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OMKARGOKHALE MUMBAI,OCTOBER7 alone,rulesapexcourt REJECTINGALL argumentsofthe Narcotics Control Bureau(NCB) point by point, including the key Says public spacescannotbeoccupiedindefinitely allegations that she waspartofa “drug syndicate” and was“har- and dissent go handinhand, but bouring”actor ANANTHAKRISHNANG then the demonstrations ex- Rajput, the BombayHigh Court Siddique Kappan (withcap), secretaryofthe Kerala UnionofWorkingJournalists,and three NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 pressing dissenthavetobein Wednesdaygrantedbail to actor otherswho were heldwithhim were producedbeforeacourt in MathuraonWednesday. PTI designated places alone”. “with strin- DISAPPROVINGOFthe manner The Shaheen Bagh protest, it gent conditions”,nearly amonth in whichasit-inprotestagainst said,“wasnotevenoneof protests aftershe wasarrestedinadrugs Rhea Chakraborty afterbeing Journalist, three others held on way the Citizenship (Amendment) taking place in an undesignated case arisingfromRajput'ssuicide grantedbail,Wednesday. PTI Actwas organisedinthe area, but wasablockageofapub- on June 14. Shaheen Bagh area of Delhi from licwaywhichcausedgrave incon- Chakraborty wasgranted bail to Hathras booked under terror law December 2019 to March 2020, At the Shaheen Baghprotest venience to commuters”. on apersonal bond of Rs 1lakh NCBOVER-RULED the Supreme CourtWednesday site, Wednesday. Tashi Tobgyal It said “wecannotacceptthe withsureties, while theHigh ■Notpartofdrugs chain What democracy is thisthat areporter ruledthat public protests must plea of the applicants(who Court rejected the bail pleasof BUSINESSASUSUAL be “in designated areas alone” sought to intervene in the matter ■ No criminal her brother Showik and alleged and “public ways andpublic Capital, said “while appreciating in defence of the protesters) that antecedents is booked underUAPA, says his wife BY UNNY drug peddler Abdel BasitParihar spacescannotbeoccupied… the existence of the right to an indeterminable number of in the case. The Benchalso ■ Didn’t harbour Rajput, Maant police station, the journal- and that tooindefinitely”. peaceful protestagainstalegisla- people can assemble whenever granted bail to Rajput’s cook he wasinown house AMILBHATNAGAR istSiddique Kappan,Campus The benchofJustices Sanjay tion... we have to makeitun- theychoosetoprotest”. DipeshSawantand hisdomes- ■ All equal before law, no NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 Front of (CFI) office-bearers Kishan Kaul, Aniruddha Bose equivocallyclearthat public “Wehave, thus,nohesitation tic help SamuelMiranda on a specialliability forstars Atiq-ur-Rahman and Masood and Krishna Murari,ruling on a ways and public spaces cannot in concluding that suchkind of personalbondofRs50,000each A41-YEAR--based Ahmed, and aman identifiedas petition forremoval of protest- be occupiedinsuchamanner occupation of public ways, and other conditions. journalistand three others, who Alam, have been bookedfor an ers whose actions had ledtotraf- and that tooindefinitely.” whether at thesiteinquestion The High Court had reserved a“lesson” forothers. were detainedbyUPPolice alleged"conspiracy behind their ficchaos in and around the The benchsaid “democracy CONTINUEDONPAGE2 itsorders in the casefollowing a Chakraborty,who wasina Monday afternoon from atoll visit to Hathras”, where a19- hearing on September 29 after relationship with Rajput,was ar- plaza in Mathura,wereon year-old Dalit woman wasas- the NCBopposedthe bail pleas rested by the NCBonSeptember Wednesdaybookedunder UAPA, saultedandallegedly gangraped and submitted that the accused 8onchargesthat she waspartof the stringentanti-terror law. on September 14.She diedat were involved in crimes “worse adrug syndicateoperating in According to theFIR filedin CONTINUEDONPAGE2 2months after Pilot camp alleged tapping, than murder or culpable homi- Mumbai. Her brother Showik cide” and that the case should be CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Ex-CBI chief China one removed, MoD FIR against aide,journalist for ‘fake news’ Ashwani Kumar by the CM at ahotelinJaisalmer. As stubble-burning drops all reportssince 2017 HAMZAKHAN In the midstofthe 35-day- found dead in JAIPUR,OCTOBER7 long political drama, the Pilot These include those relating camphad accusedthe Gehlot season begins, sharp Shimla home KRISHNKAUSHIK to theperiod of the Doklamcri- LESS THAN twomonths after government of tapping phones NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 sis in 2017 whichhadn’t men- Rajasthan Chief MinisterAshok of MLAs. The police had denied tionedthe standoffbetween Gehlotand formerDeputy CM the allegations. spike in farmfires EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE AFTER TAKINGdownamonthly Indian and Chinese troops. Sachin Pilotcalled atruce aftera Sachin Pilot; AshokGehlot As per the FIR, lodged on SHIMLA,OCTOBER7 reportwhich spokeof“unilateral The MinistryofDefence did public and bitter tussle, the state October 1, Satyapal Singh, the aggression” by China in , notrespond to queries from The police has filedanFIR against Duty Officer at the Police Control HARIKISHANSHARMA ED FORMER NAGALAND Governor the MinistryofDefence has re- Indian Express on the removalof Pilot’s media manager Lokendra them of spreading “misleading Room at Jaipur Police NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 Impacton and Director of CBI Ashwani movedfromits websiteall the monthlyreportsofthe Singh and AajTak's Jaipur-based and fake news”regarding tapping Commissionerate,reported that PLAIN E Kumar was monthlyreportssince 2017. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Editor SharatKumar,accusing of phones of MLAs sequestered CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ● Delhi'sair THE FIRSTsixdays of Octobersaw EX found hanging five timesthenumber of stubble- in his home in burning incidentsinPunjab, FARMERS IN Punjab and Shimla on CITY Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh as in Haryana burn paddy Wednesday thecorresponding period of last stubble around this time evening, police year,official datashow. before theypreparethe said. CINEMAS, WEEKLY In all, 1,091incidentsofcrop soil forthe rabi crop. 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Stubble-burning sponding period lastyear —108 burn the paddyresidue.” it were neveravailableonthe and 27 respectively. However, Dr Singhsaid, the website–were removed, the The residue burning has trend seen in the initialfarm Ministryhad takendownthe re- been detected in images re- firesdatamay nothold –and the ‘Can’t occupy public space indefinitely’ portfor June 2020 in August. RESIDUEBURNING ceivedfromseven research overall stubble-burning may That reportsaid, “Chinese ag- EVENTSINPUNJAB, satellites belonging to NASA,the end up being about the same as or anywhereelse for protests,is strictions of censorship; how- Bagh stretch, including the The benchnotedthe inac- gression has been increasing HARYANA,UP US National Oceanic and lastyear. notacceptableand the admin- ever,the flip side to this is that Okhlaunderpass, from tion of the administration. “No along the LACand moreparticu- Atmospheric Administration, istration ought to take action to social media channels areoften December 15,2019. doubt, it is the responsibility of larly in Galwan Valleysince 5th (During theperiod Oct 1-6) and the European Space Agency. Rhea keeptheareasclearof encroach- fraught with dangerand can Sahnicontendedthatpublic the respondent authorities to May, 2020” and “the Chinese Year Number Increase The System of Air Quality and wasarrestedonSeptember 4. mentsorobstructions,”the leadto thecreationof highlypo- roadscould notbeencroached take suitable action, but then side transgressedinthe areas of of Residue (%) Weather Forecasting and Chakraborty had ap- benchsaid larisedenvironments,whichof- uponinthismannerandsought such suitableactionshouldpro- Kugrang Nala, Gograand the Burning Research (SAFAR-India) has fore- proachedthe High Court after Theverdictalsodweltonthe tensee parallel conversations acourt direction to clearthe duce results.Inwhat manner north bankofPangong Tsolake Events castadeterioration of airqual- her bail plea wasrejected by the meritsanddemeritsoftechnol- running withnoconstructive roads. theadministrationshouldactis on 17–18May,2020”. ity in Delhi in the coming days special courthearing the case. ogy impacting social move- outcome evident,” the order TheHighCourt,whichheard their responsibility and they It mentionedthe June 15 2016 809 — due to the increasedburning of Since her arrest,she waslodged ments. stated. the plea on January14, 2020, shouldnothidebehindcourtor- clashes in Galwan Valley, and 2017 90412 stubble in Haryana and Punjab. in aByculla jail cell,withthe spe- Writingforthebench,Justice “Both these scenarios were disposeditthe same daywith- ders or seek supporttherefrom stated that senior militarycom- 2018 426 -53 “The overall Delhi AQI(air cial courtTuesdayextendingher Kaul said “weliveinthe ageof witnessedinShaheen Bagh, outanyspecificdirection.Itsaid forcarrying out their adminis- manders were in talks. It cau- 2019 214-50 quality index)isinthe higher judicialcustody till October 20. technology and the internet whichstarted out as aprotest DelhiPolice had all the powers, trative functions.” tionedthat “while engagement 2020 1091 410 end (of the) moderatecategory She wasreleased Wednesday wheresocial movements againstthe Citizenship jurisdiction and authority to “The courts adjudicatethe and dialogue at militaryand as forecasted, and (is) likelyto evening following the High aroundthe worldhaveswiftly Amendment Act, gainedmo- control trafficinthe largerpub- legalityof theactionsandarenot diplomaticlevel is continuingto Source: CREAMS, IARI touchthe poor categorybylate Courtorder. integrated digital connectivity mentumacrosscitiesto become licinterestwhereverprotestsor meant to give shoulder to the arrive at mutuallyacceptable tonight,”SAFAR said in itsshort Ruling on Chakraborty's plea, intotheirtoolkit;beitfororgan- amovementof solidarityforthe agitations were on.The High administrationto fire theirguns consensus the present standoff Research Institute(IARI), Delhi. rangeforecastfor Delhi on JusticeSarang VKotwal, who ising,publicityoreffectivecom- women and their cause, but Courtsaiditwas up to authori- from.Unfortunately, despitethe is likelytobeprolonged”. Smokefromburning crop Wednesday. “AQI is forecasted passedseparateorders forthe munication.” camewithitsfairshareofchinks ties to take acall basedon lapseof aconsiderableperiodof The joint reportfor Apriland stubblecontributes to airpollu- to deterioratefor next 3days and five accused, stated:“Sheisnot “Technology,however, in a -- as has been opined by the in- ground reality and the wisdom time, therewas neither anyne- Maydid notmention Chinese tion over Delhi and large parts of forecastedtoremain in POOR partofthe chain of drugdealers. nearparadoxicalmanner,works terlocutors and causedincon- of police,especiallyinsituations gotiations nor anyactionbythe aggression, but it did point to the the Indo-Gangetic plain every categorywithincreasing mag- She has notforwarded the drugs to both empowerdigitally-fu- venienceofcommuters,” it thatcouldchangeevery10 min- administration,thuswarranting crisis along the LACwithout go- winter.Farmers burnpaddy nitude until 10th October,” it allegedly procured by her to elledmovementsand, at the stated. utes. our intervention,” the bench ing intospecifics. stubblearound this time before said. somebody else to earn mone- same time, contributes to their The ruling came on an ap- The Supreme Court, how- said.“We only hope that sucha In the reports since August theypreparethe soil forthe rabi IARI Director Dr Ashok tary or other benefits...(there is) apparentweaknesses.Theabil- peal filedbyadvocateAmit ever,said it is “of the viewthat situationdoesnotariseinthefu- 2019,there were four mentions crop. Kumar Singh said one reasonfor nothing at this stage to show itytoscaleupquickly, forexam- Sahni. He had firstapproached the High Courtshould have tureand protests aresubject to of China: ameeting of the The sharpspikeinstubble- the increasednumberoffarm Rhea had committed anyof- ple, using digitalinfrastructure, theDelhiHighCourt,highlight- monitoredthe matter rather thelegalpositionasenunciated “India-China Joint Working burning at the beginning of firescouldbearush by farmers fence involving commercial hasempoweredmovementsto ing problems causedbythe thandisposing of the Writ above,withsomesympathyand Group” on August13-14, 2019; October this year comes after to preparetheir fields to sowpo- quantity of contraband." embrace their often-leaderless protestswhichledto theclosure Petition and creating afluid sit- dialogue, but arenot permitted “the Joint ArmyExercise ‘Hand- significantly fewerincidents on tato. The ruling also stated that aspirations and evadeusual re- of the Kalindi Kunj-Shaheen uation”. to getout of hand,” it said. in-Hand’between Indian Army these dates (October 1-6) in “In recentyears, theareaun- “since she has no criminal an- and PLA, China wasconducted 2019 (214)and 2018 (426). der long-duration paddy vari- tecedents, thereare reasonable from 7th-20th December,2019 DatacompiledbyIARI’s eties likePUSA-44 has come grounds forbelieving that she is in UmroiCantt, Meghalaya”; the Consortium forResearch on down, and the area under short- notlikelytocommitany offence FIR against Pilot aide, journalist for ‘fake news’ February5,2020sighting of a Agroecosystem Monitoring and duration varieties suchasPusa while on bail”. Chinese warship, Jiangwei-Il, in Modelling from Space Basmati-1509 and PR-126 has Justice Kotwal also disagreed onAugust7,ConstableSurendra Sharat Kumar said, "All news conspiracy), along withSection Rajasthan Police is involved in Pakistani waters notfar from (CREAMS) Laboratory using gone up in Punjab,” Dr Singh with the NCB’s argument that Yadavhad showedhim “mis- channels ranthe news story 76 of theITAct.Underthelatter, tapping(phones)of anyMLAor Porbandar;and, the March 2020 satelliteremote sensing technol- said. celebrities and role models leadingnews”being shared on frommorningtillevening.Why an electronic device linked to MP,nor wasitconducted ear- reportonthe construction of a ogy,showthatthe largestnum- “Theshort-duration paddy should receive “harsh” punish- WhatsAppthatphonesof MLAs is one channel being singled anyviolation under the Act lier… Even the allegation of Baileybridgebythe BRO“to berofresidue-burning events varieties areplanted around ment so that it sets an “example” whowere inJaisalmerwerebe- out?" “shall be liable to confiscation”. recording intercom conversa- meetstrategic requirements and during October 1-6 this year June 15 and harvestedbythe forthe young generation. ing recorded. Sourcescloseto Pilot termed Sources closetoPilotsaid: tions is untrue and fictitious.” ensureconnectivity to 451vil- took place in Punjab —841,more thirdweek of September,so The judgesaid: “Everybody TheFIRsays thiswasinvesti- theFIR“odd”,askingwhyitwas “Thiscomes aday afterRahul Tensions between Gehlot lages in Upper SubansiriDistrict than 10 timesthe number of farmers have about amonth to is equal before thelaw.No gatedbySurendraPancholi, being lodged twomonths on. Gandhisaid(inPunjab)give me and Pilothavebeen simmering borderingChina”. sucheventsonthese dates in managethe paddy strawbefore celebrity or role model enjoys SHO,SpecialOffencesandCyber GehlotholdstheHomeportfolio free pressandotherkeyinstitu- despitetheCongresshighcom- 2019 (79). the next (wheat) crop is sown anyspecial privilegebeforethe Crime Police Station. Pancholi in the state. tions,and this (Narendra Modi) mand’smediation.TheCM’sab- Ex-CBI chief Atotal 188residueburning between November 1and 6. courtoflaw.Similarly,sucha recordedstatementsof The FIR accuses Singh and government will notlastlong. sence has been notedatPCC Asuicide note has been eventsweredetected in However, farmers who want to person also does notincur any LokendraSingh, who runsXYZ Kumarof “primafacie”creating HereinRajasthan, Gehlotisdo- eventsto marktheRajivGandhi found,and the familydoesnot Haryana, followedby62inUP grow potatoes trytoprepare special liability whenhefaces news agency,andKumar,aswell the“fake”story, andsays Kumar, ingexactlylikeModi. Andheis Jayanti and Gandhi Jayanti, suspect anyfoulplay, theDGP between October 1and 6this their fields early,assowing of lawinthe courts.” Each casewill as made atranscriptofaTV re- withoutverifyingtheauthentic- the Home Ministertoo, so he wherePilotwas present. Last said. year.The numbers were lower potato begins in the firstweekof have to be decidedonits own portbythe journalist on the al- ityof thenews doingtherounds cannotclaim ignorance about month, Pilotsupporter Naresh “Wefoundalucidsuicide in both states during the corre- October.Inorder to do this, they merits,irrespective of the status legations of tapping. Sources on social media, aired it on the case.” Meena,whowasCovidpositive note from the spotinwhich of the accused, the courtsaid. said Singh’s statement was August7.TheFIRsays thepolice On August7,the Pilotcamp then, wasarrestedfor protest- Kumar wrotethat he is ending The NCB, through Additional recordedatPilot’s residence on also reachedout to Rajasthan had accused the CM of tapping ing againstillegal mining out- his lifedue to disease and disabil- SolicitorGeneral Anil Singh, had August20, sixdays afterGehlot Patrika and Dainik Bhaskar, the phonesofatleastsix MLAs side apolicestation. ity,” Kundu told reporters. What told the courtthatChakraborty had wonthe trustvote. whichhad carriedthe allega- belongingto hisowncampstay- BJP statepresident Satish disease Kumar wasreferring to, had bought drugs forand “con- “Theycouldn’t give alogical tions, and the newspaperssaid ing at HotelSuryagarh in Pooniasaid:“AshokGehlotsays remainsamatterofinvestiga- cealed” Rajput'sdrug habit, and responsewhenaskedaboutthe theyhadpublishedthesameaf- Jaisalmer,withthe help of the big things about the threat to tion, the DGP said. hence Section 27Aofthe source of (the) fake news,” the terinitialreports by XYZandAaj police. It had alsoshared adoc- democracy,butheisnowresort- Kumar,70, usually meditated Narcotics Drugs and FIR says,addingthat “the inves- Tak. ument purportedlyshowing a ing to suppression of itsfourth in the atticinthe evening. On EXPRSESEDUCATION Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) tigation makes it clear that Pancholi’s phonewas listofcalls made to the MLAs. pillar.The reason is that in the Wednesday, his sonand daugh- Act, mandating punishment for LokendraSingh of XYZ news switchedoffandhecouldnotbe The statementbythe Pilot pastfew days,journalists have ter-in-lawfound the door lead- financing drugtrafficking and agencyand Sharat Kumar of reachedfor comments, campclaimed that, “Four jam- raisedtheirvoicefortheprotec- ing to the attic lockedonthe in- harbouring offenders,was ap- Rajasthan Tak(AajTak) arere- The FIR has been lodgedat mers have been installedat tion of the deprivedand side. Theybroke open twodoors plicable. sponsibleforspreadingthemis- Jaipur’s VidhayakPuriPolice Suryagarh resortbyAjaib women.” to enterthe attic, and found The NCBhad also alleged leading and fake news.” Station under IPC Sections 505 Electronics and thereisjustone ThePeople’sUnion forCivil Kumar hanging from the ceiling, that Chakraborty and her Singh hasbeen summoned (1)(overany statement,rumour place in the entirehotelfrom Libertiescalledthepoliceaction the DGP said. brother had “abettedand fi- forquestioning on Thursday, or report), 505 (2) (statements where calls can be made.” “vindictivenessof theRajasthan Theycut therope and nanced” drug transactions. alongwithhismobileandcom- creatingorpromoting enmity, Calling the allegations “un- Government ledbyCMAshok broughthim down, and in- But the order stated:“In the puter through whichheal- hatred or ill-will between true information”and “illegal”, Gehlot”, and asked it to “come formedpolice, who arrivedatthe present case, no criminal case or legedly disseminatedthenews. classes), and 120B(criminal the police hadsaid: “Nounit of cleanonphone tapping”. scene and rushed himtohospi- FIR waspending againstSushant tal, Kundu said. Kumar wasde- Singh Rajput.Hewas residing in clareddead at the hospital. his ownhouse and wasspend- Nizamuddin area, the othersare Actsections 17 (punishment for brought to courtunder heavy se- Apple said, “The App Storehas Kumar's wifetold police that ing forhis ownfood and other UP residents. Kappan is secre- raising fundsfor terrorist act) curity,asiftheywerebringing enablednew markets, newserv- he had visited Mall Road and necessities. At thatpoint of time, tary of the Kerala Union of and 14,apart from IPC sections terrorists.” ices and newproductsthat were Kalibari temple in the afternoon, he had no apprehension of any Working Journalists (KUWJ) and 124A (sedition), 153A (promot- unimaginableadozen years Kundu said. arrest.Therefore, the act on the is associated with various ing enmity) and 295A (hurting House panel ago...” According to the DGP,the sui- partofthe applicant Malayalam news outlets, includ- religious feelings). Sections of democracy,” Reps. Jerrold Facebookdisagreedthat its cide note read,“Iamending my (Chakraborty) cannotbe ing the website the IT Acthavealsobeen in- Nadler,D-NY,chairman of the mergers with Instagram and life. Everyone be happy.Mysoul stretchedtoattract the allega- azhimukham.com. voked. JudiciaryCommittee, and David WhatsApp were anti-competi- is embarkingonanewjourney.” tion of 'harbouring' Sushant Speaking to The Indian The FIR states: "It wasfound Cicilline, D-RI, chairman of the tive.“Acquisitions arepartof Policemovedthe bodyto Singh Rajput.” Express over phonefrom that the means of collecting antitrustsubcommittee, said in everyindustry, and justone way IndiraGandhiMedical College Afterthe verdict, Malappuram, Kappan's wife funds wasillegal andhence li- ajoint statement. we innovate newtechnologies forapostmortem examination, Chakraborty's lawyer Satish Rehana said:“What kindofa able forseizure. Thefundscol- But the House antitrustsub- to delivermorevalue to people,” and initiated inquest proceed- Maneshinde said the “hounding democracy is this that areporter lected from abroad through this committee split along party the company said in astatement. ingsunder Section 174CrPC (sui- and witchhunt” of the actor going out reporting is booked websitewould have been used lines on howtoremedy and cor- cide).The autopsy will becarried muststop. “Truth and justice under UAPA?" Masood's elder to inciteviolence.Apamphlet, ralthe powerofthe tech compa- MoD site out on Thursdaymorning. have prevailedand the submis- brother Mohsin said: “Wegot to ‘Am INot India's Daughter’, nies,pointing to an uphill battle Department of Defence, but Kumar wasborninNahan in sions on factsand lawhavebeen know about the detention yes- made with (the website), and forCongress to curtail them. sources in the Ministrysaid the Sirmaur district, andjoined the accepted. The arrest and custody terday and have no idea where manysuchpamphlets would in- Democratsproposedlegal earlier reports will be backon IPS in 1973.In1985, when he was of Rhea wastotallyunwarranted he is. The police have notap- citeviolence.The websitewas changes that could substantially the website“soon”, “likely superintendentofpolice of and beyond the reachoflaw,” he proachedus.” being usedtoinvokecaste- restructureFacebook,Google, within October”. Shimladistrict, Kumar wasin- said. The FIR, filedonapolice basedviolence." Amazon and Apple. Theysaid Sources indicated that the in- ducted intothe newlycreated An NCBofficial said:“If one complaint, states:“During inves- The FIR states that sucha Congress should consider mak- ternal mechanism forprepara- Special ProtectionGroup (SPG), goes through the order,it’s tigation, it wasfoundthatthere websitewould invoke "anti-na- ing it illegal forthe tech giants to tion and sharing it publiclyisbe- whereheworkedtill 1990. clearly evident that thereisno wasaconspiracy behind their tional" feelings in the youth. provide preferential treatment ing cleaneduptomake them Kumar wasappointedDGP of issue in whichthe courthas visit to Hathras. It had been Through this website, an "anti- to theirown products, as Google more“comprehensive”rather Himachal Pradesh in August questionedthe investigation. highlighted in media reports national propoganda"isbeing does in search results. Theysug- than being alistofupdates re- 2006.InJuly2008, he became Rhea’s bail is on the interpreta- that effortswerebeing made by generated,and wordslike"mob gested breaking up the compa- ceivedfromeacharm of the the firstpolice officer from the tion of Section 27Aand notthe anti-social people to trigger lynching", "migration of labour- nies in “structural separations” Ministry. statetobecome Director of CBI. applicability of the same.” caste tensions and unrestonthe ers" and supportof"disruptive and forbidding them from oper- Eachreport, sources said, He wasthe head of the agency (WITHSADAFMODAK) basis of the unfortunateincident elementsinKashmir" areexam- atinginsimilar businessesto goes pastsenior officials before it whenitinvestigated the in Hathras. In the wake of this, ples, it states. those theywerealready domi- is madepublic. Thesereportsare Aarushi-Hemrajmurders. theyweretrying to collectfunds Mathura-basedlawyer nant in. Theyalsorecom- usuallysilent on major opera- Kumar retired in 2010,and Journalist and were also running the web- Pratibha Sharma, who is repre- mendedadding to antitrust tions –for example, the Balakot subsequentlyserved as Delhi's Hospital on sitecarrd.co. Theyweretrying to sentingthe four men, said they laws,including clearerrules that air strike, the India- Governor of Nagaland between September 29. invoke riots and threaten law would file abail plea Thursday. could blockthe tech giants’at- dogfight, the Doklam deploy- March 2013 and July2014. For Contact forAdvt. Booking: M/sFriends Publicity Service While Kappan hails from and order and social harmony.” “Theyare in judicial custody.I tempts to buy other companies. ment. some of this period he held ad- 23276901, 23282028 (M): 9212008155, 9212665841. Malappuram in Kerala and has The FIR has been filedunder have notbeenable to meetthe Saying it “vehementlydis- Beforeall the monthlyre- ditionalcharge as Governorof been living in Delhi’s Unlawful Activities (Prevention) accusedyet.Today,theywere agrees” with the conclusions, ports since 2017 –those prior to Manipur.

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BRIEFLY AQI TO FALL FURTHER OVER NEXT 3DAYS No odd-even plan PILonCBSE examfee:HC Delhi’spoorairstrugglerestarts at present but issuesnotice prep won’t take NewDelhi: The Delhi SHIVAMPATEL INTHECAPITAL High Court Wednesday NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 issuedanotice in apeti- AVERAGEAQIOVER long: Gopal Rai tionseekingapermanent AIR QUALITYinthe capital wors- LAST3DAYS solutiontothe annualin- enedtothe ‘poor’ categoryfor crease in examination fee the firsttimethis season, andis 215 178 179 setbyCBSE forclass X expected to fall further over the Oct7Oct6Oct5 MALLICAJOSHI and XII students. The PIL next three days. Top5pollutedareas(AQI) NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 alsosoughtthe forming Calm wind speedand lower Mundka 311 of an empoweredcom- temperatures arecausing accu- AFTER SETTINGthe recordof Wazirpur 307 mittee forframing stan- mulationofpollutantsfromin- one of the cleanestair on record dards forfixingsuchfees ternal sources within Delhi and DelhiTechnological 287 because of the lockdown, Delhi forschools run by the also external sources, including University sawthe airquality dip to ‘poor’ government.Thedivision from increasing farm firesin Jahangirpuri 272 on Wednesday. Theforecastsays benchofChief Justice DN Punjab and Haryana. Bawana 270 that the concentration of pollu- Pateland Justice Prateek Forecasts show that the air 0-50 Good tantscould increase further in Jalan issuedthe notice to quality index(AQI), whichaver- 51-100 Satisfactory the coming days.Delhi CBSE, Centreand Delhi aged at 215or‘poor’ on 101-200 Moderate Environment MinisterGopal Rai government for Wednesdayasper theCentral 201-300Poor spells out the plan to control November 12.The court, Pollution ControlBoard(CPCB), An anti-smog gun being usedtocontrol pollution at aconstruction site. Calm wind speed 301-400 Very poor sources of pollution, and chal- however, said therewas would further deteriorate. and lowertemperatures arecausing accumulation of pollutants. Praveen Khanna 401-500Severe lenges on the way. MinisterGopal Raisaid the verylimitedscopefor ju- Aforecast from the Central target is to plant 31 lakh dicial intervention in government’s SAFARair quality The government has takena trees this year suchmatters. and weather forecasting system ment officials said contribution prevailed over nighttime yes- said therewereabout 150-200 mal. proactive step on air said,“Theboundarylayer wind from stubble burningand traffic terday andislikelyfor the next fire countsinthe same period Srivastavasaid wind speed pollutionand nowthe focus direction and speedare congestion from within the city twodays.” lastyear. between midnightand 7.30 am seems to be on tackling dust agencies, whichare crucial to Stircontinues favourable forslowtransport have increasedthe concentra- Concentration of PM2.5, “A reason behind this could on Wednesdaydroppedto pollution. Doesthe the fight againstpollution? atHinduRao from external emission sources tion of particulatematterof2.5 emitted through combustion ac- be that paddy crop wassowna nearly zero, but pickedup governmenthaveaspecific Pollution is everyone’s prob- and local conditions arecon- micrometres (PM2.5). tivities, was95.3micrograms per week early thisyear,” aHaryana around 15 kmph afterthat. plan to tackle vehicular lem and it will have to be fought hospital ducive foraccumulation of pol- Officials addedthat dry cubic metreair (µg/m3) as of 5 pollution control boardofficial “Calm winds and lowtem- pollution? Arethereplansto together.Ifproblems come, we lutantsinDelhi.” winds from the northwestdi- pm on Wednesday, andthat of said. peratureare leading to accumu- implement odd-even, likeit will hold adialogue.Therehave NewDelhi: The protest It addedthat the AQIwould rection arealso transporting PM10, comprising dustand lation of pollutants. In the day- wasdonelastyear, been no problems so far. We over salarydelaytomed- worsenwithinthe ‘poor’ cate- dust,orparticulatematterof10 smoke, was235.8 µg/m3. Their Weather woes time, when the wind speed irrespective of what theair have metand everyone has sub- icalstaff at 's gory until October 10. micrometres (PM10), from average24-hoursafelevels are Meanwhile, lowwind speed picks up and the temperature quality was? mitted theirplans. Hindu RaoHospital, a The coronavirus lockdown Haryana and Rajasthan to 60 and 100µg/m3. and temperaturesare causing rises,the pollutantsare dis- Odd-evenisnever imple- Covid facility,enteredthe and the slowresumptionofeco- Delhi, along with emissions Fire countshavebeen in- accumulation of pollutants, persed,” he said. mented in anormalsituation. Alot of workers leftfor their thirdday on Wednesday, nomic activities had significantly from construction activities creasinginthe twomainstubble said Kuldeep Srivastava, head This condition of lowwind- When pollution increases, we villages when thelockdown with around 100nurses improved theair quality of Delhi within the city. burning states of Punjab and of the India Meteorological speedinthe early hours and speak to expertsand decide.At wasannounced and have and doctors holding afterMarch,but unfavourable PM2.5 and PM10are fine Haryana. In Punjab therewere Department’s (IMD)regional higher in the daytimeisex- present,the point of viewisthat startedreturning now. How placards and banners in- weather conditions thatbegin particlessuspendedinthe air 1,523 fire countsbetween weather forecasting centre in pectedtocontinueuntilFriday, during Covid, pollution can be difficult will it be,inviewof side and outside the hos- everyyear afterwithdrawal of that can enter the bloodstream September 21 and October 6, as Delhi. afterwhich wind direction moredangerous. All possible ac- the economic situation pital premises.The pro- monsoon and crop residue burn- through breathing and cause per datafromthe Punjab The minimum or night time would changetoeastand tion planswill be becauseofthe testers claimedtheyare ing in neighbouring states have health problems. Remote Sensing Centre. temperature in thecity hasbeen southeasterly from northwest looked at. As for pandemic, to thinking of resorting to a begun influencingthe air qual- These aremuchhigher than falling this month and on at present. odd-even, it will be order a complete strike. Deputy ity again. Taking the lead 258 fire countsrecorded in the Wednesdaywas recordedas “This mayleadtofurther de- decidedupon the construction ban MayorofNorth MCD The CPCBhas also asked the The SAFARforecast said, same period lastyear. 18.6 degrees Celsius, three de- terioration of air quality as the timing and expert or impose Ritu Goel said ameeting Delhi government to take “im- “PM2.5 is nowbecoming the In Haryana, the statepollu- grees belownormal. wind speedwould be lowand opinion. Last year, THEEXPRESS penalties on non- washeld recentlywith mediateyet effective”actions to lead pollutant instead of PM10 tion control boardrecorded526 The maximum or daytime pollutantsgathered in Delhi by we had spoken to conforming the medical staffand control air pollution. as characteristic of wintertime. fire countsbetween September temperaturewas 36 degrees that time maynot be easilydis- experts.Atpresent, INTERVIEW industries?How theyhavebeen promised Delhi environment depart- Calm surface wind condition 25 and October 6. Stateofficials Celsius, twodegrees above nor- persed,” Srivastavasaid. thereisnoplanfor WITH willyou build the their salaries soon. odd-even. If need GOPAL RAI confidence of the be,preparations ENVIRONMENT MINISTER workers? ‘Witness list won’t take much The implemen- HCnotice Jewar airport: Zurich Among CLAT top 50, time because it has been done tation of these rules will onlybe overproperty before. done through dialogue.Itisim- accidentally portant to continuebusiness ac- taxonoffices firm signs agreement threefromBiharwho Multiplicity of agencieshas tivitiesand it is alsoimportant to shared with been aconsistent roadblock save ourlives. Economic activity of lawyers in implementation of policies impactseachone of us,asdoes with UP government got ahelpinghand in the city. In suchasituation, pollution. We will find asolution NewDelhi: The Delhi riot accused’ howdoyou see the role of the through dialogue. The govern- HighCourt Wednesday Environment department? ment cannotdothisalone,peo- issuedanoticeinapeti- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NewDelhi: The listofprotected EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE It is truethattheEnvironment ple have to be equal participants. tion filedbyDelhi High NOIDA,OCTOBER7 witnessesinachargesheet re- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 Anand department does nothavearole We can’t fight this waralone… CourtBar Association lating to theNortheast Delhiri- Kumar got everywherebut we willhaveadi- We willhavetotackle the situa- (DHBA) againstthe deci- UTTAR PRADESHgovernmenton otshas “inadvertently” been SON OF aretired Armyman, rank 5in alogue with all agencies because tion when it develops. sion to impose commer- Wednesdaysignedthe conces- shared with the accused, said 20-year-oldAnand Kumar faceda CLAT the responsibilityisours, even cial property taxon sionaireagreement with Zurich Delhi Police's Additional PRO setbackwhen he couldn’t clear without jurisdiction. The wayout What is your longterm lawyers’ offices by cate- Airporttobeginthe development Anil Mittal Wednesday. NEET,the exam forundergradu- is dialogue. The CM metall agen- focus? gorising them under of JewarAirport. The 17,000-page atemedical courses. But some son of amechanic from Masaurhi. cies on October 5. Ihavealsobeen We areholdingtreeplanta- “commercialactivity”. In November lastyear,Zurich chargesheetwas filedin guidance from his senior from “My father does notget pen- meeting departmentsand coor- tion at alarge scale. Our target is The division benchis- AirportInternational AG had won September to bolster itscase school, who workswith the sion, and my elder sister(22) is dinating because fighting this to plant31lakhtrees this year. suedthe notice to all the bid forbuilding the greenfield that the riots were part of a Increasing Diversity by Increasing also preparing forthe BPSC.So battle without acollective effort Increasing Delhi’s green area is a three municipal corpo- airportset to come up in Greater ZurichAirporthad wonthe largerconspiracy.Toprotect Access (IDIA),anNGO whichpro- funds were low. The IDIA helped is impossible. long-term plan. The Electric rations of Delhi for Noida's Jewar. Thesigning of the bidinNovember lastyear their identities, witnesses have videslegal education to under- with filling up the form, which Vehicle Policy,whichwillreduce November 20. concessionaire agreement had been givenpseudonyms suchas privileged students, helpedhim costs Rs4,000,andstudymateri- The government has been at the number of polluting vehicles gottendelayeddue to restrictions Beta,Omega,Charlie and Bravo. chartanewcareer path. als,” Anand Kumar said. loggerheads with the on the road, is along-term tar- Lawexamsfor in travel because of Covid. "Thesigningoftheconcession "During the course of inves- Kumar,who hails from Ever since June,onlineclasses municipal corporations. At a get. Our tree transplantationpol- "Weare pleased to sign the agreement marks an important tigation, it wasdeemedneces- Masaurhi village, around 30 km were held fromlatenight till early time likethis, have youfaced icy is also forwardlooking as it is intermediate concession agreement with milestone in the development of sarythatthe identities of some from , scored rank 5inthe morning,since moststudents anyproblems in better to transplant trees rather Yamuna International Airportto Noida International Airport. witnesses shouldnot be dis- recentlyheld Common Law were free onlythen. coordinationwith these than planting small saplings. studentsatIP commencethe work on Noida When Phase 1development is closedinthe public domain. Admission Test (CLAT)2020, the In astatement, IDIA said, International Airport. This world completedin2023, we will pro- However, acourt-relateddoc- exam to getintothe country’s “Manyofour other trainees have NewDelhi:Guru Gobind classairportwillnot onlyconnect vide capacity for12million pas- ument containingthe identi- premier lawuniversities. “Since also performedwell and around Singh Indraprastha Western UP region with otherdo- sengers per year.Inpartnership ties of some of these witnesses it wasanew field, my parentsand 12 areexpected to getaseat at ‘Construction, garbage University will be con- mesticand international destina- with UP government and govern- has been inadvertentlyin- Iwereinitiallyapprehensive,” some of the topnationallaw uni- ductingoffline exami- tions but also provide additional ment of India, ZurichAirport cludedinthe copies of the Kumar,who studiedatStMary’s versities”. nationsfor itsinterme- capacity to Delhi NCRregion,” looksforward to making this air- charge-sheetprovided to the School in hisvillage and is now IDIA wasfoundedbythe late burning key concerns’ diate year lawstudents said Arun VirSingh, CEO of portamajor playerinIndian Air accusedpersonsaspartof lookingforward to college, said. Prof (Dr)Shamnad Basheer in —that were supposed Yamuna Expressway Industrial Transportation,” said Daniel compliance of judicial orders,” He is oneofthree students 2010 as astudent-run movement. areas… some taskstocurbair to have happenedin Development Authority. Bircher,CEO ZurichAirportatthe Mittal said. helpedbyIDIAincracking the Currently, theIDIA Charitable EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE pollution have been accom- May-June but could not On January1,the Zurich signing event in Greater Noida. He further stated:“Steps are exam. Jai Singh Rathor (18), who Trustcomprises Justice Ruma Pal, NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 plishedbut moreneeds to be becauseofthe national Airportincorporated Yamuna The agreement grantsZurich being takentoensurethe safety scored the thirdrank,hails from aformerSupremeCourtjudge; done,” the letter said. lockdown—at end of International AirportLimitedasa Airportthe license to design,build and security of thesewitnesses Patna, wherehis father runs aki- Prof MPSingh,aleading legal THE CENTRALPollution Control In itslettersent to theDelhi thismonth. ENS Special Purpose Vehicle forproj- and operateNoida International and to address all concerns in rana store. And Yashwant Kumar scholar;and ShishiraRudrappa, Boardhas written to theDelhi government on Tuesday, the ect implementation. Airport foraperiod of 40 years. this regard." (18), who scored rank 48,isthe director,SpireCapital. government pointing out the CPCB has said that 40 per cent of “urgent need” to regulatecon- complaintsregarding pollution struction wasteand open andwasteonsocialmedia, and12 garbageburning to control air per cent of those receivedonthe Schools shuttill end of this month, capital’steachers pollution in the cityaheadofthe SAMEER app, apublic complaint winter season. portal, areyet to be resolved. “Constructionand demoli- It claimedawinter action worry: Are studentsinsenior classes really on track? tion activities and open dump- plan has notbeensubmitted by ing of wasteorgarbageare ma- DJB, PWD and the Irrigation and jor concerns in mostofthe Flood Control Department. on Sundayextendedittill October had ameeting with my class X arenever morethan 11 or 12 stu- SUKRITABARUAH 31.Several teachers TheIndian science teachers todayand they dentsinaclass of 60. Afterthe NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 Express spoketowereinfavourof said they’vecompleted60% of the classes, Iwritequestions and calling senior studentstoschool syllabus. But Idonot think that I notesbyhandand send them on FROM CONCERNSabout practi- in small groups. am able to getanhonestassess- the Whatsapp groups along with calsandassessmentto persisting PrincipalofDAV Public School ment of howmuchprogress explanatoryvoicenotes. In the concerns regarding teaching- Pushpanjali Enclave,Rashmi they’remaking. I’vetriedsmall lastthreeweeks, I’vebeen calling learning —afresh extension of Biswal, said: “Online classes are 10-marktests by sending them them in batches of 5-6 to school the complete closureofDelhi on trackand the syllabus forthe questions on Whatsapp and to collect photocopies of notes schools forall studentsismaking classes is beingcompletedwell askedthemto send answersin15 and study material. Despiteall educators worriedfor their sen- before time. However, we arebe- minutetests but even then there this Ifeel likethey’renot making iorstudents. ing unable to conduct practicals were unfair practices,” he said. progress,” said the teacher. According to the Union gov- forourstudents.After theUnlock Concerns of teachers of sen- Aclass XII studentofagovern- ernment’sUnlock4guidelines, 4guidelines we had created a iorstudents is thatthe prospect ment school in NortheastDelhi’s schools could open after plantocall studentsinsmall of CBSEboardexaminations in Khajuri said she is tense because September 21 forsenior students batches of 15 in different labs There areconcerns aboutassessment of senior students 2021became concretewith the of herinability to graspwhat is who could attend school on avol- with precautionsand were coun- Boardasking schools to submit being taught. “My favouritesub- untarybasis to seek guidance selling parentstobuild confi- lists of candidates. jectisPolitical Science. The entire from teacher over and above on- dence. Nowthecomplete closure school withbothobjective and cuss progress instead,” she said. Aclass XII history teacher of a syllabus has already been com- line classes. According to Unlock of schools is repeatedlygetting subjective componentson Assessment wasalso acon- girls’ governmentschool saidshe pletedbut Ihaven’tunderstood 5guidelines, states can allow getting extendedwhichmakes MicrosoftTeamsbut it didn’t go cern raisedbythe principal of a is nowfeelingthather earlier re- anything. Our teacher sends us schools to reopen in aphased planning difficult,” she said. well. Therewerealot of unfair governmentboys’schoolin Outer assurances to her studentsof videos of the classes and tells us manner from October 15.The Another concern she flagged practices to the extent that Ide- Delhi who is also ascience making up lostgroundare be- to ask questions if we have any Delhigovernmenthad decided wasinassessing the senior stu- cidedthatIcan’tgiveany report teacher.“Our online classes for comingunrealistic. “I’vetried problems but Idon’tknoweven thatschoolswouldremain closed dents’ learning. “Wetriedtocon- cards and arranged forsmaller classXand XII studentsare going conducting onlineclassesbothin knowwhat questions to ask forall studentstill October 5, and duct mid-term exams in the parent teacher meetingstodis- smoothlywith90% attendance. I the morning and night but there since,” she said.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 4 THECITY THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,OCTOBER8,2020 CM MEETS RESTAURANT BODY Opening: Cinemas Headingtoairport,2men Forrestaurants,end from October 15, all killed as container falls on tolicencehassle,OK weekly markets their car, crushes them EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE CINEMA HALLSacross Delhi, ex- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 torunroundtheclock ceptthose fallingin containment zones, have been allowedtoopen ACONTAINERatopatrucktop- from October 15,accordingtoan pledand fell on acar driving and safetyhygiene licenses. order issuedbythe DelhiDisaster alongside it, crushing the Honda EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NRAI alsoraised the issueof ManagementAuthority (DDMA) City and killing the twomen in- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 being among the onlyfew estab- on Wednesday. Cinemas, theatres and side, in Lajpat Nagarearly lishmentsrequiring police li- The DDMA order also ap- multiplexes will open with Wednesdaymorning.Ittookof- RESTAURANTS IN the city will be cences among the sector. proved theopening of all weekly 50 %seating capacity as per ficials over an hour to remove the allowedtooperateatall hours of The statement said Kejriwal will marketswith immediateeffect. Unlock5.0 guidelines heavy container from the car. the day, the Delhi government decideonthe matter soon. “Ade- So far, onlytwo weeklymarkets Both men were deadbythe time The accidenttook place underthe Lajpat Nagarflyover announcedonWednesday. cision wasalso takentocom- could open in eachzone in all the theyweretaken out. Thedriverof around 3:45 am on Wednesday. Praveen Khanna The decision is asteptowards pletely do away with licenses three municipal corporation ar- whichmay makemaintainingso- the truckhas been arrested. fulfilling the promise of 24x7 op- from the tourism industryto eas. Chief MinisterArvind cial distancing difficult, markets The victims, AnkitMalhotra erational markets,madeinthe Kejriwal,Sisodia at the meet open or run arestaurant,”the Kejriwal said in atweet that the will be shiftedtonew spots on a and Ranjan Kalra, both aged 35, said, "Wegot acallregarding the ligence)atLajpatNagar police sta- AamAadmi Partymanifesto ear- withthe restaurantsbody. ANI statement added. It wasalso de- move to allowall weekly markets temporarybasis,adds the order. workedatan eventmanagement accident around 3:50 am.When tion. Policesaid the truckdriver, lier this year.Atpresent, restau- cidedthe excise department will to functionwill comeas arelief to The trial run of allowing bars companyinDelhi and were on we reachedthe spot, we found Vipin Yadav(25), wascarrying rantsare allowedtooperatebe- reviewits policyofa10 %auto- the poor. and weeklymarkets,whichwas their waytothe airportwhenthe that the car wasbadlycrushed.” basmati rice from Punjab and was tween 7amand 11 pm,without restaurantswill beallowedtoop- maticincreasein licencefeeevery Cinemas, theatres and multi- launchedonSeptember 9, has al- accidenttook place. Malhotra Trafficpolice officers were to unload the container in additional permissions. Those erateatall hours subject to the year.“Delhi's restaurantsprovide plexes in thecitywillopenwith ready been extendedtill October livedinKarkardooma and had calledtothe spotand it took two Tughlaqabad.Police calledthe withlicence to serve liquor can condition theysubmit an under- employment to lakhs of people.I 50 per cent seating capacity in 31.Social, academic,entertain- cometopickupKalrafromhis large Hydra cranes, aJCB andtwo ownerof the truckand gotthe de- operatetill 1am. taking that theywilltakecareof have directedall respective de- line with the Unlock5.0 guide- ment, cultural, religious, political residencein . The two small cranes to remove thecon- tails of the accuseddriver, who The government has also de- the healthand security of their partments to remove unneces- lines issuedbythe Ministryof functionsand othergatherings were goingtocatchaflightto tainer,whichwas filledwith rice waslater arrested.Police also con- cidedtodoawaywith the re- entirestaff.This will help the in- saryhassles in the smooth run- Home Affairs lastweek. and large congregations will con- Kolkatafor work.The familyof bags. The rice had scattered all ductedamedical examination to quirement of multiple licences, dustrygenerate more employ- ningof restaurants," Kejriwal said. The Delhigovernmenthasex- tinue to be prohibited across the the deceased saidthe twohave over the road, and officials had to checkifhewas underthe influ- some of whichcover the samear- ment in the capital through Riyaaz Amlani,arestaurateur tendedthe closureofschools in city. No decision has been taken been working as partners for cleartraffic to clearthe stretch. enceofalcohol,butthetests came eas but areissuedbydifferent higher demand. This will setan and an NRAI member,said, the city till October 31.The MHA on allowing RamLeela events. morethanfiveyears andwould The Delhi Fire Services were also negative bodies, requiredforrestaurantsto examplefor theDelhi Modelof "Restaurantsare one of the key had, however, allowedthe states The MHA has also relaxed travel to different cities and plan calledtothe spottohelppolice. Relativessaid Malhotraand remain operational. ease of doingbusiness,” astate- sectors foremployment genera- to reopen schools in aphased limitsongatherings, both out- weddings and other events. It took an hour forthe men to Kalrawereplanning to stay fora The decisions were takenina ment from the government said. tion in the city.Itiscurrentlyone manner from October 15. door and indoor."NowState/UT Theaccident took place under be pulledout. “Whenwefound week or twoinKolkatatooversee meeting of the National Restaurantswill nothaveto of themostover-regulatedindus- According to the latestorder governments have been giventhe the Lajpat Nagarflyover around the car,itwas crushed. We pulled arrangementsfor ashowthey Restaurant Association of India gethealth trade licences, which tries,andrequires multipleNOCs issued by the DDMA,onlythose flexibility to permit suchgather- 3:45 am. Police said the truck out the twomenwhowerefound were organising next month. (NRAI)withChiefMinisterArvind areissuedbymunicipal corpora- andduplication of licenses... I weeklymarketsidentifedby joint ings beyond the limit of 100per- driverwas takingaturn when the unconscious andseverely injured. Kalrawas marriedand lived Kejriwal. The meeting wasalso tions, with Kejriwal saying it hope that alot of duplication will teams with District Magistrates, sonsoutside containment zones, container tippedand landedon We took them to anearbyhospi- with his wifeand two-year-old attendedbyofficialsfromseveral should be abolishedwithin 10 getresolved… By deregulating Deputy Commissioners of Police after15th October 2020," the the car’s roof. The truckover- tal, wheretheyweredeclared daughteratKrishnaMarketin other departments, including the days.This came about after the industry, morerestaurants and Deputy Commissionersof MHA said. However, forindoor turned as well. Policesaidthe dead,” said an officer. LajpatNagar.Malhotralivedwith municipal corporations. “On the restaurant representativessaid willopenup,whichwillgenerate civic bodies, willbeallowedtore- spaces, the gathering can't exceed driverimmediatelygot out of the Acasehasbeenregisteredun- his mother in SainiEnclave in requestofrestaurateurstoallow the Food Safetyand Standards moreemployment and help the open. 50 per cent of the hall capacity or vehicle and fled, police said. der IPCsections279 (rash driving) Karkardooma and also has an 24x7 business, it wasagreedthe Authorityof India alsoissuesfood tourism industry. ." In caseofspace constraints, 200people. RPMeena,DCP (Southeast) and 304A(causing death by neg- apartment in . BRUHATBENGALURU MAHANAGARA PALIKE Office of the Executive Engineer,DasarahalliDivision, SALUTE THE SOLDIER M.E.I. Layout, Bagalagunte, Hesaragatta Main Road, Benglauru-560073 No.: BBMP/EE/DD/Ten/18/2020-21 Date: 07.10.2020 TENDER POSTPONEMENT NOTificaTiON Ref. :(1) This Office’se-Procurement Portal Tender Notification No.: BBMP/EE/DD/Ten/18/2020-21, Date: 16.09.2020. With reference to the above, Tender had been called and due GUNNER BALBIR KUMAR GUNNER KISHOR KUMAR to technical reasons the last date for submission of bid through 31ST MAY1983 - 2ND MAY1981 - e-procurement portal as been postponed as stated below. 8TH OCTOBER 2005 8TH OCTOBER 2005 Revised Time Schedule: (1) Pre bid meeting at Chief Engineer,Dasarahalli Zone, on 14.10.2020, 4:00 p.m. IN FOND REMEMBRANCE OF GUNNER BALBIR KUMAR AND (2) Tender must be submitted online through e-procurement OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL S.M.S. MEDICAL COLLEGE & GUNNER KISHOR KUMAR WHO LIVED UP TO THE HIGHEST portal on or before 21.10.2020, 4:00 p.m. (3) Technical Bids TRADITIONS OF GUNNERS OF THE INDIAN ARMY AND will be opened on the website https://eproc.karnataka.gov. CONTROLLER OF THE ATTACHED HOSPITALS, JAIPUR MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE, ACHIEVING in the office of the Executive Engineer,DasarahalliDivision, No 22122-31 F/MC/Store/2020-21 Dated:- 01- 10 -2020 MARTYRDOM, WHILE GUARDING THE FRONTIERS DURING BBMP on or after 22.10.2020 at 4:30 p.m. (4) Financial Bids E- TENDER NOTICE No. 117 /2020-21 THE EARTHQUAKE OF 8TH OCTOBER 2005. will be opened on the website https://eproc.karnataka.gov. Online Bids are invited for the supply &installation of Turnkey project of Stroke ICU for SMS hospital of in the office of the Executive Engineer,Dasarahalli Division, S.M.S. Medical College Jaipur from their Manufacturers/Authorized Distributors/Dealers/Indian Agentscan CO AND ALL RANKS, 237 MEDIUM REGIMENT BBMP on or after 23.10.2020 at 4:00 p.m. All other conditions participate for bidding. Youare requested to quote your best offer along with the complete details of (YUDHE NIPUNAM). specification and required documents. remain same. Date of Publishing of Bid Submission Pre-Bid Technical Bid TotalItems TotalValue of UBN No. Sd/- Executive Engineer,Dasarahalli Division, BBMP Tender Documents End Date Meeting Date Opening Date in NIB NIB (In Lacs) ‘‘Pay Development Charges, Help to Develop Bengaluru’’ 03-10-2020 22-10-2020 05-10-2020 23-10-2020 at 01 Rs. 170=00 SMS2021GLOB00322 At 04.00 PM at 04.00 PM At 11.00 AM 10.30 AM Government of India 1. The Tender Document, Technical Specifications, Estimated Value, Earnest Money and other information Department of Atomic Energy related to this NIT can be seen at website http://sppp.rajasthan.gov.in..Detailed tender notice and documentscan be seen and download on web site http://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mysore 2. Tender shall be submitted online only through website www.eproc.rajasthan.gov.in. 3. Pre-Bid Meeting with the intending bidders shall be held on 05-10-2020 at 11.00 AM at LT-1 SMS Medical Corrigendum-2 College, Jaipur.All the respective bidders are requested to send comments/representations on or before pre-bid meeting. Intending bidders will be allowed to seek clarifications on specification, terms & With reference to the below tender, please note the extension of conditions etc. in writing to SMS Medical college Jaipur upto 5pmonthe same day of pre bid meeting. dates in tender sale period, submission etc. After above period no correspondence will be entertained in this matter. This NIT can be seen on DIPR WebSite www.dipronline.org. 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PART I: Audited ConsolidatedInterim StatementofFinancial Results (` crore) 4. TheIndianParliamenthas approved the Code on Social Security, 2020 which would impactthe contributions by the companytowardsProvidentFund and Gratuity. Threemonth period ended Six month period ended Year ended Theeffectivedatefromwhich the changes areapplicable is yettobenotified and the rules forquantifying the financial impactare yettobeframed.Based on an initial assessmentbythe Companyand its Indian subsidiaries,the additional impactonProvidentFund contributions by the Companyand its Indian subsidiaries is not September June September September September March expectedtobematerial,whereas,the likely additional impactonGratuityliability/contributions by the Companyand its Indian subsidiaries could be material.The 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 31, Companyand its Indian subsidiaries will completetheir evaluation and will give appropriate impactinthe financial statements in the period in which, the Code becomes 2020 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 effectiveand the relatedrules to determine the financial impactare published. Revenue 40,135 38,322 38,977 78,457 77,149 156,949 5. TheBoardofDirectors at its meeting held on October 7, 2020, has declared an interimdividend of `12 per equityshare. Other income 914 598 1,361 1,512 3,036 4,592 6. TheBoardofDirectors at its meeting held on October 7, 2020, has approved aproposal to buy-back upto5,33,33,333 equityshares of the Companyfor an aggregate TOTAL INCOME 41,049 38,920 40,338 79,969 80,185 161,541 amountnot exceeding `16,000 crorebeing 1.42% of the total paid up equitysharecapital at `3,000 per equitysharesubjecttoapprovalfromshareholders. Expenses 7. Theresults forthe quarterand six month ended September 30, 2020 areavailable on the BSE Limited website(URL:www.bseindia.com/corporates), the National Stock Employeebenefit expenses 22,665 22,093 21,470 44,758 42,279 85,952 Exchange of India Limited website(URL: www.nseindia.com/corporates) and on the Company’swebsite(URL: www.tcs.com/investors). Fees to external consultants 3,047 3,063 3,279 6,110 6,473 12,937 Cost of equipmentand softwarelicences 266 346 465 612 976 1,905 Forand on behalf of the BoardofDirectors Depreciation and amortisation expense 998 976 864 1,974 1,681 3,529 Other operating expenses 2,644 2,796 3,538 5,440 7,159 14,046 Mumbai Rajesh Gopinathan TOTAL EXPENSES 29,620 29,274 29,616 58,894 58,568 118,369 October 7, 2020 CEO and Managing Director PROFIT BEFORE FINANCE COSTS, EXCEPTIONAL ITEM AND TAX11,429 9,646 10,722 21,075 21,617 43,172 Financecosts 174 142 193 316 450 924 AnnexureI PROFIT BEFORE EXCEPTIONAL ITEM AND TAX11,255 9,504 10,529 20,759 21,167 42,248 Audited ConsolidatedStatementofCashflows (` crore) Exceptional Item (Refer note3) Six month period ended Year ended Provision towardslegal claim 1,218 --1,218 -- September 30, September 30, March 31, PROFIT BEFORE TAX10,037 9,504 10,529 19,541 21,167 42,248 Taxexpense 2020 2019 2020 Currenttax 2,849 2,665 1,687 5,514 4,721 10,378 ICASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Deferred tax (316) (210) 784 (526) 235 (577) Profit forthe Period 14,553 16,211 32,447 TOTAL TAXEXPENSE 2,533 2,455 2,471 4,988 4,956 9,801 Adjustments to reconcile profit and loss to net cash provided by operating activities PROFIT FOR THE PERIOD 7,504 7,049 8,058 14,553 16,211 32,447 Depreciation and amortisation expense 1,974 1,681 3,529 Profit forthe period attributable to: Bad debts and advances written off,allowance fordoubtfultrade receivablesand advances (net) 131 88 144 Shareholders of the Company7,475 7,008 8,042 14,483 16,173 32,340 Provision towards legalclaim (Refer note3)1,218 -- Non-controlling interests 29 41 16 70 38 107 Taxexpense 4,988 4,956 9,801 OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (OCI) Net gain on lease modification (2) (2) (14) Items thatwill not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss (62) 136 (121) 74 (139) (449) Unrealised foreignexchange gain (27) (19) (117) Income tax on items thatwillnot be reclassified subsequently to -(29) 10 (29) 10 90 Net gain on disposal of property,plantand equipment(6) (37) (46) profit or loss Net gain on investments (90) (138) (214) Items thatwill be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss (129) 895 111 766 438 1,138 Interest income (1,278) (2,057) (3,562) Income tax on items thatwillbereclassified subsequently to profit 73 (226) (64) (153) (181) (315) or loss Dividend income (4) (2) (10) TOTALOTHERCOMPREHENSIVE INCOME /(LOSSES) (118) 776 (64) 658 128 464 Financecosts316 450 924 TOTALCOMPREHENSIVEINCOME FOR THE PERIOD 7,386 7,825 7,994 15,211 16,339 32,911 Operating profit beforeworking capital changes 21,773 21,131 42,882 Total comprehensiveincome forthe period attributable to: Net change in Shareholders of the Company7,358 7,781 7,969 15,139 16,288 32,764 Inventories -25 Non-controlling interests 28 44 25 72 51 147 Trade receivables 4,634 (364) (3,295) Paid up equitysharecapital 375 375 375 375 375 375 Unbilled receivables 1,016 (1,226) (508) (FaceValue:`1per share) Loans receivables and other financial assets (274) 190 (2) Total Reserves(including Non-controlling interests) 84,374 Other assets (338) (2,147) (3,492) Trade payables (3,676) 444 446 Earnings per equityshare:- Basic and diluted (`) 19.93 18.68 21.43 38.60 43.10 86.19 Unearned and deferredrevenue (547) (201) 375 Other financial liabilities (1,031) (170) 1,208 Dividend per share(Parvalue `1each) Interimdividend on equityshares (`) 12.00 5.00 45.00 17.00 50.00 67.00 Other liabilities and provisions 1,033 252 596 Final dividend on equityshares (`) -- ---6.00 Cash generated from operations 22,590 17,911 38,215 Total dividend on equityshares (`) 12.00 5.00 45.00 17.00 50.00 73.00 Taxespaid (net of refunds) (3,758) (2,302) (5,846) Total equitydividend percentage 1,200 500 4,500 1,700 5,000 7,300 Net cash generated from operating activities 18,832 15,609 32,369 II CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES PART II :Consolidated SegmentInformation (` crore) Bank deposits placed (4,145) (5,963) (7,663) Threemonth period ended Six month period ended Year ended Inter-corporatedeposits placed (10,493) (5,844) (14,905) September June September September September March Purchase of investments (25,594) (40,299) (80,002) 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 31, Paymentfor purchaseofproperty,plantand equipment(1,156) (1,094) (2,538) 2020 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 Paymentincluding advances foracquiring right-of-use assets (2) (550) (519) REVENUE BY INDUSTRYPRACTICE Paymentfor purchaseofintangible assets (119) (101) (192) Banking,Financial Services and Insurance16,138 15,282 15,427 31,420 30,405 61,095 Proceeds from bank deposits 926 437 11,965 Manufacturing 3,826 3,884 4,039 7,710 8,080 16,468 Proceeds from inter-corporatedeposits 7,389 5,562 14,432 Retail and Consumer Business 6,353 5,912 6,467 12,265 12,889 26,280 Proceeds from disposal /redemption of investments 15,746 39,635 84,089 Communication, Media and Technology 6,560 6,495 6,383 13,055 12,619 25,978 Others 7,258 6,749 6,661 14,007 13,156 27,128 Proceeds from disposal of property,plantand equipment23115 161 REVENUE FROM OPERATIONS 40,135 38,322 38,977 78,457 77,149 156,949 Interest received 1,328 1,816 3,729 Dividend received 428 SEGMENT RESULTS Net cash (used in) /generated from investing activities (16,093) (6,284) 8,565 Banking,Financial Services and Insurance4,773 4,115 4,264 8,888 8,359 16,950 III CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES Manufacturing 1,029 986 1,050 2,015 2,120 4,445 Dividend paid (including tax on dividend in previous period) (4,128) (10,252) (37,634) Retail and Consumer Business 1,844 1,302 1,630 3,146 3,313 6,870 Dividend paid to non-controlling interests (including tax on dividend in previous period) (57) (68) (68) Communication, Media and Technology 1,917 1,886 1,850 3,803 3,678 7,703 Purchase of non-controlling interests -(227) (227) Others 1,950 1,735 1,430 3,685 2,789 6,141 Repaymentoflease liabilities (681) (528) (1,062) Total 11,513 10,024 10,224 21,537 20,259 42,109 Interest paid (313) (448) (924) Unallocable expenses* 2,390 1,118 1,056 3,508 2,128 4,453 Net cash used in financing activities (5,179) (11,523) (39,915) Operating income 9,123 8,906 9,168 18,029 18,131 37,656 Other income 914 598 1,361 1,512 3,036 4,592 Net change in cash and cash equivalents (2,440) (2,198) 1,019 PROFIT BEFORE TAX10,037 9,504 10,529 19,541 21,167 42,248 Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period 8,646 7,224 7,224 *Includes the provision forlegal claim of `1,218 crore. Refernote3. Exchange differenceontranslation of foreigncurrencycash and cash equivalents 138 48 403 Note: Theassetsand liabilities of the Group areused interchangeably amongst segments.Allocation of such assets and liabilities is not practicable and anyforcedallocation Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period 6,344 5,074 8,646 would not result in anymeaningful segregation. Hence, assets and liabilities have not been identified to anyofthe reportable segments. Audited UnconsolidatedInterim StatementofFinancial Results (` crore) Part III: Audited ConsolidatedBalancesheet (` crore) Threemonth period ended Six month period ended Year ended As at September 30, As at March 31, 2020 2020 September June September September September March ASSETS 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 31, Non-currentassets 2020 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 Property,plantand equipment10,767 10,941 Revenue 33,365 31,624 32,387 64,989 65,044 131,306 Capital work-in-progress 1,035 906 Other income 1,734 706 2,638 2,440 4,844 8,082 Right-of-use assets 7,701 7,994 TOTAL INCOME 35,099 32,330 35,025 67,429 69,888 139,388 Goodwill 1,774 1,710 Expenses Other intangible assets 341 283 Employeebenefit expenses 17,211 16,637 16,207 33,848 31,930 64,906 Financial assets Fees to external consultants 3,404 3,387 3,515 6,791 6,920 13,916 Investments 215 216 Cost of equipmentand softwarelicences224 284 380 508 855 1,596 Trade receivables 67 74 Depreciation and amortisation expense 755 739 664 1,494 1,300 2,701 Unbilled receivables 300 324 Other operating expenses 2,440 2,722 3,291 5,162 6,684 13,535 Loans receivables 49 29 Other financial assets 1,224 1,184 TOTAL EXPENSES 24,034 23,769 24,057 47,803 47,689 96,654 Income tax assets (net) 1,907 2,462 PROFIT BEFORE FINANCE COSTS, EXCEPTIONAL ITEM AND TAX11,065 8,561 10,968 19,626 22,199 42,734 Deferred tax assets (net) 3,052 2,828 Financecosts149 118 99 267 332 743 Other assets 1,590 1,711 PROFIT BEFORE EXCEPTIONAL ITEM AND TAX10,916 8,443 10,869 19,359 21,867 41,991 Total non-currentassets 30,022 30,662 Exceptional Item (Refer note3) Provision towardslegal claim 1,218 --1,218 -- Currentassets PROFIT BEFORE TAX9,698 8,443 10,869 18,141 21,867 41,991 Inventories 55TaxExpense Financial assets Currenttax 2,522 2,323 1,401 4,845 4,073 9,012 Investments 36,402 26,140 Deferred tax (272) 24 832 (248) 443 (281) Trade receivables 28,242 30,532 TOTAL TAXEXPENSE 2,250 2,347 2,233 4,597 4,516 8,731 Unbilled receivables 5,706 5,732 Cash and cash equivalents 6,344 8,646 PROFIT FOR THE PERIOD 7,448 6,096 8,636 13,544 17,351 33,260 Other balances with banks 4,234 1,020 OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (OCI) Loans receivables 11,349 8,475 Items thatwillnot be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss 1136 (52) 137 (51) (409) Other financial assets 1,970 1,473 Income tax on items thatwill not be reclassified subsequently to -(29) (5) (29) (5) 86 Income tax assets (net) 15 8 profit or loss Other assets 9,109 8,206 Items thatwillbereclassified subsequently to profit or loss (162) 644 166 482 441 812 Total currentassets 103,376 90,237 Income tax on items thatwill be reclassified subsequently to profit 73 (226) (64) (153) (181) (315) TOTAL ASSETS 133,398 120,899 or loss TOTAL OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME /(LOSSES) (88) 525 45 437 204 174 EQUITYAND LIABILITIES TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE PERIOD 7,360 6,621 8,681 13,981 17,555 33,434 Equity Paid up equitysharecapital 375 375 375 375 375 375 Sharecapital 375 375 (FaceValue : `1per share) Other equity94,762 83,751 Total Reserves73,993 Equityattributabletoshareholders of the Company95,137 84,126 Non-controlling interests 638 623 Earnings per equityshare:- Basic and diluted (`) 19.85 16.25 23.02 36.09 46.24 88.64 Total equity95,775 84,749 Dividend per share(Parvalue `1each) Liabilities Interimdividend on equityshares (`) 12.00 5.00 45.00 17.00 50.00 67.00 Non-currentliabilities Final dividend on equityshares (`) -- -- -6.00 Financial liabilities Total dividend on equityshares (`) 12.00 5.00 45.00 17.00 50.00 73.00 Lease liabilities 6,652 6,906 Total equitydividend percentage1,200 500 4,500 1,700 5,000 7,300 Other financial liabilities 292 291 Unearned and deferredrevenue 525 697 Selectexplanatory notes to the StatementofAuditedUnconsolidatedInterim Financial Results forthe Quarterand Six month ended September 30, 2020 Employeebenefit obligations 586 417 Deferred tax liabilities (net) 639 779 1. These results have been prepared in accordancewith the Indian Accounting Standard(referred to as “Ind AS”) 34 InterimFinancialReportingprescribed under Section Total non-currentliabilities 8,694 9,090 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules as amended from time to time.These results have been reviewed by the Audit Currentliabilities Committee and approved by the BoardofDirectors at its meeting held on October 7, 2020. Thestatutory auditors have expressed an unmodified audit opinion on these Financial liabilities results. Lease liabilities 1,230 1,268 2. UnconsolidatedStatementofCash flows is attached in AnnexureA. Trade payables 5,789 6,740 3. In October 2014, Epic Systems Corporation (referredtoasEpic) filed alegal claim against the Companyinthe CourtofWesternDistrictMadison, Wisconsin alleging Other financial liabilities 5,072 6,100 unauthorised access to and download of their confidential information and use thereof in the developmentofthe Company’sproductMedMantra. In April 2016, Unearned and deferredrevenue 2,972 2,915 the Companyreceived an unfavourable juryverdictawarding damages of `6,937 crore(US $940 million) to Epic which wasthereafterreduced by the Trial Courtto Other liabilities 4,254 3,283 `3,100 crore(US $420 million). Pursuanttoreaffirmation of the DistrictCourtorder in March2019, the Companyfiled an appeal in the Appeals Courttofully set aside Provisions 1,419 293 the Order.Epic also filed across appeal challenging the reduction by the DistrictCourtjudge of `738 crore(US $100 million) awardand `1,476 crore(US $200 million) Employeebenefit obligations 3,244 2,749 in punitivedamages.OnAugust 20,2020, the Appeals Courtvacated theaward of `2,066 crore(US $280 million) in punitivedamages considering the awardtobe constitutionally excessiveand remanded the case back to DistrictCourtwith instructions to reassess and reducethe punitivedamages awardtoatmost `1,033 crore Income tax liabilities (net) 4,949 3,712 (US $140 million), affirmed the DistrictCourt’sdecision vacating the jury’saward of `738 crore(US $100 million) in compensatory damages foralleged use of “other Total currentliabilities 28,929 27,060 confidential information”bythe Company, and affirmed the DistrictCourt’sdecision upholding the jury’saward of `1,033 crore(US $140 million) in compensatory TOTAL EQUITYAND LIABILITIES 133,398 120,899 damages foruse of the comparativeanalysis by the Company. TheCompany has received legal advicetothe effectthatthe Appeals Courthas misapprehended the facts of the case while delivering its judgementand thatthe Companyhas correctand thestrongest possible arguments in its petition filed at the Appeals Courton Selectexplanatory notes to the StatementofAuditedConsolidatedInterimFinancialResults forthe Quarterand Six month ended September 30, 2020 September 3, 2020, forre-hearing of the awards forboth compensatory and punitivedamages,which is currently pending.Epic has also filed forre-hearing thatportion of the Appeals Court’sdecision thatinvalidatedaward of punitivedamages.However,considering all the facts and various legal precedence, on aconservativeand 1. These results have been prepared in accordancewith the Indian Accounting Standard(referred to as “Ind AS”) 34 InterimFinancialReportingprescribed under Section prudentbasis,the Companyhas provided `1,218 crore(US $165 million) towards this legal claim in its financial statements forthe period ended September 30, 2020. 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules as amended from time to time.These results have been reviewed by the Audit This has been presentedasan“exceptional item”inthe condensed standalone interimstatementofprofit and loss. Committee and approved by the BoardofDirectors at its meeting held on October 7, 2020. Thestatutoryauditors have expressed an unmodified audit opinion on these results. 4. TheIndianParliamenthas approved the Code on Social Security, 2020 which would impactthe contributions by the companytowardsProvidentFund and Gratuity. Theeffectivedatefromwhich the changes areapplicable is yettobenotified and the rules forquantifying the financial impactare yettobeframed.Based on an initial 2. ConsolidatedStatementofCash flows is attached in AnnexureI. assessmentbythe Company, the additional impactonProvidentFund contributions by the Companyisnot expectedtobematerial, whereas,the likely additional 3. In October 2014, Epic Systems Corporation (referredtoasEpic) filed alegal claim against the Companyinthe CourtofWesternDistrictMadison, Wisconsin alleging impactonGratuityliability/contributions by the Companycould be material.The Companywill completeits evaluation and will give appropriate impactinits financial unauthorised access to and download of their confidential information and use thereof in the developmentofthe Company’sproductMedMantra. In April 2016, statements in the period in which, the Code becomes effectiveand the relatedrules to determine the financial impactare published. the Companyreceived an unfavourable juryverdictawarding damages of `6,937 crore(US $940 million) to Epic which wasthereafterreduced by the Trial Courtto `3,100 crore(US $420 million). Pursuanttoreaffirmation of the DistrictCourtorder in March2019, the Companyfiled an appeal in the Appeals Courttofully set aside 5. TheBoardofDirectors at its meeting held on October 7, 2020, has declared an interimdividend of `12 per equityshare. the Order.Epic also filed across appeal challenging the reduction by the DistrictCourtjudge of `738 crore(US $100 million) awardand `1,476 crore(US $200 million) 6. TheBoardofDirectors at its meeting held on October 7, 2020, has approved aproposal to buy-back upto5,33,33,333 equityshares of the Companyfor an aggregate in punitivedamages.OnAugust 20,2020, the Appeals Courtvacatedthe awardof`2,066 crore(US $280 million) in punitivedamages considering the awardtobe amountnot exceeding `16,000 crorebeing 1.42% of the total paid up equitysharecapital at `3,000 per equitysharesubjecttoapprovalfromshareholders. constitutionally excessiveand remanded the case back to DistrictCourtwith instructions to reassess and reducethe punitivedamages awardtoatmost `1,033 crore 7. Theresults forthe quarterand six month ended September 30, 2020 areavailable on the BSE Limited website(URL:www.bseindia.com/corporates), the National Stock (US $140 million), affirmed the DistrictCourt’sdecision vacating the jury’saward of `738 crore(US $100 million) in compensatory damages foralleged use of “other confidential information”bythe Company, and affirmed the DistrictCourt’sdecision upholding the jury’sawardof`1,033 crore(US $140 million) in compensatory Exchange of India Limited website(URL: www.nseindia.com/corporates) and on the Company’swebsite(URL: www.tcs.com/investors). damages foruse of the comparativeanalysis by the Company. TheCompanyhas received legal advicetothe effectthatthe Appeals Courthas misapprehended the facts of the case while delivering its judgementand thatthe Companyhas correctand the strongest possible arguments in its petition filed at the Appeals Courton September 3, 2020, forre-hearing of the awards forboth compensatory and punitivedamages,which is currently pending.Epic has also filed forre-hearing thatportion Forand on behalf of the BoardofDirectors of the Appeals Court’sdecision thatinvalidatedaward of punitivedamages.However,considering all the facts and various legal precedence, on aconservativeand prudentbasis,the Companyhas provided `1,218 crore(US $165 million) towards this legal claim in its financial statements forthe period ended September 30, 2020. Mumbai Rajesh Gopinathan This has been presentedasan“exceptional item”inthe condensed consolidatedinterim statementofprofit and loss. October 7, 2020 CEO and Managing Director

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while the Palaniswami campen- —suchasNatham Viswanathan, ARUNJANARDHANAN ED Preempting joys thesupportofallotherMLAs, ministerMafoi Pandiarajan and CHENNAI,OCTOBER7 theSasikala Cabinetministers and party dis- former RajyaSabha MP PLAIN E factor trictleaders —hefound space for Maithreyan –are keeping alow ● THE RULINGAIADMKon EX his five associatesinthe steering profile, five nomineesclose to the WednesdaydeclaredTamilNadu committee againstthe sixfrom Deputy CM who found spacein Chief MinisterEdappadi K OPANNEERSELVAM, or Palaniswamicamp.The11-mem- the steering committeeare K Palaniswami as the party’s CM OPS, is leftwithlimited bercommitteehasrepresentation Manickam, PMohan, PHManoj candidatefor next year’s options with aweaker fromallprominentcommunities, Pandian, RGopalakrishnan and J Assemblyelection. supportbase in the party. including twomembers each CDPrabhakar—not that promi- The decision, announcedby On the other hand, an- fromPanneerselvam’sThevarand nent leaderswho were MLAs or Deputy Chief Ministerand party nouncing Palaniswami as Palaniswami’sGoundercommu- stateministers earlier. POLL EQUATIONS coordinator OPanneerselvamat AIADMK’s CM candidate nities,two sociallyand politically WhilePanneerselvamhimself the party headquarters in the wasanearly step takenby powerful OBC communitiesin agreedtoannounce EVEN AS the BJP wasatpains at apress conference in Patna to morning, wasalso an occasion the CM camp, possiblyfor the state. Palaniswami’s name as CM can- saythatall waswell between them and JDU,and that Nitish that seemingly putanend to dis- AIADMK coordinatorOPanneerselvamannounces tworeasons:toopenly Withtheformationofasteer- didate, his associates in his native Kumar wastheir CM candidate, the LJP has continuedtoproj- agreementsbetween the two Edappadi KPalaniswami as the chief ministerial candidate declarehis prominence in ingcommittee,theonly grievance town were,meanwhile, actively ect themselvesinanalliance withthe BJP.Aslewofformer leaders. at the party office in Chennai on Wednesday. PTI the party over OPS, and to formallyraisedbyPanneerselvam engaged in putting up banners BJP leaders has been arrivingatthe Paswan residence in Delhi, Theparty also formed a11- prevent anymoveto has been resolvedinthe party. and flexboards projecting the some of whom have been announcedasticketholders. Now, member steering committee, a makeTTVDhinakaran The newly constituted steer- Deputy CM as the party’s main while the BJP has said it might writetothe EC askingtopre- demand by Panneerselvam for tions merged, leaders close to imageofSasikala loyalists that the CM candidateifVK ing committee has six powerful face in the next elections. vent this, but hasn’t,aWhatsApp posterofthe LJPwith the long. Delay in formation of this Panneerselvam pointed out. madePanneerselvam,andsubse- Sasikala makes acome- leaders and ministers from Even if thesteeringcommit- Prime Ministeronitisdoing the rounds. The poster, which committee had triggered an un- Thedecisionshave beentaken quentlyPalaniswami, CMs after backintothe party. Palaniswami camp: P teehas been formedfinally, its also has RamVilas Paswan (above)and Chirag Paswan on it, ease in the party —the ahead of the release of VK Jayalalithaa’s long illness,and Thangamani, SPVelumani,D powers remain unclear,asthe says “Hum Bihar dekhenge, Modiji HindustanDekhenge”. Palaniswami faction had thus far Sasikala,formerAIADMKgeneral eventualdeathinDecember2016, Jayakumar,CVeShanmugam, AIADMK also formedseparate ignoredthedemand,eventhough secretaryandcloseaideoflateCM both joinedhands to ousther Even as the Panneerselvam DindigulSreenivasan andR committeesinWednesday’s it waspart of promisesmadein andpartychiefJJayalalithaa,from from the party afterthe August campisweaker —onlyfiveMLAs Kamaraj.While nearly all promi- meeting to take poll-related PACKED SCHEDULE August2017when the twofac- Bengaluru jail. If it wasoncetheir 2017 merger. areseenasloyaltotheDeputyCM, nentassociatesof Panneerselvam decisions. MoS HOME GKishan Reddy had abusy dayinNorth Blockon Wednesday. In the morning he held ameeting with stakehold- Congress ers on Gorkhaland, and the afternoon wasspentfieldingape- tition from actor PayalGhosh, who has accusedfilmmaker DeniedBJPticket,someleadershead Anurag Kashyapofsexualharassment. Following the meet- announces ing, Ghosh told the media that she metReddy to ensurespeedy justiceand to open doors forMHA’s intervention if required. toLJP,spark‘distrust’talkinJD(U) first list of 21 LADAKH PLAN candidates

ADHIR RANJAN Chowdhury, chairman of Parliament’s Public EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE AccountsCommittee, has written to LokSabha SpeakerOm SANTOSHSINGH JD(U) strategy: NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 Birla seeking permission forthe panel to visit Ladakh by the PATNA,OCTOBER7 end of this month to meetsoldiers and understand first-hand THE CONGRESS’S firstlistof21 their working conditions. The PACiscurrentlylooking into a DISQUIET SEEMS to be brewing Focus on core base, candidates forthe Assembly CAGreport that hadsaidearlier this year that Indian troops in the JD(U) campafter several elections in Bihar, announced on stationed in areas likeSiachen and Ladakh facedacute short- BJP candidatehopefuls seem set Wednesday,did nothold many ageofhigh-altitude clothing and equipment becauseofdelay to contestfor former NDAally surprises. in procurement. Chief of Defence StaffGeneral Bipin Rawat Lok Janshakti Party(LJP) afterbe- bid to woo others too As expected,Congress has already appearedtwice before the PAC. ing denied ticketsbythe saffron LegislatureParty leader party. Partyreleasesfirstlistof115 candidates Sadanand Singh has bowedout This comes even as the BJP and the party hasfieldedhis son hassentout astrong message Shubhanand Mukesh from his that Nitish Kumar is the leader SANTOSHSINGH Kahalgaon Assemblyseat. 5yrs afterIAS officer’s of NDAinthe state, and anyBJP Sushil Kumar Modi with Bihar BJP election in-charge PATNA,OCTOBER7 Former ministerand sitting leader defying his leadership DevendraFadnavis,state party president SanjayJaiswal and MLAAwadhesh Kumar Singh, would be sternlydealt with. VIP leader Mukesh Sahni, in Patna. PTI APARTFROMfocusingonEBC, SC too, managed to secureaticket death, Cong springs a The big names joining the and OBC Koeri-Kurmi voters, the forhis sonShashi Shekhar Singh Chirag Paswan-ledparty over JD(U) also appears to be reaching from his Wazirganj seat. surprise,fields wife the lastcoupleofdays aresenior Vidyarthi, aformer MLA, is dummy. Distrustisfastbuilding out to the Muslims and Yadavs in The Congress also fielded BJP leaders Rajendra Singh, settocontest from Paliganj up among our workers.IfBJP itslistof115 candidatesfortheup- Gajanand Shahifromits sitting Rameshwar Chourasia and Usha againstJD(U)’s Jayvardhan workers arefound helping the coming Assemblyelection in seat of Barbigha. Shahi had in Karnataka bypoll Vidyarthi. The three areset to Yadav, grandsonofformer MP LJP or even becoming passive, Biharthat wasreleased JD(U) Bihar chief Vashishtha joinedthe Congress from the contest from Dinara, Sasaram Ramlakhan Singh Yadav. our workers would also become Wednesday. Narayan Singh in Patna. PTI JD(U). been murdered foradverseposi- and Paliganj constituencies, re- Singh, who has an RSS back- passive towardshelping BJP can- The party Apart from these three, all EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tionshehadtakenagainstrealtors spectively,for LJP. ground, wasbeing considered didates in other constituencies.” has giventick- other sitting MLAs have been re- BENGALURU,OCTOBER7 and the sand mafia in the state. It is learnt that the BJP’s top BJP’s CM candidatethe lasttime Asked whether BJP is at- etsto18 nominated by the party.Theyin- The CBI stated itsreportin leaders failedtodissuade the before he losttoJD(U)’s Jay tempting to hurtJD(U)’s women candi- 11 seats for VIP clude Saurav from IN Asurprise move,the Congress November 2016 that Ravi had three from contesting as LJP Kumar Singh from Dinara. prospects, the JD(U) leader said, dates in an ap- Bikram, Sanjay Kumar Tiwari onWednesdaynamedHKusuma, committed suicide. nominees againstJD(U) Chourasia, aformer MLA “BJP would neverwantNDA to parent bid to Patna:TheVikasshilInsaan from Buxar,RajeshKumarfrom 31,wifeofIASofficerDKRavi,who Fornextmonth’s bypoll forRR candidates. from Nokha, wasknown to be a lose powerinBihar.Ithas to send DECISION woothe caste- Party(VIP) ledbyEBC Kutumba, Anand ShankarSingh diedin2015, as theparty’s candi- Nagar, former Congress MLAand It is learnt that at leasta staunchsupporterofPM astern message to itsworkers — 2020 neutral con- leaderMukeshSahni,who from Aurangabad andSudhir datefor the by-election forRaja film producerMunirathna Naidu, dozenBJP leaders have ap- NarendraModi. Afterjoining LJP, maybejoint rallies by senior BIHAR stituency and recentlywalkedout of the Kumar from Sikandra. Rajeshwari Nagar—RRNagar — who wasamong the 13 legislators proachedthe LJP fortickets for he said, “It is sin to vote NDAleaders could clear the has fielded17 Grand Alliance and joined The Congress fieldedAkhauri Assemblyconstituencyscheduled whojumpedshipinJuly2019and Assemblysegments going to the forJD(U).” confusion.” upper caste candidates. handswith the NDA, will Onkar Nath alias Mohan forNovember 3. joinedthe BJP to bringit to power, polls in the second and third Sources said Singh and TheJD(U) leader maintained From Parsa in Saran district, be contesting 11 seats. Srivastava, Deputy Mayorof Kusuma, 31,aformer teacher is considered afront-runner for phases —onNovember 3and 7, Chourasia had almostagreednot that BJP “needs Nitish Kumar the JD (U)has fieldedformer RJD These areBrahmpur, Gaya Municipality,fromGaya at an engineering college, is the ruling party.Heisalso seen as respectively.Sources in LJP to contestasLJP nominees after more” than he needs the saffron leaderChandrika Rai, who re- Bochaha, GauraBoram, Town. daughter of Congress-turned- being backedbyChief Minister B claimedsome JD(U) rebels are calls from atop BJP leader,but party. centlyjoinedthe party.Aformer Simri Bakhtiyarpur, Other keycandidates include JD(S) leader Hanuman- SYediyurappa. also seeking tickets from later agreedtofile nomination BJP spokesperson Nikhil minister, Raiisthe father of Sugauli,Madhubani,Keoti, former Youth Congress state tharayappa,arealestate business- But the local BJP unit, withlo- the party. afteracallfromChirag. Anandsaid, “Thereisnoconfu- Aishwarya,the estrangedwifeof Sahebganj, Balrampur, president Lallan Yadavfrom man. She had formallyjoinedthe cal leader Tulsi MunirajuGowda While Singh filedhis nomi- AJD(U) leader said, “The onus sion afterour topleaders reiter- former health ministerand RJD Alinagar and Baniapur.As Sultanganj, Nawada district Congress earlier this week. said to be favoredbyBJP national nation on Wednesdayfrom is on BJP to keep explaining to ated that NitishKumar wouldbe chief Lalu Prasad’s son TejPratap theseAssemblysegments Congress president Sathish With Kusuma’s candidature, secretaryBLSanthosh, is seen as Dinara, Chourasia and Vidyarthi people throughout the election the NDACMcandidate,irrespec- Yadav. Therewasspeculationthat have asizeablenumber of Kumar Mantan Singh from the Congress is seen as aiming to opposing attemptstogivethe RR arelikelytofile their nomina- that Nitish Kumar is the NDA tive of theseatposition of NDA the party might field Aishwarya voters from the EBC Sahni Warsaliganj, and formerMLA tapintoHanumantharayappa’s Nagarticket to Naidu. tions on Thursday. leader and LJP is notBJP’s constituents.” from the seat. community. ENS AdityaSingh’sdaughter-in-law influence among the Vokkaliga Aby-electionwill also beheld Onlytwo sittingMLAs— Nitu Kumari from Hisua. community,whichhas alarge the same dayfor Sira Assembly Ramesh Sinha Kushwaha from presence in the region. seat in Tumkur region afterthe Ziradei and SunilKumar tions, the JD(U)contested alone The JD(S), considered a seat fell vacant following the RJDfirst list names 42 candidates ChoudharyfromBenipur—could andwononlytwo seats.Butinthe EC reduces Vokkaliga party, isyettoannounce deathof BSatyanarayanaof JD(S). notbeaccommodatedinthe 16 percentofvoteshareitgot in acandidateandistoyingwiththe The JD(S) has picked FormerAssemblySpeaker Former stateBSP chief JD(U)’s listof115 candidates. the state, amajor component number of star idea of fielding alocalleader.The Satyanarayana's wife, SANTOSHSINGH UdayNarayan Choudharywould Bharat Bind, who recently Former social welfareminister comprisedEBC and SC voters. BJP,too,has notannouncedits Ammajamma Satyanarayana, as PATNA,OCTOBER7 take on sitting MLAand former joinedthe RJD, has got aticket ManjuVerma, who had to step Thepartyhasfielded17upper campaigners candidatefor the RR Nagarseat. itscandidatetotap intoasympa- CM Jitan RamManjhi from from Bhabhua. RahulTiwari,the down afterher husbandwas caste candidates, including nine Kusuma’s family had been in thywave. TheCongress has THERE ARE 15 Yadavand three Imamganj. Choudhary, who has son of former MP Shivanand namedinanArms Actcase, has from Bhumihar, six from Rajput news in 2015 following the sus- namedformer minister TB Muslim candidates in the RJD’s servedtwice as the Speaker,lost Tiwari and MLAfromShahpur, been fieldedagain from Cheria and twofromthe Brahmincom- for Bihar polls pecteddeathby suicideof Ravi,34, Jayachandra, who unsuccessfully firstlistof42candidates an- the Imamganj seat to Hindustani would contestfromthe Bariarpur. munity.With the LJP tryingto NewDelhi: The Election an Additional Commissioner of contested from Sirsa in 2018. nouncedonWednesday. Awam Morcha(Secular) candi- same seat. The JD(U)has reinstatedits weanaway uppercaste votes,itre- Commission (EC) on Wednesday CommercialTax(Enforcement)in The BJP is yettodecide on a Among the Yadavcandidates dateManjhi in the lastAssembly Former ministerShyam faith in itscoreconstituencyof mainsto beseenif itisableto dent reducedthe maximum number Bengaluru who wasfoundhang- candidate. isthewifeofformerNawada MLA elections. Rajak,who wonfromPhulwari “Luv-Kush” —meaningthe the JD (U)’s prospect on this front. of star campaigners permitted ing in his official residence on The bypolls arebeing viewed Rajballabh Yadav, who has been The RJD has fieldedformer Sharif as JD (U) candidatein Kurmi-Koeri combine —byfield- Meanwhile,formerDGP forcampaigning during Bihar March 16 thatyear. as atestforthecontinuanceofBS convictedin ateen rape case. The Banka MP Jaiprakash Yadav’s 2015,was denied aticket.Rajak ing 17 Kushwaha and seven GupteshwarPandey, whotookVRS elections amid concerns over The then Congress govern- Yediyurappa as CM amid mur- listalsoincludesMokamamus- brother VijayPrakash from recentlyjoinedthe RJD. The Kurmi candidates. But it seems to and joinedthe JD (U), couldnot be large gatherings in viewofthe ment under Siddaramaiah had mursof apossiblechangeoflead- cleman MLAAnant Singh, who Jamui againstBJP’s Shreyasi Phulwari Sharif seat has gone to be working moreonEBC and SC accommodatedasbothseatsofhis pandemic. handedoverthe probetoCBI on ership.ForCongress,thesearethe wonasanIndependent lasttime Singh. The former MP’s daugh- the CPI (ML) in the seat-sharing voters as it has fielded21EBC and choice —Buxar and Shahpur — Tillfurthernotice,nationaland March 23, 2015,amid conspiracy firstreal test fornew stateunit and as aJD(U) nomineeinthe terDivya Prakash has been arrangement in the Grand 16 SC candidates. went to the BJP quotaunder the stateparties can onlyfield30star theoriesthattheofficercouldhave chief DKShivakumar. 2010 statepolls. fieldedfromTarapur. Alliance. In the 2014 LokSabha elec- seat-sharing arrangement. campaigners, as opposedto40 earlier.Unrecognised parties can have 15 star campaigners, down from 20. Contempt case: Gujarat HC sentences Oza to custody till ‘risingofcourt’ Astarcampaignerisapromi- nentleader of apolitical party virtually, it meant thatOza had to of the Contempt of Courts Act. 9for raisinghis “accusingfin- tuted to inquireintothe allega- HC“unanimouslyresolved”to re- who canvasses forparty candi- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE remainloggedintillmattersof the AdvocateNishaThakore,who gers...againsttheHighCourt,High tionsgave theregistryacleanchit viewand recall the “senior advo- datesinanelection.Theexpendi- AHMEDABAD,OCTOBER7 court were concluded. appeared on behalf of the HC in CourtAdministrationand the and calledOza’sallegations “fac- cate” designation that wascon- tureincurredongatherings and Adivision benchofJustices thecase,said,“Thecourtsaideven Registrybyirresponsible, sensa- tually baseless”. ferred on Oza in 1999. Oza’s civil rallies addresses by suchcam- ADIVISIONbench of theGujarat SoniaGokaniandNVAnjariaheld at this stageitdoes notacceptthe tionalandintemperatedeliveryin While thisinquiryreport was writ, challenging this decisionto paigners is exempt from being High CourtonWednesdaysen- thatOza will have to undergo an unconditionalapologythatthere- an interview”, the courtsaid he notpartofthecontempt proceed- divest himofhis senior advocate addedtotheexpenditureaccount tencedGujarat High Court imprisonmentoftwo monthsif spondent contemner had ten- made“falseandcontemptuousal- ings’recordinitially, amicuscuriae designation,ispendingbefore the of acandidate. Advocates’ Association (GHAA) he fails to paythepenalty, follow- dered in the past, and awarded legations of corruption, malprac- andsenioradvocateShalinMehta, SupremeCourt. According to therevised president Yatin Oza to itscustody ing an extendedhearing on the him nominal sentence.” Courtimposedfine of ticesagainsttheadministrationof in ahearing in September,sug- The HC repeatedly refusedto guidelines,partieshave to submit till“risingofthe court”and im- quantum of punishment on Oza wasunavailable for Rs 2,000on Yatin Oza the HighCourt”. gested that the same be added to acceptOza’sapology, citing that requests forstarcampaigners to posedapenaltyof Rs2,000onhim Wednesday. comment. OzacalledtheHCa“gambling the recordafter Oza’sadvocates hehasbeenarepeatoffenderover address rallies at least 48hours in forcriminal contempt of court. Afterhis advocates sought a The Gujarat HC had takensuo den”to spreadsensationalism,the indicatedthatnowherewasitim- the years when it comes to re- advance so that safetymeasures Till“risingofthecourt”implies stay ontheoperationof judgment, motu cognisanceofapress con- (clients)”andhadalsoallegedthe courtobservedonJune9,whileis- pliedthatOza’s remarks at the marks against the court. can be put in place.Partiesthat thathehas to be inside the court- the courtstayedits order forthe ferenceby OzaonJune5wherehe HCadministrationof“corruption suinghimanoticeunderSections contentious pressconference Oza’s plea at the SC seeking have alreadyinformedECoftheir roomtillthebenchconcludesand statutoryappealperiodof 60days had alleged favouritism by the and malpractices”. 2(c)and 15 of the Contempt of were falseorthattheyweren’tfac- restoration of his senior advocate listofstarcampaignershave now rises forthe day. However, given so that Oza could file an appeal courtregistry and itsadministra- Initiating criminal contempt Courts Actforcriminalcontempt. tuallycorrect. designation is due forhearing on been asked to adheretothe re- that proceedings areconducted againsttheorderunderSection19 tion for“lawyers of billionaires proceedings againstOza on June Athree-judgecommittee consti- InJuly,theFullCourtof Gujarat October 13. WITHPTI visedlimit. ENS

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Telangana govt AFTER BEIJING'SNOTE TO INDIAN MEDIA to procure entire India,Japanclosetocybersecurity Seems China wants paddy, cotton harvest to check deal,callforrobustdigitalecosystem to march in with distress sales censorship: Taiwan benefit of the region. SREENIVASJANYALA SHUBHAJITROY “Reaffirming the similarities HYDERABAD,OCTOBER7 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 in their respective Indo-Pacific visions, that arebasedonrule of EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The Chinese Embassy The Telangana government will WITH CYBER threatsbecoming lawand respect forsovereignty NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 purchase the entiretyofthe amajor shared concern, India and territorial integrity,the in aletterhad said it paddy and cotton crop cultivated and Japan on Wednesdayagreed Japanese side agreedtobethe TAIWAN FOREIGN Minister ‘would liketoremind duringthe monsoon to mitigate on the text of an agreement for lead partner in the connectivity Joseph Wu on Wednesdayre- our media friends that the pandemic's impact on farm- robustand resilientdigitaland pillarofthe Indo-Pacific Oceans’ actedsharplytothe Chineseem- ers, Chief MinisterKcybersecurity systems. This was Initiative (IPOI) and jointlytake bassy’s statement thathad asked thereisonlyone China Chandrashekar Raosaid one of the major takeaways from both countries’respective vi- the Indian media to “stick to [the] in the world’ Wednesdayasherequested External Affairs MinisterS sionsfor theIndo-Pacificfor- Indian government’s position on them to avoid distress sales. Jaishankar’s meeting with ward,” the statement said. Taiwan question” and to “not vi- The CM instructed officials to Japanese Foreign minister The IPOI waslaunchedby olatethe One-China principle”. is an inalienable partofChina’s purchase paddy with less than 17 Toshemitsu Motegi in Tokyo. PrimeMinisterNarendraModi Wu,inatweet posted by the territory. Thesefacts arerecog- per cent moistureataminimum In aclear signaltowards in Bangkoklastyear,when the Taiwan Foreign Ministry, said, nizedbyUNresolution andcon- supportprice of Rs 1,888 per China’s aggressive andassertive EastAsia summit washeld in “Indiaisthe largest democracy stitutethe universal consensus of quintal forgrade Avarietyand Rs approach, the twoministers also early November.Japan, which on Earth with avibrant press & the internationalcommunity.All 1,868per quintal forgrade Bva- notedthe similarities in their re- ForeignMinisterSJaishankar withhis Japanese counterpartToshimitsu Motegi in Tokyo. AP has been witnessing Chinese freedom-lovingpeople. But it countries that have diplomatic riety.The government will setup spective Indo-Pacific visions, PLANavy’s belligerence in the re- lookslikecommunist#China is relations with China should 6,000purchase centres in villages stressing on the rule of lawand gion, wantstopartner with India hoping to march intothe subcon- firmlyhonour their commitment to facilitatethe procurement. “respect forsovereignty andter- recent attackonMitsubishi digital technologies, the two Chinese telecom firms Huawei andotherlike-minded countries tinent by imposing censorship. to theOne-China policy,whichis “I urge farmers to bring their ritorial integrity”. Electric mayhaveresulted in in- ministers highlighted theneed and ZTE in the 5G rollout in the to take on Chinese behaviour. #Taiwan’s Indian friends will also the long-standing official po- paddy and cotton to the govern- Sources privytothe talkstold formation on ahigh-speedglid- forrobustand resilient digital country, Japan's topthree carri- The twoministers said that have one reply: GET LOST!JW.” sitionofthe Indian government.” ment purchase centres instead the The Indian Expressthatthe ingmissile under development and cyber systems and in this ers, NTT Docomo, KDDI and theylookedforward to the next Responding to advertorials in “Wehope Indian media can of selling in distress,” Raosaid. agreement with Japan is a“key being stolen. Tokyoisupgrading context, welcomedthe finaliza- SoftBank Corp, rolledout their Annual Bilateral Summit in and other sticktoIndian government’s po- Officials said the setting-up of element”,consideringthe Covid- the cyber-defence capabilities of tion of the text of the cybersecu- 5G services lateMarch aheadof India at amutuallyconvenient Indian media, the Chinese em- sition on Taiwan question and do thepurchasecentreswillalsohelp 19 pandemic has made coun- itsNational Center of Incident rity agreement.” Japan's newfiscal year.Softbank time forthe twoprime minis- bassy had said in aletter, notviolatethe One-China princi- them regulatethe movement of tries, companies and institutions Readiness and Strategy for “The agreement promotes has reportedlyexcludedHuawei ters. The summit, whichwas to “Regarding the so-calledforth- ple. In particular,Taiwanshall farmers and put in precautionsto dependent on digital technology Cybersecurity.Besides, Japan's cooperation in capacitybuilding, and ZTE in the 5G network, al- take place with Prime Minister coming “National Dayof notbereferredtoasa“country prevent the spread of Covid-19. morethan ever before. MinistryofDefence will expand research and development, se- though the Chinese firms were Shinzo AbevisitingGuwahati in Taiwan”, the Chinese Embassy in (nation)” or “Republic of China”, Crops were cultivatedin “There is an immediateneed itsCyber Defence Unit as in- curityand resilience in the areas present in the 4G network. December lastyear,was can- India would liketoremind our or the leader of China’s Taiwan 134.87lakh acres this season in to have robustagreementswith creasing cyberattacks world- of Critical Information On the Indo-Pacific strategy, celleddue to the protests against media friends that thereisonly region as “President”, so as not Telangana. Of this,paddywas like-mindedcountries to ensure wide have threatenedtheir mil- Infrastructure, 5G, Internetof the statement said that the two the CitizenshipAmendment one China in the world, and the to sendwrong signalstothe gen- cultivatedin52.77lakh acres and securityofthe digital ecosystem itarycybersecurity capacity. Things (IoT), Artificial ministers concurredthatthe re- Act. Government of the People’s eral public.” cotton in 60.36 lakh acres. Under in all sectors —frombanking to An official statement by the Intelligence (AI),amongothers,” gion had acquired greater Now, with achangeofguard, Republic of China is the sole le- The Indian Express had pub- the RegulatoryFarming Policy, defence,” the source said. MinistryofExternal Affairs said the statement said. salience in recenttimes andun- and anewly appointed gitimategovernment represent- lishedafull-pageadvertorial on redgramwas cultivated in 10.78 This year,Japan has been re- on Wednesday, “Recognizing the While India is yettotakea derscored the needfor India and Yoshihide SugaasPM, NewDelhi ing the whole of China.” Wednesdayonthe National Day lakh acres. peatedly hitbycyberattacks.A increasing role being playedby call on the involvement of Japan to work together forthe will be keen to hosthim. The embassy stated,“Taiwan of Taiwan. HATHRAS WOMAN’S DEATH Afghan reconciliation chair meets NSA, discusses peace talks ChiefofDefence StaffGen Bipin to Afghans, will have the support Jaishankar. AAP MLA Hathraspolice SHUBHAJITROY Rawat, Armychief GenMM of India,” Abdullah tweeted. During his stay, he will ex- NCW summons BJP NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 Naravane, Foreign Secretary “He further stated thathis changeviews withthe Indian booked for file FIR over Harsh Vardhan Shringla, and countryisinfavor an independ- leadership on the Afghan peace ABDULLAHABDULLAH, chair- Joint Secretry (Pakistan- ent, democratic, sovereign & process, peace talksinDoha, re- ‘violating’ Covid leader for ‘offensive social media man of the High Council for Afghanistan-Iran)inMEA,JP peaceful Afghanistan, whereno gional supportfor the process, National Reconciliation in Singh amongothers. terrorists canoperate. and overall bilateral relations be- protocol during posts revealing Afghanistan, metNSA Ajit Doval “Had aconstructive discus- “I thanked India forthe invi- tween the twocountries. remarks’ on victim in NewDelhionWednesday and sionwithAjitDoval,the NSAof tation, itscontinued supportfor Abdullah, before reaching visit to village victim’s identity discussedthe peace process in India. We discussedthe Afghan Afghanistan, &its constructive India, had stated:‘India is a set,” NCWchairperson Rekha the war-torn country. PeaceProcess, &the talksinDoha. role in peace efforts,” he tweeted. strategic partner of Afghanistan, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Sharma said in astatement. He will meetPrimeMinister He assuredme of India’s full sup- Abdullah, whoreachedDelhi &has continuouslysupported EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 Earlier in the day, the NCW EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NarendraModionThursday. portfor the peace efforts, &that on Tuesday, will also meet the government &people of NOIDA,OCTOBER7 tweeted, “@NCWIndia strongly LUCKNOW,OCTOBER7 Dovalwas accompaniedby anypeace settlement acceptable External Affairs ministerS Afghanistan. THE NATIONAL Commission for condemns the offensive and AAP MLAKuldeepKumar has Women (NCW) on Wednesday defamatoryremarksmadebypo- HATHRAS POLICE on Tuesday been booked foralleged viola- issuedsummons to Uttar litical leader#RanjeetSrivastava lodgedanFIR in connection with tion of Covid protocol during his Pradesh BJP leader Ranjeet regarding the #Hathras victim. social media posts on the visit to Hathrastomeetthe fam- Srivastava forallegedly making The Commission has sent him a Hathras case disclosing the iden- ilyofthe victim. offensive remarks againstthe noticedirecting himto appearbe- tity of the victim by circulating Kumar,the MLAfromKondli Hathras victim. fore NCWonOctober 26th at 11 her name and photographs. East, visited thefamily on The NCWdirected Srivastava AM to give an explanation." As per theCircle Officer of October 4after having tested to appear before it by October 26 In avideo circulating on so- Sadabad area, Brahma Singh, the positive on September 29. and personally give an explana- cial media, Srivastava, aBJP FIRwasregisteredagainstuniden- “Thecasehasbeenfiledunder tion forhis remarks. leader from Barabanki, is seen tifiedpersons under IPC Section relevant sections of the Epidemic “He is notfit to be calleda making allegedly offensive re- 228A(disclosureofidentityofthe Actagainst theleader.The testing leader of anyparty.Heisshow- marks againstthe Hathras victimof certainoffencesetc)and and itsresultswill be partofthe ing aprimitive and sickmind- woman. Section 72 of theITActbasedona investigation. Sanitisation has complaintby Lucknow-basedac- been doneinthe village.Further tivistNutan Thakur. inquiryispending,”saidVineet Extension for SIT probing case NutanThakursaidshe pre- Jaiswal, Hathras SP. sented her complaint on The FIR has been filedunder Lucknow: The Special report. September 29 seeking legal ac- Section 269(actions spreading Investigation Team (SIT) consti- Amember of the SIT con- tion regarding disclosureofthe disease), 270(punishment for tuted to probethe assault and al- firmedtoTheIndianExpress that name of the Hathras victim on suchactions),and relevant sec- leged gangrape of the 19-year- thegovernment has giventhem social media. tionsofThe Epidemic Act. old Dalit woman in Hathras has 10 moredays to submit the Recently, the NCWissuedno- KumartweetedonSeptember been given10moredays to sub- report. ticestoCongress leader Digvijaya 29, “For the lastfew days Ihad mit itsfindings. The UP government had last Singh, BJP IT cell chief Amit some mild fever.Following that I HeadedbyHome Secretary week suspended three police of- Malviyaand actorSwara got aCovid 19 test done and my Bhagwan Swaroop, and with UP ficers, including Hathras Bhasker forallegedly revealing reportcameoutpositive.Iamcur- Police DIG Chandraprakash and SuperintendentofPoliceVikrant the identity of the 19-year-old rentlyinHomeIsolation.Allthose Agra PACCommandant Poonam Vir, following an initial reportby woman on Twitter and sought who came intocontact with me as members, the SIT wasearlier the SIT. ENS an explanation from them. in the last2-3 days,theyshould givenseven days’time—till gettheir test done.” Wednesday—to submit the BHARATCOKING COAL LIMITED ‘AMini Ratna Company’ (A Subsidiary of Coal India Limited) Admission Notice (02 years Para-medical Course, 2020-22) School of Para-medical technology,Central Hospital, Dhanbad. 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§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA Going ahead,emphasis mustbeonCovid data BECAUSETHE TRUTHINVOLVES US ALL disaggregated by geographies and vulnerabilities

BACKTOSCHOOL Rajib Dasgupta Post Covid, classroomwill need to be re-imagined. Local administrations and communitiesmusthavefreedom to decide AT 1.55 PER cent, India’s COVID-19mortal- alternative cause of death that cannotbere- Nandedand SangliinMaharashtrawith ity (case fatality rate)isanimportant talking lated to COVID disease (e.g. trauma). Adeath about three-fourth rural population had point. It’s been hailed as among the lowest due to COVID-19may notbeattributed to an- mortality of 5.25 per cent and 4.99 per cent HE COUNTRYWIDE SHUTDOWN of schools to stem the spread of the coro- in the world, “less than manynations in other disease (e.g. cancer) and should be respectively in the lastfortnight, and nowde- navirus mightbedrawingtoanend, as the Centreokays an in-principle re- Europe”, and the government is targeting to counted independentlyofpre-existing con- clinedto3.94per cent and 3.86 per cent. opening from October 15.The discretion to do so lies, rightly, with the bring it down to lessthan 1per cent. ditions that aresuspected of triggering ase- India's mortality figures should be bench- states,who candecidehow and at whatpace to reopen the classroom. However, The Lancet cautioned about “the vere course of COVID-19”. Manystateshave markedagainstthe WHO's4per cent (and TThe pandemic has thrownupanimpossiblyhardchoice forschools, chil- dangers of false optimism” in itsSeptember setupexpert committees to re-examine and notthe very highEuropean figures), and 26 editorial on the Indian situation. verify COVID-19 deaths; the official mortal- closelywatchedascases continue to spread dren and the wider community of parentsand teachers. Fornearly eight months now, even Overall, Asian countries have experi- ity figures reflect the “final”figuresafter vet- in rural areas. Arethe health services able to the mostprivileged among them have been able to access onlyadiminishedexperience encedmuchlowerCOVID-19mortalityas ting by the experts.While astate has full au- cope with the current levels of cases? An of learning via digital devices. The yawning digitaldivide has put avastmajority of chil- compared to those in Europe. The initial high thority to review deaths, and indeedshould emerging indicator signalling acrisis seems dren, especially themostvulnerable in terms of gender,class and caste,atthe risk of be- mortality in Spain and France has been at- do rigorous mortalityanalysis, it shouldbe to be the storyofoxygensupplies. The indus- ing abandonedbythe school system. The lossisnot justinterms of learningoutcomes. tributed to severalreasons: Morethan 75 per guidedbythe WHO position on this matter. tryhas indeedquadrupledproduction to The functionalschool is, among other things, asafetynet,preventing studentsfromfalling cent of thedeaths were among those aged Arecent National BureauofEconomic 2,700tonnes per dayfrom750 tonnes aday intochildmarriageordaily-wagelabour.The hotmid-daymealservedtoover120 mil- morethan 75 years and living in carehomes; Research (a private non-profit research organ- in the last six months. Yet, ground reports high prevalence of co-morbidities, obesity isation) WorkingPaper usedage-specific from Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Mumbai lion children aday is adefence againstchild malnutrition. and smoking among those infected;dispro- COVID-19mortality ratesfrom17compari- have indicated,asone of them put it, a“... In thisbackdrop,itis importantthatstate governments,localadministrationsandcom- portionatenumber of healthcareproviders son countries, coupledwith India’s distribu- panic mode, even forcing afew (hospitals) to munitieshave the freedomto decidehow best to bringbackthechildren.Citieswherecoro- infected earlyon(15 per cent of total cases) The COVID-19 new cases tion of cases(mirroring theagecomposition), marginallyreduce the oxygen flowtotheir navirus infections shownosign of abating have to remain cautious, especiallygiven recent rendering the healthservicesweak;and, to “predict" what India’s CFR would be with patientstooptimise use”. are currently on a declining research on thecapacity of children to spread the virus. In rural areas and districtswherethe shortageofdiagnostic testsand personal pro- thoseage-specificrates. In mostcases,thepre- The COVID-19new cases arecurrentlyon virus had nothad afreerun, teachers and community leaders arebestplacedtoshape the tective equipment. trend, notwithstanding the dictions arelowerthan India’s actual perform- adeclining trend, notwithstanding the Three leading factors arereportedto ance, leading them to suggestthat India’sCFR caveat of arelatively high proportion of rapid school experience —whether to bring backthe oldeststudentsfirst, and howmanyshifts caveat of a relatively high strongly influence the risk of dying from proportion of rapid antigen is,if anything, toohigh ratherthantoo lowand antigen testing with higher false negative to run. The newclassroom that will welcome studentsbackwill be avastlydifferent one. It COVID-19: Male sex, advancedage (more caution againstmisplacedcomplacence. The rates; surgesshall remain aconstant chal- will be aquieterplace, with fewerstudents, and aregime of social distancing, handwash- than 60 years), and the presence of comor- testing with higher false criticalpointbeing that anoverwhelmingcon- lengeasall activities other than education, ing and hygiene reinforcedthrough floor drawings and posters. From lunchbreakstothe bidities suchasdiabetes, hypertension, negative rates; surges shall cern withtheoverallCFR focuseson crudeag- hospitality and entertainment sectors have day’s schedule,the school will have to re-imagine ways to createasenseof solidarity,while chronic respiratorydiseases,cancer and car- remain a constant challenge gregates (and notage specific rates) and may resumed, withverylittlereal restrictions. The ensuring distance and safety. Theprotocols on howtorespond in case of an infectionand diovascular disorders. One analysis observed as all activities other than cloudthe fact thatthe news maynot be as WHO cautionedonAugust4that“we have that the presence of these factors conferred comfortable it appears to be. seen broad variationsinnaïveestimations of howtotransportchildren safelymustbeinplace before schoolscan reopen. atwo-foldhigher risk of death forItalian education, hospitality and The WHO estimates that 14 per cent of CFR that maybemisleading”. Adjusting for The Centre has done well to advise againstthe rigours of testing, exams and appraisal COVID-19patientsascompared to Chinese entertainment sectors have infected cases aresevereand requirehospi- the stageofthe pandemic in eachsetting is from the word go,given the longdisruption in learning. Teacher initiativesduring the lock- patients. The Indian agedistribution is resumed, with very little real talisation, 5per cent of infected cases arevery essentialtocorrectlyinterpreting COVID-19 down have also proved thatacrisis can be usedtobypass the rote-learning-examregime skewed in favour of the young, and con- restrictions. The WHO severe and requireintensive careadmission statistics. andhelp children express themselvesthrough writing, playsand games that connect les- tributes to theoverall lowermortality. and that4per cent of the infected will die. The imperative nowistohaveopen and sons to their lifeexperiences. Just as adecentralisedapproachwill work best in opening Central to all this is “what countsasa cautioned on August 4 that The MinistryofHealth and FamilyWelfare transparent datasharing with scientists, up theclassroom duringapandemic, the schools mustensurethat the process to catch COVID death”. In an epidemic situation, the ‘we have seen broad reports thecurrent case fatality rate at 1.55 public health professionals and indeedthe public healthapproach is likelytoattributea per cent. It wasnearly 4per cent in Punjab public at large.The emphasis should be alot up on lessons and syllabi is stress-free but attunedtothe needsofthe individual child. variations in naïve death with complexcausesasbeing caused and Maharashtraaweek ago. District-level moreondatadisaggregated by geographies by the disease in question, termed ascertain- estimations of CFR that may figures areinstructive.Mumbai and and vulnerabilities, looking beyond broad- ment bias. As early as April 16,the WHO clar- be misleading’. Adjusting for Ahmedabad, the high-incidence districts brush summaryaggregates. This will enable ifiedinunequivocal terms: “A death due to the stage of the pandemic in (predominantlymetropolitanand subur- framing responses “as localaspossible”. EPS AND OPS COVID-19isdefined forsurveillance pur- each setting is essential to ban/peri-urban), had mortality of 4.89 per poses as adeath resulting from aclinically cent and 5.20 per cent respectively while an The writer is chairperson at theCentreof compatibleillness,inaprobable or con- correctly interpreting urban, industrialiseddistrict suchas Social Medicine &Community Health, Chief Ministerand his deputy present united front. But AIADMK, firmed COVID-19case,unless thereisaclear COVID-19 statistics. Ludhiana, Punjab reported4.31per cent. Jawaharlal Nehru University postJayalalithaa, mayneedmorethanthat

NDINGSPECULATION OF arevolt in the party,the AIADMK has declared thatitwill fightthe assembly polls, scheduledfor May2021, underthe lead- ershipofChief MinisterEdappadi Palaniswami (EPS). The choice wasen- Edorsedbydeputychief ministerand Palaniswami’s challenger,O Panneerselvam(OPS), whose faction had hinted at aleadership change. As CALL SOCIAL MEDIA TO ACCOUNT aconsolation to OPS,EPS acceded to hisrival’s demandfor asteering committee to de- cide party affairs, though the committee’s remit has been leftvague. The truce in the party,however, could be tested when the lateJayalalithaa’s confidante, VKSasikala, re- Digital space is servingasthe sceneofsex crime. We need to framearesponse turns to Tamil Nadu, mostlikelyinDecember,after serving afour-yearsentenceinacor- ruption case in aBengaluruprison. Itisto thecreditof EPSandOPSthattheymanagedto keeptheAIADMKtogetherafterthe VrindaShukla demiseofJayalalithaain2016. Questions had been asked if the party could holditself in the absenceof Jayalalithaasincethelatterhadturnedthepartyintoanextensionof herpersona. WITH ONLYTHREE days to go forthe wed- the University of London, Damilya and 354C. Thereismerit in clearlyclassify- Thoughthe AIADMK claims thelegacy of the Dravidian Movement,the party, from the time ding, the bride-to-bereceivedacallfromher Jossipalenya, both victims of revengeporn, ingrevengeporn as asex offence in the IPC. itwasfoundedbyfilmstar, MGR,drew itspublicappealfromthecharismaof itsleader. After fiancé. Nothing couldhavepreparedher for arecases in point. The dissemination of nude photosand MGR’s death, the leadership mantle passedontoJayalalithaa, who toohad made hername what he hadtosay.Hundredsoflinkshad While the police maysucceedincollect- videos of avictim engaging in asexual act suddenlyappearedonInstagram, Twitter and ing evidence and prosecuting the perpetra- deserves to be definedasacontinuedsexual incinemabefore enteringpolitics.Inthepost-Jayalalithaaphase,theAIADMKhassheditsde- Facebook flashing extremelyobscene pic- tors of suchcrimes, it can do little to clean up violation forwhat is once put in the digital pendence on asinglecharismaticleader—largely because it has none —toevolveacollec- tures of the woman. Thus beganaterrible the mess leftbehindonthe internet,the root spacecan rarely be whollyretracted.With tive leadership. Twofactors have helped the party guardits groundinthe pastfouryears. nightmarefor the hapless woman, her sole cause of the victim’s suffering. Reporting of suchclassification, the offence will move to One, theAIADMK managed to retain itspole position in Tamil Nadu’s bipolar polity —the solace, the extraordinarystrengthofcharac- suchnon-consensual content by victims to thecategoryofseriousoffences and encour- DMKbeingtheotherpole—byconsolidatingthegovernancelegacyof MGRandJayalalithaa terand commitment of the groom-to-be. the concernedsocial media platforms is of- agethe reporting of suchcrimesbyvictims and accommodating factional interests.Two,claimants to theleadership vacuum leftbe- Alosing battle againstthisflood of ob- tenofnoavail. The scale of the problem can who mayotherwise choose to sufferalone scenity beganimmediately. The photosand Themore important be gaugedfromthe half-a-million reports of under the presumption that cyber abuse is hindbyJayalalithaa —and DMK patriarchMKarunanidhi,who passedawayinAugust2018 videos had been mass downloadedand were intervention is demanding revengeporn receivedper month by endemic to contemporarydigital life. —turnedout to be pretenders,who lackedideas, guile, and commitment to build apolitical beingshared by hundreds of accountssolely accountabilityand Facebookalone. All social media companies The moreimportant interventionisde- partythatcouldrivaltheAIADMKandDMK.KamalHaasan’soutfitfailedtoexcitethemasses in the business of supplying pornographic operateLaw Enforcement Agency (LEA) por- mandingaccountability and responsiveness whereas Rajinikanth hasnot even announcedhis party.The Congress, BJP,and thecommu- content on social media websites. Paid fold- responsivenessfrom social tals wherepolice authorities makerequests from socialmedia giants forlaw enforcement nists continue to be dependentonthe twoDravidian majors to win elections. ers promised“agood time”—fromRs30for media giants forlaw forIPaddressesoferrant accounts and the and investigation purposes. Severalcountries However, theAIADMK will needmorethanjustaunited partytowin athird consec- five photostoRs200 for sevenphotosand enforcement and removalofobscene content. However, often have begun negotiating tough laws on the is- twovideos. Associates of theaccusedbegan the portalsare amereformality,with the re- sue, including atime-bound removalofso- utive term in office. Anti-incumbency,evenmorethan substantive politicalalliances,has investigation purposes. contacting the victim forsexual favours and quests from investigative agencies remain- cial media content declared illegal, fines as been adeciding factor in Tamil Nadu assemblypolls —voters have elected an incumbent to extort moneyto“delete”the pictures in Several countries have begun ing unacknowledgedand unaddressed. high as 50 million euros on tech companies, party onlytwice, the AIADMKunder MGR in 1984 andJayalalithaa in 2016,inthe past40 their possession. The victim plunged intoa negotiating tough laws on While Facebook has in place areasonablyre- and even imprisonmentoftheir executives years. That’s the big test aheadfor EPSand OPS. darkdepression. Emotionallydrained from a the issue,including atime- sponsive legalsupportsystem, Twitter, in extreme cases of non-compliance of re- lonelyfightoffour months, the couple finally bound removal of social Instagram and Whatsapp arevirtuallybereft quests made by lawenforcement authorities. approachedthe police. of one. This is afrustrating stonewalling of With the world’s largest populationof It wasaclassic case of revengeporn —an media content declared the police andthousandsofdesperatevic- young people, vulnerable to newmutations ON MANKADING invasion of sexual privacy and aform of on- illegal, fines as high as 50 tims. Acountrywhich offers one of the of deeplyscarring sexcrimes, the criticality line harassment wherethe perpetrator,usu- million euros on tech largest subscriberbases in theworld de- of the PIL filedinIndia’s Supreme Courtto allyadisgruntled ex-partner,posts intimate companies, and even serves better legal support. establish an efficient mechanism to remove The cricketcontroversy speaksofaskew towardsbatsmen, photos, oftentoshame thesubject. The con- Giventhatthe digitalspace is increasingly sexually-graphic abusive content and to seek imprisonment of their againstbowlers. It needstobereviewed—and givenanew name sequences forvictims can be extreme, en- serving as the scene of unprecedented sex accountability from social media platforms compassing honour killings, breakdown of executives in extreme cases crimes, thereisadireneedfor an impactful cannotbeoveremphasised. HERE IS SOMETHINGaboutabowler running out the non-striker who has relationships,destruction of reputation and of non-compliance of solution. At present, cases of revengeporn career,and immenseemotional trauma. Two aretypicallybookedunder the Information The writer is an IPS officer serving as DCP, backeduptoo farevenbeforethe ball has been releasedthat triggers moral high profile suicides lastyear involving requests made by law Technology Actorrelevant sections of the Crimes againstWomen &Children in Noida, outrageinthe cricketing world. The people who claim bump-balls as Korean pop star,Goo Hara, and astudent at enforcement authorities. Indian Penal Code (IPC) like509, 499, 292 Uttar Pradesh catches,who tamper with the ball, who mouth uglypersonal abuses, who Tdon’t walk afteredging, have united in amoral waragainstit. The laws of the game clearly statethatthe onus is on the batsmen nottoleave thecrease until the ball hasbeendelivered. But the outragelies in the fact that some feel cheated by the non-con- summation of the cricketing act, as the ball hasn’t been bowled,the batsmen haven’t been involvedand yetawickethas fallen. OCTOBER 8, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO The outragesuggests the game is notjustskewedtowards thebatsmen but aligned againstthe bowlers.Therehas been adifference in social hierarchybetween the “ama- ASSAM TALKS that the governmentsoughtthe postpone- candidateforspeakership.His name waspro- teur” batsmen (the privileged)and the“professional” bowlers (the working class) in THELEADERSOFtheagitation ontheforeign- ment as opposition leadersin Parliamenthad posedbyChief MinisterSheikh Mohammed Victorian England, whichhas percolated widely. Thebatsman can edge and stay putor ers problem in Assam have firmlyreiterated to be consulted before the resumption of the Abdullah and secondedbyNCGeneral backuptoo early at the non-striker’s end, but the moral onus is put on the bowler.Ifany- their earlier decision that talkswith the talks. SecretaryGhulamMohi-ud-DinShah, whois Government of India should beheld on or be- also amemberofthe assembly. thing,the bowler should be applaudedfor showing the awareness to spotthe breach, the fore October 10 in Delhi.Theyhaverejected J&K SPEAKER skills to aborthis bowling action and effect the run out in time. the Centre’s suggestion to changethe dateto THE ELECTION OF anew Speaker forthe IRAN-IRAQ BOMBING It’s time to listentotwo of the world’s best batsmen, Donald Bradmanand Sunil October I5. This decision wastaken at aJoint Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assemblyis IRAQIWARPLANES BOMBARDEDindustrial Gavaskar,who have laid the blame on batsmen forbacking up tooearly.Ifthe ICC makes meeting of the An Assam StudentsUnionand understood to have been includedin the listof centres and airportbases in western Iran, de- it clearer,thenperhaps thewordMankading canlose the negative odour of disreputethat the All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad, a business forthe session on October 8. This in- stroyingstoragedepots, agroundsatelliteand hangs around it and can beseenasatributetoaquick-wittedthinking of the legendaryall- spokesman said at the end of the discussion. dicates that the ruling National Conference, TV station, the Iraqi news agencyreported. Thespokesmansaid thattheir futurecourseof commanding anear two-thirds majority in The agency said that Iranian planes early at- rounder Vinoo Mankad. In 1947,Mankad had notonlyrun out Bill Browntwo timesfor action would be decidedatalater date, if the the assembly, has resolvedtoelecttheSpeaker tacked “civilian and economic targets” in backinguptoo early,healsohad run out Brown, on 99, in aconventional mannerinthe fifth government did notconcede the demand to despitethe observations made by the Chief Kirkukandin Sulaymaniyahprovince,north- Test.The next time Brownfished out his bat from the bag, he sawhis teammateLindsay resume the talksbyOctober 10.HCSarin,prin- Justice of the Supreme Court, YV ern Iraq.Two civilianswere killedandseveral Hassett’s messagescribbledonit: “Please keep me in the crease until the ball is bowled.” cipal adviser to the Governor of Assam said Chandrachud. Parmanandis the ruling party’s houses destroyed in the province, it said.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,OCTOBER8,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “The colonial curse of thesedition lawhangs over us likethe sword of 9 Damocles, with dozens of political leadersand lawmakersbeing booked THE IDEAS PAGE overnight in acase of alleged rebellion against the state.” — DAWN MakingAIwork for India Rethinking the Artificial intelligence offers limitlessopportunities to empowerindividuals and trade-off increase the ease of doing business RBI has been myopic in looking onlyatretail inflation. It needs to take awider view of growth slowdown

to compensatefor the increase in prices of food and fuel items. Giventhe amount of Abhishek Singh slackintheeconomy,ascenarioof sustained generalisedincreaseinpricesseems unlikely over the next 6-9 months. The RAISE 2020 summit (Responsible AI for The CPI inflation targeting framework Social Empowerment)has brought issues has helpedtoreduceinflation expectations around artificial intelligence (AI) to the cen- during FY17-FY21onaverage (9.3 per cent) treofpolicy discussions. Countries across the Kaushik Das compared to the previous period of FY12- worldare making effortstobepart of the AI- FY16 (12.8 per cent), but the gapbetween leddigitaleconomy, whichisestimated to AFTER THE ReserveBank of India’s (RBI’s) inflation expectations (whichalways tend contributearound $15.7 trillion to theglobal adoption of aflexibleinflation targeting to be higher than actual CPI inflation) and economyby2030. India, with its“AI forAll” framework from August2016, the rules of actual CPIinflation hasremainedunchanged strategy,avast pool of AI-trainedworkforce monetarypolicyhavechangedin India,with at 5.1per cent during these twoperiods. As and an emerging startupecosystem, has a the centralbankbecoming even morefo- CPI inflation has fallen in the FY17-FY21pe- unique opportunity to be amajor contribu- cusedonanchoring inflation and inflation riod,inflation expectations have alsore- tortoAI-drivensolutions thatcan revolu- expectations than ever before.But the ducedbut the gapbetween the twohas not tionise healthcare, agriculture,manufactur- COVID-19pandemichas createdadilemma reducedfromthe earlier five-year period of ing,education and skilling. forthe RBIashigher-than-anticipatedinfla- high inflation. The success of the inflation- AI is the branchofcomputer science con- tionprintsinrecent months have compelled targeting framework shouldnot only be cernedwith developing machines that can the six-member monetary policy commit- judged by the actual CPI inflation trend, but complete tasksthat typicallyrequirehuman tee(MPC) to hold policy rates, even though also in terms of the convergence achieved intelligence. With the explosion of available growthconcernsaresignificantlygreater at between actualCPI inflation and inflation dataexpansion of computing capacity, the thisstage (thecontractionin April-JuneGDP expectations. worldiswitnessing rapid advancementsin by 23.9per cent is testimonytothat fact). Even withoutany formal inflation-tar- AI, machine learning and deep learning, The mandatefor following an inflation- geting framework,India had successfully transforming almostall sectors of the econ- targeting framework basedonone narrow managedto keep inflation lowduring FY02- omy. nominalconsumerpriceindex(CPI)anchor FY06under the RBI’s earlier stance of using India has alarge young population that is has highlightedthechallenges of conducting amultiple-indicator approachtoconduct skilledand eager to adoptAI. The countryhas monetary policy in aseveregrowth shock monetarypolicy.Itwas possible becausethe been ranked second on the StanfordAI scenario, particularly if it coincides with a increase in minimum supportprices of food- Vibrancy Indexprimarilyonaccountofits sharp increase in headline CPI inflation as in grainswaskeptbelow 3per centon average large AI-trainedworkforce. Our leading tech- thecurrentperiod, even if this is mostlydue andthe compositionofgrowthwas better nology institutes likethe IITs, IIITsand NITs CRSasikumar to one-offor/andtemporaryfactors. during this period with investment growth have the potential to be the cradle of AI re- vest better crops and ensurehigher yields. than 11,000 studentsfromgovernment While the shiftinthe monetary policy surpassing consumption growth by several searchers and startups. India’s startups are Voice-basedproductswith strong vernacu- schools completedthe basic course in AI. focus to CPI from the wholesale price index percentagepoints. It is forthis reason that innovating and developing solutions with AI lar language support can help makeaccurate As AI worksfor digitalinclusioninIndia, (WPI) has been awelcome development, CPI inflation remainedcontainedat4per across education, health, financialservices information moreaccessible to farmers.A it will have aripple effect on economic the current framework has ledtoanexces- cent on averageduringthis period even with and other domainstosolve societalprob- pilotprojecttaken up in three districts— growth and prosperity.Analysts predict that sive andobsessive emphasis on point CPI es- 7per cent real GDP growth. lems. Bhopal, Rajkot andNanded—has developed AI can help add up to $957billion to the timates,atthecostofignoring other indica- In the current cycle, investment growth Machine Learning-baseddeep-learning an AI-baseddecision supportplatformcom- Indian economyby2035. The opportunity tors, in our view. WPIcoreinflation, which is likelytobeimpacted moreseverelythan algorithms in AI can give insightstohealth- binedwith weather sensing technology to forAIinIndia is colossal, as is the scope for essentiallyrepresentsthe manufacturing consumption growth, even afterthe recov- careprovidersinpredicting futureeventsfor give farm leveladvisories about weather itsimplementation. By 2025, dataand AI can sector,isbelow1per cent butthis does not erystartsgaining traction due to riskaver- patients. It can also aid in the early detection forecastsand soil moistureinformation to add over $500billion and almost20million find muchmention. Thisisstrangebecause sion, weak profitability and atendency to andprevention of diseases by capturing the help farmers makedecisions regarding wa- jobs to theIndianeconomy. ultimately, the GDPdeflatoris calculatedus- preservecash giventhe uncertain outlook. vitals of patients. ABengaluru basedstart- terand crop management. ICRISAT has de- India’s“AI forAll”strategy focuses on re- ing both CPI and WPI inflation, with the lat- Will thisleadto astructuralincreasein infla- up has developedanon-invasive, AI-enabled velopedanAI-powersowingapp, which sponsible AI, building AI solutions at scale terhavingagreater weight. This should be tion, proving the current increasetobea technology to screen forearly signs of breast utilises weather models and dataonlocal with an intent to makeIndia the AI garage of takenintoconsideration, in our view, while non-transient phenomenon?Given the cancer.Similarly,hospitals in Tamil Nadu are crop yield and rainfalltomoreaccuratelypre- the world—atrustednation to whichthe reviewing the existing monetary policy acute weaknessinthe demand side of the using Machine Learning algorithms to detect dict and adviselocal farmers on when they worldcan outsource AI-related work.AIso- framework. economy, persistent problems in the real es- diabetic retinopathyand help addressthe should plant theirseeds. This has ledtoan lutions built in India will servethe world. Food and beveragesconstitute45.86per tate sector,continued deleveraging of the challengeofshortage of eyedoctors. Forthe increase in yield from 10 to 30 per cent for AI derivesstrengthfromdata. To this end, cent weight in the CPI basket,while fuel NBFC sector and significant job losses COVID-19response, an AI-enabledChatbot farmers. AI-basedsystems can also helpis India has alarge young the government is in the process of putting items accountfor9.22 per cent, gold and sil- (therebyreducing bargaining powerfor wasusedbyMyGovfor ensuringcommuni- establishingpartnerships with financialin- in place astrong legal framework governing ver1.19per cent andtobacco/intoxicants wage growth), we think that risk of asecu- cations. Similarly,the Indian Councilof stitutions with astrong rural presence to pro- population that is skilled the dataofIndians. The legislation stems constitute2.38 per cent. All these areitems lar increase in inflation is limited. Medical Research (ICMR)deployedthe videfarmerswith access to credit. and eager to adopt AI. The from adesiretobecome ahighlysecureand over whichthe RBI does nothaveany con- Giventhe prevailing unholymix of Watson Assistant on itsportaltorespond to An AI-basedflood forecasting model that countryhas been ranked ethical AI powerhouse. India wantstobuild trol. Giventhe composition of the current growth and inflation, it is tempting to cate- specific queries of frontline staffand data en- has been implemented in Bihar is nowbe- second on the Stanford AI adata-richand adata-drivensociety as data, CPI basket,RBI’smonetarypolicyactionscan gorise India’s economic situation as one of tryoperators from various testing and diag- ing expandedtocover the whole of India to through AI, whichoffers limitless opportu- at best impact only41.35 per cent of the “stagflation”. But, in our view, it is tooearly nosticfacilities acrossthe countryonCOVID- ensurethat around 200millionpeople across Vibrancy Index primarily on nities to improvesociety,empowerindivid- overall items. to conclude decisively on this matter,given 19.AI-basedapplications have helped 2,50,000 squarekilometresget alerts and account of its large AI- ualsand increase the ease of doing business. In normal times, asustainedincrease in thefluidnatureofthings.We stillexpectin- biopharmaceutical companiestosignifi- warnings 48 hours earlier about impending trained workforce. Our The RAISE 2020 summit has brought to- foodandfuelpricescanleadto ageneralised flation to reduce durablyfromDecember cantlyshortenthe preclinical drug identifica- floods.These alerts aregiven in nine lan- gether global experts to create aroadmapfor increase in prices. But is this argument valid onwardsassupply-side constraintsease tion and design process from severalyears guages and arelocalisedtospecificareas and leading technology institutes responsibleAI—anaction plan that can help inthecurrentcontextwherealarge number graduallyand demand-sideweaknesses to afew days or months.This intervention villages with adequateuse of infographics likethe IITs, IIITsand NITs createreplicable modelswith astrong foun- of people have losttheir jobs or have seen a starttomanifest. has been usedbypharmaceutical companies and maps to ensurethatitreaches all. have the potential to be the dation of ethics built-in. With the participa- sharp fall in incomes due to theadverse im- But what should the policy response be to identify possiblepharmaceutical thera- The Central BoardofSecondary cradle of AI researchersand tion of morethan72,000 peoplefrom145 pact of the pandemic? If an averagefamily in this kind of agrowth-inflation environ- pies to help combat the spread of COVID19 Education has integrated AI in the school cur- countries, RAISE 2020 has become the true has, say, aRs2,000 budget formonthly ment? Whilethe scope forratecutsremains by repurposing drugs. riculum to ensurethatstudents passing out startups. India’sstartups are globalplatform forthe exchangeofideas and householdexpenditure and suppose the dim in the near-term, we expect the RBI to AI-basedsolutions on watermanage- have thebasic knowledgeand skills of data innovating and developing thoughtsfor creating arobustAIroadmap samehouseholdisnowforcedtopay higher remainactive withahostofunconventional ment, crop insurance and pestcontrol are science, machine learning and artificial in- solutions with AI across forthe world. prices forfood and fuel,given the recent in- measures, whichwill likelyinclude more also being developed. Technologies likeim- telligence. The MinistryofElectronics and education, health, financial crease in prices, willitnot be inclinedtore- proactive bond purchases to ensure that agerecognition,drones, and automated in- Information Technology (MeitY) had The writer is president and CEO, NeGD, CEO duce itsconsumption of other discretionary market interestratesdo notrisesignificantly telligent monitoring of irrigation systems can launcheda“Responsible AI forYouth” pro- services and other domains MyGovand MD and CEO, Digital India items, to keep the budget constant at Rs due to fiscal and marketborrowing-related help farmers kill weedsmoreeffectively, har- gramme this year in April, wherein more to solve societal problems. Corporation 2,000?Iftheanswerisyes,thentherewillbe concerns. onlyarelative shiftinprices,withoutanyfear of ageneralisedspiral,ashouseholdswillnot The writer is India chief economist, be in anypositiontodemand higher wages Deutsche Bank AG

The best is yet to come LETTER TO THE EDITOR Even as his opponentscontinue to be in atime warp, Modi's leadership is evolving A NEWLOW Baijayant ‘Jay’Panda IDEAS THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Conspiracy theory’ (IE, October 7).The ONLINE IT IS afact, notjustanopinion,that Prime als in courtsand in public opinion,was re- Talaq reform in India wasnot from among cumstances and preparation were suchslo- UttarPradesh chief minister’sham- MinisterNarendra Modistraddles India’s po- sentedbyhis supportbase. That notonly thosesecularistsandliberals,butonewhohas gans as “sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka vish- handedness in Hathras and the demon- ONLYINTHE EXPRESS litical firmament likeacolossus.This is ac- helpedconsolidatehis hold over them in the been unceasinglyvilifiedbythem. was,” and “minimum government, maxi- ising of the victim and her familyisun- knowledgedbyall,friend andfoe, expertor state, but also started the bandwagon of simi- Thefactis,thisprimeministerhasbeenjust mum governance.” becoming of his position and the ● FROMWELFARESTATETO novice.Ashebeginshis20thyearinpubliclife lar supportnationwide. as staunchareformeronawide rangeissues, It is worthremembering that the long- government. He ought notforgetthat the CHARITABLESOCIETY: —hetook oath as Gujarat’s chief ministerfor Alessermanmighthave beencontentwith taking on establishedshibboleths. These in- entrenchedelites he dislodged pushedback government is accountableand answer- NAVNEETSHARMA thefirsttime this week 19 years ago—his as- that,perhapsevenplannedanextensionof his cludenotjustsocialchanges,butalsostunning with avehemence born from seeing their able to thepeople and nobody is above cendance and dominanceisworth under- entrenchmentasGujarat’sundisputedleader. advances on political and economic reforms worldevaporating before their eyes. They law. ● TWOYEARSOFPMJAY: standing better. Instead, Modidecided to,and succeeded in, that had long been givenlip service by allbut united to denyhim early attemptsatreform, Deepak Singhal, Noida In 1987,when he joinedthe BJP, he hadal- transforming his imageintothat of Mr hadalsoacquired theauraofbeing unachiev- such as on land acquisition,and, embold- RAKESHSARWALAND readymadeaname forhimself as atireless Development.Itdidnothappenovernight,and able. The latestofthese is the recent farm bills ened, thereafter opposedhim toothand nail TRUST AT STAKE ANURAGKUMAR worker,quickonthe uptake,making valuable itdidnothappeneasily. Hehadto work against thathavebeen advocated by virtuallyevery- on virtuallyevery decision. Theymocked contributions,andasacharismaticandstrate- the tideofinitial opposition from manyquar- one, exceptperhapsfar-left ideologues, for those slogans and dubbed himanon-re- THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Spiritof www.indianexpress.com gic thinker. Nevertheless, as is all toowell ters,notleastofallsignificantleadersof indus- decades. former. mutuality’ (IE, October 7). India’s transi- known, his debut as Gujarat’s chief minister tryand their associations. Slowly, but surely, Lookingbacktothe nationalpolitical sce- Andyet,reformhedid,againstallodds.The tion to GSTin2017requiredan actoffaith wastoquicklybecomeatrial by fire,the kind he built atrack recordofdecisiveness, of lay- narioadozenyearsago,itwasobviousto many GSTisarguablythe single-biggest economic by states.Theyvoluntarilygaveupuni- of atrocities committed by Narendra fewleaderssurvive. ing outthe redcarpetfor investment,ofout- thatModiwouldalmostinevitablyleadthena- reform since Independence. And despitethe lateral poweroverabig chunk of their Modi’s partygoonswith thetacitsup- No politicianinindependentIndiahasbeen of-the-boxsolutions forage-old bottlenecks tion sooner or later.Evenasthe government persistentbadmouthingof demonetisationby taxbasetocreateacommonmarket.The portofthe police and other statema- demonised in such arelentless, Goebbelsian likeinconsistent powersupply, and all that of the daygot ever more deeply mired in cor- opponents,ittriggered the transition to digi- Centre,inturn, promisedtohelpthem chinery—often at the behestofthe vit- manner as him,and none haswithstood it all whileavoidingthetaintof corruption.Evenas ruption scandals, infighting and palace in- tisation that made possible the large-scale monetarilytosmoothen the transition. riol-spittingleaders of the BJP —will withsuchresilienceandcourage.Despiteyears aCMhestarted acquiringaglobal reputation trigues, it continuedtobeblithelyoblivious to monetary aidtohundreds of millions of An actof faithby states needsreciproca- provebeyond doubt the complicity of of concertedattacksonhimby thethen-dom- as acan-doleader. themoodof thepeople.Whenthethenprime Indians during this pandemic. The resetthat tion whichseems missing. The Centre’s the Modi-ledgovernment in all these. It inant mainstream media, his popularity only That is nottosay he gave up being the minister,amember of aminority community he did with India’s response to cross-border offerlimits the unconditional compensa- is surprising that the writer is blind to- grew,hisgriponbothpoliticsandgovernance champion of the broadestsection of the elec- himself, spokeofminoritieshaving the first terrorattacksmustalsorankasimmenselysig- tion this year to onlyapartofthe fore- wardscow vigilantism and the PM’s onlygot firmer. torate,noronhispassionforaresurgent,mod- rightonthenation’sresources,atippingpoint nificant.Inthis time he has emergedasone of castedshortfall. Abreakdownof trustbe- monumental silence about the attacks Thatabilityto go beyondthecircumstances ernIndiathatalsotookprideinitsancienther- wasreached. the mostinfluentialglobal leaders. tween the Centreand stateswill on MuslimsandDalitsinthe name of the inwhichhefoundhimself hasbeenacrucially itage. He has allalong spokenout againstthe In the other corner stood along-standing Thesecondtermhasbegunwithabreath- undermine structural economicreforms. cow, theenactment of the controversial importanttraitsincehisyouth.Fromgoingpast hypocrisy of those who representedwhat chief minister, exuding charisma, personal takingshiftingof gears,pushingthroughmany SanjayChopra, Mohali CAA,move to makereligionasthe crite- traditional familial constraintstowandering, passedfor secularism and liberalism in India, honesty,transparency,and good governance. long-pending, big-ticket reforms. And yet, rion forcitizenship, selective incarcera- exploring, seeking, and discovering his pur- butmadeamockeryof thatwiththeirpolicies But also unafraid to speak bluntly, against while his opponents continue as if in atime INHIS NAME tion of student leaders andsoon. It is pose, hisisaclassic journey that manyyoung of appeasement, pandering to the fears and in politics,againstcosseting sec- warp, doubling down on their failedtactics, ridiculous to see awriter taking pains to idealistsfantasise about, but rarely daretoat- schismsinsectionsof societyinsteadof trying tions of the population in ghettos, both phys- Narendra Modikeeps evolving,his best yetto THIS REFERS TO the article, presentPMModiasafriend andsaviour tempt. to unite them.Itissurelyoneof thegreatironies ical and legislative,and wasconfidentlyas- come. ‘Empowerment, nottokenism’(IE, of theMuslim community. Thefactthat hisdetractorstriedtopersist- of modern times that the person who mar- serting nationalism and an Indian October 6).Acursorylookatthereports Ubaidu Rahiman M, Kozhikode entlytargethim, despitehim prevailing in tri- shalledthe political will to bring about Triple renaissance. Born of this confluence of cir- The writer is National Vice President, BJP

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 10 EXPRESS NETWORK THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,OCTOBER8,2020 SHAHEEN BAGH PROTEST Ahead of festive season, PM to launch Chhattisgarh: Senior cop SCordercitesmediator campaign to counter Covid complacency tests positive upcoming festivals and winter workers, Food Corporation of for 2nd time report:Manyinfluencers EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Prime season as well as the opening up India godowns, all paramilitary NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 Minister of the economy”. forces, 50,000 agricultural co- Narendra The two-month long cam- operatives, railway stations, THE CENTRE willlaunchana- Modi. PTI paign,sources said,will start government residential EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ‘Colonial-eradissent notsame as dissent in democracy’ tionwide campaign to ensure with afocus on social media and colonies, government offices, RAIPUR,OCTOBER7 thatpeoplecontinue to adhere outdoor advertising, and mes- petrol pumps, gasagenciesand suggestedthattheviews reflected of protesters notfully realising to Covid-19norms duringthe Sources said meetings re- sages will be putout in around governmentschools. ASENIOR police officer in Chhat- ANANTHAKRISHNANG. in private conversations with the ramifications of thepandemic, forthcoming festiveseason. The garding the campaign were con- 16 languages. Depending upon It will be launched“with the tisgarhhas tested positive for NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 protesterswere somewhatdiffer- coupledwithageneralunwilling- ‘Jan Andolan forCOVID-19 ducted over the lastweekand in- howitprogresses, sources said aimto encouragepeople’spartic- Covid-19for thesecond time, entfrompublicstatementsmade ness to relocatetoanother site.” Appropriate Behaviour’will be volved the Home Ministry, the TV and print advertisements ipation and “itendeavours to bea morethan twomonths afterfirst DELIVERINGITSverdictonapeti- to themediaandto theprotesting The protestended subse- launchedbyPrime Minister Cabinet Secretary and the state could be includedatalater stage. lowcosthighintensity campaign contracting the virus, sparking tion seeking removalofprotest- crowdinattendance. While the quentlydue to “the hand of God”, NarendraModithrough atweet. Chief Secretaries. The govern- The government has also with the key messages of ‘Wear fresh worries aboutreinfection. ers from Delhi's Shaheen Bagh, women protesters had sat inside the courtsaid, referring to “The idea is to raise consci- ment has reachedout to social reachedout to privatesector in- Mask,FollowPhysicalDistancing, Thestatehasnodataonthe num- the Supreme Courtonthetent,therewasahugeperiph- Covid-19. ousnessaspeople have started media influencerssuchas dustrybodiesfor participation. Maintain Hand Hygiene’”. berofreinfectedcases,health de- Wednesdayreferredtothe find- erycomprising mainlymale pro- The verdict also referred to its becomingcomplacent about celebrities, sportspersons and The institutions that will be The campaign includes partment officials said. ings of areportsubmitted by in- testers,volunteersand by- 2018 judgment in the Mazdoor Covid-19,”atopgovernment doctors to spread the word. involved in disseminating the a“Covid-19Pledge” and “a con- SpecialDGRKVij tweetedon terlocutorsappointedby it.There- standers,who all seemedtohave Kisan Shakti Sangathan vs Union source explained. “Wesaw what The government said in a messages include around certedaction plan” whichwill be October 6that he had testedpos- portpointedtowardsan“absence astake in continuanceofthe of India and Another case,which happenedinKerala as thecases statement that the “campaign 25,000 government dispen- implemented by the central and itive again and wassymptomatic. of leadership”and presence of blockade of theroad. dealt with demonstrationsat spikedimmediatelyafter Onam.” will be launchedinviewofthe saries, 13.81lakhanganwadi stategovernments. “Can someonetellmehow Igot “manyinfluencers”, as aconse- “Even afterarrival of the pan- Delhi's Jantar Mantar. reinfected?Iwasn’t even negli- quenceof whichtheprotests“per- demic, when avisitwas madeto Thejudgmenttriedtobalance gent...” his tweetread.Vij had ear- hapsnolonger remainedthe sole the siteon20.03.2020, it was the interests of local residents Kerala’s daily Covid case lier tested positive on July 25, and empowering voice of found that therewereabout 35- with those of protesters to hold TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE along withmembersofhis fam- women...” 40takhtsinsidethetent,andeach demonstrations,anddirectedthe ily. None of them were sympto- The benchofJustices Sanjay takht had2-3 womenoccupying police to devise aproper mecha- count crosses10,000 mark CASES: RECOVERED:57,44,693 maticthen. KishanKaul,Aniruddha Boseand the space,resulting in aroughes- nismforlimiteduseof theareafor 219 According to asenior doctor KrishanMurarisaidthecourthad timateofabout 75-100 women peacefulprotestsanddemonstra- been hovering above 12 per cent, DAYSSINCE 67,57,131 DEATHS:1,04,555 at AIIMS, therehavebeen cases PANDEMIC deputedsenioradvocateSanjayR inside the tent, as well as 200or tions,andto laydownparameters SHAJUPHILIP but Kerala has been reluctant to BEGAN TESTS: 8,22,71,654 | DOUBLING RATE: 61.18** of people testing positive after Hegde and mediator-trainer moreoutsidehavingaconnection forthis, the benchrecalled. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, ramp up testing.The statetested testing negative.Heexplained: Sadhana Ramachandran in its with the protest. While the tent Referringto India’semergence OCTOBER7 60,000-plus samples onlyon “Not all of them arereinfection “endeavour of pursuing an out of wasoccupying half of the car- from colonial rule, the benchsaid three days in the lasttwo weeks. cases.Ifapatient testspositive the boxsolution”. riageway,the remaininghalf had it “mustbekeptinmind, how- KERALAONWednesdaycrossed Dailytestingwasbelow40,000on and is symptomatic again,it Althoughthisdidnotproduce beenblockedbycreatingfacilities ever...thattheerstwhilemodeand the grim milestone of 10,000 twooccasionsinthesetwoweeks. means they have been rein- asolution, “wehavenoregrets,as suchasalibrary, alarge model of mannerof dissentagainstcolonial Covid-19cases in aday.The state Unlikemanyother states fected.Ifthereare no symptoms, we areofthe viewthatitisbetter India Gateand abig metallic rule cannotbeequated with dis- reported10,606new cases even wherethe caseload is concen- it’s possible that foratleastafew to tryandfail,thannottotryatall”, three-dimensional map of India sent in aself- ruleddemocracy”. as arecordnumber of 73,816 trated in afew districtsorcities, KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING months due to theirantibodies, the benchsaid. located upon averystrong metal TheConstitution,itpointedout sampleswereprocessedinthe Covid-19cases arespread all TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** RT-PCR test results come out The interlocutors submitted scaffolding and wasanchored by guarantees “the right to protest last24hours.The state’s active over Kerala. Amid the surge in positive,despitethe virus leaving tworeportstothe court. heavy stones,making itsremoval and express dissent,but with an cases rose to 92,161. cases, Kerala hasimposed pro- ■ 14,65,911 12,258 1.01% 71.13 their bodies.” In the firstreport, the bench very difficult.” obligationtowardscertainduties”. While Maharashtrahas been hibitoryorders foramonthsince ■ Andhra 7,29,307 5,795 0.85% 84.70 Ahealth department official said, it “found that the natureof The judgment noted, “It ap- The order said, “Article adding dailyCovid cases in five October 3. said:“Thenumberof patientsget- ■ Tamil Nadu 6,30,408 5,017 0.90% 79.70 demandswasverywide,andthat peared that an absence of leader- 19...confers uponcitizens two digits, the averagedailygrowth The government on ting reinfectedare toofew forus it did look difficult to find amid- ship guiding the protestand the treasuredrights–righttofreedom rate in thatstate has come down Wednesdaydecidedtoallow ■ Delhi 2,95,236 2,676 0.95% 75.78 to worryabout thesecond wave. dle path towardsatleastfacilitat- presenceof variousgroupsof pro- of speechand expression under to 1per cent compared to only 250 pilgrims per dayin ■ Kerala 2,42,799 7,871 3.78% 19.05 These patientsare entered into ing the opening of the blocked testershadresultedinmanyinflu- Article 19(1)(a) and right to as- Kerala’s 3.8 per cent —the high- Sabarimala, whichwill be thegovernmentdatabase,butwe publicway”. encers who were acting possibly semblepeacefullywithout arms estfigure in the country. openedfor afive-dayfestivalon *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth haven’t yetstarted recording Referringto thesecondreport, atcross-purposeswitheachother. under Article 19(1)(b). These While all other states and UTs October 16.Inall other places of CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT them or studying them,”. thebenchsaid,“Webelievethein- Thus, the ShaheenBagh protest rights, in cohesion, enable every have been recording morere- worship in the state,only20per- Chhattisgarhhas recordeda 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY terlocutors had done theirbest, perhaps no longer remainedthe citizento assemblepeacefullyand coveries than newactive cases sons would be allowedentry. totalof1,30,000Covid-19casesso but their effortscould notfructify sole and empowering voice of protestagainst action or inaction forseveral days in arow,Kerala’s Kerala has recorded2.53 lakh 1.57 8.39 72,049 far. It has close to 30,000active intosuccess, althoughthe num- women, who alsoappearedtono of theState.Thesamemust bere- burden of active cases is going up confirmedcases, of whichonly NOW: NOW: RECOVEREDTODAY: casesandarecoveryrate of 78per berofpeopleatprotest sitehad longerhave theabilityto calloffthe spected and encouraged by the sharplyincontrasttothe na- 21,000have either international 1.55 8.21 82,203 cent —the nationalaverage is 85 eventuallydiminished” protestthemselves. State,forthestrengthof ademoc- tional trend. Whilethe number or inter-state travel history. Deathsasaratioof Positivesagainst Becoming sick vs per cent. The courtsaid: “Thereport “There wasalsothepossibility racysuchasoursliesinthesame.” of confirmedcases acrossthe Twomorecabinetmembers, positive cases (in %); numbertested recovering; more TheUnionHealthMinistryhas countryonWednesday morning KTJaleel and MMMani, tested indicator of progress (in %); indicatorof recoveries for 14 days been contemplatingcollecting in averting deaths the spreadofdisease may signal the peak was72,049,Kerala’ssharestood positive on Wednesday. Five dataonreinfected patientsfrom BAILDENIEDTORHEA’S BROTHER DataasonOctober6,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbersinclude at 10.92 per cent. ministers in Kerala have been in- datafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive the states. Partofchain of drug dealers, The test positivity rate has fected in total. facilitated supply to Sushant: HC In zero-case Lakshadweep, UP minister calls Nayab Tehsildar ‘gunda’ at Maneshinde’s argument and said over11,000back in schools OMKARGOKHALE The high courtsaidthe the NCBisempowered to investi- public event, sparks row MUMBAI,OCTOBER7 NCBisempowered to gate thecase, whichisdifferent fromthesubjectmatterof Rajput’s WHILE THE BombayHigh Court investigatethe case, death and surrounding circum- VISHNUVARMA ple in my tehsil... who createnui- on Wednesdaygrantedbail "with whichisdifferent from stances. Noting that the NCBin- KOCHI,OCTOBER7 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE sance.It's TehsilDiwas.Where stringent conditions" to actor the subject matter of vestigation wasatapreliminary LUCKNOW,OCTOBER7 were you? All officers arehere).” Rhea Chakraborty,itrejected her stage, Justice Kotwal, while re- SEVERALPRIMARYschoolsonthe Tripathi told TheIndian Expr- brother Showik's plea on the Rajput’s death and jecting the bail plea, stated, “The Lakshadweep Islands sporteda SWATISINGH,MINISTEROFState ess,“Ikeep aweapon as Ifear for ground that notonly surrounding applicant (Showik) appears to be fresh coat of paint with balloons (Independent Charge)for Wom- my safety. Itislicensedandsenior washeintouch with drug deal- an important link in the chain of adorningclassroomsonTuesday, en’sWelfare,ChildDevelopment officersknowaboutit.Ikeepitbe- ersbut also facilitating procure- circumstances. drug dealers. He wasintouch asteacherswelcomedstudentsof andNutritioninUttarPradesh,al- cause sometimes Igofor raids at ment of drugs forsupplying them withdifferent dealers. He had Classes1to5forthefirsttimethis legedly calledtheNayabTehsildar night alone and Idon’tfeel safe as to actor SushantSingh Rajput, monetary transactionswith academicyear. of SarojiniNagarareainLucknow Itakeonthesandmafiainthecity. who diedbysuicide on June 14. flected in his account. them. Disclosurebyeachof Morethan eight months after a“gunda”duringapublicfunction On the basis of this, she [minister Asingle judge benchof The High Courtnoted, “The them has ledtodiscovery of in- the firstcoronavirus casewas re- on Tuesday. SwatiSingh]calledmea‘gunda’.I Justice Sarang VKotwal, in his 22- applicant (Showik) wasfacilitat- volvement of others. Hence,itis portedinthe country, Lakshad- WhileSinghcouldnotbecon- alsowork againstlandmafiainthe pageorder in Showik’s bailplea, ing procurement of drugs from notdesirable to release the ap- weep remains the onlyplace in Classes 1-5 returnedtodecorated classroomsTuesday. Express tacted,Nayab Tehsildar Manish area. In the past, officials have said, “The material gathered so one party forsupplying them to plicant on bail at this stage.” India without asingle reported Tripathisaidtheministerwasun- been killedbysandmafia in Luc- farshows that the applicant Sushant Singh Rajput. He was The courtalso added that it caseofCovid-19. happy with him as he has know. Ihaveworkedhardtobust (Showik) wasnot only knowing clearly involved in illicit traffick- would notadjudicate the issue of The decision to restartin-per- mitted to sit on abench,” he said. ing masksfor nearly four hours a “workedagainst thesandmafiain illegal sand mafia in the tehsil.” manydrug dealers, but he wasin ing or illegal trade of drugs. The “financing” and “harbouring”, as son classes wastaken by Dinesh- Classes aretobeheld alternately day. Hesaidtheyhadadvisedchil- the statecapital”. “She wasrebukingmefor not touchwith them and wasactu- applicant’s case will have to be persection 27Aofthe Narcotics warSharma, Administrator of the at the school, and onlytillnoon. drenwithrespiratoryproblemsto In avideo, whichwas appar- being present at the function.I ally transacting with them.” distinguishedfromthatofacon- Drugs and Psychotropic Union territory(UT), afterameet- “Classes2and4willbeheldMon- avoidattending school. entlyfilmedduringaTehsilDiwas wasworking in my office. Iwas The judgeadded, “Thus, he is sumer or an end purchaser.” Substances (NDPS) Act, provid- ingof EducationDepartmentoffic- day, andthe othersthe next day, Lakshadweep, with itspopu- event in Sarojininagar and has called by the ministermadam’s partofachain of drug dealers. At AdvocateSatish ing punishment forfinancing ials with local body representativ- and so on. Studentsofeachgrade lationof 64,000,hasbeensuccess- emergedonsocialmedia,Singhis PSO,whosaidshewantsmetoat- this stage,the investigating Maneshinde, appearing forRhea drug trafficking and harbouring esandparent-teacherassociations. willbecomingto schoolthreedays ful in avoidingCovid-19thanksto purportedlyheardsaying, “Yeh tend the function,” said Tripathi, agency has sufficient material to and Showik,had submitted that offenders made forShowik in Earlier,onSeptember21,Classes6- aweek.”Thereopeningof schools, early preparedness, mandatory NayabTehsildar hai ya gunda hai? who has been NayabTehsildarin showthatheisapart of achainof the investigations by NCBare viewofobservations made in 12 had resumedonthe islands. he stressed, wasabreather forthe testingof residentsbeforetheyar- Mujhemeretehsilmeinaiselognahi theareasinceSeptemberlastyear. drugdealersengagedin illicit traf- without jurisdiction, as the case Rhea’s bail order and the same With this, over 11,000 stu- studentsasthereisnomajorscope rive on theislandand strict quar- chahiyejonuisancecreatekartehai. When contacted,District ficofdrugs.” wasregisteredinrelationtothe can be decidedatalater stage. dentsonthe 10 inhabitedislands forfull-time online classes due to antine.Evenbefore thenationallo- AuryahaanpeTehsilDiwashai,tum MagistrateAbhishekPrakashsaid, The Narcotics Control Bureau drug angle associated with The courtsaid all observa- of the UT arenow backinschool. Internetconnectivity issues. ckdown in March end, theUT kahaanghoom rahe ho? Kahaan “Please talktothe SDM.”Despite (NCB) had alleged that Showik Rajput’s death and the same tions made arerestrictedtothe Classes forpre-primary students Showkath Ali, Assistant Educ- authorities shut itsairstrip and the? Saareadhikari tohyahaan repeated attempts,SDM Praful wasindirect contact withal- could be investigated by Central HC order and Showik can ap- areyet to commencethough. ationalOfficer,Lakshadweep,said portstotourists.Residentswereal- baithehain(IsheaNayabtehsildar Tripathi did notcomment.Min- leged drug dealers,includingco- BureauofInvestigation (CBI), as proachthe special NDPS court Ateacher at Government schools mustget consent letters lowedtoreturn onlyiftheyhad a oragunda?Idon’twantsuchpeo- isterSingh wasalso unreachable. accused,AbdelBasit Parihar,and per aSupreme Courtorder. forhis release on bail afterthe in- Junior Basic School on AminiIsla- from parents. Instead of cooked Covid-negative certificate. Some monetary transactions were re- The HC, however, refused vestigation is over. ndsaidmostoftheir126students midday meals, kits with essential of itsresidentswhocontractedCo- in Classes1-5 turnedup. “There itemslike rice,pulsesetcare being vid-19are being treated in Kerala. Top officers defend MSP: wasthermal screeningfor kids at distributed to students’ homes. To getanentrypermit, resid- the gate.Everyone hastowear Aheadmasterofagovern- entshavetoundergo 14 days of masks. Studentshavetowash ment school in Kavaratti saida quarantine in agovernment- Rs 1.40 lakh cr set to be paid their hands before enteringclass- section of the parentshavecon- authorised facility in Kerala and rooms.Onlytwo studentsareper- cernsaboutyoungchildrenwear- then take aCovidtest.Evenifthey to 1.57 cr paddy farmers test negative,theyhavetobein quarantine in Lakshadweep for sevendays. ment on MSP.” HARIKISHANSHARMA Food SecretarySudhanshu NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 Pandey, Textile SecretaryRavi Capoor and Food Corporation of AMID PROTESTbyfarmers India CMD DVPrasadwerealso againstthe newfarm bills, the present in thepress conference, government on Wednesday organisedtobrief about the fieldedtop bureaucratstoallay kharif marketing season2020- concerns about the minimum 21 and MSP procurement. supportprice(MSP), and an- Pandeysaid, “Wedistribute nouncedthat about Rs 1.40 lakh around 550 lakh tonnes of food- croreis“projected”tobepaidto grains —wheat and rice –across nearly 1.57 crorepaddy farmers the country underPDS.Itcomes during theongoingkharif mar- from whereprocurement based keting season. on MSP is done. Distribution and “MSP poorv mein bhee thee, procurement aretwo aspects. vartamaan mein bhee hai, aur Therefore, youcannotthink bhavishya mein bhee rahegee about the procurement nothap- (MSP wasthere in the past, it is pening.Eventoday,thereare in the present, and will remain around 617lakhmetrictonnes in future),” AgricultureSecretary (foodgrain) in government food SanjayAgarwal said in response stocks.” to aqueryduring apress Stating that nearly 80 lakh conference. tonnes of foodgrain is being dis- He said, “The government, tributed under the Prime forthe firsttime,has startedpro- MinisterGarib KalyanAnna curement from September 26 Yojana and National Food andthe number of procurement Security Act, Pandeyasked,“If centres has also been increased. we don’t procure, howwillwe Therefore, therewill be procure- distribute?”

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I,Harpeet I, KERALAGOLDSMUGGLING CASE PUBLIC NOTICE SinghS/o Amarjit DivyanshuGiri D/O Sahdev Giri Singh,R/o-HL-24 Block-L,Hari born on 02.04.1998 residing at PUBLIC NOTICE It is for general information that IMohd General Public is hereby notified that Saadan Baig S/o Mirza Riyaz Baig R/o Nagar Delhi-110064 have G-30/222,Rohini Sector-3, New my clients- Mr.Kamlesh Sharma &his 349, DDA SFS Flats, Mukharjee Classifieds changed my name to Harpreet Delhi-85, have changed my wife/ Smt. MamtaSharma both R/o Apartment, Dr.Muhkerjee Nagar,Delhi- B-93, DDA Colony,Chaukhandi Tilak Accused appointed 110009 declare that name of mine and my Singh Sarna. 0040550713-5 name to DivyanshaGoswami Nagar,New Delhi had disowned and father has been wrongly written as Mohd vide affidavit dated 05.10.2020 severed all their ties from their son/ Saadan Beg and Mirza Riyaz Beg in my I, Zaki Ahmad, S/OMohd Mohit Kumar Sharma (presently at: at New Delhi. 0050170003-1 nd 10th Class Certificate and name of mine Ahmad,R/o-C- B-93, 2 Floor,D.D.A. Colony, and my father has been wrongly written PERSONAL Chaukhandi ,New Delhi) & as Mohammad Saadan Beg and Mirza 6,Street.No.1,Shastri- I, MEENAKSHI W/oOM daughter-in-law/ Sohal Bharadwaj with knowledgeof Riyaz Beg in my 12th Class Certificate (R/o 45, Rajendra Park Extension), I BeenaBhatnagaD/o LateSh. I,Hitherto known as Sunil and name of mine and my father has Park,Delhi-110053.Have PRAKASH, R/oB-Ist /360, Nangloi, Delhi) for peace &harmony been wrongly written as Mirza Baljeet SinghBhatnagar W/o Kumar@SunilKumar Changed My Name to Mohd Madangir,DrAmbedkar Nagar, and since both of them are not in their Mohammad Saadan Beg and Mirza Riyaz Sh. Shreemohan Bhatnagar Kashyap,R/o-29/122-A,Gali Jaki,.And wrongly-written, Sector-4,New Delhi-110062 control. Beg in my Passport :- N2607962. The Henceforth, anyone dealing with CM: ED chargesheet actual name of mine and my father is R/o16-B, Ujjawal Appartment, No.10,Vishwas- DOB-11/03/1987, but have changed my nameto aforesaid Mohit Sharma and/or Sohal Mohd Saadan Baig and Mirza Riyaz Baig Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018 is Nagar,Shahdara,Delhi- correct,DOB- 11/03/1994, for MEENAXI for all purposes. Bharadwaj shall be doing so entirely at respectively which may be amended their own risk, costs&consequences accordingly. also known as Bina Bhatnagar. 110032,have changedmyname all, future purposes. 0070716307-1 and my clientsshall not be liable/ responsible for the same. him manytimes unofficially. She Bothnamesare of one and the and shall hereafterbeknown 0040550682-6 PUBLIC NOTICE same person. as Sunil Kumar Kashyap. I, DEEPANAGPAL, D/O OM Sd/- (PARVINDER SINGH) SHAJUPHILIP metSivasankar five to six times ADVOCATE I, VijaySharmaW/o Sh. Ajay PRAKASH NAGPAL R/O9355/8, OFFICE:F-125, , The General Public is hereby informed that 0040550642-1 0040550713-3 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, in the presence of the Chief my client SH. PARTEEK BHAYANA S/O SharmaR/o Houseno.A-385, GALI NO.8,MULTANI DHANDA, New Delhi-27 I Mob.:9311118995 SH. KRISHAN LAL BHAYANA R/O l-A/87- I Bachitar palSingh s/oLate shri OCTOBER7 Ministerand he knewher as B, SINGLE STOREY RAMESH NAGAR, I,Hitherto known as gali no.1, Ganesh Nagar-2Near , NEW DELHI,HAVE NEWDELHIintend to purchase the Santokh SinghR/o AG-1/88-D Smriti@SmritiDas,D/o Vinod Krishna Mandir,Shakarpur, CHANGED MY NAME TO DEEPA, PUBLIC NOTICE SecretarytoConsul-General,” PROPERTY NO. A-24, IIND FLOOR WITH new delhi. My name SWAPNASURESH, akey accused the agency stated. ROOF RIGHTS, SITUATED AT TAGORE Kumar Das,permanent R/o- Delhi-110092 has been wrongly FORALL PURPOSES. This is for information of Public in MARKET,, NEW DELHI, has been wrongly mentioned Ward-36,Madnanani- mentioned in my Children’s general thatmyclientsSh. Sudhir in the gold smuggling case, has The ED also said that From itsco-owners SH. MANISH ADVANI in my Son’sschool records as 0040550682-8 Kaushik S/o Late Sh. Chander Bhan S/O SH. G.L. ADVANI and SMT.KIRTI Gali,Mohan-Nagar, scool Records i.e.Anu Sharma and Smt. MukeshW/o Sh. Sudhir told the Enforcement Sivasankar also knewthe co-ac- SOLANKIW/O SH. MANSIHADVANI. B.P.Singh, the name Bachitar Kaushik ,R/o H. No. 21, Harijan Basti, Present co-owners do not have some of MuzaffarpurRamna,Bihar- and VijaySharmaismyactual I, Ashwani Kumar S/oAnant SultanPur Mazra, Delhi -86, do hereby original documentsinchain. If any body palSingh shall be used in all Directoratethat Chief Minister cusedSarithand Sandeep Nair, 842002,presently,R/o-A- name and same shall be used Ram R/oA-62,Adel Devine serve all relations with their son namely has any original paper or have any interest school records. PinarayiVijayan knewabout her and has known Suresh since in the property may contact with my client 169,Phase-1,Vivek-Vihar,Delhi- for all future purposes. Court Sector-76Faridabad Jatin Kaushik S/o Sh. Sudhir Kaushik on mobile No. 9871068298 within 15 daysof 0040550667-1 110095,have changedmyname Ground Floor Nimka(96) absolutely and completely, with appointment at the Kerala gov- 2017 andhelpedher financially this notice otherwise no claim of any kind will 0040550667-2 immediate effect and he also disowned FaridabadHaryana-121004. ernment’s Space Park in severaltimes. be treated as validand possessionof I Anshu Gautam D/oLate Sharad and shall hereafterbeknown by my clientsand shall have no right in original document will be assumed as illegal. as Smriti Das. 0040550713-4 I, VINITAW/O HARINDRA have changed the name of my all moveable and immoveable property Sd/- Mohan Gautam W/o Sh.Vikrant owned by my clients. My clientsshall Thiruvananthapuram, the Suresh had joinedSpace Park PRAVEEN RASTOGI (Advocate) MOHAN GAUTAM, ADD- minor daughter Gungun aged Bhardwaj R/o6/120, Ground I,Gourav S/oGaneshPratap not be responsibleinany manner agency has stated in its in October 2019 aftershe losther D-244/06 Floor, Geeta Colony, Delhi- 1783,LAXMIBAI-NAGAR about 14 Years and she shall whatsoever for the actsoftheir above RZ-97, KHUSHI RAM PARK, Singh,R/o,B-35, Gali No.-1,Near mentioned son. Any person dealing with chargesheet submitted to the job as executive secretaryatthe UTTAM NAGAR, 110031 have changed my name SOUTH/WEST DELHI, NEW hereafter be known as Divisha him shall do so on his own risk and NEW DELHI-110059 Gurudwara,Sadh Nagar, Palam court. UAEConsulate. According to the after marriagetoAnshu DELHI-110023, changed my Kumari. 0070716302-1 responsibility. Colony, New Delhi -110045, name to VINITAGAUTAM, Sd/- The ED also said that Suresh ED, Suresh told the agency that Bhardwaj for all purposes. permanent resident of VPO- I Vinod KumarS/o-Lt.Sh.Ram (TEJPAL SHOKEEN) PUBLIC NOTICE permanently. 0040550682-3 ADVOCATE wasselected as operations man- when it came to herappoint- “The publicatlargeisinformed thatmy 0040550642-2 Sultanpur, Via-Nagra, Distt.- KishorR/o-I-271, J.J.Colony, 1422, Lawyer's Chambers, clientsSmt. Kusum LataSen W/o Kiran BALLIA( UP)- 221711 have I, UMMESALMABANU SYEDw/o Shakurpur, Delhi-34 have Rohini CourtsComplex, Delhi-110085 ager at SpacePark“as she was ment,Sivasankarhad informed Pal R/o B-769 Avantika Rohini Sector-1, I Akanksha Srivastava D/O, changed my name from SamuelJayakaran Kirubakaran changed my Son’s-name close to”MSivasankar,who was her that he would discuss the New Delhi-110085,havedisownedand PriyaKanungo R/o17/404 debarred theirson Mohit Kumar andhis GOURAVtoGAURAVSINGH vide r/oThirdfloor, C-2/199, KritagyaKumar to Kritagya PUBLIC NOTICE Wife Namely Deepali PresentlyResiding Eastend Apartments Mayur principalsecretary to the Chief matter with the Chief Minister My clientsAvtar Singh S/o Makhan at B-769 Avantika Rohini Sector-1, New AFFIDAVIT No.- IN- Janakpuri, Delhi-110058 have Jarwal for all purpose.That Vihar Phase 1Extension Delhi- Singh and Jasbir kaurW/o AvtarSingh Ministerwhenthe smuggling of and do the needful. It allegedly Delhi-110085,fromtheir all movable & DL88978970612326Sdated changed my name to KritagyaKumar &Kritagya 110096 have changed my name both R/o House No. 23, Road No. 24, immovableproperties andhavealso UmmesalmaBanu S. Jarwal is the one and same , Extn., Delhi- 110026, gold using diplomatic cargo to wasafter that assurance from severedall their socialrelations from 06,Oct 2020. 0040550697-1 to Akanksha Kanungofor all person. 0040550694-1 have disownedtheir son Sunpreet the UAEConsulatetook place. Sivasankar that she got acall them duetotheirdisobedient attitude purposes. 0040550701-1 I,Anjali Kumari,W/o Kundan 0040550627-1 Singh and his wife, debarring them and misconduct &cruel behaviourand from all their movable and immovable She methim “fivetosix timesin from aspecial officer of the both of them out of control of my clients. Kumar,R/o-1364 Gali.No.9- I Sonali W/o-Sh.Parveen properties due to their misbehavior and Prem Sagar Son of Shri Roshan I, Tikneshwari, W/o Sh.Vinod If anybody deals with them in any 10,,Kalkaji,New KathuriaR/o-D-1/146, Sector- misconduct. If anybody dealing with the presence of the Chief Space Park,asking hertojointhe respect, he/she himself/herself shall be Lal House No.46 Block-A Dabua Kumar R/o-B-676, New them whatsoever shall be doing so at Delhi,have wrongly-written my 11, Rohini, Delhi-85have his/her/their own risk, cost and Minister”, the agency said. entity. responsible for the same and my clients ColonyNIT Faridabad121001 Seemapuri, Delhi-110095, have and their other family members shall not name RinkuKumari Devi changed my name to Monika responsibility.Myclientswill not be The ED’s submissions were The ED said it found that it be responsible for the same in any Haryana,I have changed my Changed my name, from responsible in any manner insteadofAnjali Kumari in my for all purpose.That Sonali& whatsoever. manner whatsoever.” name from PremSagar to Prem Tikneshwari Devito made in afor Prevention of wasthe senior IAS officer who Sd/- Kapil Kaushik (Advocate) Monikaisthe one and same Sd/- PANKAJ KUMAR (Advocate) son TusharKumar Gupta Tikneshwari ,for allfuture CHAMBER NO. 1104, 11TH Enrl- D-5058/18 Sagar Malhotra for allpurpose. MoneyLaundering Act(PMLA) had approachedcharteredac- School-Record. purposes. 0040550714-8 person. 0040550696-1 FLOOR, LAWYERS CHAMBER, Chamber No. 340A, Western Wing, ROHINI COURTS, ROHINI, cases in KochionTuesday. countant PVenugopal to open a TisHazari Courts, Delhi- 110054 0040550650-1 0040550714-12 I, Shanti Prasad Pant,S/o I Shashi Prabha Tripathi alias DELHI- 110085 Submitting the chargesheet joint bank lockerwithSuresh, Pooja Wife of Shri PremSagar ShashiPrabha D/oSh. Ramanuj PUBLIC NOTICE I,Archana Drivedi W/OAnoop Trilochan Pant R/o-3/651, BKS- againstSuresh and her co-ac- and that this lockerwas used to MalhotraHouse No 46 Block-A Tripathi W/o Sh. Praveen Kumar khPUBLIC NOTICERLY( ) I, Madhu Gaur wife of Late Sh. Ganga Saran Kumar R/O-228, Police-Line Marg, New Delhi-110001,have Dabua ColonyNIT Faridabad- Pandey R/o914, Ground Floor, Be it known to all public that my client cusedPSSarith and Sandeep storethe gold smuggling pro- Gaur R/o 3, Upper Ground Floor, Old Anarkali, Vikaspuri,Delhi-110018, have changed thename of my minor Krishna Nagar, Delhi-110051 am the owner of 121001 Haryana,I have changed Dr. Mukherjee Nagar,Delhi- SH. ASHISH KOCHAR, S/o Late sh. Nair,the ED has stated that fur- ceeds. Sivasankar had allegedly Upper Ground Floor of Property No. 3, area changed my name to Archana son TEJAS(aged-14)and he A.K. Kochar,R/o A-292, First Floor, measuring 100 Sq. Yds., situatedatOld my name from Pooja to Pooja 110009have changed my name Shivalik, ,New Delhi Anarkali, DELHI-51. The Previous Title Dwivedi. 0040550699-2 hereafter be knows as TEJAS ther probewas required against been in touchwithVenugopal Malhotrafor all purpose. 110017 having owner of 100 sq. yard Documents of the above mentioned Property PANT. 0040550699-7 to Shashi Prabha Pandey for all from the undivided property bearing Sivasankar, who wassuspended regarding dealing withthe funds i.e. Sale Deed executed by Sh. Sushil Sharma I,Aman S/oGajender Prasad purposes. 0040550642-3 no.B-20, land measuring 200sq. duly regd. As Document No. 2166, Book No. I, 0040550653-1 yardssituated at Village Chattarpur, afterthe matter came to light. brought by Suresh. The IAS offi- Vol.No. 616, on pagesNo. 34-40, dtd. R/o-RZ-61 Mahindra-Park I, SHADMA,D/O-MERAJ UL I Satish Kumar Gill S/oDharmbir Phase II, New Delhi 110074 presently 02.05.2002, in the office of S.R.VIII, Delhi has I,Yogesh S/oLate.Bhrigu Nath HAQUE FLAT.NO-107A, SECTOR- colony now knownasChattarpur been lost and Ihave lodged the Information Uttam-Nagar,New Delhi- “The role of Sivasankar,who cer’s WhatsApp chatswith R/o-Village &PostBhimawala Enclave, Phase-II, New Delhi 110074, Report on 01.10.2020 vide LR No. R/o-Plot.No.6,Gali.No.6,Sainik- 110059,have changedmyname 2, DDA-POCKET -2 DWARKA, wasthe key person in the pres- Venugopal about the handling of 619800/2020. Distt.Fatehabad Haryana have to maintain all legal formalities my The said property is absolutely free from any Vihar,Mohan-Garden,Uttam- to Aman Semwal. SOUTH/WEST DELHI 110075, client appointed to his wife Smt. Nidhi ent government,inthe entire Suresh’s “mysterious funds” encumbrances whatsoever. If any person has Nagar,Delhi-110059,inform that changed my name to SHADMA Changed my Name to Satish Kocher W/o. Sh. Ashish Kocher and a any claim or interest over the said property, 0040550714-11 Gill 0040550629-2 Civil Suit No. CSDJ.222/2020is episode has to be thoroughlyin- have been mentionedbythe ED she/he is requested to forward their claim's my father’s name wrongly- PARVEEN, permanently. pending before the Hon’ble Court of along with the relevant documents to me within written Bhargu Nath,Bhrigu I,Ajay Sharma R/o- Ms. Neelam Singh, ADJ, Court vestigated and the mirrorimage in the chargesheet. 7days of this public notice. If no claim is 0040550682-4 I Rajesh Anand S/oPunnuRam New Delhi. If anyone entered into the received, it shall be presumed after 7days that Nath,Bhigu Nath in documents Flat.No.22,Bank R/o-A-96 AnandViharDelhi- above said premises/ property by any of the electronic evidence has to The NIA had seizedcash the property is free from all encumbrances. but father’s correct-name is Apartment,Plot.No.22, Sector- I, SERVICENO.JC-380594K,RANK- mean of sale, purchase, mortgage, be confronted with him as well amounting to Rs 64,00,000 and Sd/- 110092,have changed my name made any agreement in the said SANJEEV KUMAR SUB, DALIP KUMAR, S/O-BALU ADVO. Bhrigu Nath. 0040550699-5 4,Dwarka,New Delhi- to Rajesh Kumar Anand property is not valid until the matter is as accusedpersons and others,” 982.5 gm of gold from one locker E.NO. 4747/02 110078,have changedmyson’s RAM,R/O1ARMY HQ SIGNAL not decided by the Hon’ble court and I,VIKRAM KUMAR NANDA,S/O 0040550713-6 be penalized as per the appropriate the ED submitted. and Rs 36,50,000from another— name from Hemang Sharma to REGT,SIGNAL ENCLAVE,RAO law of land. PURSHOTTAM DASS NANDA, Sd/- M.K. KHANNA “Her (Suresh’s) appointment these have been identifiedas Tarav Sharmafor all,future TULA RAM MARG,DELHI I Lalith Jangid S/oSh. Banwari R/O-146D POCKET-A, MAYUR- ADVOCATE purpose. 0040550714-7 CANTT.,NEW DELHI- Lal R/oE-219 SangamVihar, Ch. No. 764, Lawyers Chamber with the Space Park wasinthe proceeds of crime. Using the VIHAR-II DELHI-110091, HAVE Block, Saket Dist. Court, 110010,INFORM THATINMY Delhi do herebydeclarethat knowledge of theCMofKerala. diplomatic cargo routetoUAE changed my name to BIKRAM I,ANNU WADHWA,W/OLATE New Delhi-110017 SERVICE RECORDMYWIFE my name mentioned in LIC She had metSivasankar around Consulate, around 166kgofgold KUMAR. 0040550682-7 SHRI.CHANDERSHEKHAR SETHI NAME HASBEEN WRONGLY policyNo. 114239457isLeela PUBLIC NOTICE R/O-F-I-96 MADANGIR,NEW eight times officiallybut met wassmuggledintotal. I,Suman Yadav,W/o-AnilKumar WRITTEN AS POONAM DEVI Ram Sharma.Lalith Jangid and Public at large is informed that my DELHI-110062,HAVE CHANGED clients Mr.Naveen Jhamb son of Shri Yadav,R/o-5/14,Basantra INSTEADOFPOONAM FORALL Leela Ram Sharma is one MY NAME TO POONAM Fateh Chand Jhamb & Smt. Kamlesh Line,Sadar Bazar,Delhi PURPOSES. 0040550682-10 person. Jhamb wife of Shri Naveen Jhamb SETHI,AFTER-MARRIAGE. both resident at A-4/7, Opp. Sachdeva 3militantskilled SIT arrests3 Cantt.,New Delhi-110010, I, SANJEEV GULATI S/OSATPAL 0040550705-1 Public School, Sector-15, Rohini, Delhi- inform that in my all recordmy 0040550682-5 110089, have disowned/ debarred their GULATI R/OHNO.62-63,2ND- daughter namely MANSI JHAMB from name has wronglywritten as theirmovable and immovable aftergunbattle more for Dalit I, yogita Adlakha D/opuran lal FLOOR,BLOCK-B6,SECTOR- LOST & FOUND properties due to her disrespectful Suman Devi instead of Suman R/ohouse no.177 near petrol 3,ROHINI,DELHI- behavior,out of control and they have Yadav. 0040550714-1 severed their relations with her for all pump dhankothavechanged 110085.CHANGED MY NAME TO I, Sugam Dixit S/oRajeshDixit intentsand purposes with immediate at J&K’s Shopian lawyer’skilling my name to yogita SANJEEV KUMAR GULATI. effect, Anybody deals with her will do so I,Seema GoyalW/o Sanjay R/oE-487, Budhnagar, at his/her/their own risk and Kumar R/o-WZ-441/A, Gali-No- 0070716295-1 Inderpuri, Central Delhi have responsibility. 0040550699-4 MAYUR CHHABRA &ASSO. Srinagar: Three militantswere Rajkot: The SpecialInvestigation 21, Sadh Nagar-2,Palam Lost my Original Marksheet of Advocates I, mohammad sayedali,S/O I, SABITADEVI, W/O-GANESH killedinanovernight gunfight in Teamprobingthekillingof Kutch- Colony, ND-45,have changed Class 10th Roll No 8718598 Year WZ-95, First Floor,School Road, syed mohammad ali, KUMAR, R/O-K-89,PART-2 Uttam Nagar,New Delhi-110059 my name to SeemaRani for all 2013-15 and Class12th Roll No south Kashmir’s Shopian and based Dalitlawyerand activist Address.room.no.62,tapti,host DEFENCE ENCLAVE futurePurposes 9725099 Year 2017. their identities arebeing ascer- DevjiMaheshwari has arrested el jawaharlal-nehru unsty MAHIPALPUR NEW DELHI- PUBLIC NOTICE 0040550702-2 tained, police said. threepeopleforallegedly helping delhi.110067,changed my name 110037, HAVE CHANGED MY 0040550690-1 This is to inform publicatlarge that my clients(1) Ms. Meena Arora wife of Shri Meanwhile, police have iden- Bharat Raval, the main accused, I,SWALIHAH MIRZA D/oMIRZA to sayedali mohammad. NAME TO SAVITADEVI FORALL Lost my original10th &12th Naveen Arora resident of 63A, G&JU RIYAZ BAIG R/o349,DDA SFS PURPOSES. 0040550682-9 Block, Pitampura, Delhi- 110034 and(2) tifiedthe militant killedin escape. However, the motive of 0040550713-2 class Marksheet10th Ms. Drishti Arora wife of Shri Vinay Arora Flats, MukharjeeApartment, Ganderbal on Tuesdaynight as the murder is yettobeestab- I, RumaDevi W/o Arvind Sharma Roll.No.8800907,from CBSE residentofBA-33B,Janakpuri B-1, Delhi- Dr.Muhkerjee Nagar, Delhi- I, PayalChoudhary, D/oK.P. 110058 are thejointlegalownersof R/o-H.No.B-313, Sangam &12th property bearingNo. C-142, 1st Floor, ShabirAhmadShah, aclose aide lished. 110009 declare that name of my Singh Choudhary R/o-M-72/73, Gali,Plot.No.47, New.Ashok RollNo.052255153138,from NIOS West ,Delhi-110008 which Flat.No.17, Third-Floor, Jagat they have inherited from theirmother of slain Hizbul Mujahideencom- “Besides the prime accused, father has been wrongly Board.FinderPls RamPark,LaxmiNagar, Nagar, Delhi-110096,declare Late Smt.Saroj Batrawife Late Shri manderRiyaz Naikoo. we have arrested his employer written as MIRZARIYAZ BEGin contect:Rishabh sharma S/o- Ramesh Batra. Thereisnodispute of any Shakarpur, Delhi-110092,have that correct DOB of my type in respectoftitle and possession of The Shopian skirmish broke Mahesh BhojaHanatand twoof my 12thClass Certificate and Shiv Kumar Sharma,D-165,Shiv changed my minorson’s name daughter Muskan Kumari is my clientsinrespect of above property. out on Tuesday afternoon after his friends, Prakash Beraand Passport No:-N2397682.Correct Durga Vihar, Sd/- PANKAJ KUMAR (Advocate) from Arush to Aarush 25.10.2005,instead of- CHAMBER NO. 1104, 11TH FLOOR, name of my father is MIRZA Lakkarpur,Faridabad,Haryana- the J&K Police, Armyand CRPF Rajesh,for helping Ravalescape Choudhary,for future 25.11.2005,wrongly writtenin LAWYERS CHAMBER, RIYAZBAIG. 0040550714-9 121009 0040550699-10 ROHINI COURTS, ROHINI, cordoned-offSugan village. Two to Mumbai afterstabbingthe purposes. 0040550714-3 school documents DELHI- 110085 I,Rajesh Kumar Aggarwal S/o militantsweresaid to be killed lawyer.WehaveCCTVfootage of 0040550702-4 Khazanchi Lal LatkaR/o A- I, Narender S/oRandhirSingh LOST AND FOUND PUBLIC NOTICE on Tuesdayevening but the op- various locations...and have also 1/302, Sunrise Apartment R/o-92 Sector-55 Faridabad I, Rehana Qureshi, W/OMohd Original DDA Conveyance Deed All concerned are hereby informed through this eration washaltedbecause of recoveredthe knife,” apolice of- Sector-13, Rohini Delhi-110085 Haryana have Changed my umeed R/O-4089, Gali Nal wali dated 23.07.1999 in favor of Smt. Public Notice that my client Sh. Nanak Chand S/o Sh. Ramji Lal R/o House no 1171/12, Govindpuri, darkness. On Wednesdaymorn- ficer said. Mahesh wasarrested have changedmyname from Name to Narender Singh -BazaarJama-MASJID Parkash Wati with respect to kalkajiNew Delhi-110019and Mrs.Kamlesh Rajesh Kumar Aggarwal to Delhi-110006.have changedmy Property bearing no. C/C3A/358, Kumari W/o Sh Nanak Chand R/o House no ing, the joint team resumedthe on October 2, and by October 4, 0040550629-1 Janakpuri, New Delhi-110058, 1171/12, Govindpuri, Kalkaji New Delhi-110019 Rajesh Aggarwal for all name to Rehana. have debarred and disowned their son namely Mr. operation afterwhich the third Beraand Devdawerearrested. belongingtomyclientsMr. Dinesh Sunny @Sumit aged about 25 years from his all purposes 0040550660-1 I, NABEEL S/oJAMEEL KHAN R/o- Dua and Mrs. Meenakshi Dua, movable and immovable properties and have 0040550682-1 broken his all relations with him due to his militant waskilled. The Mumbai police had said E-12/43-F,HauzRani, Malviya have been lost. FIR has been I,Nafis misbehavior and bad conduct and out of control of Apolice officer said. “Weare the accusedwas angeredbythe S/oMohd Ilyas R/o-313/4, Nagar,NewDelhi-110017,have I, Rajni SinghW/o Shri Saahil lodged vide L.R. No. 629382/2020 his ill behavior. My said clients shall not held 4th-Floor, Tulsi-Nagar,Inderlok responsible for any of his all acts, deeds and things Changed my nametoNABEEL GargR/o B-59,First Floor, at P. S. Crime Branch, New Delhi whatsever and if anyone deals with him, he/she ascertaining theiridentity. They lawyer’s social media posts “crit- Delhi-110035,have changed my dated 05.10.2020. If found, please shall deals at his/her own risks Cost and KHANfor all Purposes. Sarvodaya Enclave,New Delhi- inform to my clientsat consequences seem to be local boys.” ENS icalofBrahminisim”. ENS name to Mohammad Zubair,for Sd/- 110017 have changed my name 9313064031. SUSHIL KUMAR GUPTA all purposes. 0040550713-1 0040550702-3 Advocate from Rajni SinghtoSiyaGarg Sd/- Sahil Ahuja (Advocate) D-2988/2012 Off: K-1/135, , TA-128, Main Road, I,Mìthlesh Kumar Singh S/o- I, MIRZA SHOYABAHMED S/o for all future purposes. Tughlakabad EXTENSION, New Delhi-110019 New Delhi-110019 MIRZA RIYAZ BAIG R/o349, 7011257866 ''IMPORTANT'' RamashankerPrasad Singh 0040550611-1 R/o:Vivekananda Pally, DDASFS Flats, Mukharjee Whilst care is taken prior to Kadamtala,Ranidanga Apartment, Dr.Muhkerjee I SoniaW/O,Sandeep Khasa R/o acceptance of advertising Darjeeling,West Bengal- Nagar, Delhi-110009 declare G-4 120-121 Ground Floor 734011,declareMithlesh Kumar Sector16Rohini have changed copy,itisnot possible to verify that name of my father has Singh and Mithlesh Kumar is been wrongly written as MIRZA my name to SoniyaKhasafor its contents. The Indian the one&same person. RIYAZ BEGinmyEducational all purposes. 0040550623-1 Documents and name of mine Express (P) Limited cannot be 0040550681-1 I, RSAVITHRI d/olate S.R. held responsible for such and my father has been MURTHY w/oAJAYTHAPAR r/o I Devinder Singh Upneja S/o wrongly written as MIRZA 157, Sidhartha Enclave,New contents, nor for any loss or Satnam Singh R/o-661, Sector- SHOYABAHMED BEGand Delhi-110014 have changedmy damage incurred as aresult of 29, Faridabad, Haryana-121008, MIRZA RIYAZ BEGinmy have changedmyname to name to SAVITHRI THAPAR. transactions with companies, PassportNo:- Z5531443. The Davinder Singh Upneja. actual name of mine and my 0040550659-1 associations or individuals 0040550702-1 father areMIRZA SHOYAB I, Prem Devi@ Prem, W/o advertising in its newspapers AHMED and MIRZA RIYAZ I,MAULICK KUNDALIA,S/oAnuj Late.Dharadar SinghR/o-B-405, BAIG. 0040550714-6 or Publications. We therefore Kumar Kundalia R/o.H.No.272 Gali No.2, Rajbir Colony,Gharoli PUBLIC NOTICE Extn.Delhi-110096Ideclarethat recommend that readers Sector-13 Vasundhra, I, Jasleen Bhatia W/OPrabhtej It is to be notified that my client Shri Hukam Ghaziabad,UP.,inform that on my D.O.B-05/03/1959 &My ChandBansal s/o late Shri Puran Chand make necessary inquiries Singh Khokhar R/O-17,3rd- Bansal, R/o H. No. 1936/147, Ganesh my certificate &marksheet of Floor,Pocket-5, Sector- Name PREM wrongly- Pura, TriNagar,Delhi- 110035 has before sending any monies or mentioned in the disinherited, disowned &debarredhis son secondary and senior- 24,Rohini Delhi-110058, Sh.Umesh Bansal, his daughter-in-law Govt.Record.The correct-D.O.B. Smt. Pinkey Bansal and granddaughter entering into any agreements secondary-Examination issued changed my name to Jasleen is-15/04/1956&NameisPREM Ms. Vanessa Bansal frominheriting his by CBSE my fathername has Kaur. 0040550699-3 movableand immovable properties due to with advertisers or otherwise DEVI hencethe same my be theirconstant disobedient attitudeand mis- beenmentioned as Anuj behaviour as my clientshave no control acting on an advertisement in kundalia.That my father I, Inderpal Singh Matharu S/o correct accordingly in all over them. Henceforth my aforesaid client has severed his allrelations withthemand any manner whatsoever. correct-name is Anuj Kumar Paramjit Singh R/oH.No 335/A records. 0040550682-11 will not be responsiblefor the actsand Kundalia,whichmay be Ward No. 11, Mc Colony Near omissions of the above named persons I, Preeti Sahuspouse of with anybody in respect of anything Gillco Valley Kharar Kharar Sas whatsoever. amended accordingly. ShailendraKumar Gupta Nagar (Mohali)Punjab-140301. Sd/- ASHOK K. BHARDWAJ 0040550713-7 resident of Village and Post- (ADVOCATE) HAFFKINE BIO PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION LIMITED have changed my name and F-9, Tyagi Market, Sudarshan Park, SataonDistt-Raebareli Uttar New Delhi- 110015 I,Lokesh Yadav,S/oRajpal shall hereafter be Known As (Procurement Cell) Pradesh-229122, have changed Yadav,R/o-Vill Ishlamgarh Inderpal Singh Maan. TelNo. 022-24100478 my name from Preeti Sahu to (Chhuchhakwas)Tahsil &Distt [email protected] 0070716298-1 Preeti Gupta vide Affidavit No. jhajjar(HR)Have Changed My Acharya Donde Marg, Parel, Mumbai 400 012 (INDIA) IN-DL88150683735820Sdated03 Name,FromLokeshYadav To I, HARINDRA MOHAN, Oct 2020. 0070716306-1 TENDER NOTICE Lokesh Kumar Yadav, Vide- S/O.DWARIKA PRASAD Date :07.10.2020 Affidavit Dated- GAUTAM,ADD-1783, LAXMIBAI- I, Piyush Kuanr, S/oPrafulla MANAGING Director,(Procurement Cell), Haffkine Bio Pharmaceutical Corporation Ltd., 24/09/2020,before-Notary NAGAR, SOUTH/WEST DELHI, Kuanr R/oVill. Sunapal, PO Mumbai invites tenders in two envelope systems from eligible bidders for following items for various 0040550699-8 NEW DELHI-110023.Changed Dolagram Damodarpur,Via Health Institutions in Maharashtra. my name to HARINDRAMOHAN Pritipur,PSBinjharpur, Distt. I,Ikramuddin S/o-NizamR/o- Sr. Tender Period of Sale and Preparation GAUTAM, permanently. Jajpur, Odisha declarethat in Name of Description Bid Opening 169/E, Bapu Park,Kotla No. No. of bid &bid submission my LIC PolicyNo. 113284891my Mubarakpur,New Delhi- 0040550682-2 1 E-2810 Tab. Favipiravir name and father’s name are From 07.10.2020 110003,have changed thename I, Gurudatt,S/o Mahinder wrongly mentioned as Piyush 2 E-2814 Inj. Remdesivir 100 mg. 04.00 p.m. 12.10.2020 of my minor daughter,from Singh,H.No. -75/23, Laxmi- Kumar,Tushar Kanta Kumar 3 E-2815 PPE Kit (Large Size XXL) To 12.10.2020 at 1030 a.m. Falak to Suhana Malik. Garden,Near-SatyaJyoti instead of Piyush Kuanr, up to 10.00 a.m. 4 E-2816 PPE Kit (Medium Size XL) 0040550714-4 School,Gurgaon(Haryana)- PrafullaKuanrrespectively. 122001, have changed my name For detailed information, the interested bidders may visit the web site https://mahatenders.gov.in I,Laxmi DeviKumar,w/o 0040550692-1 to Gurudutt Sharma. For e-tendering help/information, please contact. Rajinder KumarR/o G-33, I, Dipali PralhadGulveW/o Mr. Contact No. 1800-233-7315, 91-7878107985, +91-7878107986, +91-7878007972 and +91-7878007973 Flat.No-B-1,Near Mandir- 0040550699-1 SwapnilDigamberSuradkar Email - [email protected] Marg,Mahavir-Enclave,Palam I RAJPAL S/o. Ram DayalR/O RZ- R/o-1006,Sec-7,Entn, HBC, Sd/- Delhi-110045, have changed my 6/233, J-Block, Sagarpur, Delhi- Gurugram, Haryana,have (Dr.R.M.Kumbhar) name to LaxmiDevi, 110046,have changedmyname changed my name to Dipali General Manager-I Permanently. Haffkine Bio Pharmaceutical Corporation Ltd., to RAJ SINGH. SwapnilSuradkarfor all future DGIPR 2020-2021/C910 (Procurement Cell), Mumbai. 0040550714-5 0040550714-2 purposes. 0040550663-1

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AMITABHSINHA groups also made vital contributions in the On Tuesday, alittleover72,000 Kerala also hasaverylarge number PUNE,OCTOBER7 HOW TO USE GENETIC SCISSORS development of this technology.Virginijus newcases were detected,while more of active cases,almost88,000. Only Siksnys of Vilnius University in Lithuania is than 82,000 peopleweredeclared to Maharashtrahas more. In fact,more ITS SIMPLICITYhas oftenbeencompared to widelyrecognised as aco-inventor of this have recovered. It con- than 36% of Kerala’s the ‘Cut-Copy-Paste’ mechanism in anyword technology.Infact, Siksnys sharedthe 2018 tinuedthe recent,rather caseload is active right processor (or probably, the equallycommon KavliPrize in Nanoscience with Doudna and inexplicable, trend, now, the highestinthe ‘Find-Replace’mechanism),whileitsusescan Chapentier forthis technology.But the semi- whichhas seen the country. Chhattisgarh potentiallytransformhuman beings, and all nal contribution of the twowomen is undis- dailycountsdropoff has the second highest, other life-forms. It can potentiallyeliminate puted.Their achievement has been recog- from the 90,000stothe with 22% of itscaseload genetic and otherdiseases, multiplyagricul- nisedthrough severalprestigious awards in 70,000s. Tuesday’sdaily active.Nationally,active turalproduction,correctdeformities,andeven the lastfew years, including the Breakthrough count of newcases cases nowformjust open up the morecontentious possibilities of Prize in Life Sciencesin2015and the Wolf touchedafresh lowfor about 13%ofthe case- producing“designerbabies”,andbringingcos- Prize in Medicine earlier this year. the lastthree weeks, CORONAVIRUS load, while recoveries metic perfection. In effect, anything that is Therehas been some murmurs in the sci- apartfromthe COUNT account forover85%. In linked with functioning of the genes can be entific community aboutthe Chemistry Mondays when the Maharashtra, active corrected,or“edited”. Nobelhaving gone to biologists. But the role numbersdeclinebya cases comprise about The CRISPR (shortfor therather inele- of chemistryinlifesciences —atthe molec- big margin because of lowtesting on 17%ofthe caseload. gantlynamedClusteredRegularly Interspaced ular level, biology is essentiallychemistry— Sundays. In at leastsix states, active cases are ShortPalindromicRepeats) technology for has ensured that anumber of NobelPrizes The slowdown is evident in almost nowless than 10%ofthe total caseload. gene-editing has been triggering tremendous have recently been awardedfor work in the allstates,exceptKerala, Karnatakaand These includehighcaseload states like excitement ever since it wasdevelopedinthe field of biochemistry. In fact, apaper pub- Chhattisgarh, the three states withthe AndhraPradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi year 2012,bothfor thepromise itholdsinim- lishedearlier this year has pointed out this fastestgrowingcasenumbers right and Bihar.Itmeans morethan 90% of proving the quality of life, and the dangers of gradual changeinthe natureofthe now. Karnataka and Kerala have con- the people who have been infected itsmisuse. Hundreds of scientistsandlabora- First, researchers artificiallycreateaguideRNA,which helps take thegenetic ChemistryPrize. According to Chemistry tributed the maximum number of with the virusinthese states have re- torieshave sincestartedworkingon thetech- scissors to the place in the genome wherethe cut will be made. To edit agene, World,publishedbythe RoyalSociety of cases in the lastone week,after covered. Punjab and Haryana also fall nology foravarietyofuses. theyspeciallydesign asmall DNAtemplate. When thecell repairs the cut, it will Chemistry, of the 189scientists awardedwith Maharashtra. in thiscategory. In the lasteight years, the technology has use this DNAtemplate. This changes the code in the genome. the ChemistryNobel so far, 59 had workedin Kerala’s growth rate continuesto AMITABHSINHA brought astring of awards forits developers. Johan Jarnestad/The RoyalSwedish AcademyofSciences the field of biochemistry. This wasmorethan On Wednesday, it culminated in the Nobel anyotherbranchofchemistry. Prize forChemistryfor the twowomenwho NOBEL IN INDIAACTIVE CASES 907,883 starteditall, 52-year-old Emmanuelle CHEMISTRY Ethical concerns Charpentier of France, and 56-year-old In November 2018,aresearcher in American JenniferDoudna. Shenzen created aglobal sensation with his 1000,000 It is possiblythe only time in the history of claim that he hadaltered the genes of ahu- the NobelPrize that twowomen have been man embryo that eventuallyresulted in the declaredthe sole winners. birth of twin girls. This wasthe firstdocu- 962,640 Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna, mented case of “designer babies” being pro- HowCRISPR works fordiscovering CRISPR/Cas9genetic scissors, ducedusing gene-editing tools likeCRISPR. 907,883 In essence, the technology locates the whichcan be usedtochange DNAofliving things. The geneswere editedto ensurethat thetwins 950,000 specific area in the genetic sequencewhich do notget infected with HIV.This special trait has been diagnosedtobethe cause of the TOMORROW:LITERATURE would then be inherited by subsequent gen- problem, cutsitout,and replaces it with a erations as well. newand correctsequencethat no longer The concerns were,however, about the LAST 10 DAYS causesthe problem. The technology repli- per somewhereinbetween,and replacing theystumbledupon different pieces of infor- ethics of producing babies with particular Sept27Oct 6 cates anatural defence mechanisminapartic- that portion with afresh segment. mation that later came together to be devel- genetic traits. Scientists pointed out that the 900,000 ular form of bacteria that uses asimilar Because the entireprocess is programma- opedintothe technology.Charpentier,abiol- problem in this case, potential infection to method to protect itself from virus attacks. ble, it has aremarkable efficiency,and hasal- ogistthen at alaboratoryinSweden, needed HIV virus, already had other alternative solu- Note:The Oct 6figureinthis graphisbased on thegovernment update on Oct 7 An RNAmoleculeis programmedtolocate readybroughtalmostmiraculousresults.Alot the expertise of abiochemisttoprocess the tions and treatments. What made matters the problematic sequence on the DNAstrand, of diseases and disorders, includingsome newinformation she had got on the genetic worse wasthatthe gene-editing wasproba- and aspecial protein calledCas9, whichnow forms of cancer,are causedbyanundesired sequences in abacterium she had been work- blydone without anyregulatorypermission INDIATOTAL CASES WORLDTOTAL CASES is oftendescribedin popularliteratureas“ge- genetic mutation; all these can be fixedwith ing on, called Streptococcus pyogenes. or oversight. Others also pointed out that 6,757,131 35,946,721 netic scissors”,isusedtobreak and remove this technology.Thereare vast applications She had heardofDoudna’s work at the while CRISPR technology wasincrediblypre- the problematic sequence. ADNA strand, elsewhereaswell. Genetic sequences of dis- University of California, Berkeley, andthe two cise, it wasn’t 100% accurate, and it is possi- Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, when broken, has anatural tendency to repair ease-causingorganismscanbealteredto make happenedtomeetatascientific conference in ble some other genes could also getaltered Welfare,updatedat11pmonOct7 updatedat11pmonOct6 itself.But the auto-repair mechanism can lead themineffective.Genesof plantscanbeedited PuertoRico in 2011.Charpentier proposeda by mistake. to theregrowth of aproblematic sequence. to makethem withstand pests,orimprove collaboration, and Doudna agreed. Theirre- Doudnaherself has been campaigning for Scientists intervene during this auto-repair their tolerance to drought or temperature. search groups then collaborated over long the development of international rules and process by supplying the desiredsequence of distance over the next year.Withinayear they guidelines forthe use of CRISPR technology, CVID-19 VACCINETRACKER genetic codes, whichreplacesthe original se- The winners, their work were able to come outwith arevolutionary and has advocated ageneral pause on these quence.Itis likecutting aportion of alongzip- Theywereworking independentlywhen technology of gene-editing. kinds of applications tillsuchtime. Vaccine developers given stricter guidelines in US How will novel coronavirus behave in winter?

THE US Food and Drug Administration the US. Pfizer has saidithoped to get worldwide, the obvious examplebeing the ratory pathogens predominatein tersurge is less than half the monsoon surge. (FDA) has asked developers of coron- reliable dataonthe effectiveness of its ANURADHAMASCARENHAS fluvirus that causes themostdeaths in win- winter/rainyseasons, Covid-19doesnot fit avirus vaccines to monitor the health vaccinein October itself.If the datawas PUNE,OCTOBER7 ters, observed Dr Shashank Joshi, Dean, this pattern as yet,” Prof Barrsaid. What have the coronavirus trendsbeen of trialparticipants foratleasttwo satisfactory, it plans to applyimmedi- Indian CollegeofPhysicians. “It has been pos- likeinother countries? monthsbeforeapplying foranap- atelyfor emergency use approval. AFTER SURVIVINGthe summer and the mon- tulated that coronavirus infections would be Whyiswintergenerallyassociated with Since influenza is awinter illness,the proval.The stricter newguidelines, is- Pfizer’s timeline had triggered specu- soon, howwill SARS-CoV-2 behave in win- moreprevalent during winter in the temper- aspikeinviral infections? southern hemisphereshould have seen a suedonTuesday, almost rules out all lation that avaccine might indeedget ter? While the WorldHealth Organization ategeographies of the world. However, it has In western countries, winters can be se- spikeincases duringtheir May-Julywinter, chances of avaccine becoming avail- approvedbefore theNovember 3date, (WHO) cautions that thereisnoreason to be- notshown anytemperaturerelationship till vere andpeople tend to stay indoors. Hence but that did nothappenthis year.Infact,even able, or getting approved, but the FDA’s newguideline lieve thatcoldweather can kill the coron- datewith seasonsintropical geographies,” the reasoning goes that the virus, once intro- influenzacasesdid notspike. This is being before theUSPresidential could delaysuchambitious avirus, the juryisstill out on the precise im- Dr Joshi said. duced, can circulateamong people sharing attributed potentiallytomeasurestaken elections on November 3, timelines. pact of temperature on the coronavirus. “Theredoes notappear to be astrong sea- the same premises. againstCovid-19 —lackofinteractions be- somethingPresident Donald Clinical trials of the Expertsagree, in fact,thatmostofthe ev- sonalityofCovid-19yet,likethereisfor other According to virologists,however, this tween people mayhavebrokenthe chain of Trumphas repeatedly said AstraZeneca-Oxford idence forseasonal viruses indicatetheyare respiratorydiseases suchasinfluenza,”Prof does nothold true in the Indian context. Dr M transmissions forinfluenza, too. waspossible. University vaccine, which more activeduringthe coolermonths of the Ian Barr, Deputy Director,WHO SChadha, former Deputy Director of the The guidelineswerefi- were halted amonthago af- year.For instance, in manyparts of the world, Collaborating Centrefor Reference and National InstituteofVirology, said people in ShouldIndiansworry? nalisedand sent forthe President’s ap- terone of the participantsinthe UK thereisawinter seasonality forinfluenza, and Research on Influenza —The Peter Doherty India do notnecessarily remain indoors and India mayget asecond peak in winter,es- proval about twoweeksago,but the developedaserious illness, areyet to in India and regionsofsimilarclimate, there Institutefor Infection and Immunity in ventilation is better.“In northern states too peciallyinthe northern partofthe country, WhiteHouse had been sitting over it resume in the US. Moderna and is amonsoon peakand asmaller winter peak. Melbourne, told TheIndian Express. people seek sunshine and so theyare out,” said Dr Shashank Joshi. all this while, according to areport in Johnson&Johnson, the twoother Experts,however, also point out that there “However, in places likeIndia whichhave Dr Chadha said. According to Dr Gagandeep Kang,clini- The NewYorkTimes.The approval fi- companies whosevaccines arein has been no definitetrend forCovid-19yet. amorediverse rangeofseasons forinfluenza In states likeMaharashtra, whichhave cal scientistand vaccine researcher,there nallycame on Tuesday. phase-3 clinical trials in the US, have –atleast thepeak season is during the been tracking H1N1 (swine flu virus) since have been limited lockdowns with phase- Four leading vaccine candidates are said theyhopedthat their vaccine What kindofseasonality has the novel rainy/monsoon season (June to September) 2009, thereare usuallytwo surges—during wise opening up in the last fewmonths, currentlyundergoing phase-3 trials in would be ready early next year. coronavirus shown so far? rather thanwinter.Atthisstage,Idon’tthink the monsoon, and duringthe winter to a whichislikelytopushtransmission up in Viralillnesses, especiallyrespiratory, are it matters forCovid-19. This maychange lowerextent. According to Maharashtrasur- winter.“But maskswill drive it down. So we supposedtothrive in colder temperatures when vaccines areinuse.While other respi- veillance officer,DrPradeep Awate, the win- needtowaitand see,” Dr Kang said. Toreplaceline-umpireswithtechnology,ornot:debate,implications

What has Djokovic said? one to be achairumpirefor important likethe FrenchOpen prefer to use tradi- Federation guidelines, the technologycan SHAHIDJUDGE Afterhis third-round matchagainst Grand Slam matches —startsasaline-um- tional methods by having the chair umpire have an errormargin no greater than 5mm. MUMBAI,OCTOBER7 Daniel ElahiGalan,Djokovic said on October pireatsmall eventsand then workshis or go down to checkwherethe ball landed,” a “Now it is 3.6 mm,” the Hawk-Eyeengi- 3that“with allmyrespectfor the tradition her wayupthe ladder.Essentially, if there Hawk-Eyeengineer had told The Indian neer said to this newspaper in 2016.“That CALLSFOR use of Hawk-Eyetechnology andthe culturewehaveinthissport, when arenoline-umpires, therewill be no one to Express in 2016.“Theonlytroubleisthat(on means that whatever mark we have,the have grownlouderatthe ongoingFrench it comestopeople presentonthe court dur- become achairumpire. clay)theremay be confusion on whichshot ball could have actuallylanded3.6 mm on Open. WorldNo. 3DominicThiem,No. 6 ing amatch, including line (judges), Ireally According to the websitePerfect Tennis, the playerhas challenged.” either side.” Stefanos Tsitsipas, and No.11Denis don’t see areason whyevery single tourna- in 2018,chair umpires were paid around The Hawk-EyeLivesystem, firstusedat In the firstweekofthe US Open, accord- Shapovalovhavejoinedthe chorus, while ment in this world, in this technological(ly) $546 perday at theAustralian Open, ap- the ATPNextGen Finalsin2018, makescalls ing to The NYT,Hawk-EyeLivemade No.1Novak Djokovic has gone further,call- advancedera,would nothavewhat we had proximately$443atthe French Open, instantly. 225,000 calls,ofwhich14wereerrors. ing forline-umpires to be removedalto- during the Cincinnati/New York tourna- around $495 at Wimbledon, and $450 at Despitethe lowproportion, the system is gether and replacedwith the technology ments. Of course, Iunderstand technology the US Open. Howwidely is Hawk-Eye used? also open to human error. available. is expensive,soit’s an economic issue and a All tour-leveltournaments,apart from “(James) Japhet(managing director of The Hawk-EyeLivesystemwas first question mark.ButIfeel likeweare all mov- Whyhas there been agrowing call to clay-courtevents, use the technology. Hawk-EyeNorth America)said the Hawk- usedatthe senior tour leveljustaweekbe- ing towardsthat, and sooner or later there useHawk-Eye? However, installing the system is outof Eyeoperatorinthe control room had some- fore the US Open, at the relocated Cincinnati is no reason to keep line-umpires.” If an umpire makesacall that the player budget forall lower-levelevents, including times selected thewrong service box, which ATP1000Masters event in NewYork, which feels is incorrect, he or she can call forare- the Challenger circuit. meant that afew balls that landedinthe Djokovic won. But that wassolely forthe What will happen if line-umpires are viewwhichdeterminesifthe ball wasin According to The NewYorkTimes,itcosts correct service boxwerewrongly calledout. purpose of reducing the number of people removedfromall events? or out. over $25,000percourt to install the Hawk- Other errors occurredwhen the reviewof- on courtduring the pandemic. Apartfromtaking away theirlivelihood, “On hardcourts,the mark is always 5to EyeLivesystem. ficial, who is responsible fordetermining And before tennis organiserscan think it will alsocause the conveyor belt of top- Aline-umpireexplains hiscall to 10 mm farther thanwherethe ball actually foot faultswith the aid of the Hawk-Eye of making this drastic change, thereisalot levelchairumpires to run dry. Agoldbadge Rafael Nadal at the French Open. AP landed. But claycourtsleave amarkthat is Is the technology flawless? cameras, failedtotrigger thesystem,” The that will needtobeconsidered. umpire—the highestrank,whichallows quiteaccurate. Whichiswhy tournaments No.According to International Tennis NYT reported.

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TOPOFTHE DRAFT INVESTIGATIONREPORT WORLD Pence,HarrisclashinVPdebate amidWhiteHousevirusoutbreak With concerns over health of both presidential nominees, Trumpabruptly ends thisissaidtobemostanticipated VP debateinrecentyears Alexanda Kotey and El coronavirus relief talks Shafee Elsheikh. AP STEVEPEOPLES, KATHLEENRONAYNE As US A-G, Jeff Sessions enforced a“zero tolerance” policy on &JILLCOLVIN ASSOCIATEDPRESS Manhattan DA immigration that separatedchildrenfromtheirparents. NYT USA SALTLAKECITY,OCTOBER7 WASHINGTON,OCTOBER7 TwoIS‘Beatles’ can obtain Trump US VICE President MikePence US PRESIDENT Donald Trumpon tax returns: panel headedtoUS and his Democratic challenger, Tuesdaycalled an abruptend to ‘We need to take away California Senator Kamala negotiationswithDemocratsover THEMANHATTANdistrictat- tofacecharges Harris, arepoisedtomeetfor a additional Covid-19relief, delay- torney(DA)canenforceasub- TWOALLEGED Islamic debatethatwilloffer starklydif- ing action until afterthe election poena seeking President children’: Justice Dept Statemilitantsknown as ferent visions foracountry con- despiteominous warnings from DonaldTrump’spersonaland the ‘Beatles’ will arrive in fronting escalating crises. hisownFederalReservechairman corporatetax returns, afed- the United States on The faceoffWednesday night aboutthedeterioratingconditions eral appeals panel ruledon officials driving force Wednesdaytoface trial (localtime) in Salt LakeCity is the in the economy. Wednesday. Trumpisex- on US chargesfor their al- mosthighlyanticipatedvicepres- Protective plexiglass panelsare put in place between the Trumptweeted that House pectedto trytoappealthede- behind border policy leged involvement in be- identialdebateinrecentmemory. candidates'seats forthe 2020 vice presidential debateinSalt Speaker Nancy Pelosi was“not cision in the US Supreme headings of American It willunfoldwhile President LakeCity,Utah. Reuters negotiating in good faith” and Court.ThePresident’slawyers hostagesinSyria, theUS Donald Trumprecovers at the said he’s asked SenateMajority argue thatthe subpoena by to prosecutetwo cases simply Department of Justice WhiteHouseaftertestingpositive Leader Mitch McConnell to di- theDA, CyrusVance,should MICHAELDSHEAR, because the children were barely said. The alleged mili- lastweekforthecoronavirusamid separated by plexiglass barriers. rect all his focusbeforethe elec- beblockedbecauseitwastoo KATIEBENNER& morethan infants. tants, Alexanda Kotey and aWhite House outbreak that has Pence, who waswith Trump tion intoconfirming his US broadandamountedto polit- MICHAELSSCHMIDT “Those twocases should not El Shafee Elsheikh, have infected numerous high-profile and others lastweekwho have Supreme Courtnominee, Amy icalharassment. NYT WASHINGTON,OCTOBER7 have been declined,” John Bash, been in US militarycus- Republicans.Thisaddspressureon since tested positive, has faced ConeyBarrett. thedepartingUSattorneyinwest- tody abroad sincethey Pence to defendthe administra- questions aboutwhether he “I have instructed my repre- THE FIVE US attorneys along the ernTexas,wrotetohisstaffimme- were capturedin2019. tion’s handling of the pandemic. should beat the debateatall. The sentativestostopnegotiatingun- tween Pelosi and the White border with Mexico, including diatelyafter thecall. Bash had de- Theygrew up in Britain ForHarris, thedebate is her RACE FOR vice president has repeatedly til aftertheelectionwhen,imme- House. Pelosihas generally re- threeappointed by President clinedthe cases, but Rosenstein and were UK citizens, but highest-profileopportunityto vo- tested negative forthe virus, and diatelyafter Iwin, we will pass a jected taking apiecemeal ap- DonaldTrump, recoiledinMay “instructedthat,pertheA-G’spol- the British government calise howthe Democratic presi- THEWHITE his staffand doctors insisthe major StimulusBill thatfocuses proachtoCovid relief. 2018 againstanorder to prose- icy,weshould NOT be categori- withdrew their citizen- dentialnominee,JoeBiden,would HOUSE does notneedtoquarantine un- on hardworking Americans and The collapse meansthat cuteall immigrantswho entered callydecliningimmigrationpros- ship. The pair aresus- stabilise the US, especiallywhen der Centers forDisease Control Small Business,”Trumptweeted. Trumpand down-ballot the US illegally, even if it meant ecutionsofadultsinfamilyunits pectedofmembershipin it comes to resolving the pan- and Prevention guidelines. Hours later,Trumpappeared Republicans will face re-election separating children from their becauseofthe ageofachild.” afour-strong Islamic State demicandaddressingracialinjus- aposition to step intothe presi- Pence’s team objected to to edge backabit from hiscall to withoutdelivering aidtovoters parents. They told topJustice The Justice Department’s top cell known as the ‘Beatles’ tice.Shewillbeabletoexplainher dency at amoment’s notice. It’s Harris’ requestforplexiglass bar- end negotiations. He took to even as the national joblessrateis Department officials theywere officialswere “adrivingforce”be- because of their British views on lawenforcement, an hardlyatheoretical question as riers, arguing it wasmedically un- Twitter again and calledon about 8% with millions facing the “deeplyconcerned”about the hind the policy that spurredthe accents. REUTERS areainwhichshe’sviewedwarily the 74-year-old Trumpcombats necessary. But the Commission Congress to sendhim a“Stand threatof eviction.Oneendangered children’s welfare. separationofthousandsoffami- by some progressives, givenher the virus, and Biden, at 77,would on PresidentialDebateshad al- Alone Bill forStimulusChecks Republican,MaineSen. Susan Buttheattorney-generalatthe lies,manyofthemfleeingviolence pastasaprosecutor. become the oldestperson to be- ready agreedtothe barriers, and ($1,200)” —areference to apre- Collins,said“waitinguntilafterthe time, JeffSessions, made it clear in Central America and seeking Ultimately, the debate is a come president if he’s elected. Pence’s aides said their presence election batchofdirect payments electionto reachanagreementon what Trumpwantedonaconfer- asylum in the United States,be- chance forvoters to decide Pence and Harris will appear wouldn’t dissuade him from at- to mostAmericans thathadbeen thenextCovid-19relief packageis ence call laterthat afternoon, ac- fore Trumpabandoned it amid Policeclashwith whether Pence and Harris arein on stageexactly12.25 feet apart tending the event. AP acentral piece of negotiationsbe- ahugemistake.” AP cording to atwo-yearinquiry by globaloutrage,accordingto adraft the Justice Department’s inspec- reportoftheresultsoftheinvesti- ultra-Orthodox torgeneralinto Trump’s“zerotol- gation by Michael Horowitz, the erance” familyseparation policy. department’s inspector-general. overvirusrules “Weneedtotakeawaychil- The separation of migrant ISRAELIPOLICE clashed dren,” Sessions told the prosecu- children from their parents, with hundreds of ultra- tors, according to participants’ sometimes formonths,was at OrthodoxJewsovernight notes. One addedinshorthand: the heart of the Trumpadminis- as they sought to enforce “If careabout kids, don’t bring tration’s assault on immigration. restrictions on public them in. Won’t give amnestyto But thefierce backlash whenthe gatheringsduring ana- people with kids.” administrationstruggled to re- tionwide coronavirus RodRosenstein, then the unitethe children turneditinto lockdown, the police said deputy attorney general, went one of the biggestpolicydeba- Wednesday. Footagere- even further in asecond call cles of the president’s term. leasedbypoliceshowed about aweek later,tellingthe Sessions had sought to dis- hugecrowds of ultra- five prosecutorsthat it did not tance himself from thepolicy, al- OrthodoxJewsin matter howyoung the children lowing Trumpand Homeland Jerusalem chanting and were.Hesaidthatgovernment Security Department officials to hurling stones andmetal At aprotest in Bishkek,Kyrgyzstan. Reuters lawyers shouldnot have refused largely be blamed. NYT bars at police officers. The policesaid 17 people were arrested.Clashes also eruptedinModiinIlit, an Kyrgyz PM resignsas Russia evacuates villages ultra-Orthodoxsettle- ment in the West Bank. AP Oppositiongroups as huge blazebreaksout KUWAIT Clashes outside acourtwherethe trial of leadersand members of the Golden Dawn far-right SheikhMeshal make rivalpower grabs party took place in Athens on Wednesday. Reuters at arms depot:report namednew Kyrgyzstanborders China OLGADZYUBENKO and hosts both aRussian military REUTERS crownprince BISHKEK,OCTOBER7 airbase and alarge Canadian- Greekcourt declares far-rightparty MOSCOW,OCTOBER7 KUWAIT’S NEW ruler on ownedgoldminingoperation. Wednesdaynamedvet- THE CENTRAL Asian nationof Russian President Vladimir acriminal group,triggeringclashes RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES rushed eran security chief Sheikh Kyrgyzstansliddeeperinto Putinsaid on Wednesday to evacuatepeople from more Meshal al-Ahmadas chaos as rivalopposition fac- Moscowwas in touchwithall than10villages in the region of tions madegrabs forpower on the sides in the conflict and In September 2013,aGolden Ryazan on Wednesdayafter a

crownprince, retaining ED powerfirmlywithin the Wednesday,adayafter they hopedthat democratic process RENEEMALTEZOU& Dawn party supporterwas ar- blaze brokeout at an ammuni- rulingfamily’s oldest stormedgovernment buildings, would be restored soon. LEFTERISPAPADIMAS rested forthe killingofPavlos Violence& tion depot, sending thicksmoke

forcing the primeministerto China’s foreign ministrysaid it ATHENS,OCTOBER7 Fyssas,amusician and rapper PLAIN belchingintothe air.Munitions ranksand signalling the E ● Xenophobia OPEC member stateisun- quit and aparliamentaryelec- washighlyconcernedabout alignedtothe political left. EX could be hearddetonatingatthe Smokerises from the siteof likelytopursue disruptive tion to be annulled. the situation. AGREEK courtonWednesday Golden Dawn members, in- depotinfootage circulated on afireatanammunition change.The selection of Leftisolated by the resigna- Atotal of 16 parties took part declared far-right party Golden cluding itsleader Nikos FOUNDED IN the 1980s, the social media. depotinRyazan Region the octogenarian Sheikh tion of Prime MinisterKubatbek in Sunday’s election and 11 re- Dawn acriminal group, effec- Mihaloliakos, were roundedup Golden Dawn waslittle Awitness in one of the videos Meshal, deputy head of Boronov’s government lateon fusedtoacceptthe results, which tively banning aradical organi- and authorities launchedanin- knownuntil it took advantage said shrapnel and ash wasfalling the country’s National Tuesday, President Sooronbai had handedvictorytwo estab- sation that wasoncethe third- quiryintowhether the group of the financial crisis in 2012 to from the sky. Reuterscould not thedepot260 kilometres south- Guardand the eldestof Jeenbekov calledfor allparty lishment groups. As protests largest partyinthe country. wasacriminal organisation in becomeGreece’s thirdlargest immediatelyverify the videos. eastofMoscow, the Interfax severalrumoured candi- talksinastatement on grew,the election commission The courtroom cheered,as parallel to the probeintoFyssas’s party.Itrose to prominence by Rounds could be heard explod- news agency reported. dates forthe job, must be Wednesday, reiterating his will- annulledthe vote. did thousands who gathered death. The trial startedin2015. employing xenophobicrheto- ing once every5-10seconds, the The depotcaughtfirewhen a approvedby the Gulf Arab ingness to mediate. At least three distinct groups outside the Athens appeals Fyssas’s black-clad mother ric againstmigrantsasthe RIA news agency cited the emer- blaze in anearbyfieldwas swept state’s Parliament. It “was Twopresidentshavebeen have nowattempted to claim court. But the mood on the Magda, who has notmissed a country’s economyfloun- gency services as saying. towardsitbythe wind, the blessedbythe Al Sabah overthrowninKyrgyzstaninthe leadership. The firstwas the streetsturnedsour when iso- daysince the trial started, burst dered.The party begantoun- The Emergencies Ministry Russian militarywas cited by the family,”the emir’s office past15years, and longtime ally Coordination Council setupon lated groups of self-styledanar- intotears at the verdict ruling ravel, however, afteritwas said amotorwaywas being TASS news agency as saying. No said. REUTERS Russia expressedconcern as Tuesdayand largelymade up of chists threw petrol bombs at po- Golden Dawn criminal. “Pavlos found to be behind aspateof closeddownand that morethan one washurtatthe siteand protests spreadacrossthe coun- establishedpolitical parties op- lice, who responded with tear youdid it,” she said, according to violent attacks in 2013. 10 villages were being evacuated troops and civilians were evacu- tryinthe wake of Sunday’s vote. posing Jeenbekov. REUTERS gasand watercannon. Greek media. REUTERS withinafive-kilometreradius of ated,itadded.

HIS RIFFS,RUNS AND SOLOS WERE HYPERACTIVE AND ATHLETIC;HIS BAND WAS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR OF ALL TIME Van Halen, the man who put the smile back in rock guitar, dead at 65

the wayMacy’s choreographs its ities,to hisinstrument,whilealso the band’s studio albums went intothe Rock &RollHallofFame. rock ’n’ roll, with Eddie on drums JIMFARBER Independence Dayfireworks makingitssixstringssoundasex- multi-platinum.One sold more EdwardLodewijk VanHalen and Alexonguitar.They OCTOBER7 shows:shooting offrocketsof pressiveasapiano’s88keys.He than 6million copies (‘5150’ in wasbornonJan.26, 1955, in switchedinstrumentsonce soundthat seemedtoexplodein receivedpatentsfor three guitar 1986);anothersold5million(‘Van Amsterdam to Jan and Eugenia Eddie discoveredthat his brother EDDIE VANHalen, whose razzle- ashoweroflightand colour.His devices he had created.In2012, HalenII’in1979);andtwopassed VanHalen.Hisfather,astruggling had abetterfeel forpercussion. dazzle guitar-playing —combin- outpouringof riffs,runsandsolos Guitar World Magazine ranked the10 millionmarktoachieve “di- Dutchclassical musician, methis The siblingsformedtheir first ing complexharmonics, innova- washyperactive andathletic,joy- him No.1onits listofthe “100 amond” status(the band’s debut, Indonesian-born wifewhile on band in 1964,the Broken Combs, tive fingerings and ingenious ous and wry, makingdeeperor GreatestGuitarists of All Time.” ‘VanHalen,’in1978,and‘1984’,is- tour in Indonesia. whichbecametheTrojanRubber deviceshepatentedforhisinstru- darkeremotionsfeel irrelevant. “I’m alwayspushing things suedthe year in the title). In 1962, when VanHalen was Company. In 1972 they formeda ment—madehimthemostinflu- “Eddie put the smile backin pastwhere they’resupposedto Elevenofthe band’s studio al- 7, his familyrelocated to the US, newgroup, calledGenesis, even entialguitaristofhis generation rock guitar at atime when it was be,”VanHalentoldwebsiteZocalo bumsreachedthe Top5,and four drivenawaybyprejudiceagainst thoughtherewasalreadyaBritish and his band, VanHalen, one of all gettingabit broody,” hisfel- Public Squarein2015. snagged thetop spot on hismotherandunfavourablework bandby thatname.Theyrenteda the mostpopular rock actsofall lowguitar ace JoeSatriani told The zestinVan Halen’splay- Billboard’s Top200.Van Halen opportunitiesinthe Netherlands. sound system from Roth, whom time,diedonTuesday. Hewas65. Billboard magazine in 2015. ing paired perfectlywiththe he- amassedeight BillboardTop 20 TheysettledinPasadena, theyeventuallyhired as their VanHalen’s son,Wolfgang, VanHalen wasmostwidely donistic songs and persona of his Eddie VanHalen at aconcertin2004. AP singles, including acover of Roy California. His mother worked as singer—butonly, EddieVanHalen said in astatement that his father reveredbyhispeersforperfecting hard-rockingband, VanHalen, Orbison’s (Oh) Pretty Woman, amaid,hisfatherasajanitorwhile said, to save rental money. Two had “losthis long and arduous thetechniqueof two-handedtap- whose original lineup featured whichreachedNo.12 in1982,and seeking work as amusician. yearslater, they recruitedMichael battle withcancer”. The state- ping on the guitar neck.That ap- his brother Alexonpummelling David Lee Roth, who presented Formedin1972,Van Halen Jump,whichseizedthe No.1spot Inspired by the British group Anthonyonbass andchanged ment did notsay wherehedied. proachallowedhim to addnew drums, Michael Anthonyon ascene-stealingmix of Lothario, went on to sellmorethan 56 mil- in 1984 andheld it forfiveweeks. the Dave ClarkFive, VanHalen theirnamefirsttoMammothand VanHalenstructuredhissolos textures,and percussive possibil- thunderous bass and singer peacockand clown. lionalbumsintheUSalone.Tenof In 2007,the bandwas inducted and his brother beganplaying then to VanHalen. NYT

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BRUHATBENGALURU MAHANAGARA PALIKE Office of the Executive Engineer,Dasarahalli Division, Hesaraghatta Main Road, Bengaluru-560073 SHORT TENDER NOTICE No.: BBMP/EE/DD/Ten/20/2020-21 Date :07.10.2020 INVITING QUOTATION INVITATION FOR TENDERS (IFT) No. 6637 F.16(20)/DTE/SFSL/2015(P-I) Date:1/10/20 (Short Term Tender) TWO TENDER DOCUMENT SYSTEM Sealed quotations are invited by the undersigned on (Through GOK e-Procurement Portal only) -KW4 behalf of the Governor of Tripura from the bonafide The Executive Engineer,Dasarahalli Division invites tenders OFFICE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER ELECTRICITY suppliers/firms/authorized dealer for supply of 04 Nos. URBAN DISTRIBUTION CIRCLE PASCHIMANCHAL on behalf of the Commissioner,BBMP,Bengaluru from eligible “Air Conditionermachine”inthe officeofthe VIDYUT VITARAN NIGAMLIMITED MUZAFFARNAGAR Tenderers for the construction of works detailed in the table undersigned for installation in the Cyber Forensic-Cum E-mail: [email protected] below. Training lab. in the KTDS, PTAcomplex, Narsingarh. E-Tender Notice E-Tenders are invited from eligible bidders. Please Amount put EMD visit E-tender portal www.etender.up.nic.in for details/download and for any Sl. to tender amount The quotation should reach to this office on or before Name of the Work other corrections/ amendments/ extensions till the date of submission of No. (Rs. in (Rs. in 15-10-2020 at 1.30 hrs and likely to be opened on that bids. SL. No. 1 Tender Specification No. Short Term E-Tender No. Lakhs) Lakhs) day if possible. 38/2020-21EUDC MZN Name of Works Providing and Fixing of 10 No. Improvements to drains at Acopy of short Tender notice inviting quotation may be Vacuum incerceptor in the area of EUDSD-IV,Muzaffarnagar. Earnest Money (Rs.) 2000.00 Tender Fee (Rs.)1180.00 (18% ªfe.EÀf.Me. ÀfdW°f) Last Date Main Road and Cross Roads of obtained free of cost or Details item specification, terms for online submission of tender document 22.10.2020 Date for opening 1 Shambhavinagara and DM Public 100.00 2.00 and conditions of the short tender notice will be available of tender part-I 22.10.2020 SL. No. 2 Tender Specification No. Short Term School surrounding area in Ward in this office on any working day from 10am to 5.30pm E-Tender No. 39/2020-21 EUDC MZN Name of Works Providing and Fixing of 10 No. Vacuum Incerceptor in the area of EUDD-II, Muzaffarnagar. No. 70. www.sfsl.tripura.gov.in Improvements and re-asphalting Earnest Money (Rs.) 2000.00 Tender Fee (Rs.) 1180.00 (18% ªfe.EÀf.Me. ÀfdW°f) Sd/- Last Date for online submission of tender document 22.10.2020 Date to 3rd Cross from Ramaiah (Dr.H.K. Pratihari) Director foropening of tenderpart-I 22.10.2020Sd/- (R.D. Singh) BadavaneMain Road to SWD SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER "Save Electricityinthe interest of ICA-C/1784/20 State FSL, Tripura 2 and its connecting Cross Roads 95.00 1.90 Nation" ´fÂffaI 2709/d½f.³f.d½f.¸fa.¸fb.³f¦fS dQ³ffaI 07/10/2020 at GKW layout and 1st Cross, 2nd Cross, 1st ACross at Shambhavi FISH POULTRY &EGG MARKETING COMMITTEE GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR nagara in Ward No. 70. DIRECTORATE OF TOURISM KASHMIR Construction of CC drain at (Govt. of NCT of Delhi) Phone:0194-2502279, Fax. 0194-2502281,[email protected] Northern side of Sai Sumukha 3 100.00 2.00 SHAHEED ASHFAQUEULLAH KHAN FISH MARKET SUBJECT: ENGAGEMENT OF FOREIGN SNOW SAFETY OFFICER AT GULMARG KASHMIRJ&K Apartment Road, GKW Layout in FORTHE YEAR 2020-21. GAZIPUR, DELHI -110096 NOTICE Ward No. 70. Ph.(O) 22628012 e-mail : [email protected] The Department of Tourism J&K invites offers from certified/accredited “SnowSafety Officer” to head the Ski Patrol Improvements and re-asphalting Team in Gulmarg forthe winter season 2020-21 foraperiod of 03 months w. e. f. 01.01.2021. The SnowSafety Officer to 15th Cross, 4th Cross from must be qualified in Avalanche SnowStudies (Level-2/3) and must have at least 03 years of experience of working as 4 GKW Layout Circle to park and 60.00 1.20 NOTICE INVITING E-TENDER SnowSafety Officer/using explosives fortriggering of avalanche. its surrounding Roads in GKW The following item rate e-tender is invited through e-tendering on behalf of Secretary,FP&EMC: The role of the Selected Officer (onlyone position is available)wouldbe: 1. To lead the Ski Patrol in aproactivemanner and endeavour to ensure that no mishap takes place during the ski Layout in Ward No. 70. S. Name of work Estimated Earnest Time of Last date & Tender ID no /NIT season. Calender of events :(1) Tender documents may be No cost money Work time of receipt No 2. To segregate the mountain areas into markedand unmarkedzones. downloadedfrom the e-procurement portal of Government of of Tenders 3. Avalanche mitigation and controlled use of explosives foravalanche triggering. 4. To takeaweather related call to close the upper mountains reaches forSkiing due to storms or perceived threats Karnataka from: 15.10.2020. (2) Pre bid meeting will be held through e- of avalancheand issue advisories/notices accordingly. on 19.10.2020 at 4:00 p.m. in the office of the Chief Engineer, procurement 5. Evacuation of injured skiers and administration of First Aid. Dasarahalli Zone, BBMP. (3) Tenders must be submitted 1 IssuanceofRs. Rs. 41,000/- One 14.10.2020 Tender id 6. Training of the local Ski Patrol Team. 7. To Develop Strategies pertinent to local conditions. online through e-procurement portal on or before 4:00 p.m. Computerized Gate 20,46,178/- Year upto 14:30 hrs. 2020_DAMB_195101_1 8. General advice to J&K State Cable Car Corporation and Tourism Department regarding operation of Ski Lift/Skiing. on 27.10.2020 and the opening of tenders will be as per the Passes at theGates 9. To keep the resortopen forthe skiing formaximum number of days. e-procurement portal guidelines. (4) Technical Bids will be of Fish, Poultry& 6(151)/FP&EMC/CT/20 10. The SnowSafety Officer should submit the annual reportofthe resortafter the completion of the contract. opened on the website https://eproc.karnataka.gov.in in the Egg Marketing 16/887 Interested persons maysend their offers to E-mail ID [email protected] and copytoadventurejk- Committee, Gazipur. [email protected] & [email protected] which should include. office of the Executive Engineer,Dasarahalli Division, BBMP  Full resume including scanned copies of relevant certificates/accredited courses in SnowSafety,Experience cer- on 28.10.2020 at 4:00 p.m. (5) Financial Bids will be opened To be opened online in the office of Secretary,Fish, Poultry and Egg Market Commettee tificates,letter of recommendation (if any). on the website https://eproc.karnataka.gov.in in the office  QUOTEofprofessionalCharges for03months. Gazipur:  The bid forprofessional charge should be inclusive of all Taxes and other charges including To and Fro of the Executive Engineer,Dasarahalli Division, BBMP on (i) Technical Bid opening at 15:00 Hrs. on 14.10.2020. Airfare. 29.10.2020 at 4:00 p.m. Further details may be obtained from  Boarding and lodging will be provided by Tourism Department. Terms and Conditions and details can be seen at website https://govtprocurement.delhi.gov.in the above office during office hours or website https://eproc.  It maybenoted that the Department will not arrange forinsuranceofthe Selected SnowSafety Officer and will not Sd/- be liable in case of anyinjury/mishap/death to him/her. karnataka.gov.in The last date of receipt of offer is 20th November 2020. Secretary, Sd/- Sd/- Executive Engineer,Dasarahalli Division, BBMP No: DTK/REC/04-B/2140 Director Tourism ‘‘Pay Development Charges, Help to Develop Bengaluru’’ DIP/SHABDARTH/0344/20-21 FP&EMC, Gazipur Dated: 07.10.2020. DIPK-6964 Kashmir

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST EMERGENCY CREDIT LINE GUARANTEE SCHEME FOR STRESSED MSMEs Antitrust case against Google for PvtbankssanctionmorethanPSBs abusing position in smart TV mkt closeto thedevelopmentsaidthat AASHISHARYAN& therewas nothingthathad been KARUNJITSINGH doneuntilnow, althoughthecase for1sttimesincelaunchofscheme NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 againstGoogle“looked interest- ing”. Executivesworking with GOOGLE IS facing anew antitrust Google said thoughtheywere scheme, of whichRs1.32 has have been the biggestbenefici- prises and 7.35 per cent to other caseinIndiaforallegedly abusing awareofacaseof“this nature” SUNNYVERMA been disbursedto27.09 lakh Interest subvention aryofthe government-backed businesses. Asimilar patternis itsdominant position in the againstthe company,theywere NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 borrowers, government data for MSMEs extended ECLGS, but it has been used visible in loans givenbyprivate Androidsmart-televisionmarket yettoreceive aformal intimation shows.The amount of loan sanc- mostlyfor immediateliquidity banks and NBFCs. by creatingbarriersforcompanies oranylegalnotice,eitherfromthe BANKSHAVEsanctioned62.15 tions by privatebankswas NewDelhi: The 2per cent in- support, rather than business The Rs 3-lakh croreworth whichwantedtouseormodifyits Google faces allegationsof complainantsorthe CCI. per cent of the targeted Rs 3lakh higher whencomparedtostate- terest subventionschemefor growth. The Finance Ministry ECLGS scheme provides addi- android operating systems for creatingbarriersfor firms “Wehavetolook at the docu- croreunder the Emergency ownedlenders forthe firsttime MSMEs on loans extended had on August4allowed individ- tional 20 per cent collateral-free theirsmarttelevisions,according wanting to use or develop mentstounderstandwhatarethe Credit Line Guarantee Scheme sincethe launchofthe scheme. by co-operativebanks has uals to access loan facility forex- credit to MSMEs fullyguaran- to areport from Reuters. modifiedversionsofAndroid allegations being made and only (ECLGS)for stressedMSMEs While public sector banks(PSBs) been extended till March 31 isting business loans. teed by the central government TheCompetitionCommission forsmartTVs. Reuters file then canwerespond against whiledisbursementswereat sanctionedloansofRs81,180 next year,the ReserveBank The survey on impact assess- againstloanlosses. Though un- of India (CCI) has since June been them.Sofar, we have nothing,”an 44.08 per cent of the total crore, private bank sanctions of Indiasaid on Wednesday. ment of ECLGSalsohighlighted der the ECLGS the banksare not lookingintoallegations that executive at the companysaid. amount as of September 29, up were Rs 95,060crore.Disbursals The terms of the scheme various concerns that needtobe supposed to take anycollateral Googleengages in anti-competi- investigation. In June last year,the antitrust from 47.7 per centsanctions and by public sector and private have also been tweaked. PTI addressed—disbursement pat- from the borrowers, it allows tive practices by creatingbarriers “Acomplaintisinitiallylooked body had held Google guilty of 32.9per centdisbursements bankswereatRs67,393 crore terns being unequal as alarge extension of charge on security forfirmswanting to useorde- into by asection of the CCI which misuseof itsdominantpositionin recordedasonAugust12. and Rs 60,740 crore, respectively. proportion of borrowers have re- forthe existingloans, whichin- velop modifiedversionsof then present their initialfindings the mobileAndroid market and LaunchedonMay 23, ECLGS is Of the total 27.09 lakh loan ac- Shareofdisbursement by state- ceivedasmall shareofthe total volves documentation and reg- Android forsmartTVs,suchas andthecomplaintto membersof said the companyhad imposed open until October 31 or until Rs countswhichreceiveddisburse- ownedbanks has come down loan; lowutilisation rate forthe istration&stamp dutycharges, Amazon Fire TV’s operating sys- theCCIwhomaythenorderanin- “unfair conditions” on the device 3lakh crorehas been sanctioned, ment underthe scheme,PSBs from around 90 per cent in ear- smallestborrowers and manu- thereportnoted. tem, the Reuters reportsaid. vestigationby thedirectorgeneral manufacturers so as to prevent but the scheme can be extended cateredto22.10 lakh accounts— lier months, while private banks facturing firms. Private banksand NBFCs con- Government officials The of the CCI if theyfind meritinthe them from using other operating unless full amount is sanctioned. or 81.57per cent of total accounts and NBFCs have steppeduplend- It showedthat86.53per cent tinue to focus on large accounts, Indian Express reachedout to, complaint,”saidagovernmentof- systems.Inits 14-pageorder,CCI As of September 29, 12 pub- —whileprivate sectorbanks ing. of total loansdisbursedbyPSBs with averagedisbursement per however, said the case waslikely ficial,notingthatthecomplaintin had heldthat requiring mobile lic sector banks, 24 private banks served 3.77lakh customers or According to asurvey pub- have been giventomicrobusi- account at Rs 16.08 lakh forpri- at apreliminarystage as the question hadnot yetbeenpre- phonehandset makers to pre-in- and 31 non-banking financial 13.91per cent of total accounts. lished by the National Institute nesses in comparison to 5.38per vate lenders, while public sector membersand chairperson of the sentedto themembersandchair- stall the entireGoogle mobile companies (NBFCs) sanctioned NBFCsdisbursedRs4,111 croreto of Bank Management (NIBM), cent loanstosmall businesses, banks’ averagedisbursement per CCI had notyet reviewedthe person of the CCI. servicespack,whichisacollection Rs 1.86 lakh croreunder the the remaining1.21lakhaccounts. lastmonth, microenterprises 0.73per cent to medium enter- account stood at Rs 3.05 lakh. allegations or ordered any Another government official of Google’s apps, wasunfair.

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FY21tosee upward revisions’ Spendingonrelief—suchashelp- ENSECONOMICBUREAU ENSECONOMICBUREAU ing viable MSMEs—isimportant MUMBAI,OCTOBER7 Pointing that severalindicators aregrowing in double digits, a NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 to ensure that the productive ca- Credit Suisse report said faster-than-expectednormalisation has pacityofthe economyisnot im- STATEBANK of India’s (SBI)new led to hopes that FY21GDP expectations maysee upwardrevisions THEATMANIRBHARBharatcam- paired, he said. Chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara, Italsonotedwhilecentralnorms paign should notleadtoprotec- To aquery on howheviews who took charge on Wednesday, rise Y-o-Y: E-way Rail freight in last 10 nowpermitnearlyallactivities tionismassuchpolicies had not Atmanirbhar Bharat project, he said that his focus areas willbe 10%bills in September 19%days of September andsomestateshavepushed worked in the past, but it being said: “If it is about protectionism, maintainingthequalityof theloan StateBankofIndia Chairman theopeningofcinemas/schools usedtopromote manufacturing FormerRBI Governor unfortunately Indiahasraisedtar- bookandsafetyoftheemployees DineshKhara. File Power demand Report prepared by Neelkanth toOctober31,itexpectsthem activitywithinthecountrywould Raghuram Rajan. File iffs recently, (then) it does not and customers. SBI’s gross non- 16%growth (trailing Mishra, Abhay Khaitan and tofollowotherslikeWest beuseful,formerReserveBank of makeany sense to my mind to go performingassets(NPAs)were Rs 7-days) rose to 16%. It was Prateek Singh also pointed BengalandUttarPradeshthat India Governor Raghuram Rajan thatwaybecausewe triedthatbe- 1.29 lakh croreasofJune2020. created awebsite forpeople who down 13% Y-o-Y in Oct 2019 towards the fact that reported continuetorelaxsuburban on Wednesday. lotmoreonrelief andrepairwork fore.Wehad alicencepermitraj Kharasaidtheloanrestructur- areinterested.Whatevernumber daily cases and deaths per day trains,hotelsandrestaurants Speaking at awebinar organ- intheeconomyinthebackdropof earlier....that protectionism was ing process is manageable. “We we have seen till now, it is very 4.5%: Growth in Pharma from Covid-19 has witnessed isedbyeconomic think tank Covid-19crisis. Relief should not problematic,itenrichedafewcor- areveryclosely observingthebe- muchmanageable,”hesaidinhis market in September. acontinued decline Compiled by ENS Economic Bureau ICRIER,hesaidtheemergingmar- beconfusedwithstimuluswhich porations but basicallywas a haviourofpeoplewho areinter- firstmedia interaction aftertak- ketgovernments needtospend a istypicallyusedtoboostdemand. sourceof povertyformanyofus.” estedinrestructuring.Wehave ing charge.

How the new H-1B visa system will impact Indians? ‘Data points Office of Additional Chief Engineer, showcontinued PHED, Region Bharatpur Department of Homeland changeswhichwouldensurethat the domestic pool of US workers. forcementof thenewH-1Bnorms Telephone No 05644-222731, Email: rj [email protected] AASHISHARYAN Security (DHS) or theUS H-1B petitions areapproved only The second proposedchange whichwill be announcedlater. normalisation’ Notice Inviting Bid No.20/ 2020-21 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 Citizenshipand Immigration for“qualifiedbeneficiariesandpe- relates to companiesallegedly This, the DHS said, will be done Online bids are invited on behalf of the Governor of Rajasthan from eligible enlisted Services (USCIS) requirethem to titioners”. makingfictitiousworkofferstofic- throughworksiteinspectionsand Mumbai: With the further easing "AA"class contractors of PHED,Rajasthan and meeting eligibilitycriteria. IN YET another policy stance consult stakeholders and give Thoughtheexactcontoursand titiousemployeesjusttofulfilltheir monitoring compliance, before, of restrictions and successive un- Contractors enlisted with other departmentsofGovernment of Rajasthan and changeonH-1Bvisa within six them anotice period of 60 days specificationsofthe changeis quotaofH-1Bvisaapplicationsap- during and afterthe H-1B work locking of theeconomyinitiated enlisted with CPWD/ Postal/ Telecom/ Railways/ MES/ other State Governments/ Central Government undertakings/ organizations in class equivalent to "AA" class of months,theUSadministrationon and seek commentsbeforeany likelytobean- proved.The US ad- visa is approved. from June, mostofthe highfre- Rajasthan and meeting prescribed eligibility criteria may also apply after depositing October 6said that it wasan- sweeping changes arebrought in. nouncedbythe DHS ministration has in quency datapointshaveshown a prescribed Earnest Money.Details of this Bid notification and pre-qualification nouncingan“interim final rule” Inthelatestannouncementonthe over the week,ithas the pastallegedthat Howwill the changes impact continuednormalisationinactiv- criteria can also be seen in NIB exhibited on web site www.dipr.rajasthan.gov.in, http://sppp.rajasthan.gov.in and http://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in.Bids are to be whichwill “strengthen” the non- proposedpolicychanges,theDHS specifiedthatthenew both Indian and the Indian IT and other H-1B visa itylevelsascomparedto themulti- submitted online electronic format on web site http://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in.. immigrantwork visaprogramme. said that USCIS wouldforgo the rule will narrow US-basedcompanies holders? year lows seen in April,Kotak 1. General details of bid: The newrules will be effective 60 usual60-daycommentandnotice downthedefinitionof have oftengivenH-1B SincetheDHShasproposedto MahindraBank MD &CEO Uday S. Item Details days from their publication in the period to “immediatelyensure what constitutesa work visaoffersto for- narrowdownthe definition of Kotaksaid. No. 1. Name of Work RateContract forthe workofconstruction of Federal Register, whichisthe offi- thatemployingH-1Bworkerswill “specialty occupa- eignemployees “just whatwouldconstitutea“specialty “Continuedfocusonreform Sources, rising main pipelines, CWRs, Pump cialjournalof theUSgovernment, notworsen the economic crisis tion”.Thismeansthat onpaper”,therebyal- occupation”, it is likelythatthe measuresushered in by thegov- houses, ESRs, internal village distribution pipeline much likethe GazetteofIndia. causedbyCovid-19”. companies and agencies which lowing them to evade some part 65,000 visas issuedevery year ernmentwilltriggerafasterrecov- and FHTC including one year Defect Liability period of SVS &MVSs and there after O&M of works up to hireworkers on H-1B visas will of taxes, while also undercutting would be brought down signifi- eryofeconomy with the industry village boundary for five years for MVS including What is an interim final rule? What arethe newproposed have atough time proving to the the jobs foreligible US workers. cantly. reposing confidence of abounce preparation of DPR of above works under JJM in Executive policies announced changes? immigrationagencies that such The thirdand final proposed Full reporton backsooner than expected,” said the jurisdiction of PHED Region Bharatpur by agencies suchasthe TheDHShasannouncedsome employees arenot available from rule changetalksabout better en- www.indianexpress.com Kotak, who is CII president. ENS 2. NIB Cost Rs. 1040 Crores 3. Bid Document Cost Rs. 20,000 to be deposited through e-GRASS Website http://egras.raj.nic.in)infavour of DDO Code12373- Executive Engineer, PHED, City BRIEFLY Division, Bharatpur.Budget Head (0075-0-800-52- TCS announces `16K-cr share 01) and scanned copy of e- grass challan to be uploaded with documents of technical bids. FM:Revivalpost 4. Bid Processing fee Rs 1,000 to be deposited in favour of Director RISL (through e-GRAS Budget Head 8658-00-102-16- buyback, profit falls 7% in Q2 02) and scanned copy of e-grass challan to be Covidlockdown uploaded with documentsoftechnical bids. justment) increasedby4.9 per 5. Bid Security Rs 10.4. Crores (@ 1% of NIB cost or 0.5% (Rs.5.2 clearlyvisible CONSOLIDATEDREVENUE Crores) of NIB cost for enlisted contractor in class ENSECONOMICBUREAU cent (year-on-year) to Rs Rs 8,433 "AA" with PHED Rajasthan) or as per rules to be Amaravati:FinanceMinister MUMBAI,OCTOBER7 crore, it made aprovision forlegal deposited through e-GRAS Challan (Website NirmalaSitharamansaidre- claim of Rs 1,218crore.The rev- http://egras.raj.nic.in) in favour of DDOCode `40,135 cr 12373- Executive Engineer,PHED, City Division, vivalofthe economyafter TATA CONSULTANCY Services enue in constant currency terms TAMIL NADU geNerATIoN AND DISTrIbUTIoN corporATIoN LTD. Bharatpur.Budget Head (8443-00-108-00-00) and the Covid lockdown was (TCS), India’s biggestsoftware ■ The revenue in constant witnessedadropof3.2percenton scanned copy of e- grass challan to be uploaded NOTICE INVITING TENDERS (e-TeNDerINg proceSS) clearly visibleandindicators services exporter,onWednesday currency terms witnesseda ayear-on-yearbasis.Consolidated with documentsoftechnical bids. However,the bidder may opt to deposit Rs. 10 lacs through e- looked positive. PTI reporteda7per cent decline in its drop of 3.2 per cent on ayear- revenue from operations forthe Sl. Tender Inviting Specification No. & Due Date &Time for No Authority Name of Work /Material submission grass (asapart of bid security) and remaining part netprofitatRs7,475 crorefor the on-yearbasis. Consolidated quarterstoodatRs40,135crore,up of bid security can be accepted in the form of BG of COAL (Ship) –69 quarterendedSeptember2020,as revenue from operations for by 3percentonayear-on-yearba- any nationalized /scheduled bank in the prescribed MRajeshwar the quarterstood at Rs 40,135 1 CE/MECHANICAL/ Performance Monitoring 27.10.2020 Up to form in the name of Executive Engineer,PHED, City againstRs8,042croreinthe same sis.Itdeclaredaninterimdividend COAL Service of TANGEDCO 14.00 Hours Division, Bharatpur. crore, up by 3per cent on a quarterlastyear.The TCSboard of Rs 12 perequity shareofRe1 Chartered Vessels. 6. Additional Bid Security As per latest PHED circular RaonamedRBI year-on-year basis. also announcedaRs16,000crore eachofthe company. The tender Specification canbedownloaded from TANGEDCOwebsite, 7. Period of completion 24 Months DeputyGuv sharebuybackprogramme —its RajeshGopinathan,MD&CEO, www.tangedco.gov.in, www.tenders.tn.gov.in,atfreeofcost. Tender will be 8. Defect liability Period One Year thirdinthe lastfour years —ata Rs3,000perequityshareforanag- said:“Drivingacceleratedbusiness opened Through the NIC portal https://tntenders.gov.in/nicgep/app 9. Operation and Five years after completion of one-year defect Mumbai: The government price of Rs 3,000 per share, apre- gregateamount notexceeding Rs valuerealizationofourcustomers’ DIPR/3736/Tender/2020 cHIeF eNgINeer/MecHANIcAL/coAL Maintenance liability period for MVS only hasappointedMRajeshwar mium of 9.59 per cent to 16,000 croreonaproportionate digitalinvestmentshasresultedin 2. (a) Bid document consisting of the NIB, Instructions to bidders, General RaoasDeputy Governor of Wednesday’s closing price. basis under the tender offerroute broad-basedrevenuegrowth.The Office of the Addl. Chief Engineer Water Resources Zone, Conditions of Contract, Special Conditions of the Contract, Scope of work, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), “The boardhas approved a usingthe stockexchangemecha- strong order book,avery robust Jaipur Sinchai Bhawan, J.L.N. Marg, Jaipur -302017 Technical Specifications and drawings, BOQ, can be seen &downloaded from websitehttp://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in,and No. 11108 Date: 1.1 0.2020 replacingNSVishwanathan. proposal to buy backupto5.33 nism,”TCSsaid.Itssharesclosedat dealpipeline,andcontinuedmar- http://sppp.rajasthan.gov.in croreequityshares,being1.42per Rs2,737.40ontheBSEWednesday. ket sharegains give us confidence INVITATION OF E-TENDER NO 10 YEAR 2020-21 (b) Bid security,Bid document cost and RISL charges shall be deposited On behalf of Governor of Rajasthan, invites e-tender from eligible contractor for civil cent of thetotal paid-upcapital at Whilethenetprofit(before ad- forthe future.” through e-Challan in respective head as per above table and scanned copy PillainewCFO worksunder RWSLIP Scheme, estimated cost of 2works is Rs. 4070.00 Lacs. The of the E- Chalan ,asaproof, shall be uploaded at the time of submission of details are availableonthe following websites :- Bid. UBN No.: WRD2021WLOB01348WRD2021WLOB01349 3. IMPORTANT DATES : ofEuroKids 1. www.eproc.rajasthan.gov.in S. Events Date &time Website /Locations 2. www.dipr.rajasthan.gov.in No. Cabinet approves e-bidding 3. www.sppp.rajasthan.gov.in International Sd/- 1. Date &time for downloading From 01.10.2020 5.00 PM to http://www.eproc.rajasthan. gov.in. Addl. Chief Engineer of bid document 03.11.2020 up to 06.00 PM Mumbai: Education firm DIPR/C/7902/2020 Water Resources Zone, Jaipur 2. Date &timefor online From 03.10.2020, 10.00 AM http://www.eproc.rajasthan.gov.in EuroKidsInternational has platform fornaturalgas pricing submission of bid document to 03.11.2020 up to 6.00 PM 3. Pre-Bid Meeting 15.10.2020 at 2.30 PM In the Office of Chief Engineer, namedRajiv Pillaiasitsnew IYf¹ffÊ»f¹f ¸fb£¹f Ad·f¹f³°ff, ªf»f ÀfaÀff²f³f Àfa·ff¦f IYûMXf PHED, (R) Jaipur chief financial officer. ENS countryunderthe administered ralgas and imports nearly the IiY¸ffaIY: d³fd½fQf/01/2020-21/5743 dQ.: 29.09.2020 4. Deposition of BidSecurity Up to 5.00 PM of 03.11.2020 In the Office of Additional Chief ENSECONOMICBUREAU pricing mechanism. sameamount.Withthenewrefo- -: AâX¸f ÀfaVfû²f³f :- remaining part in the form of Engineer,PHED, Region BÀfIf¹ffÊ»f¹f IZ ´fÂffaI 603dQ. 20.05.2020ÀfZ d³fd½fQfÀfc¨f³ff Àfa£¹ff 01 ½f¿fÊ 2020-21Af¸fadÂf°f Ie¦fBÊ W`Ü BG) Bharatpur NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 Experts saythat 75-80 per rms,40MMSCMDwillcomeinto 5. Date &Time forOpening of 04.11.2020 at 11.00 AM In the Office of Additional Chief Permanent A´fdSWf¹fÊIfS¯fûa ÀfZd³fd½fQf eproc.rajasthan.gov.in ´fS A´f»fûO IS³fZ, M`¯OSIfgÀM,d¶fOdÀf¢¹fûdSMe E½fa Technical Bid Engineer,PHED, Region cent of natural gasproducedis local production. The country’s E¸f.Oe.AfS.AfBÊ.EÀf.E»f. ReÀf ªf¸ff ISf³fZIedQ³ffaI d³f¸³f ´fiI fS ÀfaVfûd²f°f Ieªff°fe W`Ü Bharatpur THE UNION Cabinet on Wednes- pricedbythe government under dependencyonimportofnatural 6. Opening of Price bid Will be intimated after In the Office of Additional Chief workfrom IiY. d³fd½fQf A³fbÀffSX M`X¯OXSX A´f»fûOX IYSX³fZ IYe dQ³ffaIY E½fa Àf¸f¹f ÀfaVfûd²f°f dQ³ffaIY E½fa Àf¸f¹f decision of Technical Bid Engineer,PHED, Region. dayannouncedanew e-bidding the administeredpricing mecha- gaswill reduce,” Union Minister Àfa. (´fc½fʸfZÔÀfaVfûd²f°f) Bharatpur platformto promote market price nism.Theydid,however, note that Dharmendra Pradhansaid while 1 d³fd½fQf A´f»fûO IS³fZ IedQ. 05.10.2020 Àf¸f¹f 16.00 ¶fªfZ °fI dQ. 09.11.2020 °fI Time 16.00 Hour homeatHCCB Note: The dates of downloading of Bid document &online submissions shall remain discoveryof naturalgasproduced themove wouldhelpboostincen- introducing the reforms. 2 ¶f`ÔI ¦ffS³Me, ¨ff»ff³f E½fa A³¹f ½ffadL°f QÀ°ff½fZªf ªf¸ff ISf³fZ IedQ³ffaI dQ. 09.11.2020 °fI Time 16.00 Hour fixed (as detailed above) and for all other activities. In case of holiday on the date E½f¸f Àf¸f¹f 05.10.2020 °fI Àf¸f¹f 16.00 ¶fªfZ °fI NewDelhi:HindustanCoca- from fields across anumber of tivesfor gasproducerstoinvest The newpolicy will also grant mentioned above, the activities assigned on that date shall be carried out on the 3 d³fd½fQf Jû»f³fZ IedQ. 05.10.2020 Àf¸f¹f 16.30 ¶fªfZ °fI dQ. 09.11.2020 °fI Time 16.30 Hour Cola Beverages(HCCB) has contractual regimes, wherepro- moreinboosting natural gaspro- marketingfreedomto thefieldde- next working day. UBN NO: PHE2021WLRC05931 introduced permanent ducersalready have pricing free- duction from newdiscoveries. velopment plans (FDPs) of those Vû¿f A³¹f Vf°fZË ¹f±ff½f°f SWaZ¦feÜ WXÀ°ff./- Sd/- work from home option for dom. Notably, this move will not India currentlyproduces 84 blocks in whichproduction shar- NIB No WRD2021A0102 (SXfªfe½f ¨fü²fSXe) (Mukul Bhargava) some of it employees. 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Iknew100 per ozhikamudiyathu).Icandontheroleof apolice from here on EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE centthatsomeonewillbackuptooearly today Ieven asked him you are saying forumpteentimesbutunlessthethiefdecides OCTOBER7 [at the non-striker’s end].You needlotsof this about the Australian (ODI) to change...” Forthe firsttime in theseNBA Finals, courage to hit asix or afour on that ground.” captainand Ponting said, ‘It’s ItwasthenthathebroughtupPonting’sre- the series veeredtowardswhat most “RickyPontingsaidthathewantedto standup Ashwin also mentioned that since the wrong whoever does it, Ihave been action at the dinner,adding,“Ievenasked him thought it would look like–atough and tell me to run out AaronFinch,” RAshwin Bangaloreteam hasalotofquick-footed play- talking about this topic in the ICC youare saying this about the Australian (ODI) battle between atenacious team has revealedinhis YouTubechannel Ashwin. erswho like to run hard between wickets,he meetings about issuing arun- captain and Ponting said, ‘It’s wrong whoever facing offagainstateam stackedwith “Lastnight, during dinner,evenPonting said, thoughtachance might arise. does it, Ihavebeen talkingabout this topic in talent. The consensus wasthatthe ‘howfar he (Finch) went out! Iwas about to “Moreover, that team had lots of players penaltytothe batsmen.’ He is the ICC meetings about issuing arun-penalty matches would be close but standandtellyoutorunhimout,’”Ashwinsaid who run very fast andshoutout “two, two”! I working hard to get it done.” to thebatsmen.’ He is working hardtoget it eventuallythe Lakers’ superior talent in achat. He also said that going intothe game thought,someonewillstepouttodayandIwill done.” He wasthen asked by Agoram if he would shine through and that’s againstRoyal ChallengersBangaloreinDubai, have getmyfirstcatch, firstscalp. Iknewthat, RASHWIN, ONHISCONVERSATIONWITHDELHI woulddoitinthenextgameagainstRajasthan exactlywhat happenedlastnight. The he sensedanopportunity to runout the non- going intothe match. (Inikunammaluku boni CAPITALS COACH RICKY PONTING Royals.“That’s in Sharjah. Idon’tthinkanyone Lakers arenow one game away from striker mightarise duetothe big dimensions irukuda!),”Ashwinsaidwithasmile.“Hewent runs,youcanjustkeephittingtheball!”Ashwin winningthe 2020 NBA of the ground. out,” says Ashwin referring to Finch. starrer)goes,the‘punishmentsshouldbevery said with asmile. Championship,after a102-96 win On Monday, during Delhi Capitals’ game The Aussie opener had steppedtoo farout severe’. Justannouncethat therewillbea In achat with Delhi Capitals fast bowler over the MiamiHeatinthe Disney againstRCB,Ashwindidn’trunoutAaronFinch, tooearly andforamoment,bothstood,staring penalty of 10 runsifyou step out of the crease Kagiso Rabada, postedonTwitter by the fran- Worldbubble at Orlando, yesterday. who had backeduptoo earlyatthe non- ateachother.Ashwindetailedoutwhathewas tooearly.Noone will then go out. chise, Ashwin gave moredetailsonthe chat striker’send,butnonethelessissuedawarning thinking at that stage. whyhewas lookingatme. He is agood friend “Thereisnoskill involved in running out a withPonting.“Wehadaveryseriousconversa- Qualityatthe top: Five turnovers, throughasubsequenttweetthatsuchinstances “Iamtellingyouthetruthhere.AsIraninto since the days of KingsXIPunjab. Averygood batsman likethis. But if youkeep going out, tionaboutthis.HewasveryclearthatImustgo eight pointsinthe firsttwo quarters – would notbereprievedinthe future. bowl that delivery,justbeforeIgot intomyde- man. Ihavespent lots of timewithhim in the what option is lefttous?” aheadwiththatdismissalatthebackendof the LeBron James Inalight-heartedchatinTamil,strewnwith liverystrideandjump,agoldenhelmetisrolling evenings.Ithought,‘okayletitgo,letthisbeafi- Andhethen threw in another movie refer- tournament.Lasttime,Ididinthefirsthalfand seemedout of Tamil film dialogues, with South Africa’s per- along, likeadetachedcoach of atrain,” he said, nal warning.’” ence, aclassic song written by Pattukottai itdidn’treallymatter.Sowhenitcomesto play- touchinitially, formance analystPrasannaAgoram, Ashwin referencing ahumorous dialogue from Tamil Theoff-spinnerthentalkedabouttheideal Kalyanasundram forthe MG Ramachandran- offs or back endofthe tournament,the coach regularly getting retracedthe episode. He startedwith his pre- movie Majunu.“Ithen stoppedand thought, punishment, arun-penalty to batsmen who starrer Thirudathe.“Unlessathief decidestore- wantsmetobeaggressive andgo forthewick- frustratedby monition of arun-out opportunity before the ‘should Irun him out or not’? He still didn’t backupbefore thebowler releases the ball. form himself, robberycan’t be eliminated. ets, whichiswhenIwill reallystart dislodging Miami’s defence startofthe game. “One side of the boundary comeback,he waslooking at me.Idon’t know “As theline from Ramana (A Vijayakanth (Thirudana paarthu thirundha vittaal, thirutai thebails,” he said. compelling him to pass over players’ heads and forcing turnovers. But BRIEFLY James turneditaround in the third and fourth quarters, attacking the rim RohanJaitleyfiles and regularly going to the free throw CSK’s midlife crisis line (10-12for the night). He finished with 28 points, 12 rebounds and 8 nominationforDDCA assists and onlyone moreturnoverin president’spost the second half. The finishing touches Dhoni’s men stutter in a chase again, as Knights have the last laugh to the Lakers wasprovidedby NewDelhi: Lateformerfinance minis- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and terArunJaitley's son Rohan is all set AnthonyDavis with someclutch to become the SYNOPSIS shots at the end. next president But it wasthe difference in quality Tripathi is the knight in shining of the Delhi & between the shots Miami andthe armour before KKR trigger CSK’s DistrictsCricket Lakers took lateinthe game that middle-order collapse. Association changedthe matchup. The Lakers had (DDCA) and has adefensive answer forevery pickand promisedto roll. Therewas no combination where VISHALMENON halt "unneces- the Heat were able to getopen looks. OCTOBER7 saryexpenses" TheLakers on the other hand,had in the corrup- enough quality in their rankstoforce CHENNAI SUPER Kingswerewell on course tion and controversy-riddenbody. On Miami to leave men open at certain of acingthe chase. However, KolkataKnight the lastday of filing nominations for plays and then had the composureto Riders kept their composureinface of an the president's post, Jaitleyfiled his knockdownthose shots,especially onslaught by Shane Watson and Ambati papers, following in the footsteps of lateinthe game. Rayudu. Amixtureofresourceful bowling his father,who diedlastyear.Heis in the middle oversbySunil Narine,Varun learnt to have the supportofall the Davis becomes aggressive: A Chakravarthyand AndreRussell,and aslow major factions in the association. "Yes, critique of Davis’ Game 3 Abu Dhabi pitchkeptChennai’s batsmen in Ihavefiledmynomination today. I performance wasthathewasn’t check. Theresult wasa10-run win forKKR would liketoworkfor the betterment aggressive enough. Alot of that was that propelled them to the third spotinthe of Delhi cricketand would love to basedonhim being in foul trouble, points table. have everyone on the samepage. It's something Miami didn’t exploit good to come backand servethe asso- enoughthis game. Davis finished Middle-order collapse ciationwith an aim to take it where it with 22 points, 9rebounds, 4blocks Atargetof168 lookedwell within CSK’s should be," the 31-year-old told PTI. and asteal —aperformance wherehe reachwhen arampant Shane Watson and took on the task of defending Jimmy AmbatiRayudu were going ballistic. But Butleratthe game’s mostcrucial againstthe runofplay, Rayudu wascaught Boxerstoheadto junctures. The Lakers have arecordof in the deep, and in the next over,Watsonwas Europefortraining 56-0 this seasonwhen they’releading trappedinfront by the wilyNarine for50. at the end of the 3rdquarter anda When captain MS Dhoniwas cleanedupby NewDelhi: India'sOlympic-boundbox- large partofwhy that wasmaintained Chakravarthy for11, the target suddenly ers,exceptfor an indisposedMCMary wasDavis’playonbothends of the looked likeanuphill task.The complexion of Afterbeingpromotedtoopenthe innings, Rahul Tripathi scored a51-ball 81 Komand twoothers,will travel to Italy floor to complement LeBron’s. an IPL matchcan changeprettyquickly. For whichpushedKolkatato167. PTI Kings XI need the and France starting next week on a52- CSK, it all came crashing down in the space of right men vs SRH daytraining-cum-competition trip as Butlerneeds to be ascorer: As justfiveovers. From 99/1 in the 12th over, theygearupfortheTokyoGames.Mary thingsstand, the Heatare in trouble. theystutteredto129/5 in 17.1 overs, losing beganthe chokebynailing the dangerous PuneSupergiant three seasons agoatthe top Preview: SRHvsKXIP Komiscurrentlyrecoveringfromabout Onlyone team in the historyof the four wickets forjust30runs.For Dhoni’s EoinMorganwithashort-pitcheddelivery of the order.Inthe next twoseasons, when SRH: LLWWL; KXIP: LWLLL of dengue and has ruledout travelling NBAhas come from 3-1 in the Finals team, scoringruns had becomeatreacher- that wasfeathered through to Dhoni in the he shifted to the Rajasthan Royals, he was Bottom-placedKings XI needtoget abroad at leastthisyear duetothe to win the championship and ous propositiononthe slow,worn-outAbu 14th over.Two overs later,Shardul Thakur shuttleddownthe order,wherehehardly theirteamselectionrighttoengineera COVID-19threat.The Europe assign- unfortunatelyfor Miami, theman Dhabi pitch. connedRussell with aback-of-length scram- got anyopportunity to displayhis wares. turnaround. Apartfromopeners KL ment startsonOctober 15."Iwas not who did that is on the oppositeend of bledseamer.Thesetwo strikes meant that Afterarollicking 36 againstDelhi Rahul and Mayank Agarwal, their bat- keepingwellforthepasttwo weeksbe- the court. In Game 3Jimmy Butler CSK bowlers give them achance KKR would notget thedesired momentum Capitals,the team management made the ting lacks teeth, and it maybetimeto causeof dengue.Iammuchbetternow made historywith his 40-point triple Earlier,CSKbowlersfoundtheperfecttem- towardsthe end of the innings. Theylostsix pragmatic move of promoting him as an give ChrisGayleagoatthetop,bringing but won't be travelling," the six-time doubleand outdid James in most platetoquell KKR’s belligerent stroke-players. wickets for40runsinthe final five overs,as openerand pushingSunil Narine to no.4. AgarwalatNo.3.Itissurprising that worldchampionandLondonOlympics metrics. But in Game 4, Butler was Theyhardlypitchedanythinginthehittingarc, Curran, Thakur and Dwayne Bravoclaimed Tripathi looked in control, and at one Afghan mysteryspinner Mujeeb Ur bronze-medallisttoldPTI. "I will be passive and keen on that one extra and kept pushing them backinthe crease sevenwickets between them to skittleKKR point, looked likehewould help KKR Rahman still hasn’t got agame when, basedinDelhiand train hereonly. pass that could generateanopenlook. through aseriesofshort-pitcheddeliveries for167 after20overs. breachthe 200-run mark. He looked most apartfromMohammedShamiand to Abouttravellingabroadfortraining,we The look nevercame andwhen it did, cleverlyinterspersedwith balls wide of the ThistranspiredafterKKRhadsetafantastic proficient againstshort-pitched deliver- anextentSheldonCottrell,mostoftheir shall see next year when hopefullya Miami’s players nevercapitalised. stumps.Theslower, back-of-the-handstuffwas platform, being 93/2 at the half-way mark. ies, and if it wasremotely wide, Tripathi bowlershavebeen costly. Against COVID-19vaccine will also come," Game 5needs to see Butlerbecome a rare,replacedbyyorkers targeting the block- Beforethe medium-pacersgot intothe act, it would smokeit. Sunrisers,whodon’thave thestrongest addedthe 38-year-old. A28-member scorer firstand aprovider later.Him hole. The deadlyconcoction gave KKR’s big- wasleg-spinnerKarnSharmawhoinitiatedthe His 51-ball 81 gave KKR more thana batting line-upand will be without contingentwilltravel,including10 men driving to the basket and shooting ticket batsmen in the middle order little joy. slidewith the twin blows of Nitish Rana and fair chance. BhuvneshwarKumarfortherest of the and six women boxers along with the from the line has to be the focus of CSK’s bowling attacklackedgenuinepace. But Narine. BRIEF SCORES: KKR 167(RahulTripathi 81, campaign, Kings XI mayhaveachance supportstaff.The exposurehas been Heat’soffense in Game5. theymorethan made up foritwithskilland Tripathi, knight in shining armour Dwayne Bravo3/35, Karn Sharma 2/25) beat forafresh startiftheymakesome sanctionedbythegovernmentatanes- SHASHANKNAIR gumption. CSK 157/5(ShaneWatson 50, Andre Russell changes. 7:30 pm: Star Sports network timated costofRs1.31crore. PTI It wasthe irrepressibleSam Curran, who Rahul Tripathi impressed forthe Rising 1/18) by 10 runs. Nadal learned from Rome Lowest since ‘15, EPL spending still higherthan others loss to Schwartzman: Moya inrevenuedueto thevirus.Barcelona’srevenue have deferredthe bulkofthe amount to alater TUSHARBHADURI BIGGESTTRANSFERS fell by an estimated €203 million lastyear. date.“Whenclubsaredoingthesedeals,ittends NEWDELHI,OCTOBER7 Accordingto GazzettaDelloSport,spending to be alow down-payment, and the rest of the DURINGTHEWINDOW in SerieAfell by over halfabillion euros. amount that needs to be paid is back-ended,” REUTERS IT WASafootball season likenone before in John Purcell of footballfinancespecialists PARIS,OCTOBER7 Europe, and it wasfollowedbyatransfer win- Napoli spending up to €80m on What have been the other effects? VysybletoldAFP.“Thatsuggeststousthat,firstly, dowmuchlater than anyone is usedto. The Victor Osimhen from Lille; Chelsea Severalclubs furloughednon-playingstaff. theclubsarethinkingthisCovidsituationisnot RAFAEL NADALwill be atougher proposition pandemic ensured that the dynamicsofbusi- buying Kai Havertz from Bayer Arsenal have even made club mascot goingtolastforever.Secondly, itisforc- forDiego Schwartzman than he wasinRome nesschanged,butasdeadlinedayapproached, Leverkusen for£71m; Manchester Gunnersaurusredundant as partof ingtheclubstostackuptheirriskexpo- lastmonthwhentheymeetintheFrenchOpen the narrative seemedsimilar to that in previ- City acquiring RubenDias from cost-cuttingmeasures.Thefalloutwas surealittlebitfurtherdownthetrack.”

semi-finals on Thursday, says Nadal’s coach ous years. Benfica for£65m; Juventusbuying felt even in farawayBrazil,whichex- LAINED Carlos Moya.Twelve-times FrenchOpen Federico Chiesa forupto€60m portsthelargestnumberof footballers Whyare the Premier League clubs

EXP E● champion Nadal wassurprisinglybeaten6-2 What wasdifferent about this window? from Fiorentina; Bayern Munich in the world. In the middleof still ready to spend big? 7-5 by the Argentineinthe Rome quarters — The Europeanseasongenerallyfinishesin getting ManchesterCity’s Leroy September,itwasreportedthattrans- The lure, financiallyand prestige- Schwartzman’s firstwin overthe Spaniardin Nadal beat Sinner 7-6 (4),6-4,6-1. Reuters thefirstweekof May, andthereaftertillAugust, Sane for£54.8m;Liverpool buying fers to foreign clubs had fallen by 62 per cent. wise,of theChampionsLeagueisforcingthebig 10 meetings.ThatwasNadal’sfirsttournament clubsareallowedtocompletetheirdealsabout DiogoJota from Wolverhampton clubs to splurge.Failingtoqualify forcontinen- forseven months,however,and he has pro- playermovements. Butthe pandemic halted Wanderers for£45m;Arsenal Howdid the unusual timing of the transfer talcompetitions or,for those lowerdownthe gressedtothe semi-finalsatRoland Garros learned from thatmomentand nowheisata proceedings in March,and the season ended buying Atletico Madrid’s Thomas windowaffect clubs? points table,the threatofrelegationisdeemed without dropping aset,although he was greatlevel with many moregames played.” muchlaterthanusual.Theplayerswhohadtheir Partey for£45m. When the windowopened, the2019-20 worsethanthefinancialeffectof thepandemic. pushedhardinthe early stages of hismatch PetraKvitova wassonervous ahead of contractstillJune30,thenominalendof thesea- Champions League season had still notbeen Big guns likeManchesterUnited,Manchester againstJannickSinner on Tuesday. Wednesday’smatchagainstLaura Siegemund son in normal times,had them extended. The significantlydownacrossall the topfive decided. Some players –likeRBLeipzig’s Timo City and Liverpoolsufferedunexpected rever- Schwartzman is through to his firstGrand thatshedidnotwanttoplay, buttheCzechwas transfer windowran from July27toOctober 5. Europeanleaguesagainstthefive-yearaverage Wernerwho went to Chelsea –insisted on a sals leading up to deadline day, piling up the Slam semi-final afterafive-hour victoryover gladshe wasabletohold her nerve andreach -ranging from -7% in the Premier League to - move before theseason wasover. pressuretobringoutthechequebook.Andthe U.S. Open winner Dominic Thiem. the semi-finals again afteraneight-year gap Howdid Covid-19affect clubs’ finances? 46% in La Liga,” according to London-basedin- Consequently, their clubs had to do without a RedDevils respondedbysigning four players “The matchinRome wasverystrangebe- with a6-3 6-3 win. “I didn’t want to talk,Idid- It affected those at the lowerlevelsofthe vestment company Carteret Analytics, quoted keyplayerinthe knockout games. thedayafterlosing1-6to Tottenham.Thesame causeRafa wontwo verygoodmatchesagainst n’t want to eat, didn’t want to move,Ididn’t footballpyramidmuchworse.PremierLeague by BBC.Spanish giants Real Madrid were quiet supporters, who flayed theclubsfor furlough- powerful opponents,” Moya told Eurosport. want to go out thereand play. But IknewifI clubs’ spending wasdownto£1.2billion,their in the summer windowfor the firsttimesince Howhaveclubs triedtodeal with the ingstaff,nowwantedthemto gooutinthemar- “AgainstSchwartzmanitwasthefirsttimethat stepoutthereeverythingwillbemuch better,” lowest since 2015,but theystillcomfortably 1980.TheirLaLigaopponentsValenciawere in situation while acquiring players? ket.Itsuggeststhatapartfromthosedirectlyaf- he had problems and he did notmanage it to- said Kvitova, who setupaclash with fourth out-spent other major European leagues. the same boat.Club president Anil Murthy PremierLeagueclubswerelessreluctantto fected by the layoffs, mostfans’biggest tallywellonaphysical or mental level. We seedSofia Kenin. “Totalexpenditureonplayeracquisitionsis blamedthelackofarrivalsona€100millionfall splurge but mostclubs, when buying players, consideration is results on the pitch.

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