kapil’s condi- sun-driedstrips areprogressively slowing RR 12 57010 to batsofreely? Therewas no pace on thesur- boundaries againstTrent Boult and the ton four deliveries in his thirdoverand the game tion wasevaluated and an emergency down, especiallyinDubai that has ahistory of SRH 11 4708 face,buttherewaspaceinthefast bowlerswho came with asix offJames Pattinson. Yetagain, wasonanevenkeel before Hardik exploded coronaryangioplasty wasperformedby producing slowturners.Therewas notmuch CSK 12 4808 operatedagainstthem.NavdeepSaini’sslowest he proved to be the man forthe big occasion. at thedeath. Dr.Mathur,who is thedirector of cardi- turn —inthat case, batting would have been delivery clocked142 -his fastestwas afraction Spare athought forSamson, whose31- Rahul Tewatia couldn’t holdontoamist- ology departmentinthe Fortis Escorts slave labour—buttheslownesswasenoughto under150–whileChrisMorriswasconsistently ball 54 notout complementedStokesbril- imedslog from Hardik againstTyagi when HeartInstitute. makeeventhe best of batsmen struggle for slowerball, foritwould nothavemade any 145orthereabouts. Without swing on offer, liantly. Thelatter created thespace for the batsman wasonfive. Tewatia had earlier runs. It wasnot astruggle, though. Kohli and markeddifference. MohammedSiraj waslistless.Andnoneofthem Samson to play himself in and an excellent dropped Yadavatsweeper cover, but this one deVilliersbattedasintelligentlyastheywould Thespinnerswereequallysharpinharness- arereputedtotakethe pace offthe ball. Both partnership ensued. proved muchmorecostly. ZverevbeatsSinner; on aslow, lowsurface —the bouncer lobbed ing thebestofconditions. Mitchell Santner var- Morris and Sirajweredulytargeted, andended It wasSaurabh Tiwary who wrestedthe sailsintofinal gentlyoverthe backofthe batsman,and iedhis paceand length beautifullywhile up conceding 55 runs in 5.4 overs. RCB’s spin- Hardik blitz trumps Jofrastunner initiative forMIinthe 17th over,hitting acou- bouncedagainbefore reachingDhoni—butthe RavindraJadejaprobedaflattertrajectory, com- ners, barring the wonderful YuzvendraChahal, Earlier,Rajasthan Royals had managed to ple of fours and asix offArcher.Then Hardik Cologne: TopseedAlexander Zverev bigdifferenceintheendwasChennai’sbowlers. pressing them forwidthtoloftorroomtocut. turnedout to be uninfluentialtoo. pull the game backfor abrief while, riding took over.Seamer Ankit Rajpootwas at the reachedhis second final in the space Thesurfaceseemeddesignedstraightfrom Leg-spinner Imran Tahir’s over-spun deliveries Making the mostofthe modesttargetand on aJofraArcher stunner. receiving end of his blitz. of aweek in Cologne withaclinical7- their book of dreams. The innateslowness of createdanillusionofunevenbounce.Beatinghis bowling wasRuturaj Gaikwad, who furnished But Mumbai Indians have game chang- Ahigh full-toss went over long-on fol- 6(3)6-3 victoryoverItalian wild card their attackwas ablessing than acurse. And compatriotdeVilliersacoupleoftimeswithex- agoodaccountof hiscrispstrokeplay. Hedrove ers aplenty.OnSunday, Hardik Pandyacame lowedbythree consecutive sixes offthe last JannikSinnerinthe semi-finals of the theytookthe pace offthe ball even more. The trabounce,hemadehimlookmortal.Tahiralso and cut splendidlywhile Ambati Rayudu exe- to theparty. three balls of that over. Archer bowled abril- bett1HULKSChampionship on fastestthe Bangalorebatsmen facedinthe en- made Kohli mistime half adozen of his drives. cutedhissweepsfluently. Their67-runalliance Archer made aone-handedgrabwiththe liant19thover, but Hardik waswaiting for Saturday. The German worldnumber tireinnings was138.2kmph, bowled by Sam And whenKohli mistimes adrive,it’satell-tale wasenoughto tightenCSK’sgriponthematch. leap of agoalkeeper,todrawafootball anal- Tyagi. Three sixes and twofours,and another sevenclaimedhis firstATP crownof Curranwho took three wickets. It’s the ball’s sign thatthe surfaceisonthe slower side. Bangalorehad revelledintheir pace prowess ogy.Ishan Kishan had flat-batted ashortde- 27-run over took MI’s total to 195/5. Hardik theyear afterbesting Canada’s Felix pace when it lands,it wouldbeeven slowerby Shrewdasever, Dhoni got the driftofthe throughout the tournament. Here, it wastheir livery from medium pacerKartik Tyagi and motoredtoa20-ball half-century. Auger-Aliassime 6-3 6-3 to win the the time it reachedthe batsmen. He bowledat gameandsetaggressivefieldsto preventcheap undoing. Archer had initiallymisjudged it. BRIEF SCORES: MI 195/5 (Hardik Pandya60 bett1HULKSIndoor title at the same an averagespeedof132,while pace-bowling singles.ThatKohlianddeVilliersstillmanaged BRIEFSCORES:RCB145/6(Kohli50,deVilliers But his recovery wasstunning, ajump notout, JofraArcher 2/31, Shreyas Gopal 2/30) venuelastSunday. AGENCIES colleagues Monu Kumar and Deepak Chahar to smuggle singles and twos, besides kicking 39, Curran3-19, Chahar2-31) losttoCSK 150/ 2 upwards and backtotakethe catchatsquare losttoRR196/2 (Ben Stokes 107not out, Sanju ranged from 125-130. Theyhardlycared fora along at arateofoversix runsanover, onlyde- (Gaikwad65*,Rayudu39) by 8wickets. thirdman. Samson 54 notout) by 8wickets.
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