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THE EDITORIAL PAGE INTERROGATION BY ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE WARAGAINST THEVIRUS Statementofkey accused BY RAJIB DASGUPTA PAGE 6 mentionsKamal Nath’s Bail pleasof son, Khurshid, Patel, journalist, another: SC webofoffshore firms says why Kamal Nath says son(Bakul Nath) NRI, no records to show not go to HC links; Khurshidsaysnoconnection with anyofthe accused

APURVAVISHWANATH NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER16 AGUSTA OBSERVINGTHATitis“trying to WESTLAND DEAL discourage” individuals from fil- ing petitions under Article32of the Constitution —whichgrants GRIEF individuals the right to approach the topcourtseeking enforce- Familymembers at the funeralof20-year-old jawanRushikesh Jondhale,who waskilledinfiring from across the Line of Control at ment of fundamental rights—a Gurez in Jammu and KashmironFriday, at Bahirewadi villageinKolhapur on Monday. PTI Supreme Court benchheadedby Chief Justice of IndiaSABobde sought responses from the CONFESSIONS RajivSaxena told ED about the weboftransactions between Centreand the Uttar Pradesh PM ASSURES ‘ALL POSSIBLE HELP’ TO BIHAR his firm and that of Christian Michel (left) withentities government in aplea seeking the OFKEYACCUSED ownedbyKamal Nath’s nephew Ratul Puri (right) release of Kerala-basedjournal- PART1 istSiddique Kappan. “Whycan’t yougotothe high Nitishswornin,BJPpickstwo extradited from Dubai in January These showseveral alleged court?” the benchremarked RITUSARIN 2019 and wasinterrogatedby hawala transactions and acom- while hearing aplea filedbythe NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER16 the Enforcement Directorate, plexweb of offshorestructures Kerala Union of Working whichattachedhis assets worth that Saxena admitted to setting Journalists challengingthe jour- NOT JUSTformer Madhya Rs 385crore.The ED is nowbe- up forthe co-accused. nalist's arrest. dyCMsinNDAsocialbalancing Pradesh Chief MinisterKamal fore the Supreme Courtinabid The crux of Saxena’s state- The same benchreferreda Nath’s nephewRatulPuri but his to divest Saxena of his approver ment details howalleged kick- similarcaseinvoking Article 32 son Bakul Nath, too, along with status forallegedly notfullydis- backs of the Augusta Westland —whichinvolvedSameet 15 ministers take oath:7BJP,6JD(U), 1eachVIP,HAM; BJPgetsSpeaker post Congress leaders Salman closing the factsofthe case. deal —itwas cancelledbythe Thakkar,aNagpurresident who Khurshid and AhmedPatel,finds Saxena’s statement, running CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 had challenged the multiple FIRs Morcha(Secular). mention in the interrogation intoover1,000pages (including againsthim forallegedderoga- SANTOSHSINGH Union Home MinisterAmit statementsofRajiv Saxena, char- supporting documents) wasac- tory tweets againstMaharashtra PATNA,NOVEMBER16 Shah and BJP national president teredaccountant and keyac- cessedbyThe Indian Express TOMORROW: CM UddhavThackeray and his JPNadda were amongthose cusedinthe Rs 3,000-crore along withcopiesofbanking HOW KICKBACKS ministers —tothe high court, ob- NITISH KUMAR took oath as who attended the ceremony. Augusta Westland VVIP chopper statements, records of offshore FLOWED INTOINDIAN serving that “evenhigh courts Bihar Chief Ministerfor the sev- Congratulating Nitish, Prime deal case. companies, and email corre- INVESTMENTS can uphold fundamental rights”. enth time on Mondaywith two MinisterNarendraModi Saxena, currentlyonbail, was spondence between keyplayers. Kappan, 41,and threeothers Deputy Chief Ministers from the tweeted: “The NDAfamily will were arrested whileontheir BJP —four-time Katihar MLA work together forthe progress of waytoHathras to reportanal- TarkishorePrasad and four-time Bihar.Iassureall possible sup- Moderna says leged incident of gangrape and Bettiah MLARenu Devi. port from the Centrefor the wel- Study on benefits, murder.UPPolice have alleged Atotal of 15 ministers were fare of Bihar.” that Kappan, 41,and twomem- administered the oath of office The BJP's former deputychief vaccine95% bers of the Campus Front of by BiharGovernor Phagu minister, Sushil Kumar Modi, costs helped govt India (CFI) were partofa“con- Chauhan —seven from theBJP, who has been droppedthis time, effective;may spiracy” to inflame religious en- includingTarkishore Prasad and maybeaccommodated at the mity over the Hathras rape, and Renu Devi; six from the JD(U), in- Centrce, but thereisnoofficial firm up RCEP stand be promising booked them on various cluding Nitish; and one each Nitish with deputy CMs TarkishorePrasad and Renu Devi, word yet. Sushil Modi firstbe- charges, including under the from the Vikassheel Insaan Party afterswearing-in, in Patna Monday. PTI MOREREPORTS,P4 came DeputyChief Ministerin option in India stringent UAPA and sedition. (VIP) and Hindustani Awam CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Dealinked on Sunday, RCEP members Senior advocateKapil Sibal, representing the journalists' keep the door open forIndia to return PRABHARAGHAVAN union, arguedthat the Supreme NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER16 Court has intervened in similar BUSINESSASUSUAL BJP’s challenge: WiderRJD base, cases in the pastwhereArticle PRABHARAGHAVAN THE AMERICANbiotechnology 32 had been invoked. BY UNNY &ANILSASI company Modernaannounced “Weare awareofour powers Leftrevival, its ownnew faces NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER16 on Mondaythat early resultsof under Article 32,” CJI Bobde ob- itslarge ongoinglate-stage trials served,issuing the notices and the newgovernment Monday Modi’s ejection from statepoli- AN INTERNAL assessmentof of avaccine candidateagainst listing thecase forhearing on RAVISHTIWARI underlinedhow the party is ticsunderlinedthis signal. India’s bilateral free trade agree- the novelcoronavirus had November 20. NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER16 bracing forwhat it sees as the The party maybeputting up mentswith nine countries, in- showedanefficacyof94.5 per On November 11,while grant- challenges of its2020 mandate. abrave face citing its winin74 cluding five signatories of the cent —anoutcome that sur- ing interim bail to Republic TVed- IN TERMS of powerpolitics, re- The choice of two—notone seatsbut sources note that this RegionalComprehensive Zhong Shan, Li Keqiang of passedthe expectations of re- itor-in-chief Arnab Goswami, the taining the government in Bihar —Deputy Chief Ministers, isn’tits best performance in al- Economic Partnership(RCEP), China at avirtual RCEP event searchers. Supreme Courthad asked every is an achievement the BJP has TarkishorePrasad and Renu Devi, liance with the JD(U).Ithad won playedapivotal role in the gov- in Hanoi, Monday. Reuters The Moderna resultsoffer highcourtto exercise itsjurisdic- been talkingupsince the results reflectshow the BJP is address- 91 Assemblyseats(of 102itcon- ernment firmingits position strong hopethat vaccines that tion “toprotect liberty… the ulti- came in. But the shuffling in its ing the churn from the word go. tested)in2010inalliancewith againstjoining the megatrade Jaishankar would defeat the deadlyvirus matereason forour existence as rankswith the swearing-in of Indeed, former Deputy CM Sushil CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 pact. The assessmentshoweda that had until Mondaysickened constitutional courts”. “moderateutilisation rate”of defends over 54.5 million and killedmore CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Free Trade Agreements(FTAs) stand than 1.3million people world- overafive-year period,and a wide were finallywithin sight — tradedeficit forIndia in most even though theyare unlikelyto Gehlot hits out at Sibal, cases, save in regard to SAARC NEWDELHI has cited be widelyavailable foratleast Govt incentivesacross sectors nations, TheIndian Express concerns relating to severalmoremonths. has learnt. countries using tariff, as Lastweek,Pfizer-BioNTech Cong again in war of words While the remaining RCEP well as inabilitytoim- and the Russian makers of the but bitter reality checkfor sugar members went ahead and inked plement auto-trigger Sputnik Vvaccine announced Rajasthan Chief Minister adealonSunday —alittle over a safeguards fordomestic that their candidates had been The NarendraModi govern- SUGAR EXPORTS MANOJCG Ashok Gehlothit out at Sibal for year afterPrime Minister industries, to argue that found to be over 90 per cent ef- HARISHDAMODARAN ment had, last year,provided an NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER16 airing his views in public, while Narendra ModiannouncedIndia RCEP does notaddress fective in preliminaryresultsof NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER16 incentive of Rs 10,448 pertonne 60 — Quantity some leaders likeMPs Vivek waswalking out of negotiations itsissues. Steps by India phase 3human trials. 50 (in lakh tonnes) formillsto exportsugarduringthe 56.5 SENIOR CONGRESS leader Kapil Tankhaand Karti Chidambaram citing “significant outstanding is- targeting Chinesein- While Moderna does notyet 40 26 38 EVEN AS the Centrehas an- 2019-20 season (October- 30 27.82 Sibal’s criticism of the stateofaf- reiterated what Sibal said. In a sues” —the bloc has made it vestmentscould also have an arrangementto supplyits nounced production-linkedin- September). That “lumpsum as- 20 fairs in the Congress in the wake series of tweets,Gehlotsaid clear that the door forIndia to re- run foul of RCEP if it vaccine in India —where8.8 mil- centivesworth some Rs 2lakh sistance”—towards expenses on of theparty’spoorshowinthe therewas “no need” forSibal to turn to thenegotiating tablewill were to join the pact. lion have been infected with the 10 0.46 6.32 crorefor ahostofsectors to boost marketing,internaltransport,port 0 Bihar and Assembly, in an inter- mention “internal issues” in the remain open. coronavirus and 1,30,000 have 1 7 2 19 manufacturing investments, the handlingandoceanfreight—was 16 viewtoThe Indian Express, trig- media. He said afterevery elec- However, India’s escalating diedso far—vaccineexpertssaid sugar industryiscomplainingof notifiedbythe Department of -15 geredawar of wordsinthe toralloss, the Congress had political tensions with China INDIA DEFENDS on Mondayevening that it could 2011-1 2010-1 2016-1 2017-18 2012-13 2015- 2018- 2014 2013-14 STAND hugenon-paymentsagainst Food and Public Distribution on 2019-20 grand old party on Monday shown “undividedand firm be- over the lastyear areseen as hav- potentiallyhaveanedge schemes notifiedmorethan a September 12,2019. Responding to the incentive bringing focus backonthe lead- lief in the party leadership” and ing pushedupthe entrybarrier PAGE 4 over Pfizer’s mRNAcandidate scheme, exports surged in 2019-20 year ago. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ership question. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

WORLD PAGE 1 ANCHOR Will Walker finallystayput?Answerkey to tiger roadmap

another is the solutiontoaccom- “Dnyangangaislikeanisland. ity before lettingWalker’s tribe is supposedtobeabreeding sea- VIVEKDESHPANDE modate thecountry’s growing Unlessithas some connectivity grow,” says Kakodkar. son,”says Kakodkar. NAGPUR,NOVEMBER16 tiger population. to other tiger-bearing areas like Officialspoint to twoforest Officials sayWalker’s next Fornow,officials say, Walker Melghat in Amravati district and stretches that can provide a step is acrucial test to create TRUMP DROPSKEY IN MARCH,aradio-collaredtiger “seems to be doing just fine”, Muktai Bhavani in Jalgaon dis- largerareafor atiger population space foragrowingpopulation. PART OF LAWSUIT in India grabbed global attention killing wild boars and blue bulls trict, it makes little sense to facil- to move about:the 74-sq km From 2,226 in 2014,India'stiger PAGE 9 by traversing acircuitous forest inside the 205-sq-km itatethe growth of Walker’s Katepurna SanctuaryinAkola numbers grew 33 per cent to routefromYavatmal in Dnyangangasanctuary. But progenyinDnyanganga. Where and the 18-sq km Karanja Sohol 2,967 in 2019,according to MaharashtrathroughTelangana givenits solitarylife, theysay,it do theygoand howdoween- SanctuaryinWashim. the all-India tiger censuscarried INSIDE before re-entering the statetofi- will soon be time to find amate. sure their geneticplurality?” “ButKatepurna is adegraded, out by theWildlifeInstituteof nallysettle down in Buldana — Already,agovernment com- says NitinKakodkar,Principal thorny forest,and Karanja Sohol India (WII). RAPEVICTIMSET an estimateddistance of 3,000 mittee headed by SrinivasReddy, Chief Conservator of Forest agrassland. They won’t be ideal “For atiger,the toppriorities ONFIREINJAIPUR km coveredinnine months. the field director of Melghat (Wildlife), Maharashtra. fortigers. Ithought Walker arehavingits ownspace and suf- Theycalledhim Walker. TigerReservewho also super- Dnyanganga, he reiterates, might walk in the direction of ficient food. Walker became sta- CABINETMINISTER Today, Walker,now over vises Dnyanganga, has recom- needs to be developedintoareg- Melghat or Muktai Bhavani in ble onlyafter getting space and BHANWARLAL three years old, is at the centreof mendedthat afemale tiger be ular tiger-sustaining area by de- search of afemalesince that area food. Providing afemale is the MEGHWALDIES aconservation challengetofind translocated.But experts warn veloping corridors to connect does have some tigers. But it has easy option —wecan do that — PAGE 3 whether establishing corridors that “the challengeismuchbig- withothersuchlocations. “We Walker snappedonatrap camera. Courtesy Maharashtra Forest Dept so farnot gone that side. Ihope butfor long-term conservation, from one “island-likeforest” to gerthan that”. needtofirstfacilitateconnectiv- it goes there this winter,which CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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BJP challenge get, with about 56.5 lt of sugar central India,Wildlife Protection ureinthe EastAsian region and, gettingshippedout in 2019-20, Society of India. “Otherwise, therefore, would have amajor JD(U). That it has become the surpassing therecordof49.57lt Walker's epic journeywould role in driving the RCEP. senior partner in the alliance has in 2007-08. end up as afootnote in India’s Nitish sworn in, BJP picks two dy CMs However, thereare several little morethan symbolic value. The 56.5 lt exports should tiger story,”hesays. measures that Indiahas taken Partyleaders, however, add have entitledmills to payments 2005, when Nitish came to resentation to the upper caste per caste.RamsuratRai, OBC Manjhi's son and MLCSantosh afterthe Chinese aggression ear- that comparing 2010 with 2020 of over Rs 5,900crore. But actual Gehlot hits out power, and retainedthe post (Vijay Kumar Choudhary), leader from Muzaffarpur,and Kumar Suman took oath.Both lier this year,manyofwhich is unfair.For,2020 wasover- disbursements, according to an had emergedstronger from each sincethen -- exceptwhen Jitan ExtremelyBackwardClass Rampreet Paswan, Scheduled theVIPandHAMwonfourseats would sit uncomfortably withits whelmed by Covid-19and its official, have been hardlyRs600 crisis. RamManjhiwasChief Minister (SheelaKumari), Scheduled Caste MLAfromRajnagar in each. commitmentsunder RCEP, impact on the state's migrant croresofar.The 2020-21Budget Sibaltold TheIndian Express between 2014 and 2015,and Caste (Ashok Kumar Mithilanchal belt, arethe other Meanwhile, the Opposition should it join the agreement,” workers. That the Opposition made no provision towards people no longersaw the party when the JD(U) waswith the Choudhary), and Other twoBJP ministers. Mahagatbandhan alliance boy- said trade expert Biswajit Dhar,a fell shortdespiteathree-term sugar exportassistance forthe as an “effective alternative”and RJD in 2015-2017. BackwardClass (Mewalal While former ministerand cotted theoath-takingcere- professor at Jawaharlal Nehru anti-incumbency clubbed with lastseason. Norwas anyamount said the leadershipwas notad- Besides Nitish, the other ChoudharyandBijendraPrasad seven-time Patna Saheb MLA mony, with stateRJD president University'sCentrefor Economic Covid onlyshows thesupport allocated underthe supplemen- dressing the issue. JD(U) ministers are: veteran Yadav).VijayKumarChoudhary NandKishoreYadavdidnottake Jagdanand Singh calling it “loot Studies and Planning. forthe NDA, said BJP leaders. tary demand forgrantsinthe re- Tankha, aRajya Sabha MP, party leader BijendraPrasad and Ashok Kumar Choudhary oathonMonday, he is tippedto of the mandate”. The RJD Deep down, however, the centsession of Parliament. supportedSibal's stand. Yadav, former Assembly areknown to be closetoNitish. be theAssemblySpeaker–a emergedasthe single largest Bail pleas party is awareofthe challenges. “Mills respondedpositively Speaking to The Indian Express, Speaker VijayKumar TheBJP,whichincreasedits postheld by the JD(U)sofar. partywith75seats. The courtgranted bail to Indeed,the fact that RJD-led to the scheme. Exports were he said, “Wecan’t see the party Choudhary, theparty'sstate tallyfrom53seatsto74inthe PremKumar, anothersenior In atweet,RJD leader Goswami and twootherswho alliance securedanalmostsim- madeatpaper-thin margins, sliding. We arenot able to see it working president Ashok 243-memberAssembly, hasfol- party leader notincludedinto- Tejashwi Yadavcongratulated were arrested in an alleged abet- ilar voteshareisared flag. BJP even afterfactoring in the incen- sliding.Others maynot speak Kumar Choudhary,Tarapur lowedthe Uttar Pradesh for- day'slistofministers,maybeac- Nitishforbeing “nominated”as ment to suicide case, despiteob- leaders admit that this signals tive (of Rs 10,448per tonne). Not because theyhavetheir ownis- MLAand former Vice mula with twoDeputy Chief commodated later. the ChiefMinister. “I hope he jections from the Maharashtra howthe RJD alliance has man- receiving legitimateduesfor sues. And if people likeusdon’t Chancellor of Sabour Ministers. VIP chief Mukesh Sahani, makes his priority positiveis- government, and held that the aged a“widersupport group” shipmentsundertaken many come forwardand speakabout AgricultureUniversityMewalal WhileTarkishorePrasadand who lostbyanarrowmargin sues suchasaspirations of the BombayHigh Courthad erredin than theyenvisaged.Non-Yadav months backcan be very frus- it, history will notforgive us.” Choudhary,and first-time MLA Renu Devi belong to theOBC from Simri Bakhtiyarpur,also peopleofBihar, the NDA's rejecting the bailapplications. Hindu voters have also indicated trating. In many cases, theinter- Calling forconsultationslike from Phulparas Sheela Kumari. andEBC respectively,former tookoathonMonday. Asprom- promise of 19 lakh jobs -- em- Article 32 of the Constitution that the BJP-JD(U) can't take estonbank loans due to the Sibal, Tankha said aprocess was The JD(U),whichisdown Bihar Health MinisterMangal isedbythe BJPearlier, hewillbe ployment,education, health, is afundamental right, which them forgranted. non-receiptofincentive pay- neededinwhich“we think of from 71 seatsto43, has kept so- Pandey, AraMLA Amrendra sent to the Upper House in the livelihood,irrigationandjustice states that individuals have the "This is something the party ment has wipedout even the the best movesfor theCongress cial engineering in mind in its Pratap Singh and Jale MLA state. From the HAM, former -- rather than hisambition for righttoapproachthe Supreme needs to be attentive to,” said a margins from exports,” said and those moveshavetobe choice of ministers,giving rep- JiweshKumarrepresenttheup- Chief MinisterJitan Ram the chair,”hetweeted. Courtseekingenforcement of senior leaderwho is part of state Prakash Naiknavare,managing basedongood reasonsand logic, other fundamental rightsrecog- core groupmeetings. "Aftersuch director, National Federationof notbecauseheismyloyalistor nisedbythe Constitution. aperformancebythe RJD, it Cooperative SugarFactories Ltd. he is my favourite”. Statement of key accused mentions Kamal Nath’s Similar powers to enforce would be erroneous to assume The exportincentive scheme Lok Sabha MP Karti fundamental rights arealso con- that non-Yadavand the poor wasdesignedkeeping in view Chidambaram. “It’s time we in- son, Khurshid, Patel, web of offshore firms ferred on high courts under Hindu voters will notallywith the all-time-high sugar stocksof trospect, ideate, consult &act Article 226 of the Constitution. the RJD," said the leader. 143.33ltwith mills at the start @INCIndia,” he tweeted. UPAIIgovernment –flowed pany.There arenodocuments The twoprovisions arenot mu- That the RJD polledahigher of the 2019-20 season, equiva- Hitting outatSibal,Gehlot through twocompanies, THEINDIANEXPRESSCONTACTEDLAWYERSFOR or bank accountswhichprove tuallyexclusive and allow aciti- voteshare(over 23%) compared lent to over 6.5monthsofdo- tweeted, “Therewas no needfor Saxena’s Interstellar aconnection to him. Anyone zen to either approachthe high to 2010 (19%) when it had con- mestic consumption. Exporting Mr Kapil Sibal to (have)men- Technologies and Global RAJIVSAXENA,SUSHENMOHANGUPTA: can open an offshoreaccount courtthat has jurisdiction over tested more seatsalso showsits wasexpected to improvethe liq- tioned our internal issue in the ServicesownedbyChristian and put a name of someone as the case or the Supreme Court. wideningpopular support. uidity position of mills,enabling media.This has hurt the senti- Michel who wasextradited to GEETALUTHRA, him to respond directly.” Beneficial Ownerand noteven In the past, the Supreme Givenhow Nitish Kumar was them to clear the cane dues of ments of party workers across India in December2018and re- SAXENA’S LAWYER: inform him. He maynot even Court has transferredcases to it- shrunk,the BJP decidedtostep farmers. Exports did happen; the country. Congress has seen mainsinjail. Ihavenot repre- RAJAT MANCHANDA, knowabout it.” self from the high courts. in early to appeal to whatiscon- opening stocks forthe current variouscrises including 1969, These payoffs, Saxena told sented RajivSaxena SAXENA’S CURRENT When contacted,Khurshid Mostrecently,the Supreme sidered Nitish'scontribution to season from October,too, fell to 1977,1989and later in 1996 -- ED, "were(also) forthe benefit since mid 2019...I am un- LAWYER: said: “I am surprisedthat my Courttransferred the casein- the alliance: women and EBC around 110.5 lt. but every-time we came out of political leaders and bureau- awareofthe material, if Iormyclient do not name has croppedupaspartof volving land use forthe national electoral support. It’s with this But it isn’texportincentive stronger duetoour ideology, cratswho were in aposition of any, submitted/tobesub- want to comment the Augusta Westland investi- capital’s Central Vistaproject to in mindthat the party named alone. The Modi government programmes, policiesand firm influencing the decision at that mitted by him to the on the matter.” gations. DevMohan Gupta,the itself from the Delhi High Court. Prasad (OBC Kalwar commu- had on July31lastyear notified belief in party leadership.” point of time. Some of these Enforcement Directorate father of Sushen Mohan Gupta Incidentally,the petitionershad nity) and Devi (EBC Nonia com- ascheme fora40-lt bufferstock He said the Congress has fundswereonceagain, directly or before anyother forum NIRVIKAR SINGH, is aclose familyfriend and Iam notsought suchatransfer.In munity) as itsleaders. of sugar.This stockwas to be “improved with eachand every or indirectly, through structured or authority.Besides, all LAWYER FORGUPTA: his well wisher.Besides know- 2018,the SC had transferredthe Shunting Sushil Modi out is kept in mill premises, with the crisis and also formedthe UPA transactions,and some of the communication with Mr The matter is ing himwell, Idonot knowor case seeking probeintothe also meant to ensurethat he Centrebearing the cost(in terms governmentin2004under the structures setupbyme, were Saxena is protected by at- sub judice and have anyconnection with other deathofjudgeBHLoyafromthe doesn’t overshadowthese two of interest, insuranceand stor- able leadership of Soniaji... We routed intoinvestmentsin torney-client privilege respectfullymyclient persons namedinthe case like BombayHigh Courttoitself. leaders as he has done in the agecharges) forafull year from shall overcome this time too... India." and Iamlegallybound by has no commentsto Ratul Puri or RajivSaxena.’’ When suchtransfers are pastwith, forexample, the August1,2019. While the Even today, Congress is the only In itslatestsupplementary itsconfidentiality.Itisfor offer.” Interestingly,inone of the made, the petitioners lose a party’s leader in the Assembly, scheme’sestimated fiscal outgo party whichcan keep this nation chargesheetfiledonSeptember latestsetsofdozens of ques- stageofappeal that would oth- Prem Kumar,aseveral-term wasRs1,674 crore, payments united and take it forward”. 17,theCBI has said that in 2000, tion-answer transcripts,Saxena erwise have been available. MLAfromGayaand from the have been around Rs 300crore. Youth Congress president Saxena acquired99.9% shares of has admitted that Ratul Puri On Monday,the CJIrefused Chandravanshi EBC community. SrinivasBValso attackedSibal, Interstellar Technologies. frequentlydroppednames of Technologies Limited and had visitedhiminDubai follow- to hearThakkar's case even as “In the stateBJP,Sushil Modi Tiger roadmap tweeting, “When theCongress The chargesheetcites leading political figures in their Global Services have flowed ing hiswifeShivani Saxena’s ar- the counselfor theMaharashtra has been atoweringbanyantree we needtoensureproper chan- party wins elections, thecredit Letters Rogatory from Italyand conversationwith aviewtoim- intoMoser PowerLimited rest by the ED in December government said the state whichputseverybody else in nels fortigers to move in and out is nevergiven to Rahulji. And Mauritius and alleges that press upon their influence in (Ratul Puri’scompany) through 2018. would notobject to granting of the shade,” said asenior leader. of Dnyanganga. That’s atedious when the Congress loses elec- Saxena, in collusion with the corridors of power. Theyof- Optima InvestmentsPLtd, a During the meeting, Saxena bail as the investigation was Implying that his downsizing and challenging proposition. So tions somewhere, then Rahul Gautam Khaitan, receivedEuro tenmentionedthe names of companycontrolledbyRatul said, he (Saxena) showedPuri complete in the case. opens up opportunities forthe we have to be very sureabout Gandhiismaderesponsible... 12.40 million in the account of SalmanKhurshid and Kamal Puri and his family.” evidence of remittances from Senior advocateMahesh futurestate leadershiptogrow what we areprioritising,and Whosoeverisraising questions Interstellar Technologies from uncle whichIdeduce wasaref- In his statement, Saxena Global Services linked to the Jethmalani argued that his client forpost-Nitish electoral politics. how,”says Bilal Habib, asenior today, Iwant to ask them what AugustaWestland. This was erence to Mr Kamal Nath…” bringsupacrucialconnection Augusta Westland kickbacks. Thakker had been arrested de- The other challengethe BJP scientistatthe WII. contributionyou have made for “further routed/laundered for Answering adirect question with acompanycalledPristine He has also admitted that, "he spitethe fact that all charged sees is the revivalofCommunist Habib had radio-collared the organisation?” paying the middlemen and sus- on political beneficiaries, RiverInvestments. “We(Sushen (Ratul Puri) stated thathedid againsthim in the FIR were bail- parties and howtheyhelpedthe Walker in Tipeshwar,where the He said those who aregiving pectedpublic servantsinvolved Saxena said: “I am awarethat Mohan Gupta and himself) re- notknowChristian Michel able offences. “If your lordships RJD-ledalliance in Bhojpurand tigerwas knownasTWLST1C1, “sermons” todaywereministers in the case…” Interstellar Technologies ceivedbridgefunding through Jamesbut these transactions arenot shockedbythis, nothing Magadh regions bordering before it leftinJune 2019. when the Congress wasin Thereare also details of pay- Limited wasone of the main Pristine RiverInvestments, a have been carriedout by his will shockyou,” he argued. Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. BackinBuldana, meanwhile, power. “Buteventhen Rahul mentstotallingEuro9,48,862 companiesto receive kickbacks companymanaged by John hawala operators...I have been “Wesee suchmatters every “Laluhad marginalisedthe thereare demands to preserve Gandhi neither became Prime made by Global Services into from the Augusta Westland. Docherty forBakul Nath, son of sentmessagesbyhim sincethe day. We areimmune to such Communists in Bihar but his son Dnyanganga as atiger area to fa- Ministernor minister. During four companies ownedby Interstellar Technologies was Kamal Nath. Thus, indirectly time he came to Dubai instruct- shocks.Nothing will shockus has giventhem afresh lease of cilitatetourism. Shiv SenaMP that time he wasstrengthening Saxena: Pacific International beneficiallyownedbySushen funds from Interstellar ing me nottogiveany docu- now,”the CJI responded. life,” said aBJP leader. Prataprao Jadhavhas suggested frontal organisations likethe FZC; MidasMetals International Mohan Gupta who controlled Technologies and Global ment/information/statement a10-kmelevatedcorridor be- Youth Congress... And those who LLC; Metolix Ltd; and Eurotrade the companythrough Gautam Serviceswere usedtorepaythe linking his father or his uncle in Moderna Sugar mills tweentwo villagestoreplacethe were ministers... whenwas the Ltd. Khaitan…During my meetings loans from Pristine River anymatter..." especiallyindeveloping coun- The scheme, limited to a 50-km Khamgaon-Buldana lasttime time youhit the streets Saxena’s interrogation fo- with Sushen Mohan Gupta and Investments.” When contacted,Puri told tries, wherethe infrastructureto maximum admissible export road through the sanctuary. with workers againstthe gov- cusesonfinancial transactions Gautam Khaitan theyoften When contacted,Kamal The IndianExpress: “Neither I, storeand transportvaccines at quantity of 60 lakhtonnes (lt) for Thereare also plans to relocate ernment and facedbatons... of twootherkey Augusta mentionedpoliticalbeneficiar- NathtoldTheIndian Express:"I in my personal capacity normy super cold temperatures over all mills, would have entaileda the onlyvillageinside. When wasthe time youopenly Westland case accused, defence ies in India. The name AP was have stated earlier that Ihave companyhavebeen involvedin vast distances maypresent diffi- fiscal outgo of Rs 6,269 crore. Something has to be done criticisedNarendra Modi,Amit dealer Sushen Mohan Gupta mentionedbythemand wasa nothing to do with the compa- anybusinessrelating to de- cult challenges. The industryalmostmet the tar- soon, says NitinDesai, director, Shah and the BJP?” and former Madhya Pradesh reference to AhmedPatel.’’ nies or transactions of my fence, defence procurement or “Moderna’s longterm stor- Delhi Congress chief Anil Chief MinisterKamal Nath’s Revealing alleged political nephew, Ratul Puri. As farasmy armaments…Weoperate and ageisatminus 20°C,whichis Chaudharyinvited Sibal, who nephew RatulPuri. linksofthe payoffsvia company son, Bakul Nath, is concerned, ownmultiplebusinesses in var- what we do with our polio vac- has represented Chandni Chowk Both Gupta and Puri have structures setupbyhim or he is an NRIbasedinDubai. I ious countries…wecomply cines. Theyhavesaid that their in Delhi in the Lok Sabha, to beenin custodyandare nowon through his Dubai-basedcom- had heardabout him being de- with allthe necessarylocal vaccine can stay out of minus comeforward to fight against bail. panyMatrix Group Limited, scribedas theBeneficial Owner rules, regulationsand laws that 20°C foruptoamonth, so that Modi and DelhiChief Minister Saxena alleges that “name- Saxena told the ED that “indi- of Pristine Riverand when I pertain to India. As the matter makes it amuchmorefeasible ArvindKejriwal. dropping” by Guptaand rectlyfunds receivedbyRatul spoketomyson, he said he is sub-judice, therefore,we can- vaccinefor our programmes,” Khaitanwas“legendary.”“They Puri through Interstellar knewnothing about the com- notcomment.” vaccine scientistDrGagandeep RCEP stand Kang, aprofessor at Christian forthe government. Also, given Medical College, Vellore, said. that India already has bilateral viewthat it would serveIndia's cialyears wasamodest7.1 per tioned, officials said, is the lop- 2016;and the India-Nepal “The problem”,DrKang said, Maj Ajay Lt Amit Kumar Nk Kishore Nk Bhukhan pactswith anumberofRCEP interesttoinveststronglyinne- cent. The study covers pacts sidedtrade deficit againstIndia Treaty of Trade wasextendedin “will be cost,because Moderna Upreti, SM Beniwal Dung Dung Oraon members including the ASEAN gotiating bilateral agreements signedwith Sri Lanka, in mostofthesedeals. 2016.Eight rounds of negotia- has said that their vaccine will bloc,South Korea, and Malaysia with the United States and the Afghanistan, Thailand, WhereRCEPmembers are tions have been completedfor cost $37(morethanRs2,750), —and is negotiatingagreements European Union. Singapore, Japan, Bhutan, Nepal, concerned, India’s deficitshave the reviewofthe India-Korea whichisalot”. with some of the RCEP members However, it hasbeen con- Republic of Koreaand Malaysia. marginallyreducedinmost CEPA, whichcommencedin Vaccine expertDrDavinder suchasThailand, Australia and veyedtoother signatories of The onlyexceptions to these cases. However, itsdeficit with 2016.India has takenupthe re- Gillwas emphatic that “Ifitre- NewZealand —the costofopt- RCEP that ‘Act East’ wasthe findings include sectors suchas ASEAN as abloc has increased viewofthe India-JapanCEPA allycame down to achoice be- ing out of the deal is being seen bedrock of India’s economic pol- iron and steel forthe India-Korea since2018-19, according to data and India-ASEAN FTAwithits tweenthe Pfizer and Moderna Nk Amrit Lal L/NkSaiba Sep Chandan as notoutweighingthe benefits icy,and that itsengagement Comprehensive Economic from theMinistry of Commerce trading partners. candidates, then the Moderna Horo Baskey Kumar Jha of keeping China at bay. with ASEAN countries and other Partnership Agreement (CEPA) and Industry. While the possibility of India candidatewould offerabenefit.” Today,wepay homage to the Veer Biharis of 8BIHAR who laid Officialsalso pointedtowork trading partners would con- and India-Japan CEPA; plastics The pulloutfromthe RCEP joining RCEP as an observer is However, Dr Gillsaid, “I would down their lives on 17 Nov 2008, while carrying out search and that is underwaytoactivatethe tinue, an official involvedinthe in the case of the India- has come at atimewhenIndia notbeing ruledout, officials in- saythat neither oneofthose is rescue operations in the hazardous, snow covered peaks of Gurez trilateral SupplyChain exercise told TheIndian Express. SingaporeComprehensive is reviewing existing trade dicated that “thecurrent struc- ideal foradeveloping country.” Sector in J&K. Their selfless actions were in the highest traditions Resilience Initiative (SCRI) with The government’s assess- Economic Cooperation agreements. Tworeviews of the tureofRCEP”did notreflect the This wasbecause, he said, of the Indian Army.We, the fraternity of the Veer Biharis, salute Japan andAustraliathat aims to ment of various bilateral trade Agreement;and automobiles India SingaporeCECAhavebeen RCEP Guiding Principles or ad- “What youhavetoalso remem- them. increase collaboration and cut agreementshas revealedthat and automotive componentsin completed; theIndia-Bhutan dress the outstanding issues and beristhe scale... the available in- THE BIHAR REGIMENT ASSOCIATION the dependency on Chinese in- the growth in trade (CAGR) with the case of the India-Malaysia AgreementonTrade Commerce concerns of India. frastructuretostore polio vac- puts. Also,thereisagrowing partners overthe lastfivefinan- CECA.Whathas also been men- and Transit wasrenewedin “China has been acentral fig- cines will notbeenough.”

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Two killed, nine injured in clashes Rapevictimsetonfirebyaccusedin in Bharatpur district; no arrests JaipuronDiwali;conditioncritical PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA JAIPUR,NOVEMBER16 Victim’s daughter sustains injurieswhile trying to save her;familyblames police ‘carelessness’

TWOPEOPLE diedand nineoth- brateDiwali and sether on fire. The SHO addedthat acourt rested four people, includingthe The Indian Express: “Ever since ers were injuredduring aclash DEEPMUKHERJEE Her familymembers have had issuedanarrestwarrant prime accused, afterthe woman the FIR waslodged in April, we between twogroups in JAIPUR,NOVEMBER16 accusedthe police of careless- againstthe accusedinJulyand said in her statement that the ac- were repeatedly meeting and re- Bharatpur district on Monday, ness fornot arresting the ac- he has been absconding since cusedwas assistedbyhis two questing thepolice to arrest the police said. A35-YEAR-OLD woman in Jaipur cusedearlier. the FIR waslodged in April. brothers and father. accused. His familymembers The deceasedhavebeen wasallegedly setonfirebyaman “In April this year,the woman “The accusedpoured inflam- “Wehavearrestedthe ac- were threatening us and despite identified as 34-year-old who is accusedofraping her and had lodgedan FIR against theac- mable substance and sether on cused, whoisalsoadmittedin repeated requests,the police Rohitash Jatavand 60-year-old had been on the runsince April cused, who is also her distant rel- fire,” the SHO said. “When the hospital; his twobrothers and didn't take anyaction. They AsharfiDevi, theysaid. this year.She sustained70per ative. She had stated thatabout woman's 12-year-olddaughter his father on chargesincluding acted in averycareless way. He Jatav wasshotdead during cent burn injuries and is stated twoyears ago, the accusedhad triedtosaveher,she also sus- those under IPC Section 307(at- wasarrestedonlyafter he the violence,police said,adding to be critical, still in hospital. rapedher.Since then, theac- tainedburn injuries on her legs. tempttomurder),” theSHO said. bargedintoour house and set that the cause of Devi's death is According to police,the inci- cused, who is around 30 years The accused, too, suffered Familymembers of victim ac- my wifeonfireunderawell-pre- yettobeascertained. dent took place on Saturday old, wasabsconding,”the SHO of around 30 per cent burninjuries cusedthe police of carelessness pared plan. Theclash brokeout between night –the accusedallegedlyen- thepolice station concernedin in the process. The girl's condi- and held that delayinarrestofthe “My wife's condition is criti- groupsled by one Asu Mevand teredthe woman's house while Jaipur,wherethe case wasregis- tion is stable.” accusedled to Saturday's crime. cal. This incident is ablotonthe Kundan Jatav,theysaid. she waslighting lamps to cele- tered, said on Monday. He said the police have ar- The victim's husband told administration.” Police said that the reason seems to be old enmity over a Prime MinisterNarendraModi unveils the ‘Statue of Peace’ matter related to apanchayat to mark the 151th birth anniversarycelebrations of election held in the past. Cabinetminister BhanwarlalMeghwal passesawayat72 Jainacharya VijayVallabhSurishwer Ji Maharaj,atVijay “Members of both groups Vallabh Sadhana Kendra, Jetpura, in Pali, via video clashedwith eachotherand illness. We have been together 1977 &was astrongDalit face firstcontestedonaCongress conferencing, in NewDelhi,Monday. PIB/PTI openedfire, whichleftRohitash EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE since 1980. My heartfelt condo- of the Congress. Had the hon- ticket from Sujangarhin1977 Jatav of one group dead. Asharfi JAIPUR,NOVEMBER16 lences to hisfamilymembers in our of having him as my VP in but losttoaJanataParty candi- Devi from the other group also this mostdifficult time, may PCC for5years and worked date. He wonhis firstelection PM asksseers to disseminate diedinthe clash,”CircleOfficer AILINGRAJASTHAN cabinet God give them strength. May closely withhim forour come- from Sujangarhasaninde- Kaman Pradeep Singh said. minister, Master Bhanwarlal his soul RIP,” the CM tweeted. backin2018.” Congress MLA pendent candidate in 1980,but He addedthat nine others Meghwal, passedawayatapri- In aseparatestatement, the and formerTourismminister lostinthe 1985 election,when message of ‘vocalfor local’ were injured in theincident. vate hospital in Gurugramon CM said thatMeghwal vocifer- VishvendraSingh tweetedthat he contestedonaCongress Multiple FIRs related to dif- Monday. He was72. ouslyraisedDalit issues and he is “saddenedbeyond belief” ticket. Modi said that seers had ferent matters have been regis- Meghwal had suffereda carved aspecialidentity for to learn that his “senior col- He wasre-elected from PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA playedanimportant role in teredbymembersofboththe paralytic stroke in Mayand was himself in public life. league and elder brother” is no Sujangarhin1990,losing out to JAIPUR,NOVEMBER16 strengthening the freedom groupsagainsteachinthe last brieflyadmitted at thegovern- “Saddenedbythe demiseof more. BJP’s Rameshwar Lal Bhati in movement and assertedthat it two-three years on different ment run-SMS Hospital in Rajasthan CabinetMinister, Incidentally, Meghwal’s 1993 by amargin of 1,732votes. PRIME MINISTER Narendra wasnow the time to focuson matters, police said. Jaipur.Hewas then airliftedto MasterBhanwarlal Meghwal Ji. Bhanwarlal Meghwal’s daughter BanarsiMeghwal had In 1998,Bhanwarlal defeated Modi on Mondayurged seers to 'vocal forlocal' campaign. The officer said thataddi- Gurugram on May15, and had He wasaveteran leader who daughter Banarsi Meghwal passedaway18daysago. Bhati by amargin of 14,165 help spread the messageof'vo- “I would like to requestour tional police forcehas been de- been undergoing treatment at a waspassionate about serving had passedaway18days “He wasknown as ada- votes. cal forlocal', an initiative to pro- saints andseers that wherever ployedinthe villagetomaintain private hospital since then. Rajasthan. In this hour of sad- ago. bangg Dalit leader and for In 2003, Bhanwarlal lostto mote local products. theygoand speak,the message peaceand lawand order. Bhanwarlal Meghwal wascab- ness, my condolences to his keeping his promises,” said BJP’s Khemaram Meghwal but He also unveileda'Statue of of 'vocal forlocal' should be He informedthat no one has inetministerfor Social Justice familyand supporters,” the Bhanwarlal Pujari, former defeated himin2008elections. Peace' to markthe 151stbirth spread by them,” he said been be arrested so far. and Empowerment Prime Minister’s office tweeted. cluding aworkshop on civic Churu president of Congress Khemaram bouncedbackin celebration of JainacharyaVijay while addressing a Department as well as Disaster The Rajasthan government and panchayati elections, and party’s candidatefor 2013 anddefeatedBhanwarlal, Vallab Surishwer in Pali district programme throughvideo con- Police said that the Management and Relief has declared statemourning on whichwas to be addressedby Ratangarhassemblyseat in onlytobedefeated by through video conferencing. ferencing. Department in the Ashok Tuesday, whenall government CM Gehlot, Rajasthan in-charge 2018 Assemblyelection. “He al- Bhanwarlal again in 2018. reason behind the Gehlotcabinet. Gehlotjoined offices will be closedand the AjayMaken, among others. ways contestedfrom Bhanwarlalalsounsuccess- clashes seems to be old other leaders in extending their nationalflag willbeflown at Former Deputy CM Sachin Sujangarh,” Pujari said. fullycontested2014Lok Sabha enmity over amatter condolences. half-mastasamarkofrespect. Pilotsaid that he was, “Shocked Between 1977 and 2018, electionsfromGanganagar,los- “Deeplysaddenedatthe Congress statepresident by thesad news of RajMinister Bhanwarlal Meghwal con- ing to BJP’s Nihalchand. “He related to apanchayat passing away of my ministerial Govind Singh Dotasraan- Sh. Meghwal passing away. tested tenAssemblyelections wasfirstmade ministerin polls held in the past colleague MasterBhanwarLal nouncedthe cancellation of his Fondlycalled“MasterJi” he had from Sujangarh—areserved SC Gehlot’s cabinet backin1998,” Meghwaljiafter aprolonged programmes on Tuesday, in- been fightingelections since seat —winning five of them. He Pujari said.

Jaipur WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 4 EXPRESS NETWORK THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,NOVEMBER17,2020 Jaishankar Lookingatwaystoimprove Modi to attend BRICS defends decision summit, share mediaregulatorysystems:I&B platform withXiagain to notsignRCEP context, including the reform aPress Councillikesystem…, nor Journalism shouldberespon- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE of the multilateral system, the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE is thereany self-regulation”, the sible, theMinistersaid —and NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER16 MEA said. SHUBHAJITROY NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER16 Ministersaid. And while thereis whilecriticismwasallright,“if the The summit will also dis- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER16 some verygood content on some editor and journalists have per- PRIME MINISTER Narendra cuss measures to mitigatethe THEGOVERNMENTisconsidering of them, thereare “some bad and sonaldignity,eventhe common Modi will take part in the 12th impact of the ongoing pan- ADAY afterthe Regional stronger regulatorymechanisms some very bad” films and shows personhas it”. BRICS summittobehostedby demic, cooperation in counter Comprehensive Economic forthe news media, and anew Prakash too. Ontheissueof allegedmanip- RussiaonTuesday, wherehe terrorism, trade, health, energy Partnership Agreement(RCEP) code of conduct fortelevision, Javadekar “Because of this”, he said, ulationof TelevisionRatingPoints will once againshare aplat- and people to people ex- wassignedby15countries — Information and Broadcasting “theretoo,whatcanbedone, peo- (TRPs), Javadekar said the com- form with Chinese President Xi changes. without India —External Affairs MinisterPrakashJavadekarsaidon ple aresuggesting, and we arelis- mittee setupbythe Ministryto Jinping. The purpose of the Russian MinisterSJaishankar said on NationalPress Day. The govern- editors,journalists,photographers tening”. His Ministrygets“many explorewaystostrengthenthe The twoleaders shared a BRICS chairmanship in 2020, as Mondaythat the impact of past mentdoesnotwantto “restrict”or andparliamentarians.Butpeople letterseveryday andwe consider systemwouldgive itsreportsoon. virtual platform on November it is formultifacetedcoopera- pactshas been de-industrialisa- SJaishankar “interfere” in the freedom of the aredemanding that the Press them all”, Javadekar said. Thefour-membercommitteeun- 10 at theShanghai Cooperation tion between the BRICS coun- tion and the consequences of fu- press, but the mediamustbe“re- Council should be givenmore However, Javadekarsaid,“Ibe- der Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Organisation(SCO) summit, tries, is to contributetoraising tureones would lockIndia into sponsible”, he said. powers.Thatisalsobeingconsid- lieve presspersonnel should Shekhar Vempati wasset up on whereModi had said that all livingstandards and quality of “global commitments” —many ready apparent;ortohavethe Javadekar’s comments on ered,” Javadekar said. themselvestakethe lead,should November 4. member nations of the SCO lifeofour people, aRussian of themnot to India’sadvantage. couragetothink through the Mondaycame aweekafter the Talking about TV news,he institutionalise aprinciple of re- Thegovernmenthadneverin- should respect eachothers’ statement said. Healsosaidthatthosewhoar- problem forourselves. We chose governmentbroughtonlinenews said,“ThereisnoPressCouncillike sponsible freedom”. terfered with the Broadcast sovereignty and territorial in- “Despitethe current global gue “stressing openness and effi- the latter,” Jaishankar said at the andentertainmentplatformsun- system forTVchannels, so there Forthat, he said,“all the sys- Audience Research Council tegrity. situation due to the spread of ciency”donotpresentthefullpic- Deccan Dialogue —anevent or- derthepurviewofhisMinistryon shouldbeself-regulationforthat”, tems should be improved,and (BARC), abody of advertisers, ad- Indian and Chinese soldiers thecoronavirus infection, the ture, and that this was“equallya ganisedbyMEAandIndianSchool November 9, adecision that has and mentionedthat“thereisone (media personnel)should accept vertisingagencies,andbroadcast- arelockedinaborder standoff activities under the Russian worldofnon-tariffbarriersof sub- of Business, Hyderabad. triggered concern about possible institution,and anyone can com- the challengeofmaking them ers,“becauseif theadvertiserand in eastern Ladakh forthe last BRICS Chairmanship in 2020 sidies and statecapitalism” —an He said the outlook of censorship in the future. plain to them andtheyevenpun- work properly”. the broadcasterare on the same six months. arecarriedout in aconsistent oblique referencetoChina. Atmanirbhar Bharat is “crucial”. At awebinarorganisedbythe ishtheerringchannels”.TheNews “The government does not pagethen whyshould we come The MinistryofExternal manner.Since January 2020 “In the name of openness, we “This approach, instead of allow- Press Council of India, Javadekar BroadcastingStandardsAuthority wantto interfereinit,anddoesnot in between”, Javadekar said. Affairs said on Mondaythat at morethan60eventshavebeen have allowedsubsidisedproducts ing others to decide our future spokeabout the different regula- is the self-regulatorybody forTV want to restrictany freedom, but However, “nowthe time has the invitation of Russian organised, including via video- andunfairproductionadvantages prospects,isacase forbuilding tory systems forprint and televi- news channels. this is your responsibility,that if come that we have to interfere”, President Vladimir Putin, Modi conferencing,” said Anton fromabroadto prevail.Andallthe strong national capabilities and sionnews,andtheneedforsuch a “But thereare manychannels government has faith in you he said. “Earlier thereusedtobe will be attending the 12th BRICS Kobyakov,Advisertothe while, this wasjustified by the deep strengths.Itisfar from turn- system foronline platforms.“The thatarenotevenmembersof that,” should setanexampleofrespon- 5000 meters, that is whythere summit hostedbyRussia. The President of the Russian mantraofanopenandglobalised ing our backonthe world; in fact, freedom of the pressisbeing dis- Javadekarsaid—and“theyhaveno sible freedom,responsible jour- wasmanipulation.If thereisasys- theme will be ‘Global Stability, Federation. economy...Thechoicewasto dou- itisto enter the globalarena with cussedagaintoday, andIsaidthat restrictions”. “Suchasystemcan- nalism.” temtocapture the choices of 1 SharedSecurity and Innovative The BRICS Summit will be ble down on an approachwhose cards to play, notjusttoprovide a thewaypressfreedomisbeingat- notexist. People aresuggesting to The “freedom of the press” crorepeople,sohowwilltherebe Growth’. the “jewel-in-the-crownevent” damagingconsequenceswere al- market forothers,” he said. tacked,that is notgood,” the us that we should also come up wasthe “soulofdemocracy”, anymanipulation?” During the 12th Summit, of the Russian BRICSchairman- Ministersaid. with acode of conduct whichis Javadekar said. But, he said,“the “Howtokill the possibility of held in the backdrop of the ship, whichwill provide impe- “PressCouncil of India is an- commonforallchannels.We have freedom of thepress is notlimit- manipulation, we have created a 75th anniversaryofthe UN and tusfor further strengthening other mechanism of self-regula- nottaken adecision, but we are less”. It mustbea“responsible committee forit, and it will not in themidst of the Covid-19 cooperation together with our tion. Thoughthe head is ap- considering it as well,” he said. freedom” —and “any freedom”, take toomuchtime and will give pandemic,leaderswill be dis- partners to ensure the well-be- pointedbythegovernment,ithas ForonlineorOverthe Top he said,“comes with itsinherent areportsoononwhatispossible,” cussing intra-BRICS coopera- ing of BRICS countries, representativesofpress owners, (OTT) platforms, “thereisneither restrictions”. Javadekar said. tion and keyissues in the global Kobyakov said. 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der Tejashwi Prasad Yadavhas the Election Commission of SANTOSHSINGH refrainedfromattacking ally India’s explanation on the PATNA,NOVEMBER16 Congress, the party’s national process of counting of postalbal- vice -presidentand former MP lots. WITH RJD stateunit chief Shivanand Tiwari blamedthe While notreacting to Tiwari’s Jagdanand Singh calling the elec- Sonia Gandhi-ledparty forthe remarks,RJD statepresident tion result a“dacoity” of the Mahagathbandhan’s defeat in Singh said, “The Assemblyelec- mandate, all constituentsofthe the elections. tion result is dacoity of the man- party-ledMahagathbandhan The RJD on Mondayalso date. Nitish Kumar is being boycottedNitish Kumar’s swear- hintedthat 21 alliancecandi- playedbythe BJP and the RSS.” ing-in as Bihar chief ministeron dates who lostbynarrowmar- Taking aswipe at Nitish for Monday. gins could move the courtsoon, being “nominated”aschief min- Meanwhile, even as RJD lea- as they were notsatisfiedwith ister, Tejashwi tweeted: “...Hope youfocusless on your aspirations of clinging to chair and more on aspirations of people of Bihar and give priority to theNDA Nalanda University invites the Percentage rate e-Tenders for the development of agenda of 19 ONGRID SOLAR System from eligible PSUs and Govt Agencies as per the RFP in lakh jobs cre- two bid system through Central Public Procurement Portal (CPPP,e-tender ID No ation, education, 2020_NUNIV_595562_1) under the Phase-I of construction programme of the irrigation and UnionHome MinisterAmitShah and Bihar CM NitishKumarafter the ceremonyMonday. University’sNet-Zero Campus being constructed at Rajgir,Bihar. other construc- RJD leaderJagdanand Singh said Nitish is being “playedbythe BJPand the RSS”. PTI For further details and downloading of complete tender documentsplease visit tive issues.” www.nalandauniv.edu.in or log on to http://eprocure.gov.in/eprocure/app.The Earlier in day, eligible bidders are requested to submit the e-tenders through CPPP- Tiwari told re- party did nothold (even) 70 pub- gathbandhan with itspoor elec- www.eprocure.gov.in. porters: “The lic meetings. Itstop leader Rahul toralshow, however, defended The terms and conditions shall be applicable as per the NIT. Congress wasin- Gandhiheld justthree meetings Rahul and playeddownTiwari's Registrar terested onlyin in Biharand spent holidays in remarks.“It could be just an in- contesting on Shimla.” Tiwari also wondered dependent viewofShivanand moreseatsand whyPriyanka Gandhi Vadradid Tiwari, as he is notanRJD nottrying to win notcampaign in Bihar. spokesperson,” he told reporters mostofthem. Senior Congress leader and in Patna. “The Congress is ana- The Congress former MP Tariq Anwar, who tional party and has to lookafter contestedon70 had earlier blamedhis ownparty party affairs of the entirecoun- seats, but the forpulling down the Maha- try, unlike aregional party.” New deputy CMs picks of Sushil Modi

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SENIOR BJP leaderSushil Kumar Modi may notbeChiefMinister Nitish Kumar’s deputy this time, but his stampisappar- ent in the newNDA government, as the twonew deputy chief ministers from BJP — TarkishorePrasad and Renu Devi —are seen as Sushil Modi’s choices. WhilePrasad,fourth-timeKatiharMLA, willbetheBJPlegislaturepartyleader,Devi, also afourth-time MLA—from Betia –was madedeputyleaderof thelegislatureparty. Theelevationof thetwoleadersareseen as partofthe BJP’s powertransfer from the older generation of leaders comprising the trioofSushil Kumar Modi,NandKishore Yadavand Prem Kumar —all three were Renu Devi and TarkishorePrasad ministers in the previous government —to take the oath Monday. PTI the younger lot. The party has followedthe Uttar Pradesh modelofhaving twodeputy CMs in an apparent effort to reachout to its committed party worker.“Iamover- corevotergroupof OBCVaishya (Bania)and whelmedatthe responsibility giventome. the newly cultivated constituencyofEBCs. Itisamatterof pridefortheSeemanchalre- While Prasad, who comes from RSS gion,” he saidonMonday. background, belongs to OBC Kalwar com- Renu Devi said: “I would seek advice munity, Renu Devi, who has also worked from my guardian and predecessor,Sushil withDurga Vahini,the women’s wing of Kumar Modi. The Prime Ministeralways VHP,belongsto Noniacommunity,apromi- talksabout women’s empowerment.Iwill nentcasteamongEBCsbesidesSahanis.Her trytobeequal to the task.” elevation as deputy CM is also seen as re- Devi, who wasearlier aminister in flection of Prime Minister NarendraModi's 2010,had lostthe 2015 Assemblyelection. focusonthecaste-neutralwomenconstitu- She has also studieduptoClass XII and ency,whomhereferredto as“silentvoters” wasearlier the BJP Mahila Morchahead in in the Bihar elections. Bihar and wasalso aBJP national vice- DeviisthefirstdeputyCMof Biharfrom president. She has been active in social life her community. since1988. Although representing Katihar since InselectingPrasadandDevi,theBJPhas October 2005 Vidhan Sabha elections, runginanew eraofitspolitics,withablend Prasad, who studieduptoClass XII, was of leaders coming with RSS background hardlynoticedinstate politics earlier.He whohavebeenworking at the grassroots. wasseldom discussedamong front-line Sources said the party might induct some leaders and alwayscarriedthe imageofa young faces in Cabinet expansion in future.

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COPS POINT TO TANTRIC PRACTICE Quad navies to begin second InKanpur,girlraped,killed, phase of Malabar exercise today KRISHNKAUSHIK NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER16 Baghel had earlierwritten to herlivercutout;4arrested Shah in September INDIA,US, Japan and Australia will participateinthe second KumarSrivastava, thetwoyouths Senior officers,along with foren- that their “uncle”gavethem phase of the Malabar navalexer- In Baghel letter AVANEESHMISHRA were paid Rs 1,500between sic teams and dog squad, visited moneytobring girl’s liver. “The cise in the Northern Arabian Sea LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER16 them forthe task; theyreportedly the spotand later we found that uncle and his wifesaid theywere from November 17 to November to Shah, five- usedthe money to buy alcohol. twoyouths from the neighbor- unabletohaveachild since their 20. It is the firsttime in over a ASEVEN-YEAR-OLD girlwas kid- The accusedhavetold the police hood had abducted the girlon wedding in 1999 and believed dozen years that the four coun- point plan to nappedand sexuallyassaulted thattheysexuallyassaulted the the pretextofgiving her apacket that eating the girl’s liverwill help tries areparticipating in sucha The firstphase wasconductedearlier this monthoff the before she wasmurderedon girland then strangledher.They of potato chips.” The duo triedto them have achild,”the SP said. large navalexercise —the first Visakhapatnam coast. PTI file tackle Maoism Diwali night by twomen, who subsequentlyallegedly cutopen sexuallyassault her,and when “Both menwereinebriated – phase wasconducted earlier this were allegedly paid by one of her stomach to remove her or- facedresistance theytiedher theytook the girl, sexually as- month offthe Visakhapatnam in Bastar region their relativestoget the child's gans, the police said. Postmortem hands”, Singh said. saultedher before cutting her coast. scope and complexity over the BayofBengal” from November 3 liverfor tantric practices. reportshows shockand hemor- SP Srivastava said an FIRhas body open and bringingher liver The four countries also form years” and the current 24th edi- to November6.“Thisphasewillin- The incident took place in a rhagedue to antemortem in- been filedunder IPC Sections 302 to their uncle.” The police have the Quadrilateral Security tion“highlightsenhancedcon- volvecoordinatedoperationsof in- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE villageinrural Kanpur. juries as cause of death. (murder)and201(causingdisap- notfound the organatthe latter's Dialogue, or the Quad, and their vergenceofviews amongstthe creasing complexitybetween the RAIPUR,NOVEMBER16 The relative,police officers “On Diwali night, the girl pearance of evidence of offence) house, he added. coming together foramajor four vibrant democracies on naviesof Australia,India,Japanand said, has been childless since her went missing while playing out- and duringinterrogation the duo Expressing condolences, wargame sends astrong message maritime issues, and showcases theUnitedStates,”theNavymen- CHHATTISGARH CHIEF minister marriage in 1999 and as part of side her home. Local residents confessedto thecrime.IPCsection Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adity- to China at atimewhen India and their commitment to an open, tioned. Bhupesh Baghel has written to tantric practices believedthat and the police looked forher but dealing with gangrape and rele- anath announcedacompensa- Chinaare involvedinamilitary inclusive Indo-Pacific and a The second phase, it said, Union Home MinisterAmit Shah eating the girl's liverwill help couldnot find her through the vant Sections of the Protection of tion of Rs 5lakh forthe victim's standoffineastern Ladakh. rules-basedinternational order”. “will witness joint operations, requesting financial help to end them have achild. The couple night,” Kanpur NagarDIG Children from Sexual Offences family and directed the authori- The Malabar series of exer- The Navy said the second centered around the the “malaise of Naxalism” from and the twoyoung men who al- Preetinder Singh said.“Next (POCSO) Actweresubsequently ties to take strict actionagainst cises, whichbegan as an annual phase will take “forward thesyn- VikramadityaCarrier Battle Chhattisgarhbycreatingjobsand legedly committedthe crime morning, her mutilatedbody addedtothe FIR. those involved.Hesaid the state bilateral navalexercise between ergy achievedintherecentlycon- Group of the IndianNavyand providingfinancialhelptotheLeft have been arrested. wasfoundaround akilometer Srivastavasaid the twohave government will ensurehearing India and the US in 1992, the cludedPhase1ofExerciseMalabar Nimitz Carrier StrikeGroup of WingExtremismaffecteddistricts AccordingtoSP(Rural) Brijesh from the village near ajungle. confessedduring interrogation of the case in afast-trackcourt. Navy said, “has seen increasing 2020,whichwasconductedinthe the US Navy”. in Bastarregion. The Chief Minister, in the let- ter—the second such requestby Snowfall delays BagheltoShah on the issue in the Clashes in Kanpur state—sent on November 12, departureof mentionedafive-pointplanto en- surethat Bastarregion is made after man beaten to Yogi, Rawat freeof Maoism.Healsosoughtthe Centre’s cooperation in imple- from Kedarnath mentationof worksinMaoist-af- death; six arrested fectedareas,particularly inBastar. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Pointing out theneedofjob LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER16 creation and connectivity in the have been arrested.Headded remote forested region, Baghel EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE that while the accusedand the UTTAR PRADESH CM Yogi said“youngstersof Bastar”should LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER16 victim have their houses nearby, Adityanathand UttarakhandCM begivenvariousjobopportunities police have notcome to knowof TrivendraSingh Rawatwere sothattheydon'tjointheMaoists. CLASHESERUPTED between anyold enmity between them. stuckatKedarnath shrine in “If thesteelplantsset upinBastar, twocommunities at Wajidpur So far, an FIR has been filed Uttarakhand forovereighthours aniron-orericharea,areprovided ColonyinChakeri area of Kanpur againstthe Muslim accusedas on Mondayfollowing heavy iron orewitha30% discount, sev- on Sundayevening aftera22- the police have notreceivedany snowfall in the area. eral firms would be encouraged year-old man wasallegedly complaintagainstthose in- Due to bad weather condi- to setupand willprovidejobsfor beaten to death by agroup of volvedinthe clash from the vic- tions, both CMs rescheduled many,”hewrote. youths belonging to another tim's side,the DIG added. their programme to visit Baghelalsorequested“gener- community.Six persons, includ- “By the time police got the in- Badrinath shrine forTuesday. ousgrants”fromtheCentre to es- ing awoman,havebeen ar- formation and reachedthe spot, Adityanath and Rawathad tablishcoldchainsandotherfacil- rested,said police. those involvedinthe clash had reachedKedarnath shrine in ities to ensurecollectionofforest Accordingtopolice, the clash escaped. At the spot, we found at Rudraprayag district on Sunday produce from the regions, along started when the victim, identi- leastsix persons and theywere and jointlyinspected therede- withhelpinsetting up solar en- fied as Pintu Nishad, inadver- takentothe hospital. While the velopment worksinthe area. ergy generators forplaces where tentlysteppedonawaterpouch rest had minor injuries, Pintu Theystayedtheretoattend the the electricity grid has notbeen causing the watertosplashon had sufferedaseriousinjuryon SEASON’S FIRST SNOW closing ceremonyofthe shrine abletoreachinthe state. the accused. As per the FIR regis- his head. He wasdeclared dead Mondaymorning. Afterthat, Requesting grantsfor the up- teredonthe basis of acomplaint on arrival. Heavy police forceand Tourists enjoyasledgeride at GulmarginBaramulla district of Kashmir afterthe firstsnowfall of the season on Monday. theyweretoreachBadrinath comingBodhghatirrigationproj- lodged by the victim's brother, PACteams have been deployed Authorities have issued an avalanche warninginfour districtsofthe Valleyasthe higher reaches of the Union Territory shrine before 10 am to laythe ect,healsosaidthatRs50crorebe Pintu and nephewDeepak had in the area whichhas been receivedmoderatetoheavy snowfall, while the plains were lashedbyrain. PTI foundation stone of aTourist grantedto eachofthe sevenaspi- leftfor awalk in the evening. peaceful sincethe forces arrived GuestHouse of UP Tourism rational districts’ collectors for "There wasawaterpouchlying there,” said Kanpur NagarSP Department, and then leave for generating employment. on the road and Pintu mistak- (East) Rajkumar Agarwal. Dehradun. The guesthouse is Baghelhad earlier written to enly steppedonit. As aresult, The SP said the Nishad family proposedtocome up on 4010 ShahinSeptemberrequestingad- some amount of watersplashed refused to crematethe bodyand UP Dalit woman who went Odisha Collector booked sqm area at acostofRs11crore. ditionalCRPFbattalionspromised on Faiz and his associates, who demonstrated alleging that sev- However, amid the rain and to the statesince 2018. were standing nearby. Theyall eral Muslim families were ille- missing found dead, 1held ‘for assistant’s murder’ snowfall since early morning, Terming the letter a“political startedabusing Pintu and his gallyliving in the colony. duetowhich helicopters could move”, Leader of Oppositionand nephew,and when he objected, “On the complaint, the missing complaint with the lo- CCTVfootage of the collector’s nottook offdue to very lowvis- BJPMLA DharamlalKaushiksaid, theystarted beatingthem canes, Divisional Commissioner has EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE calpolice station on November AISHWARYAMOHANTY office wastampered with. ibility,the CMs, along with other “Instead of formingaplan and sticks.Avillageresident,Ram formedathree-member com- LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER16 12... the woman and Bhal Chand BHUBANESWAR,NOVEMBER16 Panda wasfounddead under pilgrims, had to stay at workingonit,thisgovernmentjust Naresh, sawthis and informed mittee to look intothe allega- were in arelationship forsome mysterious circumstanceson Kedarnath. Weather conditions wantsmonetaryhelpfromthe us. We all rushedtothe spot and tionsand find out if families POLICEHAVEarrestedaman for time,” said Additional SP NEARLY11months afterthe December 27,2019, aday after improved slightly around 4.30 Centre. They shouldfirst clarify sawthat the accusedwerebeat- other than those who have been alleged sexualharassment and RavindraKumar Singh. Malkangiri Collector’s personal he reportedlywent missing. His pm, and afterwhichthe CMs left what their plan of action is to stop ingthemupwithcanes, bricks allotted the houses areliving in murder of aa20-year-oldDalit According to police, Bhal assistant Deba NarayanPanda body wasrecoveredfromnear forGauchar valleyinChamoli the rampant killing by Maoists.” and stones," the FIR stated. the colony,”the SP said, adding woman,who wasfounddead on Chandhad returnedhome af- wasfounddead afterhehad Satiguda reservoir and his mo- district.Badrinath shrine is in The complainant addedthat that later in the afternoon the SundayinKalwari area of Basti terthe lockdown due to job gone missing, police have torcycle and helmetwerefound Chamoli district. when theytriedtointervene victim’s familycremated the district aftershe went missing loss. booked thecollector and three nearby. “FIR has been lodged and Uttarakhand CM’s media co- Notaninchof theywerealso beaten up, while body. on November 10. “On November 10,Bhal othersonthe directions of ajudi- SIT has been formedfollowing ordinator Darshan Singh Rawat Pintu diedatthe spot. The FIR The three-members in the Bhal Chand Yadav, 20,was ar- Chand calledupthe woman cial magistrate. The stategovern- the courtorders. ADYSPrank of- told The IndianExpress that both Polavaram dam namedFaiz Mohammad, committee include zonal officer rested afteranexchangeofgun- and asked her to meet. Around ment has also shiftedthe ficial is investigating the allega- CMs would stay in Gauchar Amaan, Farman, Lala, of Kanpur Development fire in whichhesufferedabullet 7pm, the woman cametoa Collector as the deputysecretary tionsmade by the familymem- tonight and go to Badrinath will be reduced, Mohammad Alam, Imran, Iqbal, Authority,zonal officer of Nagar injuryinhis leg, police said. field to meet him. Bhal Chand of the Planning and Convergence bers,” asenior police official said. Tuesdaymorning. Talib, Bablu, Meraj,Mohsin and Nigam and aMagistrate. “Wehavearrestedthe ac- triedtomolest herwhenthe Department. The four accusedhavebeen In the presenceofAdityanath AP asserts at leastfiveunidentifiedothers Meanwhile, Chief Minister cusedoncharges of murder and victiminsistedtomarry him. A Earlier this month, Panda’s booked under Sections 120B and Rawat, the portals of forrioting, murder, breachof Yogi Adityanathannounced a destruction of evidence. The alle- heated argument took place. wifehad movedthe courtofthe (criminal conspiracy), 201(caus- Kedarnath shrine were closedon peace and criminal intimidation. compensation of Rs 5lakh to the gation that the accusedtried to When the accusedtried to SDJM alleging that her husband ing disappearance of evidence), Mondaymorningfor the winter SREENIVASJANYALA According to DIG(Kanpur Nishad'sfamily and directed the sexuallyharass the woman is be- forcehimself on her she bit his wasmurdered because he was 204(destruction of document or season. This year,1.35lakhpil- HYDERABAD,NOVEMBER16 Nagar) PreetinderSingh, six per- authorities to invoke the strin- ing investigated,” said Basti SP righthand. Irked, the accused awareofthe collector’sinvolve- electronic record), 302 (murder), grims visitedthen shrine. sons –Sarfaraz, Mohsin, Meraj, gent National Security Act(NSA) Hemraj Meena. hit her and strangulated her,” ment in certain corruptactivi- 506(intimidation), and 34(com- The portals of Badrinath will THE ANDHRA Pradesh govern- Faiz, Farman and awoman-- againstthe accused. “Her familyhad lodged a Singh claimed. ties. She also alleged that the mon intention) of the IPC. be closedonNovember 19. ment on Mondaysaid that the height of Polavaramdam will not be reduced, and that the project NEWTESTS, DRUGS FOR THE DISEASE OUT OF REACH FOR MANY: REPORT would be completednextyear. TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE Opposition Telugu Desam Partyhad earlier alleged that the Amid global calltostep up TB treatment, CASES: RECOVERED:82,49,579 YSRCongress Party-ledgovern- 259 ment buckledunder pressure DAYSSINCE 88,45,127 DEATHS:1,30,070 PANDEMIC from neighbouringTelanganato BEGAN TESTS: 12,56,98,525 | DOUBLING RATE: 150.05** reduce the height of the dam. experts flagIndia’s ‘conservativeapproach’ However, APWaterResources MinisterAnilKumar Yadav than10million people fallingill enough howurgentitisnow for brushedasidetheallegationsand ANURADHA ED Amidpandemic, and 1.4million people dying due governmentsanddonorsto inten- said on Monday: “Wehaveaf- MASCARENHAS to this disease in 2019. sify their effortssoThat critical firmedthattherewill notbeany PUNE,NOVEMBER16 National treatment program- medical innovations and tools AIN needtomaintainTB reductioninheight of the project mesmustprioritiseuseof all-oral reachpeople with TB. We finally andtheprojectwillbecompleted AS THE COVID-19pandemic PL servicescontinuity treatment regimens forpeople have better drugs and teststo KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING ontime...Not aninchoftheheight threatens to derail the global re- with drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) tackleandpreventthisextremely

EX E● TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** of Polavaramproject will be re- sponse to tuberculosis(TB), that no longer includeolder,toxic infectiousyet curable disease, so duced. It will be ready by MédecinsSansFrontières/Doctors WHILE REPORTINGonthe severe impact of the Covid-19 drugsthathave to beinjectedand it’s both mind-boggling andun- ■ Maharashtra 17,47,242 2,544 0.23% 318.69 December 2021.” WithoutBorders(MSF)hascalled pandemic on TB services, WHO revealedasharp drop in the causeserious sideeffects. acceptablethatthey’restillnot be- ■ Kerala 5,24,998 4,581 1.11% 65.13 Yadavalso accusedTDP lead- on governmentstoaccelerate number of people diagnosed. Besides needing to catchupto Thereportfinds that only22% ing usedtosaveasmanylives as ■ Delhi 4,85,405 3,235 1.46% 49.27 ersof “plantingreports andprop- testing,treatment,andprevention maintain continuity of existing TB services, it advisedcoun- of countries surveyed allowTB possible.” agating false news through their forTB, and fordonors to provide tries to adopt better testing policies and practices. Countries treatment to be started and fol- As highlighted in the report, ■ West Bengal 4,31,551 3,053 0.90% 79.99 friendlymedia to divert the peo- financial support to ensurein- still fall shortonrolling out up-to-datetestingpolicies that lowedupataprimaryhealthcare 85% of countries surveyed do not ■ Haryana 1,99,874 1,957 1.28% 56.10 ple's attention”. creasedaccess to newmedical can assistinreaching nearly 3million people being missed. facility,instead of travelling to a use the lifesaving point-of-care Theministersaidthatthestate toolsfor diagnosing and treating hospital, forinstance, and for urinaryTBLAMtest forroutinedi- *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7days**Calculated over 7-day growth governmentisalsofocussedonre- millionswith this disease. medicines to be takenathome. agnosisof TBinpeoplelivingwith CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT lief and rehabilitation (R&R) pack- Experts said that India is still were eligible forBedaquiline. triesandshowsthatcriticalmed- Additionally, 39% do notuse a HIV,asrecommendedbyWHO. 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTEDTODAY agerather than justconstructing followingaveryconservative ap- However, only10,845 had re- ical innovations arereachingfar modifiedall-oral shortertreat- “Asclinicians working on the the dam. “Theprevious TDP gov- proachregarding thenew medi- ceivedit. Hence, 1,09,115patients fewerpeople who urgentlyneed ment regimen and 28% of coun- frontlines of the TB epidemic, it is 1.48 7.21 30,548 ernment had neglected theR&R cinesfordrugresistantTB,putting were notgiven this medicine, them, because manycountries tries surveyed still areusing in- distressing to see the sluggish up- NOW: NOW: RECOVEREDTODAY: packageandconcentratedoncon- livesofpatientsincludingchildren even as Indiaishome to aquarter continuetolag in getting their jectablemedicineswhentreating takeof TBLAM(urinelipoarabino- 1.47 7.04 43,851 tractsandcommission.Itwasmore in danger.Scaling up of newDR- of the world's DR-TBpatients, ac- policies in line with newWorld children with DR-TB. mannanassay) in national treat- Deaths as aratioof Positivesagainst Becoming sick vs focusedonkickbacks,” he alleged. TB drugs —Bedaquiline and cording to sources. HealthOrganization(WHO)guid- “Insteadof stepping upforTB, ment programmes,despiteits positive cases (in %); number tested recovering; more “TheTDPhasneverreachedoutto Delamanid—is neededeven AreportreleasedonMonday elines.MSFofficialssaidCovid-19 we areatriskofslippingback due proven role in saving livesofpeo- indicator of progress (in %);indicatorof recoveries for 14 days in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak asinglehouse (displacedhouse- moreduring Covid-19. by MSF and the StopTB hasworsenedtheir plight. to COVID-19,”saidSLynch,Senior plelivingwithHIV,”saidDrPatrick DataasonNovember15,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers hold) forrehabilitation and is now Until March 2020,India had Partnership —StepUpfor TB — TBremainstheworld’stopin- TBPolicyAdvisorforMSF’sAccess Mangochi, Deputy Medical includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive speaking of the R&R package.” 1,19,960 MDR-TBpatientswho surveys 37 highTB-burdencoun- fectious disease killer,with more Campaign. “Wecannotstress Coordinator forMSF in Malawi.

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SEIZE THE DEAL Rajib Dasgupta Trade lifts all boats, NewDelhi mustget inside the HERDIMMUNITYIScontinuallydebated in poseda“compassionateapproachthatbal- the corebeing that human identities are RCEP tent at the earliestopportune moment the ever complexdiscourse of COVID-19. ances the risksand benefitsofreaching herd shapedbydifferent kinds of social relations Serosurveyresultsfromacross the country immunity” to allowthose who areatmini- in communitiesthat shape our moral and TATIME when globalisation has lostits lustreand muchofthe worldislook- indicatespreadofthe contagion across ur- malriskofdeath to live their livesnormally political judgmentsand that we have a inginwards,15 countriescametogetherandsignedtheRegionalComprehensive ban and rural areas, more so in the urban to build up immunity to the virus through strong obligation to support and nourish Economic Partnership(RCEP)onthe sidelines of an onlineASEAN summit and particularly among slum populations. natural infection, while better protecting communities providing meaning to our lives. AhostedbyVietnamonSunday.India had been apartofnegotiations foralmost The common question with evidence of thosewho areathighestrisk. It maybesurmised that while the opponents nine years till it pulledout in November 2019,stating that inadequatesafeguardsand low- substantial spread is if we arecloser to herd The WHO director-general respondedin of thedeclaration conform to the ethics prin- immunity.Experts wonderwhether the re- his press briefing on October 12 thatherdim- ciple of “firstdonoharm”, the signatories ering of customs dutieswilladverselyimpactits manufacturing,agricultureand dairysec- cent surge in cases in Delhi is attributed to munity is achievedbyprotectingpeople were upholding the decline of valuedforms tors. By staying out, India has blockeditself from atrade bloc that represents30per cent of alowering of guardbypolicymakers, ad- throughvaccines and notbyexposing them of community,viewing the current crisis the global economyand worldpopulation, touchingover2.2 billion people. ministrators andcommunitiesalike, based to disease which in his viewis“scientifically through ahumanitarian andpolicy lens Thereare strong economic andstrategic reasons to notlet theRCEP door remain shut on such expectations. and ethicallyproblematic”. This wasfurther rather than amedical or clinical lens. permanently forIndia. Theeconomic reasons first. Clearly,India’s decision is influencedby The conventionalwisdom of herdimmu- contestedbyanother group of scholars, who India’scurrent approach is to continue China dominating the RCEP trade blocsince NewDelhi already has aFreeTrade Agreement nity is that it marks theend of theepidemic. proposedthe John SnowMemorandum with limited restrictions with hopes of early Originatinginveterinarypublic health, it en- (October 14). Acknowledgingthatlockdowns rollout of vaccine as thekey strategy. withASEAN,separatedealswithSouthKoreaandJapan,anddiscussionsareonwithAustralia teredthe lexicon of human health epidemi- while beingnecessaryare disruptive and that Lockdowns have in manyinstances notledto and New Zealand. Tradedatasuggests that India’sdeficit with China, withwhich it does not ology exactlyacentury agointhe contextof their consequences have generallybeen the promisednormalcy at the end of it. Acase have atradepact,ishigherthanthatof theremainingRCEPconstituentsputtogether. Sowhy explosive diphtheria outbreaks; butbattle worse in countries unable to leverage the in point is the slewofemergency interven- blame trade deals? Moreover, trade deficitsare notallbad, and definitelynot forconsumers. lines have neverbeen drawnamong re- lockdown phase to establish effective pan- tions by the Centrenow to augment clinical Evenotherwise,importofcheaperintermediategoodsonlyhelpaddvalueto finalproducts. searcher-practitionerand policy communi- demic control systems leadingto“wide- care, including airlifting additional doctors Yes, some fearsare notunfounded. Trade policyreform always exerts pressure on the do- ties with pointedly political implications as spreaddemoralisationand diminishing and paramedical stafffromthe central armed at present.When one infected person in a trust”, theyarguedthat uncontrolledtrans- police forces and providing hospital equip- mestic industryinthe transition period. Firms that do notrise to theoccasionrun the risk of populationleads to lessthan one secondary mission(theherdimmunityapproach) in ment from centralresources to support the fallingbythewayside.Sotheydidafterthe1991 reformswhenIndiastartedloweringtariffs. caseonaverage,whichcorresponds to the younger people entails significantrisksof Delhi government. Japan and Vietnamare But providing stability in export-importpolicy and afavourable exchangeratedid help the effective reproductionnumber R(that is, the India’scurrent approachisto morbidity and mortality across the whole modelsofsuccessfullyhandling the situation industryshape up, and matchglobalqualityand pricing. This is borne out of the experience averagenumber of persons infected by a continue with limited population. Donald Trump, during his elec- through pragmatic and rigorous public health of over twodecades since 1991.Indiawas much better off, both in termsofits shareinglobal case) dropping below1inthe absence of in- tion campaign, largely avoidedusing the practices;an“adaptive model” in whichthere restrictions with hopes of trade,FDI inflows,growth of thedomesticindustry, and rising income levels of itspeople. terventions, herdimmunity is considered to term “herdimmunity” but his advisorsare aresubstantial changes in the health system Strategically,India does needtoprepareitself forChina’s maritimechallengeand theag- have been achieved. early rollout of vaccine as the fairly strong advocates thatare reflectedin organisation and itsresponsesappropriate to In the March-April phaseofthe pandemic the policies. time and contextasthe pandemic develops. gressionithasdisplayedalongtheborders.Alliancessuchastheinformalstrategicforum,the keystrategy.Lockdowns in France, it wasestimated that the herdim- have in manyinstances not The fact is that both scientific and moral The COVID-19situation underscores the Quad, whichincludes the US, Australiaand Japan, willhelpNew Delhicheck Beijing’s dom- munity threshold forSARS-CoV-2 wasex- judgement matters.Ethicists pointtothe importance of combininggoodscience with inance in the South China seas and the Indo-Pacific region. Despiteall the differences with pected to require67per cent population im- led to the promised paradox in the Barrington Declaration that prudent judgment to meet the needs of large China,attheendof theday, AustraliaandJapanhave notstayedoutof RCEP.Beinganemerg- munity. Another wayofunderstanding this normalcy.Acase in point the elderly have notreally been protected in populations, while maximising scientific ing power, New Delhi mustsend the rightmessages. Instead of sitting out andbuilding tar- is at the current levelofabout 10-15per cent is theslew of emergency the real-world experience, despiteefforts to quality in the face of applicablelimitations iffwalls acrosssectors,itmustprodand incentivise the industry to be competitive,and get of the global population showingevidence interventions by the Centre do so. Further,the elderly shall also need and competing interests.Mostcountriespro- of infection, mostofusremain susceptible treatment, entailingsubstantial resources fessedseveral policies to address vulnerabil- inside the RCEP tent at the earliestopportune moment. —nearly 5billion shall needtohavethe infec- nowtoaugment clinical care, (moresoinoverloadedhealth systems), and ities, but implementation challenges abound. tion to achieve herd immunity. including airlifting some of them shall survivewith long-term Thetask of medicalscientists andpublic Some of the recent debatewas sparked additional doctorsand sequelae (long COVID). Proponentsofthe health researchers is to continue to unpacka by therecent GreatBarringtonDeclaration declaration urge that peopleshouldthink of nuancedunderstanding of vulnerabilities; (October 4) by agroup of infectious disease paramedical stafffrom the trade-offsata“communitarian”level imply- the politician(as Rudolf Virchowput it), “the HEEDEVERYWARNING epidemiologists and public health scientists central armed police forces ing that the young and healthyshall con- practical anthropologist, mustfind the who recommend“focusedprotection” to off- and providing hospital tributetothe societalcause by becomingin- means fortheir actual solution”. Centrehas addedweight to Delhi’s Covid containment efforts. setsome of the negative damaging physical equipment from central fected (COVID outcomes can be unfavourable and mental health consequences of current in the young too, with relatively high levels of The writer is chairperson at the Centreof But AAP government would do well to learn lessons COVID-19management policies, in specific resources to support the co-morbidities in the Indian context). Social Medicine &Community Health, lockdowns and related restrictions.Theypro- Delhi government. Communitarianismisacomplexconcept, Jawaharlal Nehru University NSUNDAY,THE Centrehad to intervene forthe second time in less than six months to address the worrying surge in COVID cases in Delhi. The capital Ohas been grappling with adailyaverage of morethan 7,000 cases and 90 deaths fornearly aweek.The situation actuallybegan takingaturn forthe worse since mid-October,when the city’s caseload exceededthe 4,000 mark. The Delhi government, however, triedtoreassure people that matters were under control. It claimed that the increasednumber of caseswerearesultofarise in test capacity and the case fa- ARENAISSANCE MAN tality rate (CFR) wasn’t high. It also said that the hospitals in the city were well-equipped to dealwith an emergency.But the recent surge hasbeliedthe government’sclaims. Two weeksback, thisnewspaper reportedthat the COVID specialty hospitals arerunning low SoumitraChatterjee wasapolitically conscious artist, withavoice of his own on beds. Delhi nowhas only164 ICU bedsvacant. The Delhigovernmenthas ascribed the spiketopeople lowering their guardduring thefestive season and has also blamed the city’s pollution. Whilethere is some truth to these claims, the Delhigovernment can- Dhritiman Chaterji notbeabsolvedofthe charge of complacency,especiallysince it does notseem to have takenadequatenoteofwarnings issuedbyseveral agencies. In October,areportsubmitted to the Delhi government by the National Centrefor THROUGHOUTSOUMITRA Chatterjee’s life, and he has severalvolumes of poetrypub- read from Rabindranath Tagore’s memoir Disease Control (NCDC) pointedout that Delhishould be prepared for15,000cases daily he wasnever a“star”inthe conventional lished. He wasveryactive in theatre —asan in whichthe Nobellaureaterecallsstudy- sense. He wasalways very informal, acces- actor and playwright. Needless to say, he was ingatStXavier’s School forabrief period. in winter.The reportdrafted under the guidance of an expert groupheadedbyNITIAayog sible and easy to talk to.Iwas still in col- very hard-workingand prolific. In spite of At that event, to my utter surprise, member VKPaul askedthe Delhi government to make arrangementsfor hospitalisation legewhen he had become awell-known the crisis in his personal lifeand healthprob- Soumitra-da recited alongpoem titled Tota of about one-fifth of these patientswith moderateand severe symptoms. In early October, actor afterhis debut in Satyajit Ray’s Apur lems, he did notstopworking.Hekeptwrit- Kahini —which is apolitical satireby the NCDC also pointed out that Delhi’s CFRwas marginallyhigher than the national av- Sansar (1959), followed by working with ingand acting till the very end. Rabindranath Tagore —entirelyfromhis erage. While the Delhi governmentdid issueoccasional messages of caution to people, other famous Bengali directorsofthat time. He waspoliticallyconsciousand never memory. He wasapopular figurefor such these, by allaccounts, failedtoconvey thegravity of the situation.Acityofpandemic- He usedtohang outatthe famous Coffee hesitated to express his political views and recitations. He had ayouthful andexpres- wearyresidentsneededspecial information and healthcaredrivesduring the festivesea- House on Kolkata’s CollegeStreet, where He never hesitated to take astand on contemporaryissues. In the sive voice even when he wasinhis late70s. poets,actors and other cultural figures got film industry, people don’t wish to getdrawn Poetry and recitation came naturallyto son. It seems that the Delhi government did notgivedue urgency to this task. expresshis political views together.Iwouldlook at him in admiration intopolitical matters. Soumitra-da wasn’t him. Ithink it also had to do with the fact The Centre’s interventions include airlifting doctors and paramedical stafffromthe from adistance. and take astand on likethat. Whenevertherewas aneedto that Soumitra-da,who had amaster’s de- armedforces, 300additional ICU bedsand additional medical equipment. There arealso As an actor,hewas hugelyversatile. contemporaryissues. In the makeastatement regarding apolitical mat- gree in Bengali literature, wasdeeply plans to double the capital’s swab testing capacity —this could take careofalongstand- Though he is widelyknown forhis per- film industry, people don’t ter, he would be thefirst one to do so.He versedinall aspectsofit. ing shortcoming of Delhi’s anti-COVID efforts. But the Delhi government would also do formances in Ray’s films, he acted in a wish to get drawninto joinedthe protestagainstthe Citizenship Alot of things have been said about well to draw lessons from the recentemergency —livingwith the novelcoronavirus re- number of so-calledmainstream films and (Amendment)Act, 2019,and the National Soumitra-da.Iwillalways rememberhim for appeared as aromantic hero. Iabsolutely political matters. RegisterofCitizens. One of thefirst state- his complete lackoffalse modesty. quires meticulous attentiontoevery warning in theair. lovedhim in thoserolesinseveral movies, Soumitra-da wasn’t likethat. mentsthat Isignedonthis issue waswritten Wheneverweweretogether afterfinishing including Swaralipi (1961). Completely op- Whenever there wasaneed by him. ashot, he would quietlyask: “Kire,theekhoye positetothat washis performance as a to makeastatement,he Soumitra-da’s interests and accom- chhilo toh? (Do youthink it wasalright)?” He swashbuckling villain in Tapan Sinha’s plishmentswerewide-ranging. Duringthe wasasimple person at heart with adeep in- Jhinder Bandi (1961), whichwas based on would be the first one to do shoots, therewouldbelong breaksand we terest in art, respect forthe views of other DIRECTOR’SACTOR The Prisoner of Zenda. He wasterrific in so. He joined the protest would end up discussingliterature, current people. He had no airs. Once therewas amix- this periodfilm.Heessayedavariety of in- against the Citizenship affairs, and manyother things. We actedin up about transportafter ashowthatwedid SoumitraChatterjee and Satyajit Raycomplemented each teresting roles as he worked with directors afew movies together including Ray’s together in the mid-1990s. That day, my wife likeAsit Sen, AjayKar and TarunMajumdar, (Amendment) Act, 2019, Ganashatru (1990) andSaibal Mitra’s wasaccompanying me.Soumitra-da andI other,the partnership producedtimeless films among others. and the National Register of Dronacharya (2007). We also did anumber livedindifferent parts of thetown. He asked Later,when one got to knowhim, it was of poetry readings and literaryshows to- me to take the onlyavailable car and offered ITH THE PASSINGofSoumitraChatterjee,the worldisalesserplace. At Citizens. One of thefirst evident that he wasmuchmorethan afine statements thatIsigned on gether.Hewas quitesought-after forpo- to hail aregulartaxi forhimself. 85,Chatterjeehadspentpracticallyhisentireadultlifebeingotherpeo- actor. Likehis mentor Ray, Soumitra-da was etry readings and to anchor literaryshows. ple,onscreenandstage.Butbehindallthoseroles,theessentialSoumitra arenaissanceman. He waswell-read, he this issue waswritten by Iremember onesuchshowatmyalma The writer is an actor W remainedthe same —grounded, well-read andwell-spoken, aman him. usedtoedit aliterarymagazine called Ekshan mater,StXavier’s College, Kolkata. There, I As told to AlakaSahani equallycomfortable at home and in the world. He was, in fact, atrue renaissance man, an up- standingrepresentative of theBengalibhadralokthatoncemadeCalcuttatheepicentre of the arts.HemayhavebeenbestknownforhislongcollaborationwithSatyajitRay, whofamously gave himabreakinthemovieswithApurSansar,thethird filmof theAputrilogy. Buthenever abandonedhis firstlove, the theatre, and remained, till the end, aman of manyparts:Afine NOVEMBER 17,1980, FORTY YEARS AGO poetandplaywright,long-timeeditorof amagazine,and,mostimportantly,anaware citizen. Globally,therehavebeen severalnotable partnerships between director andactor,each bringingtheirA-gameto theirfilms.MartinScorseseandRobertdeNiro madeninefilms.You R AILWAY B OARD AXED member is still to be named. urge himtoconcede the agitating farmers’ THE GOVERNMENT SACKED the entire demand forRs300 per tonne of sugarcane. can see thetwo stretching to accommodatethe other,right from their firstfeaturetogether, Railway board and appointed Mohinder CONGRESSFOR FARMERS MeanStreets,totheirlastouting, TheIrishman.Thesamebunchofactorspopupinthefilmsof Singh Gujral, general manager of Western SHARADJOSHI, LEADER of the Shetkari JNU SHUT JoelandEthanCoen—JeffBridges,JohnGoodman,George Clooney,MattDamon.Closerhome, Railway,the newchairman. In adramatic Sanghatana spearheading the week-old Jawaharlal Nehru University wasclosedin- Rajat Kapoor’smoviesalmostalways featureVinayPathak and Ranvir Shorey.And, in the last move,the newRailway Minister Kedar farmers’ agitation in Maharashtra’s Nashik definitelyfollowing acontinueddharna by fewyears, Hansal Mehtaand Rajkummar Raohavebecomeanear two-man repertory. Pande summonedthe chairman of the district, has gone on an indefinitefastatthe thestudentsoutside the Vice-Chancellor’s Rayand Chatterjee worked well together,eachgrowing along with theother.After Apur board, MMenezes, and twoother members Nasik Central Jail in supportofthe agitators’ house, demanding revocation of suspension SansarcameCharulata,AranyerDinRatri,AshaniSanket,thetwowildlypopularFeludaadven- to theRail Bhawanand ordered them to pro- demand forhigher price forsugarcane and order againstastudent leader.The acting ceedonthree monthsleave.The boardcon- onions. Theopposition parties appeared to Vice-Chancellor andrector, KJMahale, or- tures, SonarKella and JoyBaba Felunath, GhareBaire and Ganashatru. Eachfilm wasdifferent, sists of five members but thereweretwo va- be gearing themselvesuptointensify the stir dered closuresincehefeared violence. The eachpartdistinctive,but youcan seeboththe director and the actor merge theirhandwrit- cancies at present.Besides Gujral, Pande next week.Eventhe local Congress-I has students have been asked to leave thecam- ing,to createthenecessaryoutcome.Theirpartnershipwasrich andabiding,givingustime- namedthree members to theboard. KP takensides with the farmers. Maharashtra’s pus hostelbyTuesday evening. Thestudents lessfilms.MuchofthepleasureofwatchingChatterjeeatwork wasthathedidn’tmakeitseem Jayaramisnow member,mechanical; NN Education MinisterBaliram Hire, who is in have been agitating againstthe suspension likework. It flowed, likelifeitself. Sarma hasbeen givencharge of engineering; charge of Nashik district, will lead aCongress order on Rajan James, aPhD student, since and BBLalbecomes member,traffic. One (I) delegation to Chief Minister ARAntulayto November 4.

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It is unlikelythat US President-elect will have bandwidth to SupremeCourt weigh in on Kashmir.But Islamabad isn’t giving up Lowercourts mustheedthe apexcourt’s words on personal liberties and free speech

uledtohear thematter.Wedonot know whether the letter wasplacedbeforethe bench, and if so, whether it passedany or- der on the same,orsimplyignored it. It mayberecalled that before Dave, RAJAMANDALA Justice Deepak Gupta of theSupremeCourt on his retirementhad also spoken of the by CRajaMohan priority or lackofitbeing accordedtocer- Rekha Sharma tain cases in the matter of listing. Justice Gupta saidhehad seencases involving big AS PRESIDENT-ELECT Joe Biden prepares to moneyand fancy lawfirms being listedin take charge of America on January20, AS YOUSOW,soshall youreap is an old four weeks, whilethose involvingjunior Pakistanhopes to resetbilateral relations adagewhich holds true forArnabGoswami, lawyers notbeinglistedevenafter six with the US and draw Washington intothe editor-in-chiefofRepublicTV. Goswami, months. Giventhe fact thattwo eminent Kashmir disputewith India. Mobilising who went hammer andtongsatactor Rhea voices have struckdiscordant notesabout America on Kashmir hasalways been ama- Chakraborty,accusing her of beingamem- the functioningofthe registry, it is high jor preoccupation forPakistan. It has be- berofdrug mafia and abetting the suicide time that the Supreme Court pays atten- come an obsessionafter Indiaaltered the by SushantSinghRajput,criedfoulwhenhe tion. It mustdispel the impression that the constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir wasarrestedfromhisresidence forallegedly registryisbeing managed,and some peo- lastyear. abettingthesuicide committedby anarchi- ple aretreated moreequal thanothers. In Pakistan’s Kashmir strategy over the last tect AnvayNaik.Inasuicidenoterecovered order to gettothe bottom of the malaise, three decades and moreisafamiliar one. It is from the spotwhereNaik wasfounddead, will the Supreme Court, in my humble about triggering violence in Kashmir and in- he had alleged that Goswamiand twooth- view, directthe registrytofurnish informa- tensifying the militaryconfrontation at the ers, namelyFeroz SheikhandNiteishSarda, tion about howmanybail and habeas cor- Line of Control. It then appeals to owedhim substantialsumsofmoney, and pus petitions were filedduring the last24 Washington to defuse the crisisthatcould onaccountof non-paymentby them, he and months, with the dateoftheir filing?When escalatetothe nuclearlevel and compel India his mother were driventocommit suicide. were theyfirsttaken up forhearing and to talk Kashmir with Pakistan. This scripthas Although an FIR wasregisteredagainst all what wasthe dateoftheir disposal? How playedout frequentlysince the late1980s three,itendedwith the policesubmitting manyofthem were under objections and and the US has inevitablysteppedin. The de- “a summaryreport” in theconcernedcourt, were takenupwithoutremoval of objec- gree of Americanintervention has, however, whichmeans that the investigation did not tions? Theregistry is bound to supply this variedfromcrisis to crisis. throw upsufficient evidence againstthe ac- information as aconsumer of justiceisen- Meanwhile,India has learnt to adapt. In cused. Naik’swife and daughterallegedthat titledtohavethis information. the past, India washesitant to escalate hos- theywerenot informedabout the closure The redeemingfeatureofthe bail order tilities because of the nuclear factor and the CRSasikumar reportanditisonlyafter theycameto know is the emphasis that the Supreme Courthas fear of third-party mediation in Kashmir. formanyyears.Pakistan honouredBiden in congratulatingBiden andHarris lastweek, of it that theyran from pillar to post, which laid on the personal liberty of individuals PrimeMinisterNarendraModi, however, is 2008 with thesecond highestcivilian hon- Imran Khan offeredtoworkwith the new resulted in the re-investigation of thecase and made observations to theeffect that unafraid to escalate.Delhi has recognised our,Hilal-e-Pakistan. Biden wasthe chair- administration on “peace in Afghanistanand and the arrest of Goswami. stategovernments aretargeting individu- that the threat of escalation cuts both ways man of the SenateForeign Relations the region”. No one holds anybrief forRhea als on the basisofideologyand differences and it is possible to turn the nuclear dimen- Committee at that time. Pakistan’s greatestsuccess in recent Chakraborty or Goswami insofar as the of opinion. The Supreme Courthas also said, sion and external intervention to India’s ad- While itsrelative weight in the US has de- months has been in targeting liberal meritsofthe twocases areconcerned.The “that if constitutional courtsdonot inter- vantage. clinedvis-a-visIndia, Pakistanhas long- American opinionthat has becomecritical powertopronounce them guiltyorinno- fere todaythen we aretraveling the pathof Consider,for example, the recent claim standing friends in Washington and an ex- of the stateofIndian democracy,the consti- cent restswith the courtsand no oneelse. destruction. We mustsend amessagetothe of a former speaker of Pakistan’s national as- panding diaspora. Some of that wasseen in tutional changes in Kashmir,and the Unfortunately, afew TVchannels have arro- High Courtstodaythatplease exercise your semblythat armychief General Qamar Pakistan’s successful mobilisation of political CitizenshipAmendment Act. It has hadsome gatedtothemselvesthe role of judge, jury jurisdictionstoupholdliberty”. These JawedBajwa had quivering knees and a supportduring Prime Minister Imran Khan’s impact on the Democratic Party. and executioner.Chakraborty is yettobe wordsbythe Supreme Court arehighly re- sweaty brow,when Modithreatenedtorain visittoWashington in the summer of 2019. Biden’s rivalfor Democraticnomination, pronouncedguiltyorinnocent by acourt of assuring to all those who feel that an indi- destruction on PakistanifIslamabad did not Trumpwas eager to enlistPakistaningetting Senator Bernie Sanders, forexample, told the competent jurisdiction, but she already vidual’s right to freedomofspeechand ex- immediatelyreleaseWingCommander the Taliban to thetableand brokering apeace annual convention of the Islamic Society of stands convicted in the courtofGoswami, pression is under threat as neverbefore. It AbhinandanVarthaman, who had bailedout settlement in Afghanistan. NorthAmerica in September 2019 thathe whichheconductsevery night. has kindledhope in the heartsofmanylan- in Pakistanafter adog fight with the Pakistani Pakistandid facilitatethe US talkswith was“deeplyconcerned” aboutthe situation Goswamihas sincebeen released from guishing in jail preciselyfor the reasons no- Air ForceinFebruary2019. the Taliban, but thereisnoreal settlement in Kashmir and demandedthat Washington jail on theorder of the Supreme Court. ticedbythe Supreme Court.Notable Giventhe region’s temptation forthe the- yet; noramajorrewardtoIslamabad from What about the proposition take bold stepsinsupportofaUN effort to However, the ordergranting bail to himhas amongst themis81-year-old Telugu poet atrical, this claim is easilydiscounted.But the Washington. Could that change? Biden has resolve the issue. evoked mixedreactions. Manyinthe legal Varavara Raoand activist Sudha Bhardwaj, Indian threat to escalateinevitablybrought said little about US’s Afghan policy during that Kashmir is the world’s Some of this is apartofAmerica’s retail fraternity feel that Goswami has been re- who areincustody sinceAugust2018inthe Washington intothe picture.Therewerere- the campaign; he has certainlyechoed most dangerous nuclear politics. In the end, though, the Democratic ceiving preferential treatmentinthe matter Elgar Parishad case.Theyhaverepeatedly ports that President Donald Trumpper- Trump’s sentimentonendingAmerica’s flashpoint? After the Cold Party’s election platform said nothing on ei- of listing of his cases, while manyothers pleadedfor bail on medical grounds but are suaded Pakistantoreleasethe Indian pilot endless wars. Wa r, America’sinterest in ther Kashmir or Pakistan; it managed abald who were placedfar worse, when Goswami being deniedthe same.Recently, aKerala and avoid escalation. It is unlikelythat Biden will ramp up the sentence on investing in the strategic part- came rushing to theSupreme Courtagainst journalist wasarrestedbythe UP police on If Delhi is more willingthan before to warinAfghanistan. Pakistan’s Afghanlever- resolving the Kashmir nership with India. Whatyou sayinthe cam- the Bombay High Courtorder decliningin- October 5under Unlawful Activities raise the stakes in confronting Pakistan-sup- ageinWashington dramaticallyroseafter the question acquired much paign is usuallynot what youdowhen in terim bail to him, arelanguishinginjail, (Prevention) Actwhen he wasonhis way portedterror, it has also benefitedfromthe 9/11attacks andpeaked in the early 2010s, intensityinthe first term of government. waiting fortheir turn to be heardinthe to Hathras to coverthe gang rape of a19- shiftinthe relative balance of powerbe- whenPresidentBarackObama’smilitarysurge Yet, Pakistanishoping that someofthe SupremeCourt. This feelinghas been year-old Dalit woman. Besides, social ac- tween India andPakistan. India’s economy peaked to about1,40,000 troops. An America President Bill Clinton Biden administration’sformulations on hu- echoedbynone other than the presidentof tivists,studentsinthe wake of agitation todayat$2.7 trillionisnearly 10 times that that is headed to the exitsinAfghanistan— (1993-97) and the first year of man rights and democracy could be trans- the Supreme Court BarAssociation, againstCAA,and manyothers consequent of Pakistan. As the US-India partnership be- thereare barely4,500USsoldiers leftthere— Barack Obama(2009-10). lated intoUSpolicyattention on Kashmir. Dushyant Dave.Inascathing letter to the to abrogation of Article 370are behind bars comes morecomprehensive and global, is farless dependent on Pakistan. On both occasions, intensive Modi, meanwhile, has made it clearthat secretary-general of the Supreme Court, on trumpedupchargesunderthe dracon- Pakistan’s ability to getWashington to act What about the proposition that Kashmir India has no time forthe old international Dave has alleged that the SC registryhas iansedition laworUAPA. againstIndia hasdeclined. is the world’s mostdangerous nuclearflash- Indian political and debateonKashmir. He has actively sought to been selectively listing matters, even when It is earnestlyhopedthat the concerned This does notmean Pakistanhas no lever- point? Afterthe ColdWar,America’s inter- diplomatic efforts dampened changethe terms of the political discourse the system is supposedlycomputerised. courtswillheedthe adviceofthe Supreme ageatall in Washington; or that it might sim- estinresolving the Kashmir question ac- Wa shington’s Kashmir on Kashmir at home, with Pakistan and the According to therecordsavailable with the Courtand pass appropriateorders in de- plygiveuponthe oldKashmir strategy. quired much intensityinthe firstterm of activism. Biden is unlikely international community. SC registry, Goswami’s petitionreportedly serving cases —and notgobythe labelof Pakistansitsatthe critical confluence of the President BillClinton (1993-97) and the first The Trumpadministration preferredto had nine defects, and even the vakalatnama the charges. subcontinent, Central Asia and the Gulf.It year of BarackObama (2009-10). On both oc- to have muchbandwidth left take up US concerns on Kashmir behind wasunsigned,yet it waslistedonthe day has nuclear weapons and astrong armythat casions, intensive Indianpolitical and diplo- forKashmirashecopes with closeddoorsrather thaninpublic. And it of- following itsfiling. Dave had requestedthat The writer is a former judge can shape regional geopolitics. It can desta- matic effortsdampenedWashington’s arange of domestic and feredmuchsupporttoIndia in preventing his letter beplacedbeforethe benchsched- of the Delhi High Court bilise anygovernment in Kabuland foment Kashmir activism. foreign policy challenges. China from raking it up in the United Nations violent religious extremism around the Biden is unlikelytohavemuchband- Security Council. ForPakistan, though, afresh world. width leftfor Kashmir as he copes with a Thewebsite set up last week militarycrisis in Kashmir might come in Howmight it all playout in Biden’s rangeofdomesticand foreign policychal- on Biden’s transition plans handy to test Biden’s South Asia policies. LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR America? Biden is morefamiliar with the his- lenges. The websiteset up lastweek on lists four urgent priorities — tory of US-Pakistanrelationsthan his recent Biden’s transition plans lists four urgent pri- the Covid crisis, racial Thewriter is director,InstituteofSouth predecessors at the WhiteHouse. As along orities —the Covid crisis, racialinequality, Asian Studies, National University of SUU KYI’STASK term Senator and Vice-President, Biden has economic security and climatechange. inequality, economic security Singaporeand contributing editor on been engaged with Pakistan-relatedissues But Pakistanisnot giving up. In his tweet and climate change. international affairs for The Indian Express THISREFERSTOtheeditorial,‘Continuity IDEAS in Myanmar’ (IE, November16). Myanmar’s Peace NobellaureateAung ONLINE San Suu Kyihad morphedherself com- pletely aftercomingto powerin2016.She ONLYINTHE EXPRESS merelyechoedthe militaryversionof Rohingya“terrorism”. But in her second ● GIGLESSONSFROM term with another decisive victory,she CALIFORNIA: Beyondthe victors will have to address allegations of geno- VINEETJOHNSAMUEL cide and walk the talk on making peace with ethnic minority groups. ● LOSTINLOCKDOWN: LJP’s Bihar showing wasdisappointing, but Chirag Paswan emergedaleader SSPaul, Nadia SUCHARITAIYER,SHIREEN JEJEEBHOYANDNITYA Abdul Khaliq WHITHER FREEDOM? DARYANANI THIS REFERS TO article the report‘SC www.indianexpress.com pleatoday, journalist’sfamilyasks:Aren't IN THE RUN-UPto theannouncementof elec- ance of the BJP.Itissignificant that parties tirenation. Adoerinthe real sense,hehas Asaduddin Owaisi and the AIMIM we citizens?’ (IE, November 16). The fre- tion results, we invariablyforgetthatexitpolls clubbed under the rubric of “Others” gar- worked relentlesslyfor the people of his con- reignedsupreme in the Muslim-dominated quentuseof draconianlaws like theUAPA and the insights of journalistsdonot deter- nered25per cent of the votes. Thefragmen- stituency as MP .His rallying slogan of “Bihar areas of Seemanchal region, winning five to inculpatescribes and political dissi- courtsmustencouragethroughtheirrea- minetheoutcomeof elections but votes in the tation of votesamong the variousparty for- first, Bihari first” has struckachordwith the seatsand severely damaging the dentsisdeeplyunsettling. This is atext- soning theestablishment of amodern ballotbox do. Going purelybythe party-wise mations wasthe paramount reason forthe people of the state, whichisreflectedinthe Mahagathbandhan in 11 others. As aMuslim, bookexampleof thegovernmentshoot- and secular India. seat share, the Bihar electionresultshavenot NDA’s electoralvictory. LJP’s voteshareofroughly 6per cent in acon- Ifind it deeply worrying that he is using his ingthemessenger.Isthefreedomof press Andleeb Naqvi, GreaterNoida quitepannedout the waythe opinion polls Forthe LJP, theresultsare adisappoint- foundingly multifarious field of parties. In considerable influenceamong Muslims to justamyth? predicted.Againstall expectations, Nitish ment, but it would be amistake to writeoff politics, setbacksandcriticism arepartofthe corralthem into aseparatepolitical bloc. His Varun Das, Zirakpur CRISIS DEEPENS Kumar and the NDAhavebeatenthe much- Chirag Paswan and his party on the basis of territory—and the lessons learnt will make dangerous communaland divisive agenda trumpetedanti-incumbency factor and re- this showing. Nitish Kumar,who wassodis- him stronger.Asignificant indicator of his threatens to further alienate and isolatean COURTS, STEP IN THIS REFERS TO thereport, ‘Pollution tainedpower. missiveofthe LJPand itspresident, wasgiven politicalrelevance is the sustainedmedia fo- already beleaguered Muslim community. spikes as crackerban goes up in smoke’ NDAspokespersons arenow crowing that abloodynose,if notaknock-outblow. Thepoll cus on him. Finally, theElectionCommissionneedsto THISREFERSTOarticle‘Only willingcon- (IE, November 16). The National Green the resultsare avindication of the remarkable analysis shows that the LJP wasinstrumental In asocial milieu wherecaste and com- becommendedforthesmoothconductof the sent’ (IE, November 16). Anyproposed Tribunal’s ban on the sale or useoffire- performance of the government in the last in ensuringthe defeat of the JD(U)candidates munity have dominated thepoliticalarena, a election at the timeof apandemic. Thosewho piece of legislation that emanates from crackers in the NCRtill November 30 has three years. LikeTiger Woods once observed, in morethan 50 constituencies. But forthe ray of hope forthose yearning foratrulyegal- have complainedabouttheEVMsare, to quote theintentiontogarnersupportof thema- fallenflat. This illustratesthat authorities “winning solveseverything”,but Iwould add Prime Minister’s magic wand in supportof itarian society has been the stellar perform- Chirag Paswan, looking forscapegoatsfor their jority community at the costofisolating in the region were lax. The effect is now that winningalso obscures one’s failures, al- Nitish, the JD(U) would mostcertainlyhave anceoftheLeftparties,in starkcontrasttothe ownfailure. Inthis context, Iremember anall- theminorityisboundto createunsavory forallto beseen,aspublichealthandclean beit temporarily. Nevertheless, acloser been annihilated. dismal showing of the Congress.The Leftwon party meeting with the Chief Election cultural ripples, if notmajor cracksin so- air, twomainingredientstofight COVID- scrutinyofthe resultswouldindicatethat the It is important to mention the personal an- 16 of the 29 seatscontested againstthe Commissioner some yearsago when he of- ciety.Ruleof lawgetspermanentlydam- 19,havetakennegative strides.TheDelhi majority of the peopleofBihar had actually gletothisdeep hostility.When RamVilas Congresstallyof19outof 70 seats.Itisappar- feredtoplacean EVM in the ConstitutionClub aged by suchmyopic laws,whichare government needstofix accountability voted againstthe ruling combineand, more Paswan laycriticallyill in hospital, Nitish did ent that the poor,the unemployedand the and dared anyparty to hack it. Until now, no aimedatshowingacommunitywhatthe on officials who didn’t bother to enforce particularly,againstNitish Kumar andtheJDU. notmakeeventhe pretence of solicitude and working class prefer the Lefttothe Congress. one has takenupthe challenge. majority can do with them.When so- firecrackerban and allowedfestivitiesto The statistic of voteshareofthe contend- concern forhis ailing colleague. Thereisalso the hint that bread-and-butter calledsecular governmentsfail to create becomesuper-spreaders. ing parties would bear me out. The NDAgot In his firstmajor foray on the big stageas issues have competedfor voters’ attention The writer,aformer civil servant, is Secretary acosmopolitansociety, theconstitutional RajivBoolchand Jain, Punjab only37per cent of the ballots cast and that leader and talisman of his party,Chirag againstthe customarymonopolyofmoney General of theLok Janshakti Party. toobecause it wasshoredup by the perform- Paswan has captured the attention of an en- power, casteand RamMandir. Viewsare personal

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SIMPLY PUT QUESTION &ANSWER CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD THIS WORD MEANS Indiaout of RCEP, tradeangle... mRNA VACCINE

ON MONDAY,Modernaannounced The regional trade agreement has been signedby15countries, without India. Alook at the factors leading to resultsofhuman trials on the vaccine it has developedwith US National India optingout, howChina’s aggression firmedthe decision, and the economicimplicationsofthe move Institutes of Health. The trials found the vaccine 94.5% effective, and the exportstotheseFTApartners”,the“utilisation announcement comes days after PRABHARAGHAVAN rate”ofFTAsbothforIndiaandits partnershas Pfizer had releasedtrial resultsshow- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER16 been “moderate” across sectors, according to ing 90% effectiveness in itsown vac- this study,whichcovers pacts with Sri Lanka, cine, developedincollaboration with ON SUNDAY, 15 countries solidifiedtheir par- Afghanistan, Thailand, Singapore, Japan, BioNTech-Fosun Pharma. The ticipation in the Regional Comprehensive Bhutan,Nepal,Republicof KoreaandMalaysia. Moderna and Pfizer vaccines use the Economic Partnership (RCEP). Even as India Indiahas trade deficitswith 11 of the15 same technology,basedonmessen- optedtostayout afterwalkingout of discus- RCEP countries, and some experts feel that gerRNA,ormRNA. Moderna vaccine, whose trial sions lastyear,the newtrading bloc has made Indiahasbeenunableto leverage itsexistingbi- Suchvaccines makeuse of the resultshavebeen published, itclearthatthedoorwillremainopenforIndia lateralfreetradeagreementswithseveralRCEP messengerRNA molecules that tell usedmRNAtechnology. to return to the negotiating table. members to increaseexports. the body’scells what proteins to build. “You don’t getintoFTAsmerelytoprovide The mRNA,in this case,iscoded to tell What is RCEP? your market to your partner countries. While the cells to recreatethe spikeprotein (adenovirus) that infectschimpanzees Describedas the“largest”regional trading youaccommodateyour partner countries, of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which —tocarry justthe code to makethe agreementto thisday, RCEPwasoriginallybe- your objectiveisalso to increase the presence causes Covid-19. It is thespikeprotein spikeprotein, likeaTrojanhorse.The ingnegotiatedbetween16countries—ASEAN of your productsinthe marketsofyour part- —which appears as spikes on the sur- adenovirus, which has been geneti- membersandcountrieswithwhichtheyhave ners,andIndiahasn’tbeenableto achieve the face of the coronavirus—that initiates callymodifiedsothatitcannotrepli- freetradeagreements(FTAs),namelyAustralia, latter objective,” said trade expert Biswajit the process of infection; it allows the cateinhumans, will enter the cell and China, Korea, Japan, New Zealand and India. Dhar,professoratJNU’sCentrefor Economic virus to penetratecells, afterwhichit release the code to makeonlythe The purpose of RCEP wastomakeiteasier StudiesandPlanning.“Ourshare intheimports goes on to replicate. spikeprotein.The body’s immune sys- forproductsandservicesof eachofthesecoun- ASEAN leaders attend the RCEP Summit in Hanoi on Sunday. Reuters of RCEP partner countrieshaveeitherstag- Acoronavirus vaccine basedon temisexpectedto recognise the spike tries to be available across this region. nated or fallen,” he said. mRNA, once injectedintothe body, protein as apotentiallyharmful for- Negotiationstochartoutthisdealhadbeenon will instruct the body’s cells to create eign substance, and starts building an- since2013,andIndiawasexpectedto beasig- India felt the agreementwouldforce it to ex- What areIndia’s optionsnow? copies of the spikeprotein. In turn, tibodies againstit. natoryuntil itsdecisionlastNovember. INDIA’STRADEBALANCE tend benefitsgiven to other countries forsen- India,asanoriginalnegotiatingparticipant this is expected to prompt theim- Then thereare inactivatedvirus sitive sectorslikedefencetoallRCEPmembers. of RCEP,has the option of joining the agree- mune cells to createantibodies to vaccines made by using particles of Whydid India walk out? WITHRCEPMEMBERS RCEPalsolackedclearassuranceovermar- ment without having to wait 18 months as fight it. These antibodies will remain theCovid-19virus thatwerekilled, OnNovember4,2019,Indiadecidedto exit RCEP Member 2018-192019-20 ket accessissuesincountriessuchasChinaand stipulated fornew members in the terms of in the blood and fight the real virusif making them unable to infect or repli- discussions over “significant outstanding is- non-tariffbarriers on Indian companies. the pact. RCEP signatorystatessaid theyplan and when it infectsthe human body. cate; protein subunit vaccines that use sues”.Accordingto agovernmentofficial,India ASEAN-21.85 -23.82 to commencenegotiations with India once it Other types of vaccine include the apartofthe virus (spikeprotein again, hadbeen“consistently”raising“fundamental China -53.58 -48.65 What canthe decision costIndia? submitsarequestofits intention to join the non-replicating viralvector category, in this case) to buildatargeted im- issues”andconcernsthroughout thenegotia- South Korea-12.05 -10.81 Thereare concerns thatIndia'sdecision pact “in writing”, and it mayparticipatein an example of whichisthe vaccinede- mune responsetowards; andDNA tions and waspromptedtotakethisstand as wouldimpactitsbilateraltradetieswithRCEP meetings as an observer prior to itsaccession. Japan -7.91-7.91 velopedbyOxfordand AstraZeneca. vaccines that use geneticallyengi- theyhad notbeen resolvedbythe deadline to membernations,astheymay bemoreinclined However, thepossiblealternative thatIndia The vaccine uses adifferent virus—in neered DNAmoleculesthat,again,are committosigning thedeal. Itsdecision wasto New Zealand -0.25-0.14 to focusonbolsteringeconomictieswithinthe maybeexploring is reviews of itsexisting bi- the Oxford-AstraZeneca case, aweak- codedwith the antigen againstwhich safeguardthe interests of industries likeagri- Australia -9.61-6.93 bloc. Themovecould potentiallyleave India lateralFTAswith some of these RCEP mem- enedversionofacommon cold virus the immune response is to be built. cultureand dairyand to give an advantageto with less scope to tapthe large market that bers as well as neweragreementswith other All figures in $billion the country’s servicessector.According to of- RCEP presents—the size of the deal is mam- marketswithpotentialforIndianexports.Over ficials, the current structureofRCEP still does Source: Ministry of Commerce and Industry moth, as thecountries involved account for 20 negotiations areunderway. INDIAACTIVE CASES 465,478 notaddress these issues andconcerns. over 2billion of the world's population. Indiacurrentlyhasagreementswithmem- Givenattemptsbycountries likeJapan to bersliketheASEANbloc,SouthKoreaandJapan Howfar is China’spresence afactor? Itfelttherecouldalsobeapossiblecircumven- getIndiabackintothe deal, thereare also wor- and is negotiating agreementswith members 550,000 EscalatingtensionswithChinaareamajor tion of rules of origin— the criteria usedtode- ries that India’s decision could impact the likeAustralia and New Zealand. Tworeviews reason forIndia’s decision. While China’spar- termine the national source of aproduct —in Australia-India-Japannetwork in the Indo- of the India-SingaporeCECAhavebeencom- ticipation in the deal had alreadybeen prov- the absence of which some countries could Pacific.Itcouldpotentiallyputaspannerinthe pleted; theIndia-Bhutan Agreement on Trade ing difficult forIndia due to various economic dumptheirproductsbyroutingthemthrough worksoninformaltalkstopromote aSupply Commerce and Transit wasrenewed in 2016; threats, the clash at Galwan Valleyhas soured other countriesthatenjoyedlowertariffs. Chain Resilience Initiative among the three. and the India-Nepal TreatyofTrade wasex- relations between thetwo countries. Thevar- India wasunabletoensurecountermea- However, India’s stance on the deal also tendedin2016. Eightroundsofnegotiations 500,000 iousmeasuresIndiahastakentoreduceitsex- sures likeanauto-trigger mechanismtoraise comes as aresult of learnings from un- have been completed forthe reviewofthe 516,632 465,478 posuretoChinawouldhavesatuncomfortably tariffs onproductswhentheirimports crossed favourabletrade balances thatithaswithsev- India-KoreaCEPA, whichbegan in 2016.India with itscommitments underRCEP. acertain threshold. It also wanted RCEP to ex- eral RCEP members,withsome of whichit hastakenupthereviewoftheIndia-JapanCEPA Majorissues that were unresolvedduring cludemost-favourednation(MFN)obligations even has FTAs. An internal assessment by the andIndia-ASEANFTAwithitstradingpartners. LAST 10 DAYS RCEP negotiations were relatedtothe expo- fromtheinvestmentchapter, asitdidnotwant government has revealedthat the growth in Thereisalsoagrowing viewthat it would Nov6 Nov15 sure that India would have to China. This in- to handout,especiallytocountrieswithwhich trade (CAGR) with partners over the lastfive serveIndia's interesttoinveststronglyinne- 450,000 cludedIndia’sfearsthat therewere“inade- it has border disputes, thebenefitsitwas giv- financialyearswasamodest7.1%.While“there gotiatingbilateralagreementswiththeUSand quate” protections against surgesinimports. ingto strategicalliesorforgeopoliticalreasons. hasbeengrowthrateinbothimportsfromand the EU,bothcurrentlyaworkinprogress. Note:The Nov15figureinthis graph is based on thegovernment update on Nov16

INDIATOTAL CASES WORLDTOTAL CASES 8,845,217 54,615,099 ... And what’sits strategicimportance Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, Welfate,updatedat11pmonNov16 updatedat11pmonNov16 carryoutacost-benefitanalysisto evaluateits your domestic capacities. andAustralia,whichhaveadifficultdiplomatic SHUBHAJITROY merit. This wasaslight nuancing of New “Look,weare oneofthe fewcountries relationship with China, have joinedRCEP. NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER16 Delhi’s position as Jaishankar addressed the wheretodaywehavetogiveour ownindus- Srikanth Kondapalli, professor of Chinese Raisina Dialogue in mid-Januarythis year. tryalevel playing field at home.What have studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University,said, THERE IS astrategic contexttoIndia staying But, as theCovid-19pandemic expanded we gone and done to ourselves?... Building on “Chinaistryingto overcomeCovid-19disrup- Arthritis drug mayoffer hope outof theRegionalComprehensive Economic and deepened, and China’saggression national capacitydoesn’t makeyou anti tions and resurrect the supplychainmecha- Partnership(RCEP) that goes beyond purely spannedfromtheSouthChinaSeato theIndia- global. On the contrary, Iwouldargue that if nism and possiblyput pressureon[US forolder Covidpatients:study economic argumentsand implications. China border,New Delhi took aseries of eco- youdon’thavecapacities, youend up as a President-electJoe]Biden. TheIndo-Pacificso AndalthoughIndiamadeitsdecisionayear nomic retaliatorysteps, mostlyinthe digital market forotherpeople’s goods... Iwouldsay farranontwintracksof economyandsecurity AN EXISTINGtype of arthritis drug severe Covid-19infection were given ago, the recent escalation of tensions with domain.The RCEP situationisevidence that if youwant to actuallyparticipatemorevig- with economy on aweak wicket.China is try- mayreduce the risk of the drug. Theywerein China appears to have playedarole in shrink- thetensionsontheLAC—includingtheJune15 orouslyinthe global economy, youmustbuild ing to strengthenthe base while the US [is fo- dying forelderly patients multiple hospitals across ingthespaceforany argumentto jointheRCEP. Galwan incident in which20Indian soldiers stronger domesticcapacities, and do whatit cussedon]thesecurityaspects.ForIndia,RCEP withCovid-19,according Italyand Spain. Those Days afterPrime Minister NarendraModi and an unspecifiednumber of Chinese were takesfor the gaps to be closedasaresult of hardlymakes adifference as it has FTAs with to an international study, giventhe drug were speltoutIndia’sdecisionto pulloutof themega killed—havehad wide-rangingimpact. decadesofdisadvantage.” ASEAN,andCEPAs(Comprehensive Economic ledbyscientists at found to have a71% re- deal early in November 2019,ExternalAffairs Partnership Agreements)withJapanand Imperial CollegeLondon ducedriskofdying com- MinisterSJaishankar,delivering the Fourth India’s hardening stand Costs and benefits South Koreaalready.” and the Karolinska pared to patientswho Ramnath Goenka MemorialLecture on The hardening of India’s position wasevi- The Indian Express has learnt that negotia- Institutet,Sweden, and PAPER had nottaken thedrug. November14,hadsaidIndia’sstancewasbased dent in September,when Jaishankar made a torsfromJapanworkedhardtokeeptheRCEP What liesahead publishedinthe journal The study also found that on a“clear-eyedcalculation” of the gains and thinly-veiledreference to the RCEP: “Now,we agreement “open foraccessionbyIndia” and The ramificationsofIndia’s decision to opt ScienceAdvances. CLIP 17%ofpatientswho were costs of entering anew arrangement, and that had takenglobalisation as sayingwewillbe- also saidthat India mayparticipateinRCEP outofRCEPwillbetested.WhenIndiachoseto Thedrug, baricitinib, giventhe drug diedor no pact wasbetterthan a“bad agreement”. come morecompetitive,you knowwewill meetings as an “observer”. stay out of the Belt and Road Initiative in 2017, is usuallyusedtotreat NEWRESEARCH neededtogoonaventi- Jaishankar had said India had negotiated until keep in touchwith the world. Now, fast for- ThatJapanledthedraftingof theMinister’s therewas muchcommentarythat New Delhi rheumatoid arthritis. lator,compared to 35%in theveryend—andhadtakenacallafterassess- ward 20 years, whatare youactuallyseeing? DeclarationonIndia’sparticipationinRCEPisa might be isolating itself. Three years later, Using artificial intelli- the control groupwho ing what wasonoffer.Hehad also arguedthat Canyou honestlytell me that, oh yes, because reflectionof thecooperationbetweenIndiaand India’spositionhas been recognisedbylike- gence, Imperial team initiallyidenti- were notgiven themedication. India wasnot about to step backfromits Act of this openness, because of all these FTAs to- like-mindedcountries —especiallythe Quad mindeddemocracies,andmanyhavesaidthat fied it as adrug that could have anti- The research team said thefind- Eastpolicy, norwas the decision on RCEP con- day, India is moreinnovative,India is more countries (Australia, US, Japan)—tohave“re- India’s decision wasprescient. viraland anti-inflammatoryeffects. ings arebeing followedupwithlarge- nected to itsapproachtothe Indo-Pacific. competitive,Indianmanufacturingisthriving, silient supplychains” in future. It is no secret Someanalystsarguethat“if youdon’twant In the early-stage international scale clinical trials. Indianexportsare booming,andthey’renot.If thatall Quadcountries plusafewmore—in- to beon the menu, youhavetobeatthe table”. study,83patientswithmoderateto Source: Imperial CollegeLondon Chinese aggression they’renot,there’s agood reason. Iagree that cludingNewZealand,SouthKoreaandVietnam That’s whyIndia’s seat at the table as an “ob- Someweekslater,JaishankarsaidthatIndia youcannotbearising powerwithout being a —havebeen talkingtoone another to secure server”isanimportantdevelopment, where “hasnot closedits doors” on RCEP,and will risingeconomy. To do that, youhavetobuild resilientsupplychains,away fromChina.Japan Delhicanmake surethatitisnot onthe“menu”. After5Presidentsin5years,Peruwithoutaleader:whatledtothiscrisis?

aremissing. The government’s hard-fisted plicating Vizcarra in an influence-peddling larity,especially among thePeruvian youth, hit four times, ledtothe protests intensify- OMMARATHE response has drawncriticism from several scam,Congress launchedits firstimpeach- as an anti-corruption campaigner. So, when ing. The Lima-based El Comercio wroteinits NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER16 quarters, including from LiteratureNobel ment bid. Vizcarra deniedthe charges, and the impeachment trial came through last editorial, “...the newExecutive hasbeenleft LaureateMario Vargas Llosa. the bid faileddue to lack of support. week,his supporters accusedCongress of without anydefence of legitimacy or moral PERU’S FIFTH president in five years, So, whatbrought this crisis upon Peru? The second attempt waslaunchedin orchestrating aparliamentarycoup. authority,largely because of itsown clum- Manuel Merino, wasforcedout of power October over unproven corruption charges Thousands of protesters took to the siness, pettiness, andinsistence on error. on Sunday, justfivedays aftertaking office, Vizcarra’s ascension involving2.3millionsoles($640,000)dating streetsinvarious parts of Peru —whichhas Theyhavetoleave the government palace as massive protests sweptthe country — Vizcarra,57, an engineer and acentrist backtowhenVizcarrawas governor of the already been disproportionatelyimpacted as soonaspossible.” whichremainswithout aleader as of figurenot affiliated withany political party, Southern Moqueguaregion during 2011-14. within the continent by the coronavirus MostofMerino’s cabinetresigned,and Monday. The turmoil beganonNovember became Vice President in July2016, and Thisattempt succeededonNovember9,with pandemic, and whose economyisexpected he toofollowedsuit on Sunday, tendering 9, when centristMartin Vizcarra,Merino’s President in March 2018 afterthen incum- 105votinginfavour and 19 againstholding to shrink by 14%this year,asper the an “irrevocable” resignation and leaving popular predecessor in office, wasim- bent PedroKuczynskiresignedovercorrup- Martin Vizcarra (left);Manuel Merino Vizcarra responsible under a19th-century International Monetary Fund. Peru withoutaleader.Reports saidthat peachedbythe Peruvian legislatureon tion charges. clausefor“permanentmoralincapacity”,de- Agitators demandedthat Merinoresign, Congress is nowlooking forapalatable re- grounds of “permanent moral incapacity” Vizcarra promised an anti-corruption spitehim denying anywrongdoing. despitehis promises of acting as aunifying placement, but fewexpect that the appoint- over unproven chargesofcorruption. agenda,initiating reformstotackle corrup- year,snap elections again gave adominant With Vizcarra gone, Congress chief figure, and of holding the presidential elec- mentofanother one of itsnominees would The countrywide demonstrations that tioninthelegislatureandjudiciary,andprom- position to parties opposed to his rule. ManuelMerino,amemberof thecentre-right tionsasscheduledinApril2021. Tensionskept pacify protesters. Opponents of the legisla- have rocked the country since have been isednot to makeanother bidfor thepresi- PopularActionparty,assumedthePresidency escalatingtowardstheendof theweek,lead- ture, including Vizcarra,haveinstead asked compared with theunrestthat markedthe dency when his term ended in 2021. He was His impeachment in an interim capacity the following day. ing to the death of twostudents on Saturday. that Peru’s topcourtshould step in and de- turbulent regime of authoritarianPresident able to garner support nationally, buthad a Since the election, thePeruvian cide the legality of the impeachment Alberto Fujimori from 1990 to 2000.Inthe fraughtrelationshipwithCongress,Peru’sleg- Congress sought to remove Vizcarra from Protests against Merino His exit process, as apossible verdict in his favour violent clashes so far, twopersons have islative body, andhaditdissolvedin2019,trig- office twice. In September this year,after During his two-and-a-half years in The deaths of JackPintado, 22,shot11 could help keep Vizcarra’s political ambi- died, dozens have been injured and over 40 gering aconstitutional crisis. In Januarythis the release of audio recordings allegedly im- power, Vizcarra had amassedwide popu- times with metalpellets,and Inti Sotelo, 24, tions afloat.

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TOPOFTHE HOPE OF OVERTURNING RESULT FADES WORLD Asia-Pacific seessurge in new Covid cases,nations mull reimposing curbs Trumpteamretreats

STEPHENCOATES SYDNEY,NOVEMBER16 fromkeyclaimin COUNTRIES ACROSS the Asia- Pacific region reported record newcoronavirus numbers and Walid al-Moalem fresh outbreaksonMonday, with Pennsylvanialawsuit Japan facing mounting pressure to reimpose astateofemergency SYRIA and South Koreawarning it was President’s NSAO'Brien says looksnow that Biden has won SyrianForeign at a“critical crossroads”. The resurgence of the virus in MinisterMoalem Asia comesastravelrestrictions AP&REUTERS aregraduallybeingeasedinthere- HARRISBURG,NOVEMBER16 diesat79 gionanditwilldampenprospects SYRIA’SLONG-TIMEfor- forbroaderreopeningthat would US PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s eign ministerWalid al- boost the recovery underwayin campaign is withdrawing acen- Moalem, an unyielding economies suchasJapan. tral partofits lawsuit seekingto defender of Syrian Newdailycases in Japan stop the certification of the elec- President Bashar al reachedarecord1,722 on tion resultsinPennsylvania, Assad’s bloody crackdown Saturday, with hotspots in the whereDemocrat Joe Bidenbeat onpeaceful protesters that northern island of Hokkaido and People wearing protectivemasks at Shinagawastation in Tokyo, Japan. Withrecord daily Trumptocapture the stateand sparkedadecadeold con- thewesternprefecturesof Hyogo cases, Japan is facing mountingpressure to reimpose astate of emergency. Reuters help win the WhiteHouse. flict, died on Monday, the and Osaka. In Tokyo, cases have AheadofaTuesdayhearing government said. There neared 400inrecent days,levels in the case, Trump’s campaign were no details on the notseensince early August. portedmorethan 200new coro- on Mondayafter amonths-long droppedthe allegationthat hun- Election officials open provisional ballots whilepoll cause of death, but the 79- Prime MinisterYoshihide navirus cases forthe thirdcon- streak of no infections in the dredsofthousandsofmail-in watchers observefrombehind at theSchuylkill County year old had been in poor Suga, desperatetomaintain secutive dayonMonday, as the stateendedonthe weekend. and absentee ballots —682,479, Election BureauinPennsylvania lastweek. AP health with heartprob- Japan’s economic momentum, government considers tighten- One official said the clusterwas to be precise —wereillegally lems. The soft-spoken has said the newinfections did ing social distancing. likelyconnected to ahotel for processedwithoutits represen- diplomat has accusedthe notwarrant thereimposition of “Weare at acritical cross- quarantinedtravellers. tativeswatching. chance to fixtheir ballot. UnitedStates and othersin astate of emergency,orahalt to roads wherewemight have to Severalother statesimposed The campaign’s slimmed- But, he said, it is minimal and the West of fuelling his the government’s campaign to readjustdistancing,” South newborderrestrictionsastheout- down lawsuit, filedinfederal certainlyfewer than themargin country’s unrestand la- encouragedomestic tourism. Korean Health MinisterPark break threatenedAustralia’s courtonSunday, maintains the —almost70,000 —that sepa- belledinsurgents“jihadi Indonesia,whichhasthehigh- Neung-hoo said. recordofcontrolling the disease, UK PM Boris Johnson aim of blocking Pennsylvania ratesBiden and Trump. terrorists”inaconflict in estnumber of cases in Southeast “The current situation is tak- withseveraldaysofnonew infec- from certifying avictoryfor In anycase, thereisnoprovi- whichmorethan half a Asia,has reportednew spikes af- ingaverydangerousturn con- tions reported this month. Biden in thestate,and it main- sioninstatelaw preventingcoun- million people have been tersigns infection rateswere sidering the rising infections PM Scott Morrison said the Virus quarantine tains itsclaim that Democratic ties from helping voters to fixa killedand morethan 5.6 plateauing in recentweeks. It an- from dailylives and the unre- newcases were “a reminder, voters were treated morefavor- ballotthatcontainsatechnicalde- million have become nouncedarecorddailyjumpof lenting pace of the spread.” even afteralockdown, even af- complicatesabig ablythan Republican voters. If the Biden-Harris ticket ficiency.Levine said the lawsuit refugees, mostofthem 5,444 infections on Friday. In Australia, 14 newcases terall this time, the virus hasn’t week forUKPM TheAssociatedPressonNov7 is determined to be the does notcontain anyallegation Sunnis. REUTERS In South Korea, officials re- were reportedinSouth Australia gone anywhere”. REUTERS calledthe presidentialcontest for winner, and obviously that somebody votedillegally. Biden afterdetermining that the Meanwhile, Trump’s na- London: British Prime Minister remaining ballots lefttobe things look like that now, tional security adviser,Robert Boris Johnson said Mondayheis counted in Pennsylvaniawould we’ll have avery O’Brien, said on Mondayhe EUROPE Michigan,Washingtonimpose “fit as abutcher’s dog” and firmly notallowTrumptocatch up. professional transition would ensureaprofessional EUprivacy in control of the government, de- Trumphas refusedtoconcede. from the National transition to the team ledby spitehaving to self-isolatebe- The remainingclaim in the Security Council.” Biden if Biden is deemedthe activistsfile severe curbs as US cases soar cause acontact has tested posi- lawsuit centres on disqualifying winner of the 2020 presidential tive forthe coronavirus. ballots castbyvoters who were ROBERT O’BRIEN election and “obviouslythings complaintsover no morethan twohouseholds. Johnson, who is trying to givenanopportunity to fixmail- U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER look likethat now”. iPhonetracking DAVIDSHEPARDSON WashingtonstateGovernorJay suppress anew surge in UK coro- in ballots thatweregoing to be “If thereisanew administra- &DAVIDLAWDER Inslee announced aone-month navirusinfections, quell turmoil disqualifiedfor atechnicality. tion,look,theydeservesometime EUROPEAN PRIVACYac- WASHINGTON,NOVEMBER16 ban on indoor services at restau- within his ConservativeParty The lawsuit chargesthat so that the voter could fixitand to comeinand implement their tivistshave filedcomplaints rantsandgyms,andareductionof and secureatrade deal with the “Democratic-heavy counties”vi- ensurethat the votewould policies,” O’Brien said. “If the againstAppleoveritsuseof MICHIGAN AND Washington in-storeretailcapacity to 25%. European Union, said in avideo olated the lawbyidentifying count, called“curing”. Biden-Harris ticket is determined softwaretotrack the be- stateonSundayimposed Indoor gatherings would be message that he had no Covid- mail-in ballots before Election CliffLevine, alawyerrepre- to be the winner,and obviously haviourofiPhone users. sweeping newrestrictions on prohibited outside of one’s 19 symptoms. Daythat had defects—suchas senting the Democratic National things look likethat now, we’ll The Vienna-basedgroup gatherings, including halting in- The University of Michigan household and outdoorgather- Johnson had spent aweek in lackinganinner “secrecy enve- Committee, which is seeking to have averyprofessionaltransition NOYB said Mondaythat it door restaurant service,toslow has mandated masks. Reuters ings would be limited to five hospitalwith the coronavirus in lope” or lacking avoter’s signa- intervene, said it’s unclearhow fromtheNationalSecurityCouncil, asked authorities in the spread of the coronavirus as people in Washington stateun- April, including threenightsin ture on the outside envelope — manyvoters were giventhe there’s no question about it.” Germanyand Spain to ex- total US infections crossedthe 11 der Inslee’s order. intensive care. aminethe legality of million mark,justoveraweek cold weather drivespeople in- The newrestrictionscome as Johnson hadplannedaseries Apple’s tracking codes. afterhitting 10 million. doors wherethe virus can daily newinfectionsinrecentdays of meetings and announce- Ruling PTI wins most Protesters urge NOYB said iOS creates MichiganGovernor Gretchen spread moreeasily. have morethandoubledfromsin- mentsthis week afterlosing two unique codes foreach Whitmer ordered aban on in- She bannedpublic eventsat gle-dayhighsreportedduringthe topaides in messy circum- Pak govt to sever iPhone thatallowApple person high school and college concerthalls, casinos, movie the- previousUSpeakinmid-July. The stances. He wasalso due to lead seats in Gilgit-Baltistan and thirdparties to “iden- classes as well as indoor dining aters,skatingrinksandotherven- numberof Covid-19patientsinUS meetings to decide the next ties with France, tifyusers across applica- service forthree weeksstarting ues, while in-home gatherings hospitals also has reachedanall- steps in Britain’s response to the clashwith police tionsandevenconnecton- on Wednesdayasincreasingly will be limited to 10 people from time high. REUTERS coronavirus. AP SAJJADHUSSAIN lineandmobilebehaviour”. ISLAMABAD,NOVEMBER16 The group argues that this near Islamabad amountstotrackingwith- PAKISTANPRIMEMinister Imran out users' knowledge or Hungary to veto EU budget and recovery Khan’s PakistanTehreek-i-Insaf ASIFSHAHZAD consent. AP (PTI) on Mondaywon mostof RAWALPINDI,NOVEMBER16 the seatsinthe legislative as- BRAZIL plan over conditions in major snag for bloc semblyelection in Gilgit- THOUSANDS OF supporters of a Bolsonaro-backed Baltistan, keeping alive the tra- hardline Islamistparty clashed Merkel, who is in charge of the dition of success in the region by Parties who control the with police on the main road candidatessinkin MARTONDUNAI& German EU presidency. ED Disputeon the party ruling the country. central government in intoPakistan’s capital cityon localelections PAWELFLORKIEWICZ Hungarian Prime Minister ruleoflaw Indiahas slammedPakistan Pakistan have usually Mondayfollowing protests over BUDAPEST/WARSAW/ Viktor Orban hasalready sent a E forits decision to hold elections emergedwinners in Gilgit- the recent use of cartoons of the ● condition SHAKEN BY theworld’s BRUSSELS,NOVEMBER16 letter to EU institutionsthreat- EXPLAIN in Gilgit-Baltistan and said any Baltistanelections. Reuters file ProphetMohammad in France, second deadliestcoron- ening to veto the budget and action to alter the status of the and severalpeoplewereinjured. avirus outbreak and deep HUNGARY WILLvetothe Polish Prime MinisterMateusz ACCESS TO EU’s Covid recov- militarily-occupiedregion has The protesters from the economic crisis, Brazilians EuropeanUnion’s2021-27budget Morawiecki wroteasimilar let- eryfunds areconditional on no legal basis. (PPP) five,Pakistan Muslim Tehrik-i-Labaik Pakistan(TLP) voted on Sunday forexpe- and itsCovid recovery scheme if terlastweek. member states’ adherence to Electionswere heldon23seats League-Nawaz (PML-N)two, party that has made blasphemy riencedpoliticians from access to fundsismade condi- Asked if Hungarywould veto the rule of law. Hungary and of thethirdlegislative assemblyon JamiatUlema-e-IslamFazl(JIU-F) itsrallying cryare demanding traditional parties in local tionalongovernments’adherence HungaryPMViktor Orban the 1.1trillion euro ($1.3 trillion) Poland object to thiscondition Sundayamidsttight security due and Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen that the governmentsevers elections, amovethat may to theruleoflaw,amovewhicha budgetandthe750billioneurore- because theEUhas been criti- to the threat of militancy. (MWM)one seat each. diplomatic ties withFrance and damagereelection hopes senior EU official warnedcould coveryplanthathingesonthepas- cal of the stateofthe judiciary Unofficial resultscompiled However, DunyaTVreported expels itsambassador,police forPresidentJair createhavoc withinthe bloc. “If thereisaHungarian veto sageofalawonfinancingit,called in these twocountries andhas by the various mediaoutlets that PTI wonnine seats, inde- and party officials said. Bolsonaro. Candidates Ambassadors of EU govern- of the budget,therewill be acri- the Own Resources Decision, un- earlier triedtosanction them showedthat PTI wonatleast pendents seven, PPPfour, PML-N Policeblockedthedemonstra- backedbythe far-right mentsinBrusselswill discuss sis,” asenior EU diplomat in- lesstheruleof lawconditionswere forwhat the bloc’s leadership eight to nine seats, but it wasstill twoand MWMone seat. tors as theyattemptedtoenter populist President, who the budget,its financing and any volved in thepreparations for reconsidered,Hungarian govern- calls politicalinterference in well shortofmajority to form the The official resultswerestill Islamabad.Theprotestersattacked presentshimself as an out- funding conditions on Monday the ambassadors’ meeting said. ment spokesmanZoltan Kovacs the judicial process. The rule of government. However, it wasin notknown as election authori- the policewith bricks,stones and sider,wereknocked out of afternoon. Hungary’s govern- He said informal discussions said: “Your deduction is correct.” lawcondition is seen as the aposition to form the govern- ties maytakesome time to an- sticks,policeofficialTauqeerShah the running in the coun- ment spokesman reiterated on on the issue were already under ZbigniewZiobro, Poland’s EU’s latestattempt to hold the ment as 6-7 independent candi- nounce the final outcome. said. “Severalofour officers were try’s largestcitySao Paulo MondayBudapestwould vote way, including talksbetween the Justice Ministersaid this was“the governmentsofthe twocoun- dates also won. This wasthe third election for injured,” he said, adding that and other municipal races againstthe package, and head of the European decisive momentfor what will tries to account. But their veto Geo TVreportedthat PTIwon the current legislative assembly nearly 2,000 protesters had in statecapitals. REUTERS Poland’sjustice ministersaid Commission,the chairman of EU happen in Europe... when Poland could trigger acrisis forthe EU. eight seats, independent candi- afterpolitical reform introduced campedattheentranceto thecity, Warsawcould followsuit. leaders and Chancellor Angela candeclareaveto.” REUTERS dates six, PakistanPeople Party in 2010. PTI refusing to leave. REUTERS

FIRST OPERATIONAL FLIGHT OF THE CREW DRAGON SPACECRAFT BUILT AND OPERATED BY SPACEX SpaceX’s ‘Resilience’ lifts four astronauts into anew era of spaceflight

on acommercial rocket. tronauts—RobertBehnken and month stay at thespace station. the night sky as the rocket become the firstBlackastronaut KENNETHCHANG& “This is trulyacommercial Douglas Hurley—tothe space “It marks the endofthe de- arcedoverthe Atlantic Ocean. to serveasamember of the sta- ALLYSONWALLER launchvehicle,” Jim station in May, but that wasatest velopment phase of the system,” Afterdroppingaway from the tion’s crew in the20-some years NOVEMBER16 Bridenstine, the NASA adminis- flight to shakeout remaining Phil McAlister, director of com- secondstage,whichcontinuedto that people have been living trator,said during apost-launch glitches in the systems. mercial spaceflight develop- orbit,theFalcon9booster turned aboardthe International Space IT’S NOT yetthe same as hopping news conference, “andwe’re The four astronautsonthis ment at NASA,said in atele- around and landedonafloating Station. Other Blackastronauts on acommuter flight from New grateful to our partners at flight areMichael S. Hopkins, phone interviewwith reporters platform.SpaceX now, asamatter have previouslybeen aboardthe York to Washington or renting a SpaceX forproviding it.” Shannon Walker and Victor J. Thursday. “For the firsttime in of course, recovers and reuses the space station, but theywerethere car from Avis, but Sunday’s NASA designated Sunday GloverofNASA, and Soichi history,thereisacommercial ca- boosters. This same rocket stage forbriefer stays during space launchoffour astronautstothe night’s launchasthe firstopera- Noguchi, aJapanese astronaut. pabilityfromaprivate sector en- will be usedtolaunchthe next shuttle missions that helpedas- International Space Station in a tional flight of the Crew Dragon NASA and SpaceX lastweek tity to safelyand reliablytrans- quartetofastronautstothe space semble the orbiting outpost. capsule built by SpaceX wasa spacecraftbuilt andoperatedby completedthe certification portpeople to space.” station next spring. When asked during apress momentous step toward mak- SpaceX, the rocket company process, whichprovidesthe Despiteiffyweather—fore- The Crew Dragon,named conference abouthis thoughtson ing space travel commonplace startedbyElonMusk. The four space agency’sseal of approval casts gave onlya50-50 chance Resilience, is scheduledtodock making history,Glovermodestly and mundane. astronautsaboard—three from that SpaceX has metthe specifi- of favourable conditions at the Mondayatabout 11 pm Eastern noddedtothe significance. “It is In the future, instead of rely- NASA and one from JAXA,the cations setout forregularlytak- ASpaceX Falcon 9rocket, with the Crew Dragon capsule launchpad —the skies re- time aftera27.5-hour trip as the something to be celebrated once ing on spacecraftbuilt by NASA Japanese space agency —left ing NASA astronautstoorbit. namedResilience,islaunchedonthe firstoperationalNASA mained clear enough.At7.27 capsule catches up with space we accomplish it, and Iamhon- or other governments, NASA as- Earth from the Kennedy Space This launch, known as Crew-1,is commercial crew missionatKennedy Space CentreinCape pm Eastern time, the nine en- station, which is travelling at oured to be in this positionand to tronauts and anyone else with Center in Florida. aregularly scheduled trip to take Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday. Reuters gines of the Falcon 9rocket morethan 17,000 mph. be apart of this great and experi- enough moneycan buy aticket ACrew Dragon took twoas- four crew members forasix- roared to lifeand brightened When Glover arrives, he will encedcrew,” he said. NYT

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Domestic equity andcurrency markets were closedonMondayfor Balipratipada; Internationalmarket data till 1900IST INTERVIEW WITH CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER, INDIGO RBLendersIFOCUSONREVIVALtoOFgetACTIVITYextraINSECTORfundSWITHBAstCKWARobD&uyFORWbondsARDLINKAGES, ‘Learned valuablelessons about demand, scope for otherdebtinstrumentsofstressedcos CarGo; will serveuswell’ caresector,with credit outstand- stressedsectors identifiedbythe outsourcingandKYC.Theprimary SUNNYVERMA& ingofabove Rs 50 croreand up to ED 26 Kamathpanel.“The government focusof thenewscheme,rechris- RESPONDINGTOthe demand- and will recoverinline with eco- GEORGEMATHEW Rs500crore asonFebruary29are sectors and the RBI areworking in coor- tenedasCo-LendingModel, is to supplygap in air cargo,which nomic activity.Weare able to NEWDELHI/MUMBAI,NOV16 eligibleto availfundingunderthe E dinationto providemuchneeded improvethe flowofcredittothe wascreated as aresult of flight satisfy thedemands of muchof ● infocus scheme.Tenorof additionalcredit EXPLAIN fundingsupporttostressedcom- unservedand underserved sec- restrictions during theCovid-19 India’s air cargo needs, even AFTER EXTENSION of the availedunder the scheme,which panies. We believe thetiming is tors at an affordable cost. period, low-costcarrier IndiGo without freighter aircraft. EmergencyCreditLineGuarantee is open tillMarch 31,2021, is five ENTITIES IN 26 stressed nowright as mostsectors have Of theRs3lakhcroreofECLGS launchedall cargo flightsasa We arealso uplifting more Scheme(ECLGS) forthe stressed yearsincludingoneyearof mora- sectors identifiedbythe openedupand the health impact forMSMEs, bankshavesanc- standalone revenue stream, the postoffice mail,onbehalf of the companies by the government, torium on principal repayment. KamathCommittee, as of Covid-19 isshowingatrendre- tionedRs2.03lakh croreout of airline’s chief commercial officer Government, thaneverbefore, the RBI is alsoplanning to an- Along withthe government’s well as the healthcare versal. Measures takennow will whichRs1.48lakhcrorehasbeen WILLIAM BOULTER told PRANAV thankstoour broad networkand nounce steps to provide addi- steps, sources said the RBI’s focus sector, with credit out- provide survival and growth cap- disbursedtill October2020. MUKUL in an e-mail interview. unmatchedflight frequency. tionalliquidityto such companies of liquiditymeasureswillnowin- standing of above Rs 50 ital to healthyaswell as stressed The ECLGS has been againex- He addedthat IndiGohas al- through banksand NBFCs. clude revivalofactivity in specific croreand up to Rs 500 companies,” sources said. tendedaslockdownsareopening readytransported cargo equiva- Howimportant apart is cargo SourcessaidtheReserveBank sectorsthathavebothbackward croreasonFebruary29, “The RBI stands ready to un- up graduallyand demandisex- lent to theloads carriedinthe businessbecoming forthe of India (RBI) plans to provide ad- and forwardlinkages, and multi- areeligible to avail fund- dertake further measures as nec- pectedto increaseduringthesec- lastfinancial year,within the last airline as the growth in ditionalliquidityto banksthatcan plier effectsongrowth. ing under the scheme an- essarytoassuremarket partici- ond half of FY21.Sources said the five months at limitedcapacity. passenger demand remains beusedto buybondsorotherdebt The central bank has decided nouncedbythe Finance pantsofaccess to liquidity and governmentisopento increasing Edited excerpts: constricted? instruments of stressedcompan- to conductontapTLTRO (Targeted Ministry. The RBI plans to easy financing conditions,” RBI the Rs 3lakh crorefacility in case William Boulter The Covid-inducedlock- ies. Lastweek,the Finance Minis- LongTermRepoOperations)with provide liquidity support Governor ShaktikantaDas had it is exhaustedafter deployment Howmuchgrowth did IndiGo down this year notonlyposeda tryannounced the launch of a tenorsofuptothreeyearsforato- to entities in these sectors saidwhileunveilingthemonetary of funds to stressedcompanies. witnessinits cargo challenge forour businessbut newversionoftheECLGSforcom- talamount of up to Rs 100,000 would further ease fund- policy in October. Bank credit growth from May operations during the peak IndiGohas been oneofthe also turnedout to be an oppor- panies whichhaveloan duesup croreatafloatingrate linkedto the ing pressurefor them. In abid to better leverage the (Rs 102.2 lakh crore) to October Covid-19 period, and doesthe innovative airlinesnot justin tunity forthe CarGo arm. IndiGo to 30days (SpecialMentionAcco- policy repo rate.Liquidity availed respective comparativeadvan- (Rs 103.4 lakh crore) has been companyexpectthese India but alsoglobally. We al- operated over 2,100CarGochar- untsorSMA 0) as on February29, by banksundertheschemehasto tagesofthebanksandnon-bank- mainlysupportedbydisburse- numbers to sustain? ways find newapproaches to ters, transporting morethan 2020 who will be providedaddi- be deployed in corporate bonds, mentsasonSeptember 30, 2020. ingfinancial companies (NBFCs), mentsunder ECLGS. As on Octo- Our CarGo line of business combat difficult situations. 18,000 MT of supplies between tional credit of 20 per cent out- commercialpapers,andnon-con- Banksare sittingonoverRs2 the RBI recentlydecidedtopro- ber, disbursements under ECLGS wasalready performing ex- Having no freighters at all, we April ‘20 and September ‘20. The standing under the scheme. vertibledebenturesissuedbyen- lakh croreofloans that could face vide greater operational flexibil- were Rs 1.52 lakh crore, higher tremelywell,but then we went deployedaround 10 A320/321 CarGocharter flightsoperated Entities in 26 stressedsectors tities in specific sectors over and slippages and restructuring in ity to the lending institutions, than gross bank credit growth of to anew levelwiththe carriage passenger aircraftfor cargoop- across 21 destinations within identifiedbythe KV Kamath above the outstanding levelof FY21. Sourcessaid theTLTRO fa- while requiring them to conform Rs1.2lakhcrore (inabsolute terms of essentialsupplies and medi- erations as our ‘CarGo-in-cabin’ India and internationally, includ- Committee, as well as the health- their investmentsinsuchinstru- cility can be extendedtoall 26 to the regulatoryguidelines on from MaytoOctober). cines in the early weeksofthe charters. Using the aircraftbelly ing newstations likeBishkek in lockdown. We learnedvaluable space and addingsome minor Kyrgyzstan, CairoinEgypt, lessons aboutthe demand and equipment and procedural Almaty in Kazakhstanand BPCL scopefor CarGowhichwill defi- changes forthe cabin, we have Tashkent in Uzbekistan. TACKLING PANDEMIC IMPACT nitelyserveuswellfor augment- been able to carrysignificant IndiGo has alreadytranspor- ing ourCarGo operations in the payloads on our passenger air- tedcargo equivalent to the loads strategic sale: months ahead. craft—uptoaround 20 tonnes, carriedinthe lastfinancial year, ‘Stimulus 3.0 supportive for 7.8% `2.65lakhcr If we lookatthe year-over- depending on commodity. within the lastfivemonths at ‘Multiple’ EXPECTED FISCAL DEFICIT, TOTAL AMOUNT year numbers, in July, our cargo Forexample, we have carried limited capacity.The airline has growth butfiscal impact unclear’ IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGE ANNOUNCED UNDER revenue wasup9per cent;in arecordhighesttonnageof in fact earnedmarginallyhigher bids received India’s thirdtranche of stimulus measures should support OF GDP, IN THE FISCAL YEAR AATMANIRBHAR BHARAT August, our cargo revenue was 20,123 kg cargoonA320 (on the cargo revenue over these mon- economic rebound overthe coming quarters, but the 2020-21 PACKAGE 3.0 up 20 per cent;inSeptember, Kochi-AbuDhabi sector). ths as compared to the earnings actual fiscal impact is still unclear,FitchSolutions said our cargo revenue year-over- over the lastfinancialyear, as a on last day year wasup27per cent —a Apart from medical supplies resultofthe combination of our ₹ AREASTARGETEDBY March31,2021 steadilyincreasing trend which and Covid essentials, what bellyspace returningtothe mar- ₹ AATMANIRBHARBHARAT ■LaunchofECLGS2.0for26 is obviouslyverypleasing, espe- aresomeofthe topgoods ket andour extensivecargo-in- ENSECONOMICBUREAU ₹ ₹ PACKAGE3.0 stressedsectors cially since our total capacity was transported by IndiGoduring cabin operations, plus firmer NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER16 ■Formalemployment ■Incometaxrelieffordevelopers sharplyreducedinthose the peak Covid period? yields. We areproud to have ■ProductionLinkedIncentive(PLI) andhomebuyers months. We launchedall cargo The commodities that arebe- playedapartinmaintaining and THE GOVERNMENT has received ■ Fertilisersubsidy ■BudgetoutlayforR&Dtowards flights as astandalone revenue ing loadedeventodayinclude supportingsupplychains in and multiple expressions of interest ■MGNREGA Covid-19vaccine stream. Somewhatincredibly, perishable foodstuffs,pharma- outofthe country by flyingmed- (EoIs) forthe strategic sale of we arenow carryingmorecargo ceuticalproducts, as well as PPE ical supplies, fresh vegetables BharatPetroleumCorporationLtd `1.2 lakh crore `1.6 lakh crore at much lowercapacity,than we kits, whichwereveryprominent and otherexport cargo. IndiGo (BPCL), the Finance Ministrysaid Spendingtoward other 11 SpendingtowardPLIScheme did at 100per cent lastyear. in the early days of the pan- will continue to adaptits busi- onMonday—thelastday forsub- ₹ announcements,including demic. Some shipmentssuchas ness to theneeds of the hour and missionof offersby potentialbid- ■ExtensionofECLGS1.0upto Source: FitchSolutions/PTI Has IndiGo introducedany auto-parts,which were alarge cargo will remain an integral ders forthe government’s 52.98 ₹ tweaks to keep up with the component of our pre-Covid partofour recovery from the ef- percentstake inthecountry’ssec- growth in cargo business? loads, continuetobeimportant, fectsofthe pandemic. ond-largest fuelretailer. The office of Tuhin Kanta Pandey, Secretary, Departmentof Investment and Public Asset After recoveryinOct, diesel DHFL resolution: Amid protest over bid Management (DIPAM), tweeted that “multiple expressions of in- terest have been receivedbythe sales slip again in Nov first half by Adani,CoC to take call on all 4offers Transaction Advisor” forthe strategic disinvestment of BPCL, andcontinue with thecorporate of Rs 12,000 croreavailablewith addingthatthetransactionwould ENSECONOMICBUREAU ENSECONOMICBUREAU Piramal Group had insolvency resolution process as DHFL to the lenders. The Piramal move to the next stageafter scru- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER16 MUMBAI/NEWDELHI,NOV16 written to the lenders prescribed under the RFRP with- bid would result in recovery of tinybythe transaction advisor. out anydeviations from it. We onlyaround6percentforlenders. DeloitteTouche Tohmatsu DIESEL SALES slipped5per cent THE COMMITTEE of creditors protesting against herebyreserveall our rights un- SC Lowy submitted abid that India LLP has been appointed the in the firsthalf of November,data (CoC)of scam-hitDewanHousing Adani Group’s offer, der lawand equity to seek appro- comes with so many conditions transaction advisor.DIPAM did from the three leading OMCs, FinanceCorporation(DHFL)isset placedafter theNov 9 priateredressal,includingwithdr- thatitisunlikelytobeconsidered. nothoweverspecifywhichcom- Indian Oil Corporation(IOC), to meet over the next couple of awingfromthecurrentcorporate Meanwhile, it is understood panies had submitted the EOIs. BharatPetroleumCorporationLtd days to decideonthefourbidsre- submission date insolvencyprocessforDHFL,ifthe that in itscurrent form, the Adani Finance MinisterNirmala (BPCL) and HindustanPetroleum ceivedfromresolutionapplicants, unsolicited offerofthe Offereeis bidisthemostfavourable.“Lend- Sitharaman tweetedthat the dis- Corporation Ltd (HPCL) showed. Diesel sales witnessedgrowthinOctober forthe firsttime thatincludeAdaniGroup,Piramal bidsandsubmitfreshonesasthey consideredand/ortheprocessset ers will optfor asoundproposal investment process of BPCL had Dieselsales had witnessed since February, priortothe nationwide lockdown to curb Group, Oaktree and SC Lowy. found the prices to be very low. outtheRFRP, theIBCandtheCIRP with less haircut. Bankswant to progressedandwasmovingto the growth in October forthe first thespread of Covid-19. Express file Among those received, while In itsletter, the Piramal Group Regulationsisnotdulyfollowed.” recoverthe maximumamount second stageafter the govern- time since February,prior to the AdaniGroupplacedabidof more said the submission of aresolut- When contacted,anAdani from theirexposure. Whyshould ment had receivedmultipleEoIs. nationwidelockdownto curbthe than Rs 31,000 crorefor all assets ionplan,afterthesubmissiondate, Group spokesperson declinedto theyadjustthe cashofaroundRs spreadof Covid-19.Dieselsalesfor sideredakey indicator of eco- transport of people and goods of DHFL, the bid had raisedeye- is neither in accordance with the comment on the matter. 10,000croreorRs12,000crorely- the three large state-ownedoil nomic activity. with acorresponding lull during browsandPiramalGroupwrotea provision of the revised request DHFL had total assets of Rs ing DHFL againstthe EMI or re- BRIEFLY marketingcompanies(OMCs)fell Anindustrysourcenotedthat thefestiveperiod.Ananalyst,who letterto theCoCprotestingagainst forresolutionplandated16Septe- 93,000crore,comprisingretailas- payment,”said abanking source. to 2,860 thousand metric tonnes diesel sales were down only0.5 didnotwishto bequoted,saidre- Adani’s offerwhichwas submit- mber2016 (RFRP)northeInsolve- setportfolio of Rs 33,000 crore, Sources saythat while Adani (TMT)inthe firsthalf of Novem- per cent forthe first14daysof cent datahad indicated thatsales tedafterNovember9,thesubmis- ncyandBankruptcyBoardofIndia wholesale asset portfolio of Rs Capital has been looking to ex- OPEC+weighs ber, from 3,013 TMT ayear ago. November and lowertraveldur- of diesel and petrol were close to sion datefor theresolution plan. (InsolvencyResolutionProcessfor 48,000 crore, and cash and cash pand organicallyoverthe last2-3 extendingoilcuts Petrolsalesinthisperiodgrew ingtheDiwaliweekendmay have pre-Covid levels, but anysignifi- As of now, Adani’s bid is the CorporatePersons) Regulations, equivalentof Rs12,000crore.The years and openedaround 100 slightlyto1,031 TMTfrom1,028 contributed to the fall in diesel cant growth in sales would need highest,trumpingthatof Oaktree 2016,(CIRP Regulations). Adanis initiallyoffered to payRs branches, it is nowlookingtoex- Dubai: OPECand alliesin- TMT.InOctober,dieselsalesgrew consumption.The source said an uptickineconomic activity. and Piramal. While Oaktree had Itaddedthatsincetheunsolic- 750crorewithinoneyearandthe pandinorganicallyandexpandits cluding Russia areleaning 7.4per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) diesel consumption wasontrack Datafromthe OMCs also submittedabidof Rs31,000crore ited offerhas notbeen submitted balance Rs 1,500crore would be presence in the NBFC sector.A towardsdeferringaplanned and petrol sales by 4.5 per cent y- to normalisebyDecember. showedthat sales of ATFwere forthe entirecompany, the inaccordancewiththeprovisions payable aftereight years.Piramal source said DHFL’sacquisition Januaryincrease to oilout- o-y. Dieselaccountsforaround40 Experts also notedthat it was down53percentinthefirsthalfof Piramal Group had bid Rs 25,000 of the RFRP and the IBC, “we Enterprises bid forDHFL’s retail would provide synergy to Adani putby atleast threemonths per centoffuel consumption in normal fordiesel sales to pickup November,comparedto theyear- croreforDHFL’sretailbid.Lenders wouldurge theAdministratorand portfolio wasonlyRs6,000crore. Group’s NBFC business and the to supportprices, sources India and itsconsumption is con- before Diwalithrough greater agoperiod. hadaskedthebiddersto revisethe the CoC to disregardsuchanoffer PiramalalsoofferedRs9,000crore group is keen on acquiring it. said on Monday. REUTERS WPIinflationat Logisticsamajor Dow at newhigh as Moderna World Bank to advise 8-monthhigh NewDelhi: The wholesale challengeinCovid data bolsters vaccine bets DIPAM on CPSE price-basedinflationroseto aneight-monthhighof 1.48 percentinOctober. vaccine delivery REUTERS asset monetisation capacity to transport vaccines BENGALURU/MILAN,NOV16 The WorldBank advisory GSTregistration ABHISHEKDE colder than -25 degrees Celsius. ENSECONOMICBUREAU project is aimedatanalysingpub- streamlining NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER16 Thus,distributingvaccineslike THE DOWhit arecord high on NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER16 licassetmonetisationinIndiaand that of Pfizer’s mRNAcandidate, Mondayafter Modernabecame benchmarking itsinstitutional NewDelhi:TheLawCommi- WITH Ahandfulofmanufactur- whichhasbeenfoundto bemore thesecondUScompanyinaweek THE DEPARTMENT of Investment and businessmodels againstin- tteeof GSTCouncilonMon- ersnearing the end of late-stage than 90 per cent effective in pre- to reportpositiveresultsfromits and PublicAsset Management ternational best practices as well daydiscussedfakeinvoice clinical trials of Covid-19 vaccine venting Covid-19but needs to be Covid-19vaccine trial. (DIPAM)Mondaysignedanagre- as supporting development of frauds, further tightening candidatesinIndia,thenextchal- stored at -75degrees Celsius, will Moderna Inc soared 7.7per ement with WorldBank forpro- operational guidelines, the Fina- GSTregistrationprocessand lengethatawaitsthegovernment bechallenging.However, thevac- centasitsaiditsexperimentalvac- viding advisoryservices to thede- nce Ministrysaid in astatement. other legal measures. lies in finding therequisite work- cines undergoing trials in India cinewas94.5percenteffective in Shares of Moderna Inc soared 7.7per cent as it said its partmentforassetmonetisation. “It is expected that thisproj- forcetoadministerthe shots to needtobekeptbetween 2and 8 preventingCovid-19basedonin- experimental vaccinewas 94.5 per centeffectiveinpreventing In another development, the ectwould facilitateand acceler- suchahumongous population degreesCelsius,whileintransport terim datafromalate-stage trial. Covid-19 basedoninterim datafromalate-stage trial. Reuters file Finance Ministryinvited bids atethe non-coreassetmonetisa- GST:‘Noburden and cold chain logistics fortheir and storageuntil delivery. At 11:35a.m.ETtheDowJones from actuarial firms forarriving tion process and help unlockthe forcompliance’ last-mile distribution in sucha “Covidvaccinesat-25degrees Industrial Averagerose 443.68 at the embeddedvalue of Life value of these un-used/margin- vast,hot country. can be handled as we have the points, or 1.51 per cent, to nouncement. WhilePfizer’s vac- centby 1623GMT,whilesharesin Insurance Corporation (LIC) allyusedassets whichhas thepo- NewDelhi: The Department WhileIndiahasa28,000-unit requisiteinfrastructureinterms 29,923.49, the S&P 500gained cine hastobestoredand shipped itsGerman partner BioNTech ahead of itsIPO. tentialtosubstantiallyaugment of Revenue reiterated that cold storagenetwork that is used of storageand distribution.None 38.61points, or 1.08 per cent, to atultra-cooltemperatures,Mode- were down 12.8 per cent. The government has tasked financial resources forfurther in- therewill be no extracom- forthe government’s universal of the third-party logisticsopera- 3,623.76and the Nasdaq rna said itsproduct can be kept at JPMorgananalysts said the logis- DIPAM to facilitatemonetisation vestmentsand growth,” it said. pliance burden on the tax- immunisation programme, ex- tors in India areequippedwith- Compositegained75.21points,or normal fridgetemperatures. tics of Moderna’s vaccine were of non-coreassetsofcentralpub- The cental government also payers forGST turnoverdis- pertsandlogisticsfirmsindianex- 70 degreescoldstoragefacilities,” 0.64per cent, to 11,904.49. Pfizer shares, whichon clearly lessonerousalthoughthey lic sector enterprises, or CPSEs, plansto sellminoritystakeinLIC, playedinForm 26AS. PTI press.com spoketohighlight that said SanjaySharma, vice presi- Meanwhile, shares in Pfizer November 9hit their highestlev- expect storagerequirements for under strategicdisinvestment of thecountry’s largest insurer,and nocompanyhadthecapabilityor dent, Coldman Logistics. fell Mondayafter Moderna’s an- els since end July2019, fell 4.1per both the vaccines to converge. value of Rs 100crore and above. listitonbourses.

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R DODDE ND, HA UN TS, OO T/B OS BO CRAZE, SOLUTION: The Institute of Chartered AccountantsofIndia OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER Chennai Metro rail liMited H. O. :- ICAI BHAWAN", Indraprastha Marg, New Delhi, Bhilwara Branch:- ICAI BHAWAN, RWS&S DIVISION, BHADRAK (A Joint Venture of Govt. of India and Govt. of Tamil Nadu) Near CA Circle, Sector No 8, Patel Nagar,Bhilwara (Raj) 311001, Tel: 01482267921, 922 Admin Building, CMRL Depot, Poonamallee High Road, Regd. Off.: PSEB Head Office,The Mall, Patiala -147001 O-563 Tel: 06784-240979, e-mail:[email protected] Koyambedu, Chennai - 600107, Tamil Nadu, India. NOTICE INVITING TENDER CIN:U40109PB2010SGC033813, Website: www.pspcl.in NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING THROUGH e-Tendering TENDER NOTICE E-Tender EnquiryNo. 295/P-2/EMP-W-11752 Dt. 09 Nov. 2020 & 1st Corrigendum to Bid ID No. 07 of 2020-2021 tender call Ref.: ICAI/Tender-Bhilwara/Lift/2020 Dated: 17.11.2020 notice Memo No. 7087 dt. 06.11.2020. SHORTTENDER ID: 2020_POWER_56098_1 ICAI invites sealed tenders in 2- bid system (Techno Commercial and Financial bids Remaining unaltered of all other terms and conditions with dates the NITNo: CMRL/CON/PH-I Extn/ECV 101/H&L/2020 in two separate covers) from reputed and well established LiftManufacturers (OEM) Scope of Work: Preventive/Breakdown maintenance of Lighting following changes are hereby made to Bid identification No. 07 of 2020-2021 or their Authorized Representatives for supply,installation, testing &commissioning of Equipment and Cables connected with the same of of the Executive Engineer RWS&S Division, Bhadrak by virtue of this Short Tender No: CMRL/CON/PH-I Extn/ECV 101/H&L/2020 passenger liftfor itsoffice building at ICAI BHAWAN, Near CA Circle, Sector No 8, Cabling System of Four Units of GGSSTP Roopnagar, corrigendum. Tender NO:-CMRL/CON/PH-I Extn/ECV 101/H&L/2020“ Patel Nagar,Bhilwara (Raj) 311001, The details are available at ICAI website Lighting and Cabling of Stage-I, Micro Hydel Project www.icai.org/tender and www.circ-icai.org.The Last Date of Bid Submission is 8th As per Original TCN : As per Corrigendum CMRL invites item rate Tender on National competitiveBid Including Street, Fencing/BoundaryLightingand December 2020 up to 5P.M. Tender Serial No. 01 ot 18 : Tender Serial No. 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & forCARRYING OUT HORTICULTURE &LANDSCAPING WORKS Acting Secretary,ICAI Cleaning and up keeping of Cabling System and 12 stands cancelled Preventive/Breakdown maintenanceof415V LD IN MEDIAN Of CMRL Phase-I (Extn.) fROM CHAINAGE Sd/- System its Lighting Equipment and Cables connected Executive Engineer 2900.00 TO 6151.00 INCLUDINGMAINTENANCE fORA OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER with the same,Cabling System of residential &non- RWS&S Division, Bhadrak PERIOD Of TWOYEARS”. residential Buildings &Street Lights of Nuhon Colony, OIPR-25020/11/0010/2021 RWS&S DIVISION, BHADRAK PowerColony, Work Charge Colony, Sarsa Colony& Please referCMRL websitewww.chennaimetrorail.orgfor O-544 Tel: 06784-240979, e-mail: [email protected] along Nangal Hydel Channel of GGSSTP,Roopnagar. OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER particulars. NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING THROUGH e-Tendering EMD: Rs.3,00,000/- (Three Lacs only) CUTTACK (R&B) CIRCLE, CUTTACK diPr/4263/tender/2020 Chief GeneralManaGer (a&CM) Identification No. 07 dt.06.11.2020 Time Period: As per NIT (‘e’-PROCUREMENT NOTICE) 1. Name &Nos of work : 18 Nos of Rural piped water supply Scheme Date &Time upto whichTender :17.12.2020 &11.00 A.M. B-403 E-mail ID- [email protected] 2. Estimated cost : Rs. 54.53 lakhs to 232.94 lakhs shall be received Tel/Fax- 0671-231751/2302751 3. Class of Contractor : B&A Date and Time of Opening of Tender:24.12.2020 &11.30 A.M. 4. Cost of Tender Paper : As Per DTCN Tender specification can onlybedownloaded from Website BidIdentificationNo. S.E.Ctc. (R&B) 14/2020-21. 5. Period of Completion : 6Months to 11 Months https://eproc.punjab.gov.in/ &nohardcopytothe same will be 1. The SuperintendingEngineer,Cuttack (R&B) Circle,Cuttack on issued by this office behalf of Governor of Odisha invites on Percentage rate basis bid 6. Mode of submission : Tenders should be submitted only online in www.tenderorissa.gov.in NOTE: in double cover system in ONLINE MODE from eligible contractors for Building work as mentioned below. 7. Period of Availability of : 10.00 hours of dt.19.11.2020 to 17.00 hours 1. In case anydifficulty regarding uploading of the tender the prospec- tenders online of date 26.11.2020 tivebidders are requested to get clarification from this office and or 2. No. of work :- 1No. 8. Last date &time of : Date 24.11.2020 up-to 5.00 P. M. e-Procurement System Government of Punjab.Contact No.+91- 3. Nature of work :- Building work Seeking clarification (172)-2970284/63. It is also requested to get their digital signature 4. Class of Contractor :- ‘B’ &‘A’ Class 9. Last date &time of bidding : Date 26.11.2020 up-to 5.00 P. M. well in time so as to submit tenders through e-Tendering only. 5. Tender paper cost :- Rs. 10000/- (online) online 2. It is informed that in case tender process is not completed due to 10 Date &time openingof: Date 27.11.2020 at 11.00 A.M. anyreason, no corrigendum will be published in newspapers. 6. Available of bid documents :- From 20.11.2020 to 16.00 tender bid Details regarding corrigendum maybeseen on website: eproc.pun- in the web site. Hours of 05.12.2020 11. Name and address of the : Executive Engineer RWS&S Division, jab.gov.in. 7. Date of opening of bid :- Dt. 07.12.2020 at 11.00 Hours officer inviting Tender Bhadrak Sd/- 8. The Bidders have to participate in ONLINE bidding only.Further 12. Further details can be seen from the e-Procument portal www.tendersorissa.gov.in (https/tendersodisha.gov.in) RTP-51/2020 S.E./HQ,GGSSTP, details can be seen from the website https://tendersodisha. 104599/Pb Rupnagar. gov.in.Any addendum /corrigendum/cancellation of tender can 13. Subsequent modification/ corrigendum/ Addendum if required shall appear in also be seen in the said web site. website only. 14. Further details can be seen from the e-Procument portal Sd/- T.P. Mishra www.tendersorissa.gov.in (https/tendersodisha.gov.in Superintending Engineer 15. ChargeableHead: JJM Cuttack (R&B) Circle Executive Engineer OIPR-34012/11/0015/2021 RWS&S Division, Bhadrak OIPR-25020/11/0009/2021 OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, RURAL WORKS CIRCLE, BALASORE O-555 “e” Procurement Notice for Road Work NATIONAL HYDROLOGY PROJECT(NHP) Identification No.- Online Tender- Road N.C.B. No. 269 for 2020-21 Letter No. 2365/Date. 11.11.2020 STATEPROJECT MANAGEMENT UNIT (SPMU), ODISHA 1. Name of the work :- Periodical maintenace such as renewal coat with SDBC of the five year completed PMGSY roads for the year 2020-21 in the District of Bhadrak. A-292 DIRECTORATE OF GROUND WATER 2. TotalNo. of work :- 2Nos. (Two) 3. Estimated Cost :- Rs. 135.50 lakhs to Rs. 181.50 lakhs (Approximately) DEVELOPMENT :ODISHA 4. Eligible Class of Contractor :- ‘B’ &‘A’ Class (of Odisha P. W.D.) or equivalent Class of other licensing authorities (as per annexure). HP BUILDING,UNIT-VIII, DELTA SQUARE, BHUBANESWAR-12 5. Period of Completion :- 02 (Two) Calendar months for the work. [Phone No. 2561038 (O), e-mail:[email protected]] 6. Other details :- Procurement Officer Bid Identification Availability of Tender On-line for bidding Last Date &Time of Date &Time of Opening of Tender in NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING No. seeking Tender O/O S.E.R.W.Circle, Baripada INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) From To Clarification Technical Bid Financial Bid 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 e-Procurement Notice (Two-Envelope Bidding Process) Superintending Engineer,Rural Works Circle, Balasore N.C.B. No.- 269 Dt. 19.11.2020 Dt. 07.12.2020 Dt. 04.12.2020 Dt. 08.12.2020 Dt. 11.12.2020 Date: 11.11.2020 Loan No.: 8725-IN at 11.00 A.M. up to 5.00 P.M. up to 5.00 P.M. at 11.00 A.M. at 11.00 A.M. BID REFERENCE: OD/NHP/DWLR- WQ Probe/ GW/2020-21/02 Further details can be seen from the website www.tendersorissa.gov.in Sd/- Superintending Engineer,Rural Works Circle, Balasore PP PACKAGE NO. NHP-OD-2019-2020-526720 OIPR-25105/11/0004/20-21 The Chief Engineer &Director,Directorate Of Ground Water Development &Nodal Officer (NHP Odisha), DoWR, Bhubaneswar-751012 invites tendersthrough e-procurementplatformonlinefrom eligible bidders for “Supply, Installation, Testing, Commissioning and Maintenance of Digital Water Level Recorder (DWLRs) (Non-vented, hydrostatic pressure type) and Water Quality Probe with Telemetry System”inexisting piezometers of Directorate of GW Development, Odisha under National Hydrology Project. Bidding documentsare available online on www.tendersodisha.gov.in which is free of cost. The bidder shall be responsible for downloading and incorporatingany addendum uploaded in the e-procurement portal. (a) Start Date of availability of bidding : 16.11.2020 From 11.00 AM document (forDownloadfrom e-procurement portal) (b) Last Date of availability of bidding : 15.12.2020 Up to 2.00 PM document (for Download from e- procurement portal) (c) Start Date of e-Bid Submission : 05.12.2020 From 11.00 AM (d) Last Date of e-Bid Submission : 15.12.2020 Up to 2.00 PM (e) Time and date of opening of bids- : 15.12.2020 at 3.00 PM Technical Part Further details can be seen from the e-procurement portal www.tendersodisha.gov.in Chief Engineer &Director,GWD & Nodal Officer (NHP,Odisha) OIPR-32002/11/0002/2021

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Power Surge Rising Covid-19cases in Adelaide aworry ahead of India-Australia series; Test captainPaine in self-isolation to addressracism Melbourne:THEINCLUSIONof so-calledX-fac- torsubstituteplayers areamongthree rule changes forthe 10th edition of Australia's EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Aus Open hub to be PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA Twenty20 Big Bash League. KOLKATA, NOVEMBER16 SYDNEY,NOVEMBER16 Teams will be allowedtouse one X-factor centred in Melbourne playerafter the 10th over of the game to re- WITH ONLYamonth to go forthe India ver- AUSTRALIANPLAYERSwillformabarefootcir- placeabatteror,forthefieldingteam,abowler susAustraliaTestseries,there has been an Melbourne:TheAustralianOpenandall cletoacknowledge theculture of indigenous whohasbowlednomorethanoneover.Under outbreak of the novelcoronavirus in the regular interstate leadup tourna- people before everyseries,starting with the thetraditionalcricket rules,substitute players Adelaide, the venueofthe firstTest, aday- mentsfor the season's firsttennis ma- ODI contestagainstIndia, said pacerPat can field but aren't allowedtobat or bowl. night game. The firstTestatthe Adelaide jor willbestagedinMelbourne in Cummins,whoadmittedthathisteamhasnot The othertwo changes allow forapower Oval is scheduledfromDecember 17 and Januaryinabid to minimise risksfor done enoughtosupportanti-racism move- surge —atwo-overpowerplayfor the batting Cricket Australia will have to closelymoni- players travelingand quarantining. ment.The Australian Test and ODI vice-cap- team at anystage of the second half of an in- torthe risingnumbers. Tennis Australia will transfer the tain said his team consideredthe move as the nings, when onlytwo players willbeallowed According to a Reuters report, Adelaide tournamentsfromSydney, Brisbane, best waytobegin addressing racism, both at in fieldingpositions outside the inner-ring. To reported14new Covid-19cases on Monday. Perth, Adelaide and Hobartto home and around the world. accommodatethat powersurge,the power On November 1, BBChad reportedabout Melbourne,whereaquarantine and "We'vedecidedtodothe BarefootCircle. playtostarteachinningswillbereducedfrom Australia recording zerolocalcases of practice hub will be setup. Australia's We'regoing to look at doing it at the startof sixto fourovers.Theotherrulechangeinvolves Covid-19for the firsttime in almostfive internationalbordersarerestricted,and eachseries and it's apretty easy decision for abonuspoint,to becalleda'bashboost,'being months. Againstthe backdrop of aflattened thereisstill differingdomestic travel- us.Notonlyasasport,butwe aspeopleareab- awardedhalfwaythrough the second innings Covid curve,Cricket Australiaannounced ing restrictions between states. solutely againstracism,"Cumminswasquoted to the team with the best 10-overscore. that it would allow fans to returntostadi- TennisAustralia said logistics, in- as saying by 'ESPNCricinfo'."We canprobably “The...(changes)prioritisescoring,exciting umsfor the forthcomingseries.Thingscan cludingdraw sizesandscheduling,were put our hands up and saywehaven'tdone cricket,introducenewstrategicanglesanden- changeifthere’s an escalation in the out- being worked through forthe weeks enough in the pastand we want to getbetter, surethere's always something to playfor break. ahead of the Australian Open, whichis so this is one smallthing we'regoing to intro- throughout the entirematch,” Cricket Already the outbreak has forced due to startJan. 18.Some professional duce this summer." Australia's head of Big BashLeagues Alistair Australia’s Test captain TimPaineintoself- sportscompetitionsinAustralia,includ- Earlier this year,WestIndies legend DobsonsaidonMonday. “We'reconfidentour isolation.Also, all the playerswho partici- ing the National RugbyLeague, the Michael Holding has criticisedthe Australian fans willlovewhat these innovations bring to pated in the Sheffield Shield game between Australian Football League and Super team fornot taking aknee in support of the the game.”The BBL is settostartDec. 10.Trent Victoria and Western Australia in Adelaide AustraliacaptainTimPaineandhisTasmaniateammatesareself-isolatingat home,as Rugby, went aheadwith some players BlackLivesMattermovement,duringthelim- Woodhill, the BBL's playeracquisition and from November 8-11havebeen asked to perthe state’s advisoryfor travellers who have returnedfromSouth Australia. Reuters file living in bio-securehubs. AP ited oversseries in England. Asked whythey cricket consultant,saidthebest T20leaguesin self-isolateafter returningtotheirhome decidedagainsttaking akneeasEnglandand theworldare theonesthat“innovate,pushthe states.This includes Victoria batsmanWill the West Indies had done earlier this year,the boundariesand challengethe status quo.” AP Pucovski and Western Australia batting-all- siteonMondaynight. bio-bubbles. Today, avideo clip posted by limited-overs leg of the forthcoming series 27-year-oldsaidtheteamwantedto celebrate rounder Cameron Green –bothare partof It added: “CAhas alwaysmaintained the BCCI on itsofficial Twitter handle afterlinking up with his Australian team the indigenous people of his country. the Test squad. that it would needtobeagile as border con- showedRaviAshwin grabbing atennis rac- mates. The pace spearhead, who playedfor "I think the mostobvious one wasin BIGBASH,BIGGERCHANGES Greenisalso in the limited-overs squad ditionschangeand we thank the players, quet andhittingvolleys to KL Rahul,asthe KolkataKnight Riders in the IPL, is serving Australia; we think the mostmarginalised and according to the report, he, along with coaches andstaff involvedfor their flexibil- latter ostensiblyprepared to counter the his quarantine at the moment and he spoke group is the FirstNations people and POWER SURGE The six-over left-arm spinnerAshton Agar,might miss ity and all partiesfor their support. We will shortball. about keeping the “conversations open”. Indigenouspeoples,andwe thinktheBarefoot powerplayatthe startofan the ODI seriesopener in Sydneyon continue to provide updates as the situa- The India-Australia series that has three “(I) haven’t made afinal decision on that Circle's agreat waytocelebratethem," innings,inwhichonlytwo fielders November 27. tion evolvesand look forwardtohosting a ODIs, three T20Is and four Tests, is report- yet. Obviously, (it’s) unprecedented times Cummins said. "Some people might want to arepermitted outsidethe circle, The latter,too, has been self-isolating safeand successful summeracross all for- edly worth$300million and CA is also try- with so manypeople spending alarge por- take theknee, somepeoplemight want to will be reduced to four overs. with his Western Australiateam mates. mats.” ing to recoup apartofthe Covid-induced tion of time in these bubbles so we arego- showitindifferentways,andabsolutelywe're Batting teams will choose when to Elsewhere, ‘keeper-batsman Matthew ESPNCricinforeportedthat Cricket loss by allowing fans at the venues. Last ingtokeep all the conversations open, chat allfor that, but we'vecome together as ateam enforce the remaining twoovers Wade –partofboththe limited-overs and Australia mayairliftAustralian, BBLplayers week,CAissuedapress release, confirming about that abit closertowhen we all getto- andthink this is the best waywecan demon- afterthe 10th over. Test squads –isinself-isolation in Tasmania to Sydneyafter Western Australia, itsplans andexpectingthatattendances gether,” he wasquotedassayingbythe CA strate anti-racismaswellascelebratingindige- afterturning up forhis stateagainstNew Queensland and Tasmaniaclosed theirbor- would be pretty decent across venues, with website. nous culturehere." X-FACTOR Afterthe 10th over of SouthWales. According to theReuters re- derstoSouth Australia on Monday. the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)and He added: “I wouldn’t be surprisedif TheBarefoot Circleisastatementtakenup eachinnings, both teams will be port,Australian states have tightenedinter- During apress conference viavideo call Adelaide Oval holding 50 per centoftheir there’s (sic) timesthroughout the summer by Australian cricket morebroadlytoconnect able to substituteaplayerfor either nal bordersfollowingthe outbreak. today, fast bowler PatCumminsexpressed totalcapacityevery day, and the Melbourne wheresomeplayers mightjustneedalit- withAboriginalcultureandthelandonwhich the 12th or 13th name on the team The question is,ifAdelaide would be optimism.“I’msurewhateverwehaveto Cricket Ground (MCG) around 25,000spec- tle rest knowing notonlyhow busy this matches areplayed. The Australianwomen's sheet. The sub can replace anyplayer safeenough to hostthe firstTest, aday- do we will find away.Ithink everyone tators per dayfor the Boxing DayTest. The next couple of months is but also atourof national team had alsoformedabarefootcir- who is yettobat or has bowled no night affair? knows they’vegot to be adaptable,” he told Gabba at Brisbanewillhostcrowds 75 per South Africa(February-March)and afew cle with NewZealandplayers in Brisbane more than one over. CA,though, isn’t considering aswitchat reporters. centofits total capacity.Seating capacities away tours next year. aheadofthelimitedoversseriesinSeptember. this stage. “Our biosecurity and operational The ViratKohli-ledIndian team, along at the SCG, Adelaide Oval and Gabba are “There’s alwayscricket on, so we’ll make Lastweek, the Sheffield Shield teams had BASH BOOST Awin will fetch teams arecloselymonitoring the situation withthe Australian players who playedin 48,000,53,500and 42,000 respectively. surewe’reall open about that, having those gathered in abarefootcircle before their three points. An additional point andworking to put in place the necessary the IndianPremier League (IPL), have been conversations.” matches to markthe start of NAIDOC week, will be assignedtowhicheverside plans to ensureplayers, coaches and staff servinga14-day quarantine periodin Cummins to take acall The 27-year-old has been moving in bio- while the Women's Big Bash League players had the mostrunsafter 10 overs. areavailable forupcoming fixtures,”aCA Sydneyatthe moment aftercoming from Meanwhile, Cummins said he would bubbles since lateAugust, when he went to have takenaknee to supportthe BLM statement waspostedonits official web- Dubai. Both sets of players aretraining in take acall on whether to sitout during the England foralimited-overs series. movement. Participants, fansmay BRIEFLY Howvoice of BLMHamiltonhas Hendersoninjuryin requirevaccination at Englandgameaddsto awoken F1 fromits moralslumber Liverpoolwoes Tokyo Olympics: Bach London: England midfielder Jordan SHASHANKNAIR Hendersonwaswithdrawnathalftime NOVEMBER16 againstBelgium due to tightnessinhis leg, manager GarethSouthgate said, LEWIS HAMILTONequalledMichael REUTERS casting doubt on his availability forin- Schumacher'srecordofseventitlesinFormula TOKYO,NOVEMBER16 jury-hit Liverpool thisweekend.Harry Onetoenterthepantheonof greatsonSunday. WinksreplacedHenderson in the sec- Hamiltonmatchesup,andinsomecases,even INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC Committee (IOC) ond half of England’s 2-0 loss in their exceedsSchumacherintermsof achievements chief Thomas Bachexpressedconfidence on Nations League group stagematchon on the track. Butifthere is onearena where Monday that the TokyoGames will be held Sundaywhichendedthevisitors’hopes Hamiltonhasnocompetition,itisthework he successfully next year,evenallowing specta- of reaching the finals. “Jordan had abit has done in terms of political engagement in tors to attend, as the worldgrapples with a of tightness at halftime and felt he asportthat has rarely engagedwithlifeout- sharp riseincoronavirusinfections. couldn’t carry on,” Southgatesaid. sideofits bubbleofraces,engineers, mechan- Bach’stwo-dayvisitto Tokyoislikelytobol- Liverpool have hadanumber of regu- ics, machines and brand building. ster Japan’s effortstostage the Olympics, but lars in their starting lineup sidelined will do little to assuagethe concerns of apub- withinjury, losingdefendersVirgilvan DiversityinFormulaOne licdeeplyworriedaboutthespreadof thevirus. Dijk and Joe Gomez afterbothunder- FormulaOneisasportthathashistorically The IOC president spent the daywith the wentsurgerieswhileTrentAlexander- favoured teams and drivers with the deepest Tokyoorganisers discussinghow to stagethe Arnoldwithdrew from the England pockets. The economicsofthe sportallowfor massive sporting event during an unprece- squad withinjury. onlyaselectfew to enter it. Beforehebegan dentedpandemicandensuresafetyforagath- hisdominance in the sport,Lewis Hamilton’s ering of morethan 11,000 international ath- identity among alargerpublic audience was letes. The visit is Bach’s firsttothe Japanese JohnsonwinsMasters thatofbeingthefirsteverblack racecardriver Hamilton,whose parentshad to struggle capital since he and former prime minister withrecordlowscore in FormulaOne. Hamilton,who camefroma forhis career in racing to becomea Shinzo AbedecidedinMarch to postpone the In order to protect the Japanese poorBritish familyand whose parentshad to reality,isananomalyinthe wayFormula 2020 Games to next year. people, and out of respect for the Augusta,Georgia(USA):DustinJohnson trulystruggleforhiscareerinracingto become One has always been run. Reuters/Instagram OnMonday, Bach fist-bumpedwithJapan’s Japanese people, the IOC will finallyclinchedanelusive second ma- areality,isthe biggestanomalyinthe way newpremier,Yoshihide Suga, and told Tokyo undertake great effort so that ... jortitlewithafive-strokevictoryatthe Formula One has alwaysbeen run.Itisthere- governorYurikoKoiketheycouldbeconfident the Olympic participants and Masters on Sunday, staving offself- fore no surprise that the man who has practi- things and there's been statementsreleased avaccinewould beavailable by next summer. visitors will arrive here vaccinated doubt as he overcame ashaky startto callynobusiness being around the sport, has andwe'vemadegesturessuchaskneelingbut The IOC willarrangetoensure vaccination his final roundtoend withatourna- beenitsbiggestcampaignerforbringingabout we'venot changed anything,” Hamilton said of both participantsand visitors before they if, by then, avaccine is available.” ment-recordlow scoreatAugusta diversity in the sport. accordingtoaBBC report. “Exceptfor perhaps arrive in Japan, he added. THOMAS BACH, IOC CHIEF AT APRESS National. American Johnson led Hamilton’scallfor diversity over the years some of our awareness." This wasmade clear “In order to protect the Japanese people, CONFERENCE IN TOKYO ON MONDAY. BACH ALSO throughout,thoughonlybyonestroke hasn’t justbeen about therebeingmorerace when Hamilton continuedtowear BLM t- andoutof respectfortheJapanesepeople,the early,anddidnotdropashotinthefinal AWARDED FORMER JAPAN PM SHINZO ABE THE car drivers of different ethnicity.Inaninter- shirts andtalk about the movement even af- IOC will undertake great effort so that ...the 13 holesonhiswaytoafour-under-par OLYMPIC ORDER IN GOLD viewonce, Hamilton said, “Therereallyisthe terthe season opener in Austria,though F1 Olympicparticipants and visitorswill arrive 68 and an unprecedented 20-under- mostminimal diversity within this sportand gave the impression that it wastobeaone- herevaccinated if, by then, avaccine is avail- par 268total. “I know 2020 has been a Ireallywantto beapartofshifting that, work- time showofsupport. Formula One had allo- able,” he said. readytake placesafely, sayingtheIOCwasnow reallystrangeyear,butit’sbeengoodto ing in cooperation withFormula One and the cated time before theseason openerfor driv- “veryconfident”thatspectatorswouldbeable me,” said Johnson. “Growing up, that FIA.Idon’tknowwhy there’s notenough uni- ers to showsupportfor the anti-racism Vaccination notarequirement to attend the Games. wasall it was, as akid, youdream of versitystudents,engineers, mechanics and movementbutdidnotdothesameforthesec- At anews conference later,Bachsaid he But he told reporters it wasnot realistic playing in the Masters, anddream even media coming through from moredi- ond and thirdrounds. wouldnotmakevaccinationarequirementfor to putafigureonthe costofthe postpone- about putting on agreen jacket.” verse backgrounds.” Games participants, however. Newsofapo- ment untilnextyear’s virusprecautions are REUTERS The response to his call foraction wasper- Convincing hispeers tentiallysuccessfulvaccinefromPfizerInchas ascertained. functoryatbest.FormulaOnebossCorey Chase The biggest fight forHamilton in bringing lifted hopesfor the stagingofthe Games, but This month, Tokyosuccessfullyhostedan promisedtoopen up neweravenues fordriv- that the Brit waswanting the team to imple- about achangeinFormula One continues to publicopinioninJapan remains mixed. international gymnastics meet at whichor- FiveISLclubsfailto ers of colourtoenter the sport. But the overall ment. It ledtoMercedes racing in 2020 with be his ownpeers, thatis, the drivers. LastJuly, Nearly 60% of respondentsinaNovember ganisers tested arangeofCOVID-19counter- secureAIFFlicence messageofhiring people of colour waslost an all-blackliveryinstead of their customary Hamilton criticisedFrenchdriverRomain poll by TV Asahi said the event should be fur- measures. amongthenoise.ThatwasuntilHamiltonthis silver, in abid to align themselveswiththe Grosjean’s (who is adirectorofthe Grand Prix ther postponed or canceled. Duringhisvisitto Tokyo,Bachalsoawarded London:Five IndianSuperLeagueclubs year ramped up his effortstobring about BlackLivesMattermovement.Forateamwith Drivers’ Association) responsetothe BLM Aftermeeting Koike, Bachapproacheda AbetheOlympicOrderingold,theIOC’shigh- have failedtomeettheAFCandnational changesinF1astheBlackLivesMattersmove- cars painted silverand blackfor decades and movement and said thathebelievedthe handful of protesters who were holding ban- estaccolade. licencing criteria and will nowhaveto ment grew. known as the 'SilverArrows', going all-Black, Frenchman didn’t understand the gravity of nersandusingloudspeakersto presstheirde- When premier,Abe made himself all but either appealagainst thedecisionor includingracingsuitsanduniformsfortheme- the situation. Sixdrivers didn'ttakeakneeat mand forcancellation of the Olympics. synonymouswithTokyo2020,evenfamously seek exemption from theAIFF in order Mercedes changes colours chanics and engineers, wasasignificantstep. the seasonopenerinAustria. But no onewent “Do youwanttospeak or do youwant to appearing as videogame characterMario at to take partinthe event starting Friday. Oneof themostrecognisablesportsstarsin As he continuedtowear BLM t-shirts,hel- asfarasformerRussianrivalVitalyPetrov, who shout?”heasked,assecurityguardsstoodbe- theclosingceremonyoftheRioGamesin2016. Odisha FC, NorthEastUnited FC, Kerala the worldand the greatestdriverinthe sport mets andtook akneeasasign of protest, accusedHamilton of being ‘overzealous’ and tween him and one protester.But the protest- Abeplayedacritical role in Tokyo’s bid to Blasters, Hyderabad FC and newen- (in terms of number of wins) notonlyworea Mercedes continuedtobackhim. that the 35-year old’s political stance in the ersrebuffedhisofferofdialogue,Bachtoldthe wintheOlympics,makingthecampaignana- trantsSportingClubEastBengalarethe BlackLives Matter T-shirt andtook aknee -he arena of F1 was‘toomuch’. He then went on news conference. tional priority. five clubs whichwerenot handedli- got other drivers to join -but also convinced F1's lukewarm response to comparetheHamilton'sBLMstanceakinto Last weekJapanreportedrecord newdaily Afew yearslater,aFrenchinvestigationinto censesby theAIFFto beableto take part his German team, Mercedes,tojointhe cam- Despitehisteambackinghisstanceonbe- ‘a gayindividual flying arainbow flag asking cases, sparking concernsofathirdwaveofin- doping by Russian athletesrevealed evidence in AFC and national competitions. Any paign. The successthatbothMercedes and ingvocal about the BlackLives Mattersmove- everyone else to become gay’. Despitethese fections, althoughithas mostlyavoided the of twopaymentstotally$2.3 million by the club whichfailedto secure AFC Licence HamiltonprovidedeachotherhelpedtheBlack ment,theresponsefromF1’sstakeholderswas comments,PetrovwasinvitedbyFormulaOne highdeathtolls recordedelsewhere. Tokyobidding committee to alittle-known willnotbeableto takepartincontinen- LivesMatter movement gain visibility in notasenthusiastic.HamiltoncriticisedF1’sre- to be aracing stewardatthe PortugueseGP. Bachcallednextyear’sgamesa“lightatthe Singaporea firm, Black Tidings. taltournamentslikes AFC Champions Formula One. And with Mercedes notwant- sponseto BLMbysayingthatitwastoorushed Motorsport great Mario Andretti went as far end of the tunnel” afterthe world’s pandemic France is investigating if that moneywas LeagueandAFCCupevenif theyqualify ingto letgooftheirprizedrivertootherteams, and that the organisation wasnot looking to ascallinghim'militant'.Inresponse,Hamilton battle,and pointedtorecent sporting compe- usedtowin the backing of an influential IOC from the ISL. PTI madethemmorereadyto go withthechanges makeany actual,structuralchange.“We'vesaid said the comments were 'disappointing'. titions in Japan as proof that eventscould al- member forJapan to hostthe 2020 Games.

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